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Show - - -t: : - - V-' ' Herald Weather Forecast UTAH ."air tonight and Thursday; Thurs-day; frost tonight; cooler in extreme ex-treme east portion tonight. Maximum temperature Tuesday ......... 67 Minimum temperature Tuesday 45 S e r v i c e' If you do not receive your copy of The Herald by 6 p.m. telephone 495 and a copy will be sent you. FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 172 PRO VO, UTAH COUNTY, UTffi WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1 934 PRICE FIVE CENTS wan rn IB v. - - air. 0 0) A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs -. f - 1 1 1 By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTONt How serious is the fight between automobile workers and automobile auto-mobile manufacturers has i been realized for some time. But that both hate the NRA even more than they hate each other was disclosed only this week. The revealing incident was a speech scheduled to4 have been made by General Johnson in Detroit De-troit tomorrow (Thursday). Young Frank Couzens, mayor of the motor metropolis and son of Senator Couzens. conceived the idea of having Johnson come out. He . thought Johnson could hold a v big public mass-meeting, get the v workers in a better mood. They have been threatening a general strike. The automobile labor board, created by Roosevelt to keep labor peace in the industry, indus-try, has been getting nowhere fast. The workers distrust it. sis - ! TROCBLEMAN JOHNSON ' . .. So Johnson was to be the troubleman. He readily agreed to make the speech, began working on the text, when he got a phone call from Mayor Couzens. "The situation has become too dangerous, general," he advised. "We feel it best you do not come. I've 'called off the meeting." Johnson hit the ceiling, refused to accept Couzens' warning. The mayor's father and Johnson are none too friendly, and the recovery recov-ery administrator immediately suspected that the senator had something to do with withdrawing withdraw-ing the invitation. ,"rve got to have Roy Chapin's word that it is too dangerous," he told young Couzens. v Roy D. Chapin is president of Hudson Motors, was Hoover's : secretary of commerce. Mayor Cpuzens told Johnson to go ahead and consult the motor mogul. .Johnson did. He got the same Ita too hot. up here," Chapin said. "Better stay away." So Johnson is riot pouring oil on Detroit's troubled waters tomorrow. tomor-row. The speeoh still in his system, sys-tem, will be given elsewhere. Jfc J . , I - PANAMA ROAD ' - ' ; Part of the new .public works money. Roosevelt is asking from congress will go to build the t (Continued on rage nourj Overhead Wires Ban Discussed . Burial of overhead wires of pub lic utilities companies as soon as practicable will be requested by the, city planning commission, it was pointed out m a taiK Dy troi. LaVal Morris, chairman, in a talk at a meeting Tuesday night. Such action will save the trees' on Provo's important streets from periodic mutilation. Prof. Morris also pointed out the value of a public garden which would be both esthetic and educational, educa-tional, in the meeting which was featured also by talks from Dr. Lowrey Nelson and Fred Mark-ham, Mark-ham, both members of the commission. com-mission. Mr. Marknam gave a discussion ,of the proposed civic center for Provo, which-he said, should have the city-county building and grounds as the focal point. A minimum mini-mum of five city blocks may be set as a tentative limit upon the amount of property to be ultimately ultimate-ly used for civic center purposes, be said. v "Th4 civic center is the soul of the city," 'Mr. Markham said. The talk of Dr, Nelson was centered cen-tered aboui the population study "recently made of Provo. He pointed point-ed out how Provo has reached a plateau in population increase due to economic conditions. The meeting was attended by a small crowd. Tax Boost Downed WASHINGTON, May 2 (UK) The house voted down Monday the senate Couzens amendment to the tax "-revision bill which would increase: in-crease: income taxes 10 -per cent for one year as a "recovery levy" to raise 555,000,000. : Refusal to concur in the senate amendment came after the house had adopted the conference report on the $417,000,000 tax revision bill. The Couzens proposal was the single tax provision which the conferees con-ferees failed to agree on. - i - ' 1 ?V . rviniyfntiilniirms nra extended ta , ILxrlow; EL BrownIe Smoot, of Provo, whose birthday anniversary occurs todays - v 4 J Happy birthday TD BOARD OKEHS ADDITION OF 3 TEACHERS State. Requirements Must Be Met By Teachers Before Sept. 1 Every one of the 101 teachers teach-ers of the Provo city schools who has been offered a contract con-tract for next yrfar, has accepted ac-cepted and the signed contracts con-tracts returned to the office of Superintendent H. A. Dixon, Dix-on, it was announced at the meeting of the board of education, Tuesday night. This is probably the first time that 100 per cent of the teachers have accepted reemployment. re-employment. The board also approved