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Show So Then Say! " If the United States is to be Involved In-volved in yt9l&rtrb,-VMto and every action be known to the American people. Let us have no more lying and secret diplomacy -Representative G. II. Ttnkham, Massachusetts. ; Weather Forecast .UTAH: Partly cloudy to unsettled unset-tled tonight and Saturday. little chance- in temperature. . Maximum temp., Thursday .. 65 Minimum temp., Thursday . . 28 TUT ini. FIFTIETH YEAR, NO. 160 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PROVO, UTAH COUNT Y, 'UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY- 1936: COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS 7S PJ1 JV erald 0) 1 mm Tffl rp rp cp rp rp cp cp cp cp cp cp rp cp rp Mystery Man May ! . $30,000 LEFT WITH PURSER BY STRANGER Lindbergh Kidnaper Said To Have Been Aboard Panama Liner SANTIAGO, CHILE, Feb. 28 (U.R) Umberto Pastori, former Grace Line purser, today to-day told the United Press a mysterious person whom he remembers as rE. B." boarded board-ed the S.S. Santa Olivia at the Panama canal seven days after the Lindbergh ransom was paid, deposited $30,000 with him and told him that "the Lindbergh kidnaper is aboard this ship." Makes Affidavit Postori made an affidavit of his statement, at the request of the United Press, and this document docu-ment has been mailed to New York, and will be turned over to the authorities. - Whether Pastori's statement is significant, as indicating the possible pos-sible flight of a Hauptmann accomplice, ac-complice, remains to be seen. The correspondent asked Pas-tori Pas-tori what he did when "E. B." told him that the kidnaper was aboard the ship. Pastori replied that he reported this to Captain Rose. (The Grace Line offices in New York have no record of any such report having been made). Official uenies 11 James Fortune, vice president or.the Grace Line, denied Pastori ever had informed him about the Incident aboard the Santa Olivia, Md also denied Ijy ever advised (Continued on Page Four) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Experts Analyze Roosevelt's Mail for Political Effect; Everyone Writes to Him; Many Barely Know How to Spell ; Though They Ask for Help They Also Praise His Schemes; Opposition Calls It "Relief Vote" Bought and Paid For. WASHINGTON There is something intriguing about the tenor of White House mail. Roosevelt's mail is different from the mail of any preceding President, Presi-dent, not only in its greater volume, vol-ume, but because it is largely from people who can hardly spell. Here is a typical letter written writ-ten in a painful scrawl "I never saw a president I would write to until you've got in your place. But I have always felt like you and your wife and your children were just as common com-mon as we are." Letters like this pour in at the rate of 3,000 a day. Most of them are merely plaints about inadequate relief. But enough are colored with praise of the President Presi-dent and his works to have home political significance. Like this one: "The reason I have , delayed writing is that I consider you the most buisy man of all the presidents we have had, and have did more for the massasses of the people." RELIEF WANTED I . sjs Many indicate that the writer expects personal and direct aid from the President. "I have tryed all I could possibly do first God and then you., and you are the only one that I trust that can help me." Roosevelt has planted this idea by his raido talks, and by one or two dramatic, widely publicized pub-licized acts in which he did personally per-sonally bestow favor. The mail is so heavy that it requires a special staff to handle it. Practically all mail addressed to the President in long-hand goes not to the White House but "(Continued on Page 2, Sec. 2) College Men To Vie for Honors in Beard Growing Senior and junior men at Brigham Young university will bid goodbye to the shaving shav-ing mug for three long weeks Monday morning when the annual mustache and beard raising contests ire scheduled to get under way. Juniors will seek to grow hirsute adornments on the region above the upper lip while the seniors will apply hair tonics and restoratives to their chins in quest of beards, plain or rancy. Prizes will be given for the Hilterist, Charles Evans Hughesest, Groucho Marxest and Clark Gablest mustaches mus-taches as well as for the stif-fest, stif-fest, most romantic and colorful. A special prize will also be awarded to the best basketball moustache, which has five on each side, according to Roy Hudson, Evanston, Wyo., chairman. WELLING GOT CHECK BACK Mrs. Richards Testifies He Thanked Her For Returning Return-ing Check. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 28 (UP) Mrs Golda Richards, wife of , Harold. .JP, Richards, t former employe in the office of Secretary of State Milton H. Welling, testified testi-fied today that Welling had ' thanked her" for endorsing and returning a check for $100. Welling is being tried for the third time on charges of presenting- the state board of claims with a false salary claim. Mrs. Richards said she had never worked for the state, never saw the check, and was not entitled en-titled to it. Richards previously had testified testi-fied that he took the check to another employe in the office of Welling, who forged the endorse- i ment. Welling explained at the time he thanked her, Mrs. Richards said, that he needed the money in connection with expenses caused bv a secretary of states' convention. conven-tion. He suggested, she said, that she and her husband accompany him from Zion National Park to the Grand Canyon. Richards, she testified, tes-tified, told Welling he could not afford it and that Welling then suggested he "pad" his expense account. notion WHITEHEAD Oil HIS BIRTHDAY The sixtieth birthday of Walter P. Whitehead Friday provided the occasion for a glowing tribute from nine of his "friends, who surprised sur-prised him at his home at 10 a. m. They presented him with an enlarged portrait of himself. The tribute commemorated his birthday, his tenth anniversary as bishop of the Provo L. D. S. First ward and for his public service. He is in his second term as city commissioner. Included in the group making the presentation were: R. A. Moorefield, G. W. LeLennon, M. Howard Graliam, V-. E. Fleetwood, T. C. Larson, Harry J. Stagg, Douglas Page, David John and Horatio Jones. Jury Makes Award Ralph and Faye Snelson of Springville were awarded a judgment judg-ment of $900 for a strip of property prop-erty taken by the state road when the underpass and cutoff was constructed con-structed in the south part of the city. The decision on the amount was reached by a jury Thursday following a hearing before Judge Abe W. Turner in the Fourth district court. The damages included $200 for a strip of 9-100 acres of land taken approximately one half their lot and $700. additional because of damages to the rest of the property. prop-erty. EX -CABINET MAN DIES GALLATIN, Mo., Feb. 28 U Judge Joshua Willis Alexander, 84, veteran statesman and former member of President Wilson's cabinet died last night. He became be-came Wilson's secretary of commerce com-merce in 1919 after being reelected re-elected to congress seven times. CANYON ROAD IS REOPENED FOR TRAFFIC First Cars Go Through To Heber Today; Power Flume Repaired Traffic through Provo canyon can-yon was resumed today after the highway had been blocked for several days by two snow-slides, snow-slides, one above Donnan's and a smaller one below Vivian Viv-ian park, according to Preston Pres-ton G. Peterson, vice chairman chair-man of the state road commission. The first car went through this morning about 10 o'clock to Heber. A lumber duck walk has been laid over some of the snow which covers the road, and will not have to be removed. Clearing of the road by means of a power shovel and a crew of men has been done under the supervision of Grover Purvance, state road foreman, with all workers work-ers properly safeguarded. The road through the snow above Donnan's Is for one-way traffic only, and motorists were advised by Mr. Peterson not to make the trip for sight-seeing purposes pur-poses until all danger of snow slides has passed. Barring further slides, the wooden flume repairs will be .completed .com-pleted and" the "Ormstead hydros electric plant of the Utah Power and Light, company reopened today, to-day, it was announced by W. E. Fleetwood, Provo division manager, man-ager, Thursday. The flume for a distance of eight hundred feet was destroyed by a snowslide in Provo canyon February 20. Mr. Fleetwood said the company com-pany has made rapid progress in repairing the damage and. during the last week has employed as high as 235 men a day on three shifts to complete the task. He said the work given this number of men during the past week has been a considerable boon for un-employables un-employables in Utah county. WOMEN TO HOLD COOKING SCHOOL The cooking school to be sponsored spon-sored by the Women's Federated club will be held in the First ward recreation hall, March 4, 5, and 6. Utah-made articles will be featured feat-ured at the school which will include a daily fashion show and demonstrations in menus and diets, by Mrs. Jean Neldon. Mrs. Parley Larson and Mrs. Le Roy J. Robertson are co-chairmen of the event. Salt Lake Veteran Takes Suicide Leap ALBANY, Feb. 28 (U.R Death of Lewis R. Stone, a World war veteran on furlough from a Northampton, Mass., hospital, was listed today as a suicide. Stone leaped from the fourth floor of the Albany Y. M. C. A. A paper in his pocket indicated that a Jack Tarinenbaum of Salt Lake City was the veteran's guardian. He died at a hospital Stone was married and has two children in Salt Lake City. Italians Score Again ROME, Feb. 28 The Italian forces in northern Ethiopia won another important victory today when they captured Amba Alagi, the