Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 8 C 9 1938 t ' AND FROM IN $ 1 r wEP v New Taxes — School National Enter Politics Songsmiths Oriental Eyes View Mongolia Tax Message Strikes 'v'irA'V at Surplusses V'VWw'- ( ' ti' '' - Budget ' cision — City — r ' Walkout— Water w I 4'- - ' V’ff ' y De- yt Shake-up- s Prison Knifing 1 i i —Hawaii f r Water Law Ticklish questions of taxation always anathema to congress in election years were thrown into that body’s lap by' President r han actor producer and songsmith who entertained congressmenwhite hewrged theni to kill the Duffy bill to ease copyright restrictions Composers want higher royalties Rudy Vallee as he appeared before the house patenUcommltteeitohrgegTeaterpr©-tectio- n At the right is Gene for composers Inset George M Co- Buck noted songwriter Affairs in the City Consolidation ' Savings to taxpayers— or at least the city administration— of between $8000 and $9000 annually Is envisaged by Mayor E B Erwin in a plan to consolidate three units of the city health department By the same plan the mayor hopes to increase the efficiency of the department has won the approval of the city com’ mission conditioned upon adoption of a new ordinance Mayor Erwin proposes to place supervsion of the food and dairy inspection the sanitary division and the department of weights and measures under jurisdiction of Dr L A Browne now chief food inspector The mayor's plans to replace nine health department Inspectors were balked however when the city commission divided on a partisan basis with Republican Commissioners George D Keyser Harold B Lee and P H Goggln opposed and Mayor Erwin ’and Commissioner William Murdoch favorable Bondsmen The perpetual problem of bail bondsmen and bail practices at the city jail was tackled again this time by the new administration Mayor B B Erwin Police Chief Harry L Finch Assistant City Attorney Gerald Irvine police desk sergeants conferred decided: That desk sergeants should become bonded bail commissioners invested with full authority to set bail and accept bonds for persons arrested by police Desk sergeants moreover will be empowered to accept bonds either from individuals or professional bondsmen It Is tvldent that city officials through this step hope to remove somewhat the admitted problems connected with professional bondsmen— folk accepted by the city court who post hail for arrested persons for a commission Often have reputable citizens been arrested for minor offenses late at night been forced to accept the services of professional bondsmen although either they oj their friends could seemingly have qualified Comity i r What Los Angeles does to hoboes Is Los Angeles’ business the Salt Lake City commission decided when tt 'refused to adopt a resolution criticizing the southern California city for its “ban on bums” The resolution was sponsored by Ralph C Clyde commissioner of public utilities for Port- land Ore who reported the ban U effecting Mhtr pities adyerwly Attorney Hazards Appointment by Commissioner William Murdoch of Alonzo Pratt Kesler as assistant city attorney to succeed Wallace B Kelly was approved by the city commission The appointment presages further changes in the department The city commission received a: complaint from Chief Building Inspector Royden K McCullough that the state liquor commission houses its stores in at least four buildings with dangerous fire hazards Holding the storehouse at 875 West Second South street lit- erally has “enough liquor to float a battleship” McCullough pointed out that alcohol is just as explosive as gasoline said: The building is listed in the group of structures considered unusually inflammable In the event fire broke out everybody on the first second and third floors would be blocked from getting out of the building” McCullough also scented fire hazards at the store at 54 to 58 West Second South street at 25 East First South street said the store on 58 Exchange plice was best equipped should have another stair well into the basement Sanitation that no city official appeared responsible for maintenance of the swimming pool in the public safety Discovery building patron- -' ized by police officers firemen other f andy various! groups! the prompted commission to place pool man- agement under the city recreation department Ray T Fora-ber- g city recreational director reported that sanitary supervision of the pool w a $ lax that the city may be lrivitlng a lawsuit resulted in the action Hereafter Mr Forsberg will arrange a schedule for pool use supervise Its condition Cinema Stars To Victor McLaglen for “The Informer” and Bette Davis for "Dangerous” went the annual award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best 1935 cinema performances "Mutiny on the Bounty" was judged the best picture of the year - Ne w s Behind anti-Italia- Italo-Americ- Anti-Briti- merican -- Island Hope School Strike Oregon Of inestimable value to states of the west is water Water likewise is a perennial cause of dispute among western users Water law therefore Is of