OCR Text |
Show PAGE TWO w - -: 1 " :'. ' " WT AtUTMo (Kaoeatlar Sararoar aad Sandar, .' Saadav Harala Published Mn4r Monlni . Published fcr tae Herald Corporation. Roatk 111 Wsst Mtrsst. Proe, Utah. Entered aa second elase matter at taa poetofflee la Froee, Ulea, andar the aet of March . 11. Oilman. Klcol at Rathmaa. National Atertlln representatives. repre-sentatives. New York. Baa rranctece, Detroit. Boetoa. lea Angeles. ChU-afO. ' - Member United Press, N. K. A. aWrvlca. Editors' Ktehana, the ecrlppa Learae at Neaspspere and Andtt faoraee a Circulation. I Swbaurl pMon terms toe carrier la Utah county. cent te.e - eaeartu. for alz montba, la advances f.7t the rear. In advances by tnall (a eoonry, ff til aateias eoontr !. the ear In advance. Uaartr raronca act land" T Llbartf Ball TVe Herald lll aet aaaama financial responsibility for any errore which nay appear la advertisements published la Its columns, la those lastaacoa here the aeP t fault, tt will reprint that part as (ha advertisement ha which tae typographical anlataha awevsa. - And he taught, saying unto them, I It not written. My liouso shall be called of all nation the house of prayer T bat ye have made It a den of thlevea-Alark 11:17. Surely the church is a place allowed to the dissensions and be Mexico Chooses v Mexico votes, and several 'scores of people lie dead and 'wounded. ... "Shocking!" say the thin-skinned, conveniently forjret-ting forjret-ting the lO dead and 100 wounded who lay on the ground in Chicago on Memorial Day, 1937, when the United States also had failed to adjust a controversy without violence. It is not to be denied that the Mexican election was a violent and rowdy . affair, falling , far i short of textbook democracy. The votes are yet to be counted. It remainst0 be seen whether, the candidates and their followers will abide by the announced result. Probably until September' there will be more or less disorder in the southern republic. , " lJut initial shock at this rough-and-tumble election oughi ' not to blind us to something very significant. ' . .That is the fact that' nearly five million, people are be- lieved to have voted. ' No such widespread expression of the popular" will has been, seen in Mexico for many years. . Whether that is now to be translated into an orderly change of administration remains to be seen. But there seems how ; an excellent chance of it In the very disorder Itself there is evidence of a certain vitality. Mexico could, have had an "orderly election." It has Md them In the recent past. By turning out the army :fmd placin? a squad of soldiers at each polling place, Fresi-i Fresi-i dent Cardenas could have kect complete order. But h'e .de-jlihprately .de-jlihprately chose not to do that. If he had done so. the opposition oppo-sition would immediately have charged intimidation of its ,suDTorters, and with some reason, for in Mexico, the army is a big factor in party politics on the administration side. So PrMideyit Cardenas deliteratelv ; permitted not only rypntpv latitude in campaignihp; than, an opposition party has hfid in Mexico In 20 year?, J?ut deliberately. he'd back, military domination pf . theVlection. thoughuit . was clear that there would considerable disorder. . ,. . . pipmajns now to be seen vhthpr. the defeated candidate will abide by the announced decision. Already there are charges that the election, for. one reason and another, was not fairlv conducted. There .; Have beon : such, .charges, and with excellent reason.' even in Kansas CUyiind Philadelphia: When the count is completed; the test will come. "It is not only necessary to have elections. It. is necessary that ; thev be fair, and that the defeated as well as the victors abide . by the result. " ,' . ' V ' . .--. , It Mexico can achieve this, th whole western world will j have reason to be proud From Hudson Bay to Patagonia millions -of eyes are on Mexico, and ; in them are mingled ' anxiety and hope ' .... I . . - . - - v yiwr-1-. -.T"-?iAr where one day's truce ought to animosities of mankind. Burke. . , . , ..; ... '.. ,.;' , 'it Coiriedie Frahcais PROVO (UTAH) 'T DAILY HERALD. OUT OUR WAY STOP THAT IDEA , PUULlMG THE. HAIRS OUT OF AM EXPENSIVE EX-PENSIVE HORSEHAIR. OFA MO WOMDER. IT'S G-EITT I NIG A HOLLOVJ-CH&STE.D . 