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Show EARTHQUAKE HITS NORTHWE Dutch On German Frontier WEATHER FORECASTS UTAH Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer west and extreme east central portions tonight. IDAHO Generally cloudy tonight and Tuesduy, unsettled north part. Little change in ournal Herald-- J temperature. Volume 30. Number 267. LOGAN, Paris ft Guns Repulse Nazi Airplane Squadrons UTAH. MONDAY, PARIS, Nov. 13 (UP) German reconnaisanee planes reached Paris twice today but were beaten off by French batteries which broke up their formations and sent them flying back to their bases over Belgium and the anti-aircra- Gang-Bust- er j ft North Sea. The first nazi aircraft reached Paris suburbs at 4:20 a. m. but they were dispersed. Air raid precautions were in force for an hour. This afternoon batteries fired from 3:20 un-- l til four 0 clock but there was no alert signal. For a time the cause of the shooting was not certain but later it was an (Acme Telephoto) anti-aircra- Peaceful Holland, a neutral throughout the 1914-1- 8 World War, now is strengthening its forces on the German border. Here is an entrenched Netherlands outpost on the German-Dutc- h frontier at Venlo, scene of trouble between Dutch civilians and nazi frontier guards. Churchill Lambasts Hitler In London Radio Broadcast ft nounced that German planes, which had reached the environs of Paris, had been driven off. It was announced the Germans had resumed intensive BY FREDERICK KFH reconnaissance and patrol flyHear LONDON, Nov. 13 (C.P The Large Throng ing on the entire front from of Winston fighting speech Luxembourg to the Swiss borIk Churchill, first lord of the admir- der as the weather improved. ) French reconnaissance planes calling Adolf Hitler a Ialty, maniac, was believed today flew over Germany. BY RUTH SCOFIELD ' t to have removed any remaining No land fighting was reTwo definite reactions to the ' Opera Singer n peace hope for the mediation effort. Germany Replica The speech was considered the most violent uttered by a high British official sijnoe the war started. The first German reac-'"- y tion to it was heard in a GerDutch-Belgia- I, concert' of'" Giovanni Mattinelli, veteran Metropolitan Opera tenor, were in evidence following the program Saturday night in the tabernacle. The concert was the Civic Music first of the 1939-4- 0 series. Chicago Attorney Appears On Lyceum Program In Logan Students of Utah State Agricultural college and members of the Civic Music association will have the opportunity to hear Dr. C. Ray Hansen, eminent Chicago next attorney and criminologist, Wednesday at 8:15 p. m. in the Logan LDS tabernacle. Dr. Hansen presented under the auspices of the college lyceum bureau and the Civic Music association, it was announced by Dr. w. l. Waniass, chairman of the college lyceum committee. Dr. Hansen is a prominent attorney who was satisfied to pursue the practice of law until he became a militant crusader against crime. The Chicago Bar association, an organization of 7500 lawyers, cited him for, courageous and patriotic the only citation of it service, kind in the history of the association. where IDAHO PROFITS Ur n as-o- per-Val- e, w jALi LMl diLLUI BOXES MISSING SIXTH WARD PLANS E Kuhn Sends Endearing Notes To Lover At Bunds Expense German-Am-erica- Planned Insurance long-han- d. Trigger BY RALl11 1IEIN.LN WITH THE FRENCH IN THE FIELD, Nov. 13 U.P- - Nazi gistures ot friendliness luwaid French soldiers turned to sullen silenee today along the western front where the river Rhine is seven feet above normal anu flood waters surround lowland lort3 of the b.egfried line. 1 have just travelled the entire length of the Rhine trout jroru Lauterliourg past Strasbourg and Mulhousc to the Swiss frontier. I saw 1,500,000 men holding a detense zone depopulated of civilians. I saw huge numbers of guns ot every size und range. I saw the Rhine flood waters swirl around the Siegfried pill boxes at the edge of the river on the German side. But there is no longer the forcof the German ed friendliness troops toward the French because veteran German divisions, with wounds of the Polish campaign healed by replacements, have moved to tne iront. tor 150 miles along the Rhine two powerful armies stare at each other with their lingers on rifle triggers and with orders to shoot if tne enemy attempts propaganda maneuvers as well as military maneuvers. The river is going down, but tne swift current still would prevent n either .army from building a Tndfe. As I travelled along tte river, I counted an average of one German fortification every pon-too- Zoo Preparations are nearing completion for the Sixth ward bazaar end dinner to be held Thursday, Nov. 16. according to announcement made today by Bishop F. B. Baugh. Pres. Harriet Emmett of the Relief Society says the doors will open promptly at 2 p. m. If you want real bargains in a wide variety of merchandise, you will be on hand early to get your share. Rugs, aprons, quilts, and canned Thanksgiving puddings will be featured. Mrs. Ebba Lundahl is in charge of the dinner, which will be served from 5 to 8 p. m. The menu includes prime ribs of beef, baked potatoes, hot rolls, apple pie and plenty of trimmings to make a real tasty meal. The Sunday School is preparing a fish pond for the youngsters. The Primary wil have an abundance of choice candy and the Mutuals have arranged for a number of choice acts to be presented in the recreation hall, commencing at 8 p. m. Admission free. yards. The block houses on the river eage have tiny slots to indicate plenty of avenues tor fire at any force attempting to cross the river. From nigh positions, I could see second and third rows of the Siegfried forts which are so closethey form a thick belt of delenses with barbed wire and trenches between. Three or four Siegfried fortresses could be seen lor every one in the French Magiuot line but the are much more French fort-esspowerfully built and armed. es AIR PILOT DIES IN WYOMING CRASH LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 13 Albany county officials brought the body of Thomas Ballard, 33. from United Air Lines Omaha, Neb., to Laramie today from the wreckage of his new sport plaue which had lam for four days mesa 25 miles on a wind-swenortheast of here. The wreckage of the plane was found yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Thomas of Laramie as they hiked in the Horse Creek, Wyo., vicinity. Sheriff Ed L. Wood said Ballard recently had been employed on an airline run out of Seattle and formerly had been an Omaha police sergeant. Wood said the plane was piled up among scrubby sagebrush on tho mesa on whieh Ballad apparently had attempted to land when his machine ran out of gasoline. Officials ruled the death accidental and said they would hold no inquest. Ballard's parents live at Wood-lakNeb., United Air Lines officials said they would arrange for shipment of the body. e, MAGAZINE LIST AT SCHOOL RELEASED FORMER HYRUM RESIDENT DIES Lester T. Rose of Hyrum, just received word of the sudden death of his brother, Willard Rose, of Wciscr, Idaho. Mr. Rose died Sat-uda- y. Willard was born, in Hyrum, April, 1889, the son of O. H. and Chrisimi Hose. He married Algie Garret of Mcndon. They moved to years ago. SurIditjjo twenty-tw- o viving are his wife and four children and the following brothers and sisters: Whilamine Hartvigsen and Havana Christensen, both of Downey, Idaho; J. W. Rose, and Lrhi Rose of Malad. Idaho, Orval Rose, of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Lester T. Rose of Hyrum. The funeral services will bo held at Weiser Tuesday. Mr. Rose was well known in Hyrum, and was sent on a mission to England prior to his moving to Idaho. His father, mother and one sister are buried in Hyrum. The Logan Senior high school will this year receive the following monthly and weekly magazines, announced Mrs. Bessie Pack, librarian: Amei ican Magazine, American Boy, Atlantic Monthly, Boy's Life, Clearing-HousGood HousekeepMagazine ing, Harpers, Hygeia, Digest, Nature, Newsweek, Popular S. T., Popular Science Aviation, Q. Mechanics. Monthly, Popular Ladies Homo Journal, Science Digest, Readers Digest. School Arts, Popular Photogrrfihv, Athletic Journal, School Musician. Theatre Arts, Industrial Arts & Vocational Education, Education Digest, Saturday Review of Literature, Scholastic, National Geographic, Wilson Bulletin, Readers Guide. Automobile Digest, Life, and The Saturday e, 1031. Price No Traffic Soldiers Keep Their Fingers On ot ANNUAL BAZAAR neok-and-ne- can-tassi- CEASES ARM-MIE- Noted That crime reaches staggering proportions, especially in Chicago, 183 nationally advertised products are connected with gangland movements is illustrated by figures and by the word pictures he paints of murders in the gang center districts. Although many citizens neglect ported yesterday. to vote because they think their ballots wont bear much weight in the election Dr. Hansen brings out the fact