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Show Weather Forecast UTAH Unsettled tonight and Thursday, occasional snow west portion; somewhat warmer west portion tonight. Maximum temp. Tuesday ... 45 Minimum temp. Tuesday 7 .EveBiin Back the Scouts! Have you done your bit to finance fin-ance the Boy Scout program-Help program-Help put the drive over this week! e FORTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 150 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 19 3 5 PRICE FIVE CENTS ?fo) IF mm Herald. Mm TO JUUVJ I ITU CJJERRV GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON Wiretapping Wire-tapping and tall tales of espionage es-pionage among government bureaus used to bring smiles of ineredulitv. Thev don't any longer. ! Under the New Deal there j is probably more espionage than at any time since war days; j perhaps even more of a different j nature than there was then. For New Deal espionage is chiefly intra-New Deal different government officials spying on each other. MUSI rrtciu li tUiU3Lan uai n . , , n 4 . , j dence ot espionage is in the office I U.R) A short unexpected of little Chester Davis, now su- battle over the junior college preme m the aaa. Not long ago situation in Utah developed he acquired a -recording ma-, in the stat legislature today chine - This is an instrument that senate defeated a me can be attached to anyone's tele- ine. .senate aeieaiea a me-phone me-phone wire at the switchboard. : mo rial asking an investiga-where investiga-where it records all conversations i tion during the next two on anv one line Just what use Chester made of the machine is not know. But when he called in Victor A. Chnstgau. his assistant administrator, admin-istrator, to notify him of his dismissal. dis-missal. Chester cited as the reason certain conversations Chnstgau had hau with the AAA rebels. , i - j I i 4. 3 The other dav a caller entered the office of a high-placed executive ex-ecutive of the AAA and began to talk Sh-h-h!" sounded the executive, execu-tive, making motions vigorously. Tht-n he whispered "There's things fixed up on the walls around here that we don't know anything about." . - . . - SINGLE FACTOR -- Underlying the Senate-White House duel over the work-relief K.n 11". c. nict ..no f'jrtor Dio 0.11. iv..v... ' The president did not want to : r " ; , , ... . ,,;rr o mtaa , fort to delay and ultimately kill eo on record as -vetoing a meas- 1 J f K . iM-r. the junior college movement, ure containinz a provision pro- j w uir '0 1 ' He pointed out that his countv tectint; wage levels. , t. . u .u 1 i pays as much or more than anv Sft i.r'mSSi mood-tijr in tb, state (or school sup- ' . , Q..Ti .,th ' port and that it desperately needs over the auto code renewal, vitn - the Progressives disgruntled over such a college to properly Amer-riis Amer-riis recent nghtward trend, and icantze the children of the many tv-ith Huev Long ready to pounce nationalities employed in the coal at the slightest opening, the presi- ' mme district, dent could nct afford to turn Bill Is Killed (Continued on Page Eight) REIEF ROLLS TOP 22 MILLION tinued working of the property I makes doubtful the payment of WASHINGTON. March t5 d f any delinquent taxes Federal relief rolls todav topped. The act is designed to prevent the 22 000 0OO mark, an "all time ' operators of mines nearly worked peak - l out abandoning their property Costs of supplying 5.400.000 j and leaving the state without pay-families pay-families averaging four persons to j ment of the tax. the group, and 775.000 individuals, The other blH Passed was a - a total of 22,350,000 needy with similar measure, providing that if food and clothing reached '$5,000.- j tax commission finds any per-000 per-000 a dav I 300 aable to the Payment of taxes Administrator Harrv L. Hop- i who desis, to eR)e fthf state kins, with $20,200,000 on hand to ! 11 I, dclare Hsuc taS care for one sixth the national I population after March 15. took drastic action to conserve his ebbing eb-bing funds. Many Cut Off He ordered 314.711 persons cut off from federal aid in Arkansas because their state refused to meet his demands and raise $250,-000 $250,-000 a month to augment its government gov-ernment relief allotment. Hopkins ordered, in addition, the discontinuance of rural school aid to Alabama and Arkansas to save several minion more aonars. Each state was given its quota . 