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The' (AP) German radio broadcast a DNI-dispatch from Rome today saying that the Italian "cannot he capital viewed as an open city from thebleg.al point of view at present,' bec,rise the Allies had not answered the Ital:s Ian 'proposal. The German news agency .dispatch added that "no con-- (Tete and detailed definition of international law concerning the declaration of' ri' IONVII to be an open town is in, existence." The Hague conventions of 1907, it said, dealt only with undefended : cities problerri or air bombardments had not been acute at that time." Deaths Laid To Unknown Building Defects in A reportovhich he read to the city commission in persen, nationally Jay W. Stevens, known fire expert, today declared that the Salt Lake Fire Depart. ment and its officers' and men fought the disastrous Victory Theater blaze with all the cour ex. age and skill which might-hpected of any similar, organizacircum. tion under comparable stances. of-- Mr. In short. Stevens, head of the bureau of fire prevention for the National Board of Fire Underwriters, asserted that no blame iihduld be attached to the department for the destruction of the theater which resulted in the death oflast May 19. three firemen He called---th- e department of. ficials "brave and competent." Structural defects, unknown to the firemen, were responsible for the tragedy, he said. rA. very heavy 'projection room for moving pictures fell when the baland pin. cony under it collapsed red- firemen under-- . debris, according to the report. The fire fighters arrived in "excellent time," the fire was fought in the approved manner, and "except for the fact that loss of life occurred, -- thisi fire was not unusual,- and any 'night have occurred inoccurcity." Similar fires are ring every day in various sections of the country; however, several factors stand out con. tributing to the loss of life i the. report states. The report further asserts that: "The alarm was delayed from one and a half to possibly eight hours after the fire started. Undermanned "When the fire department arrived, their attention was directed by workmen already on the ground to the fire in the floor, whereas the serious portionn-a of the fire was a blind. fire space wtder the balcony. floor."the Previously in the report that investigator had disclosed tinder. the fire companies were manne&and in one case a. whole unit was driven to the fire with only One man in addition to the driver; ofMost of the ficers were serving- in- - an active capacity, and all companies Nvere and the construction of the hnilding WA, such as a early-arrivin- under-manne- e rt - - The enormous weight concete trated in the projection room. baying for its souport only the balcony floor, brought the rear portion down very much sooner, than- - would normally be fxperted. Mr. Stevens Insisted that tbe fire lepartment or. r Mr. Stevens - , , e properly manned, Jndoubtedly See FIRE REPORT on Page 2 , Mr. Shields 777.'1 , . , " , , , , " , .... .:: , , C ,,:::,.,,: , !.,,,:::.,!:. - , , 4 !,,,,, I 4::;:!,: ,.. Big Battles Held In Offing The WASHINGTONCAP) nation and the world had from one of President ROOseVeit's closest confidants today a pro. nountement that the initiative in the global war. now held by the Allies, "is of no value unless followed vigorously with great forces." Broadly implying the imminence of further grand scale opera. tions against Naziheld Europe, James F. Byrnes stressed the suc . cess of aerial bombardment- to date, but said the president had authorized him to say that "the major battles lie ahead of us, not behind us." Some observers drew an in. ference from his talk that at. tack by air, rather than by sea and land forces against nu. merically superior odds, might continue to keynote offensive strategy, for the time being at least. There were Indications that the decision in this con. nection may be reached in the Roosevelt.eburchill parleys at - Quebec. Byrnes, director of the Office of War Mobilization and som& times referred to as assistant president, called for greater ef. fort and sacrifice on the home front in order-tpress home the Initiative already gained. In re turn, he promised a "substantial reduction" in the cost of living necessities and gave assurance of Intimate victory, ,,,,,,,,, I i 410!0 : Z. Politics Asked WASHINGTON I (AP)Sen- ator Vandenberg agreed today with War Mobilization Director Byrnes that the less political discussion until next fall the better, but declared "it's a poor rule that doesn't work both ways." Byrnes said in an address last night: "In the fall of 1944 there will be a national election. Then there must be political discussion. Until then the less the better. The people of Atperica are not concerned about party. advantage or personal ambition.'" Asserting that "Mr. I3yrnes is substantially right," Vandenberg commented: "But instead of lecturing the rest of us, I suggest he .start his crusade by getting Henry ,Wallace on the ball aid telling him to pipe down on his t programof disunity speeches. "Then he might remind Joe Guffey that the president doesn't want to hear any more about the fourth-tercrusade until the fall of 1944. Then he might demobilize the palace guard. - Gct Arm Clocks Sixty thou. LONDON(AP) alarm 'clocksan article long uripurchasable in Britain have arrived here from the Unit. ed States, it was disclosed today. 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Stevens' report contrasted sharply with that of the citizens' committee, 'which blamed fire department officials for the deaths of three men lost in the blaze. Seated around the commission table are Commissioner Oscar W. McConkie, Mr., Stevens, City Recorder Ethel Macdonald, Deputy Recorder Frank Shields, Mayor Ab Jenkins, Commissioner John B. Matheson and Commissioner Fred Tedesco. The other member of the commission, George Keyser, is out of the city. - Whisperings, Rumors; Will Be Glad To Leave Some of the citizenry of Salt Lake was denounced vigorously as "whisperers" today by Jay W. Investigation. It certainly was ens and told the fire expert in not the American way." He measured tones: "Your reference then added that in his opinion to this commission as is the chief had "absolutr clear. unkind, uncalled for,cowardly certainly subStevens, fire expert, while ance" of any negligence in the not the to do, and you thing mitting his report to the city should be ashamed. I think it is Victory Theater fire. commission, and the commission Commissioner McConkle leaned just a publicity stunt. You art Itself was referred to as "cow- forward at the table 'around not informed as to the makeup ardly," the lager bringing a which the commission, with the of this commission nor the rea from Commissioner retort quick sons for its action. Otherwise, exception of George Kcyser Oscar W. McConkie. had gathered to hear Mr. Stev. you would not make such a "I came here first in 1902." said Stevens in an aside from his official written findings, "and thought Salt Lake was the most beautiful city in the world and its people the most charming. Something has happened. I'm Truman Future For Utah now glad to get away. after this investigation, and hope I never (Special To The News) vestigated before a report to Con. have to come back. This is the PROVO Utah and western gress of the nation's steel indusmost whispering town now I've ever been in everybody is America will probably gain a net try." remarked the chairman. whispering about someone else profit, entirely independent There was a hint of his report of - nobody out inthe the present vital emergency, from that may.- - be a comfort to the .open and say what he has to and war. industry. say. in the last few days I've the construction of the $200,000,- - greatest peace "Steel, consider 'fig the entire been called on the phone con- 000 steel plant at Geneva, remark is delivering maxi-- , stantly and told.things about cer- ed Sen. Harry S. Truman, famed Industry, mum production at a minimum tain people. but all in confidence committee chairman who is credprice," he said. nobody seems willing to come ited with Saving the nation's tax"Ves," be continued. "there out in the open. I can't stand ten billion ...dollars and are exceptions and these litY.,1 be now payers whisperers, and this, city the waste of billions of noted in the forthcoming restopping Is full of them." in war industry. port to Congress on the entire -Referring to the action of the The committee---rhairman and Industry." commission in demoting Chief Sen. Mons C. Wallgren of Wash. The Utah situation in steel Hanson, Mr. Stevens said: committee member, with points the path to a tremendous ington, "That action, without affording chief