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Show PAGE 2 -""-..r"1 SUNDAY HERALD To dpen Closed C03I Mine Shaft . BE1XAIRE. O.. JUIv 8' QA A high-speed electric drill cutting a nine-inch shaft In the earth pounded inexorably cloaer today to section of the burning Powhatan Pow-hatan coal nine near here in 1 rescue crew's last desperate at tempt to reach 66 miners who are entombed and presumed dead. 1 " Drilling on the shaft began Fri-day Fri-day nirht- and continued unceas ingly throughout Saturday except for a slight delay to change and lengthen a cable. Officials directing direct-ing the operations hoped to break through, tp the mine section at o p. in. as u ami dii inrougn the earth at the rate of 20 feet an . hour. Medical supplies, food and water, packed in special contain : era. were held in readiness at the bxuui in uie event uifti wnen tne . break-through occurs some or all . of the miners are found alive. It was a slim hope, however. Only relatives of the entombed .miners clung to the faint hope that they might be alive. The "mine had been sealed off to mother the fire which trapped .'the men Wednesday. when the shaft breaks through to the section where the men are trapped, sirens win be sounded - to attract attention if any are alive and a telephone line will be lowered. Carrier Lit Up To Help Pilots WASHINGTON. July 8 (CD- Pilots of the carrier-based U. 8. planes that sent the Japanese fleet scurryine into hiding in the June 19 battle east of the Philip pines were literally pop-eyed when they reutrned to their carriers car-riers that nisht It was a black night, and the great warships were ablaze with light. Searchlights pushed their white pathways into tne sxy. au this was in enemy-infested waters. Why were these ships breaking all the rules or naval warxare, tne most strict security regulations? Simply because the commander was determined that) his men' should find their wy back to their ships and .land safely after their great victory. The story was told by Lt Cmdr. Robert A Winston, Washington. Ind.. who -is one of the first officers of-ficers to return here following the invasion of Salpan and the big naval actions of the past month. Referring to the "Christmas tree" display of lights, he said, "I dont think the high command of any country would have permitted per-mitted what our command did that niffht" Advancing Yanks Uncover Jerry's "T rode Secrets" Trapped Jap Troops Still Fighting From northern Salpan ."V ' ; 1 ,:' y i "UlSy RICHARD W.' JOHNSTON 1 u miea lines war wnwponu V?- 'Yanks Complete Occupation Of Moemfoor Island By DON CASWELL United Press War Oorrespondeat ALLIED HBADQUARTE R S . Southwest Pacific July 8 OLE) U. S. troops virtually completed the occupation of Noemfoor' island, off Dutch New Guinea, today with the unopposed seizure of Namber airdrome after a new amphibious landing on the islands southwest coast. The Japanese had abandoned the Namber field and not a single American casualty was suffered in the operation. Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur's Mac-Arthur's headquarters announced. In taking the third and last airdrome air-drome on Noemfoor. the American forces brought under their control the seventh good airbase in Geel-Vlnk Geel-Vlnk Bay within 800 miles of the Philippines. They previously seized three airstrips on nearby Biak and and constructed another on OWI island. - The troops effected the new landing Thursday under the cover ez a naval and air bombardment, quickly overran Namber. with Its . 8,000 foot runway, and set up lines a considerable distance from the field. - It was believed the Japanese had abandoned hope of resisting the U. S. forces, which caught them off guard last Sunday in the first landings and outflanked their pre pared defenses. A communique said that Allied fighter planes already were using Kamiri airdrome, which the Am ricans captured two hours after landing on the northwestern coast. The field, previously knock' ed out by U. S. bombers was re paired by Royal Australian sir force engineers who landed be bind the first assault troops. Army Paper Head Is Ordered Home ALGIERS, July 8 U-P)-- Col Egbert White, chief publication of ficer of the Mediterranean Stars and Stripes, reportedly has been ordered to return to the United States after differences with his auperiors about the type of world news to be published by army newspapers. White, who was business manager man-ager of the Stars and Stripes in France during the first World War, is reported