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Show - - ( Weather Forecast UTAH Generally fair tonight and Friday; little change in temperature. tempera-ture. Maximum temp:, Wednesday . 70 Minimum temp., Wednesday . . SI Trade rAt Home When you apend your money with a home merchant, or employ a local tradesman, yoa arm helping, to bolster cayroIU jand purchasing power, a very, Important factor in oommunlty building. PRICE FIVE CENTS FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 46 PROVO (UTAH) EVENING HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1933 im nn rsn ii L1J .rterald Ail (VI o) (v Tfo)( Ifo) i By DREW "PEARSON and I ROBERT S. ALX.KN (Authors of -Washington Merry-Go-Kou-id" and "More Merry-Go-Bound" WASHINGTON Prohibition Prohi-bition repeal will mean juicy tax relief for automobile owners own-ers and business men, if the president acts on the recommendations recom-mendations of the treasury. The department has submitted sub-mitted a confidential report to him strongly urging the discontinuance discon-tinuance of three emergency taxes, enacted at the special session of congress when repeal arrives. The taxes are: cent charere on easo- line, 5 per cent stock dividend as-4 segment, and the excess proms tax on corporations. The law gives the president power pow-er to abrogate these taxes any time within the year that repeal is voted. If, as is practically certain, the 18th amendment is" extinguished extinguish-ed before Christmas, the president has the authority to discontinue these taxes by the simple act of issuing an executive proclamation. The levenuea derived frojn these taxes would be made up by the liquor tax. In its report, the treasure- informed Roosevelt that this tax will be at the old pre-pronibi-J tton rate of $1.10 a gauon. 11 recommended rec-ommended an increase in this charge but without fixing -a definite defin-ite figure. The suggested range is,' between $2 and $3 a gallon, but nearer $2 than $3. Too high a rate, the treasury 'savs. wouid make liquor costs pro 1 hibitive, stimulate bootlegging and licit production. , I HOLY SHIPS .General Charle3 MeK. Saltzman, new commissioner of the shipping board,, is having an amusing time working -Hutthe-New.. Deal for shipping-. The general; who spmt a good part of hi life in th army signal sig-nal corps, doesn't pretend to know a great deal about merchant marine, ma-rine, but he pretends to be a lot more ignorant than he is. For years the shipping board has followed a deliberate policy of giv ing away government-owned ships for a song. Some of its subordinates subordin-ates still would continue that policy. pol-icy. On one occasion General Saltzman Saltz-man listened to their discussion in silence. A practical give-away of ships was proposed. "Ate these real ships you're talking talk-ing about?" "Yes." Ships that, sail around in the ocean, or just on rivers and creeks?" "Ocean -going vessels, Mr. Com." missioner." '"And you want to sell them for that price?" "Yes." Well, what's the matter with these ships? Have they got holes in 'em " v - -i TOO MANY FRONTS Before the tobacco agreement Continued on Page Four) JUDGES NAMED I FOR ELECTION Judges of election in voting dis-j tricts outside city limits in Utah county have been appointed by the county commissioners -and approved ap-proved by precinct chairmen. They will act as judges in the forthcoming general election on Noven.-ber 7. In a few cases only two judges have so far been recommended re-commended by precinct chairmen according to the list received at the office or County. Clerk Frank SeJist-ury. .Only one outlying precinct I feasant View required an extra ex-tra set of judges '.having rhore than 300 voters. Within - the cities, the extra sets of judges are being bb-tained bb-tained by the municipalities where they are needed. Judges for the outside districts art as follows:' Benjamin Ruf us Anderson and (Continued on Page Six) Today birthday greeting go to Wflliam H.. Boyle, ;;.asslf tanV professor' pro-fessor' of elementary education at the'. Brigham Young university. In additonx to' his. already numerous and varied interests,; the' professor was recently made : a member of the state board of Insanity. , s BIRTHDAYS TODAY INQUIRY IN CUBAN LOANS BRINGS FEAR Disclosures Might Incite Ad-ditional Ad-ditional Riots In Island