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Show ( JJ.1HLIU Last Days- to Register For 1933 Elections Weather Forecast UTAH: Unsettled tonight arid Tuesday, probably showers north portion; cobdtep- west portion tonight. to-night. . ' , Trade At Home When yon - spend ytnir money with a home merchant, or employ a local tradesman, yoa are helping to bolster payrolls and purchasing power, a very Important factor In community building;. FOHTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 53 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 0, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS Herald. i KOVU (UTAH) EVENING . H E K A L D, .. . .. 1 1 . I .aMi nrn r-vn By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. AIAJ5N (Authors of "Washington Merry-Go-BmbkT and "More Merry-. Merry-. - Go-Round" 'WASHINGTON The United Unit-ed States supreme court has lost no time in taking advantage advan-tage of an opportunity to declare de-clare itself on the president's recovery program. It has set for hearing on December 4 an appeal by Leo Nebbia. Rochester, N. Y-, milk distributor, dis-tributor, from a state court decision decis-ion upholding the right of the government gov-ernment to fix prices. Directly, the case Involves only the validity of the New York-milk control act. Actually this law-is similar to the agricultural; adjustment act, under which the secretary of agriculture regulates mirk prices throughout the country; Therefore the supreme su-preme court' decision is. certain to determine the constitutional status of agricultural v recovery. The outcome .may have historic consequences, 1 : : I CHANGED FRONT Great changes, have- come over Japanese policy toward the United States-espeolaUy since Roosevelt moved ioeoogntze : Russia. To. v witness; One -year ago a gentleman named Toshio Shira-Jorl, Shira-Jorl, spokesman of the Japanese foreign . iff ice, was handing out daily jingoistic statements to the press. There was almost nothing too unfriendly for him to say of the United States and especially its secretary of state, Henry I Stimson. -At one -timeke charged. Stimson . with "f ulminatioris and lying." ' A few days ago the same gentle-uan gentle-uan passed through Washington, this time docile as a lamb. "My troublewas,M he told news-papermehT'that news-papermehT'that I did not know how to beat around the bush." AJ : ' j ( REFUNDING The administration's liberty bond conversion undertaking is making steady progress. The treasury has accumulated $500,000,000 in cash which It can use o retire fourth llbertys next April. More important, the response disclosed dis-closed a str" demand for long-term long-term govei" securities. This is good new. e government's financiers. lV.V Njtely that another an-other long-term will be: offered of-fered soon - j . RTS Liberal friends of the president in New York City ate sending him urgent appeals to "clear his skirts" of any connection with the Farley-backed Farley-backed mayoralty candidacy of 'Holy Joe" McKee. . Their private advices are that Korello LaOvfrdla, Fusion candidate.- will win, and that the Na-- Na-- ( Continued ?on Page Six) GAINS NEW REPRIEVE WASHINGTON, Oct 30 V) Charles Washington, convicted negro slayer who was saved from the electric chair last week by President Roosevelt, was given another, an-other, reprevei today, thig time to November ;24;.J I A SANTA MONICA, Call., Oct. Z9 What's the R. F. C. farm relief, and sportmanahip going to do about this? Oregon has a football team, and Washington Washing-ton has one that played all year with the same eleven tnen and have beaten or tied everything every-thing on the coast. ' The rules say everybody that bad a uniform la eligible, that In case s player has a phone calL he can excuse himself for a few minutes, come back again, then If he has a luncheon lunch-eon engagement, can take time Jtmt for that. Then If he sees an old friend in the stands, he can end tn a substitute while he chats with him. Then, of course, m cae of slight fatigue, he can come out and sleep a bit, but I dont want to criticise ; they 'may operating op-erating under iihe - N It A. They are giving shorter hours antt more work o- more -men. ; . .. Yours, ...: xS says. w U. S. TO BUY FOREIGN GOLD IN NEW WE Aim Is to Boost Commodity Prices In Line With Domestic Policy By UNITED PRESS iTie United ' States arranged arrang-ed today to buy gold in the world market, a decision wnich createu speculation onj whithi- rlvplnnrrpnt.s in President Roosevelt's campaign cam-paign to raise commodity prices might lead to an international inter-national monetary war. Stringent efforts were expected to compromise any threat of a struggle on currency among the world financial powers the United Unit-ed States, Great Britain and France. But the divergent purposes guid ing economic policies of the three powers were: 1. The United States is attempting attempt-ing to raise commodity prices by depreciating the dollar. Decision to buy gold in the world market was an extension of last week's program to fix the price of newly-mined newly-mined gold. 2. France Is battling to keep on the gold standard. Whether she might be forced off despite her huge gold reserves or in retaliation retalia-tion against American currency activity, ac-tivity, remained an unanswered question. 