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Show Herald. So They Say Men get started in life with the handicap of being larger babies and, in a way of speaking having their faces stepped on at birth. Dr. Donald A. Laird, psychologist, psycho-logist, Colgate University. Weather UTAH FfeJr tonight and Tuesday; Tues-day; Litle change in temperature. MAX. TEMP. SUN 85 MLN. TEMP. SUN 39 PRICE FIVE GENTS FIFTIETH YEAR, NO. 210 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, M ONDAY, MAY 11, 1936 IU1 In - The Evdaiiag WORM ma PC MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Coin? On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN President's Advisers Split Into In-to Hostile Factions Over Tax Bill; Opponents Charge Morgenthau's Counsel Coun-sel Gutted it Before Committee; Com-mittee; Want Roosevelt to Junk It, Retain Corporation Tax. Add Surtaxes. WASHINGTON - Latest inside on the pending tax bill is that the president's advisers are split into two sternly hostile groups over it. One group, composed of Secretary Secre-tary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Herman Oliphant, his general counsel, is for it. Virtually all the others are not. Considering that the bill originated origin-ated with the administration, this is a unique and difficult situation. Some of the insiders who are on the outs with the bill are even supplying brick-bats with which business is assailing it. Their motives however, ire different dif-ferent fiom those of business.-What business.-What they want is the bill in its original state -before it was gutted gut-ted by the house ways and means committee. RESPONSIBLE OLIPHANT They place responsibility for the gutting at the doorstep of Herman Oliphant. The ways and means committee, they say, adopted adop-ted his suggestions almost in toto. In fact, he wrote the committee's com-mittee's report lefending it. Apparently Oliphant overlooked overlook-ed loopholes in the bill" which his rritics say. will involve the government gov-ernment in hopeless litigation and prove to be tax leakages up to us much as 1300,000.000. As a substitute, critical insiders are urging the president to junk the present bill, but retain its graduated corporation taxes and (Continued on Page Four) 9 Utility Firms Control Half of Nation's Pdwer WASHINGTON, May 11 lH Nine large utilitv companies con trol half th- nation's t.lectric power pow-er and f7 rii purations control 90 jit-r ct-nt. the federal power com-mission com-mission reported today in its second sec-ond voluh.t nt a .-iudy of holding companies. These large corporations, together to-gether with 50 minor systems, supply 02 per cent of the electric energy available for such systems, .-eive 89 per cen: ot the customers and-iective 92 per cent of the revenue from customers, the commission com-mission saul. The report was compiled, vice Chairman Basil Manly said in a foreword, to give students of the industry and represt ntative.s ol federal and state regulatory bodies n clearer picture of this vast and complex industrial organization than has been available heretofore." hereto-fore." The electric liga and power industry in-dustry controls properties with a leported book of value of nearly 13. 000. 000. 000 and derives an annual gross income of approximately approxi-mately S2.0Ou,uuU,00u. the report said It estimated 100.000.000 persons per-sons live m'home.s that are lighted by electricity "The industry .supplies to the (Continued on r"age Eignt) INFLATION BLOC WINS IN TEST WASHINGTON. May 11 r.F Overriding powerful administration administra-tion pressure, Frazier-Lemke Iorce.9 won a double test today in their- drive to bring the $3,000.-000,000 $3,000.-000,000 Frazier -Lemke farm inflation infla-tion measure up for floor consideration. consid-eration. Although defeated twice today, administration leaders were still confident that they could beat the farm inflation bloc on the final question of passage of the far-reaching far-reaching inflation proposal. By its action today, the house broke a year's deadlock on the Flazier-Lemke bill and provided that the question be brought up for debate tomorrow. The house first voted 220 to 153 to discharge the powerful rules committee from consideration of a rule providing six hours debate on the bill. It followed by a voice vote approving the six-hour rules. Prexy by Proxy L Charles Stauffacher, exchange f student at Linghan, Canton, China, f for student body president of Pomona College, Claremont, Calli. - And he won Legionnaires Name District Officers Here Phillips, Springville Named District Commander At Convention SPRING VILLE William G. Phillips of Springville was electejd commander of the Fourth district American Legion at the convention held here Saturday night. He succeeds suc-ceeds Clyde Tervort of Pay-son Pay-son who is completing a successful suc-cessful year as district commander. com-mander. Wallace Jenkinson, Lehi, was elected district vice commander. Mrs. Cuba Davis of Payson was