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Show The Weather TIT All: Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; occasional light snow" Tuesday and west tonight ; wanner wann-er tonight and east Tuesday. Maximum temp., Sunday ... 20 Minimum temp., Sunday 11 below Today's low 2 below Build Utah County By Patronizing Local Stores and Business Houses i ( HI I O FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 118 I UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OP SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1940 COMPLETE UNITED press PPTPTT1 TTTUT nTTXTTCS TELEI'UHAPII NEWS SERVICE XlVlrj fi V Hi lv El IN Id I 4 DESK CHAT BY THE EDITOB nn r3 n rnv n n nrm urAUM U U UUUVt U A democratic country, based bas-ed on equal opportunity for all men to make the best of whatever abilities they have, always has a certain amount Df trouble because some of those individuals abuse those freedoms. They make too much money in devious ways, for instance. The totalitarian countries, with their continual ranting1 against capitalism, make much of the alleged fact that they have ended all such exploitation ex-ploitation ended it, true, at the expense of denying opportunity op-portunity to all alike, but ended" it. They leave a hole thereby, but present their people with i doughnut of ant-hill security. Yet reports seep out of Russia from time to time of shootings of profiteers; from Germany of beheadings of profiteers; and now from Italy comes Lavita ItaTiana, a paper published by Roberto Rober-to Farinacci, secretary of the Fascist party itself. Says Lavita: "Is there anyone who ' imagines prices are blocked and profiteers have disappeared?" disap-peared?" What, profiteers! In coordinated, co-ordinated, corporative, passb-Romanified passb-Romanified Italy? Tch! Tch! No doughnut either? -oOo- The. Duchess .of Windsor and eleven million other people had a tooth pulled recently re-cently ... a lot of things are simply remarkable until you understand them. Then they're remarkably simple . . . some husbands will have just as much fun buying Christmas Christ-mas presents aSHlielr wives will have returning them . . . . raisins would be more popular popu-lar with some people if they didn't take up so much room in mince pies . . . this cold weather is good for one thing, killing the bugs and pests that harass the farmer. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's ' Going On in National Affairs By DREW FEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN President's decision on defense de-fense commission eagerly awaited in capital; Expect him to create central authority, auth-ority, to get speed out of confusion; FDR ponders three plans for shake-up; all give Knudsen greater powers; GOP congressmen who voted against adjournment adjourn-ment now on junket to Panama. WASHINGTON Insiders would give a lot to know what the President is thinking- of doing: about the Defense Commission. This is the most urgent decision expected from Roosevelt when he returns to his desk. All hands are agreed that a drastic shake-up of the sprawling, sprawl-ing, overlapping administrative machinery of the defense program pro-gram is in order. Also that the muddled situation is not the fault of the Defense Commission itself. Though not perfect, it has done the best it could under the conditions. con-ditions. The Commission has had to operate without centralized authority and coordination, yet because of the patience and devotion de-votion of individual members, it has functioned a lot more effectively effec-tively than expected when it was set up. Now, however, the Commission has come to the cross-roads. If speed in the defense program is really as neccesary as Congress was told it was when asked to vote those billions last summer, then the President has got to give the Commission the power and responsibility re-sponsibility to do the job or junk it. The Defense Commission now is (Continued on Page Four) RECITAL POSTPONED The piano recital for students of Elmer E. Nelson, originally slated slat-ed tonight, has been postponed indefinitely in-definitely on account of the influenza in-fluenza epidemic. f COURT HOLDS WATER POWER ACT VALID Stream Navigability Not Limiting Factor Fac-tor Says Court WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (U.R) The U. S. Supreme Court today upheld constitutionality consti-tutionality of the Federal Water Power act in a decision decis-ion broadening the federal government's authority to regulate development of hydro-electric power resources. The decision, in the government's govern-ment's case against the Appalachian Appala-chian Electric Co., held the federal fed-eral government had power to regulate such resources regardless regard-less of whether the source of the power was a navigable stream or not. Navigability