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Show : ' : . , ' . i For Future Needs- - QjpD yev&vy ji A Liberal American Weekly Dial Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lund, Publishers j " " s Sec"d Clgsn Matter at the Post OHice al Salt Lake Oily. Utah, Under the Act of Congress oi March 3. 1879. j 7; ' "ea... COn0"11C Sa'Vatlnn tn"stco"le through Spiritual Development A New System of Thought. A New Feeling Must. Take Hold ot Vol. VIII, No. City Address. 217 David Keith People. BlcW Z P j bugarhouse, Salt Lake City. Utah, Friday December 8, 1944 Subscription, 81.50 to $5.00 a year Contributions Welcome. t We began to wonder where our old standby, Dick Bran-don was when he surprised us by dropping in. He has been in Provo for some time taking care of a sick grandchild. He is back in Zion now and will likely be here over winter. He is always doing the right thing by the paper and we appre-ciate it. May he live till he is a hundred. Mr. and Mrs. A. Squires of 2038 So. 5th East, are enjoyi-ng a visit from their daughter, Mrs. Green and her husband, who have just returned from South America after an ab-sence of six years during which time they have been doing quite well down there. They will remain in Salt Lake for the present. Dan Raymond Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Black, has just been home on furlough from Camp Roberts where he is in training for the service. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Larsen have been in Axtell dur-ing the week attending the funeral of their daughter Rho-da- 's mother-in-la- w and visit-ing with the family for a few days. Many of the aged were sad-dened by the death of their friend, John Nason. Our good old friend John A. Leichleiter passed out of this life last week. In all the years we have been publishing the paper he has never once missed coming in at the right time except this year when he was not able. Bon voyage to lys soul and may he find a far better world over there in the great beyond. Marie Gremlich, of 6fi0 E. 21 So. is on the list and wel-come. She is a widow whose only son is in the service. She came from Germany for the gospel's pake. Her good hus-band died last August. Mrs. Yvone Kimber enter-tained at luncheon Wednesday for the editor and daughters Julia Lund Olsen and Christie Lund Coles. Mrs. George W. Larsen entertained for them Monday and Mrs. Ina Olsen Wednesday evening. Mrs. Coles entertained them at din-ner Sunday. We greatly mis-sed the absent one, the wife and mother. Mrs. May M. Geiser, friend and neighbor for many years, was in the other day and left her prayers, her good will and one of her regular offerings. She goes about with a prayer in her heart for all that is good in life' and ever tries to keep the right mental and spiritual attitude. The Townsend Club will hold its annual election of officers on Tuesday, December 19, 7:30 p.m., at room 206 City and Co. Bldg. All interested should attend and take part in the election of officers. We are blind until we see That in the universal plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man. "Why build your citiees glorious If man unbuilded goes? In vain we build the world Unless the builder also grows. - The Thanksgiving Turkey i did not arrive, but perhaps the Christmas will come walking in. And we have faith there will be other gifts. Mrs. Lund's condition at the ; hospital has slightly changed for the better. An operation .'. has not yet been decided on. ? Friend Israel Barlow has been confined to the hospital i during the week. May he re-- f cover speedily. e i A. Sorenson, chairman ot t the original Old Age Pension t group, was in the other day and gave a good report of the organization. They entertain- - ed the members Wednesday of ,' last week with a fine dinner, Program and dance. They are now planning a great Christ-i- " mas party to which all the aged people will be invited. He says they will shortly be doing better than ever. '', As yet the office is not quite ' filled with Christmas offerings. ' But we have hope. Neighbor Hans Berhold was ( jn for a profitable visit one day 'j last week, looking better than ' ever because he wears a hat a good one, too. This he has nt been in the habit of doing. f We hardly knew him as we had never seen him wearing a f; j13 in all the time we had known him. He sticks to his )b and is doing well. I SUSTAINS OUR JUDGMENT OF GOOD MAT1RIAL We compliment tlie D.soret News for its geod judgment " in publishing the world peace and educational article by Mos siah Hall, which we had previously published. j Boy, 4YZ, Devises Defense