L^T^^SUNOCO^Thurs^^Nov^^^l^ISAZ & 7 GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY: The victory in the Egyptian desert grows in dimensions by the hour. Some are even saying today that this may be the real turning point of the war. * Be that as it may, dispatch after dispatch coming fronl Cairo and from the desert front confirm the word that Rommel's Afrika Korps is now on the run, with MBRiaaaxx Montgomery in hot pursuit. For instance, take this xx latest from Richard McMillan, United Press correspondent out there. This American reporter wires as follows: "The Eighth Army is mercilessly mowing down Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps." And listen to this message rushed to ■RAD - 2 British troops from the t Tiers of General Montgomery ifonr nThe present battle now h' s lasted tvelve days during which all troops have fought so magnificently that the enemy is being worn down.” Then " The Allied air forces are taking heavy toll of his columnSatEK »/ moving westward on the main coastal road . ^ h ’ ui l in ui* A •=xt^ these ringing words: nThe enemy is sat in our power r nd just rbout to crack. I call on all troops to keep ud the oressure end not relax one moment.n Tliuar W 't£-^ he adds: "We have a chance of putting the whole PariCer —• army in the bar. We will do I congratulate all A troops," he continues, " on what has been achieved. Complete victory is almost in sight." fte-eonel-udoo* tH3n—you ¥*• behalf -P h o -no n-t - - q *<! e ’* r c—m e*&* t*' ■ o ou? ■ irf or oe-o ^ thanki-iihrir ma gw i f i o r nt- c up p o r 1f When a British General risks his reputation and the spirit of his troops with such words^one assumes that he has the best of reasons. a Pommel on the run! What ixxx thrilling picture! One military spokesman in London says it is quite probable that Pommel himself was not in Egypt when the battle started. And that Hitler*s favorite^ Field Marshal may have arrived just as ornery * s Eighth Army began to roll. - - o — What does the enemy say? An Italian broadcast was overheard today admitting the defeat of the Axis forces in Africa. Also acknowledging that the British claim of having taken nine thousand prisoners may be considered reliable. All of which the German radio denies. But the Italians may be in a frame of mind to be more candid. * The Westward road along the desert shore is described as jammed with .ruck ?nd tr^nspor t columns racin; West as fast as their motors can take them -- and | as the circumstances permit. For they are under constant: fire from Allied bombers and the machine guns of British LEAD 4 and American pursuit planes. The word is that American medium bombers and fighter craft are playing' a ha* heavy part. Keeping up a rain of fire on Rommel^ retreating columns.Also in Benghazi Harbor, and lave landed direct hits on four vessels; possibly a fifth. Benghazi, five hundred miles to the west. Here is a still later bulletin, lb mine 1 is threatened with losing such tanks as he has left. According to British figures he now has less than two hundred and fifty. These he threw into a desperate rear-guard action to cover the retreat of his main U. S. heavy bombers have been attacking Axis shipping columns. But Montgomery's Imperials, with the support of motorized heavy guns have been picking them off one byj one. ‘"-'''TTcolonel Benson, British Military Attache iin 7T£in.c'ton told me today that the ne .* A.icricc n < nks, the General Shermans, are performing in great sty le in this battle, which he thinks may turn the tide for the! J Today’s news includes an amusing account of the escape of four British soldiers from Tobruk. One of the men describes his adventure in these words: n0ur plan involved getting ourselves up to look as muclylike Huns as possible v/ithout wearing their uniforms. We joined one of their armoured columns for twenty-five miles in a British vehicle." And he continued: "We filled up our vehicle right under the noses of some of Mussolini’s ^ army. One Italian’spoke to us in his language. I answered ( > YA. And one of the others in our party knocked him down for luck." The British soldier adds: "Apparently this is the usual kind of treatment the Jerries hand the Italians, for he didn’t se£m to mind very much." The story continues: "We all tried very hard to put on Gott Strafe England expressions and to look as thou h - were about to die for Fatherland and Fuehrer." Evidently th^ir expressi ns were convincing NAZIS to such of the Nazis of the Afrika Korps as they met. After driving alonf with a German column for a while they parted comoany unobtrusively. For several days they lived on dirty water drained from the radiators of abandoned tanks. It took them days to reach the British lines* ut they got there unscathed. CRIMPS One of the top men in the British Government made the following comment on the battle in Egypt. Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal.and Government leader in the House of Commons, announced that the offensive in Africa is not the only diversion the British will make to help our Russian A'lies. As British and grows, other Allied strength^gBBXXkHxihK^offensives will be started in other areas,said < A And he used these words: "Let me assure you that His Majestyfs Government is as alive to the need for pressing forward as any one of you." Arft^-he added, "We require no prodding but we do not intend to throw away the prospect oi victory by ill-conceived and premature action." £USCIA_ And from Russia tonifht nevfg—is): jtt ey -th a» 44.