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Show PAGE THREE UlliOn SEEKING JE17 CONTRACT Around the World Willi United . Press SEARS STAFF Sears' Sales Staff Join in Tutting Melon' At Meeting SHARE PROFITS PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940 A 53,013.433 melon was cut here today and the" local employes of. Sears, Roebuck- tnd Co. got their slice. , - " . Y "r. .- - A - '. ' .' ; J . Slices of this sizeable melon . were dealt out at a kind of "stock holders' meeting." The meeting was attended by local members of the "Savings and Profit Sharing Tension Fund of Sears, RoeoucK and Co. employes' who learned how their fund Is getting along generally and received their Indi vidual profit sharing statements for the tiscal year, 139. Local residents who belong to the Sears organization now nave to their, credit an aggregate of 113 shares of stock In the company. Through membership In the fund, they are, -in . aggregate, -worth $9,040, basing this appraisal upon a market price of $80 per share for sears stock. Provo members of the Sears pro fit sharing fund learned at the meeting . that the company had contributed a total of $3,013,435 to the fund nationally out of its 1933 profits. . . . ; The fund has 40,174 members, More than 8& per cent of all eli gible employes are members. The funds current assets amount ' to $51,134,640 based on a value of and these assets are credited dir ectly to the accounts of the Sears employes- who are members of the fund. Manager Wendell C LaBrache presided at the meeting yesterday ana passed out in sealed envelopes. enve-lopes. Individual statements to local profit , sharing" participants. Delivering what was, in effect, locally an "annual report to stockholders," stock-holders," he recited certain statistical sta-tistical factors of the fund's history. his-tory. He said: .-'During the 24 years of the fund's operation, 81,851 employes who have died, retired, or otherwise other-wise left the-company, deposited $13,206,049 in the fund. They drew out In cash or stock (valued at the time of withdrawal assets worth $57,388,717. . "Thus these employes who have withdrawn from the fund realized a value of $57,388,717 from an investment,' out of savings, of $13,206,049, an appreciation of $44482.668 which looks to me like a pretty, fair interest rate. Ogden Woman Dies In Highway Crash OGALLALA, Nebr., April 17 (UJE) Mrs. Parley Hassel, 58, of Ogden, Utah, was killed near here last night when an automobile and a truck collided in a snow storm. . ; - ' Her husband. Parley HaSsel, and their son. Parley Hassel, Jr., were seriously injured, and Mrs.' Glenn Edglnton of Ogden, suffered several sev-eral fractured ribs. ' The truck" driver, W. G. Mc-Neice Mc-Neice of Denver,' suffered a hip injury.: in-jury.: His wife and son were with him but they were not Injured. Aspic Jelly gets its name from a Snake, the asp, because it is cold to touch. ' 5WJ y'MST THOUGHT AT THE f IRST TlCT WABMIHG OF INORCAMIC MIN II Oft COLDS DISCOMFORTS- .11, .JOSEPH ASP1BW LOWER PRICES... f I 1 V fof ; ' ;. ; m ,,,, . - ' ' '? H um NO EXTM CHARCE FOR THESE Handy Shift at steering wheel; ' Dash-LocUng Safety Hod, lunged at front so wind can't lift it; New Sealed Beam Headlamps; New Cushion -Action Door Latches ; AIRFOAM SEAT CUSHIONS (small extra cost ia ' Hudsoa Sis closed models, standard ia all others). And at small extra costt OverdrlT and Weather-Master ' Fresh Air and Heat Control. HUDSON OFFERS TODAY'S WIDEST CHOICE OF FINE AUTOMOBILES ... In Brimming Whh the loweef. Sixes or Eights ., . Every Popular Body Type.. . Extra Wide Range of Colors and Upholstery. Whatever Price Yo Plan to Pay, See Your Hudsoa Dealer For MORE CAR FOR YOUR MONEY BROOKS-JESS MOTOR CO. 891" WEST CENTER ST. IS Reading from left to right, front row: Erven A Coon, Verne S. Nelson,- Arthur W. Adamson, Manager W. C. LaBrache, Arvil R. Morgan, Kthel S. Karren, Fae Frobert Back row: James McCausland. Verne Abbott, David R. - Goodman, Assistant Manager Clif ford E. Armstrong, Terry Oakley, congratulating oldest fund member Arvil R. Morgan, while other well pleased with the earnings COIIVEIITIOU (Continued from Page One) ; banners. Welcome cards also will appear in windows of business houses in blue and" gold, the P.