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Show TheWeatKer, IT All: Partly cloudy Sunday. Little change In temperature. Maximum temp., Friday 95 Minimum temp., Friday 49 Maximum terop Saturday .. 95 Minimum temp, Saturday ... 49 CALL 495 If You Do Not Receive Tour Paper by 7 O'clock, Gall 495 and One WW Be Sent To Ton by Messenger. 'Phone yonr Want Ada to the ad taker before 10 a. m. VOL. 19, NO. 1 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF 8 ALT LAK1 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY; JULY 6, 1941 D'E S K GHAT BY THE EDITOR Is it Russia on one hand and Britain on another, who alone,, are fighting off the Urne-crushing might of the German military machine? No. There are allies in this war, though most of them are Men Without Country for the moment. Observe: The Poles have a complete division in the field, guarding an important section of the Scottish coast. The Norse have a comparatively small but splendid body of men in England. Several battalions of Czechs are serving, and the Dutch and Belgians have their units. The Free French camp is really a replacement center, new arrivals being sent off to the De Gaulle Free. French forces as fast as they are equipped. The Greeks who escaped are rapidly rap-idly being reorganized. AH of these forces are constantly con-stantly growing, though none is very large as yet. New recruits, re-cruits, escaped from the native na-tive land, or volunteering from some country yet free, are continually being added. They are not numerous-?nough numerous-?nough to be a great military factor. But each is a nucleus, and Hitler himself has said that such .1 determined nucleus nu-cleus is the prerequisite for anv country that aims to regain re-gain its freedom. Off the Record Believe it or not, a fellow fell asleep at the telephone the other day, waiting for the oj)erator. . . . Provo's parade-watching parade-watching crowd received a terribly ilowratiiurpn flajr.rer spect, hundreds of men didn't know enough to bare their heads when the flag went by. That's one complaint that a year in the army would cure. . . . Hats off to the motorists, the state and local traffic officers. of-ficers. You did a grand job on the Fourth. Not a serious accident here over the holidays. holi-days. . . . The parade was grand, except there were too many breaks with nothing to do but wait and wait and wait for the next float. . . . Now is the time to begin planning for next year's celebration. Christmas will soon be here. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affair. mj DREW PEARSON aatf ROokhT B. Brass Ring To "Indiana Boy Scout" Who Bosses Emergency Emer-gency Management ; Wayne Coy Came Up Through Roosevelt Fight With Old-line Old-line Politicos ; Teamed With Hopkins in WPA Days; Beaten Up For Refusing Patronage; Swung McNutt To Favor Wallace Nomination Nomina-tion At Third-Term Convention. (EDITOR'S NOTE The famous Brass Ring, giving a free ride on The Washington Me rry-Go-Round to notable personalities, is awarded this week to Wayne Coy, 37, bead of the OEM (Office of Emergency Management). WASHINGTON Two years as?o a. gaunt, tired figure lay in the Marine hospital in Baltimore. His doctors had given up hope. Relatives were summoned to the b. iside. Newspaper obituaries w ere written and in type. But, miraculously, crisis after crisis came and went, poctors marveled at the tenacious fighting spirit that kept the frail body alive. When he left the hospital six months later, they said: "If you hadn't wanted so strongly to you wouldn't be here now." Today Wayne Coy, who fought his way out from under the shadow of death, is the 37-year-old administrative" boss of the vast defense machinery, a trusted adviser ad-viser of President Roosevelt and an intimate of Harry Hopkins. Slender, black-haired, nervous, Coy and his meteoric rise to high Place in -Washington are unknown to the public. But as head of (Continued on Page 4, Section Z) THREE DIE IN HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS State Swelters As Mercury Mer-cury Soars Above 95 Degrees SALT LAKE CITY, July 5 U.R) Utah today went into the second day of its Fourth of July holiday with perspiring perspir-ing brows, crowded lake shores and canyon picnic grounds, and an accidental death toll that had already hit three victims. Most of the state sweltered in temperatures of 90-plus yesterday. The weatherman gave no promise of relief. It was 95 In Provo Friday Fri-day and Saturday. Traffic patrolmen believed the number of motorists on the roads and by-ways yesterday and this morning, if they could be