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Show Her Weather Forecast UTAH: Fair tonight and Saturday; Satur-day; colder south portion tonight. Maximum temp., Thursday . . 35 Minimum temp., Thursday 18 o Service It you do not receive your copy of The Herald by ti p. m., telephone 495 and one will be sent you. tie veinim PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, FiMDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS FORTY-NINTH TEAR, NO. 137 w C2 C3 UVJ L I Tp JO aid. I jo)n ((fTP( MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON Nothing in the nation's capital is more pitiful these days than the long dolorous face of Henry Wallace. He is going around telling all his friends how much he regrtted the "purging" of the AAA, what staunch support he had from the liberals he was forced to put on the street. Undoubtedly this is true. And this brings out a certain fundamental but interesting difference dif-ference between Wallace and Big Jim Farlev. his direct opposite in the cabinet It makes no difference how unfit un-fit for officea man may be, Mm will fight for him to the last ditch, provided he has contributed to the cause of Democracy. He never wavers. You can always be absolutely abso-lutely certain where he stands. Wallace, on the other hand, has a fine and idealistic conception of fitness for public office, has picked an above-average group of men to run his department. But under pressure he will surrender sur-render One explanation of Henry Wallace Wal-lace these days may be the secret which some of his best friends are whispering regarding him- that he ht-rishes - presidential ambitions. Wallace is young, could wait until un-til Roosevelt filled another term, then be just about ripe for the vYhite House. And the Federal Council of Churches, realizing this, has sent him a letter urging that he groom himself for the "succession " RFC LOAN Heie are the highlights of a' bonafide application from a whole- sale giocer in Danville. Ky.. tor a loan fr-m the Reconstruction Finance Cot pt ration : "History of my Cash Wholesale, Grocery Business Established June 7, H32 We done a business of $600,000 a year The market crashed 111 1W2(J ar.d I never recovered re-covered financially "I married into a Prominent family ot Kentucky people. I work . hard eeiy day 1 have no bad habits strictly all business all the tune i r.'-Vei bet .nhrse races. Never attended one in my entire hie I liv.- with n. m.ther-iii-law Hi Danville. "Danville is the greatest little 1 Continued on Page hoiin SEARS SPEAKS ON UTILITIES Provo citizens interested in the problem ''l munuipal ownership of utilities are urged to attend ' the meeting in the city court' ro.m Saturday night at H o'clock, at which Dr Heber J Sears, Salt Lake City, will be the principal ' SJ ""ti k e r The meeting is sponsored by the Citizens' council and particularly particu-larly its utilities committee of which M.iTK Anderson is chairman chair-man Dr Sear.-, a retired profession- . a! man. former member of the University of I'tah faculty, is: one ot the officers of the Con-, stirrers' Welfare Leagfte. an organization or-ganization which is devoted to the municipal ownership of utilities. Dr George A Anderson, mayor of Sprmgviile. will give a short talk in regard to the experience of his community in operating its own p ;wer and ligh: system Italv, Abvssinia Envovs to Discuss Peace Overtures bv UNITED PRES Hope for peaceful settlement of th-- Italian-Abyssinian dispute was expressed in Rome today dur- ' ing informal diplomatic conversa- ; tions. I Italy seemed inclined to consid- ' 'r negotiations, although continuing contin-uing plans to reinforce her troops m Africa in case of trouble. Emperor Haile Selassie, in a statement to the United Press, declared de-clared Abyssinia has not been guilty of aggression and that he does not intend to be intimidated intimi-dated or coercec. The Abyssinian legation in London Lon-don declared Abyssinia was not concentrating her troops and that Italian mobilization was unjusti- fied. SNOW BRINGS MOISTURE TO UTAH REGION Three-Day Storm In Provo Deposits .15 Inches Of Precipitation Snow-flakes swirled down upon dry ground at Provo three days this week and deposited de-posited is hundredths of an inch of water, bringing the total for the storm period to 65 hundredths. The sun broke through Friday morning, following fol-lowing a light fall Thursday. Although the precipitation does not approach that of last year, when most of the season's storm occurred, it is nevertheless about average for February. The storm brought a welcome addition of moisture after a long period of balmy weather which was pleasant, pleas-ant, but not hopeful for the water situation The precipitation for the year is far above that of last year, when the open winter was broken only in February