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Show 1 The Weather UTAH rartly cloudy Sunday; little change in temperature. Maximum temp. Saturday 59 Minimum temp. Saturday Si Build Utah County By Patronizing no roe Stores and Business House PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1941 VOL. 18, NO. 38 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE tklkhVph iVuViSs PRICE FIVE CENTS n Z3 - DESK WW V I " I i Mm b u u l-'A lmJ u u U uvJ w y u J u jvJcl) CHAT XSY THE EBXT03 The boys go off to camp. Their mothers and fathers, their intimate families, their sweethearts, won't forget them. They will send letters that mean much to a young man in camp. But that doesn't let the rest of us out. Many of us who haven't anyone of our immediate family in camp have friends there, or boys we know. And we ought not to forget, either. An occasional occas-ional letter, a pair of socks, or a handkerchief, a box of candy, postage stamps, . a book, the home-town paper. Any or all of those things are appreciated. They help to remind re-mind the boys that they're not forgotten, even though they're away. 0O0 The tragedy near Cedar City in which a kind-hearted Salt Lake City salesman was brutally slain by an ex-convict hitch-hiker, whom he befriended be-friended and took in his car, should serve as a new warning warn-ing to those who drive the highways, not to pick up anyone any-one on the way with whom they are not personally acquainted. ac-quainted. Don't trust a hitch-hiker, not matter how well dressed he appears. 0O0 At Random: A lot of us wouldn't be content with our lot even if it was a ' lot ... Two bandits failed in an attempt at-tempt to rob people on a train in Wyoming. Maybe the porter brushed them off. . . . Necessity being the mother of invention doesn't explain monocles. . . It seems that "the 'old expression, 'Hands across the sea,' is to be displaced by 'arms across the sea.' . . . The American Red Cross now may be allowed al-lowed to go to unoccupied France with food and we hope it doesn't run into the Hitler double-cross. Everything is possible in the movies except an unhappy un-happy ending. . . . Another thing- wrong with business right now is that too many people are intending to buy bye and bye. MERRY GO-ROUND Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs . By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Brass Ring to Yugoslav Minister Min-ister Who Helped Stop Hitler Hit-ler in Balkans; Constantin Fotitch Promised American Ameri-can Help to His Anti-Axis Prince; Knows Europe Better Bet-ter than Anyone Here Roosevelt Seeks His Advice Ad-vice ; Rose From Serb Peasantry. Peas-antry. Became Power in ' Post-War Little Entente. ( Ed i to rB Note Th e Braas Kin? and a free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round go to Constantin Fotitch, the Yugoslav Yu-goslav minister, who next to Prince Paul, has done most to keep his country out of the Axis.) WASHINGTON No matter what happens in the Balkans, the man who will go down in history alone with Prince Paul and Franklin Roosevelt for trying hardest to keep Yugoslavia out of Hitler's grasp, will fce a genial little man of peasant origin who represents the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes as minister in Washington. He is Constantin Fotitch, sent In virtual exile to Washington, but from that exile, his cabled warnings warn-ings to Belgrade to keep out of the Axis and his influence with President proved a powerful support- to the pro-British Prince Paul. To get the full picture of what Fotitch has done it is necessary to go back to the days when he was permanent under-secretary of foreign affairs for the Yugoslav Yugo-slav government and an important import-ant cog in the machinery of al-Continued al-Continued on Page 5, Sec. 2 FUNDS MADE READY FOR HAVJ P LAN Action Postponed On Controversial Education Edu-cation Bill SALT LAKE CITY, March 22 (U.R) The Utah legislature provided funds for preliminary prelimin-ary reorganization of state government today as actual reorganization, underway in both the senate and house, slowed to .i near-standstill. An administration-sponsored bill appropriating S15.000, requested by Gov. Herbert B. Maw, was parsed and simed in both chambers. cham-bers. Gov. Maw reouested the funds in order to beein effecting reorganization next Wednesday. The reorganization