OCR Text |
Show The Weather - UTAH: Shmm or mew flar-Hew flar-Hew and coider tonJjtit with freexlng temperature. We-dne-day partly cloudy. SLu, temp, Monday 60 MIn. temp Monday St Call The Herald If yon do not receive yonr Herald ; promptly, call The Herald office, ',; 493, before 7 p.m. week days, and : : 10 am. Sundays, and a copy wl3 . . be delivered to yoa." FIFTY-FO URTH YEAR, NO. 188 UTAH'S ONtiT DAILY SOUTH OF BAUT IAJOS 'E& PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, , TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 COMPLETE CT7rTED PREM TELJvQRAPH NEWS 3ERVICB PRICE FIVE CENTS BE,K Pie A T n mn n H3 U UUU LZ3 r? a m n ran ojt7 j bm u u JUU Hl JiiL X2k -U-. BY THE EDITOR . "I wish I had ' stayed in Utah," writes a former resident resi-dent of the state who went to California many years ago to seek a fortune in the coast v state. His first business venture ven-ture was in Long Beach, where he acquired an apartment apart-ment house property. . When i iho pnrthmiflVp ram nlonc. the building - was badly damaged dam-aged and he suffered a heavy loss. - - ' oOo Salvaging what lie could from the disaster he went north, investing what was a. m - mm m . .' ft ICIl UI IU3 lilHUiligS in a uav ramento valley walnut orchard. orch-ard. Recent floods, down there have practically .washed him out. He writes home that his property is under 15 feet of water, and .his losses certain cer-tain to be high. He thinks misfortune is pursuing him, and is undecided: about the next step to take. ' f ' OOO . .- : According to Bradstreet, the business; man who does not advertise runs a greater risk of failing than one who does.- The figures show that , 84 of each 100 merchants who fail in business busi-ness did not advertise. The wise use of printer's ink is one of the essentials of successful business. . oOo The cub reporter had been urged to use all the names possible iri writing items . "In fact," continued, the editor, edi-tor, "names are news and therefore essential." A day or two later, the reporter re-porter wrote the ' following: "Lightning last night killed three cows that belonged to Ike Davis, northwest of town. Their names were Rosie, Isabel Isa-bel and Mabel." - ; - - .. .. -oOo- It does not breathe; - . It does not smell; , So very well. . ,-' I am discouraged with my nose. The only, thlnjr v i It does Is blows. ' MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's - Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and . ROBERT S. ALLEN Secretary Perkins' Last Report Re-port Also Said Idle Number Only 2 Millions GOP Candidates Candi-dates Sticking Closely To Liberal Views in Frank's Program ' Disregarding Powerful Eastern Leaders in Appeal for Popular Support; Sup-port; Pare ; Lorentz Much-Admired Much-Admired Film Service May Be Axed On Technicality. WASHINGTON Columnist Dorothy Thompson and Arthur Krock don't know It but they had one high-placed member of the administration on their side In the controversy .over "unemployment figures. '' ' The unexpected ally was Secre-v Secre-v tary Frances Perkins. . When the two columnists fired their startling barrage : that the employable jobless army numbered number-ed only two and not ten million, New Deal strategists, fearful of the effect the charge might have on their drive to Increase the "WPA budget, scurried around to drum up impressive denials. . One authority auth-ority they approached for such a counterblast was Miss Perkins. Dut to their aAtpnishment she balked. At first they were mystified mys-tified by her attitude but, finally on an inside tip they found the explanation in -her , annual report last year. In this, document is a paragraph that in effect completely complete-ly : corroborate the ..Thompson-Krock ..Thompson-Krock claim. ' - NoteWhile . Miss Perkins' report- escaped general notice,, the alert U. S. Chamber of Commerce spotted' it. The chamber called its 'members' attention to the report In a monthly bulletin. . ifr i ifc FRANK'S GOP PLATFORM i i. : If you have been following the campaign speeches of the Republican Repub-lican candidates, ; you , probably (Continued on: Page, Two) . , UTAHNS ASK CHANGE IN BOULDER ACT Protection of Rights Great Basin To Be Demanded of SALT LAKE CITY, April 2 (U.R) Addition of four articles arti-cles 7 to a proposed Boulder canyon . project adjustment