August 13, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 13, 1944:

Bremerton, Wash.—AP—

President Roosevelt came home from a 15- day inspection of the Pacific war

zone Saturday night to declare the United Nations.-must prepare permanent

defenses against any future aggressions by the Japanese.

"The word and the honor of Japan cannot be trusted," he declared.

The President came into dock at this huge navy yard about 6 p.m. (CWT), ending a war tour that began when he left the marine base at San Diego, Calif, on July 21—a day after his fourth-term nomination by the Democrats.

During his absence he visited Pearl Harbor, where he conferred with the war chiefs of the Pacific, and inspected military bases in the Aleutians.

He brought a laugh when he said he played hookey near Juneau, Alaska, long enough to sneak in three hours of fishing. The result: one halibut and one flounder.

Permanent Pacific defenses must be obtained, Mr. Roosevelt said, to protect this hemisphere from Alaska to Chile. It is important, he added, that we have permanent bases nearer to Japan.

"We have no desire to ask for any possessions of the United Nations," he said, "but the United Nations who are working so well with us in the winning of the war will,

I,am confident, be glad to join with us in protection against aggression and in machinery to prevent aggression.

"With them and with their help, I am sure that we can agree completely so that Central and South America will be as safe against attack from the South Pacific as

North America is going to be from the North Pacific itself."

 

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Escape Attempt

Br THOMAS C. WATSON

INS Staff correspondent

SUPREME  HEADQUARTERS. Allied Expeditionary Force.;

.Aug.-13A(Sunday)

 United; States armored spearheads were reported early today to be" striking at Argentan. within less than IS miles of a strategic Junction with British-Canadian'

forces near Falaise. as all signs pointed to a dramatic climax  confronting the German 7th  army with a disastrous "Stalingrad" in France.

New Onslaught on Warsaw

By WIIlliam Wade

INS Staff Corresponent

LONDON. Aug. 13  (Sunday)—

Soviet forces Soviet forces rolled through more than 610 towns and villages in two twin-pronged drives that swerved within striking distance of East Prussia’s southern boarder.

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