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Show 5 i TKe Weather For Provo nd vicinity: Continued Con-tinued warm teday and tonight with, scattered . thunderstorm over the mountain tonight and this evening. Temperature: High 91 Low ; . 50 Call The Herald ff you dont receive your Herald before 6:30 call' 495 before 8 j'clock and a copy will be sent jo you. IFTY-SEVENTH YEAR NO. 16 COMPLETE UNITSD PRESS TKLEGRA.PH NEWS SERVICE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY; UTAH, TUESDAY, JULY ' 21, ,1942 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE PRICE FIVE CENTS o5 ill "o) Ifll 7 ) rr m : M if k ,AV. 'jT 111 1. V III III V 1 IT n YrO wwnra HNMG MEM PESSIMISTIC OVER FUTURE Collapse of I n d ustry After the War Is i General Fear By DAVE F. BELNAP United Press Staff Correspondent 'SALT LAKE CITY, July 21 (U.R) An overall pessimistic pessimis-tic picture of the western mining industry in post-war years was painted today by mining operators who testified testi-fied before special senate sub-committee on silver. A five percent tax on freight transportation, proposed excess profits taxes, a critical labor situation, and the government's request that mines be pushed to capacity production were fac-rs which prompted witnesses to testify tes-tify the mining industry would collapse after the war for want of development capital and ore reserves. William J. O'Connor, manager of the Utah department of the American Smelting and Refining company, told the sub-comsmlttee, headed by Sen. Pat McCarrar, Nev. that annual crude ore receipts re-ceipts at the firm he represented, exclusive of Utah Copper, had decreased nearly 200,000 tons in the four years preceding Jan. 1, 1942. No Surplus Built O'Connor said that mines in the west had been unable to build up financial surpluses for develop ment work, and as result, production produc-tion of lcrude -orpwaa -fallings off as resources were depleted. He said that high taxes, especially excess profits levies, han. made it impossible to attract private capital capi-tal to mines to get relief. In general, the labor situation m the minin? industry is in the most "demoralized" state it has ever been in, O'Conner asserted. The turnover is "terrific" he said, "And we are now losine men that nave Deen witn our companies iur from five to ten years." Sen. Abe Murdock. D.. Utah, a member of the sub-committee, in terrupted O'Conner's testimony to declare that he believed con struction of defense units had been overemphasized in the war emergency program. , "In our hurry to get plants constructed, he said, "we have overlooked the fact that pynts must have raw materials before they can function. We must get it into our heads that productiEVT (Continued on Page Six) Wednesday Last Day to File for Primary Election : Wednesday at 5 p. m. is the deadline for filing candidacy for Utah county offices open at the fall election, officials reminded today. There was still a dearth of candidates can-didates for some of the positions today, especially the state legislative legisla-tive post, although the situation may be changed somewhat by deadline time. There was a marked mark-ed dearth of Republican candidates. candid-ates. A 'designation of nomination advancing Philo C. Wightman, former Pay son mayor, as Republican Republi-can candidate for the four-rear county l commissioner's post was filed in the county clerk's ejl.ee today. Whether Mr. Wightman accepts the candidacy has not been indicated. indi-cated. O'.her candidates for the position arc William J. Johnson of Spanish Fork, incumbent, and Jordan A. Law and J. M. Nichols, both; of Payson. -r Two conptable candidates who filed late today were N. Alrna Peterson, for the Provo precinct, and .William Warren Carter, for the . Spring Lake precinct, both Democrats .Yearly salaries set up for county coun-ty positions for the ensuing term are as follows: County commissioners, $2300; sheriff, -S2S00; attorney, $2800; auditor; $2560; assessor, $2560; recorder, $2560; clerk, $2560; and treasurer, $2560. Filing fees are based on one-fourth of one per cent of the yearly salary. Abbott- & -C Jinx to Japs V km. 1 7 4 ' Four of Jap flags painted on fuselage of Lieut. Arthur James Brassfield's ship are for planes he shot down during battle of Midway. Others represent his Coral Sea bag. (Official U. S. Navy photo.) Thurman Blamed For Questionnaire To State Workers SALT LAKE CITY, July 21UP.) State Auditor Reese M. Reese admitted today that the political questionnaires distributed recently re-cently among state departments and institutions were prepared in his of f ice at the request of state Democratic Chairman Allen . G. Thurman. - - - , Reese's disclosure followed denial de-nial by Charles H. Skidmore, state superintendent of public instruction, instruc-tion, that the