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Show Herald. So They Say Max Baer nil! have to do heavier training: than swinging a baton he fore I can take him seriously. Clark Gable. FIFTIETH YEAR, NO. 236 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE OENTS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER FRO V 0, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, TUESDAY JUNE 16, 1936 Boys Gang Up on No. 1 G-Man 16) w IP Weather UTAH Fair tonight and Wediies-- Wediies-- day, except unsettled Wednesday In northwest portion; little change in temperature. N Max Imam temp. Monday 91 Minimum temp. Monday 63 Evemmg Jnbie PLft Iki iT ?f$veiFtvji fva kv.z?? wsSt? 'jgyf- a "?& toy &?& How completely G-men have displaced the Dillingers and Baby Face Nelsons as heroes of American boyhood is illustrated by this Picture, made at the convention of Boys Clubs of America at hiladelphia. Fresh from the capture of Alvin Karpis, William Mahan and Robinson, J. Edgar Hoover, No. 1 G-Man, became the center of an idolizing group of boys. Left to right are John Ziol-kowski Ziol-kowski and Scott Hurren of Toledo; Cyril Johnson of German-town, German-town, Pa.; Hoover; Thomas Ferrick and John McCann of German-town. 5V-- MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture ol What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Tax, Relief Bills Only Items; Likely To Cause Last-Minute Jam; Congressmen Not j Eager To Tackle Moot Is-, sues With Campaign On ; j Coal, Housing Bills Stalled ; ) Five Others Have Noj Chance To Pass. . ! Washinglv,..-- Only one impasse is likely to prevent congress from gTrfng home thia week, and that is a last minute jam on the tax bill. The Tax and Relief Bills are the only items on the entire legislative legis-lative program for which the administration ad-ministration and its leaders on Capitol Hill give a snap of their fingers when they whiff the green grass back home and the sawdust -of the Philadelphia convention. Also and this- Ls hot to be sneezed at a of of the boys on both sides of the chamber are not at all anxious to put themselves on record concerning certain con- iai mixtions while s i. I V7 V -"-J rinse to the November deadlin when they have to face heir constituents. cons-tituents. Result of all this is a long list of important bilLs almost sure to be left high and dry in the headlong head-long rush for adjournment. Among .hese are: Guffey Coal Bill This is the substitute measure for the iaw wiped out by the Supreme Court. It permits coal opeiators to fix prices in order to pay union wages. This bill is more likely than Kit others to pa.ss. though there is no certainty. ' Wagner - Ellenbogen Housing Bill Has tacit support of White House and vigorous support from mayors ll over the country. But it is menaced by inner Adminis-trativn Adminis-trativn clashes on housing policy and by opposition of powerful private pri-vate interests Now stalled by Congressman Steagall of Alabama. Alaba-ma. Kerr-Collidge Alien Deportation Deporta-tion Bill - Pending over a year and warmly endorsed by the Administration. Ad-ministration. bu. bitterly opposed by Red-baiting elements. It gives the Labor Department discretion in deporting aliens. No chance of passing. Walsh-Healy Bill This Ls the American Federation of Labor's No. 1 "must" bill. It would apply NRA code standards to government govern-ment contracts. Passed by the Senate last year, but little chance of passing House. Ship Subsidy Bill This eliminates elimi-nates mail conv.cLs' and substitutes substi-tutes a ship coELstoaction subsidy. Also takes shipping out of the Commerce Depa r tm e nt and creates Marine Commission. Slim chance of passing. Food and Drug Bill This has been so-emasculated by Dr. Cope-land Cope-land that even its advocates' are against it in its present form. Definitely doomed Robinson-Patman Chain Store Bill This would prevent price discrimination by chain stores, and if passed would probably wreck them. The bill has powerful power-ful support' in Congress, but White House advisers believe ifc would cause, such disastrous economic repercussion that Roosevelt would not sign it. Briefly put, the bills unpassed are about as important as the bills passed by the present session ses-sion of Congress. Here are the ones which passed: Bonus Bill! a weak neutrality resolution ; the AAA substitute soil (Continued on. Page Vour.j 7 f DEATH CLAIMS POPULAR YOUTH Bud Naylor Jensen, Provo High School Boy, Succumbs To Long Illness. Bud Navlor Jensen. 