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Show PAGE TWO PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY "HERALD, SUNDAY APRIL 19, .1942 ' - Laval Power In France - " "" By RALPH E. ' United Press Staff VCHY, April 18 U.R)--Pierre Laval assumed powecn France today with, a government pledged to closer collaboration collabora-tion with Germany and headed ly a triumvirate composed of himself, Admiral Jean, Francois Darlan and the "aged iMar- ahal Henri Philippe Petain. - 1 -r- Laval made it clear, shortly after his cabinet was announced, that he will have 'charge of the "effective direction" of all of France's internal and foreign af-: af-: fairs and will be responsible only to the 85-year-old Petain. He said that Admiral Darlan, whom he replaces as the head 'of the government will serve as supreme su-preme commander of all the nation's na-tion's land, sea and air forces, although al-though he will not have administrative adminis-trative authority and is not a full, ranking member of the new cabinet. cabi-net. . . (The underlying reason for La val's announcement of close cooperation co-operation with Petain and Darlan Dar-lan and the tatter's operational control over the French fleet and other armed forces were not clear, but it was speculated that Laval realizing his unpopularity among large sections of the people peo-ple was trying to retain Petain as a symbol and that Darlan's selection as commander In chief was either at Petain's insistence or to offset suspicion of a surrender sur-render of military aid to Germany.) Ger-many.) (The German radio, quoting Swiss press dispatches, said it was "considered improbable that Darlan in his new capacity would consent to hand over the French fleet to the axis . . . notwithstanding notwith-standing the intentions attributed to him In England and the United States ... on the other hand, Laval will be able to check all those elements in France who have sought to prepare a revolutionary revolu-tionary uprising in event of an attempted British invasion of France.") ' Shortly before Laval's assumption assump-tion of power, it was stated authoritatively auth-oritatively that Marshal Petain's recent assurances that the French fleet will be used only to defend French territory and integrity still hold. Far stronger in power than he was on Dec. 13. 1940, when he was forced out of the government govern-ment by Petain and held a" prisoner pris-oner for two days before the Germans Ger-mans obtained his release, Laval today became chief of the government, gov-ernment, foreign minister, mirjs-ter mirjs-ter of interior and minister of propaganda. He announced that the scat of the government of unoccupied Trance-wilt letuaht 1irTtchy, instead in-stead of being returned to Paris as Petain has long sought. Petain will speak to the na tion by radio Sunday evening, ex MHSiSsofl VHEII YOU TRY OH A iCs the tough center layer of hide found only over horses' hips. Wolverine's Wol-verine's secret triple-tanning triple-tanning process mattes it soft as kidu without loss of wear-resistance. SHELL HOBSEHIOE WORK SHOES YOU can't help being interested in these wonderful work shoes. So, why not pay us a visit and get the real facta about the world's only work, shoes with soles,, uppers and even in-ifjoles in-ifjoles of Genuine trinle-tanned shell horsemde, No obligation. Assumes ItEDfZEN ' Correspondent ' " plaining' - the situation which restored re-stored Laval to power, and Laval La-val is expected to deliver a radio speech Monday. U.S. TROOPS ' (Continued from Page One). ' or materials abroad, Hopkins re plied that it was not alone -a question of sending materials but one of gettiner "men and materi als where they ought to be." , "We'll give them men and equipment on sea and in the air and on the land wherever we come to grips with the enemy, he said. "I believe our great land forces will be in there for the final blow." Marshall, too, promised that "There will be a steady flow of men and equipment to Join you." "Your training within, the next few months will count most." 