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Show e jSere to tart 66Omt "of .the NSgJ Monday9s HeraM The Weather UTAH: Fair Sunday; little change In temperature. Maximum temp., Friday 68 Minimum temp., Friday SO Maximum temp., Saturday . . 71 Minimum temp., Saturday . . 31 Hera So They Say No conscientious American citizen citi-zen desires to avoid payment of his just share of the country's tax burden. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., General Motors Corp. chairman. SS PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAjH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1937 VOL. 15, NO. 16 Member Scripps League of Newspapers and NlfiA COMPLETE) UNITED PRESS PRTn? VI VR CENTS TKLEORAPH NEW8 8ERV1C8 rKlKjUi r A V 11 The Smiiiday Id Substitute Respect for Salutes i ,'.'.,., ZZZ) j(U" I ; , His six children barred from public schools because membership in Jehovah's Witnesses forbids them to salute the American flag, August Au-gust Ludke officiates at a ceremony at his Oxon Hill, Md., home to prove that while his family may not "worship" the flag because it is man-made, thev respect it "as much as anyone." Ludke, Wash ington postal employe, and his children at the flag raising. Private tutoring was planned to continue con-tinue the children's education. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Stanley" "Reed Cegaf "STiocR Trooper of New Deal, Gets the Bfrass Ring; Solicitor General in Front Line As Government Won 2 Out of 3 Cases ; Carries Burden by Unremitting Labor; Refuses Refus-es To Worry About Defeat ; Fighting Liberal Since Early Days in Kentucky; Won Office By Skill. (Editor's Note: The Brass Ring, good for one free ride on The Washington Merry-Go-Round, is hereby awarded award-ed to Solicitor General Stanley Stan-ley Reed, the Government's chief defence counsel in bouts Wfore the Supreme Court, and possible nominee for any future vacancy in that body. ) i WASHINGTON The old adaere lhat "all that glitters is not gold" never had truer application applica-tion than to the New Deal's Jus tice Department. In .the public mind the top legal light of the regime is Homer S. Cummings. As Attorney General Gen-eral he has the title and the honors. But the tall, easy-going Connecticut Yankee is not the real legal burden-bearer of the Administration. That responsibility responsibili-ty rests on far abler and more energetic, though less famous shoulders. They belong to a tall, quiet, mannered, pub.icity-shy Kentuck-ian, Kentuck-ian, Stanley Forman Reed. As Salicitor General. Stanley Reed for four years ha been the New Deal's shock trooper in the great battles before the Supreme Court. In that time he has fought more momentous x iegal encounters encount-ers than most lawyers do in a lifetime. Every major New Deal issue has seen Reed in the front firingine manning the Administration's Adminis-tration's guns. Here Js a list of some of the historic" cases he has argued: NRA, AAA, TVA, Securities and Exchange Commission, Gold Clause, Holding Company Act, Wagner Labor Disputes Act, Railway Labor Act, Ban knead Cotton Law, Processing Tax Recovery. Re-covery. . Before Reed was hast;ly thrust into this post, the government was losing two out of three cases before the Supreme Court. (Continued on Page 3, Section 2) William J. Snow Addresses Forum Dr. William J. Snow, head of Brigham Young university history his-tory department, will speak on "The United States and Western Imperialism in the Far East," at next Thursday's Public Forum meeting, to be held at 8 p. m., In Central building library room. wife, left, are shown with their Training School For Scout Heads Set November 6-7 Scoutmasters, Explorer leaders, district commissioners and assistant assist-ant of the Utah national parks council .wul receive jgracicaj train ing in Scout leadership at me Scout-Explorer Leaders Training Meet to be held at the M. I. A. girls' home Saturday and Sunday. November 6 and 7, it was announced an-nounced Saturday by Roy Passey, council leadership training director. di-rector. Leaders from Utah county, Wasatch, Uintah Basin. Carton, Deseret," Millard and Juab districts dis-tricts are invited and urged to take the two-day course, Mr. Passey Pas-sey stated. The program starts Saturday afternoon with a barbecue. Instruction In-struction under specialists in different dif-ferent Scout field-s from various