The Daily Herald from Provo, Utah • Page 1

The Weather CTtAH: Umettted tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight soutfc- west portion. Max. Monday 57 Mln. Monday 25 Herald Service IS you do not receive your Herald promptly, call the Herald office, 495 before 7 p.

nv week days, and 10 a. m. Sundays, and a copy will be delivered to you. FIFTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 171 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1938 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS SERVICE CENTS RAILROADS WIN 10 PERCENT FREIGHT RATE RAISE MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S.

ALLEN Jimmy Roosevelt Naively Called Upon Dictator Who Rebuffed Father; Picture Posed.With Trujillo Broadcast To Indicate FDR's Approval; Anti-Trust Drive On Motor Financing To Be Renewed in Kansas City; January Building Boom Might Have Been Freak; Await February Data. Roosevelt has done a batter job as his father's secretary than most peo- pie expected; but every so often members of the official family iva? Toan inward 'y at some naive pulled by the Crown Prince the New Deal. was kept as quiet as possible, but such a boner came last week when Lieutenant Colonel James Roosevelt paid a special call upon Rafael Trupillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic. Jimmy not only called on Trujillo, but spent the night at the presidential palace and enjoyed a sumptuous repast. This was a diplomatic blunder which reverberated throughout South America.

For it happens Trujillo has given Jimmy's Heather a more severe diplomatic Cace-slapping than any other for- fiigner on either continent. It was directed at the president I personally when he extended his good offices in an attempt to arbitrate the Dominican massacre of Haitians. There was no trace of good-neighborliness in Trujillo's blunt rejection. Previous to this, Trujillo had rebuffed Roosevelt's state department in various matters, although yielding- to Mussolini when he itartea an'" Italian" destroyer 7 "to i.ecure the release of an Italian imprisoned by Trujillo. Roosevelt's Latin American broadcasts against dictators had been partially aimed at Trujillo, tvho is the bloodiest dictator in the Western Hemisphere.

But now son Jimmy 'has caused the Dominican people to think that Roosevelt has reversed himself. For Jimmy's picture, standing beside Trujillo. has been distributed throughout Latin America and is (Continued on Page Three) GRAND JURY MAY PROBE LAND BOARD Special Prosecutor To Study Report Of State Audit SALT LAKE CITY, March 8 (U.R)—Beverly S. Clendenin, special prosecutor retained for the April grand jury, announced today he had begun a study of the state land board audit "to determine whether there is any evidence to present to the grand jury." His announcement supported earlier predictions the grand jury may extend its investigation of an asserted underworld "payoff system" with Salt Lake City police to include a probe of state departments. District Attorney Calvin Rawlings will cooperate in investigation of the land board audit, the special prosecutor said.

The audit covers activities of the board since its inception. Clendenin, who met yesterday in closed conference with State Auditor Guy, said he received the audit report, but declared: "I didn't ask about its contents because I want to determine that for myself." Hearing: Investigation of the land board has been one of the main demands of Crusading Mayor J. Bracken Lee of Price. "If Mayor Lee "has any evidence concerning the land board or other state departments, we are certainly willing to cooperate with a careful investigation of whatever he has to offer," Clendenin said. AAA HEARINGS HERE MARCH 17 Hearings on the AAA 1938 planting program will be conducted for farm teaders of Utah, Juab, Sanpete and Millard counties in Provo, March 17.

State administrators will invite county committeemen, county planning board members, county agents and interested farmers. During the year it is estimated Utah will raise 12 per cent less 5 wheat, 7 per cent less potatoes 2 and a somewhat larger amount of sugar beets than last year. Provo City Water Is Iil Rated "Very pure by U. S. standards" is the report of Provo ClinciaJ laboratory on Provo City culinary water supply.

The port 2s filed with City Clerk I. G. by feehnician V. Le Roy taks la per cubic centimeter were taken on four days two points on the reservoir at the east and ''west end if the city. "The prosecutor said "either Mr.

