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Show r" - TRe WedtRei Herald Service If you. do not receive your HeraM promptly, call the Herald office, 495 before 7 p, m. week days, and 10 a. m. Sundays, and a copy will be delivered to you. .-LTAJI : GenenOly fair tonight ' and Wednesday; warmer southwest south-west portion tonight. ' Maximum temp. Monday ..... .02 Minimum temp. Monday ......48 eta tftvnv onnrtTTk -rn t- tn UTAH'S ONLY DAILT PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1938 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TYOTVit? IF1 L r,1?MrTtl TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE fKlU-Ci f 1 V Hi llliiN X O X XOriUiN.U ItjAK, XNU. ZOO SOUTH Of SALT LAKH umj In TUT Jul lire a FIRES WRECK CANTON AREA; 1 0,000 HURT Twelve Days' Bombings Make Shambles Of Proud City CANTON. China, June 8 (U.P.) Japanese war planes showered incendiary bombs on Canton tonight and set fire to the wrecked city. Fires raged beyond control in block after block. The new bombings at the close of the 12th day of air raids were estimated esti-mated to have brought the casualties casual-ties near the 10,000 mark. More "than 3,000 were killed. - The Incendiary bombs fell near the international settlement on Shameen island: Black smoke covered almost every district at midnight. The airplanes still were overhead. In afternoon the Japanese bombed bomb-ed the Ameriean directed Ling-nan Ling-nan university campus. The raiders came in from the east. They flew in formation of three over the campus at 10,000 feet. The raiders returned tonight and explosive and incendiary bombs struck within 400 yards of Shameen island, the international settlement. Clouds of black smoke spread over the city and fires raged beyond be-yond control. Handicapped by lack of water, t the fire fighters were unable to stem the flames which consumed house after house in some sections. . The Lingnan university, which was American founded, is one of China's outstanding cultural centers. cen-ters. t JMuk tfpxfrned .under Chinese laws, it is still mainly supported and directed by Ameri- can interests. Bombing planes cut power lines . today, silencing the city's air-alarm air-alarm system and leaving tho 'people helpless against merciless attacks. Great fires burned in the Wong-sha Wong-sha area in the western suburbs. Rotting bodies lay in the streets and in the ruins of buildings from which came the cries of buried men, women and children. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 3- ALLEN WASHINGTON Nothing is being said about it publicly, but 4 one particular phase of the mount-' mount-' Ing unemployment problem is causing grave Concern namely, name-ly, the increase of malnutrition among the jobless. Some confidential figures regarding re-garding this were laid before the president recently by WPA. Pub- lie Health Seryice. Farm Security and the Labor Department. These showed that 3.000.000 families (approximately 10,000,000 persons, of whom half are children) were "suffering from serious dietary deficiencies." - Most of these fmailies, according accord-ing to the secret report given the president, receive some form of public relief, either state or federal, feder-al, but their averages-income is only from $19 to $34 a month. This is far below the $55 WPA average for the country. State, or so-called direct, relief averages around $22 a month. Three proposals have been given Roosevelt to cope with this "dangerzone" problem: 1. Purchase of large quantities of surplus food commodities for distribution to these families. 2. Give a certain amount of direct dir-ect relief to lower-bracket WPA workers. 3. Boost these lower-brackets from lows of $19 and $22 a month to at least double that much. In arguing for immediate remedial re-medial action, the relief and health -officials warned Roosevelt that a prolongation of "mass malnutrition" malnutri-tion" not only would create a dangerous dan-gerous health hazard to the entire nation but- would be a serious menace to national defense. I ABSENT SUPREME COURT : ' No school boys ever cleared out of boarding school faster than the Nine Old Meri left the supreme nourt and the cardial this soring. - Scarcely more than a week has v; passed since their final session, 7JI - ' (Continued on Page -Two) Bull Puts Story To Shame SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 8 u.p) A bull walked into a china shop today, and nothing noth-ing happened . . . A. T. Sechler was taking the bull to market when it jumped from a truck and walked into a five and ten cent - store. As customers joined clerks in scurrying under counters the bull walked walk-ed down the aisles until it came to the china and glassware glass-ware counter. Then it turned and headed for the front door. Sechler grabbed its halter, and the trip to the stockyards was resumed. Iowa flew Deal Primary Tactics Are Criticized WASHINGTON, June 8 U.E) One influential New Deal adviser suggested today that the national nation-al administration