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Show EEAP. RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY E3JZ3 13, 1941 BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER Entered at the Postofflce at Tremonton, Utah, as RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR Second Class Matter Published at Tremonton, Utah, on Thursday of Each Week n Trenesi" is sung realism, even in ll Vioki Vola's motto. by Bing Crosby and Connie K.M.H. night the in Thursday to radio's As scriptual secretary time to time. Connie "Mr. District Attorney," Vicki, pic- - airings fromone night, wrote the herself, in lyrics they use. Most radio programs are now featuring a soprano and Horace Heidfs "Pot O' Gold'' program duet-fashio- Utmost JAMES WALTON, Publisher I. P. WALTON, Editor and Business Manager first West Street Phone SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR tin Advance) SIX MONTHS (In Advance) THREE MONTHS (In Advance) Jiff Bf EARll FERRIS 23-- $2.00 $1.00 J Bos-we- To Your Town as well as to your Country tured here, is often menaced by underworld characters and, even at preliminary rehearsals, she emits so convincing a cry of terror that passersby often dash into the studio to "rescue" her from her e heard over the network, fictional peril. is no exception. Mimi Cabanne, Motion picture fans are going to pictured here, is the newest vocalsee more and more of Jack Benny ist of the Heidt troupe. in the future. In. addition to his Several of the youngsters who NBC radio duties. Jack now has a on Madeline have two contract for pictures annually NBC appeared Idea Club" Gray's have and one a found "Bright at Paramount Studios jobs as a result of their talyear at 20th Century-Fox- . ent airing. Stellie Hilden, for instance, young girl who makes min"Mr. Sidney Field, erstwhile iature dolls to resemble celebrities, Guffy," pictured here, on Eddie is selling them to Fifth Ave. shops. Cantor's Wednesday night comedy Johnny the Call Boy, smallest entertainer in radio, pictured here, is one of the busiest. The PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL MERCHANTS U ASSOCIATION NBC-Blu- E "Behind the Scenes in American Business" HIIIHHUIHUHHnillllflllflinttlltfHM NEW YORK, Feb. 10 BUSINESS are gearinig our producUon to meet Though you may have spotted price these needs." rises in some things, and got the im- pression that living costs were on a CONSUMERS' OUTLOOK More strong uptrend, fact is living cost money is now in circulation than at rises have been amazinigly low in any previous time in American hiscomparison with what was feared the tory, and consumer buying has react!) If war would bring, on the basis of the ed to give the retail trade an extend1914-1- 8 experience. National Indus- - ed rise. Automobile V ! trial Conference Board's report onsaleSj for lnstancei set an 1940 shows that the paid record. Consumers, however, I of one per cent more January "hold downs" thus far, still only ff' despite for his essential requirements in 1940 are wary of rises in retail prices. than in 1939 and nearly three per Thus, many business leaders are now cent less than in 1937. The survey for means of protecting the opus, is to have a new role. His covers food, clothing, housing, sun- looking new one is that of the banjo-eye- d consumers' interest, not only for the comic's wheedling brother-in-ladries, light and fuel. The board uses consumers' sake, but as a safeguard 1923 as the standard for living costs. for the entire economic structure. For - ,!T.v heard master of c r With that as "100," costs during 1940 If like on chills you three thrills, really johnny Pre-- 1 example, Lewis S. Rosenstiel, chairand shudders, you'll want to tune sents" on p'v iV.'. for the fields surveyed aggregated man hys, "Johnny of Schenley Distillers, points out in the "Inner Sanctum" mysteries, Presents" on CiiS Fridays, and 85.3. Which means that the purchasthat "if we are to preserve private ' broadcast 9:35 "Crime Doctor on CBS Su:!tiay.. Tuesday nights at ing power of the '40 dollar was 117.2 enterprise, we must recognize that the e He has a lifetime contract 'vuh p.m., e.s.t, over the or . . was cent wnat "is. in it per you consumer is 'the boss,' and that the his sponsor. could buy as much with a single round era is one of service to the consumer." dollar in those essentials as you could A portentous sign of the increasing have got for $1.17 in 1923. nearness to "war-tim- e economy" is NO RUNAWAY So maybe prices Training For Defensa the report from Washington that the arent going to run away after al- l- nation soon