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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNINQ JANUARY 22 1931 Spain Holds Citizens in Jail TAX BURDENS LIGHTENED IN MANYSTATES Business Benefited By Labor Service Many Companies Obtain Workers From Salt Lake Reemployment Office MADRID Jan 21 WV-Pndin negotiations for a government pardon four Americans convicted of attacking a civil guard la Mallorca wire placed In jail today American Ambassador Claude Bowers was Informed yesterday the government was tryihg to shean through the red tape necessary fori issuing a pardon which proBSbly would not be granted until Monday when the supreme court's verdict is given The four Include a woman Mrat Clinton Lockwood of West Spring-field Mass her husbandj Roger Ft Mead of New York and Edmund Av Blodgett of Stamford Conn They were sentenced to six months and a-day while one of their party waa released for lack of evidence Duke Heiress Guarded After Letter Threat i NEW YORK Jam 21 Daily News says Doris Duke reputedly Ihe world's richest young woman is being guarded by private detectives after the receipt of a threatening letter Miss Duke who recently observed her twenty-first birthday anniversary is in seclusion at her home in Somerville the paper said and did not take her usual Sunday horseback nda today The News said It was reported detectives were seeking tha writer of a purported kidnap letter sent to the heiress demand ing money and threatening her life madge of Georgia cut the atate ad- valorem Constitutional tax levy from 9 mills to 4 The legislature was not in session Delinquents 'May Vote Misslttsippf made it possible for delinquent taxpayers to become eligible to vote in primaries by simply paying a poll tax An instalment payment plan is under consideration Tha Iowa legislature passed a bill for a moratorium on sheriff's deeds Its senate approved cancellation of interest and penalties on payment of delinquent taxes while another bill would require county treasurers to accept one-tenth of taxes due as the first instalment California substituted 'a retail sales tax for a local property tax and returned public utilities to local tax rolls Assessments on property damaged by the 1933 earthquake were reduced Penalties on delinquent taxes for irrigation and reclamation were cut in half Wyoming eliminated a one-tenth mill levy for county bridge construction Washington remitted the interest charges on irrigation district assessments Chinese Troops Bomb' Capture City of Amoy HONGKONG Jam 21 re -port from Amoy today said Chang-chow in rebellious Fukien province was bombed and captured by Chinese- national government troops Eight ships the report state landed troops opposite Amoy Meanwhile General Chang Ching simultaneous ly advanced from the' south qn Changchow and captured the city VARIETY WRITER DIES NEW YORK Jan 21" Alfred Rushton Treason 52 a member of the editorial ataff of Variety almost from the time that amusement week-j ly was established 28 years ago died' in a hospital today Greason who'1-signed his articles had 1 ill since January 1 He leaves a dow upon the eligibility of a particular individual relative to his own needs as against the individual needs of another person Qualification Factor must of necessity be the determining factor when referring men to an employer because in the last analysis the employer is the one to be satisfied and if men do not meet specifications their services obviously will be Officials of the service 'have 'reported that the Salt Lake office has been one of the most efficient in the United States with the -record for filling requisitions being maintained in spite of heavy registrations and short staffs at times Recent improvements in the Salt Lake office headquarters at 117 South West Temple street permit personal interviews to each applicant so that each man may be registered and classified according to his education training and experience has been our policy whether in regard to public or private declared Mr Adams render efficiently and impartially a free service to both employes and employers and the cooperation of both is essentially an important factor for the coordination and successful Operation of a nationwide system of public Improvement exchanges that can furnish valuabk statistical data showing trends and employment conditions throughout the Assisting Mr Adams are Miss Audrey Poole supervisor of registration and interviewing division Dykes supervisor placement division Miss Frances Chamberlain supervisor placement" division Mrs King supervisor personal record division Campbell supervisor and Miss Leatha Lowry assistant filing division ad Cushing supervisor division Men applicants are being registered at thd West Temple headquarters while women are enrolled at 243 Federal building All placements however are made through the regular offices Legislatures Act to Make Collection of Levies Less Painful CHICAGO Jah 21 (iP)-Mo ves to shift reduce and stagger the heavy property