have s Y a Island, b a t i of land hi h ·a s in di · ute bet een the Unit d t t nd J a a n shortly fter the revi o us 'Ii r - th is n · ith the culiar name, Yap. It's im ortanl air dro . a hit by t irt ton of high ex losive , n xi five Ja anese planes . ere hot down. U SI ----- a ounc ~ h t he Q t 1 o f Vilno no ~ · r ch th a i h"l ti on t Th t i , the So v ·e f ce h ~ v enc i rc d th t ke cit in Li huani an r no~ fi htin t o troy the German arrison ther. t th e sam time, a •• Soviet col umn is mo v ing r i ly to .. · rd Kaunas, hich is e s cri ed •••ri%im•~as a final German st'ron hold - before the fron i r of East Prussia is re ch d. East Prussia, the cr a dle of German militarism, is only forty miles to the Westc:'l- ~ , . u n ' t 11 of str n e sort of 0 Y , j r nee f thouu n of en ·o ·r of no h r It t 11 0 · n r y s m ing in l i h n ublic vie out of V ~ s m s and rs ,:-. 0 s ol te n unkno1 1 n h a t h y may . 11 t ( . t , I b C 1 . no h r The im n e for id ing . Pr· ) et ar t , - ~ u ~ 1·e al OS t untrav ... rsabl save f• b th s a~ e and · r i itive peo ~ le of the s a ' ell, the on-rushing Soviet forces h ve no· riven the Nazi fro , those arts, and out of th dreary no thern swamps has emerged - a t . / ' A p r 1s n rmy. For three ye r that sin tilar milit ry force conducted a str· nge r of it on. hen the eremy came, in th early days of Hitl P r triumph in Russia, hosts of Soviet fi hters.esc · ped into th _ wil rness - hich i ~ y in the summ nd froz n in th int r. Th . r , th or m. the s lve into ,- ti n b - n nd con i u t t u al 1 ing out agmt ag in t the G rm--n ' 1 guin th · i th raid · n a b f ' ades, LL __ ,_ u ( ----- n ion o t d b 0 s • T re ' ·n Army of p ' i ort t noug e co I jor G n r 1 - an official of th 0 r ' ho iv n high mi it · y r . or m ' th C ture e 0 s of azis, and th al o · ~ d th iron. In the northern rn h . t u . achine 01s that turn o ut tom y uns hardl to be di tinguished from h · re ul r rmy is ue. The; shot don German plan an too th ir uns and amm niti n . They I even ac uired ttr:r~ forty-five millim ter cannon, the s e l l for hich th go~ · sen ing p· rties to rid N zi sup ly cent rs. o~ thy ave e erg into th o n. As the re ular d Arm' fore drove th Germans out , the arti n h of the ~ar hlan s s armed out o their hi n retr t . iki nd A eric . n nevsp per corre. on nt ho h ve een th th y o like a fi rce "n for 'd ble f ·t - n t like hunted men but 1 · ~ hunt r • r - - O __ f "' . C 1 . _ _ _,! T n t I 1 .. t ul l i nf r.i cond in ic t t _. 0 V l f ~ r · n · c i n e on. Th ;, cl sh of arm i ar icu · rly furious n the A i right fl n . · ere A ri c n fore s riv·n for the city of t. Lo. l · ce, un c hin y o t o ithin t o ile - of that n 11-out attack arly thi morning - un r h c ov r of a ulveri' int artill ry barrage. Th G e r n s res on ed b ch r in had-on, ith an s auit oft eir O \ n. Toni ht's bul_etin rraored cribes the!(••~•~ onslau h of the enemy as - "extr m ly h avy". fighting And the result of the~figksiai is de · cribed as "fr ntic · lly confused". It i _._n~t clear jut h t the re ult of the att a ck and counter-attack has been, but · e hear that the Americans hold a rid · e of high round overlooking St. Lo. - a er · t of hills th t they captured today. A t. t lt a e e s 4s a r B e r g o f i he 1 i n s , & \ 8 e t ar. At h Canadian fore , , t rn en of the line, British and ove to ay to th Orne River south f Can - but thy ha to make a ith ra al in the fdce of a O\erful German counte -attack. The Nazis threw a hun tan ' S , inclu i~g fm.:R sixty ton ti ers, into the action. The Britf hand Can dian forces pull d ba Kand th reupon bet off the en my assaults. A comnuni u from he d t u a rter st a tes:--- "a great battle i no