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Show I The Weather UTAH Rain or snow showers tonight and Friday; little change In temperature. Maximum temp. Wednesday ...CI Minimum temp. Ilednesday ...27 Build Utah County By Patronizing Home Storesnd Business House 7 FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 200 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY POUTii OF SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941 COMl'LETR TELKO.KAPH I'NITED PRF-'S .NEWS SERV1CK PRICE FIVE CENTS DESK CHAT jiY TUS Eli ITCH U2 r-i r3 ! U Lb U U u Z1U A n n nnQ A j L-d uvJ d) I n - i Lj U j La lJ LJ : -t) The way to success is not yet a dead-end street. Two weeks ago George Batson was a bus-lxy in a New York restaurant, not the most stimulating occupation in the world. Today he is the authorof a successful play, starring Ruth Chatterton, which opened open-ed to trreat applause in Ama-rillo, Ama-rillo, Texas, and seems in a fair way to become a hit. Of course, Batson must have had unusual abilities, but he must have had also unusual un-usual ambition and courage. And it is good to know that this country is still one in which such a man can get a hearing, and, when he proves to have "stuff on the ball," can succeed. If America has snv meaning for the world, that's it. oOo Heard At Random A trade journal says "Your honey will be worth more this year." Thanks, we'll stick to her. . . . The man who pets to the top is the same fellow who gets to the bottom bot-tom of a lot of things. . . . The horse has already passed and the autos are passing constantly. ... A Louisiana couple married in a plane 2000 feet up and came down to earth quicker than most couples. ... If Missouri wore her New Jersey, what did Delaware? I dunno, but Alaska. oOo Today's Quote: "This is no time to ask for quotations on the defense of the United States." William S. Knud-sen, Knud-sen, office of production man-" agement. GO-ROUND 4. Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DIUCW TEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLKN Hitler Keeps 100 Divisions on Soviet Border; Stalin Grows Cool; Nazi Troops Saved From Restlessness By Shift to Active Balkans Balk-ans ;U. S. to Grab Axis Funds Here if It Retaliates For Ship Seizure; Senator Cotton Ed Smith intervenes inter-venes to Keep Son From Being Drafted. WASHINGTON Few people outside the general staffs of Europe Eu-rope realize that Hitler has steadily steadi-ly kept 100 divisions along the Russian border apparently on guard against his own friend and alleged ally. One hundred divisions is a total of about 1.500,000 men, which is far more than Hitler has concentrated concen-trated in the Balkans. This, and other things, indicate the growing coolness between Sta"n and Hitler. Hit-ler. Among the other things are Russia's almost complete failure to deliver oil in anything more than driblets to the German army, plus her failure to come across with promised food shipments. Also it is obvious that Hitler's drive on Salonika is nothing more nor less than an attempt to fulfill ful-fill the old Bismarck dream of a Berlin-to-Bagdad railway, which means, of course, seizure of the Straits Russia's outlet to the Mediterranean. All of which explains the friend-Continued friend-Continued on Page One. Sec. Two aincma Ubit Oailrosd Shops Kiwani3 club members today toured the Union Pacific railroad shops under guidance of Carl Law, foreman, following their luncheon session in the Hotel Roberts. Rob-erts. . Dr. Stanley Clark, who recently recent-ly returned from studies in the east, reported on his trip. Guests were Dr. George Anderson and M. W. Bird of Springville, who invited the Provo club to attend the art exhibit banquet in Springville Spring-ville Thursday. Don Taylor of the vocational guidance committee was chairman chair-man of the meeting, and George Larsen presided. RD ACGEP' SETTLEMENT Three-Point Proposal Is Accepted By Ford, CIO Leaders DETROIT, April 10 (U.R) The Ford Motor Co. and the United Automobile Workers (CIO) . accepted peace terms today the former with slight reservations. The union agreed to Gov. Murray Van Wagoner's three-point three-point eleventh - hour settlement proposal without qualification. All that remained to end the nine-day-old Ford strike, which has stalled $154,000,000 worth of defense orders and thrown 125,000 men out of work, was for the union to accept Ford's reservations. reserva-tions. Points outlined by the governor were: 1. All employes shall be returned re-turned to their jobs without discrimination dis-crimination at once, including five of eight union men whose discharge dis-charge precipitated the strike April 1. - 2. Grievance, procedure established estab-lished before the strike shall be resumed. 