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Show y ' . . t i Herald Service If yon do not receive yodr Zer&U promptly, call tbe' Herald .office 495, before 7 p.m. week days, And 10 a." m Sundays, and a copy will be delivered to yoo. , j . JTAll Fair tonlffht and Thure-a Thure-a Jay, little change in temperature; ,ii ;- "maximum temp. Tuesday . .V. .SO l ,4 " .-aimmurn temp. Tuesday V.Y. IS r-TTCVnr mTrrnr, . t tv rpr . .COMPLETE i XJNITEO i?KBSS PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1939 Member Scrlpps League of Newspapers and NKA vr ruf l i-nmu lilAn, -JNU. lKHt$t? teleqrafh news seryicb PRICE FIVE CENTS BACHELOR IN 'LITTLE M OTHER' ROLE ..5, v 4 ----- 1L Ik . . - , ; : r ' n'- r , llllWffl fail fflESSB'-' (MffiDSF .f -'"'1!) i - , " ; 4 - ';i - , 'Ufy: f j . y&?. yV" A Because he is a bachelor. Sydney Guialarof f . call ed Hollywood's highest-priced hairdresser, caused lots of excitement when he adopted a six-day-old boy from a New Jersey orphanage. Now his adopted son Jon is 10 months old and Guialarof f is very m uch the proud parent. At left he gives Jon nis breakfast. At right Jon gets a ride , MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily 'Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs Bt DREW PEARSON ROBERT 8. AIXJEN Morgenthau - Hopkins Comfort Com-fort to Business Sired by Planned Strategy ; Hope or Tax Belief 'EXpelfte " to Beckon Prosperity Out of. Doldrums; Piquant Freshman Fresh-man Smith May Hand Him Trouncing in Airwave Debates. De-bates. WASHINGTON It was not accident that Henry Morgenthau and Harry Hopkins, two new dealers closest to Roosevelt, should have come out with very important business - soothing statements within two days of each other. On the surface it might appear that some of the official family had taken the bit in their teeth while the boss was cruising in the Caribbean. This, however, was not the fact. The trategy was discussed before Roosevelt departed de-parted southward and the highlights high-lights of the Hopkins' statement were radioed to him aboard ship. As indicated in this column at the time Hopkins took the oath of office, the new secretary of commerce decided from the start that there was a definite case for business which either had not been presented or else had not been understood in Washington. Washing-ton. He determined to give business busi-ness a break. Before making his tax statement, state-ment, Morgenthau had made a careftristudy of the accomplishments accomplish-ments of the French government, since the more moderate Dala-dier Dala-dier administration threw overboard over-board the leftist policies of the United Front and held out the olive branch, to business. In the approximate' nine months since then, gold has flowed back to France, confidence has been restored, re-stored, and French imports and exports are up among the top brackets, of aU European countries. coun-tries. ' Enough gold had flowed back to France, Morgenthau found, to purchase 6,000 new airplanes. Morgenthau also had made a careful study of U. S. taxes and had concluded that the present tax base was broad enough to pull the government out of the red, provided business was good. This idea has been harped on for a long time by his able young iCxntinueo on Page Flvei This Day . BORN Son, to Glen and Beth Bring-hurst Bring-hurst Overly. thU, rooming. Crane maternity. ; son. to Lloyd B. and Doris Partington Dixon? this morning, Cane rnaternity; ; . . Son; to Peter and Klara "Mitzy" Thlerbach.Wipf.tSSe East Fifth North, 4 ; Tuesday r! night. Crane maternity ' , daughter, to Erwin and Gerald ChappeU Russell of NephL this morning, Crane maternity. , r IJCENSED TO 5IAKBY : Harvey D. Cobbley, 22, Pleasant" Pleas-ant" Grove, and Evelyn Jacobs, sa, Pleasant Grove. .-. r" in a swing .'O vH'X-.v -.V.v.'.'