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Show 1 yA 4- Sunday; Sept. 14, 1947 ', :- !. .,: . : , .... Huge Clothing Problems of Labor Turnover CanBe Solved i East coast officials of the General Gen-eral Drygoods company Friday envisioned a huge factory in Pro--to, employing 400 or 50(1 women and supplying . their product to the entire west coastif they can solve the current serious problem of too much labor turnover. , This problem, however,' Is one which presents great dlf- i flenltles and for the present at least, stymie .any large ; expansion despite the fact that the company for" some time -'has owned a factory site In: the vicinity of the old Utah WdterSiij OREM Early 'action' f1ui the renovating" of the city's water distribution system ; was advisea by George Stratton, city councilman council-man and waterworks'committee rhahrnan in a meeting! Wednes day of the Orem, chamber pf commerce. - ' Work should be started this fall on- the construction of a 500.000 ealion reservoir which would protect and make avail able for use water which ' Orem city now owns but cannot utilize. Mr. stratton said. He declared that the city owns water enough to serve between 15.000 and 20,000 people "but that city mains cannot handle the water and most of it is leased or wasted as far as the city is con cerned. - Declaring the water supply problem one of the most urgent facing the city. Mr. Stratton ask ed members of the chamber to urge immediate action in replac ing many of the small lines serving serv-ing Orem which cannot be count ed on to be adequate 10 to 15 years from now "when Orem's population is doubled or tripled." . It was pointed out in open dis cussion following, the talk that Orem s fire protection program is being - hampered by the lack of water volume and pressure in city lines. Commenting on the water supply sup-ply program, Mayor W. Gill-man Gill-man declared that the city already al-ready has outlined a program which should take care of the city's needs. Proposing gradual enlargement of the water system, he said that the city was not now financially able to begin a large-scale large-scale improvement program. . He's Telling'Em o. r-r: ' i-f:-'. oe J my V V Bearded like a Biblical prophet. 68-year-old Shelby Ever Gragg, North Carolina preacher points an accusing finger at a known bootlegger and sounds off about the evils, of drink. Elder Gragg was one of a number of religious speakers at the annual "Singing on the Mountain festival at thi base of Grandfather Mountain, Linville, N. C. Every year since 1924 mountain folk of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and Georgia have gathered gath-ered there by the thousands to sing and listen to music and oratory. Gives quick, fafe, abundant warmth. Ideal for small houses, cottages, bungalows, gas. stations, sta-tions, shops, garages. Burns low-cost fuel oil. 1 r-3 : H5E N O R G B BEFORE YOU BUY Royles Radio and Appliance 34 North University Avenue L SUNDAY HERALD , .. .... . ... Factory Seen For Ice and Storage plant at Second Sec-ond West and 12to North. , . The situation: was discussed at a special meeting of Provo civic leaders , and officials of the company; com-pany; including Ben Weist, national na-tional head of ihecompany ,and Charles 15. Petersons manager of the present Provo factory. liOcal and state leaders present included F. -V. . Nichols, president jot the chambers of 'commerce; - Mayor Mark Anderson. Itt B. Tackett, publisher of the Daily Herald; J. Hamilton Calder, president of the city utilities board, Clayton Jenkins,' chamber of commerce manager; Ames Bagely, Salt Lake City;-executive secretary of the Utah Manufacturers association, and renresentatives of the Utah employment office. , Immediate action to aid the sit uation ,a "decided upon at the meeting was the decision to. publicize pub-licize the company and its prod ucts to the community- making the, fact known to everyone that it is a nation-wide concern which makes the nationally known Bar-bizon Bar-bizon line of women's lingerie. The chamber of commerce is to organize tours of the plant, and endeavor to Interest Brigham Young university and the Central Utah Vocational school in teach ing textiles and related subjects. The present plant has been operating op-erating nearly two years' in the Recruiting