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Show " f t ''-'. , v - ' i .... . ' . Weather Forecast UTAH: Snow tonight andjFriday. WarnSerjsjeast portion tonight. Maximum temp.', Wednesday . 39 MItrirmini temp., Wednesday . . 20 FIETHNQ. 119 wj8BB?BWT ' PBOVO, UTAH CqUNY, UTM THtKRSPAY, JANUARY 2, 1936 ?gggjXgH unN1dSEFc1 ' PRICE FTVEXENTS TOuHY, III SUflREflDERS TO OFFICERS Gun Lay On Bureau Out Of Reach As Officers Invade Apartment CHICAGO, Jan. 2 (UP.) Tommy Toughy, leader of the "terrible" Toughy mob, was surprised in his apartment by federal and local officers to day and taken without a struggle. Shaking with palsy, the . ; i 2 i I A rrn n cr ipnnpr wh.k seizeu ill ucu. a yUWI J v ' just out of reach of nis nana. The officers said he was wanted for participating in a railway station sta-tion holdup in 1933 at Minneapolis, Minneapo-lis, and for questioning in a number num-ber of postal robberies. Family With Him With him in his third floor apartment were his wife, Jessie, his two aaugniers, ana ma uiviu-I uiviu-I r-in-law, Eddie Ryan, son of Pad-y-fthJ3ear Ryan, fnedvjBJtt&. Bide saloon keeper Who was killed In a gun fray several years ago. Toughy, who once bragged that he would never be taken alive and who used to carry a vial of nitroglycerin nitro-glycerin with which to commit suicide sui-cide should capture seem Inevitable, Inevit-able, was so ill with palsy that he could move only with assistance. Federal and postal authorities, augmented by local and state police, po-lice, surrounding the apartment in which Toughy had been reported living under the name of Edward Dolan. Led by Lieut. Tom Kelly of the state attorney's police, the officers offi-cers rang the doorbell to the apartment. A woman's voice answered. an-swered. "We're officers and we want Tommy Toughy," Kelly told her through the closed door. There was a brief, startled pause. "We're not coming out,' the (Continued on Page Eight) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN ??ASHINfcTON One of ihe .most interesting of European Eu-ropean developments reported in V confidential dispatches from Germany, has been the change in the diplomacy of Adolf Hitler. Until recently Hitler was arrogant and domineering, because Germany was weak. Now that Germany is stronger and holds the. balance of power in Europe, he has become condescending. This has been noticeable during recent conferences with the French and- British ambassadors. HI tier has been most considerate, but. at the same time extremely firm that Germany must stay out of the Italo-British imbroglio. - ' While Hitler did not say this, American diplomatic representatives representa-tives deduce that Hitler will wait until his neighbors wear themselves them-selves out In a European war, and then take whatever he wants in Austria, Czechoslovakia and the Russian Ukraine. J PAN-AMERICAN CONTACTS if. ':'" ;In i order r to expedite its new trans Atlantic airmail and passenger passen-ger serviced Pan-American Airways Air-ways la laiding the treasury department de-partment personnel.. It has offered -a jobvto U W; (Chip)Robert Jr.. dapper; assistant secretary of the treasury. Hiring of officials, from the ad-ministrationinf ad-ministrationinf power has been Pan-American policy in the past. .i- WJOijawa vussisi&ni eeprebary or l ; ' . (Continued i on Page Four) , v.'"".".'' ' V A,,-.: .-: v . 1 he IbveiMitg Hernia Compromise Settlement Is Proposed Petition is Filed To Effect Settlement of Loose Bank Obligations. A proposed plan to effect a compromise settlement of the obligations obli-gations of the C. E. Loose corporation cor-poration and allied interests for $55,000, has been filed as a petition peti-tion in the district court, by Rulon F. Starley, state bank commissioner. commission-er. The total obligations involved amount to $154,199.90. Hearing 'on the matter has been set for January 10. A meeting of the depositors' committee on the matter was held December 13, when the proposal was approved by a vote of 6 to 4. The Loose interests, whose assets as-sets are now held under co-trus-teeship management of Preston G. Ttrsnn and Herbert Tavlor. will cooperate with the state banking department in an ertort to liquidate liqui-date property of the interests within with-in four months' time, in an effort to raise $55,000. If this is done, authority to discharge other obligations obli-gations of individual members is As "option money," $500 cash will be deposited with the bank when the court approves the petition peti-tion to he forfeited if the $55,000 i not paid oiv the, fullvvalu5 ot the assets exhausted. Tn .start with, the Loose inter ests will immediately, on court ap proval of the compromise, trans fer to the DanK Dy aeea, two prop- ertles wnicn win oe soia ior nox. loan than ifWMVV to annlv on the compromise sum. A vigorous at tempt to sell other properties win be made within the next four