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Show Sunday, December 25, 1949 Over the Nation - -'Round the World ROME (U.R) Three thousand communists commu-nists threw stones at the windows of the Spanish embassy here Saturday Sat-urday In protest .against the government gov-ernment of Gen. Francisco Franco Fran-co and the presence in Rome of Spanish foreign minister Alberto Martinez Artajo. - Communists ;: (Continued from Page One) ence of Spanish Foreign Minister Alerto Martin Artajo. A score of rioters were injured '" " ? . rwi. m dozen were arretted asjshortage further restrictive meas- police armed with clubs and tear gas broke up the demonstration. Several embassy windows were broken and a few well-dressed people were mauled as the Communists Com-munists shouted "Down with Franco, butcher of Spanish Republicans." Re-publicans." The Communist incidents failed to halt the ceremonies, however, and the holy doors of St. Peter's, St. Mary Major, St. John' in Latere n and St. Paul's outside the walls swung open at precisely the tame momenton 10:39 a.m. The ZT f. Ktonn thV "Year of turn tne year wmcn me ponuu, fe.a will h "rtrlHv" for the church in Communism. its struggle with Pilgrims Everywhere Throughout the afternoon and verting thousands of pilgrims visited the four churches, passing one by one through the newly opened holy doors to begin the mescribed acts of devotion to ob tain the lubUee indulgence full' pardon for the temporal punish- ment due for sins. The flow of pilgrims was greatest at St Peter's where Pope-Pius planned to recite two midnight masses, one at x one minute after midnight, the sec-end sec-end at 12:30 a.m. - The pope said his last midnight mass there in 1944, for the Allied troops who had liberated Rome. During the first five years of his reign he refrained out of mourning mourn-ing for the war-torn world. The pope, with three symbolic raps of the gold, silver and ivory hammer given to him by Italian workmen, opened the door at St. Peter's. In ceremonies timed to his, Allessandro Cardinal Verde lifted his silver hammer at St. Mary Major, Clemente Cardinal Mlcara at St. John's, and Eugene Cardinal Tisserant at St Paul's. Svery Afternoon (Xxceptlng Sat- urday) and Sunday Sunday Herald Published Sunday Published by Ttas Herald Corpora- -Won. SO South First Wast Street, Provo, Utah. Entered as second class natter at the poatotfice In Prove, Utah, under the aet of March t, 1870 Subscription terms by carrier In Utah county $1.00 the month $0.00 for six months la advance $12.00 the year in advance By- mall anywhere In the United States or Its possessions posses-sions $1.00 the month. $8.00 for six months. $13.00 the year tm advance. ' ? A r r P1 11 JjjS 1 To oir many friends tnd customers we extend jft) our sincerest wishes for a happy holiday I' tjlw V n1 heaIthy New Year! Many v ybyi thanks for your continued patronage 1 JR UNITED SALES & SERVICE ,'' . v "Pontiac - Cadillac" I ' . J V' , J '&&7 ' ' ' ; AsJ SUNDAY HERALD! PHOENIX, ARIZ. (U.R) Miss America of 1949 will become Mrs. Douglas Cook next July 4, she said today. Jacque Mercer, brunette reigning reign-ing queen of American beauties, announced her engagement last night to a group of friends. Her 21-year-old fiance is completing his junior year at the University of Chicago. ' NEW YORK (U.R) Edward J. Clark, chief engineer of the department of walr uPPy. ia pVr.?ay lft1 (became of "remarkable" public ures are not contemplated immediately. im-mediately. Clark said that water in New York's upstate reservoirs topped Friday's supply hy 361,000,000 gallons as a result of light rains and the public s continued coop eration in conserving water. WASHINGTON (U.R) Housing planning loans of $53,000 for Reno and $40,000 for Las Vegas were approved here Saturday by President Truman. Under the federal housing pro ram, the loans will be used to as . lm linlf. f T v. - ROME (U.R) The communist-led Rome labor chamber proclaimed an immediate im-mediate general strike in the can. ital Saturday after police arrested peasants trying to stage rally while relicious ceremonies opening the Roman Catholic Holy xear were in progress. SLIGHTLY OVERPAID SAVANNAH, Ga. (U.R) A Sav- annah attorney informed bank officials that they had made out a cneck to him for a million dollars dol-lars more than his fee was sup' posed to be. Truman Asks (Continued from Page One) of $3,200,000,000 for the economic cooperation administration next year as compared to the current $3,778,000,000 appropriation. Con gressional sentiment favors a re duction of about $1,000,000,000 from this year's figure. The president probably will ask that