-T. A. colors. Arranging for housing the dele gates Is a large item beinq: taken care of by Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Earl, who should be notified im mediately by any persons who can provide accommodations. The persons per-sons having rooms available should give the number of people they can .accommodate, the, address, ad-dress, price per person, etc. . The chamber of commerce conventions con-ventions committee is , planing a sight-seeing tour for delegates Friday noon, according to Wyman Berg,-chairman. Dr. Calvin S. Smith, Salt Lake City, will be convention chairman. Local arrangements committees are as follows: Mrs. Aiken, general chairman: executives of the Provo Parent-Teacher Parent-Teacher council, co-chairmen; Kenneth E. Weight and Superintendent Superin-tendent J. C. Moffitt; housing for convention: Mr, and Mrs. Earl, housing for delegates; Mrs. George S. Ballif'and Mrs. Hazel Watts, hospitality; Mrs. M. B. Wallace, Mrs. Harold Anderson and Mrs. Hattie Larson, banquet; - Wyman i Berg, transportation: Mr. and I Mrs. Atael Fisher, Mrs. Harvey I Stahell and Mrs. Kenneth Bailey, decoration and favors; Mrs. Wil- STARTING AT Coupe; Sedan Uluiirated ibuvuioi nunu cazea, ioi Including state add local Hid, If tor. Low time payment term. Price subject to chance without notice. - . PROVO, UTAH - v " " J Ki Earl Snow, Clyde Olsen, R. F. Dickman and Samuel B. Robinson. and accumulations made possible Forum Scheduled Thursday flight Provoans will have opportunity to obtain reliable information on control of cancer at the community commun-ity forum meeting Thursday at 8 p. m in city court room, according accord-ing to John Bown, executive secretary. secre-tary. - A Program for Control of Cancer" Can-cer" will be discussed by Doctors W. Woo If and J. Russell Smith, after which a period will be de voted -t questions and -answers. . , A free booklet on cancer and its control will be given each per son attending. ford D. Lee and Miss Helen Alle man, luncheons; Mrs. Ralph Hoover Hoo-ver and Mrs. Deveda Taylor, pub lications; Mrs. Fred R. Elledge and chamber of commerce, com mittee on decorations. Mrs. David Bigler, vice presl dent of region four, is official hos tess of the state convention. . An invitation is extended to all members of the Parent-Teacher associations to attend any or all of the meetings. All delegates must register. They will then be given the yearbook containing all convention news and procedure, Visitors are - invited to register and receive a yearbook if they care to ao so. GREATER LENGTH (182W inches from front of grille to rear of body) ... more seat room all around, and biggest space for baggage I GREATER ECONOMY than ever proved by any other full-sized car aertified 1940 record. No need to sacrifice room for economy. t. AMERICA'S SAFEST CAR, with Patented Double-Safe Brakes "double-safe", be-' be-' : cause, should hydraulics fail (as they csn : ia any car), you just push farther on tb samt foot pedal and stop. A third braking system is provided by the easy-action parking brake, up under the dash., MORE POWER ... 7 more horsepower than . the nearest of the "other three," and the smoothest ofjthem alL EASIER RIDING, with finest type Independent Independ-ent Front Wheel Coil Springing and true Center-Point Steering. Pius the steadiness and added safety of Patented Auto-Poise Front Wheel Control. GREATER ENDURANCE. . . 20,000 miles in 12 days, under official supervision! A torture test no other stock car mt any price ever survived! - Come in today . . . drive a Hudson Six ... most amazing lowest priced car over built! Every Popular Price Cass . i 'J , t ? I - , r- v . . members look over tneir prone by the company. , sv- NAZIS (Continued from Page One) : two score 'ships (including seven German destroyers, two or three British destroyers, and possi bly one British cruiser) at bottom of the wide fjord or wrecked. Off the Norwegian coast, the, Germans reported, a British battleship bat-tleship was hit by German air bombs; an Allied transport ship was bombed and "probably sunk," a British submarine was destroyed. destroy-ed. In addition, .the high command com-mand said, a British destroyer of the 1,870-ton trlbal'class (190 of ficers and men) was sunk off the Shetland islands by a Germair'Ur boat, ' On the western front, there was more sharp action. Two German companies advanced toward Br- ish positions and were driven bactt with heavy casualties, Uie rrencn said. The British admiralty admitted the submarine Thistle, a 51,400,000 vessel of 1,909 tons and carrying a normal complement of 03 offi cers and men, had been lost in the North Sea. But, against the re peated Nazi threats of Intensified U-boat and