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Show ' . ...... - ... .. . - , .,, O ' ' ' f v HEfeALD PHONES ; Editorial ...V ....494 Society . , .496 Busihess'i. . ......... ...... . .495 DOLLARS SPENT In Utah County Mean' Utah County Prosperity. VOL. 8, NO. 41) P RO V 0.UT.AH COUNTY, UTAH, SUND At, JUNE 7, 19 3 1. ; " ; ; V -' -J" 20 PAGES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENT . The True Story of Europe's Dictators and How They Rule by Torture and Death By James t Spirit Fish Kttleik Dicta NUMBER FOUR. Army rule: The war spirit supreme. su-preme. rThat is the outstanding: feature of the: typical dictatorship. Only ty such , methods jean terrorists stay .in. power. . The Italian Fascist party preamble, pre-amble, states: "The Fascist party is an' army on a war looting-; Fascist soldiers must consider themselves ready to obey and follow fol-low either ag-alhstthc int-nal enemy en-emy or the enemy, abroad." -War' thoughts are dsck of near-; near-; ly every , Item of Mussolini's prc-gram prc-gram Physical education has an important-place : In, Fascism. But fighting skill rather than health is the primary aim of nation-wide compulsory drills. . Chlldzon NetJled In a country already .containing more people than it can feed, large families are encouraged by tax : laws penalizing, the crilldless. More soldiers are needed for coming wars. - Super-patriotism, is taught children chil-dren in schools - thruout the land. But it is not patriotism glorifying Roman artists, scientists or humanitarian hu-manitarian leaders., The glory of " Roman military conquerors is instilled in-stilled in their minds "To obey and-follow, against the enemy" is the basic rule. Whose enemy? All Fascists must "obey and follow" Mussolini; therefore r. his- enemy. A foxy scheme, this dictatorship. .... p ! Industries Subsidized Material means of war are not forgotten Dye and chemical industries in-dustries are heavily subsidized by , the government so they could go on. a war basis-'with short notice ; The steel Industry is reorganized for- war.., .Navy-building goes on at an unprecedented rate. Italian Fascists even go so far as to build military bases in Albania, under Fascist power, preparing- to attack-, Jagoalav4a-ftpom two-f fronts . in - the event' ef war." ' We quote Italo Balbo, Fascist hero and aviation chief, who recently re-cently led a squadron across the Atlantic: . Breaking Will. Power j ... "We have rtotjsacrif iced tav half million heresm order to replace-the replace-the hegemony of Germany by that of France . . . . Who made the war yesterd'? The army. Who will make.-the war. tomorrow? The nation. Therefore it will be the will- txwer of a nation we must break . .'. It Is proven that a modest aerial army of 300 planes. Arthtifrlsban fCopvrlgbt 1931 Miss Guinari Comes Home. I Wheat, CopperDown. Roosevelt on His Way. Ancient Beauty. ISS TEXAS GUIKAN, night club lany of New Ydrk barred from France,- also from England, Eng-land, was touched when a .gallant Englishman offered , to marry her, and td t make' it ' possible for her to enter Engiartdi But Misa ' Qui nan said no, and sailed a way, leaving the 4 geatleman, as he admitted, ad-mitted, "Without money to get back to London4:;ft. j;.t. - -rr . Miss Gutnain, a philosopher, says r- I UUAY wmmmm as, she sails for hohier "an indiscre-v indiscre-v tiona day iceep3 depression away," . She went, aooa rd the ship , wearing a velvet riding habit, patent leather booU'lahd.vhitWN bttttr . The EnglJshman,that didn't ,mc: ry her Is as; well off.' v It would be too much .of a job for any one English-.. English-.. man , 1 , , ' GOOD jiews of thevwheat crop in Hn .Texaa, enornibus' crops. Arfd that, ' as usual, was bad news for - wheat growers. Under our intelligent" intelli-gent" system of agriculture and marketing, good-crops in wheat or cotton ; mean .4 trouble and ; poor prices for farmers. With a cessation1 of. government buying and "pyramiding," the price ' of American, wheat fell sharply yes- - terday, as- might be . expected. In one hour June; wheat dropped 12 cents In Chicago. - Old ' "supply and demand" is patient, waits and wins.