bill, which had started rolling at his:h speed early in the week, was barely moving today and members of both houses expected to remain at their desks at least until Wednesday Wednes-day or Thursday of next week. School Bill Debated The senate debated all morning on a controversial bill setting ud a board of education, and postponed post-poned definite action until Monday Mon-day at 2:30 p. m. The chamber also delayed action on the fish and game bill. Administration Admin-istration supporters won a major victory in debate on that bill late yesterday when it was voted to eliminate the present commissioner. commission-er. Newell B. Cook, and replace him with a three-member commission. commis-sion. New .fireworks,, were . promised Vnndav in debate on the education bill, sponsored by Sen. Stanlev Child. D., Salt Lake. The bill consolidates the present state board of education, the superintendent superin-tendent of public instruction, and boards -of reeents and trustees at University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural college. The board, which would be composed com-posed of the state superintendent of public instruction and nine other educators, would be empowered empow-ered to appoint a director of higher high-er education and a director of research re-search and finance. Compromise Bill Child explained the bill was a compromise effected by educational educa-tional committees of the state, which had opposed . a bill introduced intro-duced at the regular session call-( call-( Continued on Page Three) . s Hitch-Hiker Slays Salt Lake Salesman CEDAR CITY, Utah, March 22 (U.R) A coroner's jury today was to complete its inquest in the death of II. A. Thorne, a Salt Lake City salesman whose battered body was found 10 miles west of here a few hours after Donald L. Condit, 24, Los Angeles, confessed - his murder. Condit, arrested In Salt Lake driving Thome's car, signed a statement in which he admitted shooting the salesman after riding rid-ing with him .from Las Vegas, Nev., where Thorne picked up the youthful hitch-hiker. Iron county officers expected to go to Salt Lake City to question Condit sometime Saturday. The youth, who had a long criminal record and was released from San Quentin prison only six months ago. was held on an open charge. According to the story he told Salt Lake officers, Condit had 'thumbed' a ride near the Las Vegas city limits. Thorne was en- route to Salt Lake City, but had numerous business call3 to make in southern Utah. While driving west of Cedar, on the little-frequented road leading to Modena, Condit switched off ignition and pointed a gun at his benefactor. When Thome resisted the hold-up, the revolver discharged dis-charged and both men fell to the roadside, where Condit admitted "finishing" the salesman with a large rock. He partially concealed the body in brushwood and rocks, and then drove to Salt Lake City. Condit's failure to stop for a traffic light attracted the attention of officers and led to his arrest, after a wild chase. His confession came at the end of several hours questioning. Thorne, a native Utahn, Is survived sur-vived by his widow and five children. chil-dren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 o'clock in the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Second ward chapel. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove cemetery. Oregon Girl Missing if (NEA Telephoto) Ruth Egoscue, 22-year-old typist from Forest Grove, Ore., was sought by police and Army officials after working two days on War Department Depart-ment maps and then disappearing In Washington. The girl's landlady said Miss Egoscue had few acquaintances acquain-tances FATHER, SON DIE IN G U N MISHAP MORGAN, Utah, March 22 ttIE A verdict of accidental death had been returned today by a. coroner's jury investigating the fatal shooting of W. W. Francis, 77, and his son, Carl, 33, after testimony indicated the younger man died when his target rifle discharged, - unaware'' ' that - -art earlier bullet had ended his father's life. . ' According to a brother, Rulon Francis, Carl was preparing for target practice and was holding the gun in the crook of his arm when it fired the first time. The bullet struck a near-by chicken-coop chicken-coop and neither brother was concerned. A moment later, however, Carl dropped the gun to rearrange his target and it discharged a second sec-ond time, the bullet striking him in the head and killing him almost al-most instantly. Rulon rushed to the house to summon help, but could not find his father. When he finally entered en-tered the chickenhouse in his search, he found the older man on the floor dead. Opponents Fight Roosevelt Bill WASHINGTON, March 22 (U.P) Congressional foes of President Roosevelt's proposed Great Lakes-St. Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway development challenged its defense value today to-day and organized for a last-ditch fight against its approval. Opposition crystalized in the house and senate yesterday initially under Democratic leadership leader-ship shortly after Mr. Roosevelt sent up the term3 of the U. S.Canadian S.-Canadian agreement projecting immediate development of power and navigation facilities in the International Rapid3 section of the St. Lawrence river and eventual completion of the entire seaway. The president advised he would ask congress soon for legislation to authorize the projected construction. i Springville Awaits Opening Of Art SPRINGVILLE With numerous numer-ous pieces of fine art representative representa-tive of art trends and outstanding painters throughout the country being hung daily at the Springville Spring-ville high school art gallery, plans are going forward for the opening of this city's annual spring art project on Sunday, March 30, at 2 p. m., in the art building. The opening program will feature fea-ture short talks by Principal W. W. Brockbank, Mrs. Mae Huntington Hunt-ington and Glenn Turner of the art committee, and musical numbers. num-bers. The opening exercises are Senate Committee Approves British I War Aid Measure Senate Debate On Bill To Begin Monday; Passage of Measure By Overwhelming Majority Anticipated By Leaders By WILLIAM IL LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, March 22 (U.R) The senate appropriations appropria-tions committee today unanimously approved the $7,000,000,-000 $7,000,000,-000 war-aid appropriations bill, which includes funds to build 10,700 more American warplanes for Britain in the next two years. "The appropriation of such a stupendous sum as $7,000,-300,000 $7,000,-300,000 in a single bill would in normal times be unjustifiable, but conditions are such in the world today that it behooves ?us to make every possible effort Kiddies EnuitcJ To Display Pels In TMt' Parcels Twenty-five hundred invitations invita-tions to enter pets in the "mutt" parade to be held Saturday, March 29 in connection with the annual Provo spring style opening have been distributed to students of the city schools, according to Evan Thomas, general chairman. Every boy and girl in the county coun-ty is eligible to enter a pet in the parade, whether it be a dog, cat, rabbit, bird or what-not, said Mr. Thomas. Children having any questions regarding the parade should contact con-tact Earl Oss, chairman of the sales promotion committee of the spring opening, or Mrs. Phyllis R. Brown, Provo city recreation leader who is assisting wdtji -th 'arrangements." ' ' Line of march for the parade and the exact time the procession will start will be announced early this week. Children interested should submit sub-mit in person or mail their entries en-tries to any store in Provo before Wednesday, March 26, stated. Mr. Thomas. Entry blanks may be obtained ob-tained at the Herald office. Fifty dollars in cash will be awarded winners of the parade. Another event for children will be a marble tournament, also to be held Saturday, with $15 to be awarded in prizes. Plans are under way for spring style shows and open house programs pro-grams to be held at various Provo stores Friday night. New spring merchandise in all its splendor will be displayed to thousands of people. The spring opening is sponsored annually by the retail merchants committee of the Provo chamber of commerce. COUIJTY FAIR DATES SLATED SALT LAKE CITY, March 22 UJi) Ten Utah organizations today to-day prepared plans for their 1941 fairs and festivals after being allocated al-located definite dates by the State Fair association. All were urged to build their celebrations to the highest level possible by 1947 to enhance participation in the state centennial celebration. The dates awarded were: Aug. 15-16 Kamas Valley Fiesta, Fies-ta, Kamas. Aug. 21-22-23 Sevier