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Show The Herald. FIFTIETH YEAR, NO. 233 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1936 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE GENTS rvi UVJ UVJ MVU UVJ u Weather UTAH Fair tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer northweat portion por-tion tonight. Maximum temp. Wednesday . . 91 Minimum temp. Wednesday . . 40 EO 9 ImLLUJ Throng Strawberry Day FUN REIGNS SUPREME AT BERRY FETE Miniature Parade To Be Rej peated; Festival To Wind Up Tonight Py J. R. PAULSON PLEASANT GROVE A happy crowd of nearly 10,000 persons, decked out in summer sum-mer finery, today gathered at Pleasant Grove to celebrate the fifteenth annual renewal of the Utah Strawberry day. Only a few foamy clouds could be seen in the sky as the celebration started with a band concert and a colorful- miniature parade in the morning, and the crowds swarmed in from every direction. The weather was ideal. Delightful Parade-Punctuated Parade-Punctuated by the peculiar swisn, swish, swish of children marching, the miniature parade .Parted the day off in grand style. The parade will be repeated at 7 p. m. Other evenlAg events are a vaudeville show at 8 o'clock in the hoierh school auditorium and grand tamival dances, at 9 o'clock in the high school auditorium and grand Strawberry gardens, a new outdoor out-door darfce floor just north of the high school, made by a combination combin-ation of tennis purts. Mayor Lauds Parade "It is the nicest miniature parade pa-rade we have ever had," said Mayor Lyean I. Johnson.. "The crowd is as large as ever and the weather is just right for the event." Mayor Johnson, said the addition addi-tion of the new Strawberry Gardens Gar-dens will help make the day much more successful this year. The two dance floors are so situated that the crowd can pass from one to JtheotherXand be admitted to both on one ticket. This will permit per-mit the dance crowd to be concentrated con-centrated in one place this year, an important item, inasmuch as an automobile is to be given away there tonight. Petite Miss Patricia Anderson, (Continued on Page Five) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Cleveland The press always plays a leading role at national political convention. Here at Cleveland it is especially important. import-ant. Not only are two of the Presidential Presi-dential candidates publishers, but themaster minds formulating arfordirecting the campaign strategy strat-egy of all the leading aspirants are newspapermen. The press literally lit-erally dominates this Republican convention. While veteran party leaders, whose word once was law, wander aimlessly about the hotesl lob-biles, lob-biles, the newspapermen generalissimo gener-alissimo are sitting in the inner councils, shaping tactics, pulling wires, giving orders and dictating the platform. It's all every strange and bewildering be-wildering to the old party wheel-horses. wheel-horses. But there is nothing they can do about it. The newsmen are in control. Old hands at the business busi-ness of politics, they know all the ropes. Behind the scenes they are running the show and their various var-ious candidates with spirit and vigor. It is something new in national politics, and the "boys" are getting get-ting a great kick out of it. jjj ! LANDON STAFF : The volume of pro-Landon publicity pub-licity is solely and directly attributable at-tributable to the fact that his campaign is being run almost entirely en-tirely by press men. Landon headquarters here looks like the city-room of a newspaper. It is manned entirely by news-- news-- (Continued on page 3, section 2) i of 10,000 Joins In Queen Of Strawberry Festival $f - ' liilS f - Jrl "Every inch a queen,:' is what .the . crowds said about little Patsy Anderson who reigned in regal splendor .JiueepojL the Utah Strawberry Day at Pleasant Grove today. Little Patsy, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Anderson, carried her new honors with all the dignity of the queen she it, in the parade thi9 morning. Sne was ailended by Janice Partington as Miss Utah and Cleo Bunnell. Miss Pleasant Grove, her maids of honor. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Partington and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bunnell, respectively. !