aerial attacks on the British Isles from - new' bases In Norway and Denmark, the admir alty announced the sowing of new mine field off western coast of Scotjandinithe Clyde area The intensified warfare in Ce north served to increase CTe ten sion in the little neutral countries, especially Belgium, which recent ly has : taken, additional precautions precau-tions against spread of the conflict con-flict and which today recalled to the colors several thousand men who had been released because of advanced age. TAKES WARD AGENCY Thomas u. Kitchen, Orem mer chant who operates a store near V 1 1 - 11 OB : juincuui mgn scnooi, nas lateen over an agency for - Montgomery ward and company In this terri tory and will sell refrigerators. ranges, radios and all other ap pliances. He will have samples of the appliances, at his store, and invites the public to inspect them. Cranium Answers Questions on Page Two-' ' ' : 1. Claude A. Swanson: secre tary of the navy. - " 2. C. M. Schwab, steel mag nate. 3. J. Hamilton Lewis: .senator from Illinois. " ' - 4. Robert G. Elliott: " widely known eastern -executioner. 5. H. P. McElroy : ex-city man ager of Kansas City. - . . - TOO LATE FOR ! CLASSIFICATION WORK WANTED HAVE your rugs cleaned the new method. Call Jack Mayberry. 1487. r a23 HELP WANTED l TYPIST and j bookkeeper. Apply in own handwriting, giving, age and experience. 47. J. Box. Herald. Her-ald. , , - al9 E.G.COLE,D.V.tf. VETERINARIAN Phone 1740-641 E. 8th No. Provo, Utah -J Manager W. C. LaBrache is snaring siaiemenu zor . . Telephone Group Enjoys Function Moving pictures ' commemorating commemorat-ing the Inauguration of the transcontinental trans-continental telephone service were exhibited before employes of the Provo district of the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph company, Monday rilght.- The event was held at the Elks' home,' and attended by employes and their partners from Provo and the immediate surrounding territory. terri-tory. Two hundred and fifty persons per-sons were guests of the company. Duihigr."--buffet luncheon and a floor show presented by 'the B. x. u. public service bureau, round ed out a delightful evening. The committee- comprised the district heads, A. W. Troth, chairman, chair-man, S. J. Jones and Arthur Brown. Ogden livestock OGDEN, Utah, April 17 . (HE) Livestock: : Hogs: 170, slow, market' not established, bidding J5.90 on best 180 to 230-pound butchers or S cents higher than early ' Tues day. " . : " - . : Cattle: .Slow, scattering sales about steady, odd lota" medium to good slaughter steers S7.25 to X8.00. Good and choice veal calves $11.25 to S11.75, few medium vealers 110.50 , bulls for week, S6.50 down. ; Sheep: Receipts 3481, includ ing 654 for market and 2727 through. Nothing done early. MARKETS r af a Glance Stocks irregularly higher - and quiet. Bonds irregular. Curb irregular. Call money 1 per cent. Foreign exchange easy. . Cotton -steady. Wheat off 1-8 to 1-2 cent. Rubber higher. Silver unchanged at 43 cents fine ounce. STEAMER DISABLED NEW ORLEANS, April 17 (UJT) The U. S." Coast Guard report ed today its cutter, the Saranaca, was rushing " to the aid of the steamer - Brikenhead. 7,000 tons. adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with a disabled rudder and her engines useless. . " Da V0U OT) nsEo monuV cr ... for bothersome bills, clothe furniture, medical attention? We con lend you up to $300. Tak a year or mors) to pay. No em . barraxsing credit Inquiries. Out main Toquirement is your ability to pay small regular amounts. FINANCE COMPANY ROOM 207, IS E. CENTER SX (Over Walgreen Drug) Phone 210 Provo, Utah JOHN F. MOORE, Mgr. Provo lodge No. 1S54. Amalgamated Amalga-mated Association of Ircn. Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Ameri-ca, a CIO affiliate, la holding meetings with Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe company officials to negotiate ne-gotiate a contract with the company, com-pany, reports Varro C. Jones, director di-rector of the steel workers organizing organ-izing committee of Utah. The union ia aJiklng a 40-nour week and adjustments In the Wage scale that would entail an increase of approximately 10 per cent in the company payroll, - according to Mr. Jones. Next meeting with the plant officials of-ficials is scheduled Saturday at 10 a. m. l' Mr. Jones reports that reorganization reorgan-ization of the lodge has been effected, ef-fected, with William B. Gogarty of Springville as president. Other officers