f Against Nazi Buzz Bombs J NEW YORK. The similarity of movement between a garter snake and an elastic wrist watch band ob-served by a boy may develop a defense against the Nazi robot bomb, says the president of a j precision instrument firm. Mrs. M. H. MeNab, president of j ' McNab, Inc., of Bridgeport, Conn., manufacturers of precision instru- - j ments, said at a press conference that the boy, Frederick Andrus Gautesen of Plainfleld, N. J., had ' discovered an entirely new principle in physics through chance remarks j to a company mechanic visiting his home recently. j The child, accompanied by his i mother, Mrs. Virginia Gautesen, at- - tended the conference, but did not participate in discussions. j J. Scott Williams, member of th board of directors of the company, said the principle involved ques- - iwned Newton's third law of motion that "every action has an equal and ' opposite reaction." However, com- - pany offin'al! would not divulge fur- - tiler . J SHAME TO OUR CIVILIZATION AND OUR CHRISTIANITY Truths Terrible to Contemplate Sometimes we feel that we are about to agree with, a Socialist speaker who, when asked how long she thought it would take for the world to accept the ideals she was preach-ing, replied, "Give us a million years!" The more we see and hear of man's awful inhumanity to man the more we despair of spiritual progress. In this editorial we give readers some of the most terrible truths we have ever come across. These truths concern the poor, helpless and defenseless inmates of the various asylums of the country. They are from reputable newspapers and are a cross section of the country, reaching into every state. How much they touch Utah we do not know. Read and ponder and forever after do anything with weak or feeble-minde- d persons before you think of sending them to the asylums. Some prisons too, have their share of inhu-manities. "Patient stomped in bed, beaten to death with mop bucket." "Aged patients tied to chairs so they will die faster." "Blind man dies; patients tell of beatings." "Woman patient found dead with broken ribs and breast bone." "Attendants choke patient to death." "Three of asylum attendants charged yith death of two patients." "American Legion studies mystery behind asylum death." "Six patients of asylum meet death by violence." "Fifty-thre- e deaths in Illinois mental hospital due to neglect." "Forty-seve- n deaths in Oregon mental hospital due to neglect." "Two hundred fifty-seve- n deaths among mental pa-tients in one month." "Eighteen persons sent to asylum on faked certifi-cates." "Old folks railroaded to psychopathic." "League charges railroading the sane into insane asylums." "State representatives declare asylum facts merit charges." "Legislative groups barred from asyli-j- , investiga- - . tions." "Peril to 30,889 in state hospitals." There, readers, you have the naked truth which should make our boasted civilization and Christianity blush with shame. It is high time to start a new war a battle of the best in man against the worst in man a battle of the spirit against the darkness of ignorance and brutality. We are enlisted in this war. HERE IS TRUTH ABOUT MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP The Tacoma municipal electric plant is famous through-out the country as having the lowest electric rates in America. The average rate is .65 per kwh just a little less than 2-- 3 of a cent. The average residential rate is 1.28c per kwh: commercial 1.17c, industrial 0.43c. With these lowest rates in America the municipal light plant of Tacoma is paying all costs of operation, capital charges, taxes, depreciation, etc., and made in 1941 a net profit of $1,259,885. That is a dividend of $11.50 for every man, woman, and child in the city. Meanwhile the city is paying for a $33,894,987 public utility property of which all but $6,792,000 is paid for. The total "earned surplus" is $18,850,691. The Tacoma municipal plant was started in 1893 50 years ago. i Cherbourg Dances After Wait of Five Long Years CHERBOURG, FRANCE. For j the first time in five long years j people danced in the streets of Cher- - j bourg. It was Bastille day the French day of independence and the cele- - j bration was held next to the harbor, ; where a very short time ago men died in battle. American soldiers, nurses and of-ficers, British troops and French sailors who helped to liberate this historic city danced along with the French people. While a band played, first serious music and then American jazz, the French people looked on in almost disbelief. Finally the tension broke and the crowd iformed a