ut r v r ~ o y Th i o ib lity th t the Jap nay eel re anila n o n city. e did t, nd then the Japs ignored it. No f they huve hu e •••:t concentr tions of ammunition, ~ eapons and supplie at anila. The Tokyo radio ad itted a good man) of these facts tod .Y. 1 t ackno led d th :. t the A ar ic ans re pourin- reinforce nts ashore on the gulf coast in spite of strong Ja anese att c·s. An the Japanese add th· t in a dition to a hu e naval concent ation in the Gulf of Lingayen, there are at least two lmerican inva i n fle ts, powerful fleets, in the waters off ~uzon.Tbe B rlin radio says there ere four inva~ion fle ~ ts in all. The Tokyo radio says their pl nes had our Lingayen Gulf fle t under he · vy attack. But our correti _ ondents say the American fliers chased the fk Our fue vv oo b rb Jap air force right od, af the sky. lso struck a ain ~t Clar · ield t e ot r ir ields in the Manila area. . 11 d t d. t· Premier Ko1s0, ca e an ex raor 1nary mee 1ng of the Tokyo C , bine t to ay. And no wonder. u ---- 0 r ~ t ry r r 0 t · t on i • l"iC l inv ion t oops C n rom p 'lipi 0 rril r o _ ( t, a i h Americ n of icer h d been a on t or e months prior to th .. inv· on, erg izing t uer illas. . e est· at ci t t no f e r &n t~o million per~ons on th • islHrd o Luzon c e t a active · uerrillas. He a" ... 1 0 cunn n an o. e in ny other p rt o t e ·1i pine. The r ha s r t r ions · n ether in1 · orma ion st tions. Fro bee t Am ican comnand receivefa const nt stream of news about memy ovements. nd re rkable enou_h, th re is not one sin le instanc o ny uerrilla havin be n betr~ye to the J uane e. It i ti : ate tr. t in all he ie;)land of Luzon t ere ar not or than t nt ou nd P i l i inos r 11 iendly o th Ja s. \ L urin then m rou. ir rai · b our fly rs 0 J i t l ti o ns in he f3 i pineQ, ·na n . f of ~ 4. 91Ra ■ ,.er ore t ·1 OU )- ble ber of ,. . re r nu i 11 -- . V 0 l o ·· C om un · 0 J . roo r 0 t 0 l ., t i 0 t · .l i i 0 t . ·1 p ro" c vi e r t Li .._. UV a.11ii be'c t v s Y u d Ly .. i e xi 8 0 r11 · to t :. .. r . t tt i l o · e ch 'i t e pl C.,., · , t o u " o J apA e h " V ~ n , h T' k on ' i i. n in li P ht, n r nt y a. ce u the J· n ~ l:~e& re 0 tee th th i i i n t 11(4tions dama=-e . nnounce scores of u ltie · • T i Twentieth Bomb r om and,ba~ed on India. The J c im to h ve ba ed two of the Superfort ' bu th T enti th Bomb r Coramand announce.f the 1 returned s f ly to bas . Ho ev ' Cpn r 1 Arnold r veal d th t from th Tu d y r¥ id on To l .. y o, t ·o of the i nt om era re mi · in re uma 1 h O U h enemy tion. o • ip in it n on the to urry u i D i l n on in a rs 0 he nilr ~ n to in apore. or l A yer o ore in i fl r o r t e r ~ th Ja n aboutArel . tion ith the Ru ians. anv t- ~ optimism; but/ t l i h a 1e 0 i o wn to la , in h Far .tast. 0 f r he ha ri orou ly 0 erved hi~ tre ty ~ i t t i o. ed meyer a A the Japs are eed e C ed i , ly orried ••• of the American iv orr ma led t e to tr to noc he Pacific.,< 'th· hina out of tl ca turin l un kin na 1 o .Kunmin. he n s f he ·· tern ""ont th t ncl ' s en h · e mo r __ h · n m in the northern i ~ of that Bel ian bul captu e of L of this. oche, a vit · 1 highway er, is evidence Th Germans themselves ad t that they have retired no s me ei hteen ~ilet from th~ tip of the bulge. An they acknowledge urther that they are giving up all the oints Ourthe (Oort). American h~ld wet of the River an / ' aircraft, during this Ger an r treat, rained shells and bombs on the backward mo troops. On the estern sector, the British have advanced some four mileJca1turing six villages, and cuttin aero. s the high · ay three miles southw . t of La Roche. At the same t i e . Am ric r ns of the Third Army cut acrors anotherhigh · ay in the Bulge ten miles wet of Bastone. The ef ect of all this is th ~ t the Ger and ill e t of th Riv ~ r urthe ( ort) ay soon e s u rr ou n de d • Ho v r, thi i not o e lo u on as a aJor Ger:nan disa fe. r om it. Von un stedt bas simpl7 pulled th~ nain body of his troops b c to I•• new poaition and without re t loss. lany Germans have b en · ille ,to be ure, n t e Al i_s h~ve captured o~e ix teen t us nd in i 6 ht days -- tw nty- five thousand · in all since the beginning of the break-thro g h in Dec II ber. e a e told today th t the ihf. fierce t fighting in .