Show - - - - - f - - 6wpr'gr''-4- ' - - -- 1 1 1 i- Ti " :: A'''' i 1 I I 1 ' i - gbegrtitigatit glirtunte '- B Section Salt Lake City - t - Eccles 'Bars Fiscal Talk In Utah Visit - ' : ? '- i ' 1: f -- i I 1 ::':: 'h ): ''':"'1:':!?::::::: Maintaining a stricti silence an such subjects as tettj fiscal and credit control issues Marriner S Eccles of Ogden chairman of the iff e board1 arrived in federal noon for a vacation - if' Utah which he i would Probably ex- 4 tend over a 'period of several 1 weeks To all qesUons touching on pending tax legislation or steps TIOW being taken to curb the volume of consumer credit Mr Eccles replied with a firm "no comment" or "I have nothing to say about that" Asked specifically :about the federal reserve board regulation of on InFriday placing restrictions stallment credit on 24 -- Items Mr Eccles explained that the action was taken onder an executive order issued recently: by the president He would express no opinion as to the adequacyof the step from 1 the standpoint of controlling in flation but did remark that the executive order "Is very broad" Mr Eecles arrived In Salt Lake-Citby United Air Lines plane and went to his home in Ogden later ' He was met at the airport by G Bermett president of the First Security Corporation of Ogden and Charles U Smith presk dent of the First i National bank of Salt Lake 1 : ' r ' : '' :- 'i : ! '' - ::: '': !' ' ! :: :?:- Marriner ' - -:' ' ': ' '' '' 2'' '''' tht federal s i - 't- ' - f!:: 0' i 4 ' ':' er ' s: Ti ' ' 4 :' - ' i? - :f '?: 7 -9i t': - 1 : :747 1 ''''' '? :1i i ' :::-- ' 3 ' A' ' ' ' i 3: i 4k4'?" '' ii - t t l' i ' -- - - - ( : — ' '7k6-:- - If - bonze state for vactition but le ' : 1' l' : : : — 1 - 'ks-- ' country showed In July 1941 the tots' spent for old age assistance was 638384081 as against 628713840 for the same month last year Expenditures In other categories last month with comparable figures for July 1940 in parentheses were asiollows: Aid to dependent children $169- 47053 (312537050) aid to the against r ' r '41 I r i inflation 11: I : blind unem6478790 ($501045) $6992618 (6568275) 65982415 ($128670 employables - ' ployablei l e following (Editor's note: sketch of Matriner a Eccles was written by a Salt Lake Tribune Special- News:Service correspondent) By Clarke Beach 4 WASHING1sON Aug 23 (The calt Lake Tribune Special News Service)—Marriner S Eccles the man who is trying to discourage you from buying an automobile or 'refrigerator on an eitsy installment plan is a thrifty Scotch banker an advocate of high taxes and "hard money" and chairman of the federal res"rve boardi Ile also has been the new deals p re acher of "deficit spending" doctrines ardent 'easy money" fan and foe of high taxes It that sounds paradoxical It to a probably is no lot of legislators on capitol hill where diatribes against were almost a the 'Ws routine (hiring daily Even the two senators from Virginia have nothing toy say these - dabs against pincher 'let Carter- Glass father of the federal reserve system has been outraged for years by Eccles' unorthodox banking principles Harry F Byrd a Democratic leader of the economy bloc used to launch his bitterest attacks against Eccles 11 ' ! er "Ecclesthe-Spen- dthrift" 1 Eccies-the-Penn- - AU In Sow Credo Drees nevertheleas has not been converted and he insists that he is trot beirig inconsistent It is simply In the creedof a deficit spender to g tune sing the gay In a depression and then to strike a somber note when everybody else is going delirious over a business ' lending-aotfidin- boom Zed for months has been urg ing a Curb on the 410000000000 consumer credit business so it was no surprise when President Roosevelt decreed that it must be reg-lated and gave the job to the federal reserve board which for all practical purposes Is Eccles The other members could outvote him but men on the inside say this seldom has happened The job of the credit czar is to say how large a down payment you must make how long you can take to pay up and what terms you arrange with the seller It applies onjy to "durable goods" such as automobiles refrigerators washing machines and vacuum cleaners Twe Turps's 'n's purpose Is beth to save for defensel uses the materials whioh go into 'these