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Show ., , l . V ' 4 fe V ftr, FOR VICTORY ' Buy CARPS OPTWO UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS .STAMPS IFTY-SDCTH YEAR, NO. 187 UTAH'S ONI.T DAItT SOUTH OF SALT LAKI PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, "UTAH; ' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942. COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS 8BRVICB PRICE FIVE CENTS UVJ -3 Am ronr a Prov I Order May Ease Restrictions On Building Material f rder Signed in Washington Tuesday, According Ac-cording To Telegram From Congressman Robinson To Chamber of Commerce The long-awaited order designating Provo as a defense rea was signed in YVashington Tuesday, according to a tele-Tarn tele-Tarn received by Clayton Jenkins, secretary of the chamber of commerce, from J. W. Robinson, U. S. representative from Utah. Robinson's brief telegram stated: "Advised that order designating Provo as defense area was 3igned today." While the wire apparently has considerable significance, -DE CHAT BT THK KD1 TOR Incredible as it sounds, Assistant As-sistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold charges a large American company with holding back the formula for a better synthetic rubber from the Untter"States, although al-though the same formula was turned over to Germany before be-fore we entered'; the war. Arnold also charged, and offered of-fered a Senate committee proof, that as late as Jan. 6, 1942, this company was still reluctant . to let the United States see the formula, despite de-spite the critical rubber shortage. short-age. Maybe the farmers want too much for their crops. Maybe labor betrays the troops by insisting upon the 40-hour week. Maybe -this firm in question played ball with the enemy and not with the country which -protects it. Selfishness and unpatriotic unpatri-otic acts are just that, no matter who perpetrates them. A lot of credit is due the boys and girls of the senior c'.iss of the Provo high school who volunteered almost unanimously to go all-out for a substantial defense stamp buying project to be completed com-pleted in time. for the gradu&j tion exercises. The graduates gradu-ates will finance their small investments out of their "pin money' and through personal earnings and sacrifices. The outcome of the class project is being closely watched by interested observers. Their ; efforts should have support at home. oOo Right now the crying need of our female population is spring clothes. . . . People are bent on taking exercises, because be-cause that's one of the best w.ys" of .taking them. . . Another An-other movie divorce in Hollywood. Holly-wood. Too many of the trials of beinff a movie star are held urt. ideral Income Tax Record Set SALT LAKE CITY, April 1 (EE) i I. N. Hinckley, Internal revenue collector, -said today that federal Income tax collections In Utah since start cf the fiscal year had smashed all previous records. - Collections from July 1, 1941, to March 81. 1942, totaled $9,663,-012. $9,663,-012. 1 The previous, record was set during the period of July 1. 1940. to March 31. 1941, when $4,714,063 was collected. it failed to clear up the confusion and questions of the Utah county citizenry regarding- the relief that can be expected in the way of housing priorities, etc. The geographical section that will be included in' the defense area is still a dark secret, as are the limitations of the order. It is presumed, however, that in the defense area priorities will be available for building purposes, Mr. Jenkins said. ; How extensive the priorities would be, whether they would1, apply to defense workers work-ers only. Is one of the many unanswered un-answered questions. The new order or-der may also have some implications implica-tions in restricting the movement of enemy aliens in the Provo area, details of which have not yet been clarified. Meanwhile the housing shortage continues to be acute, Mr. Jenkins Jen-kins said. Hcjmes of the type desired de-sired by the . steel plant officials coming into Provo are very scarce, and some of the incoming residents are establishing themselves them-selves in other nearby communities communi-ties because of this shortage, it was pointed out. Robinson's telegram was in response to a letter and wire sent him by Mr. Jenkins during the past few days. It is expected additional ad-ditional information will be forthcoming forth-coming within a day or two. NAVY SINKS 2 SUBMARINES WASHINGTON, April 1 (U.R The navy announced