Show Temperatures period ending The Weather (For the Seven UTAH— Partly deady this after- noon except generally cloudy northeast portion with a few scattered showers Clearing and colder tonight with frost or freezing Thursday mostly temperatures clear High this afternoon 45 to 55 except near 65 in Utah's Dixie Low Thursday morning 25 to 35 Seventy-sevent- OGDEN CITY UTAH The United Press The Associated Pre Year — No 61 h WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22 EVENING 1947 Bureau Predicts Foods Will Cost As t Much or More Than This Year G rains Soar Near Peaks ' I ' mi 1 Service e By The Associated Press Tjhe nation's consumers juggling their budgets to cope with Continued high prices found little if any cheer today in a prediction by the bureau of agricultural economics on prices and supplies of major foods and farm products for On livestock and meats the bureau said prices probably will continue high 'and meat production was expected to drop about 10 pounds per person from the 1947 average pe capita rate of 155 pounds Egg and poultry prices also are expected to average higher than this year and dairy products may be higher the first six months of (AP) — The next year than in the first half Fighi Impends Over Plan io Weaken Lords government's 4 proposal ng j -- I ' ar L a ders" "By thus brawling with phan-th- e liberal said line labor ministers may find themselves arraigned before the bar of public opinion In at tackingj imaginary abuses they may fihd themselves called upon toj defehd their own competence to copej with national problems which are real The Daily Herald took the line that the government had a mandate to nationalize the iron and steel industry and thus was justified In restricting the power of the lords toms" News-Chronic- le Hurt In Rail Collision Twenty-tw- o ST PAUL Minn Oct 22 (AP) Twentyftwo persons were injured at least one seriously when a Soo Line passenger train and a Northern Pacific freight collided head-o- n today near the north city limits of St Paul The injured included 17 passengers on the Chicago to St Paul passenger train and five crew members One £ar of the passenger train and a-- boxcar on the freight were telescoped Several cars were de remained upright railed r Non-Re- d I j BOSTON Act Okehed Oct 22 (AP)— The C O United Rugger Workers executive officers voted today to file non-comunist affidavits under the law first major affiliate to announce the action since the recent Cl I O national convention which left that decision to individual unions m Taft-Hartl- ey j L (MARK) CRITCHLOW— Voters gave him edge' in t M v race vote-counti- : waPi to of 1947 authority Of the house of lords got an almost unanimous pasting today from the British press Only the socialist Daily Herald voiced Ukewarm approval for the measure proposed at the opening of parliament yesterday a proposal described by the Marquess of Salijsburjf as a "shabby and shoddy political deal" and by Winston Caurchill as a "deliberate act of socialist aggression" that would I'divide the country" An a floor fight over the proposa seemed definitely in the cards nd some political circles predicted a new general election would Result Prime) Minister Attlee announced in the coursjje of preliminary de-- bate on the proposal yesterday that the government's intention was to limit the poer of the hereditary house ojf lords to delay enactment of legislation from two years to one year Delay s Only Power The ords have no final power to defejat legislation but can refuse to enact it and thus require the house of commons to pass it three imes a two-yeprocess under present laws "It is wholly out of accord with the decencies of constitutional usage that suddenly without cause or provocation and without discussion let alone consent a single by virtue of its maparty siould seek to diminish the rejority maining powers of the upper house for the purely cynical purpose of easing the passage of a single controversial measure" the Times said Its reFerence was to the government's Announced intention of carrying dut its election pledge to nationalize the Iron and steel into dustry before 1950 A proposalwas nationalize the gas industry presented to parliament yesterday but iroh and steel ji nationalization was not memionea in 11me mes- sage by the king Some laborites believe the lords would use their powers to delay steel and iron nationalization 'Screen) to Blot Blunders" The Daily Graphic conservative commented: "It is impossible to resist he conclusion that this reckless! tampering with the con-i- s a smokescreen de- stitutiort signed to blot out socialist blun- little-remaini- Wallace Backs Ike JERUSALEM Oct 22 BSlRSBIlBssBBfep - es j 15-mi- le 4 Russia Had War Won When U S Joined He Says ile Follows Brazil's Lead In Russ Break ROME Oct 22 (UP)— Andrei Zhdanov chief Russian delegate to the conference at which the communist organization was set up was quoted today as accusing the United States of establishing bases throughout the world and trying to partition Germany in a "policy of preparation for new military adventures" Unita