LONDON,
KB
A
human
skull
on
a
bombed
site
worried
local
residents
until
a
doctor
reported
it
was
a
medical
students
speci
men.
Include
.
.
THE
VARIETY
STORE
IN
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
2
1
more
I
M
0-H
SHOPPING
I
fevti
DAYS
TILL
I
jAy
CHRISTMAS
f
2?
Kven
as
the
insurrection
be
gan,
,700
youths
staged
an
anti-ronscription
parade
in
Quebec
City,
and
the
head
of
the
Bloc
Populaire
party
in
(he
Commons,
JWaxime
Raymond,
said
that
the
Prime
Minister
has
violated
what
h
called
one
,of
Jthc
Jmost
solemn
promises
ever
made
liy
a
public
man
never
to
Impose
conscription
for
overseas
service.
The
open
revolt
In
the
Liberal
party
closely
follows
a
cabinet
meeting
in
which
a
bloc
of
cab
inet
ministers
said
to
include
Finance
Minister
Ilsley,
Munitions
Minister
Howe,
Resources
Minister
Crerar
and
several
others
demanded
that
Mr.
King
abandon
the
voluntary
system
of
supplying
reinforcements,
If
it
had
broken
down,
and
enforce
overseas
conscription.
Faced
with
revolt
from
both
wings
of
his
party,
Mr.
King
chose
the
conscription
view.
While
the
new
policy
presumably
satisfies
the
pro-conscrlp-tlon
group
of
Liberals,
opposition
members
felt
it
did
not
gp
far
enough.
All
day
long.
Independent
and
Progressive-Conservative
members
maintained
theii
steady
fire
on
the
government
with
house
leader
Gordon
Gray-
don
and
Howard
Green,
member
for
Vancouver
South,
leading
the
Progressive-Conservative
attack.
Last
night,
Independent
mem
ber
A.
W,
Neil,
of
Comox,
Alber-
nl,
Joined
in
the
attack
by
asking
Gen.
McNaughton
If
he
did
not
feel
duty
bound
to
resign
because
he
had
been
asked
to
raise
overseas
reinforcements
through
compulsion,
a
system
which
he
admittedly
opposed.
DjURHAM.
Eng
-The
Duchess
of
Kent
made
her
first
trip
down
a
mine
when
she
visited
Russians
On
Move
Again
Fresh
Drive
Started
Into
Czechoslovakia
Entering
Budapest
LONDON,
Nov.
2
(CP)
The
Russians
were
tin
the
move
again
today
in
eastern
Czechoslovakia
after
a
lull
of
four
weeks.
Moscow
announced
that
a
fresh
drive
has
scored
gains
of
up
to
fifteen
miles
on
a
25-mile
front
west
of
Ungvar
and
overrun
thirty
populated
places.
The
Russian
communique
reported
the
capture
of
more
than
3000
German
and
Hungarian
prisoners
in
the
Csap
area.
Meanwhile
the
Russians
in
Hungary
have
landed
on"
an
island
in
the
Danube
River
which
extends
half
way
into
the
capital
of
(Budapest.
This
is
not
confirmed
by
ftto-jcow.
PHONE
STRIKE
IS
TERMINATED
Prospects
of
Federal
Action
Rtings
End
to
Women's
Tie-Up
in
States
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Nov.
24
KB
After
having
assumed
national
signlfance
on
hitting
Washington
yesterday,
the
prospects
of
White
House
action
and
the
government
taking
over,
the
growing
strike
of
women
telephone
operators
came
to
an
end
late
yesterday.
The
strike
started
a
week
ago
at
Dayton,
Ohio,
and
spread
to
Washington,
great
production
centres
and
other
cities
in
Its
path.
Long
distance
calls
were
primarily
affected.
The
strike
was
In
the
nature
of
a
protest
by
the
Dayton
operators
against
granting
of
$18.26
living
expense
accounts
weekly
to
outsiders
brought
in
to
help
the
switchboards,
this
being
in
Weathei
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BKlTIBIDCtiMBiA'S
NEWSPAPER
7Ms
tni
COAST
AND
QUEEN
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
IxjTTES
Part
cloudy
and
Moderate
winds
decreasing
Saturday,
November
25,
1944
morning,
uvercasi.
rain
She
High
..
