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Show PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE : 23, 1939 PACE TWO . - " V : Daily: Herald Kry Afternoon (Excepting Saturday) and Bunday Morning ' PubltihtO tha Herald Corporation, f 0 ', Sout& Flrnt Wt htreet.. Frovo. Utah. ICntred aa aecond run matter at th pontofflc In Frovo, Utah, under lh act of March 8. 1878. . . ' , M ', Ollruanr "Nlool A - Uuthman. -National AdrertUlng representatives. New York., ttanv Franclaco, Detroit, Contort, toa Angeles, Chicago. . - Momocr Unltd J'resa, ..N. E. A. Service. Western Features and th Scrippa Leag-ua of fiwppera. Subscription terras by carrier In . Utah county, cents the month. 53.00 for tlx montha. In advance; 15.75 th year. In advance; by mall in county, .; outside county ff. 76 the year ln advance. i fri) Ubrty V through all Vh land"- Tha LJbartf Bell i Tha Herald will not assume financial responsibility for any errora -which may-appear In advertlaementa published In Urn col- umns r In those lnatancea where the paper la at fault, U will reprint- that part ol the adrertisement In rnich; tha typogxapb- The Choice '.s Neutrality Or War :;. Is if wofth-war?. ; ; ; ' , "ThatJslheuestion-that'thvAmericanreo pie must 1UecldeNiabbutrhlipp'eriiiigsinythe' ar x Kast." "If bur "nation is destined ? to assume Control Con-trol over - events ! in Asia, Tand influence the outj como of; the? JapanesQ-ChineseJ war then we must be prepared to go to war in foreign lands. The Japanese nation isvtoo far involved in China - to roti-eat now. This fact must be faced. ' v-: v-: '" We can -ekimafe 'the', costs df a victorious war against Japan perhaps, a million American I lives, perhaps -fifty billion dollars;? perhaps the end pfvAmericari democracyA - -; v Wf can estimate the" fruits of victory per-: per-: hapsa democratic, and free China1, arid a Japan I., es'people 'grateful for the over-throw of-their militaristic government; but perhaps : again. M A r ..China: still ruled' by war lords, or taken over by Soviet Kussiaihsteacl of Japan j perhaps a Jap ahese hatiohmacTe air the -tab' rer bittefe and war- like, by defeat, like-GeiTriany. ;; ! The American people have a right to decide . tovgo to war,with Japan, if they so will it. Until r theyhave so decided, the government of the United States owes it to our people to follow : ' the proven paths of neutrality in tho Far East. W kept but of the Spanish war, by keep-ling keep-ling our soldiers, sailors, and'marinesiout of the war , zones, Dy xeiang pur nauonais 10 stay in the Avar zones, or trade in the war at their own . risk, by giving financial vtWq can stay out of the J ajpanese-Chinese war, or, ' ' , a possible Japanese-British war, by following ;vv the samecourse; . . Or, we can be sucked into the Far Eastern -war by a continuation of the present administration administra-tion policy of persistently keeping- American couraging Americans to remain in China, and fetand up for their rights,,, -of lending con-" con-" tinqed. financial support to China, by more cur-: cur-: , rency stabilization loans orXbuildingJapanese enmity by continued diplohiatic utterances, di rected against Japan. N We are a proud people. ... If we allow bur government to continue its disastrous policy of entanglement in Asia sooner soon-er or later our national honor will be compromised, compro-mised, and we will go to war, undoubtedly to a victorious war, Jbut, probably to a national disaster. V ; fow is the time to decide before it is too Jate. ' ' ". v Now is the time for the people of Atnerica to see that our government unentangles itself, and gets out of China, or to make up onr minds, v io go tojwar, against Japan. They Threw 'Em a Fih! k Far be it from us to invade the precincts of tfce sports ? departmenti but a current; . news reel has practically forced 'this outburst upon us. - N The news reel, witfe appropriate sound accompanl-. accompanl-. xnent of grunts and groans, showed a group of wrestlers putting on their act, anklerdeep in a ring filled with slip- Derv dead smelt. v , x - Sport has fallen pretty low tripe or;-pardon us, smelt ! If 'the wrestlers need a " the-. crowd3, they'd better i r back to the farmsv UBVJ LATEST , TRUCKS , . . ; ; : : DOOCS "WHEELS OF PHOCRESS" CXII1CIT Lm m m m DEMONSTRATIONS MOVIES SOUVEN1HS 400 WEST CILNTElt support to neither side. when it must stoop to such x