months. If the situations outlined in the compromise petition are complied with, then- obligations of the estate es-tate of C. E. Loose, W. Dean Loose, Pearl D. Loose, Fay Loose Gordon, C. E. Loose Corporation, Clarence Charles Loose, Erma Loose Peterson and Preston G. Peterson, will be satisfied and discharged dis-charged from further liabilities, (Continued on Page Eight) New Officials Nursing Cold Mayor-elect Mark Anderson who has been confined to his home with a bad cold for several days, was reported today to he recovering. recover-ing. His physician. Dr. Garn Clark said today he win be able to take part in the inauguration proceedings proceed-ings to take place Monday noon in the cityiommissioners' chambers. cham-bers. J. P. McGuire, city commissioner-elect, is also suffering with a cold. He was reported to be considerably con-siderably improved today. F. TSiripps Dies At SanrDiego Home SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Jan. 2 (U.E) F. T. Scrippe, 85 -year-old brother broth-er of the late E. W. Scripps, founder of the Scripps-Howard group of newspapers, died yesterday- at the suburban home of his son, Thomas O. Scripps. He was also a half-brother of thevOate Miss Ellen Browning ScHp'ps, La Jolla, Calif., philanthropist philan-thropist and patron of science. Scripps had been ill for nearly a year from ailments brought on by his advanced age which Were responsible for his death, the son said. Immediate survivors, in addition to Thomas O. Scrippe, were another an-other son, F. T. Scripps, Jr., a daughter, Mrs. Mary Corey of Pasadena, Calif and the widow. Mrs. Emma Scripps. Rotary Speaker Judge A. V. Watkins, attorney for the Provo River Water Users' association, as-sociation, will be the speaker at the Provo Rotary club meeting, Friday noon at the Roberta Hotel. He will explain the salient features and present progress of the Deer Creek project from a legal stands point, . . BOX OF RED CROSS IRESSS Angry Crowds Storm Italian Legation At Stockholm Stock-holm To Protest STOCKHOLM, Jan. 2 (U.R) Twenty-five policemen pa-trplled pa-trplled before the Italian legation, lega-tion, today in token of the anger an-ger roused through the Baltic region at the bombing by Italian Ital-ian aviators of a Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia. Marchese Paterno Di Manchi, the Italian minister, was behind barred doors in the legation building, build-ing, target of angry shouts whenever when-ever he appeared. "Down with Mussolini! We demand de-mand saticfaction!" shouted people peo-ple before the legation when Mar. chese Paterno left it yesterday. King Gustav, Prinjce Charles, who sponsored, the Swedish unit, the Swedish Red Cross, and Archbishop Arch-bishop Eidem of the Lutheran church have shown their grave cwcernv , ovej; t jthja bqmbATdtajeni, and official opinion in neighboring countries has been similar to that expressed publicly today by Foreign For-eign Minister Halvdan Koht, of Norway, who said at Oslo: 'The bombardment is contrary to everything we call international law. Civilized opinion must resist such warfare. We hope, for Italy's sake, it was an accident." (Copyright 1936, by United Press) ROME. Jan. 2 UR) Foreign anger over the bombing of a Swedish Swed-ish Red Cross field hospital in Ethiopia brought the following comment from Italy today: "We would like to know whether, wheth-er, in face of the Ethiopians war methods, it is really expected that Italy should order its soldiers to out cork on the points of its bayo nets and its aviators to mi their bombs with cologne water." The comment was in the newspaper news-paper Giornale D'Jtalia, whose editor, Virginio Gayda, has become more and more frequently the medium, in a closely controlled press, of attack on Italy's detractors. detract-ors. -Both Geneva and Stockholm." commented the newspaper, "keep their mouthh shut when Italy protests pro-tests the use of dum dum bullets and other atrocities. Officials Concerned "Stockholm should now be aware that there Is' no Ethiopian straw hut which does not display the Red Cross. Stockholm should say Whether it desires our aviators before proceeding with a bombardment bombard-ment to release a couple of comrades com-rades in a parachute to ascertain whether there is a Swedish physician physic-ian in the neighborhood." ; Italian official circles are considerably con-siderably concerned over the bombing. Friendly diplomatic circles cir-cles also expressed "regret They said the Swedish bombardment tin. doubtedly would be used by "sanc-tionist" "sanc-tionist" nations as fresh reason for applying additional league penalties penal-ties against Italy. Paxman Funeral at First Ward Friday Funeral services for E. M. Pax-man Pax-man will be held in the Provo First ward chapel, Friday at 1:30 p. m. with Bishop Terry J. Old-royd Old-royd of the Sixth ward in charge. The change of chapels was" found necessary