9:29
19.9
feet
lie
force
soutn
10
souin-inds.
21:50
18.7
feet
Saturday:
Cloudy,
Low
..
2:40
6.1
feet
15:368
6.9
feet
showers.
Ill
No.
275
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER
24,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
'J
1
furg
Recapture
ress
Rhine
(Day
i
uauis
ir
torst
Weather
isincc
fcKOSS
RHINE
fllE
AKMV
AMERICAN
AT
STRAS-
Lviv
24
(CP)
Am-
fad
Frantti
aavance
lr
reported
today
to
Led
the
Khlne
River
the
Strasbourg
area.
were,
apparently,
fcance
elements
and
isarily
spearheads
of
across
the
(drive
French
armor
has
But
the
whole
western
Strasbourg.
Nov
24
Q
General
Id
tank
columns
of
the
Eh
Army
from
the
inii
the
fnrtrps
rltv
Jurg
yesterday.
There
i
juration
In
Paris
Reported
recapture
of
By
important
border
fee
Rhine
which
had
in
1940.
The
French
Hanked
by
the
Amerl-th
Army,
19
miles
rr
a
thrust
through
;
Pcrclbly
70,000
Oer-
i
wi
',hed
In
the
Allied
By
group
pincers
driv-
Stra:;bourg
from
two
icuth
other
French
Ix.i
had
reached
the
Bclfort,
made
new
Ihward
In
the
area
of
I
red
Maglnot
Line
bas-
lilhcuse
,',ie
American
Third
bt
tanks
drove
another
Germany.
On
its
right
Army
was
linked
with
lank
of
the
American
Army
while
mile
infantry
gain
Ded
out
the
line
for
14
amcr.ran
First
Army
forward
slowly
in
Hurt-pt
asainst
intense
en-
merman
Ninth
Army
E
ard
the
flooded
Roer
cy
i
wn
of
Kosler,
26
Cologne
and
two
tm
m
Julich
on
the
main
Cologne.
British
Second
Army
forward
two
miles
yes-
iroujfb
the
worst
weath-ftlies
have
faced
since
E
move
within
two
miles
Sethcriands
border
city
p
British
units
In
Ger
med
Hovcn
north
of
lichen
pGHAM,
Eng.,
0
farmer
Mer
of
St.
Aueus-
feman
Catholic
Church
d
Barents
not
to
name
jliren
after
statesmen
or
?
the
war
but
after
the
the
church.
ftST
f
Adults
and
;
evecuated
from
Belfast
Bdonderry
because
of
air
frger
are
being
brought
'he
government.
East
today.
4
Brigadier
At
-
tin:
CHURCHILL'S
PLANE
IS
ON
THIS
COAST
M
H.D.Y
Are
Going
Overseas
New
Brigadiers
Are
Appointed
OTTAWA,
Nov.
24
CD
There
are
three
new
acting
brigadiers
in
the
Canadian
overseas
Army
today.
Defence
headquarters
announces
that
two
Montreal
men,
Lieut.
Cols.
W,
G.
Leggatt
and
C.
M.
Drury.are
included
in
the
promotions.
The
third
officer
to
bp
promoted
is
Lieut.
CoL
F.
D.
Lace
of
Toronto.
All
are
artillery
officers.
EIGHTH
ARMY
IS
MOVING
ON
Clears
Germans
Out,
of
Cosina
River
Loop
roles
Also
Advancing
ROME,
Nov.
24
0
British
Eighth
Army
troops,
battling
strong
enemy
resistance,
have
cleared
the
Germans
out
of
the
Cosina
River
loop,
less
than
four
miles
southeast
of
Faenza,
and
captured
a
few
more
villages
In
substantial
gains
in
the
area
south
of
the
Bologna-Rlmlnl
Highway,
headquarters
announced
today.
Polish
troops
have
continued
to
advance
farther
west
beyond
Montcfortlno
and
have
captured
the
villages
of
Orlolo,
San
Blaglo
and
San
Mamante.
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
24
0
Air
Chief
Marshal
Sir
Frederick
Bowhlll,
commander-ln-ohlef
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
transport
command,
and
Lady
Bowhlll
arrived
here
by
plane
enroute
back
to
England
via
Montreal
after
attending
the
Chicago
Conference.
