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Show ' SPRINGVILLE Sprlngvllle -was so named for large spring near the townslte. Thc vicinity earlier was .called - Hobble Creek because a member i of a Mermen exploring party lost a pair of hobbles from hi hones nearby. The .ritv was settled In THE WEATHER WEATHER FORECAST -UTAH Mostly clear bat with some high clouds formlnr. Blaxi-mon Blaxi-mon .temperature, 85-95, and variable from 50-80 Thursday morning. Temperatures: Hith ff LWv 93 1830. ? '; - SIXTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 3 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY UTAH, .. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, ,1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Officiate At "Y" Commencement L ... Dr. John A. Widtsoe (left) w mtm w .va miv vviuMViivuiii uu or itCUUCIl UMl a VI the first presidency of the LDS church, and President Howard S. McDonald (right) of BYU chat in the Joseph Smith building prior to the commencement services today. V Graduates Urged To Seek Happy Life In Commencement Talk Brigham Young university held its first post-World War II com-. com-. mencement" today, sending 236 graduates forth into a still-trou- iled world, but armed with five ordinal precepts by which they night find "the only successful life" happiness. It was the university's 70th annual an-nual commencement exercises, friends of the graduates and ajrons of the school filled the jJcleph Smith auditorium and Vcsrta of the fover and lounse. of! the council of the 12 apostles Italy Votes :Iouse of Savoy Onf nf OME, June 5 (UJJ An . oX- ial announcement said today t Italy has voted to become a public, throwing King Humbert and the House' of Savoy out of power. . The ministers of war and aviation avia-tion announced jointly that the national referendum had given the Republic a majority over the Monarchy. They said the votes remaining to be counted could not change the decision. The majority for the Republic were about 1,800,000 .votes. Vice Premier Pietro Nenni announced an-nounced that the cabinet met to "plan the king's departure." War Minister Manlio Brosio appealed to the nation to take the -news calmly. The nation's rejection of the Monarchy ended the reign of King Humbert just 26 days after he formally mounted the throne. He succeeded his father, King Victor Emmanuel, who abdicated and went into a life of voluntary exile in Egypt. The Christian Democrat party Jed by Premier Alcide de Gasperi was solidly entrenched as the country's strongest party, its position reinforced by late returns. re-turns. The Socialists were second and Communists third. 15-Day Truce Ends Civil War NANKING. June 5 (U.R) A 15-day 15-day truce between the Chinese Nationalises and Communists will be signed tonight or tomorrow probably giving Gen. George C. Marshall broad powers to settle China's civil war, it was reported tonight. The exact scope of the powers which Marshall will be given by the contending factions to resolve their dispute still was under discussion. dis-cussion. However, it appeared virtually certain that the truce pact would be signed within the next 12 to 24 hours and that a breathing Spell will follow in which Mar shall will seek to arrange an end to the Chinese civil war. Communist leader, Chou En- Lai, said that the I$-day trade represented a compromise be tween Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek who designed a 7-day truce and the Communists who wanted a 30- day breathing spell. Indonesian Troops Slay 600 Chinese BATAVIA, June 5 (U.R An Allied headquarters spokesman reported tonight that Indonesians had slain 600 Chinese in a settlement settle-ment west of the Tahgerahg river, 15 miles from Batavia. He said villages over a wide area were aflame and that the fighting continued in the area. Another 1,000 Chinese were iurrounded in a village and were ief ending themselves with knives tnd other weapons, the spokes-nan spokes-nan said. i Ik f I t fa I b" i of the council of twelve apostles. and internationally recognized scholar, by-passed for the day the problems of the world at; the silver anniversary of i"re ?ke T?Auat??iUtah Strawberry Day here as individuals, presenting to each of them the charge that "the only successful life is a happy life," and pointing out how this success is within the grasp of each if ho or she will but follow fol-low a few fundamental principles. princi-ples. Graduates were warned of the current problems of the day. however hv J. Reuhon Clark of! the first presidency of the church, who represented the first presi - dencR in the absence of President George Albert Smith, ill with a cold. President Clark, who conducted con-ducted the exercises and presented present-ed the diplomas, warned gradu- peace are to be saved, they must be saved by yotra. individuals.