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Show o r O A' WUiLU ft r i Cl ' "v V n r -7 "TN TTte Weather UTAH: Fair tonight and Saturday; Satur-day; cooler tonight. Maximum temp., Thursday .. 56 f.Iinimum temp., Thursday . . 33 FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. CHAT JJY THE JCDIT03 A picture came to the desk the other day a propaganda picture, no doubt but nevertheless never-theless a picture of overwhelming over-whelming appeal. It showed a vast field, dotted with a mass of white-clothed figures. There were estimated to be 17,000 of them all orphans of parents killed or lost in the war. They looked like a field of grain, standing in ranks in their white clothes owing the clothes and perhaps their lives to American generosity. And this thought came: Who shall reap the better crop the Americans who sowed humanity by giving these children life and hope, or the Japanese who sowed shells and bombs, and made them orphans? AT RANDOM Some day, we hope, adequate marine laws and regulations will be enforced on Utah lake for the boaters' own protection . . . Censorship likely will keep the German people from learning too much about the lend-lease bill. What they don't know may hurt them . . . . Somebody should petition peti-tion somebody for repairs to the highway at University avenue and Twelfth North. The chuck holes look like bomb craters in London All the people who think they are paid what they're worth could hold a convention in an upper berth .... The most useless thing on earth is an airplane .... Every man wishes his wife could cook as well as he tells his friends she can .... When some women say "Can you keep a secret ?" you know they can't. Today's quote: "Health isn't merely something negativethe nega-tivethe fact of not being ill; it is also positive, concerned con-cerned with being well." Julian Huxley, Dritish biologist. biolo-gist. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Lend-Lease Bill Freed British Brit-ish Reserve Munitions for Greek Front; Also Helped Turn Jugoslavia From Axis With Promise of U. S. Help; C. I. O.'s Haywood Protested Mediation Board as "Restraint" of Labor; Republican Diggers Battles New Dealers Over appointing appoint-ing Democrat. WASHINGTON Anything' can happen in the tempestuous Balkans, Balk-ans, but it seems certain that Roosevelt diplomacy and the lease-lend lease-lend bill were responsible for delaying de-laying the Nazi attack on Greece for at least ten da-s. The big: thing- which the lend-lease lend-lease bill did for the British was to permit tanks, anti-tank guns, and anti-aircraft guns to be landed land-ed at Salonika immediately. The British had only limited supplies of these, and had to keep some in reserve for use around Suez and other vital Mediterranean areas. However, with passage of the lend-lease bill, they knew they could get reserves later from the United States, therefore threw all their present reserves onto the Greek front. This type of munitions is what 1 Continued on Page 2 Sec. 2 DESK 186 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE - - n h r n n rf tk rA TPs tt tt TT f n Willi Uili OTliU SIGNATURE ANTICIPATED If 40 HOURS Three Serbian Members Of Cabinet Resign In Protest By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Correspondent Jugoslavia stood today in the shadow of the axis with hpr siVnaturp tn a "enmnrn- mise" agreement with Ger-! many expected within 48 hours unless internal dissension dissen-sion upsets present plans. The Jugoslav cabinet, by a vote of 10 of its 18 members, approved ap-proved adhesion to the compromise. compro-mise. Three Serbian members handed in their resignation in protest. To Sign Sunday The Serbs, representing the largest racial group In the Polyglot Poly-glot state, stood on their protest but their resignations have not yet been accepted by Prince Regent Re-gent Paul. However, it was learned, word has been sent to Germany that the cabinet approved the compromise com-promise and plans are complete lor Jugoslav statesmen to leave Belgrade tomorrow and sign up in Vienna on Sunday. rt was reported in Belgrade that opposition to adherence to any agreement with Germany i3 on the increase and that two more cabinet ministers, one a Serb and one a Moslem, may retire. This action, however, might open the way to appointment of new pro-German ministers. British concern centered on reports' re-ports' that Germany's two crack battlecruisers may be at large in the Atlantic, preying on shipping toward the American side of the sea. These warships, the 26,500 - ton Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, are fast, heavily armed dreadnaughts which can