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Show " M.x , - I ' . ....... . , . j THE WEATHER FIFTY'EIGHTH YEAR, NO. San Francisco 'Out 1,1 ..VJZ?' f' 'i(Ti rinMi - , t JM.V4 . .. -j- v?-jiL.:4 I" k" Lr , i San Francisco gas station attendant Sam Davis and manager O. J. "Mike" Gilll, right, devote their business time to cards after their "station ran out of gasoline as have many others in this first auto fuel shortage in the area. Commision Votes Approval of $466,550 Provb City Budget Favbrable comment was all anybody had to offer at the public hearing on Provo city's 1944 budget this morn ing at the city commission office, although the Provo chamber of commerce was represented, and the American Utah County Quota Is $3,030,150 In Next Bond Drive Utah county's quota In the fourth war loan drive is $3,830,150 it was announced by Mark Anderson, Ander-son, county chairman today, following fol-lowing an all-day meeting of volunteer vol-unteer workers from every county in the state, held in Salt Lake City. The Utah county quota is exceeded ex-ceeded by only two counties in the state, Salt Lake and Weber. The state's quota in the $14,-000,000,009 $14,-000,000,009 drive, beginning Jan. 18, will be $40,000,000, Clarence Bamberger, ex-vice chairman Utah war finance committee, disclosed. The amount is $1,000,000 less than the third war - loan drive quota. Of the total. $22,000,000 is expected to be raised from individuals. in-dividuals. Speakers at the conference pointed out that in the third war loan drive the sale of bonds to individuals in-dividuals was $3,000,000' short of the quota, and emphasized the need to concentrate on individual sales during the coaling campaign. "The task before us is not only to sell more bonds," Bamberger told workers, "but to sell them to more people? there is but one way to sell and that is to see the people." peo-ple." D. Howe Moffat, executive manager man-ager of the state war finance committee, com-mittee, who also emphasized the need for selling more bonds to the individuals, pointed out that while the state oversubscribed its third war loan quota by $13,000,000, only $17,000,000 were raised from the individuals. He said the fourth war loan drive campaign would be based on a four point program of seeing more people, improving the-quality of salesmanship, being alert to bonds "in the basket of securities" nd of selling more bonds to in-" dividuals. Weatherman Says Rising Mercury Due For Friday Slightly rising temperatures was the welcome weather predictions predic-tions issued by the weatherman, following the snowfall and near-tero near-tero temperatures of the past week. In Provo. the temperature rose from an all-season low of eight- degrees to 21, Wednesday. More than three inches of snow fell in the Provo area during the storm. .The snow slowed down traffic considerably and the police officers offi-cers were swamped with calls for investigations following numerous minor collisions on the slippery streets. While all roads in the state-are open, highway officials recommend use of chains for canyon can-yon travel. - John T. Dennis, 35, of Salt Lake City, suffered deep cuts on his left hand, caused by broken glass when his car collided Wednesday with a truck on highway 81, near Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. Carl ChJvers of Vernal Was, the driver of the truck. He and - the other occupants of his track escaped injuries. 147 JSffiSSk'SZSg'&RSi of Gas1 Federation of Labor, and other taxpayers were present. No state representatives appeared for the Utah Taxpayers' association, although al-though this organization was strongly- represented at-the Utah county budget hearing on December Decem-ber 27. Examination of the city's 1944 budget has previously been made by the Utah Taxpayers' association associa-tion representatives, at a private slicing wim ine aumior iwo aays ago, dui no written recommenaa tions or requests were sent in to the public hearing Thursday, Clayton Jenkins, secretary, of the Provo chamber- of commerce, made several complimentary com ments on various phases of the proposed budget, particularly regarding re-garding increases for public health services and sanitation, which plans a net increased expenditure ex-penditure of $3,000, the proposed total being $12,300 how. Alex Hedquist accompanied Mr. Jenkins, but made no requests for changes in the budget as proposed. The American Federation of Labor was represented by G. R. Van Winkle, coordinator at