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Show o 777 uau o : L U Lj - fx ' 7) firirni IJ The Weather UTAH: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon showers over mountains; little change In temperature. Maximum temp., Wednesday . . 70 Minirau m tern p., Wednesday . . SI FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 210 Z DESK GHAT Opportunities for service m the national defense are increasing in-creasing every day. It is getting get-ting close to the point now where every man, woman and child can find something to do to help if he is willing. Latest opportunity is for a half-million or more men and women to enlist as volunteers volun-teers for an air-raid observers' observ-ers' corps. That is a simple civilian service aimed at getting get-ting the army the quickest possible information on the appearance of enemy planes. The observers are so assigned assign-ed that no plane can approach the covered territory without with-out being instantly spotted and reported by one or more observers, whose instantly telephoned reports will show a central headquarters not only the location, but the direction di-rection and speed of the attacking at-tacking force. Nearly every day now presents pre-sents new opportunities , to help in the defense preparations. prepara-tions. There will be more of them. What is needed now is the men, women and children chil-dren to meet them. oOo- Heard In Passing Wonder when Jimmy Stewart Stew-art gets assigned to peel potatoes po-tatoes at camp, he's allowed to use a double? . . . the defense de-fense picture is one place where three strikes didn't seem to be out . . . young woman wo-man going out to take a job -in Alaska promised not to marry for two years. A sort of "cooling off period? . . . Lindbergh used to think in terms of "We." But lately it seems to be "they" that engages en-gages his chief attention . . . when money goes to a man's head it touches his soft spot . . . bad eggs are sometimes welcome, but not after they go broke. oOo Today's Quote "The dictators dic-tators always look good until the last five minutes. " President Pres-ident Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, Czecho-slovakia, MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN Hulls' Praise of Soviet Reveals Re-veals Washington's Fears for the British; Some Experts Ex-perts Doubt They Can Hold Till Fall; Russia Is Last Bulwark; London Smashed; Smash-ed; Equipment Lack Worse; Nazis Can Use Turk Railroads; Cabinet Feels FDR- Should Lead Opinion. Not Wait for It to Catch Up. WASHINGTON For many months, dapper little Russian Ambassador Am-bassador Constantine Oumanaky iwd to complain privately that he could not get an audience with Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. "All I see Is Sumner Welles," griped Ambassador Oumansky. "The matters I have to dLscuss should be taken up with the Secretary Sec-retary of State personally." But what the usually astute Ambassador did not know was that Mr. Hull disliked all things Russian, 'didn't want to discuss Russia, or be reminded of Russia. He classified the Soviet with such lr.ptitu 1 1 o n a as carpet-baggers, John L. Lewis, Hull's cabinet colleague col-league Harold Ickes, and the Civil War guerillas who attacked his father. Mr. Hull has one of the choicest vocabularies in Washing-(Continued Washing-(Continued on Page Six, Sec. Two) UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE n CHANGES Otl T FACULTY AMUtJCED Five To Retire From Service Granted Emeritus Rank Many faculty changes and additions were approved by the Brigham Young university universi-ty board of trustees Wednesday Wednes-day at the annual budget meeting, President Franklin S. Harris announced Thursday. Thurs-day. The board approved the 1941-42 budget, the appointment of five new staff members, and the giving of emeritus rank to five others. Advancements in rank .were granted nine faculty members, and the return of nine from leaves of absence was passed upon. Two resignations were accepted. Dr. Dean A. Anderson of Og-den, Og-den, was appointed assistant professor pro-fessor of agronomy and bacteriology. bacteri-ology. A graduate of the B.Y.U. he received his Ph. D. from Iowa State in 1932. He has been a member of the Weber college faculty fac-ulty since 1933. ", J. Reuben Clark, III, was appointed ap-pointed instructor In modern languages. lan-guages. He is a graduate of the University of Utah, and fulfilled an L. D. S. mission in France; has done five years of graduate work at Columbia university. He is teaching in the L. D. S. seminary sem-inary in Cedar City. Ralph Ungermann, graduate of B. Y. U. in 1939, was appointed assistant in speech. Carol Tanner, Provo, 1940 graduate, and Hattie Knight of Malad, Ida., who graduates gradu-ates thLs spring, were named assistants as-sistants in the Heber J. Grant library. Emeritus rank was conferred upon John C. Swensoni professor of economics and" sociology, who joined the R. Y. U. faculty