Show IV THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - JULY 23 1933 T Experiment With Respiratory Device on Fliers Pause In Strato Oxygen Test THURSDAY MORNING Cross-Countr- y Hop Grand Jury Sifts New Indictments Boards Pass 6 Buck on Sanatorium 9 jt Trip Demonstrates Auditor Ability to Fly AtHigh Altitudes Testifyf as Inquiry Continues Nine aviation experts and a who laughingly termed "Men Mirs" themselves from dropped into Salt Lake City VVed- ifesday night for a Stopover on ft pioneering substratosphere flight The plane was held a? 20 000 feet Additional indictments in the city graft and other investigations are under consideration by the county grand fury it was admitted Wednesday evening by Foreman Carl W Buehner First inkling that the grand jury was continuing its inquiries into matters in which indictments were returned recently camel in an an nouncement by Mr Buehner that the jury which reconvened Wednea day would meet on Thursday and Friday and then recess for a week to allow investigators more time to altitude The 10 men— accompanied by a pet Mexican horned toad as mascot —landed at the municipal airport Bt 8'40 p m en route from Minneapolis to Burbank Cal by way of Billings Mont and Salt Lake City Jovial but weary they announced their scientific trip which is being in a regular Lockaccomplished heed Zcphjr transport ship of Northwest Air Lines company would continue Thursday at 6am with the Union air terminal in Bur- bank their destination They reported that a new oxygen respiration apparatus designed to make flying comfortable for passengers at levels as high as 35000 feet functioned perfectly on the first two laps of their test hop Easy to Breathe “With the aid of light rubber masks which fit over our noses and give us correctly mixed air it was as easy to breathe at 2(U)Q0 feet high as on the ground" Dr Testify Before Body The Wednesday witnesses Included: R R Carey special dep-utin the state auditor's office Loren A Hillam First National bank cashier and Lewis J Work- Builders Ask Stable Wages Prices End of ‘Red Tape’ man Point acquirements of ‘Priming Insure Gen Sweeney Blazes Peril Old Record Due Today Former Commander To Post Firemen in Year 1029 Yeggs Hammer Vainly at Safes Med Will Decide Court Arraigns Crash Victim Youth To Backman Eligible For Air Post ' On Sewer Plans Sentence School w Jobless Pay Expert Confers in Wheat Parley 911 street East Thirty-nint- h South Mr Carey was believed to have presented his findings in the Salt Lake general hospital check Mr Hillam produced bank records which may have shed some light on accounts of individuals under investigation Mr Workman it was believed complained about a He was a volun pension matter tary witness The jurors conferred with District Attorney Calvin W Rawlings on the program they will pursue after yhkh Mr Buehner announced the recess for next week “The recess is being taken to give Mr Rawlings and Mr Condemn (special prosecutor) more time in which to Interview some very important witnesses and to get additional evidence to be presented to the grand jury" Mr Buehner Deadlock Snags Awarding of Hospital Contract L Banker probe new developments The grand jury Wednesday looked into complaints of alleged irregu larities In the administration of the old age assistance law as well as other reports It plans to 'spend part of the Thursday and Friday sessions hearing other witnesses W R Lovelace Mayo clinic founContractors’ Leaders dation fellow who helped design the here arrival on his said apparatus To Success Pilot Mai Frcebcrg chief of maintenance of the eastern division of the airlitfe said: “I consider ( Picture Page 8) the oxygen mask a success and feel The construction becolnc standard ‘industiy — charged with the task of working that it will equipment on transport planes It de- the “pump” so that “pump priming” may bring recovery — sounded creased average fatigue conside- an appeal for help here Wednesday to labor to manufacture and rably" to govci nment Dr Lovelace tested the amount of oxygen in the plane and in the Thiough E P Palmer of New lungs of each passenger at intervals and E J York fity president during the flight The rubber oxyHarding of Washington njanaging leavose the fits over mask gen director of the Associated General Shown with the Northjvest Airlines plane in which they are ing the mouth uncovered to perConlractors of America it asked: or mit talking eating Of labor— Maintenance of present making a substratosphere flight westward are the 10 men in A mask for each passenger is conwage levels the upper picture: Left to right E F Ritchie Mai Frcebcrg hose nected with a large rubber Of