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Show m 1940 JUNE 1940, A HOME PAPES Printed for Earn Fgft By Hobo People la PLAHT A HOME i r MMU?BwnttttMUU Volume Three Number A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS Twenty-Seve- AT PEOVO, UTAH Iki Pride in the achievement of song and daughters, relatives M. I. A. THEME and friends at Brigham Young university, loyalty to and mark! the present world struggle in the opinion ot otto A. Weto-le- appreciation for the University itself marked the gathering WILL GUIDE. national executive committee- of several thousands parents and brothers and sisters at the man of the Utah American Legion, 482 h graduates, Wednesday in attendance at the CHURCH MEET who declared before the Klwanla Commencement annual exercises in stake the tabernacle in club that the pagan eountrlea of Provo. Oermany, Italy and Rnaala have The horrors of war, .famine, Introduction of tho 1140 M. L children to their taught worahlp and poverty will vanish pestilence InA. theme at tha Friday aeeslon Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin will guide Church conference sesstead of God. A victory by these only by tha triumph of truth. This sions for three days at Salt Lake anti Christ nations would take battlo will bo won only by religion You are not sent God out of all gorerumenta and not by ethics. City, to which thousands will ho to to but teach forth taught, leave worth gather from ell parts of tho L. D. PAGANISM INDEPENDENT Commencement Exercises Urge Search For Truth as Cure of Worlds Ills What do 0 You Think , (Opinions kf PUBLISHED DEPENDABLE n n CHBI8TANITY y, sixty-fourt- -- nothing worth fighting for". preserving, tha children of men tho things which I have put Into your hands HO REAL AMERICA CTTIZEK by the power of My spirit. And to bo taught from on can look upon the plunder, rape, ye ere Dr. John A. and murder of the Csechs, the high , declared Widteoe, in delivering the ComPoles, the Norwegians, the Dutch, mencement address, end thus Belglu, and Danes with anything sounding tho key-noof tho gathbut horror. There can be no symering. such for actions, pathy regardless Echoing the sentiments of tho of fatherland" sentiments or vest congregation, President David feelings of kinship to the German O. McKay of tha L.D.B. church, If such there people themselves. the Board of be among us who seeing the and representing after delivering personmurder and carnage In Europe Trustees, tho diplomas end degrees to among Innocent peoples brought ally each Today graduate, said: war-goupon them by the German success lu the marks Hitler, then thoee earns peo- your efforts frowning to achieve at Brigple among us who thus feel any ham Young university. With all semblance of love or sympathy for I congratulate you. Your the German alms should Immedi- my heart la before you, and I trust future ately hie themselves back to Ger- it will he Just ae glorious as your many fr:m whence they earns. school life. , God grant that tha iBinimmiiHinnaiBiBinnminimaiaMBiBBBuiigii i However, future, which may appear ob- - Charles A. Callls of tho Council cured at present, may ha tilled of the Twelve, Antoine R. Ivina OCR GERMAN SPEAKING with enriching experiences, and of tho Council of Seventy, Dr. CITIZENS 40 or from now, Franklin R. West, church com-yo- u should not be subjected to per- that In look 60 years over hack may your Uvea mlssloner of education, Dr. Lynn secution or violence merely be1 have not D. Bennlon, superintendent of cause they may be Germans. That and bo able to say: blemished my name, I have kept seminaries, Charles H. Skidmore, Is not the American way. Many of tho state superintendent of public Ina loyal heart beats firmly Inside unsullied the reputation unlvarsltx-CtrucUowith Dr. ChriaUa-Ja-- I Young great Brigham German breasts. Many a German true have to God to been and sen, acting president of tha Uni-m- y eitlsen of America has given aU " and friends'. tho exercises, parents varsity, conducting he has to some to this land. Let Two other addresses were de- - end presenting the annual report us be sure our German friends are llverad during tho services. Tho of the University end faculty, given fair treatment and an opaddroaa by John Ut- - showing a net total of 4011 valedictory beportunity to prove their loyalty In which ha extolled the re- - sons