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Show Start Now to Combat Flies, Says Physician Warning against flics and their attendant dangers, was sounded for Provo citizens today by City Physician C. M. Smith, who outlined out-lined some timely precautions with the approach of summer and the fly season. Dr. Smith's statement follows: "As our warm spring weather stimulates plant life to new activity, ac-tivity, it also activates some of our dangerous enemies, such - as flies and bacteria which may have been dormant during the cold weather. 1T .... n.i & m . ... A m neaun ana mai 01 our neigiiuors, we must combat by every possible pos-sible means these enemies to our health. Cleanliness of, our surroundings sur-roundings and of oue persons is fundamental in any health program. pro-gram. It is of vital importance, to community health to eradicate all unsanitary conditions in the locality. lo-cality. "All places where flies may breed, such as manure piles and any decayinr organic or-ganic matter should not be permitted on our premises. Flies are believed to carry many dangerous diseases such as meningitis, diphtheria, diphther-ia, infantile paralysis and others. "The polio season is just ahead of us and we should not delay J I . .11 1 1 . 1 1 - which may endanger us, our families and our neighbors. Every home should be ' screened and have sufficient garbage cans with properly fitting covers to care for all garbage. Foods should be protected and all milk refrigerated. refriger-ated. In locations where outdoor privies are unavoidable, these should be properly constructed so as to be entirely flyproof. Open privies are a constant source of danger tc everyone. "If there are unsanitary conditions condi-tions on your premises see that they are taken care of. If each family in our community would remove health menaces from their own property it would greatly aid in the protection of the health of the people of the community. Wte urge all at this time of the year to cooperate in thoroughly cleaning up our city. "Provo city health department depart-ment stands ready to help you In any problem that you may have along the lines of sanitation, such as how to make flytraps, how to spray with DDT, or how to dispose of or remove unhealthful situations. sit-uations. "If you know of unsanitary conditions call this department a and our sanitarians will answer all complaints." First Contribution To Provo Girl Scout Drive 1 f J ' - ' zr u v ?. t ' y fly l - V L ' - '- . KrZt -1.- .' - ! ' s East Provo Sic!ie Sets Conference Sessions Sunday President Anton , R. Ivtns of the first council of seventy. will be the principal speaker at quarterly conference sessions to Le held Sunday , by East Provo LDS stake, according to Golden U woou, stake president. General sessions will be held at 10 a. m. in the Provo taber The East Prere stake ehefr wUl participate tonight at 7:36 at the tabernacle in preparation pre-paration for Sunday's conference, con-ference, according to Wen-dalll Wen-dalll Chrlstensen, director. Rehearsals also are act Friday Fri-day and jSatorday. DAILY HERALD Wednesday, April 14, 194S Leovitt Opposes Maw On Memorial Highway Approval SALT LAKE CITY, April Uj (U.R) Confusion multiplied today on the question of where Salt Lake coVinty's federal road funds would be spent. Gov. Herbert B. Maw angrily restated his position that the funds a total or $212.000 must be BIBLE STILL BEST SELLER NEW YORK U.R)The American Ameri-can Bible Society 'distributed 9,-310,439 9,-310,439 copies of the Bible in 167 languages in 1947, the Rev. Dr. Gilbert Darlington, treasurer, announced. nacle and 6 p. m. in the Joseph smitn building, President Wool! announced. A priesthood leadership leader-ship meeting will be held at 2 p. m. in the Manavu-Ninth ward chapel. - Music for the general sessions will be provided by the combined com-bined choirs of the stake, with choir members and directors of all ward and branch choirs participating. par-ticipating. All stake , missionaries and members of seventies' quorums in the stake are especially invited in-vited to attend, Pres. Woolf said, since the visiting member of the general authorities' represents the council which directs these activities. ac-tivities. Officers who will meet in the 2 p. m. session are: Stake presidency, presi-dency, high council, bishoprics, branch Residencies, patriarchs, presidencies and secretaries of Melchizedek priesthood quorums, stake missionaries, 'stake executives execu-tives of auxiliary organizations, Aaronic priesthood general secretaries sec-retaries and stake committees for Melchizedek priesthood, Aaronic priesthood, adult Aaronic priesthood priest-hood and ward teaching. spent on the Salt Lake-to-Hene-fer memorial highway. He, by his statement, overrode a statement earlier this week by Road Commission Chairman Ray Leavitt that the funds should be returned to Salt Lake county for use on secondary county roads. Maw said that there would be no change in the state position, and that if the funds were not used for the memorial highway, they would not be used at all. He said that the whole matter of changing the funds' allocation was ' purely politics." Maw declared that an agreement agree-ment between the 1946 county commission, the Utah department of publicity and Industrial da velopment and the road commis? sion called for funds for the n- . morial highway. The county commission elected in 1946 charges that there is fco such agreement in existence, anoV demands use of the funds. In his stand that the moptx should be returned to the count Leavitt stands alone, even own commission. The other road commissioners, Layton Max- field and William A. Day. the governor's opinion that money should go to the memo! -1 i nignway. . mm jounty. mm er two nor. See It Work . . . Compare Its Quality You'll Want a Sears KENM0RE AUTOMATIC WASHER SAVES SUDS AND HOT WATER LOAD IT, SET IT, FORGET IT I 4 SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.