r g ing 11 i th fury". .ll GAUL L --- - --- ie n ._ h • • no i +, e a s t of +, n e p Pe e id e n t ,.._ w II s t>fl 8 a m & D t a f a e a e p t, s ft a 9 \ 1ui ay ;;: e · • ' u , J wil\oi .ae hoa te S&f aee\tt, Qene t al DcOuallc 8Ri the• il"eneh ee ■ 11itt1 • oe ; t i1Ra.l bibc1ati8R 1M. fffl ll CMil n O g a b 711 A J f a e e. .. tUI a i a e t g f 9 p th O FI •• t, . . ~Ak. '"'R, CQRf@PeRee& wj th com i ittee is no reco nized by the United St a t e s a the or ing authority for . Civil A d ministr a ion in France. Ap arently this doe s not mean in full formality,..- a recognition of DeGaulle as the he a d of a provisional government. But it does mean that, in all p r a ctical ma tters, the General's comaittee is egarded by the Unit e d St n t' ~ s as in ch a r e of the civil administ r ati n in liber a ted secticm of France. AlL L Ali T o y A ri c an · · pl n 8 o n Britain d l not only the Nazi , but a lso thee e ents. Th e fl 1n eather " as ex c eedin · ly b d , nd yet o re bob rs than t o tho san ~••••••/\ n f jght er e corts raided at loo r a n ; e -- a ll the ay to Munich and southern Germany. The ski ere solid mass es of clouds, nothing to be see n on the g roun • below, so the bombing was done by instrument -- the bombs directed at military t a rg e ts by the u e of those ~ iming devices that a re among the most recent marvels of the war in the air. ean hile Allied Supreme · Head uarters gives us fi g ur es for air action durin the first m onth of the i n v asio n. Briti s h and A m erican a ircraft flew one bun red an d fifty-eight thousand sorties , each sortie a fli ht by a single plane. The loss, •• as com ared with the number of 6 0rt i e s , was one pe rcent. Th e total number, t e lve hun red and eighty-four. The Nazi loss durin the sa m e eriod was one thousand, s ixty- s ven. e lo s t n ore b e c a u se 1' · , 1 ere spotting att a ckin g - plan es against a nti- ai rcr a ft fire constadly. V v Alli! A I R ', A R In addition to th e bom rs bas don Britain - A r ic · n anes blo , makin it a ti o ned in It a ly struck ah avy t• ■ xiaJ two-way affai r. They hit the Nazis at the great Fr nch naval base at Toulon, with three thousand tons of bombs. 'i~ Britain 4-y t:1\- the~ editer~anean, t•atJx twenty-five hundr d A w~~ plane Awe1·e , ~ action today. The late.tis: that ei ht American bombers have landed in Swit , erland , som of them badly damaged. It isn't apparent whether thee eight that came down in Swit . erland ere based on Britain or i■ on Italy. Th re as a great exo dun fro m Lon forty-one tho n e o · le 1 i.. vin , moth rs and chil ren. Th ey re fu i tiv s fro h - t Lon on er s a re ca l ) in the "Ers a tz blitz". Th a t i - th e roc ke t bo m b as ault. Th e ~ar of robots was rene ed ag in today after u ie t n i ht. For th e f ir t ti m e last night, the hours of/ !aax••••• Adar nes s passed itho u t a sin g le rocket plane crossin g the channel, but when daylight came, the inhuman assault began again - the senseless mechanical fli g ht of the robots. At the same time London a s evacu a ting forty-one tho u sand mothers and • children - to ge t the m a aJ from the w eird terror. This brings G' the total ax moved out to ninety-six thousand - ore leaving London th a n at any other time since the e a rly a ys of the ar and the great blitz. 0 \'\4\-0~,"i{t""~~~ IAAL 'i_,w-,. 5-b.'""- • 4 ~ ;:f;a ""'.1 ~ ~\ _:u ~ ~ ?/"\J2.«, ~t111JL.4.