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Show Grain Range 1 September December March May 96'i 2 02 2.07 2.08 1 93 1 99 2.04 2 0o' aid Journa Soviet yelo 1.98 H ii 2.02' t 2 06 2.08' z YOL 44, NO. 179 UTAH. WEDNESDAY. JULY 29. 1953 LOGAN, iiiui.iudjf rainy ciouay, ly scattered showers or thunder-shower- s duiing afternoon and evening; little change in temer-aturhigh near 92; low tonight e; 62-6- FIVE CENTS 3VI3 Two Executives Northern Utah Ousted For Pioneer Dies Cause Unknown At Ane 92 Years BRIGHAM CITY Mrs. Lydia Ella Hancock Watkins. 92, well-- ! known pioneer of Northern Utah, died early today at the family home in Brigham City of infirm- ilies incident to age. She and her hii'band. Joseph H Watkins. Sr., celebrated their Prestons night QUEEN AND attendants for rodeo are Sally Sant, center, queen; Doreen 71st 1953 Valuation PRESTON' Ushering in rodeo days at Preston will be the youngsters of this area who will stage a "junior rodeo tonight on the eve of the opening of That Famous Night Rodeo which comes Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Assessed valuation of Cache With cash prizes offered for winning entries and treats for County is more than a hall million dollars more this year thin all the youngsters who join in costume for this event, the it was in 1952. a report issued junior parade has proved most popular with the children ever today by Clerk Iver L. Larsen since it became part of the plan-- 1 indicated. ned events two years aao. Fres-to- n Lions are supervising the Total valuation this year is 29,999.821. compared to $29,484,-79- 1 parade. in 1952. And as the Famous Night rto-- 1 Because of a land reclassifideo gets under way Thursday cation program that has been night, fans can expect another conducted in the county, it was of the top show s for which Prps-- 1 necessary ior Cache commission- ton has become known, accorders to ) out and inspect many ing to Virgil Knudsen, rodeo pieces of property," he said. in- chairman. Big rodeo parades wnl Logan Citys evaluation precede the rodeos, starting creased considerably this year shortly after 6:30 p.m. and grand to $9,202,346. from $8,926,539 entries into the arena will open! By Communities for Governors organization each performance at 8 p.m. 28-of Lions Interna- Many of the farm communities District Irvin Scott, chairman, parade showed increased valuation, as and Earl Norton, assistant, an- tional was announced today by did both school districts. Harold M. Pdtersen of Logan, nounce entry of numerous floats newly-elected of the Following are the valuation from within governor the area and cash taxand figures, by communities No,'thern Uah dlstrlct awards are for offered being 1953 lop figuue ' G. Frank Raymond of Logan is ing units, with the in floats and posses. Sevfirst in each case, followed ty entries as cabinet secretary selected eral bands will also march each that of 1952: with three deputy dis- treasurer, will add alternoon triet Logan, $9,202,346 and $8,926,539, evening and governors: Floyd S. White Lewiston, $2,444,639 and $2,457,-50- TcC(e'ts at he, c!'y. park ,east of Richmond, region one: Brandt to their activities. Gessel of River Street, region Rodeo headquarters, set up at two. and Rendell Heights, NT. Mabey of Sinithfield, $1,423,104 and Hart Music Shop, under super- - Bountiful, region three, vision of Spencer tondie and1 Ilvrum, $779,394 and $807,285. Zonp chalrmen and the c,.w S iipley, give fans oppor- y e Richmond, $704,913 and $758 for which each Is responsible, are to obtain both reserved as follows410. tunity , Wcllsville. $603,346 and $602,867. and general admission seats in A Svlmar Zone G Jessop, advance of the shows Tickets Trenton. $581,032 and $578, ii. . Lewiston: Clarkston. Fielding, $497.5.-9and been $496,563 .have made available to Garland. Lewiston. Newton. Snovv-villAmalga. Providence, $427,643 and $4jL-50- people in the Logan area at The Tremonton and Trenton. Herald Journal office, through Zone B Clinton Perkes, Hyde Cornish. $389,257 and S389.8o3. courtesy of officials of this neighPark; Benson, Garden City. Hyde River Heights, $325,265 and boring newspaper. Park. Laketown. Logan. North S310.551. Reigning as rodeo queen is Logan. Richmond and Smithfiejd. and $299,607 North Miss Sally Sant of Grace, who, Logan, Zone C Marion Olsen, Para$287,825. with her attendants, Doreen Hen dise; College Ward. Hvrum. Mil$294.