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Show The TOE WEATHER r UTAH Fair tun. sill and UVd-rtm- tonfu VUurne An Number 19o. 2G. Xh xMt-- GRAIN RANGE Herald-Journ- al Wheat Sept Open High .85 87 89 l'ec- May LOGAN, UTAH, T UESDA Y, A U G U S T 2 0, 1 !) . For Feolt. Who Hunk 5. 87 89 .91 Low Close .85 87' ,87 s .88 .89 .91 PRICE FIVE CENTS UTAH F. F. A. MEET IN LOGAN SUNDAY Breaks Silence MERRY GO-ROUN- A By 4 Dally Picture of WhatGoing On In National Affaire ID THREATS Fears Kidnap Plot - DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN FOR SERVICE W ASHINGTON Without any blare of trumpets, one of the most important jobs facing the country is being worked out behind the scenes by the Youth National Administration. It is the problem of Youth Aubrey Williams, head of the new organization, has worked out a tentative partial program, but he is still groping for a solution to its most important phases. What he has definitely decide! is that about half of the Youth allotment will go for education. Out of the J50.iKlO.ond "marked for the program, $28,(KKU ki will be as follows: spent 1 A dole of $6 a month to poor high school students. 2. H'ork Relief jobs, part time, to college students at J15 a month 3. Similar aid to college graduates who cant find Jobs and want to continue with post graduate courses. for all This leaves $22,0OO,iMK) other categories of youth, includwho have had ing youngsters little or no schooling and the thousands of boys who are hitchhiking over the country This ia the group which is worrying Williams. To decide on a definite program he has been with younggetting acquainted sters at transient caiiis. "What would you do, boys, if you were me? he asks. "How would you run the show? Unanimously they tell him they dont want to be sent home, and most of them say they dont want to go to school any more. This is about the only inspiration they have to offer. So Williams is still groping. FLY LESS HENRY Dan Wallace, uncle of the retary of Agriculture, says There amt no flies on Henry. He recalls that when, as a boy. he visited the home of his older brother, Henry C. Wallace, he was frequently detailed to look after the baby. The baby was Henry C.s son. Agriculture's Henry A. He was hard to manage sometimes, says Uncle Dan now, "but not when the dog was around Then he would lie still, watching the dog catch flies. "Hed get so interested in the trick that he tried to imitate the 6 dog. And by George, he got so he could catch flies himself! Recoverer of Posts and Rogers Bodies Rewarded Its a Tevils Island, all right. No radios, not a single newspaper. Absolute silence all week, except two hours on Saturday when youre allowed to talk. That's one description of Alcatraz Island, new Federal penitentiary In San Francisco Bay, given by Henry Amto break brose, first d the secrecy surrounding 'ife on the Island. Ambrose was dnor ted to England. iron-cla- Rogers And Post Part For Last Time Body of Post En Route To Oklahoma Home HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 20 l.R Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who that --SILENT PROBER Senator "Cotton Ed Smith has developed a technique all his own when it comes to conducting investigations. Early last March there occurred a sudden and precipitous break in The the market price of cotton. himSouth Carolinian, d self a cotton grower, let out a blast of anguish, accused unnamed the "speculators. of having caused crash, demanded a Senate probe.to The crash was due chiefly about a Government-guarantee- duncertainty overprice, plus an two) on page (Continued PUSSES flew the airways of the world together and died together in a crash near Point Barrow, Alaska, parted company for the last time today. Post's body was removed from the Forest Ijiwn Mortuary, where it had laid beside that of Rogers since arrival here late yesterday, and placed aboard a airline bound for Oklahoma City. Rogers body remained in the mortuary, preparatory to being placed in state under the trees of Forest Lawn Cemetery near the Kirk O' the Heather where funeral services will be held Thursday. At the control of the plane taking Post back home was William A. Winston, lanky Texas flier, who from Seatpiloted the hearse-plan- e tle to Los Angeles on the last leg of the return journey from the northern wastes where the pair fell to their deaths. Also in the party were J. L. Fleming, Joe Crosson, Alaska mercy flier, who piloted the bodies from Point Barrow to Seattle, Tom Ward, chief engineer of the company, T. W. Dowling, assistant superintendent of communications, and Clarence M. Young, western division manager of the airways. The funeral cortege was expected to reach