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Show - , .-- , - t ,oxawa10 - 4 ( DMDIET 1 Ilrerrre relasury , , -- New 6 Secret Agencies 1 , Investir,ation, Unit 01' 3,000 '31in Pro. ióiett By 31orgertthau- - Enerio Mete Ikon Itunumia's most prominent monomer and meteorologist. "ma sentmond to court to one day and three Imprisonment ,year's exile-for his activitiet years 'the forbidden iron guard,- - out, lowed Fascist organization. officials today dissix-- scattered inveratie', Dom AVASHLN'GTON, Bucharest' ,, the department's unit, 3,000 - Met gating agendas Into, ' in the federal government..., - They said the ivintroduced goy.- , will bill ernment reorganutstion , lU hiorgenthau picric Sectentry thctity to , merge the Secret Service...Narcotic Bureau, Gus tome. Bureau, Coast Guard Intel. licence. Alcohol. Tax Unit and In. tellicence Unit of the Internal ' r, Blitentb. Ruream., In event the reareallization' bill fads of passage, as it did last year. they revesktd. a spetid t consolidation. bill will be offer-clewed plans for trierging , Urged stronr-th- e, v 1,- - ,,, , - , , 1 4 - Berlin - - - At Alargenthau's Cyder, IChner Fence chief. has comPleted I COIV etuD. Irey,, the secretary,. reputed choice for director of the merg., ed units, indicated each will car-re on its preeent functions but - : - predicted a centralized control will lessen- duplication and t Create efficiency, tree denied rumors the trees. urv planned. to woe the 'named , unit as a wedge to encroach i; the Federal Ike., upon function mu of Inveirtigation, the post--oftlas servic& or any other leder' Secretory Morgenthau' at investigating atience. be said: "The treasury has no cktaire to Jump in where ft doeen't belong.; Treasury investigating, agencies. are now occupied almost xch.,- sively with currency and revmu. matters, and thine are more than enough to keep us busy. Other investigating agencies have felt anxiety that the merged treasure units might became the core of a vast..lederal police. Officials, however, represented hiorgenthan as unalutrably op. posed to the merging of investigating units et the bevels& ments lest there come into being central police on the petters teLSTAFO of the German or Russian GPM, , ' , a - , , Fear that this United States, Britain. France and Rueful might intervene jointly in the ChineeeJapanese conflict was expressed today by Toshio Shimads, exerts. titre member of the Sepias par-- - , , - of the "ernereency7 Japanese authorities discourag ad as much,eis possible all gaiety and Christmai Eve celebrations today. Restaurants were ordered not to sell champagne or make Chehamas dinner reservations. The sale of turkeys was down per cent. 3ocause , Troppau, Germany von Skrbenaki Cardinal Hriste. archbishop of Olomouc (01muetz), oldest cardinal in point ot service in the Roman Catholic- Hierarchy died today. He was 75 years old. Cardinal von Skrbenski, scion of 3n old baronial family, was a bishop in 1899 , consecrated and was made a cardinal in 190I when he was only 38, the youngest at the time. Leo , ' Alaska. Dec. survivors of the wreck ed motorship Patterson were sale today, and another saga of see approached en end as coast guard cutter sped nine seamen shoreward for Christmas. Two of the 20 crew membera drowned when the PlItter$00 was drivels up on bleak Cape Fairweather beach 130 miles .north of here on the Gulf of Alaska during, a ,stonn two weeks ago. Sheldon Simmons, veteran Alaskan - "mercy flyer.' rescued two men earlier in the week and the pair errived ii Seattle ye terdity; Two navy planes from t he Sitka bue flew teen men there and the coast guard boat Maid picked up, the remaining 31INEAU. , Paris -- , - nn. , men Both groups were rescued a Bay where the men 30 mile id through storms from- the wreck scene., , C. McDowell. veteran chief engineer.