counted accurately, would set an all-time record. Practically every community in the state had a patriotic program yesterday. Fire departments throughout the state, too, were busy. In Salt Lake City, there were more than 20 alarms yesterday. But most of the fires were in dry grass. For esters warned that the ranges were drying out rapidly and that the danger of conflagrations was increasing in-creasing steadily. Frederick Taylor, 74, was hit by a hit and run driver late Thursday. The driver, identified as Francis Mathews, 23, Riverdale, surren dered to police last nieht after "thinking it over" most of Friday. He, with two companions, were held for investigation. Last night, Merlin L. Pope, 32, North Ogden, was killed when his speeding car left the main Ogden street and turned over after it hit a parked car. The occupants of the parked car were uninjured. in Carbon county, Mrs. Margar et Anderson. 54, Monticello, died in a hospital from injuries suf fered JKhea. a- truck driven by her husband skidded off the highway and into Price canyon north of cas- tlegate. The three deaths raised the state's traffic toll for the year to 82, nine over the corresponding period of 1940. A fourth Utah resident was also killed in an automobile accident but in Nevada. - He was William G. Jones, 31, Salt Lake City, struck by a car as he attempted to thumb a ride near Las Vegas, Nevada. The only story of being lost in the woods was told by John Denny, Den-ny, 20, Salt Lake City. He got separated from a fishing party in the Uintah mountains Thursday and wandered over the hills for more than 30 miles and for 12 hours until he arrived safely at a ranger's station. NO ACCIDENTS OVER HOLIDAY Nary a major accident occurred in Utah county July Fourth, despite de-spite the tremendous celebration traffic, peace officers reported Saturday. Sheriffs officers, Provo police, and state highway patrolmen in the county said they investigated no accidents where there was much damage. Officers, including the marshals in the local towns, for the most part were on the job all day and until late at night policing traffic, keeping the cars moving at proper pace where there was congestion. Provo was probably the scene, of the most traffic, with hundreds of visitors in addition ot the local motorists driving on the streets. WOMAN DIES ON AUTO TOUR BOISE, Ida., July 5 (UR) Death today marred a long-planned family reunion and interrupted a holiday vacation trip. Mrs. Cara Belle Dodgen, 66, Kent, Wash., died of a heart attack while driving driv-ing with her husband on the Mountain Home highway eight miles east of here. I Defense Workers . Donate Their pay', to U. S. O. COMPLETD UNITED PRESS TJTJTir fTXTl? pPXITCI TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE iTltllEj f 1 V Hi LCiXH 1 0 More than $14000 was added to the V. S. O.'s campaign fund in Alameda. CaL,- when 1400 AFL craftsmen, srorkinc oni the Alameda Natal Air StaUon, worked a half day extra ate double , pay, contributed their check to the U. S. O. 323 Deaths Is Nation's Holiday Toll By UNITED PRESS Accidents have taken 323 lives during the first two days of the July 4th holiday. Of this number, 221 persons per-sons died in traffic mishaps. The National Safety Council warned that 475 persons may be killed in auto accidents by the time the holiday ends Monday. Automobile accidents, increased by abnormal traffic conditions, cost 221 lives. Two . persons were killed iaiirework.accldenisjuidi 77 deaths were due to drowning, airplane mishaps and miscellaneous miscellane-ous causes. Joseph L. Speec, 25, fireworks expert, was killed at Connersville, Ind., when an aerial bomb exploded ex-ploded while he was lighting fireworks fire-works at an American Legion celebration. Four-year-old Leland Ballard, Jr., was killed at Kansas City, Mo., when an aerial bomb exploded explod-ed in a crowd at a fireworks exhibition. ex-hibition. His mother and sister were hurt seriously and eight others received minor injuries. Richard Gi beaut, 21, was killed by electric shock while lowering a flag from a power pole at Des Moines, la. Family Is Killed Five members of a family and a young woman companion were killed at Mattituck, N. Y., when a Long Island railroad train crashed crash-ed into a car. James Ivetich, Decatur, Ind., and Joseph Rozich, 26, Chicago, were killed when their plane crashed nad burned at Decatur. Thomas L. Miller, and his son, La-mont, La-mont, 22, of Odessa, Tex., died at El Paso, Tex., when his plane At Albany,, N. Y., Franklin Townsend, automobile race judge, was injured fatally while flagging cars at the