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Show 1 -i ' PAGE TWO PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1943 - - p mmmr: i.iiii . .l.m..iixii1I1p-7 .i n... ..... 1 " (Excepting Bandar) scsJd Published BunOmj Morula by ths Hsrald Corpormtln. It First Wsst Strost, Provo. Utah. Enter cxl tond class matter at ths poatoffica In Utah. andsr ths act of March S. lift. NIcl Ruthman. National AdrsrUs- ispt utatlv, Naw Tork. 6an Franelsso, Boston, Ln Ancelaa, Chicago. Ualtoa Pna, K. . A. Barrlaa, tpps T r ( Newspapers t Botmi ( Circulation. Xlberty through all the land" The Liberty Bell ubaerlptfea Umu by tali In fc ...tytah, sounty. If csnta j month, .f S.tf far , ate months, tn advanca; $7. the yaar. 1m advaao; by mail anywhere In United Btatea er Ma possessions t eenta the month ft.M sr ata months; f S.TI the year ta adranca. The Herald will mat aaaoima . flnsaisnl aa aponaiblllty for any errora which- may appear In advertisements published la tta rein as. la thoee Instances where the paper to at taalt. It will reprint that part of the ailTsi tie ml ha which the typographical mistake see a, Installments in Advance Henry Kaiser's idea for Post-War Trade Bonds deserves serious consideration. con-sideration. It is so new that the1 wise man will not go completely overboard over-board until there has been time to consider all aspects of the proposal. When the war is over the United States will possess at least two of three elements essential to an industrial in-dustrial and commercial boom. There will be an enormous demand de-mand for everything automobiles, electric refrigerators, air conditioning condition-ing units, homes, oil burners, radios, typewriters the list is endless. There will be a magnificent in-iustrial in-iustrial plant, with millions of skilled workmen anxious to supply that consumer demand; and with the end of hostilities, there will be an ample supply of most raw materials. The problem, obviously, is to get demand and supply together, before the stagnation that is inevitable during dur-ing the retooling period can eat up the third ' of the vital elements the savings with which consumers must buy the things they will need so badly. Mr. Kaiser proposes that the government gov-ernment sell bonds which, after the war, can be exchanged for the goods which we then shall want to buy. a Under' such a plan it Would not be necessary for us individuals to decide de-cide right now what we shall buy later. We can wait, and see whether wheth-er the new car or a renovated kitchen kitch-en shall come first or, if we already are certain that it will be the car, we can wait to see whichmanufacturer will get the jump at producing, the car of tomorrow to suit our taste. Meanwhile, the money invested in such bonds would be taken out of circulation at a time when too much spending will promote inflation. It ill be available to the government to help finance the war. The mechanics of such a scheme as Mr. Kaiser proposes would have to be worked out with the greatest of care. Carelessness about details could easily wreck the whole system. sys-tem. Among other things, there could be no public cdnfidence "unless it were made abundantly clear that the government is actingonly as a banker that the setup can not be. used indirectly to control production and distribution of commodities. There probably will be strong criticism of the whole idea. That which is honest and sane should be considered on its merits. That which voices mere reaction and passivity should be ignored. Violating the Rules We are waiting for a protest from Rome about that American raiding party in Tunisia that frightened a superior force of Italians into flight with its battle cry of "Hi Ho Silver." There is nothing in the Hague convention con-vention permitting such unconventional unconven-tional conduct. Signor Mussolini probably will make a strong case against the terroristic practices of the Yanks. Fortunately perhaps, since we are too busy to araue overmuch, it was a false alarm when the crew of the British destroyer Vimy was called to fighting quarters while Father Nep-tune Nep-tune was initiating those who were crossing the equator "for the first time. If perchance a Nazi sub had been forced to fight a sailor in flowing flow-ing robes, another semi-nude with "I Love Susie" scrawled across his chest, a newly-wed officer in ball and chain, Herr Hitler would have been offended that our side is not taking this war seriously enough. And we do not want to offend Der Fuehrer, do we? The lllllllllllllllllllllllllll Washing ton Merry - Co - Round R Daily Picture oi What's Going On In National Affairs E&tT aT VTT,. WASHINGTON