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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunny but cool; Monday: sunny, warmer. 58TH YEAR, NO. 51 — 48 PAGES CNITED PRR«« WIr* Nawa terTle* WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1944 PRICE TEN CENTS TACLOBAN CAPTURED Yanks PassAachen To Next Nazi Line British Turn. To Converge On Schelde F. D. R. Demands Power In Advance' for Delegate To World Peace Council Speech Climaxes Rain-Soaked Tour Of All New York; Hits Isolationists New York, Oct. 21 (UP)—Presi¬ dent Roosevelt, climaxing a rain- drenched campaign tour of New 'ork's major borpughs, tonight •nianded before the Foreign Folic>' Association that the Amer¬ ican delegate to the United Na- Highlights of Roosevelt Speech ' New York, Oct. 21. (UP)— Highllghti of President Roose¬ velt's address before the Foreign Policy Association in New York tonight: "All of our thinking about foreign policy . . . must be con¬ ditioned by the fact that millions of our American boys are today 83 Rescued After 2y2 Years Fight to Open Great Antwerp Port For Allied Supplies; Will Hasten Victory tions loiiniil be Riven in "Hdvancp" fighting, many thousands of miles IB)' JAMES F. McGLlNCY power to act with other nationa in enforcing peace even by force ifi necessary. The President said such author-1 lity must be granted if the post-i war "world organization is to have iny reality at all" And at the same time he prom¬ ised rhat no "secret treaties or any! secret guarantees" would be dcvcl-1 oped by Secretary of State Cordell | Hull or him and that the defeat ofi (lermany would see "the Nazi con-1 spiratori" left without "a ah red of control open or secret—of the in-| struments of government," | >asis Reaping Whlriwind At the same time the President i re-stated the principle of uncon¬ ditional surrender, applying In thej most Immediate sense ' > Uermany. saying that once Germany is de¬ feated "wc shall not leave them a; single element of military power i or of potential military power." "As for Uermany." he said In a speech that was broadcast over tkei blue Network und the National | Broadcasting Company, "that J tragic nation which haa sown thej wind and Is now reaping the whirl- j wind-we and our Allies arc en-; tirely agreed that wc shall not bar-, gain with the Nazi conspirators. or| leave them a shred of control open or secret of the instruments, of government." Mr. Roosevelt said that the Allies had "reVcted " the possibility j, of coming "to terms" w ith Uer¬ many and Japan because "the de- - lislon not to bargain with the! tyrants rose from the hearts and souls and sinews of the American, people. They faced reality; they, appraised reality: and they knew: what freedom meant." Attark« Isolallonlsis ! .\lr. Roosevelt was bitterly cril- hal of the "Isolationist" attitude of Republicans in Congress, say-j ing: , . 1 If Ihe RcpublUan.i ere to win' control of the Congress in this election inveterate isolationists Would ociupy positions of cpm-| manding influence and power." m Ue singled out in this category | S (Continued on Page A-151 from home country. . . hard and fought." in defense of tlieir . There are still many bittur battles to be Taken by Subs From Philippines Before Invasion; Tell of Brutality (jten. Douglas MacArthur's Head quarters, Leyte, Philippines, Sun¬ day, Oct. 22. (UP)—The rescue of 82 American officers and men from | the Japanese by Philippine guer¬ rillas and removal of all but two toi. hospitals in Australia several weeks ago was revealed tonight in an an-'| nouncement which also disclosed; that an undetermined number of; American prisoners of war were' brutally murdered by the Japanese, A special announcement by Gen.' Douglas MacArthur said that all I the men except one were survivors 1 of a group of American prisoners' of war who were being transported from the Philippines to Japan when their convoy was attacked by a United Statea submarine, which sank their transport and at least two other ships. The enraged Japanese Immedi¬ ately began MacArthur Warns Japs to Be Decent to Prisoners Urn. Uougiaa .'MacArthur's Headquarter*, {.eyte, Philippines, Sunday, Uct. '23.—(LP)—(ien. Douglaa .Ma«'Arthur today Issued a umrning tn the Japanese military Irmlen in the Philippines that, as commander In chief of 1.8, invasion force*, he will hold enemy leaden inmiedialely responsible fnr any failiin' to accord prisoners and Intemrrs proticr treatment In which thry are entitled. .MacArthur addresaed hi* warning tn the coninwnder in chief of the .lapanrKe inllltery forces In the Philippines, Field Alarshal Count I'arsurhl. "The aurrender of Inited States and Philippines furcrs in previous campaigns were made with Ihe belief that they wnuld receive the dignity anil honnr and prnlcrtion of military prisnner» as provided by the rules and custom* of war," .