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Show TKe Weather Call The Hftrald It you 'don't receive your Herald before 6:30 call 495 before 8 o'clock and a copy will be sent to you. mm. For Provo and vicinity: slightly slight-ly warmer litle change In temp erature tonlrht. High Low 83 S3 VOL. 20, NO. 4 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1942 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OT SALT LAKE PRICE FIVE CENTS v III; III IV Justice George Sutherland, Utahn, Dies in Massachusetts STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., July 18 (U.R)-Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice George Sutherland, 80, died of a heart attack Saturday after collapsing while eating breakfast with his wife, Rosamond, at the Red Lion inn, where he was a summer guest. Inn officials said that Sutherland Suther-land suffered the attack about 10 a.m., and died a short time later. A medical examiner was sum moned by Manager Heaton I. Treadway, son of the inn owner, Rep. Allen T. Treadway, R., Mass. Guests At inn Sutherland and his wife had been guests at the inn for the past few weeks, officials said. It was the first summer the Sutherlands had spent here. A former resident of Utah, Sutherland had lived in Washington Washing-ton since his retirement from the supreme court in 1938. Sutherland was appointed to the supreme court In September, 1922, by President Warren G. Harding. He was born March" 25, 1862, at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, Bucking-hamshire, England. He was one of only four men named to the bench who was born outside the United States. He was a conservative and his judicial opinions, though written n scholarly fashion, egoked vigorous vigor-ous dissents from his liberal associates,' asso-ciates,' then in a minority on the supreme court. He was consistently on the conservative con-servative side in votes on New Deal legislation. Important Derisions It was Sutherland who wrote the decisions invalidating the Guf-fey Guf-fey coal control act and the powers pow-ers of the securities and exchange commission to interrogate witnesses. wit-nesses. His vote was used to. condemn con-demn AAA, NRA, and the muni-eipal muni-eipal bankruptcy act, railroad pensions and "hot oil" legislation. However, he voted in favor of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and old age pension. He went against the New Deal in the gold cases. His family settled in this country coun-try when he was one year old. The Sutherland family, although not Mormons 'themselves, treked (Continued on Page Two) WOMAN FOUND SLAIN IN CANAL BLACKFOOT, Ida., July 180T.R) A hideout in foothills east of here was scoured Saturday by Bingham county officers for a clue to identity of the shotgun murder of Mrs. Marcus Cox of Shelley. The investigation was started after the body of Mrs. Cox was found in an irrigation ditch about three miles north of Blackfoot. The woman's husband, Marcus Cox, was questioned in connection connec-tion with the slaying, the sheriffs sher-iffs office reported. Sheriff William Clough declared the woman had been fatally wounded by a blast from a 16-gauge 16-gauge shotgun. Her body was later dumped in the canal. The gun which fired the fatal shot was discovered and sheriffs sher-iffs officers said the truck had been found which was used to transport the woman's body from the scene of the slaying in the hills. Crash, Explosion Of U. S. Domber Kills Seven Hen NORTH READING, Mass., July 18 0JJ? Seven U. S. army airmen were killed today in the Woodland crash and explosion of a bomber, which was followed by a small forest fire. The crash occurred In the Harold Har-old Parker estate forest and was heard "over the whole town," according to Police Chief Thomas Thom-as ' CrosweU. The plane cut through almost a mile of tree-tops tree-tops and cut an 80-foot swath on the ground before it exploded. ex-ploded. Croswell said he had no doubt 'that ,the tremendous explosion ; which followed was caused by bombs. RvtlfMa were scattered all over the place," he said, and one wing was a great distance from the pot where the plane exploded. Supreme Court Brilliant Legal X y. - If If'' 4 - V s skiWJ' J -A 'UK -iff . ' 1 . , .v':i...w::;::::::o::x.:.::y . 