r , N r u r T ----~-- ----- I I ( n 1 H d 1 es 1 CJ Fir t n ov r , n rih o f Ai -1 -Ch e l e. T a t k Hundreds of uns; - lon i ant t o-hund red - an or ty - m i 11 i m t e H o i t z e r :., &n:-e--;,~"~e!!"rr"9~--tl-~~~ · t-Ee1-1deEl'9-••aa-6• QGP~~~ eh&ll-9 io soften up the German lines before ,. . . the ea ■ giillboys went over. The weather w a s ood for the first time in many days, so the foot sleg ing infantry had the a ditional help o four hundred mediua bombers ~nd a hundred dive bombers. They forced the passa e of the Wurm River, in thP face of a terrific resistance from the Germans. ~ They ~ the cream of the Nazi army to tig:11~ there, ~ - ~ the e n a m y ~ ~ t ~ new tactics. Instead of putting their infantry in pill boxes, they deplol/;h~ M-ti1l1'N and suppor/4em with mortar fire. Furthermore, they have innumer ble rows of foxholes behind 'trite ' 'F T . I O T - ----------- i 1 b x , a nd the Ge rm £ n d · nd ev r foxh le s t O U h l r their l ast t a n d . In A ix-la-Chappelle itself they ar makin ne ill b o xes oa tbr 1pa1 sf bbe ~~ i"-th i r t nnks . ~ n g t>he■ ~ •itb eemeR•. Like the R ussiaEeefeetiere of- Stalingrad, A . A they are buil ing barrivades and strin ing chains across the streets of Aix-la-Chappelle. It is a battle with bayon;r,hand-grenades and flame throwers, the biggest ~ attack s i n c e ~ doughboys ma · e the bi bre a k-through at St.Lo in Normandy. The dispatch reports that a trainload fall of ~ \ ammunition an supplies was on its way to theAgarrison there. The en g ineer made the mistake of stopping just east of the city and blowing his whistle. A quick reply was a storm o s hells,which am shed the train to hits • . Hod g es is advancing on a twenty mile front, h s u h Pd t o ru il s int o the ie fried L ine. This t. t t l s ~d tow e ~ s. Int ~ n o rth, he Can i n Fir t Army ~ aco9aJ.llieh~ an h r cros in of the fr o ntier into - -----=----------- ---- Hollan . Th re the G rm a n are hur in o ne ierocioa• counter-att ack after another a ainst the ' British holding the tip of the salient below Arnhem. But the British threw back every atta ck . ~ l,v-k To the s o u th , ¥ a ft It e e c o 1 um n s ,#,8 hie" ee. another A /'- /, invasion of German territory by c apt u r i ~ ~ • n fifteen miles n o rtheast f the city of Luxembourg. 6' aJ- ~"~ ..the be.r~. QenFal Patch's ~ have /\ advanced still further toward Belfort. ~ ,t,~Patt, / ~ ~ ) I ~m~ the forest of Gremecy, fourteen miles north of Nancy. -fifteen miles no1 thens-+> gf-Alaoc,- In i um, th N z is r ·ithdra in from th outs k irt of ntwerp. Te utch inhabit nts o f the I' isl nds in the estuary of the Scheldt River received radio warn i ng today from Gener 1 Eisenhower's ' headquarters) 'l'hi11 inform~fthem about to begin a heavy ~ e wants to clear the mouth of the Scheld use the port of Antwerp \ supplies for thxinva_.Pion of Germany. ~ . s i hun H , v r, ca~ u t · s not u . a in inc mba have incr a . th otal of the 1 o . s e o f o u r a r my _ a n o rty-two t ho usand. whiea Of those, more than eventeen thou ~a nd-five hundred were l ost in the continental United t a tes s a re u l t of training, trans p ort and patrol accidents. Th · 11· ,., r ued t r t e i c ir in r f rce than ev N fe r t h n t e l v e - hundr d of Un le Sm's Fortresses and Liber tors bombe Colone, Hamm n Kassel. '1'telte'-a-r-eQu vital railre&~ cen e through hich the azis have to supply their ~ a miPs alonp At ~ hund "d and seventy-five mile front ~ 5.