P&CIF IC --------- Oncle Sam's biggest task force is now attacki only three hours' flying d lstance away from Japan proper. The Third Fleet under Admiral Halsey, passed ~he weekend hurling shells at Marcus Island. Marcus is only a tiny island, but it protects the southeastern approaches to the great port of Yokohama - and Tokyo. The bombardment lasted from dawn to iusk, and followed the pattern of the attacks on Guam, Saipan and the Palau Islands. First' a bombardment to neutralize defenses; then an attack. Admiral Nimitz tells us there was good visibility and that the heavy guna of Halsey's fleet did i~ganse damage to PACIFIC - 2 -------- ~ enemy installations and s hore defenses. They inflicted consider b l e dam e and silenced the greater part of the coast defense batteries. Reports from the fleet itself indicate that B alsey achieved a tactical surpPise and so far has met with only feeble resistance from the Japanese. This may . aean that Tokyo h a s permitted the defenses n t Marcus to deteriorate. Halsey achieved a surprise because, according to last reports, his s••e• ,ettre fleet was maneuvering off the Palau Islands, almost eighteen hundred miles away from Marcus. Halsey has piled up a remarkable score in less than two months. Since August Thirtieth, he has attacked the Philippines, the Palaus, the Bonin and Volcano Islands. He has destroyed or damaged four hundred and twenty-nine Japanese ships, and one thousand and six t y-five planes. General 8eor~ Marsh 11, Chief of Staff ef iae ~ ~ • .,, bad somethin g to s ~ y about the Pacific war today. Be announced that Nimitz and MacArthur were so far ahead of schedule that t em had beco ■e -G _.._:., difficult. levertbeless,Awe have practically finished the job of establishing American army fronts throughout the world. ~- ..,.Uf ~ ~-Marshill is in france, This morning he was A //\. conferring with Lieutenant General Omar Bradley and he had only just started his t dur. In talking about the Pacific, he was particularly enthusiastic about Ni itz•s -.. naval operations a ainst the Philippines, cal~them a A tremendous success. ADD PACIFIC ----------- Admiral Nimitz gave out a statement ~onight -t£.t- on that Pacific situaticn. He admitted the military " situation in Chinap with the Japs advancting on Iweilin. is exceedingly seri us. But Nimitz added that hen the time comes for American troops to land on the China Coast, in m; own words: •we will be able to do it•. Nimitz also said: •1 think the Japanese have aade progress but I hope they can · be atopped•. And he added: •complete success of the Japanese in China would be very detrimeaial to our efforts. The more they . improve their position in China the most difficult will be outl task of acquiring bases there•. 7G ~,=-~.'?~.~ lid:~ also referred to the operations of ~:1Ji~YacArthur 1 4Mf/ prophesied t h a t ~ ~ would be just as successful in the Philippines as he• a in his campaign in New Guinea. And Nimit• guaranteed the full support of all his naval units ~~ ~henever MacArthur needd them. ADD PACIFIC - 2 ----------- ~Nere:: a ~ It concerns a name quite famous in song. You \..t aft!? MN heard the Navy ditty which runs: •oh the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga•. MacArthur sent bis Liberator bombers escorted by Lightning fighters against the Nipponese on Zaaboanga. They set fires all over the waterfront, so that the smoke rose up to four thousand feet. They destroyed inst.allations and depots, ammunition dumps, also six enemy planes and three freighters. ESTERH F RON T - ----- General Hodges' army today sealed the fate of the Nazi g arrison at Aachen -- Aix-la-Chapelle. the garrison inside the city by cutting the last avenue of escape f cr the defenders of that ancient capital of Charlemagne. This happened when a tank add infantry column of the Americaa First Army drove southward three miles, capturing a cou p le of towns on the·way, and another column east of !ix-la-Chapelle, struck north and cut one of those new super highways the Nazis built throughout Germany. The Americans found soae towns they entered - deserted. Some of Rodges' &en have entered the eastern outsjirts of Aix - la-Chapelle, and all day hand-to-hand fighting has been going on in the streets. The Germans gzJ trying desperately to break the ring aio und them . include veterans of the Russian front -- crack troops. 