>lacArthiir said. ".Since then, unimpeachable r\idencc lias been rece'ivcd of degradation and even brutality tn which Ihi-x- prisoin'ri havr licrii «ubj<-rteil III violation of the ninxt sacred rode nf martial honnr. "For tho*« actions, the Japanese govrrniiirnt will be respon¬ sible to my government. "A* coninuuider In chief of ground furcek in thr Philippines, ' I shall. In addition during the i'ourM< of the present campaign. hold Japanese military Icadcm iiiiiiu-dlptely n-spnnsible for any failure to accord military prisoners, civilian prisoners and Chilian internees the proper trratinrnt tn which they are rnlilled." matter of weeks. "We . . . have made the Cinod Neighbor policy real In this hemisphere . . . this policy can be. and should l>e, made uni¬ versal." * * • ". . . certain politicians, now very prominent in the Republi¬ can party, have condemned our recognition iof Russia), I am impelled to wonder how Russia would have survived against Uer- man attack If these same people had had their way." * * • "During tlie years wiiich follow¬ ed 1920, the foreign policy of the Republican administration was dominated by the heavy hand of isolationism. Much of the strength of our Navy was scuttled . . . larifl' walla went higher and high¬ er .. . there was snarling at our . troop.s ill the Sclielde Estuarv former Allies ... ail petitions „ „ „ that this nation join in the World i"'?*. Allinri Simi-pniP HpaHmiai- ^^^'y Dcgaii a wholesale mas.sncre Hlliea. SUpiLllie Heaaqiiai-,of the American prisoners, inachinc- tera. Pans, feunday, Oct. 22 gunning tiiem as they sought to (UP)—Geiiuan forces le- '^''^"P^ '*"> sinking ship and shoot-1 treated toward a new defense I'"l.""'"'."'*'*^ ''^"'" ^" "^ore. lin*. rm tlio Rnpi- IJivpi- 1 "J., ^^¦° °' "'^ *^ survivors, 1st Lt.' line on tlie Koei Kivei lo,Richard L, Cook of Los Angeles, miles east of fallen Aaciieil|and S Sgt. Joseph T. Coles. Caao ! Saturday, white ty^o Alliedi^'¦" ^'^^'^^..''''''^y with the Phiiip- armip* c-nnvPi-irpH nn tIip Pi"" «"«•"'"¦" "ho assisted them ainuei* tonveijrea on the after they reached ahore, the snc- eneiny pockets commandingUiai release disclosed. By robkrt .¦»ilsel tlie Schelde E^liary into Ant-! ''AH of the men arc in good con-1 London, Sunday, Oct. 12 (UP) Red Army troops in a 20-iiiile ad- werp, clearance of which h,',"?' "¦'"r'^P' "vc recovering fromi vance, yesterday reached the Danube River 84 miles'south of Budapest miffht mean final victorv in n ,. .. 3" K""""",, wounds. None and reopened a great offensive to win the Hungarian capital, while migni mean linai VlClorj in alis hsted as serious ¦ the »nno„n,.». Bcrim admitted that massive Russian tank columns had driven 20 Reds Reach Danube Only 84 M'l^s from Budapest other Armies Near Juncture in Slovakia; Huge Masses of Infantry Follow Tanks In Powerful Drive Into East Prussia Naval Expert New Feature of The Indeiiendent Offering anolher nrw feature fnr reader* of thr Hunday Inde¬ pendent, the service* of Melcher rratt, fanioii* naval expert, have been obtained. HI* writing* uill he nf particular service a* the war in the Paciflc—a naval war —begin* lo open up. In hi* flrHt article, starting a new serle* on hi* return from a tnur of the Pwillr on a nrw I. S. hattlcKhlp, hr dr*rribr* the*e floating fnrt* In term* nf the men who flght them. It give* a picture of what the*c boy* are doing. Read Fletcher Pratt'* fir*t article today on Page A-II. Court were rejected or ignored." • * "In 1935 I asked the Congress to join the World Court . . . the Republicans voted against it . . . In July. 1939, I tried to obtain a repeal of the arms embargo ... It was made plain .... that wc could not hope to attain the desired revision. . . ." • • w "... I hear voices on the air attacking me for my 'failure' to prepare this nation for this war . . . those same voices were not so audible fh-c years ago . . . giv¬ ing warning of the grave peril . . . wc faced." « « • "The majority of the Repub¬ lican members of the Congress voled against the Selective Ser¬ vice Act . . . repeal of the arms embargo . . . Lend-Lease law . . . extension of Selective Service. . . ." mm* "If the Republicans were to win control of the Congress in this election. Inveterate Isolation¬ ists would occupy positions of commanding Influence and power < , , politicians who embraced the policy of Isolationism . . . are not rellatile custodians of the future of America." • • * "There are some who hope to see a structure of peace , . . with the telephones In. the plumbing complete, the heating system and electric iceboxes functioning , , . the United Nations have not yet produced such a comfortable dwelling place. But we have achieved a very practical expres¬ sion of common purpose. . . ." • • > "It is clear that If the world organization is to have any real¬ ity al all. our representatives must be endowed in Rdvan.