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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Car DeafEa
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CHATHAM Ont NoV "A
charge Of mans laughter was eN-
pected to be placed today against
Harold d itEcnfr.tz Of 1918 san
Juan Drive Dctrt an architect
in the hat and run death Of Wal
laceburg youth
Ilgcntritz was arrested last
night when he reported his car
stolen The car With the front end
battered and one of the hcadlawpS
smashed vas found IN Wallace
burg bat IIGcn,r.tz had the keys
in his pocket police said
Shortly before 10 p. m. Satur-
day. TWO Nallace0urE boys. or
VILE Rose Il and Roland GiaSson.
also Il were found UNCONSCIOUS
on Highway 40 about 40 miles
south Of WallaccburE Young Rose
died m ST. Joseph S Hospital
Chatham. AZ 1l-l5 p m. Saturday
GiasSon recovered consciousness
was treated and sent home
Shortly after the boy, had been
found llccnfrtz reported the can
stolen Bits Of glass found beside
the boys on the highway matched
with remnants OF glass in the
hcadlampS Of IlCcntrltz car IlCcn-
fritz viii be arrHEned IN Chatham
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Finds Husband Dead
At Wheel Of His Auto

Funeral arrangements arc be-
ing made today for Claud Wa'Kn
~. of 1916 Sharon found dead
yesterday by his wife
Mrs. Watkin told police that
Watkin left their home about 8
p. m. Saturday after an. argument
and went 10 his garage al 43i0
ST. James. When she went 10 look
for him al II a m yesterday she
saw him. apparently asleep az the
wheel of his car, Police SAID the
motor had stopped running when
the gasoline in the tank had been
exhausted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Police Probe
Fumes Death

Detectives and laboratory tech
nicians today began exhaustive
tests to determine if fumigating
gas caused the death Of 3-year-old
Richard Combs and the illness of
his mother and four sisters and
brothers.
The stricken ch ! dren were
rushed from their newly fuml-
gated home, 8106 Rutland, in the
Herman Gardens Housing Project,
TO Children's Hospital early this
morning. Richard was d d on
admission and his b a by sister.
Thelma, 13 months, was seriously
i'll.
The other three children, Ken
meth. 5: Anders, 8. and Norma, a,
were released few hours later
and their mother, Viola, 35, was
given first aid at Receiving Hos
pital.
TENANTS ORDERED OUT
The Combs live in a 10-unit
building at the project, which was
scheduled for fumigating by the
Atlas Fumi eating Co., 2348
Michigan.
William Slower, manager of the
company. told Detective Sgt.
] a me Turner of the homicide
squad. that six of the 10 apart
ments were 10 be fumigated and
that all the tenants were ordered
out of the building between 8 a. m.
Friday and p. m. Saturday.
He said the fumigating started,
under his personal supervision, at
| 80 a. m. Saturday with cyanide
gas and that al 7;30 a. m. the
apartments we're opened TO air.
Warnings were posted on the six
fumigated apartments I h a the
premises were OF to be occupied
until midnight Saturday.
TIME LIMIT KEPT
The Combs family returned to
I their apartment at 1890 a. m.
Sunday and at 9 p. m. Sunday the
children began feeling i'll. BY A
a. m, Richard seemed seriously
! i'll and Mrs. Combs went to a
neighbor, Denard Ozbirn. 1852
Abingdon, and asked hi INTO drive
them TO hospital.
Slower said his company and
the board of health, both made
tests Saturday morning and found
the apartments safe.
A post mortem failed to show
the cause of Richards death and
final determination rests on the
findings of Psychologists studying
the vital organs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Film Actress Finds
Detroit Friendly City

