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Show :k Gram Range ' UTAH Partly cloudy this aft ernoon and tonight with scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon rind evening; Thursday fair west portion, partly cloudy with Open High Low Close. 1.54 '4 153. 153 l54 I'" , j 54 v : Mf 1.54 4, 54 5. j'54'4 1 49 1 50' i 1 1 1 53 j 53 5. 48 1 54 ' s 1 54 1 50' Thunderstorms east portion; er north portion tonight Thursday, i Jf Number 189. LOGAN, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, Workingman cool- and Price Five Cents. AUGUST 9. 1911. w nil n mm rrri Actor Fights Japs 3 IMS) nn Debated In Senate Veteran Public sentiment in Ijig.in today applauded the appointment last evening by Logan ut ol Chiton Haws as superintendent id tin Ijotian municipal electric light and power Nor-low- 1 v di,.( July .' Mayor William Evans Jr. who is i omnusMonei in charge ot municipal power' utilities, announced the appointment of Mr Haws following the regular Tuesday evening meeting of city officials It had been anticipated that the vet-eran power employe would be elevated to the superintendency, since he had been acting head of the department since Mr Maugh-an'- s illness and death. The new superintendent will have charge of the hydroelectric plant in Logan canyon, the diesel plant in the southwestern part of pulling Logan, besides all maintenance Entnes for the horse to be held the second and and distribution facilities. The onte of the county fair, system serves more than 4500 cusrird days rettomers throughout Logan. input 25 and 26, are being Mr. Haws was first employed by ired by members of the horse the city in 1914 as an assistant ,llinf committee. lineman. In 1917 he accepted a chairman, George 0. Webb, date to the following permanent position, and for the that listed horses in the past several years he has served len have as system foreman. He is a lifeaitest: Rawlins Brothers, Lewis-on- ; resident of this city. Albert Hill, Ned Spackman, long Mayor Evans voiced official satnd LaMar Spackman, Richmond; isfaction in the work and the Henson reston Lee, Hyde .Park: We Leishman qualifications of Mr. Haws Smithfield; feel Mr. Haws is capable of superirothers, Wellsville; and Wesley the power systems activiowns, Hyrum. A number of other vising He knows evhe declared. ties, iimsters have been contacted of and every work the phase ery 'U no doubt enter nd in the distribution line in the city. Deeit few days. d and respected pendable, Cache premiums in the amount by the people he serves as well as $390 are listed in the fair book by fellow workmen, he has high or the pulling contest. Anyone recommendation from his past shing to enter pulling horses record. nould contact a member of the A son. Flight Officer Keith umittee at once. Haws, is serving with the army air Mr. Webb listed committees for corps at Lemoore, Cal. horse department at the fair s follows: horse pulling Ernest tnstensen and James Murray, ochmond; Elroy Nielsen, Hyrum; o Reeder and Joseph Waite, ide Park. Mr. Waite will have urge of the weighing in of all irses in the pulling contest. Horses of riding type will be Committees for the annual sumipervised by Ezra Lundahl, Elroy mer outing of Logan temple work-eiitlsen, Joseph Waito. Draft scheduled August 14 at 6 p.m. ones will be supervised by Elroy in Willow Park, were announced lelsen, George O. Webb, and today by E. Ray Guymon, general meat Christensen. chairman. Mr. Webb calls and their All temple workers horsemens to the importance Of prop-'- ? paitners aie invited to the Committee appointments registering them upon at rival the county fair. Owners of arf as follows irses, whether Program and games- - Bishop nml they be in the ling contest, riding type, or Mrs. D. P. Woodland, Mr. and Mrs. uft type, should contact Leo Harold Allen. Mr. fder upon arrival at the fair Tables, chairs. V. firewood Peterson. ounds for entry blanks and stall Guymon, Dewey Food, refreshments, serving -- Mr. wpiments. and Mrs. A. J. Fuhriman, President hi all of exhibit outstanding and Mrs. Archie D. Egbert, Mr. of horses is expected, M. Rees, Fannie to Mr. Webb and his and Mrs. Daniel Goodsell, Elizabeth Gibbs, Nolan romittee. P. Olsen. Transportation J. Urban Allred. Parley P. Black. URKSTON Greetings and Reception John P. Cardon, Charles C. Anderson, Mr. Black. Mr. Allred, Margaret S. Watson, Alvira L. P. Austin. Bessie G. Ballard, Margaret H. P. Humph-ery- forse Pulling intest For 'air Arranged ts well-like- ! Committees Named For Temple Outing s, picnic-progra- LADY s. Invitations