-08Hyde Park, $289,467 and Provijderson, Swan Lake, and Saundra lville; Nibley. Paradise. Beckstead, Preston, wiii lead the dence, River Heights and Wells-- ! $228,479. and $230,265 Newton, parade and grand entry each ville. C'larkston. $290,656 and $208.17 . night. Zone 1) Elmer E. Brown. Og-- 1 S173.t3t. and Mendon, $170,485 And for the initial den: Brigham City Five Points, performance Millville. $156,817 and $158,265. of the 18th annual Famous Night Ocden. Plain City and Willard. Paradise. $146,529 and S147.219 Rodeo. Zone E lames II. Rentmeister, Thursday night has been Nibley, S142.595 and $142,207. set as family night when special Syracuse. Bountiiul Centerville, School District, Cache County low prices have been made for Farmington. Kaysvilie. Layton, 20,789.541 and $20,558,252. Svracuse and South Da- ail children under 12 jetus of age. Sjlns;, Logan City School District, vis. a voting Officers Listed 0. -- - ' e. ' 7. ' Cache and S8.926.539. County, $29,999,821 Zone F and Sand SenenTto Dr, Eisenhower Ends Tour $29,484,791. Murray Youth Is Charged With Murdering Man Nineteen MURRAY. Utah IP1 year old LeRoy Fairclough. Murray. today was charged with first degree murder in the shooting atts, 20. Salt death of Jesse Lake City, as the aftermath of a incident Thurs-da- v car bumping here. Previously Fairclough had been charged only with assault with and had been a deadly weapon. released on S5.000 bond. But under the new charge he was arrested pending his arraignment. Watts was a passenger in a car driven by Wayne Senate Confirms Cannon As Greece Envoy F j 17 Persons Hurt - , - V. S. FOOD ATTRACTS EAST GERMANS Crowds from East Berlin pack the area around a West Berlin food distribution station to get food Red Protests To Stop U.S. Food Fail Funeral arrangements announced later. BERLIN (U.P.) American food, earmarked for distribution to hungry Germans in Soviet East Germany poured into Berlin today by plane and truck over Red protests. Soviet soldiers, who delayed the first truck shipment across San hours the Russian zone to West Berlin for six and one-hal- f of flour cross .heir checkpoint finally le, the 29 .0,, and enter the city. j g heros welcome when the United The Soviets apparently had de Nations commander supreme on down to cided crack severely for ule Far East arrives here Of citizens of Communist East Ger- from Tokyo, many who accepted the food plans for the thundering greet-raththan try to halt the ship- - ing, complete with ticker tape To U N ments. parade, were rushed to comple- The Reds mobilized their entire tion today after reception plan- police and propaganda apparatus ners had a few worried hours to sabotage the Eisenhower food yesterday. The reception, railed for by WASHINGTON (IP The cues program which has offered $15. U. S. to Soviets of food 000,000 the Mayor Elmer Robinson, was up tion of admitting Red China to in the air temorarily due to con- the United Nations appeared to- hungry and unhappy wards. West Berlin police reported reports on Clark's ar- dieting a new be to up blowing day hundreds of Communist spies rival time. The general had in- storm in United States-Britis-have been sent into West sectors formed the mayor he would ar- elations. of the city by the Reds to learn rive between 10 a m.. and 11 a. officials were Administration identities of persons seeking m. PST tomorrow, jet reports reluctant to discuss the problem. the from Tokyo and the Defense De- food. , rontio-But they conceded the thou- - partment had h:m arriving here also confiscated They versy is building up and that the sands of identity cards of East Saturday. two nations must try to fntd a A telephone call to Clark in Germans accepting food, subject answer satisfactory quickly. their owners to arrest. confirmed the Thutsday ing Tokyo Secretary of State John Foster Communist newspapers and ra- - schedule and plans for tht h'.g re' Dulles told a news