Show i i - I I N Mi ) t emwse Sports Local News Classified Ads Finance Radio Programs Page 13 glut Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning August 4 1942 Part Two Wage-Hou- r C3ives Chic Impetus Addresses S L Business Leaders Hawaii Chief k business men and representatives of by the rgarized labor sponsored Lake chamber of commerce and the Utah 'Manufacturers° as- at the Hotel Utah :3(00 Increase The youthful administrator only n 3 years old declared that his is "as much interested in ccreasing' the output of metals as 1 the war production board" -We are not trying to put a altar on mining" he asserted in any way to We do not r Rrnper the operation- of mine n!erpst4 d In -- di-:o- Hases " the course of his address Mr In copien of an directive explain- V:allrr d'atributed ilcriinistrative division t!' stand of ArlIng mine leases "It :A ftting" he said ''that announcement should be made cs - Salt Lake City for it was here cat we conducted an exhaustive eartrg to determine the actual ondtions in regard to mine leas-g I trust that what I shall have be regarded gay about that s a fair and equitable solution of very vexing problem I can as-r- e you that it was reached only fter exhaustive study of th 'Actors involved and th testimony vtrri:tted at the hearing" '7xpla1ns Distinction In general he said a legitimate se is taken by a man who is in act an independent operator and h erefore is not affected by the act Where a company ge-hour ses leases as a subterfuge in an tterrpt to claim its employes are eally rot employes at all '"'we l1 enforce provisions Pep in end f the law he said In gPrerftl he directive Mr indicates that distributed Va'g hP degree of control and super-ision the lessor exereists over the asf will determine whether the essors actually are employes of rr'nhg company re- hi a H v-i- ll -a- -- 1 - re adrc-trat- or discribed the rciceon meeting- he was address- symbol of the continued cg as nity which we must have during his Nntal period preceding the vie a rr he said "is esson- urtty We in th:a hour of crisis ave boon losing the war quite qteadlv so far on balance even -- 'though the battlefields 'where we nave been losing it may-seefar m s paid :some employtrs and labor 'unions are clbstructing ! effort and violating the Walsh-Heal- y act by discriminating agalrst races creeds and color in Ho Is-a- on Faze E4chteera Cor Mercury Sets i High July e-- Temperatures in Salt Lake City July were nearly 5 degrees above normal according to a report released Monday night by the lora' meteorologist Mean temperature of the month was R312 degree& while the normal the weather man said temperature for July was on July 22 when the mercury rose tn! inl degrees and the lowest was or July 1 when official thenmorneters registered 59 degrees Pree4itation in the 31 days to129 inches 70 of an inch taed p brNv rorrnal This swelled the precipitation for the weather year beginning last October 1 to 19i7t3 inches which is 473 inches above normal The weather man Monday night 10 indication of forthcorr7rg lower temperatures in this c:ty and predicted "continued hot" for Tuesday Maximum temperature Monday 97 degrees and the minimum degrees Other temperatures Monday in- e:d ar-a- c Albuquerque N M Atlanta Ga Bismarck N D Ch Ira v) n1 Denver Colo Grand J unct ion Met 90 94 Low 67 73 82 79 50 64 81 5 New York City 90 87 66 76 Omaha Neb 9i 81 66 66 93 83 97 53 Orden Erick Sprinrs Wyo St Louis Mo Salt Lake Airport San Antonio Texas Sheridan Tintir 'Utah a&hinton D C A - 93 71 58 M 73 54 94 56 89 74 ' ''''''"445- 4- - : '54 44§a1 '' - - '2'p-tzr44'--'- 4 c- '1 I '''' '! ' kiww450 1 Leader Sees Hope for i Mine Leasing ' i: I 4 gss i I I - I ' s'' ' s''': ' ' '' i i ' '''' ' : s ! ' ' Wages Hours Head Puts Stress on 'N ' X - :s -: : ' '''c i: t An opportunity for study which may result in cleaning up the doubtful status of mine leasing has resulted from the visit of L Metcalfe Walling federal wage and hour administrator and a directive he issued Monday on the mine leasing problem A G Mackenzie manager of the Utah Metal Mine Operators' association said Monday night Mr Mackenzie said the directive does not pretend to be exhaustive and states plainly that 'individual cireumstances of the leasing agreement are to be considered Metal Need Cited "It is highly important" Mr Mackenzie said "that steps be pursued to clear the way for resumption of independent leasing because the welfare operations and livelihood of thousands of persons—not