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Show a Snndy. January 22. 1950 SUNDAY HERALD Shortage Reported in Provo City Employes' Credit Union Loan Fund; Worker Suspended A shortage1 has been discovered discov-ered In the Provo City ; Em-ployees Em-ployees Credit " Union funds by a state bank commission audit, ..Jin.. n. nAtlfirattnn received from representative of the itate banking commission. Although the audit is not yet completed and no official report has been made, a reliable source aid it was believed the shortage is somewhere between $7000 and The f credit union is a loan agency and savings deposit service serv-ice organized and administered by Provo city employes, andhas no connection with any Provo city funds or official city department. de-partment. The credit union, like then of its type is under Jurisdiction Juris-diction of the state banking commission com-mission and Provo city officials have no control over it. Employe Suspended YA.iituiin notification of the shortage, the city utilities board suspended Myron M. Thomas, chief cost accouijiBn ties office, from his job, accord- i- TTtiKtlM Chairman J. uii w w ,, , Hamilton Calder. Thomas was treasurer of the credit union, and has been since. It was organized i4v....v a Mil nf "tin mm AlUIUUfu m - . . .rmntiHMi ' the ,, matter Saturday on the part of most of those quesuonea iww , learnea xrom .l that the reported shortage constituted con-stituted about hall of the total m .j- -.1 tVtA mA i t linlnn. JUIIU V. - - ' tti. Tsnw filitant rnuntv attorney, said his off ice as yet has no deUils beyond the fact that it hat been notified the .hnrtiM has t been . discovered. nt that whatever action it night take will not come until completion oxine auaw. Audit Net Finished Argyle Evans, superintendent m h lfv watte removal de partment and president or the employe's credit union, said he had been instructed to "refer all questioners to the county attorney," attor-ney," when asked x about the matter Saturday. He said "there will be a story when the audit i MnnUtju1-M and said it wis his understanding the audit will be Bveri Aftarneea (fecepttng a uroay) and lunacy oaday rHJJbUh auwlsj PuMJatoea ay 11m Herald Cerpera. fer!so Souta nr.! wt sKt trove, Utah. Knteretf aa aeeond last Butter at tha eottectloe la trove, Utah, under the act el Ueren , U7S BuUcrlptlon terms by carrier la Utah eotmty tl.oe the men tlx M.Ott for eta Mentha , la advance. $13.00 the jreer la advance. By mall anywhere la the united etetea or. na poeeae. elona $1.00 the month. $$.00 for six months. $12 00 the year ' adeaaea. - - ' finished by Monday or soon after. It was coin ted out Saturday that the Provo City Employees Credit Union also has no connection connec-tion with the Provo City Employees Em-ployees association. Frank Cole is president of the Provo city Employees' association, which is composed of city workers who have organized for "the purpose of collective bargaining and oth er matters. The Provo City Employees' Em-ployees' association, of which Mr. Cole is president, does not collect col-lect or handle any money , other than ' nominal dues xrom eacn member. -.- , CalderV Statement , A statement wis " issued by Utilities Board Chairman Calder late Saturdiy as follows: On January 18, 1950 the elec trie utility, board suspended the employment of Myron M., Thom as, chief cost accountant in the utilities office after official notifi cation of a shortage in the accounts ac-counts of the Provo City ; Em ployees Credit Union, ot which he is treasurer. "There is no connection be tween Provo utilities system or funds, with the Provo City Em ployees. Credit Union. The credit union was an organization oz em ployees. and while licensed by the state banking department. has no connection with any city funds or business in any way Mr. Thomas' position as treas urer, of the credit union, was not connected in any" way with his Job as chief cost accountant in the utilities department. He was named to the post of treasurer of the credit union, by employees forming that organization inde pendent of the city. 'His lob as cnier cost account ant for the utilities department entailed bookkeeping and ledger work,- but never involved the actual handling of cash. "The accounts of the depart ment of utilities are audited by Beesley. Wood and Company un der a continuous audit requiring sunrise verification of cash, in ventories and receivables. This firm is it present completing their audit of the 1949 records and will submit their report to the board within the next ; few weeks. , "Quarterly audits of Beesley and Wood during 1949, and periodic reports of their - surprise cash verifications during the year, all revealed that utilities depart ment funds and books were In perfect order," Mr. Calder's statement concluded, . Vernon Called to Provo Clinton . D. Vernon, state at torney general, said Saturday he had been called to Provo earlier in the week in connection with the case at the request of Roy W. Simmons, state bank com missioner. It is known that ver non, officials of the credit union and some city officials as wen Country Justice (Continued From Page One) as a representative of the county coun-ty attorney's office held a secret meeting the middle of 'the week and discussed the matter. At that time. . officials were told of the reported shortage, its