McNaughton prays for invaders
Montréal, Québec, Canada (CP) –
Lt. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, former commander of the Canadian Army overseas and the man who trained the Canadians for their part in today’s invasion of the continent, said early this morning that “all I’d like to say is that my prayers are with them.”
Normandy airdromes wiped out
London, England (UP) –
The German DNB News Agency today broadcast a dispatch, unconfirmed by Allied sources, that the most important airdromes in the area of the Normandy Peninsula of France had been wiped out.
Davis warns of German trick
Washington (UP) –
Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Production, warned the American public today that the German radio might be trying to build up a reputation for accuracy in its news reports of the invasion so that “they can put one over on the Allies later.”