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Show Weather Forecast UTAH Fair tonight and Friday; little change in temperature. Maximum temperature . Wednesday 52 Minimum temperature Wednesday 12 Your Newspaper, With no private axes to grind; no selfish personal interests to serve, and no financial strings leading to any other source of power or influence. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, Till) R S DAY, JANUARY 18, 1934 FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 103 MERRY GO-ROUND rn UVJ JV Herald. EveiiMig Ihe ETC an? A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALUCN . On Saturday, November 18, The Merry-Go-Round anounc-ed anounc-ed exclusively, "Bob tiore, Governor of Puerto Rico, is not going bafek. Young Teddy Roosevelt, former governor, has been asked by his cousin in the White House to suggest sug-gest the names of good gubernatorial guber-natorial candidates." On Saturday, Sat-urday, January 13, announcement announce-ment was made of Gore's resignation and of Winship's upKintment to succeed him. This confirmation was two months behind the Merry-Go-Roiind report! WASHINGTON-The Tammany Tam-many delegation in congress, once a formidable offspring oi" the Tiger, is a herd of lost sheep at this session. There was a time when this, the largest bloc in congress, con-gress, strutted and swaggered swag-gered about the capital as if they owned it. Alas, that day is gone. Now, an occasional member of the group will let out a feeble bleat, but collectively there isn't a roar in the pack. The reason is easy. They are leaderless. In the past the Tammany bloc jot orders from Brooklyn's veteran vet-eran Representative Tom Cullen, 'who in turn got instructions by long distance telephone from Boss Curry or McCooey. But since last years mayoralty election, wnen some Tammany congressmen stayed stay-ed regular and others bolted to "Holy Joe" McKee, the bloc doesn't knowwho-4s boss. They know Curry is through, and are paying no attention to him A On the other hand, there is no indication as to who will replace re-place him So, being accustomed to taking orders, they are completely com-pletely at sea. Privately, they blame Postmaster Post-master General Jim Farley for their troubles. They know Jim is laying wires for a big house-cleaning ui the Wigwam, and a number num-ber of them fear mightily that they are on the guillotine list. Even if they escape the Farley axe, election prospects this fall are none, too promising for anyone wearing the Tiger's stripes. Last November, ten Tammany representatives repre-sentatives in the state legislature lost their seats in the Fusion landslide land-slide -and Tammany congressmen can't forget it. DUD If there was ever a tiud, it was the survey of alleged Communist propaganda in this country s4 emnly submitted by the A. F. of L. to the president In an effort ttj balk Soviet recognition. The . report, just made public, contains 178 pages With 80 so-called so-called "sensational" exhibits, and is a mass of extravagant scarce (Continued on Page Eight) Parent - Teacher Meet At Franklin An interesting program has been arranged for the parent-teachen meeting this evening at 7:30 hi the Franklin school, according to E. K. Nielsen, principal. All patrons are urged to attend tho meeting. The program follows: selection, drum and bugle corps of thei Franklin-, talk, "Student Body Program," E. K. Nielsen; "Health Program," Superintendent H. A, Dixon; selections, glee club; saxo- phone solo, Dean Knight; talk on results of the physical ex amination, Miss Nettie Oaks; se-r lection, orchestra; "School Clinch eon," Mrs. Sorenson; reading. Etta Larson; cornet tr;-, Jean Fox. D-'vaun Nielsen an'.1 La Veil Knight. M. I. A. CHORUS PKACTICK The Utah stake M. I. A. chorus will practice , tonight at 7 o'clock in the Provo seminary building, it is announced by Directors Snell and Johnson. THBEE GUESSES wfolVAS Chw?les . V Bull.. K COOK? Who memIed IRE TELESCOPE? (Answers on Page Five) I M ' re v Eccles Appointment Seem As Aid To Silver Caose UTAH HOLDS SYMPATHETIC VIEWPOINT Selection Of Ogden Banker Hailed As Victory For The West ' DENVER, Colo., Jan. 18 (U.R) Recent appointment of Marriner S. Ecccles of Ogden, Utah, as assistant to Secretary Secre-tary of Treasury Morgerv-thau, Morgerv-thau, means that the silver movement and the west have a friend at court, high in administration ad-ministration ranks. This was the interpretation offered of-fered here .today by R. L. Olson, representing the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in seven western west-ern states. 