tit
I
f
i
.
al
deiences.
(
jrn
8co!t
Young,
public
relation
r.xed
Canadian
Of
t,
the
invasion
WON
PULP
IT
OUTSIDE
7
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::r.e
by
Eagle
...nt
was
then
j
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Lumber
Co.
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1922
and
the
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Lake1
It
was
the
I
:
operate
li
umbla.
AI'KUS
EXULT
'
I
LANDING
W
A':j
17
-Comment
'
?
papers
on
the
'
Fourth
Front"
'
F
;
r.t
Indicates
a
!
-
i
for
the
move.
?
firs
piace
a
-
to
the
llbera-the
London
,f
rat'
Ml
comments:
"It
'
v
operation,
f"is
remit
of
the
f
Casablanca
and
have
learned
to
P
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;
in
u-nuM
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Hitler
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nnt
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Guar-
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ch
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llrlma
n
Churchill
of
'td
the
Island
of
tUcn
went
bv
de.
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)
ut-h
landing
opera-'hs
French
coast,
announced
Wed-
FAININR
JOB
AKCK
FOR
SKUVICK
enter
Insurable
x';i
on
their
return
Tm
have
thtlr
un-!nJ'
Insurance
paid
for
If
?uovnment
from
l
.elr
enlistment,
f?
rcmaln
,n
-hclr
on
!;or,pioa
of
15
Wc
KUnlster
Mackcn-
,f'
u
a
radio
speech
V
rt
of
the
w.aoimauon
included
T
fi?,!
Cf
""ring
the
Wsslon
OT
oi.
t&tt
tan-
-"..v
ui
minor
dla-
-
m
me
world.
Holds
Deserters
Levant
SSloTf.From
Soviet
bhip
CE
GEORGE
Z-
A.-Z
"
O
-
a'
Otscome.
'
pi
no
George.
r
i
Mtlng
np-r::ooo
it
u
re-
B.
M
interest
of
mrd
control
:y
27.
plan
to
iurti
of
110
,
3
mui
mm
win
win
!
;
SEATTLE.
Aug
17
O
cattle
Post-Intclllgencer
aald
the
Am
erican
government
has
refused
to
turrender
four
Russian
ship
deserter
to
the
Soviet
consul
general.
j
The
newspaper
said
25
per
jcent
of
the
ships
complement
i
had
deserted
the
captain
and
I
all
but
six
members
of
the
crew
1
were
confined
aboard
other
I
ships
for
return
to
Russia,
"Reliable
Russian
quarters'
were
quoted
as
saying
two
oifl
cers
and
two
seamen
had
been
under
surveillance
after
the
disappearance
of
a
political
commissar
from
another
ship.
Large
Audiences
ngpunu.;
praiSes
Pictures
,
r
.crests
took
i
More
than
300
persons
came
:
iwrnllli
name
away
from
last
night's
showing
t
'
:
Lake
Saw-'
of
the
war
picture.
"Battle
of
t
The
company
Russia"
and
-'Welcome
to
Brlt-
r.i
r-
150
men
inialn"
hurh
In
their
nralsr
of
the
x;
rou
B0.WO
i
effort
of
the
Civil
Defence
Com
'
a
i.ngle
shift
j
mlttee
to
provide
educational
land
Informative
pictures
that
"ra
on
me
art
n
i
entertainment
Numerous
members
of
the
audience
sought
out
Bit
J.
C.
Mac-
Kenzle.
of
Pacific
Command
Headquarters.
Vancouver,
to
day
to
tell
him
how
much
they
enjoyed
his
showings
last
nign
"I
have
never
had
such
a
ft
enthusiastic
audience."
Sgt
Mac-
Kemle
remarked.
"If
I
were
not
leaving
for
Vancouver
tonight
I
am
sure
we
could
put
on
a
show
that
would
attract
another
300."
During
the
showing
last
night
Sgt.
MacKenzle
stressed
the
need
for
continued
enlistments
for
the
men's
and
women's
divisions
of
the
Canadian
Army.
He
also
called
on
civilians
to
City
Hoy's
Hotly
Has
Not
Yet
Keen
Found
Provincial
Police
of
the
marine
detachment,
who
went
out
Wednesday
on
the
launch
P.M.L.
