Show l yr (i Halt £ afo Iffitame r Salt : 77: State Budget Items Near Ten Millions Lake Gty Utah Wednesday Morning December 111910 Page Seventeen i i Heads Parley Paths Cross Region Joins In Study of Defense Plan i yA£Makes ’V f f Formal Bid -- Hour Wage New Line For Conference ? ‘Estimated For Western States Meeting requests for the 1941-4- 3 biennium of stat depart-- 1 ments and Institutions financed by the state general fund are $9- -' 88628106 It was disclosed Tuea- day Estimated revenues for the two year period on a basis of present tax law are only $7438 500 and ' the law provide that the- - legisla j ture must keep its appropriations f within revenues " -4 It is now forecast that there will ' be-- a surplus of $17388329 on July 1 1941 the beginning of the new biennium out of a surplus at the J beginning of the current biennium I of $228505254 In addition to the I amount there will be an item for f the operation of the governor's of I fice and residence which Governor r Henry H Blood who ls S- 11 western states will proplay in the national defense a meegram will be outlined ting qf these states' defense council representatives which will open at the Hotel Utah Wednesday at 10 a m Leading the discussion will be Frank Bane of Washingdivision ton D C: director of of state and local cooperation Council on National Defense “Mr Bane arrived from Chicago on the Union Pacific streamliner (I "Bazooka Bob Comes Bach To S L in Style believe that Bob Burns’ "Grandpaw Snazzy went swimming In Great Salt lake with his long underwear on and came out like 6 hunk of rock salt It’s probably a tall story adapted from Van Buren Ark for local consumers But you can believe that Bob screen and Burns bazooka-playin- g radio star came into J< Lake City In a tram Tuesday”" morning— L Hot under one Bob once did “ride the rods’’ In Utah and Idaho While operating a boarding house In Salt Lake City in about 1914 Bob said he pro- duced a "home talent’’ show called ‘Three Smllers and Nix” With i this group he toured Idaho "in and under trains: depending -- on -- the -- - 1 I crowds” The comedian was accompanied by hia wife L Arrives to diFrank Bane rect defense meeting of 11 western states Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON D C Dec 10 — Western Air Express Tuesday applied to the civil aeronautics board fop authority to inaugurate direct air service between Los An- geles and Denver but unless the case has unusual national defense merits final action on the application may not be taken for more — — -than six months — — Observers pointed out that the chief justification for the new route was the saving of time on a transc- find-ingvJ- It is of the handle ‘It is likewise and localities public growing 'out of New Car Code To Avoid ‘Jokers’ ex- pansion of our industrial and military machines" Started in June The Council on National De-f- e 2 was set up last June by President Roosevelt Later a se- at Several weeks ago the traffic recommended that meters on Temple street and on First Second South and' Fourth Visitor Reports America's biggest worry In the far east is not over’ possibility of war with Japan but with loss of business-interes- ts no- w- it-Chin- a streets between State and R P Butrick American consul at Second East streets be adjusted to Shanghai said in Salt Lake City give two hours of parking for 5 Tuesday night cents instead of one hour which Mr Butrick with his wif and is the universal rate in Sait Lake two children stopped briefly at City The recommendation' was the Denver and Rio Grande Wesdropped by the city commission tern and Western Pacific station Lock-powhen City Attorney E R Chris- on a trip to their home N Y for a vacation tensen doubted its legality They Mee'ting informally with the left for the east on a D & R G W traffic commission Tuesday As- train ' sistant City Attorney A Pratt Chin Trade x the- plan smacked'Of Wants want any trouble doesn’t an effort to increase revenue on “Japan streets where meters are lightly with the United States if it can patronized although the traffic be avoided” Mr Butrick said board has maintained its purpose "but Americans have a’lot of buswas to t£fke traffic from Main iness interests there that Japan would like to have The situation street and relieve congestion right now is very uncertain Trend Lose Justification of world events witjiin the next Courts over the country have few months probably will deterheld Mr Kesler said that meters mine what attitude Japan will take cannot be justified where they are toward American business inteused for the purpose of increasing rests" Mr Butrick said thayn his opinrevenue A study of the state council’s ion "most citizens of the ‘United tne proposed traffic code was ordered States are underestimating after It was reported to contain power Japan wields In the far east some provisions which may hamper because of apparent failure to Salt Lake City jn imposing traffic bring the war withChinata a regulations on streets which