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Show United Yar Fund Drive Workers Named In Provo Organization for the 1945 United War Fund Drive in Provo city and Utah county which opens Oct. 2 got underway this weekend with the announcement by Judge Herbert M. Schiller Salt. Lake City, executive director of the UWF in Utah, of the appointment ap-pointment of John Zenger as city chairman and F. V. Nichols as county chairman. Mr. Zenger today named his committee for carrying on the drive in the city as follows: In dustrial division. Bob Bullock and Gregory Austin, co-chairmen, assisted by Ralph Peters, CIO and H.- B. Egbert, AFL; residential. Pierce Norton, chairman, and Harold Mower; business, Rulon Morgan and Denzil Brown, co chairmen: publicity. Ad Club under President Lynn Taylor; treasurer. Alma Dangerfield. The county quota has been set at approximately $58,000 but city allocations and approval of the county quota is awaiting a meet ing of the county executive com' mittee and the city and county chairmen. Stressing the importance of making the quota, the chairmen pointed out that the drive collects funds for the Boy and Girl Scouts and the veterans which remain in the city and the county as well as the funds collected for the relief of persons in war torn countries and other agencies such as the USO. Coming with the. announcement announce-ment of the chairmen was the first special speaker on behalf of .the drive, Liu Liang-Mo, Chinese guerilla who spoke at the Rotary luncheon, Friday. Mr. Liu declared "Today we are left with no choice but to work for peace," pointing out that man is nearing destruction of himself unless he learns to live with his fellowmen." Chinese Author Rotary Speaker Lui Liang-ma, worker with the Chinese underground against the Japs talked to an over-flow meeting meet-ing at the Rotary club Friday. He said that the war of the United Nations against Japan really real-ly started fourteen years ago, in 1931, when the Japanese invaded Manchuria. Because the United States, Great Britain and the League of Nations were unwilling unwill-ing to interfere and stop the Japs, they were encouraged to go on and later Mussolini and Hitler also became ambitious to " rule the world and the Second World War ensued. "Today," he said "we are left with no choice and we have to work for peace." Mr. Lui finished his address by singing In both Chinese and English, the stirring ..march song of the Chinese "March of the Volunteers." Guests were Rotarians W. Anderson An-derson and Dwight Packard of American Fork and Randall Jones of Salt Lake: Sgt Robert D. Stewart Stew-art and ex-Captain Bill Mangum, also V. J. Bird, Ray Schwartz and Moana Ballif of Provo. William Morey, assistant superintendent super-intendent of blast furnaces at Columbia Co-lumbia Steel company was introduced intro-duced by Lester Mangum as a new member of the club. Spanish Fork Man Takes Tooele Job TOOELE, Utah, Sept. 22 (U.R) George E. Larsen, mayor of Spanish Fork, has been appointed manager of the Tooele office of the United States Employment service. He succeeds Donald E. Wentz, who has been transferred to the Provo office. BPW Clubs Set 100,000 Goal SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 22 ttJ.R The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Wo-men's clubs, which now has 91,-101 91,-101 members in 48 states, has set its goal at 100.000 members by next July, Miss Wilma Zimmerman, Zimmer-man, national membership committee com-mittee chairman, said today. Miss Zimmerman, who spoke at a sectional meeting of the Federation Fed-eration in Salt Lake City yesterday, yester-day, added that 1,735 clubs now are affiliated with the Federation. Delegates from Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Alaska, Nebraska, Wyoming, Wyo-ming, Oregon. Washington and California are meeting in Salt Lake for the convention which ends tomorrow. In addition, 20 stste president of the Federation -re in attendance. COMING HOME Now enroute to Provo, after 1 J l ... m ' ueing aiscnargea unaer me navyiwas tne lrst time officers ever point system from the coast guard I saiutcd us without our saluting separation center in St. Louis, j back During the parades, 17 Mo., is Mark H Nsen. seaman generals of the U. S. army were . ii. . aouin r irsi tL&si. VETERAN DISCHARGED LEHI FO Grant Ash. son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ash, is back in civilian clothes after receiving his discharge from the U. S. army air corps recently. Grant has been in service for more than two years, having served in Europe as a bombardier. bombar-dier. He was taken prisoner by the Germans, and upon his release re-lease enjoyed a furlough here with his parents. Mr. Ash will enter Brigham Young university as a student this fall. A Polish apothecary, Ignacy Lukasiewicz, devised the first oil lamp in 1852 and then distilled the first naptha for use in the lamp from oil. The lamp was constructed con-structed for him by a locksmith and then used to light the hospital hospi-tal at Lwow, Poland, on July 31; 1853. - PAGE o provo. ijiab count SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER Wilford M. Johnson In Race For City Commissioner Post . - - mmmm WILFORD M. JOHNSON Men, Women In The Service EN ROUTE HOME First Sgt: Don L. Wood of' Provo is en route home to be processed for discharge at Fort Douglas after having served over five years, more recently in the Philip pines. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Wood of 775 East Third North street. He was origi nally affiliated with the 145th field artillery, but was sent back to the states from Hawaii to train a cadre. His wife, Mrs, Delia Winnie Wood and baby are living in Payson. ON WEST VIRGINIA ABOARD THE USS WEST VIRGINIA Leo M. Warner, electrician's mate third class, Spanish Fork, and Richard L. M. Nelson, seaman, first class, son of Alfred Nelson, Pleasant Grove, both serve aboard this famous old battleship, which went safely through many months of cam paigning in the Pacific, then suffered suf-fered her first combat casualties on the day of the Okinawa In vasion when she was struck by a Japanese suicide plane. Four crewmen were killed and 22 others were wounded by the plane crash. SERVES IN MANILA MANILA Cpl. Jean F. Paul-itz, Paul-itz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Paulitz, 319 East First North, Provo, Pro-vo, is a message center clerk in the office of the chief quartermaster quarter-master in Manila. She is a graduate of the Fre mont County Vocational high school, Lander Wyoming and of the Barnes School of Commerce, Denver, Colo. Before joining the Women's Army Corp, Cpl. Paulitz was a clerk and stenographer for the war department in Philadelphia Philadel-phia and Washington, D. C. Her brother SSgt. Jack L. Paulitz is with the air corps on the admiralty islands. AWARDED MEDAL MANILA First Lieutenant John C. Cowan, whose wife, Leah, lives at Route 1, Provo, has been awarded the bronze star medal by Brig. Gen. Frayne Baker, commanding com-manding general, Philippine base section in Manila. Lt. Cowan supervised and organized or-ganized the initiation of the officer of-ficer personnel branch of the adjutant ad-jutant general section with the aid of only one enlisted clerk. This necessitated working long and arduouos hours, but by his diligence and ability he SUCCeSS- iui:v tumpicicu una uuiii'uii assignment. as-signment. AWAITS DISCHARGE FT. DOUGLAS, Utah Back from the European theater where he engaged in the operations that forced the capitulation of Nazi Germany, TSgt. Vloe P. Hatch, whose- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Hatch live at 388 North Fourth West street, Provo, has been processed proc-essed at the personnel center here for discharge. Hiss 33 months serv- i ice overseas was as Instrument specialist with the ISth air force. Sgt? Hatch joined the armed forces October 28, 1940. CHISEN COLOR GUARD Pfc. Sam W. Kelly, with company com-pany B of the 232nd infantry now in Salzburg, Austria, was one of three men chosen as a color guard for recent presentation parades when Gen. Mark Clark awarded medals, according to a recent letter let-ter received from the private by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Kelly of 193 South Fourth West. . The letter reads in part: "It in attendance ON BOARD THE ALABAMA Charles Edward Hotchkiss. musician third class, USNR, of Dearborn, Mich., and husband of--Louise Johnson Hitchkiss, of 433 West First South street, is aboaVd I the hattlpshin Alahnma 4ha flas- ship of the Third fleet now on the way from Tokyo bay to Pearl Harbor. Among those awaiting his early return is his daughter, Sandra Lee, 2. The Alabama was one of the battlewagons which participated in the Tokyo bay invasion and the historic surrender bf the Japanese Jap-anese forces. Prior to his joining the navy Hitchkiss was employed by General Gen-eral Motors. To Yanks returning from London Lon-don it will look perfectly natural natu-ral to see the way some of our autoists drive on the wrong side of the street. UTAH HERALD 23. 