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Show Herald. Service If you do not receive your copy of The Herald by 6 p.m. telephone 495 and a copy will be sent you. VOL. 11 NO. 20 P.ROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 1, 1933 ROOSEVELT TO BLOCK SILVER LEGISLATION WHAT A MAN THIS 1933 WAS! NOTORIOUS DESPERADO IS CAPTURED New Administration j SMOOT TAKES Brings Changes In Police Department MAYOR'S JOB MONDAY NOON Weather Forecast UTAH Rain or snow and colder, Sunday. Maximum temp. Friday 58 Minimum temp. Friday 17 Maximum temp. Saturday 45 Minimum temp. Saturday ...... 35 The Suinday Further Aid For Metal To Rest On International Developments By LISLE C. WILSON I' ni ted Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1933, by United Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U.R) Administration congressional con-gressional leaders were said on good authority today to be under orders to block all silver sil-ver legislation this winter pending outcome of the London Lon-don agreement effort to increase in-crease the ppce of that metal. Informed exposition of administration admin-istration policy shows that Presi-dent Presi-dent Roosevelt is determined to deal with silver within jthe scope of international agreement. vHe may eventually go - beyond the London agreement itseljf. But, If so, the next move likewise would be the outcome of international discussion. Issue Is Drawn On that issue the president will meet and fight the congressional remonetization group this winter. The effort to deal with silver by international action is the reverse of Mr. Roosevelt's gold policy. On gold the United States jiist now is going it alone. Organization of a free silver coinage bloc of 26 senators yesterday yes-terday under auspices of Senator Wheeler, Dera., Mont., has not moved the administration from (Continued on Page Eight) . GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs . , . By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. AIXKN WASHINGTON Jesse Isi-dor Isi-dor Straus is going to resign as ambassador to France. Be-1' hind this determination aren two potent factors. The first is the NRA code and the way it has hit Macy's department store, of which Straus is the guiding genius. He is. needed back in New York. The second is Straus' personal dislike for the role of ambassador. ambassa-dor. After a lifetime of business activity, Paris pink teas and protocol pro-tocol have proven very boring indeed. in-deed. Also it is not the most propitious propit-ious time in the world to be ambassador am-bassador to France. War debts rankle. So do wine quotas, tariffs and the jumping-jack dollar-. So Straus, who had always wanted to be "secretary of commerce and took Paris as an afterthought, is now throwing up the second most prized plum in the American Ameri-can diplomatic service. i SHAH MAY COME J : One of the world's few remaining remain-ing absolute soverigns may visit the U. S. A. . . . The Shah, of Persia is reported to have a yen to come this way. He is being urged by Faffar Khan Djalal, Persian minister here, to visit Washjngtonwhen the Shah goes to see his royal colleague, the King of Egypt. ... The Shah's advisers have been telling him that the Alazar, main street of Teheran, is more beautiful than the Champs Elysees or Fifth Avenue, Ave-nue, but the Shah wants to see for himself. . . . Louey Howe will do the chief ghost writing for the new book Roosevelt is publishing. The volume will be chiefly Roosevelt's speeches plus an introduction which will be Louey's special job. . The state department tried to smile at reports of Spain's sending send-ing a cruiser to Cuba, but none of the career boya felt very happy about it. . . . Even so, the estate department has progressed a long way from the time in 1927 when Under Secretary Joe Crew nearly fell over backward when informed inform-ed the British were sending two (Continued on Page Four) birthdays Today' The Herald extends congratulations congratula-tions to Henry Jackson, Provo woolgrower, who is celebrating his birthday on the 'last day of the year. -- COUNTY BUDGET CUT $48,000 Utah county's financial budget for 1934 was set at $361,925.17, or about $6000 less than the budget this year, in a special session of the county commissioners all.. day Saturday. The commissioners pared the budget by approximately approximate-ly $48,000 from the original setup of -two weeks ago. The budget for 1934 is thus set at Ipproximately $64,000 less than it was two years ago. One of the big Cuts came in the county road fund,set'at $48,000, the lowest it has been for years. -This was $150,- OOO two vpnra acn atiH wao lrx- "Mast year. Health Unit Cut Another one of the larger cuts came in the health unit, wherein the corrfmissioners eliminated the nurse entirely. All the