The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 48

Sunany Morning ty morning 1941 Mit ga fall 1-1 ftbulte April 94 191 CD -App ff it tr April 9 1 To Someone in Service aip This and Send It igh I t4' 341" 4 itometi4 ni4 A r' Navy Changes Quiet Bay TO Vast Training Site 1 gt By Russel Turner United Press Staff Correspondent SOLOMONS Md few short years ago this part of Chesapeake bay was a favorite rendezvous for Maryland fishermen and yachtsmen Today it is a vast training ground A 45t: --e' "-0 i -3 irlk --i-A for the navy's two-year-old Atlantic fleet amphibious training 4 3' --i i0o 4 command A The training area extends ramps which let down from both nearly 100 miles up the bay Sides to permit troops to run from Norfolk Va to this south- onto the beach) ern Maryland Invite Industry Labor which before the war was a so proud is the navy of its sleepy little village on a deep- Amphibious Training Command One of Sergeant Milton Wassmer's latesfmurals water harbor used only as a operations that the industrial -graveyard a group for- above which-adorns' the A room at Sheppard mee Germwheran st of eamships filo incentive division is bringing Field Texas' and belowSergeant Wassmnr at work ferried i World war I groups of representatives of la- on the project were laid up bor and management here to -t Navy personnel are trained ahrow theom ilint what in hpincr sleepy ntue village on a deep- Amphibious Training Command water harbor used only as a operations that the industrial graveyard where a group of for- incentive division is bringing mer German steamships in terned during World war I groups of representatives of la-were laid up bor and management here to Navy personnel are trained show them Just what is being I gaged in a theoretical rescue of a crashed plane near Alta The plane however actually crashed Injuring two men and the theoretical became a real resew problem which was solved ern- ciently and quickly Killed in a midnight crash in Ogden was Captain Stuart Sedwick Healy 32 scion of a prominent Ogden family and officer stationed at Utah army service forces depot Injured was a passenger in the jeep he was driving Mn Elizabeth Berman 29-- Traffic accidents have claimed 10 lives and Injured 471 persons in Salt Lake City compared with seven killed awl 353 injured in similar period last year -Mission President Arrives in England -Names in the arrived in England to become LD service men's coordinator Is Hugh Brown also new British mission president Concluding 44 years of muhielpal work Miss Ethel Macdonald retired as city recorder and was succeeded by Mrs Irma Felt Bitner Suffering a "shiner and body bruises from a fall Ira Storms Utah's sole survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic spent his ninety eighth birthday in bed One of three army nurses witospent several months as fugitives in enemy-held Albania in such tom-fort their shoes were only scuffed was Second Lieutenant Helen Porter 30 Hanksville Wayne county 'rwo -Utah visitors last week were Lieutenant General Alexander Archer Vandegrift marine corps commandant and Major General Peterson army inspector general A liberty ship launched at Kaiser yards last week was the Silvestre Vele de Escalante honoring the friar Who was the first white man to visit Utah Five new members of the 'Utah State Agricultural college alumni council are Morris Christensen Gardner- Seth Shaw and Allan West of Salt Lake City and Mrs Ruby Stringham Garrett of Bountiful Slightly troubled with Eng lish as "I was very poorly brought up on an education point of view" Inosi Nabuka a Fiji island infantryman has written Mrs Frank A Driggs of Salt Lake City that her son Private First Class Jack Driggs now serving In the southwest Pacific "is at present my boy friend and was also good enough of giving me your address so as to anable me to write to you just for friendly sake" Society Engagements Miss Betty Ann Stumm and Robert John Shaughnessy Miss Catherine Elizabeth Robinson and Lieutenant Thomas John Holland Jr Miss- Kathryn Parish and Lieutenant William Birch Miss Kathryn Snow and Ralph Taylor Stewart Miss Betty Lue Matthews and Robert Gail Murdoch Miss Mary Virginia Porter and Gerald Green 11c A Murray motorist won district court trial on a speeding charge with the contention that the wartime 35-mile 'speed limit is unconstitutional but the 0 A said the 35-mile limit still will be enforced A taxicab driver's demurrer caused a city court to declare that the wartime liquor rationing grants only one permit to each person is beyond au thority of the liquor commission The commission faced a resultant rush for permits by refusing to issue duplicating permits and promised continued enforcement of its one-permit ruling County Cancels All Its Debts As Salt Lake county prepared for postwar construction period by paying off its last penny of bonded indebtedness (all a hangover from World War I rehabilitation projects) Salt Lake City audit disclosed that