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Show 7 ' 1 1 X u '- Jf 1 . i1'- ' " us ! ' WEATHER UTAH Partly doady this 1 4 Mi if: Soldiers Fight to Hold Levee Against Flood ..'7 ' : "T U ' If : , , rwJ.TTi- j , i'. :- '-T7 0 aireaay, oyeniowmg screams needed thousands ot K'-AMJl - ' . four, rendered thousands homeless. . oosevelt, Dewey Men Lead in Massachusetts Pehnsycinia Primaries Bj UNITED" PRfcss term for, Psideijj; Tloosevelt, xicuu returns irom yesterday .preference primary today, w Polygamists Held True Members Of i Church by Lavyer - SALT LAKE CITY. ADril 26 WRfcr-With ail vr beads of sweat droDPine' from his forehead.At- iostrtey :gk&i&&wr-: today! stoutly asserted that present day Utah $wl are "the ; true members ofvthe Mormon church" . and that anti-polygamy lejjisla tlon was "the result or coneres' A' ilohal coercion of the worst Isort" L' and as a result onconstltuttonaf. Patterson, arguing to uaah ichargES of unlawf ulcohabltation t and conspiracy to practice" plural -;'" marriage against 34 members of $; -the runaamentaust sect, was in terrupted during his lengthy dis . cussion and review of Mormon ; history by Judge Roy Van Cott, ' T wVi a abort Do you claim the defendants were acting In the name of re Uglon?" "iTes, your honor," Patterson re plied. "They belong to the Mor-. Mor-. mon church, in fact they are the true members - of the Mormon church. . The recognized church of JrtV Christ of Latvr-day, Saints, conl-monry conl-monry called the Mormon church, banned polygamy by its members y,;in ana nas '"jrthur 8,257; WendeltL. Willkie. .mt tf tomrf mii w LnI..!"!nJlf-,?""d.il polygamy and aiding the federal and state govemmerla in the current cur-rent prosecutions of polygamy. Patterson claimed that previous previ-ous to Utah's. entrance to the union un-ion "the practices ot congress. Impelled by the churches of the 'land, was the most disgraceful period of American; history." He added that Utah, alone of all new t states applying for admission. ' was kept outtof the union until it agreed "to forsake its own relig-ion." relig-ion." - ' . . ;. The sect counsel quoted the original orig-inal doctrine and covenants of the Mormon ".church where it portrays por-trays the' lord as revealing the church -founder . Joseph Smith: J' , . Touching on having many 'wives and concubines . . . prepare to obey my instructions . V regarding re-garding a new and everlasting covenant , . if a man espouse one virgin . . . and then espouse Coatlac4 on le Three- Officials Study City Power Bond Refunding Bids Members of the city commission and board of utilities were considering con-sidering today two, bids submit ted bv different financial groups for the refunding of a $933,000 city power revenue bond issue. One- bid, the figures not di- lecd. was submitted by a r roup c&iauttirie of Edward L. Burton ; CovLlncoln-Ure Co., both of Silt Lake City, and Paine, Webber, i A The other bid was "by the JohnJXr-Ktiveen Company, the-ottSInal purchasers of the fj-y No action had been taken fcv nnnn lxmiR it ne munuea. i, j the ' commission at noon wnen a . recess was taken for lunch. An ' ' ' afternoon session Was scheduled, . ' at which, legal technicalities were V to be cleared up and probable , acvonvtaKen. uver icvee, ou mucs west 01 juinsas urey, as aaai- led m incomplete and unof- s Massachusetts presidential tiile in the Pennsylvania pri mary, viov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York wa& given a large complimentary write-in write-in vote. : -In all seven Massachusetts districts, where there were contests con-tests on -the Democratic ballot, candidates favoring renomination of Mr. Roosevelt and ODDosine former Gov. Joseph B. Ely, outspoken out-spoken fourth term foe, held sub stantial leads, in some cases as hlgti aaxour- to n .ac, rtrt elected four delegates, d only five pro-Ely Candida were elected. Democratic State Chairman William H. Burke, Jr., claimed a -decisive victory" for the complete com-plete slate of unpledged but pro-Roosevelt pro-Roosevelt delegates. Only In two, congressional districts dis-tricts of MasMuettSi were there Republican contests, and in both, candidates favorable to Dewey, an unavowed Candidates, wer$, leading. lead-ing. In Pennsylvania, 'with 4.000 of me state 8,195 precincts re ported, Dewey pelled 89,817 votes LONDON, April 26 !