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Show TEMPERATURES PARTLY CLOUDY this afternoon, tonight and Saturday Satur-day in the Provo area. Rising-day-time temperatures. Cooler tonight. to-night. High this afternoon about 3. Low Saturday morning about 35. Stttto ;, Mu kDaStattoa His Mia Provo Salt Laka -. Of dn . . . . . Vf an ... .. St. Gcorte . Ui Vegas '. Phaenix . Lai Angeles Sam Fran. . S 4'PortUnd .. 54 4tSeattl ... SI 44 BoU VI 38 Denver . S4 St.,LuiS . . S3 S4!ChleaK . S 74 Waihington 7S 7 New York 48;Atlanta ... C 42 42 58 J4 SS 2 9 6 (5 81 IS 85 73 IS SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 80 lis Hat May Be in Informed that a campaign to make him Democratic candidate for senator from-Texas was gaining momentum. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain wright, right, said, "If the people of Texas want me, I'll be very happy to serve." The retired hero of Corregidor, now in the hardware business, is. pictured above comparing hardware items with Dudley. Steele in Chicago, where they attended a convention. - Role of Education in State's industrial Development Aired At Confab of College Leaders Gearing higher education in; Utah to-the- state's 'industrial de veloprnent and meeting the educational edu-cational needs of adults as well as college, students featured discussions dis-cussions Friday as the Utah Conference Con-ference .on Higher Education entered en-tered -its -second day at Brigham Youig university campus. Utah college presidents and Dr. Francis J. Brown, visiting speaker 'from -the American -Council on Education, also aired the work of President Truman's commission on higher education as it relates Merchants Group Requests Lower City License Tax Provo's merchants' license was the subject of two-hour "discus sion today, with members of the chamber - of commerce retail merchants' committee contending contend-ing it should be lowered and Mayor Mark Anderson holding firm in his stand that it is fair and equitable as it now stands? Provo's license tax for re tail merchants Is one mill, or-$1 or-$1 per $1000 of gross sales, with a $500 annual limit. It was brought out that several Provo merchants approach the limit, but none as yet have reached it. A major point which arose during the course of the meeting meet-ing was the contention on the part of four individuals in attendance at-tendance that Provo's professional profes-sional men should be subject to a license tax along the same principles as the retail merch ants. This was advocated by Fred M. Oliver, Salt Lake City, chair man of the state municipal league license study committee; City Clerk I..G. Bench, who said he had previously recommended it and would do so again: City Commissioner J. Eari Lewis, who expressed himself as feeling the license tax should be on a wider base, including the "professional class of citizens; and Charles D. Sessions, who made it clear his views were given as an individ uals snd not as a member of the chamber of commerce committee. commit-tee. The position of the committee was stated by E. D. Firmage who pointed out that while it advocated ad-vocated a reduction of the pres ent license, yet it could not and would not advocate taxation or licensing on any group or individual. indi-vidual. Such matters, he pointed out, are for the city commission to decide. Members of the chamber of commerce committee at the meeting included Mr. Firmage, (Continued on Page Two) News Highlights J n Central Utah College Leaders Air Education's Role In Industrial Picture ... 1 Merchants Group Requests Cut ' In City License Tax ..... . 1 Springville Opens Race Meet: Queen Crowned at Ceremony 2 f- Funds Reported Available For Armory at Orem 3 High Schools Ready for Football Festival Tonight 4 BYU Meets Western State Saturday in College Grid Tilt 4 - Senatorial Ring iff v; if to colleges and universities in the state. The guest consultant it secretary of the commission. Neirly 300 conference dele gates were greeted at the Joseph Smith building Thursday Thurs-day night by President Howard How-ard S. McDonald, of BYU in the first of four general sessions. ses-sions. Dr. Brown discussed federal relations in education at the opening session and this afternoon's panel with the college heads, and presented the case for state planning in higher education at this morning's general session. In departmental sessions of the' curriculum and methods section two panels of educators stressed the role of colleges in the development de-velopment of