manufacJure— Maintenance of Louis Marodi L E Koerner Mel Swanson Dr W R Lovelace which leads to a master oxygen levels present price tank Pure oxygen in the tank is Of government— Removal of red R E Geror E C Ilcrdcck James Buclow and J B LaMont Cloudy skies brought a second mixed with outside air and fed to day of mild relief from excessive tape prompt settlement of labor Lower photo Dr Lovelace left and Pilot Freeberg demonthe passenger through the mask disputes and legislation 'promoting strate the oxygen masks used for flying at high altitudes heat to Salt Lakers Wednesday confidence Carry 10 Tanks as weather bureau thermo'meters 'The two mon spoke their message Of the 10 tanks carried two were reached a high of 89 degrees for Wednesday night at a meeting of used on the flight to Billings the day The reading was two degrees their organization's intermountain where a four-hostopover was branch at Pinecrest inn Frank B Montana above from the made and one Tuesday's top temperature Bowers branch president presided was The but nine plane degrees below'high city to- Salt Lake City 10 minutes for recorded within the past week Must Not Fail took three hours and Low for the day was 63 for 'a the last hop great is the nation's stake “I feel the nose masks worked mean of 76 — one degree below nor- In ‘jSo this spending venture" Mr PalS L Have successfully" Dr Lovelace declared mal mer declared "that it is the obligaForecasts of for the passailed and fingernails Thursday "Lips individual in governtion of Calls Visit sengers did not become purple as for unsettled conditions probably ment andevery in the construction induslocal with showers thunder and would under flying ordinary they to to see that the it pump primtry little change in terflperature conditions at such high altitudes " A day ahead of schedule Major Salt Lake City's record of 1702 Interaction of a low pressure ing docs not fail" “Recordings showed one liter of last of in one year seemed endansuch the fires Failure spending forarea over the C west General coast minute Walter and by Sweeney oxygen was used per he laid chiefly to rising gered Wednesday as grass fires each person when wo were flying at southwest with a high over Utah program mer at Fort commanding general discontinued to raise this year's total Colorado and was prices and rising wages which 20000 feet Since each tank conWyoming spending that Douglas and now commander of the beyond similar periods in years past tains 760 liters we had a largo re- blamed for generally cloudy skies couraged the puvate pump priming was expected to Third division will arrive here Although only six alarms were and thunder slyuvcrs serve supply Thursday about 5 p m by United answered the sixth marked the bring No Headaches This time Mr Palmer continued States army airplane officers here 1029th fire since January 1 and labor unions and manufacturers were informed Wednesday the 308th since July 1 tanks the in “Dry oxygBtt General Sweeney was unable to In 1931 the department shattered must not take advantage of the sudbecause since it contains no moiat Fort all previous records by answeung den demands for labor and mate- leave his headquarters the possibility sture it eliminates Lewts Wash as scheduled by au- 1702 fires Since that time only to boost rials their Dr prices levels" of freezing at high Mr Harding outliifbd activities tomobile with members of his staff 1935 has presented a challenge to Lovelace said More than 200 headed by Colonel Francis Clark that total 1680 runs being made of the association He also pointed out that passenlegislative proposals of the last ses- chief of staff therefore he decided that year Unsuccessful gers who ordinarily suffered head-alto attempts open sion were studied by the industry’s to come by airplane To July 27 1937 the department aches when flying in the higher safes were made by burglars at representatives in Washington he Colonel Donald C Cubbison Fort recorded 671 fires 354 less than the titudes were not affected during the two local business houses early said' Douglas post commander and Colo- number at the corresponding date flight Both speakers hoped that next nel Walter C Fulton commander this year During the entire month Dr Lovelace said that although Wednesday h infantry will of July 193T there were only 129 the plane was flown at only 20000 Forcing a window at the State year’s congress will "devote itself of the Thirty-eightfeet on the trip the masks had Plumbing and Heating company to restoring the confidence of pri- welcome General ’Sweeney here fires Number of total runs made durbeen tested at higher altitudes at 66 Exchange place the yeggs used