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Show ...-.-, . . . - .... ... - ' ' t f . Fw Victory..: .. If. S. DEFENSE CLCAttfiosetstt BONDS STAMPS - ; VOL.a;NO. 37 UTAH'S ONLT PAILT BOUTH OF 8AI.T LAKB PROVCUTAH cCOUNTY; UTAH, -SUNDAY, MARCH COMPLBTB UWITBO PRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS TKLEQRAPH NEWS SKRVICB Victory Car for U. S. Civi ians ?. V -4 A V J 1 r- A W mm m m m i ' 15, 1942 : . - 7y This cross between a Jeep and a station wagon is offered as a dvUian passenger auto for the duration. Capt Richard C. Fitch of Los Angales designed this experimental model of a "Victory Car" to sell . .V for around $600. It uses plastics, some steel and rebuilt motors. : . , s ; g ; D ESK GHAT J.JIT TUB KDIXtB There is a move on foot nationally to keep the selective selec-tive service boards on a high, non-political plane by applying apply-ing the Hatch act to the members who serve in this important capacity. In Utah, the draft boards have generally gener-ally been manned- with "high caliber members, and very little complaint has been heard, although there is always al-ways an undercurrent of gos sip about, favoritism in deferring de-ferring certain men from im mediate service for various reasons. It would certainly shake the confidence of the people in the disinterestedness of "the'drafi'bWs-lfwallbweal politics in any form to influence influ-ence the deliberations' and decisions of our draft boards. The fear that such might be the case is one reason for the movement to apply the Hatch act to . selective service boards. It would bolster popular confidence immeasurably if the sons of the mighty would do as General Pershing's son and Joe Louis did-go in as buck nrivates. Let's have no favoritism in this man's war. 0Q0 On the Lighter Side More people run out of judgment than gas when driving icar. . . . People who always drift in late are just drifting. . . . Women are taking jobs as caddies. A fine chance to see man at his worst. . j . . The fear of housewives' wrath is said to be one thing keeping Canadian retail prices down. Prices and the ladies hitting the ceiling .at the same time wouldn't be so good. . . . Barber Bar-ber shop admirals and pool hall brigadier generals, continue con-tinue to expound how the war should be run. Guess well have to buy a gas mask. U.S. FREIGHTER SUNK; 20 LOST NORFOLK, Va March 1' (EE) Twenty crew members of v small American freighter apparently appar-ently perished when a submarine torpedoed and sunk the ship without with-out warning, seven survivors landed land-ed here said tonight. The submarine circled around the spot where the ship sank, without being observed by U. S. , navy planes which fled high overhead over-head at the time, the survivors said. The ship sank so rapidly that there was no . time to lower a 1 lifeboat or even throw a raft overr board. The survivors managed to climb on one of two rafts that broke loose - from the freighter after the torpedo struck. - The attack occurred early Wednesday Wed-nesday morning, March 11." One torpedo plowed Into the ship and . less than a minute later a second blasted the vessel. The ship sank . within two minutes, according; to the survivors,' .Who were picked ' up - Wednesday, afternoon. : V - The survivors included Captain Nicholas Manolis of. Brooklyn, . jw.:Yr------y - ' . FDR Favors National Speed Limit - WASHINGTON, March 14 U.R) President Roosevelt proposed today in letters to state governors that speed limits of 40 miles an hour be established throughout the nation to conserve rubber. Urging- "federal-state coopera- r : tion In the war effort," the presi dent also suggested that governors govern-ors promulgate regulations "requiring "re-quiring frequent checking of tires in order to Insure their repair or. where possible, retreading at the proper time." "I would greatly appreciate your cooperation," the president wrote, 'In an effort to achieve these objectives ob-jectives throughout the country.". coun-try.". The far eastern situation makes conservation of rubber "very necessary for the successful prosecution prose-cution of the war effort," he said. ' Mr. Roosevelt noted estimates that a considerable part