Show 16 AFL Submits DECEMBER 5t 1937 Scribe JQoubts Mysterious ‘Ouiji Board’ Authoress Dies at L A US Will in the chronicles Cut Road Aid LOSJohnANGELESCurran whp precedent”research Parley Fails Brady Bandit Buffalo’s City Affairs Quiz Awaits Deatli Boomerangs on Officials -- Own Bill oil Adages Hours i SUNDAY MORNING THE SALT LAKE' TRIBUNE A -- -- Mrs Congressmen Hold Tax Coin Ample To Supply Program Act Would Equalize Sectional Scales Says Union Leader - WASHINGTON Deo 4 MV-TAmerican Federation of Labor excutive council completed drafting bill proposal Sata new wage-hourday which President William Green said would serve to equalize wage conditions in interstate indushe By HARRY J BROWN Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Dec 4— No matter what congress may do with the remainder of the president’s program for the special session it will not carry out his wishes with retry between the north and the spect to curtailing the highway south construction program nor will it The bill to be offered as a substirelieve the secretary of agriculture tute for the pending administration of the obligation of allocating among ' bill calls for a flat minimum of 40 the states not later than January 1 cents an hour and a flat maximum next $214000000 for federal aid and Violations Work week of 40 hours forest highways which allocations would be prosecuted by the justice Governor Charles H Martin already have been authorized by law department-punishablby a fine of To and which moneys are intended to step into labor dispute $100 for each offense be expended during the fiscal year Green said passage of the federabeginning July 1 1938 tion proposal would wipe out long There are two basic reasons why standing wage differentials between congress will ignore the president’s the north and south recommendation with respect to cur"The south has long had the ecotailment of highway appropriations: nomic idea it was different from First the allocation of $214000000 other sections of the country” he on January 1 is required by the act said "Something has got to move of June 18 1936 and on the assurthem from that rigid position’ ance of that law alii the states have Would Offer Choice shaped their programs and levied taxes to raise their share of next The federation's proposal for a Little Hope of Truce year's federal aid program flat minimum wage and maximum Tax Revenue Ample tyjurs he said would leave southSeen in Battle ern manufacturers with a choice Secondly federal taxes assessed between "poverty wage scales” or Between C I O A F L against highway users are yielding an improved purchasing power for considerably more than the their products the federal government’s The council's chief concern in PORTLAND Ore Dec 4 OP) — share and so long as highway users drafting the proposed bill he said Governor Charles H- Martin after are pouring into the federal treaswas to exclude creation of a labor standards board with wide discre- a conference Saturday with CIO ury more than is taken out for highconstruction congress will not tionary powers to adjust wages and and AFL leaders said in a state- way be disposed to begin economizing by hours a feature of the pending ad- ment there' was "little of bringhope cutting down highway appropriaministration bill minimum on ing the two factipns together under tions Imposing a Moreover highway work is comsouthern industry Green pointed any truce acceptable to both sides” out would not necessarily change and accordingly he has determined mon to all the states they gll participate in this form of federal apcompetitive conditions between the to follow his “own course of action” propriations they all contribute to south and north aid programs and in the Southern Industry still would which will be announced "not later federal aggregate the states are Sipending have the advantages of climate than Monday” The governor repeatedly has as- even more for highways than is consources low living costs and near-bserted that if the national labor re- tributed from the United States of raw materials he said lations board could not settle the treasury There are no more popuReaction Unfavorable appropriations than those made jurisdictional squabble he would lar for highway construction The council's decision to support step in” a week Green added did The governor's conference on the May Be Unfortunate not mean the federation was giving 115th day of the jurisdictional disIt may be unfortunate from the week pute which grew out of rivalry of up its fight for a "The we6k was consid- - the two unions for control of the