outgun and outspeed most of Britain's battle line with the exception of the brand new George V class. Whether any of the George's sister ships are yet in set vice is not known. The semi-official British Press association circulated the report of the German raiders and said it was believed they had sunk British shipping over the last week end. A special communique of the German high command claimed that German submarines have sunk another 69,000 tons of Brit- ( Continued on Page Three) -- Hospital Campaign Goes 'Over the Top Wild enthusiasm marked the closing of the Utah Valley Val-ley hospital crusade at Hotel Roberts last night, when campaigners cam-paigners reported a total to date of $30,186.58. Dr. F. S. Harris, general chairman, who presided, announced that many workers were staying on the job today and tomorrow, as the total amount reported included includ-ed some partial and incomplete reports. "This crusade has proved conclusively con-clusively that Provb's old fighting fight-ing spirit still remains." Dr. Harris Har-ris told the workers. "The response has been generous in almost every case, we have had a fine reception recep-tion from the majority of business busi-ness men, and the general sales army, contacting individual prospects, pros-pects, has done an outstanding job. Expresses Appreciation "On behalf of the crusade leadership, lead-ership, including S. W. Russell, associate chairman, and John O. Beesley, finance chairman, both of whom have worked tirelessly for the past six weeks in this effort, ef-fort, I want to thank the thou-' PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, Asks To Launch Program.. T Of Reorganization Experts to Assist in Carrying Out Program Pro-gram to Be Here Wednesday; Legislature Legis-lature Passes Half-Way Mark BY DAVE SALT LAKE CITY, March 21 U.R) Gov. Herbert B. Maw today stepped on the accelerator of reorganization (by announcing he would ask the state, legislature immediately for $15,000 to begin the streamlining of the Utah state government. The crovernor said two arrive here next Wednesday to begin carrying out the changes authorized in bills already passed by the legisla enafo Dsadloclts En Diiier . Dsbaf c Oner Gbmmissio SALT LAKE CITY, March 21 (U.E) The Utah senate today deadlocked dead-locked in a bitter debate over administration ad-ministration of the state fish and game commission under the reorganization reor-ganization program. The split came over attempts to amend the bill and eliminate its three-man commission, giving one director complete charge of the program. The fish and game committee submitted a majority report favoring fav-oring the three-man board, with each commissioner to receive $4,-000 $4,-000 yearly. However, a minority report opposed the plan. Sen. Dexter Fair, D., Weber, led the fight for reduction of the commission. He charged that one man was capable of directing the program, and said adding two more would cost the state "4,000 fishing licenses a year for each man." "If we approve this bill, we'll be trading 200,000 hatchable fish for two political jobs," Farr declared. de-clared. He said the present Commissioner Com-missioner (Newell B. Cook) has informed him he is willing to resign re-sign if the question becomes a political issue. Farr also told the senate Gov. Herbert B. Maw has expressed no preference for a three-man commission. Sen. George Miller, D., Carbon defended the majority report and said fish and game funds have been used for political purposes under the single administration plan, to the detriment of the state's wildlife. sands of contributors to this fund and also the nearly 200 men and women volunteer workers who gave so generously of their time. We are confident that when the final reports are all in, the total will be well above the $30,000 goal which will assure us of more net funds to meet the hospital's operating deficit." The general sales division, under un-der the leadership of Prof. Herald Clark and Andrew Jensen, turned in $S51 last night, to make their grand total $2590. Battalions, with their leaders, turned in the following fol-lowing totals: Battalion A, A. C. Hatch. $172.-50; $172.