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Show Weatfier UTAH Generally fair toriJght and Saturday. Slightly wanner tonight. Maximum temp. Thursday ... 62 Minimum temp. Thursday ... 44 The So They Say Leisure time Is danger time Insofar In-sofar as crime and delinquency are concerned, Bt W. Lester, Crime Prevention Bureau, Los Angeles Police department. InL FIFTIETH YlSAR, NO. 229 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1936 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS erald. LEADERS PAY TRIBUTES TO LATE SPEAKER President Attends Rites In Honor Of Late Speaker Byrns WASHINGTON, June 5 0-In the great hall of the hoHfe of representatives, of' facial Washington, headed by President Roosevelt, paid tribute today to the late Speaker Joseph W. Byrns. The body of the gaunt, friendly man from Tennessee's hermitage district once represented represent-ed by his hero Andrew Jackson, lay in state in the well of the chamber. The rostrum from which Byrns presided over the house for two years until his sudden death early Thursday, was banked in flowers and palms. In the chamber sat President Roosevelt, house members, senators, sen-ators, members of the cabinet, the supreme court and diplomatic representatives rep-resentatives of foreign nations. The galleries were crowded. Draped In Flag The casket, draped in an American Ameri-can flasr, was placed in the well of the house half an' hour before the services. House members stood silently as the casket was borne in, escorted-J by an honor guard of the national capitol police. A navy orchestra played softly. House members filed past the casket. Two capitol policemen stood at attention by the casket- The dignified routine of a state funeral was closely followed. The house was rapped to order a few minutes before noon by Speaker Bankhead. Chaplain James Montgomery Mont-gomery offered prayer. "God help us all to rise above the gloom of His great shadow to (Continued from Page One) His Great spiritual outlook," he said. Members of the senate; led by Vice President John N. Garner &nd president pro-tem Key Pitt- (Continued on Page Four) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN Nazi cruiser in Virgin Islands; salutes Jewish acting gov'-; ernor; Stanley High works: directly under Roosevelt in New Deal drivve; No leftist left-ist intellectual; He bubbles over wit K pep, personality ; Democrats hired him after he scotched whispers on FDR's Health. WASHINGTON -What isrob-ably isrob-ably the first case in history of a Nazi naval vessel saluting a Jew occurred in the Virgin Islands Is-lands recently. The vesel was the German training train-ing ship Karlsruhe on a ' trip through southern waters. Arriving at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, at a time when Governor Lawrence Cramer was in the United States, it found Morris F. de Castro, who is Jewish, as acting governor. The visit of a foreign naval vessel ves-sel in any American territory requires re-quires that the commander first pay his respects upon the governor gover-nor then the governor visits the ship and pays his respects to the commander. This protocol was carefully carried car-ried out. And as acting governor de Castro steamed out in the governor's barge to the Karlsruhe, it fired seventeen guns in an official of-ficial salute I NEW BRAIN TRUSTER On the door of a tiny two-room suite, tucked away in an obscure corner of a downtown Washington Washing-ton office building, two words appear ap-pear in plain black letters Stanley Stan-ley High. This is the office of the latest addition to the president's Brain Trust. High is a new type of brain truster. Social worker, preacher, (Continued on Page Four. Sec. 2) Lawmaker Fined Under Law Which He Helped WriteL SALT LAKE CITY, June 5 U.R) State Legislator E. E. Monson, was fined $2 for failure to carry an automobile auto-mobile safety inspection, sticker on his car. The law calling for the sticker was drafted in part by Monson. Orem Folks Invited To Sunset Jamboree Big Get - Together Planned For Saturday Evening At Windsor Chapel Grounds Citizens of Orem and vicinity are invited to attend the Sunset Jamboree sponsored by the Orem chamber of commerce, com-merce, to be held Saturday night beginning; at 7 o'clock, at the Windsor ward chapel grounds. A program of unusually high quality has been prepared for the occasion, and all residents resi-dents .of the thriving Provo Bench town are urged to come out A lecture by Dr. George H. Hansen, professor of geology at the Brig ham Young university on the topography or trrovo can yon and the tentative Deer creek dam sites will