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Show DESK HAT BY Tlir EDITOR TY.f. I'Lah counts iail is in the limelight again. Every or.ce in a while the jail, made ever from a pump factory rcrs into the day's news, usually in a-way that maies th ecuntv authorities the butt of the Joke. 0O0 Sach Is the cae this time. Two boys, detained in the juvenile ward, awaiting their return to the state Industrial school at Orfen, crawl out one nisrht without belnff-ap parently mLssd by anybody at the jaiL They P on a -Lark." robbing a grocery store, stealing a car or two and some gasoline. 0O0 - The night's escapade over. the boys return to their fre lodginr at the county JaiLi making their entry in the which said that Kussian at-Faine at-Faine inconspicuous manner tacks near Koivisto, at the In which they departed the night before. They had a narrow .-escape' nowerer, from bing caught outside of me jaij Dy IDC pouce OUiC rs. . k T cOn n it s iruc n.uv wc ju verule detention rooms are r.ct rrcr-erly a port of the jail itself, this isn't the first time prisoners have dug their way out of the puce., hen a coup !? cf school boys make a t.,.v:-r, ff Mim. jh ik ia aw Loajr tv ook mia me maiier, before there is a wholesale I i -break. MERRY GO-ROUND X Dally Plctor of WKat Gtizg On la Katlonsl Affairs kt csjciv rrjULsox ai lf T r.r,nlt H'l'.P To Power As National Figure a Per- sor.aJ Triumph; Kansan s MoJc3tT. Patriotism Have MadV Hirn the Kepublican Oracle ; Hi. Public Endorsement Endorse-ment Should Cinch Nomination Nomin-ation For COP Afpirant; A True Liberal, He Seeks To Guide the Party In Progressive Paths. WASHINGTON Four year ago. when the Rep-ufcilcaa rational cc-smiXee met to make It ccn-vtr.tion ccn-vtr.tion decUiorJ. the aelecUon cf the rrty'a nominee wa practically practical-ly all over but th houting'. There wa crJy erne came cn the lips cf Insider Gorernor All SI. Landon cf Kanja. At the committee meeting' last week the situation wa far ciTer er.t. Thla year the field i wide rru with a raall array of canl-dt"S canl-dt"S crarr.bU.r anxiou!y . for dIfgiU and no one with the re-rrtJt re-rrtJt Idea what Ihe outcome cf the hot race wil be. Cut the name Le-uof U stiH prominent on eirery ln.i-ier tongue, although not In the role cf an aspirant. lie closed thl door with dedalire finality a far back a December, 1937. So today, the big- question mark err r hanging' Republican rank Uz -T-Vhra i Landon fort" Behind this widespread eontcture la one cf the most Interesting personal triumph Li recent political history. his-tory. - j Alf Landcm today as a far more j aigrsiflcant national figure than he wm a the COP presidential atandard bearer. Ills good sportsmanship In defeat, de-feat, his modesty, his unfailing; good nature and homey wit, hi readiness to lay asiJe parUaanahlp Continued on Two Postoffice F.Ian Falls to Daalh SALT LAKE CTTT. Feb. 24 ton Samuel C Adams. Salt Lake City pot ctTice employe, plummeted plum-meted 110 feet from a window cf the ewhous tui'dlr.ff to hi dsth " on a garage roof below, pel are reported today. Adam was s-ifrerirg from til health and was cn sick leave. T Band Concert M Fourth Hard Led by Profesjwir Robert Sau?r. U.-jtia Tcur.g: university's band w.:i gtre a sacred concert to-rirht to-rirht at the Fourth ward chapel t-jr-":-r at 6:30. The public Is L-iTtte J. The concert ts an annual feature cf th Fourth ward. Later In the vening, the band will be heard orer KSL by re-cot re-cot ccctrct fro-n Cc Liege halL VOL. 17, NO. 25 FlilH'S CLAIM REDS SUFFER LOSS OF 3000 Russians Find Small Gains Costly In Viipuri Battle HELSINKI, Feb. 24 U.R Many Russian dead were ro- ported loaay in an on u rinnisn war communique head or tne ouii ci rimanu, and In the islands of tne vn- if"" mmunlau said in fight- Mr.g yesterday more man 3,uw Ruwiana had been killed on all front. at yj. Somrae, near Koivisto, and Ut Akemaerae. Two Russian detachments, the communique said, were trapped and were annihilated. More lhn 1.000 Russian were killed. In the Talpale region, at the I orwMite end or tne wannemeim Uii-ftoa Koivisto. repeated Red 4nEy 4tucka Were driren off by i FlnnLih counUralucks. NorthJt of Lake .Ladoga, ene my attack were repulsed and the rtuian were forced to retreat. leavlr.jf 1.000 dead and 15 tank on the field of cattle, the