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Show TUeWeatlicT UTAH rartly cloudy-tonight and Friday. Scattered shower or, thunderstorm over mountains Friday. Little ( change In temper-' ature. " " , . ., . . . . ., Maximum temp. . Wednesday... Minimum temp.. Wednesday ... 04 .49 ', FIFTY-FOURTH: YEAR, Mdb Overturns ' ' 5f .r ;""' i' . . ...... With fire extinguisher, Clevelan4 0., police fight flames bursting from automobUe, overturned by t!. I O strikers at Fisher Body plant. Tool and Die Workers' Union picket toppled cars of workers attempting at-tempting to enter plant. At least 23 men were Injured in clash between pickets and police. -MERRY GO-ROUND A Dally Picture of Vhafa Going tiri' in National Vffairs Dy DREW PEAUSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN Lu sh Louisiana Gambling Jlacket Is Object Lesson in Dictatorship ; P o li tically Protected Joints Pay Police ''Graft of $10,000 Weekly; Cops Own $25,000 Man- sions; Croupiers Get Unetn-k Unetn-k plpyment Insurance; White 1 and Colored: Gamblers Are Close Pals of Ruling Tri-umvirate.-; ' . 1 i:l - " (EDITOR'S NOTE! tier U another article In The Washington Blerry-Oo-Round's $ weresatlonal i serlea on the Louisiana scandals) . v WASHINGTON The story of Louisiana;' which might be labeled The Aftermath of a Dictator," hbwa that Iluev Long's succes- 4 tors got ttrelfTrrosrpectacTilaf irt-i come from oil, ana meirmosfc plcable incomefrom WPA filch- ' Howeverthelr rhoat consistent i day-ln-and-day-out revenue came from gambling. And" since there ' are American. who would have us emulate the dlctatorsjof Europe, it pays to study the manner in Which this racket, when nurtured by dictatorship,: became more flag-rant flag-rant ' and ruthless In' Louisiana than anywhere, in. the United . States. . U; '-.' -f XX' 4 Gambling: In New Orleans may be divided into four, categories, all of them lush sources of graft: (.1) the 'handbooks, which are pool parlors i that i take beta on horse races ; ( 2 ) the lottery, or numbers I racket ;( 3) the slot machines; and (4) the open gambling establlsh- ments which feature dice games, roulete, Klondike and almost everything else. V All of these operate with the .approval and protection of the lit-j lit-j i Continued on Page , I, Sec. 2) UTAH FIREMEN UEET AT VERNAL ' VERNAL, Utah, Aug. 3 U.E Nearly 400 firemen from all parts of Utah opened a three-day convention con-vention here Thursday under the direction" of,. Charles W. Rapp of Loean. 'l I . . .-: Features of an educational pro-1 grani followed Thursday were motion mo-tion pictures described by Rapp and illustrating modern fire fighting fight-ing methods. Chief W. J. Hancock Han-cock and Wilbur W. Cox of Salt Lake City spoke. , . Twenty-five year service awards will 1e presented Friday to J. A. Mlkesell and Mel vin Riding of Mammoth; Frazier Buck and George Kelly of Park City, William Wil-liam "Reid of Mldvale, B. F. Roper of; Provo and 'John Oakson of Salt Lake-' City. ; -..s -:. The conclave wlU end Saturday following a trip to;Dinosaur National Na-tional monument. PeIees;;Nimed For Gonventidff i . .- v. SPANISH FORKThe follow- ' Ing delegates vfrom the , Spanish Fork" Firemen's association left eaiiy4v Thursday morning to tend the State Firemen's convention,', con-vention,', at Vernal; Chief GUbert Dedricksoa arid First j Assistant Chief t- Cooper Jex, delegate at xarge James A. Measom, Charles Miller fand JamessWIIIIamsf dele-pates: dele-pates: W. II Elmer trustee and Charles - W. Booth, chairman of the law and; legislation commit tee. Most of the ; delegates and officers ' were ' accompanied , lay their wives. . They expect V" to , remain re-main during -the entire conclave. NO. 22 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TfilEOnAPH NEWS SERVICE Cars; of Non -Striking ; Workers v- A ' - . l .m lt -jiiv: d A": : .i 1; .p-ys.