GOOD E
VE
N!
G,
EV
E
RYBODY:
The forces of Soviet Russia tonight
within
thirty
-
• miles of
the
A
course of the past twenty-four hours, Stalin had
occasion to issue no fewer than five special orders-
of-the-day,
five
bulletins, announcing
the
capture
of~mportant cities
which
up to yesterday had
been
strong Nazi fortresses.
At
some points there is the usual discrepancy
between
the
Nazi and the
Russian
accounts. For instance,
Berlin
beat
S
t.alin to the punch
by
announcing this
t~f!tthat
th;
NaU
generals had evacuated Bialystok,
•hich is in
Polan
d
,
about midway between Grodno and
Brest-Litovsk.
Later on. Stalin reported that the
LT
- 2
Red armies
had
overwhelmed
Bial7stok, taking lt b1
storm.
Thereupon
followed in rapid
succession
the
th
Dowg-ahf-~eels
news
at
one Baltic ar.111 ~ali had capturea-jftaugavp1rs
~
a
center
of railway lines in Latvia. Meanwhile, the••••••
second Baltic army tooj possession of another place in
Latvia, called Rezekne.
Still another Red contingent
finally captured Lvov in Poland; while the First Ar•J
of
the Ukraine took the strategic
•
town of Stanislavov
in
southern Poland.
Later the Germans adaitted that their garrison
\
at Brest-Litovsk was giving ground, wunder the massed
pressure of the enemy,• as they put it.
In
fact, they
said
their troops were leavin the city, and it becomes
obwious
that its complete occupation b7 the Russians
is
only
8
mere
matter
of hours. The Germans acknowledged
that
the Rus ians had spanned the Vistula.
They
declared
"' great battle between tank forces, on both
sides, was
beginning on the hu~e level plains around the Vistula
bridgeheads.
LT
,:._.J.
The Reds are now only th
h
ree- undred-and-fift7
ailes
from Berlin.
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A
late
tells
us
that the
Russians
have
Riga to Loenigsberg in
East
cut the
Prussia.
As
for the southern armies of the Soviets, these
are pushing through the foothills of the Carpathians,
near
the old border of Czechoslovakia, and threatening
both Hungary and Rumal~n~i~a~--------------------
The official newspaper of the Soviet government
toda7 published a thinly veile~ hint that it's about
time the Allies on the wester• front began*•
making
aoae
real headway.
ISVESTIJ used
these words:
•In
order to expedite the collapse of Bitlerite German3
new strong blows are••• n•eied on all fronts such as
.
the Red Army is inflicting in the
east.•
ISVESTIA
,
printed the
word
"ALL•
in italics.
-
in exile
is now
•ti
The Polis~ government
aaking
a determined effort to impress its ideas for
the future of Poland on Stalin. The Polish Premier
LT
4
left London for Mo
s
cow,and with
him went his Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
IIVASION
--------
American tanks have pushed back the Nazis west
of St.Lo, on a twenty-five-mile front.
t
some
points,
the doughboys have punched a hole fifteen miles deep
in the German line, and tonight they have a fair chance
of
trapping some seventy thousand of the
eneay.
Henry Gorrell of the United Press tells
us
that
the Germans in Normandy
are now facini their greatest
setback since the fill of Cherbourg.
An
entire
aray
corps, the Eighty-fourth, consisting of crack Nazi
troops, is battered and ree'Iing.
General
Oaar
Bradley's
lade have captured two Nazi strongholds on the west
flank without a fight, and his artillery is throwing
shells into ~t.to;
Gorrell declares that this attack is the
..
biggest tank offensive that bas yet been
seen
in irance,
bigger than the British affair the other day to the
east of Caen.
Thunderbolt pilo
t
s returning from missions
over the German lines, report that French civilians are
clogging the roads by the thousands.
Fleeing ahead of
MCNAIR
_
....
