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Show - ;: '.- - FOR VICTORY; 1 Buy UNITED STATES DErENSE BONDS STAMPS Weather Forecast : UTAH "Much colder, with winds reaching 35 to 45 miles per ' hour in west and north portions; snows above 5,000 feet late tlfia afternoon and tonight." - .1 -v" 3 FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 195 ' gaESSSH AS PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OP SALT LAKE PRICE FIVE CENTS f "r JV 1 I 1 ii ii o): J o) J inn ic1 Y JV INVASION OF CEBU MEETS OPPOSITION G r e a 1 1 y Outnumbered Defenders Resist Japs Stubbornly BY MACK JOHNSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. April 14 (U.R) Greatly outnumbered American-Filipino forces - on Cebu island in the Philippines, living up to the example set in Bataan, are stubbornly resisting re-sisting Japanese ' invasion troops in "heavy fighting,' the war department announced today. It was the first report from operations on Cebu since radio communications from that Island went dead last week end. Today's army communique said briefly that communication with Cebu has been reestablished." "Heavy fighting is reported on that island where our troops are greatly outnumbered but are stubbornly stub-bornly resisting the advance of the enemy," the war department reported. The communique also told of operations in Mindanao, south of Cebu. This gave further evidence that American-Filipino resistance in scattered areas of the Philippines Philip-pines is by no means ended, despite de-spite the fall of Bataan and the close siege of the Manila Bay forts. Native and American forces, which have been constantly harassing Japanese on Mindanao in recent weeks, are .still striking; blows wherever possible, it -was indicated, presumably employing guerilla tactics. In the Digos area of the island, today's communique said, "sharp skirmishes" are continuing. Beleaguered Corregidor, where Lieut Gen: Jonathan M. Wain wright is directing last ditch re sistance against enemy forces bent on gaining full control of Manila Ma-nila Bay. was subjected again to heavy bombing and shelling. Four flights bf heavy Japanese Jap-anese bombers roared over the fortress rock four- times today raining down missiles which caused caus-ed "some casualties!' among the defending troops. Only slight dam-( dam-( Continued on Page Eight) DESK GHAT .The War Production Board can heave a sigh of relief. It has plunged resolutely into that touchiest of hornets' nests women's fashions. By a miracle, compounded of hard work and good sense, it devised a material-saving formula which apparently is going to be accepted without furore. Meanwhile Leon Henderson Hender-son is wondering how he will fare when the time comes to impose a price ceiling on women's wo-men's wear. Nowhere is styling so important. im-portant. Nowhere does the inspiration in-spiration of an artist contribute con-tribute so much to making one pound of material worth 10 "times as much as another pound off the same cotton patch. Nowhere can a mis- step cause more male an guish. Many an hour of OPA worry has gone into the problem, prob-lem, and the end is not yet. oOo Vise and otherwise What .this country needs is more people who get behind their work and fewer people who, just get behind . . . keep walking walk-ing to keep well, the doc advises. ad-vises. To be sure and occasionally oc-casionally jump ... a pessimist pessi-mist is a man who has met too many optimists . ... a broad smile is a wise crack ..... a scientist has traced man back to a fish. Looks as if he's on the right track at last ... don't lose your standing stand-ing by lying. - , Ro osevelt On Plan To Stop Inflation Compulsory Savings In Program To Be Proposed Soon; Prices, Wages May Be Frozen BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 14 , U.R President Roosevelt is working today on a program designed to stop inflation by the most complete control of American economic life ever proposed. . High government officials said the plan, in its broad principles, is similar to that in effect in Canada since the last summer and would give the government power to control con-trol prices, rents, wages and savings. It would freeze wages, general prices and rents, in de-S fense areas, as of a date yet to be determined. The major problem yet to be solved is the control of excess pur chasing power. Present plans are to .divert it into savings either compulsory or voluntary purchasing purchas-ing of, government bonds. There are influential government offi cials favoring each method. The decision is up to Mr. Roosevelt High government officials said the program, now taking xorm after weeks of study, would be announced within two weeks. Approval of manufacturers as well as consumers and labor is be iner . counted upon since it would embrace virtually all phases of national economy. Provisions would be made for later minor ad justments to eliminate Inequalities. Mr. Roosevelt was said .to have decided upon, the general. lines of the program. The White House said his appointments for the ret rnainaer of : tns weeic . are .. oeing held to a minimum so that he "may have an opportunity .to dd much spade work" , . , . . One of the major problems yet to be solved- is how to control approximately ' 115,000.000.000 of excess purchasing power money for which no consumer - goods would be available under the wartime war-time program.