Show cl r Local Metal Market The Weather w Gold $35 M 64 640 Silver (newly mined) 4275c Silver (forclgnt Cooper electrolytic delivered J0 75C Connectuut valley 4 8534 90c Lead gttlfm?nt Friers o 4 10 Lrad Cg per tcathrlet Utah — Partly cloudy Idaho — Fair Tuesday Wyoming— Partly cloudy Nevada — Fair Tuesday 14ft 7 ? 1 Vol 138 No 172 Utah Salt Lake City Tuesday Morning April 22 Pages — Live Cents 1939 1 0 n 0 '£4 S Eawyers Clash SEC Opens Relief Society At Start of Will Open Credit S L Vice Trial Need Study Mecls Today Judge Denies Objections The state's case against former Mayor E B Erwin former Police Chief Harry L Finch former Police Captain Frank A Thacker and R 0 Pearce an attorney was outlined Monday by District Attorney Calvin W Rawlings The opening statement was made amid frequent and vigorous objections by counsel defending the four men on charges of conspiring to allow operation of gambling and disorderly houses and to collect tribute In 1936 and 1937 'lhe prosecution called its fnsl witness — Miss Ethel MacDonald city recorder late Monday Witnesses Fxpeoted Among the first witnesses expected to be called by the state on Tuesday morning are John S Early former public safety department B office manager and Austin Smith secretary in 1936 to the then Mayor Erwin As Mr Rawlings related the state's story to the jurors starting at 10 35 a m opposing counsel fired objection after objection charging the remarks were prejudicial incompetent and should noj be placed before the Juiois Judge Oscar W McConkie generally held that the address was a resume of the slate s testimony and evidence which it will seek to prove and that if the prosecution failed to back up its allegations the jury would be Instructed not to consider the unsubstantiated points Warns Jurors The court several limes told the jury to consider only testimony and evidence presented and not to weigh comment bv Counsel Mr Rawlings reviewed various phases of the Erwin administration told of the parts which the state claims were played by the other cefendants and gave a detailed account of the moves which he said culminated in dismissal of Chief Finch and resignation of Mayor Er win Mr Rawlings said the state would endeavor to prove that Mr Early had frequent conferences with the mayor after his appointment in January 1936 during which he was asked for an inquiry into pay-of- f possibilities Mr Early was instructed to leave police department operations in the hands of the chief after Mr Finch was appointed in February 1936 Several persons who asked Mr Farly for permission to operate illegal establishments were referred applito the chief who said the ” cants ' knew the ousiness i Told of Rumors Mr Early Mr Smith A M J Pritchard city sexton and clubwomen told Mayor Erwin in 1976 rumors were widethat pay-oSeveral lists containing spread names of establishments their addresses and amounts they were paying for protection were given to Mr ff Erwin Finch told Mr Smith in spring of 1936 that Abie Rosenblum would collect the payoff and told Detective Holt in July 1936 after having closed ''joints’’ a month earlier that thereafter Rosenblum Chief would direct collections from disorderly houses such a practice continuing through thnt year Mr Holt was transferred from the vice squad head to the detective bureau on March 1 1977 being succeeded by Detective H K Record Mr Pearce in the presence of the the late Ben Harmon offered Detective Record in April 1937 $165 a month to collet t $1700 a month tribute from gambling and diser refusing orderly houses the offu to at tepl On May 1 1937 Captain That kcr was appointed to succeed T Mr Record llolt Reassigned Detective Holt also was reassigned to the squad being in charge of the disorderly house detail Chief Finch instructed Officer Holt to get Ortizs from the late Mr Harmon as to what amounts to collect from disorderly houses the first moneys bung collected about June 1 1937 the currency being turned over to Mr Pearce In the fall of 1917 Mr Harmon told Detective Holt that Mr Pearce some 'holding out" whereupon the officer told the attorney tho four plai cs In question were women operaled bv middle-age- d who were financially unable to consus-peit- tribute City with ittorney Fisher H wn formir-Cit- I Ln old R (IrOlit met Comfilissniner Mr Pearce in y Lee Htid iniiH nn (Column Pkr i of t com- merce Not for This Session Saying it wrould take at least eight weeks to gather the basic material of the study and considerably longer to complete it Frank indicated the conclusions would not be ready for action at the present