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,'ro proceeding uuay wun
itructlon of Hi" cl'y- ., .
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ncir wemoi, iim "
.it ih fl,.nnim loft In tlio
Itlc , tale.. They are ominous
in ( ho borders of cost
null on both oust and south.
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Et mlnllno railroad by which
Ocrmnns In Grceco una
ithern Yugoslavia can hope
ckwpc. iney uru .,
lidily across Hungary.
nrhe time ) Sli'mmy iica
Y,n the nazis will bo pushed
jck behind their own fortress
till III the wy around. unr
led to live on their own fat,
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w on.
Keep on walchlnu Nljmenen.
Brmsn navo nnn iiimw
le tlmo now lo supply nnd
Inforco their second army
re, now saiclv pint Aacncn.
ir American first army can
n north to bark up the British
Iheir Nljmrucn salient, where
y aro nlrcncly across me
pdeat part of tho Rhine,
Also which mc nunims 10 ireo
Iwerp, which Is the key to the
thcrn supply problem.
IEH1ND a screen of complete
jeerecy, Churchill and Slolln
conferrlni! In Moscow. All
t Is permitted to leak out to
Is that Ihc conference la
rmonlous."
!ut we can guess what tholr
k li nbout.
hey aro scttllnK between
m, or trvlin to. tho ticklish
Jrjtlon of what will bo Brit-
s and what will bo Russ n's
Ihcrcs of Influence" In the
t Europe of after tho war.
ici us nope they como to a
lament that will be mutually
factory and workable. Ill
n seltlement between Brit-
nn missin cs our best hono
peace In tlic years lo como.
FE have permitted ourselves
io lump thoughtlessly to
vuuuiis on in it i nftf,r thin
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Ion that till. I. a ,i..,.
.year no Prime Minister
ms of the union of South
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r three of tho five great
ers of Kurnpo (Franco, I'nly,
m'iy will hnvo disao.
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p. As r i.i i. .
fmlty Britain might not bo
r niuviVO,
omidcr this fact: n tho
ll 0 tho niml llimn il,r.
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fCrrul COmilotltnr. ThnuVn
Konc. '
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H,l .uiiiu io a gooa
I" "K "Rfeement with Russia,
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Third Fleet Defies
Jap Ships, Airforce
In Raids on Ryukyu
Br The Assocleted Press '
U. 8. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor,
Oct. 11 (II In the boldest naral stroke of the Pacific war,
truck 200 miles south of Japan, the iree-rorlng American third
fleet defied both Nippon's home fleet and airforce by pouring
carrier planes In overpowering strength against the Ryukyu
Islands.
As the climax of powerful blows delivered since August 30
In the Philippines, Palaus and Bonins, Adm, William F. Halsey's
task force wiped out (t planes and sank or damaged 58 surface
craft every vessel sighted In the Ryukyus, 600 miles from the
China coast, on Monday.
Peacetime universal military
training was favored by the di
rectors of the Klamath county
chamber of commerce on a split
vnto today that followed a live
ly discussion, the action being
taken in connection with a refer
endum sent out by the United
States chamber of commerce.
The chnmbe.r's legislative com'
mlltce rocoinmrndcd - a "No"
vote on universal military (rain:
Ing for the United States, ; sug
gesting tho enlargement of such
institutions as West. Point and.
Annapolis, establishment of a
large non-commissioned officers'
training program, and mainte
nance of an adequate standing
army through voluntary enlist
ments. Rejects
The board rejected this recom
mendation, following arguments
to the effect that universal train
ing la essential to thft country's
Jioslwar strength and would
liorcfofe be a factoHn thn main
tenance of world peace, and that
military training Is menially
, . (Continued on Psg Two)
Cp. AmbrogeW
Dies in Europe
Cpl, Walter Joseph Ambroget
tl was killed In action In the
European theater on September
17, according io
ouiciai wora re-t
cetven nerc
Tuesday by his
mother, Mrs. Os
car Pcdcrscn.
Cpl. Ambro
gettt was born In
Klamath Falls
on March S.