- - and thirst mate Steve; Johnson, brought to Juneau by Simmons for medical aid, to. with tales of their week of horror. rived in Seattle , "'The old - dogs wouldn't- - stand the gaff," IkDowell aid pohto-- Ing to his legit "God know 1 wanted- to stay and see that all the but my leg , muscles were rest of the sursivors - got away safely, tied in knot& thought Steve was going to get pneumonia. He was in , a bad way as first, "Conditions were terrible. I don't remember sleeping much. Wit couldnt. It rained incessantly, except for brief periods when we were- pelted by haU and snow. It was cold, rMserably - . - coki." McDowell said be was in - or '' Washington Intermountain States TO,1;lit Rail Proposal gPOICANTZ, Wash., Dec, that intermoure Ulu states rfld fight" erainst any zdforts to repeal the long and short haul mouse of the Interstate Commerce Act was made here by..lamea A. Ford. secretary of tbe, intermountain !tate Aasociation. Commenting on I reooramondation made yesterday by' Fred. dent Roosevelt's roamed c,mmftXe. Ford said: Is mot mammary to repeal t1 long and short haul clause...! It would be legislatien ,' Repeal would not benefit the railroad& 'It rosettl interests only. for - think Oso president is smart enough to detect that special interetts, paridoutariv Chicag o. have oriven their wedge into the saucy of the president's committee. Without doubt the intermoun 'silt country will orrantor and fight ouch xronosal. HAVE YOUR DIX1VER AT THE HOTEL UTAH I vael C11601001 Dhow witit youito,- alib-isNobly, mot oN II. moo WO, geed Wings list go 1,16 it Moot to tom two will Not mei gorged beam owes 4111 efts. Ts Malle Cowes 14 p auk try Ast- Wooer INA eashoolow $146 pee L. plobb.." ' carrot land SWOP: Imo , Ade T mos Dimon. ashy team hoe giddies. LSO , 1 Press Launches IAConessicons Demand ;Rollie De ROME Jtalian prow today opened a new and vigorous campaign which political obaervelo gait as a prelude to a formal demand for concessions. The new auatka apparently were a result of France's unfavotu able reacUon to lUdyra denunciation of the 1935 Mussolini-Lava- l agreement concerning North Africa. The Fascist press insisted the 1935 pact never became effer, the and that themauitt be some adjustment of the North African situation to preserve the "equilibrium." In reply to French nirwspaper statements that Our accord was automatically put into effect by Italian occupation of a 44.000. square mile strip of Sahara Desert ceded by France. Italian news. papers asserted the territory never was occupied. It was recalled that Premier Mussolini replying on the eve of the Ethiopian War to a suggestion that be be satisfied with what France had ceded instead of taking Ethiopia. said "I am not a col. lector of deserts." The newspaper 11 Repot Di Roma stated that ''Even today France perilously alone, rises against our claims with violence we had thought' that Mu which alone caused her old . nich had awakened thee somtuimbulistsWe were deceived," are Diplontats Increasingly of the opinion that the ferth.cons lag Italian demands are more likely to be for Sahara of the Sts ex canal and concessions regarding Djibouti and the Frencivown ad Djibouti-Addi- s Ababa , Railway than for any concession of territory by France. 'Die Italian government today notified Great Britain and Ger many of its denunciation of the 1935 convention with France. h - , l. - Robert Herrick, Writer " And U. S. Diplomat, Dies Dec. Pt The suicides of several Jewish intedectuat leaders were reported today'as Hungarian legislators and the populatiGn debated the draft of a law to limit Jewish participation in economic and so. cist l!ft l'oltee reported the suicide of Profeteor Leo Von Liberman. an eye specialist who was well to known for his ths technique of cataract opera. lions, and the distnguished Jew. iso attorney Gen Dombovary. The lawyer. shot himself at a railway station. In his pocket waa a note which said "1 owe nothing to any one. I go beeriuse of sorrow over kite Jewish hw." Police said Libertrian. a Chri, tian ot Jewish origin. shot him. aftV gel in his home presumably e reading details ot proposals submitted to partia meat yesterday Otr Premier Be1a Imelda', government Or his desk were newspapers in which the proposals had been marked. The protected law would limit the Jewish right to vote. hold legislative positions and restrict their participat In Certain to thagnesees ann .eratesMorts from six to 12 per cent of the total number of persons meta pied in the various callings. The secretary of the Jewish religious community published a revolution swung. that the not proposed IneetUrnit strike only at Jews but At the founds. Wes of the state. Nen papers were Al I vided on :the proposal... Government ' or. 