. .li l!ll. ~ llJ.l' n:: _ c I! rn, _ I!.'- - l' <1-J1 , .!Ji.,.,..,_ 'd • "1u,r. 11 ,1'1"-1: (c hina c l aim s a bi g vic tor y ov e r t h e Co■■uniata -- in a mil i o n- m an battle fou · gh t on e - h un d r e d-and-twe t, ■ ilea n o rth o f ,l ankin o/ C h ina I s re d a r■y, ■ fin t h e n o r t h, wa s p ufting dow n i nt o t he v ic tori ous val l ey of the Yan g stze, the Shanghai-Nankin g line. iarlier rep o rts to d ay tol d of two giant forces locked in a violent strug g l e , and then came t h e nationali s t• claim• victory -(the Chiang Kai Shek g overn■ent reports that one Co■manist ar■y was completely route0 At the United ~ ations in Paris, the Chine•• delegation today charged that the Chin•e R ~. d ar■ iea are using Japanese prisoners of war - prisoners capturea by the Soviets. I• As the war ended, with Japan trying to surrender, the Russians rounded up the bi g Ja p anese ar■y of Manchuria, and we have heard that these p risoners were b e ing indoctrinated with Com■ unis ■• jo now the Cbimse accusatio n - that the Japanese bavebeen turned over by the Soviets to serYe in the China civil war. In the ~isis, Chiang Kai-Shek has ••fl declared martial l a m i litary rule, artime restrictions in Central China. IAH TRIALS ------ In 1 s than a half hou from no the internati nal m ilitary tri un 1 in Tokyo will gather to 1 ronounce sentence on 1ojo an the other Japanese warlords. It is early afterno n in Tokyo. The court had a mornin g sessi n, then recessed, planning to reconvene fort pronouncement of the sentences, which will end the lon est trial in history - two and a half years. Late ews this armistice Day. T h e mi litary com an ers of the wester n uni o n have compl e ted their defense conf r nces - Britis h Fi e l arshall Viscount Montgomery residing. eeting in Hol l and, they drew up joint m i l~t a ry p l ans on what to do in case of war with oviet ussia. The United States, we hear, had representa ive J- the joint staff conferences. So what is the p lan? What will be the Military strategy of the western powers, ■ f if Soviet Russia should strike1 We are not told - its all secret. But there is an interesting report. The word in Holland is that Field •arshall Montgomery advocated - a stand on the Rhine. If the ponderous Hu•sian was machine should start rolling - try to stop the Russians along that great river barrier, one of the great historic lines of defense. The Roman eapire took its*• stand on the Rhine, holding that river for long centuries against the German•••• barbarians. The Roman frontiers in Europe were - the Rhine and the Danube. So n ow, once a in, the same role for the Rhine all over a g ain -- ~QRQ.e_t_- 2 as th e we · t faces Sovi t Russia. However, we h e ar that American opinion was opposed t the idea and suggested the Pyrenees. Presumably the Americans were not tm so sure that the line of the khine could be held, and thou g ht it would be best to defend the sz ■■ at great mountain barrier between France and Spain. Which,of course, would aean abandoning Fra~ce. o which opinion won out? The Rhine. The word ia in Hol and is that the joint staff conference• agreel with Field •arshall Montgomery, and decided on the ancient river defense - if the huge ■ ass of Soviet tanks and infantry ehould move forward. n .uon on, ri r t E: J r e• ident. • · rum n o er ere in i cou tin t· l OU i n wi l ( h o ~i ii i US\: t II W 1 V ' d. ni 0 r orta t h· r a. n nnin C -to-1 • t, A 11itb th · s r of t r n n. ri in, tn aug estion was m · a t u t th Prim ~inis r ight Join in~ m in it not r bi r confer n c . But in - ' arliament od , uttle s id - no.) tie tol~ the • l ' . 