The Inv as ion riV P to d y w s rush for th e hme ricans, ~ho ~ wept on for st rt lin a ins of tan t irty miles in twenty-four hours. They tore down like an avalanche acro ss the base of the Breton Peninsula, a n d at last re p orts were nearin g the City of R ennes '-ion - 1 · ith 1 2.asal pr6nunc!itidd), of the Ancient Province of Britt:a~n~~-...... ------------• This p henom n 1 surge forward augurs the early occupation of Britanny by Aflied Troops. Indeed, Lhe Germans ap p ar to be making no real attempt to aefend the Province. ► ord from Allied Headquarters is tnat the Nazi Command withdre most of its troops froa Brittany shortly after LJ-tay - moving them over into Normandy to resist the invasion landings. So I suppose we can count Brittany as virtually ours. M ore important perhaps than this dazzling a v a nce, may be th e A meric . ri th~u s t in another irectio~ 6 - , is e n h o 1 . e r ' s · Troop s , ~ . h i 1 e s p e e d i n s o u th to R en n es , are a lso hamm e rin 0 th : ir ~ay to L h e So utheast a nd Es t - i n t, he a i r e c t i o n o f P r i . Th i s , i f c on t i nu e d , \'. . o u 1 d t, :n v O • • h art O Fr !'lCe . ut t h m or e 1 mm · ia r e t i t o c ut ~r o n d b Ph ind t h e bulk of n e" r m n Forc e lo t h Inv ion F ront, t h e -n e my . r my o p o 6 in g t h Brili h. 1 he B riti h L h m elv e s cored a break- t h rou ~ to ay in d riv e that is b e in g called - •A Major .-1 uccess.• Troops of he Unite d Kin o dom a nd Can a da alas M f orw rd for eleven m iles, and th e ir armored units h a ve r e ached open country. 4eie Britieh s ■ Aeh ~hreagh, with the h A meric a n ush, has with a "V• anger wspa Our best guess about th e whole Inv a sion itu a tion · ould s e em to be th a t the Germ a n A rm y , a lr ady p ullin g out a t top s p eed in some p l a c s, to m & ke :' 4 ne ~ h dr a w al . ~ ~ r e th ~ s a nd s om e~he re t o th r ea r i s ill h ve nemy can ~ a ny b o y 's u s s APP [B&■CI & late 4iapatcb fro ■ the in•aaion fr-oat \eal1I\ atate1 bal the tollo•ln1: •tb• Alli•• appear \o •• on tbe ••r1• of a atupen4o•• •lotor7, a 4eol•l•• ltlo• la ~~b• ba\\le tor Pari1 aad perbap1 tor allot rraaol~ lt ••7•• ROM EL ~.......-,__ le have some officinl German News about Rommel, the Nazi Commander against invasion who waa said to Romael bad ~ - llied ot Today's account trom Berlin states - lo, Ro ■mel was not tilled, but he• s injured. Be• 1 baned and battered and suffered concuasiona, but has recovered - say the Uermans. The Razis explain it happened in wha~ they call - an accident. But they add that the· accident oc . currlid during an air attact. & e - • ~ automobile wreck, caused by an Allied Strafing It is revealed that Lieutenant General McNair, former Commander of the Army Ground Forces, waa killed by an American Bomb. ~b1a •as diaglgsad tod•r n a repor ' from Ge eral Eis,nbower. ann u ,c t e t of th death oJ General ire, but he id_ ~iea,eaaa\ Gener~l - MeNair wbo~trained the A ■ erican Armies for victory, waa on an important assignment, on the invasion front, and this took hi ■ to the battleline where the A ■ erican Forces were beginning the offensive that scored the breat-tbrou1~• The assault was being prepared by a tremendous air --iDCPiiBR r..a ~£ high explO<&iV But one batch of bombs was badly aimed, and the missiles fell short - fell among the American Troops. ~rNEhAL Mc~AIR - 2 -------- ------------.