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Show I IT) CL - A- The Weathc? UTAH Decreasing cloudiness tonight to-night but light snow In mountains moun-tains of east portion; Saturday partly cloudy; colder west portion i?w(f tfai County By Tatronlzlng Home Stores and Business Houses tonirht. Maximum temp. Thursday Minimum temp. Thursday 83 20 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS pnTPP TTTVpr' PFNTS FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 156 UTAH'S ONLY DAIIVT BOUTH OF SALT LAKH PR0V0, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941 TELEPURAPH NEWS SERVICE) n CHAT nr tees Eurrcn Ml. LfU u kjj LJ - I 7 ' y I -J j ujk 0) I JJ LZ3 J & Violent and sudden death is always a source of horror, whether it drops from the skies, as in England, or whether it rushes along the roads, as in the United States. The final figures on accidents acci-dents for 1940 are in, and they are a national reproach: 96,500 dead, 9,100,000 injured. in-jured. That is probably more than the dead and injured in Britain as a result of air raids. Our read are just as dead, our injured suffered no less excruciatingly. Motor vehicle accidents increased in-creased 6 per cent in a field which had been able to reduce its toll consistently for some years. Industrial accident? also increased, probably both due somewhat to the increased increas-ed tempo of the arms drive. The National Safety Council Coun-cil is quite right in pointing out that there is now a further fur-ther reason, aside from ordinary or-dinary common sense, to try to reduce accidents in 1941. That is that every man or woman killed, every day lost through accidents, is a drain on national defense at a time when there is every reason to increase its strength and husband hus-band its power. 0O0 Sense and Nonsense When they start building bomb shelters, they might put the first ones in the outfield out-field at Yankee Stadium. . . . The Dutch are reported to be annoyed because the Nazis shipped most of their cheese off to Germany. -Well,- it's a strong reason. . . . Hitler says he is going right ahead with his submarine campaign and let the ships fall where they may. . . . British hope that the German "all-out" offensive will be all out of luck. . . . Defense program may be due for a crack-down. Well, better that than a crack-up. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN War Department Investigates Another Army Camp Site, Big One in Georgia; Land On Edge of Big Malarial Swamp Picked Over More Desirable Locations; Medical Medi-cal Experts Not Consulted, But Now Must Clean it Up With WPA's Aid; Price of Land Doubles Earlier Assessment As-sessment ; Political Pressure Pres-sure is Denied. WASHINGTON Investigating army camp site purchases is getting get-ting to be a regular chore around the War Department. Last week The Washington Merry-Go-Round disclosed that on the personal orders of Under Secretary Robert Patterson, the Inspector General was probing a contract made with private realtors real-tors by the Department's Land Division for a 60,000-acre gun-testing gun-testing range in Indiana. It can now be revealed that this is not the only deal under investigation. Patterson has also ordered a probe of 360,000 acres acquired in southern Georgia which include a malarial swamp. This time it is concerned chiefly with the selection of this particular par-ticular site and the price paid, rather than (as in Indiana) the method of acquiring the land; that Is, how the location came to be picked and who fixed the price. Both items have aroused questions ques-tions regarding the following points: (1) That several other more desirable sites in this' section, one a high, sandy area in North Carolina, Caro-lina, had been favorably consider-Continued consider-Continued on Page Four, Sec. Two DAUGHTER BORN TO BATISTAS HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 7 (U.PJ The wife of President Fulgencio Batista gave birth to a daughter today. The baby weighed seven and a half pounds. She was named Elisa for Mrs. Batista. The child was the Batistas third. MAW DENIES DICTATORIAL AMBITI Governor Explains His Reorganization Bill To Committee SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 7 (U.R) Gov. Herbert B. Maw assured a special house reorganization reor-ganization committee today he had no dictatorial ambitions, ambi-tions, as feared by those who objected to sections of his bill granting the governor control of all state funds. The 17-member committee invited in-vited the governor to explain his bill, which has been under study for the past four days. Chariman Royal B. Garff, D., Salt Lake, indicated most objections objec-tions had hinged on Section 19 of the bill, granting the executive control of funds, and the section which proposes an industrial 'expansion 'ex-pansion committee. Objections Overcome . In regard to "dictatorsTiip" charges, Garff said the governor told the committee there was no provision in the bill which would permit the execu$5ve to take drastic action without legislative approval. "The governor assured objectors to a plan for diverting $800,000 In auto license funds to the industrial in-dustrial commission that they would not suffer under his program," pro-gram," Garff said. He added the governor had indicated