3. Both parties agree . to do all in their power to expedite the holding of the labor board election. elec-tion. DETROIT, April -10 (U.P Efforts Ef-forts to end the nine-day-old strike have snagged on Henry Ford's firm insistence he will not give the United Automobile Workers (CIO) a victorious settlement which would assure a CIO victory in the forthcoming National Labor La-bor Relations board election in Ford plants, sources close to mediators said today. Henry Ford takes the attitude the strike "is just a union play to (Continued on Page Two) EASTER SUNRISE PROGRAM READY Complete program for the Easter Eas-ter sunrise service to be held by the Provo Community church Sunday at 6:30 a. m., at the natural amphitheater on the east mountain bench was announced today. The program will be in the form of a simple worship service directed direct-ed by the Rev. Edwin F. Trwin, pastor of the Community church. Everyone interested in invited to attend. Opening the service will be a call to worship, a trumpet solo, "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," played by J. Rulon Morgan. After invocation and the Lord's Prayer, a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Leon Miller, Mrs. Roger Berry, Don Beebe and Howard Olsen will sing, "Come Ye Faithful." Faith-ful." Responsive reading and scripture scrip-ture will be led . by Rev. Irwin, after which everyone will unite in giving the doxology. Probably the highlight of th service will L a sermon "or address ad-dress by Rev. Irwin. The mixed quartet will sing. "Fairest , Lord Jesus," after which benediction will be offered. Site of the service is accessible from Eighth North street. It is the same site as used the past two years for the community service serv-ice sponsored by Provo city in cooperation with the L. D. S. church and Community church. Preceding the Sunday service, the Community church will hold a Good Friday service of song and meditation Friday at 8 p. m.. at the church building. Young people will participate. FO 1 "jj RE Junior High School Uutnz Fesiivcl To De field (lore Friday; 1000 Coming Bands, orchestras, instrumental ensembles, and vocal and instrumental instru-mental soloists will converge on Provo Friday for the Utah state junior high school music festival for Region Three, which begins at 9:30 a. m. Upwards of 1000 youthful musicians mu-sicians from schools throughout the region are expected to participate partici-pate in the festival. Twelve bands will provide one of the highlights of the day with their maneuvering on Center street, between University avenue ave-nue and First East at 4:30 p. m. Performances will be held in three places, with bands and or WMooseiDetic LAt . ' Under Am F.D.R. SEEKS FOREIGN SHIP Congress Asked For Legislation To Seize Ships By SANDOR S. KLEIN WASHINGTON, April 10 (U.R)-President Roosevelt, de claring that "our own ulti mate defense will be rendered futile"' unless supplies can be moved from American ports, today asked congress for legislation leg-islation empowering him to requisition and pay for any foreign for-eign vessel immobilized in U. S. waters. The president requested the legislation in a special message to congress, accompanied by the proposed draft of a resolution which would accomplish his objectives. ob-jectives. The. legislation would give him full powers to take over all of the 69 Danish, Italian and German vessels which were taken into protective custody in American ports two weeks ago. The broad ship-requisitioning powers asked by Mr. Roosevelt would give him authority to take over French vessels lying in American Am-erican ports, such as the huge $80,000,000 luxury liner Norman-die, Norman-die, should he decide that the security of national defense makes such a move advisable. Under the proposed bill, all the governments whose ships w;ere requisitioned would be compensated compen-sated by funds from the $7,000,-000.000 $7,000,-000.000 lend-lease act appropriation. appropria-tion. Concert Sosisty Peking Plans for Llemtsrship Driui Plans for next year's membership member-ship drive are already being drafted draft-ed by the officers for the Community Com-munity Concert association, to be announced at the annual "pep rally" at the Hotel Roberts, Monday Mon-day at 7 p. m. It is expected that a program at least comparable, and probably superior to this year's rich offering, offer-ing, will be negotiated by the officers of the association. Final plans will await the arrival of a concert association representative from New Yprk. Present members who wish to renew their membership in advance ad-vance of the membership drive are invited to contact Mrs. Paul Vincent, secretary-treasurer and other officers at the close of the last three