by a heavy storm. Snowstorms extended to most sections of the state, with considerable consid-erable additional moisture being deposited. Salt Lake City experi-: experi-: enced a mild blizzard. The storm brought only one ac-i ac-i cident that was reported to county coun-ty officers. Blinded by the storm : southwest of Salem, Odell Jensen of SaUna drove his truck into a ' parked truck on the state highway, high-way, but none was hurt. A. M. Anderson. Provo weather I observer, said that the precipita-; precipita-; tion for this month is about aver-age. aver-age. Mother Appeals To N. J. Governor KAMENZ, Germany, Feb. 15 -,i i.prau Pauline Hauptmann. mother of the condemned Lind-berg Lind-berg kidnaper, cabled today to Gov. Harold G Hoffman of New Jersey, appealing for mercy tor her son. She learned that a letter she wrote yesterd to Pres. Roosevelt Roose-velt was futile, as be has no jurisdiction. juris-diction. Frau Hauptmann sent the following cable to her son: "I believe all will turn out well. "Your faithful mother." In her message to Governor itotfm;.n Fran Hauntmann said: "As the mother of Bruno Kich- ard Hauptmann, 1 implore the governer 10 soften the harsh sentence sen-tence so I, a 70-year-old Woman, can keep my son. 1 lost my husband hus-band and two sons in the war." Leads Praised In 4 Peer Gvnt' Peer Gynt, his boyish dreams and ambitions, his struggle with himself, throughout his life taking the round-about way instead of the way straight through, was masterfully handled in Henrik Ibsen's Ib-sen's "Peer Gynt." played Thursday Thurs-day evening in College hall as the annual college competitive play. Professor T. Earl Pardoe directed. Partridge Impressive Lyman Partridge cast as Peer Gynt. thrilled the audience with his interpretation of the carefree, irresolute Peer. From his wild (Continued on Page Five) 11 Provo Scout The climax of anniversary week for boy scouts of Provo Pro-vo will come Saturday night w-hen all troops gather to match scouting ability in the district circus at the high school gymnasium at 7:30. Eleven troops are coaching teams to represent them in each of the seven scheduled events and a grand galaxy of scout competition and fun is anticipated by the scouters in charge. The meet is open to the general public and all parents par-ents have been issued a special spe-cial invitation to see the boys in action. Any register Hauptmann Protests Innocence As He Appeals STATE ASKED FOR AID IN APPEAL CASE Admiration For Lindbergh Swayed Judgment of Jury He Says FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 15 (U.R) Bruno Richard Hauptmann appealed to the public and to "Jersey justice" today to aid his battle against the death sentence imposed on him for the murder of the Lindbergh baby. The condemned German carpenter carpen-ter signed a petition to Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trench-ard, Trench-ard, asking that the state bear the expense of furnishing printing the records in his case so he might appeal from the death sentence. In a statement issued through his counsel Hauptmann "swore before God" that he did not kidnap kid-nap and murder the Lindbergh baby. Miscarriage of Justice "I feel that a grave miscarriage of justice occurred in connection with my conviction upon the charge of kidnaping and murdering murder-ing the baby of Colonel Charles A Linbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh," the counsel said. "Before God I swear I had nothing noth-ing whatever to do with the kid naping and murder of this child ; and that I know nothing what- j ever in connection with the crime. I I also swear that I know nothing j in connection with , the ransom ! money other than as I told it on j the witness stand at Flemington. "I sincerely believe that the j great admiration the American j people have for the bereaved father. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Lind-bergh, swayed their judgment against me, and I believe it like- j wise swayed the judgment of the jury which heard my case 1 Sympathize With Them "I, being the father of a baby . boy now almost the age of the j j colonel's child at the time of its ; death, feel very Colonel and Mrs sorry for the ' Lindbergh for j their loss and sympathize with ! them, and it seems inconceivable! to me that any person could be lieve that a man devoted to his wife and child as I am could possibly commit such a violent crime. "I am absolutely innocent, and if it be my lot to be obliged to pay the penalty as prescribed by the court. I shall go to my death protesting to the world my absolute abso-lute innocence of this crime. My life has nothing in it that would justify a thought that I could commit com-mit this crime of violence. I believe be-lieve the evidence disclosed that anything that indicated a record of crime in my life occurred immediately