Show Ijjf N W ljp 4Ayf W - &'!&& m vi" - ss - v a jg ’i- ±y ijr 3t'4A" XF E sj £6- ‘y it I 3J ' Friday Morning -- Chez Orders Filed in Christmas is just around the corner but those enterprising gentlemen who plan to win their gifts on punchboards are going to be out of luck At least this is the contention of Attorney General Joseph Chez w ho Thursday declared his antigambling campaign in the future would Include punchboards used In distributing candy and other commodities which previously had reaped the drive At the same time the attorney general called for "the assistance of all county attorneys sheriffs constables and peace officers of our state to assist in the elimination of these unlawful devices Mr Chez issued a written statement in which he explained the reason for the change of policy s w 1th respect to merchandise punch-board- Result of Survey ‘Before I completed a survey of all the numerous and varied kinds of punchboards and punchboard games numbering more than 150” he said “I believed some had legal merit since merchandise was equal to the face value of the punchboards and thus the law However after was not offended completing my investigation 1 have come to the conviction that every punchboard now before the public In the element of predominates chance bringing it within the legal classification of a lottery "I have therefore Instructed the (special investigator of the attorney general s office E B Harrison to notify all persons operating or permitting them punchboards to be operated to cease and desist otherwise they will be subject to ‘ prosecution Out of 19 Make Grade Quite a Fcall also lost some apparel— a swimHe stooped to pick it ming suit freight train up A double-headstruck him from behind He lay unconscious between the traeks while two locomotives and 125 ears thundered over him But a fractured thigh cuts and bruises were his only injuries A lad just one year older was among those who lost faith in slogans Johnny Holland of Kan stepped on the base of a sign The iron standard swung up smacked him on the forehead and knocked him out The sign read "Safety first ” And Mrs Murray T Morgan of Cleveland munched on an apple while driving One a day she had been told would keep the doctor away But when she tossed out the core the car turned over in a ditch Somebody sent for a physician Fre-don- ia Is Ilcr Faith Justified? "y- fcacM t i t y x ft i s "1 T GOP Leader Hits Road Board Choice Asks Economy Appointee Not To Reduce Heavy Burdens Republican Wilson Insists The Salt Lake Real Estate board a launched program Thursday aimed to effect tax reductions in city county and state governmental units The first step was a resolution drafted Thursday morning by members of the taxation committee after receiving authorization for the move at a regular meeting of the board Wednesday in the Hotel Utah V A Bettilyon committee A scathing attack on reappointment of Preston G Peterson as a member of the Utah state road commission and charges that the Democratic state organization Is using the road commission as a “political machine” were voiced Thursday bv Davd J Wilson nf Ogden Republican state chairman for Utah In a prepared statement Mr Wilson charged that Mr Peterson “has not been a Republican for many years" and asserted that "to call him a Republican is a travesty and is in direct violation of the law requiring a bipartisan board " Text of Statement Mr Wilson’s statement follows: "The announcement that Governor Blood yesterday renamed Preston G Peterson to the slate road commission came as a shock to many of the people of Utah It is of particular Interest to the Republicans since it is announced that Mr Peterson is a Republican and was appointed to the Republican membership on the commis- chair- man announced the resolution asking for rigid economy in county government will be followed by efforts to enlist all citizens and every trade association In Salt Lake City in a program to seek economy in all governments' units Notes Rising Burden "The time has come” Mr said "for all citizens to band together to stop the heavily mounting tax burden which is being cast upon real property and business In Bet-tilv- general " The resolution points out that the county commission now Is in the midst of preparing the county budget for the year 1940 and that the 1939 levy was the highest on record with no relief in sight Arch M Benson Dee R Bram-we- ll "While the Salt Lake General Walter I Marchel and Horace hospital cost $160030 to operate