ECA aid be serif-mostly to countries showing the greatest re covery progress and that help be curbed to nations which are ac cepting Marshall plan aid as i handout. Other important recommendations recommenda-tions for domestic legislation will cover extension of rent control, federal aid to education and a three-year extension of selective service. Bosone (Continued from Page. One) and morally and see, what they'd like for a career." "Many government leaders now received their training and most of their education in the old CCC camps," she emphasized. "A revival would give that same chance to thousands more." A Uamhau ALU! To Ruling In 'Gas Freeze' Case ,. Judge Joseph E. Nelson's decision deci-sion to throw the Harold Thomas-Mountain Thomas-Mountain Fuel Supply Co. gas-freeze gas-freeze case out of Fourth District court brought a blast Saturday from Attorney Samuel E. Black-ham, Black-ham, counsel for Mr. Thomas, the plaintiff. Judge Nelson, who admitted the Utah state public service commission com-mission into the case as co-defendant with the gas company. ruled Friday that Fourth District court had no Jurisdiction in the matter. Mr. Blackham said Saturday: "In view of the great public in terest shown in this case, I should like to make it clear that as we progressed it became evident very early that this case could not be used as a test of the validity of the 'gas freeze orders," because of the peculiar facts in the case ana me plaintiff's contention that there has been in -fact no violation of the freeze orders by him. In view of this circumstance, I am, of course, not in agreement with the decision of Judge Nelson de-n de-n vine the court's jurisdiction and am presently studying the matter with reference to any runner ac ttort on the part of the plaintiffI either by annealing the court's decision to the supreme, court or hv an original petition to tne nnhllc service commission. ' The case arew out of an order hv the Has company to snut on the supply ol nesting gas to ino- " .. .. mi mas. who reportedly nad compiei ed actual installation of gas-heat ing equipment after the Marcn Headline set uo by the PSC. even though application for such equipment had been made before the deadline. Segregation Policy Ended In St. Louis EAST ST. LOUIS, III., Dec. 24 fll pwrivle leaders officially wel comed the end of the 85-year-old racial aesreeation policy in the East St. Louis public schools Sat urday. but both white and Negro spokesmen criticized the means through which it was accom plished. The board of education ruled this week that whites and Negroes Ne-groes could attend the same schools for the first time in the history of East St. Louis, largest city in southern Illinois. The ruling, which becomes ef fectlve with the beginning of the new - semester Jan. 30, followed a year-long campaign to end segregation seg-regation by the National Association Associa-tion for the Advancement of Colored Col-ored Pople and an ultimatum by the state of Illinois which denied state aid funds to school districts practicing segregation. Separation Separa-tion of races in public schools is prohibited by state law. ; CHIEF BURNED UP CARTERVILLE. 111. (U.R) While making an Inspection trip through town, Fire Chief John Hicks put in a hasty call to the fire department. The chief's auto was on fire. Yugoslavia (Continued from Page One) Paris peace conference, American Amer-ican Yugoslav relations reached an all-time low when the Yugoslavs Yugo-slavs shot down the American planes. The then Secretary of State,;,, AMERICAN FORK Prepara-James Prepara-James F. Byrnes, threatened to tions for funeral arrangements take the case to the United Nf-iwill take the place of a Christ-tions Christ-tions security council if the mas celebration today in an plane's passengers were not re-, American Fork home where sud-leased sud-leased within a short time. They den tragedy snuffed out two lives were released. , Friday morning. , , , , Services will be held Wednes- ine lugosiavs wm d ihowco iv aiBunaiKc nu fitiv up international inter-national passengers at two specified speci-fied airfields in Western Germany and one in American-occupied Austria. The Americans will have the same rights, at Belgrade's Zemun airport. The American air line which will serve Belgrade has yet to be named formally. But U. S. em-i bassy officials here said Pan-1 American would be the carrier, since this part of Europe is included in-cluded in its operating area. The PAA Ne York to Calcutta flight probably will be the sched ule Involved Theagreement came into force today and details of the new rvice still have to be worked out by the