American sea and air power has hit the Jape at Manila for a second time - so says Tokyo. The pr vious word was a Washington bulletin telling of a first assault - a powerful American task force sending its planes against milit~ry and naval centers i~ the area of the Philippine capital. The shores around Manila Bay have long been known for great bases, like historic Oavite. That sector ia the heart of power in the Philippines. So there was a thrill of elation at the early, news - an American task force striking at Manila. And now a second blo•· - today. This, report~d by the Japs, as not yet been confirmed by our own Navy, but undoubtedly it is true. And it seems to mean a continued series of blows ag&inst the enemy at Manila. It may also mea something else, as the Ja s are quick to suspect. Today Tokyo stated that the · the Phi·1 1 ·ppines has decla ed puppet governm e nt in artial la , bec a u s e of what the pupp e ts lACIFIQ - 2 ao■entary danger of invasion". And that might well be the case. MacArthur made his••• vow to return to the P~ilippines, and it seems as if he might be about tJ 1 fulfill it. Here is another Japanese bulletin - tellin1 of a batch of Jap Admirals who have perished. This ia to be added to previous lists of high naval ooaaanders of the Far'Eastern eneay who have lost their - lives. Mow five ■ ore. Tokyo doean•t aa7. Juat what happened, aerely announcing the death in action ~-I.et of five more Admirals of th•)'!8•8I. fleet. IPLLO_.h\QlllQ The latest news tells of the Army · · i Join ng the lavy in hitting the J ps in the Philippines, _ long- range land-based bombers sinking ships in Philippine waters. Also off the Dutch East Indies -- fourteen Japanese vessels in all. It was just ,as part of the day' a work for MacArthur' a bombers, which ■ake ~ regular rounds over the PhiliP.~uw .......... ~---------------- On Peleliu Island, so close to the Philippines tells of an advance by the first Marine Regiment - against cliffs where the Japa are fighting to the death in deep caverns. Day and night American land artillery, naval guns · and war planes smash at that cliff with tons of high explosives. But that is said _ that the Japs are protected from every form of attack except bazookas and flame throwers; and t ~ e the advancing marines are ax•,i employing. - Anoth e r turn of danger for the hapless Chinese. Another Japanese drive making dangerous progress. In their campaign to seiae the Hankow-Canton Railroad. the main Ja p force has been pressing South. but at the saae time another enemy column has dvanced from Canton, making it a two.way advance along the railroad. And today's D!_!I pictures the ooluan frol! Canton as pushing rapidly fotwa~d, capturing Wuchow - one of China•• big citie@. The Chinese explain that th , e drive f roa Ca:nton is making such rap id progress because , China · • a Aray has been compelled to concentrate against the oth~r Japanese force hich is threatening l:weilin. The Jape are said to b e within eight miles of that recent Aaerican air base, which has now been blown up. IISTERN fBO NI ... ~ There is not/\ ~ good news to report about the battle for Geraany tonight. In Bolland, the airborne force beyond the Rhine is in a aore critical po1ition than ever. The British second ar■y ha1 been dri•ing with all its tenacity and power to join forces with ,.t •**Jl the paratroopers, •h1uave been iaolated and under 1iege for days. But the relief force baa not not aa The Second Ar■y crossed the Rhine, and it aeeaed aa if it aigbt speedily thrust its way to the 1urrouaded soldiers of ~be sty. But today the push ran into a stone wall, powerful Ger■an defenses that could not be broken - not i ■aediately; at least. The Ger■an ring around the paratrooper• held, and ~t laat report• the heaviest kind of fight~hg waa on - with the aecond aray ,training every nerve to force a junction. The plig~t of the Britiah paratroop force is reflected graphically in a dispatch fro• United Press ~orrespondent Stanley llaXted, who landed •i th thE 1 airborne troops. His dispatch by wireless reads like a diary!-•llaybe the tanks will arrive today•, its s. ORT - •Anyway, we are holding on until they do. Thia ia the Fifth day and our force is a ti 11 being heaYily aortared, heavily sniped and ■achin gunned, atx and heavily shelled. The troops are being)ked to do aore than flesh and blood should have to endure. But aa their coaaander said, •they are of good heart. These airborne men are ■agnificent•. And then the diary-lite dispatch oontinue1: 1 The Ger ■ans brought up loud apeak~rs and ■e1aphoae1 to oall upon us to surrender. today - , and a bunch ot British glider pilots are yelling their heads off, awearing back. We don't know exactly where the bulk of the aecond aray i1, but •'11 be here and ready ~ __,.. - •hen they come•. Tonight the prayerful . hope is that the second army will break through soon, and shatter - - the German siege ring