to have wanted regular press association news instead in-stead of news filtered through the army's branch of psychological warfare. He is expected to remain on duty clearing up financial and other affairs of the newspaper before returning to the United States in . mid-July. Official Warns Against Hope Of Jap Surrender SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 UE) Dr. Wei-Tao-Ming, Chinese ambassador am-bassador to the United States, today to-day had predicted an earljt Allied victory over the Japanese, but warned against a belief "that Japan will automatically surrend er after Germany is finally over come." In an address commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Marco Polo bridge incident which launched the full-scale Japanese Invasion of China. Wei told a mass meeting last night that the Jap anese army "is planning to dig in on the continent for a last stand. "Only by completely defeating the Japanese army can we expect ner to surrender unconditionally. With increasing determination and vigor we fight on. I believe we will achieve the final victory in me not distant future." However. Wei said 1944 will prove to be "the hardest year of tne war on the Chinese front be cause the enemy is concentrating an available troops for a last desperate attempt to improve his precarious position before our Allies Join us in force. "From all indications there is a fair hope that the China coast will be reopened in the near fu ture. When that time comes and the blockade is broken, you may be sure that we shall together onve the Japanese army into the sea." American armies routine Nazi forces in France and Italy are having a chance to study defenses and secret weanons abandoned bv tne enemy tn tneir nasty neireai. Aoove, a pair 01 American soldiers examine a camouflaged roDOt launcning site near uie town 01 ucimmmy, r mnce. rrem the air. the dummv Nazi srun emolacement (below, left) outside Cherbourg looks like the real thing. But advancing American forces found it was a decoy lor nomas mat mignt nave aroppea on nearoy defenders attempted a blockhouses. . The unturned Nazi Mark 6 tank (ri gnti serves as a sneiier ror a snusn soiaier in Italy and to answer Allied questions a bout lis tiring power ana traction. yi im""."H t - t - ,s f - ' I s ,-a .4 I ABOARD JOINT EXPEDl 1 1 TIONART FORCE FLAGSHIP OFF SAIPAN, July 8 CETrap- ped . Japanese soldiers on Salpah still fought bitterly from the caves on Marpl Point today, but Jap civilians-sick, tired and hungry hun-gry streamed down a designated road into our lines, forming a procession pro-cession which eventually will lead to Tokyo. They were the vanguard of the Japanese people plain people capable of recognising defeat add not imbued with the bu&nido spirit of immolation. They were people who though half -dead still wanted to live. The response to our invitation to surrender distributed by leaflets leaf-lets surprised military leaders. who feared many Jap civilians would either elect or be forced to remain with the enemy troops in the constantly diminishing area of the northern tip of the island. While civilians of all ages and sexes were moving down a spe cially designated road on which it was forbidden to fire, elsewhere the remnants of the Japanese hopeless. desperate counter-attack not un like thosa at Attu and Makin Both the civilian parade and the counter-attack were evidence that all the Japanese on Salpan realized the hopelessness of the situation. The two events show ed, however, the varied reaction on the part of the military and the people. Hundreds of enemy soldiers died in an assault against U. S. army lines and those penetrating safely were mopped up in eanefleids and ditches along the western coast From a mountain observation post, I watched U. S. tanks and infantry flush enemy infiltrators from the field as though they were quail. Watching through field glasses, I could see the sun glint along Japanese bayonets as enemy soldiers would break for new cover and then I would see the rifles spin away as American sharpshooters nailed them "on 1 out. Our artillery fire blew tnera the wing." out of the water. , Mora marine forces are pushing I Army and marine units thus far along the rolling hills and sharp j have buried 8914 Japanese soldiers ravines which extend from Mount Tapotchau all the way to the north end of the island. Moving steadily forward, they are digging out Japanese from caves which honeycomb all high ground on this rugged island. From a series of