1 BOMBII~ _._.. ____ _ Toni g ht the news wires brou g ht a whole series of storie of air action, acc o un s from widely separ a ted parts of E urope. Add them all up and we find -- the ereatest of all attacks launched from the sky -- multiple blows struck by planes from lorway to the Bay of Biscay, fro~ Balkans._)London reports that the fleets of planes ., numbered three thousand or more. France and the Low Countries alone were hit by seventeen hundred planes of which nearly four hundred were ! ■ erican Marauders. 1f stockholm reports that lazi targets in Den■ark were raided heavily and probably also lorway. Bu apest tells of American bombers assailing S ofia, the capital of sat~l l ite Bulgariajand hu g e s q u a drons of planes smas h ed at targets in northwestern Ger m any and the inv as i coast o f Fr nee w a s hit by the hea vi es t a tt ack that it h a s su s t a in P d thus far. BOMBlNG - 2 _,_....,.. , ____ _ Alto g eth e r it was the gr t a t Allied t ■ix day of air action against Hitler's Fortre s Europa. The victory c nnon boomed out in Moscow a g ain today.--lh Soviets must be wearing out those heavy g uns with which they salute new triumphs. The late s t victory-salvos were for the capture of a place called Belaya Tserkov, a number one Nazi supply base fifty miles below Iie -«-rhe location mentioned ind i cat e s t ha t the capture of Be 1 ay a Tse r k o v o cc u racl. •* in a Soviet drive to cat in behild the huge German forces that still remain in the~••• bend of the Dniep e r.1f'Time a nd again we've hea~d that the Ger■ane there were in danger of a stupendous disaster, but today the menace of encirclement loo,s more darkly for the Na zis, with a dispatch from the German controlled radio of Paris -- which states that the Soviets h a ve thrown a million men into that offensive in the northwe s tern Ukraine.1f'The Nazi ra d io of P a ri s describe lhe a ssault in th se words. "Probably RUSSIA - 2 --- the most gigantic e er mounted by the Russians". Farther north, where the Red Ar ■ y has had those brilliant successes during rec nt days, the Russian war m chine is said to be rolling across the > old Polish border. Moscow announcing that huge masses of*•• its troops are driving into terri~ory previously 1 ■ Polish and are in pursuit of a i ■ demoralized enemy. The Germans are said to be fleei g helter skelter, losing discipline, throwing away their guns. The Soviet victory in those parts has reached a point where political as well as military arguments are involved. i ■i For now the Red forces are penetrating territory in dispute, territory that Russia siezed from Poland at the time of the Hitler-St a lin pact. The Poles want their former frontiers re tored, while St a lin insists that he'll keep th e western pa rt of former Poland. if T here has be e n talk that, afiu the Soviets persist in this, they'll meet with resistance from the Poles wh e n they enter Poland. And that certainly would tangle things up if the Poles, who have been suppressing their Nazi •••••••••lixlaJxlasi I\ conquerors were to turn a9ainst the Russians as well. Today in Washington Secretary of State ' Cordell Bull was asked about this. Be said that the St a te Department is giving careful attention in the '}l\' Polish-Russian quarrel, no-. tJi .. t the Russians are ---- driving into Poland'~ ' (Be was asked what about the possibility that the Poles might fight against the Soviet troops. But the Secretary said that this r uestion would have to be referred to the Polish Embassy in this country or to the Polish Government in London. AD D I T ALY --------- A vivid little incident of war is related by United Press corre pondent Reynolds Packard who tells how American troops climbed and captured some strategic hei pts east of San Vittore and sent back a number of German prisoners. •t · watched . the Germans coming down the mule trail from the