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Show an 3 o j ( ) II n h r M n sew. J a t J 4 J The Weather UTAH: Fair tonight and Thursday; Thurs-day; littJe change in temperature. Build Utah County By Patronizing Local Stores and Business House Maximum temp., Tuesday . . . 55 Minimum temp., Tuesday .... 27 PI FT Y-FIFTH YEAR, NO. Ill ITAICH ONLY IA!J.Y KOUTH OP SALT UKK PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1940 COMF1. KTE UNITED PTtEKS TKLEPUKAPII MEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS 77 ' J 7.3 rr tn (T TTV TTT (O jrr -CHAT BY THE KBITOK Old pioneers tell terrible tales of the wolf pack. The beast that runs with it is ;afe. The beast that is lamed r falls by the wayside .is lost. Its companions turn upon it ind rend it. That seems to be the code in the Balkans. Beneath a surface often polished and pleasing, there lurks a murderous mur-derous savagery that belies ill civilization. In former Serbia it took the form of murdering i king and consort and throwing their naked bodies out of the window. win-dow. In Bulgaria it took the form of assassination of two great prime ministers. In Rumania it has just tiken the form of the wholesale whole-sale execution without trial of a former premier and many high officials. One day the Iron Guards, cowed by the slaying of their leader, truckled truck-led to the mighty. The next day, in power themselves, they slew those to whom they had lowcd the knee. Wolf devours wolf. 0O0 The Italian soldiers started out for Greece with the idea of running things a'nd wound up just running. ... A California Cali-fornia grower hopes to make orchids as common jis the onion. Girls " will s fill cry for them.-. .' . In Amherst, N. M., a new bridge has been "built across Quohquinnepessaes-ananghok Quohquinnepessaes-ananghok brook. We still can't get over it. . . . The late Oswald, mascot duck of the Reno, Nev., CCC camp, drank auto anti-lreeze. There were no quack doctors in camp. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN Priorities Board's Failure To Control Raw Materials Hamstrings Defense; Army Fears Crack-up of Defense Production Unless Board is Strengthened; War Industries Indus-tries Are Faced With Serious Seri-ous Shortage in Supply of Vital Ores. WASHINGTON" Several months ago the Defense Commission, Commis-sion, with a fanfare of publicity, announced the appointment of a Priorities Board, rt was headed by Donald Nelson, former managerial man-agerial wizard of Sears Roebuck, and Included William Knudsen, Edward Stettin ius and Leon Henderson, Hen-derson, Defense Commission aces. But despite its rrilliant personnel, person-nel, the Board, like so many other oth-er things about the Defense Commission, Com-mission, isn't all that appears on the surface. What only Insiders are aware of is that the Board's vaunted powers cover only the priority of distribution. That is, it can regulate regu-late the kind of planes a manufacturer manu-facturer can make and who shall get them. This is Important, but far from the whole story. For an equally important priorities problem, that of production, is totally untouched untouch-ed by the Board. In other words the Board is not attempting to control the supply of essential raw materials. ! OLD MISTAKE - An ironic feature of this situation situa-tion is that i is a repetition or a major error of the World War Industries Board. The old Board also started out by setting up priority controls only over distribution. By the summer of 1918 the mistake was realized and the loophole plugged, plug-ged, but not without the loss of vital time. This lesson was not lost on tiie Army and Navy, and after the war, industrial mobilization Continued on Page One, Sec. Two ETGROVJERS SEE DEFECTS If PROGRAM Definition Of Deficiencies, Deficien-cies, Surpluses To Be Demanded SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 4 (U.R) A definition of deficiencies deficien-cies and surpluses by the de partment of agriculture was demanded today by Charles M. Kearney of Morrill, Neb., president of the National Beet Growers association, at the opening session of the annual convention here. Kearney told delegates to the conclave, numbering about 200, that beet growers cannot operate on a stable basis until the government govern-ment has defined surpluses and parity prices in comprehensible terms. He called for legislation to remedy present defects in the sugar beet law, and urged estab lishment of parities not unfair to the consumer, yet favorable to growers. Committee Meetings Committee meetings and panel discussions were scheduled this afternoon. The president's report took up most of the morning session. ses-sion. Rep. Fred Cummings, of Golo-rado, Golo-rado, attended the convention and warned delegates that "unreasonable" "unreason-able" demands in congress would only mean loss of ground. He pointed out the existence of a heavy "processing" faction, dominating dom-inating the large eastern delega- tiQns,and.j5ad,i .westejcn.rowcrJ demands must be so formulated as to win, rather than antagonize, the support of this group. Tonight Kearney and Elmer G. Peterson, president of Utah State Agricultural