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Show 4 " v f - J-; 1 '- - , ' V-.;' a The Weather UTAH -Partly cloudy tonight and Thuraday, showers and thunder-; , storms this afternoon and evening :. and la south and east Thursday. , Uttle change In temperature. ; Maximum tempt Tuesday ... 80 : Minimum temp. Tuesday .... 44 t - - iV-r il I 111 - - ' mm Utah County i FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR; NO. 239 UTAH'S ONLT DAILT SOUTH OF SALT PAKB PROVOt v TJTAH COUNTY, UTAH, .WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1941 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH , NEWS 8ERVICB. PRICE FIVE CENTS T - - II 'Xv V X. ' r, fill..-. II I 1 .Ik. 1 ' II I r II 1 in I) ill t : I I I l I I I I I II i-i By Patronizing Dome Stores aad DESK CHAT ; BK THK EDXXOS , Greater than any. single company, greater than any. single industry, the roll of GW9 UiiSMli civil employes of the execu tive branch of the government govern-ment has risen above 102.-348. 102.-348. That was the total in March, and it is fair to pre sume that it is higher now Of these, 167,081 are in the District of Columbia, the rest outside. - Nearly one person in ten is now a federal employe. The percentage is comparable to that during the World War. The absolute number is larg- - er (there were 917,760 civil employes at the time of the 1918 armistice,) but in a country that has grown 30 per cent in population since that time, the relative num berf is nearly the same. I Readers who follow the war-news were not so long ago treated to an interesting contrast: When Mussolini's legions were kicked out of Libya by General. Wavell's sensational offensive, the world was treated to a series of elabor ate alibis. General Graziani complained that he hadn't been sent f enough material. 'Mussolini then came back and said that wasn't true, there had been plenty of materia!. ibuf the British had outnumbered outnum-bered the Italians three or four to one ( patently untrue! and had brutally resorted to - sheer force. Besides, he said, he wasn't ready. ; When the Germans kicked the British back out of Libya I in an ven more sensational -campaigTir!hurchfH rwlmits i ted bluntly to the House 1 - Commons, "we were out- smarted," and " that though the German force was scarc- ly larger than the British, ; they had won because the ; i5ritisn nad missed oppor- ; tumties ' and fumbled the . ball. - - Of th-j two types of minf, we'll bet on the latter with its frank confession of error, ; to win out in the long run. T MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DRJCW PKAKSON aad ROBERT S, AJXEM I Roosevelt Hopes Fireside j Chat Will Unify Nation to ! Meet Nazi Menace ; Refused I to Tell Congressmen His - , Views on Convoying, Free-' Free-' dom of Seas. WASHINGTON The five Democratic and Republican congressional con-gressional leaders to whom Roosevelt Roose-velt gave a pre-review of his fireside fire-side chat tried to pin him down on the details of convoying. But ' they got no more information from him than the throng of newspapermen news-papermen who tried to cross-examine him the next day. f Roosevelt was In a cheery mood when he greeted the Capitol Hill group in the Lincoln study on the second floor of the White House. : Although this is the president's private office, it is not air conditioned. condi-tioned. But Roosevelt, in his shirt sleeves, did not seem to mind the sweltering heat. After his, visitors were seated, he read the' speech through carefully care-fully and seemed to get a big kick out of the phrases that dotted dot-ted it. He seemed particularly pleased with the paragraph in which he told the Latin American republicans: "You may disregard those few citizens of the United States who contend that we are disunited and cannot act." . "Quislings , would be found to govern in our republics," appeared appear-ed to be another -favorite line. 