administration standpoint that the ered as more practical at this time” lumber industry came as the C I president undertook to launch his a O's International Woodworkers of economy program by proposing he said fedThere was immediate antagonis- America in convention listened to heavy cut in appropriations for tic reaction to the federation's pro- an invitation for peace from the eral aid tohighways for fhe president be overruled by congress n coun- is sure posal among house members Ma- A F L's in so far as the next annual approWorkcil of Sawmill Lumber and Texas Leader (D) Rayburn jority priations are concerned expressed belief the suggestion for ers Just why he should have selected The A F L proposed that the auhstituLon of uniform fedfor the bill’s present flex- CIO recognize the gains made by road funds to begin iscurtailing not clear He ible provisions would impair its the A F L in organizing the lum- eral appropriations law chalices for passage Other mem- ber Industry since the days of N R urged congress to repealto the allocate bers called the A F L's plan uncon- A and consolidate its forces with that obliges the secretary not later than the A F L to preserve these advan- another $214000000 stitutional of first the January build An and them had upon tages Rayburn said the federation done nothing to warrant a change earlier proposal by one CIO lead- On Old Schedule In (he leadership’s plans to pass the er to the convention that it send a The president pointed out federal pending measure during the week delegation to an A F L meeting at for roads during the of December 13 as nearly as possible Eugene next Friday was voted appropriations past five years have been three in its present form down times as great as in the years preceding He wants to get back to the old schedule But the president did not point out during the five depression years the federal government expended $1490000000 for highway construction and in those same years collected special taxes assessed against highway users aggregating or nearly as much as PHOENIX Ariz Dec 4 (AP) — Constable HarrffCaskin Jr and $1337000000 was appropriated Nor did he point Prank B Witt asserted slot machine operator were ordered held for to estimates of the bureau of intrial in superior court Saturday on charges of soliciting a bribe as ternal revenue which show that the in forces ahead of the prosecution preliminary hearing federal government will collect from pushed — Sheriff Roy Merrill and 17— ethers- - aeeused of conspiracy— in on highway users ’dilring the current alleged countrywide gambling ring fiscal year $349900000 while the The pair having no ostensible total estimated appropriation- - for connection with the Merrill case highways for the coming fiscal year will be only $238000000 were given a separate hearing SatThese figures prompted Senator before afternoon Superior urday Hayden of Arizona father of the Judge M T Phelps sitting as a highway law to say: “It is obvious that with the arrangement as it now magistrate He set bond at $4000 is those who use the roads are more each PIERRE S D Dec' 4 CD— Be- than paying for all the nosmal highGaskin and Witt are charged with cause of drouth conditions Gover- way expenditures which congress authorized” soliciting at $50 bribe from O J nor Leslie Jensen Saturday wrote has establsihment Freeman liquor Yields $204000000 Gas owner with the promise they would Secretary of Agriculture Henry A allow him to continue to operate a Wallace requesting an exception for The gasoline tax is estimated to oils ‘‘neighborhood” peker game South Dakota from the rule limiting yield $204 000 Freeman testified under exam $33300000 tires and inner tubes corn the to of sealing producers $37000000 passenger automobiles ination by Special Prosecutor Mark Wilmer that he was approached by who have complied with the 193J and motorcycles $58200000 trucks Witt who assertedly owned slot soil conservation program $8100000 and parts and accessories ’ machines operating in his estab- - The governor explained South Da- $9300000 more than $100000000 lishment more than congress is obligated to "He told me it would cost $50 kota farmers Include a large num- appropriate for the coming year If I wanted to continue the ’neigh- - ber of email operators living on One of the - serious embarrass' b or hood’ d farms and their prob- ments confronting the president is game” Freeman quoted family-sizeLater he said lem in the drouth years has been that under Witt as saying the policy which conGaskin appeared and warned: merely to exist has been pursuing for the