Ogden Standard-Examiner (Newspaper) - July 2, 1945, Ogden, Utah The Weather north portion er partly cloudy south portion this afternoon tonight and tomorrow widely scattered afternoon showers and south portion today and Tuesday warmer f Temperatures For 24-hour period ending s m today Ogden 52 51 Albuquerque 60 79 111 73 42 Portland Or 59 39 M Springs 44 Lake 51 San Antonio 71 I-M 57 Seattle 55 Sheridan 53 961 Washington 74 781 Yellowstone 29 Atlanta 73 42 78 Bismarck 39 Or 59 91 Boise 56 39 Hutte 40 50 91 Chicago 58 Denver 49 Grand June 56 Las Vegas 70 San Fran Los Angeles 59 741 St Louis Minneapolis 54 New Orleans 73 New York 79 Okla City 62 80 74 76 82 72 99 Seventy-fifth 329 The United The Associated Press OGDEN CITY UTAH MONDAY EVENING JULY 2 1945 NEA Service AP Service 12 PASES FINAL EDITION Greatest Raid Fires Four Jap Cities Measure Is Blocked By Group in House Southern Democrats Refuse to Let Reach Floor WASHINGTON July 2 house rules com- today blocked house consideration of the pending war agency propriation because of a dispute over funds for the fair employment practice committee The committee which has been consistently hostile to the FEPC rejected a proposal by Chairman Adolph J Sabath that the house be permitted to vote on a motion to send the to ence with the senate The senate on Saturday ed the measure to provide for the FEPC FEPC had been technically Saturday midnight as a result of house objection to the senate amendment FEPC supporters had left one faint the house committee would nait left Th soul cons FEP mosl e with the FEPC funds rules committee loaded with Democrats has refused to send any kind of legislation to the floor The offered by the appropriations was to date the agency after previously g thumbs down on any new Wh le FEPC funds are only a in the bucket of the f 0 to operate war agencies for t ic year beginning today er aj tied up in the measure will not suffer from lack of funds Ar a possible tive inse nigh prop both tinu In hous snarl administration leaders ed a provision in the 0 second deficiency ved shortly before the mid- when an had been agreed to by houses an agency could con- spending funds pending final val this FEPC is the only y not approved by both s Saturday three prospectors ed from the H A to stake claims on the top of Ben Lomond They had sampled a ledge high up in the hills and had obtained 40 per cent lead The vein they said was 12 feet to 14 feet wide They did not at- tempt to say how much of the ore was showing but a foot of the ledge would be enough to age the men to blast the rock I like the way the modern pector proceeds to his task In the old days the explorer started out with a burro a pick and shovel beans flour and a frying pan pre- pared to walk on nailed shoes The three who departed day were in a high-powered car and had no thought of walking until in sight of the prospect A mine at the top of Ben mond might tempt tourists to climb the mountain Mrs Stanley Shaw who lives at Saline and fights the gnats is a sister of Cecil Jensen the ist on the Chicago News Cecil has made good in a big way Her husband has a hobby ing from nature and at present is building a cabin cruiser to cruise the Mrs Shaw is musical and the two isolated on the lake shore enjoy museums when they go on a trip to a large city So I take it the reason they are not lonely is that they do much dreaming of the things of beauty they are promised when in the future they go exploring I have suggested that when the cabin cruiser is completed an ex- cursion be planned to convey a group from Ogden to Saline and on to Bird island where the cans make their nests among the rocks and where seagulls are so numerous that when they fly over- head an umbrella must be used as a protection Here's Jap Balloon in Flight I remarked to Mrs Stanley that undoubtedly she makes her bread and she said No we set our bread and milk once a week from Ogden Every night airplanes go over their cottage on the air route from Continued on Page Two Column Two WITH FIRE BOMBS A Jap balloon above is shown in flight over North America The balloons carry bombs and are designed to destroy themselves when explosives are dropped AP Maw Raps U S Regulation Of Post-War Era Lives MACKIN AC Mich July 2 the keynote of the annual governors conference Gov Herbert B Maw of Utah declared today that the American public does not want federal regulation of its life when Senate Confirms New Secretary WASHINGTON July 2 AP James F Byrnes was confirmed unanimously by the senate today as secretary of state succeeding Edward R Stettinius Jr Action was taken in a matter of minutes after the nomination was received from the White House The senate suspended its rules which require hearings on cabinet nominations and a day layover be- fore a vote can be taken on such an appointment This was done as a tribute by both Democrats and Republicans to the men who served with them for years later was an associate justice of the supreme court and more recently director of war mobilization Confirmation placed Byrnes next in line for the presidency under present statutes should Mr man not complete his term The confirmation gave President Truman his fifth cabinet member of his own choice Truman Signs OPA Measure July 2 AP President Truman's signature to a dramatically flown to him in Kansas City brought OPA safely through a dismal year-end crisis The measure extending price and stabilization controls one year was signed into law shortly before their Saturday midnight tion And Mr Truman in a ment issued after his return to Washington by plane yesterday reiterated that such controls