little circle as an American captain started f dancing with a Normandy girl. y TWO PICTURES OF LIFE Once upon a time, under some of the old time political and economic methods, things looked very black for many of the toiling masses whose condition was little better than slavery, many held in debt by their employers, living hopeless, squalid lives, living poorly from hand to mouth and never able to save a penny. Their hours were many and their toil severe. That is one picture. Here is another: Humanitarian-ism-, even Christianity, has entered into human relations and government. Workers are well paid, have reasonable hours and very good conditions surrounding their work. Many employing institutions build homes for their workers, have parks and playgrounds, gymnasiums, swimming pools, li-braries. Workers are safeguarded in many ways, have social security which will keep them from want in their old age, sick benefits, etc. Many of the old wrongs have been righted and for all workers the world is a much better place in which to live. Rest Centers for Battle Veterans to Be Opened WASHINGTON. The war de- - partment announced the army ; ground and service forces are estab-- lishing rest centers In some of the nation's leading resort hotels for military personnel returning from fighting fronts overseas. The pro- - gram is similar to one already ef-fected for air force veterans. Men will receive "complete physi-cal examinations," and each will be evaluated as to his "most suitable new assignment," the department said. "These objectives will be accom-plished in surroundings conducive to rest, relaxation and diversion In order that this short period may serve as a respite from the arduous tasks of war and as orientation for further duties," it was added. Five such "redistribution centers" were understood to be planned to start operation in September. The department said "several hotels at Miami Beach, Fla., hftve been ac- - quired and are being made ready" with negotiations under way at other unstated locations. f - m LOOK FOR THE DIVINITY IN PEOPLE AND THINGS We've told it before and we will now tell it again. There is a cult in India whose members take it upon them-selves as a duty to form and keep the fine habit of saluting the divinity in everyone and everything they come in contact with. It is said of them that when they do this to the savage animals not one of them will harm the person giving that kind of a salute. This is marvelous. Think what it might do among "savage" we mean civilized humans. It would light the divine spark everywhere. RUSSIAN WAR RELIEF, Inc. Russian War Relief is pleased to announce the opening of headquarters at 172 So. Main St., in Salt Lake City. The sale of Russian merchandise is sponsored. Anyone interested in the purchase of gifts may obtain same by writing. A large variety of gifts is obtain-able and orders will be filled promptly. WILL THE NATION LrVE FOR IT? We have been spending our might, our tears and toil and blood, and our billions of money to preserve what we call our freedom. But will we live for it? Will we take one step toward repenting of our sins and turning to right-eousness? The old prophet, Jeremiah, told his people that if they did not repent their city, Jerusalem, would be de-stroyed and themselves taken into captivity. But they would not He offered them salvation if they would but honor the' Sabbath and keep it holy. They would not. So they were taken into Babylonish captivity and their great city leveled to the ground. Iceland Geologists May-Stud-y in United States NORMAN, OKLA. Young geolo-gists of Iceland may come to the University of Oklahoma for training, Neils Dungal. dean of the University of Iceland, said in a recent visit to the Oklahoma school campus. These men will be sent here at the ex-pense of the government of that country. The training would prepare them to make a survey of the na-tural resources of Iceland. MANAGER CUNDIFF OF TELEPHONE CO., GIVES " VALUABLE INFORMATION A joint committee of representatives of Bell and Inde-pendent Operating Telephone Companies throughout the United States has been formed to advance the nation-wid- e postwar programs which the various telephone companies have been working on individually to extend and improve farm telephone service. of the committee are John P. Boylan, President of the United States Independent Telephone Association, the national organization of the thou-sands of independent telephone companies, and Keith S. McHugh, Vice President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, representing the Bell operating com-panies. "Rural