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Show 1 J TVie WcatKer Call The Herald UTAH AM) M 0 NT A" A Oeoe r-Uy r-Uy fair fooJrtit and Tiw.Lj : warmer TBdaj", SfAxlmum temp. Sunday ..... "0 Minimum tTiip. Sunday ...... S3 IX yea do not receive your Herald 1 ' promptly, call The Herald office, 435, before 7 p.m. weeks days, and - ' ,t 10 a. m. Sundays, and a copy will , ..-;,,, , , o ;-..-,, -. v,-.v,-. .'..'V. FIFTYFOURTH YEAR, NO. 212 : ''&&ao?2&,VSZ PR0V0, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY; MAY 6, 1940 COMPLETK CNITKD PRF'I PTJIfP TTVF1; CFVTS ISI.EaRAra KEW3 MRV1CB rll-tE i V DESK 1T STUDEiil nnn . . , . n fiiHi a t Fmit n nFAD iwi LZ3 - VV M - r -n' ih" ""i f x - pi r r " ij) nj ij ij) j nj BY THE EDITOR The last World war cost all told, and apart from thirty million lives lost four hundred hun-dred billion dollars . . . fourteen four-teen billion of which is still owed to the United States.1 . With that kind of money, you could build, a $2,500 house, outfit it with $1000 .worth of furniture, place it on five acres of land worth $100 an acre, and give this size and type of homestead to every family in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, France, Germany and India.. If you. don't - believe it, figure it out for yourself! oOo QUOTE AND UNQUOTE "A free country is one in which it is perfectly safe to say what you think unless you happen to be a thinker. , -' "Early to bed and early to rise ..." i and your pockets won't be emptied by hold-up guys. oOo - The honeymoon is over when - ... he neglects to kiss his wife before breakfast; . , . she doesn't hum a tune while doing the evening dishes ; '', . . . they talk about the weather and mean it ; he takes more interest ; in the kitchen than any other room in the house; ... he keeps his arms crossed at the movies ; . ... he keeps his hat on in an elevator; . , . the one who finally gets up to answer the telephone - or doorbell glares - at ;the other. ' oOo-r ; Watch where you are going even if you are not going tnvwhere. Wise men state facts the other kind argue. He who only hopes is hope-, less. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What' Going On in National Affair :. By DIIEW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. 'ALLEN U. S. Looks Into Railroad Car Monopoly in Connection With Lake Shore Wreck; Texas "Harmony" Wires Reveal Ousting of Garner's 'Stop Roosevelt" Manager; President Hints Successor Must Be Someone Who Won't Die Under Hard k Strain : Orphaned Legations , Live By Frugality; John Roosevelt Promoted By ' Filene's. WASHINGTON The Pullman Company and the New York Cen tral railroad may not know it yet -but they are in for some trouble with the Justice department over the wreck of the Lake Shore Lim ited. 'which killed 30 people the other day when it failed to take a curve near Little Falls, N. Y. . Strange as it seems, it is the pnti-trust division of the justice department which is investigating the wreck and may take criminal action, , , It may seem a long Jump from safety precautions to trust-bust ing, but what hard-hitting Thur-man Thur-man Arnold, of the anti-trust division is - interested in. is the monopoly operations of the Pull man , company. . His investigators are checking (Continued on Page Five) . : - This Day... BORN Girl, to Earl, and Arretta Gert- sen Aianwanng, or ugaen, tms morning, Dee hospital in Ogden. - Boy, to Boyd L. and Stella Johnson Dennis, this ' morning. Utah Valley hospital. . - TOWNSEND CLUB The Townsend club will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in the city courtroom. Everyone is invited. IN CAilYOil Little Cottonwood Can-yon Can-yon Searched by Officers , SALT -LAKE CITY, May 6 (U.R) Howard Swingle, 21, University of Utah student missinor since Sunday, was found dead in Little Cotton wood canyon today. Officers said the Casper, Wyo., youth had fallen over a cliff. SALT LAKE CITY, May 6 U.R) Sheriff 's deputies fol lowed, a faint trail from lower Little Cottonwood canyon just east, of Salt Lake