to mention the pressing need for more metal production-- He pointed out that when the r law went into effect and was construed to include many persons previously considered independent leasers a tangle resulted which made it impractical for mining companies to continue leasing The federal treasury departIment which collects unemployment insurance the federal diviIsion of old age insurance and state unemployment insurance agencies are concerned Unless all can get together on a sound and workable 'definition of what constitutes an independent lesser and can eliminate some of the costly legal liabilities which mining- - companies might subject themselves to under present conditions resumption of leasing is improbable he said Ore Lost Forever He drew attention to the fact that thousands of tons of ore are lost forever because of cessation of mine leasing Timbers rot away and workings are closed if available ore bodies are not exhausted within reasonable time he said "Leasers" he said "generally are superior miners of many years' experience particularly in judging ore When mining for themselves they bring a high degree of skill to bear and through painstaking selection of ores are able to earn substantial profits from ore bodies which could be mined only at a loss by ordinary methods" wage-hou- f 3 : ' 1 t : ' '':: i?: '' - A :: ' 2 ' ::::: -- : ::::::! 7 - " - Franklin D ''"s9 4- - -:- ' tef : s::::?:--roe-g:r:4:4!-o- - " - - ::: :?" -- : - - Youth Suffers 'Wound As Result of Gun Mishap S L John Tobin 18 of 471 Garfield avenue was in Salt Lake General hospital Monday night in "poor" condition with a bullet wound in his neck and Albert Charles Babcock 22 of 417 Westminster avenue who Salt Lake police said admitted firing the shot which wounded his friend was being questioned by officers School Labor Supply Gets Investigating Officers D Vinson Eric L Broman Louis W Duncan and Ernest H Christensen said that the shooting occurred at 3:35 p m in the hallway leadiig from the Babcock apartment P Lundquist manager of the told police that he heard the shot fired and the victim scream then heard Babcock call The to him to summon police apartment manager said he ran to the foot of the stairway leading up to the hallway looked up and saw Babcock supporting the wounded man He told police that he asked Babcock if Tobin had shot himself but that Babcock replied "No it was just one of those empty guns" ll Police said that Babcock dared: "I knew my gun was loaded —that was the hell of it" The two men employes of the Utah ordnance plant had gone to Babcock's home after work while Tobin obtained a small pistol GA ' Definite action on proposals to bolster Salt Lake City's dwindling labor supply by releasing public school students for work after class hours probably will be taken Wednesday at a meeting in the Newhouse hotel at 12:15 p m Sponsored by the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce the meet be attended by business and Industrial leaders state and city education officials representatives of farm groups and other interested persons C F Olsen assistant to the director Of civilian personnel and training war department ington D C will attend the Wash- ing Charles meet- H four-year-o- - de-wi- (Continued On Page Eighteen) Agency Chief Arrives ill S L A H Bode of Kansas City Mo arrived in Salt Lake City Monday to take over duties as director of the feleral Immigration and naturalizatIon service's Salt Lake dis- trict office MrBode succeeds M F Lence who has been in charge of the local office for the past 10 years Mr Lence will leave Saturday for Kansas City to become director of the district naturalization office there Assisting Mr Bode will be Eugene Kessler fprmerly district immigration director at New Orleans La ld Roomevelt January stopped here after arriving by Western Air Lines plane from Montana where he once served as state attorney general He had stopped in Helena and Dillon to visit friends after making- his annual visit to Washington D C He left Honolulu by plane July 3 30 4 e" ' j: '4- : Monday Mr Poindexter who has served as governor of the territory since his appointment by President '45 - k spoken attack lk - Child Run Over By Backing Car I i I Skidmore state superintnedent of public instruction and Dr L John Nuttall Jr superintendent of Salt Lake City public schools also will attend A proposal to stagger school hours so that students will have free time to work in industry business on farms or in war