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Show Herald Herald Service If you do not receiver ypny Herald promptly, call the Herald office, 493 before 7 p. m. week days, and 10 a. xn. Sundays, and a copy will be delivered to you. The Weather UTAH: Partly cloudy Sunday, warmer east and south portions. Maximum temp., Saturday .. 60 Minimum temp.,, Saturday . 25 VOL. 15, NO. 41 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OP SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH. SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1938- TELEGRAPH "NEWS SERVICE . PRICE FIVE CENTS 8 DEAD i Seeking Torture-Murder Clews s name izatiom 4 tn. l t POWER PLANS AWAIT FINAL COURT RULING Democrat TN.T APRILSW; Organ At !W4 Administration Blames Reorganization Bill's Defeat to Lobbyists President Requests ih Letter There Be No Personal Recrimination As a Result of Defeat of Sponsored Measure By JOHN R. REAL 1 United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 9 U.R) Friends of President Roosevelt said today the administration regarded the defeat of the government reorganization bill as a victory for lobbyists lobby-ists and propagandists. House action recommitting the reorganization bill over the pleas of administration leaders that such a step would be interpreted as a lack of confidence in the president, brought no official comment from Mr. Roosevelt, but close friends claimed that the defeat was due MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Brass Ring to Lovable Claude Swanson, Weak Oar in Cabinet Boat: Navy Department De-partment Doesn't Mind, But FDR Needs Strong Southerners; South-erners; Admirals Get Their Own Way Except When Swanson Asserts Himself. (Editor's Note The Brass Ring, good for one free ride on The Merry-Go-Rotmd, is being- bestowed in turn upon the members of 'the Cabinet-Toda;.'s Cabinet-Toda;.'s free rider is Secretary Secre-tary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. ) WASHINGTON -Claude Augustus Aug-ustus Swanson is a lovable, .human .hu-man character, but as Secretary of the Navy he pulls a pathetically patheti-cally weak oar. This is not important as far as the Navy is Concerned. because the prentleman in the White House likes to run the Navy Department Depart-ment himself, and Swanson has an excellent assistant in the person per-son of Charles Edison. But in an administration which is having trouble with the Southern South-ern wing of Democracy, and has as two of its bitterest critics Senators Byrd and Glass of Virginia, Vir-ginia, the President desperately needs two or three outstanding Southerners in his Cabinet to help to keep that branch of the party in line. Swanson comes from. Virginia a key State in Southern Democracy, Democ-racy, but as a leader of its forces he ia a washout. Yet Roosevelt probably never will get rid of Swaason. His political demise has been rumored (Continued ori Page Eight) FARM PROCESS TAX BILL LOST WASHINGTON, April 9 lH' The senate today rejected a proposal pro-posal to add $212,000,000 farm processing taxes to the general tax revision bill and speeded toward to-ward final passage of the measure. The vote was 53 to 24. With disposal of the processing process-ing tax question, the chief issue remaining before final approval of the tax bill was the proposal to Sen. Robert M. LaFollette. Jr.. Prog.. Wis., to broaden the base of the income tax. The processing tax amendment was offered by Sen. James P. Pope. D., Ida., who advocated the levy j to raise funds to pay parity prices to farmers under the new farm program. It was opposed by Chairman Chair-man Pat Harrison of the senate finance committee. BOYS' DAY HELD SPRINGVILLE Boys' day was observed at the local high school Friday, with the male factor fac-tor of the school conducting all activities during the day. In the afternoon' the juniors and seniors staged a basketball game. ml It's a darned poor, politician that can't please somebody. .I've noticed that when they're runnin'. for a second term or for another office they point with pride to some of the wonderful things they've accomplished during their last term. It reminds xrie of Aunt Boo braggin about Uncle Unie. She said "He's the handiest man around the house I ever knew. He took a top off a table, sawed the legs off the washstand and took a panel out of the radio, and made the purtfiest footstool I -ever saw." . Copyright. 