WD R0OOEVELT President Roosevelt explained to tbe nation tonight the call be made 1n bis messa g e to Congress today -- the call tor a national · service bill, which would draft each and eftey American • ciYllian tor war work. That is, with certain euaption1. lleanwbile, tbeN bad been proapt action in Congress• wben Senator AUatin ot veraont reintroduced his 01111 national aerrtoe bill, wbich baa been on tba shalt tor a long t1M. !be Blpibllcua Mll&tor •a,• be belie.ea bia propoaal 1a close enough to tbe lb1t.a Bou• program to be supported by tba Preaident. How.er, tbat proposal, called tbl Auatin-1fa411worth Bill, wu 1Jllle41&te~ attacad by labor leaders ... because it proftda• that nr worar• conscripted would be allowed to decide tor tbtuelwa on wbetber or not to Join a union. The President, 1n bis message to congress and 1n bis radio address tonight, ties a national service bill with seve,ai other measures. He makes it clear that be wants a law to aobollze~ ~ ~ ~ w--~ • ~ ~ tL.z_e_,.;.~. fQla,_iflM f'1 oa 1"ne11e on)• BOO.,EVELT - 't. e,1111 •=•••• !b& P1a1t••n1' ete• ••• • 1111at1 • 19111 '8 •IIHiA• ewry aan and woman 1n tbl , . , . _., K9'11a 1, Jrept do• end 1 zCJa•i• i i ,,. ... . -•• .W:&Jt' Y. "••• •• •at••• to altzt•• ...,, tel11 11re1i•a•• eeil• •aH: w•••· allle pz oft'9 ,,,.. 1a•,,..•11a¼ • • ••pert1• + >Cft ererid••• aoe+u,b nM:ctCC&b tna ◄Eb: as ..mee••••4 b; eow••• wtll 41 •oa•• • Meanwhile, the White House call for a national service act mobol1z1ng everybody for war work, is meeting with a mi.Xed reception amon g the rank and file of le g islators. Some ,••r o•tin like Page i ROOSEVELT i \( n . e . ~ ~ - - - Blpubllcan Congressman Andrews or New Yor~ I •ve been ror ~ ~ 'I the time:,, ■q a " ' ~ c h 1s ech~d by Bouse democratic leader - - 6•Bel'••••• · ccor mi ck 0£ Jtlassacbuaetts, ao • ~ ,,, was .- AstMinlt •••••• fls• • 1,ghttt1 Pra1,teM,• ~ the other side ot the tence . . _,tor exaaple,~ Blpiblican ConSN•- •au, .lihort ot l a . H o u r i ~ ~ .• l /\ ' tbl Preaidential national service demand ia what be calla: •B1tler1• and would take a ~ tbe last vestige ot treedoa and l1bert7 tor which our bop are fighting.• Jnd a Democrat 1n oppoait10A 1a Congreaaun _ . ot Kentuclq who states that be bas, 1n bis own words •never been hot tor national service and tllrnot hot tor it now,• Seys be • tbe1e 'ii .,u ...... at tan.mg il!R>Ut bbl . . . . . . . . eC- NW.a ROOSEVELT - f- , Proa the world ot labor coaea a proapt expreaaion ot strong d111ent, President R. J. Tbo . . . ot the t7n1ted Autoaobile lforara, c.1.0. denounces the national 1errtce law propoaed b7 the President and states th a t -- it ••mack.I ot slave labor.• AD41 tm President•• dellimd tor bea'f)' tuea gets a hoatile ldth tbe queat1on ot tazea. They stand by tbeir toraer opinion I • tbat the tu payers ot the nation cannot stand tor the kind ot 1ncreaae4 burden 4lllet tbe Administration wants. Con&"•• baa paaae4 a bill to raise two billion,__,. two hundl'ed and aennty-tiw million dollars\ and today tba President indicated that this wu not nearly enough•-- lbe Treasury Department baa been aaking tor new taxes to raise ten billion. • This evenin g senator George ot Oeorgia stated that 1n spi~ or the president•s demand today, there - was little llkelyhood that Congress will boost the figure in the present tax bill. And Congressman Knutson of Minnesota declared that Page 2 POI.LOW R0\..6EVELT • President cannot expect additional taxes until be reduce• gowrnment •pending. BOl.lBI G The greatest air battle of all time was taught today. This becomes aore and more clear as dispatches nash from Burope tonight. tb8 tirat word ot the tremendous engagement ot the