owing' to the fact that repairs are being made on the heating system in the Sixth ward. Friends may call at the family home, ' 141 West Second South street, prior to the services. Mr. Paxman, an employe of the Smoot Lumber company prior to his retirement died at the home Tuesday morning, following a lingering illness. CUOm PRACTICE Members Ff the Second ward choir are asked, to meet for practice1, prac-tice1, Thursday at 8 p. m; Joseph Taylor, director,, requests all mem bers to be present. " 3 J Cables Now Spfn Golden Gate i ' i V . ' ,AVl)i'iW.'K)l i "C.l I ' 1 U I' fT'T ' ' - f' f7- ': .: The cables to support the Golden ySate Bridge across the entrance to San Francisco Bay now stretch all the way across the famous waterway, water-way, as the Job of spinning over 80.000 miles of wire goes steadily on. There will be nearly 28jOOO separate wires in each of the two cables. Tins tiewrcm; tli Call MAM INJURED IN ACCIDENTS Applying Brakes On Slippery Highways Results in Many Crashes. Application o f automobile brakes when road surfaces are slippery sometimes can be a serious ser-ious mistake, several Utah county motorists learned during Tuesday and Wednesday when more than a dozen persons were injured in five crashes. Two of the persons involved, Joseph Broadbent, 60, of 919 North First East and Evan Terry 17, of Orem were seriously injured. in-jured. Several Ribs Broken Mr. Broadbent was badly crushed crush-ed and is in such a serious condition con-dition that removal from his home to a hospital has been deemed unwise yet. Several ribs are broken brok-en and he is injured internally. He was crushed between his truck and a store building between First West and Second West Tuesday when he stood on the running board of his truck directing di-recting Arthur Coleman, 20, how to turn the wheel so as not to run the car into the building. His truck was being towed in an alley by the truck of Harold O. Garrett, 20, Provo, but the Broadr bent truck skidded and pinned him against the building. Terry, a brother of Dean Terry, young Provo attorney, was injured In a two-car collision oneJ fourth mile south of the Lincoln 'high school at 10:30 p. m. Tuesday. He suffered a slight concussion of the brain and was still delirious Thursday. '- ' . ' Others injured, in that wreck were: Estelle Bounous, 15, Pleasant Pleas-ant View, cuts and bruises; Row-ena Row-ena Clinger, 15, Pleasant View, (Continued on Page Eight) New Jersey Prison Officials Plan Execution of Ha uptman TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 2 (UE-Prison (UE-Prison authorities began active preparation today to execute Bruno Richard Hauptmann in less than two weeks. Hauptmann reacted re-acted with a new effort to prove, himself innocent of the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. His lawyers, expected Gov.' Har old G. Hoffman to set a date today for the court of pardons, the eight-man body which has the power , of clemency given1 to' governors gov-ernors In other states, to hear his tiv. - y Detectives Guard Lindberghs at .Liverpool Hotel Lindbergh Chafing Under His Self-imposed Exile in j England. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2 (Vi A private detective, paced today before be-fore the suite of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and their son, Jon, to keep away undesired visitors and prevent the questioning question-ing of hotel aides. Lindbergh was reported chafing under his self-imposed confinement. confine-ment. The Lindberghs, here to escape threats against their son, found themselves still the center of curiosity roused largely by the aviator's secrecy concerning himself and his plans. Lindbergh was understood to be awaiting the return of W, H. Gregory, of the Morgan Grenfell Banking house, who left Liverpool ,to arrange details of the Lindberghs' Lind-berghs' residence, perhaps in Wales. p-The Lindberghs made a brief excursion from the Adelphi hotel yesterday, their first since, tneir arrival Tuesday. They motored in the country for two hours in the afternoon, leaving and returning return-ing through a service entrance, . British newspaper correspondents, correspond-ents, angered as well as astonish-,cd astonish-,cd at Lindbergh's secrecy, announced an-nounced they intended to trail him until he explained? his reasons for his visit, after which they would let him alone. . NEWSPAPER BAN LIFTED ROME, Jan. 2 U) The ban on the New York Times and Chicago Chi-cago Tribune in Italy was lifted today. last appeal. They expected the date to. be Monday .pr Tuesday, v Col. Mark O. Kimberling, principal prin-cipal keeper of, the prison, started the machinery that will take Hauptmann . to the electric chair In the week of Jan. 13. .Because the prison death chamber cham-ber is less than SO feet square and can accommodate few more; than 30 witnesses to an' -execution, Kinberiing called a conference of newspaper