-.. MAYOR COLEMAN 5) Mayor Says Emergency Existed Ex-isted Warranting Action Without Delay Defending the June 29 ordinance, or-dinance, under which Provo city issued $850,000 in municipal muni-cipal power revenue bonds to John N u v e e n company, against charges of the "opposition," "oppo-sition," Mayor Mark Anderson Ander-son today declared the "emergency "emer-gency existed,." He further N contended the city commission is better qualified to determine when an emergency exists ex-ists Iq the administration of - city affairs than the "opposition lead-era." lead-era." . Mayor Anderson made the following fol-lowing statement to the . Daily Herald: "The -'opposition contends that our bonder, were prematurely- de- livered' ; and ' Illeeal because ari I Syjiiols sxUjtAnd, therefore, the, ordinance of June 29?: supplementing the basic ordinance, or-dinance, voted by the people and adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Utah was not in effect. Claims Emergency "If the emergency clause was not Justified vln the ordinance- of June 29, ,we must conclude then that an emergency never, has existed ex-isted in Provo, and, therefore, countless acts of this and former Provo city commissions have been illegal. "We, of course, assume that the city commission was better able than any, other authority to determine deter-mine when an emergency exists in the administration of city affairs. "Some seem to think that Jake Coleman's opinion is better than the unanimous opinion of the (Continued on Page sstx) City Attorney Explains Court Ruling on Donds There' has been a lack of understanding under-standing evidenced among many as to the meaning of the recent district court procedure on the municipal power question and the judge's decision in sustaining the city's demurrer, according to City Attorney I. E. Brockbank. In clarifying the matter, Mr. Brockbank made the following statement: "In this matter the plaintiff group of citizens ask that the officers of-ficers of Provo city be enjoined from spending proceeds of the revenue bonds sold to John Nu-veen Nu-veen and company, except for reacquiring re-acquiring the said bonds. Not Found Illegal "They alleged In their complaint com-plaint that bonds were delivered before the ordinance went into effect, ef-fect, which the plaintiffs maintained main-tained was not unttl 30 days after it was passed, -that for this reason the bonds were premature and void. It is further alleged that due to delivery of .said bonds the credit of the city will be impaired. v "The defendants filed general and special demurrers, on grounds (Continued on Page Six) oyes on Lake Party . One -hundred and twenty city employes and partners enjoyed an outing on the Smith-Strong "showboat "show-boat at' Utah lake Wednesday eve-" nlng;- . Cltys.1 Auditor Mary V F. Smith was general chairman,- with jgnayHoUahdrin charge, of en-teraInment.:V,?t'.' en-teraInment.:V,?t'.' . .i"--.. .-i.i,The .-i.i,The .'program' included dancing, music,, speeches, . etc. y Prizes were awarded wlnnera-of various contests. con-tests. Elmer Smith and Rowland Strong staged n 'aquaplane jexhl biUon '-. 7; yw - tJIJ L wy-; fc" '' -v, J DEFENDS BOND AWAITS ACTI0I1 COilFESSIOfl' Coleman Thinks the Mayor Should Thank Citizens For Action Taken Repeal of the bond ordin ance by the city commission was interpreted ty Jacob Coleman, chairman of the Citizens' committee today as "an, error of confession, py Mavor Mark Anderson. He also commented on the recent decision by Judge Dallas H Youne in which the court, after sustaining the city's demurrer, granted the citizens five days in which to file an amended complaint com-plaint seeking an injunction to stay the municipal power con- struction progress. Statement FoUows-W V. Mr. Coleman sayg: "In the suit of the Citizens, group against the city off iciaia, "because of their? llle- cal . sale of the -ii mimiclnal Dower tibedWsiwn turned- on "a mere technicality, the insurnclency of the allegations or statements in the complaint to show that the plaintiff s or the putt lie generally were injured by the wrongful acts of the city; officials. "Judtre Young, accordingly,. gave the' Citizens' group, five days in which to fUe ah amended, complaint, com-plaint, which is now being prepared. pre-pared. It will overcome the technical tech-nical deficiencies which the -fudge