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Show V y x 4'- s ' - ' i fa V .-. ' . ,. ft LA J x .GET NEW APPOINTMENTS J. J. Winter, A. M. Shimmin, and Ralph H. Castleton (left to right) who have received new appointments under a realignment of responsibilities announced Saturday by Utah Oil Refining Co. - r M'Arthur May Join Business Firm, Rumor NIW YORK, Dec. 24 (U.R James H. Rand, president and chairman of the board of Remingr ton. Rand Inc.,' said today that his -company-would be "most happy" , to have Gen. Douglas MacArthur ' ' join Its board of directors when , his duties in Japan are ended. Rand issued a statement following follow-ing published reports that Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur had been offered a $100,- , 000 post with tthe company. The statement issued by the Remington Rand offices said: "Gen;MacArthu"r and Mr. Rand have had some correspondence " but all Mr. Rand is in a position to say at this time is: . r; "'Ifand when the general has - completed his work; in Japan and a peace treaty .has been consu- ' mated, we would be most happy - to have Gen. MacArthur join our board of directors and assume ao ' active part in world-wide affairs " of Remington Rand. ? "Needless to fay, like all other Americans, I hold Gen. Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur in high esteem as the man of demonstrative executive ability ' and sound judgment'." i ' Poultrymen Get $40,000 In Interest Payments Poultrymen and farmers in the " state have just received $40,000 , in interest, payments from the - Utah Poultry and Farmers Co- - operative. . . The . checks, distributed by managers of the 25 branches in ' Utah and southern Idaho, were ' for interest on certificates of interest, in-terest, according to Clyde C. Edmonds, Ed-monds, general manager of Utah Poultry, The distribution brings, to $303,166 the total payments to . members and patrons of Utah Poultry over the last four months in the form of patronage and interest in-terest payments. A total of $197,-168 $197,-168 repayment on eggs: $42,000 refund on supplies and $20,000 . , refund to turkey processors at the Ephraim plant have been made in addition to this latest . nivmnt ' - - ... Utah Poultry plans to hold its annual convention about March 34th In v Salt Lake City, final plans for the 27th annual meet ing win oe announced snortly. 4... ' i 2 Building Permits Issued in Week ; Two building permits with , total valuation of $10,900 were Issued this week in the office of " ' Karl Conder, city engineer. Murray Bros. Construction Co. , received a permit to build a $10,-, $10,-, 000 dwelling at 1166 Cedar Ave. The other permit is for a garage at 823 "N. 6th W. and -was issued . to Rulon Johnson in the amount of $900 ' valuation. Utah Oil Lists 3 Appointments Under Recent Realignment of Responsibilities Under a "streamlined" plan of operation in Utah Oil Refining Co., marketing department, new alignment of responsibilities has been announced from headquarters' head-quarters' off ices in Salt Lake City by E. S. Holt, president. The changes affecting the Og-den Og-den area are: J. J. Winter, former Provo division di-vision , manager, has been appointed ap-pointed sales manager, consumer department, for the Provo divi sion. A. M. Shimmin, former sales trainer for all divisions, has been appointed sales manager, reseller department, for the Provo divi sion. , Hungarians Say American Guilty Of Spy Activity BUDAPEST, Hungary. Dec. 24 (UJ? The Hungarian government Saturday charged Robert C. Vogeler, American executive of the International Telephone and. Telegraph company, with espionage, espion-age, economic sabotage, and "criminal activities." -- Vogeler was the second American Ameri-can accused by the Hungarian government within two days. The foreign office yesterday announced announc-ed that Israel Jacobson, head of the American joint distribution committee off ice in Hungary, was held on suspicion of spying. Jacobson, of Rochester, N. Y., was arrested nine days ago when he crossed the border from Aus-J tria into Hungary, vogeier, ot Jackson Heights, N. Y., had been held incommunicado for about five weeks in a Hungarian prison, i, In accusing Vogeler, the interior in-terior ministry lodged similar charges ' against Edgar Sanders, British 'head of the communication communica-tion company's Budapest office and a relative of George Sanders, a movie actor. The charges against Vogeler, whose wife and two children have been awaiting him in Vienna, were made public In a formal statement. Ralph H. Castleton, former Provo salesman, has been appointed ap-pointed salesman in the consumer department for the Provo division. divi-sion. The new plan of organization in the marketing department embraces em-braces what is known as. a straight line management plan by which each department operates with a direct line of authority from the department head to the neia. under this program, Utoco's marketing area is divided into eight divisions instead of 12 as formerly. "We are strengthening our marketing mar-keting department at every possible pos-sible point as an organization step toward rendering the best pos- ..uic service 10 our customers." Holt announced. Union Refuses Pay Cut as Means Of Reopening Mines SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 24 (U.R) Reopening of the Park City mines appeared more remote than ever today with the indication from the Progressive Metal Workers Work-ers council that a wage reduction would not be accepted as a means of making operation feasible. Intermountain district union president JSeorge J. Wilde releas ed a statement charging that "wage cuts haye been accepted only by those' unions who put the collection of dues above the well being of their mtmb Meanwhile, J. K. Richardson, manager ofnhe Utah Mining association, as-sociation, said that if 'the miners move away from the area follow ing the suggestion of GoVj-. Bracken Lee, it would mean the end of mining in the district. Lee advised miners to move away from the area and find, em ployment elsewhere because the state had arrived at the conciu sion that reopening of the mines was not. possible in the foresee able future. Mine operators bad proposed sliding wage scale based on the price of metals as a