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Show The JVcallier UTAH Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with afternoon showers around mountains. Little change In temperature. Maximum Temp. Tuesday .... 6. Minimum Temp. Tuesday .... 38 Z?ri7d tfai County By rtronlrtnx Home Stores aoJ EualseM Houses La. FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 209 I'TAH'S ONLY DAILY COUTH OF HALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1941 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TTTT- TTTTP iT-XTrpri TELEORAIH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS Mo H .Da:- ilcl.Ull e- ml 1A1 12 I i i nn C2 (7h C 13 1 ! CHAT u LilJ M ' ills i n ! li9 Utah is generally considered consider-ed a 'land-lubber state, far remote re-mote from the-sea. And yet, surprising as it seems to most of us, Utah is one of the leading states in the union with regard to the inland water area within its borders, bord-ers, due principally to the Great Salt Lake and Utah lake. There are only five states in the whole country with a greater inland water area than Utah, according to census cen-sus figures. Thev are Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas. Utah's inland water area in square miles is 2570. Next in line among western states is California, 1890; Washington, Washing-ton, 1215; Idaho, 749; Nevada, Ne-vada, 738; Oregon, 631; Wyoming, Wy-oming, 408; Arizona, 329 and Colorado, 280. Most devoid of inland lakes is New . Mexico with but 155 square miles. oOo Heard In Passing Speaking of lakes, the one off Center street, pictured in Sunday's Herald, will soon be but a memory. Business men will have to find fishing elsewhere, else-where, because work has started to drain the lake. Thus passeth another landmark land-mark . . . the girl who gets invited out to dinner three nights a week" is convinced there's a lot of food value in dates . . . the Lone Eagle is getting lonesomer every day . . . Britain must now pay a 50 per cent income tax. Bad. But look at France. It now-pays now-pays a 100 per cent outgo tax the life of the Nazi conquerors in the smaller countries is not an easy one. Sulphuric acid cocktails and 3trychnine-seasoned food are the latest concoctions to make life uncomfortable for them .. . . the agricultural Experiment stations is feeding its cows sawdust. How will you have your plank steak ? MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National i Affairs Ey DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN Dan Tobin Got Hint From President That He'd Veto Anti-Strike Bill; Refugees in Lisbon Fleeced of Meager Meag-er Funds by Counterfeiting Ring; Junior Defense Officials Of-ficials Fear "Bottleneck in Production of $1 Men." WASHINGTON The President Presi-dent has taken no public stand on the Vinson anti-strike bill, but he dropped a clue to his attitude during dur-ing his luncheon with AFL chief Dan Tobin. The genial, white-thatched boss of the teamsters' union is one of Roosevelt's closest labor friends. Also, one of the most outspoken. He bluntly denounced the bill as a reactionary attack on labor, and warned the president that if it became law it would have bad effect on the defense program. "You can't legislate a working man into staying on a job if he wants to quit," Tobin argued. "And that's just what this bill amounts to. It is neither constitutional consti-tutional nor necessary. I realize that a strike can be a serious hazard to the defense program, but restrictive legislation against unions isn't the answer. "Furthermore, the mediation ' board you have set up is performing perform-ing splendidly. It has settled every major strike turned over to it without delay. What more can Congress ask ? Actually, this strike situation isn't as serious as some anti-labor congressmen want the country to believe. They are making a big hullabaloo about strikes for the real purpose of cracking down on the workers." When Tobin finished, the president, presi-dent, who had been listening silently, sil-ently, remarked quietly, "You needn't worry about the bill becoming be-coming law, Dan." Tot-in is convinced that Roose- velt meant he was ready to use (Continued on Page Two) LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE OH FM 1 9 Special Session Date Announced Today By Governor Maw SALT LAKE CITY, April 23 (U.R) Utah legislators will reconvene in Salt Lake City on May 19 for their second special session in two months to put finishing touches on Gov. Herbert B. Maw's reorganization re-organization program. Maw today set that date for opening of the 24th legislature's second special session and outlined out-lined its duties in a gubernatorial proclamation. First duty of the lawmakers, said the governor, will be to make appropriations to carry out the sweeping reforms provided in legislation acted upon in the first two sessions, and ' to coijider nominations for posts in the new streamlined state government. Utah solons also will take up any "loose ends" left uncompleted in the reorganization plan and "consider "con-sider any other matters which may be brought . . . to the attention at-tention of the legislature." 