observation points, it is possible for our troops to see the Marpl point airstrip. air-strip. This airstrip has been the object of frantic night aerial activity ac-tivity for three days and lt was believed the Japanese are making desperate efforts to land at least one or two planes there to evacu ate high-ranking officers. Another Japanese escape effort was foiled when barges launched from the northwest coast apparently appar-ently in the hope of sneaking to Tinian under cover of darkness were discovered by our troops. While our skips near Salpan were blacked out during an enemy air-raid, the barges began to mov and that by no means represents all that have been killed. Many Japanese bodies still are inside caves and others are strewn over rocky cliffs and Jungles wnere they have escaped the notice of burial parties. I counted IS decomposing de-composing bodies in a block square area yesterday. Marine units pushing toward Marpi point still were encountering encounter-ing strong resistance, but tt was increasingly disorganized and the Jap decision to attempt a counterattack coun-terattack was further evidence that the Nipponese admittedly no longer are capable of defending set positoins- The United States has 23 airway air-way traffic control centers into which flows information about planes in flight, relayed by telephone tele-phone from radio communication stations in the area of the control center. i.ui fm mwmv. -w . wmmm mm m y -' ' - ft . J ! v,'?v'-.- -I &i . ' ' 5f i- f - J ...1 . . . A Reese Reese Present State Auditor DEMOCRATIC Candidate for State Treasurer "A proved, qualified State Treasurer and Auditor with eight years Executive Experience Experi-ence in State Government." (Paid Political Adv.) 15,000 Children to Be Evacuated From Robot Besieged London Capital By JACK FBANKISn United Press Staff Correspondent (special dormitories for babies and Vice Presidential Nomination Chief Democrat Problem WASHINGTON, July 8 (CJt' Democrats were completlnr fin al plans today for their forth-1 coming national convention In Chicago July 19 with the question ques-tion of who should be the candidate candi-date for the vice-presidency reportedly re-portedly still undecided. It is generally believed that President Roosevelt will be offered, offer-ed, and will accept, the presidential presiden-tial nomination and that he will consequently have the determining determin-ing voice in choosing a running mate. There has been considerable objection ob-jection within the party to the renaming of Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, and the names of War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas are being prominently mentioned for the post. Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan spent an hour closeted with the president yesterday and was extremely ciosemoutned when he emerged He said "no comment" to all Ques tions and wouldn't admit politics naa been discussed. Isolation wards. They are bomb Utahns to Attend Water Conference SALT LAKE CITY, July 8 U Atty Gen. Grover A. Giles, Ralf R. Woolley, engineer, U. S. Geological Survey, and William R. Wallace, chairman of the former Utah Water Storage com mission, will attend a meeting of the Colorado river committee at Reno July 19 to 21. Upon their return to Salt Lake City, Woolley will make a report '.on the current water condition in states of the upper basin of the Colorado river. GRANTED RELEASE BOISE. Ida.. July 8 (VS.) Mary Jane Farr. 57. former Kootenai county treasurer, who was sen tenced to one to 10 years for em bezzling part of her county's funds, today was granted a one year conditional release from prison pri-son by the Idaho pardons board. LONDON. July 8 (EE) Fifteen thousand more school children were scheduled to be evacuated from robot-besiesed London today as the Daily Herald reported the Germans have begun launching their flying torpedoes from Belgian Bel-gian as well as French bases. Robot bombs continued to craan In London and surrounding coun try at intervals through last night, but most of the capitals 6,730, 000 night-time inhabitants slept in comparative safety in subway or home shelters, or behind bartcaaea windows. Some damage and casualties were reported, however. A number of persons was trapped when a bomb wrecked several sev-eral houses in one district and rescue res-cue squads .still were attempting to reach them at dawn. Blast from another bomb shattered the windows win-dows of a crowded bus, but none of the passengers was hurt. The Daily Herald said tne Ger mans switch to new robot bomb launching sites in Belgium last night, possibly as result or tne increasing weight of Allied bombs dropped on bases along the Pas De Calais coast of France. The RAF announced that it now was using six-ton super-bombs against the French bases. RAF fighters claimed to have taken a heavy toll of the robots during the night, exploding them in the air before they could crash to earth with their 2,200 pounds of explosives. Altogether. 