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Seattle 54 77 Minneapolis New Orleans 76 95 Sheridan 54 69 New York 64 84 Washington 70 91 34-ho- ur OGDEN CITY UTAH MONDAY EVENING JULY 17 1944 The Catted Press The Associated Press Here's Glamour for Demo Confab Negroes Demand K -- m-- Equal Rights Plank of Demos K ' immK II I z 4mW$L British Soon To Aid US'" On Southern Racial Question AgainstJulyJaps CANBERRA dSn jjft isations claiming 6500000 members went before the Democratic platform commit-tte- e today with a demand for Pi "the right to vote in every I state unrestricted by poll taxes white primaries or party conventions" 'SBf bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbNB3HbbL2 BBBkBBBBBBBBBBB NKA Service 10 PAGES AP Service FINAL EDITION Russian Parachutists Land in East Prussia Yankee Invaders Smash Into Ruined St Lo a Committee Works CHICAGO July 17 (AP) Spokesmen for Negro organ- m 17 bbbbbbbbbMNH&: Soviets Capture Grodno Last Barrier of Nazis SUPREME H E A DQUAR-TER- S AEF July 17 patrols smashed into ruined St Lo today (UP)t-Ameri- can (UP) — Britain will send "large and powerful" forces to the southwest Pacific before the end of the year to fight under Gen Douglas MacArthur against the Japs Prime Minister John Cur-ti- n announced today Curtin told the house of representatives that he had received Prime Minister Churchill's promise of the forces during his recent visit to Britain to attend the empire conference "Though the transfer of the main British effort must await Germany's defeat" Curtin said large and powerful forces will become available this year and the planning of the whole British effort will be vigorously pursued BBBSsHsBl Americans Seize Flooded Area East of Less ay bringing the central keystone of the German line in Normandy almost within the allied grasp and other assault forces stormed the near approaches of Periers and Les-sa- y 1 BiW V$§yO W$f Jefqovo f LATVIA ff STOCKHOLM Jjily 17 (UP) — The newspaper Af reported today that Russian parachutists had landed in East Prussia ' flOpochktf ton-tidning- idritso Lithuania ISV en A Moscow dispatch reported violent fighting today in the "immediate neighborhood of east Prussia" and Swiss advices said the nazis had ordered the immediate evacuation of civilians from the border region of German's easternmost homeland A Moscow dispatch of the exchange telegraph said Russian tanks and motorized infantry were breaking into the outer defenses of Kaunas pre-wcapital of Lithuania and bracketed with fallen Grodno as one of the two main German defense bastions before east Prussia Key of Nazi Defenses Two Russian armies were smashing westward from captured Grodno key bastion of the German defenses on the approaches to east Prussia and delayed reports indicated the Soviets migt already be in the Suwalki triangle of old Poland which Adolf Hitler annexed to the German province in 1930 Grodno which fell to two red armies storming it yesterday is the last great hedgehog base at which the Germans could have any hope of stemming the soviet short of east Prussia sweep -- A Zurich dispatch said that Alfred Rosenberg German minister for the overrun territories in the east had ordered the evacuation at once of civilians from the frontier section of east Prussia lying east of a line through Tilsit Insterburg and Treuburg — about a fourth of the German province The dispatch quoted witnesses from Insterburg main rail junction in the eastern part of the province as saying that the population of that area was panic stricken British forces waving a new ofbelow Caen battered forfensive Their appearance put the race several ward hundred yards in exn south-Rlptsore issue spot among many tremely heavy fighting and drove Democrats squarely before the i into the key villages of Noyers and party's national conclave Evrecy wresting parts of each from X MINSK the German defenders Fair Employment Lt - Gen Omar N Bradley's American first army clamped a Presented by Walter White of siege arc tightly against St Lo Association National the for the Bobruiskits prongs probing the near Gerof Colored Advancement People man fortifications and southeast the Negro organizations' statement northwest of the ancient town also called for perpetuation of the while advanced elements broke the 1'tsuT employment practice commit-RV- " nazi crust to penetrate the rubble-strew- n tee "To secure and protect the streets frhScT WARSAW light to work without racial or Seize