mountain stronghold southward south-ward of the line established after aft-er the recent victory in the En-derta En-derta region. HA GOOD PROBE SOUGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 ULE A sub-committee of the senate military affairs committee was appointed today to determine whether to recommend Investigation Investiga-tion of the removal of Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood from command of the 8th corps area. An inquiry was demanded in a resolution introduced in the senate sen-ate by Sen. Jesse Metcalf, H., R. I. .Be Rebels Holding Out Against Government In Japanese Revolt Tight Censorship Clamped Down in Tokyo Points To Seriousness of Situation; Reports Re-ports of Fighting in Streets LONDON, Feb. 28 (U.R) The foreign office was advised from Tokyo today that at 6:30 p. m. Tokyo time (4:30 a. m. E.S.T.) the rebels were holding out in some public buildings around the war office. No settlement had been reached at that hour, the message said, but conditions were quiet. (Copyright 1936, by Untied Press) A tight, smothering censorship was put down in Tokyo again today on all communication, cable, wireless and telephone. tele-phone. Reports to responsible Japanese quarters in far eastern ... 1 1 centers told of an agreement by EMPEROR Emperor Hlrohito of Japan, who started new Cabinet reorganization reorganiza-tion alter assassins killed minis ters. POWER OFFICIALS CHARGE SABOTAGE EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 28 (U.R) Officials of the El Paso Electric company, whose employes are on strike, today demanded a grand jury investigation of alleged sabotage sab-otage which disrupted service to four Texas and New Mexico cities. Power lines serving an 89-mile area in the two states were cut, plunging Canutillo, Tex., and the Mexico towns of Las Cruces, Hitch and Anthony into darkness last night. The lines were repaired re-paired today and service here and elsewhere in the region was not affected. M. C. Smith, president of the power company, would not make specific charges concerning the incident, but said: "I have a good idea who did it." I -. o.J? . L, ' r SfT & j3 Springville Farmer-Kiwanis Luncheon Slated Next Week SPRINGVILLE Kiwanians of Springville will be hosts to the leading farmers of the district at the annual Farmer-Kiwanis club luncheon to be held in the Memorial Mem-orial hall, Thursday night, March 5. ' A committee made up of W. R. Eddingtbn, S. J. Boyer, 'Milton Harrison, and W. H. Anderson was named by President G. Ixnyry which young army extremists sur- rendered with their men Other dispatches spoke of "skirmishing" "skir-mishing" in the streets of Tokyo before the reported agreement was reached. . . It was indicated as possible a "compromise',' : might have been reached, or might be reached, after persuasion by the authorities authori-ties in the form of military action against the rebels still, concentrated concen-trated in a few central Tokyo buildings. situation Improving Fragmentary United Press dispatches dis-patches direct from Tokyo, ob- fvtously closely scrutinized by ccn- rispfs, hjdiCafed there had been np ffffcitlngfc situ ation seemed Improving. ,. Political leaders and army chieftains, as well as heads of the royal houses, conferred almost al-most continuously in separate groups, trying to find a solution of the crisis and to form a permanent per-manent cabinet. A military dictatorship, a council coun-cil of state, and a right wing cabinet were all hinted at in foreign for-eign dispatches. The first indication that something some-thing serious had happened in Tokyo came late yesterday when the iron censorship was imposed. Just previously, the situation appeared ap-peared so improved that the censorship cen-sorship was relaxed and Ray G. Marshall. United Press correspondent, correspon-dent, was able to get the first news call through to New York, at 5 p. m., giving details of the uprising. upris-ing. Then the service was abruptly cut off at 5:35 p. m., and nothing but official governmental calls was permitted. MOTORISTS RUSH IN FOR PLATES Lines of motorists lengthened in the lower hall of the city and county building as the March 1 deadline for 1936 automobile license li-cense plates neared. With only one more day remaining re-maining before it becomes illegal to drive with 1935 plates, a rush for plates is expected Saturday, when the Provo division of the Utah State Tax Commission of-ficce of-ficce wil lbe open all day. The county assessor's office will also be open all day Saturday to accommodate ac-commodate those who have not yet paid the taxes on their cars. By Friday noon a total of 4400 passenger plates and nearly 1000 truck plates had been issued, Paul Holt, manager of the office, announced. an-nounced. This 5400 total is ahead of last year in a similar period, Mr. Holt says.