| Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Thursday December 161948 r Excess Profits" AF Goy Deivey Federal Grand Jurors Ipdict Airliner on Charge of Perjury Tax Draws v Deny Intended for Him Hiss from Death Clai(ms Banker Figure In Teapot Dome Oil Scandal - WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE and the senate cited the portly S Ohio banker for contempt: It even Dec 15 small town banker the Daugherty who sUccessfully defied the U S senate during the'reapot dome - oil scandal died Tuesday night The former b ank president—once the political and financial overlord of this county— House died at a Washington Court O sent its House Court ington Daugherty 0 - - IndustryFire sg ::' to Washto arrest sergeant-at-arm- s ' ' '' industry i -- er —Three i spokesmen Wedne atonal subcommittee studying business- profits thaZ reimpotition ci f the wartims excess profits tax would hurtAnAust4a1 expansion There were - Eukene Holman ' ' '" I Fled to Cincinnati 0 t 44 4 r The Midland president-howev'fled to Cincinpati- - and obtained a ' court injunction The 1 i J s i 'I never was successfully subpena 'filed nor '- rest home' the contempt citation satisfied Twice within a decade DaughThe committee including Sens erty made the headlines once Burton K Wheeler of Montana and with his flight to escape a senate Smith Brockhart of Iowa finally he faced opened a session at Washington subpena and once when a indictment series charg- Court House in a local hotel Noth— misI t 40 catneof it ing him with embezzlement ing " The Ohio State bank of wrIch application of funds and fEdsifica' - q ' WI ticn of the bank's condition was As failfi Daugherty president a result of the scandal Brother of Official It paid off only 28 cents on a In 1921 the nation was following dollar Washington Court House avidly the progress of the senate residents by the score filed bankinvestigation of the Teapot dome petitions The loss to this scandal Mal S Daugherty was ruptcy town of 10000 persons was esti- 0 the brother of Harry M Daugh- mated at $1000000 Pres under erty attorney general Daugherty Convicted Warren G Harding and president Defied Mal S Daugherty of Washington Court House's Midwas convicted of 't eapot dome inveatigators Daugherty land bank of funds in common The report was that some of the misapplication pleas court but an appeals court money that changed hands in oil ordered the case retried No new deals had been deposited in Mid- trial ever wal held land The senate investigating The banker who once knew percommittee wanted to look at Mid- sons in high places intbnately and Mare-Aut- o land books They subpened Daugh- who wielded political power of own area in his erty and Midland books great potence Daugherty defied the injunction spent the final years of hts long life virtually alone The community did not forget the financial failure Atom Board Quits of his bank They passed him most WASHINGTON Dec 15 (UP) WASEtomToN Dec 15 (UP)— of them without Epeaking Ft Davis vice president of the I—J w W Waymack reelg-ne- WednesUntil he entered the rest home Motor Co told house investiFcrd as a member of lived the atomic three weeks ago Daugherty day energy commission saying that at the home of a Negro family Mr gators Wednesday the company personal reasons for leaving his and Mrs Tom Easton has Canceled franchises of 24 Ford Funeral services will be Friday dealers for "gray market" deals post had become altogether at 2 pm during the past two years He told a house subcommittee investigating questionable trade ' practices that his eompany fully agrees with its "basic premise" that it would be "deplorable if ' ilittttl' greed and avarice of a few dealers t - - MPOIPKOINMEA presidtrtiof the 4tandard Oil Co of Nestorsey H F Vance president ot Studebaker Corp and - - — - - of Robert "G Dunlop