that gangland is always at the polls on election day, voting officers from whom they re- ON LETTUCE CROP for ceive protection. The alliance of crime with politics is at the hot-- 1 tom of criminal protection, he in- BOISE. Ida.. Nov. 13 CJ9 jsists. Gangland might make or Southwestern Idaho lettuce grow-- 1 unmake a presidential electorial ers have shipped a bumper crop vote from any state, is the f 1040 carloads of lettuce to bounding contention of Dr. Hansen, eastern markets for as estimated Dr. Hansen will discuss Todays this season and Tomorrows Crime for $800,000 profit cause the California lettuce was the Wednesday nigtit appearance, blighted by heat, the state de- - On this subject he relates contacts partment of agriculture announced with gangsters all over the nation today. bringing out from first hand inforMost of the lettuce was produc- - mation the factors that contribute ed around Glenns Ferry, Wilder, .to the development of crime and Nyssa, Nampa. Parma, Ontario. criminFt. He also tells of the Fruitland and sunal interviews with A1 Capone, Marsing, Caldwell. famous gangland leader, and oth- er outstanding gang leaders as well 1 T T AT1 ,a3 telling of many personal expe- Q 1 1 rT I 1 jnence3 8mon& the For those educated in the higher realms of music, the program ofwas sheer fered by Martinelli man broaocast. ecstasy. For the average person, speaking The broadcaster, main part of any large the English from Cologne, said "Britaudience, it was too stilted and ish listeners (to Churchill) must undiges table. could have been disappointed. He Rich in tone and deeds of the expressive, Martinelli's wonderfully voice can ,, report no glorious is British army which already undoubtedly be termed the greats in prepara- est male voice heard in Logan packing leaves. He for many years. Martinelli's voice tion for Christmas not improved is a great voice. His stage personmade a poor speech by a poor delivery. ality is winning. But in spite of call the Cologne British he failed somehow to strike this The broadcaster "Lord Haw Haw on the responsive chord that thrills account of his extereme British all present to breathless awe and releases an uncontrolled frenzy &cccnt' of applause. King Answers Belgium It may have been his program Prior to Churchills speech last had replied cf arias was too stiff at first, night. King 'George mesfor the audience warmed noticepeace to the Belgian-Dutc- h ably toward the artist as he prosage that Great Britain welcomed a on gressed into more familiar music any opportunity for peace reasonable basis, but any hopes in the latter part of the coucert. With the exception of the Ariosa the kings message might have (Continued on Page 8) C ITY. Nui. 13 lU.Rl SALT LAI-inspired were lost when Churchill parliamentary said: Peaceful Final result of Salt Lake City freedom at aim which countries mayoralty race for the Individual and abundance TWO DIE IN UTAH were held up today when a for the mass start with a heavy board found tally sheets front tv.o district were "misshandcap against a du tatorship AUTO ACCIDENTS ing. whose sole theme has been war, preparation for war and the grindCity Recorder Ethel McDonald ordered judge of the two dising up of everything and everymachine. SALT LAKE CITY, No. 13 U.Hi trict to produce the sheet, the body into their military Deaths of men in Ogden and office of Mayor John A. Wallace Fight To Death and we We are now at war Cedar City hospitals from injuries announced. If the tally ithects and perwar are going to make can not be located, the city reautomobile received in October severe in making war until the accidents today raised Utah's 1939 corder will ask for a court order of other side has had enough traffic toll to 137, 46 less than to open the ballot boxes in the it. two district. recorded by Nov. 13, 1938. You may take it absolutely for Andrew F. Walker, 71, Cedar City officials hud completed Britthat all reeither that certain canvassing of all but the two City, succumbed to injuries ain and France stand for in the ceived in an accident near Paro-wa- n missing district thl morning modern world will go down or October 31 Involving Walters and had expected to announce the outcome of the election thi that Hitler and the nazi regime automobile and a bus. and tne recurring German or John K. Spiers, 80, Ogden, died afternoon. In unofficial count Prussian menace 10 Europe will as a result of injuries received David Abbott (Ab) Jenkins, enbe broken and destroyed. ThaFs October 24 