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Show ". ' - . . ; ' ''.- '. - So They Say THE WEATHER We Wtwrf rocket bombing of the 17. '8. by tlx months. On the basis of theoretical work the Germans figured that In two year they could produce a rocket bomb that would go from the British Isles to Japan 15,000 miles. i UTAH: Partly cloudy this after- Continued rise in temperature.' Temperatures: nich tz LW ej MJ. William Bromley SIXTIETH YEAR, NO. 12 Senate Gives Truman A Authority Asked To Reduce Tariff Rates Truman Aslts Change in Line Of Succession Proposal Would Make v House Speaker First To Succeed President WASHINGTON, June 10 ra President Truman today asked congress to pass legislation legis-lation making the speaker of the house first in line for the presidency in case of death or disqualification of the president presi-dent and vice president. The recommendation, made in a message to congress, would change the 69-year-old law under which Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., would advance ad-vance to the presidency if presij-dent presij-dent Truman were to die or leave office for some other reason. reas-on. The present statute, Mr. Truman Tru-man told congress, gives htm power "to nominate the person who would be my immediate successor suc-cessor in the event of my own death or inability tot-act." "I do not . believe that in a democracy this power should rest with' the chief executive," he said. v Bay burn Next x.he change suggested by Mr. Truman would put Speaker Sam Rayburn, D., Texas, first in line for the presidenecy, with Senator Kenneth McKellar, D., Term., president pro-temporc of the senate, second in line. The order of ..succession after, that "might pass to the members of the cabinet as now provided." The same woiild apply if there were neither a speaker or senate president qualified to succeed. Mr. Truman said that "insofar as possible, the office of the president presi-dent should be filled by an elective elec-tive officer." "There is no officer in our system sys-tem ol government, besides the president and vice president," he added, "who has been elected by all the voters in the country." He said, however, that the speaker of the house is the official offic-ial in the federal government "whose selection next to that of the president and vice president can be most ascurately said to stem from the people themselves." The speaker is elected to congress con-gress by his own district and then is elected, to be presiding officer of the house by the vote of all representatives. They, Mr. Truman's Tru-man's message pointed- out, are representatives "of all the people of the country." Rotary Club Girl Forges Ahead In ' Bond Queen Race The latest tabulation of votes! in the local war bond queen congest con-gest which has only one more tiay to run, placed Gail Greenwood, Green-wood, Provo Rotary club candidate, candi-date, back in the lead at noon to day with 3,088 votes, 81 ahead of her closest competitor, Betty Gray, Sponsored by he Lions club, whp had 3,007 votes to her credit. i Ruth Ercanbrack, K 1 w a n 1 s queen, nas vau votes and Ana-gene Ana-gene Davies, Jaycees and .city school queen f466 votes. Aura C. Hatch., city war finance fin-ance chairman, announced today, that all votes for queens must be iiibefore the deadline, Wednesday Wednes-day at 12 o'clock - midnight, to count in the race. He also pointed out that bond buyers today' and1 tomorrtw will also receive free tickets 10 the bond premiere and Utah county war bond queen contest final to be held at the Paramount theater, Tuesday, night. Admission to the only, and tickets" have been al-loted al-loted to every city in the county who is represented in the war bond queen contest now in progress. prog-ress. The county queen will be namedSat the finals that evening. Latest figures in the Seventh War loan queen contest in Orem, show Miss Cieo Harding of Vine-Yard Vine-Yard leading with 660 votes. Running Run-ning second is Miss Batrice Gapp-(Continued Gapp-(Continued on Fage Two) DUE IN SEPTEMBER. WASHINGTON, June 19 U.P) Consumers will have a' chance to buy washing machines in September Sep-tember at-prices equal to or lower than they paid before the war, Stanley B. Adams, director of war urOQUCUOO DWm vwsm. i A.1 i 4 m M.w..nnaw n iir ahio vrmA division, predicted res- lerday. UTAH'S ONLY SOUTH OF SALT Vote of 47-33 Gives President Victory in Foreign Policy WASHINGTON, June 19 ce The senate gave Presi dent Truman a major foreign policy victory today by vot ing him authority to cut tar iff rates 50 per cent below Jan. 1 levies. The vote was 47 to 33. The vote came on a senate finance committee amendment to the bill to