GOOD EVENII ERY ODY: More excitement in the P cific toni t; much more, But we don't know exactly wh t's . ippen·n. All we do know is that the force attacking Ja anese held island of Nauru is nothing less than a U.S. battle fleet. With ca riers of course. T~e U.S. Navy has stepped up its power in that part of the Pacific--stepped it up to tre- ■ endous proportions. The armada that has been attacking the Uarshalls and is now hammering away at•• Nauru is an eaormous force. There tonight, in enemy waters. Nauru is a Pacific island five hundred miles west of the Gilberts where t e American flag now flies. But that little small point on tre map if LEA D .. 2 -- - .-~ is o f g re a t v a lue t o t e J p s bee use it is t ere they hav e to g et t h e pbos h a te s wit h out w . i c h neither their wa r indu s try or their a g ricu l ture c a n c~rr y on . • T b e on l y concre t e f a cts w e le a rn from Admiral Nimitz are, that an attack on a uru by p lanes and by the g un s of our men-o-war; and by four- · engined Liber ~ tor bombers of t h e Sevent h ,1r For c e on the Maleolap Atoll ■ in the M shalls ~ a s t ~l en place. h ave stron g reason to believe t~ a t a big fight is either no• ra g ing or close at hand. NEW UINEA FOL O LED ---------------------- ~ . ,__,l::l... Au tralians have be tered ei~ /\ way across t e Huon Peninsula, capturing Wareo, anc or point of the Jap ositions on that peninsula. Eleven miles Also more Australians have been driving up the Ramu Vallye, and threaten to cut off the Jap garrison at ladang, the most important seaport still held by the enemy on the New Guinea coat. Good news from C hina .. lu.r a 1·thaR•2 The of Chiang Kai-shek have won themselves a real prise, the City of an important junction of several highways in the Province of Hunan •. It is in the heart of that district of central China which is popularly known as the •rise bowl.• I~• A campaign ' has been raging in that part of China for f~ve weeks. As recently as Tuesday night we heard that the Jape had captured Changteh, •aieh i■• on the west shore of Lake Tung Ting. But today comes ... ~ ~ W I M f J ~ i t W R • that the Chinese.A''" it backJ ;.d:2 ·Ii ■ ,&.rrtfi:!:~11~ 9liminated a threat to ,A. Changsha, the capital of Hunan, a hundred and ten miles • to the southeast.1f'The recapture of Ch ngteh has also cleared essential supply routes to Chungking, the capital. ' W hen they reentered Changteh, the Chinese found CHINA - 2 --- themselves in possession of the smoldering f-ramework of a city. they destroyed it coapletely, and it'4s n o w ~ a mass of rubble and ashes. , ADD CHINA ..----- ... -.-~ An American correspondent who bas just returned from the Chinese fighting fronts warns us that we must victories ii not built too many hopes ffe -"'~~ in China. ,.,._ recapture /\ on such of Cbangteb does not mean that the Japanese military machine bas been serious weakened. Secr e ta r · of W ar Stimson this afternoon gave out , a warnin g a ainst the untimely wave of wishful thinking ~ ~ th a t · ha s been sweeping the country. i:tR, worse Qt yet ~ to come, he said., eat,eg&it~caW., ~ emphatically~ both on the fighting front and on the home front. So far, aaxia&ia~•i;xia■ x~z• declared the Secretary, the forces of the United States ~~ H ,>base " have barely'entered the really of the war. "We are only beginning the period,w he said, "when the weight of combat losses ~ J ~'_.(U will bear heavily on our troops. ■ ~aa:n not really I\ know that we are in it until Europe has been invaded, -f:;,(.,a ...-.--~ -:rA.--p and until the navy has grappled wit~il,r~ ■ ~fleet. •As for re a ched the tough - -&,...>C-a,\ ~C.."