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Show ' 4- v ,v - HERALD PHONES Business ... .... . . . . .. . . . j . . . .495 -Editorial 494 Society .496 mm DOLLARS SPENT . . f . - In Utah County Means Utah County' Prosperity. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO, 160. PRO V O, UTAH COUNTY, UTA H. M OND AX, A PR I L 19 3 1., SIX PAGES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS v , - - , - . ' ; - ' ' . ;r; '" : ; . . ' ' . 1 -. h. : ' : - " ; 1 I . . I m I II ' II! -. I .1 .. , ni. II II. M . . ' II I ! n ,,. IP, 1 1 TODAY Arthur Brisbane ' (Copyright. 1931 Let France, Italy Worry. We Have Our Troubles Racketeering Profits. A Costly Thirst. t ptU may read "Washington fears that th hitch between '' Italy . and France on their - nipping program, . may uu aerlouk." . t It may be serious for' Prance and Italy. Jmtir need not be serious for iu -if we attend to our own . busi ness, keeplng ourselves prepared for any kind of "navy-Siurfaceair or. submarine' fleets that others build. V We have things In THIS country snl that are' serious and ought to keep Washington buayi for instance, our millions of unemployed, a deficit of eigH hundred million dollars whlcbT threatens, and the danger of discouraging business enterprise; employment and industry, 'by : in-preasing in-preasing taxation. . WTHrXJE Uncle Sam struggles W with a deficit of $800,000,000. and his . treasury worries about a few hundred millions of bonus for veterans, 'it may interest, you to know where the "real money" goes. The" "racket" ' in f rauduleht securities securi-ties In New York' state alone! ac-"cording ac-"cording to the state crime commis sion,' amounts to $400,00,000 a year. TJje United States district attorney for . 'eastern' flew York says Racketeers take" from two to four hundred ; millions a year from al-most-evcry" business Vn; Jew' York . Yhe reward of racketeering in the United States, throughout the country, according' to the crime commission ' is FRQM TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN BILLION DOLLARS DOL-LARS A YEAR. ' That would more than run all the . government expenses, including includ-ing pensions, bond interest, army, ftavyftnramortizatlbn of the national na-tional debt, and leave billions to spare. ' , " Racketeering, born of prohibition, prohibi-tion, seems to be an expensive institution, in-stitution, i . " The English drys say their na ' Continued , On Page Two) BLAKIE THUGS FOR MURDER NEW, York. April 6 (ILT) Two children were killed and seven persons per-sons injured today because, accord- ing- to a police theory, a grocer failed to pay adequate iriDuie w y neighbornooa inugs. X ' The casualties resulted from a 1 fire which followed explosion of a bomb piantea in iron ooemuau Geruco's little grocery store, on the ground floor of a' five-story tenement tene-ment at 19Q Avenue B. , ": Miry de Pierna, 12, and her sister LQUan, 9, were killed. V The grocer. "Geruco, told police neighborhood, gangsters had har-rassed har-rassed him vv ever sincethe opened - his store two months ago. When-- When-- ever an emissary of he extortionists extortion-ists called, he said, he gave what V change ; he could spare but It apparently ap-parently was not sufficient. Sportsmen To See " 0ugar. Hunt. Film v - George Hobnan of the U. S. Bio-' Bio-' logical Survey will show motion - pictures " of a cougar hunt . at a v meeting of the Pro vo Conservation association tonight, r tvia asion . will take place at i 8 o'clock, in the science v room "of the Brigham Young university ad- minlstrauonf ouuwug. is! Invited to attend, free of charge, ' " '. i. ' 1 y - -1 . HOUND UP SHARPSTElRS . - SALT LAKE CITY, April 6 (HE) -A drive to round up card sharp- sters who have taken tnousanaa .oi dollars iroin their victims In crooked games was in' full swing today as police Interviewed several men wuu iv. uwfiii ,. . -r-.. r-,- CLINIC IS