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Show Sunday, February 9, Combat Veteran Confesses Slaying of ''Black Dahlia' (Continued from Page One) record of his presence here was one showing he was assigned to military duty on Jan. 16 or 17. The inadequacy of the post ree ords made it virtually impossible to establish at once Dumais' whereabouts on the date of the crime. Fort Dix authorities of fered no explanation except that they still were "checking into the records." "Does it seem to you at this time that you did commit the crime?" Florence asked Dumais, "Yes sir, the soldier replied. "Do you know how her body was mutilated?" the captain, ask ed. And again, he said, "Yes, sir." Florence asked details of birth marks on the 22-year-old Black haired beauty's body and Dumis volunteered the correct informa tion. Dumais also provided details of how the playgirl's body was mutilated. Florence said he im- Portal Pay . (Continued from Page One) tivities time was considerable and substantial." In the original Mt. Clemens suit, filed in 1942, Picard ruled rul-ed In favor of the workers, who contended they actually were required to report to work 12 minutes early in order or-der to accomplish all preliminary prelim-inary activity before arriving arriv-ing at their work benches at starting time. i t This claim, which" Picard has (contended is a simple overtime buit rather than a portal case, was reversed by the U. S. court of r appeals and then upheld by the j supreme court. The high court injected in-jected the concept of portal time, but also warned Picard to apply the De Minimis doctrine. ' Picard ruled that the supreme court yardstick of 12 minutes, which the bench said was not de hiinimis, actually carried two restrictions: re-strictions: that walking time was only to and not from the workbench work-bench and that walking time to and from lunch could not be considered. con-sidered. j "The maximum walking time Under such yardsticks that can be reckoned in favor of any plaintiff In this case is 6.2 minutes daily," Picard said. Testimony in the hearing conducted con-ducted by Picard brought widely (divergent claims from the union and the pottery company on times involved. The union claimed walking and make-ready times up to as much as an hour a day, while the company said make-ready make-ready time lor any worker would not be more than a minute daily. "We conclude this opinion by inserting an unusual observation, observa-tion, but chance has made this an lunusual case," Picard said. i "In this connection we have not -considered those who seemingly ""believe that the workingman is "(entitled only to what has often been termed 'the crumbs from the "table, nor have we considered Jthe equally abhorent ideology of mothers who would seek by their 'strained interpretation of what Jthe supreme court said in this icase to further widen the gulf between be-tween capital and labor. I "We believe that 'in the light of the realities of the industrial Sworld" means that our decision "should, if consistent with law, aid tin promoting accord and not inciting in-citing discord, and that we should "treat industry fairly while granting grant-ing labor all its rights. "Let is not be understood as "holding that all portal-to-portal suits should be dismissed; there .may be and perhaps are, many instances in-stances where walking and the preliminary activities time consumed con-sumed is of such an amount as to call for compensation that the worker is not now receiving, but "this case is not one of them." Every Afternoon Saturday) and (Excepting Sunday Sunday Herald Published Sunday Morning Published by the Herald Corporation, Corpora-tion, 50 South First West Street, Provo, Utah. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice In Provo. Utah, under the act of March 3, 1S79. Subscription terms by carrier in Utah county. $1.00 the month, $6 00 for six months, in advance. $12.00 the year in advance; by mail anywhere in the United States or its possessions. posses-sions. $1.00 the month; $6.00 for six months; $12 00 the year in advance. Babee-Tenda SAFETY CHAIR Now Available Phone 529W AT.N0.2l6l5t . CALL 300 For Nationwide Moving Service! 