utmost importance 'extremely complex in the west where irrigation is widely used A bone of contention between farmers of Oregon and Washington was waters of the Walla Walla river which rise in Oregon flow into Washington Oregon farmers have been using Walla Walla wa- far half a century Washington farmers later settlors have lamented the loss of water when the river finally reaches their settlements claimed Oregon exacts potentially $25000000 worth of water which rightfully belonged to Oregon Washington therefore filed suit in the supreme court of the United States to enjoin Oregon from diverting “more than its hare’’ of the Walla Walla river To hear the case the court appointed William W Ray prominent Salt Lake City attorney as special master After trial Mr Ray recommend-e- r dismissal of Washington's suit found that Oregon had established a prior right' to the river waters through 50 years of use Tha court in a unanimous opinion by Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo upheld the master's findings dismissed Washington’s action The doctrine of prior use therefore appears to have won sanction from the highest court of the land ter to irrigate se as! 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V tt — Hawaii -- e v Remote almost inaccessible Mongolia becomes the bone of contention between soviet Russia and Japan Above tbe Great Wall of China originally erected to keep the Mongols however “there should be considerably more study of the statehood proposal before giving a favorable bition is to create an influential chain of British-owne- d papers over the United States— a more effective method be claims than feeding American correspondents abroad with material that they may alter London air authorities are horrified h7 Germany’s sudden and Ever sines tbe unexpected bid for a transatlantic air line race began ths foxy Germans have been pretending that they were not Interested They woul£ stick to ZepMeanwhile they have built a fleet pf huge flying boats far pelins superior to anything of the type in existence and experimental 'flights from the Azores are to begin in the early spring American diplomats and experts are watching Britain’s armament organization plans with great interest Brtlaln’s problems are Identical with our and Washington thinks that it would pay us to learn and avoid repeating the chaos and waste of 1917 Parliament wants to combine ths army navy and air ministries under ths civilian control of a progressives It seems that ths British admiralty for example was so that it ft refused to equip it battleships with sufficient guns until the press and public opinion forced it to London is going to cut red tape to avoid wasting any of the 390000000 pounds about to be spent— it behooves ua to follow the example BERLIN “Holland’s days of neutrality are over Ws are Germany's enemy on the Continent and abroad" That grim confirmation of reoent reports wa given DutcU tslllterz correspondent opsn-mlnd- anti-aircra- cision bond-owne- — By Frederic Sondern The Hague knows from the plans of the Gerexpert in Berlin man military preparations along the Dutch border that Holland is now in the same position as Belgium— the road into Franc And it seema that Hitler has his eyes on the Dutch Indies as an Ideal colonial acquisition for Germany It has taken is very serious threat to compel thrifty Queen WUhelmlna to allow the appropriation of $000000 for new fortresses along the Rhine and coast defense works to protect the Dutch ports Whenever "Gorgeous Hermann" Goerlng takes a "hunting trip” to Poland rumors are rife It ts Goering particular personal scheme to forge a bond between Germany Poland Hungary Jugoslavia and if possible Italy— that will allow Germany to fight a war for glory land and colonies that would have an even chance of success But—not to mention the others— Poland is fickle She Is bound to Germany only by the fear of Russia ROME The German ambassador Von Hassel hot from Hitler and Berlin had several long talks with H Dues and rumors are flying thick and fast Insiders Inform your correspondent that Mussolini Is preparing a big diplomatic putsch Encouraged by the Temblen victory he will make a great final effort to reach favorable unHe will derstanding with Lohdon and Paris before the rains begin pact of last year definitely threaten to abrogate the French-Italia- n condemn the Locarno pact withdraw all Italian troops from the Brenner make an agreement with Germany and leave the league unless sanctions are dropped Egudlcat m CopyrmUuCluH ££ report” Alameda Affirmation The Utah supreme court’s dethat general taxes are paramount claims’ to property Welling accused of submitting a should take precedence over other false salary claim to the state liens was affirmed by the United board of examiners for the paltry States supreme court in a case insum of $100 Th( voucher was volving title to land in Millard made to Golda Richards wife of county The case was between Harold P Richards quondam individuals but so Important was it defemed that the state tax comemploye of the