confeience ' '' 't yesterday he is flatly opposed to dio sta,ions Panted and broad f'T' umleft Tokyo today. klaik east the names of East Germans Red the U.N. China into letting O11 arrival at the an Francisco Eisenhower food accepted as a price ior Korean unity. He " the International general airport d Hundreds of the went on to say he thinks the parcels. and Mrs. Clark will be met by States could veto Comnu- - cels were confiscated as Fast Mavor Robinson and a 'delibernist China's admittance if it Germans returned to the Soviet ately small official delegation. wanted to. although he didnt side of the frontier, After hellos are completed, the In spile of these Red tactics think it would be necessary. Clarks will he whisked away beDulles made it clear this gov- - Fast Germans streamed into the hind a police escort to the city culd ralhpr ernment PVPn American, British and French hall and an official welcome on talk about letting the Chine' a sectors of the city to obtain the its front steps. Communists into the world or- - prized food, critically scarce in Clark, who has indicated he the Soviet zone. Some 180.000 will make the Bay Area his home appeared in riiiect came today: 430,000 inthe firsi upon retirement, is expected to conflict with those of Selwyn three days of the two week acknowledge the official welcome minister of state tnbution program. with a Ljovd ,ef speech. f0t. foreign affairs, who piomised. paruament Monday that Britain pi.es; for djSeussions on Red1 S' JrtVaS j Admission Red China Revives Argument will be h - Tafts Condition Today Termed j j Slighty Improved Taft s physician described the 6?-- , - dis-Ta- s wife, Martha, and two of 1 their sons, Lloyd and Robert Jr., stayed close to the hospital. They summoned another son. William Howard Taft 111. U.S. ambassador chinas admission. to Ireland, to join them following a foreign office spokesman a set back in Taft's condition sajd Britain intends to initiate urh talks through regular diplo- jesterday. The U.S. embassy in Dublin rnatie channels. said the ambassador would leave c. S officials said that sj far Ireland by plane today,, arriving these discussions have not begun. in New York tomorrow morning. However, they expect tlmni toe Communists on the PANMUNJOM. Korea (L.P.) The summons - to young Taft start soon o that Britain and commission armistice underscored the gravity of Tafts the United States can try to find charged today in their first ailment which never has been a common policy before th- - spec- - post-truc- e that the United Nations violated the complaint ial U.N. General Assembly ses-- . cease fire times. agreement eight sion convenes Aug. 17. The Reds told Chief U. N. Commissioner Maj. Gen Blackshear M. Bryan at an 82 minute session that Allied artillery fired four times after the 10 p.m. Mon-To day deadline, a rnaclnnegun fired one and aircraft flew over the demarcation line on three occa- Reds Charge U N Violated Terms Cache Farm Crops Look Fine; Pres. McKay Streams Hold Up Quite Well' ji j AKF pt'ry 1 i sions. HP Casualties Are 1274 In Week They wre allegations of a The broad and general nature, Bry-- 1 Saints an of them was set-- 1 None said. dis- - spring is suffering from t'emosiac infestation having begun DreiidPnt of the Latter-da- v drought, and some fields are in some areas. Production may PKurch David O McKav be cut by 25 percent in many being abandoned. n,. r,.m Alfalfa The first crop was fields. Picking will soon begin,,, e" good, especially where treatment Corn fields are good, and ear-- ! for weevil was exercised. Same worm infestation should not be can be said of second crop severe this season, Fruits Apricots are thin, br- especially good growth where 'stubble was sprayed. The weii 'cause of the early frost. Peaches menace is pretty well over tor apples and pears are good. Ras- this year. The lvgus bug and the berries are ravaged by the drought are threatening aiialfa blight. seed fields. Potato -- Stands are good, and Sugar beets Excellent. Growth growth is normal, was slow starting, due to the vet Poultry Turkey flocks look e- and cold. But the heels have cellent. despite the heat. Chicken developed