^e . . . with authority to act." » • • "Never again ... can we wash our hands of maintaining the peace for which we fought. . . .' 11 More Ships, SO Planes Downed by Navy Fliers By >IAl; R. JOHNSON . U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters. Pearl Harbor, Oct. 21. (UP) Pacific Fleet carrier aircraft con¬ tinued their aggressive support of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines yeslerday. sink¬ ing or damaging 11 ahips and small prafi and destroying 50 more Jap fiiese aircraft. "Adni. dies •Jlmitz announced today as serious." the announce¬ ment said. The men will soon be Thp fSiitish Spi-iinH Avn.v r*"' *'^'^^ *" '^"^ United States ine IJllUsn Secona Aini.\,,froni the military hospitals in a hjrlitning five-nule dash Cdd-Blooded Murder westward hnked up with Can- Revealing the story of the men adian troops on the Roosen-'::!!° "'i^P^''^^'°'S,;I*P''"'»«''">"ds, dahl Canal, M mile.s north ofL^„Tiivedlr''Jno^e"t''hSn ^^^'^^l^rl Antwei'p, to tighten the nOOSej*" Japanese-occupied areas Mac- on possiblv 20,000 enemv ki'''*11'j'"''* i* *¦"'"' '^""^ °''^°'<*- ' ' - • I blooded murder. The Americans, after performing I forced labor on an enemy airfield The commander of the Aaehcnl'","'" aouthcrn Philippines, were garrison, a Colonei Wilck. belated-1 "''"K shipped north when their Iv surrendered with 600 of his men }°"^'°-V was attacked by an Amer- at a point just west of the city ''"" aubmarine. Their transport where thev had held out after Lt.!""'' "' '«»»t two olher enemy ships Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' Dough-1 were sunk, boys completed the mop-up of] "The Japanese guards dellber- Cii.irlemagne's old capital Friday, German* Pull^ut Under a thundering barrage from .all types of guns, the main German defense force in the Aachen area, than a score of counter-attacks de signed to break the siege, was re¬ ported pulliiig out to the northeast { toward emergency defenses before the Rhine. The Yanks Immediately followed up Die withdrawal and drove half a mile eastward from the Wiicr- selen area, three miles above Aachen their first advance in tiiat direction since the Siege arc was first thrust around Aachen nearly H month anio. The Germans' defense of Holland as a buffer before the Reich mean¬ while deteriorated sharply as Can¬ adian troops extended to six miles their gains in a new drive north of Antwerp and thrust two col¬ umns within nine miles of the vi¬ tally important communications center of Breda, But tlie most important battle (Continued on Page A-14) Pushing Back Confused Japs On 20'Mile Front 2 Imporfanf Fields Talien; Nips' Planes Pinned Down; Direct Assult Is Avoided; Filipino Uprising Reported (ien. MacArthur's Headquarters, I.eyte. Sunday, Oct. 22 (ll*)—U. S. invasion forces have captured Tacloban, capital of the central Philippine island of Leyte, and two airdromes, white advancing an averuRe of four miles on all sectors through strong Japanese pill box defenses with only light casualties, (ien. Douglas MacArthur announced in a com¬ munique today. Driving back the confu.<ted and apparently disorganized enemy on a more than 20-mile front behind tanks and flame throwers, the Yanks seized the strategic Tacloban airfield, together \>ith (he ruad junction of Dulag and its airdrome, 20 miles below the capital. Tacloban fell to the 10th Coi-ps after the First Cavalry Division smasiied into its outskirts, while the 24th Corps overran tiic Dulajr area and pushed toward San Pablo in the Le.xte Valley after throwinR back two strong Japanese counter-attacks, the comniunit|ue said. Announcement of the fall of Tacloban, whose 6,000 foot airfield was seized by dismounted cavalrymen of the F'lrst Cavalry Division within five hours after swarming asiiore, followed a visit by MacArtliur to the northern front sector. "The progress of tlie .