pointed out in the first complaint. For the purpose of the demurrer, the judge stated that he assumed that the bonds had been Ulegally issued. "Instead of criticizing the Citi-zens Citi-zens group for bringing the injunction in-junction suit, the r mayor should thank them for calling his attention atten-tion to his error in selling the bonds before the ordinance was in Lforee; for clearly, if the bonds are illegally issued, any future city administration could refuse to pay bonds issued under an ordinance not In force at the time they were sold. t Competition Outlawed "In the proceedings to sell the bonds to the Nuveen bond-syndicate, the mayor and his commissioners commis-sioners not only sold the bonds under a hastily passed ordinance befdre it was in force, but also passed another ordinance prohibiting prohibit-ing any'competlngreiectrlcal system. sys-tem. The citizens charged that this was a high-handed, ' un-(Continued un-(Continued ?n Page Three) Baseball Tods AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland . .. 300 300 100 7 Boston . .V. 400 120 19x 17 Allen, Dobson (6) Broaca (7), Hemsley, and Sewell; - Osterniuel-ler, Osterniuel-ler, Wade (2) Dlckman (7) and Peacock. - - TOetroit ....... 100 000 002-- 3 New York . . . . 301 061 01x12 Newsom, Thomas (5), Benton (7) and Tebbetts; Pearson and Dickey. Chicago ;025 200 1; Philadelphia . . . 004 000 0 Smith and Treslr; .Beckman, Dean (4) and Hayes. ' ' ; St. Louis , 020 0 J Washington .... 300 4 i , MiUs and Gilenh j ?Krakauskas and Ferrell. ' ', 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE '-First game ? .: Boston 010 000 000 1 St. Louis . . . . . Ill 020 OOx ' 5 Posedel , and Lopez, Andrews i Warnelce and Owen. t - r- a' . ' Brooklyn ...... .000.001:201-- 4 Pittsburgh 001 000.000 1 Pressnell and . kTodd ; J Butcher ; and Berres, MueUer. Philadelphia ooo.oii. Chicago . . ',010 520 Mulahy, Harrell - (5) "arid Millies ; Lee and Mlancuso. New York at Cincinnati,': postpon- ed-rain. i r " PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, i - i i .. I i . 1 1 , 1 - ------ . ' - - - I : I I -. I I I 1 I I I I I I I ! I. . - - II I 11-11 L I 11(1 II Bill II i - I I I I I I - : I ' I I - I I - I - ' POWPLAMT BIDS OPENED Commission R e 5 c i n d s Controversial - Resolution Reso-lution -Today In a session devoted almost entirely to taunicipal-.-awer matters, the rcity commission today accomplished the following: fol-lowing: 1. Opened bids (there were four) for construction of the oower plant building, and re ferred them to the- Ulen Contract ing corporation and City Engineer E. A. Jacob for feoommenaaiions. 2. Passed a resolution rescind ing the June 29 resolution which adODted the John Nuveen company proposal whereby the city Would sell future power bonds to tnai company. "S. Passed an "ordinance ratify ing, approving, and conf irming the action of the mayor and . city recorder re-corder of Provo city in executing, issuing and. dVivering $850,000 electric ' light and power revenue bonds of Provo city, Utah." - 4. Passed a resolution entitled the same and setting out to accomplish ac-complish the same purpose as the ratifying ordinance. . Provo Bidders Low ', Bids for the 90 by 62 foot brick municipal power buUdingwere; K BY EltY DADS Groneman and company of Pnii "" .V- vo. S45.500: Tolboe ahd Tolboe "tof Provo, $46,780; Lichfield and Men- rove of. Salt Lake City, $51,900; and James J. Burke and company of Salt Lake City, $52,000. Ulen corporation, represented by Ivan T. Jacks, construction manager, will make a recommendation recommen-dation for .letting the contract which, if approved by the city engineer, en-gineer, wUl gotd the city commission com-mission for approval. The specifications demand that the contractor shall complete the work within 150 calendar days after the contract Is signed, requiring re-quiring that the contractor pay the Ulen corporation $25 -per day for each calendar day the contract remains re-mains uncompleted after the specified speci-fied time. The resolution rescinded by- the (Continued on Page Three) Cole Named Envoy To Labor Parley , The