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Show K., t V oumal The Remembet . . Pearl Harbor LOGAN, WED UTAH, X K S J DAY, A N I' 10 A K V 4 Price Five Cents. 2 C KJWM Afl uwu Wartime Bomber Production Weath er Has Form Reversal Twenty-tou- Is apanese Progress Acknowledged In Malaya BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Proxs Foreign Editor and mechanized at American and ntish defenses guarding Singapore today in what may be a new assault on the haxe of iv naval base. Enemy casualties v're reported heavy but progress as acknowledged in Malaya. air Japanese This above, afternoon it was IS and ten inches ol" snov. had fallen riod. in that Such is today's weather stop,-- . Completely reversing his form, the weatheiman last evening threw up a cloud spreeu. took away the biting temperntuies n all-o- Denies Report report possibly designed ton regarding Amen-,jit information warships was broadcast by ne Saigon Japanese - controlled niio that United States and Jap-- i had nese warships engaged in attle 6o0 miles west of the presumably in the Sula I in. The report said an American ottleship was sunk and another c maged and that a number of . , panes" destroyers were damag-1A Phil-rpine- s, i - Economist Forecasts i.st. rhihnpines, severe fight-wa- s renewed by the enemy More Control tainst American defense lines in e Bataan peninsula front with apanese bombing planes again Economists in general at the ading the onslaught with new Ticks on front and rear lines twentieth annual conference of the .d a rind by 45 craft on CorPacific Coast economic association ridor fortress. last week agreed that there will be more and more government "Heavy fighting has been with the enemy increasing price control this year, after the Canadian pattern, Professor Evan icssure at all points," a war B. Murray of Utah State Agriculcommunique said. reported Tuesday. "Defending troops are continu-i- tural college, Professor Murray returned from their steady and valiant " the meetings, held at Univeisity of Southern California, prior to regAirplanes Hit Several Japanese airplanes were istration at USAC Monday. econoPhases of the two-dat by American at Corregidor, which the mists confab this eyear dealt conand postnemy is seeking to reach by siderably with war-timliving down the east coast of war economic problems as well as with regular divisions of public! ic Bataan peninsula. Professor The operations in the Philip-ne- s and private commerce. were primarily a delaying Murray said. Ur. A. W. Currie of tmn against the University of British Columbia Japanese in an the t Continued on made an invaluable contribution to Page Eight) conference discussion m In the i Price g anti-aircra- ft y de-ns- treating! economic rela- tions in the present war, he com-- 1 Canadian-America- ogan Cinema Club An oi unusually interesting meet-- g the Logan Amateur Cinema to be held tonight the chamber of mmerte looms, according to allace Kirkman, president of the ab will be that & ci clock in lab Shown at the .0 fall contest meeting will be pictures. Somespe-- u of the Philippine lapictmes nds taken Col. Matthew A. by Toss USAC. makers of Cache Val-- y are urged to be presort to see e many fine pictures to be 'own. During Winter Quarter Founders ciay Urch 4, assembly on celebrating the 54th of the colleges founding, 8 ""inter ( leniiar quarter items on the 0f special events at Utah ate Agricultural college, it was i.50,1 m tbe president's office THE MINISTRY TAKES TO BICYCLES Ji lesday. F 'Mo listed on the college's DURHAM. N. C., Jan. 7 d'.D PV,nls slate was the Durham ministers have decided to assembly on Feb to bicyclea on their pastoral tY 20 Midway between the take calls to conserve automobiles, tires, Tho ivs of the two famous ime in presidents, the assem- - oil and gasoline. It was agreed at a meeting hero Pingiam will feature Governor yesterday that automobiles should hprt B Maw-- , be used less in the ministers duuthi events listed on the win except for funerals and longschf(Ue were, February 20, ties, er trips. to 23 Bal: ; February fl,ltary in Leaders ; 'U Training. March 4 and 5. presenta-"Rlgoletto. college opera, ,r ucl1 20 the traditional 'mg ronC,.rt of the college band, s mbt.v series during the staged by the M(y organization on Bri- win-a,H- , 1 1af1Mtnbhes ,.1, , i, p m , toy. t H O student- committee on a. m. and by lyceum bureau on mites. J'Mnwhiln, se- - Registrar William h ... rpm"dcd seniors that bp the last day on 1 iv hPi