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Show I C i. Herald Service S ;,'irrAn:JIil2Kdotidl3r tonight and - Saturday- with r -iunaitlnn snow: If you do not receive your Herald promptly call the Herald office, 495. before 7 p. m. week days, and 10 a. m. Sundays, and a copy will be delivered to you. -warmer east portion tonlzrht, clear- in? Saturday night; Sunday fair. Maximum tamp. Thursday' . ... 22 Minimum temp Thursday, ..... 5 FIFTY-THIRD YEAR, NO. 149 COMPLETE UNITED " PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS' SERVICE PROVO, UTAH COmTY, XJTASIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1939 Member Scripps League ot Newspapers and NUA PRICE FIVE CENTS 7 MERRY Bridget Hitler -ROUND TRAPPED IN FIRE RUINS OPPOSED BY 'OUTSIDERS' A Daily Picture of What'a Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN IT pn . .. . ; , . - ii . . . . . . . salt; iiRS. ttriir?raran r?ran,rM$ . FRE.E Receivership Scandal Brewing In New York As After-, math To Manton Case ; Alt-meyer Alt-meyer Wants Social Security Secur-ity To Pay Way; Others Urge Spending Fund ; They See Inflation Ahead Unless Pensions Send Money Into Circulation; AFL Has Its Own Factional Fight in War On Teamsters, Brewery Brew-ery Workers. WASHINGTON The Judge Manton disclosures are only the prelude to a scandal which is going to shake the New York City federal judiciary and the Democratic party like an earthquake. earth-quake. It promises to make the famous Seabury investigation seem as mild as dishwater. The scandal involves New York mortgage companies and the receivers re-ceivers appointed when they went into bankruptcy during the depression. New York- judges appointed ap-pointed their pals as receivers, and their pals, in turn,' proceeded to charge fancy fees at the expense ex-pense of the mortgage bondholders. bondhold-ers. For instance, they would pay ten dollars for a ton of coal and charge up twenty dollars. Young John Amen, Brooklyn special prosecutor and a Democrat, Demo-crat, has run into this scandal and is pushing his investigation to the limit. The probe probably means death to Democratic rule in New York. T SOCIAL .SECURITY FIGHT Behind those secret conferences confer-ences of Secretary Morgenthau and a group of prominent economists econo-mists is a sharp inner circle scrap over liberalization of the old-age pension provisions of the Social Security Act. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board in- Continued on Page 3, Sec. 2) DRIVER . KILLED IN S.L. CRASH SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 3 OLPJ George A. Knudsen, -59-year old traveling salesman for the Stover Bedding company, was killed instantly, last night when his automobile skidded on an icy stretch of pavement just inside the northern limits of Salt Lake City and swerved into the path of a freight truck. Knudsen, 15th traffic victim in Utah this year, was returning to his Salt Lake City home from a business trip to southern Idaho. Richard Armstrong, driver of the truck, said he saw Knudsen's car start skidding when the ve-, ve-, hides were about 200 feet apart. Armstrong said "he was going slowly and attempted to avoid an accident. The Knudsen car struck--the front oTthe truck and the salesman was thrown to the pavement. POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS HERE Utah Power and Light company district managers met here today to discuss sales, accounting and service problems. Division Manager Man-ager George L. Ellerbeck was in charge. Thursday night a general meeting meet-ing of all employees was held with Dr. Adam S. Bennion, assistant assist-ant to the president, and J. A. Kale of Salt Lake City as speakers. speak-ers. Provo division staffs of salesmen, sales-men, collectors, and home service advisors also attended today's meeting. District managers present pres-ent were: G. V. Leatham, Price; O. A- Ashton, American Fork; J. jC. Anderson, Vernal; J. F. Rowe, Eureka; Reed Chadwick, Santa-quin; Santa-quin; John Taylor, Castle Dale; G. C. Straw, (Jreenriver; M. B. Pope, Moab; Frank Sharp, Lehi; and E. M. Braddley, Pleasant Grove. YOUTH GROLi MEETS The ypuths' organization of the Workers' Alliance held sL meeting at the home of the Misses Melna and Elna Edwards. The next session will be held at the home of Miss Bernita Richins, 425 South First West, Feb. 9, at 7:30 o'clock. All youths - i : t-ni , arc uiviicu. LOSES FINGER ; . PAYSON Orval Topham of Santaauin. IS a student at Pay- son high school, met with an accident ac-cident in his shob class Wednes day-afternoon. He was planing a long board ana wnen a Knot was struck his ' fingers were cut in the jointer. All of the little finger was taken, and ' the tips from the other three. Hope Abandoned For Saving Lives Of Firemen SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 