Revolt (Copyright 1933 by United Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UP) a drive to prevent sen ate stock market investigation investiga-tion of .certain Chase National Nation-al bank loans to Cuba on the ground that revelations might incite riot in the island is-land republic! was under way today, the United Pressj was re-liably re-liably informed. It was understood that persons connected with the Chase organization organiza-tion urged that phase of the current cur-rent inquiry be abandoned. Among chase foreign loans were $25,000,000 for construction of the capitol in Havana and $200,000,000 for the Central Cuban highway. Both loans are in technical default. Fletcher Opposed-Chairman Opposed-Chairman Fletcher of the investigating in-vestigating committee and Senator Couzens, Repn., Mich., are urging that the inquiry proceed. -We haven't decided what we are going to do F-teher. aaJd' "ut think the inquiry should be made." "Ia my opinion the. efforts to block "the Inquiry won't succeed." was Couzens' comment when informed, in-formed, that the United Press had obtained information regarding efforts ef-forts of the Chase organization to suppress details of the Cuban loans. The senator refused to discuss the matter beyond that expression of. his own opinion. OIL CODE TO BE ENFORCED Initial action to test ' the power of the NRA administration in Utah will be launched in the courts within with-in avf ew days under' the direction of the planning and coordinating committee com-mittee for the petroleum code, of which Burton W. Musser is manager. man-ager. Details of the alleged violation of the oil code have been presented by Mr. Mu3ser to the county attorney in Salt Lake. Similar steps will be taken in Utah county where dealers for oil companies have sold gasoline under the posted price, agreed . on by the planning and eoordnating committee of the industry. in-dustry. Gus P. Backman, acting recovery administrator for Utah, takes the stand that the Industries themselves them-selves should take the lead in bringing the offenders to account through their own enforcement groups. One-Act Plays Set For Tonight Two cne-act plays will be presented tonight . as the first offering on Provo's new Community Com-munity theater program, the tiays to be presented in the First ward amusementjiall at 8:15. Attendance at the presentation pre-sentation is by invitation. Anyone Any-one interested in the commun- itv theater may obtain permission per-mission to attend by calling Miss Ada-Anderson at 720-w; ; The plays to 1 be presented are "Riders to the Sea" and "The Boor," toth famous dramas. A select 'group from among the best actors In the r city are in the plays. Disabled Vets To Meet Here Friday Disabled American War Veter ans of Provo will hold a luncheon-meet luncheon-meet ; at the Armory Friday night beginning at 8 o'clock; It Is Announced-;; Plans i. for; " Armistice day. when the post will cooperate with veterans, of Foreign Wari in the celebration will l X discussed. 1 f 1 disabled veterans whether they belong to the organization or hot, are Invited to be present. To Stop Stack Some Bonus! Here you see Albert H. Wiggin, $100,000 a year retired head of the Chase National bank who drew $1,365,000 in salary and bonuses in five and a half years, according to the testimony in the senate's stock market investigation, conducted by Ferdinand Pecora. Mr. Chase recommended reductions in wages of industrial labor, 13 idays after his own salary had been raised from $218,000 -a -ya r to 1250,000. This was in 1931. Wiggins received from the bank an additional $75,000 bonus In 1931 on his 1930 business. Provo To Play Springville At B.Y.U. Stadium Two of the strongest football teams in Conference 4 will provide pro-vide the gridiron classic of this region Friday ' afternoon when Provo high and Springville high meet at the B. Y. U. stadium. The kickot'f is scheduled for 3:30 o'clock. The Springville outfit stands now at the head of the league with three wins .no losses and no ies. Provo alx is undefeated but has a scoreless tie wtlh Spanish Span-ish Fork cn its records. A large crowd is expected at the game. f . The Jineup: !" Provo Springville Jenkias ler Bird Peay itr Francis Affleck Igr Clark Durkee. c...... Roylance Shipman rgl Blackett Angus .rtl Clyde Madsen rel... M. Rowland