questionnaires originated orig-inated in his office. The repub-lican repub-lican state central committee had accused Skldmore's office of circulating cir-culating the questionnaires which contained questions regarding political affiliation. Reese said that "there was no coercion abou this" and added that "the employes were at liberty lib-erty to answer anything they wanted." Hit, Run Charge Faces Motorist SALT LAKE CITY, July 21 UE A 'complaint charging hit and run driving was filed today aainst Harold Meyers, 37, a Mid vale, Utah, smelter worker, after state highway patrolmen reported he confessed he was driver of the car involved in a fatal hit and run accident near Murray Sunday. William F. Johnston, Jr., 15, Murray, was killed in the accident and his cousin, Miss Elva Johnson, John-son, 18, Bingham, was seriously injured. Meyers was arrested when he appeared at the Murray city hall and reported his automobile had been stolen and apparently involved in-volved in an accident before it was returned. Highway patrolmen patrol-men said Meyers- later admitted he was driving the car at the time of the accident. 'White Collar' Workers Volunteer to Pinch Hit as Raspberry Pickers Retail clerks, office workers, postoffice clerks, and other city resident are lending a helping hand as raspberry pickers, many groups have been placed for early morning ov late afternoon assignments in different . berry patches near Provo,' according to W. L. Mildenhall, director of the U. S. employment office. However, a report that the stores would adopt an early 5:30 p. m. closing, was denied by H. J. Heisch, chairman of the retail re-tail merchants committee of the Provo chamber of commerce. Mr. Heisch said he had no knowledge of any meeting or any agreement having been made to that effect. It is estimated that 300 crates of raspberires can be saved from falling on the ground, by recruiting recruit-ing pickers from the city's "white collar" workers. .Trasportation is furnished to all who volunteer to pick, ar rangements being handled by T. 1 1 ; : : s- : .r : ; - -: ; ' oste llo In Personal Appearance at 2?15 HIGH RATES IN TAX BILL FACE FIGHT House Rais es Rates Or! Corporations, Excess Profits By JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 21 (U.R) Strong senate opposition opposi-tion developed today to high house - approved corporation tax rates. The senate finance committee commit-tee prepared to begin hearings hear-ings Thursday on the 1942 revenue bill, designed to increase the government's income $6,270,-900,000 $6,270,-900,000 annually. Chairman Walter F. George, D., Ga., described the combined normal nor-mal and surtax rate on corporations corpora-tions of 45 per cent voted by the house as "too steep." He said he believed the house had done a "good job on the affirmative enactments" en-actments" of the bill, but added: Held Too Steep "I am impressed that the combined com-bined corporate normal and surtax rate of 45 per cent is too steep." It may afect production and overlooks over-looks the fact that many corporations corpora-tions have not increased earnings as a result of the war. Many are making less. A rate of 45 per cent on corporations that are. holding hold-ing their own or losing ground is too high." George said, however, that high rates might be imposed if they were coupled with a post-war savings sav-ings plan the compulsory savings-feature savings-feature which has been left out of the house bill. His views were supported by Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., who held that the normal effective rate was too high for a levy that in effect was a "double taxi' to begin with, since corporation profits prof-its are subject also to individual income taxes when distributed to stockholders as dividends. "I am in favor of lowering the normal corporation tax," Taft said. Taft said he had no objection to the 90 per cent excess profits rate, or the rates of individuals. In the individual tax field the house bill raises the present normal nor-mal rate from four to six per cent, and surtax rates begin at 13 per cent instead of six per cent a at present . The new corporation rates were the subject of a last-minute fight in the house when the ways.iaid means committee proposed lowering lower-ing the effective normal rate from 45 to 40 per cent. The house rejected re-jected it, 180 to 160. The committee commit-tee also proposed increasing the excess profits'vate from 87 to 90 per cent That was approved. ' The house then "approved the bill, 30 to 2. The present combined normal and surtax corporation rate is 31 per cent Excess profits taxes at present are on a sliding scale with rates ranging from 36 to 60 per cent. W. Dyckes of the employment office. The regular rate will be paid by the growers for the picking. pick-ing. Volunteers