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Show THE WEATHER UTAH Partly cloudy east and cloudy west portion this afternoon after-noon and tonight; clondy Wednesday; Wednes-day; little change in temperature today; slightly wanner tonight and cooler west portion Wednesday. Wednes-day. CALL THE HERALD If you dont receive your Herald before 8:30, caU 495 before 8 o'clock and a copy will be aent to Vou. Temperatures: High Low 76 S3 FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. Maw To Face Hot Battle In Primary By CARL WELTI United Press Staff Correspondent SALT LAKE CITY, April 4 ue The way the Utah political situation is shaping up, it appears today that a hot battle may be in the offing off-ing for the state's chief executive post. If such is the case, it will be in the primary election, not the general election, and It wUl be within the Democratic party ranks. The deciding factor in the case will be whether disgruntled Democratic Demo-cratic leaders and there are plenty of them can agree on a candidate to oppose incumbent Gov. Herbert B. Maw. Anti - Maw Democrats have grown strong since the governor reorganized the state government machine and ousted many old- time members of the party. This, combined with difficulties over the leadership of the finance department de-partment during the past "two years, has made many Maw enemies, ene-mies, and the results are expected to be felt In the election this year. Despite the breaking-away, in ternal strife in the Democratic party has not reached the point where it will allow another party to come into power. Even Repub licans admit that while the Republican Re-publican upsurge is strong, It likely like-ly will not be strong enough to upset the Democratic party In Utah. Political observers point out that if Mr. Roosevelt runs again for president and there is little doubt that he will his popularity with the voters will be enough to sweep back into office practically any Democratic party choice for Utah state posts. Only two persons have been named by anti-Maw faction Democrats Demo-crats as principal prospective candidates can-didates to run against the gov ernor. They "Wb1 " gccittary of I State E. E. M on son and State Senator Stanley N. Child. Neither has shown much inclination to run so far. leaders may draft Child as a candidate can-didate in the race.. If he does run. backers predict that he will defeat Maw with not too much difficulty. In the Republican ranks several possible candidates have been mentioned for governor, but none has yet made any definite commitments. com-mitments. Most prominent among those mentioned are David J. Wilson, Wil-son, present Republican state chairman; Gus Back, J. Bracken Lee and Dr. Adam S. Bennion. Wilson and Lee also are reportedly re-portedly eyeing the U. S. senate post Wilson, in particular, seems' to nave his sights set on Senator Elbert D. Thomas' post. State Representative B. H. Stringham and Lee are mentioned' as likely Republican candidates for Walter K. Granger's congres-sion congres-sion post, while Salt Lake Police Chief Reed Vetterli is mentioned as likely repeat candidate for the congressional post held by J. W. Robinson. No serious opposition for the senate and house of rcpresenta- ifJontlaard on f'mur liirm Red Cross Quota May Be Reached By Next Monday The Utah county 1944 Red Cross war fund drive, running into an .overtime period smce the "official" "offic-ial" closing of the nationwide campaign March 3-, Is expected to reach its $59,300 quota "by next Monday". Bob Bullock, drive chairman, announced today. Collections to date are $56,376 leaving $2,024 yet to go to put the county over the top. However, it was pointed out that complete reports re-ports are not yet in from all districts dis-tricts and workers. "From reports I have received the workers are continuing to do a fine job throughout the county, and are making a special effort to close the drive up as soon as possible," Mr. Bullock said. "I feel sure that we shall reach our goal by next Monday we may even go over our quota." However, he warned that there could be no slackening of efforts until the success of the campaign cam-paign in this area is assured. He urged again that everyone who has not yet made their voluntary donation do so when the workers call, pointing out the great need for funds during wartime. In the face of all obstacles such as the previous war chest drive and the residential drive, Mr. Bullock said, the Geneva Steel plant, under the leadership of Walter Caine, has made another drive for the Red Cross "with outstanding out-standing success." He thanked everyone for their "splendid support" of the drive this year in spite of the many extra expenses that war has brought. 