3 (U.R) Rescue crews strove desperately today to reach eight firemen buried in the smoldering ruins of a four-story four-story warehouse gutted by fire of an undetermined origin. Officials had abandoned all hope of finding any of the eight alive. Emergency crews pressed into action used all available trucks to pull down remaining walls of the structure. At the same time, an attempt was being made to tunnel tun-nel into the ruins from an adjoining--building. The victims were identified by fire officials as Acting Chief Thomas Dugan, Lieutenants John Yung. David Levine and Raymond Baudert and Firemen John Egan, James 'Diamond, Gregory Dixon and Hoseman Frank Kerlin. Three others were injured, two seriously. Walls of the burning building began to crumble as 10 firemen were on the roof attempting to prevent the fire from spreading to the city's largest office building, build-ing, which adjoins the warehouse. Five of the firemen were trapped trap-ped first when the walls fell. They were buried in debris, not 30 feet from their fellow workers. Acting Chief Dugan, Bauder and Dixon sought to rescue their comrades, and were trapped themselves them-selves when a second wall fell. The fire of undetermined origin broke out early this morning. The flames spread quickly, and a general alarm was sounded. Authorities estimated the loss at $100,000. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 3 (U.PT All hope of finding the eight missing fremen alive was abandoned aban-doned late today as city, state and federal workers, using steam shovels for more than 13 hours, removed the debris. Composer Lauds School Opera "Interpretation, direction, casting cast-ing all were outstanding," stated Emery G. Epperson, concerning the presentation of "The Jester," musical production of provo high school. The comedy-drama was presented in the high school auditorium audi-torium before a capacity audience last night. Mr. Epperson, music supervisor of Jordan district, is the composer of the Russian opera. A former band and orchestra director at Provo high school, Mr. Epperson made a special trip from Salt Lake to view the opera. Drs. Franklin and Florence Jep-person Jep-person Mads en .of the Brigham Young university music faculty also made favorable comments about the vocal solos and choral accompaniments. Sons of Pioneers To Meet Sunday Captain Walter Taylor and his associates in Sons of Utah Pioneers Pio-neers will welcome the members of the George Albert Smith camp. S. U. P., in a meeting at First ward chapel Sunday at 2 p. m. Music under direction of William F. Hanson will be given. LeRay Decker will present the subiect, "Early Pioneer Life in Utah." A short history of Bent Johnson will be recounted by bis son, Asel. Business pertaining to sale of tickets for the play, "We are Seven," Sev-en," which will be presented under auspices of Sons and Daughters of Utah Pioneers here by B. Y. U. dramatic- students directed by Prof, T. Earl Pardoe Thursday, February 9, in College hall will be transacted. Full attendance is requested. re-quested. STRIKE HALTS ALASKAN SHIPPING SEATTLE, Feb. 3 U.E Strike of mates and . pilots for higher wages and better working conditions condi-tions today halted all American shipping to Alaska. Steamship lines paid off sailors, sail-ors, who voted sympathy with the Masters, Mates and Pilots union. Boy Beaten NEY YORK. Feb. 3 XK) Magistrate Magi-strate Ford wept-when Little Johnny John-ny Strachen, three, tried to hum a tune to show the judge his father hadn't hurt him much. The boy's face was purple and pulpy from a beating 1 allegedly inflicted by his father, John. 31. - "Are you . sick;"- Sonny?" the magistrate asked. - , - N' T 9, ' Meet Mrs. Bridget Hitler, Irish sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler. She married the Fuehrer's half-brother half-brother Alois, an Austrian waiter, wait-er, when he worked in Dublin 28 years ago. Mrs. Hitler lives in England, her husband and their son Willy Hitler in Germany- Stephenson Views Business Blow in Wage, Hours Plan Executive Secretary Stanley J. Stephenson of Utah Manufacturers' Manufactur-ers' association addressed Reparians Repar-ians today on the wage and hour bill and occupational disease acts now before the state legislature. "In the past 20 years Utah has lost half of its heavy industry jobs and these were the jobs that paid the higher wages. Fortunately Fortun-ately we developed consumer-goods consumer-goods industries to the point where they just about took up the employment we lost in the heavy industries, and it is these consumer-goods industries that are suffering acutely from restrictive re-strictive and taxing laws," he stated, speaking of reasons why the state wage and hour law should toe defeated. "We have not made