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 li miles southeast of Agana, the islands administrative center. they abandoned it in a clump of bushes and looked for a place to hide.
 Two months later" he said. ''the other radioman left me and pro- ceeded of by himself. Later he was killed.
 Americans who were taken pris- oner were held at Guam for 90 days, The Japanese announced during that time that any Americans in the bushes who voluntarily sur- rendered merely would be placed with the other prisoners.
 At the end Of 90 days they were taken to Japan. Then the Japs an- nonuecd that any Americans who left the bush would be killed.
 Two months after the war start ed. tso Americans were caught and killed. Six weeks later. two more were slain.
 Gave ID TEepe
 "The Japs were searching for me frantically. After the first year, I gave up hope. I prayed all the time. but I felt that sooner or later I would be caught. But I was deter mined to do my utmost to post pone that day as long as possible"
 The Japanese put . price on his head and several times they learned lwhere he was. he said. but each time he eluded them. once by less than a minute.
 After the Seaman search parties had hunted for him for almost tw0 years. the Japanese pronounced him dead in April. ies4.
 He took heart when the Amer jeans made their first raid on Guam and e'knew I hadn't long to wait"
 He watched the successive raids from good vantage points and finally. when he saw the planes eoTn- ing over from the north instead of the southeast, he figured the Amer leans had made a landing on saipan.
 one day he waved at . flyer in what he thought was an Airaeobra FlehteT because it resembled the picture of one in an old magazine. Et turned out to be another type of plane. but t brought about his escape.
 BFief Illness
 Tweed said he experienced one brief illness on the island, but the most noticeable effect Of the ordeal appeared to be in his voice. He had some difficulty talking when he waf rescued. because he had not used his voioe for long periods.
 Tweed said when he boarded the waTslaip off the coast Of Guam. ''thf first thing reached for was a piece Of bread and butter, J had dreamed about it for two years"
 Tweed spent the most Of his fur. lougb yisiting relatives and getting aequaipted with his youngest son Robert. who was only three months lold When he was evacuated from Guam with his mother end tfeil other son. Ronald, in October, lesl
 Mrs. Tweed, who lives with heJ mother at San Diego said she had never given up hope for her hns' band. despite the Navy notification that he vas missing and presumed dead.
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mlerz after outflsnking 1t from both the south and west.
 NnEis Struggle
 The Germans sought to break the Soviet stranglehold around Sando- mierE with six counter-attacks but Russian antitank guns knocked out Ie enemy tanks and the remainder retreated. Another IS German tanks were destroyed farther west and i.- 600 Germans were killed.
 Marshal Konstantin A. Rokossov. sky's ist White Russian Army, pressing a new drive to outfiank Warsaw from the north. captured the six-way railway junction Of Etanislawow. 20 miles east Of War; saw. and Sterdyn. % miles north of Siedlee.
 Midway between Sterdyn and East Prussia, Col. Gen. 0e0rgi zakhar- oy's 2nd White Russian Army swept across the Narew river. broke the German defenses on the west bank and plunged on another nine miles to Eokoly, nearly 20 miles west southwest Of Bialystok.
 The Germans lost s.400 men and a tanks in three days of savage fighting. the Soviet high command reported in its midnight communi- que, and now were in full retreat. mining roads and blasting bridges as they fell back to the west.
 Fierce Rezistance
 The Germans were putting up their glercest resistance northwest of Mariampol only a few miles from the eastern border of eastern PTus. ela. Magsed tanks were hurled at the Russian line repeatedly in aa effort to stave of disaster. but the Russians stood firm and. knocking out 100 tanks in 2s hours. Anally s'foreed the Germans to retreat" the Soviet communique sadi,
 Gen. Ivan D. Chernihkh0vsky's 3rd White Russian Army also pushed to within l2 miles Of the northern corner of East Prussia with twin advances along the north and south banks Of the Niemen river. Raudone and Asmutis, on opposite sides of the Niemen and within q miles east of Tilsit. were captured. Another Soviet column captured Raseiniai. s3 miles northeast Of Tilsit.
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through the flimsy wood and paper buildings of congested Nagasakl. one of Japan's important ship building centers and the site oi heavy industrial machinery aiiG naval ord anee manufacturing plants.
 6hipyards and the drydock at Ma. gasaki were singled out as focal points of the raid in which ineendi- aries were used for the first time by the B-2o's against the enemy's home territory.
 The eupegf0rtresEes which fleH from secret southern hases, battered
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CoDtinneq from Paee p dead iB the nine days of fighting on Tinlan,
 The last pocket Of Japanese resist Rnsa tD the northeastern corner Of Guam was cleaned out Wednesday by the first provisional marine bTieade and the 77tb army infaps try division, completing the lIbeTs atioD Of the first American territory 10 fall ln the Pacific.
 The conquest Of the southern MaFiaDae, with the exception ef by. passed Rota Island, preached the Japanese Inner defenses end placed the Americans on the threshold Of the PhilliplDeg, the Chins coast and the Japanese homeland.
 NiDlitg also 9isclosed near aerial strikes at enemy bases iEl the eaIls tFel paeigle.. Army LlbaFatoEs blt TFuk in the CaFelines Tuesday; shooting down one ef % enemy lgls teEeept0Fs and damaging two others, while navy Ventirae Eaiae9 Nauyu, east of the 0albeTss, end Miteheile hit p0nepe in the eastern CaFollBef the same day,
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 ai a half way mark.
 The meeting of the board of edu. naflon is not to be held until Sep. temher (, but there was the possi. hsllly. & was stated today. of a spe- sIal meeting being called to review She Issue and give final approval
 Local women teachers who have fought vigorously to offset the exist snt dtfEegential in salary have gain- ed the support of . dozen or more A0cal civic organizations whose mmebership totals over I3loo0. The group likewise hs gained consider abia flke support from national and siatn fe6erattons and their present slEoFta. it is stated. arc being wateh- eG win considerable interest by voc men teachers elsewhere in the state, particularly ln small communities Bhere such differentials still exist.
 Tila board of education has gone nn rasord recognizing the dlfEeren- fial CT an injustice" but as yet no pn1iLsge efSogt has been made to aboli6n it's existanne. Individual ssemberB of the board have urged its adoption but have been unsuccess- ful in their efforts.