- re sho~t. . hJ a . auch as teJL 4-houaaod - yar'11. That was because of an accident. A lead plane bad trouble · ith his bombing mechanis ■, and its high explosive was released pre ■ lturely, the other plane, of the Squadron, Flying Fortresses, tel.lowed suit and dropped their own boaba. T,here were a nu ■ber of americsn casualties, · and General lclair ••• - aaong those tilled. I TA LY The B~ttle of Florence bas r e ached the 0 p e a k of vil e nt f i g htin g - w ith the Germans putting up ,. . the m ost fan a tical defense since th bitter struggle for Cassino. eventy.-five thousand Nazis are tigbtin& for the great City 0£ the R ennaissance, with Briti1h Eighth Army Troops ha ■ mering out only s ■ all gain ■ aloa One point eigb,t and a ailes southw,st of Flor.enc, while New Zealan and South I s~ashed ay toward su ■ mit of eight,. A~P ItALJ. And now a ruaor Juat ott the wire, an ••••r ru■or •bioh, howeYer, ■a7 ■ean 1o■atbin1. A Ger■aa •••• •1•no7 1tate1 tbat Allied 1bippla1 1• beiaa •••••d, toaether with a coaceatratlon of taat1 • • lntaatr1 diwtaion1, tor aaotber in•a•ion laa41•1 la Ital7. •tb11•, ••1• tbe lazl •••• ••••or, •ooaflr•• \he ••ppoaltioa \hat th• Allle4 Coaaaa4 t•~••4• \e oarr7 ou\ ••• oatflaatta1 l&adiaa operatl••••• fill§ll! Mosco reports t he Battle for ' rsaw is enterin its final sta g es. Soviet 1roops are stor ■ in1 t h rough the Eastern Suburbs of the Capital of Poland, · hile other Soviet Forces are driving beyond the Vist~la River in a thrust have p ushed forward for drive, south to Warsaw. have risen in their Capita between Part is-1ans of WRrsaw. in thia tlankin1 the Poles the ■ ael••• we hear ot claabel in the Street• North, the Bed Ar ■y is pourin1 like a flood through Lithua~ia, and has al ■ ost reach• the Border , f East Prussia - The Laid or the Great Estates of the Prussian Junkers. A dispatch B e rlin admits the loss of two towns only eleven miles from the Frontier, while Moscow's latest places the Russians within eight miles of the Homeland of the Prussian Military Caste. fI NLAND T he news from Finland pictures a hasty reshuffling of the Finnish Government - this yesterday's resignation of Preaident Ryti, who ia succeeded by B a ron Mannerheia, Co ■ aander of the Finniah Army. A new cabinet ia being asse ■bled to serve under Mannerheia, and the ord is that the new g o•ern■ ent is being foraed for the purpoae of tatla1 Finland out of the war. Only a few weeks ago, it see ■ ed •• it the Northern Republic, by tying ■ore ~loaely to lazi Geraany, would fight it out to Lhe end against So•l•t Huasia. But now, rather sur p risingly, "fi,.e word fro■ Finland has a hopeful tone about getting o f ~ ~ i • I eace. APP rI ■LAI~ The latest - newa that the Ger■ana ba•e beau to ••acuat, their troop• in Southern 1inlaa4. Stocthola report• that the laaia ••• are clearia1 ••'• and that the Pinna are 4ell&hte4. 0 IY.nKtY T h Nazis declare that the aove by Turkey today me a ns war. T h ey ar enra g ed by the break of relations. The Turks the ■ s elves say formally that the severing of diplomatic ties does not neceaaatily meaa war. The Ger ■ ans think otherwise - and ;...-- they a re r i g~h~t~._..- _,....,.. _ _,.,.. .._._,._ .... ~_..