MBIA!! - z Our own and the •n•y lo•••• are not announced, end won't be aatil tomorrow. ~the iltogetber, ~011e-two pUDoh baaed on Br1ta1D u4 Italy, Aaerioan aky l•ct■■ foro•• 11•b•re4 ibirty-fi•• han4re4, --~ mil• ll'•t 11abera of lipter tor•tio11■ hit • ~ .., . . . rue• • . ~ of \ar&•t• - bringlila tile tota11 n•b•r of plan•• 1n to4a7•• teat aerial att•n•l n up · to tile • • • • reeor4 11aab•r of Al.I~ WJeY In Italy today the two an■ ot th• Ulie4 ott•n•i•• troff w1 th ahattering Yioleno• apin■ t the o.raan■, *o are piae4 1n a apaoe ot tweDtJ ■ll•• betwtu th• aaiD ~ltth Al'll 7 at , tll• bitterly · t1ptia1 •••1• reeled baok water the inoeaaut tw+t• l»low• llurl•4 at \h•. 'l'h• apao• be\•••n th• two all1•4 tronta - arcnr• mrrower, m4 it look• •• if th• ' nay a1gllt be trappe4, two-tol4 ••••ult, wlalob 4oeaa•t ••• likel.7. lo"-J - in tbe • • t Tioleat t1ptiq of • • • tlr• Ital.la • ..,,.1p. wot tbat there wu DJ iattle 1D \he tan it■elf. ft• blaat of the ooabat. wat aroua4 1t; u .-rlo& araove4 oolan outtiDI behind Terrao1u and ••••ring lt• lifeline - \he hi■torio Appia W•J• But 1-ll•'Gel'IUD garri■on ••• tbat ooalq, aD4 tpt out. • So ti. .-rloan mt•r•4 T•rraoina uaoppo■e4. rurther inland the cana41aa• staged • 4ri•• - th• flr■ t tlae the c.nacUan• ot the E ighth Art1l!1 aote4 •• • unit. In bitter fighting the, pulbe4 forward towar4 the toe ot ~ Aquino tor u ITALY - 2 a4ftDO• ot tl•• milea, 'lll1ob takea tbea to tile e 4 g• ot • broad plain. • Today a4w.nce patrol• ot tbe aain littb A rmy ooul.4 ••• •ok• ill tile 41atanoe • in tile 41.reotion ot tbe bNob-ll•4. - u they p uebe4 U1) tile ooaatal area to olo•• tile pp_. they ooul4 ••• \be •ot• ot tile artille17, tweatJ ail•• ••1, •• tile b•oll- (? The la teat 1• a 41 apa toll t.onlpt llaa4 foro•• 110Tecl Jo• towarcl \la•) 'lllioh atetea tbat MHrl•n r. trol• baTe puabe( torwar4 to a ~oint onlJ fifteen all•• troa th• •oh h,. On the b•ob-bea4 1 tNlf, both jaerioan aDll Britieh toro•• - • • c l tM . _ , baok. ft• jppla ••J haa b•n e 1 1 t ~ , ~aclftllO• by ibe AMrioan• in tb• Claterna aeotor baa taken \la• " . aoro•• tm bl1bwa1 that la tile •~or - line of oo•11111oat1on betwNn tb• two t b 4eten4\.ng o.raan tronte. Tb•J'•• out tile Applan way on both al clea of Claterna, ant now 1lol4 on• etretob ,RJ ot a ail•~•long tbe~Roman roa4. The battle at that point bring• ua another ot tho•• thrillers ot war. aerioan tank• w•r• 4r1T1111 w nt a :ra1lroa4 line, when a German rook.et gunmr drn a 4ea4 bea4 on one ot the tanks. A rocket ehell hit the armoured aide an4 crashed right in. It landed in the a tock of ammun1 t1on in the tank, and tm w hole thing seaned about t :> be blown inw •1 thereene. You ehould ba•e aeen the aotirttJ ot the tank orew. •Brother oh brother• relalH one ot Ill•, •n aura '°' oul o ~ la a l l ~ / Another ••1•: •eo1, how •• lett tblt t.au/ I wot thro\lCh th• a.-1 bat.oh like • bullet out ot • '/\.a.c then I couple ot fellow• •beat,•• out•/ Th•J •tohecl 1D ••• th• taak 'blow up bat it 414D•t. llaarellJ)oD thq went baot to 1al'eat191te, an4 fou4 that tile Gema.a roatff Pall lla4 ta1).e4 lo :a e:a:plo4~1 10t Not la aal raoe• ,abea4 to reJoia their ool-~'4• la aptt• of tile 4•1•1', the, CBtECBILL Winaton Churchill aacle another 1reat apffoh t.odaJ, ua4 we aan turn to 1 t tor aoae aeoret hiatorJ or the nr. ror uaaple, the aaae of ~urkq. At the tl•• ot the great oontereno•• at felleru an4 Celro, lt n• auttww C ~ t l J belleye4 tllat fuke, woul4 aoon Jola ua 111 the • r - but nothing of the aort haa llappnect. So wbat • • the ator, behln4 tbatt Cllurobill at.at.et to4aJ tbat TarteJ 414 1a4e14 ae• 1l.t 1aollae4 to Jola th• .Ult•, trat,-.