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Show k '. . u wmiiijtluulv p.n,-i1- y and Tuesday, Grain tonight change m little TuTlUKa.r tonight and Range - Tuts-rlV- temperatures at tugh; IochI vflUey Volume 30. fulCS. Numlier IS. Ad IndeiaileDt LOGA Newspaper N, M O N D A V. UTAH, J A N I For i o .; o. A U Y Price Fire Cents. f xv Coldest p V Nationalist Crash Toward Goal Recorded Icy Americans Urged To Evacuate City As Danger lses Annual Council gram Set For Iro Lo- gan Gym of the With the general theme "Honoring the being the Cache Galley Scoutmaster, will be Council's annua! meeting held Saturday at Logan high gym-as nasium with N. D. Salisbury master of ceremonies. It is expected that 600 scouters nid ladies from the nine districts to the council will be present occasion the annual affair. n Spell Iliings New Fow Temperature of Four President Will Welcome The grand entrance will be a spectacle wihin itself, since each district will be identified by some sort of decoration or costume. After the meeting is called to order by Chairman Salisbury, there will be congregational singing of America. and invocation will be offered by C. V. Dunn, president of Logan stake. Dr. G. L. Rees, president of the to extend the pres- idents greeting, and Preston Fond, executive, to give the annual Following tne roll call of Silver Beavers and scout masters, President Rees will present his annual report. The two principal addresses of the evening are to be given by F. P. Champ, president of the USAC board of trustees and Logan banker who is a member of the council executive board, and by Dr. Adam S Benmon, pcrsonel director of Utah Power and Light. A reading Final Phase of Franco Offensive Pushes Rebel Armies Near Capitol Suburbs PROVO, Jan 23 U I1' - Federal and state aeronautics authorities today opened ail investigation into the crash here yesterday of an biplane that carried three persons to their deaths. Killed when the plane cramied into an open field a mile from the I'rovo airport were: Charles T. Corbell, 29, acting supervisor of the I'rovo airport and owner-pilo- t of the plane. Mrs. Dora Coates Corbel!, 26, the pilot s wife Leonard J. Thatcher, 27. novuty company service man. All three of the victims were residents of Provo. Airport attendants said Corbell took his wife and Thatcher, who was studying flying under Corbell, for a joyride" at 1:15 p. m. yesterday. Before taking off from the disconnected dual field, Corbell controls in the forward cockpit where the two passengers were placed. After flying around the valley for 15 minutes, Corbell apparently derided to land. As he circled the field, the pilot pulled the ship's nose up for some unexplained reason. said the motor then stalled, the plant last flying speed and went into an 85 degree dive from an altitude of several hundred feet. The diving plane hurtled into an open field between the airport and the Provo gclf course The fuselage of the silver biplane, a Waco, was crushed. The three occupants were thrown against the front of thi Ail apparently died incockpits. stantly from fractured skulls. The bodies were mangled badly and CCC enrollees from a nearby camp and others who arrived on the scene shortly after the crash were forced to use bolt clippers and the wire cutters to cut away wreckage of the plane to remove the bodies. Corbell had been flying for several years. He received a commercial pilot's license in 1934. The state Aerouautics commission investigation was in charge of Joe E. Garn, who came to Irovo from Salt Lake City soon after he was notified of the accident. HKNDAYK. FUKNTH-SIANISFUONTIKII, Jan. 23 1 lie United States consulate at Itareelona urged Americans today to evacuate the city at once as the nationalist armies pounded their way to within sight of the loyalist capital. The Cruiser Omaha and the destroyers lladger and Jacob Jones were nearby in the Mediterranean with steam up, read.v to come to the aid of the American.--. V. C. 'I hurston, charge daffaires, prepared to ask Admiral Henry K. Lackey tonight to bring the ships into the Fort of Barcelona. They would arrive probably by Wednesday. There are about 3(H) American.- - in Barcelona, many of whom are Puerto Iticans and Filipinos. When Motor Ships Stalls and tT hear the principal address of Salt ,ven by Adam S. Benmon Lake City. Under the sponsorship house of the Cache Valley clearing will be college. association, the program KVNL , It should bo noted, explainbroadcast over radio station end ed Walter Gardner, who is In m. and 7:30 p. at commencing charge of the weather observmg two hours later. atory, that the temperatures read Interesting Program at the college are not identical We look forward to one of the parts of Cache programs and to those in all most interesting There is often a variance successful meetings. said Mr. Sal Valley. this aft- of from 6 to 10 degrees. iibury, general chairman, Began Saturday