(lE Prime in an eleventh-hour campaign Minister Winston Churchill re-againat re-againat 2,356 for Gov. Edward; jected flatly today the recom-Martih, recom-Martih, Indicating that the state's mendation of an American con-70 con-70 delegates to the GOP nominat- gressional committee that Great ing convention, though uninj Britain cede some of the-British-trueted by tradition, may cast owned bases now being operated their first ballot for Dewev in-; under lend. lease bv United States ,Bicaa uie lavonte son. Po names were printed on the 1 Republican ballot, but others re ceiving votes in the write-in included, in-cluded, for the same number of "' y-mar- a.roa - etas- tornier governor of Minne- sota, 1,096; and Goy. John W. , daUon that the United States ac-1 ac-1 BricKer of Ohio, 1,774. quire permanent possession "of A slate of convention deleeates favoring President RoOsevelt: for a fourth term was unopposed in the Pennsylvania Democratic vot-ing. vot-ing. . Mr. Roosevelt's name was on the Democratic ballot, and returns re-turns from 1,818 precincts gave him 60,203 votes. A solid front for Dewey will be presented by Kentucky's 22 delegates dele-gates to the Republican national Convention. They were selected at a state convention yesterday and instructed to cast a complimentary compli-mentary vote for Gov. Simeon WilMs and then switch to the New York governor. Mother Dies In Attempt To Save Children In Fire BELLFLOWER, Calif., April 26 (KE) Mrs. Juanita Rodriguez, 22, "was dead today from second-degree burns recefved when she tried to- rescue her two children from their burning home. She and her mother-in-law were blown 100 felt by a gasoline explosion from a refinery pipeline leak. The two children were ere-, mated and five houses in the neighborhood were demolished. Mrs. Mary Aelleno, 70, tee mother-in-law, was In critical condition. Rescue Parties Reach Six Airmen Marooned In the Desert .' T - . m - . . , v' ... - .:-v NeV, April 26-i- (UP Rescue parties succeeded in reaching -six airmen stranded on a high plateau overlooking tee orectpltuous Owyhee canyon, -25 miles- east of , here,- at 11 a. xn. today, and arrived m McDermltt with the fliers early this afternoon- None of the men was & JJured. Vfiuzcns oi Aicxycxnukk vimiw PROVO, t C' TkUphato) acres of farm land, brought death to Strike Threatens Salt Lake & Utah SALT LAKE CITXV April 26 ,m) A threatened walkout among 90 members of the amalgamated amalga-mated Association of Street Electrical Elec-trical Railroad and Motorcoach union today threatened to tie up mall and freight deliveries on the Salt Lake and Utah railroad. ' E. J. Kempton, locall president of the employes' union, and O. A. Rowan, Detroit, union executive board member, were to meet here today to confer on the impending strike. The strike was voted Sunday because of an alleged repudiation of a company contract. It would Lbacoroe eff ectlva.at- thc.end, stL 30-day "cooling off period Kempton said today that the walkout would interfere with freight and mail deliveries to a 'dozen communities between Salt Lake City and ' Payson. Churchill Denies British Cession Of Bases to U. S. armed forces "There is not the slightest question ques-tion of any cession of British territories, not the slightest,' Churchil told commons. His statement was made in re- ply to a question by laborite Rhys Davles in connect cm with the U. S. house committees recommen- bases leased from Britain. "The house may rest assured! vmbi urere unvc oecn no aeveiopr men ts calling for review by the government or the house of the existing position in this matter, which remains ; unchanged," Churchill said. Davies asked for assurance that commons would be given an opportunity to debate the matter if a' request for permanent ces sion or tne bases should be received re-ceived from Washington. , '1 will welcome all the aid I can receive from so valiant a quarter,"' Churchill retorted. German Destroyer Sunk By British Near the Channel tONDON, April 26 (EE) 4 An Anglo-Canadian naval squadron led by the new British cruiser HMS Black Prince Intercepted a German destroyer flotilla at the western entrance to the English channel before dawn today and aarfk one enemy warship wider a siorm or gunfire and torpedoes. rne enemy warsnips, compris- 3g three to four destroyers of the w Elbing class, were sighted off Batz Island; near the western end of the Breton peninsula, and were engaged immediate! bv the An- glo-Canadian squadron. foqaVL lodging and medical supplies sup-plies for use, of fliers and rescuers, rescu-ers, but the medical supplies were not needed. The rescue was affected af-fected by co-oridlnated use of aU possible