in 1898; Dr. William J. Snow, professor profes-sor of history, who has been a faculty member since 1910; Pro-fesor Pro-fesor Guy C. Wilson, professor of religious education, former president of the L. D. S. university. univer-sity. Salt Lake City, who began teaching in the church department depart-ment of education In 1896; Professor Pro-fessor J. Marinus Jensen, professor profes-sor of English, who became a faculty member in 1910; and Mrs. Ella Larsen Brown, associate librarian, li-brarian, who besran her work at B. Y. U. in 1902. Joseph K. Nicholes Was advanced ad-vanced from associate professor of chemistry to professor. Dr. Carlton Culmsee, director of the extension division, was advanced from associate professor of journalism jour-nalism to professor. Mrs. Ida S. Dusenberry, assistant professor of psychology, was advanced to associate as-sociate professor, and Miss Leona Holbrook, assistant professor of physical education for women, was advanced to associate professor. Fred Dixon, tennis coach and in-( in-( Continued on Page Eight) Straiyfjorry Day ay Do Juno 4 PLEASANT GROVB-June 4 has been set as the tentative date for the twentieth annual Pleasant Grove Strawberry day, President Fred C. Shoell stated. With the report of Merrill N. Warniek, committee chairman on agriculture, that berries of this vicinity were beginning to blossom, blos-som, June 4 was chosen as a reasonable rea-sonable estimate of the height of the bearing season. The perma nance of this date will depend upon weather conditions condi-tions for the next two weeks, Mr. Warniek announced. In the meantime, committees are at work on preliminary plans for the annual event. FIRE REPORTED Approximately $500 damage resulted re-sulted from a fire at a home owned by Charley Wright and occupied oc-cupied by his son, Eldon, at about Twelfth East and Eighth South Wednesday night, according to Provo firemen. No one was home when the blaze started, it was re ported. n YX -);. ) fit ra f i n n hi 3000 Youths lo In Saturday'. Athletic G r eats From the Coast To Be Guests Rich in tradition and em- 1 bodying all the athletic splen dor and brilliance of thousands thou-sands of youths enjoying mass participation, the thirty-first annual B r i g h a m Young university Invitation Track and Field Meet and Relay Re-lay Carnival will unfold Friday and Saturday in the "Y" stadium. With much of the world at war, the panoramic spectacle takes on special significance, symbolizing sym-bolizing American freedom and the hope of the nation in its youth. S000 Expected Here Upwards of 3000 youths, representing repre-senting junior high schools, junior jun-ior colleges, and senior high schools from five states, will converge con-verge on Provo Friday and Saturday Sat-urday for thevannual meet. Some 10,000 spectators are expected to witness the two-day festival. Edwin Ed-win R. Kimball is director of the gigantic affair.' Warm, sunny weather most of the week and forecast of fair and - warmer conditions ' promises a near perfect setting for the event. With good weather prevailing, pre-vailing, a number of records are expected to fall when the cream of the intermountain athletic crop begins its annual assault on existing ex-isting marks. Apply Final Touches At B. Y. U., officials were today to-day applying the final touches to elaborate plans of the meet. The "Y" stadium is in excellent condition, con-dition, with a fast track, well-turned well-turned jumping pits, "and accommodations accom-modations for the thousands of athletes expected. Tennis courts some i 20 courts throughout the citv will be utilized college hall, and scene of other activity were also in readiness. For sheer beauty and spectacle, no event in the west can surpass the stirring posture parade and errand-entry march, on of the highlights of the meet. Uniformly clad girls, marching in perfect cadence on the green field of the stadium provides a picture that can not be forgotten. Colorful rarade Junior high girls perform Friday Fri-day at 1:30 p. m., to start afternoon after-noon events, and senior hieh nar-ades nar-ades march at the same time Saturday as. a feature of the erand-entry parade, according to Miss Leona Holbrook, director of girls' events. 'Appearances pf Pacific coast track and field 'greats gives tided tid-ed color and prominence to the meet. Besides adding flavor, these athletes all representatives of the Southern California Athletic association provide youths in .the meet with examples of excellence in their various events. Brigham Young tracksters will compete against some of these visiting stars in special events. Henry Bourne, "Y" co-captain and two-time conference champion, and Georee Thatcher will race against Mel Cooksey, California runner in one of the features. Cy Ellsworth, conference champion and "Y" co-captain, Clyde Bovle, Bernard Hansen, and Lamont Wilcox Wil-cox will match their speed aeainst that of Dick Fordham of California Califor-nia in the 100 and 220-yard dashes, Star Performer Other star performers who will (Continued on Page Seven) Carnation Sale To Help Veterans The auxiliary to the United Spanish War veterans, will sell carnations, made by the veterans in the hospitals, on the streets of Provo. Saturday, and the cooperation cooper-ation of the public will be aopre-ciated, aopre-ciated, according to the officers. Mrs. Herman Grimm is chairman chair-man and announces that all proceeds pro-ceeds will go towards helping the needy in the organization. Thio LICENSED TO MARRY Glen W. Haslam, 23, Salt Lake City, and Barta Ann Jones, 23, Lehi. