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AUGUST 25, 1944 18 PAGES 64th yearNo. 238 IV VI Inwmaiion! Nw, Sfrvle Ontrat Krwi Romanians Reportedly Moving Planes Mark On Jap Sea Bases Against Hungary As Axis Balkan Yankees Entrap Nazis On Seine South Bank; Paris Fighting Rages Front Totters Rapidly To Ruins Southeast Europe Seethes By LEONARD MILLTMAN' Associated Press War l.dltor. A record bomb load crashed down on Halmahera Island, southern gateway to the Philippines, topping a list of bombing raids reported Thursday that marked a 4000-mile long across Japan's shrinking empire. Liberators rode in without opposition over the target -car the northern tip of Halmahera, 3uti miles south of the Philippines, and loosed 15ti tons of explosives on the Galela area. Bivouacs und supply dumps were left in flames.

Hitler Loses Strategic War Space Reich Army Caught AtMoulhOfRiver Dc Gaulle Homeland Troops Reds Say Romanians Must Fight London (AP). Soviet Rus As 1918 Events Repeat By JOSEPH W. GRIGG. London (UP). Romanian troops Friday were reported marching against the Hungarians In Transylvania and fighting the Germans in the Black Sea port of Constanta a.s Germany's whole Balkan satellite empire appeared to be cracking wide-open in a repetition of the collapse of the Central Powers In 1918.

Swiss dispatches said that Romanian forces, possibly in anticipation of King Mihai's announcement that his nation had surrenderd to the Allies unconditionally, began march By The Associated Frets. Gen. Charles 'De Gaulle, leader of the Fighting French, Friday was leading troops under the French Tricolor Into action against By PHIL AI I.T. London (UP). Three Allied columns drove In from the rear on the prize French port of Le Havre early Friday in a double-purpose which squeezed to less than 20 miles sia announced Friday night only by active military aid Other targets ranged from the Kai islands, south of Gen.

Douglas Germans who broke armistice terms and re- against the Germany Army (the escape gap of the German Seventh Army London (AP). The defense system of Hitler's European fortress crumbling, and with capitulation of satellites in prospect and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's armored columns already driving for the German border, the Germans' only hope now is defense of the Reich Itself.

could Romania obtain the armistice which Romania re JlacArthurs advanced positions atlopened the Battle of Paris, the tip of Dutch New Guinea, to General De Gaulle drove Into Paris with Paramushiro north of Japan; and tWQ columns of French troops late Thursday from Nauru In the Central Pacific to the Chindwin Vaiicy ot western to reinforce their comrades fighting caiiRnt of the River Seine. On Allied column cutting east along the south bank of the Seine was reported to have taken Cricquebocuf, at the mouth of the river five miles across the estuary from ported Wednesday night she had accepted. A broadcast statement bitterly against pockets of Germans barring "The conclusion of an armistice Burma. 1047 JAPANF.SK DIE IN PACIFIC Highlighting land tiglaing was MacArthur's report that 1(147 more Isolated Japanese had been killed complete liberation of the capital. The French Radio Diffusion de la Natione Franchise said Thursday night in an FCC-recorded broadcast that the vanguard of Brig.

Gen. Command While the Germans have their reorganized 13th Army on the rocket coast, it has been badly striped to bolster the Seventh Army. It is between Romania and a coalition of the Allies" could be effected only by Romania' military aid In the unlikely it would be able to with In nin urlnri or 1711ft ues Oleics ait-tuia Aimorea French Division "has advanced to liquidation of the German armed forces. Le Havre, while two others drove west along both sides of the Seine to close the escape gap of the German Seventh Army and at the same time throw a siege ring around Le Havre. Germans in Le Havre wre attempting an evacuation by sea in light craft at night under a hail of Allied bombs.

An Allied column driving west from captured Elbeuf along the south bank of the Seine was within 20 miles of effecting a junction with It aaid that if Romanian troops stand mi Allied onslaught. Military men expect Hitler to fight a rearguard action from northern France and lower Belgium to the Siegfried Line, then base all on an appeal to ing on Transylvania Wednesday night. A German Transoccan broadcast reported that the mayor of Budapest had cancelled all leaves in the Hungarian capital, while tii Free Hungarian radio, which has broadcast regularly for almost a year, probably from behind the Russian front, appealed to Hungarians to throw out the Nezis and get together with Romania on the Transylvania question. Adding to the general state of alarm, the Budapest radio warned Thursday night that enemy planes were approaching the town of Veszprem, from a southwesterly direction. Hungary dissolved all political parties and clamped down an iron dictatorship in a desperate lost-minute attempt to prevent a similar crack-up.