16. popu lar sophomore student at the Provo high school, died at the home of his parents, O. R. and Afton J. Thomas, 245 West First South street, Monday night at 10 o'clock. The passing of the young man was not unexpected, hi3 condi tion having gradually beqpme worse duriner his four months ill ness from rheumatic fever and jieart complications. He had been cravelv fll for the past two weeks He was born March 21. 1920, in Provo. a son of John Procter and Afton Naylor Jensen. His father died in Feb. 1920. He attended the Maeser school as a youngster, and was graduated from liue Dixon junior high school in 1935. Last year he attended the Provo high school, where he was prominent in dramatics. He was a member of the Dramatic Art club and the English club of the school. Surviving are his parents, four brothers and Miree sisters: Jack Jensen. Ralph, Forrest and Keith Thomas, Provo; Mrs. Kenneth W. Bailey, Provo; Mrs. Mack Rozelle, Salt Lake City; and June Thomas, and two grandmothers, Mrs. G. H. Baylor of Provo, and Mrs. Martha Mar-tha Jensen of Long Beach, Cal. Funeral services will be held Thursday at '1:30 o'clock in the Sixth ward cnapel, with Bishop Terry J. Oldroyd in charge. Friends may call atJae Berg Mortuary Wednesday evening, or at theshome prior to the services. Interment will be in the American Fork cemetery. GALE DAMAGES AIRPORT WALL A howling wind swept through the .south part of Provo Monday evening at 6:30 and blew down a 60 foot brick wall on the airport air-port hangar Thrte airplanes, which were moored to- the ground, were kept from damage by a crew of men who clung to the machines. Damage Dam-age to the wings seemed imminent immin-ent while the sharp gale persisted. The wall blown down, which was 20 feet high, will require about ten days to reconstruct, provided pro-vided three masons are available for the work. Skilled labor is not immediately abailable on WPA jobs anymore, according to Earl Conder, assistant, city engineer. Although the wal Iwas tied into vie other walls and was reinforced the powerful wind blast hurled it to the ground. Preparations were being made to start on the roof of the hangar han-gar but the demolishing of the one wall will delay that part of the work for probably two weeks. Tree limbs falling on the electric el-ectric wires interrupted the service ser-vice here only temporarily. SWENSOn SERVICES SLATED THURSDAY PLEASANT GROVE Funeral services for Patriarch Swen L. Swenson will be held in the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos stake tabernacle Thursday, Thurs-day, June 18, at 2 p. m. Mr. Swenson died at San Lean-dro, Lean-dro, California, following an operation. oper-ation. He was visiting his daughter daugh-ter at the time he was stricken. SENATE IS DEADLOCKED ON TAX BILL Conference With House Is Unable To Produce Any Compromise WASHINGTON, June 16 (U.R) A determined effort by senate tax leaders to break the deadlock with, the house over the new corporate tax bill failed at a preliminary session today, but the conferees con-ferees agreed to make another anoth-er attempt this afternoon. The senate conferees left the meeting shortly before noon, but the house managers remained in session to discuss compromise proposals pro-posals for the bill designed to force corporations to pay out earnings as taxable dividends by putting a stiff levy on undivided profits. "There was no progress this raornnig," one conferee said. "At present no basis for agreement has been reached, but that does not mean that the deadlock cannot can-not be quickly resolved once we find the opening for an accord." It was understood that the plan submitted by the senate group but without agreement of all senate sen-ate conferees provided a flat 15 percent tax on corporate earnings earn-ings and exemption of around $2,- 000 from any super tax. The supertax super-tax would then be levied on a graduated basis dependent on the amount of profits distributed. Proposed Tax Schedule The new senate basis for agreement agree-ment would have privided the following fol-lowing super-tax on undivided profits; , 5 per cent tax on all retained profits up to 20 per cent. 1 12 per cent on next 20 per cent retained. 20 per cent on third 20 per cent retained. 