Superintendent Super-intendent Dixon's recommendations recommenda-tions for the appointment of three additional teachers for next year: Ike Young, to be assistant coach and physical education instructor; Antone Romney, teacher of social science at the high school and Miss Gean Clark, library and English teacher. Ike Young Coming Mr. Young is a graduate of the Brigham Young university where he won fame: as a football star. He has been coach at Springville and at the present time is coach of the Snow Junior coUege ieams. , M r. Romney and 'Miss Clark are doing post-graduate work- at the BV'Y. U. Miss Clark is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Clark of Provo, both being candidates for the master of arts degree at the commencement exercises in June. The city schools will open next fall Monday, September 10, the I board decided, approving the sup erintendent s recommendation. The" board's attention was called to a communication received from the state superintendent's dffice to the effect that "all school officials should notify all teachers who can not procure proper certificates by September 1, 1934 that they cannot can-not receive compensation, for teaching in the public schools," Four Teachers Affected This provision affects nine of the teachers under contract, but all but four of them will be able to satisfy the state requirements by the date set, Superintendent Dixon told the. board. The three new "teachers appointed Tuesday night will hold master's degrees, thus raising the scholastic stand ard of the faculty as a whole The board approved the action All of Superintendent Dixon in mak- t y tt C..-44-ine aDDlication in behalf of the 1J. 1. J C3lUUeni Provo high school for membership in the Northwestern Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. If the high school cannot meet the requirements for membership an effort will be made to bring the school up to standard because of the prestige the school receives (Continued on Page Three) Trotzky To Stay PARIS, May 2 U.E Leon Trotzky, Trot-zky, refused entrance by every country in Europe and three of America, will be allowed to stay in France, the government decided decid-ed today. Ifowever, ,he will be restricted to a definite area and must promise prom-ise to refrain from .politics, including in-cluding his "fourth Internationale" Internation-ale" project. Reading Tests First Grade Reading tests given to first grade students of the Pxovo dis trict schools show that the children are advanced in reading on an average ave-rage of from three to four months beyond their grade, according to statistics compiled by H, A. Dixon, superintendent. The Gates Primary reading test, given on March 22 to all first grades in the district brings out the fact that the students are ad vanced. to the average of the second sec-ond grade in reading for mean-, ing. In 1933 they were advanced to 8l months above . the first grade at the same time. In reading for word-recogni tion the first grades were advanced flk. TOT T f"k. I Strike; No Gas; WX' v. t- nnn N K S NN NTN' V? ..X N SVN N , R NN VV . . N NV rN n s N.t XK;n ? ' n '' ' N N. s -M V N' N N NN , 4 N S ' ' ..WN'.V.N.N iff "'0 i - a t M f V? i vww . - - - i , 11 It was a horse laugh on filling station strikers when this equipage moved on the streets of downtown Cleveland and amazed onlookers vowed that they heard Dobbin snicKer as be paraded serenely along When the gas tank ran dry, with turned to nay power ana went calmly on with his business. i FRANCE FINDS NEIV SPY RING (Copyright 1934 by United Press) PARIS, May 2 (UE) The secret service has discovered a new spy ring working with one of France's closest neighbors, and quietly -arrested its principal agent this afternoon. aft-ernoon. Warrants for other implicated were prepared. The utmost secrecy was maintained but the United Press was informed that an even greater roundup is in prospect than in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Rovert G. Switz, whose arrest revealed re-vealed an extensive espionage ring directed from the United States and other countries. Albert Sarraut, minister of the interior, was to give details of the new conspiracy to the cabinet later today. Wins In Contest Sheldon P. Hayes of Provo, student stu-dent of biology at Brigham Young university, has won second prize in the national essay contest con-'ducted con-'ducted by Tri-Beta Biological fraternity, fra-ternity, announces Dr. Vasco M. Tanner, professor of zoology at B. Y. U. Dr. Tanner Is chairman of the awards committee of the fraternity. fra-ternity. Mr. Hayes will receive a prize of $15 and will have his essay, "The History of Our Concept of Sex," printed in Bios, national magazine of the fraternity. Twenty-one colleges in various parts of the nation were represented repre-sented among the essays submitted. sub-mitted. ' Show Provo Children Ahead as far as the second grade on an average by March 22, and in reading read-ing . sentences they were . v even higher, to the second grade and one month. This is four months beyond be-yond their normal grade. "We are particularly happy over these results in view of the contagion con-tagion through the winter that has accounted for a large number of absences," Mr. Dixon stated. In 1933 our attendance was practically practical-ly 100 per cent' r V "The tests were given, under scientific sci-entific conditions under direction of the supervisors, j No teacher gave or corrected the. tests." t Mr. Dixon also 'pointed out that it is a standard ' test given over the United States. Hay Runs Auto sj. "vW'S y ' t V',v n-nn V , v v, , ..v.'5A,.ssw.v..w.'