SET i A' clinic for ,thex pre-school chil-' chil-' dren of the Lake Yiew and Vineyard Vine-yard wards will be held Wednesday 't the home of Mrs.' J. J. Madsen. The clinic will be. conducted be tween the hours or I ana o 'p. m City Trucks Begrin To Haul Away Rubbish .Accumula- lions; Street Improvement " Program to Coyer The City. The annual city clean-up drive gotdnder way Monday morning; with several crews at work hauling away trash and rubbish under the direction direc-tion of the city street department. depart-ment. Streets Raked At the same time a fprce:of men rere put at work taking away the rocks from the city streets. Acj-eoi Acj-eoi ding to Charles Hopkins, comj-missioner comj-missioner of "trcets, .this work will continue until the entire city dirt street system ha been put in the best, possible condition. - The city grader is completing a street improvement, program to day on Fifth 3outh street that has" included every street in tne com-m'mity.- More than 10 outfits Were put to work with city trucks and hayracks hay-racks to haul away rubbish piled along the curb by property owners. According to Commissioner Hopkins Hop-kins it will be Impossible for the trueks to make a. second, trip over the same part of town. Piles ..left at. the curb after the trucks., have passed by; 'will hive tb be hauled away by the individual" property owners, he says. . o Cars Crash At Fountain The fountain at the University avenue and Center street intersection intersec-tion waa blamed for another auto-rhobne auto-rhobne collislon Sunday1 afternoon.' Mrs. C. R. Schoenfeld, 91 South Sixth East, received painful bruises arid lacerations when the car In which She was riding wrth her husband hus-band collided with a car driven by Isaac T. Ilaney of Fort Douglas. BoUi drivers declare4 that thev failed to see each other on account of the obstruction of the view by tVe fountain, . They were both waiting wait-ing for the green light. . Schoenfeld was headed straight west while Haney was preparing, to turn north in front of him. ! Both cars were, badly damaged-1 Traffic Cases Are Arraigned Seven cases of traffic offenses brought In by Provo police officers were called up in the "city 'court. Monday morning. ; ' B. L. Jackson forfeited a $10 cash bail when he tailed to appear on a speeding charge. Ray Garrett entered a plea of guilty and will be sentenced Tuesday A. L. Pixton and Jack Nelson " charged with running ' the red light will appear Tuesday. 3. B. Crohin arrested forspeeding, will ' be arraigned Tuesday; 'Alfred ' Klmber, charged with speeding failed to' put in ' an appearance. He will be brought, In Tuesday on a warrant of arrest, i Mrs A. P. ojhnson, .charged with runnfng through the' red -. light at Third West' ' and Center 'street was sentenced, to serve one day in the county . Jail. : The - sentence was suspended. , , " 61 MOTORISTS KILLED " CHICAGO, April ' 6 (DJ The automobile .'mortality. curve . swung sharply ' upward f Easter Suhday, when v gerallyJlnyiUng spring weather' lured motorists out on the open highways, a United Press survey sur-vey today showed." At; least 64 per-sons per-sons were killed, in motoring accl-1 dents. STORM HALTS PLANE i " ' WASHINGTON, April 6 0IE) Major Roy S. Geiger, who took off from Hampton Roads, Va.,, at 9:15 a'm. today with a plane; load of anti-toxins "for Minagua; wAs forced to .turrf back . because-: of bad weath'er- conditions; the navy department" was advised, , Tw Towns Inundated In Northwest Floods , " - , , t s t I V ' ; s - 1 I .' , T. V , V , , " --vV f I v :; ft " 2?r?J5 irsN piMWiiiiPttiiS gyp;1 J I j I j , y V , t ' "( ' - v w' ' Thousands of Washington and Oregon residents wer-e poling "merrily and office last week when exceptionally high spring water overflowed washed out by. the surging waters. inundated by the rising river waters. an AUDITOR (tlAKE! fax Receipts Help To Swell Collections In City