{/J _ ~ J.. lJ.rJ . , ~ I O JJ1ift/-. -.... .. ...... >"- ' · I!! Quinn Sewa rraa the 8 ~uthwestern p oifi o reveals tonight that 1A the Aaerloan conquest or Bew Hollandia on the horthern shore ot le• Guinea, aeTen-bullllrecl-ant\-.aeven allied pris o ners were rescued. The, had bee internet lll Hn Guinea tor two yeara, and •117 ot 111•,Brltish Indian Sikh aoldiera/that had been captured at S1appore. 'l'b-, told atortea ~ lliatreatraent 'by the Japa. They aa14 Ul• bad been tcroed to work, and bad been g1 ven only touneen oUDeea or to ocl a dq. •They ga Te ua r1 oe, and intrequentl7 'tUna -- ti1lq but>no vegetables," one 81kb soldier ia reported aa aay111g •• Md he added, •tbe,r made ua wort even when we were sick." ----------- Wb en the Aaert.cana landed the Jap guards ran &ftJ' into t~e jungle, leaving the prisoners beh1n4. Tontght's communique goes on with a revised 11st ot · Japa.mae loaaea. It states that int.he New Hollandi& operation t1tteen-bundre4--end-two enemy soldiers were killed, and two hundred _ and-ninety-two captured. lhll• the Japs continue to loae out in their 1nna1on ot 11141&, our own taroea are aoor1 new aucoeaaos in Northera Bur•,-, t)lat ta, toroea ot Aaertoan tra1ne4 chineae UD4er the 00111111D4 ot Lleu,eant General Stilwell. Th97 ha.Ye aaahed their war out ot aoUDtailla and baYe rea •4 open country in an 011t clr1Te to capture the lapartaat baae at IIGP'IUI.I before the aoaaooa ••t• u. AD4 •anwh1le, the atr borne ah1Dd1 t2, operatlag behind tile • • • ltn•, are aa•ultlng Japanese poaltlona south ot Kogaung. J.f.rWaJ' The Air • r apotltght ta iann tonight b7 the boabera baaed o• Italr. 8eTen-hun4re4'--ead-t1ttr -! lriag-_!:ortreaaea and !:_11Maralora, 11eorte4 bf two-hun4re4 , c4 - ttttr - t 1 gbtera, new aoroaa Ule Alp• le .tutrla, Bild hit a great plant that produoH~a .. r.abattt tighter■ far th• Qerun ilr r oroe. 1tt••-llUJlllre&-ton.e ot br ba blAateC the 4 oreated tlutng baToc •• Tbe Genuma orer tbe ilpa. C OIi • • nor1ibem a14e or Bttl er• a tonreaa Jl.lropa, the tar- - •or •••ult oa the !DYaaton ,!?_O&at contimle4 - With no thouaan4 Alllrlo• 11114 Br1 t i * wreplanea httU11g tbe !lazta ill rranoe and Thia dayltgtit aaaault followed 1llaa the london Diapat..,. - • are oalltng - "All earthquake bl1 tz. • :tat>-bapjllEA Last ntghi.., "R,Q. l=: llhen boabera ot the 8&.lti • R•~=it.fltt t!wwe 4el1Tere4 an .!nn.11oa - oeaat-aaaault -tt.,J- J.on don cal la tb e hearteat ot the war. It na - - ~ ~ ~.t IO rtolent, tha~ it shook the Br1 tiah coast aoroaa the ._!!lannel;as ~ t r there were an earthquake. poon4 rront Allother ■econ4 tront sign is a dispatch troa Algier ■, ldlilll announoea that \he P'rmah UDdergrouDd ta to be incorporated llltD the trmob &1"11117, in preparation tor 1DYaa1on. 'fhe Oer-.na 111•••1T•• eatlaate the aeoret ant1-naz1 N.ght1111 organization at a Jaua4re4 aa4 ■ennty-n •• thouaan4 aen. They are 4eaor1 bed a• rea&t,r to r1•• the aoent the great ot'teu1T• la lauaobet - anct I ~ tll9! •,!.l 'Ila tUe " r~lar aold ler■ of im Pr•cll A.1"117, aoeordlng te a annouan■ent a4e by Oeur Degaull•'• r.renob 0Ollllittee toclay. J!'.!!Oh Pr• ilalera tla hee Ule p1o \ll"e ot a eixtr-one r-ar old trench .A4a1rel oooup71ag pl.a oe ot ■ 1n11ter ill omen. He tacea a mill tarr trl 1lllAl, the eaae oourt 1bat oon4eaned the tor■ r y1ohr 1Un1eter PQobeq - who • • executed b7 a ti r ing aqua4. And toda7 the J.dairal had U• .... ■eat that Pucheu ha4 when he raced the court. J.4■ 1ral Derr1en na 00J111&Dder or the great J'renah NaTal • • • ot Blsert• ,.. Tlullata, 11h • that atronghol4 ot the l'renob fleet ••• taaa ner bJ' the Geraana at tile beg1DD1q or the North J.tlant1o -patgn. Be 1• being tried tor haT1ag eurren4erecl Bizerte aD4 ftri0111a •rahlpe tare to the !fazia - without reatatanoe, Without atrlklag a A.4a1ral Derrien, a 4eten•• 11 that he aote4 ln aooordanoe wtth Ule loyal tr tllat he owed to Marlbal Petain, head ot the Vioby Qnel'IUlent, and that he mrrendered B1zerte to the Ger-aana on repeate4 and 1na1atent , com.sands troa petain. He contend• that he nnted to fight, but was ordered not to. Todayi, ai t't1118 1D the plAoe that the doaaed Pucheu ha4 occupied, hie taoe waa pale and he watched the ~ges 1br0Qgh halt cl oaed blue eyes. BUt there was ao•thiJlg b:1.llian t about hill, the bri ll1ance of aedala. On his breast he wore 1111 gl••llll ae4all1oD of a grand officer ot the leglc:m ot honor, ~ ~ (7"A ' _ . tale Croix De O.rre1/\ Be • • hla a111w.rr 4eooral1ou 1• ,i. ~ • ' ~rl4 !!