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Show Herald HERALD PHONES Business . . J ...... . ;V." .495 EditpHal 494 Society . 496 DOLLARS SPENT ' In Utah County Mean UtAh County Prosperity FORTViFIFTH YEAR, N(X 92: PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH; MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 9, 193 0. , -k , . - - i : . : : . i u ; EIGHT PAGES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS - V A' tig ranis TO DAY -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright. 1930)- Restless Russia Names of Yesteryear Dogs Hate Wolves Ireland? Yes. U. S. A. No. : " v RUSSIA'S government, restless and energetic as the sea. Invents In-vents a new court for Yactories v.. --.called: "The friendship court." . Each factory will have its court, with workers for judge and Jury. Jfo fines or Imprisonment, but other "discipline" will correct workers work-ers guilty of drunkeness, "loafing" or carelessness, dangerous to themselves them-selves and others. Under the czars, all Russians from moujiks to grand dukes, very rouble, every foot of land in Russia belonged to the czar. Stalin wants it understood that everything, now belongs to the Soviet, and a workman who injures himself is Injuring government property. MEWS that Howard. Gould's for-, V mer wife, who Was Katherine Clemmons, is dead, will interest the old with long memories. When Victoria was on the throne, John L. Sullivan champion of. the world, Jay Gould refusing interviews, and William O'Brien in jail at Tulla-more, Tulla-more, Katherine Clemmons, a beautiful beau-tiful young girl with long yellow hair, brought letters to London from Charles-A. Dana. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, with long hair on his shoulders, admired her . greatly, as well he might. Howard 'Gould married her and she built an limitation "of Killarney castle, on : Now She is gone to find out what happened to Victoria, Sullivan Jay Gould, Buffalo Bill and others gone before. ; We are such things as dreams are made of, but it is an interesting dream while It lasts.. And perhaps waking up is even more Interesting. DOGS , hate foxes and wolves because be-cause they are closely related, and with human beings, it is the same. Chinese bandits have. re- leased fourteen missionaries, nuns and priests, without ransom. They killed two prlests'that were Chinese. : India's 300,000,000 inhabitants cannot combine to drive out the 'British because Hindus and Mohammedans Mo-hammedans hate the British, but 'hate each other more than they the BriUsh. It, is a queer hatred, as Montesquieu pointed out 'long ago in his "Spirit of Laws." Hindus ' hate Mohammedans be--cause they eat cows, and Moham- tmedana hate Hindus because they vat pigs. .They, murder each other while (the British eat both cows and pigs, and rule them all. . I 'HE Shannon river power plant works admirably in Ireland. tThe first stage of development pro- . - - ' (Continued On Page Four) 5 Fog and Icy Roads i Cause Car l Icy roads and a dense fog were i, responsible for a collision of two 'cars, belonging to Hal Dahlquist of i Provo and H. M. Larsen of Orem Sunday morning at the intersection of First West td First North Streets. , . $ : .Larsen .who was driving north on First West street failed to observe Sthe stop sign, according to the re-, re-, port filed at the police station. His car struck .the Dahlquist car which i was' proceeding- west along First "North street. Both oars were con-fsiderably con-fsiderably damaged. ; " t NEGRO LEADER DD2S ' , ; NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29. UJ i Walter Cohen, negro Republican pleader, and comptroller of customs , here since 1923. died at his home , today. , He was 70. years old. -- r- The Weather Utah Fair ' to-alght to-alght and :Tue-Jayjrranner-e' irtme fimtK "por tion tonight. AlaxUttttm temp. BUnlmom temp. Safday, It below Maximum temp. , Sunday , .,23 sQnlmum temp. Sunday, 13 below rT'-'rsnm temp. Monday, U below asnaMBHasnM 5ii SUCCUMBS Thomas Leonard Schofield Is Victim of Fatal Heart Attack At-tack While Convalescing From Recent Operation. Thomas Leonard Schofield, president