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Show Thursday, .April 14, 1949 Looking It Over... By Theron Luke A bouquet to the local gendarmes gen-darmes (that's French for flat-foot) flat-foot) who, assisted by the modern mod-ern miracle of two-way radio, nabbed an alleged drunken driver driv-er in less than nothing flat the other evening. Seeing two gentlemen gentle-men who looked anything but sober getting into their vehicle, we hastily stepped to a phone and called the cops. Having seen several dead people during the course of our years In the trade who got that way from drunken driving, we felt reasonably justified justi-fied in our action. Before the vehicle ve-hicle in question got three blocks, radio patrolman had its occupants occu-pants in tow. thereby probably saving their lives or the life of someone else. While we're on the subject of policemen, why not a summer "courtesy" traffic ticket program for tourists, similar to that of Cedar City. When the Cedar City cops catch an out-state car overparked, or in some minor traffic violation, they merely give the driver a courtesy ticket telling him he has "unknowingly violated" a traffic law. It goes on to say there will be no penalty for a guest of the city, and if the tourist needs help or information, call at the police station. We'll wager it leaves many a tourist with a warm spot in his heart for the town. And just the ODPOsite results when we slap a narklnfi ticket on them. Howl about it, chief, for out-of-state licenses in the summer months?, Speaking of tourists, Provo and Utah Valley really got a boost from one last fall. He was Guy S. Williams, who writes a regular regu-lar column for the Des Moines, Iowa, Register. In a series of three columns, he didn't get mad once, and said so many nice things about us it sounded like a weekly week-ly chamber of commerce bulletin. His observations were pretty keen, though. "Never in my life have I seen so little smoking, although al-though many Mormons do smoke," . he wrote. "However, they are formally opposed to tobacco, tea and liquor." No mention of coffee, cof-fee, which relieves our mind no end. Mr. Williams was more than Impressed with Utah county peaches. Said he saw and ate even bigger ones than the Junior chamber of commerce gave to President Truman when his special spe-cial train went through here. His column continued: "We were driven over the Brigham Young university campus, which Is on the heights above the city. The view of the valley from the campus is what, I believe, is vernacularly ver-nacularly described these days as out of this world. Which is precisely pre-cisely the way I have felt since entering this friendly and flowery flow-ery state." Might do a lot of Utahns some good to read his column. Too many of them who live here can't tee the forest for the trees. Endurance Fliers Near Mark Today FULLERTON, Cal., April 14 (U.R) Endurance fliers Bill Barris and Dick Riedel set their sights on 5:44 p. m. (PST) today, when they will crack a world's record for hours aloft. The pair took off in their small airplane, the Sunkist Lady, here March 15 and hope to better the 726-hour record this afternoon. After that, Barris and Riedel will try to stay up for 1000 hours. Included in their flight was a trip to Florida and return. Refueling Re-fueling has been done by a speeding speed-ing jeep from which gasoline and supplies were passed to the pilots. pil-ots. Ogden Dedicates Hopkins School OGDEN, April 14 (U.R) A $156,-000 $156,-000 school in West Ogden was dedicated last night and named the Hopkins school in honor of W. Karl Hopkins, retired super intendent who served schools in me area .mi years, principal speaker was Dr. Roald F. Campbell, Camp-bell, director of the Stewart training train-ing 'school at the University of Utah. IN NO HURRY TO CHANGE LEHIGHTON, Pa. (U.R) Louis Dubenow, a traveling salesman from Los Angeles, was picked up driving a car with 1947 plates. Dubenow, police said, had been using the license for 15 months and was carrying the 1948 and 1949 tags with him. He was fined $10. wen DBPAin somjicn DAILY HERALD Weekend Wife Nabbed By Memphis Cops MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 14 U.R) --David Prager's "weekend wife" arrived by plane from the west coast today, and was whisked away by police before she could disclose her feelings toward hef flying romeo husband who has a secret "weekday" family in Memphis. Mem-phis. The attractive 19-year-old bru nette, the former Anita Joyce Co-burn,, Co-burn,, was asked to accompany police to headquarters as soon as she alighted from the plane. Her mother, Mrs. Ivan Allen Co-burn, Co-burn, ill at home, was unable to meet her at the airport. Mrs. Coburn had said that her daughter was a victim of deceit on the part of Prager. She had sent her daughter plane fare home. (At Los Angeles yesterday, the second Mrs. Prager said that