Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 1

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1944 Ten Pages Price Cents Ward Counsel Continues Fight on Plant JURY BEING CHOSEM TO i a 'rail" lor the opening a ilual Allietl offensive to the "woumletl t'erman in hi" own tlen," l'reniier Stalin's order of the niav le interpreted also as a promise to strike anew die east when the big inva- iarts. Ami therein lies the ,,,11 significance of the May day la mat ion issued by the Kus-1 leader. knows that preparations i he invasion are reaehing a n. He is familiar with the iiii iilties involved and with the that it must bo timed to weather and title conditions, eoubl easily determine failure, lie knows that call" he might voire woultl pel tluous except for the it would make to the of nerves being waged iit the reiih. 'The real significance of the laiuation accordingly seems e-t on the pledge that the aii- will wage a finish and it ihus answers a which received prtuui-, i- (hit a period tf many There are those, it will recalled, who insisted that Keds would stop fighting vii'i their borders were reached that the Allies would be left i i the job.

If there was any cause for a threat, it apparently has dissipated, first by the i i tiiijr on ine easiern irtmi mm 1.x Stalin's assurance hat forces are being mobilized ther treat offensive. Joint IZZZZ I i- 4 i iff Seizure Harry z.aner, father or the previews the custom-built perambu youngsters by Maey's department BRIBERY -I I ii is thus promised whu i Cheyenne police department pleaded n- a-iv with tl.p 1 innocent yesterdav to each of four! xx ill do aaj iiHleneB informations, charging them! i 1 KANM OKTATION IOK tOlK: York quadruplets born last month, lator which will be presented to the store. (AP Wirephotol. i i I neasi, aim find a new menace to All ed and security. CONSERVATION A survey showing that large of wild meat still stored in the frwrins lorker plants throughout the tate has moved the state game ft A ,5 and fish commissioner to request i mt-u.

in me thai owners guard against wastage, i affadyit accompanying jt Lola V. est. The meat belongs to the incii- propnc -tor of the Black and Tan virtual to use as thev choose, says a cafe, alleged S100 was paid for "pro-rnmmunication addressed to sports- tec.tlocn about March 11 BIDDLE ARRIVES FOR COURT SESSION: Atty. General Francis Biddle ileftl and Albert J. Woll, V.

S. district attorney, arrive at the federal building in Chicago to argue government ease in support of injunction against officials of Montgomery Ward company. tAP photo). Jap Cruiser and Destroyer Sunk American Submarines Score Additional Blows Against Enemy Shipping RIVER BREAKS THROUGH Levee at Preston, Gives Way To Rampaging Mississippi men. the ennvietinn is voiced that a large portion will be wasted unless it is consumed before the er is far advanced.

The sug-Eestion is offered that the meat be Hunrcoi ihn uhn ian utilize it while it is still in prime I mndition if owners do not expect I eonsume it themselves. i u. a request appears to be In oraer at a time when scarcity of meal calls for strict rationing of the domestic supplv. Wildlife naturally desire that conservation be practiced in the disposition of fnod provided by the big game herds. r.D,,..TVf.

TVTr HrrT Bridw the radical H.al,r-h fl ril3 i C03SA ar S0 a G.O.P victory this eai oe a catastrophe, and wuri Browder. the Communist sympathe.icalh lined up 'he same thought, the issue DP retarded as EOOd as Settieu. I i 1 i HEAR Four Cheyenne Men Placed on Trial In District Court CHEYENNE, Wyo. May 2. Cheyenne's mayor, former chief of police and two police officers are scheduled to go to trial today on a charge of soliciting; and accepting a bribe for "protection" Ta JurJ na Deen cnsen- Mayor Ira L.

Hanna, Former Police Chief Jess B. Ekdall and .1 Morris and E. K. Violette of the i wiin soncmnsr ana accennne Di mes filH ir. OnnnH' 'I uu.ll 1 i 11 L.

rmiT't hv T.flrnmiA Pnnnfv Atfnrnpv 1 Byron Hirst. They already had pleaded innocent to two other informations filed i March 20. Selection of the jury was begun after Hirst elected to go to trial on l-vuuiiL iiuurmauon. one of four filed in the last 12 davs by Hirst, charged Hanna. Ekdall.

