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Show f t ...... . t PROVO ; (UTAH) DAILY -HERALD" MONDAY MARCH 9, 1942'- - PAGE FIVE The Herald Completes Remodeling of Newspaper Offices;! Business, Editorial Departments in New Quarters U.S. INCOME V AT HIGH MARK LEWIS ENROLLS DAIRY FARMERS WASHINGTON, March 9 (U.O Commerce department economic experts tonight predicted all-out war production would raise ' the 1942 national income to a recora- shattering- $113,000,000,000,000 ; nearly three times the depression low of $39,900,000,000 in 1932, and $18,500,000,000 above last year's figures. - " ' - .V-'v' - -Th e economists emphasised, however, that this : unprecedented national Income would not mean a prosperity boom as in 1929 when virtually everyone enjoyed a higher standard of living and even sharecropper farmers were driving: automobiles. The national income In 1929 was $8,300,000,000. ' Most Americans except those in the armed forces will be mak insr more money this year, but they will not be able to spend it all because of unprecedented taxes and because the supply of civilian goods will be curtailed drastically. Civilians will not get as much for their money, either, since a 12 per cent general. price increase is expected. .War expenditure, paid In part from; taxes, will account for an estimated $47,200,000,000 of the . 1942 national Income, leaving on iy about $69,000,000,000 of pro duction and services for civilian consumption. - The administration, which in the first years of the New Deal was concerned basically with in-, in-, creasing the national income, now is faced with the problem of curbing curb-ing civilian expenditures to che Inflation. Higher taxes, pndfe control, installment buying regulations, regu-lations, government borrowing and rationing are among the methods adopted, or proposed. In the anti- inflation drive. The national income of $94,500, OOO.OOO last year was a record Itself, being 22 per cent abov the 1940 total of $77,200,000,000 and 13 per cent above the $83, 300,000,000 of 1929. the previous record year. News, Highlights 1 from emont . - - - ::- - -:' u1 ) ;f : ! .rr3- r "' l L:L -v . ," ' . i,'-..-- ; . ' f. fVJ.i f - ,"?-!! ""k--- '; " "' y-...',, ,,lMM'WMCTirMiiiiiiWtin Tii'ii'ii.tfriir " ' ' ' ' ' - . i . iwA ' ' ('- '.,.,4 .- " ) - - - , - - . 'v'i' . i ...... '.j , 1 . Upper right is pictured The Herald's beautiful new office buildincr. which renlaces thn oM building was razed. At left is the store of the Mountain Fuel supply company, another newly-completed building on the block. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ferguson were pleasantly surprised Wed nesday night by Mrs. Ferguson's -tster and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Reed of Salt Lake, and oth er relatives and friends, Including Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clark, Mrs. Elsie Campbell ,Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Aleene Clark, Gloria and Lawanda Ferguson. Fer-guson. A delicious supper was served, games and old-fashioned music enjoyed, the Clark brothers giving several numbers with their guitar and mandolin. :The Edgemont Camp, Daughters Daugh-ters of Utah Pioneers, wiU meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred Ferguson. All mem-ben mem-ben and those eligible for membership, mem-bership, are invited, to attend. Captain Racheal Davis has tick-eta tick-eta for the : Shakespearean play, "Macbeth,' which will be played JEVednesday evening at College hall for the Pioneer Daughters and .any person in the ward desiring de-siring tickets may receive them from her. Mrs. Zepha Smith will be hostess hos-tess to Edgemont Literary club Friday afternoon at hr home. Mrs. Merne Schoney will give the book review and all members are urged to be present ,The work arid business program will be presented Tuesday at Re lief Society. Classleader Racheal Mecham will give the lesson on, "Hosiery." All ladies are asked to bring their thimbles and needles need-les as quilting and other work wUl be done. Mrs. Robert Gillespie and baby daughter have been removed from the Utah Valley hospital, and are at the home of her sister, Mrs. Vern Dixon, at 719 North Sixth West street. Mr. Gillespie or Roosevelt, is spending the week end with his family. Miss Betty Billings of Salt Lake spent the week end with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Richards and family. Plans for the Relief society centennial, cen-tennial, which will be observed Tuesday, March 17, are progressing progress-ing nicely and all ladies of the ward are invited to reserve that date. Prof. Ella Baum is general chairman of. the affair, with her counselors, Mrs. Bertha Salisbury, Mrs. Amy Taylor, and Mrs. Flora Bieler. Mrs. Hilda Conder and Mrs. Merne Schoney assisting. Details of the day's program will be announced later. BIRTHDAYS Tuesday, March 10 DAVID D. RUST C. A R VI Li OLSEN WILLIAM J. JOHNSON HOWARD DYER JOSEPH DANIELS MRS. ELIZABETH ALLRED DOROTHY GATES NEBEKER MRS. MAY WILLIAMSON There are six navigable rivers. in the state of North Carolina: Cape Fear, Chowan, Meherrin, Neuse, Roanoke, and Tar. Golden Wedding Held In Burley SPANISH FORK Mrs. Eliza beth Roach of Spanish, Fork, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowers and Mrs. Lynn Roberts of Provo, returned re-turned home Thursday from Bur- ley, Idaho, where they went to attend the golden wedding anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bowers, former residents of Span ish Fork. A . turkey dinner was served to -80 of the immediate relatives of the honored couple. The table was centered.byj1.l9Ye- ly tiered wedding cake and dec orated with cut flowers. On Mon day, the anniversary of their marriage, open house was held and 125 friends called to extend congratulations and good wishes. Many beautiful gifts were received receiv-ed by the couple. Hostesses were Mr. and Mrs, Ellas Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Bowers,' and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Johnston. Among the former Spanish Forkers who called were Mr. and Mrs. John E. Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Thomas, Thom-as, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Les Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Anthon, Clayton Beck, Alma Tilley, Les Nelson and Hall Church and Emma Koyle Win-ward. -- -S- tiian CONVICTED ON" WHITE SLAVE CHARGE SACRAMENTO. March 9 0JJ!) (U.P) Manuel Zuinga, 23, Caldwell, Cald-well, Idaho, today stood convicted convict-ed by a federal court jury on white slave charges. The Jury found Zuinga guilty last night after deliberating less than two hours. It failed to reach a verdict on an additional charge of kidnaping. Springville Briefs Mr. and Mrs. G. Lowry Anderson, Ander-son, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holley of American Fork are spending two weeks on a business and pleasure trip in Cal--lfornia. Mrs. Sarah Dalton of this cityj received word the latter part o4 the week from her son, Howard, who has spent the past several months on Midway island, that hq had landed safely in the Hawaii a islands. He has been employed defense work at Midway. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mendenhall returned the past week from California, Cal-ifornia, where they have spent the winter. Mrs. Bert Groesbeck was hos tess to members of the Ladies' Literary club at her home Thursday Thurs-day evening, with Mrs. Hannah Clyde, vice-president, in charge. A delicious tray luncheon was served early and later, Mrs. Arva Bone gave an exceUent paper on. women in The National Emer gency," and Mrs. Blanch Beal, in fine manner, gave a play, 'Spring.' In connection with the play, Mrs. Bess Mendenhall gave appropri ate music. The next meetting was announced for March 19, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Salisbury. Attending were 17 club members and one guest, Mrs. Lucy Roy-lance. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Jacob and daughter, Jettie, who have spent the past three years in Cbmpton and Huntington Park, Calif., have returned to Springville to make their home. FIRE REPORTED Slight damage to the roof at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, 136 East First South, was caused caus-ed by fire Friday at ':S0 p. m. Sparks caused the blaze, according accord-ing to Provo firemen. The fire department also made a run Saturday when a truck owned by "Bus" Roundy caught . WASHINGTON, March 9 ,U John U Lewis today, "began campaign" to organise ; 3,000,000 dairy farmers Into - his United Mine. Workers Union. v ' -. He "officiated at ceremonies inducting in-ducting Into the UMW Dairy Union Un-ion officials who claim - to represent repre-sent 22,000 members . in -New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania and 4,500 in Michigan. Plans for the organization drive ' also were drawn up. ,.- . - ) . To puzzled . newsmen - who could see no connection between -coal mining and dairymen, the UMW president explained: . ?- "As any farmer xnows, before vou milk a cow you first have to feed It." "But," one newspaperman . insisted, in-sisted, "what is the connection-be-tween- feeding' a cow and digging coal?'' .'; . -" ' "That," Lewis , replied, "Is an academic question. Come around some dull, rainy day and well go into it." Other mine workers' officials-, Including Lewis's daughter, KAtn-ryn, KAtn-ryn, were at the meeting. , - Mlaa Lewis is secretary of the UMWs district 50, the district of which the dairymen were made members. Ora Gassaway, a coal miner from Kentucky, is its president. - ;'' - District 50 was chartered r by the ' UMW to organize ehemicsj workers and others associated in the manufacture of coal by-products. It has the entire nation as its field and claims about 60.000 members. -? Included In Ks membership are workers in plants making lipstick, perfume, soap, insecticides - and buttons. Officials said - buttons are the link between miners and . dairymen. . Chemical by-products . of coal go into the making of buttons. So does casein, a byproduct by-product of milk. ;.' CONGRATULATIONS TO - - ONE OF THE FINEST ELECTRICALLY EQUIPPED SHOPS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA Compliments, Daily Herald on Your New Building! We Were Happy to Do All the Wiring in This Beautiful Building Do Not Let Discounts Confuse You COMPARE OUR PRICES QUALITY and STYLE See for yourself We Do Contract Wiring, Motor Repairing I .46rNoth Univ. Ave. I II SMI I W I I I ( II iw Phone 418 HOW CHEAP Taxes, Going Up! Newt Proposed: CVie 8c ptk pack 50 Q 33 B jl J Newt frepsMd: $1 $1.50 que it quart Newt Propottd IVic Urn pollen cjallen Newt fiopoui', berrcl fcamt 66 i MM: PresoMd Newt PreeoMd: , PropoMa': 6 on 10 on -15 of , ! colU colU pries botMs Here is how taxes proposed by Secretary of Treasury Morgen-thau Morgen-thau will affect some common commodities and services.' Chart shows oresent and proposed lederal taxes, and percentages - r of increase." 1 1 How can you know that electricity elec-tricity is cheaper in these days of fast changing prices? There is one way in Provo to judge electric rates. Here is a comparison: Your residential electric service ser-vice (average cost) is 10 less than the average for the State of Utah. You .can be sure that electricity elec-tricity is cheaper in Provo. IS': .MpP 7 V -.-. .. 1" ..-. St ; t (. . |