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The armed forces of the United States today
sustained a serious loss, in the death of one of our
top-ranking military leaders, in Normandy, by
enemy
fire --- Lieutenant- General Leslie
McKair.
General
KcRair was in
th~ foremost lines of the great assault
just launched on the Aaerican front.
Be was the second
American Lieutenant-General to be ~illed, the si.xt)
general officer of the
araies
of
'
the United States.
Leslie Mel air was ·considered one of the tops
of our
aray,
along with
larshall,
Hap Arnold, Eisenhower
and Soaervelle.
All authorities agree that he did a
aagnificent job
by
taking over
an aray
of raw
ciYlllans who at first hafl only
wooden
sticks for guns,
~nd aolding
the ■
into a great c•bat force~f nearl7
eight million.
Be was of the type who speak softly but are
/ ? ~ ~
~
·
'
tough underneath.
~
"6-t,+;v
u
"
plenty
The Nazi government today named the three
generals who, they say, led the conspirac1 to kill
Bitler. One of them, Colonel
-
General Beck, was for•r
chief
0£
the General Staff.
Bim•ler claims that
Yon Beck shot himself at headquarters, while he was
being arrested.
·
Be, the7 ea7, was to have been civil
chief of the Reich if the revolt
'
had not failed.
The names of the two other generals
■ean
nothing to us, though they were fairly important top
figures in the Prussian aray.
One was
court ■ artlalled
late at night, and shot at headquarters.
t■
The other
is under arrest,
awatting
sentence.
London believes the conspiracy, thoiwh it
failed, had a lot to do
with
the
German
collapse on the
eastern front. It is
·
noticeable that resistance both
in Italy and Normandy still is exceedingly strong.
For one thing, in France, Bitler is using the
:k
crea■
ortl:zi shock troops.
{
Newspapers in neutral countries report
dis content widespread all over Germany. According to
one dispatch, Vienna is in a state of near-revolt,
and another has it that public demonstrations have
taken
place throughout upper Silesia. But these stories·
ba•e 1et
to be
confirmed.
Secretary of
lar S t i m s o n , ~ ~
~
from urope, told reporters today that the
Allied push in Italy has compelled the Nazis to withdraw
six
1,1,esa
divisions from other theatres of war, to the
Italian front. This, he said, has been particularly
useful to the Russians. And he pointed out that one
ot
the units now in Italy was f~raed in Bavaria and
equipped with special clothing for Russia.
But, with
the tall of Rome, the Bazi high command had to aend
it,
11
well as other divisions.
The
S
ecretary added a timely word to
warn
.
the effects
us
against being over optimistic abou~that conspiracy.
•It is all very well', be intimated •and grist for
,,
,,
our
mill•.
Bu:.,
he concluded, •The
German GenEI."
al
staff and the~nker mind hate us just as
■uch as
they do Hitler•.
SABANG
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L~:H
biil
h~e
-h i a h P e ~ • • fra.a..
the war
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Japan)
j.::
+Ut-od teal!
tore+
l!~ clelhered
a
pun
Tid
~
attack on the Jap naval base
..habang, just off the
A..
T1ao£~~-
nortbwestM"lt coast of Sumatra
I
th t ~ , .___.
~
•
n
a s s ; were
battleships, cruisers and destroyers~oot the
lips
A
entirely by surprise:
ap~eariB& ariien~
at
dawn.
a../
For thirty-five minutes the warships delivered
a terrific bombardment on all the Japanese harbor
a.../
installations. Those heavy guns can do
as aafz1
lot
~
of
da ■ age
in thirty-five minutes.
Ad ■ iral
Sir John
So ■erville,
who
i.-e
in command
of
tb-:i
fleet, reports that
his cmnonf ·
deatroyed the
harbor installation• at Sabang almost completely.
An
A■erican
correspondent says the fleet left the
---
place a flaming, s m o k i n g ~ .
