' , . t,. -< ~ . ~ - ~ · ~r1tieh Am ba ssador ~ord !ialifu indicated tonignt tbat af'ter tbe war ndia m ay quit the .t,ri tiah empire,if" eb.e so deeirea.-We - nope , • eaid tte •that lndia will wieb. to remain within ttle .Bri tieh . o0111Donweal tb. • .but if after the war,• be added, •ner people can -t 81 tablieb. an agre~ oonstit~on and then desire to eever tbe1r partnership with ua, we have umertake · n not to onrrule aucb a decision.• /Ill///// .uroc i ti e a Sec r etary o f t at e C o r e l l Hull · ec re d t o d ay that the ni t d ~ ta te e g o v e rnme n t b as p rotested t o t h e Jape a g ainst those hi d oue at roc i ties whi c h h ave j us t b een made p ublic. n ut _ w hat g ood ~ I ar e pro t e sts- n en ad d r essed t o th e far eastern f !ends w h o tortured - - an d murd e r ed o many p risoners of war!..the men of .satan? Secretary H ul l does not t h ink th e diplomatic remonstrance 11 1 do uch good. H e sa y s that previous revelations of Jap atrocities were protested to by tile United Statee,but, t M • ~ • flt little avail. The Secretary added that t1>.e United State ■ government 1s comp111 ng af11at of Japanese offioera in tb.e ~ - .Pn11li~pinea, am thi a wilJ. b e used in holding them accountable after the war. the g overn rr. ent is investigating all pbaeea of the atrocitJ situation i n the ~hillipinea,with a view to the future punishment ot the war criminals. . At t h e hite h ouse, .ereai d ential ~ecretary titeve ~ arly av e t h e reason w by th e brutality of the Jape toward t h e m en ot li atan n ae b een made p u b l.ic at this mo m ent-after i t ba d b t , en k ept co nc ealed b y censors h ip for a long t ime. T he conceal ' ent was in t he h ope that th e Jape mig ht let us aen4 clo t bing,medic supplies and r 2-Atroci t.ies and food to t.he prisoners of ar.wt that nope has now vanished. • he time has come,• said secretary ' arly, •to release factual , cfrefully authenticated statements on JaP,~eae atrocities.the , government ,• he dded, •can no 1 onger expect to get. further relief to ~erican p risoners of var in the hands of the Japanese.• ' .L'he r sponse of the .!?°erican people to the hideous revelation is one of b urning anger,and also there 18 ano t ner k1 d of react1 on-as \ J t . l tnese ed Vl vidly today at N.&Y-,. ood, lll1no1e. .1n tnat to f ident. are families of .::sate.an pris o ners • hundreds o res ; . 'l'n o mae / / ' , / • ruel ty yr t hos / ✓ folioing ia to be ine ~ ited ,, / endings' •The b_µying of' r eecur /,,, And yet some cri~iciam is ~reaeed,aa in ttle caae of' - Dr.v.tt.~eneley ot Alblk}uerque, Be• Muico • .He is the president ot tile .aataan relief' aa ■ ooiation, and 1a the father ot a soldier who died in a Japanese prieon oamp.Dr.Bpenaley stated today tbat he doubted what be called --tbe •entire trutn• ot the otf'ici&l account ot .Japan- ' eee brutality.He spoke ot --91,ropaganda•, and asked 1f' this . were neceaaary-t o ■ ell war bond ■• And Lieutenant uovemor J.B.Jonea ot •e• Jle%1co said he couldn't believe the full account.Lieutenant Governor Jone ■ ha■ a aon who was captured at J:Sataan. I/II/Ill/I ll/ II 3 .. troc 1 t ie a i rs ·ro ~ · ood , iclu ing one entire co any, ere e bere o t t e . un red nd r in et -se c on t tt !ion-.h1oh aeon tn e br el· en ed p e in ula 1 n the hil1pp1ne • v ne O an of ood is s. Clara e u th , o th er of C ptain , Arthur ermuth,the .tSa taan b ero 'o sin le han ed killed a hundred~ d-forty-e1x Japa and won t e nickn 0£ -•The one man Anny.• "'hie morning at lon g lin e of people as ... ai ti .