Utah County Central Labor union Wednesday night elected George M. Cole, motion picture operator for the Paramount theater, the-ater, as delegate of the local organization or-ganization to the state convention at Price September 18-21. . Mr. Cole handed in his resigna,-tion resigna,-tion as president of the union due to conflicting work. He was replaced by Claude Larson, of the Utah State, Employes' union, --who was advanced from the vice presi dency to 'president. George F. Bills was advanced from trustee to vice president, and S. C. Adams was chosen trustee. The latter two are members of the International Brotherhood of Electricians. V . NazfAfiriy Baclr To Horse :: .is- v.. Oil-Importing Germanyhas 'not overlooked the horse as a source of , mobility for iU war. machlne-u machlne-u , terrain rf . paotpm Tnrnnp TPhnto . shows a Nazi horse-drawn anti-aircraft unit in action . durinrmaneuvers to , be driven vto: cover .under the as the erun urea. - v !UTAH, V THURSDAY, , l'6jo$4pdlh:. R ill Is Kilted : By - Vote of 1$0 to 170 House Denies Rule, For Consideration of Bill, Placing: Congressmen On Record; l " Adjournment Plans Not Affected f - - ' ' . ; . " . ' ' " . -t.f-:" , VV ' - .WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (U.R)-Housei MaJority Leader Sam Rayburn announced in the house today, that the contro versial wage-hour amendments measures on which action is be acted on before adjournment. ;, ,,- . WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (U.R) The house today kUled President Roosevelt's. $800,000,000 housing bill by denying a rule for its consideration j '; Defeat of the measure was accomplished in exactly the same manner by which -the Republican-Conservative- Democratic Demo-cratic coalition beat down the WKite HoUse lending bill Tuesday. Tues-day. -. -' ' . The vote to deny the housing bill a rule was announced - aGivcpancr Guards uights of People States Publisher '"-For more than 150 yearsnewsr-papers' yearsnewsr-papers' have been the guardians of Lthe Tights of the people .against tyranny, corrupt pubuc officials and exploitation of any group,? J. Agwej3puwisnecyi&j,pyo, T'X'ejegTam - txiDune, ooservea m-au dressing Kiwanians at their weekly luncheon today. "That, is why the founders of the nation so wisely placed inf the Constitution -a v guarantee- of freedom free-dom of the press against suppression sup-pression of any political group rh6se- motives would be against the common good,, he said. "From this, guarantee came a duty to the, newspapers which, in the main, has been gloriously upheld. up-held. From it hasv developed a profession whose members have been trained to put aside prejudice, preju-dice, to completely detach themselves them-selves from bias of any one faction fac-tion to give a true and intelligent account of world and local news, and where necessary, offer its interpretation in-terpretation in its effects on the people," Mr. Owens stated. The speaker pointed out the evil3 of a subsidized; press, stating stat-ing that when public officials, political parties, corporations or other groups, control the policy of any newspaper, that paper loses its value to the public and forfeits its right to the confidence of Its readers. 'V " "It has been my experience," (Continued on Page Three) BANDIT RIFLES RENO THEATER SAFE , RENO, Nev. Aug. 3 UE A lone, bandit rifled the safe of the Majestic theater, 30 feet from Reno police headquarters, of $90 today. ; Miss ' Marguerite Dougherty, cashier,- ran screaming . after the marauder, who fled across the street to the telephone building. Police surrounded the building and "treed" James Fulton Johnson, John-son, 45, on the roof. He gave up without a struggle. ;i: a ; and X - " near Dresden. A nlane has been -trees, -.while; the crew opens up. - ' ) I " v" CP, Mil AUGUST 3, .1939 Housing-1 J one of the few remaining: possible at this session, will not gas 190 to 170. Defeat Expected-r- The defeatwas virtually admit-ed admit-ed by administration leaders be fore they called the rule up. How-) ever, they were determined to place the house on record on another an-other major New Deal proposal. : After the regular roll call was completed, - Speaker William B. Bankhead asked ' that his name be caUed.: . . ' - -. 