orpAident the Sun Oil Co Dunlop said an excess profits tax would have the same effect as a law directly prohibiting further business expansion He argued that the oil industry could best serve the country if it remains free of "restrictive control" and is subect to the "corrective forces" of the market Plan Disrupts Business He said that mere discussion of an excess profits tax had disrupted business If the tax actually should - s ! ' nt - 1 - - 1 - ' - Ford Drops 24 'Gray Dealers f ) ti d PO t -- toti o r kil ill --s- e::N11 dt - tf(f1 —- -1 - ' 4 411 ill – ' - – 'vt4 - I t:iildt) t t-2t frit 1- - - :( - -- -4 -- 1 ' - I 41 ?' : ::'- 1 -:-:-:7- : -- - t 4 i k ry - ! !i : "-- - ' " Ni - 4- h - - 1 i his operationsd He said he first dumped customers deposits into the company's general operating fund but that the Ford company objected that they had to be "secured" He then "cushioned" them he said by depositing an equal amount in ac-37 building and loan association counts Some of Cherrier's customers complained that he talked them into financing their r aw cars ' I 1 1 ' '01611' l ‘ 41 - "-- ' i s ''''00- -- - - '44'i" V ''I'''' 1" 497z:73' 1 "' $' 071 ''' —--- A t‘flot through the Shirlington Trust Co of which he is president and insuring them through the U S Fidelity and Guarantee Co for t:' ' 4 e V NWols - --- 1 which he is a brokers In Commissions John H Pumphrey an agent for 101"511111N I Tic up Hs a ffections t-- Ocand' eizZliz" n : ft - i444 7 tit ' V ''''''44:11-7 - 411 l''''' WASHINGTON Dec 15 (UP)— Plan s for the Jan 20 inauguration are getting entirely too big for the simple wishes of Pres Harry S Truman All he wanted was a ride to the capitol the oath administered by the chief justice a brief speech a brief reception and back to work But the plans being made over- : !: -- h 41 ii 41tN - :i :i :':::'::::v :':-1 4 Aitp: 1 : A ' VI) lit kt : lki! '''J: '' b pv - ' t5 : w'i fi f 'LAI A-- ‘---- 1 i -- -s c A 17i x 1 ''"fikt' qp'''- -' shadow those simple desires like a big tent The president will attend a gala concert in Washington armory the night of Jan 19 There will be three hours of entertainment classical and popular The inauguration day schedule is rugged Mr Truman probably will start it by attending church r v441444iiztiii 'Ar f sh tii r)--- I ' A 1 A ' LA It - c-- r: Shopper Aids 'Save Life' 01 Shy 'Male makes a more welco- me Nothing gift for than a nice white Arrow shirt and an appropriate tie We have the Arrow white shirts for you at $365 and $450 and Excello white shirts de luxé at $5 $695 and $795 There's a world derful selection of ties Eere in every price range from $150 to $6 n Piano alk 1132102 deposit holds any piano Claim tmax Truman Backs Housing Plan - e 111711: tif t Smart Styles Nigh Qualit Y Real Values 208-21- 0 So Main Street 4100 i ' I 1 " 111111111 ' ClUSIC 1:1 ' 4 'Amor Estabilsmd : ''s ' Salt take City : i 1i ?Tritium t gakt Mato—Dial - 7 r '' ' 1 ' f I A i t 7-"- 1 -- y C: :711415 14 L ' 1 ) '' : ii : H 1 1 Ir 1 1 t ': ' t 1 : t Itti FloiriTrEftS Say t ('4 ! 11 ''' tt t - holiday t 1 rr t 01 1- Zi' ' -- -- i Cit -- -- ( 4 'N -- - -- - 1 1 t -1 : 1 1 A tA L:J 14 L L1 rl :7f i 1 I t i li - 4 f Li Li LA ! k : i I t r k r--- 1' reasonable prices ' - 1''1 N 11:i rmat:3 1 - ": i ---i 1 -- 177: NATURAL-WIL- NMI-- - D 22 59 oo NOW Reg 449500 ItIENTK— NATURAL RANCH NOW Reg 425000 RUSSIAN FITCH— NOW Reg 119500 NATURAL GREY PERSIAN— 4 - 219600 ' c'''' e 1 ' ' - L -- 4J t 745°° 735°° Reg 128500 BEAVER695°° NOW Reg 145000 NATURAL RUSSIAN SQUIRREL 495°° NOW —Reg 67500 RUSSIAN WEASEL— 285°° NOW Reg 56500 AMERICAN BROADTAIL— 265°° NOW Reg 49500 ' AND MANY Ork7IERS NOW-NATURA- 1 t t - '' 't lt - '- i - I l 1 1 1 P f ) o ) i 't op TAX INCLUDED 2t t t :::--- 't ' c i- --- - 1 I : i f 4 - - i 4 - & ' - 4-T- - - t I i i -- --t e 4 1- 4 ' - -- - - t 4 '44 