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Show So They Say! The despotism of a majority is worse than the despotism of one man, because you can shoot him. "Alfalfa'' Bffl Murray, former governor of Oklahoma. FORTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 223. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRO VP, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 2 0, 1 9 3 5 SSShSMS pbice FIVE CENTS Weather Forecast UTAH: Fair tonight and Friday; little change in temperature. Maximum temp., Wednesday . . 92 Minimum temp., Wednesday . . 48 The Evening Herald nn i BUSINESS IS SLOW AT NEW LIQUOR STORE Opening of State Store Today To-day Attracts But Little Notice By J. R. PAULSON Provo's State liquor store, situated at 65 North First West, opened this morning1 at 9 o'clock with all the pomp and ceremony of a housewife opening a can of sardines. By 9:30 one quart bottle of whjskey and one pint bottle had been sold. This was in direct contrast to the opening at Salt Lake City and Ogden where a mob of thirsty citizens stormed the door on the first day. Sales Pick Up As the morning wore on, however, how-ever, sales became more brisk until it began to assume the proportion of a bargain sale for women later in the morning. Nine men were congregated about the' desk picking pick-ing out the brand they wanted at one time. The store was clean, orderly and smelled of new paint and varnish. The glittering array of bottles of all sizes, shapes and contents, presented pre-sented an imposing sight. It is possible to buy everything from a pint bottle of wine at 25 cents, up to champagne or bottled in bond whiskey. Gin, creme de menthe, sweet and dry wines, both domestic and imported, Canadian and American Amer-ican whiskeys in fact practically everything one could wish for was on the shelves. Inv Prices Prevail One impressive thing was the surprisingly low prices for most of the bottled goods. Royal Oak, a cheap whiskey which went for more than a dollar in Provo from bootleggers, was selling at 65 cents; Cream of Kentucky, which has been going at $1.50 a pint by bootleggers here, is only 2-3 as much at the state store. Wines are all reasonable, with some of (Continued on Page Seven) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON Huey Long is not as cockily unconcerned uncon-cerned about last week's inglorious in-glorious filibuster as he likes to pretend. The strutting Louisianian is nobody's fool in his saner moments, and he has had plenty of opportunity to realize real-ize that his relapse into exhibitionism exhi-bitionism was costly indulgence. indulg-ence. The reasons for this are: 1. The affair demonstrated that for all this mental alertness and strident aggressiveness, Huey lacks balance. There was utterly no occasion for the filibuster. No astute leader would have laid himself him-self open to such a mauling. That Huey did so, evinced clearly that he lacks self-control. 2. The incident also proved that . Huey is not a dangerous floor fighter; that if his bluff is called he has nothing but a pair of leather - bellowed lungs to back him up. The last was what happened in the filibuster. Repeatedly this session Huey has taken the floor and started a flood of rhetorical bombs. Each time he-scared he-scared Democratic wheel-horses into compromise of surrender. And he almost did last week. After Af-ter tieing up the senate for the entire afternoon he proposed to quit if the leaders would agree to vote on the NRA resolution next day. Senator Pat Harrison extremely ex-tremely gun-shy of Huey moved to accept. But the Progressives refused "You started this," they said. "Now finish it." To say that this startled Huev Is to put it mildly. The Kingfish goes to great pains to claim political and economic ec-onomic blood-brotherhood with the Progressives, and he is constantly Strutting this before the galleries. Insiders have shown for some time that the Progressives actually did not trust Huey. But their open act of war served the first public pub-lic notice of this. Or, as one of them, talking off the record, put it: "We wanted to remove all (Continued on Page Four) Compete For Parade Honor Post Wr "4 hp L i " - i 'J$ - f - J M - .:. 