'Aye.' he voted. - - The housing action-, did not . affect af-fect adjournment plans ; in- any way.' End of the 'session was stUl f expected. Saturtiay'-t or-Monday; only; "measure' likely to cause -any upset' of plans. " Conferees met this afternoon in an effort to break a deadlock over amendments to the social security act. Sen. Arthur H.' Vandenberg; R., Mich. ; fearful that the idead-lock idead-lock might 'continue; offered .as rider to a minor revenue bill, -a provision to freeze social usecurity payroU taxes at the present level. StiU Hopeful Senate Democratic: Leader Alben W. Barkley.t D Ky said he was still hopeful- of action on the amendments, . and expressed hope Vandenberg would not be forced to press for a; vote on the rider. The amendments Include a provision provis-ion that : would - prevent tax increase in-crease from going into effect In January. This Day . . . n - -,- BORN Boy,, to Sears and Virginia Curtis Cur-tis Thomas,, Crane maternity, this morning. ; Girl, to Mr; and ; Mrs. William H. Front f Spanish Fork. ' Girl, to Mr. arid Mrs. Roy Scar-brough Scar-brough of Spanish Fork. -. , Girl, to Mr. and. Mrs. LaRae Collard of Spanish Fork. . - LICENSED TO MARRY Joseph HIndley Mayne. 25, Bingham, Bing-ham, and Ivy Dorothy ; Christen-sen, Christen-sen, 20, Bingham, married by county clerk. -' ' Floyd Aldon Peay, ;25, Los Angeles, An-geles, and Patrice Hulsh, - 21, Pay- son. .' - V Buggy :Days sighted, so the team was unhitched Note . the horses rearing nervously UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE Three Magna Men Killed In Crashes Head-on Collision Takes Two Lives; Bringing Death 'Toil To 74 SALT IiAKE CITY, Aug.. 3 (U.R). Daniel Pittman, 41, Magna; today became the second sec-ond victim of a head-on auto-mobile auto-mobile cbllission Wednesday a few miles; south Of here on the Salt Lake - Magna highway..... high-way..... '.V ' Harold A. Lloyd, 45, Garfield, died earlier today. Pittman was driving the car in which Lloyd and four other passengers were riding. Five other persons suffered serious injury in the accident. Pittman became Utah's, 74th traffic traf-fic fatality of the year. . Lloyd died of a punctured lung and complications of. other injuries. injur-ies. He became the second Garfield Gar-field resident to die of automobile accident injuries yesterday. Theo dore A. Larson, 37, was killed in stantly when his. automobile went over an embanxment. on a curve in SUver Creek canyon early Wednesday. . . " onuracnt;IVarIis Early Soft obli Site; ill Liuimonn Fom BY EDITH JACKUN AMERICAN FORK An $800 monument commemorating 'establishment 'es-tablishment in American. Fork, of the first tax-maintained free school under legislative act in Utah was unveiled at impressive ceremonies at the American Fork public, park Wednesday iiight. Speakers, were President Heber J. Grant of the L. D. S.' church; Secretary of State E. E. 'Mon-son, 'Mon-son, representino'x Governor Henry Hen-ry H. Blood; Charles H. Skid-more, Skid-more, state superintendent of pubUc instruction; George Q. Morris, representing, the L D. S. church; Mrs. Kate B. Carter, of the state central camp. Daughters Daugh-ters of Utah Pioneers; Mrs. John .Beck, of American Fork; F. Hen-rie Hen-rie Henriod, Salt Lake Citv; and Mrs:. Carl Anderson, chairman ofi me Adams camp, D. U. P.'' Judge -Daniel. H. Harrington, Salt Lake; $Cltyi son of L. E. Harrington, American Fork's first mayora iahd - booster of the first free ; school, offered the dedicatory prayer. . The American Fork band furnished fur-nished music.' . The'-monument was unveiled by Mrs. Louise Chipman Herbert and Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Robinson, of American -Fork, oldest living descendants of American Fork's founders. . . - - A poem written by Mrs. M. H. Ingersoll especiaUy for the program pro-gram was read. A group of D. U. P. members sang, a selection. 