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The Seaforth News, 1944-09-07, Page 7DENIED SCHOOLING iwF�.SSti:f'3fl� Denied admission to Knoxville, Tenn., High School because she was a bride, 17-yead-old Mrs. Jimmie Martin, whose husband, 18, is a junior in the University of Tennessee Engineering Depart- ment, says she'l return to Johnson City, Tenn., to complete her last 'ear in high school. FISHERMEN SAIL AGAIN Casting off with Tricolor flying, French fishermen resume their livelihood for first time in four years. During Nazi occupation, fishing was severely restricted or catch seized so that work was profitless, U.S. Navy supplies gasoline. EVEN FRITZ CHEERS Enthusiastic citizens of La Lavendau, France, swarm over truck and join with French troops in making the "V" for Victory sign. So con- tagious is the spirit that the three German prisoners in the rear of the vehicle forget themselves and join in the cheers and "V" -making. EYEFUL IN FONT OF EIFFEL Not bad to look at is this picture of Nazi prisoners, grimacing a the camera as they are herded aboard art Army vehicle under guar? of first Allies to enter Paris. Eiffel. Tower is in background. FREE GERMANY COMMITTEE Erich Weinert, left, is credited with suggesting formation of a "Free Germany" committee, made up of officers and men captured by. the Russiains. Count Heinrich von Einsiedel, right, great-grandson of Bismark, built up Organization of Front Delegates which fights Hitler and the Nazis in welt -executed psychological war. NEW SCENES IN BESIEGED WARSAW Miracle of Misses—How it could" happen is a mystery, but the terrific rain of bombs and shells that leveled or wrecked every building in Warsaw's Castle Square left the memorial column of King Sigismund II untouched as seen in top photo. Riverside Blockhouse -Obtained through a neutral source, the bottom photo shows one of many concrete blockhouses that Germans have erected along banks of Vistula River, in Polish capital. City can. be seen in background. YANKS TOP HIM Don't let the Yank helmet fool you. ..The gent in the photo who, until his capture near Brest, commanded the German army's 266th Division. He's pictured wear- ing borrowed American helmet, peeling from Yank tank which is taking him to prison camp. ENDLESS CHAIN OF WOE FOR NAZIS The tremendous air superiority of the Allies is symbolized by the apparently endless chain of Fly- ing Fortresses in the photo above. They are not yet .in combat—just replacements for the Army's 8th Air Force bombers which are blasting fleeing Nazis. Note comparative size of truck, in circle, ALLIED TROOPS REST NEAR NOTRE DAME IN PARIS Allied Troops who helped to liberate Paris roll through the French capital aboard Army trucks. Infantry units cleaned out a Ger- man er-in n resistance group in the area of Notre Dame Cathedral', shown in background. Here they pause' temporarily before pushing on in, p_. cit of the retreating Nazis armies.