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Show -X page 10 z&Skgff. aS5S-,57y DAILY HERALD British Fall Back in India By DARREIX BEBRIGAN United Press War Correspondent NEW DELHI, March 29 (EE) British Imperial troops were reported re-ported falling back 15 miles Inside In-side the Indian frontier today under un-der heavy attack by Japanese Invasion In-vasion forces swarming down through the Somra hills towards the Manipur state capital of Ira-phal. Ira-phal. A headquarters communique Indicated In-dicated the first major battle of the Indian campaign was In full pressing their attack furiously and the communique ackowl- road. Heavy air fighting also was reported re-ported over northern and central edged the defenders had "taken up new positions." It was indicated that the British Brit-ish were battling to prevent a Japanese break-through onto the crude highway leading f r o m Ukhrul to Imphal, little more than 30 miles to the southwest The main impetus of the four-pronged four-pronged Japanese Invasion of India In-dia appeared to be centered for the moment on the Ukhrul sector, but the Allied communique said enemy columns still were on the march further north, apparently striking toward Kohima and the upper end of the Manipur valley Burma, where the Allied air forces scored 10-to-one victory Monday and Tuesday, shooting down 30 Japanese bombers and fighters to run their score for March to 130 enemy planes. Three Allied planes were lost in the two-day action, making a total of 33 lost thus far in March. In the upper Mogaung valley of North Burma, Chinese troops opened attacks on 'three sides or Japanese postions on Al Hill, south of. Hkawnglaw river and east of the only road usable for motor travel. t m" ;J swing along the western fringe of the wild Somra tract near Ukhrul. The Japanese, ignoring heavy casualties piled up by the Brit ish frontier forces, were reported " Sri 'K : ' pit; ( UEr f President Suffers Yith Bronchitis, Exam Discloses By MTERRI3IAN SMITH Inlted Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. March 29 CP) President Roosevelt was on a cough-syrup diet today, fighting an annoying case of bronchitis and awaiting results of an exhaustive ex-haustive physical examination. Mr. Roosevelt has been troubled with influenza and colds off and on since the Quebec conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill last August. Yesterday he told his news conference his ease had been diagnosed as bronchitis, bron-chitis, but that it was not very serious. Shortly before meeting with reporters, re-porters, Mr. Roosevelt went to the naval medical center at nearby near-by Bethesda, Md., where the doc tors under the guidance of the president's physician, vice Admiral Ad-miral Ross T. Mclntire, made a ComDlete physical check-up, in-1 eluding many x-rays. The results! of this examination will not be I known to Mr. Roosevelt for a day! or two. But his physicans did not expect to find anything more serious than bronchitis. Bronchitis is an inflammation Witness 5 B . . . 3 TL jt JF . V 3T- fj vh' ; r' Jap Supply Ship Sunk by Allies Near Vewak Base ( ISEA Telephoto) tin worried about ordeal confronting f the bronchial tubes and be- Jeanne Murphy Jaburg manages comes irltating usually In connec- she Drepares to take wit- tion with other respiratory dis orders such as colds. For the time being, Dr. Mclntire is treating the president's bronchitis with a mild syrup to relieve the irritation. He also is treating the presidents sinuses to keep his nasal pas tapes open and. at the same time, Insisting that Mr. Roosevelt fo low a comparatively easy schedule sched-ule of work. The president Is a difficult patient to treat; he chafes under the restrictions of medical care. Mclntire, however, is an old hand at treating Mr. Roosevelt's ailments ail-ments and has a way of succeeding succeed-ing in having his prescriptions followed. According to the president's Intimates, In-timates, his health is basically good; better than average for a man in his sixties. Springville Mrs. Alice Averett has returned to her home after spending the past two weeks with a daughter, Mrs. Ray Mason and family at Aurora. Mrs. Mary Fillmore will be hostess hos-tess to members of the Cultural Art club at the next regular meeting meet-ing Wednesday, March 29. The group will first meet at the surgical surg-ical dressing rooms at the Red Cross and will later have pot luck supper. Mrs. Frank W. Bishop, the former for-mer Cleo Thorpe, has returned to By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. SOUTWEST PACIFIC, March 29 tUK Allied bombers, ranging over the northern New Guinea coast In the 10th consecutive day of concentrated con-centrated attacks, sank an enemy supply ship and two barges in new sweeps over the beleagured Japanese bases at Wewak and Hansa Bay, it was announced today. to-day. Liberators, Billy Mitchells, and Boston Bombers carried out the assaults Monday, dropping a total to-tal of 158 tons of explosives on the 100-mile area, described by headquarters spokesman as "a graveyard for wrecked and burned burn-ed Japanese ships." i A-communtque from Gen. Doug-jlas Doug-jlas MacArthur's headquarters said i the bombers blew up bridges, ! buildings, and enemy anti-air-i craft defenses and accounted for their 26th Japanese ship in two weeks by sinking a coastal vessel off Wcwak. Th two barges were destroyed at Manam island In Hansa Bay. The attack on Wewak, smashed smash-ed with 2,200 tons of bombs during dur-ing the past two weeks, was