edge of the track. California led in the number of accidental deaths with 24, including includ-ing 15 in automobile crashes. Illinois Il-linois was' second with 20, and New York third with 13. Provo Celebration Wins Wide Acclaim Like its predecessors, Provo's 1941 July Fourth celebration celebra-tion was "bigger and better" than ever and attracted thousands thous-ands of people to the various scenes of activity. Celebrators Saturday were still talking about the color ful parade, the stadium show, air id- stunts, boat races and the various other events that combined to make the celebration the biggest one-day entertainment festival ever staged here. In the cool evening air, the pageant-spectacle, "America OA Parade," was staged before a large crowd at B. Y. U. stadium. This, with the fireworks displayt capped a fitting climax on the celebration. With a cast of nearly 400 Pro- voans participatlmj, the pageaaju portrayed high spots in America's T history. Two of the outstanding -0- Transient Killed By Ogden Train OGDEN. Utah, July 5 U.R) An unidentified transient was killed near Ogden early this morning under the wheels of a fast-moving train. Officers said the man, who appeared ap-peared to be about 50 and was wearing a hat purchased in Denver, Den-ver, either fell from the train or stepped in front of it. Death was instantaneous, and the body was badly mutilated. Pictures on Page One, Second Section scenes were "Columbus in Spain" and the grand finale when all of the participants marched out and stood in formation on the green in front of the stage. The Provo high school band, directed by Wesley Pearce, the choir directed by Edward Sand-gren, Sand-gren, the accompanist Carroll Williams, Wil-liams, and the narrators, Maj Jacobs, Joe Lee, Helen Allman and Clifton Clinger, aU added to the success of the event, directed by Richard Mahar of the John B. Rogers company. John Krier was stadium show chairman. At conclusion of the event. Mayor May-or Mark Anderson awarded prizes to Miss Loreen Newell, the celebration cele-bration queen; Miss Beverlee Graham, who was Miss Columbia, and the attendants, Nadine Fair, Elaine Brown. Beverly Cherring-ton, Cherring-ton, Leona Holder, Mary Ellen Dauwalder, Madeline Buckley, Emma Hayes and Norma Vance. The air show at the airport thrilled thousands of spectators, with experienced pilots putting on various demonstrations. The show was sponsored by the Exchange club. Planes from widespread areas assembled at the airport for the show, which was probably the outstanding event of its kind ever staged here and did much to promote pro-mote aviation interest in this area. The parade, the boat races, the baseball games, children's sports, carnival attractions, and other events all were well attended. Members of the celebration, who, with an army of assistants, worked weeks tq stage the celebration, cele-bration, Saturday extended their thanks to everyone who took part in making the event a success. Murdoch to Probe Water Supply for Steel Plant Job Senator Abe Murdock will be here within a few days to .investigate .investi-gate water resources in connection Vlth the proposed $57,000,000 steel project at the Columbia Steel company (works, Mayor Mark -Anderson is informed. The senator likely will acquire a large portion of his data from the bureau of reclamation, with Provo city and other agencies also assisting, the mayor indicated. Mayor Anderson declared Provo Is in a better position to provide the necessary water for such industry in-dustry than is any other area in the Greaf Basin. Provo would, be the ideal location for the project, he said. ROOSEVELT MEETS WITH WAR CABINET President Confers On Defense Situation With Aides By LYLE C. WILSON WASHINGTON, July 5 (U.R) President Roosevelt, who returned to the capital today after an eight-day rest, conferred with his ranking defense and foreign policy advisers ad-visers on the rearmament and war-aid programs. He met with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Acting Secretary Secre-tary of State Sumner Welles, Undersecretary Un-dersecretary of Navy James V. Forrestal, Rear Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, assistant chief of naval operations, and Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff. White House Secretary Stephen T. Early described the conference as a general check-up on the defense de-fense situation. Phoned-ln Prescription Proves to Be Potent Chemical to Blow Up Building LOS ANGELES, July 5 (U.E) Police said today a "Dr. Wells" telephoned two Los Angeles drug stores asking for prescriptions which, if