Pres. Christiansen, Pearl htnie El Ray S. Hall. L. Pacific Drive 155-m- Home Furnishings Featured At Fair is expected in the home furnishings department of the Cache County fair, according to supervisors Mrs. Agatha Ballard and Mrs. Elva Reese of Benson, and Mrs. Lew Allsop of Trenton. Worthwhile premiums are offered in the following classes: Quilts pattern quilted cotton or silk; pieced silk, wool, or cotton; embroidered. Afghans knitted. Bed pieced, crocheted, Spreads crocheted, filet crocheted, crocheted, embroidered Kligs braided, hooked, novelty. These articles are to be entered with department supervisors at the main exhibit building Tuesday, August 22 between 9 a.m, and A fine exhibit To The Girls: Maybe You ll Be Chosen Miss Logan A - JffaTTT. - tj wml-offici- I Guam Conquest Near Final Combat Stage BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE Allied troops surged anead 'at both ends of the line in France today ln concerted drives toward Paris. American forces took Le Mans, hub 112 miles communications southwest of Paris, and the German radio said they had gone beyond it to within less than 87 miles of the capital. Brest Under Siege The Canadian 1st army broke through the first and second German defense lines more than 15 miles below Caen and were driving on Falaise, which they had under artillery fire. Allied headquarters announced that the Americans are attacking the outer defenses of the port of Brest at the western tip of the Figure In Matilda Atkinson Chris- on, former resident of Clark- died Monday at BIDDLE GOES WEST the home of Mughter, Ruth Dye, at Firth, MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 9 H IP io. She had been ill for some Francis Biddle, U. S. attorney w. general, was en route to the west Christenson was born in coast on a routine inspection in htston May 13, 1873, and was trip" today, after a brief stop 9 pm. ng the first children born in the twin cities. community. She lived in rston all of her life except l'n years of her married which was spent at Firth, tviving are her daughter, Mrs. SOn' Ears Christenson of elo, the following brothers Mrs. Alfred Atkinson, rsClara Larsen, New-for perfect ideal considered jj,. With 4he arrival of the first jr?- Eva Camper. Logan; physical beauty are: Size 32, and the list of local entries, Atkinson, Clarkstou, bust 32. waist 22, hips 32; Size id u rsthe Roe Young, Brigham awards now completed, 34, bust 34, waist 24, hips 34; For "Swim ty. Herald-Journal haIf brother and Size 36, bust 36. waist 26, hips sister, Iri p Contest nce Stanc,ard Bathing Beauty of Brigham Health" new 36. id today in momentum gained Atkinson of darkloil Special awards to the local one of Cache be to its promise SPVeral winners have been contributed grandchildren. valley's outstanding competitive e m.ndndSn s ln armed "fviee by local business men which events. r include as first prize: an enits theme, fitness With physical t Frn' Scrvices will be conduct-nh- o gold bronze trophy by graved in scope, national Jy ASust 11 t Firth, the contest, Needham Jewelers; second prize, originated at the 00 gift certificate, from C. C. $20 was inspired Studios and Andersons, through courtesy of former 100 by Esther Williams, L. E. Hooper, manager; and meter swimming champion, who VattaTI10 1n Rome third prize, deluxe record case Red Skelton with now is starring AuUR9 )and album of records, from Bathof the Yugo-,(- d in the technicolor picture avmn Lloyd's of Logan. The Dcgn ing Beauty." forces, has ar-sin ?,arlSiln Studio will present the first Cache all Girls throughout J06 bi staff and with an 8x10 can place winner i th. clurch of St. Peter ves- valley who arc photogenic, are 'rday in oil photograph. The colored fit a swim, and are physically Vatican (Continued On Page 3) cn(,y announced Invited to enter. Measurements today. J- - PRIZE CITY Utah Marines ! called by death American Armor Overruns Brittany ; Haws, 255 South Fust Hast Street, has been an i mploe the system tor 28 years He siuceeds Heber (' Maughan to the Mr Maughan, who had been head of the plant since one alter its i stablishnn nt in tual national service act over un- employed workers. Revercomb led off the second day of senate demobilization debate on. the issue of whether unemployment compensation should be left to the states or turned over to the federal government. The fight moved swiftly with prospects of a senate vote as early as tomorrow. Revercomb objected to the broad powers w hich the Murray-Kilgor- e bill would give to a work administrator who would direct of retraining and veterans and