county, fair, Manti. Aug. 22-22-23 Sevier county fair, Richfield. Aug. 28-29-30 Salt Lake county coun-ty fair, Murray; Utah county fair, Provo, and Boxelder county fair, Tremonton. Sept. 3-4-5 Morgan county fair, Morgan. Sept. 4-5 Juab county fair, Ne-phi. Ne-phi. Sept. 6 Boxelder peach day, Brigham City. Sept. 9-10-11 Cache county fair, Logan. being conducted on Sunday this year to include one more Sunday in the art visiting time. A preview of pictures arrived for the annual art exhibition indicate indi-cate variety, number and quality will be features of the forthcoming forthcom-ing event. Possibly more large paintings have been received for exhibition this year than ever before be-fore and all are of superior quality, quali-ty, according to art committee members. A record attendance is anticipated antici-pated by those in charge of the project this year judging from the to guarantee the safety of this country whether It be by defenses at home or aid to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States," the appropriations committee com-mittee said in approving the bill. Debate To Start "Congress has adopted a policy of aid to those countries whose defense de-fense is vital to the defense of the JTnited States, and this bill provides pro-vides the means to carry out the purposes of that act." Senate debate on the bill will begin Monday. Leaders hope to pass it then by an overwhelming majority. The committee reported the measure to the senate in the Identical Iden-tical form that It was introduced and passed by the house. If no amendments are adopted by the senate and it appeared that none would be the measure will be flown to President Roosevelt Roose-velt in mid-week for his signature at sea aboard the yacht Potomac. The bill provides: $2,054,000,000 for aircraft- and -aeronautical . ma terial; $1,350,000,000 for ordnance and ordnance stores; $752,000,000 for facilities and equipment for manufacturing defense articles; $362,000,000 for tanks and other motorized equipment; $260,000,000 for miscellaneous military equipment; equip-ment; $2,000,000,000 for testing, inspecting, repairing, and outfitting outfit-ting defense articles for foreign governments; $50,000,000,000 for administrative expenses. The disclosure that the aircraft fund would provide 10,700 planes was said to have been made by Defense Director William S. Knud-sen Knud-sen and other defense chieftains in secret sessions before the senate sen-ate appropriations subcommittee, which completed work on the $7,-000,000,000 $7,-000,000,000 bill yesterday. The planes would be in addition to the 11,800 Britain has ordered in this country. Of these, 3,400 have been delivered. Some committee com-mittee members were reported to have questioned ability of the industry in-dustry to meet Britain's needs, but Knudsen ad other witnesses were said to have expressed confidence confi-dence that it could by expanding production facilities. SOULIER HEADS .1 C. OF C. OREM Wesley D. Soulier, Instructor In-structor at Lincoln high school, was elected president of the Orem chamber of commerce at the annual election meeting Friday night. He succeeds Roy E. Park. J. Mahlon Drage was elected vice president, while VV. G. Yer-gensen Yer-gensen was named secretary-treasurer Committee chairmen were named as follows: Membership, Rulon L West; publicity, Ronald T. Price; advertising, Glade Line-baugh; Line-baugh; community projects, Laz-zell Laz-zell Bobbins; marketing, Mr. Drage; beautification and home finding, Frank B. Woffinden; education edu-cation and entertainment, E. B. Terry; agriculture, Mr. Soulier; new industries and roads; Murve Walker. number of groups who have indicated indi-cated their desire of visiting and of those who have already made special reservations to tour the art galleries. Only recently committee com-mittee members received communication com-munication from a school in Nevada, Ne-vada, which i3 planning a tour of the galleries in connection with an educational visit to this state. Wth the highest valuation by the painter of any picture to be exhibited this year is William R. Leigh's "Sanctity of Motherhood," which will undoubtedly occasion considerable comment at the ORE NAZI SHIPS PREVAIL- SEA BATTLE Nazi Sea Squad Sinks Several British Ships, Report By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent Germany reported heavy blows at Britain in the battle 3f the Atlantic today, as Jugoslav leaders struggled to free themselves from the toils of internal crisis to sign a '"compromise" agreement with the Nazis. . Two of Germany' fastest and best -gunned dreadnaurhts. the Srhamhorst and the Gneisenau. 