bed received Instruction fore we become guilty of discrimillglous education being given to during tho year, nation against any of them. We students The graduates were recomat end the Com- owe much to German culture, to mencement B.Y.U., addrees Dr. John mended for diplomas by the fol- Its artists. Its musicians, its sci- A. Widteoe In which by he lowing deans : Master degrees, entists. Germany la a great land, the theme that Ufa's presented Is Dr. A. C. Lambert; college of battle and the hearts of many German end untruth. applied science, Dr. T. L. Martin, cltlxene in America are torn with against error, Mr. Utvichs addrees coordlnat- - college of arte and sciences, Dr. agony as they know their own ed nicely with the addrees by Dr. Carl F. Eyring; college of loved ones are suffering and dying g which followed in declsr- - merce. Dr. Herald R. Clark; on Europe's battle fields. Much that true religious teaching lege of education, Dr. Amos N. better to have compassion for and training li a seeking after Merrill; college of fine arts, Dr. them, than hatred. This was not trnth end faith, not the advance- - Gerrit de Jong; normal diplomas, ; of their making, any more than of ment of dogmas. Dr. Wldtsoe'a Dr. Merrill, . ours. The test of loyalty Is not discourse maintained that a sin- Invocation and benediction were that they have sympathy and pain cere desire for truth end the Uv- - offered by President Ivina and ; for the death of loved ones, but lng righteously of those truths Dr. West, respectively, ( what la their attitude toward Hlt- -i would enable all to combat the Music included organ prelude lers aim and objectives and meth--1 five greet evils which confront and postlude by J. J. Keeler, end ods. No sympathy can be had by every graduate as he enters the the following numbers by the B. t a true American for aggression, battle field of life; Intolerable re- - Y.U. mixed chorus, directed oy or murder of Innocent peoples. llglous confusion;, doubt, which le ' Dr. Franklin Madsen: "Christian, tha Morn P.reaks usually dlagulaed ae an adjunct to MAKING PLANES IN UTAH progress; overawing of tho care- - Sweetly Oer Thee, by 8helley, seems a most natural project leas by the scientific method of soloists, Alena Peterson, Bernice after hearing W. D. Hammond, acquiring knowledge; disbelief In Dhstrup, Edward Sandgren and chairman of the Utah state aero-- , an unseen world by those who Murray Roberts; I Know Not nautlcs commission, tell why. He lech faith to see; failure to accept What the Future Hath," by Neld-th- e fact that the universe is domt-- linger, soloists, Alene Peterson, urges that safety Is the first requisite, and Utah is plenty far In- noted by e purposeful personal In- - Mary McGregor and Bernice land to make It tough for foreign rup; Oft in Danger, Oft iu Woe, Other notables present Included by Shelley. planes to attack any factories here. Utah also has an abundance of coal, iron ore. and water, all needed in manufacturing processes. Utah county already haa the U.8. Steel plant here at Provo which could Immediately set about making steel from Its present pig iron production. Then too Utah Commencing this morning and continuing through Satlake Is an Ideal facility for sea600 peace officers and their wives from all parts of urday, planes, especially with the large boat harbor now under construc- Utah are gathering in Provo at their 'annual Utah Peace of tion by the National park service. ficers convention, with W. Stanley Dunford, Provo attorney, aa general chairman. Plans are In readiness for the enterTRAGEDY ON THE LAKie tainment and instruction of these important visitors by local has marred the boating season, otherwise so delightfully o penes officials and visiting notables. on Utah Lake, when Mr. and Mrs. Chief among the speakers era whose speech 1c printed in full John 8. Heggle ot Provo both lost Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo, here, both because of hto lesder-their lives during a pleasure ride Grant Young, sheriff of Salt .hip in the Peace Officers move-Lak- a County and president of tha ment i Utah, and because of Its Friday a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Willis were with them, but Association, Judge Johp Hougaard bearing upon present national promsnaged to remain alive, cling- of Manti, John E. Harris, state paredness