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Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-08-20
Merchant Marine All Out For America

America realizes that merchant marine is permanent
institution that is important and peace The
army and navy and air force that military force
coordnated equals batteshps merchant ships bases
and planes The Merchant Marine is all out for the u S.
with pride and courage
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-08-20

One of the first of the Congress of the born
United States needing the pleas of George Washington
enactment of which would protect and
Ian American Marine Thomas jefferson arguing
house resolution first presented what is well known
shipping by is essential to American industry and
economic balance and that the merchant vessel in time of
the very of successful navy and expedtionary
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

Win 4 mic Mn
YOnGgs ~ CHINA Warehouses
and barracks ~ japanese st
nsngsnlh. Burma rad b.se. ssfs
bombed Sunday - Brig Gen.
claire l. chsnnsuits medium
bonD<r
Taking part in the raid vers
MAJ Everett Hoistrom and Capt.
Allan Forsysh. both ~ Taeoms.
Wash.
Gen. chennaslt believes tbe
aliiss can defeat Japan 10 = cum
paraflssiy short tine Sbsn they
turn their whole effort into the
Pacific. and -thsre IL an oatsIde
chance the lob can b. finished this
year"
me commander u the U. :.
forces in China emphasized his
conviction That victory In the Pa.
etfc 10 nearing. Dat said u depend
81 on how soon the United Ma
tons put the necessary stuff into
China
Looking 70 the possibility u
eliminating Japan IN 1913 II an
all out effort IL made. the blunt
spoken and Seatberbesten Chen
n2ult said:
II think there are some men IN
q high position VINO already realize
this"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
WLB Still Studies
Boeinq Wage Scale

wASHNGTON-The War La
Dor Board Monday continued an
cussion Of the wage case involving
west coast sirplsne workers ne
board met yesterday and scheduled
a session for tonight If no decision
: reached during the day.
<EATTLE-The deadline org
insIIv set BY demonstrating Boeing
aircraft workers for war iaOoi
board decision on wage increase
demands passed without incident
Monday with surveys by both com
napv and union officials revealing
nqTmsl production on graveyard
and day shifts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Vegetables
To Highlighi
Menus Here

More carrots. turnips. psrsnips
and other root vegetables and less
fruft will be served with restaurant
and hotel meals as the principal
change due to point rstioning of
canned fruits and vegetables
which went into effect Monday
Local war price and rationing
boards also started registration Of
institutional and industrial food
handlers Monday.
Rationing officials asked
dealers 10 note one change In
the printed application forms
furnished them. Inventories
Of rationed foods should he as
Of February Is. 194S. instead
Of December 81. 1912, rs
printed on the form.
Prospect of higher prices for
hotel and restaurant meals. pos
sibility which government officials
have found no practical means of
preventing, appeared remote IN Ia
coma. with owners preferring to
change menus. instead of decreas-
ing portions or raising prices.
Supplies of rationed foods to be
allowed commercial handlers is
only a little more than half the
amount they have been getting.
Canned fruit and vegetable
Juices will become scarce In
food establishments, and the
standard canned green beans,
peas and spinach will be seen
less often.
Tacoma ration boards expect 10
register hundreds of institutional
food dealers in this area and IN
dustrial users such as bakeries.
Dealers will estimate their own
point values, on the following
bases:
Eleven points pound for canned
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