'After he had finished, the first question from the intently listening listen-ing group was, "What about convoys?" con-voys?" T "Draw your own conclusions," ; was Roosevelt's cryptic reply. I i: "Exactly what do you mean by 1 f reedom of the seas, Mr. Presi-? Presi-? dent?", asked Speaker Sam Ray-1 Ray-1 burn. 100 per , cent supporter of i .the Roosevelt .foreign policy. f f."Draw your own conclusions, felContinued on Page 2, Sec 2) MAW NAMES STATE BOARD APPOINTEES B. Y. U. Man Appointed State Agriculture Board Member BY DAVE DRYDEN SALT LAKE CITY, June 4 U.R Gov. Herbert B. Maw today nominated three agricultural agri-cultural experts to head the new state department of agriculture as he neared completion com-pletion of the official family that will be in charge of the reorganized Utah government. The three nominations brought to -23 the number of apopintments submitted to the senate in the second special session that is putting put-ting the finishing touches on the far-reaching reorganization program. pro-gram. Nine of the 23 nominees have already been confirmed by the senate. The governor still had to name a fish and game commission, engineering commission, boards of regents for University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural college col-lege and seven-man advisory councils for each of the 16 new commissions. Welling: Nominated The governor hoped to complete the apopintments this week. Con firmation of these, plus final passage pass-age of the $7,500,000 appropriation appropria-tion bilL were the principal busi ness left before adjuonrment of the special session. Maw nominated Tracy R. Well ing, Salt X&ke Democrat to the six year term in the department tf ; tcnHn'tiHT I, ,w'"r"ir. . wM7fff r secretary of the Utah State Farm bureau, has been the governor's secret&rv and informed senate circles predicted his nomination I would be confirmed with little difficulty. Seth T. Shaw,; professor of horticulture horti-culture and. landscaping at Brig-ham Brig-ham Young1 university at Provo, . (Continued on Page Three) WRAGG HEADS LEGION POST " J. V. Wragg was elected commander com-mander of the Provo Post 13 of the American Legion at the annual an-nual election meeting Tuesday night. He succeeds Kenneth W. Bailey. Other officers elected include Ross Herrick, first vice commander; comman-der; Harold Mower, second vice commander; Don E. Clark, adjutant; adjut-ant; Henry Ulery, chaplain; Alma E. Wright, finance officer; Albert W. Edwards, sergeant-at-arms; Lyle Bell, historian; Harold Snriv-er, Snriv-er, finance committeeman; A. I. Daniels; Iliff Jones and Thomas E. Beesley, executive committeemen. committee-men. Installation of officers will be June 18. Coming Events Lions club, Thursday, 7 p. m., Haase cafe. Speaker, Dr. S W. Georges of Spanish Fork, "Persia." Directors meeting at 6:15. 20-30 club, Thursday, 8 p. m., Hotel Roberts; dinner meeting and election of officers. Robert P. Rodman, Rod-man, district governor, to "be a, visitor. Initiation of new members. mem-bers. Kiwanls club, Thursday, 12:15 p. m.. Hotel Roberts. Speaker,. Dr. B. Sperry of the B. Y, U faculty, "Problems of the Under-privUeged Under-privUeged Child," Provo Elks, Thursday, 8 p. m., Elks home. Initiation. Rotary club, Friday, 12:15 p. m., Hotel Roberts. Business meeting. Old Folks Outing To Be Held On June 13 At Canyon Glen The annual outing for old folks of Utah and Provo stakes will be held Friday, June 13 at Canyon Glen in Provo" canyon, according to Wyraan Berg," chairman of the Provo stake, and Wilford Johnson, John-son, chairman of Utah stake. Plans for the outing were mapped map-ped at a joint meetiiig of committee commit-tee members from all wards., Mr. Berg was named master of ceremonies cere-monies for the day... Committees named include: General arrangements, Clark Appointees jj . . ''' ".. - V-' . - .'