~~1~-~-~!A~-A-~~----l~_rL-~Ar_!2L_!24~- ~uroco. GOOD EVE~l G EVi YBODY: Good Evening to the Don Lee etwork faaily. I understand t e Don Lee is the largest regional radio network in the world of radio. So, I am delighted to be on Don Lee for Standard of California. A Japaaeae b . roacloaat oTerheard 1n l a Jrano1•oo olaim that the Mikado' ■ alr roroe bed 4eatroye4 au torl:,-tive Allied plane• ln China. Our own high 1111• •1p,-.ae tor . . tion raided an .,!.llied air field in the ta.. ot K•-•1 011 tbe China ooa■ t, only tiwe hu4re4 ■11•• ~ --- a. l1lud ot J'omoaa. soae ot \ho•• .!],.lied plane ■, they «-e-e.o.,..,,,tJ ;~'tr en ■hot da1111 111 tb ~ air, but ■oat c;t-iea,._!h• .T•, XXX . . CHINA - OLL O JAPS juat to orrset that, a late story from Chungk1ng timely Ghineae vi c tory in the pr ovin c e o f Honan. '!be IIP• were 1t the gate ■ or Loyang,• key stron g hold or th~ ,rot1noe. It the Nippone ■ e had taken it, they would have had an abroten line trom Peiping to Canton. d l ~ tile till or Loyang waa J:-•• 'j\matter Tokyo had claimed that ~-- or houra. At the eleventh ,A bar tbe Ch1ne ■ e hurled the Jape back from Loyang and wiped , ao1t or tho•• who had penetrated to the weat and the northwestern aburb1. Howev e r, heavy fi g hting still is going on in the outer X X X BU Chinese troops, tom ke u re,er1e1 in central China, are hitting beck at the Japanese 1 1 the eouth. They have atta ck ed heav1 ly on the Salween r1 ver, IJld are edvano1ng to join roroea w1 th General Stilwell 'a •1'111 in northern Burma. The Chinese are equipped with American materials, and trained by American orrioera. They are attacking on a rront of about a hundred and thirty mile ■• So far they have moved Nit 1oroa1 the Salween river at several points about ninety aile1 eaat or the Allied positions north or Myitkyina. Ir th11 latest Gbine ■ e driv e aucoeeda, it will A - • J ~ ~ tnable the .Allies to open the old Burma Road, 1' wiW._..• 1:o - - - ~ IJ •• • 4eneikeA~ extent tor the Japanese victories 1n the ProT1noe or Honan. X X :X Over the P cifio, the sir forces under .1da1rel Nimitz and General e c A r t h u r ~ t ~ :;j- ;t-a~•.:;,f,(,, ~~ ... ~ ea••• "'~~~ n montb,s, "'"7ll•14~•P••••• base■ all th ay from Truk to the ~~ Kurile Ialanda"'- nor th .1PE-"'"'9tite-""d-t~ttM.-e-m~1UJHKi.. apeotaouler to re o r t . ~ ~4-1.-1.J ~ ~at a tesdy pounding by heavy and medi um..,_.bombera ~ X X X I ALY --- ~ n we from Italy 2 General Clerk's latest offensive is a complete ).. ,uoce11, 10 far .an 1t 1111 s ■ nn. Even the Germans admit that Auonia, where the Nazi command bad its headquartera. Ausonia 11 nine mile ■ ioland, and ita fall ha• widened the Alli d bridgehead aoroas the Garigliano r1~er by nine miles. Furthermore, U hea coaq,letely ,mashed the line or supply which the Nazis had frca Caaaino to the coast or the Tyrrhenian Sea. '!he Americana and French between them capturec1 nine or the bill ■ overlooking that part of the front. Meanwhile, the Britiah Eighth Army, spearheaded by tank&, croaaed the R1p1do river and started a flanking Cu11no, '!he ■111~ hove - A ,,._ thoueand prisoner■• more attack on the Germana in I 2 I tely led by righter■ trom Morocco. They opened e gap three miles ,1de at one point or the Gustav Line. And they are now near the aeoondary line or tbe Bitler Line. they call .,, All in all Fe Allieo hne oopturod eh:ty 1quare ■ilea, and that means square miles ot area thiokly ti ae•eateen town•. XX X I ASION Virgil Pinkley or the United Preas r porta that Both American end B r ~ t i a _ contin ge nts or the 4'l -- "'-a,AJ . -.0 1~ng army ave been trained toft pttoh;~inkleyi..,...w L"-<) he hll lleYer betore seen soldiers and sailors so well drilled,am " 1r11ed. He bas had opportunity to observe ell the European and Mediterranean campaigns. 