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Show orrm (U?nii 1111 The Weather i UTAH: Partly cloudy to cloudy i tonight and Tuesday; showers and j cooler la west portion Tuesday. 1 Maximum temp., Sunday . . CO Minimum temp., Sunday 3 1, iVS: Zfr72 7ai County By Patronizing Home Stores aa3 Baiaea House ' FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 192 UTAH'S ONLY DAIT.T SOUTH OF SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1941 COMPLETE UNITED PKKSS TKLEUHAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS I IV 1' DESK CHAT New techniques mean new phrases, and the newest, to us, is "Civilized Competition." A large firm, now under indictment in-dictment charged with unlaw ful combination and conspir- scribes its methods as those of "Civilized Competition." It's an attractive phrase, sucriresting all the benefits and advantages of the com petitive system, with none of the evils of unrestrained, "cut-t h r o a t competition." Whether it is warranted in this particular case, we don't pretend to know, but it sounds like an effort to reach some kirxl of a working synthesis )etween extremes, maintain ing the advantages of both and the disadvantages of neither. We only hope that the practice can be made as happy hap-py as the phrase. oOo Chit-Chat: Economist says too much money makes a woman unhappy. Right when her neighbors have it ... if it's something you can't do anything with, it's something some-thing vou can do without . . . Saturday's pet parade revealed reveal-ed many pets of different varieties, also a lot of healthy kids who must be somebody'.;, pets ... a doctor contends that men have stronger will power. We contend that women wo-men have stronger won't power . . . fast company isn't tpt to bring you fast friends . . . Scriptures are reversed in Jugoslavia. Political overturn over-turn seems to be robbing Paul to pay Feter. oOo- Today's Quote "We have no choice as to whether or not we will be attacked . . . Our only choice is whether or not we will resist." Col. William Wil-liam J. Donovan on his return from Europe. MERRY GO-ROUND 4. Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs Ey DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Nazi Propaganda Machine Flourishes Here, Backs America First Group ; Hints at Right of German Minorities to Form Own Government in U. S. ; Roosevelt OKd Wheat for France Only After Sharp State Dept. Spats; Nina De With's Charm Fails to Soften Nazi Police, is Sent to Exile. WASHINGTON With Martin Dies chalking' up new records as a statement-maker, an energetic Nazi propaganda machine has been flourishing right under his nose. It is the Ferman African National Alliance or Einheits-front, Einheits-front, which many Nazis treat as successor of the Bund. - One interesting phase of the Einheitsfiont is the vigorous cooperation co-operation it gives the America First Committee. One of its pamphlets pam-phlets urged that contributions from $1 upward be sent to the America First Committee, Board of Trade Building, Chicago, as a part of the effort to defeat the Lease-Lend Bill. Another of these pamphlets, carrying the same appeal for the America First Committee, published pub-lished also an appeal against aid to Britain, written in the same brand of lavish language which usually emanates from Berlin. "Those who shout loudest for wax," it said, "... are usually old men sterile biologically, and even sterile of all dreams and (Continued on Page Seven) Tliis Day. m BORN Girl, to J. A. and Florence Thayne Pressler, today. Boy,- to John H. and Alice Anderson An-derson Smeath, today. Girl, to Ralph D. and Julia San&strom Sylvester, today. Boy, to John Lor in and Emma Merleen Olsen Fabert, Sunday. j UJ Li Li iJ ' ' Li -i i-J U A l UVJ U Lz3Lz LZ3 U- cCp cCp cCp cp rp rp rCSp cCp ctp rQVp cp cCp dp rp rp . cC? Kvp b.JHreugm biup betem by (y0 - : : C?- ' - -.' LEGISLATIVE SESSION SEl FOR MY Earlier Meeting Held Desirable To Make Needed Changes BY DAVE DRYDEN SALT LAKE CrY, March 31 (u.R) Gov. Herbert B. Maw today moved up the dates for the next special session of the Utah legislature legisla-ture to mid-May. The governor gover-nor said he had decided against holding up the session ses-sion until June because time would be needed to make further adjustments in the reorganization of state government gov-ernment before it becomes effective July 1. SALT LAKE CIITY, March 1 (UJ.) The Utah legislature today to-day was finally in adjournment after 74 days of regular and special spe-cial sessions but the adjournment adjourn-ment was to last only for two months because of a special reorganization reor-ganization session that will be called in June by Governor Herbert Her-bert B. Maw. "Trie first special . session" of the 24th legislature, whose regular session had ended March 17, adjourned ad-journed sine die shortly before midnight Saturday night. Feature of the closing session was the passage of the controversial controver-sial liquor control commission bill, dealing with the