L.T, SUNOCO.THURSDAY « NOVEMBER ?n, i qai good evening EVERYBODY: The late war new* comes with a ringing sound. The British are within ten miles of Tobruk. This means a long and swift advance, seventy five miles - from the Egyptian border to that stronghold, which has been under siege ever since last spring. The United Press bulletin from Cairo reads as follows:- ’’Imperial troops have captured an escarpment only ten miles southeast of the perimeter defenses of Tobruk.” ^Ten miles to go to get outer def eases, todtii-DillluU. —A- U brilliant beginning of thejnorth ktt African asault, which was , • announced only yesterday - late yesterday afternoon. The first main objective of the drive launched by the Empire forces would be to relieve that garrison at Tobruk, and if they did be a vivid success. You'd tnlnk, that having driven so far, all the »ay to I'obruk, the empire forces must have had hard light g f . crashing through the tans divisions of the Germs ns and Italians let the Cairo dispatch speaks of only feeble resistance. So the real battle may be only beginning. -i*echanized British columns may have swung around deeply tnrough the empty desert, only to clash with tnt Axis powers near to Tobruk. The Cairo bulletin Indicates that Mazl tank divisions are retiring. perhaps concentrating to meet the shock. And this afternoon J in London^Prlme Minister Churchill stated: "We sb do not know whether the trial of strength has yet taken place ksttw between heavy armored forces, but It hb cannot be long delayed". Churchill spoke in the House of Commons, and gave a description of the kind of warfare that Is now raging on the desert - something special, not like any other. iiirT bnnn Inng aftd oltrbnrfltBly prapari4^y"0Qld the Hrltlsh .rrime— '^^Inlobef.- "There te 'BOthing Iti the wepid—^u4rte-i4ke in therire3tera«4aaer±, swlXJ;, moveaonliT-^r^ only power ftad^^eeehenlzal+on^ Conditions in many respect , be went on, "are like those of sea war. The principal units Involve^ iceep wireless silence while preparing or making - 3 rapi'i extensive movements. The encounter, when It Is achieved, he said, ns li^e the clash of fleets^-ilottltTry. And, as in a naval battle, all may be settled one way or the other in perhaps two hours. t ^othlng-ooiilr) ha iif>i:a.opptslte -tt»>>«tie-deaci fc-gua---5 the -Kfe- UTirstoa* A \ >Chupoh44d.-tel:le-%i* ■ point»Bg~cnrt a~ pgYAQgje oT"warr-^^ The war in Russia is particularly vague tonight. It has been shrouded in doubt on pr^v/flous days, but tonight it is more so. Presumably the battle before Moi'cow Is continuing - after sane measure of Nazi ad'^ance to the north of the city. Vie had tnis last night and it was KHnfirfid confirmed this morning. Berlin is silent, and tne most graphic piece of war news we have is from tne temporary Soviet capital. And yet this news is cryptic in character. We don't know where it happened, The Soviets tell of a terrific blitzkrieg assault, but merely locate it as - in the south. Just where in the soutn, they <ion't XX say. Possibly in tne Rostov area, the gxtRfe gateway 16 ve irlv^ft" ^ the Qsux Caucasus. IIcavy■ 1U l ,»1 LMiL - ^ ^ ililhi A ray The Panzers are launching what the hussians call ”terrific blows^. And tne Soviet newspaper Hed Star declares the situation is "serious". But where? On the other hand, the Red Army claims advances in front of Leningrad, where the Army defending the city is said to be driving forward with a powerful assault of planes. artillery and Infantry. WF,itOAflg T Last night's reports about General Weygand are amply confirmed tonight. The government of I^arshal Petain at Vic announces that the French- pro- consulto North Africa has been removed, Weygand held the post of delegate for Coordination of 1 Nortii Albican defenses, - which gave him the comruand of all the I French forces in Alrica* That job is now abolished. Weygand was | also Governor Nof Algeria, and in that post he is now replaced. The Vichy governmentXannounced the appointment of a series of new governors of French\Afrlcan possessions. Last night we had V/ashington advices saying that the question of food for theVrench would be held up unti]. the Weygand affair is made clear - wliatXit means. This was confirmed today by the State Department, which s\bated that the whole question of aid to the French v:ould be reconsiaered. Hitherto, the United States has been sending provisions to '^e North African forces under Weygand*s command — tills as par A of a policy of trying to \ them from yielding to the Nazis, general Weygand has been regarded ss the number one factor in resistance to Hitler. \So it's only logical that his disappearance from the North African scene should M pgGA^ - ? Immediately bring American aid to a halt. The State Department declaration made the outright assertion that V^eygand was ousted because of Hitler. However, the VKashIngton word would seem to be that the United States does not Intend to withdraw recognition of the Vichy regime - by recognizing the Free French group headed by General