GOOD IVIRING IVERYBODY:
I' ■
in Chicaao tonigbt--at the ConYention,
bat,
all ia 10
~uiet on
the G.O.P. Convention tront--let'1
tate a
look at the Front in France.
Toni1ht'1 late dieptaca
fro■
Allied head~uar-
ter1
tell• u1 that fighting 11 still 1oin1 on in
Cherbour1-with parties of
lazi'•
re1i1ting de1peratel.
The town, ia
■ teadily
being cleared.
It'• a
■ opping
up operation no•~ with Cberbou~
captured--to all practical purpo1e1.
The
Teeiatance i1
by
■ tubborn
fanatical
lazi'a
who
continue to battle it
out in gtoupa or as individual tightera.
They
are
described aa being
J
•I"
•n•
~
at
their
.oat
for~td~ble in the
dock area-where
,11, 1
1urked
un
.e
r
pt
era
a.nd
in
the many
nooks and
·
cornera
tho.t you'll
ttnd
where
lw.rbor
inst llation1
llre
thru1t out into t
.
be
water. Wbart
out
by
pa
rtiee
ot Aller1~an
~oldters
who
ayetemtioallJ
•ppe4
up
the
h
rbor
lrea.
The principal tocu1 ot eneay resistance
that
■ till
r1atn1
on the
llff'bourg pentneula
11
at
tbe
Northeastern
tip,
lap
De
La
Kacu••
a
tortnt, ..
be 41 n4 oYerlooktng th• •••• That
1
t1 tha point t r • wbtob
Qtrall
arlillery h~• been throwing
■bell•
at the 4oou of Cberbour1,
114 tbe i•e4tate
ta■k,
following the capture ot tbe oitJ,
1• the
llllolion ot the
tortre■•
at
the
tip. American troop, re
&4Tano1n,
•
We haTe detail• today
about
a naftl bombar41111nt that
attended
the
tap'1are
ot the ci ty-&111 ed
war■b1
pa 1\an41ng
ott
in the •nsltah
Cbann• 1
11A
bo•ar4tng-tir■ t
oerm.'ln
shore
batter!•■
and
t'ben
enelQ'
held
1eallon1
•t
\ht town.
The
n
~
val
roroe
wa■
mostly Amerio n,
and
featured
■ome
ot
-tlt
&be
cre~t old
sea
warrior•or
our
n
a~)attle■hipa
Texas,
Arkan■aa
a
nd
11Ylda.
That
I
me
!:
evadf!.,J/,,.t-the
J'apa
lett sitting
on the
~ddy
bottom
at
Pearl
H
-
rbor.
One
of
the
Pe rl
H
a
rbor ships tht\t
baff
been repaired,
llae
1
•TtAa
h~d
her
place
in
then
val
b
ttle
line
ot
:
Oherbourg.
Thebo b rd
~en
t
,
• a h
t
eng
•
emen.
between
war ■ hipe
~
nd
coastal
. .
1
n,, ..... th the
Germflna doinP:
aome
t
1
h
o
~
•~
.
ower
u
•
ooting.Their
claim■
ot
dating Allied vessel ta dented,but
n
are
told that
enemy
■belle
bUrlt uncomfortably
closs
a■
the1 tel 1 in shower,. That 1
1 ,
they did
unti
1
the
r.itghty
■al
voe
ot
n
,
T
1
gun ■,
climaxed
by
tbe
broad ■td••
from
the
Aoerican
b
~
ttleehlpa,
put
n
quietu ■
on
the
abore batter!•••
!be
Qlran
gun■
were knocked out,
11.nd
then
the
ft
R
Y&l
cannon 4treate4 their
11• at nem, • held
poet tion1
in Cberbour1.
