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Show ..... ; ..;p;fr;,: ". . j" J So TKey Saiff A Republican Loc&lnvar wOl come out of the west,.,. . sweep the , tinsel and pageantry out of Washington and replace- it with common sense and real public service. M. C Eaton, New York O. O. P. 8tate chairman. " Weather Forecast UTAH Fair Sunday.. Little change in temperature. Maximum temp. Friday . 60 Minimum temp. Friday . . . . 5 Coldest Saturday 6 above. tlif PR0V0, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH,rjlD A Y, DECEMBER 2 2, ; 1 9 3 5 VOL. 13, NO. 24 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEQRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS Africans Inflict. Heavy Losses On Fascist Invaders AGED PIONEER J. B. HEELER G. O. P. GENERALS MAP PLAN OF ATTACK FOR 1936 4 DIRECTORS REELECTED If C. OF C. POLL v : - y V.-. : o.v.v.-. v DIES AT HOME . - n, m m i r Ethiopian Forces Strike Against Italians Along Northern Front; Casualties May Mount to 600 Men DESSYE, ETHIOPIA, Dec. 21 (U.R) Ethiopian forces are striking in force against Italian positions long the northern north-ern front, inflicting heavy losses on the Fascist legions and sweeping them back, Emperor Haile Selassie reported today. Official Ethiopian announcements set the Italian losses in two attacks at 350 men while reports of further battles in, other sectors of the front estimated that the figures might mount as high as 600 casualties. Ethiopian losses were lower, it was said. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What'f Going On in National Affairs By DRKW PEARSON and ROBERT 8' ALLEN WASHINGTON Among both Republican and Democratic Demo-cratic leaders the Townsend-ite Townsend-ite threat of a third party is considered bluff. The declaration decla-ration is viewed as a strategical strategi-cal maneuver to frighten the two old parties to come to terms on the old-age pension movement. . . . The big guessing game now current in official Washington is how much money the president will ask for next year's relief in his forthcoming budget. Speculation ranges from zero to a high of $2,000,000,000. . . . William Bray, youthful secretary sec-retary to Postmaster General Jim Farley, is the only secretary to a high official in the Capital who knows by sight every member of congress. Bray's knowledge is a great service to his boss as it ensures en-sures the latter of never being caught at a loss for the name of a congressional caller. . . . Signs of- the .times: Shoe production this year is up 3.5 percent over last. The output of low-priced part-leather and part-fabric shoes has more than doubled. - WHITE HOUSE GIFTS Christmas at ' the White House means, an increased flow of gifts. From the time of George Washington, Wash-ington, presidents have been the year-round recipients of every conceivable variety of gift. When (Continued on Page Eight) COUNTY BUDGET AT $362,000 Utah county's budget for 1936 will remain the same as it was tentatively lined up at the public hearing, $362,000, it was indicated Saturday by Commissioners J. W. Gillman and H A. Robertson." After consultation since the public . hearing, the commission, which also includes William J. Johnson, decided to leave the budget bud-get where tshVy had originally placed it. The 1936 budget will thus be $14,000 less than the 1935 budget. Debts of Utah county have been consistently paid off each year at the rate of $54,000, leaving the bonded debt now at $322,000. At the present rate of payment, the debt will be removed by about 1941 The interest rate on the county debt was cut by approxi mately $3000 this year, leaving it ! at slightly over $14,000 for next year. When the city and county building, build-ing, was constructed nearly 15 years ago. the taxpayers voted a $900,000 bond issue and had other outstanding bonds for road paving. pav-ing. ACCIDENTS I AVOIDABLE $ Bicyclists are subject to possibly pos-sibly more hazards than pedestrians pedes-trians on the streets and highways because they have less control over their movements. For this reason, each cyclist must observe the same traffic laws as those laid down for automobile traffic. If on the highway at night, they are required to have adequate lighting: a light on the front and a reflector behind; it is illegal to ride a bicycle on any sidewalk where there is a paved highway: the pedestrian always has the right of way on sidewalks to the exent that the cyclist must get off the pavement 50 feet before meeting the pedestrian, always on the side nearest the road, whether it be left or right. Cycling, at