tax burden have been 'made in more than a score of states survey today showed Legislature eager to make collections less painful to distressed owners of both real and personal property have devised many ways lo give the principal contributor i breathing space Increased revenue from liquor retail sales and income taxes helped to balance the revenue scales along with economies in government governor Guy Park has just signed a bill reducing interest charges and penalties on 1932 delinquent taxes on both real and personal property from 16 to 6 per cent and on 1931taxes from 26 to 6 per cent Long Term Delinquency Delinquencies extending back to 1885 in Araknasas may be redeemed under an act extending until April 10 the time for paying the equivalent of one taxes The long term delinquencies are rare however One billion dollars were slashed off the Ohio tax duplicate by the state tax commission and its county auditors reducing assessments by about $22000000 Illinois renounced its share of real estate taxes due from counties on' 1934 taxes thereby taking a load of $35000000 off real estate taxpayers outside of Chicago In that city bills for 1932 taxes have not yet gone out Montana deferred the delinquency date on 1933 taxes unlti March 1 California granted a short moratorium on local property tax payments Washington gave its delinquents an extension and Idaho deferred interest and penalty chargos on the past three delinquencies Redemption Time Extended Kansas extended until January 1 1935 the time in which property owners may redeem land sold for taxes without payment of penalty interest or court costs West Virginia extended its redemption period one year Iowa postponed delinquent tax sales Montana end Utah reduced the penalty rate on detinquinet taxes Kentucky cut its rate in Louisville from 10 to 8 per cent Both Utah and Washington approved discounts on advance payment of taxes California provides for instalment payments Idaho reduced its ad valorem tax $1000000 for the biennium Kansas cut 14 per cent off property valuations Ohio voters cut the tax limit on real estate and tangible property from 15 to 10 mills jUST Black Fog Plays Queer Tricks in London Theater With A requisitions filled the federal reemployment service now is assisting Salt Lake industries and business houses in obtaining help to meet their special requirements Men registering in their various divisions (upper) and (below) Ray Adams director and Miss Audrey Poole supervisor of the registration and interviewing division Congressional Leaders Launch New Effort to Unify Air Service LONDON Jan 11 A dreaded settled on London this afternoon so densely that it penetrated the great Albert hall where Mme Galll-Curcl sang to an audience which could see her only through a haze Her white figure upon the plat-form seemed to the audience like an ethereal being and her bell-like voice aerved to heighten the illusion The fog caused a number of accidents including collisions between two passenger buses end between a bus and a private automobile in which four persons were injured The fog had lifted in most sections of London tonight AGED NEWSMAN DIES PORTLAND Ore Jan (IP) Barney Reynolds 84 one time coworker with Eugene Fields on the Chicago Daily News died in a hotel here today from the effects of a Tal-1 cent heart attack WORLD'S FASTEST MULTI-MOTOR SERVICE New Boeing Planes 2 pilots Stewardess service Radio Heated quiet cabins Lavatory 434 Hrs San Francisco $4152 2 Hrs Boise 1824 5U Hrs Portland 6H Hrs Seattle 5288 5 13 Hrs Spokane 4170 SU Hrs Omaha 5430 9 Hrs CHICAGO 8028 12 Hrs' Cleveland 9853 IS Hrs NEW YORK 12823 10 Off on Round Trips Fares Include Lunches Aloft Lobby Hotel Utah Was' 2002 Hotels: Postal A Western Union Of flee LEFT Salt Lake business houses and Industrie today are benefiting from the federal reemployment service which originally was established as ait emergency organization to handle placement of labor onPWA projects Many companies are obtaining their labor supply from' the lists of applicants on the rolls of the federal reemployment service announced Kay Adams director of the service in Salt Lake county creation of free employment exchanges in the United States is based upon the simple proposition thatAhe man -or woman seeking the Job is entitled to go to work when the job exists without paying a fee for the explained Mr Adams "No public or private labor ex-ahange however efficient can create work where it is not available nor place men on jobs that do not exist' nor find jobs for men which they are not capable of doing Efficiency Stressed the extent to which it is efficient in its work however a public employment office can bring about a more efficient distribution of labor In this way it can reduce to some extent the amount of unemployment and can be of service to both work- ers and The service can also reduce unenv ployment by tilling the available Jobs more quickly and they can do this because they are able to send the employer promptly