.v Spring Opening To Be Held March 31 Spurred by a warm afternoon that threatened to drive away intermittent snow flurries for keeps within a week or two, Provo merchants today began preparations for a gigantic spring opening festival to be held Friday, March 31. PrHminarv details for the-- . - - - " event were formulated Tuesday! afternoon by the spring opening committee of the chamber of com- inerce, chalrmaned'-yI1W'''John. kins, secretary. The spring opening open-ing is one of the main events of the year sponsored by the retail merchants' committee. The festival this year will be built around window displays, 50 local" merchants, including clothiers, cloth-iers, grocers, furniture dealers, and various other businesses. While the official opening is set for Friday, March 31. it will actually get under way Wednesday Wednes-day with show window displays throughout the city. Merchants participating in the festival will record the price of each article placed in their windows, and the public will participate in a "price guessing contest" for prizes in merchandise. The person guessing closest to the total value ;Of the items displayed dis-played in any participating merchant's mer-chant's window will be awarded $1.50 in merchandise by that particular par-ticular merchant. Second prize will be $1.00 in merchandise. The person winning the mosw prizes will be awarded " a grand prize of $5. The window displays and guessing guess-ing contest will continue until 5:30 p. m. Friday. Friday evening, the participating participat-ing merchants will stage style shows, programs and open houses at their respective stores. Bands will play on downtown streets heralding the event. The spring opening will be publicized pub-licized throughout the state, and attempts will be made to have a tremendous crowd of people attend at-tend the various openhouse programs. pro-grams. Members of the spring opening committee, many of whom were appointed Tuesday, are as follows: Mr. John, Fern Ferguson, Gloria Rasmussen, Stanley Heal, John Pressler, Lester Taylor, Verl Van Wagenen, Charles Sessions, Paul Huish, Jean Hoover, Neal Tuttle, McKay Christensen, Harry Dixon, Wendell C. LaBrache, Francis Mc-Phie, Mc-Phie, Willard Mintun, Harold Shriver. and Ed Morton. FERE ALARM An overheated furnace threw a scare into the family of H. M. Tuttle, 467 South Second East today, to-day, but no blaze resulted even though the fire department reported re-ported ready for duty. -y Anyway, March Is Here, Lion or Lamb In like a lamb. Some said no. . . Others, yes, as March 1 beamed today on the same old conclusion: As the first goes, so won't the last. Generally, wool was evident this morning. Not forgotten was the day of the groundhog which several weeks ago, heralded six more week of winter. - Old timers were scratching their-beards, thinking, that, after all, perhaps there was a mite of. v" f '-I ' j i i ,5 . f j ' ' 'A ' AfcJ ; 1 'vV Tl o:vo.v..'--.::-:-:.:.:--.v.. v.-.w. .CX -J Vw - , i , , ' , i n B n - rnyiiis uenuey Tft LPftfMrP UPrG IU -.UUIUIC 1ICII Phyllis Bentley, distinguished English novelist, will continue by her appearance here in Provo tabernacle Wednesday, March 1, the winter series of notable writers and lecturers being sponsored by Brigham. Young university-Community .concert ' association. as-sociation. Last Thursday Theodore Theo-dore Dreiser was . presented by the association. Among English writers whose books have always sold "well here in American, . Phyllis Bentley is considered one of the most outstanding. out-standing. Her books have appeared ap-peared on best-sellers lists, and have been carried on these lists for many months. PHYLLIS BENTLEY Among some of her better known bocks are "Sleep in Peace," Inheritance," In-heritance," "The Spinner of the Years," and "Trio." Her novels are described as revealing her rich sense of history and background, her feeling for social movements, and a deep embracing sympathy for her characters. Much of this same personal quality is said to be present . in her lectures. On Thursday, March 2, Burns Mantle, dramatic critic and editor of "Ten. Best Plays of the Year," will speak in the tabernacle. truth in wild forbodings which accompany ac-company silly-sounding Jphrases like: "If the groundhog sees his shadow. ...".. And so there was no reckless predicting today. What if March 1 'did come In