The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • Page 27

Local News alt £ukr ef ibunc Radio Log PAGE 19 SECOND SECTION SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1951 GAMUT OF EMOTIONS Yule of 'Extremes' Fades "Merry Christmas" in a hundred languages and dialects echoed, the silence of the past Tuesday evening. For some it was the first Christmas; for others, the last. For i many it meant gifts, banquets, family reunions; for others it was i snow a fox-hole, the drab grayness of a penitentiary cell or just: Juesday in a furnished room miles from home. i It was Christmas on the sun-spanked pampas of Argentina I and in the snow-banked homes of Fargo, N. D.

It was Christmas i on a Kansas wheat farm and Christmas in a Park Avenue pent-) It was a Christmas of extremes. There Were Tears There were tears on Christmas Day, 1951. Mothers (and fathers, too) wept for joy as soldier sons returned for Christmas dinner I from Camp Campbell, or an airman was furlcughed from an! in Korea Mothers different tears for sons in! Utah State Prison and sons in the dark cells of Sing Sing on the 1 Hudson River. There were tear-stained eyes for youths in boot camp i at San Diego's Navy Base andi sobs for lads in uniforms lying Many Parents beneath the frozen turf of an Asiatic peninsula. Laughter Too There was laughter, too, on Christmas Day.

1951. Children squealed with delight as they scrambled'for teddy bears and rubber dolls under trees across the nation. Dads chuckled at Christmas ties, mothers beamed at new grandchildren and young women giggled delightfully as they flashed Christmas diamonds on their left hands. Brides laughed, thinking of the glorious Christmases to come. Widows smiled, remembering Christmases of the past.

Expensive tin soldiers stood stiff in formations under hundreds of sparkling evergreen trees as chubby, boyish fingers pounded out military rat-ta-tat- tats- on dollar drums. Soldiers Risk Lives Grim soldiers squatted in cold forests, wary of coughing sna- chineguns ahead, unmindful of roaring jet planes above. 'Somewhere a wealthy dowager nibbled at a turkey wing her doctor said she shouldn't eat. Somewhere a ragamuffin prowled a garbage can, seeking scraps for his hungry stomach. Somewhere a man dropped a handful of silver in a poor box.

muttering "Merry Christmas." Somewhere a man stopped another on a darkened street and said, "Stick 'em up. I want your money." Old Women Pray Old women knelt in candle-lit churches, praying for peace. Men sat in Army general headfluar- ters, cursing the snows, fogs or rains which blocked temporarily plans for an attack or counterattack. For some it was Christmas in hospitals. Perhaps a baby was born to greet the new year.

Or, maybe a man lay knowing he was spending his last Christmas in bed. Toy trains chugged merrily on circular tracks before warming fireplaces. Hobos huddled in corners of box cars on trains shuttling across America. Thoughts of Future Some people had too much to be thankful fore; to them it was the best of. times.

Other people had little or nothing for which they could be thankful; for them It was the worst of times. It was a Christmas of gaiety, despair, glee, sorrow, joy, pathos complete gamut of human emotions from the depths to the Get 'Gifts' From Stork The best Christmas presents in the world were given a number of parents Tuesday as Salt Lake City's four major hospitals reported holiday births. Probably the first Christmas child born in the city was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert R.

Bentley, Stadium Village. The child was born Tuesday at 12:45 a.m. in Latter-day Saints Hospital. Second holiday bundle reported was the son of Mr. and Mrs.

James E. Hayes, Bountiful born at 3:06 a.m. ia St. Mark's Hospital. Others Listed Others born there included: a son to Mr.

and. Mrs. Charles East, Bountiful, 5:59 a.m.; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul W.

Solomon, Murray, 6:14 a.m. and a daughter to Mr. and 'Mrs. Mac W. Sims, 1890-6th East 8:16 a.m.

At Salt Lake General Hospital, a son was born at 4:53 a.m. to Mr. and Airs. G. C.

Peglau, 5651 Highland ui. Also among the first Christmas babies is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tharon J. Hinckley, 550 W.

3rd North, born at 7:55 a.m. on Holy Cross Hospital. Later, at 8:50 a.m., the same hospital reported birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gillespie, Eureka, and at 9:30 a.m., a daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. Alan Scoffield, Kaysville. pinnacle. For everyone -soldier, statesman, felon, artist, bookkeeper, merchant, designer or technician was a time for thoughts of the future. Will the next year be better than this one has been? Or worse? Where Will I Be WHl it be a time remembered as a period of war? Or peace? Will it mean a change in American politics after 20 years? If so, what will that mean? Seine isked, wil! I nest year at this time? Will I be earning more rrioney? Will I have a new job? A new daughter? A new son-in-law? Will I be happy? Sad? Glad? The only ones unmindful of PAGE THIRTEEN Cupid's Bow Falters in S.

