deadly affair for the Japa. Toda7'a report tell• of two thousand •n••J troopa alain when the7 launched a ___ _, oounter-attack, an i n f i l t r a t i o ~ h • J aa4• 10•• progress at firat, but were wiped out in 1anguinary fighting. Thia ia atated by toni&ht'• bulletin froa Adairal liait1, which continue• b7 telling ua that there ia beav7 fi&htina lik••i•• on tb• Orot-: Peninaula of · G•••• There, Ar■J troop• an4 larin•• ,v;zR are driving a1ain1t an alrdro••~ two tbouaaa4 J a p a ~ ~ ~ - . " On nearb7 !inian Ialand the Ja a are ~ )t1411-..,0,"•~~ to the southern tip. Apparently they• sastzstaa A ~ for one of thrlnioide banaai attacka, which will/ •s & Tl t I an ",he fighting on Tinian Ialand, A ur DEIIAL lord froa the eneay •ide ia •eldo~ welooae, but thi• ia:-Toda7, the newa ha1 been referrin& to a thing stated by the Jap1, alld it ia worth ■J repeat DI again. An official Tot70 1poke1aan denie• that •ny O'M.JT ~ ore• aeabera of..., Aaerioan 1up•rfortrea1 h••• bee A ~ ezeouted. In the raida that tho•• giants of the air ata&ed a1aill1t Japan proper, aoae of the B-291 ••r• loat. ~ It ian•t clear whether or not the Jap1 _ captied an7 of the crew aeabera. lo••••r, Tok70 414 claia that 10■• ••r• aade pri1oaer1 1 and the Japaaeae·radio ••• reported aa aayin& that 10■• of th••• had been ezeouted. -- Such DD atrocit7 did not•••• unlikely, the Japa haYiD& preYioualy ahot aoae · ' of the Doo _ little flier• - in that first bo■biDI of Japan. And, aoreo•er, the lar Eaatern eneaJ ■ad• brutal threat• of ezecutin1 other priaonera of war who ai1ht be taken in raid• againat Japan. t ~e Jap• 4enJ the execution of low, however, a any of the aen of the Saperfortre••••• and eaJ the ur DIIIAL - 2 report in thi• country 1• baaed on aarble4 radio. Tb• word tir1t oaae in a broadcaat froa Siaaap•r•~ ~ 11111 reception ot whioh waa bad. Onl7 a few 1•• fra1aentar7 pbra••• 1ot throqh, aad tbeae were aiainterpreted - wron1l1 tatea to indicate the execution of the Aaericana fliera. That'• the Tokyo 1tor7, and Ila we hope it'• tr••• China report, that the bitter eiege of Ben11an1 i• atill goin1 on, the Chin••• garriaon atill holdin1 out in that city doainatlng the all-iaportant railroad. Tb• Jape want that railroad fro ■ · Bangtow to Canton, the poa ■ eaaion of which will enable the ■ to cut China ln two. And the Chinese at Beng7an1 are pertorain1 one of those alao1t incredible exploit• of reai1tance. . ·••It• The1'•• been under 1ie1• for lona 11 i■••~ and are beina 1upplied b7 air. The aaanit-'.e of the air operatio -tl.!- 1• indicated bJ a dl1patoh tonight which 1tate1AChine1e and Aaerican plane• ha•• dropped 1 to the 1arri1on of Ben11an1 1 twent7-aiz thou1aad pound• of food, aa■unltlon and other auppli••• Th••• include two hundred thou■ and cigarette, and fifteen thousand atraw ■andal1 -- the latter being a typioallJ Chin••• it••• for the beleaguered garri1on at len11a•1• QAICI The A■erican otfenaiYe in lor■and7 baa cracked the Ger■an line •ide open, and the latest tell• ot U.S. ar■ored toroea alaahin1 thei _ • ••J throuih di1or1ani1td re ■nante ot tbe enea7 detenae. in whirlin1 tank adYancea. All account, ot the tour c1a1 driYe place eapha1ia on the part that Aaerican ar■or 11 pla7ing • ..._ & General I■ Sheraan tank• rippin1 in the ■oat, Yiolent kind ot ti&htina. The adYanoe ha• no• pu1hed to a depth ot tifteea ■ ilea, and the Geraan tront ' haa di1inte1rated to 1uch an extent that the battle ha• been turned into ■a1ea of rapid ao•eaent, fluid warfare - .... I ., 1 1 s..1- 11 the town of Coutancea.