-\;t\ at thee lee office of · ar bonde and the y poured aato buy. A 'he bond committee chainian states that tbe buying of ar eecuritiea as up by over fifty percent.The families of the vioti a are expressing their anger 'l.'h e fericious crime at ataan as no isolated 1nc1dent. ln London today i t as off'icially s~ated that the .laps have been doing this aame thing elsewhere a~d all the time ore1gn Secretary Anthony ~den,collaborating 1th the AJnerican statement of laatni.gbt, told t h e ouse of commons of Jap mistreatment of J:Sritiatl and lndian war p risone r s taken in ..l:iurm&. hey are confined in jungle camps 1 ithout adequate 8 1 ter,clothing,food or medical attent1on.'lb.ousarne •D>1l1@t ■ x•1w4•1w•i1J+4c+ntax - troci 1 e 1e, d t h e heal th o ~11 tb ~ ere ainin nrieonera is on the do rade. An fo re1 seer ta.ry ent on to cite specific i stance - liet to be added to the story of devilien outrage tbat has been revealed b the gov rn ent of the united ta tee en told of ri tieh m.unioi al offiaer at Shanghai, ho incurred the anger o t e Jape, nd as taken a: ay to another- part of tlle c1 ty :for a hile.• hen he returned,• the fore1gn secretary related,•ne ae practical.ly out of hie mind .me arms and r et ere infected,by ropes that le~t deep scars.And he hM lost forty pound.a 1n eight. rte died i thin a day or two of his releaee, • Eden added. itieh / / retary / ence.Beca r en / 5 .. J,:troci ti ., / J l I ' ~ O f · C l . attJ by ~ r . ' • h. forei secretary made statement about postal t rd nd . le · ttere tnat ha.ve bee received in h'l l nd,indio . ating that t pr1 onera ere not being tre ted so badly.ii . said the , y ere bein co elled to · rite that · ay • .lnd be told of comnnmioat1one frCID prisoner · bJ.ch. r • a he said-•in terma dictated by the Japanese author1tie .• In other orde, tb.ey have got to gloss over tb.e1r sufferings-or they ould be bl'Uta11z:ed all the more. uni · .t · e use ans h ve out another uennan eaC"ape railroad on the 1:,enin rad t' ront, by striking a ~ onrard bl at point a bundred m1lee south o the ormer c p1 tal of the Oz a. n t rme of' railroacle, ao 1mportant n tbe 1de spaoes of' ttuae1a, the B.ed . Antry nae . now recaptured nearl all o . f U1e ma.in line from lteningrad to oaoow • . only a br1e:f' distance of track is still in uerman handa,and 1 · appear• tbat bef'ore 1-:0n the Hua iane will have opened ui, tbe J..eningred.-Moaoow ma · 1n line or military traffic.And that • will be a aucoee1 of tne largest importance. I//III/I/I//IJl/llll/lllll ay follo ed 1 · h in t e air ar,t e d · part of it being a ult by ,, • er 1 11 he v bombers launched a a1net l7erman 111 tary tar eta ~n no t ern re.no .. • A or t · e ht-.tlerlin ae smashed a - in in t.he o.oura of da n se.L a st . 3 · t fore of" Lano ster bombers of' ttle b.it t • Lre ca p1 tal another big olo .~A very etron force,• tne L ndon air ministry communi ue calls tlle raid1n e fleet.it:ten . n no ur after the i Lancastere ropped their nigh explo , 1Te, those ed1 bombers, the nimble osqui toea, ent over tb.e target to s ash it up some more-and they saw lar e areas of .r:serlin e ept by flames ae the result of the previ~us attack.1'h1rty-four Br1 t1ah planes : ere lost in laatni bt's raid againat tler•a big town and other tar eta.while fifteen hundred ' tons of block busters and 1ncendisr1ea ere hurled upon the azi metropolie. l'h1e figure raises the total we · ight of exp.loeiYee neaped on .derli . n to bet : een eighteen thousand and nineteen thoueaJXl tone --in he . a.st two months.Air experts figure that t , o 1pe the c1 ty out completely as a ar center · ill take thirty thousand tone. Accordin to thee f i ures.J:Serl1n is now about two-thirda knocked out. Jsr.l(i.ia'!"Wet ltalY ln ltaly,in front o f ~aesino,new advancee naTe been madejthougn notning very 1~~ 4 ge.AD'ler1can and lr'rencn troops dr1Ting under hea~ r1re,today puebed into the lierman defense line-from which the .kazia have been s rushing troops to the battlef r ont near aome.The town ot caa1no still I\ remains deaerted,abandoned by the ene111r,and our forcee have not moved 1n,except for quick tnruete by adventurous patrol■• On the .Home front, tbe uermans · naTe been hitting baclt,af ter their feeble :fighting thus far.A counter-attack led by tanka droTe at the amaricana,but they repelled - the aaeault,and then they puhed on and captured an important road Junction-lees than tnirty Dl1les from the ,.lf;ternal city. l•ltaly Anotner story,g1ven by the Cairo rad.10,st tea tl'l&t the allies have cut an important railroad line leading south frca Home, and now ho.id a aecti on of tile track. the righting there is featured by the moat extens1Te air act1on,1'1th,!