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Show 2 Sunday, February 29, 1948 SUNDAY HERALD Qq pQp filcfe Slated On New Pipe Line Utah County) Democrats Set County Cortvention April 24 Utah county Democrats ' will hold their county convention April 24 at the Provo high school auditorium, it was decided Friday Fri-day night by 200 members of the central committee who met in the south district courtroom of the city and county building. Committee members i at the Dawson Predicts Victory for GOP SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 28. (U.PJ Rep. William A. Dawson of Utah today minced no words in predicting a Republican victory next November. Here to keynote the Salt Lake county organizing convention, Dawson averred that the only major job for the GOP's is that ef Informing the public Just what is going on in Washington. But if he expected to find com- Earative peace and quiet on the 'tan political scene, it appeared he was in for a disappointment. - Considerable - feeling has developed de-veloped in the county GOP organization or-ganization in arrangements for mass meetings and appointment vf delegates to the organizing reconvention. It was expected that the conference today would open in an atmosphere of anything but -complete harmony. Dawson also voiced confidence that a tax reduction bill will be passed, over a" presidential veto If necessary. Among other predictions pre-dictions by the state's Junior representative rep-resentative were success for the Marshall plan, insofar as obtaining obtain-ing the necessary funds is concerned, con-cerned, and authorization for completion of the Deer Creek project. CIO District Two (Continued from Page One) return a $72,000 strike fund to local unions. The fund was collected from 23 unions in Utah and Nevada as a 'war chest." Several locals have voted to withdraw from the district dis-trict over what they called "com- the international union. Vote on dissolution of the strike fund was 17 to 8. Names of the dissenting members of the strike fund -control board were not divulged. Dairymen ATTENTION Morecold wet collers, agitated agi-tated water type. Special Price, $250, installed. No extras. For men who wish to save 2 hours per day and have the finest equipment equip-ment obtainable. MORECOLD AERIATED DRY COOLERS. Special prices to groups of 3 or more. Coolers pass sanitary sani-tary inspection. Morecold Company 2300 West Center Street Provo, Utah Phone 000-R1 meeting, in charge of County Chairman R. J. Murdock, decided that mass meetings will be held in each of the county's 90 districts at 7:30 p. m. on Mar. 26. At these meetings, district officers will be selected and delegates "chosen for the county convention. A total of 348 delegates from the 90 districts will be eligible to attend the county meet. The county convention will face the task of picking new officers to serve for two years. Chairman Murdock has announced he will not allow his name to be present ed for re-election. At the meeting Friday night, Arnold Roylance and Elmer Terry explained details of the new state law pertaining to primaries and elections. Benson Speaks At Farm Loan Convention Rural people of America are the strength of the nation in preserving pre-serving their way of life, Elder Ezra Taft Benson, member of the council of the twelve apostles, declared at a Joint meeting Saturday Sat-urday of two farm loan associations associa-tions in the First Ward chapel. - Also featured at the joint sessions ses-sions of the Central Utah National Farm Loan assoication and the Production Credit association were financial reports, election of officers, and other guest speakers. Frank WMixom, resident of the PC A, also addressed the group stating that these two organizations or-ganizations handled more dollar-value dollar-value business than any other like organizations in the United States. Other speakers were Mayor J. W. Gillman, Orem, member of the farm credit board, and J. H. Jensen, regional manager of the Federal Land Bank at Berkeley. Re-elected as board members of the farm loan groups for three years were Glenn W. Coffman, president, and H. R. Francom, vice president. George W. Brown, secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer of the farm loan organization organ-ization submitted the financial statement for the Central Utah Farm Loan association. Both associations as-sociations are in good financial condition, Mr. Brown said. Elected as Farm Loan association associa-tion committeemen are F. Le- Grand Jarman, Orem; Francis Probst, Midway, Wasatch county, and B. J. Silliman, Green River, alternate. Mr. Jarman was elected as farm labor representative to the annual an-nual stockholders meet of the Federal Land Bank at Berekley. Balloting for new directors of the PCA was conducted and results re-sults will be announced in the final meeting of the conference to be held Monday in Salt Lake City. Every Afternoon (Excepting Saturday), and Sunday Sunday Herald Published Sunday Morning Published by the Herald Corporation. Corpora-tion. SO South Flrat West Street. Provo. Utah. Entered as second clan matter at the postofflce In Provo. Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879 Subscription terms by carrier in Utah county. $1.00 the month. $8.00 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. $8.00 for six months; $12.00 the year la advance. "So Simple a Boy Can Operate Them" HYDRAULIC-LIFT IMPLEMENTS FOR THE WlimSAL ' Call for bids will be issued Monday tor the supplying of about 18,000 feet of pipe for the 24-inch water main which Provo will construct -this year to the western part of the city, from its new 48-inch aqueduct. Notices calling for bids on actual ac-tual laying of the pipe are expected ex-pected to be let in about 30 days, according to Waterworks Commissioner Com-missioner J. Earl Lewis. The new line, designed to bring additional water to the west part of the city and bolster pressure for added fire fighting protection in the business district, dis-trict, will branch off from the 48-inch line near the Van Wage-nen Wage-nen packing warehouse. It will turn west at the lane by the BYU farm, traveling to the east side of Provo river, then following follow-ing a course which will bring it to 12th North at Third East. Here a reduced 20-inch line will turn west, after connecting with an eight-inch line at the Third East point. The 20-inch line will proceed pro-ceed to 12th North and Sixth West, and then proceed, through a series of reductions, to First North. Rites Wednesday For War II Victim I- Churches Join In Appeal For Red Cross Churches of Provo and Central Utah will pause today along with those of the rest of the nation to pay tribute to the great mercy organization, the American Red Cross, on National Red Cross Sunday. With the cessation of hostilities hostili-ties of World War II, Red Cross did not relax but moved forward to set up the greatest peace-time disaster machine in history. Cas ualties of the war are still a ma jor concern of the organization, which maintains constant service at all military and veteran's hospitals, hos-pitals, besides working constantly wi trT able-bod ted veterans and their poblems. Even rseiore world war I, tne Red Cross - was aiding soldiers, sailors and their families. It began be-gan in 1916 when U. S. troops were stationed on the Mexican border at the time of the trouble with Pancho Villa. The influenza epidemic of 1918 founU the Red Cross standing by as ityhas 1 all major disasters since, that time. Nurses aids and "gray ladl are outstanding parts of the Ret Cross program. Thousands of volunteer workers throughout the nation are at work in hospitals and institutions. Infantile paralysis paraly-sis has come into the limelight with Red Cross with 18 Utah nurses serving in Boise during the 1947 epidemic-Curently there are 379 Utah nurses available for President Truman's message mes-sage officially opening the ,1948 Red Cross Fund Drive will originate from Key West, Fla., Sunday evening, Feb. 29. The president's appeal ap-peal heard over ABC and other networks will be the high spot of U. S. Steel's broadcast of "The Theatre Guild on the Air" program from the nation's capltol. outside-state polio service and 415 enrolled for disaster duty. The well-known blood-bank program is going forward in great proportion and is expected to be established on a nation wide free-of-charge basis. The plan is now being tested in Wichita, Kan., and Stockton, Cal. in trovo xoaay, siuaems irom Brigham Young university will deliver short talks at all LDS sacrament services, on topics dealing with the Red Cross. Many other churches are , expected to endorse the movement in their Sunday services. Presidents of the .LDS Provo, East Provo, Utah, West Utah, Sharon and Orem stakes have all endorsed the coming drive, as have pastors of other denomina tions in Provo. The March drive will officially get underway with a kickoff breakfast planned for Tuesday morning at Keeley's. Iowa was admitted to the Uion at the first free state of the west in 1846. ELMER L. HOPKIN Funeral services for Elmer Little Hopkin, 20, son of Elmer Royal and Almera Little Mopkin, Provo, will be held Wednesday at 1J30 p. m. in the Provo Sunset-Second ward chapel. Mr. Hopkin was killed Jan. 23, 1943 while serving overseas in the U. S. Marine corps. He was born at Penrose, Wyo., and moved to Roosevelt with his parents when he was six years old and began his schooling mere. He came to Provo in 1929 where he graduated from Dixon junior high schoo in 