\merican operations couldn't be better," he .said enthusiastically on his return. MacArthur's broadcast communique said that the invasion forcea had enveloped the enemy's strong, carefully prepared defenses including concrete pillboxes and artillery positions, and had forced the Japs to withdraw by intiltration tactics. Direct A*»ault Avoided "Direct assault was thereby avoided," the broadcast communiqua said. "Our casualties consequently remained light. The enemy is ' ; already showing algns of a lack of maneuverable cohesion in the faca 7:1 ately fired on the Americans trapped in the holds and seeking to escape from the sinking ship. "Others were hunted down and .„^ .„.v.. c '*'""d in the water as they sought frustrated In more *° ¦*'•" '°'' *''°''« '«'" """es dis- niilcs Inside East Prussia to wilhln 15 miles of ihc great German rail hub of Insterburg. (.^lap un Page A-4.) In the deepest Allied penetri-.tion of German soil, tjoviet armor reached the Gunibiiinen-Goldap higliway some 47 mile, cast of Konigs- berg, the. capital of the Junkers i stronghold, and appeared from .southwe/it to capture Szcntkut. German rcporta to have seized per-1 seven miles southeast of the road haps 100 German villages and a I hub of Kiskunfelegyhaza. ''Enemy'report, of "white-hot" *"»"• >•>" •»""«•"•» tank battles and the deep Soviet In northeaiitern Hungary, mean- break-through of Nazi defenses in while, otijcr elements of Mallnov- , ,,,»• kiifnll nttacU* of our local commanders' East Prussia remained unconflrm- sky's army pushed northward 24 j °' "'" skllfull attacks of our local commanacrs „ . .» ed by Moscow. imiles from Debrecen, where Mos- Weakened and pinned-down byistroycd by ahip anli-alreraft nre, ll Tlie Soviet war bulletins, how-.cow announced German and Hnn- i-ontinuing supporting attacks in| was reported ever, told of forging a new encircle, garian casualties totalled 3,000. foi- t,,j southern Philippines by land- Plane* Pounding ment aroun4 thousands of German lowing the capture of more than ... j ,u .u » trbops hopelessly fighting on the 11,000 prisoners, to capture Nagy-!''"'"^'' planes and m the north <>' _.. ,. ^ west bank of the Danube between kallo. 'Adm. Wllllaiu F. Halsey's Third in the VIsaya*, medium bombert captured Belgrade and southern Nagykallo la 32 miles from the,Fleet carrier aircraft, th ¦ Jap's|and fighters hit the Bacolod air- border of Hungary, and of a pow-1 Czechoslovak border and troops aerial reaction to the invasion still drome, downed two bombers, and Ranging over surrounding Lslnnda CTcveland, Oct. 21, (UP)—Fire¬ men searched the ruins of a iO- ! block area on Cleveland's East I Side tonight for remains of addl- I tional victims of a holocaust that j was expected to claim more than ino lives. The devastated area, embracing I approximately 16,'^ buildings of . . , iicarlv all types, was virtually level- Today's communique raised fromlp^ ^v the blaze that started yes- 1.172 to 1.182 the number ot Jap- ipr^av when a gas storage lank ancse aircraft destroyed or dam- ,,xpindcd like a flame-thrower nl aged and to l.'IG the number of ii,p j^^gj ohio Gas Company plant, enemy ships and small craft sunk Coroner Samuel Gerber an- or damaged since the attacks on „(,„„ppfi (i,Bt 7,'i per.sons were the Ryukyus. Formosa and the known to have perished In the fire Philippines began Oct, ». ,„„d he added thnl the loll prob- Ono cargo vessel, a small coastal „blv would exceed 100. hesler W ^"'1' ""'' " *'""" "^"""^ i""''' ^"""Ia Panful of Bone* iiesicr ^^j,j^ gj ^^g^.g^ Bay „n(j four enemy, .^.^^^^^ ^.^^p ,',4 bodies, including P-T boats were also sunk, Includ- ,,,o.sc of two children and severr.l m attacks against enemy air- i„g ti,rco at B.ilangas Bay and one „.Q„,p„ „f fl,p „,orgnc and at least craft and shipping in the Phili)i- at Ccbu. Several ammunition U;, ^.p^e identified. The others were pines Friday, U. S. planes hit barges were destroyed in Ma*bnte l«i,i,r„pd beyond recognition, manv tant. Some were picked up by enemy patrol boats and al least 30 were brutally executed. "After escaping death from such aavagery and hours of hardship. 