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Show Eveniin Service If you do not receive your copy of The Herald by 6 p. m., telephone 495 and one will be sent you. Weather Forecast UTAH: Fair tonight and Wednesday; Wednes-day; little change in temperature. Maximum temp., Monday .... 50 Minimum temp., Monday .... 12 PRICE FIVE CENTS PRUVO, UTAH CPU N T Y, U T A H, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1935 FORTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 139 Herald liie MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going' On in National Affairs By DKEW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN f WASHINGTON Some of C-ne inner council coterie have been whispering- into the president's ear that he ought to crack down on the senate. What they would like to see him do is go before his radio audience some night and make u stirring anneal to the public to hack him up m a mand that the chamber put .Ir an end to its rampaging ar.d M.f t- heel. The advice is definitely attractive. attrac-tive. The lebuff on the W .rid court, the three w--ks f wrangling m the appropriations committee , over the wo: -re!i-f bid. and the, ominous threats against the ad- , ministration's banking measure have nni only irritated the president presi-dent but made him uneasy about , the entire ci mgressii ma. situation House leaders have warned him that unless something was done to curb the senate there was ser- ious danger that the srurit of revolt re-volt would spread to the house. But attractive as the -suggestion is, it has several drawbacks Chief among them is the fact that Roosevelt's senate advisers are strongly against it Wilson's tragic experience in trying to tame the chamber is still very fresh in their minds. Furthermore, as .senate leaders have emphasized at the White House, Democrats not Republicans, are causing ail the trouble. So for the time being they an-counselling an-counselling patience and sofe treading - - BRICKBAT POLITICS .k - Then is method m Huey Lang's Il:adi;t SS His resolution for an investigation investiga-tion i; .1 Farley is one of the most astute moves he has ever ma ile. Huey knows that the chances of the inquiry going very far are remote. Hut he also knows that with the public in general and congress m particular there is no "ne in the administration as personally per-sonally unpopular as the big. glad-handmg glad-handmg Postmaster General Farley's relentless patronage raiding, the deterioration :' his postal service have cr -ated toes by the thousand This, the Kingfish op.e of t h iCoiitinuru on P.oje T'.voi FIFTH WEST "Say Pill, did you lot i r toui ists a i e Fifth West aio-rhate KOAI) k:;ow that . g"ing tha road msteat 1 i of cum.ir.g tnru town, n" en-nuired tie center tiv customer i Bill th.- B.uIk-h "Yes. I'd heard plied BUI. "In fact . bout r.e It." !e-if !e-if there. found Seven hin.spiri i! Third h Hast vest-ill. iv South and an-! sti -,e toW!: ,de St ft vo no ;ev th-: t ped to (rniju: when uh.v th. locate 1 mutiny "Tha chants persit, "YeP Bill "Can a:.M ah ! d !h,- cu.-tr cu.-tr a ; 't :vth if" .i.-kt ' Sundown Sun-down th' Fifth Wi sign tur - ne iii. alter and Bid Pu Kit- h ; t P th Oil ecti:: 1 lrn the oi.-t .... j st .11 carry j !c beca use j Then tour - 1 th I U I 'I ' VO j they would ; an ts w. iiiM ' Cent. 'i- Fifth W, a lot of he.ivv can traf t pi oole know the n.u ists "o,iid be din-c'ed instead o.' around ar.d eniov it d 1 h n re profit "Yeah, but who i; to ri m Ve th. sign . "Th of tt answer I eah.e matte; atteni . "Let "All asked the t u! 1 be state ro.K cust m e r by ..rd- ; :r issi n . 11 rcidi!; till' t " t h i ( i 'V. ,-d Bii the when Th-y w i-.'i ta nee IS calle' it s.ild a-; the eed cu Hi!! n:er h. MP Gillnian To Attend National Meeting Extension -d the present sugar beet benefit payment plan, is one of the problems to be mulled over by the exeuUve committee meeting meet-ing of the Natioi al Sugar Beet Growers association at Greeley, Colorado Wednesday, which will be attended by J. W. Gillman. Utah county commissioner, and a member of the executive board. - j t COURT RULING HEARTENING TO NEW DEAL Dissenting Justices Give Bitter Protest On Gold Decision By JOHN A. REICHMANX United Press Staff Correspondent ifopvright 1935. bv United Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 'U.P'New Deal prestige zoomed today under impetus of victory vic-tory in the United States supreme su-preme court where administration adminis-tration gold policies were protected pro-tected against legal attack. Victory came over the hot protests of four members of the nine-man tribunal. The administration was reported report-ed planning new legislation to head oft possible suits in the court of claims by Liberty bond hold.