Travelling
in
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill's
Liberator
Commando,
Sir
Frederick
and
Lady
Bowhlll
visited'
a
West
Coast
air
base
earlier.
They
expect
to
leave
for
the'
Winnipeg
Quits
WINNIPEO,
Nov.
24
11
The
Winnipeg
Free
Press
reported
yesterday
that
the
officer
commanding
Military
District
No.
10
at
Winnipeg,
Brigadier
R.
A.
MacFarlane,
has
resigned
his
post
In
protest
against
the
voluntary
recruiting
plans
of
Defence
Minister
McNaughton.
The
newspaper
said
MacFarlane's
resignation
was
filed
November
21
and
was
accepted
yesterday.
Conscription
Political
Reactions
At
Ottawa
Progressive
-
Conservatives
Continue
Attacks
Quebec
Liberals
JJolt
Power
Resigns
WHAT
WILL
FRENCH
DO?
OTTAWA,
Nov.
24
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Air
Minister
C.
G.
Power
had
tendered
his
resignation
which
he
had
not
yet
accepted.
Liberal
French-Canadian
members
held
a
caucus
today
but
there
was
no
official
statement.
One
report
was
that
4
Quebec
government
supporters
would
cross
the
floor
but
later
it
was
said
there
would
be
no
mass
breakaway.
Major
General
LaFIeche
and
TranstMrt
OTTAWA,
Nov.
24
tt
As
the
reversal
of
government
policy
on
conscription
became
known
yes
terday,
Progressive
-
Conservative
-
members
intensified
their
attacks
on
the
government
and
Liberal
members
from
Quebec
province
began
to
desert
the
party.
The
new
revolt,
second
In
two
days,
is
led
so
far,
by
Air
Minister
C.
G.
Power,
who
represents
Quebec
South
In
the
Commons.
1
Major
Power's.Quebec
City
office
announced
his
resignation
from
the-eablnet'
yesterday.
There-
are
also
reports
that
Works
Minister
Fournler,
member
for
Hull,
may
leave
the
cabinet.
Last
night
the
Liberal
member
for
Quebec
West,
Charles
E.
Parent,
walked
acoss
the
House.
He
was
followed
by
former
Transport
Minister
P.
J.
A.
Cardln,
member
for
Rlchelleu-Vercheres.
Cardln
resigned
from
the
cabinet
In
1942
as
a
protest
against
the
passing
of
an
order-ln-councll
authorizing
overseas
conscription.
And
late
last
night,
the
member
for
Temlscouata,
J.
F.
Pouliot,
said
he
could
no
longer
support
Mr.
King.
Ottawa
Debate
McNAUGHTON
IS
STILL
UNDER
HEAVY
FIRE
rrime
Minister
Told
He
Or
His
Government
Could
Re
Dispensed
With
OTTAWA,
Nov.
24
)
"I
have
Minister
Michaud
announce
Naughton.
"We
will
continue
In
they
will
support
the
tovern-
our
efforts
to
get
men
to
volun-
ment
policy.
teer
for
overseas
service.
If
we
should
be
able
to
obtain
sufficient
without
conscripting
the
Home
Defence
soldiers
I
would
be
the
happiest
man
In
the
world."
Draftees
would
be
used
only
so
far
asf
needed
to
make
up
the
deficiency
when
volunteers
could
not
be
found.
General
McNaughton
estimated
that
5,000
draftees
would
be
sent
overseas
in
December,
5,000
in
January
and
6,000
in
The
minister
of
national
de-
of
questions
yesterday
afternoon
and
again
last
night.
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston,
former
minister
wanted
to
know
why
the
policy
said
that
It
is
our
purpose
to
f
conscription
was
needed
now
maintain
the
voluntary
system!1'
u
was
not
needed
when
he
to
the
limit,"
stated
General
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton,
minister
of
national
defence,
in
telling
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
an
order-in-councll
under
the
provisions
of
the
Na
tional
Mobilization
Act
had
been
passed
to
the
effect
that
16,000
draftee
Home
Defence
soldiers
will
be
sent
to
the
European
theatre
of
operations.
He
explained
that
this
was
the
number
required
to
meet
foreseen
reinforcement
needs
for
overseas
infantry
formations
over
and
above
those
likely
to
be
avail
able
under
the
voluntary
system.