product:s and to help prevent- inflation i The main cause of general price rises Lithe diminution-othesupply of consumer goods at a time when the supply of purchasing power increases the increase being caused by reemployment and rising ogee Curbing installment buying will ease the pressure of purchasing power by slowing down the rate at which Money circulates and by preventing the creation of new money which in effect is what happens whenever a bank makes a loan Eccles has 4sen a spectacular fig sire in a spectacular decade yet as a personality hewould fade into the background of any gathering of top new dealers---i- f it were not for the fact that he usually holds the stage by lecturing at great length on monetary theories He is smallish of meager build walks with head down eyes averted He is no mixer For the that must be done around the 'office he depends heavily on Lawrence Clayton tis bulky amiable chief assistant But he has many close friends leaders among administration They like his democratic unassum(u -- - - f glad-handi- - ng Figures Compared The numbers receiving the various types of aid last month and the percentage changes from the same month of last year were: Old age assistance 14368 (610 per tent Increase) aid to dependent children 4031 (1670 per cent Increase) aid to the blind 180 (816 per cent decrease) unemployables 2689 (525 per cent decrease)' employable 2449 (1414 per cent de-L crease) t$ The average assistance payments last month with comparative figures for July 1940 In parentheses were as follows: 0)d age anistance $2671 ($2120) aid to dependent children $4204 t$3610) aid to t$2356)0! unemploy- t$23144 employables 1 " ' — - Main Stred:ig4i: MeOhunt Succumbs At HOme -- ercy William Saville el one of Salt Lake City's best known bu ness men died Saturday i ' :i''': :' ' 'i:f: City-Septemb- Mr Saville wai a member of the Salt Lake BPOE lodge and the Rotary club and was a direc tor of a national Organization of tobacco dealers He was a mem !Der of the First Congregational church He is survived by his widow three daughters Ma F E Sam way Mrs H W Meyers and Mils Neva Adele Saville and a tort Paul W Saville all of Salt Lake City Funeral service have been set tentatively for Wednesday :::': H'":' ::st ' --: 1902 - frolrl75!T mor ng at his home 712 East t:''::i'::::' ' Secon South street of i hemorrhage : Mr Saville watt preside and t (1:::-:::manager of the 'Mission Cigar store 129 South Main street haw ing operated the business for 28 years He was born in Salt Lake City on April 3 1880 a son of George and Caroline Westwood Saville He married Sigrid M Erickson' 23 in Salt Lake Foreign Full support of the nation's foreign policy particularly in the establishment of Closer ties with Canada and Mexico will be cm phasized throughout the next months by the Association of 0 Clubs the board of trustees de- cided at its final convention meeting Saturday in the Newhouse hotel President Howard R Maxon of El Paso Texas was promised backing in getting each of the 250 clubs to assist in increased purchase of defense bonds and in supporting such national projects as the United Service Organization The board also decided on an expansion program seeking to build up its membership to between 300 and 325 clubs The drive will be centered in Missouri Nebraska Ohio and Washington President Maxon said By late Saturday night praCtically all of the 500 visiting dee'gates and their wives had bid adieu to Salt Lake City having been in attendance at the nineteenth annual convention since Tuesday 2 1-- 20-3- i - I H ii‘: ) 1 i f Percy William Saville Widely known business man whO died Saturday Several hundred forrner residents of Mercnr fameqs early' Utah min ing cantp aretiexpected to gather Sunday In Math& Community park ?or the eleventh annual Mercur Day retinion under auspices of the Mercur5Pioneer society R J Corfleld secretary-treasursaid Saturday Princlpal program of the day er - i' '' - -- - t' 4 ' ' I betweee - 1 Don Outgrowth of an occurrence Friwhen Lew Jeremy :trusty larcenyserving a term for petty was permitted to leave- - the jail to have his shoes repaired the recommendations will be presented to Chief Vetteril la Captain E A liedman acting' chief during Mr Vetterits absence Launching