1:-- - te 4 l' 5Nt - " t i of ''' '' - - - - ' 1 r - s ' A - 1 77 - 4- -- I ' fr— io 1 '''!4''''''''11: - 2 ' 'n'' - : ': : i - - i 1 --- '' t e110-- - t t ' - ' " J ' -- Use Our Free Parking Lot - N 7 '- : ' 11 ' - 1 t i — k 1 1 - ' : - - — j IP It - 1 1 - " ' t '3 ' ' 4 Np 1 1 ealit 0:a4DMICig101" Furs are a GIFT SUPREME! But Furs come' in all remember : qualities—all prices have confidence in your furrier We offer you an adided saving with the assurance you'll have when you "buy AMERICAN" i' 4-- ) 'too: an yl - At You must : — t I UrAll 1107t1:1I gt l 1k 1o - 1 I -- 0 z $ ) I atmosphere —0 '11' ( - - 0 ti 1 tt 1 edam (-- i iFirl - k i1 ) Ii luncheon or dinner in our popular Coffee Shop Gay - C1' 'et Nt :' i rlt -- - -- i Ot 7 $1 (70 ii v 14 - : r' i is a lot more fun A shopping when you enjoy breakfast --- r -- - en - 11 1 ' 1 kr N '' '( i ' 1 I I--I t iiiIL de 11 11 - ' - -I pR E - C R I k)cl T M A t Shop 310M13t Fl a --- 1 I It CI r:7 t''' Tit 17:-L- I - ' k ' 6an 1 31 "" 41 I I : ue The: Soot:71! 6 1Ft - A 0 4 - ' t - A ' : ' 71 i i t 4 01 - - LA -' At Our — ton ii I ! - ' - t - : 4 ad E'bt1435att South etomihatio0dmaadogerir JO r----- I t I - 1 ready for Christmas treeing The fellow thanked her (tipping is not allowed) took a wrong turn toward girdles and then made - Ogdint 1 : ' Llt k 1 - t i -- -- at' ' 6 - --41 - 1 --- k 1107 L' '4 star-sPangi- ed 4 co ' 1 t I Lif good his escape He looked like the shy type all right After the ceremonies at the capMiss B doesn't know men itol he will drive back to the White overestimate their wives why but long House at the head of a experience has corSvinced her that they do to will take hours that parade "When don't know her pass the reviewing stand Seats size" she they said "we ask them to along the route will cost up to $10 pick out a sales girl about her each dimensions Invariably they'll pick Since the White House is under- one larger than their wife We make allowances now after find- going repairs the inaugural recepthat out the hard way through tion will be held in the National exchanges after Christmas" Gallery of Art that afternoon ' When the reception is over the president Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret will zip back to Blair E house and change clothes for the : ' LI inaugural ball Mr ir Truman will lead the grand march - Easy Terms 7-- t units z21111§04 Mitt s GUI!I BROS It 01 - 1 --- - er $10-a-he- — i r---- no-Mis- n aluttit3er I akaimNoNdweihdbAllioliftbaewatddib I t4 rl If n I - - lasued very morning Enteresa—o4 -- Abe post office at Pali Leas City as second aloes matter under aot of Moron a 1879 Subscription rates Utah Idaho Nevada and Wyoming daily acid Sunday month $150: year in advance $1800 elsewhere In U S daily and Sunday month $175 The Tribune is a member of th AssoTne Associated Preas is elated PrsAge entitied exclusively to the use for remits lication of aii the li iocat !MY'S printed in this newspaper dieretchom ir 1 -----'' year-aroun- ebithering'k tA t' Ae r4 " 4 77 ''- t - 1 4' ift ig -- a5on8c-47)amti- mil 1 71111"' rr - 5 - 4- Christmas - -- r-- 1 e - -- i p - r----- t - It- exception eynt - - "Juror To nobody else' did you turn over any documents to iny other person? The witness: And to no other unauthorizea person I certainly could have to other officials" The indictment went on to say: "That the aforesaid testimony of the defendant as he then and there well knew and believed was untrue in that the defendant being then and there employed in the department of state in or about the months of February and narch 1938 furnished delivered and transmitted to one Jay David Whittaker Chambers who was not then and there a person authorized to receive the same copies of numerous secrets confidential and restricted documents the originals of which had theretofore been removed