intermountain industries. in-dustries. Speakers were President Franklin S. Harris Utah State Agricultural college; Carl J. Christensen, University of Utah; George H. Hansen, BYU; Lorenzo E. Peterson, Weber college; H. Reed Christensen, Snow college; Irel Longhurst, Carbon college; and H. B. Gundersen, state department de-partment of public instruction. Pressing needs of adult education educa-tion programs in Utah were outlined out-lined by Pres. McDonald of BYU and Extension Division Director I. Owen Horsfall of U. of U. in the departmental session on public pub-lic relations and adult education. College-industry relationships iniws abducted today by a man n "industrial Utah" were view-iwno ed in a symposium including Pres. H. A. Dixon, Weber; C. Ed ward Jacob, U. of U.: Dr. E. Allen Baieman, state eaucation supenn- iC"deni J JSLJl iTt-'h pk Sn"" Antone K. Romney of BYU and Herald L. Carlston of U. of U. addressed sessions of the student personnel department of the conference con-ference on student organization and activity problems and the (Continued on Page Two) Round-the-World Plane Is Sold CHICAGO, Sept. 19 (U.R) Pen- maker Miltnn r.f.vnniHe an-1 nounced today that the Reynolds! n .... . . y ijomosneu round-the-world plane has been sold to the Phillips Drilling uo., ban Antonio, Tex. Reynolds said Pilot William Odom would deliver the plane to the Phillips company this morning morn-ing at Alamo Field. He said the sale price was "in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of $50,000." Although it has flown twice aroun'd the world, the Bombshell has less than 250 flying hours. Vishinsky Names 9 Leading Americans As "War Mongers' UNITED NATIONS HALL. FLUSHING, N. Y., Sept. 19 (U.R Soviet Vice Foreign Minister Andrei An-drei Y. Vishinsky named the following fol-lowing nine Americans, including u. s. delegate to the UN John Foster Dulles, as leading "war mongers": 1. Rep. William J. Dorn, D.. S. C. 2. Virgil Jordan, president of the national industrial conference board. " 3. George H. Earle. former gov ernor of Pennsylvania and former U. S. minister to Bulgaria and Hungary. 4. Rep. Charles A. Eaton. R... N. J., chairman of the house ioreign anairs committee and a 'delegate to the UN San Francisco I Truman Leaves Norfolk for U.S. Capital Critical World Peace Problems Await His Arrival in Washington NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 19 (U.R) President Truman today to-day boarded his yacht Williamsburg Wil-liamsburg for an overnight Potomac river voyage to Washington where he will tackle critical world peace problems which have piled up since he flew to Brazil three' weeks ago. He returned to this country aboard the battleship Missouri after af-ter having traveled 10,800 miles by air and sea. The Williamsburg is expected to arrive at the navy yard in Washington between 7:30 and 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow. Mr. Truman's homecoming was marred by a light but steady downpour of rain as the "Mighty Mo" moved to her berth at this naval operating base. But the weather did not dampen the enthusiasm en-thusiasm of the president's reception. re-ception. Scores of naval and merchant mer-chant craft greeted the big battleship bat-tleship and a 21-gun salute boomed boom-ed out from shore. The Missouri returned the salute sa-lute while still underway. Then the big battleship nosed into its berth on the south side of Pier 7 of the naval base. The presidential yacht Williamsburg Wil-liamsburg waited on the north side of the pier to carry Mr. Truman, Tru-man, his wife and daughter Margaret Mar-garet up Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river to Washington. When the Missouri tied up at its berth, Mr. Truman was piped ov- er me sine 10 De greeted Dy vice Adm. Cerald Bogan. and Rear Adm. W. L. Ainsworth. comman- dant of the 5th naval district, ibassador to Spain, disclosed an-Mayor an-Mayor Richard D. Cook of Nor-'other item in the Soviet counter-folk counter-folk also met the president, who attack in the diplomatic war with appeared bronzed and well rested after his 12-day sea trip The greetings at the pier were brief. Mr. Truman and his presidential presi-dential party then strode briskly across the pier to the presidential yacht. There was no honor guard and no band at the pier in defer ence to the president s wishes. The Wil hamsburg is expected , ",7:"" lM1r" Chicago Child, 3, Abducted BULLETIN EVANSTON. III., Sept. 19 (U.R) Three-year-old Dorothy Smith was abducted today by a motorist