. -..5? ' ' - ' " ' 4 I . , . -' i I TRACY WELLING r r If A rro. Seth T. Shaw LBraft.PixpQrty, Bill Certain To Have Amendments BY JOHN R, BEAL WASHINGTON, June 4 (U.E) Two amendments .to the administration's adminis-tration's request for "draft property" prop-erty" powers for President Roosevelt Roose-velt were suggested . today. One would require congress to ratify existence of a national emergency before private property could be requisitioned; the other would limit the time such property could be held. Despite reports that President Roosevelt would accept any "reasonable "rea-sonable modifirations," the compromise com-promise offers failed immediately to satisfy all congressional opponents. oppon-ents. Charges of "dictatorship raw and unashamed" still came from those who believed the bill was too breod for Improvement by amendment. They insisttd it should be killed. The fate of the bill appeared to be uncertain. The request for the . broad powers has had the White House in an uproar for two days. Another signal of trouble was failure of administration supporters sup-porters to comment and the admission ad-mission of some administration stalwarts that they thought the bill "too sweeping." Congressional ltaders .who conferred con-ferred with the president yesterday yester-day indicated the war department in offering the bill had acted without with-out the president's final approval. Mr. Roosevelt admitted at his press conference he had not read the text of the bill,, although he indicated he approved of it in principle. FRENCH DENY DAKAR REPORT VICHY, June 4 U.R . The French government tonight officially of-ficially denied reports broadcast by .the British radio that France had agreed to dual Franco-Geftnan occupation of six French naval bases, including Dakar. Newell, chairman, Charles Wright, George Halliday, Robert Boswell; program committee, Lawrence Johnson, chairman, Mr. Berg, Mrs. Herald R. Clark and Mrs. Charles W. Thomas; banquet, the old folks committees of the " First ward of the Provo stake and Sixth ward of Utah stake; co-chairmen, banquet, ban-quet, Mrs. Ruel Davis of Sixth ward and Mrs. Pearl Thomas of First yftrd - Mr. Berg and Mr. Johnson will have general charge i Of the outing. n - - BRITISH GET FIRMER GRIP OVER IRAQI Leahy Calls On , Petain For Explanation. Of French - Plans BY HARRISON 8AUS3URY United ' Presa . Correspondent British forces . extended their control of strategic Iraq todav in face of . a mounting crisis over French-mandatecf Syria. ' ."; British troops occupied the Mosul area, seat of I. Iraq's rich oilfields and rioting which broke out two days, ago in Baghdad was reported suppressed by strict, application of martial law. The entry of imperial forces into Mosul appeared to place virtually all of Iraq firmly in British control. The situation at Kirkuk where . light. German forces previously were reported installed in-stalled still was uncertain but authoritative British sources said Kirkuk now was in hands of local authorities sympathetic " to the new pro-Britisft Iraqi regime. Stronger Position Control of Iraq placed the British Brit-ish in a stronger position to deal with the threat of Syria as its protects the rear of their middle eastern position against attack while enabling them to concen trate on Nazi frontal thrusts. New British bombing attacks in Syria, this time directed at oil facilities at . Benrut, appeared likely , to aggravate the already dangerous tensions in Franco- British xelatlona. xis U. S. Ambassador William D. Leahy called upon Marshal Henri Philippe, Petain to ask an explan ation or the French program for defense of her colonial empire and to learn, presumably, how far the drift of France into active collaboration collab-oration with Germany against Britain has gone. A severe French censorhip was preventing corre spondents irom cabling full reports re-ports of Vichy developments. Some British opinion inclined to belief Germany may be preparing pre-paring action in some other sphrere while attention is concentrated concen-trated on Syria. The naval correspondent cor-respondent of the London News-Chronicle News-Chronicle claimed German submarines sub-marines based on Dakar are now carrying out a virtual blackade of the Cape Verde Islands, Portu-( Portu-( Continued on Page Three) WAR IN BRIEF LONDON Charge French seek excuse to invite Germans into Syria, claim Germans trying to provoke Franco-British claim; watch Dakar, Casablanca, Libyan-Egyptian Libyan-Egyptian frontier for nazl move under cover of Syrian crises; Prime Minister Winston Churchill faces parliamentary criticism of Crete defense. BERLIN Nazis hint aid