com munique aald. : In the Kuhmo sector of the cen tral front, there wa aharp patrol fighting- la. which the Red army loat SiO dead. - For the first time In many week the Russian renewed attack at-tack In the Ealla sector, alio m the central front, but they were driven off. according" to the Finn. Two Russian ptanea were ehot oown- Lrc communique hjb. i force had bombed a Finnish horn- jpuai train. The Finns aald the Russian had attacked with grest force cn ail Ircr.U from' the Koitlsto' Aivchor cf the Msnnerhelra line on the Gulf cf Finland, through Talpale and up to the Kuhmo and Ealia sectors cf the central front. Startup, Doyle Forum Spsakers What 1 wrong with the present pres-ent "financial and Labor set-up T The answer will be heard by community forum patron Thursday Thurs-day at 8 o'clock in the city court room, with George Startup and Clarence Boyle a speaker. Mr. Startup, well known Fro-roan Fro-roan and authority on financial matter will lecture on the money phase of economic. . Mr. " Boyle, professor cf ac counting' administration at Bri um Younr university, will speak on economics from the labor standpoint. ! Joaquin School Plans Operetta Thursday evening, Febrary 29, at eight o'clock the primary grade cf the Joaquin school will present In the school auditorium the operetta "Let Freedom Ring." Preparations are being made tor one of the finest programs this organization ha yet produced. Costuming, songs, . dances and. drill all center around the theme of Americanization, Every child attending the kindergarten, kin-dergarten, first, second, and third grade are taking- part unCer the general direction of Mrs. Wyroa Hansen assisted by all member of the faculty and parents concerned. con-cerned. Color, appropriate costuming; and fitting music mark the entertainment enter-tainment from start to finish. Technocrat Will Lecture Tuesday A lecture a technocracy will be given by Fred Hockey. Internationally Inter-nationally famous exponent on the sufcect. Tuesday at 8 p. m. A small admission charge will be made. Sir. Hockey will discuss the present status of the economic picture and offer the solution proposed by Technocracy. O.NK OF QUADS' REPORTED DEAD JASPER. Ala Feb. 24 Hfn Faith and Charity survived today but Hope was dead. Six weeks clJ. one of quadruplets quad-ruplets born to a share-cropper family, she died last night of co'.lc In Jasper county hoepital. Her sisters. Faith and Charity, snd her brother. Franklin, were we'd and thrivlr.g. PROVO, Kj i i; ! : American volunteers arrive to aid the dwindling forces of Finland In their frigid fight against tb Red invader. Wearing new uniforms supplied by the Finnish government, the Yanks undergo Inspection Inspec-tion by Commander Kempi. , ' ' DRIVER HELD AFTER CRASH Sir. and Sirs. Chester A. Davis, 23 and 21, respectively, both of Frovo, 'suffered evere " head cuts in an automobile collision south of Spanish Fork Friday night. and driver of one cf the car in volved reportedly was arrested on a charge. or drunken driving." Erwln Newton,: 23, of Mona. waa held on a drunken driving charge, it wa reported, and two companion. Ross. Newton, , 21, both of Mona, . asaerteUly had been drinking. The Davis car was traveling north and th Newton machine south at the time of the col. lision, . which occurred at a turn as highway enters Spanish Fork. Both Sir. and Sirs. Davis were treated at a Spanish Fork hospital. hos-pital. Sirs. Davis,- whose injuries injur-ies apparently were more severe, wa still la the' hoepital . Saturday. Satur-day. .--' v V .- C H. AUred, highway patrol man, investigated. . - Elks Announce Winning Slogan The winner In the Elks American quia slogan contest Saturday night was Oscar W.- Slann, . 