215 Grand Jury Probe Into Ogden Mayor's Resignation Urged OGDEN, Utah, April 4 Weber County Attorney M. Blaine Peterson said today that findings in the investigation inves-tigation of the sudden resignation of Kent S. Bramwell as .mayor of Ogden would be presented to the second dfstrict court with a recommendation that a grand jury be called as soon as possible. Circumstances surrounding the resignation have- been under investigation by the Utah attorney general's office for the past two weeks. When tne investigation is completed com-pleted the findings will be turned over to the court. Peterson discussed results of the investigation so far during an eight-hour meeting yesterday with Attorney General Grover A. GUes, his assistant, Zar E. Hayes, District Attorney John A. Head-ricks, Head-ricks, Ogden, and Ogden Police Chief T. R. Johnson. They agreed that a grand jury Investigation would be in the public pub-lic interest. The officials declined to comment com-ment on the discussion of the lengthy report, but issued a two Delegation Leaving For Los Angeles To Seek Backing for New Hotel Here A hotel committee delegation from the Provo chamber of com merce will leave tomorow for Los Angeles to "contact personally persons who have shown Interest in the possibility of constructing Wisconsin Gives Yillkie Campaign Acid Test Today MILWAUKEE, April 4 (UE)- Wisconsin voters gave Wendell Willkie's campaign for .tha. Republican Re-publican nomination the acid test todav in a primary election to select the state's 24 delegates to the .GOP national convention. ..Willkie. during a 13 days tour of- the state which ended last week, indicated he was prepared to stand or fall on the results of the Wis consin balloting. He said tho pn mary today would be the mo3t important im-portant in the nation. Although Willkie was the only candidate to campaign for the Wisconsin vote at the GOP convention, con-vention, he was opposed by slates of delegates pledged to three others in today's balloting. Fifteen of the delegate candi dates were pledged to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New York. They made the race in spite of Dewey's request that they withdraw. Nineteen delegate candidates were running in support of Lt Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota. Stassen through the navy department, an nounced he would not seek the nomination but would accept if it were offered. General Douglas MacArthur was represented by 22 delegate candidates. candi-dates. He did not acknowledge them or make any statement concerning con-cerning the campaign. Only Willkie had a fuU slate ol 24 delegate candidates in the field. In the Democratic primary nly President Roosevelt was represented repre-sented by a fuU slate of delegate candidates, and he was the only contestant. A partial slate of 13 candidates was offered in opposition, opposi-tion, but they were not pledged to any candidate. Holmes Comes Out For State Office SALT LAKE CITY. April 4 (C.E) J. E. Holmes. Utah chief deputy treasurer, today was the first announced an-nounced candidate for Utah state office in the 1944 elections. HolmeB said he would run for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer. He has been a resident of Salt Lake City since 1935. Prior to that he resided in Carbon county for 23 years. Holmes served 10 years as chief clerk and paymaster for the Utah Fuel Co., at Sunnyside and held a similar position for 13 years with the Royal Coal Co., at Royal. He served one year in the accounting ac-counting department of the state road commission and has been employed em-ployed by the state treasurer since 1936. Two Utahns Die of Injuries Suffered In Automobile Accidents Earlier SALT LAKE CITY. April 4 (UP) Two Utahns died today of injuries in-juries suffered in automobile accidents. Thomas De La Mare, 79, Salt Lake City, died from injuries suffered suf-fered when struck by an automobile auto-mobile in a downtown Salt Lake City street March 13. Richard Fenn, believed a resi PROVO, paragraph statement saying that some additional investigation must be made and is now under way in connection with- certain phases of the matter," and recom mending that a grand jury inquiry in-quiry be ordered. Giles ordered his investigation after a conference with Peterson on the many rumors that followed Bramwell s resignation. Although the officials reported they did not know how long com pletion of the investigation would take, they indicated that it would be ready in time to have the mat ter acted, on by the next term of the district court, beginning in May. a new hotel here, it was learned today. The committee made up of