equipment. Radio trans mission was set up in McDermltt enabling . tee ground; party with jeeps and ambulances to keep In direct contact with planes 'which could guide teem- to tea man. and' Rapperations :: UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, ASjfflL A A House Taen Over By U S. Government Seizes Montgomery Word Co. Chicago ! Properties CHICAGO, April 26 - The federal government took over the Chicago properties of Montgomery Ward and Company today, and placed them under operation of the department of commerce. It was the first time a re tail store has been seized by the government in this war, and the first time the commerce department depart-ment was made, the operating agency. The 'seizure : was the 13th resulting from war labor board disputes since the start of the war. The action was announced by representatives of the commerce department and the United States attorney generai office 24 hours after the . mall order and retail store firm had refused to' comply With a war labor board order for settling a dispute with employes. Undersecretary ofY; Commerce Wayne Chatf ield Taylor came out of a conferenco with President Sewell Avry of Montgomery Ward's and announced that he had delivered to the company a copy of", the president's executive I, or$ler and the authorization for mrectettry of cnmfta ' Hh take over the plant and other facilities of Montgomery ward in Chicago. "With the delivery ot these documents, Mr. Avery told me he does not recognize the legality of the authority, which I have come here to execute and he, therefore, for the reasons he gave in his telegram to the president, refuses to accede to my demands," Tr.ylor said. ' Immediately after the conference, confer-ence, Taylor left for Washington to report to the secretary of com merce. In a telegram to President Roosevelt , yesterday, Avery said that to comply with the WLB order or-der to extend an expired contract with the United Retail, Wholesale Whole-sale and Department Store union (CIO) would 'make a mockery of the democratic right of employes em-ployes to choose their' bargaining representatives freely and without with-out interference." After meeting with Taylor to- da: vy ,reIUlld -t?, Wnrrf hPAdnuarters without ex - - - - i nlaitiincr hntv th commerce de partment would proceed to operate op-erate the firm. Inasmuct. a Avery in his telegram tele-gram to the president had ,hal-lenged ,hal-lenged the right of the jfdvern-ment jfdvern-ment to take over the company. It was expected' that Wards would appeal to the courts in an attempt to block the. seteure., Manpower Crisis SerioiisinUtBh SALT LAKE CITY, April 6 (TE) Government and v Industrial officials today were united- in their efforts to overcome the ln-creasingly ln-creasingly serious - manpower sit uation in Utah. tvyillA the. ar-rrtv la. rallinE' all available men 21 to 26 years of age, women and high school youths'' are being taken into industries and business establishments to re lieve Uie impending crisis. The Utah office or tne ui-s, employment ' meanwhile urged all nonessential workers to emit to essential Industry. The non-essential businesses, including Stores and restaurants, were; balancing this drain on employe's by hiring high school and college boys and irls. T-1 Most of the state's large In dustries,, however, were pleading for workers, tyostserious shortages-existed at the Geneva Steel plant, tee Utah. Copper company andv tne tjian uu xveiuium com pany. . : i 1 at -the. wSP'teBa' determine any emera'-JLr' n-;eda of the stranded fliers. - Civilla-, patrol puots drop ped food, cigarflte and blanke to tee men during their stay on tea mounUin Army autnonues !ssid tlui.men probably would be brourht oack. to their home, base at louhtato Home by motor ve hicle. s 1 k Appropriations Fori I 'oUse 1 Unexpended !Fundson Deer Creek Project To Be Ample To Corktinue Unfinished Con struction; Interior Department Criticized By FRED MULLEN v : : United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. April 26 t tion committee today recommended that the interior de partment oe given 87.bTZ.a80 1945 fiscal year, $9,151,000 by Secretary of Interior Harold h. Icke$ as a bare minimum. mini-mum. . ! . ' ' Criticizing several phakes of the department's orjera tions, thecohtmittee reportto $2,150,117 Funds Still Available For Deer Creek Fifteen western reclamation projects were recommended, tip the house appropriations committee commit-tee for a total of $18,783,000 to tie-spent tie-spent