Show Sportg Local News ClaAsified Ads Finance Radio Programs Page 15 Part Two Survey Reveals Newcomers Partly to Blame One in every six marr:ages ends the divorce courts or so it was a ago In Salt Lake a it different story Here county feears every time the county clerk issues three and marriage licenses them is a divorce granted In the same building Recent research indicates that during the first six months of 1943 526 intrlocutory decrees of were granted in the divorce county during the same period 1633 marriage licenses were issued The court docket for the Januaryone-ha- lf period -June Hot Weather Is 'bra on Tires— Be Sure to Drive Under 35 MPH Page Thirteen Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning July 20 1943 Divorce Rate Gams m S L County In tibitnt iIt fgalic tr--b 1941 showed Two S L Soldiers Die One Captured Two Salt Lake soldiers were reported dead in widely separated theaters of action Monday while a third was reported a prisoner of war Dead are: Private Roger M Knapp on of Mrs Claire M Gouley of 814 Sherman avenue who died of meningitis in an army hospital in India July 9 and First Lieutenant Clarence E Lideen husband of Mrs Lideen of 63 Fourth East street who died in north Africa July 14 Taken prisoner of war is Sergeant Val R Ilannon son of Mrs Jesse Hannon of Monroe Private Knapp 20 an army air corps ground crew member serving in India had been in the air corps for the past 18 months and had been in India for more than a year He enlisted in the army in Salt Lake City January 1 1942 and received his training at Savannah air base Savannah-O- a The war department informed Mrs Gouley that her son had become ill July 3 He was born in Salt Lake City August 9 1922 and attended South high school for three years e prior to his enlistment Surviving Private Roger M Knapp Dies In India a are his mother his father J George Knapp of Salt Lake City and a brother H G Knapp an Details of his death were not aviation cadet stationed at Thun- available Immediately according derbird field Ariz to telegram received by his Lieutenant Lideen was employed wifetheMonday by the war department in the Surviving are his widow one transportation division here prior daughter Patricia 12 his mother to his entrance into the armed Mrs Lideen of Borger service in September 1942 He Texas Esther and four sisters Mr Ethel formerly was employed for six Matthews of Texas Mrs years by the Western Motor Betty Adair Borger and Miss Margaret Transport company in Salt Lake Lideen of Denver Colo and Miss City He also was a member of Helen Lideen of Santa Monica the Salt Lake Exchange club Cal E C-- there were 400 divorces granted and for the same period in 1942 there were 426 The 1943 increase to 526 was almost 19 per cent over that of the preceding similar period—an average of three diTorces granted per court day Reatimnti for Increase Considered in a broader view however this was not such a sub- stantial increase as it might seem for in the late months of 1911 and early in 1942 there was a tre-- niendous influx of residents of rural Utah into the county War Industries had attracted many people from other states some of whose divorce rates were higher than Utah's Nonresidents of Utah were required to wait one year for a final decree of divorce and that year had elapsed for many of them with the beginning- of 1913 Some observers believe the sudden increase in the divorce rate can be attributed directly to the fact these newcomers had established residence by the first of the year Breakdown of these figures for Lieutenant Raymond E Brim son of Mr and Mrs Ray Brim 1943 reveal that of the 526 divorces of 1145 Fifteenth East street was recently awarded the air medal granted only 336 of the marriages had been performed in the state in a group citation for his entire 7 Flying Fortress crew Of this number only a slight ma4 The citation read in part "for jority had been performed in Salt Lake county A study made in exceptionally meritorious achieve 1940 indicated Salt Lake county merit while participating in five 1744 was the marriage place of 50 per separate bomber combat missions ' 4 cent of the people seeking divorces d over continental here The coolness and was courage it Europe Investigating further discovered that many of the skill displayed by these officers couples married in—Utah and diupon these occasions reflect great vorced in Salt Lake county courts credit upon themselves and the 77 had been in residence only the armed forces of the United States" :W4 triirliMUM amount of time required Lieutenant Brim enlisted in the t —three months This in turn may 4 army air corps in June 1942-an40 e was graduated September 24 at affect the lower divorce rates in -t: Hooasrural- areas as compared with the Luke field Arizona where he re- tt his wings and commigsion :t ? urban area 1 1)6 ceived 't:' his special training at received lie Marriage Placeit Ligted Wash Spokane Geiger field lk '' base Casper Wyo and the 190 cases where marriair army iffr4i:A4cov c tfA ace had taken place outside the at Sal na K an A former'University of Utah state Idaho Nevada and Wyoming t'swere listed as the marriage places