30 per cent on all retained over 60 per cent. Failure of the house to accept the plan did not end hope of an agreement agree-ment later today, it was said, when the house conferees ended their private discussion. "I still h'ope we can get an (Continued on Page Five) LOST PILOT'S TRAIL FOUND SALT LAKE CITY, June 16 (U.R) The six-months-old trail of Howard Stark, department of commerce aviator missing since Jan. 1, was followed five miles down Lost Creek canyon from his crashed plane on Devil's Slide today to-day by searchers who believed discovery dis-covery of his body was imminent. An intense search for the aviator avi-ator was begun when the plane was found on Devil's Slide, northeast north-east of Morgan, Utah, on May 30. The trail, followed by pieces of equipment and wearing apparel that Stark dropped in his wandering wander-ing through five feet of snow in a heavy blizzard, showed his attempt at-tempt to get back to civilization. Stark crashed in a blizzard cn his way from Rock Springs, Wyo., to Salt Lake City. Business Men On Buying Trip Prices are stable, the market is lemaining constant and style in ready to wear goods is outstanding outstand-ing this season, were comments made by E. D. Firmage and E. R. Firmage Tuesday following their return from a three week buying trip in St. Louis and Chicago. Buying is being done for the new Firmage store which will open in the early fall between First and Second West streets on Center street. E. D. Firmage was especially enthusiastic about the new styles in ready to wear goods. "Color and style in these goods is superior to anything seen on the market for years," he said. Conditions are good in the sections sec-tions visited, Mr. Firmage declared. de-clared. Heavy stocks have been placed in anticipation of business stimulated by bonus payments. The Firmage building is progressing pro-gressing satisfactorily, the owners own-ers say. They will leave Provo next week for the west coast on another buying trip. NEW By United Press' Vet Loses Bonds - SALT LAKE CITY, June 16 (PR) Police were hunting for a $600 bonus bond kxlay, property of H. B. Wells, 60, who said he lost it during a fight in a local pool hall. It will require Wells two years to duplicate his bond through federal channels if he doesn't find it. 20 Die In Fire MADRAS, India, June 16 (U.R) Twenty women and children perished per-ished and many Were injured today to-day when fire destroyed a motion picture theater at Hyderabad City. Defend Policy LONDOIn, June 16 (U.H Amid controversy on the merits of a shift in foreign policy, the cabinet cab-inet prepared today to face the house of commons Thursday and defend its decision to support abolition of league sanctions against Italy. The cabinet will, meet formally tomorrow to ratify the recommendations recom-mendations of its foreign affairs committee, which last night voted against continuing sanctions. Strike In Belgium BRUSSELS, June 16 U.K Troops were summoned to duty to assure maintenance of essential public service today as striking Belgian workers increased to 220,000. As soon as electrical supply workers walked out in Brussels, soldiers took their places. Meanwhile Mean-while public service employees went on strike in Liege and Her-stal. Her-stal. Dock workers in Ghent decided de-cided to walk 'out tonfgbt, following follow-ing the example of harbor workers at Antwerp. BASEBALL TODAY " NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 000 000 103 4 Boston 112 041 lOx 10 Pittsburgh 000 000 5 Brooklyn 010 100 0 Cincinnati 002 000 000 2 New York 100 000 31x 5 Chicago 000 120 Philadelphia ... 100 000 AMERICAN JLEAGl'E Boston 001 Chicago 011 Philadelphia ... 0 St. Louis 0 Washington 030 0 Detroit 001 9 New York 020 Cleveland 400 Sixth Graders Urged To Take Bird Course All sixth grade students of Provo are urged to avail themselves them-selves of the opportunity offered to enroll free of charge in the course on Birds at Home on Utah lake which begins Wednesday at the Provo high school with C. Lynn Hayward, noted bird life authority as the instructor. The class will meet in room 18 of the high school building, Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Thursday and Friday and a field frrip will be taken Saturday. A similar course will begin Monday Mon-day morning for seventh grade students. State Institutions Benefit From PWA Building Projects Over seven million dollars have been ,-added to the capital assets of the, state of Utah through the activities of toe Public Works administration ad-ministration in this state during the past, three years, according to R. A. Hart, state director, who has just completed a review of the projects built under the supervision super-vision of his office. Included in these projects are new school buildings, waterworks systems, sewer systems, as well as additions to, and the modern-izatioin modern-izatioin of, existing school