....,. Vn' A ' A all stations closed, the truck owner J GIRLS TO HOLD SWAYATB.Y.U. Women students will direct campus activities at the Brigham Young university Friday, May 4, when they hold their annual Girls' Day. Mrs. John A. Widtsoe, wife of Apostle Widtsoe. will be guest of honor of the Associated Women Students. "Holiday" by Philip Barry, is the Girls' Day play, directed by Alohzo Morley. This will be presented tonight to-night and Thursday night in College Col-lege hall. The student body" assembly program pro-gram on Friday, at 11:30 in College Col-lege hall will be presented under the direction of Genevieva Fugal, of Pleasant Grove. Girls will give the numbers on the program, and the Elsie Carroll short story contest con-test award will be made. New A. W. S. officers will be introduced. The issue of the "Y" News to be called the Coed Chronicle, will be off the press Friday. Editors are Allison Cornish of Eugene, Oregon, and LaPriel Myers, American Amer-ican Fork. This issue will be the work of women students exclusive-continued exclusive-continued on Page Six) 'Y' Student To Ride In London Wild West Show From a Mormon university univer-sity to a wild west show in London, England, was the unusual jump made by Earl Bascom; freshman student in the Brigham Young university, uni-versity, who left the school Tuesday noon to join up with the show Bascom is in the fine arts college at the Provo university. The "Y" student will join a wild west show which is being promoted" by Guy Weadick, the man who runs the Calgary , stampede at the Canadian city each July the biggest rodeo In the world."'''; ' ' Steer decoratings .the di- vision of rodeo work . which is fast replacing bulldog ging, is Bascom's .forte: He has received a card of merit from the Rodeo Association of -America for his ;. excel-, lence In thiy line of Work. Born - In : VernalfcIItah.-Bascom VernalfcIItah.-Bascom grew up" on: a Taig Western : Canada.-' - cattle " ranch, where he learned the art of riding, roping "and " decorating. - - - -s -v . His home at present is Raymond, Alberta, Canada. Are JAPAN FEELS RESENTMENT AGAINST U.S. Foreign Office Expected To "Make Gesture" In Replying . TOKIO, May 2 (U.R) For eign Minister Koki Hirota .may, reply to the United 'States challenge of Japan's hands off China declarations, it was indicated today. . , Increasing resentment in Japan against the blunt com munication from United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull may force the foreign office here to "make some gesture," . it was understood. Hirota, who would prefer to close the diplomatic exchanges ;wjthout further statement, was represented as studying Hull's communications to determine what course to follow concerning it. Two Courses Open The foreign minister can make a formal acknowledgement of receipt re-ceipt of Hull's restatement of the United States policy calling on all nations -to respect treaty rights in China, or he can submit a reply re-ply answering some of Hull's statements. Eiji Amau, the foreign office spokesman, represented his chief as-still undecided, but. as likely 16 tnakeT5sbme "geHure1 uf answer. an-swer. Asked what he meant by a gesture, Amau said. Hirota may make "some reply." A rising resentment against what Japanese nationalists and militarists consider the United States "interference in Oriental affair" may force Hirot'si hand. Metropolitan police were directed to; check ahy outward expressions of anti-American feeling. It was understood th a t resentment against the United States deepened deep-ened becajise of the tone of the Hull communication. Tilripanogos School Cantata Is Ready To Stage Thursday Everything is in readiness for the Timpanogos school cantata, "The Whole Year 'round" which will be presented in the high school auditorium Thursday night under the . directionpf Miss Ina Webb. The production was shown at the Tuesday afternoon matinee for the children of the city schools. Moe than 250 children make up the chorus which sings most of the time in two parts. The can-tana can-tana is declared to be exceptionally exception-ally colorful by those who have had an opportunity to witness it. For six weeks the music department depart-ment under the direction of Miss Ina Webb, assisted by other teach ers, has been drilling choruses and 1 training dancers to participate in the entertainment. The theme carried car-ried out in this brilliant little cantata can-tata is the idea that the world, discontented dis-contented with the seasons as they (Continued on Page Six) Veterans Announce