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Show Holdout Unions Call Off Strilce Stimson Announces Saved After Fifty Frightful Days (Continued from Page One) engineers and trainmen he awarded increases totaling nine cents an hour four cents straight time and five 'cents overtime. AH five .operating unions originally had asked an increase of S3 a day. The men who conferred with Somervell were David B. Robertson, Robert-son, president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Englnemen; H. vtascr, prcBiuenb m uie conductors, con-ductors, and T. C. Cashen, president presi-dent of the Switchmen. Makes Stirring Appeal Stimson made a stlrrinsr .anneal to the patriotism of railroad workers In a radio broadcast last night which was carried by all four-major networks. He com- Eared a rail tie-up to a destructive ombing of Germany's transpor tation system. "Suppose that In one single day's gigantic foray with thousands thous-ands of planes we should succeed completely in our mission of destruction," de-struction," he said. 'Suppose we should hopelessly parazyle Nazi iranaponauon, lmmomuzing Hit- icra troops ana guns and ammunition. am-munition. For us, this would be a mtti- tarV ViCtOrV of tremendnm mac. nitude. But it would be a military mili-tary catastrophe of staggering proportions to Hitler. Now this nation has faced a similar miliary catastrophe of equal and crushing magnitude in the threat to halt the operation of the railroads. By swift and decisive action it has been avoided. avoid-ed. We shall not hand Germany and Japan this great military victory. vic-tory. The railroads will continue to run.H He voiced confidence in the support of all railway employes and asked for '.'the full devotion of all the men and women in the railroads' service." v if -so-- r 1 . -Vi.?, v tenure tffS , , 1 "4 I T ' w, ft ' a . .i.v.v.wk. ....... "w',wsiaiv. .- Pur JL miL ---' -. - - - . ' . x 1 I gSI "7 1 Drltish SinTc Three Destroyers Robinson (Continued from Page One) round of the battle evidently, as euggesiea oy mt. -KODinson s further fur-ther comments when he says: "In my opinion this division has definitely de-finitely committed the WPB and the Defense Plant Corporation to the completion of this plant. . . Of course, there are mm in ivptj . who are absolutely opposed to the operation of the Geneva plant for ny purposes, out these- people are the minority, and In my opinion, opin-ion, most of them are .taking the position they take for selfish reasons." This leaves the. matter Just r tfcujuiiB, With a definite strue-trl Hit ahead for Utah to realize on the ueneva plant in the future. Un less this "battle" is waged vigor ously oy uuurs representatives in Washington, declares Mr. .Tonirina "these men In the WPB opposed to ine ueneva plant" will yet win that battle. Grave need is therefor there-for seen, accordinr to Mr. Jn- kins, for the people of, Provo to Keep aiert on tnis matter, and push the battle to a victory for uian. E 1 . 'i-1 ,,. (I i The photos above tell a grim tale of 50 days of death-ridden horror at sea. When a British ship was torpedoed in the South Atlantic, 16 survivors clambered aboard this life raft (top) and the rubber boat behind it. Fifty days later, when the British destroyer Rapid came to the rescue, only two men were alive. They were seaman Colin Armitage and ship's carpenter Kenneth Cooke, pictured bottom, left, after recuperating. While adrift, Cooke kept a daily diary on scraps of sailcloth, pictured at bottom, right. (Continued from Page One) J operations. British casualties, If any, aiso were not given. There was a possibility that the . destroyers, moved out into the Bay of Biscay to screen the blockade runner's return, but most observers inclined to the belief that they were intended for use as surface raiders, , Returns to Coast After Furlough Frank Gordon Hales Frank Gordon Hales, 40, died! at a Provo hospital Tuesday eve ning following an umess of pneumonia. pneu-monia. I He was born in Mercur, Utah, June 29, 1902, a son of Charles Henry and Eliza McKinney Hales.! He received his education in the Lincoln grade and high schools, graduating in 1920, and had been employed for the past two years by the Midwest Pipe and Supply company, at Geneva Steel. He was a member of the LDS church. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Eliza M. Hales of Or em; three sisters, &rs. ueorge Pvt Wixsom Pvt. Joseph W. . Wixom of the marines, has returned to Miramar Camp Calif., where he is training as an aviation machinist. : . The Proyoan has been home to . spend (the Christmas noli days with his wife, the for- mer Clara Durfey. Missing In Action Audience Escapes In Theater Fire and Miss Ruby Hales of Orem, and Miss LaVerne Hales, U. S. navy nurse stationed at New Caledonia ; and one brother, Glen R. Hales of Orem. Funeral arrangements are In charge of the Hatch-Quist Full-era! Full-era! home. i STEVENSVTLLE, MonL, Dec. 29 uk An entire theater audience escaped deatr. here lasz night when the Rio theater burned to the ground. Fire of undetermined origin swept through the building before the local fire department could Luncef ordl bring it under control. A moving picture was In progress at the time the blaze was discovered and all persons in the building escaped escap-ed without injury. Warren Gavin, owner of the theater, had not yet estimated the total loss. Pvt. William. It. "BUI" Bran don, of Provo, who has been missing in action since Novem ber 2, in the North Africa area. according to word received y his wife, DAILY HERALD WOTO, TJTAW COITNTT, TJTAK WRDNE8DAT, DECEMBER M, tS PAGE 3 Collins Baby Pies At Orem Residence OREM Terry Collins, nine- day old son of June Frampton and Mary Lucille Farley Collins, died at the home early today. The baby was born December 20 at the Utah Valley hospital. , Surviving are the parents, a brother, Larry Collins; the grandparents, grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. June Collins, Salt Lake City and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Farley, Orem. Funeral arangements will be an nounced by the Valley mortuary. CONVICT APPREHENDED BOISSX Ida,' Dec 29 (UEt-i Clarence Roy Darrah who escaped escap-ed from the Idaho penitentiary., farm last July SO has been apprehended ap-prehended in Kansas City. Mo, Warden Sam Poarch today said he had been informed. Coal Miner Meets Instant Death HIAWATHA, Utah, Dec. 29 (CD John Benedict, . 