named auxiliary president of the district with Mrs. Priscilla Mur-docft Mur-docft of American Fork, district vice president. The convention was attended by mere thn J 00 delegates evry Dost in the district from Lehi to Eureka being represented. Wort hen Is Speaker Speakers were George W. Wor-then, Wor-then, Provo. department commander; comman-der; Otto YVeisley. Salt Lake City, department adjutant: H. T. Reynolds. Springville, . national executive committeeman who reported re-ported on the executive board meeting which he attended at Indianapolis recently. At the auxiliary meeting talks were given by Mrs. Eva Ashton, Vernal, state president; Mrs. Gay Warner, Salt Lake City, department depart-ment secretary; Mrs. Lottie Wor-then. Wor-then. Provo, national junior president presi-dent and Mrs. -Josephine Taylor, Sa'eni. retiring district president. Tile concluding event of the convention wan a dance at the Memorial hall. The Sorintville auxiliary unit chorus furnished music during the program. V. F. W. POST TO MEET WEDNESDAY Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2162 and the post auxiliary, will meet jointly Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in the Provo Armory in a combination session. The group will lay plans for representation at the Third de-nartment de-nartment convention at Salt Lake City. June 5. 6 and 7 and outline a program for a canyon outing. A social and refreshments will follow the business meeting, it is announced by R. E. Tyler, commander. com-mander. Springville Starts Street Oiling Work SPRINGVILLE Five miles of Springville streets will be rendered ren-dered perfectly dustless by an oil mulch project on which work began Saturday under direction of Harvey Hutchinson, city street supervisor. The work will be completed com-pleted in about two weeks. The subgrading and graveling began last fall. The entire project is estimated to cost $26,000. P.-T. A. Council To Meet Here Tuesday The Provo city council of Parent-Teachers' association, will met Tuesday at 4 o'clock at the office of Supt. H. A. Dixon. HEARING IN PACK TRIAL UNDER WAY Witnesses Tell About Finding Find-ing Body Of Girl In The Canyon SALT LAKE CITY May 11 (U.R) Harry Stinson, power pow-er company lineman, testified as the first witness today as the state opened its attempt to have youthful Ben Pack, Jr., 20, held for trial for the assault-slaying of attractive, 20-year-old Ruth Shaw, unemployed unem-ployed bookkeeper. In a courtroom jammed to capacity, ca-pacity, Stinson related how he and Larry Glads, a fellow worker found the oouy n an Emigration canyon snowbank March 22 while inspecting a transmission line. The crowd in the courtroom was comprised predominantly of women wom-en and young girls. Physician Testifies A few miles from the canyon's mouth. Stinson related, he and Glasa Saw a blue paper sack and a clothes pin in the highway. Twelve feet below, they discovered discover-ed the girl's body, he said. Glass hastened to summon police while he stood on the road above the body, Stinson testified. Several other witnesses were called during the morning session, including City Detective M. D. Mc-Ginness Mc-Ginness and County Physician R. J. Alexander. Dr. Alexander told of a postmortem post-mortem examination which led him to establish heart collapse resulting from shock of ar inal attack as the cause of death. Te defendants, who purportedly admitted to police that he attacked at-tacked Miss Shaw after "picking her up" at a Saturday night dance, then threw her body from his car at the isolated canyon spot, appeared ap-peared alternately nervous and preoccupied as the hearing progressed. pro-gressed. His mother sat beside him and Miss Shaw's parents and sister also were in the courtroom. City Judge Daniel Harrington recessed the hearing shortly before be-fore noon until 2 p. m. CLUBS TO BACK BLOOD CAUSE Blood-for-Governor clubs will be organized in each precinct of Utah county, it was decided Saturday night in a meeting at the city and county buifding attended by nearly near-ly 100 prominent Democrats. Appointment of chairmen in each precinct for this organization work will be made by the general committee, comprised of J. W. Gillman, chairman; Miss Alice L. Reynolds, vice president, and R. J. Murdock. secretary. Mr. Gillman, MLss Reynolds and Mr. Murdock were named as. the permanent officers of the Utah county Blood-for-Governor organization. organ-ization. They headed a delegation of Utah county citizens which recently re-cently urged the governor to make a formal announcement of his candidacy for a second term. Principal speaker of the evening was Delbert M. Draper, former state chairman of the Democratic party. Others who listed the accomplishments ac-complishments of the governor were Abel John Evans, Lehi, 85-year-old attorney who helped found the party in this county, and Miss' Reynolds. crtrrr-T w Father of Quadruplets Puzzles How 7a Keep Family of Eight On $20 A Week PASSAIC, N. J.. May 11 U.F Papa Emil Kaspar