Show Fa The Weallicr - Mr Mildred Hammond lfouovifr For Salt Lake City and vicinity: Little change in temperature FriMaxim U m temperature day Thursday 98 deRreea minimum (Issued temperature 65 decree by permission of military author- : - “For the boys over there do your part over here ities) buy bonds!” oI I 13 No ion Ickes OPA Gas Ration Plan Fuel Coordinator Savs Railroads Can’t Haul More Confers on Nation’s Affairs Representative Walter K A §r Granger pledged continued but that isn't the case now” Turning to Dean's discussion of he comuniversal rationing mented : I don't take anything out of OPA as authoritative except Henderson when - Mr speaks Extn- little bureau chief down the line sometmes thinks he is sitting m the dmer's seat but he seldom is I don't think Dean is an expert either m the production or transportation of petroleum and it is cry embarrassing for anyone to make & statement of that sort when he doesn't know the facts and I don't agree with his conclusions” Ickes reported that the rail movement of oil to the east last Ui gaged Must Win War “Things W'e once considered Imlost much of their portant have 5Ve must win this war meaning We must quit bickering over how much profit we are going to derive from our efforts and come to a OPA cn-eti- on a Supreme Tribunal Ruling on Appeal Expected This Noon WASHINGTON July 30 tTl— The supreme court pondered the appeal of the alleged nazi saboteurs for the protection of the civil courts Wednesday night with indications that it would announce its decision to issue or withhold a writ of habeas corpus at noon Friday Late Wednesday it completed the hearing of oral arguments with Attorney General Biddle telling the court in terms of utmost that it was without emphasis power to interfere with or review any wartime action taken by the president in his capacity as commander in chief of the armed forces Full Authority The president he argued had full authority to order that the German prisoners be tried by a military commission As enemies he said they were without right to the safeguards established for the civil liberties of loyal citizens This view was flatly denied by Colonel Kenneth Royall one of several army lawyers appointed to serve as counsel for the defense Citizens aliens and enemies alike he argued have the privilege of recourse to the courts Points to Evidence Most of the court's day was spent in hearing Biddle complete the case for the government and receiving rebuttal arguments from g Royall The latter in but positive fashion complained that an insufficient portion of the evidence taken by the military easy-goin- on Pace Three) (Continued ( Column Three ) Crash Ten Die in Take-Of- f Of Army Plane in Midwest — crash of an army MINNEAPOLIS July 30 UP) A ferry command cargo plane on old Chamberlain airport here Thursday killed 10 Northwest Airlines employes eight of them “up just for the ride” Congressman Oscar Youngdahl taches from reaching bodies in the of Minnesota said he was consid- strewn wreckage and groomers ering asking congressional investi- or Eight mechanics all of whom mechanics wreck the into junior gation killed were: had just gone off duty climbed Those aboard the ship for the short check Rov Josephson St Paul L ‘D Husby St Paul flight Their bodies and those of Hubert 5Viechman Minneapolis the two pilots were charred by the flaming gasoline that burned James Painter St Paul for 15 minutes until a U S navy 5V C Rose Minneapolis air base fire fighting squad extinRobert Paulson St Paul L O Larson Minneapolis guished the blaze Winston A Luchau St Paul Plans Inquiry First Officer Kenneth Olson 28 antake-of- f WASHINGTON July 30 JP— The offee of war information Thursday night killed” a statement by Price Administrator Leon Henderson in which the head reportedly took issue with Interior Secretary Ickes on the of nation-wid- e gasoline rationing OPA officials early Thursday afternoon told reporters that the statement was being prepared It was brought over to O W I Thursday r'ght for distribution but after a prolonged conference of Robert W Horton head of the O 55' I news bureau and OPA press information men the terse Minneapolis announcement was made that First Officer John Fischer 26 "there will be no statement” Minneapolis Horton declined to disclose the reason for the action or officially Fell From 200 Feet admit that & statement had been The ship was beprepared ing taken aloft at 7:40 a m by