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Show lnleraM HERALD PHONES Editorial - .494 Society .... . . . . .... . . . - 496 Business .495 IF IT HELPS GENERAL UTAH The Herald Is For It V"' FORTV-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 335 PKOVQ, UTAH ;C .0 U N T Y, IJT. A H, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931. EIGHT PAGER TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS -AT o OTUMTM A. -s t I r r v a MMmmB Mo wait m m . m m&m m TODAY -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1931) Cheerfulness and Why Facts About Bunkers Bootleg Made, and Killed Him I ORE cheerfulness In Wall Street yesterday, based on fact, but not exactly a r-T-iT7'T7.'riimT, fact. Next week the railVoads will announce a wage reduction of 15 per pent. rieads of unions will protest, but knowing .that something must be done, they will probably consent to a cut of 10 per cent instead of 15. Railroads will accept the amendment, amend-ment, with a saving for them of more than two hundred million dollars dol-lars a year. ... That sum is hundreds of millions mil-lions short of the amount that railroads rail-roads lost in earnings, But $i2yu,-000,000 $i2yu,-000,000 will help a little, particularly particular-ly in stabilizing railroad bonds, important im-portant to savings banks . ana in-- in-- surance companies. r', nay comfort some nervous Americans with money to know that fairy stories about "hundreds of millions lent to Germany by individual indi-vidual banki" are like the report of Mark Twain's death, when he was " still alive, rmuch exaggerated.! No bank in. America nas owing .by Germany as much as one hundred hun-dred million dollars, or even three-quarters three-quarters of that amount. Also those that fear or dislike 1 Russia's government, will be glad to know that the big 1anks have ' collected in full loans owing by Russia, 'and will lend now only when payment is absolutely secured. se-cured. . . , Ships carrying goods to-, Russia, j payable ... on atriva, carry radio 'equipment, and - contracts call' for . the vight to divert any ship, by . radio to another port, if payment is not made " before unloading the goods. American bankers are not as innocentfeasy' as some have thought them! J - . POLICE hunt for the murderers :: of . Jack "Legs" Diamond, languidly, revealing, their conviction convic-tion that little hai-m was done .by killing him. The chief policemen remark, "So they - got him. Eh? - well. It had to come." Clergyman will find their text for a sermon on the life and death - of Jack Diamond, bootlegger-gang-eter-racketeer, in the fact that prohibition pro-hibition MADE "Diamond, providing him with' bootlegging wealth and : opportunities. ' , And bootleg whisky DESTROY-. DESTROY-. ED v Diamond, murdered . while "sleeping off, the effects of a . drinking party, orgftntted to celebrate cele-brate his escape ffom our ordinary justice, which sometimes fails to 'Work. ' V '"l ' V ' ' v ' - " Half stupefledy bootleg "whisky, the man- who knew his life was in danger ever minute, did not botheju-bv lock the door . of the hoaSe or room in which be afep$. Warned by ; his xnauffeurj ftwo . tnugV from Brooklyn 'uire here, ook-. ook-. Ing for a shot at you, Diamond replied;, re-plied;, "What do I care ?" ; ; - " h. :-f: rrw'n British lines have stopped "A ; nsinrr the Panama canal, be- rause the droD in the bound makes it too expensive, canal fees are paid in dollars Tradingf with: New Zealand, -their ships tre sent around Cape Horn. ' , Mbneyan4 the: mysterious things it does make the fourth liimension and relativity seem simple. Winning Display -Of Red i and White Gets Recognition The ' prize-": winniiK Red and White Stores displayat the Utah county fair haa received unusual recognition : In .the" December ; Issue of theR,ed ahd -WJilte national magazine, copies of: which were received re-ceived during ' the' past r week by Provo stores. A : " ne nhotoeranh of the handsome. display Is 'carried, on the front cov er of 2 the magazine wim . anoiner picture on page six. 'TJe:-acc6mpanylng, article tells an interesting story of; the success , of the display at' the fain' Sample of the products ' spojbsored by- - the-member the-member stores, ' were ' distributed free to thousands of visitors during pie three days. . J r A .sa, i -A- nn ( J STORES . REflJAIN - OPEN J In order to gve Provo shopj-, peri more tlmfejin which' to do I J their Christma buying, the. J stores will j-emaln open: until j j 8 o'clock . each evening this j J week until Christmas. ' j -z 7 h r New LD.S. Temple In Alberta 'i " 4 's -- s ' r lt' 'if! 40t' 1 J H i jrii? 