and Fifth Column vo- activities: ing to their boat after both the prison warden, Ralph Barton, catlonal education supervisor companions had slipped Into their h M"yor Anderson Texas, R. M. Pngmlre, chief of watery death. Finding the body police at Pocatello, Ids, Theodore For many years past, pollen of of Mrs. Heggle did not occur un- Loveless, field representative of the United States have had plenty til Tuesday about 10:10 a. m., the International Asaodatlon of to do. Now added work and of Police, Evanaton, 111., ponribllity to In sight for all of somewhere a mile and a half west and Earl J. Glade of KSL. A Jon. The Immediate future will and north of the mouth of Provo complete program to also proper- - he crowded with increased respon-e- d river. Mr. Heggles body wag for the Ladles Auxiliary for elblllties requiring from police found late Wednesday night. The days, Including tripe, ban- - fleer the utmost In devotion to and convention features, the Job of preserving law and guet, serve to tragedy should Improve our nation, election of officer Saturday er the safety measures at the lake afternoon. the ftc of recent world Ib rather than discourage boating on Opening the convention' this events, our nation to compelled to fresh this delightful water lake morning will be the address of greatly strengthen its defense of Utah county. welcome by Mayor Anderaon, against possible attack from with te -- per-vlc- h, com-Wldtscol-ln- . p; Dsat-telllgen- 8. church to receive Instruction and participate In M. I. A. activities, according to an Invitation circular received this week by local Stake M. I. A. workers, who invite ell M. L A. ward workers also to attend. Registration of delegates com- le planned for ell visitors, each to receive a state flower pinned on him or her, end enjoy choral singing by groups strolling over the tabernacle grounds. The opening session will Introduce the 1140 theme for M.I.A. taken from Proverbs 1:20-1My son keep thy fathers commandment, end forsake not tho lew of thy mother. Bind them 1: continually upon thy heart, ete." which will be presented in a processional, written uud directed by W. O. Robinson, with the entire audience participating. Fridays program also includes a luncheon for recreation loaders, end a reception for ell stake and ward officers, with a dance featl-valthe evening ut Balt Air. The general session for tho public ln commences at Canada leads City Affairs! IN NUMBER OF T GRADUATES TAX ANTICIPATION BONDS wars aathorlsed Monday night by tho City commission In tha amount of 916,000 In order to provide funds for current expenses until revenues are collected later In the year. Mach of thou tax anticipation bonds will ba naad to meet expensee la tha UtlUty department which la only now beginning to obtain revenues, which, according to Mayor Anderson, will reach about $24,000 monthly. Tha Farmers end Merchants bank handled the tax bonds. repair urvlee sad the local dealers had the Power competitor. Mr. that If people plus of tho city no oao will ab- ject to tho CUy not fa rale king say repair service. i t RECREATION ACTIVITIES win gat under way Monday, reports CUy Commissioner Jaaeo Hews who hu direction of this phau of city business. Lab" Collins will direct soft ball and swimming and Mra. Phyllis Brown hu charge of dancing, marie, arts and crafts, sad papperty, aa wall Canada leads all other countries outaide of United States, end tha Province of Alberts, Canada, leads all states, except Utah sad Idaho, la tha number of graduates this year at Brigham Young universRetail sales In Provo for April, ity, 17 of tho graduating elaaa 1240, as reported by storee (In- being from Canada, 16 of which playgrounds. In all these varied dependent) to the U.8. Dept, of earns from Alberta, and Sevan of activities literally thousands of over which ere to receive master deCommerce, Increased 2.2 school children participate every April 1929 and April sales are grees. Idaho bee 67 graduates, sammer, making om of tho moat 9.6 Utah 946. end March than 1940 greater eompreheuive play and recrutleo alec. For tho first four months Other states in order of number programs la nay city In tha West, of $940 tho increase wee 1.1 ae of graduates are Arisons, 12; Provo City, WPA and City schools compared to the same period In California, 7; Nevada, 6; Wyom- A MEMORIAL HOME all Join