-,. - While our farmers mourn about -too mnch, wheat" and QtheriAmer-t leans mourn too much . cotton coal, oiUetc Russia rejoicing Jni the certainty of a bumper:; wheat" bar. vest, a crop of one ' billion t three hundred v and-""1 fourteen- -million (Continued on; Page Eight) . - - v-; , G. Scripps s rsh ips carrying, two tons of toxic bombs each, in a single 1'iight can kill 50,000 Inhabitants in 10 different villages j' that means in eight days they could. put hora' de Jeu four million person in 80 places . . . . No anti-aircraft- defense can per-vent per-vent such an invasion . . . .We must .give the enemy the precise sensation- of -.our - mastery of the air and the -possibility' of our aviation avi-ation striking; .without pity, the population,' of the. country.' Back to Dark Ages The outstanding accomplishments of Mussolini have been the wholesale whole-sale abolition of parliament, the constitutional power of the king, the non-Fascist press, the right of public association and Freemasonry, Free-masonry, r free suffrage, freedom of magistrates, free speech, inviolability in-violability of' private homes, Inviolability In-violability of" private - correspondence, correspond-ence, the right , to-choose a business busi-ness or profession, the right to free emigratibifSor moving from one. part of Italy to another, the right to ' choose nationality, all municipal liberties. -"It is I," says Mussolini, "who have dictated these measures: Recall-of all passports; t orders to shoot .'Without warning "anyone trying try-ing to cross the frontier secretly; suppression of all anti-Fascist publications; pub-lications; dissolution of all' groups suspected of anti-Fascism; creation crea-tion of a special police, secret investigation in-vestigation bureaus and special tribunals."- t :" : f'l Tomorrow: 'A Srer Tryanti ir Terror in Courts and Jails; How Suspects Are Punished. I. Represents Izaak Walton rCeagueOn Investigation Of Deer Herd Representatives of ten national organizations will gather at V. T. park cn the Kaibab national ' for-, for-, est on Monday. June S, for a ten-day ten-day trip over the federal game refuge ref-uge within the Kaibab national forest and national park. .Mark) , Anderson of Provo left Saturday,, to act5 as'.the representa tive of the Izaak Walton league on this tour. , For1 several years the - ? Kaibab . deer herein? Arizona has attracted the" attention of conservationists throughout the country, due to its rapid rate 'of increase. Since 1924 .more ..than 15,000 head of roefvhave been j removed from tbcKaibabby; trapping and hunting One thousand -wild horses also have-been killed. The itremten-dons itremten-dons lncreas6 . in deer at -the Kaibab Kai-bab has resulted from the extern (Continued On Page Eight) NEW YORK, June 6 (lTJR) Pro fit tkking in , the ; short session on the stock exchange Hoday brought pi ices down' fractions to more.than a point in the niain list and a few issues lost 4 to 5 points. . . L Activity .was; about equal to that cf the last few days with a slight pl',kup toward the close. - - Steel common reacted nearly 3' to - belcw 90 following publication pub-lication cf estimates that the corp nation's vnfi'led tonnage a of May SI vwuli show ?. drop of between 250X00 end 500 COO tons as compa.ei withrthat oaiApril 30. . 4, When steel reacted the otber leading Industlala ! followed and losses ranging to 2 points were sustained-br Du Pont, ' American Cant Westinghouse . Electric, General Motors and 'Vanadium. jiway k a . m m h sr m m m as v - m m mm m m m r mm h m m m m JUL majLa v m v w .STOCKS UTAH STAKE EXHIBITION Annual Relief Society Spring Flower Show and Exhibit Set for Tuesday at Third Ward ; DJspiay Needlework. Exhibits f -,; flowers and needlework from every ward of the stake will be displayed at the annual spring flower shqw and exhibit sponsored by the Utah stake Relief society, so-ciety, to be held Tuesday afternoon aft-ernoon at the Third ward chapel acording to Mrs. Ach3a E. Paxrtian, president. Ofcninsr Program The first part of the affair will consists of a program of music artd talks to begin at 2:30 in the ward assembly hall. ?alks on flow-er flow-er culture an?, art work have been prepared and appropriate musical numbers will be given under the direction of Mrs. Velma L. Ras-muson; Ras-muson; stake choristor. At 3:30, adjournment will be made ' to the recreation hall where the flower exhibits and handwork will be ?,isp!aysd. Every ward of the stake will be represented with something made during the year, the Relief societies of the stake devote one session reach month to some form of handwork. . . This phase of the work has1 been1 under, the direction of Mrs.. Bessie gourley and Mrs, flliza Nelson. Included in the' exhibits will be quilts, afghans, luncheon sets,- aprons, ap-rons, bed spreads, pillow cases and other articles. Utah. Dentists , To Meet . In Provo In 1932 SALT LAKE CITY, June 6 U.E Utah dentists today concluded . their annual convention. with a series of addresses, a banquet and a ball. Election of officers featured, yesterday's yes-terday's session. . 