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Show PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY, . .8, . 1943 PAGE- THREE Protests to Be Sent to Capital On Rent Set-Up Utah county landlords are awaiting the visit of Willis W. Ritter, regional rent director for OP A, who indicated he would be nere inis wock to investigate assertedly unfair rent conditions. Meanwhile, officials of the landlords' land-lords' association are preparing petitions to be sent OPA officials offici-als in Washington and Utah's congressional con-gressional delegation protesting present rent control conditions held to be unsatisfactory. One of thr' points of contention conten-tion is that March, 1942 is used as the maximum rent basis, a date when rents were at a rock-bottom rock-bottom low in this area, it was asserted. Another major complaint is that two different methods are used by the government in fixing rents, with highrr rents allowed on new construction than on the same types of housing facilities with additional furnishings and services, according to" J. Rulon Morgan, chairman of the landlord 1 organization. The landlords, at a meeting man of the legislative committee, commit-tee, to secure information on the "unsatisfactory'' situation to present pre-sent to Mr. Ritter. SUICIDE FOILS UTAH OFFICERS SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 801E) I Theodore Cosmos, 23, of Ogden, died yesterday afternoon in a Salt Lake City auto camp cabin of an assertedly self-inflicted bullet bul-let wound in his head. Two detectives had gone to the camp to question Cosmos for Ogden police on charges of for-gery for-gery of $2500 in checks and army desertion. Cosmos asked to wait while ho dressed. According to Detective W. C Smith, Cosmos went to the closet "to find a sock", and returned with a .38 caliber revolver. The detective quoted him as saying: "Excuse me, sir, don't try to stop me." He shot himself and died 10 minutes later. University Gets $500 Cash Gift Brigham Young university has received a gift of $500 from t'ne Christenson Construction company of Salt Lake City, President Franklin S. Harris announced Wednesday. The sum will be placed plac-ed in the G. Melvin Paulson and Zora Col ton Paulson loan fund, which the company established some years ago with a donation of the same amount. Three other loan funds have been established at B Y U by the Christensen Construction company. com-pany. They are the Paul Lewis Harding and Lucile Christensen Harding. Stanley Waldo Christensen Chris-tensen and Leah Nebeker Christensen, Chris-tensen, and the Catherine Dean Christensen memorial loan funds. They are all intended to assist deserving students in good standing stand-ing to conlplete their college courses. Rehearsals for Opera Under Way SPANISH lORK Music students, stu-dents, of the Spanish Fork high school under the direction of tljeir supervisor, F. J. Faux, will present pre-sent the opera. "In Old Vienna,'' as their musical offering of . the year, some time in February. Rehearsals Re-hearsals have already begun and the leading parts will be taken by Walter Richardson, Alpheus Bingham, Leo Warner, Don Davis, Da-vis, Dick Hansen, Leo Warner, Ralph Simmons, Mildred Hamilton, Hamil-ton, Joyce Hanks, Darlene Keele, Gloria Christensen and Jack Hone. The cast will be supported by a cast of 75 voices. Miss Jayne Evans will be the speech director. Miss Zina Johnson John-son and the art students will build the stage settings, and Mrs. Blanche Jensen will direct the dancing. J. F. Anderson will direct di-rect the orchestra. Moore Appointed Jaycee Secretary Johnny F. Moore has been elected elect-ed secretary of the Provo junior chamber of commerce, succeeding succeed-ing E. H. Nicholson who has served serv-ed the past few years and now automatically becomes a member of the board of directors. Moore carne to Provo from Salt Lake City some three years ago and has been active in the junior chamber as chairman of radio programs, pro-grams, member of the war activities activi-ties group, and a director. He is a graduate of University of Utah. The junior chamber board of directors has under advisement a request by Judge Dallas H. Young, chairman of the Provo Boy Scout district organization committee, com-mittee, that the Jaycees sponsor a Boy Scout troop. Mrs. Edna May Dill, chairman of first aid fcr the Utah county Red Cross