and abstracted from the possession and custody "of the department of state be levied he added his company would have to reconsider all OFOR MILADY xpansion plans Vance said that under the proposed tax Studebaker's growth would be "greatly curtailed if not made impossible" Vance said that while Studebaker's profit margin doubled between 1940 and 1948 the current rate is "from no point of view excessive" He said the 1940 rate was "too low" Holman testified that there By AwntuR EDSON would be oil rationing in the Dec 15 UPI-WASHINGTON country now if the industry had g Christmas-shoppinnot made heavy outlays for new The average eicilities since the war He said male thinks his wife is fatter than ):kis companies depended on its she really is profits to a large extent to fiThe poor fellow feels as out of nance expansion a canary at a cat show as ' place 'Comparison Misleading' the moment he slinks into a store He estimated Oils company's selling ladies' wear profit this year at' $390000000 If he's shy and starts to tam124000000 in compared with 1940 but said comparisons were mer he wants to get his wife lingerie misleading Theseacta on the male shopper Vance said Studebaker has to sell 7788 cars a month to break come as a result of a letter from even and has been selling 18953 Jelleff's a local store which speTherefore he said we have built cializes in things for milady The and sold about 8000 units to break letter began: even and 11000 units on which we Shopping Aids made a profit" "I am Elizabeth Brewster I Vance contended that if there a corps of young women Ls need for increased government have revenue it should be obtained in trained to help you with your such a way that all corporations Christmas shopping "share the burden equitably" "—By calling at your office "By taking your order by telephone By assisting you- - here at the store" Naturally I hustled right over Turns out that the store has (A) Brewster or (B) 11 Miss Brewsters depending on how you at it WASHINGTON Dec 15 ()P)-- -- look is no Miss Brewster and "There S Pres Harry Truman Wednes- never was" said Miss Sue Boteler day was reported keenly inter- "Each of us is known as Brewster ested in a program calling for It's easier if the men just ask for construction of 1000000 public Miss Brewster" housing units during the next four Date Reminder years The program was outlined to Like many another' store Jelhim by a delegation representing d has the service on a leff's the National Public Housing conmen basis of teminding ference th& wife's birthday and of anniverEdward Weinfeld president of saries During the Christmas rush the conference told newsmen Mr Boteler-Brewsthas 10 Miss Truman weep "keenly interested" Miss Brewsters helping her in the program A fellow went by towed by a Weinfeld was accompanied to Miss Brewster the White House by conference he "Is the shy type?" I asked from the Amerirepresentatives "Let's follow him and see" said can Federation of Labor the Con Miss Boteler gress of Industrial Organizations We went upstairs to a small Veterans of Foreign Wars the set aside just for men Miss League of Women Voters the lounge Brewster talked with him for AdNational Association for the vancement of Colored People and awblie in low tones and then disappeared the National Farmers union Weinfeld said 800000 of the proFinally Escapes posed 1000000 housing man The got up took off his should be built in cities and 200- - coat He sat awhile got up put on 000 in rural areas his coat Miss Brewster came back carrying a package wrapped and SELECT YOUR -- foe I 42w :'s -- - the insurance firm testified that Cherner received $9923 in commissions on the insurance contracts during the first six months of this year alone Davis assured the committee that every case in which a new 1949 Ford has appeared on used car lots