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yond. The horror of that orchard
today is indescribable.
The Germans. like Yanks. name
tanks for girls. On the edge of a
nearby pond OF blackened water an
American crew found the burning
and torn monster Ursula" On top
of it were three horrible. grinning
coal-black cinders burning in the
shape of shrunken human bodies.
Two others were inside.
Those on top had managed to
crawl from the tanks before they
had become flaming torches. Only
two OF the German crew had leaped
from the burning tank and they lay
beside it with the flames all around.
Tank Destroyer 1t. John Wills of
Newark, N. j., crawled into the scar
ing heat, with ammunition from the
tank exploding and showering him
with debris, to drag the burning men
to safety.
Still living, they were rushed to a
dressing station. l don't know
whether they lived or died.
~ AohhS DCStiOyCu.
All this happened at dawn. In
this phase of the battle, IA enemy
tanks and five armored half tracks
were reported destroyed. The di-
vision staff believed this represented
a detachment sent to feel the way
for the counterattack.
Approximately 40 tanks massed in
front of the American lines had
started forward, evidently believing
from the firing that the first group
had reached its objective.
| About 7 am there was a remark
able air action. Expecting an ad-
vance of infantry, dawn air bomb
ing of the crossroads beyond the
lines had been asked
The first wave of Mustangs show
cred the objective with 250-pound
bombs, but the pilots noted greater
number of the enemy tanks below
than had been anticipated and sus-
pected mechanical assault was in
the making. They communicated
by radio to second wave following
few minutes later.
Instead of proceeding to their
objective beyond, this second wave
OF planes dive-bombed the tanks,
swooping to within so feet of the
ground, then strafing the panzer
grenadiers.
This fight was one of the most
remarkable accomplishments of the
9th Air Force. The flyers acted on
their own initiative. Their targets
were different. Enemy tanks and
American destroyers were inter-
mingled in the wooded country, and
American infantry and panzer
grenadiers were only 200 yards
apart.
The pilots dived low to obtain
accuracy in bombing enemy tanks
and German infantry. Not a single
Yank was injured by the American
pilots.
Battle Waged All Day.
The tank destroyer fire was above
expectations. One gunner, George
Kegyes of Cleveland, got three
tanks single-handed.
Thereafter, a battle was waged
all day, with the Americans re-
gaining lost ground and finally cap
turing LIE Desert.
I am told that this was the en-
emy's major counterthrust of the
Normandy campaign. 1t ended in
utter disaster. Hardened veterans
were sickened at the sight of its toll.
I can never forget Ursula" or her
panzer sweetheart who named the
tank for her. He Is probably one
Of the blackened cinders with q
grinnins semihumAn face.
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Henry
Continued From First Page.)

