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Show Eean?im Service If you do not receive your copy of The Herald by 6 p. m., telephone 495 and one will be sent you. FORTY-NINTH YEAR, w UVJ -- MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN WASHINGTON It has been done so quietly that only a few -insiders know about it, but the administration has just addd another link in the chain it is forging by which the government will have aw iron grip on the Federal Reserve Re-serve System. The fact that the latest steps have been taken entirely within the existing law. and officially on the initiative of the Federal Reserve Re-serve Board, will not increase their palatability to querulous Senator Carter Glass and other-die-hard defenders of Federal Reserve Re-serve autonomy. What the Reserve Board has done is thia: 1. It has notified the twelve Reserve banks that the Federal Reserve agents who act as chairmen chair-men of these banks -will hold office only at the pleasure of the board in Washington. Heretofore they were appointed for twelvemonth twelve-month periods. 2. It laid down the rule that future directors of Reserve banks will not be eligible for further service if they have filled two terras. They, also, are appointed by the board. This last order is a solar plexus plex-us blow. It means that acting through the Federal Reserve Boards which it now dominates, me Administration Administ-ration will be able to junk many of the anti-New Deal bankers who now rule the Reserve banks and replace them with New Deal friends. Already the projected house-cleaning house-cleaning has created an uproar in inner Federal Reserve circles. Note- - It is now definitely known that L. B. Williams resigned resign-ed as agent of the Cleveland Federal Fed-eral Reserve Bank because of resentment re-sentment over the indefinite tenure ten-ure of his office. And it was highly significant that no effort was made to persuade Williams to stav. CONFIDENT Senator Henry Ashurst. stately state-ly Chairman of the Senate (Continued on Paee Seven) CITY EXPENSES RISE IN 1934 Provo city spent more money in 1934 than it did in 1933 in the waterworks department but spent $4,170.17 less in the general departments. de-partments. The annual report submitted Monday night to the city commission commis-sion by Mary F. Smith, city auditor, audi-tor, shows that general fund expenditures ex-penditures in 1934 totalled $142.-351.43 $142.-351.43 as compared with $146,-521.60 $146,-521.60 in 1933. The revenue, on the other hand, was considerably greater m 1934 than 1933, mostly due to a $10,297 increase in revenues from taxes and an increase of $12,957 from tax sale redemptions. Mrs. Smith's computations show that in 1934 the total revenue was $144,500.13, exclusive of any bond refundings. In 1933 the revenue was but $l2o,495. Expenditures in the waterworks deparment, on the other hand increased in-creased by $11,704 and the net revenues decreased $1,812. Revenues in the waterworks department de-partment in 1934 were $46,945; in 1933 they were $48,758. Increased expenses in the waterworks water-works department are due to several sev-eral factors. Interest on bonds and payment on bonds comprises the largest item of about $9,000. Purchase Pur-chase of power company water due to the drouth caused another expense of $1,395. P.-T.-A. Meeting The Parent-Teachers' association associa-tion of the Central school district will hold a meeting Thursday evening eve-ning at 7:30 o'clock in the auditorium. audit-orium. "The Child and His Needs" is to be the subject of discussion. A full attendance of parents is urged. ft IPflay tflftie IPnaimS NO. 119 STATE STORE LIQUOR BILL IS REVAMPED Blood Declines To Place Administration Tag On House Bill By WAYNE H. FARLEY United Press Staff Correspondent CAPITOL BUILDING, Jan. 22 (U.R) Liquor control became be-came purely a legislative worry wor-ry today" when Governor Henry H. Blood declined to sponsor the revised state store plan of control as an administration measure. Committer Report The governor's attitude was made known through a committee report made to the house today to clear up confusion of members as to the status of the bill. The report re-port indicated, however, that he favored retention of the state store feature. Lamoreaux inaugurated several important changes from the original orig-inal committee bill, notably elimination elim-ination of the provision whereby restaurants and hotels would be licensed to sell by the drink with meals. Immediately after it was