Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1944 — Page 1

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bsian Forces luring Across llula River ■Lightning Advance ■v Russians New Bcnl For Warsaw K. 19 tip)—MarKu! - Kun-'* l*t I krutninn ■ « lli«s tin- A'ixtulu ■on u mil'* front, by pass.-d Krrm.it -tr.mghold of Ration) ' Kumuii - .idiun.e up the went | ■' . »,'! I to s<t miles south I K»--j» today ■ n-» drive reminiscent of ■nisrua- -.kfhrough in Nor-! ■i «u th- stage for a coord-1 K|t*o» <:< >**ault on the Pol-1 Kapi'al Irmu tile MOUth and I ■«lt!i.t |-'!i.,|,* the next few ■ of town* and vil ■ m ;.,j--id by Konev* Ktd rolumn* ■th<r north Soviet guns I ■rd up tli- ir thunderous |iat I 1 ■9. r»** Kz.-szuppe riveri' ■rid K.o' Prussia. but there ■t. word yet that (Sen Ivan ■herruakluiv.-iky'* troop* and ■ y. - ton ed the narrow., ■ • -tream tor the first Allied ■n't id Germany's homeland ■t» w»r ■ last ■v. tnnir. a front <IIh- ■ end. Soviet infantry en■hit. th mtu-lves on the east ■ , 'tin stream opposite north- ■ l’tu.»*ia were firing their ■ into the enemy lines The ■an« were re|M>rted hurling -, ■ reterves from central Ger- ■ info battle daily ■>m » army burnt through the ( ■an defense* Below Radom ■ rapturing the Nazi bastion ■ndfitnii rz a< the confluence ■ Vistula and the San river* ■ mile, south of AVursaw, and ■nz a new i loaning of the VisB r .Mm ow and AVmtary. ■ 1 miles northeast of ■omierz. ■ttnito out in all directions B their new bridgehead. Ko ■ force* linked up with unit* ■ly »e«t of Sandomlerz to ex- • the Soviet hold on the went B »f the Vistula to 75 miles ■ pluneed on to the north pa*t mile* south of Warsaw ■ mt!.-, north went ol Sando- ■ ireiii..n,| ( ,u, striking power nilumnn biting into Wur- ■» •ouihi rii flank wa* mdicat-■»b-n Premier Marshal Josef ■m commended 41 general* in I d the day announcing ■ crossing of the Vistula ■ >* threat to his southern flank l-«ne German Marshal Waltei [ ■ !u ‘hvert strength from the | '■Mk of the Vistula, where | ‘*nk» and infantry have been 1"“* ’0 hold praga. Warsaw's ■>-rnino»i suburb ■* r ‘ h>l Konstantin K Rokos gj* l»t White RiiMsian army has whittled down the E *" Ww,g " '*>at penetrated his I ’*'* ln '° ">•’ suburb of Ossow. Ipr * half • M * northeast I r»Xa. Bn '* *•** expected to L T * llm “' “<' assault I 'dish capital, possibly next ffc««zht several tributaries of I ‘llla lie across Konev's F into southern Warsaw, none F «>rmi<taide a n obstacle a* the | > -rhich lilierates the cap!L** T " P *o* * r,,l “' n " ** I Jamaican Workers r e Belongings Ehl*. 1 '! ' Au * [ i« of the Rushville canning L* L*? rht tor 20 JaKrt. Wh ° '<*' “»*"■ k, tB ' ® on *r “nd clothe* last F completely L? 7 ** tnelr barraclM KOnT*’':* W * dn * r lay nm!! a “ d had ,M ** n P" l ** hwrt^r^ 1 * were u “■ 4,| ’’ ‘° bu ' '"** •“"* b'luioi, ,y * gasoline stove * ths workei* was Injured. WMrlB R 1 ATU * B >»a*olMo I RAT ™t*MOMITtR • : ®0 a. m »7 ” 00., !*■ »llr L W, * T *t* pm. **• *“"<•> fair and I •

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Sweet Revenge For French Forces Os The Interior ■ ' t«' 4' I F *' l -^**** r ’ w « »*■ ' * LED BY A PATRIOT < arrylng Ho- Krein h tricolor and a niail.ni>- pistol, tin— German prisoner* a n-w of the 41.300 Nazi* captured by the Allies in Brittany sine.- Aug 1 Member* of th.- French 'orc* of the interior, who have given valuable assistance to the American forces in the blitz across the Breton p.-nin sula are guarding the captive* in the above photo, which pic tures the natives of France reaping revenge