should decide immediately either to undertake open and public opposition to wavering wav-ering Democrats at primaries, or else adopt and enforce a hands-off policy. This suggestion was made in private conversation as final returns re-turns from Iowa's primary showed show-ed Sen. Guy M. Gillette to be overwhelmingly renominated over Rep. Otha D. Wearin. Wearin, a 100 per cent New Dealer, was endorsee! en-dorsee! by Works Progress Administrator Admin-istrator Harry L. Hopkins. Gillette ofrended administration leaders by opposing president Roosevelt's judiciary reorganization reorganiza-tion biJJ..w ..... . . Ttiefe was not muchd"issent today to-day from the conclusion that Hopkins Hop-kins acting alone or in concert put the New Deal on the spot unnecessarily in Iowa. But for his endorsement of Wearin the farm belt primary would have been just another polling instead of something of a political spectacle in wmch the nation was interested. interest-ed. That prompted the suggestion that it would be better for the administration, ad-ministration, in most cases, to go into state contests in a big way or not at all. Mr. Roosevelt defended Hopkins at his press conference yesterday, explaining that he had been born and brought up in Iowa and had a perfect right to express his political politi-cal preferences in that state. The president called attention to other statements by Hopkins that WPA funds and official positions must not be utilized to influence voters. Hopkins was born in Iowa in 1890 and was a classmate of Wearin's at Grinnell College. Hopkins seized upon the Iowa vote as proof that WPA workers know they can "vote as they please.1 ' In a telegram to Gillette he expressed, the hope he would be elected in November. A. Salt Lake Tots Rescued in Fire SALT LAKE CITY. June 8 (U.E) Two children were rescued last night when fire of undetermined origin swept a Salt Lake Crtv orphanage. Mrs. Agda Christopherson. head of the institution, entered a smoke-filled bedroom and carried Leroy Waterland, 6, and his. sister, Mildred. 3 -to safetv. , Charlotte Anderson, 14, smelled smoke and gave the alarm. The fire broke out upstairs where the three children were sleeping. Strawberry Day Fete Brings Many Guests Big red strawberries covered with Utab sugar and cream were served today to more than 10,000 people ag the outstanding feature of the seventh annual festival at Pleasant Grove "Strawberry Day." Long rows of people of all ages waited patiently in line for their berries. While they were waiting, they renewed acquaintances of many friends who had returned for the celebration. Three hundred cases of fruit were served. Officially opening the day's activities, ac-tivities, a band concert was held .in the cUy hall park at 9 a. m. This was followed by a mammoth parade of 75 floats and seven bands. Joseph .Walker as "Uncle CITY SEEKS REPLY FROM UTAH POWER Franchise Meeting Set In Odd Fellows Hall This Evening In a letter to George M. Gadsby, president of Utah Power and Light company, the city commission, through Mayor Mark Anderson, today stated that Provo city is willing will-ing to negotiate with his com-Dany com-Dany for the purchase of its distribution system within the city. Meanwhile a group of citizens under the leadership of Jacob Coleman, today planned discussion discus-sion of a franchise for Utah Pow er with power officials here tonight. to-night. The company grant expires ex-pires January, 1940. Tonight's meeting will be at 7:30 o'clock in the Odd Fellows' hall, instead of at the company's offices as previously announced. Purpose of the meeting is to draw up a franchise that will beM "to the best interests of Provo city," and then to initiate an order, or-der, submitting it to the people for their approval, states Mr. Coleman. Monday Deadline The power company will be given until next Monday, June 13, to state whether or not they are willing to enter into the negotiations negotia-tions proposed by the commission. commis-sion. This move has the approval of the Nuveen and Ulen companies. compan-ies. A previous letter to the power company from the mayor, dated May 11, 1936, stated that the city was Arranging to acquiror j&uUdi a city-owneu system ana asKea them to give their price for their system in Provo. No answer was ever received, the mayor said. Bond Refunding Bids Are Asked Bids for the refunding of $11,-000 $11,-000 in 4.25 per cent reservoir bonds due July 1, will be received by the Provo ctiy commission June 14, states Mary F. Smith, city auditor. The bida will include the cost of proceedings, printing and other expenses of the issuing. July 1 1948 is the maturity date set as the city has but one small installment in-stallment due during that year, Mrs. Smith says. The issue will De the first to be refunded by the city this year. Farm Legislation Meeting Scheduled At a correlation meeting of all county agricultural agencies, ag-cricultural ag-cricultural legislation for the coming legislative sesion will be I discussed. The