sections of Utah will be given in the evening and those attending the meet will be invited to spend the night at the M. I. A. home. Food and beds will be furnished, but each individual must arrange for his own bedding. The training course will continue con-tinue all day Sunday, with demonstrations, dem-onstrations, various activities and lectures interspersed. Specialists from various Scout councils will give instruction. Certificates will be awarded, and scoutmasters will receive special spe-cial merit towards their scoutmasters' scout-masters' key during the two-day conclave. A small fee wJl be charged to pay for food and lodging, according accord-ing to.Mr. Passey. The training course is under the direction of Mr. Passey, assisted ty other departments of the Utah national parks council. Famed Swallows Depart On Time From Old Church MISSION SAN JUAN CAPIS-TRANO, CAPIS-TRANO, Cal., Oct. 23 !'.!: The famed San Juan Capistrano swallows swal-lows flew away today on schedule sched-ule from nests under the eaves of the old mission. They will not return until St. Joseph's day next March if they maintain their 160-year-old schedule. sched-ule. Matinee Response Is Overwhelming The Paramount theater was packed from the bottom floor to the rafters Saturday morning at the P.-T. A. sponsored benefit matinee for child welfare. Officials of the P -T. A. Council Coun-cil of Provo were jubilant over the fine response received from volunteer ticket sellers, school patrons, the business men of the town and the press. The desire to express their appreciation to all whq assisted in any way. A detailed report covering the receipts re-ceipts from the ticket sale to be turned over to the child welfare fund will be given in the Herald later, according to Mrs. C. A. Larsen. council president. TUESDAY SET AS LAST DAY TO REGISTER Anderson, Haws, Back From Hunts, Give Views On Vote With the municipal election November 2 approaching, the political pendulum swings before be-fore Provo citizens again, commanding deep interest in the races for, mayor and city commissioner. Voters unregistered for the election may become eligible by taking advantage of the final day of registration Tuesday. From 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. the official places of registration will be open in the 19 municipal wards. Campaigns are progressing throughout the city at full blast with but 10 days left before election. elec-tion. Candidates for mayor are Mark Anderson, incumbent, and Albert Kirkpatrick, local insurance insur-ance man. City commissioner candidates are Walter P. Whitehead, now serving his second term in office, and Jesse Haws, real estate and insurance agent. Urge Registration Mayor Anderson and Mr. Haws were deer hunting when results of Tuesday's primary election were announced. Therefore their statements did not appear in the Herald Wednesday along with those of other candidates. Upon his return from the Manti forest, Mayor Anderson made the following statement: "I am sur prised at the light primary vote. Nevertheless I am pleased at the apparent endorsement the voters have given my administration. ' Learns Results Mr. Haws, who was uninformed concerning results of the primary I until,, he Returned frqQthe, djSL nuni r riuay nignv, was uappy tu learn of his success. "I wish to thank my supporters for their votes,'' he said. "I Intend to carry car-ry on the race for city commissioner commis-sioner to the qnd." Mr. Haws urged that citizens ineligible to vote, register Tuesday that they might cast their ballots on election elec-tion day. In the primary ballot, Commissioner Commis-sioner Whitehead piled up 929 votes to 540 for Mr. Haws. Ver-nard Ver-nard Anderson, Arthur D. Coleman Cole-man and Coleman Allred, other commissioner candidates, were eliminated from the final election. Mayor Anderson received 1,596 votes to 638 for Mr. Kirpatrick. Farm Aid Must Keep In Budget Says Roosevelt WASHINGTON. Oct 23 (U.R President Roosevelt today warned warn-ed administration leaders that congress must hold the new farm legislation within budgetary limits lim-its or be prepared to levy new taxes. The president made the state-! ment in duplicate letters to Chairman Chair-man Ellison D. Smith. D., S. C, of the senate agricultural com- mittee, and Chairman Marvin Jones, P., Tex., of the house agriculture agri-culture committee, who are drafting