01 money 10 raise, anu iuiure grants, Hopkins said, depended on in anour.enus lor oniy me nrsi,take steps to further its enact-two enact-two weeks of this month, qualify- j ment ing promises ior me lasi two , weeks on action ot each state. Senate Confirms Hospital Board Th" state senate Tuesday con- ! firmed the appointment of thet L'tah State hospital board af ter j having been favorably reported by the committee They are as follows: fol-lows: William H. Boyle, Provo, term expiring March 31. 1935; Mrs., Frances C. Callahan. Provo, term j expiring March 31, 1938; Dr. John1 R. Llewellyn, Salt Lake City, term expiring Marrh 31. 1935: John A. Jones, Salt Lake City, March 31,, 1937; Mrs Minnie Wattes Harms, Ogden. term expiring March 31. j 1936; K. A Britsch. Manti. March! 31. 1939; Dr. W. R. Calderwood, ; Salt Lake City, March 31. 1940. j "OI'R GANG" TO MEET "Our Gang" will hold a meeting meet-ing Thursday after school. Senate PRICE SOLON SUCCEEDS IN KILLING BILL state Tax Measures PaSS Senate Providing For Surer Collection SALT LAKE CITY, March years. Senator D W. Parratt, D., Salt Lake City, asked that the governor gov-ernor be authorized to appoint a committee of five members to study the junior college situation in T'tiVi onrl then nroaont lorrialr) . consideration of the next BaB, nf tUa w,,a1M OCJOIWII i. Hit IV. t llQlUl 1. . r, p. - Senator Parratf declared a gen eral policy should be outlined and asked that the committee decide the needs for junior colleges in the state: where they should be established; how they should be controlled; what method of financing finan-cing should be followed, etc. Miller Oppose The memorial was opposed vigorously vig-orously by Senator George M. Miller. D.. Carbon. Senator Miller, Mill-er, who has a bill before the senate sen-ate asking establishment of a junior colleee in his county, de- - IumH the mMQliw to Ko on of. The memorial was killed by a vote of 9 to 11 with three absent. The senate passed two measures meas-ures by the senate taxation and revenue committee. One provides that the tax commission may declare de-clare taxes on metalliferous mines immediately due and payable if it becomes apparent that the con- ? ' I ' bill is designed to prevent trans portation of sheep or cattle across state lines in an effort to escape taxation. Trade Union Men To Meet Thursday Trade union officers and mem bers in Utah county will gather in a mass meeting Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of lt1 uaa mpPt iricr ThnroHav mht at 7;30 0'C0ck for the purpose of organizing a trades union council U) consider unemployment and social welfare legislation and to Decision to hold such n meeting ! was reached Monday afternoon j at a meeting of officers -of four I organizations, painters, carpen-I carpen-I ters. Workers and Farmers and I Civil and Relief Protective Unions. I Mechanics and workers m general gen-eral are invited to attend Sun Dance, Indian Opera To Be Played March 13, 14, 15 Responding to the anticipated rush for seats, "The Sun Dance," Brigham Young university opera, will be played three nights. March 13. 14, 15, instead of two, as was originally scheduled, announced Professor William F. Hanson, director dir-ector and composed Tuesday. A Matinee performance will be made March 13 for children. The opera will not be presented in any towns except Provo in Utah county, as has been rumored, making mak-ing it necessary for people from outside towns to make early arrangements ar-rangements for seats. Inquires Rejects State Queen, by Dint of Her Dimples K 1 1 st o-ed in lovclin's by a lp;ir nwtrcin M two dimples, j Hoit- n-f Callahan above, was i i l-cted to weai heauiVs crown i lor the third time at Louisi- 1 ana Polytechnic Institute. Rus- j ton. l.a . hi n -he was -hoo-u to reicn o . 1 the student-' own Ma 111 I 1 as nvalniK the .Ww Uileati- fw-ta lot jti U hritude. SENATE DELAYS LIQUORACTION Consideration Of Bill Set For Special Order Monday Morning SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Mar. 0 'I P' Action on the state store liquor bill in fhe senate of the Utah legislature was delayed until un-til next week when a report by the senate sifting committee was adopted today. The committee headed by Sen. Eldred Royle, D., Utah, reported the hill to the floor of the senate and recommended it be made a special order of business for Monday Mon-day morning. Previously it had been expected expect-ed that debate would begin either late