1 VrftK i’.I - j!— 'H i . News about tne Nasl-Soviet battle Is in a strange state. Today the kis focus of interest was almost entirely on the question of an official bulletin by the Nazi high command. Would it be issued? i^nd what would it say? 'Totalitarian censorship on both sides has kept the war news down to a minimuiD - save for rumors. And even these have begun th to play out.. On Tuesday, we had x± an intimation from Berlin that the .military statement about German victories would be made on Wednesday, yesterday, Berlin stated jubilantly that the informative Army communique would^ be handed out today. and w'ould give definite word about what the Nazi spokesmen called - saazt almost incredible successes. Today came and went - and yet no startling revelation. Of course, the German High Command did issue a report, tut it was brief and said next to nothing - as in the case of similar announcements on previous days. Today’s communique, from Hitler’s headquarters at the battlefront, merely stated in a general way that the blitzkrieg machine v.as advancing successfully and that huge victories against the Red Army were indicated. That's the word - lx indicate;^ Tne • 51 1 WAR - S triumph is still a premise. What»s the meaning of the delay? It must mean that the huge success against the Red Army, ^-hlch Berlin has been anticipating, has been delayed. This supposition would seem to be supported by stories the Nazis give us of a stubborn •Soviet resistance, Red Army units in some cases fighting to the death. Germany claims complete aviation control at the battlefront, and tells how Stuka i^lve Bombers destroyed columns of Soviet transport. It is admitted, however, that Red Army planes are raiding German objectives, and Turkey gives us a rumor of Soviet parachute troops landed in large number in the area of the Rumanian oil wells - that vital oil supply for Germahy. From Moscow there ''re few definite claims. The Soviets tell of Nazi drives being halted in one clash or another, places recaptured, advancing Nazi tan-<s cut off from their main forces. Moscow insists that the Red Army is holding the line, except perhaps in the Northern area of Vllna. even there the Soviet news is that a Nazi advance has been Checked. HI Q WAR - ? From the few vague Indications that we have from all sources. It would appear that the Red Army is holding I the most strongly in the south - leading to the Ukraine. There, the Germans and Rumanians are attacking. The principal blitzkrieg advance would seem to be in the North from Central Poland to the Baltic states. There are some hints that Hitler’s mechanized legions are thrusting a wedge in that area, possibly in the airectlon of the important city of tttnxki Minsk. \-^f this be true, the German plan of campaign might b© something like this - a break through in the North, in an attempt to swing South for an enveloping movement against the Soviet forces in the Ukraine. One vital question in this Nazl-Comniunlst war is - Soviet transport. That has always been a weak factor with up Russian armies. How well will it stand y now in the terrific A drain of battle? Nazi strategy Invariably is to strike at communications behind the line. So the transp^^rt system of the Red Army may be the deciding factor. I m tTR ftAR - FOLLOW FINLAND The British are still lak taking full advantage of the German preoccupation with the war in the East. Once again today we have stories of heavy R.A.F. raids against Nazi centers iri France and Germany. Bombing, blasting, hitting as hard as they can. The huge bulk of the Hitler Air Force is busy in the battle with the Red Army. The R.A.F. has command of the air in its own sphere of action, and is not missing the opportunity. Germany today announces’ tne sinking of an auxiliary cruiser - a converted merchantman which is said to have destroyed a huge lot of British merchant tonnage. The raider was caught by the British cruiser Cornwall;^sent to the bottom. The bulletin adds that the pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer lllos returned to port after a raid in which it raised havoc with British shipping. I I J 0 FINLAND Finland Is definitely in the war tonight. 