lc,Rlon8 for Kraduatlon ?. accpP,el and that January i ,aiillnp lor addition of t'HNi,sUlV Individual schedules. "ter quarter ends on March I H. Jan-W'ne- r Record Expenditures Go Largely For War July 1940 Taylorsville Man Dies In Accident BLACKFOOT, Ida., Jan. 7 trn Darker, Taylorsville Utah, was killed last night and three companions were injured in an auto accident caused by slippery pavement. Haiker was returning from a funeral when his car skidded Into a telephone pole Injured were Bruce Harker, Hyrum and Joseph Bennion, all of Taylorsville. It wns the first traffic accident death In Idaho this year. Production In Order To Smash Axis lit JOHN 1). GONZALES Jan. 7 ID-- WASHINGTON. program Cot of he lodav stood at $ah, 083, 000,000, and President Roosevelt warned that still moie would be needed as the s5o-airplane plan hits its stride. Since Fall of Franre The iost figure is calculated from July 1. 1940, immediately after the' fall of France. It in-- i In.. lex actual disbursements of fi,3ol 000.000 for the fiscal year 1941. estimates of $23,396,525,400 for the current fiscal year and l win-the-w- i projicted spending of $52,786,000.-iKhfor the new fiscal year beginning next July 1. These are contemplated actual disbursements by the treasury for e and army and navy, other defense purposes. In addiPresident Roosevelt said tion, loan corporations government would iv out $2,000,000,000 this year ar.d $3,000,000,000 in fiscal "43 for defense. These bring the grand extotal of now contemplated penditures to $88 083,000,000. Asks More Of the $88, 000, 000.000-plu- s effort, congress already has made commitments to provide about much of which has not actually been spent. Mr. Roosevelt asked appropriation of today more and warned $13,600,000,000 congress: lend-leas- Here's the first pictuie released showing wartime quantity production of Flying Fort i at the Boeing with statement that the plant had beaten its own accelerated delivery schedules by 70 per plant m cent for the month of December. Number of planes completed us, of course, a mill! my secret, but the long nf the sleek suo abme snrik for themselves America Replies It Can and Will Be Done ! supplemental Large requests be made as wre move toward the maximum use of productive capacity Nothing short of maximum will suffice. I cannot predict ultimate costs because I cannot predict the changing fortunes of war I can only say that we are determined to pay whatever price we must to preserve our way of life." Total war expenditures now are running at a rate of $2,000,000,000 a month and may surpass $5,000.-00Oi 0 a month during the 1943 told ciseal year, the president congress. For the 1943 fiscal year, Mr. (Continued on Page 5) will 0. was received, while Lyman, who is a sergeant, is stationed at San Luis Obispo. Calif. THIS ISWHAT THE NEW PLAN MEANS The NEW YORK, Jan. United States must turn out one airplane every four minutes, one tank every seven minutes and two ships every day to meet 7 (U.Ri President Roosevelts war proschedule for 131 4, the National Association of Manufacturers estimated today. The president railed for 125,000 planes, 75.000 tanks and 10,000,000 tons of shipping by the end of duction "Let no man say it cannot be done. It must be done The strong determined voice of a united nation replied to President Roosevelt today: "It can and will lit- - done. As one man, officials executives, the SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7 UT skilled craftsmen, laborers ofsouth middle west, the the east, three-way toll The of a bus, and the far west buckled down to truck and car collision near Farm- the greatest armaments building has ever known, ington rose to two today, with the program the world From cities, towns and villages death of Dorene Healv, came evidences of the determina- a passenger in the car. ,of al1 10 spe u'at R was ful' Fred L. Palmer, the driver of the truck, who had stop fllk'd and morp bpsldps" Airplanes pod to volunteer assistance to the First to increase our production occupants of the stalled car, died rate of airplanes so rapidly that late yesterday. this year 1942 we shall produce Miss Healy's death boosted the 6n,000 planes . . . The rale of instate tiaffic total for January to crease will be maintained. . . so four. that next year, 1943, we shall pro- the1 (luce 125.0fnl planes The bus hit the truck-a- nd John H. Jouett, president of the Aeiouautieal Chamber of Commerce: "The aircraft industry, aided by 50 allied