meetting will be held Thursday at 8 p. m. in the city and county building, announces LeGrand Jarraan, county farm bureau secretary. Manti Excursion An excursion to the Manti tem- i pie is being planned for Sixth ward members for Friday evening, eve-ning, and all interested are to meet at the ward hall at 3:30 p. m. They are to get in touch with H. S. Boswell, ward chairman, at the stake tabernacle, Mrs. Merritt Norton or Dan Webster. Everyone is to take lunch. Sam" lead the parade. The procession, pro-cession, with the theme "March of T(me" depicted the progress from 1800 up to the present time. The "queen", Miss Laura Swen-son, Swen-son, stood on a white float. She was dressed In green and white and wore a silver crown. Her attendants, at-tendants, Miss Beth Meeks and Miss Fay Hrienson were in green. Her float also included two heralds and two maids in waiting. Behind the queen's float was the float of Miss Mildred Bezzant. presiding as "Miss Pleasant Grove." -A blue and white color scheme was carried out in the float and in the gowns of Miss (Continued on Page Three) Boy Graduates-Iniside Prison Wall it's ' yp' -s: fv, 4j All J juVo'- T if fit ) V V - X s t . -.if; vS i ::: v :: :-. w: : -ft '? JP' " Ii5 , it,. U" UUj Seven years ago, Herbert Niccolls,'.12, was sent to Washington State Prison to serve a life sentence for murder. Behind bars, he has studied, received re-ceived high marts, and is shown getting a high school diploma from Harold R. Holm, left, board chairman, and W. A. Lacey, center, superintendent of the Walla Walla schools. He plans an extension course in engineering from Washington State College. : i q : Wage-Hour Bill Compromise Set By Committees WASHINGTON, June 7 (UjK) Conferees on the wage-hour bill today agreed on a compromise wage provision for the measure, settling one of the chief pomts of dispute which had aroused threats of possible senate filibuster filib-uster against the bill. Whether the threat of filibuster had been removed by the compromise compro-mise was not certain. The compromise wage provision accepted by the conferes provides: 1. Establish a 25 cents per hour minimum wage for the first year and increase the rate to 30 cents per hour in the second year. 2. Establish industries boards and an administrator to fftc wages between 30 cents and a goal of 40 cents during the next - five years. 3. Provide for flat 40-cent minimum mini-mum after seven years, unless an industry could show that such a rate will "substantially curtail employment em-ployment opportunities." Chairman Elmer D. Thomas D., Utah, commented said: "I think we have an awfully happy compromise." Elks Meet Tonite A special meeting of all officers of B. P. O. Elks No. 849 has been called for tonight at 7:30 p. m. at the Elks home. Exalted Ruler J. L. Fischer requests all officers and committee chairmen of tho state convention committees to be present. . if. , y Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE ( First Game ) : Chicago 11 15 1 New York 10 14 2 (13 innings) Gabler, Cox, Rigney and Sewell, Schleuter; Chandler, Hadley, Murphy, Mur-phy, Sundra and Glenn. St. Louis 060 00 Washington .. ..002 00 Hildebrand and Sullivan; M. Ferrell, Krakauskas and Ginliani. Detroit 5 10 2 Philadelphia 1 5 0 Bridges and York; Thomas and Hayes. Cleveland 6 8 1 Boston 7 10 1 Feller and Pytlak; Rogers, Dickman and Desautels. NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game): New York 4 11 0 Chicago 2 7 2 (10 innings) , Gumbert and Danning; French and Odea. (Second game): New York 200 0 Chicago 001 0 Brooklyn 01 St. Louis .00 Boston 1 6.1 Pittsburgh .... 4 10 1 Fette and Mueller; Klinger and Todd. News Flashes By UNITED PRESS POPE DEPLORES CIVIL BOMBINGS VATICAN CITY, June 8 (U.E) The Vatical charge d'affaires at Burgos will, be instructed to in form the Spanish National ast covernment that the Holy See deplores the bombardment of civil populations, a reliable source reported re-ported today. QUEZON SPEEDS TO TROUBLED AREA LEGASPI, P. I.. June 8 (U.E) Mount Mayon erupted regularly at thre-hour intervals today and commonwealth president Manuel Quezon sped here to aid in the evacuation of residents in the danger zone. The eruptions of the volcano were accompanied by slim earth tremors. MEXICAN COURT BACKS GOVERNMENT MEXICO CITY, June 8 OLE) The first district court of Mexico upheld the government's expropriation expro-priation of foreign oil properties today, refusing to grant the oil companies an injunction to restrain re-strain the govrenment from retaining re-taining the wells. U. S. PROTESTS SCHOOL DESTRUCTION WASHINGTON, June 8 (U.E) The American consul general at Hong Kong, Addison E. Southard, today protested to the Japanese consulate at Hone Kong over the bombing of the American-financed Lingnan university at uanton Dy Japanese military planes. Provo Folder Advertises V City Features 'Visit Provo," a pamphlet published pub-lished by the Provo chamber of commerce is being distributed among tourists. It is illustrated with pictures of places in and around Provo, and gives information informa-tion a tout .the city at present as well as some historical data. Ten thousand pamphlets are prepared. Information about schools, the Deer Creek project, and the scenic centers in the canyons, the cities and at Utah Lake is given. Recreational activities, including hunting, fishing, skating, skiing, hiking, riding, winter sports, and the B. Y. U. invitation track meet are featured. The Columbia Steel company and the Pacific States Pipe plant, are pictured. Statistical information informa-tion about Provo -and Utah county is also given. 