Miss Peters made her screen
debut three years ago, in a pic
ture called fish" and last year
married her leading man. Coast
Guardman Richard Quine. now in
Chicago as master of ceremonies
in a bond-selling drive.
"My career started suddenly"
Miss Peters added, Il was dis
covered by a talent scout my
last day of high school. That,
! guess would be the dream of
almost any girl, wouldn't it,"
Miss. Peters latest picture Is
Assignment in Brittany" and she
was highly praised for her excel
lent performance in Random
Harvest "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity SNOW fiurfes anc
60 der terirr' Win lOsest about 81. TueSoAy
partly g.o4dy and continued cold
DETROIT DATA
Tfmprrsfures sunday Highest - degrees
lowest 1r wrpn 80
Departure from normal temperature sun
daS degrees
Departure from normal temperature since
Jan Gao degrees
Tempe afgreF cne year ago to-day Highest
40 dffrcrt lowest 20 mean a
Temperature this date IN past ? years
Highest IS degrees IN 1895 lowest 2 n
1880
Relative humidity sunday $50 n
13r $40 m s3T $3.50 p. n. sac
40 m $40
Precipitation in last - hours ending .
~ m TO-DAY o. inches
Departure from normal precinitAtiOn sine
Jan 50 inches
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28

Lovely Susan Peters. film &C
tresS spending few days with
her brother, Sgt. Robert Carna-
han. acclaims Detroit one of her
favorlte cities.
People here are wonderful"
said Miss Peters. Il have al
ways heard how friendly De-
troiters were. but what l heard
wasn't nearly enough. ] am so
glad my brother il here"
Sgt. Canadian. d Link trainer
instructor at Romulus Air Base,
was equally enthusiastic:
81 have been here almost two
years and Detroit has beep the
nearest thing to home to me-"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Gambling
Trial On

Minus the pickering and fan
fare that marked previous court
sessions the s. 100000 gambling
conspiracy trial Of Willie SimmS
and seven other persons resumed
today before Recorders Judge
tf5nCT
The principal witness today was
Il. George Haney Of the vice
squad. who testified he saw
SUnms and the other defendants
In the vicinity Of 1885 Fullerton
and 32lO Rchton on March IS
T. was a. these addresses that
huge quantities Of mutucl tickets
YpeFe- lZcd
Simms. who had appeared in
court last week on Stretcher
complaining OF arthrltIS in the
Knee walked into court under his
own power today and sat quietly.
Flo was freed under $40 900 bond
Saturday az the direction Of two
state Supreme court justices.
Judge Manner previously had
Cancelled SlumS s. 900 bond
charging that the illness was
ic.sned.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Concert Raises
HuCOSiaVS' Fund

Funds were allocated today 10 a
Yugoslav refugee clothing drive
from a benefit concert featuring
Maria Vicar, Metropolitan Opera
artist, al Northern High School
last night. under sponsorship Of the
Croatian Fraternal Benefit AsSo-
ClAtlon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Honor Neoro Composers

In concert at the EbeneZer
Auditorium yester lay, three
Negro composers, James Weldon
Johnson. DR.. Nathaniel Dett and
the late Will Marion, were
honored by the Detroit Negro
Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
What's YOEEr 1915 EncOEnle Tan Deduction?

Times will publish WEDNESDAY a series of
questions and answers and OFFICIAL
FIGURES intended to clarity the new 1915
Withholding taxes, show the amount of deduc-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28
Tank Arsenal.
Tops Quota
70 Bond Rallies Set
In Detroit Today Z (