Morris and Violette with co-jointly and while confederating ana acung roeemer, uniawiuuy ana corruptly conspire, plan, scheme. counsel and agree together to make Cheyenne a lawless and open town permitting gambling, prostitution and unlav ful bsale of lntoxicating ijQuor (L Tl-e slx infPrmaon charge solicitation and acceptance of bribes from 10 persons Ruling on pre-trial legal techni- ralities. Dutrict Judge Harry P. Ilslev of Newcastle denied motions t0 quash the four new informations but required the state to make tech- nical amendments either removing cha or making tnem separat counts Gn four demurrer motions Judee Jlsl required the Mate t0 amend assisting Hirst. iSiamese Twins Still Alive PHOENIXVILLE.

Mav 4' The Stierly Siamese twins were live today, and still fighting against a death which doctors say is inevitable. The "cute little blonde girls" were isolated in the Phoenixviile hospital A nurse was wiih them constantly. The girls woe born earlv Sundav morning to Mrs. Mary Stierly. 24.

whose husband. Harold, a war plar.t worker, was killed in a motorcycle accident two months ago. Mrs. Stierly saw them for ti.e first time yesterday. Their crib wao wheeled into her room.

Their bodies, joined together at the pelvL. were hidden from her by a sheet. She saw the heads. "Mrs. Stierly's condition is good, but she is considerably depressed." said Dr.

J. Elmer Gotals, c.icf of staff at the hospital. "The girls are sinking. Tht-ir temperature is higher today, and their pulse rate is too fast. There is no hope." Every six hours, nurses feed the girls a condensed milk formula, The large child is fed by bottle, the smaller by medicine dropper.

I It is the smaller who is expected to take her sister with her in death, i large as her sister's, her vitality iS enri her rireniatnrv svsieni ic i A breakdown of the sinkings ar.d smaU ani0unt cf flak. sunk and 14 Damaged- jou looked our. you see fW.ter cover The light cruiser destroyed ir. everywhere. There was no flak anv-an ur.mentified area was the fourth where against our croup." of that clasMficiation sunk by Thunderbolt fighter bombers American submarines Tr.e sub- escorted bv Thunderbolt fighters, tacked "il yards at Tergr.ier and Nazi Transport Blasted with Rising Fury 25 Attacks Made Within Period Of 24 Hours Bv GLADWIN HILL LONDON.

Mav 2. Swinging: into the most wide- spread attack on German rail transport thus far. Allied Air forces late todav broupht to more than 25 the number of heavy smashes made a period cf abut 24 hours these centers of enemy defense. Earlier. American Liberators bombed German installations in the Pas-de-Calais area cf northern France, carrvine the huee pre-inva-fion air offensive into us istli ccn-secutive dav after 1.000 or more heavy bembers last night assaulted targets in France.

Belgium, Italy and Germany. Late announcements disclosed tha American Marauder medium bombers and lighter havers had assaulted railway yards at Busigny. Valenciennes and Blanc-Miserc-n. while RAF Mitchells and Spitfires mere scourgmir other and as yet unidentified railway targets in France and Belgium. Up to 750 heaw British and Canadian bombers flew from England through a cloudless night against German aircraft, chemical, auto and explosive factories and against the rail targets on which the enmv must depend to meet invasion, the British air ministry announced.

The others rose from Italian bases. About 500 American planes were estimated authoriatively to have made today's attark. half of them Liberators and half Thundredbolt and Mustang fighters. A communique said all planes returned. Formations of Allied medium bombers and fishters cra-scd and recroised the channel in the earlv afternoon, after the Liberators had leturneri from their mission.

The Liberators encour.teied no (Turn to Page 2. Col. 5 War in Brief Spain has agreed to reduce wollram shipments to Germany virtuallv to a token basis. No change v.as on the Russian but 1.500 Axis troops were killed in local battles. Allied air forces continued to smash German rail in raids Tuesdav.

