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Show TheWeatEer, UTAH: Unsettled tonight and Saturday. Cooler, west portion. Warmer extreme east portion tonight. to-night. Maximum temp., Thursday . . 92 Minimum temp., Thursday . . 55 Herald So They Say ! I slipped on &. step at home and sprained both ankles. Frank Clark, Hollywood, who crashes airplanes for the movies for a living. FIFTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 21 Member Scripps League of Newspapers and NKA PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937 53E?h rawraSvfc5 PRICE FIVE CENTS fUl B3 ft UJU 6j 5 6 6 Provos New Lighted Softball Wield to Be Dedicated Tonight fA -a line If ill Tffl Y 20-30 CLUB PROJECT IS COMPLETED Flight Leading Teams of ' The State To Be r Seen In Action DEDICATORY SCHEDULE p. m. General Shop vs. Baker Motor. p. m. uennie's own vs. Auer- bach's (Girls teams) p. m. Utah-Idaho Sugar vs. Sunshine Ca.. 10) p. m. Super Heaters vs. General Electric. Jin the cool evening air at Tiifnp park some 500 Utah coiinty sports lovers will wit-ne: wit-ne: ?s the dedicatory ceremonies) ceremon-ies) of the new 20-30 Club-Pr Club-Pr no citv lighted Softball fieXd, and the parade of gay nes lined up for the opening!, open-ing!, under the direction of the . Twfrnty-Thirtians, who have tmstied the lighted field to com pletion, a full evening of enter tainment will be presented, includ ing Sour games and a half-hour of special ceremonies. Mayor to Speak Mayor Mark Anderson will give a short address. President Don M. Innes of the 20-30 club will give a brief welcoming talk. Mayor Anderson and the commissioners commis-sioners will then take their place on the lighted field. Commissioner Commission-er Walter P. Whitehead will pitch the first ball, and Mayor Anderson Ander-son will attempt to bat it. Commissioner Com-missioner J. P. McGuire will be behind the bat. A fine softball card will be offered, of-fered, with eight of the leading teams in Utah competing. At 7 p. n. General Shop, Provo Commercial Com-mercial league champ, will clash with Baker Motor of Salt Lake City. The dedicatory ceremonies will be held immediately following this game. Then with the lights turned one, two girls' teams will take the field Dennie's Own of Provo and Auerbach's of Salt Lake City. Noted Pitcher Here-King Here-King Kong Kelly, famous trick (Continued on Page Six) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN ur a ouTvr.Tnv There was some unusually plain talking when the President called in his congressional con-gressional leaders to discuss the remainder of the congressional program. Present at the conference were Speaker Bankhead, House Democratic Demo-cratic Floor Leader Sam Rayburn, and Senate Democratic Floor Leader Barkieyi The president started by saving that he wanted the leaders to crack the whip and put through his entire legislative program, including a crop control bill. They retorted that this could not be done, because no legislation legisla-tion had been formulated. "Both the House and the Senate Agriculture committees will work on the bill during the recess," one of the leaders said, "and have it ready for action next January." "I don't see why a bill can't be framed now," the President remarked. "Congress doesn't have to ri'h home. It has been in session seen months and hasn't done a thing yet. The leaders bridled at this, particularly Bankhead and Ray-burn. Ray-burn. "Mr. Presidents' one of them snapped, "that ij not so. The House has been working steadily and conscientiously .since it convened. con-vened. It has considered and passed close to 250 important-bills and we will send you the list if you win read it." Roosevelt said he would be very mucn interested in seeing the list. as he would like to know just wnat tne "important bills" were "You know Mr. President," one' or tne leaders admonished, "there is no use of your getting into a fight with Congress. That isn't going to do you, the party, or anyone eise anjrgood except per- naps tne republicans. "You doubtless have grievances. but you want to distinguish be- w - - -1 ' . (Continued on Page 4, Sec. 2) Death Mourned r ROSE YOUNG STEWART Rose Y. Stewart Called by Death at Home in Provo Mrs. Helena Roseberry "Rose" Young Stewart, 61, former Provo city treasurer, widow of Dr. Andy J. Stewart," ' passed- - away4his 1 morning at 3 o'clock at her home, 213 East Seventh North street. Death came to Mrs. Stewart, beloved Provo matron, following a lingering illness, and her three daughters, Helena, Dorothy and Lois Stewart, were at her bedside. A granddaughter of Brigham and Harriet Cook Young, Mrs. Stewart was born July 30, 1876, in Salt Lake City, a daughter of Oscar Brigham and Annie M. Roseberry Young. She moved with her parents to Provo in 1890, and attended the B. Y. academy, from which institution she was graduated from the commercial department in 1896. Deputy County Recorder She then became deputy Utah county recorder, which position she held until 1900. She became the bride of Andy J.. Stewart