" The $500 Chrysler tank arsenal
employees exceeded their Sixth
War Loan drive quota by $685.,
IL was announced today as the
campaign went into its second
week throughout the nation.
With a quota of S225, 1896. the
arsenal employees purchased an adj
dtional 1921 900 in bonds, aside
from their regular monthly pay
roll deductions.
Meanwhile. the drive in Wayne
County gained momentum with
bond rallies scheduled for today in
20 war plants and business houses
and three high schools.
Frank n. lsbey. chairman OF
the Michigan war finance COM
mittee. was 10 speak al Cooley.
Fordson and Pershing high Schools.
Fordson High is one Of the first
in the nation 10 become a bond
issuing agency for the Federal
Reserve Bank.
QUOTAS By DEC. :
Isbey appealed TODAY 10 every
bond drive chairman IN the state
to press ahead with every means
possible so that all quotas will be
made by Pearl Harbor Day. Dec. Z.
THE program II going over"
said lsbey. but we can't slow
down. Even though II war
plants went over the top today,
they're keeping right on going.
"You can't 1Nersell securitv
and the investment In future
happiness.
The IL plants which have made
their quotas asked that their
names not be used Until All en-
ployeS have Deen contacted. ne
added.
V-MAIL SALES
Bond sales bv V-mail have been
- heavy that the committee S
pply Of $4,000 bonds has been
1hausted but an additional . 900
will be available for overseas
mailing before the drive ends.
Isbey said.
An infantryman in France Pfc
William Goudv. put ms shoulder
10 a second wheel by sending his
niece $50 for Sixth War Loan
drive bond purchase while a
mother. Mrs Bert Swadiing OF
Plymouth. whose son Is missing
over Germany. sold $1,000 worth
Of bonds on the opening day-ei the
drive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-28

tions to be taken out of your pay. So you'll
be sure to obtain this information, dial Cherry
$500 to arrange for carrier delivery Of The
Detroit Times to your home. Learn what
YOUR income tax payments will be!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

Selling out Sturgis Chemi-
cal Co.'s products: Cosmet-
les, perfumes, deodorants,
insecticides, etc. "a Cabot st,
near Windsor st.
Mrs Hazel E McCree of Cam
bridge has been recently APP
pointed Associate Director for
the State Of Massachusetts, by
the Grand Basilens of Zeta-
Phi-Beta Sorority, Soror Lul-
lelio w Harrison of Houston.
Texas. Soror McAee will work
with Soror Esther Peyton of
Washington, D c, the Regional
Director, in carrying out the
program in this region.
Undertaken and Mrs. E. L.
Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. (Mayme)
cambridge, Mrs. Edna Goodell,
Mrs. John B. Hall, Mrs. E. Alice
Taylor were among the guests
at the Hammond Dinner held
Monday night at the Copley
Plaza Hotel.
Mrs. w. Alexander Cox had
the comfort of the following
relatives who came on to the
funeral of DR.. Cox: Mrs. Carrie
McClain, sister; the latter's son,
Corp. w. McClain; Mrs. Samuel
Williams, sister, n-law, of New
York City and niece; Mrs. Will
helmina Rosecons of Carver,
Mass.
Mrs. Belle Perry of Oak Bluffs,
Mass, and Cambridge has been
spending the winter with her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. C. L. Mccoy. On Feb. 6,
Mrs. Perry was invited to speak
at Peoples Baptist Church. She
was also invited to speak to a
white ladies' club on Feb. 81.
Her remarks were we'll received
and her friends are trying to
persuade her to remain.
Louis Bedeaux of 70 Kendall
ST., in his younger days an ex-
pert tailor, died Feb. 90. Funeral
services were held Friday, Mar. 3
from J. B. Johnson's Funeral
Parlors.
John E Whyce has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Saltonstall to
the State Board of Appeals on
Fire Insurance Rates.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

Bluejacket Cleland L. Haywood,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fitz Hay
wood, 1913 Green st. Cambridge,
promoted to the rate of Hospi-
tai Apprentice second class.
Graduation terminates a six
week course of study of anatomy
and physiology, hygiene and
sanitation, materia-medica and
weights and measures, first-aid
and bandaging, nursing, trans
portation of casualties and
dietetics.
Pvt. Hubert R Banks, son Of
Herbert r Banks, II Albemarle
st, Boston, is at Keesler Field
Biloxi, Miss, under training
for a preaviation cadet.
Sgt William G Garnett of
Philadelphia was in Boston
on a weeks furlough from
Camp Jordan, Seattle, Wash,
and spent a happy time with
his bride of seven months, the
former Barbara F Seabrooks.
Mrs Garrett at present resides
with her mother, Mrs Mabel l.
SeabrookS, II Westminster st,
but the young couple have
planned to live in the suburbs
Of Boston after the war is
over.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