•• Tarka ba4 an 1xaa•ra,14 14•• ot · their perlla. Ura14 of '11• Basil, thq ••r• DOt Brlt1ah Pria• 111.lllater to4aJ, •wot th• glooaleat n•• of RUalu proapeot.1 in south Buaala an4 the Cria•" · · Ob•loualJ, the Tarka •4• • al1oaloulatlon on tut aoor•, an4 beoauae ot it theJ 4-n414 all aorta of lllill\arJ tblt ·war would be o••r bJ th• tiae the mountain• of munitions could reach th•• lt th e Alli•• • • • stopped urging Turkey to A• a resu , gBURCBILL - 2 an4 e111er lb• wari11aw d1 ■oont11111e4 ■h1pa111t■ of weapon■ to the Turkiab ara7. TodaJ Cburob111 rai■ ed the ■uppoa1t1on tba~ 'l'urkq aight neTer enter tbe war, in llb1ob oa ■• the '!'\art■ will 110t Ila•• 1uoh an isportot p laoe at the oonterenoe table ••11 tile peao• tr . . ti•• an ••4•. ._._.......... '-=" Ital.J - the 41Nppo1111illmt o••r tile Wffl tile war baa PA• ln tbat oount17! Cburobill a41111tte4 that alatatea alpt baT• b•• ate. •It • J be• aal4 he, •tblt after t.lae tall ot lhla■ol1Dl ov aotlo11 •lcbt Jaaye beu aore n1tt a4 au4aolou••• ■• ■at& lie •• went GD to aa, that tile Itallu ~ 1 bll ■ b•• able to c1o little egaln■t tile Razl ■• Bat tblt tile Italian fleet la, •• la• ■a14 _ "4l ■obargl111 aoat uetul an4 1aportant ••rT1o•• tor u■, not only in th• Me41terruean, but in th• •tlantto•. a4 he ad4ecl one \IJlexpeoted tJlillC about th• Ital.tan •ir Poro•. •The loyal Italian air toro••• 4eolare4 Churchill" ba• al■o tougbt 80 wel 1 tba t 1 am aaking ■peolal et tort• to ■upply thea w1 th ,, improved aircraft of Br1 tiah manufacture. CBtffiCBILL - :5 ad next we haTe ac,ae JM>at laterestlag aeoret hlatol"J, aono erning Spa in and FraDoo. Churolaill relatet that when Pranoe tell, it seemed probable that Spain ' , like Italy, mu4 ~oln Hitler•• f, prg,allle t.tm, wit•• a•• smnnl aee• • at t 11 kit •• ar••leb , lllta■ 1al111•, M:a-a111,Jec ■ • • 11-,• un • otJJ « 1tfr1 •• • • at1rtu1:e,. J H liik♦ Me i , ; e:t ~ 1 , - • Tb• Nazi• aa4• propoaala to rranoo. Cburohill aa14 to4a7 tba t Bl tl er aug q eate4 to rraaoo tbll t Gel'llall troop• ■houl4 para4• through the principal 01 tl•• of Spala - la trlapllal uroh••• ID th• gulae of th••• para4•• • tile Genau - WDul4 Tirtuall7 oocupr Spaln, in return tor whioh Bitler proaiae4 to •ptare Gibraltar u4 ban4 it oTer t,o Prmoo. Churobill auggeatet tbat thla • • a bargain ottered b7 Berlin, but rrmoo tvnacl it 4oa/ agaimt Borth Atrioa • • b•iJaa pN1Par•4. • • • •• ,...,,~U.l J.t Gibraltar, creat toro•• of Brltlah •4 .AIHrloaa plane• were gethere4, an4 '11••• are 1D full Tl• aa4 la ..a ••►• tA- ~ ep--• 11h art1ll•r7••-"'• lloreoyer, mol'llolla ra111•jA~ ~ . ~ I aa•••• ot ablppiag were oonoeatrate4 at Gibraltar/ /\.111•.,,.•""'Ml'M!Pl,~•11•19 ,. 4 . t n·-"'•r• ot ahipa tor tile Borth Afrloaa wan!t 111:g ••.aa-.., ••~ - expedition were aaollot-•4 in . . tera under Spaaiab control - ..., uncler the muzzle of Spaniah 8WI•• d •be greateat inconvenlence", "W• aboul4 bl.Te auttere " CBURCHILL - & ■a14 Churchl.11 to4a7 "it we ha4 been or4ere4 to r•o•• these ahipa. Bowe'ffr •" Ile went on, "tile 8pall1arct1 oont1nue4 abaolutelJ trlenUy aa4 tranquil. Th•J ••keel Do que1tlon1, 11114 rai■ •ct no 1noonYen1•ao••• , railecl at people who take pot-abota at 7ranoo. "I •••" • aa14! he, •ao ■JllpathJ w1 th tho•• who tlllllk 1 t ol•••r or •"n twm7 to mult tile pyermaent ot Spain•. 