-m W. Center lo 3V I lb Dr. Walther Mathesius, president of Geneva Steel company, hands over the first check for the Provo Pro-vo Girl Scout drive for funds to Mrs. William R. Green, left, drive chairman, and Mrs. Ray Coffey, president of the Provo Girl Scouts council. ' . ' Girl Scout Council Launches Drive to Raise $2000 Goal DOG GETS IT ON THE CUFF EVERETT, Mass. (U.R) A husky collie owned by Police Lieut. Freckj H. Guns is the only dog in Ev-erett Ev-erett with a charge acount. Skipper Skip-per drops by a Broadway drug store -every day for a scoop of ice cream, for which his owner pays at the end of the week. New Air Force Post Mi Provo Girl Scouts will launch their annual drive for funds Thursday with a goal of about $2000 to meet their budget for the coming year. Mrs. William R. Green is head of the drive as chairman of the finance section for the council. Mrs. FJy Coffey is president of the council itself, which directs Girl Scout activities in the city. Members of the Girl Scout council, troop leaders and troop committee members will solicit funds from local organizations, merchants, industries and private individuals. Parents of Girl Scouts will be contacted through the troop of which their child is a member. Budget requirements for the coming year are set up to cover expenses relating to Trefoil ranch, the Girl Scout camp located lo-cated in the south fork of Provo Pro-vo canyon, and current expenses of the council and troops. Camp expenses include the development develop-ment of the water supply and improvement of sanitary facilities, facil-ities, new roof for the cook house, floors for tents and insurance in-surance for the camp and camp ers during attendance of the latter. Council expenses include funds for bringing accredited trainer consultants for both troop lead ers and committee members, and members of the council. Funds are also required for materials used in earning badges by troop members and developing troop projects. Mistletoe was known to the Druids as "all-heal." They regarded re-garded the parasite as a cure for all diseases. BOTTLE STILL WAITING LANGDON, N. D. (U.R) The Cavalier County Last Man's club was feted by the local American Legion. But the traditional bottle of cognac which graces the table each year was still untouched The club was organized ten years ago with the understanding that the last two surviving members could "kill the bottle." 1 Jmm Cucumbers Are A Good Cash Crop Farmers can realize a good return planting small garden plots up to an acre or so of cucumbers. Young farmers can earn enough to put themselves through school. Seed and commercial fertilizer are furnished and trucks will pick up cucumbers cucum-bers from loading stations in your vicinity. Write or phone Utah Pickle Co., 741 So. 3rd West, Salt Lake City, on see our field man, Rulon Peterson, Lehi 173J. -r- (NEA Telephotoi President Truman nominated Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg (above) to succeed Gen. Carl Spaatz as Air Force Chief of Staff. Spaatz, in a letter of resignation to Air Secretary Sec-retary W. Stuart Symington, gave so reason for wishing to retire asked to be relieved from active duty effective July L Vandenberg, Vanden-berg, nephew of Sen. Arthur Vandenberg Van-denberg R, Mich.) is now Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force m HAVe YOU GENEROUS EYES ? U0VE OF PEOPLE LIGHTS THESE LOHG, SMILING EXES. OWNER NATURALLy INSISTS ON SERVING 'DOUBLE-RICH' ' CREAM OF KENTUCKY t TO HIS FRIENDS Blended whiskey. 86 proof, uj grain neutral spirits. 1948. Schenley Pitt. Corp.. N.Y. Copr. $1 ftlhfrsfl& together k 4? Taken all together, the figures above give a pretty complete picture of telephone expansion in the seven states we serve. Take the 93tt22 telephones added last year, for example: ex-ample: That number equals the number of telephones tele-phones added in tle previous seven years! Or consider the 138,000 miles of new exchange wire put in during 1947 enough to circle the earth seven times! We added 36,892 miles of long distance circuits, 351 switchboard positions, built new buildings and added space to 71 more. Altogether our total expenditure ex-penditure for construction of telephone facilities was $33,600,000, 0 ' We've still a lot of growing to do more people to serve, further improvements to make bringing progressively better telephone service to more people. W: "5! it fflfgnrsfiff Via FTfl n ffT rat (?W0 Absolutely Free to person Writing the best 100 Word Essay on why "Every Home Needs Phonocord" D PAC KARD BELL Phonocord on hi Ii.. V -" r " . ' ' ' ' J - , ' -,v ; tVV 1 1 I V ' : 11 . 1, . - ' , v: - MM. rit -: - ' A Radio - A Phonograph - A Recorder ......... $425.00 i ! I V nl i Krr I T i 1 o .1 1 1 k.v 19: tlt7 .! .tio ANYONE MAY ENTER Write 100 Word Essay Telling Vhy You Think-"EVERY Think-"EVERY HOME NEEDS PHONOCORD" Descriptive folders on Phonocord may be obtained at our RADIO - RECORD DEPARTMENT ENTER TODAY! We are more interested in the BEST REASONS than in beauty or style of composition. All essays must be mailed by midnight April 30, 1948. All essays become our property. Winning essay es-say will be published in The Herald and announced over the radio. Mr. E. E.' Pritchett, President of Mountain States Distributors, Salt Lake City ; Mr. S. Garn Carter, K O V O Executive ; and Mr. Basil D. Taylor, of Taylor's Dept. Store will be the Judges of the Essay Contest. THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE the $399.50 MAHOGANY PACKARD-BELL PHONOCORD now on display at Taylor's Radio-Record Department. ' The SECOND AWARD will be a TABLE MODEL PACKARD-BELL RADIO-PHONOGRAPH priced at $99.95. ' ' ' The THIRD AWARD will be a TABLE RADIO - PACKARD BELL priced at $19.95. The first prize will be delivered to your home free of charge if you live within 20 miles of Provo. -at- ? td :i,f! rt iff J Ai TtYl nR BROS. CO. SINCE 1866 vita wv. w . 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