today the sinking' of two more axis submarines subma-rines in the Atlantic, bringing to 25 the known total of submarines destroyed by U. S. armed forces in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Both submarines were sunk by naval fliers. One of the aviators was Donald Francis Mason, 28-year-old enlisted man of Kochest, er, Minn. He previously had sunk another submarine and messaged his base: "Sighted sub, sank same." He was promoted to ensign en-sign and decorated a second time for his latest exploit. "There is evidence of additional sinkings of axis undersea craft," the navy said, "but "announcements "announce-ments will not be made until full reports have been received in the navy department and absolute surety of claims is determined arvl not until the confirmation Is of n possible use to the enemy." More Industries Ordered to Shift to War Production; Mass Conversion Dwe In: 'April By HELLIER KRIEGBAUM United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 1 (UEV Industries which produced more than $5,000,000,000 worth of civilian civ-ilian goods last year have received receiv-ed orders to shift to war. production, pro-duction, a survey showed today. Investigation showed that 757,-500 757,-500 workers were employed last year in industries now being converted con-verted or under war production board ' instructions to shift to manufacture of war goods in the immediate future. An incomplete check military reasons prevented prevent-ed complete disclosure of contracts con-tracts held indicated that war 1 . . CRIPPS PLAN TURNED DOWN BY INDIANS British Want To Keep Full Control Until After The War ' NEW DELHI, INDIA, Apr. 1 u.R) Sir Stafford (Cripps was unofficially reported to-i night to have told the British cabinet that a compromise giving Indians a greater voice in direction of home defense might avert rejection of Britain's Brit-ain's plan for Jndian Independence. Independ-ence. , A last minute effort to solve the dispute over direction of India's In-dia's defense was attempted tonight to-night when Cripps invited Mau-lana Mau-lana Abul Kalam Azad, president of the All-India congress, the Jawaharlal Nehru, former president, presi-dent, to a new conference, the results of which were not known. Official sources declined to con firm that the "SOS" message had been sent, but usually well-informed sources said it had. These sources said it was believed be-lieved Cripps had advised the British, cabinet of the reaction of the - majority All-India congress and other factions. Which seemed to make it clear that there is no chance of agreement-unless radical radi-cal changes are made in the proposals pro-posals for post-war dominion status. Seeks Full Control The biggest obstacle has been the British determination to keep fuU control of Indian defenses until un-til after the war. Now, it was suggested, Cripp?, has made clear to the cabinet that there is a unanimous Indian demand de-mand for a member of the defense council or some similar power which, if conceded, might avert flat rejection. These reports, It was emphasized, empha-sized, did not contend that Cripps urged the British cabinet to make such a compromise, but suggested sug-gested that his message outlined the situation in terms that made this situation clear. Previously, Cripps had emphasized empha-sized that the' British offer was "final" and that no change could (Continued on Page Three) ECGLES URGES SILVER REPEAL WASHINGTON, April 1 UE Federal Reserve Chairman Marrt-ner Marrt-ner S. Eccles today again urged that congress repeal the treasury's silver purchase program. "In view of the war situation," he said in a letter to Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., "It is all the more urgent that the inflationary in-flationary effects of the silver program be removed and that so far as possible the materials, machinery ma-chinery and labor now devoted to silver production be utilized in the war effort.' Eccles said his views were generally gen-erally in accord with those expressed ex-pressed by Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury Henry Morgentheau, Jr., before be-fore the senate finance committee last month. contracts awarded in these converted con-verted plants would approach $13,-000,000,000. $13,-000,000,000. During April, the most striking effort at . mass conversion yet launched by the WPB will be made. Five industries must stop making civilian goods this, month. Vacuum cleaners, household and kitchen utensil, and toy manufacturers manufac-turers