and general manager mana-ger of the Schofield Auto company, and prominent in church and civic affairs of Provo, died in a Salt Lake hospital at 3 o'clock Monday morning. Death was attributed at-tributed to a heart attack, from which he suffered only a few minutes, while he was convalescing from an operation he underwent December 15. Mr. Schofield was stricken with appendicitis while at his ranch at Ignacio, Coloado, December 14, where he went on business in connection con-nection with IiIj sheep. He was hurried to Salt Lake, arriving the following day. While he had suffered suf-fered a ruptured appendix, he had improved so nicely that attending physicians thought he was practically prac-tically out of danger. Saturday and Sunday he had rested well and it was only a few moments before his passing that he cOni-plained cOni-plained of pains about the heart, which attending physicians diagnosed diag-nosed as a blood clot. . Mr. Schofield was born at Ne- phi, January 19, 1880, the eldest son of Nephi W. and Mary Eleanor Schofield; Where he attended the public schools. When a young man he went with the family to La Grande, Oregon, where "Len," as he was familiarly known to his many friends, became prominent In church and civic affairs Of that (ConuuueU on Page Eight) Youths Admit Thefts Here Three Provo juveniles were arrested ar-rested by 'Provo police officers Sunday Sun-day afternoon on suspicion of committing com-mitting burglaries here during the past month. The boys,, two of whom are 15 and one 16 years of age, confessed later to the theft of a quantity of wrist watches, cigaret lighters anu pocket knives from the Business Men's Club above t he Hedquist Drug NoV 1. , The confession was obtained by Chief of Police Otto Birk. Entrance to the clubrooms was gained through the skylight of the building. build-ing. The first visit was made about Thanksgiving, with two calls later. The loot, most of which has been returned by the boys, 'consisted of six wrist watches, four cigaret lighters and two pocket knives. This list has been checked by Arnold Ar-nold E. Rawllfigs, manager of the club. The youths are now being held in the Juvenile detention rooms at the county jail pending an investigation investi-gation of their cases by the juvenile court officers. Two of the boys are former students at the Utah State Training school at Ogden. v Taylors Leave For Coast Vacation President T. N.i Taylor, accom panied by Mrs. Taylor and thelr daughter, Delenna Taylor, left Provd today tor 6s Angeles, California, Cal-ifornia, to k visit with their daughter,' daugh-ter,' Miss Ethel Taylor . and r their son, Victor Taylor, who Is a student stu-dent of the University of California. The party will return to Provo following a stay of about a month on the coast. Dumping Hot Ashes J Is-Cause Of hire ' Damages of - about $30 were reported re-ported at a 'fire near the Startup Candy company plant, Saturday evening, according to Chief Reed Boshard. A fence belonging to the company com-pany was. damaged to the extent cf $10 when hot ashes placed against It started the fire. Tires belonging to the Provo Hide and' Fur com pany were damaged to the extent oM20. T. L. Schofield Answers Call T. L. SCHOFIELD SOPHIA GEE LAID TO REST Many Pay Final Tribute To Utah Pioneer At Provo Services. Impressive tributes of love and esteem for the active and useful career of Mrs. Sophina Fuller Gee, widow of the late George W. Gee, who died last Fridav in Salt Lake were expressed at the funeral services ser-vices held Sunday in the Prova Fifth ward chapel. The speakers who testified to the unselfish and valiant labors of Mrs Gee were Elias A. Smith of the Liberty Lib-erty stake high council; Hyrum G. Smith, presiding patriarch of the L. D. S jchurch and a son-in-law of Mrs! Gee; Elder George Albert Smith; of frie council of the twelve, all of Salt Lake; Mrs. Martha Keeler who labored with Mrs. Gee in the Relief society and Primary organizations in the old Utah stake, and President T. N. Taylor, a lifelong life-long f rlnd of the family. Seated oh the stand in addition to the speakers were Elder Joseph Fielding Smith of