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There still was some question ques-tion about whether Dumais could have been in Los Angeles An-geles on the date he claimed. The records here show that he returned from a 45-day furlough on Jan. 11, but authorities au-thorities said that the records appeared to be incorrect Dumais was committed to the psychiatric ward of the post hospital here after his arrest, but a test made established his sanity. san-ity. When arrested, he told CID agents that he had been married three times, that his first wife had died "under mysterous circum stances," that he was the father of three natural children and two adopted children, and that his present wife was a Czech girl he met and married overseas. She was believed to be somewhere in the United States. Major Cornelius T. Morris, public pub-lic relations officer of this post, said Dumais described in detail a tatoo mark on Elizabeth Short's right hip, and that his description was verified by Los Angeles police. po-lice. Los Angeles also reported that the Short girl's blood type was a positive "AB."' "Laboratory tests here indicate the blood found on Dumas's trousers trous-ers when he was taken into custody cus-tody are very possibly 'AB'," Morris said. Florence said that he asked Dumais Du-mais whether- he could describe just how the Short girl's body had been mutilated and that the soldier answered: "I could, but I don't wish to." Los Angeles police had theoriz ed that the girl had been hung while her slayer indulged his fiendish fetishes on her. There were rope-burns on her wrists and ankles as though she had been bound hand and foot. Her throat had been slit and one breast had been cut off. Her body was cut in half, and the halves scrubbed clean of blood before they were thrown in the lot. "Could you have committed the murder?" Florence asked Dumais. "Yes. It is possible ''betausV'efi my actions in the past," the soldier sol-dier replied. Dumais then explained to Flor ence that every time he went on a "bad drunk" that his mind blacked out, and he could not res- member what he had done. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 8. (U.R) Police homicide CaDt. Jack Donahoe today termed Cpl. Joseph Jo-seph Dumais a "good suspect" in the murder of Elizabeth Short, but qualified his statement by saying that "on the basis of what I know now I don't put too much credence in Dumias' statement." Donahue's statement was ex tremely cautious. "Dumias remains just a good suspect on our books," he said. Any statement indicating Du mias is a murderer will have to come from Fort Dix." Donahoe said he would have to wait for further information be fore taking any action. He said he was waiting for answers to a list of questions he gave Fort Dix army authorities this morning in a telephone call.; The Questions were to be asked Dumais concerning his knowledge of the mutiliation murder of the' Black Dahlia." "The answers to those questions should show just how good a a. ; i in 1 i j , suspect uumias is uonanoe saia. "I haven t received tte answers j yet. But on the basis of what Ij know now, I don t put too much credence in Dumias' statement." j In any event, he said, no action! to return Dumias to Los Angeles ( would likely be taken until Mon-, day, unless emergency action is required. j OUR FRIENDLY SERVICE WILL PLEASE YOU SKILLED MECHANICS Our modern equipment will make your car run better. Will stretch your service dollar. Will broaden your smile when you bring your car to WASDEN MOTOR SALES Free Pickup and Delivery Service 1131 North 5th West Phone 97 Provo Where 'Super-Road' - ' X i V " Xs J. Taylor Allen, Vineyard farmer, points to location of his farm west of the Geneva Steel plant, where he says the state road commission com-mission is running surveys for its proposed "super-highway" near Utah lake. Cities Demand (Continued from Page One) ed that statements by road engin eers that the program was 10 or 15 years in the future is merely a smoke screen", and said he be lieves the road will start "soon." County Commissioners Reed J. Knudsen pf Provo and George A Cheever of Payson told the group they had been inforrried at a re cent meeting of the State Asso elation of County Officials that the superhighway would definitely definite-ly go through. Mr. Leavitt told them that the highway was a definite thing, but declined to tell them the exact route, they said. Bitter Cold (Continued from Page One) Frankfurt, the temperature was 19 degrees. Austria Temperatures were zero in some places in the fourth bitter cold wave of this winter, but the weather was expected to improve. Power to homes is cut off six hours a day. Belgium It looked more like a prewar country than most na tions in Europe, but Italians are being imported to work in the coal mines. Holland The rationing of coal and gas all winter has softened the impact of this cold spell for the Dutch, but nevertheless au thorities have appealed for the strictest conservation. France Since December, pow er has been cut in Paris for part of the day and other cities are affected from time to time. In the last few days, shop and ad vertising lighting has been banned. Missing A statewide radio appeal was broadcast m California for news o screen