intensity increasing up to midnight.
All night American guns put
harassing fire on the front of the
enemy. At 3 am. 1t. William Good
rich, Louisville, Miss, who had Just
been released from a hospital after
he had suffered minor wounds and
still was weak, hitch-hiked back to
his outfit with a truck carrying
front-line rations.
Forced of the truck by machine
gun fire, 1t. Goodrich spotted sus-
picious tank in the rear of the lines
between front-line battalions and
the regimental command post.
A tank destroyer platoon, with a
mine removal platoon acting as in
fantry, rushed to the position and
found enemy tanks. They protected
the infantry as German grenadiers
infiltrated through the lines in the
dark.
Full-Scale Attack Recognized.
A furious battle followed, with Two
tank destroyers demolishing four
tanks. while the mine platoon and
grenadiers fought it out with rifles
and machine guns in the woods.
Meanwhile, the troops in LIE Desert
were forced back. But a full-scale
counterattack was not recognized
until dawn, when enemy tanks
seemed to be everywhere in lanes
covered by artillery fire.
Shells hit a command post oc-
cupied by one of the coolest Amer
ican regimental commanders in the
division. Stall officers tell the story
The first shell hit the building.
Darn it," said the colonel mildly
The second smashed his jeeps
windshield.
Now that makes me mad" he
said.
The third knocked down latrine
"Blankety blank" said the colonel
leaping to his feet, driven out of his
equanimity.
He had exhausted his vocabulary
of profanity.
In his sector was the sunken lane
where the enemy died like rats in
the bitches, caught in their own
trap.
Meanwhile, the adjoining regi-
ment, preparing to jump of before
dawn, found itself in the same fix
-inflltrated by enemy tanks.
A complete American medical de-
tachment, with two doctors, was
captured in a field dressing. station
before tank destroyers were rushed
In to score remarkable successes.
Blind Shot Felled Tank.
One destroyer, commanded by
Sergt. Edwin Handy of Belgrade,
Mimi, was stationed near the cross
roads. In the dawn light, Sergt.
Handy saw the top of a concrete
telephone pole shaking above the
treetops.
He ordered a fellow veteran of
Ell Guettar, Joe Philippe of Pom
tiac, Mich, to fire a three-inch gun
at the base of the post The blind
shot knocked out a tank.
Other tank destroyers took up the
battle, finding enemy tanks amid
the blind confusion. Some tanks
evidently lost direction and tried
to leave the road to escape the de-
stroyers.
Seven were knocked out within q
few minutes while attempting to
plunge over q hedge-topped earth
wall Or into the apple orchard be.
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Mrs. Agnes J. Linthicufn
IWin Be Buried Today
special Dispat ten 10 rhe star

9peClu Oispetcn 70 xne 6tef.
TRAv1LAH, Nd, July 14.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Agnes Jane Linthi-
cum, IS. who died Tuesday at the
home Of her son-in-law and daugh.
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Biggs
Boonsboro. will be held today from
the funeral home of w. Reuben
Pumphrey, Rockville. The services
will be conducted by the Rev. Claude
A. Brubaker, pastor Of Mount Zion
and Travilah Baptists Churches, and
burial will be in Forest Oak Gene
terry, Gaithersburg.
Besides Mrs. Biggs, another
daughter. Miss Frances Linthicum
and four sisters survive.
Mrs. Linthicum, a life long resi-
dent OF this vicinity, was the widow
OF Frederick S. Linthicum.
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Lord Somers, 81, Decd ;
British Scout Leader
By the Associated Press,

by tHe AZ SOClated PfeSS.
LONDON. July 14.-Lord Somers,
81, chief Scout for the British Com
monwealth since 1941, when he sue
ceeded the late Baron Baden-Powell
as leader of the Boy Scouts, died at
his home at Eastnor Castle in Here
fordshire today.
Lord Somers was attached to the
Tank Corps in the World War. He
served as governor of Victoria from
1926 to 1881 and as acting COVER
nor general Of Australia from 1880 to
1891
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\Xz&::ffS' W.: +; s.
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DANCE.