proposed, pro-posed, an opposition bill was formulated, for-mulated, the chief difference being state control through issuance of private dispensey licenses rather than through, a state monopoly. Confusion arose in the house and when the session convened late Monday a demand was made for clarification as to the part the administration was playing. Speaker Speak-er Walter K. Granger appointed a committee to confer with the governor. That committee learned that the governor had no administration administra-tion bill and so reported today. But obviously, the report said in effect, ef-fect, the governor is not adverse to changes being made in the original origin-al committee of 49 proposal so long as the state store feature is retained. SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 22 (U.R) The first law to be passed by the 21st session of the Utah legislature was in effect today. Acting with a speed generally shown only in the last days of the legislative session, the lawmakers introduced a bill designed to aid delinquent taxpayers, passed it in both houses and had it signed by the governor all within a five hour period. Extend Redemption The bill was an administration measure proposed by the state tax commission and provided that the period of redemption be extended to April 1, 1935. It was introduced in the house and was speeded by a short message mes-sage from Gov. Henry H. Blood. "Under the present statues the right of redemption expires today, Jan. 21. 1935." the governor point-continued point-continued on Page Eight) Concert Wins arm rraise Despite the low temperature which prevailed in Provo Monday night, those who braved it and assembled in the Utah stake tabernacle tab-ernacle were both warmed and filled. The Brigham Young university univer-sity symphony orchestra was able to do both. Under the direction of Professor Le Roy J. ...obertson, it succeeded in banishing all thojight of cold for a short hour and a half. Beginning with Beethoven's symphony No. 8 in F. Major, the well trained organization played through a program which left little lit-tle to be desired, reaching an inspired in-spired climax in Wagner's immortal immor-tal "Prelude to Lohengrin " Brilliant ensemble The ensemble played with a brilliancy and dash as well as (Continued on Page Eight) MERCHANT RETURNS Marvin Gease, manager of the J Booterie, has returned from St. i j Louis, Mo., where he attended a j ' convention of the Central Shoe I company. i Mr. Gease spent several days in St. Louis, during which time he I i purchased a complete line of j spring and summer shoes for the Booterie, he reports. I W PROVO, umu The Rise CHAPTER ONE By CLARKE NEWLON NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 22 i (American Wire) Crowded around the speakers' hastily constructed stand in a small town in Winn Parish, the state of Louisiana, a thrrmc nf raiuns listened to the young man on the stump who even then was showing a tendency to portliness. "I'm a country boy just like you all,"' shouted the speaker. "I went to work for 15 cents a day when T was seven years old I'd rather eat potliker and corn pone than the finest meal any hotel chef can make with all the fixin's. I've had mud on my shoes and corns on my hands since the day I was born." The crowd listened spellbound. spell-bound. Double Life But somewhere a man snickered, snicker-ed, turned to the man next him in the crowd and said: "Huey's been leading a double life on me. I lived within a mile of him for 18 years and he never did a lick of work at home that I ever knew about " The man on the speaker's stand was Huey Long, now dictator of (i Two Witnesses Put Hauptmann At Crime Scene Mountaineer Says He Saw Him Twice in February In Sour lands. FLEMLNQHON, N. J., Jan. 22 U.R Charles Rossiter, a traveling salesman, testmed he saw Hauptmann on a road near Princeton airport the Saturday before the kidnaping. kidnap-ing. FLEMINGTON, N. J.. Jan. 22 (U.R) A lean mountaineer from the Sourlands today became be-came the seventh government witness to identify Bruno Richard Hauptmann as. connected con-nected with the Lindbergh crime, and the second to place him in Hopewell at approximately approxi-mately the date it was committed. Millard Whited. a woodsman who says he knows everybody in the Sourlands, testified today that he saw Hauptmann on two occasions, occa-sions, first about Feb. 18. 