City today, in a widening search for a 21-year-old University of Utah student,- Howard Swingle of Casper, Wyo., missing since Sunday. Sun-day. - Swingle, a freshman student at the university, went hiking in the canyon Sunday with three fellow students, William Dash - Maurice Canfleld, and Marshall Dayton, Jr.,. all, of Salt Lake City, They reported re-ported his disappearance to the Salt Lake county sheriffs office when he failed to return to their car, parked three miles up the canyon, by 3 a. m. today. - Five deputies seeking the miss ing student In th rugged canyon area reported a possible lead this afternoon when tracks were discovered dis-covered in the hills approximately 100 yards from the canyon rim. r YOUIlg Republican Board To Meet Members of the Young Republican Republi-can club of Provo, will meet a week from Tuesday, the -meeting scheduled J for , tomorrow night having ' been . postponed. A board meeting- will be held however, to morrow night" at 8 o'clock at"390 East Center street, according to Verl Dixon, president. . i 'in i.j rn, in' i, .i,, . m ,, , '., ,,, .g) Dewey Picks Up 16 In . Maryland; Roosevelt Vs. Garner in Calif ornia ' By LYLE C. WILSON .. WASHINGTON, May 6 (U.R) District Attorney Thomas Dewey picks up Maryland's 16 Republican national convention conven-tion delegates unopposed today, as supporters of President Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner prepare to resume re-sume in California tomorrow their V ; -'- : ' dispute over, party leadership. )P A" There are no entries in thfi (Unncmffllt f!ritC " ' Democratic presidential, primary I taking place in Maryland today. But the state's convention delegation delega-tion is expected - to be controlled bv Senator Millard E. Tydings, one of the conservative, anti-New Deal senate bloc. Tydings was one of three Democratic senators against whom Mr. Roosevelt campaigned in 1933. Dewey challenged. Sen. Robert A. Taft R.. O.. to contest with him in the Republican primary, but Taft refused, explaining the poli tical deck , was stacked- against him there. . - 1 1 -The. Garner campaign for delegates, dele-gates, which has made slight discernible dis-cernible progress against the third term maneuvers of Mr. Roosevelt's close political associates, has some slight! advantages in tomorrow's California primary. The stake there: is . 44 national convention delegates. Both California and Maryland primaries are binding. California, was one of the Garner Gar-ner states in 1932. It was only when he released , his Texas and California delegates in that year that the Chicago convention deadlock dead-lock was broken by; Mr. Roose velt's nomination. Garner was rewarded with the vice presidency. His prominence in the state years aeo may be of some assistance this time. More important, there are four uemocrauc , aeiegaies slates in the California field. Two slates are favorable to Mr. Roosevelt. A third is put forward by' the $30-Every-Thursday clan. The fourth slate ' is pledged to Garner. ' It , is conceivable that the three other slates, all drawing upon votes, which for some years have gone along with - the New Deal, ' might scatter Mr. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's support.' ! New Dealer-, are confident, however, of a California victory. The Gallup poll, meantime, came up over the week-end with a wind straw which Interested Washing ton . tremendously, in a "trial heat", poll in which Secretary of State CordeU HuU was pitted against Taft. Hull was the 60-40 choice for president of those per sons who expressed an opinion. In previous polls,. Mr. Roosevelt had (Continued un rage J2ntj.. UU 14 Directs Band ROBERT SAUER BAND CONCERT HERE TONIGHT Promising a high-class musical program, Provo chamber of com merce officials invite all Utai county music goers to attend the concert to be presented at the stake tabernacle at 8 o'clock, to night by the Brigham Young uni versity band. Clayton - Jenkins, secretary of the chamber of commerce, which is sponsoring - the concert, rei terates that the event Is free to the public, and that persons who have not already obtained tickets may do so at the door. - ' The "Y". 