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Show The Herald Journal Partially "WEATHER Utah cloudy tonight and Sunday Cooler Sunday and northwest tonight. IDAHO Partially cloudy tonight and Sunday; probable light showsoutheast portion, er, extreme cooler west tonight and extreme emit heast Sunday. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1939. SATURDAY, APRIL n Independent Volume 30. Number 101. Newspaper Grain Range Wheat: Open High Low Close Mav .73 .71 V .72 July Sep ror People 1939. Price Think! .74 .72 .73 .72 .73 72 .72 .7144 .72 Fire Cents. POLAND REJECTS NAZI DEMAND Seminary Students Converge In Logan Sunday Hitler Terms To Be Given The Seminarys Duty Is To Build Character Singing Flat Refusal Festival OFFER NEW . J!,jThe beautiful Cache Assemble At Temple East street Just west of the Chairman of the undertaking is Stanley Gunn, and he reports that every seminary in the district will send its prospective graduates to the festival. They have practiced singing during the spring and are prepared for the presentation. The songs to be sung include "We . Thank Thee O God for a Prophet," The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning, "Praise to the Come Let Us Rejoice, Man, O Ye Come, Come Te Saints, True to the Mountains High," O Them Let Faith," Angry Words, Never, and "Redeemer of Isreal. In the evening, all students will attend a special meeting to be held in the Logan LDS Insritute, commencing at 7 oclock. Elder Richards will deliver a spiritual message. His address will be supplemented by remarks from Dr. West, Dr. T. C. Romney, and a college student. Roy Darley will play an organ solo, and there will be congregational singing. CHILD HEALTH EXPERT SPEAKS The Cache County Mental HySociety will hold its last meeting of the season Monday at 4:30 p. m. in the chamber of commerce, with Dr. Eela J. Bebee as principal speaker. Dr. John C. Carlisle, president of the society, stated that Dr. address will be of special interest to members of the general public, inasmuch as it will feature some phase of child health education week. She is director of the division of maternal and child health, state department of health. During the session, officers for the next year are to be elected, and delegates to the state convention chosen. giene Be-be- es Former Resident Of Logan Dies On Coast Funeral services weie held in Pasadena, California, last week for Miss Marie Marvoid, former resident of Logan who died April 17 of a ruptured appendix. Miss Marvoid came to Logan as a young girl and lived here many years before moving to California. News of her death was sent to Logan by Mrs. James E. Cash, also s former resident of this city. AUNT HET BY ROBERT & National President Speaks At Fifteen hundred prospective seminary graduates from Ogden, Weber, Box Elder, Malad, Bear River, South Cache, North Cache, institutions, Logan and Prestonwest slope of will gather on the the Logan temple grounds to sing Mormon hymus. in unison favorite That is the spectacle which will afternoon Sunday be presented when the annual seminary student takes festival place on the song temple grounds. Scueduled to commence at 4:30 oclock, the festival will feature short remarks by Elder Stephen L. Richards, who will dedicate the South Cache seminary earlier in the afternoon. In charge of the program will be Dr. Frank L. West, and Principal J. Karl Wood of South Cache will lead the group in ten songs. The general public is invited to witness the festival, with spectators accommodations being arranged on Second temple. greatest QUILLEN the Wasatch chapter sergeant-of-arm- s. The senior unit president position went to Henry Miller ofa the Manti chapter but only after close race with Scott Holley of the Richfield chapter. Mr. Barron and Mr. Miller were not presen at the convention. At the announcement of the results of judging and awards the team from Bear River high school chapter won first place in theof livethe stock judging. Fred Allen Bear River team was the high individual. Tooele was second, South Cache, third, South Summit, fourth, and Milford fifth. Jordan chapters crop judging team won the top honors for crop with Lawrence Baker judging ranking as the high individual scorer. Second place went to North Summit, Box Elder was third, Granite, fourth, and Spanish Fork, fifth. The dairy judging team from Jordan also won first place with high inMurray Smith taking the dividual honors. South Cache was second; Juab, third; North Summit, fourth, and Parowan, fifth. In the farm mechanics contest Wasatch chapter won first place with Glen Waters as the high individual. North Summit finished second with North Sanpete, third; Bear River, fourth; and North Cache, fifth. Box Elders poultry conjudging team won the poultry test and Jay Anderson finished as the high indvidual shorer. Second place went to Jordan, Millard was third, Uintah, fourth; and Beaver chapter was fifth. In the horseshoe pitching contest, R. Rasmussen and E. Olsen of Ephraim won the doubles contest and Von Stockman of North Cache won the singles competition. Union Pacific scholarship winners, presented by E. E. Davies, agricultural agent of the Union Pacific railroad