G OD E V . LJG Ji' Y OD Y : 1' e a ll k ne · th b. t soo n :. r or l ater there would have to be a n all out battle w i h the enemy at, or near, th t great J panese n aval Gibraltar in the Carolines, the mys eriou is land o f Truk. But few - - -- expected it ·ould come so soon. Toni ht A merica confi d ently a~a i s t he outcome of the ~avy's sensatio al assault on Truk. But n 1s of A miral Nimitz's attack on the number on~ J a n a val lair , the be gi nnin of may be the bi g sto ry of th~ ye ar ; the bi gg est sto ry the war since Pe a rl Ha rbor -- news is likely to be slow in coming thr ough . F o r ome yea rs th l e g en d ha s g rown that Truk as inv incib l e . Virtua lly n o bo d y but the Ja pa nese LEA D - ---- have ev er s n t h fo rmidab e inst al lations there. One Ame ica n Corre &p ond nt ho ot through pr e tty m uch by chance a few Y < ~ ars a o, r e ported that the land locked lagoon J Truk, as large e nough to floa not merely the navy of the i kado , ut all he n L vies of the world. You may ha ' e heard much o this. But it ill be r repea tin of ho e arl y this mo nth, February lour, A miral imi tz , sent o ut tw e nty-to volunteer , U.S. arines; Marine airmen in Liberators. And they took their lives in their hands knowing full well that if there were the slightest misha p they would never live to t e ll t tal . The Japs ■ ould hardly let anyone survive ho had C fl . his eyes upon Tru . The t •e nt -two Marine airmen flew to Truk, - and th e y C m . ha c, f ull a fu 1 set of p ho 0 r aphs , pictures reve a ing twen t y - ive Ja nese r s hi s in the big Truk la • oon - t o of th em aircraft carrier · , and LEAD - 3 --- - oth r h i o f i h r d r t · ' al s o sup p ly V s s el s. nd th a kn oc k d out th id e a that the main bod , of he 1 a o ' s Grand F l as hidi n there b ehin d tbos r ci p itou mount a in s a t surround Truk La g oon. The i nf rence i th t the Ni ppo n ese Grand Fleet is o n the a ert at some ne r y ba e , w ait in g for j ust s uch an atta ck as Admira l imitz has just l aunched against Tru k . This may w 1 1 turn o ut t o b the big ar stor of the year; so let's h a ve a look at this Pacific stronghold of the Japs. It's n o t just a sin le island. It's a roup o f s ome tw : nty mount a inous volc a nic isl nd s , all of th m urrounded by a e reat coral reef. The r u p i ro u hly thirty miles in diameter. Then inside the Tru k Lag oo n itself are several pea s ri s in g o ut of the wat r to a h ei ht of a thous a n d f e et or s o. Sheer r oe • he reef surrounding t ese i les of m stery LEA - l ------ r- s o rr n ·e b n ture t, a t h def n ers h v al he u v an In olh r ord . , the J a nese can die a ho t h attac · c a n be d ir cted. Tbe e facts m ak th initi tive t ake n by dmiral imitz s ee m all the bolde . But, it's an oper ion in c cord nee ith the oldest tra!itions of the U . Nav atta c k and a ta k and continue attac in itu ted it is , ri ht in th mi d dle of th Pacific , Truk h s been a threat to ever p o int the Allies h ld . It ' s one th o usan d an forty odd miles e t of K ajal in , in the 'arsh 1 1s; three tho s r s nd, four hun r d a nd f. fty mi es south t of P e :d Harbor , - and only 0 t"o hous a n d mi l f rom To y O . From a mi l i h y po i n of Vie • · ; , th e h 1 f h s ecn th t so l on C: ti p a j , s h . .L O T ru lt ir horn ' , n d ' 0 S , im r ., , • .I.. • • I h·"' been o b vious, th r for . , th a a 0 a n e i i 0~ C Y. ,() J a )~. n j> '0 ~ C t · ... o. e i o ' r r, s iv t i no m r i r r i .. i l i itz' 0 r· ial 0 u i are: Po r ul n v 1 t ore 0 t Onited ates p~ci ic 1 t c ced n att c on th J pane e na al bas e t Tru ith s al hundr of 0 1 nes art.ici n I" An l s : "N o furt 1 det i ar a , 1 a e n It is ex i d t · t t e recessi · for r dio secrec ma . A i im os · b e for th F l eet to r port its o er~tions ic is ea ily underst nab e. ft r all, t i s un u tionab i the gre t t a en ive o pe r tion byte U nit ed States v i n t e ntire a . . For th a t matter r e t off n si ve a pe r on by ny n vy any h r i )€ . Adm i al imi h f r m nth end th ~-- Ja p - 0 0 0 r ' i of n t a -f' fore tha a d ~ - ur . a 11 . n e h a 0 f r m battl V i u h V re u ed. th 1 om 0 · ts on y 0 housan miles a a t t a l o r l i ca a ant a es., · t e a i e f ro vi n o. b e a n ortres as po erful as a ur · n c n ma ortress. . ay C _ apper, before he v a nis ed into th w a t r of [ aj 1 i la oon, ave us a ra hie desc ri tion of the im n American fore h--t s ept do n on the arsh 1 I n s . u b l y his one oin ainst Truk is re or r er. a ur 1 1 th r h a s be n ka . xcitement t ro ho t i c o n r inc his ne i st C , o v r t . i to ~ t , nt out ov r t- e ir . ric · i t - for m ne . But , e mu t ITALY or e t r o t ar Stimson, s a rul has been staunch in d1scourag6ng too muoh opti.m.lsm. Today be went in the other dir otion ands id that there has b en too muoh pessimism about the tight1q at the Anzio each-ha d . lie us d t e p ra , "eep your s irt on: he es imism ot l st week, e said, as uncalled tor. b allie forces are ti ly establish d and able to 1 ve blo s as ell as to take tbem. t th ame time, he added, e must not be oo sanguine, beoa sea great de l or bitter fl hting is ahead in that region. The iseue had been raise·d that the pessimism as caused ohietly bJ e oess1ve censorship • .1 The ne s papermen asked Stimson about that, to which he replied that General Sir Henry Maitlan4 llaon ~~ was in aomma.n~1:!1::1b:1i11A:see•/\ and ~~ Q. 9 ; as therefore the best nossible judge or a question like that. Elm.er Davis, as direotor or the ottice ot · ar Information, takes issue with the e c ret r y. He said today that he thought the public en ~ itled to the fullest and rapidest supply or n~ s, oon latent 1th seouirty. whereu on a reporter asked him hether he thought 7 n t ex ct t oo much - in th th e avy w rn u th r r e 1 th r i at est need for r ad io si e cone rnin · the o vem o t o f t he Pacif ic f l eet. We m a y her n othi n or o f an conee u e nce until here h as bee n decisive action. An d , here' a a nother p iece of drama from the · ar in th P acific, this one from the southwest Pacific. Americ n and Australian airmen have destroyed six enemy s hi s, destroyed or dam a ed them so critic a lly tha they c nnot o erate. They have also shot down fifty-one Ja a n ese planes, some of them on the ground; nd, hey w rec ed ten enemy barges. This news from the hea d quarters of A miral Halsey. Secretar y or ar Stimson, as a rule has been staunoh 1n d1soouragllag too muoh optimism. Today he went in the other direction ands id that there h s been too much pesaimisa about the tightinc at the Anzio Beach-head. · e used the phrase, "Keep your shirt on: The pessimism ot last week, he said, was uncalled tor. Tbe.!.llied toroes are tirmlr establish•d and able to giYe blows as well as to take them. At the same tillla, he added, we must not be too sanguine, beoause a great deal ot bitter fighting 11 ahead in that region. The issue had been raised that the pessimism was oause4 ohietlJ bf exoesai n censorship. ; The new('papermen asked Stillson about that, to which he replied that Qeneral Sir Hen17 llai~laat Wilaon - : t - ~ ~ was in eommand "-ta:•»• and was theretore the best possible Judge ot • ;A: A question like that. Elmer DaYis, as director ot the ottioe ot ar Intormation, takes issue with the secretary. He said today that he thought th• publio en itled to the tullest and rapidest J upply ot news, oonsistent W ith seouirty. whereupon a re p orter asked him whether he tbousht italy 12 Cont ~ the news trom anzio waa of the tullest and r a p i d ~ f to which Davia replied Pialy that the public oertainly has not been getting very muob. He addM that the censorship in Italy had exce•ded the bounds or military aeouirty. 