vate enterprise" They asked for but will defer formalities until Sating past years follow: 1931 1702 Wrlfeht field near Dayton Ohio tools from the company's shop in return of congressmen not subject urday morning The Thirty-eight- h infantry will be 1935 1680 1930 1545 1933 1388 by army airmen with successful a fruitless effort to knock the dial to administration dominance The visitors accompanied by Mr reviewed formally by General 1932 1291 1937 1138 1936 1039 and from the safe results The only loot ob1934 987 However this is the first time tained was $10 left by employes in Palmer’s daughter Betty will con Sweeney Saturday at 10 a m tinue Thursday to Boise Idaho and the device has been tested on a a cash register police said Thieves made a similar attempt the Pacific coast They arrived on transport ship lie said to open a safo at the Peter Pan Wednesday morning and stayed at Used in Hospitals Billiards 222’” South Main street the Hotel Utah The appaiatus designed by Dr Police Detectives B O Hoagland Lovelace and two associates Dr and Harold W Clark said the yeggs Walter Boothby and Dr Arthur apparently hid in the rear of the Residents of South Salt Lake Under a proposal to form a small Bulhulian m conjunction with the building before it closed Wednesday awaited a Thursday executive committee of an enlarged Wednesday airlines company has also been at 1 a m A cash register broken night meeting to determine whether interstate airways committee Gus found valuable for use on hospital open yielded the yeggs only a few k the $135006 offered them by the P Backman executive secretary of patients in oxygen tents The sci- sales tax tokens Still suffering from injuries he P W A for a modern sewer system the Salt Lake City chamber of comBecause of the similarity of the entist asserted merce would lie placed on the exreceived when an automobile which will be accepted or abandoned Accompanying Dr Love Vice and two jobs police believed the same The South Salt Lake Business ecutive group he was informed he allegedly stole was involved in Pilot Frcebcrg were the following: persons were responsible a collision on July 19 Clifford Men's league leaders of the group Wednesday in a letter fromW P E F Ritchie airline pilot L E Acocks 18 of 103845outh First West who hope to make use of the $100 Redding committee director with Koerner superintendent of ship Gets street was arraigppd Wednesday or more per family offered them if headquarters in Washington D C overhaul Mel Swanson airline test Mr Reddihg suggested enlargebefore City Judge M J Bronson they act at once has called a meet pilot J B LaMont general service State who set August 2 as the time for ing Thursday at 8:30 p m at 2128 ment of the enteire committee to superintendent R E Geror engiSouth State street broaden the base of its financial hearing on the theft charge neering department foreman and Jack R A Hart sthte P W A engineer support He said continued activAcocks was released from the LeRoy Mikesell 17 of 562 E C Herdeck master mechanic committee which supportall of St Paul Minn James Bue-Jo- North Third West street was or- Salt Lake general hospital Tuesday Newell W Pickett state board of ity of theMcCarran-Lea bill to form mechanicf at dered committed to the state Indus and taken to the county jail where health inspector Harold E Wallace ed the chief airline he still remains in lieu of $2000 county attorney J B Mullins coun- the new civil aviation authority was Portland Ore and Louis Marodi trial school after a hearing Wedand George M felt necessary by aviation leaders ty commissioner chief airline mechanic at Chicago nesday before Juvenile Judge Ru-lo- n bail set by Judge Bronson W Clark are among Salt Lake City members of the The surveyor county Haley that owner of is complaint the toad charges pet Kqerner Young Mikesell was charged as Acocks stole an automobile owned those invited to assist residents in comnyttee at present include J F which was kept boxed and not disa juvenile delinquent because of al- by Robert Weisenburger on July 16 a comprehensive discussion of all Fitzpitrick Orval Adams and Mr played here BackVnan The group is organized leged robbery of Burton Larson problems facing the community to scrvfe as a clearing medium for service station attendant at 115 South Third West street The al Girl Cyclist Hurt information on matters pertaining Woman’s Purse Stolen to airways leged offense occurred May 8 Fay Royce 10 daughter of Mr S L and Mrs Howard M Royce of 360 A daylight burglar entered the S L County South Seventh West street fell home of Mrs Bessie Alston of 1338 Actor Slops in S L‘ from her bicycle near her home Emerson avenue