today or early Thursday. The bill was reported with a number of amendments incorporated incorpor-ated bv the senate trade and reg ulations committee. J. Francis Fowles. headed by Sen. D . Ogden Changes Made The committee restored the measure nearly to its original form before the lower house passed pass-ed it. Among changes made are: Restores the sale by drink deleted delet-ed by the house. Provides that any distiller may consign liquor to the state store warehouse, the liquor to be paid for by the state when sold. Provides a ten-cent per pint tax on liquor, the money to go into the state general fund. Provides that cities and towns may license restaurants for sale by drink. It is believed the house will accept ac-cept the bill as amended, although many today professed to believe there would be a repetition of the former battle. WOODMEN TO MEET Modern Woodmen of America will hold a special meeting Thursday Thurs-day at 8 p. m. at 160 North University Uni-versity avenue. All members are urged to attend in order to help transact important business, according ac-cording to J. A. Starr, acting sec-retarv. sec-retarv. have already been received from many distant Utah towns, and from towns of Idaho. Orders by mail will be taken care of in the order of their arrival. Officials report that "The Sup Dance" is progressing rapidly. Dr. A. Rex Johnson, general manager of the opera, has returned from Washington, and is now making preparations for all details. A full orchestra of approximately seventy sev-enty pieces, will begin rehearsals (Continued on Tage Eight) St!" ' f Nurse, Victim of Poisoning, Asleep For Nine Days PASADENA, Cal., March 6 l'.P A pale, blonde nurse, 32-year-old Vera Hixon, today to-day entered her ninth day of slumber from which she might never awaken. While physicians sat by helplessly. Miss Hixon slept quietly, seemingly in good health but actually the victim vic-tim of "anesthetic coma" brought on by carbon monoxide mon-oxide poisoning. She fell asleep February 26 beside a burning gas heater. For 20 hours she slumbered unnoticed before her plight was discovered by another nurse at Altadena hospital. Attempts to awaken awak-en her failed. Her nerves are steadily disintegrating under the influence in-fluence of the strange coma, doctors said. NEWS WTT T" rife Wires By United Press i HOME LOAN BILL WASHINGTON, March 6 The House rules committee today gave legislative right-of-way to a bil lincreasing the bond issuing authorization of the Home Owners Own-ers Loan corporation by $1,500,-000,000. $1,500,-000,000. Members will be permitted permit-ted to propose any amendments they wish. WILLIAMS RESIGNS WASHINGTON, March 6 Uncertainty as to the : future of NR. A was increased j ' today by resignation of S. ! Clay Williams as chairman of the recovery administration. PUBLICITY OPPOSED WASHINGTON. March 6 d l''-The l''-The house ways and means committee com-mittee today favorably reported the Doughton resolution for repeal of the income tax publicity section sec-tion of the revenue act. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said the "pink slip" repeal resolution would be given right-of-way in the house and probably would be considered ahead of the soldier bonus bill. CHAIN STORE TAX I'PHELD LANSING, Mich.. March 6 (U.Ri The state supreme court ; today upheld the constitutionality constitution-ality of the state's graduated tax on chain store. 1 JIMMY WALKER BROKE LONDON, March 6 ll' A bankruptcy notice has been served on former mayor James J. Walker of New York. Walker said today. Walker said the notice concerned concern-ed a judgement for $13,000 which Hattie Carnegie, exclusive New York dressmaker, obtained in New York last year. It was issued at Croydon county court in Surrey, the county in which Walker lives in a pretty cottage with his wife, the former Betty Compton. actress, and her. mother, who owns it. Car Thieves Leave Trail of Blood, Broken Bottles Automobile thieves who stole the car of Bert Bullock from 168 West Center . Tuesday night, left a trail of blood and broken whiskey bottles at the mouth of Provo canyon from which officers are attempting to hunt the thieves today. Bullock's machine was found badly wrecked at the foot of a 15-foot embankment at the Smith dugway. just south of the canyon mouth, Wednesday morning. Near the car the officers found a pool of blood and the shattered remains re-mains of what is believed to have been