L. County Marriage Licenses Total Only 3045 So Far This Year Utah Strengthens Health Record Disease Report Puts State Close to Top Over U. S. Utah has again strengthened Its position as one of the healthiest places in the world to live, according to disease records released by the State Department of Health. In addition to having one of the lowest death rates and one of the highest birth rates in the nation, Utah can few of the best records in the nation in the communi- On his first Christmas at home since paraplegic Lowell Grant tries out gift cam- era.

From left, twin sister, Lois; mother, Mrs. Fred Shippee, and niese, Karen Grant California Brands Scheme Of Arizona 'Unfeasible' Also Three in Murray born on the Holy Day were the following: a son to Mr. and Mrs. H. F.

Benson 1786 Harrison 8:40 a.m., and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Bin G. Spetsas, 160 9:35 a.m., both at LDS HospitaL Cottonwood Maternity Hospital, Murray, reported three births Christmas day: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

John T. Booth, West Jordan; -a son to Mr. and Mrs. Glade Christensen, Midvale, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

De Loy Smith, Murray. Additional Births Additional births reported in Salt Lake hospitals included: at Latter-day Saints Hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Elmer, 534- 2nd East; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

O. R. Wennerstrom 853 W. 2nd South; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

Nephi J. Middlebrook, 3334-825 East; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Clark, 420-7th East; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.

Harold T. Weedenbacher, 550-5th East At Salt Lake General Hospital: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hill, 736 E. 6th South; a daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. Manuel Mastas, 334 E. 2nd South; a son ta Mr. and Mrs. William Christensen, 85 W.

45th South. At Koiy Cross daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nelson, 1009 E. 17th South: a daughter "to Mr.

and Mrs. Gene Shumway, 3568 Kappa St Editor's note: This Is the last of four articles explaining major points or controversy In the Callfornia- Anlzona feud over the Colorado River and possible Interests of the upper states In the dispute. By O. N. Malmquist If California is unable to defeat the Central Arizona Project on the water right front, she has another string in her bow which already is being industriously utilized.

Even if there was water for the project, the Californisns say, it is "economically fantastic." Arizenians retort that the project is economically feasible; that it is predicated' on the same financing principle as all other large multiple-purpose projects; that if Congress throws this one out on economic grounds it must throw out all other major proposed projects, or be inconsistent Because it is in the nature of a' test for the Colorado River development program, Arizonians argue, the upper basin states have a vital interest in getting the Arizona Project approved. Prods Upper Basin California, on the other hand, is appealing to upper basin states not to permit their own "meritorious" projects to get tangled up with the "indefensible" Arizona project Briefly summarized, the proposed central Arizona project consists of Bridge Canyon dam and reservoir for power'produc- tion and a storage-pumping-distribution system to take 1,200,000 acre feet of water into central Arizona. Estimated cost is $788,265,000, of which $224,604,000 is for Bridge Canyon dam, $92,219,000 for Bridge Canyon power plant and 587,959,000 for a power distribution system. than 510,000,000 is set up for nonre- imbursible flood control and wildlife. The proposed payout period is 75 years.

The annual payment from power at 5:17 mills per kilowatt hour would be from irrigation water at $4.75 per acre feet, and from nraniciple water at ISc per 1000 gallons, $528,000. Approximately one-third of the pow- this were the tots who love Jesus in the manger as well Santa at the North Pole, and who live from Christmas to Christmas (until the ideal is punctured by juvenile "matur- fur ig, drain stick on their dinner plates. And peace on earth, good will to men. SAR Elects Today Annual election of officers In the Utah Society, Sons of the American Revolution, will be hsld Wednesday 2 p.m. in the offices of C.

P. Overfield in Ihe Cc-cly announced Frank Page Stewart, first vice president of the society. all the proposed upper basin projects and California's own projects. They concede power users will subsidize irrigation, but deny that it is any concern of California. They point out that their state power authority has made application for all the available power from the project They insist that it can all be sold in Arizona to people who are perfectly willing to pay the 5.17-miil price and who realize that without project their business will suffer.