act was advocated today by the "Salt Lake chamber of commerce and the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah. " The Colorado River-Great Basin Waterusers' association also Joined Join-ed in the demand for changes to protect rights of the basin, o- Passage of the adjustment act without the revisions would result in loss of hights of upper basin states and increase : difficulties with which they will be faced in making appropriations of water, they contended. They planned to present their protests late today . Co the state water .storage commission at a conference at the state capltoL. ; The articles recommended included: in-cluded: That the upper basin states be compensated at the rate of seven-tenths of a mill for any firm power, and .21 of -a mill for any secondary power made: available avail-able to power allottees ; any water belonging to the upper basin states under the Colorado river compact not used shall be stored for them in Mead lake. Provision that' water stored by upper basin' states in Meade lake may be exchanged for upper, basin water ' belonging to lower basin states ; payment t to upper basin states "for power they do not use. The; f 011$ articlea,were recommended recom-mended by the engineers' committee, commit-tee, for utilization of the Colorado river water In Utah. ninimum I'Jagcs, oxinum lours. Sot for Utah . SALT LAKE CITY, April 2 (U.EK-A state industrial commission commis-sion order establishing minimum wages and -' maximum. Viours for women and minors . in - the retail stores of Utah, effective -June 3, was released today. ' , . sThe order provided forthe eight hour day and a work week from 40. to 48 hours. It stipulated minimum mini-mum wages of from $10 to 15 a week in various hour zones set up by the regulations. , . ' Exceptions were made in the fixing of minimum wages for apprentices, ap-prentices, learners and; delivery boys under 18 years of age working work-ing under a permit, issued by the board of. education; Wage zones ' established ' were: Salt Lake City, SIS a week; Ok-den, Ok-den, $14; Logan and Provo, $13; Bingham, Brigham City, Eureka, Helper, Midvale, Murray, Park City, Price and Tooele, $12; American ! Fork. Bountiful. Cedar City, Lehl, Payson, Richfield. Smithfield, v- Spanish Fork ' an4 Sprtngville, $11; all others, $10. The order replaces one promulgated promul-gated over two years ago which was Invalidated by the state supreme su-preme court. . The order - stated specifically that employers could not make it a basis for increasing hours or reducing wages , of their employes.' . i ; , Coleman Speaks At Spanish Fork SPANISH FORK Jacob Coleman, Cole-man, chairman, of the Vocational Guidance Committee of the Pro-yo Pro-yo Kiwanis club was the guest speaker at the ' meeting . of the Kiwanis' club held Monday evening even-ing at the Day cafe. Mr. Coleman spoke on "Vocational Guidance" and its value to the students, stressing the Importance of this service 'carried on by the Kl-wanis Kl-wanis club.- In connection with this service a report was given by- Ernest - E.-, Knudsen of the classes in vocational guidance held at the hi eh school Monday after noon in which 390 students sought guidance in vocations and were instructed in ten groups by qualified quali-fied leaders. Forest Ranger Merrill Mer-rill Nielsen, chairman of the Vocational Vo-cational Guidance committee was in charge of the program and President John E. Booth presided. Staff Plans f' 7 v DR. FRED R. .TAYLOR Chairman First Institute At Hospital to Open Wednesday ' The" medical staff , of the Utah Valley hospital will hold its first medical institute Wednesday and. Thursday, for the physicians in the hospital f area and the . consulting staff, in the hospital at 1100 West Fifth North. The committee in charge of all arrangements for the institute are Doctors Fred . R. Taylor,: chairman ; Lloyd L. Cullimore, J. W. .AIrd, J. J. .Weight,' Stanley Clark, and L. Weston Oaks. . 