1938. by Esquire Features. Inr in a large measure to misrepresentations misrepre-sentations of the bill to 'the country. coun-try. Raise Dictator Cry It was claimed that it was lob byists and propagandists who tied the term "dictatorship" to the bill and thereby helped to kill it despite de-spite the president's personal disavowal dis-avowal ot dictatorship ambitions. There was some feeling in high administration sources that a lob-uy lob-uy inside eth government, as well as outside forces, nelped defeat the measure. Close administration-friends said that there was little doubt that some people within the government govern-ment acted against the measure to save, their own jobs. Hence, it was said, there was the spectacle 01 department heads working for the bid and some bureau chiefs and others working against it. President Letter President Roosevelt; in a letter to House Majority Leader ' Sam. Rayburn, said there should be no personal recrimination as a result of defat of the government reorganization reor-ganization bill. The president's brief letter on defeat of the reorganization bill by a coalition of Republicans and dissident Democrats, was made public by Rayburn. It came after friends of the president had charged that defeat of the measure was a victory for lobbyists and propagandists. The president wrote Rayburn that: ."The legislative developments of yesterday offer no' occasion for personal recrimination and there should be none. "The question presented is solely sole-ly one of. policy." t. - : Text of the president's letter to Rayburn follows: "Dear Sam: "Thanks for. the fine fight. Will you also thank the speaker and the others. "The reorganization bill is inr tended to simplify and improve the public service. With ' this single objective in view, I have given it my earnest approval. "The question presented is solely sole-ly one of policy. Therefore the legislative developments of yesterday yester-day offer no occasion for personal (Continued on Page Eight) DEFEAT OF BILL STIRS MARKET NEW YORK. April. 9 U.P Stocks an bonds listed on the New York Stock Exchange today regained more than a billion dollars dol-lars of their March loss of nearly 11 billions when the prices rose on death of the government reor-anization reor-anization bill. Orders to buy stocks piled up before the opening. Specialists bunched them into blocks ranging rang-ing to 6,000 shares. Thousands of shares of so-called "cats and dogs" appeared, representing purchases by small traders. " ' The openings in the pivotal leaders lead-ers were delayed as much as a half hour because reticence of holders to sell except at a sharp rise. Initial gains ranged up to $5.25 a share. Hundreds of stocks sold $1 or more above yesterday closing levels. Volume increased until the tickers were far behind the actual market. m - a " ' BY BOB GURIMS-r Blizzard Hits Texas; Tornado In Alabama; Ala-bama; Floods By UNITED PRESS Terrific gales swept across a path of desolation in the south and midwest today, driving the worst April storm in history northeastward toward to-ward the. Atlantic seaboard. Forty-eight persons were dead victims of floods, tornadoes and raging blizzards. Sixty others were missing in six states hit by the storm center as it blasted its way from the Canadian plains to the Gulf of Mexico and back again.. It roared from the northwest Wednesday, laid a paralyzing blanket of snow and ice across north central states from the Rocky Mountains to the Ohio Valley, then turned, and, swinging in a great semi-circle, moved into the south. The Texas Panhandle was stricken by a blizzard ; tornadic winds whipped across Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi ; floods caused heavy damage ia Mississippi, Missis-sippi, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, I Indiana and Illinois; to the north, states in the Great Lakes region battled heavy snows and sleet; rain and snow checkered the Atlantic At-lantic coast. The storm's center moved over southern Illinois and Kentucky today. to-day. The known dead: Alabama, 13; Indiana, 10; Illinois, 10; Texas, 7; Georgia, 4; Missouri, 3, and Iowa, 1. Tin Can Parade Opens Clean-Up Drive in Provo Tin cans thousands of them clattered up. Center street yesterday yester-day noon -at the -heels of seven hundred yotmgsters eager to cooperate co-operate in Prbvo's " community spring cleaning. Thus "was noisily and officially opened the city-wide clean-up campaign