's that the way tor a se tlem nt w s througn the nitea ••ations, ii an agreement coul<i not be r~ach d throu h normal di lom tic ch nne s. ersonal have been , ana th t re o l onl oviets · to l he n ana wi t resen !ine- o . estern o un the oviet e, Re to y u r or s oi ossi 1 rum " - L lin e t i n , u ---- ---- , ilir 1 i e rl i c ' V o · c o ns l o d , , ~ lIJlILI11Illlil- T he n e s toni gh b rin an i ntim a ti on in that u st · n which m any h av e been askin g -- what il l Pre i d nt T ruman d o about the Democrats who failed to up ort him in the election? The attitude o the Pr ident is expressed by Democratic National Chairman enator cGratb - fresh from a visit to the little ,hite House at Iey Vest. He says ~&e the Truaan feeling is this. • ever mind the lesser eases in which Deaocrata were lukewar,. Dut a consiaerable meaaure of Tru■aa wrath is reserved fort p shots of his own party ~ho turn d their back on him. A 1 this was set forth by the National Chairman in a news conference at [ey est. He••• reminded that soae of the highest officials in the Truaan administration had been less than enthusiastic f o r t e ap arently hopeless Truaan cause. Would so• of these top figures now lose their jobs? • T he President; repli~dSenator McGrath, •will forgive ~enial sins as oppos d to mortal sins•. So there is the cue - the mortal sins will not bJorgivea. -..,;. ____,; ; . _ _ ~ . . . . _ __ HOOV E R _...,.....- . - In ashi n gton, f ormer P resident Hoover today discussed p lans for reorgani z ing the Federal govern■ ent, plans p re pa re d by a coa■ is s ion of which he is the head. Be said: "There a re no p olitics in our problem.• ~uring the election cam p aign, it w as remarked that, if governor ~ewey were elected president, be would - undertake the task of govern ■ ent reorganization - baaed on the re or t to be maie by the Hoover coaaission. ~o what now is the status of that coaaisaion? Well, it••• created by a resolution of the Republican-controlled r'ightieth Congress. But t'resident Tru■ an endoraeci the coaaiasion - and, ■ oreover, he personally naaed four ot the,twelve coa■ issionera who are serving under Herbert Hoover. Today the foraer president made no reference - to tbe result of the election, merely aa7ing that the reorganization business has nothing to do with p olitics. .-,.,.. ,,_..,.. l>.1'\e41. t-\- ~ a news . conference.,. gave a re■ inder that A in sixt e en years, the annual expenditure directed by the •bite Bouse hos risen fro ■ four billion to fortf-three - IOOYER - 2 billion dollars - and he believes that billions a year could be saved by streaalining the whole aet-up. ' : B ~ ,!.i- 6t c...,ww c ........... ~ .tif.t ~ ut-~ ~~ . GEIERAL..!Al..lt . Iv HT This being Armistice D ay, an appropriate ceremony is bein g h ld in Chicago at this moment.During the past s e veral months, the disabled American •eterana - - :!rvice ~undation has een conducting a nationwide word puzzle contest, and the winner is now to be announced - the prize presented by General Jonathan lainwright, :ir.ta~-..., hero ofACorregidor who is National Co ■■ander of the Disabled Veterans Organization. So now let•• ••itch to Chicago ~ - to a eneral Wainwright and the lucky winner. QJlli6~_!AIIWti1Qlh I am very proud and happy to announce the successful completion or the first national contest of the foundation, and I wish to thank the winners and everybody who entered tlis contest. Your entry fee contributions have benefiteJ a cause which deserves the full support of all Aaericans who are grateful to our country's disabled veterans. And to y o u ~ James E. Niclterao.n, I a■ delighted to present this ch e ck for Thirty-three Thousand Dollars to which you are 8ntitled because you l ·n this great contest of skill. were the to p winner