It was recalled that Director First Officers Kenneth S Olson Elmer Davis of the O W I had told 28 and John F Fischer 26 both a press conference a few weeks ago of Minneapolis for a check flight that "if two eminent men in the and had attained an altitude of government fundamentally dis- about 200 feet witnesses said agree ths office will lend its when it nosed up stalled and to them if so desired to crashed see if they can possibly harmonize Two hundred seventy gallons of their news before they get to the gasoline in the plane's tanks burst into flame preventing field at fctage of publication” ‘ ' - For Greater Saboteur Plea War Sacrifiee DecisionToday Lauds Utah’s Part Pledging his every effort to the nation's most vital problem: The winning of the war and calling 5Vashington D C “the wartime capital of the world” United States Representative Walter K Granger of Cedar City arrived in Salt Lake City Thursday night to confer with state and federal officials following his recent return from the east ‘5Ve were surprised to find the people here at home in Utah enjoying so many of the comforts of peace time” Representative Granger said “It is different re-in Washington There you are minded constantly of the great and vital struggle in w'hich this country — and the world — is en- twin-motor- ed Youngdahl Congressman nounced he will demand a congressional investigation “if length of the runways contributed to the RUSSIA WASHINGTON July 30 (T— Henry J Kaiser solemnly assured two senate committees Thursday that a signal from President Roosevelt would translate his vision of a fleet of giant cargo planes into a construction program such as only American ingenuity could initiate Given “the green light” and a steady flow of materials the Oakland Cal shpbullder told a military affairs subcommittee he could turn out the first of such ships “within 10 months after receiving plans” Faces Committee Not only could his shipyards be converted in part to the production of planes to speed up war deliveries Kaiser declared but the conversion would not interfere with his shipbuilding contracts and Bethlehem and United States Steel corporation and other shipbuilders would do likewise if President Russia— (Official) By Associated MOSCOW do who crossed the Don south o Tsimlyansk the Russians announced Friday At Voronezh on the German north Don flank too the Germans 29-da- ya Axis Bombers RAF Pounds at French Coast Blast Cairo After Heavy Raid on Saar ” In Night Raid Saar-brueck- Rites Draw U S Notables WASHINGTON July 30 CP — aid Harry Hopkins presidential New and Mrs Louise Gill Macy York fashion writer stood before the marble fireplace in President Roosevelt's oval study in the White House and took their marriage vows Thursday It was probably the first wedding in this historic room and it was the first 5Vhite House marriage since 1918 to be a It started out quiet wedding with just members of the bride and groom’s immediate families present together with the but president and Mrs Roosevelt the list grew as Hopkins remembered friends with whom he has been associated As a result there were 13 members of the two families and Judge Samuel I Rosenman of the New York supreme court Admiral Ernest J King commander of the U S fleet General George C Marshall army chief of staff Robert Sherwood playwright and 23 members of the White House the stalemated Egyptian battle line despite dust storms that confined ground fighting to patrol and artillery clashes Cairo's antiaircraft defenses put on their biggest and longest display of the war against raiders which flew over the center of the waves between 2:30 city in five and 4:30 a m to dump a few bombs in the outlying areas (Britain warned Germany and Italy last year that if Cairo holy city of the Islamic world was bombed the RAF would not hesitate to bomb Rome The Cairo (Continuer! mi Pace Two) (Column Six) Envoy Rcnc5vs Pledge to China CHUNGKING July 30 CP) — President Roosevelt’s pledge that ways would be found to deliver weapons and munitions to the Chinese armies was emphatically renewed Thursday-nigh- t by the president's special envoy Lauehlin Currie In his first public speech in Chungking Currie declared that “munitions are flowing into India for China’s account” lie said that staff the United States had confidence k Hopkins especially invited the in Generalissimo Chiang veteran negro doorman at the and that there was no reason for White House John