3. Great Britain, with the pound sterling off gold, has been trying to keep thepound down on the exchange to better her position in international trade. However, the pound shot upward in trading today, and is now near par with the dollar. The hope of a compromise was seen in possible cooperation between be-tween Britain and the United States in using equalization funds to maintain currency at a steadier level a purpose frequently hoped for by financial and business circles cir-cles In both countries. In view of the fact that the United States has not yet started to buy in the world market, and it is not known how much will be bought, the future possibilities were speculative. IS VOTED ON .After an hour's discussion of the opening and closing schedule of PrOvo's dry goods stores, 4 group of 20 business men, meeting at the chamber of dommerce Offices Monday Mon-day morning, voted to open' their stores at 8:30 a. m. and close at 6 p. m. every day of the week, in-ciuding in-ciuding Saturdays. This does npt include foocT stores. The present schedule is from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. One of the representatives cast his vote against the plan and another failed to vpte. A motion to keep all stores op-en on Armistice Day, Saturday, Nov. 11 was passed unanimously. Ed. Shrive r, Leo Lewis and W. R. Butler were named on a committee to draw up a schedule of alterations altera-tions for ladles' ready-to-wear and men's clothing to be submitted rater. Painleve Dies PARIS, Oct. 30 OLE) France mourned today the last of her war time premiers, Paul Painleve, and prepared to accord nlm the honor of buriaLin the Pantheon, reserved for her greatest men. Painleve died yesterday after a long illness. His body will lie in state during the week and will be buried Saturday with full national honors. New Forester WASHINGTON. Oct. 80 OLE) Ferdinahd A. Silcox will assume the duties of chief forester ofthe United States forest service November No-vember 15. He succeeds Major Robert Y. Stuart, who tell to ueath lipm tls off ice -wmdovr-wee STORE CLOSING UUKJ PtfS), ; . Crowds Watch RUM RUNNER IS SUNK BY GUARD NEW LONDON", Conn., Oct. 30 (U.R) The "Frances, allegedly a rum runner, wag sunk and coast guard patrol boat No. 404 badly damaged today in a collision off Black Point. The patrol boat was pursuing a second rum runner. Qne member of the Frances crew, Charles Foster, was wounded wound-ed . critically in heavy firing that followed the collision. The collision came without warning, warn-ing, according to Commander Henry Coyle of the coast guard base. 'The Frances rammed 404 of the starboard side, plowing Ceeply into the hull and leaving her in a badly damaged condition," said Coyle. The coast guard ofifcers boarded the Frances but could find no sign of life and returned to their own boat. Meanwhile, coast guard patrol boat 403 came upon the scene and as the 403 headed toward port, the Frances, a 62-foot tri-motor, suddenly sud-denly started to pull away. , The patrol boats opened fire which was returned from the Frances. Fran-ces. Foster, according to Coyte, was . wounded as he climbed over the steel breastplates of the stricken strick-en rum ship. Discuss Milk Code - Milk producers and distributors 'of Provo will .meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the juvenile court room, city and county building to . dis- 'euis the tentative milk -code. ; CJlf'i n ::-M& idl c sv ft ri iiji axuuiiui ' Cctlay I r o)n. nnn . . Fire In Provo ay-t out 3 DESPERADOES' STAGE HOLDUPS Three youthful burglars terrorized terror-ized the county early Monday morning when they roared through the country-side in a high-powered automobile, burglarizing two stores holding up a service station operator oper-ator and smashing a drug store window in Pleasant Grove.. The three youths kept just out of the reach of the officers, maintaining a safe lead by means 6f their fast car. Rob Provo Store They obtained a small amount ol loot at the Williams Grocery store at 543 South Third West, Provo; took about one dollar in pennies at the Skinner general store en Provo Bench; obtained nearly $60. in the hold up of the McCoard-Corliessen service station on ,the south side of Pleasant Grove and crashed a large rock through the front window win-dow of the Hedquist Drug store at Pleasant Grove. All through the county the thret youths kept barely out of the reach of the officers. They were seen in (Continued on Page, Six) Dr. R. Gam Clark, Provo physician physi-cian and Don W. Conover, member of the Provo distriefboard of education edu-cation are celebrating birthday anniversaries an-niversaries : today. Congratulations! ir,4iL vf?i ' BIRTHDAYS TODAY : HESS MWYSB . ----- 5) . Office Building Curious rowds at the Knight block fire Sunday presented