 The local teachers have contest. sd opposition which has disapproved ef Nqanllzation adoption at this time nn he basis Of per capita costs. and nave pointed out what they term is khe 'siinfaiTnesg' of penalixing the NonleD teachers as result Of this condition Rlhile the salaries Of others eemnIa stafie. and untouched.
 Nembers Of the board of eduea- hon are: Raymond ?. Stone, chair aaaD: Dr. 2. r. condon: Mrs. Anna Madden, Edward D. Bersin, Thomas c. Drisecil. Perry 0yacerstein. HaT- Eg e, Post. pr. Harold ?. PeTkinson, Joseph DeLucR and Dorothy A. C. Dunde.
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Philippines
 Are Bombed
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first and indicated the extent of MacArthur's eonquests through the Southwest Pacific.
 Since the Philippines were cap- tured. MacArthur has brought his Allied forces from the southeastern tip of New Guinea. opposite Aus tralia, to 6ansapar, at the western end of the long island. less than 600 miles south of the Philippines.
 The commnnique. which recently has been headed by ''The Philippines operationai theater." revealed few details of the Davao attacks, but it was understood the cityis airfleld were blasted and fires started.
 Within easy range of Allied air bases on N0emf00r and Biak Islands in Geelyink Bay, Dayao apparently was selected as the opening tar- get of what was expected to be a mounting campaign.
 The attacks followed daily raids on Halmahera island. of the north- western tip Of Dutch New Guinea. and considered q strategic stepping stone to the Philippines. Halnas hera's northern airefilds. already as- sauited by MaeArthur's bonlbers, gre only approximately 250 miles from the Philippines.
 The eommnnique disclosed that all enemy resistance iB the DT'- niumor river valley, ia northern British New Guinea east of Aitape, ceased "Wednesday, after American Jungle fighters Killed or wounded le GOO of the 4s.000 starving Japanese who futilely attempted t0 break through the Allied eneirelement.
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sNoNtiHup1 sfuW Fhbr " AdFistle coast just north Of senl. eallla, and in the early part of it the Poles captured the villages Of La CFoce and FFaneaville. as well as point IG2 and another stgategically Important piece Of high ground about two miles northeast Of La 0Foee.
 The gains were made despite heavy storms that ragged through the area throughout the offensive, and fierce counter -0lfensives by the Germans aided by self-propelled guns and En0FtaTE. The Germans lost more than 800 prisoners be. fore withdrawing theiT main forces north Of the Cesan0.
 yn the AFne loop east Of Florence, British troops were slowed by eK- tensive deln0litlons and mlnslieldf lH occupying the area recently "a. eated by the Germans when they withdrew theiF main forces north 0f the AFn0,
 The villages 0g Tori and Castel.
  lonehla as well as Mount Aeuta were occupied, InfantFymen finally Het the enemy two miles s0uthwesi 9f PelagO, while aTmeTed elements advancing along route @ outside the ArnO bend reached Q point tw0 miles southeast Of P0ntassleve,
 German artillery flge against the Southern section Of Florence slack. ened during the night, while Brit lsh and Italian partisan efforts te clean ID hostile Fascist elements apparently Were bearing results EE0nt dispatches said anly tw0 per. sons were wounded by RnipeFs lasi night.
 1'he American Fifth Army sector, GelMgea with heavy rains, was quiet E., the central sector around Ares so, activity Was limited to pAtEols and artillery exchanges.
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ef Finland by land only through Sweden aBd Swedish observers were confident the government neYer wouid permit the Nazi forces tp cross the frontier, except for in- kernB1eTt.
 An evacuation by sea also was be- coming Increasingly difficult as the 8uEsialsg egtend their control Of the 6ulf of Finland and approach the Battle sn Estonia. Lstyia and Gttlausnis,
 Russian domination Of the Baltic alao might bring Q Swedish eeo- sonic bFeak with Germany, since her trade Etfh the Reich obviously wouid be interrupted and she would ha forced to lock to Russia oT the ether Allies for her commodities.
 Swedish authorities emphasized, however, that either the Swedish aoVeFnment nor the Swedish people eentemplake any action which could he deseFibed as 'leaping on the
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 Paris Defenses
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 that the maneuvers were remiscent Of his tactics in the El Quettar tri- angle in Tunisia and in Sicily. Su- preme headquarters withheld com- ment.
 Continues silence
 The continued silence of both headquarters and correspondents in the field regarding the progress of the American spearheads lancing toe ward Paris and Orleans presumably was due to a belief that the Ger mans have been 50 disoreanized that they no longer con tell where the next blow may fall. The next word of the advancing columns well may be an announcement of the capture Of Chartres, Chateaundun or perhaps Orleans.
 London newspapers bannered un- confirmed reports that the Aineri- cans were "s0 Miles from Paris. "At the Gates of Chartres" and Just Outside the Defense Zone Of the French Capital" The London Daily Mail said one unconfirmed | 1FU~Ik EAAAiNtIA AtAus NAtat bA&e already had been captured.
 Nantes was captured by the Americans against only slight res sistance. An inland port in the Loire Estuary. Nantes is enc of the largest cities yet captured in France with a pre-war population of 10000, Its history dates back to the 0allic and Roman periods.
 fingers. 50 miles up the Loire from Nantes. also vas taken after a skirlnish with rear guards. The American attacks were slowed more by the huge minefleids sown by the FeTeating enemy. than by actual resistance.
 Ready For Assault
 Supreme headquarters revealed that an American column has rounded the northwestern tip of the Brittany peninsula along the coastal road and joined other forces arrayed west Of Brest for the cli- mactic assault on the city. formerly the main Atlantic base Of the French fleet
 Three German divisions were manning Brest's formidable fortiti- cations, including four forts and eight separate batteries on the north side Of the harbor. and three forts and i2 batteries on the south side. all buttreased by more than 100 heavy and more than 250 light anti-aiTcraft guns.
 The daily eommunlque said the Germans were maintaining strong resistance" at BFest.
 Only single strong enemy strongpoiTlt remained ln the liber. ated fishing port Of st. Malo on the north coast of Brittany. though Dinard, across the Rance estuary from st. Malo. sttll was being de- tended strongly. Three thousand prisoners have been counted so far at s. Malo.
 On the south coast Of Brittany n0pping-up operations were pro- eeedlEg in the Igennebont, Auray and Qulberop areas. the eommuni- que said.
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MYR0N TAYLOR SEES POPE