- : . Economists have reported to Mr. Roosevelt that Income from wages, farm products, , interests and dividends has increased $38,- 000,000.000 since the depression era. increased prices and taxes have taken $23,000,000,000 of that. If prices and wages are frozen at present levels, and consumer luxuries are restricted, there would be no place to spend the $15,- 000,000,000 except through "black markets" that would create a form of inflation. That's where the voluntary or compulsory savings program comes In. Some form of voluntary savings may be tried at first. It might include a campaign to have wage earners set aside a portion of their incomes perhaps five or 10 per cent for the purchase of government gov-ernment bonds. If that fails to take up the slack between total income and available goods, then a fornv of compulsory savings would be ordered. It probably would include partial payment of wages, salaries and other Income in non - negotiable government bonds. Price Administrator Leon Henderson Hen-derson already has the power to freeze prices. That has been done on some commodities. But general gen-eral retail rationing is a big job which many in the government hope to avoid. Some favor a form of rationing ration-ing which would limit the quanti- ( continued on rage titgnij Provo Garbage Rates Revised; Rear Yard Service Raised to 70 Cents Provo city's garbage removal set-up was revised today by the city commission to provide for curb service as well as rear yard service effective April 16. In a motion unanimously adopted, adopt-ed, the commission established a net rate of 40 cents per month for curb service and a net rate of 70 cents per month for rear yard service for once-a-week pick, up. There wiU be no discount City commissioners said the revision re-vision in the garbage service 1s a move designed to put the waste removal department on a self-supporting basis. Formerly only rear yard service serv-ice was given, and this for 40 cents per month for once-a-week pick-up, - with 10 per cent discount' dis-count' for prompt payment. It. was impossible to give the expensive expens-ive rear yard -service at the 40- At Work Desi Plan May Be Included Knox Opposed Abolition of 40-Hour Week WASHINGTON, April 14 OLE) Secretary of Navy Frank Knox declared today that abolition of the basic 40-hour work .week would result in "confusion and delay" in the war program. Knox told house naval affairs committee that the labor situa tion could be improved, but said. the problem was one of psychology. psychol-ogy. He cited the "amazing" increase- in production after Dec. 7 to substantiate. that statement. Knox also told the committee he preferred to recapture excessive industrial profits by a heavy ex cess profits tax .rather tbAn. toy limiting projects on war contracts to a specific percentage. As zar as tne navy is concerned concern-ed there is no need for labor legislation at this time, Knox said. He added that increasing the basic work week from 40 to 48 hours, approved In a bill by Chairman Chair-man Carl Vinson, D., Ga., was merely a means of reducing wages 10 per. cent. He said he favored the Objec tive of a bill pending before the committee to freeze existing closed or open shop conditions in war- plants, but added that he preferred that it be done volun-tarUy volun-tarUy by the unions concerned. Knox said he admired the stand taken by the late Samuel Gomp- ers, AFL leader, in the last war. Gompers adjourned the closed shop issue for the war's dura tion. Y ..IJ 1 1 J .. - .... M labor board would lay down a similar policy in the present war. Plans Ready for Sugar Rationing Registration WASHINGTON, April 14 0JJ! Registration blanks for con sumers, retailers, and wholesalers are being distributed today by the office of price administration in preparation for sugar rationing. ration-ing. The blanks for both seller's and consumers of sugar are en'route to 3,090 county clerks, who will be custodians of them ' pending delivery to the local rationing boards and school superintendents, (Continued on Page Eight) cent rate, and the department had a substantial operating deficit de-ficit each month,, Mayor Maurice Harding stated. It is optional with the custo mers whether they take curb or rear yard service, under the plan adopted by the commissiion. r Persons taking curb service must place their garbage in containers con-tainers at the curb on pick-up days. C. Elmer Madsen, superintendent super-intendent of the department, said the containers