Oklahoma City about 3:30 p. m. CST. X The field was deserted when the funeral plane took off. The crew drove up and entered the hangar silently. A few minutes later a black funeral coach appeared and passed through the hangar doors. Within a few minutes .'he body had been placed in the caoin. The motors droned eerily agai st the hangar walls as they war. d up. Then the big doors were ened. The funeral plane rolled t on the field, maneuvered to the end of the run way and sped Into the air in a long climb. It headed east. Before the departure Crosson said he would attend Posts funeral in Oklahoma City, after which he will return to Southern California to visit his family in San many Nephi Andrews, 84, for Second years living at 62 East mornSouth, passed away Tuesday to old ing of ailments incident age. Mr. Andrews was born on the Isle of Man, Ireland, August 28, 1850, a son of John and Isabelle Montgomery Andrews. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. folEuphema Smith Andrews, the lowing sons and daughters: Nephi S. and John M. Andrews, Mrs. Paul Spenst and Mrs. Effie Peterson, Logan: Mrs. Isabelle Swenson, Bannock, Idaho; Mrs. Lillie Jorgensen, Mrs. Maude Baird and Diego. Mrs. Vilate Baird, Ogden; Mrs. The home port of the funeral and Tremonton, Elaine Ballard, plane is Brownsville, Tex. It is Mrs. Leona Frickel, Los Angeles, .one of the regular run ships of the California; 53 grandchildren, and Brownsville-Mexico Ci t 26 Funeral arrangements will be Canal route. announced later by the Lindquist mortuary. FREE PLAY TO BE FATAL GIVEN WEDNESDAY IB CHILD Clara Jean Anderson, "Husbands On Trial is the title of Mr. and Mrs. Joof a romantic comedy to be pre- sephdaughter H. Anderson 509 East Fifth sented in the Third ward amuse- North, died at a local hospital ment ball Wednesday evening. The Monday morning of blood poisoncurtain will be drawn at 8:15 p. m ing. and the public is invited to attend was born in Logan child The the presentation free of fo'charge11, 1932, a daughter of JoApnl includes cast The H and Martha Weibel Anamateur actors. Mn Lutie seph the derson Besides her parents she is Bancroft, who appeared with has survived by one brother, Joseph Yale university players and at the Ernest Anderson. been a popular actress will Funeral services will be held apCommunity Little Theatre Harold Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Lopear m a leading role. in tt.u.n. gan Fifth ward chapel. Interment no- -, non who appeared will be In the Providence cemetery arid several other college produc-tionunder the direction of the LindDick and Shepherd Nyena Preston are members of the cast. quist mortuary. three-year-ol- d - well-kno- , Intimate Details of the Life of the Beloved Humorist and Actor Interestingly Told by Close Friend and Associate D re ( WILL ROGERS IL MICE DEAF s. WASHINGTON. Aug 20 Ul'i -The war department today promoted Technical Sergt. Stanley R Morgan, who recovered the bodiei of W ill Rogers and Wiley Post trom their wrecked airplane in Alaska, to the rank of master sergeant, highest grade in the U. S. Army. Morgans promotion came as a reward for his efficient work in recovering the bodies of the two men from the lonely spot near Point Barrow, Alaska, where the plane was wrecked. The sergeant, who is the one man staft of the army signal corps station at the wilderness outpost, led the rescue expedition. He was accompanied by a United Press correspondent. Morgan later stayed at his radio post for hours. The promotion was made on recommendation of Maj. Gen. J. B. Allison, chief signal corps officer ot the army Secretary of War George H. Dern announced the promotion "in recognition of his initiative, resourcefulness and fine judgment m organizing and directing the party of natives that recovered the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post who were recently killed in the tragic airplane crash near Point Barrow. "The Signal Corps sergeant in charge of the army s most isolated station not only recovered the bodies and took them to the lonely Eskimo village at Point Barrow but also transmitted by radio a clear and detailed account of the events leading up to and following the Arctic tragedy. Morgan has a brilliant military record extending back 15 years. He was chosen to go to Point Barrow seven years ago because his service had demonstrated his good ability and judgment. His military duties at the northern station require him to handle radio communication and conduct meterological observations for the He serves U. S. Weather Bureau. as U. S. commissioner at the post. About six months ago Morgan rendered courageous service during a disastrous influenza epidemic that brought