(.a"•••=• - - • • • ZJaa ■ ~-.. haYe reached the out1tirt1 of that place, and are now ••**l• battlin& their ••1 into the town. The itrate&J of the ca■pai1n no• 1ee■1 to-■ be twofold. The iuediate parpoae i• tfat-flank the Geraana along the coast. The Aaerican break-throuah 11,llCE - 2 11 ~arallel to the ooaat, Ill■ a * z ••• ••• aad threaten■ to cut around la1i toroea and pin the■ aaainat the ahore. BoweYer, the indication■ are that the ••••J aaJ be gettin1 out ot the threatened trap_ bJ beatlna a ha1t7 retreat, thereb7 peraittin1 the A■m.cana to , ~ ~ N ' - f ! torw,ard J:h• aore ~uil.7~ -e:-(1 ~ . , . ~ .. ~ - Q ~~~ie,- , - , . . ~ •-c,,~ low the lar11r obJecti•• - Brittan7. To the 1outh ot loraandJ beaina tlat aaolent pro•inoe, which eztenda to the leat - a lar1• peaiaaula. And we bear that on• Aaerloao ooluan ha1 paabe4 10 tar that ita . ad•anoe now oonatitutea a driYe tor Brittany. A 1laaoe at the aap will •~ow t~a\ ·a tllr••\ to the aoatb wo•ld cat ott the Breton Peninaala, with i\1 1reat port ot Breit - which would certaial7 be a aaperb prise of war for the Allie ■, another 1reat harbor, lot aaob ~ an unlikelJ pri•• *• eitl•~, if the l■ericaa oolaaaa . - ~ continue the-1ro1re••,~~., ..a• 4•1.ae. aaaahin1 th' 1 r A •a1 through di1or1ani1ed oppo■ ition, TheJ ■ i1ht aoon be at the ver1• of BrittanJ - ... dri•ing to cut oft that peninaula. u,, The ■echani•d fanta17 of ■odern battle ia illuatrated by a rip-inortin& thrill 1tor7 that flaahe1 fro■ the inva1ion front today. It tell• how a warplane intervened in the battle of tant1, and "oi4e4 the 1•••• of ar■or. In the Aaerican dri•• that no• i••••hin1 through, a cla1h of tank• occurred aear the towa of lari1a7. ln4 ln one place a ■on1ter Ger■an ti1•r ••• fi1htln1 with li1bter l ■ertoaa General 8ber■aa tank1. Th••• ••r• b1Yin1 none the beat of it - when over the aoen• fl•• fli1-* fi&hter pilot BilJ\loraaa of Glen 1 rall1, le• York. •I ooul4 ••• the Sher■••• lined up tor ail••• he relate,, •and•••• of th•• ••r• barning. Then I noticed one bi& Ti1er, and 1a• it hit two of our taat1•. Bill Morgan 11••• •• a 1raphic picture of tb• weight ■f and power of th• la1i Ti1•r - • 0 bil it could hardly ■o•• along the road. And be tell• bow the aonater went into action a1ain1t aaother A•rioan tank. •It aquared ott• -■ 1ald ' he. about*•• seventy-five yard• away, •with a Sher■an Both tank• were u,, __ 2 firing for all they ••re worth. It •a• really a pitched battle, when•• hopped in•. Lucky for the Sheraan that Bill loraan did hop in· for th• ••aller tank••• haYiD& it1 trouble with the Tiger, Be be1an with 1anfire. •1 toot ay ahip down to within ten feet of the 'Sberaaa, 1a71 he, •fl•• oYer it, and opened up on the Ti1er. I broke bia tract, bat be •a• a atubborn old bo1. 87 thl• ti■• two ~ -E;J ... ,.