July 7, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JULY 7, 1944:

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS

ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, (AP) —

British 2nd array patrols penetrated Friday to the docks of Caen as American troops jumped off in a new attack across the Vire river on the eastern side of the La Haye du Puits-Carentan- St. Lo arc in a threat to the enemy's flank in Normandy.

 China crowned seven hard years of war Friday with a smashing victory which broke the siege of Hengyang and threw into a 25-mile retreat a great Japanese army menacing the Hankow-Canton railway

Bj Robert Bunnelle

LONDON <•£>!—

Three weeks of steady bombardment by robot planes  have stirred a blacker hatred here for Hitler and the nazis than the 1940-41 blitz ever produced but there is no more question now than then that London can take it.

 

British Reach

Docks of Caen;

Battle Rages

Bradley'* Troops Open

New Offensive Across

River East of La Haye

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS

A L L I E D EXPEDITIONARY

FORCE, (AP) —

American first army troops almost surrounded the stubbornly held highway center of La Haye du Puits Friday with local advances

By .Wes Gallagher.

SUPPREME HEADQUARTERS

ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, (AP) —

British 2nd array patrols penetrated Friday to the docks of Caen as American troops jumped off in a new attack across the Vire river on the eastern side of the La Haye du Puits-Carentan- St. Lo arc in a threat to the enemy's flank in Normandy.

Saipan Conquest

Hearing Finale

Troops and Marines

Closing in for Kill

By J. B. Knieger.

(Associated Press War Editor.)

China crowned seven hard years of war Friday with a smashing victory which broke the siege of Hengyang and threw into a 25-mile retreat a great Japanese army menacing the Hankow-Canton railway.

This sudden, stunning blow to Japanese arms made the Pacific war news unanimously unpleasant for Tokyo, which also had to reckon with the imminent Bataanlike end of its troops on Saipan and a new island invasion In the

southwest Pacific. And a Japanese general conceded defeat in the

attempt to invade India.

COUNCIL BLUFFS (IOWA) NONPAREIL-JULY 7, 1944.                          PAGE FIVE

Black Hatred

Against Nazis

Growing Apace

English Enraged As

Never Before Because

of Rocket Bombings

Bj Robert Bunnelle

LONDON <•£>!—

Three weeks of steady bombardment by robot planes  have stirred a blacker hatred here for Hitler and the nazis than the 1940-41 blitz ever produced but there is no more question now than then that London can take it.

(Bunelle, chief of The Associated Press bureau in London is a veteran of the blitz )

Streets are not so crowded as before the raids began it s easier to get a table at restaurants and many persons are leaving the city.

Some theaters have closed down Subway stations are doing a record service as shelters Nevertheless. in offices factories and homes — many now wmdowless—

work and life in London go on about as usual

As in the blitz many Londoners find it hard to get sufficient sleep Many are camping out in apartment house corridors under staircases or other improvised

nooks of comparative safety But everywhere there is evident a spirit of determination and even gay camaraderie that existed during the blitz

                                             Frightful Weapon

The consensus is solid that the buzz bomb is a more frightful weapon than the kind dropped by planes piloted by humans People generally view it like the frenzied

thrashing of a mortally wounded animal They hope it will stop but

are pretty well resigned that It or something worse will likely continue

to the wars end

Personal reactions to an Individual buzz bomb are about the same as those to a near miss from the old type But the buzz bomb has a greater ability to create an impression that it has got not only jour name on it but also your street address.

In the old days when a Londoner heard a German plane directly overhead he knew he was safe from bombs which were bound by the laws of physics to drop beyond. Now the rough throated roar of a robot aircraft is the signal of imminent danger and even the bravest and most unselfish are inclined to use body English to try to get it over to the next street before the motor cuts and plummets down.

Worst of all is the period of silence between the time the motor stops and the time the bomb lands and explodes—worse than waiting for the other shoe to drop — and even the sturdiest hearts do cart wheels.

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