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Show 'jo. W gfflif s&m funiirfniifilit The The Weather c; th. UTAH Partly cloudy tonight unsettled in northwest portion Warmer north and extreme west portions tonight and Tuesday; i Volume 29. n mftntk Number 85. An Independent New Hptiper LOGAN, UTAH, nfVT- iitr M () N DA V, A r I; 1 11, , Wheat: (M)ITOIUAI.) Open July Sept. ; For s. High Low Close .85; .85 81 81 .82 .82 . .83 .80 .80 .81 .81 .84 Price Five Cents. People Who Think! American Enterprise American Business, the force that built s tuition into tlio pru.ilit in the woiM, ih being stifled. Its previous sickness has resulted in letession, uneinplo.v men!, hm, hunger, destitution. The results of it are appaient on till sides. It's ,t lutter pntnie, hut it cannot be ignored. The fault lies in Washing- ton. It lies in the hands President Roosevelt and congress. Unless these men act -and act quickly to unshackle enterprise, it will be too late. Only chaos and catastrophe can result. is (I.viuk. Earmark Huge FIVE YEAR Sum For Quick Scout Leader PLEBISCITE Visits Logan FOB HITLER SENTENCE Austria Votes 99.75 Per Cent For Der Herald-Journ- al ly has commended President Roosevelt and his congress for acts it believed and in were forward-lookin- g line with modern trends of reform. It believes that today lie is making a sincere effort to fill a most difficult role to the best of his ability. But no man is infallible. And this paper believes also that a president, surrounded by theorists, faddists, and the exponents of a dozen isms is very likely to be swept off his feet and occasionally to lose his perspective. The president and congress should remember that: During the bank panic period of 1933, 15 million persons w'ere out of work. Today 11 millions are jobless and the number is increasing. During the panic period of 1933 a business index figure showed 51.4. By March of 3937 it had climbed to 79.4. For March, 1938, it had dropped to 57.2. . Price levels of railway and President Roosevelt utility stocks, reflecting con- ditions in those industries, are "today far below the March, 1933, lows. There have been occasional spurts in business, of course, but these spurts ended as quickly as the artificial stimulation provided by government agencies was withdrawn. No lasting benefit can come from spending of borrowed money as in the recently an nounced WPA-RFprogram. American Enterprise has not been able to function properly and effectively since the depression began. Its time business was given a chance to pull this country out of the hole. C The solution is not difficult or intricate. It is simple ami logical The president and congress can put it into effect at once. This newspaier offers a four-poiprogram that will wipe out the CAUSE of the recession and not merely alleviate the misery that is its EFFECT. Here it is: 1: Legislation to put equal responsibility on labor and business in industrial ri U Occlixner I'rexx Stff Correspondent BERLIN, April 11 (I ill Adolf Hitler received a go ahead" sir-nfor his policies from nearly 49,0oti,(MH) qualified voters of greater Germany in what proved to he the greatest plebiscite triumph of his five years in office. Provisional final figures in Sun082 days plebiscite showed that 99Gerper cent of voters in greater many voted yes" on the question of Austrian union with Germany In Austria itself, the vote was 99 75 per cent. This is the proudest hour of my life," Hitler said when informed of the vote a vote which surpassed the expectations of Nazis themselves in size and percentage of approval for union. As the result, it was forecast that Hitler would proceed at once the to expand and modernize Iredi It lulled Austrian army and strengthen Austrias frontier defenses. It was forecast in Vienna that coinci-dcntl- y Nazis would intensify the h part of the German Nazi program which now applies to Austria. anti-Jewis- To Be KcniaiineU was rumored that Austria soon would cease to be an entity and would be or eastern March of Boundary of the New Germany. The emotion with which Hitler received the results of his union plebiscite had reason. Nazis had hoped that 48,000,000 people would cast votes. The total proved to, be more than 49,000,000. They hoped that the percentage of "yes" votes in the 1936 plebiscite 955 8 would be exceeded. The percentage proved to be more than 99 per cent. Official provisional final votes It Ost-mar- k, (Continued On Iage C) SALT LAKE YOUTHS SAFE AFTER TRIAL nt SALT LAKE CITY, April 10 UT) 1 wo youths who were feared lost in a storm on Great Salt Lake paddled home in their tiny canvas boat yesterday while rescue craft scouied the lake for trace of them. The youths, Lc Grande Chamberlain. 