Some of the most significant signif-icant political maneuvering ever seen by seasoned sea-soned diplomats is going on backstage regarding regard-ing the filming of Ernest Hemingway's famous book, "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Strenuous objections have been voiced to Paramount by the Franco Fascist Government through its Ambassador Don Juah Francisco de Cardenas, and it now seems probable that the film will never reach the American public. The book is the story of the civil war in Spain, the struggle between the Loyalist Government and the Fascist revolutionaries supported sup-ported by Hitler and Mussolini, which many people believe was the prelude to the current war. However, Sam Wood, the producer for Paramount, has left out all politics. " "Gone With the Wind' was a hot love story," says Wood, who worked on that film, "and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' is an even hotter love story." But even though the Paramount version emphasizes love and leaves out politics, Gen. Franco doesn't like it. Paramount "has already Invested more than $2,000,000 in it. Gary Cooper Coop-er Is playing the star role. But Gen. Franco says NO. , Inside reason why he says NO is briefly this: Showing of the film will promote the sale of Hemingway's book. And though the film shuns politics, the book decidedly doesn't. So . Franco envisages sale of the book all over the world. - Nobody ever dreamed that Franco's hand was that strong inside the U. S. A. But the State Department is for him; also the Rockefeller Rocke-feller Committee is not enthusiastic about the picture's release. But most important of all, the Vatican's disapproval is the real reason why "For Whom the Bell Tolls" will probably not be shown. HITLER'S STOOGES , , They aren't advertising it, but there is - one excellent reason why isolationist Senators Wheeler of Montana and Nye of North Dakota .are working so 'feverishly for an investigation of the Justice Department and . its prosecution 6f Hitler stooges in the U. S. A. That reason is that they know some of the dynamite-laden evidence now before the Justice' Department which is sure to come out when these, cases go to trial. That evidence shows1 the two Senators as having been used by the NazJ, sympathizers and alleged seditionists. - Probably, the two Senators did not know they -were", being used. Wheeler, at the time, told friends he was worried over definite Nazi Influences inside the America First Committee and that, he had worked inside it to keep those Influences down.., : However, the fact remains that Frank K. Ferenz, one of those Indicted for sedition, organized organ-ized the America First rally for Wheeler when he arrived in Los Angeles, and was one of Wheeler's active . supporters. Ferenz, according to evidence before, the Justice Department, had a sister ln Germany who wrote him advice regarding re-garding ft job for der Fuehrer. . . Senator Nye, in turn, has lent his frank to the Steuben Society, for which the Steuben Society was fined by the Post Office department. depart-ment. He has also been active behind-the-scenes in aiding the appeal of George Sylvester Vierec.k, already convicted for failure to register regis-ter as a foreign agent and now indicted for sedition. Furthermore, recent evidence before the Justice Department from -uiitAmerican long: resident in Berlin quotes highraincingNazis as saying that if war came, they had" the U. S. A. organized and that Wheeler was their favorite Senator. While nobody who. knows Senator Wheeler believes for a minute that he tfvas a party to this, many do feel that he was unwittingly used by Nazi propagandists. At any rate all of these facts and more are ixpected to come out when the sedition-propaganda cases go to trial. Obviously, therefore, it is good strategy on the part of the two senators sen-ators involved to attack the Justice Department Depart-ment in advance. Then when the evidence is brought out, they can charge persecution and a smear campaign. U. S. TROOPS GUARD CONGRESS News photographers were herding the 75 rookie Congressmen up the stone steps of" the Capitol for a group picturerwhen they got an unexpected taste of military discipline. A soldier suddenly stepped in front of them. "I'm sorry, but you can't go up there," he announced. "We're members of Congress," spoke up several freshmen. "I don't care who you; are," replied the soldier, fixing his bayonet. "You can't go up these steps. Those are -my orders." And that was that until someone located a lieutenant, who . rescinded the order and permitted per-mitted the group picture to be made on the steps. NOTE: Nobody knows