-\, Sher•••• were haaaeria1 away a .... but be •a• atlll ,( Th• Tiaer, with one traot broken bJ &aerioaa bulleta, wa1 atlll forai4able, ud ••• aatohlDI t~• fire of th• two iber•••• - abot tor ahot. Further air action••• needed, and••• t■t~ forthoo■iD&• Bill loraaa ••• Joined by hi• ·•l•&■aa, Lieutenant Carl Gordon of rort Scott, laaaaa, aad he ooapleted the Job. did it with boaba. Swoopla& do•• oa the Ti1er, rifllt he placed a couple of fiY• hundred pound bo■b,<a ODI aide, and that put the aon1ter out of bu1ln••• - th• ooaou■■ io• probabl7 killi•& th• or■• i a a l d • ~ a..;t~ ~ ~ 1 ~ -~-~-IA.,II-~ ~__..,, ~ ~ ~ llJSSIA Great For•reaaea continue to fall on tbe la1tern Front, aa the So•iet offenai•• ■o•e• oa with · - - alaoat incredible •peed, \tbi■ ••ening Stalia announce tbe capture of Breat-Lito•1t, the ■ i1bt7 atronabold of central Poland. le bad already beard that Bre1t- LitoY1t wa1 under attack, 1urrounded and about to fall - and now it i• in Bu11ian banda. And another fa•u• Portreaa ha• beea captured - Pr11 ■71l (Pah~•-••-abtl). J -li--a.laeep..._, ...:1t-.a11■t-""lpr11'"mornut11wrnaeo'i"ililaIr--"' i• r11~,. It'• that•••• 1tran1el7 apelled Polt1b naae which•• bedeYille4 people in the Pirat lorld lar. Th• turtr••• ,a.ea••• lu tlN bea41i••• eea1taallfr ,. ••••••• , •••• ,.1. Tile course of the war in Bu11la 11 ••ob tlilt one wonder•~- •~at•• it all•~•••• Art the SoYieta 1oin1 to keep right on 1oia1 into Geraaa7 and brine the Aprop o• of tlu,•• ha•• a note war to an abrupt end? The Bui1ian1 too, it of caution fro• Moaco• toda7. would••••• are becoaiDI oYer-optiaiatic, and they 1et ~1811 - 2 a warnina. They are tol4 that the ruaawa7 fli1ht of th• Geraana 11 likely to ••4 •••••h•r• aear the Qer■aa frontier and then reaiataaoe will atiff•a for an all-out battle --- a laat 4itch ataa4. ---------~~~ &RR 1oss14 The late1t toaiaht tell• of aaot er SoYle\ breat-throu1h, for a thirteea ail• aaia that tat•• th• Buaaiaa fore•• to within tweat7 ail•• of lar•••• 0 A declaration on the aubJect of Poland••• ■ ade today by Pope Piua the Twelfth, who recei••d in audience a group of officer ■ of the Poliah Ar■J fightini in Ital7. The head of the officer group••• the Co■aander-in-Chief of th• Poliah Ar■ed rorcea aer•in1 under the exiled 1o•ern■ent in London. Poe_e Piua expressed the hope that free Poland would be reatored and 1i••n a ,a■,■x, proper place in the fa■ ily of nations. •tour ri&hta•, he 1814 the Poliah officer,, •are ao indl1putabl• that•• ha•• fir■ hope that all nation• will taken co1ni1anoe of their debt toward Poland•. And the Pontiff apoke of•• what he called •that . apart of true hu■an and Chriatian 1entiaent which would tend to yield to Poland that place which 11 her due according to the ooacept1 of Juatioe and genuine peace•. At the saae tiae, he warned the Poles a1ain1t a national policy of vindictive hate. Be exhorted the ■, in these words: •To disdain bitter sati1faotiona, EQLAID - 2 ( reprisals, vengeance•. 1 Today's declaration at the Vatican waa one of the aoat iaportant 1tateaent1 on international attaira that Pope Pius the Twelttb ha ■ ••4•. bearing aa it doe• on the auch dieputed ~••**•• question ot Poland. And - coain1 at a tiae •hen leader, ot the exiled Poli•h governaent have flown to loacow in •Q atteapt to coae to an a1reeaent with Soviet Bu11ia. &JR JAi Another big day in the war of the air - with t•o thousand Aaerican plan•• a11ailin1 ■ ilitary center. of lazi Geraany ia - following an a.,.r. niaht raid which hurled dHtruct.ion• on Stuttaart, ~ G e r a a n induatrial and railroad center. !be ne•• ot th••• areat Allied air blow, 11 aocoapanied b7 ■ore word about the robot plan••"' which are atill atreakina acroaa the ln1liab channel. - . . lord fro■ London tell• of n•• ba•oc and de•aatation oau~•d bJ rocket• landia1 in cr.owded 1ection1. ind