work will be considered Such a proposal will provide arrangements for students to take the required Car Tax Stamp Stolen number of school hours in addiTheft of a federal use stamp tion to short working shifts from a taxicab was reported to police Monday by officials of the National Taxicab company at 74 East Second South street who said the stamp was taken Sunday night from a cab parked near the company office Run over by a backing automobile while sleeping In a gravel driveway Philip Sly son of Mr and Mrs Glen W Sly of 6 Conley court suffered internal injuries cuts bruises and abrasions Monday about 4 p m Raymond G Hunt 33 of 5 ConS ley court driver of the car said he failed to notice the child while Possibility that office buildbacking the machine from a gaings in downtown Salt Lake City rage near his home The left front might provide relief for the wheel rolled over the Philip acute housing shortage existing was reported in "fair"boycondition in this area was being investiat the 14 IDS hospital gated by state housing officials following receipt of a report that "vacant floors in downPolice Chief Transfers town buildings can be converted into rooms and apartments Two Bureau Commands with little difficulty" The report was made Monday As a means of coordinating acby W H Young and Earl tivities of the Salt Lake police Jackman special investigators department Chief of Police Reed for the state defense council E Vetter li has transferred the who recently completed a surcommand of two bureaus within vey to discover all space which the department The jail formerly supervised by might be- converted to living the officer in charge of uniformed quarters Lawrence A Johnson state division was transferred to the housing director said federal aid record bureau and the police radio can be obtained to convert the formerly under records rooms into comfortable dwell- isystem officials was transferred uniformed division ing quarters Workers May Get Quarters In L Offices f i : 7' are directly concerned" : ' ' ' f words from a people who have known the treachery and fury of Japanese attack from the sky "They vt'ere on their way back to see us at Midway" Governor Poindexter said "and when they come again I believe it will be in great force—but they will afind a strong fortress manned by people who will never back down" Bomb Falls Near By Revealing that a bomb had fallen in the street before the governor's mansion during the attack December 7 1941 and that splinters of that bomb entered his home while other splinters killed a man across the street Mr Poindexter said the people of the island were relatively calm during the : c - ' bulls idual Cases Those night at the Salt Lake airport by Joseph B Poindexter governor of the Territory of Hawaii sounded a challenge across the Pacific : ' ?? !' tftk ' ': - 1 ' ':': "We're expecting- the Japs back again but this time they'll get a better reception" Monday at the Hotel 'Utah 1 4 People Ready He Declares On Stop in S L Mr IValling addressed 300 Salt Lake business men and industrialists 1 i - 5 i'$ ' tt: i 1 - : - illingness and desire to cooperate with western mine cpratorsto the end that specific mine lease agreements might 'be worked out bearing federal and state approval—and result in f resumption of western mine leasing operations and production lef additional thousands of tons of metal needed for the war effort expressed Monday in Salt Lake City by L Metcalfe Walling of Washington D C administrator of the wage and hour division and public contracts division of the department of labor Mr Walling addressed a meet- lasts cIP ' - ' -- 7ng of L Metcalfe Walling United States wage and hour law administrator starts machinery which may result in resumptionof mine leasing in 'Utah and other states - Administrator Expresses 'Desire TO Cooperate With Operators Explains Stand of His Division indus- - li'I s Defies Japs To Call Again attlk ''''' 0100 To Mine Leasing A gait galit 'titibunr Forests are a friend to man Be a friend to them—prevent fires 1911 disclosed possible plans for digging them up and using the precious metal in the war effort Negotiations have been under way to reclaim the rails but cost has been a stumbling block officia:s said Estimates for the removal has been placed at $180 per ton of salvage in Salt Lake City and $125 per ton in Ogden Reports indicate 783 tons of steel are buried under Salt Lake City streets and 741 tons in Ogden The removal may be undertaken in Salt Lake City