1862 GEORGE SUTHERLAND 1942 Sutherland Resided Here For 15 Years In many respects Judge George Sutherland whose death occurred Saturday, was regarded as a Provo man. He' came here in 1878 from Salt Lake Citv to attend the Brigham Young academy, which had just been established with the late Dr. Karl G. Maeserg as the president and leading teacher. Provo remained his home for 15 years, and a brother and sister still reside here. At the academy he had for classmates two men who were to be constantly linked with his later political life. Both were to share honors. with him as United States senators from Utah. They were Reed Smoot, his later political compatriot and Wiljiam H. King, who in 1916 was to succeed him in the senate when Wood row Wilson swept Utah with his slogan, "He Kept Us Out of War." It was at the academy that Mr. Sutherland met Rosamond Lee of Beaver, who became Mrs. Sutherland on June 18, 1883 After com Dieting his studies here he went to the University of Michigan where he received his law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1883. For the next ten years "he engaged en-gaged in the practice of law in Provo. He was recognized as one of the town's leading lawyers and early showed talent in this later specialty in corporation and constitutional con-stitutional law. During most of this time he was associated with the law firm of Thurman, Sutherland Suther-land and "King. In 1893, with "his wife and three children, he left his Provo practice and went to Salt Lake City. His first political venture was made while he lived in Provo. In 1890 he ran .on the Liberal ticket for mayor, but was defeated. de-feated. The Sutherland family made its first Utah home in Springville in 1863 When he was only a year-old year-old babe. His father was engaged in freighting supplies from Utah to Virginia City, Nevada. In 1872 the family moved to Silver City in the Tintic mining district, where his father was a mine recorder. From 1872 until 1879. George Sutherland lived in Silver (Continued on Page Two) BOY KILLED IN FARM ACCIDENT PRESTON, Ida., July 18 (U.R Funeral services will be held Monday Mon-day for Albert E. McQueen, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B-McQueen, B-McQueen, who was killed in a farm accident. The boy died last night after he fel from a load of hay and was run over by a trailer loaded with hay. His skull was fractured and he also suffered chest injuries. SuiGCMinnibs Career Closes 'J of. - Celebration Set For Pioneer Day By Provo Groups Provo will observe Pioneer day, July 24, with a celebration at Sowiette (North) park sponsored by the Sons and Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. During the early morning hours, the Pioneer martial band will serenade the city. At 10:30 a. m. a program will be presented in the assembly room of the Pioneer '" Immediately following, dedica tory exercises will be conducted at the Pioneer monument in front of the museum. During these exercises ex-ercises prizes will be awarded pioneers pio-neers of respective ages and of various piaces of residence by the amusement committee. Luncheon and refreshments will be enjoyed on the grounds from 12:30 until 2 p. m. Swimming contests and children's races are programmed from 2 until 4 p. m. at which time an amateur rodeo will be staged in the ball park. The rodeo will be followed by a (Continued on Page Two) n Raspberry Crop Will Go to Waste Unless More Pickers Volunteer Aid Tons of raspberries will go to waste unless every available man, woman, boy and girl come to the rescue immediately. This was the warning sounded Saturday by T, W. Dyches of Provo. "With the United States at war, we cannot f f ord to waste any part of this important crop when our own people as well as our allies need food for victory," said Mr. Dyches. Workers should report Monday morning and every morning at 6:45 a. m., in front of the U. S. employment office, 40 North University Uni-versity avenue, where Mr. Dyches and Lewis Harmer of the employment employ-ment service will see that all workers are placed. Farmers are paying- 30 and 35 cents per crate, which is more than has been paid for several years, Mr. Dyches emphasized. PflMPDCCCMAM uimuivLooitittiv IN RACE FOR RENOHIOtl ! Provo Man To Seefc Sixth Term As Congressman i . I I Congressman J. W. Robirj- j son of Provo, announced his candidacy Saturday for re- nomination and re-election as United States representative to congress from the Second Utah district. , ' At the time of his announcement, an-nouncement, Congressman Rdbin-son Rdbin-son stressed the necessity of every citizen, regardless of political politi-cal affiliation, to support the nation's war effort to the utmost of his ability. Since his election to congress in 1932, Rep. Robinson has been a strong supporter of President Roosevelt, both in the program for economic rehabilitation during the depression, and in his program of preparedness before the war and In the urgent steps taken for the prosecution of the war after the Pearl Harbor attack. Unite for Defense In his announcement, the con- gressman points out that never in the history of the nation has it been more imperative that the American people lay aside, their differences and unite for the defense de-fense and preservation of their guarantees of political and religious