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Show o TTT T 7 ri YOUR NEWSPAPER f -- , jr v - '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. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR, PI KZs U TO DAY -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1933) Slicing the Taxpayer Labor Will March. Will Power vs. Youth. I HEBE AND THERK men arc able to reach, decisions, even in these wobbling days. Mr. Mason Highland of Nashville, Tenn., sends the Rockport Democrat, of Jlockport, Ind., its inside pages completely with announcements of property to be sold for delinquent taxes. On the front page in big type, inserted at the last moment, a statement signed by J. C. Jolly, auditor, and Joseph Holtzman, county treasurer of Spencer comity, comi-ty, expresses their regret that they printed the advertisements of tax sales adds: "WE have decided, owing to financial fi-nancial conditions, NOT to conduct the public sale this year. No property prop-erty in Spencer county will be sold because of delinquent taxes, whether wheth-er the legislature, now In session, declares a moratorium for one year or not We hope our action will meet with the approval of the taxpayers." tax-payers." No doubt it will, for to have property sold for one-tenth of its ivafue for' taxes, without giving the owner a reasonable opportunity to protect himself, is not wise or helpful. help-ful. Treating taxpayers as the anient, an-ient, nomadic tartars treated 'their cattle cannot go on forever. The tartars travelled slowly on. their shaggy ponies, driving cows nd oxen before them. When they ; Wanted meat they cut a piece of the Hying animal, and the-, suffering animal was driven on. When from too much cutting it could walk no longer, it was slaughtered. All cattle could stand that'for a little while. None could stand it Indefinitely. The government will find that the taxpayers cannot stand the same treatment indefinitely indefin-itely either. MR. GREEN, as conservative, careful a leader as the American Federation of Labor ever had, foh lowing more radical farm leaders, warns that a labor "uprising" is not far away and labor will "soon be on the march." -In - what direction labor will march ' wHat it will do when it gets there will be decided later. Mr. Green is careful to say that labor will fight "with every LEQITIMATE weapon at our command" com-mand" lcasant to some of our "best minds " " are Mr. Green's words, TWP. aire out to end legalized rob- berjTin the United States." Legalized robbery would pre sumably Include' printing worthless watered stocks, and ending That would end some very successful financial careers. Mr.v Green wants a protective government service for investors" and demands "recognition of the equities of workers in the industries in-dustries in which they work." -!- "Protection for investors" now is (ike locking the barn door to late. And "equities in industries" are heap today. iMr. Green says labor is not los-irig' los-irig' Its head, but has gfven-3'gov-cliimentfc industrial management, and Tina nee every opportunity to produce a remedy," and now it (Continued on Page Four) Bafchman Services Set For Wednesday Funeral services for Ray Bach-man." Bach-man." veteran Provo mell carrier, who s died in Oakland, California, Friday night, will be held Wednesday Wednes-day at J :30 p. m. in the Elks home. The body is scheduled to arrive here at midnight. ' Friends may call at ttie Elks Lhjo" between the hours of 11 and 1:30 on the day of the services. Ii-fferment Ii-fferment will be in the Provo city cemetery. The' Weather Utah Unsettled and - 'colder tonight, to-night, ) now southeast, moderate-cold wave southwest portion; por-tion; Tuesday generally fair. Maximum temp. Sunday 37 Bflnlntum -Hbcmp. Sunday . 4 beloyr r --rr j r-r nm?n ? 4 S , U ' NO. 116 nr?nm w Ml V3T POWER OF FASCIST TO BE LUTED Conservatives Take Important Posts In Cabinet BERLIN, Jan. 30 (U.R) Adolph Hitler rode into power pow-er in Germany today on the rising tide of his militant fascism. The desperate political experiments ex-periments of the last two years were culminated when President Von Hindenburg entrusted entrust-ed the chancellorship to the fiery little Austrian from Munich, foe of Jews and communists and leading exponent of a belligerent German nationalism. Safeguards Assured In at last giving the vociferous national socialists their chance to see what they could do with government, gov-ernment, the aged president at tached several fettering safeguards to Hitler's regime by naming stalwart stal-wart conservatives to fill cabinet posts. The president named his trusted adviser, Gen. Werner Von Blom-berg, Blom-berg, to the vital post of minister of defense, with control of the army and general public order. Former Chancellor Franz Von Pa-pen, Pa-pen, deep in Von Hindcn'burg's confidence, was made vice-chancellor and .Reich's commissioner in Prussia. As such, he can act as a check on use of the important Prussian police force of 150,000 men by Hitler's lieutenant, Her-Mann Her-Mann Goering, who was made minister min-ister with'jut portfolio in charge of the Prussian ministry of the interior, inter-ior, which administers the police force. POLICE GUARD AUTO PLANTS DETROIT. Jan.' .30 (UD Police held a score of agitators under -arrest today and, 8vere continuing, to single out and jaelze others as they sought to keep a crowd of 5000 Brigg:' strikers peaceful ' and to allow workers to re-employ. A man giving the name of K. D. Miclieff and said by police to be the editor of a Bulgarian communist commu-nist newspaper here was arrested and hnirried to police headquarters where immigration authorities were to check his papers. He claimed to have obtained citizen-, ship papers at Lafayette, Ind., in 1927. Meanwh.'te ever 700 of the old workers had passed through the employment offices. Police squads convoyed the workers work-ers through a rfcckling, jostling crowd to the employment offices. Bishop Named At Lake View Ernel W. Williamson, a member of the Lake View .ward bishopric for the past five years, was Sustained Sus-tained as bishop of the Ward, at a special ward reorganization meeting meet-ing held Sunday night, lie succeeds suc-ceeds Bishop Spencer Madsen who has served 12 years' in the bishopric, bishop-ric, the last five as bishop of the, ward. . The new counselors who were sustai n ed are "Dean" phhson, and Thomas W,. Reese. , J Leonard Johnson was named ward clerk in place of his father, Thomas Johnson John-son who has served' in that capacity capaci-ty for 17 years. , The reorganization was carried out under the direction " of President Presi-dent Ar V. Watkins. Remarks were made by Samuel Blake,: first counselor in the stake presidency, the members of the outgoing bishopric, bish-opric, r Bishop Madsen, Clarence 'LJoyd' and 'the new bishopric and the old. and new' ward clerk, PROVO, UTAH WHAT Four hundred dollars would buy a luxurious ocea,n voyagw for two people; pay all the expenses of u swell vacation. The same ' sum ' would enable a couple to own their own home; it would take care of interest , and Four hundred dollars would buy a fine piano; pay for music lessons les-sons for the youngsters and leave enough over for a radio. Think of the furniture you could buy for $100 a complete new outfit out-fit for the home, paid for in one year. Splendid automobiles, tie last word in construction, safety and comfort, con be bought today for a little more than $400. i I i i if t ? - u MM la WMM- --SI tfrurvivin uru Utah Educators Urging Recognition Of Russia Harmful Effects Of Present Policy With Soviet Pointed Out Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of the Brigham Young university, is one of more than 800 college presidents and professors who addressed ad-dressed a petition to Presidentelect President-elect Franklin JD. Roosevelt today urging the recognition of the Government Gov-ernment of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. The petition was initiated by the Fellowship of Reconciliation whose chairman, Professor Reinhold Nie-buhr Nie-buhr issued the following statement state-ment : "This petition signed by eight hundred educators in favor of the recognition of Russia has been initiated in-itiated by the Fellowship of Rccon, filiation because the Fellowship is interested in every political policy which makes for the peace of nations. na-tions. The Fellowship believes that the failure of America to recognize the Soviet government is one of the most serious hazards to peace in the present critical world-situation. It has contributed to the serious situation in the Orient and prevent ed adoption of policies which might. have frustrated the imperialistic ventures of Japan. It will continue to breed dangers in international relations because It destroys relations rela-tions with one of the most important import-ant and strategic nations in the present world-situation. The Fellowship Fel-lowship hopes this petition will contribute to the rising tide of (Continued on Page, Four) M, I. A. CHORUS PKACTICK The Utah stake M. I. A. chorus will, meet in the stake tabernacle tonight at 7- p. m. to practice in preparation for conference, Frank Spectcartj stake hoard director? has requested all ladies', men's and mixed choruses aswell'-as'the'ward music directors ta be present.