Contest Planned By Spanish Fork Artillery SPANISH FORK Enlisted men of Battery "C", 145th Field Artillery Battalion of Utah National Na-tional Guard, will compete in a twc-month recruiting contest to begin Sept 16, national guard day. The purpose of the. contest, according ac-cording to Commanding Officer William D. Bowen, is to enlist a quota of 25 new members in the local unit, and try for a state re cruiting prize. This would include in-clude an airplane trip to Washington, Wash-ington, and a chance to see the Army-Navy gridiron clash Philadelphia Nov. 29. ln Captain Bowen said the local unit, which now comprises 25 men, will, have 50 per cent of its total authorized strength of 100 if this quota is attained. In addition to basic privates to be, trained in various specialties, Battery "Q" will enlist World War II veterans in their highest war time grade in the following mili Ml BMBSSS- i'iAa.v mm EES ' ZlA Provo If newest" building of the Knight Woolen mills blocks It' now em-1 ploys 13$ women, with an annual payroll of at 'least $200,000. J ' The aptitude aJid -performs ' V ance ; of local-women in this type of work Is of the highest, . officials-told city and; state leaders, but they claimed a r turnover worse ? thanS they -have 'encountered any Sother place in the country Wages, the officials claimed, are not the Issue, but a seeming lack of background for this type of work which wot enable workers to stay on the job for. long periods. The: officials pointed out the program of continuous training was costly, and a serious bar ; to long-time efficient production. Mr. Welst said his company was anxious to build factory here, but- the labor turnover problem must be solved first.. If the company com-pany carried out ultimate plans for the region, it would mean a factory , and warehousing ; depot supplying the products of the firm to the whole west coast, with 400 or 500 women at work. Local officials were agreed on the value of the plant ' to the community, pointing out that It served as a supplemental industry to larger ones now established in the area. . ; tary specialties: chief of section. radio technician, tractor drivers. mess sergeants. Captain Bowen said war vet erans are particularly wanted to help In training the younger guardsmen, but urged all men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist now and participate in the recruiting 1 contest. Winners from the various states will be guests of the war department In Washington. Wash-ington. Batterv "C" meets each Mon- day at 8 p.m. at the Spanish Fork Armory, and men interested in volunteering are urged to attend. A recruiting man also is stationed at the armory Monday through Friday, according to Captain Bowen, Seminary Elects Student Officers At Spanish Fork SPANISH FORK Results of student body elections at Palmyra Stake Seminary and mans for ac tivities during the" school year are being announced by ' Principal LeKoy Whitehead. Ray Huff, -son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Huit oi LaKe snore. - was elected president, with Dorothy Jean Sabin, Salem, vice president and Betty Lou Francis, Spanish Fork, secretary. The newly elect ed president was opposed to final elections by Hal Johnson of Ben' jamin. other officers chosen were Kent Davis, Salem, church history representative on the student councii; Lynn Barney, Lake Shore, New Testament representative, represen-tative, and Rex Thomas, Spanish Fork, Old Testament representa tive.. The1 iew council has selected Friday evening, Sept. 26, as the date of their first social event. the annual fun frolic. Seminary students of Nebo Stake Semi nary at Payson will be guests. . It was decided to have a graduates gradu-ates banquest in November, at which the seminary pins will be given out. The annual seminary ball will be held in December and the annual barn dance in April. Seminary commencement exer-r r.Ie".! lu LT.. .'" i i i.., r nl I i May 25. Construction Of Fire Station at Orem Under Way OREM The Orem fire station has been under construction for several weeks, Mayor J. w. Gill-man Gill-man told chamber of commerce members at the recent meeting oi tne city council. Expected to be delivered some time in September, the fire truck and other equipment has been ordered since December, 1946, Mayor Gillman said. The Jaycee delegation requested request-ed - that fire ordinances be prepared pre-pared and passed by the city council. One such ordinance would create the post of city fire inspector. In response to the request, re-quest, city attorney Vern Went was instructed to obtain copies of fire ordinances from other cities so the council can prepare adequate and uniform fire ordinances ordin-ances for Orem. FURNITURE RECOVERED .... REPAIRED REMODELED and CLEANED QUICK SERVICE FREE ESTIMATES PICKUP .