Coffers ' Receipts and collections in the departments of Provo city. for the month of March amounted to $15,-919 $15,-919 22 according to a monthly report re-port issued by Mrs. Mary F. Smith, city recorder. A transfer of $60,000 from the bond sinking fund to the general fund swelled the total receipts re-ceipts for March to $75,919.22. Themain item in the collections is taxes, $11,623.62. Other sources are licenses, $1,111; department fees. $851.85: 'fines and forfeitures. $837 and irrigation taxes, $168.53. v Transfer Made The budgeted expenditures dur ing the month total $20,239.39. In addition $5,000 was transferred to the trust funds and $77956 paid to the reservoir, account. " The department expenses are as follows : Public affairs and finances, $8,797.37; pubucBafety, $3,569.1.; waterworks nd sewers. $2,719.12 ; streets,; publicvimprovements and irrigation, $6,288.51; public proper- y. narks, and , recreauon, ooo.. Trust fund collections total, $8,-4iutr2 $8,-4iutr2 includink the $50a transfer, The disbursements fromthe funds amount to $1306.08 fdr street pav ing districts No. 9. and No. 17.N i The report shows the trust funds to - be ! In good condition. The perpetual per-petual cemetery fund shows a cash balance- of $12,152.35; the bond sinking-fund, $13,987.39; fire equip ment savings fund, $ioo. Farrer Jury Is ; Being Selected , Selection of a jury to -try Mrs, Ruth PV Farrer on charges .of falsification fal-sification - of public records, ' got under way - Monday -morning in Judze'Geree , W. ' Worthcn's divU sioh rof the district courts The examination of the talesmen bV District Attorney M. B. : Pope -and Attorned Martin M. Larson f or the defense was proceeding alowly Mcnday afternoon, It h. was -ex pected ; that - the Jury would not be completed until late -;i Monday or Tuesday forenoon,, r 5 REPORT Below, scene in Portland residential section, showing houses nearly , Four Gaught In Rum Raids Four IJrovo men arc in the toH3 cf.the law today fcllowing two liquor raids staged by deputies from the -.office' of Shetiff E. G. Durnell late Saturday night. Hal C. Evans, living at 150 South First West Was sentenced to serve six months, In the' county jail when he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of possession. Evans was arrested at his", home, Saturday night at 9:50' b'y deputies j. P. Gourley and John , H.. Evans with more than three pints of moonshine in his possesison. According Ac-cording to the officers, Evans has been selling the stufr to youths who have Teen attending nearby dances. Kenneth jfooverT Richard Beer and Monte Bigler were arrested at 2 octocunday lhbrhirig" chkrged withvthe possession of hard elder. Deputy Sheriffs Reuben Christen-sen Christen-sen and Walter Durrant confis cated 20 gaUohs of cider which was iound in the car. ,; Beer and :B!g!fr pleaded guilty when they were arraigned m the city court Monday morning. "'They will be sentenced Tuesday; ; Hoover entered a . pi 3a of not' guilty. ' His trial will be held April 14. , f , Tjie Cray's Chuckle MALDEN; Mass., April 6. OIJiV-T An- automobile, .careening.,' dizzily down a street here, hit a telephone pole on ' which was . a fire alarm box, sounding an alarm. After - the ruotorist,-; apparently somewhat"- unsteady, had ' driven away, fire apparatus came r noisily to the scene. l x Persons, who witnessed the. crash waited to observe tHe firemen's re? action to what they supposed was a .false alarm. . '.The (IremenV however, ' began playing water "on the nearby factory fac-tory -' of x the Gould ' Herb factory, wherei' it developed, a menacing blaze was raging.. ; . Thanks to-the accidental alarm, thev fire- was controlled with dam age oi.aniy'9,aw.'a - ;,) - down the stream" between home rivers and creeks. p Above, a bridge TWO HURT AS CAR IS UPSET A. F. Youth Sustains Broken Arm In Auto Accirfent On Canyon Highway Frank Coats, 24, and Earl