Lessay Area Thus at tne opening session of AT CONVENTION Mrs Helen Gahagan Douglas Democratic Other U S forces closing against mm public hearings the 23 member national committeewoman and congressional candidate proves that the two remaining anchor bases of the Republicans haven't a monopoly on feminine charm as she chats the German defenses facing the platform committee was confront-Wwith the job of writing a raAmerican front captured the vilinformally with reporters during Chicago press conference cial plank with delicate words to lage of Les Milleries a mile northjnreiiitiin a convention floor fight west of Periers and seized a floodan the troublesome issue and perGuam ed area east of Lessay to bring Pounded By that town under direct attack from haps to restore unity in Demo-cratic ranks three sides Five miles southwest of Periers Big U S Raid Southerners to Meet the Americans cut the arterial Before the Negro organizations' highway to St Lo the backbone of Of Planes Ships the entire German defense line spokesmen entered the platform committee room E B Germany of fronting the Americans by a drive Mesnil-Viginto an Le of alternate the village delegate pPBas CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO July 17 By Associated Press The crushing assault which laid vited other southerners to meet at a Loop hotel tomorrow night to (UP) —President Roosevelt was reliably reported today to open the fortifications in the outAdm Shigetaro Shimada skirts of St Lo was launched at plan a campaign against any racial be determined to fourt-thirt- y a m today give Vice President Henry A Wallace a has resigned as equality plank Japan's navy President James G Pat ton of the one-ball-ot to chance obtain renomination before Taken By Surprise indicating minister Tokyo announced National Farmers' union urged the Taken by surprise because of the "MARCH ON BERLIN' I committee to pledge a "more A powerful Russian army on southern equ it- - to the Democratic national convention assembling here a of the absence of artillery preparation front has joined red "march on hint awe distribution of income with giving today berlin" with smashing new offensive the Germans reeled back and the on in agriculture He made the ap Wednesday his preferences among alternate candidates to fortress of Lwow stresses The new assault which Ger-m- m Poland Offensive at in the approaches play Jap American assault rolled fast in its moment Mr Roosevelt sug-- 4 had achieved small number of local peal in a statement critical of farm "a acknowledged While the red army was developUnited Press Corresince American early stages on Russians programs of the Roosevelt admin-- gests another name or names Wal aTmTOt continuous offensive gijfryernment puts along James McGlincy reported its frontal push against east ing spondent istration front from Gulf of Finland to foothills of the Carpathians lace la through of Sai pan from the front Prussia conquest broadcasts said a great two red armies Today liberated Grodno Russian nazi powerful pounded through tfkFarm Unit Question Because of the prime importwas picking p offensive Shimada navy minister since NoPlatform Planks Set (see map above center) to within striking distance of East Prussia momentum in lower Poland and 1941 — a month before ance the Germans attach to St vember and Declaring that the family -- size have 1939 crossed the disputed today border of had rolled up impressive already may The Lo of the and controversy the road advances guardian must unit be Pearl Harbor —gave way to rela- running southwest they were expreserved as a Germany's easternmost home province mgtm in the campaign to bulwark the jjiWWdation for democracy Patton is almost all that marks this as a southern flank of the soviet forces tively unknown Adm Naokuni No- pected to fight for it street by mad that "the rich in agriculture Democratic national convention street mura comes who a into Tojo cabi striking toward Berlin nave Decome ncner and the poor Mr Roosevelt's renomination is The British were punching southBerlin said the Russian attacks have become relatively poorer net an facing WASHINGTON July 17 (AP)— unrelenting holdtwo The in and ward thrusts platfrom Luck and Tarnopol toward packaged bagged parallel Albert S Goss master of the NaU S fleet attack on Guam and OPA is preparing for a nation-wid- e some houses in the eastern the fortress ing city of Lwow had detional Grange asked the Demo- form is near final form — under