20. and William Lence, 21. both of Salt Lake City, said they beached their craft on an island during the storm Saturday nighl and were delayed m returning Sunday when they tore a hole in the canvas hull. Repairs took some lime, they said. When the pair failed to leturn, alarmed relatives notified th sheriffs office and rescue boats were dispatched to search for them. ( )KK, U Il BY JOHN R. BEAL April II United Press Staff Correspondent foimer presiWhitney, WASHINGTON, April 11 (UP) President Roosevelt the New York Stock was seiitenud today to and his congressional and spending aides today agreed a linm to 10 vials m pi Ison upon a $1,250,000,000 relief appropriation as the first move lur si i. ding set ui dies belonging in a $ 1,000,000,000 attack by business recession and unemM-.- Kit haul de id of Ex-ilim- and telalivci to - former as- ployment. Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, who led conLai her, Slate Alim my Generul gressional leaders to a White House conference, said that Benin It had made it the president agreed lo earmark $1,250,000,000 for the lohli known that he would issue a pet- Works Progress Administration to meet needs for the first u ju ix am al a e a t forbidding seen months of the 1939 fiscal year. Whitney lo engage ill the suceri-- l .Mr. Roosevelt also sought to bolster the economic strucs biisines. if again ture of the railroads by asking in a special message that Concurrent Terms He Geaeial Sessions Judge Owen congress enact immediately emergency legislation. Bohan gave Wlntmy the same submitted as a possible basis for emergency program the .sentence on each of two indictrecommendations of a special committee of the interstate orIn- set iatt s E I VREDENBURGH Awl.int Ndtion.il Director of .1 di and bafcly, Boy Scouts of Amu u 1. , i SEVERAL SCOUT MEETS SCHEDULED I I ment. for grand lancny but dered the terms scived concurNew impetus to the health and rently after hearing the eloquent safety program of the Boy Scouts plea of Charles H. Tuttle, Whitin the Ca he Valley Council is neys lawyer. "I will remind your honor." Tutgiven through the visit here and Tuesday of E I Vreden-tburgtle said, "that theie is joy in assistant national director heaven for the repentance of our Of the health and safety program transgressor. of the national headquarters. Tuttle was referring to the fact The first of three meetings to that Whitney had pleaded guilty be conducted by Mr. Vredenburgh and had cooperated with five govwill he held at the Junior high ernmental agencies which invesschool auditorium tonight at 8 tigated the affairs of Richard o'clock To this meeting are in- W hitney and company. vited scoutmasters, troop commitFriends Absent tee men, Senior patrol leaders Whitney came alone and friendand senior scouts Two meetings will be held Tues- less to the most dramatic moment day in the Chamber of Commerce of his life since the day he'strode apoms. The first r.ne at 7 p. m across the New York Stock Exchange floor and bid 205 for U. S. will be for community representattempt atives and members of the ex- Steel in a ecutive board of the Cache Valley to stem the 1929 depression by Council, and one at 8 p. m. for halting the plunge of securities the members of the health and price-- . He was alone and friendsafety committees throughout the less because he chose to be that district. way. Tuttle revealed that George Mr. Vredenburgh has Whitney, a brother of Richard Today been m contact with students at and a partner in J. P. Morgan and the USAC who are majoring in company, had begged to be alloweducation Advanced ed to stand beside him for the physical scouts met him late tins after- setil dicing. noon to prepare for a health With Family and safety clemonstr.il inn to he But Richard Wlulney," Tuttle