1938, and from Provo high schol in 1941. Before entering the U. S. naval service in 1942 he worked in Pasadena, Calif., then received his preliminary training at San Diego and Bremerton, Wash Later he was transferred to the Marines and went to San Diego where he reached .the rate of pharmacist mate third class. He left for overseas duty in 1942. He was at first only slightly wounded by enemy fire and was able to continue his work, but while bending over a wounded Marine he was fatally injured by a burst of machine gun fire. He is survived by his mother; two brothers, Royal L. Hopkin and Stanford Hopkin of Provo; two sisters, Mrs. Donald (Hor-tense) (Hor-tense) Tolboe, of Provo; and Mrs. Frank (Wanda) Clary of Los Angeles, An-geles, Calif. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Wednesday prior to services. Burn will be in the Pro vo city burial park. Fighting Costs Youths $20 Fines In City Court Some people get paid for fight-ing. fight-ing. Others pay for the privilege. Two Provo youths found this out in city court Saturday when Judge W. Dean Loose assessed them each $20, after police broke up their battle Friday night in the vicinity of Second East and Second North They were Russell M. Hull, 23, 441 North First East, and Burton E. Hansen, Jr., 21, 995 North University. Court records called it disturbing disturb-ing the peace, but neglected to say who won. Also in city court Saturday, R. E. Black was bound over to the district court to await trial on a failure to provide charge, after a preliminary hearing. He was released to his attorney until Tuesday, by which time he must raise bond in the amount of $1000 cash or $2000 property, Saturday traffic forfeitures in eluded: Eugene Bralthwaite, Payson, $15, running stop sign at Center and Seventh East; Dewey L. Christensen, Salt Lake City, $13, running stop sign at Fifth North and Fourth West, and Edward Ed-ward Rosenberg, Salt Lake City, $15, running red light at Third South and University. In city court Friday, Aldred Madsen, about 35, Lake View, pleaded innocent to charges of unlawfully possessing fur pelts, and will be tried Mar. 22. He was released on his own recognizance. Madsen is charged with possessing 37 green muskrat pelts out of the regular trapping season. Lewis Wheeler, Sprlngville, was bound over to the district court to await trial on a failure provide charge, after a preliminary prelimin-ary hearing. He was in the Utah county jail Saturday in lieu of bond. A charge of no driver's license for operating a motorcycle was dismissed against Glen Hadden, Rt. 1, Provo, after the latter pro duced a valid chauffeur f license Other recent city court forfeitures for-feitures included: Weston S Cordner, Orem, $15, running stop sign at Second North and University Uni-versity avenue, and Wayne R. Morgan, 424 North Second East, $15, running ston sign at First West and First North. U. S. Publications (Continued from Page One) eign ministry demanded that the S. information service with draw from its display window a Czech translation of the French- British-American protest against the couu. The protest was rejected re-jected bX Gottwald's government govern-ment without being mentioned by the press. Theeopy was removed. The association of political prisoners survivors of wartime concentration camp expelled national socialist narfv president Petr Senkl, long-time mayor of T" - 1 1 L rraguc aiiu a prisoner Nazis from 1939 to 1945. It was officially announced that Dr. Prokop Drtina, national s cialist minister of justice before the communist coup, had been hospitalized with a fractured skull after a "suicide attempt." Police said Drtina jumped from a window of his apartment after writing a suicide note. Another official announcement announce-ment said Soviet deputy foreign for-eign minister V. A. Zorin had left for Moscow at 8 a. m. after "participating: in the creation of an association for Czechoslovak - Soviet friendship" friend-ship" during his 10-day stay here. Zorin arrived in Prague a week ago Thursday, the day before the resignation of 12 non-communist cabinet ministers touched off the crisis which resulted in the communist com-munist seizure of power. Not even the Boy Scouts were exempt in the reorganization of Czecho-Slovak life. Along with an other youth organizations, the Scouts were absorbed by a new "society for Czechoslovak youth." Gottwald spoke at two mass meetings today to 6,822 armed police and workers' militiamen in the old town square after a victory vic-tory parade, and to 120,000 farm delegates at the opening session of the national peasants' union. O See these new hydraulic-lift implements for use with the Universal "Jeep." They are raised and lowered at the touch of a finger, by a hydraulic unit that can be installed on , any