1.1 __ !!'CA" . Id'~ .. "<!· r,, ,,"" . (~~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ : f . 1~ +(2J\U.J·) 0 0 E V E I E V RYB DY: i o com un ic ions with he d ist nt interior o f China ar no g o o d r i ht no w . The sch dule a.s for Lo · · e ll Thom s to have come in on this ro ram 1 s t ni , h and toni ht - broadcastin from Chungking. Last ni ht, he tried t o get throu h, but cou dn't - ,, and t i s fternoon we ot word that his scheduled broadc st from Chun kin or toni ht had been cancelled = b ca u se of bad radio conditions. Th ai_ , th t , nos h ha ~ t r n l · ..,a ins J d Il - b 1 ' i of h i n i . / Tod or t li n ou r h n r _ n d f i ty B- ... 0 t i i -to h un t on s of i e bo r bs int o J p ) ns . uc n 1 c i y - Osa a . T rem n o s ire r e e t , a n it 11 the mo e f r y bee use of th in A iron re ze fr o u1 the s e t tb fl roe o er t e cit · - tem es of fi r It a Yo oho m on Tue fire thou h aze hes me 8 t in bombin of y . e to~~ est in sep t the of flimsy J apa n I e ho se . Tody s me ic n had u art rs tat~ th· t h rin i .. 1 ortion of Yo ohom a as oblit er· t e . rly .;;e vens uare mil s of city were utterly de tro ed - this in d d ition ~~ to a f I t ;a are s et on fi r b a pre vi us incendiary att C • Th e e is a s tor b o ut th fir ' t time Yo oho m e tro ed in th e rth u e of ineteen ent -t hree th at I th i n ' e e o 1 no . f f f f rs ,, t th t1· I h ar it ro one o our nav 1 o i nly the ba r e ne s of th rth u e s n •· n for v e r s ' b C . us h J a n e e n vy f e· f 1 tha th e Uni e , tat c mi h t, k dv a n g of he gre t n tu 1 · s t e to · t t c th e i s rick n country had jam i so f ul l of conflictin ra io v e that no eu ge co be deci hered. As so n as the ord of b str cti o n of Yo ohom llo, e to re ch t ou ide worl , e ic an naval ves els , loaded i th cotor ' n r es , edica s up plies nd ood steamed at ul l spee from the Philip ines to J a an . They e r halted i the out !' bay by Jap a n ese ars hi ps , and or ered to expl in the i pre ence . An American was ent by our Admiral to presen t his com liment - ' ~~ to t e Jap ane e 8• z ?an in Olli cf nd info m him that the Unite Sta tes avy ished to r en e ai . He found • the J apa n se vessels striped for ction with crews at uarters ready to give battl It wa m a ny hours befor J panese uspicion could be 1 a ye sufficiently f r OUI· men to b eG in their ork of mercy. I thought t en , n d h a ve often though t since wh t reve a ing co mentary it s on J p a n t:? e ch r cter. If they could 3 bel i V lh · fr' n 1 n tion 0 1 t dv t e of tl r n tu ,1 is s r 0 tt C the ' to ic th m h e n hey ere 0 ' i i j st hat he y o u l 0 u r 'mil circumsl nc s . Utherwi ' it O U d n e ver have nter d thei minds . p arl H rbor ha aho n ho t r ue th s . Thee ic of the Americ a n ubma ines in the aci.fic is out~ an end. Our undersea fleet ha s done its job. This w s stated tod yin the Philip ines by R a.r Admir 1 Jam s Fife; who di closed that ArIErican submarin have si ly run out of ta gets. Enemy sea • communications have been almost completely cut by A meric an air po er nd the Am eric a n submarines themselves In Conse uence the und er ea er ft find hardly any targ et to shot at - th ir t ask virtually at an end. _L_A The 1 te t abo t Syri· is a t e n f' l h 1 r nc.: ill no en e hre 0 er n got i i , h th Uni n Gr ; t Brit n for a e of t h s ri n i pu This ollo•o e rl i r v e opmen .. t a b 0 ' ht t fi htin 0 ·n en . T h re s n br pt French ba k- 0 he 8 u lle vern nt ord rin ·ts troo s to ce se r . h r e 8 i e t in the nci nt 1 n of L a" t ni ht · .. · e h ard h I Gre t rit Ft in had n rv e n e b untly in th i hting bet"een th Fr e n h u t rian~ • Lon o n order . Bri i s h troo int o J.., th co ntry wher the French e r tr in to as ert t h eir po r . Int 1 the B itish h th b cki of the , Jt t - as s i clo s ed by Pre i nt Tr u m · n tod y. Th t e it virtu 11 joint British- meri an i t rv ntion - an De au leg vein. The r nch ov e rnm nt x 1 .' ne it of min b st tin 0 th t h or r to ce a e fire s iven to v oi a con lict bet , een Fr n h n t 00 T h h t h i n ff ir 0 j f 0 nt re n~ h , Bri i h n er i cuss ions . n rli r in e a r e e 0 a ree to that. s i - no. T e lle gov n n a sti f fene i s l u - a n rej C ~ t re e e r n g tiatio 0 r he gh n i y m n h 0 u th h n bo r m t r 0 t t i n plac - oy hi n battles of th . t s rt Anzio eachb d. nd h yri n r m er i 0 s t ti tha t h ·1 n 0 n e th 0 bout yri nu bere bet een ree 0 r h nd. ric 1 0 s 0 i 0 i l e e rm· ci t n 0 n m 1 0 C i a t i u r 0 n C n 0 of 0 1 ug • _ r m · t n t o l 0 0 t 1 . . C 0 h ch t . i . 