liJ-I-s—MM-OCO* WED. SEPT. 12^2 Good Evening, Everybody: a The raucus voice of^boastful Fuehrer filled the air v/aves today. And war doesn*t seem to have changed it much. Though to our ears it sounds as ugly as ever, it still seems to sway the Nazis. His Austrian accent is as thick as it was when he first came from his native country. As might be expected, Hitler's address was mostly scorning his enemies. And he certainly poured that on. He told his people that he was not worrying in the least about a second front. However he added* that that doesn't mean the Nazis are * unprepared for a second front. rnmmmmmmmmmamKnm LEAD - 2 He mentioned Churchill by name, and Churchill’ remark that he wanted to let the Germans worry about where end when the second front would be six* started To that Hitler screamed, "Mr. Churchill, you have never made me afraid yet.” Then he continued, "If I had enemies of military genius, it would be easy t sign figure out where a second front might be launchel However," he added, "I have to deal with military idiots, so I really cannot know where it will happen, and that is the only disagreeable part of it, " He declared that he had never had a more un conditional faith in final victory. As usu^al the Hitler of defiance were punctuated wiph the chorused eheutr#' of his audience, of "siegheil, A -- which means, literally, "Hail Victory 1 n Siegheil said: "We will take Stalingrad, of that you can be assured. " LEAD - 3 •thilp he spoke, as a matter of fact, the fiiissians were redo lib ling the vigor of their defense and actually made some progress ix at pushing the Nazis out of the^city. Hitler made a great show of being frank and open about German strategy. He said the program for Nineteen Forty-two was to hold all the lines, attacking only where necessary against Russia. The German High Command set themselves definite goals, and he listed them to show what has been accomplished this year. First, they secured the German position in the Black Sea by liquidating Sevastapol. becond, they made tne drive to the Don and defeated a Russian attempt to break through, in which, according to Hitler, seventy- five Russian divisions were destroyed. Thira, was tne great offensive to secure the last of Russia's ii fertile wheat lands, coal mine-Sj__2.^’ p LEAD - 4 communicaticn lines of the Volfa River. Staling rad, he said, they considered strategically important, not because it was named after Stalin, but by taking the Dnieper, the Don and the Volga they put the Russians in the same position as though the Germans were to lose the Rhine, the Elbe and the Donay. Then he used these words, "You may be co that nobody wi 1 remove us from Stalingrad again In other words, where the Germans are now they intend % to stay. So they say. He would not say what other goals the Nazis have. "But," he told his px people, "that will be clear to you soon." He also said that the British had built a railroad from Egypt to Tobruk which had been .exceedingly helpful to the Germans. Then he added, "tlonsiaer the railroads we have to build -- tens of thousano: > i LFAD_-_^_ kilometers in Russia. However, he said, the task of reconstructing all the railroads to the same guage as the German roads, that is, standard, will be completed within a few weeks. Whenever the German military campaigns come to a sudden stop, he said, it is in order to build roads and keep communications open. He declared that last year the Germans had conquered General Winter in spite of all the Russian isHxmx claims. | Perhaps the most amazing thing the fellow has ever said was his announcement that Jtx "Providence is satisfied with the German people.^ Hitler then said that after the capture of of Britain Stalingrad he would recommence the hombing^afitam drew part iculai xj — ---------- in retaliation Will come out of this war freed from many prejudices. i / Of this you can be sure - no bourgeois state will „ ___ ... i i • ,ir ^ _ n Of this you can be sure -- „ ___ ... i i • ,ir ^ _ ft survive this war. BUSSIA While Fuehrer Hitler Tras formulating threats t the Russians were holding steady, dispatch from the front reports that a Red a11 ok on 1 he east bank of the Don, Northwest of Stalin; r' , has penned large forces of Nazis within the loop of theDon Rive t » - ..