should be placed at the curb an hour or two before be-fore the regular hour' pickups are made, and should be taken to the rear of the premises immediately following the pick-up. Provo city commissioners and members of the . city utilities board plan to meet Wednesday to work out aU details with re- spect to future operation of the waste removal .system. gned H6W NOT to Build 'i ' x" " A . ? . II. . V,.. '4 flte? ,- In Ijos Angeles H. J. Clave went, to considerable, effort enlarging the cellar of his home to be used as an air raid shelter. Along came the rains, undermined supports of the house and it toppled into its own basement. Sh . BURMA BATTLE NEARING CRISIS CHUNGKING, April 14 CE Japanese forces have occupied Taungdwlngyi on the Burma front, 140 miles southwest of Man? dalay. driving a wedge between Chinese and British armies' deT fending the Sittang and Irrawad- dy river fronts, a Chinese mili tary spokesman said tonight. CHUNGKING, April 14 U.H Chinese forces were reported of ficially today to be repulsing heavy attacks by strong Jap anese columns which crossed the Swa river, 23 miles above cap tured Toungoo. CHUNGKING, April 14 (U.K Strong Japanese columns driving northward along the railroad to Mandalay were reported author itatively today to have crossed the Swa river, 23 miles above captured Toungoo, and - possibly cut off the Chinese defenders of Yedashe. The Chinese position . at Ye dashe, on the south bank of . the Swa and 21 miles north of Toun goo, appeared obscure, but a Chungking military spokesman admitted the Japanese ' had launched flanking movements on both sides of the city to prevent a Chinese retreat. ' Contradictory reports, however, said strong units of China's fifth and sixth armies under Lieut. Gen. josepn. w. suiwell were en trenched firmly on the railway north or the. Swa river, ready to nun DacK any Japanese assault. Successful Japanese flanking maneuvers around Yedashe. it was feared, could turn the city Into another Toungoo where It Chinese garrison was trapped for a weeK. On the western Burma front, reinforced and mechanized Japanese Japa-nese columns gathered momentum momen-tum for a renewed assault against weary British defenders, and an India-Burma command communique commun-ique officially acknowledged the capture of Migyaungke, 25 miles below the Minbu oil fields. The battle of Burma appeared to be entering a new and devisive phase, with superior -Japanese troops pushing forward against outnumbered Chinese and. British on an ever-widening front between the Mandalay railroad and the oil fields to the west. Firemen Battle Lake Shore Fire sr anish fork Holding a blaze which threatened $2200 worth of property, Spanish Fork firemen battled three hours at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Argyle of Lake Shore when fire of undertermined orierin destroyed a haystack, strawstack and sheds and threatened the hpme. , Working- heroically against odds, due to the lack of water, the-firemen controlled the blaze holding dam. age to $200, consisting of two par- uauy . destroyed chicken coops. sheds and. other outbuildings, hay- and strawstacks. ah Air Raid Shelter -V V if"- 4 r " lit k ' X - 4J - " S) 4VffSj K Japanese Claim 40,080 Prisoners Taken on Bataan TOKYO, April 14 (Japanese Broadcast Recorded by U. P. in" San Francisco) An imperial 'eadquarterf-4Xmmunique tonight declared 40.000 American and Filipino war prisoners were taken with the capitulation of forces of Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain-wright's Wain-wright's forces on Bataan peninsula. penin-sula. (A war department communi que originally fixed the number of American and Filipino troops on the peninsula at 36,853, but 3,500 marines and sailors were known to' have escaped to Cor regidor.) There were 6,700 Americans, Including ' 12 high officers, amonj those captured, - the communique said. The balance were Filipinos. The communique listed among those captured: Maj. Gen. Edward P. King Jr., Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones, Maj. Gen. Cortland Parker and a Maj. Gen. Francisco. The communique identified Francisco as commander of the Filipino troops; Jones as commander com-mander of the first army corps and Parker as commander of the second army corps. Japanese troops also captured 196 guns of various sizes, 320 machine guns, 500 automatic rifles, ri-fles, 10,000 rifles, 124 tanks and armored cars and 220 vehicles, I the communique recited. -O- Militaristic fJote Accompanies Major League Baseball Opening By MARTIN KANE United Press Staff Correspondent POLO GROUNDS, New York, April 14 LT.Pi The old familiar cry of the Dodger rooters "Oh, You Bums" rose shrill- albeit muffled by a mouthful of hot dogs today upon the balmy air ox one of sport's balmiest events renewal of the old baseball war between the Dodgers and the Giants. After the winter of their discontent dis-content over the outcome of the world series, the Bum