the council of the twelve and Presiding Bishop David A. Smith, both of Salt Lake. Mrs. Gve was a first cousin of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The ward chapel was filled to capacity and beautiful floral offerings offer-ings lso testified to the high esteem in which Mrs. Gee and her family is hold. Thojspening prayer was: offered by Tatri9rch J. B. Keelr and Don W. Conover pronounced the benediction. bene-diction. The grave Was dedicated by Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith in conformity with Mrs. Gee's own' wishes. ' Bishop W. O. Faeer was in charge of the services. The opening number, "Oh My Father" was sung by the Fifth ward quartet. Foll&wlng the Invo cation the Fifth ward Relief society chorus sang, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," accompanied by Mrs. Anna Hinckley, Lucille Merrill and Lota Paxman. - Junius Jackson sang two solos, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," "Passing of a Heart," accompanied by Phyllis .Miller and Lucille., Mer-rille. Mer-rille. Jay Keeler renuered opening open-ing and closing organ numbers. Eight grandsons of Mrs. Gee acted as- pallbearers. , . , ;.. , - ( OIL WELL IS WILD OKLAHOMA CITY ,Okla., Dec. 29 (EE) One of the oldest wells in the Oklahoma city field blew out today and was flowing wild. Drillers Drill-ers said there was great danger of the gas catchhTifTire. School Board Men Give Views out Junior . Provd school pafrons and taxpayers taxpay-ers haye long been aware of the congestion existing nin the ProVo schools and wonder why the long drawn-out delay in providing equipment equip-ment for the completed junior high school buildings , In response to an inquiry: by Itk, Evening Herald as to their attitude atti-tude dn the question of making the riew' btlildlngs available for Immediate Imme-diate use, the? membeys of the Provo tlty board of education -mad the following statements today:' U DR. A. N. ;MERRIIJMf"ani swer' to your Inquiry, concerning my attitude as to the opening of the junior high school buildings for immediate use, I will say that I Ftand, as I havo always . stood,; for occupancy of these buildings at the earliest possible moment. -: "I regret that owing to a failure to act on the -rpart of the . board, Ab COiliP ISftGfll Provo's $3,500 Citizens Contribute To . Charitable Or- ganization . During Year ; Annual Report Issued. A total of $3500 was contributed con-tributed by the people of Provo Pro-vo to the Utah stake Belief Society' Community Welfare office during the past year, according to the aiiniial Report Re-port of Mrs. Achsa E. Pax-man, Pax-man, president of the Utah Stake Relief Society. Solely For Charity This money, which is used solely for charitable purposes, was handled han-dled through the Various ward Relief Re-lief Society organizations of the stake. The sum does not include the yearly $600 which is received from the interest on the Relief Society wheat money, and which is spent In health work, including major Operations; tonsil bperations, eyes tested and fitted with glasses, maternity cases and miscellaneous miscellan-eous ill3. The usual Christmas charity of the past month is also additional. ' The doctors have been loyal and cooperative, in most cases charging charg-ing only for the anesthetics arid hospital fees, where hospitaliza (Continued On Page Three) Seek Repeal Of Fruit Law Repeal of the present state laws governing the use of wormy fruit will be sought a the present session ses-sion of the state legislature, according accord-ing to plans made by the Orem chamber of commerce at a meet-in meet-in rr held Sunday. Under the present law, Utah fruitgrowers are prohibited from using wormy apples and other infested in-fested fruit for any purpose, not even for canning. . As a consequence, conse-quence, it is claimed that canning companies ship in carloads of wormy apples from the northwest to be used in wholesale canning. A committee to look into this phase of the matter was appointed at Sunday's meetMg. Application to affiliate with the United States Ctjamber of Commerce Com-merce was'signed at the meeting. ;: Arrangements