were hit. yesterday by drastic dras-tic regulations which will remake the common playthings found in children's rooms and .the v household house-hold aids of their parents. War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson, writing in a supple- Took a Beating r (NEA TelephotoJ In one of the last pictures from the Island fortress of Corregidor in Manila Ma-nila Bay, shown here are the Topside Barracks,'' headquarters for-V. a Armed forces in the Far East at thsOime of one of the ! irst Jap attadu.. Ho casualties were suffered t the time, however. ' Army Private Dies In 'Jeep' Accident OGDEN, Utah, April 1 U.R) An army private from Merced, Calif., was killed and four companions injured today when a jeep he was driving went out of control and overturned over-turned five miles south of here on the Ogden-Salt Lake City highway. tr ; " Killed was Virgil Meeker, 25, stationed at Camp Hooper, near here. Another soldier from Merced, Mer-ced, Clarence Beaver, 27, was seriously ser-iously injured. Three Hooper, Utah, residents who they had taken for a ride in the small army truck Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stark and their daughter, Helen, 16 were hurt but not seriously. Sgt. Rink Smurthwaite of the Utah highway patrol said Meeker had taken the jeep without army permission to take Beaver and the Stark family for a ride. As the small truck neared the top of a hill, Smurthwaite said It went out of control and turned over. Torpedoed Ship Sinks Rapidly; 38 Men Missing NORFOLK. Va.. April 1 & Survivors of a torpedoed cargo ship related today that It sank so fast most of the crew members did nothave time to get to lifeboats. life-boats. The ship, a medium sized craft under Panamanian registry, went down three minutes after one well-aimed torpedo split its bow. The torpedoing occurred the night of March 26. The attacking submarine was not seen by any of the survivors. ment to me recent wpb war production plan book, said: . ) "Right now we're losing battles and lives because Germany an Japan are beatinar us at our game. And that ought to get under un-der the skin of every American. The only way we can get back on top is to throw everything we've got into ? war 'production immediately. There aren't enough plants, machines, workers, or materials ma-terials to make both civilian goods and war goods. So -production of civilian goods must, .: in large rneasure, be set aside . . . you can't have - business as j usual,, jobs as usual, life a usual. but Still Standing 4m y g L"' , SENATE SETS APRIL 20 FOR LABOR BILLS WASHINGTON, April 1 (U.P) The senate today postponed consideration con-sideration of labor legislation until un-til April 20th, under a unanimous consent agreement, which will place that issue squarely before the chamber on that date. Following a day of conferences among senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Berkley, Ya., senate Republican Re-publican Leader Charles L. Mc-Nary, Mc-Nary, Ore., and Sen. Tom Connal-ly, Connal-ly, D., Tex., an -agreement was reached for a two-week moratorium moratori-um on business beginning next Monday. Barkley told the senate that the only major legislation now pending is an $18,000,000,000 war funds bill and a measure by Con-nally Con-nally to - authorize government seizure of strike-bound plants. He said Saturday session would be held, if necessary, to consider the appropriation. The Connally bill would authorize author-ize the government to take over strike-bound plants and to oper-( oper-( Continued on Page Three) s- no matter how hard you try. Keai Americans, patriotic, c i t i e n s, won't want to." v i a survey of the 13 industries which already have been listed for. conversion showed: Automobiles - Production or civilian passenger cars ended Feb. and all but neavy irucas sloped slop-ed rolling off the production line month ago. unoinciai jjecroit stimates placed the industry's irar contracts at between w,ww. 00,000 and $12,000,000,000. T.nndrv eoulDment Larger Concerns must stop making washing wash-ing . machines and ironera April ' (Continued on Tags Eight) WAR COUNCIL DRAWS PLANS FOR PACIFIC Suggestion Made To Bring MacArthur To Washington By JOHN A. REICHMANN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 1 (U.R) . The United Nations "will be getting: to grips with the whole war situation more and more now' Chinese Foreign For-eign Minister T. V. Soong predicted todayj after an hour-and-half meeting of the nearly-created Pacific war council. Representatives of