extend the reciprocal trade agreement authority for three years. The finance committee knocked knock-ed out the house-approved tariff-cutting tariff-cutting authority. The senate voted vot-ed today overrode that decision. . With the tariff -cutting authority author-ity restored, administration leaders lead-ers in the senate expected an easier eas-ier time defeating other proposed propos-ed amendments. They expected to pass the bill tomorrow Virtually unchanged from 'the house-approved "version. . The vote on the tariff-cutting authority was considered the crucial cru-cial test on the bill which would extend for three years from June 12 the state department's authority au-thority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements. The test came on resoring a section which would permit tariff duties to be cut 50 per cent below the present "floor." The section was 'eliminated by the senate finance committee. an of iosa iiithnHnH nit. ner cent below the record hih!sa.id that if plants become surplus rates of the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. Opponents of further cuts argued ar-gued that it would flood the American market with products of 'Tow-labdf-cdst countries' and threaten American wage and living liv-ing standards. Proponents of the3bill contended contend-ed that the state repartment must have additional - bargaining authority au-thority to reduce foreign tariff barriers and find an outlet for the war-expanded production facilities fa-cilities of the United States. Charter Proposal To Be Submitted To Provo Voters By a two-to -one vote of the city commission today, an ordinance ordin-ance will be prepared and submitted sub-mitted to the commission by the city attorney providing for the electors of the city to declare whether they want -a commission to- be chosen to draw up a charter form of government. , The motion, was. presented to the commission by Mayor Maurice Mau-rice Harding on June 13, but was not acted upon until today. Commissioner Com-missioner Blake D. Palfreyman voted against the motion en the grounds that it "was railroaded through by the civic welfare board and did not represent a majority of the people." However, it was explained by Mayor Harding that in the passage pas-sage of the motion, it would expedite ex-pedite the action to get the contemplated con-templated change before the people-so they can vote on the kind of government they wat in the future. '" "When this ordinance is drawn up it must come before the commission, com-mission, and if passed, will then go before the people at the next general election for their will in the matter," Mayor Harding stated. Commissioner Joseph H. Swapp voted with the mayor on the motion, mo-tion, "because I think that we would be acting in a dictatorial manner if we don't let this matter mat-ter come before the people, even though I think the city manager (Continued on Page Two) Many Service Men Eligible For Discharge Must Remain ASHINGTON, June 19 (U.R) Many, service, men eligible for discharge under the point system cannot 'be released -for another year, the- war department reported re-ported today. Maj. Gen Stephen G. Henry, giving the house military affairs committee a report on the, operation opera-tion of the pointxsystem, said also that the army hasXno intention of lowering the 40-year age limit for automatic discharges Henry said, however, that taking tak-ing into consideration factors such ad replacements and transportation transporta-tion facilities, the prograni is running run-ning smoothly and that 100,000 will be discharged during June. For July, he said it wilixbc 100,000; August, 125,000; Septera- DAILY LAKE Eisenhower Addresses Joint Congress r ? -, " ,- , ,wr" 111 - t r l ! 4 - 1 "ZJ vA - v . m iwv- X&- ,mm:- T fir General Dwight Eisenhower addresses a cheering joint session of congress following his triumphant parade through Washington. On rostrum are Senator Kenneth McKellar, president pro tempore of the senate and Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Seated in front of house and senate members, arc supreme court justices and a host of foreign dignitaries. (NEA Telephoto) Freight Rates Detrimental To Geneva Steel WASHINGTON, June 19 (U.FD-, Chairman Joseph C. O Mahoney, D., Wyo., of the senate subcommittee subcom-mittee on war contracts said to day that high freight rates will "seriously affect" the competitive position of the vast government-owned government-owned steel mill at Geneva, Utah In a report prepared for his" committee, O'Mahoney declared "piecemeal disposal" of government govern-ment owned plants may result in a breakdown of the surplus prop n'erty act. At the same time he