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Show i 9 o 9 TTT 7 c o jj (jv Cy L. H Ji j V i 1 o 77:e Vcathur UTAH: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, oler north and -ast Hrtiinis tonight. Maximum temp., Sunday . . . 8 Minimum tK. ;., KufitiUv . . . :! FIFTY-FILTH YEAR, NO. 9(3 ftIfH Y5DMI$fc'J O PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, (H InT A Mark the date, Sept. 7! It has not yet been marked down on the calendars as a public holiday. But Sept. 7 has been marked by Eric Sev-areid, Sev-areid, European news commentator. com-mentator. That was the day, Sevareid notes, when the Nazis began bombing London's East End, and to him it markeed the end of the British ruling class. While the war goes, while the lxjmbs fall, a social revolution revo-lution is going on in Great Britain, Sevareid believes, thus adding his observation to those of many other foreign,, for-eign,, commentators who have noted the same thing. When bankers and cabmen sleep side by side in the same shelters shelt-ers and a hair's breadth on the cross-wires of a bomb-sight bomb-sight are all that determines whether death falls on Buckingham Buck-ingham palace or a Stepnejr pub, something' happens that will not be ended when the bombs stop falling.' This, too, we ought to remember re-member when we try to calculate cal-culate the effects of war upon the world. oo Traffic on Center street, Highway 91 through Provo, was held up today by a freight train crew on the Heber branch line for quite a spell. Long rows of cars were held up on both sides, extending back more than two Blocks in both directions. This sort of thing should be prevented in the future, Tf "his highness," high-ness," the conductor, isifc to blame, somebody else, higher up, must be. At ojy event, railroad operating officials must find a better way to handle the traffic over this line to insure that such "shenanigans" "shen-anigans" do not occur again. i MERRY GO-ROUND ! A Daily Picture of What's Goiu ()n in National Affairs By DltKW PEARSON and ROBKKT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON Upon the outcome of the war in Greece depend several things besides the question whether Hitler pushes on to Suez. Probably the most important is the war's effect upon up-on the Italian people especially in case of set-back or defeat. For a long time, U. S. intelligence in-telligence reports have indicated that Italy was the Achillea heel of the Axis and that the Italian people were none too enthusiastic about their partnership with Germany. Ger-many. Basically, the Italians always al-ways have sided more with Britain than with Germany. For years th'ey had distrusted Germany, Ger-many, and for an equal number of years had done business with Great Britain. Furthermore, the war h3S put a severe economic pinch on the Italian people. Pn return they have had no great victories and conquered no important territory. Hitler has been able to show new conquests to arouse the en-tnusiasm en-tnusiasm of the German people, but Mussolini has had nothing to show except Albania and British Brit-ish Somaliland. Even the much-heralded advance ad-vance of Marshal Graziani in Egypt now has bogged down on the sands of Sahara. So Mussolini needs a Greek victory and needs it I Continued cn Page Eight) i i I'lCiiilY (Mil ITALY FB3GES Crack Mountain Trcops Stop Offensive Into Albania I1Y JOE ALEX MORKIS Foreign News Editor Greek armed forces back-Mi back-Mi by Great Britain reported report-ed new successes against Italy in land and sea today. Royal Air Force planes ajrain bombed bomb-ed oil and railroad targets at Naples. At sea. according to unofficial unof-ficial reports reaching Jugoslavia, Jugoslav-ia, Greek warships (possibly aided aid-ed by the British navy) engaged Italian naval units off Corfu, blocking an attempt to shell the city of Corfu and allegedly sinking sink-ing one fascist ship. The Greek ships alro were reported re-ported to have shelled the Italian forces advancing down the western west-ern part of Greece toward Janina, aiding a counter-attack on land that appeared to have thrown back the fascist drive. Stop Fascist Drive The most spectacular victory for the Greeks, however, wag reported re-ported from the northern front where crack mountain troops stopped the Italian offensive toward to-ward Fiorina and stabbed deeply into Albania, attempting to encircle en-circle the Italian base at Koritza. The Greek advance toward Koritza, Kor-itza, aided by light tanks and airplanes, was reported continuing continu-ing after the capture of about 1,200 Italian prisoners. An entire en-tire Italian division was reported threatened with encirclement. Wmie the