CHIU; CHILL Todtiy^ picture ol’ T'lnston Churchill is the same usj ever, only more so - the picture of u British Prime Minister relentlessly determined to fight tne war to a finish* xito without any weakness of will, without any questioning of min.d Today he gave the House of Commons a renort on the war, and hA r-— e-we-r u in- atiuae ^^(tsfant' or-tne-rc-iXTCe'-oT-xur-JUrtTr--- re^nirTr-a-ce-ietate ^ong^ ^ie answerer: Has the Nazi air assault day after day weakened tne British defense? Churchill replied: "Great Britain is stronger tnan ever at the end of the first period of aerial attack, "e hope," *«* he added, "and believe, that we shall be able to continue the air struggle indefinitely’.• Ue made a statement, which may sound rather surprising, that British plane production, as he expressed it -"alreauy has largely exceeded Germany-s." He held that it would not be long before the Royal Ur Force had a decided supremacy in the sky. nrnceeded to predict what in his Churchill thereupon proceeueu nf the war during the months . . the probably course of the .var a mind would be tne px to come, lie said tne Germans kxx have lowered the technical standards ol their science, and in this connection he referred to ’he xxsdxx expulsion of the Jews - as din injury to German science. He said that in technical methods the British are now definitely ahead of the Nazia. Moreover, Britain is enabled by her geographical position to draw on the resources of the world. Speaking of resources, Churchill mentioned the United States - and tnat got a cheer from the House of Commons. He compared the present technilogical war of science and resources with the clash of man-power in the Xmxiat World War, and said that Great Britain is better suited to carry on today’s kind of conflict. "There seems to be every reason to believe," iv.it said Winston Churchill, "that tnis new kind of war is well suited to the genius and resources of the British nation.” He pointed out that Britain already was striking heavily at Germany's war Industries, and Indicated that this increasingly would be Britain's way of winning. Yet there might be other ways. Churchill was cryptic as he said:- ”'"e may be able to show the enemy ^uite a lot of things they have not thought of yet." How soon would the victory come? Here Churchill was CHrRCHILL--3 cautious, and gave warning: "The road to victory," said he, ft not be as xong as we expect - but we have no right to count upon thisi” Britain will take the offensive, he specified, "in Nineteen Forty-one and Nineteen Forty-two" long months, even years, of war ahead kxx - according to Winston Churchill. During tne iromediate present, he warned, heavier and more furious German attacks may be expected. Churchill said that Hitler cannot tamely let the war sink into sluggisn inaction. "We may be sure, therefore,” said he, "that Hitler wUl continue so long us he has tne strength to do so, and so long," he added, "as any preoccupation he muy have with respect to the Russian Air Force aiay pera.it him to do ixx so." That was another cryptic element in the Prime Minister's speech - his reference to Hitler's possible preoccupation with the Russian Air Force. Indicating, no doubt - a continued British hope of aid from the Soviets. Churchill listed British casualties to date os ninety-two thousand killed, wounded, missing, Prisoners - military casualties taa civilian casualties combined, he CHURCHILL—4 compared that with the British loss in the first year of the fecx L'orld War - three hundred and sixty-five losses in the present struggle are listed as a total of more than two hundred and six thousand, killed, wounded and missing. The French say they lost a million and a half ^ Today’s proceedings in the Commons brought a Churchill declaration on one point that holds ?/orldwide attention - the possibility of a famine on the continent of Europe and the relation of the British Blockade to this. Will the British permit food ships to pass through and feed the hungry in the conquered EKmxxriKQt countries like Denmark, Norway, Holiand, Belgium, France? The British Prime Minister gave a decisive ans er - No; he rejected proposals such as those made by our Churchill used these own American ex-president, Herbert Hoover. words:- "There have been many proposals founded on the Highest motives that food should be allowed to pass tne blockade. requests.” Whereupon Churcm a polloy of using food ana ta I regret," he stated, "that v<e must refuse these Whereupon Churchill nu.de a statement which suggests i'an-ine in tne overthrow of Nazi Germany. Churchill sa id that Britain