4 Funds .for the monument were raised through cooperation of the Alpine district school board and contributions of citizens. The Inscription reads; "The territorial legislature, February, ( Continued on Page Three ) C Tribute Paid to! 1 ; Apostle Ballard SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 3 UR) -Funeral , services " for Apostle Melvin ' J. , Ballardr were held today to-day in the Salt Lake tabernacle before a capacity crowd of ' more than 8,000 persons who paid homage hom-age to one of their leaders, r , . .The rite was conducted by President Pres-ident Heber' J Grant of the'LwD. Si" church. "Members of the first presidency " and - Apostles George Albert Smith and Richard R- Lyman Ly-man praised the example set by Elder Ballard. Music -was " furnished . by "the tabernacle choir, with J. Spencer Cornwall .conducting. : Relief, society so-ciety workers-of the University ward took charge of flowers. ' . The surplus crowd was directed by.- Temple Square, guides,' who acted as ushers.- w Nearly 10,000 persons visited the bier of Apostle Ballard while his body ' lay JLn , state la3t night and today at the mortuary.. ? Call The Herald ". . ' - II you do not receive your Herald promptly, call The Herald office, 495, before 7 p. m. week days, and 10 a. m. Sundays, and a copy wlU be delivered to you. - : PRICE FIVE CEN-ir MARTIAL 300 Troops . On Duty; jB Injured; Bridge ' Is Blown Up Bulletin: : GREEN MOUNTAIN, Colo. Aug. 3 (U.R -i A detachment of the .Colorado National Guard, led by a U. S. army tank and flanked by a machine ma-chine gun unit, took over the bloody Green Mountain" dam project late today without firing c shot. Approximately 150 soldiers rode into the strike-bound area in a dozen" trucks which "followed the tank. GREEN MOUNTAIN, Colo. Aug. 3 (U-PJNearly 300 Colorado Colo-rado National Guardsmen in full battle regalia cbnve rged near this strikebound federal project site from two directions direc-tions today to place in full effect- Gov. ; Ralph L. Carr's order-declaring martial law. ' Seventy-fiye : young militiamen ftbm Craig, routed out of bed last midnight by the governor's insur- ctioiv-proclamaUQn,-:--set -cp a base camp on the outskirts of Kremmllng, 18 miles northwest. Seventy-five , others from Denver, Den-ver, bringing two army. tanks and machine guns," arrived a - few minutes later . over the Berthoud pass route across the Continental divided r " !- " .-. - . ". Base -Camp Set Up- -. Adj.' Gen'Harold II. Richardson, In - command . of , the first strike-settling strike-settling troops used in Colorado In 12 years, said a second base camp was. established simultaneously at Dillon, 28 miles south of the tunnel tun-nel site and 37 miles south of Kxemmling. -o :-' . ; , . -. The Dillon camp was composed of artillery, units f rom ' Loveland and Brighton. Richardson said no troops would be dispatched for the present . to the tunnel site, where an estimated esti-mated 450 strikers and their sympathizers-were reported; exchanging exchang-ing shots with 350 armed workers -and "depuUzed citizens. v At- least eight men have .been injured in the hostilities which began be-gan late yesterday, a bridge and a highway. were blown up by the beseiged "back to work" men. Investigate . Reports r "We're going to set up headquarters head-quarters and get' the soldiers set-Ued," set-Ued," ; the I adjutant' general said. 'I'm 'going to .investigate person-It person-It Continued on .Page Four) v U. &-CANADA . " --CONFERENCE --CONFERENCE SET - - WASHINGTON; Aug. 3 (HE) The state department announced today that the United States, and Canada will begin' "discussions" at Ottawa, Aug. 9, on i "important aviation mattera." . ; - ; Informed military quarters be-leived be-leived thr meeting, arranged at the invitation .of the ' Canadian government, J Would have an important im-portant bearing on defense plans for the western hemisphere. AUNT HET .BY KOBKRT (jnitbf . Tmlly's poison little; mind rejoice when the bad-ne?i bad-ne?i of other folks gets exposed, ex-posed, but I can't fe-el that nay. It Just Jheers me up to find out that I ain't the only "cne that's ornery. ' LAW DECLARED ON U.S. PROJECT |