concerts of the season in the tabernacle. They are April 16, Sari Eiro, pianist; April 17, Hilde Regglni, soprano, and April 24, Philadelphia Philadel-phia harp choir. Elks To Meet Here To Plrfn Convention Officers and executive and special spe-cial committees of the Utah Elks' State association will meet at Provo Saturday evening, April 19, to consider matters of importance to be discussed at the Elks' state convention at Eureka June 6-7, according to Harry S. Joseph, secretary. sec-retary. chestras appearing in the tabernacle, taber-nacle, instrumental solos and small assemblies in the Paramount Para-mount theater, and instrumental and vocal solos in the Sixth ward chapel. Judges for the festival are H. A. Dean of Snow college, Clair Johnson of Weber college, and Marvin Strong, Granite district supervisor. Santaquin band, which entered the festival Thursday, will open the day's activities with a concert con-cert in the tabernacle at 9:30 a. m. Other bands and orchestras will appear at the following times: . (Continued on Page Two) REQUISITION t laces Allies: British i t ! S I "V "i t i L Photo symbolizes fighting union between big Britain and little Greece. A British pilot chats with his Greek ground crew after returning from a raid against the Italians in Albania. KRIER TO HEAD CLEAN-UP DRIVE Appointment of John Krier, local theatre manager,: as chairman chair-man of Provo's annual clean-up campaign and cooperation of the junior chaniber of commerce with city officials in promoting the drive were announced today by Eddie Nicholson, president of the Jayceeg. The drive to clean-up, paint-up, paint-up, and fix-up Provo will begin Monday morning when Provo city trucks will start the process of hauling away rubbish in cooperation coopera-tion with individual residents. Officials plan to conclude the campaign cam-paign Thursday. To stimulate interest among school children and their parents, directors of the campaign are seeking cooperation of Provo district dis-trict schools. Questionnaires will be given to each child to be filled out by his parents stating the families participation in the campaign. Under the plan, each child who assists in this manner will be given a theatre ticket, Krier said. Plans are to remove all rubbish, rub-bish, clean up vacant lots and buildings, plant trees, paint-up, and fix-up to beautifuy the city. Persons who wish rubbish removed re-moved by Provo city trucks must place the garbage and refuse in containers at the curb before H a. m., Monday. It should not be placed in the street before Sunday Sun-day evening, however. Six trucks and 18 men will be put to work in a systematic drive to cover the entire city, according to C. Elmer Madsen, supervisor of the waste removal system which will go into effect in a few weeks. No charge will be made for removal of rubbish. Prouo Principal At Gonueniion K. E. Weight, principal of the Provo high school, is attending a joint educational conference at Spokane, Washington. He left Saturday with Dr. B. K. Farns-worth Farns-worth of Salt Lake, and will be gone about 10 days. They will attend at-tend a joint session of the Inland Empire Curriculum Society and the Northwest Association of Secondary Sec-ondary and Higher Schools, of which Dr. Farnsworth is president. presi-dent. While there Principal Weight will take part in a panel discussion discus-sion on the relative importance of music, dramatics, and athletics to a high school curriculum. On his way home he will visit Grand Coulee dam and other points of interest. teeulomd 1 O team and Greeks t i 1 , T . 4 Hged Pedestrian in S. L IHIed by Jit-Qun Driuor SALT LiAKE CITY. April 10 U.i: Salt Lake police today sought the driver of a coupe that, last night struck and killed Taylor Tay-lor L. Woolley, 81-year-old pedestrian. pedes-trian. ' The driver of the death car fled from the downtown accident scene after striking Woolley. His death was the eighth in Salt Lake City traffic accidents this year, all of them pedestrians over 56 years of age. The fatal ity raised the state's 1941 toll to 35, four less than in the corresponding corres-ponding period of 1940.' The only clue obtained by the officers was that the car was a coupe, of dark color. STREAMLINER IS DERAILED VALDOSTA, Ga.. April 10 (U.P) The streamlined Chicago to Miami passenger train Southwind was derailed during a heavy fog 25 milts east of here today. At least 30 persons were injured in-jured and taken to hospitals in Valdosta, Ga., Waycross, Ga., and Homerville, Ga. All but a few were reported only slightly injured. in-jured. There were no reports of fatalities, according to Atlantic coast line offices in Waycros3. The locomotive and all seven cars of the Atlantic Coast Line train left the track. Injured