Geneva, Ge-neva, but he had no changes to propose. Mr. Van Winkle did ask, however, for the opportunity to meet with the city commission at such time rs new salary schedules sched-ules would be considered for 1944.' Commissioner J. P. McGuire was not present, but his successor succes-sor Blake Palfreyman sat in during dur-ing the hearing with the other two commissioners, Mayor Maurice Maur-ice Harding and Joseph H. Swapp. The new ctty auditor, Mrs. Iva J. Benson was not present. In addition to passing the resolution reso-lution adopting the 1944 budget, the commission also approved the bonds for the newly elected of- (Contlaaed Pace Ttro) Firemen in Reno Fight $50,000 Fire RENO, Nev., Dec. 30 UE Fire officials today were investigating the origin of a blaze which swept through the Erickson building here late yesterday, causing $50,-000 $50,-000 estimated damage. Firemen fought the flames for more than four hours, checking them after the Federal Outfitting Co, store, Roberts Beauty salon and I. J. Smith Real Estate office had burned. No one was injured. The fire was the first serious blaze in Reno for more than a year. New Year's Observance Tempered By Wartime Atmosphere, Hopes For Peace As' the clock strikes twelve Friday midnight whether it be a solemn prayer or a gay "Happy New Year" the thought will be the same that in 1944 peace will again be restored to the world and with it, happiness and contentment content-ment for alL "Ring out the old, ring in the new" lt won't be quite the same but if the boys "out there" can take lt, those at home should greet the new year with a smile and a determination to do everything every-thing possible to bring back the old Yuletide season spirit. A Watch Night service win be held at the Community church New Year's eve, commencing at 11:15. It will be a service of mu sic, prayer and symn singing. With j PROVO, LfU Railroad Operations! Unimpeded As Threat Of Strike Is Last of Two Hold-Out Unions Cancel Strike Call 11 Hours Before Deadline; Dispute On Wages Still Remain for Settlement By RAYMOND LAHB ' ! United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec' 30 Vital war supplies moved without interruption on the nation's railroads jto-day jto-day as late developments in the troubled railway wage picture brought complete cancellation of the strike scheduled sched-uled for 6 Vclock this morning. :- The last three holdouts among 20 operating and nbn- operatirig rail unions which 1,450,000 members cancelled ing the last threat of a stoppage on the lines. But for 18 of the 20 unions, the prolonged wage dispute which - brought the strike threat and consequent government govern-ment seizure of the carriers still awaited settlement. " The last cancellations were Or dered by the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enginemen, the Order of Railway Conductors, and the Switchman's union in ful fillment of a promise made eight hours earlier to Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, government head of the railroads. The unions previously previous-ly sent members tentative instructions instruc-tions not to strike if the government govern-ment operated the roads, but those instructions required telegraphic confirmation. Officials Worried-Some Worried-Some railroad officials were understood un-derstood to be worried over the possibility of' scattered stoppages because the final instructions were not dispatched until 11 hours be fore the strike ,trike deadline. David B. , resident of. the fire- Robertson, men and enginemen, said in a radio address last night that members mem-bers who had not received the orders or-ders in writing were to construe his, speech as an official return to work order. The union leaders delayed formal form-al action after the conference with Somervell because they had sought, unsuccessfully, to larify the status of their wage scales before be-fore reporting to. their members" The other two of the five operating oper-ating unions have received an ar bitration award from President raising their wages five cents an hour as Compensation for overtime or awayffrom-home expenses in -.. i m A nA aaulUon lO lour wuu onwuvu earlier by an emergency board. Those unions the brotherhood of railway trainment arid the bro therhood of locomotive engineers executed an agreement with management representatives yesterday yes-terday for the new wage scale. They also were granted one week's vacation pay. The other unions, whicn naa refused re-fused to accept Mr. Roosevelt's