l.J.- ~ . , ~ - t u - ~ a. .... '3 '°k-. s, • .._..._... _ . (/, u--· .,. , ' SUBSTITUTE PBILIP~INES The war in the Philippines is sweeping on-- with new landings and new great air b1owa. Thia evening General MacArthur announced two inYasiona of M'ndoro Island -- one on the East Coast and the ne landing was made on Monday, the other on This, 1 suppose, turns out to be tb• aeaning of the story we bad several days ago, -ll Japanese account of a big. A■erioan aeAborne force atea■ ing through the inland waters of the Philippin••• le couldn't guess at the t~me what its destination was, and now -- two new landings on Yindoro. Thea• were not opposed, nor was the original invasion of the island -- the Japs being apparently content to give up Yindoro, the northern tip of which is onlJ eight miles from the main island of Luzon. And l suppose it will be -- Luzon next. ,r,, The air activity repoted today was of A a kind that might well be.a long range preliminary SUBSTITUTE PHILIPPINES - 2 to landings on Luzon. MacArthur's planes struck the Japs all along the line of that island, and on to the north -- toward Fcaosa. And the carrier planes of the laYy joined in the bo ■bing of the enemy in For■oaa waters) ID+:Cft ~ along the line ~ :;r,. f.•v-- of Jap co ■mtnicatlons *'-~s-~,~.ii11a~N~ to Luzon. 1, A 1-298 Today once again the B-29s zata raided Japan. They bombed targets at Osaka and lagoya. lo• and more lagoya, Japan's third lar at city, i• lagoya with its huge concentratio of war industriea. event produced something new. e dispatch fro ■ out there in the Pacific was f•*• date-lined - Gua ■• I Pacific operation• of the 1'-291, bas e ■anated froa the big superfortreaa island of Saipaa. And, for that aatter, that flt• •a1nat t~k Japan todax7oft fro■ Saipaa. So why the dateline 4 - Guaa? Th~s•er is that things are expanding out there. The B-29s now have three bases -- Saipan, Tinian and And the operational center is on Guam. The oaapaign against the enemy home islands b- now iir• directed from that bit of . land •hielt the Japs took from us early in the which we have now recaptured. Japan was the first one to be Today's raid against -~' launche~•ndee.-- from Guam. And so, for the first time, we have a Gua■ dateline for the announcement - as we will continue to have in the future. Tokyo confiraa the bo ■ bin&a, and adds the usual fantastic•~ Japanese claias of B-29• •-*• shot down - thirteen this ti ■e. More intereatia1 in the Tokyo dispatch is a bit of infor ■ ation about tbe auperfortreaaea - aoaething that the Jape know # better than we do over here. That is - the•• aound of the B-29a. Tokyo states that recordings have been aade for the purpose ot ta ■ iliarizin& the Japaneae people with the noise the monster panes ■ate when they ooae over. Bere'i a description. One single superfortress makes what the Japs call - •a heavy aetallic sound aixed with·occasional dull notes like the roll of drums•. In the case of a number of B-29•, the occasional rum~le like the roll of•• druas b e comes more frequent. The more superfortresses there are, the more often does the sound of drums B-29• - l ring out up there - the aoat o ■ inous dru ■a of war - fz ■ for Japan. • . . SIJBSUTUTE L;t;AD ll;STERI_FROI% The latest from the powerful Aaerican drive against the northern edge ot the llazi salient in Belgium. The Aaerican First A ra7 is thrusting into that northern flank along the line that aight lead to a junction with General Patton•• Third Aray, which is hittin1 the southern the aalient. At the aaae Patton•• troopa, ba•iDI driven their wedge at Baa gne, continued to ha■ aer forward today - against e hea•ieat kind of ceunter- aaaault by the Geraans. onight'• n••• diapatoh 1peaka of what it calla -- •a ide of counter-attacta•. The Third Ar■7, howe•e, continues to aho•e •~•ad in a •iolent araored attle -- the strategy being to dri•e north, •hi e the First Ar■y drive, south, . and pinch end of the bulge. ooamand is pouring aaaaive forces into after having pulled back fro• the edges. The•* esti ■ ate from SQ§STITQTE LiAQ !ESTZRH FROHT - 2 ' "'"' is that Von Rundatedt has thrown two hundred ~ thousand troopa 1 unita of infantry and ar■or -- to hold the bul&•• like one of the greatest batt a ot the war. Diapatobe• troa the !