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Show 7 V V 4 XJ J )BV HERAT! novo, $Titnsp art-Anfe m Oipll Miles From Japan7 iltwnunnea irom race ttnei nigged northern hills to escape the hellish bombardment. announced that fast. carrier task . ' forces battered Kyushu and the Kyukyu islands Wednesday and Thursday. " - They ran up the following core: "Sunk: two destroyer escorts. I j 1 m r one meaium cargo snip, xen snuui cargo ships, four luggers, one snotor torpedo boat total 18. Probably sunk: nine medium cargo ships, five small cargo hips Total is. A Damaged: one destroyer escort, 13 small cargo ships, one medium ; cargo ship total 15". In addition carrier plants attacking at-tacking numerous targets on Ok inawa on Fridav. destroyed four submarine pens and two torpedo boats in the submarine base at Unten bay on the west coast. The carrier planes. In the Wednesday-Thursday attacks, shot down 29 Japanese' planes and one .glider In air battles, destroyed 16 - planes on the ground and damaged damag-ed or destroyed 42 others aground. In addition they damaged airplane air-plane hangars, shops and other installations on To km no island, 70 miles northeast of Okinawa, on Yaku island, 40 miles south of Kyushu, and in the southern Kyushu cities of Kanoya, Kushi-ra, Kushi-ra, Chiran, Tojimbara and Ibu-ankl. Ibu-ankl. American losses were 12 planes and six pilots. On Friday fleet battleships, including in-cluding new 45,000 tonners, steamed up to Okinawa, and shelled shore installations at close range. They breached sea walls . and hammered gun positions, airfields air-fields and bridges. V -Nimitz said the Okinawa at- tacks by both planes and surface shins continued through Satur- ' aav ine ninm successive aav nr - a terrific bombardment similar to those which preceded invasions of other Pacific islands, only more intense. Tokyo radio said the gigantic fleet had been reinforced and warships alone numbered 150, including in-cluding 17 battleships. The enemy aaid part of the fleet had approached ap-proached Kume island, 50 miles west of Okinawa. " The enemy said the start of landings on Okinawa could be only a matter of time and the ra- . dio quoted one Japanese newspaper newspa-per that "the time for the decisive battle between Japan and Ameri- ca finally has come upon us. (The London radio said Ameri- ' can planes had laid mines in Japan's Jap-an's inland sea and off southern Kyushu.) Tokvo said American mir- sweepers were preparing ,tor landing operations off Okinawa and were followed by av powerful . transport armada, It said "thous-; "thous-; ands tvpon thousands of shells are landing on Okinawa." Japanese communiques claimed claim-ed Japanese forces had sunk 30 American ships, including two carriers and a battleship, and damaged 20 others. Nimitz announced that surface forces had attacked barracks, warehouses, the radio station, Suggested Playground In Backyard Co ' J J , 1 . JLc f 1 CEDENT 'DRIVEWAY t r JT TOR KIDDIE CARS . I Mimeographed Instructions with dimensions and const r u c ri o n suggestions for various pieces of suitable apparatus were distributed dis-tributed to the grade school chil jdren throughout the city last Fri-Iday, Fri-Iday, for the Backyard Playground contest now being sponsored by the'junior chamber of commerce ano the recreation department. The above cut shows a suggested suggest-ed layout for a backyard play--fcround on a lot 40 by 120. and shows How a yard may be developed devel-oped into a place of beauty and yet have a place for garden, and play area for children. The backyard playground contest con-test is open to everyone in Provo. Pro-vo. There will be prizes awarded in four divisions: a. those costing nothing to build; b those costing under $10.00; those costing $10.00 to $25.00; those costing more than $25.00. Entries will be received at any time. Further instructions and help in planning the playground may be secured by callina-2021. or contacting Lloyd C. Whitlock.4 cnairman 01 tne junior chomber of commerce committee, or Miss Jessie Schofield, director of rec-. rec-. retion. A Wanted lo Buy Cornets - Trumpets Clarinets - Saxophones DAVIS REPAIR SHOP 8S7 EAST SECOND NORTH Phone 1012-W r trr ah couwii. vrxa p a P ammunition dumps and the air drome on the island of Mlnamli Daito, 200 miles east of jjhuwh ana-oda mues wen ox two. i ? The British fleet yesterday struck the Sakishimas which it also had fait last Monday