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Show Flash! M . BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 27 (ORX The Argentine government ku declared war ea the Axis, It was announced Oleially today. President Edelmiro FarreU per. anally made the announcement of the declaration ef war. The decision has been taken. That's all I have to say," FarreU said. THE WEATHER ITT All Cloudy with snow this afternoon and tonight, but clear ins some north portion during the night; Wednesday, partly cloudy; cooler' north portion tonight warmer Wednesday. Temperatures High 54 Low S8 FIFTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 210 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 27 1945 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS I (Ft- . AW1 ' ' . fl A a fr5) Fake vsvsu u u uvbuu u v V u uuyyvsvsu u iuuuuy u vbvbuiv& Selective Service Act Extended Another Year WASHINGTON, March 27 The senate military affairs committee today approved a one-year extension of the selective service act for men and the drafting of women wo-men nurses. Committee Chairman Elbert D. Thomas, D.. Utah, said action on both draft bills was unanimous. Tht selective service extension bill was approved without with-out amendment in the form in which it passed the house jasi wees. it extenas tne act xor one year from the May 15 expira tion date, or earlier If the war should end before that-time. Sen. Chapman Revercomb, R., W. Va., offered two amendments, both of which were rejected. He first suggested an amendment forbidding the assignment of youths under 19 to combat service. ser-vice. When that was defeated he prposed a limit of 18 years and six months. It likewise was rejected. re-jected. The nures draft bill was amended amen-ded by the committee to make it apply to married nurses from 20 through 44 as well as to single nurses. The house-approved version vers-ion exempted married women except ex-cept those married after March 15. Under the senate version the only nurses from 20 through 44 exempt from the draft would be those who have dependent children. chil-dren. Soviets Sweep Within 20 Miles of Austria By ROBERT MUSEL v.r.oiwnwm j plunge into the swiftly flowing LONDON, March 27 (U.R) Red stream of subsidies.'' Hunt said, army vanguards today swept to! "Now we've gotten into this mess, within a scant 20 miles of the we've got to swim it out." Austrian border, some 63 miles Wherry differed with Hunt's southeast of Vienna, aided by 'Statement that subsidy payments precision bombing of the 15th: should be increased. American air force which attack-! "If. they do that." he said. ed German concentration points I in the Dath of 'the Russians. German reports acknowledged that the Soviet pressure on the irregular 170-mile front had increased in-creased and that Red army spear- . 1 ..... communications ceniers oi .om- STJV.! j"" " Jen. Allen J. Ellender. D.. La.. on." i i w .! asserted Wherry's proposal would The Marcal canal runs about king the lid of sever, miles, west of Papa cap-; Committee Chairman Elmer tured by the Russians yesterday (Continued on Page Two) and joins the Raab northwest of: The Raab in this area is only'TodOV 111 GeriTIQny about 20 miles from the Austrian1 7 ' (Continued on Pare Twa) Yater Treaty Is Absurd, Grotesque Senator Says WASHINGTON. March 27 (UJO Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., Cal., charged today that the Mexican w ater treaty is "so absurd and grotesque that it will be the loundation for future contro-crsies contro-crsies and lawsuits beyond number." num-ber." Downey resumed his attacks as! the senate entered its second week of debate on the treaty, which gives Mexico a guaranteed 1.500,000 acre feet of Colorado river water annually. "Almost every sentence, almost every article, is filled with ambiguities am-biguities rrA confusion," Downey said. "The treaty is a life and death matter for us in the Colorado river basin. "We want a clear and concise treaty. If we ratify this treaty, we will have confused and unsettled the situation beyond measure." Mexico, Downey said, would be una'.;!e to build up any use of Colorado river water if it were not for American diversion facilities. facili-ties. Sen. J. William Fulbright, D., Ark., and Sen. Eugene D. Milli-kan, Milli-kan, R., Colo., asked Downey whether California water users have been selling surplus water to Mexico. Downey denied that such an arrangement was in efefct. War In Brief By UNITED PRESS Western Front Third army, racing across Germany, reported closing in on Fulda, 198 miles southwest fit Berlin. Eastern Front Red army drives within 30 miles of Austria. Pacific