-1 : COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, JANUARY V SO UU iead IS e COULD YOU WITH And Supposing a Few Thousand Pedple In Provo Suddenly Had Their Salaries Roosted How would you like $100 EXTRA to spend this year? And, if you are a merchant, how would you like to do business in a town where the total income of workers work-ers and professional men was increased by about one-sixth? one-sixth? Well, you, Mrs. Wage-Earner or Salaried Man, could have that extra money; and you, Mr. Merchant, could live in that sort of town. All you have to do is demand that taxes come down. oOo Let us take an average citizen, earning $2400 a year a fair salary these days. Under the rule of the squanderbunds at Washington, Washing-ton, "government" now takes one-third of this income for taxes, direct and indirect. That is $800 a year withdrawn from trade channels, chan-nels, mostly wasted. Of course, we can't get along without taxes but under any sort of REAL economy, taxes could be cut in half. That would mean $400 saved to the average man, every year. At the left, we suggest some of the things a family could do with $400 a yeah Please read the text, look at the pictures, and then think for a few minutes. oOo The main reason for complaint that "business is poor" is that-one-sixth of the spending power of all of us siphoned away to line politicians' pockets and pay for the wasteful operation of government. The tax dollar is a DEAD dollar; the trade dollar is a LIVE dollar. Nothing will Revive business in this "country so fast as tax reduction. Nothing will protract the depression so effectively as a refusal of governing, tax-levying bodies to practice economy. Please ponder, once $400 a year and then act! JAPAN TO KEEP JEHOL CONTROL TOKIO, Jan. 30 U.1! Japan feels that she must occupy Jehol Province regardless of the attitude of the League of Nations, a government gov-ernment spokesman said today. Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida was represented as undecided, however, how-ever, whether it would be advantageous advan-tageous for Japan to complete oc-culation oc-culation of the disputed Chinese province before or after tne league's report on Manchuria. Commenting upon the conversation conver-sation between tbte foreign minister min-ister and Sir Francis Lindtey, British ambassador to Japan, held Saturday, the spokesman said Uchida Uch-ida found a parallel to the Man-churian Man-churian oisputc in the current difficulties dif-ficulties between Peru and Colombia. Col-ombia. tit- Springville Mayor Tells Club Benefits Of City Power Plant Mayor John L. Whiting explained explain-ed the benefits ot the Springville municipally owned power plant, and discussed conditions existing among the unemployment of Springville, before the Kiwanis club 'members, last week. 1 - Largely through the Operation of the power plant by the -city, it has been possible to reduce the city tax'leyy from 24.5 mills in 1927 to 12.5 mills for the present year, he said.' - Revenue ? derived- from- the Phonei 494 w oOo more, what you could do with DEMANDS MADE BY UNEMPLOYED With a hope of exerting mass pressure on the Utah county commission com-mission approximately 500 unemployed unem-ployed conducted a "Utah County United Front Hunger March" which ended in the city and county coun-ty building at noon Monday. Unemployment insurance, old age compensation, and other governmental gov-ernmental demands were made of the commission. Immediate abolition abol-ition of all anti-labor laws, vagrancy' vag-rancy' and all intimidation laws designed de-signed to prevent workers from organizing or-ganizing or conducting strikes, are among the demands the commission commis-sion is asked to endorse. As immediate relief the resolution resolu-tion adopted by the group calls for no forced .collection of taxesj, new clothing for families of unemployed unem-ployed and poor farmers. Immediate Relief-Payment Relief-Payment of all relief in cash; no discrimination against . needy applicants ap-plicants for re'icf whether they are single, married, Afnerican or for- (Continued on Page Four) pay for its operation, but finances other departments, it is stated. In speaking of the unemployment unemploy-ment condition here. Mayor Whiting Whit-ing declared that 231 applicants for relief were received during the month of December, and a total of $1,200 was spent irv relief work. Though this amount benefited the most; needy ' cases; : probably twice the amount could be spent reasonably reason-ably among- local citizens for relief work he said. 3f. ,-. ; .. vY DO S40O? 495 3 0, 1 9 3 3 erman MOTORISTS MAROONED BY STORI Utah Roads Are Kept Open By State Road Crews Only through the heroic efforts of state road crews were Utah highways kept open today as a heavy snowstorm snow-storm which began Saturday continued intermittently to increase the blanket of snow which covers the state. A real winter blizzard struck Salt Lake county Monday morning but snowplows which patrolled the state highway kept traffic moving ..'