municipal debt has been reduced by 61700000 since 1938 and now is 61153520 Water debt and sinking fund money raise to- tal to 85108500 but this was 87513500 in 1938 The state department of employment security reported that itS unemployment fund at year's end will reach 322000000 a strong cushion against a postwar employment slump Indicating a de cline already from Utah's peak retail sales in February were seven per cent below February 1943 and sales for first two months of the year were four per cent below same period last year An 0 A price survey showed that highest percentage of price ceiling and price posting violationt was in Ogden where 77 per cent of items checked for ceilings were technical violations Salt Lake City's similar average was 14 per cent Price posting checks showed 164 per cent violations in Ogden 83 per cent in Salt take City ASTP Courses Drop With removal of basic training and area language students approximately 75 per cent of the army specialized training program at the University of Utah has been discontinued as a a result of February 18 war department order causing dissolution of basic elements of the A Third District Judge George A Faust has resigned to accept a position with the veterans' administration Two Maims both Republicans were honored with reappointment to federal positions by President Roosevelt Edgar B- Brossard was renominated a member of the federal tariff COMMISSIOn and Frank Hines head of the veteran? administration was nominated to be a brigadier general of the regular army When appointed to the veterans' job he gave up his army retirement rights His regular army rank will reward him for a life of public service Crash Ends CAP Maneuver civil Ftfr patrol and mountain ski patrol members were en State legislature in six-day session passed necessary legislation revising Utah's election' system to permit soldiers abroad and In America to vote Moved up were candidates' filing deadline to June 1 first primary July 11 primary runoff August 15 General election November 7 was unchanged Under the system soldier will request (on a postcard being distributed to all war theaters by federal government) that his county clerk send him a ballot will mark his ballot in usual manner signing (before Someone holding rank of sergeant or higher) an oath which serves both as registration and voting oath and will mail ballot in an envelope upon which oath is printed If he applies before September 1 he may obtain a federal "bobtailed" ballot from unit commander and exercise voting this case however only for president vice president senator or congressman If state ballot should arrive after mailing of- federal soldier could vote state ballot completely nevertheless and its receipt at polls would nullify his federal form ballot Candidates' a nouncement3 and filings must come before June 1 First was Holmes chief deputy state treasurer who announced he would seek the state treasurer's 'office to sucbeed Oliver Ellis incumbent who is precluded by law from seeking reelection Triumphant Utes Greeted as Heroes Nine University of Utah freshmen a three invaded Madison Square Garden vanquished two powerful challengers and returned home with the national intercollegiate basketball title in their pockets won a rousing heroic welcome on their arrival Officially saluted by the chamber of commerce as "the greatest promoters of the state of Utah" the Mei became the toast of Utah After defeating Dartmouth they won 43-38 an extra-period game over St John's to win the title Bramwell Probe Brings Arrest Public spotlight was thrown upon the Kent Bramwell case in Ogden when Charles Meyers alias Meyers and Jack Meyers was booked on a charge of offering a bribe to the former mayor who resigned in mysterious circumstances March 13 Day before grand Jury investigation of the case was recommended by state district county and city officials who met in the state capitol and spent eight hours studying a secret investigators' report of the affair Speed Limit Upheld Two wartime rulings were upset by Utah courts last week but apparently were destined to die without effect on the pub Utah Praised for here to man the thousands of done with the landing craft in landing craft with which the the belief that such inspections navy is putting 1 fully-armed troops' ashore on enemy-held will result in increased producbeaches throughout the world tive effort Here at Solomons is a giant on one such recent trip a training school for LCI (landing score of labor and management craft infantry( and LCT (land- representatives were brought in ing craft tanks) operations At in connection with the second Camp Bradford l'just outside anniversary of establishment of Norfolk is a school which ape- the training command Includcializes in LSTs (landing ship ad in party were With-tanks) Next to Bradford is the crow president of the Blew-Little Creek amphibious train- Knox company Pittsburgh and lag base where men are trained former