- An unscheduled hlfhllfht, of the commencement' wis the conferring 'of an honor ary degree of master of arts on Oscar A. Kirkham, member mem-ber of the first council of seventies, Brigham ' Young university alumnus and nationally na-tionally recognised Boy Scout leader. President Howard A. McDonald and Dean Christen Chris-ten Jensen of the graduate school conferred the degree In the surprise ceremony. , . The valedictory address by Florence Mitchell of Saff ord, creased social intelligence is the1 most needed thing today," and! declared such a thing must be the ; chief factor in bringing peace, and understanding to the world. The graduating class was ap- following the ball game. At 9:30 proximately 100- over the warP.m. the big Strawberry dav years, but at least 100 under the dance begins in the high school (Continued on Page Two) Austin Named Successor to Stettinius WASHINGTON1, June 5 (U.R) Sen. Warren R. Austin, R., Vt., ws.s named by President Truman today to succeed E. R. Stettinius, Jr., as American representative on the United Nations security council. The appointment will not become be-come effective until next Jan. 3, when Austin's senate term expires. ex-pires. Austin is expected to resign shortly from the senate, according accord-ing to the White House, and serve in an advisory capacity capacity until his appointment can become legal next year. Meantime, Herschel Johnson, deputy American representative, will be the official representative of this nation. White House press secretary Charles G. Ross was. the authority for the statement that Austin would resign from the senate and devote his "entire time" to the work of the United Nations. Provo Canyon Left Out Of Three-Year Highway Program State and federal highway ex penditures in Utah county during the next three years will be con centrated on the construction of permanent four-lane highway 91 from the Point of the Moun tain to the Juab county line, Ray Leavitt, chairman of the state engineering commission told a gathering of chamber of commerce, com-merce, city and county officials, Tuesday night. Mr. Leavitt also revealed that there is nothing in the three-year three-year program for Provo canyon highway improvement, beyond minor repair and chuckhole patching. Progress on v the location and engineering work for the permanent perma-nent highway 91, has been slowed j uiliyju lilJ :lMse) UiliLsuJrU ;u!UIIIIIhIU Ilk fPPW A fulfil -N AWf Strawberry Day Parade Opens Fete Silver Anniversary Of Pleasant Grove's Festival Under Way By MABEL JENSE PLEASANT GROVE A miniature parade led by di minutive Deanne Harding Strawberry queen, ushered in today. oeverai thousand persons were on hand for the colorful celebration which will end late tonight. Berry growers had 5000 cups of their delicious fruit on sale to individual buyers, while: an additional ad-ditional 300 cases was promised tne cnamber ol commerce. Prize totalling more thh 4600 wre 8'yen during the day for winners in various contests. The program included band concerts, con-certs, horsepulling contests, a riding exhibition, sports and a big dance. Spectators declared the parade ?" . the outstanding ever nefe- 'itim "t fMtheat W new thafthi hnoiw T. OTentMJthe.uen!a laoat, the one ridden by Miss Linda Boren as Miss Pleasant Grove, and those entered by Pleasant Grove Canning Cann-ing company, the Mother's study club. Smith Brothers market, the five LDS wards, and Moyle's Appliance. Ap-pliance. Many of the floats featured fea-tured the centennial theme. The parade with the addition of five out-of-town bands, will be repeated at 6:30 p.m. The evening even-ing line of march includes formation forma-tion at the high school, then north .to tan Becks corner, west to Main street, south to the Roy Ash : Service statfnn nH return tr tKo highway "' The Pleasant Grove soUball team clashes with the Provo 20- 30 aggregation at 7:30 p.m. with other entertainment scheduled gym, with $200 in cash prizes to be given away. Attlee Discusses Spanish Problem LONDON, June 5 (U.R) Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee told the house of commons today that he was "quite sure we have got to take action best calculated to make the Spanish get rid of their present government and get a decent government in its place." Attlee said the question of how best to bring about a change of government in Spain was-before the United Nations. "We are considering proposals. but the real consideration is how best to enable the Spanish people to decide for themselves," he said. "It is a fact that the Spanish people react very strongly against foreign intervention. Because you get rid of one government itlat Yellowstone park from June does not necessarily follow that you get a better one." STAYS BY DECISION WASHINGTON. June 5 (U.R) The senate banking committee today stuck by its decision to end price controls July 1 on meat. dairy products and poultry. down almost to a standstill, Mr. Leavitt pointed out due to the fact that private business and other agencies which pay higher salaries have consistently raided the state's engineering and technical tech-nical staffs, until the personnel is only 60 per cent complete. As an example of the pitiful condition existing