draft-ing the proposed legislation for which Mr. Roosevelt called a special spec-ial session of congress beginning Nov. 15. President Roosevelt asked their cooperation in speeding consideration consid-eration of the new legislation, which he said should be designed for price stabilization, an ever-normal ever-normal granary supply, and protection pro-tection of both farmer and consumer con-sumer against undue price fluctuations- -- Sleek New Cars Draw Attention in City Showrooms Yearnings to get behind the wheel of a sleek new motor car . . . thrills that set you gasping at the gay colors of the newest streamlined dandies . . . urging to cut loose the old wagon, sock that bank roll- in a "cuddly" coupe . . . Aye. my friends, that season is upon us! Provo's new models are coming com-ing to town; masculine eyes (and feminine, too) are gazing into showroom startlers; are scanning scan-ning colorful catalogs; are talking talk-ing endless jargon of "knee action," "safety steel," "bores and strokes." Now just to let you see it all from your favorite chair today Two-Thirds lof Spain Now in Franco Hands As New Offensive Set Aragon Slated For Attack As Asturian Province Falls; 70,000 of Foe Reported As Surrendering HENDAYE, FRANCO-SPANISH FRONTIER, Oct. 23 U.E Generalissimo Francisco Franco ordered captured loyalist war equipment tanks, artillery, rifles and ammunition sent to the Aragon front today in preparation prepar-ation for his expected offensive. In addition, about 45,000 troops of his north Spain army will be dispatched immediately to that front. The bulk of the Northern army will be moved to the east as soon as mopping up operations in Ast-urias Ast-urias province have been completed. com-pleted. Most of the leaders of the Asturian Ast-urian government were reported to have escaped to France. Oc-cording Oc-cording to reports from Santand-er Santand-er when Governor Leon Belarm-ino Belarm-ino Thomas and other government members were embarking at Mu-sel Mu-sel for France, their followers were so incensed that they opened open-ed fire on their boat. The fall of Asturias province gives Franco control of 27 of Spain's 47 provinces, or more than two-thirds of the country. fe Commonwealth Fund Accepts Site Offer Utah Valley Hospital Location Assured; City Will Purchase Area; Details Will -a STUDENTS DIE IN BUS CRASH MASON CITY, la., Oct. 23 lU.F) A pile of bricks at the roadside was recorded today as a possible cause of a train and bus collision in -which seven high school students, stu-dents, two teachers, and the driver driv-er were killed and 19 persons hurt. The bus was returning the students stu-dents to Renwick, la., after a daylong tour of Mason City industries. in-dustries. The Rock Island Rocket, Rock-et, streamlined passenger train bound from Kansas City to Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, struck the bus at a crossing. The bust burst, and bodies and wreckage were strewn for 700 feet along the right of way. The dead werer Lauren Morton, 25, and Miss DorothyRoss, 24, teachers; Patsy Turner, 16; Donald Don-ald Amosson, 15; Norman A. Eggerth, 15; Lowell Kelling, 15; Albert Siemans, 16; James Bell, 15; Lillian Cedar, 15, students; Rex Simpson, 28, driver of the Dus The bus was five minutes be hind schedule as it approached the crossing. The students were laughing and singing so Simp- ( son may not have been able to hear the locomotive's whistle. A pile of brick which sheriff's officers of-ficers said might have obscured Simpson's vision was beside the roadside. Medical Society Utah county Medical society will meet at the American Fork state training school Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. with Dr. H. H. Ramsay Ram-say the speaker announces Dr. J. J. Weight, secretary. 