of a stream heretofore has been a determinative determina-tive factor in limiting federal power. , The supreme court upheld a Wisconsin tax law levying on income in-come gained by out-of-date corporations cor-porations operaling within Wisconsin. Wis-consin. In; a five to four decision the high court gave a broad extension ex-tension to the realm of state taxation. tax-ation. The constitutional limits of a state tax. Justice Felix Frankfurter Frank-furter said in the majority opinion, opin-ion, are set by the state's ability to give a service an return. In the power case, the govern ment sought a declaration that the Appalachian Electric Power company violated the law by .constructing .con-structing a power dam on the New river near Radford, Va., without obtaining a federal power commission license. Lower courts had held no license necssary. Justice Stanley F. Reed wrote the majority opinion from which Justice Owen J. Roberts and C. McReynolds dissented.. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes did not participate. E1ERCURY HITS 1 1 BEL017 HERE Continuing the abnormal cold s.jell, the mercury hit a new season's low of 1 1 degrees below zero in Provo Sunday morning, but lifted slightly today as this morning's minimum mini-mum was "only" 2 below. The weather bureau forecast fore-cast warmer weather throughout through-out the state for tonight, accompanied ac-companied in many sections by snow. G. of C. Eiestion Ends I7ednesday The Provo chamber of commerce com-merce election ballots must be returned re-turned to the chamber office by Wednesday at 7 p. m., when the votes will be counted, reminds Secretary Clayton Jenkins. Ballots carry the names of 14 candidates for the board of directors direc-tors who survived the primary election last week. Seven of the number will be elected. Judges of election are Ernest R. Rasmuson. Roy Hudson and Arch Madsen. . .-. 75 Homes Entered In Christmas Residential Lighting Contest Seventy-five Provo "homes have been entered in the junior chamber cham-ber of commerce Christmas residential resi-dential lighting contest, reported Frank Fister of the committee in charge, today. . Deadline fori entering the contest con-test is Wednesday. Contest . judges will be J. C. Moffitt, Evelyn Hansen. Fred L. Markham and two to be named. 'Judging will take place between December 23 and January 2 during dur-ing which period the lights are to be on from 7 to 10 p. m. each night. And Now It Looks v Somehow the tourist trade can and China's lifeline, the much bombed side of THREE TRAFFIC DEATHS OCCUR SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 16 (V.T.) Utah's 1940 traffic fatality toll stood today at 159, one less than 4 the corresponding period last year. Three deaths over the weekend caused a sharp rise toward last year's figure. Roel Barney, 25, Hatch, died of injuries received in 'a crash four ! miles south of Paneuitch. Rulon Ellis Howard, 17, Woods Cross, became the second weekend victim when he fell from the running board- of a moving automobile in Davis county. Third death resulted re-sulted when Mrs. Minnie F. Chugg, 68, Salt Lake City, was on tea uy tin-, autuniuuat; w nut; she was crossin a city street. 'Messiah1 Heard By Large Grovd High acclaim of a capacity audience was won at the tenth annual . presentation of Handel's famous oratorio, "The Messiah," given at the Provo tabernacle Sunday night by the Brigham Young university concert chorus and symphony orchestra. The presentation was directed by Drs.. Franklin Madsen and Florence Jepperson Madsen of the vocal music department and Professor Pro-fessor LeRoy J. Robertson, director direc-tor of the orchestra. The directors were assisted by Mary McGregor, lone Christensen Blaine Johnson and Edward Sand-gren. Sand-gren. Loa Mathews was pianist. J. J. Keeler, organist; Max Butler, But-ler, concert master and George Lake, manager of chorus. A favorite of Provo audiences each year, "The Messiah" scored a distinct triumph, andwas especially espe-cially effective in promoting the Yuletide spirit. OGDEX CONSTRUCTION IS AUTHORIZED WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (U.R) The war department today authorized au-thorized a $3,435,000 construction program at rae new. Utah general depot, Ogden, Utah. The depot will be a storehouse for supplied lor army units in western states. Mr. Fister reports the Jaycee barrel-aid - program is meeting with tremendous success, a large number of splendid gifts having been placed in the barrels in the stores by shoppers. The matinee Friday netted several hundred cans of food. The donaUon3 are being displayed dis-played at the barrel-aid headquarters headquar-ters at 39 East Center street. The Jaycee Wives, with the cooperation coopera-tion of the Relief Society, will distribute dis-tribute the gifts to needy families of Provo, according to Mr, Fister. m as If the Bu rma Road i f : j does pop up in tne most unexpeetced Burma Koad, as a group of Burmese the road to sell pottery flower pots to Fruitgrowers Discuss Peach Marketing Plan A round-table discussion on the federal peach marketing market-ing agreement led by Dr. A. Stark, U. S. A. C. extension horticulturist, featured the morning session of the annual convention of theUtah county fruit-growers, today. Sixty growers were in attendance."