'f w 11 Thousands of worshippers attend this Cardston, AlbertaCanada. It has Lakes National Park. V H3 MANY ATTEND CONCERT HERE Christmas Spirit Features Concert At Utah Stake Tabernacle. A large and appreciative audience attended the Christmas, concert given at the stake tabernacle, Sun- cay evening oy me uian iaRC choir and assisting musical groups. The choir, directed by Prof. Elmer El-mer E. Nelson was heard in four splendid numbers, "Holy Night, Peaceful Night," Metta Ritchie, soloist; "Sing, O Ye Heaven3," Mrs Marie H. Homer, soloist; "Hark! What Means Those Holy Voices," with duet by Alene Peterson and Betty Madsen, and 'JThanks Be to God," theclosing number. The congregation and choir join cd in the opening chorus, the traditional tradi-tional Christmas carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful." Solo Numbers ' "The Holy City," was well done as a baritone solo by Carl O. Nelson Nel-son of Payson. A grou of Pay son. singers consisting ef'Arthur Taylor Art Jones, Dean Wightman ami Golden, Taylor, directed by Mr. Nelson, sang two male quartets, "Christmas Tinieand "The Wayside Way-side Cross." . The tabernacle quartet, Alene Peterson, Grace Linton, Peter Jensen Jen-sen and Murray Roberts appeared in -what many considered one of the' outstanding numbers of the program, "In Bethlehem Town," by Balfe-Parks. 'A pleasing organ solo, "Prelude and Fugue in E Minor," by Bach was played, by Jay Keeler, promising promis-ing young Provo organist. The "Y" faculty string trio composed com-posed of Prof. . LeRoy Robertson Elmer Nelson and Gustave Bug- gert rendered one of Arensky's com positions with unsurpassed ski., and faultless niusicianshin. A ladies' quartet from the Second ward consisting of Betty and Olga Madsent Norma and Fay Night sang the immortal German Christ masv hymn, "Silent Night." " Leona M. Van Wagoner vas the accompanist at he organ. - The invocation was offered by President Si P. Egge risen and the benediction by HughJPeterson. Thetooernacle was- beautifully decorated in Christmas stylj by the Art Service club of the Brigham Young university. Christmas Pf ogram For Scandinavians : A splendid program has , been arranged for the "Scandinavian CLristmas services s which are to be held Sunday, , December 27, at 10:3C a. m, in the lL D. S.' seminary buildiiig... The ; presidency : of . the . Scandi navian, organization,, composed of Alfred Madsen, Henry Booke and kA. F. ' Fotland, extend': Christmas greetings to all Scandinavians of the : community, and Invite them to attend ; the Christmas 'program v. Arrangements ? have beenjijaad lor transportation, of the older peo ple to and from the meeting." J. S. Hansen, editor of the Scan dlnavian newspaper, "Bikuben, will be theprlncipal seaker.of the beautiful new Mormon temple in for a background the Waterton FARffl BUREAU MEETING SET Annual Election of Officers To Be Held Tuesday, January 5. dent : and mree "directors" will take place at the annual meeting of the Utah County Farm-v Bureau organization orga-nization to. beheld Tuesday, January Janu-ary 5, in the . Stooms of x the county agricultural agent here. Jesse Hall; Payson, president of the organization for the pastxyear. will be in charge of the meeting and will give . a report of the accom plishments of the farm bureau. .other reports "will be given by the county extension workers, Lyman Rich, Anson Call and Mrs. Amy L. Jones; EH J. Claysoh, tax committee commit-tee chairman and George Brown, secretary. Luncheon will be served during the noon hour by members of the county 4-H clubs. Special music will be furnished by a male quartet. STOCKS NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (U.E-Prices moved irregularly in lethargic trad ing on the Stock Exchange ' today. Many traders were absent for a prolonged vacation oyer the Christmas Christ-mas holiday and business generally was ojrryTof routine character In banks and brokerage houses. For the most pari, changes in stock prices were narrow, but for a time in the afternoon a fair ral-j Patteville were stricken with inly in-ly developed, v ': ! fluenza today, the other half nurs- Injthe railroad group early, gains were supplanaed by losses that ranged to more than a point. Utilities Utili-ties slipped hack with the remainder remain-der of the list. r ' ' y City Budget $et- Up Calls' Far Redaction . The. tentative budget for Provo mission haa-ben tabulated by City of comparison in the form below. be effected until after the public ' " ' Budget Public Affairs and Finance .... $124,62L0O$119,42L6O $-5,199.40 Public 'Safety':";;:. 