30-Day Limit Maw set a 30-day time limit on the session, but said he expected ex-pected it to last no longer than two weeks. Neither the regular nor first special sessions of the- legislature managed to make any appropriations appropria-tions to meet government costs during the next two years, mainly due to disagreement between the two houses on technicalities of the reorganization. The failure to provide pro-vide money for state expenses necessitated calling the May session. ses-sion. ESSAY CONTEST WINERS NAMED . Four students of the Provo high school were today announced as winners of an Americanism essay es-say contest sponsored by the Provo Pro-vo lodge No. 849, B. P. O. Elks, according to Seth Billings, exalted ruler. Two students, Chrystal Ras-mussen Ras-mussen and Earl Callahan, tied for first honors, each to receive a $20 cash award. Two others, Barbara Thornton and Kimball Romney tied for third, each to be awarded award-ed $5. Subject of the contest was "What Uncle Sam Means to Me." The two winning essays will be entered in a state-wide contest sponsored by the Utah Elks association asso-ciation and the state winner will be eligible for national competition competi-tion with a S1000 cash award. Judges were Mrs. LaVieve Earl, John O. Beesley and Ernest Ras-muson. Ras-muson. Boat Harbor Leases Must Be Paid City Persons wishing to lease boat space along the banks of the Provo river channel must pay their fees at the office of I. G. Bench, city recorder, on or before May 5, the recorder informs. Spaces spoken for by boaters will be made available to others desiring them if the remittance is not received by that date, Mr. Bench said. Safety Rules Posted For Utah Lake Boating For the benefit of night boaters, boat-ers, two beacon lights are now operating at the Provo river channel chan-nel at Utah lake, and reflectors are being placed along the channel chan-nel margin, informs C. E. Madsen, city supervisor of the lake harbor har-bor project. Mr. Madsen urges that all boaters boat-ers observe the following rules in the name of safety: 1. Do not overload boats. 2. Kef p to the right when boating boat-ing in the channel. 3. Observe the speed limit of 10 miles per hour in the area where pier spaces are located. 4. All boats should be equipped with oars or paddies, bailing cans, life preservers and flashlights. 5. Be safety-conscious at all Gridder, Wrestler Wear Wings for U. Si - r I- Swapping football uniforms and a wrestler's trunks for flying togs and, parachutes, Jim TClsselburgh, left, former Oregon State College star fullback, full-back, and Eldon L. Jackson, member of Oklahoma A. & M.'s national ciiampionship wrestling team, 4rain as flying cadets for Uncle Sam at . San Diego. 10 Seminaries To Ooli Oonuooation Ejforcisss Hero More than 700 graduating students stu-dents and their parents from 10 seminaries of Utah and Juab counties participated in general convocation exercises at the Provo Lh L. S. tabernacle, Wednesday, May 7, at 8 p. in, The program , is scheduled as follows: Song, "The Spirit of God," congregation; invocation, Lehi; dramatic reading, Sharon; speech. Earl J. .Glade, general business manager of KSL; instrumental instru-mental music, Payson; and benediction, bene-diction, Spanish Fork. After the general assembly, graduates will convene in the women's gym at the B. Y. U., where dancing will be enjoyed. Parents will meet in College hall where a drama will be presented. Graduates . will be from Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Sharon, Provo, Wasatch, Spring-ville, Spring-ville, Spanish Fork, Payson and Nephi. FUEL TREATING PLANT SOUGHT SALT LAKE CITY, April 23 (L'.R Gov. Herbert B. Maw today studied a petition from a group of Utah -businessmen, asking fcr state cooperation in constructing a 30-ton capacity smokeless fuel treating plant. Cost of the plant was estimated at $25,000. The group told the governor they would pay half the cost if the state would match the contribution contri-bution with $12,500 from state funds. The plant designed by its sponsors to rid Salt Lake City of a smoke plague they said had caused $50,000,000 damage in 15 years would treat Utah soft coal. times, and courteous to other drivers. Mr. Madsen said that while Provo city invites the public to enjoy the lake harbor area for picnicing, boating, and general recreation, it reserves the right to refuse use of the area to those not following the regulations. He also pointed out that the city is in no way responsible for accidents. acci-dents. The river channel, according to Mr. Madsen, has been cleaned of snags for a mile and a half upstream up-stream from the mouth of the river. It is advised, he said, that small boats, canoes, kayaks, row boats and boats equipped with small outboard motors use the channel during storm periods and not attempt to go on the lake. -. I - .