organ of the Italian communist party published the d text of an speech by Zhdanov to the conference in Poland Russia he said sought a unified demilitarized and democratic Germany He charged the western powers with trying to partition Germany Describing Russia as the "directing force and spirit of the military crushing of Germany and Japan" Zhdanov said the United States "took part only in the last phase of the war when the outcome already was denine-count- HJENOS AIRES Oct 22 (UP) The first hint that Argentina might follow the example of Brazil and Chile in breaking off relations with Russia appeared today in Buenos Aires newspapers 8000-wor- — Clear but Chilly Weather Is Seen (Continued on Page Two) (Column three) By The Associated Press An "overdue" storm which gathered over the north Pacific swept the Rocky mountain region today bringing the first general fall snow but forecasters said it would and carried house- into the village of for storage in gabusiness establish- ments A number of farm families also were quartered for the night in business places in the village At least 5000 firefighters and volunteers tried to keep the flames from racing into the village With nearly another hundred homes and cottages lost in other part5 of the state Forest Commissioner Raymond Rendall estimated the loss at more than $1000000 Kennebunkport is the site of a largp summer colony of artists and writers Among the razed buildings at Goose Rocks was the summer art school of nationally known painter Eliot O'Hara The blaze indirectly claimed one of a man directing traffic in tjie fire zone The Maine situation—worst in the least— was described as "the most explosive" ever recorded in the state New York New Jersey Newf Hampshire Massachusetts and Vermont also reported fires Cape Porpoise used every man who could hold a hose or handle a shovel in battling the blaze Water was pumped directly from the ocean New York's Governor Thomas E Uevfey ordered all state-ownwoodlands closed at midnight tonight after fire wardens reported thai in 11 days there were nearly 200 fires in the 8500000-acr- e Adirondack forests and other areas life-t-th- at ed state-controll- ed Glade Jenkins end by tomorrow Precipitation was generally light the federal weather bureau said but Boulder Colo rtported two inches of snow on the ground with a storm continuing No extreme temperatures were reported Eighteen degrees at Enterprise Utah was the lowest point in the intermountain states reported at the Salt Lake City weather bureau Snow in the area was confined to higher mountains and light rain which covered northern Utah and eastern and northern Idaho yesterday and last night was expected to abate late this afternoon Frost or freezing temperatures were forecast for Utah tonight Snowfall was general this morning over most of Wyoming while clearing skies were reported from Montana where the storm hit yesterday The storm resulted in the usual highway traffic hazards making mountain lanes dangerous to negotiate at more than moderate speeds and caused local disruption of air travel A drop from the recent high temperatures over a wide area of the eastern half of the country was forecast as cool air from the Rocky mountains moved eastward two-sta- te Steel Scrap Sought WASHINGTON Oct 22 (Up) Secretary of Interior J a Krue today asked the domestic minine industry to round up all available ir6n and steel scrap to relieve the shortage confronting steel industry and to help maintain production rates required by demands in this country and abroad EDWARD I CARLSBN — Won heavy backing in primary for auditor Lead Field in Salt Lake City Strike Suspends ry cided" The Brazilian foreign ministry iMPli announced earlier in Rio de Janeiro that Brazil had cut diplomatic ties with the Soviet government be cause of what it called "outrageous and even calumnious" Russian press livestock GOOSE ROCKS BEACH hold — equipment Oct 22 (AP) Weary begrimed crews fighting a terrifying forest Kennebunkport rages and other - it Roaring Forest Fires Are Maine Coast Fought Along Memoved le 35 43 40 23 38 42 80 49 42 57 40 55 30 ed This Is How Ogden Voted On the basis of unofficial counting the 14 aspirants in the city primary election Tuesday placed in the following order: For Mayor 4609 Harman W Peery 2813 Patrick Healy Jr 1819 John M Klenke ng William D Wood James W Alford For Commissioner Harold L Welch '"'lo J382 10-68- said fire which destroyed almost 200 stretch buildings along a five-miof Maine coastline said today that the village of Kennebunkport would be safe unless wind again became an ally of the flames The wind which reached gale force of 40 miles an hour yesterday diminished during the night and the US weather bureau predicted only "gentle" breezes for today The fire the most serious of 40 adburning in Maine was stillfront vancing along a about half a mile southwest of this picturesque village of 2000 residents halted the Effective back-firin- g fire's advance toward Kennebunkport village Most of the razed structures were summer cottages but there were scores of homeless families