de Gaulle, However, a resolution has been introduced in Congress calling for the recognition of DeGaulle/ II i ! The British governnent today apologized for discourtesy to Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Ambassador to the United States. Litvinov has been having quite a time, making his way from the temporary Soviet capital tn route to Washington. First, his plane was reported lost .They turned up safely, but had an exciting air voyage flying down the Caspian way to Persia. Then at Teheran, Litvinov and his wife were refused a seat in a British plane - there wasn't any room for them. He was highly indignant about it, said he had been insulted. Apparently the trouble was because of a midunderstanding by a minor British official, but it caused plenty of annoyance in London - where members of the Churchill Government ssta are constantly being attacked for not loving the Soviets too much. TodaJ^. brought an apology, when a spokesman for the Cabinet told the House of Conir.ions that a full investigation is being made - as to why Litvinov and his wife were refused space in the British plane? The promise of an investigation vi-as accom|)anied by an apology in the House of Commons. JAPAN Thanlcs^itlng was no holiday for Secretary of Stat. Cordell Hull - not witn the American-Japaaese negotatlons la xii such a state of crisis and suspense. Today, spe^fTl Emis^&fy r i and the Japanese Ambassador to W^Tshington wpntto the ..v-v- Department for a fori»€rI conference^,.^This was unusual. ncyc accordlng^^tcTdiplomatic cu^;bom - transacting business on fday. |bhe Japanese word from Tokyo, and A /f negotiations are so urgent tnat the holiday didn’t count. tua r Emissary Karusu and the Toniyo Ambassaior iaid received the instructions for which they had been waiting. So the diplomatic parleys were renewed at once. They had a conference for an hour with the Secretary of State. ^N^^^^rally, we uBixaiawB we are not told what transpired. But we are Informed that the negotiations are still in the exploratory stage, ea examining plans and ideas, presenting viewpoints. No definite decisions have been arrived at, no specific proposals presented. the Far Bast, the news is mixed. From Tokyo today an ominous warning was issued to the Japanese Parliament. V JAPAH - 2 Uajor General Sato stated plainj^taat If In the Pacific, Japanese citles^w^* be bombed ^ burned. He referred to tiie well known fact that the Japanese towns are built mostly of wood, flimsy construction, and Incendiary bombs would turn them Into a sea of flames. The Tokyo General stated that this Is exactly what would happen - sl vast burning of wooden houses. The peril of fire, he added, called urgently for a promotion of the fighting spirit among the people - fighting morale to K±liixp]i withstand the bombing and burning. Another Japanese General appeared before the Tokyo House of Peers and made the grave zk statement that the Island empire Is now confronted by what he called ’*an unpreceded crisis^. Furthermore, Premier General Tojo spoke out with these words; "The national literally stands at the crossroads^^ rise or fall»^. The Tokyo news would seem to paint the Pacific crisis in darK colors. On the other hand, Japanese quarters In Shanghai A today were expressing optimism - the cheery belief that the conferences in Washington would result In an agreement. The word among the Shanghai Japanese was that Tokyo Is offering Silj, japan - 2 to guarantee to the United States that Japan will stay out of GUZ^. tur ili»y--tnnn GreL ------- the economic restrictions against Japan. They say that these economic measures against the Mikado’s empire are having such a drastic effect that Japan must either have them raised by agzsKoXugt agreement, or try to break them by war. Today the Shanghai Japanese were xm smiling with the belief that it would be — agreement A relief 5 1 y \ In Congress today, there was a reappearance of the question - food relief for the hungry in the oonouered countries 'jv' of Europe. A resolution demanding food relief was announced - X resolution s7#sxiK^tiBH^slgned by two hundred and twenty members of the Lower House,^a majority. They proclaim themselves in favor of ^ a soup kitchen test to see whether or not It is possible to feed A the starving, without benefiting the Nazis. Begin with Belgium, establish soup kitchens in tfiat country for the relief of three million of the most pressing starvation cases - and see how it works out, a practical test. The resolution was announced by Congressman Lesinskl, a Democrat of Michigan. He stated that the food relief demand has the support and signatures of a hundred and sixteen Republicans, a hundred and two Democrats, three progressives, and one farmer-labor!te, a majority of the House. brings back to a focus of interest the plans advocated by former ^lerbert floove^rf^e-has bee^^ur^g a food kitchen way of feeding the Starving, iutytjltherto efforts oftiierbeEt have A M been blocked by the British — Mfho Inslsta on maintiinlng RaiEE - ^ th6ir blockads. Th© British hav© boen unchanging in thei' opinion that if Food is S6nt to the conQuered peoples^ it will help the Nazi invader. Now, however, the resolution signed by a majority of the House of Representatives, may provide new and powerful backing for the Hoover plan. The former President is in the news in still another way - an address that he made last night. Herbert Hoover declared that Hitler cannot win, and that this nation is not in any aanger. He warned against a new A.E.F. which would imperil our own freedom and would result in a huge sacrifice of American lives. Or, in Herbert Hoover’s words, ”The wholesale loss of the best of >'»ur race.” STRIKE The principal outbreak of coal strike violence today ms at Brov.