Thie
requtrecl
■oae
mtgbt1
alarp
and
cloae
shooting,
•1th
Allied
■belle
r~klng
enemy
■ection,
not
. _ . , tar trom
the
~dvanoe.p
rtl••
or
&llte4
troop■•
0
Well, the
tnTB ■ ion
nen
will
now
■wttab
troa Cherbourg
~n4
1t•1
I
pentn1ula to
other
section•
ot
the
second rr
r
~t.
In tset, it
11
~
lrea41
-
-
•itching- with
ne
w■
or
a
new nd Tiolent drift at the
~B■ tern
encl the
battle
line tn
J
or
ma
ndy.
'f
tth
lberbourg
falling, ~•ault-tor.nander
3rit11h
~eneral
'
-
·ontgomery
sent hle
troop■
forward
in the
area
ot
Ca.en
and
'aa11ux.,i!!'a::'la
shattering
a
rtillery boob
a
rdment, they
thru■t
14
a
head-opening a new aecond ..
tront
ortenelff.
The purpose
ot
the
driff
.....
--
la
the
capture
ot
en-th
t
orman
city
which
h s been
a point
ot
atalsma•
•Yer
atn
ca
the
first
d~ys
or
the tnv
sion.
Once again
today in
Soviet Russia,
Stalin 1aaued
~
n
announce
m
ent,
telling
ot
the
captur
e
ot
an
import nt city
nd a
key
en-., stronghold•
Vi
tebtk. Tbe
Germ
'l
n' •
had
ar
rieon ther');ro
m
titty to
eeTenty-t1Te
I-
lbou1an4
men,
\
Dd
~reaucably
these were
3
de
prt ■oner.
The
nn
Ru ■ aian
ottene1Te 1•
only tour
day■
old-the
n■ eault
trom
~
~
Ult
laetf
while the l'eetern A.lltea pr••• the tnfteton
01·
7ranoe~
The
tlr1t front ooll borattng
with
the
■eoon4
front.
We
note4
at
the
time
-
-
-
-
ntn
the nn
Sonet
a
ttaok
began,
th t lt
waa
at
the
middle ot the line,
anll . . .
4ireote4 along tbe
hl ■ torto
h11llny
lo
l'ar•w,
an4 theDN
-tl.t-.,..~I;____.
Otflall7, the enemy heart.
A.n4
now Vtteltek,
!l' ,,.,..,
foMtr••••ba•
fallen after tour
d
e.
ya
ot
tbe
Sonet otfene.t
Te.
Thie, wt /\
-
~
another
h1port
"'
nt . . _ threaten• 'to
unhlqe the wbole
teran
detenae
"
u ...
We
can only
gueao whether
_
a
retreat
in
that eector
may
or
may
not
be
part ot a German
pl
n
ot
methodtaal
ri
thdrawal. The •••1 •• are
11111
4Np tn
Ru ■■ ta
in thi•
ar•-
after baTtng been
hurled beyond the
Soviet boundary further South,
i
n
the
Ukraine.
-o-
tW.Yt
The Allied ~dvanoe in Italy took a new
leap tor
ard
today-
be&'1
~
11
reaietanoe
had
been broken.
The
oerm
n•
8
put
up a
ruriou ■
t11ht
9Drtb of
'"
~
~athedr
-
1
ct
ty or Perugta.In that
naountatn
••ctor,
arttleh
•11btb UfflY troop, had~ Tiolent battle on their
b&nd ■,
but
th•1 euccee4e4 in breaking
through,
and
droTe
on)•n~oth■r ■eotor■
of
the
tront
haTe
~dvanoe4
with
corr■■pon4tna
raptdit7.
-------------------..J
On
the
feet
Coaat,
AMrloan
J'ittb
Army
lroop■
to4a7
captured
tb■
taportant
harbor
ot Pioablno;
an~
the7 nee4 a ba.l'bor ap tbat
way.
Tb■7
foun4 the port blown to
blt■ -but
tbe
<lel'IIUI■
didn't
4o 11, 414n't
baft
to.