11123, and at
tended city
schools. When
ho entered the
service on September 24, 1943,
ho was a lumber handler at
Spraguc Hlver. He was serving
as a tail-gunner on a B-17. Fly
ing Fortress at the time of his
death. :
Surviving are his wife, Flor
eno Ambrogettl, formerly of
Klamath Falls, now of Bend, his
mother and step-father, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Pcdcrscn, and .. a
brother, Frank Pcdcrscn.
Navy Identifies '.
Sailor's Body
The navy Wednesday Identi
fied tho young sailor found dead
Saturday night near the South
ern Pacific tracks at Mt. Hebron,
Cnllf., as S 2c Eurastui H. Lacy.
Nearest of kin has been notified
and tho body will be shipped to
Lamed, Kns.
An Inquest will be held, navy
officials stated, nnd until that
lime no stntcmcnt is forthcom
ing from tho naval air station
where Lacy was stationed for the
past five months. Ho was en
route to a new assignment at
the tlmo of his death.
On Vet's Memorial Park
This mcasuro would give the
city tho right to trade real prop,
crty owned by tho city outside
snld park arco, In exchange for
real property privately owned
nnd situated in sold area. Also,
tho right to develop, operate and
maintain tho park through the
park board. , . ,
It also gives the city the right
to borrow money from 'time to
time prior to tho expiration of
tho fivc-ycar-pcriod to purchase
renl property In the park area,
tho amount In no event to ex
ceed $70,000. ...
This measure Is traced back
to the city planning commission's
plan to eliminate unsightly and
obsolelo buildings,, to beautify
tho west entrance of the town,
and In the hope that this devel
opment will reflect to the bene
fit of the entire, city.
Mm Thm Shanla
Not one American warship was
hit by the enemy In an oper
ation which. In ways, was more
daring than the 11)42 carrier-
based strlko at Tokyo inasmuch
as the carrier in that caso retired
while the planes flow on to
China. In Monday's strike, Vice
Adm. Marc A. Mllscher'a car
riers stayed around for tho raid
ers return.
Great Force
Adm. Chester W. Nimltz, an
pouncing tho Ryukyu raid in a
communique yesterday, said the
planes swept over the S70-mllc-long
chain "In great force." They
shot down 14 planes, wiped out
73 on the ground and could una
no warship bigger . than a do
strover. 11- was among 12 defi
nitely sunk. Japan's home fleet
kent ouf of sight and the homo-
baaed alrfdrco did not wing to
Ryukyu's aid. .. , ' '
Miucner a iasn rorce raion,
Which have overwhelmed such
strategic areas as Manila, have
resulted since August in knock
ing out more than 1100 enemy
planes and S00 surface craft
ranging from destroyer and big
cargo vessels down to luggers,
. Pamage-d, .
In these raids not a war
ship has been damaged,
Yesterday s communique on
tho Ryilliyu raid said, ''There
was1 no damage to our surface
ships and our piano losses were
light." - . ;
Significantly In demonstrating
how the, American fleet can dis
perse IU units In strength, this
blow fell one day after battle
ships spent all doy Sunday blow
ing to bits the Japanese defenses
on Marcus. Island, moro than
1500 miles cast of the Ryukyus. ..
In another communique lost
night, Nlmltz announced that
81st division troops which in
vaded a tenth island in the
Palaus Sunday completely se
cured It within 24 hours. It is
the tiny island of Garakayo, to
the north of the larger Amer
ican holding of Pelcllu. The 10
Islands and Islets provide the
Yanks witn an expanding uase
within 513 miles of the Philip
pines. Wage Demands to
Be Sent to FDR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (TP)
The war labor board voted eight
to four today to turn over to
President Roosevelt without rec
ommendation the question of
changing the government's wage
ceilings centered in, .the Little
Steel formula.
With the four labor members
dissenting, the board decided to
send tq tho White House a fac
tual report on wnges In relation
to living costs, leaving to the
president to decide whether a
change in wage policy would
contributo to inflation.