4'It must not be assumed that Eccles goes to the treasury to battle bat-tle for silver," said Olson, "but coming from Utah and the west, he naturally will be sympathetic." Liberal Attitude The selection of Eccles "brings the viewpoint and perspective of the west more prominently into the nation's money matters than at any time in the nation's history," his-tory," Olson said, in an interview with the United Press, "Eccles is one of the prominent bankers of the west and no doubt he held a typical banker's viewpoint view-point on major problems of finance, fin-ance, but when changing conditions condi-tions necessitated new theories, he "was among the very first to join President Roosevelt in abandoning the orthodoxy of banking as it had come to be known in the public pub-lic mind. "Eccles is not only a banker, head of 30 banks, but n goes to the treasury department with the allied industrial leadership in sugar, lumber, dairy and other branches." "In appointment of Eccles the west gained a great recognition and the government acquired a man of great foresight." TWO IDAHO MEN DROWN INLAKE RATHDRUM, Idaho, Jan. 18 (U.R) Bodies of two men, Paul Skinner, 30, and Edward Roth, 32, had been recovered from the upper Twin .lake today. The two men attempted to cross the ice-covered lake but " fell through the ice. Discovery of Roth's coat on the ice beside a hole indicated he had succeeded injcrawling onto thicker ice then jtjnped back into the freezing waiers in a vain effort to save Skinnip-, losing his own life in the attempt. The bodies were discovered some 350 feet from shore. Provo Woman Is Hurt In Accident Mrs. J. B. Innes, 63, received cuts about her head and a bruised and sprained back Thursday morning morn-ing at 9:30 when the automobile driven by' her husband, J. B. Innes, 70, was struck by a machine ma-chine driven by Ralph Anderson of Lake View. Anderson -was going west of Third South and his car struck the right rear wheel of the Innes machine ma-chine as he arrived at the intersection inter-section of Second West and Third South. Mrs. Innes was thrown against the side of the car, striking strik-ing her head when the car in which she was riding was whirled completely around. TONIGHT Paramount theater, "Bitter Sweet," by Noel Coward. Crest theater, Conrad Nagel in "The Constant Woman." Orpheum theater, "Beauty for Sale" with Otto Kruger, Madge Evans. Armory, wrestling return bout, Henry Jones vs. Dave Reynolds. Ladies' gym, basketball, Lincoln vs. B. Y. high. Lindbergh Offers To Aid Mail Probe Named during the Senate air matt contract inquiry at Washington, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh (above), has not only sent the Senators a record of his financial transactions In aviation, but has offered to make himself available to clarify any misunderstanding about them. He is reported to resent re-sent the interpretation that he received re-ceived a "gift" of $25,000 from an aviation firm. UTILITIES TO PRODUCE BOOKS Holding companies who own public utilities in the state may be found to be not subject to the jurisdiction of Utah under present laws, it appeared at a hearing before the state public utilities commission, Wednesday. The hearing was on a petition by the Consumers' Welfare and Research league to widen the scope of the investigation of rates charged by the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company and the Utah Power & Light company. com-pany. The consumers were represented by Attorney Joel Nibley who contended con-tended that the commission could not get a complete picture of the rate situation unless it included the holding companies in the investigation. in-vestigation. "To get that information, the commission must have power to demand the books of these affiliates affili-ates and determine if their charges for service are reasonable," the attorney declared. He cited alfeged large profits made by the Electric Bond -arot Share and declared the commis sion should have accurate records of how Utah consumers were affected af-fected in the dealings. In addition to the holding company he askecj inclusion of the Electric Light and Power company and the Idaho Power company, affiliates of the Utah firm, and Phoenix Utility company In the telephone investigation, he sought inclusion of the American Ameri-can Telephone and Telegraph company com-pany and the Western Electric company, with the former named as the holding company. Attorneys representing the two utilities indicated their willingness to produce data which would justify justi-fy its rate structure. The question of the commission's power to subpoena sub-poena "foreign" corporations was raised. Changes in the state laws to bring such corporations within the jurisdiction of the state may be required to solve the problem and curb the evil of holding-company control and intercorporate contracts, con-tracts, it was brought out at the meeting. Rotarians To Hear Oratory Winners Winners of the Provo Rotary club oratorical contest at the B. Y. U. in December will deliver! their talks before the club in its weekly luncheon meeting Friday noon at the Hotel Roberts. Milton Beck of Payson won the contest with his oration on "Boy Scouts as a Factor in Inter-nation- al Peace." Milton Nelson of Provo second place winner, will give his talk, "The Peacemakers." Prof. Alonzo Morley of the speech department de-partment will introduce the contest con-test winnerc. Wyman Berg & chairman of the meeting. MONEY BILL OKEHED BY COMMITTEE Amendment Provides For Regular Reports On Stabilization WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (U.R) The house coinage committee com-mittee voted today to report out immediately the adminis tration, dollar revaluation bill. The move came in the midst of a parliamentary tangle tan-gle in the house, due tc the fact that the house banking and currency committee had reported out the measure yesterday xm grounds that the bill was under its jurisdiction. 