Oct. 1, 1901, in the Salt Lake temple, and after he had completed his medical course, they moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1904, then to Salt Lake City in 1910. In 1914, the family came to Provo, and have since made their home here. Dr. Stewart died May 25, 1919. Mrs. Stewart had always taken an active part in church and civic affairs, being particularly interested in Primary, M. I. A. and Relief society work. She was an instructor in Primary and M. I. A. organizations, and served as president of the Grand View ward Relief society at one time. She was twice president of the Utah Soro-sis Soro-sis club and at the time of death was the oldest active member of that group. She is a past presi dent of the first district Federated (Continued on Page Six) Provo Girl to Be Air Hostess Miss lone Rich, daughter of Mrs. Stella P. Rich of 730 North Third East, has accepted a po sition as air hostess with the United Airlines company, it is announced. Miss Rich will commence her work about the middle of the month. She is a former B. Y. U. student and a graduate of the L.D S. school of nursing. -&- Sunday Closing Against All The Sunday jHosing law will be enforced in Utah county hereafter here-after except inthe case of fruitgrowers fruit-growers and florists and others affected af-fected by Judge W. Turner's temporary writ of prohibition, it was announced Friday by Dean Terry, assistant county attorney. Starting Sunday, every grocer violating the Sunday closing law will be prosecuted, he .said. "The law has been made and it is our duty to enforce it," Mr. Terry Said. "We do not mean to be arbitrary in any way, but to en 1 SEEK RECORD COUNTY FAIR ATTENDANCE High Class Rodeo One of Many Attractions Signed Up So extensive will the Utah Countv Fair. September 16- f 18, be advertised, that nearly 20,000 people will attend, states Milton H. Harrison, secretary - treasurer of the fair board. Advertising is being done not only in Utah county but in Wasatch, Juab, Sanpete, and Carbon Car-bon counties. Bumper strips are being prepared, display cards are being sent to scores of towns, billboards are to be decorated with appropriate advertising, and ads will be placed in newspapers. Moving picture establishments of Utah county have agreed to cooperate co-operate also. Rodeo Performances Tht Utah county fair board has accepted an invitation of the National Na-tional Crochet bureau of New York City to have winners of crochet work in the home economic econom-ic department of the fair participate partici-pate in a national exhibit this fall, according to Mrs. Mabel Stewart, Payson, supervisor of the home economic department of the county fair. Seven-hundred-fifty dollars will be given in prizes for leading articles displayed at the national exhibit. r It ishebgoal of the fair hoard to make the 1937 exhibit the best in history. The famous Colborn & Sorensen rodeo of Blackfoot, Ida., has been contracted. Four rodeo performances have been scheduled, and each will include in-clude broncho riding, bull-dogging, calf-roping, baseback riding and Brahma bull riding. An evening performance will be held each day of the fair, and one afternoon performance is planned, possibly for September 17. Thousands of exhibits will be featured, including home-grown and home-made products in the following departments: agriculture, agricul-ture, horticulture. dairy, beef stock, sheep, swine, eggs, rabbits, etc. Premiums amounting to $2500 will to given away in prizes for leading exhibits. JENKINS SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS Fishing hasn't changed much since 1653. Dictates on the watery art as presented in that year in his book, "The Complete Angler," by Isaac Walton were made known to Rotarians at luncheon today by Clayton Jenkins, clubmember. Walton one of the earliest practitioners of conservation and wild life study reads like a modern in his text on fishing wiles Jenkins pointed out. Dr. Garland H. Pace, president, presi-dent, reported on the Logan district dis-trict assembly for Rotary officers of-ficers which he recently attended, in company with 22 other heads of Utah-Idaho chapters. Harold Kendall and GeneDevey entertained with their accordions. Lynn Miller of Washington, D.C., B.. Y. U. alumnus, and Dave Mof-fitt Mof-fitt of Utah Power and Light company were guests. Members voted for a ladies' night at the Price intercity meet to be held there soon. Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, chapters will attend. to Be Enforced - Grocery Stores force the law ia the only course we can pursue?' Decision as to whether the pres ent writ permitting certain fruit dealers to operate on Sunday will remain permanent or whether the closing law be enforced in the case of these fruitgrowers and sellers will bs made following August 19. The hearing which started Monday in district court was continued until then to give the counsels time to file briefs. Judge Turner stated definitely in this week's hearing that his writ does not affect grocers. II Duce Keeps His Shirt On ! r-' f ' ' J- if ' i ' 'if? " ' ft ft-: In keeping with his custom of aiding Italian farmers harvest their wheat, for the benefit of assembled cameramen, Italian Dictator Mussolini is shown above as he returned to the fields for his annual an-nual workout and a speech on Italy's agriculture. But he broke a precedent of long standing when he failed to. doff his shirt. Larson Explains Inside Politics in Lions Address Who'll be the next leader of the Democratic party in 1940 not the particular merits of the court bill was the real issue behind the supreme court agitation recently, remarked State Supreme Court Justice Martin M. Larson in addressing ad-dressing Lions here Thursday night. "The agitation gave opportunity opportun-ity for people to vent their political politi-cal philosophies on other problems, prob-lems, not on the merits of the court bill. It is taken for granted that Roosevelt will retire in 1940; most of the court opposition was designed to pave the way for naming nam-ing the leader in 1940," he declared. de-clared. Turning to a discussion of liberals liber-als and conservatives, the justice announced that "it's fashionable to be liberal." "Liberals" he described de-scribed as those "Who "believe as I do, while a "conservative" is "one who believes the opposite." Many, he finds, call Governor Henry H. Blood an "old conservative," conserva-tive," yet by standards of legis lation he is the outstanding lib eral of all governors of Utah, a be liever in strong central govern ment, said the speaker. Such mis conception of definition he said is common, with Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Great Liberal" of the supreme court, the outstand ing example. Habitually conservative on the bench, publicity in two cases in 28 years made Holmes a popularly (Continued on Page Six) SHARON STAKE OUTING PLANNED Full day's program for Sharon stake's annual outing August 14 Is virtually complete announce stake committeemen in charge. From 10:30 a. m. to midnight the event will be on with contests, con-tests, games, dancing, swimming, shows, luncheons, and muisc featured. fea-tured. Primary activities opening the day at 10:30 a. m., take, place of annual homecoming exercises held by wards each year. Handwork exhibition will be supervised by Olive Burningham, stake president presi-dent of primaries. During luncheon a program for primary workers and parents is planned. Primary activity will continue with games and races in the afternoon. A children's dance at Rosalawn will be set at 6 p. m. There will be an evening band concert. Windsor will make its debut in Sharon outing circles against Vineyard softballera. The girls will also carry through their league lea-gue schedule. Waltzes, polkas, square and other novelty dance will be featured fea-tured in the dance from 7 to 9:30 for adults and children A show will follow. Benefit Baseball Game Yields $204 For the Hospital Sport added its share to Utah Valley hospital coffers today as Provo's ball club director, O. W. Beebe, handed Drive Chairman John O. Beesley a cfheck for $203.90 on behalf of baseballers of the Provo and Dividend clubs. The check represented total receipts re-ceipts except for admission tax deduction of the Wednesday exhibition exhi-bition game between the league leaders when Dividend romped off with the long end of the 11 to 8 count. Not a dime went for players' or cluto expenses. Umpires gave their services free, as did the players, Dividend's team even paying its own expenses to and from the game. Gatekeepers, ticket sellers, scoreboard keepers even the ball shaggers gave their services. The game was engineered by Business Manager A. G. Nord and Manager Lob Collins following the suggestion of Mr. Beebe. The state league officials readily consented to the match, which 662 paid to see. "It was a welcome opportunity for the Provo club to return to the community some of the favors they have received, and we certainly cer-tainly are pleased to get in and do our part for the 'hospital. It is the finest work this valley can put over, getting that building here," commented a baseball official. Provo's players Kump, Cody, Hoover, Millet, F. Dudley, Collins, Col-lins, Page, Eggertsen, Christensen, D. Dudley, Cole and Ginder; and Dividend's Sullivan, Christensen, I Klenria T. RirH Rrrp Tavlnr ' - o j . , ' i, uuiici, lwcii, oiiuiu aim Tolton gave their services. Provo Guardsmen Reach California BY THORNTON BOOTH Special Herald Correspondent LAS VEGAS, Nev. Completing a 250-mile trek over the deserts of southern Utah and Nevada, 1000 members of the Utah National Na-tional Guard pitched camp here after the second leg o their journey to coast maneuvers. The 14th Regiment, of which Battery F. and the medical detachment de-tachment of Provo are a part, and the 222nd Regiment, were camped together tonight preparatory prepara-tory to the climb over the divide which will lead into California on the morrow. The 145th will take the lead from this point. Two more