counselHughFulton. today in the backlaxpayers the chief to Senator Truman touring the great new Utah cost of war.come before this commission steel plant. Special Investigators pointed out that money can be and defend himself or at least had completed a report before the saved by getting value received bear the charges against him, arrival here of the two senators. in building the industry and. by was the most cowardly thing "The new Utah plant is the last recovering the true economic val. I've seen in my 40 years of fire iron and steel industry-to be in-- - ue of starts with coal, iron and limestone and finishes with steel structural shapes. Tea-Fin- d Investigators for the committee have spent several veeks .condhere to fix the post-wa- r itons of the industry. Hugh Fulton, chief counsel for CHICAGO Truman committee, said as (AP)Members laugh ar several house guests I a on used the committee departed for Gedark, dull Sunday of the Women's Christian Temcats', catnip for the afternoon neva, that the area west of Utah perance Union awoke with the tea. No need-t- o smile; this tea had in peace time required 10 bright. eyes and clear heads to. has a amber color, a sweet times as much iron and steel as and "for lovr believe it or not, was produced in this area. proclaimed that day dark hours" there's nothing like a flavor. "There is no, question of the a good slug of catnip tea. "It was so successful that a supply in Utah of, coal and limeThe ladies ,imbibed of it free- nightcap party was planned stone for a steel industry and ly at an herb tea yesterday in where again catnip, tea was the there is of course good iron ore connection with the three-da- y to meet the present emergency. only drink." A permanent steel industry Catnip is but one of many meeting of the union's execuThe beverage herbs. some of. them native to ' here, he added, will depend on tive cornmittee. was so tasty that they recomWCTIJ America, with which the the iron ore resources now mended its revival as an- - Amer.' has experimented in making being surveyed - on a grand ican household drink. of scale the first time. tisanes, the dictionary term For dark hours," said Mrs. such brews. &They fall Into three The committee departed for Blanch Pennington, "we recomtonics, sedatives and Washington with a complete. regroups mend a cup of catnip. You may stimulants. These herba include port covering the r use prefer to call it a cup of nip, appiemint, red clover, sweet gold- of iron and steel, the cost of makor a cup of nepeta. It is a se- enrod, sage, holy balsam, wild ing the ingots and commercial dative." mint, flax seed, sassafras, per- sheets. bars and shapes, and .the Mrs. Petinington Is director of simmon leaves- ,- alfalfa and pep- costs of transporting the raw manonWCTU the department of terials and the finished product. permint, alcoholic fruit products. She reCatnip tea, Mrs. Pennington Senator Wallgren said that he lated bet discovery of the glories avowed, "is a grand drink, for will not sponsor any industry in or man of good old catnip thus: beast. They say it's good a cats." See TRUMAN on Page 2 "In desperation to provide for ailing . Steel Mill Held Permanent Sees will-com- s -- Women Of WCTLI Sip Catnip it Fragrant, Delicious pre-wa- S 4 . , , - - e "Long--Too- ar t" statement. Yours is a bulldozing attitude." Mr. Stevens thereupon remarked. "You have the right 'to your opinion, commissioner." Later it was brought out that the commission demoted or at least intended to things that had happened in thE department previously. Both the commissioners and Mr: Stevens, who admitted he had been under the wrong impression, said they wished the public to know that the department shakeup bore no relation to the fire that there was no inefficiency on the part of the chief or others., Paralysis Spreads CHICAGO.