~ I • Tod Y's Am tJ rican bombing blast against Berlin is deaor1bed by the 9 r1t1 h press a aaoo1ation in the tollowing worda: "Th• great• daylight o rtenalve ever seen.~ And it oes on to state that the air- mada that ... abed the .7 azi capital today oonaiate4 ot eleven hundre Plyiq ,ortresaea and U~erat~rs escorted by nine hundre4 tigbtva. !-fore oonsenat1ve London estimate•, however, gin probable t1gure ot aeven-bundred-and-titty boabe.ra and eight-h red tighter•• accent on incendiary bombs. Three-hundred-and-a -thousand ndaalJ.e• were hurled on Ritler•a big town, and ot three-hundred-and- t i r t f - t h o u a , m ~ . Tb• objeoti. b g, or oourae, to burn out the already smashed and shattered o could see the towerin b ck to q rita i n. ""' ·"y hour and a halt - -------- as they flew e p he T he Ger m an fi "' ters re s i tan c e was~desorlbed I ''A 8 azi pl nes were up in awarms and the r.e.rman pilots pressed their attacks with ranatioal determination . • Returnlng pllota said that th• ~ attacks Germans ot . azi war fliers were.4!ieroer than on Monda:, - when tb• 7Pn~ lost a-hundred- and-sennty-aix pla . nea • ....,, battle ot the aky raged ror a distance ot a- bWU.,r•d- a . nt1-t1 . tty miles, trom ,2n• pa tvday until tin pa. -- - - - • · • • - - - T h e seoon . d daylight • • • bombing ot Berlin ln "4 ~ - 1 : t , ~ three 4a,a. Aza4 tonight Hitler's oapltal , eru.ptlng like a Volouo. - ITI O I .• \R A le t e flash trom London ivea us the final tally ot the losses ~ -t,,l,. ~ ~ ~ . OD both sides,\ T1"1rty-e1ght ot our big bo•ra tall;& to return -- And sixteen rt htera. "hioh is a gnat deal lees than in the . rev1ous maaa daylight raid on fc)nday, when a1xty-e1ght ~mbers 1f' -&la and eleven tighter• were lost. ' Yhat ab6ut/\Oermans? Our ri~t.!r!. alone shot down eigttty-thr•• or their plan••• Late stori,a rrom London tell or so~• new Nazi triota discloaed in today's mighty assault. Returning bomber crews deolare that some ot the German ro~III lftalte 190 tighter planes no• look 11t• ◄ Amer1oan P-•7 Thunderbolta. That is, the azia are oamoutlaging their planes with a cunning paint Job. 1or example, the Focke "YUlte 190 normally has blunt winga and an almost strai t edged tail while the 1'bunderbolt has tapered . wings and a tapered ta il. Thia very obvioul 4itterence 1a diaguiaecl by the use of a silve r paint, which at a distance gives the ~oke ~ulte the taperln etreot or a Thunderbolt. Am . azis are in in for anoth r kin~ or p aint job, a kind o( r zle d zzl e , e le ves the returnin ~ e ri c an fliers uzzled. 1he , ay sane or the German ti h tera are gaudily oolored wi tb green and black obecterboar4 desi~• -- to what t>urpoae nobody Jeno•• . And aome lfeaaeraohmi!ta have rainbow hued ,>ro ellera -- pain t.e4 in euoh. tash1o~ that the whirling blades look like red d . ieoa with oranne centers. -0- ~ u IA In the Ukraine, the Ruaaiana are striking three separate blows against the halt million Oemans in the bend or the Dnieper three OYiet drives in as many directions thrusting into the Great salient that the azis ooou t. The ~reat or a trap is so gra•• that the Hlt~er commnder, 1'1eld Marshal Von llannstein, ls said to be preparing to moye his headquarters - all the way baok 'l'be Re4 Army 1a t1~t1n to break a way into Rwunia, and the Rusalu , units are approaching the important rail Junction town or Tanlrpol. The adyanoing Russians face not only the weapons ot the Germans, but al so the opposition ot the weather - ti:t Spring thaw ~ baa turned tb• teppee or tbe Ulcrain• into a quagal.re. 