~ ---- --- ~ a aavage clp ! o ■ atic and out of th 91 war. Turke, , beak the Balkans open APP TQBllI le•• Juat ia 1tate1 that ■ore than '{1undrel la1l intelli1enoe officer• ba•e been arreate4 b7 le alao hear that the Turt1 are releaalDI Alltel political pri1oaera - ••••laa1 la partloalar. l■••I tho•• to who■ thia appliea are two l•••lana who were oon•iote4 in Turte7 a oo•pl• of 7eara a10 of•• a\\1ap\ to a•••••laat1 Bitler•• l■baaaador Yon Pap••• CoU IL ------- 1ord of high hope were spoken today in London, Vwit.h ' hurchill doin th 'I he Pri ■• ·inister made a re ort to the Bouse o Commons, and took bat be called, •A sweeping gl ar ~ pproachin its closin d he summarized in the follo~ing measured ords: •I fea&greatly to raise false hopes,• said inston Churchill, •But I no longer feel bound to deny \hat victory may perhRpe come soon.• In contrast to this hope of speedy victory, he spoke with grim realism of the Robot Boab Asaault on London. Be stated that thus tar ~he Geraan1 have . launched five thousand, three hundred nd forty rocket boabs against Britain and ha¥e killed four thousand, seven hunared and thirty-five eople and injured fourteen thousand more. In the face of this aenace, a million persons have been evacu a ted from the British Capital, and ~hurchill said th t more should go, because Britain may be hit y much bi 6 ger rockets - CHURCHILL - 2 _ , . _ ------- ne• enemy e u pons, •hich the British are not taking lightly. Churchill said that the net result of the Robot Assault would be that Ger ■ any would be puniehe4 aore severly. tOLW)I CBUBCBILL Later•••• tonight brin1• an aooouat of a••• I■■■ Geraaa ••oret weapon, the exiateaoe of •blob baa Jaat been 41aoo•ered. Tbe1 are callia1 it a pl1••-•••t 4oo4lebu1, bee•••• lt ooa•l•t• of one pl••• rl4lq another. An old-faablobed luat•r• ••--t■a■oar.r.1•• another plane loacle4 •1th ••••ral toaa of blah ezplo1t • Tbia ••coal plaae baa ao pilot. It ia releaae4 ooatrol. Allot tbia waa 4lacloee4 when oae of the pt1-a-bact •*•••••kA'l•••• ••• ahot clo•a oft th• ooa■t of in••4•4 lor.■an4J. It ora•h•4 la the water aad 11•• •P w1\M a \reaea4ou• ezploaion. GIAN !oai1bt'• late ■ ••1 balletia \ell• otl■erl••• proar••• ta tbe ti1btia1 on G•••• Tie oaptare ot •• alrtiel4. T~l• ••• aoooapliabe4 ta an •4•ano• of•••• tbaa a ■11•, tbe captarel artt.tel4 rep••••■tta1 • ••• lar.1• atep towar4 \be oo ■ple\e ooaq•••t of tb• t ■ laat. IIJ 9PIIIA Tb••••• \oai1bt fro■■•• G•i••• \ell• of••• pro1•••• la \be •••1•••• of olearia1 oat Ul• ,.... ...... ......,,...::_ of Japa \rappe4 laa\ of tb• Drialaaor 11•••• 4ooae4 ••••1 tbo•••••• · h••• laaaole4 1\111 aao\~•r at,aok. TrJlq to •••at ••t. t•t• ••• r.epelle4, • I a\ laat report• laerloaa troop••••• 4ri•taa •••P la\e ''•~•••\of tb• terri\er7 •••• 4o ■ iaa\e4 •1 \tie lap• •lo••• no• la \le trap. AIIIA Cbina ••ad••• ■■■ ■ore •or4 abou\ Jap a\taota on tba\ u■t■ beroic ol\7 of •••11•••• •blob tor •••t• baa •••a •••\ia1 oft 4e■perate ••••7 •••••lt■ - tea ■ore •••••lt1, •• recor4ea la ioaa1•1 ••••· All ••P•lle4. !be Jap■ report tba\ Ualtei 8\at•• ,.., ott1oer1 are la ■••11••1 - 41reo\lq tbe ••••••■\al •. , ..... c11s1 It la diacloaed tonight tbat tb• airplane cra ■ b which tooi tbe lit• of Rear l4■ 1ral Cbarl•• I Cecil · ••• fatal 111••1•• to a nu■ber of otbera. ll1bteen •• are dead or ■ i ■ ala1 la the aooi4eat t• a 118 \raa■ port pl••• in tbe Pacific. I\••• \akta1 oft ror aa ua4iaoloae4 plaae •b•• t\ oraabe4. ■••' ot \be Ylctl■• are listed•• ■ ••1 ••4 ArQ oftio••• • iaolu4la1 A4■1ral Ceoil. ILSON It isn't often that a Motion Picture Preaiere ualifies as political news, but such is the case in the first showing of that latest Darryl Zanuck Feature - •tilson.