1 Among the leading contenders for Goddess of Liberty in the Fourth of July parade to be staged here by the American Legion and the Provo merchants are Miss Mildred Condon, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Condon and Miss Thelma Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Harris. Popular Provo Girls Vie For Place of Honor in Big Parade - LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM HIT J. R. Robinson, Speaking Before Be-fore Kiwanis Club, Scores Utah Legislative Style Labeling the Utah legislative system as "inefficient and cub-bersome", cub-bersome", J. Robert Robinson, j Provo attorney, told the Kiwanis ; club that the state needs to take steps to change its style of making laws. Mr. Robinson, a brother of RepT resentative J. Will Robinson, cited instances from the last legislature legisla-ture to show the club how such a law making body can make serious seri-ous errors that cause expense, needless litigation and injustice. "The system is not democratic; it is autocratic'," he said. "Possibly "Possi-bly 90 percent of the legislators we elect are inexperienced and know nothing of the job at hand. The result is that tne few experienced experi-enced men take charge, and with the lobbyists who are working for special interests, shape the laws." "Investigation will show that most of the laws passed are designed de-signed to serve special interests." hedicETAOIX ETAOIN ETAOI "Why not have a body of scientific scien-tific men studv what laws should be enacted, then present their findings to the legislature ?" was a rhetorical question propounded by the speaker. Mr. Robinson cited the liquor law as an example if blundering on the part of the legislature. Af-er Af-er long studv about the place for ale of drinks, the legislature passed the law which allows drinking any place but in the liquor stores. This was not what the majority sought. Another example was the long set of amendments to the criminal crimi-nal code, for which Mr. Robinson Robin-son predicted utter failure. In at- ( Continued on Page Seven) Bard Is Inspired To Sing Praises of Herald Comics Out Our Way We like Wash Tubbs; Our Boarding House Beats all the clubs; Side Glances at This Curious World Are like a wonder Scroll unfurled. Boots and Her Buddies Make folks stop And smile and so Do Mom'n Pop. For so much joy In life depends On seeing Freckles And His Friends, And some of us Greet with a whoop The doings of Old Alley Oop. Donna Dastrup In Lead; Contest Con-test to Close On Night Of July 2 Donna Dastrup, latest entry in the contest for Goddess of Liberty in the American - Legion-Provo Aiercnants b 'ourth of July parade, is leading the race with 400 points it was announced today by Mrs. Stanley Clark, chairman of the contest committee. Beth Paxman, leading a few days ago, is in second spot with 300 votes. The other candidates already placed in nomination are listed as follows: Edith Shaw, 250; Ger-aldine Ger-aldine Beck, 200; Jean Halverson, 200; Thelma Harris, 150; Mildred Condon, 150; Irene Van Wagenen, 100; Florence Curtis, 100; Kath-ryn Kath-ryn Snyder, 100. Other popular Provo girls will be nominated before Sunday, the committee has been informed. Nomination blanks and votes may be obtained at any of the local drug stores, where boxes trimmed in red, white and blue have been placed. The winner of the contest will have the honor of appearing as the Goddess of Liberty on the leading float in the parade. She will also receive a $10 cash prize. The contest will come to a close on the night of July 2. COUNTY GETS 2 NEW CCC CAMPS Utah county CCC camps will get their quota of some 8000 men from New York, Ohio and Cali fornia who are coming here to man the camps authorized by congress. There will be 34 new camps in the state, in addition to 19 already perating. The new Utah camps will be located at Pleasant Grove and Provo. The . Pleasant Grove camp will be located near the mouth of Grove creek canyon, east of town and the Provo camp will be housed hous-ed at the county fair fgrounds and work around Rock canyon on watershed protection east of Pro vo. Men from Ohio will man both camps with experienced local mtn as the nucleus. There is already a camp of all Utah county men located at the Hobble Creek canyon camp. The Pleasant Grove camp will work under the direction of the forest service and the Provo camp under the division of grazing. When the 34 new camps plus