70-piece band will be led by Robert Sauer, veteran band leader. The B. Y. U. opera and concert chorus, directed by Drs. Franklin and Florence Modseft; will supplement with few sel- ections. "!"!": 'i.iiiMi.T i, in i, iiwWwWMwil VUW Hyde Park Stay; Speeds to Office HYDE PARK, N. Y., May 6 (U.E) President Roosevelt ' today cut short a visit to his estate here and left by . special train for Washington. .... . 1 Temporary White House headquarters head-quarters offered no explanation of why the president left eight hours earlier than expected. During his stay here he had been in close touch with state department; officials of-ficials at Washington, and received receiv-ed telephone summaries of latest developments in Europe. Mr. " Roosevelt ,w!U arrive in Washington late tonight. He prob ably wiU meet tomorrow morning with his legislative leaders Vice President John N. Garner, senate; democratic leader Alben W. Bark- ley, Speaker William j B. Bank- head ' and house majority leader Sam Rayburn for the latest report re-port on the congressional drive to adjourn by early next month. Woman Injured In Two-Car Accident MRS. Lewis W. NutaU, 339 East Second North suffered a badly wrenched back in a two-car accident acci-dent in front of the Mike Petro- f assa home on the Springville road Monday at 10:30 a. m. Provo police " said Mr. Nuttall, driving a car south, attempted to make a "U turn and as ; he did so moved airecuy into . tne patn of a southbound oil truck driven by Frederick Alonzo Pack. : Mrs. Nuttall, riding "witn ,ner husband, was the only person injured. in-jured. .The Nuttall car was damaged dam-aged approximately $75 and - the truck about $25, officers said. trat! GOVER IVlSRULip 3 IN OIL CASE Conviction of 12 Major Oil Companies , Is Upheld WASHINGTON, May 6 -f- (U.R) -The government s anti trust : prosecution won a sig nif icant victory today vhen the supreme . court;., upheld the conviction of 12 major oil corporations and five individ uals convicted of Sherman act violations at Madison, Wis., 1937, ' ! Reversing . the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeads which, had ordered or-dered new trials for the group, the court sustained the jury verdict that 'i the companies and some of their officers conspired unlawfully to raise and . maintain artificial gasoline prices in the midwest in 1935. . . ' - '.The high court's action today came by a divided vote, justice William O. Douglas wrote the 67-page 67-page majority opinion with which four colleagues agreed. ? Justice Owen Ji Robefts wrote . 1 A. t t..i a . . f s uuaenung opinion in wmcn justice jus-tice James C, McReynolds con curred. Chief ..Justice Charles iivans .Hughes and Justice Frank iiurpny took no part in the case In a . sweeping 5-to-2 decision. me supreme court neia mat un der the Sherman act. anv coin- bination to control prices or sta bilize the price of a commodity in lmerstaie or roreign commerce uiegai. it held that such action is unlawful even thou rh it miv hi intended to benefit a whole Indus'. The case came to the supreme court. on a technical legal point which became a major . issue of consiruciion or federal anti-trust statutes. . --', The circuit, court held that the district Judge gave erroneous instructions in-structions to -the jury which may uarc jimuciit-ea me jurors aai- verseiy 10 me oil companies. The judge told,, the Jury to find the group guilty if it determined from the evidence that th nm. panles. and individuals had the power, and purpose through their combination, to rrJse and maintain gasoline prices. The companies contended the lurvv shnnn no. been allowed to decide whether th prices set wera 'Teasonable." y The corporations involved were: Socony - Vacuum Oil Comnanv. Inc., .Wadhams . OU company. Umpire Oil & Refinl nnnfU V. - o v..lu,cuidi ju company. Pure Ou company , Shell Petroleum Corporation, Cor-poration, Sinclair Refining com- -"jr, ami . vonunent Petroleum corporation, Phillips . Petroleum wmpany, oKeuy -oil company, The Globe Oil & Refining company com-pany (Oklahoma), The Globe Oil iu xieiimng company (Illinois). Baseball. Scores- NATIONAL LEAGUE , New York .... 