& DELIVERY At The Provo Upholstering Co. PHONE 2832W 163 North Univ. Ave. A Lona Skirts Hit Provo JWA-v -"S" tS- i , v 'p t - ; " If : J- I I ' J ! I' ''-- . M l -- - I Joan Lerwlll, Provo, displays the new style In long skirts, while Ruth Reeve, clad In somewhat opposite fashion, ponders the problem they present to the possessor of a short-skirt wardrobe.' Provo Men Deliver Scathing Denunciation Of Long Skirts BT THERON H. LUKE Provo'. man - on - the - street reared back on his haunches Sat- urday in, answer to the question: "What do you think of the new long skirts?" and gave forth with AfmuArB vanfflntf frAm palm AttkA ly logic to impassioned, almost;1'" "k01 hysterical outbursts. One thing was certain, Provo's. men don't like 'em, at least those! brave enough to speak out on the subject don't. Aaron Card, cab . driver, summed it up with: "They look like short nightgowns." Martell Bird gave forth lengthy dissertations on his economic status stat-us in relation to the cost of a new wardrobe for his womenfolk. "Of course there are other reasons, too,! he leered.. , John the- shoeshlne man, who holds forth east of Uinta theater, was complacent about the whole thing. "Is good," he said, in his intriguing dialect, but conveying the idea that it didn't matter, up or down, with him. A faintly hopeful light came into his eyes, however, when he said confidentially, confiden-tially, "Short skirts, they be back," inferring the new styles would not be a lasting thing. Jack Sumner, Herald linotypist, said: "I haven't given the matter much study." A situation we feel he will no doubt immediately correct. cor-rect. Ray Canning, a member, incidentally, in-cidentally, of the 12th ward bishopric, commented: "From where I sit. the present length Is okeh." We were sitting Tm the curb. With a reporter's . keen analysis of the subject, Ray Schwartz, local lo-cal newspaperman, declared bluntly, "I don't like 'em. They just cover up too much." Seth Billings declared, without any elaboration, "Im agin 'em John Halliday, whose memory datei back a bit farther than Willi iui just like the old type bloomers with elastic in the knees. When queried on the subject, Theo Anderson merely produced a membershin card in the "Little Below the Knee" club, being' formed throughout the nation tOi combat the lengthening hemline. Many men, fearful no doubt of i the potential female wrath in situation, sit-uation, frankly admitted they' were just plain afraid to comment.,' These included Police Sergeant: Frrt AHanHAn anH Maiirir Hard. ! -..,... j, but soils pot Just a IHIeairiiMg AMi fore you buy cny Fnifrumont phone, write or come in find out what hearing can really be . with the ntw V SONOTONE "700" - Charles Camp Certified Consultant ,;av.v.;.v.v Hearing Center September 15--9 3 - ill ii. I If ; ing, among others. ! Jtt? Ju?ge ?ean rry ,8aId he didn't see where the long skirt trend would do anything toward curbing Juvenile delin quency, so he wasn't interested j Thlnkln to ret the hirhest Mlh(lrltT n thm matter. we s tackled the top judiciary In town. District Judges Joseph E. Nelson and W. Stanley Dnnford. Judge Nelson; we're sorry to say, failed to show his customary courage when dealing with, controversial matters on the bench. He . ducked the whole thing with a judicial, "No comment," Inferring, In-ferring, however, that he would take the matter under advisement for further study, Judge Dunford, though, really cut loose. Perhaps he dared do it because he . is leaving for two weeks' duty in the Uintah basin, where he can lose himself among the Indians and be relatively safe, but his answer was: "It doesn't make one bit of difference what we men think. If a woman chooses to make herself her-self ridiculous, she's going to do it. and nothing can stop her." Blackstone couldn't have said it better. KILLED IN JEEP ACCIDENT GREAT FALLS, Mont.. Sept. 13 (U.R) Funeral arrangements were being made here today for Jack H. Dusenberg, 30, who was killed yesterday in a jeep accident about 30 miles from Glasgow, Mont. Dusenberg, according to Valley county sheriff Mason Melvln's report to police here, died of chest injuries received when his Jeep overturned and threw him out.. A SPECIAL! 