Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 24 1938 Utah Leaders Felicitate Heber J Grant Birthday Party-PaTribute to Career Of LDS President ys (Continued Frofn Page One) announcer for the choir broadcasts paid President Grant & tribute in words Other musical numbers given from the stage of the ballroom added to the enjoyment of the ocwell-chos- casion Before the diners were seated Da0 McKay second counselor to President Grant In the first presidency of the church offered the In1 vid vocation In opening the program Mr Fitzpatrick said It would be unusual in almost any other community for such a group as tMs to assemble and told his listeners that" "your presence is a sincere and beautiful tribute" He introduced George M AJadsby president and general manager of the Utah Power & Light company who acted as toastmaster Mr Gadsby said: "We are here to honor a man who has impressed the richness of a full life on the com' munlty and has exerted an influence for good an influence for integrity and all the finer things of life” The speakers in order were Mayor John M Wallace Governor Henry H Blood Frederick P Champ Logan business man and chairman of the board of trustees of the U S A C the Most Rev Duane G Hunt bshop of the Salt Lake diocese of the Catholic church Lane W Adams a young business man of Salt Lake City J Reuben Clark Jr first counselor in the L D S first presidency Mr Moffat and the guest of honor Room Decorated r The room in which the banquet was held was beautifully decorated with evergreens and chrysanthemums Back of the speakers’ table were three murals along the wall The" first one depicted Salt Lake City as it appeared when President Grant was born in a pioneer home located where Z C M I now Stands on Main street In the center was a painting of the house Itself and next was portrayal of present-da- y Salt Lake City with a vision of what is to come in the future At the south end of the room above the orchestra platform was a large portrait in oil of the honored guest Jnthe speakers' table were minis- tur covered wagons and huge cn terpieces of flowers Mayor Wallace extended a welcome "in the spirit of good fek lowshlp which has characterized our guest of honor” He said the occasion “neither belongs to today nor to this year but to aH the years which are enriched by the good ' deeds of President Grant" He concluded by reading a poem which he composed for theocca- tiion Governor Blood characterized President Grant as “a man with vision whose face Is always turned to the rising sun of progress” He said the guest of honor has the “ability to see with the eye of faith” which was possessed in such great The Utah copper gift box containing 1000 newly minted silver dollars presented to President Grant as the climax of the The inscription on the lid of the chest reads: “Nov program 22 1856—Nov 22 1938 — Presented With Love and Esteem to President Heber J Grant On His Birthday Anniversary By a — Group of Friends and Associates — Banquet — Hotel Utah Nov 23 1938” abundance by the pioneer founders is a man with a great and simple faith which never wavers of the state “He has sounded the depths of He said it is of special significance and he has to members of President Grant’s spiritual humility faitlf that the day marked the twen- mounted to spiritual heights” the tieth anniversary of his elevation speaker said "As the presiding of ficer of his church he fully meets to the presidency of the church The governor said that although the rules laid down for his guid' President Grant has passed well be- ance” e still is mark he the yond Praises Character youthful In spirit and' vigor President Clark also praised the to himself President Addressing Grant he concluded: "You have said church leader's generosity perse' that age is a state of mind so we verance and patriotism do not salute your age as much as "I have great respect for his counwe acclaim the spirit of youth that sel and his wise actions” Mr Clark is in yqu” continued "I have seen him imMr Champ told of President pulsive in speech but never impulGrant’s eminence as an empire sive in action He has never taken builder and business man declaring action against the profound- feeling also that "the birthday of this great of his counselors leader is an appropriate occasion "He 'has my honor my reverent not only to recall his achievements respect and my love God give him citizenalso of but the quality his many more years with us" ship” Musical Program Expresses Pleasure First on the musical program was Bishop Hunt said: "It Is a pleas- the singing of "America” by the ure and a privilege to extend my dinner guests to the accompaniment felicitations to President Grant on of the strains of the tabernacle orbrought by remote control this occasion and I do so notonly gan from the tabernacle At the confor myself but for the Catholic sole was Dr Frank W Asper clergy and people of this state We Mrs Edith Grant Young a daughare aware that for the three gen- ter of President Grant sang