'Others gams supported them strailed them with a vigor set.dots inaluitited by Budapest's carefullycontrolled prese-.-1 The parliamentary oppoeitiort green was oottooken, Some membenr rapeste f the observe.' lion of the Uherai Deport' Res. - Jewish "Josue'', Fmk' AP, , - Po' rolaL - ' Liine Oa L)ance' urA DIOSIDAT: SHANGHAI. Dec. neither China nor Japan is a Christian natiOn.' more than, two million men in their armies continue their undeclared war today while the rest of the world pre- pared to celebrate Christman. Outside the large cities with foreign populations and the, scat- tered Christian MiSMOTI stations. tomorrow will merely be the day of the conflict which he left millions homeless and destitute. There was etle conciliatory note, however, Japanese headquarttens in Nanking homed a statem ent offering to cooperate with &all Ctinese regardless of political colorinr in the rebutiding of East Asia. "The Japanese military," the fiatement said. "is willing to shake hands with anyone. whetheror-11- ot he is affiliated with the Kuomintang or Its armies who is desircus of taking part in the reconstruction of China. We are willing r to accept yesterday's enemies who recognize the objective. of our sacred Mend. as friends regardless of their previous stand." LIFE'S LIKE Ti LIT By Fre41 Neher Aide. , - The $73.000 Livermore damage tilt against. the Northwest Airlines., already five weeks old. was in recess tottay until after the first of the year after a douto tke airline', - deble fense in court rulings yesterday. set-bac-k - Philadelphia The Rev. John J. Brennan. 31. assistant rector tt St. Donato's Church here. was burned to death in his reetoty bedroom early today in a blase firemen believed may have started in Christmas decorattosui. Two other priests, residing with Father Brennan in a house adjoining the church. narrowly escaped death or sertous injury in rescue efforts. The question of whether Charlotte Gobrielti. Sacramento school girl. must salute the flag, will finally be determinad by the United States Supreme Court, it was Indicated today. The Stets Supreme - Court which ruled sigmas the: Ga. brielhe last August., today granted Charlotte's father permission to ,cars7 the case to the higheet year-ol- d Power Commission Studies IowaNebraska Sales Plan WASHINGTON. Dec. Federal Power Commie Om had under advemem today the Light & Pow. er Company'a application for permission to sell its Nebraska electricat propertuni to two public power districts fat $20,19.991. The commissiun ended its two-dahearing last night after hearing Guy C. Myers, New York financial agent.1 tell how he persuaded private power companies they should sell their prop. erties to the Loup River Public Power District and the Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District Myers, told the commission he was called in by the Nebraska public power districts in the spring of 1937 and eased to airings for purchase of the private properties snd issuance of revenue bonds to pay for them. Through his friends and acquaintances, he said. he made contact with the titivate companies, which had been bitter toward the districts and eventuallyhe was wale to negotiate with them on a friendly basis. J. D. Rees, administratot of the Bonneville Power Project. was retained by the districts as valuation engineer after he hen suggested the name .ut Rosa and three other engineers. he said. The districts had first called hint in at Roes' suggestion, he testified. Myerir,said he contracted with the two districts for a two and per-cen- t for arranging the purcoase of Ws pri vale properties and floatinr, a revenue bond bisue After several months' effort he sald, be thedePittd H Mike of New York, young former vioa president of Dillon Read is Co.. his partner in Nebraska promotion. Nitze gave him a drawing account a y feint