CAPITOL. Olympia - As Wash.
ington's first war legislature since
1858 moved Monday into the final
stretch. full-scsls battle vas
brewing over the provisions Of
Gov. Arthur ". Langlle's budget
proposals. but most Of his other
legislative programs stu we're
stymisd IN committees.
His social security proposal was
due for floor test in the house
OF representatives a. HB5I. .
counter-proposal by pension union
forces that would remove the $40
monthly maximum. appeared on
the calendar for final passage.
A desperate floor campaign by
Republicans had failed to amend
the bill previously and apparently
II was being forced out for final
action by enemies Of Isngiis.
The senate already had passed
the chief executives measure
sBl0s. and the bill was stif ~
the hands Of the house committee
on unemployment relief and public
welfare House action on the
oountsr.blll would Indicate ths ad.
ministrstions strength as both
sides gathered their forces for the
final battles.
LAngiie's bill would eliminate
resource deductions on the basis
Of need 10 the pensioneT, but the
$40 stste-psid maximum remained
Though HB5I included no time
limits. pension union forces con
tended u Was only meant 10 lift
the maximum during the war
emergency.
Langiiss forestry board pro-
possl. and his war powers isgis.
istion. in the senate and house
respectively. stiil failed to make
the calendars
Left.NinE forces IN the senate
declared there was little chance of
the forestry bills reaching the
floor. indicating they held the
dominant position in the commit
tee battles
The 4O.mlIl tax limit amendment
proposal. supported b. strong sls-
menis In both parties. had been re-
turned 10 COMMITTEES until the ses-
si0ns 57th day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
HEAVIEST DURING WAR
Infant Smoihers
To Death in Crib

Her two-monib-old son smoth.
cred during the night. Mrs. W "
Curry. SOS so. 18th ST. sobbingly
told police officers that she had
gone 10 the ohild's crib early Mon
DAY morning and found the baby
dead
Mrs. Curry related to officers
that she had fed the infant at 10
O'Clock Sunday night. and that
vas the last time she had seen the
child alive.
her husband. a Fort Lewis ser
Esant attached 10 a military police
company, Was not at home At the
TIM
The body Wss removed 70 e. g.
Aeliiuger Co. from where funeral
announcements will be made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Death OF Baby
Is Investigated
SEATTLE

>fAIILf - Mrs. Afulf PAR
menter. %. held in connection with
the death Of a nine-month-old ba BY
Of two broken arms and a skull
fracture. revealed under question
ing Monday that two Of her own
children had died after injuries
and = third was removed from her
care
She said a daughter. csthryn.
three months old. died here last
Dec II Of pneumonia. but after
she had suffered a fractured arm.
She added that another daughter
Shirley Ellen. seven months old.
died in Montana after falling out
Of bed. 4 son. Robert. three. was
taken from her in Montana two
years ago and placed In an in
stitution-
she told police that Robert had
had both arms broken b. her "ez-
husband who Vas otherwise IN
identified.
Mrs Psrmenter. alias Mrs
Harrington. and her common-law
husband. Andrew harrington. as
we're arrested On open charges
after none-montn-Old Mary Jean
Clsirmont. VINO was in their Gus
tOdy. was taken 70 a hospital
where she later died.
The b by'k parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace J. clsirmoHt. form
erly of Garfield. Wash. said they
answered classified sd offering
10 board babies Wnen they were
unable 70 find suitable living sc-
commodstions. They left the baby
and three-yesr-olo Marvin Clair
mont with the couple Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Fear So Dead
In Coal Mine
BEARCREEK, Mont.

BEARCREEK, Mont. - Wives
and children - some tight-hppeo
and dry-eyed. others with tear
streaked faces - waited fearfuily
Monday as rescue workers STUN
bled thorush the maze Of Mon
tana's largest coal mine in search
of SIS men trapped and feared dead.
Since Saturday. when an eA-
plosion several thousand feet be-
low the surface reverbefated
through the Smith coal mine, SIX
bodies had been recovered and four
others had been found. Rescue
workers said there vas only one
chance in a thousand that any
NJ the SIS others known TO have
been trapped were alive.
THEE FOUND ALIVE
Only three men had been
brought out alive Doctors at
nearby emergency hospital treated
go members Of the rescue ere"
suffering from exposure to poison
Gus mine gases. Eight OF them
were sent to Billings, Mont, for
further treatment. They were IN
serious condition.
Rescue crewmen feared that the
deadly black damp had penetrated
through the labyrinth Of tunnels
to the entombed miners. Hun
dreds Of miners who volunteered IN
the search were forced to wait
tmpatiently at the mine uppie
Yesterday after the poisonous a.
nosphere had forced other reseu-
ers from the mine.
FANS INSTALLED
Fans were installed to force the
black damp from the mine pas
sages and the search was resumed
sunday night. but the army OF
rescuers was not expected to reach
the spot. $4,000 feet back IN the
slopins shaft where most q Inc
,,c,ins were believed trapped
until noon today.
II was the worst mine disaster
m Montsns's history.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Full-Scale
Fight Looms
In OLYMPIA