-ri an4_.,again 1D 1ibe aeconl - before the tall of J'rU"• rta17 In Italy, Britim troops have occupied t he salient abandoned by the Gemana at the omter or the lin e across the peninsula. They pubel tornrd rapidl7 into the are a or two hundred s q uare aile•• an4 at last reports bad re a ched the high plateau - along the alopea ot Which the new Geman line apparently extends. The 11aiella Plateau ls one or the loftiest and aoat mgge4 parts ot the Italian peninaula. II ti It 111 beilg called - the !oot ot Italy. There the en.., baa apparmtly Ule aost ta-.orable kind of gro\lD4 tor 4etenae, thoup. the retlr•ent troa the salient would ae• to expose the lel'lllln adrtatle p c1 al t ions arounll ortona. Th••• • T baTe to be - abandoned - althoutti tbere are no atgna aa yet tbat the Qerana are ' pall lllg out • Today th official IUasien war bulletin reported - "No taportant ohengea." Thia la the nineteenth suocea■ t'f'e day of quiet on the Be.stern front, _!~Pt around Senatopol. On previou■ d&J• the aevaatopol battle raged w1 th a violenoe that la now be1 ng 41acloaed. IIOBCOW dwell a OD the artillery rtre, calling it the ■lttl ,1eat oannona4e that tllt atNI &1'117 baa eYer hurled. The deluge or ahella turned the powertul fort1t1cationa ot sen.atopol into a ■au at ahat tered rubble amt twisted steel. Well, that•• all onr now, and todar•• quiet on the aaatem Pront was ooaplete - "no 111portant cbang•••" or1111Uat1 - That clerical center or oontroverq, IPather Orlemanak1, lan4e4 at seattl.e todq--at"ter hie visit to soviet Rus s ia, and a oordtal reoeptton by 8tal1n. The Polish American priest refused to 181 •D1'1h1ng about his talke with SOY1et leaders on the subject or . Ille Rua1ian Polish dispute. "I am. Ve?T tired," he said, and then h . e gazed di •pproV1.ngly at the newa photographer■• "You ahGIQld be at the tront ttghttng, tnatead or staying home taking plot . urea,• Deatroyer - AD exoiting atroy is told about the loss or the United states Deatroyer Lansdale, which was sunk by Oeman torpedo planes in the "'- 11diterranean on April twent-ieth. The Navy says most of the crew na aaTe4, including Lieutenant Robert Morgenthau, son or the Seoretary or the Treaaurr. Tbe Lansdale was attacked at sunset, with Nazi torpedo planes fiylng ill tr0111 all aides. And enemy tint"ish came akiallllng through tht water. One ■isaed, but another hit, exploding aaidahlpa. The 4eatroyer sank tast. But, even so, the gunner■ tough t on, and shot 40111 at leaat ho ot the assaulting planaa. one ot these was deatroye4 while the Lansdale waa sinking - her 4eoa awash. A gun ore• ot negro ■esa attendants apt blazing away eTen atter they were or4ere4 te abandon ahip. An ottioer told them' to go over the aide. They auable4 obediently: "Yea Sir," and went right on shooting. Tbe son ot the secretary ot the Treasury na on the bridge, and With hi■ was Lieutenant James Beaver of Bellingham, Washington. lbc 1he commend came to abandon ship, Lieutenant Beaver asked llorgenthlla Whether be was coming along, Morganthau a'l.awered - •tater•" Whereupon Beaver scrambled over the side and into t h e ~ ' ats!Q •J.ater," he relates, "When most or the boys were oft, 1crgenthau called down that he was coming in. Be did. Be Jumped oTer ~~~. ,, ,, the aide right on top or my steel hel■et. somebody else jumped, an4 I\.., ... I suppose he tbollfjlt there was a strea■ or them coaing don, all landing on hia. niiDS rortress Tonight we bave a new bit of information in the case or the Ame r1 can War Pllo t who is called the "Yankee stadlua Bazzer•. This goes l:ack to last tall, When Mayor LaGuardia ot iew Yol't worked hillselt into a high state ot indi g nation becauae at the World Series a ailitary plane t'lew right over the heads or the btg orowd at the Yankee Stadiwa. Bis bonor, the 11 ttle flower, - - • • aoat annoyed, and only recovered rroa his irritation months later when it waa d1aoloae4 that the pilot ot that plane bad hraed out to be a star ot &tr battle over Nazi Europe. The atory told ho• Lieutenant Jack