death to scores of Both Morgan and his natives. wife were stricken, but the sergeant, despite a raging fever, remained at his post and transmitted radio appeals for assistance. At his request doctors and nurses came from Nome by dog team, bringing medical supplies to the stricken village. Morgan, a native of Payson, Utah, has earned a years leave of absence after seven years in the frozen north. Ha is expected to return to Seattle next month. He has urgently requested that he be returned to Point Barrow at the expiration of his leave. USAC GRAD GOES TO MICHIGAN Robert Westfall of Elko, Nev., 1935 graduate of thq Utah State Agricultural college, has just been appointed to an assistantship at the Michigan State Agricultural college, East Lansing, Michigan, it was announced here Monday by Dr. Reuben L. Hill, head of the chemistry department. 15Heto will his leave about September new duties. Mr Westfall plans to study chemistry, the subject of his major at the Utah institution and the subject he worked at for two years at the Edison laboratories at East Orang, New Jersey, prior to registering at the college here. During the two years he attended the local college he received an average grade of 92 5, to William H. Bell, according registrar He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic EDITORS NOTE: The following is the second of a series of six stories on tlie life of ill Rogers, written by Robert Bnrkhurdt. Burkhiurdt, e a newspaperman, scenario writer and a novelist, was associated with Rogers for six years. one-tim- B ROBERT BUUKHAltDT Written for United Press) Copyright, 1935, by United Press) school, he was an expert rider and already had started to fool around with the lariat which was later to twirl him to the dizzy fame and heights of worldwide fortune. At the age of 14, competing horsemen many against skilled his years senior, he made his first public appearame and won a riding contest. deliberate disDespite Rogers regard for grammar in his speech and writings, he was a highly educated man who knew much more than "what I read in the papers. His early education was obtained at Neosho, Mo Later he attended the Kemper Militaiy and Academy at Boonei die. Mo no medals while he won for scholarships, he outshone ad his school mates as a horseman. Resented t;ag Someone once, for a gag, started the sto-- y that Rogers, far from y cowboy," had being a graduated from Oxford university summa cum this laude, and caused no end of embarrassment to Will. Its a base canard, he used to say. "Nothin to it. I always thought Oxford was the name of a shoe till I visited England several years back, and was dragged out to look at the college." Rogers was proud of the fact ( Continued on Huge 3) OF Increases Italy Force Air Receive Special Per Cent 1935, , "Htll-Bill- , Cache Valley Boy Scouts Take In Sights In Chicago Earlv PROJECT Self-Hel- 7. Self-Hel- Self-Hel- Junior High School Prepares For Opening Of School Year Innovations To Be Tried Out During Coming Year By Faculty and Students of Local School Plans for the opening of the Junior high school on Tuesday, September 3, are progressing rapidly and satisfactorily, according to school officials. The office at the school will be open daily, except and Sunday, from 9 Saturday o'clock a. m. to 5 oclock p. m. this week and next. Patrons and friends with school problems are invited to come in and talk over their plans. Letters have been mailed to teachers containing the following information as to the program for the opening: Thursday, August 29th, from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. ninth grade students will register. Teachers may after get their school supplies this time if they wish. Friday, August 30, at 10 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. faculty and committee meetings will be held. Saturday, August 31, teachers of the Junior high school will join with other teachers of the city in a general institute as outlined by Superintendent E. Allen Bateman. Regular classwork will begin, Tuesday morning, September 3, at 9 oclock. Seventh and eighth grade students will register on this day. At 9 oclock seventh grade pupils will meet in the auditorium with ail their advisers under the direction of W. W. Welch. Students will (Continued On Page 3) Self-Hel- ROSE FUNERAL SERVICE IS SET Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Dunford Rose, wife of Raymond Rose, postal clerk at the held Logan postoffice, will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 oclock ward in the Logan Eeleventli chapel. The work at the local postoffice will be suspended from 1:30 to 3:30, according to Postmaster Eu gene Yeates, to allow postal clerks to