before disposal plans are complete, com-plete, objectives of the act would likewise become "endangered." He pointed out that a large part of the steel consumed in or near Pacific ports before -ine war was shipped by water. "This fact indicated that inbound in-bound water shipments will be a major factor in assessing the com petitive prospects of the postwar steel industry, he declared. Regarding the Utah mill, he said the present "high level" of commercial freight rates for steel products from Geneva "will seriously seri-ously affect" that plant's competitive competi-tive position in the western markets." mar-kets." At the meeting in Salt Lake two weeks ago when members mem-bers of the Trovo chamber of commerce board of governors met with Sen. Elbert D. Thomas on the future of Geneva, Ge-neva, the senator stated: "The West is being discriminated discrim-inated against when it comes to freight rates, and not only, the West but the South as well. Machinery is now in motion to have these rates studied with the view of having; hav-ing; them lowered so that railroads cannot further exploit ex-ploit these sections as they are now doing," Senator Thomas said, adding: "It may take from two to three years, to work out these rates. You can just as well forget about Geneva running if the rates are not made competitive." com-petitive." Three Killed In Utah Plane Crash MILFORD, Utah, June 19 (U.R) Stanley Vernon, pilot, Jack Neeley, and Neeley's nine-year-old daughter. Mary Lou Neeley, wfere killed instantly last night when the Cub trainer plane they were flying in crashed two miles west of here near the local airport. air-port. , The crash occurred at 8 p. m. yesterday on a level strip of land. Causes were unknown and investigations in-vestigations were being made today. to-day. vernon and Neeley were emn ployes of the railroad in Milford Funeral services have been tentatively tenta-tively set for tomorrow. ber, 150,000; October, 175,000; November and December, 190,000 each, and January, February, March, April and May, 200,000 each. Men are being released to date on a score of 85 points, but a new "critical" score will be announced next month; He listed "five barriers" to prompt discharges: 1. " Transfer of men from one type of unit tp another, which usually includes some retraining. 2. Bringing in replacements. 3. Availability of transportation. transporta-tion. 4. Training of replacements in new assignments. 5. Time' required for fur- loughs. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, f,,WP",,S.'L'3 New York Gives Eisenhower Welcome of Conquering Hero Rt TIARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 19 (U.R) New York cave Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower the welcome of a- conquer ing hero today. Police Inspector John O'Connell estimated that 4,000,000 persons the greatest crowd in New York history lined the streets from La Guardia airport to the battery, exploding with cheers of "Hooray for Ike" as the general's cavalcade made its way along express highways high-ways and through skyscraper canyons. can-yons. The skies were gray and for bidding but the rain held off and Eisenhower exclaimed with a grin that "we beat the weather." It Truman Leaves On Non-Stop Flight To Pacific Coast WASHINGTON. June 19 (U.R) rresiaeni iruman e ".".new brooms looked on in dismay. a non-stoD llieni 10 me r-aciiit case and the government's anti-ever anti-ever has made an airplane trip in this country. Mr. Truman's first destination was Olympia, Wash., some 2,450 miles away. There he will be the guest of Gov. Mon Wallgren, an old friend of senate days. After a few days' relaxation there, the. president will go toi1" song aiea away, tisennower San Francisco to address the clos-j appeared and the crowd let loose ing session of the United Nations conference. Shortly aner mat ne i.n. 4ri viaH HU hnme town of Independence, Mo., and Kansas Citv The residential plane, a luxu rious, specially-equipped C-54 of the army transport commana took off at 6:21 a.m. MWT. In exactly a minute it was out of sight in the overcast sky This is the four-engined plane that brought Gen; Dwight D. Eisenhower home1 from Europe yesterday. Eisenhower, preparing to board his own craft for New York, saw the president off today The plane was used by President Roosevelt on some of nis foreign flights lind has carried numerous other hieh officials. But never befor has a president taken to the airways at home. A small group of officials bade Mr. Truman goodbye at the airport. Among them were Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew and Secretary . of Treasury Henry Morgen-than, Morgen-than, Jr., and Lt. Gen. Harold