like a lamb? Or otherwise?; SALT LAKE ? CITY.; March ,1 0ZE Marchv entered -Salt Lake City today to the accompaniment -el a Hon-Uke ' snowstorm - that Wi - , V,:i: i j ' ' ' ' " m:-. .: &i ; ' m : ' TT, - - or . ; Yy ' '- 1 Ir i ' ' ' " ' A v i V "tr '-it :f'k BOARD OKEHS BUDGET FOR SCHOOLS Kindergarten Adopted As Beginning Unit Of City Schools The Provo Board of Educa tion Tuesday night adopted a revised budget for the city school district calling for rev enues and expenditures of $505,052.76 for the fiscal year ending June 30, $67,- 835.34 more than set up at the beginning of the year. Not a single protest was presented at the hearing. . Increase in expenditures in order to provide for school needs was made feasible through 00 per cent collection of county taxes in stead of the anticipated 80 per cent, an increased population of 298 students, and a supplemental PWA grant. New Distribution- The revised budget place spending distribution as follows general control, $11,182; instruction, instruc-tion, $183,825.92; operation, $33, 789: maintenance, $5,400; coordin ate activities, $5,626.30; auxiliary agencies, $1,550; fixed charges $1,700; debt service. $57,852; capi tal outlay, $204,177.54. Most significant increases 14 the budget are noted debt service. provision being made to retire $30,000 in short term bonds, and rpUrChate,of nlaSEf new schools, and WPA and build- Kindergarten Recognized The board adopted Superintend ent J. C. Moffitt's recommends tion that the kindergarten here after be regarded as the first unit in the public school program of the Provo district, and that age be disregarded except- that chu dren must be five . or more years on or before October 30 before entering. Under this plan, children having had no kindergarten training, must enroll in the kindergarten instead of the first grade, even though they may be six years of age. They will be advanced to the first grade as fast as they progress. pro-gress. The kindergarten plan, followed at present by the leading school districts, tends to eliminate heterogeneity het-erogeneity in the first grade, Supt. Moffitt explained to. the board. The board authorized Supt. Moffitt to carry out his recommendation recom-mendation for painting the walls in the high school girls' gymnasium gym-nasium and shower room, and completely redecorating the kindergarten kin-dergarten and library rooms at the maeser school. No estimates as ' to cost were available. Sale of two building lots on the Parker school block at First East and Second North streets was made through Heal Realty company com-pany to Mrs. F. G. Richmond for $1,750. Requests from principals and teachers of Timpanogos and Joaquin Joa-quin schools for the installation of basketball bankers in the playrooms play-rooms were tabled. Discount Offered fin WJITPTT Klllm Vll FCH.-C. Five per cent discount will be given culinary water users paying rates for the full year of 1939 in advance on or before March 10, informs Melvin W. Kavachevich, Provo City waterworks department depart-ment office manager. Deadline on the discount was extended from February 28 because be-cause of the vast number of user wishlug to pay in advance, he said. . caused shovel-weary homeowners to hope it would go out 31 days hence like the traditional Iamb. Today's storm was brief , but intense and by mid-morning the sun was shining through again. But what, made ; Salt y Lakers tired of snow was the fact that February. 1939, was, the snowiest February in the 64-yearold;hlS tory of the local weather bureau. A total of 30 inches of Hakes fell during the month, a.fuU; inch above, the previous record, est&D lished in February, 1899. ni lononow ensoerore Big Audience Many Fine Seats For Both Nights Available Says . Ticket Chairman The gala opening matinee performance of "Flying Along," presented at the Paramount theater this afternoon, after-noon, far exceeded all expectations. ex-pectations. Reports were that the three-act musical comedy is delightfully entertaining, fast-moving fast-moving and interesting from beginning be-ginning to end. Many were heard