two cases of whiskey. Police Chief John E. Harris, who is cooperating with Sheriff E. G. Durnell on the case, reconstructed re-constructed the accident scene today. to-day. From the tracks it was seen that the car had swerved far to the right side of the pavement, then cut back across to the left and over the embankment, striking strik-ing a utility pole. The car had been traveling towards the canyon, can-yon, but was shunted around in the opposite direction by the force of the impact with the pole. Junior - V- JOHNSON MAY FIRE AGAIN AT KINGFISH Long's Withering Blasts On New Deal Certain To Be Answered BY LYLE C. WILSON I'nited Pres Sta.ff Correspondent WASHINGTON. March 6 (U.R) Senator Huey P. Long's scoffing- challenge to the New Deal drew threats of early reprisals from the high administration ad-ministration command today. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson speeded toward a conclusion of some kind in Long's contest with the administration when he attacked the anti-New Deal coalition coal-ition in which the kingfish and Father Charles E. Coughlin, radio priest, are joined. Replies Tomorrow Long himself may hasten the reckoning tomorrow night. He speaks on the radio on the same network and for the same length of time Gen. Johnson took in his vigorous attack. His speech will be a direct reply to Johnson. That it also would include another attack on the admin istration seemed a foregone fore-gone conclusion. There was speculation today to-day whether Johnson might be drafter for active i service m de- General fense of the New Johnson Deal. But the threat of an administration counter coun-ter offensive against the senator did not suggest debate would be the weapon. Whether the continuing continu-ing search of Long's income tax records has yielded damaging evidence evi-dence has not been hinted. If so, government accountants were a long time finding it. The nun- began be-gan in 1932. Johnson To Stay In But whether on his own or for ! the administration, it is probable i that Johnson will stay in the fight j (Continued on Page Eight) HOLMES DIES PEACEFULLY WASHINGTON, March 6 d'.P Oliver Wendell Holmes, for 29 vears a supreme court justice, lost his gallant fight against death today. He died peacefully in his quiet I street home at 2:15 a. m. Funeral services will be held Friday the 94th birthday of the "great liberal" at All Souls church in Washington. Burial will be with full military honors at Arlington national cemetery. Clung to Lafe Dissenter to the last, the beloved be-loved former justice clung doggedly dogged-ly to the life he had lived so fully and loved so well. Pneumonia wore down his strength and he died with a few friends gathered about him. "The end was as peaceful as I have ever seen," Dr. Thomas A Claytor, his physician, said. Holmes contracted a severe cold on an automobile ride, one of his few outside diversions, a week ago. Last Thursday his illness was diagnosed as pneumonia. Holmes died just as his philosophy, phil-osophy, nurtured in a life that spanned in its long years the rise of America from an agricultural province to an industrial empire, was cominer into full power. It was Holmes' philosophy, liberal lib-eral and humanitarian, as ex-( ex-( Continued on Page Eight) U. Of U. Band Plays Concert at B. Y. U. For the first time in over a score of years, the University oj Utah concert band appeared before be-fore students of Brigham Young j university Wednesday morning in regular assemDiy in a variety program. Professor Charles J. Hawkins directed the 54-piece band. The program included dances and instrumental solos as well as concert selections. College Probe City Officials Plan Final Steps To Join Deer Creek Project Meeting Tuesday Afternoon Called To Put Into Effect Metropolitan Water Act; Details To Be Threshed Out Officials of 11 cities from Provo north to Salt Lake City will meet Tuesday afternoon at the Lincoln high school in Orem to hear an explanation of the Metropolitan water district dis-trict act necessary for the Deer Creek project and decide on a method of procedure in ap-i- plying the measure. The meeting The first is that there will be one is at 2 p. m. I district. covering all the cities Among other things, it will be ; participating. The other is that necessary for one municipality to I there will be two districts, one to call an initiating election, at cover Salt Lake City or Salt Lake which the