Universal "Jeep." Hydraulic-lift imple ments now available include a plow, disc, spring-tooth-harrow, spike-tooth-harrow j and high speed weeder; Come in and let us J show you how to save time, work and money ' with these new hydraulic attachments for the Universal "Jeep." NOW ON DISPLAY AT I KITCHEN MOTOR CO. ;170 North First West Provo, Utah 3 Current Dividend Rate 3 Compounded Semi-Annually SAFETY - AVAILABILITY Deposits are Loaned Only on Mortgages All of Which are Insured By An Agency Of the United States Government Jour Account Is Welcome From $1.00 to $10,000.00 Utah Savings & Loan Assn. 172 WEST CENTER PROVO, UTAH Ward Boundaries To Be Announced SPRINGVILLE An important division meeting is scheduled at the ward conference to be held in the Second ward this evening, beginning at 7 :30 p. m., according accord-ing to Bishop Oliver H. Dalton. Second ward boundary lines will be announced by President Ernest Er-nest A. Strong, and a new ward and bishopric will be announced at the meeting. A special invitation is extended to all former members of the Fifth ward living on First and Second East, between Second and Fourth South, and on Fifth South to Third East, to be preesnt. Also former First ward members living liv-ing on First East, Second and Third East, south of Fourth South, are requested to be present pres-ent in addition to all members of the Second ward. Father Pleads (Continued from Pace One) it would do her a world of good to see him again. Physicianssaid that when the baby is born.probably in two or three weeks, it nay be necessary to drain the blood from its body and supply it witha new type, The mother also would need transfusions, they said. "Maybe Bob has just the right type blood, said his father. "Maybe he could save the Uvea of two people and at the same time Two bililon gallons of fuel oil are consumed annually by the steel industry to heat its furnaces. HEW ALL-IN-ONE '900' MINIATURE S0N0T0NE S0N0T0NE HEARING CENTER ROBERTS HOTEL March 2nd 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Com In -mm this moat beuH-f beuH-f ul all-in-one hewing mid . . . light! . . . tlnyl . ... to " a wrlatwmtch! Her U thai BEST hearing correction denes know how to gin, with unique economic In uw. Also, obtain tha moat accurate, scientific hearing teeta, FREE! See it NOW! Tardy Motorists Wait In Lengthy Lines For Plates The early bird was certainly not much in evidence Saturday at the state tax commission office in the city and county building, as double lines of tardy license plate applicants filled the lower hall and overflowed up the stairways. stair-ways. At time there were better than 200 people waiting in lines which doubled back on themselves, us motorists who had' waited until the final day to apply for their 1948 plates. The city and county building doors were locked at 1 p, m., usual Saturday closing time, and clerks worked another two hours issuing plates to those already in the building. The 1947 plates become illegal at midnight tonight. Guatamala Airs (Con tinned from rage One) lodged complaints with the United Nations, the Pan-American Union and all American Republics. Re-publics. The British, he charged, appear to be attempting to manufacture an incident" in Belize, capital of British Honduras, to tie in with the current press and house of commons campaigns to restore the British navy to its pre-war prestige. ' A . Ydigoras made the chages as the admiralty announced that an undisclosed number of troops from the colorful Gloucester regiment reg-iment would arrive at Belize early tomorrow. The soldiers sailed from Jamaica Jama-ica in full battle dress early today to-day aboard the 9,850-ton cruiser Devonshire. They will reinforce a ba tall ion of local volunteers and a contingent of marines which arrived yesterday, the admiralty said. Congress Urged (Continued from Page One) whether peace and prosperity will prevail in the western world." "Above all the details of the legislation, the debates, the statistics, sta-tistics, and thework sheets," the committee said, it is the. expression expres-sion of a great- ideal of common welfare and peace." The committee charged "subversive "sub-versive elements" in Europe with hampering recovery and "engineering social chaos." Heavy Russian reparations demands and "enforced" commercial agreements agree-ments with Eastern European nations na-tions have blocked re-establishment of normal trade, the committee com-mittee said. Vandenberg, speaking for Ms committee, said he would ask that the program to aid recovery In 16-western European Eur-opean nations be debated and passed Independently to new programs for China and Greece and Turkey. "It is very vital that we conclude con-clude the task and facilitate senate sen-ate action," he said. But