- SWIMMING POOL READY TO OPEN Provo's new swimming pool at North park opens about June 15. Completely renovized, equipped with dressing rooms and with a modern draining and purifying system, the pool is expected to prove one of the most attractive recreation centers in the city. The old' North park pool, which was abandoned several years ago, was remade through a WPA project, proj-ect, with new equipment installed. Ben Merrill, playground instructor, instruc-tor, will be in charge, and announced an-nounced Thursday that the pool will be open from 1 p. m. until p. m. each day. Elementary school children may use the pool only from 1 to 4:30 p. m.. however. Starting June 22. a "learn to swim" drive will be conducted through which anyone in the city may learn to swim free of charge. This will be held under direction of the American Red Cross and the city recreation department. A junior and senior life guard course wilLalso be conducted, with Roy Passey,- LeRoy Harding and Ben Merrill, examiners, in charge. ! LIBRARY CLOSED FRIDAY The Provo public library will be ' closed all day Friday in order ; that inventory .might be taken in ! the adult department. There will : be no charge on books due Friday if they are returned Saturday. BASEBALL TOOAY NATIONAL LEAGrE New York-Pittsburgh, postponed; rain. Boston 040 000 0 Chicago 012 001 2 Philadelphia . . 200 St. Louis 100 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 000 000 000 0 Washington 010 100 OOx 2 Cleveland 000 000 002 2 Philadelphia ... 021 000 02x 5 Detroit 202 110 00 New York 200 011 03 St. Louis 300 100 100 5 Boston 002 130 Olx 7 Celeb COLLEGE MAN SPEAKS TO CLUB Business experience during college col-lege training and an expanding curriculum are two of the fundamentals funda-mentals of the Russell Sage College Col-lege for women, it was explained to the Provo Kiwanis club Thursday Thurs-day noon by Dr. G. Elroy Nelson, director of the business college. Dr. Nelson, who is a graduate of Brigham Young university and a former resident of Pleasant Grove, figured prominently in the organization of the college of business at the school. During the summer he will be on the faculty at Denver university. In explaining the setup of the Russell Sage school, Dr. Nelson said that it is exclusive from the scholastic and aptitude standpoints, stand-points, not monetary. v Prof. Herald R. Clark of the Brigham Young university introduced intro-duced the speaker. J. N. Ellertson was chairman and President John W. McAdam presided. Feature Prize Judge George S. B a 1 1 i f , American Legion commander, at the right, "points with pride" to the new Plymouth automobile, auto-mobile, the gift magnificent to be! awarded in Provo's ; I mammoth July 4 celebration an d , gift festival as Or- : val Singleton, chairman chair-man of one of the f celebration commit- tees iooks on. tracucaiiy every t merchant in Provo is cooperating in the celebration by giving free tickets with every 60 cent purchase. Saturday, June 13 Is designated designat-ed as "double ticket day." The grand $1500 gift distribution in the B. Y. U. sU- dlum will climax a great day. X '1? 4 k- nM i ratiom ELKS PLAN TRIBUTES TO OLD GLORY; Flag Day To Be Observed At Exercises Set Friday Night Honor and respect for the country's flag, Old Glory. will be paid at the Flag Dayf j i v. 4 services sponsored by tnaa Provo lodge No. 849, B. P.tjSam Houston and the men who 0. Elks to be conducted Fril fought with him. He did not dis- day, June 12 at 8 p. m. or$ the south lawn at the Elks!. home. South First West street. The services will be held in observance ob-servance of the 159th anniversary of the American flag, a traditional event in the ritual of the lodge. Elmer Singleton, exalted ruler, will be rendered by a brass en-at en-at which medals wul be presented to the winners of the Flag Day essay contest. Worthen To Speak The principal address and eulogy of the flag will be delivered de-livered by Judge George W. Worthen, Utah department commander, com-mander, American Legion. A colorful feature of the patri otic exercises will toe the hiatOttkL of the flag, a pageant to bestagedtr by a group of Provo boy scouts with Rulbn Doman, scout commissioner, com-missioner, as the reader. The opening musical numbers wil lbe rendered by a brass ensemble en-semble from the Provo high school band, Clair Johnson, director. The introductory exercises will be in charge of the exalted ruler, assisted as-sisted by the other officers of the lodge. Prayer will be offered by Chaplain Henry Hansen. The altar service will follow Judge Worth- en's address. i A double quartet, directed by ! Charles Josie will sing, "To Thee Oh, Country" and "The Flag Without With-out a Stain." There will also be music by a string trio. To Award Medals The concluding event is the awarding of medals by J. A. Owens, manager of the Herald to ' the following: Fontella Porter, j (Continued on Page