38,77.6037,152.78 fi 1.6142 Waterworks and Sewer$ .VV ' 25J0O.0O ; 24,050.00 . 1,650.00 Streets 'and Pub. improvements ; 45.150.00 35,300i . 9350.00,.. Parks and Public' property....- 2,130.00 JS 18,850.00. 380.00 Cash on Hand Taxes ....... Water Rates License .:.... .$ . , Departmental Fees Fines and Forfeitures ..... .... . Accounts Receivable . Street Lighting 1-A' and 2-A '.;'. Sundries , .'. i . . A. . '. . . : . . . Franchises 4 :... L .V . Irrigation Taxes ; T. Municipal Golf Course rrtT Utah County Fire Services' . Dog ' Tax Coll ectlons' . - . ; . , . . NEWS W RES By UNITED PRESS ..,-,, .. , - i FISHERMEN SAFE SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21 (ILE) Four fishermen aboard a flaming trawler were reported safe by coast guardsmen today after a fire at sea which destroyed the 75-foot boat Abraham Lincoln. The four men, including Capt. Frank Sansil-lito, Sansil-lito, 35, made their way ashore in a small boat when the fire started. MUSSQLINFS BROTHER DIES MILAN, Dec. 21 (U.1!) Arnaldo Mussolini, brother of Premier Benito" Be-nito" Mussolini, died todayVafter a sudden illness. RADIO BALLYHOO PHHDELPIILW Dec 21 UJ.C) ChrUiimas 'rdio programs sponsored sponsor-ed by adviertisers, are turning Christmas carols into hair-restorer; Ballyhoo, in the opinion of Dr. David Da-vid M. Steele, rector of the Protestant. Pro-testant. Episcopal church of St. Luke and the Epiphany. Dr. Steele denounced the practice in her sermon ser-mon yesterday. CONSIDER BEAR RIVER SALT LAKE CITV, Utah, Dec. 21 (CR-The three states of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, should jointly undertake the expense of an investigation inves-tigation to accurately, determine the water storage possibilities of Bear river, a waterway which passes pass-es through each state, according to a suggestion of Dr.s Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation. It will' be considered next Wednesday at the water storage commission meeting.- .....,.,--.. ANOTHER GUN ACCIDENT TREMONTON, Utah, Dec. 21 (UJ A mission of charity , had ended in tragedy today as funeral services serv-ices were being prepared , for Iceland Ice-land Beck, . 27, accidentally shot and fatally wounded in Hansel valley val-ley late Sunday. Beck had been on a rabbit hunt to ' secure meat for the unemployed. SHOOTS AUTO DRIVERS . STAMFQRD, Conn., Dec.' 21 U.E --'passenger injured when 8-n autompbUe struck a pQle, shot and killed the, driver Sunday night, ac-cordihg ac-cordihg to police tonight Climbing 2ut of the wrecked car, Giuseppe De Andrea, 53, drew a revolver and without a word shot Anthony De FrarujiscoT 35, according accord-ing to the story police said Ralph Costelli, another passenger, told them. CHILD 'BELIEVED SLAIN CINCINNATI,, Pec. 21 tt!E-vMar-ian McLean, 6, still was missing f rpm her home here today. Four days of search that yielded nothing had .almost destroyed hope that she eyer would be found. Police said there were no clues, ,and the child probably Vas" kidnaped by a mental defective, and slain. FLU EPIDEMIC. PLATTE VILLE Colo., Dec. 21 . ULE Half the 400-odd residents of Ing them at the peril of their own health. No grave cases were reported, re-ported, however. The epidemic, led to' closing of the school a week early for the Christmas vacation X city as drawn up by the city com Auditor Mary F. Smith for-purposes Final passage of the, budget will not hearing set for December 29. 1931' Bud? 1932 Reductions.Increase $25668.70 $234,774.38 $219452 ESTIMATED REVENUES 15,000.00 $ 2,4938 $12JS01.62 150,000.00 144,376i00 5.624XX) 50,000.00 55,000.00 10,000.00 6.000.00 6500.00 ' 900.00 5.500.00 200.00 (i.ooo.oa 4,000.00- ' 2,500.0a l,i500.0Q 5.000.00 , 10 fiOOJQQ 10,OOO.QO 4,000.00 6,500,00 600.00 500.00 2,500,0a L5ocr.oo 5.000.00; ' 2,500,00 1,600.00 : i,ii.bo . 300.00 500)5 100.00 119.00 $281,819.00 $243,27i.3d $23,844.92 $500.00 rale IDE BREAK Seven -Year - Old's Christmas Sled Brings Disaster On " Lake; Attempts At Rescue Disastrous; Parents Die. -MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 21 (U.R)A little child lecj his parents, his brother, and three others to their death yesterday when he glided across the treacherous ice of En-gang- lake on a Christmas sled wheedled out of Santa Clans six days ahead of schedule. Just a half hour before the sun dropped behind the tall tree- tops, lining the lake 35 miles northeast of here, seven-year-old Orval Oman had climaxed his plea for the shiny new' sfed he knew was to be his Christmas day. 