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Show o TRADE A HOME When you spend' you r-jnoney with a local merchant, or employ a local tradesman, you are helping to build local payrolls and a better and happier hap-pier community. WHAT FOLKS SAY "We must come back to the conception con-ception that tlie community, the church, the school and the state exist lor the benefit of the individual." l'ruf. Walter Pitkin, psychologist. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 137 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, 'TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 8, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS rn TODAY -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1933) p IN u .Eve HeraM i? Mm 1 h -J - t; Old Mine Comes To Life Income Tax Inequities Billions That Pay No Tax HODGE, CALIF. FEB. 25 On the right of the highway, driving here from Barstow, you pass bright new wooden tanks and buildings with men at work reopening the eld Waterman gold mine. One million in gold that mine has yielded In days gone by. It was called exhausted but gold is the thing now. Tnere is always a market mar-ket for it at the top price. Uncle Sam wil take all you bring, so thousands of men are out prospecting prospect-ing or washing gold in streams, and the old Waterman mine comes back to life. Improved mining methods will recover much gold that went to waste in the "tailings" lintler old methods. Hundreds of ether old mine will be worked Over and real money taken out; THE GOVERNMENT, looking everywhere for money to finance political extravagance"' might look into fhe teal possibilities of the income in-come tax law which now taxes fully those that work for their incomes in-comes and allows owners of many billions in tax exempt securities to pay no tax at all. If any incomes are taxed ALL should be taxed- A doctor, or college col-lege professor words hard in the puttie service. Is taxed to the limit, and may not even deduct anything for depletion, although his earning power isJminis'aing year by year. A coal rmne owner drawing dividends divi-dends working perhaps not at all makes heavy deductions from income in-come tax because his mine is being "depleted" and he deducts all cost of repairs on machinery. A college proressor may not lead thatthe power of his brain is depleted as tine passes, may not deduct bills paid Js doctors although al-though they certafhly represent repairs re-pairs "to machinery." One critic calls attention to the fact that a speculator, an investor in stocks, may sell to friend or relative rel-ative stocks that have dropped in value, deduct from Income tax the amount of his loss, then buy the stocks back and continue his ownership own-ership in the hope that values will return. TO CHANGE THAT you must change the law, for the law now permits anybody to se!t for income tax purposes securities that have dropped, deduct loss and later buy back the stocks. The law even specifies hw soon the stocks erf other property thus sold in order to deduct loss from income tax may be repurchased. You must not buy back property thus sold in less than ninety days. After ninety days you may repur-cfiase repur-cfiase and the transaction is entirely entire-ly legal. What is more MORE THAN NINETY PER CENT of those that do business in the financial finan-cial district avoid income tax pay- -ments by taking such losses through temporary sales and every-, body knows it. Brokers even expect stocks to drop just before the end of the year when income tax reports ttose, knowing that thousands before be-fore each December 31st will make (Continued on Page Eight) Silver Dollar Planned Day Plans for Provo Silver Dollar -Pay on Saturday, April 15, will be furthered at meetings of the special spe-cial and general committees Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday, according to Clayton Jenkins, secretary of the chamber of commerce. The finance and advertising committees com-mittees will meet Wednesday and the general committee will meet Thursday. The day is planned to be a day of special bargains for Provo shoppers to usher in the Easter season. The Silver Dollar Dayiis the dayJsefore Easter. The Weather -4- For Utah: Fair tonight and Wednesday; Wed-nesday; v little change In