•stern front atat• at thin&• aee ■ to be abapin& up tor a deciaive cla h, and in the atrate11 of thia the aalient will be eleaenta. The other ia the aouth -- the Saar e of two doainante assault to the ~ne ■y ha• been attactin1 for three daya. Today-· ■ore ~ban ever. laai preasur in the Saar and Al»ace as increased. The enea7 aaaault has intensified, and there ha•• been American withdrawals at points along a fitty-tive ail• front. One dispatch tro■ the front goea into the question of weather, and aiaai■ •••x• discloses a bit of ■ eteorological stratdgy. of what it calls a veritable miracle of weather -- a break of luck that the Allies could not have expected. IISTERI [BOit - 3 Today'• dispatch tells ue that the forecasts for Deceaber indicated - exceptionally bad weather, even worse than usual for lorthern Europe. The reason waa that a high preaaure area waa aoving eastward fro ■ Ruaaia, and that hi1h ••••••••• 1/-. ~ESTEHH FBQBI - 6 pressure area promised atrocious weather. The A ■ erican Air Forces were warned ~M-t they co•ld not expect ■ore than eleven good flying days throughout _s-0 Dece ■ ber. aairt:: .... chis the weatheraan 1aid - both the A A ■ erican and the Ger ■ an weather ■ an. And that, it 11 beli••'4••• one of the chief reasons why the lazia picked the date they did for 1-unching their offen•i•• into Luxe ■ bourg and Belgiu ■• All went according to the weatber ■an•• prediction for the first few da1ahwhole week in " fact. The high pressure area ■ oYing eastward fro ■ Russia did its dirty work - dirty weather. Then ao ■etbing unexpected occurred. Another pressa area appeared in the picture - this one ■oving fro ■ the south. One pushed against the other - pressure against pressure, and the result was·a staleaate, neither one prevailing against the other. And that created a static condition of atmospha, still air, clear, dry, cold, which brought the sudden change froa impossible flying conditions to excellent flying conditiona~hat enabled Allied Air Power to go into stupendous action and knock out nearly two thousand Geraan aotorized unit• and two hundred and twenty-six tanks in fiYe day• - the period during which the Ger■ an rush wae stopped. iQMBAB~III The story of American soldiers under a bombardaent of American shel s would seem to be a report on a blunder - especially when we are told that the position of these American troops was shelled by --U!._.... ~ an Aaerican battery for seven houre,'i\ aound1 like " an atrocious ■ iatake.1:Jut it was really a stroke of heroic atrateay. The tale is told•• by Lieutenant Arthur Ul ■ er of Portland, Oreaon, who. was an artillery observer attached to an Aaerican co ■ pany, Lieutenant Ul ■ er•a outfit was fightin& in the Siegfried line, and they captured a factory building. There they were surrounded by ene ■y troopa, · who attacked the ■ with bazookas, and started blastin& their way into the factory. The A ■ericans were overwhelaingly outnuabered, and their position looked -opeless -- until artiller7 -- observer Lieutenant Ulmer resorted to desperate ■eana. - The factory building had a deep powerfull constructed basement, and in this i i the A ■ericans took refuge - while the Ge~mans swarmed into the upper iQYBA!H~IIENT - 2 part. Then Ul ■ er radioed directions to an Aaerican battery of artillery - giving the ■ a point at which to aim their guns. Be called for a boabardaent of the factory, in the base ■ent of which he and hi• z■■ coaradea were holding out. In a ainute, ahell• ca ■e over, ahella hitting the building and aaaahiDI the Geraana. Ulmer continued his direction• to the 1■erican batter7. •leep abooting•, he yelled over and over. All da7 long be kept calling for ■ore 1hell1 - while the factory buildin& wa1 blaated to wreck•&• and the laericana in•tbe baaeaent were half ,tunned by the reverberations. -JR./- - . µ . ~ ~ I auppo••~•••t'!'he war'• extreae exaaple of American cannon•boabarding a building in which American soldiers were holding out - and it did the trick. After seven hours of incessant shelling, the German force was wrecked so badly that the Americans in the baaement were able to emerge, and capture the whole village - easily. .llAIPOWEll President ~oosevelt today authorized the reclassification of far■ workers. As thin1a no• stand, ao ■ e three hundred and sixty-four tbouaand ■eD, betwean eighteen and twenty-five, baYe been deferred froa the draft because they were doing