are urged to meet at the employment office, 30 North University avenue by 6 p. m. daily, as long as the crop lasts. Complaint Registered Complaints were registered by parents thati one fruitgrower had demanded his pickers, many of them younger boys and girls, continue con-tinue picking until 3 o'clock in the afternon without an opportunity oppor-tunity to eat lunch at noon. Where the pickers begin work early in the morning, this makes too loing a stretch without anything any-thing to eat, the parents declared. de-clared. A beter morale could be established estab-lished among the boys and girls, if they would be allowed time out by their employers at noon for lunch, it was held WAACs Are Center of Af traction at BE w i .'. ii -'I i - - 111 1 JsPfc k ' M"m-"' m J a ..i. i Amid a flurry of military activity and popping flashbulbs, the first contingent of Women's Army , Auxiliary Corps members arrive at Port Des Moines, la., to begin military training. They rode in Army trucks Just Uetterli to Seek G.O.P. Nomination For Congressman SALT LAKE CITY, JULY 21 (UJ?) Police Chief Reed E. Vntter-li Vntter-li of Salt Lake City, today announced an-nounced he had filed a petition for Republican nomination for congressman from Utah's Second congressional district. Vetterli said his platform' would be built . on a pledge of full cooperation co-operation with the administration. administra-tion. A native of Salt Lake City, Vetterli is a former member of the federal bureau of investigation investiga-tion and has participated in several sev-eral of the nation's most famous criminal cases. He said he had obtained permission from the city commission to continue his duties as police chief during the campaign. cam-paign. Children Tied Up With Log Chains By Father, Mother ATLANTA, Ga., July 21 (U.R A father and mother charged with binding three of their children chil-dren together with heavy log chains and leaving them sit in a hot sun as punishment for taking tak-ing some old coins were held under $5,000 bond each today. The father, Archer R. Burney, who described himself as an odd-job odd-job man, admitted to Dekal county police that he had punished pun-ished Archer R., Jr., 7, Flernoy, 10, and Margaret, "12, by lock; mg me lo-pouna log cftain around their necks. "I didn't like to keep on whipping whip-ping them, so this is the method I used to punish them," Burney said. Mrs. Burney denied that the children had been mistreated. The father told the officers he was punishing the children because be-cause he suspected them of taking tak-ing 20 or 25 cents in old coins from a pocketbook. "None of them would "admit taking the money, sd I put them out there and told them to own up which one did before I got back," Burney said. Baseball Today NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 00. 0 Boston 001 000 0 Olsen and Scheffing; Tost and Lombardt. Cincinnati 000 1 -. Brooklyn 051 1 Derringer and Lamanno; All- red and Owen. AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p, m. CWT . Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:45 p. m., CWT. New York at Cleveland, 8:45 p. m... EWT. Washington ... .002 20 Detroit . . ..... .310 01 Newsom and Early; White and Tebbetts. 'I kit- Oi uxe tne men. -s- - EVEN KILLED IN LANDSLIDE OAKWOOD, Va., July 21 (UJI) The bodies of seven persons, including a mother and her five children, were being removed today to-day from a pile of slate which slid down - a hillside, demolished two houses and carried, four others into a river. The dead were Mrs. Lorraine CblreeT?7rwife i oT?Te "Crab-" tree, foreman of the Oakwood smokeless coal mines; Mrs. How ard Estep, 36, and her five chil dren, Tom, 11; Harold, 9; June, 7; Bobby, 5, and Paul, 2. Most of the other residents of the row of- homes in the path of the slate managed to escape, although four ' persons Mrs. Frank Phillips, her two daugh- j ters, Netie, 13, , and Nell, 11, j and William Wghited were injured. in-jured. The scrap slate, sliding from a pile 10 yards above the row of dwellings, gathered speed as it rolled down hill, demolished two, with it into the river. O. D. Woody, assistant super intendent of the Oakwood mines, Said that water seepage was responsible. re-sponsible. , Motorists Caught Without Stamps Receive Tickets Fifty-odd motorists were issued tickets for failure to display federal fed-eral automobile use stamps at a traffic blockade conducted by the state highway patrol and the internal in-ternal revenue department Monday Mon-day on the state highway south of Provo. An additional 50 arrests were made for other violations, such as driving without an operator's license, having faulty equipment, equip-ment, etc., according to L. A. Christensen, highway patrol sergeant. ser-geant. , More blockades are planned for the future. F. E. Adams, deputy