student he was affiliated with the 1 cif 96 of the couples Other states 40im4' "'' Intercollegiate Knights Now stationed somewhere in represented were: Arizona Texas ' -::' ' :::::''1'' NVe:t Virginia Washington Orethe lieutenant has par- England 4 gon Montana Illinois Kansas ticipated in seven raids two since he received the award of the air Colorado Pennsylvania California medal Nebraska Missouri Iowa VirLieutenant Brim is the husband ginia New Mexico New York ' of the former Patricia Condon South Carolina Michigan Florida Connecticut Massachusetts Okladaughter of Mr and Mrs Waide Lieutenant Raymond E Brim M Condon of 17 Twelfth East homa and Indiana Canada Eng7 land and Mexico were also inpilot receives air street Mr Condon is state editor medal of The Salt Lake Tribune cluded Of these marriages which ended in divorce 63 of the couples had been residents of the state for the year required by law before May 1 1943 However they S had been residents of the county only three months The best that could be sajd for The Victory theater fire probe Under the new statute which the weather in Salt Lake City committee began its third week became effective May 1 15 divorces were granted to people who Monday was that even though it of investigation Monday by meethad'been in residence in the state didn't get-ancooler it didn't get ing in the law office of Ben E and the county for only three Roberts George H Short' chairhotter any months It is estimated that this man and Owen G Reichman the Repeating its Sunday perform- other member of the committee minimizing of residence requirem- ance to a the mercury climbed en-ts will add impetus to the numwere both present ber of divorces granted in the maximum but anyone More than 40 witnesses have second period of the with a sense of knowing when already been calletl before the citizens investigating body it was too much emphasis he's well off just considered Okla- learned However Mr Roberts said the cannot be placed on these factors homa City's high of 104 and ut- committee would not meet again sunas there is no way of knowing tered not a word of complaint until Wednesday The independent investigation how many of these couples resided minimum was 60 deMonday's In the respective cities at the time of the fire conducted by Jay H and tradition continued the of their marriage especially those grees Stevens of the national board of of this area of being a very very fire underwriters San Francisco near-bin marriages performed nice place in which to consort with office is expected to end Tuesday states Mr Stevens was expected to reMorpheus !Alan" Stir‘eY Made turn from the west coast where Forecast for Tuesday is little he was recalled Tuesday on an In recent years perturbed students of social work recognizing change in temperature although office of civilian defense assignthe abnormal divorce rate in Utah scattered thunder showers in the ment have made surveys One of these late afternoon may tend to cool conducted by Mirs Josephine May things some Cont:nupd on Page Seventeeo) The weather situation in Ogden continued along the same pattern as Salt Lake's High was 94 deS grees and the minimum was 63 degrees A strong sellers' market plus Readings over the nation Monof price administration office as follows: were day regulations militated against High Low wholesale Sieg Kellersberger 44 of 1237 offerings of 61 91 East Twenty-sevent- h South Street Albuquerque N M "white elephant" shoes Monday 74 94 was in critical condition late Mon- Atlanta Ga at Salt Lake shoe stores 85 59 day at Salt Lake General hospital Bismarck N D k peMonday began a 68 92 where he is being treated for cya- Chicago Ill riod during which dealers may 61 95 Colo Denver t:de gas poisoning sell odd styles and broken sizes 67 Colo —93 Investigating officers said Mr Grand Junction Paul of shoes without collecting ra60 85 h a d Minneapolis-S- t Kellersberger apparently tion coupons 79 94 walked inadvertently into a home New Orleans Ea However eager customers 71 84 at 1140 Roberta avenue which had New York City found the that offerings were 63 94 just been furnigated'with cyanide Ogden Utah P A specified that limited 0 74 104 as He was found in the home at Oklahoma City Okla shoes sold ration-fre- e during 4 p m by a worker vhose name Omaha 65 92 Neb can amount only to this period 53 89 Rock Springs Wyo not reported 4 per cent of stocks as of April 60 95 The rescuer and members of the Salt Lake Airport 10 71 Salt Lake fre department rescue San Antonio Texas The ration-fre- e shoes also 71 Mo in Louis must be sold at a price not more scvlad applied artificial respiration St 55 95 then removed the victim to the Sheridan Wyo than 10 per cent above cost to 71 88 the dealer Washington D C toEpital Oahu Receives Medal Citation for Air Feat E-1- ' enemy-occupie- 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' B-1- out-of-sta- te Showers Today Fire Probe Goes Into Third Week L May Cool six-mon- th y Shoe Bargains Prove Scarce L Man Suffers Cyanide Poisoning so-call- ed two-wee- s lb I Faces Crisis ir plus gov- ernment are arousing resentment in Texas Owen Murphy of Dallas president of the Murray