civilians for two years after the war. Sen. James E. Murray, D., Mont., said he was prepared to of' (SF.A Telephoto) fer "clarifying and modifying Caesar Romero, former motion pic- amendments to that section of ture actor, plays real life role as he the bill, but Revercomb insisted handles winches lowering landing on challenging the measure as it barges over side of Navy fighting stood before the senate at the craft at Tinian Island assault. time. Revercomb and other senate Republicans, as well as conservative Democrats, favor a demobilization bill by Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga., which would leave unemployment compensation in state hands. bill He said the Murray-Kilgor- e would give the work administrator almost unlimited power to recruit, transport, and assign unemployed workers. The proposal to pay unemploy meat compensation up to $35 a (Editor's Note: The exploits of Revercomb said, would Utah murines are detailed in the week, "place a premium, on unemployfollowing delayed dispatch from ment and be an inducement to Tiniun, written by Richard IV. to avoid work." He said people former manager Johnston, night ' Be of the Salt Lake City bureau of that under the bill if. would worked who a for possible person war a .now UP and United Press and earned only three months correspondent covering the Am$600 within the year to draw unerican advance toward Japan.) employment benefits up to $1,820 a year for two years provided he BY' RIC HARD W. JOHNSTON could not find a suitable" job. United Press War Correspondent He also protested that the bill TINIAN, July 27 l.R (Delayed) would use aid to the unemployed The marines pushing down the as an indirect method of stabilizrolling hills of this garden island ing wages. Meanwhile, Murray issued press pause once in awhile to glance back across the narrow blue strait statements challenging the George and bless the bill as a do nothing policy. toward Saipan m.glity guns which for two weeks Prospects for an early vote have been sowing destruction here. were termed good by Sen. Walter The day Saipan was secured the F. George, D., Ga., who apparenttireless artillerymen began turning ly succeeded yesterday in committheir guns and howitzers around ting the senate to vote first on his demobilization-reconversion to begin the reduction of Tinian, new and the rapidity of the marine bill which leaves the administraadvance is proof enough of their tion of unemployment benefits to the states. effectiveness. Many battalions of artillery are vomiting explosive shells Into the towns and valleys and Tinian chalk cliffs, but none has been Two Cache Men in action longer or done more effective work than a Wounded In Action (Continued on Page 5) aiaise j Mi n, ana WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 U'l Sen. Chapman Revercomb, R W Va.. asset ted in the senate today demobi- that the Murray-Kilgor- e lization bill would establish a vir- - system David Speaker, sel of Conshohocken, Pa , is lVed to be the youngest tor m the U. S. to hold a nal Security card. The Pa., Social Security ard Bureau issued him caid when it learned new job as a it David's k hwn model for a New Yoi ,ncy was being held up until Social Security obtained status. Issue Demobilization Commissioners Voice Confidence In The war nounced the wounded in from Cache More Clothes Sought For Russian Allies As the Share Your Clothes With Russia campaign in Cache county passed the first two days, upwards of two tons of clothing and shoes had been contributed by local residents, according to estimates of -- officials. But more than 10 times that much is the object of Cache county, with but three days remaining in the drive. Meanwhile, organization for the campaign in Logan was announced by Dr. E. A. Jacobsen, general chairman. American Legion and its auxiliary are conducting the city activities, assisted by civilian defense and Minute Women. Cochairmen are John Christensen and Commander T. Earl Hun-sake- r. Directing the auxiliary participation are Mrs. .Joseph McMur-rin- , Mrs. L. E. Nelson and Mrs. Jos. C. Cardall. Legionnaires assisting the chairmen are Henry Johnson, Lawrence department today annames of 1934 soldiers McCullonch, D. V. Hess, Percy action, including two Smith, Wjlford Pedersen and L. E. Nelson. valley. Captain Ivan G. Phillips, husband of Mrs. Virginia Phillips, Providence, has been wounded in the European area, while Pfc. Fenton Smith, son of Austin Smith, has received battle Smithfield, wounds In the Mediterranean sector. Frischknecht Leaves For Midwest Clinic Carl