under t 1 Page Eleven 1' State Adopts Insurers Employe Tax Levy Face State Probe Of Charging that 'vicious and unlawful competitive prattices" are evident in the workmen's compensation and occupational disease insurance business in Utah the state industrial commission Monday cleared the 1way for a complete investigation looking toward possible changes in regulations to wipe out such practices The commission passed a resolu tion granting Commissioner O A Wiesley power to "make a thorough investigation of the rates and practices of all insurance carriers authorized to sell workmen's compensation and occupational disease insurance in Utah" as well as "the earnings of all such carriers and commissions paid to agents" and "classification of employes" used by the insurers and employers In its resolution the cOmmission charged that certain insurance are offering enorcompanies mous discounts to employers as an to cancel existing inducement policies and are also indulging in certain other vicious and unlawful competitive practices" To Study Rating Plan The resolution also authorized Mr Wiesley to study the possibilities of inaugurating a "retrospective rating plan" for regulating Industrial insurance in the state - This plan Mr Wiesley said would provide for a fixed schedule of rates to be paid by employers for workmen's compensation and disease insurance occupational and in addition would provide for refunds upon a fixed schedule also for employers with low risk records at the end of each year The commissioner said staff members will "examine the records of employers and insurance carriers informally and when we have all the facts available the employers and insurance carriers will be given an opportunity to be heard at a formal hearing" No extra help will be hired by the 47 Total Assessed Valuation Set At S603429452 commission for the investigation which will require about 90 days The stste general tsx levy on all Utah property Wail set Monday by the state tax commission at 47 mills two mills less than the 1941 levy In announcing the levy which was 29 per cent lower thari last year's figure the tax commission revealed also that the assessed valuation of all property in the state was 56 per cent higher than the he Raid Discounts Mount He said insurance "hijacking" has been evident since the wartime industrial boom first became felt in Utah and asserted that certain mutual insurance f 67-mi- ll com- panies have offered "discounts as high as 40 per cent and frequently discounts of 20 to 30 per cent" for employers to discontinue policies with stock companies or the state insurance fund Wiesley said the investigation will determine the discount under which and refund set-u- p "piracy" has entered the field in the state will show operating costs and agents' commissions in firms operating in the state and will reveal any inethical practices by which insurers and employers may be evading the law by placing groups of employes i n low risk classifications who should be classified as high risks Agencies Separated 4 "The commission Is not in the slightest interested in the state Insurance fund any more than any other insurance carrier" Mr Vies-le- y said 'The last legislature separated the state insurance fund from the industrial commission so that at the present time the fund stands in exactly the same relad tionship to theonindustrial e assessment Total assessed valuation of all property in the state for taxation purposes this year is $603429452- This is $34973588 higher than the $568455864 assessment which was placed upon property In 1941 Breakdown of the levy follows: For the state district school fund 33 mills for the state high school fund 2 mill for the state school equalization fund 12 mills One Part Eliminated One portion of the levy was eliminated entirely in the 1912 taxation program This was the general purposes levy which was 7 mill last year 'rho state district school levy was fixed at 33 mills a decrease of 12 mills from the levy 1941 t I 45-mi- ll lin 1941 The high school fund levy of 2 mill Wfls last year's figure also Levy for the state school equalization fund was decreased Par Eighteen slightly This will be 12 mills this year compared with 13 mills last year The lower levy reflected Utah's Starts for Hawaii financial condition and improved He left Salt Lake City Monday the assessment figures showed night by 'United Air Lines plane thst a large psrt of the increased for San Francisco and Honolulu vslustion Is a result