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Show i r m FEBRUARY 153S i-rTheci Weather , UTAH: A GentnXlytUr Sunday ; little -change In -ternperature. , , riax, tctop Saturday '.....".'.33 3klin temp., Saturday . ......... 7 5Ut r TUE g THU m SAT f 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 23 s ' . - - 7. VOL. 16, NO. 33 CX)MPL.ETE UNITED )PRESS - t TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE - J?BpVO, UTAH COUNTY UTAHNDAY, V FEBRUARY 19, 1939 Member ' Scrtpps Lieagrue of Newspapers and NEA PRICE FIVE CENT; 'if mw CHIEF OBJECTS TO PLANE DEAL Morgenlau, Wood ring Clash Over French " Plane Deal WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U.R) Gen. Malin Craig, army chief of staff, was disclosed today to have told the senate military affairs committee that a light bombing plane which has been sold to France was one of the U. S. army's "valuable military secreta if we are to lead in the air.'' Craig's testimony, griven at a secret committee hearing on Jan. ,28, was made public as another chapter in the story of how a French mission obtained the cooperation co-operation of various government departments in the proposed purchase pur-chase of 600 military planes. Craig Objects Craig was shown to have testified testi-fied that one of the objections of the army was that France might obtain a plane that the army was considering adopting if it were successful in later competitions conducted by the air corps. The plane he referred to was a Douglas Doug-las light attack bomber, which France subsequently ordered. "If they sold it to them we might never have any chance at it at all," Craig lestified. The transcript of testimony revealed re-vealed that Treasury Secretary Henry Mprgenthau. Jr., and Secretary Sec-retary of War Harry H. Wood-ring Wood-ring engaged in a dispute before the committee over the time when France could obtain delivery of the 600 planes of various types that it ordered. Better Than Germans "They want something which is better than what the Germans have got." Morgenthau testified, "xxx They insisted that every plane they buy be delivered by the first of July, and if they cannot et that delivery, and if they cannot can-not get something as good or bet- ter , than - the Germans iiave, they ""do not' want it 1 told you this before," Wood-ring Wood-ring interrupted, "and I wilf tell you again if they want them by the first of July they will never buy an airplane in this country. They cannot be delivered in that time;' "That is what they wanted, delivery de-livery by the first of July," Morgenthau Mor-genthau continued. Wood ring cut, in again, saying: "There is no use continuing saying say-ing that, because I told you before (Continued onPage our) MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. AJJUEN Superior Air Power of Fascists Fas-cists Sure To Win if War Breaks This Spring; Showdown Show-down Likely Soon Because They Can't Wait Till Opponents Oppon-ents Catch Up; Nazi Strategy Strate-gy Will Be To Starve Out British By Submarines and Planes ; France Attacked Via Italy. EDITOR'S NOTE: This Is the second Merry-Go-Round column on the prospect of war in Europe, the military strategy strate-gy to be expected, . and who wll win). WASHINGTON There are just two main points to be remembered about the European imbroglio and the increasing danger of war. 1. If war breaks thi6 spring, Germany and Italy are almost sure to win unless the United States enters. 2. It is this very definitely bu perior strength which tends to hasten has-ten the showdown. In other word3, if Germany and Italy postpone the crisis too long they progressively diminish their chance of winning. Key to Nazi-Fascist supremacy today is airplanes. Submarines also are important, but not to the extent as the power of the Italian-German Italian-German air armada. At present, Germany has more : than 10,000 planes, of which 6,000 are first-line fighting machines. Italy has around 5,000. However, France and Great Britain, which once produced airplanes at a ' snail's pace, are catching up. This I is what makes for the showdown. British airplane production' is - now up to 220 planes per month. ;. while French production is around ? pared with the Nazi output of 7$0 ..