estimated esti-mated amount and the fact that it was believed to be about .half of the total funds of the credit and loan organization. Mr. Evans, president of the credit union, refused to say how much total -funds the organiza tion had, or how many city em ployes were members of it. Whether or not the asserted losses are covered by an insur ance bond could not be learned. Made Small Loans The organization, formed alone- lines of several other employe uniona in tne coumv. maae Inane to memhera and acted as a savings depository for those who wished put money into it and draw interest. Arrnrdinff to its articles of In corporation on file in thecounty Clerk s ouice, u was lormea gn, 28, 1941, witn.il incorporator with the. atlnulation that "mem bers or shareholders of this cor- nnratinn ahall be restricted to those persons regularly employed by Provo. city. At that time, it listed 19 original members and the following officers: Haroia a. Gardner, president; J. E. Bybee, vice president, and Myron Thomas, Tho-mas, treasurer. An amendment to the articles of incorporation filed in 1943 listed me same oi-fWra. oi-fWra. nlu Calvin N. Chrlsten- sen, secretary. Argyle Evans was chosen- president several months ago, replacing Air. oaraner. Myron Thomas remained as treasurer. iTtilitles Board Chairman Cal der, when asked why the board made no announcement of Thomas' Tho-mas' suspension until the matter was brought into the open by newspaper reporters, replied tnat the board had been requested by the state bank examiners to say nothing of the matter at that time. into court on a criminal warrant charging contempt. He was arrested ar-rested in the office of hie tabloid newspaper. Chief Carter, a marine veteran, apparently was spared a new sentence. Half the Grand Ledge police department. Carter was accused by the Justice earlier of "calling me bad names." "I'm not gonna' put up with it." Young said. Young's - Version of why the men were arrested differed. understandably, from that of the chief and the publisher. "He's mad because we raided (he place where he played cards and because we wont give him any of our business on traffic arrests," . Carter said. Republicans (Continued From Page One) Jury (Continued From Page One) of the defendants was "only to cheat." About 100 persons, many oi them friends and relatives of the defendants, half -filled, the big courtroom. The indictment against Tucker and his associates, wis returned list June. . It contained 31 counts, 25 of which charged fraudulent use of the mails. Five charged violations of stock Issuance regu lations, and one charged con spiracy. Counts against three of the defendants were reduced last week after the government had completed its case. retaryof Navy Francis P. Mat thews be called to closed com mittee session. The text of the letter was not available, Tydings told the Republicans that the letter would be consid ered a t a committee session next ThursdayOMeanwhile,'- he said, he plans tO make . a "factual, authoritative statement" on the dispute in a senate speech Mon day or Tuesday. "I am going to present a com' plete chronology of all the cir cumstances as they have been gathered by my staff," Tydings told reporters. "After that, the committee can do as it pleases, Caused Bitter Bow The Denfeld ouster has caused one of the bitterest rows among committee members in recent years. The argument has held up confirmation of Denfeld's successor suc-cessor Adm. Forrest P. Sher man, The Republican senators want to know: 1. Whether Denfeld was ousted after he had been appointed by tne president and confirmed by tne senate to a second term only because he criticized Pentagon unification policies before the bouse armed services committee. 2. " Whether ' . his ouster was legal and actually created a va cancy that could be filled by snerman or anybody else. 3. Whether, his ouster was notice to other naval officers they will be "sent to Siberia" if thty present views to congress . that differ with those of the admin istration. Three cafes in Provo were given "C" ratings during a city-wide city-wide cafe inspection 'recently and told to clean up in 30 days or be closed ud. a report of the city health department revealed Saturday. Sat-urday. " Of a total of 54 cafes in the city inspected, 21 received sani tation ratings of 100 per cent, 24 were rated 90 to 98 per cent, and six achieved a rating of 80 to 90 per cent. Of the remainder, two were rated 75 and one 63 the three which were given 30 days to clean up or be closed up. Nine more cafes were found to be closed by the management's own volition, some for only the winter months. Other details of the report In cluded: "To insure the customers health the health department has arranged ar-ranged with the- laboratory to analyze the swab tests more often end more freauent Inspection of food handling methods will be made. Several places were found to be infested with cockroacnes end rodents. In the future estab- CARD OF THANKS We the family of Kenneth Adams wish to extend our ao preciation for the kind sympathy and help offered , us during the bereavement of our Beloved Husband and Father. MRS. KENNETH ADAMS and FAMILY. 