the labor of the exact- quantity and quality that is needed it was pointed out Observers report that the system of public employment offices will do much toward keeping more persons at work than has been possible when labor is recruited by the haphazard methods that have been followed in certain industries service can not create the Jobs and the men and women are referred on the basis of qualifications and not on the basif of said Mr Adams "Unfortunately this point has beenconfused in the minds of hundreds of applicants The service is not an investigating agency nor an enforcing agency and therefore has no jurisdiction in passing Roosevelt Photo- BEAUTIFULLY COLORED NR is CALENDAR One to each easterner or In Standing Frame $100 Fiscs your coal order now for future or immediate delivery and get your calendar now FREE II0DERH COAL CO S66 WEST SOUTH TEMPLE WASATCH 666 EAGLE COAL A COAL WITH NO ALIBIS BOLD WITH A NO-ROCK GUARANTEE FOR NR A PRICES Calls Deliveries FREE! Jpjy tion to American cites and then to fly back to the country whence they pame Whatever the mode of warfare it is the contention of congressional Cfitllcs end they are Backed by such military authorities as former Brigadier General William Mitchell that the American army and navy are not preparing adequately for the eventualities The army and navy of course dispute this charge end the chief of staff of the army Major General Douglas MacArthur goes so far as to doubt the wisdom of concentrating overmuch as he believes on air offensives and defensives That the whole problem will be aired during the present session of congress seems likely for it is first of all the major objectives of a bill to be put in by the Democratc house leader Representative Joseph Byrns of Tennessee consolidating the war and navy departments and setting up separate divisions for army navy and air activities Dutch Freighter Sinks In Panama Canal Waters Pioneer iMusic Teacher Dead Mrs Rose Cunnington Fitzhugh 69 fof many years a music teacher Salt Lake died Friday night'or Saturday at her room at 1204 West Fourth South street apparently of a heart attack She had been ill for some time and was last seen alive Friday afternoon by Mrs Ben Thompson A A Kaighn of 363 Goshen street found her dead Saturday and summoned police who said death was due to natural causes Mrs Fitzhugh was born October 24 1864 in Salt Lake a daughter of John and Minerva Higbee Cunning-ton She was married to Henry Fitzhugh February 15 1887 Surviving are a son Harold Fitzhugh Los Angeles a daughter Winnie Fitzhugh of Ohio two brothers I A Cunnington Cottonwood and Cunnington Idaho Falls two sisters Mrs Sholes Cottonwood and Mrs Eugene Bowles-Alameda Cal I HINDENBURG IMPROVES BERLIN Jan 21 The condition of President Paul von Hinden-iburg reported yesterday -to be suffering from a cold improved today sufficiently for him to resume his postponed formal engagements tomorrow and Tuesday No official bulletins were issued on his condition With neh fit silt rier Writ for sample Bell Tailors 252 SO MAIN CLEAN SWEEP: Many Elevated To Fame Power Johnson Ickes Coughlin and Many Others New lo Front Pages CHICAGO Jan 21 Uf)-The pression ruination of many men brought fame and good fortune to many others A glance through the crowded pages of recent history today showed that most of those who came to prominence since "Black October" were men of substance before 1929 but the world's adversity served to transport them from Page 16 to Page One Hugh Johnson national recovery administrator was an army officer and and eclipsed in renown by quite a few contemporaries in those fields until he was summoned to Washington to become tle Number One figure in the American business picture The shadows of a Munich beer stube hid Adolf Hitler from the international gaze until the ebb of the commercial tide brought the nazi wave that engulfed Germany and made the erstwhile paperhanger -supreme Notability Restricted Harold Ickes notability as a law yer and political progressive was somewhat restricted before he was made secretary of the Interior knd public works administrator and given $3500000000 to spend The quiesence of an Iowa insurance business held Milo Reno until he became the apostle of action in the farm strike and leader in an embargo movement that had a fair proportion of the midwestern agriculturists patrolling roads last fall Father Coughlin's public was limited to those who chose to listen to his Sunday afternoon radio sermons until his vigorous espousal of the Roosevelt reconstruction plans brought him to Madison Square Garden to Washington to black headlines Cloistered Cornell and esoteric economic and academic circles were the fortunes of Professor George Warren until he became the chief mone tary adviser to the administration Details of his gold project have now been printed in a score of languages disseminated around the world read eagerly by kings and premiers The alchemy of the gold crisis and attendant events turned Chancellor