- planes per month, but the French t E an& Britishihave bothHhe cash and the, raw niaterlals,. and can stand the : strain of the: longer, race. f ' r .The . Nazis and Fascists, on the '"' (Continued " on Page 6, Sec. 2) Division of Utah Stake To Be Carried Qui At Qua rterly Keen Interest Shown in Proceedings Quarterly Conference Today," New Stake Officers to Be Named . The Provo stake of Zion, youngest of the stakes, of the L. D. S. church, will probably be organized today, but of the Utah stake, at the Quarterly conference to be held in the tabernacle today, with sessions at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. The division and reorganization will be effected under the direction of Elders Joseph Fielding Smith, member, and. Sylvester Q. Cannon, associate member, of the Council of the Twelve, who will -be here to represent the general authorities authori-ties of the church. The church 1 ' officials arrived in Provo early this morning to work out some of the details incident to the reorganization reor-ganization with local stake officers. of-ficers. Organize Two' Stakes The new Provo stake will be formed out of the four wards lying ly-ing east of University avenue, First, Fifth, Manavu and Bonneville. Bonne-ville. , If this action is sustained by the conference, the new Utah stake will comprise the five wards west of University avenue, Sec- Court Of Honor At Tabernacle Tonight . Provo district Boy Scouts tonight prepare the way for the annual drive, opening Monday, by participating in the huge court of honor at the tabernacle. Nearly 100 scouts are expected to receive awards at the W honor session, which will be held Chai rman .7 17 ' J. F. MOWER Startup to Speak At Public Forum Evolution of money, its history, use, mTsuse, manipulation and effects ef-fects upon the development of civilization will be discussed by George A. Startup, local business man, at the public forum Thursday. Thurs-day. Mi Startup will also discuss the causes and cure of panics, depressions de-pressions and recessions, reports Jessie Johnson, in charge of the forums. Questions and open discussion will follow. The forum is scheduled sched-uled for 8 p. m. in the Provo high school library auditorium. 10 Counties To In Red Ten counties are expected to be represented at the Disaster Institute Insti-tute of Utah county" and vicinity which opens Monday at 12:15 p. m. with a luncheon at Hotel Roberts. Afternoon session is planned plan-ned for 2:30. A. L. Shafer, Red Cross manager man-ager in the Pacific area, will discuss dis-cuss disaster relief as a community com-munity program. Also on the luncheon program will be Edith H. McAllister, case supervisor of the Pacific branch disaster staff. Mrs. McAllister will speak on Red Cross family rehabilitation. Rehabilitation of disaster sufferers suf-ferers with the emphasis on Red Cross work done in behalf of families will -be considered further furth-er at the afternoon session. Dr." J. J. Weight, chairman of the Utah county chapter, will preside at the sessions. Nyles Christensen, Utah field representative, represent-ative, is the other member of the institute, faculty. State, county and municipal officials, of-ficials, medical societies, hospital groups, nurses, . ex-service men, social workers, public utility units w'""" I v 1 - ;iafrm ... Today Conference of ond, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Pioneer. The proposal as outlined above was presented to the present officers of-ficers of the stake and the Melchi-zedek Melchi-zedek priesthood quorum officers at a special meeting last Sunday in the Fifth ward in charge of Elder Smith. It was unanimously approved. The Utah stake presidency, presi-dency, Thomas N. Taylor, Christen Jensen and W. Monroe Paxman, as well as the members of the present high council, will be automatically au-tomatically released at the same (Continued on Page Four) under the direction of the M. I. A., beginning at 7:30 p. m. Presentation of awards will be made under the direction of J. F. Mower, court of honor chairman. Mr. Mower will also introduce the principal speaker of the evening, D. E. Hammond, chief executive of the Salt Lake council. Mass Color Ceremony