fanciers invaded in-vaded Manhattan for another try. It appeared different this year, however. There were air raid wardens war-dens in the stands. Signs on the score board ' advised: "See score card for alert instructions." Raid Instructions .were 'posted prom inently In the stands and bleach ers some saying "Sit tight," Others "FoUow Green Arrow" or FoUow Red Arrow." . There were 2,100 men in uniform present on passes. Regular pass holders must buy a 25-cent war stamp to get in. The players give a percentage of their salaries to purchase war bonds. Still, It was much the same. Brooklyn ; never, never will be slaves. There were two fights in the bleachers, just like in peacetime. peace-time. . There was a new rule about foul balls caught by fans. A polite po-lite loudspeaker voice announced that if the balls , are returned titty (Continued on Page Three) , . , ASK SEIZURE OF FR EN CH POSSESSIONS BY JOHN A. REICHMANN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 14 U.R Pierre Laval's reappointment reap-pointment to the Vichy cal met today brought renewed demands in congress for American Am-erican seizure of all French territory considered necessary for the U. S. war effort. "History will prove," Rep, Charles L Faddis, D.. Pa., told the house, "that our present posi tion, with regard to France has netted us nothing. If that post tion is maintained it will result in disaster. "It has been definitely estab lished in the past few years that no policy of appeasement can be successful. Therefore I call on the government to take possession by force of all French territory . ne cessary to the prosecution of the war. Faddis, an influential member of the military affairs committee, spoke after Reps.' W. R, Poage and Ed Gossett, Texas Demo crats, discussed the French situ ation. Gossett called Marshal Henri Philippe Petaln's moves to reinstate rein-state Pierre Laval In the Vichy government "treachery" that will place the .'blood of American sol diers who died in the first World war on the head of France. On several previous - orcasions, when Vichy appeared on the verge of, full couaboratlon .with , Ger many, influential . memDers. x congress have demanded the seiz ure of such French possessions as Martinique in the Caribbean ana St. Pierre, and Miqueion in tne North Atlantic. News of Laval's return to pow er caused apprenension among officials here over the possibility of greater cooperation between France and Germany. Acting Secretary of State Sumner Sum-ner Welles told a noon press conference con-ference that he preferred to withhold with-hold comment on the signlfl cance of Laval's appointment until he had received a full report on the subject from the American ambassador in Vichy, Admiral William D. Leahy. A well-informed diplomat said the change could be interpreted as a sign of "tremendous pres. ure" exerted on the aging Marshal Henri Philippe Petain by the German Ger-man government . "Petain is a strong-willed oia man." he said, "and he has strong dislikes. Laval is one of them. He doesn't trust Laval, who la a politician, and he does not trust Darlan because he is a military man. "Therefore I believe the change indicates that Petain is complete' ly .under German domination." AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 020 001 Washington . . . 000 000 Ruffing and Dickey; Hudson and Early Philadelphia . . . 101 01 Boston 311 00 1 Marchlldon and Hayes H. New-some New-some and Peacock Williams, . Boston, homerun. St Louis ...... 0 Chicago . . . . . . O , Muncrief and Swift; Rigney and Tresh Cleveland ...... 100 100 Detroit 011 000 Bagby and Desautela; Benton and Tebbetta Keltner, Cleveland, home run NATIONAL LEAGUE ' Brooklyn. ....... 400 21 New York 000 00 Davis and Owen; C. HubbeU and Danning Reese, Brooklyn, home run Boston . '. . . . . ; . 001 00 Philadelphia ... 100 00 Javcry and Lombard!; Johnson and Warren . Pittsburgh ...... 200 200 00 Cincinnati ..... 000 020 00 Butcher and Lopez; Walters and Hemsley. Chicago 2 St Louis 0 ; passeau'and McCullough; Cooper and O'Dea. . ' Pro-Nazi Becomes Vice Premier In Place Of Darlan ? - Pro-Nazi Returns to Power After 15 Months Of Political Eclipse; Will Go To German-Controlled Paris Today BULLETIN VICHY, April 14 U.R) Pierre Laval, new vice-premier of the French government, said today that he will follow a middle-of-theproad policy aimed at friendly relations with the United States and with Germany. BY RALPH HEINZ EN XTnited Press Staff Correspondent VICHY, France, April 14 (UR) Pierre Laval, outstanding outstand-ing advocate of collaboration with Germany, was returned to power as vice premier today after 15 months of political eclipse and will go to Laval, succeeding Admiral Jean Francois Darlan as vice premier, assumed control he had long sought. Heads Defense Forces In the Saddle Pierre Laval ALLIES WORRIED BY LAVAL COUP LONDON, April 14 (U.R) A British official spokesman said today that Pierre . Laval's return