drive — starting on setbacks other war front part of Evrecy and at least the 1 — to force every Aug offensive a into veloped crats to promise a post-wfarm 1000 words— although the resolu- greater participation in car pool- save China eastern of commentator A said nazi the RusBoyers portion which would encourage tions committee today starts going ing program 113 After 38 miles Hill Pessimistic the sians Zloczow reached had Tokyo capturing abundant production He advoIt is aimed — not at "A" ration The British worked southeast across same east Lwow of and the about cated the use of government com through the motions of hearing all drivers and the Evrecy-Cae- n — but at motorists who get unprecedented warship had and from distance highway from Tarnopol sides of all persons extra gasoline for questions modity loans support prices and plane pounding of Guam second reached a point 500 yards southROME July 17 (AP)— Allied k LONDON July 17 (AP)— Up to programs for diverting surpluses Who have planks to suggest only to Saipan as a Marianas island east of the highway near the little troops stormed 750 WASHINGTON July 17 (UP) — U S bombers attacked a dozdriving across the today into industrial uses as mechanisms base elicited from Tokyo radio Guigne river a is of OPA wants There to them form car hardly whisper officials hope today that en American to river bridges leading the for assuring agriculture what he Arno river which flows through in contrast to pools with their neighbors who frank admission that "the war sitterm talk The British near Vendes railwhen the red armies march into front captured the Belfort Normandy termed "compensatory" prices uation does not allow a moment of Noyers Also the d term outcries also receive extra rations for of Haut Florence putting behind them a road yards in eastern France and undisputed Polish territory the noisy village Goss urged also the development the so that through optimism" of four years ago But there is a Des Rorges south of the considerable barrier before the a flying bomb supply dump near undisputed Polish territory the of peace-tim- e Adm Chester W Nimitz an- foreign trade pro- big and determined movement here rotation driving each one's car was need also road be Bocage capRheims today in one of the largest German Gothic line across Italy dispute will work itself out grams designed to encourage ex- against the renomination of Wal- used about one day out of five (Coatinued on Page Two) tured scale the allies' French troubles the attacks way support by The Arno is a natural moat 400 (Column Four) change of goods but emphasized lace He is not accepted by many That is the main purpose of the United Press War Correspondent seem to have done The prospects aircraft the invasion during must not be sacrificed partymen as a bona fide Demo- drive The reason: to conserve gas"agriculture D McMillan reported from feet wide at places and was beRichard to are now 500 that escorted possibly within a matUp the fighters fe£tve advantage to labor or in- crat but as more representative of oline and tires and reduce wear advanced British headquarters near lieved to have been fortified on the Russian armies will ter of the bombers Fortdays dustry' Caen that big guns pounded the north bank during the German resses and Liberators Flying the new coalition on this country's dwindling supply Nazi such Polish terriahead into forge German positions between the retreat from Rome It flows and a leader of the brigades of the of automobiles seems unlikely that any It tory Radio itBerlin said Reich the in The Odon and Orne all night convertdrivers with left workable arrangement between the self was attack for the fifth Poles the extra are to rations gas entitled ing them into what a staff officer deep gorges through captured Ar- - time in a under Russians will be reached Will Hear Contests was week one of It the beforeand new tires But there are not enough To Bomb New described as "hell on earth" ezzo Florence and Pisa where it rare then days since invasion that clear The British 2nd my's offensive meets the sea The national committee was to tires to fill their demands has permitted full use of skies And OPA officials estimate that was launched soon Satmeet today for final convention afterdusk An official source said the swift overpowering LONDON 17 Gerallied air power (UP)— July cars 4000 wear hours-lonout daily The 2C man robot bombs g night following an arrangements and a advance of tanks