when his light truck durance racing speed king, held a the way the matter lies and every- collided with another car near 12 vote margin over Herbert A. Snow, local businessman. body had better make up their Ogden. minds to that solid, somber fact. Sarcastic Comment Of the nazis, he said sarcastically: All they ask for is the to right to live and be let alone conquer all and kill the weak. Their humanity forbids them to apply severities to the strong. . . When we remember the bestial atrocities they have committed in Lots of love. Arrived safely. Fritz NEW YORK, Nov. 13 Poland we do not feel we wish to All tomorrow. n my Write you leader of the Kuhn, ask for any favors to be shown when thoughts of you. Love und kisses. blushed today, Bund, us. . . telegrams he sent to a pretty Fritz." Churchill said that if Britain three The third was addressed to Mrs. Californian were read at his trial and France lost the war the on on Nov. 15. 1938, at 1185 embezzlement Camp charges. 1 United States will be left single-the tele- Edgewater Drive, Cleveland, and introduced state The 1 of to handed guard the rights ' read : graphic endearments in furtherance man. Called you Train mistake. of its contention that Kunh conto as that Hitler Municipal Referring verted at least $5,000 of Bund funds twice. Arrived by plane and I evil man over said the he kisses. there, to his own uses. Including trans- Airport 9 p. in. Love i nazis were harassed in their guilty portation of the effects of Mrs. Fritz. souls by the thought to retribuestablished through McCarthy Florence Camp from Los Angeles tion and they cannot find one to New York and then to Cleveland. employes of the postal telegraph newsBunds and the friendly eye in the whole circumKuhn smiled wanly as Assistant company ference of the globe." District Attorney Herman McCar- paper, Dcutsehcr Wcckruf and were that the messages which the thy read the telegrams paid for by the Bund. stato contends Kuhn wrote in Earlier the Ktatc demonstrated Course For Tho first message dnted ScpL 12 through the testimony of Scbaatuin Men 1938. was sent to Mrs. Camp at Distiler of the Manufacturers Life Trust company tnat Kuhn was the Redondo Beach, Calif. It read: to I Members of the Cache Valley Hope to have everything under onlv Bund official permitted the organiz. Underwriters association will control love tonight. Leaving tomorrow. withdraw funds from was done to ation account. This and kisses, Fritz." j meet on Friday nights to take a Great The second, dated Oct. 26, 1938, stress the stato contention that ac-If course In life insurance Salesman'Ll ship, it was announced today. was addressed to Mrs. Camp at the money was taken from Bund The course is to be given under Aberdeen hotel, Oklahoma City. It counts only Kuhn could have done it. the direction of JTr. R. H. Walker. read: knick-knack- Speaks Here Wednesday 13, live Cent.. Finnish Delegation Seattle Buildings Sway As Earth ON Departs From Russia Trembles Without Agreement 1 Anti-Aircra- Heavy Firing Drives Away Nazi Planes In Disorder NOVEMBER Grain Range Accidents In Logan Scandinavian Ministers Confer With Diplomats MOSCOW. Nov. 13 (UP) The Finnish delegation to the Kremlin left for Helsingfors at 9:50 oclock tonight without an agreement on Soviet City Is Calm And Orderly Russias demands for military Our ArmisMce Day and naval bases in Finnish Celebration No traffic accidents of any sort over the double holiday ami no one booked for lawbreaking not so much as a drunken charge - that was the record presented today by Logan city police and Cache county sheriff departments for the city and county over Saturday and Sunday. Patrolman Guy Christensen, redeporting for the police office, comclared that throughout the munity Armistice day and Sunday, everything had been quiet and orderly, without a single infraction of law. No bookings were made at the jail, and no accident reports filed, he declared. Sheriff Jeff Stowell, speaking for his department, explained that no calls on accidents or unreasonable lawlessness had been received by his office. Meanwhile the white flag flying above the Logan police headquarters, and denoting no new traffic deaths or serious accidents within the city limits, continued to wave at' full mast for tne twenty-sixt- h successive day. The flag was put on the mast by the Logan Junior chamber of commerce - during their recent traffic safety campaign. "Upon a fatality, the flag is lowered, and when a serious injury is reported, it goes to half