83 of the American officcri and men made shore and were cared for by Philippine guerrillas until picked up and taken soulh by sub¬ marines and planes. "One of the soldiers died a''ter his rescue and was buried in the cemetery In a small Philippine lowTi by hia comrades and the guerrillas." Hands Tied. Slabbed On the following day, the spe¬ cial announcement continued, three Americans were found dead of stab wounds on the beach. Two had their liands tied behind their backa. Lt. Col. John H. McGee. Minow. N. D., who had escaped earlier from a prison ramp but was not aboard the vessel, joined tlie aur- vivors while they were with the guerrilla.s and took command ofjformationa, the group, MacArthur said. Surging across the Tiaza River, "A large number of Americana tanks and Infantry won a 30-mlle on the enemv vessel went down bridgehead on its east bank and when It sank or were brutally captured the west bank fortress killed in cold blood by the Japi- of Csongrad, 68 miles southeast of (Continuq^ on Page A-l.M 'Budapest, and pushed 1.1 milea crftil 24-milc advance by Russian driving over relatively unobstructed troops from Debrecen, the third L.oumry ^.grr within 106 miles of c ty of Hungary, toward Czecho-taen. Ivan I. Petrov's 4th Ukrainian Slovakia. ' Pinned Against Danube Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky'c 2d Ukrainian Army reached the remained largely Ineffective, It waa'attacked .shipping at Palawan, whllo indicated. Small groups of air- heavy bombers loosed a 43-ton . craft were atttempting to strike at bombardment on enemy headquar- I Army In tht Dukla Pass over the jthe American beachhead and off- ters at Davao. in Mindanao, and Carpathians. A juncture between shore naval craft In daylight forays, pounded the Malabank ^rdrome • Continued on Page B-11) avith three enemy bomber.s dc- 'Conlimied on Page A-14) Danube River south of Budapest at the strategic crossing towyn of Baja. pinning an uncstimable number df Germans back against the Danube in a pocket 100 miles long with a maximum depth of 30! miles, • These trapped Nazi forces were being hurled back onto the Danube by Soviet forces that secured con¬ lrol of three-quarters of the stra¬ tegic King Peter Canal, linking the Tisza and the Danube, by win¬ ning Cervenka and Sivac, the lat¬ ter 13 milea southeast of the aeven- way rail hub of Sombor on the Danube's east bank. Other forces of Malinovsky's great army, meanwhile, renewed their thrusts toward Budapest from the southeast following the fall of Debrecen, Nazi fortress that had halted tlic Soviet drive bv menacing the northern flank of the Russian general's battle Americans Cuffing Stolen Empire in Half PACIrlC OCEAN War S^iniiiarT rUfriOMMROS Urrt QUIT DiUNUS tOfOA SAN BCRNARDIKO STRAIT Coron Bay in the Calainlan r,niiip In southwestern Mindoro Strait Batangas Bay on southern Luzon and Cebu harbor. /" Today's t'iasslned ... Kdltnrial ^Invle* . ... Social Sport* „ Ouldnor .... ,, Kadio ,. Issue " "¦¦• B-11 .... c-2 11—12 ... A—15 ... B—1 ... B—S B—7 barges were destroyed in JVia*Drite "burned beyond recogn harbor and two medium cargo .ships merely a panful of charred bones and two luggers were daninged in Bodies of the other 24 victims were the same attack. still at the morgue. At Bulan on the southern tip of. Led by Coroner Gerber. 80 vol- Lucon, ground installations and a.unteer workera were conducting a hangar near the airfield were systematic search of the debris, bombed. hut still-burning fires and red-hot During the day's operations, 13 [bricks and wall.s kept them away enemy planes were shot down while I from some parts of the area. 37 were destro.Vcd on the ground.' The fire was the most devaslat- some of which were prcvlou.'ly im in the city's ItS-year history, listed as damaged. U.S. losses wc-c Rcsidea the pcrsoius burned to three planes, one pilot anil one air death nnd tlie buildings destroyed, cjcwman, Nimitz reportfd. ' (Continued on Page A-15) PHILIPPINE.S—Americans drive across Leyte on a 20-mile front, seize road junction, probably two airfields and capture Tacloban. WE.STERN FRONT—-Yanks drfve three miles above Aachen; Germans reported retreating; to new de- fen.se line 15 iiiile^ to the east; Canadians' capture of Antwerp channel imminent, EASTERN FRONT—Powerful Soviet columns reported 20 miles inside East Prussia within l-"> miles of Insterburg; advances scored in Yugoslavia and Hungary. INDIA—British announce th ice-day air and sea bom¬ bardment of Japanese-lield Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal. AIR—Up to 250 Italy-based American hoav.v lioiiibeis smash rail .\ards in western Hungary in conjunction with Russian advance; UAF Lancastcrs bomb German gun positions in Holland. ITALY—American advance soulh of Bologna meets fierce resistance; British capture Cescnatico and drive Germans to fringes of Cesena. GREECE—British speed 55 miles bcyoncf Thebes; Allied wan^lanes harass routed enem.v. CHINA—Chinese hold Japanese forces advancing on Kweilin as Allied bombers attack Kwangsi supply lines. SOUTHEAST ¦ ASIA—Stilwell's North Burma troops occupy Mohnyin; British gain in Chin Hills. YMKSUUm ONSUtUANj copiMNi ««s >iwKAnas# ^USAMfAm
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunny but cool; Monday: sunny, warmer.