-he co nte-r-drive bas been done by the Second O.S. Armored Division, which still is a vancin ax northeast of La Roche . fl ■ gk.x Ru , e piles of wrecked German equipment te tify to the fury of hat encounter. At least a thou and Gr na have been kille by the S cond, twenty-three Na 7 i tanks ve been knocked out by the ■, and five hun red prisoners taken. Our own lose? eh ven't been told so far. n~ the Ger~ans don't kno either! , .. i l w • no• u • n o in all this V f i hti:i in 1 ium n Lu ,: bou c et · ry ti on o · y i h , t the ~otal · ualties for all o r for , sine Par Barbor, moun ~ to k hun red an fo ty-si t ous n , three hundred and ei•hty. That inclu e om hun re n thirty-ei ht houaand killed, three h 11dre an eventy thousand oun ed, •i sixty-three thous nd ri onera of w r, and seventy- three thousand mi sin. But 11 that is exclusive of what hap ened recently in Europe. The figures on th&t ~ e may get in a eet or so. Secretary tim-on also told hi pres c o nf ere no e th· t s e v l'- a 1 of o u r Ar my com nlll n de rs were relieved of th~ir comnand, in the fr nt line -- for • failure to ake good. But he didn_. t say jm t here this happ ne . H H give-- us no •••Iii• details. Th . vy c non th · econ r ny o the Okrain . to y ur he ls into h c · ty of [o rno, on th Danube; Iomarno, on which 0 uch de end for the G an · in th ir e te · ffo t to r . i · e the sie e of e l. T u - i ns , ev e tly are ai ing to surr un Ko arno , , an h ve a.l re y cut all communic t1on bet n there and Silesia. According to o co w , th P Ary attac son tome. no ve at estroyed 1 N zi k ■ ,aa hope of reakin the , u ian rin aroun Budapest , where the Reds h • V9 t en ano h - hundred and-fifty city blocks; and an i portant rail ay station. The Germans are till throwing their panzers against the Russian line, tryin to break throu h from the north e t. Ye ter ay the Rus · an . a destroyed forty two tanks akin lot 1 of five hundred and fifty-five in nine d ya. In the hills west and northwest of Buda ~ st, the Ge · on drive is al o lackening off, artly because of u e sno·drift. i V . I n - t 1 int r 0 1 s X i l e : a · y ~ ' V at pen et rnt d th e Ru ian r n az ■ i ar und t e un Aria c ital . LAND - - ,__ Th ublin pravi~ io 1 overnnent of ol nd h 1 y co n the job of littin 1 up the bi Poli h e t t , on h 11 t. r ' - - ut s bun red f ho. ~ e reat est t et e en the u an Vi t la iv er . on doin~ the ... ame hin in East rus · ia nd in and ilea ia. So f r they haven't touched any of the acre ge held by the Church, although some Poles want all th t ivided up too. It look as thOUJ--.,h that ticklish u ■ ti on ill be held over until after the ar. a y f moua mes are m n tho e li . ly to be ispo -e~ e . One of the, Count Alert Potocki, hose brother ol ish A bassador to ' ashin ton when Germany inv ed his country. The Potocki family•• owned t1enty-six thousand acres, noi ivided mon i ht hun red od families. An th 0 bi country house ha been turne into a sanitariu, so ve ar told. SPELL 1 -------- Th _ re h~s n ur nll y been much interest in this count~ over r p orts from Switzerl a nd t hat A chbisho , ouellman of Ne York is to become Papal ecretary of tate, succeeding the late Ca rdinal Ma lione (Mahleeohnee ) , vho die d a short while ago. The Sis ne , spa ers claim to have the facts, based on the belief that the Pon tiff w ou ld like to have his lon g time friend act as his p ersonal observer at the peace conference, to follow the war. However, the V a tican tod a y denied the story. A o·r ---- --- - , .. ,, n e a or fu 1 / ·onc:11 s r vice, conseri ti o 1 n i ~ y , n t. r e is no SC " 1n e it. / Secret ry Sim nm d e t t pl in y. B y ~ Fir t, the draft boards will have to indu ~~ ~ t h i r three hundred an Lh irty / / thous a n d ' en from farms r Ct O i e: · ' h at : ~ , t C n d 0 / ., / o ' the n tional foo / y s e ms ominous, butt ., / / off icerst ' of the , fici ls are ~ m o u ~ Durin the f irst h lf of this year, the fighting forces will need nine hundred a n d t o thousand more men. This as told to the H o use Committee on Military Aff i r s by an off ice r of Selective Service. The only way to et thos nine hundre d a n d two thousand men is to t ake om of tho ~e ho have been deferred for war wor and riculture. GR11 1 ----- - - B r a l a t bul l tin ro m At ns, just off the wir . Th civi war in Greece is over • Lead r of t e. LA tl e le ' t wing Greek rebels, si ned a truce ith t e British Army. L, Q ., ------ - ~"Pef'V .H WH•. 