are for Cache county, Floyd V. Israelson of the South Cache chanter; Box Elder county, Harold Capener of the Bear River chapteer, J. T. Abbott, is alternate for Box Elder county; Weber county, Worlton Wood of the Weber chapter, Raymond Johnson Is selected as alternate; Salt Lake county. Jack McKee of the Jordan chapter; Summit county, Sheldon Fitzgerald of South Summit chapter, David B. Sharp of North On Page 6) Sue aint got a lick o sense. How does Bho expect her girl to grow up sensible when she tarts givin her permanents things at the age o an auch nine." (Copyright 1939 Publishers Syndicate) religious Leaders Decide Rejection of Demand For Return of Danzig and German Highway Through Corridor GUARANTEE WARSAW, Poland, April 29 Ui9 Polands leaders held a military defense meeting today and were understood Sunday at 1 p. m. to have decided on a flat rejection of Adolf Hitlers demand for the return of Danzig and a German L. Elder Stephen Germany highway through the Polish corridor connecting the Tichards, member reich and East Prussia. if the Council of President Ignaiy Mosciki presided over the meeting LONDON, April 29 (IMP Great a nonwhich was attended by Marshal Edward Smigly-RydTwelve will offer the Britain may offer Germany aggression guarantee as an answer head of the army, Foreign Minister Josef Beck, high of- to Adolf Hitler's reichstag speech, ledicatory prayer. ficers of the army and members of the cabinet. it was reported today. yill be dedicated W . -- '1! Non Aggression Pact To Involve -- z, British leaders, discussing the next state in diplomatic activities, seized upon two points in Hitler's speech first that Britain now felt she would always have to take her stand against Germany, secondly the offer to guarantee as regards any of 31 nations named in the President's appeal. There were strong reports that, seeking some lead for constructive peace action, the British government might reply to Hitler by citing his offer and, as a concrete demonstration that Britain was not hostile to Germany, propose actual negotiations on it. This would mean that President Roosevelt's peace offer might bear fruit after all, with Britain takMrs. Laura Merrill, librarian at ing the first step to respond to Hitler's invitation to the 31 naLogan Junior high school for the tions the President mentioned. been has several grantyears, past But whatever the government ed a leave of absence for the nevt might decide to do as regards negO' school year and will continue study tiations with Germany, it was apat Columbia university. parent it intended to proceed both The Logan city school board ap- with conscription plans ' and with proved the leave last night. Clerk formation of a big European peace David Tarbet declared today. Her front against any aggressor state. successor for 1939-4- 0 has not as Prime Minister Neville Chamber-lai- n decided to introduce a conscripyet been named. The board expressed their appreciation for the tion bill in parliament Monday. excellent service extended by Mrs. South Cache Seminary Activity Project To Be Explained At Sunday Dedication Piano Recital Set Tonight Two voung artists, Miss Helen Erickson and Miss Virgiina Erickson, will be presented in a piano recital by Professor S. E. Clark at the Logan Fourth ward chapel this evening at 8 oclock. The public is cordially Invited to attend. The two pianists are daughters of Bishop and Mrs. Joseph A. Erickson of Beaver Dam, and have been studying under Professor Clark for some time. Six groups of numbers are to be played, with the last two being numbers for two pianos. The complete program for the evening is as follows: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 ' When the South Cache seminary building is dedicated in special ceremonies beginning at 1 p. m. Sunday, there will also be dedicated an institution that has won high acclaim as a pioneer in the activity method of religious teaching. 4 Stephen L. Richards, member of the Council of Twelve, will offer the dedicatory prayer, and Dr. Frank L. West, church commissioner of education, is scheduled to address' the throng of Cache Valley people who will gather at the seminary site to participate in the rites. Ample AccomedationiLV'.Tf Principal J. Carl Wood stated . com- Bach-Buso- Ballade.i.-Chopin-Joseff- Secretary job of the seminary is to build character, to make worthy Latter-da- y Saints. In adolescent youth, character is formed more in activity periods of the waking hours than in the quiet of the class room or in listening to a preacher. According to Russell Berntson is developed from within, secretary of the Utah State Agri- Character More cultural college, a news report not poured on from without. is formed in a baseball carrying the story that Richard character conducted than in a Sonne was to be employed at the game properly School class as it is usually college as assistant executive sec- Sunday retary should have read an as- conducted. The activity program of the sistant in the secretarys office. Eric A. Johnson, for several South Cache seminary forms a years assistant secretary in the of- very important part of our work. fice, will retain that post. Secre- Explains Situation tary Berntson