Chairman Cliff Talbot, Clayton Jenkins, Bob Bullock and John O. Beesley are slated to return about next Monday, after conferring confer-ring at length with the prospective prospec-tive backers whose names were not learned. It was reported that the committee com-mittee had decided to go to Los Angeles in order to "show the pos sibilities of a hotel in Provo' more persuasively than could be done by mail. The action follows considerable discussion on the subject by various vari-ous .civic leaders here, spearheaded spearhead-ed by chamber of commerce ac tion. About three weeks ago a delegation del-egation from the chamber visited with the city commission, reveal ing at that time that they had been making efforts to interest outside backing for the construction construc-tion of adequate hotel facilities here. It Is presumed that were such backing to be forthcoming from the present or future negotiations the construction would be ear marked as "postwar construction" because of the rigid control of building materials at this time. This idea was expressed at the commission meeting, which was primarily to interest the city in conducting a survey of local busi nessmen to determine the amount of building which could be anticipated an-ticipated during the slack postwar era. They pointed out that at pres ent the city rs in great need of larger hotel facilities.' which would rank such construc tion near the head of the list after peace come if backing can be received. U. S. Egg Drying Industry Scored For Profiteering WASHINGTON. April V (U.E Government officials "charge today to-day that some sections of the egg-drying egg-drying industry are engaged in lucrative profiteering that is net ting them excess profits of more than 1,000,000 a week in sales to the" War Food administration. The WFA is buying dried egg powder, largely for lend-lease, at the rate of 6.000,000 or 7,000,000 pounds weekly, and considers 25 cents a pound justifiable margin to allow for costs and a reason able profit. However, these officials said, many driers, taking advantage of low egg prices caused by unpre-dented unpre-dented production, are reaping gross profits 6t as much as 55 cents a pound. WFA officials admitted there may have been some profiteering but called the 1,000,000 estimate "outrageously high." It was disclosed, however, that Tom G. Stitts, chief of WFA's dairy and poultry branch, in a strongly worded letter to all egg drying plants, has ordered them. effective Wednesday, to bring offering of-fering prices into line with costs. dent of Helper .Utah, was killed today when his automobile plunged plung-ed down an embankment in Spring Canyon, one mile north of Peerless, Utah. Highway patrolmen said they believed a flat tire caused the accident. ac-cident. The two deaths raised the states traffic fatality toU to 31 so far this year. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH, TUESDAY, APRIL ' ap Ships Soviet Forces Push 11 Miles Into Rumania By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW, April 4 So viet tanks and motorized in fantry rolled across the Rumanian Ru-manian plains a dozen miles beyond the Bessarabian border bor-der today, relentlessly widening widen-ing and deepening their bridgehead across the Prut against disorganized enemy re sistance. (Radio London reported that Red army forces were more than 15 miles inside Rumania, encircling encir-cling German garrisons and wiping wip-ing them out.) More than 50 Rumanian towns and villages were swept up by Marshal Ivan 8. Konevs 2nd Ukrainian army in its first thrusts across the Prut river border along a 70-mile front curving to within eight miles of Iasi, strategic railway rail-way Junction that formerly served serv-ed as headquarters for German Marshal Fritz Erick Von Mann-stein. Mann-stein. The Soviets already had cut the Iasi-Dorokhoi railway, forcing the Germans to fall bf ck 30 miles to the Bucharest-Cernautl line for another north-south supply line. Northwest of the Rumanian front, Marshal Gregory K. Zhu-kov's Zhu-kov's 1st Ukrainian army waged a battle -of annihilation against 15 encircled Germarl divisions normally nor-mally 193,000 mn near Skala, 38 miles northeast of Cemautl, and drove to within 20 miles of the southeastern corner of the 1939 Bug river demarcation line across Poland. The Russians killed 3,000 Germans Ger-mans and captured 1,200 others yesterday in the Skala pocket, reducing re-ducing it to approximately 800 square miles. The seven trapped infantry, seven tank, and one mechanized divisions were reported report-ed attempting desperately to break out of encirclment, but instead were being split up into isolated groups for easy destruction by tank