has been checked thoroughly by district offices of the parent company -- Page One his apartment to a man he then ' knew- - as 4George Crosley later ' identified as 'Chambers) Iri ordir1 to clarify 4 it (4 wouldthat be the only exception? Al--Th- '- jury" The witness: "Oh yes" Whearty WEIS identified as Asst 4 Atty Gen Raymond P Whearty to Thomas J Donegan ' A indictment contained: two assistantassistant to the attorney special counts of perjury This was the who was in charge of the general first prosecution) The grand jury charged that The second charged: this 1Vas testimony was tmtrue and that committed'too'jx1 Hisssaw Perjuryand talked with Chamthis testirnori3r: te" berssometime during the months "Q Now Mr Hiss Mr Cham- of February and March'1938 There was considerable conbvt says' yiat he liobtatned type- fusion among the score of reportwritten lOpies olt" official state ers when the jury's statepresent documents "from you ment was read in court Most of A "I know he has" them thought the jury had inciP Q "Did you ever see Mr Cham- cated it would take no actin ' bers after you entered into the whatsoever It came as a surprise - when state department?" indictments were A "1 do not believe I did I mimeographed handed out only a few minutes !cannot swear that I did not see after the itiry!had left the room him some time say in the fall of The indictment was returned in '36 And I entered the state de- the chamber of Judge W Clancy partment Sept 1 1936" There were a handful of spectators Q "Now you say possibly in present and 18 of the 20 grand – the fall of '36" members The jury needed- jury A "That would be possible" 16 present to have a quorum Q Can you say definitely with Both Hiss and Chambers were reference to the winter of '36 I In the courthouse area restricted mean say December '36?" to the grand jury most of WednesA "Yes I think I can say defi- day They left at the same time —at 4:45 pm—and accidentally nitely I did not see him" Q "Can you say definitely that rode the 14 floors to the street in you did not see him after January the same elevator Neither spoke 1 1937?" and neither was when the A "Yes I think I can definitely indictment was present read say that" McGohey said he did not know Mr Whearty: "Understanding whether Hiss would be arrested of course exclusive of house hear Wednesday night or Thursday Continued - Plans for Ritzy Inauguration Don't Appeal to President qr k4 1 4' ' $9-92- ii oi ( bring the entire industry into disrepute" Davis testified after the committee had examined Joseph Cherner Washington dealer banker and insurance broker about his myriad show he It produced figures tooperations collected $13024 in interest on customers' deposits over an year period Plain 'Uncle Joe' Cherner a chubby balding executive who calls himself "Uncle Joe' in his advertising hopped in and out of the witness chair all through the testimony to explain -- -- - 58-cou- Dec 15 (UP) wAsi-IMGto- ' ' I WASHrNGTON Dec 15 (UP) —The airioree 'itnd Gov Thomas E Dewey denied Wednesday that a plush Lockheed Constella- tion plane bought wifrt the taxintended for payers' money was Dewey'srp'riyate us4A had he been i - electedpresaent said the plane I The air was oneof 1g ordered a year it had been delivago and-lha- t ered only last month It is intended solely for special missions Nof "very important persons" the service added Dewey's secretary Paul Lockwood said in Albany that "we have no knowledge of any such plane being available for the governor's use" A Wcaeudsnedesdtahye said rtegrtplpaunbeliahhaedd air force some embarrassment The dispatch said President Harry S Truman had turned down the craft for his own use and is content with his less sumptuous but practically new DC-- 8 the Independence ings and exclusive of the grand 1 t gig :' — - - I le 6 -"--- e7 4'eti - - |