to France if British invade Syria, suggest modification of armistice clauses; luftwaffe attacks British east coast ports and shipping. VICHY United States Ambassador Ambas-sador William D. Leahy confers wfCh Marshal Xenri Philippe Petain Pe-tain on Syrian crisis; claim empire em-pire defense scheme completed. BEIRUT Report second British Brit-ish air attack in two days on Beirut oil tanks. ISTANBUL Turks doubt French will resist strongly, in Syria against British invasion. ROME Hungarian Premier Ladlslaus De Bardossy arrives for economic and political discussions. ! Baseball Today) a , i . : - - NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis ...... 000 002 000 2 Boston 200 100 JLOx 4 Gumbert and Mancuso; . Johnson and Masi. . Pittsburgh at poned, rain. New York, post- Chicago at Brooklyn, ' postponed, rain.. . 4 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, postponed, post-poned, rain. . AMERICAN LEAGUE ' New York at Detroit, postponed, rain. Boston at Cleveland, postponed, rain. Philadelphia at Chicago, . night, game, '-.-; Succumbs in itwm EX-KAISER WILHELM DEATH CLAIMS FORMER KAISER By IL C. BURRMAN DOORN, HoUand, June 4 OLE) Former Kaiser Wilhelm II, 82, last of Germany's Hohenzollern emperors, died at 11:30 a. m. today (3:30 a. m. CST) at Doom House. ir ine once nugnviesi, iuici ut uic. eastern .nemtspnere, war lore w the. last war and a figure of world power for .30. years, had suffered an. embolism, .of -the.bmgriiuring the night. ' Hu end -was sudden but peace ful. He had suffered a cold and an internal ailment which sapped his strength and kept him indoors at his estate, where he had spent most of the more than. 20 years since. On Nov.10, 1918, he fled across the Netherlands frontier from. Germany, with a few faithful faith-ful -officers ! and, over his vigor-ous vigor-ous protest, surrendered his sword to a young Dutch sergeant. . ' Members of. the Hohenzollern family were summoned from Ger-hiaay Ger-hiaay :to join the Princess Her-mlne Her-mlne . of Schoenaich-Carolath, his aecond wife, at his bedside. But after spending the Whitsun weekend week-end holiday with Wilhelm, most of them returned to Germany yesterday yes-terday and there was not time to call them back. ' 'By Wilhelm's death the former Crowii Prince Wilhelm, 59, who had remained in Germany quietly during the rise of the Nazis, became; be-came; head, of the house of Hohenzollern, Hohen-zollern, founded by Burchardus of Zolorin who died about 1061. 'In. event of a British victory in the war, there was a possibility, if not a probability, of restoration; of the Hohenzollern dynasty in a federated Germany in which ruling princes of the German states would regain their autonomous power.) Wilhelm, once the symbol of Prussian militarism, had remained in exile, embittered for years because be-cause it was he and his little group of confidants who had precipitated pre-cipitated the last war. Wilhelm had lived here for 23 years in faded grandeur surrounded surround-ed by mementoes of his pompous days. He could have spent his last days oh German soil, but declined an invitation from Adolf Hitler, preferring to die here since he could not go back to Germany as emperor. BERLIN, uJne 4 OLE) Former Kaiser Wilhelm n, ruler of . World War Germany who died today at Doorn, wil be buried ih exile. The . official , German news agency said the head of the Royal House of . Hohenzollern would be buried Monday in the . chapel of Doorn castle, where he had lived almost since the day he had fled Germany Nov. 10, 1918, A day before be-fore the World War armistice. 10,000 to Attend IA Conference SALT LAKE CITY, June 4 OLE) Officers of the Mutual Improvement Improve-ment and Primary association of the L.