best, is a hazardous means of transportation, but in cold weather the dangers are particularly par-ticularly apparent. PRQVO SAFETY COUNCIL Seize War Materials The most important Ethiopian victories were gained by Ras Ayaleu in the western Scire region re-gion of the northern front. Enda Selassie and Edaga Chek, two Italian posts, some 30 miles south of Aksum. were captured in the surprise attack by Ayaleu's forces forc-es which have been entrusted with defense of the western frontier. In the capture, Ayaleu's men seized large quantities of war material, ma-terial, including 10 tanks, 28 machine ma-chine guns, two automobiles, two camipns and quantities of ammunition. ammu-nition. The Ethiopian communiques communi-ques claimed that large numbers of Italian Askari (native, soldiers surrendered voluntarily and that seven white officers had been captured. cap-tured. Fierce fighting was general along the northern front. It began be-gan on Dec. 15, when Ayaleu captured cap-tured his positions where he now is consolidating the Ethiopian strength. Frequent skirmishes are ians apparently have launched a occurring northward and westward west-ward of Makale and the Ethiop-definite Ethiop-definite offensive all along the northern line, striking by surprise and relying largely on their irregular irre-gular fighting tactics for success. AID ASSURED (Copyright, 19S5 by United Press) LONDON, Dec. 21 (U.E) Great Britain was believed to possess definite assurances of support from the Mediterranean powers today in event of any attack on her by Italy. It was indicated that Britain asked for these assurances, and received them, early this month before Sir Samuel Hoare went to Paris to negotiate Italian-Ethiopian peace proposals with Premier Pre-mier Pierre Laval. Diplomatic quarters disclosed yesterday that Britain had asked assurances of France, Spain, Greece, Jugoslavia and Turkey. The disclosure had been made already al-ready on the floor of the house of commons, along with the news that assurances had been received, Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, made the disclosure dis-closure in the house of commons late Thursday night. He said the government had not only asked the assistance of France in the event Britain was attacked in the Mediterranean but had asked also the assistance of other Mediterranean powers. War At a Glance BY UNITED PRESS DESSYE: EJthiopians launch successful attacks along northern front, capturing Italian positions and killing between 350 and 600 Fascist and Askari soldiers DOLO: Italian southern army holds up Ethiopian offensive in Dolo region with heavy aerial bombardments, inflicting heavy losses. ROME: Mussolini will not reply to the now defunct Anglo-French peace proposals. Strong guard established es-tablished around British embassy. LONDON : British reportedly poscesses definite assurance of support from Mediterranean powers pow-ers in event of any attack on her by Italy. PARIS: Ethiopian "publicity counsellor" says Ethiopia is ready to give Italy occupied territory between and north of Adigrat and Aduwa and section of Ogaden in exchange for seaport. Praise Mothers ROME, Dec. 21 (HE Premier Benito Mussolini today received 95 of the most prolific mothers of Italy and complimented them on their faithful adherence to his program of "more and bigger babies." Il Duce awarded the women many of whom were expectant mothers numerous prizes; and shook hands with each one. The mothers gave Mussolini their gold wedding rings in exchange for iron ones. FOR BRITAIN Former Stake President And Educator Stricken With Heart Attack Joseph B. Keeler, 80, revered rev-ered patriarch in the Latter Day Saints church and pioneer pio-neer resident and educator of Provo, died suddenly at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon from a heart attack. Mr. Keeler has been in ill health for a long time but seemed to be improving. He was able before be-fore his collapse to move about the house at 440 North Third East street, and to give some attention to business affairs. He was born at Salt Lake City, September 8, 1855 and moved with his parents, Daniel H. and Ann Brown Keeler, to Provo when he was 2 years old. He learned the mason trade from his father and followed that occupation for a number of years. Mr. Keeler was one of the original or-iginal 29 students at the Brigham Young Academy and after his graduation filled a number of civic positions, including that of (Continued on Page Six) Legion Names Leaders For District Four Committee Heads Named As Part of Region Convention; Tervort in