E . A. F. - a.. The most important piece of news to be discussed tonight is obviously that second tremendous raid against Nazi Germany. The tremendous blasting of Cologne the night before last, by more than a thousand planes, was in itself a stroke sufficiently startling Yfe hardly expected it to be repeated the very next night*- another thousand plane raid against Essen, £€ h ard©^ 4b4^ft - F- sb ^ a the site of the giant Krupp armament works. / Thi!*ea io»A—hires The Krupp works had been bombed forty-five times by the British since the war started. This time.— /f last night, must have pretty nearly equalled all the ’\ other times combined, with those figures - a thousand planes, three thousand tons of bombs. The latest news on this topic tells of a warning to Britain, a warning issued by the London Minister of - 2 Home Security. He today an order to all the civilian defense forces'^- ”stand by." He warned that the Nazii^a-i^ may launch huge reprisal raids in retaliation for the fiery destruction visited upon I Cologne and Krupp. All of the thousands of fire guards, demolition ff^uads and other air raid protection workers throughout the Isle of Britain are ordered to be in a state of constant alertness -in anticipation of a kxii possible German counter-stroke^' The two tremendous air blows launched against Nazi Germany on successive nights have filled the English people with immense jubilation. They themselves ;j tbok such a staggering amount of bombing, and bore up under it. They have had to accept so much bad news, all those defeats in Asia. So there is surging emotion^ A reaction to the headline tyiiiiisxx tidings of the two heavy smashes at German industrial production. These, m __ R./.F. - 3 at the same time, are calculated to be effective aid to the tJoviet armies in their life and death fight against the Nazi war machine - and the British have pinned their hopesof victory so much on the success of bov Russia. Amid the swelling British cheers, there is a note of caution from Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Today he did indeed promise that the R.A.F. would raid Germany with two thousand, and even four thousand planes. And he reminded Britain that American bombing squadrons would join the R.A.F. in crashing the Nazis But he warned that, for the immediate future at least. the people must not expect such giant bombing attacks eveiy night. He said that Britain*s air force could not stand the losses b all by itself, couldn’t take tte loss^of thirty-five to forty-five bombers a night These losses are reckoned as comparatively moderate. /7 -1 .1 F.A.F. - 4 but still monster bombers take a lot of production. There is no accurate word about the casualties the Nazis have suffered in the two raids. They claim that in the first bombing, that of Cologne, fewer than a hundred and fifty people were killed. But European military experts estimate the total casualties at a possible maximum of as many as five thousand - dead and TP f wounded. Wordlnf seeping out of Germany tells of A great popular Exxtxtmm excitement because of the raidsj fear and depress ion. j) .The news today told of emergency decrees issued" at Berlin - an order commanding that every German civilian must take a training course in air raid protection - what to do in case of bombing, how to fight fires. Aiixkflxd A London dispatch tells of one type of air raid precaution the Germans are using. This il _ R.A.A.F - 5 comes from Joe Grigg» former United Press Manger in Berlin who has just arrived in London..after being released from Germany. He states that the Krupp Works in Essen were camouflaged by dummy blast furnaces. LIBYA Today one of the strangest and fiercest of battles raged in the sand - not merely the sand under foot, but the sand overhead and all around. Fleets of tanks, rushing and blazing with gunfire*- in a ___ ’ sandstorm. is the fearsome fantasy presented by the battle of the desert. k< In terms of military strategy, the conflict of Libya IsEEiBSXKiiuiy became clearer today - with military elements novel and strange, never before heard I of in the history of war. The key factor is a line of land mines, which the British established north to south. These land mines, placed to blow up tanks, ^ were laid as the essential defense^of the British front A TP, west of Tobruk. Marshal Rommel’s armored forces broke through in their first drive several days ago. They cut gaps in the defense based on the land mines - Exploding the mines, and opening a way through. That is how they 1 LIBYA - 2 penetrated the British front west of Tobruk. Then, having got through, they met the main British tank forces further on. A titanic clash ensued on the desert, with the British breaking the force of -ictkr/ the Nazi drive^ ^of the tank battle^ attribute their success to a new type of monster built