'l.'ucla7•• Moaoow bulletin states that the rioh tielda and the or4inc•y roa4a are bottoaleaa pits or muds - with military movements possible only along the major hi bwaya, roads that are paved. Renoe, the campaign ri ht now tends to be channeled along the important highways, where the Germane al'\. ~ ~ ~ a v y resiatanoe, One vivid \L illustration or the sqedgy character or the I ~ Ukt 11•, terrain 1 see:i 1n a etail ot battle- a story that tells 2 ho "'oviet unit was topped on a paved road, and its com:under ordered a flanking ~ove~ent, a etour across surrounding fields. The mu as so bad th& rot sol iera couldn't et throqh it. , the infantry wasp eked aboard aled~ea, which weN ulled by halt traoks - the sledges being able to elide over the mud. _ ,_. One explanation ot the great Soviet viotoriu was gi'ND Washington today bJ ~ear Admiral Land, adr.siniatrator or war ahlpplna aDd chairman ot the ritime Commission. Re 1tate4 that in the euoc••••• ot the Red Army, a major role wa play~d by len4-l••••• A4111ral Land waa testitjing before the Poreign Attain Coma1tt•• or th• Rouae ot Representatives, which ia oonaidering leg1~lat1on ak.-;r~L~ to extend the lend-lease program.·~ aa14 that A.lllrioan ■hipunta to Russia at the end or last year were thirty-three percent aboYe schedule, and added that this was one reaaon why th• Sov1eta were able to seize the otrens1ve and hold it month after month. -0- I . . ;:-r It as stated in ashington today that a enate comaitte«1 •111 re view t h e . ueat1on or t e I talian !Pleet. That is, the plan to give , Soviet Ruuia one third or the surrendered Italian warahlpe •• waa st~ted by ? resident RooaoYelt recently. "1lat sort ot oommittee will NYiew the matter ,-aie Senate group that deala with petroleUlll. That may see■ odd, but there 1• • ~ ~ood deal or congressional opinion that Stalin is demanding a third or the Italian na.y, because or the petroleum a1tuat1on in the . editerranean. -Ilk They aay the Soviets are apprehenaiYe abou~tr9•t 1norea•• ot American end Br1 tish nanl strength in th.t' inland sea, ll>•oow believing this to be related to ~ddle Eastern oil developments - like the plan to conatruot an American pipe line aoroaa Arabia. Oongr r:! ssiona l observe r s say that 9tal1n is determined to create a pow.rtul naval roroe in the Black Sea -- to counter-balance uerica n an d 9r1t1sh strength ~ ~ in the . (editerranean, and 1ts/\regiona 11ml rich in oil. MIil that's why he 1 I\ deman d in a t hird or the Ital1 n n a vy. -0- IT LY In Italy -- it looka ae it the ermana intend . . to start another bi g battle tor the beachhead - their fourth major attack • . ord trom Allied headquarters indicate• that the Waz1a are massing treab troops around the perimeter or the flat land occupied by tbll Alli•• - mustering forces tor an aaaault. Their thr• pr.rlous big attacks ••re beaten ott with heaTJ loaaea, but apparently they an going to make another try - nuab•r rouz. / e tloo~d Rap~ river / _, long )- rip or -0- T he c o l m ine st r ike in En n 1 m o re c r l t i ca l t ha n ever. h l t ~ st O "c; W ton i t state s th a t 0 e i .., hty tho u an d " l eloh c o a l 1 er a w ere OU nd t h t ' s ei h t y p eroen t -t4 o f/\ undred thousand , ho wo rk 1 t he la c k it ...__. ~ t s . _ _,_ s e e likel y t hat tomorrow or t e nex t d ay 11 coal ro ction in W ales will be led up. The wa l kout is described in h ese ords -- "the most ce.lami- to u wo k t o ppag e sinoe nineteen ~ wenty-six." Nineteen twenty-six - wa th e y e r o f the ene r al strike in B ritain. ~ Th e s trik e i s contrary to the orders o r the leaders or the "2<> ?o ~ . mine unions.!