Address By Chief James E. Van Zandt, comman der-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars ,and Representative Representa-tive William Connery of Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, will give a 30 minute nation-wide radio program over the Columbia Broadcasting system sys-tem Thursday, May 3, from 8 p. m to 8:30 p. m., according to Commander A. R. Carter of the Ute Post 2162. A Pioneer day celebration for Provo may not be sponsored as was planned, it was brought out in a meeting of the veterans Tuesday night, inasmuch as a big Fourth of July celebration is to be held in Provo. Socialists Held BERLIN, May 2 U.R Seventy-three Seventy-three persona, including former socialist and communist leaders, were held at Augsberg today suspected sus-pected ' of 'complicity in the incendiary in-cendiary burning of the great Singer "hall which, with a gigantic Nazi celebration here, marked May day in Germany. Mormon Crickets Threaten Crops In Man States CHICAGO, May 2 (U.R) Drought, watershortage and an early seige of "Mormon crickets" Jtd-a y carried threats of crop damage across the farmlands of the upper Mississippi valley and intermountain west. The spring drought, extending ex-tending into the heart of the nation's "bread basket", evaporated the precious water wa-ter In creeks and rivers and the fertile topsoil was carried car-ried away like powder by the parched winds. The water shortage extended ex-tended from Illinois and Iowa across the- western wheat and grazing lands to Utah where Gov. Henry H. Blood called the situation "serious if not terrifying" and ordered emergency measures1 taken. The war against "Mormon crickets" in the intermoun-. tain region has been started two months earlier than usual. Farmers, armed with shovels, sacks, hoes and other blunt instruments worked in large crews killing kill-ing off the pests which already al-ready have ruined many acres of wheat. JUNE ROBLES STILL MISSING TUCSON, Ariz., May 2 (U.R) If little June Robles, 6-year-old granddaughter of Bernable Robles, pld cattle baron, is still .unreturned tomorrow, to-morrow, authorities will resume re-sume the hunt for the kidnapers, kid-napers, it was said here today. to-day. Meanwhile, the officers are keeping their truce with the kidnapers, maintaining a strict hands-off policy to enable en-able the family to negotiate with abductors of the girl, who has been missing for one week. A woman, was reported arrested ar-rested at Goose Creek, Texas, by federal agents today, who was accompanied by a child which she claimed as her own and which resembled June. lw,l AT r "DrtvQ. rf Ppl- i,WIBliai V- j " I ly, Texas, telephoned lucson authorities. The description of the girl held with the woman is almost identical with the kidnaped Robles heiress. The woman was arrested while reading newspapers containing a picture of the missing girl. City Urged to Buy Tract For Parks Purchase of 10 acres of land near the Provo river on Fifth West and Twelfth North streets for a Provo city public park, by the city commission was urged by a delegation of citizens headed by I. E. Brockbank and Pearce Nor- t ton. The proposal was taken un--der advisement. - C Of C. Safety Committee To Foster Traffic Education Greater safety on the highways and streets through- the education educa-tion of motorists and the elimirf-ation elimirf-ation of bad habits on the part of drivers is the goal sought by the chamber of commerce safety committee, com-mittee, headed by Dr. M. W. Merrill. Mer-rill. One of the most annoying practices prac-tices in the opinion of the committee com-mittee members is the double parking habit which is especially bad on Saturday afternoons and evenings. One case was recently brought up of a city official whose carwas trapped' in . ' its parking place on Center street for half an hour while a driver-less car Was parked behind his machine. ma-chine. An investigation disclosed loyed TIMPANOGOS SCOUT AREA LEADS RACE Local Scout Council Wins Membership Drive In Region 12 SALT LAKE, CITY, Utah, Ty A) OUr lap.s!most part, bound. ahead of its nearest competi tor, the Timpanogos Council trdtted to the membership championship of Region 12 with. 18.5 per cent increase in Scouts for the first quarter of 1934. A The closest runner-up was the VOrange council, wijth 14.5 per cent. JJryce canyon came in fifteenth in a field of 34 winners, with a 4.1 per cent increase. Some Lost Members Also rans who lost membership for the quarter were headed by Piedmont, with a loss of 18.7 per cent; but Utah had three representatives repre-sentatives here: Cache Valley council, 8.7 per cent; Ogden Gateway Gate-way area council, 1.6 per cent; and Salt Lake, with the least loss, 0.1 per cent. The Salt Lake council coun-cil almost made it back to the starting line. These statistics for Region 12, just received from the regional office today, cover the first quarter quar-ter of the present year. 71 . CITY ISSUES $25,000 BONDS Provo city bonds totalling $25,-000 $25,-000 were beingjssued Wednesday to the Lauren W. Gibbs , company, for the payment of delinquent