For the first time in a Provo district court of honor, a mass presentation of colors wiU be conducted. con-ducted. One of the featured parts of the program will be a skit, What-AmI Bid For aBby, to-be given by. the. B. Y. U. dramatic art department. J. Hamilton Calder, district finance chairman, Saturday named 36 scouters and business men as helpers for the drive which officially offic-ially opens Monday morning at a "kickoff breakfast." Named on the drive committee are Dean Anderson, George Ballif, Wyman Berg, Denzil A. . Brown, George W. Brown, W. R. Butler, Andrew Broaddus, Gerald Bybee, Joseph C. Clark; Dr. S. M. Clark, Kenneth Craven, Bob Curtis, J. W. Dangerfield. M. Howard Graham, Seymour Gray, C. P. Gteerv Roy Harding, Walt Hedqirist, Paul Hendrickscn, Paul Huish, Don Inncs, Stan Innes, Sol Jacobs, Wendell LeBrache, Dr. L. E. Mc-Kell, Mc-Kell, Steve Murdock, S. D. Packard. Pack-ard. Charles Sessions, Ed. Shriver, Carl Simmons. Ed. Stein, Virgil J. Smith, F. M. Swenson. Blaine Ward. Rex Ward and Dr. J. J. Weight. GOVERNOR RESCINDS HEARST PAPER BAN SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 U.F Governor Olson today rescinded his order banning the San Francisco Fran-cisco Examiner from his press conferences. con-ferences. Announcement that the ban was listed was made through the governor's gov-ernor's son-secretary. Richard Olson, Ol-son, who said it's all a dead issue the Hearst press is no longer barred from the governor's conferences." con-ferences." Take Part Cross Institute NYLES CHRISTENSEN and other representatives of the business 'life -have - been' mvited' to participate, reports eDr. Weight. 3Rfjf -;v, swt ?' y i - " - .V'.VA'.v '.',; ' -,-.:v.::yy.- .-. . --.y.-y yv-" L. A.' s Moving 1 1 mmmmmmmm i if - , '"yy. All's serene now on the slopes of Ibs Angeles "famed, "Moving Mountaia in Elyslan Park. Workmen have completed the job of clearing away tans 6f earth, which rolled down Its lfc last' year; and traffic moves aeain. . -r News Plashes By UNITED PRESS PUBLIC DEBT HITS NEW RECORD WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (ILE)--The publl'c debt has crossed the $39,800,000,000 level, the treasury reported today. The new all-time debt peak of $39,800,579,553 was reached Feb. 16. At the same date last year the public debt was $37,5&6;66-633. $37,5&6;66-633. 1 it CARDENAS SEIZES MEXICAN SUGAR MILL MEXICO CITY, Feb. 18 ILP)J-President ILP)J-President Lazaro Gardenas issued a decree today expropriating as p. public utility the Compania Azu-carera Azu-carera Del Monte at Villa Juarez, 1 Sta te PtTamajUpaswWch on I of the largest : stigar" mills lii "llx- ico. Hereafter the factory will be operated op-erated by peasants and laborers in a co-operative with the government. govern-ment. The government now controls con-trols three of the largest mills in Mexico. LEGION CONFERENCE RENO. Nev. Feb. 18 (U.R) American Am-erican Legion and government officials of-ficials in the 11 western states will be asked to attend a . conference confer-ence for national defense in Reno March 11 and 12, Earl T. Ross, national vice-commander of the Legion, announced today. Ross said the conference is being called under direction of' National Legion commander Stephen Chad-wick. Chad-wick. Canyon Highway Is Barely Passable Although the roads in Provo canyon are a "bit icy, traffic is going through safely, reports Theron S. Hall, state road fore man at Vivian Park. Snow, from two slides which occurred early Wednesday, has been, cleared from the road and travel through the canyon is about normal, Hall said. However, he warns sightseers to stay out of the canyon inasmuch inas-much as warmer weather will bring danger of new slides. A makeshift road was complet ed over the slides at both Bridal Veil and Wildwood by Thursday night but the roads were . not completely cleared until Saturday. The slides were the largest in Provo canyon for several years, blocking the highway and, rail road and damming, up tne river. This Day . . . BORN Son to Dean B and Blanche Jacobsen Taylor, West Drive, Thursday, Crane Maternity. Son to Dean and Rose Conder Lewis. 