15
to
search
for
the
body
of
14
year-old
Karsten
Miller,
drowned
off
the
west
coast
of
Dundas
Island,
Sunday,
returned
last
night
unsuccessful,
reporting
that
thick
kelp
beds
and
heavy
ocean
swells
had
hampered
their
search.
The
sea
In
that
area
Is
torn
by
strong
tidal
currents.
FOR
GLAMOROUS
"GAMS"
Fencing
will
develop
ths
calvea
of
the
legs
and
is
good
for
the
bean-pole
type
of
girl.
OVEItSI.i:i
INSECTS
Thysanla
moths
of
Guatemala
sometimes
attain
a
wing
spread
of
12
Inches.
!
theory.
They
are
outcomes
oi
petty,
personal
squabbles
Leaa-ers
who
are
close
friends
today
mktm
wmmmmMm
-'r
ANOT11SR
ITALIAN
TOWN
FALLS
TO
ALLIES
The
Italian
town
of
Montetpertoll,
overlooking
the
vaUey
of
the
Arno
to
the
west
of
Florence
fell
to
Canadian
tankmen
and
British
infaBtryafter
fierce
fighting.
Here
both
tanks
and
infantry
move
forward
through
the
town
in
puruslt
of
the
retreating
Huns.
Need
Direction
SICILIAN
POLIIICSJIRE
INJIVILD-TURMOIL
WITH
9
ACTIVE
PARTIES
By
DILL
BOSS
CATANIA
Siniy
Aui:
17
f-"Yon
will
rerr
ive
the
Impressioi-tha.
UHjUiand
is
very
active
polldrally."
a
high
official
of
the
Allitll
Control
Commission
observe
ft
meryfntly.
Seated
iri
hrHllc
6V
rjooklng
Cat
anta's
Cathedral
Square,
he
was
explaining
Sicily's
difficulties
in
finding
her
feet
politically.
"You
have
probably
seen
the
billposters,
the
pamphleteering,
the
signs
chalked
and
palnteu
in
the
street,"
he
went
on.
"And
we
see
them,
too.
But
our
reaction
ha
been.
'Just
how
much
do
thse
things
represent
the
views
of
the
people?'
On
the
surface.
Sicily
u
in
v
maintain
their
war
effort
pro-,
political
turmoil.
All
of
her
nine
grams
and
help
the
Red
Cross
j
parties,
ranging
from
Commun-
in
lis
important
worn.
,
of
the
extreme
left
to
Mo
Sgt.
MacKenrle
thanked
Ber-
8rehlst
on
the
right,
are
led
b
nard
Allen,
manager
of
Prince
vocal,
and
at
times
Incredibly
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard,
j
tempestuous.
Individual.
Lel
and
the
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard
to
right,
the
partle
are
Com-
Emnloyee'
Association
for
as
sistance
they
had
given
him
during
his
series
of
movie
showings
here.
Stettin,
Berlin,
Kiel
are
Pounded
LONDON.
Aug
17
0
About
1000
R.A.F.
heavy
bombers
blasted
Stettin
and
Kiel
In
Germany
Wednesday
night,
while
Mosquito
bombers
carried
out
a
third
successive
night
assault
on
Berlin.
munlst.
Socialist.
Republican
Liberal.
Centre.
Separatist
Lib
eral.
Separatist
Movement.
Christian
Democrat
(now
called
MemochrUtlan).
and
Mon
archist.
but
political
regrouping
Is
constant.
It
appears,
however,
that
these
regroupings
are
seldom
concern
ed
with
political
or
economic
may
be
bllter
enemies
next
weex.
The
result
Is
that
leaders
prominently
connected
wilh
one
trend
of
thought
today
are
as
llkeL
to
be
with
another,
even
diametrically
opposed,
tomorrow,
followed
by
their'
little
cliques
and
coteries,
until
they
In
turn
fall
1
out.
!
Tendency
To
Model
'
Party
On
Fascism
'
Then,
too,
as
the
only
polltl-
I
cal
movement
many
of
them
j
know
is
the
Fascist,
there
Is
tt'
tendency
to
pattern
the
new
i
political
organization
and
act
'
tlvities
after
the
black
shirt
set
f
up.