'he said. Later, Marshall was asked to elaborate on his recent statement in London that "We hope to ex pand over here." . I can tell you we are going to have a steady flow of troops over here," he said. "My trip has been very satisfactory. There have been many understandings and agreements and my talks with prime Minister Churchill and others have been more than wt expected." Marshall visited the AEF hos pital this morning- and later said that he was pleased by his visit to northern Ireland. "I am very happy that came," he told the troops, "but I should be' shoving off and get ting back to work." Marshall and Hopkins were ac companied by W. Averell Harri- man and Maj. Gen. James E, Chaney, commanding the AE The climax of their visit was the impressive review of infantry and aruiiery lorces. Marshall, Major Gen. Russell Hartle, in command of the first AEF contingent, and Lieut. Gen H. E. Franklyn, commander of British forces in northern Ire land, took the salute, with Prime Minister J. M. Andrews present. Others in the reviewing stand were Robert Gransden, secretary of the Ulster cabinet; Brigadier Gordon C. Holler, U.S.A. Brig. Gen. Robert McClure, military attache at-tache at the U. S. embassy in London and acting aide to Marshall. Mar-shall. PAIR 0FS5? YES . . . trying on these amazing work shoes the first time is one pleasant pleas-ant surprise after another. an-other. First, there's the grand moccasin comfort com-fort of kid-soft uppers and bamboo - flexible soles. Then thetliscov-ery thetliscov-ery that they dry out soft after soaking. And they cost less for they wear so much longer. niEE NO KNOWLEDGE, OF TOKYO RJIttj IN WASHINGTON " Bv 3ERRY roricsiattd United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON . Anril ! A'ttrvui The reported bombing of Tokyo ana mree r outer important 'Japanese 'Jap-anese r industrial teen tars elated this capital tonight but at the same time arousea speculation over the possibility, of retaliatory axis raids on this nation's east and west coasts. .T reported attacks on Tokyo, Yokohama, Yoko-hama, Kobe and Nagoya ' as signalling sig-nalling the start of an allied offensive of-fensive carrying- the war directly to Japan, but professed: to have no knowledge of r the raids other it. . . i . . ... uuui rtiuio reporu . emanating from Tokyo. - The war and navy departments likewise would not . confirm the lonyo stones, although some observers ob-servers believed1 the ralrfa mivht have been v accomplished- by a u. a. navy tasK lorce, one of which recentlv attacked tho Mar. cus islands some 900 miles from japan. . - . Sen., Mon sc. Wallgren, D., Wash, declared that the United Mvawo vuuiu , expect auaiuonai bombings of Janan from but cautioned that it "seems only logical mat tne next - step the Japanese will take will be to bomb wic enure west coast.' "Once they get started," he added, "thev'll keen it sen. snenaan nownov n roi r. r said that "Jan raids nn th uio.i coast are possible and probable, bUt at the MmA tfm then dm a lot of difficulties attached to sucn raids. . , . " fThe Jans would pit hoc ' come across the Pacific on an aircraft carrier or establish a base somewhere in lowr riiiftn.i or' Mexico," Downey said. "Either Fiweuure wouia oe extremely dansrerous." Several congressmen privately tuviiuuireu iuB possimiicy or German- raids on the Atinmti probably to coincide with any wmcn tne Japanese might Btwuipi. in uie west. xnese con gressmen cited the shorter dis tance between the v.u.A inent and our east coast, both for long-range bombers and axis aircr&ti earners. Sen. RalDh Said he did nnf fui ,... tt. . JIU1TCV t that 'The Germans or any of the" axis nations would need the attack at-tack on Tokyo as an excuse to waio our east coast. American Fork Mayor O. DeVere Wootton will be the SDeaker at the monthly meeting of the Republi can iuuies stuay ciuo next Wednesday. Wed-nesday. The meeting, will begin at 2:30 and will be held at th city hall, a program of music also has been arranged. Mrs. James Moffett of palo Alto, Calif., is here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Lettie Wilde and her husband's parents, Mr. anj Mrs. B. P. Moffitt. Mrs. Marv Shellev ma re elected to