during the 1845 fiscal year, but the Deer Creek (Provo river) project woa not Included because there is $909,117 in unexpended fund -hdn- ttwrTlajttoBwea 'Power- admmlstratRjn; rund and fi,e4,uuo in tne treasruy general, fund credited to the lo cal project Construction has been held up oyine war. production ooard. The total of the. unobligated balances available for construction of wes tern reclamation projects, inclu ing Deer Creek is $34,931,11 The funds cannot be spent er cept as cleared by the WPB. of 14 Western projects on which new construction is expected to be cleared not later than 1946 by the WPB on recommendation of the war food administration. j The estimated construction cost on the; Deer. Creek projects according ac-cording to the. United Press dispatch dis-patch from Washington, v D. C., ia $2.64-6.000 with 19,300 actes Of supplements! lands to be bene fitted. ' ' t-. Other. Utah - projects included in this group are Newton dam, Cache county, $323,000 cost, 1,660 supplemental; Scofleld dam, $720.- i"?"' li!'ouu acres, an suppiemeni- al Inducted Info Armed Services The draft took another sizeable slice from tee list of Utah county coun-ty fathers today when 15 of thejm having a total of 15 chlldreni- left Provo with-i a group 'of 29 Inductees to begin duty with, the naval services. - ..v , i - The", group was given, a farewell fare-well sendoff by Post 13 of tee American Legion, With - Harold J. Mower, district four vice-commander and veteran's representative of the United States employment service, W. L. -MUdenhaU, Frovon USES manager and'T. W. Dyches co-ordinator of public schools, as keynote speakers. Those leaving, all - from unless orwlse , noted, were: . : j ef w 8 Jn""u ir Dixon; Von Stephens, Clarence R- Kirkwood, Mark RasmusSen, Stanley Stan-ley Tayloi-, aifford, N. Wald, Otis L. Burton. Martin K. Snow, Chester Ches-ter M. Filler, American Fork, Fr-ron Fr-ron N. Robbins. American Fork, Louis P. Beffort, Charles M. Wilkinson, Wilk-inson, "Kenneth L. Kruger,' Wil- if . .' W . J T Brown Lehl, Lorenzo G. Roberts, American . Fork, Kenneth L. Wilk- n. Clarence J. Gerhardt, Keith Lockwood., American Fork. Ru-:. Ru-:. 1. Jacobson. Alexander C. B. Av. Wallace, Zennel T. Moss Pleas ant Grove, Claude H, Myers, Grant N. Savage, Donald C Stapleton, Asel W. Stout, Clarence H. Wright ahd Andrew L Cloud. SUITS FILED -AGAINST U. P. ' BOISE, Ida., April 26 (CE Two suits against the Union Pacific railroad charging it with confining; animals in cars for loneer teas 36 29 Registrants hours without rest, food or wateirliy cut Elra ptt from tea outaide and seeking1 $500 damages plus Icosts in each case have beenfUedjformation on 'military operations in federal district court by U. S district attorney John A. Carver. 26 1944 ittee The house anDronria- lor its operations durintf theUn lour and a nan miies oi below the amount prescribed the house said below-budget reductions represented a Very substantiaKcut in prac tically every activity' of the department. - j " The biggest cut-$5,342,000 was jrnade m funds for the Bureau of Reclamation. But previously prev-iously .appropriated and unexpended unex-pended monies could be used .on approved projects, the committee noted, so teat tec practical effect of this cut would be negligible. . ine report praisea as ot oeiin iit assistance to the war effort hho accomplishments of the South- which expects to make power available by July from two new projects, the Denlson and Norfolk danis. It also praised "encouraging" "encourag-ing" increases on revenue 'derived from various enterprises in which the department is engaged. It was critical, however, : of. the department for . having been too liberal, the, committee said, in its requests for selective service de of tee bureau? of mines and the geological survey for carrying on duplicating activities; of the bureau of reclamation for putting too much emphasis on hydroelec tric power phases of ns projects, and of Indian Affairs Commis sioner John Collier; The report said -Collier' Is con scientious and pOsseses a fervent desire to better the standards of Indians, but "in addition to being a weak administrator, he has many fanciful. Impractical theor ies and is likewise- unfortunate, in some instances -In his selection of supervisory personnel. ' It called on-'the bureau of reclamation rec-lamation to. reappraise the. original orig-inal Intent and purpose of recla ma tion legist stkm. The reclaim tng of arid lands.' it said, is and always has been the primary! purpose pur-pose of the bureau, and tee in stallation of hydroelectric power Ua secondary and Incidental consideration. con-sideration. The committee rejected, as not of utmost urgency, alt requests for 'monfy for new positions within with-in Ickes own office. . The committee's overaH action Was regarded as -an indirect criti (Ceatlnapd oa I'sk xwrret TWO -KILLED IN PLANE CRASH STEVENS POINT.' Wls..s April 26 AXE) -Army officers today an nounced that two flyers killed In a training plane crash near tee Stevens Point' airport late yester day -were cuiiora k. bsjdo. Chocteau. Mont, an aviation stu- fdent and Robert L. Anderson. 