Rejection Wire
Given to Vinson
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 1 (P)
James C. Petrlllo's tcregram re
jecting President Roosevelt's
plea that ho lift his musicians
union ban on making recordings
was referred to Stabilization Di
rector Fred M. Vinson by the
White House today without com
ment. Pctrlllo telegraphed Mr. Roose
velt that he could not permit
members of tho AFL American
Federation of Musicians to make
records or transcriptions for tho
two companies to whom tho ban
applied unless they sign con
tracts similar to those entered in
to with other recording firms.
The wire was In reply to a re
quest from Mr. Roosevelt that
the ban be lifted.
Air Raid Scare
Caused By Wheel
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Oct.
11 (p) This island town In the
Irish sea had a brief air raid
scare tonight when a 20-ton
flywheel In a powerhouse sud
d c n 1 y disintegrated, hurling
chunks of steel over the land
scape within a radius of a half
mile. ' ,
No . casualty were , reported.
- Caneade Wonderland
KLAMAIH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1944
Plane Flies Through Smoke
' n :
An A-20 Havoc of the Fifth army air force flies away from
the dense, billowing smoke It created by blowing up an oil
storage tank at Boela, on the island of Ceranv Netherlands East
Indies. These tanks supplied a heavy percentage of' fuel oil and
gasoline requirements for the Nipponese. (AP 'wlrephoto from
army air forces).
Labor Controversies Keep
5000 Workers Idle in U. S.
Bv The Associated Prats'
More than.fl000.wotkcfsjwex
idle In the nation today as tnc
result of labor controversies, and
a union leader in Cleveland, O.,
threatened to call sympathy
strikes in 64 midwest war plants
unless a dispute at the Cleve
land Graphite Bronze company
Is placed before an arbitration
panel.
Matthew L. Smith, national
secretary of tho Mechanics Edu
cational Society of America, de
clared 68,000 MESA members
would walk out at 10 a. m. to
morrow (Thursday) if the Cleve
land dispute involving the dis
charge of one employe is not pre
sented for arbitration.
At Qulncy. Mass., a two-day
strike of 4000 workers at the
T
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Bv NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, Oct. 11 (P) British
troops in Albania have captured
the port of Sarande (Porto Edda),
isolating tho German garrison
on the Island of Corfu, it was an
nounced today.
An official announcement
from allied headquarters sold al
so that "patrolling is active" in
Greece, but there was no indica
tion whether the land forces of
tho Adriatic have moved beyond
captured Corinth toward Athens.
Hard Fight
Sarande, supply port for the
Germans on Corfu, was captured
nftcr a hard battle. It was said.
About 500 prisoners were
taken.
With the port in British hands
there appeared little possibility
that the Germans on Corfu, last
reported to total a regiment,
would bo able to escape to tho
mainland.
Mopping up operations con
tinued around tho town of
GJnshrile.
Both air and naval operations
(Continued on Pago Two)
Berliners Vote
'No' to New Name
BERLIN, Ore., Oct. 11 (A')
This tiny town, which was to
have been rechrlstcned Dlstomo
in elaborate ceremonies, is go
ing to go right on being Berlin.
Residents at a mass meeting
last night voted unanimously
against their community's being
renamed for "an unpronounce
able Greek village"; and spon
sors of tho namo change dropped
the plan.
Representatives of the Albany
chamber of commerce, who
called the meeting in order to
plead for tho namo change, said
the Berliners' decision was final.
Berlin residents earlier filed
a petition against tho change,
charging that they had never
been consulted. The plan was
sponsored by Carl Curlee, Al
bany chamber secretary, and, an
eastern committee to commemor
ate the razed Greek village of
Distomo,
Bethlehem Steel company's Fore
Piir-!-- phfpyarrf continued -amid
conferences called in an effort
to settle the dispute.
A ' statement issued by union
representatives said the strike
was called because "We, the
workers, recognize there is in
efficiency, delay and mismanage
ment. Production is not at its
peak. Full cooperation with the
navy department is impossible.
Company representatives dis
puted the charge and said "The
record of the Fore River plant
speaks lor Itself.