la tha carrying oat of the ae to a be erected federal aid Chamber e of 199, aceordlngsto ing, 6; with other states repreProvo Bulletin Issued this week. sented by one or more: Colorado, project hu received tho approval summer program, uplrins Mr. of Provo city commission, and tha Hews. In 1990 Provo's population waa Montane, Washington, Oregon, 14,744; tho 1940 figure Is 17,061 New Mexico, Texas, North Dakota, application hu been signed by PARKING METERS e gain of 6100 or 11.6. Tho Illinois, Massachusetts, and Wash- Mayor Anderson, making the City ere definitely favored by Prothe sponsor, but tha American vo's Police correepondlng figuree for Utah ington D. C. Chief, Gay Christenlegion, aiding by other Veterans sen, who recommended them to County are: 40.121 lu 1920 and Of tho 422 students who receiIn to acres the CUy organizations 67,422 la 1940. This la a gala of ved Thursday II cams furnish the sponsors' sharo of tho the City Commission 2411 or 17.16 per cent, caya tha fromdegrees Wednesday, an affective means of and 16 from Salt coat, according Provo, Mllden-hal- l, morning L. to W. Bulletin. tho traffic problem in tha Lake City, and nearly every councommander of Provo Post solving section of the elty. bnclneu ty in Utah was represented. Tha No. II. surveys had been made by degrees presented Included II Old Folks Outing: tha Chief, and supplemented by muter degrees, 220 bachelor de- BOND CALL RESCINDED dose not mean tha election on reports from cities using parking end normal II grees, diplomas. Canyon Glen May 16, wu In vein. It merely meters, he estimates a yearly mesne that the cell had to bo re- revenue of from 12,M9 to All periona over 70 years of here. Cherry Growers to scinded in order for tho bonds to 916,606 from their ago will bo guests of tho .Joint In Lewiston, Idaho, a rity of continue to bur Interest, and Old Folks commutes of Provo and Meet Friday therefore make them attractive to 11,060 population, tho reveaaa la Utah stakes today, Friday, Juna 7, who are now taking np more than $000 a month, from announce Jesse Haws and Wyman Utah County Canning Cherry bankers bonds which come In In ans- 106 meters along aevao blocks. nny Berg, committee men of each Growers era meeting Friday night wer to tho call. This la bring dime, No euh outlay la required, the stake. Program, dinner, and en- In tha Agricultural Office, Provo, L O. Beach, city recorder, Mater company making the Instaltertainment are being provided. Utah at p. m. to hear a report reporta 0 baala aaUl who explains that, ernoon the lation upon a from tho committee that attended bond market Lewis tea will have paid for. Provo stabilises, city the Marketing Meeting la Ogden bonds will likely bo taken np at theirs paid for In right months, lut Saturday. Season Early tha rates offered before the rise the meters costing around $01 Tha committee men report proe-pec- ta end that no more election sack installed. Attar that n three On National Forest of batter prices end poulbly tlon, win he necessary to accomplish per eut malatataaaee charge le new market outlets. Tlhs meetwhole action depending, the this, will be one of greet Interest In Sett Lake City the It is reported by Forest Super- ing upon the condition of the marker. to all of eharriaa growers on canning 'uve tho work of 19 visor George C. Larson that and a of SERVICE hu ELECTRIC possibilities bring who before speat tkrir utlrs Urns two auceaeelva days the National given by Provo city la designed marking ears, bat now only throe Forest CCC Camp at Provo haa profitable one not only from an Informational point of view, bat to avoid city competition with pri- mu check the maters, been celled out to fight brush fires vate business, axplalu R. C. definitely fever them, and Immediately eut of Provo, which from a financial print of view Is much earlier then bruh and well, according to Clarence D. Adams, utility manager. The City neu mu who at first objected Ashton, assistant county agrlcnlt-ara- l la NOT In tha appliance buslnaee, are aow in favor. Chief Christengraze flree naually start. agent he uplrins, nor dose It desire to sen's report shows. The heals Tha tint fire wu Immediately compete with privets electricians pnrpose for fawtalllag them le to eut of tho State Mental Hospital In tha repair business. The field aid traffic safety, net and wu put out by the CCC