Show I I ' I The Weather r 'i Temperatures i OGDEN— Partly cloudy today tnd tomorrow Snow flurries over MxxMIb MxMln 14 6 2Lo Asitlei 11 44 84 43 MlaneplU 41 JllNew- York 1143 Otden BIHlafi Boise Butte nearby' mountains ' UTAH— High today 35 to 45 tomorrow 48 to 58 Low tonight to 25 -- - 24Portlsnd 43SsH Lake 88 54San Frsnclse Chic lu OGDEN SUNDAY MORNING UTAH APRIL 3 Vegas 42 Pages 1955 84 45 87 84 I 88 87 41 ' 10 Cents 4 Sections J x I Short-Live- d r n t! r I Pony Express Saluted at 95 ' - 4 been filled by 10 a m SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— A sudden storm plunged c balmy April into winter yesterday and dumped heavy snow from Central Idaho across Utah into Nevada tangling traffic and causing four deaths in a 'highway i some buses and autos were reported moving “out By 4 p however under police escort All other Utah highways were but dangerous reported open visifrom slush ice and Alta to Roads Brightbility on ski resorts were closed Followed Cold Front said the The Weather-Bure- au storm came on the heels of a slow colpt front which moved into Utah from Idaho and Nevada Saturday morning It forecast clearing conditions during the night with colder temperatures At 5:30 p m the Weather Bureau said snow depth at the Salt Lake Airport was nine inches with 70 inch precipitation The depth at higher elevations in the bench areas of Bountiful and Salt Lake City was considerably greatfall tied a recer The nine-iricord for April set in 1929 and-limit- crash T n V I If r ed ) y ht h i mail-deliver- By-passe- 1 self-relian- k t E tough-muscle- Device Which May Wreck Aerial Fleet sion-Departme- Six-inch-de- j ep high-altitud- - i t 1 h e e - - Crime Expert Says ‘I p3CfS InClICdtG 30-sou- th y - Dr Sam Innocent BERKELEY Calif (UP)— Dr Paul Kirk University of California criminologist said yesterday his investigation of the physical evidence of the murder of Marilyn Sheppard makes a “very strong” case for the innocence of Dr Sam scienThe slight tist said the evidence also “very strongly supports the belief that someone else possibly a committed 'the murder” scientist said The that as he conducted his investigation “things jtfst didn’t look right” He said much important evidence such as the tooth chips and whole tooth of the murder woman had been “overlooked” or not “adequately explained” during the trial “There was also tangible evidence that the murderer was Kirk said Sheppard 'gray-haire- d iex-devi-a- te ld left-hande- d” was i &v 4 '' right-hande- d Wash- ington Post and Times Herald said MacArthur “is known” to have urged steps to get Russia into the battle against Japan Documents Classified Reporters were told in response to requests to see the documents that they had been ' classified as “confidential” The documents originally bore a top classification as secret (but shortly after the end of the war were to the of “restricted” category so that Army historians could use the material However in November 1953 a order eliminated presidential this category It specified that within a set time records bearing such stamps either would have to be reclassified “confidential” or above or thereupon would cease to have any classification at all The Army with a huge volume of documents on hand twice received extensions on the deadline The last deadline not renewed was Jan 1 of this year Army officials said when questioned yesterday Nevertheless Friday morning — three months after the authority had expired — the Army hastily stamped them as “confidential” There was no official explanation of why this was done Yesterday the Army turned over to the Defense Department a pile of documents for a decision as to what and study action should be taken A spokesman said it would be impossible to begin such a review before i tomorrow down-grade- ’ Paradoxically snow depthsuear the Wasatch frqnt such as' Mt Ogden and Ben Lomond are now below average whereas a month ago they contained much more moisture than snow courses' to ' ' the east Early winter snow's apparently dumped most of their load’ closer to Salt Lake Valley where as since March 1 the storms haye occurred farther east explained Dwain Haacke of the Soil Conservation Service He Herb Isakson and Philo Winkel took the latest snow measurements traveling into the back country by Snowcat and on - s H’ ington— Earlier this week the foot-thic- then-lowe- d j ' LOOKS BETTER —Dewaine Haacke snow surveyor for Conservation Service dips a snow tube deep into the Monte Cristo in a monthly survey The measurement more than average water content in the Monte area than mormal on Wasatch front st k the Soil snow at showed but less Conscience Money Pours In Steadily Nears $2 Million Calif: consciences So did the fund Even so it never fetched in more than $50000 until4 1916 In that notable