past gress "Some of them have felt that they 15 ‘“You'll quit or pay off’" years highway programs aro Previously the preliminary hear- - could not cut acreage as could farnj-Trai- n for two years more favored areas” the IngxfMerrill Justtce ofthe Peace time and in advance a at wrote "because they had "to Harry Westfall Deputy Sheriff Porter Northroup and 15 othere try to raise all the feed they could States Mapped Program ' was given a sensational turn when just as a matter of After congress had enacted the Wilmer disclosed to the court the Cion” law of June 16 1936 state legisladisappearance of two pages of Noncompliance is so general In tures met and assessed taxes and shorthand notes from which John the heavy corn area of Iowa that voted state appropriations to carry G Handy Los Angeles investiga- - unless the rules are relaxed there out the federal aid program for the will be enough corn dumped on the current tor had been giving testimony and for the coming fiscal market this faJl to impair effective-nes- s 44 met during 1937 of the whole plan the chief year will legislatures not meet again until 1939 and executive wrote Wallace are now collecting taxes "I do not want to eee the small The states to raise their share of necessary farmers of South Dakota suffer the highway fund and from this situation” he wrote "If the cooperative federal government is morally we can seal their corn this year to go through the general effect will be small but and by law boundwhich the states with the program Zenith Radio Foundation the individual aid can be large” have accepted on the assurance of congress To curtail the federal aid apGrand Jury Suggests propriation would be to leave all the states with a surplus of funds on Curb on Picketing hand a surplus over and above what would be required to match the NEW YORK Dec 4 (INS)— "The federal highway contributions the entire system of picketing Jnust surplus would represent so much for th xploration of lit--tl die" unless "abuses” are corrected unnecessary tax collected by the known mental powers the Kings county November grand states jury reported Saturday in suggest- - Has Means to Trim Will be heard over o ing refonn The Jury reepmmended limiting If the president seriously intends picketing to bona fide employes to curtail federal appropriations for and to the frontage only of premises highway work he can accomplish where a strike is in force his purpose without breaking faith “We feel that the majority of the with the states by persuading conlaboring classes wilt agree with this gress at the regular session when suggestion knowing full well Jthgt framing the authorization for:th picketing has 'grown ana' extended two-yeprogram effective July 1 far beyond the purpose for which 1939 to cut the" authorizations from Immodlatoly following tho the jury $214000000 to $125000000 or to an it was originally-intended- ” rrd Sunday Ironing Hove I even lower figure reported ur e 4 UP)— Lfec- H ’ 54 wrote more than 2000000 words of verse and prose at what she said was the dictation through the ouiji board of "Patience Worth” an English woman who lived in New England in the seventeenth century died Friday of lobar pneumonia Mrs Curran said the name "Patience Worth” was revealed to her and Mrs Emily Grant Hutchins as they sat with a ouiji board on their knees in St Louis in July 1913 She said the pointer spelled out: “Many moons ago I lived Again I pome Patience Worth by name If thou shalt live then so shall I I make my bread by thy health" Casper S Yost Sc Louis newspaperman wrote in 1916 that the communication marked the beginning of an "intimate association and a series of communications that are virtually without of Jury to 1 psychic The ouiji board- - directed Mrs Mete Penalty Monday Curran and her husband a Missouri emigration commissioner to adopt a child in 1916 In a period of seven years from 1913 to 1920 Mrs Curran sajd the ' spirit of "Patience Worth" dictated her literary works inany of which were published Including “The Sorry Tale" and "Hope Trueblood” In 1920 Mrs Curran said she had given up the ouiji board and was receiving messages from "Patience Worth” solely through spirit communications ‘ Dr W F’ Prince secretary of the American Society of Psychical Research spent several months studying Mrs Curran before he published a book about her in 1916 He said that until the age of 23 she showed no literary tastes and was mainly Interested In outdoor pursuits the Oregon Chief Will Act in Labor Fight HA 10 A M Came Direct Continuing to Our Warehouse Tues Wed Thurs From the United