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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

TNHE AVERAGE citizen prob
L ably thinks Of hypnotism as
more or less in the same class
as palmistry. phrenology. Spir-
'itualism. table tipping and crys-
tai gazing. As a matter OF fact
this is unfair. Hypnotism is a
perfectly real, proved scientific
possibility Any one can hypno-
tze and anybody can be hyp-
lied. Essentially the hyp-
.ic state can be caused by The
rhythmic stimulation OF single
sense.
Put rooster on the floor
with his eye glued 10 a straight
chalk line and pretty soon he
will fall over in a trance He
has had his sight yhyihmically
stimulated. Or put a person IN
a dark room. in a condition Of
relaxation. and ring a little bell
ever 80 often and the trance
Will result from the rhythmic
stimulation at the sense ~ hear
ing. Rhythmic touches or strok-
ing Of the face and arms VIII
do the same thing.
+ In the hypnotic stHtr tf7r
subject is very sugCestihlc and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
ON THE SIDE

a revolt of his military men.
Der feuhrer also fears some
officer or soldier may take a
Shot al him. Only Gems. Keitel.
ROmmel and Dietl are admitted
10 see Hitler without being pre-
viousiy searched.
TlfE performance OF my favor
Il tie red haired dramatic film
star. Greer Carson, in Ma
dame Curie." did not impress
me, but / thought il was proba-
bly, because l expected too
much.
However, sre that Eispeth
Grant. brilliant British film
critic, says:
madame Curie Is a long,
earnest and beautifully made
film which quite failed To move
me. Miss Greer Carson In the
title role looks all too like that
ravishingly lovely film star,
Miss Greer Carson, and all too
little like woman who worked
for years In conditions Of great
hardship and poverty to present
radium to the world.
Miss Carson seems too con-
scious of herself"
IT Is criminal effeHse TO
Il leave children alone and un-
cared for in England
A London woman who re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
Il. ". .DURLING

Gently left her three young
children alone in the house over
night was sentenced 10 % days
IN Jail.
Perhaps some similar legisla-
ION in this country might bring
a decrease in the many fatal
accidents resulting from chill
dren being left without paren-
tai supervision.
HATE SMITH. Chanteuse and
IN news commentator.
There are 81 ways 10 spell
Catherine. Miss Smith spells
her first name Kathryn.
Kate sang "Over There" and
There's a Long Long Trail" at
a war bond rally IN washington
in 1918. and President Wilson
was so pleased he patted her on
the cheek.
Ed Gardner. Radio comic. He
just bought an $4,000 house in
Beverly Hills, Cal.
Clara Bow. You haven't for
gotten Clara, have you? Do you
remember her in a film titled
The Saturday Night Kid? She
lives on farm in Nevada now.
Leo Robin. Song writer. Re-
sponsibie- for Thanks for the
Memory and mo Love, No
Nothing
Copyright, 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
BY MAJ. GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT

or "typhoons" which sweep
across the Philippines.
EOR this reason, at the peace
4 negotiations after the first
World War. il was considered
important for the United States
to secure possession of zap.
On his first return from
Europe in 1919, President Wood
row Wilson told a Senate COM
mittee, with which he discussed
the settlement of that war. that
the United States had secured
one island in the Pacific. but he
could not recall its name.
AS aNmatter of fact, we did
noe acquire zap. 1t was in
eladed in the Japanese mandate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

his Judgment is suspended; he
will do things that he is told,
although they are ridiculous.
Sometimes he can do things
that he cannot do voluntarily
in the waking state.
CEVE AL misconceptions
- about hypnotism are that one
can be hypnotized against his
viii: that IS not true, although
when a subject has heen-h,-p--
Noticed several times he goes
into a trance very readily. Also
IL is not true that the hsyPRe-
fist can steal the will Of the
hypnotized subject. That is a
follower from the old novel
"Trilby by George du Maurier.
Hypnousm has been used in
medical treatment for m any
years There is currently a re-
vival Of II led by New York
psychologist Mr.. Andrew SAL
ter-whu =haS- wrftteH- 4 beck
What Is Hypnosis - pub
liShed by Richard r. Smith,
Aa&r- YaFl& X -
Mr. SaIfor has had great
deal Of success IN treating pa
rienis with nervous troubles 49,
naIl-biting. suffering and
$50 alcoholics He appears 10
be particularly successful with
patients who are troubled with
general shyness. He has had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
THESE DAYS
BY GEORGE Z. SOKOLSKY-