around the paratroopers. Their plight said one dispatch todty, is critical - •• but ' ~ere's \ , he latest - a bulletin that the ~~ Army is making new progress not hopeless. toward a junction with the paratroopers. th oe amer1·can first army To the south, _ _ _ sustained the first definite reverse for the Allied forces since the battle for Germany began_ the first case of being forced back. General Hodge's Ar■y announces that it has had to pull back across the Ger■an border at one point. Fierce Gpr ■an coaer- attacks assailed Aaerican units that had driven into the Siegfried line, and under violent attack they were oo■pelled to withdraw. Tbis was at the point where tbe Allies bad staged their first thrust into Ger■an territory, penetrating the Siegfried line. The fightinc there is intense, ,he Ger ■ans hurling great tank forces with reckless fury - and never ■ ind the losses. South, along the Moa~lle, General Patton•• Third Ar■y is engaged in the g reateat araored ...,.-.,.....~-------J since the invasion of France began. Today the Ger■an• counter-attacked repeatedly in the flat country east of Nancy. And the official report is that the third Ar■y had not previously encountered such a conoentratio1 of ■eohanized power. A whole series of tank battles was staged _ the Germans losing heavily. In the last ten days, the Americans have knocked out at least two ISTERN FHONT - 4 hundred and fifty nine of their tanks, but they still keep coming - regardless of los~es. The General picture along the entire front, fro ■ the English Channel to Switzerland is one ot tre ■endous ene ■y effort - the G~raana hurling the li ■ it of their power in counter-attacks to hold ~ct the Allied Ar ■ ies. The ■ ilitary opinion ia that - •hoid• is the word. The violent blaze of Ger■ an a1aault is regarded as a aonat;er effort to delay the lllied advance, until the lazla have had time to prepare the line of the Bhine - and get •ady all the f■•itat fortifications they can. The over-all picture we hear is f■ favorahle - because, to hold the British and Aaerican er■ ies, the Geraan higb coa■ and is being compelled to throw its reserves into the aaelstroa, use up its reserves. 0 ' ~ ~-~~. - ~ -e...:... .a-v• ~ ~ ~ ~ f A- e.4, ~ ~ ~ ~- ROSSI~ - Stalin tonight announces the capture 0 Tallinn, the Capital of _ Estonia. lhis follows word; of a rapid Soviet advance i~to that Baltic Cotintry, Berlin announcing the G~r■ans had evacuated · -pulling back to a new defense line. At arsaw, Soviet Troops have the city and joined forces with the ~lish Patriots ooa■anded by ueneral Bor. he Russians forced a crossing of the Vistula near arsaw, nd went on into battles of violent stree fighting. lisb Underground Forces, after sustaining so long and b·tter · a siege, staged I nasaults of their own• and th of the Poles and the nussians. followed the would see ■ to bring . to an end the epic of arsaw, the Polish Patrio uprising which has been one of the heroic episodes °!.J the ar. --- ------- ---~ lllYfili Eur J> r p r s a co u p e of my teri us r ad io f she ru or . One a sserted tod ay that a German pe a ce del ation had one t o osco w . 'I'ha t picked was up by 8toc olm a n app ears to have originated somewher in ast russia. It's hard to imagine who'd be sen in out that k1 ' nd of news a tale of - peace negotiations b tween Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. A second mystery rumor told a tale of revolt in the Germ n . rmy. Stockholm and also Paris picked up a voice purporting to be th at of a German General - announcing that he had assumed control, his soldiers seizing a railroad station, post office and telegraph station. The alleged General denounced the Nazis and said he would lead the Uerman Army back home - because the war was lost and further resistance as useless. That one aprered to originate somewhere near the present estern Front and might have been a twist of anti-Hitler i ■ propaganda. j i h r in u ro e . re r i r 00 n.ou c n t o a e • li in .... y h i ve b en telling about the roan l os o Franc nd so much of P oland a n lhe E alk ns - loss of rich a ricultural countri s. hn to a he erm n ~ere iven aaaatkaz another ver io of the same thing, a disa reeable v~rsion .- ..t.ae bI era pai,ien-- eat,, Tle erlin radio · announce the e r m ns ill get les bred, much les~. ~cdey's rejuetioB last pre iou · , ,rich , moreover, is accom p anied by another F ·t will have to o sad announc m nt - le s beer. ri it fe~er foamin dry re ali ation for eidels - a him that e has ~ost the ~ar. es e d 1 : r . i . 0 • • t orld in g e r hwlt t.he Ae.t'ions }e&een, end tnrd, ) ., --- - - - lo o ~· . l . - j ,. 1 d lo l . o · n · u r a n ~ a ·,· ith the ~au 9 leaPA&~ an exaee~iAgly ~it~e• #l.;. 