collector of internal revenue here, warned that motorists caught without the federal auto use stamp are subject to $25 fine. Enforce-men Enforce-men of the- law began with Monday's Mon-day's blockade. Mr. Adams declared the stamp must be displayed on the windshield. wind-shield. Having it in the wallet or home in the dresser drawer isn't good enough, he stated. The stamps , may be obtained at the post office. - KILLED BY GUARD SCHENECTADY, N. Y., July 21 ILR)--Frederick D. Pitts, 3A of Saratoga Springs, a mechanic, was shot and killed early today while attempting to escape from a policeman po-liceman who arrested him outside a small defense plant. Police Chief - Joseph , Peters identified the dead man and said that he had been arrested previous in Schenectady for disorderly con duct. Fort Des Moines (NEA TeUphoto) Women Soldiers Begin Training At WAAC Camp FT. DES MOINES," la., July 21 (U.R) The nation's first wo-1 men soldiers slipped into army routine today to concentrate in the serious business of preparing prepar-ing to release regular army men for combat duty. Some discarded rphid, corsages, cor-sages, farewell tokens from hus bands . and sweethearts, as they enangetr niBarioTnes Tor the trim summer uniforms of the women's wo-men's army auxiliary corps. When a cannon's roar awakened awaken-ed the WAASC at 5:45 a. m. today, they knew they were beginning be-ginning their strenuous training program. After yesterday's informal infor-mal introduction to army life, the women were told they could receive visitors only on urgent business and the press was barred from the post Already uniforms were sprinkled liberally among the 440 officer candidates arid 360 basic auxiliaries, the privates of the women's army, who composed com-posed the first contingent of trainees. By December, 7,000 will be in training' here. Those who had not yet been issued is-sued uniforms still wore slacks, shorts and other informal attire at-tire as they lined -up at the fitting fit-ting station and passed beneath the sign: "Through . these doors passes the best-dressed women's army in the world." One hundred tailors were working feverishly, altering uniforms uni-forms so all of the WAACS can be in formal military attire when their classes begin Thursday. An avearge of 41 minutes was required to oufit each woman from her kepi-style hat to her calfskin oxfords. Allied Submarines Sink Jap Transports CHUNGKING, China, July 21Nj (U.E) Allied submarines repeatedly repeated-ly have attacked Japanese transports trans-ports in the Formosa Strait, an important lane for Japanese shipping ship-ping to the South Seas, the new China Daily reported today. The attacks have been proceeding proceed-ing for four weeks, the newspaper said, but the extent of their success suc-cess has not been learned. Allied Fliers Inflict Heavy Damage On Axis Egypt Bases CAIRO, July 21 (ILE British and-South African planes have inflicted heavy damage on the Axis f forces in raids on airdromes, air-dromes, tanks, i troops and supply vehicles, it was announced today. to-day. Long range planes carried out an attack on enemy-barges," protected pro-tected by fighter pianes, northeast north-east of Sidt Barrani in the zone near the Libyan border, and plane crews saw them aflame, a communique of the middle eastern east-ern command and the Royal Air Force said. Talk Revived Of Second Front In Western Europe German Claim of Rostov Being Attacked On Three Sides After Being Set Afire By Dive Bombers Discounted By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor The Axis offensive to isolate the Caucasus struck at the gateway city of Rostov and edged closer to Stalingrad today in .a drive that sharply revived prospects of an Allied second front in western Europe. German official claims were that Rostov was being attacked at-tacked from three sides after being set afire by dive bombers and that an advance of 90 miles had been made by an Axis spearhead striking into the Don river bend to within 85 miles of Stalingrad on the Volga. Nazi . air AnimHmna nrerA ronAiA pounding the Russians on the low er Don front, destroying bridges and ranging south of Rostov to break up communications lines. Probably Exaggerated This Nazi picture probably was exaggerated, but Moscow dis-patdhes, dis-patdhes, renewing emphasis, on the need or Allied help, reflected a desperate situation and London sources again suggested that Japan, Ja-pan, with more than half of her best troops shifted to the north, might be ready at any moment to strike at Siberia. As . a result, London dispa?shes said that some United Nations tltrust In the west was more likely than ever. .The necessity of censorship and secrecy made second front devel-1 opments highly uncertain, however, how-ever, and it was emphasized that tremendous difficulties must be