skies given by tbe aermans who told ot an all-out defense against attack. Later - dispatches f'rom Britain described an of Aaarican beavy boabera escorted by fighters• the aer1can air-mada that ever struck at Naz1lan4 -- the eacorted by new long range fighters, wbicb escorted Rf 1eep into Germe.D7. A whole series ot flashes from London tAlla ot . damage done an4 the equally heavy resistance encountAred. OlraanJ wre abattAred by tbe bombs from tbe record brf'aldng •kj fteet, 1n spite or the tact that the Na.sis sent up ever,- ty-pe ot plane they could mus tP-r great flights or fighters, many ot them 1P~ rocket planes. New types of anti-aircraft shells were encountered a I\ Page 2 BOMBING • BJ the American bombers, anti-aircraft shell.a described u •rocnt nu•, which sounds like something new. All owr the sky the battle raged. and Berlin maaa larp claias - stating that one hundred and twenty-three Aalr1can plane~ wre shot down, most ot them heavy bomber•. !bat sound• tantutic and this illpresaion 11 be1ghtene4 wben • bear tbe figure the Germana gift tor tbair 011D lo1ee1 - two. ~ two laai planes shot down, say tbe:y. .&DD BOMBING However. our losses may have been heavy. one returning tlyer 1&14 it was -- •another ScbweintUrt.• Which or course reterred to tbe big raid 1n which • lost sixty planes. LIAD RUSSIA A-C The latest from. R ussia • a ■oscow bulletin stating that " the Bed forces have captured r~ilroa.d stations both north and south ot tbe town or Sarny. wtuch. tbey aay usurea the soviet capture ot that railroad Junction in Poland. This Rusaian newa tolloa a Germ.an report stating that the Bed A:rmy bu now driven aixty-two lliles into what was formerly Poland., and the Germana adaitte4 tbat the Rusaiana wre ualllll.ting the ra1ln, ~ction a t ~ . 1'bat place is ot ~ utao11t 1aportance because tbi!J capture ot 8u'n7 bJ tbe Busaians, would cut tbe German &1'111•• 1n Poland 1n two -- by se-vering the line ot railroad commnn1 eation on wbich tbe7 must depend ror mill tary uni t1. RUSSIA In tbe Ukraine where tbe aermana in tbe bend ot tbe Imieper are tbreat;ened w1 th encirclement, the Ruaa1ans are poandiDg an. Sone• torcea are reported to be only tiff miles troa tbe Bug River and are approaching the trbnt1er ot Rouman1a. Meanwhile there is more word about Soviet terms tor a Page 2 RUSSIA sonet regime will not deal with tbe present Polish government 1D exile• which lloscow considers to be anti-Soviet. That •s part of Bonet conditions - which, among other things, insist on tbe Ruaaian poaaeaaion ot most ot the territory tbat th• Red AfflY •1•d fliaa tbl Pol.ea but wbich otter to gift to Poland such place• u · baw a u~ori t7 or Polish 1nbab1 tant1. ( CIAIO th• atory wu ended today tor Count Ciano, former JPoreign 111111,ter ot trucist Italy and son-in•law or 111saolln1~ ea was eacuted by a tiring aquad this morning. The announce•nt 1a ott1c1al -- given out by D N B, the 1&&1 Q8D agency. And Ciano - accoapanied to bia doom by tour other one-tllle cbieta ot tbe l'Uc1at ngiae, including Oeneral Di 'Boni, an origjneJ cOllpanion ot 1118aol1n1 and co..-nder ot tba Italian aray tbat 1nn4e• ftbiopla. 