rapidly in the het growers are encouraged b the weather. high price of eggs. Peas wer1 a Pastures Canning crops Doing well where Angeles, is now nearing comple bit disappointing in yieldnar- - properly fertilized and irrigated (tion. Seven older temples are lo-- 1 vest of this crop is complete, Ranges and dryland pastures are cated in Utah. Idaho. Arizona, Bean fields are spotty, with hurt by the drought, of course. Hawaii and Alberta, Canada. TT Kazanir, also was released from hia duties. This suggests the dis-- , missals, mainly connected with the administration of justice, follow the line of earlier oustings this month, aimed at the Soviet police machinery. Premiers and ministers of Soviet Republics like Byelo Russia and Moldavia usually are mere figureheads who are much less important than party secretariea in the larger Soviet cities. Byelo Russia is the third larg- est republic in the union. Put it "'i Senator Taft Is er Wyo. C''m WASHINGTON (IP Dr. Milton S. EisenhowAreturned today - HOOKER, Okla. HP The Rock from a five week good neigli- -' Island Express train Imperial bor swing through 10 South Am- derailed here last night, injuring erican republics as the special 17 persons, none critically. emissary of his brother. PresThe express was slowed down ident Eisenhower. before 'by something dragging On his arrival by militaiy air the accident, a trainman said, transport, he was met ov Under- - and the decreased speed probably alter Bedell prevented more serious injuries' secretary of State Smith, and diplomats of he coun- - He estimated the train was going tries he visited. only 25 miles an hour at the time Dr. Eisenhower expressed his of the accident, Ten cars of the train left the appreciation to the governments and peoples of the countries he rails, but the engine and the first Uwo cars remained on the track. toured. K ! Memlon in Of Soufh America Train Derailed7 Leavitt. Salt Lake City. He died almost instantlv after being struck by a bullet fired from a rifle carried in Faircloughs car. The shooting ended a series of incidents between bumping cars driven by Fairclough and h Farm crops in Cache County Leavitt. Both Watts and were the fathers of two cum ently are in pretij good condition. ft daughters. So reported County Agent I.a- mont Tueller today, stating that irrigation streams are holding up better than anticipated and that yields of most crops will be aver age or better. l'ome fanners. foj!"d bv June To slorms, began irrigating too la'e. but in the mam. our 1D.V. crop The Sen- outlook is WASHINGTON IP encouraging." he said ate today confirmed these nominations: W. Ambassadors: Cavendish Cannon of Utah, to Greece: Aura M. Warren of Maryland, to Turkey: Raymond A. Hare of Iowa, to Lebanon, and Ellis O. Briggs of Maine, to the Republic of arations for harvest are under Korea. way. Dryland giain sown in the Fair-doug- William i whpre the family operated a large ranch. The Watkins returned to Brig- ham City in 1916, where they had since resided. Mrs. Watkins was active in the church, having been secretary of the first Primarv organized in Brigham City in 1877. She was first president of the Relief So- -j eiety. organized in 1892 in Beaver Ward, and had retained tills po- sition for 19 years. Large Posterity She served as Relief Society president in Brigham City Fourth "ard. and "as active in the of Utah Pioneers Daughters groups. Surviving besides her husband are the following sons and daughters: Joseph H. . Watkins, Jr.. Logan: Eddis W. Watkins. Ogden: Clifford C.. Norman V., Preston A. Watkins, and Mrs. Flora W. W'alker, all of Brigham City; Mrs. Clara W. MeMasterf Sait Lake City: David C. W'atkins, Roosevelt, and Dr. Melvin B. Watkins, New York City. There survive also 28 grandchildren, 33 one brother, David Hancock, West Weber, and one sister, Jennie Alvord Spencer, Evanston, NEW YORK. (IP! The ambassador son of Sen. Robert A. Taft was summoned from Ireland to join his family at the senators hospital bedside today as the Re- -, publican leader tallied slightly in OKeefe, his fight against a grave illness. Park City: Coalville. Morgan, Park City and Randolph. i girl. l District Lions j H She was man'M ,0 ''a kins Nov. 24. 