-50; Battalion B, A. V. Billings, $228; Battalion C. N. C. Hicks, $234.50; Battalion D, J. W. Thorn- (Continued on Page Three) li (DM $15,000 DRYDEN i reorganization experts would ture. The experts will come from khe public administration service of Chicago, a non-profit, endowed agency that has already reorn ized the state governments in Maryland. Kentucky and a number num-ber of other states. ; . Survey Planned-Maw Planned-Maw said the authorities would immediately begin a survey of the state government as .it now exists and would remain here until the June special session" to work out the details of the reorganization. reorganiza-tion. ' ! The executive hoped that the "general picture" would be completed com-pleted within 60 days or less so that the special June session could make final appropriations for 1942 on the basis of the experts' recommendations. However, he said the details of auditing and completing the new financial structure of the state would take longer than the 60 days. Maw explained that each new state department would be set up as bills authorizing the changes rolled from the legislative assembly as-sembly line. The legislature, in special session, ses-sion, has already passed the halfway half-way mark in clearing the 60-odd supplemental bills necessary for the changes. The senate has passed pass-ed 27 bills already and has only about a dozen more to consider. The house is rapidly Increasing (Continued on Page Three) ROTARY CLUB HEARS DENTIST Dr. R. C. Dalglish of Salt Lake City, director of dental health for the state of Utah, gave an interesting talk on the "History of D'entistry," at the Rotary club luncheon-meeting today noon at Hotel Roberts. Wyman Berg presided, and Dr. Vera R. Greenwood was chairman chair-man of the meeting. Dr. Dalglish talked on the functions of the teeth, and diet and care of the teeth and of the services rendered by the dentist. "Dentists, like the real leaders in business are not "soul starved" nor "money mad," but are imbued im-bued with an earnest desire to serve, to give rather than to receive, re-ceive, to benefit rather than to hurt, to stiare rather than to hoard, to build character and have a good name among men rather than ill-gotten riches, the doctor stated. Frank T. Gardner, manager of the Tri-State Lumber company, was welcomed into the club. Guests included Mayor E. C. Watson Wat-son of St. George ; Wesley King of Salt Lake City, and Art Cook, representative for the Dodge Motor Mo-tor company. uoorney tmm Springville .... 23 Snow.. ."20 FRIDAY, MARCH . . A Phi lU TVT TD f TT T" fJ dT3 li i Bandit Slays H.A.Thorne, Steals Auto Murdered Man Is Former BYU Student; Wife Is Provo Woman SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 21 (U.R) Sheriffs officers said today Don Condiat, 24, of Los Angeles, has confessed slaying H. A. Thome, a Salt Lake City salesman, and burying his body near Cedar City, Utah. Deputy Sheriff George Beck-stead Beck-stead said Condiat, a former San Quentin convict arrested early this morning after he was spotted driving Thome s car, signed, a statement admitting the crimw. Attacks Salesman According to Beckstead, Condiat said Thome offered him a ride in Las Vegas," Nev.,' yesterday. He accepted, and when they neared Cedar City about 200 miles north he attacked the sales man and killed him. Beckstead said Condiat told them he turned off the ignition in Thome's car as they neared Cedar City, shortly after dusk. Ho then snapped on the inside lights, and told the salesman, "this is a stickup." Thome attempted to resist, and officers Said Condiat admitted shooting him. The bullet didn't take Immediate effect, and Thome got out of the car and tried to fight off his assailant. Condiat allegedly admitted hitting him with a heavy rock, and then hitting hit-ting him again to "make sure he was dead." Buries Body Condiat also was quoted as having hav-ing admitted burying Thome's body "about ten miles from the Cedar City limits." He then drove to Salt Lake in Thome's car. Two deputy marshals attempted attempt-ed to arrest the suspect when he went through a stoplight. Condiat Con-diat fled, and was overhauled after af-ter a 15-mile chase when the machine ma-chine skidded into a ditch. H was armed with a .22 calibre pistol. During early questioning, Condiat Con-diat insisted he 'had ridden to Provo, Utah, with a truck driver and had stolen Thome's car from a street there. Thome's wife is the former Lucile Markham of Provo, daughter daugh-ter of Mrs. Mary Markham of 365 North First East street, and a sister of Fred L. Markham, local architect. The two Provoans left at noon today for Salt Lake City, following follow-ing a telephone call from Thome's father, James D. Thome, former field man for the Pleasant Grove Cannery. The Thomes have five children. Thome attended the B. Y. U. HOUSE GROUP PPROVES DILL WASHINGTON, March 21 dP The house appropriations committee com-mittee today approved a fifth supplemental sup-plemental army and navy appropriation appro-priation bill totaling approximately approximate-ly $4,000,000,000. The house began debate on the bill immediately. In reporting it, the committee released secret testimony of Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, in which he discussed the United States" plans for new armored divisions. di-visions. Marshall said the army plans to build its armored forces up to eight divisions, similar to the Gen-man Gen-man Panzer divisions, if and when the size of the army reaches 2,-800,000. 