Swiss reports said mutiny had already broken out in the Hungarian Army and that a military revolution was certain. Bulgaria, not at war with Russia. has asked the British ambassador in Ankara for armistice term from Britain and the United States. It was reported reliably that certain communications from Bulgaria designed to get that country out of the war speedily were now being examined in London arid, presumably, in Washington. SLOVAKIA HOLDING IMPORTANT MEETINGS Even in the German puppet state of Slovakia urgent cabinet meetings were reported, with the Quisling government there also fearing a crack-up.

Yugoslavia, where Soviet-sponsored Marshal Tito's forces have pinned down many German divisions, long has been a. liability to the Reich and a thorn in Adolf Hitler's side. A virtual state of siege obtained in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, as the new peace government moved to keep order and to keep (Continued on Page 3, Col. 4) I stopped fighting the Russians and turned on the Germans, "or against the people to defend the homeland miles of the South Pacific, Tokyo said Chichi Jima, about 600 miles south of Japan, was bombed a few hours after Piemier Kuniakl Koiso warned that American forces are awaiting "an opportunity to land on the homeland" of Nippon. A ship was sunk and a plane shot down by Aleutian-based bombers attacking Paramushiro on the northern road to Tokyo.

g' A Xj' the Hungarians for the liberation of Transylvania," then the Red Army "will not hinder them, will keep completely intact for them Many Allied military men are of the opinion one more crushing de the heart of Paris." LcClerc's French troops attacked in two columns toward Paris one from the west in force and the other from the south and met heavy resistance from German artillery. GFRMANS MOVING Itl.l.NIOKtEMENTS Herbert Clark, Blue Xeuvm correspondent, said in a broadcast from "outside Paris" that the Germans were reported moving strong new forces into the French capital and had entrenched themselves throughout the city. French Patriot forces, feat In battle and the German army other forces in Cricquebocuf driving east. In the sack which they were their entire equipment, and help riddled with intrigue and hate- closing between them are the elements of between seven and 11 di will collapse entirely. DEFENSE Bl'ILT ON VAST TERRITORY visions, all that is now left of the mauled and battered German Sev Hitler's defense system was built enth Army.

on the vast territory he dominated in Europe. He planned to trade Sixty miles southeast of Paris, Lt. space for time to wear his enemies Gen. George S. Patton's tanks were reported at or very near the big roa I juncUon of Troves only 130 down and out.

But he did not reckon with the drive and daring however, had control of most of the suburbs, he said. Allied u-oops were bent on liberating completely the capital of France after the Germans repud History May Repeal In This War iated an agreement to quit the city Secrecy Issue Threatens Security Talks and turned again on citizens who for four days fought the occupying forces In the best tradition of Pari sians defying tyranny. Supreme Headquarters broke Its miles from the Fench frontier. The junction of Montargis, 60 miles south of the capiUil which had been by-passed in the dash through Sens to Troves, was finally captured and its garrison liquidated. While official secrecy cloaked Allied movements in many sectors of the French front, the Algiers radio reported that Patriots and Allied troops together had liberated the hig port of Bordeaux on the Bay of Biscay.

France's third largest har bnr. However, this appeared to be possibly another version of earlier advices from the Spanish frontier (Continued en Page J. Col II silence Thursday on the confused nEN. CHARLES DE GAULLE, head of the French Provisional Gov-eminent und pioneer in mechanized tcarfare, is once more leading troops on his home soil. The United Press announced late Thursday night that General De Gaulle is co mi ma 7i ding French troops fighting the Germans in Paris.

Washington (AP). The issue of situation within the capital whose "liberation" was celebrated in Yap, whose weather information as a cradle of typhoons may be vital to an invasion of the Philippines, was bombed for the fourth straight day. The raiding squadron came from new bases in the Marianas Islands. Pagan, Rota and Agiguan In the Marianas were also hit. For the first time the India based 10th U.

S. Air Force flew over China. They poured incendiaries on Japanese holed into Tengchuns where they block a union of Allied forces in southwest China and north Burma. ie JAPANESE RIYF.IURAFT SINK Ten Japanese were sunk in Burma'i Chindwin Valley near Kalew, base for the unsuccessful Japanese invasion of India that cost the lives of nearly 43,000 Nip-ponese soldiers. British troops caught up witn fleeing Japanese on the Tiddim Road.