will be made to stage a community rabbit hunt in the near future, according to a report re-port by Gunard Lundgren, chairman chair-man of the sports committee of the organization. Ivan J. Burr, president of the organization, or-ganization, was in charge of the meeting. . . LEWISES GO TO COAST ( Mr. and Mrs.1 Leo N. Lewis of the Lewis Ladies' store left Saturdav for Los Angeles, Calif. They will visit the advanced spring style shows on the Pacific coast and view the western style trends-before Mrs. Lewis leaves for New York City: They intend to be away about two weeks. School Opening these buildings are not ready for use at the opening of school immediately imme-diately afterYh holidays. J . "I feel that the students, the patents pat-ents and the professional forces are greatly disappointed because' these buildings are, 'not equipped and ready for use. .GEORGE A. STARTUP "It would be folly, in my opinion, to let the junior high school buildings stand idle for almost a jyear, now that' they are completed and ready, for .use. -s- ...;' imuch as the buildings have to be partially heated anyway during dur-ing the cold weather, the expense of maintenance would be very little more with the. building occupied than' remaining empty. ' "For instance, we need to get an accurate test on the gas Consump- - .. . t (Continued on Page Eight) ' Variety's ." &'t MM j ;3 hi Ai kl v V i I " ' jy' When LoTa Lane, went to coTiege s?te utood at the head or ner classes. Then she joined the Follies and made good with a bang. That palled, and she went to screenland. Now she's a favorite radio singer and look ing forward to television. 511 Millionaires Shown By Income Statistics For 1928 Booming Condition of That Year Brought Many New Fortunes, Government Report Reveals; Paid 15 Percent of Taxes Paid by Individuals TRIBUTE PAD) C. N. WWTTAKER Prominent Provo Business Man Laid To Rest After Masonic Funeral. The Masonic temple was filled tc capacity Sunday afternoon; by relatives rel-atives and friends who gathered to pay final tribute to Clev Norton Whlttaker, prominent Provo business busi-ness man, who died Wednesday morning from complications which followed an operation. 1 The regular ritual of the Masonic order was carried out at the temple and at the graveside at the Provo city .cemetery. - Ralph Hedquist, Worshipful master, presided at the impressive services. Dr: Hi' P. Cannon, personal friend of Mr. Whlttaker, spoke eloquently on he life of the young man. Venerable Ven-erable William F. Bulkley of Salt LakeYfo?mcr rector of ' St. Mary's Episcopal church of ProVo. deliv- ered a splendid sermon on the sub ject, MLife.w : . Mrs.' Marie H. Homer sang "Lay My Head Beneath the Rose, accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. John Aird. The vocal sClo, "Absent," was rendered by Murray Roberts, who was ac companied at the piano by Mrs1. Anna Hinckley. -The floral tributes were many and beautiful. . The following tribute, written by Mark 'Anderson, was read by Dri Canhbn; . ' ' ' ' " NORT .WIXTTTAKER "At such times as this we are prone to ponder tae futility 61 life; But .really. Mfe is not futile even.fpr those who die' in outh. -To. have rowh. to manhood; to hay married the right girl; to have had two "fine sons, i Indeed i&u flcient to haye made life abundantly abundant-ly worthwhile- for any man. - - ? i To have ' loolted in health : and , JV " , r i -y, - r v) (Continued Oh Page Five) . Life's Spice WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (TIE) Taxpayers in the million-dollar year income class nearly doubled in 1B28, increasing to a total of 511 as a result of a booming stock market and business conditions in that year. New "Crop" Created Revised Income statistics for 1928 issued today by the treasury revealed re-vealed that a new crop of super-millionaires was created in the last complete year of prosperity. In v addition to those individuals who reported income of $1,000,000 or mofe in that single year, the treasury's figures - showed there were 43,000 persons with Incomes were in excess of $50,000, which is the usual interest on $1,0000. Few of these taxpayers had $1,000,000 capital, capi-tal, however, but derived their income, in-come, from wages and dividends. Most of the nation's millionaires live in New York, which reported 243 taxpayers with incomes of more than $1,000,000. New York's millionaire mil-lionaire group included 11 who paid taxes on more than $5,000,000 in 1928. Illinois was second with 57 millionaires, Pennsylvania " third with 41, Massachusetts next with 24, and Ohio, fifth with 23. In all, 26 states reportedtaxpayers in this class. v " The gross Income reported by the nation's 4,000,000 taxpayers was $28,987,634,519, , but deductions reduced re-duced the- taxable income to $25,-226,326,912. $25,-226,326,912. The largest' share of this money was derived from wages ana salaries which netted taxpayers $10,862,000,000 of the total income. 4 Per Cent of Income, Persons in the" mllllon-dollar-a- year class had total incomes of $1,- 108,000,000 or 4 per cent of the na tion's total, but paid $185,140,000 or 15 per cent of the taxes paid by In dividuals. Total ' income tax payments pay-ments by individuals in 1928 were $1,16454,037 Y Y" . The largest part of , the income reported by taxpayers was received by those in the $3,000 to $5,000 group whose '.total income was $4,- 648,097,736 ot : 18 per cent of the total; By far . the larger proportion of taxpayers were in this class, but they, paid less than one per -cent of the total taxes collected ' Prosperity Is Discussed By Labor Chief WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. OTP Four principles described as fundamental funda-mental for restoration of prosperity l ave been set forth by President William Green of the American Federation of Labor. They are: 1. High wages to give purchasing purchas-ing power to consumers. 2. Shorter hours, to give employment employ-ment to an many as possible. 3. Organization of wage earners tc keep their incomes advancing with increased productivity. 4. Development of coordinated control of industries. Green listed a number of signs which he said were encouraging in the light ol' present depressed con ditions. They included: ; Indications that the bottom has been reached in the deflation of prices. Reports from 24 cities showing increases in unemployment were less than in November. ' Evidences of returning confidence confi-dence in the production policies of large companies. NEWS WIRES By UNITED PRESS COSTE TAKES SAFK JOB NICE,, French Rivera, Dec. 29. (U.R-After ten years of death-defy, ing, globe-girdling exploits. Captain Dieudonne Coste hero of the Paris-New Paris-New York flight, is to take a safe, regular job as technical adviser with the air iine which once employed em-ployed him as a $25 a week pilot, it was announced on his arrival here today. CONSCIENC E, COLD FEET DENVER, Colo., Dec. 29. UI.K Conscience, cold feet and an empty stomach today accounted for Jake M. Johnson, 20, being in the city jail. Johnson walked into a police station sta-tion Sunday and told officers he was a deserter from Fort Missoula, Montana. He said he left Montana because It was "cold" but he found it "colder and hungrier here." AGED WOMAN KILLED SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 29. IT.P Lester Olson, 16, was being questioned ques-tioned today in connection with the death late Sunday night of Mrs. Verena Mueller Metzener, 81, long a resident of Salt Lake City and also a devoted worker in the L. D. S. temple. Mrs. Metzener was struck down and fatally injured at a street intersection in-tersection by a car driven by Olson. CLAIM "MERCY MURDER-CHICAGO, MURDER-CHICAGO, Dec. 29. U.R Dr. John K. Jamieson went before a coroner's jury today prepared to contend that if his friend. Dr. Carl A. Hinckley, killed his 21-year-old subnormal son, Merle, it was "an act of mercy to be commended." ALTITUDE RECORD LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29. (UP) Miss Juanita Burns, who has been flying for only three years and who has been in the air only 115 hours by herself, today claimed a new women's altitude record after flying fly-ing to a height which observers believe be-lieve was approximately 27,000 feet. BANNED FROM BARGE