DANCE.
Georgetown Senior Medical Mill
tary Ball, Hotel Statler, 8 o'clock
tonight. Members and guests only
EXHIBIT.
Boy Scout Cubs" handicraft ex.
hibit, Natural History Building OF
New National Museum, 8 am. to
4:30 pm. through Sunday.
FILM.
Maltese Falcon" with Hum
phrey Bogart. presented by Fed
eral Workers Recreation Group, at
New Social Security auditorium
BIS O'Clock tonight. Members and
service personnel only.
MUSIC.
Army Air Forces Band, east front
of Capitol, 7 o'clock tonight.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen. Belasco The
ater. tonight: Art Brown song
fest" and 367th Army Service Forces
Band.
Meals. lounge. library, garden
Junior Officers' Club of Washing
ton, 1875 Seventeenth street NV.
II am. to midnight daily. Dance
$50 pm. Thursdays.
Moonlight cruise on Potomac
meet at USO. Eighth and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, 7:30 o'clock
tonight.
|. Film: Mediterranean Cruises, >
on YMCA USO) roof, 8 O'Clock
tonight.
Of1icers' dance, Scott Hotel, 2l31
O street NV, $50 o'clock tonight
Officers' dance, Omcers Service
Club, Burlington Hotel, $50 o'clock
tonight.
Service men and women may OBJ
tain information on other activities
by calling the United Nations Gen.
ter. National 5000, or any of the
following USO numbers: National
343l, Republic 1927, National 06l4
or Executive 0428. Colored service
personnel may call USO, Decatur
1894, or War Hospitality, Decatur
| 7768.
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Ill three weeks.
Senator Bris-
tow, who served
in the Senate
II ON 1909 to
1915, was joint
author of the
18th amendment
providing for
election of Sem
ators by popular
vote. He also in
trOduced q reSO-
luton granting
votes to women,
a 1t h o u g h the
provision did not
become legisla-
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Helen Essary, who writes a syndi-
Gated newspaper column, and the
late j. Fred Essary, noted news
paperman. Her stepfather is Capt.
William j. Murphy, U. S. N, now
stationed here.
She enlisted in July, 1912, and was
commissioned the same year at Fort
De Moines, Iowa. Before enlistment
she was a civilian employe of the
Army Air Forces here.
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Adolph w. H. Lenders Dies

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. July IA
(P).-Adolph w. H. Lenders, II, vice
president of Penick and Ford, Ltd,
and general manager of its plant
here, died yesterday in a Rochester
(Minn.) hospital.
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lex Senator Brisiow
Dies al 50; Co-Authol
|0f 17th Amendment

Joseph Little Bristow, SO, former
Republican Senator from Kansas,
died early today at his home, Ossian
Hall. in Annandale, Va, where he
had lived for Is years. He had been
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WAC Il. Ruth Essary
Now in South Pacific

First 1t. Ruth H. Essary, 2l0l
Connecticut avenue NV, Is one of
five WACS in the South Pacific
theater. 1t was revealed today by the
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Marriage License
Applicotions

Under D. c. la,cs, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, ,cait three full days and
receipe their license on the ftth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
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Britten. John r.
Cash, Charles c.
Daniel. Wallace G
Hasieber. Joseph
Heitman. w. R.
Lysik, Matthew 8.
Mcdonald, c. A.
Ma1ahan, B. J.
Smith. Hamilton
Smith. James F.
Starr, Marion S.
Berlin, Marvin
Lane, Harry H.
Aronson. Morris A.
Caulayet. c. c.
Creighton, E. H.
Crlswell, Myron H.
Di Gianfrancisco. ]
Fauntleroy. E. A.
Hubbard, Marvin B
Mullady, Bernard !
Ritchie. James r.
Ross. Clifton A.
Sol, Abraham
Waldman, Ludwig ]
Clark. Warren A
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ldy. 1 1Qey are.
Cohen, Arthur r.
Craig, PsAl N.
Ehrlich. Sol
Helwig, Glenn A.
Rasmussen. N. T.
Richman, Max A.
Toholo, Dominic s.
Kirkland. Robert c.
Brown. James E.
Harvey, Walter Z.
Hooker, Levi
Platter, George r.
Adams. William =.
Gardner, Oliver F..
McGriff, James H.
Prather. Wesley B.
Frazier. Ralph A.
I. Gray. Joseph r.
Hinton. Richard
Howard. James w.
.. Witherspoon. Clinzo
Bigelow, James H.
Brown, Charles w.
Hines. Charles z.
i. Williams, James
Younger. Flountroy
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Issued at Rockville.