Five) M. I. A., PRIMARY CONVENTION SET SALT LAKE CITY, June 11 u.R) Youthful members of the L. d. s. church from throughout the United States and parts of Can ada and Mexico, arrived here today, to-day, prepared to open three-day Primary and Mutual Improvement association conventions tomorrow. Approximately 10,000 youths and children's instructors are expected ex-pected to attend the conventions. President Heber J. Grant, and Sylvester Q. Cannon, presiding bishop, will address the groups Sunday. In Provo's July mmii tsprfsftswoUi. ' Jfj wc. t ' ' v v PRESIDENT LAUDS VALOR OF TEXANS Roosevelt Ready To Join In Texas Centennial Celebration BY FREDERICK A. STORM United Press Staff Correspondent HOUSTON, Tex., June 11 u.f v President Roosevelt arrived here today to participate par-ticipate in the Texas Centennial Cen-tennial celebration, and made the first of his addresses ad-dresses in the state at the San Jacinto battlefield, where the war for Texas independence inde-pendence was won. The president reviewed the cvciiui wuicii iiiaut; texas a. it- - llhll 1ftft arn nnH ,llHrt events wnicn made Texas a re- cuss current politics. Set Worthy Example "Those heroes gave us more than territorythey set an example ex-ample which in itself is a glorious heritage a just cause for state .arid national commemoration," he said. "Men fought here for principles they loved. more dearly than their own lives. Liber- ty-loving people will always do battle for principles prin-ciples they believe be-lieve to be right. :"C i v illation, alas, has not yet made it -unnecessary for men to dte in battle to sustain principle. It is, however, my hope that in this generation tiie United States, by its own example President Roosevelt can maintain and help to maintain principles by means of peace rather than by means of war." Greets Veteran In the audience was Andrew j Jackson Houston, 81, the only (Continued on Page Three) CGG WORKER CRASH VICTIM PANGUITCH, Utah, June 11 d'.H) An automobile and a truck collided near Bryce canyon today, killing Kenneth Lynn, 19, CCC worker and injuring five other youths. Robert Dickinson of Panguitch was taken to a Cedar City hospital hos-pital near death. None of the others, Lynn Lowe, Para wan; Dale Shipp, Richfield; Pete Lister, Panguitch and Worth Dillings, Salt Lake City; was believed be-lieved seriously hurt. Lowe reportedly told investigators investig-ators he fell asleep at the wheel of the automobile and crashed into in-to the rear ot truck driven by J. Austin Cope of Tropic. Cope was uninsured. The youths were returning to a CCC camp after attending a dance. 4 Gift Festival (J? 1 7l mm 8h Rival CoMemdleifs Pull Out off Race Held Certain C. Ass " : ??t'l ALF M. LANDON Hoover Strikes At New Deal Policies Convention Thrown Into Tumultuous Uproar Up-roar in Demonstration For Ex-President PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND, June 11 Former President Herbert Hoover, reverberations of his political swan song echoing behind him, left Cleveland for New York today after a triumphal appearance before the Re- j (publican national Convention. j TOPEKA READY TO CELEBRATE TOPEKA, Kans., June 11 (ILE This prairie town prepared today for its biggest celebration since the armistice. The people are ready to whoop it up for Alf Landon, Lan-don, their governor, wiien the signal sig-nal comes that he has received the Republican presidential nomination. nomi-nation. Full realization that one of their citizens actually is going to lead his party for the highest office came to Topeka today. To be sure, every corner philosopher wUl tell you there never was any doubt of Landon's selection, but the final clincher came with news that the other candidates were withdrawing. Engineers down in the railroad yards got up full steam and prepared pre-pared to tie down their whistle cords. The creamery will send (Continued on Page Five) Gilroy Head Consul YOSEM1TE, Cal., June 11 UE Peter F. GUroy, Denver, has been re-elected head consul of the Woodmen of the world, officers of the organization, now holding its annual convention here, announced an-nounced today. Other officers chosen by the convention included: H. R. Kingdon, Salt Lake City, head-watchman and T. W. Mid-kiff, Mid-kiff, Great Falls, Mont., director. O. P. Nominee A jammed convention hall greet-ed greet-ed Mr. Hoover's latest attack on I the New Deal with the most tu- j multuous demonstration of the convention last night. An unquenchable uproar forced chairman Bertrand H. Snell finally to recess a convention which had become unmanageable celebrating Mr. Hoover's appearance. He slashed at the- New Deal in