in-dicated that, if given control of the funds, he would-be able to transfer money to any section of the state which might be in need. Garff said the committee- had appeared "highly enthusiastic" at Gov. Maw's explanation. He said There was no intimation as yet that the bill would be amended or materially changed from the form in which the committee received it from the governor. To Meet Monday Garff said the committee would meet again Monday morning for final consideration of Sie bill before be-fore presenting it at a public hearing in the Newhouse Hotel Monday night. Earlier in the day, Gov. Maw told a press conference his auto license bill and a bill covering all relief problems would be ready for presentation to the legislature next week. He said he would spend the weekend putting finishing finish-ing touches on the measures, and hoped they could be presented for early consideration.' The governor also expressed ap proval of a plan for public hear- (Continued on Page Three) LEHI GIRL IS SNOW. QUEEN Lois Larsen of Lehi, sponsored by the LaVadis social unit, was elected queen of .the Brigham Young university snow carnival scheduled Saturday at Vivian park at a hotly-contested election Thursday. Miss Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Larsen of Lehi, won over 10 other contestants. A total of 715 votes were cast in the election. The queen is a B. Y. U. freshman fresh-man and a women's cheer leader. She is' 18, five foot two, and weighs 107 pounds. According to Halbert Keller of Mantl, student chairman of the carnival, buses will leave the edu-( edu-( Continued on Page Three) Chamber of Campaign Reporting a grand total of $10,-774 $10,-774 on a minimum goal of $10,-500, $10,-500, the 1941 chamber of commerce com-merce mobilization came to a victorious vic-torious close last night, although workers today are continuing their efforts to contact many who were not reached during the intensive in-tensive mobilization. The final report re-port meeting, held at the Roberts hotel, with Frank J. Earl, general chairman, presiding, was a hilarious hilar-ious occasion and the workers gave Mr. Earl an ovation for his leadership in the effort. Final figures as chalked up on the report board last night show the General Sales division, with Pete Ashton as chairman, reporting report-ing a grand total of $3,314. Of MS Answers Call JOHN KIRBY ALLEN DEATH CLAIMS JOHN K. ALLEN John Kirby Allen, 77, prominent promi-nent farmer and dairyman and leader in musical circles, died at his home in Vineyard, late Thursday Thurs-day night following a protracted illness. He was born January 7, 186-t' in Swansea, Wales, the son of Thomas Thom-as and Mary Kirby Allen. He came t to. the United-States with his parents, settling in Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania in 1872. Two years later they came to Utah, to make their home in Provo where they lived until 1903 when they moved to their present home in Vineyard, He was educated in the Provo city schools. He married Lydia J. Taylor January 5, 1887 in the Salt Lake temple. She survives with six sons and four daughters. Mr. Allen was an accomplished musician and served throughout his life in many capacities in this field. He taught music in Provo Pleasant Grove, Vineyard and the Alpine schools for a number of years. He was a member of the Alpine district school board and served as president for a number num-ber of years. He also served on the Union Dairy company board and was also president for several years. He was a devoted member of the L. D. S. church and was active ac-tive in church work throughout his life, serving in- the Sunday school superintendency of the Vineyard ward for 20 years. He was chorister in the Provo Second Sec-ond ward. Vineyard, Lake View and Manila wards. In later years he was a leader in the missionary work of the Sharon staSe and was more recently group leader of the high priests in the Vineyard ward. Surviving are the widow and the following children: Roy Allen, San Jose, Calif.; Leo Allen, of Provo; Thomas anu Ellwood AJ-len, AJ-len, Pleasant Grove; Joseph Taylor Tay-lor Allen and Kirby Allen, of Vineyard; Mrs. Mary A. Brinker-hoff, Brinker-hoff, of Bicknell, Utah; Mrs. Pris-cilla Pris-cilla A. Jensen of Provo; Mrs. Edna Ed-na A. Robinson and Mrs. Lydia A. Hilton of Pleasant Grove; also 41 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; orre brother, Thomas Tho-mas Allen of Provo; one. sister, Mrs. Hannah Cook of Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p. m. in the Vineyard Vine-yard ward chapel under the direction dir-ection of Bishop Walter Holda-way. Holda-way. Friends may call at the Berg-Mortuary Berg-Mortuary Saturday evening and at the home in Vineyard, Sunday prior to the services. Interment will be in the Provo Burial park. : Commerce Over the Top this amount, the first battalion, led by Cliff Tolboe, turned in $1749, and the second battalion, led by Clyde Crockett, reported $1565. High team honors last night went to John Krier and his team, who led all groups in the campaign with a total of $577. The Executive Special division, with C. T. Keigley and Dr. C. J. Moffitt as leaders, reported a grand total of $1,169.50. W. Monroe Mon-roe Paxman, chairman of the National Na-tional Firms division, reported a total of $1290 to date, with more to come. "We should not be misled by the fact that the minimum gbal has been reached," Mr. Earl told (Continued on Page Three) Fa iiish Aid to Cut D own U. S. German Plane Production Running As High As 5000 a Month; Doubts England Can Win the War, He Tells Senators WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 U.R) Al Williams, noted speed flier and aviation writer, estimated today Germany's plane production may be running as high as 4,500 to 5,000 a month, and expressed doubt England could win the war. Williams Wil-liams testified before the senate foreign relations committee in opposition to the British aid bill. He said the administration s British-aid policy had reduced re-duced American air power to a "myth," and that passage of virtual suicide of the American way of life." Woefully Deficient "America today is woefully de- f icient in air power," he told the ) senate foreign relations commit- j tee. "In fact, American air power is a mvth.'. The neglect to pro vide that vital arm for America's national defense system is nothing short of criminal." He accused the administration of seeking a "blank check on the American way or lire, and or "tendencies that would involve the United States in war abroad." "Talking peace at home and shouting war abroad and meddling in the internal affairs not only of Europe, but also of Asia. I doubt seriously if the United States has one single worthwhile friend among the major nations of the world." he said. Williams charged the administration adminis-tration "was guilty of "persistent promotion of hysteria" concerning threats of invasion. He contended that talk of war, naval or land invasion in-vasion of the United States was "pure nonsense" and "incredible fantasy." WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (U.E) Secretary of War Henry L. Stlm-son Stlm-son asserted today that U. S. sale of airplanes to Britain has helped build up a British air force "which is now reasonably expected expect-ed to successfully meet the crisis of this year,'' and has strengthened strength-ened our national defense. In a letter to the senate foreign relations committee placed in its record over the objections of opponents of the bill Stimson denied de-nied certain accounts of testimony he had given in an executive session. ses-sion. "The essential misrepresentation misrepresenta-tion x x x is that, by the delivery of planes from this country to Britain, our own defensive program pro-gram has been impaired and the safety of this country thereby imperiled," im-periled," Stimson said. "Such an implication is quite untrue." Stimson's letter said that foreign for-eign orders enabled the fJ. S. airplane air-plane industry to expand approximately approxi-mately 100 per cent in the last two years. T Faculty an Spsaks To Lions Members of the Provo Lions club heard a patriotic address by O. Meredith Wilson, assistant professor of history at the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university at the luncheon meeting Thursday night at the Haase cafe. Prof. Wilson's talk was well received by the club men. Dr. W. Woolf explained to the club members the object of the present social hygiene drive sponsored spon-sored by the junior chamber of commerce, with an objective of stricter legislation. requiring physical examinations ' as prerequisites pre-requisites for marriage licenses. Creed Kindred of the Americanism American-ism committee was in charge of the program and E. C. Speakman, president, presided. Two new members were installed: in-stalled: R. A. Menlove, building contractor and Dr. Harold Austin, physician and surgeon. Announcement was made by Aura C. Hatch, district governor, of the meeting to be held in honor of Karl M. Sorrick of Spring-port. Spring-port. Mich, international president, at the Newhouse Hotel, February 12. The Provo Lions will be represented rep-resented with the Cougar quartet and a strong delegation of club members. CONSCRIPTION LAW HAVANA, Feb. 7 C.P A national na-tional military conscription law may be pushed through at the present extraordinary session "of congress, it was reported in parliamentary par-liamentary circles today. s li'lier Says Air Power HOUSE DEFEATS AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE RUSSIA BY JOHN It. BEAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (U.E) The house today defeated an amendment to exclude Soviet Russia Rus-sia from receiving American aid under the British-aid program after administration leaders had warned that the proposed action would drive Russia into the axis orbit. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 195 to 91. It was introduced by Rep. George Holden Tinkham, R., Mass., who. .said that "Russia is against civilization civiliza-tion as we know it, against everything every-thing in the Angio-toaxon worla.'' Vinkham protested that the bill, as now arafted, proposed to "put all of the assets or me United Unit-ed States" behind Russia, as well as Britain, Greece and China. In its present form the bill authorizes au-thorizes tne loan, lease or grant or arms to any nation whose defense de-fense President Roosevelt deems vital to the aelense or tne Umieu States. Tinkham proposed to add the words "except Soviet Russia.'1 Administration leaders pieadea for dereat of the proposal on grounds ic was a ' gratutious slay at Russia which might drive her into the arms of the lierlin-Kome-Tokyo axis. M ne house approved by unanimous unani-mous voice vole a foreign arrairs committee amendment to the bill, stating none of its provisions shah alter the neutrality act ban on sending American merchant snips into war zones designated by the president. RAILROAD MEN VOTE ON STRIKE WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 UE B. M. Jewell, secretary of 14 major ma-jor railroad labor unions, said today to-day strike ballots will be sent 750,000 employes of Class 2 railroads rail-roads on Feb. 15. The decision to ask a strike vote on demands for vacations with pay for railroad workers was reached by union leaders after George M. Harrison, union head, conferred with President Roosevelt.. Roose-velt.. "The strike ballots will go in the mail on Feb. 15," Jewell said. '.'We are going right ahead with our plans. The chiefs of the 14 unions will meet on March 26 to count the vote." Harrison returned to the Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, O., Headquarters of the railroad rail-road brotherhoods last night. Jewell said he planned to leave today for Chicago to complete plans for the strike vote. President Roosevelt was said to have suggested to Harrison that he confer with John J. Pelley, (Continued on Page Three) Tlits Day.. BORN Bov. to Erven and Zola An- dreason Bair, this morning. GirL, to Carl Alma and Lillian Norman Pace, 'this morning. LICENSED TO MARRY Glen Greenwood, 22, American Fork, and Maxine Moyle, 22, Alpine. Al-pine. , ' ! Henry Brown, 28, American Fork, and Wilma LaPrele Thomas, 27, American Fork. Wilford Holm, 40. Spanish Fork, and Lucy Hill, 40, Thistle. mm high YOUTH DIES mm HURT! Max Fowler Of Goshen Succumbs Friday After Mishap Utah county's first 1941 traffic fatality was recorded when Max Fowler, 18, of Goshen, student body president presi-dent of Payson high school, succumbed at 5 p. m. Thursday Thurs-day to injuries suffered when struck by an automobile Wednesday night. Fowler's death, together with the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller Adams, 64, of Cedar City, raised the state's 1941 traffic toll to 14, compared with 21 for the corresponding corres-ponding period last year. There had been three fatalities in Utah county by February 6 in 1940. Mrs. Adams died in a Cedar City hospital of injuries , she incurred in an accident Sunday at 8 p. m.. which already had taken the life of her sister, Mrs. Annabell Bulloch Bul-loch Keel, 72, of Provo. The two women, pedestrians, were struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Keith Smith of Cedar City. Struck By Car Fowler, son of James Talbert and Emma Price Burraston Fowler Fow-ler of Goshen, was fatally injured when struck by a car driven by Jack Barnett, 20, ' of Payson. a B. Y. U. fftudent, while waiting in front of the high school building for a bus. He and other students had just attended the Payson-Spnnish Payson-Spnnish Fork basketball game. Barnett reportedly took the youth to a Payson physician for examination. Thought to be suffering suf-fering only from a cut on his lips and other minor hurts, Fowler was returned to his home. He was in a coma Thursday morning and was taken to the hospital, where it was found he had a basal skull fracture, from which he succumbed. The youth was born May 28, 1922, at Goshen. He attended the elementary and junior high school at Goshen. Active In Church-He Church-He was always active in L. D. S. church and school affairs. He was vice president of the sophomore sopho-more class and president of the junior class at Payson high school, and was elected as student body president for the current school year. He was a member of the football foot-ball squad, and was vice president of the school's ag club. : He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Carl and Delroy Fowler, and two sisters, Emogene and Donna Marie Fowler, all of Goshen. Columbia Steel Plans $5,000,000 Expansion Of Its Coast Facilities SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 7 Columbia Steel company, com-pany, subsidiary of United States Steel corporation, announced an-nounced today the approval of a program for the enlargement of its Pacific Coast facilities so as to embrace additional steel making and finishing mills. Work on this program, wnicn involves an expected expenditure of upward up-ward of $5,000,000, will commence in the near future. The decision to build further facilities on the Pacific Coast is a recognition of the growing steel demands of that region coming from manufacturers engaged in supplying directly and indirectly the needs of the national defense program, aa well as from other users of steel products. The Columbia Steel company, which was acquired by the United States Steel corporation in 1930, is a fully integrated company owning own-ing and operating steel works at Pittsburgh and Torrance, tjanror- nia; ore and coal mines and a blast, furnace in Utah, open hearth fur naces, rolling, wire, nail, sheet and tin mills, foundries and wire rope and fence plant. Texas Legislator Would Make Lindy Mere Buck Private AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 7 lE A resolution asking Col. Charles A. Lindbergh