issued ~ AockVtHe.
John R. Bradshaw. il. 23. Newport. R, /.
and Joella NJ Thompson q, Birds
Paul Howard Ripley. 81. Forest Glen. Md.
and Margaret Elizabeth Hill 10, wash.
Richard H French. "a. Camp lie Jeune, N
c.. and Louise Angew. 90 Rockville.
James J. .Reville, 81, Fort Myer, Va, and
June Alice Measer. 20. Washington.
Edward 8. Worthen. 21. Camp LIE Jeune. N
c.. and Futh Stokey, 81. Canton. Ohio
40. both Of Fails Church. Va.
Reward. IS, both Of Minneapolis, Minn
erbert Gordon Solbers, SO. and Jewell z
McMurtrie. %: both Of WASHINGTON.
%, 9TH of Manassas, Va.
Stephen O. 9; aeldsbo1oush Ss g., .sn and Bessie
Robert K Condit. 20. Cape May, N. J., and
May Dean Judd, -. Takoma Park. Md
James R. Lawson. %, New River, N. c.,
and Margaret Celia Wallace. %. Wash
Rush 1. Wright. "A. Gaithersburs. Md,
and Mamie Tayior. 6S; wsshins.on, =,
karaies, Is. both of Chicago.
Foster B. Robertson. 2I, Bethesda, and
Thelma Z. Wemyss, 90, Norlina, N. c..
Kenneth B. Walter. 81, Burbank. Calf.
and Ruth E. Coffman. 10. Arlington.
Morris r. Clark. 46, and Bessie McKelder
Thorne, 80: both Of WASHINGTON.
n. Olive 5:I Z McFarl.nd. e. Ellsworth: Ne.
and Nina Hildred sherren, "a, Washing
ton.
william Lee caniford. "a, Frederick. Nd
and June Louise Evans. 10. Arlington.
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81 District Men Report
At Fort Myer for Induction

Fifty = two District men are
scheduled to report for induction
az Fort Myer TODAY. Thev are.
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sas,, Allison, IL: %, esIs srd st. nv
Edward Aliis. 81. 1929 Calvert st. NV. ane
Olga osterwald. %. 2s15 Quarry roae
James Buck. e5, Parkersburg, W. Va
lane. Bethesda, Nd.
wifs hos 1osssn kn: I'll IT, 5s ash 5and St st. Sc.
John Robin. 25,, 2sl3 I4th st. NV: ant
Elizabeth Rock; II; phlladsiphi.. Pa;
Harry shiDley. rs, and Maude walter. SO
both Of Baltimore.
20. both q as7 o.Rdaie place n.1a
chieke Nakama: 2s. .1o1I 18th St. NV
and Ellen Evens. 81. 63s Morton st
Willie washington. is. 7ss eirard st. NV.
Tallie Greenwood, IT.. ~. Newberry. 8. c.
R.iph % yenfns u:.s IS e is4d Stevens n rd "a ss se
and Mary sinsleton, 81, 1888 Pomeroy
John Queen. %. 1880 jackson st. ne
and Willie Belle Patterson, "a. 1908
4.si.;s e. M..sss ssas " Ky "a. and
willmore Dyson; ss, 10 NJ St. Sc, and
AYa n0..a ssf. q ss hsSy sna ). Yard and Sylvia
| Albert Carter. "a. 1924 18th st. NV. and
Frances Caldwell. "a. Arlington, Va.
Jack Orshan, %, Navy Yard. and Ethe
Liebman: II, Arlington Farms.
Joseph Kujawski. 20. 2l45 C. st. NV. and
Harry TAFT, 4s, Arlington Forest. Va, and
Geneyieve Armstrong. "a. Takoma Park
Ear Pace, 81; $40 5th st NV anc
Francis Fjtz-Patrick % Camp Shelby
| Miss, and Margaret Dittmann, 80
1921 10th 81. NV
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=. WILLIAMS. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. VIII
Hams announce the arrival of q daughter,
On July IL, 1914, at Doctors HOSPITAL. :
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Y. L. SPEARE CO.