26.500 tons of fighting metal apiece, appeared to be at large in the north Atlantic. . . Sinks Ships ? The German hleh command reported re-ported a Nazi battleship sauadron has been raneing Britain's vital sea routes from North America for some time, sendine 22 ships or lift 000 tnni to the bottom. The official DNB news apency added the detail that these operations opera-tions were .carried out in the face of a British concentration of almost al-most her entire battleship strength plus . a screen of lighter naval craft. DNB said that for the first time in history a German battle sauadron sauad-ron had entered the North Atlan tic in formation and had carried out attacks on Britain's main line of communications. The picture painted by the German Ger-man reports and given some corroboration cor-roboration in British accounts, was of the two fast German battle cruisers slicing through the gray waters of the North Atlantic, attacking at-tacking British shipping wherever found, and enabled by speed and probably luck to evade a searching force concenerated by the British in an effort to track down the raiders and blast them to the bottom. bot-tom. The Scharnhorst and Gnieuenau are warships with a rated speed of 27 knots and a probable speed close to 30 knots. That makes them faster than most of the big battle wagons of the British fleet, although the guns of the German warships are less heavy and of shorter range than most of the British ships of the line. The Nazi warships are so power- ( Continued on Page Three) Britain, U S. fish Jagoslaus To Oppose Auk BELGRADE, March 22 U.P) Britain and the United States were reported tonight to have intervened inter-vened in the tense Jugoslav situation situa-tion in an 11th hour effort to encourage en-courage Jugoslavia to stand firm against the axis. However, well-informed, sources believed the Anglo-American intervention in-tervention had come too late to prevent Jugoslavia from moving into the axis sphere as soon as the current cabinet crisis can be solved. It was reported the United States had outlined to Jugoslavia the many possible effects which the lend-lease law may have upon the war while Britain was said to have given Jugoslavia an indication indi-cation of what British aid she could expect if she stands up to Germany. The feeling in informed quarters here was that Jugoslavia had advanced ad-vanced too far along the road toward the axis to turn back now unless the cabinet crisis should develop some unexpected twist. Opposition to Jugoslav alignment align-ment with Germany appeared to be growing. Exhibit show. The picture is painted in the southern Navaj'o country. There will also be seen three fine paintings by F. Luis Morra, whose canvas, "Supper Eetemal," was a favorite of many last year. He has sent "Juan and Juanita," "In the Land of Promise," Prom-ise," and "Tools." Another exhibiting artist who will be remembered by art enthusiasts en-thusiasts for his entries of previous pre-vious years is W. Lester Stevens. His "New England Farmyard" is (Continued on Page Three) Bus deRs For Initial Title Inspired Provo Quint Holds Davis to Three Field Goals; Victory Climaxes Colorful Four-Day Meet; Springville Eighth HOW THEY 1 I'rovo 2 -Davis , 3 Box Elder 4 Jordan SATURDAY'S RESULTS Provo 21, Davis 10 Granite 33. Springville 24 Box Elder 35, Dixie 26 Jordan 35, Ogden 32 . A gang of hustling Provo high school Bulldogs with a. deluxe brand of basketball and courage to match, today wore the crown of the 1941 Utah state scholastic basketball basket-ball champions. - . . Staging the most sterling defensive exhibition ever put on ma state championship game, the Bulldogs routed Davis high Darts, 21-10 before a capacity crowd of shouting fans in the Ute fieldhouse at Salt Lake City Saturday night Sharon Glsansrs t7ill Hold Sbcaf Under the direction of stake Gleaner leaders, Mrs. Christine Joiley and Mrs.. Effie Pinegar, 183 girls from the seven wards oi anaron stake will achieve tonight to-night in their "sheaf binding" ceremony, cer-emony, beginning at 7:30 p. m. in Colleere hall. Mrs. Aden Fielding, Y. W. M. j.. a. president