-rs. alleging damage resulted from dollar devaluation. Some lawyers maintained the high court decisions left the door open for such suits. Plan Legislati.V New Deal congressional leaders were heartened by the victory. In it they f und new strength to attack at-tack s'ubbo'-n legislative opposi-t; opposi-t; n which has clayed the S4,-vsO. S4,-vsO. 000.000 recovery bill and leooaroied the program for economic eco-nomic .security and extension of SUA. Admit: ist ration spokesmen feel; obstacles to monetary projects; have been hurdled. The New i Deal plans to mi ve on to higher j.! Question and answers on ! j the eflet of the supreme court ' ruling on the administration gold policies on page '8. .,. i commodity places and ultimately a ! dollar stabilized internationally and at home. In th:ee distinct types of cases the court held: 1 Congress had ample authority author-ity to abrogate the gold clause in private securities. 2 c ingress exceeded its authority auth-ority m abrogating the gold clause in govitnment bonds, but in the case a" issue no damage was ' shown and the suit was thrown " out : I'ourt ; 3 Congress had ample authot-' authot-' lt v to -ieie go!.: cei't il ii-ates and i replace them with devalued currency cur-rency j iler Bloc Awake j Lead-rs of the silver b'oc are ; maneuvering i: any advantage i that nay be gamed from the court's decision that value need not be related strictly to gold. First " silver development was a proposed amendment to the recovery recov-ery bill to expand currency by. j .;-;'2o.000.000 with silver. ! In the background there was a rumble of dissent. Justice James C. McReynolds spoke tor three colleagues and numbers ot his fcl- j low citizens yesterday in bitter arraignment of the policies which .i majority of the court was aide to accept "The constitution is gone." roared roar-ed the aging jurist ' This is Nero at his worst By a scant five-to-four margin the court stood by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes ne-time Republican candidate for president presi-dent but mote often than not on the bench a member of the so-called so-called liberal group. McReynolds' bitter words sound-e sound-e 1 the passionate challenge conservatism con-servatism Utters to the- N-w Deal and its monetary works. All is lost!" Mc Reynolds grumbled, when the court split five . O'tir a year- ago to support the N'ew York state milk control law. Again he protested the court's i Continued n Page FiV' Provo Enters Location Pp'Vo's advantage as a possible army airport base will be set down m a report started today by Acting Act-ing C'.ty Engineer Ear l Cornier and I )..n '.V Vincent. On the success of the report, which will be submitted to Lieu-t Lieu-t r. ant-Colonel John I) Peardan, S'-nier memter of the board of of-tiiers of-tiiers ot the I. S Air Corps, hinges a ten million dollar- federal projei t Provo has distinct advantages lor the location of such an air bas'-, it was pointed to the commissi com-missi in in January by Mr' Vincent. Following this Mayor A O. Smoot wrote to Secretary of War George H iArri. explaining the advantages advant-ages in this location lor a western army air base. Mayor Smuut recently received pooled W. A Huckms, manager of the ' Utah Power and Light company, Pro v. division, above, who has i Ik n pr iiiioted ti be sal- s man- ' .: e! i' Sa.it l.iki City. Below. V FlertW.o, Price, who will succeed Inn. as r'tovo manager. MOVE TO BAN HOLDING FIRMS WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 'I P Over the protests of u powerful power-ful lobby longnss drove forward tod.iy with otie i i its most drastic recovery proposals elimination of public utility hi Klmg companies. Waiter M V Splawn, former Texas university president, was called as the first witness to defend de-fend the Bay burn bill before the house interstate commerce committee. com-mittee. In announcing the commitee of w'nii 1. . he is chairman, will proceed pro-ceed now with hearings Rep. Sam Rayburn. De:n . Texas, author o:' t h e administration bill, flayed lobnyists whom he charged with atterr.pt to delay the measure. mea-sure. The ill is d-signed to eliminate elimin-ate public utility holding companies com-panies within five years and place operating companies under strict ledecal control. P -ay burn said ne had been flooded flood-ed with letters and telegrams, apparently instigated by utility holding companies, demanding opponents op-ponents of the oill be