industries, will produce them." Robert E. Gross, president of Lockheed Aircraft: '"We accept the goal without quail- ficntions, but we're too busy to talk about it " Hugh Fenwieh. vice Aircraft: of Vulteo president "Kvormy man here is rolling his Palmer's death wns the third s,,eVes a little higher, working a traffic fatality in Utah in the new pule harder, and will do his part " year. I. G. Johnson, president of Hoeing Aircraft: "Last month we delivered 70 per cent more flying fortresses than the schedule mlled for. This is a sample of America at work in time of war." Airplane V..tor Allison motor division of General Motors, "We are meeting our quotas and will meet the new ones. We wont let Mr Roosevelt down." The election meeting of the Propellers Curtiss-WrigLogan Garden club will be held propeller division, in the chamber of commeicYj We will do it." Thursday at 8 p. m., according! Heavy Industry to Heber C. Maughan, president "Second, to increase our produc- of the organization. The financial tmn rate of tanks so rapidly that report of the past year will be this year, 1942, we shall produce 43,001) tanks, and to continue that given by the secretary-treasure- r, Mrs. H. M. Zollinger of Provi- increase so that next year. 1943, dence. we shall produce 75,000 tanks."' Officers for the coming year Duncan W. Frazer, president of will also be elected. Other import- American Locomotive company: ant transactions of vital interest We are now adding to our facili to the club and its members will ties to enable us to meet the goal." be transacted. (Continued on Page Four) Mercy Errand Brings Heres 943 j ' City Traffic Problems Increase During Year Traffic problems of Logan city increased considerably during 1941 over previous years, it was indicated in the annual police department report compiled by Captain James A. Smith and released today by Chief Hyrum Weathcrston. Total arrests by city officers during the 'year just concluded numbered 1267, as compared to 861 for 1940. Traffic violations accounted for a large percentage of the arrests, and for the entire increase. Enforcement of the overnightparking ordinance resulted in KILLS SELF 313 arrests in December alone. RENO, Nev., Jan. 7 (U.D The There were ten tickets issued in that month for parking in sheriff's office today reported William K a e n b a c h, 49- year-ol- d restricted zones, 16 for disregard Trucker highway worker, allot and of traffic signs, and seven for killed himself on the main street speeding. of Truckee after an asserted quarDoing 1941 there wore 175 acrel with his recently divorced wife, cidents In city limits, and 61 1943. The enormity of the program is best emphasized in the aircraft production schedule, the NAM said. "Some idea of the size of this program is shown by the fait that to produee 60,000 airplanes a year, with plants working 365 daja a year and 24 hours a day, one plane .could he turned out every nine minute, the association said. "To turn out 125.000 planes would call for the production of one plane every four minutes, 1 1- - 1 - -- people injured In 1940 the count was 158 accidents and 75 injured, and for 1939, 103 accidents t it h 42 injured. Violation of parking ordinances comprised the major part of traffic offenses during the year: Overnight parking, 313; parking in two stalls, 103; parking in a restricted zone, 87. Drunkenness was the next most serious offense in point of frequency, with 139 arrests having been made. There were ten arrests for burglary, 82 for speeding, 35 for petty larceny, and 3S for failing to stop at a stop sign. By months, the years arrests were as follows: January 43, February 85, March 72, April 91, May 57, 'June 53, July 98. August 85, September 89, October 102, November 107, and December 335. $110,-400,000,0- 00. 1 00 Budget In Nutshell ... Death To Salt Laker IY LYLE C. WII.S0X WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (U.P) President Roosevelt jolted congress today with the biggest budget, tax and deficit program of all time calling in the next 18 months for expenditure of $77,000,000,000 largely for arms and munitions to smash axis militarism. Approximately $18,000,000,000 will be spent in the first six months of this year, with $59,000,000,000 budgeted for t he new fiscal year. Treasury Revenue To Increase Taxes are to be raised to increase treasury revenue by 50 per cent in the fiscal year which begins this July 1. During that 12 months period, Mr. Roosevelt proposed in his budget message