temperature. temp-erature. Maximum temp. Monday 45 BflhlntUtn Monday . temp. ES APPROVED AT B. Y. U 192 Candidates For Degrees Passed By Council The first group of candidates candi-dates for graduation from Brigham Young university in 1933, numbering 192, have been passed by the university council, according to Professor Profes-sor B. F. Cummihgs, chairman chair-man of the graduation committee. com-mittee. The fvtlre includes : 24 candidates for thk master's degree and 168 for the baccalaureate degree. de-gree. Others will be passed on from time to time before commencement, com-mencement, which will be held June 7. Seniors in the college of education educa-tion who have secured the indorsement indorse-ment of the council at this time number 56; in the arts and sciences, sci-ences, 43; commerce, 27; applied sciences, 18; fine arts, 24. To Exceed 1932 Mark Last year the total number of gr aduates was 194. Indications are that this, figure will be exceeded, because from 25 to 50 students are still to be passed on, states Registrar Regis-trar John E. Hayes. The names of the 1933 graduates so far approved follow: GRADUATE DiyiSION Master of Arts Walter R. Buss, Karl W. Davenport, Daven-port, Hattie- Diamond,- Basil C. Hansen, Waldo, Hodson. Paul H. Ruish, lmri Joseph Hutehings, Vard H. Johnson, Alva J. Johnson, Olive Kimball, Orville Polly, Ernest Ern-est P. Smith, Ervine F. Smith, Henry R. Watson. Master of Science Weston L.. Bayles, Orlin Bid-dulph, Bid-dulph, Robert A. Clarke, Claude A. Eggei tson, Clai k Frei, Sheldon R. Hunt, Hyruin P. Jones, Joseph W. Olsen, George L. Sheppard, Reed j Wittwer. COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES Bachelor of Arts Gertrude Sauer, Lorenzo D. i Walker. Bachelor of Science Elizabeth Ashworth, Margaret B. Binns. Joseph L. Brown, William A. Cox, L. DeVere Crawford, Fleeta Hatch, Flo Delia Heindsel-man, Heindsel-man, Mabel Luke, Melroy Luke, Wayne R. McConkie, Charles W. Menzie.s, Eunice Mortensou, Ed-wardeen Ed-wardeen Rowley, Kenneth D. Searle, Bessie Taylor, H'owaid L. Thatcher. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Bachelor of Arts Ray S. Alleman, Jay Vern Beck, Carina Bringhurst, Ralph A. Brittsch, A. Lloyd Bryner, Gean Clark, John M. Dougall, Joseph C. Eyring, Haze) Fletcher, Takeo Fujiwara, Ray L. Haddock, Chaun-cy Chaun-cy D. Harris, Lorna Jensen Harri-:uit, Harri-:uit, Thei on B. llutchings, Wreal (Continued on J'age Six) PARKER PLAY IN READINESS Final rehearsals for the Parker school operetta, "Fun at the Circus" Cir-cus" are being held under the direction di-rection of G. E. Childs, director, and the operetta is pronounced ready for production. The operetta will be seen on the Provo senior high stage Wednesday Wednes-day afternoons and evening. The Fifth and Sixth grades at the school are producing the operetta, oper-etta, the primary grades will play selections for the toy band and the third and fourth grades wiil entertain with songs. In the operetta are choruses, duets and solos, clowns and hobos and everything that goes to make up fun at a circus. The story is all laid in a -modern circus and concerns con-cerns the activities of some students stu-dents in bringing back together sweethearts who have quarreled. The leading parts are taken by Gordon Bullock and Lillian Chris-tensen. Chris-tensen. The proceeds of the operetta will go toward providing milk and hot lunches for the children at the school sponsored by the Parent-Teachers Parent-Teachers association of which Mis. Walter Weist is president. GR ADUAT Sales Tax As u Measure At Hearing Mark Anderson Represents Provo; Lawyers Declare Proposal Is Unconstitutional; Mayor Marcus Favors Enactment. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 28 Vigorous protest against the enactment of the Vernon-Garruiieter sales tax bill was registered by representatives of retail, wholesale, manufacturing, manufac-turing, labor and hotel interests from Salt Lake, Ogden, Logan Lo-gan and Provo, at a public hearing Monday before the house revenue and taxation committee. Mark Anderson, Provo, representing the Provo chamber of commerce and the Roberts hotel, was one of the speakers who appeared in opposition to the passage of the measure. He presented, a resolution to that effect, drawn up by the r-u - - - n board of directors of the local tiade organization. II HI; 1 1 IJllLMl II; FOR EDUCATION Senate. Approves Bill For Manufacture of Beer For Out Shipment. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Feb. 28 (U.R)--Beer and education were linked in Utah today by a bill passed in the state senate late yesterday. yes-terday. The measure, known as the Huggins bill, would permit manufacture manu-facture and shipment of 3.05 per cent beer to wet territory, although al-though its sale. and consumption is banned within the state. A tax of $1 a barrel would be levied, the revenue so derived to be used for the upkeep of junior college s. Utah at present Is supporting three junior colleges with the prospect pros-pect of having a fourth thrown into in-to her lap by the L. D. S. church. Weber Coming Hi Two years ago the state accepted accept-ed Snow- college for the fiscal year 1932-1933, and planned to add Weber We-ber college for the year 1933-1934. legislation provided that after this year one-half the cost of maintaining main-taining these Institutions should be borne by the districts of counties from which the colleges draw their support. This year " Dixie college at St. George has made application to join the group supported by state funds. All three previously were operated and .supported by the L. I). S. church. JAPANESE WIN ON ALL POINTS TOKIO, Feb. 28 tl '.P -The Chinese Chin-ese front line, extending from Kailu through JPeipiao to Chaoyang has been completely smashed, dhs patches from the front said today. Chinese forces defending the line were scattered and demoralized, and the Japanese army is engaged in mopping up the last points of resistance-, the reports said. The Japanese main army is now converging in a general sweeping movement against the Chined second sec-ond line of defense, which extends from Linhsi through Chihfeng to Lingyuan. Cavalry Fvr Ahead . The Nipponese cavalry, operating in the northern sector, was report-' ed "already far ahead of its schedule." sched-ule." A breathing spell is expected for several days, the commanding officers reported,, to permit wagon trains with munitions and supplier to catch up with the fighting forces. The main attack on the second line of Chinese defenders of Cheng-tehfu Cheng-tehfu may be expecttTT before the end of the week. The line extends roughly 100" kilometers TVom northeast north-east to southwest, running through Chentehfu. The Japanese columns are continually con-tinually splitting from the main body, whLph makes, an accurate check on their operations difficult. WIDNAPEItS SEND NOTE DENVER, Colo., Feb. 28 (U.R) Claude K. Boetteher; multi-millionaire financier, received a new note from the kidnapers of his son Charles Boettcher; II, late Friday night, informing him that "final" instructions-for delivery of the $00,000 ransom would be forthcoming forthcom-ing soon) it was revealed today. Opposed is criminatory ! Mr. Anderson declared that the proposed sales tax would increase the burden on his business 40 per cent, which he said, he would be unable to pass on to guests. He asked if it would not be better to cut the stated major activities in I half than bring ruin to the tax payer. Other speakers who appeared to speak against the bill were George H. Smith, Union Pacific attorney who declared the bill in its present form to be unconstitutional; Heber j C. Scrowcroft, wholesaler, Ogden, Ralph T. Stewart, representing the Pullman company: G. A. Man-, attorney at-torney for the Utah Bankers' association; asso-ciation; M. I. Thompson, president of the Utah Federation of Labor; G. A. Savage, of the Paris company: com-pany: Gus P. Backman, Salt Lake chamber .f commerce, represent- ing retail and wholesale merchants; mer-chants; C. E. Wright, Keith O'Brien company. The speakers brought out many strong arguments against the sales tax idea which is held to be the last recourse of a bankrupt nation; that it bears most heavily on the poor and that it would increase the business of the mail order houses 5O0 per cent at the expense of local merchants already heavily taxed, and that it was in reality an income in-come tax in disguise. The only persons to favor the measure were Mayor Louis Marcus, Salt Lake; C. A. Watts, Fillmore and the authors of the bill. At the conclusion