639 West First North, Saturday, Sat-urday, Crane Materniity. - Son to Doren Daniel and LaRella Provost Boyden, 112 West Fourth North, Saturday. Daughter to Dr. Wendell H. and Elizabeth Gessfdrd Taylor of Santa San-ta Monica, Calif., . Friday. . I ' i ': v.'; .: LICENSED - TO BtAREYjr Joseph Claude . Wheelock, 37, Mammoth, and Ruth Ioiiia barren. ' Ray. Barrett, Jr 20, ProyaAnd Wilma Young, 20, Provo, married. Mdurita irt Quiets -''"1 Farm Loan Units In Session Here; Officers Elected Ernest M. Madsen and George W. Brown of Provo were .re-elected secretary-treasurer and active secretary at a joint meeting of the five Utah county farm loan associations Saturday. J. .W. Gillman of Orem, director direc-tor of farm credit administration in the Eleventh district, was a speaker at the closed session in the morning. Also .present and representing the federal system were R. V. Wright of Berkeley, California, and J. H. Jensen of Provo. Sidney H. Cluff, of the Provo-Timpanogos Provo-Timpanogos association, was chairman of the meeting. Representing the loan associations associa-tions were the following dree tors: Springville, Leo Harraer, Glenn Coffman, Heber Houtz and M.A. Boyery Provo-Timpanogos, Ivan J. Burr. Svdrtev H. Cluff. S ri -:-v i- . x y i Blake -and DrHlde SpaniatHi rnateA, Fork, Daniel A. Gull, Alcert Swehson, William H. Nielson, James p. Christensen and T. N. Anderson. Pleasant Grove, David Gourley, A. H. Lowe, D. B. Thorne and Joseph E. Smith, Strawberry, W. H. -Ludjow, Jesse Hall and Byron Mendenhall. LEIII RESIDENTS HURT IN CRASH Four Lehi -people were slightly bruised and cut today when the car they were riding .in swerved from the road and sides wiped a telephone pole at the corner of Twelfth North on Fifth West street. Eldred Fox, 27, and Mrs. Orin Bone, 19, were treated at the Aird hospital following the accident which, according to Sheriff John S. Evans, occurred at about 1:30 a. m. Orin Bone, 25, driver of the car, and Heber Hatfield, 23, were badly shaken up but escaped cuts. The car was reported to be badly damaged. It is owned by I. W. Fox of Lehi. Bone, who was driving the car at the time of the accident told officers he was going north and that a south-Dound south-Dound machine' forced him from the road and into the pole. Roosevelt Sails For Naval Games KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 18 (U.R) President Roosevelt left American shores at 4 p. m. today when he stepped into a whaleboat of .his flagship the U. S. S. Houston. Betore going go-ing aboard the big vessel he 'cruised off Sand Key for an hour to fish. BY -FREDERICK A." STORM KEY WEST, Fla Feb. 18 UI! President Roosevelt made two speeefhes this afternoon, then sailed sail-ed on the cruiser Hjouston to join the navy in war games in the Caribbean. In one, he extolled the spirit of Pan-Americanism and warned that democracy "must and shall be maintained' . in the western hemisphere. This speech was for the Desoto exposition at Tampa, Fia. ... . ; , In the other, ; he .reaffirmed Ws good neighbor policy. This one comprised -greetings and good wishes '$ or . the Golden Gate expo sition, opening today at san ran clseo..,v. .'-- '.y .Both " speeches " were brief and Lboth. were; oroadcast on a nation fe5Mri:B0sfevelUwill v remain with the : fleet, Unti; March 2 when he will: disembark-at a: Florida ; port and "entrain for '-Washington.' COVJBOVSTIP COUGARS If! 4644 BATTLE B. Y. U. Falters After Leading Wyoming In Firt Half Saturday's Scores: Wyoming 46, B. Y. U. 44 Utah State 64, Denver 47. Utah 53, Colorado State 28. After leading nearly all the way 1 up until the last four minutes, Brlgham Ypung's unpredictable Cougars let up on their guarding and lost to a tall Wyoming five, 46-44, last night. The height of "Little Lew" Young proved too much for the Cougars who were out in front at the half 28-23. Draw Out Defense With Young tanking a foul pitch in the last minute of play to tie up the score at 44, the Cowboys kept working the corners to draw out the "Y" defense and it remained for Dorrington, clever Cowboy guard, to slip in the winning goal from out past the foul line. The game was a ding - dong battle all the way with the score being tied up six times, Woyming ran in five points before Brigham Young tallied. Crowton swished the net for three straight goals to