< ~ ~-..zt- the home front, ~ b:P:1 1"1 t a••• ~~~ stage. ~. • ~ not reach it until ~~ the people of the United States a~e willin to accept ---- a eneral serv ic e l aw. That," he s aid , "is in his ■Jiai■ STI ON - 2 - - - opinion the o nl y f i r and ade q uate way to cope with the problem of p rices and wa es.w C'._ St. ~ -~•U ~~ 1mson went on to SSlll th~t of all " "-" the Allies, Russia is the only c o u ~ t · : : t . ~ met the aain forces of the Germans. As for us, we have j at ~••n trimming off the outer defenses of our enemies, both in Europe and in the Pacific. And1 the overwhelming ■ ass of the American army still is within the United States. 49:Wut. etar~ ti t:taA ■ of n any other \uo• I've oll wa~ writing not as a spaperman but a an active arti l lery o f ficer. UIMSO!L:, 4 4&1 will be mo1e a g gPoaei¥e o» ag~e cautious **** $"-'<.Stimson took the occasion of his press conference t o A ~ ~ tribute ii Premier St&lin and Marshal Voroshilov. There were several long standing proble ■a pending between the Allies. And, he reported, ,, •s..---.«l Stalin's power of lucid analysis and the fairness of his attitude contributed strongly to the solution of those problems.• S--•~~s:.e«.-~, RUSSIA -------- In ussia, the Red Ar m ies have just about complete a steel rin around the railro ad junction I of the City of Znam e nka. the most ~ important ro a d of esca pe for the German garrisons 7 in the bi bend of the D nieper. The s~viet forces there now have cut three of the four lines that run into Znaaen k a. Th e y are moving in from the north, east, west and south. Aaa a .ee-s1erva~i•e--s11tNe -te- -Ru/ lfV'6f PT•• 8 "Jif ed/l armies ~ now threatening Iirovo,rad, a big industrial center and a major supply _ base for the southwest of German~ l:t=tta twenty-one miles to the ~~~ Znamen k a. A city only nineteen miles northeast of Kirovograd has alre ad y been reca p tured ~ by i;:IAt Red armie~btu"-roll e d ahead twenty miles in forty-ei g ht h o ur s . They also retook an ijportant RUSSIA - 2 _,__,_ ___ _ county se t to the southwe t , an d have cut the railroad from Z namenka to the B la ck Sea at another point. They were able to step up their speed because made the cold has hardened the snow an~movement ■ au• easier. Captain sartorius, the Nazi military expert, declares that the ground which the Russians gained northeast of Znamenka will enable them to join up ·111 with the forces 1Lic~ ezc attacking the bridgehead at ~ Iirovograd. In other words,Athe Red Army has closed a gap forty-five miles long. ~ •• «'.~ In Scat one sector of that lohg/\line, the Germans ~ \ are stil~ ~ a substantial advantage) tilllt r■ b the Battle of the Kiev salient. Moscow acknowled es th a t the Russians had to give up several places to the Germ a ns but a t • :eay RUSSIA - J ----- to report. Three German convoys, heavily escorted, were on their w y to the Arctic ports of Finland. Russian naval planes intercepted them, and attacked with aurderous effect. They sank nine Nazi ships, daaaged three, and shot down twenty-eight fighters. BALK.ANS ----------- Yore of Ritler's weak allies are trying to quit him, if we can believe the talk that is going around Euro e today. Most of w~ic~ comes through Swdden; but, it comes from various sources. For example, the Regent of Hungary called a special session of the Rungarian Patliament. For some time there have been stories that feeling was tense among the people of Hungary, as well as among the Bul- garians. But it's never safe to put too much stock in these stories. However, they have been increasing of late. here is a definite sign of bewilderaen and despair in Bulgaria. Dispatches fro m the capitol, Sofia, report a turbulent session of 11111 &S•l••J•; the Bulgarian parliament. The Deputies, their Minister. !'he leader of the opposition a■■ Jaii••• complained openly against the use of Bulgaria as a military base