Mays on duty Chinese fears that America was their since the Taft administration primarily concerned with the war (Continued nn Papf Five) m Europe (Column Two) “President Roosevelt and his advisers have a full conception of this as a global war and their considerations arc based on global strategy" Currie asserted Kai-she- - Ru ss Ambassador Roosevelt Confer WASHINGTON July 30 UP) — Maxim Litvinov the Russian ambassador conferred for nearly a half an hour with the chief executive Thursday as newspaper headlines blamed Stalin’s order to the soviet arnVies to stop retreating The ambassador on leaving the military reservation HouseV was asked if he intVhite The plane a Boeing 247 was of formed the president of the soviet capacity and had leader's order and he replied: “I been taken over by the government suppose the president reads the iContinud on Six) “I will renew efforts to get 100 acres from adjacent Fort Snelling needed to extend the runways to the length recommended by the civil aeronautics authority” Youngdahl said Efforts have been made to extend the port into the papers” gave up new positions In the course of bitter fightings but south Of Rostov it was admitted that the weight of German arms again had and that a further been too much retirement ' had been forced to southeast of Bataisk Tanks Beaten Back Bataisk 15 miles below Rostov had been given as the scene of previous fighting in that sector Many German tanks and infantry regiments driving with all their power across the barren steppes of the Don bend in an effort to reach the river and drive upon the Volga river city of Stalingrad were beaten back near Kletskaya 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad it was said “Southwest of Kletskaya our troops repelled enemy attacks and in some sectors pressed the enemy back” the communique declared Several hundred Germans were annihilated nine tanks destroyed and 14 planes shot ((own it added - Lauds Maine Man He declared that although he had never seen a ship launched before he took over his present contracts in 1910 he had built in 46 days a ship called for in 140 and that he expected to turn out y a job next mpnth Seated before the military subo 50 100 150 1 committee in a modest blue suit Kaiser beamed when Chairman STATUTE MILES Lee (D) Oklahoma credited him with “the genius and imagination” Russian defenders of Stalingrad hurled back line) Germans claimed penetration to Proie-tarskabehind the Lee resolution to set up comnazi thrusts Thursday a midnight (1) thus cutting the Krasnodar-Stalingra- d an agency to start production of conTail way a while Southwest of Kletskaya bitter munique reported fight the huge flying boats Don in to Newa battle has raged for days tinued the river 5ast tank S (2) rage valley (black (Pete) Calling William ell Maine shipbuilder one of the greatest in the country Kaiser said Newell might hesitate before ' some of saying he couldto convert build' his capacity plane but thjat he like the others would “rise to the occasion" He insisted the two bottlenecks of engines and steel could be broken Fighter Offensives Keep Air Filled “If the automotive industry of America which supplied 85 per RAF Fliers Counter With Racket of Bomb& and Guns cent of the world's motor cars 0 can’t produce enough engines” Attack Leaves Steel Center Ablaze Willi Attacks he said “it is indeed sad” “50 to had from Kaiser said he On Enemy Lines 60” engineers working on engineerBritish — (Official ) By Associated Tress conof boat features big flying ing LONDON July struction “because we want to be fighter offensives timed to keep British— (Official) readyusto go ahead if the president an almost continual racket of bomb blasts and gunfire swept up By United Press tells to” CAIRO July 30 — Axis planes the French coast from near the Belgian border on the east to His plants he said cover vast Four) (Continued on bombed the outskirts of Cairo near the tip of Brittany on the west early Thursday night follow(Column Tvo Thursday while the RAF blasted ing another RAF heavy bomber blow’ this time against and shot up enemy positions along Hopkins-Mae- ed their Ihrust at Stalingrad Thursday and waged n battle to annihilate those of Ine enemy it” y Press Friday jtily by the calls of Josef Stalin to obey the examples of some of the great heroes of thia most desperate hours of Russia’s history the red army hurled the Germans back in Roosevelt asked In an