Jftley T--rrqf'. . . . T. Rowland or B. Thorn Muhlestein rhbl . . J. Wilkins Ream or Collett. lhbr. . . . . Sumsion Duke fb.... B. Wilkins Recognition Favored BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 19 KILR) Friendly refatiens with Russia would stimulate business and permit per-mit the United States to deal more satisfactorily with Japan and other Pacific nations, in the opinion of Sen.'William E. Borah, Repn.,'Ida. Herald Ad Brings Lost Fox Tail Back "Leave 'em alone and they'll come-home, draggin their tails behind "em." " k That's what the Herald papers pa-pers do, when it comes to 'find- ing lost fox tails. - Mrs. J. H. McDonald, of 343 East First North, lost a fox-.tail fox-.tail from her fur last' week. - She traveled eli over the coun-. coun-. ty the past week and wasn't sure just when she had missed the- tail, BUT tried a Herald "Lost" ad Just for good measure meas-ure try and recover It. -k Two hours from the time the , Herald j was -"delivered! to 'her door the little" fox i tail . came wandering home. Two' girls had seen the ad and hastened tc-return the lost i tail. ' ' 'Moral: Tails you lose, Her-ld Her-ld will find; ... . : Who's Who On City BaUot ... This is the last of a series of . articsfceia giving the voters of Provo an opportunty to become be-come acquainted with the candidates can-didates and their policies. This information Is furnished by the candidates and their sponsors: . - i Chas. Hopkins , The Provo Herald has been generous gen-erous in giving each candidate space in its papers, for a pre-election statement, to the people of Provo. For this courtesy I wish 'to thank them. In announcing my candidacy for commissioner of Prove city at the coming' election, I do so on the in sistent demands of friends, who have expresed their appreciation and indorsement of my previous record as commissioner. And to these friends I am grateful for their loyal support and good wishes. It would be idle and out of place for. me ai this time to mke the customary political promise that usually precede elections. I have always taken the position that what one says is not so important, as what one does, or what one actually act-ually accomplishes. My desire for freedom of action has led me into this campaign un-entangled un-entangled owing no allegiance to any class or group or special intur est or any man. To hold public office is an honor deservant of great personal responsibility respon-sibility and undivided devotion and time to public affairs; and to this end, I .(edge my full measure of devotion, seasoned with experience, both in public and private life. E. W. Boyer E.- W. Boyer, candidate before the primaries for nomination as city commissioner, is not generally well known in Provo; but among those who do know him he is held in confident, high regard. He has lived in Provo during the pasl four years, cr as he puts it, has "enlisted" here. His regular work is railroading and ibefore coming to Provo was in the train service on the Northern North-ern Pacific as conductor and brakeman. Since he lost his job, due to the layoff, he has not had steady work and none at his regular reg-ular job on the road. As most of the time since the lay off has been spent in Provo he prefers to say he has existed here. He is a World war veteran and was with the 15th sanitary train, 15th division, field hospital Nc-j 259 and saw service in France. He gives these facts for information (Continued on Page Six) Elton Sumner Elton J. Sumner, candidate for city auditor is 28 years 'of age. Following the completion of the public school course he entered the Brigham Young university, graduating grad-uating withy a B. S. degree from the college of business administration. administra-tion. Immediately after his graduation grad-uation he went to New York where he was employed by the Brooklyn Brook-lyn Trust company, one of the oldest old-est in America. .He made rapid advancement and was first made head of the document docu-ment department, later winning a second promotion ,s " assistant to the head vice president. In this position he assisted ' in working out and installing three new systems includng a bookkeeping system. During his stay in New York he attended night school at the New (Continued on Page Six) Good Whisky and Lots of ll" Condemned Marl's Last Request