the 19 present campus are operating oper-ating after July 1, the Fort Douglas Doug-las district will have a CCC personnel per-sonnel of 12,000 men, of which 4300 will be from Utah and Nevada, Ne-vada, 300 from California, 520?) from Ohio and 2200 from New York. SCORES UPSET .OMAHA, Neb., Juen 20 (IIP) A major upset in the women's tran-Mississippi tran-Mississippi golf tournament threatened threat-ened today when Mrs. Leon Solomon, Solo-mon, Memphis, Tenn., completed the first nine holes all even with the defending champion. Mrs. Hill of Kansas City, Mo. FORT DOUGLAS BAND TO JOIN CELEBRATION Pocatello Ladies' Drum and Bugle Corps Accepts Provo Invitation - Announcement that the 38th Infantry band of Salt Lake City and six squads of soldiers will participate in the giant Fourth of July parade at Provo, and that the Pocatello, Poca-tello, Idaho, women's drum and bugle corps will join three other women's corps here, featured the American Legion Post 13 meeting Wednesday night in which plans for the mammoth celebration were furthered. Plan Legion Float It was decdied that Post 13 will place a beautiful float in ' the parade, which is centered around the patr i o t i c theme "America Marches On" and in which 50 other oth-er floats will pa rtfo'lalje. There will nt undecorated cars in this two-mile patriotic procession that will weave the story of a great nation ni fabric of color, pageantry music and flowers. The program for Independence day will follow this outline: July S 8:15 p. m. Fight carnival at Park RoShe. 10 p. m. Legion Frolics at Rainbow Rain-bow Gardens and Geneva resort. re-sort. July 4th Dawn Patriotic salutes. All conclusion rights for the Fourth of July celebration celebra-tion in Provo were sold to John L. Johnson of 420 East Fourth South, at the American Am-erican Legion Post 18 meeting meet-ing Wednesday night. Anyone desiring a concession conces-sion for the celebration must see Mr. Johnson. 8:30 a. m. Band concerts, several sev-eral public squares. 9:30 a. m. Mammoth parade. 11 a. m. Patriotic program in Utah stake tabernacle. 1:30 p. m. Sports festival for children at North Park. 2 p. m. Baseball game, Provo Timps and Holsum, Timp park. 4 p. m. Feature entertainment uithree Provo theaters. 7 p. m. Intermountain drum corps contest at "Y" stadium. 8:15 p. m. Stupendous gift festival and fireworks exhibition. 9:30 p. m. Legion frolics at Park Ro-She and Rainbow Gardens. Gar-dens. Col. Sweeney is bringing his 38th Infantry band and six squads of men as a military demonstration at a patriotic event, but the band is not being hired. The far-( far-( Continued on Page Seven) Wild Flowers to Be Protected More Protection of wild flowers is the aim of a new plan adoptel by the Wasatch national forest officials offi-cials by which a series of checking check-ing stations will be established in the various canyons including Provo Pro-vo canyon, Aspen Grove and American Fork canyon. The forest officials will empha-site empha-site the importance of preserving wild flowers and will urge cooperation coop-eration in the program, according to C. J. Olsen, forest supervisor. -- Labor Wage Limit Bars Many Relief Projects Utah and all other states must eliminate from their relief programs pro-grams all projects which cannot be built with labor paid a maximum maxi-mum of $1100 per annum it was revealed today in a dispatch from Washington. The order comes to all the state relief directors from Harry L. Hopkins, chief administrator adminis-trator of relief. This limitation will arDlv to all irrigation projects although Dar- rel J. Greenwood, state director, was of the opinion that it would not adversely affect the Deer Creek project. The wage limitation limita-tion will stand in the way of the adoption of all other sizeable reclamation rec-lamation projects in the west, it was said. Missing Pig Leads To Complications It all happened because pigs lok so much alike. When G. A. Royce, John M. Howa and Joseph Howa left Helper on June 12 they had 20 pigs. When they arrived in . Ogden there were only 19. So on the way back they saw a pig on the highway through Lehi, looking exactly like the missing porker. They picked him up on the second load and took him to Ogden. But the pig really belonged to Edward Fox of Lehi, so Marshal Niron Fowler swore out a complaint on a