given additional addi-tional time for study. Rayburn refused flatly. "The proponents of this bill will he questioned for a week" he said. ' that time should be sufficient suffic-ient for the opponents to prepare their case They want time so that passage of the bill may be delayed, de-layed, not time to prepare a case" Bid For Of Air Base an answer from Stcretary Dern. enclosing a questionnaire to be filltd out. Tuesday Mayor Smoot appointed Mr. Condor and Mr. Vinci Vin-ci nt to fill out the questionnaire and make the report. It was explained to Secretary Pern that planes could be routed through Provo from Denver much easier than either north or south because of the Provo canyon and Spanish Fork canyon passes. He was also told i f the 8.000 acres of land south of Provo and near the Provo bay region, an ideal air base site. Mr Vincent has been working on the project .several weeks and declares that it will mean a huge additional payroll if Provo can be established as the site for the air base. ten M a &4 u li 1 hi i7W' h I w I &r&&sf I w 5 h. .W I VM mm PROVO MAN TRANSFERRED TO SJl. JOB Power Company Announces Changes In Provo Division Office William A. Huckins, Provo division manager of the Utah Power & Light company, has been promoted to the position of sales manager of that comiaiiy. with headquarters i in Salt Lake City, and W. E. ( Fleetwood, district superintendent superin-tendent at Price for the past several sev-eral years, will take Mr. Huckins' place as Provo division manager, according to an announcement made by the power company of-1 ficials. Experienced Man Mr. Huckins goes to his new ; position with a background of j many years' experience in the : power ;md light business. His j first association with the electric t industry was with the Des Moines i Electric company at Des Moines, Iowa, where he was engaged in sales work. He later became connected con-nected with the Oregon Power! company at Marshfield, Oregon, j He has been associated with the ' Utah Fewer A- Light company, since lf-13, at which time he start- j ed in the general sales depart- merit In lnT he was transfer-j red to Ogden where he continued i to follow sales work. In 191S he was promoted to the position of : sales s jperintendent of the com-, pany's Ogden division. His fur-: ther promotion to the position of manager of the Provo division ! took place in September, 1930. ; and he has served in that capacity ' ever since. In his new position ' Mr Huckins will be in charge oi the company's Bales ctivitieJ throughout its entire system. He has been actively associated in community activities almost from the first day of his arrival in Provo He has served several years as a vice president and director di-rector of the Provo chamber of commi roe. He has been a member mem-ber of the Rotary club and has served on many of the committees commit-tees of this organization. Mr Huckins rendered valiant serc.ct for two years on the Provo Pro-vo district Boy Scout committee and as chairman of the finance committee was instrumental in leading the annual drive for funds to a successful conclusion. He has been president of the Provo baseball club during the iC'mtmued on Page Five) DEBATERS SET FOR BIG TRIP Debate teams from Brigham Young university composed of i Darlene Owens and Lucile Skin-1 ner, women's varsity; Harold; Christensen and Oakiey Evans, j men's varsity, and Clifford Young j and William Reeder, men's junior j varsi:, will leave Provo the mid-; die of this week to participate in; various debates in Utah, Califor- ! ma, Oregon, Washington, Montana Mon-tana and Idaho. : The women's varsity debaters leave Wednesday afternoon, going directly to Los Angeles where they will meet Pasadena on Feb-! ruary 22 and U. S. C. on February 25. From Los Angeles they go to the colleges of the Pacific tournament tourna-ment at Stockton for three days of debating February 28, March 1-2, and from there return to Provo Beth men's teams leave Thursday Thurs-day morning and debate B. A. C. at Cedar City and Dixie College at St. George that day. Monday. February 25. the teams debate U. S C teams in Los Angeles An-geles and Redlands the following day. They then go to the Stockton Stock-ton :ournament and from there to Sanford on March 4. March 5, they meet Wilhamette university at Salem. Ore., and March 6 the university of Washington at Seattle. Seat-tle. The teams meet two universities univer-sities March 8, Washington State at Pullman, Wash., and University Univer-sity of Idaho at Moscow, Idaho. University of Montana at Missoula, Missou-la, will be the last debate of the trip on March 