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Show Places Open From 7 a. m to 7 po m0 Tuesday VoteEarly! Weather Forecast UTAH: Fair tonight and Thursday. Thurs-day. Colder southwest. Maximum temp. Sunday 62 Minimum temp. Sunday 37 So They Say! THOMAS JEFFERSON founded the Democratic party, and Franklin Frank-lin Roosevelt dumbfounded it. Representative Dewey Short, Missouri. FIFTIETH YEAR, NO. 69 PRICE FIVE CENTS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 1, 1935 COMJPLET E UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE ;jPolliiig I he 14 Helena Surveys Quake Damage as 'hocks Total Property Damage To Run Close To $3,000,000,000; Federal Agencies Appealed Ap-pealed To Help Rebuilding HELENA, Mont., Oct. 21 (U.R) While the earth continued con-tinued to grumble at intervals, city officials of this historic mining city rushed plans for rebuilding the damaged areas. The city council met in an emergency meeting that lasted most of today. They decided to appeal to the federal government for funds for repairs to city buildings. Estimates of the total damage ran as high as $3,000,000. Senator James E. Murray today inspected the government govern-ment hospital at Fort Harrison, three miles west of Helena, PICTURES ON where considerable damage was done to all buildings. He said he would telephone Washington authorities asking that immediate plans for repairs be made. Those patients still at MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What'? Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN ATLANTA This metropolis metropo-lis of the Southland has become be-come a laboratory for one of the most important of New Deal urban experimentsslum clearance. People here would prefer you did, not call it "slum clearance," clear-ance," because they claim they never had any slums. Atlanta is not a beautiful city, but it is proud and efficient, and it prefers the term "low cost housing." At any rate, Atlantans are glad to get rid of the huddles of dirty shanties which feature the negro quarter in almost every southern city, and in doing so, they have "won the distinction of almost completing com-pleting the first low cost housing project of the New Deal. I SLUM PROBLEMS i In doing so, furthermore, Atlanta Atlan-ta has come face to face with certain cer-tain problems which may be typical typi-cal oi the heartaches in store for all slum clearance projects in every part of the country. That is why housing experts in Washington Wash-ington have taken out their miscro-scopes miscro-scopes as far as Atlanta is concerned. con-cerned. Chief problems encountered are: 1. To collect taxes from low cost housing projects, since they are owned by the federal government, govern-ment, which cannot be taxed. 2. To reduce the cost of the (Continued on Page Four) PROVO HUNTER SUFFERS HURTS D. Orlo Allen of Provo suffered a bad flesh wound in the leg, Sunday Sun-day while he was deer h'iting near Richfield. Allen was struck in the fleshy part of the leg by a bullet which glanced off a rock before hitting him. He was rushed to the Richfield hospital by J. Erval Christensen, his brother-in-law. Physicians said the wound was not serious although al-though he would remain at the hospital for a couple of days. Four Others Hurt-Four Hurt-Four other deer hunters were injured Sunday in various parts of the state, one of them seriously. Louis Lessing, 26, of Beaver was hit in the back, the bullet piercing his left lung and lodging against his heart. A 19-year-old youth, not (Continued on Page Three) Greely Dies WASHINGTON-, Oct. 21 U.P Maj. Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely, 91, who waited 51 years for congressional recognition of his heroism in the Arctic, died yesterday yester-day after a brief illness. In 1881 he led an expedition to the far north, in which all but seven of his 24 comrades died. Continue PAGE FIVE w the hospital were sleeping outside on improvised cots. Two Shocks Today Two fairly heavy shocks were, felt in the city today, but apparently appar-ently did little added damage. Most of the downtown section, restricted re-stricted to motor traffic, remained abandoned and the northern Pacific Pa-cific railroad yards, in the north section where most of the damage occurred, were abandoned. Crews of men were cleaning debris de-bris from streets. In spite Of the severe shaking; suffered in the region, there were no reports of major league damage dam-age to mines. Crews of the Spring Hill Gold mine, three miles from Helena, evacuated when the major shock was felt Friday night, but later reports said that little damage dam-age had resulted. Latest War Developments BY UNITED PRESS ROME Italians capture Dag-nerei, Dag-nerei, important strategic center in southern Ethiopia after battle in which 50 Ethiopians and 14 Italians were killed. ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian troops move to northern front as prelude to offensive against Italians. Ital-ians. LONDON: Ethiopian legation bluntly warns Italians that savagery sav-agery and mutilation of captives may result if Italians use poison gas and dum dum bullets. LONDON Hope held for start of peace negotiations during next ten days. COPENHAGEN Newspaper reports re-ports Italy buys material for poison pois-on gas. BERLIN and GENEVA Germany Ger-many leaves league to remain neutral. neu-tral. PARIS Laval faces supreme test of abilities as counciliator in next drive toward peace. ROME Italians feel danger of Italian-British clash has lessened but fear new explosive situations. LONDON Italy on offensive in southeastern Ethiopia, big battle imminent. GENEVA League's general staff keeps watch during ten day lapse before penalties work continues. con-tinues. ROME and PARIS Foreign offices deny reports Italians are trapped in eastern Ethiopia and that Laval is seeking to give Ethiopian Ethi-opian territory to Italy. Deer Hunters Report rair buccess Deer hunting was only "fair" on the first day of the season Sunday, Sun-day, yet a number of Utah county persons were among the lucky hunters who bagged an animal the first day out. The season for buck deer extends ex-tends until October 30, however, and the number of deer-laden fenders fen-ders are likely to increase daily. With a little snowstorm to drive them down from the high peaks, the shooting should improve. Heber Done, employe at the Provo postoffice, was' one of the first hunters to bag his game. He obtained a beauty in the Diamond Fork region. IS ELECTROCUTED Funeral For W. L. Johnson To Be Held In Provo Wednesday P. M. MANNING, Utah, Oct. 21 (U.R) William Lamar "Spot" Johnson, 37, former Provo resident, now of American Fork. Utah, was electrocuted here late Saturday when, while working on the roof of a mining shack, he came in tact with a power line. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Provo, because of a general quarantine in American Fork, due to an epidemic of scarlet scar-let fever. Johnson is survived by his widow wid-ow and seven daughters. He was born January 14, 1898, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Jo-seph Johnson, 805 North Fifth West street. He was employed for a while with the Salt Lake and Utah railroad in Provo, and later was transferred to American Fork, where he worked for 10 years as Orem station agent. JHe worked as a carpenter for raaffy years and was a gunsmith at one time. He was active in churcty work and served as scoutmaster in the American Fork Second ward for a number of years. Johnson was badly burned, according ac-cording to reports. He was working work-ing on a steel roof and came in contact with the high tension wire as he raised up. Funeral services willVe held in the Provo Third ward chapel Wednesday at 8 p. m., with Bishop J. H. Storrs of American Fork in charge. Friends may call at the Anderson Mortuary in American Fork, Tuesday afternoon and evening, eve-ning, and at the home of his parents, par-ents, 805 North Fifth West, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., Wednesday, prior to the services. Surviving besides his wife, Mer-line Mer-line Penrod Johnson, and the seven daughters, are his parents and seven brothers and sisters, three of them living in Provo, Earl Johnson, LeRay Johnson and Mrs. Weston Brooks. WOMAN FLIER IS NEAR DEATH TROY N. Y., Oct. 21 (U.R) Her body crushed and burned, Ruth Nichols, one of America's foremost women aviators, was so seriously hurt in a crash of her 20-passenger 20-passenger airplane today that doctors doc-tors gave her only "a fair chance" to survive. Capt. Harry Hublitch, who was piloting the craft when it fell and caught fire on a take-off from Troy airport, also was injured critically. Four others were less seriously hurt. Miss Nichols, holder of several international records, and Hublitch, Hub-litch, her pilot, were unconscious when dragged from the flaming wreckage. They were rushed to Troy Samaritan hospital. "She has a fair chance to recover," re-cover," Dr. Emmitt Howed said. Dr. Helmer Dowed, attending Hublitch, said the pilot likewise was in a ' very serious condition.' Only First Day Ernest Goodsell of the Schramm-Johnson Schramm-Johnson Drug company, obtained a young buck with six inch prongs, and Art Brugger, meat dealer at the Piggly-Wiggly store, also obtained his buck Sunday. Both were at Scipio. One of the biggest of the first day kills was made by Edgar Mc-Arthur, Mc-Arthur, who knocked over a 250-pounder 250-pounder at Mill Hollow. Hank Smith of Provo arid Albert Peterson, Peter-son, Salem, bagged four-point bucks the first day, and John Dickerson of American Fork was lucky on the opener. PROVOAN MANNING