- i . y SPANISH-FORK PROJECT QUEUE SALT LAKE CITY, April 23 UP A $46,756 program for city-wide" city-wide" street improvements at Spanish Fork in Utah county was among projects announced as approved ap-proved today at the office here of Darrell J. Greenwell, Utah works projects administration administrator. adminis-trator. ' j Of the total cost. WPA will provide pro-vide $30,922, with the city of Spanish Fork putting up $15,834 as sponsor. The project will occupy oc-cupy 55 men for 10 months, principally prin-cipally in sidewalk construction and improvement. Other Utah WPA projects approved ap-proved today included: Continuation of a current project proj-ect to install a complete culinary water system at Elmo, in Emery county, with $1043 additional federal fed-eral funds. State WPA heads said beginning dates for all new projects depend ed upon completion of current undertakings un-dertakings and the availability of men for work. Music Groups To Compete At Ogden Having received qualifying ratings rat-ings in the regional music contest con-test held at Nephi April 18 and 19, all Provo high school instrumental soloists and ensemble groups are confining their efforts to preparing prepar-ing for the national-regional festival fes-tival to be held at Oe-den Mav 13. 14 and 15, according to Wesley Pearce, instructor of instruments music. In addition to the instrumental soloists competing at Ogden, Allen Al-len Jensen, Provo high senior, will represent the school in the student stu-dent conducting contest. I Today's Baseball : jj. NATIONAL LEAGUE , New York 000 00 Boston 001 11 Bowman and Danning; Errickson and Berres. Philadelphia ... 000 00 , Brooklyn . 200 00 Pearson and Livingston; Wyatt and Owen. . AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 000 1 New York 100 1 Wagner and Pytlak; Gomez and Dickey. Washington .... 200 2 Philadelphia . . . 001 0 Chase and Early; Potter and Hayes. Chicago 000 20 - Detroit 101 60 Hallet and Tresh; Newhouser and Tebbetts. St. Louis 010 0 Cleveland 000 1 Niggeling and Grube; Feller and Hemsley. CUSS 01 REVOKES F 3 County Beer Vendors Under Charges, Lose Their Licenses In a move designed to curb asserted liquor law violations, che Utah county commission commis-sion this afternoon revoked four beer licenses, three belonging be-longing to proprietors of establishments es-tablishments selling beer and the fourth belonging to a former proprietor. Licenses revoked belonged to Max Herron, proprietor of the Daisy Mae cafe near American Fork; Phil Berry, proprietor of Phil's Place near American Fork; M. T. Barney, proprietor of Nebo View lunch at Spanish Fork; and H. B. Smith, former proprietor of the Chicken Inn the Ruff at Sprljngville. Action Recommended The licenses were revoked upon the recommendation of County. Attorney Arnold C. Roylance and Sheriff John S. Evans following hearings held before the commission. commis-sion. Another proprietor, George O. Memmott, present operator of the Chicken Inn the Ruff, was ordered order-ed to cease selling beer until he has secured a license from the county. Meanwhile, dates of trials for Barney,' Perry and Herron, who are charged with liquor law violations viola-tions in criminal complaints filed here, have "been set. 1, Barney's hearing has been set for April 25 in the juvenile court here. He is charged with selling beer to minors. The other two defendants de-fendants are charged with permitting per-mitting persons to have whiskey in an establishment selling beer. Perry's trial has been set for (Continued on Page Three) D. P. 11 Gluts To Gatbr In Provo Plans are going ahead for the south central district conference of Business and Professional Women's clubs, to be held Sunday at the Hotel Roberts In Provo. Miss Lulu Clegg of Heber City, district director, will preside, and local ararngernents are in charge OUR PER LTS sua. Luwen. oonca. A luu thfi hj h command did not men. tendance of Provo members is . . f. , . , . f - ro-,. an th.v n tn n,.i, arivltlon the reported defeat of the reservations with Mrs. Jones, phone 290. Members of the Provo, Heber City, Helper and Price clubs will be present. Reports will be made by the respective presidents, and each club is to furnish a musical number at the luncheon. Mrs. Dearwyn Sundwall will furnis"h violin solos for the Provo club. The morning meeting will begin at 10 a. m. and the luncheon is scheduled for 12:30 o'clock. After the conference, the women will visit the Springville art exhibit. - Gallis To Dedicate leiv Uard Ohapsl At aploton MAPLETON Elder Charles A. Callis. member of the L. D. S. council of twelve apostles, will offer of-fer the dedicatory prayer- at the dedication of the Mapleton ward chapel which will take place Sunday Sun-day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Bishop Frank M. Jensen will be in charge of the services. Music for the program will be furnished by the Mapleton choir under