9. The debaters will arrive in Provo March 10. j BAN ON DANCES WA It KEG AN, 111., Feb. 19 r.P - W'aukegan high school students were forbidden use of school facilities facil-ities for social events today "until "un-til excessive drinking among students stu-dents stops." Superintendent John YV. Thalman said that "resumption "resump-tion of social activities rests entirely en-tirely with the students." fo) 0 Accused Faints A 8 Clerk Reads Wrong Verdict CLEVELAND, Feb. 19 (U.P.) Pscar Hawkins was on trial for his life. The jury received the case, deliberated returned with a verdict. Common Pleas Judge Alva R. Corlett received the sheet of paper, turned to the courtroom court-room and intoned: "Guilty of murder in the first degree." There was no recommendation recommen-dation for mercy. - Hawkins fainted. Judge Corlett turned to the jury foreman. "You failed to sign this verdict," he pointed out. "You read the wrong one." the foreman replied. "We found the defendant not guilty." Hawkins was revived. Court Of Honor Program Slated For Tabernacle Impressive Exercises Slated In Connection With Finance Drive. One of the most impressive Boy Scout programs ever presented present-ed in Provo will be given in the Utah stake tabernacle, Sunday night, when the anniversary court of honor- will be held, beginning at 7:30 p. m. The presence of Oscar A Kirk-ham, Kirk-ham, noted speaker and veteran Boy Scout worker, will assure those who attend an opportunity to hear an inspirational address. A. O. Smoot, chairman of the court of honor, will be in charge of the meeting, following the pre- liminary exercises by the M. I. A., sponsors oi me eveni The color ceremony will consist of a pageant showing the history of the flag, to be presented by Troop 50, including the scout pledge of allegiance and color ceremony. The awards to be presented run the whole gamut of scouting, eagle palm, eagle award, life, star, merit badges, first and second sec-ond class awards, although special emphasis will be placed on the life, eagle and palm awards by three scouts specially selected from troops 42, 43 and 46. As a special feature the mothers moth-ers of the new eagle scouts will be presented with miniature eagles. The music will be presented by a scout chorus singing, "Gee, I'm Glad I'm a Bov Scout," and a number by the "Y" Eagles club, The opening song by the gation and scouts will be congre- "Amer- ica." The scout oath will be presented by troop 41 and a tenderfoot scout from troop 52 will offer the opening open-ing prayer. Vanguard troop 745 will have charge of the ushering ar.d the "Y" Eagles club will decorate dec-orate the tabernacle for the occasion. occa-sion. All scouts will be seated by troops with their colors and insignia insig-nia prominently displayed. The event will usher in the annual an-nual drive for Boy Scout funds by the Provo district, to begin Monday morning under the direction direc-tion of Rulon Van Wagenen. The program has been worked out under the direction of Rulon Doman and Rodney Wright, Provo district commissioners. Rotary To Observe Club Anniversary The thirtieth birthday of Rotary International will be observed by members of the Provo Rotary club Wednesday noon at the Roberts Rob-erts Hotel in a special program based on the past, present and future of the service organization that extends around the world under the slogan of "Service Above Self." Ten minute ,talks wil Ibe given giv-en as follows: "Rotary Yesterday," Yester-day," George Fitzroy; "Rotary Today," I. E. Brockbank; "Rotary Tomorrow," J. C. Moffitt. Barron To Speak At Legion Meeting Superintendent ron of the Provo be the speaker meeting of the George L. Bar-CCC Bar-CCC camp will at the regular Provo Post No. 13, Ameican Legion, Wednsday, at 8 p. m. in the Armory rooms. The musical program will consist con-sist of selections from an original gypsy opera under the direction of Miss Marguerite Jeppersen. ren awrcim HOUSE VOTES TO ELIMINATE DRINK SALES Private License Proponents Still Have Hopes of Concessions SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 19 (J.Ri The House of the I'tah legislature leg-islature latei today adopted an amendment to a state stores liquor bill which eliminates the sale by the drink of liquor in hotels, cafes and clubs. It was not a roll call vote, but only a lew shouted "noeV were heard. By WAYNE H. FARLEY United Press Staff Correspondent SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 19 (U.R) Adoption of committee amendments that 'Yould eliminate sale by drink features from the committee )f 19 state store liquor bill seemed assured