1m p&j jjj AS A 1'. ..v ,0 "mm a a a.' ( c6fn. 190 sir ne BEavKt. INC. United States Caribbean BY BRUCE CATION ; Dally Ilerald Washington Correspondent ' WASHINGTON-, Tuly 15 If trouble should arise on or near any of the Caribbean islands owned by nations which have been conquered conquer-ed by Germany, the United States has within handy range striking forces which are believed to be substantially larger than any they might expect to encounter. Although the bulk of the U. S. fleet is ' concentrated in the Pacific, Pa-cific, the force on duty in the At lantic and ' hence available for action in the Caribbean on short notice has . formidable . hitting power. . The Atlantic squadron normally consists of three battleshlps--the New York, Arkansas and Texas- the aircraft carrier - Ranger, and the heavy cruisers Wichita, Quln-cy, Quln-cy, San Francidco, Tuscaloosa and Vincennes. , It also Includes nine divisions of destroyers, or a total of 36. In addition, 12 submarines are stationed at the New London base, and half a dozen at the Coco Solo base in the Canal Zone. , It is believed that several shiua have been added to this force re cently, although its exact compo- Rinnn q n tisvv swrpt Air Forces Within Itangi Substantial air forces are also within range. 'V. . The aircraft carrier. Ranger has a complement oz 81 planes. Thirty six of the navy's long-range pa trol bombers are 1 stationed at Coco Solo, and a number of fight' ft-Mw- J mi 1 K: L .V - y it 1 't1 mm mm THE VERY FEEL THEM LAY DOWM nr omce . WHV, I'D ' SOONER. . BRIER PATCH FEEL RIGHT HERE I VsOMDER -If- ' SHAVIM' IT WOULD MAKE HAMMOCK rvwir - vtio, , ti.,t "t ' "i fhif i h if i" 3V ' m BORN THIRT V VE ARS TOO Has Heavy Striking Force ing planes are also available Pensacola. . . at The army also has strong air forces within easy reach. Approximately 40 bombing planes plus SO observation and reconnaissance planes . are , sta Uoned at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal. At the Pacific entrance en-trance are eight squadrons, mostly most-ly pursuit planes; these .'run 25 planes to a squadron. A squadron of .13 bombing planes is also stationed at Bori-quen Bori-quen . Field,' Puerto Rico, and . an equal number at Miami. Situation Ticklish ... At Martinique ; , The capital's attention is focused fo-cused on these forces at the moment mo-ment because of the extraordinarily extraordin-arily ticklish nature of the situation situa-tion in the Caribbeanhighlighted by the case of the French island of :. Martinique, where, x certain French jA-arsuips are either under. observation or blockade (depending (depend-ing on your interpretation of the news dispatches) by British warships. war-ships. ' , . , fcsnortly after : the outbreak of war, the new world nations declared de-clared a "neutrality 4one" skirting both America'h continents and as serted no .' acta of war therein would be tolerated. Martinique lies ,well within, the- zone, and a iTranco-BriUan naval battle would hand this government a very tough problem. -; In audition, the Monroe Doctrine --recently reaffirmed both by the administration and ' by Congress Con-gress sets the Unitfed States iirmly against the transfer of title to European possesions ' in the New , World. The Caribbean is tilled with British, Tench and Dutch possessions. No one knows, yet, what will become of them. . ' 1 he whole problem will " be one of the chief topics for the forth-, coming Havana conference. It is made infinitely more troublesome by France's recent transformation into a Fascist state which hunts that Germany might' acquire the use of air and submarine bases close to' the Panama Canal with-, out actually infringing the Monroe Doctrine. ' Farmers To Save On Interest Cut Farmers In Utah County will save about 147,109 a year as a result of legislation Just enacted by congress affecting , Interest rates on Federal land bank and Land Bank Commissioner loans. The temporary rate v of 3 percent: on first mortgage land bank loans will be continued for two years ending June 30, 1942, During this period the - interest rate on , first and second mort gage Land Bank Commissioner loans