LiT._-_SyNOCg^_rfONDAYJ._AUGi_24i-1242 GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: The reports from Russia are so grave tonight that it seems as though only a miracle can save Stalingrad. Moscow admits that the Nazi hordes are now pouring across the Don, only forty miles west 01 StalingradT They are headed for the railroad from Stalingrad to Moscow, which runs parallel to the river only thirteen miles away. The Russians admit that the railroad even now is useless because it is under constant blasting from Nazi artillery and heavy airplane bombing. Motorized infantry crossed the Eon yestreday southeast of Kletskaya. The Russians are desperately trying to bold, t the Germans have B ussians xar k driven a wedge of tanr>s into the - H Red line northeast of eussia _- o A. Koteln ikovski.f The Russian officers are saying to their sen:- "Hold on at all costs. There is no room for any further retreat. At the northwestern end of the Caucasus, the situation is equally serious. The German column has advanced south of Krasnodar and is threatening the Black Sea naval base at Novorossisk, one ol the on^\ two naval bases left to the Russians on the Black Sea. —— . o In the rerion of the Grozny oil fields, the Russians are also fairing back. ---------------- £> ---- -------------- As for the Nazis, they announce that the great ^ av \.. ~ decisive battle for Stalingrad has^uft^Huge German reinforcements are advancing toward the front. MIDDLE EAST More fighting -- coming -- in the Egyptian desert soon. So the British say. The Nazi High Command has been reinforcing Rommel with men and planes and tanks; and observers think it*s about yi time to expect a new drive by the Nazi Afrika Korps for Alexandriat Cairo, and the Canal. As a sign, the AXis planes have been much more active in the last few days. And -- British fighter planes over the Western desert have shot down at least one big Italian troop transport. Also the extreme heat in the Desert will soon pass. Another reason why we may expect another battle in North Africa. Of course, the British have also been reinforced, mainly with American tanks and planes. And the hope is that the new Middle East Ccander-in-Chief, General Alex.nder, .ill get the ju»P on Ro.«el - take the offensive away from him. ADD MIDDLE EAST ---- — It was announced in London that Prime Minister Winston Churchill had just returned to the capital from j|| a visit to the Middle East. He flew and returned in a Liberator plane and was accompanied by W. Averill Harriman, United States Lend-Lease representative, also | Sir. Alan Brooke, Chief of Staff of the British Imperial Army, and a couple of other military big-wigs. CHINA Over China there is a silver lining in the cloud df war news. In fact, so encouraging are the reports from there today that they are even a bit puzzling. Chungking announces that the armies of Chiang-Kai-shek have driven the Japanese in southeastern China from one stronghold after another. Recapturing eleven towns including the headquarters of the Japanese array at two points. Considering the strength of the Japanese armies and the fact that they are not doing any fighting on a large scale elsewhere, these Jap retreats in southeastern China are puzzling. A military spokesman for the Chinese army said that the Jap soldiers in that region are starved, ill and tired and retreating like hungry dogs. ALASKA A visitor from the Aleutian Islands made public a warning today. Mayor Fletcher of Unalaska in the Aleutians insists that the Jcfanese occupation of Kiska, Attu and Agatu is a real menace. He talked scornfully about the official explanation that 4 I the Jaos have only a toe-hold in the Aleutians. "If it's only a toe-hold," said this Sourdough Mayor, "then why haven't we driven them out? Then he added:that people down here are far too complacent! And the Aleutian Mayor also said: "The uniformed men on active duty in Alaska feel exceedingly sour when they hear on the radio that another strike has been called in a defense plant in the States.” Then he went on tb relate that American i xu art ive blow against Jap an fishermen struck the first active dj . u s on railed Japanese fishermen Four years ago, when so-caiiea y + waters around Unalaska. The were swarming in the ws , ori^nicious when they sa.. a • o -nn there became suspiciuu Americans up tneie ■ ALASKA_-_2 Japanese taking soundings, and they reported the fact to American authorities. Did the authorities do anything? Not a blasted thing, says the Alaskan Mayor. So the fishermen got together in their own boats, armed themselves with guns, knives and axes and cut every Japanese fishing net they could find. After several such episodes, the Japanese left and did not come back. Mayor Fletcher told about a Japanese who for years had worked as a cook in a fishing and lumber camp at & 32 LH Squaw Harbor, Alaska. Then when he quit his job four years ago a patrol boat belonging to the Japanese Fisheries Bureau had the gall to appear at Unalaska, and the former cook stepped ashore, this time wearing enough gold braid to command a Japanese fleet. BRAZIL / / / / l deC"l“a:rat-i-e-ft■• &£ war on the Axis ^sj "n I t ■frrartHri B^eTir 5 ~~^onWg~iT)Trs. A dispatch from Montevideo reports that virtually all of the armed forces of the Republic of Uruguay are mobilized along the Atlantic Coast, also along the estuary of the River Plate and the Brazilian frontier. Uruguay has already stated that her views coincide with those of Brazil. In fact the Uruguayan forces are on the alert not only against possible naval action by warships of the Axis abroad in the South Atlantic, but also against the filtering-in of German and Italian refugees, fleeing from Brazil. Three squadrons of bombers are ready for action along the eastern seaboard of Uruguay, and there is a report that submarines were sighted close to the boundary between Uruguay and Brazil, threatening ia the main shipping lines of the maritime traffic on the River Plate. BBAZIL_-_£ In Washington there was a meeting of the -w^ Inter-American Defense Board. The representatives of s.11 the South andiCentral American republics were there. «rd "they adopted a resolution expressing adherence and A friendship to Brazil in its declaration of war against Germany and Italy. ^ It was noticeable that even the resolution. Argentina and Chile still maintain their diplomatic relations with the Axis, but^the Chile delegate at today's Washington meeting announced that his government could not remain indifferent to the aggression of the Axis powers. 'The resolutions were adopted to the tune of roaring cheers irom all the delegates. representatives of Chile and Argen&na voted for that Meanwhile, all ove^ Brazil itself thousands of volunteers were lined outside the recruiting offices The Ministry of War in Fio de Janeiro was fairly mobbed by men wanting to enlist. Every German banking house and every Italian banking house was occupied today by military police. The funds of all nationals of the Axis powers have been frozen. Secretary Hull in Washington said that arrangerae will soon be made whereby Brazil can join in the declaration of the United Nations. STRIIS The War Labor Board fcaliced-ouite -.rottghiji, to a Labor union today. Truck drivers have been striking in ninety-six midwestern cities. Lome ten thousand teamsters are involved in 4L strike,. seriously hampering transportation of defense materials^in-nwsr piffesss ^b-^oday, the War Labor Board sent a telegram to Daniel Tobin, President of the Union,and all the local 5 * 5 * 4 ; telegram «»=&«** said‘that this was a final warning", ^that unless the truck drivers end their strike i! affiEexxxmfxiha offices of the Brotherhood of Teamsters. immediately, the Board will, in its own wo-ds, take "to determine your defiance of your government." TAXES is the i.atest shout tsxes. The Finsnce Committee of the Senate is at work on this headachy and voted today that your exemptions for each dependent are to be cut from four hundred to three hundred dollars. They figure that this will add two hundred millions to the taxes received by Uncle Sam next year. The Senators are evidently sold on the idea of withholding income taxes at the source, that is from the pay envelope. A subcommittee of the Senate today decided to recommend the plan Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. By that A P an, all the balance of taxes you owe this year, t-Lftt i-g. on your Nineteen Forty-One income, w-1%-1 be wip£d off the books. That does not mean you will not pay any more this year. But what you do pay will be credited to your Nineteen Forty-Two tax bill. The purpose of that is to simplify the process of deducting income tax at the taxes - source. the long It roes not mean that you will pay any less r un. PETROLEUM Motorists in twenty western states will soon be cut down on their gasoline, ttwcfc Deputy Coordinator of Petroleum. He advises them to prepare to got alon^ with a little less than they had former!} . The Petroleum Coordinator's Office issued an order today forbidding the use of railroad tank cars in the those twenty western iates for any but essential purposes. The object of this, explains the Deputy Coordinator, is to use the tank cars for moving fuel oil £nto the east. That order comes at the same time as a report from Secretary Ickes that far too few householders with oil burners have converted their furnaces for burning coal. There was a touch of autumn in the air this morning to remind us that the time for this high l y - n e c e s s vy^ change is becoming e xceedingly short. There will be only a few weeks before it will be ?FTPOLEUM -' necessery to have heat in our homes, at least mornings and evenings. Secretary Ickes and Price Administrator Leon Henderson have issued a joint statement begging everybody who uses oil in their furnaces to change to coal at once. A survey that Ickes had made reveals A that only fifty per cent of the industrial plants in the east have changed from oil to coal.