Rawlings or myself" will attend the public hearing Friday of Frank A. Thacker, ousted police captain, before the civil service board. Thacker, dismissed by the city commission, appealed his case on grounds the commission failed to give any reason for his ouster and was subsequently charged with malfeasance and misfeasance. Clendenin said he "wanted to hear" the evidence presented at Thacher's hearing. Meanwhile, City Attorney Fisher Harris informed the city commission today the city cannot allocate $10,000 to assist in financing the grand jury investigation because of legal restrictions.

The county has already allocated $10,000 for the investigation and asked a similar amount 6f the state government. Names of 30 Salt Lake county residents were drawn this morning for grand jury duty. The jury convenes April 4. One Of The Novel Scenes Boys' Vodie A characteristic scene from the Rainbow dance, one of the striking acts in the Boys' Vodie to be staged Wednesday and Thursday nights at the Prgvo high school auditorium. Dancers, left to right, Roselyn Cochran, George Crum, Shirley Brockbank, (foreground) McClure Elliott, (background) Gordon Billings, and Beth Bird.

This year's Vodie under the direction of Ike Young is said to surpass any of its predecessors. Board to Ask Bids On School Buildings PWA Telegraphs 'Go-Ahead' Order On New Timpanogos and Parker Buildings Provo's long-awaited "go ahead" order from PWA on Timpanogos and Parker school construction will be presented to the school board at 7 p. m. tonight, announces Superintendent J. C.

Moffitt. A telegram from K. A. Goodwin, acting PWA regional director at San Francisco, ordering the school board to "get underway with advertisement of bids immediately" and giving final approval to both building plans reached Mr. Moffitt early this afternoon.

Superintendent Moffitt stated call for bids would probably go out immediately from the board this STORM DELAYS PLANE SEARCH Paving of Rail Strip Is Urged Petitions to urge the Salt Lake and Utah (Orem) railroad to pave between its lines and to two-foot wMth on either sides will be circulated to adjoining property owners and others on Center and university streets shortly, it is reported. Dr. Fred W. Taylor and William Howe, will circulate the petitions, believe the city commission, which Monday night reviewed responsibility of the route to maintain paving becVeen the tracks- Citv Recorder I. G.

Bench finds that President W. C. Orem on June 15, 1920, signed an agreement with Provo City that he would at any time after June 15, 1922, pave the area in question at the city's request. The agreement is stated to effect "the undersigned, its successors and assigns." eu.ru. 6V BOB It always tickles me to see one of Hollywood's predictions go wrong.

Not long ago when a i woman married 'a stingy man out here BUlJhey said the marriage 1 couldn't last, but here perfecthf happy. "When he comes tired from work and sits in bis big puts the chair in front of him and piles pillows up so he can put his feet on 'em. He thinks it's because she realizes a man likes to sit with his feet higher than bis Of course, he" don't know there's always thirty- five or forty cents in the cushion of the chair whea fee gets up! Copyright, Enquire Features, Inc. FRESNO, Marc'h 8 mountain snowstorm today delayed the search for the Transcontinental Western Airways liner that was lost last Tuesday night on a flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Airplanes were grounded and ground searching parties were driven to shelter when a blizzard struck the Sierra Nevada mountains, 60 miles east of here, where the search was centered.

There were nine persons aboard the plane, and the likelihood that they were still safe and awaiting rescue was remote. Natives in the Vicinity of Bass lake, ih the mountains, reported hearing the plane a few minutes after Pilot John Graves made his last report by radio. That was at 9:28 p. March 1. T.W.A.

officials, who remained here directing the search after offering $1,000 reward for the finding of the plane, today requested that an army bomber be sent from March Field for searching the higher altitudes of the mountains. Army officials said that the plane would be brought here today if weather permitted. Terry Director Of 'Morals' Drive Plans for a crack-down on liquor and tobacco sales to miners and marble games wMl be pushed by eight county L. D. S- stake representatives in joint session Thursday at 7:30 p.

m. in First Ward hall states Dean E. Terry, Pleasant View. Method of organization and procedure, so that the drive may precede on a uniform front, wai be outlined at the meeting he reports. Terry 'heads the north county organization with Mrs.