appearance before the senate defense investigating committee he argued with Chairman Truman (D) Missouri: “The job can be done if there’s a will to crash” (Column One) Russians Admit Enemy Gains In Bataisk Area -- - Granger Calls Nation Aivaits i i ear by 1914 r - City "tn:s is like discovering a new oil But Arthur B Newhall rubber "‘ordinator said later that an an- ‘pated large production of buta-en- e by the oil industry already s been figured into the goal of 75000 tons of synthetic rubber a - to Salt Lake realization that if the war is lost profits and most other things we week reached a new record of value will be worth nothing Mr Granger expressed a deep £00000 barrels daily with 62000 concern for the sacrifices made by tank cars being used in the eastresidents of the communities outward haul side the large defense areas of Rubber Issue the state and by all Utahns ivho have given men to the armed servEst mates varied r ght on the increase in Thursday the over-a- h ices “They are the ones in this state syrthetc rubber output foreshadowed by Ickes' announcement who suffer” he said “55’e Amerihave known much comfort that the Cil industry' could produce cans 200 00 tons of butadiene annually and a high standard of living unto the rest of the world by sight conversions of gasoline known But we can give those things up refineres greatest loss we Ickes' aids said this quick quan-tit- v if we must The our of butadene would make pos-ihi- e must endure — and many of — the production of 240000 to people are enduring that loss is boys and men 2V (yvo tons of rubber and the co- the sacrifice of our Pac 8ix) (Continued on Two ord nator told his press conference Column well” Asserts He Can Build Ships In Ten Months support of national war In Conflict Warns of Taxes oviet Army Hurls Nazis efore Laim Kaiser Pleads For S lari oil Cargo Planes fiy By Aaaociated Press policies and WASHINGTON July 30— Emphatic opposition to nationurged people wide gasoline rationing at this of Utah to time as a measure designed to increase petroleum deliveries to increase efforts the east was voiced Thursday In winning by Petroleum Coordinator Harold L Ickes the conflict As to whether unuersal gaso-ln- e would be needed to for survival rationrg he said e this quesrubber rnrjfn tion was not within his jurisdicduring visit tion Ickes told his press conference that supples of fuel oil along the Atlantic seaboard had become so critical that many of the 1250000 householders using it for heating may hae to set their thermostats at 65 degrees or lower next winter and turn off radiators in spare rooms He hinted that it might be necessary to cut gasoline consumption further in the eat so that available transportation could be iis--d to build up fuel oil stocks agarst next winters needs Disagrees with OPA As to nation-wid- e rationing Icxes declared “this won't help the east now” He took sharp issue with such a program which Joe Dean rationing executive of the office of price administration said he and OPA Chief Leon Henderson had endorsed and forwarded to Pres dent Roosevelt Dean contended that universal rationing would release rail tank cars and tank trucks from other ar'-a- s to build up eastern stocks W re taking all the tank cars from the rest of the country that the railroads can haul” Ickea said "We’ll take more as we can use them It might be possible that rationing wall be needed in some other areas at some future date due to transportation shortages Price Five Cents Salt Lake City Utah Friday Morning July 31 1912 Nazis Execute 17 French Subjects VICHY France Unoccupied July 30 (Pi — Dispatches from Paris reported the execution Thursday of 17 persons at Champigneulles near Nancy in occupied northeastern France They were accused of being com- munists in the reich Thirteen British planes were lost in the series of dusk offensives in which Spitfires scored direct hits on hangars and dispersal huts on an airdrome in the St Oraer area set fire to a tanker off the coast and damaged a motor vessel Seven of 190 down speedy Germany’s new Focke-5Vuplanes were'shot lf high-climbi- fighter Moon en British Report Ttvo ‘Eagles’ Lost on Raid LONDON Friday July 31 (Pi — Flight Lieutenant John Joseph Mooney of East Hempstead N Y and Pilot Officer Leroy Skinner of Webb City Mo members of the Second Eagle squadron were reported Friday as missing after fighter sweeps terriover German-occupie- d Lights Way waning “bombers’ moon” lighted the way to strong bomber forces which swept over the thickly built coal and steel centory ter of Saarbruecken 'Wednesday Both the young Americans and when blasts fires night 75 great the RAF were veterwith were set off miles away visible ans of aerial dogfighting This continued hammering by On the morning when strong forces of bombers against Mooney failed to return his the centers of German industry fellow pilots received mailed Saarof which the attack against to his approachinvitations bruecken was the seventh in 10 to a young marriage ing one is of the ways only nights member of the English womin which the air war is being en’s auxiliary air force carried to Germany it was disclosed by informed air sources Sweeps by British four and bombers into the Bay of have become so strong these sources said that the Germans Biscay where they look for nazi have been compelled to convoy to their packs traveling (Continued on Pubs Two) North Atlantic hunting grounds (Column Four) A two-motor- ed U-bo- at Roosevelt Signs Bill Creating Sailorettes Corps of 11000 — WASHINGTON July 30 CD The navy laid plans to enlisft sailorettes Thursday night after President Roosevelt signed into law a measure creating a feminine naval auxiliary of about 11000 members Formation of the corps — a counterpart of the women1 army auxiliary corps already in training — is designed ultimately to release for sea duty thousands of officers and enlisted men now holding desk jobs The navy said the corps would be made up of 1000 commissioned officers and about 10000 enlisted women Cong&ss stip ulated In the legislation that the sailorettes could not serve outside the continental United States WASHINGTON July 30 (PI — There can be little doubt about the nickname which will be given the women's naval reserves — it will be “waves” This became apparent Thursday with the navy's announcement of procedure to be followed in setting The organizaup the reserve tion was officially mentioned as "Women Appointed for Volun- teer Emergency Service” i 1 j j Seething Battle Front line dispatches broadcast on the Moscow radio gave a more graphic description of a seething battle two-da- y j “Day and night the shelling never dies down” it said In the past two days the fighting has been heaviest where the Don makes its great bend In this key sector the enemy is going all out to smash through to the river The enemy is making a furious drive for full mastery of the right bank of the Don at any cost “The battle is raging over an area extending several dozen miles along the front and in depth and with every type of troops engaged “In the sky the fighting never ceases” In the Tsimlyansk area midway between Rostov and Stalingrad where for days the Germans have been expanding their bridgeheads across the Don the red army tod reacted as if in response to new official pronouncements that the time has come to end the withdrawals before the overpowering invaders ‘Retreat Impossible’ The communist party newspaper Pravda in an unusual editorial said “One must understand that retreat is impossible” In the Tsimlyansk area the soviet information bureau said simply “Our troops continue to fight with the object of annihilating the enemy group which had crossed the river” But it added that the Germans were attempting to break through to the south and were throwing in new tank and infantry forces Despite the use of reinforce-ment- s and dogged counterattacks which resulted in a wedge being ! j driven into Russian lines in one instance the Germans were “disof strong lodged from points” at Voronezh the com munifjue said Four Vain Assaults Nine hundred Germans wore killed in four vain assaults agains): one inhabited locality which the Russians captured and 200 more were slain in another attempt of the Germans to improve their northwest of Voronezh it was said The fury of battle was concentrated in the Kletskaya area of the great elbow of the Don river about 70 miles northwest of Indus-tria- l s posi-tion- j Stalingrad at Bataisk 11 miles below Rostov on the railway to the Baku oil fields: and around Tsimlyansk 120 miles upstream from Rostov where the German have spent thousands of lives g from crossings of the Don front of smoke It was a e and flames of thousands of clank-ing tanks and of terrain littered with planes enormous casualties and rubble of destroyed tanks and other machines of death slow-movin- 300-mil- g death-spittin- |