and a few hours later was found alive in a clump of bushes near Lake Michigan. Evanston police said she apparently had been molested sexually. CHICAGO, Sept. 19 (U.R) Smith Three-year-old Dorothy arove ner away in an auto mobile Police feared the kidnaper vas ;a sex psychopath The blond, brown-eyed child was playing near her home with ltwo little bys. when a stranger drove up. ' ,j . . . , . . ? J?7 1 e car ponce saia, ana arove away. The child's playmates, Jerome Barton, 4, and his brother, Larry, 3, told her mother, Mrs. Smith, 28, who in turn police. Mary called WALLACE SAYS PRESS BUILDS WAR HYSTERIA PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19 (U.R) Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace said today that the American press was ' contnbut- inS a part" in building up war i . ; : . t : . iyiena in mis country Five Residents of Bingham Nearly Trapped In Mud Slide BINGHAM, Utah, Sept. 19 (U.R) Five Bingham residents narrowly nar-rowly missed being trapped in their home today when a large conference which drafted the UN charter. 5. Sen. Brien McMahon, D., Conn., former chairman of the congressional atomic energy commission. com-mission. 6. Sen. OWayland Brooks, R., 111. 7. Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, former head of the U. S. military mission in Moscow. 8. Paisley Harwood, vice presi dent of Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Mil waukee, wis. 9. Dulles, chief Republican par ty spokesman on foreign affairs and long a Republican advisor and delegate to international confer- ence. both at the UN and at the council of foreign ministers. PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. White Russia Picks Up Cue From To Hit United Russians Propose "Criminal Punishment" Of War Propagandists; Seek Controlled Press and Radio in the Western 'World BULLETIN UNITED NATIONS HALL. FLUSHING, N. Y.. Sept. 19 (U.R) Australian Foreign Minister Herbert V. Evatt today denounced Russia's plan for "criminal punishment of war propagandists and her attack on the United States as an attempt to "provoke international inter-national friction and discord." UNITED NATIONS HALL, FLUSHING, N. Y., Sept. 19 (U.R) White Russia, following the lead of its mother state, today duplicated the Soviet attack on the United States as a "warmonger" and seconded the Soviet demand that the American press be denied freedom to criticize Russia "on pain of criminal punishment." Russian UN Delegate K. V. Kiselev's address to the UN general assembly was vitriolic dencunciation of the United States made yesterday by Soviet Vice Foreign Minister Andrei An-drei Y. Vishinsky. Kiselev, denouncing Argentina! for refusing to withdraw its ab the west by announcing that he would ask the assembly to break all diplomatic and economic relations re-lations and all communications with the Franco regime. He charged that the Franco regime was a constant threat to the peace and security of all. ignoring the Soviet charges and the Soviet resolution which would brand the U. S. as an instigator and fomenter of a third world war against the Soviet Union. The Soviet proposal was headed for certain, overwhelming defeat. The Soviets went through the routine procedure early today of asking UN Secretary General Trygve Lie to place it on the assembly's agenda. The United States was not without its supporters. Argentina's Ar-gentina's Jose Arce eloquently eloquent-ly defended U. S. policy in Greece as an effort to prevent pre-vent a world war. Kiselev bitterly denounced the recent Rio de Janeiro inter-American defense treaty and continuation continua-tion of the Anglo-American joint chiefs of staff in Washington as signs that the western world is preparing a war against Russia. "Who are these nations afraid of?" he asked. "It is necessary now to take measures to prevent another holocaust." Then almost duplicating the fa- mous pnrase of tne British fre- mier xseviiie unambenam at tne time of the Munich agreement, ' Kiselev annealed to the assemblv to' take action against war mon- gers m order for our time." to create "peace The Soviet proposal to punish "war mongers" especially those of the U. S. press was a move designed to impose through the UN on the western world the same kind of controlled .press and restraints on freedom of speech that exists in the Soviet Union. "It would be completely contra-( contra-( Continued on Page Two) mass of flowing muck crubhed their home in Freeman gulch The slide crashed into the home of J. Lavell Reynolds at 5:55 a. m., awakening Mrs. Reynolds. She thought it was an earthquake, and snatched her 10-month-old son from his crib, awakened her husband who roused Leonard. 