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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Adele Moore, Sgt. Donaldson
Repeal Vows in ST. Peters

fashioned with sweetheart neck
line and sleeves pointed at the
wrist. Her elbow length veil of
tulle was bound in satin, and
she wore a gold cross, the gift of
the bridegroom. She carried
white carnations and snapdragE
ons arranged around Gala lilies.
Colleen Moore, sister of the
bride, was made Of honor, in 4
bouffant Kelly green velvet
gown. The bridesmaids, Donna
and Wanda Moore, twin sisters
of the bride, wore red velvet.
All wore coz feathers in their
hair and carried white bebe
NUNS and shattered carnations.
Edward ]. Callahan was best
man; John Donaldson, brother
of the bridegroom and Thomas
Miller were ushers.
Mrs. Moore chose an orchid
wool gown for her daughter
Wedding, and yellow NUNS.
Mrs. Leitch wore fuschia, and
her flowers were white NUNS
and carnations.
The immediate families gath
cred at the Medea Hotel for the
wedding breakfast, which was
followed by a reception at the
home of the brides parents.
Sgt. and Mrs. Donaldson will
return to Mount Clemens for
the wedding of her sister, Mary
Jane Moore to Donald Okopny
ny Of Dearborn on Saturday. On
January 3, Sgt. and Mrs. DON
aldson will leave for Santa Mon
lea, Calf, where the bride
groom will be reaSsigncd 10
duty.
MRS. ERNEST J. Buckholz
has moved from her home at
1913 Cass avenue, and will leave
shortly for San Raphael, Calf,
to live with relatives. Her hus-
band, 1t. q. g. Ernest j. Buck
holz awaiting assignment at a
Pacific port.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28

SGT. AND MRS. STEPHEN
S. Donaldson adele Moore) are
on short wedding trip follow
ing their marriage Tuesday
morning at 8 o'clock in st. Pet
er's Catholic Church.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Moore of
81 Smith street. Sergeant DON
aldson, USAAF, is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Leitch Of
North Gratiot avenue.
Their wedding ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Paul c.
Eeenan, before an altar decorat-
ed with red poinsettias and
Christmas green's. The bride,
who was given in marriage by
her father, wore ivory satin,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Presbyterian Group
Has Yule Party

TWENTY-FOUR m e m bers
and two guests gathered for the
annual Christmas party of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Presby-
terrain Church yesterday. The
event took place at the home of
Mrs. Neil Reid.
Following dessert luncheon,
and business meeting, a short
program was presented by Miss
Ann Schultz and Mrs. David
Rouleau. The next regular meet
ing will be Jan. %, when the
members will sew. Place will be
named later.
MIR. AND MRS. PHILIP
Deneweth and daughter Phyllis
have returned from a holiday
visit in Grand Haven.
iIEMBERS of the Grace Epis-
copal Sunday School class, Of
which Mary Dowding is teacher,
will gather at Miss DoWding S
hon on North Gratiot avenue
on Friday afternoon for a holi-
day party. Present will be Judy
Nickel, Helen Mar st. Aubin,
Ardath Mckee, Barbara Jean
Park, Virginia Poole, Diana
Simms, Mary Krause, Joann
Noellert, Patricia Pagan, Fay
Bunting and Mary Alice Gould.
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN Sier-
ems and son James, accompanied
by Mrs. Jack Sierens have left
for Providence, r. l., to visit
Jack Sierens, a Navy flier on
Atlantic patrol.
KARL ANDREAS returned
to Chicago Tuesday evening,
after a holiday visit with his
mother, Mrs. Elise Andreas, 233
Euclid avenue.
MIR. AND MRS. MAX Ell
KINS spent Christmas in Phila-
delphia with relatives, going on
to Florida where they will re-
main until the end of January.
THE DISCUSSION CLUB Of
the Young Women's Episcopal
League met this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Philip Deneweth.
with Mrs. Charles Doll in
charge of the program.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
DR.. Bantinq
is HCnOred