why U. S. troops are used to guard Congress considered the worst -waste, of manpower in Washington. Certainly Cer-tainly nobody wants to - steal Congress or at least nobody except FDR. . JOE MARTIN VS. SAM RAYBtJRN Privately- RepublicanJeader : Joe Martin never had any intention of . letting1 the Republicans Republi-cans organize Congress and elect him as speaker; speak-er; Until 1944 this responsibility is the last thing he wants. - .. .. . However, the canny. Republican . leader took keen delight in keeping the opposition guessing and carried on his . little joke until . the very last. . -,,.. t -. ' ..i . .,- - When he marched into Speaker Rayburn's office with the committee that was to escort Rayburn. to the Floor, following his re-election, Martin was grinning from ear -to ear. "Sam," he said,, "I've got some bad news for, you., I hope you can hold up under the shock. You've ben reelected Speaker.' (Copyright ,194a, by United JFeature . v syndicate. Inc.) "It's No Joy-Ride Out Here Either, BuaT & ''J&?-L r JC-5 J' yyTZj' vVy PEES? X&ySS , c.XK Mb i 4S i ii n fi i m jr jkt a x r.-w atsrsm- mi 9 W lmmmigif - r- , f, fit- -s- OPA FREEZES CORN PRICES WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (U.R) The Office of Price Administra tion today froze corn prices on all exchanges and in every cash and local market over the country coun-try generally at the highest levels at which sales were made yesterday. yester-day. The action, which was designed to halt further sharp price advances, ad-vances, was taken upon instructions instruc-tions from Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes and was approved ap-proved by Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Claude R. Wickard. Corn America's largest farm crop was previously uncontrolled at-all levels of distribution, OPA pointed out. Freight Rate Gut Opposed by State SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 12 (U.R) : Utah's public service commission announced today that it would resist re-sist a movement in congress to reduce westbound freight rates from the midwest to the Pacific coast for fresh meats and packing pack-ing house products. Charles A. Root, commerce attorney at-torney for the commission, said the reduction would mean Utah livestock growers would get less for their products. The proposed price decrease has been suggested as a means of alleviating al-leviating the west coast's meat shortage. Root pointed out that the Butcher's association has attributed at-tributed the shortage to OPA slaughter quotas. Q How many tires would be saved if motorists cut their driving driv-ing to the recommended 5000 miles a year? i AMore than 17,000,000 tires would be saved. Q How should stains be removed re-moved from porcelain enamel cooking- utensils? A Soak them in soda water, then wash with soap and hot water, rinse and dry thoroughly. Q What do the initials K. P., M. P., and N. P. mean in the army? A K. P. is kitchen police, M.P. is military police, and N. P. is neuro-psychiatrist. Q What is the difference between be-tween boiling and simmering? A A liquid boils at 212 degrees F. at sea level; it simmers at 185 ! degrees F. Boiling liquids bubble violently, while simmering liquids bubble very gently. Q How large a percentage of Americans ordinarily use automobiles automo-biles to go to and from work? A Government studies indicate 82 per cent. yesterday, this morning, or last night." Even these cold nights, one hears of those who sleep three and four nights in their cars because not even a sleeping room is available. avail-able. We have a daughter, 16, and a son, 12. Do they complicate the problem? I'm afraid so, although I hate to think they do. ' What are we to do? We want to stay. We can't unless we have a place to live. We want to pay a fair rent. We can't unless we are given an opportunity. I don't think folks realize what we are up against. Or do they? MRS. A. HAWLEY, 457 North 5th East. $25,000 Idea In Salary Limit New Wage Stabilization By PETER EOSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent In addition to putting limitations limit-ations on salary increases and decreases, de-creases, regulations of the new Salary Stabilization Unit in the Treasury Department put a ceiling ceil-ing on the amount which may be paid to anyone during a calendar year. These regulations have the effect of limiting salaries sal-aries to a maximum of $25,000 a year after the payment of federal income taxes. The way this figures out, a man may not receive more than $54,428.57 gross salary, bonus, etc., in 1942, nor more than $67,-200 $67,-200 in 1943. The difference is explained by the fact that income