overcome." " ' ' "" f . ' j About all that was known was that Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his aides and American Ameri-can representatives had reconsidered reconsid-ered the situation in London in the light of the threat to" the Caucasus Cau-casus and of the agreement with the Soviet union on the urgent necessity of a second front in 1942. Churchill Meets King Churchill then had luncheon with King George. This might be the most significant concrete development de-velopment since it is customary to inform the king when important import-ant decisions have been made, but no official indication was given as to the purpose of the audiers. On the other hand, it was em phasized thiat a cautious attitude should be taken toward the prospects pros-pects of a second front until developments de-velopments are more definite. The political. urgency of an invasion of western Europe is obvious, as is the military advantage of anything any-thing that would divert Axis strength from Russia. London dispatches also reiterated reiter-ated the possibility that next year might weU be too late and that it was a question of whether the Allies must take a greater risk at an earlier date than desired. There were several approaches to the second front problem a far greater aerial offensive in the west, intensified and regular Commando Com-mando raids or an attack on the northern Norway coast in an effort ef-fort to eliminate Nazi air and submarine bases from which the enemy has battered Allied convoys to Russia. These, however, are only half-way measures, and while advantageous would certainly fail to force Hitler to shift his main strength from southern Russia. " Small Force Ruled Out It also seemed likely that .the Allies would avoid any attempt to divert German- strength from Rus- : (Continued on Page Six) In a large scale attack on the enemy airdrome near Fuka, 60 miles west of the Alamein battle line, imperial planes scored direct hits, started fires and damaged about 30 enemy -, planes, the 'communique 'com-munique said. One Italian fighter plane was shot 6own In a battle and others were damaged. t Loss of five British planes . In all operations was admitted,' but the communique .. said that pilots of two were ! known to be safe. As regards grounds operations, the communique . merely noted that they were confined yesterday to patrol activities. rr t- : 71 : p, m. Wednesday U. S. SUBMARINE SINKS 3 MORE JAP DESTROYERS WASHINGTON, July 21 (TIE) The navy announced today that U. S. submarines have sunk three more Japanese destroyers in the vicinity of Kiaka In the Aleutian Islands. . Roosevelt Galls leahy t6"0u1y"as Chief of Staff WASHINGTON, July 21 LE President Roosevelt today called Admiral William D. Leahy back to active duty to serve as his chief of staff. Mr. Roosevelt told a press conference con-ference that Leahy's duties would be those of chief of staff of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces the cUief executive. The president declined to be more specific. But he said Leahy's new assignment would relieve him of many details incident to the war. This statement by the president strengthened reports that Leahy would serve as a coordinator of military and naval activities, answering an-swering directly, to the president After announcing the new assignment as-signment for Leahy, who returned return-ed recently from France where he has been American ambassador, ambassa-dor, the president said that Secretary Sec-retary of State Cordell Hull within with-in the next two or three davs will make an important radio address on the general subject of the seriousness of the war. Hull, according to the president presi-dent will tell the nation what winning the war means what victory will mean to human civilization civ-ilization in terms of security aad liberty, not only to this country bat throughout the world. The president said that' Hull has shown him a draft of the address and Mr. Rooevelt said his impression was that it was a very able , and conclusive summary sum-mary of the world situation. 4 Horse Racing Publisher Dies ROCHESTER, Minn., July 21 (UE) M. L. Annenberg, 84, a Ger- . man immigrant who became publisher pub-lisher of the. Philadelphia Inquirer and half a dozen other s newspapers newspa-pers and magazines and organizer of horse racing news, died in St Mary's hospital last night "leas than two months after he was paroled from federal prison. He arrived at the Mayo clinic shortly after he was released on June . 3, and spent four days in his hospital bed completing arrangements ar-rangements for disposition of his personal and business aff airj." On July 14, he was operated upon, but because-of his age and poor physical - condition, v grew steadily worse. Unconscious since Sunday, he died at 9:45 last night. Sv. |