were brought to hospitals here and in Waycross, Ga. The accident occurred near Du-Pont, Du-Pont, Ga., when many of the passengers were in the dining car. YOUTH DIES OF OVER-EXERTION MORGAN", Utah, April 10 CT.P Morgan authorities today reported report-ed Clifton W. Heiner, 21, Morgan, had died of over-exertion while climbing up a snow-clad mountain moun-tain to see the wTeck of an army plane. , The wrecked plane was the one abandoned by Lieut. Albert W. James of the Salt Lake air base when it ran out of gas Sunday night. James parachuted to safety safe-ty and the plane hit a hillside. a mssci aon ABREEME SIGHED fll DAM EflM Roosevelt Pledges Its Defense Against Any Foreign Power By T. P. REYNOLDS WASHINGTON, April ICt (U.R) President Roosevelt today to-day extended American protection pro-tection to Greenland under an agreement with Denmark, trivingr this nation the right to establish air bases and other fortifications on the vast island. The agreement was announced bv White House Secretary Stephen Ste-phen T. Early, who said: "This government made this agreement after it had been informed in-formed that German planes have been flying over Greenland." Slirned Yesterday In explaining the agreement, which was signed yesterday one year and a day after German occupation oc-cupation of Denmark, the state department said it "recognizes that as a result of the present European war there Is danger that Greenland may be converted into a point of aggression against nations of the American continent." contin-ent." Further,' the "' department" "said, tne agreement accepts the re sponsibility on behalf of the United States of assisting Greenland Green-land in the maintenance of its present status." Signing of the agreement was considered significant not only because be-cause of the- German flights over Greenland, but also because of Germany's recently instituted blockade of Iceland, autonomous Danish territory. Although Iceland Ice-land is comparatively close to Greenland, the president has never included It in his definition of western hemisphere limits. On Lease Basis The agreement stressed that while the United States would have broad military rights in Greenland, Including maintenance (Continued on Page Two) III Commercial Contest Draws 600 Students With the early registration of GOO students from 55 schools in four states, the seventeenth annual Brigham Young univarsity commercial contest to be held Friday is expected to be the largest in the history of the event, according accord-ing to Evan M. Croft, instructor ' in office practice and secretary of the general committee. More than 600 students are ex pected to have entered the bookkeeping, book-keeping, typewriting and shorthand short-hand events by the time the contests con-tests begin Friday morning, Mr. Croft said. Sixty students from four high schools in Wyoming have already "registered. From Douglas, which is located in the far northeast corner of the state, 21 students will travel more than 700 miles to participate in the contest. Laramie Lara-mie and Star Valley will also be represented. At least one school from Nevada Ne-vada ' and two from Idaho will send commercial students to take part. Rexburg and lona, Idaho, have sent in early reservations. Among the special features of the event will be the presence of Professor D. D. Lessenberry of the University of Pittsburgh, a well-known well-known writer of commercial education edu-cation texts, who will deliver lectures lec-tures to teachers and students. An office practice exhibit to be held in the Library building Is also expected to attract much attention. at-tention. D. D. Lessenberry was special guest at a luncheon this afternoon at Twin Pines attended by commercial com-mercial education students and commercial instructors. A free luncheon will be served to all contestants at noon, a matinee mati-nee dance will be held at 4:30 p. m., and an award assembly will be held at 6 p. m. Individual, as well as combination awards, will be presented. Wazi Ji anzer JIfooi Sweep Into Confer Of German Troops Capture Ancient Capital of Croatia, Forcing Jugoslav Troops Into Mountains of the Northwest By HAKUISON SALISBURY United PreH Staff Correspondent , German Panzer divisions, possibly aided by Croat fifth columnists, appeared today to be sweeping into control of the rich northern provinces of Jugoslavia. The entry of German, troops into Zagreb, ancient capital of Croatia and the second city of Jugoslavia, was reported by the Zagreb radio station. An unconfirmed Budapest report aid Belgrade had also capitulated. The reported German advances not yet announced by Berlin or admitted by Greek, loyal V - - Jugoslav or British sources. seemed to be compressing the remaining re-maining