Charge Committee chairmen for American Ameri-can Legion District No. 4 were named at a district' convention iff Provo Saturday, attended by 150 Legionaires ana auxiliary members mem-bers from nine posts in Utah and Juab counties. Featured by reports from the presidents and commanders of the nine posts, and addresses by George W. Worthen, Utah department depart-ment commander, and Mrs. Amy Ashton, Vernal, auxiliary department depart-ment president, the convention moved along successfully through a conjoint meeting at the Roberts Hotel in the afternoon, separate meetings in the late afternoon and a banquet at the hotel starting at 7:30 Legion committee chairmen appointed ap-pointed were: W. J. Phillips SpringvMe, membership. mem-bership. Dr. Frank Beckstead Nephi, Americanism. W. L. Mildenhall, Provo, employment. employ-ment. Orval Singleton, Provo, publicity. pub-licity. H. E. McNeill, American Fork, boy scouts. Louis Bates, Payson, sons of Legion. Clyde Dorton, Lehi, graves registration. Frank Edmund, Salem, legislation. legisla-tion. Fred Newell, Povo, marksmanship. marksman-ship. Karl Egar, Eureka, law and order. The Rev. E. F. Irwin, Provo, chaplain. Speakers at the Legion's separate sep-arate meeting were Mr. Worthen, Otto A. Weisley, Salt Lake City, department adjutant and Orval Singleton, Provo, past district commander. Commanders of the district posts, making reports, were Judge George S. Balltf, Provo; Dr. Frank Beckstead, Nephi; J. T. Wilson, Eureka; -Fay Packard Springville; Charles Finch, Payson (first vice commander); com-mander); Rawlins Hughes, Spanish Span-ish Fork, past district commander, (Continued on Page Two) Keep Off Skating Rink at CCC Camp The big ice pond at the Utah county fair grounds is not readv for use today, according to Cap tain AJvin sessions, commander of the Provo CCC camo where the men have been preparing the rink for winter use. Flooded only recently, the ice has not yet had time to form thick enough and the surface will be ruined for the . entire season if it is used Sunday. It should be ready for use probably by Tuesday, when there will be a six acre surface available, one of the finest ice-skating ponds Utah county has ever had. Skating can be had on a strip of good ice on the' Utah lake shore and on a small pond at the River bridge, near the Riverside tourist park. !fV-4 Davis Reof Edge Fletcher Akerson Brown Faces long tamiliar in O. O. P. councils beamed with confidence as the Republican national committee, meeting in Washington, mapped campaign plans and chose Cleveland, as the 1936 conrention city. Shown at the war council are six of the leaders: Senator James J. Davis and ex-Senator David A. Reed, of Pennsylvania; Walter Edge of New Jersey, ex-ambassador to France; Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the national committee; George Akerson, former secretary to Herbert Hoover; and Walter Brown of Ohio, former postmaster-generaL The conferees agreed that the principal attack on the New Deal would be charges of waste. Incompetence, and invasion of states' rights. PEACE PLANS ; STRIKE SNAG Possibilities For New Peace Proposals Remote; Ethiopia Ethi-opia Gains. BY COLLIER FORD TJ. P. CABLE WRITER Plans to settle the ItalG- Ethiopian war are dead and bur ied, but not forgotten. Following the disaster which overtook Premier Pierre Laval or France and Sir Samuel Hoare of England in their efforts to find solution to the conflict, British and French statesmen will move very carfully in the future before risking their diplomatic downfall. Sir Samuel Hoare today is a pol- tical corpse, a sacrifical victim to British face saving tactics. Laval Weakened Laval still holds his post in France but it is with a weakened hand due to the loss of radical socialist .support... Apparently )61-T premior will pull through the p itical crisis, safely, but with his reputation as a diplomatic negotiator neg-otiator severely battered. The situation Is back where it was two weeks ago, with two prominent exceptions. The possibilities possi-bilities of peace being proposed again within the near future are remote. The threat of an oil embargo em-bargo ' has lost its terrors ' in a general case of amnesia, conveniently conven-iently experienced when oil penalty pen-alty became inconvenient. What does the future hold in east Africa: Premier Benito Mussolini Mus-solini will have to throw his military mil-itary machine into the highest speed of which it is capable if he wishes to beat the early rains which will be starting in about a month. Otherwise, he may as well resign himself to