the office of captain of mc Amencan Fork Camp D.U.P. at the meeting held Thursday afternoon at the home of. Mrs. Fern A. Walker. Other - Officers named were Mrs. Nellie Julian, first vice-caDtaln Xfrn jtmiimaa Eespain. second vice-canfnin. Mr. Electa Monson, chorister. ' a n il Mrs. Relva B- Rosa, parliamentarian. parliamen-tarian. Mrs. Lester Kirk " was hntan to the members of the LaConda club. The ladies have adopted a project of assisting each hostess in making a quilt, hence theUime was spent in quilting. A delicious wncn was served. Mr. and Mrs. Oamnnd TJaionn - A have received word from their SOn, RSV. that he hna htxm r-or,o f erred from Camp Crowder, Missouri, Mis-souri, to Washington, XJ. c., where he is taking special radio engineering training. uiiaa lavm ziatmskle has gone to Escondldo, Calif., to visit for several weeks with mrra w .r Jones,(Roth Holdsworth) Hew and Used Furniture BargainsJ I Yd. LINOLEUM REMNANTS Close Out .... ....... New UNFINISHED CHESTS . . Used OAK DRESSER Used 2-Piece LIVING ROOM SUITES Used Walnut ; DRESSING TABLE . . . Used MONARCH or MAJESTIC RANGES . . Used Metal UTILITY CABINET ... Used Oak KITCHEN CABINET v. Furniture Exchange ' : 250 WEST CENTER ST. ' ;. Main Floor Rear Taylor Brothers Store : "WHERE TokyoiGovcrijZsnf Pcopb flgemet IContlhued from allied bases In China, the nearest of which .' are Jnland from the China coast above -Shanghai about1 1,200 or 1,400 miles front Tokyo. -This and the fact that the attackers at-tackers swept in upon, the Japanese Japan-ese cities- from several sides, indicated indi-cated that the planes may have been launched from, aircraft car riers,' such as -those used; in the recent ; American i attack on Wake and Marcus islands, the latter only 1,000 miles from Tokyo. Yokohama Bombed Hammered under a rain of heavy explosive and flre-deaune lncendartea, , according- to the Japanese, Jap-anese, were Tokyo the third biggest big-gest city in the world and the industrial and naval base cities of Tokohama, Kobe and Nagoya. The raiders swept in from "sev era! directions" over a 275-mile area of the south coast of Hon shu, the main Japanese island, amid a rattling challenge from anti-aircraft guns, the Japanese said. Nine of . the, raiders reportedly were shot down. , . ;-.. "American airplanes raided Tokyo for the first time', the Tok yo radio -. said in a Chinese-language broadcast recorded by CBS in San Francisco, the first identi fication of the. raiders as Ameri can. v. .. ,-, i , . -. i Tokyo's air raid alarm sounded at noon Saturday for about seven hours, Axis radio reports said, and it appeared that the .raid it self might have been underway for about five hours. The nine allied planes were said to have been shot down by Jap anese fighter planes in the vicin ity of -crowded, -fire-fearful Tokyo with its 7,000,000 people who live in the flimsiest sort of homes. Japanese Puzzled ; , The Japanese, it was obvious from, their radio broadcasts de scribing the attack, did not know from what base the raiders had struck with such suddenness and destruction. and they ' were puzzled by the silence of the al lied capitals. The German radio quoted Tokyo rumors that a United States aircraft air-craft carrier had been sunk .Saturday .Sat-urday off the east coast of Jaoan and-i-evidently fishing for lnfor-mation lnfor-mation the - Japanese announced that six U. S. aviators of the aircraft air-craft carrier Yorktown were prisoners pris-oners in the Zentsujl prison: camp. The Tokyo radio suggested in-ferentially in-ferentially that the six U. S. fliers had been among Saturday's raiders raid-ers but, unfortunately for the Nipponese propaganda tricksters, it was revealed in Washington that at least one of them was captured more than two months ago during the U. S. navya raid on the Marshall and Gilbert ' in lands, t - n If aircraft carriers were used for the attack, it might be two or three days before they returned to- their Pacific bases and made a report, accounting perhaps for the silence in Washington and Australia. , . The Japanese radio admitted that large fires had .been started by the enemy