Brim, j 22, both of American Fork' suffered severeyhijiirtes Saturday night, when the car in which they were ridinsr overturned on the Provo canyon can-yon highway, one half mile east of Orem.v Coats sustained, a fractured right arm - above the elbow, cuts and bruises about the head. Brim, who was 'driving, .received . bad cuts about the face. . v The accident occurred when Brim, going west, attempted to pass another car driven by Marion Brown, 20, f American Fork. Brim's car was forced too far off the road and- after, sides wiping a parked truck, oelonging to . Angus Bishop rolled over. The car was wrecked. With the assistance of Mr. Bishop, Bish-op, the two men were rushed to the Alrd'H- hospital where they were given, first aid treatment. ' ? ' According to Deputy Sheriffs J. P. Gourley and Reuben Chrlstensen: who 'Investigated the matter, the two cars were travelling rapidly wnen the crash occurred, t Stock Market Sales Slurrio NEW. YORK,-April 8 (EEV-Trad-ing on . the stock exchange today slumped off to the lightest amount since eaxly February, and' prices steaauy sagged. ;, v . ; , , ; United States f Steel : declined gradually .and met only - meager support when it broke v to "a'new I lorwr for the year near, the 137-mark. Weakness in this industrial induced in-duced ' sening v elsewhere ? after a firm opening and a slight' rise In the early tradlhg. ' 1 -; Most'! of the ; other 4 industrials gave rm. better ; performance ; than steei; the: latter being 'under. 'the influence of a slowing .down In production pro-duction . 1q the -industry. f FALL CASE mm AFFIRMED Oil Scandal Punishment Of Fall and Blackmer Loorn; Appeal To Supreme wrt Is Final Possibility. WASHINGTON, April C (U.P.) Punishment came 1iear for Albert B. Fall and Henry M. Biackmer today when the appellate court of the District of .Columbia affirmed the decision de-cision and sentences imposed upon them more than a year ago. Fall, now an old man living In semi-seclusion' on his New Mexico ranch, his health broken', is under sentence to serve a year in prison and pay a fine of $100,000 for allegedly al-legedly accepting a bribe from Edward L. Doheny of Los Angeles. He was accused of having conveyed to Doheny in return for a $100,000 bribe the valuable Elk Hills oil rights in California. At that time he was secretary of the interior in the Harding cabinet, and high in the councils of his party. Blackmer, now in exile in France, was fined $60,000 for contempt of court, he having , refused, . to obey a summons to appear as a witness in the hearings of the so-called Elk Hills and Teapot Dome oil cases. Blackmer was a wealthy oil man of Denver Colo. i Today's decision leaves but one possible legal barrier between the two men and their sentences. That barrier is an appeal to the Unit" States Supreme court, which they have the right to invoke if they so choose. No one here connected with the case would say definitely immediately after the decision whether an appeal would be" taken but there was a general belief that it would. ' ' - Bill the Barber Counts the Votes "Well, I see we had another accident acci-dent at the fountain," said the customer as he prepared to let Bill comb the cockleburrs out of his thatch. "Both drivers Claim the fountain obstructed their 'view. "Yeah, that's right," answered BUI. "But let 'em go. What's a few smashed cars or a few crippled humaxis so long as we hold to the old traditions?" "By the way, Bill, how was the vote on the fountain?" - enquired the customer. 1 X "Well, answered Bill, "there were 154 votes sent in. Some were accompanied by letters giving the reason rorthe votes being as i was. Some wanted the fountain moved to the city and county building build-ing grounds and so on. But there were 141 voted to move the fountain foun-tain and 13 voted to keep it," "Looks like an unlucky 13 doesn't it," said the customer. "I rather guess so," answered Bill as he gave the customer his change and - Invited him to come again.