one-ha- lf -- I; r GodlsasoliN iove:tithe For world. that He geve His only is& gentle Soo that whosoever believeth ia Him should not perish, but have everlasting A divine child, earthly born in a stable The star of Bethlehem night that holy radiant them gathered up the diffusing lights and down on the hillside by the lowly shepherds And I bring an angel, appearing, said: Fear not: for is born this day good tidings of seat joy a Saviour arid suddenly there was with the of multitude the heavenly host angel a glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men and the beam moved in front of the shepherds to the nativity of the Christ-chilfar-flun- g 11' From ctfctr the three Wise Men saw and followed the star, Tying gifts At Christmas time the spirit of love and giving has been recaptured, and the hearts of loved ones are suf fused with gladness 2 t 1 AN4 it - , v' allit0:', Fil.n)ittzto..C6. -- AtrogistK Algal"04.00, &.a all a and a Happy and Prosperous 1w. Year , 4; We tuish you Merry Christmas - t five years from 1234 through 1938 federal savings and loans associations ternild leo 00tuitiO for their investors. , Of this VOA 000,000 represented sant:nee en-funds of Individual Laver:ore Ind S20.000,000 paid or parable la this government on lutuis placed at the disposal of the assorts. titian to expand local Immo lend ake &et.lasting GO - Doe. -- . -- 'NEW,YEAR!S EVERESERVATIONS---Ate going iost cot 'yours now; $5 per person Spokane the , d. - - - I vis-ltr- z.....-d, It Atilt the Petroluem Corpotation's West toTuira Refinery continued ' day in comparative calm with the big Igant's vparationa apparently as a standstill and both sideeespressing Oetermmation to stand pat. by their expert' will bring boomtime business and revenues, President that Roosevelt and Secreuu7 of the Treasury blorgenthau today reached two decisions that portend big thanes in the government's taxing and financing ' They are 1. To delay, until coming session of Clingress. the submission of treasury, tax revision proposals in order to more properly deterentnelhe effect of the present modified undistributed profits tax on business and revenues. 2. To defer for a year, a presidential request for an Increase in the present $43,000.000.000 limit on the federal public debt, al. though the debt will exceed $42,250,000,000 by the end of the fis. eel year. June 30. 1940. Instead of pressing for tax revision and more borrowing pow.. er at the opening. of the session, the president will ask for ear. on revision of the social security legL4lation and codifies. action ly Lion of existing tax laws. Secretary Morgentlum revealed that since the new modified form of undistributed profits tax, ranging from lel to 19 per amt. has 'been in effect only a year. it wilt require a study of the corporation returns filed nett March 15- before the treasury can learn its effect on business and revenues. Mr; Morgenthau informed President Roosevelt that he prefer. red to delay action on the tax revision- - bill until Congress com. plates pasmige of the major appropriation bills in order that tho treasury could better recommend how much additional revenue would be needed. ,,'P. Decision to defer for a year a request for further increase In' the 45 billion dollar public debt limit wee reached after fiscal ad. Vb101-predicted that it would be unnecessary at the coming see . sion in view of expected increased revenues. While a deficit ot 92.250,000.000 is in prospect for the coming fiscal yaw, they pointed out that a leeway of an equal amount would remain before the limit was reached.(Copyright 1938.) Christians Big Holiday I The Federal Home Ugh Rank Board reporled today that le the WASHINGTON. Lloweigi Miaow ' , A hospital,' attendiutt reported today the' condition of Novelist Zona Gale Brew" ill with rims-moawas 'very criticat" She was being treated in an rsygen room; the attendant said. BY CECIL B. DICKSON. Dec. 24.(DIS)--Inform- ed 1938- - Japan And China Ignore se Rupert' 'What a propeval to be made on the eve of the,' an. niversary et the birth of the, ilealdoes Cluisto, ow too par , Chicago, San Francisco NEW YORK, Dee. 24.,(AP)itobert Herrick. 