CAPITOL Olympia - At
tempts In repeal the lucent
s-pound excise tss as elee.
margarine failed Monds, for
the sixth consecutive time
when the Washington house Of
representative. yoied ~ 10 ~
To Indefinitely postpone the
measure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Firms Will Remain

LONDON = The HelAlnH radio
quoted President Risto Rytl ~
Finland a. saying the war will
BE- continued and demands our
complete attention Ryu. first
t~o-term presldeni Of Finland
called upon his people 10 exert
themselves 10 the utmost 20 gain
new national security IN MS IN
augurstiOn address Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Wood Rationing
Plan Considered

PORTLAND = The authority 10
invoke wood ra<oning program
for Washington. Oregon and ten
counties Of the Idaho Panhandle
was in effect today.
Under the OPA order. some
4 900 wood dealers in the three
state area prepared 10 register
with the OPA and 10 furnish
monthly data on supplies
Since the order does not actually
put the wood rstioning program
into operation but simply dele
gates the authority to do 50 to
regional OPA Administrator Harry
Camp. Of San Francisco. con-
sumers viii not be affected i'm
meoiateiy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

q y
the proper authorities bestir
themselves Immediately to revive
the port. Tacoma might become
forgotten ghost waterfront"
town.
Representative Hugh J. Resell
hni ID warned Port of Tacoma
commission members TO shake
themselves out of their lethargy"
and get busy with constructive
plan. for revival OF the port.
Said he;
The port com m s. on
seems 10 distinguish Itself for
being an anonymous body.
should they continue along
this line, the whole city Of
Tacoma Ia In danger of fol-
lowing them into the limbo Of
the forgotten. Let's get
little action ON the water
front.
Seattle has awaited itself OF
federal aid to improve docking
and shipping facilities. There is
no reason why Tacoma can't do
likewise. ! even wonder II the
members know that federal
money Is available"
Rep. W. c. p. Meddins Cd
added a different note. He said
Right now we have M
customers for the port. But
We should be keeping In touch
with all our old ones and see
to IL when peace comes they
again avail themselves Of our
facilities. Business now IL ad-
yertising. even though II has
nothing To sell. We should do
the same. Let's keep our
name before the world"
Senator Kathryn Malstrom ID
gave solemn warning that some
thing should be done about the
port before 1T was too late. Her
statement:
when war Ia won. We may
he faced with n terrific de-
precision. Only those equipped
TO take what little business
there II will survive. Others
will suffer. The time To pre-
pare for the depression IN
now. The port, through the
commission and the city
fathers and the Chamber NJ
Commerce, must he ready 10
take its place In the peace
time shipping world. Let
them make studies. prepare
plans now and he ready tn
get what depression time
business will be available"
senator John 7. McCuteheon
(RJ felt the Chamber OF Com
merce could do tremendous
service to the city by giving It's
Continued on Page 8. Column A.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