--_ - ',J~ ._ A ~ - £ : ~ ~ - 12. A ~ / ' - ~ -.. force of ar und c,O'lle. thous n American fighter planes covered the bi bombers. Since Pearl Harbor, our air forces have dropped a total of one million tons of bombs on our enemies. Almost half that volume - since D-Day, June ~ Sixth. So we learn from General .asp. Arnold, Commander of A ' the ll..A.Jt\.. General Arnold that - Air Forces have a combat su eriority oft o-to-one over the enemy J Th ■J have destroyed more than t· nty-seven ~~~ · enemy anes, . fourteen thousand th u n with Bul arian tr o ' a e ' v ncinv on hundr d nd-sixty mile ~~ front to h r i ro ~ f rom Be ra e to thens; ~ft\. 1»h~J .at -4. 0- :i:-t-i• the ma in route ~ ---. by hich the Nazis~ e c pe fro~ · tbe Balkans- r~ -~~-,.~. 7PQ;J, ~ ~ a n o t h r Soviet army has captured ,( Szeged, the second largest city in Hun a ry. ~ Then a ain, the Second'- Army of the Ukraine, is crossing the Danube in iz ■■ greater force than evey ~~ ~ German army Me Me•ff~Yee ba~~'"'::t'ty-five miles in&ldi if Jugoslavia. The Fourteenth Cor s of Marshal Tito's Partisan forces is also cooperating with the ussians, drivin~ from the east toward Bel rad~ ' cap . tur~a town only nineteen miles s o uth of the 1'. Ju osl v ca ita l. The azis have twenty-seven divisions - some I hun ·n m n - in Ju o l · via ,;!t°Gf ~ . r in cause the A the Partis n f ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~~e-~-t!'t'N!t'~~lltft-a- s u p 1 y 1 i n e s • ~ T l i ockade around those e mans in the Bal m hibious op r·tions, a c ell air rid . b broa cast from Pari re orte that they b ve landed in northwe tern Cr t , but th re is no confirm tion of that. At the same t i e , it ould be a lo ical operation after the 1 n in on the i 1 nd of ythera,only fifty miles ewa~ from Crete. The Germans are evacuating their garrisons cin the is land 5 of the Aegean, 1'ut a co munique from Middle East headquarters reports that this operation is becoming increasingly expensive for the enemy. The Paris radio claims that the British a~my which landed in south rn Albania has made contact with the Greek patriots on the frontier between Albania and Greece. Al l thi 1J rogno ic tin bout a uick victory over the NaZ,.is doesn't sit well itb our lads at the front. Th ord is that thy are riled when they receive lett rs from f mili and friends at home talking a bout the inminent collapse oft e Germans. ~ppar ntly our N milit . ary men over there think that the Geraan army ie not beaten yet, not by a long shot! Field ua · rshal I••*• Yontgomery -- . Monte of E+lamein -- on the other hand-'. continues to say; tbat the German army is licked. . onty has just repeated that statement to Bugh Baillie. President of the United Press. But, American front line commanders are convinced that the war in Germany will continue through the coming winter and into the Spring of Nineteen Forty-five. And so do the boys who are fighting tht Bun. Our commanders are saying that all this talk about a quick surrender i harmful -- bad for morale. n a a~tired ol ier receiv newsp pers and l e t s from hom _ telling him th ar is about to end, ell, lo c n you x ect him o risk hi life ith the aame grim det rmination ~hat he would if he thought thee a till big j<>b ahead? ubj . · t v -.. n . ted n i I 0 C t. L , t July, in on of the l l i . d ir r i OV r lambu t bo b hi · this man 's 1 · n iri i - im i h the azi n a to hi ~ t, ni hm n re - • ived a han - some um m o n So d i t · k , i busin , eas. ; hat thi s business am oun te to s b etting a s o the accuracy of the British and American bo mbe rs. He £i. ured out wh e re th e next bombs wou d fa}l and went out and rented furnished rooms and ho u ~ 1n h os e dis tricts. ost of the t· me hi g uess as correct, wher e upon be filed claims for ~ loss of cloth in . a nd per onal , effects. Be a 0 oin uite 11 a this, but like m t ra k teers he nt too far . H e claime _ ten -.. th and r s f r th d at h of a wife a nd t o children. "' , b d , be Th+ us .. the estaD _ i. o ch · · ed u . on - · d l 1m an .