-: ----- " - -' - The agreement was generally considered a success in its first year of operation in Utah because it kept poor grade peaches off the out-of-state market and tended to keep the prices up, Dr. Stark said. However, the prices weren't as high as desired due to certain marketing entanglements, it was pointed out Main argument 'against t h e agreement appears to be the increased in-creased cost to the producer, which amounted to one-cent per bushel. However, Dr. Stark explained that sufficient money was collected col-lected during the past year to operate the agreement another year without cost to the farmer, so that the one-cent charge per bushel would be eliminated next year, . In the absence of Judge J. A. Howell, of Ogden, president of the Utah Horticultural society, who was unable to attend because of conflicting e n g a g ements, Dr, Stark was main speaker at the afternoon session, explaining a proposal to set up a state marketing market-ing act which will provide for control con-trol over the value of fruit within the state - similar to the control over out-of-state markets under the federal marketing agreement. LeGrand Jarman of Orem, executive ex-ecutive secretary of the Utah County Farm bureau, explained the relations'hip of the farm bureau bu-reau with the horticultural society and outlined how his organization can assist the fruit growers. Drafting of resolutions and election elec-tion of officers of the Utah County Coun-ty Horticultural society was slated slat-ed as the last order of business. Present officers of the society are J. Erval Christensen of Orem, president; A. Ray Ekins of Pleasant Pleas-ant View, vice president, and R. W. McMullin of Payson, legal adviser. ad-viser. 19 -fos THOUGHTFUL CHECH UP YOUR. LIST.......'. tSNV fUEB SOMBOMB YOU LOvEr THAT YOU'VE MISSED?-? "7 SHOPPING DAYS U TILL CHRISTMAS i(C rte ppp.Pf? J MUM - PPffilM Were Going Tourist ) 1 1 - J places. Here's a picture taken on women set up a btand along the passersby. TRUCK, TRAIN lil COLLISION What might have been a serious wreck resulted in only $50 to $75 damage and no injuries when a Salt Lake Transfer company truck-trailer and the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Heber branch line train came together; to-gether; at Second West and Third South streets at 11:15 a. m. today. When Albert Hammond, 50. of Salt Lake City driver of the westbound west-bound 18-wheel truck-trailer loaded load-ed with a caterpillar-type snow plow, was unable to stop his vehicle ve-hicle in time on account of icy roads, the front bumper and left front fender crashed into the cow catcher of the northbound train, which was proceeding slowly aerass the road. Both train and truck-trailer came to a stop at the point of impact. The train crew included Dean Til ton, engineer; L. Coombs, conductor, con-ductor, and C. L. Daley, head brakeman, all of Provo. Alfred Bryden, 31. of Salt Lake City, was a passenger ins the truck. Hammond told Provo police he did not see the train until it was too late to come to a full stop on the icy highway. He said he did not hear a train whistle, although an eye witness, Ernest Tucker, 26, of Provo, testified that the whistle had sounded. Provo police have been kept busy the past few days investigating investigat-ing minor auto accidents, most of them caused by slick roads. Autos driven by Fred Holler-man, Holler-man, 36, and Eugene Johansen, 22, both of Provo, came together at First South and First West Saturday Sat-urday night, total damage being about $100. Hollerman was ticketed ticket-ed for failing to yield the right-of right-of way. Other week end accidents included: A car driven by George Pierce, 23, of Provo, sideswiped one driven driv-en by Everett Van Wagenen, 25, cf Salt Lake City at Second North and Second East. Autos driven by James R. Winterton, 22, of Provo, ami F. H. Gunnerson, 29, of Salt Lake City, collided at First North and First East, and machines driven by Ray Borget, 38, and Ted A. Halliday, 19, both of Provo, collided on Seventeenth West. Bank Pays 6 Percent To Alf Stockholders The Farmers and Merchants bank today maiWl out. dividend checks to all of its stockholders. The dividend this year was a 6 per cent payment as compared with a 5 per cent dividend last year. REMARK BY F.D.R. STIRS CI Will Be Back in March, "If World Survives," Sur-vives," He