departments depart-ments came in for paring. The budgets of the various departments de-partments were set finally as follows:- Recorder $7000, treasurer $12,-275, $12,-275, agricultural agent $2900, JUVCI111C tUUll ijHUUV, SUClUi f iV, 000, attorney $4200, county jail $7490, blind pension $1500, county court house and grounds $8870, exhibition and advertising $4800, county auditor $5560. commissioners commission-ers $7150, clerk $6705, widows pension and poor and indigent fund $48,000, agricultural inspection inspec-tion $1225, bond sinking $54,000, interest on bends $20,070, infirmary infirm-ary $13,00, general fund miscellaneous miscel-laneous $40,175, surveyor $2650, highways $48,000, old age pension $31,000, health unit $4055, assessor asses-sor $9,800. Commissioners Hilton A. Robertson, Rob-ertson, J. W. Gillman and C. H. White spent all day Saturday making the final cuts on the budget. bud-get. PROVO PASSES NEW BEER LAW Provo city commissioners toojc advantage of the last day of the year tojpass the ordinance regulating regu-lating the sale of beer in the tity, which, in accordance with the state and nation, lowers the bars to 3.2 beer after January 1. Provo city's ordaince provides for a $50 license on retail establishments estab-lishments where bottled beer is sold for consumption on the premises prem-ises and a $100 license for places selling both bottled and draft beer ipr consumption on the premises. r -Bottled beer wholesalars who way sell to retailers and to consumers con-sumers in case, lots are required to have a $100 license and wholesalers wholesal-ers who deal in both keg and bottled beer and who may sell to consumers in case lots and in kegs of four kegs, must have a $200 license. SOCIETY EDITOR LEAVES Miss Elizabeth Squter y will conduct con-duct the Herald's society page during dur-ing the absence of Mrs. Ethel Rambeau who is on a two week's vacation in California. Miss Sou-ter Sou-ter can be reached at the Herald phone, 494, sifter Tuesday morning or at her residence phone, 1020-W before that time. . . " - " " ' 1 0 PERISH IN PLANE CRASH European Passenger Plane Hits. Wireless Tower RUYSSELEDE, Belgium, Dec. 30 (U.R) A tri-motored Imperial airways passenger plane, flying low through heavy fog, crashed into in-to a tireless tower today and in the ensuing explosion and flames 10 persons, one possibly an American, Amer-ican, lost their livas. - The plane, namefl "Apollo," had left Brussels, bound for London with a passengef list of eight, homeward bound for the holidays, and was due at .Croydon field at 2:25 p. m. The Apollo's collapse was instantaneous instan-taneous and complete. It fell to the ground in explosive flames, and in the furnace it made there was no chance for survival. All but one of the ten bodies, including in-cluding those of the pilot, listed as' J. Gittihs, and his mechanic, were burned to cinders. RECOVERY ACT IS HELD VALID SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 30 (UV.) Two Utah coal dealers were restrained by injunctions today from violating provision of the state recovery code. The injunctions were granted late Friday by District Judge Herbert Her-bert M. Schiller who held that the recovery act is constitutional and that the coal dealers' code is in accordan.ee with statutory mandate. man-date. The action, brought by District Attorney Calvin W. Rawlins, charged that two coal dealers, S. T. Bennion and P. S. ' Mathakis were selling coal for less than the schedule set forth by the governing govern-ing board under the coal code. New Year's Eve Dances Okehed Dancing will be enjoyed in most Utah county cities on the morning morn-ing of New Year's , day after midnight Sunday in spite of almost, al-most, universal special ordinances against it. In general, dancing will be permitted per-mitted bec'ause it is being done in most cities arid towns in the state, including Salt Lake and Ogden: because the moving picture shows are allowed after midnight privileges privi-leges and because the demand for such dances by the people of the county is rather heavy, according to Sheriff E. G. Durnell. The usual difficulties of New Year's dances this year are aggravated ag-gravated by the fact that the eve of the New Year comes on Sunday. Sun-day. Courity laws and "a Provo city ordinance prohibit dancing after af-ter midnight. Salt Lake's commissioners com-missioners voted to temporarily lift the ban for the special occasion. PROVO BUDGET WINS APPROVAL The city commissioners were commended for their efforts in keeping their budget for 1934 within the estimated revenues by representatives of the Utah Taxpayers' Tax-payers' association who attended the public , meeting set for the-hearing the-hearing of the budget. C. T. Keigley, manager of the Columbia Steel company and Alex Hedquist, president of the Farmers