001 000 0 ' " Cincinnati ioi dot n Gumbert and Danlng; . Thompson im Mimoaroi. . tiome run t-ratt, CincinnatL Philadelphia .... 000 220 Chicago inn fin? Siohnson and Warren; Dean and - iuuu, ... Boston 020 001 00 Pittsburgh .... 000 000 03 -Errickson and Lopez; Bowman - and Schultz. Home run Gus-. Gus-. tine, Pittsburgh. . ' " . ,i . - Brooklyn ...... 01 Home , run Gehringer, Detroit: Sullivan, Detroit. St Louis ...... 20 ' ' . Hamlen and Phelps: Davis and Plodgett.. - Detroit v... .....000 001 0326 New York . .. . .010 102 000 4 Bridges and Tebbetts; Ruffing and Dickey. . L -. Chicago .... .,,.101 000 000 2 Philadelphia .. ..001 002 OOx 3 Rigney and Tresh; Potter and . Hayes, j , Chapman, homerun. . . L Cleveland .' ...... 010 202 000 8 Boston . . . .. , ; . . . 100 600 . lOx 8 Hudlin, Junges (4), Humphries (41, Zuber and Hemsley; Dick-man, Dick-man, Wilson and Peacock. St. Louis ..." ...103 5 , Washington 201 1 Bildilli and Swift: Havnes and Evans, . Strategic Lineup T - Mae r'" GERMANY , XpTsTO, ' " 7i,i -VV 'HUNGARY f Vl9 O 200 400 FRANCE , , 5-q'3E7 - " CE yiTALY "V RUMANIA pP TURKEY - "MOROCCO (FR.) 00 British I 03 French I Novo U) Italian j Baset Others) i Fortification! xzr i - - 'Hive of naval bases and warship activity Is the Mediterranean Sea, one-time, Mare Nostrum of ancient Rome. Into it have sailed major units of the British and French fleet fo meet any threat of .., , war from modern Italv. , Provo City Power Plant Carries Load i . Contrary to some rumors, Pro vos' t municipal power, plant , has been furnishing all of the electric energy used here since 1:45 a. m. April 27 when the city took over the" customers on the Utah Pow er and Light company's ll.OOO-volt Une, R. C. Adams, superintendent of utilities, said Monday. Peak load thus far has been 2200 kilowatts, and the peak output out-put for. 24- hours Jias been 31.300 kilowatts, Mr. -Adams said. To date the load has not required. requir-ed. the xlty ta operate Jsothi units of the plant at the same time. f Approximaely 25 tons of coal is consumed per day at une plane, the consumption being about one and three-fourths pounds per kilo watt, Mr. Adams said. While tms consumption is not excessive," Mr. Adams believes it can be reduced after -further" adjustments are made." ' . :civYA7.Tll.A. President lamed Mrs. - Lucille' Christopherson of 1045 -West Center-street,5 is the new president of the Young Wo men's Mutual Improvement asso ciation of the Utah L. D. Si stake todav following her appointment at the meeting in the tabernacle Sunday night. Mrs. 1 ChristophersonjL wife - of Merrill Christopherson. associate executive" of the Utah National Council, Boy Scouts of Amerca, Succeeds Miss Elizabeth Souter who was released with a vote of thanks,, after years of faithful service. Mrs.. Christopherson was formerly second counselor to Miss Souter: " r Mrs; Mary Hafen was named nam-ed first counselor and the second counselor will be named later. ..Miss Souter was i. sustained as chairman for the , Utah stake of the Girls canyon i home and a member of the executive committee, commit-tee, composed of Utah, 1 Sharon, and Provo stake representatives. She was also named a member of the .Utah stake Y. W. M. I. A. board. Miss Catherine Decker, first (Continued on Page Eight) - . , . , 1 a, 0. Y. U. Student In recognition of an outstanding four year scholastic record. Mar- tell Bird, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bird of 373 North Fifth West street has been awarded a scholar ship ; to Northwestern University at Evanston. Illinois. Mr. Bird was highly complimented upon his university record by Dr. Fred E. Clark, head of the graduate divi sion of North western and chairman chair-man of the committee of awards, who confered the honor. The appointment ap-pointment is in the graduate