will be reduced from 4 to 3V2 percent. , Land Bank Com missioner loans were orisrlnallv wruien ai contract rates averaging averag-ing about 5 percent. . At present about 1,064 Utah County ' farmers have land bank and Commissioner loans outstanding outstand-ing aggregating $3,140,600. The difference , between : the contract rate and the temporary rate thus effects a substantial savins1 for farmers". - RECORD BEET CROP HELENA, Mont., July 13 fllEJ An all-time record cron of mnro than 1,000,000 tons of sugar beets Is in prospect in Montana this fan Jay G. Diamond, agricultural statistician, said , today. Growers seeded 86,000 acres of beeta thta epring. . . - INSTRUCTOR. STUDENT KILLED IN PLANE CRASH BRANDON, Man., July 13 ntPi A flying club instructor and a student pilot were killed when their plane crashed into a plough ed field near here today. The men MONDAY, - JULY 15p 1940 -Bv Williams THAT'S RIGHT. OM MA-VOU MEVER HAVE TUME TO LIE - DOWM.SOOU DON'T KNOW IT'S TERRBUE-REMEMBER, TERRBUE-REMEMBER, WE HAVEN'T GOT ON WINTER UNDER WEAR. NOW kri - rAra v- ' , Jim SOOM T. m. ata u. a at. orr. J FORUM Afjin 'Em "The New Deal Must Go"--It Does, Ifo Says Editor, Herald: , The New Deal has been described des-cribed as "dangerous . experimentation."' experimen-tation."' It is ' well known, of course, that it is mainly a collection collec-tion of ideas-theories. - Indeed, the fact ' that the word "theory" came so early into the definition of the modern "leftists," has itself cast considerable odium upon this once inoffensive word. Thinking has come in for much knocking,' and, for one to approach the realm of politics in an intellectual mood, is to call down such 'defamations' 'de-famations' as . "crack-brained theorist', and "brain-truster" upon up-on ones head. - But let us consider what some of its opponents have done in their frantic, and, "so far,' futile1 attempts at-tempts ".to discredit . both the thinker and the thought, as ap plied to our "modern experiment". i The. very complexities of. life demand understanding by man, and none of its difficulties can be unravelled without understanding, understand-ing, and therefore, ' without thought. It is thus useless to be impatient with 'thought and either childishly naive or senilely cynical to treat as airy nothings those matters which are clearly seen to go deep into . the substance sub-stance of pur thought-life. Be cause it is .an unpleasant experience exper-ience for some tired (?) brains to think, is not Justification ' for f-lightly dismissing a duty to look consciously and, with a conscience upon things so " Intimately the concern of the man who cares. It is high time that those who favor the 'class' idea (the anti- New; Dealer) and who therefore believe, as of old that brains are the heritage of the 'elite' only, did something else besides stand 'off and deny the right . of the com mon man to think about, let alone to understand, these things. For if it transpires that, in spite of the "ostrich attitude" of these 'finished ones' the common man IS getting along, and taking on understanding without putting on oji.t tuny nn.-t, ik may wen ue-k AM. Mill.. " I 14 ' 1 . velopthat he -ones who have been holding! aloof; - have been denying themselves - the advantages, advan-tages, democratically, obtainable, which come so easily to the mind not cluttered with' the stupid stu-pid vanities of class-consciousness." We- may yet discover, in other words, that the vaunted 'knowers' are the only ones who haven't learned what makes life click. Yes! in the sense that it now properly functions, the New Deal GOES. Tn that dt Is .needed, and is not to be surrendered, it MUST go. Its vindications rest upon bases human, real and practical. Thus i Its friends need have no fear for Its staying power. And its enemies must produce, by means of THOUGHT there is no less arduous means substance to prove THEIR thinking BETTER. BET-TER. LEONARD A. WILLIS Cranium Crackers ! - FICTIONAL SLEUTHS ' In the last 50 years or so there has . rapidly risen a new type of fiction the detective story. Some of these fictional sleuths have become be-come enormously popular, appearing appear-ing in long series of sories. How many of these five can you Identi fy by giving their creators ? 