"I
have
said
that
except
for
some
16,000
men
we
are
able
to
meet
all
requirements
from
men
who
have
come
forward
voluntarily,"
said
General
Mc-
had
asked
for
it
a
month
ago.
Howard
GrecnProgreslve
-Conservative,
Vancouver,
asked
if
it
was
intended,
to
continue
the
two
types
of
armies
in'
Can
ada.
AW.
Neill,
Independent.
Co-mox-Albemi,
asked
General
McNaughton
If
he
did
not
think
he
should
resign
in
view
of
'the
government
having
changed
policy.
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
took
exception
to
this
question,
suggesting
that,
if
there
were
any
questions
as
to
minister's
resignations,
they
should
be
addressed
Co
him.
The
Prime
Minister
declared
that
General
McNaughton
had
done
a
magnificent
Job.
He
did
not
think
members
wereshowing
him
due
consideration.
R.
.B.
Hanson,
Progressive-
Conservative,
Nova
Scotia,
rose
to
his
feet
to
say
there
was
a
feeling
that
the
country
would
be
glad
to
dispense
with
the
services
of
the
Prime
Minister
and
;his
government.
Mr,
King
wondered
who
would
succeed
him
if
he
should
decide
to
resign
within
the
next
couple
or
weeKs.
The
House
will
start
debate
T
Continued
on
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Local
Temperature
Maximum
43
fence
was
faced
with
a
barrage
Minim
Wi
34
Bulletins
CZECHOSLOVAK
ELECTIONS
LONDON
Foreign
Affairs
Ministry
of
the
Czechoslovak
government
announces
elections
for
National
Committees
have
started
in
all
liberated
districts
of
Carpathian
Ukraine
and
Slovakia.
In
some
instances,
scats
of
the
National
Committee
were
reversed
for
Partisans
still
at
the
front.
BRITAIN
HELPS
U.S.
LONDON
The
British
government
announces
this
morning
that
lend-lease
from
Britain
to
other
United
Nations
has
amounted
to
nearly
$5,000-000,000
since
the
war
began.
The
chief
beneficiary
has
been
the
United
States.
ALGONQUIN'S
FINE
WORK
OTTAWA
II.M.C.S.
Algonquin,
participating
in
an
attack
on
a
German
convoy
off
the
southwest
tip
of
Norway
on
the
same
day
mat
the
battleship
Tirpitz
was
sunk,
hit
seven
enemy
vessels
with
its
first
salvos.
Nine
of
eleven
ships
in
the
convoy
were
sunk
by
the
force
of
British
cruisers
and
destroyers.
CHURCHILL
SPEAKS
LONDON
Making
a
surprise
appearance
at
an
American
Thanksgiving
Day
concert
in
Albert
Hall
last
night,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
hailed
United
States
as
the
greatest
military,
naval
and
air
power
in
the
world.
WOULD
END
LEND-LEASE
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
said
today
that
lend-lease
should
end
after
the
war
but
emphasized
that
continued
partnership
between
the
United
Nations
was
essential
if
peace
was
to
be
maintained.
FAR
EAST
TYPHOONS
In
the
Western
Pacific
and
China
seas,
the
tropical
cyclone
Is
called
a
typhoon.
LONDON
The
wartime
ban
on
using
hoses
for
watering
Duplessis
His
Appeal
To
Quebec
Premier
of
Quebec
Urges
His
Province
to
Respect
Laws
of,
Dominion
QUEBEC,
Nov.
24
tH
Premier
Maurice
Duplessis
told
a
group
of
provincial
civil
servants
today
that
"you
must
prove
again
that
the
province
of
Quebec
13
a
fortress
and
bastion
of
respect
fo
rthe
laws
of
the
coun
try.
"Other
provinces
are
surely
allowed
to
express
their
opinion
!
service
unlts
on
wnaiever
mauer
iney
wisn
just
as
the
province
of
Quebec
has
the
right
to
its
own
opinion,
he
asserted.
Duplessis
made
no
direct
mention
of
the
order-in
-council
authorizing
the
sending
of
draftees
overseas.
ALLIES
SHELL
KURILE
ISLAND
1
PEARL
HARBOR,
Nov.
24
O)
Allied
naval
forces
have
shelled
the
Kurlle
Island
of
Matsuwa,
within
six
hundred
miles
of
the
Japanese
homeland.