will be needed during reconversion to continue the fight against tion Relief Is Promised From Heat Wave NEW YORK July 2 Sweltering millions along the At- seaboard were promised some relief from the humid heat wave today The weather said New York and vicinity would be partly cloudy with the mum temperature reaching 85 de- grees 10 degrees under yesterday's high But the best news was that the humidity was expected to fall off 10 points peace comes Maw chairman of the ence led off a half dozen speeches which dwelt primarily with the asserted competency of the states to cope with post-war reconversion and other with the note that the federal ment should help but not direct this activity Taken Over Taxation Awaiting a report by Comdr Harold E Stassen former governor of on the world security conference at San Francisco the governors heard Maurice J Tobin chief executive of Massachusetts declare in a prepared statement that the federal government ha i taken over fields of taxation that traditionally had been considered state and local in their aspects Tobin said many cities would not be faced with critical problems of support when revenues start on a downward asserting that states might weaken their powers if they ed to the federal trend Post-war Controls Hit Maw said state governments were concerned over the fact that many federal officials believe and are advocating that our national should extend into the post-war era the controls and au- exercised by it during the war The American does not want any such regulations when peace declared Maw The Utah governor said that the Continued on Page Two Column Seven Ratify Charter Promptly Says Truman to Solons Peace Organization Of Congress Noted By President WASHINGTON July 2 Truman pre- sented the united nations charter in person to the ate today and urged its prompt ratification The choice the senate is now said the chief ex- in a brief speech The choice is not between this charter and something else It is between this ter and no charter at all The senate must ratify the ed nations charter for world curity to assure this nation's The president went to the cap- itol less than 24 hours after his return from San Francisco where he addressed the closing session of the united nations conference which drafted the blueprint for a lasting peace Only Road to Peace This charter points down the only road to enduring the president said There is no er Let us not hesitate to join hands with the peace-loving ples of the earth and start down that that will reach our goal Mr Truman reviewed the con- gressional background favoring an international peace the Connally lasting peace tion and the Fulbright resolution of the house which were adopted more than a year told the senate the peoples of the earth will watch our action here with great concern and high hope For they looked to this body of elected representatives of the people of the United States to take the lead in approving the charter and statute and pointing the way for the rest of the he said Proposed Workings The president made no attempt to go into the details of the ter telling his former colleagues he was sure they are familiar with its proposed workings and that they will be thoroughly discussed in senate debate Declaring the charter the Continued on Page Two Column One Utahn Aids 600 Superfort Blow Nips Miss Mac Arthur on Borneo Jap Cruiser Sunk By British Sub WASHINGTON July 2 AP The navy announced today a ing of a Jap cruiser by a British sub operating under American control in the southwest Pacific In addition the communique said U S subs have reported the ing of 10 enemy vessels in far eastern waters The 10 were ed as a converted gunboat a trol escort vessel four medium merchant vessels a large tanker two small merchant vessels and a small tanker The cruiser was of the Haguro class Jane's Fighting Ships de- scribed this class as of standard displacement with a com- of 692 and carrying 10 guns A navy spokesman said the Brit- ish identified the sub which sank the cruiser as the Trenchant United States have sunk 1163 combatant and Jap ships This does not include the sinking of the cruiser an- today Aussies on Balikpapan Oil Area Drive Inland By Associated Press Jap snipers tried again to get Gen Douglas MacArthur when he joined Australian veterans yesterday in a third Borneo invasion front dis- patches disclosed today MacArthur personally directed the Sunday morning invasion of the Balikpapan oil area of eastern Borneo Enemy snipers spotted him when he visited the most advanced positions and sent a hail of bullets singing around him Combat troops ducked The general remained erect and un- harmed Five thousand Aussies by Jap estimate made the Balikpapan landing after the most elaborate naval and aerial preparation of the war Assault waves swept over enemy beach defenses through accurate mortar and lery fire and seized the last ridge before the blazing city of papan by The ridge was littered with enemy dead Many Japs were reported fleeing to the jungles Grip The invasion with previous landings May 1 off the northeast Borneo coast and June 10 at nei bay on the northeast shores gave the Aussies a three-cornered grip on the island MacArthur said the allies had now secured of all and had tually completed tactical control of the southwest Pacific The landing was immediately north of Balikpapan greatest oil center in the Dutch East Indies Tokyo said another landing was made 31 miles farther north On China Coast Another unconfirmed enemy re- port said about 100 Chinese junks fully attempted to invade the east China port of day Amoy is west of Formosa