of the hearing, the committee voted to report the bill out without recommendation. Buyer Attend s Style Shows Mrs. Leo N. Lewis, buyer for the Lewis Ladies store of Provo has left for the east to attend the fashion fash-ion shows and do the spring buying buy-ing for the store. While away, Mrs. Lewis plans to visit several of the larger eastern style centers, besides New York, to get acquainted with the different styles, fabrics and colors. Fashion shows are bein held early in March by all the leading manufacturers, manu-facturers, most of which Mrs. Lewis will attend. Most of these are the second showing which will show the definite trends in wearing apparel styles for the season! COMEDIAN DIFS HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 28 (II R) Walter Hiers, rotund motion picture pic-ture comedian, died today of double pneumonia. , -- Woman, 87, Resident Provo Since 1850, Mrs. Nancy Isabell Wall Fuller, 87, pioneer of 1850, widow of Jesse Jes-se J. Fuller, died late Monday afternoon at tire home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel H. Buckley, 607 North Second East street. Mrs. Fuller was born Nov. 12, 1845, in Raymos, Hancock county, 111., and came to Utah with her parents in 1850. The family arrived ar-rived in Salt Lake City Sept. 26, and moved to Provo a short time later. Her father, William Wall, was captain of a company of 50 families when they crossed the plains. He was one of the first settlers of Wasatch county and the town of Wallsburg was named after him. She was married to Jesse Johnson John-son Fuller, May 10, 1863, at Provo, and soon after they went , to the ford ii r: SAPPEAR TROIT Quiet Investigation Is Launched By Authorities DETROIT, Feb. 28 (U.R) Detroit police disclosed today to-day that they were making a "quiet investigation" into the disappearance oi Ernest G. Liebold, general secretary to Henry Ford. The disappearance of the Foid official, active in the reorganization reor-ganization of two banks here, was reported at 2 a m., Inspector Frank Fraley of the detective bureau bu-reau said. Last Seen In Coup' Lieut. John Hoffman, head of the special investigation bureau of Detroit police, said that Liebold was in his small coupe when last seen. All Detroit police, and all posts of the Michigan state police were immediately supplied with descriptions descrip-tions of the missing man and his machine, Hoffman said. Fraley said the request for police aid was made by a man who identified iden-tified himself as a Ford official, but whose name is being withheld. At the Liebold home it was said that nothing was known of the disappearance, dis-appearance, and all callers were Inferred to the Ford Motor Gu.- CERMAK MAKES STRONG FIGHT MIAMI, Fla Feb. 28 (U.H) Hope for success in Mayor Anton J. Cer-mak's Cer-mak's battle to live rested heavily today on special oxygen apparatus, appa-ratus, ordered from New York and Chicago. The Chicago device, which permits per-mits use of a nasal tube for administering ad-ministering oxygen, arrived by airplane air-plane this morning. A special oxygen oxy-gen room was ordered by plane from New York. "Mr. Cermak is holding his own in his struggle to live," said Dr. E. S. Niehol, one of the attending physicians, who added that the mayor should last "at least another 24 hours." . "That adds to his chances for ultimate recovery, because of the strength he should gain in that period." Provo Firemen To Sponsor Dance Veteran Volunteer firemen and active firemen of Provo are cooperating in the staging of a benefit dance to be held in the Utahna Gardens, Saturday night. The proceeds will be used for the entertainment of the state firemen convention to le held here In August. Iee Evans orchestra or-chestra will furnish the music. Everybody will be asked to buy a ticket to the event, according ac-cording to the hiembers of the committee: Scott Thompson, Karl Loveless, Robert Board-man Board-man and J. Will Jones. Of Dies Endowment house in Salt Lake City. Mr. Fuller died May 30, 1906. He was one of the early pioneer school teachers and surveyors, and was county recorder at one time. Mrs. Fuller was a faithful member of the L. D. S. church, and labored in many of the auxiliary organizations organiza-tions of her ward. She had made her, home with her