States Custom House 10 A M EACH DAY These Vans Have Never Been Opened Since U S Custom Inspection Barrels and Boxes Every Article' Will Be Offered for Sale as Goods Are Removed From Vans Approx 100 Gentlemen's arm and Ladles' companion chairs Over Large quantity of brass fenders andirons fire tools and fire screens - and Victorian Georgian of 4 6 and colors Approx 50 paintings and water attributed to noted artists 8 Very fine assortment of signed Ivory Brass ink stands 1870 Dinner set 860 4 2 4 Canterbury's 1850 6 Barometers 1800 5 Sutherland tables 1800 Mezzotints 890 3 Rosewood card tables 1800’ 0 20 Decanters 2 Pie crust tables 1810 3 Music boxes 1840 Several hundred old prints 300 side chairs many in sets Specimen tables 6 Work tables miniatures 1760-183- 0 Cruet-sets- — 1845 1 OVESft 0 5 ' 3000 ITEMS Rara objects of art including old Dresden Meissen Royal Worcester bisque Sevres Capo di Monte porcelains and Chelsea Sheffield trays candelabra entree didjes kettles meat covers teapots candlesticks and many miscellaneous pieces DEALERS DECORATORS AND Swinging mirrors I860 S Pembroke tables 1810 8 lb 3 Piano stools 4 Hassocks 1820 ’ Tilt top tobies 1800 I860 commodes 4 Marquetry Sideboard 1810 Grandfather's clock 820 Dining table 1800 3 Dessert sets 850 2 Tea caddies 1850 12 THE PUBLIC INVITED 8 Toby jugs 1800 4 Pole screens 1800 2 Bow front chests 1810 3 Needlepoint pictures 1840 2 Shaving mirrors 1850 3 Captains desks I860 Warming pan 1820 Circular tripod tables 1810 - Copper and brass pots pans samovars kettles etc ‘ - Kidney writing desk 1850 ’ AH saile Dates are Approximate p®§inrimG REGARDLESS OF WEATHER c o A cr - c beautiful frames Pair of corner brackets 1850 4 Liqueur sets in cabinets I860 3 Mirrors in gold leaf frames 1880 4 Sevres and Bronze clock sets 850 French Aubusson pieces 1865 3 French salon suites I860 2 Desks (bureaus) 1800 3 Whatnots 860 1810 Melodion Drum table 1820 20 1800-186- 1 in 1870 1830 Circular reading tabla-J-SEnvelope card table 1830 Writing desk 1840 5 Sewing tables 1820 ar & NUT UM MONDAY DEC 6th 7 LARGE LIFT VANS by:xsily-ordinanc- TONIGHT GEORGETOWN' Del Dec 4 UP) —Wilbur L Adams 54 former representative lg congress died Saturday He' was elected to the house of representatives in 1932 and served one term He was a Democrat JPAINTINGS ©EJECTS ADIT i KSLM at 8 P Forum Lawmaker Dies From All Parts of France From All Over England cr-r- r A arg e payroll Co IF TUI ANTrUQlDES au-iriz- STATION the TKEMcnn EPGILIISM a Two other councllmen Joseph A Kaminski and Anthony F Dropik were arraigned on charges of presenting false expense accounts All 'pleaded innocent and were released on bail by LEWIS S HART Phoenix Pair Face Bribery Count in Gambling Quiz CHANGE IN on PUBLIC AUCTION Oregon-Washingto- a' Councilm 'Announce the Sale at y gov-em- Friday V Richard A Cantlin and former W P- - A Field Engineer Frank J Whalen were arraigned on a charge of conspiring to get Reilly 2ND SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 328 WEST nt i which council ct Fireproof ECeyser - ' cilman-ele- ct SSorap $214-0000- Drouth Perils S Do Farmers common launched It - Three members of the council stood indicted by the Erie county grand jury on charges involving the city payroll or traveling expense accounts! A councilman-elealso was Indicted on a payroll charge &swas an official formerly hired by the city to supervise works progress administration jobs Latest of the grand Jury's charges Is that James Maloni a private citizen also took a hand in alleged payroll deception by "falsely testifying” he was the mysterious "James Malone” listed on the city payrolls as a W P A supervisor Identity of "Malone” has been a focal point in the Investigation Maloni was arrested Saturday oq a perjury charge Arraigned with him was Coun SOUTH BEND Ind Dec 4 (INS) —James Dalhover last of the bloody Brady gangsters Saturday grimly awaited the death he is certain will result from a hearing Monday at Hammond Ind where he will be taken under heavy guard Dalhover who eecaped alive when “G” men killed his chief AI Brady at Bangor Me has pleaded guilty to the murder of Patrolman Paul Minneman and a federal jury convened at Hammond "Monday will fix his penalty The gunmen declared he is ready to die The government will bring nearly 40 witnesses before the jury and demand that It condemn Dalhover to death -- George E Reilly accused of getting a city job under the name of "Jataes Malone” and collecting fourweeks‘ pay BUFFALO N Y Dec 4 CiD— Buffalo’s city affairs investigation brought trouble Saturday night to Slaying P I |