Vatican City, August fl. ~ UP - Pope Plus held 6 private huoIs enea today with MyFon Taylor, Pres. idens Eaonseveltis personal emisaaFy Co the Vatican.
 The audience lasted a half hour.
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hands early today. but the enemy pocket was seriously menaced by the Mayenne drive as veil as by another American force that struck southward from wire into the flank of the counter-attacking Germans and narrowed their escape corridor to less than 10 miles.
 Far to the rear. other American forces captured the Loire valley industrial centers Of fingers. 50 miles southwest Of Le Mans. and Nantes, s7 miles southwest of Le Mans, frightened their encirclement of the German U~boat base on Lorient or the south coast of Brittany and pressed a two-pronged assault on heavily-defended Brest at the vest ern tip of the peninsula.
 British and Canadian forces in Normandy captured Vimont, seven miles southeast of Caen in an ad- vance cown the main railway and highway toward Paris. li2 miles to the east. and launched at least two new thriists Into the enemy flank southwest of Caen.
 One column struck out from cap- tured Estry toward the highway and railway junction of Conde-S -Noir- eau, 25 miles southwest of Caen while the other forced a new cross. ing Of the orne river and vas ap- preaching Thury-Harcourt, la miles south southwest of Caen, United Press War Correspondent Richard D. McMillan reported from the front.
 Baggea Down
 The Canadian list army's drive down the main highway from caen to Falaise begged down temporar- uy fin the face of a heavy lombard ment from q green Of e8-millimeteF guns rushed into line five miles northwest Of Falaise.
 The heaviest fighting along the whole front wag racing in the Vire- Mortaip sector east of Avranclles, where the Germans counter-attack- ed with unabated ferocity in a fu. tile effort to break through to the sea and split the Normandy anc Brittany fronts.
 The Germans still held firmly to MoTtain, ie miles east Of AyFanches but American troops pi:ghed tWo and a half miles into their flank in an advance down the highway from Wire.
 The whole German budge between Le Mans and Caen was endangered however. as an American column he. gan moving north from Le Mans to. ward a junction with British and Canadian forces now above Falaise 65 miles away, that would complete a massive eneirelemept ln the class sic Russian manner.
 The German radio continued tf insist that Lt, Gen, George s Pat ton, JT,, vas commanding the Amer jean arDl0red sweep toward Parii from the Le Mans area, eontendine handwag0n" simply t0 be on the
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bandwag0D" simply to be on the Allied side when the war ends,
 Rather, they said. military, eeo- nomic and diplomatic developments sill determine SWeden's course.
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Tanganyika will gather leeO0o tons Of sisal this gear.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