50 a Carbon county coal miner, was killed instantly in-stantly yesterday when struck by a piece of falling coal while at work as a tamper in the United states Fuel Co., mine here. A 23 per cent wartime increase in road calls for emergency serv ice has been reported. The ma jority of the calls are prompted by starter and ignition trouble, while ewer than ever are due to Maurine Johnson Brandon, lack of fuel, lost keys, etc. Pvt. Brandon had been in the service for a year, and was sent overseas in September. He was with the army engineers. NONE FASTER. 'W0RU-S URBiBTSELUR AT 10 TO RELIEVE MISERIES OF CdESTCOLDS Now get grand relief from colds symptoms this home -proved actually A f to upper bronchial ' ny tubes with soothing medicinal vapors. J STIMULATES ; chest and back sur- L foMehlroaworm. I 4 ing poultice. ie ro to" To get all the benefits of this combined PENETRATIHG-STIMUUTIHO action. Just rub throat, chest, Ml iMck with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. iMtwUv VapoRub goes to work 2 ways at once as shown above to relieve coughing spasms, ease muscular soreness or tightness, and invite restful, comforting sleep. Often by morning morn-ing most of the ipisery is gone. Get relief from chest cold distress tenictit with double-action, time-tested time-tested Vicks VapoRub. 1 A i "SYSTEM FAILS NEW YORK, Dec. 29 U.P) David Silvers, 19, was held in $3,000 bail today on charges of absconding with $3,850 from the National Bronx bank where he was a teller. The FBI said Silver had followed a "system" of playing the horses by doubling each bet when a horse lost. The system didn't work. The American P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane is the ruler of the rarefied atmosphere above 25,000 feet in the fighter class. Too Late for Classification FOR SAtE MISC. DRESSER, round table, Wilton tuk kitchen wet. Universal range, loaz West Center. d31 NEWELL. Baum has baled hay for nale for SZ5 per ton. open until 7 p. m. 1200 North university. d31 COMPLETE bunk beds. One hew bob sled. 145 South Main, Kpring-ville. . 631 MEN'S hockey ice skates. Sise 7. . Call 441 North 6th East. d29 DRESSER, round table, Wilton rutr, kitchen set. Universal range. 1012 West center. dSl WANTED TO Bl'Y JUVENILE girl's 1267-J. b! eyel. Call J4 FOUND MAN'S bicycle. Call at 1032 West Center. Identify & pay for ad. d31 WORK WASTED CARPENTERS are available. Do that repair or remodel work now. Call 636 & an efficient man will be sent. d31 City Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Bandley and children, Louise, Paul and Walter, of Burley, Idahb, are spending the holidays with Mrs. Bandley's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sutton. Sixteen guests attended a Christmas Christ-mas day dinner at the Sutton home, including Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mark of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Julius C. Anderson has returned re-turned to Salt Lake City, after spending two weeks here with Mr. and Mrs. Karl H. Monson. who now have as their house guests, Mr. and and Mrs. Ronald E. Morris and daughters, Marlene and Joyce of Salt Lake City. , Wendell Tayior, naval aviation cadet, has been visiting his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Golden Taylor, Tay-lor, for Christmas, and has now returned to the cadet center at Weber college, Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Teague were pleasantly surprised Christmas eve when their son, Jesse Teague, sea-man sea-man first class, arrived home for a 14-day leave. Mrs. Jack Williams has as her guest for the holidays, Mrs. Frederick Fred-erick C. Walther. Mrs. WaJther has been employed at the Rem ington Arms plant, which closed December 22. She received two Japanese prison cards from her husband, Sgt. Frederick waitner, who is interned in military prison pris-on camp No. 2, stating that he is under treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Greer have returned from an enjoyable 10-day trip to the northwest. They visited for five days in Spokane, Wash., with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Silver, and the remainder of the time in Corvallis, Ore., with their son, Pvt. Earl Greer, who is stationed sta-tioned with the infantry at Camp Adair. Cadet Dean Clayton of the navy aviation school at Ely, Nevada, Ne-vada, spent Christmas at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Olsen. The Olsens accompanied Dean to the Salt Lake depot early Sunday morning. morn-ing. O. Clyde Davis, seaman first class Seabees, has returned to his camp at Gulfport, Miss., after spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ara M. i Iavis. j Acid Indigestion j When new toonrii eid nam pelnnil. uffneat-fnr uffneat-fnr m. eour itoiMeh And heartburn, doctors uuisllr VTMrrilM the futeet-aetlnf medicinal known for mptoisetla relief medtelnei like thotvSn Bell-era Tablet. No Untie. 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