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, Lzi z B. Y. U. Invitation Carnival Program FRIDAY 9 a. m. Tennis tournaments for senior high school girls and junior high school boys at the "Y" tennis courts. 9 a. m. Junior high school dance meet at College hall. 1:30 p. m. Junior high school girls' posture parade at "Y" stadium. 2 p. m. Senior high school boys' tennis tournament at B. Y. U. tennis courts. (Semifinal and final matches Saturday). Satur-day). 2 p. m. Track and field meet and relay carnival at "Y" stadium for junior and junior high boys. SATURDAY . 8:30 a. m. Junior college tennis tournament at "Y" courts. 8:45 a. m. All-around chamm'onshiD events for senior high boys commence. 9 a. m. Senior high school track and field meet. Trial heats for senior high school Class A and Class B in 100-yard 100-yard dash, 220, 440, high and low hurdles, and all field events except high jump and pole vault. 9 a. m. Junior college track and field meet. Trial heats, if necessary, in 100, 220, and high .and low hurdles. 9 a. m. Senior high school dance meet, College hall. 1 p. m. -Concert by the Brigham Young university band, directed by Robert Sauer. v 1:30 p. m. Girls' posture, parade, and grand entry parade. " " J 2 p. m. Track and field Jumui ."es ajiu senior nign scnooi. Exhibition performances perform-ances by Pacific coast trackmen throughout the afternoon program. -- '17AR CABINET MEETS WITH ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, April 24 (C.P President Roosevelt today called hi.s "war cabinet" to a meeting offering the first opportunity for a full-dress review of the allied catastrophe ca-tastrophe in Greece and its effect on this country's program of supplying sup-plying materials to Great Britain. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-son, Stim-son, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and Lend-Lease Coordinator Coordin-ator Harry L. Hopkins meeting with the president. The other member of the. "war cabinet," Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., could not attend because he was testifying before a congressional committee on new tax proposals. The meeting ended after an hour and 25 minutes. None of the conferees con-ferees would discuss the subjects reviewed with the president. The group was believed to have taken the continuing problem, which Mr. Roosevelt said is most vital, of getting war supplies to Britain. Congressional circles heard early this week that the administration has under study a plan to extend the U. S. sea and air neutrality patrol to mid-Atlantic 300 miles beyond new American naval outposts. These reports were given further furth-er substantiation when Mayor Fiorcllo H. LaGuardia of New York told an audience at Ottawa, Canada, that the U. S. and Canada would defend the Atlantic 1,000 miles out from the seaboard. LaGuardia La-Guardia is chairman of the Joint Canadlan-U. S. board for the defense de-fense of North America. Hopkins Placed On U. S. Payroll WASHINGTON. April 24 U.K President Roosevelt today placed Harry L. Hopkins, whom he previously pre-viously had designated as chief of the lend-lease activities, on the federal payroll at a salary of $10,-000 $10,-000 annually. Hopkins has been a presidential adviser, living at the White House, since he resigned as secretary secre-tary of commerce last year, but he has not drawn federal pay. Mr. Roosevelt's order designated Hopkins to advise and assist him "in carrying out the responsibility oi tne lend-lease law, Hr. 1776." THURSDAY, APRIL Farizapate . Stadium Show senior high school girls and meet championships, open to Applicants For Aircraft Jot to Do Interuieued A representative of one of the larger Pacific coast airplane manufacturing companies will be in Provo to interview applicants for work and training for employment em-ployment in the company, according accord-ing to VV. L. Mildenhall, district manager of the Utah State Employment Em-ployment service. The training will consist of three weeks school at the company plant, and all men and boys 18 or over who are interested are Invited In-vited to call Friday and Saturday at the office, 40 North University avenue, Provo, for preliminary Interviews In-terviews and appointment slips for Monday, Mr. Mildenhall said. "This is a golden opportunity for men interested in this type of work and all applicants will be