by the Ger■ ana. It will•• inevitably result he said in Bulgaria becoming a battle field. And he ~dded that if -. the government cannot prevent tbM, it must be replaced by a govern■ ent ■ liz~ 1• better able to look after the interests of Bulgaria. Thereupon the Bulgarian Foreign Minister • ""'- resigned atCI liglilf i i i high dudgeon and the A Pre ■ ier took over the Foreign Minister's job. So far this doe:-'n~t change the picture in that Balkan State. But it shows•~ beyond doubt l!L!ll~ - 3 that the Bulgaif.111 are anxious to throw off the lazi terror. ~ This action was follo ed by aJ'l&lt in the ~ . Bulgarian Parliament tantamount to a vote of no confidence in the governaent. There were demonstration• in the streets of Sofia and other Bulgarian cities. Proceaaions of aen carrying placards saying that Bulgaria aust withdraw from the war. In Italy, the American Fifth Army h s made an almost clean sweep in those two mou son the road to Rome. General Clark's men have cleaned the Ger■ ans out entirely except for one isolated peak. Early today the Razis still held on~o two of thea. But, later in the day our foot soldiers charged uphill o•er rooks and crags and took one of those '•ights by stora. The Fifth is now rea~y for a ~ descent in force down~pa1\ the valley, a valle7 twenty ■ ilea long, on the road to Roae. All aaay: weeks of the result of one week's fighting and ~ dt training. General1~lark sentA..,,..•• apecially picked body of troops against the Bazis in those mountains. And he used only soldiers who could run four miles in forty minutes. This was in the aost difficult sector of that German linter Line; O.nd on the last st;etch they had to go straight up the mountain crags•• with ropes.if'one American Brigadier declared that the storming of Yount Maggiore and Yount Camino will go down in history as comparable to the storming of Quebec b v the British troops of General Wolfe. - lIALY - 2 On town on the western slopes of Camino chan g ed ::::•i:e:~~:~:n:a:::a::g~:i::~ yard by yard throug~~ii~ pill If I i i 11111 fifteen miles north of th£ Maggiore sector. . \ ' '-- 4 's .s.fl... " But our men cutting i~s wa7 box defenses Camino and On the Adriatic ,k1••k of tks llltcd liaa, the ' C,Af British Eighth ir■~etill b fighting for Orsonia. \ The lazia are throwing eYer7thing they have into t ~ defense) including flame throwerst bu) they are giving groud. ■ tual25:tfc After Montgomery's guns had finished their cannonading at the Battle of the Sangro River, a pretty young woman ran wildly over the battlefield towards the advancing British soldiers. She was crying out as she ran, almost hysterically, calling upon them to stop, "Oh p lease stop!" The front files halted in lAAL!_- 3 amazement an d sai, "Who are y o u?" The youn woman replied, •r aa an American. I aa an American. I aa from lew York, Bew York.• Then she went on to say that it was the happiest aoment ~f her life and she could ki•a the ■ , she could kiss them all. S-IA was Bonita Caputri, A11 - erican wife of an Italian aaval lieutenant. Her parents, llr. and Mrs. Castlegrand, )\,V: ~ . life at 433 West 34th Stree\~ I\ Boni ta and her little daughter Barbara l . ived in a cave in No Yan' s Land ~ through one of t h ~ csti'X_l bosbardsents of the war~"' · 11th forty peasants fro ■ the eountryside she had dug that cage with her bare hands. For eight days ~ the forty of them lived packed together in thill cave. Ila "' ....... ,. MARSHALL ------~- A g ain we have the report t a t General George Marshall is to be Generalissimo of the Second Front attack on Euro e. A bulletin arrived from Cairo a few minutes ago saying it is definitely understood among officials of that city that General Marshall will head the invasion. In fact, this was one of the first results