0 S..A<:~timson gave out another set ot oaauality figures. Since the landing at Salerno, there have been rour~thousand-a-hund 1 ed-and-f1tty_ eight amerioua killed, eighteen-thousand-one -laundred-and-titty ... four wounded 1 aix-thouanad -tour-hundred-and-twenty nine JllissiJl.. While he was about it he also gave out figures about the war in the Paoitioe In t . he recent fighting at Arawe, Capeglouoeater and Saidor, there - ha·re only been four-hundred-and-sixty-1'ive Americans killed, one- tijousand-one-hundred-an4-fitty-s1x wounded, and twelve missing. D As r o { f latest news rrom Anzio: a strong germen ame4 ha Just begun the second big ottensive there. But so tar the t" British and American's with planes 1 fanks and infantry baveA"Ob. ~ Nazis ~MOwl!'R' to a full stop. The Huns moved b~hind a'rolling barrage. They had strong concentrations ot heavy artillery, and big tormations ot low flying ~ att k d they, .A..t. bau■-.< in great strength. ao Planes\ On the groun ; , ,, I Italy #3 Contd Reynolds Paokard,ot the United Presa 1 observed that the Boohe were tiring anything that had a barrel on it, and their t --~s oame in waTe upon wa-e. The till b CU4A • ar ery arrage, said Paokard waa the heaviest he had tT•r een on that beaoh-head. But all along the ljne the Amerioan o I's and British Tommies were stand1ng tina. The Allies met tank with tank and sent and tighter-bombing-planes.against the german 0 A. up swam ot interceptors ,.. a e r i a l ~ ' I Anzio was not the dnly place where the Germana attacked. They also let loose an pttensive around Cassino. But that was more in the nature of a feint than seriou1 business and the American's drove them back with planes. 0 ~ . Around the beach head the fighting still is going on at f. this minute• This second attack ot the germane is eTen more terocious than the first. Our .American Tanlc destroyers lmooked out six german tanks.c,at almost the tirst crack out of the box • .!\Never-th -les~ the ~rmans kept coming on, driving oTer their own dead and leaving wrecked equipment as tbaough they had e uip m ent to burn. .... la.to u le in fro . t . e ··· r . e art ent'. _ n allie tr oop s ip h . een unk i t e . 'edlterran ean •and ) one o n me ric n sol ers were lost. Jt a the first -1::o~ time suoh a thing b s ba pp ene~ ~ther in ~~~~ this ar or in the ~~ last , ar)Hl 1917 and 1;11 • ..<.., a sin le /' I\ soldier was lost byte I' inking or a t rt. e t~rnsport as ~e are not told the d le on i h li . pened • ~•U•J91N- t"F ere ls r e on to bell v t' e n y ~ ' < n o w the attack was successful, y t e same -~~ token we are not told what it vas that sank t e transport,•••••• W\ enem;r action. llDJlOunoemen t the big bend er ~ivi ions in t~ t ~ wet or Cherkassy. Art r fourteen days of e ::- rate ti ., ng , the ltu si . ve killed ritty-two th o u san d Ger ans a t en ale en t~ou and prisoners. ----- - --- Psk o~ that city almost on the stonian rontler t ou h hioh 90 man y rail- >(- ay lines pass, o viet columns are m oving ~ ~ o~ _.,sc j&ftiuZL by toroed marohes1 both , . the north and ~ the east.' Again they are trying \0 cut ott the Nazis ot the garrison and enoirole thea. The speed with whioh the Ru ~ sian armies are torging ahead in- Uoatee that the germans must be retreating through the forests and - onr the lakes or the Estonian tuontier countl"J"• In tact, 1 t is highly doubtful th at the uns will make any serious ettort to der , .:J. I\ PakoY . The R ed column in the north is only twent7 miles awq and the dirlaions advancing tram the east are only fifty miles distant. The weather has been extremely cold on that northern tront, ao oold that the Reds have been able to orose on Lake Peipus on the ioe d establish be a oh- h s ds on its estern sh o re '!lse ~he e t e s ians ve o u . 1 lehind the german defense lines by dropping large contingents ot para-troopers 0 t'tffl - ffla"aine are t1ghM:ng in a heavy bii11!!ar4 a114 _ Jfew ¥erk R -'•~ l:9 19-K.. J,ow&11~a- 1.