Urceni Power Need The administrator of the state power authority reports that there is an urgent need for the power, that private power corn- AFTER 3 YEARS HI Salt Laker Home for Merry Yule Twenty-one-year-old Lowell Grant forgot about his crippled legs for 24 hours Tuesday and really had a Merry Christmas. They wheeled him down ramp at Latter-day Saints Hos- If Dan Cupid, the imaginary marriage broker, wants to keep his job in Salt Lake County, he'd better modernize his artillery. Dan's aim is faltering. The record, shown by the number of marriage licenses issued annually by John A. Harter, marriage license clerk, speaks for itself.

For example, last year Dan'l scored just 3158 hits with his diminutive bow and arrows, to tie with the figure of 1918: This year, Cupid won't even reach the level of 34 years ago. Only SMS Hits Through Tuesday he chalked up just 3045 direct hits, including 91 licenses issued in December. To give Cupid bis due, however, maybe he's getting discouraged. The 1950 divorce rate was 5 for every 100 marriages per- ormed in the county. Perhaps Cupid thinks his efforts are a waste of time when he's confronted with such nullifying odds.

And a cynic might proclaim hat Dan is being cheated, be- ause many marriages he guides hrough the courtship stages are sealed in Nevada, losing him a mark on Mr. Barter's book. Tired, Maybe Again, maybe he's tired. In 65 years he contrived for 141,895 marriages in Salt Lake County, beginning in 1887, when first records were kept in the territory that later became Utah. Eeiwevu 1900 and 13C9 he set up an average of 1614 marriages each year.

From 1641 to 1850, assisted by World War II's marriage boom, he averaged 3635 weddings annually. His top mark was 4773 in 1946 after the previous record of 3818 pital Monday and took him to 849 Brcivaijig Ave. for his Christmas at home since 1948. His mother, Mrs, Fred Shippee, was waiting for him with open arms. Christmas morning, with Lowell's wheel chair pushed close to a tinsel- decked evergreen tree; was an panies are now in process of extra-happy occasion in the 'INQUIRING EDITOR' TO QUERY OFFICERS, WIVES With six officers and their wives representing the Army's 96th Reserve Division an panel members, "Inquiring Editor" will be presented Wednesday by The Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Telegram on KDYL-TV.

Members of the panel, which will be ssked questions on news events of the past week by the Telegram's H. F. Kretch- rnan, will represent the largest reserve unit in the West. The division has headquarters in Salt Lake City and extends into Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington and California. Members of the panel will include Lt CoL aad Mrs Lawrence Summerhays, Capt and Mrs, William Felman, and Lt and Mrs.

Neal A. Maxwell. 1 pumping and the remainder would be available for sale. Attacks Irrigation California has centered its at- Uek on the irrigation features. Among their specific charges against the project: It will involve an expenditure, of $1800 or more per acre forj the land to be irrigated.

It will benefit 420 large landowners to the tune of $550,000 each. It will saddle the taxpayers of the entire nation with a couple billion dollars in interest charges ever the 75-year repayment period. It will load the power production with unwarranted irrigation costs and thereby require the purchasers of the power to subsidize the farmers. To these and other California criticisms, Arizonians reply "fan- planning a steam plant (which will probably be boosted to 240,000 kilowatts before it is built), and that the state will distribute this power to load centers of federally owned lines for sale to private companies, municipalities, cooperatives and private industries. To the complaint that the interest on the money advanced for power development will be used to repay irrigation costs, the Arizonians ask just how that differs from other projects already built and proposed.

Cites Wide Distribution As for the 420 landowners who stand to gain riches, the Arizonians say central Arizona is a "rescue project" to provide adequate water for about 725,000 acres of Arizona land now in cultivation; that the benefits will be distributed to 30,000 landowners, 25,000 owners of city property served by irrigation districts, and 400,000 business and professional people whose livelihood depends upon the stability of the communities. In reply to the complaint that the project will cost the taxpayers more than $2,000,0005000 in interest charges, the Arizonians produce a study by a St Louis agricultural research service estimating that the project will Increase income tax payments to the federal government (at present rates) by more than $4,000,000.000 over the ment period. 75-year repay- tastic misrepresentations" i what?" or "so 2 Seek Parole On Thursday Shippee home. Cocker Under Tree "Sinbad," a black and white cocker pup, a gift from Lowell's brother Keith, licked at his new master's hand. Quieted, the small canine was used as a picture subject, while Lowell clicked away witb new Argus C-3 camera.