in the Utah '.etfislature today. Adoption of the amendment, it was believed, would mean virtual ; passage ot the bin by tne nouse. Licensing advocates, however, disputed this They indicated they would vote for the amendment in the belief that it would effectively kill the measure, giving their own private licensing measures an inside in-side track. Support To Shift In support of this they pointed out that much of the state store support is from hotels and restaurants res-taurants which are granted licensing licens-ing sale privileges under the bill as originally written. The amend- j ment would take away this privi- j lege and support would shift to ; the licensing plans. j For two hours In a special ) morning session house members . spoke for and against the state j store measure. I Proponents declared it the only method of control whereby tern- j perance would be promoted and ; bootleggers eliminated. Opponents declared it to be a ' prohibitionary measure favored by j bootleggers because it would as-1 sure their continuation in busi- j ness j The storm broke when Rep. i Marion G. Romney, chairman of j the house judiciary committee, i moved the adoption of the com- I mittee amendments. J McFarlane Objects Rep. Grant McFarlane, D. Salt Lake, jumped to his feet. j "That would virtually mean! passage or the bill, he declared, j anj added that "I favor passage ; j of i the bill as originally written " He pointed out that there had been sales by drink during and since prohibition, and that there would continue to be, regardless of whether the s amended bill passed. He said that if the amendments were adopted, the cities and communities com-munities would not receive any of the liquor revenues, and asked: "Do you think these cities will take their own money to enforce an act that fails to bring in some revenue for its own enforcement?" The evils of uncontrolled liquor! traffic, prohibition and bootleggers bootleg-gers were reviewed in their entire-by entire-by Rep. Will R. Holmes. D., Box eider, and co-author of a .private licensing plan. Holmes declared the state store plan to be nothing more than a prohibition measure that could not work. Private licensing, he said, is the only method that can effectively ef-fectively control drinking "If we had 200 licensed liquor (Continued on Page Eight) TOADSTOOLS FATAL LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 19 H'.P The deadly toadstood often mistaken for the delicious mushroom, mush-room, had claimed a third victim here today. NO CRYSTAL Can predict what is ahead for the west and for westerners BUT Cold, hard facts point like searchlights into the future, telling- the story of progress, development de-velopment and prosperity. It's a story to interest and inspire every true westerner, and it will be told in a series titled : LAND OF OPPORTUNITY It Starts Wednesday in the Herald. Governor peedy Action To Save Deer Creek j Danger of Abandonment of Project Immin-! Immin-! ent Unless Action By Legislature and Waterusers Remove Obstacles SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 19 Governor Henry H. Blood this mornine told a jrroup of state legislators that speed and dispatch are needed to save the ten million dollar Deer Creek dam project from being: cancelled by the reclamation bureau. Informed Monch'v that the project is in imminent danger dan-ger of abandonment. Governor Blood took immediate steps to save it." He conferred with leaders of the house and senate sen-ate called the meeting of legislators this morning, telephoned tele-phoned Dr. Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation at Washington, asking that nothing be done to jeopardize the million dollars which is now appropriated for the project. r Immediate Action Needed . Dr Mead urged that Utah act immediately to iron out difficulties standing in the way of the project,tiie first appropriation ap-propriation for which was made 15 months ago. Enactment-by Enactment-by the state legislature of the Metropolitan water distnet act is one difficulty. Another is the agreement of interested waterusers as to terms so that the repayment of the government's investment invest-ment can be guaranteed. , Not all water available ha been v subscribed, although tentative sun- scriptions have been voted by lrri- gation cities. The companies and interested reclamation bureau has one nut twice that not dollar of the original allotment of $2 700,000 has been expended to relieve unemployment, which was the primary "purpose of the project. pro-ject. That allotment was made in the middle of November 1933. Last vear part