In the south some 5S0 mem
bers of the International Associ
ation of Machinists (AFL) quit
work at the Combustion Engi
neering campany, Chattanooga,
Tenn. Union leaders blamed the
stoppage on the company's inter
pretation of a recent war labor
wage ruling, t . t. bneely, union
business agent, termed the strike
unauthorized.
Approximately 400 workers
were idle at two Kentucky coal
mines including 300 at the High
Splint Coal company mine near
Harlan.
Yank Attacks
Near Livergnano
ROME. Oct. 11 W) American
troops, -still slowed by rain and
deep mud, have reached the
southern outskirts of Liverg
nano, 11 miles due south of
Bologna on highway 65, and ad
vance elements there are meet
ing fierce" German counterat
tacks, it was announced today.
The pace of the fighting along
the entire Italian battlefront gen
erally was reported retarded by
adverse weather.
Stalin Emphasizes Allied.
Russian Ties at Banquet
By DANIEL DE LUCE
MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (P) Talks
between Prin.e Minister Chur
chill, Premier Stalin and their
aides moved forward today on
a new note of harmony sound
ed at a stoto banquet yesterday
at which the soviet leader warm
ly praised British and American
contributions to victory and
toasted postwar allied collabora
tion. Twice during the elaborate
three and one-half hour lunch
con In Spirodonovka palace, Sta
lin rose to emphasize the ties
binding Russia and her western
allies.
The first time, he solemnly
emphasized the need for postwar
cooperation in the interests of in
ternational security, declaring
that "peace loving nations arc
never prepared but aggressor na
tions always seem ready." This,
he said, must in the future be
avoided.
Aided by Allies .
Later, after other speakers had
acclaimed the red army's tri
umphs, Stalin asserted that Rus
sia could not have done what
she has done without the aid of
the allies.
He praised the military might
gathered by the United States
Oct, 11, 1942
Max. (Oct, 10) 89 Min. .
Precipitation last 24 hours
Straam year to data
Normal 32 Last year
Forecast: Showers,
Soviets Take
Cluj, Szeged;
Circle Me me I
LONDON, Oct. 11 (PI Soviet troops have captured Clu),
capital of - Transylvania, and Sieged, second city of Hungary,
Premier-Marshal Stalin announced tonight.
Sieged is 95 miles southeast of Budapest, and Cluj lies 220
miles southeast of the Hungarian capital.
Both prises fell to Russian-Romanian forces, Stalin said In a
broadcast order of the day. Twenty salvos from 224 Moscow
guns were ordered to salute the double triumph.
The Berlin radio said soviet armies had surrounded the East
Prussian port of Memel, reaching the Baltic sea north and south
of the city,
Earlier, the enemy said that
the Russians had launched two
heavy attacks north of Warsaw
and that the German army had
abandoned its frontier bastion
of Taurage, just across the bor
der in Lithuania from East
Prussia. .
Northern Town
Memel is the northernmost
town of Germany. It was taken
from Prussia by the allies after
the last war. Hitler seized it
from Lithuania in a bloodless
coup on March. 21, 1939. It lies
at the north end of Kurisches
Haff, a Baltic lagoon, arid 72
miles northeast of the East
Prussian capital of Konigsberg.
Its spacious harbor is protected
by fortifications.
One of the new Russian
drives north of Warsaw gained
six miles toward the southern
boundary of East Prussia, the
Germans said. This was in the
area-of Rozan along the Narew
river. Rozan is 33 miles from
the wild, Masurian lake coun
try of East Prussia and 43 miles
northeast of Warsaw.
Spearhead Advances
In the south, a Hungarian
news agency broadcast corv
firmed German reports that the
Russians were' -fighting' -within
50 miles of Budapest. -The Hun
garian command said a soviet
spearhead had reached the
fourth largest Hungarian . city
of Keoskemet (population 84,
000), a straggling agricultural
center 50 miles southwest of
the capital on the trunk line to
Szeged.