bombers, particularly particu-larly in the large cities of Nagoya and Kobe, but said they finally had been brought under control. . The description of the fires and the damage inflicted followed earlier earl-ier Japanese) radio assertions that no damage of any importance had resulted. Incendiary Bombs The fires at Kobe and Nogoya were said to have been brought under control by 4 p. mv about four hours after the attack began. Statements that the ' raiders used incendiary bombs, dropping them on six places "in the vicinity" vicin-ity" of Nagoya and three places at Kobe brought the Japanese people face to face with their deadliest peril mass fires among their wood and paper homes. Air raid, alarms sounded through the Japanese island group from Hokkaido in the far north to Tokohu and Kyushu in the southwest. The British radio reported that, following; the raid, the Japanese authorities urged the people to maintain their calm and to show' the same sort of courage that has enabled the British people to en-' 75c ...$3.95 P . . . $6.95 . $24.50 up $9.75 $195 .04.95 $&95 YOU AVEW i'Jarns Jcpcncca , Further Domtings Page One) dure more than ; two i years of aerial attacks.'- i The former Japanese ambassador ambassa-dor to LiOndon,' Mamoru Shigemlt-ii Shigemlt-ii won aaid to have told his ceo- pie, that, "if we lose our compos ure- the rBritish win -clap their hands and laugh at us.' Tne Japanese ana : tne wnoie world had known long before Dec. 7 that every city in Japan was highly vulnerable td fire - bomb attacks. V . - : There are treat masses of peo ple in Japan's cities 7,000,000 In ToKyo, eou.uuur in xoKonama, nearly 1,000,000, in Nagoya, and 800,000 la Kobe. Caught Unaware -Japanese broadcasts spoke of thousands of persons strolling the strong at" noon-time in (these crowded cities when the air raid alarm sounded and Just before the enemy planes began sweeping' in irom au siaes, inaicaung mat the cities were caught unawares. Tokyo: said that noon - day crowds in the capital kept on their way, as did street cars and buses, in the belief it was only a practice prac-tice aralm. . . , ., Emphasizing Japan's constant fear for the. safety of Its Emperor, Emper-or, Hlrohito, the "son of heaven," the Tokyo radio went out of its way to announce that the imperial family was well. At Tokyo, the Japanese claimed, claim-ed, the raider caused heavy damage dam-age to homts, schools, hospitals and cultural institutions, and that some of the enemy planes swept down and machine-gunned civilians, civil-ians, a propaganda claim that was to he expected. . If large bombers participated in the attacks, they would be unlikely unlike-ly to waste time In machine-gunning. There were no details of the damage to Yokohama, the great port and naval base 20 miles from the - capitol on Tokyo bay. Two planes reportedly raided Nagoya, Japan's third city, on Owari bay 235 miles from. Tokyo on the south coast of Honshu, the main island. ' Kobe, 10 miles north of the in dustrtal city of Osaka, was said to have been raided by a single plane which dropped bombs but-according but-according to Tokyo failed to In flict any damage on the ship building and industrial targets of the city which has gained much importance since the 1923 earth quake. A Tokyo broadcast recorded by the united Press at San Francisco, Francis-co, said in describing the noontime noon-time attack on Tokyo: "Allied warplanes attacked metropolitan Tokyo shortly after noon today (Saturday) and dropped drop-ped bombs on homes, a school and a hospital, inflicting slight damage. dam-age. - It was the first enemy air raid on Tokyo since the outbreak of the war in the Pacific. "Militaryauthorities at eastern headquarters said that Japanese pursuit planes shot down nine of the attack planes. The enemy aircraft did not appear over the heart .of the city, and they did not damage military targets." Heavy Barrage Fired An earlier Tokyo radio bulletin for which the announcer interrupted inter-rupted a musical program "to give you this flash," told of "the inhuman in-human attack on cultural estab- klishments" and said that there was "wide - spread indignation