to make the predictiop that "Flying "Fly-ing Along," which is making its world premiere at this time, will be a. hit show of 1939. The American Legion, Provo' Post No. 13, which is sponsoring the show, has made big plans for this evening's performance. Pat tons and patronesses and distinguished distin-guished guests, including TJ. S Army officials from Fort Doug las, ana state ana city omciats, will be in attendance. Chalmers B. Fithian and Rita Brooks of the Provo Conservatory have produced the colorful show, vhich boasts a cast of 120 entertainers, enter-tainers, headed by Dianne Calder, Ted Maynard and Hilma Henrie. Doors will be opened this evening eve-ning at 7:30 o'clock, the curtain to go up at 8:30. The Thursday night performance will commence at the same time, and the Thursday Thurs-day matinee will begin at 2:15 o'clock, doors to open at 1:30. tained from the SJramOTirit box4 m both for this evenine and? office, both for' this evening and Thursday evening's shows, according accord-ing to Dr." Frank T. Reynolds, show chairman. "Flying Along" gives promise of being one of the finest entertainment enter-tainment attractions ever to be offered here, and a big crowd will be on hand tonight to cheer the 120 talents who all play an important im-portant part in the massive production. pro-duction. Hull Opposed to War Referendum WASHINGTON, March 1 U.P Secretary of State Cordell Hull said today that a proposed constitutional con-stitutional amendment required a national referendum before this country could declare war is in- I compatible with the reDreaentative form of government A resolution calling for such a constitutional amendment was in troduced a bi-partisan bloc of 12 senators yesterday. The national na-tional referendum would be necessary neces-sary before war could be declared by this country in all cases except in event of invasion. Hull said that the present form of government, in which congress has final control over declaration of war, has proved wise and practicable. prac-ticable. NAZI SPIES HELD PRISONERS IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY, March 1 OLE) The ministry of interior, striking out against a purported Nazi A3ntria r mint Viqo omcful T3anT Garbinsky Polish-German Jew, and has detained Baron Hans Henrich, Von Holleuffer, brother- -in-law of Count Wolf Von Hell-do Hell-do rf, president of Berlin police and close friend of Adolf Hitler, It was learned today. Coming Events LIONS CLUB W- E. Featherstone, of the Salt Lake City Lions club, will talk on ' "TT-V. T A 4t- Tnl n the meettag of the Provo Lions club, Thursday, 7 p, m. at Haase cafe. The convention, committee. Cliff Tolboe, chairman, is in charge. KTWANIS CLUB Mayor Mark Anderson will discuss dis-cuss the unemployment and relief re-lief problem in Provo at the regular reg-ular Kiwanis club luncheon at Hotel Roberta Thursday noon, announces an-nounces LeRoy J. Olsen club secretary. sec-retary. JUNIOR C OF C Members of . the Provo and American Fork Junior chamber of commerce organizations .will hold, a .'Joint : dinner at . Riverside Cafe at 7:30 p. ; m.-Wednesday; -j iegi up Appropriation Bill May Exceed Blood s Recommen ded Budget House and Senate Stalemated on Uniform School Fund Bill; Public Service Commission Appointees Okehed SALT LAKE CITY, March 1 (U.R)-Sen. Gordon Weg-geland, Weg-geland, D., Salt Lake, chairman of the Utah senate appropriations appro-priations committee, said today he believed the joint senate and house committee would have to submit an appropriations appropria-tions bill exceeding the budget recommended by the governor. gov-ernor. The appropriations measure will be presented to the legislature Monday. Many legislators have maintained firm- ly they should keep within the A r ( recommended budget. Weggeland supreme uoun Refuses to Stay Overpass Trial Because of a state supreme court ruling Tuesday afternoon refusing re-fusing a writ of prohibition that would prevent trial, the suit for damages against State Road Commissioners Com-missioners Preston G. Peterson, W. D. Hammond and George Abbott Ab-bott together