6 Zt!' g~p le saw, iii a re J e;:, • J.i.t(e 1,, to 11a"a.. tihe meee of -things that they 11aao aft9P Nor la Wa'"l' eugt\t. ~ t e ~ e 1 p -Ge n e i d e r a e 1 y - s1 @ 1-l-, ((r t e r th e 1 a s t a r , th re 1te re u i e a n u b r of en 11 h o fo ht in that r no e re so fed u , :_..., &~,!::'l"~•d •i~h ~he R~•e..._ Nae, anti t,he- thine • w&--ealt ~ i ~ i s a + , ~ that they triP to et , y from it all. Two famo s Americ n ai men o · t h LaF a. y te r 1· in Corps re a on thee. 1'h e i , or off · c H 11. The · · ent to a 0 U ! l • ~ i ' 1 n , · rr i t OU : o · t n · · 'e o : P o l · 1 si n b e l les , a n d to 1 iv t h 1 i · e of i e und e r h , ,· ,vi I n · t _ 11 d , t h C O 1 t t C O e t i r 1 0 O v s d. uu t t e · out ',, , h n t, bot ric , nd more aruo s n· n V r - h e c ~ u e 01 ~ u iny h n . e ounty t . ' to 1 . eui e is an . n lishma n ho tried to o th s •, thin & in a different .ay . His name s C olo e V. C . do d ley. oun d a numb e r of times in battl , he finall oun up as a military aide to Llo d Geor eat t h e Paris Pe · ce Conference. And what happened at Paris displeased him so much that he tried tot ke tl e a vice of his fri~nd, and my friend, ~ Colonel 1. L. ~ rence, of Arab f me. Lawrence advised f-. young Boley to join the Arabs, th~ Nomads in the Desert. He said in th a t way he cut himself off from th is fr· ntic orl a rocket s i to ~ as com pletely as ars.1fYoung Bodley though he took took Lawrence's advic':!. e ent into the Central Sdhara and for seven ye•rs he · ore th clothes of an Arab, and lived their migratory life. -:(on."4l, Luc·ily after seven years he came out " - 3 oft .., . c r s ., .· t e 00 is II I 1 ' 1 is one o th o::;t i el re ad boos he y eur. An o , on er . ut · t I ant to ask the olone~is this:- Do you, onni Bo 1 you "17hinJ. the ftationtt &8¥-e COLONEL BODLEY - ---------------- le have been through several terrible years of war, of World War Two. The world's outlook ia black? Everything seems to have gone wrong? Perhaps it has. Perhaps, for reason• which we cannot comprehend, everything h!! gone wrong. But that does not mean that things will be wrong forever. There is nothing wbich we can do which will change what bas taken place since 1939. All the recri ■ ina­ tiona against Geraany, Jrance. England, Poland, and all those who started the conflict will not repair the daaage. The phy■ ical aspect of the univerae is the aaae as it ever was. Its aountain1 and rivers an:1 forest, and deserts have only been lex: ally affected by wars, by t hil war, and others before it. The trees continue to grow and t•e rivers to flow; the birds have not changed their way of living.Thinking of that a little should male us rem llect that the world has been through tur■oil before and has survived; it should make us look forward, not back; it should make us look up, not down; it should aake us determin~ that if the world of the future ia to be better, if things are to be put right, it will depend on each individual one of us. --o-- I TALY -- - L ine a ln I f in tll y it lo ok <- a s i • the German n hi h ad see m e d to e the c as be f ore, only there i n t e ru ge d mounta to aisappointment - over o f the Apennines, where the Germans v e m suborn u s e of country totn of Rim ini has finally been captured. imini - that romantic ci y of the Middle h g es, which now has been blown into wreck and rubble. And the British Eighth Army ha s driven on beyond the ruins, and is ~ rolling on~the flat land of the Valley of the Po. Florence t the same time, the Americans north of -ff' _.A>t._._L 4 ' ~ _-.--ft.. have broken their ;;,'y'Biast mountain barrier leading to the ,road flains. lhey've reached a mountain corridor called Futa Pass, the last natural ' fortres that r e mains to be ' taken - before the ~alley~ of the Po ie r ac hed. - American Troops are assailing J efenders of the Pass, and when they have the Nazi ITALY - 2 - - - distance of th nci e nt University City of Bologna - famous for l e arnin B a nd sausages. Bologn P is the key oint for a rolling advance across the broad level spaces tltrou h which flows the River Po_ the broad valley that stretches as flat as a table all the way to the Alps. A new army has entered the ~lobal War and ~ ' it's ~.wowieN'~ army. '!' he republic of San Marino has declared war against azi Germany, and today the military f ■ za forces of that tiny nation joined the Allie ■ in fighting the Nazi. San Marino, the Republic on a mountain top, has mobilized its entire manpower - all of nine hundreld men. !tte nucleus of its battle II strength, numbering a couple of dozen, is Atthe Noble Guard~ ~arriors gorgeous and resplendent, the Noble Guard of San Marino is famous for the most dazzling uniforms in all Europe - bright colors and gold br&id, flashing swords, and flo ing plumes on jaunty hats. I suppose tnat few of us have had any doubt of final ITALY - J. -----------~ and tot 1 alli d vict ry in this Glo 1 ar, but if there has b en any mis ivin, it must vanish - no that the tanks ana th motorized artillery have been joined by the Nable uard of an Marino, dazzling uniforms, swords and plumes an ' all. ~ "'~,