2,-800,000. Other major items in the bill were construction of new arms plants, purchase of 79,000 motor vehicles, 12 fleet auxiliaries and a great store of naval guns and ammunition. 21, 1941 VALIDITY OF mm STORE BILL CLOUDED 'Freezing" Clause Of Moot Bill Is Held Unconstitutional - SALT LAKE CITY, March 21 (U.R) An attorney general's gen-eral's opinion on the control versial chain store tax bill today put Utah's Gov. Herbert Her-bert B. Maw squarely on the spot. Attorney General Grover A. Giles, in reporting to the gov-nemor, gov-nemor, held that the second section sec-tion of the "model" bill to tax chain stores was unconstitutional because it imposes a $5,000- tax on each change in location of existing exist-ing stores or erection of new stores. Maw was in "hibernation" today and planned to remain so until Monday studying the bill and other measures passed by the regular legislative session. He must veto or sign the bills by Tuesday. J Both Sides Confident Independent grocers were confident con-fident the governor would sign the chain store tax bill, despite Giles opinion. Chain store representatives repre-sentatives were just as confident he would veto it. . Statehouse sources said there was a chance the governor would sign the bill with the understanding understand-ing that only the first, legal section, sec-tion, would be operative and that the unconstitutional, second section sec-tion would be left inoperative and that no attempt would be made to enforce it. " Giles held that section 2 of the bill, which imposes the tax on change of location, was a "freez ing clause." This, he said, would hamper expansion of corporate chain outlets while encouraging competition of independents, therefore was "arbitrary and capricious." ca-pricious." The bill was sponsored by the Utah Independent Merchants' association. as-sociation. It was . indicated that the group might seek another bill without that restriction when the legislature meets again," perhaps in special session next June. A Louisiana bill, model for the Utah law, which was upheld by the U. S. supreme court, does not contain the levy on new stores. That section, it was believed would discourage chain stores from expansion ex-pansion not only in Utah but throughout the country by prospect pros-pect of increased taxes with the growing number of stores. One section of the bill would 3 (Continued on Page Three) Galaxy of Talent Exhibited In M.I.A Opera at Theater The combined efforts of a galaxy ga-laxy of talented Provoans, and a large number of M. I. A. workers interested in the Girl's canyon home, were responsible for the highly successful and entertaining entertain-ing performance of the opera, "The Gondoliers," at the Paramount Para-mount theater Thursday evening. Playing to a packed house, the large cast was received with much applause. The solos, duets, and choruses carried the story theme through to a fine finish, as did the spoken parts, and the dancing group added spark to the second act. The great variety of costumes were beautiful and gay with color, and the special stage settings proved effective. Important in the singing roles were Mary McGregor, as Casilda, daughter of the Duke and Duchess, who finally weds the newly discovered dis-covered king of Barataria (Sterl COMPLETE UNITED PRESS DTT,T, "ETVT? r,T7VrTQ TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE Xlvilrj Tl V Ci VIUIM 1 O Pirovo, 9 Box E Casaba Semlf Inalc TODAY'S SCHEDULE s . Championship Flight 4.30 p. m. Provo vs. Box Elder. 9 p. m. Davis vs. Dixie. Consolation Flight 2:30 p. m. Springville vs. Snow. 7 p. m. Granite vs. South Cache. . r Second Day Losers 3:30 p. m. Jordan vs. Morgan. 8 p. m. Ogden vs. B. Y. High. THURSDAY'S RESULTS v (Upper Bracket) (Lower Bracket) Dixie 33, B.Y. high 31 Provo 35, Morgan 27. Davis 23, Ogden 15. Springville 21, Carbon 13. South Cache 38, Altmont Snow 27, Fillmore 20. 