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Show X A rt Leaves Salt LakeAt Age Of Eighty Expert A Notes To Stop Waste Of Workers, Is Aim A . Brox Has Been Practicing Here Drama, Lika Charity, Should Start At Hama - A Freedom In Labor Given t-Wahing V to make set-o- bright boy ut his mark in the 'Y111 ambition, intelligence, char- acter and no doubt with good world-Equip- ped ; , By Dog H. Smith Life began at 80 today for Adolph Brox who returned to his home in Culver City, Calif., after Spending several weeks in Salt Lake practicing an almost lost art gilding. . Veteran bookbinder and finisher, Mr. Brox came to Salt Lake to put gilt edges on a rush order of books in the hinderv.of The Deseret News. Gilt edges are chieflv put on Bibles, fanev leather bindings and Church books. In the. process, the books are damped tightly together in a press. Then the edges are scraped and planed perfectly smooth. After that Is done, the edges are dyed a red color, to give a richer lustre to the gold finish. Then the surface is sized and supeMhin sheets of beaten gold are carefully laid on the books. The delicate task of burnishing them to a high polish without health, he left the city in which he was born and reared and went to a nearby smaller city. There he persuaded a druggist to giVv him a Job. Not a position? just a job. But he worked hard, studied the drug business, and it wasn't long before there was a change in his business status He bought the scratching or marring the sur Quite a change. face comes after the gold-lea- f store. has dried. . was only a start. He To do thi Mr. Brox uses a bought five more stores and had bloodstone burnishing took . about as He was born in Dilsberg, Gerflourishing a chain of drug stores in the little city and many, March 6, 1863. He learned vicinity as vou'd see in a month's the bookbinding trade in MannHis busi- heim, Germany, beginning when travel in any direction ness fame spread throughout the he was 14 years of age. He has-docountry. gilding for mor? Than 60 He equally as successful in years. Mr. Brox was converted to the Cupids arena, for he won the heart of a charmin' gul, they Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints itv Europe and served were married and established a home w hich became the center of there as a missionary in later . -g wide dfrclrof fine friends. Then y ears.came their family six children, - four daughters and two sons., Life was complete for this man. Men Tested Bt life has a way of testing ne s -- - Crash Victini Services Set . s e er left-han- d Alex Hedqulst One dark afternoon iir 1929 a madness came over Wall Street, the financial heart-o- f America. It :i the start of what became know n as the great depression Like ripples on a mijl pond w hich lcll ever farther frortKthe point ulieie a pebble hits, the waves of t saster from Wall Street rolled across ou,r land, until they beat upon the financial institutions in f druggist's city. One of these, a bank in which the druggist was a depositer, ctuld not stand the pressure, and closed The other depositors met with the druggist and, because they trusted and admired him, elected him chairman of a to see what could be done about salvaging some of the com-mitt-- wreckage. Now the diuggist didnt know anything about the banking business, and he certainlv could hav? been excused if hed hied himself to some dark corner, held his aching head in his hands and bemoaned the cruel and undesened fate which had befallen him But he wasn t that-kin- d of a man. BETTER . VISION FEWER ACCIDENTS Area Extended " The War Production Boaid has added Cedar City to the defense housing critical area list, Ralph district E. rnstoI,''Salt Lake manager, 'was advised today. This means, Mr. Bristol said, that the Cedar City area will be able to participate in housing programs approved by the . National Housing Administration and other, necessary in the war effort. He wasted no .time in bemoaning about anything. Like Magic f He hied himself to the city wheie he was taised and personally borrowed $30,000, which to your correspondent smacks of magic. He then believe it or not and sold$100,000 worth of stock, woiked on d refor seven organization plan months and the bank, on Aug. 15, 1932. Within one year that bank paid off 100 cents on the dollar to the depositors who wanted their money. Most of them didn't. They were satisfied, in fact so well satisfied that when the druggist told them he'd have to be getting back to his stores told them to choose somebody to rutr the bank they promptly elected him president. Now