--(INS)T- he ican Medical , Amer- Association rep3,-tethat the current spread of infantile paralysis has reached ,"almost epidemic proportions." "Indications are that this he the worst year for this disease since 1940. when 9,770 cases were reported," the AMA journal stated. "Through Aug. 7 nearly 3,000 cases. havebeen reported, or more than twice as many as appeared during the similar period d last "California, Texas. Oklahoma and Connecticut appear to be the most seriously affected states. Most other parts of the,country are relatively unaffected. With no more cases than would be expect-- . ed at this time of the year." Eighteen cases. to (late, have proved fatal in the Chicago area. Invasion Fleet Sighted- OTTAWA(AP)The " titfp !';111,00,7Y : , e4" to6sZ,'46'sd'sr4, , ' '71, t-- '' v4;.44.1incgo; 3s " ' LAST AXIS STRONGHOLD IN SICILYMessina, chief cont. mercial port of Sicily, falls to Americans, putting Allies only two miles; from Italy. U.S. Takes Another Jap Isle Nip Stronghold Threatened By Victory I ports,, two cruisers, a destroyer By The Axsociated Frees g anling. boat off the island forces I and American 28 planes. and On the New Guinea front,,Gen. sharply Imperilled japan's last Solomon MacArthur 's- headquarters H an. major sfrongholds in the Islands today as Gen. Douglas flounced, Australian jungle fight7 S. U. MacArthur disclosed that ers wiped out Japanese forces at Troops had captured Vella Lave Ila Tambu Bay ,. only six miles south of Island, 50 miles northwest of the enemy air base at Salafallen Munda,- in a u rp r Ise inva- maua, killing at least 200 Japansion on Sunday. ese. Vella Lavelfa lies in the heart U. S. fighter planes intercepted Solomon-defensesof the P tic m y s northern force of 25 Japanese dive bomb. a the only 70 miles below ers over the New Guinea battle Japanese network of six air bases area and shot down at least 12 onand around Bougainville Island at a cost of only one plane, while at the,upper tip of the 600mileU. S. Liberators again long archipelago.flew 2,500 miles round trip to threatened The coup not oniy blast the enemy oil port of Balikthe Bougainville hilt jeopardized Kopapan in Borneo. On the Burma front, Allied warJapanese bastion at Vila on Island. immediately planes continued their punishing lombangara above- - Munda. Japanese garrisons attacks on Japanese troop concenon lour intervening islands trations, river shipping and other between Kolombangara and Vella targets. Lavella were in danger of being starved out through lack of communications. A communique said 34 Japanese planes were shot down during the RAF Again landing on Vella Lavella. Two U. S. planes were lost.' formaLONDON(AP)Large Imperial Tokyo headquarters tions of Allied aircraft'.-includin- g asserted without confirmation many twinengined American that Japanese naval air units planes blasted at Western sank four large American trans Europe by daylight today. after the RAF's big bombers had ham. mered Turin in their third succesOn Raids Kinks Thrge sive night assault on northern The WASHINGTON(AP) Italy. navy disclosed today that three Reports from the British south. rather than two bombing mis east coast said that squadron aft- sions have been directed against er squadron of planes headed out Japanese positions In the Kurile across Dover Strait- - in Islands in the Western Pacific to continue a great offensive north of Japan. which has been under way for The first raid was attempted nearly 48 hours with only minor on July 10. The second on July Interruptions. , 1'2 The ,Turin show cost the Brit-foIp and the third on August were announced shortly afterward bombers. One of, the' Ili navy 'communicallöns. bombers belatedly made its way In the initial action, the navy back home after initially being said. the weather was bad,. the marked down as lost. ' planes had to fly blind - and could not see the targets when the Drive Toward Bryansk bombs were released 'and it was moscow The'drive (AP) not possible to tell definitely on Bryansk. the hinge of the whether the explosives actually German front southwest of Mosfell on enemy. positions or into cow, is moving at the fastest pace Ihe ocean.the three current Red Army thrusts, the Russian Army newspaper Red Star indicated today. With Soviet troops meeting stiff resistance in the battle for Kharkov. other Russian divisions ahead toHe said that the Germans might Nere moving steadily supported by the make a stand at the Po River, but ward Bryansk that if Allied air bases could be push further north from Spas v "we Demensk. operated from northern Around' Kharkov, Red Star can get in the back door of Gersaid, the Germans were hurling many." "It's a question of morale, he large concentrations of reserves backed up by units of front 40 to said, the same as in Hamburg. The bombing Of Hamburg 50 tanks and air squadrons in .is something no people on earth an effort to improye their precan standno people