arbitration proposal, could not learn, however, whether they would be granted the same concessions. conces-sions. They failed to obtain a commitment com-mitment at a conference with mobilization director James F. Byrnes and at a second meeting with Somervell. Management officials, it .was said, regarded Somervell's initial operating order as a freeze of wages at the level of 7 p. m. Monday Mon-day when the roads were seized. It was understood the carriers would be willing to give the three unions the same concessions granted grant-ed the trainmen and engineers if government approval were obtained. obtain-ed. Leaders of the 15 non-operating unions still were no nearer agree- (Oatlaaea' oa Paa-r Thre a brief sermon, announces - the Reverend Edwin F. Irwin. J. J. Keeler will be at the organ and everyone is welcome to attend. High Mass at 10:50 New Year's- day la Holy Day of Obligation, binding on Catholics to attend mass the same as Sunday. Sun-day. Masses win be held at 9 a. m., with Father Matthew, O. F. M., in charge, and at 10:30, with Father Henry, O. F. M. conducting. conduct-ing. During High Mass at 10:30, the music of the Christmas day program will be repeated. Confessions Con-fessions will be heard before mass. Ladies of the parish, will receive their New Year's communion Sunday Sun-day at 2 o'clock. Events spiced with a gay note (Coatlaaec pm Pmgm IWft) 4 - - UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, Lifted i had ordered strikes of their the orders last night, rembv- Germans Claim Sinking Five 1 Destroyers j By SAMUEL D. HALES United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 30 tiEj Nazi sotrrcer claimed-today that German, submarines had sunk five British destroyers in the naval-air battlen the Bay of Biscay, and said fighting fight-ing still was continuing last night. f (Til "hlovl ta.4 mU f . Paris radio, a . w fl ' broadcast reported by U. S. gov ernmeni monitors, said today that naval operations are at present going on in the Bay of Biscay between Anglo-American and German Ger-man forces," but the aim of! the operations was "not clear.") ! The German DNB news agency said the sinking of the destroyers was in addition to the damaging of the British cruisers Glasgow and Enterprise, which a British communique yesterday listed as the only Allied ship casualties. Battle Still On One German destroyer and two torpedo boats, were lost, DNBlad-mitted, DNBlad-mitted, although part of Ithe crews were rescued. The British communique told of the sinking of three German destroyers anil a blockade-runner and the damaging of several other destroyers Monday Mon-day and Tuesday. German broadcasts asserted the battle continued at least Until last night, implying that U-bats intervened after the two-day period per-iod covered by the British announcement. an-nouncement. 1 The Nazi controlled Scandinavian Scandina-vian TeJraph bureau said German Ger-man deWroyers and torpedo bdats also engaged British warships, "mainly light forces," and a con- siderble number of planes in -the later stages of the battle. Admiral Resigns- British sources were unable! to confirm that the battle continued Tuesday the second day. r The London Dally Telegraph reported that Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, commander of the German Ger-man navy, had resigned in disgrace dis-grace because of his part in sending send-ing . the 26,000-ton Scharnhojrst, Germany's only serviceable battleship, battle-ship, to its destruction at the hands of a superior British fleet off the northern tip of Iforvfay last Sunday. ; An Exchange telegraph dis patch from Zurich said influential naval circles in Berlin blamed the sinking of the scharnhorst r on Doenitz lack of understanding! of sea strategy. Doenitz was ordered to report personally to Adolf Hitler the events leading to the loss of the Scharnhorst. Exchange Telesrranh said. He originally was 'put (at the head of the German navy! to organize a ruthless submarine campaign which was defeated (by Allied warships and planes. Both President Rooseyelit and Premier Marshal Josef Stalin seat messages of congratulations! to Prime Minister Churchill on e sinking of the Scharnhorst. t iff : liteMw g o) A THURSDAY,- DECEMBER 30, 1943 Ukraine Army Threatens To Tafre Zhitomir Russians Pursue Routed German Forces Who Are Near Collapse LONDON, Dec. 30 The Red army has scored a great break-through in the northwest Ukraine, sweep ing forward 31 to 62 miles on a 186-mile front and rout ing 