Farm-ers and Merchants bank, were the spokesmen for the delegation. The budget as finally approved calls for expenditures of $141,790 as compared with estimated revenues reven-ues of $142,337. Members of the library board. Dr. W. T. Hasler, J. W. Howe, Jr., and T. Earl Pardoe asked for a $500 increase and permission to use the book fine revenues and the commissioners appeared to favor the latter suggestion. Among the points discussed were the necessity of jthe irrigation department and municipal golf course being self supporting. Some criticism was also directed at the high budget for the city court, including a $3000 salary for the city judge. It was pointed out by members of the delegation that four judges are being employed employ-ed today to do the work formerly performed by one judge. Provo Experiences Unusual Weather Snow covered the mountains Saturday when the first storm for many weeks swept over Provo. A warm rain in the valley turned into snow at higher elevations, giving the hills a white covering which was missing at Christmas. The balmy weather of the last week promised to continue when the skies cleared late Saturday night. The most unusual un-usual temperatures with a spread of only 1" degrees between be-tween the two extremes were reported by A. N. Anderson, weather reported, for Saturday. Satur-day. The maximum temperatures recorded re-corded was 45 degrees, and the minimum recorded during the 24-hour 24-hour period was 35 degrees, only degrees lower and three degrees above freezing point. Cillman To Represent Utah At National Sugar Beet Meet; J. W. Gillman of Orem will again represent the Utah sugar beet growers at the annual session ses-sion of the National Beetgrowers association to take place at Greeley, Colorado next week. Mr. Gillman who is president of the state association and a director on the national board, has attended at-tended the last three national meetings and is considered one of the foremost authorities in the west in the matter of sugar production pro-duction problems. The national administration will be represented by Mr. Weaver and Mr. Gaskell of the sugar section sec-tion of the AAA who will explain the plan o a processing tax on sugar to improve the market returns re-turns to the growers. Hunted Outlaw Critically Wounded By Guns Of Posse Men SHAWNEE, Okla., Dec. 30 (U.R) Wilbur Underbill, notorious no-torious tri-state killer and desperado, was captured here shortly after 7 o'clock, a few hours after he had fled from a hail of machine gun slugs from guns of possemen. Underhill was captured by a traffic squad of Shawnee police as he hid behind a downtown building, clad only in his underwear under-wear and his body torn by machine ma-chine gun and shotgun slugs. Officers cruised the city after his escape from the posse which raided a house here. Hides Behind Building They found him crouching in terror, they said, behind the building. His wife of less than two months was in jail. Two persons at the house from which he escaped es-caped earlier in tne morning were in a hospital with gunshot wounds. The wounded desperado himself was rushed to the city hospital (Continued on Page Eight) REMINISCENCES OF 1933 A popular theme song. Whose? You guess. I passed the buck yesterday; I passed it today; I'd pass it tomorrow But I'll be out of the way. Repeal. A lot of people who didn't touch a drop this Christmas because they could get it it wasn't "forbidden fruit" (juice.) The auto driver's license law. If properly enforced it will soon eliminate elim-inate a lot of incompetents. The birth of new hope for effective ef-fective national leadership in the interest of the people. The death of the dole the thing that made more parasites and more reds, destroying more morale and more, hope than any other thing that has come to America in a hundred years. The same old tricks and bumps in the Orem tracks at Center and First West. The era of dusty pavement, no storms, no sprinklers, no flushers. (except 4's) Plundered banks, soft receiverships, receiver-ships, excessive legal fees and the birth of a universal demand for reformation of receivership laws. It is freely predicted that the next legislature will write a new law governing all classes of receiverships re-ceiverships so that there will be less of grab, greed and graft in the process, thus saving the business, the common creditor and the public pub-lic aheir rightful salvage. A Sop for Silver G4 cents. It is hoped that this is only the beginning. NO MAIL DELIVERY There will be no mail deliveries in Provo, Monday on account of the day being a legal holiday, New Year's day. For the convenience of transients, only, the general delivery de-livery window will be opened from 10 to 11 a. m. according to Postmaster Post-master J. P. McGuire. s- i Mr. Gillman was unwilling