star Virginia Mayo, above, unheard from several days after leaving her swank Hollywood home on Jan. 17. Goldwyn studio spokesmen and her fiance, actor Michael OShea, said police search would be requested re-quested if she did not reappear. I i Tss J May Go - ... si" G rover Quits (Continued from Page One) of Maw's political supporters and lieutenants who is being let out of the administration for some unexplained reason with the expiration of his current term on March 1. Bennion's shift means that the senate will have to consider three tax commission appointment Bennion's successor, as yet 'unnamed; 'un-named; Republican Roscoe E. Hammond, whose term expires March 1 but who probably will be reappointed, and Democrat J. Lambert Gibson, who took leave to serve on the military government govern-ment in Germany and had to be reappointed. The senate's executive session took most of its time yesterday. In the house, most attention was paid to the controversial depart ment of publicity and industrial development. A compromise measure, giving the department a budget of $300,000 from motor vehicle registration fund receipts, was finally approved. The depart ment until now has not been under un-der legislative control and has spent all receipts from the fund, usually about $800,000 a year. Talmadge Loses (Continued from Page One) made "strictly against all existing exist-ing legal precedents." Specifically, the case was a mandamus action brought by Thompson against two members of the state board of pardons and parole to force them to turn budget reports over to him. The court ruled in favor of Thompson and in so doing reasoned reason-ed that Thompson was the only legal successor to the governorship governor-ship when Eugene Talmadge died after election but before going into office. AFL-CIO Rallies (Continued from Page One) ter will be interpreted in that light." The AFL rally, scheduled to begin at 8 p. m., will feature Frank P. Fenton, national director direc-tor of organization, AFL, representing repre-senting national AFL President William Green. At the CIO rally, scheduled for 7:30 p. m. Monday in the Provo golf clubhouse, principal speakers will be James G, Thimmes, inter national vice president of the United Steelworkers, and Charles J. Smith, Maywood, Calif., di rector of United Steelworkers district 38. Production and maintenance WAITING DELAY Ready-To-Wear SUITS in addition to our Tailor Made for your selection. Latest Styles All Wool Fabrics Single and Double Breasted GLOBE 144 West Center O. Ray Knight Dies at Home In Canada . Oscar Raymond - Knight, 75, .former resident of Provo and! prominent rancher of Raymond,! I Alberta, Canada, died at his home! Friday after an illness of several ivoarc TTa hart ViMn lit ill Vioalth i : i , i i fiiiicc iic suunea a eiruite several years ago and had been confined! .to his bed for the past several; ! months, I He was a son of the late Jesse j ;and Amanda McEwan Knight of! 'Provo and was born in Payson,! 'April 8, 1872 where he attended! I school and acquired his skill forj j farming, ranching and handling iof livestock. He also attended the B. Y. Academy at Provo. j He was married to Isabelle 1 Smith June 24, 1894 in the Salt I Lake temple. He filled a mission to England and later became as sociated in some of the enterprises enter-prises of Jesse Knight, his father. In 1900 the family moved to Alberta, Canada where he took a prominent part in the settlement ;of Raymond, the town which was named in his honor by his father. He was active in the management of the Knight Sugar company in addition to his ranching interests. His love for horses and cattle brought him into the role of promoting pro-moting the first rodeo in Canada. He was a great horseman, skilled in calf and steer roping, and acted as judge at the Madison Square Garden rodeos and horse events in New York on many occasions. oc-casions. He was known throughout through-out western Canada as one of the principal cattlemen and at one time owned 20.000 head of cattle besides vast holdings of land, estimated at over 400,000 acres. Mrs. Knight died in Provo and he later married Charlotte Maud Heninger who- survives with four sons and three daughters: Raymond Ray-mond Jr., Pioche, Nev.; Kenneth of Raymond, Canada; Wayne of Los Angeles; Jesse of Washington, D.C.; Uarda, Hurricane, Utah; Charlotte, a magazine writer on assignment in Japan; and Mary K. Thompson, Washington, D.C. Also surviving are one brother and one sister, J. William Knight and Mrs. Jennie K. Mangum, both of Provo. His brother, J. William Knight of Provo left Sunday morning by plane to attend the funeral services serv-ices to be held in Raymond, Monday. Mon-day. Mr. Knight will return