designated American company. O I -foX ... l I J " v ' O 1 - fi jf yi ::,t . K v. ::;v2, - " ' v C si:' : V' ' '1 'I XT ' W ' : l xm - . .. I Rites Set For Victims Of Shooting jjv , n fnr Mr ir.rm. Baxter Blood, 40, and rues are scheduled at 2 p. m. Tuesday for her brother-inrlaw, Raymond Blood, 45. According to American Amer-ican Fork police, both died Friday Fri-day morning when the man went berserk and shot his sister-in- !law thcn turned hi gun on him- . .. . A , Jhe "hooting of Mrs. Blood took ?y Y""c C1 l": rlfied children, Patsy, 8, and Frank, 3, looked on. Her husband Frank Blood, was outside in a chicken coop at the time. Raymond, Ray-mond, Frank's unmarried brother, lived on the same, lot in a separate sep-arate small house. Wednesday services for Mrs. Blood are scheduled at 1 p. m. in the American Fork cemetery in the American Fork Third LDS,... jv. . services Tuesday at 2 ward chapel. Bishop David Wag- p. m. in the Anderson and Sons staff will be In charge, and burial' mortuary. will be In the American Fork Utah county officers, following cemetery. jan investigation of the shooting. Raymond Blood will be buried I said no inquest would be held. lc hope that this Christmas brings fulfillment of your every wish and that it finds you happily surrounded by the things and people you love. For this is what makes for contentment and nothing is more precious! And if our greetings were to add one iota to your enjoyment of the holiday, then our Christmas will be happier too! j 'ymm mm &w3nmr 4)0 0 0 0 00$ Truman Urges Ton tinned from Page One) spirit, as children of the ever-living ever-living and true God." . Must Not Forret Mr Truman said that as he sat in his Independence home, "So like other homes all over America,' he had been thinking about some families in other and no longer happy lands. "We must not forget that there are thousands and thousands of families homeless, hopeless, destitute des-titute and torn with despair on this Christmas eve ... "Let us not on this Christmas, in our enjoyment of the abundance abund-ance with which providence has endowed us, forget those who, because be-cause of the cruelty of war, have no shelter those multitudes for whom, in the phrase of historic irony, there is Jro room in the inn. "In this blessed season, let not blind passion darken our counsels. We shall not solve a moral question by dodging it. We can scarcely hope to have a full Christmas if we turn a deaf ear to the suffering of even the least of Christ's little ones." Weelcen d G rashes Injure Five; Truck-Trailer Blocks H igtiway Five persons were injured in three . separate traffic accidents Friday. One accident, occurring Friday at 5:45 p.m. at Eighth North and Fifth West, sent Louis G. Baker, 23, and Everett E. Hills, 30, Orem to Utah Valley hospital. ' About SO cars were tied up between be-tween American Fork and Lehi at 9:30 a.m. Saturday when a trailer-truck loaded with poles skidded across the highway, impeding im-peding traffic" for over an hour. Barney Douglass, 42, Sprlng-ville, Sprlng-ville, suffered cuts about the head Friday at 1:55 p.m. when the car inNwhich he was riding, driven by W.E. Ruff, 68, Springville, col-lidedwith col-lidedwith a machine driven by PhillipXA. Pallings, 52, Lyman, Wyo. The accident happened on highway 81 Just north of Spring ville. Attempts Turn Baker and Hills were drivers of cars which collided when Mr. Baker, southbound on Fifth West attempted to make a turn. Baker suffered shock and bruises and was released from the hospital Saturday. Hills was reported re-ported to! be suffering from cuts and bruises around the head and body. His condition was report ed "lood' Saturday. - v ... Another collision at Fifth West and Eighth North Friday sent Ro r bert Mullen, 28, 180 S. th W and a passenger in his car. Frank Boyden, to Utah Valley hospital where they were reported in good ' condition Saturday. The car in which they were riding collided with one driven by Robert J. Meyer, 43, 49 S. Main, Salt Lake -City, Several minor accidents were reported to Provo city police, who said that some property damage r was noted as icy streets added to the hazard of pre-Christmas traf-, fic. Railroads (Continued from Pare One) notify the government of that -fact immediately. The ICC then will restrict coal shipments from, the mines until their supplies are built up to Nov. 14-Dec. 12 levels, , The order was effective last: midnight The commission; ex-v plained that a number of tail-' roads in all sections of the country coun-try already have "an extremely'1 short supply" of coal on hand and '" that "an emergency requirinf immediate action exists." D 14 |