formations. Rather than risk having their heavy equipment fall into Soviet hands, the Germans were applying apply-ing the torch to their tanks, guns, and trucks. A least 2,000 burned trucks were found in one area, while 40 tanks were blown up in another. The 1st army climaxing a four-week four-week offensive that liberated up to 16,178 square miles of Soviet territory, reached to within 20 miles of Germany's government general of Poland with the capture cap-ture of GorokhoVi 50 miles south of KoweL Some 1,500 Germans were killed in the fighting for Gorokhov and tire nearby town of Berestechko. Another 100 localities fell to Konev's left wing and to Gen. Rodion Y. Malinovsky's 3rd Ukrainian army in their converging converg-ing drives toward the Black sea stronghold of Odessa and the vital escape railways leading out of the Ukraine. Americans May Have to Tighten Belts, Says Benson SALT LAKE CITY. April 4 (C.E Ezra T. Benson, executive secre tary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and newest member of the Latter-day Saints church counsel of twelve aoostles. fwarned today that Americans may have to tighten their belts next winter. Pointing out that weather conditions con-ditions have been exceptionally good for farming during the past few years, he said that this condition con-dition could not be expected to continue. This, together with labor and farm equipment shortages, he added, ad-ded, makes it appear that city folk have to lend full aid to food production if they - want to have enough food next winter. Benson was one of several high L. D. S. church officials to arrive here for theohurchJs 114th annual conference Thursday, Friday and Sunday. BODY RECOVERED FROM BEAR LAKE MontpeUier, Idar.,; April 4 UE Funeral services were being arranged ar-ranged today for iParley Smith, 39, Fish Haven, whose body was found near Garden City Sunday. Smith had beeal missing since Jan. 22. His body was found after snows began to jnelt. He had died from exposure. Threat Grows -5 ATP? l . l If 4 vCM(TT ! fitS mm 1 (NEA TeUohotoJ apanese pushing toward Imphal force withdrawal of British 15 miles Inside India border, other enemy ipear heads press attacks iuriousiy ind British acknowledge deienaers had "taken up new positions." Budapest Bombed For Second Time By the Allies LONDON, April 4 (U.P Allied air forces launching a day and night bombardment of Budapest, aa the Red army massed before the Hungarian frontier, attacked th city for the second time within with-in a few hours last night, kindling at least five big fires in the capital. capi-tal. (The National Broadcasting Company reported from London that a desperate attempt by the Germans to strip Rumania of oil and food, and transport it through Hungary to Germany had taxed all water and rail lines around Budapest, accounting for the Ailed Ai-led bombings.) Allied headquarters at Naples revealed today that Liberators and British Wellingtons struck in some force at Budapest by night after American heavy bombers had given the city its first major assault of the war. Radio Budapest also reported attacks on five other Hungarian towns, and said there was danger from mines in the Danube evidently evi-dently sowed by Allied planes necessitating a suspension of traffic traf-fic in at least one section of that vital water line to the Balkans. n ui t .uiuni iv Chaplin Case Handed to Jury; Court Puts Stress on Comic's Intentions HOLLYWOOD. April 4 U.R) The federal court jury considering con-sidering Charlie Chaplin s fate on white slavery charges recessed at noon today for lunch until 2 p. m. PYVT. By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, April 4 (UP) Federal Judge J. F. T. O'Connor today handed the Charlie Chaplin white slavery case to a jury of oldsters with instructions to find him Innocent unless they were convinced Chaplin had immoral intentions in buying Joan Barry a train ticket to New York. "You are instructed," Judge O'Connor said, "that the fact that a journey from one state to another, an-other, followed by Illicit intercourse, inter-course, where the journey was not for that purpose but wholly for other reasons, cannot be regarded re-garded as a violation of the so-called so-called Mann Act." His 60 instructions to the jury of five middle-aged men, five matronly ma-tronly housewives and- two spinsters spin-sters covered 19 typewritten pages pag-es and required an hour for him to read in soft scarcely audible words. Must Be Evidence "To justify a conviction" the judge continued, "there must be convincing evidence of the intention inten-tion to transport the woman named nam-ed for immoral purposes and that such intention was formed before the woman reached