1 The bill as approved by the coinage committee carries an amendment requiring Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau to report to congress on operations of the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund provided for in the measure. It did not specify how often the reports re-ports should be made. Chairman Somors said 16 members mem-bers of the committee were presJ ent and that all but one voted for1 the measure. This one voted "nresent." MENDIETA IS CUBAN CHIEF HAVANA, Jan. 18 r.l! Col. Carlos Mendieta, veteran statesman, states-man, prepared to assume the provisional pro-visional presidency today for a possible final test between conservative con-servative and radical political elements. ele-ments. As leaders discussed the tech-i nicalities of his assumption of office, of-fice, to succeed young Carlos He- via, ousted willingly in his favor at midnight, the capitol's light i and power supply suddenly failed. It was a challenge to Col. Ful gencio Batista, army chief of staff, as representing a young element ele-ment that believed American recognition rec-ognition to be vital to the country's coun-try's economic life. Employes of the $200,000,000 American owned Cuban Electric company had struck, joining government and municipal employes who went out last night. Batista met the challenge calmly. calm-ly. His answer was to tell the engineer corps to get the lights and power lines working. 18V2 Pound Babe; Largest Ever Born CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 18. Medical records may have been broken today by the " btrth of an 18 M pound daughter to Mrs. Thomas Czarnokel, 36. Physicians said the weight is average for a child of six months and expressed the belief be-lief that the infant probably is one of the largest ever born. Mrs. Czarnokel has another daughter and a son. 1934 Auto License Plate Sale Too Slow; Deadline March 1 A considerable number of Utah county persons will find them selves outlawed from driving their own automobues, after March 1, it was predicted today by Victor H. Snow, of the Provo field of fice of the state tax commission. Automobile license plates have been going slow after a flurry on the first day and by Thursday noon only 100- passenger plates and 25 truck plates had been issued. is-sued. The office is equipped to handle about 100 per day. Mr. Snow reasons that since there are about 7000 plates tc be issued in the county and there' are now fewer than 70 working days at the office, a large group of drivers will not have their plates by March 1, the delinquent date. After that they will be subject to a 100 per cent penalty a $7.50 license to cost, $15 when' ROOSEVELT BENEFIT FETE PLANS MADE Overwhelming Response Is Expected At Birthday Party In Provo First arrangements and definite organization of Pro vo's part in the nation - wide "Birthday Ball for the President;" Presi-dent;" were effected at a meeting of the general committee com-mittee of the affair, last night in the city and county building, . according to Judge George S. Ballif, general chairman chair-man of the committee. Mrs. King Chairman A hostess committee, with a representative from every leading women's club in Provo, was organized or-ganized for the purpose of taking charge of the conduct of the ball. Mrs. Harvey King, of the St. Mary's Guild, was selected as chairman. The other members are: Mrs. Georgia Hansen, Business Busi-ness and Professional Women; Mrs. Algie E. Ballif, American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. Helena Stewart, Ladies' Literary League; Mrs. J. N. Ellertsen, Utah Soro-sis; Soro-sis; Mrs. Alex Hedquist, Nelke Reading club; Mrs. R. E. Knapp, N i n e-teenth e-teenth Century club; Lenora Walton, W o rr.-en's rr.