duties of the liquor commission under the reorganized re-organized state government as planned by Maw. As passed by both houses, the bill calls for an increase in the mark-up price of liquor sold by state stores. Another provision, that had called for allowing counties coun-ties to have local option on sale of liquor, was deleted, from the bill in the closing minutes of the session. Earlier Saturday evening, the entire bill was cast aside. But an hour later, the senate voted to reconsider the measure and finally passed by a vote of 12 to 8. It then went to the house, where it was passed 32 to 12. As sent to the, governor, the measure calls for an increase of the mark-up on hard liquors from 50 to 55 per cent and on wines from 40 to 45 per cent. Salaries of liquor commissioners will be reduced from $4500 to $4000 a year. Th? senate, also at the last (Continued on Page Three) MAW TO LEAVE FOR CAPITAL SALT LAKE CITY, March 31 (U.P) Gov. Herbert B. Maw said today he had postponed nis departure de-parture for Washington, E. C. until Thursday night, in order to complete action tomorrow and Wednesday on bills passed by the legislature. The governor spent "Arbor day at the capital, but was unatie to sign or veto any of the numerous bills because of the legal holiday. He said he was "catching up on my correspondence," and studying some of the measures due for approval ap-proval or rejection in the next two days. Maw's trip to Washington, announced an-nounced last week, will have for its purpose an effort to obtain defense industries for Utah. Tipsv Driving Charge Ig Filed Dean Draper, 19, of Provo, was booked for drunken driving foV lowing an accident in which he and a p-assenger, Hal Wilson, 20, also of Provo, suffered cuts and bruises late Saturday i?ht, police po-lice records show. Draper was traveling west on Third South street when he crashed into an auto being pushed onto Third South at Third East street by its driver, Verl Black, 20, of Provo, after the machine ran out cf gasoline, officers said Italian Freighters In U. S. Waters .- "t- TV Four of the five Italian freighters boarded in Newark, N. X, by coast Guardsmen as the United States government placed 2S Italian " andtwcTTJermuri merchant ships iii U. S.; territorial waters" under "protective custody to safeguard American haibors from acts of sabotage. sabo-tage. In this picture, three coast guard cutters are seen in background. (NEA Telephoto). , EESLEY SELLS LUMBER FIRM John O. Bcesiey of Provo, man ager of the Mutual Coal and Lum ber company at Fifth South and Second West streets, today an nounced the sale of his interests to the Anderson Lumber company of Ogden, the transfer to become effective Tuesday. Mx. Beesley, who has managed the company s ince it was organized organ-ized in 1921, is retiring from the JOHN O. BEESLEY business to devote his time to his many other interests. The Andersen Lumber company has been in business in Utah and Idaho for 50 years, according to W. W. Andersen, vice president and general manager. It has 14 branches in Utah and Idaho, with headquarters in Ogden. James M. Fulkerson will be local manager. Remainder of the staff will include the same personnel that has served the Mutual Coal and Lumber company. The efficiency, friendly attitude, atti-tude, and business policies as employed em-ployed under Mr. Beesley's management man-agement will be continued, states Mr. Andersen. Mr. Beesley stated he wished to thank all his patrons for their support and cooperation during the years he has been at the helm of the Mutual Coal and Lumber, SUGAR ADVANCES SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 U.E California-Hawaii sugar today advanced its basic price from ?1.85 to 5.10 per 100 pounds. f ... 4 t I w , German Minister Leaving Belgrade BY LEON KAY. BERLIN, March 31 U.R) German authorized spokesmen spokes-men reported tonight that anti-German demonstrations in Jugoslavia were "waxing rather .than waning," and said German Minister Viktor Von Ileeren probably would leave Belgrade for Berlin tonight. BELGRADE, March 31 (U.R) The government of Premier Gen. Richard Dusan Simovitch will offer to sign a non-aggression pact with Germany in place of the tri-power tri-power pact alliance signed by the Cvetkovich government, -La Db O" (inference pens priuay li Lake City BY MURRAY M. MOLEIt SALT LAKE CITY. March 31 (U.P.) Today marked the opening open-ing of Conference week in Salt Lake City as faithful members and leaders of the far-flung L. D. S. church prepared for numerous meetings of auxiliary organizations and sessions Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the 111th annual general conference. Because of the war with the resulting restrictions on foreign activities of the church, this year's conference was expected to be devoted to domestic affairs. Two Development Conference-goers awaited two developments in particular: 1. Announcement of the name of a new member of the ruling quorum of twelve apostles to fill the vacancy left by