1. Father Brown. 2. Lord Peter Woimsey. 3. Sherlock Holmes. 4. . Hercule Poirot. 5. Nick Charles. Answers on Page Eight were Simon Roseman, Instructor at the Brandon Flying clufi, and Private Ferguson Hunter. v n W mm 1 Fliglil Trdning Colics! Starts Tonight; Registration 3 Uq t , . 1 i . . - , I hncfian Sf"lnf""3 Vl II IJIIQI I IV.C I I CnUrCh "Sacrament" was the subject of the lesson-sermon at the bunday service in First CUurdi of Christ, Scientist, on July14th. Among the Scriptural citations were the following: "And he (Jesus) was withdrawn from them about a stone's casi, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done. And being be-ing in an agony he prayed more earnestly" (Luke 22: 41, 42, 44). Correlative to the citations were the following from -Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Scrip-tures," by Mary Baker EJdy: "Remembering the sweat of agony which fell in holy benediction on the grass of Gethsemane, shall the humblest or mightiest disciple murmur when he drinks from the came cup, and think, or even wish, to escape the exalting ordeal of sin's revenge on its destroyer (p. 48). The followers of Chri3t drank his cup. Ingratitude and persecution persecu-tion filled it to the brim, but God pours the riches of lUs love into the understanding and affections, giving us strength according to our day" (p." 5). Original Poems To Be Featured Original poems by eleven summer sum-mer school students will be read in the poetry recital at 8:15 p. m. Monday in the Little theater, Brigham Young University, according ac-cording to the committee in charge. Ballads and humorous verse, as well as serious poetry, will be given. The public is invited. in-vited. " . , The committee consists of Mrs. Althea Kimball, Provo George L. Miller, Jr., Tremonton; LeGrand Forsyth, Kalis pell, Montana; Cannon Can-non Rasmussen, Monticello; and Guy Johnson, Payson. They are arranging music for the occasion. ITALIANS ATTACK BRITISH OUTPOST " v NAIROBI, British East Africa, July 14 (HE) A communique disclosed dis-closed today heavy Italian forces, including artillery, had been "attacking "at-tacking the British post at Moy-ale, Moy-ale, on . the Ethiopian rentier, since dawn Wednesday.' The Italians had fired more than 1,000 Shells into the post, the communique said, but British casualties had " been "compara tively" light. O. SERIAL STORY PEACESHE'S WONDERFUL YESTERDAY! Aftrr a fraall Mirrli, Uraay Prire la Mr. Ogrdra'a atatrrosna.. walthlsr ligrbr and Joaa iHi mi. Ltrnay sllallkea. the a. rnrnia It wars , Handa aorrpia aa lavitatloa Is arid nr. II baa liltlr opporiaaltr to talk 'arle aa the trala arova ural. Uraar raaaot lor are t aow rlrrumstnnrra prnrllrnlly forrrst klm Is ask Kauaa I aaarrjr alaa. ltksda receive at telrarraaa fraaa Ilertraad. CHAPTER IX IIE three, Rhoda, Denny and Peace, stood in the station, watching an intent young Indian hammer out a silver bracelet. "Here, honey." . Mrs. King handed Peace a string of blue beads. "That's from me, and the cactus candy is from Mr. Ogden. Isn't he kind?" She grabbed the Jittle man by the arm, and said over her shoulder: "We've seen enough of this. Come on, Caleb. Let's go back and play honeymoon honey-moon bridge." . Carole had also bought a gift for Peace, a small Indian doLL " 'Caleb! Did you hear that?" she asked Denny and Rhoda. "Fast worker!" ' "He isn't the only one." Rhoda said. ." Carole turned away, perplexed. She might have been astonished had she heard Rhoda explaining shortly before about the telegram. Berirand had wired he wanted Rhoda to wait, too. "What about marrying me and keeping the fortune for-tune in the family? Please reconsider. recon-sider. Bertrand." And Denny had been sweet when she told him, although he had not been as angry as she expected him to be. Denny caught up with Carole. "Wait. Peace hasn't thanked you for the papoose. Tell me, has that old geezer been trying to sell you an oil well?" "No. We Hollywood people are wise. Get baskets full of flimflam. But frankly I'm worried about Mrs. King. She's practically abandoned me. Feel as if I ought to protect her. She's so gullible. And careless! Now she's lost her husband's