THE question arose during
L discussion Why there shoAd
be any minorites al all.
II people arc governed i'm
partially under a law that APP
plies 10 all there would be no
mln0Tliies
suppose when the Irish came
20 this country they were made
into A nInnr.i,N.- and--l- -+f-t-------
-wrrrr tire Germans came here.
they were made into a minority
and the Italians and the Poles
and the Firms this would be a
pretty messed up country by
now.
Instead, We boiled them all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
THE WORLD IN REVIEW
BARROWS

A PART from meteorological
a value, this group of islands
has now become of extreme
military Importance, because
they lie within 500 miles of the
great island of Mindanao and
the islands of the Sulu Archi-
pelago.
Five hundred miles seems to
be about the maximum distance
over which we can launch sue
cessful attacks.
If then the Palaos Islands can
be secured and converted into
an immediate base for our fleet
and fighting planes our assault
to regain the Philippine Islands
can begin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

DEAR BOSS:
4 MOTHER rainy night in
"A Italy, and raindrops tapping
like birds feet on the roof OF
the tent in which l write.
WILHELM or-tife subject.
here's the best rain story I've
heard in ages.
A coast artillery jeep driver
whose outfit is now scrapping
in Italy had a difficult day.
A tremen dous rainstoim
smacked his bivouac area dur
ing the night.
The next morning a search
was conducted for the driver.
His tent was empty.
But his worried first sergeant
finally found him curled up on a
mattress that drifted slowly in
an immense pool, like a ghost
ship, while waser\ threatened
every moment 10 sink IL.
Dead? No, the jeep driver
was bliSsfully asleep.
The boys here have built
every type OF shelter TO combat
the weather and the threat OF
enemy shells.
A few were so lucky as TO
discover a cave OF such ample
dimensions that they converted
il into an electric lighted man
sion" with chairs, tables and
beds.
| understand it has all modern
conveniehces except rugs and
pretty women!
Many have dug shelters be-
low ground. y When one of these
dwelerS came up for a snootful
y of sunlight the other day,
bearded. uncomhed and I'M
washed, some one cried: "Ah,
grounding day!
Sometimes, between rounds of
fighting. the Americans sound
out the Heinies. In one in
stance. Yank infantrymen had
been pounding away for a week
al a rocky fortification so near
that they could practically smell
the cabbage on the Nazis
breaths.
One of the doughboys tossed
a few X" rations TO the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING-

success in 10 out Of 20 patients
sent 10 him.
The new part Of Mr.. Salter's
thesis is that autohypnosis is
possible and that the subject
can make suggestions which he
carries out in the hypnotic
trance exactly" says Mr.. Sal
ter. AS / would give them and
with the same effect If not bet
ter II" Through inducing hypnosis
upon oneself by autohypnoSis
and self.sugEeSlion il may be
possible for soldiers 10 be, freed
from fear and TO feel no pain
when wounded Mr.. Salicr has
trained three physically and
mentally healthy adults 10 re-
main completely insenSible 10
pam and The sound OF gun fire
in the waking state They can
turn this state on and off by
themselves. Mr.. Salier Is tfA-
ing TO persuade military agihori-
tics 10 allow autohypnosis in
the armed forces II viii. he be-
lleves. render 20 10 Is Percent
ttcas--ff free -lt s,-4t DE y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
Quick Answers

l-Etna and Stromholi Pelee
is IN Martinique. Vest Indies
United States John Paul
Jones landed marines raided
British ports
as Salvation Army
4-One hundred and ninety biz
lions.
5-One hundred and thirty four
millions. as Of July /. 1913
Sin the Virgin Isles they arc
the names OF the principal
isles.
Copyright; 1886 b. King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

LETTERS FROM TIMES SOLDIERS

Heinies, who hesitated to touch
the packages, fearing they were
BOBBY traps.
But the Germans eventually
snatched the stuff, tasted 1t,
and let out a smack that could
be heard over the entire front.
There's more where this
came FROM" cried an American.
"C'mon over. We're having pie
and chicken, too, for supper"
I'VE can't" a German called
back. "Our officers would shoot
u.s."
cover YOU"
"Nein! NsIn! They would
Kill u.s."
Maybe that is one of the rea-
sons the war still goes on.
SIDNEY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
Connolly Answers

2-tbD. 3--fa). { IN
5--ta): Ga instrument
for transmitting sounds
rr7r II 55r flrarff1g tr-t II
reference With satisfactory
production OF sound (dl
transmission OF speech or
music by radio: iej vibra-
- tons per second
pyr'ght. 1894 by Kins Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