listen. he pleaded "Ive never even thought of being a banker. Ive got to get back to the it rug business You're a banker now, they told him Good luck. Good Banker Accident help the Axis. The mm What do you suppose happentotal of little accidents is millions oi ed to that druggist m the bankvital lost and production ing, business? Everybody knows flowed. what happens to most men who leaping into a business in Many accidenta are caused by faulty go w hich theyve had no training. yet by vision that blurs and bob- They wind up behind the eight bles ... by dulls that fatigue eyestrain ball, which is a slangy expression the mind and slows the hand. meaning Ah ey geLlheir. financial No soidier of production wants to brains knocked out. But not this be a casualty from the production druggist. Hes just as well known lint. He wants to be on it swinging now in the banking trad? as he was among druggists. In fact With all hes got for Hitler chm. Be this very year, 1943, hes presican lure you awing your weight with dent of his state bankers association power and precision can work Where did these thrilling events safely, quickly, accurately. Check up take place? Right here at home m your eyes. The is Alex Hedqulst. and president of the Farmers See Merchants Bank of Provo, presi-deof the Utah Bankers Association and a charming gentleman. Whv did I tell the story this way? Because most people are alOptometrist ways looking over the far horiz- Firemen under the direction of W. J Smith responded to the call of Mrs. Martha Snow Keate. - the bovs grandmother, while Mr and Mrs. Ehrenburg assisted then-son- . Battalion Chief v Work Held Up 1 Ry-ber- g Rites Conducted - - USAC; Don B J Pearce, -- . ism, Mr. show that home front war effort doing their Mayer said. They p Nelson, USAC; S. -- lS plant e Snelgrove, Snelgrove Ice Cream Company, Warren K Stone." Salt Lake Board, of Health, Eugene Tuttle, Utah State Department of Agrijlture; Vincent. Wendell, chief of the Denver division, Food and Drug Administration. SPECIALS Hats Dress Pants 1.98 3.45 Work Pants , ,1.98 Sweaters '1.691 .98 Work Shoes . 2.98 Work Shirts . . 98c Dress Shirts 1.69 -- To Give, Oath Here today to conduct final Interviews and give the oath to applicants who qualify for the Womens Reserve, U. S. Marine Corps, are Maj. C. R. Payne, Capt. Merle TyWetton and Sgt. John Bren-nerphotographer, air of the Officers Procurement Office, San Francisco. Captain Wetton will remain here until ail applicants from Utah and southern Idaho have been finally examined. The women who enter the womens branch of the Marine Corps at e to be actual marines, not auxiliaries it was explained. Those' accepted will be placed bn inactive duty at home to await oiders which will take them to schools for training. The privates yvili go to Hunter College, New York City, and the officers either to Smith College, Northampton, or Mt. Holyoke Col- Genuine Black and Whua LIZARD RAJAH 1295 Your County Government," a - m- arrangedby Commissioner Chairman Roscoe the luncheon will feature Boden, of the Salt Lake Real Estate Board Wednesday, at 12.15 p.m. in the Seagull Room of the Temple Square Hotel. Alan E. Brockbank will, be chairman of the day. ' CLOTHES SHOP 68 WEST BROADWAY 'A feetl We Have just the Spring style to fit in with your busy life . . like the smart sandal pictured, genuine Rajah Lizard to glori fy your feet during the Spring fashion parade . . . and on through the summer. Come in If Board Slates Luncheon progra- T- TO YOUR GOES lege, ML Holyoke, Mass. Army Garrison, and Overseas Caps. Army Pants and Short i Feb- ruary. Do Their Bit The figures compiled by the USES district offlce. from reports of the various mining companies, indicate that production soldiers hr thexoal fields arr doing their" bit, Mr. Maver said. These figures show an unusually low record of absentee- superintendent, Clover Leaf Dairy, Herbert Pen-toof Board Health, A H Ogden Powell, Morning Milk Companj, Lyman H. Rich, Extension Dairyman, USAC, Louis Schutt, Mon-loand Crisell Company, Salt Lake, Guy P. Stevens, Utah State Board of Agriculture; Laird R A reading' room, writing room, music and game facilities are provided for your leisure time enjoyment at the Home For L. D. S. Service Men 41 North State Street. You are Invited to use the facilities daily from 4.30 to 11 pm. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p m. to 11 pm. You and your male friends are urged to use these comfortable rooms in your leisure time. m: i their reports for Divi-sionat- v ' Sdt&kGk thes-figure- tn d LDS Servicemen l7East RSo ar Dairy Short Course Slated ; Attention - Absenteeism Is Low In Carbon se Officiating at the noon services in St. Marks Cathedral, were the Rt. Rev. Arthur W. Moulton, Episcopal bishop of Utah, and the Very ReV. Franklin L. Gibson, dean of the cathedral Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cem- etery, Stay On Job the workers on this are solidly behind the and are consistently bit. The 3 7 per cent absenteeism is remarkably low In view of stepped-uproduction, which al-national origin-o- fre wrays causes more frequent layone means to alleviate stringenc offs, but it can still be cut down. les In the Ogden critical labor Think how much more cotri could ea. ai have been brought out if those Mr. McCusker called attention 3,387 mandays lost were added of all employers to the president's actually worked. non discimination order, which absenteeism reported Highest provides there shall be no diswas at a mine working in low crimination- against a worker in seam coal, extremely difficult to defense industries because of his work. Here, for 79 workers with ocAei-iae- c, .creod,. eoleiv or naa total ef2,379 possible manhours.--45- 0 tional oi lgin manhours or 19 per cent were This prevision Is also incorlost during the month. This was porated in the labor stabilization the only mine reporting more now in etfect in the Utah plaig than five per cent absenteeism. stabilization area of 16 counties. Typical Comment In the nonferrous metal mines industry, typical comments were: Absenteeism is still a problem, but it has decreased since the last report The company has a system of annual leaves UTAH HIGH SCHOOLS WILL SEE THEM Lt A. J. Latta, which has been agreed upon by Elsie the Cow of this region the workers, and this will conshould be pioud today as a facul- - left, and Lt. (Jg) F. P. Nlbley, rights of the nav al aviation cadet tinue to create a -- problem; al-ty of 23 experts and officials hacre though it may be considered augathered in Salt Lake for the thorized leave. Dairy Short Course to be "The record. Is comparatively tomorrow, Wednesday and good. Thursday at the New house HoThere is little absenteeism extel Likewise federal officials confor illness cept cerned with Elsie's contribution There is still excessive absen. to the vital war foods are here the unmarried. teeism among to plead for more milk. There continues to be exThe school will have morning, cessive drinking. Illness remains aftei noon and evening sessions an outstanding cause to studv all branches of the in"Absenteeism is not a serious dustry, a Utah Dairv Science Club problem, because most of the Dinner and a final banquet on worker live at the mine. Some recent riavs have been losL beThursday at 7 30 pm Members of the teaching staff cause of storms occurring in the are1' vicinity which have prevented of some men walking, long distances George Q. Bateman, head the USAC Dairy to the mine. Experiment Mr. Mayer said company comFarm; George B Caine, head of Elthe Dairy Department, USAC; ments indicated that there is n mer N. Christiansen, Utah state serious absentee problem in the chemist W. T. Cannon Jr , Arden metal mines and smelters. of L. R As far as the men absenting Dairv; Cuitis, manager the Hi Land Dairv, F E Fenton, themselves from work in the marketing specialist. Agricultural hope that they w ill be able to obSan Marketing Administration, tain a certificate of separation, Francisco, Glen Garrett. Ogden, he said they will be handled in Weber Central Dairy; S E Gilroutine fashion. The unions and christ, Salt Lake Board of Health, mines are cooperating in dealing C. Marian Hams, Utah State with these offenders. Of course, Board of Agilculture if they have bonafide reasons for D O. Lamb, manager of the separation, they may obtain certi- Mid Western Dairy, D. E. Madsen, ficates the same as anyone else. head of the Veterinary DepartIf not it-- h up to the individment, USAC; A McDonald, ual whether he remains a Cooperation, Salt Lake, ?ln such event, other A. C. Merrill, Clover Leaf Dairv, government agencies may taka" A J. Morris, head of the Dairy renewed interest in their cases Depai tment, Manufacturing Final tribute was paid today to Ernest Gayford, 72, president of the Geneial Engineering Comhis pany who died Wednesday at home, 2019 East Thirteenth South-Stree- t. .Dr, Daynes- - MHM fire" Ho-iit- al - ons lor interesting people and stories wherr all that is necessary is to Just look around the old home town.