When the war is over Uncles m ·11
1
,
a
w
1
own s urp us
goods to the value of more than a hundred and three
billion dollars.
It is difficult to visu~li~e a
stockpile of that size.
But of
this
huge supply, there
will
be only
some
twelve
billion dollars'
worth that
civilians
will
~ant
to use. For instance, four billion
dollars' worth
of trucks and oth
'
er
motor
vehicles;
four
billion,
five hundred an~ eighty-eight million
dollars' worth of raw materials, largely
petroleu■
products.
Also,
one billion,
eight hundred and aeventy-fi,
~1- /_ .. -
dollars' worth of
food
prdducts.
~
~
k ~ . ~ ~ r /
ur
o;he
rest of
that
huge surplus
will
consist of
things
that
civilians
will not
want
to
buy,
such
as
twenty-six
billion dollars•
worth
of aircraft, almost
twenty-four billion dollars•
worth
of airfields,
b
f
.ar m
aterials. There will
arracks, storage
houses
or
be
ten
billion dollars• worth of
■erchant
vessels,
S
URPLOS -
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nine and a h
al
f billion do
l
lars' worth of combat
vehic
l
es, ra
d
io e
q
uipment, and radar.
All
this
was made
public today
by
the Surplus
Property Sub-Committee
of the
Senate. Of course, this
gigantic
surplus
could be quite a menace if great care
were not
used
in
disposing
ot
it.
Fer
hatene-eT
tf
"H
.
&erioae pel'-iee ef
IUl.e ■ploy:•eAt
a.lt,ep
th•
ft.JI-_
Naturally,
there will be a huge demand for all sorts of materials
-~
the moment
hostilities
cease. ,}he
government
will have
to
get rid of that stockpile in such fashion as
to
avoid interfering with
full
production
and full
)
employment in
private industry.
In a
preliminary
report,
the
Co■aittee
suggests
that
Congress
create
a
new government agency,
the Surplus War Property
Administration.
But
sai
that is only a suggestion,
intended
to attract comment
and ideas.
The Republican nominees for President and Vice-
President finished their conference at Albany today.
GoYernor Dewey and Governor Bricker put in •e•eral
serious hours, outlining a prograa wblek they will
subait to the conference of Republican goYernors at
St.Louis next
week.
GovernoraDewey and Bricker said
.
they bad canvassed the entire field of conflict that
has been going on in the past eleven
years
b•t•een the
federal
government and the
atate
and local
goYernaenta.
Thie
conflict,
said they, bas ~een a conatant source
of friction.
Dewey
and Bricker indicated clearly that thi•
will be
one
ot
t h e ~
isauea in the coaing caapaign.
They used these words: •le conceive it
to
be one of our
i
'agreement out of this chaos
first obligations to br ng
and unity where there is only disunity now.•
They added that it is for thl• reason that the
Bepublica~ Governors are going to aeet next week.
The7
.
,aid it is time to bring an end to people in goYernaent
jobs spending their full tiae fighting each other oTer
queationa of jurisdiction and power.
§ll§§iN_[Q~~Q!_~i!ll
Q ~
~
,..tla
Washington today was Commander Harold~
?{~
s-.
Stassen of the Baited
8\a\ea
laval Reserve, former
A
Governor Minnesota and._ one
tiae •
potential
Republican nominee for the presidency. Stassen
ia
Flag Secretary to Admiral
Bet!:
Halsey, Coaaander
of
the
Third Fleet. Reporters asked hia how he would feel
·
if
Governor Dewey
were
elected President and appointed
hi•
Secretary of the Navy.
Stassen replied:
•I
have
a
Job right now that I
want
to
keep
until the
·
war ia
over.•
The Democratic nomination of Senator Harry Truman
'
'
of Missouri for the vice-pre.sidency has created a serious
yacancy in public affairs.
I
■ean,
of course, the
Chairmanship of the Senate
Co■aittee
investigating
the
conduct of the war, the body we all ~now as the Truaan
Coaaittee.
