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Show Informed Sources Believe Hitler Can e Beaten This Year; Odds Against It h- . Marines Taking Over Clearfield Navy Supply Depot BY HARRISON SAUSllURY United Pre Stuff tWrwjmndent LONDON, April 9 1P Hitler can be beaten in 1JH3, but the odds ' are strongly against it. a synopsis synop-sis of "the best military and economic eco-nomic opinion here showed today. ; This realistic view is based on the hard facts of war-the fighting1 fight-ing1 experience of Britain, the United States and Russia thus far against the wehrmacht. an assessment assess-ment of Germany's potential war material reserves and a factual analysis of .the number of troops Hitler still has available for opposing op-posing an allied invasion of Europe. Experts are Inclined to think that the jokers in the woodpile may be allied air power and the Red army's recuperative power, but at the same time they point out that Nazi air power did not lick Britain a much more compact com-pact target than vast axis Europe Eu-rope and even the Russian offensive of-fensive did not quote even the score in 1942 or 1943 for the Nazi's summer victories. Allied combat experience largely large-ly has been confined to Africa, where it is noteworthy that German Ger-man Marshal Erwin Rommel's strength seldom, if ever, exceeded Bix German divisions plus a fluctuating fluc-tuating number of Italians. Despite this comparatively little strength, Rommel has managed to maintain a field against the allies for five months against forces which uniformly were larger than his. For the Tunisia showdown, Rommel Rom-mel is believed to have had about eight divisions, against which the allies massed two full armies the British first and eighth stiffened stif-fened with four American divisions plus the American fifth army held in strategic reserve. These figures are most revealing reveal-ing when placed beside the forces Germany has .available for the defense of Europe. Best estimates indicate that Germany and Italy' have been 300 and 325 divisions probably . 4,500,000 to 6,000,000 fighting men. In addition, they have possibly 50 satellite divisions numbering roughly 750,000 troops vho probably are able to stand iront-line combat, plus considerable consider-able others lacking in equipment jand experience. It is believed that the axis has available something like 200 di-visions di-visions roughly 3,000,000 troops which would be available for meeting the allied western threats. "J In view of the time it has taken to cope with Rommel's small frrra 4 io Hiffimilt trt f i nrt nnt i m - . ism in predicting greater speed and greater strength against the fill wehrmacht. Elation Banking Grows in Volume : The banks are being swamped 'under with a new type of business busi-ness the keeping of accounts in ration coupons instead of money. ; j ; And the bankers say the load ViU become even heavier as more and more articles are rationed and must be secured with stamps. T8 OPA regulations make it man datory for banks to handle the coupon accounts of merchants who cannot receive new stocks unless un-less they can pay for them in ra-.tion ra-.tion stamps, and nnder the banking bank-ing system they write a check for .the stamps instead of sending Ihern, in bulk to the wholesalers. At the beginning of ration banking, bank-ing, the OPA estimated that the banks would have about 3 per cent as many ration accounts as "they have commercial accounts. Most bankers, however, report that ration accounts are 25 per cent the number of commercial .'accounts with the number growing. grow-ing. ,-;The OPA recommended that "only those firms doing approxi-rmately approxi-rmately $5,000 worth of business "per month use the ration banking bank-ing system but smaller firms were .permitted to take advantage of the setup and many of them did so. . , x: .Merchants have opened accounts for each rationed product which Stakes a different kind of coupon fa sugar account, one for coffee, . for meat and fats, for gasoline etc. V IThe government compensates . the banks a few cents per month for each account but banks say '.the amount is not enough to cover 'costs of printing, supplies and extra labor. r.,;The banks aren't complaining about the Job they perform, but "they dq have some suggestions first of which is that the OPA Irevert to the -old. system'-of using ration coupons gummed on paper forms instead of permitting re-. re-. tailers to dump their coupons in - envelopes and mail them in. This -multiplies by several times the J. task of counting and assorting -.the coupons. . . THESE CHILDREN ; NEED t GOOD '.FOSTER 1 HOMES f 1 Woold you' Ilk . W provide a home for5 normal children botwoen tett and fifteen years of The children chil-dren are ' from - Utah. In aotae Instances In-stances they, may " ho adopted, Tho actual coet " of care, " clothing and medical .ezpemw wUl be paid. 