in the United States. Powerful, hard hitting tanks, which the British call - ’’General Grants,” With Rommel’s drive thus beaten up, it looked as if the German panzers might be trapped - the British closing the gaps of the line of land mines which J the Germans had left behind them. They did try to close .1 the gaps, but Rommel was able to extricate his forces - and get the major part of his pancers out of the trap. get them back through the gaps in the mine fields. But he did not take them all out. The latest tonight from J British headquarters at Cairo states that a large J LIBYA - 3 armored force is still in the pocket of what might still be a trap. They are not trying to escape through those mine-field gaps behind them. Instead, they are attacking. They are trying to drive west instead of retiring east -/through the gaps.^They are being met by equally powerful forces of tanks - checking them and smashing at the flanks of the panzer column. The issue of the battle may rest on the armored — units which, having been badly mauled, were withdrawn A the line of mine fields. Presumably Rommel is reforming them, and he may be able to bring up ne?/ panzer forces - so as to hurl a new v/eight of metal through the gaps and ^nto the conflict in the pocket. Or maybe the British r will succeed in annhilating the panzers there. These possibilities are an-answer to questions tonight - A as fleets of metal monsters clash on the desert of ite send storm. Tanks rushing and shootting,with sand under LIBYA,,- 4 their grinding tractors, sand above their steel tops, sand swirling and blowing everywhere. 1 < ‘i il J tur !: ey There is paradoxical news from Turkey, which is a. paradoxical place, anyway. Simultaneously we have two pieces of news, which might seem to be in high contradiction, diametrically opposite. In fact. they rather suggest somebody traveling both north and south at the same time. One news dispatch is this:- American lend-lease supplies have arrived in Turkey. They are described as being - ”in considerable quantities.” For the first time in more than two years, American vessels have steamed | into Turkish ports; and^'Uiejr are delivering cargoes of armament - lend-lease. The arsenal of democracy arming the Turks - to enable them to resist ^ aggression of the Nazis. A second news dispatch goes this way:- Turkey. has concluded a new trade agreement with Nazi Germany, providing for the delivery of German war supplies to the J TURKEY - 2 The announcement of this is accompanied by news that today a Turkish delegation left ’for Germany to inspect factories and place detailed orders for qrmament. 8o,th6 Nazis also are arming Turkey. For what reason? Well, Abdul would seem to be in a favorable position, in the middle. Getting guns from both sides. Abdul the Turk always did love such toys as big curved swords, and long barrelled muskets. And now he is getting tanks and planes -- both lend-lease and Hitler-Nazi. Allah be praised! Af » TURKEY . 3 To complete the paradox, here are a couple of railroad items - the supply line, lifeline kind of thing. Today*s news dispatch tells us that the Germans have reopened direct railway communication with Turkey. This had been interrupted by the destruction of bridges,:. which the Greeks blew up when the Nazis struck in the Balkans last year. But the bridges have now been sv repaied, so that Hitler’s armament will be able to roll into Turkeyrl^ The same news dispatch adds that this German transport advantage will soon be compensated by some British railroad building. They are completing a stretch of track, that will open direct rail communication with Turkey, the cmsequence of these two railroad items is that Abdul will be able to get his guns faster from both sides. Prophet Ivlohammedaia never had an inspiration this. /} ^ CONVOY London announces that a bi^ convoy has fought its way along the Soviet lifeline in the Arctic, hait battl^€h=^i^throug^M«i-=-i»=rc4i^-tip^ Russian port. The navigation of the convoy was continuous for five days, with Nazi^«^bs?n»tiPPF0^and ari^planes TT attacking incessantly. This is the far northern conflict in which the Nazis claim they sank eighteen ships. London calls t.h^ claim an exaggeration to the extent of a hundred and seventy-five per cent. That percentage would suggest that about half a dozen ships were lost in the five-day battle of the convoy. CHINA LEND-LEASE China today was taken into the system lend-lease as a full fledged member. This provides for increased aid to the Far Eastern nation and for Chinese collaboration in the economic reconstruction after the war. China came in today -- when Chinese Foreign Minister T.V. Soong and our Secretary of State Cordell Hull signed the appropriate document. PHILIPPIN£S A president appeared before Congress in Washington today -- though not the President of the