buildings build-ings and improvements to waterworks water-works systems. Outstanding among the projects pro-jects constructed in this state, under the auspices of the Public works Administration, was the program of the state building commission, which included twelve projects involving such noteworthy note-worthy additions fc the state school system as the Library building at the University of Utah, LOWER STATE SCHOOL LEVY IS ASSURED Higher Valuation Total To Make Possible Substantial Sub-stantial Cut SALT LAKE CUT, Utah, June 16 (U.R) Basing their estimates on increased tax returns, higher assessed valuations valu-ations and other favorable factors, state officials looked optimistically today toward a one and a half to two mill reaction re-action in 1936 levies for state And state school, tax purposes, j When the state tax commission tneets during the first week in August to determine the levy, they expected to base their estimates esti-mates on a total state assessed Valuation of approximately $542,-000,000. $542,-000,000. Sizeabkle Increase-Reports Increase-Reports of assessors from 29 Utah counties are expected to show approximately $340,000,000 worth of taxable real and personal property and livestock, while mines and utilities assessments apparently will amount to about $200,000,000. On the face of current figures, tax rolls are expected to show an increase of $24,744,989 over 1935, when the total was $517,361,441. . This would come from an increase in-crease of 9.16 per cent in mining and utility valuations, and an advance ad-vance in real and personal property proper-ty values, officials explained, emphasizing, em-phasizing, however, that current assessment figures are subject to review if protested. , Numerous protests against tax nmmifaion evaluations have been ITOdged- try major utrHty ant min ing companies and are pending. Similar protests may be made against county evaluations of real and personal property. Delivery Of Bonus Bonds Nearly Over All but 30 of the nearly 400 adjusted ad-justed service certificates in Provo were delivered Monday, the day they arrived at the Provo postoffice, and most of the 30 were away from the city. D.i wrtfir s not vet over. I Bonus certificates were being cashed at the postoffice an aay Tuesday and the majority of the others will be cashed at the Provo high school from 5 p. m. until 8 p. m.. Postmaster J. W. Dangerfield said. It is estimated tehat from 75 per cent to 85 per cent of the certificates will be cashed. Veterans Veter-ans were planning to spend the money in varying ways. Some were buying automobiles, some were obtaining clothing, paying deblw, building homes and making mak-ing all kinds of purchases. A few. more were salting the certificates away in a safety deposit box to realize the three per cent interest. in-terest. Mail carriers were instructed to deliver t4ie bonds personally to the veterans. Sometimes on the first trip the ex-soldier would not be home Monday morning and (continued on page ive) built at a cost of $500,000; the home economics building at the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan, on which was expended $325,000; an auditorium and shop building at the school for the deaf and blind and a boys' dormitory at the state industrial school, both located at Ogden; additional buildings build-ings at the state training school at American Fork; modernization of the main building at the State Mental hospital at Provo and other projects. There have also been worthwhile worth-while and sociability desirable projects constructed for the Box Elder school district, Cache County Coun-ty school district, Davis County school district, Nebo school district. dis-trict. Grand County school district dis-trict and the Provo City school district. Among the cities of Utah which have been benefited by Public (Continued on Page Five) Glade Elected President of Alumni Group Salt Laker, Former Teacher At Church School, To Succeed Hinckley. EARL J. GLADE, manager of KSL, was elected president of the B. Y. U. Alumni association at a board meeting held at the University, Monday evening. Mr. Glade was a member of the graduating class of 1914, and was a colorful student at the institution institu-tion during his college days. He participated not only in dramatics drama-tics and athletic activities, but was business manager for various sXident publications, and participated partici-pated in student politics and debating. de-bating. For several years he was head of the commerce department at the university before the college