im-mediately after mv release from the hell of war and that even then there was nothing in the records indicating any violence on my part." STORY HOUR SATURDAY The children's story hour will be held at., the Provo public library li-brary Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Miss Ruth Hutchinson Hutchin-son in charge. Troops Enter Circus Saturday ed scout not over eighteen years of age may represent their troop in the competition. competi-tion. The affair will open with a community "warble" under the direction of Associate Executive Merrill Christoph-erson. Christoph-erson. The competition will be handled by a scoutmaster's committee consisting of Will Jones, Marion Bowman, Mur-ren Mur-ren Sutton and John Gessford who report that all details have been arranged to dispatch every event with efficiency. It is expected that there will be over four hundred team member entries besides judges, scribes and officials. His Is the I I - Itls?'' mmlmu,Mmm,mmm I Seldom has a single person risen so quickly to so great an influence over Congress as the man pictured pic-tured above in three characteristic poses He is Dr Francis K. Townsend, the California physician hose "revolving old age pension plan" of paying Sl'OO monthly to all elderly people has obtained such wide support. Actively lobbying his bill in Congress, writing continually in Us favor, and making a continual round of organization meetings and sp.-eches. Dr Townsend enjoys none of the leisure he bespeaks for other elderly people. S- i PROVO PIONEER PASSES AWAY Edward E. Jones, Pioneer of 186(1, Dies At Home At Affe of 8.'. Edward E. Jones. 83, a pioneer; of 1866, died Thursday afternoon j at the family residence, 1090 West Sixth South street of infirmities due to old age. j He was born in Danbigh. Wales, j March 1 -, 1852, the son of Thorn-1 as A. Jones and Ann Whomsley. ; He sailed fro mLiverpool, England 1 in April, 1866, at the age,, of 14 with his parents and three broth- j ers, the ocean crossing requiring; five weeks. The family crossed ' the plains by ox teams in Captain ', Henry Chipman's company and j had the experience of fighting ; the Indians en route. ) He married Ellen R. Harding, 1 Nov. 24, 1874, in the Endowment! House at Salt Lake City. j In 1869 he worked under President Presi-dent Brigham Young in the con- 1 struction of the Union Pacific rail- j road through Echo canyon. Later ; he became a railroad contractor,' and was instrumental in building ! the first railroad through Span- ish Fok canyon Surviving are his widow, two 1 sons, Edward T. and Lawrence W. Jones, Provo; three daughter, Mrs Ernest Henrichsqn, Provo; Mrs Edward Mogan, Blackfoot. Idaho; Ms. R. A. Peterson, Salt Lake City; 21 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Funeral services will be held in the Provo Second ward chapel, i Sunday at 1 p. m. with interment in the city cemetery. Funeral services will be held in the Provo Second ward chapel, Sunday at 1 p. m. with interment inter-ment in the city cemetery. Friends and relatives may call at the home of Ernest C. Hen-richsen, Hen-richsen, 52 South Sixth West street after 11 a. m. Sunday. Band Concert Brigham Young university's 75-piece 75-piece concert band, under the direction di-rection of Professor Robert Sauer, was heard in the regular student assembly Friday morning in a concert of semi-classical numbers. Soloists with the band were Kenneth Duke, trombonist, Glenna Clyde and Beth Anderson, trumpet duet. CARDINAL DIES BORDEAUX, FRANCE, Feb. 15 (U.R) Cardinal Andrieu, arch- ; bishop of Bordeaux, oldest Roman catholic cardinals and dean of the six cardinals of France, died early: Roosevelt's secretary of state, today of pulmonary congestion, celebrated his 90th birthday to-He to-He was 86. day. For Public Assistance ; Mightiest Pen Business Hits Highest Point In 12 Months WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 UM'' Business activity during -January reached the highest level in nearly a year, the American Federation of Labor monthly survey said to-da to-da y . Continued improvement, however, how-ever, the federation warned must have the support of increased wages. If wages are raised first profits will follow, it said. Business activity during January Jan-uary was estimated at 80 per cent ol normal, the highest since last spring and 12 per cent above January. 