Allied air-bftrne troops defeated a Japanese to breas a ra.l and road block southwest of I Mogaur.e in northern Burma. i the two-day attack en Truk 126 Jap anese p.an-s were cestrocc. also dendeiLt tlneuii, th west end of the ci'v would be icad in October rather than in Srotem- ber as has been the cuitom. In dircussir.e the front-lootaire price it was learned that in some instances when the water net metered the vseis would turn ti.e water on a.d lea.e it and waste when it overflowed ti.e fcar- den and ran down tr.e s'lcet Couneilmen Moore and lsrrr.4n i voted "ro' on tr.e 40 corn's charge stating that thev believed it tuo nieh Considerable time also spent in controversv over ti.e lean cf ground the southern pan the city which the fence of W. J.

Ch.amberlin figured pro.nmently. Alter consiaeratle oiscusaicn witu the leasees in which def.i.ie i settlement was reacned Conciiu.an E. R. Stewart suggested that the two parties be given until the next meeting to come to an agreement and if it was. not settled at that I tune the council would take otl-! inne iction orr the' matter.

The applications for permission to operate taxi lines in Casptr, i submitted by the Industrial In-j vestment company of wnicii G. O. 1 Honstly is president, and dv Robert Ercv were accepted and placed oi iile as were preuous appiica tions recent lv submitted -Kansas City Scar. (defendants. He denied a motion to' Illinois, continued a destructive withdraw the innocent pleas of course below Beardstown.

Mv DAY 'SNOW I March 20 and submit demurrers, and i The Prestcn break was described lev Casper experienced a May i to consolidate the six bv the U.S. armv district engineer, dav snow, and conditions otherwise I Hanna. Ekdall. Morris and Violette office at St. Louis as "like an ex-have not been conducive to early I are represented by A.

D. Walton of piosion the river tore the levee planting of vegetables, but Victory Cheyenne, former U. S. district at-'clear through from the bottom up." gardeners need not be discouraged. I torney.

and William H. Brown, The major break in the current If the spring season is a little of Casper. James A. Greenwood. flood, which reached its highest Mi in opening up here, the con- former state attorney general, is crest in 100 vears.

the bieac.i ut Says Executive Power Limited Not Intended to Cover Case CHICAGO. Mav 2. Arguments were ended at noon on Attorney General Francis Kiddle's petition for an injunction to restrain Montgomery Ward of-firials from interfering with federal oprration of the firm's Chicago facilities taken over with the assistance of soldiers Wednesday nisht. Judge Hollv said he would make his decision Mon-ci'av. CHICAGO.

May 2. Counsel for Montgomery Hard and Company, fipht- ing- against federal control! of the mammoth concern's1 Chicago properties, contend-: ed today that congress had made no provision for the seizure ot retail Mores or mail order houses. Resuming his plea before Federal Judpe William H. Holly in a wiriclv-watched case involvinc a test of th.p president's power to take over plants -listed as non-war facilities by their owners, Harold Smith, a Ward at- i torney, declared the Sir.uh-Connal- i lv act limited such seizures to fac-; tories or mines producing materials! neeried for the war effort. i "The seizure was a thing that, has not been equalled in ttie historv of i the country." he said.

'Indignation has resulted all over the country 1 and in congress." i bmitn argued the law conferred seizure power upon the president but restricted such power to a plar.t. mine or facility equipped for the 1 manufacture, production or mining of any article or materials which may be required for the war effort or may be useful in connection i therewith. i Smith continued' his argument after 4rtr.rn.ru p-H- I die outlined the government's posi- jtion yesterday, holding that the War Labor Disputes act covered the Ward situation. Biddle contended that President Roosevelt, as wartime commander-in-chief, possessed a "great- constitutional reserve of powei" from which no business was immune The Ward lawyer referred to safe guards of private citizens and pn- vate property written into the con- stitution and adaed that they were designed to "protect the people from lnp Pwcr OI ambnious executives. He started to read statements of Senators anent the seizure from the "Fn me remind you thLs eorrt will decide this case, senators cannot.