684 East Fourth South street. Ills winning entry, -xes xrarric violations Less Traffic Accidents.! will- be featured during the whole week, i Winners of other merchandise awards for their best sets of quea-J uons auDmJiied were Carol Han-ley. Han-ley. Sirs. JusUn Winkler. Mrs Donna Newren, Farrel LUjenauIst. an or itovo and Elva -BarnetL aiem. .. a Law Profession To De Discussed Continuing- the vocational train ing discussions sponsored by the Kiwanu club, over station KOVO, George & Ballif. local attorney will . discuss the law profession ' and the opportunities it presents xor young men from 6:15 to 6:30 p. m. today. Sir. Ballif will answer ans-wer questions put by two high school students. This Is the fourth talk in the series. :,.".. . This Day. .. BORN Girl, to Thomas and Katie Smith Cordner. Friday; at the home. Boy. to Slarion J. and LaVerd Kennedy Patten. Friday night, Utah Valley hospital. Boy, to Lloyd C and LaBerta Benaon Whitlock. Saturday, Utah Valley hospital. Boy. to William George and Slary Lou Homer Kuehnl of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C Thursday night, according ac-cording to word .received by grandparents. Sir. and Sirs. Bert Hedquist. The babe is the Hed-quists' Hed-quists' first great-grandchild. LICENSED TO MARRY Clarence William Shelton, 26, Provo, and Eileen May Ferguson, 28, American Fork, . married by county clerk.- UTAH COUNTY, ; UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1940 Yanks Arrive for Duty on Frigid Ftorit V -Ar . . Juveniles Escape; :: Jail, Dob Store, To Return later "After escaping1, from the Utah county jail, playinr hide-and-seek part of a night with police who didn't know at the time they were chaslngr Jail-breakers, then returning return-ing to their wards before their escape had : been discovered by the sheriff" department. ; two Provo Juveniles, 18 and 15, parolees par-olees from the Utah Industrial school. Saturday had teenf returned return-ed to the Ogdcn institution. , It seems two of the. three parolees pa-rolees who allegedly burglarized the R. L. Jex store at Spanish Fork Tuesday morning, didn't like the dull Jail life. Noting Thursday night that the casings to the outside out-side door of their ward were of wood, they flipped out a pocket knife they had assert edly succeeded succeed-ed : In smuggling- past police officers offi-cers who had arrested them Tuesday Tues-day night " Cutting: around the lock catch, they escaped and were surprised later in the night by two. Provo police while allegedly burglarizing burglariz-ing the . , Peay store and . . cafe. Plunging through the front window, win-dow, the boy gave, the officers the slip, and later in. the evening returned jo the Jail ward and went to bed. Police reported that during the night the youths had stole and used ; three different cars.- ", v.- x "i :.-.v,;. A..: y According to the ;, officers,' the two boys visited the home of a Provo woman just before burglarizing burg-larizing the Peay. establishments, telling her they had been released. She reportedly put her arm around them. and. told them they should forever go straight after receiving a break like that Even while she was talking . with them one of the cars they had stolen was outside with the motor running, run-ning, according- to the officers. ; The Woman Thursday told the police of the boys visit. ; The of if cers then' ; wasted no time investigating, in-vestigating, found what had happened, hap-pened, and apprised the sheriffs department of the escape. The two parolees reportedly admitted the entire escapade. Sheriffs of ficers denied the boys had escaped until shown conclusively.' MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDERING OWN BABE LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 toW Sirs. Betty Flay Hardaker, 25 today heard a coroner's Jury brand her the murderess of her f our-yearKld our-yearKld daughter, Geraldine. whose body was found Monday In a park rest room with its skull crushed. - sir- Orem Chamber Mem be rs hip The stage Is set for Orem chamber cham-ber of . commerce's annual membership mem-bership banquet : scheduled Wednesday Wed-nesday at 8 p. m. at the: Sharon ard hall. - . .. In the form of a dinner-program, the event will be climaxed by a floor show presented by Orem and Provo people. More than 200 persons are expected to attend. Roy E. Park will be toastmas-ter, toastmas-ter, and Mayor B. M. Jolley will be speaker. James G. Stratton, chamber of commerce ' president and D. Orlo Allen, secretary, will make reports. A comedy skit win be presented J 4. g - i .i WATER GROUP NAMES GILMAN J. W. Gillman of Orem was re elected- president of: the Provo River, Waterusers" association, at the monthly ; directors meeting Friday at Salt Lake City. Walter P. Whitehead and E.'A. Jacob, both of -Provo, were renamed re-named vice ' president and secretary, secre-tary, respectively.' , .. : , . ; The