religi-ous freedom. "In this struggle we must be sure that every man in the armed forces is fully trained and completely com-pletely equipped and has the determined de-termined support of every one of us," he declared. Since he took his seat in the house of representatives in March, 1933, Rep. Robinson has risen to a P08"00 of influence and power (Continued on Page Two) FLOOD RAVAGES FISHING TOWN BAYFIELD, Wis., July 18 U.R Nearby towns and the American Red Cross rushed aid today to this flood and fire ravaged fishing village in the wake of a flood that carried part of the business section into Lake Superior on a 20-foot wall of water. The town, comprising 1,212 inhabitants in-habitants nestled on the edge of a peninsula jutting into Lake Superior, was Isolated from normal nor-mal communication for hours Thursday and yesterday by a deluge de-luge of rainfall. The water gathered gath-ered in the hills south of the town and rushed in a 20-foot torrent tor-rent towards the lake. The wall of water gouged a 20-foot gully from the baseball park northward to the lake, 'cutting 'cut-ting across Bayfield's main street and sweeping the wreckage of five business section buildings along with it. Coffins were washed out of graves In the Bayfield ceme. tery. Lightning Inflicted the Initial (Continued on Page Two) He urged boys and girls, men and women pick berries before and after regular working hours, where they cannot spend full time in the fields. "We appreciate the fact that several clerks of Provo stores are going out at 5 and 5:30 in the mornings and picking berries until un-til 8:45 a. m. when they return to go to their regular Jobs at 9:30. If more of the people who are working in business houses and stores would do this, the berries could be saved that otherwise would drop off." Through the appeal of the employment em-ployment office under direction of W. L. Mildenhall, many mothers moth-ers who never expected to pick berries have gone out with their children to help save the crop. Mr. Dyches said. "We appreciate this kind of patriotism," he said. Of Seeks Re-election REP. J. W. ROBINSON 3 Unauthorized Strikes Ended; Others Flare Up By UNITED PRESS Three unauthorized strikes halt- ing war production in the eastern United States ended today while ! government leaders anT labor conciliators moved for quick set (lament of ...two . other , disputes. Approximately 1,000 striking UMW-CIO workers engaged in the manufacture of aircraft parts at the American Magnesium Corporation, Cor-poration, Buffalo, N. Y., voted to return to wprk at midnight Sunday pending a decision by the war labor board. A CIO spok-man spok-man said the walkout was precipitated pre-cipitated by employes dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion with WLB's slowness in deciding de-ciding the case which had been certified to it several months ago. Wildcat Strike At Beaver, Pa., a wildcat strike at the propellor plant of the Curtiss-Wright Corp., ended when threat by the selective service board to cancel draft deferment of strikers brought them back to work. The strike began with a walkout of 19 members of United Steel Workers of America (CIO) "to enforce higher wage demands. At Pittsburgh, Pa., hundreds of AFL building tradesmen, acceding ac-ceding to a request from their union leaders, agreed to end a walkout on $100,000,000 worth of plant construction while they awaited an adjustment of. thijr wage dispute before the war production pro-duction board's board of review. The back-to-work movement came after ,WPB Chief Donald Nelson telegrap'hed officials of the car-p car-p e n t e r , operating engineers, cement finishers and common laborers la-borers that "drastic action" would be taken, if they did not return to work. HOUSE DEBATES WAR TAX BILL WASHINGTON, July 18 (U.E) The house late Saturday completed com-pleted debate on the unprecedented unpreced-ented $6,143,900,000 war revenue bill, which would levy on Ame-ican Ame-ican people and corporations the heaviest taxes in their history, and prepared to pass it Monday. Passage in the bill's present form was virtually assured since it is being considered under a procedural rule which b ars amendments unless they are sponsored by the house ways and means committee. Committee Commit-tee Chairman Robert L. Dough-ton, Dough-ton, D., N. C, said he knew of none to be submitted. The only chance for revision of the biU appeared to be a njp-tion njp-tion to be made by Rep Harold Knutson, R., Minn., to ' recommit recom-mit the blU to the committee, with instructions to revise proposed pro-posed , corporate tax rates. Knutson has given notice that he wiU moye. dojknward revision of normal corporate rates, fixed by this bill 'at 45 per cent, and an increase in the excess profits rate which is now set