(7 ——. - I ■ I M-w^kfr-r. Soday's »ar news Is mostly from Moscow. Not good news, though, for the Red Army. Moscow says the Soviet forces are holding all along the line - except in one sector. But, that*s the vital sector — the area in front of the key city of Minsk, the center of Russian communications, ^tet'-WWhere the drive of the blitzkrieg has been the hardest - \trv^ mechanized power hdrled to cut a wedge in the defending line. Moscow today tells of a Red Army withdrawal from areas of Polend and 14 Lithuania, nearly all of Lithuania, So the Germans have driven to the former Soviet border - Russia proper. There they^ in the M^clnlty of Minsk | Moscow says II the withdrawal was made only after furious resistance - in which a heavy defeat was inflicted on the Panzer legions This ties in somewhat with previous hints from Berlin - Intimating that the mechanized push ha^been checked, but then went blasting According to the Moscow picture, the Panzers have rolled a hundred and twenty miles by now, cutting a wedge that deep in the front w^here the Red flag flies. The same oil '^edge tactics of the blitzkrieg, ripping through for a deep WAR - k salient In the hope of splitting the hostile army Into halves. That was the strategy the German generals used In the downfall of France. The Soviet forces must now hsxsBxxds make their supreme stand in front of the transport center of Minsk. There they are said to have powerful fortifications, defense lines built previously - in the time before Hitler and Stalin divided Poland. Those previous border fortifications, which the Red Army constructed for years, are called the Stalin li ne. We*ve had plenty of lines in this war - the Maginot Line having been the most famous. Then there was the Mtnnerheim Line in ft Finland and the Metaxas Line in Greece. Now - the Stalin Llne.^The There tonight the Fed Army is defending itself against w'hat ihiMEiia threatens to be a catastrophe, the Panzer divisions break through and iitxi drive on, they might envelope the whole southern Russian Army. London believes the Hitler purpose is to thrust straight at Moscow - partly for the political effect that would have on the Soviet peoples* WAR - The German official bulletin today made a striking charge - claiming that when Hitler struck, Stalin's Army w was poised for a blow of Its own. Was ready to launch an attack on i azi erinany. Berlin says that^^^iiw^ the Germans assaulted, they found that the Red Array was posted, not for defense - bu but in formations badly adapted for defensive purposes, That^s the reason the Nazi forces scored quick and slashing victories to begin with.- So says Berlin. The Soviet forces were stationed for attack, and then suddenly had to defend. Bcri-in continues to claim that the Soviet transport system behind the line is being disrupted by incessant attack. By air bombinganc^says Berlin ^by other means”. This reference to other means is taken to signify action by parachute troops or something of the sort. And this indeed is confirmed by Moscow, which tells of large forces of Nazi parachute trocps dropped In Russian territory for the purpose of attacking Soviet communications and starting fifth column movements among asttp antl-Stalin elements. The Soviet adds that the parachute , * T , a»frated - the soldiers from the sky attack has been completely defe wiped out. -0 1 y WAR - 4 The Berlin story of assault on communications is accompanied by an explanati n of the ta continued reticence of the Nazi High Command. That has been a puzzle and once more today there was no official statement of the progress of the batt le in detail, no mention of localities captured - nothing but generalities. This - after repeated promises that a full and informative statement v/ould be forthcoming. Today’s explanation is that the attack on Red Army communications. with wedges driven into the Soviet battlefront, has caused sec tions to lose contact with each other. Hence, Soviet commanders may be Ignorant of advances by the blitzKrleg forces, may not icnow Just where the Germans are. And a detailed German account might give them valuable Information. Hence, the silence. Here’s a wild rumor originating in Turkey. It states that the soviet government is planning to leave Moscow and Jral mountains. And this retire eastward — away back to th . . ^ stvled — a ”t)ig anti-i^Jovlet tells of what is sT:yi-t:u same Turkish rumor plot”. This conspiracy against the Stalin Government is saia to «nd thousands have been arrewted have been discovered in aoscow,_ w 'ill A h ii< ■ WAR - 5 In the Soviet capital today arrived the British military mission headed by the British Ambassador, Sir Stafford Cripps. Four high officers accompanied him. Headed by Lieutenant General Mason MacFarlane. They^ confabulating with the Soviet High Comiiiabd. Another nation has declared war — Hungary. The Budapest Premier made the announcement today in these words:- ”ii state of war has been established between Hungary and the U.S.S.R.»» This means that Nazi Germany has now lined up five nations against the Soviets - five under Hitler control or influence:- Italy, Rumania, Slovakia, Flnland^and now Hungary In 'ddition, other countries, though not belligerent. have declared thraiBXKix* themselves hostile to the realm of Stalin: occupied France and the occupied countries of Denmark and Norway, and also Spain.^Sweden has permitted Nazi troops to pass across Swedish territory to fight Soviet forces. Great Britain is protesting, but the understanding In London Is 4- nnt break diplomatic relations that the Churchill government wi with Stockholm. n I I rtibmarime Today began the naval inquiry into the tragic sinking of the submarine 0-9. ^he old and reconditioned undersea boat was in good shape. In better shape than most of the reconditioned craft ofthe Navy. So said Commander Peecher, Commander of the submarine division to which the 0-9 was assigned. As for the talk that the J^en aboard the ill-fated craft knew that things were wrong, Commander Peecher stated there had been :||j only what he called — "few and unimportant complaints, ge thought f j that the disaster might have been caused by an internal explosion. ■ 'k t PLANE The biggest airplane In the world had a successful test flight In v^allfornla today* There was a gasp when the Douglas Giant, after a run of two thousand feet, took to the air - and then wavered uncertainly. Nerve-tingling suspense. Until the