seven nations involved in the Pacific war met in the White House for the council's coun-cil's initial session, presided over by President Roosevelt. Soong said the meeting was devoted de-voted to "the whole picture of all the United Nations, and not just one country." Lord Halifax, the British ambassador ambas-sador and Great Britain's representative repre-sentative on the council, described as most helpful, "a general review of the war situation by the presl- Australia's minister for external exter-nal affairs, Herbert V. Evatt, said he would remain here for the time being as Australia's representative representa-tive on the council, and announced that its next meeting will be Tuesday morning. New Zealand Minister Walter Nash expressed great satisfaction over the meeting. . "It was very informal and very satisfactory," he said. Before the meeting: the sue erec tion was ' made in congress that Gen. Douglas MacArthur be brought to Washington to consult with the council. The demand for MacArthur's recall for - conference was -made by Chairman Robert R. Reynolds, D.f N. C, of the senate military affairs committee. But his views did not express those of all com mittee members, Sen. Warren R. Austin, R., Vt saying that he thought MacArthur should "stay right there on the ground." Reynolds pointed out that when MacArthur, at the request of Australia, Aus-tralia, was commissioned commander-in-chief of the Pacific area, he was instructed to take the offensive. "That is what we all desire," he said, "from all the evidence we have it will be a long time before America can take the offensive because it will take a long time to get the men and equipment over 12,000 dangerous miles of water. , , "In view of these facts . . isn't it, essential that the' man who is charged with the offensive and who is recognized as the genuine authority and the man of the hour in the Pacific,, should be brought back to confer with the Pacific war council," Dine Operators Oppose Increase In Freight Hate SALT LAKE CfTY, April 1 (V) Application of ' Utah railroads rail-roads for rate increases on intrastate intra-state shipments was attacked by the state's metal mining industry today. . A. G. MacKenzle. manager of the Utah Metal ' Mine Operators', association, said that any ., rate increases will have to be borne by the producer. He pointed to the price limits which have been placed plac-ed on metals by the government as a factor Which fixes the margin mar-gin 'of. profit. t ;-' ' .t .Any increase in transportation costs will Increase -.costs for : the producer while he : will be 'unable to obtain' any - greater price for his product, he - claimed. An increase in-crease in cost at the present time' will have a great effect on the state's ore production because of the large amount of (marginal) ores produced in the state. Japan ese In Gontrol Of Approach to Prome: Decisive Battle Wear British Forces Massed in Positions Defending Defend-ing Prome; Japanese Forces -Control Keypoint 10 Miles To the South By P. SIIARMA United Press Staff Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 1 (U.R) British Imperial forces have fought their way through Japanese encirclement on the allied western flank in Burma, but the enemy now controls the approaches to strategic Prome, an India-Burma command communique revealed today. iu rPf- Saf 6 aPParentl3r was set for a decisive action, with the British forces now massed in positions defending Prome th thJapanese controling Schwedaung, only 1Q miles lo ine commun oue said nmv troops were holding Shwedaunsr j "in force," while other Japanese columns to the east were astride the Prome-Rangoon railway north of Paungde, 30 ' miles south of Prome. Dispatches from the Toungoo front reported no major develop-mentav develop-mentav The Chinese appeared to be consolidating new defense positions posi-tions above Toungoo after having inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy in counter-attacks which enabled their main units to rejoin the Toungoo garrison. (A British military commentator, commenta-tor, describing the Toungbod situation as "unclear," said the Japanese north of -that city appeared ap-peared to have been "sandwiched" by the Chinese counter-drive southward.) ;.-r-.