-en's Council of Provo; Mrs. Sterling Ercan-brack, Ercan-brack, Ladies' Literary club; Mrs. Monroe. Paxman, Utah Stake Relief Society; So-ciety; Mrs. J. C. Moffit. Provo President High School Koosevclt Women; Mrs. Elsie C. Carroll, B. Y. U. Women; Mary Dahlquist, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers; Mrs. Rulon Van Wagenen, Beta Sorosis; Mrs. Ur-quhart, Ur-quhart, Eastern Star; Mrs. George C. Larsen, Ladies' Aid Society; Mrs. W. A. Huckins, civic section of the Provo Women's Council; Mrs. Stanley Bonnett, Home Arts (Continued on Page Eight) r 'Legion Groups Meet Jointly A joint meeting of the American Legion and auxiliary was held Wednesday evening at the Armory, Arm-ory, with Commander M. W. Merrill Mer-rill in charge. A string quartet, Gilbert Childs and company, furnished numbers, as did the vocal trio composed of Walter Clark. Thomas Griffiths and Ted Maynard. Edward Sand-gren Sand-gren sang, with Mrs. Zenith Johnson John-son as accompanist. Weldon Taylor of the B. Y. U.. debating team, gave a splendid talk on "How Bills are Passed in Congress." Gold Yield Down WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (I .ID-Gold .ID-Gold production in 13 western states in 1933 amounted to 1,799,-597 1,799,-597 fine ounces as compared with 1,835,103 ounces in 1932, a decrease de-crease of 35,506 ounces, preliminary prelim-inary figures of the bureau of mines revealed today. Alaska produced pro-duced 520,418 ounces in 1933 against 493,860 ounces in 1932. the car is driven illegally after the delinquent date. There will be no extension of time this year as there was in 1933, Mr. Snow states. The ex- tension can only come by action of the state legislature; last year this was done at the special session. ses-sion. It will also be "too bad" for those drivers who wait until the final day, then are caught waiting in line, he continued. The issuing of plates this year involves considerably con-siderably more time than last year because of new procedure. Furthermore, he states, the field office will be busy with income in-come tax matters after March 1 when there is apt to be a crowd swarming the office for plates. A further delay will be occasioned if there is need for sending to Salt Lake. - Tragedy That Parted Two Black Crows i W - ; . Q wh S!W' Iff V v 1 tvm? m, sias -j k . . . ' CIVIC GROUP IS ORGANIZED Officers and members of the board of directors of the Citizens' Council of Provo were named at a meeting Tuesday night in the city and county building, launching the organization on another year of activities. The directors are as follows: Dr. Hugh M. Woodward, George A. Startup, Rulon Van Wagenen, Mark Anderson, Dr. Carl Eyring, Dr. Vasco Tanner, Henry A. Gease, J. A. Owens, ,R. J. Mur-dock, Mur-dock, William Goodman, La Val Morris, I. E. Brockbank, J. Frank Ward, Dr. J. W. Aird, Wilbur Sowards, E. R. Kasmuson, Hugh Peterson, Martin M. Larson, J C. Moffitt, Vivtor J. Bird, E. W. Bentley, M. B. Pope, J. P. Mc-Guire Mc-Guire and Will Frisby. Dr. Woodwara is president, Mr. Owens, first, and Mr. Gease, second sec-ond vice president of the organization. organi-zation. The Citizens' Council is dedicated dedi-cated to research and study into the facts pertaining to fundamental funda-mental municipal problems. Its central idea is t enlighten the people in regard to these facts, and to arouse an interest in municipal mu-nicipal affairs. It is resigned to be an organ through which any group of citizens may get a hearJ ing and get any block of facts before be-fore the people. Potato Prices Up IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 18 il'.l!) Potato prices raised 20 cents per hundredweight yesterday, bringing the total to $1.25, the highest since April 1931. Simultaneously, Simul-taneously, a sharp reduction in loadings ocurred, R. G. Risser, U. S. D. A. market bureau manager said in a report released today. Fourth of July Celebration Is Assured Provo Provo will again resume community celebrations of the Fourth of July this year. This much was made certain cer-tain Wednesday night when the Provo Post No. 13, American Am-erican Legion, voted to again sponsor a patriotic celebra-" tion. Support of the city commission was assured Thursday when Dr. M. W. Merrill, post commander, and members of a committee, commit-tee, met with Mayor A. O. Smoot and Commissioners J. E. Snyder and W. P. Whitehead. The perpetuation of patriotic pat-riotic holidays such as Independence Inde-pendence Day is one of the; chief aims of the ex-service men's organization. The Legion Le-gion has sponsored such celebrations each year until last year, when interest lagged. The initial meeting of thel committee in charge will be1 held Sunday at 10 a. m. A 1ra;edv that broke up one of the most famous comedy teams 111 America the "Two Black ("rows" team of Moran and Mack was the automobile accident near Me,sa, Ariz., in which George Mack was fatally injured. The wrecked sedan, in which Mack's wife and daughter, and partner George Moran were also riding at the tjme of the accident, is shown above. At left George Moran is pictured as he telephoned the sad news to friends from the South-side South-side hospital in Mesa. Hedquist Speaks On Deposit Plan Depositors in American banks will be assured of the safety of their savings under the new bank deposit insurance system inaugurated inaug-urated by the government, in the opinion of Alex Hedquist, president presi-dent of the Farmers and Merchants Mer-chants bank, who presented both sides of the question in a talk before tin- Piovo Kiwanis club Thursday noon. The new governmentally.