on earth, in- carious position. Rickenbacker cludings.ourselves." ' predicted use of air power would Bomber Crash Kills 10 in Ten crew eventually bring a'crackup BOISE (Al') German morale. members of an army The famous flier, who repre- bomber were killed yesterday sented Secretary of War Stimson when the plane crashed a short on his battlefront tour but who distance southwest of Gowan said he spoke as a private citizen, Field. predicted that "something is.comlThe .Gowen Pield public rela. ing this winter that will shock Cons office said an army board the worldmaybe sooner," -- of inquiryhad- - begun an inves. to elaborate. In a formal statement, he said tigation of the crash. An POCATELLO (AP) it would take at least a year atter the fall of Germany to defeat "an- attempted landing .by a four-eother savage and treacherous en- gined bomber brought death to serious emy in the Pacific," and added five ere members and at the Po. "only a miracle Ian bring -victory injuries to six others last Base catello Army Air night. sooner." J - - t - y has been designed deliberately to intensify Axis nervous- dled ness over the majority military developments predicted by President Roosevelt. - Eisenhower Mot Come To Quebec t !,11 Athlone, Canada's governor 'general, and Princess Alice arrived today from Ottawa for a one-dastay in the Ciotadel, and will en- 1 , , of Earl. 4" ' Cahada Chief Reaches 9uebec he , -- t 7.tvt..:; troops had been evacuated from Sicily with all their equipment "to the last machinegun" after destruction of all militar y. installations and harbor works as Messina.) ,The lightning advance of the QUEREC.--(AP)--T- r, , L tertain tonight at a dinner at which it was believed President Roosevelt would be a guest The Quebec war conference entered its second week today amid strong indications that the unique manner in which it has been han- Fire Expert Brands Chief's Removal Cowardly Stevens Denounces S. L. As of Car ,t hand-tohan- Europe,- - was onlya matter of hours as the Americans on the. east coast of the island ,wiped up hapless Italian forces left stranded by their German Allies. (The German radio. in a broadcast recorded in London. already had conceded the fall of Sicily. (It said German and Italian :'' 4i: 41,,,, , fortress-o- ' ': : ''''''' ': mmommowoiowoNmoaon.,',. ., , 4 '' ,e ,7,..,..., -'7 L,A-- ., 4,4k.-- ', .,.' - , , - ' YoA....1.0 '::. ,!''..' P:14,,.,1,,C...r.'''''g'.1::f 4'::::: " , ;'(.'' .t.:t,:::::':. r';.::''',.'.;,V!,:.,i'..''''':??..,-.;:,.'::!::: '.:?.,:,.,;!',' , l' " ..: - , :.: f :::: I.'t ' ' :: , ':, ' ,i ) ' 4.: .,,:.::,,,:;,..,.;4!!!,:,;,., :::':: e ,::' .v,&,:, :, k.:', - 4f,i, 4'''. 'T - . , 1: ,': 1:, I ,. ' ::':::,:11'.. - two-mil- f 1::.:,:::',...,,,,::t-,- . AT,' large force of liberators from the Middle East command attacked Foggia. Tortorella and San Nicola airdromes In south. ern Italy with more than 300,.. 000 pounds of bombs and shot down 43 of the nearly 100 en. env fighters that gave them a fierce battle. Eight bombers were lost. ' tillery had already opened fire on enemy in Italy across the e wide strait. Fearful of immediate Allied amphibious attacks against the exposed Italian toe, Axis forces were observed carrying out demolitions in the Calabria region across the narrow waters. ' This first Inditation of a possible enemy withdrawal up the Italian peninsula came as British naval batteries built a wall of gunfire around the foot Of Al.taly' to within 100 miles of Naples.-The complete ,occtitiation of Sicily. the entering wedge in the f ' :,.:::'!:,,..,:::1'..:::''':',,,,::':::7,7,77,s, c,,,,'.2:;,. ' , 7 ',,I.' light surface forces sallied Into Amercicads. 14 mileS from Meg. the channel waters repeatedly sina yesterday. too ..v.a,s facilitatduring the night the enemy ed by a sea.borne landfa'g. evacuation could not be broken Meanwhile, large formations of Allied planes. thundering her. up. In thescarred streets of the aids of the Allied advance, sprawling hillside port of Mes- - pounded communications In Italy and to lesser extent In Sicily Third Division with hundreds of Ions of explothe American . smkshed at, lingering enemy re-- styes yesterday. Sistance in fighting after reaching the. outskirts at 8 o'clock last night. They were the first to reach the city. hut eight miles to the south British-- commandos, aft" er a landing from the sea in defiance of the enemy's guns on both skips of the strait had cleared the way for the approach of Gen. sir Bernard L. Montgomery's 1st' ,Eighth Army. American ' l' 1, ..; ; '''''''''"" - .40.4e1 .er,r7r:.....,7 ...' .,:-,..