^That is not nearly enough. As for private householders, only one oer cent have made the change. And that, say the Washington authorities, is definitely bnd*. republicans Saratov Springs, New York is one of the watering places of the world. But tonight there are thousands in Saratoga who cannot get a bath. They are delegates to the Republican State Convention. They found almost all the rooms occupied by horse players because the racing season still is going strong. When they picked Saratoga for their convention, they were assured by the city fathers that there would be plenty of rooms. The city lathers evidently thought gasoline rationing wou^d Keep at least some of the two-dollar betters away. But the racing people came as usual -- hence all those bathless Republicans tonight. Aside from that, there seldom has been a happier gathering of G.O.P. men. This morning they heard the keynote speech. The responses to that indicated such unanimity as has not been s.en heard in any state convention lor a long time. in so many states, there tends to be a feud between REPUBLICAN^-- 2 upstate and the big city. But there are noosigns of that feud in Saratoga tonight. The most rousing applause was heard when the keynoter said that.as a Republican he would rather go to defeat in an honest fight than tie up with the groups which want to undermine the government. The delegates also cheered particularly when the sppaker said the party was committed to relentless prosecution of the war and at the same time a resolution to preserve the two-party system. The business that is due to begin in a few minutes at Saratoga will be t^e adoption oi t-.e platform and the nomination of the candidate tor Governor. That part of the show will olier no surprises. It is no secret that the delegates aimsot to a man are for Thomas E. Dewey. But it has been hinted that there may be a surprise in the manner m which Dewey will be nominated. At any rate, it ^s all set, and he will make his speech of acceptance t o be heard over the radio at a quarter ; a *-1 nine, E W5ECK One day in the latter part of June, an American ship % was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean. A heavy sea was running and one of the lifeboats with fourteen men was promptly overturned, borne of them managed to climb into the other boat, but only a few. Forty-one were saved altogether, * including the master of the ship. After drifting seven days, they sighted the east coast of Africa. As they approached the shore, they saw natives with long knives tThiit^w^ro- strapped to their waists. These natives we?e running up and down the beach and the chances oi the shipwrecked men looked poor. But they had to risk a landing because their food was low and they were hungry. Those natives with knives were not so dangerous but they were greedy, ihey helped pull lifeboat to shore, but the, -ouldn'l five the ship.recked flea a bite of food without payment. Evidently they were WRECK - not altogether ignorant of civilization. What they wanted most was money. The shipwrecked men soon ran out of dimes, nickels and quarters. Then they had to trade life preservers, shoes, coats, anything -- for food. It was only by the greatest cH-£f-ioulty-and ingenuity arifrd sign language that.the Americans convinced the Africans that —a_ne dollar bills worth more than A coins. A couple of the Anrericans walked ten miles through thick jungle writhout shoes. At the end of the ten miles, they found a large native village,and a guide took them back to civilization. It was not until the Twelfth of July that they left that settlement by boat and reached a larger city on the east coast of Africa. •m m m m m m rn m im m m m m m m m JESSEL A ^ California gave a girl a divorce "today because her husband insisted on her being punctual. rf There was another reason too, he did not believe in Santa Claus. The husband is George Jessel, the comedian. The young lady,his eighteen year old wife, ex-wifejnow, O \ Lois Andrews . fsl^no p -U ies - A nd-rews —i s 'eighrtreen -y-e-a r mother was much in evidence at the trial. ■fciiteT "confirm^ the younp lady^ complaint that Husband— X Comedian George Jessel was unreasonable in his insistence on her being punctual. As for his disbelief in banta Claus, it. tcoK the shape of refusing to go to family celebrations on Christmas Day. Miss Andrews also complained because Jessel had not' ks S k met most of the members of her family A A 7F Eor which the judge granted her plea for^divorce. /}// J