men to discuss arrangements arrange-ments for Hauptmann's electrocu- -. ' ,..,-?f . .ry V. ' VETS AGREE ON TERMS OF BONUS BILL Immediate, Full Cash Payment, Pay-ment, Refund Of Interest Inter-est Agreed On WASHINTON, Jan. 2 U.R) The three principal organizations organ-izations of war veterans united today in a surprise bonus payment program to be offered congress early in the session beginning tomorrow. National commanders oif the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Ameri-can Veterans of the World War announced they were "in complete accord as to the provisions bf the proposed legislation." Chief bonus leaders in congress were invited to a conference to discuss provisions of the bill, which will include, the announcement announce-ment said: Cancel Interest "Immediate full cash payment of the adjusted service certificates. certifi-cates. "Refund of interest paid on icns-ottrtlfJUaeswic "Cancellation of interest accrued ac-crued and unpaid. "Provision that veterans who do not desire to cash their certifeates may draw interest upon the maturity ma-turity value thereof (less principal princi-pal of loan, if any), to be paid thereon from a date to be specified. speci-fied. "Provision for issuance of spec ial government obligations in lieu of adjusted service certificates to the value of about half a billion dollars now held as security by the United States life insurance reserve account." The veterans' organizations es-timAtAd es-timAtAd their united proposal would entail a cash expenditure of approximately $1,000,000,000 rather rath-er than the $2200,000,000 generally general-ly accepted as the cost of payment. pay-ment. The fltAtement appeared over the signature of Ray Murphy nation al commander of tne American Legion; James E. Van Zandt, commander-in-chief of the Veteran of Foreign Warsand M. A. Harlan, national sommaader of the Disabled Dis-abled Veterans the World War. ARE SWORN IN . SPRINGVILLiE Officials of Springville city, elected in November, No-vember, were sworn into office at short ceremonies conducted Wednesday Wed-nesday at the city hall here. ' Dr. George Anderson, reelected for mayor was sworn into office for a second term by City Recorder Record-er .... William Bringhurst, after which Mayor Anderson officiated in installing the following "officers: Eastham Clegg, four-year councilman; council-man; A. O. Thorn, W. W. Brock-bank, Brock-bank, c. E. Eggertsen, two-year councilmen; Mr. . Bringhurst, recorder; re-corder; Mrs. Eliza Russell, treasurer. treas-urer. W. W. Clyde is the holdover hold-over councilman. . .Appointive officers will be named at the first meeting to be held Monday, night. Merchants Leave On Buying Trip Leo. N. Lewis of the " Lewis Ladies Store, in company with Grant Buttle, left Wednesday for Chicago and St. Louis, to purchase' pur-chase' the new spring stock of ladies; shoes4 " While in Chicago Mr. Lewis will visit the outstanding outstand-ing style shows for the purpose of bringing - to Provo the latest fashions for the season. They expect ex-pect to be gone two 'weeks. STORY HOtTR Carol "Pendleton will be the story? teller ar the public libarry story, hour Friday afternoon; rChil-: dren from 5 to 12 are : invited to attend. . , " . : - - CITY OFFICERS So THeuSayl In .these day' we are seeing . not. a rebirth of a .material prosperity alone; of. ;greater 'significance to our national fntore la that spiritual spirit-ual reawakening, that deeper understanding un-derstanding that has eome toour Ian(L President Hoosevelt. ; . Evemi if me to Present Message Republican Chairman Fletcher Criticizes Move To Call Nigh t Session of Congress To Hear President's Message WASHINTON, Jan. 2 (U.RJ Political war broke out in the Capital today, 2 hours before the conveninig of a new Session of congress. No one expected it to diminish until next November, when voters say whether the New Deal is to be continued four years more. Tomorrow night President Roosevelt, breaking all precedent, prece-dent, will address both houses at an hour when most Americans Ameri-cans are close to their radios. Republican Chairman Henry ; P. Fletcher charged that his' SNOWSTORM IS BOON TO UTAH Farmers Rejoice Over Heavy Snowfall in Central Utah j Territory. Heavy, moist snow continued to fall in the central Utah territory, encouraging hopes that a repiU-tion repiU-tion of the drouth of 1934 may be averted this season. A fall of nearly 12 inches has been recorded here since the snowstorm snow-storm first hit the valley last week. Nearly, five inches fell this forenoon at Olmstead and almost that much around Provo, according accord-ing to measures. Definite reports from the head of the Provo river water shed were not available, according to Frank Wentz, river commissioner, who Is preparing a report to show the precipitation of the district in a few days. COBuTHS LeRoy J. Olsen, newly appointed secretary of the Provo