3 - ONLY SMITH PERMAGLASS 30 GAL. GAS Water Heaters . Reg. Price $151.89 SALE PRICE $119.95 FIRMAGE APP. DEPT. . i v.v.v.v.v? Y.Y.V.Vh mm Roberts Hotel a. m. to 6 p. m. T Enrollment' Limited by Local Housing Facilities , "Enrollment at Brigham Young university will be determined by the number of people r that can hm - hntiKeti . - Atmroximatelv 5000 students are. ' expected but . -1000 more d would come : this year if housing could be provided," said Dean Wesley U. Lloyd ' at the Rotary club,, meeting Friday. "Seventy-five percent of the students stu-dents now originate from out side Utah county and the time may come soon when 75 per cent of .the students will pome from outside, of the state, he continued. Last year there were 400 student stu-dent at BYU 4rom . California. There could be 800 to 1000 if there, were sufficient' housing to a ? ' uuce : carexoi mem. Speaking.. of athletics, Dean Lloyd said that the coaching staff at BYU is 6ne of-the, "Man for man " I l would not trade our staff for any other in the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain region," he said. The student health program at the university includes the only one' in the state -where the stu dents are covered completely from the physical standpoint- He said the admission fee at BYU was 'changed and put on a quartely basis in order to give those students without much money an equal opportunity with those who are better off financially. finan-cially. Rev. Wm. F. Bulkley, arch deacon of the Episcopal church of Utah, spoke - briefly. Rev. Bulkley Is also chaplain of the National Society, . Sons of the American Revolution. He was the first president of the Provo Ro tary club in 1919. Prof. B. F. Cummings of the university, solicited the aid of Rotarians .ki providing housing for BYU students. Visitors were Wfley Waggoner of Ann Arbor, Mich., son of Chas. Waggoner. of Geneva Steel com-; panyi . Murray Moler, manager, United Press, Salt Lake: Robt. S. Evans, Berkeley, Calif; and Glenn , E. Snow, " president of Dixie College, St George. Harold Nordeen a member of the Spear Lumber - Co. was Introduced In-troduced by W. A. Spear as a new member of the Rotary cluB. President H. J. Heisch presided and Clayton . Jenkins was chairman chair-man of the meeting. - Nine Cases Of Contagion Listed A total of nine cases of com municable disease in Utah county were reported for the week end ing September 5, according to state, department .of health re ports. One case of rheumatic fever and one of tularemia were re ported for Provo, and for points in Utah county outside of Provo, seven cases of whooping cough were listed. - Throughout the entire state, physicians -and local health officers of-ficers reported a total of 74 cases for the week ending September 91 For the last several weeks, there-has been a general downward down-ward trend in the number of cases reported, . Bnd this week's report establishes a record low for the year.. This is the smallest number since Sept. 15, 1944, when-68 cases Were reported to the health department. de-partment. - Ninety-four cases were reported report-ed for the preceeding week, corresponding cor-responding with 97 during the same week last year. New Guinea uses tobacco as money and a native can purchase a wife for about two "sticks," worth about 12 cents. ftSHEt MfWIN CO. la Mi CMy. Utah Leaders Jubilant Over New Los Angeles Steel Plant As Further Aid To Geneva Mill Local civic leaders ' were Jub ilant , Saturday over;, the , announcement an-nouncement ' the - previous day Hhat U. S. Steel wiU buUd a large steel plant "In the Los Angeles" area which will serve as : still another outlet for prod ucts of tne Geneva steel company,. com-pany,. .'