0 or late, •• hoe tnom, ot oour••• tllat new 41 ■tvb1na trouble• ba4 eriaen tor loq autter1Dg Gr••o• - ~ polltloal cl111enalona •ong tll e Greek• tigJlting the Rasla, aut1DJ 1n 1ill• Greek .ArmJ anct RaTJ:. .ill ot tM.a hu been oonoeale4 bJ o•n•or1h1p and hulh-huah. Today Churohill t o ok ua beh1D4 the aoenea an4 1••• ua aome aecret history. H• re-terre4 to th• quarrel between taotiona fighting aaw1r1 ap1ut the Nazi• in Greeoe. One ot tlleae, i!. el- . . till• .1 ... w 1• ot ooDDUDiat tnel ination. Th• military toroea o-peratlng ~ A W14er}!i pmmu,te• uaeaaea against tile O,,eeka ao1' 011 '9111 r e14e ,aa,,, 1■ 122222 bes,'•••••- lte• • pQpcdattoa ta A!l) , . - , • • • I 9 C f5 iidUrtlt l»ati Hoa■ of > ,.,,, . . '• llakt saa za•. •• «i•••• •• affal:1 u a111 ••~ 111 , 1:CIL IUCW a tlttcad: u,aw of 11 . . il. • • mtu,et. ~ ~ . A l l ot •1oh tl e4 1D 111 th autllllfia in · th• Gr11k toro•• on the Al.1114 aide. Ohuroh111 aaid to4aJ tbat tile Grau brigade ad a large pro-portion of tile Grau RaYJ aut1•••'• .. ,1au• a related,••• •o1rol•4 bJ Brl'l•h toro•• ••• tbirtr ■11•• ••1 from £.lem4r1a, . . . Grelk ah1p• lllioh bad ■11t11l114 ill iltPD4rla ••r• lJlD& wader th• gWla or bo\h ahor• 'batt•r1•• &4 ov aup1rlor • • l toro••· 'l'be taulon•, he went on •laste4 tor nearlJ thrl• weak••• To 1fh1oh he a44•4 tba t the autini•• wer• dz nutuaUJ auppre•a•4 w1 th oo naidtrabl• ft ghtlng. ft• •hip• were boar4e4 bf Gr11ka under the Greek 9>Yerma1nt, aDd about tittr ot ~• mutineers were killed. wTtLe aut1noua brigacl• in tile 4eaert•, Kid Churchill, "were aaaaulte4 by m superior British toroea altJRCHILL - 8 goTernaent ia not •• bad as 1 t aigh t app •r on the aurtaoa. Md he added tbat the Pol•• •lll noaiTe ooapenaation tor any terri tor, that ~h•y My turn OTer to the SoTiet■, ooapeuatioa at th• ezpenae ot Garmany. In azolla_nge tor what RUala takea, AD4 th1 • takea ua to Cluarohill •• 4aolaratioa today '11at. the Atlantlo Cllllrt.er 4oea not apply t.o Gal'IIIIDJ. The illlecl ooa41t.1ona Ill th botla Bazllan4 u4 Japan at.ill r••ln - IIDOOD41t1oa1 ■urr•«•r. ('l!lto•• euu •••, ••at 11&•• al ll ••• *• •••.,• --••• • " ' Ilttt• . . . . . . ······t Be oall e4 .' a■ OD preriou oooa■iOD■, tor a poet.-•r L or~satlon th•r• woul4 be plao• not onlJ tor tba Brlt.iah Ilaplr• " but al a, tor a oloae t.le betwHn ·Britain u4 1ibe Ulll t.e4 8\atea. ho11 the Churohill 4eolarat1on• on 1J0rl4 organization, we gather that he is tor a global aociet.y ot nation■, and at th• ••• t.1M, tor a Brltiah-aerloan alllanae. PACI1IC In the PaoitioJTrwc ma been hit again. Th• planea that •••ailed tbat muah batterecl •n•J ba1e, t l n troa General KaoArthur'a aeotor, taking ott troa the AclairaltJ I1lan41. Upty- roar ton■ ot boaba hit a oouple ot air-clN11e1 at Tru. On the A11at1o •1nlaiul, 1tubbol'll tiptiag 11 atlll going on ln northern Burma ancl at IIJlti,u • ■treet battle 1• :ra1lq la th• to11D, whloh th• Jape are clet8D41ng stubbornly behlat log barr1oa4••· To4ay•• 41apatob trca out there atatea tbat Aaerloan-tralnecl Chia.