• t ■ ight b a hav.e been around for weeks, rumors that • ·ilson• would \urn out to be a ter■ argu ■ ent. epa1•• Bo list I a t 1111 a loolt at what, 4bt le■ 1••11 1Mwapape1 s tra,e to aa3 71:cci&J. .i'hey e 11" •1••• tla ■ t~ ~,■ e of bheir 1laats •• wne\ae• or••\ the ,,etaN i1 angled in fa~a• at Presld@Dt ReoacuaI,. i~ ae mo1e fa,01ed tbaa \ha Par!y opposed to i\, 1 ihe He1ald-T1tbane: 1 TheP& ia ver, libbb= ._._ ......... O .... N_ - 1. i-.u~l\:)< - ~ - ~ _....__ -~.,., ---c.~~~-- ,.,.~..__ ...... __..._._.. ........... BeadlineA: ilson artiae Wtadoa ,.--.. ....... _ --• _..-... --_ .... -"--..,... I or F.D • .H.• ie \h@rr's tta1 1 caad•ap -et Hi1'it•l ap6al1M •1 part, I thought the picture presented tbt contrast between loodrow ilson•a superb ideal1 and hia failure in trying to do · a lone one- ■an Job. Rhtll Toda7'1 reperoaaaioaa after 7e1terda1'• priaarl•• broa1bt a ••rl•• of aa1r1 acca1atioa1 - one fro• Seaator Beaaett Clark of llaaoarl. Be •a• defeated fort~• De ■ooratio ao■ iaatloa; ••4 to4a7 bla ■ed lt oat~• political Action Coa■ittee of tbe C. I. O. The Seaater p•t it la th••• wor4a: •tbe election repreaeata a aotable te ■porar7 trl•apb tor tb• Cou•alat-ooatrolle4 C.I.O., la lt1 effort• to tat• · ooatrol of the DeMoratl• •••• Another priaar7 that attracted attention, produced the reaoaination of Bepublican Con1reaaaan CL&lg - 2 Baallton 1.11b in ■•• Yor\ Stat,. I•••• opp•••4 •1 a oan414ate wbo, at tb• •••• ti••• ••n tb• Deaooratlo aoaination an4 •ill oppo•• Flab in tbe r•1•lar elee\loa Thia ti•• laailtoa rtab won tbe Rep•blloaa ao■lna\loa •1 a re4•c•4 aaJoritJ, b•t be clalaa tbat la the election be'll 1•t a lot of De■ocratlo ••t••• DUEL In Cuba today a aatter of International iaport was discussed in the g ood old Latin way, with a Duel. T•o leading lights of Havana stood on the Field of Honor, pistol in hand - all because of a q uestion that concerned relations between the United States and the Cuban Republic. There have been charges in Havana that the United States Aabassador baa tried to interfere with Cuban lewspapera, that Ambassador Braden baa sough\ to infringe upon the freedo ■ of the Cuban Presa. The accusation waa aade by a pro ■ inent E d itor, Senor De Sosa, who protested in a vigorous article. Be was answered by a Foraer Mayor of Havana, Senor Belt, who defended the Aaerican A ■bassador. The argument grew so hot that a challenge was issued - a ch&llenge to · a duel. The preliminaries were arran g ed with all tor ■ ality, and the Duel took place today, like a clash betwe e n two mighty ideals - The freedom of the Press and the Propriety of the American A mbassa d or. tUEL - 2 ~ The two Duelists faced each otherl\twenty- five Pesos I aean paces -- apart. ~ Arbiter, Major Aleaso atood nearby, then he ca ed: •Read7, frepare, (ire!• Oalr 0111rshot '1'11 ~trwd. Senor Belt toot ai ■ , pulled the trigger, and a pistol shot rang out -- but he ■ issed. Senor Belt was not too good as a Markaaan. •~•*• taereapon, did Senor De Sosa dot .