This
attack
was
carried
out
Tuesday.
Sixth
Division
To
Supply
Needed
Reinforcements
"Arc
In
High
State
of
Training
and
Discipline
and
Ready
to
Go,"
It
Is
Stated
by
Spokesman
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
24
(CP)
Men
from
the
Sixth
Division
of
Home
Defence
draftees
stationed
in
this
province
will
probably
be
the
first
to
go
overseas
under
the
government's
mew
partial
con
scription
policy,
a
military
spokesman
in
Pacific
Command
said
today.
of
training
and
discipline
and
would
be
almost
Immediately
ready
to
go,"
he
declared.
The
spokesman
said
that
the
Sixth
Division
had
a
unit
of
three
infantry
brigades
available
under
Major
General
H.
N.
Ga-nong
with
three
battalions
in
each.
Each
brigade
had
its
own
field
artillery,
light
anti-aircraft
engineers,
ordnance
and
other
Men
of
the
Sixth
Division
are
stationed
at
Vernon,
Nanaimo,
Terrace
and
Prince
George
YANKS
HEARING
PORT
OF
ORMOC
PEARL
HARBOR,
Nov.
24
.
Allied
forces
fighting
on
the
Island
of
Leyte
in
the
central
With
Conscription,"
broke
win-
Philippines
are
steadily
push-
do?-
1
bulled
down
bulletin
ing
closer
to
the
west
coast
bo
,
he
pro-conscnptlon
port
of
Ormoc.
Enemy
forces
Enfe
ish
language
newspaper
on
the
northern
end
of
the
line
Chronicle-Telegraph
and
tried
still
are
putting
up
strong
re-
vainly
to
Interview
Conservative
slstance
for
the
key
village
of
Premier
Maurice
Duplessis.
Llmon.
But
despite
this
the
Blals,
who
"assumed
rerponsl-Allles
have
pushed
through
blllty
to
see
thatxalm
Is
maln-Limon
in
their
drive
to
the
south,
talned
In
Quefoec,
nottfjed
Army
Tokyo
Latest
Target
Of
Big
Air
Raid
Hundreds
Of
Tons
Of
Explosives
Are
Dropped
on
Japanese
Capital
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
24
(CP)
Today,
for
the
first
time
in
history,
the
Japanese
capital
of
Tokyo
was
bombed
by
Allied
land-based
aircraft.
Flying
out
from
newly-completed
bases
on
the
Island
of
Saipan
in
the
Marianas,
the
big
B-29's
flew
in
over
resses
took
part
In
the
raid..
And
the
enemy
radio
adds
that
three
of
the
planes
were
shot
down.
There
has
been
no
confirmation
of
such
losses
from
Allied
headquarters.
Today's
assault
is
officially
described
as
the
opening
phase
of
an
attack
which
will
be
carried
on
relentlessly
until
Japan
is
'
invaded.
It
was
the
first
time
that
Tokyo
had
been
the
target
of
an
air
raid
sinve
the
visit
of
Gen.
James
Doollttie
and
his
carrier-based
bombers
on
April
18,
1942.
Tokyo,
in
acknowledging
the
assault,
said
that
seventy
super
fortresses
hit
at
the
southern
and
northern
outskirts
of
Tokyo
but
claimed
that
the
big
bombers
failed
to
attain
any
tangible
results,
admitting
that
"residen
tial
sections,
including
one
hos
pital,
were
slightly
damaged
.
ROCKET
BOMB
IMPROVEMENT
LONDON,
Nov.
24
(CP)
A
Ber
lln
broadcast
asserted
yester
day
that
continuous
improvement
has
been
made
in
robot
and
rocket
bombs
and
the
range
of
vengeance
weapons
"is
no
longer
a
problem
In
spite
of
withdrawal
of
the
German
front
line."
The
broadcast
said
that
gardens,
washing
automobiles
flying
bombs
are.
becoming
more
the
Norden
Colliery
In
Durham,
addition
to
the
regular
scale
1
and
cleaning
pavements
has
and
more
the
flying
artillery
of
Britain's
largest,
coal
workings,
las
paid
the
local
operators.