special spe-cial improvement bonds for-street paving, sidewalk paving and street lighting. t The issue of $25,000 increases the total of city bonds issued this year to $97,000, according to figures fig-ures in the office of Mary F. Smith, city auditor. In addition to the $25,000 there was an issue of $42,000 to the Guarantee Trust company for the ' refunding of issues due, and $30,000 in revenue bonds on January 6, to pay off old tax anticipation notes. The $25,000 loan was made necessary because of delinquencies in the payment of special improvements improve-ments such as street paving in particular, that stretches back sev- eral years The city stand3 Gf the special improvement loans and attempts to collect from the individuals to be assessed. Collections Collec-tions have been low during the depression years. Bingham Students To Visit Provo Various industrial plants in Provo will be visited by approximately approx-imately 50 students from the mechanic arts department of Bingham high school on May 7, the students to be the guests of the Provo. chamber of commerce. Clayton Jenkins, executive secretary sec-retary of the chamber has drawn up an itinerary for them to visij. which includes the Columbia Stfl nlant the TnnGt Ctafaa Cast Iron Pipe plant, the Pacific Railroad shops and other places of interest. that the driver of the car was a woman who double-parked her car in front of . her dentist's office of-fice while she met an appointment appoint-ment for dental treatment. Half -block turns will be permitted per-mitted from University avenue to Fifth West on Center street, as soon as the committee's recommendations recom-mendations to install buttons in the middle of the blocks is carried car-ried out. " The committee members also feel that fast driving in the residential resi-dential district should be discouraged. discour-aged. The dirt roads: outside of the business district are dusty and the dust nuisance is geatly intensified in-tensified bv excessive: 1 drivins which stirs up clouds of dust, 2000 GATHER AT CHAMBER CONFERENCE C. Of C. President ; Finds Economic Horizons Much Brighter . . WASHINGTON, May 2 (U.R) The United States chamber of commerce today uu.L i' res men i Kooseveit a neV deal -under the micro- f LscorJe and found it.fnr thp Morethari 2,000 leaders in American-business assembled in the chaafiber's magnificent headquarters, head-quarters, a squareVf rom the White House, to hear President Henry I. Harriman-outline to the chamber's 21st annual convention the reaction of industry to the recovery program. Progress Recounted ;., Economic horizons have brightened, bright-ened, not only in the United States, but around the world, he said in his prepared address, while V this country especially a conservative optimism" is in order. or-der. Referring to last year's convention, conven-tion, when the outlook was "most discouragin" he recounted the progress made by the nation since then under the leadership of President Roosevelt, and asked: "Should they (new deal policies) poli-cies) be made permanent and if so, in what form?" . Answering bis own question, Harrimari ,said he believed that the - Codes of the national recoy ery administration were of great valu.tbt..tJWLAulture adjust-, ment ' administration had been half success and half failure, and that: . . - - ; . , - . Compares With England ! "We cannot solve ourfeconomic problems by going back or by standing still. We cannot afford -to cling too tenaciously to old convictions, or to yield too re-: luctantly to new ideas." He compared recovery in this country with a similar development develop-ment in 'England, explaining that Great Britain's policies through the years have coincided markedly mark-edly with the new deal "which the. present economic crises ; have forced suddenly on us." "General business also has improved im-proved as is well indicated by the index figure of business activity, which rose from 61.7 in February, 1933, to 78.5 in March of the present year, x x x But the most hopeful statistical figure is that of unemployment. PROVO EKS TO NAME OFFICERS Election of officers to the Provo Elks lodge will be held Thursday night, May 3, In the Elks home, it is announced. R. Glenn Gardner- has already been assured the office of exalted ruler of the lodge, inasmuch as he is the only nominee. In four other cases three is but one nominee. nom-inee. Candidates for the various offices of-fices follow: leading knight Elmer El-mer Singleton and Carl Rohbock; loyal knight, W. R. Rita and Le-Roy Le-Roy Hardy; lecturing knight, George Vincent; treasurer. v. E. Andrews; tiler, E. H.' Johnson; trustee, H. G. Blumenthal, and x-renoy Hardy; member of ftoard Union-Uxirectors Edward Scherep SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 I see by the papers today that -there Is some talk of Russia paying. (And that's on a debt . this . Russian government didn't contract). They owe 700 million, and we nay get 200 million. Be a good joke on . everybody If the communists turned out to be the only ones you could trust. ; v ' ' " ' Yours, . .- V .v. ; . '. |