L. George, chief of the air transport command. They and Eisenhower shook hands and chatted briefly with the president before he boarded the plane. "L didn't know you could get up this early, Ike," Mr. Truman joshed. ' "I had to, said Eisenhower, who had arrived at the airport (Continued on Fage Two) U. S. Submarines Sink Two Jap Combatant Ships WASHINGTON, June 19 (U.R) American, submarines have sunk two light combatant ships and nine other Japanese vessels in far eastern waters, the navy announced an-nounced today. In addition to two medium patrol pa-trol vessels, the submarines sank three cargo vessels, four merchant mer-chant vessels and two medium tankers. These latest sinkings, the first announced in nearly three weeks, bring total Japanese vessels sunk by American submarines to -1,153 This includes 138 warships and 1,015 non-combat vessels. This latest bag announced by the navy is smaller, than average and apparently indicates an in-' creasing scarcity of targets. , UTAH, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 194ji Session I 11 was not the first time General Ike had "beat th weather." A snow storm-of ticker tape and torn newspapers gave lower Broadway a paper blizzard through thro-ugh which (Eisenhower rode with a smile. The pleas of officials and warn ings to save the paper for the war effort went by the board when the nation's hero appeared. From the moment his plane touched down from Washington ' at 10:10 . a.m. the cheers of grateful citizens rang in Eisenhower s ears. But nowhere did the enthusiasm reach such heights as in lower Broadway, the traditional welcoming wel-coming spot for New York's heroes. The thirty, 40 and 50 story buildings were black with human ity. Heads and shoulders jammed every window. When the general appeared buckets of ticker tape and shredded newspapers gushed out, floating in long festoons in the gentle breeze and sifting down to the street. Platnnna- nf nrhtfa marn fVi hranrf tipw uniform, anrt cnanVlr. A few moments later there was another paper shower when Eisenhower, accompanied by Mayor l lorello LaGuardia reach ed city hall square. The square was jammed with an estimated 250,000 persons. As the cavalcade arrived the whole crowd was singing "God Bless America." As the last strain of j a encer tnai seemea loud enough "lu " v lower uan hattan. . It was Eisenhower day in New York and, except for war plants, ousmess stopped. Many war work ers were given time off to see the procession. , On lower Manhattan many garment workers, busy on war contracts, got a glimpse -of tne, general from loft windows. Police estimated that 2,000,000 persons lined Fifth avenue alone for the spectacle. Traffic was tied into knots as intersection after intersection was blocked off for the procession. Every building on Fifth avenue (Continued on Page Two) Big Five Agree To Bar Enemy Nations Later On SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 (U.R) The Big Five agreed today to support a proposal designed to bar mo enemy nations in this war from membership in the new world . organization for many years. Meeting in the penthouse apart ment of Secretary of State Ed ward R. Stettinius, Jr., the heads of the Big Five delegations agreed that the official report of the con ference should, contain a clause prohibiting enemy participation in the United Nations until the security council approves. Each of the Big Five would have a veto oyer such approvaL: Destroyer Emmons Attacked by 17 Jap Suicide Plqnes; Survivors Tell Story of Ship Sinking By JAMES A. MACLEAN United Press .War Correspondent OKINAWA, April 14 (Correct) (U.R) No less than 17 Japanese suicide planes attacked, the Emmons, Em-mons, a destroyer converted into a minesweeper, during a battle off Okinawa on April 6, survivors of the sunken ship said today. TC! . . . I 1 l . 1 J r ive oi me oumuiuaueo pianes crashed into the Emmons. : Her guns shot down six others, and four more dived on her but missed, miss-ed, one by ten feet. The ship, a crippled, burning wreck, finally was sunk by our own gunfire. The Emmons, commissioned two 3 n'nT Victoiry II w immmeTOo. mvasnoitiL OIF JaTsani I 3 Jap Cities Sfrudrin New B-29 Fire Raid Superforts Rain 3000 Tons of Fire Bombs on Japs GUAM, Wednesday, June 20 ee Three task forces of more than 450 giant Super fortresses rained 3,000 tons of fire bombs on three new target tar-get cities on the Japanese homeland islands of Honshu and Kyushu today, raising to 20,500 tons of the weight of bombs heaped on Nippon in eight assaults this month. The fleets each numbering more than 150- planes carrying almost ten tons of bombs struck simultaneously at 4 a.m. against the Honshu industrial centers of