be the highlight of the evening. Another feature of importance to all will be the demonstration on smokeless fuel by Ernest Clayton of the Lincoln high school faculty. School Band Concert Preceding the sunset jamboree will be a concert by the Lincoln high school band. As a special inducement to early arrivals, a free refreshments prize is promised prom-ised for all aduttswho are on the grounds before 7:15 p. m. The Orem chamber of commerce com-merce is showing a progressive spirit under its new regime and War on Japan Declared By South China American Embassy- Preparing Protest To Japanese High Authorities. BULLETIN CANTON, China, June 5 U.R Mobilization of troops in Kwan-tung Kwan-tung and kwangsi provinces to resist Japanese incursion in north China was ordered today by the Cantonese (south China) government. govern-ment. The troops were under orders to march northwards. LONDON, June 5 U.R) The Cantonese government of southern China has declared j war on Japan, an Exchange i cicgi ajJ.il uiojwrtvii Hum Hong Kong said today. Mobilization of the Kwan-tung Kwan-tung and Kwangsi armies has been ordered, the dispatch said. The two provinces are the southernmost south-ernmost in China, surrounding Canton. A military expedition will proceed pro-ceed to north China as soon as possible, the dispatch said. TIENTSIN. June 5 i:.K - Japanese Japa-nese soldiers seized and forcibly detained two United States navy seamen who photographed a Chinese-train conveying Japanese trench mortars into Northern Chtna, k was disclosed today. The American embassy was reported re-ported to be preparing a protest to Japanese authorities. The seamen were members of a shore party of 90 from the U.S.S. Black Hawk, destroyer tender. The Black Hawk is at Chingwang-tao, Chingwang-tao, on the Chinese coast. Lieut. Raymond A. McClellan ( Continued, on Page Four) SEWER PROJECT TO BE DISCUSSED Ideas on sewer ordinances in connection with the proposed west side sewere will be discussed by H. W. Pickett of the state board of health at the city commission meeting Monday night. Mayor .Mark Anderson discussed discus-sed the sewer project Thursday with Mr. Pickett, and Merrill Christopherson, chairman of the sewer committee. City Attoreny I. E. Brock bank and City Engineer E. A. Jacob will be at the meeting Monday to hear Mr. Pickett's views. The city will also invite a representative represen-tative )f the school board, which is interested in the project. The Dixon junior high school is situated in the. area which would be serviced by the $80,000 sewer layout, but the school board has been informed by its attorney at-torney that legally it is not liable for installation of a sewer. Many Apply For Driver's Licenses Applications for drivers licenses in Utah county are coming in at the rate of approximately 60 every week, according to Sergeant E. D. Loveless of the state highway high-way patrol. There seems to be an increasing number of applicants, even though thousands of motorists here are already licensed to drive. State, patrolmen are giving testa twice weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, at the Provo police station. an ambitious program for the improvement im-provement of the beautiful fruit district is planned. "Let's get together as town citizens in a common cause for civic improvements," says B. M." Jolley, president, in his invitation. invita-tion. "Come join us whether you are a registered member of the chamber of commerce or not." The organization has sponsored a home beautification drive under the auspices of the Ladies' auxiliary, auxil-iary, E. H. Calder is secretary and Karl Banks, chairman of the program pro-gram committee. LEYSHON HEADS PROVO LIONS Knight, Neslen Speak on Tax Problems Delegates Report Re-port Convention. J. B. Leyshon, manager of the Salt Lake Tribunes Provo bureau, Thursday night was elected president presi-dent of the Provo Lions club, succeeding suc-ceeding Dr. W. Woolf, local physician phy-sician and surgeon. Mr. Leyshon was opposed by Lynn D. Taylor, department manager of the Dixon-Taylor-Russell company. Other officers elected are: O. W. Bee be, first vice president; Le-Roy Le-Roy Johnson, second vice president; presi-dent; Ross L. Jensen, third vice president; Frank M. Alder and Victor J. Bird, directors for two year terms; Seymour Gray, Lion tamer, and Irvin J. Slack, tail-twister. tail-twister. Reports from the recent Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho district convention were given at the meeting by J. W. Thornton, who is a candidate for the .international board of directors: direc-tors: Walter W. Hiller, Frank