are Paul P. Craig. Provo, vice president: Paul B. Steward, - Provo, recording secretary; secre-tary; H. B. Hanson, Springville, financial - secretary; Scott Wilk-Ins, Wilk-Ins, Provo, treasurer; and James R. Long, SpringvU'e, guard. The lodge became the bargaining bargain-ing agent for the plant employes at an election held at the plant February 29 under direction of Charles W. Sitler, Denver, national labor board representative for district dis-trict 22. It replaced an Independent Independ-ent union which had been the bargaining bar-gaining agent since 1937. Sentenced on Forgery Charge E. S. Rigdon, 37, alias E. S. Davis, was sentenced to serve from one to 20 years in the state penitentiary on a forgery charge by District Judge Dallas H. Young today. He had been found guilty by an eight-man jury after a six-hour six-hour deliberation Tuesday afternoon. after-noon. - According . to . the complaint, Rigdon was arrested, by Provo police December 30, 1939. while attempting to ' cash, at the Recreation Rec-reation ' Bowling Alleys, a 917.67 check he had written on the Mad-sen Mad-sen Cleaning company, signing the name of A. L. Madsen.. Young Republican : Officers Elected .A Provo chapter of the Young Republican league haa been .formed, .form-ed, with- officers- as follows: Verl G. Dixon, chairman; Mrs. Ruth Throckmorton, vice chairman; chair-man; Mrs. Betty Davis, secretary; secre-tary; Glen R. Kenner. treasurer. Executive board, Charles Thomas, Thom-as, First ward;. Rows Vincent, Second ward; Martell Bird, Third ward; Bert A. Lewis. Fourth ward; -M. T. Dayis, Fifth ward, and Phil Christenaon, Orem. Enjoy any or Let tho Duifding Dug Dito Yea ; 195 West Third South BUDG ROME German and Italian circles said today that the arrival J here of a new German military mission could be regarded as a further strengthening of the Rome-Berlin axis. . WASHINGTON' The tat department prepared today to establish direct relation with Iceland by epenlng soon s consular office at Reykjavik, the) Icelandic capital. - ' LONDON A new British mine field has been laid along the west coast of Scotland in . the Clyde area, the aflmiralty said -today. WASHINGTON The 48th Continental Con-tinental Congress of the Daughters Daugh-ters of the American Revolution today considered a proposal to establish a near retirement system sys-tem for D-A.R. employes. BERLIN The propaganda ministry denied today that HelnrTch Hlmmler, chief of -tha secret polioe. had bees shot In Copenhagen. "Anyway, "Any-way, be has not been In Copenhagen, Co-penhagen, the ministry said. STOCKHOLM Frontier dispatches dis-patches today reported that German Ger-man ajr transports were ruahlhg reinforcement from Denmark to the Norwegian . port of Trond-heim Trond-heim in an effort to bolster de OLD CUSTOMtRSFAMIUES i i Ultimate In Smartness! Modern lenses have been designed for complimentary complimen-tary blending with facial feature. There's a style for YOU! New mountings create a sweejy clean-cut clean-cut effect. When glasses are so smart so attrac- live why hesitateT See the capable, reglsterea -optometrist with offices here NOW! You'll lie Frankly Told if Classes Are NOT Needed! Manufacturing and 163 West Center all of ill s 0 77- r BUILDIN TERMS AS LOW Monthly Now you can make any or alt of th rteJei improvemenrs that will to greatly enhance the appearance, convenience and comfort of ye-ur home. Small monthly BUDGET BUILDING payments, starting after completion f the work, pay for material! and lab-or. See ut for details. Let us help you with plant. fensive line spread out from the coast to the Ewedia frontier. WASHINGTON A majority cf the senate naval affairs com-miteee com-miteee will approve Die pencfir.j 000,000 Mvil expansion tCX. an informal poll Indicated id y. LONDON BritKh naval vlctorW , off KrajvUnat ia ad the lanJJog of milled force la Nrway were believed twiUy to hare leci irtbeoed Um dt caifMtt Itaiy eejterlag tbe - war at present. THE HAGUE The ministry ct-defense ct-defense annoTmced rcstoraUon c extraordinary army leaves. Indicating In-dicating -a relaxation c-f the tension ten-sion which followed the German invasion of Denmark-and Norway. Nor-way. Extraordinary leaves are granted for illness, marriages and upon the deaths cf rtlaUTt j. CASK CONTTNITCD LOS ANGELES. April 17 O? Judge Turney Fox today continued con-tinued tmtil April 24 deposition of the case of Chloe- DarU. 11, whose mother, Mrs. Lolita Darts. 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