are more' rapid conclusion" state highways Copies of the code Could Give Trouble are to be given each member and " “The Japanese navy while'per-hap- s further discussion Is planned not as mobile as- that of the United States is formidable — It rt er route This must be done if as represented in the application the and Salt ween Lake CV is not to be curtailed Here Western Air tvill run Into serious difficulty Restrictions are being imposed on commercial air lines because of priority given-t- o by the equipment orders placed make it army and navy which will next to impossible to secure the necessary new planes for the Los c- West High School Soon to Lose Beloved ‘Miss Fitz’ Miss Elizabeth FitzGerald principal of school for more than one of the city’s sistant as- Angeles-Denve- West 20 best-belove- high years and - Jury Exonerates L Motorist If Winter Doesn’t Hurry Up could not without additional auxiliary ships attack the west coast of the United States But it could cause trouble in the Philippines The number of Santa Clauses and Hawaiian islands if the enat preholiday parties appearing tire United States fleet was not end with children In lochatting to stop it” present cal stores outnumber Salt Lake Asked if he thought Japan attempting to take over children two to one but It may the great English naval base at take that many “Old St Nicks” Singapore— a naval base which tn deliver Christmas bundles unhas figured prominently in less a storm brings snow to speed naval discussions re- the whiskerpd gent’s sled Sentimental lovers of a while cently — he said: sites Wednesday- the'tommisslon "I wouldn’t say that" it’s prob- Christmas stared at clear skies I would say Japan now again Tuesday and sadly recalled will ask the C A A officials to able come to Salt Lake City for the officially at war with Great that Thanksgiving waswhite Few TButU’s doubtful if Christmas final -- selection— afterwhich - the like Turkey ia can be changed city hopes to obtain federal funds people you know thought that — and coincide with a snowstorm move into French for development of the field The Japan would — besides — city is planning to buy the land Indo-Chin- The mean temperature dropped below normal Tuesday 'a degree to 32 degrees Highest temperature was 39 degrees with a minimum of 23 Records revealed that 'no precipitation has been recorded In -- a" Lake City during the first 10 days of the month Deficiency for this month to date is nearly one-ha- lf inch However there Is an accumulated excess of 157 inches since October L The forecast for Utah Is generally fair Wednesday and Thurs- day It is expee’e'd to be cloudy and colf’er In the southeast por lion t£ the slate Salt an -- t? route Need of Danes Even now commercial lines because of army and navy demands are experiencing difficulty in seto maintain curing planes needed service oer established routesif air C A B is also aware that travel is to be made as safe as must be possible operating lines permitted to buy replacement planes as needed ed- d r el ucators will retire from school service December 20 of her decision Announcement to terminate her teaching days at West was made by Miss FitzGerald to Inembers of the Salt Lake City board of education during their December board meeting Tuesday night ’ It is therefore tobe presumed A Minnesota "schoolmarm” who w'lll consider this need of exbegan teaching in Salt Lake City they routes before sanctioning well so isting in 1902 and liked her work new services such as the Los Angelshe has remained here ever since es-Denver route which would Miss FitzGerald Will be missed at number of a considerable for call West high where as “Miss Fitz” new planes passenger large she was singularly honored on St has not W A E Patrick's day during the “wearin' vetThebeen given application official considera— p’ the green” but Officials' after studying Her successor at West high tion' point out the improbability maps saidwill board members school the same service of maintaining of native be Miss Elva Cotterell Los Angeles and Salt Lake between of now dean Salt Lake City and rtv given today If the new girirarSouthhigK“schOor— Miss route is approved' Luciie Monay who is teaching her The shortening of transcontinensecond year at £outh will take over tal flying time via Denver natthe dean of girls post urally would attract through travel Appointment of W E Dewey to to the shorter route thus diminishSalt Lake a new role of assistant prlncinal ing through travel via in the adult evening school was City officials said members on approved by on board Tenty-l(rtPse (Continued Might Advance Consideration If -- Western Air Express can show that the contemplated new service would be of high defensive of great importance such as being connecS military value for quicker tions between Denver and L6s AnMISSOULA Mont Dec 10 m— geles the CAB might advance A coroner’s jury Tuesday had consideration of the application exonerated T D Sheehan of 358 — But this brings in a