of the nation's rubber, stockpile '"is on the wheels of the more than SO,-0,$eaidfceHtoe4e SO,-0,$eaidfceHtoe4e country." Conservation efforts by Individual ' motorists would make their tires laust longer, he added.' If , such conservation is undertaken, under-taken, the president continued, "tires will last much longer, cars will run much, farther and civilian civi-lian life Will be less disturbed because be-cause of lack of sufficient transportation trans-portation facilities." He. noted that tires last longer when automobiles are driven at a limited rates' of speed, and said: "May . I suggest that waste could be curtailed to the advantage advan-tage of the individual 'motorist, and likewise to the advantage of the country, if the speed of aU motor vehicles . were limited to sj (Continued on Page Two) DRIVER KILLED AT KAYSVILLE OGDEN, Utah, March 14 (UJ) One man was killed and three others injured in automobile accidents ac-cidents in the Ogden area including in-cluding one involving three large passenger buses that were en route to Portland, Oregon. Daniel Harvey, Kaysville, Utah, was killed when Ills car was involved in-volved in an accident on the Ogden-Salt Lake City highway near Kaysville. C. Otis Hannah, Liberty, Mo., was Injured so seriously that little lit-tle hope was held for his recovery in an accident in Weber canyon near Devil's Slide, 20 miles east of Ogden. Hannah was. driving, one of three large passenger buses being taken to Portland when the heavy vehicle struck a railway overpass over-pass support. His skull was fractured. frac-tured. The other two drivers were injured slightly. Their names were not given. The buses were badly damaged. They contained no passengers. pas-sengers. Training Plane Crash Kills Four TAFTy CaI4 March 14 (VE A twin-motored army navigation training plane crashed last night near Fellows, Calif., killing four army men, it was announced today. to-day. .Those killed were Second Lieut. John S. FenneuV 26, the pilot, and Aviation' Cadets Robert L- Black, 23, " Galesburg, El. ; John J. Clifford, Clif-ford, j22, New York City; and Leonard E. Fasholtz, Nowata, Okla, ' . ' - . ' . . " Tbe'plane was . on a routine training flight, having left Mather Math-er Field earlier. It was a Beecn-craft-trainer;' 'M1 3 40Me ICKES ORDERS REDUCTION IN GAS DELIVERIES By JOHN M. MECKLXN" ' United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 14 (HE) The war production board,' acting act-ing to prevent exhaustion of vital oil supplies on the east and west coasts, tonight ordered a 20 per cent ' reduction, . effective " March 19. of gasoline deliveries in 17 eastern - states. the District of Chlunanla, xaragoa ,jux& 'yifiubtag 1 ion. ,-'.' - ,. r - '.' The order, which was requested by Oil Coordinator Harold 1 Ickes, restricts operation of filling fill-ing stations In those 'areas to -no more than 12 "hours a day, "on any six days of a", week. It ' is patterned closely on' recommendations rec-ommendations made, last Monday by the oil Industry, except (hat the reduction ordered Is five, per cent less than a . special - industry committee recommended.. Ickes action- was seen as - an interim measure, to.' be .effective until a card rationing program can . be established, but the announcement an-nouncement Itself ' made no mention men-tion of rationing. .The reduction will affect more than 10,000,000 motorists and all commercial consumers con-sumers except, those classified as "essential to the war effort." Considerable 'uncertainty still surrounded the , question whether (Continued on Page Two) . Stop Installation Of Oil Burners WASHINGTON, March 14. UE) The war production board today in effect .' banned future installation installa-tion of new fuel-oil burning equipment equip-ment in 17 eastern states, District of Columbia and the states of Oregon and Washington. In these areas deliveries of fuel oil will be prohibited for use In any new equipment unless installation instal-lation of that equipment is completed com-pleted within the next 30 ' days or unless converted facilities have been shifted over within the next 10 days. SUBMARINE LAUNCHED Mare Island Navy Yard, Cat, March 14 U.R) Completed 