the state to which she was being transported. "If the intention referred to did not exist before the woman commenced com-menced her journey but was formed form-ed after reaching said state, and thereafter illicit relations was had, a conviction under the act could not be had under such circumstances." cir-cumstances." O'Connor virtually ruled out much of the spectacular testimony testi-mony in which the multi-millionaire comedian and his former dra ma protege admitted romantic in 4, 1944 F ire Jap Invaders Near Imphal Hurled Bach NEW DELHI, April 4 Japanese invasion forces have been hurled back into the mountainous jungles along the Indo - Burma frontier, after penetrating to within 10 miles of imphal, iront re ports disclosed today. Semi-official estimates in dicated that 11,000 to 12,000 ene my troops have been killed or wounded since the start of the invasion last month. NEW DELHI. April 4 U.E Allied warplanes have blasted Japanese invasion forces moving across the Burma frontier into India, a communique disclosed to day, bombing and strafing arm ored columns ana neadquarters command posts. Tne blazing aerial attack apparently ap-parently intended to smash the Japanese rear lines and stop the flow of tanks and reinforcements into India, swept over a wide area from tho Chin hills up through the Chindwin river gorges and deep Into northwest Burma. Formations of dive-bombers, fighter - bombers, and fighters struck repeatedly at enemy posi tions Sunday and Monday, raking the Japanese with bombs and can non fire. Japanese tank columns, motor transport, headquarters buildings and "other targets" came under the Allied aerial bombardment, and the communique revealed that one tank was destroyed, two others were damaged, and six more suffered hits in the Tamu area. A "very successful" dive-bomb ing attack also was ccrried out on a Japanese headquarters at Myothit, the communique said. The communique reported that ground fighting had subsided on the entire Chin hills front south east of Imphal, capital of India's Maniph state, and one of the main objectives of the Japanese lnvas ton rorces. xnere was no new word, however, on the progress of fighting further north in the Somra hils and the lower Nara hills, where several enemy columns col-umns had driven to within striking distance of Tohima and had cut the Imphal-Kohima highway at least temporarily. timacies during lessons in Shakespeare Shakes-peare at his Beverly Hills man sion. "You are to definitely understand," under-stand," he said, "that the defendant defend-ant is not here on trial for any such alleged immorality prior to tne dates alleged in the indict ment, and it is your duty not to concern yourself tnerewltn, un less ... it tends to prove the question of intent." Chaplin Status Immaterial Urging a verdict reached with out sympathy, prejudice or pas sion, O'Connor warned the jury to disregard the fact that Chaplin Chap-lin has remained a British subject through his 30 years in Hollywood. Holly-wood. He also warned them not to consider the fact that Chaplin faces two otter trials one on a (Contianr Has Ttirc) ralay on Late News Flashes LIQUOR PRODUCTION URGED OGDEN, Utah, April 4 Sen. Pat A. McCarran, D., Nev., said here last night that his senate judiciary subcommittee sub-committee will recommend to congress that production of liquor be resumed for a 30-day period. . McCarran said the purpose behind his recommendation was to bring out of hiding the millions of dollars worth of liquor the committee found is now being hoarded. He said this would also combat the black market. ALGIERS, April 4 Gen. Charles De Gaulle became be-came supreme commander of French armed forces today, and immediately proclaimed in a broadcast to the French people that "no authority is valid unless it acts in the name of this government." TRUK POUNDED AGAIN WASHINGTON, April 4 & The Japanese base at Truk was pounded for the eleventh time in six days by heavy army bombers last Sunday, while other U. S. planes bombed and strafed the enemy air facilities at Ponape, 360 miles to the east, the navy announced today. A Pacific fleet announcement said that only three planes rose to meet the Truk attack. COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE Secretary Reveals Heavy Enemy Losses By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 4 n The U. S. task force which invaded the western Carolines to smash at Japanese bases only 460 miles east of the Philippines, sank or damaged dam-aged every ship anchored at Palau, Woleai and Yap, at an initial cost of 27 American warplanes, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox announced today. In the first official report on the Palau