1 The' specific subject will, be "Diseases of the gall-bladder." . T. L. ; Althausenv L who Is asso ciate professor of medicine at the University of I California medical school In San Francisco,? wiU conduct con-duct the Institute and will lecture on the medical phase of the subject sub-ject assisted by : Orin A; ;0llvie, M. D. who will discuss the , "Pathology "Path-ology of diseases of.' the gaU-bladder." gaU-bladder." M. Lowry Allen, M.: D., radiologist for the .Utah Valley hospital will demonstrate , with x-ray x-ray films J VRoentgenolgic dlagno-Bls' dlagno-Bls' and N. F. Hlcken, M. D., wUl give a paper on the J'Surgica". treatment of diseases of the gallbladder." gall-bladder." J. W. Aird, M. D., will assist; with a" round ' table discussion discus-sion of the presented 'cases and of questions submitted orally at ; the time or dropped on the-preceding day into a "Question Box." WAGE-HOUR LAW IS HELD VALID w ;-::' .- ,k-Cm-m .-fa 4 ; NEW ORLEANS, April-2 UJ!) The Fifth U- S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld constitutionality consti-tutionality of the Wage-Hour law. The appellate court refused- to set' aside an order of the wage-hour wage-hour administrator setting a minimum min-imum wage of 32 cents an hour for employes of the textile industry, in-dustry, ' The ruling was . in the case of the Opp cotton mills of Opp, Ala., and 15 other textile mills of the south Which joined the suit after It was filed. The Southern ' Cotton Cot-ton Manufacturers' organization also entered, the suit as an, intervener. in-tervener. ' It was the first test for the Industry committee procedure under un-der 1 the fair labor standards act of 1938 for establishing minimum wages ; toward 'the .;' objective of a universal wage of 40 cents " an hour ( Section 8-A) ," in all industries indus-tries engaged in interstate commerce com-merce or in r the production of goods for interstate commerce. Regular meeting of Story Lodge No. 4, F. and A. M. will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Masonic temple. . Electricity. Consumers Begin To Apply All electricity consumers of the southeast section of Provo, which includes territory east of University Univer-sity avenue and south of: -'Center street should make application, for service at the department of utilities util-ities in the city hall (old postoffice building) on or . before April 6, states R. C. Adams, superintendent.' superintend-ent.' "..-.'" Other : section :.of town . will be Institute Here DR. J. W. AIRD Vice Chairman . DR. L. L.. CULLIMORE. I Secretary-Treasurer - ! - REPUBLICANS TO "GATHER" FRIDAY Election of officers in the various vari-ous ' districts and .municipal wards of . Provo will the -main order .of business at Republican party, reorganization re-organization meetings Friday :-- at 8 p. m-. announces Verl J Dixon, publicity, chairman.' - . Meetings of the municipal wards and districts are' scheduled at the above time in the following follow-ing places: First' ward (districts 1-4 inclusive) Maeser school; Second Sec-ond ward (districts 5-8) Franklin school ; Third ward v (districts 9-11) 9-11) - Tirapanogos school; - Fourth ward f (districts 12-15) . Joaquin school, and Fifth .ward (districts 16-19) Farrer junior high school. Reorganization of the municipal munici-pal ' wards will be first business in order. A chairman, vice chairman, chair-man, secretary and treasurer will be named by each ward. District Dis-trict meetings will follow, at which reorganization will take place. A chairman, ' vice chairman of the opposite sex, secretary, and treasurer treas-urer will be named by each district. dis-trict. ' Delegates to the . county convention con-vention and three : members to the county central committee also will be elected by each district. Mr. Dixon urges all . Republicans Republi-cans to attend - the meeting in their-respective wards. This Day... , . LICENSED TO MAKUV Eldred Parley . Lewis, 21, Idaho Falls, Ida., and Norma Anderson, 22, Idaho Falls. Junius Newell Christensen. .24, Provo and Helena Erummett, 24, Oakland, Calif, - Arlo B. Shumway, 23, Vineyard, and Jane Lee, 18, Provo. ' Gerald Byron Klrkpatrick, 21, American Fork, and Erma Lavon Boyce, 20, ' Provo. '- Allen Bradford Creer, legal age, Spanish . Fork, and Annabel Pace, legal age, Payson. Rulon Doyle Allred. 