6nd t , h e t ~ - ~ --tie. ~ J A (1 ter tl. e azis haa ov~ri-un Greece, the Los Angeles Board of &upervi ore- · lt a~fully sympathetic to ·a rds the •1111 ~p presse Hellenes s ven t h ousand ~iles away. Supervisor Gordon cDonou h pointing with p~ide to the wealth of Los ~~~wd4 Angeles county !srr ~ and movies 1 offered a resolution ;I.. I\ t h at the county a dopt the aw&i ■t ancient city of Argos, Greece. Yiith t h is went an undert a king to h e 1 p pay for t e re b u fl d i n g of t h e c i t y af t e r the liberation of Greece. All t h i w a almost two years g o, and the liberati o n of Greece appear d to be fairly re~ot e a n d b o awxika all the the pr o mi e a pret y oun one. other supe vi s or s ~ . ana th A I\ adopted unani~ou l y. re solut i n v. s ARGO - 2 ----- 0 i/ , Lo An le • C oun t y 1 ■ 1.:ra Board of u cr vi orz ha a ock. It w ~ c on t ine d ! n let er fro r axiitt).a:r i:rm:11 the Lar et Amb · s :i dor to W s hi n e on, His txc 11 ncy Ciuou what he s a id: I ~ou1 · i m a nto olous. And A~•' ~ ... ...,, 1 i e t, o k now: Atb e t h is is peo , le o,( A'f'XJ ~ould like t o ~now, wh n Los An g e les County/ is g o : n g to start to rebuild t h e city of Ar os. T he re fell a moment of silence such as I am told is seldo m heard in the city of the An g els. An exceedingly pregnant silence. Then somebody remembered that former S~pervisor Gordon JcDonough is now Representative Gordon :t cDonough in Congress. That was t e solution. Sole111nly the Board of Supervisors or de red t ha t the letter from the Greek ~~ Ambass ad or~,~,referred to Representative uordon kxxj1dl11•~• L • .4cDonou h, member of Con ress. ~ (/ ' I . ' -------- Y n.r.S i h o c cu p i a r eas in uroµe ar h avi, co1 1 r bl tr ubl wit Ge m n c h ildren. You st e s, twelve, hirt n nd our ., n, full of th it s irit h v e b e co ~e o uite a serious menace \, it i th i r ab to · e tr i c Tne throw an into asoline tanks, steal A~ ncan wea ons and ammunition cut co unications. In act, t he d a a e one by these baby battalions i•x~• has become so reat th t Americ a n offic rs have been aced wit the necessity of makin their parents responsible for their acts. Already five boys between the a es of twelve and four- teen have been arre · te and are bein held for military investi ation. V ith them is one seventeen ye u r ol d irl. They are all members of the Hitler • Youth or g anization. TF E ---- In i i t, Lo t n r es, a ci izen n med •n i 11 i m II ,. 11 C e • . e h a p y hr i m . for 1 f am il · , JU R like million of o r fond f t h er ·· .And h t ould Christm s be it out a Christmas tree? il ' i m .al l ce h d none in his o n · round , s h went into lysi n P rk ·n cut down a beauty,a twelve foot tree of the best im orted b a ls m from Nova Scotia. to be sure, it wa. the ro erty of the City of Los l1D , eles, but "illiam allace b ouAht it home ands • t i t up in the pPrlor, even as y u Pnd I. But th openness o f t e rocedure ot him into troub e, an it to the judge. Honor t 1 & t he oday , il i m r llace had to explain ith te~rs in his yes he old a·s nte d a Christm tree for the middies. The jud f e a s a bout to be l ieve him, when alon c a me a orn tion of icer an d snitched on Wil l i m alla e, told h~ c u t th this id . 1 s werP. i or l. inr t a Lockheed plane plant. To that the Judge's answer ~as - forty-seven dollars and a half fine, and thirty days in prison, sentence suspended. For the forty-seven and a half he could have bought himself quite a handsome tree, even one twelve feet tall. And now Bugh ••••••• GOOD EV ING, EVERYBODY:- ' hat ne s fro the Phili · ines? ell, on Luzon, our patrols, i n t o days have pushed ahead aore than twenty miles. his news came this afternoon. By now they probably are even further ahead. AlQo, the invasi n forces re still being ix dise barked, by the thouaan • Reporters say the tbin1 ■en are in ~agnificent shape, and equipped with ever1 acArtbur, as you have heard, now Lingayen Airdrome. And the Sixth Army left flank has pushed to a depth of nine miles; so we learn froa a late bulletin. Why the feeble Jap re•istance? Well, our people apparently hl ve advanced so ast that some h ve had to be told to slow up. Getting ahead of their communication : n supplies. LTP.1945.01.11.pdf LTP.1945.01.11i.pdf