sufficient fjroEress in Utah-ttf oftwifor-cw employment problem; on the con trary we are making bad matters worse. To throw this situation even farther out of balance, pur taxes in a comparable period of time have crept from $8,000,000 to $25,000,000 a year," he added. "This load on a business which seeks its outlet in other states is gradually curtailing our operations, oper-ations, with a renewed threat to the jobs we had been able to create. " "Laws which might be looked upon as improving the social conditions con-ditions of the community, and which all of us could approve in principle, defeat their own purpose pur-pose if they cut down incomes, increase the number of unemployed, unem-ployed, increase the relief foil and shut off the means of support-(ContinueQ support-(ContinueQ on Page flvut Exhibit Placed in Syphilis Drive On display this week in Utah Power and Light company's south show window are more than 20 posters and a series of booklets Hreating with syphilis education. The exhibit is sponsored by the Junior chamber of commerce. Statistics on the spread of the disease, methods of elimination of the social evil, and information obtainable for lay study are indicated indi-cated In the display which was arranged by Howurd Feast of the Jaycee public health committee in cooperation with Utah Power and Light company, Charles Sessions, Ses-sions, power company official. Much ot the material was obtained obtain-ed through cooperation of Dr. D. Eldon Beck ot Brigham Young university. Dr. J. Russell Smith is head of the Jaycee public health committee. Crowd Turns Out For Billiard Star More than 400 turned out to watch Irving Crane, one of the outstanding billiards, players of the world, in an exhibition match at Bob's Billiards Thursday afternoon. after-noon. Crane lived up to expectations with some fancy demonstration shots and ' instructions after his scheduled match. J 1 1 i ...v.-.'.v.'.v.c .-.v. v m By Father; Judge Weeps "No," said Jimmy, clutching a picture-book, "l iain't eick." "Doesn't your eye hurt?" "No," his voice trembled a little, and then he said, "well, yes, a little lit-tle bit." . - Magistrate Fdrd ' looked - away and Jimmy fumbled with his picture pic-ture book. Disposal Of ' Aviation Revenue Argued At S. L. Hearing STATE CAPITOL, Salt Lake City, Feb. 3 OLEA "geographic" division on the course Utah's .air development policy should take moved beyond the state legisUv ture last night when' Salt Lake City and southern Utah residents clashed in a public hearing . on an aviation revenue measure now awaiting action of the senate. Maintaing- the development of a super-air base here to be vital to the interests of the entire state, the Salt Lake speakers strongly opposed the measure, which would leave the revenue from aviation gasoline taxes fin the hands of the aeronautics Jhjanch of the state road coin-mission. coin-mission. They favored a bill to permit cities where the tax was collected to expend the money on airports, declaring that UtJah might lose its only "stop" ton transcontinental lines if this were not done. Object to Centralization Representatives of "outside" counties expressed a desire to see the entire state made air-minded air-minded and objected to giving cities control of state funds. Two other public hearings also produced controversies, lawyers' speaking both for and against the proposed non-partisan judici ary and bus and truck drivera protesting a bul now in the legislature legis-lature which would raise requirements require-ments for licensing of bus and truck drivers. The house yesterday passed a. series of three bills which wouia extend the burglary laws to cover cov-er automobiles, trailer vehicles and airplanes. The senate approved a measure meas-ure which would permit corpora tions to close their books to stock transfers 60 days before an election elec-tion or declaration of dividend to determine rights of the stockholders. stock-holders. A measure designed to permit railwav coroorations to own air line stocks will come befere the 1 .iejiate.; tor. ftaaconaiioft4?i day. The Dill encountered bpiKHT sition from senators opposing the extension of further privilege to railways upon its appearance upon the floor of the senate yesterday. yes-terday. Some senators raised the issue of monopoly in objecting to the bill. MOTOR CARRIER" ACT INTRODUCED BY LEROY MATTINGLY United Press Staff Correspondent STATE CAPITOL, Salt Lake City, Feb. 4 t'.P) Enactment of a complete new state motor carrier car-rier act was proposed in a bill introduced in-troduced in the house of representatives repre-sentatives of the Utah state legislature legis-lature today. The measure, introduced by Representatives William D. Wood, D., Weber, Maurice E. Boyden, D.f Summit, Ephraim P. Pectol, D., Wayne, Harry