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Show ' f GVg Lewis Trial mm Court Denies Cloudy, Warmer today Mid "tonight with fresh southerly winds. Cloudy with llfht rain Thursday. High today 64. low tonttfit 46 and high Thursday 62. i SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 227 . a : $1 Million Glaze Sweeps Laramie, Wyo. Two Business Section Blocks Destroyed as Wind Fans the Flames LARAMIE. Wyo., 'April .14 (U.R) A $1,500,000 fire was brought under control here today after it had been pushed push-ed by a 45-mile-an-hour wind for four hours and had gutted gut-ted nearly two blocks of the business district. It had been feared that the flames would spread to a garage where large quantities of gas and oil were stored, but firemen mm four towns confined it to an adjoining building to end the threat. No casualties were reported. Mnwpvpr. the Red Cross set up disaster headquarters to care for 20 families that were Durnea oui of their homes. National guardsmen guards-men and soldiers were pressed into in-to service to patrol the streets and prevent looting and to keep people peo-ple out of areas where there was danger of falling walls. Fire Chief Blake Fanning said the fire "is under control." He estimated damage at about $1,-500,000, $1,-500,000, although "it could be much larger." The fire was discovered by Police Po-lice Officer Vern Trabing. He noticed no-ticed a "glow" in the W. H. Hol-liday Hol-liday structure, Laramie's largest larg-est building. He said that the "whole back of the four-story building blew out" when he investigated. in-vestigated. Trabing said the wall of the Holliday building fell on tne aa-joining aa-joining Mahse-Baker Motor Co. and the flames quickly spread to other shops and offices. The block housing both buildings was completely com-pletely gutted Trabing said. At least IS buildings, including in-cluding several apartment units located on upper floors, were destroyed. Firemen were hampered in their efforts ef-forts by lack of water power. Looting of stores in the fire area was reported and about 50 volunteer policemen were put on duty. - Fire companies from Fort Col lins, Colo., and from Ft. Warren, and Cheyenne, Wyo., were rushed rush-ed to the scene. About 250 men were actively engaged in fighting fight-ing the flames. Central Utah Bond Drive , Quotas Listed Central Utah county chairmen and quotas for the federal government gov-ernment Security Loan campaign a voluntary peace-time government govern-ment bond drive to be launched throughout the nation from Apr. 15 to June 30 were announced today by Earl T- Ross, state director di-rector of the movement. Of the state's total quota of $8,750,000, Utah county citizens will be asked to buy $450,000 worth of series E, F and G govern ment bonds during the drive. Fay Packard, Springville banker, has been named Utah county chair man. W. C. Andrews. Nephi, and Carol Galloway, Eureka, will be -jpo-chairmen of Juab county's drtvewhich has a quota of $70,'' 000. Sanpete citizens will be asked ask-ed to buy $105,000 in bonds, with their drive directed by Ray P. Dyreng, Manti banker, who is also head of the Utah Bankers" association. R. C. Draper, Heber banker, is Wasatch county chair-(Continued chair-(Continued on Page Two) News Highlights In Central Utah Central Utah Quotas Announced' For Security Loan Drive ... 1 Provo To Get 2 New Lower Grade School Units 1 Site Chosen For Central Utah Vocational School 3 Key-Making Ring Broken Up ' At Utah State Hospital .... 3 BYU. BY High Cage Champs Honored At Victory Fete ... 11 Y JV Vets Burn Communist Literature t i'V'M 7- WXK Veterans of Foreign Wars and Catholic War Veterans In Rochester. Roches-ter. N. Y., tear and burn Communist literature grabbed from hall where about 1000 veterans broke up Communist party meeting. Violence was kept to minor scuffling a police protected about 60 speakers, party aides and the audience as they left the hall amid jeers from hecklers. Russia Appears toJiayeGEven Up Hope of Victory in Italy By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent Russia appeared today to have given up hope of a Communist victory in the Italian elections Sunday. That was the only interpretation interpreta-tion that could be placed on the Soviet Union's flat negative reply Floods Drive Thousands From Homes BY UNITED PRESS Thousands of persons fled from their homes today as floods struck hard in seven states. The Ohio river was the biggest troublemaker. Fed by rain and swollen tributaries, it climbed above flood level in Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky Ken-tucky and Indiana. Hundreds of families were evacuated in Ohio. Several hundred hun-dred more families left then-homes then-homes in Kentucky. The higti water disrupted mining in Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, and threatened homes in West Virginia and Indiana. In Grand ForksT N. D., the Red river surged over its banks, driving 50 families from the city and East Grand Forks, Minn., across the river. U. S. weather forecasters at Chicago said the Ohio river was rising rapidly all the way from Pittsburgh to Evansville, Ind. It was four feet above flood stage at Cincinnati early today. Tonight, To-night, it is expected to climb to 59 feet, seven