11 months ahead of schedule, the y. S. S. Whale, the navy's latest submarine, was launched today. The keel was laid June 28, 1941. Mutiny Reported Among Nazi Troops In France; Execute More Frenchdch LONDON, March; 14 (HE) Reports Re-ports tonight - from , Nazi-held Europe told of unrest and' mutiny among German troops in trance, serious bombing" attacks ' in - Belgium Bel-gium and new arrests and executions execu-tions in France and Jugoslavia. Free French ' headquarters received re-ceived underground reports of -a "serious mutiny", among German units stationed f :at Chalon-Sur-Saone, Digoin in the Allier . department, de-partment, Cosne In Tievre and In the Manchem areavf - I:- The reports claimed; that :3er-mi :3er-mi troops have ' shot several - of their officers at Dax and ;; Arar chon ' and that ' Communist propaganda propa-ganda is spreading Jimong a number num-ber of detachments of the .Nazi occupation ? troops.' S " lOuiffl C3fl u Dim 1 1 iKMH i' tt? iV.- ' - . -- rT. ; rr&r; ' . .-. , : ' : ' " " - ' -? ' E ORDER HARD BLOW Two Governors Can See Fear of Damage To West's Morale DENVER, March 14 U.R) Governors of twa western ptates charged today that the war production ' board's " new mine equipment ; priority ruling' rul-ing' would damage the morale of the west, and curtail pro duction of vital war metals. Gov. E. P. Carville of Nevada told a mining conference, at DCh4 ver that 42 mines in his stats, alone would be forced to close by the WPB edict, and declared he believed that "we are going to have to carry the fight against this to Washington." ' Gov, Ralph L. Carr of. Colorado said "very few mines" could operate under the ruling, and challenged federal statements that it would not hurt the mining Industry. In-dustry. - The western mining men were in session In Denver to hear Dr. Wilbur Nelson, administrator of the WPB mining division,, explain producinsr more than 30 cental worth of gold and silver in each dollar's worth of metal mjned from receiving equipment and materials. Nelson assured the miners, gathered gath-ered r at the Colorado statehouse that the government would protect pro-tect them from effects of ' the order which Carr said would con-1 vert miningr camps into ghost towns. "This order shocked me and my people," the Nevada governor said. "It is arbitrary. It must be rescinded.'' , ' Carr said Nelson should put in writing this promise that the order or-der will not curtail mining and that gold and silver mines will be given hearings. "This shouldn't be left to the capriclou8ness . of a federal bureau," bu-reau," ne said. "Governor Carville Car-ville Is . right this will damage western morale." Nelson reiterated a statement made at a Reno conference that "We. Intend to see to it that every mine in the United States which produces lead, zinc and copper is permitted to operate." The WPB of Hclal declared that the mine equipment situation "is going to get worse because the firms which make this equipment are loaded down with orders from the armed services." , Before meeting with representatives represen-tatives of Colorado's second largest larg-est business, Dr. Nelson reiterated (Continued on Page Two) SUBSCRIPTION RATE ADVANCE ANNOUNCED .SPOKANE, Wash,, March 14 U.E) The Chronicle announced to day . its subscription rate ' would be advanced to 23 cents a week. effective March 16..- The Chronicle blamed increased increas-ed production, cost' for the Increase. In-crease. The 'previous, rate was IS cents a week. Vichy dispatches reported that the German military command in Paris had announced by means of notices in . the Paris press, and huge placards on walls the execution execu-tion of seven youths' alleged, communist com-munist terrorists. . . . . The group was convicted by German court martial and executed exe-cuted within 48 hours. Most were described as students and members mem-bers of ..communist youth organizations. organ-izations. They were; charged with 17 acts of sabotage against German Ger-man trains and attacks on German Ger-man posts and military personnel person-nel -... . Their execution 1 brought to 357 the , number, of Frenchmen officially- announced as-executed by the Germans '' TO THE