G Nebeker Ogden J Raymond in the predepression year of 1929 n Allred Spring City W Jack last year it cost $226283— yet the Eureka C Nelson Day average number of patients in 1939 Fillmore Bertram M Goldwater was less than 1929 and there was a Neno Nev Calvin L Rampton substantial drop in wholesale Bountiful Ralph N Stohl Arlingprices which should have considerton Va Milton J Hess Jr Farmably reduced hospital costs of opC Sermon and J Smith ington eration” the resolution says Allen Elggrcn Washington D C Bruce F Parker Kanairaville and Inefficiency Claimed John Moore Williams Milford "This" it continues "is only one example of inefficiency and lack of economy in our county government A careful analysis of county expenditures indicates many items that can be reduced be it resolved that “Therefore a call to arms be extended to all taxpayers of Salt Lake county to prevail upon the Salt Lake county commission to immediately effect a program of rigid economy in Salt Lake county sheriffs depand the constant and were uties Thursday investigating unrelenting elimination of wasteful that Dewey Walter administration and unnecessary possibility Bird Magna laborer costs " met death in a traffic accident Owners of real property have J E Scheib chief traffic dep- not yet recovered from the nearly uty said the investigation is pro- disastrous effects of the recent gressing rapidly but that it has economic depression and cannot not yet been completed saying continue to bear the heavy tax that the sheriffs office hRd re- burden being assessed against ceived information that the man them the communication states fell from a moving automobile while riding on the running hoard Mr Bird was found in a vacant lot in Magna at about 6 15 a m on Novcemhcr 17 and died November 30 at a Salt Lake hospital At first officers believed he had been a victim of slugging but this was later discounted ’lhen the theory was advanced that he might have stumbled and fallen sufferA stafe general fund surplus of ing a basal skull fracture and brain hemorrhages $613 585 56 next June 30 the end Deputy Scheib said that he had of the current fiscal year was forereceived information that the man cast Thursday by E R Miles state was riding home on the running budget director in a statement board of a machine driven by a submitted to Governor Henry H friend and that when the machine Blood arrived at Its destination Mr Bird It was explained that the cash was missing balance is now $560 000 less than Ferris H Jones motor vehicle at the beginning of the fiscal year director for the Utah state tax and $240 000 less than on October commission said that whether the 30 There is now $312 000 in the death would go down on the books liquor control fund which can be as a motor vehicle fatality would transferred to the general fund be determined "when all available at any time he said evidence is presented to us by the "The comparative statement of sheriff's office " collections indicates” the stateMr Jones said however that "we ment said "that we have collected must have conclusive proof that about $100000 less from ‘free revethe man was killed accidentally in nue’ than we did in 1938 However a fall from a moving vehhle before property taxes and income and It will he classified as a traffic franchise taxes should bring in death ’’ five or six hundred thousand dollars within the next few weeks "Otherwise collections are about normal with the exception of Inheritance taxes and Interest on redemption fund which have produced about $100000 less than was produced last year at November 30 We are still of the opinion Tho ninetieth anniversary of the that the original estimate of founding of L I) S church Sunday $3428 109 will be received by June si hools falls on Friday and will be 30 a surplus of over observed at services throughout the $600 producing 000 at the end af the year” ehuith Sunday morning George D Pyper general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School union Architects’ said Thursday sion "The fact Is Mr Peterson has not been a Republican for many years and has been perpetuated in office by Democratic governors and charged against the Republicans because of the desire of the Democratic state organization to use the state road commission as a political machine "The state law specifically that both major political parties mud be represented on the It is well known that commission Ihe other two members of the commission are Democrats and were appointed to the