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...heart of "Mother" Renfro was deeply touched this weekend where portly pitcher (Hutchings) was shelled from the box in the Braves-Cubs: "Ren" felt pity for this poor fat fell because his expansive midriff kept getting...
...Yesterday I flew over Düren by mistake; I knew we were on the wrong side of the river, but the pilot thought I was mistaken and looped down until we could see figures scurrying around the houses. Buildings were burning and shells were dropping steadily all over the place. Suddenly shots began to crackle all around the plane, and then came a blast of ack-ack. My pilot ducked full speed, maneuvering like a man dancing on hot coals...
...ren was tougher. The Germans bat tled the First Army from buildings, tow ers, tunnels, vaults. They fought viciously until their plight was hopeless, then sur rendered mildly. They were found hiding in brick kilns and under beds. One group, chased out of an electric plant, ran to an apartment house next door and resumed the battle there. Four Germans were captured in a pillbox on the sixth floor of a paper mill...
Feeble Defense. On the third day, Düren (peacetime pop. 37,000) was in Yank hands. It was the second largest German town to fall in the west. * By then, vehicular bridges spanned the Roer, and supplies, guns, armor and troop reinforcements were flowing steadily across. The Ninth captured Steinstrass, 18 miles from Cologne, which had been a refitting center for German armor. The 84th and 102nd Infantry Divisions captured some enemy 88s with ammunition intact. In a night attack on Merzenich, the First Army took prisoners in their sleeping clothes...
...three days the delegates fumed and sputtered. They proposed to censure the Government by sharply reducing appropriations for the Justice Ministry. Finance Minister René Pleven dissuaded them. But they voted (174 to 14) for another censorious resolution...