WEST Honolulu Hears Raid Alarm HONOLULU.. March 14, (& onolulu had a 47-minute air aid alarm today,- the fourth since earl Harbor. The' ' sirens sounded at 9:36 a. jn. (3:16 p. m. BJWT) and the all clear came at 10:43 a. m. (4.03 rWT.) This - alarm . was Just a- week rafter . Honolulu's third .air raid suarm iasx sacuroay morning. Radio stations continued their normal programs until shortly after aft-er the air alarm sounded. Sirens then screamed over the radio programs pro-grams as well as throhghout the City. ' : "This is an air raid alarm, take eover," announcers said. '? Several minutes later the sta-Oons sta-Oons Ceased transmission. t j.. -. : . DRAFT NUMBERS MO BE DRAWN : TUESDAY NIGHT WASHINGTON, March 14 UJ! Plans were -complete today for khe third draft lottery, set for hextTuesday evening, when 7,000 .capsules will,' b drawn to deter- 9,000,000 new registrants win be called o military service. Secretary of, War Henry L. Stimson is expected to draw the first number at 6 p. m. He will be.- followed . by several cabinet officers and other . high government govern-ment officials. Officials believe disposing oft all . the capsules will take until 6.a. m., Wednesday. The largest . registration or any local board last Feb. 16 was 5,839. Extra numbers have been "provided "provid-ed however, for men who were unable -to register because of absence ab-sence from the country or other reasons Here is the procedure in assigning assign-ing order numbers to the new registrants: 1. Local boards have assigned them serial numbers, ranging from T-l tcf T-7,000, the "T" standing for third registration. 2. Each capsule contains a number corresponding to a serial number,' and the local boards will assign order numbers in accordance accord-ance with the rank in which the serial numbers are drawn. 3. Order numbers will begin with 10,001, immediately following follow-ing those assigned to men covered cov-ered by the two previous registrations. regis-trations. For example, if the first- capsule cap-sule drawn contains - the serial number T-1406, all men who hold that number ' will receive order number 10,001. If a board's registration did not run as high as 1,406, - the man holding the serial number drawn next would receive order number 10,001. This will continue until all 7,000 capsules have been disposed of. Although many of the capsules will not correspond to any serial numbers assigned by local boards, all will be drawn. Hits Orem Farm A , freak - windstorm that took oh proportions of a 'miniature 'min-iature hurricane Friday night wrought estimated, damage of . rgiooo at the -M. C. Crandall premises ' in Orem, wrecking two- - 100-foot ' chicken coops, ' damaging a 'barn, tearing off garage t .doors, , uprooting cherry tree, and In general LUsing untold "havoc. , Chickens i were left on -the roosts as the roofs and other parts of the coops were ripped f off. Parts of the coops were found-. - three-quarters or a mile away, .It was reported ' Saturday. ,- . , t ". i ,. ; .The. cyclone , occurred about 9 p.:nv- It apparently struck? iia.' only - limited area,': for : nelghbow : to the " Oandalls I reported JQ substantial dam Cyclon AUSTRALIAN, U. S. FLIERS BATTLE JAPS Japanese Inyaders To Meet Battering By ' . U. S. Bombers By BRYDON TAVES United Press Staff Correspondent MELBOURNE, Australia, March i 15 (Sunday) 4U.P Australia, powerfully aided by an American expeditionary corps struck through" the air today against the tentacles of. a Japanese invasion pincers that seeks to grab the jump ing off points for attack on this sub-continent. United Press correspondents are- not permitted for military reasons to disclose the whereabouts where-abouts of the American forces now ashore in Australia. Nor may we reveal the type of units here nor the port and time of arrival. Side By Side It can be reported, however, that " American' -heavy bombers are flying- side by side with Australian Aus-tralian planes in the. battering attacks at-tacks on Japanese invasion ships and- land forces - which seek to transform New Guinea into- a tralia's north coast. It can be reported that , some of the Americans have, been- here for "some time." , They have been