With other gifts he received a balsa model of the U. S. S. Missouri to assemble on his return to the hospital. LoweU was hospitalized Get 13, 1949, soon after a minor back infection spread to his spine and crippled him from the hips down.

Undergoing treatment ali the while, he has been confinec to bed with only a few outside excursions in his wheelchair. Active in School It's been especially hard for Lowell, who was active in foot ball, basketball and baseball at South High School before his graduation in 1948. He also was a member of the school chorus. Now and then sympathetic doc tors carry LoweU out on a stretcher and take him to athletic contests. But most of his 26 months have been institutional.

He wiU remain at home unti Wednesday, then return to HospitaL Early next year he hopes to be transferred to the former Woodrow Wilson General Hospital at Fisherville, Va where he will be rehabilitated, then returned home. in 1943. Naturally, with population increases, it seems his quota would increase, too, but recently he's fallen down on the job. He let his mark slip to 3735 in 1947, then to 3428 in 1948, and just 3063 in 1949. He managed to build again to 3158 in 1950, but is slip- pine again this year.

Ball of Fire To judge fairly, we should scan the records for the early years. In 1887, young Cupid was a ball of fire, ringing up 273 hits in the territory. By 1900 he was past the 1000 mark, in 1907 was above an annual average of 2000, and eclipsed 3000 just 10 years later in 1917. World War I brought his first record of 3158 in 1918, then he slumped into the 2000s again, fagged from chasing servicemen. The depression years forced Dan to a meager 1836 marriages in 1936, but in 1937 his fortunes were rising again.

He merged 3036 couples that year, but sagged again ur.til 1940, when 3148 marriages were performed. Reginald Noted Utah violinist signed for oratorio. Utahn to Lead Strings in S. L. Oratorio Reginald Beales, well-known Utah violinist, will be concertmaster of the 36th annual presentation of "The Messiah" Sunday at 2 p.m.

in the Salt Lake LDS Utah Pilot in Korea Capt. Warren E. Young of the of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.

Young, 169-4th Is a pilot aboard Victim at Piute Taken to S. L. C1RCLEV1LLE, Piute County Circleville man, his lower limbs paralyzed in an automobile accident Christmas Eve, was rushed by ambulance to a Salt Lake hospital Christmas morning for treatment by a specialist Dr. K. L.

Marysvale physician who treated Carl Gass, 50, Circleville, the paralysis victim, described his general condition as fair. He said the roan was suffering from paralysis of the lower limbs and a back injury. Mr. Gass was injured when the car in which he was a passenger failed to negotiate a turn one half mile east of here on U. S.

Highway 89 at approximately Tabernacle. Announcement was made by cable disease field. Among the brightest spots on the department's annual report of contagious diseases were: 1. A continuing decline in the number of deaths from tuberculosis. Last year in Utah there were 45 deaths from tuberculosis compared with five-year median average (1941-45) of 52.

Utah nosed out Iowa two years ago as the state with the lowest TB death rate. Takes Beattnr 2. The beating being handed venereal diseases by the state's control program. Gonorrhea reached a high point of 1097 cases in 1945. Since that time it has declined steadily to a low of cases in 1950.

During the past 10 years the number of cases of syphilis has dropped from 869 to 189. 3. The success of antibiotics in fighting pneumonia. Last year there were 239 cases of pneumonia reported and 113 deaths. The five-year median (1941-45) ia 657 cases and 171 deaths.

Although the more common children's diseases were still prevalent, the report shows that improved care has greatly lowered their fatality rates. No deaths were reported from scarlet fever, German measles or mumps. Cancer Still Villain There were 6867 cases of red measles and six deaths; 3998 cases and one death from chicken pox and 731 cases and four deaths from whooping cough. me greatest killer on the re- Jortable disease list was cancer. In 1950 there were 751 cases and, 555 deaths reported.

In addition, there were 40 cases and 38 deaths from its first cousin, leukemia. The dark spot on the state's 1950 disease record was In rheumatic crippling killer predominant in the mountain Dr. Adam S. Bennion, president tes i rhere were 7 and of the sponsoring Salt Lake Ora- torio Society. Sveceeds Freker Mr.

Beales succeeds Arthur Pedersen Freber, former leader of the 52-piece symphony orchestra, who died earlier this year. The new concertmaster is a long-time resident of Utah and is noted as a violinist, violin teacher and radio performer. The appearance of Maud Nosier, Chicago soprano, former soloist with the Bach Choir of St Louis and the St Louis Symphony Orchestra, also was announced by Dr. Bennion. Two other soloists for "The Messiah" are Lillian Chookasian, contralto, and Yi-Kwei Sze, basso.