L. Strong, D., Davis, and David H. Thomas, R., Salt Lake, would repeal the present pres-ent state act. The motor carrier provisions of the proposed measure meas-ure are similar to the requirements require-ments of the federal motor carrier car-rier act. First morning session of the house of representatives was devoted de-voted largely to discussion of a measure to amend laws on pensioning pen-sioning of state penitentiary guards. The bill was recommitted after representatives said a series of amendments had made it confusing. con-fusing. Among its sponsors is Rep. Maude B. Jacob, D., Utah. A bill to amend laws governing the public service commission was tabled by the house on motion of its sponsor. The new motor carrier act would require that contract carriers pay a $25 fee to obtain a license from the public service commission, and stipulates school buses be (Continued on Page Five) FRENCH AIRCRAFT PURCHASE IN U. S. PARIS, Feb. 3 OLE) The French government has decided to place additional and larger airplane orders in the United States, it was revealed today, after af-ter an inter-ministerial , conference confer-ence examined reports sent by the French air commission in the United States. Then the magistrate began to read the list of Jimmys injuriest bruises on the back bruises on the hand, bruises on the head and face, mutiple abrasions the magistrate's voice cracked. When he was able to continue he ordered Strachen held in $15,000 bail, t , Strachen- had. pleaded guilty to beating his son. HOUSE VOTES TO CONTINUE DIES PROBE No Funds Provided As Compromise Bill Is Passed v WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (U) The house, after a tumultous session, voted overwhelmingly over-whelmingly today to continue for another year the controversial contro-versial investigation of un-American un-American activities. The vote to continue the inquiry was announced as 344 for and 35 against. The vote was a personal victory for the chairman of the investigating investi-gating committee. Rep. Martin Dies, D., Tex. He told the house amid bursts of applause and yells of approbation, that every radical group in the ocuntry and some government officials had sought to sabotage the inquiry. Republicans voted solidly for the Dies committee's continuance, and most Democrats joined them. No Funds. Voted Republican Leader Joseph Martin, Mar-tin, Mass., forced a roll call vote on final passage. In a move to put "on the record" the Demo-cTats, Demo-cTats, some of whom had complained com-plained the committee "smeared' the administration. President Roosevelt himself rebuked the committee's procedure as itself 4 'un-American.' The resolution passed today provides pro-vides no funds for the committee to. continue, its work. It was the result oi a compromise worxea out between Dies and 'administration 'administra-tion house leaders. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (U.E) Here are the Democrats who were recorded as voting against continuing for another year tht investigation of un-American activities: ac-tivities: Coffee. Wash.; Ford, Calif.; Geyer, Calif.; Havenner. Calif.; Izac, Calif. ; Martin, Colo. ; Mur-dock, Mur-dock, Utah; O'Connor, Mont.; Robinson, Utah; Scrugham, Nev.; Voorhis, Calif.; Wallgren, Wash. People In the News BY UNITED PRESS Associate ' Justice James Clark ! McReynolds of the supreme court observed his 77th birthday anni versary today. McReynolds, a bachelor, is dean of the court in I point of service and is exceeded in age only by Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 82. Former Senator Frederick Stelwer of Oregon, who died in Washington, D. C, today, was J keynote speaker at the 1936 Republican Re-publican convention. He was prominent in the American Le gion. Steiwer had been suffering from a lingering illness for .two years. Mrs. Franklin l. Koosevett has been invited to attend the World Federation of Educational association's conference at Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 6. George Rublee, American di rector of inter-governmetal com mittee for refugees, announced at Berlin that he had concluded discussions with the German gov ernment regarding Jewish discussions. discus-sions. - He will return to London to outline terms under which Germany will permit Jews to leave. Stephen C h a dwtck. national commander of the American Legion, Le-gion, warned against the country's coun-try's becoming "hystericar1 in its foreign policy, and pleaded for a "strict policy of neutrality." George M. Harrison, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' association, said the nation "inevitably" "in-evitably" faces government ownership own-ership and operation of railroads unless something is done to put transportation on a sound basis. Marion Houghton Hepburn, sister