toda7 a atateaent waa aade that Jet- propelled plane• now actually oolllLitute a threat to the Allied aupre■acJ in t~ : air. Thi• •a• 1tated b7 •aeroplane•, the authoritati•• Britlab a•iation ••aazine. (The contention 1• baaed on the ••1 Allied boabing fleets ha•• been bl~atina the factories producing the newfaa1led planes. Thia indicat••• in tlle words of the aaaasine: •That th• developaent of production of Jet-propelled tighter• b7 the Geraana ia sufficiently far ad•anced to conatitute a threat to Allied air supreaacJ o••r Europe•. gco■JIRSlQI Tonight th•• · ••• a proaiae of action in laahiqto j on th• subject of - re~ODYer1ion. That ia, the quiok change-oYer of plants fro ■ war production to the turaini out of ci•ilian gooda - which •illbe neoeaaar7 to aYoid anaaplo7aant after the war. Th•~••• ~aah talk that Congreaa ahould do aoaethin& abeut thia because of the po1aibilit7 that the laropeaa war ■ t&bt end au44enly with the oollapae of lasi Geraan7. And toni&ht De■ocratic Leader Seaator larkel7 or. lentuotJ atatea tbat the leader• of th• ••JoritJ part in Conar••• ha•• aar••4 to atart wortia1 on l••• for reconYeraioa •• aooa •• Con1r••• •••t• •1•f• nezt le4n••d•J• Tonight the layy Departaent adaitttd that aoae federal ballots sent to aerYice ■en had beea tillecl out and returned, which la in Tiolation ot the aoldier ,ote la•• paaaed by Congreaa - the law pr0Tldin1 that ••r•ice ■en should not get federal ballot• until October Second. The aubJect ••• raiaed todaJ when the ealitoraia Stcretar7 ot State char1ed that Calitorata 1oldier1 and 1ailor1 0Yer1ea1 had been 11•ea federal ballota, •ithout haYiD& been aranted an opportuit1 to reoei•e IJ atate ballots. The la• proYidea that aer•iceaen aball •ott the federal ballot, onlJ it tbeJ h••• not bad a chance to recei•• etate ballot• - the federal ballot• bein1 abbrtTiAted, state ballot• bein1 tull and coaplete. The laYy Departaent toni1bt explain• that a rederal ballot• 1ent to••• aerYioe ■ iatake ••• aade. Plai RlJ aarked _ •not to be opened ••n 0Yer1ea1 were • until on or after October ••00nd•• But aoaeho• th18 inatruction was disre1•rd•d, • nd • te• of th' 11 IPLPJIB ~6Lv9% 8 - 2 ballot• were deli•ered to aoldiera ud ha•• been returned, 1eot back to ho■e atatea, loaa in adY&noe of the leaal • date. QBO #ta 1oldier'1 hoapital in PhelnixYille, P1nna7lvania, there i1 a wounded airaan who ia baYiDI 10•• delightful trouble. Be 11 trying to l•t uae4 to what be calla - the brightneaa. 111 difficultJ ia tut of adjusting hi■aelf to the li&ht of daJ. That•• the ne•• on the blinded hero, Ser1eant rorreat L. Voaler of Livonia,••• tort, who 1ix aoatba •10 ■ad• headline• with tb• quoted phr••• - !pl•••• throw•• overboard•. I told at the tlae ho• be••• the radio operator and 1unner in a Fl7in1 rortr••• badl7 abot ufn a bo■btn1 raid. A Ger■an ■bell bur■t in Ser1eant Yoaler•• face, bia •1•• lacerated, and be waa plunaed into dartne11. 