in the Goose Rocks Cape Porpoise and Wildes districts of Kennebunkport The fire was being "confined" in most sections but as a precautionary measure about 50 persons were evacuated from the Turbot's Creek and Fortune's Rock sections of the town Seven other huge fires consuming parched forestlands were reported under control today but still dangerous Organized patrols guarded tne fire lines of the blaze which swept the Cape Porpoise section of Ken nebunkport Farmers in the path of the flames Ti'- - From this group survivors of the city primary election Tuesday Ogdenites on November 4 wiH itlWitlie men who will run the offices of mayor and commissioner for the next two years Seated are the maymayor Stand- oralty candidates Patrick (Pat) Healy World war II vet and Harman W Peery four-timleft Thomas (Tom) East who qualified with Incumbent Harold L welcn (rignt) in tne com- - SANTIAGO Chile Oct 22 (AP) Chile blaming communists for recent coal strike was aligned with Brazil today in a diplomatic break with the Soviet Union The Chilean government said last night it had severed diplomatic and consular relations with Russia and with Czechoslovakia as well because of "instigations of inter national communists" held to have "disturbed the public quiet of e Chi (AP) — Henry A Wallace said today that if Gen Dwight Eisenhower "ran on either the Republican or Democratic tickejt he would win hands down' in the 1948 presidential election "Eisenhower would be the Republican party's presidential candidate in all probability" he j 52 Thomas East £§ 1380 once George O'Connor 1179 Healy a newcomer to the Og- Hugh F O'Neil 610 den political scene ran substan- Linn C Baker 40s Lou J Bryan of tially ahead 279 Bolander C William D Wood who ventured Karl into the mayoralty field for the For Auditor first time Those watching the ac3478 M L Critchlow tivity closely predicted Healy will Edward 4799 L Carlsen draw heavily from primary supcast: For vote Total mayor M and Klenke of John porters commissioner 10676 auditor Wood whose support was credited 10277 Total primary vote 1945: conservative less or to more groups Healy was 1796 behind 8700 Peery on the final unofficial tab- Wheat Prices Soar Prices of wheat which yesterday in Chicago soared to the high- est mark for the December future delivery since 1917 were forecast by the bureau to be governed by the size of next week's crop Export demand was expected to continue large until the middle of 1949 December wheat at one time a yesterday was quoted at $310 bushel while in the cash market number two red wheat was sold the highest price since for $316 1920 Prices for" potatoes early in 194B probably will be higher than last winter the bureau said while continued high prices were predicted for wool during the first half of next year Fruit prices were expected to be about the same as this year Heavy Sugar Baying Also on the food front was a report from New York that heavy buying of sugar was reported by retail dealers Many storekeepers and some wholesalers attributed the sudden increased demand to a "scare" and jthey said that although stocks now Werjff ample they would be unable t! keep up with 4he demand if it continued Patsy d'Agostino president of the National Association of Retail Grocers said "there is no necessity whatsoever for this at this time If the housewives persist in stacking away sugar jthey may create an artificial shortage They are afraid that sugar prices will rise after Oct 31 when price controls on sugar are lifted There is no need for hoarding" 85 531 Reno 79 38 Rock Springs 74 38 Salt Lake 74 52 San Antonio 46 38 San Fran 73 57 St George 85 751 st Louis 88 64: Seattle 82 57! Washington 59 83 58! West Yellst S3 FINAL H5ITICN Although there was no contest to qualify for the auditor's job since only two contenders were entered it was in this bracket that the big suaprise of the night developed Politically - untested Edward L Carlsen city water department clerk came to within 679 votes of the total polled by veteran auditor Marcus L (Mark) Critchlow and in at least three stages of the was in the lead Interesting Find Foreseen Peery's strong comeback after his defeat for the same office two reyears ago was also generally and a as presaged surprise garded a "hot" contest when voters return to the polls Nov 4 to make their final choice observers feel Peery has been mayor on four occasions and a city commissioner all-tim- trim the 90 88 46 58 53 55 66 70 90 65 74 88 57 85 Phoenix Pocatello ST mi Portland 73 H Provo heavier-than-predict- the bureau indicated higher prices were oh thi way in several commodities some of which appeared headejd toward peak levels reached during and after the first world war Yesterday for the sixth consecutive day the Associated Press index of the wholesale prices of 35 e commodities set a new peak Oct 22 Max Mm if Tjhe outlook by LONDON Omaha 41 48 31 Former Mayor Harman W Peery and Patrick (Pat) a field Healy navy veteran of World war H ran in front of of five to qualify in the mayoralty contest in a primary election Tuesday seven Qualifying for the