feet above flood level. The Ohio rose three feet above flood stage at Louisville, Ky., to day and river experts said it was headed for 60 feet, or five feet above tonight. COMMUNISTS SEND NEWSPRINT TO ITALY PRAGUE, April 14 (U.R) The Communist newspaper "R u d e Pravo," reported today that six carloads of newsprint will be rushed to leftist Italian news papers as an election gift. Communist Party Registrations WASHINGTON, April 14, r.fr The house un-American activities committee today approved a proposal pro-posal that would require allCom-munist allCom-munist party members to be registered reg-istered with the federal government. govern-ment. The committee plan would call "or registration of the Communist party as an. organization as well 3 registration of the individual members. Rep. Karl E. Mundt, i., S. D., said the group approved ap-proved the proposal unanimously. Mundt told reporters that the plan would not require individual PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, MINI UUvJ r&r ypj fi J 7f ' ..." Ai to demands of the western powers pow-ers that the free city of Trieste be returned to Italy. In notes to the United States, Britain and France, Russia rejected re-jected the proposal as "unacceptable" "unaccept-able" and added that it would be a violation of the "principles of democracy." There were other courses the Russians could have taken had they still believed Communists might win in Italy. They could have delayed any answer until after the elections, or they could have agreed to "negotiate" the demand, and then turned it down later. Italian newspapers, except those supporting the Communist cause, made capital of the Rus sian rejection with banner head lines. Belief was general among both Italian ' and informed foreign sources m Italy that the Com munists could hope for onlv around 30 per cent of the total vote in the elections which will name a new senate and chamber cham-ber of deputies. Russia was on the defensive also al-so in two other phases of the around-the-wor!d cold war against communism. Radio Moscow broadcast a denial that Russian Communists Com-munists were responsible for the bloody uprising which killed up to 800 persons in Bogota, Colombia. Ana in Korea, Communists in the Soviet-occupied northern zone of the country called off a scheduled sched-uled meeting of political leaders from all Korea, apparently because be-cause of the abrence of two rightist leaders from the American-occupied southern zone. It was suggested that the U. S. had influenced the leaders to stay away. In Bogota, the inter-American conference was resuming formal sessions in a school gymnasium. In Germany and Austria, Russia Rus-sia still held the offensive against the western powers in the war of nerves. A Soviet-inspired Berlin newspaper suggested that Russia might seek to regulate allied air travel to and from Berlin along the international air corridor over the Russian zone to the west. The paper charged allied pilots with "inexperience" and said they needed to be regulated. Russia already al-ready has restricted rail and road travel to Berlin. communists to register. But the party itself would have to supply sup-ply their names for justice department de-partment records. The proposal will be part of the general anti-communist bill now being worked out by the committee. The committee had previously previous-ly approved provisions to require communist front organizations to register with the justice department. depart-ment. The new proposal would embrace the communist party and its memberfas well. UTAH, WEDNESDAY, Needs of Army Held As Vita! As Air Force Army Asks Congress Not to Put All Its Chips on Air Force WASHINGTON, April 14 (U.R) The army today asked congress not to put all its chips on the air force. With the house apparently set to vote more money for air power than the administration adminis-tration wants at this time, Gen. Omar N. Bradley warned: "The only certain, and safe guarantee against enemy air attack at-tack is to seize and hold the bases from which his aircraft would fly." That, the army chief of staff continued, is a job for land and naval forces. Bradley pleaded with the house armed services committee com-mittee for both universal and military training and selective select-ive service legislation. Bradley said he wanted a regular reg-ular army of 822,000 backed up by 258,000 in the reserves and na- ..iliofial. guard. The wmxnov .has 542,000 men, more than 120,000 short of its present authorized strength of 669,000. With both houses in session, developments included: (- Veto The house overrode a presidential , veto for the second time in two weeks. The test came on a bill to exempt independent newspaper and magazine vendors from social security act coverage. President Truman vetoed this measure as he had the tax reduction re-duction bill. Hughes-Meyers A senate war investigating committee major accused Howard Hughes of squandering government money on wartime plane contracts which didn't pan out. It also accused the air force of failure to keep a crit ical eye on the Hughes projects and of "vacillation and indiscis-ion" indiscis-ion" generally in handling war contracts. First Year President Truman asked congress to appropriate $4,245,000,000 to finance