32, Mclba, Idaho, , and Mary Ellanora Woods, 21, Melba, Idaho. for City Service asked to make application later.. Culinary . water bills . beginning with the May billing, wUI be subject sub-ject to a 10. per cent, discount if paid promptly, states Mr. Adams However, no bills will be discounted discount-ed until all past due accounts are paid In full. . Mr. Adams .urges aU users to pay ud their accounts so they will be able to take advantage advan-tage of the discount. ... - . - EVENT SLATED APRIL 12-13 Plans ; Laid At Meeting Here,; Refrigerator To J: Be Given Away , A parade of outstanding values at: sensational prices! That's what Provo Bargain "arnival April 12-13 will bring shoppers of Utah valley, 'according 'ac-cording to Earl " Oss, chairman. chair-man. , -': y With Mr.r Oss leading the discussion,' 35 Provo merchants met at Hotel Roberta today, and enthusiastically en-thusiastically and unitedly discussed discus-sed plans for two great days of bargain giving, ; topped off with presentation of a fine, six-foot electric refrigerator to a customer;' custom-er;' ;-"'v '' ' 7 Surprises In Store Provo ; Bargain Carnival Is the second sales promotional event sponsored this year by the retail merchants committee of the Provo chamber of commerce, Sidney W, Russell, chairman, states. People who recall the colorful spring opening - celebration In 1 March haven't - seen anything yet," .declare .de-clare the merchants planning the bargain parade next week. " Speakers at today's meeting included in-cluded Mr. . Oss, Clayton Jenkins, secretary of the chamber of commerce;. com-merce;. Mr.- RusseU, W. C La-Brache, La-Brache, Wlllard-. Mintin, Jean Hoover,- J. W. Christensen and "J. R. Jensen of the committee; Lloyd E. Anderson of the DaUy Herald; Manager Arch Madsen of KOVO, and Mrs. Ina C. Brown.-' Merchants in every - retail line ore pledging their support and promise to offer" bargains no'fohe" but many the like of. which has never, before been seen here. The beautiful new refirgerator will be given away at the KOVO comer, First - West' and ' Center street. at.f 6 ;30 p. m. Saturday, April 13, as the climactic feature of the bargain carnival. -: Tickets to be used In determining determin-ing the winner will be given away by all - participating merchants during' the two days, Friday and Saturday. .One ticket will be given for the Initial 25-cent purchase, and one additional ticket for each (Continued on Page Three) Sidewalks Asked . Dy Residents in Three Sections Provo city will ask co-operation of the -state road commissio in constructing sidewalks along state highways in three sectors of the city, said Mayor Mark Anderson following Monday night's meeting of the city commission. . If funds for materials-are furnished fur-nished by the state, Provo city will sponsor WPA projects for the labor, the mayor indicated. On Center street west of the viaduct via-duct at Twelfth West, south on the Sprtngville road, and north on Fifth West are the three locations where sidewalks are badly needed, Mayor Anderson said. He pointed out that the state road commission has been spending spend-ing considerable for sidewalk projects, proj-ects, and that there is an urgent need for sidewalks in the three areas in Provo because of the danger dan-ger to pedestrians walking on the highways. The city and the state road commissions com-missions were requested to "do something about" the bad condition condi-tion with respect to sidewalks west of the Center street viaduct In a petition addressed jolnly to the two commissions and presented Monday night. The petition was signed by 29 residents usingfthe street, as follows: fol-lows: Mr. and 'Mrs. Eldon G. Mc-Kell. Mc-Kell. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Vincent, Earl Coopr, Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Vincent. Vin-cent. Isaac B. Nelson. Annie Mil-denhall. Mil-denhall. William Mildenhall, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Halladay. ' Mrs. Hazel Halladav, George W. Halladay, Mr. and Mrs. Bert F. Halladay, Harry L. Halladay, Mrs. Melvin L. Williamson. Albert Lunnen, Chris P. Andreason, Bill Burke. Edith Burke. Victor Vol-kel, Vol-kel, Verna Volkel, J. F. Borget and Ray Borget. - Besides considering the petition, the commissioners discussed with property owners the possibility of opening up and widening several streets in the outskirts of the city. Chamberlain Warns Neatra Is; Reveals Ruthless Blockade War Headed For Economic Struggle of Unpredictable Un-predictable Length; Blockage Against Germany To Be Made Tighter Still -i - m ; -f By JOE ALEX MORRIS . Foreign News Editor - Europe's war appeared today to be swinging toward an economic struggle of., unprecedented