HONORING DR.. and Mrs. o.
Fenton Banning of Richmond,
DR.. and Mrs. Alfred A. Thomp-
son are entertaining a group of
Is guests at farewell party at
their home on Miller street this
evening.
DR.. Banning has received his
commission as lieutenant COM
mander in the Navy, and leaves
Jan. for Great Lakes Naval
Training Station, Great Lakes,
III.
Out-of-town guests at the
event, a dinner 10 be followed
by cards, include DR.. and Mrs.
Russell Lynch and DR.. and Mrs.
Edward X. lSbey of Crosse
Pointe, DR.. and Mrs. c. A. Rue
disuell Of East Detroit, DR.. and
Mrs. Alec Whitley of St. Clair
Shores and DR.. and Mrs. Bruce
Wiley of Utica.
MIR. AND MRS. REINHARDT
Nank, Belleview avenue, will
entertain few friends tomor-
row evening at dinner honoring
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Pickman.
Cards will follow.
MRS. HOWARD FENTON has
invited the members of her
bridge club for dessert luncheon
at her home tomorrow. This will
be the clubs Christmas party.
MRS. LLOYD ALLEN, who
has been the guest Of her sister,
Mrs. William Lehner, over the
holiday, returned to her home
in Detroit today.
BILL LINDSEY, George
Smith and Jimmie Preussel will
leave Tuesday of next week to
continue their studies at the
Howe Military Academy in
Howe, Ind.
MR.. AND MRS. CHARLES
Falk and children, who have
been visiting Mrs. Falk's father,
Rev. Jacob Wulfmann, have re-
turned to their home in Chicago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Births at st. Joseph's

MR.. AND MRS. AVON HART,
St. CLAIR Shores, daughter,
Mary Beth, Dec. %.
MIR. AND MRS. WILLIAM j.
JACQUEMAIN, Gas Wolf road,
Mount Clemens, a son, Dec. %.
MR.. AND MRS. EPIGMENIO
TORRES, New Haven, daugh-
ter, Linda Marie, Dec. %.
MIR. AND MRS. EDMUND P.
MORAN, 14269 11-Mile road,
Mount Clemens, son, David
Paul, Dec. %.
PVT. AND MRS. CHARLES
E. WRIGHT, 112 Kibbie street,
a son, Charles Gary, Dec. "a.
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN l..
SELLEY, st. Clair Shores, a
daughter, Patricia Marie, Christ
mas Day.
MIR. AND MRS. WILLIS M.
Shirley, Memphis, son, Will
liam George, Christmas Day.
MIR. AND MRS. WALTER j..
SHOOK, Detroit, a daughter,
Merry Kay, Christmas Day.
MIR. AND MRS. ADAM A.
HEINRICH, Utica, a daughter,
Garcia Ann, Dec. 26.
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE
RISHKEL, New Haven, daugh-
ter, Dec. 26.
UNIVERSITY of Michigan
students, who left Wednesday
for Ann Arbor include Jean Ad-
ans, Margot Breitmeyer, Ada
Davis, Richard Miller, Janice
Stuck and Thelma Ullrich.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, JR., left
last night to return to Dartmouth
University, Hanover, N. H., aft
err his Christmas recess, spent
with his parents on South Will
son boulevard.
MRS. FRED SCHWALM, who
has been visiting in Jackson is
expected home TO attend the
Zang-Linneburg wedding Sat
urday.
MR.. AND MRS. S. J. BAW-
DEN of Bloomfield Hills have
returned home following a
Christmas visit with Mrs. Ar
thur Rosso and Mrs. William j.
Bawden. Mrs. Rosso and Mrs.
William Bawden and son, John,
were visitors this week with
Mr.. and Mrs. James V. Davis,
in Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28

THE ANNUAL Silver Night
Ball to be held Friday evening
at the Medea ballroom, is the in
spiration for a number Of cock
tail parties preceding the event.
Among those who will enter
tain friends at their homes are
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Soule of
Market street Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank KiSScll, Byron court; Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Ballantlne, IS
Aliens street; Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter TeSton, 1873 CaSs avenue; MIR.
and Mrs. II enry HenningS,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Silver Night Ball Inspires
Several Cocktail Parties