and infantry from is Belfort near fell in the Lon- urday artillery Switzerland and Luxury Liners Next cenwill hear contests of oooosine million automobiles in use in 1941 don area that so barrage the Arezzio that 215 enemy last night for the first tered by turns on surprised miles of Paris and South have dropped to 23 million groups from Texas enemy strong the British captured a bridge in- Rheims is 75southeast ? miles of At Douglas Plant northeast This reduction has dumped an time in six nights and the attacks points and troop concentrations Carolina tact German with in continued along the engineers the metropolitan around the Odon capital and closer to the CaSANTA MONICA Calif July 17 Unless the president has a sur increasingly greater burden on section and southern bridgehead south- who were waiting to destroy it — coast where the robot plat- (UP) — A lais after England of west other Caen kinds of like in candidate mind special assembly line tohis choice South African armored troops forms hurl "buzz bombs" at Londawn today The Italian prisoners at Second prise street cars and transportation was buses in converting 100 come from would day engaged anthe men among made British and Guardsmen While the raids on southern Engdon street have a fine band and have 3 DC released by most transport discussed planes other advance of several thousand among arland continued the air correspon- Bulletins The daylight thrusts were pre- the army into expressed a willingness to join in already liners for doleaders luxury sector are party riving Sen in another They dent of the Daily Telegraph said ceded by a two-pl- y yards celebrating Utah's natal day assault cornight use mestic Aircraft Alben W Barkley of Kentucky! Delinquents Get Work Douglas Yanks drove up the west coast upon the continent in which a the report from Stockholm that the CONVENTION HEADQUARdeliverFirst announced war mobilization Director poration LOS 17 ANGELES James two of miles Livorno F within TERS (UP)— Germans have a robot bomb powCHICAGO today strong force of Britain-base- d 17 (UP) July R A They would add interest to the Byrnes of South Carolina federal Juvenile court aclast week-en- d weland swung in from the east for a F Mosquitos blasted a German ies weretomade erful enough to send to New York President Roosevelt July I parade on the Twenty-fourt- h jurists today will personD S Sprague customer cording y on richest Judge Sherman Minton of Indiana comed an announcement by the "cannot be completely disregardassault the endorse Vice President Hen-oil plant at Hombere in service manager in the Italian campaign since synthetic raui v mcxMutt 01 inaiana and As- Santa Fe railroad that it will em- ed" The report was carried by allyWallace for Down at the Spe'rry mill yester- - sociate toprize d the Ruhr while renomination heavy O ploy 50 young delinquents in a the Stockholm Tidningen which day or tomorrow in a letter the fall of Rome d sacks of las of Justice William bombers oil attacked at packing refinery and New unS of forces U Washington York Daggett Calif railroad gang Advanced units said it learned from secret sources which will conclude with an flour I saw a marvelous machine Smederovo near YugoThree Nazis Downed Belgrade me nst is long cut der prevailing pay and working that the Germans had concentrated emphatic statement reached Montenero a Livorno sub- slavia Which had been invented by a the that exconditions The project is an 10000 super-robChinese The night attacks were part of a In Air Accident in west- Democratic national convention urb four miles from the heart ofe periment worked out by the com- ern Jutland for planes New is "free and open" and that he the city and captured Monte calculated to cut vital The packages accurately weighed South Backs Byrnes bombing one of the dominating fuel suppliescampaign pany and the courts York has no desire to dictate to it on ROME July 17 (UP)— Three which Adolf HitSpMI cleverly sealed were coming ATLANTA Ga Julv 17 fTnv heights overlooking it from a dis- ler's war machine depends machine at War mobilization Director James Kit of the automatic Mustang pilots each got credit for tance of about four miles a rapid rate and were being placed Byrnes of South Carolina — freAllied headquarters in Italy an- a victory without firing a shot Fifth The advanced nounced loss of 20 planes in sweep- during a dogfight over Vienna army in cartons quently called "assistant president" towns several and vil- ing