and Tuesday, Nimitz said. On Friday, army Liberators bombers attack ed the Japanese naval base at Kataoka on Shjmushu in the northern Kurile islands. Headquarters of the 21st bomber bomb-er command announced that Sud- erfortresses had battered Kyushu again yesterday for the second time in five days. Tokyo radio amid the raid lasted for two hours and that ''principal targets were airfield installations. The Japan ese professed to believe the B-29 raids against Kyushu would be intensified in an effort to scattered scatter-ed air power and hamper the flow of aerial reiniorcements to uki Hawa. It was revealed that in the previous pre-vious superfortress attack on Kyushu Ky-ushu a total of 56 Japanese planes were destroyed or aamaged, and heavy damage was inflicted on the great Oraura aircraft factory as well as on two Kyushu air-; fields. - Hitler Admits (Continued from Page One was not enough food for' troops Reports direct from enemy sources gave a different picture. The Berlin newspaper, Voel- kischer Beobachter, admitted on ly that the reich faced "the most severe crisis of 'the last 2,000 years. ? "It is the duty of every Get- man to remain firm and stead fast," It said The Transocean News agency said Dr. Robert Ley, German labor la-bor leader, had called on thous ands of civilians to act as "ac- tivitisti" tC "put an end to aU those phantom tanks in the West." He appealed to Germans riot to let the Allies spend "a single quiet hour on German soil." Propaganda Minister Josef Go-ebbels Go-ebbels was reported by the Brit ish radio to have told the Vol-kssturm Vol-kssturm that a nation "that can no longer protect its women folk, deserves to be destroyed. The Columbia Broadcasting company quoted Swedish corres pondents in Berlin that posters announcing the shooting of de serters "in the name of the wo men oi Germany naa appeared in the capital. Reports from Madrid said well informed sources in Spain be lieved Germany would callapse within the next week or 10 days and returning travelers reported public morale as the "lowest pos sible" ebb. The Exchange Telegraph, quot ing Paris radio, said Albert Von Hindenburg, nephew of the late German president and World .War 1 commander, appealed to German Ger-man trOops to "lay down your arms, make an end of the war and save Germany." "There is only one Teason to prolong thenar to prolong the, life of the man in power who has' deceived youv and the whole world," Hindenburg was quoted. He was said to have refused to CEDENT ' DRIVEWAY . TOR KIDDIE CARS . 7i da Dealing Dpvn n HOUSE 5 i " " -- 1 BIRD BATH Government Planes tJou Tor Sale . Surplus Property Available April 6, 1945 $875Jfs2,400 dtndtr Average cost new to Government approximately $9,000 Approximately 3,000 Primary Trainers Meeting Rigid Amy ztd Navy Specifications To Be Offered For Sale on a Price-Tag Basis by Reconstruction Finance Corporation You can now own your own plane. These Primary Trainers have been declared de-clared surplus property by the Army . and Navy. 'Every plane will bear a price-tag, giving essential information such as make, " model, price, and condition; of sale. What you buy is listed in black and white. Made for the Government by nation- , ally-known manufacturers, all the planes are-sngle-engine, two-place models. Per-formance Per-formance records have indicated cruising speeds in-excess of 90 miles.pcr-hour. If two or more people should want the same plane at the same time the purchaser will be decided by drawing lots. Fof information on where these Pri RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION Atlanta Boatoa Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallaa Pnvcf Loa Aagdea . MinneapoBa New Orleans . New York Omaha 8t. Louia Salt Lake City San Antonio irate Husband Shoots Self and . . f . 4 Wife's Doy SAN FRANCISCO. March 31 (UJ9 A navy chief who returned home unexpectedly today, snorj and Kiuea a sauor ne xouna hi bed with his wife, then vu V a fatal bullet through his own head after seriously wounding tne woman. The slaver, do! ice renorted. was Herler (CQ) DahL 31, A chief machinist's mate stationed at Miami. Fla. The victims were George Patula. 