considered," said Mr. Mildenhall. The trainees must furnish their own transportation to California and be able to board and room themselves during the three-weeks period. If they satisfactorily complete their course they will be employed with a starting wage of 52 cents per hour, this wage to be graduated graduat-ed up over weekly periods as they become more useful to the company, com-pany, Mr. Mildenhall said. The company is seeking 3000 men from 3 Utah. "We feel there are a lot of men in this area that are qualified fop the job," said Mr. Mildenhall. - Lindbergh Charges England Misinformed U. S. On War Aims NEW YORK, April 24 UD Col. Charles A. Lindbergh told a wildly cheering meeting sponsored sponsor-ed by the America first committee commit-tee last night that every nation which has sided with Britain in the war, "from Poland to Greece," has been defeated, and that now the British hoped for an American expeditionary force to "share the fiasco." A crowd of 10,000 packed the Manhattan Center auditorium and an estimated 20,000 stood in the street listening to speeches through loudspeakers. German accents were numerous in the crowd. There were several 24, 1941 G. LLC. FACES itra THREAT OF STRIKI Soft Coal Strikes Goes To Mediation Board For Settlement (Bulletin) WASHINGTON, April 21 (U.R) Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and R. R. Sayers, chief of the bureau of mines, reported to President Presi-dent Roosevelt today that the nation as a whole now has only a two-weeks supply of soft coal. A new strike in southern California, the threat of a strike "at any time" through out the vast General Motors empire and submission of the three-weeks-old bituminous bitumin-ous coal dispute to the national na-tional defense mediation board highlighted the American defense labor picture today. The new strike was at San Diego, where 2,000 AFL, construction construc-tion workers walked out, halting work on two big navy housing projects costing $3,500,000. The workmen demanded pay raises from the civilian contracting firm ranging from 75 cents to $1 a day. Work Is Halted The walkout halted work at a navy destroyer base and at the San Diego naval training station. Thirteen-thousand other workers in the same area threatened to strike but last minute efforts confined con-fined the walkout to two smaller jobs. In Detroit, President Charles E. Wilson of General Motors said there is "danger of a strike at any time now" which he said could not avoid affecting $750,000,-000 $750,000,-000 worth of defense orders on which Gentral Motors is working. Wilson said that negotiations between the company and the United Automobile Workers (CIO) union had not improved since they started March 11. The union hss filed notice of intention to call a strike of 160,000 workers in 61 G. M. plants. The union said the actual defense de-fense workers would not be called out but the G. M. head said It was impassible to separate de fense work from non-defense pro- ' duction The soft coal dispute was cer tified to the board by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins early this morning . after President Roosevelt's personal appeal for immediate reopening of the mines had f a i led. Madame Perkins charged 1 that southern operators were responsible for the current deadlock, which is resulting in rapidly-dwindling coal reserves in many industries. SMALL VVARCRAFT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WASHINGTON, April 24 (U.R) The navy disclosed today it has contracted for construction of 171 small warcraft since April 1. Unofficial Un-official sources predicted many of them are destined for Britain. minor brawls and a brief melee involving several hundred persons from the crowd and about 100 anti-Nazi anti-Nazi pickets who marched to the scene with placards. Lindbergh, in an appeal for support of the committee which he joined in Chicago last Thursday, Thurs-day, drew one of his loudest cheers when he said, "it is obvious England Eng-land is losing the war," and another an-other when he said, "England has misinformed us." He charged "we have been led toward war by a minority of our people; this minority has power; it has influence; it has a loud voice, but it does not represent the American people." tS SPS Re-elected V MRS. STERLING ERCANBRACK IVomen Ooocloi! Siaie Gonveniion;'-Officers Gonveniion;'-Officers Elected SALT LAKE CITY, April 24 (UJ) Utah Federation of Women's clubs representatives ratified election elec-tion of six district directors, placed plac-ed administration of 1941-42 activities ac-tivities in the hands of a' new slate of officers and brought to close here today their three-day, 48th annual convention. Mrs. J. H. Peckenpjjugh of Og-den, Og-den, re-elected , state president, headed the list of officers which officially assumed office after an intensified program of civic functions func-tions was mapped for the ensuing year. Other new officers, presented to delegates at an Informal reception