taxes will take, a bigger nick out of a salary in 1942 than in 1943. Income from sources other than salaries dividends, for instance are not included in this restriction restric-tion because when Congress wrote the law, stabilization was limited to wages and salaries. The specific limitation of $25,000 net was not the idea of Congress, however, but a figure set by the President, "to provide greater equality in contributing to the war effort." While there are very definite provisions in the Salary Stabilization Stabiliza-tion Unit's regulations on salary limitations, these restrictions will apply to only 20,000 or 25,000 people in the United States, so the general rule will be to handle each of these cases separately. Individual attention is necessary, anyway, for no two of these cases will come out alike. "UNDUE HARDSHIP" In fact, where an over-$25,-000-a-year salaried man can establish es-tablish that the restrictions work an "undue hardship' on him, he will be allowed to make a little-more little-more than $25,000 enough more to correct the hardship. For instance, if Mr. Hundred Grand used to make $100,000 a year net and give $10,000 charity, it might be a hardship for him to give $10,000 if his net income were limited to $25,000. The government gov-ernment might therefore allow him enough more salary to make the $10,000 donation. But if Mr. H. Grand could get by with a 10 per cent of $25,000 grift to charity, or $2500, he might not get any extra salary allowance. On fixed obligations such as insurance payments, payments on indebtedness and payments of federal income taxes, the Salary Stabilization Unit will probably be less charitable. To show undue un-due hardship in being able to meet these fixed financial obligations, obli-gations, the high-salaried man will have to prove that, after resorting re-sorting to 4iis income from all sources, exempt from stabilization control or unexempt, he is still unable to make these payments . without selling some of his assets at a substantial loss. To give an idea of how hardhearted hard-hearted Uncle Sam is going to be about such cases, it can be mentioned men-tioned that having to draw money out of the bank, having to sell real estate, Victory bonds or any other securties at approximately the price paid for them " or even at a little loss, will not be con-sidered con-sidered undue hardship. Beating the salary stabilization J rap for the high-salaried guys ' will be practically impossible. Taking out a lot of new insurance now to give yourself great obligations ob-ligations won't be allowed. Putting Put-ting the wife on the payroll to receive part of the husband's salary won't be allow-. Incorporating Incorpor-ating yourself won't be allowed. All the officials of the Salary Stabilization Unit are experinced income tax collection men. They know the tricks. Then, too, the penalties for violating vio-lating the regulations of the Salary Stabilization Unit are particularly par-ticularly severe. There is a basic criminal penalty of $1000 fine or one year in prison for an employer em-ployer or employe wilfully violating vio-lating regulations. On top of that, the entire amount of any unauthorized salary sal-ary payment is to be disregarded by all departments of the federal government. This means they'll be disregarded in determining costs or expenses of an employer having hav-ing a contract with the United States, in determining ceiling prices under the Emergency Price Control Act or any other law or regulation, and in calculating allowable al-lowable deductions under the revenue rev-enue laws . Thus, if a movie star's $1000 per week salary were increased to $1500 a week without authorization, authoriza-tion, the penalty would apply on not just the $500 per week increase, in-crease, but on the whole $1500. This wapre and salary stabilization stabiliza-tion order has teeth in it. Kiwanis Ladies To Aid In Hose Drive A committee of Kiwanis ladies to head the club's drive for silk and nylon hose for use by Uncle Sam in making parachutes and other war materials was announced announc-ed today by Evan Thomas, Ki- . wanis president. 