divi sion of the school of commerce. Mr. Bird will receive his bachelor bach-elor of science degree from Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university in June. While attending the university Mr. Bird has established an enviable en-viable record in both scholastic and extra curricular affairs. He is now president of the inter-social unit council, president of the Brigadier Brig-adier social unit, a member of Alpha Kappa Psi commercial fraternity. White Keys honorary service group and won recognition in the book of -Who's Who In American Universities" for 1939-40, 1939-40, a national publication.-' of Naval Might in ALGERIA tFR. ; fBl malta33 - Dodecanese jjt.k S.-"-a TUNISIA fK.f MEDITERIIANE AN SEAZ - I imvinr i wrV 1 1500 Turn Out For Sp. Fork Horse Show SPANISH FORK More than 1500 people. witnessed the fine horse show at the race track on the livestock grounds Sunday afternoon, and saw some of the finest horses in Utah show their training-. Ezra Fjelstead of Ogden was announcer, r 6? and I. A. Luke was judge. Ideal ' - " ' weather " and ground conditions banning uompany At Spanish Fork Plans Warehouse SPANISH FORK Plans for the erection of a new -warehouse just west of the present warehouse at the plant of the California Packing i corporation are announced an-nounced by E. E. Anderson, local manarer. The new bulldinsr con struction," which will go forward immediately by Tolboe and Tolboe. contractors of Provo, is to oe or brick and concrete construction, and of one story. :j It is to be 80 feet wide and 220 feet long. . The contractors agree to have the building completed in 75 working days, bringing the completion or construction about the nrst oc August. The new warehouse is greatly needed, reports Mr. Ander son, for the purpose or nanaung or storing, surplus canned goods, which in previous years has had to be sent to Ogden or other warehouses ware-houses , for storage. The output of the canning plant has increased considerably since.it was opened in 1925, and the new warehouse will make it possible to store surplus sur-plus goods here and give addition' al employment to local men. i Canning crop conditions are very favorable this season, it Is stated and an exceptional year is looked forward to in the canning business." The new warehouse calls for some rearrangement of the Orem spur tracks on the corporation corpora-tion grounds, and this is already being taken care of by Orem employees. em-ployees. -. i PRINTER DIES BOISE, Idaho, May 6 (U.P.v Funeral Fu-neral services for John Mason Greenfield.' Boise Printing company com-pany executive, will be held here tomorrow at 4 p. m. Greenfield died late Monday. IVins Scholarship un ilARTELL BIRD Mediterranean tei Pfw- Said M CGYfT made the event a pleasant affair. Prize were gold cups presented by various organizations f Utah and the owners of the horses put on the show simply as an attraction attrac-tion to help out the state Junior Livestock show, of which it was a feature. Horse show winner were an-rounceil an-rounceil as follows: Jumper class Ben Bolt," OwneJ by Mr. and Mrs. II.- A. Sorenson of Salt Lake City, first; Tramoor, owned fcy Marcie I vers, second; Klipper Queen, owned by John L Mortensen, third. Open three-pad ted Tony Hy-tone, Hy-tone, owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sorenson, first; Black Gamon, also owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sorenson, second. v Utah county pleasure Whirlwind Whirl-wind owned by Guy Ivins, first; Morning Mist, owned by E. L. Hansen, second; Queen, owned by Rulon Swenson. third. ' Utah county children - Topsy, owned by Willis HilL first; Pearl, owned by J. Kent Johnson, second; Whirlwind, owned by Guy Ivins, third. . Halter (two years and under) River Princess, owned by Genie! Hayward first; Wasatch U.. owned own-ed by J. S. Glaben brook, second; Silver Mist, owned by Mrs. E. L. Hanson, third. . , Ladies" 3-gaited Tony Hytone, owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sor-enson, Sor-enson, first; Whirlwind, owned