10 miles inside the Burma border. In other Oriental ground fighting Chinese recaptured the old section of Lungling on the Burma Road, extended their diversionary fighting in the Ichang-Hnnkow sector of central China, while the Japanese poured reinforcements in for the more than 200,000 troops already engaged In southeast China. secrecy surrounding the Dumbarton Oaks World Security Conference threatened to overshadow the three-power talks themselves Thurs United Nations capitals throughout day night as Undersecretary of By ASSOCIATED PRISS Forty-three days elapsed in World War I between the time the first German satellite ceased fighting and the date of Germany's signing of an armistice. In 1911 Bulgaria was first to drop out, signing an armistice with the Allies on Sept. 29.

Oct. 30 Turkey withdrew from the war. Austria followed Nov. 4. the world Wednnesday and declared Paris could not yet be considered free of the Nazi yoke.

The Supreme Command declaied State Stettinius, chief American delegate, told correspondents he will consult with Russian and British delegates to see if "something cannot be worked out." of an American general like Genera! The force and violence of underground resistance movements, the wavering fairweather loyalty of his satellites in the east and the uprising of the French Maquis avenging four years of hate and brutality and the lightning Allied advance, particularly the speed of Patton's Third Army, have given Hitler and the German Army no time to establish any sort of defense line. In the east, Romania the Balkan weathervane which always swings to the tide most likely to win has turned from the Nazis. Undoubtedly the Germans will be forced to withdraw from Romania as fart as possible before the onrushing Russians armies catch them in vast lt Is inconceivable that Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland will not quickly follow Romania's lead. Their capitulation would force the Nazis from Yugoslavia and Greece. Thus, overnight.

Hitler would lose "space" he so sorely needs. ALEXANDER HEADS TOWARDS AUSTRIA He finds Gen. Sir Harold Alexander headed toward the Austrian border, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower that while Patriots held the "greater portion of Paris," It could not be considered liberated in the military sense of the word since Gen.

Dwight Stettinius made his statement them in this honorable duty." The announcement was made by the Peoples Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. The Soviet Monitor here recorded the Moscow transmission. REDS DISCLAIM TERRITORY DESIRES The Foreign Commissariat referred to the statement made by Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molo-tov April 2 when the Red Army crossed the Prut River into Romaniathat the thrust was dictated by military necessity and not by an terriorial ambiions. The Moscow broadcast said the Soviet Government "confirms the declaration given in April, 1944, that the Soviet Union has no intention of acquiring any part of Romanian territory, or to change the existing social order of Romania, or to limit her independence." The Germans, trying to salvage what they can fro mcapitulated Romania, promptly announced Thursday the vague formation of a puppet regime opposing King Mihai's new pro-Ally government, appealed for Romanians to remain in the war on the Axis side, and said that rioting had broken out in the Balkan nation. The Swiss radio broadcast a dispatch dated Bucharest saying that Romanian troops "started a march into Transylvania Wednesday night," referring to Mihai's announced intention of recovering, with Allied help, that part of prewar Romania warded to Hungary by the Germans in the 1940 Vienna conference.

(A state of siege has been proclaimed in Bucharest, according to an article in the Swiss newspaper La Suisse, reported to the Office of War Information. (A Romanian domestic broadcast reported by the Federal Communications Commission said that General Tedoreseu, Bucharest military (Continued on Page 3, Col. 6) Rio Grande Flood Hits South Texas after receiving a protest from correspondents over the skeleton communiques which have been issued thus far, reporting only mechanical aspects of the meeting. Later he went to the White House, accompanied by four members of the American delgatlon, but declined to say whether he had taken Salazar Cancels Vichy Envoy's Role D. Eisenhower' farces neither control the city nor have free access to lt.