•• troop• hne oleared the Jape fl'GII a Nll•J u4 roe4 Juotloa oa tile wHten •48• of 11)'1,u. ill this goea on while the re1DI are falllDC, aa lt Allerioen an4 Cbl••• toroe■ lntencl t.o ftgbt rlpt on through tb• Komoon. ., WJRSBIP There 1• aome 1nt1•t1on traa the White Hou• to oontlra the ator7 thet one or more United statea warahlpa bat'been tranaterred to SoTlet Ruaaia. There baa been auoh talk about tlala 1n Congreaa, atataaenta that the orlliaer MilwaUkee • • lum4ec1 oTer - to t.be SoTiet. •4 today Whit• Houae Seoretary St••• Early 4eolare4 that t.be atet•enta 1n Oongreaa aaounte4 to an ••••ion ot the ouaorahlp regar4lng 11111 tarJ 1ntor•t1on. To llhioh he a44ed •t th• luaaln••• of .&Mrloan •rahlpa ad So•l•t Bual• ••• a 4nelopa•t ot the prealt•tlal 4eol.Mat1on ot --• llhll• . . o tllat Ruaala would 1•t ahlpa trom Or•t Britain and tile United Stat•• •ountlng to one thlr4 of 1ibe Italian tl••t - 111lioh • - o••r to th• .t.lli ea. Thls bring• a p,c::pt retol't tro■ Senator Brnater of .. " ~ ,«I,,., .,. Kaine, who aays tba t, J Seoretary larly • • theory la aocepte4 - "the entire AJNrioan fleet", in the senator•• wor4a, "ooul4 be tranaterred to Russia or aoae other p nation and no one in Congreas would be able to open hi• mout,b". The Texaa pol1t1oal c1Yil war will go to th• l)a)cratio Rational CoDTention. Ta:> ■late■ ot 4elegatea)pro- Roo•••el t and anti-Roo ■e••lt 1 11111 be pre~ente4 - •• a result of Ua• atate ooDTention bol~ Mihm the pro-Roo••••lt a1nor1tJ w11ill4rn 1k fro• th• anti-tourth-tera •~oritJ, an4 ••t up a oonention of A their o•. Both •14•• • • • 4rawn up ■lat• ot telept•• an4 tb• belief lJl Waah1ngton ia tbat tbe pro-Roo••••lt ll'OIIP 11111 wl.n out wbln the D-,orat1o Con•mt.1on ooui4•r• the oa••• Waah1ngton 1 • not 1nol 1n•4 to at.t.aoll auoll iaport.ano• to the 8J)lit in Tena, bel~e•illl Uaat it won•+. etteot th• ».oorat.1• 1 "2- prea14ea\1al aOll1ut1oa or tll• uaal bllallleH of Ta&• aoiac l¼I9" JIOOSEVKLT .l new OOl!IIIUUlder of the Order of the Brltlah Eaplre was or•ted today - Colonel illlott Boo••••lt, aon of the Prea14•t• B• • • 4eoorate4 at ill1e4 Headquarter• ln ItalJ bJ £1.r llarehal llr trattor4 Leigh llallorJ - in reoopition of hla exploit• lD tile p1•llo• realm of reoowiaaanoe photography. &lliott Boo••••lt 1• 1D OOIIUlld of a plaotograpblo 111\lt• u~litM ••• •aal• • " latlquiabe4 hluelt peraoDallJ t, 1D tllpta o••r •D•J 11D••· Kl• u i t • • taken tiff ailllo~ y,lotv•• lD the oour•• ot tbre• oapalpa. 11•• lllllloD pbotoerapu - wbloh ahou14 qualltr Sl.llott ROo•••elt. Dot onlJ •• a c--Dl•r ot the Or4er ot t.be Brltiah Jap1r•, but alao •• • GeDeral1•Mlao of tile aDolot and fenatloal •••ooiatloD of oaera t1en4a. _ _._. - .... . - , - ~ ) . 5 ~ CBID The newa tro■ China looka •••!&ell-, seri o us -- w1 th the Jape now driTing r& T' 14ly to the rice bowl oity or Changaba. To4ay Chungking announoe4 tba t all oi Tiliane had been rdere4 out ot Cbangaha, to ol•r the ground tor a 4efenae.r'l'b. Jape are trying to clear the n b railroad tl'Om u,1'ow to Canton, and it thereuooee4 in 4o1ng that, they'll not only dmalnate the rloe bowl, b u t ~ t _,utben. Chlaa lu • TIie a.taeH belle Te the t the ultimate obJeot ot t.lle to aelze all of aoutbeaat.ern China. the llbol• and thereby toreetall u • -.r1oan dr1Te by aea. Admiral Nlaitt laa 1n41 ate4 tba t our etrategy wttt• will be a-tl,.t tr<a the Paoltlo la no to the ooaat ot Chlu. Chungklng aaya the a1tua tlon 1a grill -- wbioh r•1n4e ue that .be a1tuat1on ot the Chinese baa be~ gria t1•• and again, but they alwaya 11&118g e d to hang on. 80111'BW E STDR PACIFIC On the R• Guinea l•lan4 ot Blak bitter oonfiict or the Kolmer air4ro■e. 