— htrs —b**ei%. Mos cow reports that the Red armies have brought the Nazi offensive virtually to a standstill. ^ In the Nalchik a-rfr of the Caucasus tht *4 is t articular ly important. situation there has^impr0ved. Soviet artillery hakT^outed Nazi concentrations of infantry r — x ^ ' " ‘ - and armoured troops.; In fact, the German drive in the Caucasus io d e-fin it e"ly slowed up, ixn#* at some points c^ei * < * — 7 T actur- 4 -ty- ot-g-aye^.^ The Germans have been weakened^by heavy losses. 5 «rvle^t~ The army newspaper, RED STAR, also 1 epor ts —Z^iW’ that the Nazis lost thousands of men in their latest A ~<faJLJU UJr attacks on Stalingrad. But^the Germans are still attsEki attacking fiercely. Day after tomorrov: is the anniversary of the Russian revolution. Stockholm dispatches repo t that Stalin is expected to order a strong Russian offensive SOLOMONS From the So Lomons^we have ae ■/»o—th ^ t—i-» fairly encouraging^ ^ur troops on Guadalcanal are attacking To the west on the enemy’s side of the Matanikau River they are advancing steadily^ 0 ^2<rHV hcv e killed three hundred and fifty Japanese,* >T captured tifteen cannon and thirty machine guns. East of^v YKstRiaxM. Henderson Airfield the Japanese landed more reinforcements Tuesday night. Our men attacked at dawn and were repulsed at first. But they > attacked again and made some advances. S shp army planes bombed enemy positions near Eokumbona, nn tW"¥eot • of- thoy opposition. is a Jap post six miles west of the k a. r b 0 ^ c h w o u - 14 —^ ^ 7P If- Mr.tfnikru hivcr.—Fhe Ui»4ted SiHjoe warships also ran 'V inshcr e and sfrHEqt^stirnrgai nncx»y positions wit hout.—l-e 4 —a-s. tnndr r n-f o.j, There have been no Jap a^rpianes over UCLQ UU^Ji lw '^*-0 -P 1 "T. naA- - j ^ last Friday, when our American fighters A soLo: 4 Q;is _-_2 ad r***~*'r*t bagged four Trf ' j H» im Zeros. TT ig only naval activity A- ^ t was the landing of reinforcements east of Henderson Field, *- f *4—ih»'t under cover of darkne s s. KNOX There has been nuch speculation about what the Jaanese fleet nay be up to since its withdrawal from the bcttle of theSolorons. Navy Secretsr}- "Jr cry Knox If. gw- tfc. sailed b ok to its bases to lick its wounds. ir 6 ^Jr ^Jr ^ it was vastly superior the moment it retired in numbers to ours. re dy for another attack, «HHi—^ non they cemr, ^ r■' -dy—few ilDWAY The Nevy today published some figures about the battle of Midway w-h ro' i—a mg a <3 ti—been t-n n c nn c i?*s—b^-f oy o % A Three squadrons of our carrier base torpedo planes were virtually wiped cut. However, the Japanese in that same engagement lost at least two hundred and seventy-five planes. /merican squadron Number Six- attacked the enemy ^9- with fourteen olanes, only four returned. Squadron A Number Five lost ten out of twelve»pl^nos^ Squadron Fif h-*wr completely destioyed^ hqgn p 0 n 0 i*t-e d—be-f o v . ^hly one man, ensign Gay, survived Co ffi ^ 1 .-ir^ tee^-i£e Pearl the ir But, adds the ^xariy Harbor command ,^fcrs^ courage and their sacrifices were not in vain. It was that coura e and those sacrifices which eniblcd N v^y ' ive bombers to inflict such heavy losses on the Japanese fleet. IBill There is considerable anxiety in army circles about proposals in Congress to restrict the use of eighteen and nineteen-year-old soldiers. The^Senate has already adopted an amendment forbidding the army High Command from sending them abroad until theyWe had at least one year’s training in this country. Secretary of Y/ar Stimson protested violently against today. He said such a law would hamstring the High Command *#4 War today requires the utmost flexibility, he pointed out. And he *c.r."Naturally we plan to /I take ell the time necessary to train our men for the strain and exigencies of modern war. V'e are training troops better than ever before, chiefly because we have learned how. We have developed a most efficient system If of training them simultaneously." ''And he added:nWe do not take men of all grades and train them together. When we organize a new division we train the Commanding DRAFT_-__ 2 _ officers first of all for sixty days. Then we take a group of twelve hundred more experienced men and train them for sixty or ninety days. Meanwhile the -th. balance of t=far troops of the division are taking basic A training, learning how to be individual soldiers.” The Secretary went on to explain: "Our best divisions must be made up of old and young. This legislation that Congress proposes would tend to segregate, making some divisions entirely old men and some divisions entirely young men. If an emergency came along, as has happened already many times, we would have to disintegrate our divis ions . " There is going to be a showdown about that one year1^ training business when the law comes up in the House next week. Hitherto the representatives have JL rejected th« one-year training amendment. DRAFT__ - JL A protest against the o-n^-yetir- amendment came today from the student council of Dartmo uth representing the Undergraduates of the college. It was expressed in a telegram to Congressman May, Chairman of the Military Affairs of the House. The. baif. /f-OK&rvc-a. 