Youths To Take Army Exams On Thursday Mental Screening Exams For Youths Tlie mental screening examination* for Iwvth the army air corp* enlisted reserve program and enlisted reserve corps army specialized training reserve program will l>e given Thursday. Augiiet 24. to De<-altir area 17 to 18 yea'-olds at Stmt'll Field, Fort Waym-, at 7:30 p m. Youlhe may register wi'h (‘Al’ Cap'. I. W Baldwin, CAP Squadron 523, CAP office. Smith Field Fort Wayne, wh > is in charge of the tea's To take the test*, appliant* must have obtained their birth < erHficate*, latth parents' signa tures on application blanks, and three «3» written character references from *u<*h persona a* pastor school superintendent, or employer. Air corps enlisted HMervlst* are not. called for air comba* ere-w training until their Ikth birthday, or until tin- end of the semester of high school in which they are enrolled al the time they become 19 year* of age These m--ii are eligible for college training if they are high school graduates and t-iilue.-d prior to 17 years and M months. Young men who are Intetested In college training at government expense and -will be a high school graduate before 17 years and 9 month*, may enlist in the enlbHed reserve corps with wurttaequent assignment to a leading college after enlistment or graduation Tin- physical requirement* for thia enlistment are not a* rigid as for the air corps enlisted reserve These men aho will not be called from the college training to active duty until after their IM'.h birthday. — o Assassination Plot Ringleader Seized London. Aug 19— tl'Pi — The German DNB news agency said today that Karl Goerdeier, ex-may-or of Leipzig and an accused ringleader of the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has been arrested by the gestapo Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler had put a price of l.ooo.oiar marks tHoo.oorn on the head of Goerdeier. who was reported to have gone into hiding after th)- attempt to kill Hitler last July 20 failed Goerdeier was named by the Nazis aa the man chosen by the plotters to head a new "peace government" in Germany — .<> German Prisoners See Early War End Seventh Army Headquarters. Southern France. Aug IM.—t Delayedl tl'Pi Although on.- German general who was captured today, Insisted the Allies would never break through Germany's west wall, several of the prisoners from his command predicted the war would end “in five or six weeks." Th* vast majority of the prisoners also disagreed with the rrner al. believing the vaunted Siegfried line would be crumbled like all the resj of Germany's defenses.

Hollywood's Latest Brawl 'Dead' Issue Hollywood. Aug. 19 tl’Pi All belligerent* in movieiand’s blood-i<-st bratwl. the battle of th- balcony a’ bandleader Tommy Dorsey's apat .meiit. apparently had agreed today to forget the incidi-it’. at 1-ie' as fa: a* tin- law w.i* concerned. . after actor Jon Hall refused to sign i complaint* against any of the parti- . cipant*. Even Panamanian actor Antonio I baza. who brought the district al- , tomey's att. niton to the fight with a |40,000 damage suit agrlnet Dori sey. and the D \ , who threatened to drop the entire matter into the , lap <rf the county grand jury if the principals failed to talk seemed I willing to forg«* the affair o Legion s Postwar Program Outlined 11-Point Program Is Suggested Bv Legion Indianapolis Aug. 19 — tl'Pi — , t'o). Ishiis Johnson t'latksburg. . I \V Va . < hairman id the American . Legion commission on postwar . America, announced today that the I commission had drawn up a pre limmary report dealing with mill- ! tary. mdustri.il. economic. security. agricultural and io-i national ! ipu-stions outlining II points for ‘ preserving the American way of ! life" Johnson, part national commattder and former assistant secretary of war. raid that the report . constituted an advance expression . of broad principles prior to their , presentation at a meeting of the . national executive committee in I Chicago Sept. 