These
new
democrat
dress
themselves
up
in
colored
shirts
and
seml-unlforms.
surround
themselves
with
guards,
have
elaborate
set-ups
for
maintaining
party
discipline,
and
then
'
when
the
control
commissioner
hears
about
it
and
protests,
they
I
proceed
to
fall
out
with
on.
another.
Socialists
and
Com-!
munlsts
have
not
fallen
Into
i
this
error
to
the
degree
that
the
j
other
groups
hove
sinned.
When
the
Allies
hit
the
Wand
;
all
officials
In
key
positions
were
acknowledged
Fascists.
Where
It
was
obvious
that
these
men
were
respected
by
the
community,
they
were
asked
to
"pla
ball"
'with
the
Allies,
and
If
they
Vould.
they
were:
left
In
(Continued
on
Page
4)
Fierce
Nazi
Counter-attacks
Drive
Back
Russian
Forces
Near
Warsaw
FAVORS
ROOSEVELT
FOR
RE-ELECTION'
WASHINGTON.
Aug.
17-Fnr-tunc
mnRazinc
has
found
the
United
Statrs
favors
the
rc-olec-tlon
f
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
It
gives
the
president
524
per
cent
of
the
votes
to
Governor,
Dewey's
43.9
per
cent.
Woman
Rescues
Tired
Swimmer
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Aug.
17
"Mrs.
Jack
L.
Ratlcdgc
Jumpeci
fully
clothed
off
the
end
oi
a
float
by
Grahame
Lodge.
Six
Mile
Lakes,
to
rescue
Gordon
Stock,
base
engineer
for
Canadian
Pacific
Airways,
exhausted
riBvwirj
i
tttt-AT
papt
i
irom
overions
swim.
uiwuiuilllivnuinui
I
-
..
"
-
.
i
.v..
-!..,.
The
eat.
const
of
North
Am-
"I
was
on
tne
spot
at
mc
wism
erica
Is
almost
directly
north
of
time,"
the
the
west
coast
of
South
America,
clared.
LONDON,
Aug.
17
O
Ger
mans
appeared
determined
to
hold
the
Polish
capital
city
of
Warsaw
nnd
with
three
gigantic
forces
launching
counter
attacks
Wednesday
they
forced
Uic
Russians
out
of
Ossow.
seven
miles
northeast
of
Warsaw,
a
conUguous
suburb
of
Temperature
Local
Tide
lCal
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
we
Friday,
August
18
82
High
0:49
20.3
feet
13:31
19.1
feet
S3
Low
7:24
2.8
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
20:05
0.0
feet
txin,
193
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
17,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ies
Now
Inland
Miles
isJve
:o
South
i
HcMslancc
"Not
m
Slight
as
Fit.
"
&
tight'
tis
Admit
Ixjss
of
Cannes
Infu.".ry
and
'
i
..it.
i
Mnln
fmifnrf
MF,
Aug
17
fCP)
Punching
steadily
inland
th?
enemy
resistance
described
officially
as
.
ji
(iu
as
first
thought,"
Allies
were
reported
h
r'
ll
miles
inland
from
loaches
of
Southern
r-n
reports
said
the
Allies
had
taken
Cannes.
l
-
f
ops
made
con-
'
'
'
pr-numw
wno
T
q
p
.
pfd
well
behind
U.J.
UUVCI1II1IC111
Germans
Say
Paris
Is
Front
Line
City!
As
Allies
Advance
OCCUPATION
OF
GERMANY,
JAPAN
FULLY
PLANNED
Allies
Will
Drive
In
This
Time,
Says
President
Roosevelt
WASHINOTON,
Aug.
17
0V-President
F.
D.
Roosevelt
returned
from
his
Pacific
trip
today
to
declare
that
the
Allied
hrmles
will
drive
in
and
occupy
Germany
and
Japan,
even
fihould
resistance
collapse
short
of
enemy
borders.
I
The
president
said,
"this
time
permany
will
not
escape
military
occupation
which
she
dodged
by
armistice
in
the
First
Great
War."