3a 1 1 ot i n q Rush Is 'Lousy' SALT LAKE CITY, June 8 (U.R) Today was the third day on which candidates could file for places on the state's new-fangled primary ballot, and business was lousy at the secretary of state's office. of-fice. In fact, business was worse than that, because not one single potential office seeker had bothered to announce his intentions. Officials in the office pondered pon-dered the possibility that they had not sufficiently advertised advertis-ed the impending September 13 election the first primary election for Utah. But despite the strangeness of the situation, they were confident that by the time August 14 closing date for filings, rolls around there will be the usual crop of candidates candi-dates on the books. Christensen Will Head Odd Fellows For Ensuing Term Guy F. Christensen is the new noble grand of Provo lodge No. 14, I. O. O. F., following elections last night. He succeeds Robey Scott. Also elected were K. V. Bott, vice-noble grand; A. D. Scott, secretary; W. H. Brereton, treas urer; Ray Hoover, trustee; and W. H. Baker, janitor. The new Nrffi-cers Nrffi-cers will be installed July 5. Annual mem mo rial services for members who have passed away during the past year will be ob served next Friday in the lodge hall, at 8 p.m. A vocal and musi cal program la planned, and Grand Master Clyde Scott will be the speaker. The public is invited to attend. Strawberry Feast The annual strawberry feast, which has become a lodge tradition, tradi-tion, will be held Tuesday in the lodge dining hall immediately following the regular lodge meetings meet-ings of the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows. All members and wives and partners are urged to attend. at-tend. Next Wednesday, the members will make a pilgrimage to Eureka where the degree of brotherly love and the degee of truth will be. conferred on a class of new members. Buses wHl leave the local hall at 6:15 p. m. Canning Center To Operate in Spanish SPANISH FORK Plans are being perfected for a camiing center at Spanish Fortt sponsored by WPA and P.-T.A. for WPA and relief clients. This project will assist in providing pro-viding canned vegetables and fruits for school lunches - to be served during the winter. Mrs. Ella Close who was in charge of the project last year, will be in charge again. The center will be located at the old Bonneville building, on Third North, between Main and First West. The center will be opened this year in ample time for the pea canning and appointments appoint-ments may be made Monday at the center. Patrons must buy their own cans, but. the canning may be done free as In previous years. Kiwanis Speaker John Johansen of Woolford, Alta, Canada, will speak to Kiwanis Ki-wanis members of their regular meeting at 12:15 Thursday in Hotel Roberts. Mr. Johansen is an alumnus of the "Y". Church Authorities Become 'Y' Alumni Into the alumni strength of Brigham Young university today was fused the united support of the general authorities of the I D. S. church. The authorities and other service ser-vice givers were feted last night by the presentation to them of honorary life memberships at the university's annual alumni banquet. ban-quet. The event, attended by more than 225, climaxed a day rich in alumni activity. Presidents Heber J. Grant and David O. McKay, and Elder Albert Al-bert E. Bowen, junior member of the Council of Twelve, spoke on behalf of the honored group, which numbered 32. Presentations Pres. Grant Talks; Harris Gives Report In Y' Commencement President Grant Makes Plea For Keeping the Word of Wisdom; Dr. Hill Incites Class To Go Forth and Conquer "Today there are infinitely more worlds to conquer than ever before." Thus did Dr. George R. Hill expound his ideas of optimism as the principal speaker at the sixty-second annual an-nual graduation exercises of the Brigham Young university today. Three hundred and seventy-four young men and women heard Dr. Hill, a graduate of the class of 1907 and at present a member of the general superintendency of the Deseret Sun- !day school union of the L. D. S. church, entreat them to era out President SUMMER SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY With commencement over at Brigham Young university registration regist-ration machinery will be immediately immed-iately put in order for what may be a record summer school registration monday. if predictions