17 and to the 2»>th national convention there Sept. lx-20. The program suggested a ' com piete and conclusive" victory as the first prerequisite of "an enduring peace and a sound and ex- . panding national economy. I It suggested employment foster ■ ed by a system of free enterprise and tlie encouragement of Individ • ual initiative; prompt settlement I of terminated war contracts and disposal of surplus war materials ■ and propertie* in accord with the i Baruch-Hancock report, and swift . release of the nation from wartime . controls l Tim committee recommended revision of federal taxation Io i maintain a high level of business i activity “so that there will lie encouragement for the employment of venture capital in risk enterprises." It lielleves bank credits should lie made available to qualified returning servicemen ami industrial firms trying to resume civilian giwsls production. The Legion group suggested that , the I'nlted States retain Island outponta and bases essential to ' national security, that It enact j peacetime universal military train- ! ing for young men and develop "world teamwork through the present principles of American foreign policies." A further suggestion was made I that a soil, water and forest con- , serration program be developed to iTuta T* Tigs 4, Caluma I)

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More Troops Land On Biak Island Coast Japanese Vessels In Philippines Raided Allied Headquarters. Southwest . Pacific. Aug 19 tl’Pi -American troop* have landed on the west ' count of Biak l*!an<l ill Geelvink bay of northern New Guinea to ar--1 celerate moping up operation*, it . w.i- disclosed today in a commiinl--1 que which announced a n- w aerial I attack on Japanese shipping in the ' , Philippine-. The ground forces were landed at Wardo. on Biak’* w<et coast, under I cover of naval and air wanport to e*tabl'.-h a new rente: for clearing Isolated enemy remnants -till holding out on the island. First invad- • d by Allied fonre* on May 27. The communique said a total of I,fils lapunese had been killed on ihe island and 29" captured. In tin- new strike into the Philippit eight nigh' air pa'rol* scored three hit* on an enemy mer It- . am vc .-el in Davao harbor of Mindanao lel.ind Other bombers at- , tacked Kaoe townshlu on llalmah- , era. 25" mile* south of the Philip- , pirns, and hi’ Liang and Laronkoe airdromes on ('--ram and Ambolna ■An uiorftlmated number of grounded plane* were destroyed I and nine enemy fight--!* were shot (Turn Tn Hi* S Column S) ! o Rev. Morford Resigns As Pastor At Berne i i Rev. M I. Morford has resigned - m pastor <»f the Church of Nazar- , ene in Berne, where he served the i past year He has n«t announced , bar n-w assignment. -— - - o Iceland President To Visit Washington Official Visit As Roosevelt's Guest Washington. Aug 19 tl’pt -Svelnn Bjorneiron. the first president of the new Republic of Iceland. Will arrive here next Thutaday for a tliree-day official visit aw the guest of President Roosevelt and the I'nlted A’ates government, it was ' announced today. BJonuwon will be accompanied by he minister of foreign affair*. ViYhJalmur Thor The announcement Immediately l>*d to speculation that the business end of the visit will involve American Icelandic dl«cu**ioiis of deposition of t'ni'ed State* iiase* in Iceland after the war. Iceland, which severed Its conturicwold tie* with Denmark and proclaimed it* independence in June, ha* made it plain that while It welcome* American troops during the war It will insist upon fulfillment to the letter of the agreement with the I'nlted Stale* which uay* "The United States commit* Itself to depart from Iceland with all It* military force*, on land. In the air, and at sea. immediately at Ihe conclusion of the war."