1932, and again on Feb. 25 or 27, skulking skulk-ing in the vicinity of the Lindbergh Lind-bergh manor. Confirms Other Testimony Amandus Hochmuth, an 87-year old resident of Hopewell, previously previous-ly declared he saw Hauptmann, 'looking like a man who had seen a ghost," in the highway leading to the Lindbergh home, on March 1, when the kidnaping was executed. The other five identifications of the Bronx carpenter have been: 1. - Dr. John F. Condon, the Bronx educator who says Hauptmann Haupt-mann is the man who negotiated with him for Col. Lindbergh's $50,-000 $50,-000 ransom. 2. Joseph Perrone, the Bronx taxicab driver, who says Hauptmann Haupt-mann paid him a dollar to carry a note to Dr. Condon, 3. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who says he recognizes Hauptmann Haupt-mann 's voice as that of the extortioner. extor-tioner. 4. Hildegarde Alexander, who says she saw Hauptmann "shadowing" "shad-owing" Dr. Condon in a Bronx railroad station. 5. Cecilia Barr, movie house cashier, who says Hauptmann passed a $5 ransom bill through her wicket in November, 1933. Ladtler Introduced The state mopped up on many loose ends of its case before the noon recess, and won a victory in the introduction of the so-called kidnap ladder, over the protests of the defense. In cross-examination of Whited, C. Lloyd Fisher, associate defense counsel, did his utmost to discredit discred-it the witness and prove his story incredible. He hinted that perhaps per-haps Whited told his story to the police to save himself from arrest, and that there were wide discrepancies discrep-ancies between the testimony he gave at the Bronx extradition hearings and the present evidence. HUEY IS BACK HOME BATON ROUGE, La.. Jan. 22 (U.R i The sudden and unexpected reappearance of Senator Huey Long in Louisiana gave rise to reports that he planned another special session of the legislature. . Fiigott ng Evenki UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2 2, 1935 "o)nn 1) r lujLo) of Huey HUEY LONG j Louisiana and seeker after far greater things. That was 14 years ago and he was running for a place on the Louisiana public ser- vice board. The man who snicker- (Continued on Page J Eight) GILLMAN HEADS COMMISSION Orem Man Succeeds HtTfon A. Robertson, Springville, As Chairman. J. W. Gillmaii, Orem, was named chairman of the Ulfch county commission, at a reorganization reorgani-zation meeing held Monday afternoon. after-noon. He succeeds Hilton A. Robertson, Rob-ertson, Springville, who was chairman during the last two years. Mr. Gillman is not a stranger in the chairman's position having served in that capacity for four 1 years, from 1928 to 1932 i-i is nomination was maae by Mr. Robertson and seconded bv I ' V J? T- 1 '""'I William J. Johnson, Spanish Fork.j more water, the people on flat the new member of the commis- j rates could use any amount and sion who takes the place of j still pay only the regular price, Charles H. White, Payson. j while they paid for every gallon Mr. Gillman also is active in used. It is to get around this al-many al-many other branches of civic work i leged unfair method that has in the county and state recently ' prompted the city commissioners being elected president of the I and the supervisor to plan the new TTt?fh rnnntv fsit'm hnrpnn and oIom method. president of the Provo Reservoir Waterusers' association. He also j is a member of the state water storage commission; a director in the National Sugar Beet Growers' i association and the Utah Central Sugar Beet Growers association as well as several water compan ies and other private concerns. GANGSTER CAR LEFT INFLIGHT MONROE, Mich., Jan. 22 K.P Alvin Harpis and Harry Campbell, Camp-bell, leading public enemies, abandoned aban-doned their car south of here today to-day and were believed to have kidnaped another motorist and either sought refuge in Detroit's underworld or Tied to Chicago. Through license and motor numbers num-bers the car was identified as that of Dr. Horace Hunsicker, whom they kidnaped, then abandoned near Columbus, O., last night, continuing con-tinuing on in his auio. The car was found in the middle mid-dle of a highway, its motor still running, at 5:30 a. m. Lacking reports of any stolen cars, Monroe police believed the pair sioppea anotner motorist and terns showed the disturbance was forced him to accompany them strictly local. No damage was re-either re-either to Detroit or Chicago. ported. . g City Physician Urges Close Watch To Stop Epidemic Here With a mild scarlet fever epi- should be checked with the family demic present throughout the V doctor or the city physician, state, extreme caution in prompt ; School