Japan concedes Americans Amer-icans have won foothOld in Okinawa Oki-nawa islands, 380 miles' southwest, of enemy homeland; Tokyo reports re-ports American landing on Cebu, cne of last three major Philippines Philip-pines islands controlled by Japanese. Jap-anese. Italian Front Patrol skirmish- ishes reported on Fifth and Eighth, axjfcy front. Removal Asked Of Ceiling On Livestock WASHINGTON. Mar. 27 (U.R) Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry. R.. Neb., called today for removal of price ceilings on livestock. Do that, he told his colleagues could crush his arch foe Prus-of Prus-of the senate food investigating , sian militarism, committee, and "the black mar-! The white-haired elder states-' ket would take care of itself." man, twice prime minister of j "When we were swamped with Great Britain, died in his sleep hogs," Wherry said, "we had no last night at his country home trouble with the black market And when hens were laying soi iaai we roumn i siop mem. we - i . . . - , , j KaiioiH Ma nit OKdiiiji uaw, uui : rl.. .mh. .Tny DlacK marKet ,niing the past five weeks, appar-eggs, appar-eggs, eiiner. ently in hope of seeing victory! Removal of price ceilings on;over the Germans for the second! ave animais, ne suggested, would i time stimulate production to the point Last New Year's day he was giv-where giv-where it would meet all demand.' en the title of of Dwyfor, al. Wells E. Hunt. Baltimore, although history probably will re-spokesman re-spokesman for meat interests, had j member him best as David Lloyd proposcu increases suosiay pay- ments to packers and slaughterers as the only way to get honest beef and pork back on the nation's na-tion's dinner tables. "The government has chosen to "They would hare to go to every - xy who has anything to do with an animal from the time it! is born." Wherry, mmittee a sit-in guest of the ! committee at the hearings, is a! feeder, himself. II. j th hlarl. 8 mMta ,g is controlling inflation" ! The Frankfurt radio called on i German citizens in the path of the advancing American First and Third armies to report immediately immedi-ately to "assist in assembling dispersed dis-persed troops." Confusion was reported throughout Germany. A Stockholm Stock-holm report said Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt and Marshal Johannes Jo-hannes Von Blaskowitz were under un-der arrest and the Reich was on the verge of a military revolt. . Berlin was bombed for the 35th consecutive night. Labor Relations Board Says Employers Must Bargain With Unions; 2 to 1 Vote WASHINGTON. March 27 (U.R The national labor relations board, in an about-face decision, ruled today that modern foremen are 'more managed than managing" manag-ing" and thai employers must recognize and bargain with their unions. The decision was by a 2 to 1 vote, with board member Gerald D. Reilly asserting it smacked of a "peace-at-any-price' 'policy. He urged congress to give the board the same control over unions which strike for recognition that it has over disobedient employers. In reversing its 1943 ruling on foremen, the NLRB quoted a war labor board report stating that, "whereas the foreman was formerly for-merly an executive with consider Our Experience with Our Meat Inspected By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN iwere ushered into a small pine-United pine-United Press Staff Correspondent paneled room. WASHINGTON, Mar. 27 (U.R) This was filled with black As a patron, by mistake, of a marble tables at which citizens speakeasy, I think I can tell the (mostly in U. S. army officers' OP A and congress something uniforms) were eating beefsteak. about the black market in meat. A couple of well-heeled citizens from New York invited me to dinner last night. They said they knew a good place. We got in a taxi, drove to a hamburger stand about 12 blocks from , the White House, and crawled up on three stools. I thought it was odd we were having Hamburgers for dinner. It turned out we weren't. My hosts identified themselves to the clerk at the counter an ' at la prohibition speakeasy. Then we Lloyd George, Prussianism Hater, Dead . Britain's World War I Premier One of Four Making Versailles Treaty LONDON, March 27 j Funeral services for David; Lloyd George, Britain's first! world war prime minister,' who died yesterday at the-age the-age of 82, will be held Friday-at Friday-at Newydd. his home outside; Criccieth, North Wales. J Both houses of parliament1 adjourned today out of respect to the memory of the doughty warrior who led Britain to victory vic-tory in the first world conflict but died before the Allies again near Criccieth, Wales. He was 82, but he waged a: n .i-,v. Georee. the man who strusded 55 years for a strong Britain. Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts, prime minister of the Union of .South Africa, said in a tribute broadcast over BBC that "A very! great figure has departed one of j the greatest." Smuts had been very close to Lloyd George in the last war and said the former prime minister would be remembered for."hls profound humaneness, his brilliant brilli-ant versatility, his sure intuition and his arduous spirts." "He was in that war what Winston Churchill is in this," Smuts . .... "W I uii; jii low, wiicii mo urc tuwvr Welsh solicitor, he became a member of parliament. He had ideas, which shocked radical some of the British "upper classes," class-es," but he was a resolute foe of Prussian militarism. In 1916 he became Britain's prime minister and emerged victoriously vic-toriously as one of the big four who negotiated the Versailles treaty. His passing leaves Vittorio Orlando of Italy the only surviv or of the four. The others werei President Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clfcmenceau of France. Lloyd George had ben in failing fail-ing health for some years and returned re-turned to his 40 -a ere farm, overlooking ov-erlooking Cardigan Bay, last December. De-cember. After an attack of influenza influ-enza in mid-February, he weakened weak-ened rapidly and his physicians did not expect him to live more than a week. But he fought on gamely for five weeks with his wife. Count (Continned on Page Two) able freedom of action, he is now an executor carrying out orders plans and policies determined above." The board pointed out that there had been 20 strikes of supervisory su-pervisory employes since its 1943 ruling, involving 131,000 employes and a loss of 669,156 man-days. More than 96 per cent of lost time occurred in strikes for recognition-Noting that foremen have organized or-ganized even though denied bargaining bar-gaining right, the NLRB said: "We are now convinced that the national interest will be better protected if the organizational activities ac-tivities of foremen are conducted within, rather than without, the framework of the collective bargaining bar-gaining statute." Black Market Taught Us To Have For 'Black Leg' and Bangs Some of them were having lob ster and a few fish, but the majority were plowing into. We took a table, which had been reserved for us, and ordered beer. "You want something special in the way of steak?" the shirt-sleeved proprietor asked. We said we did. He walked into his oversized refrigerator, and came out with three of the most magnificent tenderloin steaks you ever saw. They were two inches thick, dark red, perfect. Only 380 Miles to Go, Hirohito IStof Jk& ISESOKO IIMiQWo rPoeiflcOceoof ": jSy iUSiew ..:. ::nm:t.iaiiUimmu:aJiuUJ. . .. u mmn?-; -'i4r Cuskkk QtAKAHAWARE HtM cuZZZZim N -V AMAHIKA JIMAf ':IlJTJ!igZ!?y-" , JP'll- 1 :::::::::iaKr.atmilBWnniWWttm:t:: ::::: m. jyTy 'Tmin'TMfmirnitainr:.::::i::::j;--inj-T"---;--- jvl NlM9SMkanfUKEMJlMA ' lTOM AN)e , y Wsoi lt cC CFHAIWA rHILW INI IS. Japanese communiques conceded today that American troops have been successful in winning a foothold on Okinawa. This island is only 380 miles away from Japan and will be another great stepping stone in winning the war of the Pacific. Yanks Win Foothold In Okinawa Island Propaganda Ranges from Admission Isle is Invaded To Denial; 380 Miles from Japan By FRANK TREMAINE United Press War Correspondent GUAM, March 27 (UR) A Japarfese communique conceded con-ceded today that American invasion troops have won a foothold foot-hold in the Okinawa islands only about 380 miles southwest of Japan. The American troops landed in the Karama islands, a tiny cluster of islets 10 to 20 miles off the southwest coast of Okinawa itself, Sunday under cover of a naval and air bombardment, the enemy's imperial headquarters said. Japanese ground and air forces "furiously" counter attacked the invaders, the com munique said, but it made no claim that the American beachhead beach-head had been wiped out. The official Japanese acknowledgement acknowl-edgement of the landing followed 24 hours of conflicting propaganda propagan-da broadcasts ranging from an admission that an invasion had occurred to a denial that a "single soldier" had reached shore. Tokyo also reported that Amer - ican battlesmps, cruisers anai more than 1.000 carrier planes' were bombardine the Okinawai group, especially the naval and air base island of Okinawa itself, for the fifth straight day. Land-based planes and other Allied warships were reported supporting the purported invasion