11th other wouada, too, he felt he waa onl7 a burden to bi• coarad•• in th• 1taggerin1 rortre••• and he be11•d th•• to li&hten the load - by throwin& bi• overboard. They wouldn't, of COUl'Se. And, though he •a• blinded, he waa atill able to operate his radio - calling for help. The plane craahed in the Channel. wing, and there, 1ig~tle11 thou1h le crawled out on one IIBQ - 2 ht•••• be aaYed the lite ot a wounded coar.ade - •boa h• pulled out ot the water. All that••• aix ■onth1 ago, and since thea tbe AraJ doctor• ha•e beea laboring to restore tbe e7eai1bt of th• hero •llo wanted bia . buddies to throw hi■ o•erboard. And no• tbeJ'•e 1uccee4e4. lt the hospital in Pboenix•ille, Penn•JlYania, they breu1ht back tbe Yiaion of one eye, an4 that oauaea Ser1eaat loaler bi• present bappy trouble - 1ettiq uaed to the brightn•••· He'll aoon 10 to laabington to the lhite Bou••• ln4 tbere he'll be able to••• Preai4ent looaeYelt a, the President present• to hia the nation'• bi&beat war decoration, tbe ledal ot Honor. UPI- Today once a1ain Tho•• I. D•••1 4eolared hia1elt a1ainat Baailton lieh;- the Bepablican oand14ate tor the Presidency ezpreaaia1 hie diaapprobation of the G O P I•• tort,<Congreaa■an •ho 11 a candidate tor reelection. ~--1 Tb• reaeon • a 1tateaent b7~Fi1b on the 1ubJect of the Jewiah Yote. In an inter•iew prlnte4 ia the ■•• tort Poat, Con1re1a■an Fiah •a• quoted aa 1a7in1 that ttie Jewiah people ••r• tor Preaideat 1001 ••lt and tlle ■•• Deal. To tbi1, he added: •1 think tt woald be better. tor thea it the7 would aplit their Tote beta'••• th• t•• ••Jor parti••• I doa't think a 1in1l• aroup abo,14 10 all-out one waJ or the other, and I note, in th• •ote1 of the Jewieh diatriots in ■•• York Cit7, that a bi& aajority are tor the ■•• Deal•. Thia declar•tion ■■ bJ th• Coqre11■an •a• taken today to GoYernor »•••1• who•• proatplJ ■tated: •Two yeara ago I publiolJ oppoae4 the no■inatien and b And th• 1tate■ent1 no• election of Congre11aan Fi•• •*• attributed to hi■ contir■ •1 Judgaent expr••••d at 11111 - 2 that ti•••· to which the lepublican Candidate added: •1n7one who inject, a racial or reli&iou 1 i•••e into a political caapalan i1 1uilt7 of a diaaraoeful uD•,!••rlcan act. l'ye alwa7a fou1bt that kiad of tbina allay lite, aad alwaya will• reaardl••• of parti1aa conaideratioaa, • aald De••7• ••• In the preYioua eleotioa · tor oppoaad not onl17bi°1•••1, tben ~--c Coa1rea1,Ari1b ruaaiq fer GoYeraor, but alao bJ lendell lillkie and other Republican leadera. Yet be woa out, thouah •1th a aaJoritJ auch l••• tbaa la preYiou1 election1. Baa li1b ti•• ha1 been wianin& ia hi• own bailiwick for a lona now,; e.& "-•'J -£:·._ ~..,.._ ~-f:::_.,., ,DP RIIIX An iaaediat•- repercua1ion ia a 1tateaent by Conareaaaan Fi1h, who 1a7a he will continue to aupport the Dewey-Brictet ticket. To which he a44a that the De••1 declaration against hi ■ will incr•••• hi• aaJorit7 in the lepublican priaary next Tueada7. fence, On the other aide of th•~-••~ the Con1re11aan'• opponents in hi• own 4iatrict hailed the »•••1 pronounceaent a• a aure algn that fiah will be ~ by ,'-■••~11•••.A 1'•nnett, 'hi• aJ~- ~ ~ - t i . defeated 1%ALT lot auch proar••• in Italy, a ••r• inchini forward. Britiah troop,, ■•• Zealaader1, are •lowly batterin1 their way*•••• toward Florence, and aow within aewen ■ile■ of th■t hi■toric ~ ~ are 1D4 at Pila there ia a Yirtual ataleaate, with the Ceraan1 a111in1 for a deaperate battle. loatiliti•• toda7 conaiated ao1tl7 of exchana•• of artillery fir• aero•• th• Bi•er Arno. ) lothin1 freati1h about thi1 epi104e of warplae 110■ Ter1u1 tank. On the iaTa1ion front tli•r•'• air action a1ainat around araor all the ti••• Aa4 8111 lor1•• tell• ua that hia aroup of fighter pl••••~•• ,cored a total of aixteen tank• de1tro7e4 - aot oooatin& ei&htJ other ailitar7 ••hiol•• of th• la1i aotorlaed tore•••