Anderson Freed
Of Rape Charge
William Anderson, 40, was ac
quitted by a circuit court jury
of four women and eight men
yesterday after his trial on
charges of the statutory rape of
his 15-year-old niece by mar
riage. The verdict was returned
after about 20 minutes of delib
eration and two ballots, it was
reported.
Anderson was arrested late
lost year when the girl accused
him of performing the illegal
act on November 4. After his
release from he county jail on
payment of $1000 bail, he failed
to appear in court and the bail
was forfeited. Judge D. R. Van
denberg issued a bench warrant
for his arrest, and he was
brought back here to await trial
Testimony of Anderson and
his wife, Mae. was in conflict
throughout the trial with that of
the girl.
The girl had been living with
tne Andersons, and it was claim
ed by the defense that she had
accused Anderson of having re
lations with her because he had
frequently punished her. Her
mother testified on the stand
that the girl had made similar
claims involving other men.
and Britain, singling out for par
ticular comment the high qual
ity of British-American planning
and the work of the merchant
marine of both countries.
Turning toward U. S. Ambas
sador W. Avernll Harrhnnn. spnl.
ed onhis left, the premier em
phasized Russia's gratitude for
the great material aid given by
the United States.
Previously, in referring to the
achievements of allied statesmen
in drafting the Dumbarton Oaks
security plan, Stalin also had
turned to Hnrriman and paid a
special compliment to Secretary
of State Cordell Hull.
Churchill was visibly moved
by Stalin's acknowledgment of
the British-American war effort.
Maonammous
"It is a sign of a great nation
and a great man to be magnani
mous and generous." the British
prime minister said. "I have al
ways thought, and I think now.
that It was the red army which
clawed the guts out of the filthy
nazis."
Harrlnmn, who spoke twice In
response to Stalin's - remarks,
said the United States was not
prepared for war but that Japan
had rendered a service by
"throwing us ipto it. '
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Number 10285
ITALY TO RECEIVE
U.S.MGNETARYAID
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Fh
Italy is being permitted to ac
cumulate dollar balances with
which to buy essential civilian
goods in this nation through pur
chases by U. S. army troops in
Italy, exports to the United
States and gifts from Americans.
- President Roosevelt announced
yesterday that the dollar equiva
lent of the American-printed lire
issued to U. S. troops fighting in
Italy will be turned over to the
Italian government.
In addition, the dollar pro
ceeds of gifts made by Americana-to
persons in Italy and of
any products exported by Italy
to this country will be made
available to Italy, he said.
Saying "It is to our interests
that Italy be able to contribute
as fully as possible to the win
ning of final victory," Mr. Roose
velt said in a statement that "the
dollars . . . will be used by the
Italian government to pay for
essential civilian .supplies pur
chased in tms country lor use in
liberated Italy."
inese supplies win supplement
(uominuea on Page Two)
First Lady Has
60th Birthday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 m
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt marked
her 60th birthday today, but
made no special plans to cele
brate the occasion, save for
"probably a birthday cake" on
the White House dinner table
tonight.
The first lady noted that she
had not heard recently from her
four sons in service, three of
whom are in combat zones.
Kidnapped Child Returned;
Police Hold
DETROIT, Oct. 11 (JP) Rob
ert James King, four-months-old
white child abducted 10 days ago
by his newly employed negro
nursemaid, has been returned
safely to his parents, Paul H.
Wencel, chief of detectives, an
nounced today.
A woman, identified as the
nursemaid, in whose home the
child was found is being held.
Wencel said she gave her name
as Mrs. Eleanor Smith, 33, and
that she had sought to delude
her husband into believing the
child was theirs by altering its
complexion with sun tan make
up. Positive identification of
the child has been made, Wen
cel said, through footprints.
Identifies Child
"It's my baby," cried Mrs.
Clarence King when she and her
husband arrived at police head
quarters and saw the child.
Mrs. Smith's husband, Eugene,
also taken to police headquar
ters, was released after making
a statement. Detectives said they
were convinced he had no knowl
edge of the abduction.
Holding Mrs. Smith on an open
charge pending further investi
gation, police said the identifi
cation bureau had reported the
print of one finger found in the
King home corresponded with
one of Mrs. Smith's prints.