&e refused to tire, he later explained that he did not shoot because he ie recogni1ed as an excellent lark••••• Very good, benor, Yery ■ agnani ■ ous. In other word1, one was not good enough, and the other was too good as a Marksaan So nobody was hurt. Instead, the two duelists, announcing that an honor bad been sati1tie rushed to each other and eabr1ced. So that settles the question of whether or not the United tates Ambassador has been interfering with Cuban Freedom of t~e Press. CAT - At Dedham, assachusetts, a Toa Cat baa inherited a hundred thousand dollars, while nine relatives fail to inherit twenty thoueand. Thia according to a will filed for probate today. The lucky Toa Cat is a large Feline na■ ed Buster, a pet of the late Woodbury Rand, a ■ illionaire lawyer. The hundred thousand dollars is bequeathed for the aaintenance and care of Buster -- for the rest of his nine lives. And the testa ■ent also will• to the Tm Cat the following: •Any neraonal property ot ■ ine ltich would add to the co ■ fort of Buster, such as •1 radio, sweaters, blankets and three electric fan1.• The relatives who failed to inherit twent7. thousand dollars are nine cousins. 1hey were cut oft because of their lack of affection for Buster. Or, as the will expresses it "Because of their contPm~tuo attitude and cruelty toward my cat." I'll bet those cousins now ish they had been kind to Buster, stroking his fur and murmuring CAT - 2 - fondly "Nice Kitty". That would have been worth .,.~ twenty thousand bucksA an d I supp , ose the ■ oral is - Be kind to your Uncle's T o m Cat, especially it Uncle has twenty thousand dollars to bequeath • .. ~ ~=· ~~~ -fl...,. y#tA. -ti, ~t•U. to -\1!.c. .1,-.:tt ..... ·, 1 ~ 1 CANADIAN AlRM N - - anada announces that eighteen Canadian Fliers have been killed by the Nazis - willfully murdered, says a court of in uiry at ~ . ~ ..... -----~--- atrocities are part of the Nazi killing of so ■ e titt1 . prisoners of war in an escape. Canada annoubcea it ■ own victi ■ s - nineteen, murdered by S.S. Troops of Hitler's PriYate Ar ■J• STRI E Philadelphia is awaiting possible action by the ~overna ni in the Transport Strike that produced s oradic outbr aka of rioting today. The trouble is racial, with street car, bus, subway and elevated workers resenting the e ■ ploy ent of negroea. Transportation has been tied up for two days ana today at various places there were clashes between wbita'and blacks. Federal Labor Agencies haye taken up the . uestion, ~nd there is so ■ e sur ■ i1e that the Aray aay ■ ove in and op e rate the eity's transit facilities - the stoppage of which bas cut dow~r production. The latest is that a report on the Philadelphia strike has just gone to President Roosevelt. !iURRIC.,iNE The Southeastern States are esti ■ ~ting their damage - from the Hurricane. Only one lite appears to have been lost, but property damage ia estimated at a million - as a result of the devastatiDI blast of wind which roared up the East Coast and tarn14 inland. ► Along the Beaches of North Carolina, Martial Law was declared today, ith soldiers put on guard over sections wrecked and ruined by the destructive power of the wind and by the aaashing of waves as high as sixty, feet.