be "reduced to the rank of buck private" and deported de-ported "to whatever part of Hitler Hit-ler controlled territory he may choose to go" was introduced in the Texas House of representatives representa-tives today. Hits Lend-t.ease v "I J i ' A 4 (NEA Telephoto) The Chamber of Commerce of the United States opposed the Britain lend-lease bill when James S. Kemper, Kem-per, president, above, charged the President could deliver the vhole Army, Navy and Air Force to foreign for-eign powers without advising Congress. Con-gress. He's shown testifying: COUNTY ROAD PLANS DRAWN Utah county road projects and policies for 1941 were outlined at a meeting of the county commission commis-sion with the various road supervisors super-visors here Wednesday night. The three members of the commission com-mission R. J. Murdock, chairman, chair-man, William J.' Johnson and Sylvan W. Clark discussed the setup in their respective sections of the county. Road supervisors attending were Charles Madsen, Lake View; Horace - Perry, Mapleton; WTalter Hunter, American Fork; O. F. Horton, Goshen; Joseph Watkins, Lehi; James T. Blake, Vineyard; W. B. Davis, Pleasant View; Peter Carter, Spring Lake. . Ethan Openshaw, Santaquin; Major Loveless, I'ayson; C. H. Carson, Fairfield; Ruphas J. Av-erett, Av-erett, Springville; M. W. Christ-opherson, Christ-opherson, Spanish Fork; Roy Creer, Leland; G. Wesley Richardson, Richard-son, Benjamin; John Money, Palmyra, Pal-myra, and Thomas Binns, Highland. High-land. ' Andrew Shclton, county surveyor, sur-veyor, also was present. -s- Benjamin Man Canning Crops Association Head OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 7 (U.W J. R. Peay of Benjamin today assumed as-sumed the presidency of the Utah State Canning Crops association, succeeding George E. Holt of Clearfield, who . retired after serving as president for 15 years. Holt declined to be a candidate for reelection at an executive committee meeting here. The association as-sociation has members in nine Utah counties and in . Franklin county, Idaho. A. S. Chambers, Smithfield, was reelected secretary-treasurer; J. L. Weidman, Box Elder county, was elected vice president, and John Child, Clinton, and Ervin Call, Layton, named executive committee members. INTERVIEW MACHINIST The Provo Kiwanis club vocational voca-tional program over KOV'O Saturday Sat-urday at 7 p. m. will feature Tom Weaver, machinist, who will be interviewed by two students on the question, "The Trade of a Machinist." ITALIAN ARMY IS FLEEING l DISORDER Army of the Nile Wins Great Triumph In African Drive By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Corespondent Climaxing what even the usually reserved British high command described as a "brilliant" military operation, the British army of the Nile today was in possession of the Cyrenaican capital, Beng hazi, which surrendered yesterday yes-terday after a British column had cut Italian communications south of the city. General headquarters for the middle east In Cairo disclosed that while the fall of Benghazi was announce in London and Cairo, only today, the surrender of the city actually was forced yesterday, yester-day, before Italian troops there had a chance to man their defenses. de-fenses. One ecolumn smashed against Banghazi from Derna. while another an-other drove through the Jebel El Akbar mountain range to cut off the Italians south of the canital along the shores of the Gulf of Sidra. The great Italian North African army, smashed into broken rem-nants. rem-nants. with more tharr'100,000 of its oficers and men prisoners, was fleeing in disorder toward Tripoli In western Libya, near the French Tunisia frontier. All Cyrenaica, 230.000 square miles, was effectively effect-ively in British hands. Britain had gained a great port and naval base, an air force base from which to bomb Tripoli and Italy Italian and German planes had been pushed push-ed back to a point where they (Continued on Page Three) Legislators To Uisit Hospital, Training School Utah state legislators will make their biennial visit to the Utah State hospital at Provo and the State Training School at American Ameri-can Fork Saturday. Traveling from Salt Lake City by bus, the house of representatives representa-tives is expected to come down in a body, with only a committee coming from the senate. Earl T. Foote of Pleasant View, representative from the second legislative district of Utah county, coun-ty, is chairman of the state hospital hos-pital committee for the house. Wendell M. Grover, president of the senate, and Sheldon Brewster, speaker of the house, are expected to be among the visitors. The legislators wfll visit the training school first and eat dinner din-ner there. They are scheduled to arrive at the Utah state hospital about 2 p. m. The visit here will be in the nature of an educational tour, according ac-cording to Dr. Garland H. Face,-hospital Face,-hospital superintendent. A brief scientific clinic and an exhibit of" art and manufactured products of the hospital wil be held, an conclusion con-clusion of which will be a buffet luncheon. AUNT HET By ROBERT QUILXXN 1 1 "May Is too highbrow to cnj.V goip; but hhe likes to discuss the news in the paper, and that ain't a thing In the world but gossip about people you don't know." |