while she was in Discussing plans for proposed of the containwhen afternoon stole foot a Called her Bimplificatlon Wednesday unemployment purse yard and Ray Millaftd motion picture actor laws and adminicompensation caught in the spokes of the front ing $17 and personal effects It was had left for Hollywood Wednesday Enwheel stration Arnie Solem of Washing Wheat loans crop Insurance al after an overnight stay at the Hotel pitching her off She suf- reported to police Wednesday ton D C technical adviser to the lotmcnts and AAA compliance will fered sprains to her right foot and trance to the home was gained Utah He has been vacationing in federal bureau of unemployment be discussed at a meeting of Salt was treated at emergency hospital through an unlocked front door Wyoming compensation was a Salt Lake City Lake county wheat growers in West Visitor Wednesday Jordan L D S chapel Friday at Mr Solem conferred with Ray R 8 p m by V L Martineau county 4 5 Adams executive director of the agent A state representative will attend Utah unemployment compensation to explain the new program E E Raffety adminisr Whether the Salt Lake county Criticism of the trative assistant and E J Bur- law Scout Richins is contrary to in- Inavy” nett chief accountant sheriff’s boat is feting forward maintained on the Great Salt lake land waterway rules which rea red light on the port and Social Worker Visits or backward when it’s going forby Sheriff S Grant Young and quire a green on the starboard Miss a was ward Adeline difine S commanded "Admiral” legal apparently by George Buffington The fact that the lights are reCompiles Pay Data rector of the family division of the point Wednesday In a beL Kijepp was brought by Richversed is very confusing to other A summary of the federal wages Welfare council in New York City tween sheriff’s officersdispute and city ard V Richins commodore’s aid boatmen according to Scout and hours bill and how it will af- and formerly general secretary of Sea Scouts In fact it appears that Richins in the Sea Scout organization fect Utah has been prepared by the Salt Lake City Family Semce diOr to put the matter more the boat is moving away accordSea Scout Richins said the Stanley J Stephenson executive society was a visitor here Wednesthe question was "butrectly ing to the position of its lights of the Manufaccn Utah secretary day royte home after attending ton button who's got the light a when it is actually coming toward "navy" carried a green light on isturers’ association It will be a meeting of social workeis in on which side of the boat and its port side and a red light on the observer sued soon to association members Seattle Us starboard side This said why?" Additionally Scout Richins ob- - is'ud S said Work Lies Ahead “Our work 1? far from finished but the information that the prosecutors and their investigators can line up will enable us to proceed that much more expeditiously when we resume our sessions S8Kt month" The grand jury foreman was asked if the body was investigating new matters or still inquiring into cases already presented “We are considering more indictments" Mr Buehner replied "In fact we are going into all cases as there have been new developments which may have a significant bearing upon our future course We are still looking into the city graft The tuberculosis sanatorium resolved Wednesday into a g contest between the board of health and the building commission on the responsibility for approving plans and specifications On Tuesday a Salt Lake City taxpayer Alma Larson obtained a writ from the supreme court tempobuck-passin- rarily preventing thebuilding commission from going ahead with the santatorium on the grounds the plans and specifications had not been approved by the health board as required by law It was revealed that the board had approved equipment only relying on an opinion from Attorney General Joseph Chez handed down February 7 The attorney general held it was up to the building com mission to approve plans and specifications for the building which of course it did long ago but the duty of the health board extended only to equipment When the writ was issued howR K Brown superintendent of construction for the commission said he thought the board had approved the building as well as equipment and expressed surprise' that it had not ever day victim Wednesday treated at police for powder hospital emergency burns' and lacerations on fingers of his right hand Clyde Mortensen of 565 Fifth East street told hospital attendants he held the explosive too long A afternoon was City Asks Report On Conduit Data City water officials were directed to make a written