.irough with but- slight interruption. interrup-tion. The. road to Spanish1 Fork canyon, can-yon, across the Mapteton bench, was buried in deep drifts part of the time Saturday, Sunday and Monday and some motorists traveling travel-ing by way of Price were compelled com-pelled to go by way of Spanish b'crk, while the road crews were clearing the other road. The road around Point-of-the-Mountain was Kept open all day voday. Snowfall was reported to be especially es-pecially heavy- along the upper Provo river, according to Frank Wentz, river commissioner, and all fears for a water shortage 'nave been dispelled as th'j precipitation figure is near a normal average. Reports fron, Brigham Young univcr-'ty arc that, there is more than live feet of snow a Aspen LOS ANfiLES. Jan. 30 1 1 UN-Two UN-Two thousand motorists were marooned mar-ooned todayat Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino mountains, caught in a blizzard which disrupted disrupt-ed a winter sports carnival and trapped more than 500 automobiles on mountain grades. Scores of men, snow plows and tractors were employed in an effort ef-fort to open theroad between Lake Arrowhead and San Bernardino today. B.P.W.Women Attend Meet The following members of the Provo Business and Professional Women's club attended the central district conference of the club at the Newhwise hotel in Salt Lake City, Sunday: , , Mrs. Georgia .Hansen, president; Miss Lora . Dunn, Miss Rhea Taylor, Tay-lor, Miss Barbara Paxman, Miss Grace Pafcman, Mrs. Gladys C. Nielsen, Mrs. Eve K. Tatton, Miss Melba Bachman, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Pauline S. Shlpman, Miss Amelia Buckley, Miss Bernice Condon, Con-don, Mrs. "Nola S. Hansen, Miss Grace Cheever, Miss Hazel Brock-bank, Brock-bank, 'Miss Melva Boyle and Miss Jean Cox. Mrs. Geline MacDonald Bowman, president of the National Federation Federa-tion of Business and Professional Women's clubs, addressed the women wo-men at a luncheon in the ballroom of thehotel. Preceding the luncheon, lunch-eon, an informal reception was held on the mezzanine floor. More than 150 " club members, representatives from practically every state, were in attendance. t . M. I. A. To Sponsor Male Glee Concert The, annual grand ensemble concert con-cert of the Associated glee clubs of Utah will be held hx Provo Saturday Sat-urday evening, February 11, in the Utah stake tabernacle. Two hundred hun-dred voices are included in the chorus and several local 3 artists will participate, making the program pro-gram one of the'best ever presented present-ed in musical circles. 'A nominal admission price wil be charged. "; Utah' stake Jd. I A. is sponsor-lngithe sponsor-lngithe event and proceeds will go to the ' girls' : new canyon Ifome. The cooperation 1of the public in making the affair a success will be appreciated! WHAT FOLKS SAV "A depression ,vhich persists because be-cause vve are spending too little is widely , proclaimed to be curable by spending even less." Harold Sinley Buttenheim, editor. Tf1 0) c nils ijovernmen' NEWS WIRES By UNITED PRESS APPROVK.BEER BILL WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 U.I! The senate finance committee today to-day voted, 12 to 5, to report favorably favor-ably to the senate the 3.05 per rent beer-wine bill. Chairman Smoot explained that the favorable report related wheily to revenue features and that several sev-eral senators voted wil'.i tht .spec ific reservation. PROBK MEAT PACKERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (IW'.i Activities of the Institute of American Amer-ican Meat Packers in arousing opposition op-position against th'e Domestic allotment allot-ment farm relief bill included distribution dis-tribution of "two or three hundred thousand" circulars urging hog producers and commission merchants merch-ants to protest enactment of the measure, the senate agriculture committee was informed today. REDUCE RAIL FARES WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 U. E--Western railroads plan to reduce passenger fares on Feb. 1 in an effort to recapture some of their lost traffic, it was learned today at the interstate commprcr commission. com-mission. The reduciops would be up tp 25 per cent on certain classes of passenger mileage rates. BANKRUPTCY BIIJ; OKEHED WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 U.P House passage of the drastic La Guardia-McKeown bankruptcy bill lor debtor relief was believed assured as-sured today when the Republican leadership announced its support of the measure. PROGRESSIVES TO UNITE WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (U.P) Creation of a bi-partisan senate progressive committee to coordinate coordin-ate progressive sentiment throughout through-out the nation was revealed to the United Press today by Senator Norris, Republican, Neb., one of the veteran liberals who bolted President Hoover in the 1932 campaign. cam-paign. Congressional progressives are seeking a more closely knit organization. organ-ization. THROUGH WITH LOVE j LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 ifj.E j Marion Talley, the Kansas girl who ' became an International operatic star at 17, ts through with love. The annulment of her marriage to Mic'hael Rasceisen. 