Bulletins
NEW
.CANUCK
DRIVE
?
CHERBOURG
Canadians
'have
launched
a
new
heavy
idiive
east
of
Cannes.
They
are
now
in
control
of
Falaise.
The
ieastern
section
of
the
Can-jadian
front
has
been
broken
y.pen
and
the
Canucks
are
forrlnr
ahead.
J
NAZIS
USING
TANKS
T
ROME
'German
tank
at-
Jack4caufd,vheavj
cauHles
,
FTn'''northern'iieetlofi
of
Flor
enre
and
prevented
Allies
from
taking
food
and
water
to
that
part
of
the
fity.
An
Allied
order
prohibits
civilians
from
carrying
weapons
In
an
effort
to
wipe
out
nests
of
snipers.
OUTSIDE
PARIS
LONDON
A
German
radio
report
said
U.S.
forces
are
now
S3
miles
ftom
Taris
suburbs.
Another
report
places
that
at
13
miles
out.
Reports
from
other
sources
say
the
Germans
are
preparing
to
evacuate
Paris
withont
a
fight.
FRENCHMEN
STRIKE
LONDON
French
lailway-men
of
northern
and
eastern
networks
are
on
strike,
according
to
reports
reaching
French
sources
in
London.
B.C.
SHIPS
IN
ACTION
LONDON
Former
B.C.
coast
steamships.
Prince
Henry
and
Prince
David,
were
ued
in
the
Invasion
of
South
France.
riTIFUL
EFFORT
LONDON
Germany
sent
out
eight
ships,
similar
to
Canadian
corvettes,
in
a
pitiful
attempt
to
stop
Allied
invasion
of
Normandy.
All
were
destroyed.
AMERICAN
LOSSES
CHERBOURG
American
losses
between
July
6
and
August
6
in
the
Normandy
campaign
number
16,000
kill-
,
ed,
76,000
wounded
and
20,000
j
missing.
PALACE
DAMAGES
LONDON
Windows
of
K
Buckingham
Palace
were
i
broken,
and
damage
done
to
i
Samuel
Johnson's
historic
home
and
Rutcher
Hall
by
ro
bot
bombs
that
fell
heavily
around
London.
I1I.AST
OIL
FIELDS
ROME
Rumanian
oil
fields
were
heavily
damaged
by
Allied
bombers
that
took
off
from
bases
in
Italy.
Praga.
i
.
-
Russians
reported
continuing
Q
pi
r
,
success
on
the
Estonian,
East
OOlIu
frOM
On
Prussian
and.
Southern
Tollsh
,
'
'
OOUtll
Beachheads
On
the
Swiss
frontier,
Haute
Savolc
region
was
completely)
LONDON,
Aug.
17
Allied
under
partisan
control
today
beachhead
forces
which
landed
after
Frenchmen,
supplied
with
i
jn
the
south
of
France
have
guns
and
ammunition
dropped
,
joined,
and
now
present
an
un-
by
Allied
ulancs
during
last
week,
staged
a
major
revolt.
TOAST'S
ORIGIN
In
Stuart
days,
It
waj
the
custom
to
put
a
piece
of
toast
In
the
wine
cup
for
flavor:
modest
rescuer
de-
hence
the
English
"drink,
a
toast."
expression
broken
front
50
miles
in
length.
In
some
nlaces
penetrations
have
been
made
to
a
depth
of
27,
miles.
Over
500
square
miles
of
territory
Is
now
in
Allied
hands,
2,000
prisoners
have
been
captured
since
Tuesday.
Allied
forces
are
reported
to
be
10
miles
from
Toulon.
iCAMILLE
HOUDE
IS
GIVEN
RELEASE
MONTREAL,
Aug.
17
Camille
Houde,
four
times
mayor
of
Montreal,
who
was
jailed
four.
years
ago
for
his
opposition
to
i
the
National
Registration
pro-
John
Bracken
to
Speak
Publicly
Monday
Night
Hon.
John
Bracken,
national
leader
of
the
Progressive
Con
servative
party,
will
give
a
pub-
ac
address
Monday,
Aug.
21.
In
Booth
Memorial
High
School
auditorium.