'l'be1r trials •re held in tbe ancient and biatoric Cl t7 ot Verona and to4&1 •• diapatch identities the preciae place u a llldieftl caatle dating back to the tourte•nth century. !ba7 faced tbl court 1n a cat1tle ball. end tben the t1rin& aqua4 in the court yard of the ancient citadel. The execution or count Ciano ends one ot tbe 11Dgular career• or our tille. I met him and tal.Jmd with bill 1n Ro• during the days or bis glory, when, u Mussolini•• son-in-law and Foreign IU.n1ster, be cut a great figure 1n international attairs. I scrutinized the much talked of F orei gn J.tl. nister with much interest, and could easily understand the number one factor that had brought him so high -- his Page 2 CIANO marriage to the daughter ot tbe JPaacist Duce. Ciano was tall, debonn•1N, swaggering -- with a good deal of the looks an4 manner1•• or an Italian opera tenor. It was not ditticult to underatand bow the young ariatocrat had been able to captinte tbe daughter ot tbe coarse and peuant-lia Muaaolini, son of a blackamith. More-over, Ciano•s rather had been one of lldaoJ1n1•• . powrtul supporters in the Fascist rise to powr. Ill tor profound ab1l.1tJ, I~~~- ~ ........ ~ f\ • - 1ntell1gent, with a D1mbleneaa of min4w: that one easiq thought to be rather shallow. Bis mannePI wre excellent, and be ••••4 ad•1rably titted to play an ornamental part 1n diplollfttic C affairs - but one wondered whether it could be any ■ore than ornamental. However all that may be, eount Ciano c - to a crisis where •re decoration hardly figured. &reputed to be a pro-JIU1, an adTocate of the ~azi FaScists alliance and of Italy•s plunge into war -- which brought such disaster upon that nation. Yet, when Page 3 CIANO --- - --------- thll .._nt ot dec1S1on CBIIIB and the Fascist Grand Council vote~ ~ to overthrow 1.-ussolini, Ciano~ one ot the maJority that turned agaSnst bis tatber-1n-law. It was tor this act that be b&I now been c0Ddeane4 !,Pd_ •X!_cute.A_ by tbl puppet .!,aacist-a regilll.,. -.a.• 11111...«n1 A• ns,., •• , . . . . ... , ...... The question still presists with much dramatic point - wbat part bad tbe erstwhile !Nee 1n tbe proceedinp that 4ooaa4 bis 1on-1n-1a.r • ,:1:971 mg •r ,•* 1 a es■■ a - ' 1 • s ••gew... . ~~~ ~ There are rumors that tbe real 1nlt1ga~itl tt. eaae- "'tbe mad-dog Pascist Farinacci, who was always a plus-ugly extremist among the Black Shirts and who is said to have been a long-time personal enemy of Ciano, F.rom which the surmise is made that today•s Page 4 CIANO eacution or tbe l0.lasol1n1 son-in-law was a triumph or vengence tor JV1nacc1.-- .?9n4etta1 ~ _.e.:t:c,., £) ~ - . ~ ! - ~~ ~ ~ ~-'";~ ~ ~~ Ftilremains to 'be disclosed what Ciano•• real aoti n• may ban been, when 1n the Fascia t Grand Council ba cast b1a vote to ou1t 1D11aol1n1 -- tbe water which eventually brought Italy troa tbe Nazi tight to the All.1•4 1ide, a startling ■witch-cner. One or tbe Grand Council members who lead 1n the overthrow ot 11111011n1 was the Duce •• old time pal -- Grandi. But 1 t na ae.14 all along that Grandi wu pro-Britilh and opposed to Bitler an4 tbe war. So What about Ciano! Ba4 be &110 been hostile to tbe law 1n reality! or had he become rather mddenl.y an.re or tbe 411aater that tbe Jlusaolini policy or joining Hitler and the war - bad brought upon bis country! or was 1 t all a part or some oblique schemet we don•t lmow the motives that persuaded Count Ciano, aot1ves that took him f'inally, today, to the tatal courtyard of' th.1: medieval castle at Verona. I \C/'-A---.,. ~ ~ ~ 1£..,.-t- -e:-4.. ~~...:t-- c:: ,...__ -....... ! - 6l ~ . ~ , , ~ ,tta ,111 IW astaaa,. _. V:;i'a ,< ~ that Ciano at bia t.-ial wu ulla4 ~~ 11bJ bl bad not 1ntorae4 111s1ol1ni ot tbe ■ow to overthrow b1a -- to "' wld.cb C1ano la aaid to have replied that be had been ou.t ot contact ~ w1 th bia tattier-in-law tor so• tiile -- never aaw b1a. .AlltD-aLnotbal' tum ot tbl drua 1• this: - C1ano stated at hi• trial tbat b11 wlte, 111aaol1n1 •• dau g hter, retuaed to have anything to do With -e~ .. ~ .... c r - 1111 • and was 1n Austria, protected by the Nazis. " 8aJ1'HW!3TERN PACIFIC In the southwestern Pacitic sea power has Joined a1r power 1n battering Jap island strongholds. A dispatch t.rom a