nurses and teachers are reporting of suspected cases, was i watching the school children care-urged care-urged today by Dr. C. M. Smith, 1 fully in order to prevent a spread city physician, as a means of j of the disease. checking the contagion. j Salt Lake City and many towns Although there are only six i south of Provo have experienced Provo homes under quarantine at i the greatest outbreak of scarlet the present time with a total of ! fever in many years. So far, Provo eight known cases, the epidemic i has not had an alarming number can easily assume greater propor- J of cases. With the proper coop-tions coop-tions if vigilance is abated. ! eration, the epidemic here can be Any signs of sore throat, colds, kept to the minimum. Dr. Smith feverishness or illness in general ; says. S1 ESasy Eeosims sa IPage EngBnft, CITY REVISES SCHEDULE ON WATER RATES Monthly Payments To Replace Re-place Present Plan In February A new system of culinary water rates wherein the minimum mini-mum charge for flat rate users will be raised $5 a year and collections will be made monthly instead of quarterly and annually, will be put into effect by February in Provo city. The new system will tend to eliminate bad accounts because -of the monthly collection, will bring more revenue into the city through the increase in the flate rate scaJe and will tend to more nearly equalize the payment of those on flat and those on metered rates. The minimum charge on meter rates will likely be maintained at 85 cents a month, while the flat rates will be $1.00 a month. This means that in the wintej months the metered user will have the better bet-ter of it, but the flat rate user will receive the most benefits in the summer when more water is used. Suffered Heavy Losses .In the past the city has lost thousands of dollars because the tenants in houses changed sometimes some-times several times before the anr nual flate rate water payment became be-came due and there was no way of collection. The same thing has happened in' the meter-rate cases, except that the quarterly rate payments pay-ments have made such a condition less serious. People whose water is- metered have protested many times to the city commission that they are penalized. pen-alized. They have pointed out that in the summer, when they were forced to use a great deal Outside Rate Higher At present a person with only an outside hydrant pays a rate of $7 a year. From now on he will pay $12 a year at the rate of $1 a month. It was pointed out j Tuesday that a person with an out- side hydrant has enjoyed a tre mendous advantage .over those on meter rates in the past. The water department would like to have all outside hydrants eliminated because of the great waste through them, said Supervisor Super-visor Clark Newell, today. Frequently Fre-quently they leak at the bottom, unknown to the owner, and the city loses thousands of gallons yearly that way. Light Earthquake In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 U.P A light earthquake, lasting only one second, jarred Los Angeles at 1:29 a. m. today. It also was felt in Inglewood but other suburbs, including Long Beach and Pasadena, escaped the jar. The shock was distinct in the downtown district. On the 19th floor of the city hall it produced a single circular vibration. A check of communications sys jmerai Washington Today BY UNITED PRESS Some striking figures on what it will cost for the federal fed-eral government to assume adequate care over the nation's na-tion's aged destitute came today to-day at first senate hearings on the social security program. pro-gram. On the basis of $15 a month mentioned as the government's share for each such destitute person, per-son, it was estimated by Sen. Hastings, R, Del., that not less than $675,000,000 annually would have to be made available. States would be asked to match it. That would be devoted to care of 3,750,000 indigent of 65 years or more. SerhWagner, D., N. Y.. author of the bill, admitted that tiie proposed $125,000,000 would MM3?vide only $2.78 a month to each I geoferson. Wagner agreed with Hastings that a larger appropriation could be used to advantage, and said he was willing to have more than that $125,000,000 figure appropriated. appro-priated. Work Relief Mr. Roosevelt ".old leaders he wanted the $4,880,000,- ooo item passed with no strings attached, giving him vast powers nndpr measure The House Rules commtKee approved a "gag rule" for the work relief bill, to. prevent its being earmarked, but threw the whole matter