-oaon MU, • IID ,,-. Qen th• Bazia oTer ran Poland 1n .!.,ineteen-~hirt1-nine, one - ot the poles whom they enslaved was a boy named Stanley, 'barely - titteen years old. They threw hill into a labor camp in east - 1ruaaia, and made him work on a tam 1 helpin M raise oropa tor his enemies. Ot ourse, this waa entirely against the provisions ' a~~"? ot the (leneva convention, but whet ls a promise to ~ A ror three years he «al kept -•Y troa hie home, denied eTen news ot hia tamily. In llaroh, ninteen-torty•thr••~ some ottioer took a look at Stanley's blond hair and light blue eyes, decided he waa an ar,-an dl.e and threw him into pr11saian •1'1111• So he had to tight side by ,I(- - side with the soldiers who had destroyed his country and treated hie people in ohara cter iatio Getman fashion. ~ \'hen his training was oomplete,they put ltanley into a unit bound tor Italy. He too part in the tighting on the German side Just three months, and on ~oember .!.wenty-~hird was taken prisoner cont'd -/1-2 IID-2. An aaerican oorres p onde ~ t interTiewed Stanley the other day. He was then ~reseed in a British Wattle un1torm, as a tighter in the Polish contingent or the British Army. When the Aaerioan BtwaPaper aan saw him, 1 t was on top o t • mountain.._ up which he and his mate• had to-::\ed their ■ortars, anuaunition; tood, and eTeD water, with the help ot onlJ a tew mule•• And there,atter tor yeara 1 he ia happJ tor the first tiae, fighting with bia own kind against hia country'• eneaiea, in a aortar coapanir OD top ot a aDow cla4 f;;!:feJP 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ s~1•·!£_/'-i=-~ 14'1PM A. message trom London today brings word that the Nazis have wiped out all the 1ewa in Holland. There never were ~ o . _ Q Q 4 ~ but a hundred-and-eighty-thoueaad ot them. ~ have either been deported tor slave labor, thrown into oonoentration oape, or tilled. Only some ten thousand ot t•• managed to eeoape and bide out. a.~re than a hundred and twentr thousand ot thea were carried ott to Germany and other Nazi oooupie4 territorJ••• 0 ia ~ light on the German And here iiB i.■:ti•r•Ml:■ 9 side /\. attitude towards Jewa . It oa•• trom Switsl•lind. A SWisa printer t work on an laaue ot Jlebrew parqor books ran out ot i/eb~o tJP•. Be was unable to get replaoeaenta anywhere in Switzerland. So he wrote to a type toundery in Berlin, whioh iaroaptly nt)Ue4 , .lta with all he needed. ? AIR AR Berlin tonight is still 1n tlaea. The aaault by the big lanoasters and other bombers or the R A r on Tuesday caused such havoc that tires are still burning in the german capital. $ SUbway are not ·•mning, street oars are not ruuning, express trains ~ .,,. are halte Asixty miles outside the city. In the mat~r ot railroad- transit Berlin ·snot 1 ke other vo Pld c .itals . t ro ~ 3 rl1 , nor:nally . It 'ts not a t ermi u . Trai s run ri g ht o, it you a re ab t o i e e t at tic t ro gh t - irllssian c it 1, you ave •lally int rterred with the ce n tr l •s tem ot jru s ian trans por t a tion • • Iii !'he .!_eventy-eight h ~on re s s or th e U nited ates c o ntin ue s i n f l at an o p en r e b el l i o n aga i ns t th e ~re s ident on t h e t u e s tion of t o o sub s i d ies. T e H o u se to d ay acce p ted a c om romise o n the bill raising the retail p rice ot milk and tor-bidd DC s bsi d ies atter June thirtieth. This was a compromise b e tween the House and the Senate Yeraiona of the measure. The .Senate had adopted the same compromise as 7esterda11\.unanimou1l.J'• In the Houae1President Roosevelt's leader• today · demanded a roll call, insisting that the Represe n tatives should stand up and b e counted. They were willing enough, and the vote was two hundred and forty nine tor th e bill and only a hun d r e d and el t e en on ' the s id e or t h e r es i e nt. :r oo ve lt, it is believed will undeubtldly ve~o th mea ur bl t t e la w m aker s 1th the bit i n th eir e e th, be l i e ve , t he y can a s u r e t e m s e lv e e of t h e two thirds m ajorlty~L will a. OYer--rtde lli;a veto. " n • • • it 4see1 tLts :mgh, nwt t?l1t Npea,ed}7 . . . . . ,. ta• CODS'"91D9 'J- Alaoet e-rer, ••• n get ditterent 1Dtonaat1on ~ut ot Waahl11gton about food , Rot so long ago ~heard that there would be a graTe ehortap ot meat after the next t•• •••k1. Today th• Wai- 7004 '4111nistrat1on seye •• shall ha•• 1om.e"'irhat J10:re beet nt les• pol'IC u d 1111\ton. ~ ~ shall all be u•ina ration token■, u ••ll a■ food ration etap•• Tht token■ will be wonh one foillt eaoh &D4 will be gi nn 1D L •twace tor ten point etoape. Llte 110at thins• ground out by the ,oTermnent aillat the whole bu11D1s1 la exoee41ng1J oontuaiDa• 110- a;J ~ ~~