Secretary Hull To Confer With Dulles Dewey Adviser Will Talk Foreign Policy Washington. Auk IS) (I’Pi The prosper i* of keeping foreign policy out of tlie presidential political campaign w ere i onsideraldy I i brighter today after secretary of! ; state Cord.-ll Hull agreed to confer! ! with Gov Thoma* E fiewey's for ' eign advi*er on any date or dates 1 t OtlVetlietlt to h , t!l D.-wey's adviser. John Foster | Dulles, is expected to become ->-. , rotary of state if the Repuldi. at)* win th.- ele< tion this fall The Hull Dulles meeting or meet Illg* will tiring together two men of long international experience whose view* on how to keep the p.-a. •• after the war on th-- basis of their public statements ar<- tn virtual agreement On the basil framework of an international security organization they are in I full agreement. Dulles already I lias conferred with oth.-r state department (Mtstwar planner* on only one major point do they appear to disagree Dulles ha* endorsed a plan embodying an international air force, the personnel of which would wear I'nit.-d Nations uniform*, operate from base* ced.-d to tin- international organziation and swear allegiance to the world authority Hull ba* uiie<|uiv<>< ally rejected proposal* for a superstate with its own polio- force* and other paraphernalia of coerciv.- power ' The Russians and tli<- British, however, are believed to lean very strongly toward lite id. a of an . international air force and. since the advent of the B 2!) liontbers. there has been more and mor. h- [ . itsslon in tliis country of the , (xdlcing IKtHSibililies of II fleet of such aircraft Tli. flurry of exchanges of state merits and telegram* Itelw.-en D.-w.-y and Hull reached a climax late yesterday -three days before the American-British Russian talk* on international *<■< urity start (Turn To Psge 3. Column S) Pole Patriots Still Battling In Warsaw Arms, Ammunition Dropped By Planes lauttfon. Aug 1!' • fl’i I Strengthened by Allied weapon* and ammunition dropped by parachute. Gen. Bor's Warsaw patriot army repulsed a series of German attack- concentrated on the heart of the capital yesterday, a communique -aid today Polish miiit.ny . irch-s hen said Allied planes had made five runs since Aug I<> to drop -upplie* to ' the patriots. The communique from Bor's 1 headquarter* and released by Polish quarter* here said the German* shelled Polish positions with artillery and mortar* all day yesterday and carried out bomber raid* bitt : that al! attacks were repulsed and I that there was no change in position* on other sector* of the War *aw front Bor added that the Germans were u*ing more and more Goliath tank* to destroy houses and attack Polish positions. Moscow dlspatche*. meanwhile, quoted the newspaper Pravda a* criticising th.- "stupid adventures" In Warsaw and asserting that tinRed army was “opposed to »m h Insurrections." Declaring the Russian army had freed hundred- of cities along the eastern front the newspaper *aid "Some cltl. * were taken by storm. More of them were freed by flank- ’ Ing maneuvers. But not a single city was freed liy the combined blown of troop* and citizens in Insurrection Only Ktupld adventurer* think success can be achieved by insurrection of inadequately armed civilians In cities tilled with German Panzers, planes and guns "Too much strength in complex , and technical material* is neces- ' sary in modem warfare for a handful ol people .quipped only with ardent emotion* and cold arms to expect success The Warsaw ad- i venture wax doomed to failure from i the very beginning Men died with faith that they were doing the right thing They did not know i they were foully deceived, that , I their blood wa* needed by political * speculators In Ixmdon." i

Doughboys Swarm Into Suburbs Os Paris As Fall Os City Nears

Yankees Enter Outer Suburbs Os Toulon Base Dispatch From Front Predicts Early Fall Os Big French Base Rom. Aug l!» (I P. American assault force* broke into tn<- outer suburb* of the great Fr.-m h naval base of Toulon today and a front dispatch predicted its fall this week .-nd While American tanks and infantry drove to within five mibor less of Toulon in an a.-ault j from the northeast, anotli.-i Am.-i lean column outflanked th.- ba-e from the north and threatened it with em ir, lem.-nt in a lunge that carried to within perhap-* mil l * of .Marseille, France’s largest i>ort i and second largest city against t.-elde resistan. e. I nited Press war corre-pondeiit Reynolds Pat kard, in a dixpat. h dat.-d "seven mile* from Toulon.' said Ani.-ri. an for. es -tubbing through La Roqtl. bru- aniu- I I mile* north of Toulon. toward Marseille wen- having difficulty im.intainim: i iiiiia. I with the fl<-<-Ing Germans Stiffer resistance was being encountered in the frontal assault on tie- naval siiongh.dd. ax the | Germans unleashed th. :r heavy 1 artillery and rushed up ragiimuf fin reinforcements from their bad ly-butlered division* lor a filial -land German enuin-er* have blown up all bridge* leading into ihe city ■ Looking down from mountain height* on th. Million.