before a caucus of 322 Xtemocrats, called for tonight. Bonds In the amount of $25,-000,000,000 $25,-000,000,000 would be within reach through a revolving federal bond authorization favorably reported by the house ways and means committee. Tax Dodging Would be curbed' by greater internal revenue per sonnel provided .in the treasury post office supply bill of $900,025,- 598, reported favorably to the house by the appropriations committee. com-mittee. World Court Advocates in the senate, where a vote is pending, total 60, or more than enough to assure United States adherence, a poll showed. Inquirv To determine if war-j time government officials were ; Other committees will be named j ot tne county cooperate in an at-swaved at-swaved by private arms compan- after the state farm bureau con- ! tempt to have legislative changes ies in which they were stockhold- vention in Salt Lake. J. W. Gill- i rna.de in diverting some of the ers, was directed by the senate munitions committee. Holding Companies May be j disciplined by federal control, or l confiscatory taxation, the United ; Press learned as proposals for legislation boiled down to those two alternatives. Farm Credit To the extent of a billion dollars, would be created through establishment of a federal feder-al agricultural bank proposed in a bill submitted by Chairman Smith of the seaate agriculture committee. commit-tee. Labor .Rights in NRA are being be-ing ignored. Rep. Connery, D., Mass., charged at a boot and shoe code hearing. He threatened congressional con-gressional investigation of NRA codes. COLD WEATHER IS MODERATING CHICAGO, Jan. 22 r.P Winter dealt staggering blows to most of the North American continent again today, . with snow, sleet, rain, flood and the most intense cold of the season in some regions re-gions of many years running up a huge toll of death and suffering. Northwestern prairies and the northern Pacific coast gained slight relief from the cold wave . i TWO ABOVE TODAY ! The sudden cold snap here I which sent the mercury down ! I to nine degrees below Sunday I morning, eased op materially j I Tuesday when a minimum of I only two degrees above was recorded. that dropped out of Alaska's ice box Sunday, but weather predictions predic-tions for the east were full of the phrases "much colder" and "snow followed by cold." The Northern Pacific coast found its thermometers slowly rising, but was threatened for the second time in a week by torren-1 has been granted by Earl Condor, tial rains. In Seattle 2:45 inches ' acting city engineer, who is hand-of hand-of rain fell in the storm's wake, ling the building inspection work. Weather Forecast UTAH Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, probably snok extreme ex-treme northwest portion; somewhat some-what warmer tonight. Lowest temp this morning 2 above. Maximum temp. Monday ... 28 Minimum temp. Monday . 9 below d ID Visitors Need Accommodations Reservations of accommodations accommo-dations are already being sent in by prospective Leadership Lead-ership week visitors, according accord-ing to Dr. Wayne B. Hales, of Brigham Young university, univer-sity, in charge of housing. To keep pace with the demand, de-mand, he is asking Provo householders to phone in accommodations ac-commodations which they feel they could offer. Anyone who has a spare room to rent or who can furnish room and board during dur-ing the week, which begins Monday and ends Friday, February 1, is urgently requested re-quested to phone 815, 831M or 163 and list the offerings. Thousands of visitors are expected from all parts of the west. Farm Bureau Committees Appointed Active Program Launched By Utah County Farm Leaders Soon. All doubts as to the demand i - . . , . , . I fr an active and wide-awake i arm oureau organization in Utah county were dispelled at a meeting of the board of directors Monday night, at which it was decided to launch ganization. Three committees were named. L. L. Bunnell, Lake View, was named chairman of the tax legis lation committee. assisted by Frank G. Shelley, American Fork; Harvev A. Nielsen, Spanish Fork, Canning Crops The canning crops committee j will consist of R. W. Creer, Span- - ish Fork, chairman: Le Grande Jarman, Orem; Selvoy Boyer, Springville; T. Leslie Cloward, Salem, and Ray Peay, Benjamin. Mrs. Lavina Fugal, Pleasant Grove, and Mrs John W. Alleman. Snrinsrville wifl have charee of the home and community section, ! man, president, was m cnarge oi the meeting. BILL ASKS FOR 900 MILLION WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 