Investment company of Dallas and chairman of the board of the Paramount Fire Insurance company New York City declared Monday at the Hotel Utah Mr and Mrs Murray came here On their way to spend their usual vacation at the Flat Rock club on the north fork of the Snake river Idaho "It seems to the people of Texas" he said "that this gasoline shortage is artificial brought about by unnecessary restrictions and bureaucracy" He said Texas today produces 40 per cent of the crude oil in the United States yet she faces a heavy cut in gasoline rationing His own company produces and refines crude oil That all is not well on the food front he intimated by referring to a heavy surplus of cattle and sheep which is not finding its way to market as would be the normar procedure Woman Treated for Assault Hurts Asserted ly beaten by a soldier a Tooele woman was treated at Salt Lake emergency hospital early Tuesday for severe bruises about the head neck and woman attractive Mrs Eleanor McLoucl sobbingly told police that a soldier later arrested by Military police tame to the door of her mother's apartment at 164 Cast South Temple street and inquired about a person Mrs McLoud said did not live at the residence The attack assertedly occurred when Mrs McLoud told the soldier he had better leave B-1- 7 Pilot Will Address Sojourners' Meeting The pilot of a 7 whose crew came through 50 bombing missions in north Africa without injury to any man will be guest speaker at the monthly meeting of Salt Lake chapter No 114 National Sojournrs in the Masonic temple 650 East South Temple street The pilot is Lieutenant Ralph B Kee le of 1348 East 3300 South street Secretary Lieutenant ft C Earley reported B-1- a Maw Reiterates Inability to Transfer Funds 41 Texan Scores Gas Rationing face The Utah Budget Unit Still : Failure of local officials in certain Utah communities to enforce state and national laws designed to curb venereal diseases was cited Monday evening as probably the major obstacle confronting health officials in their campaign to prevent spread of the diseases Meeting In the offices of Dr: T C Eauerlein 699 East South Temple street members of the Utah Social Hygiene association formulated plans to launch an Intensified campaign throughout the state to bring venereal diseases under controi and reduce the number of cases to a minimum Urges Early Action Raymond IL Greenman field representative of the American Social Hygiene association advised the group to initiate campaigns immediately while control of syphilis and gonorrhea is a concern of the federal as well as state goVernment because of its vital effect on the war effort He said unless drives to stamp out the diseases are begun before the war ends they may have to be conducted without federal aid Adoption of plans for an educational campaign bringing into use literature posters and educational films was approved at the meeting The entire program will be patterned after the one currently being conducted for the benefit of service men Judge Herbert M Schiller chairman of the advisory committee on law enforcement expressed the view that existing legislation is adequate to control venereal diseases "if local law enforcement agencies see that these laws are carried out Unfortunately in certain Utah communities this has not been done" Enlarge Directory Acting upon the suggestions of Major Wayne C Sims in charge of venereal disease control in the Ninth service command and Dr H 14 Marshall of the University of Utah school of medicine the group voted to distribute literature to every man and woman war worker and every service man in this area telling of the danger of venereal diseases Elias L Day president presided at the meeting Some phases of rationing other edicts of bureaucratic It' Yell Youthiut Cul sillier ?r'! Hygiene Unit Plans Drive to Stamp Out Social Disease ' ' 'Come 'n' Get Group Hits Laxity in Disease Curb NIkw4 sr -- pr Utah legislative budget committee still hung in the i balance Monday after a meeting C in the capitol at which a plea for 1 ':'':'' I state funds had been submitted to the state board of examiners by "4( ?::'': a committee representing Indus:f fl 1 ''N- ' try labor and agriculture Governor Herbert B Maw as I V? chairman of the board said flatly stit that as things now stand he would have no way of making money available to the group blaming for this situation the rigidity of the appropriations bill enacted by the same legislature that created the committee—that of 1913 The chief executive said the bill would prevent transfers from other funds while Attorney General Grover A Giles has ruled that the committee cannot take its needed $25000 from the $75000 appropriation made to the twenty-sixt- h legislature Members of this legislature will not convene until January 1945 although the appropriation became effective ggk July I Seek Legal Out Mr Giles who as a member of the board attended the meeting classWhile Byron Vance left looks on There's real talent In cooking eggs bpys of Mt of hope to the Frank Bennion center offers Jay Aldous a gave a glimmer Olympus ward at Holladay are learning lit when he committee announced he "well-turnetaste of club boys' food egg Salt Lake county's first would be willing to reverse his ty opinion if sufficient evidence were subMitted to him to justify such He accepted an offer of Senators Grant Macfarlane (M Salt Lake chairman and Ira A Huggins (D) Ogden member of the committee to submit citations 111 bearing on the question The committee argued that since its work will be for the benefit to Democraticideas of education as against the "education of the next legislature the cost Utah boys certainly are chang- kill and to hate" youth programs developed under the axis are of its work should be charged to Not so long ago Mother the appropriation for that sesing! battle developments today Dr H W Hurt sion had to threaten with a cold dash being justified by or the castor oil bottle to get director of service and program development and of reading and Have No Leeway Junior up for breakfast: ?Tow it's guidance of Boy Scouts of America declared Monday in Salt Members of the board (SecreJunior Lake City the nine 10 or of State E E Monson is the tary "Our boys who have been third member) expressed symwho let's out a lusty "Come and Dr Hurt who is sviely known as trained to develop their initiative get it" call for the entire family of the Boy Scout handbook following democratic lines are pathy for the aims of the corn At least that's the way it is author mittee but asserted that as guardg one of the world's out Holladay way where Mrs F books 'beating the socks off axis forces' ians of the states funds they could most of scout and other in this combat of mech9nized not B Casto has a class of 18 boys lightly approve a transfer of and manuals is here at the request of forces" he declared attending cooking school money even for a worthy purpose L D S church'youth program leadGovernor Maw said the report regularly! on means of enrich- Prove Hard "And" said Mrs Castro "they ers totheconfer of the committee would not scout program for older on Page Seventeen) are heels over head enthusiastic ing "Only several years ago" he boys Amerwas continued said "it that about it" ican youth was soft With several The whole thing started when months' military training our men Mrs Castro had a boys' class in have developed an ability to meet the L D S Primary association and to new situations that makes them they thought it would 13C fun far superior to the best have a dinner—just among themMrs Castro joined in the selves troops the axis has proEach of the dishes was duced" plan "And it A summer recreation Valuable lessons in prepared by two boys State educational and judiciary learned by boys from thecamperaft turned out to be a grand dinner" "wilder- program for Salt Lake City's officials will view operations of a ness" of Brooklyn and similar lir- youths WEIS decried Monday as be' laughed the teacher seI The boys enjoyed it thorough- Salt Lake war areas have taught ing inadequate "to supply suffiindustry plant ban activities under in good cient leisure-tim- e ly that when Mrs Castro sugwhich is them standing noon tour when the stead in Alaska Africa Tuesday they and qualified guidance" for boys and gested they organize k first-yea- r Sicily The class in cooking the hopped plant at the Solomons he asserted girls of this city at the idea There are now 18 525 West Thirteenth South street Some of the dividends reaped by City Parks Commissioner Fred boys ranging in age from 9 to 11 is the knowledge Tedesco who asserted in a report B Maw will scoutmasters Governor Herbert learning the fundamentals of cook- head the visiting group which will that training they gave Boy Scouts on juvenile delinquency that the Salt Lake program is insufficient ing They know how to prepare be treated to a first-han- d glimpse already has saved the lives of In scope declared and cook fruit cereals two ved- of the that: of thousands American and the firm radio boys way produces seems unfair to allow these ettes muffins four varieties eggs tubes and other articles "It to thouhas death sudden brought young people to wander aimlessly pan broiled coddled scrambled or Members of the party will in- sands of the enemy he asserted cooked in tomato sauce and milk clude during their nonschool hours for Dr E E Monson secretary Cites Data drinks of various kinds the remaining 42 weeks of the 1state M of Reese Reese state They not only learn how to do auditor Oliver G Ellis state year" to Dr cited the effect data Hurt The delinquency report made these things but prepare and serve treasurer Charles H Skidmore that while only of the them at home Also in the pro- state up by Ituthorities in juvenile work superintendent of public in- boy population of the coustry ever cited that 550 offenders under 18 gram they have learned to pre- 4ruction Elias J Strong the is affiliated with the Boy Scouts years of age last year committed breakfasts a pare and serveon mealsSeventeen) 60 men cent of at trained the and Martin per gtovernor's secretary (Continued Page total of 628 serious offenses involvM Larson Roger I McDonough West Point and Annapolis are ing moral turpitude in Salt Lake d and James A Wade supreme court Boy City the members of mythical