70, who 'turned diplomat in his last years alter whining recognition as a, teacher and pioneer novelist of reslimm died resterday lit Charlotte Ams, he Virgin Wan. Herrick. who as government siecretary Wad second Ia comniand ott the Virgin Island. was the second outstanding; author ' and scholar appointed by they Roosevelt dministration to high dipio, matte position. zha first, Meredith Nicholson. was named min,-later to Paraguay. Born in Oambridge, Maas., April 20, 1868. Herrick, made his home at York. Viliage, Maine. He was a graduate of Harvard. After three years on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on joined the department of Englisn at the UM. In 1900 and remained until 1923. -vetsity of Chicago Sydney, Australia During-hi- s :nay there- Herrick became one of the fountain--A wind storm caused damage heads of the Chicago- group of realists who for a time dominated estimated at stormmoo today on , the American litetary. scene. the outskirut of Sydney. One per A forthright critic. be created a widespread controversy with BOO wee killed and IS injured, successive volumes in which he depicted contemporary business and 240 houses wrecked. ethics and American womanhood in anything but complimentary terms. Minority groups and the underprivileged won his strong. eat sympathy. JiLm'ong lila best known books are "Together". "The Vaster of the Inn", 'The Common Lot." "One Woman's Life", "Waste," i "Chimes" and "The End of Desire." LOANS REPORTED HoT - Secretary Peritnui said today aluatams for raw dential buildings - in November aggregating S74,331,638. were 67 higher Caen in Nevempar cent be 1937.- - Nonresidential- - cow stri;ction permits issued during an the month totaled 650,337-072- . increase of 47 per cent over the same month last ,yean, - DOM, -- that permit - BUDAPEST. 'Ile INNadar - WASRDIGTON, 'editorial In its Campaign the German pre turned its journalistic glms ou U. S. Senator- KIy Pitunan. former Ambassador William E. Dodd and liar. Secretary of the Interior ' Ickes- old The Lokalanseiger charged that these three Arnericiut. leaders are "Commimistie agents." Intellectual Jews Give Up, s - 110011L- 'Increasing Business Causes Two Decisions , merica , Berlin orrr:tr: roday-- - Major Ceneral Philippe Fe. (want. 5.1, technical inspector. general of the French sir force and former aviation thief of staff died today in his Paris home after a heart attack. : 24; SULU WitE, SETO' POINT MARION, Pa, Dee. 34. (AP) l'hirty4tve6yearekt Ralph Moody handed Wm mother4o4aw $10 tor a Christ . niaa gift, then shot and killed him divorced wife and himself yes. Late. :De,nds:-- On France ii' - t he engine room when the Pat' he said. ,'We went ashore through We terson struck, the rocks. "Them- - was no diaorder, the pounding loud Lfl our boat& got our provisions by rigging a line from ship 'Imagine me, a survivor of The Hurricane- getting- - into a shipwreck like that." he said. McDowell was one of the players in the movie 'The Hurricane," and was cast as an officer on the ship Ustopun., "That movie shipwreck Wall all planned., and besides. the water was warm where we filmed It around Catalina Wand. But shivered. that Alaska ' 'I used to think it was cold when I worked on a refriger star ship, but I'll go back to one of those anytime.' - Dec. 1933 it Anastas L Mikoyan, right, Soviet foreign trade corn,. and iiussar1 ,negotiated trade treaty be signed tween Russia and Poland , which, has. forged.anew. link of diplomatic friend,. i ship. Observers say the treaty is a formidable bart rier to Hitler's drive to the East, into the Ukraine. INelv 24 0 A - All Shipwreck Survivors Removed From Arctic Cape , DECEMEDI - Re:meter' Hirohito today order. ed the Japanese diet to convene Monday when he will open the 74Ut session in person. trey, internal revenue - Russia and Germany today ero tended for another year thet agreement for providing econom in credits. TOL-V- O - !, SATURDAY nussoTolish Pact Sirrned WARSAW, , - : From Abroad' - -- 'ax Hevision tab" Prepares crl A. SALT. LAKE.. CITY NEWS illIWOOL :'After P. 1010.0 " W4 Fk RI,CHARDS, anaget ..0. |