an investigatión Saturday after learning that JeremY unaccompanied by a police officer had been missing for more than an hour' and was the object of a e prowl car search Friday evening Captain M(1:flan said he had Informed Jailer Dean C Wood on duty when Jeremy was Allowed to :leave that there must be no recurrence of Fridays 'act Jeremy returning to jail while the search for him was being conducted told officers he had been "resting" on some steps leading to ' the city jail daY city-wid- 1 t 1 Memory Recalls : Magna-Garfiel- t basket luncheons - e: Entire year 11 1940 i' Box Elder County rat 10 While Mrs '3 George Midgley street was sitting in another room of her house a burglar pried a screen off an open window:" and stole $1650 from a purse On a bedroom :table Mrs Midglex told Salt Lake City police Saturday The intruder replaced the purse after removing thti money she said " 'Jr! - - ) - - ': ? - — Road Rbkhery 1 S K st - dt ' - Tribune Intermountain Wire ELKO A :7eor''' Niki -- 1941 1 f' tk I 11 " : I t i4 To Autaat 24 1241 To August 24 1240 104 1 102 tatire Tear 1240 Tribune Intermountain Wire TREMONTON--Mr- s Jane FreeIntim Salisbury 68 1588 Soutb State street Salt Lake City died Saturflay at 4:45 p m In a Tr monton hospital of injuries received In an automobile-truc- k collision 34 miles west of Tremonton on U S at 5:30 a m highway Her death was the sixth due to traffic accidents in Box Elder county this year compared with eight killed prior to this date In 1940 and raised the Utah traffic toll for the year to 118 compared to 100 4deaths before August 24 a year ago Mrs Salisbury former matron of the Salt Lake county boys detention home died of a fractured skull a fractured jaw a broken collar bone and other Injuries Mate Slightly hurt Her husband: Joshua E Salts bury driver of the car in which she was riding received only minor cuts and bruises when their westbound car crashed into the corner of a loaded coal truck which wits stalled on the road State Highway Patrolman Leonard Bishop of Garland reported The truck owned by Leonard It Pett 45 of American Fork had broken down on the highway during the night approximately three miles east of Snowville Mr Salisbury had turned out to pass the stalled truck when he saw an eastbound track loaded with horses lapproaching toward him and turned back crashing Into the coal be4 truck with the right side of his ar Bern In Salt Lake Passing motorists took the couple to Tremonton- Mrs Salisbury was born in Salt Lake City August 26 1872 a daughter of Arch and Jane Smith Free-bair- n i l 14 - ' f t ' ) -- -- ' 1 ''' - '00 - 30-sou- th - a Aug 23—Facing alleged holdup '11‘felich was accompanied from Salt Lake City by Kenneth Fred-ric- k Felt 21 cab driver in the Utah city who reported he was p - - Nev charge of highway robbery Bob Melich 21 "just drifting" was in the Elko county jail here Saturday after be assertedly rode from Salt Lake City to five miles east of Elko In a commandeered taxicab Friday night stole another car and robbed its occupants He wait captured at Mountain City Nev and there it was found he had used a toy pistol In the ' Il Moho Deaths (Total) She was active In work of the L D S church and formerly was president of the Fifth L D S ward Primary association and active in Its Relief society She was matron of the detention home for 10 years She Is survived by her husband two' daughters Mrs Stella Allen and Mrs Ida S Krantz of Salt Lake CHI two sons Clarence J and Orin F Freebairn of Salt Lake City three brothers Andrew M and John Hamilton Freebairn of Salt Lake CA' and James S Free bairn of San Gabriel Cal two sisters Mrs C F Jackson of St Louis Mo and Mrs John Van den Akker of San Diego Cal: 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchi- ld kidnaped Sheriff C A Harper of Elko county held Felt in the coun44:: ty jail for investigation An F B I investigator arrived )p from Salt Lake City late Saturday ' v and began questioning the prin40: :: fr ol''''' 1 ' cipals in the case Felt protested : ' '1 At: 1 4: bitterly when the sheriff said he ' VA- - ::' f i would have to be held until the of' ' ficers were satisfied with his story ' ' of being kidnaped Friday night in i' Salt Lake City ' 1 :: Make Arrests 4 L The two men were arrested at : on the outskirts of MounPatsvtille t::::: i ! tain City SO miles north of Elko i 't :' 1 :'Saturday at 8 a m The robbery -:' : 1: t : ::r: :' reportedly occurred near Elkoe : : 4 : about 3 a m : trt-I ' i The two robbery victims were cory1- w - : k' L Raiff of Selby Cal and Den g' : ' :'' ' ' 1 t O Teschner of the Presidio of '''''::'1 i xv :I' :: wt) A r 0 San Francisco Driving west a 3 '''''r 1 4' ': 1z ' ' of few east miles Elko they saw 4 41' ::'44:7'4 '!” 