27. Champaign, 111. Civil Aeronautics 0" to nes When encountered uftdetermlaed authority instructor. dlfficultiea in tee nin Military authorities ordered an L Investiga tion, Eire's Shipping to As Allies Plug UpInvasion TrilMtlON". . Anril 2t (tLV Eire's shipping to Lisbonit wasiNazi bomber formations last night .n,.Mfuul In riihln i fnHav has! attaflr! vSnflfcr.tiona in the been halted and strife-torn Den mark . was isolated as bote ten Allies and the Axis stepped up their preparatlons' for the battle of Europe... ' . -I tJuonn- aa vices saia jtsnusn authorities were understood to have refused to issue navicerts to Eire's Vessels bound for Lisbon. which. If true v.fuld r an a break in - one . of Eire's lastAlutxa wite the continent, ! . . The Alhea already naa virtual world to prevent any leak of ln- preparatory.' to the invasion Meanwhilai a broadcast Gerinan COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TBLiEQRAPH NEWS SERVtCfl 10 Yanks N6ar Aii Jungle Troops Take ' Heavy Toll of Japs In Repulsing Attack c IB. DICKINSON Press War Correspondent VANCED A L L-I E D H DQUARTERS, N E W INEA April 26 U. jungle trotps struck with Hollandia's hiain airdrome, after taking a heavy toll of Japanese in smashing the first enemy counterattack in Dutch New Guinea, front dis patches ,said today, and capture of the airficiai was benevea im minent. The Japanese, who. are estimated esti-mated to haVe 14,000 combat troops in tee Holjandia area, attacked at-tacked the American ,forde pushing push-ing eastward ! from tee j Tanah-merah Tanah-merah Bay beachhead at Sabron, but were throwji back with heavy losses. It was; reported that th Americans also suffered a numf ber of casualties in the engager ment, although the . extent was not disclosed. j Elements of the Japanese; 38th division, whldn recently was transferred from Norte China, ware believed idefndiiyc JfoUaifcl dia, together wite tne enemy a sixtn soutn sea aeiacnment. The 38th division, it was. djs closed, is one of the six Japanese divisions and la brigade which comprise the three enemy armies in the south and southwest ia cific. Official, BOUrccs said the 18th Japanese army was on iNew Guinea with HUe Eighth and 17th armies scattered over the i Admiralty Ad-miralty Islands; New Britain New Ireland, and :tjhe northern Solomons. Solo-mons. . . . Defeat of te Japanese at Sab ron, about four and a naif mues from the airdrome, came as the Americans steadily closed a pincers pin-cers attack oni the Hollandia air base from the! west -and east . in tee precipitous: jungles of Dutch INew Guinea-- - '. The veteran! troops also nad cleared the Aitape area, in British New tfUinea, Jaeraldlng a ! rapid and successful' climax to the greatest Allied offensive in the southwest racttic. The "second force xloslng in on Hollandia's three airfields Hol landia, Cyclops! and Sentani was driving westward from Humboldt Bay along a 23-mlle narrow roaa running through a vaUey behind the towering- Cyclops mountain range and linking the two bays. Geii. Douglasi MacArteur's com-munque com-munque did not give the positions oi the two forces, but front dispatches dis-patches said the Humboldt Bay trroim was encountering better taveHtne conditions than those from Tanahmetrah. Som'e.-organilzed enemy resistance resist-ance had beert expected around the airfields, where front- dispatches dis-patches said Alllied airplanes had spotted -concentrations of Japan-ei Japan-ei e machlne-gjun nests, pillboxes, and ' three-Inch ; anti-aircraft gufls.j ANCIENT PRESS . j GOES TO MUSEUM IDAHO CITY. Ida.. April 86.uu: -The hand-operated press of tee Idaho City Wojfld, one of Idaho's j earliest newspapers, nas Deen ao- nated to the! state . historical society; . The press, wnicn was operaieu for years beginning In 1862 When Idaho City was known as Bannock city, has een gathering dust the last decade or imore. - Portugal Halted leommunlaue' reported that heavy attacked . concentrations , in tee harbors of southeast England King George received' Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Buckingham palace today for teelr second conference within 24 StcrJteolrn tieports said Cermatn had.