>,,ll,6A • - T o a o li i cal bo b s h 11 ur s t · ith a 1 u · rl viol e n c • /\ ~ g of n n d ; o n iw cro , d i n a r a t h j r s m 11 roo m , t n ~ i n j am J c \ i n front of s k t w hich sat a s i l in ntl rn " n h o · i th · f a mous love for hims and i•••• jo es, u . t h ve been tic kl d by what he s a ·• The cro i n th li t r o o f ~ \ ' hite Ho · corr es . ond nt s - f a ce to f h ce . ith the Pres id nt o n ce gain. For onth ~ , at the ne ~ s conferenc s, they h d beenJoing after hi m with q ue tions - cunnin l y hras e d ueri es , s ubtly turned interrotJt,i n, tryin g to dr ~ h im out on th e subj e ct of a Fourth T rm. Trying to t a hint, a n inklin g , some admission. The Pre ident had parried all their~• u ~ tions, h a d f en ced w ith th n in v e rb a l bout s , and all the c l v er u izz ing h ad r e ult din exactl y noth i ng - t he l••~~t Fo rth Term as big a u es ti o n rk as eve. Today, n o d oubt, the ~ hit e Hou Je corres ondent had so e or q u ti o n s coo k e up, but t hy n v e r h a ■■ t o ask t he m. R OO ' ., V E LT - 2 - - · ----- R i g h t off th e b a t, th e Pr i de nt t o t em 1 t t e r to t h C h irm n o f th e De n o c ~ a t ic Nat icm l Co n .i ittee, Ro e rt t . H a n neg an. Th e 1 tter b a n by r e f e rrin t o the f a ct th a t a oa jority of th e dele g ates to the D e oc ra tic Nati n 1 Convention h a been di r e ct e d to vo t e fo r t he reno in a ti o n of Fra n lin D. Roosevel t . And th e n the Pre idential letter st a t # d the fol l owing: "If the convention should carry th i s out, an d no m in a te · e for the Presidency, I shall accept. If the peo : le elect I shall ervl!_~•:•-------- - - - ------ - - -.1 An d · s th a t a bombshell hurled in the midst of the cro d of ne ws w riters! Y o u mi g ht have expected a stampede to the t e le p hon e , ea ch tryin g to get on the .. . ire a d give the news to his paper - that big head lin e . Y ou kno how re p orters lov e to »•a& beat each o t her out, ge t a : to ry t o their a per an d news e rvice a' ea d of the othe - a s coo p . But h e re w a s n o s t ao e e t o t h t e le ph o ne s , f o r th e simp l e r on th a t th e Pr e ident, in a nti c i a ti o n o f this, h ad t he O_~ - V E LT - J oors laced - · n thy could not t out. So all they could o , for he m e nt, a · o di est w hat th 1 - tter ~ n on to say. " t v ryone of our ans erving in th's ar", the Presid ~ nt roe, "ha s offic e r from who he t a kes his orders. Such officers have superior officers", \he President• he went on, "is the Commander-in-Chief, and he, too, has his superior officer - the peo le of the United States. If the p ople com and me to continue in th· s off ice and in 'this war", s a id \ the 1 t t er, "I have as little ri g ht to withdra w as a soldier has to le ve his ost in th line". The Pre ident went on to say that, personally, he did not want to run for t be· pres idenoy again. "After many years of ublic service," said he, "my r on a l tho hts have turned to the day · hen I can return to civi l lif e. All that is ithin m e", he co n inued, "c ie s out to go back to my ho ~ e on the udson Riv r". A fter , hich t he letter concluded: "Th refore, • RO . ' V LT - - - - - r 1 C a 1 I a a t, 0 0 o l i r, I r a t h t 1 , i 11 ac e t n ve i thi offic e , j f I a m s o o rd r y h Co n . 1 n e r-in-Chi f of us a 11 - the · ov er lt, n opl f the Unit tat . $ ." o h at's the wa t h e White House cor son ents got th bi · ne s Mformat:iun:. The Pre ident must have enjoyed the scene hugely - with his sen e of th e dramatic. It i s an apt thing to co n p re this Fourth I Term acceptance with the previous third term draft. Four years ago, President Roos velt kept his intention secret unti l the very last moment -- until the Democratic Convention had•• no m in ted him. Then he announced h· s acceptance. Now it's different - and of th i s it e h a v e h d some previous hi nt. A .. ,· eek or so ago I passed a lo n some Wa sltineton word th a t the Pre ident w ou ld ver likely not wr it untilthe actual no mJ nati o n t a nnounce his acce p tance of h t alre dy on co c l i n, an i s .