here' long enough' for the sight of United States uniforms to - attract at-tract . much . favorable attention and for American games of chance and entertainment 'to attract at-tract - considerable "interest in' at least one Australian town. - (A dispatch to the Chicago Sun by its .correspondent, Edward (Continued on Page Two) East Indies Oil Fields 'Scorched' By UNITED PRESS J. B. Aug. Kessler, managing director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Pe-troleum Company,, described today to-day In an Aneta Dutch news agency dispatch from London the Dutch "scorched earth" policy In the Netherlands East Indies as a "deliberate offensive" against the Japanese invaders and said enemy chances of obtaining on in the near future were "very unlikely' Kessler's company, which owned a majority of the East Indies oij wells, suffered heavy losses in pursuing pur-suing a policy of voluntary destruction. de-struction. The . total Dutch loss havbeen estimated at $500,000,-000. $500,000,-000. Kessler estimated that destruction destruc-tion of the Tarakan, Balik Papan and Palembang oil centers - cut off 88 per cent of , the total oU available in the East Indies.: ( Since the interview, - the Pled ju oil fields in" eastern Java have been destroyed.) . . Al.li&su Fighting For ''World New Deal- Declares Wallace 9 OMAHA, Neb., March ' 14 (HE! Vice President Henry. A. Wallace, Wal-lace, declaring - that the United Nations are "fighting for a world wide new deal? after the war. declared tonight that the axis powers will . make "one . last desperate des-perate all-out j attempt .' to . crush the. allies this summer. . ;. ,nJ r Addressing- a joint meeting- of businessmen and farmers here, Wallace said that: this country must brace Itself to meet the expected ex-pected assault, . Which? he conV pared to the last effort , of i-the German armies in 1918. His remarks re-marks were broadcast nationally. .;"Increamgly everywhere -over the whole world people wtU. begin to appreciate - in -1942 ' that the United Nations are - fighting for a world-wide . new deal . without racial or class distinction, . he .It. Is this world-wide under- . J ; ' '; ' " -'-iTV Superior Jap Probably Ships In Sea Action U. S. Lost Cruiser Houston and Destroyer Pope in Biggest Sea Action Since Battle of Jutland, World War I By SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent "' WASHINGTON, March 14 (U.R) -- The United States, lost the 10,000-ton cruiser Houston and the destroyer Pope in the three-day battle of Java against a superior Japanese fleet which probably lost eight" warships, as compared to" total United Nations losses , of 12 vessels, the navy an-' nounced today. The battle, believed to be the biggest sea action since the Jutland engagement of World War I in the North Sea, ' lasted from Feb. 27 into the morn- : - ing of Sunday, March 1,. with American. Dutch, British and Australian fleet units Joined against numerically superior Japanese Jap-anese forces. The United Nations fleet fought valiantly, but in vain, to prevent the Japanese warships from carrying car-rying out their ultimate mission of escorting Invasion troops 'to the Dutch island, now virtually all In Japanese hands. Losses Not Definite ' r The ; acoqunt- of - the great sea battle ' was ' given in a lengthy communique which also revealed tlcnmplete. ; Jirformatlon still was not available: For Instance, the lonsr in personnel has hot yet been ascertained . definitely, v ; A cruiser of the Houston" class normally carries a complement of 750 men. A destroyer usually has a crew of 125.