!!'". They were unanimous In their agreement that the move was further insurance Orem People Seek Opening Of New Street OREM At a recent meeting of the Orem City Council Mayor J. W. Gillman read . a petition re questing the opening of a road extending south from Fourth East on Center street to Fourth East and Fourth South. Signed - by 42 interested resi dents, the petition received by the council stated that residents of the area of Orem adjacent to and above Center street and Fourth East have been greatly inconveni enced by the lack of such a road. The petition, reads in art, "Op ening of a road would be of great value to us in communicating witn ocera. stake .church activi ties and the high school. We are very anxious ' that our children be able to reach the school without with-out the hazards of the heavy traffic traf-fic found on Highway 91 or without with-out increasing their route an extra ex-tra mile." A definite need does exist for opening: the road as soon as post sible, Mayor Gillman stated. All the property owners, whose land is involved except two are willing to deed the necessary property to tne city for the road, he contln ued. in connection with the new four-lane highway planned for Orem, Mayor Gilman read, a pe tition requesting the use of con crete on Route 61 through Orem or for any other main highway improvements in Utah county. The signers, including Mayor Gillman, and other, mayors, state congressman, and Utah county commissioners, believe that concrete con-crete will last longer and cost less for maintenance. The petition has been sent to the state road commission. com-mission. A previous petition sent with the same request lacked the signatures sig-natures asked to " sign. , The population of all Latin American countries combined is almost as large as that of the United States. c - us IF YOUR MOTOR ' ... OVERHEATS Ahlander Mfg." Co. 90 Soy Univ. Ave Provo FRIGIDAIRE PRESENTS the New AUTOMATIC WASHER SEE IT DEMONSTRATED IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Firmage Appliance Depto LAMAR MAYCOCK, Mjpv" Utah Co. Frfeidaire Dealer Since 1934 S fc t . 1 i I J la lS8i . . . When the was Krcwwrl. f I 25,000 persons, compared with 175,000 today. , 1 The Fisher Brewing Company has kept pace y " With ChlS brOffreU anrl i nnmr mrimm mm. ' . 4L facilities, and enlarging fe the demand of our everincreas!nir oonufatinn. & , i J However, quantity of the first consideration. always be our first goal This.hai been our eonsistenc policy since 1884. Distributed by Western Distributing Co., of the permanent, 1ongrange operation of Geneva at a., production rate as high as the national economy Justifies. Justi-fies. The Los Angeles plant, chiefly a cold reduction sheet steel mill. win utilize thin plates from Geneva; Gen-eva; and ; the hot-rolled colla which the latter plant will eventually event-ually make after construction of , the hot strip mill which which U. S. Steel promised , it would build when it bought Geneva. The latter project has been temporarily shelved because of the scarcity of materials, but officials of-ficials have declared it will eventually be carried out as scheduled. The present worldwide world-wide demand for plate, plus some structural steel and billets, is keeping Geneva at. near-capacity output, with use of only existing faculties. The newly announced cold ' reduction sheet mill near Los Angeles will make the second " major west coast, o utiet which Geneva will have for its hot-rolled coils from its future hot strip mill. Columbia Colum-bia Steel's existing plant at Pittsburgh, Calif,, north f San Francisco, has been at work ' for some time on a $25,000,000 expansion pro- ' , gram, chiefly a cold redaction redac-tion mill. j Although ingot capacity at Geneva was cut for . a time because be-cause of one blast furnace being temporarily out of operation, most production units are atill operating at near-capacity speeds The No. 2 blast furnace was down ' for some time following the blast; which burned 16 men as a burned ; out hearth . jacket was being changed. ? -J LOANS Anyone Can G Understand . i . 20uamonth repays $200 loan ; 15.03 monthly repays $50' $10.05 monthly repays $100 $30.21 monthly repays $309 OFFICE HOURS a. m. to $ p. m. dally a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturdays . Appointment may b mad for after hoars. Phon 37S. KEN HOUSTON, Manager - first gfiss of Fisher Beer f:. i.. J - t its capacity to suddIv production has not been " . r Quslitj of product will V Provo, Utah - - - tnM Sit : ! |