'If "you are-; Interested contact the Ipartment. of Public . Welfare, , City and County ulldinr, Provo Utah. Phone Jttr.. , . . ' ' Person who apply should have a stable Income, adequate living- quart-era, quart-era, and a genuine Hlclnc for children. U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Clearfield, Utah, April 9 (U.K) A battletoughned detachment of U. S. Marines under the command of Veteran Capt. Edward J. O'Connell, USMCR, arrived here yesterday to take over the job of protecting the world's second larg est military supply depot. The Marine outfit arrived two days before the actual commis- sioning of the depot to prepare for taking over guard duties. The formal commissioning ceremony will be held Saturday and will be attended by Gov. Herbert B. Maw of Utah; Captain Omar D. Conger, depot commander, and other state and naval dignitaries. O'Connell is a fighting Irishman Irish-man who served in France for 18 months in the firah World War and saw action in four major engagements en-gagements Soissons, St. Hihuel, Champagne and the Meuse-Ar-gonne and' in the army of occupation occupa-tion in Germany. Second in command of what are believed to be the best armed Marines in the world is Marine Gunner Lymon V. Hopper, who is an expert in the use of the famous and deadly Reising gun, Garand rifle, the carbine and heavy 45's. One of the Marines received a most unique tonsillectomy during the early morning fighting on Tulagi when a Job bullet pierced his throat and neatly extracted the appendages. The entire detachment was formed from marines who served on Guadalcanal, Iceland, China and Pearl Harbor. Ready and waiting for the men was one of the finest barracks buildings ever constrducted, ac-coiding ac-coiding to Hopper. It is equipped with the latest in kitchen equipment which will be used to cook the meat that Mr. Citizen can't get anymore. It also has spacious sleeping quarters, quar-ters, auditorium and a dining room constructed entirely in the rustic style. Franklin Students Await Visit of Famous Doll Court Boys and girls of Franklin school are in great glory these days as they await the visit of the famous Lilliputian Court of H.R.H. Queen Rosabelle on the 93rd of March (a fairy date, also ithe birthday of this nationally famous and celebrated little doll queen.) The occasion will be celebrated with great festivity and grandiloquence. grand-iloquence. A number of royal guests, special friends of Queen Rosabelle and the children of the Franklin school are expected. H. R. H. Queen Lillabet, who reigns at the Sprig of Green fVluseum (a memorial to Lewis Carroll end Alice in Wonderland 8yt Port Arthur ,Tex.) has promised prom-ised to be here; also the famous Mizz Rabbit and her addpted daughter, Pixie and several others. Many of Quen Rosabelle's Lilliputian Court will be included perhaps Alice in Wonderland, Mc-Guffey Mc-Guffey Ann, Buster Brbwn, Snow White, Pygmalion, Rumpelstilt-skin, Rumpelstilt-skin, etc. Brig. Gen. Cousin Bun, a dinkey old Texas Cottontail, will be in charge of the affair and escort and bodyguard to Queen Hrjsa-belle. Clean-Up Week at Spanish Fork Set SPANISH FORK City officials of Spanish Fork have designated April 18 to 24 inclusive, as the annual spring clean-up date. The' "Clean-up day," in which stores and schools will cooperate, will be named in a proclamation to be issued by Mayor John E. Booth as soon as he finds on . which day the schools and business houses hous-es can best coordinate. The tree planting project will get underway under-way immediately and trees for the side streets will Its furnished free of charge by the city and Kiwanis club to citizens who wish to plant them. Wednesday the city street department replaced all the Chinese sycamore trees on Main street which have died. At the city council meeting It was voted that the small water pipes of the city water system should be replaced with larger pipes as soon as they are avail able. School Play Ready For Presentation PLEASANT GROVE Students of the Pleasant Grove high school will present the play, "Early to Bed and Early to Rise" in the high school auditorium. Friday night under the direction of Frank E. Wanlass, speech instructor. Members of. the - cast are Jean Anderson, Paul Adamson, Jeneel Thorne, Norman Wright, Jane Brown, Teddy Esklund, Lyrivine Jensen, Carol Smith, Ben Homer, Kenneth Rogers and Louise Armit-stead. Armit-stead. w i - I fliincn L mm elm n r a . WRITS UXEEST SiUf AT l AW L- 111 Vx . 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