• fou n d h bachelo. , ivin a life o f ease a nd m ri. a n ge d. ~ ~ , · tri d , co nv icted an d ~ ~ - - d i , Yl~--~A '""'-\. ~ ~. ...... On th i 1 n d s~~~~ Uncle Sam's 1, I forces b ~ ve killed ten thous a nd,a hundred and fifty-one Ja anese and captured a hundred and eighty-seven, since Saturday. Admiral Nimitz announces this tonight. The Navy h s alre dy established a military government on Augur. There are still a few fanatical Jape holding out in foxholes. But Uncle Sam's Marines and Infantry are rapidly mopping them up. All ' ashin ton is t lkin i ~ toni , ht about a brawl ti h a . ~ ~ e'lt e=tt a t t he 8 tat 1 er Ho t e 1 on Se pt e m be r Twenty-third, after President Roosevelt delivered his address to the Teamsters• Union. A couple of naval officers, battle-fatigued patients at the nearby Naval Hospital, had gone to the hotel to attend a dance. They found the dance had been postponed. As they were in the mezzanine, a group ot guests from the banquet came up to them, told the ■ about the President's speech, and 4w rkt .. ' • , asked the naval · officers about their politics! These aenAaaid they were ae ■bers of the Teamsters• Union. The naval officers replied • that what they asked was none of their business. So the men who s a id they were Teamsters accused the officers of bein disloyal to the service and to their Commander-in-Chief. The men who said they were Teamsters then - as ~ d the of i cers ho h a m d forces elt about union ... / Th of icers re lied they kne nothin a bout it n i n o t c re to s a y anythin. hat happened was told by Lieutenant Randolph Dickins, Jr., of the Navy . He said at this point be saw the Te msters were chair and Rrguin with holdinf his friend down in a hi~ ~t: ~~ Bill ~ t o o k a swing at the officer, while he was still seated. Lieutenant Dickins tried to get up to help ~is f r i e : ~ e o n e grabbed hi■ ~ I Z ~~~ fro ■ behind, A,d n ■ otb11 a~hit hi• in the left eye. J:r. low Dickins, who happens to be a hero of the Battle of 1, ~-t,, Midway, is six feet two. b fought fr•e of the men / /, who were holding him, and started to lay about him with his fists. The Teamsters by this time had pushed \ Lieutenaht Dickixtf• friend into a telephone booth and .. were punching him there. - Dickins knocked one man to the deck, as he puts it, whereupon three other Teamsters swun at hi ■ from all sides. One of the men in the group a ccused him of having beaten up a personal friend of President Roosevelt's, and threa . ened hi ■ with discipline by higher authorities. ~ T h e officers were rescued by two ■en of the } --t/},,~I . shore patrol. But even as they were being escorted to ~,:_;;,tu-- shore patrol headquarters,/\the attacking Teaaaters ran alongside, trying to punch those naval officer•, both invalid• and one a hero of the Battle of Midway! ,. y o u n y ' 0 e nl r w th United Stat es as a s l n i n t _ r t in c a er, al thou g h she ia only nineteen years o ld. ~he is ,~•tt a pr tty Irish girl, liz b th cLeod . I n th · · st thee years, sh b en n e o ight ftm . ic nf sol ' iers and for s 0 ilors. Her fi nces wer not simultRn ous. h ju nev brc m a bri ~ b cu Amoric n s rviceae over sr , h v e t o w i t s i x m o n . h b e f o r th y c a n marry • In d 11 of i c, od's p rospe c tive husb a nds were tr h n fe red b ef ore the siz months waiting period was up. finally, she persuaded a couple of American army offi ers to hide her in a coffin