WAR ■■ The war in the air remains the same — frightful, though i:ie horror an.: liavon is hid'en behind the veil of censorship. Once again today waves of Nazi bombers swept over England, blasting far and wide. British censorship conceals whatever important r devastation they may have done. he Germans claim that their air-raids are striking vitally at the heart of British war industries and communication. Todayfs Berlin bulletin tells of the fierce bombing of South English harbors and claims the sinking of snips. The London Admiralty admits the loss of one patrol iiy boat bombed and sunk in the English channel. London tells of the counter attacking that the royal air force is ati doing — hitting at German key points in France and Belgium, smashing at the Nazi preparati ’ns for an attack on Britain. From the German side -- no word about these British A attacks — a veil of censorship. London denies a German report ‘that Prime Minister Churchill was injured in an air attack hurt when German bombs burst near him. TMa the British nwny*-Tne^ admit th?vt the Prime Minister was in tne thick of things when an air raid occurred, but wasn’t touched — in the best of health. In the Mediterranean the Italians continue to claim / success in bombing attacks on British ships. 1 Rome tells of a __ _ J British convoy blasted and ships sunk. Rome indicates that the sea and air war in the Mediterranean isdeveloping vith a thundering intensity in ttm giant struggle. »' From all of this it would appear A that the totalitarian powers are whipping up air action to a climax — perhaps the climax of the no?/ considerably delayed attempt to invade Britain CHILDREN There is to be no further evacuation of children from Great Britain to the British Dominions and to the United States. This v/as announced by the London Government today. Ho farther shiploads of youngsters are to be sent, because Great Britain has not enougn slips for the task. Tne decision has been made in the light of the sinking of the Steamer Arandora Star last week. That was a vessel which was transporting German and Italian enemy aliend to Canada and was torpedoed by a German U-Boat — with heavy loss of life. The British canft take a chance on having any tiling like that happen to shiploads of children. T ie Royal Navy cannot spare enough warships for an ironclad and submarine proof confoy, as the U-Boat campaign grows moreintense. More than a hundred thousand children were awaiting sialing orders wnen the -overnment decision was announced. r * r BO:^ SIGHT Tonight the Nuoiber One American military secret is in t:ie ne^s - tne bombsight. That mechanism for aiming bombs is described as almost miraculous in its accuracy, kept a mystery, elaborate precautions taken to prevent any foreign nation from finding cut how it works. The question raised today is this - Has Nazi Germany learned the great American military secret? 'tf u Is the Nazi air force using our bomb si^ht? A The European manager of the Bendix Aviation Corporation tninks - yes. ^.e arrived today from the war area,- wetffritmes—Amuriea** *. He said he was amazed at the accuracy of German bombing from great heights. He told of the havoc wrought at the great Citroen automobile plant. "The planes were so high,” said he, ”you couidnft see them. Their accuracy was terrific. Out of all the bombs dropped, only a few fell outside the factory yard. The majority plunked right down into the factory.” He concluded by saying, "It's a good possibility that the Germans have theAmerican bomb sight.” An}' rthing that touches upon the most valuable of American t £0-ib v- IGHT - 2 military secrets is something to create a stir. Army officials in 'Washington vtere immediately queried, fhey said they doubted tne report, and Knotf quoted General Arnold, Chief of the Air Corps. •The General says that the army has definite information that the Germans are using a very good bomb Eighty it,** something similar to theAmerican mechanism. But it’s not identical* - so says General Arnold empnatically. LATIN-AFRICA President Roosevelt has sent to Congress a proposal xor action in the ^atin-American economic field. This is tne first move alon^ the line of organizing Pan-American trade against the danger of economic penetration by Nazi Germany. The v.ord from Washington today is, that the President is ashing Congress for funds and for authority to purchase huge quantities of surplus products of hatin-America - these to be resold to Europe. By buying up the surplus ourselves, vke would control the flow of Pan-American goods