said. "The secretary's office is pleased in being able to get the services of Mr. Sonne as an assistant in the department," stated Secretary Berntson. "Having just received his Masters degree in business administration at Stanford university, he is well qualified for the position.' Mr. Sonne will commence Merrill during her career at the junior high. Superintendent George S. Bates reported at the meeting that of all the teachers contracts sent out earlier this spring, none had been withheld. Thus the teaching corps, baring any changes through the summer, is virtually complete. It was reported that Harold M. Peterson who has been studying at the University of California during the past year had signedLo-a contract and will teach at the gan Senior high school .He will fill b vacancy created when Reese Maughan, acting principal for this year, goes away to study on leave of absence. The board considered a request from the July celebrations committee for the junior high school grounds to be used as a concession center. Action was deferred until .a final decision is made as to whether the grounds will be oiled this summer. The board passed claims amounting to $2229.52. . girls, (the juniors won that), round badminton, swimming, robin, archery, golf, tug o'war, cake impersonations, eating, rifle shooting, tennis, horseshoe, badminton, ty p i n g contests, jumping rope, marbles, bike racing, waltzing contest these are just some of the events in which hot competition was staged during the day. The celebration ended at night with a dance in the new gym. Tired couples struggled courageously to swing the hot steps, although there was a distinct sign of the flesh weakening. After all, 18 hours of whirlwind student body activity is quite an assignment for senior high Monday they must look toward the pleasantness of hard study and classroom routine. PENDERGAST IS INDICTED AGAIN KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 29 Thomas J. Pendergast, Democratic political leader, was indicted again today by a federal grand jury on a charge of income tax evasion. The indictment was returned by the same jury that indicted last month on a charge of evading payment of taxes on $315, (UR) Pen-derga- it was charged he received from a fund raised by insurance companies and paid to Pendergast when a Missouri fire rate case was compromised. 000 which Today's indictment charged that Pendergast had tried to hide the true amount of his income through straw men in his various business organizations. There were two counts on the indictments, one for each of the years in which the alleged evasion occured. For 1935 the court charged that Pendergast's gross Income was $124,945218 and that a tax of $35,802.20 was due. For that year Pendergast reported a gross income Happy Hearts, an operetta, of $26,145.58 and paid a tax of will be presented by the Logan $464.99. He claimed his net income Second ward primary association after exemptions was $14,811. Monday at 7:30 in the ward hall. income rose to In 1938 his The public is invited to see the $441,115.33, thegross indictment charges, entertainment, for which a small with a tax of $255,608.85 due. Incharge will be made. is that PenderA special practice for the entire stead, the charge gast reported a total income of cast will be held tonight at 7:30. $117,378.41, net of $87,840.21 and a tax of $25,451.11. The charges were based on Pendergast's alleged income from his various businesses and did not touch on what he won or lost in race horse gambling, although Sam Blair, assistant U. S. district attorney last week reported that re cords had been found which in' dicated that Pendergast, working through his secretary, had won and lost thousands in betting on horses. Primary Operetta Is Set At Second Ward Professor Myers Directs Presentation of Macbeth work at the college on July 1, the beginning of the college fiscal year. students. Librarian Is Given Leave " . today that arrangements are plete to accomodate a large audience with a public address system having been installed under the direction of Professor S. R. Stocks. Numerous church officials are to be present at the rites. President D. M. Bickmore, of Hyrum stake, will officially open the dedication ceremonies, after which President A. E. Anderson will offer the invocation, followed by a trio of graduates, Afton Paganini-Lisz- t Etude No. 5 Alien, Margene Hall and Rosella Helen Ericksen. Godard Jorgenson. Wood, in Valse Chromatique Principal tracing a Henselt short If I Were A Bird history and presenting the Virginia Ericksen. objectives of the seminary, is goEtude No. 1 Chopin ing to point out the policy of the Etude No. 9 Chopin institution in regards the activHelen Ericksen. ity program, will explain the values of such a course. Following his Troisieme short address, a dramatic demonVirginia Ericksen. Ernesto Lecuona stration bybestudents of the seminAndalucia presented. Toselli ary is to Enrico Serenade Explains Program Two Pianos. Dr. Wests address, dedicatory reSymphonie, B Minor marks and prayer by Elder Richr Schubert-SingeGoria ards, and benediction by President March Triomphale Joseph E. Card on conclude the Two Pianos. ceremonies. In