Four Massachusetts, men re-
ported recently for training at
the Army Air Forces Training
Command Station, KeeSler Field,
Biloxi, Miss. They are: Pvt.
Charles D. Lee, son Of Mrs.
Gladys Lee, 16 Homestead ST.,
Boston, Mass; Pvt. w. McLau-
rim, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Laurin, 102 Hammond ST., Bos-
ton, Mass; Pvt. william D.
Vickers, Jr., son of Mrs. Lillian
V. VickerS, 5 Alvah Kittredge
PIX, Roxbury, Mass; and Cpl.
Roger Il. Green, son of Mrs.
Anna L, Green, 80 Jerome st.,
West Medford.
Pvt. Angie T. billiard, % Cobb
ST., Boston, of the WAC is as
signed to duty at FIT. Huachuca,
Ariz. She received her WAC
training at the FIT. Des Moines
Training Center.
Hi Diggs 1--WE Bombers from
Alpini's dispensed a hot brand
of swing music last Sunday night
at the Boston Stage Door Can
teen, 48 Boylston st. to the great
delight of servicemen and Junior
hostesses. The Boston Canteen is
one of seven from coast to coast
established by the American
Theatre Wing War Service, Inc.
Last weeks graduation cere-
monies of the Hospital Corps
School at the U. S. Naval Hos
pital at Great Lakes, Ill, saw
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04
CITY NEWS

The Women's Service Club
of Boston will present Ella
belle Davis, soprano, in Re-
cital Palm Sunday afternoon
at New England Mutual
Hall.
The Annual Election of the
Music Lovers Dramatic Club,
was held Friday, Feb 10, at the
Studio, So Windsor st. Those
elected to Office are: Gloria
Nelson reelected as President,
Theresa Burke; Vice-Pres,
Shirley Dymond; Secretary,
Bernice Nelson: Assistant 81.
rotary; Wendell Thompson,
Chaplain.
Cpl James Ross is stationed
in England. Jesse Ross OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, is visiting
his brother and family Mr. and
Mrs Deed Ross of fremont st.
Pvt Herbert Chestnut, "a
Hammond st is on furlough
from Great Lakes Training sta
ton, Ill.
Mrs Wilhelmina Jones was
here last week from Rome, N Y
visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs w H Wooten, 588 Column
bus ave.
Robert G S Furlong leaves
today for his home in New
York after spending two weeks
here. He was called to Boston
by the death of his sister, Mrs
Edith Jones.
Marvin Withers, son of Mrs
Matte R Withers of IA Circuit
st, Roxbury, was taken Seri-
ously i'll last Saturday night
and rushed. to City Hospital
where he is being treated for
ptomain poisoning.
All members of the Boston
Community Chorus are re-
quested to be present at Broad
fields Vocal Studio, $40 Colum-
bus ave, Boston, Sunday, Mar.
S, at 4 p m. The conductor and
secretary of the chorus will
make their final report to the
members. A studio concert will
also be presented. Come and
hear the report.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

Frederick Douglass and the
Constitution.
Lincoln an dthe Constitution.
John Marshall and the Con-
Stitution.
The Colored American and the
Constitution.
The New Deal and the Con-
stitution.
George washington and the
Constitution.
Booker T. Washington and
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

John H Johnson, 80 Howard
st. Funeral services Feb 20
from Johnson's Funeral Chap
Ell.
SMITH = in Boston. Mrs
Mary ] Smith, 1913 Northamp-
ton st. Funeral services March
2 from st Augustine's church.
] B Johnson, Funeral Director,
TAYLOR - in Roxbury. Mrs
Charlotte Taylor, 96 Windsor
st. Funeral services March z
from Johnson's Funeral Chap
oil
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

Pvt. Evelyn c. Haskins Of Fall
River has enrolled in the WAC
and started training at the First
WAC training center, Fit. Des
MoineS, Iowa.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