- D. S. church said today that about 18,000 were expected here -Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the annual conferences of the two groups. Central, theme of the conventions conven-tions will .be "clean living" for the youthful members of the association, associa-tion, . - ....i.l.lK l.'lllluiir. ,t J l.l III II I SI FOOD FIRMS INDICTED FOR PRICE HIKING 194 Companies Named For Anti-Trust Law Violation SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 (U.R) One hundred and ninety-four food distributing" associations, as-sociations, firms and individuals individ-uals today were.charged with anti-trust, law .violations, in federal indictments obtained by government prosecutors in a nationwide campaign against rising food prices. Five blanket indictments charted chart-ed companies in the fruit and vegetable canning, dried fruit, evaporated milk, rice and sardine industries with price control and price fixing. A sixth indictment charged price fixing against the battery separator manufacturing trade. Pacific Coast Firms Some of the indicted firms, particularly in the evaporated milk industry, are nationally-known nationally-known firms with headquarters in the east or middle west. But most of the defendants are fruit and 'vegetable canning firms on the Pacific coast. Federal Judge A. F. St. Sure, who received the true bills, set bail at $1,000 each for the 194 firms and individuals. Penalties would not exceed $500 and a year in prison for individuals, or $5,-000 $5,-000 for corporations. '"r :, Thurman Arnoldchief. ; ; antitrust anti-trust prosecutor of the U-"S,T atf torney . general's office, said the indictments were part of a nations WfckK4Mv "tolnetas theiprici to growers' and decrease the cost of food to consumers by eliminating elimin-ating unnecessary - and costly methods of processing and distribution." dis-tribution." ' - Included in this indictment were some of California's and the nation's biggest packing firms, Including Libby McNeil & Libby and S & W Fine Foods. Evaporated milk firms named in the indictments included Borden' Bor-den' Co.? New York; Carnation Co.,Pet Milk, Morning MUk, Salt Lake; NesUe's Milk Products, Inc., Libby McNeil "Si Libby, ego Milk Products Cd., c- Salt 4 Lake City; Armour & Co., and Challenge Chal-lenge Cream and Butter. The milk i firms were charged with conspiring to fix prices on evaporated milk sold in Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Montana and Wyoming. Winant Submits Grave Report WASHINGTON, June 4 OLE) Secretary of State Cordell Hull today gave the first official intimation inti-mation that Ambassador John G. Winant had brought back a grave report on dangers to the United States in the present world situat ion. He declined to discuss the pre-1 else nature of the reports Winant is making to the White House and State department. He said he and Winant had spent more than a half hour going over foreign policy generally as it relates to the international inter-national naval and military situ ation, and the state of internation al! danger to the United States. , Vie for Strawberry Queen Honors Candidates "in - the exciting Strawberry day 'queen's contest, now under way, left to right Lucille Bush, Jeanne West, Beth Gillman, Helene Burke, Edith Stark, Venice Jacob, Anne Walker, queen candidates; can-didates; Vern CulUmore, contest chairman, shows royal crown to contestants, v" ... Church Authorities In Attendance Commencement Rites . Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law Con f erred on Justice George ; Suther-land; Suther-land; Grant, McKay Speak ; -a) Crowning many years of intellectual training, 414 graduates of Brigham Young university today received diplomas at the sixty-fifth commencement exercises of the school held in the magnificent mag-nificent setting afforded by the new Joseph Smith buUding. Marked by pomp and formality, formali-ty, the traditional exercises were attended by a huge crowd of students, stu-dents, parents, faculty members, and others who packed the auditorium audi-torium to overflowing. Grant Presides President Heber J. Grant of the L. D. S. church presided at the exercises and awarded the diplomas di-plomas to the cap-and-gown-clad graduates as they filedacross the stand in an impressive procession. President J. Reuben Clark . Jr., conducted the program. President Grant and President David O. McKay delivered brief addresses, and Attorney George S. Ballif of Provo read a message to the graduating class from Justice Jus-tice George Sutherland, who attended at-tended the B. Y. U. 60 years ago. Dr. Franklin S Harris, president ?of ' the university, gave his annual an-nual report. , -.4 One of the features " of the program was the .conferring of an honorary doctor of laws degree 'upon "Justice Sutherland by DrC Harris. . The valedictory address was delivered de-livered by Leonard William Rice of Clifton, Ida. In addition to the full first presidency of the church, eight members of the council of twelve apostles were in attendance. . On the stand .were President Grant, President Clark, President McKay, President Rudger Claw- an TP1 A Tnaanli US l4 n or Cm i fh rCTn t..