among the populace." Japanese anti - aircraft guns were. said. to have put up a heavy barrage while Interceptor planes went into the air. Disclosure of the attack increased in-creased the mystery concerning a Tokyo broadcast Thursday night which ' took occasion to deny reports re-ports that three allied planes had bombed Tokyo. This seemed to suggest that Saturday's raid might not have been the first appearance ap-pearance of allied planes over Tokyo, that previous reconnaissance reconnais-sance had been carried out. In this connection, it was recalled re-called that on April IS it was announced an-nounced at Honolulu that the distinguished dis-tinguished flying cross had been awarded to five enlisted men and four officers who carried out "a hazardous and i mportant mission over enemy territory." - , WASTE REMOVAL RATES 'r -v ! " .. - - .: Single Family Residences: Rear Yard Curb Service Pickup (Mo.) Pickup (Mo.) ' 1 Collection Per Week .70:Net .40 Net 2 Collections Per Week ,1.25 Net , .80 Net Flats, Apartments and Bungalow Courts 1 Collection Per Week, 1 Apt. .70 Net .40 Net Each Additional Apt. . . . . .40 Net . ; 25 Net 2 Collections Per Week, 1 Apt 1.25 Net .80 Net Each Additional Apt .5p( Net r .40 Net Four or More Apartments take a commercial rate, based ' upon the frequency and the amount" of refuse removed. ; Rate will.be established by the superintendent. e ,. ..... ... . ,v; ; ., ,. .. SUMMER WATER RATES June - July - August - September " ' Seven -Cents (7) Per 100 Cubic FeeL Commercial consumers or customers outside the City Limits will not receive the Provo Department Of Utilities Hardililtcrl ;?...-. . v Leader of the' fjeet of 13 bombers which struck" Jap-occupled portions of the Philippines from far-off Australia Aus-tralia was Brig. Jen. Ralph Royce, above, who received Distinguished Flying Cross as he stepped Irom his plane after' the raid. DEMOCRATS ( Continued from Page One) the other hand, we' have .'many things to justify pride and satisfaction." satis-faction." Referring to Utah - politics, he said. "We elected our candidates on a platform t promising certain reforms aimed at economy with out sacrifice of service. We owe it to ourselves, if not to anyone else, to give the program a fair trial." Resolution Presented J. W. Thornton, chairman of the resolution committee, in .a report and address at the after noon session renewed a pledge of. loyalty to President Roosevelt and his policy. He said that "it becomes our first and paramount duty to sub merge or subordinate mere par tisanship to the larger and oastc purpose of winning the war," and added that "it will oe won. Mr. Thornton declared that "our moral and active support should be given only to candidates candi-dates for office who have sup; ported ana are now sworn to support sup-port our foreign policy this re gardless of pontics; Maw ' ComiUmented ' He commended Utah state officials of-ficials for their coperation with the federal government in the war program, and complimented Governor Maw on his drive to obtain efficiency and economy in state government and to develop the state's resources. He likewise like-wise commended Utah county officials of-ficials and commented on the fact that the county is now debt-free. debt-free. . Leslie Larson of Spanish Fork, chairman of the order of business committee, and Sylvan W. Clark of Lehi, chairman of the credentials cred-entials committee, also submitted reports. At the morning session, short Speeches were given by Mrs, Ballif , State Senator Francis S. Lundell, and District Judge Abe W. Turner. Music at the convention included in-cluded two solos by Bernie Dastrup, accompanied by Zenith Johnson; two whistling solos by Elton Sumner; and two numbers by a trio consisting of Mrs. Dastrup, Das-trup, Mrs. Johnson and lone Christensen, accompanied by Mrs. Ralph Britsch. Convention officers besides Mr. Murdock were Mrs. Emily Miner of Sprtngville, chairwoman; : Elmer El-mer I Terry of Provo, secretary; Mildred Greenwood of American Fork, assistant secretary; Alton Giles of Provd, sergeant- at-arms; at-arms; Jordan A. Law of Payson, chaplain; and Alonzo Morley of Provo, parliamentarian. special rate. REDS ANNIHILATE . KARELIAN - EKUSTticHT V ; Continued f rom'Page One) - - that the youths had a fine pat-riotlci' pat-riotlci' spirit toward ""the . production produc-tion ef food.