-tt*- of Ton lon in today's haz<- <>f smoke and powder and seeing troop of all kind* from French infantry to American doughboys Si|p|x>rt<-d by tank* . losing it I believe Toulon I* likely Io fall thi* week-end renurdies- el th,- stand the German* may mak. Pa. kard said Sweeping on ahead of the ad van. ing ground for. ••*. Mitchell m.-dium b0m1..-r *ank a destroyer and -••’.in.. * and - de xlructive hits on th.- ?•> '."ion battleship Strasbourg and a . liner of the 7 •-<»»• ton La Guli*»o|iu-|e .las* in Toulon liarl.oi y.-st.-rday It.-. onnaiMsan. >- photograph* di* . lowed that three direct hits w.-ia- *< ord on tin forward deck ol th.- 7>H) foot long Strawlxxirg < aux inc three separate fires and sending lier into a list The eruiscr also wax left listing to starboard (Turn To P»«» «. Column J) o Activity Is Slight On Italian Front Heavy Rains Sweep Entire Battle Area Rome. Aug if) iFl’i Activity on Ho- I'alian fron' wax confined to routine patrol* and artillery exchange* today after heavy rain* swept tlie entire battle area* from the Tyrrhenian wa to tin- Adriati. Biggewt dash ot the day came when a five man patrol from rtnBrit fell Eighth division surprised and captured Bfl Germans in a houae in the central aecto' ReconniaNsance patrol* were a. nt deep inlto enemy territory on Imth sides of the upper Arno valley and in the Adriatic Motor. British troops have virtually cleaned ir|> the central portion of Florence of enlpet*. It wax annouced. and Allied military government ofbft-iul* continued to move food, water and Medical supplies acrora the Arno river to inlmibitant* of the northern section of the town Enemy patrol* were active In the , wr*tern .sector held hy the American fifth army hut there were no changes in .position* there or elae■where along the fine extending < aero** the Ftalinn Penfnaula

Bulgaria’s Peace Movement Growing Quick Severance Os Axis Ties Looming .By I'nif.-d Pressi Premier Ivan Bagrianov of Bu! gari.i who openly advocated a " apid" withdrawal of hl* country from th.- war. app-at.-d to be gain-! Ing support today from meml.er-1 of parliament for a quick s.-ve; I am- of Axis tie- with Germany Th.- Sofia radio, in a broadcast' recorded by Ft'C monitor*, said two deputies had endorsed Bagria 1 nov "peace" speech with on.- of th.-m urging additioiuil *|»-<-d in | taking nn-a-ur.-* to end Bulgaria'- 1 part in the conflict Bulgaria, which signed the Axis trl-partlte pa. t in 1941. was the first nation to capitulate Io the Allied powers in the first world w ar Th-- Sofia broadcast said tli.-< plea for "quick action oti Bagria Hol's proposal w i- made by deputy Hadjl.-v of Ort-hovo "The r.oieriiiiient w ill me.-t many ! difficulti> - many differences and It might In that a spanner will b<- thrown into it- work.'’ he saidj But it will not be frightened, for lhere's no ri-ason to b- afraid when flu- sympathies, support and unaniitioxly <-X|>r. d will o: the who!-- Bulgarian nation for the r.-ailzation of i .« task stand behind tile government Th-t .so e. mon- boldti. >* I- re qilired. mote energy and mote 1 I Do not 1..- ..night napping (Turn Tn Page i. Column 2) | o Paris Radio May Be In Patriots Hands Musical Signal Os Free French Heard Ix.ndoii Au- I' 1 . rl’. Tit--fighting French mush ..I signal on | Hie waie length of radio I’aris! suggeHteil today that patriots may . have s.-iz.-d the station at least I t.-mporarili while th- German pro j paganda ma. him b- gall preparing I th- homeland for the tall of th-- : Fr.-ttch capital Eleien must, al note* .onipG-ingl th*- lightnik Fr.-n. li signal w.-r. i heard faintly over th- radio Pan* Wale length by the Inited Press' listening post in lamdon after th- i stations transmitter, had be. n' silent for two day* The note* w.-r- played only once on a wind instrument, then the wave length wa* again blank There was a jmsxibility that some oth.-r transmitter using radio I’aris s wan- length broadcast tinsignal, but th.- prolonged xilen. >- <d the capital s radio xlalion and neutral report* of unrest tn Paris tended to support a belief that patriot* lor a time controlled lit. station Th» German* have b. en broad lasting their home p.-twork pro grams on the Pari* wale length since th.- capital r iralismittei went Silent with the ex. .pilon of one and perhaps two occasion*, when speaker* claiming to represent Ihe German iirm.-d tor. <-* w.re heard on th.- wave length calling on army officer* and lrix.ps io revolt against Adolf Hitler. The I'nit.-d Pres* hxtening post early this morning heard a weak traiihinitter broad.-aal that "catustrophe lias befallen u* in the west, east and south ' "Our military collapse i* Inevitable.” the voice waid "We are doomed unl.-xx we sue for a quick peace . . ('ease lighting, drop your arm*, and give yourselves up There i* no military hope for you anywhere "Our worst enemies are Hitler and hi* clique. Our task is to get al him. effect hit overthrow and punish him and his henchmen " a similar t.ruadcast on the Paris wave length wax reported yesterday by the London Daily Sketch listening poat.