4: Dr. 'A. W; Petty of Ogden was named4' president-elect, automatically automati-cally assuming office next year. Dr. T. Fred Harvey was elevated to the presidency succeeding Dr. Clifford Clif-ford Rudine. Provo was chosen as the 1932 convention city. Dr. E. A. Tipp was name;?; to represent, rep-resent, the Utah association at the Pacific coast, dental conference in Seattle, Wash., in July 1932. Ne .Kiahager At Montgomery Ward R. L. Champion, who comes to ProVo from pueblo, Colo, is the new manager of the Provo Montgomery Mont-gomery Ward store. Mr Champion took e ver the management man-agement of the Provo store Friday succede'ing M. P. Gerton, who has lield that position since the autumn of ,1929: ? i i The new manager was connected-with connected-with the J. C. Penney company . tores for ten years, aid more re cently t has ben .in the employ of Montgomery Ward in Denver and Pueblo. He has been prominent in civic affairs in the various cities where' he has-resided. Saturdays Scores . v tv NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia 000 010 1002 8 0 PittsbOdrghi- 010 000 0023 9 :l . J .Elliot and Davi3. Kremer and Phillips. ; New York 000 001 0C0 1 9 11 Chicago ' 010 000 04x 5 7 0 Berlx " and- Hogan; Smith and Hemsley. Boston. , 000 101 120 5 16 t Cincinnati i- 201 000 0C3 6 14 0 SeiQld and Conln; Benton Kolpt end Suke forth. " Brooklyn 000 110 040 6 12 0 St. Inis 410 -100 02x 8 15 1 .Clark and Lopez ; Derringer 4anf! MancueoV V ' AMERICAN . LEAGUE. ; nieve'rir , f0 01 3007 12 1 New York- ii2- ooo" oor 5 11 0 St. LauIs, " 20j' 002 101 R 12 S Boston , 100 013 22x 9 14 1 j. . ." tfs' '.. " Detroit . I 100 010 3005 7h, 2 Philadelphia 000 , 17C 03x 11 .13 0 Oiirsiro 'w 200 V 000 - 100 3 8 0 Washington 213 . 000 Olx 7 14 2 CHEER UP, Dressing the Little Summer Hat - - $2.95 Dress Ensemble - $8.95 Belt .75 Purse - - $2.95 Shorts,: Garters, Bandeau $1.95 Gloves - - .75 Hose - - $1.25 Shoes - - $4.95 TOTAL - - $24.5(5 Hope ahead for husbands! And something: to give confidence con-fidence to- intending bridegrooms! bride-grooms! ,. .. . The Little Woman's duds don't cost so much this summer. sum-mer. Last summer it cost about $50 for a simple outfit. This summer, $24.60 does the 'trick.- All- you have' to do is get the $24.50. Picture and prices above are actual, from a big western west-ern department store. Looks like a lot for the price, doesn't-, it? SLMANDfES Unconscious Since Tuesday, Westenskow Succumbs To Crash Hurts. John Westenskow, , 59, of 755 West Jackson street, Salt Lake City, who was injured Tuesday night when his automobile turned, over in Spanish Fork . canyon. . above Thistle, died at the Aird hospital about 11:15 Friday night. Westenskow is said to have suffered suf-fered a basal fracture of the skull and a possible fractured; vertebra. He lost consciousness in the accident ac-cident which he failed to regain. Mr. Westenskow was born in Manti in 1871. He is survived by his .widow, and ten children, also a brother James Westenskow, who lives in Emery county and a si3ter, Mrs. Tennfe Mathew of Ferron, Emery ocunty. The body will be taken to Ferron for funeral services ser-vices and burial: Three others. were injured in the crash that cost the, life of Mr. Westenskow, One was Leon T. Ralphs ; of Ferron, xfriver of the' car. The --others were not identified identi-fied because shortly after the accident ac-cident theyrdeparted' ton Salt Lake. All. were reported to have suffered cuts and; brujsea .. V C. H. 1 Olophantv of 1367 Indiana avenue, Salt Jjakevwhovwas driv-'ng driv-'ng behind' the automobile irt which Mr. Westehsko Was riding; witnessed wit-nessed the . accident, and rushed the injured to Provo. . WestenskoWs ; brother- . James, who dame to PrOvo Saturday, had not heard of the accident until Saturday morning, he told iocai officers. Letter After 70 Years Bv NEA Service. OBERUN, OU- Seventy' years after it was mailed the local postmaster post-master delivered a letter? found re cently in4he courthouse, at Sails' UTEf bury. N, 4C., once a. Confederate ptison camp. Through Oberlin College Col-lege record!, he traced ,thei-addressee's -.f daughter, Mrs Alberta Shattuok of Cincinnati, O, and' forwarded for-warded it to her. - " FROM INJURIES BOYS isn't so Expensive This Anyway 4 "4 t'.W.SO.. . ..S-.V.S'-S..