secretary The prosecution contends the mission Millard county and the secretary feloniously presented tha Millard county school district claim knowing it to be false The entlred as amici curiae The dispute arose after defense counters that the secreof the Millard county tary believed Mrs Richard lawful- ly entitled to compensation for drainage district N 3 contested the suit of Henry Hansen to quiet Currency aiding her husband Jn field work A parade of witnesses testifying to title to the property Hansen A hint that the United States both theories appeared before bought the land from the county feels the times timely for interunder a tax deed Bondowners national currency stabilization Judge Evans contended drainage district taxes emanated from the lips of SecreSecretary Welling was convicted by the first jury which tried the should have equal precedence with tary of State Cordell Hull in Balticase was granted a new trial when general taxes lost more where he addressed a state yon' between boulevard Hollady District Judge Roger I Mcconvention of Young Democratic Forty-eight- h South street and Donough ruled he erred in the clubs Said he on money: Marriage Announced Dyer’s corner “The problem of permanent arfirst one At the second trial the Married In Paris were Douglas beForty-eight- h South street Fairbanks Sr quondam athletic must of course be rangements jury was unable to reach an agreeHolla-da- y ' ment ended in deadlock cinemactor and Lady Silvia Ashkept constantly in view The tween Highland drive and boulevard At the third trials Welling ley in Paris monetary situation in its every ' Lady Ashley was divorced by Lord Ashley In a suit essential aspect should grow in- dramatically and suddenly waived Producthe currency of each country shall the jury after it had been drawn which named Fairbanks as corescreasingly more stable tion and conduct of trad In this not widely fluctuate in terms of Juage Evans Indicated lie would pondent won $10000 damage Such stability render no decision for at least a from the actor who was divorced country and abroad require for other countries their assistance that the value of gives certainty to commerce” in 1935 by Mary Plckford week P vote Islands added to China Concluded before District Judge C Evans was the third trial of Secretary of State Milton H Deeming accident hazards increased through speed limits the state road commission lowered speed maximum to 40 miles an hour on six state highways in Salt Lake county The lower limit was recommended by R W Groo state highway and J patrol superintendent Wallace West chiefleputy sheriff The highways: State street between Twenty-fir- st South street and the south side of (Jordan high schooL South street be- Thirty-thir- d tween Sixth West and Twenty- third East streets Ninth East street between city limits and Union avenue Highland drive between the city limits and the national forest boundary in Big Cottonwood can- -- three-totw- Trial Limit The goal of Hawaii U S owned lslanda far out in the Pacific long has been to add another star to the flag of the United States Hawaii is anxious to become this forty-nint- h state in the Union divest herself of territorial status becorhe soverlgn in the ocean Hawaii's --ambition -- was at postponed last week when a sub committee of the house territories committee rejected the plea for Below Buriat Mongols heavily clothed o for their bitterly eoid climate In one of their statehood by a tent villages This area still belongs officially J’h majority praised the out The Week in Utah the News in Europe Foreign office experts in charge of relations are much disappointed with recent political developments in Washington They thought that their extensive propaganda had congress n and ths president in the bag for an policy and an extended embargo The extension of the present "limited” neutrality act cam as a bad shock With the U S definitely out of the embargo combine the European nations will balk at any extension of sanctions that simply hurt their own business and give the Italian trade to America Washington has taken Britain’s big stick away from her The British embassy in Washington blames the catastrophe on Republican machinations The G O P press pointed out thfe trade the sudden prosadvantages of increased perity of the southern ports and dished up aCout the most unpopular idea in the world to the middle western farmer—the United States helping Britain protect her imperial interests That counteracted President Roosevelt’s and Secretary Hull's pious speeches against making money out of a wicked aggressor nation A wave of publlo sentiment followed' concludes the British report and compelled Roosevelt to change hla stand entirely feeling in "the states" is rising which may threaten cooperation in the Pacific Plans for British propaganda in the U S are The prime mover is one of those being rushed curious unofficial statesmen that really direct He is a director in almost every British policy large British newspaper on Intimate terms with the city magnates and Whitehall politicians