last gift an expensive, gold cigaret case." a a RACK- in the car. Peace sat feeding the cactus candy alternately al-ternately to her Indian doll and Darby and Joan, finishing the pieces herself. The wheels sang a lullaby. He could see Carole's face, with its honeyed curls and sea green eyes. . . . He dozed. Denny came to with a terrific jolt. He felt that a giant had wrenched every bone in his body. Staccato cries followed the silence. si-lence. The train had stopped. Was It a wreck? f r 1 s Instruction in the ground course ot non-college pilot training course established here bv the CAA with Provo city as sponsor wiU t"1 toght at 7:30 in the A aWW OVUWJ ttUi ava J 1 wMfau- ing to OrvU A. Watts, instructor. Thirty-eight persons already have registered to compete for flight training scholarships to be awarded, while about 15 additional aviation enthusiasts, not eliirible for the scholarship competition, also have announced intention to take the course. Inquiries have been received from approximately SO young men and women, and Mr. Watts believes be-lieves a sufficient number (50 or more) will have registered before the end of the week so that two classes. Instead of one. may be established. This would entitle the competitors to a total of 10 scholarships schol-arships instead of five. About a hundred persons. Including In-cluding a few women, attended the registration meeting Monday night. Ali were highly interested in the explanations made by Mr. Watts. Merrill Christopherson, base operator. Mayor Mark Anderson, An-derson, City Engineer E. A. Jacob, and Joseph Bergen, state civil aeronautics chairman. Mr. Bergen explained the civil aeronautics authority's flight training program in detail, pointing point-ing to the occupational opportunities opportuni-ties the program offers young men and women of America. He said that through the state road commission contour maps are being made of the Provo airport air-port near Utah lake. Work In construction con-struction of a- hangar and improvement im-provement of the port wUl start immediately under direction cf Provo city, he said. Retirement Not So Easy After Long, Steady Work STEVENS POINT, Wis. cCR Joseph G. Frank, 70, finds it hard to get used to "taking it easy Until his recent retirement, he was employed 48 years without missing a single work day. Frank says he never has been ill and never has taken even a "teaspoonf ul" of medicine.. In his 48 -years labor, Frank had only two employers, & tavern-keeper, tavern-keeper, in pre-prohibition days and an insurance company with which he served as night clerk for nearly near-ly 18 years. Friends, say Frank has a remarkable re-markable memory and can recall unusual weather conditions and memorable events to the day and hour as far back as 00 and CO years ago. "Rhoda! Peace!" he called, then shouted again, his voice rising above the others. Neither was in the seat where they'd been . . was it a minute before?" Pipe down!" yelled a man. "Nobody's hurt. Either bumped into something of run off the track Our car's okay." "Peace! Rhoda!" Denny pushed through the struggling line of pas sengers heading for the door, all trying to escape before the car caught fire or something. Caleb Ogden passed him, jostling him with a suitcase: He did not speak but Denny heard Peace shrill above the clamor: "Wait, Mr. .Hogden, Jony's lasted!" ........ In a bound Denny reached the vestibule of the forward car and had the child in his arras. "You all tight, honey ?"- She struggled -to get away. "Youll step on poor Joany. I can't find Joany!" He carried her out, willy-nilly, to- the safety of the sand. . , "It wasn't a wreck!" The train's on the track!" "What was it stopped for?" "Who stoppped K?" The questions increased in the crowd outside. Denny could see Rhoda's heath er suit up ahead.