people will vote on join- j county, and the other for Utah ing the Metropolitan water dis-1 county. trict. The group will probably de- j E. A. Jacob of Provo, manager cide Tuesday how this is to be ! of the project. A. Watkins. done and have everything in readi- member of the legislative commit-ness commit-ness for the time Governor Henry tee and others, will make talks at H. Blood signs the bill. It is ex- the meeting. pected to become law this week. Walter P. Whitehead, water Two Proposals Made; ; commissioner of Provo city, was Officials of the interested cities : in Sajt City Tuesday along and towns must also thresh out . . tM . ff;;aic , .. . ., . j- with other interested otriciais, details of the water district act. Two proposals have been made, conferring about the project. ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR URGED President Feels Debt Structure Struc-ture and Dollar Still Out Of Line, WASHINGTON. March 6 President Roosevelt today said he feels the dollar and the country's debt structure Are still out of line, alhough great progress has been made in readjusting them. Although Mr. Roosevelt feels that there still should be further adjustment, indications were that he had no though of resorting to further devaluation of the dollar to affect the domestic situation. To a direct question as to whether wheth-er further devaluation was in l NEW YORK, March 6 (UP' The American dollar plunged plung-ed to lower depths today when President Roosevelt indicated 1 the dollar was not yet cheap 1 enough in relation to the debt burden of the nation. 1 prospect, the president laughed and shook his head. Mr. Roosevelt expressed belief ! that the debt burden has been j relieved enormously, but that the j debt column of the national bal-j bal-j ance sheet is still much too high, i Two Ways Used As the president has explained previously, the administration has been seeking to readjust the national na-tional economic situation in two ways by reducing the great volume vol-ume of debts themselves and by raising prices so that it is easier for debtors to pay their obligations. obliga-tions. As to how much further he believes be-lieves this process should go, particularly par-ticularly with respect to prices, Mr. Roosevelt gave no indication Prices of foods have been rising sharply, due in great part to the AAA program and the drought, but in other lines the changes have not been as great. CHOIR NOTICE The Second ward choir members are asked to attend funeral services serv-ices fir Martin Christensen, to be held Thursday at 2 o'clock in the ward chapel. March Storm Brings Needed Moisture To Provo District A brighter outlook for moisture in the state prevailed today after a storm, the best of the year, had deposited .92 of an inch in three days with forecasts for still more snow and rain in the offing. The storm turned out to be a blessing for this part of the state, coming as it did on the heels of a report by J. Frank Wentz, Provo river commissioner, showing that the precipitation in January and February had been far below normal, nor-mal, piling up deficiencies in the totals to date. The whole state was covered lay the storm, especially the southern House Committee Report Vinson Bill F avorably Van Zandt Confident Patman Hill Will Win Later On Showdown WASHINGTON. March 6 (U.P1 The house ways and means committee com-mittee voted today 14 to 11 to report re-port the Vinson American Legion anti-inflation soldier 'bonus bill. In adopting the Vinson bill instead in-stead of the $2,015,000,000 Pat-man Pat-man currency inflation measure the committee thrust the question of currency inflation for bonus payment directly before the house which under the leadership's plan may choose between the two proposals pro-posals when the measure is brought up either later this week or early next week. Backed By Legion Rep. Fred Vinson, E., Ky., sponsor spon-sor of the legion measure, said the vote meant that later today the committee would go over the Vinson Vin-son measure for possible amendments amend-ments before formally reporting it. The Vinson bill, backed by the American Legion, provides for congress and the treasury to decide de-cide on the method of payment of the adjusted service certificates. Opponents claimed that it would force payment of the bonus through new taxes amounting to at least $35,000,000 a year. Under the agreed plan the Pat-man Pat-man inflation bill can