'l'he lap• are tightlng 4••peratel7, as well they ■igbt -- oona14er1ng the faot tbat th• Uolaler air baae 1a w1 t.llin lud-baaect bomb1Dg range of \be Pb111p p 1nea. The en•7 1• oounter - attacldng, w1 th the la teat nn• telliDI ua ot t11> more powe r ful ••••ult• repelle4 by the Maeriou troopa. The weather baa turned bad a g ain in northern E urope, w1 UL • 5 torm awee t: i DC the J!.llg]. i ab Cbann el todaJ. Lightning, tbunder an4 rain followed bJ continued high winda an4 a 11urkJ •kf• Thia followed fi'Ye claya of perteot inftaion w•ther. ID apite of poor flJill@ coD41tion■ to4aJ, tbe big .-rlom bomber ■ baaed on Brl tain hit the Kazi ■ • u■ual - tllougb not in a• great a torce a■ ,eater4ay. Toclay only •••ent••n hUD4re4 1>luaea were in the aaaault -- onlL •••entem. hundred. 11Ye HUD4re4 ---- were flying rortre•••• an4 Liberator■ • ._ they were eaoorte4 by tw•l•e hun4red fighters. With all those tighten the Jiau ■ 41411 •t t17 to interfere. •The a■oart • • ao bee'Q', it al110at ble&cke4 out tbl 111n abOYe u ■", rela tea Lieutenant Robfft Jreooai or Hew Torte. AD4 he a d ds: "We were •• ,ate •• babe■ in am■•. targets were railroad yar4a. e AJaerlcan lo•••• were only one h•:'YY bomber~ an4 tour tighter■• General Jllllly ~~~ Doo i ittle awltahing from Germen aircrett tactoriea to centers ~ ot comunlca t iona. ill tiR - 2 Thia blow trca Britain 1 ■ only halt - the ■ to17 -- the Allies laUDOh Dg to4ey amther ot tho ■• a one-two pUDOhea. aerioan 'bollbera t l n trca Italy, ud p •1•1Ja hit tile key oil t1el4■ in Roaania, boablq ret1ner1••· • • ,1w • • •• 9'1•••'~ • •• t; aud ttte wcAu •• • • • ••••• . . •~• •• . . •••• s,, Iii: , •• I I: _,H Illa ■I» 17 I■ ■ - , ,}."~* ■-M - • • - •• • ····-·· a • 1G•Dt1'1•• or buiat■a .~ .. rLIIR Here•a a late ■torr, Ju■t in, alch g1Te■ ua a SWedlab opinion ot the Nazi atoriee about the lpohlng ot •erican n1era ~ Phoney propaganda, think fitt swede■• ~ Razi so ll"Oe■ haTe Taried the tale, ■o■etlae■ nJiq that tiTe flier• were killed, and ao■ etlmea relating tbat oneaerioan was aobed. Md today in Stoothola tki ■ latter • nr ■i Q D • • glnn in the fora ot a lur14 ■to17. It tole! bow an .Aaerlcu Lieutenant o•• 4own by parachute 1D the Pro•lnoe ot Bru4enburg. A aob aeize4 hi■, and a German •o apoke Engl.lab lntenened. Be aa14 to the .._.rloan: "You olllht to ·be a a■bame4 to ■hoot at 4etenaeleaa peoole•. Whereupon tbe £Mr1ou la rep rte4 to ha" ,._, turned away 000117, apat on t.he growa4 an4 ■aid: "Tbat•a war•. Bia attitude intl•ed t.he m:>b, and the7 killed hla. Thia 1 1 tbe type or yarn whS:ah, HJ tbe SWedea, Ila• all the aoun4 ot rraudulent pro aganda. Nothing ot the ■ort 1• printed in Germany, but ls rel• ■ed through pro-Nazi obannela in swe4en1 t o ~ ~ ITALY ID Italy the illies today were 4r1•1ng to outtlank th• _ _ Jo.Th• City ot Rome at.an4e on a net plain. tbat. anoient « L , ~ ~ dt- LatiD le.1nj but there•a high groun"~ lib1oh 1• to the aoutb of the Cit.7 - · a group ot hill a, t-he Alban Billa. Th••• are not towering p•ka, but t-hey are ruggecl and cut 1ll> by rann••• an4 tor■ a ti detenai•e line well adapted to the Oeman ayat• ot t>lll boz••• So, 1netea4 of a cllreot ••••ult a1a1Dat tale Alban Billa, British an4 -.erioan toroea are clrlnng to go eroUD4 the en4a. toda, thrut along tbe beaobea to get to tbe rear of th• 11111• trom the aee•r4 aide-- an4 -.rioan eol41ara oaptura4 a town 111th u appropriate n•e. • town called - t•aerioano • the ••rioan. One wonders bow that plaoe near Rome got tba naae. The story 1• one ot Tiolent tank bettl••• aeriou amour driving a g ainst 8 quality or oppoaltion that today oeuae4 - A to atat e • "It ls now evident Allied commander Gene 1· el ilexa~er .