daughter, Mrs. Buckley, for several years. Surviving, in addition to her daughter, are one brother, G. A. Wall of Lehl, and a. half-brother, Peter G. Wall of Daggett county. Funeral services will be held at the Bonneville ward meeting house Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock. Friends may 4 call at the Buckley .home prior to the services. Interment will be in the Provo, city cemetery. Dl Roosevelt Cabinet Choices U yj THOMAS J. WALSH Attorney General WALSHllAMED FORCABINET Roosevelt Announcement of Cabinet Conforms To Predictions Made. HYDE PARK, N. Y., Feb. 28 (U.H) President-elect Roosevelt today to-day named Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, as attorney general in the new cabinet. HYDE PARK, N. Y., Feb. 28 (U.Hk-President-elect Roosevelt Monday Mon-day announced sanction of Harold Ickes of Chicago to be secretary of interior, and of Senator Claude Swanson of Virginia, to be secretary secre-tary of navy. Their selection as members of Mr. Roosevelt's official family was anticipated, and the declaration that they had consented to serve in the new administration occasioned occa-sioned no surprise. "I liked the cut of their jibs," was the only comment the president-elect offered. Only two more cabinet members remain to be announced by Mr. Roosevelt. They are expected to be Daniel C. Roper for secretary of commerce, and Frances Perkins for secretary of labor. MORATORIUM BILL PASSES WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. - Landowners Land-owners on the Strawberry reclamation reclama-tion project In Utah county will be exempt from payment of construction con-struction charges up to December III next, or for a total period of three years, as a result of the passage pass-age of the reclamation moratorium bill which passed the house by a vote of 113 to 24 Monday. The bill which had previously parsed' the senate is assured of presidential approval, according to reliable information. The bill met with some opposition opposi-tion for the Eastern Republican congressmen as expected, but the surprising thing; was that the south and middle wefet, which have been as hostile to reclamation as the east, joined with the west to put the bill through. Western members see little hope for the passage of the reclamation loan bill in spite of the liberal vote by which the moratorium bill was passed. This bill provides for a loan of $5,000,000 from the Reconstruction Recon-struction Finance corporation to the reclamation service with which to carry on and complete existing irrigation projects in the western states, including the Hyrum project pro-ject in Utah. The bill was called in the senate, Saturday, while the calendar was being cleared, and was being objected ob-jected to by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin. Wis-consin. ARREST COMMUNISTS BERLIN, Feb. 28 (U.E) The Hitler Hit-ler government today ordered the arrest of every Communist connected con-nected with the' government for alleged complicity In a terrorist plot which began with the at-U tempted destruction by fire of the Reichstag buildings. A ban on t!TS Communist and social-Democrat press was decreed by ,Herman Wilhelm Goering-, minister min-ister without portfolio in the Hitler government, HAROLD ICKES Secretary of Interior ' CLAUDE SWANSON Seei-taiv of Navy NEWS WIRES Bv UNITED PRESS SUGAR OFFICIAL QUITS SALT LAKE CITY, F eb 28-W. Harvey Ross, president of the Gunnison Gun-nison Sugar company, will retire as head of the concern April 1. Personal Per-sonal attention to large personal interests made his retirement from active business imperative, Mr. Ross said. The William Wrigley Jr. company, chewing gum magnates, mag-nates, own the controlling interest in the company. INSULL RING INDICTED CHICAGO, Feb. 2a Samuel In-sull, In-sull, his brother, Martin Insull, Samuel Insull Jr. and 10 associates in the $150,000,000 Corporation Securities Se-curities were indicted Monday by the federal grand jury. If convicted, convict-ed, the defendants face punishment by 125 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. The 25 counts on which the indictments are returned allege fraud in obtaining money by false pretenses in the sale of the securities. NIMS, QUILLIAN ELECTED OGDEN, Feb. 26 Leslie W. Nims, manager of the