predic-tions which have been made by observers are realized, according to Dean A. C. Lambert, of the summer session. With Dr. William Heard Kil- ipatrick of Columbia University, present and participataag in the conference on elementary education, educa-tion, June 22-24, Dr. Lambert is of the belief that teachers will be eager to take part in the important import-ant conference. In addition to the conference, there will be special courses in recreation during the first six weeks of the summer session conducted con-ducted by three representativea of National Recreation association and the Third Annua! Writer's roundup to be held for two days July 18-19. AU of these conferences confer-ences wiil be available to regular summer school students, Dean Lambert has announced. Jaycees to Hold Outing in Canyon - Junior chamber of commerce members will entertain their wives and friends at Balsam Park in Hobble Creek canyon Thursday. The party will leave from the north-east corner of the city and county building block between 5 and 6 p. m. After a softball game, lunch will be served around a campfire. were by Alumni President Lynn S. Richards and General Secre tary Cornelius R. Peterson. Those Honored Honored with life memberships in addition to the three named were Presidents J. Reuben Clark Jr., and Rudger Clawson, George F. Richards, Joseph Fielding Smith, Stephen L. Richards. Mel-vin Mel-vin J. Ballard, Dr. John A. Wldt-soe, Wldt-soe, Dr. Joseph F. Merrill, Charles A. Callis, Sylvester Q. Cannon, Jonathan G. KimbalL Rulon S. Wells, Levi Edar Young. Antolne R Ivinai. Samuel O.-Bennion, O.-Bennion, John H. Taylor, Rufus K. Hardy,- Le Grand Richards, (Continued On Page Three) t. - i NX . - J FRANKLIN S. "HARRIS and subdue the world. Promptly at 10 ai m. the a cede ce-de mic procession arrived at the tabernacle, headed by President F. S. Harris of the university and President Heber J. Grant of the Mormon church. Capacity Crowd Following the two presidents were the board of trustees, faculty and graduates. While the B. Y. U. band played, under the direction direc-tion of Prof. Robert Sauer, the procession filed ' into the auditorium, auditor-ium, already filled to capacity ia the balcony. Jay J. Keeler gave an organ reccal while the graduates were being seated, and the university mixed chorus, under the direction direc-tion of John Halllday, sang "For the Strength of the HUls," by Evan Stephens. Invocation was offered by Senator Sena-tor Reed Smoot, apostle of the L. D. S. church. "Lift Thine Eyes, Elijah," by Felix Mendelssohn, Mendels-sohn, was rendered by the university univer-sity ladies' chorus, under the direction di-rection of Miss Margaret Sum merhays. Presenting an excellent speech, Miss Freda Decker of Snowflake, Arizona, gave the valedictory address. ad-dress. Representing the best that the class has to offer as a scholar. Miss Decker attempted to show that science makes for the good the abundant life. Miss Decker said that: "True science is a discovery of the fundamental fun-damental unity of the universe.M The unity of science, sociology, economics and religion were expounded ex-pounded by the charming speaker. In concluding her talk. Miss Decker Deck-er said: "The future is in our hands let us build more gloriously glorious-ly toward the advancement of mankind." Genesis (Quoted Dr. Hill took as his text the' passage in Genesis, "God blessed them and said unto them, multiply and replenish the earth and subdue sub-due it." Elaborating on this theme, the speaker admitted that ' perhaps the present generation (Continued On Page Three) $50,000 Reward For Abductors Asked by F.D.R. PRINCETON, Fla., June 8 (TIE) G-Men today resumed their tireless tire-less questioning In connection with the kidnaping of five-year-old James B. Cash, Jr., while President Roosevelt asked congress to appropriate $50,000 to continue the search for the child's abductors. abduct-ors. At least six men were taken to the federal bureau of investigation headquarters at Miami, and several sev-eral were reportd questioned at FBI headquarters here. Officials refused to divulge whether any were detained. Justic department officials in. Washington announced that Mr. Roosevelt had asked for the additional addi-tional appropriation for FBI to be included in the final deficiency I bill. They said that he had re quested the money, on their recommendation recom-mendation last Saturday. Street Widening Plan Is Studied Plans for the widening of Ninth West street xrom First to Fourth North streets are being studied by Elmer A. Jacobs, city engineer. City commissioners received an agreement Monday night from property owners residing on the east i side of the street, to deed tpl. the city sufficients round; to make the street 60 feet"-; wide.. - However, the list property ; owners is Incomplete ?and-the, rer'- quested improvements j;a?not be V made until land for the widening V of the street the enttreA length has been deeded to the city, stated Mayor Mark Anderson today, . |