Ibeen
withdrawn.
the
German
army.
hey
are
in
a
high
state
Under
Control
No
Danger
In
Quebec
Military
.Commander
There
Advises
that
Anti-Conscription
Demonstrations
Not
Serious
QUEBEC,
Nov.
24
IP)
Brigadier
Edmund
Blais,
officer
commanding
military
district
No.
5,
said
today
that
there
is
no
danger
of
any
serious
disorder
re
sulting
from
such
anti-conscription
demonstrations
as
the
one
staged
last
night
by
7,000
young
French
Canadians
who
paraded
with
banners
reading
"Down
monsuatlon
wa
limited
to
sing
ing,
shouting
and
a
display
of
signs,
protesting
against
overseas
conscription.
The
brigadier's
telegram
said
"certain
trivial
damage
such
as
broken
windows
occurred
but
by
no
means
so
far
has
any
incident
occurred
beyond
control
of
municipal
authorities."
The
group
of
demonstrators
is
said
to
have
baen
made
up
In
the
majority
of
Laval
Unlver-
'
sity
students.
BELFAST,
0)
The
military
hospital
In
Musgrave
Park
has
lrrsv
no
n
nVui
ptnlnnl
s
ii
'ill
111.
1
wecu
uiivcii
iiCi
cu
a
mucituiuow
uie
enemy
capital,
dropping
nunarecis
01
tons
ol
ex-
sanatorium.
plosives.
Trie
raid
occurred
at
noon.
Saipan
is
about
1500
miles
from
Tokyo,
thus
making
the
round
trip
flight
for
the
giant
craft
three
thousand
miles.
A
Japanese
report
this
morning
says
about
seventy
superfort
WAR
NEWS
Estonia
Is
Liberated
MOSCOW
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
announced
today
that
Russian
forces
had
broken
the
German
blockade
of
Riga
and
Jiad
completed
the
liberation
of
Estonia.
An
island
commanding
the
entrance
of
the
Gulf
of
Riga
has
been
occupied.
'
Tokyo
Still
Burning.
WASHINGTON
The
War
Department
announced
today
that
reconnaissance
planes
Hying
over
Tokyo
after
the
big
air
raid
there
by
superfortresses
had
found
the
central
industrial
area
of
the
city
still
in
flames.
General
lL'II.
Arnold,
chief
of
air
staff,
declared
the
raid
to
be
"the
first
blow
of
relentless
attack
upon
leading
Japanese
cities."
It
will
mean
"systematic
demolition
of
Japanese
production."
Bitter
Battle
On
Rhine
PARIS
The
Battle
for
the
Rhine
is
bitter.
So
strongly
has
the
enemy
counter-attacked
Allied
lines,
they
have
driven
the
British
Second
Army
out
of
the
German
town
of
Hoven.
This
is
northeast
of
the
captured
city
of
Geilenklrchen.
However,
the
Nazi
force
in
the
Hoven
sector
is
not
believed
to
be
large,
and
the
British
are
holding
firmly
to
their
gains
north
of
Hoven.
News
of
a
British
gaVn
comes
in
a
late
bulletin.
This
dispatch
says
the
Tommies
have
entered
Blerick,
two
miles
from
the
Dutch
border
city
of
Venlo.
Other
British
forces
have
pushed
to
within
2500
yards
of
Venlo.
The
Germans
are
employing
new
monster
tanks
against
American
Ninth
Army
forces
northeast
of
Geilenkirchen
and
the
Nazis
have
slowed
down
the
Allied
push
on
Cologne.
In
the
south,
French
forces
have
worked
their
way
into
the
very
heart
of
the
city
of
,
Strasbourg,
and
me
unofficial
'
dispatch
says
the
French
city
has
already
been
liberated.
,
This
development
seals
off
the
Rhiheland
Valley
escape
route
for
an
estimated
70,000
troops
of
the
German
Nineteenth
Army
Battle
of
Italy
ROME
The
British
drive
toward
the
Italian
city
of
Faenza,
near
the
Adriatic,
continues.
The
Germans
have
put
up
strong
resistance
but
the
British
are
pushing
ahead,
sweeping
up
several
more
villages
southeast
of
Faenza.
A
late
dispatch
discloses
that
the
Eighth
Army
has
thrown
a
.bridgehead
over
the
Cosina
River
and
Polish
troops
of
the
Eighth
have
seized
Monte
Rlccl.