( 0 0 y • Y : The Am ri c · n 1 v ion o f endova in the ew G e orgia g roup(f 1 r, d is . r oc eed ing a c cor d ing to ~ n Once a ain W ■ it ■ ixitat ■ a U n cl S a m' s in f antrJmen and -- marines a e fi g hting in jun g le territory. From their - - be a chhe a' s they are pus~ing the Japanese back steadily. - - · The Tokyo Ra d io ackno led e ed th ~ t we ha succeeded in lan d in some men on Ren d ov a . But it also claimed that Ja p anes n a vy p l nes had sunk or dam a2 ed six of 0·1r and tr · ns . orts, three cruis rs an d one destro er, s~ot· F on thirt -one United States air pla nes. T o this cl a im o ur ow n hi h co m m' nd mak es no r e,ly . T e ~a vy ad m itt d - t h t th e r e w e r e l oses on b oth s e s n h the U nited " t es T r a n o r t E Y, s v nt s v h - - - - · n un ,~ r d t o :1 s' , F . n G n ,· , bu • cC ' ' L Y used t.o Gr cP ' ' npr .. TA B , B S e • : · as em ty - hen sh w · sunk. W lso los sevent en 1 nes in the OEening rJ of the atta k on the central Solomons. Ho · ever, our men destroyed sixty-five Ja l a nes a n d seized the harbor of Viru on New Georgia Island. On one p oint at Rendova, our men re only ive miles a a y from the big Jap air base at Mund Viru they are only thirty miles ~ow ~unda/. There were no few r than a hundred and ten enemy pl es of 11 types, tryin to prevent the landing - on Rendova. The landin u s e re carri ed out with excellent timin a n p erfect cooper a tion betwee American infantry - a nd m rines, Ameri c a n naval units a nd American plus A us r ,A i n air f c e · • ,. ;i 1. 0 n e or t tim t od ~ : th at b r ~ , . 1 1 · 1 • n n rl v, un· ed St tes ir r m l iv e i . of s a va g e att a ks a ainst - , . n d a/ n d th n e r by b s e of "/ i 1 a . The id e a w to r v nt the J a ir p lan s f rom e ting off the ground whil our inv sion feet moved in on . endova. The - str a te g y s ucceeded bee· use it wa n't until later that - the en mj's a ir rmada f a hundred and ten planes tried - to i terfere wi h the American lan d ings. By that time our en were alr a y ashore. The att k on the Solomons an d the New Georgia grou is only one part of a great offensive on a line seven hun r ed miles long. It stretches all the way fro the Solomons thr o eh the Trobriand nd 'oodlock Islands to ew G ui . Reports from General la Arthur's he dq u r te r t 11 us th l t he o ffen si ve succeeded in t a in c the J aps by · u r , alt hou h th ey had pl nty of _ p n o r 1 d ; e h t om th · n bre in g n our si e . - - - Tit , fx h · i l ou r t k J - n b .... ,. l ; n a t C . on 0 t in o n h Th '? y 0 ei ht pl n ... u · . n d wh 1 0 ly si x AlliPd pl ft P.8 - th a att - . edFn~f"'in co ., d h em . loy d in fend in ff th J ps h · k nown what w s u o . -=-- i. C. : r v ed b th e oin o n , i , , nty-seven - t · n y-on . f i • 1t r m ad e an n o rt h r n c o- t of Australia. i c- h t t r we re dam ed, er missing. The -1111 planes V been mo e usefully Alli~d o fensive if the Am~ric n and Austr a lian forces are no w anchored n Nassau Ba on the ~ew Guinea coast. There they are on ~ y ten mil e s away from the Ja s ronghold at Salamaua. The Trobri d an ' oo loc I s l -n ds w . e occu ied ithout firin sh o t. - .,, Seer tary of ar Stimson w·rns us to ex.ect h 1 n , P e i . 1 1 1 h olomon n he ... . . ; e o r 0 a s t e J ..,. - <4 II P t t h ir b e · 1 ngs. T t b o mbin s in the Me dit e r a ne a n ive a i s fi :: i • a& hi t o f t i n " to c me. Ag in the R oyal Air - Fo r e a n d Unit e d St a te s 1 ir Force h v e p oun d ed a way at th e ferry te rm i na l in J s i na in Sici l . Th a t ma k ~s \ f i fth time in ~ x d} sj Furth e rmor, they turned their .. attention t o th . 7 e ster n n d of the harrassed is l and. In their last raid, they st & rted hu e fies in Palermo - an d four o f the airfi lds nearby. Jud e ing from reports, they have r s n i sci Sicily - - pretty nearly in a state - of blockade. T he ferry terminals are virtual l y out of commission. In c a se of a landing by Allied forces-, it ;o would be exce dingly difficult for the Axis g enerals to - - reinforce the is la nd. 