commission as representatives of that party To appoint Mr Peterson a member of the road commission and call him a Republican Is a travesty and is in direct violation of the law requiring a bipartisan board Mr Peterson has worked openly for the Democratic cause for many years Chris-tofferso- still-tcnd- Group Fledges Officers’ Case newly-organize- d Names of those who passed the recent examination conducted by the examining committee of the Utah State Bar were announced 'Ihursday by Leland M Cummings bar secretary The successful applicants will be admitted to the bar by the supreme court at a special ceremony during the January term Mr Cummings said that 37 of the 49 who took the examination received passing grades This is a percentage of 75 believed to be a record Last year Ihe percentage of those who passed was 57 in 1937 it was 73 and in 1936 it was 67 Those who passed the tests are: Frank R Bayle James W Beless LcGrand L Belnap John W Boud William W Bowerbank Andrew J Brennan Bernard C Brown Edward G Foxlcy John P Cleave Allen L Hodgson Ford E Holmes Marden F King Bruce R Robert Murphy Bernard F 'Musser D Ray Owen Chris Fraggastis George V Russell Irvin L Stephenson Sam Stephenson Lawrence L Summer-hay- s and Sam D Thurman Jr Sait Lake City ic Officers Study Mishap for Death Cause The acciJoseph Sohaelling dent of the year took place when this young Salt Laker did a "spinner” on his bicycle and landed atop a parked automobile laurels 1o Tony Galoto of Cleveland and he made a splendid catch An older sister wheeled three-- v Bobby Dunn in a poram-bulatA car skidded over the curb struck Ihe buggy and hurled the child 15 fed Galdo ambling down the sidewalk looked lip took a quick stance and caught the boy on the fly Mr Galoto was surprised Everybody else was astounded ear-ol- d Joseph Keeps His Fingers Crossed Sinee Memorable Spin of the In Examination 1 tooth-lacerat- Cooperation December 8 1939 - If CHICAGO Doc 7 (API— Joseph Schaellmg 17 scorched along Salt Lake City street on his bicycle last June 5 Suddenly— uummpphh— he clashed Into the lear of a patked automobile Ruler and wheel flew through the air in a perfect loop He landed ughtside up on top of the car still astride his bike The cyclist who resided at 576 t West Fourth North street landed too close to the top of the list of odd accidents of 1039 compiled byi the National Safety councils magazine Public Safety In contrast to Schaelhng’s happy landing was a story with a most1 Frank Miska unhappy ending stepped Into a Temple Texas street A machine whizzed by and ripped off his pants Run Over Lives Bobby Rohh 10 of Pittsburgh Dangerous Ticket She could sympathize 'With Miss Marjorie Volke of Tucson Ariz who noliced as she motored along a traffic ticket under the windshield wiper She reached for it Her automohile plunged Into a fire hydrant The bill for damage to city property was $50 Thirteen Face Charges The irony of her experience had a counterpoint in the strange case Of Bookmaking of John Grrla of Waterloo N Y Eight new bookmaking comHe was blinded in a workshop accideindividual 13 plaints naming dent Three weeks later while he acfendants and charging they was being diiven to see an eye cepted bets on horses at three dif- specialist the auto collided with a ferent locations were filed late truck The impact snapped back Thursday In Salt Lake City court his head His sight was restored inDeputy County Attorney H D stantly Lowry who prepared the charges Fates finger was in evidence said they were based on evidence elsewhere too— literally so in two gathered by special Investigators instances Marjorie Wambeck 15 sea in resulted whose activities of Worcester Mass bit Into a hot ries of raids early last month which dog sandwich and a ouch netted 16 arrests surgeon took two stitches in her thumb City Cooperate Marcelino Mareno of Saginaw The complaints were signed by Mieh was showing a friend how he Captain E A Hodman of the police shot off one of his fingers at the the with in line city's second department joint 25 v ears ago He pulled policy of cooperation with the the trigger of the "unloaded1 gun in gamcounty attorney's office Off went the rest of the digit bling matters Shot by Clgaret Defendants in each case are: Jim Rogeis Lefty Newton In contrast John Castle was George Hemnger Happy Hollister wounded without benefit of fireand Don Coulter charged with arms He placed a lighted cigarhookmaking at 40 East Second ette on a window ledge near a In 31 and South street on October