22 German divisions in six days of violent fighting, Premier Josef Stalin an nounced today in a special order of the day. MOSCOW. Dec. SO (U Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin's army of the Ukraine smash ed into the outskirts of Zhitomir today in its pursuit pur-suit of routed and demoralized demoral-ized German forces whose 100-mile defense front showed show-ed every sign of imminent collapse. col-lapse. Delayed field dispatches said powerful pow-erful Soviet mechanized ' force! have swept through German for- tifications only three miles from the heart of .ZMtomUv the, fall of which would lay open the way to old Poland and the Balkans. Other Russian forces were reported re-ported sweeping westward from captured Korosten, the second of the twin rail junctions keying the posit ions of " the northwest Ukraine, less than 50 miles from the prewar Polish frontier. Vatutin's army fanned but westward, west-ward, southward and southwest- ward on an ever-widening front already curving through 100 miles of Ukraine flatlands, cracking one German strong ;point -after another. an-other. I The Germans were described as reeling back in "great disorder,' their resistance Weakening at all points, and the frequency of their rear guard counterthrusts dwindl ing steadily. 5 Red Star, Soviet army organ, said Vatutin's infantry, cavalry and armor already had broken through the main forest belt of the upper Ukraine and swarmed out into the relatively open country. Reaping the harvest of six weeks of bitter fighting which drained off the cream of the German strength massed against the Kiev salient, the Russians were striking strik-ing deep into ne wterritory and threatening the last strong points (CaatlaaeS oa Pas Three) Marines Attach Jap Airdrome At Cape Gloucester ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, HEAD-QUARTERS, New Guinea, Dec. 30 uk b. S. - Marines with flame-throwers, tanks and artillery artil-lery were believed attacking the main defenses of the Cap Gloucester Glouces-ter airdrome today in the start of the showdown battle of their four-day-old invasion of northwestern north-western New Britain. The Marines killed more than 200 Japanese Tuesday in a half-mile half-mile advance along an unspecified river to within a mile of the bomb-battered twin airstrips and within machine-gun range of the airdrome defenses. The enemy sought to stem the advance along the river bank with heavy fire from camouflaged pillboxes, pill-boxes, but lets of fire from new ly-arrived flame-throwers quickly reduced tnem. The main force of Japanese, numbering at least several thousand, thous-and, have withdrawn into a tight defensive knot around -the airdrome, air-drome, from which they were of fering increased resistance 'with heavy mortars and possibly light artillery, as well as the inevitable sniping posts. Preparatory bombings bomb-ings and shelling appeared to have knocked out all heavy artillery. ar-tillery. Waves of Allied attack planes bombed and strafed the airdrome defenses in support of . ground forces. t-:S Near the southeast coast f of cape Gloucester, another Marine force was reported holding firm against superior enemy forces who rallied after being thrown back in counter-attacka. " Defeat of. i 1944 Predicted By Admiral King Studies Made to Shift Allied Might From Europe to the Pacific as Soon as Victory Over Nazis 'Seems Near at Hand' Bjf SANDOR S. KLEIN t ' United Press Staff Correspondent I WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 RE) Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet, predicting that Germany Ger-many will be defeated in 1944, revealed today that plans already have been made to shift Allied might from Europe Eu-rope to the Pacific whenever victory over the Nazis '"seems neiar at hand." i King ventured no forecast about when Japan will be defeated. But he said the U S. Pacific fleet will continue to try to lure the main Japanese fleet into battle. Such efforts so far have been In vala. The Japanese have remained remain-ed in hiding and .King doubed that they could Undertake any major offensive in the Pacific. In predicting Germany's defeat next year. King agreed with Gen. Dwght; D. Eisenhower, commander comman-der of 'second front" invasion forces, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, both of whom have made similar forecasts. The admiral revealed studies havie been in progress for several months looking to the shifting of Allied power from the Eurooean