not quite midway between the Wenchow coastal sector and the south coast island of chow seized by Chinese late last week Chinese troops reported they had penetrated Indo-China cap- turing three towns one of which was promptly lost to a Nip Only mop-up operations were re- ported from the Philippines and Okinawa But in the Philippines Jap losses mounted to in- 9774 prisoners some of whom predicted Japan would render next month By contrast American losses in the Philippine campaign were placed at killed and 1131 missing Conquest of Okinawa Conquest of Okinawa was de- scribed by General Joseph W well new commander of the U S Tenth army as further proof that the Jap has no chance against Americans Other were reported busy on missions lied commanders announced that smaller bombers and fighters sank seven Jap ships damaged 19 raked four homeland air bases crippled the Mako naval base off the China coast and blew up an oil refinery on Formosa Weber Bonds at 92 Per Cent With the state entering its days of grace in the seventh war loan campaign which should have ed June 30 the total for E bond sales stood at which is 82 per cent of quota Weber county had achieved 92 per cent of quota with a total E bond sale of Many have high hopes that Weber will achieve its quota before the end of the week Rich had 69 per cent of its E i bond quota sold Morgan 129 per i cent Davis 71 per cent Cache HirohitO LeSSOn been 104 and Box Elder 83 per cent In Germany SEATTLE July 2 jor General William Kepner com- mander of the Eighth air force said today that if Hirohito could see Germany he would quit the war right now Kepner who succeeded ant General James Doolittle as commander of the Eighth told Boeing Aircraft company officials that the emperor should have the sense to compare the might of the with the Holiday Dead Line Wednesday is the Fourth of July and it is necessary to move up our deadline for pictures one day Will you please have these into the society department by Tuesday Churchmen Tempt Rattlers Seek More Severe Tests ST CHARLES Va July 2 UP bodies shouting singing and L BORNEO INVADED AGAIN Australian troops Sunday made a successful major at Balikpapan see map lower right in the third phase of a triple invasion of Borneo southwest of the pines By the middle of the afternoon they had won the last ridge looking down on the ruins of the town and refinery and its blazing oil storage tanks They had taken an elaborate series of nels and pillboxes which the Japs had deserted in the face of the furious naval and air onslaught Mercury Cargo Hit On Nazi Sub South Osaka PORTSMOUTH N H July 2 UP Discovery of a cache of mercury and other cargo aboard a captured nazi U-boat that apparently was ing to flee to Japan was disclosed by a navy spokesman here today The cargo was hidden aboard the a submersible aboard which two Jap officials committed hari kiri shortly before the vessel was seized in the north Atlantic in April So effectively was the mercury hidden in amidships that it was not found until the sub had been put in and the keel plates removed Some of the flasks of the mineral were 12 inches long others 18 inches The smaller ones weighed about 80 pounds each According to the naval man the mercury had been used by the sub as ballast Officials were unable to say where the mercury was procured but it was believed It came from Italy which is one of the major sources of the mineral It was believed the mercury was bound for Japan which reputedly is in need of it for manufacture of alloys It was said the mercury and other cargo had been taken to Washington under a heavy marine and seabee guard Decentralization of Germany Mapped PARIS July 2 ing toward the complete of Germany were mapped by the U S group of the allied control council today as American occupation troops toward Berlin preliminary to the Big Three to work in the Soviet GUAM Tuesday July 3 A medium fleet of Boms Hit to Set Bases Aflame GUAM Tuesday July 3 record fleet of I most 600 which crashed over i incendiaries into a belt of shu and western Kyushu islands left four more of Japan's cities blazing ly returning airmen reported today Heavy clouds obscured all but one of yesterday morning's targets in the greatest Superfort raid against Japan but they were red clouds reflecting fires beneath and the fliers were confident they had scored four more Three of the aerial task forces bombed by instrument through a overcast to hit the Kure naval base and Shimonoseki port on the Honshu coast of Japan's In- land sea and the western Kyushu industrial center of Salt Laker Pilot But a fourth group clear weather over the Honshu coal city of Ube and Lieutenant M son Salt Lake City pilot who has flown in practically every fire assault mission against Japan said It was the best fire concentration I've ever seen The entire water front was on Jefferson said and a strong surface wind blew the fire into the city It was all burning when went over Only a handful of rose to challenge the and their effort was described of- as weak Flak was ger to moderate and inaccurate and searchlights were unable to catch the silver giants in the sky Land on Iwo Jima resses struck the Honshu industrial The crews could see the flames center of Shimotsu south of Osaka of early today raising to 23 the ber of Jap Industrial M made scourged in a growing campaign iwo Jima for gasoline because they had sacrificed fuel to carry the biggest bombload yet against the Japs Other pilots said they could see smoke filtering through the clouds as high as feet over to destroy the enemy's war tories by fall The assault came less than 24 hours after a