THIS explains the first naval
Il announcement, h the
command of Admiral Haisey is
about 10 be dissolved
His task has been completed,
and completed in a magnificent
manner.
Commencing with Gaadal-
canal nearly 20 months ago,
Halsey's force has given an ex-
hibiiion of daring. skill and Sue
cess that efftftfe his command TO
the highest honorS.
His force has been pinched out
of the South Pacific operation
through the very success which
it has achieved.
THE other navy announcement
Il is the continuing naval and
air battle for the possession OF a
group of islands which are in
dispensable for us 10 gain.
This group is called by the
British the Pelew Archipelago.
The most important island,
which is volcanic. and is OF con-
siderable size. has an adequate
harbor at its southern end.
To the northeast IS the
smaller island of zap, which
had a rather interesting role
in connection with American
government of the Philippines.
A meteorological station was
established there while il was
still a German possession
It could forecast the gather
ing of the great cyclonic storms,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

BY GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN

ocratic candidate for the Senate,
OF all things with the blessing Of
President Roosevelt.
THIS is the same. Roosevelt
= who with the palace guard
tried to. destroy Gillette in 1888,
tried to ruin his career, tried to
drive him. from public life. in
the celebrated purge.
Senator Gillette's chief sin
was opposition to Roosevelt's at
tempt to dominate the Supreme
Court by packing it with New
Dealers.
But that was not his only sin.
Gillette opposed nearly every
radical New Deal measure spon-
sored by the President.
He was marked for political
liquidation.
The plot failed and Gillette
was reelected.
WHEN the fourth term issue
w was raised, Gillette openly
and strongly opposed it. Yet
because he was the only Iowa
Democrat with a chance to win
the Senate seat and help carry
the state for the New Deal cam
didate, he was induced TO change
his mind.
He also now announces he
will be one of the Iowa delega-
ton to the Democratic national
convention; and that he will
support the party's nominee.
that is TO say, Roosevelt.
In short. Gillette. after oppos-
ing the fourth term, will give
his support 10 the fourth term.
In the matter of political prin-
ciple and intellectual integrity.
where does this amazing act of
qualification leave Mr.. Gillette?
Everything sacrificed for the
sake of six more years in a gov
eminent job. American politics
at its worst.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

Yes, Fm in lore. ! feel IL non
And Cel,a has undone me.
'fys not her fqce that love
creates, ~
IT'S not her shape, forrttere the
fatos
H17'eruther been nuciril
Her roice, her touch, might give
the alarm
It's both, perhaps, or neither
In short, tbs that proroking
charm
OF Celia altogether.
Whitehead.
HAVE YOU ever listed your
IL faults AS a husband? is
asked in one of those Are You
a Good Husband?" question
nalTeS.
/ never had, so listed my
faults as a husband and found
/ had ITO.
The list included the fault of
asking my wife What did YOU
say? about 30 times a day
when / should have heard her
the first time.
THE Danish Who's Who will
Il not be published this year
because the Danes would not
comply with the German de-
mand that the names of Jews
be omitted.
Hitler IS very much afraid of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

No. II is because they are
mentally and emotionally Of the
masculine type. Prof Louis NJ.
Terman OF Stanford and Or.
Catherine Cox Miles of Yale de-
vised numerous tests Of the
mental and emotional differ
ences between men and wemen.
Men who have the mental and
emotional interests and habits
of thought that women have
score toward the feminine end
of the scale and he-men toward
the masculine end Vice versa
= women The scientists found
men who effect manniSh ways
and dress tend 10 be masculine
In their interests. emotions and
attitudes. even though they
marry happily and live a normal
sex life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