British-Greek forces appeared to be achieving success in the eastern Mediterranean for the time being, at least, and while British naval forces arrived at more Greek ports, the pro-axis Spanish government went into action 'at the western end of the inland sea. Spain Takes Over The leader of the Spanish occupation occu-pation forces at Tangier, opposite the British fortress of Gibraltar, issued a proclamation removing the international administration which has ruled that territory in the past and, in effect, taking it over for Gen. Francisco Franco. Fran-co. The original occupation of the international zone by Spain (with the obvious backing of the axis) was not opposed by Britain in view , of the conditions created by the defeat of France. Virtual - (Continued on Tage Seven) yo Arthur Gaeth, professor, of political po-litical science at Brigham ' Young university and popular commentator commen-tator on world affairs, will be speaker at the weekly community communi-ty forum Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 p. m. at the Provo high school library, according to John Bown, executive secretary. Mr. Gaeth will discuss, "The Effect Ef-fect of the Election on the International Inter-national Relations." "This will be a splendid follow-up follow-up for the four political meetings held at the forum," said Mr. Bown. Double Rites for Crash Victims Double funeral services for Ear! Raymond. Ell.son, 3D, U. S. navy j recruiting officer at Salt Lake, and his wife, Afton Beckstead Ellison, El-lison, 33, both formerly of Provo, who were killed instantly in a car crash Friday night in Orem, will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. at the Berg Mortuary chapel. Military honors will be paid to Mr. Ellison under the direction of navy officials. Interment will be in Provo City Burial park. All members of the Navy Mothers Moth-ers club of Provo are requested to attend the services. Maize sinai Jippea If Vo Presidential Contest In Doubt For the First Time Since 1916; Rivals to Make Final Appeals to Voters BY L.YLE C. WILSON NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (U.R) The 1910 national political campaign, fired white hot by war in Europe and the Orient, ends today with the presidential contest in doubt for the first time since 101G. Polls will open soon after dawn tomorrow. But there is no assurance the presidential winner will be known until some 21 hours later. President Roosevelt and Wendell L. Willkie will end their campaigns in national broad- casts for which Democrats have reserved two hours tonight from 9 p. m. (CST) and Republicans the first hour after midnight. All Urged to Yote Mr. Roosevelt in a statement today to-day summoned each eligible citizen citi-zen to "exercise the solemn right j of suffrage gnaranteed under the constitution" and requested all employers provide time off in which workers may vote. Willkie issued a similar appeal. He also pledged himself to ask congress to submit to the voters a no-third-term amendment, if elected. Bitter charges of falsification of issues, dictatorial ambition, unholy un-holy alliances aad of intervention of foreign powers for and against the principal contestants marked or marred this campaign as the angriest in recent American political politi-cal history. The electorate is aroused and notably large registrations regis-trations not only foretell the largest larg-est popular vote ever recorded anywhere but tend also to obscure the outcome. Political managers cannot be certain in their own minds whether thousands of hitherto hith-erto non-voters took the trouble to register this time to vote for Air. Roosevelt or for Mr. Willkie or against one or the other. Photo Finish But as the runners near the tape the forecast today is for popular vote photo finish. A large bloc of big, industrial balance-oi-power states is marked doubtful in many polls and surveys. So listed list-ed by some competent observers are New York, with 47 electoral votes, Pennsylvania, with 36, and Ohio with 2ti three of the largest. larg-est. The entire middle east is de batable in "some degree from New York and New Jersey west through the lake states. Republican Republi-can hopes for Willkie depend mostly on winning that area. The New York Daily News made a survey of New York state and headlined today its poll "indicates "in-dicates F. D. R. will carry New York state in photo finish." But that is almost inadequate to de scribe it. Projecting its computation computa-tion to three decimal points, the news reported it had polled 51,991 persona and the percentages of iavor were: Roosevelt 50.068; Willkie Will-kie 49.932. The difference was 1-7 of 1 per cent. Dr. George