meetone of at the public given said. Told his brother that he ings. Mr. Vrcdenbuigh hao been In- wanted to be alone at this moment. is. why Mr George Whitney terested in scouting since ho was That a boy, hut has been engaged in at this moment is with Ins brothactual Boy Scout leadership wpi k ers wife and children in their since 1929. Hi.s headquarters are hour ofgrief. The former bond bioker gripped in Los Angeles the rail til front of the judges bench with both hands as he listened to his attorney. When sentence was pronounced Whitney swallowed, but there was no change in the expression of his face. A court attendant tappFuneral services will be held in ed him on the arm. The broker the Fourth ward chnp! Wedius-da- linked up the blue overcoat which at 1 p m. for Alma 11 Hale, he had put across the rail and who died Sutmd ly morning with his other hand reached for Interna til will lie in the .Smiili-fiel- a light grey felt hat The attendant took Inin down on one side cenuleiy Friends may tall at Hie Lind- of the court room, thiough a door, quist chapel Tuesday afternoon and across the Bridge of Sighs and at hte family home 3 r North that (iinneets general sessions from JO t cm rt building with the Tombs First Kist, Wedne-daa. m. until lime foi the seiuus pi s( ill to-,d- single-hande- d Alma II. Hale Kites Set For Wednesday y d v Farm Groups Enter Earnest Fight For Weed Eradication 4 Drew Pedrsoit intensive noxious program, sponsored by numerous ngrniiltui.il agent ics including the toiiiily wild committee, the state department of agriculture, and the WPA, is being launched throughout Cache county in an effort to iffeit progress in the weeds tins year, it Crucial congressional rai e opens controlling was announced today by E E. with Illinois primary April 12, chan man of the i minoutcome will settle new deal s Hendricks, weed committee ty fate; determine 1910 nominaC'ooMTatioii Needed tions; machines clash in Illmoi,, Farmers of the county aic i died Pennsylvania GOP strong in Kansas; stiff senate fight foi upon to cooperate with the projand ect in a supreme iffort to foreBarkley, Nye, Pepper, stall the spread and attempt elimothers. weed pest, that, if WASHINGTON Theyre off ination of the will continue as an Next Tuesday, the 12th, begins the not thwarted, great congressional derby of 1938, increasing detriment to Cut he Valwhose outcome will not only de- ley farms. With the necessary cotermine the fate of the new deal operation from farmers this car, that during the next two years, but it is expected that the drive play a controlling role in the 1940 is being inaugurated will see greater progress in stamping out weeds presidentiol elections. than ever befotc The crucial elections open in Illinois, where the principal The agencies sponsoiing the noxious weed drive have formulated fight is for the Democratic senatorial romination, volunseveral suggestions foi iunneix in tarily being relinquished by weed control. llham H. beefy incumbent They wish, at this time, to call Dietrich. The contest is beattention of farmers who have tween Michael Canada thistle, white top. mornL. Igloe, U. S district attorney, ing glory, sow thistle, and knapmahacked by the Kelly-Nas- h weed, that if these weeds are chine of Chicago; and Repregrowing in hay or grain or any sentative Scott W. Lucas, crop that is likely to be harvested r who was put into after the seeds are mature, that the field by Governor Henry agencies will insist that the Horner Both men claim to eountj crop be rut befoie seeds leach House be White adherents, maturity In .ne event that this is but neither is a new dealer. not done, the cop will be quaran(Continued on Tags 2.) tined on the ground. and Roberts Allen tsl , y A 40. cj . . 2b A Family In Relief Headquarters guarantee against 2: Enactment of an adequate tax program with a five-yethange, so business can confidently plan for the future. 3: A definite statement of policy on government competition with priately owned ar utilities. 