1881. in the Salt D S Endowment House. j agp Her husband purchased a farm in Beaver Dam. Box Elder Up Half Million Organization Lo- Watkins. Jr. She was born in Payson. July 30, 1861. a daughter of Charles' B. and Malinda Crockett Hancock, and went to Brigham City with her parents when she was gans Joseph Of County $9,210,280 last anniversary wedding Nov. 24 They are parents of LONDON ilP1 The Soviet pui ge which began with the arrest of police boss Lavrenti Beria apparently was extended today to Bvelo Russia and Moldavia. Moscow announced the ouster of the Bvelo Russian premier, Alexi Mesehev, and the Moldavian minister of justice, V. M. Bondarenko None outside Russia can sav definitely why they were purged, lml obsen ers here speculated it may have been because they were friends of Beria. Todays dismissals followed the pattern of earlier actions in the - Ukraine and other 3- Sov let Republics, Observers here said all appear to be part of a wholesale reor-ganization which began in Rus-- r sia three weeks ago after the A announcement which abruptly reduted Beria from the second most powerful Russian to relief packages from the United States. More enemy of the people." In addition to the minister of than 120,000 hungry Soviet sector residents defied Communist threats to cross the border, justice, the president of the Moldavian supreme court, A. S. The deWASHINGTON IP fense Department today announced a one week increase of 1.274 American Korean battle casualties. bring the war total to 140.- The new increase reflects those incurred during the heavy fighting (luring the dung days of the war It is not a final repoit on the toial of all casualties The increase was the largest lor any one week period since Nov. 12, 1952, when 1.318 were Thru With Active Politics WASHINGTON (IP The worst kept secret in town was out today that Sen. Robert A. Taft i through with active politics, Mr. Republican will not return to the Senate as leader of the Republican party there. He ia gravely stricken, New York hospital bulletin brought the public quickly up to date. The facts are that Ohio great son. spokesman for the Republicanism of the Middle West, steadily has been losing ground in his greatest fight. After the announcement that condition was deteriorating the hospital bulletins said his condition continued be the Senators unsatisfactory. Wife Visits Tiie seriousness of the illness was underlined when Taft's invalid wife was flown to his bedside from nshington and other members of the family were summoned. The shock to the Eisenhower administration will be considerable. The President may have been informed of the exact nature of Tafts ailment. If so. he had not confided in his staff because only yesterday a member asked tins reporter the question which has been buzzing around Wash-- ! inaton now for weeks: Whats the matter with Taft? That's for the Senators Administration man. The SLT LAKE CITY IP Salt Lake City Commission todav set a 1953 tax levy of 23.5 mills on property to finance city oper- ations for the year, The levy w as expected to bringtin $5,029,339. The 1953 tax was hiked four mills over the 1952 lew to help pay for water and sewage Improvements as author ized by the past session of thf reported. The total in todays weekly summary included all caNualties at Seoul said the first batch of jtroni the start of the war whose of kin were notified through Communist repatriates would rive at the port of Inchon Thurs - last Friday. Therefore, a final stale legislature. iday. report is still to come. ! physi- cians to answer officially. But the seriousness of his malady now- i known. It is now most unlikely that Taft will he able to appear on the SenatP noor next ,ession wfclrh beams Jan. 3 and certainly not as Republican floor leader, which requires a man of robust health. That will be a genuine loss to the Eisenhower Administration.-Theris no Republican in th? Senate who quite fits the pattern of Taft. As the man Mr. Eisenhower defeated for the Pi evidential nomination, he was the natur-- " al spokesman for the wing of the Renu.dtcan Pariv. He chose, instead, to be an |