Crocker boulevard; and Mr., and
Mrs Russell Moore, Leanore
street.
Mrs. Wallace SchonSchack,
who is decorations chairman for
the ball, is being assisted by Mr..
SchonSChaCk, Mr.. and Mrs. ks
sell and Evelyn SchonSchack.
They are using silver Christmas
trees, silver paper bows with
touches of blue, and a large sill
yer ball with mirrors.
Tickets are obtainable from
any member or at the door. Ed
die Casper and his orchestra
will play from $50 to l o'clock.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28

MRS. FRED SCHWALM, who
has been visiting in Jackson is
expected home to attend the
Zang-Linneburg wedding Sat
iIrdav
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Knights of Pythias
to Greet New Year

MEMBERS OF FRANZ KUHN
Lodge, Knights Of PythlaS, and
their guests will enjoy a New
Years Eve party beginning Sun
day at 10 p. m. and extending
until 3 am, on Monday at the
fraternal Organizations Walnut
street clubrooms, George De-
France, grand chancellor, said
today.
A Detroit orchestra will fur
niSh music for the occasion and
a lunch Will be served, DeFrance
pointed out. He said that MEM
bers may obtain tickets at the
Cady and Mccoy drug store.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28

CORP. DON R. PHILLIPS,
who is in charge of WAC re-
cruiting in this area, announced
today that a meeting of repre-
sentatives of $50 groups in the
county will be held on Wednes-
day January 3, at the USO
Club, IS East Broadway, at 1880
o'clock.
Cards have been sent TO presi-
dents and past presidents Of the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
bride

MRS. STEPHEN S. Donaldson
was Adele Moore before her
marriage TO Sgt. Donaldson,
USAAF, recently. The newly
weds will be in town for another
wedding in the brides family on
Saturday, Mary Jane Moore 10
Donald Okopny of Dearborn,
Sgt. and Mrs. Donaldson leave
January 3 for the West coast.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Parents Announce
Coming Wedding

MIR. AND MRS. PHILIP Ell
KINS of 102 South Walnut
street announce the engagement
of their daughter Doris 10 Sam
uel FiShman of Detroit, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Fishman of
New York City.
Miss ElkinS will receive her
Bachelor Of Arts degree from the
University of Michigan in Feb-
ruary, and the wedding will be
held the following month.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Election Meeting

ELECTION of officers for the
coming year will be the main
business at the meeting of Ever
Onward Circle to be held at the
Kings Daughters Home on We'd
nesday, Jan. 3. Potluck lunch
con at l o'clock will precede the
business meeting.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Representatives Of $50 County Organizations to Meet "Wednesday
JOAN GOODAR.

JOAN GOODAR, who is
home from Ferry Hall, Lake
Forest, H., for the Christmas
vacation, has as her guest for a
few days Nancy Montieth of De-
troit. Joan is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Goodar of
South Wilson boulevard.
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Dewey Plans to Consult WiIkie
And Other Leaders on Strategy
COP Nominee Discusses Views on Issues
At Worlds Biggest Press Conference

shall welcome the support of every
good American in the whole United
States"
The nominee sat on a table and
puffed cigarette-in-ho holder, much
after the Franklin D. Roosevelt
fashion, while the reporters asked
their questions.
One query was how he planned
to reach the servicemen with cam
paign appeals. Gov. Dewey replied
that had not yet been determined
you don't have an airplane all
fitted out, do you?" One of the
newsmen asked, obviously alluding
to the outfitting of a plane which
President Roosevelt might use, al
though the White House has said
lit was not done for that specific
purpose.
mo-" Gov. Dewey grinned, but
I came out here yesterday In a very
good one"
Once during the conference, Gov.
Dewey halted the proceedings to
admonish politely a photographer
who had snapped shot after the
other pictnre-takers had agreed not
to make any more shots.
Gentlemen, the picture -taking is
over Gov. Dewey said. looking to-
(See DEWEY. Page A-3.}
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Gerhardt Commands
Troops Of D. {. Area
In Cherbourg Battles
Former West Point Star,
Now q Genera, Leads
Fumed 18th Division