to Nazi-dominated-Europe. The idea being - to keep Hitler from dictating terms to American republics that have surplus commodities which they must sell. CO^POLSOKY TRAINING General iiarshall, Cnief of Staff of the United States Army? today declared himself in favor of compulsory military training - with modifications. That is, heTs in favor of the present Burke-Wadsworth Conscription nil! before Congress, but thinks it should be changed somewhat. The bill provides a training period of eight months. General Marshall said eight months wasnTt long enough to train a soldier. Eighteen months would be more like it. However, he added, nI should be willing to compromise with fifteen^, but it certainly should not be less than a year.” He also objected to the rate of pay provided in the bill - five dollars a month and expenses. That five dollar a month ar:::y pay, twenty-one dollars a month. General Marshall agrees with this. "Me feel," said he, "that-to pay one of these men five dollars a month and have him serve with men who receive twenty-one dollars a month, would be destructive of morale. I should think it > Qjid General. How a five dollar a month soldier would envy t.iose twenty -one dollar a month millionaires t CQ?:puLSOEy teai i g Plans are being considered for calling up the National Guard t:e State soldiers, to get intensified military training. This wax stated by President Roosevelt today, at the Vihite House prees conference. The President has his evv Secretary of War beside him - Henry L. Stimson. He stated that he and rhe Secretary are going to discuss a program for mobilizing the National Guard of the various states, and put them through their paces. Here’s t e latest - the President has just decided to call up at once four divisions of the National Guard. dlaiocrats Prf-sident Roosevelt '/vill not go to Chicago. That!s the Nu-iher One item of political nevvs today. There has been plenty f talk that the r^re-ident v»ould make a dramatic appearance o before the convention, and either accept or reject the nomination for a third term. This supposition was natural enough, based on the fact that in the case of his two previous nominations, Franklin D. Roosevelt made highly effective appearances. ■t—e D*>H»ocrsvic»eonventions, nineteen Ifairty-Two-an£ Ninefrecft Thirty This time itfs different. This time of course the with all dra-^a would be far more the suspense about a third term. But no, during the time the convention is assembling in Chicago, the President will go - well, not exactly fishing, but almost. Tomorrow and Sunday F.D.R. will taxe a short cruise down the Potomac. He’ll spend the rest of the v^eek at work in the White House. This -iece of news was the only important thing divulged at today’s White House press conference - and a memorable P^ . c COnference it was. You might- c^li it the iait cnunce. Tntt pres •riientiBl get-together with the net. spa per -len is aa importuiti. n * ; / 'T JC' DEMOCRATS - 2 f-terttuic jf tins administrate atio^i^ Tn e ciiief mag istrate has from time to time made^fcmportswt announcements to the nation by *ay of the White House press conference. Maybe he la&iiifci might have used this means to inform the people on the burning subject of a third term. If F.D.R. had any such idea, today was the time. For today1 s press conference was tne last that v,ill ~>e neld before tne convention. But no - the third term still remains the nation's Number One mystery. The President evaded any questions that might give a clue, ^e was asked whether ne might send a message to the Democratic get-together, and various other queries were put to him about the Chicago drama of nomination. The President merely said he had no tnoughts on tne convention. one way or another. The only tiling he vouchsafed was - he won’t be tnere. \ ^ 7 *6 In Chicago today arrived what are being called -^two co. ...--nders of the Tnird Term drive > On^strategista who will ditect the convention campaign for the renomination of th* Th^y are Senator Byrnes of South Carolina and Harry Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce. The Chicago report is that they - 3 m C.,-.: of attorney from the White House# t^nd theyTre supposed to nfvc Drought important *ord straight froir the chief - information / tnat Eoosevelt vill Keep his third term silence until the very lest minute, the last second. He won1t declare himself until the nomination has been offered to him, until he x hes actually teen nominated. i o •“BLidrto ?»