1 That^ has been indicated all along, but now uZ official. Today the Moscow radio broadcast the following /ords: "The y rulers of Finland have begun military action aialnst our country." It added that Nazi German planes iTlylng from Finland bases had made an air raid against i^ronstad^ ttetts the big naval base off Leningrad. The Somet radio used familiar Communist termino].ogy in describing what it called "the bandit activities of Finnish miliiarlsts." These complained Moscow, are in violation af the peace treaty between the Stalin Government and Finland /- that Pact which was made after the Red Army attack on Finland winter before last. The Soviets, of course, broke a tnea^J^r then. In Helsinki President of Finland today spoke what virtually amounted to a declaration of war in these words:- "Pressure from the East," said he, is always threatening us. And it is to destroy this eternal menace that we now embarl^ •• ic. 4- uia Dv»oc5idpnt of Finland Informed upon our defensive battle"- ^So the Pr.. . Li - -------- ^ ^ Finnish attitude by declaring his country, as expressed the FI y that Finland’s opportunity was now __ now that the Nazi 1: FIMLAND - 2 o blitzkrieg machine is driving against the Red Army. "Under these circumstances,” said he, "the Soviet Union cannot array against us the axKZKksiixg overwhelming superiority which the last time made our defensive struggle so desperate. Now, he continued, ”the Soviet Union is *lnvolved in a battle where the odds are equal and where the success of our own defensive war is certain. ^o there we have Finland in the War, that little northern republic which earned the sympathy and admiration of the world with its bitter fight not so long ago. Finland takes the Nazi-Communist battle as an opportunity for getting back strategic territory which the Soviets took.^And the vital and possibly Finland aims to ^et more. Maybe the Finns hope to acquire some further territory along its borders. ^ I h If II a I f i: ?r II i! i t i % ROCaAHISTIC CONGRESS Today at St. Paul, Minnesota, was held the final session of the Itliutii Ninth Eucharistic Congress of the Catholic Church. Eighty thousand of the faithful, marching eight abreast, formed a two-mile procession that lasted for four hours. The closing benediction^ ending the Congress, was delivered to a icneeling tnrong estimated at three hundred thousand. The central event today was a broadcast to the Eucharistic Congress by Pope Pius the Twelfth. This had been awaited eagerly, because it was known that the Pontiff in Rome would soon speak a message to the world on the subject of the war between ^azi Germany and•Communist Russia. This morning, however, there was a news dispatch from Rome stating that Pope Pius would make an address to the world on Sunday. ”All-important^', said the news bulletin, which added that the Sunday message 'tat ^ ^ expected to be a declaration on the position of the Catholic Church toward the Nazi-Soviet conflict. In today's broadcast from Rone, Pope Plus spoke a Phrase that might apply as well to Hitler as to Stalin, He Said ”there Is a current of black paganism which is stronger than the current of the Mississippi and wo^cn will escape this flood. ___________ PRICES The government Is going to establish a ceiling for prices of rubber tires and tubes. This was announced by price control amdinlstrator Leon Henderson today, fle stated that early next week an order will be Issued whereby the price of rubber tires and tubes will not be perinltted to increase. The price level to be maintained will be that which existed on June Seventeenth. This follows a statement made by price xMtn administrator henderson last night - an announcement that automoabile prices will be prevented from increasing — a celling put on the prices of motor cars. This, said Leon ^^enderson, will come as a result of action by the Chrysler Company. An increase in the price of cars made by that concern was announced. The control office asked that the price Increase be cancelled, but the company failed to do so. Today a spokesman of the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit said that because of the Increase in manufacturing Kaa. costs, the company cannot accede to request to cancel the announced increase of prices. The company disclaims the charge that It is refusing to cooperate, and Insists that it^s prices have t* got to go up because of the way co have gone up. rb SCIENCE ^ If you should happen to be near a v^lndow while listening to the radio just now, you might take a look out at the sky and perhaps you will see some clouds — bright, fleecy, drifting clouds. You should gaze at them with an Increased respect. ^day we were told that the beautiful billowing clouds contain one of the most deadly and destructive substances on I Burning, corrosive, sulphuric acid. A ^ vitriol in them thar clouds. "•11 this is