reference to the activity and theory teaching program at South Cache, Principal Wood said: The College Now After Studentbody Day was a big day at the Senior high school, with a few minor casualties resulting when girls fell from tricycles, boys tipped out of bathtubs while cruising down the stream, and beards were shaved too closely. After the noise and din had cleared away, however, it was found that the seniors had won the annual classic of interclass competition by garnerfoling 226 points. The Juniors lowed with 179, and the sophomore class sprawled on the lower rung of the ladder with 147 points. The day's activities began at 6:30 a. m. with the flag pole rush. The seniors won that event their man up by the slippery pole, soda pop drinking, pie eating, extemporaneous speaking, shaving for boys and 1 extra-territori- al Classrooms Will Hold Thrills It 'i. school ictivity programs in :he entire church, Meet Robert Elwell of Banor, Maine, national president of the Future Farmers of America, gave the feature address at the concluding day's sessions Saturday of the Utah FFA eleventh annual convention on the campus at Utah State Agricultural college. Mr. Elwell praised the FFA in Utah and their splendid work and then reviewed the purposes of the FFA organization. He pointed out how leadership development is offered through student organization and how is encourages boys to take part. Other phases of the program which he stressed were cooperation, scholarship, thrift, sportsmanship, service, citizenship and recreation. The nathe tional explained president points of the contest offered for the best work in each state, and urged that state to participate. At the elections for state officers held prior to the lunch period Clark Ballard of the Hurricane chapter was named as state president of the FFA with Hughes Williams of the Milford chapter selected as secretary. Howard Barron of Richfields chapter was elected state reporter and Allan Bond of ;r South Seminary in Hyrum, leat of one of the Ptanned CONCLUDED More Than 1500 Will high '' To Professor Chester J. Myers goes the honor of directing the last Utah te Once in awhile a customer gets But when a store clerk is shorted $10 in a deal, theres skullduggery afoot. e Yesterday two artists pulled into town, left with some merchandise and a $10 bill to the good. Today, a Logan merchant is scratching his head, complaining to the police a department, and condemning racket that is somewhat involvefficient. ed, though According to Chief of Police M. Carl Poulter, two men entered a local business house, puttered around in selecting a few cheap articles, and then approached the clerk to pay for their goods. Let me pay for it said the one, flashing & $10 bill. I insist that I stand the cost. No, I had figured on buying this. Please let me, argued the short-change- short-chang- 3. An Interesting feature to little theater goers will be the announcement of continuous action from the first curtain drawing until the play is ended. With three stages in modified Elizabethan form, continuous action is assured. Director Myers said, however, that at the conclusion of interthe third act a three-minumission will be given for the benefit of the audience allowing them a rest period. With a crew of 15 and a cast of 35, Macbeth promises to be one of the better plays produced this season. Miss Celinda Davidson ANSWER HITLER Polish-Germa- HYDE PARK, N. Y., April 29 il'.Ri President Roosevelt may reply to Adolf Hitler's speech to the reichstag. it was believed here today. Although the chief executive was understood to have felt that Hitler had violated diplomatic usage In that he had neglected to reply formally to his message asking peace guarantees, the significance of Hitler's remarks was accepted generally as a challenge to democracies to restate their position. looked Consequently, observers for Mr. Roosevelt to take the lead by again denouncing aggression, perhaps when he delivers a major address tomorrqw Afternoon .ja New York City opening the worlds fair. Although White House attaches said he had completed the draft of his speech hours before Hitler talked, it was pointed out he could very easily revise It But he may choose another occasion. White House sources declined to give any clue to the presidents reaction to Hitlers speech. The president spent most of his time today entertaining the Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway who arrived yesterday aboard the Yacht Potomac. They were dinner guests at the summer White House last night They will be his guests until Sunday morning when they will motor to West Point When Mr. Roosevelt returns from the fair, he will greet Crown Prince Fred-eri- k of Denmark and Crown Princess Ingird who will be his guests until Monday afternoon. WOODRUFF PLANS MAY SCHOOL FETE Woodruff school students will observe Mav Day and the beginning of Child Health Week Monday by staging a health parade and dance festival, it was announced by Principal Rex Ingeraoll. Festivities commence at 1 p. m. when pupils of the first, second and third grades assemble on the school grounds to march in parade from the school to Main Street, thence to Center Street, to