- And beyond her, Mrs. King, frantically waving and calling to a man with a bag Ogden? "Eut youll get lost, Caleb!" screamed Mrs. King, as Denny came abreast. "Uh, stop him. somebody! You, Mr. Dennis. He'll die out there in the desert. Running a little way forward. Denny cupped his hands: "Ogden! Come back!" But the flying figure did not halt. "He said no more trains for him. This is his second wreck, poor man. Oh, dear," wailed Mrs. King, "I haven't got his address!" "He's all right See . . . isn't that a car? Sure it is," Denny comforted. "Eut have you seen Miss Love? I haven't." He put Peace's hand in hers. "Hang onto her while I find Carole." a a TTTEEPING, Mrs. King started back towards the crowd of passengers who were being directed di-rected back onto the train. "Somebody pulled the emergency. emer-gency. The conductor's furious," a passenger volunteered. "Whoever did it was crazy. Me, I took a header in the aisle," wheezed a fat man. The conductor was questioning the crew, and the crew was looking look-ing over the train. Everything appeared ap-peared to be in good shape, and nobody knew .anything. , "All abo-o-o-o-o-dardl One of France's i 'Strong Man' Trie In a triumvirate cf "s'.rcr.g men" expected to dominate France's r.ew Fascut-modei government is Adr:en t'arqet, above, former Minuter cf La-tor La-tor and Mayor c-f B- rdtaar. Others in the trio are Vice Pre rrut-j Pierre Laval trd Gtn. Maxirr.e YYeyga.-.d. Robert Wadlow, World's Tallest Human, Succumb MANISTEE. Mich July 15 a'J'i Robert Wadlow, wbose e;lV feet, nine and or.e-c.uarter ir.ch ( made him the taJIfit rr.n in U world, died today of an Infectio.: Wadlow became ill on Jul; Fourth while appearing at !i .; National Forest Festival here. J foot trace he wore to help supper, his weight broke the skin al'.-r. ' the ankle and an Infection set I:' Wadlow's home was in Alto.,; I!U and he was 22 years eld. If parents. Mr. and Mrs. HaroU Wadlow, and a younger broth were here. . , WadIrta- ertre rr.a t.e'sht -s attributed by physicians to &, over-active pituitary " gland. M, weighed 491 pounds. WHEELER'S NAME TO ZJE PRESENTED CHICAGO, July 13 CJ Serj Burton K. Wheeler's name defU. itely will be presented to th Democratic national convention next week as a candidate for pres. dent and the nominating speeel probably will be made fcy Sen. Ij vvcrtn craric. u., iua vsneeier to. the United Press today. - - by.sabelwa.tt COPY I GMT. lX hca St vice. INC "Me lost Joany!" howled Peace "Johnny who?" demanded the conductor. "Your" boy, madam?" Mrs. King let go Peace's hand and grasped her beads nervously. "It's all right, conductor. Just a turtle. But that man running down the track see? Near that automobile- he was on the train." "Bet he pulled the brake. Bat why out here . in the desert? Ab-o-oard everybody! "Know who he was?" ' "Ogden Caleb Ogden from Texas, he told us. Got on nl Chicago, Chi-cago, I think. An oil man. En route to Los Angeles. "Funny business. Ail abc oardi Step lively, please." Rhoda and Carole both came up to where Denny was standing, "Where's the infant?" Rhoda demanded, de-manded, stepping aboard. Carole followed. "She with Mrs. King. On the train. Just a second, conductor. Have to make sure." The conductor signalled a brake man. who disappeared. "You get on. He'll look." Rhoda reappeared. "Okay," t-.e called. "I can see Mrs. King." The brakeman signalled, and the conductor hustled Denny up the steps. - "Better get a leash for the kli." Denny tried to grin It c.T, bit received re-ceived only a frozen stars in re turn. He hurried to Mrs. King ami saw that sne was Q'-ute alcne. weeping. "Where's ?"erie?" "I I thought she was with ycu. She let go my hand. Dent be excited, ex-cited, Mr. Dennis. Miss Love went to th observation platform to j-.-e If she got left behind, and r.rvr Miss Lowell's gone too. Anywsy, Caleb will find her, in case . . . a a a TQENNY waited to hear no mere, but tore through car after car until he came to the observation, A crowd was massed cn the tir.y platform outside. He could see Rhoda's small, dark head. "She jumped. I saw her!" cried someone. "Who jumped?" Peace would be killed! lie must keep his w;U about him. "The movie star Carole Love! Just like a thriller. Set; the lit tle girl? They're waving." Denny could tee two tiny dots. diminishing like Alice in Wonder land as the limited gathered speed. "Where's the watcha-call it to stop the train? Do something. somebody!" "Nobody's goirfj to stup this train again," thundered the ircte conductor coming up behind them. "Late now! We'll telegraph truza. the next ftcp." (lo i Continue!) |