telephone service is more highly developed in this country than in any other country," Mr. Boylan and Mr. McHugh said. "However, it is by no means as highly developed as we in the industry want to see it, and the industry intends to do everything in its power to provide more service and better service, at a cost which the farmer can afford. "Since operating telephone companies have been work-ing on this problem, a representative joint committee has been formed consisting of a number of their most experienced officials. We believe that the application of new facilities and methods which were under development by the industry before the demands of war interrupted our research and construction program will help to bring telephone service to many new farm customers. As soon as war demands are reduced, we propose to resume and expand our research effort and, along with it, thp intensive program for extend-ing farm service which was being carried on before the war. "Over one-ha- lf million miles of telephone pole lines serving rural areas have already been built so that more than two-thir- of all rural families in the United States can be served from existing lines. Since 1935 more than 500,000 additional families in rural areas have become tele-phone subscribers an increase of 35 per cent. One of the major objectives is to continue this upward trend by making the service over existing lines increasingly valuable and attractive. This the industry intends to do to the limit of its ability. "A second major objective is to extend service at reason-able cost to families not now reached by existing lines. The telephone industry research in the last several years has successfully developed new construction materials and meth-ods which substantially lower the cost of building wire lines to areas not previously reached. In addition, work was start-ed by the industry in 1938 to develop a practical system of transmitting telephone conversations over electric power lines. A similar system can be used over telephone lines to increase their capacity. "One practical effect of these developments is to make it physically possible to furnish telephone service wherever there are rural power lines and no telephone lines. "The Telephone Companies also plan to study the pos- sible application of microwave radio systems to rural tele-phone service and to make use of this and any other new methods which will be helpful in service to the farmer." The Atlantic Charter is not a new Charter, in a sense. It is virtually a Charter laid down from the beginning of Israel's history and ratified and further bedrocked by the gospel of Jesus. It is the hope of the world. It is a Charter accepted in spirit by all freedom-lovin- g peoples, and was given as an inspired document, an olive branch of peace and security to a suffering world. Townsend CInb This group meets every Tues-day night at 7:30 in Room 206, City and Co. Bid?- - WHAT IS THE TROUBLE IN ARGENTINA AND GREECE? The trouble very briefly stated, in both Argentine and Greece and elsewhere is simply this: The common man will longer allow despotic capitalism and monarchy and not to prevail and rule and bring again all the aristocracy of the past. They declare, through some of their representatives, "If demagogism means to protect the poor suffering classes and avoid human slavery and social Justices work for the unity of the people, impede fights between brothers, if this is demagogism then we and hate " And for believing and demanding this are demagogies. Jf Mr Churchm Ceves that he can force upon the unhappy peoples the and capitalism that have same kind of royalty and aritsrtooucbralecsy he is m.staken. caused them all their past Old Age Pensioners The original Organixation of Old Age Pensioners meet at Thursday at Odd 2pm every Fellows" Hall, Post Office Place Seniour Citizens Meet The newly organized Seniour Citizen's Pension League, meets (,very Wednesday, 2 P. M. at. MoooeHall, 161 So 2nd E "verybodv invited. Good speak ig and entertainment Utah DRUGLESS i HEALTH CLINIC i 1540 So. State j Using the New Copy- - I righted Plan of j Health Rebuilding j phonl6-546- 9 Dr. H. A. Call, D.C FOUNDER Dr. Geo. A. Wilsrn j D. C, A ssoaate BUY MORE THAU BEFORE v J .... w Example is said to be ten times more potent than , t by Societv before its cMdren are ClPt' shameM and reprehensible. We expect children to be M of the rights of well mannered, gooa sp adults swagg d swe smoke and others, yet many drink, wager and gambb e Kv! SSSTS owrf bad example may be a the real cause. contrting factor if not The Right to Play Morjiah Ha, |