a manner foreign to the ponderous speaker of Hoover administration administra-tion memory and the crowd ate it up. Long after he had left the hall there was a singsong chant "We Want Hoo-o-o-o-o-ver." Long Demonstration The demonstration lasted 34 minutes before it regenerated into plain noise and aimless snouting. It was then that Snell rammed through a motion to adjourn, and instruction whispered into his ear by Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the Republican national committee com-mittee who also was on the plat-continued plat-continued on Page Three) Rotarians Set For Installation Fete Rotarians and Rotary anns of Provo will participate in an installation in-stallation party at Schnelter's Hot Pots in Midway Saturday night. Frank J. Earl will be installed as president The affair will start at 7:30 and will consist of a dinner and dance, with installation ceremonies. ceremon-ies. J. Edwin Stein is chairman, assisted by past-president of the club. Kansan Slated To Be Nominated By Acclamation PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND, CLEVE-LAND, O., June 11 (U.R) Opposition candidates fled today to-day from the Landon steam roller and the Republican national na-tional convention languished in recess waiting- for a fardy platform which must be disposed dis-posed of before Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas is nominated for president of the United States tonight. to-night. Landon is slated to be named by acclamation. His opposition is gone. The vice presidential search is proceeding through Cleveland's hotel conference rooms. The race still is "wide open," according to Landon 's managers. Favor Vandenberg They want Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Van-denberg, but he has refused the. job once in public and countless times privately. After Vandenberg Vanden-berg the choice of Kansas for second sec-ond place would be Frank Knox, of Chicago, or Sen. WiUlam E. Borah. Borah's is largely courtesy mention because it is known he would not accept. Knox Leading Knox emerged as the leading vice presidential possibility after withdrawing today from the presidential presi-dential contest. Today's developments: 1. Candidates for presidential nomination withdrew, leaving the race to Landon unopposed. 2. Landonite8 searched for .a vice presidential nominee among Vandenberg JKpox -&nd"&oa. 3. The platform committee bumped through obstacles toward agreement expected around 6 p. m. 4. The convention met twice, briefly, recessing the last time from 3:08 p. m., to 7 p. m. 5. Convention Chairman Bert-rand Bert-rand H. Snell announced the platform plat-form would be ready at 7. The convention had nothing to do when it met for the afternoon session. A sweet voice from the band gallery entertained for 10 minutes and there were routine announcements. Over a thundering thunder-ing chorus of protest, the chairman chair-man declared the convention in recess until 7 p. m. Delegates Tired Delegates are tired of waiting for the big show. They want to go (Continued on Page Three) Borah Ready to Act If Monoply Plank Is Ignored CLEVELAND, June 11 VJ? Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, walked back into the center cen-ter of controversy over the Republican Re-publican platform today when he appeared unexpectedly outside the resolutions committee room to see about proposed changes in an "important plank in which I am interested." The Idaho senator, reportedly appeased earlier by concessions which the Landon camp made to carry out his Ideas on foreign affairs and monopoly, strolled through a crowd of newspaper men in the hotel Cleveland corridor cor-ridor outside the United Press workroom at 3:30 p. m. while the full committee debated revisions in the draft approved by a subcommittee sub-committee of 14. Borah said he was concerned aboit the monopoly plank, and hinted he .would take drastic action ac-tion if 'necessary to keep his ideas in the platform. "Does that mean you will bolt?" he was asked. "Just wait and see," the senator replied. He saidr final action had not been taken on the plank, but he understood certain proposals had been made which would weaken it. Named Director Paul Vincent, manager of the TeUuride Motor company, has been elected director of the Tellu-ride Tellu-ride Power company and the Big" Springs Power company to succeed suc-ceed the late J. A. Bos hard of rrovo. i ne election, iook piace at a recent meeting of the board of directors of the two companies in California. V . Mr. Vincexlt will also; succeed Mr. Boahard on a number of-other related directorates on the coast. |