camps will be made before reaching San Luis Obispo, scene of the mock war. Thursday Thurs-day will find the Regiment at Victorville, California, and Friday Fri-day at Santa Barbara. Upon arrival at San Louis Ob ispo, Saturday, a review of the complete 40th Division, compris ing 5,000 national guardsmen of Utah, Nevada and California will be held prior to the starting of the war games. HOUSE DEFIES VETO THREAT ON SUGAR BILL Defeat Amendment To Eliminate Restrictions Against Islands WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (U.R) Defying the threat of a presidential veto, the house today defeated an amendment amend-ment to the sugar marketing act to eliminate allegedly disc riminatory provisions against Hawaiian and Puerto Rican refiners. The vote was 135 to 92. Rep. Marvin Jones, D., Texas, chairman of the house agriculture committee, had sponsored the amendment as meeting administrations adminis-trations objections to the measure. Mr. Roosevelt, in telephone conversations with house leaders, was reported to have said hei would veto the measure if passed without an amendment which would give island refiners the right to import refined sugar into in-to the United States. The vote followed an appeal by Majority Leader Sam Rayburn to adopt the amendment. "I am a friend of the sugar industry in-dustry and I wan.t sugar legislation legisla-tion this session," Rayburn said. He said the proposed amendment amend-ment would not have seriously injured in-jured continental refining industries, indus-tries, and that "there is a principle princi-ple of equality for Americans" involved in-volved in the proposal. .. .. v . Rayburn emphasized that defeat de-feat of the amendment might mean that no sugar legislation could be enacted this session. THREE DIE IN TRAIN WRECK EUREKA, Cal., Aug. 6 0IE Three men were killed early today when the engine and a flatcar of a Northwestern Pacific freight train plunged through a flaming trestle, 36 hi miles south of here. The dead! all of Eureka, were: Edward H. Weatherby, 55, engineer. Carleton G. Bartlett, about 40, fireman. C. Still, Jr., about 25, head brakeman. The freight train, en route from Eureka to San Francisco, struck the trestle as it rounded a curve, two miles north of Shively, Cal., at 3:40 a. m. The trestle was afire at the south end from an undetermined unde-termined cause. The locomotive and a car, loaded load-ed with lumber, crashed through the trestle into a ravine Weather-by Weather-by and Bartlett apparently died instantly, while Still died a few hours later in the Scotia hospital. Northwestern Pacific officials said the right-of-way would be blocked day-long. Passengers on the number 4 night train from San Francisco will be brought from the scene of the wreck to Eureka by bus. The Northwestern Pacific oper ates between San Francisco and Eureka. It is a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific. RIGGS ENTERS FINAL TENNIS ROUND SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 6 U.E Robert L. Riggs, 19-year-old Californian, scored a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla., today to enter the final round of the annual Mead ow Club invitation Tennis tournament. Youngsters Display Talent In Annual City Dance Review By ETHEL RAMBEAU Youngsters of Provo really displayed dis-played rare talent as they, attired in novel and colorful .costumes, swayed to and fro, tapped simple and intricate steps and sang accompaniments, ac-companiments, at the second annual an-nual dance review of Provo city's summer recreational program Thursday evening. The Provo high school gym. scene of the gala event, was packed pack-ed with proud parents and interested inter-ested citizens, and while the program pro-gram was necessarily lengthy in order that all children of the various dancing classes might appear, ap-pear, the crowd remained to ap County, School Officials Course Cvunty Commissioners To Meet Saturday With School and Other County Officials To Discuss Way Out of Tax Situation Showdown on the Utah county commission - state tax commission controversy is expected tomorrow morning. At that time the county commissioners and assessor wilL meet with superintendents of Alpine and Nebo school districts, dis-tricts, and a representative of Provo school district, to de-1 cide what final action the county will pursue- The meeting is slated for 10 a. m. in the county commission commis-sion chambers. 