mast. Not since Peter S. Olsen was killed almost instantly on Third East and Center October 16 has Cache county, including Logan, had a motor fatality. Mr. Olsens death had brought the county total for 1939 to seven persons one more than the entire 1938 record of six fatalities in as many accidents. Four deaths for this year were accounted for in the tragic Memorial day crash on the when lour Valley View road Prestonites succumbed to injuries. accidents In throughout the county involving other than those of motor vehicles, four people have met sudden death in 1939. One death came by carbon monoxide poisoning, one was a result of a gunshot wound, one from injuries suffered in a fall and one burned to death. territory. Z. A. Pontikov, Soviet vice chief of Protocol in the for-- e i g n commissariat, was the only the representative of the Russian government at the railway station. The delegation, headed by J. K. Paasiki-v- i, was seen off by the staffs of the Finnish legation and the ministers of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Paasikivi declined to discuss the cause in the breakdown of negotiations with the Russians. Nor would he speculate on the possibility that the negotiations might be ELIZABETH RIGGS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. 77. died home Heber plute glass windows. People Hysterical switchboards were Telephone swamped with calls from frantic householders and made communications with nearby towns almost impossible for nearly an hour. Theaters In Seattle, Aberdeen and Chehalis, operating midnight performances, were emptied with a rush, but there was no panic and no Injuries. Cornice stones fell from the federal buildings in Tacoma, 30 miles to the south. Several small fires d were caused in Seattle by wiring. Perkins Riggs, early this morning at the Mrs of her daughter, C. Parker of Wellsville. Elizabeth Center Near Seattle Prof Combs said he believed the epicenter of the quake to be quite close to Seattle, and from its intensity said it probably was :felt for a radius of 300 miles. In Longview, Wash, across the Columbia river, large sections of plaster fell in a Montieello hotel. The quake also was felt strongly in Astoria, Ore, on the coast. Water mains were broken In after an illness of several months' duration. She was the widow of Hoquiam and Raymond, Edward Riggs, who died in 1908. Aberdeen, She was born in Wellsville May in the Grays Harbor district. in Olympia. Police 27, 1862, the daughter of Sam and Chimneys fell Ann Godfrey Perkins. She had were informed that a 250 pound section fell from a corner of the spent several years of her life on National Bank of Washington in a ranch in Sterling but had lived in Wellsville for the past 15 years Tacoma, where power lines also Nine children were born to her, fell. six of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Heber C. Parker, Mrs. WilDate P. Riggs, liam Stoddard. Sam William P. Riggs, and Melvin Riggs, all of Wellsville, and George P. Riggs of Hyrum. Two sisters. Mrs. John A. Leishman and Mrs. William Williams; two brothers, John and Lewis Perkins, all of Wellsville; 28 grand children and 30 great grand children also survive. Funeral arrangements are to be announced later For Logan MIA. Dance Is Moved Ahead The Logan stake MIA dance, presented monthly by the two stake boards for members of all 12 wards, will be held Thursday evening, November 16, li: the Dansante, it was announced today by S. Richmond Young, superintendent of the Young Men's group. The November dance was origFROM inally scheduled for November 23, but owing to the president's proclamation Thanksgiving Day FIELDS forward amoving week, it was necessary to change the date of the stake dance. These Logan MIA social festivals, SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 13 U9 open to the general stake popuAfter seven months in Europe lation, have proved popular during f. Elder Joseph Fielding Smith of the last year and Their the L. D. S. church returned to purpose is to help fill the entertainto be in ment slate of the various wards his home today glad the United States where he could and to promote a better acquaintfind out what the war is all anceship among stake MIA memabout. bers. Smith Admission will be by ward budcensorship explained abroad is so strict that Americas get tickets, although any member reading public knows more about of the general public is cordially overseas do invited to attend. conditions than Europeans. He would not