TIiiy
nre
■ pared
tb&t
ta■t
ot
demolitlon-b7
Al11 ■4
bou1n1.
kplo ■ ift
fro■
AMriO!Lll and
Britlab
ftJ'
plan••
had
10
bla■ ted
tbe
por\.,,,
that
tt
•
ftl
111•1•••
tor
the
CJerana,
Ind 1
t
will
be
tlMt . . . .
tor
ua-untll ••
npalr
tt.Otherwi••
howeftr,
-iba
ctt1 of Piombino
1■
bal'dly
damaged-
&
tribute
to Allied
rn
-:.
rlcr.l'l.n■htp ri
th
boClba.
The
n-
■tory tell■
of
huge
bolib craters in
neat
ro•• along the line
ot
the 4ooa-an4 not
a
buil41ng knocked oTer
1n
·
the
oit7 Juat
behind
th• port
area.
- o-
t\
ne
· fro
.
Chin
~
continues
to be unr •or
ble
wtth
one eapeot lly
---
omnou• point tod
.
-
~
n
airbase.
A
Ye
ha••
heard
all
long
that the bi
1 paneae otten•t" which
captured
the
r1~e owl r
~
ilroad center
ot
Cht\ng•ba
na
deetgned, tor
0119
thtng,
to strike at
air
ba ■ea
1n Southern China. Th•••
~r•,
ot
courae,
wrtoan-bullt flyJng tlelda. And a couple or
week■
ago, the trbole atr
1'&H
bu1tne•1
n• ctr"
ttaed
by
the
•uper-bollber raid aptn•t
1apan-the
treat
tteld ■
tn
the wlld1 of Southern
Cbl•,
llatU
I
tt b:,
a
"lir&ale.
All
ot
whtoh
1• tn the b:ic':,round,
when
we
learn
toclay that
t'ba
111p'1
are now
att
a
cking tbe
atr
ba••
at
Beqyana.
-rbly
hg,ft bNn dri•i . .
toward
that
obJeott.,.
•••r
1tnoe
the
capture
of
Ch&ng•ba,
:in4
the laat
-
ft
heard they were twenty m.tle•
away.
Jfow they
haft
reached
Bengyang
an4
lt■
air
baH.
All flying fiel4 tn•tall
ttona
were either
moTe4
&'fl&7
or
deatro794
u
the
1ap
advance drew
near.
Al•o-the
entire ciYtltan population
of
the
cu, or
Hengyang
h
a
■
been ••
cu&te4,
nth
the 4efen4era
preparing
one of
tbo11
bitter.end stands th
t
have
been
ti-Uniltar in
the
China
war •
..
Hengyang
is
an il!lport
·
Ln
t junction point
on
the
rJJ.ilroad
t'ro111
B&nkow
to
Oanton, down which the 1aps
are
driving.
But
the
focus
ot
d
r
~
matto
9
,,reit
11••
in
the rat th
4
t it
l■
th•
■ lt
~
of on• of
tbo••
Amarlaan•
1'Ullt -1r •••• tn Southern Cblna
oa
Satpan
I•l
nd
the
American
toraea
ha-e
,
captured \be
btgge ■ I
0
,,1ael•
that
confronted them--the
t
11
peak,
,
T potahau. We beard.:/-
tbl
ea4
of
1
1t
weet
bow
the
inndlq
trooj. nre• drt
Ylftl
up
■lope■
of
&bl
aoantatn la
a
4e■per
te battle
aaatn■t ■utct4•
.Tapa.
•e• ti.y•w
1am
t
Tapolobau
a
nd
tbe
late1t tell•
of
a
'b•,ta1
ott
irilh
en-.,
ooant•r-a tu.ck.
-
..
alorte1 are rel
a
te4
about
the ttiht tor the
mount
~
t•--
tilt
taotSoe
the
J'
tl
pe
11 ■•4
and
the
•tbod■
tb&t
our
•n
u ■ecl
agatael
lhn.