chapter, met with the directors and presented a prdgram by which all Jaycees can form a Red Cross unit, complete the first aid course, and receive awards. Thirteen members signed up for the work. Lynn Moulton, chairman of Christmas activities, submitted a fina'. report on the party for the Camp Williams soldiers. Edgar J. Gealy, Jr., J. W. West, Jr., and Earl Strang were approved ap-proved as new members. Lyceum Concert Sates Revised Wartime travel difficulties have compelled a revision of dates in in the "Little Music Festival" of the Brigham Young university winter quarter, January 12, 13, and 14, according to Dean H. R. Clark, lyceum committee chairman. chair-man. Yves Tinayre, French master of vocl art, will appear in the Provo Pro-vo tabernacle at 8:15 p.m., Wednesday, Wed-nesday, January 13. The- Pro Arte string quartet, from the University Univer-sity of Wisconsin, Madison, will play in the tabernacle at the same hour January 14. No change has been made in the date of the concert of Maurice Mau-rice Eis'enberg, cellist. He will appear with the BYU symphony orchestra, directed by Professor LeRoy J. Robertson, in the Joseph. Smith assembly hall at 11 a. m.,, Tuesday, January ,12. The public is invited to attend this opening event of the three-day "festival" free. DeHart Receives Navy Commission f - - . . fJ)7 1 W imiiiiniimMMM hot mi -r--nrri-mi-a-iwmi"im-iiifi'-'i-Ti Our In the Boys War William A. DeHart, a graduate student of Brigham Young university uni-versity in 1937, has received a commission in the U. S. Naval Reserve, Re-serve, Communications, DVS, according ac-cording to word received from Washington, D. C, by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Sowards of Provo. Mrs. D'eHart is the former Myrtle Myr-tle Sowards, daughter of the Wilbur Sowards, and will join her husbandjSOon in Boston, where he will receive the indoctrination training at the Harvard Naval Training station. While at the University of Minnesota, 1939-41, Mr. DeHart received his master's degree in sociology and completed his course work for a Ph. D. degree. Prior to going to Washington, D. C, he was an L. D. S. missionary instructor in-structor at Springville. While in Washington, he has been connected connect-ed with the national headquarters headquar-ters of the selective service system sys-tem as a statistician. Democracy gets a chance to work itself out practically among the gunners and crew of a merchant merch-ant vessel in wartime, according to John Utvich, 1940 graduate of Brigham Young university. He recently wrote President F. S. Harris that the crew of the ship on which he is serving as gunnery officer is a mixture of races and colors, and his social liberalism is meeting many tests of actual practice. prac-tice. Mr. Utvich, of Los Angeles, California, was the valedictorian of the 1940 graduating class, and majored in economics and minor-ed minor-ed in psychology. While a senior, he also served as president of Blue Keys, honorary service fraternity for men, "Y" News columnist, and as a varsity debater. Lieutenant Ferron Losee, 193b graduate of Brigham Young university, uni-versity, has been assigned to the navy pre-flight training school at St. Mary's college, .California, where he will instruct in physical education. Recently, upon being commis-sionel commis-sionel lieutenant junior grade in the naval reserve, he was sent to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for indoctrination. After a brief furlough spent in Provo he left Thursday for California Cali-fornia with Mrs. Losee and their two children. Patrolling a section of the Pacific Pa-cific coast in a watch for enemy submarines and other craft is the duty of Ensign B. R. Bowman, 1941 graduate of Brigham Young university. "We have sighted submarines and are succeeding in making it hot for them," he reported to university uni-versity officials recently. 17-Year Olds May Join Navy's V-l What may be the last oppor tunity for 17-year-old college and senior high school students to enlist en-list in the navy V-l program for training prospective officers will be offered at Brigham Young university uni-versity on January 14. 15 and 16, according to Professor Joseph K. Nicholas head of the B. Y. U. military affairs committee. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Lawrence T. Crawford will head a naval officer procurement party whfch will be at the institu-j. tion to interview and enlist qualified quali-fied young men. "We are anxious to enlist as many quaMfied applicants for V-l classification as possible before this program closes on March 15," Lieut. Crawford wrote Professor Nicholes recently. This will perhaps be the last chance for such students to apply, Lieut. Crawford added. He pointed point-ed out the necessity of applicants having legal birth certificates, parents' consent on official blanks, and college admission blanks. If they are high school seniors, they must also have their high school transcripts of record. The. official blanks are obtainable at the university, uni-versity, Professor Nicholes said. LETTER FROM HAWAII Mr. andMrs. J. T. Olsen of 215 South Fourth East have received a letter from their son, Staff Sergeant Ser-geant Gleed Olsen, stationed somewhere in Hawaii, stating he is in the best of health. Sgt. Olsen commented that he is "surely enjoying The Provo Herald" which he receives regularly regu-larly and said "there is nothing like reading the events that happen hap-pen in the old town back home. Although there are many strange names and faces in the paper it shows that Provo is growing..." He formerly was a national guardsman, belonging to the 145th field artillery. Night traffic accidents in New York City increased 19 per cent under present dimout regulations. t.VJA'i..W '-: '- v.f,v.JVv.VAW'.''.v.v;v,v1.v.v'l!A.v sfofi:rJ&&' Hi - tltr'nl'll'i y RlCffl u n 3 H I t 0 t T KiSt i ..i....JK..J wLM'ii'owiiiiiwiwiM wff Sffr ' f iiiwiii iinr Ti ir J "I -r-'-- r 2 T j T i i ' ? 5 ; j I JI t I mm l JANUARY NATION-WIDE B vv4----"t; l rl A twilwl n " l4J?o islcf 1T tj n uIe! is S5y l e k rj III I i . 'I Hi hi t I I ' ' 1 I Salem News J. Angus Christensen met with a painful injury when he was knocked down by a cow and he sustained three broken ribs and other injuries which have kept him to his bed for a week. Mr. Christensen is a teacher at the Spanish Fork high school. Three Salem youths have left Salenr- for Fort Douglas where they will be inducted into military service. They were Gordon Clow- ard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cloward, Vernal Jackman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Jackman, and Foster Tolman Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Tolman. The Salem Ltadies Literary club met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Laura Pennytpacker, with Miss Lillian Curtis as assisting hostess. Poems were given by Miss Zella Stone and Mr. Eleanor Ed-man Ed-man gave a book review of "Michael and Mary" by A. A. Milne. Present were Mary Christensen, Chris-tensen, Martha Tiffany, Leola Harrison, Julia Purser, Louise Card, Delia Christensen, Dav6tta Stewart, Merle Stewart, Eleanor Edman, Beatrice Davis, Emma' Sabin, Lillie Sabin, Ivy Davis, Roycie Stone Zella Stone, Eunice Gardner, Priscilla. Christensen, Mary Davis, Lillian Curtis and Laura Pennypacker, and Mrs. Eliza Curtis and Mrs. Mary Wood invited guests. American Fork Mrs. Kenneth E. Noyes and two children, Bobby and Marcia, are here for a two months stay from Olympia, Washington. Since late last summer Captain Noyes has been stationed at Ft. Lewis and recently was sent to Northwestern university, Chicago, for' special work in orthopedic surgery. Upon completion of the course he will return to the Pacific coast and will be pleased to learn that she and children. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Snow and 'daughter "Beverly have returned to Cleveland, Emery county, after spending the holidays here with Mrs. Snow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Spratley. Friends of Mrs. E. Ray Gardner wil lbe pleased to learn that she is making splendid recovery from a recent major operation. She is home from the hospital. Mrs. Horace Rushton . has returned re-turned home from a visit in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Carson . and family. Corpdral Harold M. Holindrake is- home on a two weeks' furlough from the army base at Richmond, California He is visiting his parents, par-ents, Mr." and Mrs. Veron Holindrake. SILVER REPEAL : BILL INTRODUCED WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UEV Rep, Daniel Reed, R., N. Y today introduced in the house ' a bill to repeal the silver-purchase, act of 1934. - . 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