extension Frischknecht, poultryman of the Utah State Agricultural college, left Logan yesterday for Columbia, Mo., where he has been invited to participate in the poultry school which is conducted annually by the University of Missouri, to train and pullorum disease-testin- g agents flock-selecti- are associated with the breeding and hatching Industry of the state. Is Missouri a large surplus hatchery product producing state and the industry members engaged in this phase of business are required to attend the training school held each year. Mr. FYischknecht has been asked to participate in the educational program at two of the general sessions of the 1944 training school. Utahs pullorum disease control and building a sound program poultry Improvement program for the future" are the topics which he has been asked to discuss. His expenses are being paid by the University of Missouri. who As Canadian shock troops broke through the first and second German defense lines more than 15 miles below Caen today, American armored columns to the southwest stormed up beyond captured Le Mans in a surge that had carried to within 87 miles of Paris. Principal battle points are indicated on the above map. Assisting at the collection depot, located in the old Grill cafe, are Mrs. M. A. Kale, Mrs. Charles Olsen, Mrs. Otto Oskar, Mrs. Ruel Eskelsen, Mrs, R. B. Bateson, Mrs. Lynn Kidd Mrs. J. L. 'Earl. Mrs. John Christensen, Mrs. W. A. Wennergren and Mrs. John H. Moser. The collection renter in Logan is open this week from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Officials stress that used and worn clothing should be clean. Desired also 'ate unbroken shoes, new clothing and furs. The Russians have no me.-n- s of cleaning or repairing clothing." stated Mrs. Cardall. The clothes must be worn exactly as sent to them. We appeal for all to be generous with this cause." e There will be no collection in Logan city. All contributions must be taken to headquarters in the Grill Cafe, unless individual wards arrange otherwise. house-to-hous- Vice Chairman Named For Red Cross Unit Mrs. Adrian W. Hatch, prominent Logan civic woiker, has been appointed vice chairman of the Cache county Red Crons chapter, it was announced today by Prof. Evan B. Murray, chapter chairman. She succeeds Mrs. D. A. who resigned the position to devote full time to the Red Cross home service committee, of which she is chairman. APPROVED The selection of Mrs. Hatch was WASHINGTON. Aug. 9 (t'.IH The senate late yesterday con- made and approved by chapter difirmed the nomination of LL Gen. rectors. She is a current member Joseph W. (Vinegar Joe) Stil-we- ll of the chapter hoard of directors, to be a temporary four-stand also a member of Logan city school board. general. ar Bur-goyn- e, OnToParisBecomesTheme Of Fighting Yanks In France BY HENRY T. GORRELL United Press War Correspondent ON - THE ROAD TO PARIS, Aug. 9 IT Paris is the name that you see and hear and feel everywhere along this road which the swift American motorized advance is making a highway to victory. "Paris read the big signboards at the road intersection. Paris, ah, he said, "it Is said that Paris will soon be declared an oen city. You have reached Le Mans, yah, yah. The German army is now daput (finished). "Paris, shouted Pvt. Wayne P. Redden of the U. S. army as I found him edging through the streets of Loue to attack a German resistance pocket. "Pans, Tennessee. Thats where I'm from, brother. And then he shouted back over his shoulder: "You can tell the folks back in Pans, Tenn., that Im personally willing to bet weU be in Paris, France, in the next 10 days." You can read it somehow in the taut faces of the troops as they deploy to wipe out a German suicide squad planted along the highway to delay our eastern spearheads. Somehow its a victory symbol. Tills is an amazing march up the broad national highway from Brittany. It moves at a sjieed that Town after town is breath-takinflashes under the treads of the (Continued On Page 8) CONSULTATION MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (IMh Cache Glider Pilot Receives Recognition Flight Officer Herman LeRoy Theurer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Theurer of Wellsville, has been awarded the air medal and a special citation for his participation as a glider pilot rn operations. The citation was written by General Williams when Flight Offi cer Theurer and other glider pil ots landed back in England after his invasion activities. It read as y follows: The magnificent spirit- and enthusiasm displayed by