mas in the west, TO eat leeks at
Easter in Wales or to drink cider on
special holidays in Devonshire.
On the other hand, it is a crime
in Yorkshire not to have Yorkshire
pudding with roast beef on holidays.
In Kent you can't pick cob nuts
from the hedges on Wednesdays, and
in Hampshire there is an antiquated
ordinance prohibiting bathing in the
sea without shoes.
The Sunday Observance laws are
perhaps the most fantastic of all 1t
is criminal, for example, not TO go
to church on Sunday. Furthermore,
you must 90 on foot, because other
wise the UffiCfOUs local constable may
confiscate your vehicle and sell it
"for the INDECENT parish"
In some counties you may not
walk more than three miles on Sun
day, but in others you must walk a
minimum Cf five miles, since that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

and fined under an act OF 1847 pro
hibiting repairing a carriage in the
street to the annoyance of passers-
by" That really was the limit.
Another law, which says it is
crime Ito drive TO the danger Of the
public" adds that il is also unlawful
for any passer-by not 10 arrest the
driver and take him by force, if neces-
sary, to the nearest police station.
But relief is in sight
Because of the recent furore over
the resurrection of ridiculous stA
utes, Home Secretary Herbert MOI !;
son has promised that a special COM
mittee will begin delving into the
dusty corners of British jurispru.
dence as soon as the war is over.
The special committee will be in
structed TO exhume and then provide
a decent but decisive and final burial
for all skeletons in the legal closet
OF the British Empire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24
Mother May Darling a
HampshTe's Rim, ShOOsies n