mixed, would have blown up the buildings. The first pharmacist called became be-came suspicious and mixed only a small part of the chemicals, which Mew up the bottle in his hands. - Another, branch of the same drug chain, Sontag, received an identical "Dr. Wells" call a few up the stores, police broadcast a warning to all drug stores in the city. Capt. Vern Rasmussen of the police homicide bureau said the "Dr. Wells," speaking with a heavy accent, ordered a mixture including nitric acid, tincture of netaphen, glycerine, oil of peppermint pepper-mint and sulphuric acid. He said, that he would' call for the prescription pre-scription in "ten minutes." . But the pharmacist, suspicious, added only a drop of the sulhpuric acid instead of the amount ord- minutes later, but had been fore-jered. The bottle blew up and he wamea. . l immediately notified the store's Fearing a terrorist plot to blow ' bead offices and police. Gunmen Stage Two Robberies in S. L. SALT LAKE CITY, July 5 UE Salt Lake City's second armed robbery in as many days today led to a general search for two gunmen believed responsible for a "holdup at the Perry hotel this morning and a grocery store 24 hours earlier. The bandit duo obtained about $300 in the grocery holdup. Hotel officials were unable to estimate the amount taken at gunpoint there, but admitted the safe had been emptied. This Day. ... BORN ' Girl, to Ken and Ilene Larsen Killpack, Saturday. LICENSED TO MARRY William Elmer Hunter, 25U Provo, and Marjorie Mae Golding? 20, Provo. ONE KILLED IN TONOPAH FIRE TONOPAH, Nev., July 5 (EE) One man was burned to death In a fire which today gutted the Gold Ace bar and for a time threatened the entire business district dis-trict of Beatty, southern Nye county mining and tourist center. Robert Fakes, 40, was found dead in the ruins of the rear room of the Gold Ace. where he was trapped while asleep. The Gold Ace was recently remodelled re-modelled and last night had celebrated cele-brated its re-opening. Origin of the fire was not determined. de-termined. A bucket brigade, hastily formed, finally prevented the blaze from spreading to other buildings. John P. Cobb, owner of the Gold Ace, estimated his loss at $6,000. Thieves Steal -$56,000 Jewelry TAHOE CITY. Calif ., July 5 (U.R A thief stole $56,000 in Jewel ry from Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bloch, San Francisco, at this vacation va-cation resort. Constable Harry Jo-hansen Jo-hansen announced today. Johansen said the thief apparently appar-ently entered the Blochs' hotel room with a pass key and stole only a leather case containing the jewelry. The case was taken from a bureau drawer. The stolen jewelry Included diamond dia-mond and platinum link bracelets containing. 204 round diamonds; diamond and platinum straight bracelets with 21 diamonds, 21 sapphires and a diamond-and-pearl cluster; and a diamond and platinum platin-um oval bowknot pin with 25 diamonds. IDAHO MAN KILLED HONOLULU, T. H., July 5 (CJ Harry. Skeen, 22. of Kellogg, Idaho, was killed vesterdav while working on the navy's RedhUl de- iense project, Skeen was struck by a rock slab In a dirt slide, according to reports Three ' other workers escaped in- i WASHINGTON, July 5 (U.R) President Roosevelt returned re-turned to the capital today to speed the tempo of all-out material aid to Britain and her allies, after warning Americans they must pledge their lives to the defense of the country. No other July Fourth since World war days has been observed by the nation with such grim contemplation con-templation of world affairs as that of yesterday. Keynoting the unprecedented demonstration of national unity in commemoration of the 165th anniversary of American independence, inde-pendence, Mr. Roosevelt said this country could hot expect to remain re-main an island of freedom in a world otherwise dominated by a "dictator combination." He spoke Tr6m Mr Hyde -Park, Y.