43-year-cfd German singing master, ended her ventures into matrimony for all time, she told th'e United Press to-!ay. to-!ay. 7 ESCAl'K DEATH CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (IU'i-Seven persons escaped ieath by a few minutes here today when their two-story two-story brick -home was demolished by explosion and fire; They arrived at the home just as firemen were entering the ruins in search r-f their bodies They said tbey hir been visiting relatives rela-tives since late vesterav. WOMEN PLAN MASS MEETING Plans were announced today by Mrs. Achsa E. Paxman for a community com-munity mass meeting sponsored by the women's organizations of the Lm. D. S. church in support of the 18th amendment. The meeting to which all women in Provo, regardless of church affiliation, af-filiation, arc invited, will be held in the First ward chapel, Thursday, Thurs-day, February 2 at 3 p. m. The speakers will be I. E. BroCk-bank, BroCk-bank, former county attorney; Mrs. J. W. Aird, representing the women's wo-men's temperance groups and Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of the Brigham Young university. A special musical program is being be-ing arranged by Miss Melba Dast-rup. Dast-rup. The meeting is being held in conjunction con-junction with a state-wide move supported by the M. I. A. and other organizations. Although the meeting meet-ing is principally for women, men are invited to attend also. PRICE FIVE CENTS Ik? 3(1 PERCENT CUT SOUGHT R VALUE Present Assessment Far Above Actual Cash Worth Reduction of 30 per cent in the assessed valuation of farm lands in Utah county this year, was asked by a group representing; the county coun-ty farm bureau organization which met with County Assessor As-sessor Robert L. Elliott this afternoon. Evans Anderson of Lehi, president presi-dent of the Utah County Firm bureau, bu-reau, was spokesman for the group and Joseph Anderson, also of Lehi and president of the Utah State Farm bureau, was present to explain ex-plain th?e attitude of the organization. organi-zation. To Curry Fight-While Fight-While Mr. Elliott said that he preferred the group meet with the state tax commission who has final power to make blanket Increases or reductions on any kind of property, prop-erty, spokesmen for the farm hu reau group intimated that the light for a reduction would be carried to the supreme court, if necessary, because the present valuations are" far obev the cash value of the property, which is illegal. At an earlier meeting resolutions adopted by the ntate farm bureau at its annual convention calling for enactment of laws favorable to the farming industry were unanimously unanimous-ly adopted. The meeting considered the advisability ad-visability of asking the board of county commissioners to eliminate the three per cent penalty and 12 per cent interest on delinquent taxes. It was pointed out, however how-ever that these penalties are1 Important Im-portant factors in persuading corporations cor-porations and large taxpayers to pay Iheir taxes early. Left To Board .The matter was finally left to the discretion of the county board, after it was shewn that any such change would call for legislative action. , v;. Candland expressed the belief be-lief that the law should be changed so that the delinquent taxpayer should be allowed to pay his taxes in the order that they became delinquent, de-linquent, rather than to be forced to pay the lat yrar's delinquency f ii ft. Hi.s motion in this respect carcird and will be given consideration considera-tion by the county and state tax committees of the bureau. Lack of cooperation on the part of farmers was deplored by several sev-eral members, who stressed the need of a general movement that would prevent the farmer from selling sell-ing his product below cost. STATE FIREMEN TO MEET HERE Provo will be the meeting place of the 26th annual convention of the Utah State Firemen's association associa-tion which takes place in the early part of August, according to Fire Chief Clyde Scott. Preliminary plans for the convention con-vention were drawn at a meeting held Friday night, attended by members of the Provo Veteran Volunteer Vol-unteer firemen and active fire department de-partment with Wren Wilkins as chairman. J. H. Durrant was named treasurer treas-urer and Clarence Duke, secretary. A general committee was named with Chief Scott as chairman, tha other members being Joseph W. Loveless, former fire chief and J H. Durrant. H. W. Wardleigh of Ogden - la president of the state association. Tbte remaining members of the .veteran volunteers of Provo are Joseph W. Loveless, J". H. Durrant, Robert Boardman, Wren VWT"iins, James Markman, Joseph- Ward, William Strong, Leo H. Bean, B, Roper aad Arthur Durrjtnti |