'lbese counter-attacked savagely, but were beaten off. --o-- Shortly after midnight last night, British and Canadian troops pulled off anotbtr amphibious landing. This to the rear of the Germans. And they are now in a position to clear out the Nazis who are holding the south side of the Scheldt estuary, so Allies will be able to make full use of the harbor The British and Can4dians didn't take the l ■ z• Germans completely by surprise. But they ran into only light opposition as they established two beachheads. have low they ID• the Geraans wedged between two Allied ,. " forces. --o-- ... Airmen taking photographs of the r~ult of the R.A.F. raids on the island of Walcberen, have pictures showing ho• they have battered the sea-wall so badly that floods have almCBt. cut the iiaJB island in t WO. --o-- WESTERN ~ONT~ As for General Patton, his men have cut loose with a new offensive between Metz and Nancy. This has swept over four more towns, and has inflicted tremendous casualties on the Germans. --o-- In Berlin a Nazi spokesman declared today that the Allies had begun afz ■ aaJ a fresh, all-out and concerted attack on Germany from all fronts, the West, Italy, the Balkans, aal Ruasia. The armies of the Soviet today resumed their crashing a d v a nce to w ard the Baltic. The First Baltic Army tonight is only twelve miles awa1 from Memel, the great p o r t « r e a l l y belon g s to Lithuania, but which J\ ,--- - - - - ----- ...J the Nazis annexed in Nineteen Thirty-line. That aray captured more than three hundred towns and settlements,. (I and drove close to the last railroad left in German hands; i-POYe to within striking distance. !hab i• the ., road which runs from Meael to ~ibau in Latvia, the last avenue of escape for tha hundfed thousand Germans in that part of the Baltic provintes. lleanwhi i' e, another Red force, the Third 1 / hi te Russian Army, advanced along the Niemen River and capturei a c i ty only thir ~ y-five miles east of Tilsit, the biggest railroad junction going into the middle of East Prussia. Still other columns are advancing on Tilsit on the northeast . BUSSIA - 2 Other Soviet armies in Hungary have seized more than a hundred additional towns and settlements. ~Ra ape ealy twent,=ae~ea ■ ilea away £»G ■ Beepeooa, a pailpeaa, juaetlun-t:e••• 'PM.a NIA& :tsh•• Tb; Nazis fighting in Transylvania are now in a hopeless p o s i t i o n . ~ le hpossib l e for them to escape. And the Second Army of the I i Ukraine has established two bridgeheads on the west bank of the River Tisza, the last natural barrier between that Second Ukrainian Army and Budapest. ,.... W O R L D SE CURITY ----- - ----- Now ab •t what was decided at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. The air h a s been f•ll of it today• The name of the new organization to police the world and enforce peace is to be -- •The 0nited N a tions.• That' s t he hope of those w ho conferred Rt Dumbarton Oaks. And, it will go much further than merely ••• enforcing peace. It will regulate fundamental economic issues, social prob l ems and other haaanitari factors. The General Assembly, which will be the policy-making body, . will be composed of all peace- lowing nations. To deal with the humanitarian aspects of international affa i rs, there will be an economic and ax social council composed of eighteen nations, also a world court. As for the more select group, the Secur)¥ Council compoaed of four permanent member s to begin - with, those four shall be the United St a tes, Great Y\ Britain, Russia and China. In due course, France w ill be included. In addition to these, s ix other nati o ns will ORLD ECORITY - 2 -------- · ----- be "repres nted" on the S ecurity ~ouncil, and the larger Gen e ral Assembly will elect those six additional ■embers -- this to be in rotati o n. The prime job of the smaller body, the Security Ooancil, will be to maintain peace, either by economic notions or force. It will be up t o t at Council to cide when the eace of the world is threatened and •n• it must use force to suppress . any agreesion. The force at the disposal of the Security furnished by individual members of the latione. They to contribute planes, warships or re according to formulae still to be decided But, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference does not an1 decision made so far as to how the Security ahall operate its military arm. Also, the report came out today doesn't ~ay a thing about any of settling disputes or how member nations are do their voting. Neither does it offer any solution problem that will arise if one of the permanent RETAKE " r pr n " o n cu rit y v o n c i l , n d t h e l a r r n n r 1 A s e bly ill ele ct th o e ix a d i t i n a l m mb ers -- t h i to b e i n rot at i n. The p ri me j o b o f he sm aller body, the Security C oun c il, will b to maint in pea ce, e ith r by economic sancti o ns or f orce. It ill be up to that Council to dee i d e when t h e a c f the • orld is thr e at e ned and iril•1 when it mu s t u se force to sup p ress any agreeeion. The f orc e at the disposal o f the Security Council will be furnished by indiv i dual members of the United Nati ns. They to contribut e plan e s,¥ arships or soldiers accordin to formulae still to be decided upon. But, the D u mba rt o n Oaks Conf e rence do es not indicat e any decisi o n m ade so far as to how the Security Gouncil shall operate its ilitary a r . Al s o, t h e re p ort that• • • • came out today do e sn't say a thin a bou t a ny me thod of settlin g dis p utes or how me m b e r nati o n s are to do their voting . Neith e r does it offer any solution of the problem that will arise if one of the p ermanent members ecam a a ty to a d i p ute. But the onfe re nce d o e recom ~ en d th at t he Intern a tion a l Police Force be under an international high command. Th t igb command to be a milit ry staff committee composed of repre entatives of the five p~rmanent member nations of the Security ouncil. Naturally there will have to be a permanent group of people fx to function as S ecretariat, to be selected by the Gener a l Assembly. But there is a string to that. Apparently the Assembly would be able to select only such persons for these permanent posts as the Security Council sug ges ted. Evidently the Conference visualizes dividing the world up into regional organizati : ns. These to function under theG e neral Assembly of the United Nati 0 ns. Oh yes -- a nd every m ember nation in the General Assembly will have just one vote. The idea also is to have a n Economic and 0 ocial Council. T h is to be composed of eighteen members elect e d by the General Assembly. Its function, to deal with ' , 0 L I'." EC IT Y - 1. -- ----- -- ----~ econo n ic conditi o ns, th general w e lf a re of the world, and broad cultural con s ider a ti o ns . Such, in the main, are the preliminary plans that have co e from Dumbarton Oaks. An o l r t o n th e Va ic n from Mo c ow. This t i m ~ u b 1 i h e d in a ma _. a z in c a 11 e d " a r a nd t he ~or kin C lass." ~ r ~ve c , arg es a ainst the Holy See. ~ }for one thing, that Pope Pi us is actively supporting Fa cism, and tryin g to bring about a compromise pe ac e in order to save Germany from being completely crushed. The r t i c l e , . . . on to declare that has been behind F sc ism almost from the beginning. P i a ~ that the last Pope, Pius the Eleventh, ---=::- ... ' ~ - ---,-~..-.. ~ ·.7 his blessing not only to Fr a nco, but also to Mussolini. The a r ~ ~ h e Vatican BM alee rendered im:A~t nt services to Hitler. It made the positive st ate nt that "when Hitler came to power, Cardinal Pacelli, as Papal Secretary of State, ordered the leader of the Catholic Center Party in Germany not to oppose Hitler" It s n i • , further th at the Vatic a n has not once o p e nly condemned either Hitler, Coer in, H immler, or any other organizer s of mass murders. inston hurchil l i s in o c o : n d wi h him i the jritish For e i n Se e r tary, Anthony E den. he s tory a n n oun c in the fact from London in d ic a tes that they are in the oviet c ~ pital for a mi itary conference with ~ Stalin and ~erei g 11 ~oami-aea,p Molotov, a to decide pl a n to pu th final squeeze on Germany. J N o t only Eden accom pa nie the Prime inister, but some fifty other assistants · inclu d ing the Chief of the Im erial General Staff, Churchill's own Chief of r Staff, and a host of other officers. This is the first CE time Churchill has met Stalin since the Teheran Conferenc in November, Nineteen Forty-Three. t. ey ch · nt d, at 1 ast tho ' of her fl ock, tl l ll ! y b liev te i l l a ve a p 1 ysic 1 r~ · urr ,:ere ~ •she will rise, :. h e Yf i ~ ~ e - S ' & - estim a t ~ J th t m re th a n ten thou '"' and dollars Jl ■ K ~ worth of ~l flowers were s n~ a-J ~~A._;~J/"Q,.fH=, /\(J.mon the mourner&~••'?