newly won positions• writes Pack, and he adds, •the eyes of the Germans popped when they saw li*•i Italian soldiers leading mule packs up past thea•. •Look! Italians•! " ori~d one of the prisoners. •so it is true, they are fighting with the Amerio ans•. Yes, it was true all right, the Nazi was just about floored with surprise. Another a ir blow against the Marshall ""'I ) Islands, where a big air battle was fought. Seventee Zeros were shot down, and American bombers island strongholds in the Marshalls. ---------- Thi s dispatch follows a state ■ ent by Secretary of the Hazy, Frank Inos, who gave the •••••••• purpose of the repeated raids against the lilarshalls. . •soften up, said the Secretary -- using that phrase to express the customary air preparation before an invasion. 0 In New Guinea, the Allied troops who ■ ade that late ~ t landtng are looking for Jape. The badly battered enemy failed to resist the landing, and so our soldiers as••• are pushing along, trying to find some resistance to smash. PACIFIC - 2 --- - ---- The news of the ~mbing of two Japanese cruisers and two destroyers is accompanied by the explanation that this represents the defeat of another a ■■ J atteapt by the Japs to reinforce their naval strength in the lew Guinea, lew Britain sector. D PACIFIC -- -- --- - -- A late dispatch fro m Allied head tells of t he fir t big Jap a nese counter attack in the Cape Glouce ter area of New Britain.and- \he Japs ma d e a large scale attempt to dislodge the - American Marines, but er., were beaten back by the Leathernecks. Today in Washin g ton General H. H. Arnold Chief of the Army Air Forces issued a comprehensive report on the war of the air. In su1111ary teras he pictured the United Nations as being close to an epic victory in the war of the skiesr--The conquest of aerial supremacy. General Arnold stated that eli•ination of the Nazi l■ tf Luftwaffe as an effective air force was near defeated at such a being knocked ou German sk~power is being it is on the verge of And in the Pacific, the air war has so turned against the Japs that the F~r Eastern has been thrown completely out of stride. General Arnold spoke of what he called •surprise and shook tactics•. These as practiced by American war planes have a•iAin the General's words: "lhaken the Jape out of ~ heir groove•. And when a Jap gets out of his groove R N LD - 2 . _ ____ __ he isn't so formid a ble. "The Japs are baffl e d• said Hap Arnold •and b a ffled Japs do not fight well•. ~ ~ sa/\he promised aerial blows that will destroy Japan se industry and ship p ing. ✓ fn additio~ "'t o a~lof whfch, Gen~al :nold / / ✓ / gives us a bit o1 hist t ry histor7 ,<, f ou first / ' ; / / / / / ours / in the war. As we all k ow, t 7 he , Japs hlJ,'Ying I / , I , , I / deyiver~d their sneak 1 punch at Pearl Barb9~, assail' I f , I / / / he erica,n Air Force in the Philippines •t• shortl7 I I / / / I I I I d -- and kno 7 cked o~ American air po•er I I / i I I ar , ArIJ,old d i&clos e tod a / that both" earl rbor I ;' I / I i/ a d in t,he Phil'ippines we ha'8. five h dred nd twe 1- / I / six military planes stra egically Uf / I 1 1 three hundred and stroy within ;' I I I / / / I ~ -~ hours, leavin g us with only one-~undred-and:, , ' / ' I I , , / / At M ; o ; lla we had / thirty-five f / g /r ort ; ~ irt1 medium bomhers, eight•• light bom ers, /a nd Q. : ~1.:.. Tonight we have anot i er one of those w a rnin g s a ainst over-optimism, this time the caution issued by the O.W.I. the statement give s us a remin~e of how little territory we have taken from the enemy. For example, of the immense empire seized by the Japs in a mere few weeks, the United Rations have recaptured only one minute fraction, one twentieth. I ~ And ~ the O.W.J. goes on •it should be borne in mind that the territory we have so far liberated lay along • the outer extremities J and the closer we get to the