she would stick by Prager, whose first wife said that he could work out his own problems.) Prager's problems include two wives, charges of embezzling $27,762 from the coal company where he worked as a cashier, and over-generosity to a couple of amateur basketball teams. The handsome, 29-year-old Fordham graduate pleaded guilty yesterday to the embezzlement charges but insisted he took only $19,000. ' Threw Big Parties He said he spent it supporting a wife during the week and another an-other in Los Angeles on weekends week-ends not to mention the big parties par-ties he threw for two amateur basketball teams which he spon sored. Mrs. Annie Prager. his Memphis Mem-phis wife, revealed today that she knew about her husband's money troubles as early as last week and haa worked out a plan whereby he could pay back the money. She said she was willing to help her husband out of the money jam until she learned that his weekend "business" trips to Los Angeles were for the purpose of visiting his" othw wife, Mrs. Anita Coburn Prager. Now, the Memphis wife says, she wants a divorce. But the Los Angeles wife, a shapely 19-year-old whom Prager Prag-er married last January, said she still loved her husband and would hurry here to "see what I can do to help." Credit Voted For Homesteads WASHINGTON. April 14 (U.P-The (U.P-The house agriculture committee voted yesterday to extend government gov-ernment credit aids to , farmers acquiring homesteads on federal land. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. John Sanborn, R., Ida. He said it would benefit veterans who need more cash to put their new farms on a paying basis. Authorization as follows under a bill .sponsored by Rep. Walter K. Granger, D., Utah, to aid private pri-vate owners of forest land; for fire protection, increase available funds from $9,000,000 up to $20,- 000,000 over a five-year period; for furnishing seedlings, at 000,- 000 in 1950, increasing to $2,500,- 000 in 1953 and every year tnere-after; tnere-after; for educational work by states, the same amounts: for services ser-vices to farmers, $500,000 a year. Witness Backs Power Rate Hike SALT LAKE CITY, April 14 (U.R) A return of at least 6Vi per cent today . was maintained as' necessary to the Utah Power and Light company by an investment specialist. The witness for the company, W. C. Gilman of Westport, Conn., yesterday told the public, service commission hearing on the rate increase application by the company, com-pany, that the return on the company's com-pany's rate base was necessary for expansion and credit maintenance. main-tenance. The company presented a new rate schedule which provides a return of less than 6V!t per cent. All testimony by the company was completed here yesterday and the hearing recessed until June 13 to permit protestants to (study the case and present their , cases. Bus Driver Gets 2 Traffic Tickets Harold W. Brereton, 28. 565 S. Utah ave., Wednesday afternoon was issued two traffic citations for failing to keep his car under con troi ana driving a bus without a chauffeur's license after he was involved in a three-car crash at Third South and Fourth East. According to frovo ponce reports, re-ports, Brereton was driving a Geneva Transportation bus east on Third south when he collided with the last of a line of three autoi halted at the intersection for a funeral procession. The bus, colliding with the rear of the last auto caused it to hit with the second car, which in turn bumped the first auto in the line. Damage estimates totaled $65. fiaiemfarqan JEWELERS Royal Portrait I inn: r f'GCS ' . if ti 'fit f 72 '' " J -yh ': in a sitting room at uucicingnam Charles stnr"? nhcut us he and his " - Lee Attacks Agreement On Liquor Deal ALl lam, U1Y, April 14 project that may give Utah thel $1.55; 15 at $1.50. (U.R) Utah Governor J. Bracken first covered reservoir in the in- North Lilly, 200 at 27. Lee has attacked the Dos Moines termountain area. lOhio Copper, 9800 at 25; 2500 at agreement between liquor mon- If needed appropriations are 26; 1000 at 25; 1500 at 26; 2000 opoly states that provides a basic ; secured, the 40,000.000 gallon at 25' 2; lOfl at 26. liquor price for all such states. reservoir will be built in south-1 Park City Cons., 700 at 40 Lee said yesterday that states ; eastern Salt Lake City at a cost Prince Cons.. 2000 at 18' 2. should be entitled to buy directly of $1,000,000. (Silver Shield, 1000 at 37. from the company and get lower It will be the northern term- Silver Standard, 2000 at 23- 5000 prices by eliminating the commis-j inus of the Salt Lake aqueduct at 2-14. sion of the liquor salesmen. from the Deer Creek reservoir on 'Tintic Lead, 200 at 15. Liquor Commissioners K. M.jthe Provo river. Attorney Fisher (Utah Wyo. Cons. Oil, 200 at 30. uoan ana j. w. race win meei with liquor officials of other monopoly states April 20 and 21 in New York City. Lee said