Doilfuss into Austria's immortal little man of iron Many Others Listed Among the many others most of them important but less conspicuous figures before the slump whostiode into the glare of general attention at the beck of depression are Donald Richberg general counsel to A George Peek entrusted with the task of Increasing the exports Railroad Coordinator Eastman charged with leading the nation's carriers to better days Dr Sprague oracle of one school Phone Was 37 Service Work Now HATS CLEANED' AND 'BLOCKED 65c OF HART SCHAFFNER MARX SUITS TOPCOATS OVERCOATS i Values to $40 A FEW DAYS Of Our 3 YOUR CHOICE OF 157 $25 Values Salt Lake Tilbune-Chlcaao Tribune Service WASHINGTON Jan On the premise that the next great war will almost certainly be a struggle in the air leaders of congress have recommenced their efforts to achieve a unified air service for' the United States Through all the centuries of battle between nations heretofore the major struggles were between great massed forces on land or impressive battle fleets at sea and airplanes played rather a minor part But the next war is held to promise the ultimate air combat with battles between armadas of flying ships with bombs raining death upon military camps and upon civilians in the cities with battle planes attacking warships and coast works So rapdly is transatlantic flying progressing it is declared that within a year or several years at most possibilities may open for the dispatching of great fleets of hundreds of air bombers across the sea to bring death and fear and destruc- of economic thought Professors Tugweil and Mordecai Ezekiel associated with recovery efforts Farm Administrator Davis Conservation Corps Director Fechner Director of the Deposit Insurance Corporation Cummings Walter Singler and Don Geyer who led thousands of striking dairymen in Wisconsin and Illinois and Colonel Fulgencio Batista whom the recession-fed revolution lifted from a sergeancy to the command of Cuba's army and made the power behind the much-occupied presidential palace Then there are Ferdinand Pecora who as counsel to the senate banking committee is trying to find the causes of the slump and Roger Bab-son the financial commentator who predicted it Roosevelt Lieutenants To Explain CINCINNATI Jan 21 (IP) President Roosevelt's deal" administration will be taken apart by Its own experts and its workings explained in detail before the thirteenth annual University of Cincinnati business group Dr Rexford Tugweil assistant secretary of agriculture and economic adviser to the president will open the series of nine lectures at the-university Friday night with a discussion of Philsophy of the New Henry A Wallace secretary of agriculture will close the series March 23 talking on Policies of the Moscow Observes Two Important Anniversaries MOSCOW Jan 21 Soviet Russia today began commemoration of two important dates in its revolutionary the tenth anniversary of death which fell today and the twenty-ninth anniversary of when the czar's troops shot down persons who appealed "to the imperial palace in St Petersburg for bread The latter anniversary comes tomorrow which will be a general holiday but today was the usual workday BRITISH PEER DIES LONDON Jan 21 Sir Ernest William Glover a prominent figure in the shipping world died suddenly today He was 70 years of age Sir William was a partner Glover Brothers shipowners and brokers He had been connected with the ministry of shipping since its formation His widow survives GLEATJECIG fyUtindiuje ChanWt COLON Jan 21 The Royal Nelherland freighter Brion sank today in Gatun lake half a mile south of the lock the first vessel ever to founder in Canal Zone waters Captain Rohllng and a crew of 22 were rescued by Panama caral launches The foundering followed unsuccessful attempts to reach the vessel after she had developed a dangerous list With her bow touching the brnk she listed further to port and gradually submerged at 430 fn- The sinking was believed due to a leak Nine Japanese Arrested In Anti-Soviet Outbreak TOKYO Jan 21 Police today arrested nine JapSnese reactionaries attempting a demonstration at the Soviet embassy The incident followed upon a mass meeting of the patriotic Kenkokukai society at which a resolution was adopted demanding that Russia withdraw troops from the Manchukuo border A delegation was named to present the resolution to the Soviet ambassador Yurenev Police forcibly prevented the delegation from reaching the embassy and seized the leaders FREE CALENDAR Handsome Seth Parker 1S34 Calendar Free With Every Order Service Coal Co Wasatch 2650 2 If SUITS AND COATS All-Year Colors and Weights in the Newest Models All SUPER SUITS OVERCOATS i New Low Prices for Apparel PLAIN SILK of WOOL QRESSES COATS or Extra: Fur CoUar 5c Cuffs 25c SUITS DRESSES or A A COATS-Under 12 (Short" Trousers or Knickers) TW0-TR0USERS SUITS TWO-TROUSERS SUITS Arthur ft I8V2 South Main Street 64 East Eighth 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