14. Box Elder 34, Jordan 31. Granite 28. Salina 23. Utah's popular sports classic the state high school basketball tournament today neared what promises to be one of its most dramatic finishes, with four "underdog" teams Provo, Box Elder, Davis and Dixie battling G today in the semifinal round. Conference Slated In Four Stakei Quarterly conference will be held in four L. D. S. stakes of Utah county Saturday and Sunday Sun-day Netro, Palmyra, Sharon and Timpanogos. Appointments of L. D. S. church general authorities and welfare committee representatives to address ad-dress the conferences follow: Nebo stake at Payson, Dr. Joseph Jos-eph F. Merrill and Henry D. Moyle; Palmyra stake at Spanish Fork, Dr. John A. Widtsoe; Sharon Shar-on stake at Orem, Stephen L. Richards and Robert L. Judd; Timpanogos stake at Pleasant Grove, George Albert Smith, Andrew Jensen and C. M. Brown. General sessions will be held in the morning and afternooit Sunday, with the M. I. A. furnishing furn-ishing the program in the evening. Saturday afternoon or evening sessions are slated also. Harold M. Wright of the Timpanogos Tim-panogos stake presidency announces an-nounces that priesthood confer ence will convene at 7:30 Saturday Satur-day evening with separate sessions ses-sions for Aaronic and Melchizedek groups. A welfare meeting will be Sunday at 8:45 a. m . Music for the two Timpanogos stake general sessions will be furnished by a chorus of 150 children chil-dren of the stake primary and by the Mendelssohn male chorus, Joseph Day and Mrs. Reva Fu-gal Fu-gal will be in charge of the Sunday evening M. I. A. conference confer-ence at Timpanogos. A three-act play will be read by Curt Curtis of B. Y. U. SEARCH FOR BODIES The bodies of Jack G. Williams and Ralph C. Hundley, believed drowned in Utah lake, still had not been found at press time this afternoon, it was reported from the Utah county sheriff's office. The search continued. ing Bush) who all this time has been her Hover while eerving as attendant to her father, the Duke of Plaza-Toro, (Talmage Chris-tensen). Chris-tensen). Also, Edith H. Stein and Mary R. Day, sisters Gianetta and Tessa, Tes-sa, wedded to brothers, the Venc-tkm Venc-tkm gondoliers, Marco Palmieri (Grant Butler) and Guiseppe Palmieri Pal-mieri (Earl Callahan), who were entangled in the main plot of the story and were at last happily united when it was learned neither brother, was the king and neither must marry Casilda. lone Christensen, the Duchess of Plaza-Toro, mother of Casilda. and Gorge Lake, as the grand inquisitor, were also good in lead roles. Also. Carl Martineau, Ted Weaver, Flake Rogers and Maynard White, as Gondoliers; Nan Chipman, Sylva Rodrigo, and Isabelle Keele, and Maurine Whip-( Whip-( Continued on Page Three) Build Utah County By Patronizing IIom Stores axs 1 Business Houses der9 8 Upsets blasted Jordan. B. Y. high and Ogden, pre-tourney favorites, fa-vorites, from the championship flight Thursday and sent four teams which were given little chance to remain in the cage-fest cage-fest until the final night, into the semifinals. - Upward of five thousand casaba cas-aba enthusiasts are expected to crowd University of Utah spacious spaci-ous fieldhouse today and for tha finals, which begin at 6:30 p. m, Saturday. Sensational Upsets Provo's surprising Bulldogs marched into their third-round game this afternoon with Box Elder by thumping Morgan, 35-27. Thursday, while B. Y. high, which finished ahead of Provo in Alpine district competition, bowed out of the title picture by dropping a 33-31 decision to Dixie. Real fireworks of Thursday's play were the sensational upsets staged by Davis and Box Elder. Davis ousted Ogden's defending championship quint, 23-15, while Box Elder's team of juniors dumped dump-ed Jordan, heavy favorite for the crown, 34-31. Davis faces Dixie tonight at 9 o'clock in the evening feature. Provo's contest with Box Elder was set at 4:30 p. m. B. Y. high and Ogden, still in the race for fourth place in the cage classic, tangle at 8 p. m.. and Joidan and Morgan, the other second-day losers, squared off at 3:30 this afternoon. Winners of these two games battle for fourth and seventh in Saturday's tilts, and losers automatically bow out of the tourney. Springville took a step nearer the consolation title by dumping Carbon, 21-13. ' The Red Devils faced Snow, victor over Fillmore. Fill-more. 27-20, at 2:30 p. m., while Granite, which toppled Salina, 28-23, 28-23, clashed with South Cache, 3S-14 3S-14 victor over Altamont. Prusse Leads Scorers Walt (Pete) prusse, blond center, cen-ter, led Provo into the semifinals with a 16-point barrage against Morgan, which, with his 11 polnt3 Wednesday, was enough to make him the leading scorer in the tourney. Provo unleashed its offensive of-fensive strength and clamped down with the shifting-zone defense de-fense that is one of the features of its tourney play to stay ahead (Continued on Page Three) .AUNT HET By ROBERT QUXLLUN "I'm glad I had so many youngnns. These modern folks who wont have any are going to fel mighty lonesome when tfaey get to my age." I piio |