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Show Ran gc Grain High Open rtheat " Jul! SeP1 pet .160' 1 The 61 160's 158'. 159 .1601 1 61 Si 159' 1 59' 159 161V. 162 Jtay Yolume IIIE WKMIIMt C1 160 1 60 Number 144. 35. UTAH Fair and windy this afternoon paitly cloudy tonight and Gmoirow with .lfternoon showers and thundcrstoims tomorrow Little change in temperature this afternoon and tonight, cooler tomor- - ommal Price Five Cents. LOGAN, UTAH, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1941. ft Yawata Bombing Termed Succesful fetaifses TOKYO BE JAPANS PITTSBURGH WAS HIT-WI- LL NEXT TARGET OF AMERICAS SUPER FORTRESS? Director EITENDED PROGRESS 01 Logan Rotarians Hold Great Damage Stream of Bombers Termed Hitlers Vaunted Secret Weapons; Nazis Warn of Further Vengeance Moves Fantastic YANKEES A fantastic stream of pilotless LONDON, June 16 U.P nazi bombers rained fire and explosives across southern England all last night and through the morning hours today, and radio Berlin said the robot fleet had smashed at London itself in the beginning of vengeance for the allied attacks Invasion Objective Is Valuable Tanapag Anniversary Banquet Special Harbor on Germany. The na.is struck at England throughout the day, still using the new mystery weapons, but on a smaller scale than last nights raids. ple-sumab- ly TYREE I nits'll Press Staff Correspondent P PEARL HARBOR, June 16 By WILLIAM The Logan Rotaiy club Thuisdny Anevening celebrated its Silver niversary with a huge banquet at 1 was clock The Bluebird momentarily reversed a quarter of a century while the present membership viewed in retrospect the of the club and accomplishments the coming and going of members. at the banquet was Presiding S M Budge, presei t head of the O organization, who introduced Cuy Cardon, only member of the club to have served the Utah-Idah- o district as governor, as master of the Thousand Will Participate In Big Pageant ceremonies 1000 voices will Approximately participate in the production of "The Gates of America, the colorful fireworks pageant to be presented in the Utah State Agricultural college stadium during the Logan Fourth of July celebration, it was reported today by Professor W H Manning, director of the choius 'Nine choirs, the Bel Canto chorus, the U S A C summer school mixed chorus and other singing groups are included in the celebration vocal unit, he declarThe dancing girls, the band, ed the local State Guard unit and naval Logan personnel of the training station will also participate in the production. The scope of this year s entertainment fete stamps it as one of the greatest productions ever staged in the spacious aggie stadium Professor Moyle Q Rice of the has college English department completed writing of the script. He will act as reader over the public address system, while Dr Chester J Myers will have charge of diamatics Miss Helen Strain, dancing instructor at the college, will direr t balk t and folk dances the Smith H Terry and W faille high si hool hand will furnish hi (ompamiiu nt for the production, .besides a concert prior lo the pageant Prof Manning expressed satis faction with the response from the large number of characters in the pageants He received tribute for his efforts, in turn, from Ariel J Berntson, chairman of the cen tial committee Chairman L Tom Perry of the this event patriotic meeting Stated m in Lowill take place at 2 p Special Honor Dr E. G. Peterson, unable to be present, was honored as the only charter member of the club to have remained throughout its existence Other present members who were also charter1 members of the club were Herschel Bullen and M R Hovey Three of the charter .members honored at the meeting were Roy D. Thatcher of Ogden, C M Harris and Joseph E Cardon of Logan. Two past presidents of the affiliated club, not now with it, were in attendance, F P Champ, president in 1924, and Sam Christensen, president in 1925. Beautiful sentiments were expressed by Mrs Margaret Anderson, wife of the first president of the Logan Rotary club, the late Robert Anderson. Mrs Anderson, hailed as Logan s first Rotary of some of outstanding early incidents that laid a solid foundation for Mother, told feelingly the the club two recent deaths in Harry Parker and H J. Hatch, a minutes silence was observed after Mr Cardon had expressed sentiments in their behalf During the period of silence, Tennyson s 'Ciossing of the Bar, was (Vmtinuvri on Page 6 ) Honoring the club, Professor Porler Goes To Capital 20-2- Frank H Jeter, North Carolina State college Raleigh, N C , A J Sims University of Tennessee, college of agriculture, Knoxville, Tenn , L 0 Brackeen, Alabama Polytechnic institute, Auburn, Ala ; Glenn V Purdue Sample Lafayette, Ind ; and Sam-U- el also meet with committee on policies of the and Grant College association, nd will meet with Justice James r Byrnes Following the Washington conference Professor Porter will pre-t- h T tle nallnal conference of mu Amerifan Association of Agri-urCollege Editors, of wh'ch President, at Kansas State Manhattan, Kans June rr 2S and 29 WASHINGTON, June 16 119 Four Superfortresses failed to return from yesterdays raids on the iron and steel works at Yawata, Japan, the war department announced