bullet The heat exploded the caranother complaint on Novemtridge and the slug entered his ber 15 chest Chubby Farber Joe Nelson and Finally fortune tossed a hero s v 5 Fourth at East Peterson George South street on October 23 and beagain on October 25 each date ing a separate offense Red Hefner Newton Lefty James Rogers Don Colter and Happy Hollister at 40 East Second Since he flew through the air South street on October 16 with the greatest of case and W J Browning Robert White J E Shaffer Don Colter and John landed on top of a parked autoCaption at 37 West Second South mobile June 5 Joseph Schaelling street on October 17 and OctoSalt Lake City cycber 18 list has kept his fingers crossed W J Browning J E Shaffer Don Colter and Robert While at "That was m first bike acci37 West Second South street on and I hope its my last" dent November 15 said Thursdav stooping to rub he isBurton Movie Wilford Judge a knee sued warrants for arrest of the deStill puzzled as to how' the acfendants and set bonds at $1000 cident happened he lecallcd each Thursdav how he had boon riding his hike down a hill In the 100 block on Fiist avenue just five months and two days ago Traffic Aid Tribune- A Car After Collision Wins Victim National Fame New Complaints Race Booking Salt £akf S L Youth’s Loop Tops Bar Secretary Realty Board Lists Group Slarls Drive Odd U S Accidents Passing Tests To Cul Taxes Landing Astride Bicycle Atop M Drive on Punchboards ?TJ)C when he felt a sudden crash The world revolved violently hen it returned to its normal place he found himself on top of a parked coupe still astride his hike and aware of a slightly Injured knee Ihe youth who delivers packages for a Fust avenue pharmacy said the police had later informed him that he struck the rear of the automobile did a loop and landed on top of the car The damage to the car was estimated at $2 to his bicyc Ic $5 and to his belief in the ordered nature of things an Infinite amount Youth Faces Theft Count traffic committee of the Utah Peace Officers' association with the program of the Utah State Traffic Safety counnl in working A 16 year-olAfter an executive confeirnee hoy arrested Wedto obtain prompt accurate and w th civil servhe commissioners all on traffic when a quantity of stolen nesday complete reports accidents was pledged Thursday the Salt Lake Citv rommssion property was founjl in a shed at at a meeting of the peace officeis' Thur'dav ordered "filed’ an n n his resident e allegedly admitted committee in the Beau Brummel fiorn Attorney General losrph to Salt Lake City police Thursdiy cafe J E Scheib (hief tiaffic deputy Chez on the rase of roller Sngrint the theft of $18 In rash from the for the countv sheriffs office is Sheimnn Felkenralh rafeteria at South high school chairman of the new committee The boy was questioned hv offiThe opinion hold thnt wnen the R Whitney Other members are il srrvlce commission refused to cers Wednesday when nv city fireCroo superintendent of the state confirm Falkcnraths appointment men answering a rail to 868 South highway patrol Charles J Larson traffic sergeant for the Salt Lake ns a cnptain last April 28 It should Flghth West stroet discovered loot have restored him to the rank of City police department: Gus S lieutenant Instead of sergeant The later identified as Rtolcn from the Leach traffic sergeant for the Brown hold that sime Fa1' ( 402 Froducts company commission Rink Ogden police department was only a probationary South Eighth West street Smurthwaite of Ogden sergeant he must be reduced to the Polue said Thursdav the bov for the state highway patrol had admitted both the Brown Piod-uet- s Sheriff J R Watson of Weber lower rank will no he Bitten "Ihere fuitlnr company and South high county R I Winn deputy sheriff so far as the city rommiss on is school thefts Approximately $10 at Nephl Marion Snow sergeant concerned" Mavor clM W John y In cash was lost in the former for the state highway patrol at the meeting "Any St George and James A Smith inic said after question as to Mr Falke ninth" captain of police at Logan status will be left to the C S C The uty commission Mr Wal- S I Hanker Upturn lace said takes the view thnt the Absence Leave Granted Orval Adams vhe piesnlent and nttormv general opinion applies Inspector Odf s B Record of the not so rnueh to the Kalkenreth manager of the Utah Slate NationSalt Lake City police department ease hut more generally to the al hank returned lo Suit Lake 'Ihursday was given a leave nf