president of the Nation-for smaller invasion barges and Al Association of ManufacturOther craft- erg Colonel John Jouett former president of the aeronautical chamber of commerce and now an executive of Higgins Industries Inc John Green president Of the Industrial Union of -Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (CIO) and Frank Fenton director of organization for the American Federation of Labor The guests spent night aboard an LCI saiing from Solomons to Norfolk Then they were taken through Camp Bradford and the Little Creek base En route back to Solomons they were allowed to try their hands at the deadly antiaircraft guns carried on the LC! made more deadly by the Sperry marine gunsight seagoing counterpart of the famed Sperry bombsight Then joined by a flotilla of seven LCIs their ship participated in a landing demonstration under simuleted war conditions with planes diving at the ship and land bombe exploding on the beach Theme of the navy's plea as voiced by ninny officer during the inspection tour wee "give us the ships and we'll give 'em the crews" Theme of the reply of both labor and management as voiced individually by all who made the trip was "we'll give 'ern to you" Practice Beach Landings Officers and men alike undergo the intensive training Because of their specialized usages landing craft require specially trained operating personnel who know their business from the theoretical A to They must work together as a harmonious team and the men must be able to step into a shipmate's shoes to carry out his duties in ease of emergency The courses run about two and a half months This In-eludes long hours In classrooms studying technical points of op crating the vessels as well as practice for officers one for enlisted personnel Beach landings are practiced under simulated battle conditions on sandy shores whichbefore the war were devoted exclusively to bathing The two largest types of landing craft are the LSTs and the LCIa 320 feet and 158 feet in length respectively Both are -taken across the ocean under their own power whereas the other types of landinl craft sr carried across abosrd regular Cargo vessels (The LBT is the now familiar vessel whose prow can be let down to form a ramp over which vehicles run directly onto the beach The LCI is the ungainly looking craft with ly Hollis Outside of the boys who are seeing action with tiv combat divisions in the several theaters of wars probably n6 one of the lads in the United States service has been kept busier than Sergeant Milton Wassmer recently transferred to the Sixty-second base headquarters and air base i squadron Sheppard Field Texas Sergeant Wassmer is a former Salt Laker son of Mr and Mrs 3-Wassmer 5119 Ninth East street Sergeant Wassmer's labors however have been quite to his Hurd portrays a group of lildng In addition to his reg- A Cs in the foreground but ular duties with the air force ows he has completed two large sets the soldier with battle of murals received chanic equipment and the oldier me- With his tools: while in comment in The Tribune in May the air are the If-17 Flying For- the dayroom of his tresses Another of the panels former squadron the 304th training group and the second that has received high praise for ItS 'decorative quality and for the da3rroom of the A vibranCy color presents a detachment headquarters at the field group of the pink flamingoes of The latter mural were but the soilth against a background recently finished when they were of cY'Prears oak and banana trees occasion Of a very interesting hung i with Spanish moss the and unusual social function an color scheme of this flamingo "open house" being held with picture being carried through the Wichita Falls Woman's the war mural also Forum and its friends invited The artist's work done In to inspect the murals Some 400 private life is widely known persons were guests of Major through exhibitions offered in Lawrence Fox commanding California Florida Nebraska officer of 304th training group as well as throughout Utah and and Lieutenant Edythe his paintings hang in many White" commander of the WA homes of the country The foundetachment The affair was so dation of I his art training Was successful as to draw a corn- laid with Florence Ware one mendation from Major General of Salt Lake City's leading Chaney commanding of artists with whom he studied firer at Sheppard field for several years Sergeant Sergeant Wassmer feels him- Wassmer has been in the service for about two years and it is self wholly fortunate to have likely that overseas duty Will able to devote so much of- his time to the painting which not long be delayed for him was his happiest pursuit in civilian life "An artist's job in Perfects Dagger wartime" he says "is to depict B'ELLEviTsz In (up) A military subjects in as enlight- ening manner as possible" In double action dagger for hand-his opinion mural decorations to-hand fighting is Charles Gold in a squadron day