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Show Industrial Growth Reflected In Prison Population Increase By MURRAY M. MOLER United Press Staff Correspondent i SALT LAKE CITY, April 15. (U.R The industrial growth of Utah has had a definite reflection on the population of the state prison. Warden John E. Harris revealed today. " Before the. war. he explained. It was an "unusual vear" when J more than three or four prisoners were received ax me oia sugar-house sugar-house penitentiary from Utah county. - Now he added, each year brings the prison at least IS from Utah rfcitntv H to e9 ih Ki fTsn mtq ' steel mill and growing center of western heavy industrial activity, -' "Industry brings with It a cer tain, amount of criminal types. Harris said. "And If we are to have industrial growth, we'll have to take the things that go with it." population of the Utah prison today was 51ft only 13 under the all-time high reached - a few weeks ago by the antiquated establishment es-tablishment in southeastern' Salt Lake City. Harris, who was chief of police in Provo before he took the state prison Job, reported re-ported that less than one-third one-third of these were Utah legal le-gal residents when they committed com-mitted their crimes. "In addition to the Industrial activity, Utah is on the main coast-to-coast tourist line," the warden explained, "and criminals follow that line just as much as regular tourists." Buxglacy, robbery and larceny are stflffhe most common crimes in Utah, accounting for well over Payson Mrs. Emma Cluff was hostess tto'a group of ladies Saturday evening at her home. Luncheon was followed by bridge with prizes going to Mrs. Fearn Grey, Mrs. L. D. Stewart, and Mrs. Sarah Sterling. Mrs. Roland Erlandson entertained enter-tained her bridge club Thursday at Don's cafe with covers laid for 12 guests. High score awards went to Mrs. Clark Reece and Mrs. Genevieve McBeth. Mr. and Mrs. "Wilmer Hill were guests at a dinner party in Spanish Span-ish Fork at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dema Beck Saturday evening. eve-ning. Mr. and Mrs. Hill received the prize for high score at "500." Mrs. Milton Barnett returned from Shelley, Idaho, where she visited with the following sons and daughters: Mr. and Mrs. -. Vance Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Adamson. and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Barnett. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Curtis and family of Salt Lake City visited in Payson Sunday. Guests at the home of Mrs. , Cloie Tilson recently were Mr. 9 and Mrs. Theron Tilson and Mrs. - Ray Monson of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Monson. with Mr. Monson is at present enjoying a trip to California. Cali-fornia. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tagge of Salt Lake were weekend guests at the Floyd Smith home. Mrs. LeRoy Gale of Salt Lake visited in Payson Wednesday. Members of the Tres Joli social so-cial club spent Saturday afternoon after-noon at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Ken-neth Dixon, who is recovering from an illness. With them they brought light refreshments and o gift for Mrs. Dixon. Present were Mrs. Dave Shuler, Mrs. Rowe Groesbeck, Mrs. George Q. Spen cer, Mrs. Roy Broadbent, Mrs. J. H. Ellsworth, Mrs. Earl Page, Mrs. Inez Barney, Mrs. Wendell Erlandson. all of Payson. Mrs. , Derntu Jensen oi oparnsn rone ana Mrs. Lion Barney oi ugaen. half of the prison sentences each year..' "The only type of crime in which, there has been an increase since the war," Harris said as he looked over the prison records, "is in sex offenses. During their war years,' some of the boys got rather loose with their morals and this change in attitude was carried with them into civilian life." Harris has a staff of only 37 salaried men to help him run the prison.. He believes in using inmate in-mate help and labor "any time we possibly can." .'We give all the responsibility possible to the inmates," he explained. ex-plained. "They like it. So do we. And their response is more than gratifying." Harris is particularly proud of the number of successful "grad-. uates" from his institution. During the more than 10 years since Harris joined the prison staff on July 1, 1937, there have; been 1,165 men and women pa roled. Of these only 170 about 11 per cent have violated their paroles. This is less than one fourth of the national average. , "Keeping men in Jail is cheap and easy," Harris