col-lege of commerce was organized. He left the university to organize the Glade efficiency service in Salt Lake City. For several years he was on the staff of the school of commerce at the University of TTtah nnrl rficTifrl to flssiimp his auiies as manager or ine rauio station. Long an enthusiastic partici-, pant and sponsor of athletic and extracurricular activities, Mr. Glade assumes his office committed commit-ted to a vigorous program of cooperative co-operative effort. Problems considered at the board meeting, in addition to the election of the president to succeed suc-ceed Fredrick R. Hinckley, who has served two terms, was the approval of alumni finances and the reappointment of Dr. A. Rex Johnson executive-secretary, and Superintendent H. A. Dixon as alumni treasurer. Recognition of outstanding alumni al-umni of the institution was considered con-sidered by the board. An effort is to be made to designate each year distinguished alumni, the first designation to be made to designate each year distinguished alumni, the first designation to be made during the year 1936-37. A vote of appreciation for service serv-ice to the alumni was expressed to retiring President Hinckley of Salt Lake City, and the following board members whose terms expire: ex-pire: Dr. Arthur L. Beeley, '13, University of Utah; Judge George Christensen, '09, Price; Marion L. Harris, '17, Salt Lake- City; Attorney At-torney A. Sherman Christensen, '27; and O. Meredith Wilson, '33, Provo, who has gone to University of London to study. OLD STORE TO BE REMODELED An extensive remodeling job on j the old Farrer Brothers store j building at 29 North University ! avenue, started Monday and when completed will provide for two modern downstairs stores and a suite of offices upstairs. Ralph H. Hayward, owner of the structure, said Tuesday that two prominent Provo firms would move into the downstairs store spaces and that a firm of attorneys attor-neys would likely go upstairs. His grocery establishment will remain at 69 East Center street. The building permit on the job was obtained Monday from City Engineer E. A. Jacob, the estimated esti-mated cost being set at $3500. The entire front will be torn out i and a thoiough remodeling job done. J. E. Allen is the architect. Two building permits were obtained ob-tained Saturday, one by Arnold Clegg for an $850 home addition job at SO South Seventh East, and another for a frame rustic type house at 650 East Eeighth North street, Silvio Reymond, a $1200 job. Orval J. Bonnett obtained a i permit June 11 for a $2000 re modeling job at 793 North Third j East street and C. H. Liddiard was granted a permit for a two room home at 167 North Eleventh West on June 8. 60 DIE, 27 HURT IN EXPLOSION TALLINN', Esthonia, June 16 (HE Rescue workers, endangered by bursting ammunition, had removed re-moved 0 dead and 27 injured late today from the ruins of an army laboratory wrecked by an explosion explos-ion yesterday. The laboratory, located in a wooded section five miles from Tallinn, was demolished while 18 army reserve officers were attending attend-ing special instruction classes I Comedian 111 The screen comedian who has made millions chuckle, W. C. Fields, shown above in a recent re-cent picture, is reported to be seriously ill with pneumonia in a Riverside, Calif., community hospital. According to his physicians, Fields recently had been suffering from a "rundown" "run-down" condition. GOVERNOR HAILS PROJECT OKEH Congressional Approval of Deer Creek Project Pleases Blood. SALT LAKE CITY. June 16 -State and federal officials today to-day hailed congressional action on the interior department supply bill as signalling impending final congressional approval of Utah's Deer Creek project. Gov. Henry H. Blood said the action "gives us reason to believe that the federal government has undertaken the project and will continue with it from time to time." "I am pleased to know ;'iat step has been taken," the governor said. "When it is approved finally, final-ly, it will represent the first congressional con-gressional action on the project. "Although the amount is only $500,000, having once started construction, con-struction, the government probably prob-ably will follow through with its initial backing. Forward Move "It is a distinct forward move in the program and we are very happy to learn that the Deer Creek project has been provided an allocation in the bill." The governor said he believed a $1,000,000 PWA appropriation for Utah . lake approved at the time he was in Washington, D. C. in