with attacks along a 1,300-mile front stretching all the way from Japan itself to the island of Pra-tas Pra-tas in the South China sea. More than 200 Superfortresses sparked the supporting raids with an attack on two airfields and an aircraft plant on Kyushu, southernmost south-ernmost of the Japanese home islands, is-lands, in daylight today. It was the first Marianas-based B-29 raid on southern Japan. The Japanese communique did not identify the islands in the (Continued on Pare Two) He broiled 'em to order and while we waited we nibbled shrimp and -drank beer. Came the meat and I don't believe be-lieve I ever did have such a good steak, although I felt guiltier with every bite. This was black market steak. The check proved it: eighteen dollars for three beers, three orders of shrimp and three steaks. That wasn't all. "I sure would like to take a ham back to New York with me," one of my hosts said. The boss invited us inside his ice box. which was festooned with steaks on hooks and Ton shelves. It contained con-tained boxes of pork tenderloins, filets mignon in waxed paper, (Continued on Page Two) American Forces Land on Cebu, Jap Radio Admits BY H. D. QUIGG ! United Press War Corerspnodent . . . ... MANILA, March 27 (U - Tokyo radio said today that American troops nad landed on Cebu, one of the last three major .Islands in the Philippines still controlled by the Japanese. The enemy broadcast, which was not confirmed, reported the landings began yesterday morn ins under cover of a naval bombardment bom-bardment from six cruisers and several destroyers. According to lokyo, the assault as-sault forces went ashore at Tal-isay Tal-isay on the. east coast of the central cen-tral Philippines island. There are two towjis of that name on Cebu One is five miles south of Cebu City, capital of the island, while the other is near the northeast tip, only 18 miles west of Amer ican held Leyte. Cebu. a long narrow island covering cov-ering 1,800 square miles, has been the target for increasingly heavy air attacks recently by Gen. Douglas Doug-las MacArthur's bombers from the Philippines. His communique today disclosed dis-closed that 13th air forde Liber ators and Mitchells ripped Cebu City and nearby Nagatan with 250 tons of explosives Saturday in the heaviest assault in the past week. Gun positions, railroad yards and ammunition dumps were shattered in an around Cebu City, which is 350 miles southeast of Manila. The island in the Visayan group lies between Negros and Bohol, the remaining two major islands held by the Japanese. Negros is the last remaining barrier between, be-tween, Cebu and-Panay, where 40th division motorized units reached Capiz on the northern coast without opposition pushed within five miles of San Jose on (Continned on Page -Two). Enemy May Turn To Fight Again 'Peace Rumor9 Sweeps Na tion Casual Remark By Secretary Misinterpreted WASHINGTON, March 27 r-E Misinterpretation of a casual remark by White House Press Secretary Jonathan Jona-than Daniels today blossomed into a "peace rumor" that swept the whole nation. The whole thing grew out of Daniels' disclosure that President Presi-dent Roosevelt recently advised Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., and other cabinet officers that American officials except those officially designated would be expected to stay away from next month's San Francisco security conference. Such officials, offic-ials, Daniels said the president felt, should stay on their Jobs "at this critical time." Misinterpretations of this by some persons grew until some erroneous er-roneous reports circulated that the cabinet had been ordered to stand by for big developments expected ex-pected later today. Then began a torrent of telephone tele-phone calls to the White House and to newspaper offices asking if the war in Europe had ended. Daniels' remarks. however, dealt solely with the fact that the president had served notice on American diplomats abroad and officials in Washington that they were expected to remain at their work unless officially des igned to go to the United Nations conference. It developed later that the president's note to Stettinius and the others was sent on March 16, and thus could have had nothing to do with Immediate develop ments of the war situation. The message to Stettinius, Daniels said, pointed out the importance im-portance of all chiefs of missions (ambassadors and ministers) "remaining at their posts during this critical time. A similar note went to other cabinet members, Daniels added. It's purpose was chiefly to minimize the strain on travel fa cilities and hotel accommodations at San Francisco