Gallup's institute of American opinion poll forecast a result equally close. It gave Roosevelt Roose-velt a 52-48 popular lead. Gallup and Elmo Roper, research re-search chief of the Fortune maga zine pon, told a radio audience faunday there had been a trend toward to-ward Willkie which, if continued into tomorrow's voting, would mean a close election. Fortune's final survey gave Mr. Roosevelt a 55.2 per cent bulge in popular support but with Mr. Willkie gaining. Election Weather Worries Managers "Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, cooler north and east portions," was the official election elec-tion day weather forecast, issued today by the weather bureau office of-fice at Salt Lake City. Campaign managers of both parties were apprehensive, let bad weather should tend to hold down the vcte tomorrow. a r i r n j ; J i... .J 1 omgiit: J A, Cn utah Gouniy With rousing rallies the Democrats Demo-crats and Republicans of Utah county tonight will climax one of the most intensive campaigns in history, setting the stage for Tuesday's interest-charged election. elec-tion. , , . . Democrats are confident the people will give the present regime a vote of confidence, while the Republicans too are expectant of a victory. J. Rulon Morgan, county Republican Repub-lican chairVnan, said today he is convinced his party will dominate the election in Utah county, with Don B. Colton polling the largest number of votes and A. Sherman Christenson next. Officials at the Democratic headquarters expressed an entirely en-tirely opposite view. Five big rallies are docketed by the Democrats tonight. They are scheduled at the Lehi Royal theater the-ater at 7:30, the Cameo theater at American Fork at 7, the Alha rubra ru-bra theater at Pleasant Grove at 7:30, and the Palamar ballroom at Spanish Fork at 8 p. m., and at the Utahna Gardens in Provo at 8:30. According to Mrs. George S. Ballif, county vice chairwoman, J. W. Robinson will be speaker at the three rallies in the north part of the county, with Dr. Herbert B. Maw slated to appear at American Amer-ican Fork before leaving for Juab county. Gordon Weggland, state senator, and Grover Giles will speak at Spanish Fork. Probably the biggest crowd of political celebrants wiU appear at Utahna Gardens for the conclud ing campaign feature a rally dance under direction of Emil K. Nieldon, chairman of Provo precinct. pre-cinct. The Republicans have scheduled for tonight a county-wide-' rally at the Spanish Fork junior high (Continued on Page Seven) BORN Girl, to Heinz and Helen Hilpert Reinhold,' this morning. LICENSED TO MARRY Harold Jess Orton, 19, Murray, and Eloise Crook, 18, Heber. Daily Herald Fas Complete and up-to-the-minute election service will be furnished by the Herald Tuesday night and Wednesday as the huge task of compiling the vote in what appears ap-pears to be one of the closest elections elec-tions in years, gets under way. A special election wire from New York through Salt Lake City has been set up to begin at 7 p. m. and running until past midnight. mid-night. This wire will carry over the Herald teletype machines, the latest available returns, continuously continu-ously not only from over the nation, na-tion, but the Utah state returns as well. In addition, a force cf tabulat 4 Uii. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1940 '- pi r'- LJ His Diplomatic Skill Tested Italy's invasion of Greece, fanning fan-ning war sparks that may flame through all the Balkans, severely severe-ly tested the diplomatic skill cf Yugo:;avia's Premier Dragisha Cvetkovitch, above. Although his little country is hemmed in by the Axis powers, he announced an-nounced its neutrality. Gzz2 1 Jon by Lqjd District . Coord Not satisfied with the decision of the Fourth district court in upholding action ol the Nebo school board in ordering transportation transpor-tation of the fifth and sixth grade pupils of ThiV-le school to Spanish Fork, the Thistle -parents today were brewing further legal action. But a few hours subsequent to completion of the case in court Saturday afternoon, the Thistle residents met and named Dean Kirkwood, Frank Jones, Lawrence Pace and Clyde Shepherd as a committee to decide on what action ac-tion to take. A. IT. Christenson of Provo, counsel for the plaintiff Thistle parents, opined that the case would eventually be appealed, al though he said no definite action had been decided upon yet. . Judge Dallas H. Young, following follow-ing final arguments by Mr. Christenson Chris-tenson and Elias A. Hanson, attorney at-torney for the defendant school board, denied the request of the Thistle residents a court order requiring the school board to