1933. The depression peak of 80 per cent was reached in July, 1933. In stressing the necessity for raising standards of living through higher wages, the survey said that even in the peak years of prosperity, workers' purchasing pur-chasing power was not sufficient to carry the load of full industrial indust-rial activity. SPR1NGVILLE CLUB MEETS S PR I N G V I LLEThe seriousness serious-ness of the problems facing the nation today was pointed out by I. E. Brockbank, Provo attorney in an address at the meeting of 'he Springville Kiwanis club, Thursday night. The program was of a patriotic theme. Mr. Brockbank spoke on the need of loyalty to the government and contrasted the high-minded patriotism of the early days of the nation with the present Era. He urged that industry be encouraged encour-aged instead of driven out by high taxes. With the failure of industry, the relief problem will become more acute, he said. Richard Murdock played an instrumental in-strumental solo; Virginia and Genevieve Gen-evieve Bird. Mapleton sang a vocal vo-cal duet. Paul Haymond was toastmaster and Charles Boyer, president, presided. pre-sided. Thornton Speaks J. W. Thornton, principal of the Farrer junior high school and district dis-trict governor of Utah Lions clubs, will be the speaker at a joint chamber of commerce and civic club meeting at Manti tonight at the Savoy hotel. His subject will be "Lionism." He is accompanied by L. W. Mitchell. OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY NTW YORK, Feb. 15 L'.P Elihu Root, international statesman, states-man, and President Theodore in Pension HEBER GREETS BANK OPENING Spanish Fork Banker to Head New Institution To Open Wednesday. The Commercial Bank of Heber ; City, a new institution, will open for business February 20 in the ; remodeled quarters of the defunct Bank of Heber City, it was an-i an-i nounced by John A. Malia. state banking commissioner, Thursday. The new institution will have a 1 paid in capital surplus of $35,000. At present, Mr. Malia said, it will take over the assets of the closed bank, but will take over deposits of the conservator, amounting to , $160,000. Plan Celebration As a welcome to the new insti-: insti-: tution. a celebration planned, including in-cluding a parade and other public entertainment. The welcome is be- ing planned by the Heber City ; Lions club. The old Bank of Heber City ! closed on August 29. 1933. with I deposits of $307,593. Since then I the bank has paid off its bills pay-! pay-! able amounting to $81,093, in ad-j ad-j dition to $135,265.91 in deposits. : leaving a deposit liability of $172,-1 $172,-1 332 09. The bank has $25,000 in cash and the RFC has granted a loan of $75,000. When the loan is received the bank will pay an additional $100,000 to depositors, leaving a liability of $72,332.09. Since the institution closed, the state banking department has been taking care of deposits and , collections as a cash operation, but otherwise banking operations have been lacking in the city. Officers Named President P. P. Thomas of the Commercial bank of Spanish Fork will head the new institution; L. C. Monteomerv of Heber Citv will be vice president, and they, with the following officers will constitute the board of directors: William Coleman of Heber City: Joseph Hansen and A. T. Money, both of Spanish Fork Riley Draper will be cashier. Coalville Sending Entry To State "Music hath charms" greater than any other subject at North Summit high school, if its entry in the annual state music festival and contests is any criterion. Recent word from the school reveals their intention of entering enter-ing a band of 65 in "C" class, a band of 45 in "D" class, an orchestra or-chestra of 40 in "C" class, a boys' glee club of 30, and a girls' glee of 30, in addition to several i soloists. The Coalville entries are among FOUR BILLION WORKS FUND UNDER FIRE Project Survey Shows Only Two Billion Worth Ready to Start By H. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1935, bv United Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 (U.R) A two - billion - dollar mystery developed ".oday at trie Capitol. It was centered upon the New Deal recovery appropriation. Senators have been in-; formed the PWA, in a na-1 tion-wide survey, found only about $2,000,000,000 worth of work re- . lief projects that could be started j within a year or 18 months. They want to know what Presi- . dent Roosevelt proposes to do with the other $2,000.001 ,000 which! would be appropriated 111 the $4.- I 000,000,000 measure now before; the senate. Seek Recommitment 1 That is the behind-the scenes i reason for the movement to have 1 the bill sent back to the senate j appropriations committee for sep- ! nrQtinn intn tl'o nartfi Al;ittnc rp- ! suectivelv to direct ,reiwei ana work relief. i PWA Administrate r Harold, Ickes. with the $4,000,000,000 work 1 relief program in mind, sent to j his engineers and agents through- ' out the country for reports on projects which could be started in the administration's effort to quit ' the "dole " Confidential information has come to the capitol that the sur- , vey showed a total of $2,275,000,-000 $2,275,000,-000 in projects wh.ch had been surveyed.' planned for and estimated. esti-mated. Almost half of that total $1,-000.000,000 $1,-000.000,000 would be