Maj. Gen. Charles Hunter Ger
hardt, son of an officer who
fought with distinction in the
Spanish-American and World
Wars, was revealed today in an
Associated Press dispatch from
supreme Allied headquarters as
commander of the 29th Division,
made up of men from Washing
ton, Maryland. Virginia and
Eastern Pennsylvania.
A Washington man, Brig. Gen.
Clarence r. Huebner, 1920 Runny-
meade place NV, former chief of
the War Department General Staff
Training Bureau and former direc-
tor of the Army Supply Forces
Training Bureau, was disclosed, at
the same time as commander of the
lst Division in France.
Gen. Huebner, SIS, who rose through
the ranks from private after turning
down West Point appointment,
succeeded Maj. Gen. Terry Allen,
who was relieved Of command of
the LIST Infantry during the Sicilian
campaign.
The 10Th has won fame in the
fighting In Normandy, and was re-
Evening star., 1944-06-29
MAP on Page A-16.)
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING. June 29.-The
United States 14th Air Force has
abandoned it's airfield at Heng-
yang, strategic city surrounded
by japanese forces, and a COM
munique today said American
P-51s dropped thousand-pound
bombs on the f1eld-formerly
one of the 14th's principal for
ward bases in China.
The Psi attack, which took place
Monday, was aimed at making the
airfield useless to the enemy. 1t
left one runway destroyed, 1t. Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwelrs headquarters
said.
The commenique added that
Hengyang was reported to be in
flames. Loss of this Human Prov
ince center would be the greatest
military blow to China since 1888.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's
Air Force was going all out in an
attempt to arrest Japan's drive
down the Canton Hankow Railway,
an offensive designed to bisect
China and make difficult the supply
problems of both the Chinese Army
and the American Air Force. Gen.
Stilwell's communique reported at
tacks at a dozen different points
along the railway and in the vicinity
of Hengyang
The communioue described HenR-
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Nye Leads Stambauqh
By 64-vote Marqin
By the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
FARGO, N. OAK. June 29.-Sen-
ator Nye today took the lead In his
fight for denomination on the Re-
publican ticket
Returns from 1851 of 2,251 pre-
cincts gave Senator Nye 35.621; Lynn
U. Stambaugh, former national COM
mander of the American Legion,
35,557; Representative Usher L.
Burdick 1882 and A. C. Townley
1898.
Mr.. Stambaugh is a Fargo at
torney and ardent advocate of
United States participation in
world affairs. At one time he had
held a lead of $500.
Senator Nye had the Endorsement
of the Republican Organizing Com
mittee.
Former Representative Charles
Robertson, meanwhile, had over
taken Milton Young, Lamoure
farmer, for the second of two nom
nations for Representative, with
incumbent William Lemke far out
In front for the first nomination.
With 1888 precincts reported, Mr..
Lemke had 50,566; Mr.. Robertson,
39l48; Mr.. Young, 39.l28.
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Notice to Star
Classified Advertisers

To further newsprnt in these days important
news Developments it is necessary to print classified
advertising in the least possible space manner that
will all alike at minimum advertiser and
maximum convenience to the reading public
EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, July l, 1914.
Initial words in all Classified Advertisements will be in
backface type the balance set solid in agate
point type Capital letters will be name only
No large type cutoff rules display any sort will be
used Advertisements under classifcations will
alphabetically ndexed with the first indicating the
character of the service.
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Germans Throw Bulk Of z Armies
Into Battle on ; Sides Of Caen;
British RepuIse 9 Counterattacks
Advance u. S. Air Base in China
Abandoned Before Jops' Drive
Yonks Begin Bombing Field at Heneyone,
Strategic City Surrounded by Enemy