the direction of Elmo Jensen and the Kolob male chorus, directed direct-ed ty Carl Nelson. The invocation invoca-tion will be offered by Dallas Hol-ley, Hol-ley, and the benediction by William T Tew. Talks will be given by Bishop Jensen, L. A. Nielsen, contractor; Claude Ashworth, architect; Leo Harmer. chairman of the building committee; J. Emmett Bird, president presi-dent of Kolob stake, and Elmer W. Bird, chairman of the social committee. Special musical numbers will be given as follows: Vocal solo by Thora Whiting, accompanied by Bell Thomas; "The Lords Prayer," sung by the Mapleton Singing Mothers, and a vocal duet by Virginia and Genevieve Bird, accompaned by Bell Thomas and Phyllis Smart. Ruth Jensen and Virginia Bird will be accompanists for the choir and male chorus. ' The financial report will be Germans hmash Ilhru 1 kermopytae Pa NAZIS SAY GREEK IM AT AH END Greek 'Western Army-Capitulates Army-Capitulates To Nazi Invaders BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG, JR. BERLIN, April 23 (U.R) Authorized nazis said today that the war in Greece "can be considered virtually -at an end" as a result of the capitulation ca-pitulation of the Greek western west-ern army, the smashing of British defenses at Thermopylae Ther-mopylae and the drive of German Ger-man mechanized forces on Athens. "All of the Greek armies north of Thermopylae were included in yesterday's capitulation of the army of Epirus and Macedonia," an authorized military source said. "The war in Greece can be considered virtually at an end." 300,000 Surrendered He estimated that about 300,000 Greek soldiers had" surrendered since- the start of hostilities and said that this figure, in addition to those captured, wounded ' and killed, "does not leave much" of the estimated total of 300,000 Greek troops. - Nazis said that the German armed forces were battling stubborn stub-born British rear-guard action on the road to Athens and that the liftwaffe was hammering constantly constant-ly at roads, railroads and harbors in an effort to break up the British Brit-ish evacuation from Greece. Air attacks, led by dive bombers, bomb-ers, have created terrible disorder and inflicted many casualties, these sources said, estimating that probably 160,000 tons of shipping had been sent to the bottom in the past few days, including two British destroyers, one warship at Crete and a number of armed merchant mer-chant vessels. German circles said that they -expected early surrender, perhaps within a few hours, of the re- J mainder of the Greefc armies, but British at Thermopylae or indicate how close the Germans had advanced ad-vanced to Athens. This Day v. . BORN Girl, to Alvin and Melvina Payne Jeffs. Boy, to Uno and Bernice Eng-strom. Eng-strom. Girl, to William L. and Vera Leonard Bobbins. if. if. f V CHARLES A. CALLIS read by Marcellus Nielsen, secretary secre-tary and treasurer of the building committee. The committee in charge of arranging ar-ranging for the program has included in-cluded Freeman Bird, Elmer Bird, and Glenn Holley. Heavy Casualties Inflicted On Retiring: British Forces Escaping to the Sea For Transfer to North Africa NEW YORK, April 23 (U.R) TheGreek radio late today to-day broadcast that "Greece will rise again" and promised its listeners it would be on the air again tomorrow. BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Tress Foreign News Editor Allied armed forces buttressed by fierce, but weary Anzacs fought a bitter-end battle before Athens today after the Greek western army capitulated, King George fled to Crete and the nazis reported they had smashed through the ancient battlefield at Thermopylae Pass. The impending end of the battle of- Greece and the breaking of Great Britain's last foothold on the continent was implied in dispatches from London as well as from Berlin and Rome. Form New Line- But the British said a new line had been formed somewhere between Athens and the advancing advanc-ing German blitz armies and that the fight continued under aerial bombardment of roads, harbors and ships. There was no definite indication indica-tion whether the British, if forced back through Athens, would attempt at-tempt to fight on in the Peloponnesus, Pelopon-nesus, but the flight of the Greek government to Crete to carry on the fight from that island stronghold strong-hold indicated that another "Dunkirk" "Dun-kirk" was in progress in the eastern Mediterranean. Axis source. . reported that heavy casualties were being inflicted in-flicted on the retiring British forces along the roads leading to Athens and at sea, where "perhaps 160,000 tons of shipping including includ-ing two British destroyers ' and several armed merchantmen, and possibly 30,000 troops were claimed claim-ed lost in the last few days. In North Africa On other fronts, the war went on with sporadic fury. In north Africa, the British reported their deert forces still were taking offensive action against the axis columns stretched across