in the state highway department as far as technical personnel is concerned, Mr. Leavitt pointed out that with an appropriation of $5,500,000 waiting to be expended for new highway construction in the state there are only two location parties at work at the present time. Mr. Leavitt indicated that if the federal highway officials give (Continued on rage Two) Bakers Asking Government For More Flour Abandoning local efforts to ease the acute flour shortage here. Salt Lake bakers and members of the Utah Retail Grocers' association today asked Utah's congressional delegation for help. The action was taken during dur-ing a meeting here last night in which the bakers and grocers agreed that the only possible solution was government govern-ment release of wheat. Meanwhile, bakeries faced the prospects of a complete shutdown Toy mid - June. Several smaller bakeries already al-ready have closed. Senate Offers Record Pay To Army Recruits WASHINGTON, June 5 U.R) The senate today offered the highest military pay in history to maintain a record volunteer army but tentatively authorized a continued con-tinued teen-age draft if necessary. neces-sary. The house, however, nrobablv J ; " !P" 1.: a ... . . over. A compromise will have to be worked out by a senate-house conference committee if the draft law is to be extended beyond its June 30 deadline. Senate opponents of continuing the draft had one last chance to reverse the picture today. It was on an amendment by Sen. Chapman Rever-comb, Rever-comb, R., W. Vs., to continue the draft law until May 15, but forbid Inductions unless congress finds it necessary In the interests of national security. se-curity. L.S. L"1!! wmpTeiely Tnrative " Before reaching fhe Rever- comb amendment the senate voted to- 1. Extend the draft to May 15. 2. Permit drafting of single men from 18 to 45, provided the 'armed forces stay witnin an-the an-the coming nounced goals for year 3. Raise the pay scale for enlisted en-listed personnel to encourage volunteering. 4. Limit every draftee to an 18-monthiitch. 5. Specifically exempt from the draft all fathers, scientific students and teachers and veterans veter-ans with honorable discharges who already have been overseas or served six months in the United States. Farm Bureau Sets Parley POCATELLO, June 5 H'.B Executive Secretary John H. Webb of Pocateilo disclosed to day that the Western Farm Bureau Bu-reau federation will hold its first 10-state conference in four years to 29. All western states will be ren resented at the meeting, which win concentrate on discussinc in creased farm production to meet the worldwide demand for foodstuffs. food-stuffs. Chairman is George Wilson Wil-son of Berkeley, Calif. One of the committee members arranging the meeting is Frank G. Shelley of Salt Lake City. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at New York, night gam. St. Lout 200 04 Boston ion in Zoldak St Schulti; Butland, Dries- wcra la; ac -arie. Home runs York, Boa., 4th. none on. . Detroit loo ooi Philadelphia 000 00 Trucks, Benton (5) & Richards; Flores it Rosar. Home runs Wakefield. Dei. (Sthl none on. Cleveland at Washington, night game. NATIONAL, LEAGUE New York oaa 001 Chicago 001 004 riscner. Budnick 8 Triniri t A.J vooper. ScnmttB. Bithorn (SI Chinman fit & McCuUougb. Horn runs Cav&retta. chL. tfatht a on. . ' ' Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, night game. Boston at St. Louis, night game. Only games scheduled. 7 Maritime Unions Ash Compromise Government Asked To Submit Proposal For Ending June IS Strike WASHINGTON, June 5 (U.R) The seven maritime! unions threatening a nation-' wide shipping strike June 15 will ask the government to submit a compromise proposal propos-al for settlement of their wage and hour dispute, a high union official said today. The official, who asked that his name be withheld, said the request re-quest will be made bacause the one independent and six CIO unions involved in the dianute have receded from their original! 40-hour week demand. Ship owners have refused to budge from the 56-hour week. "The unions, are , going to strike on the hours Issued if It is not settled.- the nn-"ten nn-"ten official.. warned. -l)irect6r Edgar L. Warren" of the fedefaT conciliation service, unaware of the union official's remarks, told reporters "it is too early yet for the government to Submit a compromise proposal but maybe we will later." Meanwhile, the navy,, coast guard and war shipping administration admin-istration went ahead with plans to man the U. S. merchant fleet if the strike materializes. The navy said the first response re-sponse to Secretary James V. Forrestal's -appeal for volunteers volun-teers to man ships In event of a strike was "very favorable." favor-able." It gave no figures. Leaders of the National Mari time union (CIO) said unofficial returns from Monday's strike ref-' erendum showed that its 00,000 j members overwhelmingly favor! walking out. Official returns of the NMU strike referendum probably will be revealed in a day or