40,000 unaccom panied school children have been evacuated from London since vol untary registration began last Sunday, and the health ministry has completed plans to continue the evacuation at the rate of 15,- 000 persons a day so long as any one wishes to leave. For those remaining In London, th first of London's five deeo siibwav shelters veritable under ground cities will open Sunday with accommodations for 8,000 persons. The others will be opened soon with a total capacity of 40,-000 40,-000 persons. The shelters consist of two main tunnels 1.200 feet Jong fitted with groups of bunks which can j be screened to give ramuies privacy. priv-acy. Each shelter has a canteen serving both hot and cold meals. proof, gas proof and waterproof London now has shelter accom modations for 7,250,000 .persona, more than the number of persons who spent the night in the city. OFFICIAL DIES NEW YORK, July 8 CE William Wil-liam Arthur Winterbottom, 60, vlce-nresident and general man ager of RCA Communications Inc.. died of a heart attack early today at his home in Bayside, N. Y. Mustering-Out Payments Mount FT. DOUGLAS, Utah, July 8 (UB Mustering out payments to Utah veterans of World War II total $415,300, it was announc ed today by Mai. Gen. David Mc- Coach, Jr., commanding officer,! Ninth Service Command. Already 2109 Utah soldiers have received payments, ranging from $100 to $300. since Feb. .l 1944, McCoach said, explaining that all honorably discharged vet erans of World War II, except those eligible for retirement or those who left the army under the over-aare discharge provision, are entitled to file claims for muster ing out pay. yt4aMcttiw&. 'Delayed ? STATE PRISON INMATES DECREASE SALT LAKE CITY, July 8 UE The number of inmates of the Utah State prison has decreased from 429 to 263, or by 40 percent during the past four years, John E. Harris, prison warden reported today. The most attractive kitchen in any new, home will be found in WASATCH GARDENS HOMES Inspect the Model Home today. Entrance at 4th South and 7th East. i ROWAN & GROW INC. Provo, Utah Exclusive Agents UOTE for. DAVID GOURLEY A Utah County Man DEMOCRATIC Candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Excellent Scholarship 32 Years of School Service 6 Years Assistant State Superintendent-Stands Superintendent-Stands for Efficient and , Economic Administration. i Veil VOTE JULY 11 (Paid Political Advertisement). DOM YOUR American Privilege Primary Election TUESDAY, JULY 11TI1 and We, THE UNDERSIGNED, for YOUR OWN BEST WELFARE . . ASK YOU TO DO HOT FORGET SSd. SHELLEY We Know American Fork's Own Candidate To Be LIVE - WIRE PUBLIC SPIRITED ... WITH ST ATE-WIDE PRESTIGE! Shelley Is Highly Qualified For Our Post War Road-Planning Program! WE ARE PROUD TO ENDORSE RAY E. SHELLEY FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER 4-Year Term DEMOCRATIC TICKET Mr. Bert Christensen, Thomas A. Barratt, Wm. H. Storrs. Albert Trekaskis, John H. Miller, Ray Ellison, Walter Durrant, Mrs. T. A. Greenwood, Geo. Scott, J. J. Mercer, Jr., Mrs. Grant Ingersol, Aaron Greenwood, Mrs. J. W. Phillips, Vern Walker. Mrs. Zora Zabriskie, Walter Hunter, Mrs. C. A. Grant . (Paid Political Advertisement by Friends of Bun Shelley) j We hear this question asked every day and we regret that we can't give service to all who want it when they want it More than two years of war bave used up reserve telephone equipment and the production produc-tion of new facilities for civilian use has been at a standstill because the Army and Navy need everything we can make. That includes telephones, telephone equipment and all kinds of secret electrical weapons as well. Service is being provided as facilities become be-come available through disconnections, which means a waitfng list. We fully realize the inconveniences of waiting wait-ing for a telephone and every effort is being made to serve as many people as possible. SUPPORT THE iwJr H lllV - - .... Kici 1 tin u I. W I -ii-a- lit IiiiUii States ItltpHit I !e!ttrj;i U r |