- ' Pass Billion - Dollar Mark In U. Construction Work WASHINGTON, " April (U JJ The billion dollar mark h4s been passed in contracts let for - public, and semi-public construction since December 1, Arthur Woods, chairmah of T.AnSrMM4- TT - i icaiuwik' xiuuvturs 'emergency 'emerg-ency employment committee, announced today. The total was f L208,079,178. -, " A " ' v : x Reports to the committee showed statlc 'or slightly improved employment employ-ment conditions. In - industrial and manuf acturihg --S-f ields continued evidence o& k movement from ciUes to. farms with s greater diverslfl-cation diverslfl-cation of crdps amon wheat and cotton farmers, and probability of Increased employment by : openifag of the Great Lakes navigation ses Chicago and .Buffalo, advised that N EWS W RES By yNlTED PRESS GRANT NEW TRIAL VALPARAISO. Ind., April 6..(iy. Virgil Kirkland. Gary, Ind., high school youth convicted of murdering1 murder-ing1 '18-year-old Arlone Draveii at a drinking party wa3 granted n new trial .today by Juage Grant Crum-packer. Crum-packer. THREE BOYS DROWNED AKRON. O., April 6." (ir.rf The collapse of the bottom' of an old row boat was held responsible today to-day for the deaths of three boys, drowned last night in east reservoir near here. AIRDROME WRECKED LONDON, April 6. U.E An Exchange Ex-change Telegraph dispatch from Toklo said four persons were killed, 60 ' were Injured and J3 '" airplanes were destroyed by - a windstorm which wrecked the military airdrome air-drome at Kyushiu with damages estimated at 5,()b0,000. TOO MUCH STIMULANT TEHRE HAUTE, Ind., April 6. U.Ei Called to testify before the county grand ""ury, Ben Latta and William Palmer fortified themselves them-selves against the ordeal by meats, of a liquid stimulant commonly known as "alky." They now are In jail, charged with contempt of the jury and with intoxication. EGG ROLLING -RACKETEERS-WASHINGTON, April 6. U.R "Racketeering" was charged today at the White House egg rolling. Police found that prscocious Washington Wash-ington youngsters under ten years of age were renting t.iemselves out to tourists at ten-cents apiece so the tourists ould get Into the White House grounds. KINO SLIGHTLY ILL WTNDOR. England, Aprtl 6. uTJ?) King George V was confined to his apartments at Windsor castle-J today by a cold and slight recurrence recur-rence of his eld Iarynfgitia complaint com-plaint but Was able to transact state business uad was reported to be in excellent spirits. ) APPEAL FAILS WASHINGTON, April 6. ILE George L. Cassidy, known as "the man in the green bat" and asserted purveyor of liquor to drinking senators, sen-ators, representatives and their staffs, must serve an 18-months prison term imposed upon him last fall for transporting liquor, the District of Columbia court of appeals ap-peals ruled today. SERVICES FOR PIONEER SALT LAKE CITY, April 6. (C.K) Funeral services 'for Mrs. Carrie S. Thomas, 81, ox-cart pioneer to Utah, and mother of Dr. Elbert D. Thomas, professor of political science sci-ence at the University of Utah, will be held Tuesday at 1 p. m. Mrs. Thomas, who died Sunday, was prominent both in civic and L. D. S. church affairs. BOY BADX-e HURT SALT ' LAKJ2 CITY . ' April 6. U.E The strange fascination a dynamite dyna-mite cap holds for a young boy had its inevitable consequence late Sunday Sun-day When JCdwln Heath, JS, was seriously injured by a cap explosion. OIL RELIEF SOUGHT WASHINGTON, April 6 XttE) Cicero I. Murray, chairman of the oil states advisory committee,-prepared today to lay before President Hoover a plan ' for relieving economic eco-nomic distress in the oil industry. 