counterarguEast First South street Salt Lake ment officials said With a great work unCity of blame in the death of Ana deal of army development Caroline Kriedl 11 in an automo- der way in the Salt Lake City and bile accident last Friday night Ogden areas the curtailment 'of The girl was struck by a fendef service between Salt Lake City and of Sheehan’s automobile as she Los Angeles might operate to the walked along the highway with detriment of the army and navy of the her mother after appearing in a This would be true in light area is fact that the Sa’t Lake musical recital Mr Sheehan said be'was blinded being developed a the main inland entire Pacific -f by the headlights of two approach- supply base for the coast vehicles ing 5 L Officials Plan Airport Site Hunt Anglo-Americ- Inauguration of this service would require that Western Air new Express acquire complete equipment for the Los Angeles-Denvsery-Lci-h- LongL-Sfimc- Back-msf- Japan Covets U S Market West Teacher Plans Adieu After -- board West South South the hearingsjhe will hear both proponents and opponents of the application Observers state that if Western Air Express is permitted to fly between Los Angeles and Denver so route the transcontinental formed would be eble to equal if not improve the transcontinental flying time of Transcontinental Western Air T W A now has the shortest flying time between Los Angeles and New York But there are several adverse factors to the suggested move at the present time Dean Mis Eh Cotterell of girls at South high school will succeed Miss FitzGerald prob- division was established so Sait Lake City’s traffic commis- parate local and state governments that sion resolved Tuesday to continue could cooperate more closely in its" fight for “bargain” parkingltheJiatianal-proram- 7 Representing Utah at the meetmeter rates in certain districts deWednesday will be Attdrney ing atfrom the city spite opinions General Joseph Chez D D Motorney that the practice would ffat acting chairman of the state n amount tcT 'discriiriination" and defense council and Gus P of the executive to secretary the city’s Imperil right might Salt Lake chamber of commerce maintain the devices Mr Bane is on leave From the At the same time’ the board or- University of Chicago where he is dered a persual of the new uniform a professor of public administratraffic code proposed by the state tion He also is a director of the Council of State Governments traffic safety council for enact- and from 1935 to 1938 was executo make ment by the legislature tive director of the social security sure that it contains no “jokers” board which might encroach on the city’s right to regulate its own traffic problems Frank A Fisher acting chairman in the absence of Mayor Ab Jenkins told the traffic group that "the legal department will have to face the issue of bargain meter ratesome day It might as well do so now” Two Hours for Nickel Los Angeles to New York City If the national defense council sees the application as speeding air travel- - between Los Angeles and Denver and Interprets that factor as an urgent national defense need then the council might request the G'A B to take ear'y action on the application Status of Hearing On the other hand unless the — council requests national-defen- se that action on the application be the application must expedited wait its turn If this is the case it will be midsummer before the board holds tt hearings on w'hich to base its federal protect responsibility of equip United Also Will Peruse ontinental run from CAB the mary Traffic Group government to and States against external the aggression Pushes Meter agreed that the primary responsibility to states those houskeeping 'Bargain’Figlit lems the rapid Thieves during the past several weeks have stolen 51 light globes from sockets In the hallway of the Ntratton apartments 49 Fourth East street Salt Lake police were Salt Lake City commissioners Informed Tuesday decided Tuesday to inspect "proposed sites for an auxiliary airport Wednesday afternoon after Parks Commissioner P H Goggin reported that civil aeronautics authorities are ready to help the city make a selection After viewing several proposed s 12 Defense-Help- s Miss Elizabeth FitzGerald Will retire December 9 aa assistant principal of West high school ? Important ’’mining operators labor representatives and government officials arrived in Salt Lake City Tuesday and more were ex- - “ pected Wednesday morning for the t opening of a two-da- y conference on questions vital tq the west’s mining industry These problems particularly con- cern whether working time as defined by the wage and hour administrator includes time spent going to and returning from the mine portals transportation from portal to working face time spent in getting tools and in changing clothes union - agreements and state laws governing the computa- - “y tion of working time and the relationship of lessor and lessee of mining property under the wage-hoand fair