-- .V. swT: s -x s t , s y S s-s s - 1 k s- & V . '"J"S 0.S. INFANTRY 700 Troops At North Park Camp; Nejft Stop At Vivian, Viv-ian, Deer Creek , Seven hundred troops, comprising compris-ing the Trtirty-eighth U. S. Infantry Infan-try is encamped at North Park for two days. The infantry men arrived ar-rived Saturday and will depart for Vivian Park. Monday morning. Colonel H. C. Price is in command. A military church service is held tt 8:15 Sunday mornln" with Captain Cap-tain John L. McBride, regimental chaplain in charge. The public is invited. A band concert will be held tonight to-night in Pioneer park at 7:30 bv the infantry banc; Warrant Officer Of-ficer Leopold Yost In charge. The troops will camp at Vivian park on June 8, Deer Creek on June, 9, Luke's-Hot Pots on June 10 and 11, Keetley on June 12, Snyderville near Park City on June 13 and 14. and Mountain Dell Reservoir on June 15. During the entire march of approximately' ap-proximately' 124 miles, the regimental regi-mental headquarters will be in contact' con-tact' with Fort ' Douglas by radio operated bynaaembers of the communications com-munications platoch of the headquarters head-quarters companv under the direction di-rection of First Lieutenant B. B. Wilkes. NORTHWEST DROUGHT. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 6 (IIR) Drought conditions over North Da-vkota. Da-vkota. . Montana- an-fl , the western .Canadian provinces prevails. Fort Douglas At Prbneer i Ji . 1 Si. r I tl f 'J s-S-fe 'V ST 'M - ' .if I - -. I ' ,y - : si '.w. h l", A- ' S s'ss , , s' ss- -S'-s. I , S SS.S s ( '-- V' ' - ?'-::t a s,ss v iv i INGAMPHERE ' The band concert season will be opened in Provo tonight with; a' concert by the famous Thirty-eighth U. & Infantry band- from Fort Douglas underline direction of Warrant Officer Leopold! A. "Yost. ' The infantry band is accompanying, the-troops on the, annual overland' over-land' hike. The troop are encamped at North Park until Monday morning morn-ing when they leave for Vivian Park. i The" following program will be rendered at the Pioneer Park band stand at 7:30 tonight: March,. VThe Conqueror" . , . , , Teike Overture, ?The Four Ages of Man" Lachner Popular selected. ' - Clarinet solo, Luisa Di Montfort Bergson .f - . , ( Played by Sgt, Wl Buhbury) u', Waltzi Wedding;of the Winds' .....;...;;. ...Hall- Cornet solo, "Stabat Mater" ..v..........-,-!...;.. ..Rossini y. ri .; . .. ' Played by Sgt.. W.-BunbUry) . , -:'.x Selection, -I 'Lombardi" ...... . .Vfdl Berceuse., from "Jocelyn" Godarfl March "Bravura" . , i , Duble v, . , , -rhe Star Spangled Banner" - ' .4 . " ELKS HE OFFICE BiB IT PRICE J. Edwin Stein Re-elected Treasurer; Salt Lake Man Succeeds Howard Graham As President of Utah Elks. PRICE, Utah, June 6. (U.R) Utah's Elkdom today had gone on record as favoring the stabilization and restoration restora-tion of the price of silver. A resolution passed by the Utah Elks State association, in annual convention here, endorsed en-dorsed the stabilization efforts of the various economic agencies throughout the United States. Other resolutions pledged the support sup-port of Elks to the Georgq Washington Wash-ington Bicentenial celebration and the "Covered Wagon Days" pageant pag-eant to be held in Salt Lake next month. Cedar City Selected New officers named bv the association as-sociation were: Paul V. Kelly, Salt Lake, President; Allen Pike, Eureka,"' Eu-reka,"' first vice-president; Frank W. Mathews, Ogden. second vice-nrcsident; vice-nrcsident; Dean Holda way, Price third vice-president; B. P. Spry, "alt Lake, re-elected secretary and J. Edwin Stein, Provo, treasure. Kelly, manager of the Kelly Western company of Salt Lake, succeeds M. Howard Graham of Provo as leader of the association. Cedar Citv was selected as the 1832 convention city, the date to determined by the excutive committee. President Graham in his annual address outline, the activities of tho association during the past vear, declaring the lodge should Rive more serious consideration to retention of members already on the rolls rather than staging drives for -boom-memberships." "Rapid growtth is dangerous," Graham said. "The progress of the lodge is best assured by slow, steady growth in memberships." The