the death in February of Apostle Reed Smoot. Disclosure of the exact mem bership of the church. A census of the church was taken this winter and was now being tabulated. tabu-lated. It was believed the membership mem-bership would be the highest in the history of Mormondom probably close to 1,000,000 members. mem-bers. Both announcements were expected ex-pected to be made at the general session on Sunday, which will come on the 111th anniversary of (Continued on Page Three) BROTHER, DIES Mrs. D. D. Sutton has received word from her sister, Mrs. Eva Gresham of San Francisco, California, Cali-fornia, telling of the death Sunday morning of her husband, Martin A. Gresham. Mrs. Louise Steele Carter, mother mo-ther of Mrs. Sutton and Mrs. Gresham died in Provo, late Saturday Satur-day night. Are Under "Protective Custody" Now y. OC ft " well-informed quarters reported today. An official declaration of Jugoslavia's Jugo-slavia's attitude toward the tri-power tri-power pact probably wUl be made after a full-dress cabinet meeting Thursday, informants said. The pact joining Jugoslavia to the axis, in the form signed by the government of former Premier Dragisha Cvetkovich, was said by the informants to be unacceptable unaccept-able to the new cabinet and the non-aggression pact will be proposed pro-posed instead, they explained. The Cvetkovich government, before be-fore signing the tri-power pact, had proposed a non-aggression and friendship pact with Germany, Ger-many, similar to the one reportedly report-edly being considered by the Simovitch Simo-vitch cabinet, but that was rejected re-jected by the German government. govern-ment. Jugoslavia's minister to Berlin, Ivo Andric, arrived in Belgrade today for "consultation with the government. Whether he brought a message from Berlin was. not known. German Minister Viktor Von Heeren delivered a new note to the Jugoslav foreign office demanding de-manding clarification of Jugoslavia's Jugo-slavia's attitude toward the tri- power pact, but indications were that this would not be forthcom ing until later in the week. Croat-Serb difference o ve r Jugoslavia's attitude toward the axis appeared to have been settled set-tled and August Kusutic, special representative of Vladimir Mat-chek, Mat-chek, Croat leader, was expected in Belgrade today to negotiate a final settlement under which Mat-chek Mat-chek or a representative would take a cabinet post. Political quarters speculated on possibility of a German attack on Jugoslavia. The flat land3 of Hungary and Rumania, they said, (Continued on Page Three) VANDALS SOUGHT Vandals Saturday night broke 43 panes in the east wall of the Provo Greenhouse at First South and Second West streets, according accord-ing to police A blunt instrument of some kind apparently was used, since no rocks could be Iour-4 Inride, it was reported -I " i -4" oalPro essiiig -ay Oe I OS Loeate m That Provo will be seriously considered as a possible site for a $500,000 coal processing plant to be constructed by Minnesota interests was assured by E. R. Schwartz, chemical engineer of St. Paul, in a letter to Clayton. Jenkins, secretary of the Provo chamber of commerce today. Mr. Jenkins and Frank J. Earl, chairman of the new industries committee of the chamber, re cently met with Mr. Schwartz in Salt Lake City and presented data regarding advantages and facili ties Provo could offer for such an Industry. In his letter today Mr. Schwartz said he had made his report to his clients and commented favors ably upon Provo as a site. Mr. Schwartz said that he favor ed a location away from the mines, "I indicated a site in Provo with service from two major railroad lines and nearby water was ob served with interest," he wrote Mr. Jenkins. "There would be some economy in stopping coal there for processing and then shipping to Salt Lake City." The plant being considered would employ some 100 men. TREE PLANTING CARRIED OUT Tree planting activity and general gen-eral gardening was evidenced throughout Utah county today, Arbor day, proclaimed a state holiday by Governor Herbert B. Maw. In recognition of the day, city, county and state government offices of-fices as well as banks throughout Utah were closed. Numerous tree-planting ceremonies cere-monies were scheduled, including one at Fort Douglas army reception recep-tion center, where 500 selectees and army officers were on hand as 11 elm and ash trees were planted. Provo Jaycees To Visit Price Members of the Provo Junior chamber of commerce will take the Jaycee traveling trophy to Price Tuesday night, according to Eddie Nicholson, president. Everyone able to attend Is urged to meet at the Jaycee office here at 6 p. m., states Mr. Nicholson. The regular Jaycee meeting slated Wednesday has been postponed, 875 Seamen For Depo . THB IT T Possibility of Seized Ships Being Pressed Into American Service Discussed; Sabotage Already Revealed WASHINGTON, March 31 (U.R) The immigration service serv-ice today issued arrest warrants instituting deportation