was doing well today two days after hla wife, who had been expecting twins, gave birth to quadruplets. But he wrestled with the problem of how to keep a family of eight on $20 a week. The quadruplets Frances, Frank, Felix and Ferdinand were in a special incubator at St. Mary's hospital squalling lustily. Whiskey and sugar were fed them from an eye-dropper at brief intervals. in-tervals. They have, doctors said a good chance of living. While 47-year old Papa Kaspar puzzled over Columns figuring and made wan jokes about getting a box car in which to take i fam- Colossus on Fist Visit to U. S. '.1 r I u i y y I' t - ., fy J E $9yf M Xvm W If-? A i i In its maiden voyage over the North Atlantic from Europe to Lake-hurst, Lake-hurst, N. J. the Hindenburg, above, German colossus of the air, set a record which will likely be broken on the eastward trip starting tomorrow. Dr. Hugo Eckner, upper left and Capt. Ernest Lehmann, are the officers in command. erman Dirigible Set For Home Trip Germany's Giant Merchantman of the Air May Break Present Record On Trip LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION, May 11 (U.R) Prospects for a record-breaking return voyage for the Hindenburg. Hin-denburg. Germany's giant merchantman of the air, were heightened today bv reports of favorable weather over the - ' 'Atlantic. ; If all goes well, the Hinden- Provo Students Go Sightseeing More than 800 Sixth grade students stu-dents of the Provo city schools enjoyed a day of sightseeing Friday Fri-day in Salt Lake City under the direction of their teachers and principals. The trip to the capital was made in a special Orvm train and buses were on hand in Salt Lake City to take the students on an extensive tour- of interestig places. The itinerary included stops at the temple grounds, pioneer museum, mus-eum, Hogle Garden zoo. City municipal airport and Liberty musicipal airport and Liberty park. Provo Bench Primary A democratic primary for the Provo Bench precinct will be held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Jonas Collins, Car-terville. Car-terville. All Democrats of the precinct are urged to attend and elect delegates for the state convention conven-tion in Ogden May 23. ily home, Mayor Benjamin Turner indicated he would see to it that the city or state assume the expense ex-pense of caring for the children for a limited time at least. Legislature to Act The mayor, who likes to drive around town with seven or eight children in his car, said the Kas-pars Kas-pars had done Passaic a great honor by selecting it as the birthplace birth-place of the four F's. He will seek to have the matter presented to the legislature at Trenton tonight. to-night. A number of opportunists have asked Papa Kaspar and his 35-year old robust wife, Elsie, to sign contracts con-tracts for advertising testimonials. Mayor Turner indicated he wouk see to it that Papa Kaspar does - iz jp y t y- w burg will be taken ou: of the hangar at about lO p. m. (EDT). The 3,900 mile flight to its new German terminus at Frankfort-on-Main will begin about midnight. mid-night. Airship mm believe that if the Hindenburg takes advantage of expected tail winds, it will break the present record of 55 hours and 22 minutes for the eastward crossing cross-ing held by the Graf Zeppelin, whose west war' record was shattered shat-tered mi the dirigible's maiden trip to this country. Officers Honored Dr. Hugo Eckener, veteran dirigible dir-igible expert and designer of the Hindenburg, Capt. Ern9t Lehmann, Leh-mann, her commander, and her officers of-ficers and crew were honored at a dinner in New York City last night. Though Dr. Eckener has had I some difficulties with the Nazi government and for a while German Ger-man newspapers were not permitted per-mitted to mention his name, Luther Luth-er was almost rhapsodical in praising prais-ing him. He referred to him as "Dear Dr. Eckener." The task of replenishing the lifting lift-ing gas and fuel oil supply will be completed shortly after sundown. sun-down. During the day the ship will be reprovisioned. Dot make the mistakes that Caused Caus-ed "all the confusion" when the Dionne quintuplets were born at Callander, Ont. Mrs. Kaspar was in remarkably good condition today and expected to be able to leave the hospital within 10 days. She was a little happier than her husband although al-though she was plainly shocked when Dr. Srank Jani told her she had given birth to four babies instead in-stead of the twins he had expected. expect-ed. Frances, the girl, was born with a full head of black hair. She weighed three pounds 10 ounces. The first boy born weighed three pounds four ounces, the second two pounds 13 ounces and the third three pounds nine ounces. HOPKINS PLAN ! IS FAVORED OVEIUCKES Action Clears House Calendar Calen-dar Of All Major "Must" Bills WASHINGTON, May 11 (U.R) The house today cleared clear-ed its calendar of major adjournment ad-journment "must" bills by sweeping to quick passage the $2,364,229,712 work