-- who are tryin to et the menAback to NQ,t_ ~or this , ... I\. . they have a s p ecial rea s on. It i s an odd fact that the ooal mine l a bor le ad ers in the districts afteoted are the stron est kind or ( ( J) seoond - tr on t e rs a nd few thi n s could be more disturbin g for invasion plans than a bi ~ ritish coal strike. T e bi c h ief o f t he miners or outh ~ ales i s Arthur Horner, a ~emb er o f th e executive committee or the B ritish communist party, a nd a vehement advocate of a second front. In another section the ' le der 1 a Will Lawther, a left win g er ~ a fervent seco ~ front r;. r. · L H st ·1 k e • 2 So 1 strike is t h e last thi they want;and the way thin s are going is ken to ean that they have lost their control of the rank and tile of the ine workers • ... ()... . , . . . To , , he r how in the Jun lea of orthern Burms, some G ine et ome . eriot:tns - an d the occa ion was historic. 1'Wo hard drivin 111tary coluf11lls, ' y'-tl, h inese and American, join~ t'oroes. - and - - I'- ,... thi happened in the rear of two t ousant J apanese. ~o the J aps are tra ped , t'o r culmination of the eteats that the h s recently been sustaining in The plaoe - Hukawang valley, where jun g les are thick between the mountains, and where Tilla g es or the N orth 3urma tribes are 1f" dotted here and there. The Jap in H ukawang valley were battling ~ against an Allied force, when American 1•a•~m. Lieutenan~Stilwell ordered a double outflanking move~ent, an encirclement by Chinee• rrom one direction and by AmerioBn troops trom another. So the two forces went toilin g through t~e tropical thicket. Today the Ohineee drove rorward tor ten miles, and that brou ht them to the Americans. Thereby for in a rin .J around the aps. - Q. matter or Chinese-American collaboration that bids fair to make history! -0- LI T er e is heavy ti ~ tin g on the · illaumez peninsula or Brita in, on which the ''arines ue rrom General . o rthur states that the Leathernecks are consolidating position against w a ,, J1 the communi ue calls -- strong opposition. -0- ' .- I n sa te e nt made to ni b o n a ld el s ont cha irman or th e wa r . r o u ction bo a d, sp o ke about t h e time it would take for Am eric n in u st ry t o re t urn t o pea ce time p ro uc t1on after the defe a t or Ger m any. In six o r ei ~ h t months, said he, :ti will take that lon g a tter the azl collapse ror ·Am erican industry to resume the production or civilian oods on a lar g e scale. ~ Donald N elson stated that he tavors govern m ent control over industry durin that six or eight months transitional period -- but no lo ng er. e said he would stron ly oppose what he called "any attem p t to ut p ost war economy in a totalitarian straightJacke&~ -0- · _ ... " . I r . : ' l'od y we ave t he usual contra 1ctory in te r p retations ot the r ri s in B e l ction ~esult in enver. Last n1 h t the Demooratip can idate, A disabl e d hero o t e air war in the .. aoitio, was leading by le der ar gi n. 1 ut t ha t was wi . ed out, and the election goes to the . epubli o ans - the G. O. P. piokin up another seat in Congress, ~ replaoin a . emocrat. his occ r1 · in a district that has been heavily ,... _ emocratic i n ce nineteen-t h irty, and causes the Repu~lioans to shout - - that the trend a · 1nat the Administration is still continuing. Democrats in ·vashin ton, however• contend that local issues in D enver were so contused in the election tor Congress, that no , conclusi.on can be d . rawn that would apply to national politics. ~~~ ~o..Qfl_-L. ~ ~ --bl4 ~~ ,_~_,__- ~ ~ ....v-f...- ~~- ~~ ~ ~ -ti.R ~-~ ' ""J+~ . -- 0 £ - --,.~ hQ to~ ~ ~ ~ C A . . r----:v-~ · T 7 vv--- ~~~ ~ Jt.