attend the services. Only the general delivery windows will be open during that time. Friends may call at the family home, 153 South Second East, Tuesday evening and Wednesday until time of services. Burial will be in the Logan cemetery under the direction of the Lindquist mortuary. Utility Magnate Made Millions, Stockholders Nothing at WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (I'.Ri Howard C. Hopson told the senate lobby committee today that profits from his private service companies in five years "didn't go to anybody else except the Hopson family. For several years during that time, the record showed, Hopsons Associated Gas and Electric company paid no dividends. Chairman Hugo L. Black, prior to disclosures regarding the private companies, had read to the gl.im. silent utility man a statement '.a which the committee "unanimously agreed to ppes charges of contempt of the senate against him unless he ceased alleged evasion of questions and Then Sen. Lewis Schwallenbach. D.. Wash., fumbling and digging through a pile of records, led Hop-so- n through the maze of data showing how he and J. I. Mange borrowed $10,000 to establish the Associated Securities corporation, ran that into a $900,000 corporation and repaid the original loan. The Hopson sprawled back in his chair with his eyes shut as if asleep. Schwellenbach quoted from the record to show that private service companies of Hopson had net incomes of $3,187,064.01 from 1929 to speech-makin- g. 1933. "And all of that went Hopson bach. family? asked Schwellen- It didn't go to anybody else, snapped Hopson, smiling. Schwellenbach read figures to show that for several years during this time, there were no dividends paid by the Associated Gas and Electric Co. Schwellenbach questioned Hop-so- n concerning the mushroom expansion of the Associated Gas and Electric Co. The company's Issue of Class A stock expanded from about 400,000 shares to 4,737,249 by the end of 1929. Hopson pointed out that the to the physical properties of its subsi- - To ' Instruction ROME, Aug. 20 d'Pi (Copyright, Benito by United Press) deaf to the threats of Mussolini, the powers, inereased his air force personnel by 67 per cent today in for his war on preparation Ethiopia walk. By a decree published in the With the exception of when he official gazette, Mussolini added was aboard ship on his frequent 500 1,809 officers, travels, and in later years when officers and 10,9s8 men to the airplane threatened to supthe force. He empowered the air plant a horse as his favorite ministry, also, to maintain with means of transportation, scarcely the colors, 1,500 officers and 1,500 a day passed in his long and officers of the vigorous life but that he found air force reserve. opportunity to spend some time in Before the decree the air force the saddle. personnel totaled 24,195 officers Born in Saddle and men. Mussolini's terse order Born on his father's big cattle increased it by 16.288 to a total of ranch in Indian Territory on or by 67.28 per cent. 40,483 November 4, 1879, he always gave It was an answer, plain if inOalagh, the nearest village to his direct, to the reports from world father's rolling acres, as his birthcapitals of pressure to be brought place. on Italy to maintain peace, anj Before he was old enough for the talk of penalties by the League of Nations and individual countries. Mussolini is prepared for war with all its implications. Threats of blockades, of embargoes do not impede him. He is challenging world public opinion, the League, and diplomacy, confident of his cause and his ability to pursue it to his goal. Visit Historic Winter Quarters At Omaha Where Only now is European diplomMormon History acy awakening, belatedly, to the They Hear vastness of Mussolini's undertakiIt is, in brief, the first direct ng. church and the circumstances defiance By E. W. R. the to the power of connected with it. CHICAGO, Aug. 18 Today the British Empire, according to opinsome in time After and Cache Valley Council the spending ion here. Council Boy the park we left for the Mormon Ogden Gateway Scouts on the educational and Pioneer cemetery where many good-wi- ll silver jubilee tour visited members of the pioneer families the outstanding things of interest are buried. From this point we SELF HELP CONDUCTS tried to see Council Bluffs but it in this big city. The first real stop on the tour was raining hard and a stiff wind was Saturday afternoon at 5:30 was blowing. We slipped on our CANNING oclock when we arrived in Oma- ponchos and ran for the park ha. Three large street cars were again. , We sang the Region 12 waiting for us when the train song and then boarded the train pulled into the depot. It