sis-ter of the film actress, has announced an-nounced her engagement at Hart ford, Conn., to Ellsworth Strong Grant, a Harvard senior. Officials at Johns Hopkins hospital at Bal timore -announced that Thomas Corcoran, a White 'House adviser. has reserved - a room there for an appendectomy.' Henri Anatol Deibler, 76 the dapper,- white-hearded UtUe man who was ; the official ..execution er of France for 40 years, 4ied. New Deal Olive v' " 1 t I?0, - p it 'x I' From Washington come reports that the dove of peace, under direction of Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins, is about to do its stuff between the New Deal and industry. Pictured is Peacemaker Peace-maker Hopkins counseling with W. Averill Harriman, chairman of the Business Advisory Council, in peace preliminaries. sS) Blue Bench Land ay Be Opened Up For Development DUCHESNE" Land formerly owned by Knight Investment WWpa-JrjTmay be basis for a rehabilitation re-habilitation and development project of 16,000 acres on Blue Bench just north of here report county commissioners. The commissioners have approved ap-proved and signed an agreement to take over 7,000 acres of land formerly held by the company and which has gone to tax deed since the failure of the Knight canal several years ago. In consideration con-sideration the county will issue a quit-claim deed to the company on 160 acres of land In the tract which includes the Knight camp and improvements. " The agreement also would stipulate stip-ulate that if a Blue Bench irrigation irri-gation project is procured within with-in three years the county will sell the land at such figure that $1 per acre will go to the Knight interests for all land originally owned by them which is included in the project. Last October the company's receiver re-ceiver met with then County Attorney At-torney L. A. Hollenbeck on the plan. County commissioners wait ed until the new commission could act before making final signature. Hollenbeck will con tinue to serve until the Kiugnt interests indicate favor or disfavor dis-favor of the agreement as it stands. Soil surveys show the land of quality with over half first class iarm land and the rest secona class or pasture land. Offices Robbed Offices of the Standard Oil and Mutual Lumber and Coal comDanies were ransacked last night, but only $7 in stamps taken from the former, ponce reported this morning. At the oil company a bacK door was Dried open, the office entered and "turned upside down." At the coal company a smaii pane was removed on the east side, and the office disarranged. Safes at both offices were left open.. Police Officer Wesley Robey indicated juveniles were probably concerned with both cases. Democracy Threatened Says U. Of U. Speaker America must awaken to the stumbling blocks in democracy's path if the latter is to survive. Dr. Arthur L. Beeley of the University Uni-versity of Utah told one of the largest audiences ever assembled for a Public Forum presentation, here last night. Certainly, democracy cannot be conceited in its present position he noted, ' when at present fewer persons ..live under -such rule - than at any. other time in the - world's history;, when totalitarian .states are in the ascendancy. . -;, Democracy , is . not lost, however, he assured. But it must act, bring Branch Rumored . - SV 4 , -:i 5 . o v-v - - - xv ' .' ..:,.'v' ' - V v s V- - -V HUNGER STRIKE IS BROKEN UP SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calif., Feb. 3 ILP) The hunger strike of San Quentin convicts appeared vir- Ltuallxded today when all but 13S or the prtsdns.zee inmates relented to the lure of a square meal and trooped into the mess hall for breakfast. A cell-by-cell checkup disclosed more than 2,360 prisoners changed their minds about turning down the prison fare today. Yesterday 2,500 refused to eat on grounds the food was '"monotonous." They claimed against "t'oo much corn beef hash." The 133 prisoners who chose to stretch their foodless protest to three days have not eaten a full meal at a dining table since Wednesday Wed-nesday breakfast. Warden Court Smith said he was seeking the "real reason" behind be-hind the hunger strike. "Rumors from the I'nside have reached me that dissatisfaction with the' food is not the true cause of the strike," Smith said. "I have heard they just settled on the food issue as something to start their demonstration." One by one the convicts gave the reply "I'll eat," with only an occasional dissenter-Many dissenter-Many of them had been eating nothing except bread and "all the water they could drink" beside what food they could get at the prison commissary. Sales, Use Taxes Increase Returns SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 3 IU- -In the seven-month period from July 1, 1938, to Jan. 31. 