College at Logan, were to address the a'inual convention con-vention banquet. Tomorrow's sessions were to be devoted largely to committee reports re-ports and introduction of numerous numer-ous resolutions. Lombrt Funeral 8 lafed Thursday Funeral services for Afton Hod-hou Hod-hou Lambert, wife of James E. Lambert, will be held Thursday at 1:30 o'clock in the Fifth ward chapel, with Bishop Frank T. Bennett Ben-nett presiding. Friends may call at the Ilatch- AFTON H. LAMBERT Quist funeral home this evening, and at the home of Mrs. Lambert's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hod-' son,, 57 North Fourth East street, Thursday, prior to the services. Interment will be in the Provo City Burial park. DIRECTOR OMITTED Marion R, Taylor was elected as one of the directors of the Taylor Brothers company at the annual meeting of stockholders Monday night. HLs name was inadvertently inadvertent-ly omitted from the list of officers offi-cers and directors publu-hed in Tuesday's edition. Santa Claus Good-natured, . jolly moments .bewhiskered5anta . Claus vhx will .personally, take amusing little Keith Griswold, son of Mr. and Mrs.- is trip down from the North Pole. fey iw about h STUDENTS HEAR L D. S. APOSTLE "Educate yourselves not only for time but for eternity as well," advised Joseph Fielding Smith of the council of twelve L. D. S. apostles and member of the board of trustees at Brigham Young university uni-versity who addressed the "Y" assembly Wednesday. Elder Smith held preparation for the life to come as important as preparinR for the present life. Mrs. Smith, who was present with her husband, sang a solo, which was followed by a duet of a church hymn by herself and her husband. The BYU concert chorus sang "My Help Cornea for the Lord," three .soloists being Louise Bullock Bul-lock and Edward Sandgrcn of Provo and Blaine Johnson of Spanish Span-ish Fork. The BYU band, directed by Prof. Robert Sauer, played two selections. 4-H Girl Stricken With Appendicitis CHICAGO, Dec. 4 V,r. Lavon Gurr, " of Pleasant View, Utah, came to Chicago a.s one of her state's six 4-1 1 club award winners. win-ners. But Lavon won't be on hand for the national 4-H congress. con-gress. She was admitted to a hospital late Sunday night, shortly after her arrival from Salt Lake City. Yesterday, an emergency appendectomy appen-dectomy was performed. Lavon is recovering as well as could be expected physically. Mentally.'hc's pretty disgusted. Coping Events Junior chanilwr, tonight, S o'cl'jck, interclub meeting at American Fork where Provoana will make bid. for Jaycee traveling trrophy. ' 20-30 club, Thursday, 8 p. m., Hotel Roberts. Business meeting. Election of officers for the next six months. Kiwauis, ThurMlay, 12:15 p. m., Hotel Roberts. Speaker, Dr. F. S. Harris, president of BYU. John O. Beesley of public affairs committee, com-mittee, chairman. 1 Rotary, Friday, 12:15 p. in., Hotel Roberts. Talking movie, "Army on Wheels," shown by Lieutenant Max R. Barber, head of the district recruiting service. Lions, Thursday, 7 p. m., Haase cafe. Speaker, Reed E. Vetterli, chief of the Salt Lake City police department, "The FBI." Directors meeting: at 6:15. Comes To Prdvo ) Yule Spirit Reigns Over Provo Ton igh t The Yule spirit will reign over Provo tonight when thousands thou-sands of men, women and children from Central Utah line" the streets of the illuminated business section to witness a colorful parade, feature of the annual Christmas opening cele- : S oration here. ' Santa Claus, down from the fhfl?ll M lfinn IWULJI UlillUII r f 1 Infill! i.lfSO fit I UllO VJtUUb Ul I Characterized by very light voting, vot-ing, the Provo school board election elec-tion for the Fourth municipal ward was in progress today, with the polls slated to close at 7 p. m. School officials made another plea for the voters to exercise their franchise by casting their ballots so that the result of the election would be representative of the desires of the entire popu lace in the ward. Mrs. Algie E. Ballif is the only candidate listed on the ballot, but informed sources indicated there was a move to elect an unannounced unan-nounced candidate through write-ins. write-ins. Polling place is the Avenue Lunch at Fifth North and University Uni-versity avenue. The Fourth ward includes all territory between Third West and Third East that is north of First South. Ti(H)V COLLArsES THREE KILLED NEW YORK, Dec. 4 U.F.) A roof section of the world's fair railroad exhibit collapsed during demolition today, killing' three workmen. BE IN IT IF ou Cutoff swoppimg TO THE VCPY UAST M1NUT-&V ff V SHOPPING DAYS U U TILL CHJIISTMAS mm W2 " T 77fT 11:1 IS -FOR For, Christmas 4 ? 