Smith harked back to Bidales statement that some of the Ward subsidiaries manufactured farm equipment and fencing, and that (Turn to Page 2. Col 3) Carrier Task Force Strikes Blow at Truk I'. S. PACIFIC FLEET 1IFAD- OIAR1LKS. PEARL HAKKOK, May 2.

Powerful Pacific fleet task forces smashed Truk with heaw rarrier plane attacks Saturday and Sunday and then bombed and shelled Truk's supporting bases at Po-nape and Satiwan islands. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced today. A total of 12fi Japanese planes was destroyed in the two-dav attack on Truk.

Eight hundred tons of bombs were dropped on Truk's islands. Shore installations were heavilv damaged. While carrier bombers blasted bombed and torn Ponape, 440 miles east of Truk. battleships command- ed by Vice Adm. W.

A. Lee pounded Ponapes installations with their heavy tuns Monday. (Earlier today Tokyo radio re- ported an American carrier force had caused "some damage" to 1 rnk's rrnnnrl invt aMat innc in on attack Sundav and Mondav. Tokvo asserted Japanese interceptors and shore runs "heavilv damaged" an aircraft earner and shot down more than 30 I'nited States nlanesi. 5He "Weatlkej! Forecast and Data bv the 1'.

S. Weather Bureau Wyoming Snow extreme south portion ending this afternoon east of divide: continuing in mountains' south portion tonight; otherwise partly cloudy today, tonight and Wednesday: colder east portion this afternoon; warmer east of continental divide Wednesday afternoon. Casper and vicinity: light snow showers ending late this afternoon: becoming partly cloudy tonight an Wednesday: little chance in temperature for today and tonight: warmer Wednesday. Temperatures for a 24-hour period enriincr nt nnrm Big Pmev 49 23 31 28 28 32 32 34 28 27 36 csPER 56 Chevenne 60 Cody 46 Douglas 56 Lander 56 60 'Sinclair 52 Rock Sheridan i i i I .03 .13 T. 26 .14 T.

.02 tnrnhaMv mt oiH tiv oiorf we ii.i a fallen V. i i i 1 3 The "two dettroer's brcucnt" tc 2o the number cf Japat.ese war craft sent to the bottom by American submarines. Wyoming War Loan Quota PORTLAND. Mav 4 iomin? was asrriheri si Oftn oon fifth war loan drive quota at a meeting of treasury war finance here yesterdav Ted R. Gamble, director, said CHARGES A though the river crested nt St.

Louis Sunday, tne slowly recedn.j waters were still threatening leieea upstream in the Choteau. Nameoka snd Venice districts on the Illinois side. The Meredosia levee on the Illi- river below Breadstuwn listed as critical by the engineers. The coast guard cutter Oleander ana eight smaller Doats vert ais patched to the area for evacuation orjc Losses on the Mississippi have r.gencies appiymg previous Iiood experience. Maj.

Gen. Eugene Reynolds, Washington, chief of the army engineers, reported after a tour" of the area. Casper Car Crash were John W. Shaw of Casner. driver of the second car, and Mrs.

I Virginia Bowcn of Salt Lake City found hU chief opponent. County 'Judge Ollie Edmunds of Jackson- I ville. hammering away at the ad- jut'iiiuci lii wiiip mm miuiic supporter of the Dresident. fouuht out a challenpe by James A. SiniDson.

Birmingham attorney, who urged the voters to reject Hill as a Roosevelt man. A Republicamzed version of the administration issue played a part in the South Dakota GOP senatorial primary, where Senator Gur-ney is seeking reelection with a plea that he was one of the first to recognize the need for preparedness before this country entered the war. His opponent. Lieut. Gov.