forecast FAMOUS EDITOR DIES how long the war would last but said regardless of who wins it LOUISVILLE, Ky Nov. 13 CJD will be terrible for both sides. Funeral services were held toOnly 11 Mormon missionaries day for Harrison Robertson ,83, and three mission presidents are editor of the Louisville Courier-Journa- l, whose 60 years as an left in Europe following evacuation of more than 700 under active newspaper man ended with his death Saturday. Smiths direction. PASSES RETURNS Funeral services for Rachel Jane George, daughter of William and. Jane Shelton George, and former resident of Mendon, will be held at Wilford Larsens home in Mendon Tuesday at 1 p. m. Miss George died Sunday in Provo where she has lived for the past 20 years. She was born in Mendon, May 13, and spent her girlhood in that community. Brothers and sisters surviving are Joseph George of Aberdeen. Idaho; Mrs. Charlotte Lundberg and Mrs. Eliza Holland, both of Tremonton. Friends may call at the Wilford Larsen home in Mendon Tuesday from 11 a. m. until time of services. OILMAN DIES. Okla., Nov. 13 John C. Miller, 73, veteran oil man connected with Midoontinent Petroleum Corp., died today of TULSA, At Seattle, residents rushed into the streets in night attire as buildings swayed and dishes broke. were cracked. Older buildings Partitions in the Pacific Telephone Telegraph building were broken. There were a few reports of broken short-circuite- FORMER MENDON WOMAN PORTLAND ,Ore., Nov. 13 (LEI The most violent earthquake In the alarmed memory of inhabitant thousands of persons in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia shortly before midnight last night. The tremors, which cracked pavements, brick walls and plaster, were felt as far north as Vancouver, B. C., and south to Oregon City, Ore, 12 miles south of Portland. Property damage was not serious and no personal Injuries were reported, but the quake was sufficiently severe to dislodge the needle of the University of Washington's seismograph. Strong Quake The quake was reported by Prof. Howard Coombs of the University of Washington to have been between third and fourth intensity, sufficiently strong to cause damage. The first shock came at 11:47 p. m. and was followed by several smaller quakes. 09 a heart attack. EUROPEAN one-hal- Firemen To Help Santa Claus AUNT HET ROBERT Repair KiddiesChristmasToys BY Logan kiddies will be trtated to a picture show at the Roxy theater next Saturday, and at the same time, they will be given an opportunity to extend real Christmas service, when the Logan junior chamber of commerce, with tho Chi ed to the fire hall where for more than a month, firemen wiH repair and paint the toys for Christmas distibution. The project this year is expected to be even more than in previous seasons. There are and hundreds of Logan kiddies who Omega sorority firemen cooperating, commences its annual Christmas toy drive. According to an. announcement today by Max Brunson, publicity chairman. Manager Norm Sprawl of the Logan Intermountain theaters, has offered the use of his theater for the project. Tho movie will be one of special interest to young folks, and will bo seott free to youngsters of Logan und Cache Valley. Here are the stipulations: At Evening Post. The library also receives the the Roxy matinee next Saturday, Salt Luke Tribune and the Sun- kiddies will be admitted unon pre day edition of the New York Times, sentation of one discarded toy and Cachet j whieh is in good enough condition The Herald-JournAmerican are taken by the journal- - to be repaired. These toys will then be placed in a city truck and haul ism class. Alpha Logan-Cach- e QUILLEN will be deprived of Yuletide happiness unless helpful acengies supply toy3 and candy. Lest year dozens of families were made happy during the holiday by toys collected in the jayeee campaign. At the fire halt, expert fingers will straighten, repair and paint the toys until they appear as new. Then on Chrlstmiis eve, under the direction of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority committee, the toys will be distributed to the needy families. All youngsters in the city and surrounding communities are cordially invited to the Roxy matinee Saturday. The time will be announced later, and the admission is one toy In condition good enough for repairing. Pa Is right nieo about our drlvin arrangement. He suffers when I drive, and I suffer when he drives, so he decided to do the sufferin. (Copyright 1939 Publisher Syndicate) |