4: Stabilize the value of the Adoption of such a program Without such confidence we will Tomorrow The Herald-Journal Install President At Montana State BOZEMAN, Mont., April 11 a il Dr. A. L. Strand, first alumnus to be chosen president of Montana Slate College, will be Inaugurated as fifth president today at impressive ceremonies attended by state dignitaries. Dr. Strand from graduated Montana Itate college in 1917. Gov. Roy E. Ayers will deliver the Induce. on address. dollar. restore confidence in gmernnient by business. drift on toward chaos or worse. will discuss the points in this program in detail. will Supreme Court Studies Football WASHINGTON, April 11 (UR. -- The supreme court today agreed to study the question of whether intercollegiate football, as engaged in by state an essential universities, is function or a governmental "gigantic rommerrial aetivitj." TOWNSEND SERVE MUST SENTENCE WASHINGTON, Apnl 11 H The supreme court today refused a to review validity of the jail sentence Imposed on Dr. Frane cis E. Townsend, pension advoiate, for conviction on charges of (outempt of a hou.e invest! gating committee. The courts action means Townsend must serve the sentence, barring executive in tervention 30-d- old-ag- down-state- WorkRelief Richard Whitney Ap- Beginning July 1, $1,250,000,000 Will Be Available For Works Progress pears Alone Before Administration Projects Magistrate Fuehrer The 19, Grain Range May l !I fcw1fraihw.11.Ukg4. ROOSEVELT TAKES STEPS TO STIMULATE RECOVERY Heres Way to Save It 1 r itm Herald-Journ- al BUSINESS DYING! h ffe-- An He also commibsion. study of coordination oC agencies dealing with railroads. Chairman Burton W. Wheeler, D., Mont., of the senate Interstate Commerce committee said that ha is considering calling a meeting of railroad labor and management to work out legislation to aid the commerce HUggested CITIZENSHIP IS GRANTED TO TEN Citizenship to the United States was granted to ten persons by Dtsrict Judge Lewis Jones in the First district court here Saturday, while hearing on two other applications was continued until the November term of court. Those awarded, with countries of nativity. Include: Evelyn and John Henry Taylor, George and Clara Helen Brown and Olive Viola Gibbons Glen, England: CUrl Odvar Switzerland; Wuthrlch, Arthur and Ralph Troseth, Norway; Frances John and Clara Sweden. ApMatilda Anderson, plications of Vasilios Kanstaninos Zaharopoulos of Grece and James a native of George Wolloston, England, were continued. MURDER SUSPECT CAR IS SIGHTED nation's railroads. Would Last Until Feb. 1 Wheeler said it would be very difficult to get any legislation adopted by this congress in view of plans to adjourn about May 10. The fund, Barkley said, would meet relief needs until Feb. 1, no estimate of 1939. He made how much would have to be asked to meet needs subsequently to that time, although it has been reported Mr. Roosevelt expects to request an additionsl $800,000,000 -- appropriation next January. The relief request Approximately $250,000,000, above the $1,000- to which Mr. Roosevelt 000.- 000 earlier this year had hoped to hold his recommendation will be the first move in a wide scale new deal assault on recession and un' employment. Barkley said that an additional $50,000,000 will be provided in the coming fiscal year to permit maintenance of 300 Civilian Conservation Camps previously scheduled to be closed. LAREDO, Tex., April 11 (I.li The car sought since Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy were found slain near Van Horn, was in Laredo today and a woman in it was wearing what appeared to be Miss FYome's coat, Chief of Police C. Mendiola said. A man about 35 was driving the car, Mendiola said. His woman companion appeared to be about 25. State Ranger Pete Crawford said the woman, wearing a ring believed to have been taken from Miss Frome when she and her mother were tortured and then killed, tried to sell several dresses in Crystal City last week. The car driver had not shaved for several days. There have been numerous reports that the car, spotted following the Frome's Packard near Van Horn, had been seen in this vicinity. The International Bridge leading over the Rio Grande was watched and all highways were blocked. It was established that the car had not been driven into Mexico since it was spotted at 8 a. m. i While white top is growing m alfalfa itfis suggested that farm-- i rs ultivatc the ground now to ACCIDENT TAKES cut out the weeds so as to delay their maturity and so the seeds will be immature at time hay is LIFE OF UTAH BOY harvested It is also suggested by H the weed supervisor. John 8 limit, that if farmers must SALT LAKE CITY. April 11 plant infested ground that a crop like peas and oats be planted for d li One youth was killed and anhiy; this can be tut before the other seriously injured in the worst weed seeds matin e of a series of week end accidents In too many eases gram and hay in the Salt Lake City area today. are filled with these noxious weed Wallace Steward Miller. 