!Ill
•unu.tnou■
parts
~ti
s.fln
a
bound ta
oa••••
roe~ ca
Tera•
that
ma4
far underground. The
J
a
p■
uae th••• tor
■ troq-potnt ■,
-md
that
I
ltd to
a
1pect~oul
a
r
eptaode ln
the
battle
tor
t
!apo\obau.
ilYaDctng
b
ertca.n
troop■
cR.118 upon
a
r
A
Yln•
1tae4 wtth
o
a
ve ■,
a
a4
from
thee•
the
J'ape opened wtth a h••YT fire ot
rifle■
~nd mohta•
pa■•
!ow to capture that
ra•tn•
wt
th
1
t1 rowa
of oa••rn
fortre1■•d
Tb&t
wa1
a
proble
'!l
,
and the .Amertc
13,.
na
o
dnnoe
ap
the
■ lope ■
ot
li
t
Tapotchau • •
.
Then a
solution
•a•
tound-ortillery. Batterte• ot
c
a
nnon
were
brought
up, nd these rtred into the
m
ouths
of
the
c
·
•••--point blank
fire,
with t
h
e shells
w
hiz
z
in
g s
tr
~
ight into
th
e
a
~
••rn
openings
a
nd
llplodin
g
i
n
si
de
.
A ba
t
t
le o
f
rtill
e
ry ver
s
us
oa
ve
a
-
.n
d the
u
n
de
r
g
r
o
und
fapl " r
wiped
out • whereu1>on the 4T
nee up the mountain continued •
•
\DD
S~IP
s
Th
~
1 test 1s
~
diep
tch from HeadquBrters
or
the P
a
cific
fl
e
et tattn th~t A~eric n troops h4Ye etor d their way to the
outskirt
of
the town that r~nke s the c~pitBl of Saipan-the town
or
r p
·
n.
Thia is the
site
or
n air
o~•e-the ueual obJectiTe
in
-node~n
war
i,ollctlffIOOS 08J'ICTORS.
Tb• Ar,ny reveals an intereatlng thing on the auo~eot of
ai.a,otenltou• obJeotor•- th••• uuwntnc
n&1011
W!lo
refuae to tt1hl
11
Ula
nr,
••en
in
4
•f•n•e
ot tbelr own ooatr7.
TIiey
are, howT1r,
nllllll
lo help
ln
other
~~u-;prt,1111
waya. Tbe Army
tell•
118
of
0
couctentio,a obJector• wllo
haw
ottered tbe•elfta •• Guinea
Ml•
tor 1z,ert•nt1 tor the cur•
at
dl1eue■ •
·
ru,
ooncern1
two
•1a41e1
ln
partioular-latluea• and
a
type
of
.-aoaia
that 4o•• not re
e
von4 to tnataanl
"1
lb tbe •ulta
4n,a.
Ara,
too\or••
wanted
to
mab
1tu4le1 t!ut tnftlft4
the
u•e ot
buaan
'belnp
wtlltng to let
tbnaelfta be
lnftocna1ale4. And three
poapa
ot oonaotentl-
,,Jeoton,
a
lmndre4
and
tnnl7-two ln
all
Tolunleered-"Snthu•la■ ttoal~,•
..,. the
Ar.,..
!My
nre
tnteot•d with lntlu•••
aD4
tbat
partloular tne
of 111•uaonla.
Ot the hundred and twenty-two, ntnet7-tour beaaae 111,
•o•
ot tb•
eertou ■ly
111,
but all reoo•ered •
•
Tbat i• only on• example cited 'b7 tha
.lrll',
which
10•1
on
to
tell
of other e,cpertmenta-tn which
oon1oientiou1 obJeotor• eubmttte4
tbeuelfte
to a plague
or
cootie• to teat
·
the etteot ot
Y&riou1
1n■eot-de•trona,
Pffder1
and
■olution■•
Tbe idea here
wa•
to combat
typtm■,
which
1■
And, in
■ till
another o
~
se, conaclentloua objectors
drank aea
••• colSCIINTIOUS
B.TECTO s.