He played a large part In the British Intelligence and Hull propaganda service In the United State during the waitAn&faM a keen Insight IntoAsieclcan psychology His Anglo-Americ- Franklin Delano Roosevelt The presidential tax meseage was proof that the president meant what ha said la his budget mileage— that new eources Of revenue must be found for expenditures not contemplated in the budget Since the president submitted his makeshift budget message the national picture had changed viThe supreme court outolently lawed the AAA cost the government half a billion dollars in taxes The congress passed the bonus bill over the president’s wetOroet the country another billion or so Thus the president insisted upon greater revenue suggested: As a temporary measure collection of the “windfall” refunds precipitated by the AAA decision an excise tax on farm commodities to raise another $517000000 over three yar As a permanent measure a tax upon the Undistributed incomes of corporations (undivided profits and surpluses exclusive of proper “reserves”) to replacs the present corporate income tax the capital stock tax aud the related excess profits tax the present exemption of dividends from normal Individual incomes It was the latter suggestion that has thrown congress into a dither -- for it revises the entire tax structure upon corporations Tha president estimate it would increase returns from that soure from a billion a year to $1020000 Tax experts estimate the average levy upon undistributed profits to be $3 3 per cent The president outlined a twofold purpose in his new profits tax— to increase revenues and at the same time speed the flow of money into channels of trade a new deal goal The theory upon which the new tax is baaed is that persons in control ef many large corporations deliberately build up surpluses omit dividends to avoid payment of surtaxes on their individual incomes A tax on such surpluses is expected to prompt distribution of funds to stockholders thereby Inwhich creasing their dividends would be subject to tax under the president’s proposal and would put impounded funds into trad channels The proposal also would enable the treasury to tap a tax source --which it hat -- never been-ablto reach A ready objection to the presidential plan is that it places the United States government in the position of determining what are proper corporate reserves to care for depression periods depreciation obsolescence to provide adequate working capital Defenders of corporations doubtlessly will point out that the huge surplus of American Telephone A Telegraph for Instance has enabled that company to continue ordinary dividend disbursements through the depression Thus will doubt again be cast upon ths new deal’s wisdomin dealing with sacrosanct American business Early reactions to ths president's message sent stocks up on the New York exchange since speculators figured corporations with large surpluses would boost dividend payments Later expectations softened as congressional leaders wrestled with the problem hinted less drastic means may be found to supplement federal revenues Ousted by the Alameda Cal school board and city council waa Superintendent William Paden but the superintendent found support from the ranks of the students their parents Two thousand of them abandoned classrooms in the Alameda high school in a strike against the ouster were joined by 2500 elementary pupils Superintendent Paden thus re- inforced refused to relinquish office to Einar Sorensen the new appointee of the board as voters demanded the recall of four city officials rs British Columbia Blocked by ah avalanche was the Canadian Paclfio main line In a cut near Downie British Columbia The avalanche derailed a locomotive and tender filled the cut with debris Workmen were dispatched to the wreck to clear the line as the tender hoisted back on the track was being pulled up the steep grade by another locomotive Suddenly the coupling snapped Back down the grade sped the tender Workmen were trapped in the narrow cut could not scale the steep sides were unable to flee from the flying tender The tender smashed into them at terrifis speed hurled bodies in all directions Fifteen workmen were killed six severely injured Crime Knifing A feud behind prison walls brought death” to one convict prompted a coroner’s jury to find that the killer acted In self defense The brawl occurred in the yard of the Utah State prison Ora Thornton 24 convicted robber was fatally stabbed by Richard Cottl 24 convicted attempted robber and former cellmate of Thornton in San Quentin as the pair scuffled between two prison cell blocks Cottl testified he stabbed fellow convict after Thornton his had askedl WU are yon ready to meet your Maker?" and then lunged The coroner’s Jury established that prison cliques were responsible for the fatal brawl that Thornton suspected Cottl of being a “stool pigeon” of frustrating a prison break last November The state board of corrections plans to Investigate the 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