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Show The vemiuig Herald. So They Say We have never had sufficient funds for unemployment relief. Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. FIFTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 127 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937 CUMTLKTE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE) PRICE FIVE CENTS IM n Weather Forecast UTAH Fair south andTtmsettted north portion tonight and Tuesday Tues-day ; not so cold north and west portions tonight. Max temp., Sunday 20 Min. temp., Sunday 2 below Monday, morning 6 below El FF PC M, New Deal Congress Begins Tuesday VITAL ISSUES CONFRONTING LEGISLATORS Social, Economic Issues Loom With Threat Of World War By JOK ALEX MOKKIS United Piss Staff Correspondent - WASHINGTON'. Jan. 4 (U.R) -J The third New Deal congress con-gress convenes tomorrow to act cn a legislative program designed to bolster America's economic and social progress at home and freedom f rom wars abroad. Upon an administration spurred by resounding vote of confidence in November will fall the task of uniting and holding unprecedented congressional majorities behind a program described by New Dealers Deal-ers as centering on: 1. - Improvement of the livmcT and working conditions of the nation's na-tion's masses. 2. Continuance of national recovery re-covery and provisions against future fu-ture economic disaster. 3. Safeguarding A m e r 1 c a against the "next world war." The work of the 7oth congress may be less spectacular, but more vital to the national economy and International position of the United Unit-ed States than any session in recent re-cent years Generall-. in the opinion of vet- j ran legislators, the trend will be ' oward revision, consolidation and . strengthening of experimental1 teps taken in the first Roosevelt 1 administration. Budget balancing, neutrality and maximum hours - minimum wages legislation stand out as the high (Continued on Page Eight i MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs Bv DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN FDR To Tackle Easier Issues First, Tli'ii Kiflf Momentum On Touyh Ones; Likely To Win Viiinplctc Power Over Neutrality Because of SKpanish War; Won't Ob-ict Ob-ict To Increase in Relief; May Defy Court on Wage-Hour Wage-Hour Law; Under Pressure To Rept-al Capital Gains Tax. Revise Corporation L. . . wash 'X' ;t ;x dent ".- " : oiigrc ..- .::.:. He w;!. :. ' l'-'ist t :.' : . r .-.-his hand .-: : . . : momentum : f rom ant icip.it : ie.- on the.-f (i.. .-'.v:r.p ir.t" th- e h l ; session of i.'Ut canny, to hat i n the issue.-: t'nen. i.d by the r--tige -lined isivc victor-so:;.-. h- will :,(: thf goir-.g wiil )f heavy The nation ;.- '. A (, .n.inyly .f from "I war ' UieiJ in ': 1 '.'') the : I h.a-- Ur, il ; n i; i r peace, tor keemr.y a'. Fl'iii'pc's boiling cai'i!';. A' t he suprerr.'' com ! : ' ie is: n uph' 'Id ..'.; r aht.v act that un c :.-t :tut io:. the . presui -,ar--t.-,!(.f:i,".g jos'ers m w;t (i ;(;,", affairs. So -iking advantage f .'or-- i'-!" p'.hlu: sentiment, the court': ; ri.r.- -i:.cemer;t and the exi'lo. r.e ar. s.-T. -".tuaticn. the president il. 'i!' th.e legislative ball ioll- ; : ai. -.-or ;r e' i giving h un extensive : a !" powers to impose en.r.ai t.0" He to pet such a bill hroupr. ::. 1935 and again last '' r . r congressional hostility, particularly ir. the senate, was too powerful f-. . him. The legislators balked at giving giv-ing the executive discretionary scx.pt- m so dangerous a problem. They insisted that the ban on shipments of aims and munitions to belligerents be made mandatory manda-tory And they had tneir way despite strenuous objections from Roosevelt and furious undercover lobbying by the state department. The Spanish conflict and the recent episode of the New Jersey aims dealer securing a license to (Continued on Page Four) New Justice J I Iarson of i ludee Martin M. Provo who was installed as justice jus-tice of the I'tah supreme court today. Officers Asked To Stand Aside in Kidnap Hunt "Give Kidnaper Opportunity To Return My Boy" is Plea of Father. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan 4 d'.P' ; Dr. W. W. Mattson. whose sen Charles is being held for S28.000 ransom strongly appealed to law enforcement agencies to give the kidnaper 'free opportunity" to return the boy. In his first public statement since the kidnaping. Dr. Mattson indirectly criticized federal agents and local authorities for making it difficult to contact the kidnaper. kid-naper. At the same time he inserted a fourth classified advertisement m the Seattle Times giving open admission that previous contacts had been made, and appealing to :he kidnaper to contact him again. "My son w;i. kidnaped a week .go Sunday nigh'," Dr Mattson - ud m a formal statement is-Mi' is-Mi' d to all newspapers I urth Ad Inserted "He has not heen returned I desire to appeal to all law enforcement en-forcement -agencies to abstain from any action which would in any manner interfere with the full and free opportunity which I wush the kidnaper to have to return the child "I am sensibly of the sympathy anil desire to as. -1st me of law enforcement agencies and feel