recep-tion following a noon presidents luncheon, are Airs. Sterling Ercan-brack, Ercan-brack, Provo, first vice president; Mrs. D. A. , McMillan, Murray, second vl ce president; Mrs. Floyd S. Leaver, Salt Lake City, third vice president; Mrs. Leslie H. Cornaby, Spanish Fork, fourth vice president', Mrs. P. A. Nals-bitt, Nals-bitt, Salt Lake City, recording secretary; Mrs. Paul M. Dunn, Logan, treasurer; Mrs. Earl Rad-cliff, Rad-cliff, Ogden, corresponding secretary; sec-retary; and Mrs. Eugene Hansen, Provo, auditor. Newlyfeustained directors are (Continued o.i l"age Eight) ! Today's Baseball . . jl; AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 020 0 New York 003 0 Dickman and Pytlak; Russo and Dickey. St. Louis ...... Oil 00 Detroit ... 0000 10 Kennedy and Grube; Bridges and Tebbetts. Cleveland ...... 00 Chicago 00 A. Smith and Ilcmsley; Lee and Trcsh. Washington at Philadelphia, postponed, post-poned, wet grounds. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia ... OOO 010 Pittsburgh 000 000 French and McCullough; Klinger and Davis. Cincinnati .... 0 St. Louis 1 Derringer and Lombard!; McGee and W. Cooper. Nw York at Boston, . postponed, wet grounds and cold weather. UTAH PUBLISHER DIES SALINA, Utah, April 24 CD-Howard CD-Howard XV. Cherry. Sr., 70, prominent promi-nent Utah publisher, died last night after a four weeks' illness. He was the publisher of the Gunnison Gun-nison Valley News and the SaJina Sun., Before establishing these two papers. Cherry had been connected con-nected with publications throughout through-out Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California. Build Utah County By Patronizing Home Store and Cosiness Houses PRICE FIVE CENTS NAZI TROOPS PUSH DRIVE m -ATHENS British Imperial Forces Attempt To Hold Germans Back By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor British Imperials fought the German advance on Athens Ath-ens today and Prime Minister Minis-ter Winston Churchill told the house of commons that critics of the campaign in Greece should avoid losing their sense of proportion until the battle is ended. Fighting continued on the Thermopylae sector, according to the. latest official word from both Berlin and London, although unofficial un-official nazi sources claimed the Germans had broken through the historic pass and were pursuing-the pursuing-the British towards Athens while the luftwaffe pounded roads anJ porta in an - effort to break up their evacuation from Greece. Forces Broken Through On other fronts, the British reported re-ported that their East African forces had broken through the forward defenses of Italians who have been fighting stubbornly before be-fore the Ethiopian town of Dessie and that the fascists were falling: back, pursued by British and native troops. On the sea and air front, the British reported that one of the two nazi battle cruisers, Scharn-horst Scharn-horst and Gneisenau. had been hit during steady RAF raids on Brest, and that probably both had been heavily damaged. The admiralty ad-miralty said the British submarine submar-ine Urge had torpedoed and sunk an oil tanker of more than 10,000 tons. Attack Lellavre The RAF reported it had heavily heav-ily attacked LeHavre and that a bold daylight air attack on an Important German electrical power pow-er station near Osnnbruk had re-fulted in a direct hit that did heavy damage. Churchill's remarks In the house of commons were an indirect reply-to reply-to critics of the British tactics in Greece, where a comparatively small exDcditionary force with insufficient in-sufficient aerial protection was driven back through the mountains moun-tains after inflicting heavy lasses on the Germans. Churchill said he hoped soon to make a general statement and expected a general debate In parliament on the war. but despite sharp criticism in the press he did not appear to be in danger from his political foes. The fact that both the British and the Germans officially reported re-ported fighting still in progress at the Thermopylae sector indicated that nazi sources In Berlin had been too optimistic in their reports re-ports yesterday on the swift progress prog-ress of the nazi columns toward Athens, but it was pointed out that the German high command reports were running at least one Continued on Page Eight) LONDON Radio Ankara tonight to-night quoted a njexial correspondent correspond-ent in Berlin a reporting that Spain Im expected to adhere noon to the tri power military a4Ilanci and that "a military move" will b conducted against Portugal. VICHY Germany, in an effort to end the lnpa!e In France-German France-German relations, will not ln.it on return of Pierre Laval to the. French cabinet but will be ati-fled ati-fled if he i appointed a Vichy' delegate to Pari, It was learned today. LONDON The admiralty reported re-ported today thut the submarine Urge has torpedoed and unk a heavily laden oil tanker of more than 10,Wi tons. The date and place was not specified. r |