-~ B lack mark e t-- There was mockery and irony in etroit today, when the woman leader or a crusade against the blaok market was arraigned in court tor selling g asoline ooupons in a big blaok market deal. Last A ust at Lansin g , iohi g an, the orueadlng lady conduote4 a campaign among housewives - urging them t«> strict obserYance or price ceilings and rationing. he was most eloquent about it, extolling patriotism a nd the war and denouncing anybody who had anythin g to do with black :narket transactions. An d now 1n Detroit, the crusader is charged with a blaok market transaction ot large proportions - the sale or nineteen- thousand-and-two-hundred gasoline oou ons tor nineteen-hundred.and- twenty dollars. ~ T e n cents a coupon. The police s at e t hat A he arran g ed the deal by telephone with a etroit asoline sta tion o p erator. ' \ 'hereu p on he went to her bome to pa the oney a nd et the coupons. It w as a trap, the money was I.A K . . mark ed - n the crus er agains the black market was arrested with the nineteen-hundred-and-twenty dollars' worth or incriminating cash still in her hand. ----- -0- hen e a t orities seached he r a p art 'ilen t t h ey round sixty thou and c ou p ons re resent1n ga soline valuation or tour hundred thousand iles. An the be ief is that a few weeks a o she may have sold one hundred and fifteen thou s and oou one ror twenty-one thousand dollars. Row 1 sh e et them ? ~he was a rationin g orrlcial. The oru sa ~er was chief clerk or a ration board at Lansing, ttt. ohigan, where a large shortage or gasoline cou p ons has been discovered. -0- • • P I This is a isturbln sc e ule d to be the s e . ay fo r C harlie hap~ nd tomorrow is A e on e - t ime in of ~! ot ion icture Comedy to d lo st h is lea in t he aternity suit a ain s him, a plea that th e cas e be i sm is se d. So e while ~go, ~ edi r. 1 science undertook to i inves t i g ate t~e contantion or J oan 98rry that Chaplin 1s the rather of her child. And t e doctors announced that a blood test showed that Chap lin could not have been the father. H owever, the . ud g e did not a ree with th1. ~ e thinks the Jury should decide, and or(ered Ch aplin to an wer t e paternity complaint. In other words, t h ere will be a paternity trial. And tomorro aplin must appear in court tor arraignment on a c arge tha t J oan 1arry was deprived or her civil rights. He and A couple or friends and four orr1cials racin g the accusation t a t when '7"oan · arry tried to se e Chaplin a t his house, she was arrested on va g ran cy char g es, and ru s hed out of ollywood. --nt1ob brin s ~ ha r li e into co u rt tomorrow--Glne day or trouble after another 1 ~ -0- The lon est Jury trial in the history or the ~ ~ erioan courts came to an end today, in Los An eles • . he case was before the jury ror rive years and - one arter another - fiTe Jud ea presided. This lon est Jury trial concerned the rour million dollar estate o r· icbael ~rancis •8ea, who died at the age ot ninety and left no will. oat or his relatives and prospective heirs were in Ireland, which ade it an international arrair. zens or heirs ".Dade claim to the rour million dollars, and, wit the case on trial before a Jury, evidence piled up - a ton or --- _.YAai evidenoe.~That's correct. By the time the depositions were all in, nearly two-thousand pounds ot testimony had been accumulated. The affair dra gad on and on - tor rive years. And now it ends atter a continuous sittin or the jury for sixteen months. After all the lon drawn out proceedin s, it took the lon sutrering jury a mere six hours to arrive at a verdict - distributing the four illion d ollars amon a whole string or heirs in Ireland. ~ ~ ) ~ } -O- to - • - 0 e t to cl nti ts. ~ rlie 0 1 ev6Dt en. And nne - ho 1 ixte n. ey to y wee decl rd the inner or the est1n house cience sc lor his, whirh re ranted annuall to the I n ion 09 ro 1s1n en-a a-scientists. !'ifteen thousand high so ool students