session of congress The junior chamber of commerce he explained would make studies in each of the 561 cities in which it has chapters and the would make special surveys in more than a dozen cities SEC Dun and Bradstreet Aids Dun and Brad-streaddition business statistical film 'has agreed to place its files at the disposal of investigators investiFrank disclosed gators already had started in Omaha Neb Birmingham Ala and Fall River Mass Additional surveys will be made in Denver area the Detroit-Toled- o Colo n the ‘area the d area and in cities where the S E C has regional offices particularly New York Boston Atlanta Cleveland Chicago Fort Worth and Sun Francisco Special attention was being paid to the south and west because of the more serious economic problems of those areas ) he said In of Faith To Stress Better Homes WASHINGTON April 3 JP) — The securities commission announced Monday night a nationwide survey of the credit needs of small business men Commissioner Jerome N Frank told reporters the survey1 would be made on behalf of the monopoly investigating committee and in cooperation with the United States junior chamber Hitler LDS Women Checks Small Business Men of U S Defense et SEC Dallas-Housto- Soattle-Portlan- Chicago Vote Tests Parly Power Today Chamberlain Urges New Alliance To Preserve All Stales Threatened by Aggression of Reich r Tuesday Program 10 a in — Meeting of stake mission and general offieers and board members Assembly hall 1‘30 p m — Social welfare department session Assembly hnll 1 :30 p m — Magazine department s sslon ladles’ gym Deseret gvmnaslum 3 p in — Work and business department session Bishop's building auditorium 3 p m — thoristers’ and organists’ department Barratt ball April 3 (P) — Prime Minister Chamberlain determined "to preserve the independence of all states threatened by aggression” Monday invited the world to form a defensive alliance with Britain against expanding Germany The prime minister made clear that Britain harbored no "so long as Germany will aggressive intention towaid Germany ” be a good neighbor But ho accused her of breaking faith and declared again Britain’s determination to resist any attempt to dominate the LONDON L JD S women from 124 stakes extending from New York City to Hawaii and from a number of missions will assemble Tuesday at 10 a m in the Assembly hall in the annual conference of the National Woman s Relief society to 6tudy methods of building better homes and a strohger social order Stake mission and general officers and board members only will attend the first day s sessions which will include four departmental sessions in the afternoon additional to the 10 a m meeting General Sessions Abductors Beat Girl Brutally six-ye- Pace Four) olumn Two) critical Councilman Calls N Y Fair ‘Greatest Con Game’ of All NEW YORK April 3 (UP)— The New York world’s fair scheduled to open April 30 was denounced Monday by Councilman James A Burke Democrat as "tho greatest con game In history " "The 7 500 000 naive city residents" he sild ’ate being taxed Into bankruptcy to support a glorified rountry fair Never give a sucker an even break seems to be the theme of 'the world of tomor' row " Burke was speaking in support of his proposal to apply a t ix to each worlds fair ticket He said that while the city will Invest $151 000 0tK) in the Fur it will roieivo fiwm the fair While only $3 000 000 the rltv Is supplying free waler he adclc d the f nr is h ci ging fiom e $5 to $130 a month for w iter plus piping charges and a rate based on consumption c - gkr 4s SI J Independence of All 'When I say Independence Silver Purchasing Bill IFins House Backing WASHINGTON Oi icralors Sift Closed Shop Plea of Miners prices and tom tho without limit NEW Y’ORK April 3 oft coal minors in eight states fared Monday night at least one more day of Idleness as the operators formulated their reply to labors proposal that a closed shop for the industry be formally written into a new contract Neither the operators nor the G I O Uniled Mine Workers of America offered an opinion as to when they might agree upon the terms of a new wage and hour contract and enable the industry to end the general shutdown whuh became effective Mond ty Apprnximati ly 318 000 nimcis in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Virginia Tennessee Miry land and Michigan did not report to work union officials said ber uise they had no contract The r old agreement expired last F'rhlty midnight Call Off Parley white metal Needed for Defense CPi-S- two-yea- The joint conference whu h opened M arc h 14 called