didn't where supper was served while towards The take us long to board the cars. the train was steaming p Cooperative canBut we were all twisted around on Chicago. the Logan Junior at center ning We pulled into the Chicago All the Utah directions. Boy its high school has just concluded reScouts were going east while the station at 8:10 o'clock Sunday tenth of operation, it was day eaten We had was already street car conductor going morning. today. Twenty five women our breakfast on the train and ported north to Florence Park. have been working at the center This park is where Brigham were ail ready to go and see the each day with two shifts. Latest Young and the Mormon Pioneers sights of this large city. We left and complete equipment has been wintered on their march to Utah the station on busses and rode purchased for the organization with in 1846-4They called it Winter around the city on a sight seeing funds received from the state govQuarters. We saw the tree Brig- trip. From 11 o'clock until 11:40 ernment. all o'clock we swam in Lake Michham Young planted there Vegetables and fruits canned those many years ago. Now it Is igan. p have been obtained from From there we rode to the a huge beautiful landmark. farms just northeast At the park John D. Giles, field Field Museum of Natural History Cooperative of Logan and in the Logan Eighth secretary of the Aaronic priest- whera we spent quite a time. We ward. The large farm, considered hood quorums of the L. D. S. had our dinner there also. After one of the best in the state, was we church, who is traveling with us, going through the museum formerly used as a USAC" experitold the boys all about the his- went to the Planetarium building ment farm. The groups have canabout lecture a we heard tory connected with Winter Quar- where ned beans, beets, apple sauce, apters. He pointed out the land- the planets. From there we went ple butter and fruit pectin. saw we where to the and Mormon cemetery aquarium marks, the For their work at the canning told us about the time Brigham all kinds of sea life and fishes of c mter the 'vomen receive credit at kinds. different of the was made many p president Young central office. In ex.he change for this they can receive p unit produce of ocher projects in Cache county or elsewhere in the state. HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Aug. 20 -- Util 'in Rogers always said he was born just like all other Oklahoma kids, "Bowlegged so Fd fit a horse," and it is a fact that he owned a pony before he could Future Farmers By 07 the same diares were expanding time. "Isnt it true, Mr. Hopson, interrupted Black, that you and Mr. Mange made a profit of in 1929, of which $12,561,000 was derived from sale of Class A stock to the General Gas and Electric Co.? "No, that isnt true, Hopson said. We wound up with no profit whatsoever." Plaintively, Hopson observed that it was difficult to answer only yes' or 'no' when you gentlemen ask about these complicated We only want the facts, Black Future Farmers of America from 44 chapters in Utuh, together with their instructors, will arrive at the campus of the Utah State Agricultural college Sunday to hold a three-daconvention, it was announced Tuesday by Professor L. R. Humpherys, state supervisor of agricultural education. Sixty tents are being erected on the campus to accommodate the 450 delegates who are exto pected attend, Professor Humpherys said. The purpose of the convention of the Future Farmers is to furnish the outstanding farm youth of this state an opportunity to consider a program of rural to recognize worthleadership; while accomplishments in agriculture among the boys, and to alFearful of being kidiiaped, Nata- low them to demonstrate their lie Hays Hammond and (above), ability in selecting, culling livestock under ' expert daughter of John Hays Hammond, judging millionaire mining engineer, ask- observation, Professor HumphShe re- erys pointed out. ed for police protection. This convenported that atrangera had been tion will bring together the most making inquiries about her dally representative group of farm boys routine at her father's estate In ever to be assembled in the state. Tbe cream of Utah rural youth Gloucester, Mass. leadership has been selected to attend." The program for the convention will begin Sunday evening at 7:30 in the college auditorium, when Dr. Adam S. Bennion of Salt Lake City, will address the delegates. Music will be by the Imperial Glee club. The' public ' U Invited to attend this meeting. Monday will be devoted to judging work under the direction of Professor S. S. Wheeler of the University of Wyoming and Dean E. J. MayWill Give Officer Former nard of the