enemy's heart the stiffer the defenses are likely 11 to be. foraal Thisjadmonition follows a string of others like the one in which a top-ranking-official warning • the country to exp e ct more than three k••- hundred casualties in the next ninety days. And stil l another counting on -- that t h e Allied high com m and is n o t ~ • - - ~ • Q, :L. - 2 a Nazi collapse but figures that A it will take sheer military might to det~at the Germans. Also the statement - •we are still three thousand miles from Tokyo and a iong way from victery•. Today a protest was made to the Goveraor of Colorado, a complaint about the acquisition of Colorado land by Japanese Americans. A delegation . representing Adams County told the Governor that Japanese American families were buying up all the choice land in their section and that Americans •itl would be squeezed out -- unless something were done about i t . ~ 1t used to be that Japanese were only • renters or farm workers• said the del 0 gation, •but now they are replacing old-tiae tenan\s•. · And the statement was made that in the past six months there have been twenty-six transfers of property to the Japanese, who are paying far more for farms ~ 1f than the !=tis worth, just to get control. These Japa ese-Americans have come to Colorado after having , een evacu a ted from the Pacific Coast. J APS - 2 -- Today's delegation w a s headed by layor J. W. Wells of Brighton, Colorado whose soD is a prisoner of the Jape. Be was captured OD Bataan. REHABILIT A TION _ _ .., ________ __, ___ _ In Washin g ton today an answer w a s made to charges th a t in the operation of the International Relief and Rehabilitation progra■ the United States would have to foot the bill. Congress has before it a measure to provide funds for UR RA and attacks are being made on the ground that, in the rebuilding . of defeated ~urope Uncle Saa woula have to do the paying. Today's reply is made by Congress ■ an Sol Bloom of New York who stated that the price to the American peopl9 would be less than the expense of running the war for five days. Congressaan Bloom estimated that the war right now is costing us a little less than a Billiog Dollars a day, so five days of war expense comes to about Five Billi o n Dollars, which is less than the entire UN RA Rehabilitation Program will cost t hi s nation. Of course so m e may !fil!!Bl~lI!!IQli - 2 argue that even One Billion is a lot of money. But then these are large and spacious days of astronomy and finance, and we think joyful l y of pouring out billions -- escept perhaps, that we may experience a slight pain on the day when incoae tax comes around. The prohibition bill before Congress is rawing a large response. Congressman Bryson o~ South Carolina has introduced a measure to enact war-time prohibition for the duration. Of course, the idea is only temporary, but it was only temporary in the last war when war-tiae •prohibition was succeeded by the tighteenth Amendaent. The dry bill is drawing a flood of petitions. Some three hundred thousand people have signed these petitions -- asking Congress to do something about it. And this you aight guess to be an indication of a dry wale sweeping the country. Sowever, we are told that a large majority of the three•hundre1-thousand petition-signers are against the dry bill. In demanding that Congress do something about the war-time prohibition idea, they want the lawmakers to toss it out. ~Rl~lllQ1! - 2 And the United Pres s quot e s even a ae ■ber of the Anti-Salmn League as being of that opinion. •It is ridiculous• he •11 ■ t allegedly argues, •to ask the Senate to vote for a prohibition Bill when forty-five of the forty-eight states are avowedly wet•. POPE'S R PHEW _ , _ _________ _,__ Bro a dca s ting out in C a lifornia, I look around each d ay for a local itea of national interest• J and today I've found one of international