'nlere is ao much of everything, says he, that it ■ tagger• belier. Tanke and armored oars a.e parked by the tbou1ande: ~~ aorea. there e•ef/uge storehouaea A A of 1hell1 underground with vast supplies or ge1oline and explosives. ~d- ....... or h~avy gun1~eo■ ~ stretch to the horizon. Pinkley 111.ked tor two hours along country road1, both sides or w h i c h ~ en banked with shell• neatly piled and covered. Parking lots . ,r P•oked •1th trucks extended almost out of sight. Every division 7f' Will go into battle with several ' thousand trucks. All in all, - to t ~ ,!_llied invea ion ;-!y ~ be able to deliver the greatest - - /', J. tire power ooncentratton in history. 2 1 nve ei on ~ ~ sio n ln G e rm an y 1 nc rees e s.e-¥~ •-...-..~~-. A xis r a d io s ta ti o ns ~ f t b d t i . . . , . ~ -.. --· · ,A - r oe ce a n ,arn1nga th a t the f i r st blow wi l l c ome i n t h e f orm o f 8 giant landing o f ~llied par a t r ooper•, ~ dr op p ed to earth behind the German 11nea. 'lbe A xis hi gh oommenJ h o e two strong rl e eta or 100ut plane ■ rangin g over the Bri t1ah invasion c oaet all the w sy rroa the 1tr1it■ or D over to the Bristol Channel. litteen or - thea were bagged by Bri tiah flak. ___......._,__ e> - - - - - - - Somewhere in Britain there 1a an ADaerioan broadcaating atation called A.BSIE. When the invaaion ■ tart■, 1t1 principal function will be to broadcast 1natru c tiona to the underground rorcea in Nazi occupied Europe. Swedish n e wspaper• to d ay were guessing that the •lliea would attack rortresa Europe with one hundred divisions, - up to one million, five hun d red thousand men, from Britain alone. 'lhe SWedea declare an equal num ber of troops 1a concentrated in Borth Africa, Corsica end Sardinia. n U SS IA Th e fal l of eva atopol is ma d to s o u n l i k 9 ,1 c tory f or the Ax is i n c o u n i q u issu e d t od y y th e high o omna nd of' R umen! a . 1a is the w a y H itl e r's a llies put it: "The evacuati on of th e Sevasto p ol br id g ehead h e s b e n ~ completed." Th Rumanian• go on to say t hat shi e o f t he r men ,. an Rumanian navies end rn rcentile m r i ne , also ermen arm y . air transport■, oerri d lar g e f orc e ■ rrom th Crime s to uman1an 1011 in api te or stron g enemy opposition. 0 - - - - - - - --- - - - -- -- . s _.A<I•~ Most of tonight's report• from Moscow deal with air oper■tlona. 11• ~ - Sovi e t # e t j , t f ; : ! ; o t ted • German oon'foy ~ sixteen transport■ end twenty-rive eacort /\ 1bip1 in the Beren ta Sea, orr Norway) Cftltt, ... w~ et a point near the ~ PiDJ11.1h border, n1nety-~niie• mile ■ nofthwest or the Russian ,.:. port ot Murmansk. A fo r oe of Russian Naval planes hurried to the ecene and sank three trans p orts as well ea a self-propelled ~ barge, e n auxiliary vessel, f" ~ also set three other beaohed. en d a m otor torpe d o boat. The Russians~ 4l ~~ transports ' f ire, ~ h i ~ had to be 2 Rueaie ('.) ---------- R ussian l o llJ! ran e bombers ere keeping up their ,teady attacks on Germ.en c on cen trations of t r oopa ana euppliea behind the eeatern front. They bombed four railway center ■ in - - Polan4 and another one in Letv1e. - - - - - - - - - - - 0 ............ - .,,._. London reporta that the Red armies ~ entire ee1tern tront ere a l l ~ , , to go) t h e , ~ waiting only tor the time when the Soviet, bl~- command has tin1ahed ~ which prca1aea to be terr1t1c. X X :X A i I 'Ille air ~ - . d ue to through heavy clouds to bomb the azi fortification ■ on the rrenoh coaat, also railway and air f ield te~get ■• 'r.o hu n dred or the plane ■ were rl 1n fortresses end Liberatore, most or which attacked the az1e a r ound Calaip. None or the airmen had an eaay time or it, at an altitude or twenty thousand f eet with twenty degrees below zero. The other plane ■ 4 n the raid were medium and light bomber ■, Marauder• and Havocs. From air fields in Italy, Britiah heavy end aedium bombers flew north last night to attack vital-. point ■ or the Nazi railway northwest or Venice, key point ■ on the linea leading into ermeny. 