means of resuming re-suming operations profitably. But Wilde said "some of the Park City operators have indicated that they can operate at a profit but are holding out lor a suitable profit." SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, De'cemW 25, Iflfo BLJjfe News of Industry, Markets. Real Estate Mr. Veterans are good GI loan risks. Of the 1,791,000 GI loans granted through November 1, oniy- seven-tenths of one percent (or 12,574 loans) had de- laulted, causing the Veterans Ad ministration to make good the guaranteed or insured portions of the loans. And even part of the sum V-A had to pay to lenders still is subject to further re covery. . , Business and Finance 4 ten ii Dr. Feiler New Optometrist at Standard Optical Dr. Jerome F. Feiler this week assumed his duties as optometrist and manager at the Standard Optical Op-tical Co.. 161 W. Center. Dr. Feiler, who came here from Salt Lake City, succeeds Dr. Allen Al-len Stevens, whoi will be at the Standard Optical store in Salt Lake City after 12 years at the Prftun hrnnph rrhvnew manager said that other personnel at the Provo store will remain the same, with Ernie Hales in chargeof othe nhotoa- raphy department and Irs. Kenneth Ken-neth Merrell as receptionist Dr. Feiler and his wife and one child have made their home at 922 E. 2nd N. "I have been at. the Provo store a number of times in the past when Dr. Stevens has been on vacation, and always felt I would like to move here if the opportunity ever came," he said. l like Central Utah and believe it has a great future." Dr. Feiler started practicing in Minnesota, and served four years in optometry while in the armed service. He had been associated with the Standard Optical in Salt Lake City four years prior to coming here. Prisoner Insists He Escapes; Nobody Wants to Own Up to Responsibility FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 24 (U.R) The telephone rang in the Fairfax county jail house FrU day morning. v "This is Washington, D. C, police headquarters. We have one of your prisoners here." "You must have the wrong jail," a voice replied.. "W still have all our prisoners." Washington police: "Well, this man says he escaped from your jail ..." Fairfax jail: "Must be some mistake. Have you tried the Arlington jail?" Washington police: "No. This man says he belongs to you Falrfax-iail: "All right, aU right I'll countup." Long pause. Fairfax jail: "Hellohello. how many prisoners do oul 1 .L At. T . nave mere; Washington police: "One. He says his his name is Max Cecil. He says he broke out eft your jail last midnight. Got some tools from a girl friend and hacksawed his way out." . Fairfax police: "Would you take another look around. MINNESOTA GROWING MINNEAPOLIS (U.R) Minne sota state officials believe the state's population will be near 3,000,000 when the federal census Three more prisoners left with him." Washington and Virginia police began looking for the three missing persons. QUIZ PROGRAMS CLICK MINNEAPOLISXJU.R) Minne-sotans Minne-sotans think, that radio giveaway give-away shows should be permitted to continue "just as they art," according ac-cording to a survey made by the Minneapolis. Sunday Tribune's Minnesota poll. The poll said that more than three-fifths . of the Minnesota ns who do any listening to give-aw,ay. programs consider them interesting. , i starts next April. The-population, was estimated at 2,034,000 on July 1, 1948, a gain of 5.1 per cent since the last regular census in April of 1940. j t a A ' ' Ir jM- 1 a wo X": h ftV " T 4t Ik I rv. WRIGHTS 35 N. 2nd West,, Provo, Utah Your Fuller Paint Dealer A Good ; Place , to Trade.. ' 8M!RlKMUto ... ' ' -V." 1 a "Oil Hi' ir vM- m irn bth nmir ii ii ;i ii ii iv. ii ii ii 3 ii . ii ii k3 I .In' Greater Ukdi Valley!" 3s : - i : :i i s THIEF GETS ICE ATLANTA (U.R) This year's oddest theft was that of 30 300-pound 300-pound blocks of ice from Bradford Brad-ford Ice Co. The theft occurred in 29-degree weather on one of the coldest night in Atlanta thus far. DOGGONE MEAN SAVANNAH, Ga. (U.R) Robert Green, 33, was arrested - and charged with hitting Dolly, Gil-yard Gil-yard and Timothy Wimberly 'with a can of dog food. MAGNAVOX , RADIO PHONOGRAPH TELEVISION DUNKLEY'S MUSIC MART 136 West Center, Provo f (J, 4 " 4 ' SB5 - ' Ii a- We feel genuinely pleased and priveleged to extend sincere Holiday greetings to our many friends. In the spirit of appreciation for the confidence you have shown in us, we wish you all a very Aierry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ' ' j5' WISHES WIS ;U . Mt. Timpanogos TO THE CITIZENS OF UTAH COUNTY: Your county commission takes pleasure in announcing its support of -an organized group, of enthusiastic volunteer workers who haye adopted the above headline as its slogan and are working for the following objectives 4 1. To serve as a Utah Valley development and promotion organization. 2. To work with local xivic. groups in building a more complete information service and a better knowledge of all our communities. 3. To provide an influential non-political organization empowered em-powered to represent Utah Valley in regional matters affecting the interests of Utah Valley. 4. To stimulate research for new products and new methods for utilizing our abundant resources. 5. To assemble, study and interpret all available information on Utah Valley to the end that new industries and new investment may be attracted to this region. 6. To cooperate with agriculture, business and industry in expanding and developing their products and markets. 7. To publicize our tourist attractions. ' . 8. To study methods of enlarging and stabilizing job opportunities oppor-tunities and for improving employment conditions. 9. To encourage the cultural and educational growth of this area. 10. To raise the standard of living in all our communities and create a "Greater Utah Valley." We urge you to cooperate through your local representative with Greater Utah Valley, Inc., in building a better community. To the many greetings that come your way, wt should like to add ours to wish you a truly Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.' BURTON H. ADAMS Pleasant Grove J. CLARK ELMER Payson "Si 22SWCenter JRhone 121 kA? REED JJCNUDSEN Provo 5 County Commissioners s |