3 we'll take you on a rapid trip about town, let you take a peek In every showroom ( if you haven't already been there!), let you know what the next few days will yet mean in the way of new '38's. Glowing Colors Wasatch Chevrolet opens its doors on an Indian Suntan Chevrolet Chev-rolet deluxe master sport sedan. An Oldsmobile 6 four-door touring sedan appears in Brazilian green; and a Chevrolet master deluxe business sedan in Brook wood biege. Radios feature eight-station "finger-tip" control. Tfrunks on all models are larger and roomier. Not yet on the floor are a Regency blue Chevrolet master sport sedan; Oldsmobile 6 tour The government holds 10 and the remaining 10 are ' a "no man's land." Of these Franco controls five capitals and the government, five. It was possible that Franco would enroll about 20,000 or more Volunteers from the vanquished loyalist army for service on other fronts. There will be conscription conscrip-tion or prisoners, it was emphasized. empha-sized. ; The loyalist army which only k few days ago numbered 140,-000 140,-000 men, chiefly militiamen from he Asturias, Bilboa and Santan-der, Santan-der, has been broken up. It was estimated that at least 70,000 troops already have surrendered. In certain sectors, notably around Oviedo, whole battalions threw down their arms. Thousands Thou-sands of others in different sec-lions sec-lions returned to their villages 6r farms. Deserters were sent to concentration camps. So far no executions have been reported. It is believed that this was a result of a joint Franco-British Franco-British appeal to Franco to treat prisoners humanly. v Commonwealth Fund officials in New York City have approved conveyance of the Utah Valley hospital site between Ninth and Tenth North on Fifth West from Provo city to the hospital board. Mayor Mark Anderson reported Saturday. The New York officials notified Clayton Jenkins, secretary of the hospital board, of their decision in a communication, and Mr. Jen kins relayed the information to Mayor Anderson. On September 30 Provo city commissioners passed a resolution resolu-tion authorizing purchase of 11.13 acres pf ground from Minnie Alice Haws and Dagmar A. Clark for the hospital site. The procedure was conditioned on the Commonwealth Common-wealth Fund's acceptance of a plan wherby Provo city could legally contribute towards the Utah Valley hospital by buying a site and leasing it to the hospital hos-pital board. If at any time the Utah Valley hospital becomes a profit-making corporation .the site title must revert back to Provo city, under terms of the resolution. It is expected the transaction of purchasing about three acres from Mrs. Haws and the remainder remaind-er of the site from Mr. Clark will be completed Monday, Mayor Anderson stated. Other legal matters mat-ters will be ironed out also. EDWARD, WIFE VISIT HITLER MUNICH, Germany. Oct. 23 P The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were en route to Paris today after a tour of industrial Germany climaxed by a visit with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. They were expected to remain in Paris for several days and complete arrangements for their forthcoming tour of the United States. They were expected to sail some time next week for New York. The Duke and Duchess Duch-ess spent two hours with Hitler at his Bavarian retreat, Obersalz-berg, Obersalz-berg, near Berchtesgaden. ing sedan with automatic gear shift and Oldsmobile 6 two-door and Oldsmobile 8 four-door touring tour-ing sedans both with automatic gear shift. Showrooms will be open Sunday from 9 to 4 and weekdays from 7 until evening. Anderson Array De Soto's in startling new colors col-ors are headlined at Anderson's Garage. There's a touring brougham brough-am in gunmetal and a four-door touring sedan in Everglade red, with a Plymouth coach of Mercury Mer-cury blue- Gem green, Chinese gold, and Chinchilla gray are shades of other De Soto touring sedans already al-ready here. YOUTH KILLS STEP-FATHER NEAR HEBER Jack. Sweat Slain When Boy Intervenes To "Save Mother" HEBER CITY, Utah, Oct 23 U.R) Edison Ricord, 18; killed his step-father, Jack Sweat, 55, last night, climaxing climax-ing an argument between Sweat and the boy's mother, Sheriff Virgin Fraughton said today. Sweat was proprietor of a service serv-ice station on the highway between be-tween Heber and Duchesne. The boy told a coroner's jury that he shot Sweat because he was trying to choke his mother. "So I picked up the rifle and fired," he said. The bullet entered Sweat's f forehead and the man apparently died instantly. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Sweat had died from a shot fired by Young Ricord, trying to protect his mother. The gun was a high-powered Savage deer rifle. The argument started over rock, thought to be gold bearing ore, which the boy had brought down from the hills above the Sweat home, Sheriff Fraughton said. Mrs. Sweat suggested that they file a mining claim in the boy's name on land where Ricord had made the find. Sweat insisted that any claim be filed in his name. Both 'Ricord and his mother said Sweat had been drinking. The youth said the argument became violent and Sweat put his hands around the woman's neck. He was frightened and afraid his step-father would kill her. Sweat had been hunting -deer -durine' the cuieijiuuii uu we niie was in we room. Ricord picked it up, took J deliberate aim and fired. Mrs. Sweat ran out onto the road and shouted to a party of deer hunters, "something terrible has happened. Call the sheriff." Sheriff Fraughton said County Attorney George B. Stanley was studying the case and might possibly pos-sibly file charges against Ricord today, but he did not know what they would be. The boy was held in the jail here. TAYLOR CHOSEN FOR OEA HEAD SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23 (I P) The Utah Education association associa-tion completed its annual convention conven-tion today with election of a slate of officers headed by Milton B. Tayior of Harrisville, president. presi-dent. Taylor is a teacher in Weber We-ber high school. Dr. J. R. Mahoney of the University Uni-versity of Utah, former president, automatically becomes second vice-president. H. Parley Kilburn, teacher in the Woodruff school, near Logan, was elected first vice-president. Welthea M. Learned, Salt Lake City, retiring first vice-president, was named trustee for, a three-year three-year term, along with Harold Bradley, teacher In the Jordan district. ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY CUTS FORCE MIAMI, Ariz., Oct 23 l.D The Inspiration Consolidated Copper Cop-per company has cut its personnel person-nel approximately 25 per cent in the last six weeks because of an order to reduce its output 40 per cent, officials said today. Approximately 1,500 employes now are on the payroll, officials said. Additional reductions in payroll pay-roll and personnel, they said, would be necessary to meet output out-put cuts. All will be on display Sunday f rohi 9 to 2 p. m. Buicks, Pontiacs Russ Traher, Inc. introduces you to a Buick Series 40 six-wheel six-wheel touring sedan in Van Gogh green. Pontiac 6 Tudor touring sedan in Dalphin Gray is also on the floor. Buick models in Series 60, 80, and 90 are to arrive shortly. Other models are now available in stock. From 9:30 to 4:30 on Sunday and from 8 to 8:30 on weekdays you can see these models in Trailer's Tra-iler's showrooms. Colorful Plymouth? and Dodges are displayed at Naylor Auto company. Sleek, black Dodge (Continued-on-Page Five)- Widstoe To Aid Church Security SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23 U.P) Dr. John A. Widtsoe, member mem-ber of the Latter Day Saints church council of twelve apostles, educator and farming expert, today to-day was an adviser to the church security program general committee. com-mittee. The appointment was made by the L. D. S. church first presidency presi-dency yesterday. Other advisers ELDER JOHN A. WIDTSOE to the committee are Melvin J. Baliard and A. E. Bowen. both also members of the council of twelve apostles. Dr. Widtsoe is a former president presi-dent both of the University of Utah and the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college and is at present a member of the board of trustees trus-tees of Brigham Young university. uni-versity. ELIXIR'S TOLL GOES TO 36 CHICAGO, Oct. 23 U.P The American Medical association announced an-nounced today the known death toll from an elixir which contained contain-ed sulfanilamide had mounted to 36 and said the association had "clues to quite a number of further fur-ther deaths." The solvent used in the elixir rather than the sulfanilamide itself it-self was responsible for the deaths, the association said. EGYPTIAN SCHOOL CLOSED AFTER FIGHT CAIRO. Egypt, Oct. 23 r.n Five soldiers were reported killed, kill-ed, 21 university students injured injur-ed and several police beaten in anti-government " riots today at the Egyptian university. The university was ordered closed indefinitely. Students raided and set fire to an encampment of Nationalist National-ist "Blue Shirts," are fervent adherents ad-herents of the Nationalist youth army of Premier Nahas Pasha. EQUADOR PRESIDENT GETS OUSTER QUITO, ECUADOR. Oct. 23 (i:.H) Minister of war Alberto En-riquez En-riquez executed a bloodless coup today and ousted