14:'''' man in the highway waving a a 0' l'' 4'''' lantern Raiff stopped the car and ' was confronted by Melich who the 11frtav4X 44) Bob Blench 21 with hat pulled over his face enters the Elko victims reported shoved a pistol the car window and told county jail at Elko Nevafter his capture near 'Mountain through the two tnen to get out Home Nev as a suspected highwayman With him Is a Melich the two men related office robbed them of 31930 tied them 'deputy of the Elko county sheriff's with a be:pt trr-1-1 ecktie got into and drove off taking Ralfra who had held the lantern Felt ' with him The cab In which the two 'hien had come from Salt Lake City had 1 ' i :': run out of gasoline near Elko Raiff and Teichner loosened their bonds and started west to 4 Elko They were picked up by a r In the meantime Mellen touristConstrtiction at the Salt Lake and had arrived In Elko in Felt : arms ammunition plant small shortest route to Boise the quired ' t gained momentum Saturday as g4- i a service station and Idaho at 0 -- work on Several new buildings was on They turned north 'off ': ::: sped i started U S highway 40 at the Mountain Erection of brick wills was road function half a mile k 1 City started on the permanent adminis-" north of Elko and headed northwest tration building immediately ward of Redwood road (1700 West About 8 a m word was received 1700 and street near South street) In Elko that Constable Dick Morsel foundation concrete part of the and Indian Officer Elmo Lee of l':::4' wall was completed for a Mountain City had arrested the ammunition building directly west two men when Melich took a blind of the administration building road Deputy Sheriff S O Guidict i '!':: and Jailer Carpenters began setting Upar Ed Kendrick brought ' forms fax foundation walls of melt to the Elko county Jail the and ammunition second Melich was sullen when quesammunition building a tioned by the sheriff When asked-wher- e Kenneth Frederick Felt northweit of the administration he lived he answered "rm' ports ho was kidnaped totted building He said he could not drifting!! just In playlpart holdup Crews poured concrete Saturday he had been In Salt remember why for a boiler housenorth of the two Lake City frame office buildings directly &rumor that Teschner was carwest of Redwood road near 2100 Important military papers in rying South street while wall "frames car was denied by Sheriff the were erected for a service station Harper who said that Teschner24-30 near the main entrance to the had some papers In the car but plant in The same locality that no Importance could be to them Sawmill S Being BUilt Two sawmill buildings with a lumber yard each are being built in : The perlokfrom August 24 S the main construction area one to 30 was designated Satnear the administration building urday by Governor Herbert and one farther west B Maw as wool week and Utah citizens were urged During the afternoon Lieutenant Detective Sergeant M D McGinColonel A J Terry of the inspector "as a sound and economic ness of the Salt Lake City police general's office in Washington duty to utilize wool and wool department reported Saturday that' D C Inspected the 'plant and noted his department was checking on products In all of their puron Initial the rapid progress made chases of clothing bedding the whereabouts of two youths reand other commodities" leased Friday night from the state phases of the buildings Meanwhile a new safety proThe governor said that industrial school at Ogden in an gram to: protect workers from induring'the week "woolen ex- effort to see if they were impliIdbits and educational macated Inthe reported kidnaping of jury to 'provide emergency treat-to terial will be available ment in: rases of mishaps and Kenneth Frederick Felt 214 taxicab