inorder to exist, . - - ringful or dead fish to draw pack up their trunks and go . .. DODGE DIESELS AUb EQUIPttEUY TIIONE 47G OUT OUR WAY f SAV VOU FAT s V . n7 ( WN?i SCU NEAKLy I WSLL ; MOVE THAT KMOCKED MV CROCK OF GLADDER ) : RCAIM5 OUT J CUT C? TH WAY.. IT W WITH THAT ' COSTS MONEY TO - CHAIN.' J ; .MOVE. THIS BIG i . f?r, ivrv, - - - . v . r yj -:.:3 ; : i ICOJ4U40 r NCA SEBVtCe. W T. M. Rra U. 8. "AT. OFF. New Deal Finds In Mad Mix-Up iff tf If -Bvr BRUCE CATTOX Provo Herald Washington Correspondent - WASHINGTON June ' 23 As an example of the way the New Deal can keep its right hand from knowing what its left hand, is -doing, consider the milk situation . With one hand the Department of Agriculture -the government Isbig city withK its milk is an. im-trying im-trying to promote price-fixing andfmensely complicated economic end "cut ? throat competition" in the milk Industry. . : With the other the anti-trust division of the Department of Jus- ice the government is trying to kill price-fixing- and restore com petition in the milk Industry. -, The Supreme Court the other day gave the Department of Agrl- -tcuiture. a green light by okaying the federal milk jmarketlng act. fvwhich- made ."legal the very p"er- Iformances ,whichthe anti-trust (division proceeds against. ; , Meanwhile, there are pending, in Chicago, , anti-trust indictments I against: a set of milk producers, handlers, labor leaders and health officials for doing just, tne soi t ox thing which the milk marketing act calls for-- r He's For it; No, Against It! Just to make -the "merry chain complete., .when the milk marketing mar-keting act was being' fought in the Boston courts, the government lawyer assigned to defend it and "mi , li. i i ,i in -8 i i . . r iiiiii i i n il r n iii , fmi.ii.il. iiiii.iirn With Local Writers I I ISach week this column wilt nents of the Provo Chapter of the The Provov Chapter, League of Western Writers, met . Tuesday night, at the home of Edith Y. Booth, in an -informal session. Thirty members and guests; were in attendance, including members of the newly-organized study group; : .At a short business session of both groups it was decided to send a delegate' to the Western National convention; to be held in San Francisco, July 27, 28, 29, this year. Ruth Louise. Partridge was authorized , to ' act as a delegate, dele-gate, since she' plans" tobe in California about that' time , In order to make sending a delegate possible,, the chapter planned' to sponsor a fcrldge party in the -near- future. Anna lrince Redd was chosen to act as chairman chair-man of tne finance, and party committee, com-mittee, , assisted : byithjB. 5 chapter president, Mrs. Celia A. Van Cott. The theme bf the national convention con-vention is: "international Fields For 'Western Writers." Speakers at the convention include Kduardo WT Villa, i who .will discuss. Mexican Mexi-can fields for. western writers, and "Major Bullock-Webster, . who will -discuss' . Canadian fields for western ' vriters. Registration will be at the .Cliff . hotel roof lounge. All people interested in writing may pay sT nominal fee arid' attend the convention. " - - . : - - ".. Listed awards at ' the -' national convention: Poetry, . entry not " to exceed .60 lines, any theme, $25, $10. and $5.! Entries are sent to: Eugenia T. Finn, 2267 15th Ave San Francisco, Cal. Dead' line: July 15. 4 Only National League members eligible. 1 -J- Short ; story : Award, same as for poetry. Entries sent to Co-leena Co-leena Cooper, , 2235 17 St., San Francisco, Col.- - ' . - , One-Act Play: Award, same as for poetry.'; Entries are to go to Jessis Rose deRiver, 621 Taylor St.. San Francisco, Cal. -Published book award: One prize, $50. All took entries must be over 50 printed pages in length (no booklets or pamphlets accepted) ac-cepted) and must 'have been published pub-lished since July 1, 133$. Entries are sent to Grace T. Hadley, Clif t hotel; library, San Francisco, Cal. Dead line: July 15,: 1939. Advance publication from various vari-ous publishers of poelry antholo- FT IS THAT AM MM THE UON6 ARISA Itself W.brking of Attitudes on - thus to defend price-fixing, and the ending of competition in milk-was milk-was a chap from' the anti-trust division who previously had been spending his time assailing1 price-fixing price-fixing and the. ending of competition compe-tition in milk. ; The basic