This
will
be
followed
by
a
pub-
i
tic
reception
at
the
IX)X.E.
jiali,
5th
ave.
at
McBride
st
Mr.
Bracken
on
his
two-day
.visit.
Monday
and
Tuesday,
will
see
Prince
Rupert
for
the
firs,
time
and
has
expressed
a
wish
to
get
first
hand
knowledge
of
conditions
and
industry
here.
Other
plans
for
his
visit
ln-i
dude
a
banquet
Monday
evening
to
which
a
.number
.of.
Jeadln
mr.
'cniztiave6eeffTnttted.
'.OuSfo
Tuesday
Mr.
Bracken
will
visit
the
local
shipyards
and
the
fishing
industry
tonment,
and
later
went
to
Canadian
Army
headquarters.
The
official
group
which
greet
ed
the
ambassador
Included
Col.
D.
B.
Martyn,
commanding
Prince
Rupert
area;
Col.
T.
J.
Weed,
United
States
army
port
commander;
Commander
C.
M.
Cree.
naval
officer
in
charge;
Squadron
Leader
W.
T.
F.
Tour-gls,
R.C.A.F.
officer
commanding.
Seal
Cove;
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
nnd
members
of
the
city
council,
and
Norman
Watt,
representing
the
Provincial
Government.
When
the
party
came
ashore
after
a
short
Interval,
the
Ambassador,
accompanied
by
Col.
D.
B.
Martyn,
Inspected
a
guard
of
honor.
A
military
band
play-(Contlnued
on
Page
4)
GYROSCOPIC
HOMH
SIGHT
IS
PERFECT
LONDON,
Aug.
17
The
Air
Ministry
announces
the
perfecting
of
a
gyroscopic
bomb
sight
that
practically
eliminates
all
chance
of
error.
KHAN
MIGHTY
.MAN
The
la
re
est
emnlre
In
world
history
was
that
of
Genghis
Khan
700
years
ago.
Yank
Forces
Less
Than
20
Miles
from
Seine
prison
at
Ftedericton.
on
Aug.
j
Invaders
Topple
Four
Key
Cities
and
One
Column
i,
iyu,
ne
cauea
newspapermen
i
to
him
and
announced
he
did
not
hold
to
the
new
law
and
was
asking
the
people
of
Montreal
not
to
conform.
Jumps
Eure
River
in
Swift
Threat
to
Box
in
Flee
ing
German
Seventh
Army
Against
Seine
ALLIED
SUPREME
HQ.,
Aug.
17
(CP)
American
forces
knifed
down
approaches
to
Paris
today,
battling
less
than
20miles
from
the
Seine
River
after
toppling
four
key
cities.
They
seized
Dreux,
Chartres,
Chateaudun
and
Orleans.
One
column
vaulted
the
Eure
River
in
a
swift
CPL.
G.
I
TWISS
OF
RUPERT
WINS
EMPIRE
MEDAL
Cpl.
G.
L.
Twiss
of
Prince
Rupert
has
been
awarded
a
British
Empire
Medal,
according
to
a
supplementary
list
of
R.C.A.F.
decorated
personnel
released
today.
Woman
Sentenced
to
Six
Months
in
Jail
PRINCE
GEORGE
Marie
Del
as
sentenced
to
slxjnonths
.aitaua
-
iTison
i
aim
uj
lice
Magistrate
P,
J.
Moran
when
she
pleaded
guilty
of
keeping
liquor
for
sale.
19
Gun
Salute
Given
Ambassador
Atherton
Upon
Arrival
Today
Welcomed
Here
by
American
and
Canadian
Army
Officials,
Provincial
Government
Representative
Mayor
and
Council
on
One-day
Visit
Prince
Rupert
military
and
civic
authorities
are
hosts
today
to
the
Hon.
Ray
Atherton,
United
States
Ambassador
to
Canada,
who
with
Mrs.
Atherton
and
their
two
children,
John
and
Dorothy,
arrived
in
a
sleek,
grey-painted
United
States
army
yacht
at
10
1
o'clock
this
morning.