'The icejs melting. Ma. It .will be goheHby Christmas." She nodded her head in assent and the happy, laughing youngster skipped to the lake shore and dashed dash-ed himself, and sled on the two-inch ice for a good old "belly buster." Out he skimmed, a mile a minute min-ute it seemed. The smiling parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oman, both 33, watched from the door of their house near-by. near-by. There was a "warning crack of ictf.v The vboy screamed In fright, and nluneed a second later into a gaping hole, 50 feet from shore. The father Albert Oman, 33, followed fol-lowed by the mother, heedless of danger, raced over the. ice toward the struggling figure. Ten feet from his "goal, Omap too, fell through the ice. His wife plunged through near him. ' Harry ' Errgang, 29, who lived near- the Qmans, walked to the edge of the cracking ice and dived to save his sister. ; Fred, 17, and Teddy Morgan, 14, who lived ' with Errgang, walked more carefully on the ice, trying to save someone. They fell in ten feet from shore. Oliver, 12, brother of Orval, rushed rush-ed up, evaded frantic efforts of his aunt, Mrs. Marttia Morgan, whose own twoboys now were struggling in the icy water, and tried to swim to his mother. Realizing she was the only adult for, more than a mile around, Mrs. Morgan ran . bareheaded to the home of Carl Franke, former township town-ship 'supervisor, for help. Even be fore she was out of sight, the last of the seven, in the tiny lake was still. Only Gloria, 3, remains alive of the Oman family. Elks Tree On Hand Friday The Elks' Christmas tree will be on hand Christmas morning at 1 o'clock, announces Wilford Russell Exalted ruler of the lodge. Needy boys and girls are asked to come to the tree at the Elks home at 10 o'clock Friday morning. After the distribution of clothing. candy nuts and a few toys by Santa Claus, the children will be the guests of. the Paramount theater at llo'clociuA'?,?"' 4 ' .;. ' ''Only children . rho. are actually in need are to receive gifts at the Elks Christmas tree' said Mr. Rus sell today. "In the past, other chil dren; have come to the tree, but with conditions as they are. &t present itUX hp absolutely .Impossible, to handle- more than those in serious need, Boys and irla 40 their presents at home should not come for it might jmcan that some child who really needs a-gif t . would be left out. The ; Weather Utah Rain, or tonight; Tuesday snow. ' and colder unsettlecL Waxlmnm temp. ' Saturday'.. ...80 ftflnfmnm temp. - Saturday, 2 below Mavimum temp. f Sunday, t. ....S3 Maximam tempw I Sunday I mm So This Is r- - f- I is ' .mm:. m- ;l j j 4 We have been wondering just what George Washington, or Thomas Jefferson, or Abraham Lincoln would have said after looking at this interesting picture a picture that is an editorial. The scene recorded by a newspaper camera is on the steps of the United States capitol "Shrine of Freedom," etc., etc. at Washington, D. C. The month is December, in the 155th year of our independence. The old gentleman at the right is "General" Coxey, mayor of Massillon, Ohio. The young gentleman behind is a "guardian of the peace," or something. Note the ready-to-hand truncheon and the efficient gas-pistol. Mayor Coxey, if he speaks, had better confine his remarks re-marks to platitudes. Or else ... We don't know or care what Mayor Coxey said. In any case, probably weJisagree entirely with it. But hi? right to say it on the capitol steps or anywhere any-where else and we, and every other American worth the name, will defend. This nation has come to a pretty pass when armed men, with bludgeons and gas-pistols, stand over speakers, intimidating intimi-dating them in the name'of the law ! Christmas Cheer Program At High A program of Christmas caroling and physical education demonstration demonstra-tion at the Provo high school tonight to-night will usher in a Christmas Cheer week program to be sponsored spon-sored by the city schools. The public pub-lic Is" invited . to attend free ; of charge, although voluntary contributions, contri-butions, either in cash or produce, will "be accepted for distribution through the Community Welfare. Christmas Carols The first part of trie evening's program pro-gram consists of . Christmas caroling carol-ing beginning at 7:15 in the high school auditorium. Every school in the city will be represented with a chorus singing at least two carols with the following directors in charge: Parker, Mrs. Margaret Swenson; Maesar, Metta Ritchie; Franklin, Melba Dastrup; Tim-panpgos, Tim-panpgos, Ina Webb; Dixon Junior, Alfred Sweiisbn; Farrer, Junior, Rita Kay; Provo high school, Ern- nest Paxman. . . ' : - The second part of the program will be - staged In the gymnasium by the junior,, and senior .high school gym classes. V Gym Piygmm J lr' ..: . ; The demonstration rill be .opened by a group of.'senlo-, highv school students 4 in i ' three I dances and games, followed by, tumbling and parallel, bar exercyises, directed by Miss i Melva, Boyle, , Glen ' Simmons and Kenneth Weigh .