In his report to NJ council last
GUNNER the mayor ppsnted out
three weaknesses IN ths present
form Of city government rnsy.
he said. were.
Tacoma had no pfsstlesi wsy
Of eo-ofd4nztiax activities Of
all Its departments. iAt present.
departments are responsible only
% the elected commissioners IN
chsfgsl
= No single responsible sssess'
4 tlvs ~ha could make smsF.
gsncy sr speedy decisions ~@s
provided for Nor vas there sn
executive rno had the overall
financial visw ef city depart.
msnts
= There sas No actual DIVISION
, o. the legislative snd admin
lsfrsfiss functions a city Eov.
eminent
To correct Inc weaknesses men
sl0nsd would can Tor eoanslls
manager form Of sossFnmsnf.
the mayor intlmstsa
A. present earn commissioner
10 In absolute administrative
charge n his department oaiy
. ruiins ~ the seoasii can 20
verse /. COMMISSIONER 4ssizsan.
And fhs COUNSEL Il made ~ ef tss
snd cases ara very
rare In which members cross aysf
and rsssrss decisions.
u !. ffem skecs ss~s thai
ih~ s.ssf .euia hsss ~ 70
sesss approval " . sssss
whseh might s~iisss th~w ~
their stsssE kst1 % 10 ~
disiassi departments.
The mayor hss ssksd far $50
gsstions 10 ~sffsemIlns+ Tseamas
elfy government
Thas far mons have besn pat
forth
To-day 10 Msreh I.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Killed al Launching
PORTLAND

PORTLAND - In fun view Of
hundreds Of shipyard workers lin
ing the shore. Sidney FredencksOn.
4s-yesr-Old tugoost engineer. was
killed ~ launching here Sunday
when = broken cable cOiled around
him and wnisked him off the deck
NJ ms tug. the James W.. into the
river.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

Germans Continue To Retreat
Planes Help
In Stopping
Nazis' Jabs

ALLIED no. NORTH AFRICA
Allied forees - the nosthera
front have checked AL ensmY
thrust. eith the I'D ~ . da~n-le.
du.k air attack ard N the -nuth-
ern sector ~ 1ainisss there ~sx-
Indications that the town ~
Ferihns had e~en eccurled ~
AnEloAmertcsa tfeep.
The allied serial attack wss
described BY officers here 80 mag.
n,fieent--s term sslsiom us<d ~
conservative military men n n.
eluaed ore ~ the heaviest attacks
q the var On csklsssl ssrsisnls.
an avis reinforcement hsse Hs.
ports said that f1ying Fortres.~.
had caused heavy damage smang
ships. docks. warehouses and the
railroad Yards
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Australia
In Danger
Of Attack
GEN. MACARTHUR's Ho..


Australia - Mondays allied com
munique declared that japanese
strength was being rapidly rein
forced in the arc of islands north
Of Australia. from Timor. in the
Dutch East Indies. to the north
ern Solomons. and observers be-
lieved that Japan was preparing
for major military effort.
1t was the first public intima-
ton from military authority that
despite allied victories in Papua.
New Guinea and in the Solomons
Australia still remains in danger
of direct attack.
KEEP DOUBLED FORCE
The official announcement tends
TO confirm information that Jap
anese strength in the southwest
Pacific is now as great. or greater.
than at any time since Pearl Har-
Dor. II appeared to substantiate
London reports that Japan is now
keeping nearly twice as many
troops in the islands north of
Australia as IT took to conquer
them.
The communique did not say
whether the Japanese preparations
were for offensive or defensive
purposes but left no doubt that
Japan's main efforts are now con-
centrated along Australians outer
defense line.
WEAKEN SOME AREAS
Authoritative information in
Australia indicated that Japan has
been moving as many troops and
planes as she could spare into the
southwest Pacific area. even at
the expense Of weakening other
areas.
japanese preparations. accord
ing to authoritative sources. in
cluded the concentration of q
large air armada mainly fight
ers- along the island perimeter
from Timor to Rsbaul. New
Britain. the transfer Of troops
from other areas TO the islands
north of Australia: the msinten-
snce of big concentration Of ship
ping al Rabaul. and distribution
Of imperial naval forces in such
a way that they can reach the
islands on short notice.
On Sunday morning the strong
est force Of Beaufighters ever sent
from northwestern Australia raked
Koepang's Penfoei sirdrome. on
Timor. destroying four grounded
bonn bers and nine fighters. dsmag-
ing another bomber and eight
fighters. and shooting down one
out of three japanese intereeptors
the eommunique said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
What AbOut Our Port7-
What About Our Port?-
Waterfront Ghost
Town Possibility
Stirs State So|ons
By Tacoma Times staff Writer