Toyohashi and Shizuoka south west of Tokyo, and Fukuoka on the northwest coast of Kyushu, The assault raised to 13 the number of Japanese cities bat tered and burned by the Super-forts Super-forts in 25 great fire-bomb raids since1 March 9th raids which army Gen. Henry H. Arnold said last week would utterly destroy Japans war-making factories. Today's raiders, flying from the gigantic airfields here in the Marians, struck at low level in the three densely-populated war centers. The three jprpnged assault' as-sault' put',' Maj. XSen" Curtis TE. Lemay's bomber command within with-in striking, distance of setting a new bomb tonnage for this month. The previous record was 24,000 tons in May. The raid, marking the 80th mission mis-sion by the B-29s against invasion jittery Japan, brought to more than 3,000 the number of Super-forts Super-forts sent against Nippon this month. Shizuoka, city on the south coast of Honshu with a population popula-tion of 212,000, is about 95 miles southwest of Tokyo. It was struck by 11 Superforts oh April 12 but today's was its first major attack. at-tack. It was a big tea-producing center before the war but its factories fac-tories since have been converted to war purposes. Its industries include the Sumitomo light met als company, railroad shops, 'iron works, and power plant and is astride a main railroad from To kyo. Toyohashi, population 242,000 is 189 miles southwest of Tokyo on a main military road and is the site of armaments and explo-l sjve factories,. Its buildings are mostly of wooden construction good picking for the B-20 incen diary bombs. - Fukuoka, population 323,217, is the capital of the Kyushu mining and industrial prefecture of the same name. It is 450 miles southwest of Shizuoka and is the site of aircraft plants. Polish Home Army Chief Testifies MOSCOW, June 19 (U.R) Gen Leopold Okulicki, commander of the Polish home army, testified today that he had orders to fight anbody who infringed on the independence in-dependence of Poland, including the Red army. Okulicki testified at the trial before a Soviet military tribunal of himself and 15 other Polish underground leaders accused of diversionist activity against the Russians behind their own lines. He received orders from Lon don dated Dec. 8, 1944 to fight any poachers on Polish independence. independ-ence. Pressed whether that also meant the Red army, he replied yes." y days before Pearl Harbor, was a veteran of the North Africa, Normandy Nor-mandy and Southern France invasions in-vasions before she was sent to the Pacific and Okinawa. In her final battle her losses were 17 killed, 39 missing and 71 wounded. The other 121 officers and crew mem-bes mem-bes survived unhurt. v One of those badly burned was the ship's skipper, Lt. Commander Eugepe N. Foss, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Today he told the story of the Emmons' heroic battle as he gingerly lifted a cigarette with his heavily-bandaged hands. "We saw a, kamikaze dive at a MPLETK united press TELE GRAPH NEWS SERVICE rf 1L . Panic stricken Okinawans, .Disorganized Jap Troops Converge in a Small -Death Pocket Near Steep 100-foot Southern Cliff s By WILLIAM F. TTBEE United Press War Correspondent 1 GUAM, June 19 A milling mob of panic-stricken Okinawan civilians and disorganized Japanese troops, herded by victorybound American forces, converged, today to-day in a small death pocket within sight of the 100-foot southern cliffs overlooking the East China sea. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced complete conquest con-quest of Okinawa was "Imminent?'. The next big campaign cam-paign is expected to be the invasion of Japan itself. Front dispatches said Japanese soldiers,! in groups as large as a battalion, abandoned their foxholes and fled southward toward the deadend dead-end shoreline where they have been invited by Maj. Gen. John g. Hodge to commit suicide, weep To New Positions 1 Avenging the death in action of their commander, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar" Buckner, Jr., 10th army troops swept to new posi tions ranging from a mile to two mljes from the southern tip of Okinawa. Witnesses reported enemy troops joined civilian refugees in their steadily-diminishing trap and "milled crazUy". They had the Gen. Buclmer s Buried With Military Honors on Okinawa By E. Gr VALENS United Press War Correspondent OKINAWA, June 19 U. Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr, was buried with full military honors today only 20 miles from where the troops he commanded fought toward final victory. Buckner, killed yesterday by a L.t.-Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr. Another Prisoner Escapes From Utah Penitentiary SALT LAKE CITY, June 19 (U.R) Delbert Walter Budshun, 22, .was being hunted today by Utah peace officers, following his escape from the state prison, here yesterday. . Budshun, who had served only 34 days of . his one to 10 year sentence for grand larceny, became be-came the fourth inmate to escape from the prison since May 7. The other three, all of whom are stil! at large, were listed by Warden John E. Harris as: John Lindsay, 52; Roger Walter Kuehl, 31; Ed Hall, 44. Budshun was believed to have been aided in his escape by other prisoners who were, loading the truck and trailer, destined for the Ogden arsenal with supplies, in which he hid. ship four miles south of us, so we raced to help her," Foss said. "The plane Went through her bow. At least 20 other Japs were circling low about 10 or 20 feet above the waves. Just out of gun range. "When we got to the damaged vessel she was motionless and something seemed to have thrown her gun system out of whack." We started to circle at 5,000 yards and then the Japs started coming in." i h- Foss said that the first two suicide planes which attacked were shot down by American ; (Continued on Tare Two) " -"TV I. . - W'--J PRICE FIVE CENTS choices of digging in and resisting resist-ing to the death during the American mop-up; committing suicide individually, or in groups; surrendering; or letting themselves them-selves be killed in last-minute charges. Elements of five U. S. divisions divis-ions poured out a fierce, concentrated concen-trated blast of fire power against hold-out enemy troops. "It's quite a feat to surrender in slop like tha.t, said one observer, ob-server, watching the U. S. offensive. offens-ive. Officers believed the Japanese (Continued on Page Two) Japanese shell while he was up front, was laid to rest in the 7th Infantry Division cemetery. At 9 a.m. they lowered his body into the ground, alongside the other men who .have diedihJtliis bloody campaign! A bugler sounded sound-ed "taps' and the . melancholy notes floated across nearby Hag-ushi Hag-ushi beach, where Buckner led his men ashore on Easter Sunday. -Today those men had victory at eir fingertips. But Buckner, wncrse great wisn was to wane rough the ashes of Tokyo," dn't live to see it. Their new mmander was Mai. Gen. Rov S. Geiger of the marines, the man Buckner wanted to take over if anything happened to him. Goes To The Front The general went to the front yesterday to watch the final stages of the battle he had predicted would be over in another four days. He was at a forward observation ob-servation post of the eighth marine regiment A marine tombat photographer Staff . Sgt. Martin Conn, West-Long West-Long Branch, N. J. had just taken motion pictures of the general and his party. It has been a quiet morning hardly a Japanese Jap-anese shot fired. Buckner, big and silver-haired, sat on a rock chatting. chat-ting. . ' Then it happened. A Japanese shell came screaming in, and then another. The first bounced off a rock, splatterfjglt murder op's splinters through the air. One f those-r-a big one hit Buckner in the chest That was at 1:15 t.m. CoL Clarence B. Wallace, Arlington, Ar-lington, Va commander of the eighth regiment" and his operations opera-tions officer, Maj. William Chamberlain, Cham-berlain, Chicago, 111., got Buck-ner's Buck-ner's body dpwn from the rock. But the Japanese shells kept pouring in, so Wallace and Chamberlain Cham-berlain had to carry the general a distance to the rear. They put (Continued on Fage Two) LeoDold Reiects Abdication Demand SALZBURG. Austria. June 19 (U.R) King Leopold of the Bel gians today rejected clamorous demands that he abdicate and announced an-nounced that he was reassuming his full constitutional prerogatives. preroga-tives. There is no Question of his majesty abdicating," said a statement state-ment authorized by Leopold. to king has decided to return to Belgium and. again take aver the throne after five years in German hands and a few weeks as a guest of the American army since his liberation by the 106th cavalry group of the 15th corps, U. S. Seventh army. The announcement of Leopold a decision came three days after the Belgian government of Premier Achille von' Acker resigned in protest against his return. In resigning re-signing Saturday the government said it was unwilling to take responsibility re-sponsibility for events which it regarded as inevitable if the king; went home to rule the country. CBruessels reported that Social- - 1st members of the Belgian cham ber adopted a resolution today re iterating the party belief that Leopold should abdicate as the only means of averting "serious troubles"; . 9 3 |