58TH YEAR, NO. 51 — 48 PAGES
CNITED PRR«« WIr* Nawa terTle*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1944
PRICE TEN CENTS
TACLOBAN
CAPTURED
Yanks PassAachen To Next Nazi Line
British Turn. To Converge On Schelde
F. D. R. Demands Power In Advance' for Delegate To World Peace Council
Speech Climaxes Rain-Soaked Tour Of All New York; Hits Isolationists
New York, Oct. 21 (UP)—Presi¬ dent Roosevelt, climaxing a rain- drenched campaign tour of New 'ork's major borpughs, tonight •nianded before the Foreign Folic>' Association that the Amer¬ ican delegate to the United Na-
Highlights of Roosevelt Speech
' New York, Oct. 21. (UP)— Highllghti of President Roose¬ velt's address before the Foreign Policy Association in New York tonight:
"All of our thinking about foreign policy . . . must be con¬ ditioned by the fact that millions of our American boys are today
83 Rescued After 2y2 Years
Fight to Open Great Antwerp Port For Allied Supplies; Will Hasten Victory
tions loiiniil be Riven in "Hdvancp" fighting, many thousands of miles IB)' JAMES F. McGLlNCY
power to act with other nationa in enforcing peace even by force ifi necessary.
The President said such author-1 lity must be granted if the post-i war "world organization is to have iny reality at all"
And at the same time he prom¬ ised rhat no "secret treaties or any! secret guarantees" would be dcvcl-1 oped by Secretary of State Cordell | Hull or him and that the defeat ofi (lermany would see "the Nazi con-1 spiratori" left without "a ah red of control open or secret—of the in-| struments of government," |
>asis Reaping Whlriwind
At the same time the President i re-stated the principle of uncon¬ ditional surrender, applying In thej most Immediate sense ' > Uermany. saying that once Germany is de¬ feated "wc shall not leave them a; single element of military power i or of potential military power."
"As for Uermany." he said In a speech that was broadcast over tkei blue Network und the National | Broadcasting Company, "that
J tragic nation which haa sown thej wind and Is now reaping the whirl- j wind-we and our Allies arc en-; tirely agreed that wc shall not bar-, gain with the Nazi conspirators. or| leave them a shred of control open or secret of the instruments, of government."
Mr. Roosevelt said that the Allies had "reVcted " the possibility j, of coming "to terms" w ith Uer¬ many and Japan because "the de- - lislon not to bargain with the! tyrants rose from the hearts and souls and sinews of the American, people. They faced reality; they, appraised reality: and they knew: what freedom meant." Attark« Isolallonlsis !
.\lr. Roosevelt was bitterly cril- hal of the "Isolationist" attitude of Republicans in Congress, say-j
ing: , . 1
If Ihe RcpublUan.i ere to win'
control of the Congress in this
election inveterate isolationists
Would ociupy positions of cpm-|
manding influence and power."
m Ue singled out in this category |
S (Continued on Page A-151
from home country. . . hard and fought."
in defense of tlieir . There are still many bittur battles to be
Taken by Subs From Philippines Before Invasion; Tell of Brutality
(jten. Douglas MacArthur's Head quarters, Leyte, Philippines, Sun¬ day, Oct. 22. (UP)—The rescue of 82 American officers and men from | the Japanese by Philippine guer¬ rillas and removal of all but two toi. hospitals in Australia several weeks ago was revealed tonight in an an-'| nouncement which also disclosed; that an undetermined number of; American prisoners of war were' brutally murdered by the Japanese,
A special announcement by Gen.' Douglas MacArthur said that all I the men except one were survivors 1 of a group of American prisoners' of war who were being transported from the Philippines to Japan when their convoy was attacked by a United Statea submarine, which sank their transport and at least two other ships.