FFI FIGHTINC NAZIS IN KTKKF.TS The latest word at Supreme Headquarters was that French Forces of the Interior still were fighting the Germans in the streets after the Nazis broke the terms of an agreement under which presumably they would have withdrawn Yankee Tank Force Hits Northward From Grenohle New York (INS). CBS Correspondent Eric Sevareid cabled from "a high point inside Marseille Thursday night that "Marseille is not yet taken despite previous statements to the contrary." Rome (AP). A highly mobile American task force of tanks, motorized infantry and artillery sped northward beyond Grenoble Thursday along highways already largely cleared of the enemy by French Patriots racing to Join forces with General Eisenhower's Allied armies in northern France. up with President Roosevelt the policy of withholding all details of the American-British-Russian conversations on establishment of a Lisbon (UP). Prime Minister Dr.

east of the capital. world peace agency. While the conferees went ahead 'An agreement was made bv the Aranha Forced To Resign, Is Belief Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Thursday cancelled the functions of Vichy's diplomatic representative to Lisbon, saying that he considered the mission of the French minister FFI in Paris with the Germans for some sort of an armistice in the capital," a SHAEF statement said. with their work behind Dumbarton Oaks' guarded gates, John Foster on the French border ilong hundreds of miles of front and the Russians hammering through Czechoslovakia. Poland and East Prussia.

To date there has not been the Dulles held a second meeting with completed. "It was intended to let the Ger (An Associn' Press dispatch A government communique said! mans clear out, but evidently they rnm Geneva American troops Nazi troops scraped together in tne action was tanen in view oi Secretary of State Hull seeking to work out bi-partisan co-operation on American participation in a security organization. icnangea tneir minas ana tiireaienea HrRn ir Julien on thelsome localities. Bueno Aires 'AP). Belief lhat nrenoht nnH liftlp mni-a 1711 Thrntt'n niprpmpnl intrt thp.

hnna the resignation of Brazilian Foreign to destroy everything. "The French in Iiri Vichy Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain's declaration that he had been forced by the Germans to ans cauea lor mici the Rhine border of.hss task of trying to hold back the Dulles, representing Republican Minister uswaltlo Aranha was forced by his political enemies in neip hiiq wt are lurnisning mat wiss border 70 miles north of presidential nominee Thomas E. powerful American and French firces, these small units were being neip lor uicm now. Allied torces Germany. The report, not immedi- Dewey, saw Hull Wednesday.

Hull further pursued his an leave Vichy and that he considered himself a prisoner who was unable to exercise his duties as president order to eliminate him as a possible presidential candidate was ex-pressed here Thursday. ueKcfii muving on iaru marsaay morning, but it is not yet known ately confirmed by Allied as fast as they appeared, placed the lightning column someAllied prison pens were filling so 210 miles inland from the beachesiiapidly that an accurate count of nounced drive for a non-political approach to peace planning by whether they have entered the cap Dispatches from many South of the rrench republic. (A broadcast from Spain Thurs ital. When they do. Supreme Head- American capitals reflected tur.

of southern France and only was impossible. More than 17,000 had been tabulated. prise caused everywhere by the (Contlnued on Page 3. Column 1.) day night, heard by the Federal Communications Commission, said Vichy Ambassador to Spain Francois Pietri had informed Spanish officials that he considered his resignation. Aranha is one of the strongest proponents of continental solidarity.

slightest sign the Germans will be able to mount a defense in northern France capable of halting the American, British and Canadian effort. One month ago Hitler had the Allien hemmed in on a 100-mile front. He was unable to hold it and lost some 20 or 30 divisions in the process. In a few day the Allied front wili stretch from the Channel hundreds of miles to the Swiss frontier. It will be supplemented by armies being poured into France at the greatest rate in history.

To hold that line, Hitler will have 30 or less divisions than he had a month ago. Then he can do his retreat into the borders of the Reich, But there Is every indication that he lacks the manpower to hold even this front. Thus far nothing in the way of calling another meeting with a bipartisan group of eight members of the State Foreign Relations Committee for Friday morning. He held several conferences with the senators on the American peace plan before issuing invitations to the present international conference. Stettinius promised press communiques on the progress of the present talks periodically "insofar as these will not interfere with mission in Spain as ended," and explanation has been forthcoming Estimate GI Vole Will Be 9 Per Cent from Rio de Janerio and nothing Is other broadcasts said that Sweden likewise had terminated diplomatic relations with the Vichy govern expected in view of the close control of political news from Brazil, under war censorship.

miles from a Junction with American armor southeast of Paris Patriots were reported in full control of the area from Grenoble north to the Swiss border, having cut off whatever German troops remain In southern and central France from communication with Nazi forces in northern Italy. Except in and near the naval base of Toulon, where a trapped German garrison fought from well prepared ositions, the only enemy opposition to the swift movement of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's Seventh Army columns was coming from small and motley assortments of ment.) Allied engineers rushed Into the great port of Marseille close on the heels of conquering French troops and began assessing the damage done to harbor installations by bombs and demolitions.