cam-paign which vill continue all next week under sponsorship of the Junior chamber of commerce and the city of Provo. Representing the Junior chamber as general chairman of the evenlr Jack Vick has launched an intensive cam- I paign which will include the par ticipation of residents, service groups, and municipal agencies. NoLsy Parade Held Symbolically launching the drive, the tin can parade clanged along from Pioneer park to the Paramount theater,, accompanied by bands from ProVo hih, Dixon junior high, and Parker schools. At the theater two trucks were on hand to receive the tin. offerings, offer-ings, and a special brigade of boys brought up the rear to retrieve re-trieve the occasional cans lost on the way. . Although ho inducements had been offered to exceed 10 cans on one string, two lads tramped up the street with a string of 100 cans in their wake. Free Show Tickets-Marchers Tickets-Marchers who successfully towed tow-ed ten or more cans In the parade, par-ade, plus members of the bands, were given pledge tickets which will admit them to a special matinee mati-nee at the Paramount at 9:30 Saturday morning. The pledges are to be signed by parents after the boys and girls have helped 'n clean-up work during the week, and should be presented at the theater for admission. The Clean-up campaign will continue from Monday to Saturday, Satur-day, with the eity co-operating in houling away all rubbish collected by residents at their individual premises. The city has been districted dis-tricted and a rubbish removal schedule arranged, and property owners are urged to have their accumulated rubbish placed in containers con-tainers ready on the proper day. Pick-tip Schedule The pick-up schedule for the next two days li MONDAY CTniversity avenue, First to Third! East, First to Third West. First to Third North. First to Third TSouth, to the city limits. TUESDAY---Fourth to Seventh (Contlnuefl on Page Two) Utility District Proposal Killed PORTLAND. Ore.. April 9 U.n Voters in seven Oregon counties coun-ties overwhelmingly defeated a proposal to . form the Northwest Oregon Peoples' Bonneville public utility district, . It was the first major election under the Oregon public Utlity ditsrict law, and the first major effort to establish public distribution distribu-tion of Bonneville power. .. The majority against the measure meas-ure was nearly, two to one. The proposed tdiirsct did not Include. In-clude. Portland.--- - "ITIIIUHIWIHHH 1 wS& 1 r" On the theory that the murderer responsible for the torture-killings at Mrs. W. G. Frome and: her 23-year-old daughter Nancy, of Berkeley, Calif., may also be toe trey to the unexplained disappear ance of two men and two women in the same vicinity two rears ago, police officials of southwest Texas embarked on an organized search of that desert and mountain country. Meanwhile District Attorney Roy Jackson, of Culberson county, shown In top photo examining the desolate spot where the two women met death, pinned his hopes on arrest of a 30-year-old suspect. Search for the mother and laughter began when their expensive car, lower photo; was found near Balmorhea, Tex., -apparently abandoned by the killer. . $ MUSIC FESTIVAL IN READINESS AMERICAN FORK Everything Every-thing is in readiness for the mus'c festival for Region three to t'e held at American Fork Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16, it was announced Saturday by K. J-Bird, J-Bird, director of music at the local high school. Fifteen schools will participate in contest work, the winners to go to Provo for the state meet. Region three includes in-cludes all schools from Nephi on the south. Eureka on the west to Lehi on the north. Five prominent music men of the state will act as judges for the event. They are: Robert Sauer of the Brigham Young university; universi-ty; Claire Johnson of Ogden; Richard Rich-ard Condie of the McCune School of Mus-'c; J. Spencer Cornwall, director of the L. D. S. tabernacle taber-nacle choir, and Arthur Overlade of the East high school in Salt Lake City. Starting at 8:30 each morning, contests will be held at the high school and the Alpine stake tabernacle tab-ernacle vocal solos and choruses will compete Friday, the instruments instru-ments on Saturday. Saturday evening eve-ning the bands will maneuver on Main street. The city of American Fork extends, ex-tends, the best wishes to all citizens citi-zens of Region three and invites them to visit here during the festival. 