relief-deficiency measure. The bill now goes to the senate where with the $803,000,-000 $803,000,-000 administration tax bill it stands as the principal obstacle to speedy conclusion of the congressional congres-sional session. The vote on passage was announced an-nounced at 341 to 38. On the passage, 31 Republicans voted "no" together with seven Democrats. A total of 269 Democrats, Demo-crats, 62 RepuDiicans, three farm-laborite farm-laborite and seven progressives voted for the measure. The work-relief-deficiency bill, carrying $1,425,000,000 for continuance con-tinuance of WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins' light WPA work program, was passed by the house without substantial "change from the administration's request. re-quest. A revolt by representatives seeking to continue the PWA program pro-gram of PWA Administrator Harold Har-old L. Ickes was beaten down. The fight may be renewed in the senate where it might delay senate sen-ate passage. Passage today cyme after the large Democratic majority defeated defeat-ed a Republican move to force states to provide a 25 per cent share of -relief,, grants and for Administration Ad-ministration of the fund by nonpartisan non-partisan local boards. The Republican motion to amend was defeated 286 to 90. Few changes were made by the house in the huge measure second only to last year's $4,880,000,000 work relief bill in total ever car-( car-( Continued on Page Eight) M, I. A. HONOR PROGRAM SET All the wards of Utah stake will participate in the M. I. A. stake honor program to be held at the First ward recreational hall. Tuesday night at 7:30. The event at whrch awards will be presented for the achievements made will conclude the M. I. A. season in the Utah stake. Every one of the nine wards will be the recipient of a banner for achievements wide in various lines of endeavor during the season. sea-son. The numbers on the program pro-gram will reflect the activities indulged in-dulged in under the M. I. A. program pro-gram and will be presented by the wards. The public is invited to attend the affair along with the M. I. A. members, according to Mrs. Leah Larson, member of the stake Y. W. M. I. A. presidency. Youngsters Needed In the Berry Fields T. W. Dyches, city school coordinator, co-ordinator, will again supervise the placement of summer help in the berry fields, orchards and canneries, working in connection with the National Reemployment Service, according to W. L. Mil-denhall, Mil-denhall, manager. There is need for 300 of the older boys and men to work in the beet fields of Idaho, Montana, and Utah. Those interested are urged to call at the NRS office in the city and county building. Farmers and fruitgrowers who employ help placed through the office are asked to cooperate by making as few changes as possible pos-sible during the employment season. sea-son. H. R. Doremus is field man for the National Reemployment Service. Ser-vice. JOHNSON TO SPEAK TO 20-30 CLUB Dr. A. Rex Johnson, professor of marketing at Brigham Young university will be the speaker at the meeting of the Provo 20-30 club Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Kecleys cafe. "Utilization of Natural Resources" Re-sources" is the subject of his talk. Carl Benson will entertain with piano-accordion numbers. Italian Delegate Bolts League of Nations Session Seating Of Ethiopian Delegates Resented By Mussolini's Representative; Comes Back Later for Public Meeting GENEVA, May 11 (U.R) Baron Pompeo Aloisi, chief Italian delegate today quit the League of Nations council table rather than sit with Wolde Mariam, Ethiopian delegate. Aloisi refused also to discuss the Italo-Ethiopian conflict, con-flict, on the grounds that such discussion "would be without with-out meaning" in view of the Italian contention that the only sovereign Ethiopian government is that of Italy. Returns Later On T Aloisi was back in his seat for HA1LE SELASSIE HAS COLLAPSE Emperor Telegraphs Exiled t to 4oo fe League in iTOiesi Ttalv'fe Arlinn JERUSALEM, May 11 (f.P Emperor Haile Selassie is suffering suffer-ing a nervous collapse, it was disclosed dis-closed today while he sought to win world aid to prevent absorption absorp-tion of his country into an Italian empire. Nevertheless the emperor continued con-tinued at work and yesterday telephoned tele-phoned his minister at Paris, Wolde Mariam, to attend the league council at Geneva and defend de-fend Ethiopia's interests. v Everjeys -Coipn, American lou& in Addis Abaoa as the emperor's , chief adviser, arrived yesterday from Cairo, Egypt. He told the United Press the only course for the emperor to take was to retire re-tire from his country but to keep his claim to the throne open by serving some other country, interested in-terested in Ethiopia, as a "nuisance "nuis-ance value" and thus preventing recognition ot Italy's conquest. GENEVA, May 11 r.P Haile Selassie, exiled emperor of Ethiopia, Eth-iopia, today telegraphed the League of Nations from his refuge in