- Anderson Thursday night to take charge of the event. Fred Markham, Provo architect, presented a lecture illustrated with slides, showing the influence of th Roman and Gothic architecture archi-tecture on modern home designing. design-ing. C. O. Claud in was toastmaster. Mrs. Eileen Bird furnished instrumental instru-mental music accompanied by Miss Helen "Clark. " "' anil - DIVER FINDS LOST PLANE IN SALT LAKE Standard Oil Luxury Liner Lost Last Fall Is On Lake Bottom SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 28 U.R) Standard Oil company officials prepared today to raise from the bed of Great Salt Lake a huge luxury air liner that crashed four months ago, killing- the crew of three. The salt-encrusted plane was found late yesterday by George E. Johnson, veteran diver. It was under 24.5 feet of salt-laden water. wa-ter. One objective of the search finding the body of co-Pilot Glenn A. Lenz was not accomplished. The plane was snagged by draglines drag-lines from motorboats, the spot marked, and then Johnson, wearing wear-ing a 300-pound diving suit and 50 pounds of lead, dropped into the heavy water. He located the craft within a few minutes. Two Died In Crash Robert S. Allen, chief pilot, and George O. Anderson, mechinic, died in the crash with Lenz. Their bodies were recovered . October Oc-tober 1 and 11, respectively, shortly after the. crash... The plane apparently had submerged sub-merged gradually in the lake, Johnson said; A door was open, indicating the crew members escaped es-caped from the wrecked craft only to die in the salt brine. The ship was enroute here from Alameda. When within 50 miles of the airport, near the lake, it radioed for ground conditions and was never heard from again. In Johnson's opinion, the cause of the crash will remain a mystery mys-tery forever. CUT ORDERED IN RAIL FARES The interstate commerce commission commis-sion today ordered American railroads rail-roads to charge passengers two cents per mile fares in coaches and three cents for Pullman transportation. trans-portation. After an investigation of nearly near-ly two years, the commission found present standard fares of 3.6 cents were unreasonable and ordered the Pullman surcharge eliminated. QUARRELS RELATED If DIVORGE SUIT LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (U.R) Paul Richardson, a witness, testified testi-fied today in the sensational contested con-tested Mantz divorce case that A. Paul Mantz, noted aviator and former technica advisor to Amelia Earhart Putnam, had quarreled with his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Mantz "over the frequent visits of a woman" identified only as "A. E." and "Mrs. Putnam." Put-nam." Richardson, a friend of the Mantz couple, described the quarrels quar-rels from the witness stand in Superior Judge William S. Baird's court where Mantz and his wife are contesting each other's suit. 3 Killed in Crash TRACY, Cal., Feb. 28 TE The Southern Pacific southbound San Joaquin limited struck an automobile at Banta, three miles east of here, today, killing the machine's three occupants a man, a woman, and a child. Names of the victims were unavailable. un-available. F. D. R. Opposes CVA. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 UH- President Roosevelt is opposed to a Columbia valley authority in the northwest similar to TVA, Senator Charles I. McNary, R., Ore., said today after a visit to the White House. Accomplice President Fixes Total Needed At $1,137,066,000 Estimate Include High Percentage of Impounded Im-pounded AAA Processing Taxes; Inflationists Infla-tionists To Attack Program WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 (U.R) President Roosevelt today to-day estimated theotal of the newly-recommended administration adminis-tration tax bill at $1,137,000,000. The president's estimate was substantially higher than any previous estimates, but included a high percentage of impounded AAA processing taxes which the supreme court ordered returned and which he indicated the government would seek to recover by higher income taxation. He termed the money regained by the proces-tl proces-tl It ftIP ni fill sors a "windfall" and indicated ULU HUt rLHN IS EXPLAINED County Commission Chairman Chair-man Says Pension is Not Part of Plan. "Old age assistance is not a pension. It is aid for needy agea persons and only those who are in real need can receive it," said - vuiumi, um euuiiior uum- raissioner anu menraerro arc vyu state welfare board Friday in a. statement designed to clear up misunderstandings concerning the recently enacted welfare setup. Mr. Gill man pointed out that th lien on the property of an aged person, which "is required if he receives this old age assistance, assist-ance, does not deprive him of the property. This lien is merely for the purpose of securing the money given by the governmental agencies agen-cies during the lifetime of the recipient. He can improve the property, farm it, or use it any way he wishes. But when the person dies who has received assistance, the governmental gov-ernmental