8. and Charlene, 10, and the entire family rushed into the street just ahead of the mud. The five-room frame house buckled under the weight of the mass of oozing mud, and two rooms, a bedroom wall and the garage caved in. Damage was estimated $3,000 to $5,000. '. Kennecott Copper corporation officials said they thought the washout was caused by a broKen pipeline which changed a company com-pany waste dump into a river of flowing mud The stream of muddy waste; flowed in an eight-foot-wide path! down the mountain side to the creek channel and about 1,000 feet down the channel bctore striking the house. It narrowly missed -two other homes. UTAH. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Soviet States almost a carbon copy of the Taft Blames Truman For High Prices SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19 (U.R)-Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., today blamed the Truman administration ad-ministration for the high cost of living and offered his own six-potnt six-potnt prograrn for turning prices downward. Taft's program included proposals pro-posals that "voluntary rationing" be considered, that wage increases be discouraged if they would raise prices, that corporations turn excess profits into lower prices and that prices be stabilized 50 to 60 per cent above prewar levels. His review of the price situation situa-tion was made in a speech prepared pre-pared for delivery before the commonwealth club here, his last California appearance in a western west-ern tour to assess his chances for the Republican presidential nomination. nomi-nation. Taft, who has been blamed by Democrats for high prices, indicted the administration on several counts, including the charge that President Truman dropped OPA controls too early. "The president's attempt to; blame the high prices on the Re- publicans because they tried to modify OPA, to make it workable work-able and get production, is ludicrous," lu-dicrous," he said. It must be recognized, he said, that prices will not return to prewar pre-war levels, and the country should work to stabilize wages and prices about 59 to 60 per cent above 1939 figures. Increased production and some decrease in 'abnormal demand" should cut prices back to that level. The (extent to which wages have risen mure man su ur ou per cent auove 1939 probably can be offset by increased productivity of labor in many industries, he said. There should be a further reduction re-duction in government spending and federal taxes, Taft said, "And we should have it at once in order to head off the inflationary effect of further increases in wages in the higher brackets." LaGuardia Grows Steadily Yeaker , ' - NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (U.R) Death was near today for former Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, the beloved "Butch" of New Yoik's millions. Dr. Eyer J. Karsh, a consulting physician who has been attending LaGuardia since he became ill ot cancer last June, said "Mr. LaGuardia La-Guardia appears to be getting slowly worse." Karsh has been working as a consultant with Dr. George Bathr, LaGuardia's personal physician. The fiery "Little Flower" has been in a coma almost continuously continu-ously since Tuesday and his personal per-sonal physician, Dr. George Baehr, said today that no immediate im-mediate change in his condition was expected. "Throughout the ..'flight Mr. LaGuardia La-Guardia remained in a deep sleep," Baehr said in a bulletin at 9:15 a.m. EDT. "There has been no material change in his pulse, temperature or respiration Three or four times during the night he was able to take small amounts of liquid nourishment. No immediate change for better or worse is anticipated." 19. 