Work began immediately to whip France' biggest port back into shape to handle a tremendous flow of Allied reinforcements and supplies. Re-entry into Marseille was a sweet triumph for the French troops, among whom were many who sailed from the same port to refuge in North Africa when the (Continued on Page 3, Col. 2) smooth and rapid progress toward agreed recommendations regarding an international security organiza 317,846 U. S. Servicemen Casualties tion." Both Sir Alexander Cadogan.

head of the British delegation, and Aranha was one of the strongest pro-Democratic champions in the Vargas government, a fact which many times brought him into sharp conflict with other members of the government who desired military rule. Aranha's outstanding work in the Rio Conference of American foreign ministers, his defense of Democratic principles and his personality made him one of the most popular men in Brazil and many believe that if elections were held Argentina Presents Food Gift To French Buenos Aires Argentine government announced Thursday night that it had placed at the disposal of French authority inn. ASSOCIATED PRESS The Rio Grande, a mere trickle for meny weeks, became a flood menace Thursday as floodwaters swirled south from Rio Grande City toward Brownsville. Heavy downpours along the Rio Grande and the San Juan River in Mexico saused rapid rise, the Weather Bureau office reported Thursday night. The Rio Grande had reached flood staRe at Rio Grande City and within the next 24 hours, it was feared, it would rise above normal banks, in many places.

Warnings were issued to livestock owners In low places. The downpours came in the wake of disturbances in the Gulf, which resulted in rains over a relatively small area in Texas while the remainder of the state suffered continued drought and heat. Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, head of the Russian group, expressed their agreement with Stettinius' statement emphasizing tne informal nature of the Dumbarton Oaks talks and the need for "the fullest and freest exchange of viewpoints" among the conferees. Washington (INS). The War and Navy Departments announced 000 tons of wheat and 5000 tons of Thursday that war casualties now meat as a gift to the French people.

CI TO SEEK NEW JOBS. Lot Anrrlrs (UP). Annrnxl. Red A rmics Capture Cliisiuau, Second City Of Old Romania London (UP). Conquering Red Army troops Thursday captured Chislnau (Kishinev), second city of pre-war Romania and provincial capital of Bessarabia, and drove to within 138 miles of Bucharest, capital of confusion-ridden Romania, by seizing four other major Nazi bastions.

More than 25,000 German and Romanian prisoners were captured Thursday bv the two number 317,846 and that their next of kin have been notified. The total includes 72,015 144.994 wounded, 52,549 missing, and! 48.288 prisoners of war. The total does not include Army' On Capitol Hill, Chinas finance minister. Dr. H.

H. Kung, told the Senate that his government "wholeheartedly supports the policies of the United States" in all matters of international co-operation. mately 90 per cent of the returning servicemen and women are not interested In returning to their for casualties during the past 18 days -II .1. I New York (AP). If the admittedly conservative estimates of most state election officials are conect, approximately nine per cent of the votes in the November election will be cast by men and women in the Armed Forces.

An Associated Press survey de termined tnat some 2,000.000 applications for absentee ballots nave been received from battlefronts, ships and training camps, with thousands of others ingulfing employes of nearly all of the 48 states. Estimates of the number of GI fotes to be cast in each state indicated a nation-wide total of at least 4000.0'K) although some estimates woald add up to a higher figure. Only nine states have up-to-date registration figures. These with recent primary election returns Bnd estimates based on the last presidential election, point to a total of 43,000.000 persons qualified to vote in November, compared with the 49.548.221 who voted for major party candidates four years ago. By contrast with states where the service man's voice will be loudest.

South Carolina leaves the sending of absentee ballots to party workers and CKiv Olin D. Johnston says he expects less than one-half of one per cent of the Mate's service personnel to vote mer Jobs, John J. MacGillvray of the War Manpower Commission reported Thursday. he would have a strong chance of becoming president. That could well be the crux of the whole matter, which was brought to a climax by the closing of the Society of Friends of Arr.eiion, of which Aranha was to have been inaugurated as vice-president.