- tbat the enemy intends to bold this line et all oo e ta" Th• ITALYN- 2 1tubbornnea s ot Nazi resist ~ 1 anc~ • to be oontraated with oontinued ligna t.hat the enemy may be pulling u out tro■ Rome. ~ I .ie. a battle in tbe 41111t. The weather in 1outber11 Italy baa an been bot and drJ tor week•• and the powdered earth r1••• 1D 4enae clouds, •• the ■aohiua ot war gr1n4 their • 1 torwar4. The dust 1a ba4. ■akiag it tough tor halt-oboke4 aol41era. 7',. tank a lea•• b tlhin4 t.h• a traii ot ,mite 11•wtn 111l1rl1q 4uat, lllliall 4iaoloa•• them to • the en•J gmmera. The latest 11 a 41apatob tram Rome ltaelt •1• lla4r14. ■ore cl ear in tile lternal City, and the Spaniah oorr•• onO.ent ••1• he counted huge explo s ion• at the rate or aiztJ a minute. !IPDLI COIIMERCI~ Most or ue bETe bad our •tohea atop Juat beoauae ot a little dust in the w:>rka. The least little thing ae•s to throw a preolae bit ot machinery out ot kilter. Take your oar•• wheel bNrlnge tor inatanoe. They are aull an4 preolaely •4e, too. Mil thou@b they're tough - enough to bola up the entire weight of your oar, Juat a little 4ut in their woru oan ruin them and l'\lll up a big repair bill on you. To iake sure you oar•• wheel bearinp aren't clmaged thla way baYe them aernoe4 at lenat eyery ti•• thou■an4 at Standard - where they 1 11 aet BP M wheel bearlllg *• gr•••• a auper-tough lubrloant 4esipe4 to seal wheel bNringa agaiut the entrance ot grit and moiature. It it'• been aome t1•• 11m e you oar, 8 • • el bearing• were 1 nepeoted oall the Stan4ar4 serTioe M an right now -- tell h1• you'll be in tomorrow tor a wheel beartn, Job. Now, let•• get baok to Lowell Tbomaa an4 the nen. , IfflLARD Firat return• are in trom the eleotion in Ireland -- \ the election that Prime Miniater de Valera called atter auataining a deteat in the Dublin ~ Parliaent. The •rly return• ahow »•Valera' a party in the lead, making gaina. Late 1Dn1ght the co11nt abowed the Prime Miniat er . . winning forty-two parliaaentarr aeata agalnat eleven tor the op oaltion. DeValera hiuelt, together with ■ even ot hi• cabinet merabera, were elected. complete return• are not expected tor aeveral claya -- '6e tlhe ail.ee,t: ■ a •• eae •ucdrecl~ FRA UD In Bo ston on hund red shipya r d work ers were a rrested toda y -- on c h rg s or c h ating the governmen t by m ns or uhoney i eo e w ork . Th g em was worked by means of organized groups, 1lln& they o l l ed - - clubs. Each club u consisted of Iii welders and counters, th e counters being shipyard employees who cheok on the amount o r work done by the welders. B:xtra ay tor extra work, end the oount er ark down bow much. In a club the counters would credit a fraudulent amount or xtra work to the welder members - who thereby @Pt extra weekly p ay mu which tht,y didn't earn, and they s 11 t the cro oke d money w1 th the count ere. The F B states that ~ h ts •--alt el11b~epe-toaecl s the whole t h in~ emountt:Dc t o one or the biggest frauds to be exposed since the war began. CABAR E T TAX The e te has voted to cut the tax on ni ht lite -- that im ost o thirty percent on all places that beve entertainment. Cabaret and ni ht club owners have b e en acreamin~ , and the senate waa presented with figures to show how hard the thirty percent e,\. cabet tu has hit. Two