Cleopatra Had Nothing on Her Nearly 2000 years ago Queen Cleopatra of Egypt won the reputation repu-tation as the most beautiful woman wo-man in the world. Today one of her countrywomen holds the title again Miss Charlotte Wassas, IS, entered as "Miss Egypt" and selected sel-ected Tor the title of "Miss Universe" Uni-verse" in the beauty contest conducted con-ducted at Brussels. Belgium. CRASH HURTS FATAL TO BOY Benjamin Boy Dies Following Accident On Highway Sunday Night. SPANISH FORK While his parents were deer hunting some place in Strawberry Valley, Merl Ludlow, 1,3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ludlow of Benjamin died at 9:30 Monday morning from internal injuries received when the automobile on which he was riding overturned at Pay-son Pay-son Sunday night at 8. The boy was riding on the running run-ning board of an automobile driven by Miss Bliss Stoker, 17, Mapleton. The car struck loose gravel on the Peeteeneet hill at Payson and 'turned over. Eight Passengers There were eight persons riding rid-ing in the car besides Ludlow and his companion, Keith Chambers, 13, who had been given a ride on the running board. Only one of the eigtit, Miss Stoker, was injured to any extent. Her left arm was badly cut. The Chambers Cham-bers youth, son of Mr .and Mrs William Chambers, Leland suffered suffer-ed a wrenched back. Young Ludlow sustained a fractured frac-tured hip, a broken pelvis bone and severe internal injuries. He, his companion and Miss Stoker were taken to the Hughes Memorial Mem-orial Hospital in Spanish Fork by Mrs. Stanley Clark of Provo, wife of the Utah county physician. The car was proceeding toward Spanish Fork when the boys were offered the ride. The Chambers youth was reported re-ported slightly improved Monday. "Y" Freshmen Elect Officers Mary Ellen Stoddard of Le-Grande, Le-Grande, Oregon, was elected vice president and Bob Buswell, Ogden, was elected secretary of the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university freshman class in an election conducted Monday during assembly period, which was devoted to class meetings. meet-ings. Helen Clark of Provo was Miss Stoddard's opponent for the office of vice president, and Ora Christensen, Chris-tensen, Richfield, and Donna Ed-dington Ed-dington were candidates for secretary. sec-retary. Charles Fletcher, Provo, was elected president of the class last week. Junior and senior classes decided to hold a joint party November 9. Woman Slain LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 21 U.R The broken body of a pretty young woman, about 22 years old, lay unidentified in the morgue today while police hunted the slayer slay-er who dumped her on a road in an exclusive residential section. I ilillil IT BENNION IS SPEAKER AT SHARON MEET Sidney Cluff Sustained To Fill Vacancy In High Council Sidney H. Cluff, Cormer bishop of the Pleasant View ward, was sustained as a member of the high council of the Sharon stake at the twenty-third quarterly conference which was concluded Sunday afternoon. Three regular sessions ses-sions and the Sunday evening program pro-gram under the auspices of the M. I. A. organization were all held At the Lincoln high school auditorium. audi-torium. President Samuel E. Bennion, member of the First Council of Seventy, who represented the general authorities of the church, was the speaker at all four sessions. ses-sions. Mrs. Bennion spoke at the Sunday afternoon and evening eve-ning sessions. Alternate Members James B. Ferguson, former bishop of the Edgemont ward, and Ray Gammon, Vineyard, were sustained as alternate members of the high council, the first to be named since the organization of the stake. Other officers sustained sus-tained to fill vacancies were as follows: Samue) Bradshaw, '.presidency of the 123rd quorum of - Seventy; Clarence . Kofford, first, and George Selman, second counselor, fourth quorum of Elders; El-ders; Harold Anderson, secretary; secre-tary; Y. M. M. I. A. stake board members, Spencer Madsen, C. Wilford Larson, Clifford M. Fielding, Field-ing, Dean E. Terry, Lynn D. (Continued on Page Eight) DEATH CLAIMS ANDREW KING Andrew H. 'Andy' King, 48, well known baseball player, died at his home, 445 South Fourth West street, Sunday, from heart trouble. He had been ill for several years. Mr. King was born in Provo, Nov. 18, 1886, a son of Isaac V. and Valora Freshwater King. He received his education in the Provo public schools, and had always been interested in baseball, being widely known for his activities both as a player and manager of a number of teams. He was a member of the Provo baseball club and a player on the city team for several years, also, he was active in organizing commercial and recreation teams. Before his illness he was employed at the Provo shops of the Union Pacific railroad company. He married Eliza Jane Shepherd in October 1906, and she died in 1920. Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Clifton Franklin Frank-lin King, Clyde Henry King, Mrs. William Green and Miss Vivian King, Provo; four grandchildren; grand-children; two brothers and three sisters, Hyrum King, Eureka; Mrs. Edith Kirkwood, Colton; Ike King, Mrs. Martha Skinner and Mrs. Lillian Lil-lian A. Brown, Provo. Funeral services will be conducted conduct-ed Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. in the Provo Sixth ward. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary Tuesday Tues-day and at the residence of Mrs. Brown, 272 West First South street, prior to the services. Burial will be in the Provo city cemetery, ceme-tery, under direction of the Berg Mortuary. Sister Dies At St. Louis Hospital Mrs. Ella Butler Johnson, 77, widow of Dr. Horeph Johnson of St. Louis, Mo., died this morning in the St. Louis hospital, according accord-ing to word received in Provo by her brother and sister, W. R. Butler But-ler and Mrs. M. A. Daugherty. Mrs. Johnson visited in Provo in 1930 and again in 1931, and made a number of friends both here and in Salt Lake City. One son, Louis C. Johnson of St. Louis, survives. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in St Louis, ttmary J&ileetuon . ' : BDncceimcnomi ( Editorial) Are the property owners in the northeast district going to kill their chances of getting a state sponsored street surfacing project by quarreling among themselves them-selves about what type of paving to be employed ? Indications point that way today. After putting up with bad and dusty streets for years, home owners recently hailed with joy the offer from the state road commission to use from $16,000 to $20,000 of federal road funds on such a project, embracing em-bracing more than five miles of streets. Property owners argued the question of paving types, pro and con, at two mass meetings, and a motion was finally passed without a dissenting vote at the last meeting to accept the offer of a bituminous macadam paving at a total cost of $32,290, the property owners' portion being approximately 40 cents per front foot. The alternative offer, which was rejected, was for rock asphalt paving at a total cost of $41,000, the property prop-erty owners' portion being 55 cents per front foot. Representatives of the rock asphalt manufacturers are now circulating petitions in the northeast district to rescind the action of the mass meeting last week and substitute the alternative type which met with no favor at the meeting. The Herald holds no brief for arvy paving material interests. This newspaper is vitally concerned, however, in getting the streets of this city improved and surfaced sur-faced with some kind of material preferred by the property prop-erty owners. Reopening of this question following the mass meeting will result in indefinite delay, because of dissension dis-sension among the property owners, with a danger that the $20,000 allocation will be withdrawn by the state road commission and used elsewhere where the property owners can get together. With a street project, at last within our grasp, every effort should be made to push it through instead of holding it up with bickering and needless arguments. OPEN SEASON "Well Bill. I see the deer-season opened with the usual casualties," said the customer to Bill the Barber. "Yeah, open season for deer and the loose season for fools," said Bill. "It's too bad that the fellow who is careful has to be subject to the carelessness of the chap who goes "Hog-Wild" just because be-cause he is out in the wide open spaces." "Well, what can be done about it?"' asked the customer. "Require a sanity test along with the hunting license," said Bill, "I'll bet that there are a lot of fellows who go hunting who couldn't pass a good mental test if they had to take an examination. examina-tion. I like to hunt the same as a lot of fellows do. It's a good sport and a good thing. But doggone dog-gone the fool that shoots at the first thing he sees whether its a man or a moose." "And another thing," said Bill, "is the mad motorist who drives hell-for-leather and takes both (Continued on Page Eight) -- Herald Election Ready For Speedy and reliable service in handling election results will be furnished by the Herald Tuesday night. The machinery has been perfected to receive and tabulate the returns from the primary election elec-tion as fast as the judges in the 19 Provo districts complete the counting count-ing of the ballots. In order to serve the greatest number, arrangements have been completed to place a bulletin board in front of the Herald. The board will be lighted so that the crowds may easily see the changing results re-sults as the vote counting pro gresses. The Herald telephones, 494 and 495 wiU be available for returns, but dL&ker results can be ob 77-7 77 May ISM PROVO LISTS VOTING PLACES Polling places for the primary election Tuesday are as follows for the 19 voting districts: 1. Bonneville Ward Chapel 609 East Third South. 