year an unsigned letter arrived from Philadelphia announcing “May every thief understand the awfulness of stealing It added a contribution was on the way Soon mailed from New York c$me a bundle of bills presumably the contribution the repentant thief had said was coming' It totaled $30000 Fiscally at least it was the most aching conscience of all time When the boys $:ame back from World War II and began reflecting on the GI stuff they’d made off with the fund began to approach big business In 1946 for'ithe first time more than $100000' was sent in In 7 1950 it reached its peak $370-2854- By 1952 and 1953 it was down around the $38000 mark And then possibly because of the boys returning heavy laden from Korea it jumped to $135000 in 1954 What happens to the money? It goes into the general fund to be used however Congress directs 1 e I! V“‘ v f s S J s t Open House Planned W 'v tf v f W S A t ' ' - 1 r:- v " if Ike Golfs Where Cannons Boomed 1 President Eisenhower played golf yesterday where Civil War cannons boomed almost 92 years ago ' “I think that $as my worst round in a long time” the chief executive remarked with some disgust after completing ) 18 holes j The President had a six — or or two over par—-othe ninth hole and declared to newsmen: “Ali i can’ say iis that this is better than being in Washing- newspaper executives The services will be held at Cantigny Farm his suburban Wheaton home where he died early Friday from a complication of diseases The veteran publisher who was world renowned as a fighter for principles was 74 ahd had been ailing for nearly two years Services were held yesterday for Joseph Pulitzer editor and publisher of the at Odist Church Caton” thedral just a little more than a block from the newspaper It was the first time Eisen-hoWhad played the Gettysbuilding in St Louis Mo Club course Pulitzer who directed the burg Country which is located near his new newspaper for 43 years died country home at Gettsburg unexpectedly Wednesday night Pa at the age of 70 He had spent Both the Eisenhower home his usual busy day at his office and the ‘golf course are on the Eva Marie Saint adjudged battlefield where the forces of the best supporting film actress South’" the North and clashed 1954 gave birth yesterday for in July of 1863 to a son at Mount Sinai HospiThe President and Mrs New tal York e Eisenhower drove to them wife of Jeffrey Hayden The farm from Washington a television director she re-to return to Friday They plan the White House this evening Jr edved an Oscar for her per-formance in “On the Wateror tomorrow morning front” playing opposite MarPrivate funeral services will lon Brando who won the award be held tomorrow in Chicago as 1954’s best actor Miss Saint said on receiving for CoL Robert R McCormick ditor and publisher of the Chithe award Wednesday night she was so excited she might “have cago Tribune and for years one of the nation’s outstanding the baby right here” 1 a 'W x- - V ''$ ''V ' f 4 r I - n i ‘ i Post-Dispatc- h’ ’ er i V man-mad- e J j Using this equipment Dr Hall developed a method which pro- duces diamonds in a matter of mmutes Along with the further study on the1 “diamond problem” Dr Hall said he plans to u'4 the new de- vice to determine the origin of various rocks and the cause of earthquakes Dr Hall is a graduate of Ogden High School and Weber College He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Utah in 1942 and his master’s a manmade diamond? About and much smaller lhan the creations of nature mounted in jhese rings held by Dr H Tracy Hall a former Ogdemte who helped produce the first industrial diamond solving an old scientific problem the she of this pin-hea- d i t - Surveys Finished Assistant i Regional Forester A G Nord who released the fig- uressaid that with the April 1 reports most snow teams have finished their seasonal surveys Data is now being assembled in state and SCS offices to compute water runoff forecasts Since the first of last month--th- e Monte Cristo snowr course has gained 10 inches of 'snow Haacke said bringing the water content there to 106 per cent of the average Total depth now is 746 inches with 269 inches of Water compared to 721 and 2233 for last year Average- - is 698 and 253 At Dry Bread Pond the measurements showedv-56inches of snow and 201 inches of water compared to 509 and 147 last average of year' and a long-tim- e 553 and 189 ' At the Beaver Creek-SkunCreek course the measuring rod showed figures of 429 and 149 — 130 per cent of last year’s 341 and 112 but only 94 per cent oL the long-tim-e average ' Up Considerably The upper and lower Ben Lo- mond courses were considerably above last year but somewhat ' under There is no average for the lower Snow Basin course" but the current 41—147 reading was a fraction better than last year