a difficult problem for the officers who tried to keep the spectators spec-tators back away from the building. At the top is a. view of the crowd on University avenue. Below is a view from the University Univer-sity avenue side showing the smoke pour- of the building. . , . , ,. f) NEW RESERVOIR PROVES VALUE The big blaze demonstrated the value of Provo's new equalizing reservoir completed more than two years ago at a cost of$100,000. In spite of the fact that there were nine lines of hose pouring water into the burning building, maximum maxi-mum pressure was maintained throughout and the level in the reservoir was only lowered two feet, according to Clark Newell, superintendent of the city water system, who rendered valuable assistance as-sistance to'the firemen throughout: The entire block might have been wiped out but for the reservoir, res-ervoir, said Mr. Newell, recalling recall-ing the disastrous Knight Woolen Mills conflagration which got out of control main ly because the water supply gave out. As an added precaution, Mr. Newell and Mr. Huckins, manager of the Utah Power and Light company, com-pany, ordered the Lost creek stream turned into the mains in Provo canyon, although it didn't become necessary to use the additional addi-tional supply. The power company as well as the telephone company suffered suf-fered little Interruption of the service because of the fire. As soon a.? the arrangements could be made, new electric lines were connected to serve the Crest theater and other nearby near-by buildings. The telephone company found it necessity to connect to their storage batteries bat-teries when the power lines went out for a short time . Six-Hour Day On Relief Projects Six hours constitute a day's work on R. F. C. relief work projects in Ut&li county, beginning Nov. 1, according ac-cording to a unanimous agreement by the members of the county unemployment un-employment relief committee. The standard rate of pay is 50 cents an hour for unskilled labor on this kind of work. Noted Actor Dies NEW YORK, Oct. 30 0IB Funeral services for E. H. Sothern, celebrated actor who carried' the romance of Shakespeare to almost every ,town in the United Statfes, will be held either today or .tomorrow, .tomor-row, j Entire Business Block Threatened As Firemen THREE TOWNS AID FIREMEN Three Provo Firemen Forced To Seek Medical Aid After Big Blaze. Three Provo firemen were forced, to seek medical attention after th toig Knight tlock fire, Sunday afternoon. after-noon. Scott Thompson, acting chief during the early part of the blaze in the absence of Chief Clyde Scott, Clarence Duke and Glen Clark were badly battered as a result of their three-hour struggle with the blaze. Thompson who worked heroically against odds, was near collapse several times, from the effects of smoke and fumes. He and Clark received medical attention for eye injuries and Duke suffered a recurrence re-currence of an injured rib. The other Provo firemen who were fighting in the thick of the smoke to keep the blaze from wiping wip-ing out the whole business district dis-trict were Frank Taylor, Bert Kirkwood, Karl Loveless, Frank' Cole and Jesse Harding, extra man. Chief Len Taylor of SpringviB.e, Chief Willis Brockbank of Spanish Fork and Chief Irving Pratt of the American Fork department with their men, deserve praise for the valiant way in which they fought at the side of the Provo firemen. They played no small part In subduing the flames, which but tor their assistance might have got beyond control. Old veterans, members of the Provo Volunteer Firemen rendered render-ed valuatte assistance at the fire. Clock Shows Time Of Fire A stopped electric clock which hangs suspended from the charred north wail of the Schramm-John-son Drug store indicates the time when the electric current was turned turn-ed off on account of the fire. The clock is stopped exactly at 12 o'clock. Water from the first Jne put in by Scott Thompson, assistant fire chief, smashed into the switch box and stopped thetclock. J. R. Jensen, new manager of the Schramm-Johnson Drug store, said today that the blaze was discovered dis-covered some 'time between 10 and 5 minutes to 12 o'clock. Fred Washburn, drug store employe, had just gone down. Into the basement when he discovered the fire just north of the fire door in the base ment under the McArthur Clothing Co. Both the drug store and the clrhing store use the same basement base-ment room, to clean up trash in. The refuse from both places had been cleaned out the previous day, it is reported. The firemen have always regarded this basement as one of the danger spots in the Provo business district. Drug Store to Reopen Soon Announcement was made today by F. C. Schramm of the Schramm-Johnson Schramm-Johnson drug stores that the Provo store will open in a few days in the building formerly occupied by the Wasatch Gas company, 46 North University avenue. A completely com-pletely new stock will be placed in the store. Arrangements for the opening will be handled by H. T. Fowler and - J. R. Barrow, , district