Amsterdam, May 12
German troops succeeded yesterday in crossing the Yssel River, south of Arnhem, according to the Dutch High Command communique. Waalhaven aerodrome, the communique admitted, was in German hands, although all other airports, temporarily lost, had been recovered. The assault on Rotterdam failed, the High Command asserted, adding that the Dutch Army was now mopping up remnants of the defeated German forces there.
German troops landed by parachute near The Hague attacked the capital's Police station but were easily repulsed. Dutch police and troops Patrolling the streets of The Hague were fired on in several instances by snipers who were found to be German residents. "These Germans were killed," the official report stated.
Five German transport planes were observed yesterday dropping boxed ammunition attached to parachutes for the use of troops previously landed by the same method near Delft University.—United Press.
Louise Beavers, who made her first great screen hit in "Imitation of Life" with Claudette Colbert, returned to films recently in Paramount's "Women Without Names." Other featured are Ellen Drew, Robert Paige and Judith Barrett.
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