reopen the two grades at Thistle and reestablish the school as a two-teacher unit instead or a one-teacher one-teacher school. The judge indicated that in view of the evidence, he could not substitute his judgement against that of the school board acted arbitrarily and capriciously, capricious-ly, and that he believed it had not. According to the evidence, no extra buses were required to haul the children, and their transportation transpor-tation meant a saving of $2000 to the school district, the judge said. Prepai ctton Service ors will keep running totals of Utah county returns to show the standing of the local candidates from time to time. The returns will be announced over a public address system direct di-rect from the Herald office to the crowds on the streets. Join the party if vou can, or call any cf the Herald phones, 494, 495or 432. Wednesday's editions will carry local, state and national returns, as far as they will be available. In case of a "photo-finish" as predicted pre-dicted in some of the larger, pivotal pivot-al states, it may be 24 hours or more before the winner in the presidential derby is determined. n n LJ LJ vJ I I! ' 1 A f 1... . . ;u u uu Utah Party Leaders See Hardship In Heavy Storm By RICHARD V. JOHNSTON SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4 (U.R) The heavy snow which blanketed Utah during the night and stuck persistently today discouraged Republican and Democratic party offic- j ials, who feared the weather conditions would reduce the record vote expected in tomorrow's tomor-row's general election. Candidates for state and national na-tional offices said they would make all scheduled appearances today, despite bad road conditions. All of the aspirants except Philo Farn-sworth, Republican senatorial candidate, were booked for trips to various state points. Farns-worth Farns-worth was to rely on the radio. The snow worked a double hardship hard-ship on politicos. It resulted in the disappearance of a United Airlines mainliner somewhere near Salt Lake City, and that event overshadowed the closing campaign cam-paign messages. Utah residents faced a barrage of speeches, nonetheless. Radio time for the evening was virtually virtual-ly bought up by the national and local party organizations. No national speakers were scheduled sche-duled for intermountain points today. Sen. Claude Pepper. Florida Flor-ida Democrat, wound-up the invasion in-vasion of major party figures Saturday Sat-urday night. Pepper told a Democratic rally that President Roosevelt must be re-elected, to keep up the fight against Hitlerism. He said there was no room in the world for two "ways" as much opposed as "the Hitler way and the Roosevelt way." Political olservers predicted Utah would go Democratic tomorrow to-morrow in all major races, with only one in doubt that for governor. gov-ernor. Don B. Coltdn, the Republican Re-publican nominee, was conceded a fair chance to upset the candidacy can-didacy of Herbert B. Maw. Polls were to open tomorrow at 7 a. m., and close at 7 p. m. TRIBUTES PAID KEHNETII TAYLOR Glowing tributes, testifying to the radiant personality and promising prom-ising career of Kenneth Taylor, young Provo business man who died in a local hoi-pital, Thursday were paid at the funeral services conducted Sunday at the Third ward chapel. An' overflow crowd of friends and associates, jammed into the chapel and many were unable to gain admittance to the services which were conducted by Fred Markham, member of the bishopric. bishop-ric. Speakers were H. Aldous Dixon of Ogden, a cousin of Kenneth; A. E. Eves, patriarch; Dr. Wesley P. Lloyd cf the B. Y. U. and Bishop Maurice Harding. Musical selections were furnished furn-ished by the ward choir under the direction of A. A. Swenson; a string trio, LeRoy J. Robertson, Gustave Buggart, and Elmer Nelson Nel-son of the B. Y. U.; vocal solo, Mary McGregor, and violin sofo, Max Butler, selection Cougar quartet, Edward Sandgren, Ladd Cropper, William Purdy, and Blaine Johnson. The invocation was by Prof. B. F. Larson and the benediction by Bishop William Norman of the Pioneer ward. The grave in the Provo Burial park was dedicated1! by Bishop P. C. Peterson, father-in-law of Kenneth. Profuse floral tributes banked the entire front part cf the chapel. .TTAn- ONLY DAILY COUTH OK SALT LJUiifl 1 i : i MM ll T" f T TH i ! I ii'J (Bulletin) BOUNTIFL, Nov. 4 Searchers reached iwrecka; of east-bound UAL, liner Into this afternoon and report BY DAVE DKYDCN' SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4 (U.R) The Wreckage of an cast bound United Airlines mainliner, which vanished in a ravins: snowstorm shortly before dawn and crashed against