yang as Japanese stronghold
and said it was hit twice in a da,
by P-40s, with casualties and de
of military installations.
GA japanese broadcast report
ing the fall of the American base
described it as "one of the most
important bases Of the United
States Air Force in China, from
which the enemy had long
planned to raid the Japanese
mainland"
ct said other American bases
at Kienowe, Lishui and Suichuan
were made virtually useless as
the result Of the capture of the
Hengyang field and that Amer
ican airmen are now operating
chiefly from bases at tingling,
to the south, and Kueilin.
(The japanese broadcast, re-
corded by the Associated Press,
also declared that during the
campaign in Honan Province,
japanese forces had slain 6l,862
Chinese troops and had captured
19,777 prisoners. japanese losses
were given as 2.008 killed.
Gen. Stilwell's announcement GOV
,ring the aerial offensive in sup.
BORT of Chinese ground forces saie
Chuchow and surrounding Villages
we're raided by B-25 bombers. Slang
Slang was strafed by P-5ls and P.
los and a nearby japanese militar,
was hit by Gen
Chennault's composite Chinese
wing.
Evening star., 1944-06-29

ported several days ago in the vicin-
ity of Isigny.
Gen. Gerhardt, who starred in
football, baseball and basket ball
during his West Point days, took
command of the 29th Division when
it reached England last July and
has supervised it's training since. the
dispatch said.
Gen. Gerhardt made the 29th
Division outstanding in athletics
and it won more boxing matches
and baseball games than anv othe,
in England.
Won Fame in Normandy.
The general. 48 years old, is a ma
tive of Lebanon. Tenn, and the sor
of Brig. Gen. Charles Gerhardt of
the Regular Army He now makes
his home in Macon, Ga. He was grad
uated from West Point in 1917 anc
saw service with the 89th Division
in the World War, rising to the tenn
porary rank of captain before the
conflict ended He took part in the
st. Mihiel and Meuse- -Argonne Of
fensives.
Captain in 1920.
Entering the cavalry he advanced
to the permanent rank of captain in
1920, was made mai ior in 1882 and
advanced to the permanent rank OF
lieutenant colonel in 1910. He was
'See GERHARDT, Page Ais
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Roads Packed With Frenchmen
Returning to Cherbourq Homes

that the. invaders lived in luxury.
Liquor was piled high in the fortress
arsenal and submarine pens hol-
lowed out of the mountain side.
Now the Americans are in COM
plete control, with the major hotels
as their headquarters.
The favorite sport of the soldiers
Is using the life-size pictures of
Hitler everywhere as dartboards.
Many Germans, Poles and Rus
slams, who fought desperately in the
Cherbourg campaign, were told by
their officers that the Americans
made prisoners dig their own graves
before shooting them. They say
they would have surrendered long
before If they had known the truth.
Prisoners are being used to dig
graves in the American Cemetery at
st. Mere Eglise.
In deadly fear, IA and Is year old
(See HENRY Page AL
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Henriot Assassination
Stirs Wave Of Terror
Among viehy Officials
Many Provincial Aides
Resign, Desert or Ask
For Transfers
BY the Associated Press.