will be prepared to throw CHURCHILL—5 ViASt stores of foodstuffs into the countries of the continent as soon as the war is over, ue held tnat as a sort of promise, an inducement. "We shall do our best," said he, "to encourage the building up of reserves of food all over the world, so that there will oe always held out before the eyes of the neople of Europe, including the German and Austrian people, the certainty that the overthrow of £*• Nazi power will bring them immediately food, freedom and peace." The question of ...merican aestroyers for Great Britain was raised in the Prime Minister's address. Winston Churchill asked the United States to release American destroyers to the aia of Britain, ne said the ocean was open for them to cross. _i j i ^ n a a + r\ -hhrveP There certainly wa Churchill statements today. that Great Britain is ready to let tne .nit naval bases in British-Amerioan possessions - let tne United States establish such as naval bases Newfoundland and the Vest Indies, transfer of British sovereignty, This would involve no but is offered on a lease transfer Churchill specified - tasts. Along this line even more specific statements were CHUuliilLL - A stgreemefit concerning American bases to be established on British possessions. He said that formal discussions have not yet begun. Informally, the thing is as good as settled. nWe have agreed in principle," declared the foreign Secretary, "and I am satisfied that no great difficulty will arise in the discussion of the details." This British American arrangement opened wide horizons in the Winston Churchill address, he said:- "Undoubtedl; this process means that these two great organizations of English speaking democracies, the British Empire and the United States, will have to be somewhat mixed up together." ^The British Empire and the United States - somewhat mixed 1 up together; does this suggest some kind of British American union? Well, Churchill said it was inevitable. "I could not stop it if I wished," said he. "Ho one can stop it. Like the Mississippi, it just Keeps rolling a;ong. fcx Let it mbs roll," he exclaimed; and he added this bit of Churchillian eloquence:- "Let it roll on full flood, inexorable, CnURCiilLL - B irristible, the British roll on to broader lands and better days.”/Mixing Empire and the United States. Something to think about. PETAIN Today I/.arshal Petain, tae ruler of ranee, gave an interview to an .jnerioan newspaper man, and delivered himself of important political ooinions. The Marshal, for example, gxx expressed high approval of the United States defense program. Then he indulged himself in a bit of reminiscence and recalled how some years ago he was in tne United states -- tne famous Marshal of France, attending the Yorktown Celebration. kex He was in New York and was kxr entertained b^ the Mayor. The Mayor then was the glamorous Jimmy axker. Jimmy took the Marshal around for a tour of New York hot spots, where many drinks were served. The Marshal of Trance tried to buy a round But no. Today he explained: "Mayor Walker banged the table, saying 'It's a glory to New York to have you here. I buy all the drinks,T couple of years later when political trouble was on KSxi and Jimmy Walker's accounts were being examined, Marshal Petain got a letter, and in it were enclosed the night club tlUs for that evening of hospitality in New York - when he couldn’t buy a and he did. urink. The Marshal cf Trance was ask, d to pay - V.endell Willkie is running for President on nepublican ticket. but, is he a member of Tammany? -That* s. a profound question. Tammany, liKe most other big-tov/n democratic machines, is supporting the third term, bo it— mifeht seem more logical to ask — is F.D.R. a member of- Tammany? but, it’s the other way round, willkie says no iio-^epels-the"charge.—Bui'Viat does Tammany say? That would be expert opinion. Today v*e have an answer. And it turns out to be a matter of a definition of terms. There are realJ.y two Tammanys • One is the oificial organization known euphoniously as — "The bociet} of bt. Tammany or the Columbian Order." • But there is another kin. of lirmmany, which is composed of the local political clubs in Manhattan — thirty-five of them. So who's a member of what, and what Kind of member is ne? ftillkle is not a member, of — "The Society of st. Tammany ax or the Columbian Order." But today Tammany experts inissted that he is a xr » x member of one of the local Manhattan wILLivIL - political clubs. The statement is made that in 1955 Wendell Willkie and Mrs WiJ kie were elected Democratic County Committeemen of the