believes. "We could make the walls and bars so strong that, none could ever get out. But what's hard is keeping them out of prison once they've served their time." Harris and his staff operate their prison on an almost informal infor-mal basis, stressing close personal relationships between prisoner and guard. The warden addresses the inmates by their first names. They respond warmly. He also believes in frequent private talks with "the boys" so "we can understand un-derstand their problems and help them more to adjust themselves." About 140 Inmates attend a modern prison school, working work-ing with staff instructors and aided by correspondence coarses. Here, too, individual progress is stressed. At the new Point of the Moun tain prison, which Harris hopes will be ready in about a year to house a maximum of 700 prison ers, even better schooling facil ities will be stressed. Harris feels that the open air of the southern Salt Lake countv site will be more conducive to his plan of each individual helping himself than the crowded, old at mosphere of the former federal jail here. "We put them on their own as much as we can," the warden concludes. "We're not only willing will-ing to take a chance but frequently fre-quently do. "The payoff comes almost every day when I walk to the main gate with my hand on the arm of one of the boys. As he goes out that gate, back to society, he tells me 'thanks. I know he means it. We've given him a break. And we know he'll do the same for us." PROVO, UTAH COUNTY. UTAH. THURSDAY, APRIL 15 1948 N. Y. State Business Hits All-Time High ALBANY, N. Y. (U.R) The number num-ber of business firms operating in New York state has reached an all-time high of 540,000, according accord-ing to a state commerce department depart-ment survey. In the state program to encourage encour-age post-war business development develop-ment and employment through tax cuts, the department said both individuals and business corporations corpora-tions were saved more than $164,-000,000 $164,-000,000 in the 1947 fiscal year. But, despite the reductions, state revenues kept within $22,000,000 of the previous year's record intake in-take because of the expanded business volume. - 5 - 4 f k 17 W w : "v w m Jewish Housewives Queue Up for Slim Rations i ', r "s. r 7 A- Another Local Drops Out Of International UN in Agreement On Resolution for Truce in Palestine s t 1 re- V - - ' - ; it a i m - ' v.) . ;, J i , i IAN (NEA Telephoto) Jewish women line up for their vegetable ration at Jerusalem as Arabs "?t isn sector of the city; A record convoy of 200 trucks carrying tons of food, from Tel Aviv finally Droice through the blockade. Green River Bridge Open For Traffic Again The new Green River bridge located at Green River City, Emery county, has been opened to all traffic, including heavy trucks. The bridge is 600 feet long, built of reinforced concrete and steel, resting on several concrete con-crete piers. Work on the new bridge started 20 months ago Duchesne Man To Ask for Parole SALT LAKE CITY, April 15. (U.R) A convicted slayer who has served 14 years in State prison will ask the board of pardons tomorrow to-morrow for a parole. Forty-eight year-old Clark A. Collins, who was sentenced March 30, 1934, for first degree murder in Duchesne county, will make his bid for freedom. He was convicted con-victed of the slaying of Manuel Santos Del Prado. Clark will ask for a parole on the grounds that he has served more continuous time for his misdeed mis-deed than is the average in the state. His application will be con sidered along with 38 others when the parole board meets tomorrow at 8 a. m. BRITISH WAR VEHICLES LEAVE JERUSALEM JERUSALEM, April 15. (U.R)- A British convoy of 100 vehicles left today for the embarkation port of Haifa, draining off more of Britain's fast-dwindling means of enforcing law and order in this war-threatened city. Lehi BY MRS. GEORGE PRICE Eldon Mork of San Francisco is visting in Lehi with his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Soren Mork. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Webb of Yakima, Wash., spent the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Webb of Lehi. Mr. and Mrs. Glen S. Smith of Houston, Texas, spent the past week with their son, Glen Smith and family of Lehi. Mr. Smith is president of the LDS mission in Houston. - ... Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Phillips and three sons of Parma, Idaho, arc visiting with Lehi relatives .and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Banks and sons, Gordon and Ronald of Albuquerque, Al-buquerque, New Mexico, arrived in Lehi last week for a two-weelc two-weelc visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Junius Banks of Lehi, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dean of Provo. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ferman of Deeth. Nev., are visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ferman. Primary conferences for the wards of the Lehi stake have been advanced one week from the scheduled date of May 2 to April 25, due to the Lehi stako conference scheduled for Sunday, Sun-day, May 2. Pure and concentrated sacch arin ifr 550 times a sweet as cane sugjfr, according to the Encyclopedia Encyclo-pedia Britannica. when overloaded .trucks collapsed the old bridge. Although hampered ham-pered at times by cold weather and high water the work progressed pro-gressed without any serious delays de-lays and only minor accidents. Sheep Shearing Under Way Sheep are on the move. The first main stop will be the shearing shear-ing sheds. In 1947, 1,381,000 sheep in Utah produced 13,120,000 pounds of wool for a value of $5,248,000. Each sheep produced a fleece that averaged 92 pounds, which sold for the average pric? of 40c, which was a very good price. This year there is a slight increase in the' number of sheep in the state, but we will have to wait to learn what the weight of the fleece and the prices to be paid for 1948 are. . Union shearers will receive 29c per head for shearing and 25c per head where board is fur nished. Prices at the. shearing sheds and large corrals will vary from 30c to 42c, depending upon the services and supplies furnished;, fur-nished;, lags, wranglers, etc Water Near Normal With stories of drouth ringing in our ears from other sections and especially the west coast it is gratifying to read the headlines in our local papers as the final snow surveys for the current water season are made known: Spanish Fork "Snow Conditions Reported Favorable;" American Fork "Utah Lake Levels May Exceed Long Time Record;" Eph-raim Eph-raim "Mountain Snows Are Now Above Normal;" Mt. Pleasant "It Seemed Like Too Much. But We Needed It;" Roosevelt "Snow on Lake Fork Revesfts Near-Average Water Content;" Beaver "Snow Survey Reveals Water Content Nearly Up to Average." Coyote 'Bounty As an incentive toward increased in-creased activity in the taking of predators, the predatory animal control board, working with the state department of agriculture. have offered a bonus on the bounty boun-ty being paid on coyote pups. For the months of April, May and June the' board will pay on "coyote pups only a bounty of $10 per animal. The pups offered for bounty must have been born. The regular bounty of $6 will be paid on mature animals. A recent re lease in this column gave the impression im-pression that the bounty on all coyotes had been raised to $10. This was in error. Ten dollar payment for colote pups until the end of June, 1948; $6 on mature animals. The trimming of lawn trees and shrubbery is made easy by a new pruning tool, powered by compressed com-pressed air. Mrs. Allie Berlin Cherrington is back in the Berlin Beauty. Shop as manager ajfain. She offers the latest in hair shapiiijf Rtyling and Permanent Waving. BERTIN BEAUTY SHOP . 256 East Center Phone 1343 "The 'tab up" you 11 Bottled by BIRRELL BOTTLING COMPANY SALT 'LAKE CITY. April 15. (U.R) -The International Union of Mine, Mill and .Smelter Workers lost its eighth local union in this area today with the announce ment that a Garfield local had joined the Progressive Metal Workers Council, also a CIO affiliate. af-filiate. The announcement came from George Wilde, former IUMSW district president, and now a representative rep-resentative of the PMC. Wilde said the latest local to join was the clerical and technical work' ers local of Garfield, represent ing employes of the American1 Smelting and Refining Co. plant there. Wilde said that all eight locals had voted overwhelmingly to join the PMC, despite a bitter personalized attack on PMC members and representatives by the IUMMSW. Wilde said that locals, besides Garfield, which had joined the PMC include Tintic, Bonanza, United Wax Workers, Soldiers Summit, Gold Medal Powder Workers, Spanish .Fork, all in Utah, and the Pioche and Copper Cop-per canyon workers in Nevada. Wilde said that in all cases the vote was overwhelming, and that