Neither successor to nor connected with
the original w R. Speare establishment |
1909 H St. NV. x..,hs,. ,Phs,. ,.o.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-23
RUSSIAN DRIVE
GAINING SPEED

LONDON, June % III The
Red Ar m s new two-pronged
smash toward eastern Finland
gained momentum today as Soviet
troops advanced 10 to Is miles in
"a hours and cleared the Firms
Leningrad : Murmansk railway,
Moscow announced tonight.
To the southwest in Finland,
Marshal Leonid A. Govorov's con-
quering army drove on from
Viipuri and captured Tall,
five miles to- the north az well as
several other places in h e
nourishing farming and manufac-
turing :. belt that extends toward
Helsinki, the Finnish capital.
Moscow dispatches said Govo-
rows right flank was striking to-
ward Lappeenranta, 80 miles north
west of Viipuri, & and pointed out
that capture of that important raj.
and highway center would sever
the Firms main communications
with their forces, estimated at 100,.
600 men, in the area of Lake Lado
ga and Lake Onezhskoe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-23
Nauy Men Send Cash
To Buy Off Strikers

NEW YORK, June %. - R) -
From somewhere at sea, a COM
munication signed 1.-THE crew Of
the U. S. S. Coos Bay" a seaplane
tender, and offering "to help pay
the wage increase money hungry
strikers are demanding" today
aroused labor leaders to vigorous
rebuttal.
Making the point that wage de-
mands were not involved in the
strike to which the Coos Bay let
ter specifically referred, two la
Dor leaders contended organized
labor is doing it's utmost to curb
all stoppages and keep production
rolling. One asserted newspaper
publishers were creating a deep
feeling of antagonism between la
Dor and the armed forces"
The Coos Bay letter was address,
ed to the editorial department Of
the Associated Press at San Fran
cleo, and enclosed $412 in paper
money. The letter requested that
the Associated Press "act as our
agent to buy off the present strik-
ers Of the Wright Aircraft corpor-
alton" The letter, stamped "Pass.
ed by Naval censor" began 1--WE,
the crew Of the U. S. S. Coos Bay"
and ended with a postscript read
ing IF the Wright strike is over,
just choose another (for the dis
tribution Of the $412). There are
always plenty at hand" ~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-23
City Limit Extension Favored
At Community Council Meeting
ARMY SETS UP
SPEED TRAPS

Speed traps have been set up on
the Wilmington, Fl. Fisher and
Burgaw highways by Camp Davis
Antiaircraft Artillery Training Cen
ter authorities in concerted move
to eliminate unnecessary fast driv-
ing of military vehicles, it was
learned here last night.
Explaining that the speed drive
was started with three-fold pllr-
pose, Cd to save gasoline and
equipment, . to impress military
personnel with the necessity of adj
herring to the same laws as civilians
and e. to enforce military dici-
pline, Capt. L. H. Huth, automotive
officer for all AAATC units said,
There are no ifs, ands or butts
whene my patrol catches a CT
speeder exceeding the 35-mile limit.
My speedometer doesn't work ex-
cuses just won't pay off,
In operation for over a month
now, the speed traps have shared
quite few violators who have
been dealt with under military
regulations. Five groups patrol
the highways. Each group consists
Of two Ulcers and three enlisted
men whose equipment are preci-
sion watches and field telephones.
'The way we work." said Cap
tain Huth, is to measure off a
certain distance on highway and
then station an officer and enlisted
man with stop watch and tele.
phone. One man takes his position
in the middle. When a military
vehicle passes the first point, the
patrol member punches his watch,
while his companion calls the N
station on the field telephone with
the identification of the vehicle.
If the vehicle is found to be
speeding, the driver is stopped,
questioned and given a ticket.
Those barely under the speed
limit are warned to exercise more
caution"
In addition to the speed traps,
the new system also includes row.
ing reported who combs the high
ways in a private car looking mil
itary vehicles with his speedo-
meter and at times stopping
drivers to make routine check
Of their records.
On Route II from Camp Davis to
Wilmington, check area has been
set up on which CT drivers are
encouraged to check their speed
and the accuracy of their spedo-
meters. A 30-mile-an-hour pace
takes exactly two minues to ira
verse the check area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-23
HOUSE .DEFIES
COURT RULING