put the Cougars in the lead and from there to the final four minutes the "Y" outfit was ahead or even up with the visitors. Crowton Leads Scoring Krpan Wyoming's defensive guard who spent most of his time on Crowton went out via the foul route just before the Cowboys' final spurt. Crowton tallied 16 points to lead in the scoring. Young, Wyoming's beanpole center, outst retc h ed Weimer and Allen and turned in 15 points. Krpan picked up 11. Vir Richins kept the touted Clarence Kuiper well in check and turned in the best floor game of the evening. Jack Christensen also al-so played , good ball at the other guard post. Weimer, star against Denver Friday,, failed to click on. the shooting spent most of tne Summary: WYOMING G. 0 3 T. 4 3 4 0 1 0 F. 3 2 3 0 1 0 P. 3 8 15 6 3 0 Winterholler, Kuiper. f . . f. Young c 6 Dorrington, g. 6 Morgan, g 1 Numan, f 0 Totals 18 14 10 46 BRIGHAM YOUNG G. T. F. P. Crowton, f 6 -6 4 16 Brink, f 1 1 0 2 Allen, c 3 1 1 7 Christensen, g 1 2 1 3 Richins, g 4 0 0 8 Weimer, c 1 3 0 2 Gunnell, f 3 0 0 6 Totals 19 15 Half Score: B. Y. U. 28 Wyoming. 23. 6 44 Coming Events MEDICAL MEETING Members of the Utah County Medical society will meet at the Utah State hospital at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. Dr. Don C. Merrill, recently returned re-turned from four months postgraduate post-graduate work at Harvard, will speak. COAST LEAGUE OPENING SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 UJ?) The Pacific Coast league base ball season will open officially in four California cities, April 1, according ac-cording to the schedule released today. Portland will open at Sacramento, Sacra-mento, Seattle at San Francisco, Hollywood at Los Angeles and Oakland at San Diego. : : & Seidel, Genius of the Violin In Concert Here Monday Night Toscha Seidel, one of the world's geniuses of violin,-will play Mon day night, February 20, at 8:15 p. m-, in the Provo tabernacle, presented, by Brigham Young university - Community Concert association. Seidel will probably use his lamed Stradivarius violin in his concert here. This instrument, made in Cremona, Italy, in 1714, is valued at approximately $60,-000, $60,-000, according- to its owner. v Belonging to that small and select se-lect group? which came originally from the Russian studio of the great Leopold Auer, Seidel Is considered con-sidered ? a worthy v equal of other Auer students, ' Heifet. f Elmanr who played here last : season-f-and Zimbalist. He, like the others, was known; as a.:,l)oyiprodigy The program 'is .'as follows: 1 mi6d1e,byGluckiKreisler; -Ballet Music lrom J iJJRx)sa- Memorial Asks V 4 Workers Be Used On Deer Creek Projectl Utah County Legislator Sponsors Memorial Asking Preference Be Shown Local Men In Work on Reclamation Projects SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 18 (U.R) A memorial to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and to two California contractors; asking Utah residents be given preference for jobs on the Deer Creek project, was prepared for introduction in the Utan Sponsor REP. BURTON H. ADAMS -- vvxt .$,1, , , , J'. V ? - i ;! - ' : V." ' W Measure Proposed to Curb Cattle Rustling By STATE CAPITOL, SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 18 (U.R) The Utah senate today considered for the first time legisja-ion legisja-ion designed to combat modern, high-speed cattle rustling;. 287 BILLS IN STATE SENATE STATE CAPITOL, SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 18 ILE The Utah Senate had 287 bills before it late today with the close of the final session in which unrestricted introduction will be permitted fast approaching. Two-hundred and seventy-eight bills had been introduced in the house, bringing the total for the legislature to 565. Most ever presented pre-sented at a single session. The house vote to permit introduction of bills Monday. Homestead exemption exponents scored their first victory of the session when a motion to make the bill and companion measures special orders of business was passed after a hot debate in the house. Sen. Fred F. Lundell, D.. Utah county, introduced a constitutional amendment to set a maximum tax on assessed valuation of real property. prop-erty. It