trouble, -of course,-is that the business of supplying" a problem. A surplus of fluid milk-in any given area is Inevitable. The? surplus sur-plus gets processed into ' butter; ice fcream, cheese, -or what-not and brings a lower price than the fluid milk'. ... One handler will be able to put a greater proportion of the milk he, buys from the farmer Into the fluid milk market than another handler. At one season " of the year, a greater proportion of the area's total production will be sold as fluid milk than at anbthef' season. sea-son. . ' . X Consequently, farmers and .handlers .han-dlers alike tend to be at the mercy of unprtedlctabeand often Inequitable In-equitable price shifts. 1 What the milk marketing soct does, in effect, Is permit them to' get together with the secretary of agriculture, work out-basic prices for- both fluid and processed mlik, and then guarantee that all producers', in that area will get those prices- -0- WM. f. feature the activities and achieve League of Western Writers. s gies has just been received by the DailyA Herald. The , Exposition Press, v New York, . sends the following fol-lowing information for immediate publication:, "National recognition has been accorded to Grace Ingles Tost for her poefn-i Apple Blossoms,'.' Blos-soms,'.' Larry Harris,-Greennver youth, for his poem "Labor Lost," Elizabeth Lou Flesher, Sugar-house, Sugar-house, Vtah, for her poem, ."Sunset ."Sun-set Near Seattle." Henry Harrison, poetry publisher, pub-lisher, announces three Provo chapter members who are recognized recog-nized in one or., more of his four 1939 anthologies, they are Jessie Daltoiv Springville, Celia A. Van Cott. and , Anna ...Prince . Redd. Many nationally, known poets appear ap-pear in these anthologies. Volumes are already released;, from the press. r Miss Frost's' work is widely recognized, . has been : read over the radio, and special recognition has been accorded her abroad. She is an honorary ,, member ot the English Poetry Council, London, England. She was . appointed a delegate to . the Poetry Congress, N. Y. in 1938. Christie Lund Coles, was ."appointed delegate from Utah for 1939. Other local writers have been accorded recognition" in various publications and anthologies "and will be mentioned later. X JC X x .--J.'-' Frank Robertson reports the acceptance, by Dutton'sHDf his book "Ranch Romance," also a short story in Story Manuel,'. ' , -,x x , x, .x x ' , - Wilford D. Lee and family have gone, to Canada, where they win spend the summer on Mrs. Lee's lather's ranch. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lee are writers and will do con-sideraole con-sideraole writing. there (unless they are the 'future writers that Mrs. Ola Sward: Peterson , wrote about recently). Before returning home the .Lees will spend, some time in British Columbia. . X The material from old files, scrap books and. newspapers as eld as 1700, that were on display at .Mrs. Booth's at the Tuesday meeting, should furnish material for articles ,. and historical books galore. Writers are really generous gen-erous with their materials Be present writers and let the future take care of its self. By WILLIAMS X . CAN'T DELIEVE THAT HIS NO, BUT ITS A GOOD ALI31 TO TH' BOSS PESIRE WHEN VOU USB COMPANY MACHINERY FOR PUN CHIN' TO SAVE TH COMPLY - MONEY IS THAT ENEMY STRONG t in Fft i iUumiliiniuimuiiiiunmmnuinX Against r Itself Milk - Industry In substance,' each farmer gets his fair share of the fluid milk mar ket and ' carries his fair share of the surplus problem. ;Thus, a farmer benefits" through a fixed minimum price, The hand ler benefits through a" stable mar ket in which free competition for milk has been eliminated. . . . What About , the Consumer? But those two things fixed minimum prices and the elimina tion of 'competition were precisely the goals which the Chicago people, peo-ple, were striving for and which the anti-trust . division took , them into t Court fcr.gays the, antitrust anti-trust division, in brief : ' -.'Fixing things for the producer and the distributors is all very weu but how about the consumer? Who protects him? The tendency of . these agreements is to raise the retail price. Consumer, prices In C9xIcago fell about two cents a quart after we started our action there." Broadly speaking, there are two ways to, try ., to restore prosperity to an Industry by, maintaining, a stable, relatively