bitterness and unpredictable unpre-dictable lenpth. " . Prime, Minister. Neville Chamberlain, addressing: the house of commons in London after the Easter recess, broadly outlined the Allied plans for ruthless tightening of the blockage block-age against Germany on land and on sea, and at constantly increasing danger to neutral states. ' The neutrals, Chamoerlaln warn 4-Gouncil Scout Conclave Opens Here Wednesday Provo Boy Scout leaders today awaited the arrival of scouters from S other Utah councils here Wednesday for the annual state meeting of Region 12 to be held in the First ward chapel. Officials from Ogden Gateway, Cache Valley, and Salt Lake coun cils will participate In the meet. the first to ever be held in Utah Park's council, with national and regional scout leaders. Under the theme, "Bowling a Ten Strike for Scouting In 1940. the meeting will begin with registration' reg-istration' at 9 a. m. to be followed GEORGE Q. MORRIS by a general session at 9:30. A noon luncheon at Hotel Roberts a general session at 1:45, and dinner din-ner in Hotel Roberts at 6:30 will feature the day's activities-. Group sessions will be held during the afternoon. Justice John F. Pullen, Ban Francisco, chairman, will preside over the meeting. " Arthur A. Schuck, New York City, directors of operations, will give the keynote address at trfi morning session. George Q. Morris of Salt Lake City, a member of the regional executive- committee. wiU preside over the dinner as well as speak at the general session. ses-sion. Republicans Call Mass Meeting SPANISH FORK Republicans of the Spanish Fork precinct have called a mass meeting Thursday evening, April 4, commencing at 8 p. m. for the purpose of effecting' ef-fecting' a party organization in the city and electing a chairman and chairwoman and treasurer from each of the seven districts and also to select delegates from each district to the Utah County Republican convention. . . B.Y.U. to Close For Conference Classes will be dismissed at the Brigham Young university. Friday to permit students and membrs of the faculty to attend the open-nlnsr open-nlnsr sessions of the semi-annual conference in Salt Lake City. COPPER GOES DOWN NEW YORK. April 2 . mn Refinery interest today reduced the price of scrap copper 1-8 cent to 9 5-8 cents per pound. The new price is roughly equiv. alent to 11 1-8 cents per pound on a refined basU, at which level some domestic sales have ben reported. ed, must understand that any aid they give to Germany makes them liable eventually to -hideous-serfdom as a victim of Adolf Hitler's Hit-ler's foreign policy. And, from Berlin, came new warnings that the Nazis were ready to counteract counter-act any Allied move to tighten the blockade by pressure or armed force against neutrals. Denmark Protest Chamberlain's war review left no doube as to the determination of the Allied powers to Intensify the economic struggle regardless of the fate of neutrals.' The protests of neutrals, which are under Increasing German pressure, pres-sure, continued to flow Into London, Lon-don, with Denmark making the latest complaint that a Britlah submarine torpedoed a German steamer In Danish waters last The British government appeared appear-ed likely to pay little attention to such protests, and the danger that one belligerent or the other would use force ag-ainst the neutrals "and thus open a 'new war" front appeared likely to increase dally. ' Germany also was depending upon her geographic position to offset with the additional threat of military force the Allied efforts ef-forts to cut into supply lines through the Balkans to the Reich. The British and French, who have been consulting with envoys to southeastern Europe on means of combatting Germany there, apparently appar-ently have been seeking to outbid Germany In Balkan markets. Controversy continued over the German publicaUon of a white book containing alleged official Polish diplomatic reports, all of which were viewed by the Nazis as showing that envoys of President Presi-dent Roosevelt sought to stiffen the pre-war stand of the Allies arainst Germany. The Berlin press was Indignant in large headlines because of American and other denials of authenticity at the alleged documents docu-ments and inisted that they were published only as historical records. rec-ords. This view ignored