in moisture content The Mt Ogden course is covered by 556 inches of snow and 21 inches of water hich is somewhat below last year’s 718 tnd 24 and way below the 855 — 325 average On Sagebrush Flat in Beaver Creek there are 136 inches of snow and 43 inches of water This is 116 per cent of last year' Snow in Utah’s national forests ranges from 65" per cent Of normal on part of the Cache ‘ to double the long-timaverage at 19-ye- ar 7 k v thq-averag- e 5 -- i e Timpanogos Cave - ’ East-Centr- al be-Euge- ne 1 e n INDEX r £ Sx 4 4 x " A - ' man-mad- e DIAMOND MAKER —How big is ‘ Meanwhile the U S Forest Service released figures showing that snow depths in national forests of Utah Idaho Wyoming and Nevada vary from 'as low as 38 per cent of normal to as high as 130 per cent’ ' In Southern Utah depths cent range from 52 to 120-p- er of normal and in Eastern Utah degree injl943 He worked for the U S Bu- - from 105 to 129 per cent In reau of Mines until he enlisted in Central Utah most courses are the Navy in April 1944 He was above average however a few serving as a radar officer when range to as low as 77 per cent he was discharged in May 1946 ) Southeaster! Utah also is in He reutrned to the University of good shape with measurements Utah and received his doctor pf of up to 100 per cent of normal Utah it philosophy degree in August while in' varies from 72 to 96 per cent 1948 In September of 1948 he Show Variation came affiliated with General On the Wasa(ch and Uintah Electric while on a tour of the National Forests in Northern nation’s leading research labora-an- d Utah snqw measurements show tories a variation- - of from 82 to 122 average percent of the long-timIn the Cache National Forest in the Ogden-Logaarea the variation is from 65 per cent on the Preston course to 106 per cent on the Monte course at the head of Ogden River 1 189-acr- 7 An open house will be held from 6 to 10 pf m tomorrow for a brilliant young Ogden scientist w Played a major role m pro- ducing the world’s first diamond He is Dr H Tracy Hall son of Mr and Mrs Howard Hall of 638 28th $t The open house will be held at the home of a brother Hall 725 35th St Dr Hail who is in Ogden for a few days on both a “business pleasure” trip will return Ito Schenectady N Y Tuesday jto resume work at the General Electric laboratory He is one of four men who produced the industrial diamond t Dr Hall who worked on the project for four years said hef is going ahead with the diamond in an attempt to make it economically feasible He explained tha it would have to be able to compete with the natural product “I feel certain however that this can be done” G E officials figure the manmade diamond costs about twice as much as a natural stone at present time Oldest Problem diamond He said the was the oldest unsolved problem of science before it was produced early in February “Science has been working on it for 125 yeirs” The former Ogdenite developed “the belt” a chamber enabling the scientist to maintain for the time the super-hig- h pres- sures and temperatures for long periods of tim j ’ i Young Ogden Scientist Who Helped Create Diamond Home on Short Visit First Man-Mad- e i Names in the News j ) WASHINGTON (AP) — One day last month an air mail letter addressed simply “President Eisenhower Washington D C” was delivered to the White House Inside was this scribbled message from a woman in Fresnq “Inclosed $30 which I owe Have gave my heart to God and am making things right Please omit writing Thank you” But in cases like this the government asks no questions Sherman Adams Eisenhower’s assistant did as he always does with such letters He sent it along to the Treasury Department with a note that here was another contribution to the nation’s conscience fund During the past 144 years more than $0000 persons have contributed almost two million dollars to the Treasury in an attempt to ease fretful consciences All this began in 1811 when James Monroe was in the White House The first contribution was a $5 bill given anonymously Since then conscience money has continued to trickle in despite years in which qualms of conscience seemed almost unemployed Take 1834 when only $1854 was sent in Or in 1852 when consciences hurt only $6 worth in the entire United States But as the Civil War brought more citizens into contact with their government opportunities grew for misdeeds — and troubled V c snowshoes ‘ 1 I all-importa- nt I The initial letter-ratwas rehalLounce later per duced to $1 The losses to the operating company were always substantial The operation folded in October 1861 when a thin telegraph wire spanned the nation foi- fast communication and the stage took over the mail contracts nt monthi A snow j $5 ii anti-aircra- ft ce station-keeper- s ' n ’ weigh- s : y ing less than 125 pounds