KevUS.M-8Tan! fastest and Most Quickly Maneuverable Veapon in Var, j WASHINGTON, Dec. ' 30 raThe army today -permitted release of new details about the M-8 military vehiclea ve-hiclea 75 mm. pack Howitzer mounted on an M-5 light mu cnassisqescrioea py Breach Reported Between Tojo and Emperor Hirohito By WALTER L. BRIGGS United Press Staff Correspondent CHUNGKING, Dec. 30 (HE) Reports of a widening breach between be-tween Japanese Premier Gen. Hediki Tojo and Emperor Hirohito reached Chungking today amid indications in-dications that Japan's war lords are : taking an increasingly grave view of the war outlook for 1944. Information received here in the past tew weeks indicated that fantastic claims of victories in China and the Pacific have entangled en-tangled Tojo in a web of contradictions contra-dictions and caused him to lose "face" with the emperor. . These advices suggested that Hirohito finally discovered he had been deceived about the extent of the Japanese "victory" at Chang-teh,j Chang-teh,j where repeatedly "annihilated" "annihilat-ed" Chinese forces finally defeated an invading column. Tojo and his cabinet members, lt was reported, were pointedly excluded ex-cluded from an imperial dinner partjy- tendered last week for 38 important officials all moderates with the exception of former War Minister Sadao Areaki. Meanwhile, axis broadcasts revealed re-vealed that Japanese authorities, despite their optimistic statements about Japan's strength, have ordered the immediate evacuation of all unessential civilians from Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and other principal cities in anticipation of heavy air raids. Germans Expect An Of Northwest Europe Within Two Yeeks By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec SO (HE) A German Ger-man foreign office spokesman told foreign correspondents last night that well-informed Nazi circles expect an allied invasion of northwestern north-western Europe "within two weeks," the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter said today. . Most allied sources have suggested sug-gested that the opening of a second sec-ond front is months," rather than weeks away, especially since only now is the invasion command be ing, set up under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.. Dagens Nyheter quoted the German Ger-man spokesman as saying that the British press was so "invasion conscious" that . failure of the allies to thrust across the English WAITS ONLT DAILY-SOUTH DAILY-SOUTH OF SALT LAKE ' J -3 Germany to the Pacific theater when Germany's Ger-many's defeat appears close at hand. "I am hopeful and expectant that Germany will be defeated during 1944." he told press as sociatlon naval correspondents in one of his rare interviews. "I am expecting that unremitting pres sure on japan win be continued and increased. "T don't know whether any. one else has announced it but lt would be an obvious thing that studies have been under way for several months looking to a shift Caatlaa Pag Tar army officials as "the fastest and most quickly maneuverable weapon of its type in action by any belligerent.'' According to Hhe .Cadillac Motor Car Co., maker of the cnassis lor Dotn the M-S gun carrier and the M-5 tank, the two weapons form a combat fleam that is capable of delivering a one-two punch and has been high ly useful in the Mediterranean theater. "With its ability to lob high explosive shells over intervening mils or other obstructions, its effective range of several miles and its quick maneuverability, uie m-8 is particularly fitted for assault action against hill-shield' ed- emplacements, machine gun nests and other types of forward defenses," the Cadillac news release re-lease said. The ,M-5 moves ahead in an at tack, and when it runs against a gun emplacement or fortifies tion not vulnerable to its own straight-line fire power, it radios back to its partner M-8 to "lob a few over" at the enemy posi tion. The tank radios back cor rective directions when the first shell falls and "about the third or fourth, shell usually falls right on the target." ' Both M-5 and M-S are equip ped with automatic gear shift, which Cadillac said had never be fore been used on any military vehicle, and which "makes them highly flexible and enables them to be operated at sustained high speeds with no slow-down to shift rears." - This factor,- he added, "coupled with high top speed. makes them extremely hard to hit." Allied Invasion channel or North Sea within the