23, seaman 2c, stationed at TreasureIsland here, and Mrs. DahL who ywas reported to a serious condition from three bullet wounds, although doctors said she would recover. i Mrs. Dahl s sister, Bertha Morisset, and' the Dahls two small children were in another bedroom during the shooting, Miss Morisset told police that she, Mrs. Dahl and Patula were "having a party" in the Dahl's apartment at the Hunter's Point naval housing project. The girl said sie took the children, Mali-enne Mali-enne 7, and Deloris, 16-months, into-' tne otner room. Around 5 am., police reported, Dahl arrived at the apartment, pounded on the door, then smash ed it open despite a chain lock. "He saw me and George in bed," Mrs. Dahl related. "He said: 'What's going on here?' then he pulled a gun out of his jacket and began shooting. The first bullet from Dahl'si .32 revolver Struck Patula in the chest, killing him instantly. Then the enraged chief, turned the gun on his wife. The first two bullets struck her in the right arm and shoulder. A third went through the fleshy part of her neck. T pretended I was dead," Mrs. Dahl said. "Then I heard my husband say: 'My God, I've killed her.' I heard another shot. My husband fell to the floor." Dahl evidently was killed in stantly by the bullet, which went through his ear and into his brain, 'police said. Miss Morisset called police and an ambulance. Russia (Continued from Page One) announced the clearing of a stubborn stub-born German pocket between the Oder and Warthe rivers in the western suburbs of fallen Kues-trin, Kues-trin, 28 miles east of Berlin. With the successful termination of the Gdynia-Danzig' campaign, more than 2,000.000 Russian troops were now believed free for tr impending assault on the Reicl capital. More than 3,000 Germans were killed in the Kuestrin pocket, a Soviet communique said, and Berlin broadcasts admitted that bridgeheads driven across the Oder south and northwest of i, "35 town had been joined west it within perhaps 30 miles of Metropolitan Berlin. Striking 17 miles Inside "Austria, "Aus-tria, the Third Ukrainian army also captured.. -Wiesmath, S&1 miles due south of Vienna, 13 south of Wiener-Neustadt and only on-ly 12 miles from the Vienna-Graz trunk railroad linking Austria with the last German-holdings in Yugoslavia and Italy. flee when the Allies occupied Alsace and to be in a French in- ternment camp. ntest Now On In l lAWM ?CR OOVV Friend mary Trainers may be seen, get in touch with your nearest Sales Center listed immediately below, or consult your nearest near-est RFC Disposing Loan Agency. Thompson Flying Service Municipal No. 1 Salt Lake City, Utah MSFOSINO IOAN AOtHCIIST FiledCut Not Forgotteii fcn-f A .... ; ' 4- - "Tommy", three-months -old ward court, is safely tucked away in a from the courthouse to his new society. Tommy was abandoned birth. Orders Issued (Continued from Pace One) ary force has issued a series of instructions." The instructions listed the following points: 1. German units in contact with Allied forces which no longer receive re-ceive orders from their high command com-mand are to cease hostilities. Units are to be assembled and, until further orders, the present commanding officer of each unit is to be responsible for the discipline dis-cipline of his men. 2. Surrender- of German troop units will be made by sending an emissary to the nearest Allied command post. The surrendering must take place in an orderly manner, and with observance of military discipline. 3. German units out of contact with Allied forces shall remain under the command of their officers of-ficers and not break up into small groups until further orders. The units are to be assembled and commanding' officers remain responsible re-sponsible for the discipline and supply of the troops under their command until further orders. 4. Scattered units and individual indivi-dual Wehrmacht personnel should -report to the nearest Allied troop unit while observing the customary signs of , surrender. that is. unarmed and without nelmet or web equipment. Collecting Col-lecting points will be along the main thoroughfares and highways. high-ways. In a message to foreign "slave" workers in Germany, Eisenhower warned them to keep, away from all possible targets such as factories, fac-tories, railroads and bridges and rto refuse to work in or near such danger spots. Provo , SLIDE. 