- - Theres drama all about. LookJor It r and - youll find it If the story of Alex Hedqulst had parried a New York or Mexico City dateline you no doubt would have exclaimed In admiration and awe. Well, It w ould be, just as good story under a Provo dateline, and the whole story Isnt told. That cornea . tomorrow in this column. chemical set in an impiovised iaboiatoiv in the family garage when the accident occuried, immediately enveloping the garage in flame Tearing his flaming trousers off. Keate ran into the house shouting the garage is on The blaze did a total damage of approximately S2 000, burning the familv automobile to the extent of S250, while furniture, iugs, linens and other household goods, stored in the garage at the youngster struck a match to the time was damaged to the extent gas he had let drip into a can of $1 600. Damage to the garage which resulted in an explosion vc as estimated to $100, The bov was rushed to the Emoi-ernee"'1 ln,'T ?s to the L. D. S. Hospital. A paintul but lot real i oO,i in the potcntion dangers of chemBad weather conditions and istry was being pondeied todav bv Keate Ehrenburg, 13, son of emeigency delay in securing of Mr and Mrs Fredrick Ehrenburg critical materials has postponed of Avenue, after re- the beginning of construction of ceiving second degree burns yes- the pilot training school at the when he afternoon dropterday Lake Salt Municipal imAirport, Robchemical of that a bottle ped Benefict for ert BroufTarchitect mediately exploded. v Western Air Lines, Inc , anGarage Afire Young Keate was arranging his nounced this morning Mr. Brout is designer for the projected $75 000 air lines war naming Institute, construction of whlclKwas scheduled to begin this morning v Conti act for the work has been awarded to W, E. Company "of Salt Lake. . man-hou- rs Convenient Credit has "really swung into high gear, and said he hoped that moht of the work could be com pleted within the next ten days. One distuibing factor appealed in reports of collections so far. That was in the tendency of do- Then last-- y ear-- s gift withoiit giving an added amount this year. We re grateful for every dollar that romes in, Mi . DeVine said We hope, however, that persons willTind it possible to give moie this vear double if they can. For a? the aiinv and navy glow, the Red Cros expands to meet their needs Tins year the job is bigger than its ever been. It s double what it was a year ago. "If we do our job right, we must double our gift. Thit is what we ask-.- Fof the Red Cross must not fail. And we must not fail the Red Cross Acting -- , cr, Explosions Injure 2 Bdys One Salt Lake child wa repotted in critical condition m a Salt Lake hospital today after a gasoline explosion and a 13 year-olboy was "resting well at his home iftcr a chemistry set exploded m his fathers garage in damage of approximate !y $2,000. Dennis Shakespeare, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shakespeare of the Beehive Tourist Paik, 338 North Second West Stieet, received sev ere bui ns about the face and chet when he ignited some gas he had apparently obtained irom an ovei flowing gas tank. Strikes Match to Brvon Ranek, Accoiding manager of the tourist park, the Coal Men Absenteeism at 13 major coal mines in Carbon County area, representing well over 90 per cent of the total employment- - in the in dustry, was 3.7 per Cent during on March 10. 11, 12, and 13 from January, Theodore Maughan, as8 30 p m. to 5 30 p m sociate state director of the U, S, All young men who have not Employment Service, reported to yet reached 18 and who can meet day to Joseph S., Mayer, Utah the i equipments are urged to area-WManpower Commission prepare the necessary papers and enlist, as this will be the last director. enlistment opportunity for some The figure represented . 3,387 time. The deadline for enlistlost out of a total of 90,450' days Is ments March 13. worked at the 13 mines, mandays Full details regarding the college officer naming program may Mr. Maughan said. It represented he obtained from the avv Public computations on 3,013 workers. Exact absentee figures were not Relations Office, Room 508 Federal Building, prior to the arrival available for the nonferrous metal of Lieut. Crawford mining Industry for January although Mr. Maughan requested s district off lcesto include v e house-to-hous- men. sity or who have just completed arrangements for enrollment and attendance in college by March 15 will have their last opportunity to enroll in the Navy Officer training program when Lieut. L. T. Ci aw ford, U. S N . arrives in Salt Lake on Maich 10 Lieut, Craw ford s procurement party will interview officer candidates at 143 South Main Street, e