JAMli-L M lCK~ H ~Q!:.. General ¥ a in w right, this is really a mi g hty b i g thrill. lt's a w h al e of a check and to receive i t fro you pe r s onal l y mak e s it a really iaportant occasi o n for me. t°'d like to say I found the contest mo s t e nj oyable,};i:~1:llj because it was for such a noble cauae. I d idn't expect to win a cent. Jim, I see by your record that you served in the North African, Corsican, Sicilian and Italian campaigns. You have received four battle stars, the Air Medal and the Legion of Merit. Good wort. And now I hope this handsome prize ot Thirty- three thousand dollars will help you and your good wife and five y e ar old daughter to _ a lot of happiness in civilian life. And, I am hopeful that as many as t•o million good Americans like you will enter the second national•••*••• contest of the Disabled h American Veterans S ervice Foundation which will be announced n ext January. lA~.§_L__fiic _rso.n: I hope so to, General Wainwright. e've been istening in on the resentation , ainwright -- and next national ,e-ontest for of the Disabled American Veterans Service to the ~e>1tetbing particular>t appropriate for Ar■ ietice Day. I we11e@r- •lut Qe11ei:al Waia ■ r igbt 16Ul4 " . ,..,,, 7consider the greatest A■erican General of•~•• our tiaet '!'here are many who would still vote for General Perahing. I've spent part of today reading Geneal Perahing'a biography. If ■■ first knew the author, Colonel Frederic ~al ■ er, when he was a famous war correspondent, more than thirty years ago. Frederic Palmer was an associate of the now legendary Richard uarding Davis. lie refers to General Pershing•• •The soldier nobody knew.• The si ■ i title of the book is simply: John J. Pershing,General of the Araiea. It is an absorbingly interesting life story of the man who led our armies to victory in World War One. " b doc . stri e o n th e a .; 0 t s a.r·mati t. i - o ne th t ti e s t e w 1 out at J, on ~ -t ,J s or n it t r .,p .fto n· o4, A viati n . A ut at ca · tar ront stri e ave to cto ith the lore an e end o man ' coo uest of th S'-Y ell, that poi t ill elev o _ p in t e mer factu 1 recital of the ne~s. The walxout be g n a s a\ ila c at aff · ir in ~e• Xork , but no has s read to b o ston and ~1 iladelphia - tying up those ~rat ~arbors . tomorrow , a vote will~ be taken by the dock wor~ers of the east coast , an4 .. there seems little oubt that they ill ta,'9■ . AW~•i•ia•fuOi make it a alkout all along the lin e, the coastline . / ed by a / a c t ion t ~ w as • • ;;;but S • - 1 ~ 'fl ______ _ ' he in r lrm · ri ' r i ,., o th ' . V • - • re · nt arine , " rriv d t a w Ior h rbor todaJ - and th as en rs, n t ou a n oj h , carried ~ tbeirAlu ta e bore. The ritis 1 in.er lliaur tani a - a du at , ew ior~ toaay, bu chan ed course and ut.in at ualitax, ins tead . · be ~auretania bas aboara a full list of passengers. hls o - the origin 1 ri ght rothers ~ --- .__ .._, plane, the first plane that ever fle . - canvas, on its tri . ers, historic f irst hts. here an 1.ion on rum n ,, ri · ht , thc:1 i u ir · r ou t S - d 0 on a in to~ ece ntb, t.ne / er ry of t / the/ ( terfroot str · e has chan g ed 1/g'ended a·rcr t taken to tt 1· ax. that, the ' ' octay an o · icial of the .::>mithsonian Institution ~aul ~arber, flew to the Can a dian ~ort to supervise aatters. The ortinal uright brothers plane will be transferred to a U. ~. avy ship, brought. to 1,ew iork, then loaded on · truc k , and sent s eedin to uashin g ton its f in 1 trip chan g ea by t rike. n I J t r cor n l'r n c i co to OB .nn s. oa y jor no r .l.J l1 - v n str e l.he three un re na thir y-si i s in nirty-six minutes a nd nin secon s. 