:r~
,iater,- try that aome
A.
(
time.
!bey
qatte4
goblet ■
ot
the
aa1,y
wt•
of
the
ocean,
,.n4
tm
A.nay
4ootor• • cheok84 on the way they reao\e4•
b a
1
tu41
of
the
etteat
ot
tlae
4r1a1c1ng
ot
■alt
water
by
oaatawap a,
•a.
Ute ahot-4own tlier• drttt1n1 1n their rubber boat••
•
•
It
ia•nt often
tha
t we get
n•••
with
a plea1ant aoun4 troa our
,nea1ea,
but
h
ere 1• a
atat9'llent
trom the Jfaz1 atde
that..,
iin•I at all
1111plea1anl to hear. Ye are told what the GerMna think about the
ttuipaent
of
the American
troop■
fighting
on the Cherbourg
Peninaula.
!bl
Sa.st•• there aall
our
blg 1nTa1ion unlt1-•D1rt11one 4e
Luxe.•
Mcauae
they are ao superbly equipped tor their
taab
ot
nr.
An
otticlal Y.asl newa agenay quote, a Gel'mlUl Statt Ottlaer aa
1tatlng the tollowinc
about
tho ■•
•D1n11on1 4•
tun,•
«,,.
~
A• ..
troops could
be
better
;;ulppe~ban tbl
AMrlou• ■t•
..,..
•
•ta ti.tr
huge ou\er pooket,, •
be
ao••
on, • ttiay aarry a miniature
oompaa■,
ateel
tile ■,
aecllosment1, 3lr pbolo'•
and •P• on lhtn etlk,
-«<.fJ..
cllwin1 SUS•• An4,
'J
a44 ■,
•
tn1trWH11t1 tor
19d
ta
ting
antmal■••blob
they u1e to oo!MILlntcate with
eaoh
other st n1gbt.•
ru,
la■ t
gadget
11
10Mthtn1
fl
ba••n•t heard about and
11
1ntereatlng-it true.
It,••
a non1'7 lo
tblilk
ot
Amlriaan
■oldier1
llgnallin~••oh
other
at
night by
imt&tln1
the Tola••
ot
anlaala.
Barking like a dog, 1
auppo■e,
or meo•lnc
ltn
a oat, the
bab-'ah
bleating ot
a aheep,
or
maybe
the atentorlan tenor of
the
Ar'117 mule.
Or
the
eong
ot a bird-like the
trilling
of the legended
mockingbird
ot
Dixie land.
~IVEITJQI
This convention ditfe~, troa other,
in one notable reapect.
For aoat
ot
thea
two ahirta a day.
Thia will stand out as the three
1hirt convention.
l■xf••xtixiaxata■
The net re1ult1 ot one
da7 of aillin1 around the convention hall and the bi&
hotel ~here
ao1t
ot
the headquarter, ar~ocate4 ia
a
perfect recipe tor enJoyin1 and •••orin1
a
bi1
national con••ntion.
{
1
giYe tbia recipe treelJ:
Stato■e,
turn on the tan, and turn on your fayorite broadca1t DI
■tatioa,
r
- ~ ~ . r ~ •
>\i.?~
c ·
"R.-.A,
~'-"'~-A~
o~•.
)
The
aoat iaportant -'•• reyealed today
·
••• the tact that Governor Dewey
ot
lew York 11 to
be noainated by one
ot
his fellow Governor,, the
honorable Dwight Gri wold of lebraata,
'41C.,11
one
of the
a1111.-..i=~=~i; '
1 u c c e a a t u ~ c i e ~
/·
-oe
~
-
+
-~
•
H
11
the recent crop of Republic•~
·
e
credited with having restored the governaent
ot
hia
*
State fro• a wobbly condition Mtb ••• Pll<l.P
19
COIVENTIOR - 2
"'••-••••• to coaplete aol•ency and progreaai•e
action.