'y Mrs. Jacob Coleman heads the committee, other members being Mrs. Fern Ercanbrack, Mrs. Fern Thomas, Mrs. J. W. Christenson, and Mrs. Doyle Dastrup. The hose is to be turned in at Butler's store. ! The campaign is nation-wide among Kiwanis clubs, according to Mr. Thomas. Santaquin News SANTAQUIN Mr. and Mrs. Julius Van Au3dal announce the marriage of their daughter, Shirley Shir-ley Rae, to David Senn of Payson. The young couple were married December 23. A wedding reception recep-tion was given Saturday in honor 6f the. young couple at Santaquin, by the i parents of the bride. .Bruce Bylund, who is at Fillmore Fill-more attending a basic flying school, writes his parents he has made his first solo flight and received re-ceived llis silver wings. Miss ; Maurine Christen&en -. is employed at the office of Columbia Colum-bia Steel, where she is doing- secretarial sec-retarial work. . - . The parents of Jim West, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan West, were surprised sur-prised and very happy to nave their son arrive home for a furlough. fur-lough. Jim has been located in Alaska. He is enroute to Virginia, where he will enter officers training train-ing school. Miss Marcia Greenhalgh is recovering re-covering from an operation at the home of ner sister, Mrs. Carol. Jim Witmre returned to Alaska, Alas-ka, this week after vacationing with his parents. He has been at Dutch Harbor, where he is foreman fore-man of a crew operating a pile driver. - ... Miss Phylis Le Baron has' completed com-pleted her studies at the L. D. S. Business College and is now7 employed em-ployed tn . the office of the; Beneficial Bene-ficial Life Insurance cimpany. The : Ladies': Literary" club will meet at the home of Mrs, Emma Witmore, Wednesday evening. - - FORUM 'n Agin 'Emi Workers Unable To Secure Homes Here EDITOR HERALD: In every part of our western states word has gone out that skilled men are needed at the new Provo steel plant. And we come, eager , to establish permanent residence resi-dence and give our bit at the same time to the war effort. Yes, we understood . places to live were hard to get. Of course, we were just ordinary "'nice" folks. We had always prided ourselves our-selves on being just that. Three weeks of constant, daily searching and inquiring has brought us to date against a black wall of disappointment. Speaking of gasoline and who isn't? It has been days of tramping tramp-ing to search and to inquire. Saving Sav-ing that extra gallon for a special lead about a house too far out to walk. But leads leak out early and we are always met with the same answer. "O! I rented that AUNT HET By ROBERT QTJILLEN "We are. flghtin this war like Ann. kept her Job when she , majTied. Her , xoarrlage almost flopped before she, decided to forget everything els and concentrate on it." -- 'I AM A MURDERER' BV MORRIS MAR KEY COPYRIGHT. 1942. NEA SERVICE. INC. THE STORYl Thl fat tfce toYy of the "perfect eiime"-.fce murder mur-der f Col. Wesley Hope Merrl-wether Merrl-wether in the library of hit Long Island ette aad of the events lending: np to It. The Colonel's daughter Cynthia ham a halfhearted half-hearted amltor tn polo-playing: Fred Westi a, bashful suitor ln Mitchell Grace, the Colonel's secretary! sec-retary! a close friend in Henry-Prentiss. Henry-Prentiss. But Cynthia seems most attracted to Vaoshan Dunbar, n stranarer who appeared at the Merriwether home one night, with a message from his fellow foreign for-eign correspondent and Cynthia's friend, Bill Stewart. A SLIGHT SPAT CHAPTER VIII TT goes without saying that hardly a man of any sort could be so steadily exposed to the presence of Cynthia Merriwether and not be affected thereby. Mit cheflKJrace was affected. He knew quite clearly, without being too dramatic about it, that he was irrevocably ir-revocably snared. And he thought, though he did not go far enough to admit that he was sure, that he could never do the least thing about it. Whether she knew of his passion pas-sion is not to be determined though it is the likely tiling that she was so accustomed to devotion) devo-tion) so honestly and warmly delighted de-lighted at her power to invoke it, that she accepted his as a matter of pleasant course. Cynthia was not given to profound meditation over the incalculable and amazing and, on the whole, satisfactory ways of life. It was there to be lived, wasnt it? Oft very rare occasions they quarreled. Explorations into the deep-hidden causes of these quarrels quar-rels would not, perhaps, be profitable. profit-able. But it is the fact that Cynthia Cyn-thia generally started them, and started them in all innocence. As on this day. She came to the swimming pool, in some pale blue snatch of silken Vcloth and her hair cupped in a pale blue affair to keep it dry. And Mitchell Grace was coming up from a dive. And nobody else was there. She sat down on a stone bench and watched , him swim to the edge, and laughed when he slipped a trifle climbing out, and pointed to a place beside her. Tve got news lor yiu," she said, while he wiped water from his face with his hands. "I can tell, it's good news." "It certainly is. You've got money roming to you.". "Not