the European recovery program during dur-ing its first year. Congress already al-ready had appropriated $55,000,-900 $55,000,-900 in stop-gap aid until the program pro-gram gets under way. Provo to Erect 2 Buildings By Next Fall to Relieve Elementary School Congestion Provo city will have two new 1 12th North. It will consist of lower grade school units one in the northeast and the other in the southeast section of the city ready to accommodate 150 chil dren each by the time school be gins next fall. This was revealed today by Superintendnet J. C. Moffitt on behalf of the board of education, which reached the final decision for construction at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The new "primary grade units" Mill consist of five rooms each for kindergarten, first, second and third grades. They will be constructed con-structed as the first wing plans which can eventually be expanded ' to full-sized elementary schools of the general type and sixe now under construction in the Grandview area. i The northeast unit is to be built on a site owned by the school district on the east side of Ninth East between 10th and Favored Mundt said the committee also gave formal approval to parts of the bill which would: 1. Forbid any member of a Communist organization to hold any non-elective job in the government gov-ernment or run for an elective office without identifying himself him-self as a member of the organization. organiza-tion. 2. Prohibit the issuance of passports pass-ports to communists. The committee com-mittee must still go over other sections of the bill before sending send-ing it to the house flqor. APRIL 14, 1948 ? W) n (g m a JV Dewey Comes In Second; Senator Taft Poor Third Stassen Continues Sensational Progress Begun in Wisconsin In Omaha But Stassen Wins in Lincoln OMAHA, Neb., April 14 (U.R) Harold E. Stassen, form er Minnesota governor, won the Nebraska presidential primary today by taking the farm vote. Stassen split the city vote with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, who came in second. Dewey came out ahead in Omaha, but Stassen won in Lincoln, the state's only othe' sizeable city. "The prairies are on fire for Stassen," said State Sen Stassen Victory In Nebraska Tough Setback for Taf t By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent! WASHINGTON, April 14 (U.R) Harold E. Stassen's presidential primary election triumph in Nebraska Ne-braska hit Sen. Robert A. Ta't's campaign today with block-buster impact. . . .-. . "Stassen led the field of seven potential Republican presidential nominees oh the basis of incomplete incomp-lete returns. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Dew-ey of New York was a good second. sec-ond. Taft was a poor third. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, Michi-gan, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gov. Earl Warren of California, and House Speaker Joseph W. Martin. Jr., of Massachusetts were almost too far back to be counted. The returns hit Taft hard because he reluctantly had accepted ac-cepted -the Nebraska primary as a prairie test of his popularity. pop-ularity. He had planned to enter only his own Ohio primary. pri-mary. Nebraska was forced upon him. Taft told reporters he would have no comment on the returns until later today. Dewey's comparatively com-paratively good showing failed to black out the licking he took last week in Wisconsin where Stassen won 19 and MacArthur 8 of the state's national convention delegates. dele-gates. Dewey was blanked there. Yesterday's Nebraska test was forced on most of the candidates. A bi-partisan state committee de-(Continued de-(Continued on Page Two) about eight acres, after the school board .acquires a plot of land to the east from Brigham Young university. The board has been given assurance from the university uni-versity that it may acquire the additional space. The southeast unit will be located lo-cated on a nine-acre tract owned by the school district east of Ninth East and south of Seventh South. It will be south and partially par-tially west of the Wasatch Garden's Gar-den's subdivision. Cost estimates of the two units have been carefully studied by the board, Dr. Moffitt said today, but are being withheld pending outcome of bids on the jobs. He said the call for bids is expected to be issued "very soon." The move is deemed an absolute necessity to lesson the present over-crowded condition In the city's elementary ele-mentary schools, Dr. Moffitt said. While more school space will eventually have to be constructed, construc-ted, he said the elementary condition con-dition next fall should be much better because of the proposed new buildings. The new north-cast north-cast and southeast units should lessen the pressure In the lower grades in both those areas, and the full-sized elementary Grand-view Grand-view school scheduled . for use next year should help the situation situa-tion in the west part of the city. A complete beating plant suitable sui-table for taking care of the entire en-tire buildings as eventually planned plan-ned will be installed with the two partial units to be built this summer. When the buildings are eventually enlarged, no addition- ral cost will be necessary for a heating