two. Members of five of the other, six unions involved in the wage and hour dispute already have voted to join a nationwide ship ping strike if their demands are not met. The other, the American communications association (CI - O), will poll its members Mon - day- If the walkout materializes, the navy, coast guard and war shipping ship-ping administration will man the merchant fleet to avert a crippling crippl-ing shipment tieup. The .navy already has started lining up volunteers to operate the ships if necessary. About 13,-300 13,-300 maritime officers, of which 1700 are on active duty, hold naval na-val reserve commissions and are subject to immediate call to active ac-tive duty. There are about 25,-000 25,-000 men in the enlisted reserve, but no unit of the enlisted reserve re-serve has been activated yet. Nazi Occupation Estimate Raised Now to 15 Years FRANKFURT, June 5 (U.R) Gen. Joseph T. McNarney said today he had raised his estimate of the minimum necessary period of the occupation of Germany from 10 to 15 years. Justice Department Fighting Sale of Geneva To U. S. Steel, CIO Union Officials Are Told Hopes for final approval of U. S. Steel corporation's bid for the Geneva, steel plant received a set back today when local ciu of ficials received what appeared to be authoritative word from Washington that the department of justice is opposing purchase of the plant by tne corporation. Ralph H. Peters or Frovo staii representative, United Steel Workers, in response to a query sent Tuesday morning, received the following telegram from Rob ert K. Lamb, Washington repre-seatative repre-seatative of the CIO: "Sale of Geneva to U. S. Steel corporation still pending, with Worst Hotel Fire In Chicago History Dies In Blaze ' -'r'.4 - . " . V:x V1 7 '5 BRICE McBRIDE Engineer Of Provo Dies In Hotel Blaze Brice. McBride, 51, Route 2, Provo, was among the casualties of Tuesday night's fire at the La Salle hotel, in Chicago, 111., according ac-cording to word4 received by the family here. Fifty-eight persons have been reported dead in the fire, the worst hotel fire in Chi cago's history. Mr. McBride, senior hydraulic engineer for fish and game, for the U S government, has been on business through the east and northeast for the past 10 days, and had checked into the La Salle Sal-le Tuesday. His death was due to suffocation, suffoca-tion, and arrangements for bringing the body to Provo are 'pending. I McBride was born in Salt Lake ICity, Oct. 7. 1894. a son of Mrs. Augusta McBride, of 900 North University avenue, and the late D. B. McBride. He attended West high school and graduated from the U S A C at Logan, and he served in World War I, in active service in France and Germany, for 22 months. He was with the 23rd army engineers. He was water engineer on the Sevier river for 14 years. He married Marion Collins in November, 1921, in Salt Lake City, and they have one son and one daughter: Brice McBride, Jr., at present flying for the naval reserve, with headquarters -in San Francisco, Calif. He served during the war as a lieutenant (J.g.); and Jane McBride, who is attending school at Loretta Heights college, Denver, Cold. Besides his mother, he also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Knight of Provo, Mrs. Don C (Isa belle) Clapton of Orem, and Mrs. H. T. (Laura) Jones of Mid-vale. Mid-vale. He is a member of Provo post, American Legion. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Berg rr rtuary. United -States department of. justice jus-tice fighting sale." . Considerable . significance was attached to Mr. Lamb's wire. As chairman of the legislative committee com-mittee for the entire CIO, he has been in close contact .with the Geneva problem:- U. S. Steers $47,500,000 bid was unanimously accepted on May 23 by the board of -price review of the war assets administration, but the department of justice must give -final approval. ' . While speculation as to the department's de-partment's final decision continues, con-tinues, E. P. Holder, president of Colorado Fuel and Iron corpora Many of the Victims Died As Result of Mass Hysteria and Panic in 23 -Story La Salle Hotel; Many Leap From Windows By FRANCES T. LEARY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, June 5 (U.R) Fire leaped from an elevator shaft early today and flashed through the lower floors of the 23-story La Salle hotel where 58 persons died in the worst hotel fire in Chicago's history. Cororner A. L. Brodie announced more than 12 hours after the fire broke out that the official death count at that time was 58. This included 54 bodies at the County morgue, three at St. Luke's hospital, and a fireman who was taken to a private funeral home. Brodie said many of the deaths were the result of mass hysteria which gripped the hotel when the. smoke billowed through the sleeping rooms. Some of the dead were those .who had leaped from windows high above the crowded streets of the loop. Fire Commissioner Michael J. Corrigan also said many of the deaths were "tragically