off its sc hedulcd meeting Monday at the request of the operators who held two sessions by themselves Both miners and operators said a closed shop virtually exists in the industry although It is not written into the Appalachian agreement which Is used in other areas as the basic contract An official of the union aaid all miners employed In mines covered by these agreements catry union cards The union sought tho closed shop clause he said as a matter of ag unst either a rival nuneis’ union or craft union causing difficulties llcayy Loss to ’Miners It is expected the operitors will make known then attitude to the joint i oiifc i rnc e w hi u m'lnbris meet Tuesday huh diys cult It i suspension tit (Column pflk Jour) 1 it means hrtc) a Morgenthau said the devaluation power was a weapon in reserve which is needed for the protection of American interests adding ‘It Is as important as a powerful navy in the field of defense against armed attac k the Unless they are extended three powers end next June 30 The 9 to 5 committee vote to continue them was take over the oppose tion of Republicans who were chief' and davataft" ly critical Some of the Re tion prov ision publicans said business men fear that the government suddenly may devalue the dollar agun The gold content was lowered to about 59 per cent of its former w’eight in 1974 but Secretary told the coinage committee that onlv 'under circumstances which dearly demand action" would the United StHtcs use Its devaluation jiower once more To Reply to Assault He said existence of that authority puts the United States in a position tb prntcc t American goods from Intensified competition in the domestic market should other countries tamper with their currencies Tho 'profit' from the 1934 devaluation was converted Into the stabilization fund for use in stabilizing the exchange value of the dollar MorK'mthau said that durn crisis last fall ing the it helped prevent International chaos ' Tho emergency in the International economic and monetary field and still exists unfortunately there are no grounds for believing that such emergency will end on June 3h 1919" he said “On the contrHiy the ru m i cm e of inlei n crises is os probable now as when 'the stabilization fund was created in 1934 ’ Mor-genth- Czech-Germa- Pledge of Aid to Poland IntiMOSCOW April 3 OTt-mation that Soviet Russia has promised to aid Poland in case of war— even with such efforts as an embargo on raw material shipments to Germ eny— was rejected sharply in a communique Monday night Reports published In FrRnte alleged 'that the soviet union undertook or promised to undertake in case of war to supply Poland with war material and close to Germany its market of raw materials” said the communique issued through Tass (soviet official news agency) ‘Tass is authorized to state that this report does not correspond w ith the facts as the soviet union neither gave anyone such promises nor undertook such obligations " Much interest was aroused by the communique since the soviet government seldom goes to the length of issuing a formal statement to deny foreign newspaper reports Such denials usually are made verbally by a government spokes man and then only in answer to a direct question This however JhQ jje ond limcJdiaU-MoiCcformally has denied offering aid to l’nland The fust was on March 21 Some foreign observers Interpret ed Monday nights statement as an effort to emphasize what already has been suggested in a recent soviet prtxss rommi nt— that the Any U S S R is interested in continu- ing collective security but not in efforts to 'erect a feme against aggression in one piece" and thereby merely divert it in another direction BERLIN April 3 UPi— Nazi Gerstruck back many's spokesmen quickly Monday at Prime Minister Chamberlain's promise to back up the independence of "all states” threatened by domineering force with a charge that Britain was laying the groundwork for a new war which she would run at the expense of others is on our side" "The said one spokesman in reply to the British premiers statement that his policy was one of defense The upokesman explained that in his Wilhelmshaven speech Saturday Chancellor Hitler refrained from starting a campaign for a preventive war but warned that attempts to mix in Germany’s spheres of influence would meet with resistance ‘Not Inderstood' Dienst a special serv' German official news said Hitlers Satu’day agency speech at Wilhelmshaven "appar ently was not correctly understood by the British government” “We must once more emphasize that the retch docs not have any intention