1945 UiN' 1 "EJWU Wilford M. Johnson, former Provo businessman and at present assistant manager of the state liauor store, today became the fourth man to announce his candi dacy for city commissioner. Commissioner Joseph H. Swapp, Bishop Earl Lewis and W. O. Pacer, superintendent of roads, have previously announced their candidacies for commissioner. Mr. Johnson was deputy county assessor for three years and was foreman of a CCC camp. He is chairman of the Utah stake old folks committee. He filled a mission mis-sion to New Zealand. For many years Mr. Johnson was manager of the White Sewing Machine company store in Provo. "I worked whole-heartedly for the municipal power plant and made a house-to-house canvass in its behalf. I believe that it was necessary to vote the $1,000,000 water revenue bond issue, and if elected, will do everything pos sible to insure the city of an adequate ade-quate culinary and irrigation sys tem. I also will work diligently to have the unsightly and dangerous danger-ous ditches covered,'1 Mr. Johnson stated. Mr. Johnson stated that if elected commissioner he would be in a position to devote his entire time to the duties of uie onice Mr. Johnson believes that labor and business should cooperate and will lend any assistance he may be able to give to that end. rne rro- vo boat harbor will receive utmost consideration, he stated, as that project can be made into one of the finest recreational spots in me country. He also stated that he will see that there is recreation for old people the year around Mr. Johnson was born in Glen-4 wood .Sevier county, of pioneer parents. He has made nis.no me in Provo since 1921. Moab Fighter Wins Silver Star SALT LAKE CITY Another Utahn has been decorated for conspicuous gallantry in action. He is navy hospital apprentice first class Calvin M. Wise of Moab, who has been awarded the silver star. An accompanying citation reads in part: The wounded men were left in front lines after his pla toon was forced to withdraw. Wise, without regard for his per. sonal safety and in the face of enemy fire, went forward and evacuated each of the three casualties cas-ualties to a place of safety where he could administer first aid. Four-Year Veteran Returns to U. S. Richard B. Raile, formerly a technical sergeant with the U. S. army, was discharged from service serv-ice September 18, and is now in Provo, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Francis F. Raile. In service since March, 1941 J when he left Provo, with the 145th field artillery group, Mr. Raile spent almost four years overseas. He was connected with an army medical unit stationed at Tripler general hospital in Hawaii, most of the time. His wife, the former Mildred Scaddep, is employed as a tech nician at the Tripler hospital, Honolulu, where they met She is expected to arrive in the United States at the end of this month, and they will make their home in Provo, while Mr. Raile attends the BYU. Discharged From Army Service Herbert C. Breinholt, son of Mrs. Jane Breinholt of 38 West Fourth North, received an honorable honor-able discharge from service with the engineers of the Eighth army, Thursday at Fort Douglas. A T-5 while in service, Mr. Bheinholt spent 34 months in the army and two years of that time in the south Pacific. He holds the P T O ribbon and the Philippine Philip-pine liberation ribbon for his service there. He will be in Provo. visiting his mother and friends for a short time before leaving for Chicago, 111., to attend an art school. He is particularly interested inter-ested in advertising and commercial com-mercial art. ASKS INJUNCTION Complaint has been filed in the U. S. district court against R. G. Weeks, Pleasant Grove, on eight causes of action charging violation viola-tion of OPA rent ceilings. Merrill C. Faux, OPA chief enforcement attorney, said today. The government agency is asking ask-ing for an inunction against Mr. Seeks enjoining him from charg-g charg-g above legal rent and from taking a refrigerator out of an apartment without making a rental ren-tal adustment For relief from the spasms of Bronchial Asthma, us this modern vapor method. Easy to use . . . economical. Full refund if not satisfied. CAOTIOH Um tmlr 4intrt. mm M 1 ?l .i . u . Officer Receives Citation, Medal . lit Li Keith M. Hebertson. former Vineyard resident, has received re-ceived a citation for award of the bronze star medal for meritorious service in connection with military mili-tary operations against the enemy in France, Germany and Austria. He served with the 607th field ar tillery battalion. "As a forward .observer with the leading assault 'companies of the infantry, Lt Hebertson skilfully and cleverly directed artillery fire upon the enemy with the utmost accuracy and speed,' 'the citation states, "although he, himself, was often subjected to hostile sniper and artillery fire. He is the son of Major and Mrs, T. C. Hebertson of Salinas, Calif., and served in the 145th field ar tillery, Utah National Guard priori prior to his attendance at officer candidate school. ACCEPTS SCHOOL POST SPANISH FORK James Sim mons of Spanish Fork, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Simmons, has ac cepted a position of superintend