Red Cross Garners $47,253 when--Fortn- Navy Will Rush 17-- Year-Ol- d Students Assurance that labor stabilization plans now in effect In portions of Utah and Wyoming, and soon tobe established In other sections of the mountain states, donot freeze workers in their present jobs, given todav by scheduled Utah John R. McCusker, regional director of the War Manpower Com- soon to graduate from high mission. schools, are going to be' rushed visit in Completing a three-dathe stabilized area In as never before by representaUtah, Mr, McCusker reiterated tives of the officers- procurement his assertions that the for the armed services. hiring divisions One group of Navy officers control feature of these stabilization jilans places restraint up? antLa second group on the wasteful migration and will be here March 10. Officers under-usof skills by allowing of the Marine Corps have been considerable freedom , of job on the job for a week. Lieut. A J. Latta and Lieut transfers, for valid reasons. The stabilization plan, he said, (J. G ) F. P. Nlbley of the Naval routes all hiring of persons in Aviation Cadet Selection Board critical occupations through . the are to visit the high schools United States Employment Serv- seeking youths for training in ice in order that the use of labor aviation. Youths 17 may volunmay be planned just as the use teer Jn the' Navy and the Navy of materials is planned, for the is trying to get from this group best interests of war production those especially Qualified to become aviatois and those who have Few Requests Mr. McCusker reported increas- the training and ability to qualify . ' ed activity in employmentgerv-ic- for commissions. offices in the Yoking men who havexjust giad Utah area and also in Cheyenne, Wyo- uateri from high school and" are ming, since the stabilization or- enrolled in an accredited univer-ders became effective March 1, but added there were compar atively few requests for rrrtlfl-cate- s . of separation. A considerable traffic and workers asking information as to their status under the plan was reported by the USES office managers, The stabilization plan requires that workers in essential occupations secure certificates of separation before leaving their present jobs. Alf employers in must. avoid hiring workers previously engaged in essential except up. A LOST ART ALMOST Adolph Brox, 80, Is shown with h on evidenceoccupations, of this reititicate, or bloodstone burnishing tool putting gold leaf on books in The on referral bv the USES. Mi Deseret News binderj. He celebrated his anniversary Saturday. McCusker said complete utilization of manpow ci without regard to jare, creed, color or Funeral services for Curtis GrantTTortner, 16, will be held Wednesday at 11 am. at 36 East Seventh South Street. Mr. Fqytner died Saturday in a local hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at 1440 South State Street. He suffered a fractured skull Hundieds of women uoihers and undetermined internal in- svv oiled the campaign army of the drlv-mg car was he Salt Lake .County Hed Ciosswsr juries when the overturned Twice aftef a col- fund today as lision with a car driven by A. H. for funds usheied m Peterson, 60, of 843 Logan Ave- the second week of the county s nue. drive to raise $204 000 for the T he aeeidenfr- - resulted-wgamaat-Km a Miss Dorothy j. L nch, chairattempted to negotiate turn into Cleveland Ave- man, and Mis Howard C. Mean, nue. The vision of both drivers headed then womwas obscuied by another car at- ens division lesidential into tempting to turn into Cleveland districts and the fnnge of the Avenue, officeis said business distnet, while the mens The youth was born in Salt division began its dooi to door Lake, April 23, 1926, and is a campaign in the shopping aica former student of the South High At 12 o clock noon the funds School. total had climbed to $47,233, acHe is survived by his parents, cording to a report of Paul J. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fortner of campaign chan man Manv 1599 Major Street, and two broth- workers in the advance gifts diels, John H. Jr. and Howard vision and other campaign depai were beginning to bring in Fortner; also his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weber of Har their completed repoits. Mr. e lowton, Mont. remarked that the campaign Burial will be in the Wasatch Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at 36 East Seventh South Street today and tomorrow - Salt Lake City, Utah, Monday, March 8, 1943 1 m . - - TV" T TT The House of Qualitf Me KENDRICKS 124 South Main l V |