essential joba in aariculture. These deferr ■enta aay now be cancelle4 -- far■ workers drafted into the !ray. Aa ■ any will be taken as the la• peraita - accordina to the order iaaued by the President today. Thia action was taken in reapon1e to an urgent plea aade by the Ar ■y co ■ mand, a plea for aore manpower to be sent to the battleline1. And this is believed to reflect the loasea that•• ha•• auatained in the Geraan offensive on the western front. - - RUSSIA Russian troops today drove their way to the heart of Budapest. That is, they broke ~ ' through to the river Danube, which runs£through ' ~ " the Hungarian capita; -'V"-~~;J-o•~ Red Aray Fore a ier• within striking distance•of the Parliament hundred and sixty-six more city blocks were captured by the Russians -- as Budapest flaaed with fantastic devastation of war. The Germans, aeanwhile• are trying to drive to the relief of the city - ~nd they have made some progre a s. Kosco• states that the lazis pushing from the west have captured several places on the south bank of the Danube. Bow~ver, the German, relief columns are still thirty miles away from the city -- and it seems most doubtful that they can fight their way for that distance before the remaining Germans in Budapest are wiped out. ADD B0§§14 1tatia1 that a lazi relief force has driven for aix ail•• __ ,. definite gain by what ia called a powerfuJ Geraan oounte -offenai••·-------------~ A new Greek Government was for ■ ed tod a y, with General Nikolas &stiras as Prime Minister. Be is an anti- ■ onarchist, the hero of a revolution against the Greek Monardr in 1922. Today he succeeded in for ■ ing a cabinet that took oath of office to the Regent of Greece, Archibehop Daaaskinae. 0 SHOES !f you are w orried about the possibility of shoe rations being cancelled -- forget it. All over the country there has been a panic of shoe buyin& because of rumours that shoe rations would be cancelled. The ,anic-buying baa been so great that tonight in la1hin1ton toraal aeaurance ••• &i•en by Price !dainiatrator Che1ter Bowles. •Bot a chance in a ■ illion.• said he. •we are not going to cancel any outstanding shoe ataapa.• CONQl.\liL The new Congress sprang a surprise this evtining by voting to continue the Dies Coaaittee and, in fact, aake it peraanent. This was astonisbin& indeed, because the Administration Leaders in Coogreaa baYe been hostile to the Comaittee, · hich has stirrecl up so auch controversy by investigating Coaauniat activities in the United States. Four of its ae ■bera are out of oonaress now, includ~ng Congresaaao Dies, •ho didn't run for re-election. The move to re-establish the Committee \ ) - . . & ~ ~ ~ was aade by /tongressman Rankin,I\Mississippi, who jumped in when the other side wasn't looking -- ancl got a majority of southern D£mocrata and depublicane. The opening of the new Congress today had a musical accompaniment - a legislative version of a cowboy song. This emanated from the vocal chord• of newly-elefted Senator Glenn B. Taylo r of Idaho - the Senator who had a career as a cowboy singer, and whose electioneering campaign for the legislatiYe halls of the nation · waa loud with aelody and haraon7. The Taylors are a musical faaily. The Senator hiaaelf plays the guitar and banJo, and sings baritone. Bis wife plays the eaxaphone and *•*•••• truapet, and sings contralto. Bia son, nine years old, playa the clarinet and the piano. And all of these instruaental and vocal resource, were e ■plo7e4 in gett · ng the singing cowboy elected to the a ■ Senate. Upon arriving in Washington, the newly elected lawmaker••• draped his tog1 around him and announced with dignity: •1 didn't come here to play the guitar - I came here to be a senator". However, the newsmen ke t insisting, and today, as he stood with his family on the steps of the capital, the Senator broke down and san g a cowboy SINATPR - 2 song adapted to the occasion - a parody ot •ho•• on the range•. The senatorial baritone rang out witb the faailiar tune and these words: •oh give ae a ho•~ near the capitol do••• lbere my kids in - the back yard can pla7•. After having sung t~is houae-of-Con1r•••- cowboy-song, the Senatot • •ent inside, and aan1 another tune. Soaething quite different, takin& th• oath of office as a United St&tea SenatorMhat•s ~ not at all like a cowboy song - or ia it? ~