report on their recommendations for a conduit to be constructed from the Deer creek dam to Salt Lake City in a resolution passed Wednesday by the city commission The resolution asked for a report by' Commissioner George D Keyser head of the water department H K Burton superintendent of waterworks and W D Beers city engineer The three with S A Kennedy director of the metropolitan water board recently Returned from the Pacific coast where they inspected various conduit projects to obtain data for the Salt Lake aqueduct Studies Liquor System Methods of the Utah state liqudr were studied control commission Wednesday by Joseph K Vasko representative of the state auditor Mr Vasko is of Pennsylvania survey of making a nation-wid- e state liquor control administrations Petition Filed For Wherry fice The petition was signed by approximately 540 names many of them prominent leaders in the party or in business and professional fields The large petition was made up of smaller petitions from the following communities: Salt Lake City Ogden American Fork Rains Mutual Standardville Orangeville Ephraim Castle Dale Provo Richfield ?md Daggett county Dr Wherry dentist and former president of the American Dental society formally announced his candidacy for the nomination several weeks ago He will be officially qualified as a candidate as soon as he files a formal acceptance of the designation and pays the required $150 filing fee Claude T Barnes local attorney filed for the G O P nomination a few weeks ago and Senator Elbert D Thomas incumbent has formally filed for the Democratic nomination Sugar Union Drive In Utah Looms Campaign to unionize sugar refinery workers in Utah is expected tp get under way soon after the return Wednesday from Denver of Paul M Peterson state federation qf labor president Representatives from 10 Rocky mountain and plains states attended the Denver meeting called to form a regional unit The only Utah local is In Ogden Harold G Crose state federation secretary said Charles Stout of Torriflgton Wyo was elected president of the new regional council according to dispatches Sheriffs Navy Mixes Up Sea Scouts With Trick Lights ot t jected to a string of varicolored lights which make the navy in his opinion "look like a Christmas tree” Also objected to is the "navy’s” spotlight which it is charged does not meet stand- ard requirements Standing on his official posi- tion Admiral Knepp replied to the charges with the setatement that: Sea Scouts or other authorities to the contrary no federal or state laws apply to shipping ’ Beyond State’s Ability to Spend The need for a cut in old age as- sistance within a month or tWo i11 indicated In a report submitted Wednesday to the state board of public welfare by A C Burton auditor and assistant director of the welfare department He showed that at the end of June the old age assistance account was in the red to the extent of $7244060 and said it is quite evident “that the present old"ag6 assistance program is beyond the state's ability to carry from present anticipated revenue” Mr Burton declared the spending should not be continued at the present rate “unless- - we have definite assurance of funds from other sources Supports Decision The report supports a decision — reached some time ago by the board to cut old age assistance expenditures but which was held in abeyance when Governor Henry H Bipod last month transferred $68500 to the welfare department This was money earmarked by the last legislature to be used in mak- ' Even Big Boys’ Frccrackers are no less dangerously the hands of adults than children itt was demonstrated Wednes- Program Declared ing up homestead exemption losses in the general fund Since the homestead exemption bill was vetoed this use for the money no longer existed and the attorney general He immediately sent a letter to ruled it might be used for relief Dr J L Jones state health com- The governor also' authorized the to’ missioner asking him call the transfer of an additional $6500 to board into special meeting and re accrue during July quest it to approve the building The chief executive specified that Wednesday morning Dr Jones $25000 be used in July to forestall called the members of the board on cuts in old age assistance and that the telephone and all agreed that a like amount be used in August under the ruling of the attorney for'the same purpose He has not could no take further general they how the third $25000 shall Dr Jones therefore ad- specified action be used vised Mr Brown there would be Not in August no meeting When he had received this inforAlthough the state board has mation Mr Brown fired another reached