Watson, the Yankee Stdlu Buzzer, was the pilot ot a :t'ly1ng tortresa so badly shot up that the ore• ba.11,« out--everybody but the Yankee stad1ua Buzzer htaaelt; Be was about to take to his parachute when he aa• he was OYer the - l i m Channel--ancl the water didn't look so good. So in a flight or desperate peril he took his ' t'ortress on back to Britain and landecl. That act made it ap~ar that his heroism was entirely a utter or his having looked down an4 aeen water below. But tonight tbe tul.l story is out. Jlfill8 Fortress #2 - It was all because or his concern tor one member or his crew. Be had seen eTerybody else ball out, but had ■teaed the ball turret pDDer, who bad taken to his parachute unnoticed by the pilot. Today•a oftiotal report etatea, "bJ going back and checking on hie ball turret gunner, he torteited his chance or bailing out safely oTer In other ward•, the Yankee Stadiua Buzzer saw water don below only becauae he wanted to be sure tba t all the other• ot hia ore• had got out--he to be the last to abandon ship, 3ooord1ng to the old trad1 tion or the aklpper. So 1t Lieutenant J'ack ~ ot IDd1anapol1a wants to buzz oTer the Yankee stad1ua aga1D, he oan do so, and his honor the *Yar won•t aay a wor4. rorestal The new secretary or th e Navy waa named today, Jrevious reports tuming out to be true. The President has chosen Acting secretary Jue1 B.Forestal to succeed Secretary Frank Knox, Who died recentlJ. Bia mme was aent to tbe Senate tod a y. ~ The 11Diy of,A:rorestal preaenta a rise froa the vel"Y' bottoa to kl. the Tery top -- so far aa the BaTy m concerned. In the previCllla A •orltar he enlisted aa a second claaa seaman, and waa auatered out 9 as a lieutenant, a navy flier. In civilian lite, thereafter, he was _, a newapaP9rman, a reporter on Dutchess county Dailies. He waa also a stare clerk, a cigarette saleaman, a bond salesman. In Wall Street he became the President of a big Banking and Brokerage houae. When the present war came on, llecretary of the Navy ,rank Knox chose --"""estal. ae his assistant. -- l2nd now/ the second class seaman or !1neteen !eTenteen beoo•e to tile top, froa the depth of Secretary of the BaTY, troa the bottom I\ the hold to the top or the masthead! . -~~- - ~. P re s ident's he a lth has been the bject ot so much rumor and sirm1se that countless people are asking - how doea he loot, no• that be bas retumed to Washington ? Anyone Who bas a chance to se e P' D R upon his re t urn t r om his noatlon in the south, scrutinizes h1a with that thought in mind - 4oea he lcok well? Does he seem to have recovered completely from his 1llneaa? Thie was partiaularly the case at the first White HOl.lae press oonterence to be held since the presidential home-colling tro■ the sunshine or t he aou1ih. The Washington correspondents, •Ii have had oonatant association With hi• for years, should have acute auwera to that question - ho• does he loot? So what do they say ? The United Press aaked a number ot them, and here are some typical examples ot their replies. Warren Francis of the Los Angeles Times: "He has not rebounded aa he has in the paat. I d14n•t think he came back attar a month, the way he used to after two weeks or even a weekend." Gladstone Willims o r the Atlanta constitution: "He looted a 11 ttle drawn." Bill Murphy of the Philadelphia Inquirer: "He had a good color, Rooaevel t #2 - but looked a little thinner." Bert Andrews or The New York Herald-Tribune: "He looked muoh better than the last time I saw h1a, When I thought be looked ghast17. His taoe seemed to be thinner, but some or the l i nes or oare 1'.a · ~ John J. Crider or the New York Times: "His voice see~64 natural, he looked rested am be had a good cc,at ot tan." nell." Belen Esaar,. or the Washington Times-Herald: "He looked -~~ ~ . a . o . . Q . ~ - Thomas IP. Reynolds or the Chicago Sun: "His health 1a apparen- A tl7 pretty good, but his temper 1s definitely Te:ry bad." W1111Ul H.Uylander or the Desmoines Register and Tribune: "The Ch•p is back spoiling tor a fight." Those are the answers, and you can take your pick. !Prom the expert opinions or the Washington Correspondents, you can draw the conclusion that the President 1s a sick · man, or that he 1s in -- _ ____ , ll&gn1t1cent health.