-completed the isolation of Denmark Ay I cutting, telegraph; communications with . Sweden. 48 hours after suspending telephone rservice ri . - -; The e Tep6rtJs told bf sabotage Iback Nail Jinej m center jT the vihlennit imttantirt: hoiirlv inlAnrio beachhead.- .- 1 ''ui.-r'?S and Denmark, with German armored cars patrollng tea streets of penhagen and "shooting- Ihcidents" in .se-jnu Places. - BijAt sad Ibnnday. wtBrh - I ' rain " beftnnfas sve$t ttortloa iifcrnoon wu iniiu ana' in ease portion Tnursday. Temperaturet: mth. . . ... .51 PRICE CENTS 00 Planes Near Berlin Bomber Force Suffers tNo Loss; Is Not Even Attacked by Luftwaffe 'By PHIL AULT United Press' war correspoaaeal LONDON. April 26 w-K) Nearly 500 heavy bombers of the United States Eighth air force spearheaded the lOth straight day of the pre-in vasion assault on western Europe today, with (a raid on Brunswicjd mam German ai base guarding tee approaches Berlin. . . - The bomber force suffered ru loss, and was hot even attacke4 by German pianos, a conimuniqua said, but six fighters of tej. strong escort were missing. The Berlin radio" said thai' American bombers Sweeping deep intp Germany were engaged ihj violent air battles, and struck fa force at Osnabruek ks well M Brunswick, 100 miles to the east. Strong formations fighte planes flew with the bomb ers attacking Germany or thj third straight day, comprising a i' task force of well over 1,000) planes. Hundreds of Allied medium, light, and fighter bombers swarmed across the channel reTays rniffitaK' tKe assauhTaM the section of Germany's ' Ate tic wall" across the neck of tef channel. -' , Thunderbolt, Lightning, and Mustang- fighters in strong ;forci escorted the big bombers striking; at Brunswick. 120 miles west off Berlin in the heart of the region, noted for its heavy German fight;' er opposition. - Despite Nazi propaganda re ports of fierce resistance by er man fighters, the first returning crewmen reported only light coun- terthrusts as they bombed Brans- wick through a cloud cover, u A United States communiqua announcing the Brunswic kattacH said it was the ninth operation In TO Aavm rir tha WAvMYt air forpn and the 19th this month,' 13 o wnicn were overMermany. t i The pre-l-nvasion bombardment! of western Europe roared through! its 10th day after Mosquito bombers bomb-ers of tee Royal Air Force strucK y night at Cologne, industrial capital of the Rljiinelahd,v suffer ing ho loss. . - ' i- Ah' official sufimary; reported "good; results", 4n the American bombing attacks yesterday on three airdromes fin northeastern France, and rail 'yards at Mann helm and Landau, permany Madrid dispatches published Inv London wespapers said the lied air attacks nad tnrown tna entire French raUroad system In kto "complete chaos." with -mor than 2.000 repair workers unaDiO! to keep pace with tee destruction. German planes continued, teelr armed recoariissanc oyer i thei English south coast last nlgh- seeking out signs ofAllled prePM atlons for a, landing on .tee Q ropean ' coast. Some dropjSedP bombs aimlessly lh .the sea "Oft Jn- ppen country when 'they encotih terrd a heavy Britisn anu-aircrais barrage. At! least foUr enemy planes were shot' down, j By early accounts tee Bums wick defenses, failed to liya up) to teelr reputation for toughness today. Several crewmen of ona division reported seeing a; few (CaUcS inm Tai War in Brief By United i AIR WAR Nearly 500 fccaftj bombers of tee U. S. 8th air fbrca fspearhada 10th straight day': of preinvasion i assaults wiin ma unf Brunswick,' main German air basis guarding approaches to Berthi. , fft RUSSIA - German high com mand reports - Russians have launched big off enslve on brda4 front in Dnestr valley, apparently signalling end of lull on e front. , - -. PACIFIC - American forces strike rapdUy,to- landia's main airdrome of air field Is helieyed i: ITALY U. S. heavy Dound ehemv aircraft ol large railroad bottlenecks tn ern Italy4 American Infantry hd artuiery join m assault- pusm del INDIA Allied troop capture Djfi) 1 V Ml astern; vara not aiid fall. Dunmeni.t. bomber ant and norths'' Co-Uklapao just nor of xmphal plains inflicting heavy- casualties CO Japanese forces.. - 1 4 1 ( l,h |