of Sharon stake Will preside anil on inuitof; extended to all rembers of Sharon Shar-on stake and those members of rovo ana Utah stake and other adjoining stakes, who are interest ed in mis work. The following M Men from the various wards will act as ushers: Holman Dawson, Omar Hanso Robert Gillespie. Ma MwaM Parley Madsen, Rudolph Wolf- gram and Iceland Wells. The Y. M. and Y. W. M. P. A. presidencies and activity leaders, W. M. Vernon, Ver-non, Edgar Booth, Fenton Prince, (Continued on Page Throe) gay Elected DAIRY CHIEF Del Gay of Provo Saturday was elected president of the Utah-Wasatch Utah-Wasatch Dairy Herd Improvement Improve-ment association at the annual meeting Friday night. He succeeds suc-ceeds Orville Stone of Vineyard, who was retained as a director of the group. Other officers named were Sylvan Syl-van Rasband, Heber. vice president; presi-dent; William H. Nielsen, Palmyra, Pal-myra, secretary. and Welby Young, Heber, and Mr. Stone, directors. Committees for the various breeds of cattle were named as follows: Jersey, William A. Nuttall. Provo, Pro-vo, chairman; John B. Thomas, Palmyra, vice chairman, and Mr. Gay, secretary; Holstein, Mr. Neil-sen, Neil-sen, chairman; W. W. Warnick, Manila, vice chairman; and Robert Rob-ert Webb, Lehi, secretary; Guernsey, Guern-sey, Alroy Gillman, Llndon, chairman; chair-man; Reed Hales. Orem, vice chairman; Frank Davenport, Provo, Pro-vo, secretary, and Ray Cammon, Vineyard, additional member. Russell Wall, tester for the association, as-sociation, gave his annual report, Lyman Rich, state extension dairyman, was present. This Day . . . BORN Boy. to Ralph M. and Esther Huff Williams, Saturday. Girl, to Anson B. and Vern Passey Call of St. George, March 19, St. George Hospital. LICENSED TO MARRY Atha David Nance, 27, Provo, and Verda E. Morrill, 19, Provo. Ernest Robert Carter, 21, San-taquin, San-taquin, and Barbara Rose Allen, 18. Mammoth, married by County Coun-ty clerk. TroiuiiLice 10 FINISHED 5 Granite G Dixie 7 Ogden 8 SDrinjrville It was the first championship ever won by Provo high, although the Bulldogs have entered the tourney many times in the past. The triumph was a glorious climax to 21 years of coaching t-y Glenn Simmons, genial, quiet-spoken quiet-spoken Provo coach, whose finest handiwo.V as a master hoop mentor men-tor was displayed in the well-balanced, well-balanced, methodical five - man unit which bowled over four opponents op-ponents in four nights in. making its convincing rise to the championship. champ-ionship. Leads Throughout The Bulldogs played their hearts out against the flashy Darts, who had been doped by many of the so-called experts to beat back the Provo challenge. But Provo leaf all the way, and finished with an amazing final-quarter final-quarter drive that left no doubt as to the Bulldogs' superiority. The names of Walter Prusse, Junior Preece, Mahlon Rasmuson, Sherman Coleman and Grant Rich-T ins will go down in Provo and Utah basketball history, for it wa3 this five-man combination which emblazoned Provo's name across the state's casaba firmament. firma-ment. Max Evans also entered the game in the late stages, and he, too, played well. The rest of tne reserves aiso deserve credit. for they took part in most of the games. The tenacious Provo shifting zone defense bottled up the vaunted vaunt-ed Davis offensive in effective fashion, and yielded only three field goals, one of them shot just as the final whistle blew. Both teams were a bit over-keyed over-keyed as the game opened, and only two points were scored in the entire first quarter a pretty tail-in goal ty Prusse after two and a "half minutes of play. Van Adams, Davis forward, missed a charity toss and Prusse missed two of them during the period. After each team had missed two foul pitches in the second quarter, Coleman swished in a beautiful snot from out beyond the foul circle. Richins fouled Reed Page who caged the throw and it wa3 4-1. Prusse and Coleman each miss ed a foul try, but Prusse looped in a pretty one-handed pivot shot. He was fouled on the play and made the pitch good. Keith Brown dribbled down the floor and toss- ( Continued on Page Six) AUNT HET By ROEEKT QUTXlXIf "Sympathy Is like a fire; it has to have frenh fuel to kee It gotn. My gall bladder blad-der Is such an old story tliat Pa can't even act interested any more." ! """"" |