agencies will ask as much out of the property as they have given in cash. Anything left over goes to the heirs. "People who do not have property prop-erty are not excluded from getting get-ting old age assistance," said Mr. Gillman, "It is alloted on. the basis of need, furthermore, he explained that when the county takes a lien on property, it does not excuse the owner from paying the taxes on such property." "Many aged persons who have applied for old age assistance, have had the erroneous idea that this lien will deprive them of their property," said the commission commis-sion chairman, who was in a meeting Thursday with Governor Henry H. Blood and the state welfare board. F. P. Champ explained in the board meeting Thursday that it is felt that the governmental agencies agen-cies which provide the cash assistance assist-ance during the aged person's lifetime should receive the benefit bene-fit of property upon his death, rather than children who might have supported him but didn't. The first allotment of funds to the counties for the beginning of the social security program in March was completed Thursday. The aUotment for Utah County is $11,782.50 for old age, $5,580.50 for dependent children and $149.50 for needy blind. The board made available a total of $123,372.31 divided among .the three phases of the program as follows: old age $81,978.56; dependent children $40,022.96; needy blind $1370.49. The contracts between the state and the counties are now in Washington, D. C, and approval is expected immediately. Ih explaining the old age assistance as-sistance plan, Mr. Gillman pointed gut that it differed widely from the pension program, which will not be in operation until 1949. Girl Breaks Arm Marelda Emmons, 10; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Emmons, 694 South Fourth West, suffered a broken left arm Thursday when she fell while roller skating at the Franklin school. She was given treatment at the Clark Clinic. The accident victim is a student at the Franklin. he would have a spread over sever- 'windfall tax al years. As the first official word on the tax program came, inflationists and Republican senate leaders already al-ready had launched an attack on the administration program. To Carry Fight The inflationists indicated that they would carry on a fight to the finish against any attempt to impose new taxes for bonus purposes, pur-poses, using both the Patman bonus inflation Dill and the Fraz-ier-Lemke $3,000,000,000 farm inflation in-flation measure as their weapons. President Roosevelt outlined the tax program he wants enacted tnis session as follows: A sum of 1 9A Ann rm - - i r Tfi new TxeatS ajrv theiddf - " tional charees involved in lmmw!(. ate bonus payment above the $160,000,000 budget provision which was esimated on a basis of payment in 1945. $500,000,000 in substitute AAA taxes. A temporary tax over a one, two, or three-year period to recover re-cover the $500,000,000 lost by the treasury this year in processing levies as the result of the supreme court decision outlawing the AAA. The president made it clear to congressional leaders that a special spec-ial tax on lost impounded AAA processing taxes should be levied in order to help make up the missing miss-ing $500,000,000. To Tax Beneficiary The government plans, Mr. Roosevelt said, to get it from whomever is the beneficiary which means that it may not necessarily necessar-ily be the original tax payer. The amount involved runs roughly about $150,000,000 yearly, which the president described as a hi eh percentage of the "windfall" "wind-fall" individuals received when the courts ordered the impounded money returned. CLUBMEN HEAR TRAVEL TALK Dr. Fred R-. Taylor, who spent one month in Mexico at the turn of the year, presented a graphic account of his journey before the Provo Rotary club Friday noon. Pictures of points of interest in Mexico were shown on the screen and articles of Mexican craftsmanship, crafts-manship, including pottery, rope and woven goods were shown. Robert Bushman, president of the newly organized 20-30 club, was introduced to the club by George W. Fitzroy. He spoke briefly. Musical numbers were given by Francis Hunter and Georgia Laur-ensen, Laur-ensen, Richfield, students of John Hilgendorf, who played violin solos. Telephone Directory Publicizes Scenery The newest telephone directory to be distributed Saturday by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company has a striking strik-ing scene of Mt. Timpanogos on the cover. The idea of using local scenic attractions on the directory cover is commended by chamber of commerce tourist bureau lead- ers as a great aid in the cam-, paign to boost our local scenic resourceav''- .-w PURCHASE BANK CONTKOI'.. a ni w r-vjs rat mm. vwra s in ft Syndicate , of -San Francisco ana uos Angeies. investment oank- ers today purchased control of thev American Trust ; company of SanC FranclscdrromAUaa- corpora- thattherefore |