presented to congress today to spend approximately $59,000,000,000, to collect $27,000,-000,00- 0 in taxes and to raise the national debt to Of the budgeted expenditures, $53,000,000,000 would be for war in that one year. That includes $7,500,-000,0for lend-leaaid to the united nations. Non-wexpenditures were budgeted at more than. $6,000,000,000 $437,000,000 less than this year. In addition to the $53,000,000,000 budgeted for war, government corporations will Bpend a n $3,000,- 000,000 in the next fiscal year, bringing the over-al- l 1943 war cost to $56,000,000,000. May Resort To Sales Tax His proposals for new revenue levies aggregated $9,000,-000,0including an intimation of temporary resort to a general excise or sales tax. The president told questioners that he still was opposed to general sales taxation and that selective excise taxes were as far in that direction as he would be prepared to go. Corporate and individual income taxes and estate and gift levies on wealth appar. ently will be increased steeply. For the 1943 fiscal year, he esimated a treasury deficit of $35,500,000,000 which is only $6,500,000,000 less than the net cost to us of World War I computed before war veterans payments and interest were added. Of the aggregate tax revenue proposed for the 1943 fiscal year, approximately $3,500,000,000 represents social security tax income which is nok computed as an item toward reduction of the estimated deficit. There is nothing in any fiscal history to which the 1943 United States budget readily is comparable. Mr. Roosevelt reminded newspapermen at yesterdays annual White House seminar that it was the "biggest budget in the history 19-1- ' $75,000,-000.00- mooted. SON GOES ITofessor Murray delivered a paper on collective bargaining and national defense m a session of the meet. He reported also thati TO SERVE COUNTRY Dr. W. L. Wanlass, dean of the USAC school of commerce, was named to the nominating commit-- 1 With the enlistment of their tee of the association, which will son, Douglas C. Clark, in the U. S. convene next year at Willamette Navy, Mr. and Mrs Fred J. Clark university in Salem, Ore. Dr. Wan- of Logan have three sons serving lass was president of the organ- the United States. ization m 1935. Douglas enlisted in the navy a few days before Christmas, leavUTAH FIRE ing immediately after enlistment HEBER, Jan. 7 (119 Authori- for the U. S. Naval training staties estimated today that damage tion at San Diego, Cal. So anxious caused when fire swept through was he to go to the aid of his the Turner apartments here country, he didn't wait to spend amounted to $15,000. Firemen bat- Christmas at home. tled the flames eight houi3 but Lyman and Franklin Clark, twin were unable to halt them before sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. the building was destroyed. Clark, are serving with the National Guard. Franklin was in Hawaii when last word from him Utah State Lists Events Taxes To Be Raised Sharply t THIRD Meets This Evening of the All movie n Biggest Budget Billions Earmarked Since Eighty-Eigh- pe- which had prevailed mi lue consecutive days, and began a snow offensive whicn as the altor-noowore on, had not ahated Coldest weather ol five years came early Tuesday morning when the mercury plunged to lti below zero in Logan. 22 below at Lewiston and Newton. At noon yesterday, the oficiul thermometer at the colli ge campus read 12 below. The ten inches of snow which fell today brought the total valley snow cover to a thickness of 18 inches There has been approximately .25 of an inch moisture in the storm, giving January a good start toward the normal of 1 57 inches for the entire month. ,rced hai rnered Washington said it had no to support the broad- below zero. Full Speed Ahead Now Of All Time Faces Nation horns ago the was J2 degioes r temperature it's J j se ar Jan. 7 u pi Washington, The for the 1943 budget fiscal year at a glance: Total spending $39(027,- - 992.300. Total war expenditures 00 $52,786,186, 000 army, navy Total non-w- and(including lend-leas- e . spending $6,141,806,300 (regular civil agencies, veterans benefits, ar debt interest and other ed charges). . fix- Revenue $27,000,000 000. Deficit 35,500,000,000. Taxes $7,000,000,000 in new levies of all types, and through tho plugging of loop holes in existing laws; also $2,000,000,000 to be obtained in additional social security revenue. Public debt at end of fiscal year $1 10.400,000,0(8). . $37,-000,000,- RITES SET FRIDAY