and usually mounted on the halfwild mustangs of the West It involved 80 riders but the operation required 190 relay stations 420 horses and 400 Will Test 5 teen-ager- d t survey team from the Soil Conservation Service returned yesterday 'with a report that snow depths and water content are now above average in the higher elevations It is from these watersheds that the late runoff occurs which is depended on to fill storage ' reservoirs need for Russian aid in fighting the Japanese The ban on inspection of the documents apparently was imposed months after legal author-itto do so had expired Newsmen had been pressing for a week for a look at the records to clear up a controversy over MacArthur’s statement that had he been asked at the time of the Yalta conference he would have advised against bringing Russia into the Pacific War “at that late date” The documents sought from the Defense Department and the Army were those bearing on “possible exchanges of messages between MacArthur wartime commander in the Pacific and Wash- snow-locke- d y 4 ' WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has hastily clamped a secrecy lock on official documents relating to Gen Douglas Mac Arthur’s wartime views on the Coast “The Pony Express rider” Summerfield said yesterday “carried his mail through rugged mountains swamps passes and deserts Indians white robbers and horse thieves added to the perils The courage and of these riders typified the spirit that has made America great” The records indicate that most of the lone riders were "v y The water picture for the Ogden area has brightened appreciably within the last Kept Secret j ii ! War II Views Of MacArthur j President McKay to Keynote LDS 125th General Conference lO-whe- eil y d The idggegtJLpril snow since 1929 packed Salt Lake City’s slush as streets with ankle-deethousands lof persons gathered here for tpe annual Latter-daSaints church conference Cars stalled by the hundreds throughout the snow country I Sixty-eigcars three buses and several! trucks were reported tieih up by deep snow at the village of Malta in southern Idaho Every Spare bed and place to rest in the towp vas taken by the stranded motorists The fatal crash occurred some 10 miles north of here about 8:30 grain truck p m when ja and an automobile collided in the SALT LAKE CITY (UP)— The 125th annual conference of the - falling snow Saints Church begins here1 today with a keynote adThree of the dead were identi- - Latter-dafiedas Horacio Martinez 28 4125 dress by President David O McKay j r The church leader returned not lpng ago from a 45000-mil- e Riverdale Road Ogden Jose Au- in the Pacific Ocean and it was expected his - relio Salazar 26 Box 385-- Roy tour of LDS missions would ' and Rafoel Gallegos 21 general keynote message - ' reflect the rapid expansion of the church in that area delivery Roy conference sessions 'The Highway Patrol Said the willGeneral held be today tomorrow and 'fourth man had no 'identification ' ' Wednesday in keeping with tra- AEC on him dition that one conference day be Only Occupants a Sunday and that another be the They were the only occupants anniversary of the church’s founding April 6 of the automobile The truck driver was not' seriAll of the J1DS general authorix i hurt ties were expected to be present ously Details as to how the accident for the spring conference sesLAS VEGAS Nev (AP) — happened were Still unavailable sions- Each probably will be asked at a late hour except that- - iLwas to deliver a message tq the Atomic testers said yesterday church membership during the during a heavy snowstorm they plan to explode at about six The accident) brought Utah’s conference 'altitude today an anti-ai- r 1955 highway fatality toll to 40 — First actual conference meeting mll’device — the kind that might seven more than were killed to was held at 7 p mlast night craft 3 in 1954 April when the general priesthood met wreck an entire formation of Scene of the crash was about a in tne Tabernacle on Temple enemy planes mile south of SEm Olson’s gaso- Square An) official statement said it line station bn U S Highway 91 The priesthood meeting was would be “the one described ini —about midway between Salt carried by private circuits to Lake City and Bountiful some 50 priesthood groups in oth: a joint Atomic Energy Commis-- I er of Defense state- Heaviest on Mountains parts of Salt Lake City Utah and eight other western states — ment’ last Sunday The weather bureau skid the Idaho Wyoming Washington Ne' heaviest That announcement officially snw was along the Wa- vada Colorado Oregon Arizona satch Mountains from Bountiful and California disclosing plans to add atomic 10 miles north of here to1 Provo The general conference sessions weapons to the na30 miles totthe south themselves will be