September 24, 1944

marines make new gains that flank Jap strong hill defenses, Peleliu; push enemy slowly toward northern end of island; take Garekoru and unnamed village; control three-fourths of Peleliu; Jap Peleliu and Angaur losses noted; US naval and air forces smash apparent Jap attempt to reinforce Peleliu from Ngesebus Is; destroy 7 troop-carrying barges; US planes raid Yap and Ponape

Sutro Bros & Co; J LaRocca and A Castarella, held

Morgenthau proposes country destruction as indus state and urges conversion into agr country of small farms; that and his other recommendations listed; plans believed approved by Roosevelt, opposed by Cabinet com members Hull and Stimson; presented to Churchill at Que conf; based on 3 assumptions with respect to USSR; called unworkable because of Get key position in Eur econ

Autumn and the Pirates hit the Polo Grounds simultaneously yesterday and fashioned a frosty afternoon for the Giants, as well as some 3,749 die-hard fans who sat shivering in the stands. Getting hot only long enough to slip unexpectedly into an eighth-inning tie, the Giants finally were clubbed into submission in the thirteen inning, 6 to 4.