-home during a 10-minute "unity" program pro-gram which reached into- every corner of the land, and was broadcast broad-cast throughout .' the world by short-wave radio.' Pleading for an "end to backbiting back-biting and to the sabotage which runs far deeper than the blowing up of - munitions plants,". Mr. Roosevelt asked the people for "loyalty and unity." Can't Survive Alone "It is indeed a fallacy, based on no logic at all, for any American to suggest that the rule of force can defeat human freedom in all the other parts of the world and permit it to survive in the United States alone," he said. ' "But it has been that child-like fantasy itself that misdirected faith which has led nation after nation to go about their peaceful tasks, relying on the thought, and even the promise, that they and their lives and their government would be allowed to live when the juggernaut of force came their way. "I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and (Continued on Page Three) Defense Industry Operating Close To Record Levels NEW YORK, July 5 OLH) -Reflecting exigencies of national defense, American industry operated oper-ated close to record levels during dur-ing the past week despite , restrictive re-strictive factors of the Independence Indepen-dence day holiday. Reports showed that July 4th Shutdowns this year were con siderably smaller than "normal'.' and that curtailment of activity from the preceding week was significantly narrow. Steel was typical. With operations opera-tions now geared close to 100 per cent of capacity, a "normal" decline for the July 4th holiday would have amounted to 1' per cent. But operations were cut only 6.2 per cent to 93.7 per cent. Some mills in several districts maintained full operations on Independence In-dependence day for the first time in history. General Motors Prices to Stay WASHINGTON, July 5 (TIE) Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson said today he has been advised by the General Motors corporation that it will not raise prices on automobiles during the remainder of the current model year. G. M. officials, Henderson said, have agreed to confer with his office within the next two weeks to discuss prices on 1942 models which will be produced after August Au-gust 1. Henderson had asked the Ford Motor company,, the Chrysler corporation, cor-poration, Nash, Studebaker and Hudson to withdraw recent price increases which ranged from $10 to $53. Following refusal of the Chrysler corporation , to comply, Henderson withdrew his request to the other companies; with exception excep-tion of Ford. . "General Motors is setting an example which should be followed by other companies, tnot only in that industry but all others where there is pressure for price increase," in-crease," Henderson said today. U. S. OFFICIALS ' WATCH JAPAN'S MARINE POLICY! German Panzers " Drive Within 285 Miles Of Moscow Spearhead of German Drive Reaches To the Great Dnieper River On the Road To Moscow, Despite Fierce Resistance By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Prewt Foreign News Editor I Germany's Panzer divisions reported they had iabbed eastward to the great Dnieper river on the road to Moscow today, but the Red army fought on furiously along its main defense lino, and British military experts believed that thfi Nazi offensive might be slowing down. ; The strength and position of the Panzer units that reached the Dnieper east of Minsk was not disclosed by the German high command, and it was presumed that only small tank forces were involved in theV spearhead of the stab to within about 285 miles of Moscow. Success or failure of the Germans Ger-mans in consolidating their present pres-ent positions will depend upon their ability to send more and more fresh motorized troops and supplies over communication lines now extended 320 miles from their starting point in German Poland. British sources said that the Red army, fighting in better form than expected, had taken a terrific ter-rific toll of the best Nazi troops. including destruction of possibly five out of eight picked German Panzer divisions used in the offensive, of-fensive, 1 240 Divisions Used The London Sunday Times estimated esti-mated Germany had thrown 240 divisions, virtually all of its bombers bomb-ers and 80 per cent of its fighting Dlanes into the offensive in a drive to crush the Red army quickly. If reserves cannot be continuously rolled forward be hind the Nazi spearhead, the danger dan-ger of losing momentum which is essential to a blitzkrieg, would soon become acute. Some reports in London .were that the Russians originally had a many as 20 armored divisions on the eastern front, but at least some of them have been destroyed in the'German encUxlemnt tactics, and their ability to launch a real counter-blitz offensive remains a question. A communique broadcast from Moscow substantiated part of the German claims, but the Russians reported terrible casualties estimated esti-mated at 700.000 had been inflicted in-flicted on the best German troops and that resistance continued in heavy battles of tanks, artillery and planes all along the front, as weU as in guerilla war behind the Nazi lines. Reach Drat River The Russians admitted ihe Germans reached the Drut river in the drive