would limit to one-and-one-half per cent the assessed valuation val-uation of city property and one per cent of rural property. AZANA DEMANDS END OF HOSTILITIES PARIS, Feb. 18 EE President Manuel Azana of Republican Spain was mderstood today to have sent an "ultimatum" to Premier Juan Negrin, threatening to break relations re-lations with the Negrin government govern-ment if it refuses to seek peace. : rt- sTOSCHAl Sl!lDEL?V Utah house of representatives by Rep.. Burton H. Adams, D., Pleasant Grove, today. Adams said the legislature was limited to a statement of policy, but that the memorial had been worded "as strongly as possible" in an attempt to obtain work" for those who will pay for and support sup-port the project. Contractors for the storage reservoir in Provo canyon, the Salt Lake aqueduct, for enlargement of the Weber-Pro vo diversion canal over Kamas bench, construction of the Duchesne-Provo tunnel, and , on distribution canals, are held by, two California firms named in the memorial Rohl-Connolly Construction Con-struction company and George H. Thompson. Representatives of the contractors contrac-tors have declared on several occasions oc-casions that with the exception pf-a few "key. men" they, are employing only Utah men. Protests Pro-tests have continued to be regiv tered with the chamber of commerce, com-merce, state officials and others that too many Califbrnia men are" being employed on the Utah project. Being a federal project,, reclamation officials have no authority au-thority to enforce any restrictions as between workers of different, states. , y Utah livestock orana ana - anu- theft act, told senators revision or statutes had been necessitated by construction of better highways, which permit the rustlers to use trucks. The bill would create a brand inspection fund. School Bus Bill -i.: . First of many school bus cort- ; trol measures to emerge from the . legislature had approval of both houses today after the senate con- . curred with house ' amendments. The bill exempted publldy-owned school busses from taxes. The house inserted a. $25 fee for, privately-owned school busses on grounds they compete with other x licensed carriers. . A resolution approving the presi dent's foreign policy on rearmament rearma-ment and aid for democracies was introduced in the house over signatures sig-natures of 13 members. Among its sponsors were Reps. S. W. Els-wood, Els-wood, D., Weber, and Burton H. Adams, D., Utah. The house also received a bill designed de-signed to develop natural resources : of the state and to provide "citl zens with the opportunity, to work, at occupations constructive to themselves and the well-being of our state." It proposes a Utah rehabilitation rehabilita-tion bureau and would appropriate $100,000. A seven-man rehabilitation rehabilita-tion board, including one member" from both the industrial and welfare wel-fare commissions, and the five officers of-ficers of the Peoples Practical Government corporation, would be in chargCi Of the bureau. The bill would give it power to create and operate industries of all kinds. Rep. Sheldon R. Brewster, D..: Salt Lake, introduced a resolution to appropriate $10,000 to aid Ab Jenkins in construction of the rac (Continued on Page Four) . Gillman Defends Welfare Record "My resignation as a member of the state welfare board has been in the hands of Governor-Henry Governor-Henry H. Blood for more than a year, ever since I was appointed' state welfare director,' J. W. cai man of Orem, explained to & Her aid representative, Saturday, In commenting on the adverse vote on his confirmation by the sen- ate, Friday, "Furthermore, I have never functioned as a member ..of!-; the. board since I was appointed fa. director and there is absolutely nothing to the talk of 'employer and employee at the same' time" be pointed out.-; - Mr. Gillman favors a state wcl-: fare policy within, the means' of the11 state. to pay for. Under the:pres-; ent policy, "be says, the state; wlll' Incur -a ,$156,000 deficit by. Juno; 0.- "There '.are . o many welfare. bflls before tthef legislature that It v.: Is- difficult to ; predict what action 11 bet taken, he said.' " :T'-M . Truck 4 in.. ' $ s ''I i- " - |