at 87, 4 per cent. Knutson would lower the normal rate to 40 per - cent and boost the excess profits rate to 90 per cent. JL (SGDSOV The CIO ACCEPTS LABOR BOARD WAGE AWARD Unions to Demand Same Benefits For All Steel Workers PITTSBUR'GH, July 18 U.R The CIO demanded today that the nation's steel industry extend to more than 650,000 workers tha "basic features" of a war labor board award which recommends a 44-cents-a-day wage boost, dues che,ck and "union security" for employes of four "little steel" companies. After a "policy" committee acceded ac-ceded to a request by President Roosevelt for "cooperation" and unanimously approved the WLB decision, CIO President Philip, Murray announced that the United Unit-ed Steel Workers would reopen virtually all of its existing contracts, con-tracts, including its agreement with "big steel" the U. S. Steel corporation and numerous inde; pendent companies. Approval of the WLB order, which slashed the NSWA dema'nd for a Sl-a-day pay increase by more than half, came after 7 125 committeemen from the mills of Bethlehem, Republica, Youngs-town Youngs-town Sheet & Tube and Inland Steel companies heard Murray read a personal jnessage from the president. "' Mr. Roosevelt's telegram said he considered that the "control of the threatening rise in the cost of living is , of paramount do mestic importance," and expressed express-ed his confidence of cooperation from a!l citizens, "including the steel workers." SABOTEUR TRIAL IS NEARLY OVER WASHINGTON. July 18 OLE) The prosecution in the trial of eight nazi saboteurs has "practically "prac-tically completed its case" it was announced Saturday, night. The disclosure came from Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, president of the special military commission commis-sion before whom the government govern-ment has been presenting evidence evid-ence designed to show that the saboteurs should be hanged or shot. Throughout the 11th trial day, the prosecution presented testimony, test-imony, documents and numerous exhibits in an effort to clinch Its contention that the defendants, landed on American shores from submarines, merit the death they planned to inflict upon up-on American soldiers, sailors and war workers. During the afternoon session the government presented 11 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation whose counter-espionage skill kept the saboteurs from carrying out their mission. The trial will resume Monday. Attorney General Francis Bidlde, chief of the prosecution, hazarded haz-arded the guess that it might be be concluded next week. Government to Pay Transportation For Uocational School Students The government needs skUled workers to the extent that Uncle Sam will pay transportation '6f men and women from outside cities to and from the central Utah vocational school at Provo, according to H. E. Johnson, director direc-tor of the school. . Enrollment at the school, located lo-cated at the Utah county fair grounds here, is now about 300. Eighty-five per cent of all those who have attended the school have teen placed In occupations for which they have been trained, with all of them placed at some job. v The number of students leaving leav-ing the school during the last six months has averaged 170 per month, Mr. Johnson said. 4 Women as well as men are being be-ing trained in , aircraft sewing, machine shop, pattern making, cabinet making, radio, aircraft sheet metal, regular sheet metal and welding. Additional classes Dolmens British Hold Rommel In Check With Aid Of U. S. Army Air Force Situation in Russia Very Serious; Reinforcements Reinforce-ments Rushed To Russia; Red Army Seizes Initiative At Voronezh By VUNITED PRESS The northern arm pf a gigantic Axis pincers movement against the oil-rich middle east was making headway Saturday Satur-day night across the steppes of southeastern Russia, but the southern prong remained stalled in the sands of Egypt American-built planes were increasingly effective on both fronts. A massed German offensive in Russia rolled through blazing towns of the Donets Basin, stabbing along the railroad rail-road toward Stalingrad and .. , , smashing at outnumbered Red de- fenders of the lower Don river at the gateway to the Caucasus. Hold Their Ground In Egypt, British Imperials, aided by the growing strength of the U. S. army air force which has been placed under the command com-mand of Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brere ton, held their ground in the "battle of the ridges" some 70 miles from the great British naval base of Alexandria. In London, the clamor for a second front to aid Russia continued, con-tinued, but military expertfi In sfsted that' a 'continental Invasion was unlike within the next few months without "considerable" American troop