local institution. Livestock, crops, and poultry will be Medal Each judged by the boys. A horseshoe Year pitching contest will furnish variation to the program. In the evening Mont Kenney of Holden, Presentation of a medal bearing regional winner of the F.F.A. the Latin phrase Detur Digmori public speaking contest, will ad(To The Fittest) will be made each dress the convention in the colyear to the enlisted member of lege auditorium. C" Battery, 145th Field Artillery, Tuesday at noon the alumni orLogan national guard unit, who ganization of the college will give conducts himself most eligibly in the agricultural teachers a luncheon and in competition for the award. the evening an The medal, designed by its don- awards banquet will be held when of20 boys will receive or, a Logan man and former their State ficer of the guard who desires to Farmer degrees and keys. Other of remain in the background, is awards will be made at this time solid gold, carrying en- and reports gi en of the progress to valuable the metal of of Future Farmers activities. ough make two gold pieces. Among the guests of honor at Near the center of the medal is a the convention will be Eldrow Reeve of Hurricane, president of ruby, visible from both sides. The back and rim of the medal the Utah F.F.A.; Paul Soulier of are gloss finished, while the front Provo, secretary; Charles H. Davthe ies of Provo, executive secretary; is a satin finish, bearing phrase "Detur Digniori and the Pheion Malouf, Richfield, organization reporter, and one time unit insignia. In addition to the medal, which winner of the national F. F. A. will be awarded annually, the don- speaking contest, and state farm Humor will supply a placque. to be bureau officials. Professor ' placed in the armory building, on pherys said. There are now 2153 active which will be inscribed the names members in the Utah organization of the winner each year. which 34 chapters with Hoping to stimulate competitive nationalincludes charters and 10 chapters interest that will raise the stanwho are applying for acceptance dard of character and fitness of the unit to the highest possible by the national council. level, the donor of the award has attained a medal of the highest quality throughout. FOUND The medal is on display in the LAST window of the producer, S. E Needham, jeweler. y Fittest In Man Battery C To Get Award PUNE BURNED; THREE DEAD FINAL FORM OF TAX A BILL IS CONSIDERED WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (U.Pl Congress raced forward today when the final form of the tax on wealth bill the key log in the adjournment jam was agreed upon by senate and house conferees. The agreement was announced by Sen. Pat Harrison, Dr., Miss, after a two hour conference this morning. The compromise bill: $250,-000,0- 1. A graduated corporation tax GLENDO, Wyo., Aug. 20 (U.Pl searching party of ranchers reacheu the wrecked Indianapulia airplane, high on the northeast slope of Laramie peak today, and reported the plane was a complete wreck and its three occupants were dead. Captain George G. Smith, head of the Wyoming motor patrol, reported that the ranchers, searching the wild country on foot, had come upon the wreckage at 8:30 a. m. The plane was burned, Smith reported, and it was believed the bodies were badly charred. The place where the plane crashed is inaccessible even by horseback, and the bodies will have to be " carried out on foot. Smith said it was unlikely that the bodies would be brought into Glendo before tomorrow. The dead were; Burnside Smith, . 47, prominent Indianapolis business man and owner of the plane. Dick Arnett, 28, manager of the beginning at 12 is per cent on net income up to $2,000 and graduating to 15 per cent on incomes in excess of $40,000. 2. An excess profits tax of 6 per cent on profits between ten and 15 per cent with a flat 12 per cent on profits in excess of 15 per cent 3. Increased estate and gift taxes as provided In the original bill. Indianapolis municipal airport and 4. Capital stock tax increasing pilot of the plane, and the latter's the present tax to $1.40 per $1,000. wife, Eleanor Arnett, 23, a bride of three weeks. KAEFIS THREATENS HOOVES tae plane was sighted from the WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (U.EI air by Captain Smith who was la Alvin Karpis, long sought public an airplane pilpted-lay- . Bob Burg-son- ,, enemy No. 1, has sent a communiUwittd Airways p'V cation to Director J. Edgar Hoover who assisting in kite sea? of the federal bureau of investiga- Smith reported iha phute tion, threatening the life of the la a deep ravine and wou j chief G man," the justice a long and hard task, to ret ment revealed today. the bodies. |