be asked to convert though we certainly heard plenty of at least 25 cent of Us production By Rufus T. Strohm talk expressing fear of just that when; faciliUe8 todefeMe whlch purposeSi Dtan, International will mean a scarcity of many mater People of Utah are showing a keen we sh&uld on knock wood. But Maybe ials previously used prlnicpally for interest in planning for their future CorrtiponJenct Schooli the experts say this stability in cost civilian needs. of county planning as welfare aresult of living, thus far, in spite of numprograms, reports William Peterson, NEVER a has the skilled mechanic erous "inflationary" influences, has and service extension of greater opportunity U the director A THINGS TO WATCH FOR been due mainly to three factors: (1) serve his country. Even the man who use land state of chairman the planillumcan be roller than Our abundance of foodstuffs and raw typewriter has but a little mechanical training s committee. has a chance to jump quickly Into materials; (2) mutual determination, inated "from inside" chining through ning is the keynote of a serto a more responsible position. Many make visible Cooperation everything perfectly out of in other the erising experience ies of meetings, now being conductmajor Industries have apprentice-trainin- g war, on the part of both business and wncn culunS a siencu lor tne programs that will be to keeD mices down; mr 8TaPh machine it's made of lucite, ed throughout the state, with other in the next year or greatly enlarged their pledging agencies governmental that that transparent plastic conveys two. Some firms are installing train comparatively small number of labor ade more of to a completion light around corners. . . More ciga-ret- 3 support disturbances, to date. ing programs for the first time. in the "long" size there's a ru- quate program for advancement of The man who is content to "ride mor one of b agricultural interests. along" in the wake of all this InTREND The auto soon as a the ig. . three may emerge Success of the program, explains tensified training will have no one! Cooking and salIndustry, which has pledged itself to ad oil madelongie. to blame but himself if he finds on the the director, largely seeds depends from tobacco they priorities on defense orders, finds it himself still classified as unskilled' of leadership available; consetype this of contains the say part plant self able to surge ahead labor. to; members of the planning com meet what is predicted to bs the great no nicotine and yields acceptable veg- quently, are Thousands of ambitious young an mittecs stressing individual plan men who through no fault of their est spring demand in its history. An- etable oil. . . A new biscuit-makeof more a as effective method own could not attend high school nouncement of new m odels shows a electrical one operating on the waffle ning iron principle, for making hot bis- bringing about rural improvement and and college in recent years, now definite ttend toward stepped-u- p 1 pro-have a great chance to educate . . Men's developing leadership cuits at the table. dinng right duction and continued low prices, in- themselves. Much of this training In the meetings held so far, irrie cuff links with initial on can be secured at the expense-odicating no noticeable shortage in one has been considered the most e on gation initial t'other side, basic materials. Among the late news their employers. These men are serious farmers someproblem confronting on the Industiy is the announcement (how's come it took so long for needed to fill gaps In the urgently to think of that?) . . . Bread of the state, with the big game prob ranks of labor. These of body by one concern, lems being prominent in several of ranks have been depleted by the what is described as "the lowest pric- made of grass introduced experimenthe counties. emergency demands of the present d ed automobile in the world" tally in Duluth, an especially "tough" which caused many plants to proInfluence of the program planning for so baker's bread market because a new coupe priced at $70 under mote men to better positions on a on feminine been the has population any other model of the company in many housewives there bake their own manifested moment's notice. this Innovation has been a big seller, by important activity in addition to five other Some time in the future this modH. Mrs. Wilda counties. Camer the will be faced with the enorels. According to Ward M. Canaday, despite a price three cent3 above that country on of Pangulch, for instance, said mous task of finding employment chairman of the