—■—-—— ~~ The Russian counter-attack northwest of Stalingrad is for the purpose of creating a diversion They claim it is making decided progress and that not one but several strong Nazi positions have been captured. The Nazi High Command claims that German and Italian troops repulsed various attempts of the Soviet army to cross the Don River. The Nazis also claim that in Stalingrad itself the invaders have stormed further sectors of the northern part of the city. All Soviet attacks were driven back.So the £USSliL-_2 Germans claim. The Russians also that their position on the Caucasus front has improved. That the Red troops in that sector have checked the Nazi advances toward the oil fields of Batum and Grozny. The bad- weather season is nearing and there is a chance that the Germans may soon be bogged down. An evening bulletin from Moscow is—son?' //Us. ^irsconragiug^ I* or three days the Germans have been attc ex^ng c> hill overlooking the industrial district and the settlement of workers in the northwest of Stalingrad. Up to now the brunt of the offensive has been made by Nazi tommy gunners with a few tanks. But today the Germans threw an entire armored division a battering ram of tanks, into that fight and the Red defenders were pushed back. However, the xm same bulletin reports that farther northwest the Russian army that was driving down the Don River Valley to the relief of Stalingrad still is gaining ground. There was an all-day battle today and the Red Relief Army captured another height.^** is forging ahead even now. DISPERSAL Military observers in Britain are worried X T_ TT because the United Nations have their strength f^tr i:no- widely scattered. Many of us have been wondering why the British ri let up on their raids over Germany^ thousand olanes a night. Others have wondered why twe bombing attacks ^<of-^=t!t^rUiii±Ed—S tE&GSi Air Force have been slow getting underway." ,The answer to these questions / A and others, too, is in one word -- dispersal. ^Our air power, our sea power, our land power, are not concentrated anywhere. is-what the military experts in London are sayingtonight. ^TheGermans have the edgeconcentrate their striding I ■;«c-i h p communication lines power, and short, m-i JL*<S\ _r_____ ______ hort,insiae^ ■ u <S- tsic & mov-imum of efficiency, fc-ven ' s their armies a maximum oi ei v ^ A re n DIbPEP£AL_- 2 * / /‘'itri.an strength is w.nin'g thV still £3* the >4^ A A A to take the initiative. This from London follows close on the heels of the announcement by Prime Minister Churchill, about the raid on Dieppe. He admitted in the House of Commons that the Allies lost very nearly half their men in that swift Commando expedition. Instead of taking the Germans by surprise, s it was the attackers who were surprised. They had not expected the concrete defense blocks which the Germans had put up in the ends of the streets in Dieppe. The British tanks jos* couldn't get past those blocks. So the only consolation the Allies have for that Dieppe raid is that zt=Zex8* the Royal Air Force showed up brilliantly, gave the land forces faultless support, and won a great victory in the NEW GUINEA The Austra in New Guinea are taking a leaf out of the Japanese book. The Japs in their campaigns have allowed neither weather nor difficult ground to stop them. The Australians now are doing likewise. They are advancing over the rough, hitherto Owen Stanley Range of mountains in continuous rain. Sometimes the soldiers have to cut steps on the slopes of the mountains so the native carriers can move. TheAustralians, we hear, are i quickly adapting themselves to the Jap style of fighting SOLOMONS ■niuMHNaHMaHMBM i i. e japb got, tv;o 01 our ships in the Solomons. Actually the losses were not as bad as t’ e.r sound. One oi the ships was an eight thousand ton naval uransport the other a small auxiliary transport. And, says the Navy, most of the men aboard were savea. WU tKrat' a total of seven American ships lost in . The others were two auxiliary <A transports, two destroyers and one cruiser. Five other t havi betn da 1/ h •' v/ ♦. 1, ^ /cotryt) All this happened^ome time^^go, early in £ August. About noon on the Eig^Kn of August a squadron of fop*fy <or mora^fap torpedo plan^ appeared m the harVor of Guadalcanal and attp^Ked American shipsyffhere. 0«^at occasion^ destroyer and one litiihaded tj^nsport wereh>t. The anti-aircraft euns of the/ships bagged V«Telve enemy planes and fighters. p-e shore batt^ies got two more. + v.nt on ^U'* us t Seventh and i. ht The Navy a ads that on ^ c SOLOMONS - 2 united States aircraft based on carriers with the help of anti-aircraft shot down forty-seven enemy planes of di.ierent types -- forty-seven in two days. YEMEN Tnere was a report in Europe today that an American Expeditionary Force had landed iif’the southwest tip of Arabia. The rumor is distinctly cuoious because it originated from the Vichy radio, which is conspicuously inaccurate. But, taking it for what it.4s worth, the report has it that troops iro.ii jjg*® baited States ha<£"^arrived at Yemen, which oi.c uuxotiu DLciLes na<i arrive — x u - n - -x -* 1 / rs -^ffe~Kiriaq6T —to the British base which dominates that end of the Red Sea. ^r v<- /tW c^teS-y ^ .- . ( . -^-^Z V\-^ a ) r-t&s^ Wfrey . i~-H-evfe~^iAj^^-qQ^-„r t,»^Tfi liLLinuu ” 9 ^ nnn eight and a half innings the fi.Uu^ Cardinals looked as though they di<Tnfct belong in the same ball park with the Yankees.^ f-ho Fonoo Bu»tr tea# —U^_E jiq h ew £—Vi7 e r. t, f ra a r o ft-e-a t h—>» 14> h—-b-a fcr€>—,T"hey—r~ati—p-le-Rtiy-of—*^e-l-| 9 —^-p o m» ■-UJ&* Aispvt±±t_ t;he Carrt-inn Lo Loe-^ the ball ar ound. 4iiE -t7h eHr-^wi v w u i1 iinnTi'o u 1 b Vi^ kvv--en^1 U^jey* s*** »<^^Tt»o tps^U^nren w^ t i^~^ne r t"he w. All of which made the second half of the ninth inning all the more melodramatic. w _ a ~pp ih.n Ynnknor with a nino-4i.Ule score ef Jnthing, .