Of the state's where he has made his borne since contribution to the war effort 1917 More than half of the $34973544 "I am going home now to turn increase in property values was in 58 insurance T Brunn John in of of division the the charge over the reins of government to and utility mining my successor I M Stainback" E B Wicks company and Salt Lake business man for many whose assessed value properties was $18- he said "but Hawaii ismy home than 759469 1st higher year 1167 died his home at street at Eleventh East Monday and I shall spend the rest of my years assessments of mine propHigher life there 11:25 a in erties made up $14939355 of this "When the JR ps come" he Mr Brunn was born in PittsIncrease smiled broadly "well we've got burgh Pa September 15 1883 " Mines Utilities Boosted bomb shelters too" and received his education at the ::::::::: :" ilk Western university at Pittsburgh The tax commission assessed He began his business career at mines and utilities at $26052763S ' the First National bank at Pitts- of the L Remaining $342901A14 total assessment consisted of real burgh in 1902 After working for the bank four t and personal property in the state years Mr Brunn moved to Idaho and WEIS submitted to the tax com:::: where he opened banks at Je- mission by county assessors rome and Nfilner In 1910 he sold his banking Interests to enter the S' mining industry in Idaho and Ne" 4 vada e A combined state-feder!' plan:::"::: :? Came Here In 1913 for the Wasatch ning project He came to Salt Lake City In front extending from Ogden to 71 Provo was announced Monday by 1913 to become general agent with t'D Smith and Charles Smith Fred i Ora Bundy member of the state for the Aetna Life and f Casualty publicity and industrial develop- affiliated companies The Salt ' ment commission and Charles W Lake office controlled Utah Idaho MURRAY—Paul T3oyce of Midi : vale will replace William Kaarvvorm '' Eliot of Washington D C direc- Nevada and Wyoming territory i this time he also repreof Murray As a member of the tor of the national resources plan- During sented the Commercial Unto n executive board of the Salt Lake ::: ning board Globe and Rutgers Firemen's of county fair E' O Brothers presisix To be accomplished within Newark and Atlas Insurance comdent and manager announced John T Brunn Salt Lake Monday Mr Kasworm resigned months the project entails gather- panies In 1927 Mr Brunn sold his Inbusiness man dies at his because of the press of private and of data available making terest with the agency and being home business but will retain his post recommendations on how best to came general agent for the Great as first vice president of the achieve maximum efficiency in American Indemnity company In Mr: Brothers deorganization wartime production and how to this territory and Salt Lake City clared for the Great American Fire The announcement was made plan best for peacetime readjust- agent res Fund Commercial Fireme a combined meeting of the after ment in the vital Utah area Union and North British compaexecutive committee and prozram Involved are recommendations nies committee New features of the He to moved ordCalifornia in Sepfor conversion of the Utah 1942 fair which will be held in on Men intent Utah's giving 1929 and became general nance plant to peacetime use tember Murray September 2 3 4 arid 5 in charge of the south- part in the war effort a "shot in will be a pet show a dog show And maintaining the new steel plant manager territory for Loy- the arm" to enable it to speed amateur running at Geneva at full production after ern California horse races The Insurance He was along as group the war supplying employMent for alty and be will rare installed on the track efficiently quickly to San Francisco in the thousands of war workers at- transferred 15 acres of ground rewlv as meet will at acquired possible Tuesday of surety for the group in tracted to Utah when peace comes charge 10 a m in the Newhouse hotel directly south of the fairgrounds 1933 of adequate and development State street to form a state vital war area andThefacing onevents water and sewage systems Returned In 1936 will be strictly racing board The state department of pubamateur conducted for Salt Lake Mr to Brunn returned Salt Rex L Nicholson regional di- county amateur riders and licity and industrial development Lake City in 1936 to take charge rector of the federal works Mr Eliot announced has agreed of "cold blooded" or "quarter agento sponsor the project