Jugoslav armies into the mountaious ravines and valleys of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro and northwest Serbia. From these localities it appeared appear-ed that the Jugoslavs Could hope to carry on little more than guerilla guer-illa warfare, unless by fierce counter-attacks they could regain control of part of the valley and river system along which Jugoslavia's Jugo-slavia's chief communication routes run, and on which her principal centers are located. The broadcast indicated Germany Ger-many had employed the familiar technique of weakening an opposing oppos-ing country from within by employment em-ployment of fifth column elements. There was little news from the Greek front where a British expeditionary ex-peditionary force braced itself for the expected Nazi attack from the north. . British sources called the sit uation "serious but not desper- jxlc but it. was. apparent irom developments both in the Balkans and Africa that a major German threat to the British passage to India is building up fast. Adolf Hitler's southeastern offensive of-fensive and the drive of his panzer pan-zer divisions toward Egypt was fast becoming a major threat to Britain's (whole position in the middle east the vital Suez Canal, Can-al, the oil fields of Asia Minor, and the gateway to India and the east. . So far there has been no report re-port of a meeting between the British expeditionary corps in Greece and the Nazi columns slashing down through the Vardar gateway. But contact was expected expect-ed at any time. The Greeks were resisting (Continued on Page Two) Evan M, Croft Tliis Day . . . BORN" Girl, to Gerald W. and Rosalind Hansen Peterson, today. Boy, to Paul and Bessie Smith Rawlings, today. LICENSED TO MARRY Blaine Reed Larsen, 21, Maple- ton, and Mary Elizabeth Brereton, 19. Provo. Richard Calvin Withers, 20, Draper, and Kathleen Brewer, 16, American ForK, s '01 NorfcEa Jugoslavia no By, UNITKD PBKS8 BERLIN; A German military spokesman said today 80,000 Greek prL3oners have been taken thus far in Jugoslavia. It was not stated whether the 80,000 Greek prisoners counted so far are in addition to the 20,000 Serb prisoners reported by the high command yesterday as having been captured in the Balkan campaign. cam-paign. ISTANBUL. A government proclamation today Offered free evacuation to all citizens of Istanbul Istan-bul and signs appeared that Turkey Tur-key may be much nearer war than statements by fcpokcsmen and the pres have indicated. LONDON Radio Budapest today to-day was heard intimating in a broadcast that Hungary soon would send troops to Jugoslavia 'to protect the Hungarian population." popu-lation." MADRID Britain hm agreed to lend Spain $10,000,000 to buy food and vital raw materials, it was announced today. LONDO N--Th e Royal Air Force was believed to have carried out a sweep of the French invasion coast between Boulogne and Calais Cal-ais this afternoon. A number of plans were seen returning from the French coast and a fire was blazing near Cap Gri3 Nez. NAIROBI, KENYA South African headquarters said today that 5,000 prisoners, including 4,000 Italian and 1,000 native troops, were captured when the British empire forces occupied Addis Ababa. Since then British patrols have rounded up an additional addi-tional 1,450 Italian prisoners and 900 natives. ATHENS Wave after wave of fJtrnian bombers, protected by heavy clouds, attacked Athena last nidght In the longest raid of the war on the Greek capital, but were driven off by furious antiaircraft anti-aircraft fire before they could do any damage. LONDON Military quarters described the situation in Greece and Jugoslavia tonight as serious but not desperate. The Royal Air force, continually is pounding German mechanized and motorized motor-ized columns advancing toward a showdown with the main Greek army and the British expeditionary expedition-ary force, entrenched in a strong defense line west of Salonika, they said. 7tvo Injured 3 flutes OeliL'D Two cars were considerably damaged and two persons were injured in-jured not seriously, in an automobile auto-mobile collision early Thursday morning on University avenue between Third and Fourth North. Miss Patricia Barnett, IS, received re-ceived an Injured leg when the car in which she was riding, driven by Shirl O. Blackham, collided col-lided with a Yellow cab driven by Timothy Irons. Irons was driving south on University Uni-versity avenue and attempted to make a left-hand turn when hi-3 car collided with the machine driven by Blackham "who was pullinsr away from the curb. Both drivers were absolved of blame. Irons, a student at the B. Y. U., suffered from bruLses and shock. He was reported resting easily at the Utah Valley hospital today. i |