Some sections OF Britain are sillier
than others in the unwilling reten-
ton Of outmoded regulations. II is a
crime punishable by heavy fine and
Imprisonment TO eat meat on We'd
neSdayS in the south, on Fridays in
the north, or on Saturdays in East
Anglia; 10 eat minCe pies at Christ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24
6tN JoRJ RARRt|

was the average distance of the ne
est church in bygone days.
An EngliShman is guilty Of a seri-
Gus crime If he does any of his own
work on Sundays. but il is all right
TO do somebody elSe's work
In Somerset there is law against
wearing the same clothes on Sunday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

winch levied a line Of . cents
for profanity coming from a
soldier, sailor or common Ia
borer; 50 cents for an oath ut
tered by any person under the
degree of a gentleman, and a
dollar for gentleman's cuss
word. No mention Of nobility.
Fred Walker was fined SO
cents, whereupon he dug up
360-ycaT-Oid law which made il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

united Kingdom De
gan recently to dis
inter these ancient
precepts a n d in
woke them to get
themselves out of
trouble or plunge
others into ii.
An GU t S landing
example occurred
in Scotland, where,
after the rebellion
in 1745, so few men
were left that il
was made an of
Tense for a woman
to conceal eXpec-
t a n [ motherhood.
Officials revived
the law the other
day in the hope
that it would be a
deterrent to tn G
growing practice of
abandoning ew
born babies, But
when three respec-
table married wo-
men were prose-
cuted, public indig-
n a ii n brou ght
about a review of
obsolete legislation.
Some discoveries:
1t is illegal to eat
a dinner containing
IN ore n an two
courses, to push a
Dera mbulator on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

that were worn during
the week, and in Dur
ham il is unlawful to
wear any Sunday shoes
except wooden ones.
Laws dating back TO
the stage coach days
have annoyed British
motorists for years.
Drivers In Reading have
been fined as much as
$50 for leaving their
cars unattended, despite
the fact that such vehi-
cles were hardly likely
10 take sudden fright
and run away.
Something approach
ing the ma dir was
reached the other day
when Henry Brown of
Reading, stopping in a
deserted street 10 mend
a puncture in his bicy.
Gle tire, was convicted
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Push Perambulofor or Beat Rug or Stop
Somebody From Drinking in Merrie Eng
land. and You'll jolly Well Regret If
and When You Swear IT Costs You One
Buck per cuss Word. If You're Gentle
man. Four Bits If You're Not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

a serious offense to put a man in the
wrong social class. Since he was a
professional man when he wasn't be-
ing a war reserve policeman, ne
brought an action against the local
authorities for SANDER. AS a result
his fine was returned, together with
a public apology for not classifying
him as a gentleman.
Home Guard Harry Foulds of
Chatham was arrested under a war
time order which makes it a crime
to retain any object taken from an
enemy plane that crashes in Britain
or from any of its occupants. 1t was
charged that he had taken a pistol,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

a clip of ammunition and helmet
from a German aviator who bailcd
out of his plane and was captured
by Foulds' contingent.
In his defense, the home guard
cited law passed in the reign of
King William III-during the 18th
century-un under which any British
subject is entitled to whatever ne
can take from the kings enemies.
He cot off with a warning.
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the sidewalk, to beat rug or mat in
the street after 8 a. m. to summon a
doctor on Sunday, to share a taxicab,
10 tell anyone's fortune by tea leaves,
TO listen to conversations in restau-
rant or bus, to exhort any of His Ma
jeSty's subjects to abstain from the
consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Another case which helped to en-
phasize the absurdity of the musty
ordinances concerned Fred Walker, a
war reserve constable. who told
persistent bill collector what he
thought of him in no uncertain terms.
He was brought into court under
the 2COyear.old Profane Oath Act.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24
LONDON.

-Y-FIE British have been making laws-and obeying
them-for centuries, but they have been busy
putting new statutes on the books that they have
neglected to reScnd the old ones
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

= For some reason which is still unex-
planned, people in various parts of the
ITpitpI Lipudoro no