'l'b t as ne rly our minutes f ster th·n the revious r,acord o f orty minutes, lso m de in a jet plane. 8JOr Le ~aven left ~an ) rancisco at te nt enty-five thi• aorning, and lanaed t ~os hngel a about a aioute past eleven - whizzin alon at five hundred an~ seventy-seven miles an hour. r another da ~ zling revelation oi jet spee~, the newest thing in the annihilation of s ace. Q. ~ F~~ L...'Mw-. ~~ - ~ . l ~ - - i r r tor t un ~ cho L t .L l - ho r C t l e in . r r - u tn - - Devi · t DJ O. - n co t r n ar a rri b r enn lvania, , tod Y, the1 ound the bod of am n ho had een shot to aeath -- and on one rm s a tatooed picture of~ tan pla~ing a tune on banJo. I,) tran er still, on one leg they found en new one nundred dollar bills fastened with rubber bands. that ~as a clue. ~ev ral days go, two aas~e,d b ndits heltuv the hoae of Vaniel Lamont, a wealth raa, horse oner at Altoona, ? ennsy4v~nia. They robb~d him o thirteen thouaand aollars in cash ana seven thousand dollars· worth ' of jewelry. The money was in new one hundred ao l r bills, ana the race horse owner stat 8 that he saw one of th bandit sne "" ~ out ten ot the on bune1rce1 <10 ar bills, when his companion was no lookin • ffolClin out on nis • .ttCC orciin t t e v o li c he as ura r a by his ' na - 11 0 , o•ever, aia not fin he t non hum- d aollur bil s n na hi d n · o ·unni1 y, 11 t t chE::a to hi ·. t h r er a nd . T story, n icatect th vi the 1 i l l C1 him - r lh th n sb · r c wit i h~ roceeds 0 !l robbery wanted t.o e it l or himse never SUS the thous nd o 1 r· th~ oth r roo~ w s holcting out. lionor amon thieves, sung by the Devil with the Banjo. .. by r • Ue ting o la i l ne n ' t. C E: to hi i r story, · na·co.t d y th ev i nc , 1 nd. , • h t the l ill d hi - r n ~ r th n bh · r e •it hi th~ roceeds 0 1 th robbery. tie an e to e it l f or hims - nev r · us the thous nd ao lar the oth r croo w · a ho din out. ~onor mong thieves, sun by the evil with the Banjo. ting I In the news of sports - an uproar in the real ■ of that very, very ~nglish game of cricket. an oatcry . against - snobbishness in cricket. ~a~igh ton..f snob&, thia tiae, ~re not in England - but ia South Afrlc• bod the protest coaea froa England. At ~apetown, the7 wouldn't let a British boxing cha ■p into the clubhouse of the lest Province ~ricket feaa, because of what tb• Capetown Dis p atch calla •his social 1tanding.• The boxer in question i i Freddie Milla, li1bt bea•1••ight chaapion of the world, who went to South ~frica to aeet their heavyweight title bolder. Milla woa b7 a knockout and was hailed•• a conquerin& hero. ~o be thought be•d go to the cricket ga■ e. A British tea■••• playing a aatch with the South Africans. ana the British star »ataaan, Denis I eoaptoa, is a friend of Mills. ~ut when the prize- fight champ tried to visit his cricket playing pal, he waa refused admittance to the clubhouse. lwice he tried to set in, and each time he got a col i stare. ihich is not so surprising if you know the ways of cric~et. The social l ine drawn bet een gentle ■ en I £RIC1EI - and no1 - gentleaen. °!'he "hairman of the cricket club explained: •1 didn•t think a prizefighter would be at hoae, or aix, with the aeabers of the club.• Th a t happened several days ago, and it stirred up a bii noise, with newspapers in London pickin& up the atorJ of snobbery. ihe ruapua grew so loud, that the cricket club at Capetown yielded a conceasioD and now we ha•• the latest. They ha•e peraitted cha■ pion Freddie Mill• to be entertained at tea by the British cricket tea■ , toaether with prize fight manager, ' !'ed Broaclribb. out not in the pavilion of the club. Ko air. the cha■pion and ~is manager were entertained at tea under nearbJ oak trees. - lot allowed in the sacred precincts