down into the melting pot of a
public school system, intermar-
rage and Just courts and turned
out as homogeneous a. race as
could be with such ingredients,
II EUROPE il is different At
- H. er.a!- 1.l--.l------ 80
rleS- treaties appeared- dealing
with minority rights
This was principally because
a number Of new states came
into existence and each new
ii I q contained natIonalities
that also wanted 10 be new
states or parts of old ones.
NO one could or can draw
map OF Europe that will be
ethnically Just.
Race. language and religion.
deeply rooted in the soil. cannot
be wiped out by the fiat of
politicians at peace con-
ference
President Wilson spoke of the
"Self-determination Of peoples.
but what We got out Of II over
the past quarter OF century
was an intenSificatlon Of ma
uOnallStic hate
-t.+-----~orrrr- woufri
solve the problems Of MI
norltieS by uprooting human
beings from an area, even If
their ancestors have been there
for a thousand years or more.
The Germans have. since this
war, b @ en- moving peoples
around as though they were
cattle and a horrible business
tt fTS uCCT7-
Yet there are those among us
who would solve this problem
Of minorItieS by moving millions
Of people about as though they
We're cattle.
They would take the Sudetcn
Bohemlans who speak German
and put them somewhere in
Germany whore they, of course,
would be unWelcomed because
they would be foreigners taking
the bread out of somebody S
mouth.
And they would move the
Polish Jews 10 kenya in Africa
when. As a matter of fact. they
would prefer 10 60 TO Palestine
or stay in Poland. And they
would switch Christian for Mo-
hammedan ad intinitum.
The doctrine OF the inVolun-
tary migration Of minorties
from one country to another is
based upon the theory that no
Just Lave can he devised or
administered as long as people
speak different languages, have
different religions or originate
from different races.
And while\lths doctrine ,of,
minority rights and involuntary
mass nhigrationS is being advo-
Gated by many liberals. II is IN
essence a recognition of IIitlers
racial theories
1t acknowledges that there
are majorities and mInoritieS;
that is. superior and inferior
peoples
Copyright. 1914. by Klng Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
Answer to Question No. 3

II is always justified when
done in the search Of scientific
truth. Many an'i-viviseCtionists
are now alive-and kicking
solely because Of the discover
les made by vivisection. / hon
estly believe if the animals
could realize the benefits both 10
animals and mon that result,
they would be willing 20 un-
dergo IT AneSthetics take the
pain out of most such expert
mentS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Reader-tl) How can fat
man reduce weight ID How
can a bald man grow hair
Answer -tll BY eating one
fourth as much as ne does. 81
lie can't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
Answer TO Question So. 2

\ AS a man thinketh in his
heart, so is he, and so does he
No truer saying in psychology
was ever uttered. If you allow
yourself to think the wrong act
then Of course you can't help
doing IL. The thing you can do
IA 10 think of the right act II
you think of the right act
strongly enough, you can't help
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

EDITORS NOTE - This is
from one Of the circulation de-
portment employees Vho has gone
into the service from the Timss.
The writer, Cpl. Sidney Miiiinof,
who wos in Italy at the time OF
writing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

THE navy department has
Il made announcements. that
are important, and that indicate
the rapid progress made from
the Solomons and New Guinea
area. / have repeatedly said
that the forward movements of
Macarthur and of Nimitz would
converge upon the Islands of
Mindanao and the Sulu Sea.
They shoald unite there.
When they reach their COM
mon objective they will become
one combined force of fleet, air
and land army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

doing Il. Your acts always fol-
low your thoughts. as surely as
YOU follow your nose The an
SWer IS. therefore. no.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

MATS cHEESE. FATS
Red AS through M-s-vaiid indehy
y nitsly.
ms through rs and AS through
F5-is stsmps-vslid for direct
purchases from farmersD
Lard Ration EffNs indefinitely.
one m. salvage Cat. good for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamps 80 and 81. Book No. As
lbs each. valid indefinitely
stamp 40. No. Z Book IS ms for
canning through Feb q 1913
spare stamp 81. No. Book--Valid
for maximum 81 20 lbs. for can
ming Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE, MN
4 Coupon ll-2 gals, vaHd, through
y June 81 MY
RI and &C Coupons--5 gals each
RS and ca Coupons gas ZACH
claw requires state name and license
number he wgitteu on every coupon
when received .
fIEL OIL ..
Period Z and Period S-Naud through
Sept. 80.
IIQt OR
No, s--Vahd through April 30. Z
SHOPS
stamp Is--Nalid throueh April 20
Aifplane stamp ] Valid indefinitely.
TIRE INSFECTioNS
Necessary IN trucks only
PROTESTED FOODS
Blue As through k-s-Nalid IN.
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-11

II the hypnotic stTtr tf7r
subject is very suggesthle and
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27
TANK BATTLE
REPORTED AS
SERIOUS

LONDON, Dec. 27.-(AP)-
Berlin today reported, that a
major tank battle has broken out
north of Laroche, Belgium, and
tina 70 tanks of he Third and
Seventh Armies have been wiped
out.
The rport said the American
efforts to relieve the Bastogne
assaults in central Luxembourg
have failed, but admitted that U.
S. gains have been made west of
Echternacht.
A large scale battle in south
eastern Belgium and central
Luxembourg is gaining in vio-
lence, said the German commun-
ique.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27
DROP FOOD
FOOD HAS
TO YANKS