the rushed Wasatch mountains with len persons aboard, was sighted at noon today north of Salt Lake City. Ted Vaky, a private pilot flying- his own piano, radioed the discovery to the Salt Lake airport. "The plane did not appear toji . badly damaged," Vaky said. The wreckage was discovered at an altitude of 7,000 feet on the Wasatch mountains, four miles north of Bountiful. Searchers on Way Searching parties eft at once from an emergency camp estab-ished estab-ished at Bountiful, which is 15 miles north of Salt Lake City. The searchers were equipped with skis and expected to reach the crash scene within a few hours. Meanwhile,' air line officials, headed by S. V. Hall, superintendent superinten-dent of operations, began an immediate im-mediate investigation of reports the Hidio directional beam had failed as the plane neared Salt Lake City. It was said reliably that the mountain-side of the beam had ceased operating and that the pilot pi-lot had no way of gauging his position in relation to the lofty range which lines the incoming route. The failure was attributed to the blizzard-like storm. The aerial searching party, when it returned to Salt Lake City, said the plane appeared to be in "good condition." "One door was open, which means some " of the occupants might have gone out," one of the returning aviators said. They said the plane appeared to be resting on the side of a steep hill. Vaky returne.l to circle the wreck to guide ground searchers. search-ers. Highway patrolmen, Davis coun ty sheriff's officers and C C C enrollees started along rural and mountain roads, talking to farmers farm-ers who reported hearing the (Continued on Page Seven) GIRL KILLED III mil LilSIlAP SFRINGVILLE Funeral services serv-ices for Janet Maag, two-year-old daughter of Wesley and Lucille Lu-cille Pierce Maag of Fifth WTest and Second South streets in Springville, w'ho was fatally injured in-jured Saturday night when a gun held by an elder sister was accidentally acci-dentally discharged, will be Tuesday Tues-day at 1 p. m., at the A. Y. Wheeler mortuary. The child died instantly when the full charge of a shotgun struck her in the head. Mr. J.Iaag had been oiling the gun preparatory to a pheasant hunt Sunday, and had left it in the kitchen while he and his wife prepared for a trip to town. Renon, a 14-year-old daughter, picked up the gun and it accidentally dia-. charged, the lead striking her younger sister, who was lying on a nearby couch. Mr. Maag said, he had left the gun with shells only in the magazine, mag-azine, "bCt the girl in playing with the weapon, apparently loaded the barrel. Janet was born April 7, 1933 in Springville. Surviving besides her parents are two sisters and two brothers. Lorene. Wesley Jr., Renon and Conrad Maag, all of Springville. and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Maag of Orem and Mrs. Florence L. Call of Pleasant Grove. Burial will Vi in the Provo city cemetery. liuitd Utah County fiy I'utroaltlng Ixxi Store UtMtue tfouir. PRICE FIVE CENTS Vi ! i il M U n j f; ,1 1 V 71 I H fu all 10 dead. Pilot Telh f Finding est iner By 11!t James Hpiulrh fcson As Told to Vnited Press SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4 U Flying in a private plane, t saw the wreckage of the airliner just a few minutes after it was discovered by Ted Vaky. Ted was still circling the scene to guide ground parties. It couldn't be seen earlier because be-cause clouds and fog were so thick that they even obscured Bountiful peak, halfway up the side of which the wreck was. The ship apparently nosed into the mountain during the fog. A wing was broken. A door was open. There was no sign of life but that's not saying any were dead. rr rni i rn iliLC uILLlU ll UTAH CRASH BRIGHAM CITY, Utah. Nov. 4 tl".i; A head-on collision near Ptrry small Box Elder communitytoday com-munitytoday had claimed three lives and seriously Injured five other persons. The crash occurred yesterday afternoon. The dead: Walter Clark, 57, Holladay. Mrs. Georgina Clark, 50, his wife. Mrs. Amy C. Ilumphrev, 23, their daughter, Salt Lake City. Mis. Humphrey's husband, Edwin Ed-win C. Humphrey, 29, was critically crit-ically injured. Her brother, William, Wil-liam, 19, also was seriously hurt, as was Parker Lowe, 25, the driver and only occupant of the other car. The cars met on a straightaway, but officers said they would uphold up-hold all charges pending recovery of the injured persons. AUNT HET By ROBERT QLILLKN 'I reckon my happiest times was Winter mornings, with the 6mli o' wood smoke and baron and oof fee In the kitchen, and the yoiingunH noisy and cult In up while waitin for hre-uk-fast." v;0yX;v rT i .. . ....... i |