M. Alder, J B. Leyshon and A. C. Hatch. A comprehensive discussion of the tax situation in Utah was given giv-en by J. Will Knight, state tax commissioner, and C. Clarence Neslen, field representative. A drop of from one to one and one-half mills-in the state tax levy is expected this year, Mr. Knight told the group. This probable drop results through the placing of a lot of property on the tax rolls that heretofore escaped taxation because be-cause of lack of efficiency and equity in the valuation, thus throwing the burden unjustly on (Continued on Page Four) BOYER SANITY IS MOOT POINT l'.H Defense and prosecution fought a sharp courtroom battle today over the4ssue of whether epilepsy or liquor was responsible for the "automaton" mass murders mur-ders for which the former San Diego meat buyer is on trial. While the prosecution presented testimony of two witnesses in an attempt to show Boyer was sane when he killed Mrs. Blanche Nelson Nel-son and three others on the night of October 13, 1935, District Attorney At-torney Wade M. Johnson engaged in bitter disputes with defense counsel Verne McCullough. OPTICAL STORE TO OPEN HERE Provo welcoQhes another professional pro-fessional establishment to the community tomorrow when the Standard Optical company opens its new store at 163 West Center under the management of Dr. C. R. Murchison of Salt Lake City, registered Utah optometrist. The new store has installed the latest equipment for optical demand de-mand and Provo people may now obtain the same service here as in any Salt Lake establishment The local store grinds its own lenses here. The public is invited to inspect the new store, Saturday. Preceding Preced-ing the grand opening, a broad cast by remote control over station sta-tion KSL will be featured under the direction of Gene Halliday with a number of prominent I business men slated to speak COURT HOLDS POWER GRANT TO BEVALID New Deal Allotments For Municipal Power Held Constitutional WASHINGTON, June 5 (U.R) The district supreme court ruled today that New Deal allotments to finance municipal power projects un der the work relief program are constitutional. The one-judge decision was made personally by Chief Justice Alfred Al-fred A. Wheat. It came after a month-long trial of four utility; companies attacking the re-employment activity as outside the: law. Defeat For Utilities The decision was an out-and-outf defeat for power interests seeking' to stop Public Works Administrator Admin-istrator Harold L. Ickes from using us-ing federal funds to finance publicly pub-licly owned electricity plants, tranmission and distribution systems sys-tems with loans and grants. Utility attorneys said they, would appeal Justice Wheat's decision de-cision to the district court of appeals. ap-peals. From that tribunal regardless of its ruling, the case will go to the U. S. supreme court next fall for final settlement on constitutionality consti-tutionality of the $200,000,000 program. Chief Justice Wheat made three rulings on the case: 1. That the companies had a right to test constitutionality of the program. 2. That congress had a constitutional consti-tutional right to delegate powers to President Roosevelt, and then to Ickes to finance muncipal power pow-er projects. 3. That Ickes acted legally in carrying out mandates of congress con-gress in its authorizing legislation. legisla-tion. The decision directly affected only 10 PWA-flnanced municipal projects, in Alabama, Iowa,. X3kla-4 homa and Texas. It was important, import-ant, however, because of the fight power interests have been making (Continued on Page Four) PLAN PROJECTS FOR FORESTS Maintenance and construction of roads and trails, insect control con-trol in forest trees, roadside cleanup clean-up and beautification, range seeding, seed-ing, and recreation development are among the projects laid out for the Hobble Creek CCC camp by Charles DeMoisy, supervisor of the Uintah National forest. Other road development work is going forward with the aid of WPA labor, according to Mr. De Moisy and A. J. Wagstaff, assistant assist-ant supervisor. A double track road is being installed in Payson canyon with 30 men on the job which will require two or three more months. A mile of construction con-struction work is in progess at the mouth of 'Nebo creek and a road betterment program at Sheep creek will be made safer and better bet-ter travehng into the Strawberry country. The travel is up Sheep creek and down Indian creek into the valley. Insect control work in the Tabby Tab-by mountain, Soapstone and Wolf creek areas will be completed about June 15 by the CCC workmen