on construcOrder that the citizens of Conserve: driver In Salt Lake City Friday the state might be fully tion work went into operation night concerning the prod-pelie said neither of those released Providett for Physicians In which wool is Infrom the Pchool was named Munch as: eltided" Lieutenant Clarence Beuhner but thatjle had asked Elko offisistant Constructing quartermascers to attempt to determine ter is safety officer for the projwhether this name given by the ect bandit under arrest in Elko alleged The program provides for apis an alias pointment of two registered physi-12 41111I Starts cians each to be on duty daily hours at an infirmary for emerThe Salt Lake office of the fed gency cases thereby providing 24- eral bureau of investigation rebe will hour service The physicians Dr Thomas Ferran U S! su- ported one of its agents was in assisted by a staff of male nurses conferring with officers there r84 general and Dr'' Karl F Elko but had Made no report to the during working hours The infirmary will not conflict or Mem director of the Hooper Salt Lake office Saturday night:' Officials of the Yellow Cab corncompete with recognized hospitals and Is merely for emergency treat- foundation of San Francisco and 'pany here reported that Mr Felts ment of injured persons said Lieu- ond of the worlds greatest au- absence from duty was not noticed tenant Colonel Elmer G Thomas were changed thoriti4i on bubonic plague Will be because dispatchers office shortly after constructing quartermaster the at company Qualified first aid attendants will among the noted health officers Mr Felt checked in by telephone also be appointed to duty at each whO will attend a conference on from the cab stand at Second South of six small portable first aid sta- plague to be held Thursday and and Main streets at 8:43 p tions to be operated during conFriday Friday at the Hotel Utah struction hours Authorities of 12 western 'atates The program also - provides for weie called to the meeting by Dr Wallet Loss Reported appointment of army and contractors' safety supervisors and in- Par!ran to devise a program for Loss of a brown wallet contain- spectors to enforce the army's prevention of the spread 'of buing $10 his social security card safety code on the project boRic plague Dr Parran informed and papers from his pocket at the Dr' William M McKay iUtah Labor temple 151 Second East Seek Missing Youth health commissioner that :While street was reported to SaltWLake W police Saturday by Salt Lake City police have been is no particular danger of City thete East Linam of Second street 15q a for asked t6 Join search Wayne an fepidemIc two California- - resiHardy 17 of Bountiful who has dents e suit 0350 have died of plague this 1000 been reported missing since Wed$750 0015 Pahl's 31 0 W Temple at tn 930 041:4': p nesday "Advertisement) l '' - 14 ) z - 4- - 4 0'---- '41041110" - ' F :4 - : !: : 4: ' 1 ' ' - - ' '1:' 1 :': '7:: : iii '4:: '''i 4: ''' 1 - 7 : - lk-- " pow - 5 ? :: j - " f :" 4- - : :' AA Work Moves Rapidly at $ i Arms Plant ' - i - - - -- ' : Road Officials Staild Pat on Board Set-Up The work of the new state road commission has been organized in such a way that it likely will- - be unnecessary to designate one of the engineering staff as chief engineer which has been the custom Chairman John S heretofore Evans said Saturday The duties of the coMmisslon have been divided among the minibers—Mr Evans Layton Maxfield and Lester A Blackner—and wilt be administered by them through the various subexecutives of the department Formórly the chief engineer was the executive officer of the Commission all supervision centering in him H S1Kem who has been acting chief engineer since the resignation of 'Ezra C Knowlton will return to :his former duties as senior engineer of the commission it was announced t than 20000 persons In San Francisco and Los Angeles heard the L D S tabernacle choir members returning from the tour reported Sattrdar night as they arrived In Salt Lake City aboard a Ape' cial train The choir was heard:In SanFrancisco on Thursaay and In the Hollywood bowl on Wednesday Approa1rnately11-- ! 