A. C. Miller, based his appeal on the contention that Gurney followed the president too closely and "adopted mucn oi tne rew Deal philosophy. The support -t he-president nlea apparently had little effect in Mary- i land, wnere faenator rydmps won renomination by nearly five to one over W.llis R. Jones of Baltimore.

i his principal Democratic opponent in a iive-wa race Jones had criticized what he said; was iyomgs taiiure to back the president's policies, while Tydings had insisted that he and Mr. Roose- velt worked together on ma jor is- sues despite their 1938 differences when the nresident openly opposed his renomination. Commenting on his victory last (Turn to Pae 2, woL 8) i i 1 i I I i 1 1 (By The Associated Tress) Ripping open another major levee, the flooding Mississippi river spread today over 51.000 acres be hind the breached dike at fresion TU ire ramnnnr trihnisrv lh Preston will give some temporary relief from the river's pressure against weakened levees doAi -stream. Marine Killed, Man Injured in ROCK SPRINGS. May 2.

tj, Military police at Green River attempted today to establish the imi hT' destroTeVrarwVll ar'other into these purchase amounts: ships. A Jan also was Individuate, sy.ooo.ow. including 'sunk bv British ir.es. $4,000,000 in series and corpora- i A powerful carrier ta-k force at-tions. S8.000.000.

Hacked Truk. and bombed and shell- Quotas for seven other western ed Ponarv and Satiwan lsLirrls in states were also dee ded at the Portland meeting Mav 2. Sinking of a Japanese light cruiser snd two Japrocse destroyers by Ameiican submarines operating e'eep enemy controlled waters was nnounced by the navy today. In addition, the navy reportea. the American submersibles de- stroytd seven Japanese cargo ves-: srls.

one larce ta.ker. and a lane navsl auxiliary on their patrols carried out enemv territory. The sirkini's to BQ5 th; number oi Japanese' vessels of all; 'types sun-c. probably sunk or dam- acd bv the submc lsibies. Vr.e total incluaes 544 stnt to the BALL SCORES BROOKLYN.

Mav 2. Stan Burdaearav. first man un for the Brooklyn Dodgers, slapped Jim iTobm's second pitch for a clean single today, ending the hurler string of 13 2 3 innings of hitless pitching Last Th.ursday Tobln stopped the Dodgers through nine innings without a hit or a run. I By The Associated Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE R. II E.

Boston 010 131 Brooklvn 10.1 200 Tobin. Woodend (4i, Cardjni i5l ann itonerin hi; inipman, eDDCr ann Philadelphia (KM) 100 004 New York 000 000 200 and linley; Yoiselle and Lonitu rdi. St. Louis 000 Pittsburgh 000 Jurliih and W. Cooper; Roe and Lopez.

(Only game scheduled). AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington Boston ii ODD 03.1 Niggeling anu rerrell; Woods and Partee. New York 002 Philadelphia 000 Zubrr and Collins: Newsom and II Chicaeo 100 Cleveland 001 iMftrunand iresti, smith ana ftn1 ntroit mi Newhonser and Kichards; Sundra, ill and I. Mancuso. Medwick N.

iN). 1 i Irrigation Water Bills Authorized identitv of a marine fatally injured ana her two young aaugniers, in a collision 33 miles east of here 1 Charlotte Jean and Allengary. yesterday. Mrs. Bowen was in semi-conscious Critically injured in the head-on condition and was unable to fur-crash and receiving treatment in nish details but it was believed the Wyoming General hospital here (Turn to Page 2.

Col. 6i Roosevelt Administration Faces Test in Florida and Alabama Senators Pepper and Hill Seek Renomination Tuesday Council Approves 50 Per Cent Reduction After Minimum Charge A disccunt of 50 per cent on all 'gardens ts much as pusr-le thev water bills alter the fust 3.000 -id not want to furnish ft a gallons or minimum charge of $3.00 loss t0 the ih-as-mucn as other (iitmn is no worse than it is througn- nut the great middle west. A trip across the rountrv will reveal more i-1 farming activities under way in at the moment tha Nebraska. Iowa and states to east, where late snows and rains have converted fields into quagmires and where much planting will he retdrded. little natience.

however, and rnnditions will be favorable here as elsrnhere. And Victory gardens will he neerieH in brrpi- nnrnhpr ihi than last, according to the het information. Bv The Associated Press) MOULTRIE, Ga. Norman has what he calls a om bearing" tree on his January 1. Thomas has 22 o'possums from a the tree.