certain that my request for restraint of their activities he accented bv them with the , will! full realization of the possibilities in volved in their continued oper ation. "A.s a father I return of my son. efforts might b desire the safe I wish that all concentrated upon that ussue." The fourth classified al. con-taming con-taming new information from the first three, read: "Mable we have received your communications. F'olice have not i Continued on F'aye Hight t Schools Resume After Vacation With 'heir next vacation period far m the distance Provo schools boys and girls today settler! down again, to the routine of study and recitations The close of school. May will be their next vacation. vaca-tion. Superintendent of Schools H. A Dixon stated today. Exercises will be held on Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays birth-days but school will not be dismissed dis-missed the superintendent said. No spring vacation is contemplated contem-plated in the city program. Salt Lake City schools will close, but continue sessions on into mid-June mid-June to make up the period lost. Mangrum Winner MIAMI. Fla.. Jan 4 r.l' Ray Mangrum of Dayton. O.. won the $2,500 Miami open golf title today in an 18-hole playoff with Tony Manero. national open champion, with a par 70 against Manero's 73 BLOOD STARTS! SECOND TEH AS GOVERNOR Pay-As-You-Go" Policy To Prevail Is Pledge Of Executive SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Jan. 4 U.R) Utah inaugurated inaugurat-ed Henry H. Blood for a sec-:;d sec-:;d term of office as governor gover-nor of the state today, with diriple ceremonies beneath the snow-crested dome of the slate capitol. Escorted from his executive chambers by a military unit headed head-ed by Adjutant General W. G. Williams of the Utah National Guard and Brig. Gen. W. B. Sweeney Sween-ey of Fort Douglas. Blood, seventh man to hold office since Utah achieved statehood on Jan. 4, 1896. was administered the oath by Elias Hansen, retiring chief justice of the state supreme court. Salute Follows Oath "Having been elected to the office of-fice of governor. I do solemnly swear that I will support, obey and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution constitu-tion of this state, and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity." Blood pronounced after Hansen. After administering the oath to the governor, Hansen swore in his own successor. Justice William H. Folland. who in turn officiated in inaugurating the new slate of state officials elected in the Democratic landslide or November. As the last words of Blood's oath sounded through the high-domed high-domed rotunda, guns of the 145th field artillery from Fort Douglas began firing the traditional 19-gun 19-gun salute from capitol hill. Ma hey Attends Among the civic, military and executive dignitaries viewing the i Continued on i'age Eight) DEATH CLAIMS PROVO VETERAN Wdham 'Uncle Billy" Watson. 94, 1'rovo- oldest resident, died at his home. LM'J We.st Third .North at 'J :'',() this afternoon. Death was due t(l jja-neral debility. 'Mr. Watson has lived in Provo 76 years. He came here with his mother from Scotland in 1861 and has lived here ever since. He was born in Balmacoln, Fife-shire. Fife-shire. Scotland, January 22, 1843, the son of James and Janet Rum-gay Rum-gay Watson. His father died when he was seven years old. He went to work in the coal mines at an t X UNCLE BILLY" WATSON ! early age and tasted of the hard- j ships, of the times. Immigrating to America with his mother, the young boy of 18 came to the United States on j the old sailing vessel "Underwriter." "Under-writer." The overland journey was made in the Milo Andrews com-; pany which numbered 120 souls. After a toilsome journey across ; the plains with ox teams, the company arrived in Great Salt ' Lake City. September 12, 1861. j Wilham found employment at ' Provo later settling in t'ne Rio i Continued on Page Eight ' I i i f. -vF'' I t. ' I St k ! Makes Pledge; 4$ I GOV. HENRY H. BLOOD State Patrolman Seriously Hurt In Highway Crash Mark Ornaby Suffers Critical Criti-cal Injuries in Accident At Springville. State Patrolman Mark Cor-naby, Cor-naby, ??, Spanish Fork, is in a Spanish Fork hospital, critically injured as the result re-sult of a car accident at 12:45 a. m. Sunday on the state highway in Sprinjrville. A compound fracture of the rifcht knee, internal injuries, fractureil nose. and cuts and bruises were suffered by the patrolman, pa-trolman, who crashed into the rear of a large truck while pursuing a speeding motorist. He was rushed bv two passing motorists Howard Kearns and J. Chinman. Springville. to a doctor. and removed later to Dr. S George's hospital. W Investigation by Deputy Sher-. iffs W T Lev is and I P. Gourlev showed the lights on the truck wer e cot r ect lv lit ,(nd the driver. Gustave Hush. 32. Riverton. was not held They were unable t determine the cause of accident. hut believed Cornaby in giving ( chase did not see the truck in time to avoid it Both were heading head-ing south. City Marshal L. S. ; Haymond, Springville. believed that when the car Cornaby was j pursuing turned out to pass the ; truck Cornaby did not have time j to clear. i Cornaby's small coupe