with the L. A. Young Construction company instituted by T. E. and Elizabeth Ann Hall a day will go forward in Judge Dal las Young's fourth district court v? Iadaysxharg struction' Of the We -Mvy . UUJG UHtt WH1- West Center street viaduct in Provo in 1937 damaged and greatly depreciated their property, which lies adjacent to the structure-Petition structure-Petition Denied The commissioners petitioned, as individuals, for the writ, being represented by Assistant -Attorney General John D. Rice. They claimed claim-ed the viaduct was built by the state and if a judgment were returned re-turned against them as individuals, individ-uals, they would be forced to personally per-sonally pay the amounts. I The petition before the State court set forth the commission was empowered to build the overpass over-pass in the interest of safety and the maintenance of . the state highway, which is now separated from the tracks of the Union Pa cific and the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroads. The petitions held that the Halladays could claim damages through appealing to the state ' board of examiners and that if I judgment be returned against the commissioners they could not legally be reimbursed by the state. Mr. Rice pointed out that Mr. Abbott was not a member of the commission when the contract to construct the viaduct was let, he being appointed in March, 1937, after construction had started. Jurors Selected Jurors selected for the trial are Rodney W. Banks and William G. Jarvis, Spanish Fork; Charles A. Alleman and J. Arvil Bird, Spring -viile; Harry Jerling, Highland; Sevilla Jones," Lehi, Viola Fugal, Pleasant Grove, and David B. Thomas, Genola. Provo Woman Signal honor came to Ruth Partridge Part-ridge Richan of Provo, with the announcement that her book, "Adventures "Ad-ventures With a Lamp," has been publijhedf by the E. P. Dutton company, com-pany, Inc., of New York and is now off the press. Few Utah women have made this achievement, and not only has the Provoan received this distinc tion rrom the Dutton , company, but they have an option on her next three books. Appearing in the current pamphlet pam-phlet ef -Books Of the . Month," is an attractive full page advertisement adver-tisement on the new book, which j the story of a. nurse. To quote from the comments made in the prospectus: "Frank,, powerful, startling a challenging human' document. Probably only once in a generation could there be a nurse sufficiently articulate to describe her experiences bo realistically. real-istically. 4 Underscored : with ' the nurse's passion for service to suffering suf-fering humanity paced with interest in-terest and suspense truthful and. L unforgettable: r ; Mrs:. Richanr: has always, oeen I interested in writing ahd has- hid (Qmtinued on Page Five) said this did not appear possible. STATE CAPITOL, Salt Lake City, March 1 QJ.P3 An appeal to the U. S. congress for aid to farmers farm-ers through liberalization of terms and conditions of the Farm Credit Administration was approved today to-day by the Utah house of representatives. repre-sentatives. Foreclosures on many -Utah farmers are certain to result unless un-less extension of land bank loan payments now coming due is granted, Rep. H. Ray Pond, D., Cache, told the house is requesting passage of a concurrent resolution asking congressional action. The resolution passed without a dissenting dis-senting vote. Pond said delinquencies-on farm mortgages rose from 32 per cent in 1937 to 37 per cent last year, Farm indebtedness was $45,000,000 in 1938, as compared with $7,000, .VWT- H a.Vfi Mortgages tfigh Even the good crops, farmers were unable to reduce mortgages last year, Pond declared in appealing appeal-ing for agricultural aid. Other sponsors of the measure were Reps. Hans B. Nielsen, D., Cache; Burton H. Adams and Selvoy J. Boyer, Utah county Democrats; William D. Wood, D., Weber; Wayne N. Mason, D., Box Elder; Don. Clyde, D., Wasatch, and Albert Al-bert E. Miller, R., Washington. The house also passed an amendment to department' of registration reg-istration lawsr