operations which included a yesterday The Americans had through Of late years much of the flour of U S— loomed today as the man befortifications the lages keying 's medium bomber attack yesterday spotted three German trade reaching the homes is placed the solid south may support for anand Livorno fore headquarters on to in S U the attack Vienna bombers me nation s xno z position at a targets military preparing Ita small containers and not in nounced that the Germans now had area raids on objectives in Yugo- The center nazi plane caucus off southern sacks as in the long ago flipped over stabilized an organized line of re- slavia and southern France and and his wingtips stroked two in this delegates Chicago week sistance three to four miles below assaults upon German communi- other planes All three the also saw flour for the armv German It was certain that his home I him fo"owin8 told to distribCross was a send story on followed Gothic which the Uht child4it by a rifle shot and the Arno river cations in Italy in addition to the fighters crashed together ut it was in paper bags state's 18 votes would go to was bV Thp AnsrviatA wu ipVc T out and that water would hp sun silence is line based mission written by Sgt David Demp- - plied Byrnes and according to delegasoldiers commanded the German forces struck back heav- Belgrade Jap losses in the MediterEjriemy of "Why paper bags?" I asked and tion leaders ah effort will be made sey marine corps combat corre- the marines went mouth of the cave To Then some ily in several sectors from their ranean were put at 44 planes The Germans March in attempt first on the Democratic national conM courteous escort replied: sP°r°nt to the mouth of the cave and to enter it would mean since stable positions they certain allied air forces vention floor to put him across the JlLti MARIANA TQrAMnQ Tho rhi ri riirl not All the marines could death below Rome and be- Mediterranean cracked but as up 24 planes were miss- Moscow do disclosed that "To exclude moisture to In the candidate succeed layecu— Marines have named Finally Cross approached the en- was wait and plead more of a gan flight disorderly a force of 750 heavy ing from of Horrors" for the trance He shouted to the tropics that is highly essential Our Henry A Wallace They waited four hours— "four than 150 miles to the approaches of bombers h !ie j01"? that raided the Romanian Prisoners of War of 5aves on this island in Jap promising them thatpeople regular flour sacks would absorb rfds and of the longest hours of my life " the Gothic line between Pisa thev )!f oil center of Ploesti Saturday with the high humidity and allow the MOSCOW July 17 (AP)The produced a story as grim would be given food water and Cross said "During that time there Rimini as this one load the of heaviest bombs contents to deteriorate or spoil" ever German if tl treatment army finally — marched rrtore medical The Fifth and Eighth armies they came were grenade explosions on that target Ten ene- through Moscow as prisdropped in with a time a at today one spot their win out arms more stiffened rifle the shots forward The groaning and LLuded despite were aircraft The paper bags filled with flour my oners our own linescanyon destroyed While sectors air the wailing inside increased The old resistance in all key came out of an automatic packer Russian Yak-- 9 fighters struck inmarines passing by heard two in The Thousands upon thousands capH marines waited but no one man kept Crying for water" the Americans closed on Livorno dustrial Jap in eaied with a glue of special com- -' PrusEast in the red army offensive tured objectives of the sound old li8t?ned' man several The declded came tn the Eighth army gained IS 22 JhCy there was silence Over Finally sia the on assault moved the making position mizu" was all through the capital on foot coming from a cave groaning "mizu Marines still wary of going di- miles between Arezzo the fall of Reich a three-side- d and affair as transferred from rail while mill One close as crept being will be for into the cave crawled back which laid open the Arno valley Bjjjjr they could to they heard kept running rectly boosted Weather the on WASHINGTON battle front stations their 17 — long way back July (UP) MPdurmg theu week exclusively on Cross crawled closer and spoke to the top of the cliff and lifted a push against Florence which also in 57600 trudged to In all east the support operations P army flour A Normandy he of Wallace