ernoon. "With representatives from It was Saturday that the presand every district in the council, ent icy spell began. The miniprogram of mum with a continuous dropped to 28 after a week numbers to high class musical of evenings when hardly any anthe the addresses, supplement the warmnual meeting will be a high spot freezing occured, and est it reached on Saturday was in the year's scouting activities in 33 degrees barely above freezing. Cache Valley Council.1 Sunday the mercury continued Scouters and their ladies will to drop, plunging to a minimum assemble at 7 p. m. in the main of 13, getting no further up the building of Logan high campus, 19 all day yesterday. and wnen time for beginning the scale than this morning it went 9 program commences, will march Early the botfrom the main building to the degrees further toward tables and tom, reaching the season low of where gymnasium 4 above zero. chairs will have been arranged by Not since February of 1937 has a committee headed by Fred it been so cold. All during 1933 Kloepfer. As the group marches (Continued On Page 8 into the gymnasium, accompaniment is to be played by the Logan high band, directed by A. T. Henson. Killed Three Above The coldest temperature since Feoruary of 1937 was rccuidcd ir, Cache Valley last night as the mcrcuiy plummeted to four degrees above zero at the United States weather observatory. Other Points Colder Other points througltout the valley reported readings as low as zero early this morning as a gray and hazy davn followed the winter's coldest night. Weather officials on the Utah State Agricultural college campus, where the local readings are taken, explained that colder temperatures are usually recorded in the open valley than are reached at the Olofson Receives Utah Oil Promotion A. G. Olofson, for many years district manager of the Utah Oil Refining company in Logan, has been promoted to the office of general saies manager of his company. He will he connected with he general offirc ol his company in the future. It is understood that I he will move his family to Salt Lake City sometime during the spring months. The official announcement of Mr. Olofsons pomotion has not as yet been given by company officials, although it has been known amonv frDnds of Mr Olofson for several weeks and was first made public when it was announced Pom the oftice of the board of education of the Logan city schools that the promotion of Mr. Olofson would not interfere w,th given in tribute to scoutmasters, ins work as a member of (hat will be presented by Dorothy Lear. board. At present he is president Musical Nuniliors of the board of education, a posA rich musical program, con- ition he wili undoubtedly maintain sisting of numbers from each of until his term as a member of the the nine districts, will intersperse board expires next January. lie reports and addresses. A comAnnouncement of local changes plete continuity has been worked in the business of the Utau Oil out for the proceedings. Refining company will no doubt According to Chairman Salis- be made in the near future. now event are to the bury. tickets in the hands of the district chairSEARCH EXTENDS men. who are as follows: Oneida. BOSTON, Jan. 23 d - Search J C. Forsgren; Franklin, J. Lewis for George Derome. 18, postal Roe; Benson, John L. Petersen; telegraph company messenger who 5milhfic!d, Glen R. Winn: Cache, disappeared Friday with over Fred Duce; Logan. Dr. B. L. Richin bonds, i ash and checks, exards; Hvrum. Wilfonl L Ander- tended to Florida today. I $32,-ot- Wvuta, Dr. L. C. Goodman; and Pilot Butte. Dr. Oliver Cham- II (IT) HEND Scouters are urged to get in touch with their district chairman tor tickets. Legislators Face As? Shown above is part of the gigantic Nationalist offensive which is expected to end the Spanish civil war Franeo troops smash relentlessly toward Barcelona, capitol of Spain, and today came within striking distance of their goal. Ameman (itizens in Barcelona were urged to evacuate the city as soon as possible. Group Weighs FDR Dcsciples Bird In Hand Fire Station Would Restore Opens Tonight Remodel Plan Relief Funds At Utah State WASHINGTON Jan. 23 IT -Administration leaders began a last minute drive today to lestorc on the floor of the senate the $150,000,000 which the house chopPresident Roosevelts ped from Cache county and Logan city commissioners met with City Engineer E. U. Moser today and for reviewed launching plans work on the remodeling of fire station. considered The commissioners the bids opened last week which were considerably above the Relief appropriation bill. During the week end recess the full senate appropriations committee approved the $725,000,GOo figure passed by the house, but amended the bill so that no reduction in relief rolls would be necessary until spring. The relief bill will be the next order of business for the senate us soon as it concludes debate and