2 INJURED IN STREET CRASH For failing to yield the right of way in an intersection accident at 1,0 a m. Friday. Mrs. May Petty, 4,9, of 534 North First West, was sentenced yesterday to pay a $25 fine or serve twelve 4ays in jail by City Judge A. L. Booth. The sentence was suspended on the recommendation of the police department. de-partment. The accident occurred at Fifth East and First North streets when the automobile driven toy Mrs. Petty struck and overturned overturn-ed a car occupied by Thomas O. Shortt, 31, and his wife, Maxine Shortt, 22, of 633 North Fifth East. The Shortt automobile, was overturned twice, but landed right side up. Its occupants suffered numerous cuts and bruises, arid were treated at a local clinic. Watkins to Speak On Cooperatives "The Cooperative Way of Helping Help-ing People Help Themselves" will be discussed by A. V. Watkinsi .Proyo attorney and former district dis-trict judge, . on the Public Forum series Thursday. The address will be given in Central building- library auditorium auditor-ium at 8 p. m. All are invited Open discussion will follow; -report Chairman Jesse W. Johnson. John-son. , s - DALADIER .FORMS NEW CABINET PARIS, April 9 (Ui? Edouard Daiadier, hastily forming a cabinet cab-inet to replace that of the fallen socialist premier, Leon Blum, em-narked em-narked tonight on a program calling call-ing for full power to rule by decree for six months, with the necessity of parliamentary action. Daladier's program was essentially essent-ially the same as that of Blum, who was overthrown by the senate sen-ate last night on his demands for extraordinary powers to solve the country's financial difficulties. ROOSEVELT.CALJLS RELIEF PARLEY WASHINGTON. April 9 tV,.Y President Roosevelt, the White House announced today, will meet with congressional and administration admin-istration leaders at 11 a. m. "Monday "Mon-day to discuss relief appropriations for the next fiscal year. The president, preparing plans for a new effort lo fight business busi-ness recession with large-scale pump-priming, summoned both fiscal and relief officials to the White House session. LOYALISTS URGED TO HOLD OUT LONGER HENDAYE, French - Spanish Frontier, April 9 (ILK) Two hundred hun-dred loyalist planes flew over Barcelona today, dropping leaflets leaf-lets to stimulate the war resistance resist-ance of Catalonia and symbolizing the hope given by, heavy foreign reinforcements, especially from Russia. . Refugees reaching the border from Barcelona reported that six, Russian ships were in the habor there, loaded with war materials. Paramount among the materials were war planes, designed to offset off-set the aerial superiority given to Gen. Francisco Franco by German Ger-man and Italian planes. EXPLOSION WRECKS SHIP AT. SEA NEW YORK, April 9 U-P The Radiomarine Corporation of America reported that it had received re-ceived a message from the S. S. Europa saying .that an explosion on the S. S. Mount Kyllene today tore the ship into two parts. NE WBATTLESIUPS TO BE BUILT AT ONCE WASHINGTON, April 8 (UP) Assistant Secretary of Navy Charles Edison and Admiral William Wil-liam D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, op-erations, said today construction pf two new battleships provided in the new navy supply bill will be started before January 1. The navy officials made the announcement.' after conferring with President Roosevelt. Start off the new dreadhaughts will give the United States four battleships, battle-ships, under. 'construction' as two already are . being builL Mi News Hashes By UNITED PRESS Bids To Be Let In 60 Days After .Court Clears the Way i Actual construction of a municipal power plant can begin within less than three months after a favorable supreme su-preme court decision on rer hearing-, Mayor Mark Anderson Ander-son reported Saturday. At present supreme court justices have under advisement the question of rehearing brought by the Utah Power and Light company, com-pany, after a decision favorable to the city had been, handed down. Bids Need 60 Days-Presuming Days-Presuming a city-favorable de-cisioh. de-cisioh. Mayor Mark Anderson reports re-ports bids will be let for the plant probably within 60 days of the decision date. Ulen Contracting company of Lebanon, Indiana, will be the construction supervisor, subletting the many subsidiary contracts. The plant