high price level, or by driving prices . down . and looking for improvement through increased demand. w The New Deal is trying both ways Just- to make the experiment experi-ment interesting, it is trying them both in the same industry. v Cranium Crackers Professional typists are exempt from this exam. As for the rest of you -1 You've' used a typewriter many times. . At least, you've seen one many, times. - Can you arrange the letters of the alphabet, on paper, in-rows Just as they , appear on a standard typewriter keyboard? ' Vv " Check your answer against the correct i arrangement on Page 4, Witness RoIex For Actor 1. y Playing a new role as trial witness, wit-ness, movie . comedian Frank Morgan, above, showed something some-thing different in facial expressions expres-sions during the New York trial Df William P. Buckner, Jr., chief defendant in $1,000,000 Philippine , , bond fraud case. BABY CHICKS TODAY U. S. Approved Baby Chicks! . White reghurna, R. I. Red. e UampnliireH. Frudncetl - under ' government Ud fttate upervt-iw upervt-iw for our protection. Chirk bruoderW, waterera and ete. AIM superior iurkej poult. RAMSHA W HATCHERY S05 S. 7th East - Th. 61S-W O SERIAL STORY DATE WITH Teldayi The body of a girl ta found im Xlamt Hlv-r and Alary tsorm -with k officer to Identify the Kirl. She is ure It fa Jaaiee CHAPTER VI ' rpuE weather had suddenly turned warm - with the first burst of spring and rain. . "Devilish hot in this car, Reilly," complained Fenelon to his chauffeur. . 'Give us some air. .Now go to the morgue and make the ride short." , , . V . "Very good, sir." Pat Reilly .tipped his hat He was powerful, over six feet tall, ilis bristly' red hair - andT small humorous blue eyes made him look very Irish. With a purr of motors he piloted ; the commissioner's "car through deserted streets. . . . - j 1 The shriek of the siren echoed eerily against the empty blocks Of tenements, secret and menacing . at this hour. There was a sinister quality in the intense blackness. ; Ladd I stirred restlessly. "This hellish siren gets on my nerves. Even under ordinary; : circumstances circum-stances it's bad enough, but ? in these streets it's uncanny! Four o'clock,,! lighting a match to look at his wrist watch.- "We'll be at ".the morgue in five minutes. That will give -us -a break for the first edition . and be top late for the morning papers." ; - "I'm inclined to believe this is the girl we're looking for' Fenelon Fene-lon spoke- quietly. . ; 4: ; Speeding autompbil e tires swished over wet streets;, skidding slightly when s Reilly: ; gave the steering wheel a twist. .; As the commissioner's car made a . second turn. Belle vue loomed up . against "the tky. Lights gleamed in the morgue; wing. A sudden gust of wind- lashed the rain against 'the car, windows, blotting out the city hospital; the morgue- and the twinkling -lights. rpHfi , wind ? blew" . the rain- in Mary's face as she s climbed out, Ladd and Fenelon braced r' themselves' against the fury of .the " storm. They entered the morgue In a flurry .of. jvind that sent a newspaper ' on the watchman's desk flying across the stone ' floor. ."Right this way, Commissioner, '.we're expecting you," . said the porterl He chuckled '.good-naturedly; '.good-naturedly; ."Mighty glad to have visitors ; this tune o' night Gets sorta lonesome here." He was a little man with a . cheerful, round button . of a .face and. a.' shining, bald head. His blue eyes t twinkled humorously. , ,,'Ladd smiled, "t v would hardly call this spot lively even in the daytime. 3 , .! VYou newspaper- chaps never learn to t ,take things phlegmati- cally,y t commented , Fenelon. "We i3- M Men's Suits . Straw Hats . . . Shoes Slacks! Af BE HERE IN THE MORNING!! Broken Sizes ---A OEGOLAQ :S25.C3 mmm 8SD.G0.. $4!do!is:;- Hon $2.CD .57.03 Sig, Hon 03.70 UALGEIS.' TO 85.C D "'V.' ' i ' . 