thousand, tour hundred and thirty-one hot " spots have clo ed doVC>. since the tu went into ci,t tie re88,'41ffll •reduceX the thirty percent tax to twenty percent. That is, twenty percent to be slapoed OfiW Ill+ checks or oiv111_ans, tor men in unltorm - - no tax at all. s Toni t coal Administrator Ickes banded back a lot or coal min s. Her turn d to riTete ownershi coal its roduoing sixty~ rent of the nation's sott coal. These mines were seized by th government thirteen months ago, at th time ot the big coal strike. However, eTerythi g has been settled- · and the mines are r turn d t their owners. ► LI The fin l w rd is that no lives w e r e lost in the grounding o f a y · ery shi , otr th Feral lone Islands today. In a heavy tog the vessel went on the r o cks out - there twenty miles from San Francisco's Golden Gate. It bad aboard a large number or Navy men - and all wer e ta k en off, rescued by small craft. I t 1 s ha d t t hink o t a o lio e o fficer d oi n g t e kind of t hi t he t i s c har g ed ag a i ns t a v t e r a n 11 o o e s e rg e ant or Oakl n d . The y say h e t o o k money fm f rom the bo d ies or Anny fli e rs kill e d in e crash. Lost J anuary t h ere w&s a spectacular cetastr o he when a bo m ber crash ed into a ho m e at Oaklan d , and ex p loded and burned. The olioe m an i n question was on the Job there, and the story 1& that he turned in to the Treasury Department fragments of e hundred Dollars in pa p er money. R e explained that the money had been burned in e waste,. pa pe r basket tire in his house. he n later it develooed th t relatives ot some or the flier s e nt similar p fragments ot money to the Treasury Depart ent tor redem tion. T hes e fra gm ent s includ ed th e oth e r e nds of some of the so-er~ ~ - - , t j bills preb e nte c by the p oliceman. So - r d ~ t h e olioeman had ta k en ieces or oharr d m oney fro m the bodies ot the fliers. ► TRIAL , a h ington' bi urd er trial ende d today -- with an acquittal o r th e sixty-seven year old lawyer, Robert I. Miller. Be shot and killed Dr. John • L ind, the well 4 known psychologist - - who , be oh a . rge , had stolen the love of his wi.fe. And be claimed -- self defense. Tonight's verdict ot not guilty was tol lo wed by a court- room damo11strat i on - the jury crowding around th defendant, congratulating him. O v r ln 1:: n _ l nd day a rt i e se nsati o n o f m nkeys w send d - - e ed wit a shot. And now Londoners can return their inter sta to such matters as war and invasion. Tw o monkeys, a pair named Jack and Jill, were favoritea in the carnival. They wer E: large Simians, frican onkeye, each over tw feet ta l . Their trainer was Tom Lbe, famous in times s,ne by as a flag ole ai tter. The carnival visited Hampstead, and there Jeok and Jil l got loose and took to the maJ stio trees on the nearby est _ te ot Lord Invertort.h. £nd t he n they proceede d to stage a loo 1 res i of t•ut terror. They devaated his Lordship's war garden, disru . ted life on the estate, and at night they wandered orr and frightened women. They nearly soared a cou le of old ladies t:> death. This went o n ror five days, and all the while Tom tee, the form r flagpole s1 tting champion, was doing his best to get the monkeys down out of the trees. ,He-ftleal!ed. l'l!,h leek a:nl! fill, them out w1 t b lllllrJH• morobine, smearing the drug on slices or bread end hsn. Jae k and Jill ate the sandtiches, morphine and