The first of the following two excerpts is continued from June 9.
Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy
96th Drives Ahead (Moscow) – 2-3
Black Widow Ends B-29 ‘Ghost Flight’ (Rae) – 3
Stilwell Doubts Pacific War Will End Soon; Says We May Have to Fight in Manchuria (Lawrence) – 3
Okinawa: Two Enemy Explosives Miss Targets – Machines and Generals in the Mud (photo) – 4-5
Plane Plant is Hit by 820 B-29 Bombs (Jones) – 6
Borneo is Invaded, Say Australians (Parrott) – 6
Generalissimo Chiang’s Armies Make New Strides (map) – 7
War News Summarized – 7
Accord on Poland Held Much Nearer – 8
Cars Parked Near Race Tracks Face Removal by Police as ‘Found’ – 8
Eisenhower to Get City-Wide Greeting – 9
Supreme Commander is Interviewed * – 9
Our Generals Who Helped Smash Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe Return to Home State (photos) – 10-11
Patton Has Fear of ‘Another War’ – 11
Problem of Our Naval Reserve (Baldwin) – 12
Veterans to Aid Tax Evasion Drive – 12
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 13
* We have read dozens, if not hundreds, of stories filed by Drew Middleton going back to September 1942. He has been part of the press corps around Gen. Eisenhower all along. Now, here is a photo of the two at the end of the Great Crusade. It looks more like a schmooze than an interview.