petit larceny charge. Wednesday in city court, Judge Don R. Ellertson found out it was all a mistake and found the men not guilty. He also ordered J. F. Smith, the employer of Royce, o give the pig back to Mr. Fox. Now everybody's happy but Mr. Smith. He wonders where the devil is that twentieth pig. NEW By United Press HEADS STOCKGBOWERS CQDY, Wyo., June 20 (U.R) D. R. Whitaker of Cheyenne, Wyo., was the new president of the Wyoming Wy-oming stockgrowers association today. Whitaker was reelected last night at the final meeting of the stockgrowers' 63rd annual convention. Twenty six resolutions were passed by the stockgrowers in executive ex-ecutive session. CUT DISCOUNT, RATE PARIS, June 20 (U.R) The Bank of France today reduced its discount rate from 6 to 5 per cent, reflecting lightening of pressure on the French Franc. MILES TO CTJICTAIL, SPARTANBURG, S. C, June 20 U.E The textile industry is considering plans for curtailing its production to reduce stocks and stabilize prices, it was learned learn-ed today. W. S. Montgomery, president of the Spartan mills here and chairman chair-man of the industry's print cloth group, said plant executives throughout the nation were considering con-sidering ways of putting a curtailment cur-tailment schedule into effect without with-out excess hardship on their employes. em-ployes. TEST LIQUOR LAW POCATELLO, Idaho, June 19 U.P With briefs on the case to be submitted by both sides, the question ques-tion of the constitutionality of the Idaho liquor control act was before district judge Jay Downing Down-ing today. The judge is expected to reach a decision within three weeks. ICKES DENIES RIFT WASHINGTON, June 20 (U.P) Public works administrator Harold L. Ickes today said "there is no rift, schism, clash, row, breach, break, or misunderstanding" misunderstand-ing" between him and relief ad- I ministrator Harry L. Hopkins ov er me ,uuu,oou,uuu worn renei program. Lions To Meet At Keeleys Tonight Final reports of Aura C. Hatch president, and Walter F. White head, secretary, of the Provo Lions club, will be given at the meet ing tonight at 7 in Keeleys cafe. New officers will be installed at the meeting following. Dr. W Woo If is the new president and Mr. Whitehead succeeds himself. The club will vote on whether to join the proposed association of civic clubs. Most of the small projects which have been brought to Washington by Governor Blood can be built with the character of labor that may be employed under the administration ad-ministration program, he thought. Senators and congressmen from the western states are planning concerted action to protest this action against new projects, a lim-iation lim-iation which has never been in force against the earlier projects of the PWA. Congressman Abe W. Murdock of Utah, chairman of the western congressional group, has called a meeting for Saturday to map out a plan of action. Wire PROGRAM MAY BE ENACTED THIS SESSION Roosevelt Shifts Decision On Congress As To Time Of Action WASIINGTON, June 20 (U.R) President Roosevelt shifted to congress today the responsibility, for immediate action on his billion dollar share-the-wealth tax program. pro-gram. The White House indicated that while Mr. Roosevelt was desirous de-sirous of early passage of his three-point program for increased tax levies of the wealthy, he preferred pre-ferred to let congress decide when and how the measure would be taken up. A meeting of the senate finance committee was called with an indication in-dication that the group would vote whether it should go into the broad plan at this time. The committee voted to. report the resolution expending the present "nuisance" taxes, but with an amendment continuing them for one year instead of two years as the house approved. No . Rush Intended It was indicated that the White House felt the tax pronouncement was one of the most significant pronouncements by Mr. Roosevelt since assuming office and tnat there was no intention of rushing through immediate legislation. Mr. Roosevelt's three point plan sent to congress in a dramatic surprise message provides for 1. High inheritance and eift utxes on large ionunes. 