votes on the nomination of Harry L. Hopkins, former Works Progress Administrator, to be stcretary of commerce. $875,000,000 deficiency pre-vio- estimate set up, and above the funds set aside for the remodeling. It was found that an additional $3500 is necessary before the contract can be let and construction commence. It was decided at the meeting to an make application to PWA additional $1400 to supplement the then original grant of $5127. and the county will furnish an extra $900, the city a like amount. Thus the original figure of fire station which was set at construction about $11,000 will be boosted to the necessary $14,500. The fire station project turned out to be more extensive than was originally estimated by officials. After bids were opened, it was found that John H. Mosers was the lowest figure, being $14,262. and that was nearly $3500 more than the program was originally planned for. The fire station remodeling involves construction of an addition to the south of the present building to provide equipment space, construction of a first aid room, remodeling of the interior of the present structure and the setting back of the front of the present building. fr Va Jan. 23 was killed and in another critically wounded what poliee described today a.s a V. irti gangland shooting. The slain man was Tom tPat-sBonoviteh, 55, once a bodyfor William (Big Bill' guard Lias, former Wheeling numbers baron. Nick Miller, 32, said to be former Lias chauffeur, was wounded. Shot six tunes through the neck and body, his skull fractured from a blow to the head with a blunt instrument, Bonoviteh was found lying in an alley near a Greek restaurant. y satirical comedy rollicking, will unfold at 8.30 o'clock tonight in Utah State Agricultural college auditorium when "Bird in Hand directed Professor Halbert by Greaves, qpens for the first of a three-nigconsecutive performance. This modern. English drama by John Drinkwater is a tome for drama lovers who like to relax and enjoy the play, but likewise, because of the satire on government and life in general, which it contains, it is a stimulant for those with analytic minds, Professor Gienves said. It involves the clash that inevitably results between the standards of two different generations. John Drink-wate- r, writer of the play, has effected a refreshing solution of these difficulties. Realness of character is assured by a diversified cast of mature Cat he Val'ey actors and college students. Glenn R. Winn Mrs. Hattie II. of Smithf'eld, Mnughan. Professor J. C. Hog-oson and Guy V. Christensen of Logan pi ly inipoil.uil roles in the drama Equally important nre Kathleen Smith, Ted Wennergren of Logan. Karl Homer of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Arnold Bergexon of Lewiston Tickets fni the pc t tornian. e on sale at City Ding in Logan ami in mom 2' in the Mam at the iv -- ge hmldirg They will also h n at the piciv irit.. Inflight nnl Rue Rill uuiuui mio uiu STATE CAPITOL. SALT LAKE Jan. 23 il'.lv- School bus regulation was brought before the I tali State legislature for a second time today when Rep. W. Frank Liston, D., Salt Lake. Introduced a measure in the house to place supervision of student i iruers under the public utilities commission. Tie measure would give the utilities commission authority to supervise and regulate the design, construction, inspection and operation and the routes traversed by ill vehicles operated by motor of students." It requires student carriers be insured for a sum w hioh the commission deems adequate. Another bill already before t tie house suggests that the school bus regulation be placed in the hands of the tax commission instead of road Commission as at present Both measures are aftermaths of the Dec. Jordan school bus disaster in which 23 students and a bus driver were killed when their bus was struck hv a freight tra.n a' Midvale, 15 miles south of Sal$ Lake City. s c uss cd of much-Repeal 'monthly inventory" law was asked In an amendment introduced in the bouse hy four representatives. (TTY. Robert W. Wagner. D. N. the administration's fight over the week end with a statement that the reduced relief bill would seriously threaten our entire recovery movement. A staunch administration supporter, Wagner said he could not Sen. Y., led should be agree that economy achieved "by turning men into the streets without hope of a job and w ithout the churn e of earning a minimum of federal help in a scll-rsporting way" Sen. William E. Borah, K. Ida, also has opposed the cut on the grounds economy should be effected otherwise than hv rutting federal expendit ui cs on those "now living like beasts r. 1 car-tie- rs 1 d Cavalier Forced Down At Sea n JJr 'hi: VCth - . flying boat Cavalier shown here on a recent landing at Port Washington, roast of Maryland Saturday with eight passengers and a rew whii h was forced down off the L. I, of five uhoard. or hope, widiws