where, Daniels pointed out. the United States would play host to "people from all over the world. The presi dent asked Stettinius and the other seven U. S. delegates to Keep tneir staffs of experts and advisers at a minimum. That was the interpretation of Daniels statement in an international inter-national news service dispatch from here. It said Mr. Roosevelt had "ordered his cabinet and all diplomatic representatives to stand by on alert for possible immediate victory in Europe." Lee Vote Case Before High Court SALT LAKE CITY, March 27 (U.R) Briefs supporting the claim of Mayor J. Bracken Lee, de feated Republican gubernatorial candidate, that double ballots marked with a cross by his-name should be counted for him were on file today in the state supreme court. Lee has asked for a recount of votes cast in last fall's general election, which he lost by 1,056 votes to incumbent Gov. Herbert B. Maw. Both Maw and Lee seek to have the matter of the double ballot settled before further action on the recount. A district court decision de-cision held that double ballots should be counted for neither candidate. SOVIET MARSHAL DIES LONDON, March 27 (U.R) Marshal Boris Shaposhinikov, 62, former chief of staff of the Soviet army, died Monday after a long illness, Moscow radio announced today. War In The Pacific is Ahead Of Expectation, King Says By SANDOR S. KLEIN WASHINGTON, March 27 (U.R) The Pacific war is ahead of expectations, ex-pectations, Adm. Ernest J. King reported today. But. he warned the American people not to take for granted an easy victory over Japan even after the war in Europe is ended. - .The commander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet also revealed in a re port to Secretary of Navy James Forresaal that tentative plans for demobilization of . naval personnel have been completed. However, he emphasized, demobilization in the navy will not begin until the defeat of Japan is at hand. "While we rejoice in the re- German Army Reported Near Revolt LONDON, March 27 C-E' Increasing signs of the military mili-tary breakdown of Germany were noted today in a series of Nazi broadcasts calling on all German troops to report at once to their units or to local authorities. The broadcast summons coincided with Stockholm rumors of a possible military revolt in Germany because of the war crisis. The broadcasts ordered all troops to report to stations and to local authorities. They explained that many troops "have lost con tact due to enemy action." These troops, it was said, must be brought into action again. All leaves except those for illness or exceptional gallantry were, cancelled can-celled and troops were ordered to designated "front assembling points." Anyone trying to escape military mili-tary service or forced labor, the broadcast said, "will be considered consid-ered a deserter and dealt with as such. The brewing military revolt was reported by the free German Press bureau, an anti-Nazi propaganda propa-ganda agency in Stockholm, with out indicating the source of its information. Elite SS troops were patrolling Berlin, the agency said; with special spe-cial units cordoning off Adolf Hiller's'rerchschancellery and the German high command offices. Hitler himself was holding con ference after conference at his Berchtesgaden mountain-top r treat with ' top Nazis, including Baron Franz Von Papen, often mentioned as a possible peace envoy, en-voy, the agency said. One such conference was re ported to have been held last night, but no information was available as to the outcome. Summoned Sum-moned to the meeting by air were members of Hitler's cabinet and district leaders. Conspicuously absent from the meetings, the anti-Nazi agency said, was Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, supreme commander of the German Ger-man armed forces. ' Unrest even has spread to military mili-tary training camps inside Germany, Ger-many, it went on. At Stahnsdorf , near Berlin, shots were said to have been exchanged between regular army troops and SS units. Both Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt, Rund-stedt, dismissed supreme commander com-mander in the west, and Marshal (Continned on Page Two) 500 San Quentin Prisoners Refuse Food With Negroes SAN QUENTIN, Calif., March 27 (U.R) Five hundred San Quentin Quen-tin convicts refused to eat breakfast break-fast side b side with negro inmates in-mates today in a new demonstration demonstra-tion against the anti-discrimination rules. . Warden Clinton Duffy, announced an-nounced that the protesting in mates had been locked in their cells. He said he would address them over the prison radio, and