Artillery
pieces
oarKea
a
ly-gun
saiute
as
me
ambassadors
cratt
moorea
alongside
the
naval
wharf,
and
the
commanding
officers
of
the
four
services,
representatives
of
the
city
and
provincial
governments
filed
down
the
gang
plank
to
greet
their
guests.
Following
the
brief
whart-sldc
ceremony,
the
party
was
whisked
I
to
the
United
States
army
can
U.S.
Will
Take
Active
Part
in
Post-war
Order
j
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
17
The
International
post-war
aviation
conference
now
being
held
be
tween
Great
Britain,
Russia,
China,
and
the
United
States
is
a
mere
preliminary
to
the
in
ternational
co-operation
effort
planned
for
the
near
future.
Senator
Tom
ConneUy,
chairman
of
the
Foreign
Relations
committee
said
today.
He
added
that
the
present
meet
would
be
followed
by
a
"real
conference
on
a
higher
level."
"The
real
conference
will
be
a
League
of
NaUons
In
which
America
will
take
a
full
part,
and
which
we
hope
to
have
working
before
the
end
of
the
war."
he
commented.
GO
U.S.
Combines
to
Help
Prairie
Harvest
REGINA.
Aug.
17
Sixty
combine
outfits
will
cross
Into
the
prairie
provinces
shortly
from
the
United
Slates
to
assist
In
the
grain
harvest.
USE
FOR
EVERYTHING
Oround
peanut
hulls
are
bcln?
used
to
manufacture
a
new
cork
substitute.
FAR
FROM
HOME
There
were
33
buffalo
In
Yugoslavia
in
1939.
threat
to
box
in
the
fleeing
Ger-
man
Seventh
Army.
The
first
Canadian
Army
captured
Falaise.
major
road
centre,
and
pushed
on
beyond
the
narrowing
German
escape
gap
in
the
NanaPS
jan.
A
British
sUI
said
the
Germans
a"rt
umtmg-tound
In
complete
disorganization"
In
the
Normandy
pocket
and
east
to
the
Seine
River.
The
German
radio
said
Pails
is
now
a
"front
line
city"
and
the
thunder
of
approaching
American
guns
can
be
heard
there,
Americans
are
meeting
little
resistance,
i
Df
jmanaWtJ,irijjLis
a
.
cjty
of
ccaos
without
food,
traniv
portation
or
police.
Churches
are
overcrowded
and
special
prayers
are
-being
said
at
Notre
Dame.
For
the
first
time,
the
Ger-
,
man
command
has
appealed
tq
the
population
of
the
city
to
remain
calm.
R.C.A.F.
PLANE
MISSING
ON
COAST
WITH
THREE
MEN
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
17
Ar
R.CAJ.
plane
with
three
persons;
is
believed
to
have
been
forced
i
down
or
crashed
on
the
north
ern
section
of
Vancouver
Island
or
the
Lower
Mainland.
It
took
off
from
a
West
Coast
base
Wednesday.
Canada
Leading
In
Program
for
Returning
Vets
OTTAWA.
Aug.
17
O
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
Kins
In
a
broadcast
over
CBC,
national
radio
network,
Wednesday
night
said
Canada
leads
the
world
In
making
provision
for
service
men
after
the
war.
Premier
King
outlined
arrangements
made
for
re-ejstab-llshment
of
service
men
Into
civilian
life
and
declared"
provision
made
"Is
most
comprehensive
any
country
has
ever
made
to
re-establish
its
fighting
men."
Flying
Bombs
Like
Artillery
Salvos
Showering
London
LONDON,
Aug.
17
Flying
bombs,
like
salvos
of
artillery
fire,
fell
on
London
and
Southern
England
yesterday
afternoon
and
night
Coastal
batteries
reported
repeated
successes
in
getting
robots.
One
bomb
fell
In
a
busy
shopping
district
of
a
southern
England
town
-killing.
Injuring
and
trapping
many
people
.
French
Partisans
Making
Headway
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Cnoln
A,..
ft
ink
French
partisans
In
Southern
France
have
occupied
the
Pyrenees
railway
towns
of
Iloron
and
Mauelon,
and
have
surrounded
the
Important
Oerman
bastion
of
Toulouse,
reports
rcachlnj
Iran
said
Wednesday.