work-men out of the Hobble Creek camp. Follow up work may be done in the autmn, however,. Road construction work is going go-ing forward in the right fork of Hobble cfeek and from the big Balsam camp down the road will be brought to double track standard, stand-ard, Mr. DeMoisy says. The main Hobble creek road below the forks will be improved up to double-track double-track standard perhaps later in the year. Right along with the road im- ( Continued on Page Four) Six Men Die From Results Of Wood Alcohol Poisoning JAMESTOWN, N. Y.. June 5 UJtf A drinking bout in which the participants drank wood alcohol al-cohol claimed the lives of six men today. All died within a 12-hour 12-hour period ending early today. An investigation -by Coroner David Lincoln disclosed poisonous Wood alcohol in their systems after the deaths had first been attributed to other causes. Authorities said the men gathered gath-ered in an old Jamestown building, build-ing, probably Tuesday night. The party apparently extended into Wednesday morning, police said, judging from the more thans a Boost Landon in - if Confident of victory for his candidate, John Hamilton, campaign manager for Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas is shown here as he opened Landon headquarters in Cleveland, preparing for the Republican Re-publican national convention. With him, planning the strategy; program, is Miss Eileen O'Daniel, bis secretary, , - Landon Supporters Certain of Victory Kansas Delegates Hold First Caucus; Knox Manager Still Confident of Success CLEVELAND, June 5 (U.R) Kansas shock troops of Gov. Alf M. Landon's Republican presidential nomination campaign met today, unanimously elected a slate of brigade commanders and chorused predictions the governor would be f" -j, lamed next week by the Republi- Provoan Leaves For Convention Prof. Kd. M. Rowe of Provo, delegate to the national Republican Republi-can convention at Cleveland, left Thursday night, from Salt Lake with other members of the state party delegation. Before leaving Provo, Prof. Rowe received a wire from Governor Gover-nor Alf M. Landon of Topeka, Kansas, leading presidential candidate, can-didate, inviting him to stop over at Topeka for a conference. BANK PROPOSAL TO BE OPPOSED Opposition against the approval by the court of the petition filed by the state banking department to obtain the release of the C. E. Loose corporation assets on the payment of $50,000 cash will be voiced at the hearing to be held in the district court Saturday. This was the decision reached at a meeting of five members of the depositors' committee Wednesday Wed-nesday night with George Chaffin, chairman, in charge. Opposition to the proposed compromise settlement was based on the argument that the $50,000 was insufficient to release the debt of $153,708.44. It was argued that mining stock and Center street business property has increased in-creased in vaue and would alone be worth more than the $50,000. Filed with the petition on May 22, by Rulon F. Starley, state bank commissioner was a $1000 certified check to be forfeited if the remaining $49,000 is not paid within 30 "days after the approval ot the petition by tne court. score of empty bottles bearing wood alctthol and bay rum labels which they found in the building. In the afternoon the wood alcohol al-cohol claimed its first victim Ward Hollenbeck, 41, of Tidioute, Pa. He was found near death in the Lodgers' quarters of the police station and died en route to, a hospital. The other victims were Miles Van Sile, 33, Jamestown; Emmons Em-mons Lee Crandall, 33, Spring-viile; Spring-viile; Theodore Jones, 33, Jamestown; James-town; Gust Adolpn Pearson, 28, Jamestown; and Frank Van Sile, 53, Jamestown, an uncle of Miles Van Sile. Convention City uiii iiauonar- cunvcnuuii. The first caucus of Kansas delegates to the Republican national na-tional convention lasted less than an hour and touched only casually on problems of the 1936 GOP platform. Delegates arrived wearing wear-ing gaudy celluloid and felt "Landon" "Lan-don" sunflowers and eager to begin be-gin whooping their official campaign cam-paign song, "Oh, Susannah." Simultaneously National Committeeman Com-mitteeman David A. Reed of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania denied reports from Har-risburg Har-risburg that the. Keystone delegation delega-tion had "stampeded to Landon." He reiterated his belief Pennsylvania's Pennsyl-vania's first ballot wxuld scatter votes among Landon. Sen. William E. Borah, Frank Knox and possibly possi-bly others. Former Sen. George H. Moses, co-manager of the Knox campaign, cam-paign, predicted