Mrs Donald Miller of Lincoln, Neb. and Mrs, J Gordon Nouacs, of New York City, watehed their husbands drift away out there on the ocean, and all of the survivors but limn believed they were definitely dead. When they were taken aboard of reversal the Exsr Baytown Saturday night, they were assured that three const guard boats would continue the search for them. The boats search-al- l day yesterday and last night, returned to land, officially ahmidon-inany hope that Biller. Noakes, and Robert Spence, the Cavalier's g The vote was 58 to 27. Critics of the New Dealer, while conceding that Hopkins was certain of confirmation, charged him with political activity In the ad0 ministration of more than of federal relief funds. He was defended by administration supporters. They contend ed that Congress failed to provide legislative safeguards against political activity within the Works $9,000,-000,00- 1iogress blamed political UMm steward, were alive Awaiting four of the men were the searching questions of offi cials pf the Imperial Airways, which in conjunction with airways, operates the air line to Bermuda, and of the American aviation authorities The four n Administration. They officials for much pressure brought to hear local the W PA. senators, Some who criticized Hopkins personally, aasertrd that they would vqte for his confirmation in the belief that the president should have the privilege of selecting his own advisers. chided Democrats Republicans for that contention, asserting that the constitution placed upon the senate the responsibility of judging presidential apMintees. WINS APPLAUSE celona. The Insurgent troops could Command, from their positions in the hills, a wide sweep of the Mediterranean itself, extending from Mataro, 16 miles northeast to Vendrell, 34 of Barcelona, miles southwest of it, except for a small stretch which was obscured by the rock hills around Garaff on the coast. Moorish, troops were climbing these hills today. At the northern part of their front, the Nationalist troops after a long day of fighting their way mule tracks, along mountain sighted the key city of Manresa, on the left (eastern) bank of the Llobregat river, at a distance of less than four miles. The final phase of the offensive was now at hand, dispatches from Nationalist territory said. Barcelonas danger was acute not only from an early frontal assault, but from an enveloping movement at the north end of the Nationalist front which would cut off Barcelona from communication with France by land, and thus isolate, to be reduced at leisure, scores of thousands of Loyalist troops and thousands of their military and political lead- Upholding her rating as one of ers. sources at Perthe finest pianists in the on the FYench side of ths pignan, Frances empire, Logan's Winton Champ gave a brilliant pi- frontier at the Catalonian borano concert Friday evening at Salt der, asserted President Manuel Lake City in conjunction with the Azana already had left Barcelona for an unknown destination. Flail Slate Sinfometta. It was known the Loyalist gove 1 he audience was very of Mrs. Champ's Interpreta- ernment was prepared to evacution of Grieg's "A Minor Concerto ate Barcelona if necessary, transfor Piano and Orchestra, applaud- ferring its machinery to Valencia ed for an encore. As her second and leaving an emergency governnumber, she played Tor Que Te ment to function at Gerona, 50 Vas? Lecuona, and miles northeast of Barcelona and this delicate melody brought the 35 miles south of the frontier. The Nationalists were evidently I ngan artist nioie favor from the to make astonishing continuing Salt Lakers momentum whose A critique in a slate paper said gains gains there could be little . i h t si of Mrs Champ's playing: "Her indicated 'acile fingering, appropriate em- serious resistance for the moment phasis and delicate tone shading, at least. together with orchestral modulation of Grieg s design of harmonic progression, winning an encore for MAN KILLED the pianist." Mrs Champ and the sinfonietta were presented by the federal muUTAH AUTO sic project men ucic Captain M R. Aldcrson, the Cavalier's muster, .Mei K imiil-sol- i, of flier. her first Patrick her radio officer, and Chapman The Diivul Williams a steward. (frauds wanted to know what happened aboard the huge flying hoat that caused her to pinner into the sea. split open, und sink so quickly her passengers and crew barely managed to get out the hulk into the sea All the This much was known ships motors failed at the same lime and ice was the cause. At 12 59 p. m. Saturday, her radio flashed: "Alt engines failing ice. Forced landing Altitude 1.5U0 feet in a few minutes" Thirteen minutes later she said. "Landing okay, switch by." One minute later the radio flushed cne word dead. went The word was: and "sinking." Aviation experts ashore believe that ice had formed on the v ing and around the motors anil hud i hoked