in every instance the majority major-ity for joining PMC was large. He cited the Garfield vote where 98 pr cent turned out for the secret baDoting. and 84 per cent voted to join PMC. This indicates a desire to af filiate with a union in "which communists are barred from office," of-fice," Wilde declared. He said that the IUMMSW tactics tac-tics in every election had . been the same: "character assassination, assassina-tion, charges of red-baiting and charges of raiding a fellow CIO union." The PMC fight with IUMMSW (developed early this year when j several locals withdrew from the international because of what (they termed "communistic leadership." lead-ership." The battle increased in i bitterness, and rose to a climax jat the executive committee meet ing of IUMMSW held here in February. Shortly after that executive board meeting the PMC moved into this area and named Wilde as its representative. From then on, Wilde claimed, progress has been rapid. NEW YORK, April 15. (U.R)--The United Nations security council reached agreement today on a resolution calling for a po litical and military truce in Palestine, Pal-estine, a spokesman announced. The resolution will be sub mitted to a formal session of the security council at 2:30 p. m. to morrow. It will call for an on the-spot commission to observe and report on compliance with the standstill order. The United States suggested that the truce commission be made up of the consular officers of security council members now in Palestine, but Russian dele gate Anarei uromyko, among others, objected to this point and the issue was left open. Finds U. S. Has More Than One Harrisburg HARRISBURG, 111. (U.R) Wayne Gidcumb found his way to Marrisburg, Pa., eventually, but he got a good look at Harrisburg, 111., first. Gidcumb bought a ticket from Los Angeles to Harrisburg, then just "got on the train and rode till they said Harrisburg." After the train had gone on, he found out there was another Harrisburg besides his home town. He got the train out the next day. Traffic Still Moving Over Airport RbacI VIENNA, April 14'(U.ft U. S. military police reported today that traffic was unimpeded on tha road to the American-operated Tulln airport, contrary to a report by Austrian police that Russian guards had begun stopping military mili-tary vehicles. The Austrian police reported by telephone that two Russian guards were checking army traffic traf-fic between Vienna and the airport air-port 14 miles to the northwest. Army authorities said later that military police found work men erecting signs reading stop in English and German at tha check point. They said Austrian police were - on duty but they found no signs that the Russians intended stopping military vehicles. ve-hicles. Officials said they would run frequent patrols on the highway until they determine the reason for the check point. The station was set up yesterday. British military trains were permitted per-mitted for the second straight day to clear without delay at a Russian check point at Semmer-ing, Semmer-ing, 50 miles southwest of Vienna. Pupils in Scotland have to get through about three times as many books, in the school year, as do London school children. FACTORY COOPERATION Range Sale 21.20 CLUB ALUMINUM included with every Monarch purchased during this sale. The Best in Gas, Coal or Electric Cooking Exclusively At HD IRL 0 An Outstanding Year in Metropolitan iJHistory. 1 QAH was one of the best years in th x ' history of the Metropolitan Lift Insurance Company. "The Company's financial position was excellent. More Metropolitan policyholders than ever before enjoyed the blessings of life insurance. Through investments, the Company played a bigger role than in any preceding year in helping to keep the wheels of industry turning ... to provide jobs and homes . . . and to maintain high standards of living. "However, the year was not without" iu problems. Insurance costs were higher because be-cause of lower interest rates, and because of the prevalent increase in the cost of goods and services." President Leroy A. Lincoln reported these facts in his account of the Company's 1947 activities in a motion picture entitled "Pages From An Open Book." Here are some other important facts about 1947 presented by Mr. Lincoln: Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries benefi-ciaries totalled $671,000,000 topping all records. More than 2,300,000 people bought Metropolitan policies during the year. The total of