4i IS' CHILDRENS TUX APPARATUS ' ZO'x Ift' . sit no. ivsaes PLA5T use aiMvmes TRir LOW rtNCE VARDSiAT DRtVINO NET HAND BALL cn BASKETBALL GOAL ON GAR A OX Each Pries-Tag Gtvss this Information Selling Price ' Make, model, manufacturer's serial number Service identification number Make and horsepower of engine Conditions and terms of sale Detroit Houston City. lie. Philadelphia . Portland. Ora. Richmond Saa Franciaco Scattla of the San Diego. Calif., Juvenile filing cabinet awaiting transfer home the Boys and Girls Aid by his mother after premature ottlais udly End Against Jnps CALCUTTA, March SI U.R) British 14th army troops brought thebattle for central Burma vir- &Uy to an end today by seizing the road and ran hub of Kyaukse, 24 miles south of Maridalay, against desperate last-ditch Jap anese resistance. Canture of itvaukse. command fns the vital Mandala-Rangoon railway and the main north-south road, save the Allies control of a 78 mile stretch of the rail line as far south as Thazi with the excep tion of a few miles just north of Kyaukse. The stiff Japanese opposition by rear-guard forces at Kyaukse apparently enabled a large number num-ber of enemy troops to escape to the Shan bills to the east. Meanwhile, enemy pressure in the Meiktila area. 80 mues south west of Mandalav. decreased no ticeably after several weeics or fierce fighting. The Japanese were driven from an airfield which they had overrun' by a 14th army armored sweep. Cant overlook anything , fcALEM, Ind. U.to The Salem rationing board received this request re-quest for additional kerosene for cooking purposes: "Children-are larger and will eat more. Also have a new dog to cook for." Alaska has a 35,000-mile coastline, coast-line, about 10,000 miles greater than the circumference of the earth. CurmaD - j aw a f YOUR HOME FOR OVER 22 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PRIVELEGED TO FURNISH THE HOMES Op THIS PART OF THE STATE. IN FACT, SUPPLYING YOUR HOME NEEDS IS OUR BUSINESS. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE CONFIDENCE YOU PLACE IN US. WE IN TURN ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND PLEDGE TO YOUi CONTINUAL LEADERSHIP IN STYLING . . . ADEQUATE SELECTION . . i HIGH QUALITY . . . LOW PRICES . . . SATISFACTION . . . AND SPECIALIZED LABOR SERVICE, SO NECESSARY IN SUCCESSFULLY FURNISHING YOUR HOME CORRECTLY, 'WE INVITE YOUR COMPARISON. Allied Pfenes Sever HOME; March 31 (U.FD AUiedblasted rail bridges at thai south- planes have severed every enemy rail Una facing the British Eighth army in central and northeastern Italy, it was announced today, as Allied ground armies maintained their toehold on the southern rim of the Po valley. Mitchell medium bombers Bdcolod (Continued from Page One) pockets of resistance north of Lahug airfield and in the lower foothills of the central range. An enemy attempt to , infiltrate po sitions at Pardo were repuiseou On the southern Luzon front, seven mile advances were scored scor-ed against little resistance while in the center the llth corps con tinud to drive north' against light opposition. In the northern sector, the 1st corps seized Gau-iano, Gau-iano, nine miles from .the .coast, and drove three miles to the southeast on the Naguilian-Ba-guio road. ' . Heavy and medium bombers continued neutralization . raids. They cascaded more than 320 tons of bombs on .Legaspi, Luzon, Lu-zon, wrecking enemy defenses and setting large fires and explosion. ex-plosion. I , On Mindanao and Formosa,! bombers struck at airdromes apdj oil refineries. J j Medium bombers maintained the blockade of southern approaches ap-proaches to Japan sinking 10 vessels including two destroyers off the French Indo-China coast. Five were merchant ships total- ring 23,000 tons, MacArthur said. IS OUR BUSINESS DTI STORE HOURS: 19 A. M. TO 6 P. Bf, Every Day Monday Thru Satnrdsy fensiriv -RBI tin era end of the Brenner pass and I n the Brescia region while night intruders swept over the Po val ley to bomb enemy communications, communica-tions, river crossings' and supply dumns. - Today's Allied .headquarters' communique reported only that . around units encased in scattered patrol actions. Berlin claimed that fighting flared along . a wide . front from the Llgur coast, an the west to the mountains around Montese in central cen-tral Italy south of Bologna. The broadcast German communique said alse- that a number of artillery artil-lery duels took place. In all operations the AAF flew about 1.225 sorles. from which two planes were missing. 3j 4; 5, 6, 8 Foot STEP LADDERS : Wallpaper Cleaner : SOILAX PIC-A-DOO :. 3-M Waterproof FLOOR WAX (Try This Wax You Will j. Be Pleased) SPEAR LUMBER CO. 1S5 WEST THIRD SOUTH Provo, Utah Phone 34 at 7 |