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Show PAGE EIGHT PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD, '"FRIDAY; JUNE 19, 1942 fillies Host Stem Dangerous Threats (Continued from Page One) 4 ' mendous- German losses, and ap peared to be . making progress. Soviet dispatches estimated 3,000 German dead d day outside of Sevastopol or a total of about 40,000 killed in 14 days. The Germans, however, claimed to have broken through the main Russian defenses on the north. 3. The position of Turkey was (MM?) 0M J Kr fair. aavHffiij II 1 TVsS lWl,c!.Vb0? 0i ii-- C3'T3EJ- TIMPANOGOS HATCHERY Corner 3rd South and' 7th East Hayward's Markets, Carpenter Seed, Bonnctt-Vacher increasingly critical, although official of-ficial statements Indicated that German pressure was being withstood with-stood in connection with, landing of five American bombers In Turkey Tur-key after bombing Rumanian targets. tar-gets. The Russians also were accusing Turkey of provocation In connection with conviction of two Russians for an attack on Nazi Ambassador Franz Von Papen and there was wide speculation spec-ulation that the axis would attempt at-tempt to push through or -close to Turkish territory this summer in an effort to reach the Near East. , . These developments were, ex pec ted to result in broad decisions by .Mr. Roosevelt and the British prime minister, who also were expected ex-pected to discuss the problems of keeping open sea routes to Britain Brit-ain and . Russia, the Pacific war and general post-war problems. The question of supreme public interest is that dealing with the possibilities of a second front in 1942. The tri-power accord announced June 12, it must be remembered, did not state that a second land front would be opened this year, merely that agreement had been reached on "the urgent tasks" of such a necessity and there are many who doubt that despite; the constantly swelling AEF in' the British Isles this can be undertaken during the remaining six months of this year, due to such problems as shipping. The prime minister and the president will compare notes on their recent conferences with Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyach-eslav Vyach-eslav M. Molotov to London and Washington. . In a thret-hour speech in Moscow's Mos-cow's Kremlin hall before the Supreme Soviet yesterday Molotov Molo-tov said that his consultation in Washington and London strength ened the promise of a complete allied victory over the axis and that, although the shipping difficulties diffi-culties are great, the United States will strive to deliver S3a-000,000,000 S3a-000,000,000 in lease-lend aid tp the Red armies. Churchill's arrival was a well-kept well-kept secret of war and it appeared that he had flown across the Atlantic At-lantic with Queen Wilbelmina of the Netherlands. The Dutch queen is in Canada and will go to Washington soon and may sign a mutual aid pact and lease-lend agreement. SCRAP RUBBER JAP FLEET (Continued from Page One) and got -a direct hit amidships. Then we returned to our vase only long enough to refuel and bomb up' 'before starting out again to paste them. ' "On the second day, we found them about 100 miles closer in. They had joined up with about 10 other cruisers and transports. The closer they came the more we hit them. We couldn't help finding them while they continued towards to-wards their rendezvous because there , were so many of them." Capt Harry Spieth of Portland Ore., leader of Roberts' formation, said the lieutenant sighted the enemy about 15 minutes before his; mates. "He was pretty excited," Spieth said. ?T forgot his exact words, but you wouldn't be able to print them, anyway."' "There was an aircraft carrier, its broad deck glistening in the sun, a seaplane carrier, several cruisers and a number of destroy- etrs. Away ".off , we couldj see another an-other large convoy. V ...'; ; "We came in right behind Roberts Rob-erts and. let them have . all we had. We scored several near misses and a direct hit on one of the cruisers which erupted smoke and began to - blaze furiously." "The Japs did everything but stand their ships on their fails. The way they handled the carrier was a picture, As the bombs were going down, they did 180-degree turns and their wakes looked like a lot of wriggling white -worms as they turned in all directions-. "A little later; the naval dive bombers came in and let the Rykaku (the carrier) have it. They sank her in five minutes with 15 bombs and ' 10 torpedo hits." He said his formation sighted 25 more Japanese ships approaching approach-ing by two's and three's in "loose string formation" as it returned to its base for fuel and ammunition. ammuni-tion. At dawn the next day the pilots were off again with another load of destruction. "We saw part of our own fleet coming toward the Japanese with Leads Task Force Rear Admiral Robert C. Griffen commands a powerful U. S. naval task force serving with the British home fleet. the apparent intention of cutting them off," Spieth .said. "The Jap fleet then was about 200 miles away. It was the last time I saw Jap ships steaming south. BLOOD 4 i ' 1 1 ii (Continued from Page One) a member of the state .public utilities util-ities commission from 1917 to 1921 and on -the state road commission com-mission from 1822 to 1933, serving serv-ing as chairman for the last eight years. He was generally credited with vast Improvements in the state road system. Reduces Debt v As governor. Blood's policy was "pay as you go." Not noted as a public speaker,' Blood still was persuavise in his appearances before be-fore the state legislature and in convincing officials to reduce expenditures; ex-penditures; to meet income. When he took office the state's net outstanding debt was 312,-100,000. 312,-100,000. When he left eight years later it was only $3,655,000. The saving in interest paid by the state amounted to thousands 6f dollars. He was a staunch supporter of the New Deal a factor that aided his election as Utah's seventh sev-enth governor in 1932. He won his second term in 1936 on his record. , - His monetary policy was summed sum-med up by Blood wren' he said: "You should demand only of government what you can afford, and should pay diligently and willingly for what you receive." He was a member of the Western West-ern Association of Highway Officials, Of-ficials, serving' as president from 1927 to 1933, and a past president of the American Association of highway officials. He was director direc-tor of several large Utah industrial indus-trial concerns. Authorities of the Mormon church said that Blood's successor succes-sor as president of the -California mission would be determined later. Usual proceedure is for the' first presidency of the church to select se-lect a mission president and have the appointment confirmed at the next general church conference. Rufus K. Hardy, member of the first council of 70, third highest ranking group in the church authorities, au-thorities, has been at the mission headquarters in Los Angeles for the . last . two months, acting as president during Blood's illness.-Gov. illness.-Gov. Herbert B. Maw, who succeeded suc-ceeded Blood as governor of Utah, was en route to a North Carolina meeting today and his staff was attempting -to advise him of Blood's death. Blood's death left only one living ex-governor of Utah, Charles R. Mabey, now directing di-recting war bond sales in the state. A chinquapin is a nut-bearing tree of the chestnut group. There are 2,079,000 acres of nonfederal non-federal forest lands in Wisconsin. FOR ICT0RY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS STAMPS (Continued from Page One) connection with the hubber campaign. cam-paign. Boy Scouts have secured permission per-mission to set up a central rubber rub-ber depot at the tabernacle grounds. As an advertising stunt, a clothes line will be constructed at tiiis central depository on which the various odd and interesting pieces of rubber will be hung, such as teething rings, girdles, muscle builders, hot water bottles, etc. Garn Carter was instructed to build a large thermometer at the tabernacle site to show a daily record of the "rubber temperature" tempera-ture" indicating how near the city is coming to its 72,000-pound quota. ; Trucks which pick up rubber will have money and be authorized to pay for the rubber or give receipts re-ceipts to those who want to donate. do-nate. Mayor Harding assured that several hundred rubber tires used at the wharf at Utah lake will be put in the scrap pile. Old fire hose can be used to adequately take the place of the tires at the lake, he indicated. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION ! k FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS LUGGAGE trailer with extra tire. 265 East 6 North, before 3 p. m. J22 BOARD AND ROOM BOARD and room for 3. $30.00. 360 East 6 North. 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