directors assigned Lcland H. Kimball of Salt Lake City; O. C Day of Highland, and Mr. Jacob the task of arranging to lease the prating lands bordering- the Deer Creek, reservoir site to stockgrow-ers. stockgrow-ers. w, . . . The board heard a report from A. V. ' Watklns, of . Provo, legal counsel, on progress of condemnation condemna-tion aults - v Provo Pianist To Give Concert . ,DIlworth ; Simmons, prominent young Provo pianist who has been studying in Chicago for the past five years, returned here wis weeic for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Simmons,' and 'his brother, City Treasurer Almo'B. Simmons and family. ' Dllworth has been studying in Chicago under the famous Serge Tarnowsky; who has taught such well-known pianists "as Horwitz, probably the greatest pianist' In the world today; .samuei somen, making his debut with the Phell delphia orchestra this year, and Alexander Unlnsky, - European concert : artist who was awarded the Chopin prize, the highest honor in the piano world. The young pianist plans to pre sent a concert here on March 6. He will introduce an Etude by Professor LeRoy J. Robertson of the Erigham young' -university, written in 1934, the first perform ance of the musical score. , He will return March 8. Auto Salesmen -Win Free Trip Reed Crane, 'sales manager and Bill Johnson, salesman at the Tellurlde Motor company, left Saturday for a trip to Detroit, guests of ' the Ford Motor . company, com-pany, in recognition of outstanding outstand-ing sales in Mercury , cars during the yast two months. The announcement an-nouncement was . made " by Paul D. Vincent, manager. of Commerce D i n ner Ready by Frank B. Newman, J. Erval Chrlstensen and Ford M. Paulson. Community singing will be led by W. M. Vernon. Donald Olaen will nlay a violin solo, and E. B. Terry will sing. The floor show wil be directed by Miss Norma Hampshire of Orem.. Election returns re-turns for the new directors of the chamber will be announced. The banquet is free to all members mem-bers of the chamber and their wives. The Relief society will be in charge of the dinner, ' A. P. Wamlck is in charge of program arrangements. Reservations should be made Immediately. ' CHAKW OPPOSED TO HITLER PEACE Premier Lays Down His Requirements . u For English Peace . BIRMINGHAM, - England, Feb. 24 (U'.R) Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in the most explicit statement of war aims v since the war started, said today the Allies were fighting against Nazi world domination, : to : secure the right to live for small European Europ-ean states, to abolish the spirit ot militarism, and to gain independence independ-ence for the Poles and Czechs. Chamberlain indicated Britain would welcome . United State participation par-ticipation in the reconstruction of Europe after the war. - -v 'France and Britain would not wish alone to settle the neV Eu rope,'. 'Chamberlain said. -Others must come in to help us, aoove an to bring about disarmament, which 1 the essential feature of lasting peace-"' . ; Desire No Domination Chamberlain said the Allies did not want domination themselves, and did not covet anybody's territory. terri-tory. . , - . - They were fighting, he said. to right wrongs wnlch Germany had miliciea on people wno were once free. And Germany herself, he said, could do more than any other nation to re-establish confidence "since she herself has done most to destroy it." ' ? "When she is ready to give reliable re-liable proofs of her good will she will not find others lacking in the will to help her overcome the economic eco-nomic difficulties that will accompany accom-pany the transition from ' war ; to peace,", he said. ' vs "Jn our alms .there is r nothing humiliating or oppressive for. anyone, any-one, and on such a basis ! we on our part should be ready to seek a settlement with any government that bad subscribed to those aims and given proof of its sincerity." It was for Germany, he : said, to take the next step and show the world : that once for all ; Bhe had abandoned - the , thesis , that might was right. . ' . "France and Britain would not wish alone to settle the new Europe,' Eu-rope,' he said. "Others must come in to help us, and above all bring about disarmament, which is an essential -: feature