3 Out of 54 Provo Cafes Told To Clean Up or Be Closed Up U. S. Backs Down (Continued From Page One) "excuse to harrsss the 'residents of western Berlin, to threaten reprisals against rail workers, and generally to disturb the peace of the city." . Many Drivers Stopped The Soviet-run railway cut elevated traffic In Berlin by more than 50 per cent in reprisal, and Soviet zone officials threat ened that interzonal rail traffic between Berlin and western Ger many would be affected.. Saturday, many truck drivers going to and from Berlin were stopped and questioned. Some of them were turned back as Soviet frontier guards applied many of tne tactics that preceded impost tion oz their 1948 blockade. lishments harboring these pests wui do aegrsoed until the prem ises-are no ox tne dangers of these offenders. 'j,-"In 'j,-"In general the majority of the food establishments are in excel lent condition but it is found that food Handlers are not always properly instructed -by the management man-agement : in ' the proper methods of food care , and protection . in precaution against infection and in sanitation. "AH dairies delivering milk In Provo have recently - been in spected and rated Grade A except one where records show consistent consist-ent high bacteria count." The report was submitted by Carol Despain, city sanitarian. Communists (Continued From Page One) shot opened with President Nik olai Shvernick presiding over the notables. - . Stalin. V. M. Molotov and Ma lenkov and the other members of the party's political bureau sat in the first row of seats behind a baize-covered table in the cen ter of the enormous stage. Be hind them was a giant, black bordered portrait of Lenin. Foreign guests included Chinese communist leader Mao Tze-Tung, Croif En-Lai, premier of the Peking regime, and representa tives of the people's democracies Black - rimmed flags fluttered from the Bolshoi as well as practically prac-tically every building in Moscow. His mention of the triumph of the Chinese revolutionaries and the: name of Mao brought a tumultuous tu-multuous applause from the audi ence, e American intervention in Chi na, even with $6,000,000,000 he said, was not able to crush the communists. American policy collapsed there, he said, just as did her atomic monopoly. Over the Nation---'Round the World SANTIAGO. CHILE (U.R) A severe earthquake shook the entire area of central Chile, from Valparaiso to Te-muco, Te-muco, at, 10:20 Saturday morning. morn-ing. - . .' 1 No casualties . have been re ported, but city populations were thrown into a panic. - In Valparaiso,, Chile's chief sea port, and one of the two . cities most severely shaken, the people rushed out towards every open space available. San Fernando, 80 miles south of Santiago, also was severely rocked. PHILADELPHIA MM. A bandit walked Into an airplines ticket office Friday night, poked a pistol at Lynn Atkins,- the 29-year-old . manager, and announced: "Here I am again." ' : . Atkins took one look and seized the thug, but after a furious struggle he got' away. Three months ago a gunman got $700 without a battle. . Atkins, nursing head cuts, saved $900 this time. "It was the same guy as before." he said rue- fully. TAIPEI, FORMOSA ' (U.R) Madame Chiang Kai-shek ordered an immediate investigation investiga-tion of army payrolls Saturday after hearing that soldiers wounded wound-ed in battle were not being paid. During a tour of two military hospitals in which she talked with hundreds of men, she asked what : she could . do for them. Many replied that they had received re-ceived no money since entering the hospital. " FRANKFURT, Germany (U.R) Radio Peiping announced today that an exchange rate of one U. S. dollar to 23.000 dollars in "peoples currency" has been established by the Chinese communist com-munist government, - WASHINGTON V. (U.R) Sen. Warren Mafniifton, bills to create a 3-cent piece and a 7 -cent niece. Magnuson said the coins were needed because "the old fashioned ' nickel doesn't work as well as It used to." PITTSBURGH ; (U.R) United mine workers throuffhnut Pnmv'vnl, m r A West Virginia will vote Sunday on wnetner to continue tneir "rebellion", "re-bellion", or heed John L. Lewis' order to return to work Monday. vine miners will decide -either to return to a threefav umrkr week Ar maintain thdr "n tractno work" policy which' iaiea bv.uuu . son coal miners la six states. . t . i Churchill (Continued From Page One) in Kent 1 county a privilege uaually reserved for the king, members of the royal family and the prime minister in power. ' Churchill said that most west. European nations had abandoned: aAeflkl term tiAlnr( ah4 f Ke4 Australia and New Zealand, BriU isn commonweaun nations on, me other side of the world, threw out labor regimes in their , elections this yeari Fliers Missing (Continued From Page One) in jail by the Communists, but It has been presumed all along that they are.-;- ''..-- McDermott described The message mes-sage as encouraging - news.- He said the department is continuing im euurvs uirougja J onusn consul at Tsingtao to obtain their release. : "She Jiwe eerieees Weiieei leeean la raiala vaiaal Lt na atmw yea. in ncara. bn Official Und Car Guida Book, of tba National Automohil. DmI. era AMociatioa. that Hndaoa to e Madar ta null value, tecoaatl Nov Pacemaker with cxclusivo "step-down" dssign brings you THE WOST ROOfJl!... BEST RIDE!... GREATEST SAFETY! In A flash you'll know Hudson has put real meaning into the word "value"! 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