of waiting until the encirclement net has become closed and untearable” it asserted Dcutsc he Diplomatisch-Politiseh- e Korrespondenz semiofficial Deutscher ice of DNB mouth-(OontlmiPf- on BIx) tliimn flrveu) ( Turks Set for ‘Land Grab’ PARIS April 4 CP) — Tin key have inwas reported Tuesday-tformed France she would anpex the district of Alexandietta in northern Svria as her price for supporting the ' stop Hitler" bloc Tho conservative newspaper Le Figuaro said a Turkish army of 60 000 men wailing on the frnn- Tiefto march into the dMfh't after a vote of the Turkish-- r ontrnlled Alexandretta calls purlmmnt tin m In Ia F'lguaro sud the occupation may take pi i e Tut sd o s i Kin" Kcporlnl Killcil stern- We cannot live forever in of surprise and alarm from which Europe has suffered in recent months “The common business of life cannot be carried an in a state of uncertainty As far as has been possible for his majesty’s government to help to restore confidence by plain words we have done our part and in doing so I am certain we have expressed the will of this an atmosphere people 'I trust that our action begun will prove to be a turning point not toward war which wins nothing cures nothing and ends nothing but toward some now wholesome era when reason will take the place of force and when threats will make way for ool and argu- ment " but not concluded Berk Arrives While Chamberlain was speaking in the house Colonel Joseph Beck Poland s foreign mihixter arrive? in London for vital three-da- y con vernations on the British-Frepledge to help Poland defend hei The British prlmf independent e minister annoum ed the pledge t( commons in another historic statement last Friday Chamberlains efforts to erect 4 barrier of antiagression nation! against expanding Germany mearv whi'e reached a dt heats stage The chief difficulty was to giv Rumania a British military pledge without affronting Hungary — close-l- y hound to Poland Hungary stands between Ger-iny and King Carol’s country oi rich wheatfieds and oil wells and a British promise to defend Rumania s frontiers would imply cither that Hungary might attack Rumania or that Germany might he PARIS April 4 Freni h news agent y (Nivas) reported from Baghdad Tutsdav that King Glmzi 27 of Iraq was killed in an automobile accident about midnight niRri IPl-T- h through Hungary Furthermore neither Poland nor Rumania is eager to undertake too close association with soviet Russia will tall on state dt pertinent officials Tuesday represent their governments until ambassadors are exi hanged y t bin ge d attain s De Cirdenas and Matthews Rumania holds pre-wRussia a province of Bessarabia Thorny Problem Diplomats said the solution to this thorny problem would be discussed with Beik and with Rumania through the British legation in Bucjiarcst The only possibility they said might be to link Rumania to the ‘halt Hitler" bloc by exn tending the treaty against Russian aggression Before the foreign affairs debate darted in the lower house however Oliver Stanley president of the board of trade Indicated that Ilnlam would help Rumania rearm atid it was believed gent tally that Rumania would be next to enter the ar A fewc hours before De Cardenas took over the embassy Secretary Hull announced that this government had accepted General Franco’s request that Do Cardenas be considered as Ins charge dattalrcs here and that the United States had sent II Freeman Matthews first scirc-tarof the American embassy at I'Rris to Burgos Spam to be (aidmas sat down amid ring- Chamberlain ing cheers as he concluded ly but hopefully m WASHINGTON April 7 UPl-- The red and gold flag of Francos Spain was tun up Monday over the Spanish embassy Juan de Cardinal new chatge d’affaires who has been Francos agent In New York received custody of the building Monday afternoon from Don Miguel Lopoz J’limarejo tho Colombian ambassador to whom the retiring Spanish ambassador Fernando de los ltios hid tumid over the I)e ‘We therefore welcome the cooperation o' any country whatever may be Us Internal system of government not in aggression but in resistance to aggression " ChamherUIn seemed the same calm elderly business man in discussing what he suggested was a newt 'epoch" In British diplomacy He made his statement slowly emphasizing his precisely - phrased points by rapping his eyeglasses on the historic house of commons dispatch box Frequently as he reached a decisive or dramatic point the house came to its feet to cheer him thunderously — including the opposition member who a year ago assailed his conciliation policies