U.P The treasury-postoffice departmental depart-mental supply bill, carrying $900,-025,598, $900,-025,598, and providing an increase in internal revenue personnel to stop "tax dodging" was reported favorably to the house today by the appropriations committee. The new measure provides a $3,-000,000 $3,-000,000 appropriation for employment employ-ment of 750 additional revenue agents and 265 stenographers to check individual tax returns of more than $25,000 and corporation returns of more than $75,000. Auditing of these returns is expected ex-pected to bring additional annual revenues of from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000. The bill carries $10,700,000 for domestic airmail contracts which is $1,300,000 less than for the present year. Foreign mail service costs were estimated at $28,850,-000, $28,850,-000, the same as at present. P.-T. A. Officers To Meet Wednesday All officers of the Parent-Teacher organizations in Provo are urged urg-ed to attend the meeting to be held Wednesday at 4:30 p. m. in the reception room at the Provo high school. The call for the meeting has been issued by Mrs. LaVieve H. Earl, president of the Provo district organization. Completion of the organizations organiza-tions at all the local school buildings build-ings and planning of future activities activi-ties will be the principal order of business. GRANT BUILDING PERMIT A request for a permit to build a $2,500 addition on the Duke's Market, at 697 East Third South, dlay PRICE FIVE CENTS nn MAYORS MEET WITH COUNTY BOARD HERE Active Organization Will Function In County Leaders Decide Preparedness for federal money that is expected to come into Utah county under the new works setup announced an-nounced recently by President Presi-dent Roosevelt, was the keynote key-note of a meeting Monday afternoon when mayors and councilmen of various cities and towns discussed the forthcoming' program with the county commissioners. commis-sioners. The officials met at the request of the county commissioners, who explained the program as it had been given to them by Paul R. Arentz, chief engineer of the state planning commission. Each city and town official was given a form to fill out setting forth some of the work projects that can be undertaken as soon as the" huge public works program begins and the money becomes available. Hinge On Plan Utah's allotment of federal money is believed to hinge on the plans for projects presented by each city and county. At the meeting were I. J. Burr, Springville: Lafayette Wright, Lindon; W. W. Limm, Pleasant Grove; Stanley M. Taylor and Virgil H. Peterson,' Lehi; Albert Tregaskis and William S. Storrs, I American Fork; Rees W. James, apanisn orK; Lynn Hanks, j alem, and John A, Whitby, Al- ! Pme- I yi A. Sm county commissioners ttuton A- rtcoertson. J . w. unman and ' William J. Johnson and the Provo city commissioners met withMr. Arentz a week ago. The Elans for projects must be submittefby Wednesday. i Mayor Taylor of Lehi suggested that the county and city officials i c.c w auu "teuites, sucn as beer and gasoline, to the municipalities munici-palities and the counties, in order that the local political subdivisions ' might better shoulder the relief load. ! ft was brought, out, however, i that the State Municipal league ! has a program for such diversion ' )f state revenues to the cities. It was suggested that the city officials offic-ials join this league. . JAPANESE DENY REPORTS PEIPING, Jan. 22 (U.P In deny-, ing reports of clashes between Japanese and Chinese on the Jehpl Chahar border, Japanese author ities today said that the .rumors "apparently are emanating from Moscow or Shanghai." SHIP ENGINEER DIES GLASGOW, Jan. 22 (U.P First Engineer S. Taylor, 28, of the tanker V' trda, died of injuries received in a fire which threatened threat-ened to dejstoy, the ship in mid-Atlantic, mid-Atlantic, Cp. T. C. Thomas, the ship's master, wirelessed today- LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 21 ' Headed west. New York, Is too fast for me, the evening press relate that the supreme ' court give in a decision on : Mooney not on the gold clause. Well, they forget; Mooney has been in for about -20 years and the gold has only been out for one year. So I don't get impatient. You can't i go rushing those fine ok gentlemen, they are liable to4 turn you in a decision any i Whatever the decision ls, it will break these Democrats W from sucking eggs, without ; nrsi rtnaing out tne condition of the egg. Yours, v S " |