Second West, returning to the school. They will be led by the Logan Junior high school band. At 2:30, the fourth, fifth and sixth grades will participate in a dance festival held in the new Logan gym. Ann Neddo and A. H, Gibbons are directing the events. ANTI-JE- BILL ROME, April 29 (L.R) A bill to regulate activities of Italian Jew ish professional men such as doctors, dentists and lawyers was approved by the cabinet today. De tails of the bill were not made public. The Clerk Decided There Must Be Some Skullduggery Afoot State Agricultural college little theater play of the fourteenth season. It has been the custom of producers since the beginning of little theater to conclude each successful season with a play written by the immortal William Shakespeare and with the presentation of Shakespeare's Macbeth no finer play could have been selected. The play will be presented in the college auditorium May 1, 2 and ROOSEVELT MAY of Ogden, playing the role of Lady Macbeth," has won acclaim for her brilliant performances both in opera and other dramatic productions at the college. Tickets for the play are on sale offices and at the college speech the City Drug store in downtown Logan. V The meeting decided that there can he no relaxation of Polands present military defense measures. The meeting voted at the same time to continue Polands recent policy of attempting to achieve friendly relations with all neighbors despite Hitlers denunciation of the n friendship and non aggression treaty. Beck will announce the decision to parliament next week, combining proclamation of Polands peaceful intent with a formal no to Hit-leproposals on Danzig and the corridor. The government is preparing an exhaustive answer to the note re ceived from Germany yesterday, which will be Bent to Berlin next week. It will not close the door to future negotiations, however. other. And thus they continued asto a n rigermorole for a short time. All this served to confuse the clerk, with first one shoving a bill in her face, then the other. Finally the one asked that his $20 bill be changed. The other wanted to pay for the merchandise. There were a few more on-provoking moves, and finally the customers left. After the clerk got all straightened out again, after the men had left, the cash till was $10 In the red. After the case was reported to the police, officers began an investigation, but the clerk could give only a vague description of the slickers. Chief Poulter gives a little advice: Dont be a sucker to the tune of ten dollars. the n-- confusi- rs J.P) Poland PARIS, April 29 notified Paris today of its determination to oppose any German grab of Dsnzig or the Polish cor ridor. - 'Tnriil hsrsnlf ua red by Fuehrer' Adolf Hitlers denunGerman-Polis- h ciation of the friendship treaty and expressed confidence in its own strength, backed by the moral and material guarantees of France and Britain. Polish sources in Paris insisted that Poland still is ready to discuss the status of Danzig with Germany but will not accept arbitrary German seizure. No solution will be acceptable to Warsaw, they said, which does not assure Po-land's economic rights in the port and the free zone, which Poland is prepared to defend by arms. ' 'S Nazis Hail Defeat Of Roosevelt Plan BERLIN, April 29 (UJ!) Nazis hailed the utter defeat" of President Roosevelt by Adolf Hitler today as Hitler himself studied world reaction to hla reichstag speech and prepared another Important address, this one for A gigantic May Day demonstration of workers Monday. Whatever the world view was of Hitlers speech It was evident that Inspired nazl opinion was that he had completely demolished President Roosevelt's peace appeal. The speech was called "the political execution of Roosevelt; the president was invited to re--. sign because of his "conviction of such a maze of historic untruths, political errors and absurdities. watched Diplomatic quarters the Polish situation. In Hitlers statements revealing his demands for Danzig and for a strategic right of way across the Polish Corridor, in his comparing Poland to Czechoslovakia, they saw the outstanding problem in German relations. pap-lab- le ! IDAHO WOMAN KILLS RELATIVE AMERICAN FALLS, Ida., April U.R A fued in which she planned to kill the entire family caused Mrs. Edith Quigley, 50, Coeur dAlene, former state hospital inmate ,to shoot to death her sister-in-laMrs. Harry Hager, 35, the woman told her jailor today. Mrs. Quigley, released 18 months ago from an insane asylum, came here on a visit with relatives, shot and killed Mrs. Hager suddenly, in the Hager home late yesterday. I came back to kill them aU, Mrs. Quigley said. It's an old family fued. I just got started when you stopped me. Mrs. Quigley went to the Hager home and talked with her brother, Harry Hager. When the man left, she shot the woman with a .38 calibre revolver and calmly walked out the back door. She went to the home of her sister, Mrs. J. Confer. Mrs. Hager staggered to the front door and collapsed, her body protruding onto the sidewalk. Mrs. Mrs. George Peterson, driving by in an automobile, saw the protruding feet and summoned aid. Mrs. Hager died a few minutes later, 29 later. 7 |