oo peted this ye r, and the top honors o to Charles A-- Amber · avid on of ort rid r, 'yomin , and Anne Hagopian, ew Tork " Cit • eventeen year ol Charlie is a country boy who h . aa been ~ delving into electronics, chemistry '"miorQlooJ:d.c biOlogy, tor six y ears. iver since he was eleven, he has been workln on what they oall - an invisible searchli ht, which employs intra-red rays and an electronic pick-up, and is desi ned for military use. In ad ition, Charlie also es in tor painting - quite an art- 1st. t don't think he is alto ether on the highbrow lofty intellectual side. ~e was captain or his hi h school football team•e.nd is a boxe~ - Ye won a 11 ht heavywei t boxing a ard. } ixteen e r ol nne Hagopian concentrates on physics and eo . tr , n built odel or atoms. o - an ori inal model to r ~· ~ r demonstrate p rinciples o r eometry. Ann like Charlie, oes in tor ainting.(luit• an artist. k lbilike Cbarlie, bowenr, she has not been oaptain~her high aohool tootball team end bee not won any award aa a light heaTYW•ight boxer. -o- E TE Here's n ews. The state of affairs between the Senate and the ~ C M . . ~ ~ nite House todayA-■o ew•Aor love and arteotion, peace and good-will. ~~ head-on collision that was threatening between the Leglsl•• tors and the It was with a Senate resi ent has turned into compliments and bouquets. all b cause or the Rural Electrification Administration, ~crvtJ ..... ~ sub-oolllllittee calling · a presidential aeeietant 1 • ~ A testity - and be refusing, and they angrily threatening contempt charges against him. And, moreover, the sub-oolnittee wante4 to take a look at the tiles ot the electrification adm1nietrat1on, and that wasn • t perai tted. lf.t Lhe:, said 1na1 gnan~be:,~poana the rn ... allot which looked like another etornty clash between the Senate ant the ;fh i te House. But yesterday, the Presidential assistant - l onathan Daniele - appeared and gave testimony, as we heard last night. And that,,-,Gcc-.-fo ~~i(. ~~ ~~~ o ■ rt•1 nJ7 :d td pnnr alt oo t,J•w#\ troul>led waters, because to day the sub-committee hed only the most •sreeable things to say abOut the residential assistant - they poured oil on him. "the P resident," says t e conmittee, "could have delegated , ~ E A 2 _.l - \ILo o ne ~c-JJ •/\who could have conducted himself in a more dignified manner;r-- g ~videnoed more desire to do all be could." And to to ott the compliment, the sub-00t11Dittee graoioual7 decided not to subpoena the tiles or the Eleotrltioatlon A.dm.1n1atratl1on. "'Ye will not make any request to the President" says 9enator Gillette witb a pleasant nod in the direction ot the "1hite Jl)UN. In other words, everything le ~nky dory1 .-,etneea and llgb~ tor a c ba.nge. ew-J "'-4W ,I ~ 13' •"'- ~ 0. ~ ' -0- J In Washinton today, it w a s deni d that the Japa- nese in Hawaii used secret radio sets i n transmitting espionage information to Japan before Pearl Hal"bor. It has been alleged th a t they did. and some have blamed the Federal Communications Commission.saying that the F. C. C. was responsible for a aituation that aade it pos s ible. This allegation in turn tended to pla~ on the F. C. C. some of the responbility of its chairman today called •the horror of Pearl Barbo~.• The chairman, James Lawrence Fly, · entered a general denial. He told a Congressional Investigating Committa that the F. C. C. had taken all proper measures making it highly improbable that any under-cover radio sets could have been in operation. They weren't necessary, any•ay, he argued. All the Hawaii Jape had to do was just walk into a regular com- mercial cable or radio office and send any message they wanted - in code. So why bother about secret radios?