+ <8^a^gd-4vla--W--ta£e eeeef^-ylaee on ^.e In Chicago, meanwhile. Democratic chieftains are playing the familiar part of political carpenters - shaping and constructing a platform, fixing up the plants. The one plank that provokes interest, concerns — the war. Tne chances are that this political oiece of xx timber ?>‘ilx be a decided negative — no war. ¥xti' y jr & virx Tne prececent that is being ci-ec jn dxl s—ces is ^he c 4 - ^^-ent that Franklin D. i'-oosevelt made on Wednesday, when he suta-itted the defense bill to Congress, he then declared himself C ecially - sending to war in Europe DEMOCRATS 4 Ai, eric an soldiers abroad. T,I t was a very fine statement,’1 Senator Pat Harrison of Missippippi said toilay, much clearer and stornyer thatn tne Republican platform to his notion. This fits in with assumptions that the Democratic leaders in Chicago are planning to have a stronger anti-war plank than the Republicans nave. The Democratic isolationists are demdnding this. Trii-i-ML-LL T:ie National Broadcasting Company acquired a new President today. HeTs Kij.es Traraiiell, wno for tiie past year and a half has been an executive Vice-President of N.B.C. LetTs see what kind of head-man the world’s premier radio organization has selected. Wiles TraiumeU began his career with R.C.A. seventeen years ago, and has been with W.b.C. for twelve years. He’s forty^six years old, and nearly all of his active iife has been in radio. Right up from the ranks to the top - that’s the history of the new N.B.C. President. ^The retiring President, Major Lenox Lohr, goes to Chicago to become President of Che Museum of Science and Industry sidedTover the destinies of N.B.C. during some of the most eventful years of radio, and now takes a new and important post in the world of science. bLUbl3IfP I am airaid th&t thereTs a lack of poetic sentiment in the souJs of some United States quarantine officic.ls. They enforce the law, the letter of the law. - But, they make no concession to the more lyrical heights of emotion. In fact, I donTt think those quarantine of icials have any lyrical heights of .•ncotion* Ta^e today’s story of four refugees fromKurope, who arrived by ship at New York. A nan, a woman, and two birds. Let us see who the man was*- Famous for many years} a legend, so long a legend that one hardly thought of him as being in the land of the living. The Belgian poet, Maurice Maeterlinck - author of "Tne Bluebird.” Maeterlinck is seventy-seven years old, and he arrived on our shores today, a refugee frbm his conquered native la. r . wth him was his beautiful red-haired wife, Renee, an actres To say that she is younger than the seventy-seven year old poet s to ;ijt it mildly. But now about the t. o birds - Madame kaeterlinc* carried them in a caga. V/n.t Kind of birds? Can there be any doubt? They were bluebirds. An, yes - poetic sentiment inde EUUBIKD - 2 .ith hit^*^ drama^o&Tne Bluebird, Maeterlinck made ^orld^ide success. So for pets he has a pair of bluebirds. Wnat has Maeterlinck to say about the tragedy that has &Ei!iLX overv.nleiued Europe? He is the £oet of brightness and joy - the bluebird for happiness. Today Saeteriifcclt spo^e darkly in these words:- WI am stunned. Nothing can be done. All is done. You can’t think. What has happened is catastrophic. AH you Cc.n do is wait. You must wait for history to clarify itself.” He said he had lost everything in the German invasion of Belgium. The only possessions he has brought with him arehis tv/o bluebirds. Yet he has means of livelihood here in America - the royalties on display, ’’The Bluebird.” To all of which we feel we must exclaim - ’’Welcome to America, Maurice Maeter-tinck, j^ou and your actress wife and your two bluebirds.” Bu^ no — tnat was nou saiu. tod^ . ca^e two quarantine officers^ with neavy s eps>tnose soulless feirows. They gave a welcome to Maeterlinck ana Madame Maeterlinck but not to the bluebirds. •There’s a lav, there’s a regulation v^v, c,n»t bring birds into the country.* p suppose it has something BLU^£Ihr - to 10 /.i fi -he parrot disease or the hoof and mouth rx & zjk ^ xe disease, or so.uething. Those hard hearted quarantine men said f’No’ , Maeterlinck^s blue bird not be admitted into the United States. Alas, the poet sighed sadly - but nothing could soften those quarantine hearts of flint. No bluebirds, bo tne melancholy Maeterlinck had to dispose of his poetic pets before he could get into this country. He gave them to the captain of tne ship that brought him over. Alas, poor bluebirds! Veil, I think those quarantine men deserve an av.ard. and we ought to present them with jzzards.