carried over tion’s already extensive nuclear The snow put the skids under an extensive radio and! television arsenal said: sheavy traffic in this city of hookup Sessions will be held at “Because of their great power nearly 200000 persons swelled 2 p m and 10 a m atomic air defense weapons will by the thousands of visitors to The general report by Presi- greatly increase our! ability to the LDS conference dent McKay to the Church mem- repel an enemy air attack” slush) stalled autos anc( will be given Wednesday If weather is held to be favorbership buses the fine snow cut visibility in with tradition that the able the keeping air burst to half a block- and some traffic be announced on the will come off at 10 am (MST) report lights blinded out making travel Church’s anniversary Wednes- It will be a “test of a nuclear even tougher 125 will mark the device at an altitude above 30000 Since years An April Record — equaling nine day vfeet”i the AECand Defense Deinches of snow — was measured at founding of the general au- partment said Sustaining the Salt Lake City Airport and a thorities will also take place at foot or mbre fell in many residen- the final day’s sessions There Highest Yet tial areas klong the foothills of are no vacancies to be filed at That’s the highest yet in the the Wasatch Mountains on the the conference current test series so far as vet- s city’s eastern edge President McKay in eran observers know Nine The Utah highway patrol said theAssisting direction ofthe conference atomic devices and! one TNT U S Highway was closed will be his counselors President have been fired on Yucca between Malta andBurley Idaho Stephen L Richards and Presi- blast since Feb 18 Flat Johnson Pas on the road to Dug-wa- dent J Reuben Clark Jr The device will be dropped in west) central Utah’s Tooele one of about 40 Air Force from County also was shut down planes participating in the test Some traffic lights also went Sand Crushes Nevadan No troops will participate out further complicating the pic— ELKO Nev The body (AP) ture: ' of B F McGee 75 was found Mrs William Pratt of Wendell with-thcrushed remains of his Idaho said that at 3 p m 68 small cabin under tons of sand automobiles three buses and a yesterday Sheriff J C Harris number of trucks were stranded said the man had probably been at Malta Many of the motorists buried for two weeks McGee T were headed for Balt Lake City built the cabin only a short disAll available accommodations for tance from shifting Elko County transients in the little town had sand dunes p r: m WASHINGTON (AP)— Postmaster General Summerfield yesterday saluted the1 95th an- niversary of the founding of the Pony Express whose short14 Other reports included lived operations the at at Summit Soldiers inches but a failure a were financial of Fork top Spanish Canyop romantic triumph Salt Lake City Lines which opIt was on April 3 1860 that erate! Salt Lake City’s utility buses announced the buses would the Central Overland California & Pike’s Peak Express Co cease operations at 7 pi m Offisent its first contract riders out cials said they were throwing in of St Joseph' Mo and Sacrathe sponge for the night because mento Calif the terminal too many buses were stalled by it Thus unwittingly points to frozen brakes and inability get for a thouthe script provided traction in the deep slush sand thrillers Western UtaW On that initial run over 1900 of rough country the miles also byairline flights Seyeral mail from i Sacraeastbound the Utah points during passed mento reached St Joe in nine day because of the storm 23 hours The westbound days The storm not only caught shopusing the same route pers wearing light spring cloth- boys a little tougher making had it ing put it caught many motorists in California deliveries their with their snow tires off It 12 11 of hard hours after days brought the biggest rash of minor riding traffic accidents of the winter When the operation hit its and (here were reports that some stride most letters got through involved in mishaps had to wait in days in summer 10 in eight an hour for police to arrive to winter The record was seven make the official investigations days 11 hours — a special job for the delivery of Lincoln’s Inaugural Address to the West Stewart Alsop City Hall Notebook County Sidelights Editorial Page Gallup Poll Hunting and fishing Obituaries Drew Pearson Press Box Radio TV Programs Sport Pages Society Theater Page 10 20 and 50 Years Ago 1 CLOSER LOOK —The comparative sizes of the manufactured dia-fir- st mond and the stones in a conventional diamond ring are shown at left indicates the size of a The pin-hea- d in this close-u- p manufactured diamond A1 Warden’ Alice Pardoe West 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4B 8B 4A 5B 7B 2B-51C-9- B C 6B 4A 2B 6B jr |