LONDON, Dec. 27.-(AP)-10C
tons of supplies, mainly food and
ammunition, was today parachut-
ed to the American troops who
have been cut off by the Ger
man drive in the Bastogne area,
1t has been reported.
Twin-ngined CAT sky-trains
flew from Britain to France with
cargoes for the "doughboys" who
have withstood repeated Nazi
tank attacks, while awaiting re-
lief.
According latest reports THE
relief columns are little over
one mile from Bastogne.
A British broadcast said: Gnu
merous Gernpn tanks have
been destroyed in vain attempts
to enter the own.
A lone CAT piloted by 1t. Col.
Joel Crouch, sneaked over the
German lines at dawn and drap-
ped parachute pathfinder unit,
to guide the other planes to the
scene. The plane radioed back,
mission completed" and landed
safely" and landed safely.
An hour later, troop-carrier
planes began dripping bundles
Of ammunition, food and medi-
cine.
Col. Crouch told a group of
Americans that German planes
did not modest him, but the ack-
ack fire was terrific, as was also
the heavy ground fire from Ger
man tank concentrations.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27
MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Lincoln Ellsworth flew across
the Antarctic from Deception Is
land to Whales, a distance of
2,400 miles, o determine if there
were really two continents in the
Anarcic.
A cntralized Army Air Force
lof 900 planes has been estab-
lished for the purpose of defense
and is considered the most revo-
lutionary step toward moderniza-
ton of combat units since the
World War
Many planes are busy chang
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27

Pilot Peterson made a round
trip to Teller and Igloo with ex-
press and Morris Thompson for
Teller; Nudge Ward and Mrs.
Barney Vogan were return pas
sengers.
Pilot Peterson flew to White
Mountain this afternoon with a
capacity load of express and
May Titus, and the two Carita
O'Connor children.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27

additional Nipponese vessels by
American submarines operating
in far Eastern warters.
These latest sinkings, bring the
total of japanese vessels sunk or
probably sunk to 1890, since the
war started.
Forrestal said the sinkings of
all types of vessels now repre-
sents more than 100000 tons
sunk by submarines alone.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27
NAVY ADMITS
WE'RE Still,
AHEAD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-(AP)
To-day, Secretar of the Navy
Forrestal, in a news conference,
reported the sinking of a large
Jap aircraft carrier, six addi-
tional enemy warships, and 20
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27

ing over from wheels skis, as
there is now enough snow for
them. Many skieers are also to
be seen on the hills around Nome
trying out the snow for the first
time this season.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE COMMISSIONERS
COURT FOR THE CAPE
NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA. IN PROBATE.
No. 682
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
SETTLEMENT OF FINAL
FINAL. ACCOUNT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JOHN ALEXANDER
WHITE, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned Administra-
tor of the estate of John Alexan-
der White, deceased, has filed in
the above-named Court his Final
Account and Report; and that the
7th day of February, 1945, at the
hour of 1000 o'clock a. m, of
said day, at the office of said
Court, at Nome, Alaska, has by
Court Order duly made and en-
tered, been fixed as the time and
place for a hearing on said Final
Account. And further that at this
time the Court will adjudicate as
to who the heirs and distributes
of said estate are.
OBJECTIONS to said Account
will be heard at this time, as
will also proof of heirship.
Dated the 7th day of Decem-
Der, 1914.
B. B. MOZEE,
Administrator.
c. G. TANNER,
Attorney for Administrator,
Nome, Alaska.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-12

Ruhr valley Thursday following a
night attack on Berlin by Raj
Mosquito raiders.
Up to $50 u S. Eighth air force
Flying FortreSSeS and Liberators.
covered by a strong fighter escort.
spearheaded the attack, bombing
an aircraft component factory in
Bremen and other unidentified tar
gets in the northwestern Reich.
The RATS giant Lancaster and
Halifax bomberS in undiscloSed
strength attacked a group of syn
thetic oil plants at Wanne-E -Eickel,
northwest of Bochum.
One RAF Mosquito bomber was
last in the night raid on Berlin
and other enemy targets in western
Germany.
Other British LancaSters and
fighters were on the attack over
northern Holland today. bombing
enemy gun positions near BreSkens.