The incident was relatively small in itself but it was the crowning blow, as it represented a pergonal affront to Aranha which, according to Brazilian standards, left him little recourse other than to demand an apology or tender his resignation. German Guns Level Fire Road To Berlin Br CVITFD PRtSJ Soviet arimies in Romania and Bessarabia, Moscow announced, adding that "the entire front has broken open." The huge toll of prisonrrs boosted to 47,000 the number taken in five days. More than 550 towns and settlements were seized in the two-fisted Russian offensives Thursday alone, Moscow's communique said. Racing forward In a 28-iuile advance through disorganized and de moralized enemy ranks, tanks, infantry and sabre-swinging cavalry of the Second Ukrainian Army also captured the Romanian towns of Roman, 37 miles southwest of Iasi Jassy); Husi, 17 miles west of V'aslui; Bacau. 53 miles southwest of Iasi; and Barlad, only 58 miles northwest of Galati.

Onrushing Soviet troops smashed to within 43 miles northeast of (Continued on Page 2, Col I) Wcatherbird Gets New Sifit But OfficcFails To Notice By MARY BETH CLARK. Willie, The Times Weatherbird, swears he never will buy another new suit. Some people haven't a grain or appreciation. In particular, newspaper people. Willie thought he would knock everybody in the office out of their chairs and In a state of goggle-eyed glory by nor mi ui ujc -ruiujr gnu javj casualties sustained in the Mar-ianans campaign.

Secretary of War Stimson announced that Army casualties as reported up to Aug. 8 total 261,589 of 48.880 killed. 123.931 wounded. 42.956 missing and 43,822 prisoners of -war. Of the Army's wounded, 58,319 have returned to duty.

NAVY SUFFERS 56,257 CASUALTIES Navy casualties notified (o next of kin up to Thursday total 56,257 23,135 killed, 19.063 wounded. 9593 missing, and 4466 prisoners of war. Stimson disclosed that American Army casualties, ground and air 311 miles from the Russian front. 490 mile from the northern French front (unconfirmed). 540 mile from the southern French front unconfirmed).

587 mile from the Italian front. iaainst Paris Rationing At A Glance London Free French i forces tn the Mediterranean area jfrom the time of the first Allied landings on the Italian mainland British, Indian Troops Seize Several Nazi Italian Bases Rome (AP). Taking quick advantage of lessening enemy resistance in the upper Arno Valley southeast of Florence, British and Indian troops have advanced and captured sev eral important points, including Mt. Foresto, it was an radio utation broadcast Ihuisany Australia Removed As Polish Agent In USSR niuht that "German guns are firing on Paris. Violent bombardment Is leported against the 15th District, where ihells are falling everywhere.

making his appearance in a new outfit he bought at Misfitsky's. With money jingling in his pocket, from his new raise, he spent all morning having clerks show him the latest thing in suits. He tried on sports suits, tuxedos, and even tricky play suits. Someone at the office got wind of It, and there was a general whispering campaign before Willie came to work. In a loud plaid suit, which Included ell the colors on the wheel, the Weatherbird made his grand entrance in the office.

You would have thought he was Beau Brum-rneUBing Crosby and Lord Beavcr-brooke all tied up in one. AH he needed was a brass band. The price tag of $9 95 was hang- lng from his sleeve in clear sight (Continued on Page 5, Col I) through Aug. 7 sre as follows: Killed, 17.035; wounded, 54.377; missing. 20.411.

American Army casualties In southern France, according to a preliminary report to Aug. 20, Included 1221 killed and missing, and 1754 hospitalized. COAST REOPENED. London (AP). The British War Office announced Thursday night that the last stretch of the English "invasion coast" on the east and southeastern sides of the Island would be reopened to the public.

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The Australian Legation, with the Kremlin's consent, assumed its Polish responsibilities at the request of Ihe Polish government-in-exile in London after the Russian-Polish diplomatic breas in April, 1943. nounced Thursday. Polish and Italian troops In the Adriatic sector made limited gains and established firmO positions on the south bank of the and enemy artillery dropped many Metauro River 12 miles inland from shells "indiscriminately" Into the the Adriatic coast. German losses central and southern portions of the were reported high in that sector, art city during the day, Headqtuuv where 800 prisoners had been taken ters said. Allied troops won pos- by the Poles In the past 10 days.

session of the city last Tuesday. Narl patrols were active in the The front from Florence to the "We've received a telephone call from Clamart and were told that American Hoops entered Clamart at 8:45 p. m. 10:43 a. m.

MWT," said the broadcast. Clamart is a suburb less than two miles from Porte de Versailles, outside the southwestern tip of Parts. It is on the edge of the Meudon Woods which rise above the Seine. The 15th District of Paris lies opposite Clamart area immediately north of Florence Tyrrhenian Sea remained Quiet..