managers, assisted by J. T. Jensen, local manager. Battle Stubborn Bl Provo Firemen, Aided by Men From Neighboring Neigh-boring Towns, Struggle For Three Hours To Bring Stubborn Fire in Check One. of the most disastrous fires in Provo's history, which threatened to wipe out an entire business block, gait-ted gait-ted the Knight building at Center street and University avenue, Sunday afternoon, leaving an estimated damage to the building and stock of $75,000. It was the worst fire Provo has had since the Knight Woolen Mills fire in 1918. w Fire Starts In Basement Starting from a pile of rubbish in the basement of th6 McArthur Clothing store, the blaze spread rapidly in the dry woodwork of the building, and followed the staircase to burn through the first and second floors to the top. The main stringers and floor beams were burned through in several sev-eral places, necessitating extensive rebuilding operations before be-fore the building can be occupied. The blaze proved exceedingly stubborn to cope with, as the tireless firemen battled from different, points of vantage van-tage in an almost vain effort to get at the base of the fire. The fire departments from Springville, Spanish Fork and American Fork responded to the call for assistance, and the fire laddies from all three towns brought their equipment and rendered valiant service. The call was sent out by Mayor May-or Jesse- N. Ellertson mainly to have these departments stand by to protect the adjoining buildings, in case the blaze should spread. Stores Suffer Much Damage The Schramm-Johnson drug store and the McArthur clothing store suffered the principal losses, their stock being badly damaged from fire and water. The floor joists under the fountain at the drug store were burned away and that part of the floor sagged several feet. Showcases and shelves were scorched or else damaged by the water seeping in from above. The clothing store interior was a complete wreck. The firemen were hampered in their first efforts to put out the fire by the lack of gas masks, which, became necessary neces-sary on account of the dense, acrid fumes coming from the burning drugs and chemicals. Gas masks were brought from Springville, the Wasatch Gas company and the Columbia Colum-bia Steel company later on, after the fire had gained some headway. Employe Turns In Alarm The fire was first discovered by Fred Washburn, employe em-ploye of the drug store. According to reliable reports, he and J. R. Jensen, manager of the store, attempted to put out the fire by using a chemical extinguisher at first. Failing Fail-ing in this, they called the fire department. The firemen reported re-ported that the fire had evidently been burning some little time when they arrived, because two 2x6-footings in the basement had been burned clear through. Fireman Scott Thompson made his way to the basement with the chemical line. He almost had the fire out when he was forced to go back to keep from strangling by the fumes, partly from the fire and partly from the extinguisher used by the drug store employes. These extinguishers absorb all the oxygen from the air and make it difficult to breathe where they are used. The ceiling joists in the basement were burning when Thompson arrived, he said. Once the blaze got a start through the staircase above and through the basement, it proved difficult for the firemen fire-men to get at it. Prevented by the stinging smoke and fumes, from entering the structure, they were forced to work mostly from the outside. The firemen were compelled to chop holes through the floor of the drug store and clothing store to get at the fire. The pavement above the basement ventilators was also opened up in a number of places to allow the firemen a place to work without having to enter the smoke-filled building. At one time there were nine lines of hose playing water into the fire from the sides and the top of the building. It was not until 3 o'clock that the efforts of the fire fighters began to show results and the fire finally brought under control. By that time the building was drenched from top to bottom with water, filling the basement to a depth of several feet, the plate-glass windows were broken and the, stairway gutted completely by the flames. During the height of the blaze, many of the tenants in the adjoining buildings began to move out their furnishings and equipment, aroused by the possibility that the fire might get beyond control. After the basement fire had been extinguished in-the southeast corner, the flames worked their way to the north , fanned by the breeze. It became necessary in order to head ' off the blaze, to chop through the floor in the vacant store building formerly occupied by the Barton Furniture store, where an abandoned stairway was utilized to brino; a line; of hose by firemen equipped with gas masks. This'.proved -' to be a wise step. Once the fire was attacked from this . direction its progress was soon checked. (Continued on Page Six) . ' -w- ..' . . ....... .... : - av -"j.- i ' 1 -'i 1.. |