Fifteenth Assembly district. They took part in a primary contest, willkie paid his dues for two years, the last time in 19o6. Since the^n he hasn’t paid — not for four years. He hasn’t resigned, and the non-payment of cues not not cancel his memuership. So claim the Tammany experts. It is ail quite yaucadai paradoxical, the xMjcm contention that the Republican KwaftiaxtB candidate is a member of Tammany, which is so enthusiastic for a third ternyWl DZB a TE i.ere s an answer to that famous question, if it needs an answer, the question: "Mil there be a Roosevelt-Willkt Tllft fi hA 1 I enrro t A debate, face to face?" The challenge was a hlghsoot in the i '.'illkie acceptance address. "/ill Jfxsxixx* President Roosevelt accept it? »ill the twycandidates appear together on platforms Ltry b throughout the ccunt/y and argue it out? It would make a <?reat / show. hut you a^d L. the answer. x A President Roosevelt today officially gave the answer - Xla:T no. He reverted to his previous statements that tne international A situation is such that he won’t have a chance to do any ^ extensive campaigning^ He’ll have to xissKk stick close to the Jcrix.—S< hillkie face to face. -ph? Wrthijj oLjtX^ht- y ' W?VW TTsje. tv cJlr~k&Jz -tf^Z -h-l' VWfcCv^i .M-‘ •'J' v' - 4 U^r 5 £^~ j / -4 , c 4 rp 4 / r’f7 L*^v^U^ T 1 chiiit : In Chicago, there has teen a series of gangland muroers, reminiscent of the old days of rirohibiticn and bootleg. <j.nd with it comes that same ugly word - bootleg. But with a difierence. nothing to do with liquor.- It’s a case of bootleg A horse race information. CtbJl i&zit' Thin takes us to the celebrated Annenberg Case in A Philadelphia, trie one in which the authorities convicted tne millionaire publisner who for years ran a service of information about the races That kind of tipster business was outlawed, and no^ the inevitable has happened. Since the Annenberg Case, tne game of purveying horse race information has been going on secretly, under saxgr* cover. Being illegal.^srin ^r.e-lmaa. AJte 'tLn ^^L<i of underworld practitioners. A Last nignt Carroll Corcoran, a Chicago bookmaker, «as . Tt tne fourth similar murder in the found shot to death, xt was Today, the police connected the outbreak last few weeks. fKaajc* of crime with the business of bootleg information, and oraered the arrest of a one-time suy tnat remnants ot tne lieutenant of Scarface Al Capone. They old Chicago liquor mob have taken over ■ • of horse race bootleg - and a gang «ar has broken tne new kind oi horse out among them. D,.RE Here's news that Virginia Dare's mother married an Indian chiei\ Vie all know about Virginia Dare.--or at leas^ wa i.iio * It’s -tair^kt in-evapy the story ol* the first child born in America of British parents. Remember the ill-fated Roanoke Colony v/hich vanished, disappeared into an historical mystery? From time to time there are inaications that some at least of those first British colonists may have survived*.—iGtrt—tote wiidornwss 5130llg" Today we are told of a series of stones found in a‘ cave on the bank of tne Chattahoochee River in Georgia. Stones with writings on tnem^'dttiti'TTg-s /teii how seven ol the l.oanoke colonists rh * found refuge^amcna u friendly triberof- Indian*. Among them was y.leanore Dure - mother of the famous VirGinia. Professor 8xxx Hi ?> Pearce of Brenan College states that on one of these stones Eleanor Dare sreaKs of a daughter'that could not have been Virginia Dare. Because that ill-fated child is known to nave died by that time. So it must nave bfcen another daughter, a later one. The i9-Aje7T Professor assumes that the mother of Virginia^Dare O', • r -of .....it'would*1 ttuirried an Indian cme . __ nnd aft Tnttian- enief, —lid L’EKR FQLLO' L.JHE In Maine, they are righting a battle with mothballs. The enemy? No, not moths. It’s a battle to protect Maine’s famous potato crop, forty-five million bushels. m you novel’ hearu of motns eating potatoes, either fried-, boitee or Lashed trovn^J The potato robbers are the deer - the— fellows with the big antlers. Buck, ooe and fawn - they’re attacking the Maine ^otato crop. So.- get cut the mothballs. tl A I But don’t load your guns with mothboHrs and shoot the deerr It’s this way. The deer don’t like-the smell of those rhite marbles you nut in your clothes when you stow tnem away, -’ell, I don’t 14*e tne either, tnough I’m xxx no dear. ^ v;arden of the stale or Maine has ordered a big consignment of mothballs, to sprinkle tnese around the potato fields. So that tne deer on approaching for a potato or two, will smeU an. sniff anu sy until tomorrow, -6^0, -^9. ♦