the carburetors Of all four motors The Cavalier was not equipped with devices, which arc standard equipment on meat American commercial planes, to prevent such an occui'am e The questions will he asked by Paul E. Bewsncv, representing Imperial Airwnys. and, umnfirinl ly, by experts of the Civic Aero- nxutics authority Tin; Cavalier was so constructed, that, them etieally, she should have ridden the heaviest seas for days Built in 1935. she cost SJuo.ooo. Also awaiting the passengers and tContinued On Page 8) d Imperial Airways st A Flying Boat Disaster Records Story Of Suffering, Death, Heroism And Rescue five men and five women it plucked from the sea 300 miles from the nparcst land and n remarkable story of disaster, heroism, rescue suffering and death. They were the survivors of the crew and the passengers of the British flying boat, Cavalier, which was lost during one of its regular flights from Fort Washington, Long Island, to Bermuda, on Saturday. They had floated for over 10 hours on the open Atlantic, clinging to lifebelts and to one another. They had watched three of their companions drop away, one by one. Through the black of the ocean night, they had seen one steamer go by. unheeding their frenzied cries, and all were prepared for death when the Esso Baytown put over its life boats and returned them to the living. Yesterday, last night, and this Standard Oil morning, the big tanker fought gale winds which into heaving, whipped the sea shimmering mountains, adding to he discomfort of the weakened survivors and slowing their arrival here where hospital beds and expert medical attention awaited them. Had it net been for the gale lashing all of the north Atlantic coast, they would have arrived Inst night. Awaiting two of the women was something in addition to comforts and care. They will receive news that they are, beyond possibility French-Spanis- h r" GANGLAND WAR NEW YORK. Jan. 23 tf.li- -i ne lank ship Esso Baytown will arrive In port late todsy with the E, uLnl ONE KILLED IN WEELING, One man A Y o Frontier, Jan. 23 (I.lb Spanish mWEIBMQ troops were in sight IL LUiirmmO .Nationalist of Barcelona today as their gioffensive on HARRY L. HOPKINS gantic (he Loyalist emergency capital entered its second month. Men of the 5th Navarre diviWASHLNTON. Jan. 23 OI.Ri sion planted a Nationalist flag The Senate today confirmed the on the Mentiras Heights near nomination of Harry L Hopkins Olesa de Bonesvalls, seven and a as Secretary of Commerce after half miles east of Villafranca Del attaek upon hia ad- Ianadcs, and only 14 miles a three-da- y ministration of federal relief. of the suburbs of Bar- CUM ATE son. bers. h IfS Weath er is Think! TT8 rfq council, Who Popift in Well-inform- appre-uativ- I IN nTrrrTinM rn MU iilFLU 1111 FATAL TO CHILD Antonietta Ezola, daughter of John and Ruby Roselyn Christiansen Ezola, Jr., of Trenton, died at a local hospital Sunday evening from an ear infection. She had been ill for ten days Rnd was taken to the hospital Saturday. The child was born in Logan Mary November 21, 1937. Besides her parents she is survived by a brother, John Sheri- dan; her paternal grandparents, and Mrs. John Ezola, Sr., and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary B. Christiansen of Roy, Utah. Funeral arrangements have r.ot been announced. Mr. SISTER OF CACHE RESIDENT DIES a sister of Thomas Linuliy of Wellsville, died Sunday morning at Ogden. Funeral ervices will be held at M.e Lind 0. xt mortuary in Ogden Tuesday at 1 :3u p. m. Friends may P. Stevens call at the Viiliim home i.i South Ogden prior to the services. &1.S E. J. Hart, CRASH e t i a ''TV JdG. 23 died in St. Marks hospital here today, nine hours after he was injured in the collision of spectacular head-otwo automobiles near the Salt Lake citv limits. Miss Ruth Alien, 26, Salt Lake City, injured in the same crash, was in "very poor" condition in the same hospital. Capiz was riding in a machine driven by Mrs. Vera Pino, 23, Ogden, while Miss Allen was a passenger in a car driien by Frank L. Kiexig, 24, Salt Lake City. Kies'g told officers he was drivside ing scuth on the right-han- d of the highway when Mrs. Pino's car, traveling at a high rate of speed, struck his automobile. Mrs, Pino was placed under arrest at the hospital, where she was being treated for bruises and face I, iterations. Klesig was also in the hospital, suffering several broken ribs, head cuts and severe bruises. Both automobiles involved in tho accident were wrecked. It was tho .second fatal automobile accident in Salt Lake City this year. Jesus Capiaz, 24, Ogden n APPROV E STRIKE NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (U!l At 95 least per cent of tho members of the American Federation of radio artists have approved a threatened nation-wid- e strike to code of fair practice upon all radio advertising agencies, Treasuer George llcllcr said toil ay. foi e a x i-- 5 u |