this afternoon, amending a previous communique At first only two of the huge 9 bombers had been reported lost BOISE, Ida, June 16 (UP) The outlying districts in Idaho's back country now slowly reporting thpir scatteied votes have increased slightly the lead of former cowboy crooner Glen H Taylor over D Worth Clark, the conservative the Democratic incumbent, for senatorial nomination in Idaho's primary election W ith 760 of the states 845 precincts ieporting, the United Press returns tabulation of unofficial showed Taylor with an lead 10,468 to 10,385 for Clark The remaining 85 precincts yet to report can easily change the lead again, just as the 52 precincts reporting yesterday changed the lead several times and once had the two exactly even at 10,258 votes apiece The official returns will start coming in from the counncs tomorrow and Monday, the deadline for canvassing by the boards of The recounty commissioners turns must reach the Secretary of State by June 24 when the state meets to board of canvassers check the total stale vote Norm nees must be certified by June 26 C A Bottolfsen Gov had Construction Of B-2- 9 Bases Inspiring Story WASHINGTON, June 16 L lb The story of how the bases in China were built is one of the most inspiring of the war It was tald by James Stewart, former far eastern correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System, who recently returned from Chungking Stewart said plans for the bases were developed in Washington in the fall of 1943 in conferences between Gen H H Arnold, airforce chief, and high Chinese officials In mid January, Generalissimo k ordered the greatChiang est conscription of manpower in Chinese history since construction of the great wall 2,000 years, ago Within 17 days, an initial force of 200,000 Chinese peasants had been assembled at the chosen site in West China and the work was on- - without cement, rock crushing and rcadbuilding machinery, or other mechanical devices The power was provided by human beings, the equipment was their The force sometimes numbetter than 10,000-vot- e plurality hands. over Ben Johnson of Preston for bered 430,000. Under the direction of Col Walthe Republican senatorial nomina-tio- n do Kennerson of Boston, a U S 24 377 to 14 010 army eigineer the project grew "I visited Col Kennerson at work early this spring," Stewart related We stood on one of the largest fields under construction There by actual count, 67 000 Chinese farmers were toiling with 9 te Hansen Services Set For Monday Last rites will be conducted for Hans John Hansen who died Thursday following a six months illness Monday at 2 p m. in Logan Second ward chapel under direction of Frank Owen, bishop Nationally Famous Horseman Judge Local Horse Show -- -- Kai-she- their hands" RED ADVANCE hoise western states for several years A nationally recognized LONDON. June 16 q li Rod and a breeder as also noted NeHe is of Jones W show judge, J saddle horses, be- army forces have captured sev- of fine trainer invitaan vada Mo, has accepted sides for his training and ga.ting eral places in new advances on tion to judge entries at the Cache the Karelian Isthmus, including 2b of show ponies June show Valley night horse different an use Kannelyarvi, 31 miles southeast of will He entnely and 27 at the Utah State was svstem for a Moscow communique rethe at Vnpuri, entries rating NAI LEY HER KILLED college stadium, it W local exposition, according to Mr ported tonight. BY UNITED PRESS announced today by James W allentine T, Approximately $1200 show manager !. Ce,man UNB agenev re-FW CONYFNTION in prizes will be offered, which is committee show the Meanwhile, tolay that Major-Ge- n SALT LAKE CITY. June 16 n ! to attract exhibitors from entries expected the for classes The Utah Veterans of Foreign commander of an elite also listed all over the intermountain area f armored division, had been and announced rules for the calf kill i entries have been receiv- Wars today opened their lltli Already actlon convention here the invasion scramble ed fiom Twin Falls Pocatello, annual three-da- y e braclcast Mr Jones, licensed by the AmerThe VFW auxiliary was also and Malad, Idaho, dispatch was Falls Idaho shows, horse by United States govem- - ican association of (Continued On Page 2) mrot monitors. has judged throughout the middle al , T ft , Agil-cultur- HEADSUPREME 16 June London, QUARTERS, if Pi American troops advanced today to within 2 miles of the ALLIED of Tokyos Nihonbashi district, one of the Jap capital's great com- mercial centers. al main highway and last German-hel- d railroad south of Cherbourg while, on the other flank of the tv' the nazis. reported they had blown up sluices and dikes at Caen, posforeshadowing abandonsibly ment of the ruined stronghold. The weather turned the worst and German resistsince ance stiffened in a number of sectors, but supreme headquarters revealed that the allies had hammered out gains, especially on the Cherbourg peninsula where Lt Gen Omar N Bradleys American troops were driving to cut off the great port Armored forces smashing across the waist of the peninsula on a front were within Only Four U. S. Superfortresses Lost In Historic Raid On Japan Slight otler media The group will part