interest. ~ California police have begun a search for 8A911\iklW of Pope Pius the Twelfth. This kinsaan of the Pontiff of Rome has disappeared, vanished into nowhere, apparentl1~ Be is Angelo Ernest llissio, who is described as one of . the close s t liTing relatiTes of Yes, the two cousins kn~• each other then, but destiny was to t a ke thea Cardinal, th-r:po:s: ~ Papal Secretary of State, an d final l y to the highe s t dignity of the Church of Rome. The other cousin, t t ~ l e ~ made no such spectacular climb - he learned the trade of a stone mason.an-d an " -1 ;;. He drifted acroes the ocean to America, and here worked as a stone ■aeon. Bis last job t?lst=:he=i:e ' newn ~•••:•an was with -tA Iaiser Shipbuilding Eo ■ p&HJ · at Portland, Oregon. A simple shipyard worker, aluag ai::Ut the r11t-:. But all the time he corr.esponded with bis exeeaag~d-le"e•e regula•ly wit.a the Prelat»e who was rising to the e ■ inence of the Papacy. All of which was agreeable to Angelo Ernest lissio, until his cousin was elected to the Pontifical throne ..... -eeea■ e The Papal cousin,,_!~ in his early --- a tall-staNly aan with gPayiag hair. -A good I a-g-e,-w1le-n~ became known as the Pope's cousin. ~~ POPE'S NEPHEW - 2 ___________ .._....._ made no such spectacular climb - he learned the trade of a tone mason.&mi :s-t~ e :t; He drifted across the ocean to America, and here worked as a stone ■ason. Bis last job t l l a ~ ' kllown ~e •••• DA was with "tlti Iaiser Shipbuilding ttua,au,· at Portland, Oregon. A simple ship ya rd 11orker, alu&g a ttlt t"ha rua t. But all the time he corr.esponded with his who was rising to the e ■ inence of the Papacy. All of which was agreeable to Angelo Ernest lissio, until his cousin was elected to the Pontifical throne.ad- -l>eea■ e The Papal c o u s i n ; ' ! ~ in bis early t if ties a +,ali----starcl-y aan wita gPa7iag haiP ...... A good a-g<> ll"1!'-Bi\ became known as the Pope's cousin. ~~ didn't like it - eai he didn't want to take advanta e of hB kinsman's fa ■ e. He spoke of what he called -- "the fuasw that peopl ade over hi ■• •After all, I'm still a bumble st?ne mason in spite of the exbalted position 9f my cousin. I do not wish to bask in his reflec~ed glory•.• So decided heAszt ■ iAto go away into seclusion. Be left his job at • · ae laiae-r Bhipb•ilcliag plaa+, and ent up into the ountains, •the fu s•. away from I... ~ t - e - r Gr& lle reappeaPod aaa aaaouaoai And so Angelo Erne t Mdssio, cousin of ia• Pope Pius the Twelfth departed. That was last July POPE!LJ!E_f!!~! - 4 and nothing has been seen of hi• since. At first nothing much was thought of this, but the people began to wonder and now a California Police search has been ordered -- a search for the Pope's cousin who was e ■ barrassed bJ •the fuss• made over hi ■ because of his Papal kinsman. A tragedy of love and romance was enacted ~ at the Zoo in Boise . , Idabo to . day, ,11, ,umsu t=11 tlra- /\ . . . ~~ n1w-:iwa1 Molly 1 a domestic nanny goat, 1--Wa• :OMharti ,... ""' fa . 22/,C1?rt1,:~ - 1114 tin,= t:au aentle ■ea _ -3ere orestr • • a Rocky Mountain goat named Mite. For soae time ild Mike and t~me lolly had a quiet life together -- until the adTent of Alkal!:l, an antelope caught out. on the Idaho prairie.1PAlthougb an antelope, Alkali took fancy to Molly the nann7 goat. And that brought trouble to the zoo. Alkali was nimble and fleet o . f foot and for several weeks was able to _Li7 ~ keep out of the way of Mike.,,. aili4 moun . tain goat"}. T 2 z 'ba~ Alk I la. was t»e e 1lew, 011 •• . rlae t.G> a h el:t. er i i~ IAM ~ . ~~qk _ · ht i th · ~ d h k u t "' /\ •l e oaug . u p · . ~~,an · w en a r-oc 7 .. oun a1n bil l y goat has a grudge against an an telope and catches up with im - - t here is on y one ans ·e r. •It was unfortunate• said the superintendent of the zoo tod a y, •but Mike was just like any other husband protecting his home•.