by plane in time to attend the funeral services of his brother-in-law, Wells Brimhall to be held Wednesday in Provo. Truman Calls (Continued From Page One) ing. Heart ailments are the leading lead-ing cause of death in this country. "One out of every 20 persons now suffers from serious diseases of the heart and blood vessels," he said. "In the face of these, grim facts," Mr. Truman said, "I appeal to all my countrymen to cooperate cooper-ate with every agency and organization organ-ization and individual doctors in fighting the present day national peril heart disease." In an effort to reduce the toll of motor accidents, the president reactivated last year's safety conference. con-ference. He said another conference confer-ence would be held here in June. The meeting, he said, will give each state "a timely opportunity to reports its progress toward enactment en-actment of uniform laws of driver licensing and other matters vital to peril." He has asked the state governors gover-nors for continued cooperation in the safety program. From the June meeting, Mr. Truman said, he hopes will come an "acting program" to promote steady progress in a campaign against death on the highways. workers at Geneva who vote Wednesday and Thursday will have three choices on their ballot: AFL, CIO United Steelworkers, or no union at all. The AFL now holds the bargaining bar-gaining agency, won in the fall of 1944 and retained by a one- vote margin in another vote last; summer. YES All Short, Thin, Stout We Fit You All Order Now With Extra Pants! Choose from new spring colors. Gabardines Worsteds Serges Tweeds Twists 2 SUITS up Share your order and save. TAILORS ' Provo, Utah Wells L Brimhall, Prominent Mining Man, Broker, Dies Wells L. Brimhall, 64, well-known well-known Provo mining man and broker, died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at 11:55 n.m. at his home, 427 East Second North street. -. Mr. Brimhall was hum Anr 26, -1882 in Spanish Fork, son of the late President George H. and Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins Brimhall. Brim-hall. He began his schooling in Spanish Fork and then moved to Provo with his parents in 1898. He attended the Provo schools and , Brigham Young university. Fills Mission In 1902 he went to Raymond, Alberta, Canada and worked on the Jesse Knight ranch there. He returned . to Provo in 1902 and answered a Call to the LDS mission mis-sion in Holland. There he served as conference president. Returning in 1902, he was married mar-ried to Fern Smoot Sept. 9, 1908 in the Salt Lake LDS temple. He helped start a mine brokerage company under the name of Knight-Mangum-Whitney com pany which he managed for a few years. Then he started his own brokerage company, which he had managed since. Mr. Brimhall also was associated associ-ated with the Prows and Stein Realty company, and at time of his death was a director for several sev-eral mining companies. Active Scouter He served as superintendent of the national parks CCC company com-pany during the construction of the Provo lake harbor. He was active in the movement for both the Columbia and Geneva steel plants. He was prominent in civic endeavors, en-deavors, a member of the chamber cham-ber of commerce, and a leader in the Boy Scout organization. He was chairman of outdoor camping for the Utah National Parks council for mmv tmn Always fond of outdoor rcroi. tion and sports, he was active in me uian wna Lite association. He was active in the LDS church and a hieh nrieat at tlm of his death. He served as superintendent super-intendent of the old Fifth ward Sunday School for 10 years. Mr. Brimhall was a rri friend of the children, and fre-Quentlv fre-Quentlv delighted thm with horseback and sleigh rides. surviving are his widow, two sons, Wells Smoot and Victor Owen Brimhall. Prnvn- dughter, Mrs. "Gordon M. (Sina) Stevenson, Summit, N. J., six granacnuaren; nis stepmother, Mrs. Flora R. Brimhall. Prnvn- seven brothers, George W., Mark n., rurns k., ana Areo Brimhall, Provo; Dr. Dean R. Brimhall, Washington, D. C; Paul R. Brimhall. Brim-hall. Pittsburff. Calif nri Onlri- en H. Brimhall, Ogden; five sisters, sis-ters, Mrs. J. Will (Jennie) Knight, Provo; Mrs. Lafayette H. (Alsina) Holbrook, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Thomas E. (Fawn) McKay, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Julian Ju-lian M. (Faye) Cummings, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Eugene (Afton) iranaaii, trovo. Funeral services will be Wednesday Wed-nesday at 1:30 n.m. in th Tmvn Fifth-Eighth ward chapel, with cisnop ninon a. Robertson of the Eighth ward presiding. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Tuesdav from S in a p.m. and at the family home weanesaay prior to services. Burial will be in the Provo city cemetery. CARD OF THANKS It is with heartfelt thanks and appreciation that we wish to thank our many friends and relatives rela-tives for all kindly acts extended at the time of death of our beloved be-loved husband and father, J. B. Smith. For the many lovely floral contributions, the speakers and musicians, the cars furnished and any other services rendered we are truly grateful. MRS. J. B. SMITH AND FAMILY . VALENTINES j TTTT : UTAH 43 East Center I f - ' tVj - 1 v si WELLS L. BRIMHALL Lambert L. Baker SPRINGVILLE Funeral services serv-ices for Lambert LeRoy Baker, 55, 38 West Fourth North, su perintendent of the Republic Creosote plant at Ironton, who died Thursday in a Salt Lake hospital, will b e conducted today at 2 pjn. - in the Provo N Masonic lodge. The lodge will k f Friends may call at the fam- U Uy home today Mr. Baker prior to services. serv-ices. Burial will be in the Ever green cemetery under direction of Claudin funeral home. Infant Harding Graveside services for Paul Russell Harding, infant son of Max E. and Bernice Gardner Harding, 174 West Third South, who died at the Utah Valley hos pital shortly after birth were conducted at the Provo city cemetery, with Bishop Frank Gardner of the Sixth ward presiding. pre-siding. Surviving the child besides his parents are one brother. Ronald Harding, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Gardner. Provo, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Harding, Heber. Shanna D. Ashworth Word has been received of the death of Shanna Dawn Ash worth 8 - month - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor M. Ash worth in Bakersfield, Calif. Three grandparents to the child reside in Provo. They are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ashworth and Mrs. Edwin A. Peay. j- " f IVJST CRAFT far, ONE omxL ALL COME IN AND SEE THEM OFFICE S . ' GI Congress Proposed By Three Vets WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 U.R Three former servicemen tonight set forth a proposal for a "GI congress' 'to advance ideals of UlUlViUUU 11CCUUII1 OI1U flUVC that something-for-nothing is a false philosophy.". The three sponsors, one a lawyer law-yer and the other two small businessmen, busi-nessmen, said they believed in capitalism and democracy and felt there were at least 1,000,000 other veterans who would join them in an organization "to preserve pre-serve and extend these ideals." They proposed to organize a "GI congress" along the lines of the U. S. congress, with such "necessary exceptions" as yearly elections and proportional representation, repre-sentation, to accomplish their purpose. They suggested that each mem ber of the new group, who as a snlHipr Hnrinff wartime was back ed by the efforts of 10 civilians, invite 10 civilian neighbors to "help him fight our domestic enemies of greed, ignorance and prejudice." "We will apply the principles of individual freedom, voluntary action and community responsibility responsi-bility to any and all issues," the three sponsors said in a statement state-ment of their plans. "As proof of our good faith, we disclaim any intentions of raiding raid-ing the United States treasury," they said. "Except for disabled veterans and dependents of sol? diers who died, in seryice, we oppose op-pose any further special privileges privi-leges for veterans. We oppose any. state or federal ' bonus for vet erans. "We are opposed both to the closed shop and the anti-union contract because both strip the individual of his voluntary right to work or not to work, to organize or-ganize or not to organize. "We oppose the ever-increasing power of government bureaucracy bureau-cracy into the daily lives and problems of individual citizens. For instance, there is no such thing as free or even low-cost government housing if bureaucracy bureau-cracy builds it, the true cost is several times that of private construction." con-struction." MTM 1 1 41 1 1 ine sponsors saiu incy uaa filed articles of incorporation providing for "democratic election elec-tion of trustees and officers within with-in a year, or as soon as the organization or-ganization has 25,000 members. The sponsors are Walter H. Cady, Boston, Mass., Dayton M. Harrington, Keokuk, la., and Ralph Newman, Washington. During the war they were an infantry in-fantry private, an air forces sergeant, ser-geant, and a naval officer. SPECIAL ROOSEVELT STAMP AUTHORIZED TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Fe.b. 8 (U.R) A special postage stamp issue was authorized by congress today to defray the cost of erecting a monument to Franklin Frank-lin D. Roos!ve:it. Marks the Spot UPPLY Provo; Utah |