-spon-sored system, has been before congress con-gress for years as the Glass bill out was only adopted after President Presi-dent Roosevelt came in and turned turn-ed a deal ear to the protests of the big banking interests, Mr. Hedquist said. Hereafter banks will pay only three percent interest on savings deposits, Mr. Hedquist stated. This has been made very emphatic by circulars from federal headquarters. head-quarters. Some of the rulings under the new system. Mr. Hedquist pointed out as follows: Directors can be removed if examinations show they are not running the bank right, this having been done already al-ready in one Utah bank; banks must divorce all affiliates such as grocery stores, farms and the like; inter-locking directorates must go; there will be no loans to executive ex-ecutive officers no matter what the securities; "complimentary" shareholding rnust be cut out. Mayor A. O. Smoot, chairman of the m.eeting, introduced the speaker speak-er and Jacob Coleman introduced Dr.- M. W. Merrill as a new member. mem-ber. Mary Richins entertained with vocaj solos. Byrd Party At Little America NEW YORK, Jan. 18 r.E Rear Admiral Richard Byrd s Antarctic expedition arrived at its permanent base at Little America today, Mackay radio announced. Four Die In Fire LADDONIO, Mo., Jan. 18 dR 1 Postmaster Stewart L. Garner, his wife and their two children were burned to death here today when fire following an explosion destroyed de-stroyed their 10-room frame house. The four were trapped in their bedrooms. Birthday greeting are extended L by the Herald to A. B. Morgan, attorney and former district judge anu Airs, jonn K. Twelves, 82, .whose birthday anniversaries take place today. Hapj3U-f Dirthdatlf PRACTICE OF LAW FROWNED ON BY CHIEF Two National Committeemen Have Already Quit Their Positions By LYLE C. WILSON' I nited Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (U.R) A clean sweep against the practice of combining: the law and high party office in the capital was forecast to- lay atter a conference between be-tween President Koosevelt and Postmaster General Far-i.-y- Further resignations from the Democratic national committee are likely. President Objects The revelation that Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt objects to the custom of national na-tional committeemen practicing law here was followed by announcement an-nouncement of two resignations. Robert Jackson resigned as secretary secre-tary and committeeman from New Hampshire, and Frank C. Walker resigned as treasurer. It was learned that the question raised by President Roosevelt's attitude will be discussed with Arthur Ar-thur F. Mullen, national committeeman commit-teeman for Nebraska, when h returns next week from Omaha. There already has been at least one conference on that subject between be-tween Mullen and Farley. Orman H. Ewing, Utah national nation-al committeeman, and Dudley Doolittle, committeeman for Kansas, Kan-sas, was said authoritatively to be in the same class with the others if they are practicing law here. The plain inference obtained today to-day by inquiry in high official sources was that the combination of high party office and law in the capital would be prevented if the administration could achieve it. But ' neither Farley, who is chairman or the national committee, commit-tee, nor the committee itself, has any authority to remove committeemen. commit-teemen. They are selected in their own states. DEMOCRATS TO ORGANIZE HERE A complete reorganization of the Democratic party of Utah county will take place in a meet-, ing at the city and county build-i ing. .Saturday, January 27, accordn ing to an announcement made bv Robert Elliott, chairman of the Democratic party in Utah countv. Mr. Elliott requests that all precinct chairmen and all districts in the various precincts become fully organized to effect the reorganization re-organization at the meeting. C. of C. Membership Meeting Planned Plans for the annual membership member-ship meeting of the Provo chamber cham-ber of commerce are now heing worked out by Clayton Jenkins, secretary and Alex Hedquist. prest dent of the organization. The affair af-fair will be held early in February, according to present plans. A speaker for the meeting will be announced at an early date. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 17 I want to stay off any reference to this 80-cent dollar until I have seen one. So I started searching the paper mighty thoroughly, and what do you think I found, away down in one corner cor-ner like one of those denials that a paper is sometimes forced to make. It stated, "Republican elected to congress in Vermont." That's a mighty serious rumor, in case it proves to be true. And I have no doubt that congress will be asked to pass a law preventing prevent-ing it happening again, bourse the thing didn't think there was one in a million miles. Yours, W (ROGERS |