and fly her in a bomb r from ~elf as t to ~cot a nd. There ~ h met a lad in th ~ erch an t f • , a r1ne, a la from Y o un st own, I. nio. ~ '1 who fell in love with . l.88 McLeod and, with the he p __,,,---- of a shi m te smu led her a board in a ilor's ub i form. F o r h i r t y - th e P d ( , y r. he h i c in loc er, fiv da ys 'l' O I. r - j n ' o · t n . t n t · - i h t. c; u r i n l h c r o · ~ i n f the lantic. ~ h i n going to marry the young Merch nt rin f ilor from roun ., s t • n, lthou h she 'h been t yin a Youn sto n ith hi · family. 'h . met a sol ie1 · · h lik s b tt r sh ' xp ains, who is going to matry her a soon as he C8Jl. - Meanwhile, however, the old Pentleman-•itb-the- rhiskers ha tak n a ban~, bechuse even pretty girls fro ■ Ireland are not allow d to enter the United ~tatea as stowa • ays. 80 no she hRs a lot of explaining to do ~ to the i ■11igration authol'ities. Married ladies of my cquaintance assure me th t H s cLeod bar' · one to mo e 'fort to get a husb~nd than any husband '1eio - ii b ;;\1 is worth. ►w U•·7~ - BAo BALL ------~--.-.--- The hap ie t town in the United~ at s tonight is the old city of aint ouis one t center of the fur tra There is a much ov rsung song call d The St. Louis Blues butt ere are n blues in Saint Louis toni ht. The slogan is The St. Louis Browns. And what a fight those ball players ent t r~~.At'hey A .., • ~ i'ajat G~s House G&ng, the C rdinals of their own town. The odds are pretty heavy because the GAS ,... B 0 use Gang flew through the nlticnal league like the man on the flying trapeze. But this is one series where the sympathy of American fans all over tb~J~:.:~ 7 ~~ , •ill be with the underdog. The Brown_;had a fight until \ A ~ ~ t h e very last call of the umpire • ..tf:JCE~,.. a break for the sports reporters of the St. Louis news • federal jury at Washin ~ ton today indicted r. Edward A. Rumely, executive eecretar of the Committee for Constitutional Government. The indictment charges r. Bumely with contempt. It says that he refused to obey a subpoena of the campaign expenditures of the House of Representatives, a subpoena ordering him to produce the records showin · ho had contributed to his Committee, and how much. the main body of Field arsh 1 von [esselring's forces . . . . , &V\s i-,\flrrl alon the approaches to the valley In four days, the Germane have hurled four fierce ~-~~ counter-attacks a ainst the Fifth, bu) :tlil ■ !&11\)1 have driven them b ~ 6 ~heyt;,rri~/~hroug~ aleag, ~:!f:r:. t.he, ~ smash Iesselring's aray ~ ... ,_/ A. ;;t;.: ef:fect1•~ cdt off ~ retreat~ of t.hoae Hali aait.•. ~ The the statement made by -R.Eime M - ia - i ~ t t ins on Churchill in the Bauce I I Comm ns L: . t ' ee that the • lie h b en sending them l&vi h hep. A pokes ; n for th Chinese Kilitary Co nc1l at Chun in _ eel ed, on the contrary that the United Sates lad sent itifully inadequate aid to Chiang [ai-ahek's a mies. He made the further sta ement that the total tonna e of supplies hicb we sent toe stern China from Nineteen Forty-One down to the present hour, would not suetain a single British or American division in combat for one week. While the spokesman said this, the Japanese armies in southeastern China were hitting the Chinese harder than ever. There t•o main advancing columns are within less than a hundred miles of joining up in th~ Province of Kwan si. As we have been hearing, that wills lit hina from north to outh, . and isolete the _!!12 - h . ~ n~.- C 0 A st . Into months, the J ps h e forced th f ourt,een th -Vnited-n-i hte& Air Force to a band on no ewer than four strate ic bass in East China, including Kweilin.