That ia •hat hia fellow Republican, iay
about Dwight Griswold. So it ia coniidtred
here in
Chicago a happy circua1tanoe that the brilliant
Governor of lew Yort ia to be nominated by hi•
aJ4
colleague
troa Hebra1ta.
Today's proceeding• at the Con••ntion hall
••r•
1triotly routine, the u1ual•1ort)ef
1 k ~
only by unu1ually loud complaint• about the
But then, there
"'l:;t,etu• ..
ia hardly •••r a
The routine included the
unani ■ou1
election
by
accla ■ation,
of Governor Earl
Warren
ot
California aa temporary
Chairaan, whose
aole
will be to deliver the leynote speech tonight.
were
sighs of relief around the hotel corridors over
the
newa
that the keynote apeeob would beproperly
in tune, with the progres
s
of the
daya,
by which I
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•••nit will be shortf. peraanent Chalraan
Con•ention,
ot course, is to be Was ~•,..l•• Joe
■arti
of la1aachuaett1~ Republican leader on the floor of
the Bouae of RepresentatiYeaTone
ot the question•
11 yet unanawered here in Chicago 11: lho will be
the lational Chairaan of the party, the aan who will
run the caapaignt GoYernar Dewey'• cloaeat a11ociatea
in politic• are Ru11ell Spra1ue, national
couittee ■an
tro ■
iew York, Edwin Jaectle, State Cbairaan
ot
■••
tort, and Herbert Brownell, who aanaged the GoYernor••
1ucce11tul caapaign tor election, in lineteen Forty
Two.
It Governor Dewey 1• nominated -- and there ia
•
no longer any doubt about it -- Jaectle will be too
buay doing the eaaential job of winning New York State.
lo aan can be elected President, at lea1t no
Republican, who doean't
win lew
York.
So Jaectle
•ill not be available aa Rational Chairaan.
iuaaell
Sprague, . . astute and charaing~
~
• y:ap••,
and would be a fine Chairaan.
But the goaaip around the hotel lobbeys is that he
re ■aina
therefore Herbert Brownell Jr,
Herbert
•••••■■llxlaa
Brownell Jr. a reaarkable coabination
ot
aaoothn••• and practical capacity.
Herb, a•
tYerybody calla
hia,
11 10
aaiable and
10
gentle of
aanner that you have to
l■ax
know hia quite a while
bttore you learn that under hi1 100d manner• ia
the 1ounde1t
co■aon
1en1e,
political se1acit1 and
executi•• abilitJ.
The other queation of the hour
11:
lill
the atalwart Earl
larren of California accept th•
noaination tor the Vice Pre1ideao1? Hitherto
be ha•
been a aan
ot
his word
aocl he baa 1aid
eapbaticallJ
that be ii not a candidate and doean•t want the Job.
But the alogan todaJ
aaong
iepublicana i• that no
aan is too big to retuae a dratt. There ar.e Republican
in California who
■a
echo the notion that it would be
aaart
if the hepublican• noainated the Deaocratio
,, but anti-Rooseyelt B7rd of Virginia tor Vice-
President.
But the aajority reapon•• to that
i•
that
it would be too unorthodox even in these days.
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But another question and, between you
~-■e,
to aany delegates the aost urgent is, when
Jo
:::::2
get out of here? There is no definite an1wer
,.
to
that.
It has been whispered however, that if tbere
is
not too auch arguaent about the platfora, noainatioD1
aight begin toaorrow, begin and end with Dewey
noainated on the firat ballot, which would proaptly
~
■ade
••••
unanimou1
1
b1 acclaaatiol!Jand
1
the whole
bu1ineas over by nightfall. That,
■ ind
you, 11 only
a
ruaor, and aay be wiahtul thinking.
But in that
fa caae
Governor
l••J
Dewey could
be
here by Wednesday
£-
to
■ate
hia acceptance apeech.--
that
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After
•~•*
of
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will be all over.
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