commission race entered by hopefuls were incumbent Harold L Welch and Thomas (Tom) East a former city streets supervisor 1948 labor 68 78 54 Ogden Voters Cast 10688 Ballots In Mayor Primary Welch and East Qualify for Final Commission Race ' - All-Tim- today Max Min 16 PAGES AP Service 24-ho- ur Peery Healy Lead Contest Mayoralty Affer November 4 There'll Be Two Lett Price Drop s m 1948 Unlikely MEA m Ogden Albuquerque Boise Butte L nej enne Chicago Denver Gd Junction Las Vegas Logan Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New York Ok la" City xanmter r a By United Press Voters in six key Utah cities today had shown a liking for tested city officials by giving the in- cumbent or former mayors and councilmen a pat on the back in yesterday's primary elections In Salt Lake City Ogden Provo and Logan incumbent or former mayors qualified for places in the final balloting Nov 4 Midvale and Murray voters had no such choice to make but did favor present council members In the capital city's mayoralty incumbent Earl J Glade primary four-man field with a toled the tal of 10701 votes The other place in the finals went to former Mayor Ab Jenkins noted speed race driver with 5117 Precedent Is Broken Salt Lake City has never in history given one man two terms as mayor But this year the precedent was certain to be broken by either Glade or Jenkins Two other aspirants trailed far behind with Lorenzo E Elggren receiving 2973 votes and Max S Banks 2752 For the two city commission posts incumbents L C Romney n and David Affleck topped the list Romney received 14046 votes and Affleck 11499 The other two qualifiers are retired Col Elmer G Thomas and State Sen Newell Knight Murray had only one primary contest that counted with Mrs Lil-li- e M Baker and the incumbent Olive Wallin Richardson Mrs qualifying for the finals in the race for auditor Contests between personalities in Provo were overshadowed by a controversy over expansion of the municipal power plant The expansion at a cost of $1250000 was approved by a vote of 2544 to 2176 Collard vs Anderson For mayor incumbent Mark Anderson qualified with 1486 votes but was topped by George E Collard with 2206 For commission T Oss and Eldon youthful Earl W Payne led the field Logan Mayor Curtis L Miner i?ot 1051 votes to lead a three-ma- n will meet Casmayoralty field and Merrill who tallied 834 per W finals For commission R in the O Loosle easily led but there was a close race for second place between George B Bowen and C D i McBride Midvale voters preferred Casmayor but hell per A Nelson for have to oppose Arnold C Troester or Cyril S Rasmussen in the November balloting Troester and Rasmussen were running neck and neck with one election district yet to report six-ma- Fewer in Taverns ATLANTIC CITY N Copper Railway SALT LAKE CITY Oct 22 (UP) The 110 operating employes of the Bingham & Garfield railroad struck today in a dispute over application of railroad retirement act terms —or a substitute — to a new private copper company ng railroad The strike immediately crippled operations of the Utah division of the Kennecott Copper company If continued company officials said it would put more than 5800 men out of work by the end of this week The Utah mine produces d of the nation's copabout per The railroad carries ore from the big Bingham copper pit of the Utah division of Kennecott Copper company to the same firm's Magna and Arthur reduction mills 30 miles to the north hear the shores of Great Salt lake Reduction Mills Close The railroad workers represented Conducby the Order of Railway of Locotors and the Brotherhood motive Firemen and Enginemen walked off their jobs at 12:01 a m today in the climax of a long which dispute with Kennecott owns the B & G Eight hours later the reduction mills at Magna and Garfield closed because they had no ore to reduce Stripping operations at the Bingham pit continued temporar will be sioppea ily nut late todayprobably or tomorrow The Garfield smelter of the American Smelting & Refining company which turns the Magna-Arthconcentrates into raw copper will not be able to run for more than a few days Not Common Carrier The brotherhoods called the strike assertedly because they could not reach with the company on agreement terms of a all new contract to go into force when the Birajgham & Garfield railroad a common carrier is in effect replaced by a new industrial trackage now being built by the company Kennecott officials said the new electrified trackage will not operate as a common carrier railroad but as a private link between the production and refiningcompany's operations Workers on the new line would not be eligible for benefits of the railroad retirement act and union spokesmen claimed the had offered no satisfactorycompany substione-thir- ur tute Bulletin PROVO J Oct 22 (AP)— A 30 to 50 per cent drop in patronage at the nation's bars was reported yesterday by James Ohio Norwood J Donovan of Tavern National the df president association ar Operations on ore-carryi- Oct (UP) —CMit Deputy Sheriff R A Jackson announced in Provo this afternoon that