area stone heard the was the slab threatened from to them again Suddenly of a low 500 of streets from the of to the Sometime today or tomorrow Henry Saturday wearily through Four of them were lowered 15 Poggibonsi °nf U S sat on the chest of a news °Ver the sound of hand grenades clickMuscovites 1500 more than a adMore million cliff's Z7e t° ffnHPn than In the Russians should enter Germany yesterday were knocked to tarout the feet as the pins floor of the cave What JP ing the watched streets and dition lined bombers the or Jn other words they will be photographer in- - the lobby of the and range long im "e neard tne click aeainst the rocky walls Cross they saw will go down in waxaman rant notei annex and in no no Wh in East their was made about There 1500 more Germans booing in fighters Prussia ready to push on that beas the as f?1 a£d Pulled his head Jumped back grenades memories the most gruesome Russ Miles 435 catcalls on no attack shouts position Saarbrucken the over they and -- — bargained toward Berlin — the Only The marines went gan to explode in the cave of all sights in war The bodies Munich The prisoners poured in from all disposal of an unauthorized were men of and women soldiers committing IThat willto bea inspiring news for picture and the photographer Robert children Jap stations Second From Heart Nazi Lt handling traffice to the their were blown apart and lay splatRoints for crisis in the war Woodsun of Acme newspictures of MinneapolisCharles T Cross 25 suicide killing and wounding northwest and southwest of north so did returned as tered against the walls with 16 own people making consternation in the said today in giving his version they The Press Associated By Snowball Cars the eity Boys aweranks of the Germans JaP languae in" The soldiers had disemboweled The marines waited in of a belatedly disclosed incident of terp'reS088 They marched orderly from ears Mileages on the routes which the From inside the themselves with grenades The allied horror struck last Thursday Berto to are armies platforms and then cavalrymen Hot Weather By traveling a removing the Russians cross the borDespite large slab of cave came a pitiful chorus of wail- bodies of 30 Japs—ten of them lin now read There was no comment from stone on Moscow garrison with shinof the of of of screams the top soldiers— East cliff the ma- ing babies and the had literally been blown Prussia they will fill Wallace or his associates Wood-su- n rines could see der 17 (AP)— TherMEMPHIS over their shoulders — sabers 1) 435 miles July Russian front ing HEL Germany with apprehension said: "We then went out to Women children into the cave women and old men For an hour together 100 here Germans the mometers read herded into the city a exactly a from (measured in direct line old men and Cross lay near fhe mouth of the There were four survivors: Two point six streets the tennis courts Mr Wallace sat soldiers were huddled Spue unnerving arrested when police near yesterday Grodno) cave pleading with the Japs to girls 8 and 12 whose throats had together©r dispatches Two German generals were in this morning re- - down on a bench and I photo2) Italian front— About 607 youngsters — on charges of tossing there been a slit him me out Occasionally come whose Then face automobiles the first group which included all baby tail of graphed at had Grodno within in his snowballs miles passing mp (Continued oa on the near pres(from Ancona would be movement inside the dim been cut by grenade fragments Adriatic coast) PaC Two) other plate Police said the boys raided an officers One looked especially S?e4Idestroyed Mr Wallace and I shook hands" (Comma Two) as he marched glancing tunnel as though someone were a young boy who had been over(3) Normandy front— 635 miles ice house for trie flakes— or "snow" neither to right or left —formed by cutting ice struggling to crawl out Invariably come by the concussion (from Caen) lily-whi- te IprusS a ar jsdi-- tmWr (Sffei Nippon Admiral jr r - C Resigns as Sai pan Is Lost -- & J Wallace Faces One Vote Chance at Renomination ot H dp pene--iratkm- e" 900-mi- le Greater Pooling vice-president- ial Of Cars Urged 12-d- Allies Ford Arno ay full-sca- Mr Florence ar Germans Bombed le In Normandy home-to-wor- anti-fo- urth anti-thir- home-to-wo- rk Caen-Ville- rs P01-ish-Ru- four-en-gin- deal-Democra- four-engin- Robots Slated tic FMNK home-to-wo- ed ed rk York FRANCIS - 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