United States. And he received an ovation -- Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth. After being cheered to the echo the Philippine President addressed the House of Reprsentatives. He referred to President Roosevlet’s assurance that ines this nation will redeem the independence of the Philipp/^ rescue them from the Japs, *1 hope," said Quezon to the members of Congress "tijat the pledge made by the president will be recognized by each and overy one of you as his own pledge." a. . ^ ^ WAR DECLARATION The United States is declaring war on three nations,but there is mighty little fuss about it. Those three nations are Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria, -- all satellites of Nazi Germany with hardly anything to say for themselves. Moreover, the three have already declared war on us. They did so some while ago, but we haven't bothered to take notice thus far -- until now. Today President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress, asking for a declaration '^of war against the tiio of puppets. The action of Congress willnot be with any sense of urgent impcrtance. The House of Representatives will vote the declarations of war tomorrow. The Senate will not be in session until Thursday -- but that will be time enough. *i --------------- tlJk i rAR BONDS. Tonight we can use that expression so familiar in the other war - ’’over the top.” V?ar Bonds went well over the top during May. The quota for the month was six hundred million dollars, and it was exceeded by five point seven per cent. The quota for this month, June, is eight hundred million. For July, and each succeeding month - one million. Going up, Und to that ( ^nd let ITS add - over the top. The above facts were made public today by 2 ^ Secretary of the Treasury^who went on to warn volunteer workers in the War Bond quota campaign. He said that their sales methods should not be what he called - ”over-zealous.” The Secretary meant they should not indulge in high pressure selling to force the sales of bonds. He pointed out that the quota campaign was on a voluntary and democratic basis. Th< wtro io °ftjiouo 1 BRIDGES This afternoon, California immigration authorities took into custody -- Harry Bridges, whom the Government has ordered deported as a Communist alien. The California C.I.O. leader surrendered himself voluntarily to the authorities. With his attorneys, he went to the United States immigaation station at San Francisco, end walked into the Office of the Director. Presently, one of Bridgets lawyers emerged from the office and announced, "Harry is in custody now. Then Bridges* attorneys headed for a federal court. There they asked the jtdge for a write of habeas corpus -- the plea to obtain the release of a person This habeas corpus request marks the first step of what will be a long fight through the courts. scheduled to go all the way to the highest tribunal. the Supreme Court. Which is expected to take a year or {pore; that period of time to elapse before Bridges can be sent back to his native Australia -- if he finally is sent back. i; I i-i. t 4 - . J The sudden departure of the Duke of Winsor from the United States, is because of labor riots in the of Bahamas, fa which he is Governor-General. Negro laborers, employed on a huge American project, have been staging violent demonstrations -- two rioteri killed and several wounded. f Between two and three thousand stormed along the main street of Nassau, smasling shops. The British garrison had to be called out before the mob was suppressed. Then at night there was further rioting in the suburbs -- a fire station burned down. i ullets fired by British troops accounted for the casualties. aUEY LOMG 'iM t I Tonight questions of war bring forth a shadow out of the recent past -- Huey Long. Shall the illuminated tomb of the one-time Kingfish be blacked out? Ever since Nineteen Thirty-five, when that singular statesman was himself blacked out by a bullet -- his tomb outside the Louisiana state capital has been r* illuminated every night; enduring homage to hem. I Several weeks ago, with wartime regulations i in force, they had a blackout. And the Civilian Defense officials found it was impossible to switch the Huey Long illumination off and on with any facility. So they ordered the big spotlight turned off permanently, the tomb kept dark. And this produced a controversy that waxed hot and heavy. Today it was settled -- when a state senator announced that a public fund hr has been raised to dquip the Huey Long tomb with a switch that will enable the brilliant spotlight to be turned off HUEY LONG - Promptly during air raid alarms. Citizens donated three hundred dollars for the purpose --so that the brilliant illumination paying homage to the Kingfish may glow with crystine brilliance every night, save during blackouts.