convention will conclude its meetings to day with a series of entertainments including golf dancing and a banquet. Appeals For Old Clothing An appeal for old clothing is being made by Mrs. Emily Nielsen, Niel-sen, . director, of . the Community Welfare office,' who reports the demand de-mand for men's clothing to be far in excess of the supply. This appeal coming at this season sea-son of the year suggests a rather serious situation, according to Mrs. Melsen. But the supply of old clothing has been completely exhausted, ex-hausted, and many calls are made each day for something to wear by persons out of employment. UucVerclothing, hosiery, dresses, trousers, coats, in fact anything for men women or. children will be acceptable. At this time, however, how-ever, the demand is greater for men's clothing and shoes than anything any-thing else, Mrs. Nlelson reports. Harris Tc Attend Coast Meetings President and Mrs. Fv S. Harris are leaving for a. month's, visit in California : and ' the . northwest. ' While away. President Harris will attend! the N. E. . A.- convention in Los Angeles, .- and , scientific meetings in Pasadena, -S- Band Concert Park Tonight NEWS WIRES By tiNiTED PftESS " i i . POLICE BOAT EXPLODES PHILADELPHIA. June 6. (U.E The police boat William B. Mills exploded in the Delaware, river off Pennsylvania- Treaty park, late today. to-day. The crew was thrown into the river. Police officials said they did not know how many men were On board. Rescue boats were dis patched from the base of the river patrol. DIES IN PLANE CRASH ' PITTSBURGH. Pa.. June 8. ILP One man was killed and another injured when an airplane crashed at the Thornburc Countrv rluh near here today. The dead man was laenuiieo as ti. p. Ludwig Pittsburgh. MOB FIGHTS POLICE HAVANA, June 6. (LT.E) An un employed mob marched on the American consulate at Santiago today, to-day, engaged in a fight with police who attempted to disperse them and several were reported wounded. wound-ed. Forty were arrested. Advices here said that 1,000 were in the crowd of unemployed. CONFESSES TO MURDER NEW YORK, June 6. (U.R) Charles Obete, 26, a former butcher's butch-er's boy today confessed, police said, to killing Andrew Zubitsky, 25, whose wife, he claims, paid him $300 to do it He said, according to the police, that he hacked Zubitsky Zu-bitsky s body to pieces with a butcher knife and disposed of the parts in various sections of the city and: in the Eeast river. MANIAC KILLS TWO YOKOHAMA, June 6. (UJi) The steamship Empress of China prepared pre-pared to depart today with Grac-iano Grac-iano Bilaz, a 40 year old Filipino, who ran amuck at sea killing two Chinese members of the crew and wounding a score, in irons. Bilaz will be taken to Hongkong for tiiai on charges of murder. YOUNG PLAN REVISION BERLIN, June 6. U.R) The government's gov-ernment's first official pronouncement pronounce-ment that the Young plan must be revised was issued today. A manifesto, supplementing President Paul Von Hindenburg's decree drastically reducing government expenditures declared that reparations repar-ations can no longer be paid oyt of foreign loans, as heretofore. WORLD FLIGHT READY NEW YORK, June 6, 0J.H) Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pang-born Pang-born expect to start their flight around the world within 10 days, they told the United Press today. The first part of the trip will be a non-stop flight to Moscow, they said. STILLMANS DIVORCED NEW YORK, June 6. (UJ? The tempestuous marital life which has taken the James A. Stillmans through one court after another over a period of 11 years, was definitely def-initely at an end today with the signing of a final divorce decree and the marriage of Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman to Fowler Mc- Cormick, son of Harold F. McCor-mlck McCor-mlck of Cricago and grandson of John D. R.Jckefeller and Cyrus H. McCormick. CAPONE INDICTMENT SEEN WASHINGTON, June 6. 