record fleet of most 600 crashed over 000 incendiaries into a belt of Honshu and western Kyushu early seki Ube and left blazing furiously A total of 23 Jap cities now have four months since the er command opened its major campaign to destroy Japan's war factories with a raid on Tokyo March 10 The cities have a total tion of or about one- fourth of the entire Jap mainland Details of the Shimotsu assault were not immediately available but the raiders used sive bombs indicating they were a kej war factory in Captain George S 11 goli Pence Wis said he could see fires blazing in Kure from 120 miles away The raiders struck at about three a m Tokyo showering i haps 1000 tons of fire bombs on I each of the four targets and Jap broadcasts admitted that huge con- flagrations roared through the a quick follow-up to pronged record assault the Russ Want 4 Germans to Work LONDON July 2 UP The Yorkshire Post reported on good authority today that Russia will ask at the forthcoming Big Three conference for Germans A strange band of Virginia who spend their Sundays with snakes hunted today for more vicious reptiles with which to give their faith a more severe testing and perhaps tp provide their sect with a new saint In the season's third tion yesterday of their chief trine that no special danger may befall the spiritually strong the Holiness faith healers taunted and tempted five rattlesnakes and They came away unscathed A blazing sun beat down on Stone Creek grove church as the service opened to a packed house It was a stirring orgy of writhing mg Nancy Klein a wrinkled woman of 65 who had been bitten several times during previous tions grabbed one of the rattlers and thrust it to her bosom wrapped another around her neck singing and shouting all the while I ain't a dose of in 26 she said in a high-pitched hysterical voice God heals -all my sickness even my broken arm once Medicine is a concoction of the devil she said Saint Nancy's testimony was a signal for several of the ailing to come forward for healing They left the altar later chanting that they felt better meeting there later this month Dispatches from Frankfurt said members of the U S control group were moving to Berlin with the American troops and within 10 days would be in a position to place their proposals before tives of Russia Britain and France The American program for de- centralization of Germany both politically and for breaking Germany down into a number of or militarily impotent districts Work already has begun on breaking up the U S western reich of two military areas over which the American army will have three landers American regional commanders will assume control over all man governmental agencies in their own region MACKINAW ISLAND Mich July 2 Harold E Stassen arrived today to report to 42 state governors on the San Francisco charter and lay the foundation for a proposed tion from the governors ence endorsing the document As a member of the U S delegation at San Francisco Stassen's report tonight was expected to support President Truman's appeal for co-operation of the governors in accepting the charter as a first step in building world security Acceptance of this Russian posal by Prime Minister Churchill and President Truman the Post said would mean handing over to the soviet many German prisoners of war now in American or British hands Work In Contract Cutbacks CHICAGO July 2 tract cutbacks calling for tions of approximately a month in production of medium artillery ammunition components were announced today by the army Items involved included such components as storage cases cartridge cases containers fuses primers and boosters Under the cutbacks ly 7600 workers in 83 plants throughout the nation would be released between now and ber 1 the army estimated while manpower was not affected in 118 other plants and there was no timate on the number affected in plants stricken cities for hours afterward It was the first time any of the four cities had felt the weight of the 21st bomber command's Super- fortresses although Kure Japan's main naval base was scorched by American carrier planes last March during the hunt for the hiding Jap battle fleet Like German Raids The fury of the four-way blow made it clear that the ment of Japan wsj rapidly proaching the tempo that paralyzed Germany's ability The with 22 of Japan's main industrial cities prostrate piled up a record tonnage of about tons of bombs dropped in June and that mark seemed almost certain to be eclipsed in July Tokyo itself apparently was out of business as a Jap productive center Enemy broadcasts said all but about of the inhabitants were being re- moved to safe areas meaning that the world's third largest city no longer was habitable Warships OR Prowl Other developments in the tral Pacific campaign 1 Japan reported that can warships were reconnoitering Okinoerabu island in the Amami group 40 miles north of Okinawa and 250 miles south Continued on rase Two Column Five Wickard Sworn in ST LOUIS July 2 R Wickard former secretary of agriculture was sworn in as rural electrification administrator today in the REA offices Ratification of Charter Seen LONDON July 2 ratification of the San Francisco peace charter appeared certain day in the capitals of virtually all the united nations From Russia to Peru ment leaders are setting in motion machinery for formal approval and it is possible that every nation will have acted by late fall All capitals expressed interest in the drive for quick indorsement in the United States senate but no government spokesman ed that his government might wait to see what the United would do