Utah Power and Light company, was elected president of the Ogden chamber of commerce, Monday at the annual noon luncheon meeting of the directors. di-rectors. It was intimated that Ezra J. Fjelsted would be reappointed reap-pointed as secretary. Mr. Nims is well known in Provo where he served as manager prior to his present position. George C. Quiflian, another former Provo resident, manager of the telephone company, was elected treasurer. SMITH OPPOSES INFLATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UK) Alfred E. Smith, more dignified and serious than in recent appearances appear-ances at the capital, warned" the senate finance committee today that currency inflation was only "a shot in tne arm which would injure rather than help the country. coun-try. Smith favored recognition of the Soviet government of Russia, saying say-ing "There is no use trading with them under covet." RELATIVE DtlTIFY 00Y HERE Man Who Met Death Under Train Is L. C. Sutter The curiosity of George Wagner, 18, of Pleasant View, who read the story in the Herald Monday night of the tragic death of the man who leaped from a westbound Denver and Rio Grande, freight train Sunday afternoon, after-noon, and was ground beneath the wheels, led to the identity of the victim Tuesday afternoon as Le-Hoy Le-Hoy C. Sutter, 34, of Springvilie. Slender, golden-haired Mrs. Sutter, Sut-ter, his youthful wife, who is living liv-ing with her parents, J. A. Anderson, Ander-son, 65 North Eleventh West, completed com-pleted the identification Tuesday afternoon after Wagner had communicated com-municated with Sheriff E. G. Dur-nell Dur-nell and had identified the man as Sutter, his uncle. Leaped From Train Sutter was killed as he leaped from a rapidly moving freight train Sunday, and was dragged nearly 150 feet along the track. The fall resulted in the severing of both legs and severe cuts on hla head. His identity, however, remained re-mained a mystery until today, the only writing on him being a .slip of paper in the watch pocket of his overalls, which read; "Milk, noodles, matches, Ovaltine." The sheriff and his officers communicated com-municated with other officers in the country, have questioned I transients on the train and have sought other means of identifica-j'tion identifica-j'tion since the death Sunday. His mother, Mrs. Christena E. j iJutter, of Springvilie, his sister, ' I-ila Sanford, also of Springvilie, ! and Sanford, the truck driver, aided, in the identification. Visits At Thistle j Mr. Sutter had gone to Thistle on Saturday with Fred Sanford of Springvilie to visit with his sister, I Mrs. Anna Benedict. He returned ! on the "Red Ball" freight of the ! I) and H. G. W. Sunday. Warned ! not to attempt the lean from the speeding train as it neared the depot at Sixth South and Second West, he tried it anyway, with the tragic result. Mr. Sutter was 34 years old and had come to Utah from Dore, Michigan, 14 years ago. Beides his wife, Arlene Anderson Sutter, he is survived by hla mother, Christena Chris-tena E. Sutter"; and a sister, lna Sanford, of Springvilie; another sister, Mrs. Anna Benedict of Thietle and a half-brother. W. H. Wagner of Pleasant View. His mother is 63 years old. George Wagtier, who is chiefly responsible in bringing about the identification of the accident victim, vic-tim, was led to communicate with the sheriff's office after he read a description of Sutter in Monday night's Herald. After he had pointed point-ed out to the officers his belief that it was Sutter, they had little difficulty in completing the identity. identi-ty. PLANES BRING PROVISIONS LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (HP) Sixteen men, women and cWldren, isolated in six mining camps in the desolate Timpahute section of southeastern Nevada, today enjoyed enjoy-ed a feast of provisions brought in by ai.S ""after facing possible .starvation because snow blocked all road3. The food was dropped by West-era West-era Air Express pilots who flew over the camps, although 75 miles off the regular course between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The airplanes were delayed an hour. FLOWERS THE LIVING Today a bouquet to WALTER P. WHITEHEAD Provo city commissioner who .Is celebrating his fifty-seventh birth-' day anniversary today, V |