MADRID, June 29.-The assas-
sination at Paris of Philippe
Henriot, Vichy minister of prop
aganda, has inspired new wave
of desertions by Vichy provincial
officials and stirred new terror
among those unable to leave,
border reports and diplomatic
dispatches from France said to-
day.
(The Vichy radio said today
that investigators had been un-
able to find clues to the slayers
of Henriot)
Berlin dispatches acknowledged
that Germany has lost a valuable
comrade in Henriot," who ranked
second only to Joseph Darnand,
"Vichy's Himmler," in Nazi favor.
Many Offer designations.
Border reports said Darnand's
Ministry of the Interior Offices had
been swamped, since Henriot's as
sassination, by kilograms from pro-
vincial officials demanding transfers,
offering their designations or simply
reporting the disappearance of
superiors
Frenchmen just arriving from
Vichy said one of the prize collec-
tions of kilograms in Darnand's file
was a message to and answer from
the militia leader at Tarbes. de-
partmental capital in the Pyrenees
which was attacked by French
patriot groups shortly after the in
vaSion.
Militia Battalion Quits.
"Reinforcements of militia en-
route Tarbes will report to you for
ORDERS said message from Dar-
nand. Report any disobedience.
Count on your loyalty to France" :"
Came the answer:
"Reinforcements arrived. No dis
obedience. All loyal to France so
hereby inform you of battalion's
resignation from the militia
The German Transocean Agency
said today that all ministers and
secretaries of state of the French
government were in session with
Pierre Laval at the Hotel Matignon
in Paris, adding:
1t is believed in political circles
that particular significance can be
attached to this session because all
members of the government are
taking part. Because of the division
OF officials betweent Vichy and Paris
this is an infrequent occurrence :"
United States Government moni-
tors reported the dispatch.
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Russians Storm
To Within 81
Miles Of Minsk
$4,000 Square Miles
OF Soviet Soil Won
Back in Week
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, June 29.-The Red
Army stormed closer to the
White Russian capital OF Minsk
today after capturing the Nazi
strongholds of Mogilev, Lepel
and Osipovichi in a swift, crush
ing offensive which in less than
a week has reclaimed $4,000
square miles of Russian soil and
cut deeply into Hitler's divisions
on the eastern front.
Moscow dispatches said the Soviet
armies had driven to within 81 miles
of Minsk.
A broadcast Moscow communique
said Bobruisk, last Nazi defense
bastion on the crumpled Father
land Line" was encircled by Soviet
troops closing in on five trapped
Nazi divisions.
Capture OF Kostritsa, 3 miles
north Of the important railway
junction OF Borisov and about so
miles northeast of Minsk, was an
nounced by the communique. The
fall OF Borisov appeared imminent.
Rail Junction Captured.
Capture of the railway junction
OF Osipovichi on the Minsk-Bob-
ruisk line established a strong
salient less than 60 miles southeast
of Minsk.
Moscow said Nazi troops were sur
rendering in large numbers and
were being routed everywhere at a
tremendous cost in German lives
and equipment. Fighting for the
capture of Lepel, above Kostrista
and AZ miles south of Polotsk. was
characterized by mass annihilation
OF enemy manpower," the Soviet
communique declared.
Mogilev fell to Gen. Matvei Zak-
harov's I'd White Russian Army aft
er "a hours of bitter street fighting
Premier Stain announced in a spe-
cial order Of the day. In blasting
the Nazis out of the Dnepr fortress
they had held since July, 1941, the
Russians captured two German gen.
erals, 1t. Gen. Bammler and Mai
Gen. Ermannsdorf, and routed the
18th German Infantry Division, the
war bulletin said.
Capture of Lepel, announced ir
the communique, placed Gen. Ivar
Bagramian's 1st Baltic Army with
in 20 miles of the old Polish bor-
der, the closest approach by Soviet
troops to the frontier in Northern
Russia.
Gains on Finnish Front.
Stalin's announcement said Osip-
ovichi was taken in a deep out
f1anking" maneuver by Gen. Kon-
stantin Rokossovsky's 1st White
Russian Army and completed en-
circlement of Bogruisk.
Shklov 20 miles north of Mogilev
and Bykhov, % miles to the south,
fell as the Red Army advanced, the
order said.
The Moscow communique also
told OF progress on the Finnish
front, reporting enemy troops
cleared from an island in the Gulf
of Finland southwest of Viipuri
and an advance of 10 miles made
between Lakes Ladoga and Onezhs-
koe (Onega).
Yesterdays fighting on the $50
mile eastern front, the Russian said
resulted in the capture of more
than 1000 populated places. bring
ing the announced total liberated
thus far in the new offensive to
approximately 5000.
Evening star., 1944-06-29
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star War Correspnndent.

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
CHERBOURG, June % Delayed -
Roads leading to Cherbourg are con-
gested with hundreds of Frenchmen
trudging back to their homes, all
their worldly goods in wheelbarrows
and baby carriages
They are returning to their desc
late homes from the country where
nearly 10000 were evacuated two
months ago.
The scenes are the reverse of the
great French exodus before the Ger
man invaders in June, 1910. The
city is beginning to show signs of
life as barricades are being taken
from windows and few stores are
reopening.
l spent most of the day in town
going through the German instslla-
tions. On every hand were signs