Jack C Hutch irtgs 23 Spanish Fork had surrendered voluntarily and identified himself as the driver of a car that yesterday killed a Eureka couple 22 ulation Total votes cast in the mayoralty bracket — 10688— 1988 more than collected in the city primary two years ago Totals in the commission race were 10676 and in the auditor contest 10277 according to the unofficial counting Tuesday night Welch Ahead Throughout Welch rounding out his first four-yeterm as parks and recreation commissioner slipped into a comfortable lead from the time the first district reported and was never in danger He ran ahead of East by 1941 tallies at the final count to garner the best margin of any contender The pattern of the voting was established when judges reported the first complete district and never wavered except in the auditor contest when Carlsen moved in front of Critchlow at several points With 10 districts in Mayoralty Candidate Klenke pulled up to within 49 votes of second-plac- e Healy and kept uncomfortably on his heels through the early stages Klenke was lagging behind Healy with 25 districts counted but with 45 districts reported Healy had jumped in front by a comfortable lead of 510 Wood was never a serious threat and His fourth-plac- e berth was regarded as a surprise by many city hall observers Votes of Other Aspirants George O'Connor a former city commissioner with 1380 votes placed third in the commission contest a scant 201 tallies in front of Hugh F O'Neil railroad clerk Other candidates polled the following: For Mayor —James W 172 For commissioner— Linn C Baker 610 Karl C Bolander 279 Lou J Bryan 405 Final opportunity for electors to qualify for the Nov 4 voting is October 28 Registration places will be open from eight a m to nine p m Al-fo- rd Ramadier S Although Entire Cabinet Resigns PARIS Oct 22 (AP)— The mem bers of France's cabinet handed their resignations today to Social ist ' Premier Paul Ramadier but the premier himself did not re sign In the midst of what the pre ranee s grave eco mier called nomic situation his office announced that Ramadier himself was firmly intent upon going ahead with the formation of a new gov ernment It was not certain however that Ramadier would be successful The announcement came with three startling suddenness just GaulDe Gen Charles after days le's smashing success in France's municipal elections Some observers said the cabinet's unanimous decision to step down wuld facilitate the return to power of the liberation leader through his new party the rally of the French people Emergency Session The cabinet reached its decision only a few hours after Ramadier had summoned the national assembly back into an emergency session set for next Tuesday The assembly was not due to end its summer vacation until No- vember 13 Ramadier and Minister of National Economy Andre Philip the communique said spoke of rising general confederation prices thedemand for a 57 per cent of labor's minimum monthly wage hike ami "all other problems caused by the country's economic and social alt uation" Modification Seen Most observers predicted freea socialist ly that Ramadier would be forced at least to modify his coalition cabinet to meet the new political setup in France meanDe Gaulle's associates while said he had postponed Strikers Damage Electric Plant KENTON O Oct 22 (UP)— Be- tween 20 and 30 men forced their way into the North Electric Co plant here early today overpowering a watchman and causing extensive damage to machinery police reported Company officials and police said strike at two a other Ohio plants of the company might have caused the incident Gates of the plant were immediately closed to workersat The raid took place about am Police Chief C W Sheltwo-months-- two-thir- 8: ty statement scheduled for today on last Sunday's municipal elections until after next Sunday's smalltown runoff voting More Mines Idle In Coal Strike 1 EDINBURGH Scotland Oct 22 (UP) — A coal board official announced today that a wildcat strike of Scottish miners had spread to more pits raising the total of idle mines to 67 and the strikers to 21345 They said the strike was tons-O- f causing the loss of 32447 Monstarted strike a The coal day ers were barred from the Kenton day Miners said they wanted plant quicker negotiation of their dePolice company officials and mand for raises others were reported in a closed m T meeting m wprj w Galion police and the Crawford ru TEHERAN Iran Oct 22 (UP)— county sheriff's office meanwhile arwere alerted for action in case of ttM Ambassador George Allen imand from On violence there of rived today Turkey outbreak an some 400 windows of mediately saw Premier Ahmad 6 Sept the plant were broken by stone-throwi- Ghavam who reportedly wanted pickets and a company to hear the "United States' teat vice president was knocked down word" before reporting to parliament on his oil deal with the Rua- during an argument with union sians officials don said The company manufacturing telephone switchboard equipment operates plants at Galion Mt Gilead and Kenton Two hundred work- 28 JS"J " 25-2- ng |