cash? Not spending money?" mon-ey?" "No. other kind, Admiral. Hut I've got a horrible confession, too. Look IH get it off my chest. Comes last Tuesday and I borrows bor-rows $35 ;from Mr. Grace,party of the second part Right?" "Putting on the touch, they call it" "So I puts on the touch, then. Know what it was for?" "Couldn't guess." "T WAS gambling my all on the Whirlwinds to beat Hank Prentiss. Hank needed to be dropped back a step or two. Charlie Char-lie Fleet heard me boasting about Fred's team and was nasty. Nasty! He said, 'How about 500, even odds?'" "I gathered it was millions." "Grace, you're gullible. It was 500 of he prettiest little dollars and I didn't have them. So I raked and scraped among some old tired, worn-out bank accounts and I found nearly all of it. But I had to go borrowing. And that's how you got what is it? touched for that 35." "Seems a pretty long story just to tell me I get my money back." He looked down at his bare hands which were gripping t,he edge of the benfch. You will perceive how the quarrel quar-rel started. For he said, "I'm not having any, thanks." "I must be slow-witted. Any what?" "Charity." It is to be judged, alas, that Waxhaw, S. C, spoke then. Up out of that lonely, desolate word sprouted pale shoots of envy and pride and frustration, of old wounds to the soul caused, not by the laughter and self-sureness of mor prosperous neighbors, but by their fuller bellies. Only the man who has known hunger carries car-ries that bleak word like a splinter in his heart. "Mitchell Grace! You're abso lutely impossible." She said that in a rush, not of anger or annoyance, annoy-ance, but of genuine astonishment. He stared at the still water of the pool. "You're not telling me any particular news," he said. She looked at him steadily. "I wish I could understand why you behave like that," she said. "There are probably a good many things you ought to understand." "And some that I would like to understand. You waste your time on a rounder and playboy who is a little frayed at the edges, like Henry Prentiss. You keep a simpleton sim-pleton like Fred West hanging around with a look like a lost calf. And when a phony like our pal Vaughan Dunbar shows himself on the scene . . ." V He shrugged his shoulders with such violence that he seemed to be lifting a weight. 7 SHE regarded him very quietly. iUU IU 1MYC UWlCf yidU13 fr me." . "It's very obvious you haven't any of your own." She retreated behind a fragment frag-ment of laughter. "I had at least one, about 10 minutes ago. To have half an hour of fun swimming." swim-ming." "I suppose it's my duty, now, to apologize to the boss' daughter." She got up, and pulled down the legs of her bathing trunks and dived into the water, going across the pool in a long, silvery rush, and drawing herself up oh the opposite side, and sitting there with her legs dangling. A manservant came down the walk and said to Mitchell Grace that Colonel Merriwether wished to see him. He put on his robe and slippers and went into the library and Colonel Merriwether watched him come toward the desk. "Sorry I'm 'not dressed," said Mitchell Grace. "I can be, quickly." quick-ly." "Perhaps it is not necessary." "Is there something you wish me to do, sir?" Colonel Merriwether looked at him through those eyes which were perpetually half shut. "You seem distressed," he said. It required a marked degree of self-control and of fortitude for Mitchell Grace to restrain the rush of bitter words that fled through his mind,, to flush only slightly, and to say after a definite pause, "It is nothing important, sir. Anyway, Any-way, it is my own fault." Colonel Merriwether ,held a match to a fresh, cigar, not taking his eyes from Mitchell Grace, and drew in the first wave of smoke, and allowed it to drift away from his mouth. "It is a sound principle, Grace, to keep the emotions under a strong curb." "I am sure of it, sir." "I might say that the only mis-" take I ever made in my life was to lose control of my emotions for a brief time. Approximately one ' day out of more than 60 years of living. The experience taught me a lesson. . I have not lost control con-trol of my emotions again, and I have not made a mistake again. This was, by any measure, the longest and the most intimate conversation con-versation which Colonel Merriwether Merri-wether had ever bestowed upon his secretary. Mitchell Grace was startled. "I'm sorry, sir, he said. Which, by the way, was' a rather absurd thing to observe. And Colonel , Merriwether descended calmly upon-the absurdity. . "Regrets, too, are to be avoided. - There is: no prosperity in them. However . . . . . (To Be Continued) - |