Says RY LYLS C WILSON . WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 iU.R) President Roosevelt rer turns today from his tour of sea bases in the midst of speculation concerning what he, meant in suggesting that the world might be at an end by March. This dire and gloomy remark reached the capital while reports were circulating of the possibility possibili-ty that he might proclaim an unlimited national emergency to give th6 - rearmament program a psychological shot in the arm. To the patients of the Warm Springs, Ga., infantile paralysis community, Mr. Roosevelt said : 'T hope to be down here next March, without any question, if the world survives, for my usual two weeks' spring visit." No Elucidation-There Elucidation-There was no basis here for an extension of that remark and Mr. Roosevelt did not elucidate it. Did he v have information not available S,o the press and public? pub-lic? No one here could " say on what situation the remark was based and what the president would do to avert what he apparently appar-ently thinks would be a cataclys-mic cataclys-mic event. . , . ;'' ' Congressional reaction to Mr. Roosevelt's "world's end' remark was confused. Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, D., Ind., said he was confident con-fident the world was not going to end, that it would "come out better in the end." Sen. Pat Mc-Carran.- D., Nev., said the .United States would survive "if it keeps out of wrar and it's going to keep out of war." Sen. William H. King, D., Utah, took the remark as a warning, saying the president presi-dent "sensed" the dangers menacing menac-ing all democracies "including the United States." - From sources usually informed regarding national defense advisory advis-ory commission matters, it was learned that Commissioner William Wil-liam S. Knudsen's speech in New York Friday night may be interpreted inter-preted as a forerunner of a further fur-ther national emergency proclamation procla-mation by Mr. Roosevelt. A proclamation proc-lamation of "limited" national emergency already is in effect. Proclamation of unlimited na tional emergency at this time would be primarily for the psychological psy-chological effect it would have on industry and lab"6r but would have little direct bearing on the activities activ-ities of government or exercise of presidential powers, the United Press was told. Firemen Kept Busy On Sunday Provo firemen had little rest on the Sabbath as they were called to extinguish three fires yesterday, yester-day, Acting Chief Clarence Duke reported. At 12:45 p. m. they were called to the home of Wendell Collins, 153 South Fifth West, where a hot water jacket in the furnace had exploded. No fire los3 was recorded there, although the water wa-ter did considerable damage. Sparks on the roof caused a fire at the home of Truman Scott. Seventeenth West and Third South, which was extinguished shortly after 5 p. m. At 11:25 p. m. the firemen made a run to the Tom Gessford home at 705 East Center where a $5 loss was caused when a tenant placed some hot ashes in a pasteboard paste-board box in the hallway which shortly produced a fire. 0 JECTURE Utah's Presidential Electors Cast 4 Votes for Roosevelt SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 16 (l'.R Utah's presidential electors, who were chosen by general ballot at the November election, met today in the secretary of state's office to cast the state's four votes for president. Results of the vote to be sent to the national capital where they lb ilfcallaiin SIhIids Italian s S till Hold Solium Near Libya BY JOE ALEX MORRIS Foreign News Editor Great Britain and her Greek allies- smashed heavily heavi-ly at Italy today, blasting an Italian fleet concentration at Naples, driving into Libya and pressing forward in Albania Al-bania as Germany hinted possible reprisals against France for the ouster of Pierre Laval. The British middle east command com-mand reported five direct hits on a concentration of Italian warships war-ships in the harbor of Naples which was attacked by a powerful power-ful squadron , of Royal Air Force bombers Saturday night. The raid apparently was almost al-most as severe as the attack at Taranto -which the British claimed claim-ed put af least three Italian dreadnaughts out of commission. At Naples, British bombers were said to 'have fallen close to two Italian battleships and upon a fascist cruiser and destroyer fleet which was concentrated in the harbor. Italy Admits Hit-Italy Hit-Italy admitted the British had scored a direct hit on a "medium sized" warship at Naples, inflicting inflict-ing 50 casualties on its personnel. In the western desert British advance forces drove "well over" the Libyan border, but Italians still held the town of Solium on the Egyptian side of the frontier, and were resisting