1939. the Utah State Tax Commission Com-mission c611ected $7,970,872, an increase of $613,883 over the period per-iod ending Jan. 31, 1938. Highest increase was recorded in sales and use taxes, which brought the state $2,440,572 in the latest period, compared with $2,376,983 in the previous period. Other tax collections for the seven months ending Jan. 31, 1939, included beer. $62,256; cigaret, $205,043; inheritance, $126,104; road fund, $2,525,191; gasoline. $2,294,346; motor vehicle. ve-hicle. $230,972. about changes that are warping trust in it as a form of govern ment, that are causing it to be undemocratic, that are without a definite plan of action. We must give credence to America's minorities, he 'citedj. Dr. Beeley pointed out the squelching of Republican party-men, party-men, given no place on state legis lative, committees or in patronage -this : session although 15 were elected. In England he pointed the cabinet includes all parties. ' -v America loses - use of some of ita. best, men, ., too, through party (Continued on Page Five) STATEMENT ABOUT RHINE BRANDED LIE Roosevelt Denies Any Kind Of Alliance With France WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (U.R) President Roosevelt today to-day branded as "a deliberate lie" a report that he had placed America's new defense frontier on the Rhine. Mr. Roosevelt, speaking; to more than 100 newspaper reporters re-porters who crowded his office, presented a statement of the administration's ad-ministration's foreign policy in answer to a flurry of congressional congression-al criticism which has arisen in the last week. Policy Outlined Here is the United States' policy as stated by Mr. Roosevelt: 1. No entangling alliances. 2. Encouragement of world trade of all nations, including the United States. 3. Sympathy with any and every effort to bring about reduction reduc-tion in armaments. 4. National sympathy with the peaceful maintenance of political, economic and social independence of all nations of the world. Criticizes Attacks Mr. Roosevelt discussed American Ameri-can policy for nearly half an hour, criticizing particularly attacks which have been made upon administration ad-ministration intentions in congress and in newspaper editorials. His repudiation of reports that he had placed the nation's defensive defen-sive frontier -at -thaRhiae, waa directed at statements emanating .from congressmen who discussed foreign policy with: "the president earlier this week. Several congressmen con-gressmen said after these conferences confer-ences they received the impression impres-sion the president was anxious, to aid the French re-armament program pro-gram because he regarded France as the defensive outpost of the United States and the Rhine as our defensive frontier. The president declared he did not believe that political implications implica-tions of the 1940 presidential campaign cam-paign should be brought into 1939 discussions of American foreign or defense policy. Pointing to a stack of newspapers newspa-pers which lay on his desk, he declared that of all the papers, there was not one which did not contain a story or headline which gave an erroneous impression of (Continued on Page Five) LION OFFICIAL SPEAKS TO CLUB Changes in the Utah district International Lion organization under the new set-up were outlined out-lined before the members of the Provo club, Thursday night by Aura C. Hatch. Provo, deputy district governor. The meeting was held at Haase's cafe, and the educational committee, Elmer Smith, chairman, was in charge of the program. Le Grande Holland, vice president, presided at the meeting. Boy Scouts of the Lion sponsored spon-sored troop were guests of the club and staged demonstrations during the evening in presentation of the colors, making fire, first aid and signalling. Senior patrol leader Jack Clark, was in charge. Announcement was made of the inter-club meeting at Lehi on February Feb-ruary 9. Dr. W. Woolf gave the first of a series of five minute educational talks on Lionism to be sponsored by the educational committee. Lynn D. Moulton, newly appoint ed court reporter, was introduced as a guest. Keys were presented to Elton Sumner and Le Roy Johnson. John-son. Announcement of the annual an-nual dance for the blind to be held on February 10 was made by J. W. Thornton who handled the ticket sale at the meeting. HOUSE PASSES SILVER MEMORIAL SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 3 HE) TTii-T7t8h Rouse of RenresentA- ttvesJate today; passed and sent to. the senate a memorial to congress, con-gress, "takmgthat-the price fit 'silver W set at $1 per fine ounce. The memorial -'supports a bill submitted ; to congress ; by Ben. j P. - AMcCarran, D Nevada" as ' representative ot demands ot westr em silver prpdnclng states, |