CAPITOL. Oympia-The Tacoma Times question What
Shall We Do Revive Our Dead Port When Peace Comes -
occupied attention of Pierce county legislators during the
past week Members paused in their legislative duties
offer opinions to what should be done that
Tacoma will again take its rghtfu place the world of
water-borne shipping when the $ won.
i' az ek'eeu soihee"Is They
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Reds Capture
More Villages


l00t4AIUNHl
foSDoN--pnp ~ apuu =
. sr~ss segesetse segenweno -
s1s>~~~ - .snaens1 - Co.
snes "sssts~.s - mnm1nou1~
h~ts~ l3k~ 1lssps. h11lnee - -
favtng ii.see nexf tppeps - e1gne
ss,s II fssss<ss fgnooog. . -
stsi s~vses s.sss.seSpns pevun1s1
ssstans.
1tSsCOW sexst fore~s uzH~
hing westward tewssd ~ pnl>psr
seized . shsia - villages 1901 81
kh@skay Mnnssy whll~ IN Ger.
mans hurried tnezsean1s - Efeopa
into fssissz seznfsfssts<ks against
ina Hsl<<isn f1sak ~ fhe eos<hesst.
Perhaps significantly. th~ mevi~s
high command II ~ ulaalNht
esmmunlqe< fer th< Hfs< time IN
recent ee<ks ssf<fr<6 - flehklnx
IN fhs area Il krsmstors1, 10
miles sassh<~st II ksxhos. rather
thea ~se1fh~s~l@ ~ thst impoxs
ssns s.sirssa elty - h~sssafnrs.
uss rnksn Tnoors
Tns 1sfmsas ssfe fnToslnx
fresh tfeeps nIe setsea 81 tne
krsmstef~k frost - fast - fh~y
arrives sna nsftr<~efnx fh<sr 81
ssek. uifh seo<<s II t2nka One
ts~n changed hsnas s<ssfsi times
n ire eoufs< # : axys flnhfins.
fh< ml4nlxhf eo<amansqz< sid.
bsa - nsxht ne ssy<ts ~-r~
firmff IN pess<sssos 81 4 altar
killing 500 German officers sn1
men
The nid~1&y xommuni4z& cd
not mention th< kramstersk
treat. bs1f r<porf>a th< r<palne -
. eoznter.tfs<k sauthwsst -
veroshliosxrsd II Ne eastern end
u fhe Gsrrpsn ssI,snt IN ~ uk-
rains zaa said thai paFnzInx Soviet
fofes captured ~ inhaniksA loesI-
is. More thsn t66 G>fmans we're
killed and prisoners ard booty
wsrs captured. th< communsqus
said
nkAyr LOSSES
Dssrfnx . fwe-day ba<ti< that
ended sunday southwest Of yoro-
snilossTad. ZOO Germans we're kiln
ed and three en<a1y tanks we're
disabled. tn< midnight bulletin
ssid. In another sector. TIE Rus
SLAMS r~pul=>d eounterattsek and
drove the enemy back 70 his initial
positions after inflIcting heavy
I0ssez-
BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ..s.ss..sss... 80 t.v0o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Start Rubber Plant

SAN FEAsffsGO-Tne Stand
ard oil Company o. c.ilfornis h4s
started construction Of a 5000
coo synthetic rubber plant 10
California. Exact location Of ths
plant Nzs not revealed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Alaska Raiioninq
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - Secretary IT
Agriculture Claude r. Wieksnd
mas authorized Inc offics u Pr,ee
Administration 70 ration any % al
foods IN the territories Of AIsska
and HAWAII.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