a movement among southern delegates to exercise ex-ercise maximum influence in the convention which begins here next Tuesday. He said he understood there would be a caucus of "solid south" delegates sometime during the week-end. Knox headquarters announced there were "half enough votes to nominate'" already solidly pledged to the Chicago publisher on the first ballot. John D. M. Hamilton, Landon's campaign manager, defended the governor against the charge that he was at heart a New Dealer. But Hajiiton refused to make a direct attack on Sen. William E. Borah, who will leave Washington tomorrow night to lead the anti-Landon anti-Landon movement on the field here. Borah-for-President managers based their charges against Landon Lan-don on a series of excerpts from his 1934-35 speeches in which he applauded Roosevelt work relief projects. Hamilton denied Landon's candidacy can-didacy had been an issue in Ohio where Borah charged national committee funds were misused against him. But the Kansas strategists carefully avoided open warfare on Borah, whose support is earnestly desired after the convention con-vention if Landon is named. 'Y' Teacher To Get Ph.D. Degree at I A. Miss Billie Hollingshead. in-stuctor in-stuctor in mathematics at the Brig ham Young university high school since 1929, has completed the work for her Doctor of Philosophy Phil-osophy degree and will be included includ-ed among the 1600 students to receive degrees from the University Univer-sity of Southern California at the 53rd annual commencement exercises exer-cises held on the Trojan campus, Saturday afternoon, according to information received in Provo today. to-day. Father Dies H. C. Walton, sales manager of the Naylor Auto company in Provo, received word Friday that his father, John W. Walton, 74, died suddenly Friday morning in Washington, D. C. NEW Flashes By United Press Congress To Adjourn For GOP Convention WASHINGTON, June 5 OLPv Congress agreed today to adjourn during the period, of the Republican Republi-can convention and reconvene June 15 to clean up its legislative business. Execution Set NEW YORK, June 5 (ILRv John Fiorenza, youthful upholsterer's assistant, today was sentenced to died in the Sing Sing electric chair during the week of July 13 for the "bathtub" murder of Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton, shorf-story shorf-story writer. Davis Named WASHINGTON, June' 5 (U.R) President Roosevelt today sent to the senate the nomination of Chester C. Davis, AAA administrator admin-istrator to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Fed-eral Reserve System for the unexpired un-expired portion of the term of eight years from February 1, 1936. Faces Charge WASHINGTON. June 6 lE Warrants charging assault were issued today against Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck. D., Wash., and his bride of five weeks and many troubles, Ruby. The warrants were requested by Mrs. Benjamin Scott Young, author from whom the congressman sub-let an apartment. apart-ment. Observe Anniversary SALT LAKE CITY, June 5 (LU!) Gov. and Mrs. Henry H. Blood began their 41st year of married life today. Surrounded by members of their immediate family, they celebrated cele-brated their 40th wedding anniversary anni-versary last night at an informal dinner. They married June 4, 1896, in Salt Lake City. Killed By Lightning SODA SPRINGS. Ida., June 5 (U.R) A lightning bolt which struck him in the head as he stood inside a barn near his home during a sudden electrical storm was blamed today for death of Fred Marriott, 37, Soda Springs night marshal. Marriott's uncle, Fred Chester, also was in the barn but was unhurt. un-hurt. ROTARIANS HEAR FROM MEMBERS Talks by Oscar A. Spear, district dis-trict governor of Rotary International Interna-tional for Utah and Idaho. George W. Fitzroy, and Leo N. Lewis, featured the Rotary club meeting Friday noon. Mr. Spear emphasized the value of friendships and the happiness that can be obtained through social so-cial contracts in a brief but brilliant bril-liant talk. In a parody on a chapter in Corinthians, Cor-inthians, Mr. Fitzroy spoke on fellowship and its preeminent value to club members. Mr. Lewis gave an interesting report on his recent three-week trip to the east, where he said that business is definitely better and that merchandise prices are shooting shoot-ing up especially in some linea Installation night for the Rotary Rot-ary club is set for Saturday, June 13, at Schneiter's Hot Pots in Midway. J. Edwin Stein is chairman, chair-man, with the other past presidents presi-dents on his committee as follows: fol-lows: Vernard Anderson, L E. Brockbank. Albert Kirkpatrick; Paul Vincent. Clayton Jenkins, O. A. Spear and Dr. Fred R. Taylor. Tay-lor. President J. C. Moffitt was in charge of the meeting. . i BASEBALL TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUE New York St Louis Brooklyn 10 Chicago 00 Philadelphia ... 