four two-thousand horsepower motors pulled the flying battleship up into the sky. Two hundred and twelve feet of wing span, a total mf weight of eighty-two tons when loaded 7:ith bombs. Today, without a load - fifty tons. A test flight from Santa Monica to March Field, sixty miles To" ^ ^E2 away. And thenperfect landing, ^PROPRIAIIQN ^he Senate today passed by a unanimous vote the biggest Army appropriation bill in the history of the United States - over ten for the Army in the last War. The Senate stayed in session all day today, although it»s the usual custom to adjourn as a mark of respect when a Senator dies. This was not done today, in the case of the demise of the eighty-seven year old Senator Andrew Jackson Houston of Texas, who had only been in the Senate for a few weeks. The aged son of Sam Houston who was Commander-in-Chief in the Texas war of Independence r ----—I billion, l A hundred and xifty-nine million more than Congress voted |j ARMl The Army is making a move to get riafcg rid of a lot of taMflinefficient officers. Today the War Department asked Congress to pass a l^^w to permit this. It appears that right now the regulations are such that difficult to get unfit officers out of the Army. So the War Department wants Congress to make this possible — a purge of Army officers who are not up to their jobs. 11 y OIL From Washington comes the definite word -they’re going to build pipelines to meet the threatened oil shortag, In the Eastern States. This was announced by deputy Oil Coordinator Ralph K. Davies after a conference with thirty- five representatives of the oil Industry^the big men of petroleum^ went over the whole situation. Tankers for aid to Britain, taken from the transport lines supplying the Atlantic Coast. Shortage of oil, ii^onsequenos. PossitCLity of gasolineless Sunday^ and tiie lack of fuel oil for home heating. What to do about it? The conference today decided - build more pipelines through which oil may flow from fields of the southwest to eastern states. The oil Industry is going to do it, will construct the pipe lines, The question is often asked - why ktk were not yiyi pipelines used all along. Instead of tankers? Why isn t it better to have the oil flow through pipes, instead of transporting It by ships? Isn't It cheaper? The answer Is^ no. It is not cheaper.P build a couple of thousand miles of pipeline Ji: i OIL - 8 V Also the cost of maintenance and pumping - power pumping over rnoontain ranges. Experts of the oil industry give us an interesting sshKiiyx schedule of costs. The most expensive way of transporting oil is the tanK truck running along the road. The next most expensive is the railway tank car. Then comes the pipeline. And finally, cheapest of all, the tank ship. The difference in cost is surprising. It goes by threes - a sort of triple play down the line. Oil transport by tank truck is three times as expensive as by railway tank car, which in turn is three times as costly as by pipeline.. And transport by pipeline three times as much as by tank ship. explains why the^ocean route has been used instead of pipe£>»^v\ja^, The emergency, however, introduces another angle - and so today the oil companies agreed with the federal government to construct pipelines from •li>» gulf ports Atlantic IRELAND 1 In the news we hear that some American armament may go to Ireland. The Irish have been desirous of getting war equipment over here, but hitherto tizs Washington has been saying that Lend-lease was meant against ■2^ snd Ireland is not in any war. Today, however. President Roosevelt declared that the Emerald Isle might get some rifles. Rifles - but no cartridges. The President explained that the production of ammunition Is lagging, yii« nKoot from giann.. So we haven't any amount that we could conveniently forward to the land of the Gael. Rifles to Ireland - but with a quallficatlonrine President made it clear that Dublin could get xh American guns only by living definite assurance that these would be used to repel a Nazi attack - if that should happen. The President added that thus far no such assurance has been received. The Irish attitude all along has been that they« VANrvjJ fight anybody who attacked them. They wanted i« a. am j Which of course, would apply to repel any kind of Invasion, wn > oe -fn I'hp Germans — and London has to the British tfii as well as to tne uerra r>avv eaeerly wants the use of said repeatedly that the British y IRELAND - 2 West Irish ports. These are of number one irajiortance for repelling the Nazi sea campaign in the battle of the Atlantic The President today stated that the question of these West Irish bases has never been taken up by the United States Government — no discussion of that by Washington and Dublin. He added also that Great Britain has never mentioned the possibility of seizing the Irish ports. i BASEBALL In baseball, the kit big DlMagglo suspense has become so acute that one can't pass it by. Did Joe get a hit today? Is the streak of aa consecutive hitting compiled by the big lankee outfielder still unbroken? Jolting Joe Is ' out to break the record for consecutive hitting established by George Slsler years ago. Sisler made a safe hit In every game for a series of forty-one games. DlMagglo has arrived so near that mark that the fans, when asking »^Who won?" also 'rr inquire, "Did Joe get a hit”? Today, we didn’t have to wait long to find out. In the last several games Dimaggio has had the baseball addicts on edge for not getting his dally hit until his last y/ time at the bat - Just barely saving his consecutive string. Sl^y Nothing like that today. In Philadelphia, for his first time at the bat, the big Italian faced Pitcher Chubby - and promptly lined out a single. Meaning - he has now hit safely in thirty-nine games, and only needs to connect safely in his next two games to tie the record. Three to j&nn BASEBALL home run in every game for tv^enty-two games. Later in the game DiMaggio hit a home run, and-that keeps the ^ ill i iankee homer streak a—going. The team has now hit at least one pAVT.TOKT SAVING Word from Washington is that the White House is planning to put the entire nation on daylight saving I’or the duration of the War emergency -- winter as well as summer. There* s a shortage of power, because of the huge amounts of electricity used in the building of war equipment. And now Hugh have you anyt’rdng appropriate to add on a hot summer night?