WASHINGTON, June % In
Aroused by a recent supreme court
decision applying the Sherman
antitrust act to the $37, 900, 900, 900
insurance business, the House vot-
ed 283 to 81 today to exempt the
business specifically from the act.
Overwhelmingly, members ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the
high courts, 4-3 decision to the
effect that insurance firms are in
interstate commerce and thus sub
ject to the Sherman law. The court
decision had overturned prece-
dents extending back over the past
IS years.
Insurance controls have been in
the hands of the states, and the
resolution passed today declares
that nothing in the antitrust laws
shall be construed to apply to the
business ''or in any way it impair
the regulation of that business by
the several states"
The Senate judiciary committee
decided today however to hold off
action until after the summer re-
cess, and the propoal will be on
the shelf in the meantime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-23
Allies: Near
'CernnanLine
Below Alps
NAZI STAND EXPECTED
Troops Capture Paganico
In Swift Advancement
Up West Coast

ROME, June 22.-(P-Am-
erican troops driving up the
west coast of Italy have ov-
ercome stiff German resist
ance and captured the towa
of Paganico, IA miles north
east of Grosseto and less than
so miles from the Pisa-Flor-
ence Rimini defense line
along which the Nazis are ex-
pected to make their final
stand below the Alps, Allied
headquarters announced to-
day.
On the Adriatic coast, Eight army
forces raced into Fermo, 80 miles
from the important port Of Ancona
and approximately IS miles from
Rimini. Thus for the first time
since Rome fell the pursuing AL
lied armies were strung out on al
most straight east-west line
across the Italian peninsula and
the Germans appeared to have es-
capped any danger of a wholesale
entrapn cnt of their forces.
Thirty-five miles east Of the cap
tured fortress-city Of Perugia,
Eighth army units approached
Camerino through increased Ger
man artillery and mortar fire.
West of Perugia British forces
drove on Castiglione del Lago, prin-
cipal town on the western shore of
Lake Trasimeno. The villages of
Villa Starda and San Fatucchio,
southwest of the lake, fell after
sharp fighting. East of the lake
Allied troops were reported within
three miles of the town of Ma gione.
French troops, advancing on the
right flank of the Fifth army,
cleared the Germans from several
more mountain villages in the
neighborhood of Monteaero. Here,
as at other points on the front,
the Nazis were making heavy use
of artillery and mortars to slow the
Allied advance and employing their
infantry sparing1y.
An unofficial estimate from Fifth
army headquarters placed tn e
number of Nazi dead,wou-aded and
captured since the Allied offensive
began six weeks ago at between &c.
900 and 100000. The enemy
is known to have brought in ele-
ments of four new divisions since
Rome fell, and one of these al
ready has been virtually Destroy
ed.
CA German broadcast reported
the Allies had thrown fresh tank
formations into hard fighting on
the 5th army front north and north
east of Grosseto. but claimed that
Nazi troops held their main fight
ing positions everywhere.
The ground still was muddy from
three-day rain, but hot sun and
warm breeze today promised bet
ter going for Allied armor. The
clearing weather, also brought the
Allied Tactical air force out in
strength again, 1,10O individual
flights being made yesterday
against numerous targets without
loss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-23
Nine-Year-Old Youth
Killed By Wood Truck

Hercules Watson, aine-year-old
negro youth was struck and killed
near his home at Wrightsboro
early last night by a pulpwood
truck driven, by Roosevelt Michel,
negro, of Leland, according to the
State Highway Patrol. =
The youth died Immediately
upon arrival at James Walker
Memorial hospital. Investigating
Officers M. S. Parvin and Charlie
Snow exported the boys pulse very
weak when they arrived on the
scene ef the accident.
The driver of the truck is beng
held pending an inquest, by
coroner's jury this morning.