'l'he A l lied flie s are meeting 1 I little op p osi ion from en e my fighters, a nd no awtixaizaza - . -8 a n · ti- a ircr a ft fire to sp e a . of. Even the Romt, R a d io - - - ac k no· le d e(" th a t o u r flier s h a ve c a u s ed notable dam a e in P a le rmo. Th e y h· v e - lso s r end fi r e! a n ruin/ 'I' t r o h u th cit of Ca lia i in Sic il y . The L on n dmi r lty ann o un d th t British subm ari nes have sun · four mo e Ita ian waters. One ship lo~ded with munitions exploded so viol ntly :=-r ::.. ~ that it shook the subm a rine cs•~ tor p e~oed it. ].: __ fl ! Th e Berl in ' i o o m e l i e t of ' inston Churchill' 1 i~ th t the B r itish and American navies h d been massacring U-boats. A Nazi spokesman oai th~t 6hurchill h once ag ain been putting on his rose tinted s pe ct ac es. - - However, the Nazis do admit th a t there was a shar decline in sinkin ° s of Allied ahi ping by their U-boats during June. The explan a tion they offer of - ~, thi~ decline is th t a l l German submarine commanders - have been called home to study new methods of attack. And the Nazis hint that these new methods will do terrible things to Allied ship p ing. - - .!. - ' !..:._ r i t· . i i i . r u t: ri ng t h m n Jun , th 0 '• 1 1 0 C ot 1 of r h E- n n c • - nd t of ' bs r\ E uro p e. T h ir l i r . t 11~ t r:: or j i n d t il. Two thousand D sse rf, two th l) n on Bochum, t 0 th ou s nd on Ir la , n 0 forth. Th e ric n ton . 1, · e WO ... ., ess. - A a l u 1 o_ · a l ' · e o me ne s fr om ~ · o ni h t. h o n i : he v ., tillery bs.ttle 1 in o n n o r fr o m L n in r ~ c . The Red army n r ls e ovin r i 1fo rc t to th front in that ector. S o the G e n i f un ~ e tr y in to ham er t 0 m ovem nts by c o n ~ entr ed fire on the railroads near ~chluesse l burg. Th t news comes from G__!:!llany. The Berlin R dio also r ports th t the RusGi~ns are att eking in strength -- down alon the Donets River in the Lisichank sector. - T ol rum a ut d ol f H it er we r e r e viVed y . Bu t h y sh o u not b take n too s riously. - --- B~i t iRh offici a l circl es 1 ce no trust in them. The - ole b a,s for th mis th t the tal ative Fuehrer has har dly s p o~en 1n p ub li for mo re th a n seven months. - - - He ma ea short, r~t h r fl ~t , s 1 eech at Berlin in March, and that was before a hand-picked audience. On one occasion in iay he appe a red at the funeral of the - Chief of Staff of the N azi Storm Troops and made a short funeral oration. But th twas a private ceremony. One of the rumors to spring to life again was that he h a d retired to his nest on to p of a peak in the Bavarian mount a ins and was there sulking. The other was tha the German general staff has t ak en the bit in its teeth ~:t~ and the form e r corporal ss& as Comm n d er-in-Chief. Th et wou l d mean th · t the ol a u er d of generals is now in com mo n th . in t ta ■ · ; 1 9 i • h, _ ' e men of th 2 2 Jun r tr ad ition. old ~ i O V r th t ' r enc h in l , , 0 e A i to ' & ne tur n L . a,;, t ~ r ) nd heard that y. y w General Gir a u w e. to come to the United States and woulr be welcomed in Wahington. That infuriated the p artis a ns - of G eneral DeGaulle. They recalled th r t DeGau l le was all - ~ 11 x • pe. ·ed u p nd re a y to come months a o • • • he was informed th ~ his visit would be inopportune. The DeGaullists therefor e onsi d ered their leader was again definitely snubbed hen Giraud was invited so co~dially. -- The latest from London today is that firaud's visit has also been postponed - i a tp&&ti indefinitely. Prime Minister ¥ British Mtt+. e ■ eat to the House of Commons about the Giraud-DeGaulb prob 1 e m . t'e t a J d t b e ff o u s 9 t A 9 e t a Py; e £ d i. ft 1 e,n t i c One hing h aid w s th ~ t the wold chou l d not ive undue attention to the I s ct of the ne ' Fr nch or a niiati o n. 1-,he Brjtjsh Government hopes of individual .i,,;b@tezba tat tn@ coma•• ~ooQ gf ireac. bas been the policy of the British Government to take k~u.4. ~ s in disputes between Fr~hmen 1 Churchill then said th a t it is not the policy of the l&ltl ■~ government - s•xiak ■ xaii ■ a of the United States and the British - gove nment that their armias shall be used to impose - upon France, ~irectly or indirectly, any particular - military leader. a , doctor, has - from iers. He an ent almost as much as they h e the Germ a ns. I In FP9aee it lf, people do rot tb1ut · *•••a el J : S-WALLA E ----------- The l atest r percu sion from the row between Secretary Jesse Jones and Vice-Presi ent Wallace is the report that the staff of the White House may make another effort to ~[~~n.