-.Jtfd Two mon ont—In the Cardii»aj>^c hnlf-iyf-. tke-inninr .—I^-fhri4^-^P-h i vict 0T^ s' Sopiaa-------- -- al>^<i«c >nnnTd, I linin'^1 "^iii 4^m onmpi at.ply ^nt/mit. with nn lY nnelul-^-^ ,!„ ot ,^jL,f r seven anc two-thirds innings B AS. l B A ajij "2 ^ ^ ^ i.a- pitched a no hit. game. (£-e—k-e—6m>e -he he4* A hanci e<i—ou-t—s.» v e e ol ■ n a ^ s o s..—b-y o un n in r—h'CTdn o f ii —ft' o o 1 f—©4^7—©4—o ve-py—i»e-i e—h-e—^-ot—i nt o» *7^oe He fr****: had tifco strikes on St. Louis shortstoo *.Zarion / / ana needed only one strike to win the game and a shut out A+ that moment the Stz Gas House Gang came to life. Thcv o ■■...cni' p laying lii^ ^ rroing'.> ■to—©a©—b-erT! rn trme last six t ,‘ceks ,■ tho "4 nan. hnisi^e^lH I I'U , he) lird^lo ta-re- vJlifc fcrb 0*~ ct i iit■ t ■ ir—i;ailTe^Shortstop jiarion sudde y A whanged out a three base hit and scored two aen s'.ead of him. On top of that the Cardinals began getting hit after hit until they had‘four runs in. i.i •* sen .^ J r> f ^ o + came to the plate in that electric innm,.^................ earlier in the game the •*»«*= rally had story would ha,. bU difler.nt. »s it ... b ^ ■W a 4^ ~ ng /0 A iw • s . 1. ^ >11 thr—same he rov' battedTHuffing/.out of tw.e bo... K n ^^r^rn—o f j" P a tr 0 *. s. r. i J. ~ > •»» - > ^ :irst Le ciz ; ^ * i Jk I. lw Jvw C-« . . t wSti'oA-i.—io.Xs go w ,wo i: s o z. i ^ - --1 ase St !«. «. » s s >- - - “ wCiXc.nct. z ^ even * u^ ^ y e v c n t h at r a 11 v c a n e tc^an end wnen eta:.^cv > as:aX *af out a: : irst^ ^ tyu>dx^4^ '— ' / tr.^-.ftWcrrgT^y.o ccve-eu Tite t>ag wtFH tin; :i^»t t-e ao-r?—tr In spite o: that tremendous last inning it was a _ 1 anorous day for Red Ruf i in£- • Lven though he was knocked out of the box he gets credit for the victory and has the Yorlu Series record that he was V aiming at. AiC I Iwsrx-Lww X V* W Jk VA * * V. v, •.'W w. ^-w V/Ov/l . INTROEUCTIOtL TO MR. V qrm Well, tomorrow is the first of October, and to many of us it is the date which aniiaki automatically brings colder weather, and this year it brings new proble.ns, too hov* to boat our homes and with no new motor vehicles or rles available, how to keep our present cars^: trucks, buses and irix tires on the move. Well, the Vehicle Maintenance Section of the Office of Defense Transportation can speak with an authoritative goice , so here’s Mr. Fred S. Vorn with a word of advice. MR. VORN: The problem, Mr. Thomas is to keep America' automotive equipment rolling. Plain American common sense can go a long way in solving that problem. As you said, new vehicles, for non-essential civilian use, are out for the duration. Many months will elapse before new'tires are available for eve_yoody. But that is only half the story. The other half is the need for passenger and freight transportation to the fifty-four thousand communi itfes that have railroads - no aeans of transport other than buses, MSiJMii - 2 trucks and privately owned automobiles. Rubber-tired transportation is the only way those communities can receive food and other essentials vital to their very existence. Cold weather is easier on tires, but not easy enough to conserve our vital rubber supply, most of which is on the wheels of America^ motor vehicles. President Roosevelt’s request to reduce speed, supplment by Office of Defense Transportation Order Number Twenty-Three, effective at midnight tonight, fcetablishes a maximum speed limit of thirty-five miles an hour. This will do much more to save rubber and lengthen the life of your tires. Motor vehicles are designed and built to give one hHi hundred thousand miles or more of service. Many trucks and buses have run upward of a million miles when £iven the proper care. Regular inspection of vehicles ano tires and correct lubrication are the beat protection against breakdo.ns .hich .ust be avoided because replsce.ent ME^-XORU - 3 parts are dinicult to get. So take care of your car truck or bus. Have it inspected regularly, drive carefully, and do not exceed the thirty-five miles speed limit. OFFICER The bellowing arny officer is out of date. At least, tie is obsolete as a field commander in the modern army. Lieutenant General Leslie McNair, Commander-in-Cftief of the Army Ground Forces, that piece of information to four hundred and forty graduates of the l<ngi-neer Officer Candidate School. < "lltc , The new army "galruns on team work. Then he 7v explained, ’’Teams have sparkplugs. A military unit is a team, and the Commander‘must be its spark plug. When one hears bellowing in ‘the field,” he continued, "it probably marks, not a real leader, but one who has lost his temper when things go not too well. The art is in leading men, not driving them." 1 l v K-- f —C,' VML, ") 'd-f LTP.1942.09.30i.pdf LTP.1942.09.30ii.pdf