Ringing Cheers Colonel Franco Aircnl in U S Takes Over Spanish Embassy em-bas- sj I do not mean this country only I mean the Independence of all states which may be threatened by aggression Encirclement Says Hitler Press Heber J Grant president of the L D S church who for many years has been a leading speaker at general conference sessions is scheduled to call the general conference of the church to order Thursday at 10 a m then to give the first address which will be on the 109th anniversary of the church Other general conference sessions wide notice lenger of family needs m connection with member of the government's gang the church wolf ue program Other crew the prohibiwrecking during speakers will be Dr George N Curtion era tis Mrs Rio B Barker general both of the on sides Strategists board member and Bessie Redding the results fence political agreed Social Welfare department leadwould have an Important bearing ers at 1 30 p m in the Assembly 1940 of on the the major par- hall wall hear plans Clyde C Fldmonds ties (Conlimirrt on I ase Lour) L tlumu O u P A Nash national committeeman who has shared leadership of the Democratic forces with Kelly declared the mayor would be reelected in "overwhelming" fashion Ferre Watkins Republican campaign manager opined Green would pull a majority of the votes with his winning margin to be determined to a great extent by the weather CAMDEN N J April 3 CPt- -A Afarcasfe--of-LIouJy-an-d cooP - mysterlous night visitor to a Cam- figured in estimations that between den clergman s home was sought 1 300 000 and 1 500 000 ballots would Monday night bv stte police invesbe east compared with the mayoral tigating the abdurtion and beating 1 164 492 estab- of the minister's election record of diughter 1931 lished in Wanda Dworecki 17 in a hosThe campaign revolved about loskull a with fracture and pital cal issues Kelly stood on his bruises on tho the fair mumbled record Green attacked It in brief moments of consciousness Kelly 62 asserted that during his that two men anosted her near stewardship erime and fire losses her home Sunday night drigged had been reduced 50 per cent public her into a ear beat her and then health service hnd been improved her out on a country road the city's credit had been restored dumped 25 miles away 1800 miles of streets had been sur- Physicians said her condition was tConttnuri on Chamberlain said calmly deliberately while! the house of commons sat strangely hushed in contrast to its usual turbulence Nazis Will Resist General sessions of the Relief society conference will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a m and 2 p m in the tabernacle A chorus of more than 1200 Relief Society Singing Mothers from practically all western states will sing at the Wednesday sessions also at general conference Thursday and special meetings will be held daily until Sunday (Easter) with mission presidents and general authorities to give principal addresses Annual report of the Relief society reflecting a large gain in acand membetship complishments will bo read by Mis Julia A F Lund general secretary Mrs Louise r Robison president said Monday that rapid strides are being made tow ard the objective of 100 000 members by 1942 centennial of the organization of the Relief society world by force ‘What we are concerned with is our independence" to preserve Britain Sows War Seeds Reich Warns Apnl 3 (AP) — Answering Secretary Morgen-tbau’- s CHICAGO April 3 UP—' The mav-orplea for continuation of the treasury’s $2 000000000 stabilizaelection providing the year's tion fund because of a possibility of ‘lecuirence of international first big direct test of strength be- To Extend Greetings tween Democrats and Republicans official and instructions crises” the house coinage committee appiovcd a bill Monday to Greetings was expected to bring out more than w ill be giv en by Mrs Robison at the extend it for two yeats 1300 000 voters Tuesday 10 a m meeting J L Vurthhn The measure also would renew The contenders were Mayor Ed- member of tne church presiding ward J Kelly a veteran leader of two yenis the presidents aufor will explain a new prothe city s Democratic organization bishopric to dev line the dollar and of establishing social welfare gram thority and former U S District Attorney institutes to train Re lie f society the treasury s power to buy newly Dwight H Green Republican chal- leaders in more accurate diagnosis mined domestic silver above world who won as a Ct inister In Charge of Annual Conference Program will Polish-Rumama- CCoiitii ii a on ICilunm Oua) fcixj |