company, "the loca- for regular bread In same size loaf; that the training school held there for those now engaged in production of defense plants in outlying ar- the accent is on vitamins. has ing military equipment. When this changed her attitude toward farm eas and the general trend of indusperiod of transition comes, it will Ing, and where she formerly had trial decentralization make it imperWAGES UP, PRICES DOWN Be- - shunned the soil, she now challenge every man's resourcefulthinks it's ative that hundreds of thousands of twen 1914 and 1920, hourly wages in a ness, especially the man who is not idea to get the feel of the good good workers be provided with among the most skilled workers. U. S. manufacturing industries rose earth. Here, then, Is the opportunity for transportation to reach their jobs. We from 25 to 60 cents (averages), large As a committee member, Mrs that man to prepare himself for d under cost of ly impetus Maude Moyle of Wells, Utah became the inevitable readjustment which of living, for the latter jumped from interested will come "after the war." He can in land use planning when an "index" of 61 to 118. Since 1920 she attended a be ready. He is going to have a leadership training the position of the wage earner has school at the real opportunity to be ready. HIi State Agricultural Utah future is thus entirely up to him. continued to with the Improve, hourly ABSTRACTOR college, and from instructions she rerate to 73 60 cents. from moving up ceived there, helped her husband and Established 40 Years During the same time the living costs sons to run the farm. Collection niUGIIAM CITY, UTAH have gone the other way, from the "Women's attitude about farm proNow A 118 of 1920 to the 85.3 of 1940. Tak- grams have changed," Director reports. "They are more and as soon as they see the sig (Courtesy of B. R. II. S. Searchlight) Richard Smith's collection of 86 nificance of the problems facing the farm they demand action. They are specimens of butterflies, grasshopplaying an important part in plan pers, moths, and other Insects Is now on display In the biology room. He ning work throughout the state. Five of the state land use planning com collected these specimens during the ran ana summer months. Now that mittee are women.' the weather has made collecting impossible he has classified and mountWHY WORRY? Carry Insurance A Regular Ad In ed them. This Newspaper. "Other members of the class. Mr. Ward stated, "have made smaller col lections. We're only waiting until ing another and less spread-ou- t basis for comparison: hourly wage rates spring to begin gathering wild flownow stand about 20 per cent above ers," he added. Old on-NEThe class Is now studying the func the level of 1929, while living costs are aboift 15 per cent Iowct than In tion of the human body, the purpose oi tms stuuy being to learn what hapthe year. pens in the digestive process and how the body works. We Will Give You A ; , 43-in- i contra-season- vt. al all-ti- Si I er I nine-tent- fir-is- - . -- 1 NBC-Blu- Homemakers Active In State Planning Director Reports . mimeo-srovemme- nt i LOW-PRIC- E st r, first-nam- II 1 d J. V-f- fill! T of Gov- passed H. B. ernor Herbert B. Maw's state government reorganization bill. During the past week both Senate and House took steps to study the Governor's bill. The upper branch with approval of the chief executive, 61, permitting decided to consider the measure piece meal by dividing it into a series of bills In the lower branch a committe-- of 17 was appointed to study the proposals and report back to the representatives. In the meantime the lawmakers have by no means been inactive. Last week the Senate passed 24 measures, making a total of 40 thus far acted upon by the solons among a total of 179 bills and resolutions introduced. The House disposed of 20 by favorable action, for a total of 36 among the 136 introduced. Eighteen measures have passed both legislative branches and have been sent to the Governor for approval or disapproval. Thus far the Senate has killed seven measures and the House four, making 11 defeated among the 315 introduced. bills and resolutions Twenty-fou- r passed by the House are awaiting senatorial action. Twenty-seveapproved in the Senate are before the lower house for final action. Among the more important measures which passed both houses last week are S. B. 51, 52, 53, and 54, removing stockholders' double liability in state banks; S. B. 33, providing industrial compensation coverage to employees hired by Utah employers but injured in accidents arising out out such employment