- --f ; .- ' . Training- achobls for boy . and gfrls in connection with the-thinning of. beets, picking of fruit, to matoes, etC4. were, proposed- by Wv'i U' Mildenhall, manager of the employment office. Plans for employing . supervisors -.tor- Iook after the youuiruliworke were kIbo discussed. . v -r.xi It was suggested Governor Maw be 'aaRed to issue a proclamation on calling on all youth to join tha army of narvesters. .-, . --. : .:- -.i- W. H. Callahan, county, welfare director, aaid older men on pen- Bion. will be encouraged to do what work they can In the emerg ency.- If the pensioner earned 9 to sio a month nothing' would be said about it, but If he earned S30 to - $80 his pension ; would- be suspended until the . work .was completed.; y-.vc --A.t-'- . ' " Regarding Jap labor, J. R Peay of Benjamin said Governor Maw had stated Japs : wpuld not be available In any great - numbers for .three or four months, f v ( Decision was made to name a subcommittee to meet with school boards regarding mse of school houses as dormitories to -house youth laborers cdming In Irom other counties. . : fi Dean - Anderson of the church welfare committee and. H. Grant Ivins, ,r chairman of , the ; rrovu chamber - of commerce: agricultural agricultur-al committee, were appointed to lead out in sponsoring a youth rally just prior to the launching of the summer's work. A promt nent speaker will impress upon the boys And girls their part in the harvesting program. Farrer P.-T. A. To Elect New Officers The Farrer school P.-T. A. 5s meeting to elect officers Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the Farrer gym. Officers will ' be selected for the next two years, and reports of the past two years, will be given. giv-en. A program of music will be presented by the music depart ment of the school, including band, orchestra and chorus num bers. TheyllTake-piploinas Prouuly Dance at Parties Later! Organdies!;': Chiffons! e Rayon Crepes! Dresses to make your daughter the prettiest girl graduate gradu-ate ! 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Rus-sian. - successes, in the j face of strong but futile counter-attacks try tne. enemy. - ;; v; - (The -Moscow radio,, heard m London, broadcast a Pravda dispatch dis-patch Which said that on the northern s fronts ovietT- fighter planes of. the- northern Russian fleet, shot down ' seven- - German bombers and- eight .fighters and damaged 12 others from fleets at tempting to raid Murmansk. The dispatch said that 35 German bombers were in a first raid ana 25 in a second.) '" V " . i. r Other Soviet successes report ed in war .-dispatches: "'J, l. Smolensk, 225 j&iies west of Moscow, where the Red: army . of Gen.' Gregort Khukov -is .dosing the - prongs of a-' pincer around the Germany and guerillas -were. revealed to , nave- lecapiured ii districts in the past few months and killed 9,000 nazis, including five - generals, ; since - war ; began. - 2. Bryansk, 220 mile southwest of Moscow, where the Germans, trying to force a "river, passage (undoubtedly the JOesne which runs just north of the town) in an effort to take an Important position, were hurled back. " 3. Dnepropetrovsk, key industrial indus-trial city on the big bend of the Dnieper river in the Ukraine, 120 miles south of Kharkov, where guerilla activity was reported paving the way for imminCIir liberation lib-eration of the city near the" great dam which the Russians Uew up last year in their most forceful example of the "scorched earth" policy. The Karelian victory was described de-scribed as "significant" in that it came at a time when new fighting-is expected all over the northern front in an attempt to keep open the lend-lease" .route over the top of the world to Murmansk and Archangel, and to shatter Finnish bases from which attacks could be spring-boarded spring-boarded against those vital cities. X:-C:'3 and tin a- ' f - J1 "- -f t .. ( |