Metropolitan policyholders reached 32,384,000. At the year-end, policyholders owned-a total of $37,250,000,000 of Metropolitan protection the greatest amount in the Company's Com-pany's history. Metropolitan will pay in 1948 somewhat more in dividends to policyholders than in 1947, although there will be downward adjustments ad-justments for certain classes of business. Mr. Lincoln also reported that last year a committee representing all State Insurance' Departments completed, as required by law, i periodic examination of Metropolitan. In their conclusions, the examiners reported: "The examination of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company1 indicates that it is in a sound financial condition. "Policy claims are paid promptly, and fair and equitable treatment has been accorded the policyholders." Metropolitan's Annual Report for 1947, which is entitled "Pages From An Open Book," contains much additional information informa-tion about the -Company's operations. If you would .like to have this booklet, fill in and mail the coupon below. X copy will be sent to you without charge. OBLIGATIONS AND ASSETS DECEMBER 31, 1947 (In ftccortlance with the Annual Statement filed with the New York State Insurance Department) OVLIOATIONS TO POLICYHOLDERS, BENEFICIARIES. AND OTHERS Hcy Hmrtii Require by Law . $7,333.37.964.0O This amount, together with future premiums and reserve interest, is required to assure payment of all future policy benefits. Waaerveal far Future Payment Under Sulenentry Contract t , . Policy proceeds from death claims, matured endowments, and other payments which beneficiaries and policyholders have left with the Company to be paid out to them in future years. WicyttaMerV Dividend Left an Deposit . . . We wired far Dividend ta Peticyttelders . . Set aside for payment in 1948 to those policyholders eligible to receive them. Pel icy Claims Currently Outstanding .... Claims in process of settlement, and estimated claims that have occurred but have not yet been reported to the Company. Other Pelicy OMigatiena Including premiums received in advance, etc Taxee Accrued ............ Including estimated amount of taxes payable in 1948 on the business of 1947. CetrMngancy Preserve far Mortgage Leant AN Other Obligation TOTAL OBLIGATIOSS 373,634,231.42 64.747.219.00 141,213,117.00 34,083,580.30 33,330,654.32 17,704.521.00 2i.ooo!ooo.oo 29.389.937.42 $8,048,865,244.64) ASSETS WHICH ASSURE FULFILLMENT OF OOUOATMNS National Government Seeui Itlee $3,876,921,624.31 V. S. Government S3.632.510.803.OO Canadian Ciovcrnmcht 244,440,821.32 Other Bend 2,710,389,958.79 Provincial and Municipal ..... S 74,399,932.13 Railroad 5I0.2I4.3S7.99 Public Utility 975.681.105.50 Industrial and Miscellaneous .... 1,130,294,533.13 Stock . Ail but $1,565,382.00 are Preferred or Guaranteed. First Mortgage Leans an Meal Estate , . . . . Farms . . . . . . . . . .$ 86.117.937.09 Other Property . 878,548,784. rO Leans en Pelleiee Made to policyholders on the security of their policies, teal Estate (After decrease by adjustment of $25,000,000 m the aggregate) . . . -. Housing project and other real estate acquired for Investment .... Properties for Company use . . Acquired in satisfaction of mortgage indebtedness in-debtedness (of which SI9.098.579.96 it under contract of safe. . , . . Cash and Bank Dapaslt Ptaneiunse, Befarrad and In Ceetree of Cee3ecslei Ascrued Interest, Stents, at. TOTAL ASSET? TO MEET OBUGATIONS . . 105,388.903.00 964.666,721.19 343,301,733.11 ao$,732.3!0.7 139.090.580.33 35,015,955.07 39,643,973.37 IS6.25l.l24.20 124,836,913.79 57.706.1 1 1. 28 $1,548,422,601.17 Thus, Assets exceed Obligations by : $499,557,356.31 This safety fund is made up of: Special Surplus Funds . . . . S 72.281,000.00 Unassigncd Funds (Surplus) . . $427,276,356.51 This fund, representing about 6 per cent of th . obligations, serves as a cushion against possible unfavorable un-favorable experience and gives extra assurance that all policy benefits will be paid in full as they fall due. WOT I Amh carried at J41 2.328.264.37 in the above statement are depoehed wfch various public officials under requirements of law or regulatory Metropolitan Lifo Insurance Company (A MUTUAL COMPANY) 1 Madison Avenue, New York 10, N. Y METROPOLITAN UFI SNSUIAMCI CO. 1 Kadis an Ave awe. Hew Yerfc 10, N..T. Gentlemen: . ' -. Pleate send m a copy of your Anaoal Report 13 Policyholder entitled. Pare Fro Am Open Book." NAM!. STRUT. crrr .STATU. ea.--a |