earlier Nazi suggestions that the publication publi-cation (timed to coincide with return re-turn of Sumner Welles to Washington) Wash-ington) was a "big joke" on Mr. Roosevelt and probably would hinder hin-der any prospects of a third term. Official German sources also denounced as "stupid" a story published by the New York Dally News which said photostatic copies of the alleged document indicated the German propaganda ministry "had slipped some new words into the Polish language. Immunization for Nursery School Immunization and vaccination for all nursery school children will be given at a meeting Friday at 1:30 p. m. at Community church, under direction of City physician C. M. Smith and Mrs. Carol B. Raile. nurse. A parent must accompany ac-company each child. The monthly party for nursery school parents will be held Friday at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Fred Hollerman. 315 South Eighth West. A charge of 20 cents per couple for refreshments should be paid by Thursday. Broken Turnbuckle Cause of Crash SALT LAKE CITY. April 2! t'-Hi A broken turnbuckle ef aj rudder cable caused a plane crash j which resulted indirectly in the death of the pilot. F. Bradley Bowers. 20, University of Utah student, federal inspectors aJd today. They continued their Investigation Investiga-tion of the crash. Bowers wai killed when he was dragged across a field by a parachute with which he leaped from the plane. LABOR CHIEF WOULD BOLT DEMOCRATS Voices Dissatisfaction With Administration cf Roosevelt Br LYLK C WILSON WASHINGTON, April 2 UPj Political statistics offered of-fered little promise today that President John L. Lewis of the CongTejss of Industrial Organizations would be able to compel the Democratic party par-ty to choose a 1940 presidential, presiden-tial, candidate and platform cut to hla'nattern. Lewis threatened yesterday to organize a third party with farm, labor, Townsend pension plan and Negro votes, unless Democrats choose a platform and candidate suitable to him. He told vpvards of 10.000 persons at Moncah. w. Va that he astarr.ed the Republican Repub-lican party candidates and platform plat-form would be unsuitable, leaving U. therefore, to the Democrats to avert this third party rcrnrerr-erU Sen. Sherman Minon. said he had no doubt the Democrats Demo-crats would nominate a liberal this year, but predicted any thirl party led by Lewis would poll fewer few-er than 1,000.000 votes, fk-ore-a Gamer-Several Gamer-Several outstanding Democrats already have been vetoed by Lewis so far as 1&40 is concerned. He eaHed Vice President John N. Garner Gar-ner a "poker playing, whiikv drinking, labor baiting, evil til man." He had denounced Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt'in nubile and Eis "n cated opposition to Secretary cf State Cordell Hull irv private. . Lewis has never said he would net vote for President Roosevelt's reelection, re-election, but he said publicly last January Mr. Roosevelt would be defeated if he run again. Lewis' pick of the men of 1P4Q In believed to be Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D, Mont who was honored hon-ored by LewU In January by an Invitation to make the principal address to the annual meeting cf the United Mine Workers cf America. His break with Mr. Roosevelt has been developing over a period of months. (Conai4uea on Page Eight) FLOOTHiTS-CREST FLOOTHiTS-CREST TODAY SUNBL'RY, Pa, April 2 The raging 8usquennna river, spreading death and destruction along its 200-rcile basin from tfe New York State line to the Southern South-ern Pennsylvania border, crested today and alleviated further flood fears. U. S. army engineers, after a survey of the entire area, sai l only additional heavy rainfall would cause the water to rise again. Many of the 20.000 homeless relief authorities said, wouks be able to return to their home tomorrow to-morrow If the present rate cf recession re-cession were continued throughout the day and night. I-VJURins FATAL RUTERT, Ida., Xpril 2 CI'.-. Internal injuries received when a leg fell on him today proved fatal fa-tal to Donald Hyde. 15-year-cli son cf Mr. and Mra. David HyJe, Rupert. AUNT HET By Robert Quillea ' 1 1 r "lii:t uM ne in !U of taiJn rare f hi t; but hi v, lie trl- to ;r.l her uLare of what he'd tae If he didn't havtJ any fc:k.i to Cairo fi.fr." |