1 (? School Funds Involved News Flashes By UNITED PRESS MOONEY IMPROVING; AFRAID TO OPERATE SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal., Aug. 6 (U.R) The prison physician postponed a gall bladder operation opera-tion on Thomas J. Mooney today "because there would be such a hue and cry if he were to die under un-der the knife." "If he had been anyone else we would have operated," Dr. L. L. Stanleysaid. "But we decided to wait and see if the infection would clear up." ENGLISH TANKSHIP BOMBED BY PLANES LONDON, Aug. 6 (U.P) Owners of the steam tankship British Corporal announced that the vessel ves-sel was bombed for an hour today to-day by three monoplanes whose identity was not determined. The vessel suffered only slight damage, dam-age, the owners said, and there were no casualties among the 40 crew members. CIO DAM WORKERS THREATEN TO STRIKE GRAND COULEE, Wash., Aug. 6 lT.P CIO workers on the Grand Coulee dam project, climaxing cli-maxing a fight against an exclusive ex-clusive labor contract signed between be-tween contractors and the American Ameri-can Federation of Labor, today threatened to strike and sent an ultimatum to the operators say ing they would halt work Saturday Satur-day unless their demands were met. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS TO FIGHT JAPAN LOS ANGELES. Aug. 6 (U.R) Seven thousand American fighting fight-ing men, including 1,000 fliers, were reported today to have applied ap-plied for enlistment in a brigade of mercenaries being organized here to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. In charge of the organization is Russell L. Hearn, a soldier of fortune who was commissioned a lieutenant-general by the late Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, dictator of Peiping. EMI LIE DIONNE "ON THE MEND" CALLANDER. Ont., Aug. 6 (U.R) Emilie, middleweight star of the Dionne quintuplets, was "definitely "defin-itely on the mend," the Dafoe nursery said today. Since Monday Emilie has been suffering from "a mild respiratory respira-tory infection," a sore throat. She will have to remain in the nursery's isolation ward a few days, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe said. plaud the last line of dancing belles Handled With Dispatch-Divided Dispatch-Divided into three parts, the program followed, one number immediately im-mediately after the other. There were no waits, and for this, the directors are to be commended. No sooner had a group of military tap dancers, in shiny white satin, left the hall from one side, than there appeared from the other end an ensemble of beautifully gowned gown-ed Floradora girls, etc. The first group included boys and girls from the Maeser recreation recre-ation center, under, the direction (Continued on Page Six; n n to map m of Action School officials have been called call-ed in because school general funds from the state are involved. The state tax commission must declare de-clare under oath to the state school board that assessment has baen certified in Utah county before be-fore the school body can proceed with its allocation of funds to the county school districts. This does not jeopardize state school year opening this Septem-school Septem-school lear opening this September, Septem-ber, allocation for which has already al-ready been made. The 1938-39 funds are the ones held up by the present controversy. Another problem which lends impetus to the final decision tomorrow to-morrow is town and city levies in the county. Local municipal officials of-ficials must certify to County Auditor E. Booth Sorenson by Monday according to law that levies have been set in their re-spectlVedlslrtct-1' Provo, although it has resolved on a levy of 17 mills, had not reported to Sorenson at 1 p. m. today. Town Officials Anxious Mapleton called in this morning to know what action the county commission will pursue whether it will oppose the tax commission by not complying and therefore making the state body take the initiative in changing valuations status, or whether it will decide to abide by the tax commission's ruling. rul-ing. Action on this will indicate to town and city boards in ttae county coun-ty whether they should raise or lower their respective levies. In a statement to the Herald today the county commissioners William J. Johnson of .Spanish Fork, Sylvan W. Clark of Lehl, and Theron S. Hall of Springville together with County Assessor L. M. At wood further seek to clarify their stand in the action. Their statement, in full, follows fol-lows : "Apparent attempts are being be-ing made to confuse the public (Continued on Page Six) Hog Prices Hit 11-Year High CHICAGO. Aug. 6 OLE) Hog prices touched $13.75 a .hundredweight, .hundred-weight, up 10 cents over yesterday's yester-day's price for a new 11-yaar high at the Chicago stockyards. Today was the fifth straight day in which prices have riierr to a new high in Chicago. The high price was paid for choice 210 pound well finished weights and dates to Oct. 27, 1926. Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 100 120 000 3 Boston 300 001 30x 7 Dietrich and Sewell; Shea; Wilson and Berg. Cleveland ...... 000 103 0 New York 020 000 0 Feller and Pytlak; Hadley and Dickey. Detroit 011 10 Washington 000 01 Wade and York; Weaver and Miliies. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 210 000 012- Chicago 200 316 OOx 12 Hutchinson, Lanning, Smith, Reis and Mueller; Carleton, Davis and Hartnett, ODea. New York : . 010 010 040-- 6 Pittsburgh 020 000 010-- 3 Hubbell and Danning; Lucas and Todd. Philadelphia . . . O 4" St. Louis ,.... 0 Passeau and Atwood; Waroeke and Owen. |