Guest Conductor Dr. Thor Johnson, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, guest conductor of this year's Tabernacle presentation, arrived in Salt Lake City Tuesday. He will rehearse with Miss Lisle Bradford and the 400-voice chorus Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Tabernacle Square. Friday and Saturday rehearsals will be at 7 p.m., with the chorus, soloists, symphony orchestra and Alexander Schreiner at the great organ, under the baton of Dr.

Johnson. State Counts 2 Dead in Yule Traffic As the Christmas holiday period neared an end Tuesday night, Utah counted two persons killed in traffic accidents. Both occurred Christmas'Eve. A Salt Lake woman, Mrs. Robert (Rachel Monsen, 28, 1926 Lincoln died Monday at 10 p.m.

from injuries received Sledding Accident Injures Boy, 9 Edwin Jennings, 11, son of Mrs. Mildred T. Jennings, 545 Pugsley was given emergency treatment for a head laceration at Salt Lake General Hospital and released after a sledding acci- 11:45 p.m. Monday. The car, dent at 4:30 p.m.

Christmas Day. United States Marine Corps, son driven by EIRoy Kockerhans, 28, Circleville, rolled after leaving the aircraft carrier USS Ren- plunged into dova in the Korean theater. I River. the the over road, once then icy The boy told his mother he was hurt when his sled crashed into a pile of cinder blocks, adjacent to a coasting lane 450 Wall St 21 pared with a median of 100 eases and 10 deaths. There were tl cases and afar deaths from Infantile paralysis in 1950, which, unlike 1051, not an epidemic year.

Utah To Dec. 28, 1951 To Dec. 26, 1980 179 Total for 1950 188 Salt Lake City To Dec, 28, 1951 27 to Dec. 26. 1950 Total for 1950 16 Utah County To Dec.

26, 1951 16 To Dec. 26, 1950 25 Total for 1950 28 three hours earlier when the front of the car she was driving was crushed under a Salt City Lines bus. The accident occurred when her car, traveling sooth on State St, apparently swerved across the street and collided with the bus, driven by Alvin K. Bytheway, 123 Lsytor. Ave.

Mrs. Monsen died at Salt Lake County Hospital. No one on the bus was injured. The second Utah accident, near Provo, claimed the life of an Archer, Mont, motorist, Ervin Archie Sebastian, 33. (See story on Page 6.) parole and a third asking pardon will appear Thursday at 10 a.m.

before the Utah State Board off Pardons in the board room at Utah State Prison. Most prominent of the freedom seekers is Robert S. Harries, former chief inspector for the Utah Liquor Control Commission, who has served more than one year for accepting a bribe. David H. Johnson, 77-year-old Weber County murderer, is seek- BEST EVIDENCE POINTS TO ONE ANSWER Do Today's Pupils Equal Those of Past Decade? Are Salt Lake City pupils learning the basic arithmetic, English and well as they did a decade or two ago? The best evidence available points to one Taking as a guide the standardized achievement tests given to sixth grade Small Individual Costs XPCrtSa ing pardon, and Rancel V.

Sorcn-1 pupils during the past 17 years, it seems i 32, Cache County bad that pupils during the past few vears artist will ask for parole. John- have better training in these basic sub- that a very small part of the cost of But the son has served I5Vi ycars for wll pay only the shotgun slaying of John Kap than did pupils in the 1930s. Except for last year's standardized in an argument over water i spelling test Salt Lake sixth graders since thing true, they assert, of 1 cent rights. He maintains he is inno- 1945 have scored above the national average in all In that test the city's sixth graders as a whole dropped a point below the national average. Last year's sixth grade class stood seven points higher than the national average in reading, two points higher in arithmetic and eight points higher in English.

In all the tests, the Salt Lake pupils averaged four points higher than the national average. Pointing out that the tests are ardized and therefore are comparable from year to year, Arthur E. Arncscn, director of research for Salt Lake City schools, said the 1950-51 average score on these tests was 7.1. Translated into practical terms, this means the sixth graders did work expected of a seventh grader In the first month of his seventh grade year. tests generally are given toward the end of the sixth grade year.

During the first year the test results were recorded, 1934-35, the Salt Lake sixth graders scored 8.8. In 1945-46 and every year since, the Salt Lake group has scored seven or higher on the test as a whole. Since 1940-41, the Salt Lake group has stood equal to or above the national average marie..