Senator Mead of lew·tort, also a
■eaber.
of
that Coaaittee, aaid today that tt
_
will
h
soon~
reorganized, probably
~
. , . , . . . , , of course,
by next ledne1dJ7.
M ◄ lll
ta
~ a • • •
Chair■aa.
~119£R!:§_fQ~~Q!-!BYY!I
And tonight we have a
z■••
repercussion
fro■
the Deaocration lational Convention laat
week.
The supporters of Senator Barry Byrd of Virginia
are
up
in
arms.
The Cbairaan of the •Draft Byrd
for President Club• described the Convention
a1 a
•rigged meeting• rigged by the Chicago lelly Machine
and the CI 0.
Be eaid the supporters of Byrd would
offer what be called a general party ticket at the
proper tiae.
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~
~
~,,west Coast labor lead
e
r.
,he apo~ight.-elrkiea -egM:n
aa-t•1inii11
;,-
Barry Bridges. leti
■ ay
tecall
~•et.~st a
■onth
ago
the Circuit Court of appeals handed down a three to
two decision that the Australian should be sent back
to Sydney.
Bis lawyers today fil'ed a petitien aatin1
for a rehearing.
They complained that he had been
deprived of his civil rights, and denied due process
of law.
They announced that if the petition ia denied
they
will take it all the way to the
Supra■•
Court
if
necessary.
It looks as though the
Govern ■ ent
were
about
to cut down the travelling of civilians. The
reason -- shortage of tires. The Director of Defenae
T~ansportation says there
is
not enough rubber to
aeet
eTen the basic requireaents for buases and
.
other
autoaobiles.
Bere is news that will be a relief to the ladies.
Low-priced cotton dresses will be on the market again
this fall and winter. At least, an order of thelar
Production Board today indicates as much. The Board
toda7 ordered fift7
■ illion
yards of cotton fabrics to
be released every three
■onths
for the manufacture of
low and moderate-priced clothing.
And to make
••r•
women do not have te pa7 too
■ uch,
the Board ties a atrbg to that order.
laaafa
laaufacturera will receiYe the cotton fabrics onl7 oa
condition that the7 aake
the ■
into articles
.tt..
~
sell
withia certain specified p~ice levels, such as
wo■en'•
dresses for two ninet7-eigbt. •~•
fa,rlca
•Ill
al ■ •
Princess Elizabeth, tclr
p»,
aptt:u
thtNU
r,I
l&g??TC, today did her first job of pinch-hitting
•
for her father, King George, who~ in Italy lith
- t L ~ t r c _ ~ .
her aotber, Queen Elizabeth, . . signed documents givi
11
1,
the royal assent to several
laws
p
·
assed by the British
Parliament.
As for the ling, he passed the da7
watching
British arti
l
lery shell Geraan
h
of
Arezzo. A few shells
fro ■
lazi
guns landed not far
~~
.
fro ■
where the Iing~•-,.. in the' valle7 of the
RiYer
Arnq
picture.
The Tommy's camera
jaamed
just as the royal
convoy was about to start.
Iing George
aade
his aides
wait while the soldier repaired his camera and got hie
•napshot.
about a recent
From Washington we learn/\t~stxlk_duel
s•x
beiqg fought
now
"'&•s•&x•a"'-between two aajor government agencies.
•• On one side ia the Office of Price Adainiatration;
on the other
the w~r
1
ood
Ad ■ iniatration.
Last
week
tbe
1
8
r Food Adainistra~inn ordered the
O
I
P.A.
to
reaoYe
point values on certa~n grades of beef
and restore point values to port loins and
baas.
The
O.P.A.
officials iaaediately retol'led that this
order was an
.
infringeaent on their authorfty.
A
report froa laahingtoa tonight indicates that
lobilization Director
Ji•
Burns will have to referee
the fight.