in second sec-ond grade" projects, on which engineering en-gineering work remained to be done and which, presumably, would be started during the lat- j ter part of the 18-mtnths period, j King Favors Move The movement to recommit the j bill is led by Sen. Pat McCarran, 1 D.. New; Sen. Frederick Steiwer, j R.. Ore.; Sen. William H King, j ; D., Utah, and Sen. Bennett C. ! : Clark, D., Mo. 1 I , They propose that the addition-! addition-! al $880,000,000 proposed for di-I di-I rect relief be separated from the j $4,000,000,000 work relief appro-, appro-, priation. In addition, they demand de-mand an accounting of how the $4,000,000,000 would oe spent. Witnesses Face Perjury Charge 'Copvright 1935 bv United Press) CLJNTON, N. J.. Feb. 15 r.i; -Hunterdon County prosecutor AnthonM. Hauck, Jr., will seek perjury indictments against four and possibly five defense witnesses wit-nesses in the Hauptmann trial some time before April 1, he told the United Press today. "I have already started going over the testimony of these wit- i nesses," Hauck said at his office 1 here, "and I shall present the ! evidence to the present grand : jury." : --- Strong Band Contest the first to be received from schools in the intermountain region re-gion for participation in the contests con-tests here April 18, 19 and 20. Entry En-try blanks have been sent out to nearly 100 schools in Utah. Idaho, Ida-ho, Colorado and Nevada. Requests Re-quests for hotel reservations and accommodations are already beginning be-ginning to come in, according to J. C. Moffitt, principal of Provo high school, chairman of the executive ex-ecutive committee for the event. COMMITTEES VOTE BACKING OF PROPOSAL $750,000 Additional Money Obtained by Advancing Maturity Date CAPITOL BUILDING, Salt Lake City, Utah. Feb. 15 (U.R) Favorable action on Governor Gover-nor Henry H. Blood's bond refunding- plan, advanced . in his biennial message, as a method whereby the state could obtain $750,000 additional addi-tional funds for governmental expenditures ex-penditures during the next two years, was forecast in the Utah legislature. The joint appropriations committee com-mittee of the house and senate voted to report favorably a bill which would carrv out the plan. Bill Opens Way The bill, drafted under direction, of the administration, was introduced intro-duced in the senate by Senator Ward C. Holbrook, D., Davis, aa S B. 159, and provides that the state board of loans be given authority to refund state bond issues. is-sues. This would open the way to refunding re-funding of the $2,000,000 bond issue is-sue authorized in- 1933, the specific speci-fic request of the governor. At present that issue matures serially $250,000 on April 1 of each year beginning in 1935 to 1941, with a final Installment of $195,000 in 1942. To pay this, the legislature must appropriate $250,000 for each of those years. Refunding, so that the date of maturity is postponed for several gives the state $2oO,0W more money each, year Uxat could (Continued on Page Eight) STATE LIQUOR PLAN FAVORED SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 15 1 i' The State of Utah is to have exclusive control over distribution and sale, through state-owned stores, of liquor within its boundaries, bound-aries, it appeared today. The state store monopoly plan, which provides for exclusive package pack-age sale with sale by drink provisions pro-visions eliminated, won a victory late Thursday in a test, vote during dur-ing a caucus of the lower house in the Utah legislature. Members considered three liquor proposals in an effort to decide which had the best chance of passing. Balloting was secret. Each member voted for a first and second choice. The state store monopoly was chosen by 33-2 more than the majority of thf house . a r L n - - - : v J state stores but' allows sale byj drink in restaurants and hotels, and the licensing plans for private ; distribution are definitely out so: lar as the lower house is " con cerned. Liquor bills will be put ahead of the regular calendar and made a special order of business n an- other caucus Saturday momingV BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 14 Comptroller of the Currency O'Connor is visiting his home out here. He Is very enthusiastic about the Nebraska plan and says other states are watching you. They did away with the state senate sen-ate and house, too, and form a small single body and also cut down the amount of counties in the state. The whole thing cuts down expenses ex-penses tremendously. It's- a marvelous idea, but toogh to get through, for look at those jobs lost? Some states, Georgia and Texas (if I remember re-member right), their constitution consti-tution gives every ten signer to an application, a county of their own. Yours for the Nebraska plan. Yours, ttSl. MNtU Sy4Ute. b - I ! i Ti4 |