justices An of only 74 out of athletic teams received similar every average ' 1000 Company officials will honor the children are city of army reached visitors at a luncheon in the firm's training and work by group agencies cafeteria after which the tour of and navy officers being commis- who prove among these most efcame sioned will be conducted up through the fective means for curbing delintoday Two more cases of epidemic inspection The tour was arranged because Boy Scout program quent trends in boys and girls meningitis last week brought the of the particular interest of the The national official met Moninclude such total reported in Utah since Janu- officials in the type of war work day at the Lion House social cen- These work agencies as Girl Scouts organizations 1 113 to the which is greatest ary ter with Oscar A Kirkham mem- Neighborhood House and city recnumber for any year in the past performed by the plant of the L D S first council of reation centers ber 10 according to a report issued and deputy regional execseventy of nine areas surveyed in Salt Monday by Dr William M McKay B 'Rules' S A and with George IZ Lake City the three with the highutive Festivity Queen state health commissioner Morris general superintendent of est delinquency rates are located One case was in Richfield and the Young Men's Mutual Improve- near the downtown distrtct the other in Ogden the patients Executives' Meet The report deemed of deep sigment association and his assisttwo of and nine age years being Days of '47 royalty held sway ants Joseph J' Cannon and Burton nificatfce the "low average" of This 'is a disease that can be exat the Salt Lake Execu- K Farnsworth children reached by various agenpected in wartime and so far a Monday association tives' He will remain here several cies and pointed out that "90 per meeting at the large percentage of those afflicted Beau Brummel cafe cent of delinquencies occur during Queen Pat days have been adults the leisure time of a cihid" members of There was a total of 244 cases Pixton spoke inviting of communicable diseases last the organization to join in the Plan Business Meet Her atweek compared with 314 in the pioneer week festivities tendants Miss Cleone Pixton and Salt Lake Round TiOle memprevious week This is the small- Miss Marva Collett and Princess est number for any week this bers hold a busineS1 meeting Near Marrilyn Cullimore participated Tuesday at 12:15 p m in the H Adams Utah's quota for salvage scrap Hoteltrtah Ferrell said Monday iron has been jumped 2000 tons to secrete r a total of 37000 for the second half of 1943 because of heavy consumption of scrap metal nationally B L Brick Wood state salvage manager was informed these canneries—in the Granite Monday To make more American Mr Wood said Utah exceeded its school district—but plans are as far families 21 least to at establish under quota by 35 per cent during the July way as food is concerned will be one Last day for use of No 6 gasfour more in various parts of first half of the year but only of the chief objectives of the the state Mr Nichols said The continued hard work by all salvage oline coupon s worth four gal service education Granite cannery is used chiefly workers can bring in sufficient ions agricultural old metal to continue the good to supply the school lunch 'proU S office of education it was Stamp No 21 war ratton book No 1 good for one pound of gram but it also provides setv-- - record reported Monday by Mark coffee expires ice to families who are not Nichols state director of agricultural education upon his reequipped for home canning To Hear 'Tune Detective' July 22 Mr Nichols said the federal turn from a conference in WashD inC also will service ington Dr Sigmund Spaeth of New sponsor an Stamp No 22 war ration This will include not only tensive farm machinery repair York City president of the Nabook No 1 good for one pound program as an aid to greater tional Association of American of coffee becomes good through urging more families to raise Composers and Conductors and August 11 agricultural productior0 garden produce and livestock Nichols represented the "tune detective" of the radio and Renewal ot gasoline books to but also the setting up of school11 western states at the conscreen will Speak at the Salt Lake be made on application Blanks community canneries where families can preserve their own food ference called by Dr W T Rotary club weekly meeting Tuesobtainable at filling stations for winter use for use atart Spanton chief of the agriculday at 1215 p m in the Hotel New books issued Utah now has only one of tural education service Utah ing July 22 4 t se tEe' Fate of the N i :J - z : : ': :::'' siJ ::' " - - 4-- 11 d" - SL Boys Revel Scoutma Proves Worth t In Chance to War Says Offtet al Learn(:ooking - best-sellin- con-(Contin- Tedesco Scores Officials Tour Plant Today 'hate-traine- d' Play Program 10-we- self-relian- Eitel-McCullou- 4-- H one-four- th Meningitis Cases For Year Mount Scout-traine- three-fourt- three-fourt- hs hs Utah Scrap iron Quota Increased OfficialtUrges Additional Family Food Projects wi-1- ictory Dates For Everyone - self-sustaini- So g |