_ll1ed plane• making fourteen hundred 1ort1e1 in one day, aort1e ■ in which they shot down fit'ty Naai planea,while we lost ~ ~ seven.one outf1t,"d1at1nguiebed 1t1el! r the n1nety-n1ntb equadron, conaieting of amerioan negroe1.tbeir fighter pilota - mak1ng a f 1rat appearance in combat,and they a hot down eight ene_, fighters. end .J.taly io1 . ow % ~ l taly ~• ro n tne / ift h An:ry near rtom e, we get a milltar y summatiov of tile puzzle of those landin g a.'l'he story points out what an obvious place for an invasion the coast near Home re u · ~ - a Y~••• l4di I ..PAO .i='oit:tim !;f q ll!:I£.~ 8 tr Q tghaa f t ~ 2.•• Ii l ~ --.:; >:lle1mb&in•11, ~iw:y.:J 1 ■ t; epen eJ1r■t11-1:x-telltl!ne-J.~y - •H•• ,nlan4,magutticoat ,,, ; .,., OM :an a csboel, tile ocrmr:, 1 ~ n i n : e ot ~he eezman army lb trti .olmi. I Yet th1e 1nvi ting area wae lef't almost entirely umet"endecl. l'here was not one gun defending the lSeach where tne landing began. And what few enemy troops there were on the • cene d1dnt seem to be aerioua about tbe whole tbing.Xbey acted as if tney were ~~ J/ j there for a rest cure. ·1'h ey~ bM:11 over the beat villas ~ ,....,.- --~ an~ settled - -~~ 2-.ro11ow J. taly down to have a good time • .rne T11.Lae were stocked w1 tn l , wcury f ooda, piled up by tne uermane,f1ne chocolate,gargonaola cneeeee,and plenty of butter. '!'he Jiazi s were relaxing and two of their art111ery obaerYera were sound asleep when the Americans landed.At another place the .lllasie had been haTing a party,and four were caught dead drunk-dr1T1ng away in their automobile. xet the uerman comznandera ;new amply well tbat an .!,llied ,1 . landing a■ likely to come and that an almo■t inevitable place for it waa along the beachea near Rome.Why then didn't tbey make same eort of preparation to meet it-aa they did at Salemo wb.ere tney put up a thumering :tight? --M o p i n i o n ~ ~ f'N•* •epeat■ a ■nftliae ••~ 1!&11 ee,1h / ' •4• 'hafer, l'he uermane did e~eot a landing on tho .Rom beaot>.ea, but ~ were convinoed that it would coae further north•tbe ncr ttiern / part of the Latin plain,inatead ot the aouthern,where the 1nT4eW1on actually etruck.l ' hey had thio f1Xed in mind,had tt>.eir forces lll' t h ere,and were taken utterly by ■urpr1* 9 when the _!.llied puah ••• Plai n,inatead of tne northern. made at the southern end of the ' !'hey were just thick about 1 t,P . nd hence ccma1 tted What as apparently ~ ~ - ~ --- t:r.r-tf...« ~ ~ . In London ~he opinion 11 expreeeed that the halting or oil 1hipmente to Spain 1e a strong hint to _..ranco,a hint tnat 1 t 18 Ume for Spain to break with jeazi Germany.In other word ■, fianco must make up hie mind.1'b.e eu■peneion or oil ■ bipment■ aa ordered by tne united ~tatee ie baaed on aeTeral. facta tbat the Allie■ do not like!one--Spain continue ■ to intern eome Italian war■ t11pa and - merchant naeele wh1ch ehould come OTer to the Allied aid.Vt according to the .811dogl.1o declaration at war again■ t Jtazi Oermal\Y• . Jnd then--8pa1n continue ■ to export Tital war material■ to Germany. euch •• the metal •ol.t'r-.AJJd then-Azie agent ■ are aotiTe 1n 8pan1ah territory.In addition to wb.icb.--tbe Spanieb. Blue D1T1 ■1on ■till aeema to be fighting again■ t SoTiet Hu■■ta. Spain need• oil badly,becauee the baToc to the 8pan1ah railroad.a in the oiTil war ha■ made truck traneportatton along ttle highway■ absolutely neceaaary.so,tbe ■ topping or 011 1h1pment■ ■ ounde like eftectiTe pre ■ aure on nanco. ///////// Argentina all commercial and. fi nancial operation■ with the Axis en911Y'.rtelationa having al,,!~ btien broken between Argentina and .daz1 llermany am Japan, bueineae oonn . ectiona now are out.Thi ■ decree 1 ■ al.ong tbe line of the re0C1Dmendations ot tile inter-amer1can oonterenoe at wa■bi.ngton - in nineteen forty-two,and ie in logioal eequence to tbe 1ner1ng of - - - relations. ro11ow Argentina .Poll tical •hak•-up• or one eort or anotber aeem to ~gant1ne A accompaniment to the policy of turning againat the Ax1a.