The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 8

i i 1 CA- THI GODIN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAmin SUNDAY MOUNtNQ JANUARY 2 Famous Crime Recalled Utah Legislature May Receive 25-Year-Old Claim Once More Garman POWs in Utah Camp ft" i Sft If $-4 By HOWARD BENEDICT Note: Three bursts SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A claim against the state that has been pending for nearly 25 years may come before the Utah Legislature again in 1955 Caleb Tanner of Provo again this yehr as he has many times in the past asked the State Board: of Examiners to approve his Claim for $3559 which he him for services and expenses said was due him for engineer-1 while he was serving as an irriga- ing work done in 1928 and 1929 But' the examiners denied the request as they have in the past and Tanner may again present it to the legislature He did so two years ago but the 1953 session refused to consider it i Tanner said the sum is due SAUNA) Utah (AP) machinegun turned a tion ergineer on the Piute project onithe Sevier Riven He said the State Land Board in Ma r- 1932 refused to pay the qaim because it lacked funds with which to do so In 1937 the legislature 'appropriated $919 but Tanner refused it matter of personal ethics and public He said the the he claimed for expenses but dil not include pay for his services About 10 years i ago Tanner prepari and had printed a booklet outlining his claim and since he has presented copies of that prior to the meeting of each legislative session I J1 -V Stock 'Change Had Big '54 Sales SALT LAKE CITY The Salt Lake Stock Exchange reported i yesterday that its 1954 volume was the second largest in history Assistant Secretary Emery said 28243209 shares of stock valued at $4353024 were handled by the exchange during the year That compares with 12964149 a'r valued at $1548572 in 1953 Biggest year for the exchange was 1946 when about 36 million shares worth were traded night of July 7 1945 was warm and clear Over central Utah A bright moon bathed the Salina area with la soft light that reflected frbm the rooftops of buildings in town and from a small cluster of tents just four blocks away 1 This peaceful scene -was not to remain however Before the night was over it wai to be transformed into a place of horror with death the only escape for many One man wig to be responsible for the chmage of that night His name was Clar- nee Bertucci Budget Adopted In Utah County Figure Loveliness! 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German prisoner of war camp into bedlam one summer night in 1945 When the shooting was over 28 men lay on the ground six of them dead three fatally wounded 17 injured In the fifth of a series on famous Utah crimes the' Associated Press retells that night of horror ning He drained the glass and decided better not have another because he was to go on duty at midnight He left the tavern and went to a restaurant for a sandwich and coffee before' walking the four blocks to the POW camp He stopped in his tent to pick up some equipment and at midnight climbed the steps of Tower No 1 and relieved the guard on duty Bertucci stood in the tower and looked over the barbed wire-enclosed stockade There were two other towers in which solitary guards stood watch Other soldiers patrolled the grounds on foot: Below him in the com pound were 43 tents which housed military personnel and 250 German prisoners assigned to work in the sugar beet fields 23-year-old Army private class from New Orleans first Ber- guard at the tent In the gua of Salina tuccifwas (a ici PROVO Utah (AP) The Utah County Commission has adopted a 1955 budget of $1135-948 lghtly less than $5000 under thfe 1954 budget of $1139-638 1 Therfe were no major changes in the budget for next yeaV as compared with the year just ending and revenue estimates are based on a proposed tax levy of 715 mills the same as in 1954 Treu Method Salon i Spetlelltfsln Reducing Rebuilding 1 Relaxation end Rejuvenation Sit KUul Building 1 Dial 6400 Village outside tents were kept German prison ers of war) Was Drinking Beer At 11 the night of July 7 which jvas a Saturday Ber-tucci was Sitting in a Salina tavern drinking one of Several beers he had bought during the eve- Adopts Record Budget SALT LAKE CITY The Salt Lake County Commission adopted a record budget of $6077956 yesterday The general fund was increased $99176 from $2116266 to $2215442 into the scrambling Germans and several felL A third squeeze expended the 250-round belt and sent more death screaming down upon the stockade Lt Albert I Cornell com- mander of the camp was lying on a cat in officers quarters at the foot of Tower No 1 He jumped up at the first burst from gun and rushed into tha compound which by then was a scene of terror Bertucci had emptied his belt and wis i standing in the tower shouting for more ammunition job finished? tha crazed guard cried of them are still alive!" Lt Cornell ordered Bertucci to come! down but he refused Another guard was sent to bring him down and he surrendered meekly Meanwhile other guards were on the alert in case the Germans became enraged and tried to gain -revenge But no trouble developed The prisoners were so stunned by the sudden bursts from the machinegun that most of them huddled behind tents fearing another lethal blast Others cared for failed comrades An immediate call was issued for all doctors in the area The first: on the scene counted six dead 22 wounded Three of the wounded died later An emergency ward was set up jn the 16-bed Salina hospital and doctors worked late into the nextday to save the lives of many of the injured Bertucci meanwhile was placed under guard at Ninth Service Command headquarters at Ft Douglas in Salt Lake City A check of his Army record showed be had been punished three different times once being AWOL another time for refusing to go on guard duty and another time for missing a train He also had been hospitalized 12 times while in the Army several times for mental exami- nations I He was turned over to medical officers who gave him a thorough physical and mental check After several weeks observation they ruled he was mentally unbalanced I Aid Ffc Clarence Bertucci was committed to a mental hos-pital for disturbing a peaceful central Utah scene one warm clear night -in the summer ox 1945 in the area As Bertucci stared at the tents In which the Germans slept a feeling of bitter hatred shot through him He wished one of them would try to escape so he could kill him with the machine-gun mounted in the tower He often i had that wish but it seemed stronger than ever this night' Perhaps it was the beer He despised Germans He had joined the Army with a gnawing desire to fight and destroy the enemy But he had not seen the enemy until he was assigned to the prisoner guard detail and then be harm thenu Stationed In England In 1943 he was sent overseas with an artillery unit but was sorely disappointed when outfit was stationed in England and returned to the states eight months later Many times he volunteered for combat duty but never heard anything from his requests Why he be allowed to fight he wondered He had a brother who fought with the Army in Europe and his brother particularly want to fight It fair Bertucci thought I could just kill one of his fingers felt nervously for the trigger of the machine-gun He squeezed it but nothing happened The machine-guns were not kept loaded but in a box next to each was a belt of ammunition Bertucci swung the gun on its swivel aiming it at the tents of the prisoners and pretending they were trying to escape as he mowed them down As he-did this he thought of the scores of German atrocity stories which had been published in recent months and his hatred was fanned to a white heat Suddenly a burning feeling of uncontrolled anger swelled within him He violently pulled open the box near the gun jerked out the belt of ammunition and slammed It into place Fired Into Tents He swung the gun so it pointed at the center of the compound and fired a quick burst into a group of tents Immediate cries of anguish rose from the tents and scored of men spilled out onto the compound many dripping blood Bertucci let loose another burst Join the Croivds ln Happy New Year JANUARY Offer You Real Values! 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