that liquor salesmen in Utah spend several hundred thousand dollars a year entertaining entertain-ing public officials and building campaign funds by the use of unlimited un-limited expense accounts from their companies. The governor charged the system sys-tem as having the possibility of a payoff and the effect of forcing forc-ing off-brands of liquor on the public. He urged that the oficials of other states consider the welfare wel-fare of the people they represent and not that of the few individuals individ-uals who profit at the expense of the taxpayers. NOW IT CAN BE TOLD STATE COLLEGE. Pa. (U.R) Whan William S Itnffmon 4an nf arimiccmnc fit Pnnvl vfinfa State college, retired he bared his soul. Hoffman admitted hf was thf student who 40 Years a bucket of waterl on members of the university council as they departed from , meeting. ' The reference library of the University of Minnesota has gath - ered one of the country's largest micro-film collections more than 3,100 reels. 'Miss Airways' Vivian Kennedy, 21, has been chosen "Miss Airways of April" by the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Air-lines. Vivian loves to dance and ice skate, but most of all wants to marry and have a large family fam-ily at least four or five youngsters. young-sters. Her intended is a six-foot New York state trooper, enough to scare off potential wolves. : s LV ) . 1 (NEA Tele photo. faiace, Engiana, royai rrinre smiling mother. Princess Eliza- - . ...... i '-.,)r. Salt Lake Plans Covered Reservoir SALT LAKE CITY, April 14 (U.R) Preliminary specifications were being prepared today on a Harris or tne bait Lake Metro- politan Water district said the wooden cover on the reservoir would be added. If possible, as a sanitation measure. 'Preliminary7 Peace Reached In China War NANKING. April 14 (U.R) Political Po-litical observers said today that Nationalist and Communist peace delegates in Peiping apparently had reached a prelimipary settlement settle-ment on the Communists' eight peace terms in informal talks. They pointed out that the negotiation ne-gotiation schedule approved by both sides called for formal talks , ''V after a preliminary settle- ",eni Den arriv? Bl ,,n int . I - 1 A f . 1 ,mi" nmcuiwions. me loimai '-""- But informed sources said that icvr" " P"Mimin-iy ment had been reached there still would be extended negotiations to (thresh out techniial details elab- orating on the settlement. j All Rut' Svl 5 ' "T I D J CL $883,660 Theft NEW YORK. April 14 (U.W FBI officials said today they have recovered all but $13,385 of the $883,660 taken by ex-banker Richard S. Crowe. A cache of $49,-122 $49,-122 was found buried near his grandmother's grave last night. Federal agents believe that most of the money still unaccounted unac-counted for was spent by Crowe during the eight-day "vacation" in Florida after he looted the vault of the National City branch bank where he was the assistant manager. Crowe led the ,FBI men to the cemetery hiding place on Staten Island after a long conference with his attorney and his wife. The $49,122 in $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills was buried in a metal-lined metal-lined munitions box about a foot deep in the earth behind the grandmother's seven-foot high granite monument. FLOORING "E" Grade End Matched $120 per M "D" Grade End Matched $100 per M "C A B" Grade End Matched $210 per M Pickets Tor Your Spring Fencing ROSS L. JENSEN Lumber & Bldg. Supply 490 N. 7th Cait Provo -Phoi e 1018 II i mwaiiaisw'r I Salt Lake Stock Exchange Closing quotations from the direct wire of Ken-Lo Corporation. Cor-poration. 265 W. 1st N. Bid Asked Big Hill 05 .06 Bullion 05 1& .06 Va Cardiff 29 .30 J Chief Con. 1.00 1.12 Vii Clayton Silver .. .26 .28 j Colb. Rexall . . .22 .25 Combined Metals .22 .23 Cres. Eagle Oil . .18 Vi .20 East Standard .. .05 .05 Vi East Utah .. .13i .14 Va ' Eureka Bullion . .08 V .09 Vi Eureka Lilly Con. .17 Vi .18 Great Western .. .04 .10 Horn Silver ... .17 .19 Indian Queen ... .01 Vi .02 Madison Mines . .39 .42 Miller Hill ... .06 'i .09 Mt States Dev. .. .12 .13 New Park .... 1.55. 1.60 North Lilly 26 Vi .29 No. 'Standard 04 4 .05 Ohio Copper ... .25 Vi .27 Park City Con. . . .40 .42 Royston Coal. .06 .06 Va Silver King CoaL 3.25 3.50 Silver Shield ... .03 4 .03 'i Tar Baby ... .04Va .05 Tintic Lead ... .15 .17 Tintic Standard . .75 .80 West Toledo .04 i .06 SALES FOR DAY n ,. ting I Bullion mnn ai ? Cardiff, 1500 at 28. Columbus Rex, 1000 at 22. Crescent Eagle, 100 at 21. East Standard, 6000 at 5. East Utah, 750 at 15; 500 at 14 !i; 250 at 15; 500 at 14 Va. Horn Silver, 200 at 19. Leonora, 900 at 434. j Madison Mines, 1000 at 41. Mountain States, 500 at 13. : New Park. 800 at $1.55: Inn Non-Operating Bonanza, 5000 at 5. Indian Queen, 2000 at IVi. West Toledo, 1000 at 4i; 6000 at 4'2; 2000 at 4 Mi. U. P. Winter Costs At $17 Million OGDEN, Utah, April 14 (U.R) President A. E Stoddard of the Union Pacific railroad estimated last night that this winter's rec ord storms cost his line more than $17,000,000. However, Stoddard told a meeting meet-ing of northern Utah businessmen that the railroad was not grieving but was getting prepared to prevent pre-vent the long delays encountered because of the storms. He said that three rotary plows and 18 steel v-plows have been ordered for use next year. Stoddard, who speaks tomorrow tomor-row in Salt Lake City, said that the Union Pacific was anxious to help in development of the many untouched resources of Utah and other states in the intermountain area. Quake-Bridge (Continued from Page One) sity of Washington seismologist, measured its intensity at eight. The highest intensity mi 12.) The quake that caused the disastrous dis-astrous San Francisco fire in 1906 was of 8.25 magnitude. The recent re-cent Reno quake was six and the Long Beach quake of 1933 was 6.25. A temblor that shook the area between San Francisco and Hollister March 9 was slightly lessXhan six. m GQjeO m &7 U2? r tTVT I -1 CI 171 ClT fit JlaUlil VJJLilJv! It'll Officials Say Majority Okeh Gity Parking Strip Watering The majority of the Provojcould pay the city to water citizens attending the parking trip watering meeting Wednesday Wednes-day night agreed that continu- ation of the watering service byjtinued to do the watering but the Provo city was acceptable, city citizens were not billed for the officials said today. According to -City Commis- sioner J. Earl Lewis, over 100 Provoans were in attendance at the meeting, which was held to receiving city watering service; of the street parking strips wish- ed to continue the service or whether they wanted to have the maintenance of the areas discon - tinued. No Conclusions jthe same to be maintained by thejby the Indian service. No definite conclusion was contractor, the cost of same to bes ' 1 reached at the session, however,' assessed against the abutting area has been properly cared for Mr. Lewis pointed out. Several of owner's property. during the current season, which the citizens were reluctant toj "Any abutting owner who certificate shall be accepted' by have the service continued and a elects to care for the parked area the city treasurer in lieu of cash number of proposals were made but the matter will be taken under un-der consideration by the commission com-mission for a decision. The Provo city commission feels that those citizens receiving the service should pay for it as of the beginning of 1948. The plan was put into effect in 1922 when anyone in Provo who wished at I - UJLT Uli-i 1 1 1 1 n I R F I 1 1 11 VJaV.1 I'WJ M i 3i JZ315 ap&'Q3H3 'Sl&aJuja flail IE I t dln1 caiK afrcma .pert to 3 3iH3i uJttfc r America's greatest watch value. Beau- f - pi 6-U iw.-u W Power Mainspring. Star-timed accuracy. I r y -.tKlJVO K.r ' wo,en hat' precision-timed nS' fc-D1 nOO Choose from Veri-Thin or Curvex Stylei. I VK V , SERVICE FOR 8 Jf ' '- vlltilllll va2pifcNX t" Available In 4 poHtnt. C'ys3SjT'jf . syZL "tamambwaee," "Firat f ,J, S. JSLf J , I4K Gold Motched q, Tp l S1.00 A WIEK jBQQflQffi..jfWMM.HMP. J I : U "":," J the for strips. This plan was to run a 10 year period. However, at the end of the 10 years the city con- payment of the service. Since 1932 Provo city has been doing tne watering free of charge and u wa not until this last year that the error was discovered. Ruling Given The ruling" instjgating the services states that: "Each owner abutting the portion of the street to be narked will have the optionj He said that the Brigham city of maintaining the parked area school will be four times larger abutting his property, or to allowithan any other school operated in front of his property will so notify the commissioner of parka of Provo city, and if the owner 'property for parking mainten-does mainten-does properly care for and main- ance. All property, the owners of tain the parked area in front of the property, to -the satisfaction of parks, 'of the commissioner during each season, the commls- 'sioner will issue a certificate an- nually stating that the parked ? 1847 rogers bros- (IWHwWfbi) 9. Bushhell to Have 1,000 Students By January 1 BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, April 14 (U.R) Construction Engineer John C. Helfrich of the federal Indian service reported today that the nation's lareest Indian school at the old Bushnell army hospital : will have at least 600 students by Jan. 1. Helfrich and other service workers were at the school to survey steps needed to put the chool into operation as soon as needed appropriations are made by congress. for the payment of the annual assessment against the abutter's which do not properly care for and maintain the parked area abutting the same will be . re- quired to pay the annual assess- ment for maintenance of the parked area in cash." |