operation since the March 30 announcement that it had started. Knox told his news conference thati American ships and planes also sank three enemy ships found near the three anchor ages. He expressed skepticism over Japanese claims that they sank two U. S. cruisers, damaged two battleships and a carrier, and shot down more than 80 U. S. planes. Manila Alarm A "curious aspect of the bat- tie, which lasted from its incep tion on March 29 to April 1, Knox said, was that Manila had a brief air raid alarm. Knox did not know, however, whether any American planes attacked the Philippine capital. Simultaneously with Knox's conference, con-ference, the navy announced that U. S. submarines have sunk 14 more enemy ships in Pacific and Far Eastern waters, bringing the Bucharest Bombed For The First Time By American Planes By DONALD COE United Press War Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES, April 4 ujr Several hundred American heavy bombers smashed for the first time today at Bucharest, Rumanian capital and Balkan Balk-an transport center only 200 miles ahead of the Red army, sweeping down across the plains of Rumania. The United States 15th air force stepped up its campaign cam-paign directly supporting the Russian drive into the Balkans Balk-ans with a destructive smash at Bucharest 24 hours after its heavy bombardment of Budapest, capital of Hungary and another key base in the Nazi defenses of southeast Europe. Allied night bombers followed through last night with a second assault on Budapest, and authori ties announced that 1,000 tons of explosives were dropped in the Hungarian city in less than 24 hours. simultaneously it was an nounced mat American gunners shot down 115 German planes in the Palm Sunday raid on Styr, Austria, 90 miles west of Vienna. The downing of one other plane elsewhere made a day s total of JUDGE TO RESIGN SALT LAKE CITY, April 4 UK Third District Judge George A. Faust, today announced that he will resign his post, effective April 15, to accept a position with the veterans Administration. PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 A Ml 2 U HJU Attack Knox total submarine bag since Harbor to 517 vessels sunk. Pearl Knox also disclosed that navy and marine corps gunners have shot 4,316 Japanese planes out of the air since Pearl Harbor at loss of 921 of their own planes. The figure of enemy losses, Knox said, included only those shot down in combat or by anti-aircraft fire and not those destroyed on Lack, Information Knox said he had received no information as to how many enc my ships were caught and de-. stroyed at the three islands by the strong U. S. force. Woleai is about midway between Palau and bomb-blasted Truk, and Yap ia 250 miles northeast of Paau. Palau Pa-lau is 1,055 miles west of Truk. The Japanese, however broad-cast broad-cast claims that they had sunk: .two U. S. cruisers south of tha ( Coniurt o pa Eight 116 a record bag for a single day in the Mediterranean theater. Flying Fortresses and Liberators Liberat-ors escorted by Thunderbolt and Lightning fighters pounded Bucharest Bucha-rest "in considerable strength," a special announcement said, indicating indi-cating that several hundred heavy bombers were sent against the citadel of shaky resistance in Rumania. Ru-mania. Today's attack on Bucharest, all-important rail center and main supply center behind the southern Nasi army front, was the first of the war by the western Allies. Red air force planes were reported re-ported to have hit the city twice, a year apart in September, 1941 and 1942. Officials said the Germans wera making full use of Bucharest' rail facilities in a desperate attempt at-tempt to supply end bolster their forces described by Moscow as falling back in disorder before Soviet invasion forces in northeast north-east Rumania. Lt, Gen. Car A. Spaatz, commander com-mander of U. S. strategic air forces over Europe, and Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Allied commander in the Mediterranean theater, sent congratulations on the "splendid bombing" of Budapest. Buda-pest. War in Brief RUSSIA Soviet tanks and motorized Infantry roll over Ru mania plains 12 miles beyond Bes sarabian boarder, widening and deepening bridgehead across Prut. PACIFIC Tokyo radio re ports Japanese planes inflict heavy damage on U. S. task force south of Carolines; intensification of air assault on Truk and other Japanese bases in Carolines looms following American occupation of 10 more atolls in Marshalls. ITALY Fighting on Italian battle fronts subsides into series of heavy artillery exchanges and small scale patrol actions. AIR WAR Allied Air Forces launch day and night bombard ment on Budapest. . ! |