toward the Dnieper, but said the Nazis were halted there with terrible losses as they fought on the banks and in the water. On the southern front, the Germans Ger-mans reported advances in cooperation co-operation with Rumanian and Hungarian tropps which finally forced their way across the Prut river. A Rome radio report said (Continued on Page Three) WASHINGTON, July 5 UJ0 r United States officials today closely watched Japan's handling of her merchant marine for some hint of her new foreign policy, recently re-cently re-oriented in the light of the Russo-German war. When the Japanese supreme council recently announced it had reached a decision on future policy it was said the policy would be. made clear by action rather than whether readjustment of the merchant mer-chant marine is the first hint of what this will be. - According to reports, several sailinerBf are beiner cancelled and .vessels United States porta are. being T jed home. The state, department, de-partment, has been informed that two ships loaded with chrome or for the United States have been com ne lied - to liseharre their goes at Kobe and cancel ' their sailings. . " A" - ' '?i " Acting. Secretary of State Sum-' ner Welles has upheld Japan's right to requisition her own ships and to leave the U. S. defense material stranded on the Kobe wharves in these two instances. But officials are keeping careful care-ful watch to make sure that no Japanese vessels loaded with U. S. materials are ordered to bring the cargo into Japanese ports for the purpose of delivering U. S. owned goods to Japan herself. Reports from Manila indicate the Nozims: Maru,' also loaded with chrome" cargo there in case she is ordered, to a Japanese port. TWo possible explanations ' of Japan's sudden interest in her merchant ship movements were put forward. One is that Japan, wished to assist Germany umT-Italy umT-Italy by making a show of prepar- ation for military action in order to keep the U. S. fleet in the Pa ciflc. Tthe other is that Japan wishes to increase her trade In other directions, free from dependence de-pendence on the western hemisphere. WAR IN BRIEF Visiting Virtuoso Sees Provo As Coining Great American Music Center Provo is an ideal city for' the presentation, of . an annual music festival,' in the opinion of Andor Foldes. talented pianist wno on Monday evening win play , the con cluding concert of the current sum mer concert series of jBrtgnam Young" university.. The concert is to be played in the Joseph Smith building beginning at 8:15 p. m. . "Provo can well he compared to Salzburg,' the great European music center, in beautiful sur roundings and in possession of a splendid concert hall," stated the noted Hungarian musician.. "For 15 years artists from all over the world came to play at Salzburg, and there is no reason why Provo could not become a similar music center for America." Generous praise was expressed by Mr. Foldes for the new Joseph Smith building as a setting for great music. "I have played in the newest and finest concert halls but never have I performed in a (Continued on Page Three) LONDON Berlin claims Germans Ger-mans reach Dneiper on central front in drive toward Smolensk; and Moscow; Moscow tacitly ad mits Germans have crossed BereV zina river and reached Drut. but claims Nazi advance there and in most other sectors was checked; Berlin says Germans are pursuing "beaten enemy" on Baltic front: Moscow admits Pruty river crossed at several points, but says Germans are being held in big tank battle in Novograd Volynski sec-; tor; s British bombers pound north France .again after bombing' Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinze Eugen at Brest and Moored U-boats at Lorient in heavy night attacks; Eden says red army Is "hitting back against the - Germans Ger-mans and hints that Hess flew to Britain because he was anxious about Germany's future. . i J. BERLIN Germans smash through central Russkm. front to EJnieper river, 220 miles from Moscow; Mos-cow; Dnieper reported reached at point east of Minsk.' . " ROME - Italian garrison " at Debra Tabor capitulates; Italians announce will releasa clerk in UJS. consulate at Milan held since Tues- MISSING CRAFT IS LOCATED CORPUS CHRISTL Tex July 5 01E) The cabin cruiser Vivian S. Ill, at sea with eight persons aboard since Thursday," was i located lo-cated in the Gulf of Mexico today by a coast guard cutter. .. .-?.-,' Capt. Bert Slayton said : the boat had run' out of fuel after 'his party had decided to remain at the fishing' reef s an extra day.' v None of the party suffered any hardship. . " . |