those officers, combined with skill, couragi and devotion to duty, is reflects in their brilliant operation of unarmed gliders of light construction, at minimum altitude and aii speeds in unfavorable weather con ditions over water and into fac-o- f vigorous enemy opposition, wit) no possibility of employing evasivi action; and in their successful ne gotiation of hazardous landings it hostile territory to spearhead thi Allied Invasion of the continent Their respective duty assignment were performed in such an ad mirable manner as to produce ex ceptional results in the greates and most successful airborne op oration in the history of work aviation." - Nego- tiations between the two rival Polish governments were suspended temporarily today as Premier Stamslaw Mikolajczyk of the London group prepared to return to Britain for consultation with his cabinet on the proposed creation of a provisional coalition government satisfactory to Russia and both disputants. man-cause- d fires this year. Last Monday, for instance, he related, "approximately nine acres of land were burned east of Deweyville, caused by two small boys making a bonfire. Parents are urged to keep matches from their childien, Nantes. Hundreds of towns and roadside hamlets were swept up In the converging advances on LeMans from Laval, Mayenne, and Chateau-Gon-tie- r, all about 40 to 45 miles to the west. Le Mans is a traffic bottleneck for the entire region of France southwest of Paris, controlling a network of rail and highway lines radiating in all directions. The advancing American columns met with only occasional (Continued nn Page 8) JOHN LIN BOISE ON BUSINESS TRIP BOISE, Ida, Aug. 9 lR John Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, who arrived her in a western business trip today, told reporters that "curbstone lomments on important national ind international affairs are to make. he said, I cant Therefore, rake any statements off hand on he war, the election or the labor situation." Lewis arrived early today on a irief visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Jharrier of Boise. Mrs. Charrier s a sister of Mrs. Lewis who died L. dan-jero- us in 1942. TWENTY PLANES LOST LONDON, Aug. 9 Ult The St) air force announced tonight tha 18 bombers and two fighters ou of more than 1500 sent out attains the Saarbrucken and Stuitgar areas of southern Germany today had failed to return and that 3.' enemy fighters were shot down. Nows a Poor Time For Kiddies To Play With Matches This is a particularly bad time of the year for children to play with matches. Seldom have fire hazards been worse. Such was the report today from James O. Stewart, supervisor of the Cache National forest, who pointed out that with small children playing matches have been responsible for a number of Brittany peninsula after the German garrison had rejected an ultimatum to surrender. A German broadcast said fighting was going on inside Angers, northeast of since in each ca3e a fire is stait-eit becomes necessary to turn the children over to the juvenile d. authorities. declared that Mr. Stewart parents should take extra precaution now that "we are in an extreme period. "At the present time," he concluded, "it is unlawful to set cm fire or cause to be set on firer any inflammable material on any forest land, brush land, grass or rangeland, stubble or hay land, or to set any fire for the purpose of clearing your own property or the property of another, without first securing a burning permit from the county fire warden or other designated fire-dang- officer." "My trip is strictly business for lie United Mine YVorkers," said Lewis, "while we do have a few ranches of local 50 in Idaho, all ny business, however, Is on the vest coast." Juvenile Delinquency In County Decreases Juvenile delinquency in Cache :ounty decreased during July to he lowest point of any other dur-n- g the past two years, it was today by Mrs. Joseph H. .Vatkins, Jr, county juvenile pro-lati- officer. Total cases brought before the ocal juvenile authorities decreas-i- d during the first six months of .his year, also, when compared to corresponding period of 1943. Up to the first of July, 94 official cases and 160 trivial cases had leen reviewed by the court. For he first six months of last year, nore than 100 official and 200 rivial cases were considered by ktventle authorities. For the entire year of 1943, there vere 216 official and 405 trivial .nses in Cache county. Mrs. Watkins noted that during he past week there has been a Tight upswing in the r.umher of juvenile delinquency cases. |