2. Sharplyhigher income taxes in the upper brackets. Graduated corporation taxes placing a' heavier burden on large corporation incomes. The program was estimated as carrying: a possible yield of one billion dollars annually. It was indicated that the White House would allow congress to make its own interpretations of the program and to work out legislation leg-islation in its own way. THREE KILLED BY ARMY PLANE LOS ANGELES, June 20 U.R Failing to get altitude in an attempt at-tempt to take off, an army airplane air-plane crashed across a highway in Griffith park ttday and killed three persons passing the National Guard airport in an automobile. The dead were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Krause, of Glendale, Car., and their two-year-old daughter, Dona Mae. Three army men, crew of the plane, were injured. They were First Lieut. George D. Campbell, who has a fractured leg and cuts and bruises, and Second Lieut. W. W. Pan n is and Cadet T. R. Walsh, both of whom suffered, minor cuts and bruises. Cadet :'alsh was piloting the craft, one of the observation planes of the 88th squadron of Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. LEGION NAMES 11 DELEGATES Selections of 11 delegates to represent Post 13, American Legion Le-gion at the District 4 convention conven-tion in American Fork June 29, was completed at a meeting of the Provo post Wednesday. The list of delegates includes Howard Strang, chairman; Rulon Snow, John O. Beesley, George S. Ballif, Hugh C. Ross, Harold J. Gammon, Denzil Brown, Frank L. Reynolds, L. A. Culbertson. Stanley Dunford and George Vincent. Vin-cent. Mr. Strang, commander of the post, was empowered to select alternates in case of any vacancy. Orval Singleton of Provo, dis trict commander, is in charge of convention arrangements. OPPOSE SEATING HOLT WASHINGTON, June 20 U.R An attempt to void the election of Rush Drew Holt was made today as the 30-year-old Democrat presented pre-sented himself for a seat as the junior senator from West Virginia. The proposal to deny Holt a seat was advanced by Sen. Daniel O. Hastings, R., Del., on the ground that Holt had not reached the age of 30 when he was -elected last November. M argaret Played R ole In Kidnap Indictments Returned By Federal Grand Jury Refutes Previous Theory; Three Defendants Indicted TACOMA, WASH., June 20 (U.R) Indictments returned by a federal grand jury revealed today that Margaret Waley, 19-year-old Utah girl who married an ex-convict against the wishes ot her family, played a leading instead of a subordinate part in the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser Weyer-haeuser of Tacoma. The jury found that the blonde wife of Harmon Metz Waley, 25, not only rented the Spokane house in which the nine-year-old son of a Tacoma lumber millionaire was confined but also sent the ransom payment contact notes to John Philip Weyerhaeuser, Wey-erhaeuser, father of the boy. Author of Notes The indictments refuted previous previ-ous belief that Mrs. Waley had little to do with the abduction case, that she had remained aloof from any participation in the crime except the spending of the ransom money, and that she had had no knowlecge or the abduction abduc-tion until informed by her husband that the boy was hidden in the home at Spokane. Confirming previous suspicions that a woman had written the notes signed "Egoist," a single indictment naming only Mrs. Waley indicated that she might have written the notes demanding $200,000 ransom and arranging for its payment. With the Waleys, William Ma-han, Ma-han, alias Grant, a fugitive, was indicted on charges of violating the" Lindbergh anti-kidnaping law, of using the mails to defraud and : of ennsni Nine Acts N&md ine mcuciments alleged nine overt acts. They said that on May 20 Mahan and. Waley weAt-to 420 North Fourth St., Tacoma, to ascertain the location and whereabouts where-abouts of the Weyerhaeuser boy; that on May 24 the two men seized the boy, placed him in a car and carried him off; that Waley mailed the ransom note the same day; that Mahan mailed the contact con-tact note on May 29; that the next day he telephoned from the Great Northern Railway depot, Seattle, to John Philip Weyerhaeuser at the Ambassador hotel, Seattle; that on May 30 Margaret Waley met Mahan at a point halfway between be-tween Seattle and Tacoma; that three days earlier she had rented a house in Spokane, and that on May 31 Mahan received from Weyerhaeuser the $200,000 ransom ran-som in unmarKed leueral reserve bills on. the Pacific Highway south of Seattle. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 20 U.H) Accompanied by federal agents, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley, confessed kidnapers of George Weyerhaeuser left here at 11:55 a. m. in two automobiles for Tacoma, where they will be arranged ar-ranged this afternoon on three indictment in-dictment returned by a federal grand jury yesterday. Waley held his cap over his face as he was led to the first automobile, and Mrs. Waley threw her coat over her head, as she walked out of Thurston county jail on the arm of Mrs. Edward O'Brien, deputy of Thurston county. Services Set for Accident Victim Funeral services for Lawrence Ray Peterson, 50, Pleasant Grove ' insurance man, will be held Fri- uay at l o ciock in the Ephraim tabernacle. The body may be viewed at the home of a brother. Bishop P. C. Peterson, Jr. Interment will be in the Ephraim cemetery. Mr. Peterson was killed almost instantly when struck by, a D. and R. G. Motorways truck Tuesday evening at Orem. Investigation went forward today to-day under the direction of Sheriff Sher-iff E. G. Durnell and County Attorney At-torney W. Stanley Dunford. Miss Mary Louise Winters, driver of the car which stopped to give Mr. Peterson a ride was questioned question-ed during the day as to to her actions ac-tions in bringing the car to a stop. Doctor to Speak "What Everyone Should Do About His Eyes," is the subject of a talk by Dr. H. G. Merrill, who will speak to the Provo Rotary club Friday noon at the Roberts HoteL ,Dr. Merrill will leave the club soon to take over an office at San Diego, California. The entertainment is in charge of Dr. W. D. Tueller. Waley Leading MOTORIST DIES IN BUS CRASH Driver Falls Asleep, Killed; Wife Seriously Hurt In Collision SALT LAKE CITY, June 20 U.P LeRoy Griffin, 47, was killed kil-led and his wife seriously injured today when the car in which they were riding collided with a Union Pacific Passenger bus on the Ogden - Salt Lake City highway. Pinned in the seat as the impact im-pact of the crash forced the engine en-gine into the front seat, Griffin was killed instantly. Mrs. Griffin was taken to an Ogden hospital suffering from shock, internal injuries in-juries and a possible leg fractureT The collision occurred on a curve near the northern boundary of Kaysville. Sheriff Joseph Hol-brook Hol-brook said Griffin evidently had fallen asleep while driving .as- the accident was coused by his driving driv-ing on the wrong side of the road. The bus had the right-of-way on the east side and the collision happened on that side only four feet two inches from the edge of the road. J. W. Francis, Salt Lake City, was driving the bus. He was not held. The only passengers in the bus were Dale Dowern San Pedro, Cal., and Truman Hutchins, Iron-ton, Iron-ton, Utah. TWO KILLED IN TEXAS TORNADO RALLS, Tex., June 20 iU.R) A tornado smashed through a small community 14 miles south of her today, leaving two dead and numerous num-erous houses and buildings demolished. de-molished. The dead were Bob Easter, 60, and his wife. Nearly a dozen persons were injured. in-jured. Several were taken to Lubbock Lu-bbock to a hospital. The tornado came in from the northeast at 5:30 a. m. Numer-ings Numer-ings and warehouses were wrecked wreck-ed here before the twister dipped southward into the ownes community. com-munity. EARLIER MAILING Mail for American Fork, Lehi, Roverton, Sandy, Draper, Salt Lake City and points north and east must be mailed by 5:30, i was announced today by Postmaster Post-master J. W. Dangerfield. The mail for these points formerly for-merly went at 6:15. SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 19 At the great San Diego world's fair yesterday, Mr. Hoover rece&ved a tremendous trem-endous ovation. There is no country In the world where A ptJrson changes from a hero to t erson changes from a hero to a goat, and a goat to a hero, or visa versa, as they do with us, and all through no change of them. The change is al-ways al-ways in us. It's not our public men that you can't put your finger on, Its our public We are the only fleas weighing over 100 pounds. We dont know what we want, but are! ready to bite somebody to get It. Yours, A IBIS. MeNtoxfat SyadUtt. In |