itself, which will be built at Fifth North and- Second West on city property adjacent to the- mill race, will cost more than $400,000, and be of coal-steam type designed to house two units of 2,000 kilowatts capacity each. John Nuveen and Company, Chicago, have tentatively indicated indicat-ed their continued willingness to take the bonds up to the approved total of $850,000. No written word from the company on this point has been received since the court's first decision' was forwarded to Chicago, but it is the mayor's opinion they will and are yet favorable. fav-orable. Should they'npf take the bonds, however, there will be no difficulty, he states t as Ulen Contracting Con-tracting and several. Salt Lake City bonding houses have reported their interest in securing the bonds he advises. Actual construction of the plant would take nine months to a year. Regarding procurement of a distributing system, the' mayor reports re-ports this could be built new. or if a eaflpnai?I figure", could, be agreed upon with the Utah Power and Light company, the company's present system might be purchased. pur-chased. A new system is estimated estimat-ed to cost about $250,000. The city Already owns the white way valued at $24,000 new. Permanent staff for the power system, including general distribution, distri-bution, maintenance and collection workers, wil) number 20 to 30 employees, the mayor states. The plant's superintendent will be "one of the best that can be found in the nation," Mayor Anderson An-derson says. The post's technical ra indications call for a trained specialist; only such an one will be chosen, he advises. The superintendent super-intendent will be given wide latitude lati-tude in choosing his technical staff. t ' Sheep Shearers' Strike Is Galled STOCKTON. Cal., April 9 (U.Pi The Sheep Shearers' union of North America, affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, today to-day called a nationwide strike of its members to become effective at 9 a. m. (10 a. m. MST). John Crawford, president of the shearers, said the union demands were: 1. A minimum 12 cent per head shearing rate. 2. Union Recognition. 3. Labelling of each beg of wool with the union tag. He also said .the union would institute a boycott of lamb ahd mutton. SALT LAKE CITY. April 9 U.n Utah wool growers said today they do not expect to be affected by the nation-wide strike of the sheep, shearers' union. James A. Hooper, secretary of the Utah'Wool Growers' association, associa-tion, said, "This state has a surplus sur-plus of sheep shearers and although al-though Utah is a great wool center cen-ter many owners do their own shearing because : the flocks gen erally are small. Adult School Bookkeeping Courses Adapted to Needs Editor's Note:' This is the first In . a . series of articles submitted by . Adult School Instructors to acquaint the public with the courses oflered. Bookkeeping in adult education classes at. the provo high achool is arranged with -an attempt o meet individual needs. Guidance in the- selection of courses is offered to facilitate the proper adaptation. Naturally, bookkeeping as taught in high school and business busi-ness colleges is recommended to those who wish to qualify for a County .' Gathering; Ellett is Re-elected County Chairman; Mrs. Algie Ballif Named County Chairwoman, Terry Secretary In one of the swiftest, most harmonious party sessions in .local political convention history, Democrats of Utah county elected officers, committeemen, and state convention delegates here Saturday afternoon. Reelected to county leadership were A. O. Ellett of Spanish Span-ish Fork, county chairman; and MarcellUs Nielsbn, Maple-ton, Maple-ton, county treasurer. Installed to new office were Mrs. George S. Ballif of Provo, county chairwoman ; and Dean Party Leaders va':''-," A. O. ELLETT ALGIE E BALLIF UTAHN'S DEATH HELD ACCIDENT KANAB, Utah. April 9 (HE) A coroner's jury last night returned return-ed a verdict of accidental death in the case of Vernon Glazier, 38, local businessman who died of a bullet wound. Glazier's body was found yesterday yes-terday in his basement "den" by his daughter. Berlin. The Coroner's Cor-oner's jury held he was killed when a rifle he was cleaning accidentally ac-cidentally discharged. Business Woman Named Director Mrs. Christina S. Chase, manager man-ager of Chase's Ice Cream company com-pany of Provo, and one of the very few women