FOR DAVID SMITH (Continued on Page 5) Funeral services will he Friday noon in the Logan Fifth ward chapel for David H enn-dmt- Smith, respected Logan resident who died Tuesday. Friends may call at the Lindquist and Sons mortuary Thursday from 2 to 6 p. m. and nt the family home, 549 East Fourth Noith, after 7 p. m Thursday and Friday prior to the services. Interment will be in the Bountiful cemetery. Mr. Smith spent his early years in Logan, his birthplace, and had fulfilled a mission in the southern states for the LDS church. After hts marrmgp to Samantha Sessions they lived in Bountiful for 17 years, then moved to Logan. He had been an active member of the Fifth ward for 13 years. Besides survivors listed Tuesday, Mr. Smith is survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Lucy Car-doMrs. Emma Ballif Hattie Smith, Drue Smith and Alice Smith, all of Logan. Mid Budget Pared For U. S. General Public Works Program WASHINGTON, Scout Emergency Meeting Announced The first of a series of scout emergency service meetings will be held by officials of the Cache Valley Boy Scout council under the supervision of Phenoi Edgley in the Preston Third ward chapel on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The meeting will be held in connection with the regular stuke meeting of the bishoprics, high council and stake presidency. Present will also be the MIA officials and scouters of the Oneida stake. Dr. W. L. Wanlass of Logan will give the keynote speech dealing QUORUM BANQUET with the present emergency. A special group meeting will then be conducted by Dr. N. E. IS Munk of Logan, council field commissioner for emergency service, at which will be present the scoutThe presidency of the 64th quor- ers and the MIA officials. um of Seventy has announced the All those concerned are urgently for requested to bo present at the annual banquet scheduled Thursday of this week at the Blu- -' meeting, bird has been postponed until January 22. The time and place will be announced the first of next week, and members of the quorum Maybe She Took will ho notified at that time. The change was necessitated due to the weather and other condiAdvantage! tions over which the presidency had no control, it was stated. n, POSTPONED Unfair GUISE PROTECTION CHICO, Cal., Jan. 7 (CD Della WASHINGTON, Jan, 7 Wackerman, a senior from Grid-leAdmiral S, M. Robinson, chief of Cal., today opened her camthe bureau of ships, told the sen- paign for president of the Clnco ate naval affairs committee today state student body against John that Japanese fleet protection of Cowan, 22, a senior from Sacratroop transports on the Luzon mento, who expects to be called coast was so effective that U. S. Into tho army air force before Ol submarines found themselves un- June. able to bar the landings on Luzon Miss Wackerman's ca m p island. slogan; "I can't be drafted. y, a Jan. 7 (m President Roosevelt today asked congress for a general public works program totaling $578,231,-00- 0 for the 1943 fiscal year, a decrease of $134,292,000 from the current fiscal year. The program, the president said, was fully adjusted to the war effort" and was devoted primarily to s. Projects related to military The president did not request an appropriation for the controversial St. Lawrence Power and Waterway Project. Somo of the principal items included: Public road, $88,575,000 as compared with $160,000,000 in 1942; including federal-ai- d highway system, $58,000,000 compared with $110,000,000; secondary or feeder roads, $8,000,000 compared with $21,000,000;; elimination of grade $22,000,000 compared chasings, wRk $27,500,000, Bonneville power administration, $35,000,000 for construction, operation and maintenance of power transmission system, the same as last year. Bureau of Reclamation, $94,094,-00- 0 compared with $98,087,500; including the Boise project, Idaho, Payette division, $500,000, and Anderson ranch, $2,000,000; Minidoka project, Idaho, $20,000; Boise project, drainage, $60,000; Owyhee project. Ore,, $115,000; Ogden river project, Utah, $40,000; Provo river project, Utah, $1,500,000. National park service $2,165,-00- O compared with $9,350,000. Justicewithdepartment $370,000 $340,000. compared ne-d- State department $1,824,000 compared with $3,142,000. War department $162,800,000 compared with $185,500,000, including power plant construction, for Peck dam, Mont., $1,000,000, and power plant construction. I g n Bonneville Dam, Columbia river, Ore., $7,000,000. |