by Guy Ivins, second. . Hunter Tramoor, owned by Marcie Ivers, first; Klipper Queen, owned by John L. Mortensen, second; sec-ond; Flying Cloud owned by Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Anderson, third. Open 5-gaited Edgemont Son, owned by Mr. and Mrs. IL A. Sorenson, first; Phillip Morris, owned by C O. Claudin. second; Wasatch Chief, owned by J. S. Glazebroow, third. Stock horseBrown Derby, own-(Continued own-(Continued On Page Eight) King of Sivcfsn, Ilitbr Agre BERLIN, May 6 HB The DNB official news agency said today Chancellor Adolf Hitler and King Casta v of Sweden have exchanged letters " in which they expressed "full agreement on the future political po-litical attitude of both countries toward each other. The exchange of letters was said to have taken place In the latter part" of April. (The Taas official Russian news agency reported from Moscow last week that Germany and Russia were in agreement as regard the continued neutrality of Sweden.) Spencer School Operetta Tonight Students of the Spencer school are presenting the operetta, "iun-rsy "iun-rsy of Eunnyaide- tor.lpht in the Lincoln high school auditorium at S o'clock. A matinee was ehev. n this afternoon principally for itu-dents. itu-dents. In the cast are Carol Memiaott, Iva Lee Harvard. LeKoy Wagner. Kenneth Balser, Fred Rjjmuwta, and others, total ir.sr 11 boys and 12 girls, slancerf. besides . a chorus nl j S SUING OF MORE- SHIPS Germans , ward Move North-In North-In Norway Combat Area BULLETIN: . PARIS, May 6 (U.R) Anti-aircraft Anti-aircraft guns in .the Paris region opened fire at 10:15 p. m. today. So planes were visible. Rome, May 6 (U.B Premier Benito Mussolini today discussed discus-sed Italy's preparedness for war with the Prince of Piedmont, Pied-mont, Italian crown prince, it was announced officially, shortly after the prince had been received in audience by Pope Pius.' ROME, May 6 lOR) Pope Pius was understood today to have expressed . hope that Italy will not enter the war, and to feel that the moment may be at hand to maie ss. final effort toward a sreneral peace. Vatican sources said that the Pcpe had &ade known his attitude atti-tude to Myron C Taylor. Presi dent Roosevelt's personal representative repre-sentative at the Vatic in. It was said that the Ftpe m in complete sjre-err.ent ilh tt position of Mr. P.ocwvtlt ajrair.st any spread in the area cf ee.-.filct. He was aaid also to fet that, the rjoroeut may have arrivei to rr.iie -a final effort at a general peace. By JOE ALEX MOKKXS Vurr'.gn .Newi Editor Germany claimed r.ew aerial tictoriea today over iT.t Eritit1 navy, but Adolf HiUer concentrated concen-trated his chief efforts on Intensifying Intensi-fying the Nazi war of nerves against Creat Britain. The German high command claimed another British battleahlp had been fceavily hit by German air bombs off Narvik, that a lar.l munitiorts dump had be-en e ploded, and that a Britiih submarine subma-rine had been captured by a destroyer. de-stroyer. The British admiralty announced that the J. 870-ton destroyer Af ri-dl ri-dl with a normal complement of more than 00, ivi l been sur.k by (Continued on Page 3ght) GIRL KILLED IN UTAH CRASH " LOA. Utah. May S CX Three-year-old Dixie CamUie Brown became be-came Utah's 47th traffic fatality for the year late Saturday when she was struck down ar3 cruahed by the wheel cf a truck near her home in Lea, Her death marked Wayne county's coun-ty's first traffic fatality for 190. Officers said the chUd ran Into Die side of a truck drirea by E pence pen-ce r-Reea. '20. She had started to cross the street, apparently net seeing the or.corr.lrg vehicle. She'-was She'-was cruahed by the rear wheeii- Marshall Fred Brown said the driver tried to swerve and aveid hitting the child. He termed ue death purely accidental. AUNT HET By Eohert QoUleo -Wfjrn I'm imsI fcare tt ri-ht, I da It riit.t ft la the tjjx-ti. Tfae r,rxx.l ywa tart rwUa", ftk. axw after af-ter yo-a UJms. p-k ' mtiSrem, eves If ya siot dola" WTcnj. AZ CLAIM r -y ii. : i ' V ' |