ice cream manufacturers, manu-facturers, has recently been honored hon-ored by being elected a director of the Utah Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. Also, Mrs. Chase was appointed a . member of the National Ice Cream Week committee. positidn as - a bookkeeper in the business world. On- the other hand, the man who operates a farm should study the type of accounting best adapted adapt-ed to farming. To meet this demand, de-mand, farm cost accounting should be . chosen. It is more simplified than, other forms of accounting and each enterprise on a farm may be studied to better advantage. advant-age. Citizens should avail themselves of 4his wonderful opportunity. They may ' enter any period Monday Mon-day and Wednesday evening from y to 10 p. m. ; ; ,ir -I aAH I'- r 5- ' - i E. Terry, Pleasant View, county , secretary. i Named By Acclamation ', All officers were named by acclamation. Clarence A. Grant .of American Fork, former secretary, secre-tary, twice asked that his name be withdrawn from nominations that Terry and "Nielson might be elected without the need for balloting. bal-loting. Mrs.- Frances G. Callahan, Pn vo, retiring chairwoman, thanked the convention for its support of her in eight years of work. .County delegates responded by according Provo City the right to name a city successor to her. Judge. Young Presides In rapid fashion Convention Chairman Dallas- H. Young of Provo. introduced the business of the convention after County Chairman Chair-man Ellett turned over the session . to him. His assistants of the day . were -Mrs. Elsie Cornaby, Spanish Fork, chairwoman; Mr. Terry, secretary: sec-retary: and Beth Hutchings ,of American Fork, associate secretary. secre-tary. The day -officers were temporarily tem-porarily appointed, immediately confirmed. The introductory prayer pray-er was by the Rev. Edwin Irwin of Provo Community church." Vocal selections were sung by Mrs. Nola NUsson accompanied ty Mrs. Zenith Johnson, both of Provo. "We must function with the highest ability during the next two years," Emil K. N'elsen. Pro-vety Pro-vety -fchairnan remarked in -Hia address of welcome. Speaking of so-called party alignments of conservatives con-servatives "and progressives, "he said, "the terms, progressives-and. conservatives, ' should become obsolete ob-solete in our ranks . . . we should be known only as Democrats.", Brown Is Speaker - Citing the attack by foes on the reorganization - bill, A. S. Brown, national committeeman of . Salt Lake City and keynoter, flashed: "They have made -of this' a bitter personal assault on, the : president . . . they have thrown, down a challenge. We accept that challenge ... we will fight o the bitter end and we will beat them." Roosevelt, he stated. ' is facing' the crisis of his life; he- related the dark days of 1932, . and coin-( coin-( Continued on Page Two) County Fair Board Calls Meeting With Civic Club Leaders' Plan for 1938's Utah County Fair Will be discussed at a meeting meet-ing of county mayors, civic club and veterans' organizations' leaders lead-ers Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. in the county commission chambers here. Greater harmony and 'cooperation 'coopera-tion to aid in presenting a better .fair is the goal of the county commission in calling the meeting, reports County Chairman William Wil-liam J. Johnson. Boys Entertained By Rotary Club Rotanans entertained their sons and "adopted" sons at a ' Boys" Night program at Hotel Roberts Friday. Approximately 100 attended. at-tended. Blaine Ward was in charge of the program. Arthur J. Wagstaff, assistant supervisor of Uinta national forest, for-est, presented, motion pictures of wildlife. Favors were presented the boys the smaller ones get-, ting soft balls and" pocket knives being, given the older youths. Isaac E. ferockbank gave, the address of welcome. Ernest -L. Hansen, Dr. Elden Clark and Jean Hansen assisted Mr. Ward with the program. Grainger Concert Tickets On Sale Tickets for the Percy Grainger concert here Monday, April 1 may be secured by reservation now at the B.'Y. U. treasurer's office, phone 134. extension 52. Reserved or general admission seats may. be obtained. The Grainger piano . cottcerti is not on the Unrversity-C&mmuruty. Concert series. ' Grainger will, be featured as soloist and guest con ductor with the university -symphony orchestra - reports Director LeRoy J.' Robertson. - |