003 00 Pittsburgh 003 33 Boston 203 Cincinnati 000 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland . . . . . 001 000 0 -New York 000 001 0 Chicago ... 000 010 00 Boston 020 001 50 Detroit 10 Washington .... 10 St. Louis later date. Philadelphia play POSTOFFICE CHIEF URGES NEW SET-UP Utah Postmasters' Annual Convention Now In Session Here A proposal that the smaller third and fourth class post-offices post-offices be placed into a new, non-accounting department to simplify the administration and reduce the cost, was explained ex-plained by William L. Slat-tery, Slat-tery, U. S. postoffice comptroller, comp-troller, In his address at the annual an-nual convention of Utah postmasters postmas-ters which opened this morning at the First ward chapel. The principal means of eliminating elimin-ating accounting would be through the use of the postal note for the present money order, said Mr. Slattery, who pointed out that the proposal would be presented to congress in the near future. Schow In Charge Approximately 50 postmasters and their wives attended the first sessions of the convention, which continued this afiernoon and will go forward Saturday. A. Carlos Schow, Lehi postmaster and president presi-dent of the league, was in charge. Mr. Slattery said that the postal pos-tal note system would operate something like bank notes and pointed out that it is in successful, success-ful, use in Canada. Stabilization of salaries for postmasters of the third and fourth class, and improvement in post offices, lighting and supplies were the needs emphasized by speakers at the opening session Friday. Elimination of all compensations com-pensations and percentages from sales would make it possible to stabilize salaries, it was brought out. Mr. Slattery also suggested that simplified business transactions be adopted. Mrs. Mae A. Kibler, DelMar. California, second vice president of the national league, gave messages mes-sages from headquarters, and urged all postmasters to join the leajruevv".Sbe- stressed the serv4e and responsibility of a postmaster and said: "Always remember your first duty is to your government.', Greetings from the national officers of-ficers were extended to the group by several guest speakers. I. A. Smoot. Salt Lake City postmaster, postmas-ter, and R. J. Twiggs, accountant, stressed the value of the postal system. Mayor Welcome Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo welcomed the visitors and emphasized empha-sized the natural resources and scenic wonders of Utah. "If Utah is to grow we must make use of our metals, our coal and our scenic resources," the mayor said. "There is no part of the state of Utah that does not possess some distinctive scenic feature that is worthy of wide publicity." "Improved transportation and the right kind of advertising will he sure to make us as wealthy as Colorado, where the tourist trade at present far exceeds that of Utah," he said. Postmaster Rudolph Church of Panguitch responded to Mayor Anderson's An-derson's welcome, and declared that one of the prime needs in the postal denartment is "to take' it out of politics. Miss Wilma Jeppson, assistant professor of physical education for women at Brigham Young univer sity, led the group in community singing, and Prof. William F. Hanson furnished several vocal numbers. Postmaster Wells V. Starley of Fillmore was master of ceremonies ceremon-ies at a banquet at noon in the recreation hall. DEBATE DELAYS BILL . . WASHINGTON, June 5 UR A heaed debate on whether money expended for expansion of industrial indus-trial plants should be exempted from the super tax on undivided profits delayed senate passage of the tax measure late today. Ninth Daughter Has Arrived at Brockbank Home "1 plead guilty. I have no defense or no alibis. That was all City Attorney Attor-ney I. E. Brockbank had to say 'Friday following the birth of his ninth daughter. Mrs. Brockbank and the baby are reported doing well. There have been no sons in the Brockbank family, which leaves Mr. Brockbank Brock-bank in a quandary when the annual Rotary dub boys night is conducted. A. long-time member of Rotary Rot-ary and past president of the club, he frequently v makes the jocular proposal that boys' night be abolish- , ed and two girls nights be i substituted. .,' : |