labor standards act The conference will open at 10a rh-ednesday inthe house xf — representatives chamber of thef state capitol with Harold Stein of Washington D C assistant direcWesley O Ash right western regional director of the wage tor of thr hearings branch of the wage and hour division of the and hour division and R L Kingston intermountain inlabor department presiding vestigator of metal mining problems who arrived TuesWitnesses Called — — conference xvage-hohere day- night Many of the mining i company officials and labor representatives from throughout the Vestem mining region who have come to Salt Lake City for the conference will be called as witnesses while others will attend-onlas observes Heading labor’s representatives is Reid Robinson of Denver president of the International Union 6l Mine Mill and Smelter Workers who arrived Tuesday and Immediately went Into a lengthy conference with other mine union officials from this vicinity and elsewhere Ben Riskln of“Denver research director of the union Lee Pressman of Washington D C counsel for the CIO and Ralph H Rasmussen of Salt Lake City International board member for Utah” Arizona and Nevada were among those attending the meeting Wesley O Ash of San Francisco western regional director of the wage and hour divisionand R L v Kingston of Denver investigator of metal mining problems in the intermountain area arrived Tuesday night to attend- - the confe- rence Officials of the'Anaconda CoplWr per Mining company at Butte Mont are scheduled to arrive Wednesday morning headed by D M Kelly vice president and general manager of western operations and J J Carrigan manager of mines Prior to the wage-hoconference opening Wednesday W B Daly of San Francisco Reid Robinson of Denver left mine union president conformer manager of mines for Anaconda and now consulting engiferred Tuesday in Salt Lake City with other union officials neer arrived Tuesday including Lee Pressman of Washington D C right and Observers to Attend B Ralph H Rasmussen of Salt Lake City standing Two American Mining congress officials who will attend the sessions as observers are A W Dick- inson of Washington- - D C and E D Dickerman of Denver secretary of the Colorado chapter fact-findin- g ur -- - ur -- y -- -- ur Board Orders $2000000 Cut in Welfare Budget ' Mr Dickinson expressed hope cession of coagrese-will amend the excess profits tax to correct inequities now harmful to mining end other productive in- that the next anticipated $9000000 public welfare budget for 1941 was presented ' Tuesday at a meeting of the state welfare board in the dustries "We feel that capllol but was immediately ordered cut down by at least $2- The 000000 In issuingf- - the order the board canceled instructions given several weeks ago to county welfare boards to anticipate full restoration of old age assistance cuts in preparing their 1941 estimates The total of county welfare requests was $9210589 compared with 1940 expenditures qf $7195-4138- 6 and with amounts allocated directly from the state department for child welfare and other purposes was raised to $9603-48- 4 The comparable figure for this year is $756697778 The budget was ordered reduced because It was found it would exceed anticipated revenues from existing tax laws the board said Submits Message Governor Henry H Blood submitted to the board a telegram from Wayne Coy acting administrator of the federal security agency saying that the requested postponement of the merit sstem for welfare' department empjoyes from January 1 to April 1 “would not be In accordance with intent of federal act-’- ’ re- -! ThTpost ponement had-be- in quested by a legislative committee headed by Representative Sol J Selvin (D) Tooele and by a group of county commissions Tuesday was the last day for filing applications to take examinations for’ jobs In stat and county welfare departments and John C Kidneigh merit system supervisor for the state welfare department said that about 2500 had been received Examinations will start about December 21 Officers Push Murder Quiz §alt Lake City police Tuesday continued tb question persons acquainted with Mrs Anna Christine Hallen whose body was found last Thursday in the basement of her home 828 Park street Chief of Police Reed E Vetterli said statements were taken from three persons during the day in an effort to uncover clues to the idenmurtity of”Tbe hatchet-wieldin- g derer whose motive undoubtedly was robbery Meanwhile funeral services were conducted for Mrs Hallen in the Second L D S ward chapel Tuesday noon Only relative of the woman attending the services was a half brother Erik Anderson a building contractor of Chicago Mr Anderson came to this city Sunday after bein noUfied in the case of so widely special care must be exercised in a tax law” he said “It mu’st not be a blanket law that will hurt productive industry A harmful law will check’ exploration and developnie'nt necessary to replace ore bodies being ex- hausted” Ot h