to commit himself prior to his departure de-parture today for Greeley in regard re-gard to the stand which - he will take, preferring to wait until he has heard the department representatives. repre-sentatives. He declared however, that Utah sugar beet growers have lost a million dollars because of the failure of Secretary Wallace to sign the sugar stabilization marketing mar-keting agreement several months ago. He bases his estimates on the falling prices of sugar during the time that ' negotationsy on a grower's contract were under way. Mr. Gillman will leave Salt Lake City this afternoon and expects to be gone a week. Chief Otto Birk To Be Succeeded By John E. Harris; Outgoing Chief Completes 12 Years of Work As Peace Officer Coincident with the inauguration of the new city administration, ad-ministration, headed by Mayor-elect A. O. Smoot, which takes place Monday noon, comes a change in.the police department de-partment when Chief of Police Otto Birk steps out after nearly six years of service in that capacity. He was notified noti-fied soon after the city election that a change in his department depart-ment was contemplated as one of the first moves of the new administration. Chief Birk will be succeeded by John K. Harris, Mayor Smoot's appointee, who is taking charge of the department within a few days, as soon as ne has an opportunity to acquaint himself with the routine of the work. Appointed In 1928 The retiring chief assumed the position he is now vacating, February Feb-ruary 21, 11)28, when he was -af t-pointed t-pointed by Mayor Alma Van Wagenen to succeed Chief Wren Wilkins. Prior to that time he served as chief criminal deputy in the office of Sherif J. D. Boyu for seven years, during which time he made an excellent reeoru in the apprehension and conviction convic-tion of criminals. Chief Birk has been very aetiv in the organization of the law enforcement en-forcement officers, and is a charter char-ter member and president of the Utah Peace Officers' association. He served as first, second and third vice president prior to his elevation to the presidency. His ability as a peace officer was recognized in his appointment appoint-ment to the board of the state bureau of criminal investigation by Governor George H. Dern in 1931. He served two years as a member of this board. Many important changes, especially es-pecially in the traffic regulation work, have been instituted by Chief Birk during his administration administra-tion of the police department. Among these are the installation of the traffic control lights at important intersections, four-button intersection control, designa- (Continued on f-age Eight) LIBEL SUIT IN COIMER CLAIM Judgment for $25,000 punitive damages and one dollar general damages are sought by A. F. Gaisford, Jr., publisher of the Lehi Sun and other Utah county papers, in an answer and counter-claim counter-claim filed against George F. Price publisher of the Lehi Free Press, Saturday, in the district court. The libgl action is based on an article published by Price in the Free Press issue of November 10, 1932, which Gaisford claims was published for the purpose of and with the malicious intention of injuring him in his printing and newspapers business and to bring him and the other defendants defend-ants in the case into public contempt, con-tempt, disgrace and ridicule. In the original complaint Price sued Gaisford for libel, on account of another article published in the.. Sun. $26,000 Paid By CWA Here The Utah county CWA office disbursed in payrolls Saturday, more than $26,000 to Utah county workers who have heretofore been on the relief rolls of the R. F. C. The pay checks averaging around $15 each, represented payment f withe wi-the week's work and came as a welcome- aid to the purchasing power jat" the county. It is hoped, according to Alex Hedquist of the state committtee that the CWA will be continued until July to take care of the relief load. Recommendations to this effect has been made by Marriner W. Eccles, state SWA chairman. 9000 Licenses Sold To Drivers of Cars More than 9000 automobile drivers' licenses had been sold in Utah county shortly after noon Saturday, according to Victor H. Snow, Tiead of the Provo field office. of-fice. In order to accomodate the hundreds of motorists who were unable to get their licenses Saturday, Satur-day, provision has been made to take care of them Tuesday, said J. . Will Knight, member of the state -tax commission, Saturday night. The. same personnel will be on hand Tuesday at the same place in- the lower hall of the city and county building . Steps Out OTTO BIRK Successor New Chief Is Well Qualified Years of experience in handling men on large construction jobs and in varied and different work have fitted John E. Harris well for the position of Provo