17, was sieds and the stra wand hajj sold injured fatally and Raymond Mctrom the farms Thus, the seeds Lean, 20, received serious Injuries find their way in the manure and when they were struck by a car out on to clean land For the weed reportedly driven by L. C. Gutheil, program to be a sucres, such 30, while they were pushing McLeans machine, on the highway practices will have to cease. Equipment Available just south of the Salt Lake City Equipment to carry on a weed limits. McLean's father, who was program in cooperation with farm- also pushing the car, was not iners Ini3 been purchased by the jured. Farmers The three had got out of the commissioners. county who desire to get in on the pro- car to push when it stalled, apgram should contact the weed su- parently when a battery cable bepervisor, Mr. St honk, or the coun- came loose. Guthiel said he did dn not see cither the three men or ty agents office and sign agreement whereby the county will the car. Miller's death was the first facarry on a clean cultivation program over a period of one or two tality on South State street since years at a cost of 50c per culti- new sodium vapor lights were invation The weeds will be cultivat- stalled there in June. 1937. His ed often enough to bring them death increased Utahs traffic faunder control. tality toll for the year to 48. The county weed committee Miller died in a hospital six would like to Impress upon hours after the accident. would all farmers the seriousness of the Fourteen other persons weie Ineradication and control problem jured in week end accidents, nine and urge that they take hold of it of them in an accident near Garimmediately for the welfare of the field, in which two cars collided head-oentire valley. t?" Prepares Message Barkley said Mr. Roosevelt will send his recommendations to congress in a special ably this week. message prob- Baraley said the president's conference with his congressional leaders indicated that he would agree to retention of an amendment to the relief appropriation providing that no more than of . the full appropriation may be expended during any one one-twel- month. The new relief request, Barkley said, is predicated on the assumption that the peak of the relief load has been reached. He emphasized that the $1,250,000,000 figure would not provide for additions to relief rolls. Awaits More Aid Bankhoad, on leaving the White House, said he believes congress would be favorably inclined to vote increased relief and recovery funds to prime the economic pump. Meanwhile, the house received the general tax revision bill from which the undistributed profits tax was eliminated by the senate. The house appropriations committee favorably reported a congressional supply bill for the fiscal year Dcgtnning July 1. This sum is $2,689,000 less than the appropriation for the 1938 fiscal year and $156,076 less than the amount recommended by CapiChief increases In tol officials. the new bill are upping of the fund from $221,000 to nulcago $444,000 occasioned by the spending of this session's money for travel to and from the special of new session and operation buildings. ' HITCH HIKER ROBS HIS BENEFACTOR WALLACE, Idaho. April -- H.Et Wesley Jackson, 33 who officers said was a former inmate of the Montana state penitentiary, was held today for Me 'ana authorities and for an attack of C, H. Bunge. Seattle salesman. Jackson was arrested at Mullan. Bunge was in a hospital on Superior, Mont, suffering from reportedly Inflicted a robery attempt. Bunge picked up Jackson, a hitch hiker, at Billings, Mont. Jackson forced his car into a ditc-- near Lookout Summit. Bunge said his money was concealed so he was not robbed. head by wounds Jackson in J |