room not only berg's gift to our armed forces have effect in stimulating the Budder the sharp blade the soldiers' morale they are aiscr knife has a handle fitted to the an aid in developing the spirit fingers that can be used as of team work "Any squadron "knucks" if the going gets close takes pride in the surroundings Goldberg an iron and metal which distinguish it from oth- dealer fashioned two 'of the ers" knives out of an old sword and The A murals were de- had the handle made of scrap signed primarily to depict aluminum There are a lot of r'W A Cs Releasing the Soldier old swords around he believes for Combat Duty' One of the and all of them should be used larger which the to make weapons for our solartist has been complimented by diers He will donate the handles such a prominent artist as Peter he needs is more blades Account of the War Utah Honor Roll of higher educational brackets is the possibility of federal control of colleges after the war Expect New Building Pent-up demands for housing will result in an estimated 2000000 new dwelling units In the United States soon after war ends with construction reacbing spectacular proportions several years after victory according to an article in the cur rent issue of Business Week For two years since called a halt to all nonessential building by issuing its construction stop order 1-41 no new houses except to meet war workers' emergency needs have been built" 0 a 411ititik IN4pTgtzt witlz! 4111i 1tilltitit ravitt 11 trtml-) It's not so hard to try (00--I a new thing! By Phyllis Hicks This year America's best-dressed men at Easter time will be wearing uniforrns and theill be mirching in a very stylish Easter parade headed-towards Berlin There will be memories of other Easters and fond dreams ot Easters to come seated in crowded sanctuaries with chancels banked with lilies and palms or in little village and country churches made beapti- ful with the floral offerings of the worshipers And even in wartime there will be religions observance on Easter Sunday by millions of men fighting on distant fronts to preserve their precious American life of which Easter Sunday is a part Bring Own Ketchup Reminiscent of the days When barber shops featured individual shaving mugs for steady customers is the practice of a Chip cago lunch room which now stocks personal bottles'of ketch- up The scheme whereby a customer brings his own supply which is iabeled and kept ready for him is a smart way to save ration points and build continued patronage If it works in Chicago why not in Salt Lake City? Expect Education Boom Education will come into its own after the war A survey made last August among 10000 United States soldiers revealed about 10 per cent would go to college after the war if they government aid There Is no doubt but what they will get It Therefore if a millian veterans with roughly 1000 each to spend desire to go to college there is going to be a billion dollar bonanza of new business available for the universities and colleges when peace comes The only problem bothering learned This honor roll with netmes of next of kin includes the names of war heroes reported by the war department as prisoners of war missing and killed in the service of their country from March 29 to April 5 1 Army Second Lieutenant Raymond Runzier on of Mr and Mn David Kunz ler Willard missing in action in European area since March 9 Second Lieutenant Vernal Bird 25 son of Mrs Walter Bird Springville missing in action in New Guinea since March 12 Private First Class Harold Wennerstkom 27son of Mr and Mrs Roy Wennerstrom Sandy drowned March 2 in the southwest Pacific while serving as a mechanic in the army Technical Sergeant Robert Buchanan 26 son of Mr and Mrs Alex Buchanan Jr 1048 South West Temple street killed in action over Germany January 29 Staff Sergeant Lewis Clark Alger 23 husband of Mrs Marylin Haines Alger Los Angeles and grandson of Mrs Thomas Terry St George killed in action over Germany March 3 Staff Sergeant Carl Taylor 22 son of Mr and Mrs Taylor Loa Wayne county over Germany since March 8 Staff Sergeant Grant Anddrton 20 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Anderton Henefer Summit county killed in action in Italy February 20 Chief Warrant Officer Keith- Wakeman 29 son of Mr and Mrs Eric Wakeman 824 East South Temple street accidentally killed in England March 8 Second Lieutenant tart Excell 25 son of Mrs Ann Ex-cell Panguitch missing in action in Mediterranean area since January 30 Navy Electrician's Mate Second Class Melvin Hicks son of Mortimer Pi Hicks Park City missing in undisclosed war theater since March 8 Electrician's Mate Second Class Eldon Wright 18 son of Howard Wright Hurricane Washington county missing in action in central Pacific Printer Second Class Percy Deepain Park 35 former husband of Mrs Hazel Park Andersen 644 Egli court died March 27 in Australia of a heart attack N7! 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