~onignt we bear that all the member ■ of the Argentine cabinet nave submitted tneir rea1gnat1ona to permit President ltalirea to reorganize tu ■ government.And Hamirez 1a expected. to eliminate tbe more ~-••toe:lly nat1onal1 ■ t1c ot the miniater■ .we hear that a number ot Argentine military leaders were oppoaed to tbe break with <;e?'11B1ly and Japan, ~~ and 1ome 1 ,are a aid to have been arreeted.. //I//I///I////I aou . thweatern ac1f'ic ' l'be story f'rom tbe So1,1tmreetern Pao1f1o tonight 1a one or bombs all over tne place.one nund~ed and twenty tbree tone of high expl oai n n1 t tbe Jap • a on the Jdairal ty .Lalanda,caua1ng large ~ , firea and e%ploe1onaJ And Rabul waa blaate4Ato tne aoc0111panillent ar an air battle in whie.b twenty-two Jap fighter■ were ab.ot do:wn. ln the Central !.ac1:r1c,•avu Ialand waa boatied~and once again tb.e Jape on the Marehalla.were • • • ft-tll-MSb u.,J.e•I ra Ill//////// With a hasty · 1 g ance at this next bit of news yo u mi g ht suppose that a ircraft workers o11t h@flc' in C a liforni a h a d sud d enly b ecome high brow and literary -- thousands of them subscribing to the Boo k of the Month Club. H owever, when you look closer there's a slight difference of spelling. ' It ts Bue!_ of the Month. ~ ~ , ~ , ---- - ~ At the Lockheed plant, Los Angeles, a huge ,A. lot of aircraft workers felt the duty of contributing to a who l e lot of things like Red Cross, US 0, ' community chests, and hospital funds. It was all a bit confusing and they decided to simplify it. ~ ~ ~ ~~~itt i.~­ h eir own initiativeA g ot and formed - - the Buck of the Mo n th Club. According to -- - this voluntary plan, each contributes t t r· en y- 1ve cents a eek, a dollar a month · . u b d 110 o y feels that of the Month Club has been functioning~ghteen A months and in that period has donated more than One Hundred and Twelve Thousand Dollars to the Red Cross, Sixty Thousand to Uommunity Chests, Thirty- five Thousand to United Nations War Belief, more than Thirty-four thousand to the U.S.O. J 4hd so on, with contributions to a whole string of organizations -- making a rand total of nearly Six Hundred Thousand Dollars. ~~~(7~ - That's what~ war-time aircraft workers ~'--~ ~:-c,( . s - ~ ~ ),are doing with that Buck of the Month Club.,~ excellent plan for other armament plants to imitate. - They ca d o a lot of good with a Buck of the onth Club and it has this advantage over the Book of.the onth Club -- they don't have t r ~ o o k s ~ ~) · ~ ~~~~~~~ ..... ~~~ ~~~~ o' ~ ~ ~ ! ---·~ .4- -1,{- ~ . Jon-Jeeentiala. RETAKE '.J. ' o da f rom a ahingtoh we llave three new rulings on the ,ubJect o f r : earin g a pparel-such 1 terns ae involve the uae of etrategio •teriale. rlulin number. onez nuf'acturera are permitted to turn out a new supply of noe e rin a for bu.lla. A. tew mi lea of copper tubing Ila.Te been allocated for t h e production of the copper rinp bywb1oh th•e _ . . erittera are kept tethered in the pasture. nuling number two, The author! tie a are permitting a new aupply of boree o ollare to be made.J.eather manufacturers are inetruoted to f'111 tbe demand for dobbin' a neckwear • . Rulin g number three 1 s negative.There will be no further •mta.ctve of rubber girdles t'or the ladiea.Tbe rubber director eXplaina that tbe synthetic rubber available muet be ueed for making ~tubioua war tquipmen t. AAl:ll'lld1tt:::t1►teoiz~:l1d~ ~7r:isn11c z ::1•aa~1t:=1t~\11aaliti,:a,,ie._.■Ni11ita~•--=-•.tt::~~iiti••:a~9! g i r d l ¢ ~nder tile baldin g of amptlib oue war equipment . iii .ao lb! f ltid ua,Taa ~w.la~get. ~heir ncae xtnga, 1md ""e •a&• 81& 4iea. 1a - 1111 eeaaioD t,o::1111 lrUaa,Aad th:t:w 111.1::fJUt, •nra eoJ. l ana+lN · ~ ._ .. , I at ) llP ro ,nnk-- Toda y at .&.oa Angele ■ a man waa arrested for dr1Ting wb1le drunk and 111 wa1 pr~tly aa ed a •Are y ou going to vote f'or your brotner,• Wbiob mgbt • • • like one of' those nonaenaioal moron linest but) tbe question wa■ lll?tlY to the point. fort '.l'he man arrested tor drunken dr1Ting n■ c.0l1Ter Wat■on,- llltFa brother of Claude Watson, t;:a prohibition candidate for President. IMae b.e• go1n to vote for