on the house side a move developed to throw all the foreign programs in one omnibus bill. It was discussed at a morning long meeting of house Republican leaders. lead-ers. The house foreign affairs committee com-mittee will meet on Monday to talk over such a step. One member mem-ber said there was considerable sentiment for writing more-arms-for-China Into the European bill in an effort to make military aid for China "veto-proof." But Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr., said no decisions were reached reach-ed at today's house GOP meeting. meet-ing. He added, however that he personally favors including China in the European measures. Personal Property Tax Receipts Show Healthy Increase in 1948 Personal property tax recepits for Utah county in tue first two months of 1948 have far exceed-, ed any similar period in the his-1 tory of the county, J. Austin Cope Jr., county assessor, revealed reveal-ed Saturday. These receipts totaled $112,704 for January and February of this year, Mr. Cope said, substsntially surpassing the $77,399 collected in the first two months of last year, which was a record for the period until then. Personal property taxes consist mainly of taxes paid on automobiles, automo-biles, but also include business inventories and supplies, business machines and equipment, and other personal property. This type of taxes is collected by the assessor's office, whereas the real property taxes which comprise the bulk of the county tax revenue reve-nue are collected by the county treasurer. Comparative personal property tax totals for January and February Febr-uary of other years are given by Youth Sentenced On Check Charge Pat La Veil Curtis, 21, Provo, had two choices Saturday get a job or get back, in school within a week, or go to jail for 30 days. He received the choice as part of his sentence in the district court Friday on a fictitious check charge. The court-handed down a sentence of one to 10 years in the state penitentiary, suspended on the above conditions with an 18-month probation period. H. L. Smalley, about 30, Provo, pleaded innocent to a fraudulent check charge. His trial will be set later. He was released from the Utah county jail Saturday after af-ter posting bond. Darrell Smith, 42, Thistle; went to jail for 60 days when the court ruled he had violated a previous probation given him on a turkey theft charge. Officials said he left the state without permission, and had failed to report to the proba tion officer since November. Control Extended On Tin, Rice, Fats, Oils KEY WEST, Fla., Feb. 28 OJ.R) President Truman tonight signed into law a bill continuing wartime controls over tin, rice, fats and oils until May 31. The WCT extends export controls con-trols over tine and tin products, antimony, chicona bark and qui-nidine qui-nidine and continues import controls con-trols over tin and tin products, products. Mr. Cope as follows: 1944, $73,-331; $73,-331; 1945, $53,473, and 1946, $62.- 861. Mr. Cope also revealed that Utah county citizens paid taxes on more automobiles in 1947 a total of 16,793 than during any year since at least 1943. - In the five-year period offered for comparison by Mr. Cope on total automobiles for which driver's driv-er's paid taxes in a single year, 1944 ranked second with 16,249 cars. In third place was 1943, with 16,127, while 1945 and 1946 showed the effects of the depletion deple-tion of automobile supply during' the war years. In 1945, cars on which taxes were paid in the county dropped to 14,982, and totaled only 15,142 in 1946. Uu to Saturday, motorists have paid their 1948 taxes on 10,300 automobiles, Mr. Cope said, exclusive ex-clusive of the number paid to field assessors and not yet recorded re-corded In the totals of those received re-ceived at the office. While it Is impossible to predict how many more will be paid, experience has shown that the rush continues for about two weeks after the deadline for getting the yearly new auto llcensW plates. BEFORE YOU CHOOSE SEE JOHNNY COBB'S SHOES af Mode o' Day 125 West Center In Provo I ' i C 3 FOR EASTER! Permanents Television Waves Revlon Products Bette's Beauty Salon CITY DRUG (Mezzainine) Uni. Ave. and Center Phone 190S Complete Staff of Operators ZERELDA TRITT, Owner, A Mgr." Joyce E. Strong Mary Jenkins r home for iftJets and '..(- V53S X 1- v n w m . v. OF UTILITIES I A Whether you're building or romodelincr, plan your home for modem living have plenty of electric - outkis and switches to enjoy all the comforts and conveniences that electric elec-tric appliances will bring. For a full measure of pleasant living, have adequate wiring in every room. SEE A QUALIFIED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FOR CERTIFIED ADEQUATE WIRING JTrf CTYn w PROVO DEPARTMENT |