next fortnight would have a bad effect on British morale. , German military authorities also believe an allied invasion Is im minent, the. newspaper's Berlin correspondent said,' though they were less specific regarding the actual date. Military quarters were sata to regard tne reported British Brit-ish commando raids on the French coast' and the channel Islands as symptomatic of an early landing. A London Daily Express dispatch dis-patch from Geneva said Adolf Hitler Hit-ler .was expected to announce for mally In a speech next week the appointment of Marshal Erwin Rommel as anti-invasion commander com-mander In the west. Hitler and Rommel have Just met, the dispatch dis-patch said.' UTAH Cloudy today with few ... snow showers northeast portion v and over mountains north por v t tJon; eloodyj tonight and Friday ; with snow west portion. 35 21 PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 Tvo-Vay Blast Hits Nazis As Raids Resume 9 Americans Bombers Hit Southwest Germany Alter Berlin Redd LONDON, Dec. 30 American heavy bombers attacked at-tacked southwest Germany today a few hours after the Royal air force dropped 2,240 tons of . explosives on Berlin in a raid believed to have completed the destruction of alntost half the Nazi capital. While the smoke and flame from hundreds .of fires set by a mighty British fleet still towered over ' Berlin, the United. States eighth air force swung the Allied offensive of-fensive to a new quarter with a daylight bombardment of un identified targets in southwest Germany. . , . American and British medium bombers, escorted by Allied fighters, fight-ers, attacked military objectives in north France in a large scape sweep across the channel which was compared, by coastal observers, observ-ers, with the 3,000-plane assault on the invasion coast Christmas eve. Fighter planes of the RAF Joined Join-ed those of Lt. Gen. Ira A. Eaker in escorting the four-motored bombers to the region of Germany Ger-many hit with -relative Infrequent cyby the Americans. TWo-Wajf Blast- . The two-way blast at Germany put the aerial campaign back on a full scale basis. It was supplemented supple-mented by intense traffic across the channel during the day, with ' medium bombers joining in sorties apparently directed at the invasion in-vasion coast. i The London Evening News said flatly that it was estimated "half of Berlin has been dealt with." The raid was probably the second sec-ond heaviest -of the war on Berlin. Ber-lin. 20-Bombers Lost Upwards of 800 British four-engined four-engined bombers struck under the cover of clouds on one of the darkest nights of the year, and reports reaching Sweden said destruction de-struction was spread throughout the sprawling metropolis, third; largest city in Europe. "Crews report that the bombing bomb-ing was concentrated and that large fires were seen with smoke rising to more than 16,000 feet," an air ministry communique said. The night's tonnage boosted teetotal tee-total dropped in eight major attacks at-tacks since Nov. 18 beyond, 12,000 approaching the half-way mark In the 30,000 tons which it has been estimated will be required to erase Berlin from the map. Twenty bombers were lost In the Berlin raid and in subsidiary attacks on central and western Germany and northern France, as well as mine-laying operations. Allies Push Up Adriatic Coast As Ortona Falls ALGIERS, Dec. 30 (CE-Canadlan troops pushed , up the 'Adriatic jo sunvx tr) puoXaq nui )svo" Ortona while strong fleets of American Flying Fortresses bomb- mA th TtaUan . tranimopt centers of Miminl and Ferrara, It was an nounced today . An usually brief communique In dicating a slowdown in the violent fighting: which had narea au across Italy said: "The eighth army advanced -in the Adriatic coastal sector and the) localized advance by the fifth, army In the mountains continued. -Elsewhere on both fronts patrola were active." Bitter cold, which followed a snowstorm, and a maze of Ger-.". man mine fields delayed the Brit- . Ish eighth army drive along tho Adfiatie tcfrard Pescara. .Ter minus of tfre trans-peninsula road- to Rome. The Canadians spearheading the) coastal advance had to pick their way through desolate fields littered lit-tered with time bombs and booby , traps to make new contact witn the Germana a mile up the road - from Ortona-' . j . T Inland, the -British Imperials , made another small advance,, cap- . turing a strategic feature north west of Villa Grande and tighten-4 (CeatwaeS oa rage Tare) |