'a ’'^'^'jrotest read: "We credit, eana military leaders h A ’’A with enough intelligence and honesty to realize the foolhardiness of sending untrained men into battle." M / c ^ J “"Believing this, we think that the A —rt—rrmr: Senate amendment would only hamstring our Generals at a time when speedy action is necessary to our success." ;oop Secretary of Agriculture V/ickard spoke an ominous warning to Senators today. In the last year one million A* six hundred thousand workers have left the farms. Farm owners now are obliged to rely on older and .ess capable workers. Wickard then said that if another million six hundred thousand were to leave agricultural work for other industries, the effect would be so serious that we might not be able to supply our Allies with sufficient food. Wickard said the problem was to prevent men from •oing into higher-paid work. He admitted it was a most difficult problem and suggested that this might be settled by putting a e I bsr clause into Government contracts forbidding the employment of men j.rom the farms in war industry. He suggested that all f^rm workers should be deferred in t h o d r c. f t, p <. rticuliArly those who have dependants. £Q 0 I )_-_5 Meanwhile in the House Congressman KnuJsGn of Minnesota told his colleagues that in Minnesota alone there areten thousand farms on the auction block this F o 1 ^ c o v, s ^-^4-— ei-c t u being sold for beef. The number of Republican seats in Con ress has continued to grow since last night. In the House they definitely gained forty-four seats. e ani^ they -wTll have at least two hundred and nine hundred and To esentatives. Xhe Pemocrats have*--6^ wztt. A A twenty. Two contests 'tdr# still undecided. If should both turn out to be Democratic victories, which is ^.on-fr probable, the Democrats will have two hundred and twenty-two, a plurality of only thirteen over "the A. a**~*J( i l-lrhawft Republicans^ -They a majority of only nine over | other parties combined. The three seats which are still in doubt are held by Democrats who are leading TF* in their race*. There are two Progressive representatives Labor in the House, one FarmerhxHr and one of the American ^ A Labor party. Political experts point out that the Republicans have carried tv/enty states with t1 o hundred and eighty- seven electoral votes, more than a majority ELECTION - 2 of the siEfc electoral college. In the Senate the Democratic majority has been considerably cut down. They "irii'iiil h ?f f ifty-six -La.—1 ha—f. ^ The Republicansi h-frrin r* V\^uj KU^rt^L/'i flb ‘»t y o 4 nine new seats th irty-e ipht#-3 ^ a LA There one ^regressive Sene tor, LaFollette of "•’is cons in. u.hrri 6 ^ The White House has made no comment so far upon the election. Vice President Wallace visited there today, and as ix he left he told reporters that President Roosevelt wa apparently in quite good spirits. Mr. Wallace himself cheerful. In fact, N he considered it a miracle that the Republicans did do even that they did net win actual control A /! of the House with a'vote sf so light as Tuesday’s. Said he: "In an election of this sort the we:l-to-do are the ones who fine, time to vote. IL2£TiCN_-__2 Senatorrom Connally of Texas, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committeet said the Republican gain ,wftr-e—FK^-tr r! !Iy b-a&-1-C—L-^ck—of co-n-fnedonco—^ -AH mi nisi r n t it a—e^itie-ie p 0ijc on-^-re-e-g . F.s-i t i 1 w ii'i u u l fl llUiiiy ..-iiverlaDpTri e Ee s aid..-P-^o-ol-e a-lao disapprove et officials appoj at ed by—tire President bra ving the pr ivileg^- o-f re-t-io ood - SHfvd—gnocrltno>—Tue-sday ottr, ^f"44-4>-onna 1-1 1 is an expression of the irritation of the people against rationing regulations and the way war agencies are operating, f He also declared there was resentment in the agricultural district$where it is felt that Con: re s has been too liberal with Labor and toojharsh with farmers. The gentleman from Texas described Tuesday’s election as perhrps eoiro-ft-1, a great tribute to the American eople and to our system of Government. EVECTI0N_-_4 SrnaiorVsndenberg of Michigan said the elections showed the people are dissatisfied with the progress of the war and tired of the New Deal. Congressman Pankin of Mississippi intimated that there is dissatisfaction even among the Southern Democrats. He declared that white Anglosaxons of the South are disturbed by Communistic crackpots, in key po sit ions. Politicians ar 4 particularly interested i that the part women^/played in the l^rst electioi)/. It is a fact that fy/ev people r^Ri^stered this vnar than in previous y,£ars. But the falling off v^s mostly in the male yote. That was^only to be expected. For one thing is an off /year.For another thing so many men are away in armed forces, /and a great many others are 1iv in j/t 6mp or ar i ly svny from ho no cs defense workers. A/ the women members of Congress who ran for re-election J