\ no few r than fifteen hundre minist e rs, all of whom i ■ J Aimee Se m ple McPherso herself had ordain ~d . Her casket was laid in a m a rble' vault on tte side of which were two life-size marble angels. Am . On the g ras~ slopes behind that vault was i white c~oss six hundred feet high and two hundred and fifty feet wide made entirely of flowers, two . full carloads of them. a n In/\ J n r. I i sh o l i c 1 ) cour t, 1 e n t, · man r p pe r in t h dock,ch r e ~ ith having bro k en a bottle over the he a of his 1 n a y. It w a .. only a p int bottl e , but it lacer ted her scalp. ~~ The m a ~ istra te ask d lhe~~ he t her he had a ny t in . to s · y for himse lf . The entleman replied: " Ple ase, Your Worship, I ha d to give her a tap to get rid of her. She is just ma ly in love with me and follows me wherever 1 go." Then he continued: "I ask Your W orship, wh a t is a chap to do?" In this case, His orshi B a i , the thing for a cha p to do was to pay a fine of forty dollars. But the Ma g istrade spoke too soon. The minute he pronounced that decision, there was a to-do in the back of the courtroom, and up came the landlady with forty dol ln rs - ten good En gl ish Pounds - and l a i d it on the c l erk• s desk. L VF - --- V Then '("Y a h e nt l n ha• t de e1d?n ha d a _ a ys beh ved U il t Arn 'ler. le t' h ar fr o m a n other kin o f e nt l em a n, ho I am Bure wou l d neve r a-H. his lan y over the he ad -- Hugh , ~ A :-- F, . , L ---- -- - \', o l ., ' l is ov r f o r Nin n f o r t y - o u r, an d from n o " on m lay e r, a n em pl o ye s wi l l b able to re um e th n i n t custom of wor : i n 1 uri n g the a f t e n oon , inste ~ f h a n r in o v e the r a d io. Th e n <l · , · • j us t. what the e x per ts e x p e c t e d , a victory for the Ga hous G a n g , the Car di nals.Nevertheless, everybody h a to a mit that the Bro w ns did a marvelous job in innin a much as t w o ga m es a ainst such a po w rful te a m as the Cards. The last game was a three-to-one a f f a ir, which was re al ly settled in the fourth inning. In that one innin g , the Cards made all their three runs. The ne surprise wa. th a t the Browns . weakened at their strongest ·p oint. Everybody a g reed that they won the American Le ue pennant as a new bran d of hitless w onder s , bee u th ir fie d in g was so g ood. A ood de a l of th e i r defea in the Series has bee n de to f n ulty fielding. CO ' A O ~ S ------- hile th . ubj e (' t of a vio l nt · · ne on th floor of the Hou . e of Comm o ns. A bo~ memb r ch a rg ed him ith h a v in . t ken advanta e of his wartime prestige to defend and rac eteerin. T hi s ·ros e over a debate to provi de for the rebuil in of areas in Britain that had been bombed out. L a bor members objected on the ground th at it ould reward land s pe culators and the grea landowners of Britain. Last Friday the Prime inister intervened an asked the Commons to pass the bill immediately, ithout makin a ny further to-do. This aro used the Labor members, who ve ven t to their anger today. Durin p art of the debate, Lady Astor got into a vehement dis p ute with a Conservative member. She kept interru p ting him while he was speakin • , which nettled the honor a ble entleman. So he su , r ested th a t the bill soul " Ov i e o ti n a t i n in c rro , said i t was o vi · 1 in n e or don eys. Then h . tur n d to La A tor a nn said: " Do you und e r sta d now?" h r li : "I u n r s tan d h at a hypocrite so n the verge of you ar ." Fo th t h no 1 Lady ein g thrown ou t b y t e sp eaker. B ut she withdre her re ark , a po 16 i z e d and r s u med he r s e a t - - splutterin g and fumin g a s he did so.