u.s. !Uk Poree tell• how cruisers and destroyers hurled aalYo atter ■al.Yo againa t tbe lbortlan4 Ialancla, 1n tbe rtcini tJ ot Boup.1nrtll•. !bl !alk Poree poured aore than two bwidred tons ot bot 1teel 1.nto tbl Jap tortitications. J ------ - - - ----- ----- And w struck a naval blow at the Japa 1n tba Bew ~1mar Bew Britain area. The cratt 1n tb1a assault weN •mall and apeedy. llotor torpedo boats uaailed ene117 transports bringing up re1nf'orce•nta Planes Joined tbe P.T. boats, and twenty-two barges were 1Ullk. A nuaber ot these wre loaded with Japanese troops. Word about the Southwestern Pacific was spoken 1n 1'alhington today by -- .Adm1 ral Balaey, our naval commander out tbere • • 01 ve •ea bell• Halsey gave tbe urgent advice that nobody must think ot peace until our torces are in Tokyo. Page 2 SOUTHWBSTBBN PACIFIC Be said •there is one definite place that baa got to be I tmn -- tbat•a Tolqo,and,don•t let them stop until we get it.• The Admiral was aakBd about the quality or Japanese war plaDla. Ill aaid tbly wre as good as ewr, perhaps a 11 ttle bet~. ait ba a4de4 tbat tbl quality ot Jap pilots bu been 4ecltn1ng. •1'bl7 are not willing to c0111t out and tight aa tbly 414 in tbl t1rat place• , said he. RIPUBLICAN cowa TTEE !be Republican National CollDDittee took unenimrni• action toda, -- and no wonder. The COll1Dittee decided Without a 411sent1Dg ballot to hold the next Republican National Conwntion at Cbicago.--~ what other city could they have picnd!Cbicago wu the only place that ID84e a bid, tbe only city that put 110ne7 on thl line • . . . so ancago it waa -- attar which tba Committee a4Joarna4 • .lt tbe two day session variou1 resolutions were adopted, 1Jlclu41ng o• on toreign policy. The Committee put its otticial okay on tbe principles or international cooperation adopted bJ tba Republican Pol1c7 COllll11ttee at llacld.naw some aontbl ago. 1• 11■ 1 Nan auppoae4 1ma• • • WtJ 7Jd19!1:'8• adgbts p:1eseat • reaul:IIM:ea el- tllen cum = a•lne ltey•lli ille l!eeeieMr •••••••ion in bbl •!l:ltee,,,a WliH 1161 u a., M•M=Bg ef • • 1 • • 11a,,. .. i, . . . 1iae e ecrt *••• • LUCI 1'be death today ot the daughter or congresswoman CJ.are - Booth Luce wu one ot tbeM tragic turns ot tata11t7. !fineteen year old Anne Brokaw was killed 1n an automobile acc14ent at Palo ilto, C&llitorni!a -- an accident which, but tor a twist of fate, lliight have been nothing disastrous. The girl, wbo na attending Stantor4 um.varsity, was riding 1n a car With another girl student, wbln tbe7 WJ . hi!t at & croaa section. !bl car tbat struck them was driven by A Protesaor ot German 1n tbe StantON ArmY tra1n1ng prograa. The impact wu. such tbat the automobile . in wbi!cb tbe two girls were riding span arcnm4. The front door flew open, an4 £DDe Brokaw waa llw-184 out. She struck a tree, agaiDSt which •be was pinned by tbe wbi:rilng car. • J . Her mother Con esswoman, Clare Booth uice, 1• on tba Pacific Coast. She · was scheduled to speak tonigh . t at the 8an .. ~ - t , . J . . . ~ ~~~ Franeisc.o Presa club. ~~ l ~ . ~ ~ ~ t 1 ~ ~ - 4 - t £ J .... ~ ) • At Glendale, ca11torn1a today a tragic and p1t1tul: sight RI witnEsssed. Krs Ella Barry, an eighty-three year old WOllaD wu bit by a truck and dra g ged tor thirty feet. Patrolaazi Clitt a-01111 wbo ••• the accident hurried to her a14, and picked bar up -- to lmr17 blr to t . ba hoapital. Whereupon 11r1 Illa Berry P" bill tb8 4fCDDle •i.t • go• she scolded. •I •ve g . ot to do 111 shopping and pt home and cook dinDer. • .ln4 a-.y. trmtged the eightJ · -tbre• 1ear ol4 w011aD, who att•~ being mocked down and dragged for thirty teet bJ a truck •- wnt . right on to do her shopping and then cook dinner.