if they failed to respond he would interview them individually. The breakfast "strike" presumably presum-ably resulted from a policy instituted insti-tuted a week ago by Richard McGee, state director of correc-t correc-t ion -oTsSng Negroes with Caucasians Cau-casians at meals. Last night more than 800 inmates in-mates refused to join the mess-hall mess-hall line until approximately 470 Negroes finished eating. occupation of Guam and of the Philippines, from which our forces were driven three- years ago," he said, "we must constantly realize that we are now gaining a position from which we can assult the heart of the Japanese strength. . ' "That is our goal and the enemy ene-my is welcome to know that we shall continue to press him with every means at our command, xxx We must never forget that there is a long, tough and laborious labor-ious road ahead." The report, covering naval operations during the year ended March 1, was the second of the (Continued on Page Two) Nazi Threat From Rhine Chaotic Rout By BOYD D. LEWIS PARIS, March 27 ti The German threat from the Rhine broke into a chaotic rout along a 250-mile front from Karsruhe to the Dutch . border today. Nazi troops were reported in headlong flight as far as 90 miles east of the river and Gen. Dwight D. Eisennower said tne Allies have won a complete and crushing victory. vic-tory. Eisenhower sent his Allied arm ies crashing eastward beyond the shattered Rhine barrier with orders to smash the remaining German forces before Berlin. The Germans are a "whipped army," Eisenhower declared in a stirring message hailing the A1-. lied victory on the Rhine. He warned, however, that the beaten enemy may turn to fight again on a line closer to Berlin if the Allies give them time to reorganize their broken defenses. Then he reiterated the determ ination of the United Nations to carry the war to Berlin and be yond if necessary until the last German resistance has been stamped out. He revealed also that the crossing cross-ing of the Rhine barrier by his Allied armies had been quicker and less costly in lives than had been expected. Patton's slashing Third amy" tanks on the middle Rhine "w?rjt ' far out in front of the Allied drive, although the breakthrough on Montgomery's front' in "the nuilh indicated that spectacular devel opments were expected there. ' He pledged again that there would be no negotiations with the beaten enemy and that unconditional uncondi-tional surrender would be inW posed upon the Nazis at the end of this "final battle." Eisenhower said that although they were beaten in the. west, the Germans might try to reform on a new front closer to Berlin. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's racing rac-ing Third army tank columns already al-ready were reported sweeping half-way across Germany and closing swiftly on the Hessian citadel of Fulda, 90 miles beyond the Rhine and 198 miles southwest south-west of Berlin. On Patton'snorthern flank, the U. S. First army exploded a trew mendous armored punch eastward from its Remagen bridgehead, overrunning thousands of beaten: (Continned on Page Two) Joe Louis Loses Bout In Divorce Court CHICAGO, March 27 (U.R) Marva Trotter Louis won a divorce di-vorce from Heavyweight Boxing; Champion Joe Louis today. She told the court that Louis, now an army sergeant, had deserted de-serted her Oct. 2, 1943. Louis was in court for the hearing, hear-ing, but he made no move to contest con-test the action and said nothing. Attorney Sol Strauss, New York, representing Louis, -said an out-of-court property settlement included payment by the champion cham-pion of $200 monthly for the support sup-port of a child, Jaqueline, 2. It also provided for creation of trust fund for the child, Strauss said. In granting the divorce, Judge John P. Sbarbaro granted Louis the right to see the child whenever when-ever he wishes and to have custody cus-tody of the girl for two months oi the year. Mrs. Louis, now a night club singer, said she always had been a dutiful wife and that the boxing champion had been a kind husband hus-band "when he was at home." "You are the idol of millions,'' the judge told Louis. "You are regarded as one of the best morale builders in the army. The divorce will have an effect upon your future." Louis was married in New York Sept. 24, 1935, two hours before he beat Max Baer. Louis and his wife were separated once before but a reconciliation was etiectea in 1941. How Far To Berlin? By UNITED PRESS from advanced Allied lines today: . Eastern Front: 31 Miles (from Zerckerick). 'southwest of Fulda, by German report;. lUlr: 524 Miles (from Po Di Primaro river). |