SAN' QtTEfcTIN' PRISON, ' Cai.,5 Oct. 19 (V) Mellow bourbon whisky, Kentucky's favorite In pre-prohlbiUon days, was selected today to-day to usher Dallas Egan into the next ' -world.' The convict goes to the gallows tomorrow,- bourbonr-Ired? bourbonr-Ired? by orders of Governor James RolptU". -.':'. :; "'''.;" : Egan's last request was for ''good whisky and lots of it." j j Perplexed prlsbn pt t Icias, aware of the prohibition;' laws, turned the plea of the condemned man over to Rolph. The prisoner previously had rejected the governor's of fer of an executive hearing' and refused to ask for clemency. , .; Probe WORLD MEET IS PLANNED BY FASCISTS "-r Secret Negotiations Are . Uncovered Planning "International" VIENNA, Oct. 19 (U.R) Fascists ar conducting secret se-cret negotiations for a world congress to form a "fourth international," dedicated to opposing communist, socialist, social-ist, liberal and democratic tendencies, it was learned on high authority today. Planned to function like the first three internationals, all of socialist-communist socialist-communist character the fourth international would have exactly an Opposite purpose. Exchange Views It was learned that Fascist organizations or-ganizations in many nations have exchanged views for months on the possibility of forming an or-, ganization to oppose the domination domina-tion of allegedly out-dated democratic demo-cratic political organizations and ideas of government. The proposed new international Is referred to synonomously by ts sponsors as an international organization or-ganization of youth. Premier Benito Be-nito Mussolini was declared to be in the background of plans for the congress. -fteyelation of plans for the in-ff in-ff inational followed a recent startling trend toward Fascism under un-der its own name or that of German Ger-man Naziism. CONGRESSMEN TO AID REPEAL Repeal of the eighteenth amendment amend-ment of the United States and of Utah's liquor laws will be demanded demand-ed by Senator Elbert D. Thomas, and Congressmen Abe Murdock and J. Will Robinson in a speaking tour of the state, repeal leaders have announced. Senator Thomas will . open the campaign for repeal with an address ad-dress 'Monday in Qgden at the Hotel Ben Lomond: Representatives Representa-tives Robinson and burdock will arrive in Utah about October 31 to do their stumping. Among a number of other speakers speak-ers scheduled to plead for repeal by the Associated Forces for Repeal, Re-peal, is George S. Ballif of Provo, judge of the- Fourth district juvenile juven-ile court. ! Anderson-f or-Mayor Clubs Meet Friday Mark Anderson-for-maydr clubs of Provo 'will meet in the dining room of the Roberts 'hotel Friday evening at 8 p. m., according to his backers. The public is invited to attend. . Mr. Anderson will be asked to state his position on a number of vital municipal problems.and he will summarize the results of his investigation of municipally-owned electric power plants. Members of the club will state why they favor Mr. Anderson for mayor of Provo. ' "Give Egan a good brand and all! he can stand up under. Let him go out happy," Rolph .instructed Acting Warden L, L. Stanley. Stanley indicated the executive's instructions will be carried out to the letter. The eccentric Egan was convicted of murdering William J. Klrkpatrick, Battle Creek, :. Mich., during the Olympic games at- Los Ahgeles. The prisoner - spending his last day. In "death row," wondered jus$, how much whisky wiH be "all he can stand up under." He hoped it would be more than the "two shots" which guards said Bonie men abou to be executed are given, . . : .v v. v.w. P. G. PARTIES NAME TIQCETS , PLEASANT GROVE Democrat and Republican parties of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove nominated candidates for the forthcoming municipal election elec-tion at primaries conducted Wed, nesday night. The voting was featured, fea-tured, by the. attempt of the party adherents fo'gelTcandidates on the Democratic ticket which, met in the high school auditorium with a large crowd attending. Neils Fugal was , nominated as mayorality candidate by the Democrats Demo-crats and W. W. Lim won the mayor candidacy on the Republican ticket. The rest of the Democratic ticket follows: four-year concilman . Nels Swenson; two-year council-men council-men Harold