Members, new and old, of BOs-
ton Branch, National Equal
Rights League, are requested to
make the pilgrimage down town
to the Crispus Attacks Day OBJ
servtnces. March 5 comes on
Sunday; the exercises start at 1
P. M, on State st. (See Page 1
for other exercises).
The House Committee, Com
monwealth Lodge, No 10, IBP
DEW, wishes to thank all who
patronized the Bond Drive and
Whist Party Feb IA at ..401
Mass ave, which was a spler-
did success. The Committee al
so appreciates the wonderful
support given by Phyllis
Wheatley Temple, No %, and
Nora F Taylor's Council. The
winner of the $25 bond was
Frank S Smith, "a Windsor st,
with 984 the number drawn.
Five other prizes we're award
ed. A tasty supper of blackeye
peas, pigs feet and frankforts
was served. George F Logan,
chairman.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Hill of
Providence, returning from a
visit to Mr. Hills father, Lee M
Hill, Brooklyn, N Y, were guests
last Thursday of their uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs John
H Wilkerson, West Medford.
The Lenten Cantata "Peni-
tence, Pardon and Peace" by
j H Maunder, will be rendered
by the Senior and Junior choirs
of st Bartholomew church,
Cambridge, on Sunday even
ing, Feb 27 at 7 o'clock. All are
welcome.
Now that the holiday season
is over, it is timely to provide for
midwinter needs and also to an
ticipate Spring spending. If then
you need money for any pur-
poses, medical service, payment
of bills or whatnOt, consult H.
B. Budding Co., ZIG fremont St.,
which firm has a long record of
service. Many cOlored people are
among the patrons who attest
to their complete satisfaction.
Mrs Mary Rose of Roxbury
and Mrs Leonessa Powell of
Milton were given ratings as
mechanics &c at the Charles
town Navy Yard last week af-
ter a years training in the
pipe shop and are considered
excellent workers on the pro-
duction lines. In Angus Mrs
Charlotte Simmons of Lynn
and Mrs Mabel Jeffress of w
Medford became mechanics Sc.
They are coppersmiths.
Mrs Mary Connors and Mrs
Alice Gilbert of Cambridge
were suddenly called to Roam
oke, Va by the critical illness
of their only brother, Ward
Hall. On Friday Feb 10 he
passed away at the Burrell
Memorial Hospital. Funeral
services were held at the First
Baptist church with Rev
James, the pastor, officiating.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04

the Constitution.
The Constitution.
Further information will be
furnished by the Education
Committee, 397 Mass. ave.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04
RECENT DEATHS

HARRISON = of New York
City. Mrs Rose Harrison, $50
st Nicholas ave. Funeral SER
vices Feb rs from Johnson's
Funeral Chapel.
JOHNSON - in Cambridge.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04
ELKS ANNUAL
ORATORICAL
CONTEST

Students under nineteen years
of age may enter the Elks' con-
test. A minute speech on any
of the following subjects is all
that is required and the success
full National winner will get a
scholarship in an American
college.
The Constitution and Slavery.
The Constitution and Citizen
ship.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and the
Constitution.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-03-04
Stars and
Stripes

Aviation Cadet Paul L. Moody,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver w.
Moody of 1877 Fayerweather ST.,
Cambridge, recently completed
his basic flight training at the
Tuskegee Army Air Field and
has been assigned to the adj
vanced flight class.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-24
WORLD WAR II
A YEAR AGO
FEB. "a, 1943
By UNITED PRESS

In Tunisia, British and Ameri.
can troops drive the Germans back
into the Kasserine Pass sector;
French halt enemy attack west Of
Ousseltia.
u. 8. bomberS raid the rail ferry
equipment at Measlna, Sicily.
Moscow reports continued sue
cesses in Red Army drive west
ward from Kharkov; also report
capture Of an unnamed town In
this vicinity.
In speech deliveed to German
people ON 23rd anniversary Of the
Mad party, Adolf Hitler declares
that Germany would not hesitate
to sacrifice foreign lives"
Londom runners report . four
Point peace feeler submitted By
Finland 70 Russia vis Sweden.
Evening star., 1944-09-02
Halifax Denies Britain
Frowned on Phillips