-!'.).' - Dixon" junior.- high gym groups, directed? b Xee Buttle ;.and "ETva Dean, .will stage two dances and a ' V C -V'.1 J : . --j'v- Free Speech School Tonight pyramid building demonstration. The final group from the Farrer junior school will stage two humorous hu-morous numbers, "Cock Fight" and "BattleRoyal," followed by a tap dance and a tumbling exhibition directed by Reed Collins and Phyllis Phyl-lis Adams. Melva Boyle i3 the general chairman chair-man of the festival, with Melba Dastrup in charge of musie and Lee Buttle and Phyllis Adams assisting as-sisting with the gym program. - EMPLOYMENT MEETING A meeting of special importance for the Citizens' Employment committee com-mittee has been called for this evening eve-ning at 7:30 in the city court room, according to E. A. Mitchell. i i.y.a." '" -.. . , . ... . . V , . ww 01 0 ATTACKS MEASURE Solons Plan Night Session If Necessary To Pass Program,; Pro-gram,; Probe of International Internation-al Banking Operations. . WASHINGTON. Dec 21 (U.R) The senate this afternoon after-noon began consideration of the resolution to ratify the one-year Hoover debt mora torium involving $252,000,000 owed this government by foreign for-eign nations. Senator Johnson, Repn., Calif, leading opponent of the moratorium, morator-ium, objected to the program of Republican leaders to keep , the senate in night session to ratify ths debt holioay before adjournment for Christmas. : "I insist that we shall be heard, sir, and shall not be put to the physical test thl& night session program would provide. I want to present to the men with wasted bodies who are tramping th streets the fact that we are to make a gift of $252,000,000 to couni-triea couni-triea which are able to pay. ; y "All over the land ou people. are crying to us. for aid, and we will sit all night long to put on the backs of our own people the bur- den of $252,000,000- owed to us by' foreign nations.' . . Senator Smoot, Repn., Utah; leading lead-ing the fight for the moratorium, substituted for his own resolution endorsing it, the measure passed by the house. The house measure, cuiries'a provision s gainst furthsc debt reduction or cancellation. ; ' The house marked time today b discussing the "stats of the union.' Dep. La Guardia, Repn N. Y opened the deoate, assailing President Presi-dent Hoover's anti-depression program pro-gram as inadequate. He said tnere would be "serious trouble" if congress con-gress did not ace. He proposed federal fed-eral aid to the . jobless, a Teal" building program, and construction of a nationwide net of new highways. high-ways. Senate investigation of International Interna-tional banking continued, with Otto Kahn detailing the foreign financing financ-ing handled by Kahn, Loeb and company. He said he would favor dumping war debts and reparations into the ocean if anyone could find a way to do it. a la-nit ing Group Studies The senate banking committee resumed its study of the Hoover construction finance corporation. There is no hope of congressional action on the measure until after the holidays. Offers Reward For 1PVPC A reward of $25 in 'cash was offered of-fered Monday by G. T. Harrison of Pleasant View for information leading lead-ing to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who are guilty of the theft of seven nigh pedigreed roosters from his chicken coop Sunday night. The roosters were of special, Imported Im-ported stock considered to be-almost impossible to replace. The sheriffs office is conducting an investigation. Desert Hodags Sape Truck In Long Dry Spell (Another Whopper) STONY, FORD, Ariz. Dec 21. Five acres of truck garden gar-den near here were, saved from the long drouth today ' when George Elmscott, the rancher, imported 'five hodags ho-dags from the range. ' .-" The hodag ia the world's ; most nervous animal; it is -scared to death all the . time. ; and drips " perspiration . ' in : great quantities. . George merely leads the hodags ho-dags around the s garden and lets ., them drip. If -. they : be-' come -accustomed to the jolv, and regain their -confidence. , . George merely reads I. them ' the Hoover-Mellon - tax . pro posals,; which v throws them,, into a new sweat.;. 1: -.' T. The garden is coming Along fine - - -", , I t r |