all, and r. othing he ened. He fed them sleeping tablelB in a saucer, enou h to put en ele bent into e somd slumber. The ~onkeys devoured . the alee ing mixture, then just yawned a cou le or times, and went on r 1 s1 ng ca 1 n. Tod y was th e: dt8dlin . -.!!e ctunif'ai waa mov1ng from 0 EYS - J't cher es , train A, To Lee uld hav to sh oo t them. e ma e o e fl na l d e s pe rat e effort to evo i d that eed ooncl usion. Jeck and Jill were fond of wb is key __ they liked to tl -le nee.tl ~ from a bottle. ,fuiskey 1 uax_a scerce in l!:ng land, tlUX!I end mi gh ty err ensi ve. ut the trainer mad e th su reme sacrifice. Be placed a quart within reach or the monkeys, and weited :r11 tor thern to dr nk i t - - the whiskey oalculeted to put them into en alcoholic stupor, dead drunk. Jack and Jill oeme o ut or nz the tree and went tor the bottle, but instead o . drinking they knocked it over, the precious .:iiskey spilling on the ground. Tba t was the end, Thia evening Tom Lee got out hie ritle, and with a sad heart he raised it, took aim, and ehot. out or the tree drop . ea Jill, stone deed. Tom Lee didn't abo t age.in, tor down scra mb led Jack. His mate shot out of the tree, he surrendered sub:nissively. BOY - At Schen ctady, New York, Tony 1 i astr an , sixteen years old, 1 oi n stay in scho o l unt i l be gradu a tes. Tony has ede u nd th tin w r tim s like the e it was no use o i n o n with hi b sch oo l cl sses. He'd t a job, until be was ld enough for the A.JTny. H was ell set, d tennined. But now he has ohenged his mind. o r rather, his older brother ario changed it tor him. Mario, himself, quit school before graduating, and he was m rry afterwards. He Join e d the A rmy, and went ror service oversea ~ . As a soldier he realized how he could have used the aohooling he had missed. So h wanted Tony to graduate atid get a diploma. -W.- ~ . • was 8 hero of the cam paign in Tunisia, where he won A the American Pur le H rt and the French Croix de Guerre. He was severely wounded in the le gs and, w,rst or ell, he lost the gift or sn eoh. • by the oonoussi n of e bomb, be Knocked unconscious 1L, d when be came to -- he couldn't ie lk. sustained some ne rvoA s injury, an Ti~e went on and he never uttered a word. J -- ut that didn't ke ari . astri ni frora holding a job - - u on h l s retum home. Be went work at the General E l ctric Com any in Schenectady, 88 ~ .1. . u11t inspector - unable to talk and perfonning his tasks with sign language_ and . encil and paper. And in that way, too, he kept insisting that hie y o un er brother Tony stay 1 n school. The climax cane today -- the kid was n ~ stubborn, said he was going t o w:>rk. Mario argued with him, using sign language and pencil and paper. But Tony had made up his mind . . · Nhereu on the veteran or the Tunisian campaign grew an ry. "All right", he said, "you support the family and I•ll stay at heme". He really said it. Tony started. Their mother, who was with them, gaped. For Mario an bad blurted right out-~ with snoken words end a loud voice, the first words he had uttered stnc e ~hat bomb explosion in Tunisia s ixte n months ego. Something bed sna p ped, som e thing had broken the spell of 11• dumbness. Ee sai d aft e rward: "I just got so boiling mad I had to talk, I guess". And he's been tal k ing all day - with a restor e d g it t o f s e e ch . P . S . Tony has decided that h e's goin g t o stay in school. ?. t>. S, ~ •