5 4- 4 f art ixCPrOYP's Christmas .opening celebration tonight, spends . p, .few, S. W. Griswold of 274 East Third North, after telling the little North Pole to take part in the festivities, will ride one of the most foremost floats, and many a boy and girl will be anxiously waitiner on the sidelines to tret a glimpse of the jolly old fellow, who typifies good will and peace. Promptly at 6:30 p. m. Mayor Mark Anderson will turn on the Christmas lights, which will blink from overhead along the business section streets and from 3tore fronts. At the same time the parale will start to move at Fifth West and Center street. The paraue will move east on Center street to University avenue, then north to Second North, where it will disband. dis-band. The parade will include several bands, a large number of beautiful beauti-ful floats, and various novelty unita. " Immediately following the parade, pa-rade, some 6000 packaged of candy will be given away on the "street just east of the city and ccfmty building. ' " The chamber of commerce committee com-mittee in charge of the celebration celebra-tion follows: Evan Thomas, general gen-eral chairman; K. !5. Weight, parade; pa-rade; Scott Thompson, street lighting; Jerry Bybee, store front lighting; Clyde James, residence lighting; candy distribution, Le-Roy Le-Roy J. Olsen; trucks, Sterling Price; bands. Gene Hoover; traffic traf-fic and safety, Dex Shriver and Police Chief Guy-F. Christensen; music programs, J. C. Moffitt Noted Chemist To Speak Tonight Dr. John H. Yoe, proressor of chemistry at University of Virginia, Vir-ginia, will be the speaker at the December meeting of the Northwestern North-western Utah branch of the American Amer-ican Chemical society to be held Wednesday evpning at Brigham Young university. Dr. Yoe's talk, "Some Recent Advances in Calorimetric Analysis," An-alysis," will be given in room 115 Education building, immediately following a dinner of the group at the "Y" cafeteria. - Joseph K. Nicholes, chairman of the Northwestern Utah section of the society, and associate professor profes-sor of chemistry at B. Y. U., will preside at the Wednesday meeting. Celebrat ion FARM BOYS GET. BLOODED STOCK CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (U.H) Three farm youths who lacked the opportunity oppor-tunity to work with blooded stock were rewarded today at the 41st International Livestock Exposition with registered heifers which some day may produce grand champions champ-ions of the International. The calves were presented by three directors of the show for "good sportsmanship in the face of reverses, and outstanding records rec-ords in the community." The winners were: Clem Aires, 15, Silver Creek, Ga., who couldn't afford to come to receive his prize. Mell Miller, 20. Clarksvllle, Tenn., who lives in a county where there L3 only one herd of registered regis-tered cattle. Herbert Rees, 15, Pleasantville, la., owner of the steer which placed second In the junior steer competition this year. County Approves Nursing Program Utah county's participation in a cooperative agreement in which tha county will pay $3030 toward the salaries of six nurses employed on the state nursing program in the county for the year 19tl was okehed by the county commission Wednesday. Under the agreement, the three boards of education of the county will pay 30o0 while the state board of health will pay $7020. -- B. Y. High School To Stage Comic Opera 'H. M.S. Pinafore' Boasting of one of the best all-around all-around casts in many years, the Brigham Young university high school will present the comic opera "11. M. S. Pinafore," Thursday evening in College hall, William F. Hanson and Mary McGregor, directors. The delightful production, featuring fea-turing a wealth of beautiful music, promises to be one of the best high school entertainments ever staged in Provo, according to those who have seen previews of it. Principals in the cast are Wayne Anderson, Max Hatch, Bruce Dab-ling, Dab-ling, Douglas Stott, Phil Christensen, Christen-sen, Hal MitcheU, Max Loveridge, June Mower, Peggy Lee Whiting, Marian Vance, Carl Hunter and Bob Greaves. They all have good voices and have been well trained in their solo and ensemble parts. 11 Corporations , Cndicied Undor ' flnti-Trust Law World-wide Chain of Conspiracies Con-spiracies To Control Price is Charged NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U.R) Eleven corporations and 31 individuals were named in six anti - trust indictments opened in federal court today, to-day, charging a world-wide chain of conspiracies to control con-trol and monopolize the price and production of nitrogen and nitrogen dlrivativc3 used in national nation-al defense industries. " Corporations named in the indictments in-dictments were the E. I. duPont De Nemours Co., Wilmington, Del.; The Barrett company, the Semet-Solvay company, Allied Chemical and Dye Co., Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.", Anglo-Chilean Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Corp., Lautaro Nitrate Company, Ltd.;. Chilean Nitrate Sales Co., Synthetic Nitrogen Nitro-gen Products Corp., all with headquarters head-quarters , in New York City, and the Chilean Nitrate and Iodine Sales Corp of Valpariso," Chile, and the Solvay Process company of Syracuse, N. Y. The corporations were named 29 counts and the individuals in 66 counts. Some of the indictments charged conspiracy existed througn restrictive re-strictive contracts with producers and marketers of nitrates throughout the United States and many foreign countries, including Norway, England, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Sweden, former