a slow campaign of attrition that will prolong the war for another year. Progress Remarkable The progress of Italy's soldiers has been less than remarkable In addition to the dangers of climate cli-mate and terrain with which they are faced, they now confront an increased campaign of Guerilla warfare by Haile Selassie's medieval med-ieval hordes. Ethiopia today and through the last week has been striking at Italian posts ? along the northern front and with considerable con-siderable success. These harassing harass-ing tactics are ideal from the standpoint of Ethiopia, military strategists agree. Therefore, despite Britain's eagerness eag-erness to safeguard its position as Italy's main sanctionist foe by enlisting an encircling ring of Mediterranean allies, the conflict has resigned itself to a large extent ex-tent into an African territorial war. Signs First Bill MANILA, P. I., Dec. 21 (U.E) President Manuel L. Quezon, placing plac-ing his signature to the national defense bill, today signed his first legislative measure as president of the new Philippines commonwealth government. Christmas Business Runs Far Ahead Of Last Year, Say Provo Merchants If Christmas business in Prove is any indication, we are climbing out of the doldrums by leaps and bounds, according to a survey made by the Herald Saturday. A check of the leading retail establishments here Saturday revealed re-vealed that the holiday business is up to 25 per cent better than last year. One noteworthy feature which is reported by every store is the tendency on the part of the shoppers this year to demand a higher quality merchandise than formerly. "People want, the best stuff this year, as a rule, and are willing to pay for it," said the merchants: taaB. ii i-Miiiir,ii--nr-t -Jfrf,''' tjfc imr- 1 Financial Pledged Supporters Feel Idaho Senator Only Republican Repub-lican Who Can Defeat Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (U.R) Adequate financial backing back-ing was assured today for the presidential candidacy of Senator Sen-ator William E. Borah. While the money has not been definitely defin-itely pledged, it became apparent that Borah would not lack campaign funds. BLOOD STAINED CAR IS FOUND SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 21 (U.R) Salt Lake City police today to-day sought three men reportedly trvine to sell a car which alleged- fciy was. bloodstained. TrMtAi dirt nrtt know the make of the car. It was sought in the suspicion that it might be the car used by Shelby, Mont., bandits who fled from that town yesterday after two officers and one of the bandits band-its were killed. DRIVER GETS JAIL SENTENCE Two months in the Utah county jail was the sentence imposed on Vincent Ward, 23, of Provo Friday, Fri-day, following his conviction on a drunk driving charge last week. Judge Don R. Ellertson imposed a six months sentence, the sentence sen-tence which he announced would be general for drunk drivers, then suspended four months of it on Ward's future good behavior. The jury which found Ward guilty recommended leniency. Ward was arrested December 10 by Provo police when he crashed crash-ed into the rear, end of an automobile auto-mobile driven by Earl Cottam Provo, on Center street. He pleaded plead-ed not guilty to the charge and was given a, jury trial Thursday. The jury was comprised of George C. Van Wagenen, W. H. Johnson, C. S. Vincent and William E. Mitchell. No Silver Price Set NEW YORK, ' Dec. 21 (UJJ Handy and Harmon, bullion dealers deal-ers announced that no price would be fixed on foreign bar silver today. to-day. London bullion brokers earlier this week decided to suspend silver sil-ver dealings on Saturdays indefinitely indef-initely in view of the IT. S. treas- urys announced intention not to purchase metal Saturdays because of the short session. Leo .Lewis, manager of the Lewis Ladies store says his business busi-ness has been far better than last All the Provo stores will re- main open during the remain- der of the Christmas season until 8 o'clock, including Monday and Tuesday nights, j for tiie benefit' of late Chrlst- mas shoppers. y ' i 11 .ri' year and the demand is for the better stuff all the way through "One very noticeable thing this year is the large out-of-town trade which has come to' our store. Our Backing for Borah This development, coupled with a formal avowal by Borah that he would "cooperate fully" with liberal liber-al forces choosing him as their candidate, placed the Idaho veteran veter-an for the first time squarely on record as willing to contest the presidency with the