in another state; S. B. 23, eliminating compulsory earmarking of livestock under the state branding law and creating an estray fund; H. B. 6, permitting payment of personal property taxes on the basis of the assessment valuation of the prior year; H. B. 5, enabling county treasurers to distribute auto license plates; H. B. 9, providing more state control of benevolent and mutual life insurance companies; H. B. 26, eliminating the $2 annual license fee now paid by those collecting sales tax; H. B. 24, placing special assessment liens on a parity with general tax liens, and H. B. 31j permitting the state land board to sell state lands by sealed bid. H. C. R. 1, approving President Roosevelt's foreign policy and aid to Great Britain has passed both branch es as has H. J. R. 1, urging Congress and the President to srfeguard Utah rights in the proposed Escalante Na tional monument. Measures defeated last week in clude S. J. R. 2, proposing an amendment to the state constitution limit property tax levy. ing the over-a- ll n ; '"pauoninjo. ious weed eradication proems Public hearings on the Maw ganization proposals opened MoX night. Opposition to the transf' i luuLor vehicle vU,vw i w I funds, now allotted to counties 2 municipalities for road and wo?k! l "?e Proposed state pubB(J cum xuuuaunau development depart ment continued to be heard, while tk Governor defended his positioa S. B. 93, taxing all services sin ilar to sales tax, was reported ' oi committee unfavorably. It i8 pected to be acted on this week, Activities of Box Elder Representatives Senator Abel S. Rich semi-skille- i of over-a- a a! B Ancient Model Auto Used In Defense Coto (Courtesy of B. R. H. S. Searchlight Jack Benny around? Maybe not his Maxwell, or a reasonable duplicate, now resides in the auto building. As one looks at it marvels at its fine qualities. radio aerial, dazzeling array colors, all offset by the bicycle tires which carry it bumpily over the smoothest roads, provife; its powerful engine (which usralir runs on two cylinders) will go at all; Although it is rather old and looking it serves its pur pose, and rs better than most cars of its age. that. At present it is being used an experimental car for the nation defense course being taught nip at the high school. bK raecta-ic- of over-size- d oo; a: as d S . . st low-co- i st war-hoiste- S. NORMAN LEE Sophomore's Is g- U. S. Trade In Your L BATTERIES Tires and Batteries X hi a 1; r i ,T.v ..." j V it i i Start yftur snover , -- a.:! v START YOUR CAR Trii- - VITH W ONES Good Allowance "chlcken-in-every-po- Winzeler Motor Co. GASOLINE t" MONEY TO LOAN REAL ESTATE Tremonton, Utah ry i ry On Display KeHyS pringf ield Tires Anti-Wor- Amu i mil i FARMS OR HOMES JAMES BROUGII AGENCY FIRE AND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE TREMONTON, UTAH AD$ For $alo In Our Next Issne Oriental O O U H A w ' giv I action. o Rfprurn' k ilHUDnle 4 HINT fcc- -tj ANOTHER HElPFUl Approaching an icy Kileoge Hcnhont: 05 -" i tooth of utfc, tto! mft. tfmiti I rnith. -- MID H straiten- braking ca ilh broke! off. Safety s lie full-size- low-co- of Brirtjj, City introduced S. B. 136, permit& counties to cooperate with cmintJJ another state in the maintenance roaas near me state line. He voted no on a. tu v. z, proposing a coj. stitutional amendment to limit property tax to 2 per cent of sessed valuation in incorporated towns and lj per cent in uniueor. porated areas. Representative Milton J. Thons voted yes on H. B. 61, permit counties to levy a tax for participation in weed eradication prograa He voted no on H. B. 33, authorize Salt Lake City and Ogden to levy tax for a municipal band or orchesfe Representative Clifton G. M. Kerr Tremonton voted yes on both R 61 and 33. Representatives Thome and Kerr were appointed to serve on the Hons committee which will study Governor Herbert B. Maw's state reorganization bill. f last-nam- d, f V, far-reachi- CUm. Illioi Willys-Overlan- IT ance pending consideiation AMESlCflS IKDUGT3IAL LIERA8Y full-bla- f7 ttr '?! lMli'lZt ' f wake-earn- , i biennial leg It was killed in the S?n:.t Utah's twenty-fourt- h t; y defeated H. B. 33, illative session reached the '1 autho,t mark Saturday with the great bulk of Lake City and Ogden to levy a L? of important legislation held in abey- a municipal band or orcht.trT f Free to Public If f$ 1 half-wa- S. where catalog and The on!jr r!.--e in tr dverti'in? mattrr covering snjrlme oj bunnm or proilart cn be obtained Free aod Without Obligeti n ii the American Induttrial Library. 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