'GpL-GinLO? f.jSj'O G?Cri SO.C31amC3IIaSoo3. . . fellows would be dead before we started if we let our surroundings affect us." "It's a .mighty good thing they do afloct us," broke in Ladd. , "If we didn't feel strongly, we wouldn't be writing." He turned back to take Mary's arm. ' "Worn out?" "No. Just oppressed by this place. I guess I'm not a good reporter. re-porter. I've never liked morguecH The watchman guided thera into the office. "Commissioner Fenelon, Fene-lon, sir," he announced to a tall, satumine-faced man sitting - in front of a small desk. , "How are you, Ryan?" asked Fenelon. "Ladd, I suppose you know Detective Ryan. Society editors' seldom have occasion to pay calls at the morgue." Mary , smiled. "You'd be surprised, sur-prised, Commissioner. -We have reason for coming to the morgue of tener than you think." , .Ryan, a typical plain-clothes-man, gave a taciturn nod. "I understand un-derstand you want to see the girl who was found in the East river. The medical ejeaminer is waiting. Shall we go?' - 1 ', HIS pale lips were tight and , ;thin, . making his mouth a mere slit, and one eye drooped, the result of either a bullet wound or the gash. of a kftife which had left a scar that slanted down from the right eyebrow. . Mary, felt glad he was on their side, but the , clamminess of his rjresence : disturbed her. y vme giriA musra cuea aDouxj lour hours ago," nyan, remarsea. ."She's just stiffening now.. ' Grimly he unlocked the narrow door. : A stairway v curved , down into the. morgue. - ; , : - ;"Second tier to the right, said Ryan briskly. With dawn on a November morning still two hours away, electric lights burned bleakly- in the center of the great refrigerating re-frigerating room, their glow dimly reflected In the white tiles -that extended halfway - up the side walls. ' ., ' ;"Good thing . you have your coats on,', said Ryan, "it's always chilly down here. We've got to keep it at a certain . temperature, a cold storage plant,' you know. He smiled... - .. , .... , Mary felt her throat tighten as he turned Into the first lane rimming rim-ming the tall metal cubicles. They reminded ; her of filing cabinets;! one sliding drawer above another? human' records, with finis marked on them.' - .' . ' Dr, Albert . Morrk, the medical examiner, wss standing ' at the head, of the first aiste. 1 Squarely built, , of more than ouddleage, he had a chunky, face with Dene- Q)'TT mm . V. Odds and . Ends .';: Slightly 0 ? Soiled. : to go at . . . - V STORE HOURS: 9 to 5:30 SATURDAYS 9 to G:00 BY HELEN WORD EN COPYRIGHT, t39. NEA SERVICE. INC. ; a trating blue eyes. His mustache was gray and bristling and he spoke in quick tones. He wore a white operating apron and long rubber gloves. "Glad to see you, Fenelon. It's an interesting case. These your friends?" he asked, glancing at Mary and Tom. "Ye, Doctor, this is Miss Franklin, Frank-lin, society editor of the Gazette. She thinks she can identify the girl. And this is Ladd, managing editor of her paper. "It's a simple case of suicide by drowning," Dr. Morris tail. "Officer Murphy declares he struggled strug-gled more than 15 minutes with her in the water." j He beckoned to a morgue attendant. at-tendant. "Commissioner Fenelon wants to see the young woman they dragged out of .the Ecst river. .. . v " plIE attendant, a mlddleraged man "dressed in a white uniform, uni-form, reached for the handle of a box on the second tier. . Miss Franklin is the only one who knows the girl we're looking for, said Fenelon tersely. "Mary, we're depending on you for this Identification-, Look well and tell us whether or not this is Janice French." " The attendant pulled out ' the drawer. On a fiat slab was stretched a slim form, covered ty a long white sheet. Gently the attendant lifted the sheet. There lay a - young ; girl, straight ar.d slender, her red-gold hair drip ping with water, her long, drk lashes drawn over closed eyes. Her heart-shaped face was ghastly white and there were blue circles about her mouth, still scarlet with lipstick. A pink chirTon evening gown clung to her body and on her feet were silver slippers. "It's Janice French, all right," Mary said weakly.. . Ladd held out an arm to steady her. tYou can't break," he said. "The story Isn't written yet." He studied the dead guTs face. octOT," he said, "I'm cot satisfied satis-fied to close this case with a suicide sui-cide verdict. Dr. Morris started to speak. "I know and you know that it was suicide. 1 . -: " Ladd held up a hand. -"But perhaps If you called an inquest we might get at the cause of the suicide. . . Fenelon glanced at him sharply. ."That's right, Doctor." We may smoke out the real murderer. I'd like tohaveyou perform an au-; topsy on this body. -'And when I do?" queried the doctor. -' ' .. "Look for' traces of a drug in the stomach. - fTo BVConiinad Price!! f - :: J8VJ512.S0 KGl'J 510X3' G 81X0. OIIFGSl 3. :3ivq2X3 Q A. Tj 'y |