of a lasting peace." " . - Chamberlain almost contemptuously contemptu-ously criticized Russia's., war on Finland. - : So easy did Germany's conquest of, Poland appear,, he said, "that the apprentice (Russia) thought he could safely make a similar attempt at-tempt in Finland, but though the Russian apprentice had ' nothing to learn rrom his master in Brutality, Brutal-ity, he had not yet mastered - his cratt nor acquired nis xorce." In what was interpreted as an indirect ' Invitation to neutrals to join the Allies,. Chamberlain spoke of their suffering at Germany's hands.,; All small states near Germany Ger-many "are living in a perpetual nightmare or rear," he said. Chamberlain said German war alms were in two phases "the destruction of this j nation and domination of the world." - - Provo Stake Conference Set Featuring Melchlzedek -' priesthood priest-hood work,' quarterly conference of the Provo L D. S. stake will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3, announces Andrew An-drew Jensen of the stake presidency. presi-dency. . Opening the conference will be a welfare meeting - at 3 p. ; m., Saturday in the L, D. S. administration admin-istration building, with ' all stake and ward ; welfare . 1 workers ; in cluding presidencies of priesthood quorums Invited to attend. ' At 7:30 will be a special Mel- cliizedek priesthood meeting at the 4First ward chapel,, AH stake quorum otiicers and . members should be present; also welfare officers, Including women. - General v sessions . will be held Sunday at 10 a. m., and 2 p. m.," at the tabernacle, with representatives represen-tatives of the general authorities expected to be among the speak ers. The 7:30 p. m. meeting win be In charge of the M." I. A. 'Open House' for 63rd Anniversary SPANISH FORK Mr. and Mrs. William L Wilcox of Spanish Span-ish Fork, oldest ' married couple in the city, will hold open house at their home, Sunday, to their friends in observance of 'the 63rd anniversary of their . marriage, . watfuxsra umithu TEIJEURAPH NEWS BERVICH - - ."avjUj i'lVXj 1 O aim Not Dec! Second Nazi Aim Is to Return Her Lost Col-onies,vVarns Col-onies,vVarns Fuehrer; Defies Britain In Fiery Nazi Speech MUNICH, Feb. 24 (U.R) Fuehrer Adolf Hitler intimated to a cheering audience of Nazi leaders and followers tonight that Germany has not yet occupied all the territory in middle Europe to which she is entitled. - ' There : still are some regions which Germany built in which she is entitled to leibensraum, or room to live, the fuehrer said. , : ftitler said further his second aim is return of her lost . 5 colonies, '- ; Colorado State Upcots flggics;. Score, OG to 52 BIG SEVEN STANDINGS w. 9 6 6 6 . S . S 3 I Tp. Op. 1 49S S52 -4 467 . 462 Colorado 17 . .. . Brigham Young Utah State .... Utah v.. 4 41S 4 430 1 417 8 440 8 375 884 400 Colorado State .' , Denver 470 526 Wyoming 441 Saturday's Results Colorado State 56, Utah Stats C2. - . Utah 63, Denver 32. FT.' COLLINS, Feb. 25 UJ3 Colorado State came , back . from way behind tonight to dump the highly touted Utah Aggies 56 to 52 in a hard-fought Big Seven Conference game here. ..The result was a surprise - to everybody. Utah . State r had been highly favored before the i game, At the half the Utah Aggies were out : in front by 18 points, 40. tO 22. " . "':':: s But .in the second half the Colorado Aggies . put . everything they had into the game, scored 34 points and ' went ' on; to win while holding the visitors to only 12 tames. - , The loss : dropped Utah State back to a tie with Brigham Young university and Utah 'for second place; Each now has 6 wins and 4 losses. - UTAH IVALLOPS DENVER, 53-32 SALT LAKE CITY Feb. 24 OLE) In a personally conducted basketball triumph over Denver university, Captain Nick Watts led the University of Utah Redskins Red-skins into a tie for second place in Big Seven Conference standings stand-ings here Saturday, 53 ! to 32. ' - The rubber-legged .Utah forward for-ward was . all over the floor, and although ;Val Sheffield and Vaughn Bennion led the scoring attack? it was Watts' flawless playing that made the Utes look like a real ball club. Deb Smith Utah guard, tied up Hoyt Brawner, and the high-scoring high-scoring Denver forward was held without ' a single point. Ray Dubois, center, took over the