of the conference between President Roosevelt, • Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin, at Teheran, so says the story from Cairo. When Gen. Marshall's ppoi~tment is announced there will also probably be a general shifting around of commanding generals in the various theaters of war. The purpose of all this will be to keep them in touch with the latest developments in the figrting. But, the positi · ns of General Douglas Mac~rt h ur nrt Admiral Halsey will be unchanged, accorrling to this latest unofficial report from Ciro. Fire~ at the Golden Gate. ~ t not tA bbc ai ts of San Francisco itself • .l:tJ. \he ~~ dam a ~ ~ fa1 i" confined ~ •• ••• a tliir • iic of tlhe ~a1)\ the Oakland a nd Buckley \ 'tel14 Bill.a district. 1 ■<Jik◄o2~=~ . 1•a1Lia.i9f"~ •l~hw:c~::c!XD:n:c~b beegan with a windstorm which a■ashed w i n d o w s ~ trees,.,Fd.,a:-i:r::t.. ~~ L a roofs from houses. -~ blew down high tension ~~ power-lines.• 1 !111t ' " how the fires began. The brush caught fire on a hillside east of Oak l and, and the flames swept ahead on a front a mile and a half long. It began to threaten the expensive homes and blackened < aore than a thousand acres overlooking the city. The Oakland Fire Department was unable to cope with the flames alone, so n a val cadets and soldiers went to the rescue.r'Phere Wl!B t D soma demesa to t.ae gzseai»- [4.;i.sep Ship, a1 ds at Ricltmoud, Ca1i£grnia, Where-- &eaffelaing wef! blew& aowa aod the opoPa:t.ieu of the 8Poa~ cranes wae ham p ~rod, BQ:t there F 9PO ae eaettalties. §IRD ThJ-;ebellion of Southe;'Deaocrate against the ~ .;..tc; ~ -,,. Dea)(• ■11,1 *= tbu a »:::t;J.t Washington today • ••• The spokesman for the discontenTed Southerners was Cotton Ed, lcw.t&J klHaa 1:1;. S a i t h . , , ~ 1 ; . * another Senator .a. outcome of th_. statement by Democratic A ~t?M-t:L/' Guffey of Pennsylvania, 'tbl-Jt caused such a hubbub in the Senate, the statement that Southern Deaocrats had aade an unholy alliance with Republicans ..... --~~ to spoil the Adminiatra ion bill to giv"-uiN=ltt7R the Tote. ' Late this afternoon, Senator Smith said he wanted openly to nominate Barry Byrd for President. And he called upon the Southe~n states to organize a real Democratic Party to back him up.~mith went on to point out that he bas served as a senator under six presidents, and,._ always enjoyed it un t il the New Deal, which he described as "this miserable thing.• SIIATRA ------- W a rbler Frank Sinatrn,.ppe a re before a 4 draft board at Ne w ark, New Jer ey to . ay and was classified Four E- So he will be a ble to continue t~e croon- ing that causes the swooning. Sinatr a himself is diaJppointed. He said he was looking forwar t o foining the marine cor s. -----~.;:.,:. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ .,..1 There was a considerable force of pplice on hand to protect the crooner, but the cops were not needed. Only a handful of passersby and a few curious persons were on hand. No frenzied milling aob tearing off his coat cuttons a nd clamoring for autographs. The only local demonstration was by a fellow d aftee, who shouted: "Burray for Bing · Crosby.• And now, "Hurray for George A1slero. first of the Re ubli c an presidential boomS was launched today. • I Lieutenant-Commander Harold E. Stassen of the United States Navy, former Governor of rf4-'Minnea~uszsc; ~~~ Its;\ ac)1:11wwludgu~ candidate for the noa:n a tion. The Assistant Secretary of State -iG.c of lebraaka~resignE.,d his of f ice to direct the Stassen - ca■paign in that atate. At the same time he filed notice o f _ . intention to enter Stassen's name in the lebraska Primaries. For the qualifications of his candidate he said that Stassen is a lidwesterner and one of the first to revolt against the Rew Deal.