Child Reoorted 111
Detectives went to the Smith
home Tuesday accompanied by
Cpl. Ackerman
Injured on Guam
Cpl. Richard W. Ackerman,
21, U. S. marine corps, was
wounded in action on Guam, ac
cording to word received here by
the youth's father, Samuel H.
Ackerman, 110 N. 8th.
Ackerman Is a graduate of
Klamath Union high school and
entered the service shortly after
graduation. He has been in the
South Pacific for some time. The
Injury occurred In July during
the attack on Guam, Ackerman
said.
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Major Battle East and
North of Town
Develops
By The Associated Press
LONDON-, Oct. 11 U. S. ar.
tillery opened an all-out assault
late today to crush defiant Aach
en, and the German command
rushed up thousands of troops?
under a storm of shells and
bombs, in an effort to reinforce
the virtually-surrounded garri
son.
A major battle was develop
ing cast and north of the frontier
stronghold.
American batteries massed
around the ancient city bellowed
out in shattering concert at 3:50
p. m., after almost four hours o
preliminary bombardment and
dive-bombing attacks. .
Ultimatum Rejected
The blows to reduce Aachen
began after the nazl commander
rejected a surrender-or-die ulti
matum. '
Enemy reserves nearly a divi-i
sion strong began moving up to
ward Aachen from roads east;
Artillery and planes tore at these
columns. .
Heavy fighting ' developed: -north
of the city against the upJ
per arm of the first army vise.;
Another battle . raged to the)
southeast in the Hurgen forest.
Escape Lane . 1
The reinforcing c o 1 u m n si
moved toward the mile-wide,
bullet-swept escape lane north
east of industrial Aachen.. .
In southwest Holland, mean
while, Germans pocketed on -the
lower bank of the Schelde began'
to pull back to flushing on Wal
cheren island before a Canadian,
pincers. Other Canadian unit
already had cut the road to the;
(Continued on Page Two) - J
Supply Points
Hit By Bombers j
'-''. LONDON, Oct. 11 (Ph-Mil!-'
tary targets in the areas of Col
ogne and Coblenz, key supply
points close behind the western
front, -were attacked today by
American Flying Fortresses, es
corted by long range Thunder
bolts and Mustangs. -
The attack was carried out by
a smaller force than usual, indi
cating hundreds of heavy bomb
ers possibly were being held in
reserve for the assault of Aachen.
The German radio reported
formations of allied bombers
also swinging up across Austria,
from the south.
A communique tonight said
five bombers and one fighter!
were missing from the Cologne
Coblenz operation. !
Negro Nurse
King and his 17-year-old son,
Emory, Wencel said, but they
were told by Mrs. Smith that
the child was ill and his eyes
should not be exposed to bright
lights.
The child then was examined
in a dark room and footprints
were taken, but King said that
although the baby looked like
his son he could not make posi.
tive identification.
The footprints were brought
to police headquarters and com
(Continued on Page Two)
Today On The
Western Front
By The Associated Press
U. S. 1st Army As prom
ised, began destruction of an
cient Aachen by artillery and
aerial bombardment at dead
line of demand for uncondi
tional surrender of this en
circled, German - held city,
while other units continued
advancing north of there.
U. S. 3rd Army Units were
battling nazis in underground
Fort Driant, near Metz, rico
cheting bullets off concrete
walls, while the fierce strug
gle for surface positions con
tinued (inchanged.
U. S. 7th Army Still at
tempting to move into Belfort
gap, gateway to the southern
Rhine valley.
French 1st Army A new
fighting clement under Gen.
Jean dc Lattrc ric Tasslgny,
was operating on tho southern
sector of the western front. ,
Canadian 1st Army Infan
try widened the Schelde river
beachhead to four miles In
backdoor attack on 20,000
Germans blocking the ap
proach to Antwerp, while on
the channel, allies heavily
bombarded the holdout port
of Dunkerque. -
British 2nd Army Held to
Its positions In the Arnhem
area of Holland.