6f?everal thousand jobs will be avail- able on the Great Lakes with open ing, of the season on -April 15. : , Recent slight gains in employ ment in the Chicago area in steel, radio, furniture and " automobile fields have been held, with lndica- ,tiohs pointing toward . production At present levels or better. . In creased employment . was ..reported by Buffalo xactories.: ' v. A slight upward ; trend In In dustrial -employment vu . noted in Ban Francisco though there was 1 1 1 1 I e improvement generally. Manufacturing employment -A in Kansas City was less ; than a 'year ago; ? Iios Angeles "welfare' organiza tions reported fewer persons' seek ing meals, clothing and assistance uuv uuuuku were wuuiu ee any im mediate decrease , ia relief work. 5 AT - mm-. SESSIONS Missionary Work Described; . r . .... -.- Prohibition Observance Is Stressed At Sunday Gather ing; Rap Lax Enforcement SALT LAKE CITY, April 6 (U.rLeaders of the LiD.S. " church today counselled' -church members. to study the Book of Mormon and to I'tread the path of righteousness.' . Approximately 5000 attend-' ed the morniosr session of the closing day of the 101st an-" nual L. D. St conference. The pro- rram was much the same as on th " first two days,' President Heber J. Grant calling church' leaders who spoke extemporaneously on" "re- " ligious -and moral subjects. Activities In. Mexico Rey Pratt, president of the southwestern south-western states mission, described missionary - work in Mexico. "They are well and happy and are. doing the work wonderfuUy," he said. "They are building 'meefcJ Ing - houses four were erected In Mexico City last year; - "The government does not. pre- . v vent missionaries , from holding -meetings." - . . Ellas S. WoodruffTpresldent of . the western states mission appeal-' i ed to church members to send more , of their children into the missionary mission-ary field. " ' Charles E. Rowan, Jr., president' " of the Texas mission-Hhe latest one established by the church said, considerable progress - had been . made but that additional mission-1 aries were needed to cover the vast, erritory assigned, Texas and Louisiana, Louisi-ana, "k - , - -- 1 John V. Bluth, president of the " Canadian missions,' - also ; stressed the need of more missionaries. He . v : said his .territory was covered by only 52 this year as compared with 82 last yetr. He pointed out -that five district presidents in his mis- sion were doing this work 'without -assistants. Other Speakers 4 Other speakers included Charles A. Callis, southern states mission-president; mission-president; Bishop David E. Smith, member of the presiding- bishop--ric; Rulon S. ' Wells, " memher j of " ' the first council of seventies and Heber C. Kimball. ; 5 ' SALT LAKE CITY, April 6 CUE) i Over 15,000 members of the I D. S. church heard their, leader . discuss religious and moral ques- ( Continued Page Six "Wigwam" Program On KSL Tonight Utah and the horse will be fea-V tured in the program from the. "Wigwam" which wilt be broadcast over radio station KSL, Sa!t Lak$ , 3ity, Monday evening at 11:15. Original melodies and - poems by William I1'- Hanson, composer and pianist. Bill Johnson, baritone soloist, solo-ist, and "Rube" Harrison, reader oX his own poems, win be used on the . program. . ' ;" . .- ;. - --" Song numbers will consist qf "Out in Utah;" The Strawberry Roan," -That Hoss,r a. song of the saddle,, and .')rean Cabin," all Composed by Prof William F. Hanson. Han-son. . :-T-- l-'---:vri' ' i The setting of the program is a wigwam' or teepee in Utah. 1-If 1-If the program goes - i well this group and others will use the 11:15 hour on Monday nights for some time to come. Next Monday night, April 13,'Tndlari vmelodie: and " stories will be broadcast over KSL, s. well, as information concerninlf thK twenty-first ; annual Invitation rack meet nnd relay carnival. ' ' - " """'" ey.. The Weather Utah Generary fair tonight " anJI Tuesday lijtt la change in tesnpei ature,V-"-V ? ; Maxtmum' tempc Saturday O Minimum tjeaip. Sattirday ,U Blaxlmum temp4 Sunday jp. Blinimnm 'temp,' Sunday, jfj -"V A'r' X |