000 were present at the Holly 16-c- ar - gke e:-- - i:: -fie 1 30-cali- - Both cities proclaimed spe- dal days in honor of the choir The touring group comprised MI persons 318 of them being members of the choir Itichitd 11 P Condie was moloist Under direction of W Jack Thomas' the Pacific coast tour was the first made by the cheiir In that area since 1934: Lester F Hetvlett is president of the organizstiod and J Spencer Cornwall is directory - i 30-cali- er - Oop?indi7Sets - 44 More : t '' :1 N- Choir Retitrits After Singing Before 20 000 on Coast wood concert '''' ' :'''1 'p To Mind tie Ha To August 241940 - !Miro ' ' 100 171 1 ': T o 0 elzed After Alleged '''r':"'t':''''C ''':t'''''':''''r"::'''''''''''54'4'4"'''''s:'°'''': ( ' ! 337 B : ‘ : 0 $415W August ed As Wool Week' - L Officers Check on Case - Tr man-hou- - rs ad-kill- ed ts a Doctors Slat Plague Study high-grad- 115 - 'i 1 ir 7i A -- -------- -4 will open at 9 a m With George JoInged Z Edwards society president in charge 4 George W Bryan will of- Missing fer thelvening prayer and (Neill W McConkle'Salt Lake City cornE N keeps his miesioner will give the principal valuables Ebbeusually in a secret compartaddress: ment in the roof of his auto trailUtah company band will cr! But once in a while he puts be presented in a concert at 3:30 them in a different compartment : p m and society members and under the floor visitors watch a baseball game Last Tuesday when he started d and on la trip to Mexico be reported to Salt Lake City police that Gemmell Club teams at 4:30 p Dancing starting at?? p m will $4150 was- - missing Whenhe reconclude the day's prógram turned Saturday be reported the Mr geleld said buses will leave money wasn't missing Just a for the :park from 59 West South slight case of forgetfulness Temple1treet at 10 sk m Sunday and leaye Magna for the return trip at 7 p m Families are to bring - Rancho---formerl- 4 Recommendations that jailers i whi act on their own Initiative In Permitting city jail inmates to "got free" even for a few moments be 1"repr1manded" will be placed before Chief Reed E Vetterli when he returns to Salt Lake City from Buffalo N It' where be has been attending al police chiefs' cOnven- Steals $16511 111-B-1 7) Laxity in 'JAIL R Stirs -- ule I i Aktm fr Chief e Burn' ar nansaeKs: Window Climber Salt Lake Home :$28 i :::::'-- MO cur Group Malls Reunion At Magna Park Boars1 Backs U S 20-3- 0 Breaking a window to unfasten a latch on the door a thief entered the home of 'Frank Vermeil 1165 East Eighth South street some time before 12:43 a m SatContinued on Pane urday the victim:'" told Salt Lake City police Watch for Grand Opening Sept The home was ransacked Mr y "Mel- Venneri said and clothing and 6th of El ' ody Lane" (Adv) other property was taken I other 62309169 (3683267) administration 14629284 048- 91)F I I 82670) - - Utah Deaths (Total) '' k :7 : In spite of the fact there hes been a decided improvementIn the labor situation due to booming de- To August 24 1941 fense Industries Utah relief colts To August 24 1940 - - Ki) i iP 01000' 1 ' ' i have increased In the last year according to a report released Saturdeclines to air day by the state department of a t public welfare i ' ' views on Total expenditures of the state i deArtment its various fiscal or tax county units- through for all types of aid In were $75723411 compared policies or withuly $61172908 In the same month adequacy of of last year Two Decreases steps being There were Increases In el cat& gories except tWo the largest taken to being In old age assistance There were small decreases in Itid to ' salfeguard needy blind in other types of aid '''''''J and administrative costs the report i4 ( t to L0 :' ! ' r reserve board arrives in - - '' 1- chairman of ' '3i - 0 S Eccles : ' Nevada Ill fficers Arrest Suspect Employment Gain Victim Succumb In rrrenionton Fails to IRA Toll Iiitg halt Increase - f ' :' - : : 1: : ' i: 3' ' : :i :' ''' ': ' :: '':ri:"'::::: :::':E :: ' ' ' N 1P11' ‘ 40434mWN ' - : f' :i : ' - IgiNfoAkftk ':::- ' - ' :Z '':I i4 ! :: 1 f' i - fA : '1' 1-- ' i:::i-- Plans to Spend Several Weeks in State k Page One 31orning August 244 1941 y ! z ' - s' Iltah-Stinda- !'1 Crash Costs Relief Cost Life of For Utah Rise in Yea! S L WontaA no ': 4 --' I 'No Comment' onl:Finances '?"- e- I : 1 ' i- A- j - E - - 4 - - - 4 t - - - - i - - i ' I |