vigorously. ' Frontier reports from Albania said Greek troops had smashed into the towns of Chimara, on the coastal road, and Tepelini on the central front north of Argy-rokastron. Argy-rokastron. R.epercussions of the startling upset in France spread throughout through-out Europe while British forces on the offensive as never before since the start of the war smashed smash-ed across the border of Libya and hurled punishing air attacks at Berlin and Naples. Today's hint as to 'Germany's attitude toward the French developments de-velopments was the first to come from Berlin where news of La- val's ouster was received in of- ficial silence. Still at War" 1 The comment offered in Berlin left muc'h to be guessed at. It emphasized Germany is "still at war with France" and that relations rela-tions between the two countries are governed by an armistice. In view of the importance of the change in France, a nazi spokesman added, the question is raised "whether the present state of affairs shall be continued." The German statement offered no hint of w"hat change might be contemplated. If. however, Laval's La-val's fall is linked in any manner (Continued on Page Three; Prominent Utahn Dies at Hyrum HYRUM, Utah, Dec. 16 (V.T.) Christian Frederick Olsen, 81, prominent Cache valley civic and church leader died Sunday and will be buried Thursday. While in the Utah state legislature legis-lature in 1888. Olsen was a sponsor spon-sor of the bill which provided for establishment of Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural college. He settled in Hyrum 65 years ago after immigrating to this country from Denmark. He held numerous civic, church and gov-, ernmental offices. were scheduled to be opened and read before a joint meeting of the senate and the house of representatives repre-sentatives on Jan. 3. Voters for Utah all Democrats were Mrs. George S. Ballif, Provo; Pro-vo; Sophus Bertleson, Ephraim; Joseph Jensen, Ogden, and Oscar W, McConkie, Salt Lake City, ifMln n GREEKS TAKE TEPELINI T STRUG A, Jugoslavia, Dec. 16 (UP) Reports from the frontier tonight to-night said Greek troops , occupied the strategic town of Tepelini, on the central Albanian front, at 4 p. m. (A dispatch from a United Press correspondent outside Tepelini Tepe-lini said Greek troops yesterday were on the outskirts of the town). Greek troops fought their way into part of the town this morning morn-ing after a bayonet charge. During Dur-ing the day they pushed through the streets and from house-to-house as the Italians resisted bit-terly. bit-terly. ; . ,: . Late this afternoon, it was reported, re-ported, the occupation was completed. com-pleted. At the same time another Greek column on the Adriatic coast was said to have occupied Chimara. Italian troops were reported re-treatihg re-treatihg northward from Tepelini along a secondary road that leads through the Trebesina mountains. ATHENS, Dec. . 16 r.P The Greek army drove forward today on a 120-mile front from the Adriatic to the mountains close to the Jugoslav frontier in a powerful pow-erful offensive toward the Italian mid-Albanian defense lines. - Reports said Italian resistance was weakening at some points where the hard-pressed J ascist troops appeared to be dis-spirited by their reverses. The Greeks were said to be employing quantities of captured Italian equipment in their drive. LLOYD GEORGE OFFERED POST LONDON, Dec. 16 (U.P) Reports Re-ports circulated without official confirmation tonight that Prime Minister Winston Churchill has asked David Lloyd George to accept ac-cept the post of 'British ambassador ambassa-dor to the United States. Lloyd George was said to have told Churchill at a conference this afternoon he would like a little time to consider the offer. No official statement was made, but the idea of naming Lloyd George to the important post was finding increased support not only among liberal and labor groups, but in conservative party circles which have been cool toward the 77-year-old statesman for some time. Food Stamp Safe Starts in Sfoivly The federal food stamp plan, which began operation in Utah county today, got off to a rather slow start, as only 24- clients had purchased stamps at the issuing office, 151 North First West by 2 o'clock this afternoon. However, much interest in the plan is being, manifest, and the stamp sale is expected to speed up immediately, according to W. Evan Fullmer, stamp' issuing officer. of-ficer. Allotments of stamps ranging from $4 to $15 were purchased by the first 24 clients to appear at the office. This Day . LICENSED TO MARRY Pharis R. Wright, 23. Salt Lake City, and Zola Scott, 23, Provo. Jack A. Cherrington, legal age, Springville, and Virginia Free-bairn, Free-bairn, legal age, Salt Lake City. Sam Calder, 2V, Provo, and Leah Stagg. 25, Pleasant Grove. Of ALBANIA FRO |