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Battle Degenerates To Bloody Slaughter Os Fleeing Remnants Os German Soldiers BULLETIN Vatican City. Aug. 19.—(UP) — The Vatican official newspaper Osservatore Romano said today, without crediting any source, that Paris has been occupied by the Allies. The newspaper gave no details of the reported occupation. Supremo Headquarters. AEF. Aug 11. H P. Th.- battle of northern Fran. degenerated into bloody slaughter today ax Allied plan*-*, tank* and infantrymen pursued and annihilated th.- fleeing remnants of G.-rmany * crack 7th army and American doughlxiy* swarmed into the suburbs of Pari*. The liberation of the old Fren.-h capital and the final d.-Mtruction i.f the Nazi armie* of northern Franc.- app.-ar.-d imminent, and field dixpatclie* said all s.-mldatice of organized ic*i*t.inc.. had vanished < i.-ty wlp-r.- on th.- 1.1.'.-mile front from Palis to th.- channel coast German tank* and truck' w.-r. jammed bump.-t to bumper along the highway* leading nortlieastI Ward to tile Kellie, under relent h-x* attack hy swarm* of American and RAF fighter Iximlierx that bomli.-d and .-tiated flu- fleeing column* into blazing rums dor.- than ,isiiii German motor vi-hi. h-x. including a great number of tiger and panther tank* were smashed on tin- road to 8.-r nay n- r.-rday in a dawii-tii-duxk ii-’.sault that outbid ev.-n th.- ma* I sucre iif El Alann-in. wb.-n Allied tilers <ut Ft.-ld Marshal Erwin Romm.-I * des.-rt column* to ribbon* At dawn today, hundred) of Al-li<-d warplanes ruar.-d ba. k to spread further < ha.i* thr.>u b th.G. i man line of flight I'lu- Gecmalis th,, w Mime IIMI [dalles against th. i hoii.in.l- of A'l ■ d air. raft r inging over the l/j (left.-Id!- and lost at I. a t H7 without shaking the American and British flier* from th.-H prey More than l*m barge* w. re sunk or set afire in a series ol strafing run* 111.-I- tile Seine. and other Allie.! airm.-n r.-a. h.-.l out beyond i’aris t<> .-hop up German supply and ammunition dump* airfields ..ml lilies l( f communication Allied headquarter* maintained Its oPnial Hllellle on the exact w h.-r.-aboiH* of Lt Gen G.-orue K Patton Pari* bound American forces, hut tin. onfirm.-d n-poi-t* -aid oti.- sp.-arhead had r.-a. lu-.f \--f'.ull>- only tour miles from the <Hi limits The late q definite information gleaned from Allied and German statement* pla< .-<1 tin- American sp.-ai lie.ol« .round Rumlxiuilleß S’ Arnouii. Botirdaii and Etamp. -*, on a broad ar. 2! to miles Hom Pari*, but these accounts obviously were lagging far behind Hi.- fast moving douKhlxty* A Hont di*|iatch said one Amerteat’ column ve.-r.-d northeast from Iti.ux and dashed on to thu Seine tn th*- Mantes ar.-a 3t) miles liorthwext of Part* A i .-port from Madrid, unionliirn.d quoted Vichy xourcex that th.- Amcrl.aiix hud reached the HUliurban town* of t'roixsy and Montreuil both well Inside the greater Puri* area Montreuil la just east of th.- capital The .Madrid reports said the American column that crossed the lariru at Nantes more than a week ago had struck out for Vichy itself, cutting almost halfway ai-rnas France to the outskirts of Chatwauroux 94 miles northwest of .Marshal Henri Philippe P.-min« Nazi-dominated capital The heaviest Allied idow*. how ever were falling on the buttered German* on the chaotic Normandy front where British, t'umidmn and American tr.xips cut the .-'alaise ji.xk.-t into three segments and lung.-d five miles or more eastward In hot pursuit of the beaten enemy British and Canadian forces on the northern end of the line pushed out to north and <-a*t, seizing* Al'ara T* 4, Uuituna