Fighting sunday In the fisia
area chief scene Of the German
,hrusis IN an sttsmps 10 threw n.
allies off balance died down In
sac. but tho enemy spent most Of
the day making lae~ II oar Inca
In the southern sector the Ger
mans continued 10 retire toward
cafsa- United Press Correspond.
snt PHI Aul,. writing from the
front. Indicated that tho allie. had
occupied Ferisns and rhslpts. BE
told NJ stepping cautiously Ia
avoid hundreds ~ mines and heahy
traps which the sxis forces had
planted before svaeasting Thslpts
and Feriana.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
7777771777
Nazi Chief
Meets Duce

LONDON Tns Mar Paris fa-
do said Monday that Ffsmssf
Bsnito Msszsolini ana German For
siEn Minister Joaehim scn hfeDsn-
trop have held very important
conversations 10 fsosns dufsnx the
past four days
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

Anseoo Red Cross solsnsess workers Mendoy iour<hed
hose to house eonsosx ro<oro ord Pierce county
soise slez 600 aoso fuf fhs community fof re
Red Cross i941 War Fund kn<h contributor ~ Red
Cross Wos Fund ~ hs so<ory Red Cross sers<e
oo Ter dspoy ~rdo~s o. shs;s homes ard bsness
sstohlhrsnis bs es4o<n<ss hove feteQ0sed fe
customary Red Csoss neol lapel button lne ob'voa To-
the durofon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
nANouEIING OuT

NEW YORk The New YORK
world-Telegram printed story y
mad learned from an oFA spokes-
man that ~bznquetinz u out fof
the duration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
nEx6ITHM5

From SIS .. m. Monday
until TAB q. m. Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

LON DON-A 0sfman nNb
agency broadcast asserted ne a.
lies mad lost 90 planes Ia me last
"A hours over Germany ana II the
Mediterranean ares. al least %
Of which we're -four -sazlnsd bomb
ers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
CONTACT ENEMY

-"
An allied headquarters commu.
nlqne reported that british Eighth
army patrols we're In contact with
the enemy. and u vas Indicated
that Gen SIR Bernard 4. Montgom.
cry s,ill Vas feeling out All. posl-
lions before starting his pnsh
northward.
The enemy suffered heavily In
the northern sector. both IN tanks
and men. the communiqus said
The heaviest fighting was north.
east Of RsIa whers. the commit.
nlque said. The attacks on our
positions continued all day. the
enemy throwing IN tanks and In.
fsntry In an effort Ia pierce our
positions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Drop Heavy
Bombs on
ST. Nazaire

LONDON Hundreds Of British
eombers blasted the German u
Dat sse Of 81 Naxaire. France.
with 1000 tons Of umbs In a
"thunderbolt. saturation raid sun
day night II was announced Mon
dsy. while speculation grew that
the allies had begun softening hit.
ler's European fortress for an IN
vasion
Carrying the mos, sustained
Anglo-Ameriean aerial offensive Of
the war past the T2.hour mark.
Rritain's biggest aircraft delivered
the main weight OF the attack m
a little over 50 minutes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
FEW FIGHTERS SEEN

A British announcement said the
weight Of the assault appeared 10
stamp the enemy defenses Few
German night fighters were seen.
Other British bombers raided OBJ
Jeetives in western Germany. the
air ministry announced.
Five bombers were reported
missing from the raids.
A Royal Canadian air force COM
munique said Canadian Halifax
and wellington bombers psrtici.
pated In the ST Nazaire assault.
Two Canadian planes are missing.
the communique said.
Every type of bomb In the Brit.
ish arsenal. ranging from 5000
pound super block-busters 10 two
pound ineendiarics, was dumped
on the docks. submarine pens and
other installations al st. Nszalre.
which lies at the northern end of
the Bay OF Biscay.