incumbent. Borah Is Candidate Borah has not said so in so many words that he is a candidate. candi-date. But persons- versed in the intricacies of politics asserted that his statement reached -the same end, since. tei draw, .bade -JJOW would be 'to break faith -with those who have been given permission to advance his name in state primaries. pri-maries. Borah has told intimates that he would not be able personally to finance a campaign. He is not in league with the regular Republican Republi-can organization, and could not call upon it for funds. He would like to represent himself as a poor man's candidate, relying solely on popular support 'for whatever public pub-lic honors are accorded him. That is not a strictly accurate representation. Borah will have among his supporters Republicans who are not Borah admirers, but who believe he is the only Republican Repub-lican with sufficient popular appeal ap-peal to stand a chance of defeating President Roosevelt. Those persons per-sons are willing to finance any endeavor en-deavor which in their opinion, gives the best prospect of ousting the present administration. Not Machine Candidate Friends of the senator say he is thinking of a presidential candidacy candi-dacy only on the terms of a popular popu-lar campaign, divorced from regular regu-lar machine politics and relying on (Continued on Page Two) Students Enjoy Holiday Vacation With a strenuous week of examinations ex-aminations over Friday, most of the twenty-one hundred students of Brigham Young university are scattering for the holidays to their homes in Provo and three hundred other towns in twenty-four states and two foreign countries. After more than two weeks of vacation, they will reassemble for the winter quarter, which will begin be-gin on Jnuary 6. Between twe hundred and three hundred additional addi-tional registrants are expected for the winter quarter only. The city schools also closed Friday Fri-day for the Christmas vacation which will extend until after New Years sales force, has been extremely busy to take care of the-business in spite of the fact that we have put on a lot of extra help for the holiday trade," said Mr. Lewis. "At Shriverte the Christmas business has been very good," said W. F. Shriver, clothing store manager. "We have employed a bigger extra sales force than we have had for many years." Ed Finnage, manager nf the J. C. Penney company reports an 18 percent gain in gross . salee over the 1935 Christmas sales "All our best stuff is sold out (Continued on Page Two) POLL IS TAKEN ONRO. SITE Majority Favor Northeast Corner of City, County Building Block. An active campaign to sound out the sentiment of Mr. Average Provo Citizen is going forward under the direction of the Provo chamber of commerce after a committee which met Thursday night failed to agree on aeitg. According to a telegrarnTrom J. Will Robinson, tJniteci States representative, rep-resentative, the postoffice officials will build on the present site unless un-less they can get the northeast corner of the city and county building block. The Utah county commissioners several months ago refused to consider allowing Provo Pro-vo city to use this corner for a new postoffice building. But from the way the voting progresses, the county commissioners commis-sioners -may -be asked- to. reconsider reconsid-er -their action. The majority of the "persons who' are filling out the questionnaires prefer the northeast corner of the city and county building block for the location. Three questions are listed on the questionnaire: 1. What is your preference for a postoffice site, exclusive of the tabernacle corner? 2. Should Provo protest the building build-ing of the new postoffice on the old (present) site. 3. If the government govern-ment official pierer the northeast corner of the city and county block for a site, should efforts be made to secure this site? Provo, representing about one-third one-third the population of Utah county, coun-ty, has a little more than a one-third one-third interest in the county property, pro-perty, according to taxable wealth. This fact has been pointed out by those in favor of the northeast corner as a site, who say further that a $220,000 building would enhance en-hance rather than detract from the beauty of the block. BLAST KILLS 6 AT BRAZIL SANTOS, Brazil, Dec. 21 (UJ?) Six men were known dead today after a terrific explosion which blew the 3,019 ton Swedish steamship steam-ship Britt Marie almost to pieces. Fifty stevedores and the crew of 25 were aboard the steamship unloading it when a small