Walker, Harry Richards Rich-ards and Ross Nielson; recorder LeGrande White; treasurer Mrs. Marie F. Smith. -The Repuvlican ticket: four-year councilman Lyean Johnson; two-year two-year councilmen ' Isaac Hayes, Earl Loader and Paul Adamson; recorder Thomas Fenton; treasurer treasur-er Florence Nielson. BM DIRECTOR FACING SUIT SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 19 (U.E Henry H. "Rolapp, former director of the Deseret Savings bank, today faced a suit for $120,000 growing out of failure of the Deseret Sav- ings bank. Rolapp is now a resident of Los Angeles. The complaint was filed by the Investors' Finance company, organs ized in September, 1932, to take over assets of the defunct bank. Directors, including Rolapp, caused false entries and reports to the banking department to be made, the complaint alleges. It charges also that he and other directors di-rectors voted for unlawful dividends divi-dends and that payment of the dividends divi-dends resulted in impairment of the bank's capital. Fire Hits Holly wood HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19 (U.R) A loss ,of $60,000- was counted today from a fire; that swept a set at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, injuring in-juring 22 -men. , The victims suffered cuts and bruises while battling the- blaze. None was; Injured seriously, A number of film players, attired at-tired in makeup and costume, aided aid-ed firemen, and workers in bringing the fire under control: The destroyed de-stroyed set was recently used as the scene of the film fight of Maxie Baer and Primo Camera. McKeefNot Quitting: NEW YORK, Oct 19 LE Vig-orous Vig-orous denial by Joseph V. McKee that he intended quitting the heated heat-ed mayorality race. Injected new life Into the campaign of the recovery re-covery party today. ; Leaders, - hurriedly summoned, to hear their candidate settle resignation resigna-tion rumors last night, returned to Ihelr .! districts today to repair whatever damage had been done by whispered reports widely; circulated. cir-culated. A : 1 - - w"Sv.. 0 s i - I !"' y ' , 1 k1 i -,m ?V-', ' ' - JsPr - is .- . : . 5- Chicagoan Held By Kidnapers Another daring kidnaping 1st suspected In disappearance of, William Walton Hall, young Chicago Chi-cago law student, heir to $200,-000. $200,-000. Ransom demands were sent to his wife. Hall Is part owner of a popular Chicago resort. With him in the pleture Is his young son, Billy. WORK OF C. C. C. CAMPS IS TOLD Socially the civilian conservation camps were a success; their economic eco-nomic success will be told better in the future, Mark Anderson, superintendent su-perintendent of" the Hobble Creek state camp this summer, told the Provo Kiwanis club Thursday noon. Mr. Anderson described the work that had been accomplished by the camp here this summer, chief of the accomplishments being erosion control in the canyons east of Provo Pro-vo and Springville. "Denuding of watersheds here has brought the valley to a dangerous dan-gerous position nearly like that of Davis county in 1930 when their disastrous flood came," Mr. Anderson Ander-son stated. "Investigations by geologists has shown that more flood damage has been done in the past ten years than in the 20,-000 20,-000 years preceding. This is because be-cause of the denuding of the vegetation." vege-tation." Of all types of flood barriers set. up by the C. C. C. camp here, Mr. Anderson stated that the terrace ter-race was best. Not only is it cheaper, he pointed out, but it gets at the source of the trouble, permits per-mits vegetation to grow on the bare hillsides. Scott Benson of the B. Y. U. played two trombone solos, accompanied accom-panied by Prof. Elmer Nelson. HIGH SCHOOL P.-T. A. TONIGHT The new marking system at the Provo high school this year wilfi be explained by Principal J. Clifton Moftitt at the Perent-Teachers meeting scheduled for tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Every student at the school is expected to be represented represent-ed by one or more parents at the meeting. In addition to the explanation of the new system there will be a musical program and a short talk by Superintendent H. A. Dixon. Demonstration In Lip Reading Set A lip reading demonstration for hard of hearing people will he given by Miss Elizabeth Robins at the Parker school Friday evening at 7:30. Negro Is ILjynched PRINCESS ANNE, Md., Oct. 19 OIF) A mob of nearly .3,000 overpowered over-powered state police and lynched George Armwood, 28-year-old negro last night. Armwood was charged with attacking Mrs. Mary Dens ton, 71, white, as she returned to'lher farm home Monday night. Repulsed by tear gas bombs on its first advance, the mob finally battered the doors of the Somerset-county Somerset-county jail with timbers and seiz-. seiz-. ed the negro. A ; rope , was placed Around his neck and he was dragged drag-ged behind an automobile through the streets. 