Libya and Into Egypt in a drive toward the Suez Canal. Australians from the besieged port of Tobruk struck hard at -the enemy lines, a Cairo communique said, and captured 17 Italian officers and 430 men in one big raid. In Ethiopia, he British still pressed the fascist armies back but encountered severe se-vere resistance before Dessie. London Lon-don revealed that a British force had raided and damaged Bardla last Saturday. Air activity over England continued con-tinued with another great raid on the historic port of Plymouth, where the city appeared to be reduced re-duced almost to wreckage as a result of repeated bombardments. Many thousands of poorly clothed and homeless refugees were streaming out of Plymouth. . New Blows Expected Dispatches from Berlin and Rome forecast the immediate end of the battle of Greece, probably by capitulations of the remaining Greek armies, and looked forward to new blows against the British in the Mediterranean, probably both at Suez and Gibraltar. The allied defeat in Greece was attributed largely to lack of airplanes air-planes and heavy mechanized equipment to oppose the German (Continued on Page Three) CONVOY SYSTEM TO BE CHANGED WASHINGTON, April 23 TJ?i British officials may abandon armed escort for its fastest vessels ves-sels in a proposed general reorganization re-organization of the convoy system designed to speed the delivery of American war materials, it was learned today. Officials close to British shipping ship-ping problems said they had received re-ceived indications that the lumping lump-ing of fast and slow cargo ships into convoys would be discontinued discon-tinued to permit speedier craft, able to outrun German submarine raiders, to operate singly in an "express service" across the north Atlantic. The disclosure came as President Presi-dent Roosevelt promised there would be no slackening in the flow of supplies to Britain, stating stat-ing the war would be won by keeping the British going. Mr. Roosevelt cautioned against drawing hasty conclusions from day-to-day developments abroad and expressed confidence that the defense of Britain would be main tained despite British reverses in the eastern Mediterranean. nn G BY UNITED PRESS ISTANBUL The official Turkish Tur-kish radio reported today without with-out confirmation that the Germans Ger-mans have occupied the Greek Island of Lemnoa, near the entrance en-trance to the Dardanelles. CAIRO British forces in Libya have seized the offensive from the axis desert troops, well-informed well-informed sources reported today. LONDON The admiralty reported re-ported tonight that the armed merchant cruiser Rajpltana has been torpedoed and sunk. The Rajputana is a vessel of 16,644 tons. CHUNGKING An official Chinese government communique admitted today that Japanese force had taken Foorhow In Cheklang province Tuesday morning. morn-ing. LONDON Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the house of commons today that King Peter of Jugoslavia and his government have established themselves somewhere some-where in the middle east and have pledged themselves to continue the war against Germany. TGKYC The Japanese press urged today, that relations with the United States be readjusted and that affairs be settled soon with China. BERLIN German sources said tonighrthey had no confirmation of persistent reports that German Ger-man troops had arrived at Athens but said our troops are now moving faster than the news. ISTANBUL Diplomatic quarters quar-ters claimed today 70,000 German troops have been- killed and 200.-000 200.-000 wounded so far In the Balkajt campaign. BUDAPEST Press dispatches reported tonight that German troops had occupied several of Italy's Dodecanese Islands off the coast of Turkey. NEW YORK An Italian radio report heard here by Columbia broadcasting system reported today to-day that some "60,000 to 80.000" British troops already have been evacuated from Greece. Coming Events 20-30, Thursday. 8 p. m.. Hotel Roberts, ladies night. Informal dinner dance. Special music. Rotary, Friday, 7:30 p. m.. Hotel Ho-tel Roberts. Speaker, Guy Cardon of Logan, past district governor, "Rotary. Its Scope, Methods and Objectives." Provo Ldge No. 849, B. P. O. Elks, Thursday, 8 p. m., Elks' home, regular lodge. Public Forum, Friday, 8 p. m., Provo high library. Speakers, J. Wyley Sessions, Willard Hawkins and Rev. Edwin F. Irwin. Subject. "What Has Religion Contributed to Present Day Needs." KKvaniK M;rion J. pteed. manager of the Cherry Hill dairy will speak on the 'Economic Value of the Dairy Industry." John CX Beesley of Agriculture committee, commit-tee, is chairman of the meeting. P:-T. A. POSTPONED The meeting of the Maeser P.-T. P.-T. A., which was originally scheduled sched-uled for Thursday, April 24, will be postponed until Wednesday April 30, at which time Dr. J. C. Moffitt, superintendent of Provo city schools, will supervise a panel discussion, announces Mrs. J. M. Grover, president. Liu i |