Strengthens m n The airview above shows The later communique said one against Japan with widespread was lost due to antiaircraft assaults m the Pacific in one of plane fire over the target Two failed to on 61, (Continued Page return due to accidents, the crew of one being safe. A fourth was listed as missing Taylor The new from communique headquarters of the 20th air force Vote Lead said bombing against Japan's larg of Logan Twelfth ward Friends may call at the family Problems which will be dealt home Sunday evening from 7 to 9 w'th at the meet include all phas-s- s p m and Monday from 10 a of public information in regard until time of services o the Burial will be in the Logan city government food for free-Program, including the press, cemetery under direction of the adio visual education, bulletins, Kenneth Lindquist mortuary. H Reck, Jr, Rutgers university New Brunswick, N J '4.v3 long-rang- Professor Wilfoid D Porter, college editor at Utah State Agricultural college leaves today for Washington, D C, where he will an editorial advisory deai-n- g council meeting, June with the food information proChildren sports gram of the federal government gan tabernacle will be under direction of Glen Key information men of the govWorthington ernment will meet with seven agricultural college editors headed y Professor Porter The other editors are Laura Lane of Texas A A M College Station, Texas, chap-ma- Advance In - Normandy Is Resumed Jap Reports (The Japanese Domei news agency, in a wireless transmission beamed to the United States, said the Americans landed about one divition, approximately 15 000 troops on Saipan The broadcast was recorded by U S government monitors ) (Another Domei dispatch said e Japanese guns on nearby Tinian isiand bombarded the naval force off Saipan and heavily damaged and set afire one American battleship ) Progress of assault forces at Agiman point at the southwestern end of the island indicated the situation was satisfactory and that further gains were expected Earlier reports said that assault troops broke through enemy defenses at the point, turned back several armored counterattacks and struck in to Charan Kanoa The attempt to seize Saipan was considered significant in the light of its possibilities as a central Pacific base It now appears that the American high command detimed the 9 raid liberately Adolf Hitler finally had launch- ed his boasted secret weapon - American invasion forces, shattering fierce Japanese counterattacks against their Saipan beachhead, swept forward today against principal island installations, including the town of Garapan, to exploit their landings aauaais---.beachhea- est steel nulls was accurate and strut tion of Nippon s industrial effective empire 9 Watt hing the s roll home. Enemy fighter ciaft ofiercd some resistance to a few unit,, Brig Gen Kenneth B Wolfe, com- the said "Antiau--racommunique fire was model ate to intense over the target area No enemy planes were reported shot down" ft ADVANCE ECHELON 20TH U BOMBER BASE COMMAND, Western China, June 16 (L Pi A powerful force of 9 flew the longest air raid in history to pla,ter explosives on the steel plants of Yawata, The Pittsburgh Japan " and officials today described the mission as a "good start loward de- - S 3-2- super-fortress- manding officer here of the new 2oth Bomber Command, grinned with satisfaction today as he commented I believe that Japan can be Industrially weakened by proper of strategic bombing application and that she will rapidly lose the will to wage war when her industrial empire begins to disintegrate No one in the 20th believes this task is a simple one The logistics alone, under which the must iuir their own fuel and (Continu d on Page 5) 15 This was the report today from bond headquarters at 17 North Mam street in Logan Early scattered reporta fiom various points in the county indicated that of the citizens in all parts of the valley is good There is evident everywhere, according to repoits, a determination to back the attack to the limit Two communities, Amalga ard Benson Ward, have reported whirlwind campaigns giving promise of spectacular success in the eai Iv days of the drive Amalga, undet the chairmanship of Howard Bingham, was able to leport as ear v as the second day actual sales and positive commitments of $12 60 $1,600 more than the quota assigned to them The Benson W ard organization, headed by A re-V Reese, with a quota of $22 000 ported sales and commitme.its in (Continued on Page 6 ) Central Market Is Damaged By Fire fire reported to the Logan-Cach- e fire department at 5 57 a m todav damaged merchandise and building fixtures to the extent of hundreds of doll us in the Central Market. 