no conclusion on the probletter back- to Dr Jones pointing lem there would seem to be no need out to him the wording of the su- for drastic cuts until after August preme court writ which he (Mr and they might be postponed even Brown) believes makes it manda- longer tory for the board of health to con Six months ago the governor sider plans and specifications for transferred $250000 which had been the building set aside to meet exemption losses the district school and state The court ordered the building in school equalization funds This was commission “to desist and refrain the extra demands from awarding to any person used inon-meeting welfare department firm or corporation a contract made the the winter months for the construction of said sana- during Mr Burton said the estimated torium or for any part thereof sales tax revenue for the fiscal year until said plans specifications and from July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 designs have been submitted to is $3500000 $1259000 and approved by the state board available for old making age assistance This of health as provided by section is only $104916 per month while the 9 of chapter 8 Sessions Laws of present rate of expenditure is $132-52- 5 Utah 1937” If this continued there would Meanwhile the building commis- be a monthly deficit of $27069 sion went ahead with the opehing Federal Funds of bids for the structure but will Thesq figures do not represent tobe unable to do anything about The fedthem until the court has ruled Four tal expenditures however eral government matches individual bids were received old age assistance grants up to $30 a month and the counties meet 15 per-ceof all welfare costs The report of Mr Burton showed situation’’ Mr Buehner said the jurors hoped that when they reconvened next month they would be able to remain in continuous session until they are formally discharged by A petition- - of nomination deug Presiding Judge Roger I McDonDr Arthur C Wherry of nating court district the Third ough of Salt Lake City as a candidate for the Republican nomination for U S ‘ senator was filed Wednesday afternoon at the secretary of state’s of- Will Hold ’Em Report Bares Need to Cut Age Pensions the ' Gerat Salt lake Salt Lake county within Its own limits on the lake Can make and break its own navigation rules So if the sheriff's navy wants to appear to be coming when it is going or vice versa there’s nothing that can be done about it However in ’a kinder mood Admiral Knepp offered to change the placing of the red and green lights if Sea Scouts think that will aid their navigation on i that assistance expenditures in June for all purposes totaled $532564) 3 which was approximately $6000 less than expenditures for May “This reduction" he explained "was made wholly in general assistance the social security program remaining rejatively the same as for May The increase in old age assist- ance was approximately $3000 and to dependent children and the blind was approxithe decrease in aid mately $3000 "There was actually a decrease in all expenditures other than old age assistance” Mr Burton reported that counties now owe nearly $150000 toward their share of the cost of the program but that all delinquent counties “have made satisfactory arrangements to pay up old balances by Decmber 31 and continue their current payments to the program" Utah Copper Waits Work Reopening Utah Copper company has virtualcompleted preparations for resumption of operations Monday at its mine at Bingham and its mills at Magna and Arthur it was announced Wednesday at the company offices The rate of copper production will be approximately the same as was in effect prior to the shutdown June 16 About 3300 men will the majority being be employed former employes Between 500 and 600 men have been retained since ly the shut-dow- n Burglary Suspect Pleads Innocent Glen O Love joy 27 of 195 F street charged with third degree burglary pleaded not guilty Wednesday Thurman before whom he appeared set trial for September 6 Lovejoy is accused of entering the Miller and Viele offices at 16 Exchange place on June 2 An original charge of second degree burglary was reduced in city court Judge Allen G- - U S Urges Employers To File Tax Returns A warning was issued Wednesday to 3500 Utah employers to submit old ago benefit tax returns for the second quarter of fi)38 on or before July 3f I N Hinckley collector of internal revenue reported Mr Hinckley said 3000 out of 6500 returns had been filed by employers He pointed out employers of record are required to fill out returns pvpn if they hired no one during ths three months' period which ended June 30 |