disclosed by Professor A. Bemis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a report to the American Association for the advancement of science, meeting at Durham, New tiampshire^ For three years, the^Fpofessor has been studying the clouds at the famous observatory atop lofty Mt. Washington, He has been filtering and analyzing the clouds, and he has found in them traces of sulphuric acid. Where does it come from? From decaying vegetable matter, says the Professor. And he adds: That It's the particles of sulphuric acid in the clouds which causes the formation of rain drops/. So there we have explanation of raii^ Sulphuric acid a-ising from decaying vegetable matter goes up into the siwii* clouds, and PLANE f An aviator had a thrill today, and it may be that he*s getting the dickens tonight — for recklessness. Onlookers _ _ ^ monoplane at Niagara Falls were startled when a smart silvery KBssiilKxn came speeding down the Niagara River, and swooped down right I hh ir into the swirling spray just below whirlpool rapids. A- few feet above the raging water, the pilot straightened out and went whizzing under the spans of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, a railroad bridge, and Rainbow Bridge, Then he skirted ttorseshoe Cataract, zoomed up into the sky and vanished. Officials who saw the dizzy stunt think it was a fighting plane of the Canadian Air Force that had people bb gaspin^at Niagara Falls, AWL Here’s a question that a lot of us have been asking. Just how many jien are In the new expanded Army? Today the war Department gives us an official answer, and It’s a peacetime record. The number of officers and enlisted men right now comes to a grand total of tk one million, four hundred and forty-one thousand, and ^Ive hundred, I! Private There are a number of stories going around about rich and important young men who have gone into the army as private soldiers. And here*s about the best one yet. Until recently, William McChesney Martin, Jr., was president of the New York Stock Exchange at a silary of forty thousand dollars a year. He joined up, and went through the trials and tribulations of a rookie. Trial and tribulation number one for any rookie is, of course, the top sergeant. William McChesney Martin, Jr. told today of a top kick, as tough as they have them in the army. The former president of the New York Stock Exchange was having some trouble in executing the maneuvers in close-order drill. The sergeant, who didA*t know anything about him, burst forth with a thundering bellow:- »»I»ve seen a lot of stupid people", he \ said, "But you’re the worst. It*s a lucky thing you got in the army," observed the top kick wrathfully. Because you d ^ n The former fotty thousand never make a living anywhere else. . ■‘•i dollars a year executive tool it rnmekly. He didn't explain that before joining up he really had been making a living wage. i town of Viailulu, on the Island of Oahu, in Hawaii,^ Tom the W; 'L PINEiiPKjE, Here's Army news from Newark, New Jersey. It tells ,is that Tom Britton, a truck driver, will soon be on his way to see Lolita Kahanohol at the town of Aallulu, on the Isla nd of Oahu, in Hawaii. Sounds lilce tropical romance - hardly like military information, bat it is. A truck driver today the enlisted in.itt Army. A Six months ago Tom Britton, who drove a truck in Newark, bought a pineapple. When Tom started to eat the lush tropical fruit he found itai in it a note. This missive said - ”would the finder please write to Lolita Kahanahoi at the 7^^ truck driver has a sentimental soul. So^wrote to Lolita Kahanahoi at the town of Wailulu, on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. And he got a letter in return. Lolita Kahanahoi enclosed her photograph. Tom the truck driver found It agreeable to gaze upon — made him thlnr. of coral beaCh. , pall! trees and the moonlight, and girls In gra.s ski , but how c«ald he get to Hawaii? Being a truck driver, he was no millionaire. He siehed in perplexity, until at length he found i : \ \ % PINEAPPLE - fc an answer. Uncle Sam has soldiers In Hawaii. So today Tom enlisted, asking to be sent ta for service in Hawaii_ and hoping the Army would grant his romantic plea. And the Army did. Colonel Joseph Fletcher, the recruiting officer, told Tom the truck driver that he»d be sent to Hawaii to join a regiment there. Then it would be up to him to see what he Rani could do about Lolita Kahanahoi at the town of Wailulu, on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. CUl ^ ^ ^