to power at Vichy was very grave news, and allied governments were tensely on the alert in belief that France was passing through a crisis 'of world moment. Disposition of the French fleet, the possibility that French North African, colonies might aid the Germans in Libya, threat of a Vichy attack on Free French Afri can territories, a possible Japanese bid for Madagascar, the Frencn Island off Southeast Africa which dominates a vital allied Indian ocean supply route; the danger mat Vichy might concede Germany Ger-many submarine bases in its colonies col-onies and the future of Vichy-United Vichy-United States relations became ur gent matters. Germany had put Marshal Henri Philippe Petain under increasingly increasing-ly Irresistible pressure to make up his mind at once whether to cooperate co-operate fully with the Axis. As part of the pressure, the German forces in occupied Franif? had restarted executing alleged terrorists and had threatened to shoot innocent hostages unless men responsible for sabotage and attacks on German soldiers were caught. The border between occupied and unoccupied France had been close" and London dispatches from the Swiss frontier reported that the entire French border had been hermetically closed. Of Immediate interest was the question whether Vichy would (Continued on Page Three) i ROOSEVELT REMOVES . QUOTA RESTRICTIONS WASHINGTON, April 14 (HE) President . Roosevelt, in two proclamations, today removed quota restrictions on imports of sugar and certain types of wheat Agriculture department i offi cials explained that the proclama tions would have little actual ef. feet, since sugar quotas have been shifted In recent months so as to permit import of all sugar that can be shipped and comparatively compar-atively little wheat ' is imported In any event. , . nM.,;..,,,,,,, i ,. ':: '- VA -" - - v V' ' ? y f X Y A;: A German-controlled Paris this afternoon. of the national police which . Darlan was stripped of min isterial rank but remained chief of the defense forces and official heir to Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the 85-year-old chief of state. He thus remains in control of the French fleet. Pierre Pucheu lost his post as interior minister. The change came, after terrific German pressure on Vichy for full co-operation, in a dramatia overnight reorganization, which was., announced at noon Petain, Laval and Darlan made the announcement in a joint com munique: wLJSlnce Jjis,-..lasfc . tain. wits Marshal Petain, M. Laval has con f erred often with Adm. Darlan. ; "Today Marshal Petain, Adm, Darlan and M. Laval met and decided de-cided to proceed with the formation forma-tion of a new government established estab-lished on a new basis. - 1 "Marshall Petain, Adm. Darlan and M. Laval will meet again.' Laval went Immediately to his" Chateau at Chateldon, nearby, after a final talk with Petain and Darlan, and made his arrangements arrange-ments to go to Paris this afternoon. after-noon. He will return, here Thursday. Thurs-day. , It was said officially that the full make-up of the new cabinet would not be announced until Thursday, when LaVal returns. , As the cabinet change was made, the official journal published , a decree suspending the Riom "war guilt" trial which Germany had bitterly denounced because' the former French leaders ' involved were accused of losing the war. not of starting it. LaVal, dismissed summarily as vice premier Dec. 13, 1940, was returned to even more power than ' he had enjoyed for five months before' be-fore' that as virtual co-dictator with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Pe-tain, In charge of foreign and internal affairs. As minister of interior he now controls the French national police smallest viUage of the country. . 'For days before the change, Germany and Paris couaboratioa- ists had intensified their pressure on the government and had said with steadily increasing sharp ness that France must make - up (Continued on Page Three) . License Plan of General Electric Meets Criticism WASHINGTON. April 14 (HE) John Henry Lewin, special assist ant attorney general, charged to-. oay tnat licensing agreements between be-tween General Electric Co. and the Krupp German steel firm have put this nation at a dlsad-. vantage compared with its ene mies in the use of tungsten carbide, car-bide, an important war material. Tesurylng before the senate patents committee, Lewin . ex- plained that use of tungsten' car- oiae in macmne vxi can increase production sJ much as 600 per 1 cent It is a substance harder than sapphire and nearly as hard as diamond, he said. " Outlining patent agreement between General Electric - and Krupp from documents on which were based 1940 and 1941 antitrust anti-trust Indictments against." General Gen-eral Electric' the cases have not yet been tried Lewin r testified that they resulted' in a shortage "of this essential material In this country. b ' v .1 f v - |