explosion explos-ion occurred. All but three seamen and a seaman who was visiting them escaped overboard .before 1,950 tons of sulphur remaining in the hold exploded. Bags of flaming sulphur and debris were flung on shore. Two dock workers were killed by debris. Two warehouses were destroyed de-stroyed by fire. The Britt Marie sank until only its masthead remained re-mained above water. Senator Rallies WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UJ?) Doctors reported a "possible slight improvement" today in the condition condi-tion of Sen. Thomas D. Schall, R., Minn., but he still was unconscious as a result of serious injuries suffered suf-fered Thursday when he was struck by an automobile. SCANDINAVIAN MEET The annual Christmas program of the Utah stake Scandinavian organization will take place this morning in the Provo seminary building. C. V. Hansen and Howard" How-ard" Jensen will be the speakers. The choir will give, several renditions, rendi-tions, assisted by Mrs. Leona Jones, soprano solo; W. E. Johnson, John-son, tenor solo; Will Knudsen, baritone; and a duet by Bonnie and Rene Peterson, "Oh, Holy Night." The public is invited to attend commencing at 10:30 a. m. W. R. Butler Is High Man In Chamber Of Commerce Annual Voting Four of the seven retiring: directors of the Provo chamber cham-ber of commerce were reelected re-elected Saturday in a contest characterized by the heaviest voting; in many years. The re-elected directors are W. R. Butler, manager Butler's Inc. store; I. E Brock-bank, Brock-bank, attorney, president during the year now closing; E. B. Shriver Shriv-er of Shriver's men's clothing firm, and Rulon Van Wagenen, owner and manager of Van's Shoe store. The other three who were elected elect-ed to be directors were Heber C. Johnson, manager of the Utah Oil Refining company's Provo division; divis-ion; R. A Moorefield, manager Sutton Cafe, and Sidney W. Russell, Rus-sell, manager Dixon-Taylor-Rua-sell company. There were 115 ballots cast in the election, thought to be the highest figure ever recorded in a chamber of commerce election here. Sixty-one votes were necessary neces-sary to elect. Mr. Butler, veteran director, who has served as president one year and diretctor for several terms, was high mn in the election elec-tion with 80 votes. The results are as follows: W R. Butler, 80; Heber C. Johnson, '72; Sidney W. Russell, 66; I. E. Brockbank 64; E. B. Shriver, 63; R A. Moorefield, Moore-field, 63; Rulon Van Wagenen, 61, all elected . J. A. Owens, 54; C. S. Peterson, 52; Jacob Coleman, 52; Sol Jacobs, 49,' Albert Kirkpat, rick, 49; Denzil Brown, 46; W. E. Fleetwood 34. The judges of election were E. R. Rasmuson, Baxter Leyshon and John Linde, local newspapermen. The last meeting of the old board will be held on December 23. The first meeting of the new board, at which the board win elect the new-oificetSr wUl be held January 6. FATAL CRASH IOTESTIGATED While 3 year old Peggy Ann Elton lay dead as the result of an automobile collision Friday afternoon, af-ternoon, Utah county officers Saturday Sat-urday made an investigation on the Eureka road to find out if the sun will blind a driver going east at the summit, 100 yards east of the fork in the road. The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Elton, Dividend, was smashed under the automobile her father was driving at 5:20 p. m when Rodney G. Olsen, 29, of Mammoth, drove onto the wrong side of the road and hooked his left front wheel into the hind wheel of Elton's car, The impact of the two machines hurled the little girl out of the window and the Elton car, tipping over, ground her into the dirt. Olsen told Deputy Sheriff Reuben Reu-ben Christ ianson that the sun blinded him, causing him to swerve onto the left side of the highway, into the other car, which Elton had crowded- over a,. far as he could , onto the shoulder. Ethan Brown, 64, of Dividend, was cut on the forehead, and Mel-pha Mel-pha Nelson Elton, 42, suffered shock and bruises. Saturday at 5:20 p. m. Deputies Christiansen and George Loveless drove a car along the same path as OLsen's took to determine whether the sun actually blinds a driver' at the spot where the accident ac-cident occurred. Elton was driving east from Eureka and Olsen was proceeding' west toward Eureka. Witnesses were B. K. Bullock of Provo and H. E. McKean, Eureka. MINISTER DIES PARIS, Dec. 21 IIE Baron Emile Tibbaud, 70, Belgian minister min-ister of state and former president presi-dent of the Belgian chamber of t aepuues, cuea last mgnt at his hotel. He came here Tuesday. 9 - |