The Earl of Halifax fatty denied
yesterday that William Phillips, who
has been serving as political ad-
wiser to Gen. Eisenhower and as
special Ambassador to India, was
returning to the United States
because he has been declared per-
soma non grata In London.
There have been reports. previ-
ously denied in both London and
Washington, that Mr.. Phillips recall
had been requested because of his
criticism OF British rule in India.
The British Ambassador said II
is 'regrettable that assertions
should be made which are quite
untrue and which must gravely mis-
lead the public" and he added he
hoped they would not be repeated
The Ambassador declared
neither the British government mol
the Indian government has ever
requested or even suggested Mr.
Phillips recall, either here or In
London"
Evening star., 1944-09-02
s. Enemy Planes
Destroyed in Hungary
~ the Associated Press.


ROME, Sept. 2.-United States
18th Air Force Mustangs destroyed
at least So grounded enemy planes
In q strafing attack on the Debrecen
airdrome in Hungary yesterday,
boosting its total of Nazi planes
knocked out on the ground in the
last three days to 2l3, 1t was an
nounced today.
Led by Col. Ernest H. Beverly,
Laurinburg, N. c.. the Mustangs
caught a great number of Merseberg
six-engined transports and other
transports and fighters and shot UP
four locomotives.
Another Mustang formation
strafed an airdrome at Kecskemet
South of Budapest, while 750 heavy
bombers attacked the Mis- Airdrome
in Yugoslavia and rail facilities In
Northern Italy, YugoslaWa and
Hungary.
Last night Mediterranean All
Force bombers hit railyards at Bo.
logna.
Medium and light bombers at.
tackled gun positions west of Pesare
in support of the drive against the
Gothic Line, while fighter bombers
and fighters smashed at other tar.
gets in the Adriatic sector.
Shipping of the west coast ot
Italy and in the Adriatic was at.
tackled, as well as communications
and gun positions in Yugoslavia.
-Four enemy aircraft were de.
stroyed in the air. and IL Allied
aircraft are missing.
Evening star., 1944-09-02
Northern France
Continued From First Page.

-armistice site Of two wars-and
reached the city of Compiegne
Montdidier to the northwest was
taken.
Bapaume fell to the Allied push
down the road from Amiens to
Cambria. The British stabbed out
north and northwest from captured
Arras. sending one tank spearhead
toward Douai, IA miles from Bel
GUM, and another toward Dun
kerque and It's memorable evacua-
tion beaches of 1940
Capture Of Vimy Ridge. where
Canadians won great victory in
1917. was disclosed in a message by
Gen. Sir Miles c. Dempsey, British
I'd Army commander, to 1t. Gen. H.
D. G. Crerar, Canadian 1st Army
commander Replying to Gen. Crears
message on British capture of
Amiens, Gen. Dempsey said: You,
captured Dieppe and We captured
Vimy Ridge, a great day for Canada
in which the I'd Army is glad to
have played its part"
Canadian troops, meanwhile,
Joined the British on the Somme
between Abbeville and the coast,
trapping yet unestimated German
force.
Allied troops were within miles
of LIE Havre, still without meeting
much resistance.
The Canadians were pursuing a
mass of German stragglers hitch
hiking back to Germany. Many of
them were without food or much
transport, living off the land on the
stern road back, front reports said.
Along the lines of German with
drawal from Nancy to the Saar
frontier and across Belgium and
Luxembourg to Germany. Allied
fighter er-bombers yesterday alone de-
stroyed or damaged 1,400 motor
transport vehicles, 140 locomotives
and over 300 railway cars.
Hard-pressed Germans were turn
Ing to horses for transport and Al
he'd airmen destroyed or damaged
$50 horsedrawn vehicles yesterday.