The enraged Japanese Immedi¬ ately began
MacArthur Warns Japs to Be Decent to Prisoners
Urn. Uougiaa .'MacArthur's Headquarter*, {.eyte, Philippines, Sunday, Uct. '23.—(LP)—(ien. Douglaa .Ma«'Arthur today Issued a umrning tn the Japanese military Irmlen in the Philippines that, as commander In chief of 1.8, invasion force*, he will hold enemy leaden inmiedialely responsible fnr any failiin' to accord prisoners and Intemrrs proticr treatment In which thry are entitled.
.MacArthur addresaed hi* warning tn the coninwnder in chief of the .lapanrKe inllltery forces In the Philippines, Field Alarshal Count I'arsurhl.
"The aurrender of Inited States and Philippines furcrs in previous campaigns were made with Ihe belief that they wnuld receive the dignity anil honnr and prnlcrtion of military prisnner» as provided by the rules and custom* of war," .>lacArthiir said.
".Since then, unimpeachable r\idencc lias been rece'ivcd of degradation and even brutality tn which Ihi-x- prisoin'ri havr licrii «ubj<-rteil III violation of the ninxt sacred rode nf martial honnr.
"For tho*« actions, the Japanese govrrniiirnt will be respon¬ sible to my government.
"A* coninuuider In chief of ground furcek in thr Philippines,
' I shall. In addition during the i'ourM< of the present campaign.
hold Japanese military Icadcm iiiiiiu-dlptely n-spnnsible for any
failure to accord military prisoners, civilian prisoners and Chilian
internees the proper trratinrnt tn which they are rnlilled."
matter of weeks.
"We . . . have made the Cinod Neighbor policy real In this hemisphere . . . this policy can be. and should l>e, made uni¬ versal."
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". . . certain politicians, now very prominent in the Republi¬ can party, have condemned our recognition iof Russia), I am impelled to wonder how Russia would have survived against Uer- man attack If these same people had had their way."
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"During tlie years wiiich follow¬ ed 1920, the foreign policy of the Republican administration was dominated by the heavy hand of isolationism. Much of the strength of our Navy was scuttled . . . larifl' walla went higher and high¬ er .. . there was snarling at our . troop.s ill the Sclielde Estuarv
former Allies ... ail petitions „ „ „ that this nation join in the World i"'?*.
Allinri Simi-pniP HpaHmiai- ^^^'y Dcgaii a wholesale mas.sncre
Hlliea. SUpiLllie Heaaqiiai-,of the American prisoners, inachinc- tera. Pans, feunday, Oct. 22 gunning tiiem as they sought to (UP)—Geiiuan forces le- '^''^"P^ '*"> sinking ship and shoot-1 treated toward a new defense I'"l.""'"'."'*'*^ ''^"'" ^" "^ore.
lin*. rm tlio Rnpi- IJivpi- 1 "J., ^^¦° °' "'^ *^ survivors, 1st Lt.' line on tlie Koei Kivei lo,Richard L, Cook of Los Angeles, miles east of fallen Aaciieil|and S Sgt. Joseph T. Coles. Caao !
Saturday, white ty^o Alliedi^'¦" ^'^^'^^..''''''^y with the Phiiip-
armip* c-nnvPi-irpH nn tIip Pi"" «"«•"'"¦" "ho assisted them ainuei* tonveijrea on the after they reached ahore, the snc-
eneiny pockets commandingUiai release disclosed. By robkrt .¦»ilsel
tlie Schelde E^liary into Ant-! ''AH of the men arc in good con-1 London, Sunday, Oct. 12 (UP) Red Army troops in a 20-iiiile ad- werp, clearance of which h,',"?' "¦'"r'^P' "vc recovering fromi vance, yesterday reached the Danube River 84 miles'south of Budapest miffht mean final victorv in n ,. .. 3" K""""",, wounds. None and reopened a great offensive to win the Hungarian capital, while migni mean linai VlClorj in alis hsted as serious ¦ the »nno„n,.». Bcrim admitted that massive Russian tank columns had driven 20
Reds Reach Danube Only 84 M'l^s from Budapest
other Armies Near Juncture in Slovakia; Huge Masses of Infantry Follow Tanks In Powerful Drive Into East Prussia
Naval Expert New Feature of The Indeiiendent
Offering anolher nrw feature fnr reader* of thr Hunday Inde¬ pendent, the service* of Melcher rratt, fanioii* naval expert, have been obtained. HI* writing* uill he nf particular service a* the war in the Paciflc—a naval war —begin* lo open up.
In hi* flrHt article, starting a new serle* on hi* return from a tnur of the Pwillr on a nrw I. S. hattlcKhlp, hr dr*rribr* the*e floating fnrt* In term* nf the men who flght them. It give* a picture of what the*c boy* are doing.