of the original sum was diverted for another pur- P9e- v. Governor Blood believes that the interested parties will take note of the Sanger to the project and act quickly to avert threatened abandonment. its BY-PASS ROADS ARE OPPOSED Plans for a meeting will committee cf of commerce, general membership be drawn up by a the Provo chamber under the direction of Jesse N Ellertson, it was decided de-cided at a meeting of the board of directors Monday night. The time and pUce will be announced soon. Walter Adams was named chairman of a committee to investigate in-vestigate the reasons for the discrimination dis-crimination against Provo shippers ship-pers as against those from Ogden and Salt Lake City. The other members of the committee are T. F. Pierpont. Walter J Startup, S. H. Belmont. Johnson O Beesley. To Draw Resolution The directors discussed the proposed designation of a by-pass road known as state highway 76 along the west side of Utah lake to which opposition has been voiced. It was pointed out that the Utah county interests are not opposed to highway 73 to run from Lehi to Eureka by way of Fairfield. A resolution opposing the policy of constructing by-pass roads eliminating old established communities com-munities from the tourist highways high-ways was authorized to be drawn up "bv the committee, on highways. Alex Hedquist. chairman ThP resignation of v ernara An derson as a director was accepted and a vote of thanks. Mr. Anderson An-derson has accepted a position with his company that will take him into Idaho for several months. A communication was received from Mrs. Emily D. Aird, Provo, member of the lower house, ui which she agreed to do everything possible to secure a permanent branch office of the state tax commission in Provo. RELIEF FUNDS READY WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 tU.P j President Roosevelt today trans- , ferred $45,000,000 in unexpended . PWA funds to the federar emerg- i ency administration, financing i aid' to the nation's 21.000,000 1 needy persons until March 1 BALL Urges Hauptmann Wi Execution StayJ Appeal Is Filed Fisher and Reilly of Defense Counsel Split Over . Mode of Action. TRBNTON, N. J., Feb. 19 d'.P Bruno Richard Hauptmann today . won the right to appearl his conviction con-viction for murder of the Lindbergh Lind-bergh baby and was granted a stay of execution, originally set for the week of March 18. Chancellor Luther A. Campbell granted a writ of error to C. Lloyd Fisher and Frederick Pope, had split with rhief defense counsel, coun-sel, Edward J. Reiliy. Reilly had proposed to delay the appeal action ac-tion and said either he or Fisher had to get out of the case. Hauptmann's sentence to death . was" automatically stayed by granting of the writ. The state will pay the cost of printing the record for the appeal because Hauptmann is a pauper. The date of March 28 wasset for argument before the court of errors and appeals. Fisher and Pope asked and were granted a writ for a review of Hauptmann's conviction in his trial . at Flem-ington. Flem-ington. New Lions Club Formed At Manti J. W. Thornton, of Provo, district dis-trict governor of the Lions clubs in Utah, organized a new Lions club with 32 members at Manti Monday night. J. C. Harris was elected president of the new club. Aura C. Hatch, president of the Provo club, Clarence Ellertson, and O. W. Beebe, officers, assisted assist-ed in the installation. Mr. Hatch and presidents of the Gunnison and Ephraim clubs spoke. The new organization was sponsored by the Gunnison club. NEW BONI S BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U.P Sen. Millard Tydings, D. Mr., today to-day introduced a bill calling for the payment of the $2,300,000,000 soldier bonus bill in United States bonds. The measure, attempting a compromise between the administration administ-ration and bonus leaders, would not increase governmental obligations obliga-tions in the long run. it was said. SEUGMAN. Ariz., Feb. 18 This is an "open letter td Henry Ford; it goes to him first and, if he don't pay anj attention to it why then it goes to General Motors or any worthwhile automobile manufacturer. manu-facturer. What this country needs is a high-centered automobile. auto-mobile. You would be surprised sur-prised at the amount of the U. S. that has not got a boulevard boule-vard by the door. They are making cars so low that you can run over a fellow without hurting him, and if you want to drive out of towns anywhere, any-where, you go to use a span rt .... ..In r.. n.. KK. S do something for the country folks. Yours, l Ik. HtMtufM 8ycUU. ta. |