proceedings against approximately 875 seamen removed from 28 Italian and two German vessels taken into custody by (he United States. Their arrests were ordered on charges that they had overstayed the 60-day leave granted alien seamen under the immigration laws. Approximately 100 Germans and 775 Italians were involved. No action was taken in regard to the seamen removed from 39 Danish merchant ships taken into custody by the coast guard and navy. . BY SANDOR S. KLEIN WASHINGTON, March 31 U.R) The seizure of 65 German, Ger-man, Italian, and Danish merchant ships caused official capital circles to wonder today if they would be pressed into American service. Maritime commission and coast guard officials insisted the seizures, made with startling suddenness over the week end, was intended to prevent sabotage and that it was not preliminary to confiscation and American use. -Twenty of the 2S Italian fchips s - ... , - seized had been sabotaged by their crews, some so severely they constituted con-stituted menaces to navigation and property in the port in which they were berthed. Ships Badly Needed The "battle of the Atlantic" is now raging with German submarines, submar-ines, surface raiders, and airplanes air-planes attempting to destroy Brit-tain's Brit-tain's sea life-lines and starve rftr into capitulation. Britain already has lost over 5,000,000 tons of merchant shipping and her crying need is ships. The seized ships total to-tal 300,000 tons. It was suggested their use in American service, would permit the release of that amount of American shipping to the British. Government officials have been studying the legal aspects of the United States requisitioning foreign for-eign vessels in American ports to relieve this country's ship shortage. short-age. The Italian, German, and Danish ships were seized under the Section One of Title Two of the Espionage Act of 1917, which reads in part: "The secretary of the treasury may make, subject to the approval of the president, rules and regulations governing the anchorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may place guards thereon and if necessary in his opinion, in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury in-jury or to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United States or to secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the United States, may take by and with the consent con-sent of the president, for such purposes, fuU possession and control con-trol of such vessels ." No Seizure Plans Some lawyers said this word ing would permit the united States to press the ship3 into its own service. There are- no plans to seize the (Continued on Page Three) HOLDUP ROBS OIL STATlOr A masked gunman early this morning held up and robbed the McCoard service station at 533 South Seventh East of $23 in cash, according to Provo police records. L. J. Lampn, attendant, told officers of-ficers the bandit, wearing a han-kerchief han-kerchief over his face, entered the station at 4:40 a. m., forced him into a rest room, secured the money and then fled in an automobile. auto-mobile. Proprietor of the service station sta-tion is Harry McCoard. FXOIANGE CLUB The Provo Exchange club will hold a special business meeting tonignt at 8 o'clock at Hotel Roberts. Ro-berts. Club members will furnish the program. Everyone is invited tQ attend. mil trw it b 3,000 ITALIANS OFFICERS LOST IN SEA BATTL By GUATTAN P. McGROARTY Copyright by United Press ALEXANDRIA, Egyt, March SI (U.R It was estimated by British Brit-ish fleet officers tonight that more than 8,000 Italian officers and sailors perished in the ItaJo-British ItaJo-British naval encounter. Between BOO and 1,000 were rescued and made prisoners by the British. The rescued Italian captain of the sunken cruiser Pola Identified the Italian battleship in the engagement en-gagement as the Ylttorio Veneto. Reports from British airmen indicated in-dicated the Ylttorio may have sunk before reaching ixrt. It was believed to have been hit by at least three torpedoes. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 31 U'.Ki Italy's crippled fleet has been ripped to pieces by the British Brit-ish navy in the biggest naval encounter en-counter since Jutland, a weird ttocue fought in the darkness of the Ionian sea, it became known today. Only the flash of 15-inch broadsides, broad-sides, the flare of burning Italian warships and the play of naval searchlights illuminated the scene of the war's biggest naval encounter en-counter last Friday night. When the battle was over three Italian cruisers, the pride of Italy's fleet, and two destroyers were known to have been sunk. A 35,000-ton Littorio battleship had been damaged and possibly another cruiser and destroyer sunk. In the desperate confusion that (Continued on Page Three) AUNT HET By ROBEIiT QUHXEH "Young parent Ilk to go out at night and leave Um babies with ' their grandparents, grand-parents, but it ain't common any more. The grandparents have gone out, too." 111 ' |