'nl1s followed ~n top o f that daylight raid which ■ even hundred and fifty tmericen heavy , v \ . bombers delivered eater ey on Venic e end nel~ railway ta gets -1 in the valley of th e Po R ver . ,,. SP RE i<E LS Loa withe complaint from family A or Spre eke le. t aeema that a feminine memb e r or this fortunate clan recently took a leaaon in pool. It was Mrs. John D. Spreokela, the third, whose husband is et a Navel training 1tation somewhere in Idaho. Mra. John D. Spreckela the third, with her mother and a gentleman fiiend, went into a pool rooa)and thought it waa lots of fun. A couple of strange . young men ottered to teach her the game. They taught her more than the game. They taught her not to play with strange young men. lor 1tter they left the pool room, Mra. John D. SprP.okela the third ••• m1nua a jewel studded braolet, a W8toh, a ring and a 00111 puree , all ~~ ~ or which had o o e t ~ t h o u 1 a n ~ pegeeua Somewhere in E n land is a flying fortress named atter Pega1u•• the winged horae or Greek mythology, which hes become a symbol for poetry. '!be other day the t lying fortress 11 ved up to 1t1 name. It had been on a mission over Germany and waa well on 1 ts 111 home. Suddenly a group or aix Meaaerschm1 tts pounced upon it, bU the great bomber with fifty cannon shells and machine gun ~ bullet,, One o r ~ smashed the number two engine 10 that 1 t "' 1purted oil over the windshield and obscured the pilot'• vision. Another engine waa already knocked out. The third began to mis ■- when Pegaaua ••• still two hundred mil~• away from home. Finally it •topped. 11th only one engine left, the pilot tried to oarry on, but.,. Raz1 bullets had out the fuel line to that engine. The pilot, Second Lieutenant Wyrick or Alvordton, Ohio, thanked hie lucky stare that be bod plenty or 11~1tude. ~ e • c.,...·U, ~ y-.__...:, ...,.._, -ra.. .;c-~ --ft... Gl.Vl_, ~ - { { . . J.,;J ....... - -«litle4toa~~e-M---pe• ,..i.awe4 1)M~"HD8U.lo,_ ~ • " " " " " " - - ~ ~~L 811d: J111ii~1W,,15;a:;g"'1a,. e •crew th ew out everyt~ing that walil~t ~ IJ • t.o~~~~~~~ •crewed ~ a t 88 th· looked hopeless, Pegasus came 1n ' light ot the Inglish coast, ~ -"R. G . r- :- . _ -t- - landing on a Pey•l alJJ-1:~ r i e l d ~ H"\. ~~~• XXX and Lieutenant Wyrick made a pertect ~ - - - ; £ ~ And then the~e•s another story o f a fou r- engine bombe r toni ht. This one s a ved by th e ingenuity of a ae ■ber of the crew an a slim metal cartridge belt. This fortress was l impin g b ack also. T he tail gunner had been killed by anti-aircraft fire. Flak had also seriously wounded the navi g ator, and s h ot away the big ship's rudder control. The pilot, First Lieutenant Sharp of Portchester, lew Yori, circled the field r ad ioin down to the control tower that he was unable to land. But Master Sergeant Harold Older of Granada, Minnesota, caae to the rescue. Sergeant Older, a veteran of eight years' service, once served on a ground crew mechanical staff in the Phil- ippin~s. And - this was his thirtieth air mission over Europe. The Ser g e, who wa s gunner in the top turret, realizin g they were in trouble, climbed down from his turret and said he mi ht be able to fix the ruder control. "Jus t k ee p oing," he advised the pilot. The fuel was running l o ~ , but Lieutenant Shar p kept circlin g as slowly as he dared. The Serge went to work on a cartrid e belt. Fi r st he twisted and bent the clips. Then he fished u p the s e vered radder cables fro ■ the waist of the plane. He hoo k ed the ends of these into the bent cli p s of th c a rtridge bet, while Lieutenant Sharp kept circlin g for three-quarters of an hour with his fuel tank getting emptier and emptier. At the end of the forty-five minutes, Sergeant Older sang out:- 'Try her now. She may hold. And she may not. But try her, boy!