Jerusalem ihai. re remains determined de-termined to "continue the fight against Italy." The negus injected himself personally per-sonally into the Geneva situation just as league council leaders, in secret conferences, moved to postpone post-pone for a month action on Italy's conquest of Ethiopia and Germany's Ger-many's denunciation of the Locarno Lo-carno treaty. BETTER HOMES DRIVE AT OREM Residents of Orem interested in the community beautification campaign launched by the chamber cham-ber of commerce are invited to attend at-tend the meeting in the Sharon ward chapel, Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Grant Bowen, president of the Utah federation of Garden clubs, and capitol grounds landscapes land-scapes will be the speaker. Musical numbers will be given during the evening. B. M. Jolley, chamber of commerce president and W. R. Williams, chairman of better homes committee, will be in charge. Mrs. Ethel Pyne is secretary of the committee. The Orem chamber of commerce recently approved a recommendation recommenda-tion that the organisation affiliate with the Associated Civic clubs of Northern Utah. INTEREST RATE UP NEW YORK, May 11 (U.R) Call money on the New York stock exchange renewed today at one per cent, against a of 1 pr cent rate which had prevailed since October 30, 1935. BASEBALL TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 001 00 Detroit 101 52 Chicago 1 St. Louis 4 Only games scheduled. NATIONAL. LEAGUE Brooklyn 000 000 001 1 Boston . . 00 000 101 2 New York 004 103 2 Philadelphia ... 201 231 3 Only games scheduled. the public meeting which conven- ed at 5:45 p. m. for a discussion of routine questions. His return indicated that Italy intends to remain re-main in the league although denying deny-ing its right to intervene in behalf of Ethiopia. ! The council, despite Aloisi's bolt, I seated the Ethiopian, who is min- ister to Paris. I "I cannot accept the presence , of delegates of the so-called Ethi- i pian government," Aloisi said as nt- aiiuuc ii uin Liitr l uuin. ROME. May 11 (U.P) Italian leaders felt confidently today that the League of Nations is powerless power-less to interfere with its course in Ethiopia. War in Europe, they held, would be the price of an effort actively to prevent Italy's annexation of Ethiopia and its inclusion in a new Roman empire. That no nation would participate partici-pate in a war with Italy to saVe Ethiopia, or the league, they re garded as certain TaTk of Italy leaving the league if the council decided ultimately to continue to recognize Ethiopia Ethi-opia as sovereign was revived. But it was made clear Italian leaders foresaw no such eventuality. eventual-ity. Formal approval by the chamber cham-ber of deputies was expected this I week of the decrees issued Satur- day night annexing Ethiopia and maKing Kn.g Victor Emmanuel the king-emperor of a new Roman empire. Mariam had arrived at the league palace at 4:45 p. m. accompanied ac-companied by his Ethiopian secretary sec-retary and Jacques Auberson, his Swiss legal adviser. He entered the council room shortly before Aloise, who earlier had served notice that ne would not participate partici-pate in the deliberations if the Ethiopian were present. All members of the Italian delegation dele-gation followed Aloise from what what had been called as a private pri-vate session of the council. Postpone Discussion The council convened at 5:15 p. m. But in previous conservations the members had agreed to postpone post-pone discussion of the Italo-Ethiopian Italo-Ethiopian conflict and Germany's denunciation of the Lacarno treaty until the extraordinary session scheduled to convene I about June 15. By 5.25 p. m. the Italians had quit the room. Aloise expressed the Italian position briefly, saying: "I have the honor to state that the Italian delegation cannot admit ad-mit the presence at the council table of the so-called Ethiopian delegation. In effect, no semblance of the Ethiopian state exists. The only sovereign Ethiopian government govern-ment is that of Italy. "In consequence, all discussion of the Italo-Ethiopian difference is without meaning. I therefore find myself under obligation not to participate." WOODWARD MEN MEET TONIGHT Citizens of Utah county interested inter-ested in the movement asking State Senator Hugh M. Woodward Wood-ward to consider becoming a candidate can-didate for the Democratic nomination nomin-ation as governor are invited to attend the meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the Farrer junior high school. It is expected that Dr. Woodward Wood-ward might make a definite statement as to his attitude towards to-wards his candidacy at the meeting. meet-ing. Speakers from Salt Lake City and Brigham City will be present to tell the citizens of Utah county how trie people feel about Dr. Woodward in other ' parts of the state. The announcement was made by R. J. McFadden, chairman chair-man of the Utah county Woodward Wood-ward club, and A. O. EUett, secretary. |