- The Houston, a. familiar ship to most - Americans ' because it frequently fre-quently carried President Roosevelt Roose-velt on his voyages, was the only American cruiser in the Java sea action. There were five allied cruisers in ail. which engaged a formidable fleet of nine Japanese cruisers, including the enemy's most powerful power-ful ships of that class, and probably prob-ably as many as 40 Japanese destroyers. de-stroyers. Allies Outnumbered The United Nations' fleet, which fought with rare courage and determination, de-termination, was hopelessly outnumbered out-numbered and out-gunned. But It took a toll which will require longer to replace than the ships knocked out of the allied cause. All of the United Nations cruisers cruis-ers fought to the death. They aU were lost. In addition six destroyers destroy-ers were sunk. . The Dutch cruiser De Ruyter was carrying the flag of the (Continued on Page Two) - Detention Gamp For Japs Ready SANTA FE, N. W March 1 OLE Workmen today completed work on an alien detention camp complete with barbed Wire, flood lights and water tower into which 400 "dangerous" Japanese aliens will be moved shortly from the West coast. . standing : which will eventually crack the morale of the German and Japanese people at the very moment when they seem closest to winning. I . Stressing the importance of uninterrupted un-interrupted war , production, Wallace Wal-lace said he-Is confident that labor la-bor and management wUl cooperate cooper-ate In this endeavor. . "With the country in the midst of a .war which Is more dangerous by far than any we have ever been engaged in.' I can't 'believe that the - responsible . leaders of j! labor will ' for a . moment . countenance strikes which could ' . eoncievably mean the loss of ; hundreds ' of thousands of lives, he- sald.T - 0 "Neither can I believe that Capital Cap-ital and management will permit conditions to , develop . which . encourage en-courage . strikes, Anyone . who has a boy in the J?aciflc now or soon to Je . there knows exactly what 1 mean. Fleet Lost Eight 10,000 NAZIS ; SLAIN BY REDS ON RUSS FRONT LONDON, March 14, (HE). Russian troops have killed 10.000 Germans and taken 593 prisoners Iasix4ayf - fighting -. on - tb a southern and southwestern-fronts.. t presumably In the Donets- basis r and along the Sea, of Arovrthe -Moscow, radio- tonight said. In a special high command. announcement.- . - ." The actions occurred on a "number "num-ber of sectors" of the fronts and covered a period starting- . last Saturday and - ending Thursday. The announcement appeared . to confirm, at. least, partly reports , that the Russians , had opened a major offensive on the southern front. . - The regular midnight . Russian communique - said no .essential changes occurred on - the front ' Saturday. Friday 23 German planes were shot down and Rus-slon Rus-slon losses were listed as 11 planes. "During:; the same period," the announcement said, "129 guns; 113 trench mortars; S99 machine . guns, 173 automatic rifles; 127 pis- tola; 22 anti-tank1 guns; V. 20.000 shells ; more than 3,000,000 car . triages; 4,000 hand grenades; 22.-500. 22.-500. mines; 1 150 cases of -mines; two -tanks, 27 radio stations; 14 food stores were .captured.- "f--.-. "Troops destroyed 49 tanks; 5S. guns; 142 "machine-guns; two ammunition am-munition dumps; S70 motor cars; . ' one ' fuel tank car; 14' fortified firing points; S20 carts with ammunition am-munition were - captured - along with. 1? munition dumps and .13 equipment stores." i The announcement' waa . made after it had been reported that the . Russians had -trapped 'a " "very '. targe force of Germans at ,Vyar-ma, ,Vyar-ma, 130. miles west of Moscow on -the broad Smolensk highway, and had killed 3,310 Nazi officers and men In 'scoring : new victories on the northern' and southern ends of the giaV front V , FREE -FRENCH' . RAIDING LIBYA XXNDON, March-14. 0IE- A daring Free. French desert column is raiding more than. 250 miles inside in-side Ilbya, Free French headquarters headquar-ters reported: tonight, and has destroyed de-stroyed another Italian , outpost. (The German radio; heard by the United Press In New York, quoted a Rome dispatch-as admitting the raiding action by the French column.' col-umn.' The Italian report said the foray - is' "being made by a force of 40 armored desert cars, backed up" by" afeW mobile small guns. T - The' French column was report-ed report-ed tonight ' to have ' smashed t an Italian outpost at I Uau el Chebir, 200 miles east of .'Mursoch and about 250 miles north of the Libyan Lib-yan border. ' ' . ; " , ' ' ' . The : Italian garrison at - '-the post was taken prisoner, .war materials ma-terials were seized and munitions and gasoline stores set. afire. "The airdrome was wrecked. . - t it. . |