enroa aouree of city service la to give Provo de- of revenue, declares Provo's Polled. This fire ran np against tho Day Services pendable power at tha cheapest lice Chief. It will reqalre about constructed fire break newly Utah without Planned possible rates. Mr. Adame advises 409 meters to servo Provo. which proved Ita worth all consumers to glvo their local this bruk tha fire would undoubt- Stake Sunday dealers a chance to serve them. edly have raced through tha heavy he adds, the Utah Over 1600 years ago the Roman chest graze and brush to the Dne to the Stake quarterly con- Formerly, mountain with resultant damage ference lut Sunday, ell wards In Power and Light company, being wars prod aclng olive oil and wlnee themselves In the appliance busi- In North Africa a land that la to tho watershed. Utah stake ere ukad to conduct selling ranges, heaters, re- now largely desolate; the soli Tho other fire burned a number the usual Fut Day services this ness, etc., gave a complete eroded away. of acres Immediately below tho frigerators, Sunday, Announces President it. letter Y north of tho 8tato Hos- J. Murdoch, today. pital and evidence shows that this In most wards thus services ere g tire wu canud through tho held Immediately following tho away of burning torches need Bunday school cecalon at 11:10 a. by tho persona lighting the Y" m. and tha evening service., la deat night for tho Senior Day cele- voted to M. I. A. Joint services. bration. This fire ruined the oak All ward members ere to brmh setting for tho greet letter attend the 11:20 sessionurged which Y and will reenlt In disfigura- will be counted tho regular tion of tho mountainside which le sacrament services for the day, Clubs, Churches, Societies Asked one of tho attractions of tho comand will be presided over by tho munity end closely connected ward bishopric. Resolutions Favoring: Help To with the University activities. Business Is Good; Provo Is Growing u u mences early Friday morning, after which a grand festival recep- tion FRIDAY. JUNE 7. 1940 Ip. n, Saturday la Department day, with age groups being epee tallied, and a choral clinic featured. At noon stako superintendents and presidents will meet at luncheon, and In the afternoon recreation workers end special department heada will deal with their work. The evening will be devotes to tha Bee Hive Silver Jubilee In the Tabernacle, music being furnished by the combined Choral clinic. Sunday la Testimony day. Separate sessions for all departments convene at 10 e. m. with e general session at 2 p. m. The evening session will be a special meet devoted to youth and addressed by President Reuben J. Clark. A Summer recreational Inatltuta will be conducted Monday at Memory Grove and at the 8 tats Capitol building at I a. m. for all recreational leaders of tho Church, while the Bee Hive keepers will be at Pine Crest In Emigration canyon both Monday and Tuesday in a Bee Hive Camp Institute. Beginners Start Shorthand Class fc-lensl- At ut u 60-6- Fire u u Fast In u Aid For Allies Urged By toe-lin- Fifty Provo Business Men u Pass All civic dubs, church organisations, fraternal organiza0:20 to 7:20 p. m. on Monday and A total of 1,280,021 Four-Thursday evenings. In room 81 P. club members were enrolled In tion! or societies are urged to meet and pass resolution favorA beginner's clou In first, year H. 8. This clau commenced 1920. Of this number, 948,172 ing the repeal of U. S. neutrality law which now stand in tha shorthand will ho tanght from Thursday evening, Juna Ith. were hoys, and 787,000 were girls. way of giving aid to Great Britain and France in their pres- ent fight in Europe, such resolutions to be sent immediately to all senators and congressmen, in order to give to Congress the mass opinion of the citizens at large, according to a petition signed by 60 Provo business men and circulated by J. & all groups Graham of Provo during the past few days. onr laws. Utah Peace Officers Convene Today; Mayor Anderson Cites Conditions 8. pf... of-bo-th ord-wl- th in ee well as from without Intern- al disorder may prove fatal to our national life. It will bo nocoeaary for na to look beneath the surface In protecting ourselves from within. Declarations end badges mean very little. Fronts cannot be trusted. Persona muit be dealt with on the beats of thrir Individual acta. Deeds surely .apeak louder then words. Individuals must be taken for what they are and It to no simple matter to get accurate information on whet people ere actually planning end do- ing. Actions Count: I may shout to the world that I am a good Christian gentleman, but that declaration alone makes me neither a Christian nor a gentleman. Our actions after all determine what we are. Christian fanatics often act directly oppoeite to the teachings of Christ. Organisations In this country professing highly patriotic motives have on several occasions taken the law into their own hands, destroying property, inflicting punishment and death without any legal authority whatever. Such organisations are highly unpatriotlo and a menace to every clttoea'a sacred rights, including thrir own. Our system provide for corrections or even fundamental changes In government whenever the majority desire inch reforms. Thera to no excuse for violence or direct action In tha United States. Upholds Constituted Authority The hand of "istUnted authority must be ni!' id by every eitlsen. No matter what tha excuse may be there to but one authority that has any right to lay hands on persons or property and that to government; govemmnt that has gained Its authority from the governed by fair and lawful methods. There is no other kind of government In our country and there shall never be any other kind If we are vlgllent. No -- Witch Burning" In onr drive on the fifth column (here must be no burning of witches, but a firm hand must he laid on those who would obstruct or sabotage the program of nat- -. lunal defense. It Is the program of the government. It to the program of the majority. Wa must bo fair with In onr country that obey Mr. Graham reports favorable While soma foreign-bor- n persons local organise- among ns love thrir native lands action by several better than they do the United done was taken Immediately upon States, It must be remembered presentation of tho rignod petition that tha great majority of onr end that others are reedy to take action ee soon aa the directors can meet or a general meeting of the member! be assembled. 8peeifleally tha petition asks United Btntes send ell help In Ita power to tho Allies In the way of airplanes, tanks, armored belonging to tho army, navy end air department, on e credit basis (If necessary), end that further credit be extended to tha governments to enable them Any government that deserves to purchase In larger quantities to be called a government will he ell needed arm, planes, tanks, etc. vlllgent to keep government in the hands of government and The petition also urges that for never let It slip Into tho hands of present end future protection selfish or desperate minority of this country, shipments of groups ot any kind or description. scrap Iron, steel, oil, gasoline, Public Interacts must be consid- aluminum, copper, and other war ered superior to private or group be embargoed, end that Interests at all times. stores of such materials be 1m- Must Increase Military Strength mediately begun In thli country, The petitioners also ask that We must not only Increeao our the Federal Bureau of Invest!- to defend military strength gallon be enlarged so ee to pro- on Pago Two) (Continued on Pago Three) adopted citizens are loyal Americans. They most not bo persecuted nor made to suffer unjustly. We should beware of the Communist end German sympathiser, but we must beware also of our patriots who may, if permitted, commit all kinds of unlawful and vengeful acta under tha gulce of patriotic motives. over-xealo- ed . J 01lit Meeting: UUiefl nv Dial 04i Rnad IMNSU finmimwinn . ' . . Klwanla, Rotary and clubs, will all meet Friday, Jnna T, noon at a Joint luncheon sponsor-tha- t ed by the Chamber of Commerce, at Hotel Roberta, The Utah State Roed Commto-rar- e, don has req netted the meeting in order to present to the business men of Provo thrir 1940 Road Building Program In Utah Conn-Alli- ed ty. Several large contracts will be let soon for construction Jobe eluding the revision; Deer Creek Project hlgh-th- e way in Provo canyon; Provo rovision which brings this highway into Provo from tho north over a new routs; the Spantoh Fork vision; and others, This will replace the regular weekly, meeting for Klwanla and Rotary, All Chamber of Commons members end others who wish to attend ere Invited. |