This will E Bthe insurance division of the as distinguished fro v the horses" Wicks will board which the company cy organize mean the state department will animals of the profespedigreed was a He former member of will be given the responsibility of supply some office space and will University club of Salt Lake the sional tracks Prizes to be anall the and "fuss City eliminating serve as clearing house for the will be offered for the nounced the Lake Salt club is which and feathers" slowing prog- races and there will be no part material which will be supplied by the Weber club Country of Ogden ress of war work state and federal specialists who The board is similar to others rrutuels or other betting devices Surviving are his widow M r have agreed to do the research- Nannette Premium books for x'arious enBrunn which will be set up in each of the three McKnight ing will be available within a few tries S01151 10 John T Brunn Jr E H other western states under Mr days Mr Brothers said McKnight Brunn and Robert Bruce Nicholson's supervision Brunn of Salt Lake City and a First consideration of the board sister Mrs Charles Gilmore of will be the problem of providing the greatly increased-populatioof Washington Weber-Davis the county war area with adequate water and sewage facilities Mr Nicholson said Grazing District Sets Other functions it will begin to the city's sponsorship if the Range Discussion 4-immediately induce the perform work is conducted by standards all of of projtypes Discussion of range problems Investigation of the city engineering departects in this area determining their the infantry ' is Although particularly fire control and con- importance ment the to war elimstrongest of the effort numerically sideration of applications for grazThe works projects adminisStates United of the all branches nonessential works and ing privileges will take place at inating that the most essential tration investigated possibilities entrance "exams" are its army seeing a of of board the advisory meeting of carrying on the work but inas exacting as those of other Bonneville grazing district to projects are able to proceed at branches and barely a third of vestigators said the cost would the rate the fastest possible be "prohibitive" unless funds begin Wednesday at 9 a m in the men service behind the J Darrell Greenwell state seeking works could be obtained from the war office of the regional grazier in projects administration director measure up can blue the guidon federal building of the to standards the production board according to theThe serve will as rigid seéretary meeting probably will last of the seven-ma- n temporary salvage officials board doughboy officials for three district days Cost of removal is lower for In this branch of the service a recruit must possess the b'est Ogden because the Junction city announced thickof health and physical stamina Steak Fry Arranged requires only a three-inc- h ness of bituminous concrete on Robinson to Speak Moreover he must have the most streets while in some Salt Lake Round Table memW Robinson stoutness of heart so necessary J Congressman Lake city a seven-o- r will be the speaker at regular bers and their wives will hold a to a service that is first in parts of Salt eight-inc- h bituminous conluncheon meeting of the Sons of steak fry Tuesday at 6:30 p m action and—last out crete pavement would be needed Utah Pioneers luncheon club Wed- in the church fork of Mill Creek Infantrymen have made Amer- In Salt Lake City the problem Ferrell H Adams secretary-ican history and there is ronesday noon at the Lion House canyon is being considered by the city said Monday Mrs mance in every fiber of every social center Dr Richard R Ly- treasurer man president- announced Mon- Samuel W Hughes is in charge silken regimental color along engineering department salvage of arrangements officials said day I "infantry row" today commis-(Continue- Prominent Insurance Man Succumbs at S L Home : ' Groups Unite On Postwar Work Project s :s:: r: 4-- New Member : al : Joins Board ': Of County Fair s s r i Ir State War Unit Forms Today so-call- ed Salvage Leaders Eye Rails Imbedded in City Streets 'While the nation's steel Industries are thristing for scrap metals more than 1500 tons of streetcar rails lie imbedded in the streets of Salt Lake City and Ogden it was revealed Monday by state salvage officials who t Infantry Duty Requires Stout Hearts n A - k A C ab e e t 1 WAa6eq41tli i:It4t 't ''' :: ' -- ' - |