behalf of the reclamation project pro-ject in October and November, 1933, strll is in efefct, making a total of $1,500,000 now allocated to the Utah project. Federal reclamation bureau officials of-ficials here also were pleased with the news. They said the project had been authorized by the reclamation bureau and by President Roosevelt, Roose-velt, as well as other federal agencies but heretofore had not been approved by congress. S. F. Zvo Keeper Horribly Mangled By Bull Elephant SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 U1P Maddened by the unseasonal heat, a bull elephant ele-phant literally tore his keeper apart at toe Fleish-haker Fleish-haker zoo today. The keeper. Ed Brown, was killed before he could be rescued by other attendants. at-tendants. A score of men, attracted by the screams of Brown and the wild trumpeting of the bull elephant, rushed to the scene but they were too late to save the keeper. 111 A f Wr l If I ' r " 11 KNOX CONFERS WITH LANDON AT TOPEKA Republican Leaders Meet In Topeka To Map Battle Plan TOPEKA, Kans., June 16 (U.R) Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas and Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, heading the Republican national ticket tick-et in the fight against the Democratic New Deal, met today to-day and pledged themselves to a hard, earnest fight for the presidency. While bands blared and crowds cheered the men met on the steps of the Kansas statehouse. "Well, colonel, you. look in perfect per-fect condition for a hard campaign," cam-paign," said Landon as they shook hands. "I'm glad to see you here and to have you on my ticket." "I'm glad to be here and I'm at your orders," said Knox. "That's fine, colonel, and we're going to tell the truth about the vital issues of this campaign." With Knox were members of the national committee here for a conference on campaign plans and strategy. Veterans Greet Knox Knox was met at the railroad Etation by a detachment of Kansas national guard cavalry, members cf the Kansas department of the Spanish-American War veterans, and state and city officials. A few of the veterans were attired in the uniform of the Rough Riders, as were the cavalrymen. After greetings were over Landon Lan-don and Knox went to the governor gov-ernor office. Knox -said, he expected ex-pected to go to New Hampshire for a brief rest before starting the campaign. Knox, obviously cheered and pleased with the hearty welcome he received both from Landon and the townspeople, nervously spilled a glass of water over state papers as he stood beside Landon's desk talking with reporters. re-porters. "I'll cooperate in every way I can to win for the party in the (Continued on Page Five) PROVOAN LAUDS G. 0. P. NOMINEE "It was a great convention." That was t'ne way Prof. Ed. M. Rowe, chairman of the Utah Ccunty Republicans, characterized characteriz-ed the recent National Republican convention held in Cleveland, from which he returned Monday. He was gone 10 days. Prof. Rowe had tshe opportunity of an interview with Governor Alf M. Landon, of Kansas, whom he declares is a man with a keen intellect, exceptional powers of analysis, a penetrating dark eye and a great manager and business busi-ness man. He is smaller than Prof. Rowe anticipated. being about 5 feet 6 inches tall and of slender bjnild. Although not a great speaker. Prof. Rowe said the Republican nominee is a careful financier with a keen, alert mind and the type of man generally accepted as a "right good American citizen." His campaign work was done almost wholly by his friends. Prof. Rowe said. The demonstration given to Former President Hoover was "the grandest I have ever seen" in 'Aie words of the Utah delegate. dele-gate. It was a personal tribute to Mr. Hoover, said Prof. Rowe, and could not be stopped until it had spent itself in the night. ' "The Republican platform is comprehensive and will bear the scrutiny of any citizen, regardless of his political affiliation," Prof. Rowe declared. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE THURSDAY Arrangements have been completed com-pleted for iie free lecture at the Christian Science church Thursday, Thurs-day, June 18 at 8 p. m. to be delivered de-livered by Hon. William E. Brown. C. S. B. of Los Angeles, member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. The public is cordially invited 13 attend the lecture. The church edifice is located at 105 East First North street. ' The title ' of the lecture ' Is "Christian Science: The Religion of Spiritual Vision." -'-- |