for-mer Poland, Belgium, Japan and Chile. The indictments, opened before Judge ..William.. Bosdy, ...charged the conspiracies involved price and production of nitrogen, nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and other nitrates, and derivatives used in agriculture and in the operations of steel, mills, gas plants, waterworks, and other industries. in-dustries. In addition to those indicted, about 30 foreign corporations and 60 individuals, chiefly executives of the corporations, were n;ned as co-conspirators but not defendants. defend-ants. Elks To Induct New Class of 12 Twelve new members one of the largest classes ever initiated here will be inducted into the Provo Lodge No. 849, B. P. O. Elks, at a special initiation meeting meet-ing Thursday, at 8 p. m. at the Elks home, announces Exalted Ruler JIugh Jolley. The new members will be known as the John J. Pershing class in line with a national Elks program to honor the venerable general, who is a member of the Order of Elks. - A large crowd" is expected to attend Thursday's meeting, according ac-cording to Mr. Jolley. Special entertainment en-tertainment will be provided. District Deputy Exalted Ruler Erin S. Leonard of Price will be present at the lodge session, it was announced today. This Day..:. J BORN Boy, to Ted and Evelyn Lloyd Hicks, Tuesday. LICENSED TO MARRY Forest LaNcll Loader, 19, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, and Virginia Bezzant, 15, Pleasant Grove. Assisting the principals will be a capable chorus of 45 singers and an orchestra of 25 pieces, directed by Max Butler. One of the feature numbers will be a solo, "The Skipper of My Heart," composed by Marilyn Brunson, to be song by Marian Vance. Assisting in the production are the following faculty members in addition to those mentioned: Anna B. Hart, dramatics; Ruth Bid-dulph, Bid-dulph, dancing; Louise Abegg, accompanist; Morris Clinger, staging; stag-ing; Olive Winterton, costumes; Kolden L. Woo If, finance; C. La-Voir La-Voir Jensen, advertising; Verla Birrell, house decorations; Ralph Laycock, Warren Kirk, June Boss, Verl Brailsford, Cruse Howe and McLoyd Erickson, assistants. america to se;:d ships TO'DRITAIN Heavy Shipping Toll By U-Boatc Makes Aid Necessary By JOE ALEX MORRIS Foreign News Editor American ships and perhaps per-haps economic aid appeared imminent for Great BfTtaih today to offset an Axis onslaught on-slaught by bomber squadrons and U-boats against key industries in-dustries and overseas supply lines of the British -Isles . The gravity of the offensive against British shipping was emphasized em-phasized in the house of commons when it- was announced Prime Minister Winston Churchill personally per-sonally was directing efforts of British experts toward finding "an early and effective" method of overcoming a "resourceful ene-my. ene-my. Program Worked Out A program for speeding greater great-er assistance to Britain was worked out at Washington by Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., as dispatches from Europe told of a spreading offensive against Britain, with air attacks on . at least five indus-, indus-, trial centers ' and plans for Nazi submarines to operate "in packs like wolves" against British shipping. ship-ping. 1 London. Southampton, Gloucester, Glouces-ter, Oxford and Birmingham were among targets attacked by German Ger-man bombers in the last 24 hours, .according to Berlin and. London, . and " KnzLt claimed many huge fires had been started by tons of heavy bombs. Aerial bombardment of German airdromes in northern France featured fea-tured yesterday's daylight operations opera-tions by the British air force. On the sea lanes, where the Germans Ger-mans yesterday claimed to have sunk 15 to 18 British ships, Berlin said one U-boat reported sinking of six armed enemy merchant vessels totaling 31,500 tons on Its latest voyage, and a long-range bomber had sunk a 4,900-ton merchantman in an attack yesterday yester-day on a large convoy 250 miles off Ireland. Destroyer Torpedoed ' The Italian communique . reported re-ported torpedoing of a British destroyer in the Atlantic on Sunday Sun-day and the air torpedoing: of two British cruisers off Crete, important import-ant new British base in the Mediterranean. Medi-terranean. According to suggestions issued (Continued on Page Three) ECCLES FAVORS BRITISH LQAfi . NEW YORK, Dec. 4 IU.D The New York Herald Tribune said today that Marriner S. Eccles. chairman of the board of governors gov-ernors of the federal rewerve system, has proposed the United States lend Great Britain $2,500,-000,000. $2,500,-000,000. The proposal was said to have been made last week at a closed meeting here of the National. Industrial In-dustrial conference fcoard which includes bankers, .industrialists and economists. Eccles proposed, the United States would take as security a lien on the British empire's em-pire's gold production for the next five years, the newspaper said. . AUNT HET . By ROBERT QUTULEN "Money spent at the beauty parlor ain't wasted. - Why ain't a beauty treatment worth as much as a doctor's visit if . it makes you feci just as good." . 1 |