er- - corrective leglslationad- -' vocated by the mining congress is amendments to the national labor relations act he said- “We want them to take into consideration the practicalities Of Industrial enterprise and give us an amended law under which we can work instead of one creating a situation which brings disagreement and strife" J S Coupal of Phoenix Ariz director of the Arizona state de- -' Apartment of mineral resources arrived Tuesday to attend the conference as representative of the Arizona Small Mine Operators' association Need Capital “There are plenty of prospectors in the field these days but theydo not have adequate f’nan--ci- ai backing” he commented” "This-dear- th is a of serious problem” The Northwest Mining association of Spokane Wash is expected to be represented by two officials of large mining companies of the Coeur d’Alene district in northern Idaho J' B Haffner general manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating company and L S Hancock president of the Hecla Mining company mill superinN P Goodhch tendent of the Bald Mountain Mining company at Lead S D who probably will be called as a witness also arrived Tuesday newz-capi- tal Fake Patron Robs Gasoline Station Salt Lake police Tuesday were searching for a thief who stole $35 from a cash register at the Texas company service station 1974 Eleventh East street Blaine Blake attendant at the station told police he was servicUrges Delay ing a bar at the side of the station Tuesday morning when a young — Upon learning that the request- man drove into the station The ed postponement could not be slighter from his car Mr Seivin said: "The motorist into granted station while the state authorittez should have had walked wasthestill in the station attendant’ more respect for the governor-elea few moments 1000 unclaimed suits and given him a chRn-- e to have ex- yard and left attendant he $375 $5 $750 Pahl's aminations Jaler en because he is later telling the I AdvrUmeul would return on P (Continued Teeutyelsbt) ct K f: g Sessions Start Todav Hinges on the at Don’t - W- - Tuesday evening The Salt Lake meeting Is the fourth regional defense conference to be held The first for 14 midwestern states waJ held in Chicago a month ago second for New England and middle Atlantic states three weeks ago third for southern and southwestern states last week in Los Angeles Outlines Purposes Purpose of the meetings Mr Bane explained is to discuss plans and policy of the National Council of Defense and organization and administrative problems of state and local councils Particular attention is paid to specific state and loc&l problems growing out of rapid expansion of military and naval establishments in certain areas such as the base at San Diego ‘It is generally agreed" Mr ne pointed out “that it is H pri- Fact-Findin- CAB Decision '& at retiring from office on January 6 Will I leave to his successor Dr Herbert J'B Maw to estimate I 1939 Allowances iTworyears' 6go budget “requests i totaled $946927773 but Governor Blood in his budget message to the J legislature of 1939 cut this down to The amount actually $757654691 appropriated was $843942649 f The appropriation included $500 000 for state buildings to be used r only in the event of a surplus It was this allocation which cut most heavily into the large balance on hand at the beginning of the bien-- j mum T J Midgley of the state budget division said the requests have been tabulated with supporting sched-- a tiles and details and will be given to Dr Maw for his information in preparing a budget message for the legislature Discussions Expected Dr Maw said he is now work lng on his general message to the I legislature to be submitted short-- I ly after it convenes on January I 13 and will not tackle budgetary problems until this is completed The law does not require the gov- -' ernor to present a budget until some time after the opening In I melffstsesstrni—G6Ternor Blood gave the legislature his proposed list of expenditures on January 30 ““Before the new governor makes his recommendations to the legislature it is expected that department and Institution heads will pe called in for discussions as to their respective requests The general fund supports the colleges custodial and penal institutions and most of the- - state departments Exceptions are the state road commission and state department of public welfare to which are earmarked gasoline tax and sales tax funds respectively to be used with allocations of federal funds These two departments make up separate budgets but they are not subject to review by the legislature The general fund receives all but a relatively small part of its revenues from special taxes and liquor revenues Property tax revenues are growing less imr portant as a source of general -- fund - revenue-- - and - in - Several years have been dispensed with entirely S The part first-nam- f S 4 Total budget ' N Requests Top Tax Payments j Aid Arrives U I 5 SiO-SI- vat 31 So W 1 1 |