WSAS CITY Ben N'ordberg, likson county clerk, has for use at no cost to 100 copies of notices of "'tinlrawal from the Jackson primary. added inducement, he iHiii-es to furnish, also at no the necessarv notarization 'thdrawals. iicre are approximatelv 150 rrtii1.ties for the various offices. 1: 'ounty clerk must publish at the expense of his of- inidget. fi.

ANGELES Pursued by policemen, two rqb-vispects leaped from a taxicab and fled afoot a vacant lot and through door of a precinct police sure ran the wrong way," "'c Officer Joe Brickner. Pioneer Movie Cameraman Dies 1 In Obscurity JYWOOD, May 2. in impoveriohed obscurity -asen G. W. iBiilv Bitzer, who.

which spanned moie of the film industry most years. contributed 10 whatever of art there in the motion pictures. The cameraman's work for years loducer D. W. Griffith.

"'5t his savings, friends said. ntnentinB with 'color photog-a'-, Hls aeath followed a heart Bv JACK BELL (Associated Press Staff Writer) The Roosevelt administration un- oerwent a lesi Dy proxv viuuicsiii r.uiL.- nu Florida and Alabama Democratic at their support bv Pepper. Uill be allowed Casper iesiden-s the irnpatkn season, it was at the Monday night meet- lr.sr of the city council. irrigators outside the city limns receive the same percentage oi leoutuon although their minimum charge is S4.50 and their regur rate is ten cents a thousand gal- lrc lrthov fl-o For those using water which t- not attached to a meter the pro- i posed charge will be 40 cenrs a Ire tit foot. ine rales caine ln Ior consider- i able discussion befoie being i.dopted.

Although the-council was i in favor of attractive rates for the puiptjse cf i stimulatir.g ti.e planting cf victory 1 Points agreed to were: 1. Iii May and June Spam may xport not more than 2L- tons of bari' i South Dakota Republicans. Tn pirls have a single alimentary i With plenty of personalities infract and car.r.ot be separated by volved. Senator Claude Pepper, sureerv. When one dies.

Dr. Got- Florida Democrat, carried the New wals savs, the other will ooon Deal banner into a five-way con-follow. test for renomination that had Denver Area Is Center Of Belated Snowstorm senatorial primaries toda. It also figured as a side Lssue voting by Blanket Seven storm, originating from a thunder- shower and a snectacular elpctrieal storm earlv todav. extended from Palmer in central Colorado Spain to Cut Wolfram Shipments to Germany State Department Announces Agreement with Madrid Colorado City Gets Inches in Depth (By The Associated Press) Wrinrer took another belated and frosty crack at Colorado and south- prn Wvomine today, with more than WASHINGTON.

May 2. The tate department today an- iouneed a compromise agreement with Spain cutting Suanish wolfram Councilman J. Ray Mooie reported that a conference between Lt. Farnum of the Army Air field r.d the ba.eoall committee would be held Tuesday to secure further information as to the possibility of a field team playing eamcs ih the city this summer. If games can be played in tne citjf the city administration will assist in Xixmi tr.e vital tungsten ore to Germany monthly.

2. For the rest of 1944. not more than 40 tons monthly mav be sent. 3. Allied-designated Axis agents ere to be expelled from Spain.

Spanish Morocco and Tangier. 4. The German consulate and other Axis agencies in Taiiei arc to be closed. (Turn to Pa4e 2, CoL 1) seven inches of wet. heavy snow fall- northward into Wyoming.

Rain was ine in the Denver area. reported in Nebraska. Rain, chang- It was the fourth heavy snowstorm ing to snow, was expected during the in less than a month and followed day in southern Colorado, a balmy spring day. Budding trees The region already had suffered sagged under the thick white blanket considerable damage to livestock and tardily planted farm fields were crops from the three previous snow-hidden, wartime traffic was ham- "storms, which began faster Sundav pered. night and occurrecr at intervals The weather bureau said the (Turn to Pace 2, CoL 1) shipments to the Nazis to virtual token supplies, which, it was plied may soon be blocked pletely bv Allied invasion forces France.

1 The United States accepted the i comoromise at the insistence of the British, who were xaid to rely on Spam for certain wax supplies. 1 up a diamond..