ab- t romli r question ns to w hethi r the Otv Ihursday night hv Union sence on pay to attend Ihe ehirf of poliee oi C S C his final Paufii train after allending a poliee aiademy In Washington powers In the tnntler of promo- meeting of the administrative committee of the American Bank)) C beginning January 8 'Ihe tions of poliee offlerrs ’The opinion a'ornis to uphold ers assoc lal ion held Monday ill rit y commission also allowed him New lotk City the civil service board" he added $ J'K) lor expenses Left to CSC d th llru-tcnn- hur-glar- FBI Utah to Finish Year With Fund Surplus Jane five and fatherless pins a meager piece of tinsel in the window to welcome Santa Claus But Santa cannot visit Jane and hundreds of other needy Salt Lake City children Subs for Christmas morning unless more warm-hearte- d Santa help the kindly old gentleman Giftlcss Christmas to Face Children if Santa Forgets Tribune Department Sounds Call for More ‘Subs’ to Spread Joy For the children— the youngsters Santa might forget— That Is the purpose of the Sub for Santa movement of The Salt Claims Party Ignored Lake Tribune and Telegram It is to make sure that the thousands "It has been the policy of the of little ones in Salt Lalfe City’s neediest homes who look forward present state administration to igto Christmas and Santa Claus with faith and confidence are not nore absolutely the Republican t party In making appointments The forgotten For The first LDS Sunday sihool IJovd W McClenahan was reelected president of Utah chapter Ameriran Institute of Architects way Thursdav evening at a meeting of the organization In room 610 of the Utah Savings and Trust buildHound Stixpeel ing Parker Wood 27 of 1168 Talk Other officers reelected wrte sticet was hound over to district Lew is T elle Cannon v Ic p president court for (rial on a second-degreE Nelson William secretary buiglary eharge following a pre- treasurer leslip S Hodgson of liminary hearing Thursday In Salt Ogden and W E Ware members Lake Citv court of the executive committee ()er e Weather Bureau Predicts Continued Fair Shies cloudiness Despite general along the Pautic coast and In the northwestern United Stales official government weather prognostic niors lhursdnv night fore cast fair ska s for I tah However weather nun there was a possibility of cloudiness and even a slight chain e for lam nr snow In the h Frolov higher mountains night or Salurdav Imvv picssilie off the noith-weconst n net enslward move merit of high piessure fiom the si plateau states edited wilh causing the genoial cloudiness and occasional rainfall along the Phi ifie coast Weather men antic ipnted some snowfall Friday In the mountains of Idaho but indie aled that the storm might pass eastward across Montana and have Utah to enjoy more w ere 1 autumnal weather Merc m v at the Salt lake weallu r bureau lhursdnv ranged between 53 and 38 degiees and the mean of 48 was 14 degrees above normal A I I ‘at is particularly unfortunte at this time that a man of Mr Peter- - SUB FOR SANTA I want to be a Sub for Santa I can provide for children son s background should be named to the state road commission Thousands of sane citizens of Utah are carrying on an for safety organized campaign upon our highways The state road commission is officially chargpd witn much of the responsibility for regulating traffic and maintaining highways so as to produce maximum safety conditions "The appointment of Mr Peterson by the state administration condones violation of major rules of safety and embarrasses the road commission in any program designed to bring about safe and sane driving It is surprising indeed what the present state administration will do to keep wilhin its grasp the spending of millions of dollars of the taxpayers’ money for political purposes Evidently the real conditions and practices of this political machine must be kept law-abidi- secret "The Republican party challenges the appointment of Mr and will oppose definitely 'I he Republicans his confirmation want it to be known also that they are going to insist upon proper reptesentalion upon all bipartisan hoards and commissions We are determined to force the hand of the administration on these matters " v jl NAME ADDRESS Birthday Set was established November 8 1819 hv Rk tnud Ballantyne who opened Ihe unit in his home a log cabin located at First West and Broad- time has come when the practice of uting state boards and organizations as political machines should be challenged 364 da' s a