2. Maeser School Sixth East Second South. 3. First Ward Chapel 143 East Second South 4. Roberts Hotel 192 South University Avenue. 5. Charles Boren 312 South Third West 6. Sadit, Madsen 322 Sou tn Fifth West 7. Ruth Vincent 777 West Second South 8. Eva T. Nielsen 164 South Eignth West. 9. Ida Conover 156 North Eleventh West 10. Loda Marshall 169 North Seventh West. 11. Mrs. Georgia Harding 393 North Fourth West 12. Minnie Penrod 255 West Second North. 13. Parker School First East Second North 14. Nellie McEwan 267 East Second North 15. Stadium Lunch First East Eighth North 16. Mrs. Mary Bennett 482 Easth Seventh North 17. Mrs. Marie T. La r sen v 671 East Fourth North 18. Fifth Ward hall. , 363 bj&ai Third North 19. Farrer Junior High 100 North Sixth East Service Tuesday Night tained by joining the crowd in front of the Herald. The judges are urged to cooperate cooper-ate with the Herald to the fullest extent by telephoning promptly the returns to this office. A special spe-cial staff has been perfected to receive and tabulate the results and relay the standing of the candidates to the bulletin board outside. The detailed and complete account ac-count of the election, including the vote for each candidate will be carried ift the Herald Wednesday. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company through its manager, S. J. Jones, is cooperating coop-erating to the fullest, extent by placing extra operators at the switchboards during the evening. HEAVY VOTE IS FORECAST ON TUESDAY Six Candidates To Qualify For Places On Final Election Ballot Fourteen candidates for three Provo city offices rested their case tonight, awaiting the verdict at the polls tomorrow. Six out of the 14 candidates will qualify at the primary election Tuesday, Tues-day, their names to go on the final ballot in the election on November No-vember 5. The candidates for mayor for a two-year term, are as follows: Mark Anderson, manager of the Roberts hotel. Albert Kirkpatrick, life insurance insur-ance man. A. O. Smoot, incumbent mayor. The candidates for commissioner, commission-er, four-year term, are as follows: Arnold Dixon, accountant, for-merbanker. for-merbanker. Frank H. Harris, road construction construc-tion man. John A. Johnson, real estate and insurance salesman. J. P. McGuire, real estate and insurance man, former postmaster. postmas-ter. J. E. Snyder, incumbent city commissioner. Rulon Van Wagenen, business man. The candidates for city auditor are as follows: Albert S. Jones, business man. P. E. Houtz, former county recorder. re-corder. Eva B. Martin, business woman. G. Blaine Simons, accountant and bookkeeper. Mary F. Smith, incumbent city auditor. A heavy vote was forecast in Tuesday's primary election, due to the interest in the three-cornered mayoralty contest. More than 150 votes have been cast by absentee ballots, a record in city elections and an indication of the interest rl -t anl a varl ; Voters are urged to go to the polls early. All polling places open at 7 a. m. and remain open until 7 p. m. A list of the polling I places may be found elsewhere in i today's issue of the Herald. I The campaign ha sbeen fought f this year on a clean basis, with I practically no mudslinging or ! other unethical practices appar-. ! ent, most of the candidates having been content to put their own qualifications before the voters. Republican Ticket At Spanish Fork SPANISH FORK In reporting the Republican primary at Spanish Span-ish Fork the name of Lewis Clegg nominated for two-year councilman council-man was accidentally ommltted The candidates for election are: G. Ray Hales, mayor; Lee R. Davis, four-year councilman; H. C. Robertson, Lewis Clegg and Walter Briggs, two-year councilman; council-man; James A. Anderson, treasurer treas-urer and Dale B. Evans, recorder. CHICAGO MAYOR CLOSES PLAY CHICAGO, Oct. 21 ILE Mayor Edward Kelly today ordered "To- bacco Road," noted stage play by Erskine Caldwell and Jack Kirk-land Kirk-land which has run for nearly two years in New York, be closed as indecent and obscene. The mayor saw the play Saturday. Police Commissioner James P. All man was told to prevent the curtain from rising tonight. 50,000 Delegates At Townsencl Meet CHICAGO, Oct. 21 (HE) Dr. F. E. Townsend, gaunt California physician whose plan of a financial finan-cial Utopia has attracted thousands thou-sands of followers, prepared today for the first national convention to begin Thursday. Three thousand delegates have registered for the four-day session, ses-sion, officials said today |