reinforcements in the British Isles. In Spain, chief of state Generalissimo Gener-alissimo Francisco Franoo made a bitter attack on democracy' and communism as Spain's new type of totalitarian government was inaugurated. in-augurated. Franco said the totalitarian to-talitarian system vastly proved its superiority in war and in the solution of social and economit problems. Face Grave Days The situation "in Russia apparently appar-ently was considered so serious that British minister of production Oliver Lyttleton warned in a speech that Britain faces the gravest days of the war and that it "would be folly to deny that these 80 days in, front of us are some of the gravest we ever faced." ine Kussians were rightine a delaying action, preparatory to what was believed will he a mWi stand in defense of Rostov and Stalingrad at the gateway to the Caucasus. Reinforcements Coming-United Coming-United Preps Staff Correspondent Correspond-ent Meyer Handler reported from Kuibyshev that on a 3,000 mile tiip across the Caspian Sea from Iran and along the Volga- he saw men, oil, tank and planes, including includ-ing American bombers and fighters, fight-ers, pouring Into the Volga valley and converging on the Don river front to stem the German offensive. offen-sive. He said a "tremendous effort" Is being mad'j to deliver the goods and that he saw American-built Douglas, Boeing and Boston bombers and Alracobra fighter planes being rushed to Russia at a record rate. Every available (Continued on Page Two) for men include auto mechanics, forging, electricity, foundry practice, prac-tice, and" aircraft engineers. The training is free, Mr. John- son said. I Under the transportation sched-4?"?, e one bii wIIiMmw T-vn ule, one bus will' leave Levan at 10 a. m. each day, arriving at the school at 11:30. It carries 40 people. Another bus leaves Heber at 10 a. m. and 'reaches the school at 11:30. Arrangements are being made with the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Rail-road to carry student passengers on the train, arriving ' here at 6 a. m., and unloading at Fifth South and University avenue. One train will run from Payson and one from Lehi. The buses will return their passengers at 8 p. m., the trains at 2:30. ; The school has just received some surplus CCC equipment, to augment the present set-up, Mr.' Johnson said. DeDSMfi) FBI Holds Two in Extortion Plot Agajnst Mayer By ERNEST FOSTER United Press Staff Correapondent LOS ANGELES, July 18 U.R) A prizefighter whose retry rhyrped "destiny" with "pbverty and "misery," and a gasoline station attendant who turned composer were held Saturday night for allegedly al-legedly attempting to extort $250,000 from Louis B. Mayer, highest paid of movie executives. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested the former pugilist, pugil-ist, Meyer Philip Grace, 39, an4 the station attendant, Channing Drexel Lipton, 25, and held them in the county jail for arraignment Monday on a federal mail fraud charge. Agents said that Grace and Lip .ton, who collaborated in writing such songs" as "Foolish Little Heart," recently Introduced over a national radio hookup, had also collaborated in the asserted' . extortion ex-tortion plot. Pick Up, Package . They said that Grace and Lip-ton Lip-ton had picked up a packaee sud- PS!ed1 COIS the $250,000 ttt AiziDassaaor notel desk in accordance with instructions outlined in a .threatening letter and postcard received by Mayer.' (Continued on page Two) Two More Ships Sunk; Total How Stands at 401 By UNITED PRESS The announced sinkings of two more ships brought to 401 today the total of United Nations. vessels ves-sels lost to the Axis since mid-January mid-January in the Indian and western west-ern Atlantic oceans. 'The latest victims of enemy attack were a medium-sized American Am-erican merchantman sunk more than two months ago in the In-. dian ocean and a small British -vessel sunk in the Atlantic at about the same time. Survivors of the American ship said it survived two . Japanese -plane attacks only to be sunk by shellfire from a Japanese . i . ... n . truiBer- - Lnc crew, is eventu- er? an east coast United States port and 24 were lost. The British cargo carrier was shelled, and sunk by an Italian, submarine commanded by a Ger- -man officer. Nineteen of the crew stiU are unaccounted for and the rest scattered four landing at an east coast United States port and 14 others reaching a southern. Atlantic island after 12 days under un-der canvas in a lifeboat. .The loss of four United' Nations ships were revealed yesterday. Additionally, the navy announced announc-ed yesterday the sinking of '. an American vessel in the Indian ocean, supposedly by a Japanese submarine. 'Two passengers and 38 members of the crew reached an east coast port. |