plant. PRICE FIVE CENTS Victory; Dewey Wins ,i red A. Seaton, Nebraska cam- paign manager for the Minneso-tan. Minneso-tan. Stassen's victory added to hh triumph last week in Wisconsin enhanced his chances in the GOF presidential sweepstakes. His total to-tal vote in yesterday's primary on his 41st birthday was almos as great as that for Dewey and Sen. Robert A. Taft combined Returns from 1.528 of 2.024 pre cincts in the Nebraska primary gave: Stassen 60,298: Dewey 49,563; Taft 16,533: Vandenberg 7,356: MarArthwr.572fWarren "1,363; Martin 887. Stassen lost only seven of the state's 93 counties. Stassen, Dewey, and Taft-had Taft-had campaigned in Nebraska in advance of the primary. Vandenberg was entered in the race against his will, and Warren and Martin did not campaign. . Stassen's victory over Dewey was not as overwhelming as the one he achieved in Wisconsin a week ago. In that election Stassen won 19 national convention dele gates against none for Dewey. MacArthur, far behind in Nebras ka, won eight delegates in Wis consin. Nebraska also elected delegates to the national convention, but they are not pledged to any candidate can-didate and are not bound to vote 'or the primary winner. Chief importance of the Nebraska Ne-braska balloting, however, was not its effect on the 15-man delegation dele-gation to the convention. It was the effect of a popular vote on the rest of the country. Scottsbluff, Neb.. April 14 (U.R) The vote in Dewey precinct in yesterday's primary election was Harold E. Stassen 33, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey 11. ALBANY, N. Y., April 14 (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey served notice today that he would continue con-tinue to press his campaign for the Republican presidential nom ination despite his defeat in the Nebraska primary. Dewey issued a statement in which he said he was "much heartened by the support of so many of the citizens of Nebraska in yesterday's primary." . The statement was issued by James C. Hagerty, Dewey's executive execu-tive assistant, who was immediat- ly asked if this meant the governor intended to continue campaigning, especially in Oregon. "That's pretty good specula tion, Hagerty said. Colombia Has Not Broken With Russ BOGOTA, Colombia, April 14 (U.R) Colombia has not broken diplomatic relations with Russia yet, a government source said to day. Highway 6 Bids Held to Be Excessive By Ogden Office OGDEN, April- 14 (U.R) The Ogden office of the public roads administration today recommended recommend-ed that all bids for grading and resurfacing of 13 Vi miles of U. S. highway 6 in Utah be rejected as "excessive." Highway 6 runs from Santaquln to Eureka and Delta. Low bidder on the job was Olof Nelson of Logan, who submitted sub-mitted a figure of $454,721. Engineers' Engi-neers' estimates for the job set a figure of $293,498, the federal road agency reported. Second low for the job, which extends from th Nevada-Utah Lewis Motion For Dismissal Goldsborough Denies Series of Defense Objections and Motions for Acquittal . On Contempt Count; Lewis Denies Guilt BULLETIN '! WASHINGTON, April 14 (U.R) Both the government and the defense rested their cases today In the contempt trial of John L. Lewis, who did not testify. Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough denied defense motions for acquittal on civil and criminal contempt . charges. WASHINGTON, April 14 (U.R) Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough batted down a series of defense objections today to-day as John L. Lewis was tried on charges of contempt for failing to call off the coal strike last week. Goldsborough started by denying a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Lewis and the United Mine Workers union. Then in quick succession, the judge overruled defense objections to more than a dozen government statistical exhibits designed to show the nation was harmed when Lewis ignored for nine days an April 3 court order to end the soft coal strike "forthwith." Lewis' action, the gov erment charged, constituted contempt con-tempt of court. At the start of the juryless trial, counsel for Lewis and the UMW entered routine pleas of not guilty to both the civil and criminal crim-inal contempt charges. A highlight of the first hour of he trial was an admission of a overnment witness Dr. W. H. Young of the bureau of mines hat he had submitted his ma--rial to the government's chief -unsel before putting it in final pe for use in testifying. "Do you mean you chsfnged the iswers as government counsel w fit?" Goldsborough asked. Young said some "slight chang--. were made, but not by the jus-ce jus-ce department. The trial opened-two days af-r af-r Lewis got a settlement on his "nsion dispute and ordered the liners to go back to work. But many miners were slow to heed Lewis' order. A survey sur-vey showed that more than half of the nation's soft coal diggers still were sitting it out apparently waiting to see how their chief fares In his contempt case. Lewis, his face pale Ar.d drawn, sat impassively in the same court room where the same judge Goldsborough fined Turn and the UMW $3,510,000 for contempt con-tempt 17 months ago for failing to obey a court order to call off a November, 1946 strike. There were