Show THE RUSSIANS STAYED HOME Million 12 Britons Jam London in Victor Victory Fete LONDON June 8 UP Approximately Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- Ap- Ap proximately persons persons- one-fourth one of ot all the people in Britain jammed Lozdon Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day in the tho most compact mass of humanity ever seen to sing dance and watch the parade officially celebrating v vie victory I C t to 0 ry in World War II IL Surging throngs in holiday hollday mood crowded every conceivable vantage place along the broad avenues and squares of ot central London to see the king and all his men Their throaty r of trIumph triumph tri trI- echoed through the bomb- bomb pocked capital There was only one sombre note Soviet Russia refused refund to send a delegation of fighting men to honor the British celebration So did Yugoslavia slavia and Poland the latter because battle of Britain Polish pilots loyal to the defunct London Polish government had been In in- in The battle of ot Britain Poles also refused to participate The celebration program ran 1 14 hours starting with the parade at 10 a a. m. m and running through a splash of ot fireworks in the skies where German bombers once dumped their loads A water pageant was scheduled in lathe inthe the quiet reaches of at the Thames where medieval kings floated in their barges A small detachment of t American American Ameri Amen can soldiers led the allied marchIng marching march march- Ing lug column In its ranks were marines nad members of ot the proud borne air division It was the final appearance of uniformed Americans in Britain The last few leave this month On the reviewing stand with the king were Premier Attlee Winston Churchill and a a galaxy of military leaders Gen Joseph T. T ney represented the U TJ S. S Army Adm H. H Kent Hewitt the navy and Gen Franklin Hart the marine ma ma- nines rine |