-.-;:-' man-hour- 2Way Rule For oy , .,,- - I I s IC '::e ::.;,, ,,,7eS,'''''::::::',:,. , ,- :u :: :.:: 'w? ii,:: i:1',::: ,,,,, ',' , t!1 , ; .,.........it 0 . ,.': ,,,:: x, :!,,, offidal announcement from Allied headquarters said American troops captured Messina early today and that the enemy is now shelling the city from the Italian ' mainland. , The announcement said the Sicilian campaign was nOW coded. In the darkness before ' dawn the enemy struggled to extricate his last troops from emba t tled and positions inside Messina motor speed them by boat trips across the straits: Even though American naval forces guarded the northern entrance to the strait and British k..,, . :!,:;... ,, -i- , t :12 ,,,,,,s ,':.,,,4,-i'- , , . :,::,.,:,: ..': 1. An Mr. Matheson E , 4,,,, k,,, ,, , ALLIED HEADQUARTERS NORTH AFRICA, (AP) , , , , Axis Forces Begin Demolition Of Vit al AreptS On Toe Of 'Boot' asthe : - - , , - rived promptly after the alarm was given, "the, fire streams were properly pfaced, and, vittsidering tho olio and location of the building. the acting battalion. chief, Lloyd R. Egan. made a very rapid si?.eup. and - ordered general alarnis within nine minutes. "While ventilation of the build. ing was rather slow, thk was occasioned fad that companies were umlermanned and not properly officered. A sufficient number of truck companieS, .. ,: L.eálieItalian Ilehlot.ITO,pio, Fié.-eitig.OdiAniaji- - tQNNDN---- .. - , Axis Holds Rome Not ,'Open City' ,. ., , I Tht Quebec QUEBEC(AP) war conference entered its second week today amid strong indications that the unique manner in it has been handled h,s been designed deliberately to inover tensify Axis 'nervousness major military developments predicted by President Roosevelt. Arrangements have been completed to receive the American chief executive here shortly for his sixth formal war council With Prime .Minister Churchill. (Don Iddon, London Daily Mail a correspondent, suggested in dispatch from Quebec that Cen. Dwight D. Eisenhower may attend the meeting and added that be in Canada, be mignt already s amid lotThe through he confirmed. a ("There is' growing impres. sion. in Quebec that 'Allied leaders and the .military staff are waiting for. something and someonenot just President Roosevelt," Iddon wrote. "It may be they are waiting for Eisenhower.' said-Thi- I , long-rang- , e - , Turin Raided Strikes - ur ? i , I , - 1 , Rickenbacker Sees Little Hope For War To End Within Two Years Borne, NEW rsdio said today that a large Allied invasion fleet had been Eddie Rickenbacker, home from sighted off Cataniaon the east a 55,000 mile inspection tour-o- f the war zones, said today that coast of Sicily. Invasion barges were declared Italy is being bombed out of the war but that "Germany will not laden with troops and tanks. The report. recorded by the even crack before the fall of 1944 Canadian Broadcasting Company. at the best" a t the present rate was no confirmed by an Allied of the war' s progress: "Germany still has a vast army, source. tons of materialS; millions engaged in slave labor and she is re 2,000 Planes Downed lieving men from her own forces ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN for additional labor and in addition the Germans are courageous NORTH ,AFRICA.- -- (AP)--Th- e Axis loW nearly 2,000 airplanes and intelligent," he said at a press in a futile attempt to defend Si. conference. "I am not a fanatic cily. the northwest African sir on air power, but I firmly believe forces disclosed tonight as the that Germany must be broken from the inside out, not from campOgn drew to an end. ,,, the outside in. He said "Anything can happen Retires 430 Officers In Italy any dayAthink it will - ALGIERS4AP)--Gen- . Charles be a complete blowup." de Gaulle announced today that Rickenbacker expreised' belief 430 French officers of the army, that except for air power the Allnavy and air force, including 40 ies-, would be unable to capture generals. had been relieved of ac- Italy. and predicted an immediate tive command on the grounds of crumbling within Italy, as a retheir age, , sult of bombings. in . I - o four-engine- d I 4 t, j -- ; n. z ' |