• Down below ground crews and fliers were watching anxiously. Lieutenant Sharp eased his plane down, hit the ground with his wheels, coasted two hundred feet, and rolled to a stop, with everybody sefe, thanks to the resourcefulness of a master sergeant. .I FR IGATE A trigate of the Canadian Navy hae been sunk 01 the high 1eaa. Navy K1n1ater MacDonald announced it et on 111 Wd•J~•ao tbe Yr1gate Valleyrteld, eaco r t1n« 1 " oonoJ 1caenere 1n the North Atlantic . . . , . . . \orpedoet, ~ Id 10k allloat iamt:diately. A hundred and twenty-aix men wzr:a ' thirty-eight ••• ■ur•&••ae• ' "41, 'Dle Ve1!.,eJt1el4 . . . the t1r ■ t Cana41u trigate - A tirat Canadian eaoort ahip loat 11noe laat ~tt~~ - ltpMabar. She bad . . _ a ■hort lite, ha Ting been put tntla ~ A 0Cllllll11loa.At1Te until• ago. O LEMANSKI rather Sten1eleua Orlemenak1, punished by hie BilhOP, 11 _ 111. Early tod Y 1 t wea ann unced that he .. ould not appt■l trom the aentenoe or the Springfield, Maaaachuaetta See to the papal nuncio at Washington. It was further said that be 111 on hie way to Obey Bishop O'Leary' a order to go to 1 aon11tery. live or Father Orlemanaki'• pariabonera called at the Chancellery or the Diooeee and protested ageinat hie punllhaent, but the Bishop ••• •~d~am~an~t~•------------J Dli• afternoon word oomea trom Springfield, tll1t \he prieat who went to Moacow to aee Stalin 1• now cOAt1Jle4 to bed at hi• rectory •• a reaul t or • severe ahook. In Mo ■oow, the ott1oial newspaper or the Caaun11t Party played up...., prominently the new• that lather , 0rl-.n1k1 had been d1so1pl1ned. PraTda made no editorial 0 aament, Juat publ1ahed the story quite conapicuoualy. X X X <21.APLIX 1oe1 Berry ot her o1•11 right ■• Tbe other defendant ■ were al■ o XX X BA m TUB In Minneapolia, Minne ■ota, there are a couple ,t polloe■en who ought to be commended by their chief tor their ,bllUJ to make a re~ort not only com p lete but ahort. A diatreaa call had coae to the police atation rrom a residence di ■ triot, reporUng that an old lady wae in serious trouble. 'nle two oops nat 011, and Odle baok atter a tew ■lnutes. 'Dle report they · mta taaa alao■ t •1th that or the o. s. Bevy lns1gn who n41N4: •11pted aub, ••Dk ••e." But the aubject or the cop■• 11•1•• ••• acaewhat ditterent. Their report read: "Arr1Ted at llollloa ot oall. ~ a t u o k 1D batb tub. We belped ber out.• - •owuup ~41~~ ~ ~~~y~1_ POLL TJJ nie long and bitter argument over the Poll Tax ~ ~ _. soatbern 1tate1 1e at an end ,;\tor the time being. The ~ ~ ; torb14.-S atateo to deny the vote to ct tizeno who haft '°' paid I Poll Tax 1e now securely 1n • pigeonhole. The ~--~ U ~ i e . A ~ end came.1'-when t h e - ~ ~ ~ -;t,tbe bill vied to pu1h through • motion to put a 1topper on debate, the olohN, which la not allowed in the Senet~ except by a vote or wo-Ullrd■ or all the Senatore. 'Die cloture ■otion •a• beaten Noaue the M■ber■ on that aide were 18 vote ■ ■hort ot the lltted '110--thirda. 'Die Senator• who favored the bill wanted the ololare in order to prevent a tllibuater by Southern Senator■• !be gentl•en trom the South were prepared to go on talking 1 detial '917. Aotually, aeveral or tha are not in r1nor ot the Pill lu, but theJ objected to having the bill ahoved dowa their throat,, whioh would have aubjeoted their internal attair■ to UUl IIOre federal regulation. '2 poll tax Upon the dereat or the cloture motion, both the -~ra,10 ud Republican leaders appealed to their oolleaguea ~• reall1t10. It lheJ ina1ated upon debating the bill, it ,oald lntertere with ■ore important legi1lation. 'n'lereupon, the 11uior1 lalcl the thing on the table by a vote or rorty-one to DlrtJ•tlTe. XX X U ncl e Sam's ~ - t o °"'A the Unite d S ta tc 9 Vice-Adm i ral Hewitt. l ue · jack ts sho uld have some l i q u i d ~ ...) N aval Command e r in North African waters, Sas the Adm iral, it's at ne thing tor the morale o f t h ose w h o tight our battles at sea. OUrs being the only Navy that does n o t provide its enlist d ••xwt- men All th i s does not mean that the crews or cur ships 1n African waters are unhap y. Their only complaint is that tbe7 would like to h ave a mild ggpx■t cup of something to 11.Dlax them arter a battle with a U•boat. But, the7 don •t have it and, as a conaequence when they do go ashore, they make up for lost time. such is the story l n the news tonight.