-: · borne ou i h t e af fir mati ve an .. r g iv n just ei ht days b fo 1 · t Conv nti :) n o ~ eni • ~e n ~ hile, i th Pr e idential part of it Ill ~ s ttle , olitic r l ecul tion oes o n to the Vice- i:rl Pre · ide ncy.T'fiere is n im ri i te u zz of gossip about whether Henry Wal l a ce · il be renominat ~ a ~• and iven second lace on the ticket. 9ne ri-M!- ADD__ (th r co ne rn1ng Wallace) -~""'~--t-R.a-l!l!n"~~-""1,i,,f).,,......,.._"""~~~ ~ report fro ashing ton •aioh tat · that th P Vice-~re ident may 1, ithhold any st a t e ment until the Pre · ident h as spoken. A~ we h ar that t e presidential wor i s lik•J likely to be in f a vor of a reno ination for ~allace ; J:IA:t to ~ -6lit. -., F.D.R. -11: throw his influence t:lr sup ~ o f A ~ Wallace - so •mx e are told. lliELFQL_.Q~_fiOO : VELT Fro i th oth r aid R ublican C ndid te Tho . s th ; ord i that • e · • y i l l me t ~ R public n Governor· o f ~ Stats t enty-five of them, in .:)t. Louis. Dewey · · il · di cuss with them the roblems an ,miiti•• poli~ies of the campai n this in accord ith his ethod of cooperatin with the leader of h·s party - along th line of establishing the completest kind of harmony in the eventful montmbefore election day. t t . Rao ~ v lt acce t .. nce · s i di · t lyre u t d to y. His · blican rival, Gov rnor De · y of Ne York, said nothin • His revi U8 r·v 1, ,' n el il ~ i , ex lain d: "Is that ne · ?" The Pre ident's ife, Mr • Eleanor Roos velt thought it ~as ne s, th ~ t is, she ha n't kno n in advance what the Pre ~ ident' s an · er ould b • "He had never s id any thin to me about it", remark d rs. Roosevelt. And he add d, "He doesn't 11 me every . ng". " .... 1 ' th .. re n ban s don't t 11 h iv . V rythin not ev .. • , I sup ~ os , whether r n t th O tination 0 the Pr enc., r t e Unit Stat ~ .:;. e ay have our co m laints about rationing \ and price-fixing, but consi r the ituation over &.+\ h t u ·e d to be c & lled, "darkest Africaft - MNi--iHf - . ... London flashes the word of a great celebration among the warriors of the Hawazma Halafa Tribe - in the Sudan. The Hawazma Halafas ~ere rejoicing because of some price-fixing - ceiling lowered. An~ In the '~ official decree reduced the cot of - wivE:& wild Sudan they have a system of price-control that l pertains to bride, and prospective husbands uttered loud co laints th t the figure was too high. So now it has been cut - reduced to six pounds sterling for a first wife, and three pounds for a second ife. I don't quite understand why ifie number t ; o should be only half as valuable as wifie number one. Maybe the id e a is to encourage the purchase of second ~· ives, by keeping the price low. cu , to ms are str nge among the Hawazma Halafas, and J they had a bi tribal celebration because of the \ . . 4".2..0 ~ ""t(q ,~~,o ~ reduction of the price of w i v e s . ~ ~ . a....(~ (5~Jt~U . ) scr mble - with the delegates m king their own choice. Indeed, we have what is called a reliable report - passed along by United Press correspondent Lyle ilson. He s a ys the ashington ordis that ·allace • • may Jalii publicly withdra, and that toni ht or toruorro he may issue an announcement taking hi~self out of the race. The oin is stil l slo in Italy - as Alli d troo s pu h clos r to the m a in line of German At l a t reports the Allied troops wee till withi t enty · il e srf Florene - on the inland side of the fighting front. And a long th coa s t w e Leghorn than e ere o n on y Th a t is, about ten miles a · ay. Ho ver, American t oops have been closing in on roa s •leading to leghorn - which means a gradual flanking drive ligainst that important harbor.