0IP Indictment of Al Capone, Chicago gang leader, on charges of con spiracy to violate the prohibition laws, thus striking directly at his far flung bootleg racket, is expected expect-ed to follow the federal government's govern-ment's first blow in securing in dictment for alleged income tax law violations. WINS SCHOLARSHIP , SALT LAKE CITY, June 6 (UH Daniel Dyer , will be , one of ten high school students of the United States who excelled in' scholarship and athletics during the . past - year. who will receive a 4 year, scholar ship to Northwestern university at Evanston, 111. Dyer was graduated gradu-ated yesterday from the East high school here, where he was student body president. BANK DEFICIT. MADE UP ,TOOELE Utah; June 6. (UE-An audit of the books of the defunct Tooele' Count State bank resulted re-sulted in the uncovering of faulty bookkeeping, it was disclosed yesterday yes-terday at a meeting, of bank officials offic-ials and M. H. Street, bank exam iner. Bank officials yesterday made- up the $16,000 deficit of the bank when it was closed last January-by the state bank examiners. - EXPEL .PAPAL NUNCIO x , KQVNO, Lithuania, June 6. (HE) - The' Lithuanian, . y government expelled .the papal, nuncio, Rlccar-do Rlccar-do Bartoloniy today. Bartoloni departed? de-parted? by automobile at ,1:30 p. m. H. was expelledv.itvwas announced, because he . allegedly lutd collaborated, collabor-ated, with, activities of the anti-government anti-government party. p.g. m FOR Ell FESTIVAL : ' i ' . Al Everything Is In Readme For Mammoth Strawberr Day Celebration, Tuesdd)! Decorations Are In Place PLEASANT GROVE.A tired in festoons and holida attire, Pleasant Grove i ready to welcome the throne to Utah's annual Strawberr Day Tuesday morning. Stat street and the entire busines section is decorated in regt style, and no' stranger la perm! ted-to pass through-this town wltl out being told of the great annufj celebration which , is v expected 1 draw nov less thatt- 30,000 people. Berries Are Ready . ; Luscious berries from the flejd: near here have been assured for j record crowd, according- to Clll ford Tomlinson who promises thai no visitor will be slighted. Th berries with rich cream , and Uta sugar will be served in the bloci east' of State street immedlatel after the parade, Tuesday. The concession stands,- Ferri wheel, merry-go-rounds and all th other carnival features'. that g with a day of this kind are belnf put in place. . . The horses and . steers for' th rodeo are on the grounds, read for the biggest show, of. its kin ever staged in the state. Herma Parduhn and his committee hav prepared seating accommodation for more than 4,000 . people at, th park west of the Union Pacific de pot. The. rodeo management . i has been pronounced', one of the best. .The rodeo starts at 2 p. m. I Acting Governor Milton Hi! Well . ing. . has notified , the committer. that he expects to be present in the absence of Governor Dern.- ? Magnificent floats are . now be Ing built under the direction o Frank B. Newman, who says tha the parade this year, as alwa; promises to be one of the colorfu features of the entire celebration. The holiday crowds will be enter tained at a dance each of the three! nights that the celebration wiUibq in progress, according to Roy Smith. The dances will be at! Geneva. Bill the Barber On Store Closing;. "Weli, how did you make out on the uniform closing of the stores?" enquired tsm ine aroer pi uie store clerk as he prepared to give him an all wool hair-cut at the price of a bald-headed fuzz trlnu' "Not so good yet," answered the clerk. "Some. , of the stores are ttill holding after eight and some are closing at six o'clock. I dont know what will be done about it, but I sure wish they could get- to gether.." "Why don't you do this," suggest- retail clerks and appoint a com mittee to meet with the public, relations re-lations committee of the chamber of commerce and go over the thing. The merchants really ought to hold a meeting first ajid see y4 if .they can't compromise. But they : won't do it. So if you fellows would merchants I'll bet you could, get together on a uniform closing time. No one would be hurt from a busi ness angle, and you clerks - as1 well a 3 the merchants themselves could get off at a reasonable time on Saturday Sat-urday nights and the nights before holidays. That's your real prob lem, isn't it?" - V- iu "Yes,: that's it," said the clerk; . "Well, I think the shoppers wouldn't have any objection to a T o'clock closing if they were' given a little notice," said Bill. The newspape r could give you . a story about it and the merchants add. a line to their ads and the . public would soon fall : in line and- ne harm done. Better consider it?! !- "That's t. an ; idea," replied , the clerk. "Watch us try it" "Good luck," said Bill. v". The Weather . JbTAHf .Talr Sunday; Littla change- la tem perature. Max;, temd". 1 tVM.u Mln'. temp". .'. Friday |