3br West Center rtreet it was reported this afternoon by Fire Chief E S Laurent e VV The building is owned bv Vail of Hvde PaiU but ,s leased and operated bv W J Evans The fire was caused by a short in the A Fool-Pro- Sauveur-L- e miles of St 2Vj Vicomte, rail and highway center vital to the maintenance or withdrawal of the German garrison in Cherbourg To the northeast the Americans scored modest Hd values between Montehouig and Quine-vilia four-mil- e coastal sector in which they were pushing toward Valognes and Cherbourg Confused fighting still swirled through the rums of Monte-bour- g e, A headquarters spokesman revealed that the allies were in of Caumont, firm possession strongpoint at the center of the beachhead, and had pushed two miles southwest from it where British units met the enemy in strength and were fighting superbly" The German DNB news agency reported that nazi engineers had blown up sluices and dikes at Caen, the base anchoring the eastern wing of the German (Continued On Page 6) liquor of hotly-contest- Permits Delayed SALT LAKE CITY, June 16 H Pi Utah s new , liquor permits, scheduled to go on salt, yesterday, have as yet had no opportunity .to prove their fool-p- i oof worth Following a magnificent build-ufor the ntw permits, the state liquor commission was forced to announce their sale had been indefinitely postponed because the eyelets which were to clip the permits to their covers wer9 fool-proo- p Officers Installed fool-pro- With Punch -Filled Fighting m Memorial Services Slated For Soldiers Militaiy memorial services for Duane R Petersen and Hyrum will be held Saturday June 18. at i p m in Hyrum Second ward chapel under diiertion of the American Legion with J H Wright con- ducting The service will be as follows! presentation of colors, American Legion, invocation, Lc Roy Smith; vocal number, male quartette; address, Edwin Clawson, stake presir dent, vocal solo, Harold Hansen of Preston, addiess, S. A Dunn, piano selection, Mis Vinme Clawson and memorial prayer, Lehl Clawson Duane, son of Mr. and Mrs. G Ray Petersen, lost his life while in the service of his country in Italy He had successfully completed more than 40 bombing missions at the time of his death. Church Leader To Speak at Funeral services for Mosos Thatcher respected Logan citizen who died Tuesday morning, will be conducted Saturday at 12 noon in Logan First ward chapel with Bishop H R Cooper presiding and LeRoy Milton, counselor, conducting A speaker at the Services will be Apostle George Albert Smith of Salt Lake City, president of the LDS council of the Twelve. Friends may call at the family home this evening from 7 to 9 p m. and Saturday morning until 11 a m Intennent will be in the family I lot in Logan city cemetery under was brought under bomb fire and direction of W. Loyal Hall moitu-ar- y the Marianas were invaded Premier Joseph Stalin s legions are gathering in the east He TICKET BLACK MARKET promised a mighty offensive to ST LOUIS. Mo , June 16 it Pi supplement the Four men including a Pullman invasion of western Europe 'General Douglas MacArthurs reservation supervisor at St Louis troops are pressing north and union station and two war plant were arrested by the west through the Pacific islands officials In one federal bureau of investigation totoward the Philippines vital theater the United Nations day on charges of conspiracy in are f.ghting a defensive war. That the alleged operation of a railway ticket black market (Continued on Page 2) The Allies Now Girdle Globe 1 -- By Hyrum Lions Thatcher Services Installation rites were held bv Hyrum Lions club Wednesday evemissing ning for Frank Dusenberry, presiIf the missing eyelets do not dent; Cliff Poole, first vice piesi arrive by the end of the month, dent, Perry Hyde second vice Owen Hall, secretary, officials said the old permits would president. Garnell Larsen, lion tamer, Dr probably have to last into July J YV Wright, tailtwister and E until the permits get N Larsen, and Carrol Millei directors organized June 16 cl WASHINGTON, The United Nations today girdle the globe with offensive war Within a bloody fortnight the battle picture has changed in the tenth month of the fifth jear of conflict Officialdom counsels caution warns against electrical refrigeration motor The damage was considerable But there has not been a previous to merchandise and the bu 'ding 14 days like this in the agonized amount cannot be story of V orld W ar II The exact Rome fell on June 4 Hitlers determined until further inventory said Chief Laurence west wall was punctured two days is taken, later. And only yesterday Japan The loss is covered by insurance. anti-invasi- 10-m- Amalga And Benson Reach Quotas In Bond Campaign Cache county bought $295 111 75 worth of war bonds through June against Britain and the mighty invasion arsenal piled up on the island, and British official sources made no effort to minimize the gravity of the attack. All southern England was alerted, and Home Secretary Herbert Morrison confirmed the existence of the robot raiders and promised counter-actio- n immediate in a statement to Commons. German Y ersion A German high command communique said south England and the London City area were bombed last night with new type explosives of very heavy caliber, and Berlin military commentators boasted that the mysterious raiders were a new weapon of the greatest effect" The new weapon used against England is the beginning of vengeance" for the "barbaric allied bombings of the nazi homeland, one enemy commentator said. Large formations of RAF heavy bombers battered Boulogne, in the Pas De Calais area, with six-to- n thu super - blockbusters during The raid centered on shipnight ping in the harbor area, but it (Continued tin Page 0) , Anglo-America- n |