ent of schools at.LovelL Wyom ing. Mr. Simmons and his family have left for the new field of labor. Mrs. Simmons will also be an instructor in speech and short' hand at the school. DTE PROVO - PRICE - PAYSON SPRINGVILLE - PL. GROVE SPANISH FORK - AM. FORK Beet Growers Inspect Fields A large group of Utah county farmers, agricultural leaders and1 sugar company officials inspected 12 sugar beet fieias In the south ern and central part of the county Saturday, in the annual tour, according- to S. R. Boswell, county agent. Sugar beet crops promise to be good this year, the agent stated. Edward A. Thomas, president of the Beet Growers association, was in charge of the afternoon s meeting. meet-ing. Luncheon was served the group by" members of the Fourth ward Relief society in Spring ville. The following places were inspected in the morning: the sugar factory, at Spanish Fork where Cobbley and regular beet drills, a cultivator and JJixie beet thinner and sev eral other new pieces of field ma chinery were inspected; the Beck and Marcussen field in Leland where experiments with the use of commercial fertilizers was dem onstrated; the Bert Hansen field in. Benjamin, for. inspection of rotation and width of rows; the Raleigh Williams field also in Benjamin where the mechanical thinning machine was shown; the Sam . Douglas fields . in Payson, showing sugar beets after weed control by cultivation. W. R. Barron's fields in Payson, where livestock feeding as a permanent per-manent practice in agriculture was pointed out; Selvoy Boyer's sugar beeets in Springville, where width of rows and rotation was SMART HOME FURNISHINGS i THAT MAKES HOME PLANNING AN ART! xPSST I )l m ' miijn"M..j,K.-aai; "V ft ifm t-v n m laiiama , nai J "'mi in Hill ' m i iinia h 4 ,n if rTf fil V? 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Officials reported that a high wind was blowing at the time of the acci dent. ODD FELLOWS TO GREET GRAND MASTER Grand Master Andrew Nielsen, Jr., of Tremonton, Utah,, will make his annual visit to the Pro vo I O O F lodge Tuesday at 8 p. m., it was announced today. Local Lo-cal officials urge all lodge broth ers to be present at the time Refreshments will be served. THE COMBINED BUYING POWER OF SEVEN BUSY STORES means lower costs, quicker turnover and up-to-the-minute styles. BRING YOUR FURNISHINGS PROBLEMS TO US! We'll not only solve them to your satisfaction, but we'll finance them as well. "Furnishing: Homes is Our Business." We've been doing it for almost a quarter of a century. Public Health Nurses to Meet Here Thursday A "three-day staff conference of public health nurses in health district Four will begin Thursday at 1 p. m. In the Provo city and county building, according to Miss Anne Hatch nursing super visor. The mobile x-ray unit will bei in Provo, Friday when Lt. Peterson, Peter-son, the tuberculosis nurse consultant con-sultant for Utah state will lead a discussion. Miss Hatch stated. Also present with the mobile unit will be Dr. William Mackay, state health commissioner. The Saturday session will be highlighted with an address by Miss Hazel Stevens, state nutrition nutri-tion expert. TRIAL SET MONDAY CEDAR CITY, Utah, Sept 22 (U.R) Trial of John Hulse, Kanar-raville Kanar-raville garage operator charged with murder of Edwin Hamblin of Cedar City June 11, has been set Monday by Fifth District Judge Will L. Hoyt. Hamblin died from injuries allegedly al-legedly inflicted by Hulse when the two quarreled after a minor traffic accident. Harold Cline, Milford attorney, has been appointed ap-pointed to defend Hulse. . if Stafe May Aid t Nursery Schools : A program for placing all child welfare services now conducted by counties on a state basis under direct supervision of the state welfare department, today had been approved by the state pub- i lie welfare commission. With this develomnent. the Provo nursery school will eon-i tinue operation for children of working mothers in the community. commun-ity. For eight counties. Box Elder, El-der, Cache, Carbon, Davis. Salt Lake. Sanpete, Utah and Weber, the monthly cost of this program will be about $3500. The bureau of services for children, chil-dren, John Fair Larson of Salt Lake City, head, will be in direct di-rect charge of the program which relieves the county of paying .15 per cent of the cost. Mothers of children who will enter the Provo nursery school during the winter months are urged urg-ed to make . payments of $7 for the first child, and $3 for each additional child, at the school Monday, officers announced today. to-day. During the 169 years the United States Marine corps has been in existence- it has been called and known by the names "Webfoot Soldiers," Soldiers of the Sea, and -Devil Dogs,' as well as "Leathernecks." N |