police chief, which he will assume this week. The new appointee to the office of chief of police has a background of experience which includes being manager- of large ranches, construction con-struction foreman for the Knight interests in Tintic, construction foreman on reclamation projects, water commissioner and field superintendent sup-erintendent of two companies in Idaho, construction superintendent in Texas, head of a contracting firm in Texas and other responsible respon-sible positions. Well Fitted for Job "I believe John Harris is very well fitted to handle the job of Provo police chief," .Mayor-elect A. Owen Smoot said Saturday. "He is easy to get along with but rot to be run over and is the type of man who can get along with boys as well as men." "I appreciate the confidence placed in me by the new administration," admin-istration," Mr, Harris declared in an interview Saturday. "I will attempt to fulfill the duties of the I office to the best of my ability." Mr. Harris was born in Provo in 1886, the son of William J. Harris Har-ris Jr., and Jessie P. Freckleton Harris. His grandfather, William Harris, was the first sheriff in Utah, being appointed under Brig- ( Continued on Page Eight) . NO HERALD MONDAY ! On account of Monday be- ; ing, New Year's day, a legal ! holiday, the Herald will not be published that day. The 1 next issue will be Tuesday , night. MMMB8a! imMMWMrtfc 1 'I JOHN E. HARRIS U Mayor Ellertson To Turn Keys To Successor At Ceremonies v Quiet ceremonies will mark the change in the Provo city administration Monday when-A. when-A. O. Smoot assumes the office of-fice of mayor and Jesse N. Ellertson steps out after a four-year term. City Judge Don R. Ellert son will swear the new mayor in, according to the usual custom. The ceremony will be performed about noon. Held Many Offices In A. O. Smoot, Provo la getting get-ting a man for mayor who has held many public offices. He has been county commissioner for 10 years until 18 months ago, when he retired to take the managership manager-ship of the Provo Mortuary. He was postmaster for five years, a member of the school board for, eight years and has been exceptionally excep-tionally active in church and civic affairs. Although Mj Smoot was born in Provo, he 'spent several years as a cowboy in Wyoming before leaving for an L. D. S. mission to the southern states Wo ha a held almost every conceivable of- iiee in tms district for the Democratic Demo-cratic party. "In assuming the duties of mayur 01 iTovo, i realize it is no small job and I annmsrh aarna, with a sincere d esir tn Hr mti full duty to the citizens of Provo.. nope to enjoy the confidence oiMiaiaiice or an gooff zens," he stated. The administration of the retir- mg mayor. Mr. Ellertson, has been marked with naino- r , judgment, prompted by years ot business experience. It has been a conservative admin oatration, with a sharp eye toward lowered revenues, with the resultaui (Continued on Page Eight) PROPOSED BANK FEES REJECTED 'Ac(By United Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 Cross-ed Cross-ed wires at the recovery administration adminis-tration resulted toHnv missal of a denntv ai.- and the indefinite suspension of - -uUlca ituouc io oe adopted a?ks and charing houses throughout the rnnnt . Cary N. Weisinger, Jr., deputy in charge of the hankino- tagged with the responsibility for a. jjicsa release unerring uner-ring that Administrator Johnson had aDDroved a nmnnao fair banking practice rules. He "-J Fu uy jonnson, who denied de-nied that such rules ha h hia proval or had even been submitted uu mm. "N early 700 banks and -clearing house associations preparing to operate under the provisions pur- pumug to nave onicial sanction were instructed to await the personal per-sonal scrutiny of the rules and their complement fee schedules bv 1 Tl 'jriici cli junnson. They also were informed that the time for filiner "accentabl rules with the NRA had been post- poneu ror days trom January 1 the effective date of the bankers code. Says I BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 29 Roosevelt Is the most consistently good radio man there is. Just when you would think there is nothing of importance im-portance to be said that hadn't been said, he comes on Thurs day night and gained over a 100 million new friends outside out-side of the U. S. and perhaps that many here, by announcing announc-ing that the U. S. was not going go-ing to mess around in any South or Central American country with a gun. It was his best speech of all. If he had just gone a little further and said "We not only won't interfere, but we won't have any battleships peeping in the window while you are having your party.w . While we didnt land troops in Cuba we were close enough 4 that they all could have waded ashore. Yours, fide. |