no dramatics, no fanfare during the morning ses sion. Lewis slipped quietly into the crowded courtroom 18 minutes min-utes before the trial started and took a seat in almost the same spot where he sat 17 months ago Lewis kept silent. Welly K. Hopkins, chief counsel for the UMW, did all the talking for de fense. But Lewis probably will have a lot to say when the defense pre sents its side of the case, possib ly tomorrow. This was the government's day in court. The government contends that Lewis ignored an April 3 court order directing him to call off he soft coal strike "forthwith." Lewis called off the strike Monday Mon-day nine days after the order was issued. The government took the position posi-tion that Lewis' action came too late and that he thus was in con tempt. Lewis, accompanied by his lawyers, entered the courtroom at 9:42 a. m. EST 18 minutes before the trial started. He strode to a seat in almost the same spot he occupied 17 months ago. His fact was drawn arid pale. , The courtroom, with a capacity ca-pacity of less than 150 persons, pers-ons, already was filled when Lewis arrived. About 75 persons per-sons were lined up outside waiting for a chance to get In. Assistant U. S. Attorney Gen eral H. Graham Morison and his assistants were in the courtroom before Lewis arrived. Except for an occasional aside to an aide Lewis sat Impassively. As soon as court had convened, conven-ed, UMW Chief Counsel Welly K. Hopkins told Goldsborough the defense wanted the charges dismissed dis-missed on grounds they did not conform with criminal rules of proceedure. When Goldsborough rejected the motion, Hopkins then entered not guilty pleas to both the civil (Continued on Page Two) line east in Millard county, Utah. was Strong Co., Springville, Utah with a bid of $485,595. The thirc bid was by W. W, Clyde, also o Springville, with a figure of $51 840. , The Ogden office said that i had recommended to-the Den ver divisional office of the fed eral public roads administratic that all bids be thrown out i "far too excessive." If the Uenver office, acts c the Ogden recommendation, tr job will "probably be shorten and re-advertised," the Ogden o fice said. Over Half Of Coal Miners Remain Idle PITTSBURG, April 14 (U.R) More than half the nation's 400,000 soft coal miners stayed stay-ed away from the pits today. They hinted their 31-day-old strike would continue indefinitely indefi-nitely if John L. Lewis was sent to jail for contempt of court. The United Mine Workers voted in local meetings throughout through-out the coal states to ignore the. oacK-to-work orders of their union chief pending the outcome out-come of today's court case in Washington against Lewis and the v vim wx.aiiiv.il, jii;fiuf;nfc OI IOf ' 2,300-members Robena local pressed the views of many miners. v V.- "If John Lewis Is fined, there's enough money around to pay the fine. But if he goes to jail, I don't know what will happen," Ozanich said. Some 170,000 soft coal miners. and nearly all the 35,000 striking anthracite miners, returned to work yesterday after Lewis won $1,200 yearly pensions for UMW members over the age of 62 with. 20 years service. ; However, most of the Urge commercial miners and the' "captive" mines of the steel ' industry remained closed as UMW members voted t0 "wait and see." ; West Virginia miners led the back-to-work movement yesterday yester-day with 61,000 returning to the mines. In Pennsylvania, 22,000 returned; re-turned; Illinois, 21,000; Kentucky, 30,000; Alabama, 10,000; Ohio, lr 500; Indiana, 4,500; Virginia, 4,000; Wyoming and Colorado, 8,000; Tennessee, 4,000; Oklahoma, Oklaho-ma, 2,000; Washington 1,500. ' Steel companies were forced td make further cuts-in production produc-tion as coal supplies dwindled. Carnegie-Illinois, a subsidiary of U. S. Steel, banked more blast furnaces yesterday. Others were hoping the strike might be finally final-ly settled by the court action today. : .: : Seven Indicted By Grand Jury In Fraud Case PHILADELPHIA, April 14 (UP) Two former U. S. commissioners commission-ers were among seven persons in- aictea today by a special federal grand jury investigating passport frauds which enabled Chinese Jo leave the United States and return re-turn illegally. s? t Cited on charges of issuing fradulent documents, were former for-mer U. S. Commissioners Norman J. Griffin and Howard Long. , Griffin resigned suddenly' as commissioner for the eastern Pennsylvania district last month after U. S. district court judges had reportedly conferred with him over issuance of the passports. pass-ports. Long, who had served previously, pre-viously, is a prominent , Philadelphia Phila-delphia admiralty lawyer. Also Indicted by the grand ' jury which opened the Investigation In-vestigation April 9 at the re- -quest of U. S. Attorney Gen- -eral Tom Clark, were Warren I. Belcher, former passport clerk in the V. 8. district court: Robert P. Press, for- , mer deputy -clerk, and three Chinese, v. Both Griffin and Long were .larged with issuing fradulent ocuments, under their- official jals; which enabled Chinese with 3 right in this country to obtain -jssports to leave the U .S. and return like ordinary citizens, ey also were charged with mspiracy to defraud the gov-rnment, gov-rnment, -s ' |