- Emphasizing the p anese threat to British positions fttS gateway to Burma's rich c ' the communique : admitti f -enemy held "complete" coatril of 1 1 the air. The ability of the British to remove re-move the enemy road blocks at fenweaaung relieved a serious BRITISH, CHINESE READY FOR DECISIVE BATTLE IN BURMA By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor British and Chinese armed forces in Burma fought their way out of Japanese encirclement today, American troops stopped heavy enemy attacks in the Philippines, and allied bombers renewed their offensive in. the, islands north of Australia. . . I AU of these operations tended to increase the momentum of war fare on the southwest Pacific front at a time when India appeared ap-peared unable to agree on plans for participation in the war, and Hitler was reported massing 1,-250,000 1,-250,000 men for a drive toward the. Near Eastern oil fields. Two Fronts In Burma The fighting in Burma continued con-tinued on two fronts--Prome on the west and Toungoo on the east with the British and Chinese reorganizing re-organizing stronger defense positions posi-tions in preparation for what dispatches dis-patches described as the climactic battle for central Burma's oil fields and communication lines. In the western sector, British forces, trapped by a Japanese thrust across the road at Shwe-daung, Shwe-daung, -10 miles south of Prome, broke out in - heavy, fighting and re jollied the main forces under Lt. Gen. Harold Alexander. The Japanese, however, now dominate Germans Reported 1,250,000 flew By Wff i.TAy hl DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent : LONDON, April 1 HIE) Radio Moscow indicated today - that the recapture of Vitebsk, only 75 miles east of the old Polish frontier. fron-tier. was near, as military experts ex-perts TJredicted that the Germans in a few weeks would throw perhaps per-haps 1,250.000 men and powerful concentrations of tanks : and planes into a final, desperate effort ef-fort to win the costly Russian campaign.; .--,' ; :- .. "With the hour of 5 liberation of Citebsk not far off, the inhabitant inhab-itant have intensified their guerilla guer-illa activities, harrasslng the Germans," Radio Moscow . said. Vitebsk Is 850 miles south of Leningrad and . 75 miles ( northwest north-west of Smolensk, on the central situation created by a sudden Japanese Jap-anese flanking action. This British force, which had moved south to engage the enemy near Pauncd. inrxMn losses on the enemy in battling its I " v w rrume area, tne communique said. The British suffered "moderate" casualties. The road blocks were - opened late Mondav after hurf rto-htiw throuehout th. Attv Hnrnr .:..! the British were subjected to in-1 tense enemy air action, the munfauA T- A. tJ otvauw me encrappea. " was aoie to removn tv mk hloclcjt. it nma nnf . A British troona tn nttnoir 1 V my. in the Shwedaung area, UV ' communique said. ; " U (A, British rnilitary conrmenta- Sm.u k. J -m m tr s - Jf ... citm.i n,,iinQon, mat no British units now remained south t aweaaung ' -except possibly a b a - i T attack, enemy "-Tied o'j i p.and da'uiur iciote the before the &tt& . could be mounted." j 753 the approaches to Prome, and it was believed that the ' British , would plan to fight the main battle bat-tle in defense of the oil fields 10 " miles away at a point north of Prome. : On the eastern Burma sector, the Chinese also had broken up a Japanese encirclement in ; the Toungoo area, and were massing their main forces north of that town, . . where some 5,000 enemy . dead had been counted on the battlefields. The new. allied defense de-fense positions under American Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stlllwell, were described as stronger and in more." rugged country, protecting the railroad line toward JXandalay almost 200 - miles north. - ' . On other fighting fronts : Australia - American and .Australian .Aus-tralian bombers renewed 'Off en-sivs en-sivs thrusts north of Australia, heavily attacking the Japanese (Continued on Page Eight). - Ready to Throw Troop's Into Russia front, -where the Russians", have been trying to close a trap about the Germans for weeks."- V. A soviet dispatch noted :. that this was ' the 150th day of the siege of Sevastopol, and said that 5,000 Germans - had . been killed or wounded in attempts to take It. Military experts believed preparations prep-arations ' for the impending German Ger-man offensive already - were weU advanced. . ! " ::.y" " They - believed Generalissimo Adolf Hitler would trorl this offensive of-fensive against the Russians -in the 250 . mUes between Belgorod. 50 miles north of Kharkov, and the Sea of Azov, depending on 2,500.000 troops, including jackal armies from Bulgaria, Rumania (Continued on Page Three) . i 4- ? ( |