~.;.:~~~slr~"~ou~m~ndf of Secretary Jones bring no ~ t o -- for an investigation by Congress the Executive Mansion. Observers agree that such an investigation would do the -- Administration no good, and certainly would contribute nothing toward reassuring the public and bringing about unity. - If the peacemakers cannot succeed, Pr~sident Roosevelt w ill have an unpleasant dilemma on his hancy. If the Vice-Presi ent continues to be Chairman of the Board of Economic Warfare, it may not be so easy for the President to keep Jesse Jones on as a member of his Cabinet, Further details l eaked out today about the J N .. S- LL/ C --------- -- - .... ......... I Jl~tcc. me t i g at \ h i c h \ a• Q a v · · f D; r 1 1 • 1 • J i • ■!' B r n e s tr i e d / ( to m a ke peace. TheVice-Presi ent, s · y s the r p ort, was ) lig ht an affab l e. Jesse Jones from Texas was furious. After th e two-hour m e ting w as over, Jones left first and told the reporters that they would have to get their news about the conference from BJrnes. The Vice-President stayed twenty minutes after Jones had left. Then, to - - Jones's astonishment and indignation, it was not B~raea, but Wallace, who gave out inform a tion about the peace - conference. That set a new match to Jones~e anger. - So, as ma~ters stand tonight, the net result :r~(. ~vetv1tC>\ of l6ca; lz Byrnes's ondsn 11• was to pour oil on the - troubled fires. JV IS ----- lm D a vi , the Director of the Office of War Inform e ion, h s ordered fifty-eight field - nd regional offices of the 0 . . I. closed by July Fifteenth. Those offices are in forty-five states. r. Davis is doing this to comply with the wishes of Congre s, aa be bas given up all hope of persuadin the national lawaakera to let hi• go on as before. The Congressaen are still ~b arguing about Just how much money the O.W.I. should ha••• - But both Rouses are agreed that the domestic branch of - O. , • I. should be cut down, the lotion Picture Bureau should be abolished, also the Public tions Bureau and Field Operations. Elmer Davis's order means that three hundred an forty-two peo le in the employ of 0.1.I. will be f i 1 1 i b ~ ___ r ,,, this a _ t h rd j on a et cc un S' riot in a J n c .. mp in .. e - Ca l i f rnia. I t ha ened a st e c e 1· a t anzar, C lifornia. Ther e were b o th p ro-Ja panes e nd anti-Japanese mong the p eo le inte ned i th a t relocation center. But it waa the . ro-Japa who started it. They picked December Seventh, the anniversary of Pearl Barbor, - for the row. The story was told by Tokie Slocum, a Japanese who had fought under Sergeant Alvin Y rke in the First World War. He as one of those in the camp and he ran away to escap being killed. 'L.ww *•• h esc ed he ran the d a n e of bein shot by the milit ar y olice uard. But he -told the Committee th t he · ould rather be killed by an Am ican th a n by a Japanese. ~ r 1 • nt oo s o e y s av e th P tr ai t o r I\ .Ja X o f De t roi~ I er tis g&!I8~. He was to be h n ed t m i n· ght f or h arb o rin a n he in a Germ a n a vi at or ho h ad esca ? e d fro m a pri so n c a mp in C an a da. A s t t ement from the hi te House gave as a rea s on for the commutation that Stephan's treason did not --- f come from a lan maturely initiated b7 him. It was not - -- --- - part of a preconceived plan. The German pri s oner who esc ap ed from Can a da w a s put in touch with Stephan after reachin the city. Stephan's treason bore something of a parallel to mur d er i n the second de ree or manslaughter - in the first. It w a th e r efo re les s of an offense than in th e ca s e of the saboteur c l ast year. Pr es i ~ ent Roosevelt's o wn wo r ds w ere:- "Stephan will g o to p ri on f o r li f e an d I ho p e ~ o ne of my s u cc es sors w il co mm ute t hat s e n te n ce ." - ~ Q __ , T e . · foo i n is · or on 1 ns t o vert rta e o f ot · oe next •• have just be n thro u h on o f thos e . If somethin isn't done - about it, th si ua t ion will be worse e a rly in Nineteen F rty-four. One plan bein g con i e ed is to have the - gove nment urchase the entire otato crop and sell it - to shi ers, retailers. In that way, ~ ~ f \ ' \ . ~ c l the government · ould be able to fix maxiau ■ prices withoutr ,. ,, bsp•d, injuring anybody. I I~ . I ,, ~J