President Fed-erico Fed-erico Paez, who resigned before the national assembly. Paez will leave shortly for the United States. Enriquez issued a proclamation saying: "By resolution of the armed forces, I assume supreme command com-mand of the republican until the convocation of a hew constituent assembly, to be elected democratically." democrat-ically." VIRGINIA FLOOD DAMAGE $1,500,000 RICHMOND, Va-, Oct. 23 (ILPt Flood threats of the James river near Richmond and on several smaller streams in southwest Virginia abated today as Red Cross and other relief workers labored to care for 300 homeless. home-less. Damage was estimated at nearly near-ly $1,500,000. FLOOD THREATENS SKAGWAY FOLK SKAGWAY, Alaska. Oct. 23 U.R Threats of a flood, the result of four days of continuous rain, alarmed Skagway residents today. The White Pass railroad bridge was dynamited to release boulders. bould-ers. . and . trees . Jammed around pilings, the airport was under Water and several homes near the town were evacuated. -. ' f ; s S Vv I W if COUGARS BOW TO PORTLAND TEAM, 13-10 Pilots Wipe Out T Lead With Belated Touchdown Touch-down Drive Portland 13, B Y. U. 10. Denver 13. Utah 7. Utah Aggies 34. Wyoming 7. Colorado U 47, Colorado State 0 Colo. College 13 Colo. Mines 6. Western State 7, Greeley 0. PORTLAND Portland University came from behind in the last period to win over Brigham Young university, 13-10 after losing an earlier lead in the third quarter. The Pilots scored in the first period after a 25-yard drive when Enzler hit center for two and one-half yards and a touchdown. He added the extra point with a placement. Roberts passed to Waters for seven yards and a touchdown in the third. Ken Soffe placekicked the conversion, tying the score. Four minutes later Soffe kicked a field goal from the Portland 18 which gave B. Y. U. a 10-7 lead. Midway in the fourth period Portland put on the power with Wescott and Enzler driving 35 yards, the latter scoring from the one-foot line. Enzler's place-kick place-kick was low. Portland gained on the ground 165 yards from rushing, while B. Y. U. made 81. Portland attempted at-tempted 13 passes, completed three for 32 yards and B. Y. U. tried 11. completing four for 49 yards. Portland had 11 firstdowns and B. Y. U. five. DENVER UPSETS REDSKINS, 1 3-7 SALT LAKE CITY In a whirlwind finish that left the large audience gasping, Denver university univer-sity upset University of Utah gridders. 13-7 here Saturday. Utah erased an early Denver lead with a last quarter touchdown touch-down and extra point, but Denver Den-ver came back with a touchdown in the waning minutes of play after recovering Milt Mecham's fumble inside the Ute 15-yard marked. Bill Wallace, reserve end. fell on the ball on Utah's five-yard five-yard line to set the stage for Denver's Den-ver's final score. Utah's touchdown touch-down came via nir. with Mecham tossing a ticketed ball to Paul McDonough. Farmers Swamp Wyoming, 34-7 LOGAN Utah Aggies ran roughshod over Wyoming Cowboys Cow-boys in amassing a 34-7 score in a R. M. C. grid feature here Saturday. Sat-urday. Quarterback Bernard Magnusson led the Farmers' attack, gaining ground practically every time he carried the ball. The Aggies were held to a 13-7 score at half-time, but romped away to victory with ease in the second half. HOLD DOG'S TAIL; SAVED FROM DROWNING VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 23 (L') An English setter hauled a woman and child to safety while four other persons drowned after a rowboat floundered in Pitt Lake, 30 miles from here. Mrs. Harold Routley and Jac-ueline Jac-ueline Hayes, 6, held to the dog's tail and were pulled to shore. Personality Review Starting In the Herald What's more interesting than people ? Beginning in today's issue, the Herald will present a series of personality sketches sketch-es of Provo people, prominent promin-ent in the business and civic leadership of the community. Each sketch will be accompanied accom-panied by a splendid black and white portrait, the work of Jack Lindsley, noted western west-ern artist who made a host of friends here while : associated asso-ciated with the Herald 'staff on a temporary assignment. The first in the review of ' prominent Provo personalities,. personali-ties,. Mayor. Mark Anderson appears today on page 8. Watch for- the others to follow in later -Issued or the Herald. - fW v |