unnecessary.' The flames spread from an elevator shaft to an ad joining cocktail lounge and within with-in seconds turned the-'ornate lobby into a fiery death trap. Modernistic leather upholstery in the bar ignited almost instant ly and soon the expensive Wood panelled walls of the lobby were enveloped in flames. While thousands of spectators Jammed the streets and hampered firemen outside, hotel guests fought through smoke filled halls. Many failed to make it. One sailor chose to jump from the 18th floor to certain death. Other3 leaped from lower floors. Fire department offiicals. Investigating the caase, found that the fire apparently started start-ed in an elevator shaft below the street level. They believed it started in a signal cable ' beneath an elevator car. Marshall Fenn. deputy fire marshal in charge of fire prevention, preven-tion, disclosed that he had sent hotel officials a list of 10 violations viola-tions of city fire prevention ordinances or-dinances on May 10. He said the violations had not been corrected. Whether any of them contributed to the fire he declined to say. Stories of Heroism Despite the panic there were stories of heroism. Mrs. Julia Barry, a telephone operator, told the assistant manager she was going to "stick it out because I might do some good here at the switchboard." She died in the flames. As firemen fought their way up from floor to floor the death toll mounted. Bodies of suffocated victims lay in the corridors and looms. At least 200 persons were in jured or overcome by smoke, Among them were 30 firemen. One fireman was killed. Mayor Edward J. Kelly said he would call a special city council session, probably Friday, to consider recently-reported recently-reported violations of fire and building ordinances In -; Chicago., Kelly said he understood that Chicago hotels have a "bad habij' of putting out their own fires and said he understood that this case was "one of those" where 'they failed to call the fire department in time. He also observed that it was "a miracle, with careless guests and other factors," that there were not more hotel fires, Firemen were hindered by thousands, of spectators who rushed from theaters and night- ( Continued engage Five). tion, another prominent "bidder for the plant, attracted some attention at-tention Tuesday' night with a statement that any producer other than C F & I "would operate oper-ate Geneva as a backyard devel opment.' Holder stated that since May 23 his company has been preparing an amended bid which provides for conversion of the Geneva plant on the basis outlined in the original C F & I proposal, "but with terms that will satisfy the new requirements of the war assets as-sets administration. The amended bid Jaag not been filed yet.". One-Third Of Europe under Red Influence LONDON, June S (U.R) Win ston Churchill charged today that nearly one-third of the population of Europe now is directed by "the commissars of the Kremlin' and that "it is here that the seeds of a new world war. if -anywhere, are being sown." Churchill made his charge in a reply to Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's statement of B$tish foreign policy in which he generally gener-ally concurred with the Labor party's conduct of foreign affairs. Charging that- Britain Is subject to a "systematic system sys-tem of vtllificstion pumped out daily x x x by the Soviet propaganda machinef Churchill declared that: "Nearly one-third of the population popu-lation of Europe is at present directed by that same group of very able men the commissars of the Kremlin who are already imposing the mighty powers of their despotic regime. It is here that the seeds of a new world war, if anywhere, are being sown." Churchill said the year since the end of the war has brought "a virtual breakdown or stalemate" stale-mate" in allied cooperation and a "painful decline" in British influence in-fluence but made plain he did not blame the Labor party for this situation. He defended non-intervention in Spain, praised the British intervention in-tervention and elections' in Greece, urged restoration of the southern Tyrol to Austria, and denounced the British Communist party. Churchill. leadVr of the opposition, op-position, addressed the house of commons en the second day of debate on foreign affairs. af-fairs. "The year that has passed since the end .of the German war has been darkened by the virtual breakdown or stalemate in tho concert and collaboration between the great powers, as well as by a painful decline in British influence in-fluence and prestige," Churchill said. Churchill said it would be wrong to . "cast blame for this misfortune" upon Foreign Secretary Secret-ary Ernest- Bevin. He termed Bevin's address yesterday, in which he reveiwed the field of foreign affairs, as "somber and patient," Congressmen Coming Home Utah's two congressmen, Ren, J. W. Robinson and Rep. Walter K. Granger, today were enroute here for a visit. Both were ex pected to attend the Democratic stats convention at Saltair Satur . |