carried car-ried out without aerial opposition, returning pilots said, and left the area covered with dust and smoke which rose 1500 feet. Amerir.'in pronnrf t rnnn fnrt- Ped the British select tinucd (hfMr Inoppjng up in the the Ahsoiih uam oniAdnijra,ty i?landa, 210 miles north of New Guinea, with American Ameri-can naval forces aiding the campaign cam-paign by again shelling Pityilu island, four miles north of Manus. The results of the bombardment were not disclosed. U. S. bombers, from Solomons bases, maintained their almost daily attacks on the other Bismarck Bis-marck archipelago islands, dropping dropp-ing $6 tons of bombs on Rabaul, New Britain, and 50 tons of explosives ex-plosives on Kavieng. ness stand in Lonergan trial. FAMOUS ENGINEER DIES IN DENVER DENVER, March 28 (UJ? Funeral Fu-neral services for Frank M. Johnson, John-son, 71 internationally-know engi neer who hel the site for the Nile river, tentatively have been set for tomorow. Burial will be In Washington, D. C. Johnson died at his home in Denver Monday night after an illness ill-ness of more than five years. He had been supervisors of surveys for the department of the interior, in-terior, and attached to the general gen-eral land office here since 1910. Dean Henrichsen, Mrs. La Von Silberman, Mrs. Bert West and the guest of honor. The Mothers Study club conducted con-ducted their annual guest days program Friday afternoon, at the Fourth ward Relief Society rooms. The program featured a play by Professor Earl T. Pardoe of Pro-vo. Pro-vo. Luncheon concluded the entertainment. en-tertainment. Mrs. Grant Thorn was hostess to members of the Jeune Mere club at a regular meet. Grant Thorn gave vocal solos, accompanied accom-panied by Robert Thorn and Robert Rob-ert also gave piano selections. A review of the book, "Chicken Every Sunday," by Mrs. Mae Huntington, Hun-tington, was also enjoyed together togeth-er with a delicious lunch. Mrs. E. Dean Mason, the for- Springville after spending the!mer Emma Graves, has returned past few weeks with her husband, stationed at San Antonio, Texas. Bermuda Proves Vacation Paradise DEER LODGE, Mont., March 29 (U.E) Navy pilot L. T. Dachs has found a wartime Utopia replete re-plete with good steaks, all-wool sweaters and scotch whiskey at $1.25 a quart, a letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Dachs of Deer lodge disclosed today. to-day. The former Deer lodge youth told of a recent four-day trip to Nassau, British West India, dur- Mr. and Mrs. Klmer Bird of Mapleton were In Provo the past; she was accompanied bv week to attend a dinner jriven by I Hatfield, who has also been her sister, Mrs. Delmar Carter for; Chicago. an aunt. Mrs. Kuby Baum, wno wan visiting there from Ashton, Idaho. Complimenting Mrs. Kenneth Baker, visiting here from California, Califor-nia, Mrs. T.. L Baker entertained at a party at her home. Luncheon Lun-cheon and contract bridge were enjoyed by the following ladies, Mr?. Louise Hennefer, Mrs. Nel-da Nel-da Fransen, Mrs. Yvonne Johnson. John-son. Mrs. Wanda McCov. Mrs. La- 4 V,- V., r"Vii., ,m 111 where she has been visiting her !n wh'ch h,e Plaed wi'h u,.w D the Duke of Windsor and ex- iiuouaiiu vii. trcnj i kf- i a u-i i . j . , , . n VnM- I Pliant : u oiiwi . umvi v4j with in I him. Short-snorter members must 'have made at least one flight Harry Dunford. switchman for I across an ocean and exchange sig- the U. P. railroad, has just re turned from an enjoyable visit with relatives and friends in Illinois and Missouri. H'-1 was accompanied ac-companied by his mother from Rawlins, Wyo. Mrs. Everett Billings, has returned re-turned to her home after spending spend-ing 10 days with her danghtei Hannah Mario Billings, who is attending at-tending Snow rollecre. .it Flnhrnlm Ip9 $318 f Gallon V $1.05 qt. ISP HO muss! THIN WITH WATtR! NO FUSS! COVERS WALLPAPER! i ft in. ONI COAT COVERS WALLPAPER, point. d walli, wallbaard, boitmtnt wollt. APPUES EASILY with wM bruth or with th K cm-Ton Roller-KMttr. Roller-KMttr. DRIES IN ONI HOUR. ONE OALLON DOES THE AYERACE ROOM. DTE HO bother! WASHES tASILYJ JUST ROLL IT ON WITH THE NEW Kem-Tone natures on paper currency, Lt. Dachs, however, was appar ently unimpressed with his good fortune of obtaining Scotch whiskey, whis-key, a rare and expensive treat in ration-thirsty United States. Listing his activities in Nassau he ended his letter with "we also picked up n couple of quarts of Scotch for SI .25 a bottle. FACES IJFE TERM GRANGEVTLLE. Ida., March 28 (UP) William Behler, 38, faced life imprisonment today following follow-ing sentencing in district court here for the slaying of John Gilberts Gil-berts of Ferdinand, March 12, 1043. Behler was held guilty of murder murd-er in the first degree and the jury recommended hanging, but an appeal to the Idaho supreme court arrested judgment and attorneys at-torneys furnished proof of Behler's retarded mental development. YtS NO Do you Im poor tflftstiOD ? Do yoi f tel headachy after latins? Do you get sour or opset easily? Do you feel tired-listless? Now everyone knows tht to el the eood out of the food you emt you tnuBt digest it properly. But v.ht most people don't know is that Nature mut produce about two pints of the digestive juice liver bile each day to help digest your food. If Nature fails your food l -.ay remain undigested lie sour and heavy in your digestive tract. Thus, it is simple to see that one way to aid digestion is to increase the flow of liver bile. 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