was de-j molisned. the motor being forced back into the body when the car ran under the truck body. The patrolman has served only eight months. An inhalator-resuscitator dispatched in the afternoon Provo. was i from I British Protest Attack On Ships LONDON. Jan. 4 dl') Great Britain protested strongly to the Spanish Nationalist government today against attacks on two British steamships. A spokesman said the government intended to reserve to its own navy the authority au-thority to take any action as regards the rights of British ships. The spokesman confessed "anxiety" "an-xiety" regarding Germany's policy of retaliatory seizures of Spanish Loyalist shipping and added that the government was watching developments de-velopments closely. This anxiety was increased, it was learned, when British authorities authori-ties received confirmation of reports re-ports that approximately 4,000 Italians landed at Cadiz January 1 from the transport Lombardia-presumably Lombardia-presumably to "volunteer" on the Nationalists side in the civil war. Sir Henry Chilton. British Ambassador Am-bassador to Spain, was ordered to protest to the Nationalist government gov-ernment against an attack on the British steamship Blackhill and it was announced he protested vigorously. It was intimated an apology was expected. TEMPERATURE DROPS HERE TO 6 BELOW Utah Gripped in Coldest Weather Of Year After Storm A biting cold wave swept across Utah in the wake of extended snowstorms today. Temperatures dropped to the owest levels of the year, reeding re-eding below zero in eastern sections of the state. The coldest temperature reported re-ported in Provo Monday morning was six below at the home of A. M-Anderson. M-Anderson. U. S. weather observer, 757 South Fifth West street. Utah Power and Light company operators oper-ators at Olmsted, mouth of Provo canyon, reported a temperature of six above. 12 degrees warmer '"in at Provo, at 7 o'clock Monday Mon-day morning. But Provo was far from the coldest spot on the Utah weather map today. Reports from Price said thermometers ther-mometers plummeted to 16 degrees below zero in that area. Extensive Exten-sive casualties to livestock were reported, although an exact estimate esti-mate was unavailable. Milford. Utah, where search for a missing Western Air Express plane centered until the hunt was abandoned recently because of Weather conditions, reported 14 degrees below zero, while Modena, in the southwestern section, shivered shiv-ered in 12 below temperatures. Six Above At S. L. Salt Lake City, similarly, was gripped by the coldest weather this year. During the 24 hours to 7 a. m. today, the U. S. weather bureau recorded a 6 degree minimum. mini-mum. Weather forecasters were hopeful that the north and west j portions of the state would re ceive some reuet tonignt. mere was little immediate relief in sight, however. for the eastern .section, where storms continued in the mountains. More snow was predicted generally. Snowplows operated over icy. snow-banked roads, particularly at Soldier Summit, where there was three and a half feet of snow on the ground, and at Price, where two feet has fallen durinr the cur- rent storms. MADRID BOMB RAID KILLS 1 6 MADRID. Jan. 4 MM'.- At least 45 persons were killed and more than 150 were wounded today in a series of rebel air- raids on the capital, concentrating on the suburb sub-urb of workers in Tetuan De Las Victorias. Eight rebel bombs fell near the Tetuan Cinema, popular resort in the working district of Madrid, killing six persons and wounding a score of others in the street. Mineralogists To Meet Here Tonight A meeting of the Timpanogos Geological and Mineralogical association as-sociation will be held tonight in rot m 12, Central school building at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of electing new officers, and amending amend-ing the association's bydaws to divide di-vide the office of secretary-treasurer. Professor Dennis of the B. Y. U. will deliver a lecture on "How to Identify and Classify Minerals." He will also classify samples for members who are present. All members of the association together with those of the general gen-eral public who are interested are urged to be in attendance. Legionnaires Urged To Attend Meeting Members of the Provo American Ameri-can Legion and auxiliary hre urged to attend a child welfare conference of the Western division to be held at the Hotel Utah, in Salt Lake City. Friday and Saturday. Satur-day. National Commander Harry Comerly will attend as the principal prin-cipal speaker, it is announced. , officials Sworn lnto office , Judge Abe VV. beginning neeond triet juddge. Turner, Provo, term as dis- Judge Dallas II. Young, Vernal, stepping from district attorney on the bench as district judge. W. Stanley Dunford, from county coun-ty attornev to district attorney. "'if I 1 i- mjMIB, Departing Commissioner Rex i e ws Accomplish m e n t s Permanent improvements last decade, as reviewed today ty commissioner, are: 1. Replacement of the old city -and county building with the mod- i ern structure. I 2. Construction of a brick I Utah county fair building. j 3. Building of a $75,000 county j jail. 4. - Purchase of $100,000 in road equipment. 