1947 Suffers From Food Prices Decline on Big Exchanges Eggs, Butter, Grains Dip Substantially On Exchanges in Chicago By UNITED PRESS The price of grains, butter and eggs dropped sharply on the big Chicago exchanges today, to-day, with corn and wheat decreasing de-creasing the full limit permit ted in a day's trading. Wholesale produce prices had begun what apparently could develop into a definite downward trend, but there still was little evidence that the fam ily grocery bill was on its way down. May wheat futures plunged the full 10-cent limit on the Chicago board of trade, falling to $2.56 -4 per bushel. Corn dropped its eight-cent limit to $2.46, four days ago it was at an all-time high of $2.65. July wheat fell the limit to $2.34?. And May oats dropped drop-ped the six -cent limit to $1.01-?h, and lard futures also al-so fell the two-cent limit. The declines on the mercantile exchange followed the announcement announce-ment by the board of governors of the mercantile exchange that margins would be Increased Monday. Mon-day. A drotff of 130 to i35 points brought the contract for October eggs down to 54.90 to 54.95 cents a dozen. November eggs closed at 53.40 - 53.50 cents a dozen, 1.40 -1.45 from yesterday's high. December De-cember eggs were off 1.35 cents, to 53.50 cents. Livestock prices also dropped at the' principal midwest trading centers. Cows, which made up a large proportion of the receipts, dropped as much as 50 cents and hog prices were down 25 50 cents. Bids on lightweight hogs were $1.25 to $2 dower at St. Joseph, Mo. The top prices paid for choice animals ranged from $28.25 to $29.00. The steep drop in grain prices was .attributed to a government report which said that 53 per cent of the corn in the nation's 12 major corn producing states was "largely "large-ly safe" from frost. Farmers had feared that an early frost might cut still further furth-er this year's poor corn crop. Mean while, housewives in many cities found that they (Continued on Page Two) Martin Plans Western Tour WASHINGTON; Sept. 19 (U.R) Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., today prepared for a four-week western speaking tour but said "I am not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination nomina-tion and don't expect to be." Martin told reporters he originally origin-ally planned to make only three western speeches, but that invitations invita-tions had accumulated until he now would visit at least a dozen cities. He will leave for Chicago Monday. Major speeches will be made at Milwaukee, Denver, Topeka, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Rapid City, S. D. Other stops will include Chicago, Boulder, Colo.; Fresno, Cal.; Rockford. 111., and probably one other Illinois city. Martin denied that he was a presidential aspirant. Grocers Give Housewives Pointers On Wise Buying CHICAGO, Sept. 19 (U.R) The nation's grocers gave housewives a few pointers today on how to keep the grocery bill down. According to the National Association of Retail Gpcers, food merchants' wives have it just like anyone else. But their husbands help out with economy tips. The association polled its member grocers and came up with the following suggestions: sugges-tions: Skip the luxury meat cuts at 90 cents a pound. Likewise Like-wise artichokes, avocadoes, . green peas and such. Inl LX Winds 120 Miles An Hour Hit City; Casualties Mount Scores of Buildings Heavily Damaged; Streets Flooded Hip-Deep; Storm Reported Heading Toward Baton Rouge NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1ST (U.R) A destructive hurricane hurri-cane with winds of 120 miles an hour hammered New Orleans Or-leans and the gulf coast today, causing casualties, floods and tremendous pi-operty damage. Scores of buildings here were heavily damaged, streets were flooded hip-deep and several persons were injured. The roof of Moisant International Airport's main building was rippedaway and the field was inundated. The famous Maison Blanche department store lost all its plate glass windows on both! the Iberville and Canal street sides. Broken glass, tree limbs and debris littered the famed streets in the French quarter. Minor damage was reported to the St. Louis Cathedral and Ursulines' convent. Late today 5.000 hurricane refugees were being housed and fed in schools and other public buildings. Police said a railroad viaduct in Algiers, across the Mississippi River, collapsed. In. a radio broadcast after the storm subsided Mayor. Delesseps Morrison said he was confident that flooded streets and low-lying homes and buildings would soon be drained as the city's "unique drainage system of pumping sta tions and underground canals functioning 100 per cent." . Meanwhile the great storm hurled its strength toward Baton Rouge which reported at 2:30 p.m- EST that gusts of 70 miles an hour were blowing there with steady winds at 55. A reporter in Biloxi, Miss., said cars were "floating like corks" on the streets near the beach there as the storm" whipped huge waves onto the land. The tide at Biloxi was 15 to 25 feet above normal. All of a string of restaurants and night spots on the