LOS - ANGELES, Dec. 29. OXE) Deputy sheriffs had successfully prevented the resumption of activity activ-ity on the gambling barge Rose Isle today through the expedient of re fusing passengers permission to use water taxis to the oraf t from Long Beach docks. Benefit Dance To Be Held Tonight The benefit ball to be given at the Utahna tonight promises to be cn of the biggest social affairs of the season, according td : reports from the committees In charge. Tickets have been sold: for several week3. insuring a representative gathering, gather-ing, -vi.. .:?y-.y-. v The proceeds of the dance will be donated towards the pioneer menv orial;buiiding ftmd.' ' The' committee in charge of the social, is composed of Mrs. Bernetta M.'Beck, chalrhiah Mrs. Josephine C. Jones and, Mrs. Cora L. Booth. DECEMBER COLD SWAP PROLONGED With a minimum tempera-ture tempera-ture of 12 degrees below zero recorded in Provo at an early hour Monday morning;, allJDe-:ember allJDe-:ember cold weather records were, shattered. Since Friday, December 19, subzero temperatures have been recorded every day, over an 11-day period. In this time, two degrees below zero on Sunday, Dec. 2, was the highest minimum recorded, while the 18 below record of Monday, Dec. 22, is the coldest. Brrr! Brrr! Sunday. Dec 28, recorded a 15 degress below zero temperature, and today 12 below, according lo A. M. Anderson, weather observer. Following the the minimum lem- peratures recorded during the cold snap : December 19 -. 9 below December 20 6 below December 21 ..... 2 belo$v December Z2 18 below December 23 14 below December 24 r 6 below December 25 8 below December 26 December 27 December 28. . .11 below . . .12 below ...15 below . 12 below December 29 nAmVMEMTA jsmiiAiTiiai iv PLAN CAMPAIGN Plans for the launching of an aducational campaign to foster the wider use of local dairy products ; instead of substitutes will be discussed dis-cussed at a meeting to be held in the county agricultural toovnas Tuesday evening, according to Ly-V man H. Rich, county agent. The drive to encourage greater ' 11QA Cf 1fl1 nfrwurtta ..rill . . M w - " . u i.j will ux: UliC VJ L the major products of 'the couhy farm bureau for the coming year. Representatives of the local dairies and the cooperative organizations organi-zations will be present to discuss the plans with farm bureau officials. offic-ials. Others invited to "participate are v the superintendents- of the thrse county school districts. Dr. C. A. Smith of Provo; David Gourley of Alpine and Melvin Wil3on of Nffbo ana jj. una Alien, secretary of the Provo chamber of commerce. Supt. Smith Discusses New Schools Fclitor. Herald: It seems that some doubt ha3 arisen as to the need of the new junior high schools. Just why the plans for the immediate utilization of these much needed and splendid buildings are not being carried for. (Ward it is not my function or purpose pur-pose to say. It" is rather my purpose here to" discuss in the open some of. ine iaiK or ine town. . The town wag has it that the Dixon junior high cannot be used ' until the sewer is built. To infer that this problem has just", now come to t.hA attention of tho' hnanl -: of education is to besmirch the reputation of business men whose" business' is to foresee difficulties Months ago the board of education' waited -on the city commission for the purpose of initiating this movo. It was seen that these things move slowly and while the city comLii3-&ion comLii3-&ion was very cooperative itj wa4 found that the school board wduli have to make temporary ad ins" ments. The architect was asked for, an estimate of the cost of such ad-justment.-' He informed the board-that board-that such , action would " cost ih board from $100 to!$150. At that time the board! came to the understanding under-standing that this -architect's plnn ' was ine oest metnoa or meeung isv: sltttatictr. This plan Is still feasible Either U$it VVoukl Help y ? IobabryvstfoUldt further ex. , plained that if the'use of the DiX"n jurtioT'rilgh "weVe thus 1 eliminated the same is not"'true 6f the Fairer Juhf ot high.' 'Occupationiof either (Continued On Page Three) |