one of erations we have been here we have her father's favorites "Make New found you and your people to be Friends but Keep the Old” wonderful neighbors" Thetabernacle choir “conducted He cited several instances of the by Professor J Spencer Cornwall friendliness of the Mormon people sang "God Give Us Mountains and to the Catholic people and said he Strength to Climb Up" the song of wanted to "express profound grati- the pioneers as they trudged across h e plains "Come Come Ye tude for the wonderful spirit of fellowship that pervades this com- Saints” and a selection from the oratorio "Elijah" by Mendelssohn munity" Dinner Music Offers Example Mr Adams said that the youth of Dinner music was furnished by today tending to minimize its op- Virginia Barker' and Annette soloslsts and the KSL portunities "could well contemplate the life of President Grant” He string ensemble directed by Gene declared President Grant's life is Halliday evidence that a man need not sacAs a closing number the guests in singing “Auld Lang rifice his high principles to achieve joined success Syne" From President Clark came words Hundreds of telegrams congratuof tribute to a loved and respected lating President Grant were associate He said President Grant but Mr Gadsby- - explained It I ’ " f LeRoy B Young E 0 Howard four-scor- Din-wood- ey ’ j 'v:2T"4 R II Ashworth Wilson McCarthy -e would be possible Ho read but a few Among those whose messages were read were W A Harrlman chairman of the board of the Union Pacific railroad Charles G Dawes former vice president of the United States D C Jackling president of the Utah Copper company Louis S Cates president of Phelps-Dodg- e company Ralph Budd president of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad William Jeffers president of the Union Pacific and Ross Beason of New York formerly of Salt Lake City Guests guests Among the was Arch Anderson vice president of the Continental Sc Illinois Trust company of Chicago The general committee in charge of the birthday banquet consisted of the following: Mr Fitzpatrick chairman Orval Adams Nelson W Aldrich Gus P Backman Julian M Harold H Bennett Bamberger Richard L Evans George M Gadsby E O Howard Robert L Judd James J Kelly David D Moffat Datf d 0 McKay Wendell M Smoot Ellas A Smith Former Labor Leader and Guy R Toombes The music was arranged by a ws Prison Term committee consisting of Mr Bennett chairman Earl Je Glade and HILLSBORO Ore Nov 23 UP)— Tracy Y Cannon Jack Estabrook former official of the A F L Warehousemen’s union in Portland was sentenced WednesNewspaper Authority day to 18 months In prison for dynamiting a store in a labor dispute Dies in California He was fined 500 and was assessed the costs of his three trials LAJOLLA Call Nov 23 UP) -Saggregating $3588 Juries disagreed amuel P Weston 75 nationally in two earlier trials Estabrook wax accused of dynaknown authority on newspaper business and circulation problems died miting the store because its proprietor insisted ott selling beer from a at hi home here Wednesday Portland brewery Involved in & disA native of PetalumaCa1 Weston pute with the A F L Teamsters’ worked on the San Diego Union union and the'San Francisco Chronicle in the eighties later going to Seattle where he worked for some time as Trial Testimony Ends business manager of the Seattle OLYMPIA Wash Nov 23 UP was ended at 3:45 p m He became manager of the west- Wednesday In the trial of Dr Kent ern division of the Associated W Berry and three others accused Press in 1903 was a director of the of abducting and mutilating Irving American Newspaper Publishers’ W Baker Olympia automobile association dealer - Frederick P Champ Rex Ttigwell Weds In New York NEW YORK Nov 23 UP)-Re- x-ford former undersecretary of agriculture and Miss Grace Falke of Washington were married Wednesday by ‘Mayor at City hall A few minutes before the ceremony Tugwell presided at a session of the city planning commission of which he is chairman He left a note for newspapermen announcing the marriage and saying he and his bride "left the city for a brief trip" Guy Tugwell The Most Rev Duanp G Hunt Trials in PCM Fraud Set N M Nov 23 Federal Judge Colin Neblett Wednesday set for January J the— trial of 46 of the 73 defendants under Indictment for conspiracy and fraud In use of the New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE UP)— W PA All the defendants were named under one blanket Indictment At the request of U S District Attorney Everett-Granthacharges were dismissed against A C Holz-wora former WP A zona emth Pay Floor Urged PHOENIX Arlz Nov 23 (A)— A basic minimum wage- of $10 a week for women and glris in the retail trades Industry In Arizona was recommended Wednesday to the state industry commission by a wage board which ha been holding hearings for a week - ploye 'The court has yet to fix trial dates 26 defendants A although Judge Neblett said Mon- day the cases would come to trial In January All the defendants have pleaded innocent for the remaining |