beach were; reported 'badly wrecked. In New Orleans a three-block! area extending for several miles along shallow Lake Ponchartrain! was flooded. Many beauuiul. homes lining the lake were damaged dam-aged by the water. The Red Cross said water was fihmilder rifn In snmo rca i ,. . . . . ... center neafr0 the TlSE Picauvun center near tne ximes-l icauj-une building was blown off. Winds up to 120 miles, an hour slammed New Orleans, knocking down signs, scattering; debris, lines. A weather- bureau advisory said the powerful storm would hurl overland to the northwest from here and retain its hurricane force for at least 10 miles inland with gales sweeping 200 miles from center. . The torrential rains flooded, some streets knee deep in, the.mond E. Baldwin, R., Conn, city. At Lake Ponchartrain. U.S.I "And I know what you're going naval air station was completclyjto say to her," Dodge drawled, under water. ."You're going to tell her you Two thousand persons nadjknow the problems of the grow-been grow-been hurriedly evacuated irom crs." the lake area just before the full force of the storm struck. Some SALT LAKE CITY. Sept. 19 of the army trucks transporting: (U.R) A spokesman for the Northern Nor-thern were trapped by roads; best Turkey Growers association, blocked by water and the evacue es walked and scrambled to dry areas. Police on emergency duty were ordered to report to headquarters every JL5 minutes from their stations. sta-tions. "They were stationed at ev- Buy lamp patties, about 35 cents a pound, ham shanks, about 40 cents, stew meats, and end cuts, of ham. Fill the shopping bag with cabbage, celery, yams, cauliflower, cauli-flower, green beans, grapes, frozen apple sauces, apricots, peaches, fruit juice, canned soup, potatoes, small oranges, raisins, prunes and homegrown home-grown tomatoes. Save money on brown eggs in the smaller sizes. Starve the garbage can by using leftovers for salads, hash, meat pies or vegetable casseroles. PRICE FIVE CENTS - ery place where people were congregated. con-gregated. Broken signs made foot-oing tricky. Shattered neon tubing lay all around. Virtually all business houses, hous-es, including the stock ev-change, ev-change, closed, and the city' 600.000 people; swelled by refugees from the Low Bayou country, moved inside boarded board-ed up homes and shelters to wait out the blow. At 10 a.m., a slim wooden superstructure sup-erstructure on the air cooling plant atop the 12-floor Whitney National Bank building blew off and crashed into a taxicab in the street in front of' the St. CharTes Hotel. Three persons in the taxi- including the driver, miraculously - isjescaped injury. Some 2,500 persons were shelf- ered in the Municipal auditorium, Tw mothers gave birth to babies there and were taken safely to a hospital in ambulances. Center of the storm was 60 miles southeast of New Orleans at 9:15 a .m., and Moisant international inter-national airport had clocked (Continued on Page Eleven) Turkeys May Cost 80 c Per Pound MANCHESTER, N. H., Sept. 19 (U.R) Thanksgiving turkeys will cost about 80 cents a pound in the east this year, congressional pnee-probers were told today. That would be about 30 cents Imore than they cost last Thanks- lvin' accrtn to Lenard K' Dodge, an unscheduled witness I before the congressional subcom- ,mittee touring the east coast to ; investigate high prices. Dodee a Chichester turkev ipiiLtrs ui iciuur anu giciiu. roi instance, he said, it now costs $1 instead of 40 cents to dress a turkey. A tall, lean farmer. Dodge told the congressmen that he could "imagine what the consumers were going to say to that." "I can imagine what my wife is going to say." said Sen. Ray- leading intermountain marketer of the Thanksgiving bird, declined de-clined today to even estimate what turkeys will cost in Utah this fall. Secretary J. Raymond Garrett admitted that the birds, which in 1946 retailed for 45 to 58 cents a pound, would be much more expensive this year. Garrett blamed the increase in prices on the over-all demand for meat plus the fact that the turkey crop this year is 17. to 25 per cent below normal. Railway Employes Strike NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (U.R) Employes of the Railway Express agency, reported by the union to include 5,000 workers, went on' strike today to enforce demands for a 40-hour week. The walkout, which started at' midnight, tflreatened to tie-up freight deliveries in the metro politan area, including adjacent New York and New Jersey 'coun ties. |