-nsville, Pennsylvania. Union pickets clashed with non-union workers who were on the job in a captive mine. The trouble began when a non-union i^egro miner fired two shots at line of pickets and wounded one of them in the shoulder. Whereupon, groups of strikers and sympathizers opened fire with revolvers. There was an exchange of shots, and also a series of clashes with fists and clubs, ^iobody killed, but several were injured. Tonight, we continue to near of the spreading of the strike. The United Press survey today indicated that the total number of men on strike now comes to a hundred and seventy-five thousand. And uUnion leaders tonight are predicting that in West Virginia alone an additional sixty-tv/o thousand commercial miners will join the walkout tomorrow. u At Garfield, New Jersey, today a cheering crowd attended a Thanksgiving Day wedding. Three hundred people jamiBed into the office at City Hall, where the Mayor of Garfield united in holy wedlock a husky sailor and his bride. Why all the public enthusiasm? Here's the story:- Until a couple of months ago Josephine Phillips worked In a silk mill at Passaic, New Jersey. Then she lost her job - employees laid off. She went looking for another job — went to New York. No luck — she couldn't find one. The little money she had vanished in a few days. A* She had no place to go. She became a waif and a stray ctf New A York. She slept in subway trains, and walked In Central Park. Day dfl after day she became more and more downcast, hopeless -- and hungry. Then one night, as she walked disconsolately In Central Park a sailor came strolling. He accosted the girl. m spoke to her. He sensed that there waJsomethlng unusual, something She pitiful, about her. He asked her — what she was ng. heart hungry for someone to talk to, someone who would give — spent the rest of the night sitting and talking — until dawn. girl - 2 her sympathy. She told him of ten long days and nights, hungry and wretched, with no place to go. Thus the girl In the park related her story to sailor Bill Langford of Victoria, Texas. Sailor Bill took Josephine to a restaurant, and bought her a square meal. He offered to give her money to get a room for herself. She refused. She wouldn’t take it. They In the morning Sailor Bill had to go back to tm his ship. He told Josephine he would meet her at the same place In the park on the following night. Josephine spent the rest of the day In the subway. catching a bit of sleep as she sat in a car. The day seemed terribly long,Wouldn’t night ever come? It finally did and to the park she went, keeping the date. She waited no sign of Sailor Bill. Then a man approached and asked her if she was Josephine. He had a note for her. She read it, and her heart sank. By a bad break of luck and Navy Department orders. Sailor Bill’s ship had put out to sea — and he was aboard. That seemed to be the end of things for Josephine. ii girl - 3 All she could do was go on sleeping In subways and walking in the park, day after day, night after night. Finally she was picked up by the police and sent to the house of detention as a vagrant. The story became known, and got into the newspapers as a human Interest heart throb. Aboard ship at sea, sailor 0 Bill had not forgotten. He appealed to his Commander for leave to go to Josephine — he wanted to marry her. The publicity attracted the notice of a cousin of Josephine’s out in New Jersey. This cousin offered her a home until Sailor Bill could come and get her. So to Garfield, New Jersey, she went and waited — until now. Today they were married — Thanksgiving Day. The whole town was waiting for the wedding — so ^ 1 * 2 ^ appealing was the story of Sailor Bill and Josephine. The ceremony was £ public event. A crush of people attended. There was a half an hour of congratulations and haatxk* hands)Ca6-Ug, t>efore the newlyweds could get away. They started off on their honeymoon with enough money to set up housekeeping when they return, a Hollywood producer has aptii paid them Two Hundred - 4 dollars for the movie rights to their Love story - to make a motion picture of it So it was just about a perfect Thanksgiving Day for homeless Josephine and her gallant Sailor Bill, Now Sailor Bill — I mean Hugh — can you think of any tiling we have to be thankful for?