running, of the Denver, at tack,' which at : half time left Utah with a lead - of only two points at 20-18. Dubois collected 12 of. the 18 markers. Citizenship Day Luting onday Young people who will be elig ible to vote for the first time, at the coming national election, are extended an invitation to attend at-tend a - Citizenship day meeting Monday at 7:30 p. m., at the Women's clubhouse. ' The Women's Council Is spon soring the important meeting, and Mrs. S. R. Bo swell, presi dent, will preside. Mrs. George Worthen will read a patriotic play, and Mrs. J. El mer Jacobsen , will - give a five-minute five-minute talk on : :.: "Citizenship." The , youthful eligible voters, a boy and girl, will give two short patriotic talks, and special spec-ial music will be furnished. Refreshments Re-freshments 'will .be served. The council women have Issued invitations to 350 Provo youths, but in the event that any have been missed, they urge them to attend. The Weather UTAH Generally fair tonight and Sunday.. Little change In temper-attire. temper-attire. - . Maximum temp. Saturday. . . 63 Minimum temp. Saturday ..... 18 rKcss Dnrnti rr-im -mxr'no Conquest riiFofeli . Yet Hid ares er Demand Colonic ' "We demand the return of the colonies robbed - from ' us by the capitalistic plutocrats," he declared.. de-clared.. ! '..'!, Regarding Germany's European aims, Hitler said "Central Europe was built by us, not by the British." Brit-ish." . ' " . y "God 'did hot create the-world for England. ajone," he thundered. "My first goal Is the security of our own living space," Hitler said. "There are still more regions in middle Europe which have been built by Germany, and there we shall live and in this living space we shall not tolerate any threat or: political combination against us.' - .. , Reiterating - Germany's confix dence of winning the war, he said if he had been chancellor in a Nazi regime f during the World war, Germany ' would ' have been the victor. . - ' i : He-was cheered when he emphasized em-phasized how he had re-armed Germany as it had never been armed before. ' ,.,... , Germany Deceived t. . ; Germany,' he declared, was deceived de-ceived and betrayed by the Ver-sailles Ver-sailles treaty. It . had no-rights and no arms, he said,, and was a heU for decent men, dominated by the "international clique of pluto- crats." . ' ' l ' . The Germans, Hitler said, were promised a new. world of Justice and were, idiotic enough to believe "He ' described the "accompllah-ments". "accompllah-ments". of ' Nazi rule,' and said the Nazis had done much for educa tion, culture, Ihe unemployed. - Speaking -' of ; ' colonies, Hitler "English leaders - Churchill, Eden,' Duff -Cooper,, Chamberlain and finally the eternal spirit of the Jew turned against us. - ., "Churchill was known , as an agitator and war mongers already in world war tunes, while I was a little unknown soldier Just; doing do-ing my small duty. We came from different worlds . . these people have renewed" their agitation, hoping hop-ing for help in other countries, and with good reason, because every- wnere they have their Jewish Allies. Al-lies. But this time! they have to count on me, the veteran. I have never left any doubt I was resolved to free Germany. That they hate me for this reason Is my utter pride.". Hitler referred again to Jews and called them "vermin." j It Churchill savs he hates me than I thank you. Mr. Churchill. for this compliment. "if Chamberlain says he does not trust Tne, the answer is thank you, Mr. Chamberlain. I am hap py not to be the friend of such men.., I have only one Bineia am bitionnamely, the love of my own peopie, to gain it and to keep it." The Fuehrer told a rallv of hi Nazi party followers that "it U remarkable that I am still here." "I don't know how many politicians poli-ticians In the democratic nations could come back to old comrades after 20 years," he said, v The speech marked the- 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the Nazi party program. , It was delivered before an audience audi-ence of 2.000 m the festival Hof-braeuhaus. Hof-braeuhaus. AUNTHET BY ROBERT QUIIXKN "I reckon I'm a snob. I know the biggest buyer haggle over prices, but I always al-ways pay the clerk what he asks became I'm anhanwd to . tusH about It." , V ;$' "-'-- ,1 |