be offered as a substitute and it was believed possible that the Patman measure meas-ure may be passed or. to the senate sen-ate instead of the American Legion Le-gion plan. Van Zandt Confident James E. Van Zandt. national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars which is backing the Patman bill, said he considered consid-ered the vote "perfectly satisfactory." satis-factory." "I am confident that in the final showdown in the house the Patman Pat-man bill will be adopted," Van Zandt said. It was understood that a motion on whether the committee favored bonus legislation carried 24 to 1. indicating that all but one member mem-ber of the committee of 25 favored favor-ed some kind of bonus legislation. part which was facing another year of drouth. Snow was still falling over the Provo river water shed today and Mr. Wentz was not informed" by the observers the extent of the snowfall, although it is believed to be quite heavy with a three-inch three-inch fall in the valley. Monroe reported five and a half inches. Between 6 and 7 inches fell in the mountains around Price which benefitted the Schofield reservoir res-ervoir immensely. Even St. George in the Dixie country reported snow flurries Tuesday. PALMER HELD FOR SHERIFF OF SAN JUAI Funeral Services For Two Cattle Men To Be Held Sunday ST. GEORGE. Utah, Mar. G (U.R James C. Palmer, 37, a sheepherder who allegredly murdered William E. Oliver; 70. and his grandson, Noris Shumway, 24, has been cap tured m Sulphur Springs, Texas, local officers were in formed today. The men were shot during a rangeiana dispute in the wilds ofl the San Juan river country last week. The bodies, which had! been thrown over a cliff, were found late Monday. Took Cash From Car Since Sunday a posse of 40 -menl irom ban Juan county had search ed the rugged canyon country for Palmer. The trail 'led out of San Juan county to this district Washington county and it was thought that Palmer had slipped out of the state into the nearby Arizona strip. The last seen of Palmer was Sunday when he drove to a trad ing post operated by his employer,! Harry T. Goulding, on the Navajo I reservation and informed him ofl the shooting. Palmer took $40 from Gouldingj and his automobile and fled to- ward the Arizona border. Gould ing went to Blandim?, miles away. in a blinding snowstorm and in-l formed officers of the act. At the time Palmer said he didn't know whether his shots had killed the men or not. Discovery Dis-covery of the bodies, at the bottom bot-tom of a rockv cliff, more thn.-n two miles, apart, proved , both had! died instantly. Thev had' been! shot through the head from the! rear. Meantime, in Blanding funeral arrangements for the aged cattle-1 man and his grandson were made. The services will be held tomor-l row in the L. D. S. chapel of the! ban Juan stake. I Word from Texas did not say whether Palmer's 17-year-old wife was with him. It was thought by Sail Juan officers that shel was. Sheriff Lawrence Palmer ofl San Juan county, said he planned to go to Texas immediately and Dnng trie prisoner to Utah. Moving Pictures Of Wild Life To Be Shown Thursday Motion pictures of birds, .big game and a trip by boat down the Green River, will be shown at the Provo high school auditorium Thursday night at 7:30 by Lee Kay, in charge of education for the state fish and game association. associa-tion. The show and lecture are non-l sored by the Provo Conservation association, which is giving a series of educational programs in this vicinity. Mr. Kay is exhibiting his Dic- tures tonight at Windsor ward and will be at Edgemont Friday. A good-sized crowd was present at the showing in Vineyard Monday Mon-day All sportsmen and anyone in terested is invited There is no charge. BEVERLY IIILL8, Calif., March 5 A real old stand-pat stand-pat Republican governor of the great state of California reached the Townsend plan age yesterday, and I am a telling you that I am on the waiting list not many years away. I don't know where the money would come from. In fact, I don't know where any of all this money is comkig from we are spending now, any more than a congressman congress-man does. Bat If Americans are going to stop and start worrying about whether they can afford a thing or hot, you are going to ruin the whole characteristic of our people! There wouldn't have been a dozen automobiles sold if that was the case. Yours, feZt, Acre ISM. MNulM SVciWte. tl. |