5. Elimination, with the help of the government and the state road commission, of practically all railroad rail-road crossings in the county. 6. Payment of all obligations to the state road commission. 7. Cleanup of delinquent tax claims through an 18-month drive. 8. -Cileanup of old auditor's tax deeds netting $150,000 and setting a state example for collection. 9. Reduction of tax anticipation warrant use from $300,000 and S325.000 to $100,000 per annum puts "cash basis'' financing in view. ... j " -r 1 I William J. Johnson of Spanish Fork, county commissioner, beginning begin-ning his second term, slated for chairman of the board. Sylvan V. Clark, Lehi, begin-ning begin-ning his first term as county commissioner. com-missioner. Arnold Iioylanc Springville, new county attornev. in I'tah county during the by Mr. Gillman. retiring coun- City Activities To Be Reviewed Provo city will publish an annual an-nual report of city activities during dur-ing 1936, Mayor Mark Anderson announced today. The work will cover all city departments "I do not believe such a re- j port has ever been made he-e in Provo," the mayor stated, "and l I feel it will be very worthwhile, j I can find very few towns the size of Provo that clo not publish a record of their annual activities." acti-vities." Pertinent data about Provo city will be included in addition to a record of the city activities in 1936. The work will not be reacly for release tor a month, the mavor indicates. ' i ROBERTSON CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION Commissioner Gillman Steps Out After 10 Years Of Service Six county and district court officials took their oaths of office today at brief installation instal-lation ceremonies at the city and county building, assuming the positions to which they had been elected in November. Novem-ber. For two of the six it was a first event Sylvan Clark, two - year county commissioner from Lehi, and Arnold C. Roylance, county attorney from Springville. The others District Judges Abe W. Turner, Provo, and Dallas H. Young, Vernal, District Attorney William Stanley Dunford, Provn, and William J. Johnson, Spanish Fork, four-year county commissioner commis-sioner have previously held office. of-fice. Mr. Young is the former district attorney, and Mr. Dunford the former county attorney. At the ceremony. J. V. Gillman, retiring chairman of the county commission, reviewed in brief the history of the county during the last 10 years during which he served. High tribute was paid by Mr. Gillman to his co-workers and friends, many of whom were present pres-ent to wish him godspeed on the occasion of his leave-taking from public office. "It is with a mingled feeling of regret, as well as pride, that I leave service," Mr. Gillman stated, "and I appreciate the association with the people it has been a real education and a real pleasure." In bidding good wishes to all, he added: "I proffer my service, my advice. I am a native son. and T still want to live here with these good people. I still want to have my family home here." Mr. Dunford and Mr. Young were sworn in by Judge Turner, who then took the oath from his long-time friend. Judge Young. County Clerk Clarence A. Grant administered the oaths to Mr. Johnson. Mr. Clark and Mr. Roylance. Tributes were paid to Mr. Gillman Gill-man by his fellow commissioners, county officials and friends. Those who spoke included Hilton A. Robertson. Rob-ertson. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Clark, Mr. Dunford. Judge Turner, Simon P. Eggertsen. L. M. Atwood, and Bishop R. J. Murdock. TRIBUTES PAID COMMISSIONER Many tiibutes were paid to J. W. Gillman of Orem. retiring county commissioner, at the instillation instil-lation of new officials in city and county building today. Ten years in office were completed com-pleted by Mr. Gillman, who was not a candidate for reelection. Some of his friends had this to say of his work: Hilton A. Robertson, county commissioner: "I have appreciated appreciat-ed the efforts of Mr. Gillman . . . there isn't a lazy bone in his body." Sylvan Clark, county commissioner: commis-sioner: "As fine a commissioner as Utah county has ever had." William J. Johnson, county commissioner: com-missioner: "Always Mr. Gillman has been pleasant and congenial. I wish him as much success in the world as he has had here . . . I hate to see him leave." W. Stanley Dunford, district attorney: at-torney: "In the six years that I have served I have had ever greatest respect and confidence for Mr. Gillman. He has always been on the job. always answered the call willingly, given freely of his ability, time and energies. No other man has done so much for the state of Utah." Judge Abe V. Turner: "He was always sympathetic and kind, but acted fcr unfailing righteousness." Simon P. Eggertson: "Always a fine and cooperating man." R. J. Murdock: "I knew his father, a courageous and honest man; he has proven a capable son." Act Approved WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 dn The supreme court today gave its approval to the Ashurst-Sum-ners act regulating the interstate inter-state transportation of prison made goods and banning shipments ship-ments into states where their sale is forbidden. |