1. n t C ., , 0 0 . r 0 e C u d , 0 n d 0 e r i n a . T h h , be e l l e ss V ic l n t e y to ut o n t i , b t. 0 .. i d l coun e 1 . i n 0 r t ti 0 C co f C 1 0 i 0 1 0 0 i e n1 l 0 C t i u u 0 - I' r 0 0 n . I n t l 0 0 G 0 e 0 0 s hour 0 ' b i 1 1, n i 11 n 0 J 1 e i , i 0 in 0 0 1 J 0 HU CHI LL - 2 ------ - ar bo r~u h throu ha young r son. And e i a · ect I Ail 1 I A ~ • • 4 o l C . d e c end nt of t h e f i s t Duke - the 1 s John Churchill ho on famo s vi tories for Britain nd w eleva ed to the high i t ran of the per g - Duke of Marlborough . Int ne s fr o m Ok i na a , e ha ea prediction th a t the battle on that island i l l be over in about t o eek. T hi is b sed on the f ct that the main Jap anese d efense line ha now been com letely smashed.,..all in A meri c a n h an s ~ exc ep t f or the citadel of Shuri, which ·s surrounded. There a diehard band of Jape is resisting to the end - and being wiped out. The main Jap an se force has retired to a new line of defense farther south, and is nowwedged in the southernmost ti of the island. tt last reports, American troops were ithin six miles of the southern coast of Okinawa. ---·--..-----'"----------~ -__.J The Japanese attempt to form a new line seems unlikely to succeed, for the ne s today indica es that the remaining enemy force is in danger of being , split into two groups - two ockets of final resistance. The Japs re now estimated to have only t enty thousand men left - out of their original eighty thousand on Okinaw a . / As the J aps have d indled, t e A erican _ _ _ _ _ -2 for es hav incr ase - and one re ort to y state th a t o ne ivisi s of Marine hav been thro n into the fightin. This ord co from Tokyo, and I states that the Americ n forces~Army troops and Marines. no number eight divisions - which would come to possibly a hundred and twenty thousand men. ii& An / overwhelming preponderance of force - which it is said is likely to bring the battle of Okinawa to an end in about two weeks. r e s i en t Trum a n tod a y pres e nt e d rospectiv ictu e for th r in the Paci ic - a pictu r e of three an t a half m i llion American troops in action agains t J a p a n. I n a ssa e to Congress , r the President sa id th t the Army ill m ove three million , soldiers from Europe to the Pacific in les s than / year - tho to be add ed to the force s we alr e ady have out there ; resident Truman, ~bile speaking the aessage to Congres, addr e ssed hia statements to the / Jape themselves - warning them to surrender or be destroyed. "If the Japanese insist on continuing resistance beyond the point of reason•, said he, ~their country will suffer the same destruction as Geraany", to which he added: "Only surrender ca3 save Japan from the kind of ruin which they have ■ seen come to hopeless Germany as a result of continued •••P•i•• resistance. And the President reaffirmed what he had alre a dy stated t f l t , that the surrender of JapHn will not mean the destruction or enslavement of th e Jap a nese ,, p e o le. All of which leaves it u to the Japanese peo p le, t h e i r ~ political leaders and their emperor. All lend -l ease nd foreign relief sh~ ent of at are bein ca ne lled . B case of the shorta e o v er he r e , no m eat sup lies ill be shipped ab ro ad d ur ing Jul , ugust and Se tember. This is official ord fr om Wa hin ton. Th e country that ill be most affected by / the c ancellat i o n i l l be Soviet Russia - wbjch has been getting mos t of the lend-le as e meat supplies. During / April, My and June the total for all lend-lease meat""' three hundred and t enty five million pounds. Of this ( I I three hundred million pounds, mostly beef and pork, is assigned to Soviet Russia. Tody ' n s ell of the pr ar tion of a ne kin f ost imp es ive sort of chart. It I i t o be a ma of th m·n ral re ource s of Soviet Russia, a nd ill sho not h ts above g roun d , but whats under I groun. S ov iet u i i a vat territory, and the new chart ill pi ctur / h t lies below the surface as far don a two mils. This was di s closed today by a Russian geolo ist, who is a member of the Russian delegation to the San Francisco Conference. He related that data for the map is being gathered by a new geological formula called Te1t~ro~~ia. This, says he, is a technique that he has developed for spotting mineral resources deep in the earth. OoJJ tao e-ftsa, ea Pifrl!ls ■ ntion al• ~ It goes on the th6ory that mineral depo i ts OVIET ----- - - 2 d o not occur at r ndo - they don 't ju s t occur in haphazar fashion as if b accident. ineral deposits come bout bee use of certain reasons, and hen those reasons ar e the same in vari us parts of the world - you 'r e likely to find h same minerals. The Russin profes or points out that the same kind of granite occurs in Sweden and in the Quebec re ion ,.., of Can a da, and therefore / if you find one kind / of mineral in Sweden, you're likely to find it in th, neighborhood of Quebec. He goes on to cite the fact that oil is found both in California and on the island of Sakhalin, I across thd Pac.fie. That's not a coincidence, says he, because both California and Sakhalin have the sa ■ e type of mountains, which are of the same geological age. / Hence, the presence of oil in one would indicate the pres ence vf oil in the other - which is exactly the case. He adds that, in the preparation of the underground map of Soviet Russia, onfpart has been completed - the Ukraine. And this indicates vat amounts i neral wealth { _.., ' ' includinP oi l deposits.