Read Fletcher Pratt'* fir*t article today on Page A-II.
Court were rejected or ignored."
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"In 1935 I asked the Congress to join the World Court . . . the Republicans voted against it . . . In July. 1939, I tried to obtain a repeal of the arms embargo ... It was made plain .... that wc could not hope to attain the desired revision. . . ."
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"... I hear voices on the air attacking me for my 'failure' to prepare this nation for this war . . . those same voices were not so audible fh-c years ago . . . giv¬ ing warning of the grave peril . . . wc faced."
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"The majority of the Repub¬ lican members of the Congress voled against the Selective Ser¬ vice Act . . . repeal of the arms embargo . . . Lend-Lease law . . . extension of Selective Service. . . ."
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"If the Republicans were to win control of the Congress in this election. Inveterate Isolation¬ ists would occupy positions of commanding Influence and power < , , politicians who embraced the policy of Isolationism . . . are not rellatile custodians of the future
of America."
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"There are some who hope to see a structure of peace , . . with the telephones In. the plumbing complete, the heating system and electric iceboxes functioning , , . the United Nations have not yet produced such a comfortable dwelling place. But we have achieved a very practical expres¬ sion of common purpose. . . ."
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"It is clear that If the world organization is to have any real¬ ity al all. our representatives must be endowed in Rdvan.^e . . . with authority to act." » • •
"Never again ... can we wash our hands of maintaining the peace for which we fought. . . .'
11 More Ships, SO Planes Downed by Navy Fliers
By >IAl; R. JOHNSON .
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters. Pearl Harbor, Oct. 21. (UP) Pacific Fleet carrier aircraft con¬ tinued their aggressive support of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines yeslerday. sink¬ ing or damaging 11 ahips and small prafi and destroying 50 more Jap fiiese aircraft. "Adni. dies •Jlmitz announced today
as serious." the announce¬ ment said. The men will soon be
Thp fSiitish Spi-iinH Avn.v r*"' *'^'^^ *" '^"^ United States ine IJllUsn Secona Aini.\,,froni the military hospitals
in a hjrlitning five-nule dash Cdd-Blooded Murder
westward hnked up with Can- Revealing the story of the men
adian troops on the Roosen-'::!!° "'i^P^''^^'°'S,;I*P''"'»«''">"ds,
dahl Canal, M mile.s north ofL^„Tiivedlr''Jno^e"t''hSn ^^^'^^l^rl
Antwei'p, to tighten the nOOSej*" Japanese-occupied areas Mac-
on possiblv 20,000 enemv ki'''*11'j'"''* i* *¦"'"' '^""^ °''^°'<*- ' ' - • I blooded murder.
The Americans, after performing I forced labor on an enemy airfield
The commander of the Aaehcnl'","'" aouthcrn Philippines, were garrison, a Colonei Wilck. belated-1 "''"K shipped north when their Iv surrendered with 600 of his men }°"^'°-V was attacked by an Amer- at a point just west of the city ''"" aubmarine. Their transport where thev had held out after Lt.!""'' "' '«»»t two olher enemy ships Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' Dough-1 were sunk,
boys completed the mop-up of] "The Japanese guards dellber- Cii.irlemagne's old capital Friday, German* Pull^ut
Under a thundering barrage from .all types of guns, the main German defense force in the Aachen area,
than a score of counter-attacks de signed to break the siege, was re¬ ported pulliiig out to the northeast { toward emergency defenses before the Rhine.
The Yanks Immediately followed up Die withdrawal and drove half a mile eastward from the Wiicr- selen area, three miles above Aachen their first advance in tiiat direction since the Siege arc was first thrust around Aachen nearly H month anio.
The Germans' defense of Holland as a buffer before the Reich mean¬ while deteriorated sharply as Can¬ adian troops extended to six miles their gains in a new drive north of Antwerp and thrust two col¬ umns within nine miles of the vi¬ tally important communications center of Breda, But tlie most important battle (Continued on Page A-14)
Pushing Back Confused Japs On 20'Mile Front
2 Imporfanf Fields Talien; Nips' Planes Pinned Down; Direct Assult Is Avoided; Filipino Uprising Reported
(ien. MacArthur's Headquarters, I.eyte. Sunday, Oct. 22 (ll*)—U. S. invasion forces have captured Tacloban, capital of the central Philippine island of Leyte, and two airdromes, white advancing an averuRe of four miles on all sectors through strong Japanese pill box defenses with only light casualties, (ien. Douglas MacArthur announced in a com¬ munique today.
Driving back the confu. |
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