revamping the committee com-mittee which regulates funeral directors, di-rectors, embalmers and apprentices. appren-tices. The house and senate were still stalemated on a bill to provide (Coninued on Page Five) Cheever Services Slated Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Smith Cheever, wife of Joseph E. Cheever, will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Fifth ward chapel, with Bishop ! W. O. Facer in charge. Elder George Albert Smith of the Council of the Twelve, Pres-T. Pres-T. N. Taylor, Mrs. Fred G. War-nick, War-nick, representing the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and Bishop Facer will be the speakers. Friends are invited to call at the Deseret mortuary this evening eve-ning and at the family home, 315 East Center street. Thursday, prior to the services. Interment will be in the Provo City Burial park. Turns Author RUTH P. RICHAN y 'tit 4 EUREKA MAN MEETS DEATH IN CAVE -IN Prominent Church Man, Mining Leaser Is Instantly Killed EUREKA, Utah, March 1 (U.R) Utah mining authorities authori-ties today were investigating the death of George N. Finch, 51-year-old Tintic district church leader who was killed, late yesterday in a cave-in at the Chief Consolidated mine. Finch, with Wlnford Hanse-v;" had been operating a lease in the mine. Hansen said that he climb- , ed out of a stope of the 1400-foot..: level to make surface repairs, leaving Finch alone. Hansen said : he heard a roar down the shaft-and shaft-and returned to find that the roof . of the stope had caved in, burying bury-ing Finch under 20 tons of rock. L Hansen immediately summoned aid but Finch's body was not re . -covered for more than eight hours,, Mr. Finch came to Eureka from Goshen about 30 years ago and had since engaged in the mining business. Prominent in L. D. &." church affairs, he was a former, bishop of Eureka ward and first counselor in the Tintic stake aC the time of his death. Survivors Listed Surviving are his widow, - Mrs-Irene Mrs-Irene Greenhalgh Finch; hia mother. moth-er. Mrs. Mary Finch, and a daughter, daugh-ter, Carol Finch of Eureka: five reka, Mrs. Elizabeth Biswell of Provo, Mrs. Chet Steele and Mrs. Charlotte White of Goshen and Mrs. Sadie Davis of Riverton, and two brothers, Robert Finch of Goshen and John Finch of Bingham. Bing-ham. OPEN CONCLAVE TO ELECT POPE VATICAN CITY, March 1 (TIE) The ' cardinals of the Roman Calholic church attended a solemn mass of the Holy Ghost in the Pauline chapel today and this afternoon aft-ernoon began a formal conclave to elect a 262nd pope to succeed Pius XI who died Feb. 10. The balloting starts tomorrow morning and two balloting ses sions will be taken each day, morn ing and afternoon. It was fore cast that the new pope, probably an Italian and an ecclesiastic-, minded rather than a political- minded man, would be elected by Friday night or Saturday, and crowned ceremonially Sunday March 12. All 2 cardinals were present when the conclave opened in the trtnagie of the Vatican bounded by the courtyards of St. Damasus, marshal and holy office. They will remain there, behind sealed doors and whitewashed windows, 'with 200-odd aides, until hey have elected a new pope. The South Americans took ad vantage of the train, which the Italian government had made available. Pioneer Building Is Ready for Use Pioneer museum building. Sixth North and Fifth West street, is completed to the point of occupancy, occu-pancy, it was reported by the building committee of the Provo Sons and Daughters of Utah- Pioneers Pio-neers Monday night. The committee which includes Ed M. Rowe, Bernetta Beck, J. M. Jensen , and Josephine S. Bird, has mailed out letters to' everx ; captain , in. the Provo pre-cmct, pre-cmct, and also; the county organ izatiOTfferinirthe museum as a meetings place-. : ' Part of; the time 4 during the summer the building is, to be Tcept open1' for tourist" inspecUon;r,the committee said. t v 11 - The building was erected in conjunction con-junction twith -the - city cottunis-sion. cottunis-sion. Members, of the' commission Joined, with the, mmittee in in- |