- Ti, a Widtsoe, Elder Joseph F. Merrtll, Elder Albert E. Bowen, and Elder Eld-er Harold B. Lee of the councU of twelve apostles; Elder Richard L. Evans. of the first council of ' (Continued from Page One) Two Killed in Hunting Mishaps DONNELLY, Ida, June 4 (HE) A squirrel hunting accident near here took the life of 15-year-old Jack B. Stark late yesterday. Stark was hunting- with sev eral companions when his J22 caliber rifle accidentally discharged discharg-ed and lodged a bullet in his heart. HAILEY, Ida., June 4 UJ! - Daniel Payne, 15. Tikura. was dead today from an injury suf fered while hunting magpies near here. . A bullet richoteted and struck the youth, who died in a Hailey hospital after an emergency oper ation was performed. At BILL PROVIDES FOR GROIVTHOF WEBER COLLEGE i . - SALT LAKE CITY, June 4 OLE) The Utah house today received a senate-approved bill authorizing purchase of land and buildings for expansion of Weber Junior college col-lege at Ogden. The bill does not carry any specific appropriation. Necessary funds will be contained in the regular appropriations biU that is now being studied. Sen. Ira. Huggins, D., Weber, said he had learned that the fed eral government has already order ed $100,000 worth of equipment for use in the training plant, and that work would be rushed. .There were indications the special spe-cial session also might later con-, sider similar bills roviding for similar training , establishments at Utah State college at ' Logan, at Salt Lake City's West high school and perhaps other Junior colleges in the state. STRAWBERRIES" RIPENING FAST Now is the time to can strawberries, straw-berries, according to Utah county agricultural officials, who point out that a very short season is expected. ; is urgent that the year's strawberry supply be canned 1m- ening of berries which are coming on a . week ' . earlier than growers first predicted. . Strawberries now on the market mar-ket are of fine quality, firm and solid with a high sugar content, agricultural .leaders said. . I0US On Ensign SALT LAKE CITY, June 4 (HE) Army officers at Fort Douglas today declined to comment on a mysterious "Raited Israel of America" Am-erica" flag they confiscated after it was discovered flying from a standard on Ensign peak, historically; histori-cally; famous mountain on the western edge of Salt Lake valley. The flag, resembling a Uv . S. banner in design but the 13 red and purple stripes, a field of dark blue under a golden triangle, and 48 seven-pointed gold tars, . was removed from the pole by a Salt Lake City fireman. The; banner was then, turned over' to army officers. This Day . . BORN Girt to Earl and Norma Houston Hous-ton Lindley. . ' : 1 LICENSED TO MARRY f Arthur Owen Chapman,- 28, Heber He-ber City, and' Carma Gamble, 25, Preston,- Idaho. '.. Melvin; Grant .. Fitzgerald, -38, Provo, and Maxine Mortensen, 27, Provo. . - LaMont H. Briggs. 25, Santa-quin. Santa-quin. and LaRene Einerson, 24, Roosevelt.- - i Murl'McJunkin. 28, Pendleton, Ore., and Geneva May Woodward, 30, Salida, Colo." ?."-.' Eldon , Tadd West, 21, Spanish Fork, rand (Blanche--Curtia, 20, Payson. , ; " j RECITAL SLATED ; : Th third annual festival of ancient chamber v music sponsored bv - th I American Societv Of Re corder Players, Provo organization. will be held at the utue ineaier in the College building. ?.B. V-.Y.- U. lower campus,; Thursday and Friday Fri-day evenings, according to Homer Wakefield, president ox the eo ciety. The public is invited. H m m uyster Flag |