year their existis drab and disillusioning bv bringing happiness t the hearts of little children you bring the They have but little to brighten true Christmas spirit into your ow n their lives Just a few toys and life This Is the plan- We of the Sub games will bring them unmeasured joy As a Sub for Santa you can for Santa department seek out the bring happiness to their home by children for v horn there threatens personally taking some inexpensive to be no Christmas Through the gifts for as manv children as you cooperation of the sorial service who are doing thell feel able to care for agencies Whatever scars the hearts of valiant best to provide the bare these children now bear whatever necessaries of life for the parents tragedy the remainder of the year we procure their names They are niav hold for them the infinite joy carefully investigated to make sure of being remembered on Christmas they are worthy You let us know must be theirs how many children you choose to The weight of adversity that serve Then you take your gifts bears down on the shoulders of personally to their home well their parents must not be permit- ahead of Christmas so Santa ran ted to crush out the heritage of place them In stockings waiting Yuletlde happiness that belongs to for eager hands on Christmas childhood morning Just clip the accompanying couYou can help preserve this beauYeu can enroll as pon or telephone Wasatch 590 tiful illusion one of Santas helpers It is an lou will be furnished their names easy inexpensive thing to do And and address ence Sunday School Group Elects Officers pio-vid- es TELEPHONE Mall or brine thin coupon to Sub for Sant office SOS Trlbuno or call VV natch ISO Sub tor Santa Office Appointment Wins Chil Service Okeh Trlfjram Bulletins to enroll Tim Salt Lake civ II service comThursday night approved recommendation of Fire Chief WalExecutive to Address ter S Kmght that Roger Carlson certified for permanent appointChurch School Groups be ment as a third grade fireman The commission meeting In the Two addresses on subjects of In- office of R J Hogan member of terest to industries of the stale the rommission in the Kearns will be given by Stanley J Stephbuilding also considered several enson executive secretary of the appliealions for positions ns clerks Mr Hogan said the ronlroversv Utah Manufaetuiers’ association over Sergeant Sheiman Falken-rat- h next week rhief of detectives of the Snlt Mr Stephenson will discuss "In- Lake City police force was not disdustry a growing Boy” at a meet- cussed at Ihe meeting ing of the men a club of the Episcopal church December 12 at 6 30 Commi8dou Will Hear p m at St Mark’s cathedral "Investments in Courtesy" will be his Minimum Wage Plea subject at an assembly of Irving high school students Decemhir 15 Hearing on the recommendation of the retail wage hoard to the at 8 45 a m industrial rommission fur the establishment of minimum wages and maximum hours for women and Senator Thomas Due minors In the retail Industry will be opened by the commission F In S E Tonight day at 10 a m In the house of U S Senator Flbert D Thomas representatives chamber at the of I lah will arrive In Snlt lake eapitnl C’llv Friday at 9 15 p m via WestThe commission will hear the He will he accomern Pacific testlmonv of Miss Rebecca ( Smaltz of the womens bureau panied by hia wife Senator Thomas has been at- U S department of labor nm tending hearings of the senate nvll will then adiourn until about 10 Miss Smaltz (undue te( a liberties committee in San Fian-clsecost of living survey In Utah la it as a member of the committee lummi r mission Fourth Member Leases Zone Adjustment Body In a brief note to the Salt Lake City commission W Edward Fife resigned Thursdav ns a member of the board of adjustment on Ills was the fourth resigzoning nation to he accepted three others having dropped from the board to leave the way open for new appointments by Mayor-elec- t Ab Jen- kins fifth member T A Schoonfeld of the group Is expected to follow suit but his resignation had not been received at the rlty recorder s office late Thursday WPA Officials Confer On Word Problem Dean W Miller Idaho W P A administrator and Paul kohout supervisor of the Idaho noxious weed program will eonfer with Darrell J (reenwell Utah W P A administrator and officials of the noxious weed program In Utah on Fridnv and Saturday In Salt Lake Cdv An effort will he made to coordinate weed control work of the two states Mr Gieenwcll said ri-- Im-uar- v n J |