Klwanis club, Thursday read . a list of the 1936' club committees, as appointed ap-pointed by President John W. Mc-Adam Mc-Adam of the new board of directors. direc-tors. Mr. Olsen, secretary, of. the Provo Building and Loan society was appointed last week by the officers, who were installed during dur-ing the Christmas party. Bhort talks were made by the new presi dent, Mr. Mc Adam, and the vice presidents, Dr. Stanley M. Clark and Bob Bullock. Under the system tn vogue this year f the two vice presidents wiU be in charge of three committees each and-the board of directors will direct the finance, laws -and regulations committee. The three committees headed by Mr. Bullock are as follows: Agriculture Agri-culture and public affairs Jesse N. EUertson, chairman; Walter Adams, Alex Hedqulst, Mark Anderson And-erson jmd Charles, De Moisy, Jr.; attendaiice, house and reception, publicity--Harold 'E. Johnson, chairman; W, W. Henderson, J. Robert 'Robinson, J. W. Danger-field Danger-field and Barney Chase ; : classification; classifi-cation; and membership, business standards-Clyde Clark, chairman; R. F. Reams, Bert Crane; J; W. Christensott and Parley Larson. . Dr. Clark directs the other three committees: vocational' guidance and -. underprivileged children Jacob Coleman; chairman;' John O. Beesley, Dr, Leonard E. McKell and W. R. Butler; interclub relations'Walter rela-tions'Walter Hedoulst, chairman; Charles Sessions, A. E. Anderson, Clarence Harmon and ' Alien D. Johnson; . program and . music H. A..XHxoh .chairman; Dr, J. Karl Beckr Dr. M. W. Merrill and, John "Van Cott. . .. . Directors Of the Club are responsible re-sponsible for the committees in the order, listed, George'S. Ballif, Sol Jacob, Sterling:. Ereanbrack, Jacob"Coleman,"DenzU' Brown and Claude S; Ashworth.",; Kl W ANIS N MIES speech would be partisanly political politi-cal rather than the traditional account ac-count of the "state of the union.4' Slay Block Plan-Reports, Plan-Reports, were current that Republicans Re-publicans would seek to block by parliamentary means his plan to obtain the largest possible audience audi-ence for his annual message to congress. Democrats and Republicans, gathering for what the New Deal hoped would be a short, non-controversial - congressional session, both expected the .legislative' halls use as sounding hoards for the November election. Democrats believe be-lieve it so firmly that they were forming a junta" of house orators ora-tors to answer every attack on the New DeaT in that chamber. Mr. Roosevelt's plan to address a night, session of congress tomorrow, to-morrow, instead of delivering his state of the union address at a day NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (U.R) The Colombia, Broadcasting system, through its president, William S. Paley, today refused re-fused to accede to a demand of Republican Committee Chairman Henry P. Fletcher that the Republican party be given free . time on . the air to match that devoted to President Roosevelt's speech to congress tomorrow night. : : session as has been the custom, generally was expected to go through without .a hitch.. Democratic Demo-cratic leaders discounted the reports re-ports that house Republicans might seek to block approval of a joint night session. A single ob jection would put approval, up to the rules committee, where a two-thirds two-thirds vote would be needed to cany. r. Mr. Roosevelt's decision win give him a tremendously large audience If he had followed custom cus-tom Tie would have spoken soon afternoon, "when' relatively few Americans would be able, to listen to the j radio. At night, with -all networks connected to the speaker's speak-er's rostrum in the house, his voice wiU be carried to naillions of firesides. . " t Chairman Fletcher assailed the plan, charging the president wished wish-ed to 'dramatize his message and bring down to the level'of 'a political poli-tical speech . nis 'constitutional right, and duty, to address congress con-gress on the state of , the union." He demanded of the;; broadcasting chains similar facilities and equivalent time for a Republican reprv. , While house. Democrats organized organ-ized their defensive "Junta, Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said Republicans Re-publicans tied by- Majority Leader Bertrand Snell and Hamiltoh Fish, potential presidential '. candidate, would be. allowed to have their says during the first few days, of the session. - ? - "I plan to allow plenty of debate de-bate on political Issues for several weeks,' Byrns saidL "Then If we: get-behind, we wlll slap down .in jun.m.i ii. : i . .- Provo City Pays , 1935 ' Tax Notes Provo city ; ft ill tt Thursday paid in tax anticipation tor.v made -out .-"the- checks thaC cleaned ;lup - the ' , plus one in the year, to-run tia " citv; The" moneV Was v paid to the First .Se curity,- Trust company. ,.--V 4 vf ;-v - |