20,000 MEN EXPECTED TO JOIN MARCH Settlement Of Illinois Labor Controversy Object Sought SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 19 (U.R) One man was shot to death today as several thousand progressive miners marched on the capital in a demonstration designed to force settlement of the Illi- nois mine controversy. ' Melvin Staple was shot through the heart on a downtown business corner as he walked with a group of other progressives in the direction direc-tion of their headquarters, half a block away. Peter Haine, presi- . denl of the Provisional United Miners of American local at Tay-lorville, Tay-lorville, was sought for questioning. question-ing. Staple died an hour later . The killing, which is one of more than 25 in a year long strife between be-tween the Progressives and the U. -M. W. of A., made more tense a situation that authorities, had earlier earl-ier classified as being "grave." S PRINGFTELD, 111. Oct. 19 (HE) State military authorities, acting' on orders of Gov. Henry Horner, prepared for immediate mobilization mobiliza-tion of troops as Progressive miners min-ers of the state converged here ' for a gigantic demonstration today. to-day. ' m More than 1,000 members of the. Progressive Miners' Union surged through the streets here last night and early today, as they awaited. arrival of 20,000 comrades expected, to join in the uemonstration. - Military authorities and state police chiefs met with the govern " or in a hasty conference, to lay; v plans for preventing a reourritKs of disorders that have marked virtual vir-tual civil war between the-Prog- ; ressives and United Mine Workers ' of America for more than a year. ' The demonstration, Claude Pear- cy, president of the Progressive Union, said, will be for the purpose of calling attention to federal inaction in-action in placing provisions of the coal code for Illinois into effect. The march, he said, "is spontaneous." spontan-eous." All mines in the state operated. by Progressive miners were closed, today. Pearcy said. The Progressive Progres-sive union claims a membership of approximately 30,000 Illinois miners. min-ers. The union was organized In 1932 as a protest against settlement settle-ment by U. M. W. A. officials of a wage controversy with operators. Embargo Is On BISMARK, N. D. Oct. 19 (EE) In a dramatic attempt to force federal relief for American wheat farmers, Gov. William Langer to--. day clamped an-embargo on .the 60,000,000 bushels of wheat within -the state. The order, which became effective ef-fective at 12:01 a. m. and continue "until revoked," will be strictly en- . forced by the entire force of the North Dakota national guard. i necessary. Gov. Langer said- SANTA MONICA, CaL Oct. 18 Nothing really disastrous to this 'country can ever happen, for right In the middle of serious seri-ous troubles will come up some) fool thing. The world Is about to go to war, "Farm mortgages ; are selling for 50 cents a oushel,-. ,-rrhe American dollar Is bouncings; J like a rubber check -5. ; . V. . But In thk midst of all this, Washington Is excited and about to declare' a special session ses-sion of qonresa over Baby Leroy and Jackie Cooper's salary. sal-ary. f the government starts regulating- everybody's salaries, salar-ies, you are goinx to have this country clogged up with dollar a year men' again.' Thousands , pay voluntarily , to see Baby Leroy, but before they can et the .senate . gallery full CTree . of admission) they hare U advertise ad-vertise . that two senators will probably .kill each , other. That's , what makes us a gnat country, the little things axe. serious, ; and the. hig ones are int." A . yours, . .j , x3 joys 1 , r w. r . - W : T V - i tilts t -. i f . I . f 5 . - i X I . -1 -. t it |