Lavina Fugal, chairwoman, and George S. Shelley, secretary George C. Spencer of Payson, and Howard Salisbury, Springville, head the south county group. A campaign wi-H be outlined to enforce the law or to change it if it is found ineffectual. Weekly progress meetings are expected.

evening. He estimated that bids will be opened about two weeks from today, March 22. Local contractors have been watching for the order for weeks. Both new structures are $100,000 construction jobs. Timpanogos will replace the present building on the same site.

The new Parker school site is at Sixth North and Sixth East. The buildings must be ready for occupancy by this fall, as the PWA contract calls for razing of the present buildings before the next school term. Markham and Ashworth are architects for the Parker building, with Pope and Burton associating with Joseph Nelson on the Timpanogos structure. Timpanogos foundation work is ready, but similar work will go forward quickly at Parker, and both buildings should be in process of construction by April or shortly thereafter, school board members believe. House Votes for Tax Publicity On $75,000 Salaries WASHINGTON, March (U.R)—The house, after stormy debate on the need for public information on large salaries paid corporate Officers, today adopted a tax bill amendment calling for publicity of annual salaries in excess of $75,000.

Paving Bonds to Be Issued Soon Edward L. Burton and company, Salt Lake City, will be provided $750 by Provo city to employ attorneys to furnish necessary legal proceedings, and opinion as to special improvement bonds legality, in connection with paving of 110 blocks in the city this year. The amount will be paid with delivery of the bonds to the purchaser in connection with paving of the district, 28-A. The action was approved by the city commission Monday night. WASHINGTON, March (U.R)'—The house today refused to restore salary publicity provisions to the tax bill which President Roosevelt specifically endorsed.

The vote was 85 to 48, and was the first of a series of major issues presented in the administration's tax revision bill. The vote repected an amendment proposed by Rep. Gerald Boileau, which would have re-inserted in the tax bill a clause providing for disclosure of salaries in excess of $15,000 a year. The clause for such publication was eliminated in committee. President Roosevelt had said in a press conference last week that the publicity feature should be retained as a matter of public "morals." TVA Is The Tennessee Valley Authority controversy and debate in the house over the billion dollar naval expansion measure were the other chief subjects of congressional activities.

A dozen committees, however, were in action, preparing new proposals for the congress. Rep. Donald McLean, N. introduced a concurrent resolution to remove all three directors of the TVA. Proposals to investigate the three directors, Chairman Arthur E.

Morgan, Davied E. Lilienthal, and Dr. Harcourt Morgan, are pending in both houses. Sen. George W.

Norris, father of the TVA, arose in the senate and asserted that Chairman Ar(Continued on Page Eight) Sons to Attend Allman Services Sons of Pioneers are requested to meet at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Second ward meeting house to attend services for Glen W. Allman, son of Thomas N. Allman, first lieutenant in the Sons' organization. The request is made by Captain Walter G. Taylor.

V. F. W. Meeting For the initiation of about nine candidates Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Wednesday at 8 p. m.

in the armory. A degree team from Salt Lake City" will be in charge. Officials, request, a large attendance. Refreshments will be served. STEMMER ACCUSED BY GRAND JURY BOISE, Idaho, March 8 Joseph H.

Stemmer, for seven years directors of the state highway department, today stood accused by the Ada county grand jury of making a false certificate on a state voucher. He was indicted late yesterday, bringing to five the total of officials accused of crimes against the state. Stemmer posted $1000 bond and was at liberty. COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM NOW UNDER FIRE Spanish Fork Opposed To Palmyra-Springville Project Charges that south county points have been discriminated against in planning of county-wide road improvements for 1938 will be repeated, it is expected, at a meeting of the state road commission With Utah county Commissioners here Thursday at 10 a. in county commission chambers.

Late Monday afternoon residents of Spanish Fork, Lake Shore and Palmyra, meeting with the county officers, held the discrimination was -evident from distribution of the funds. Members of the county board denied this, pointing out that the south end of the county had bene- fitted more during the last three- year period from road improvement than any other section of the county. The south county delegation particularly hit the projected $25,000 improvement expenditure on the Springville-Palmyra road, which they held would draw trade Springville 'and Provo-wards to the detriment of Spanish Fork interests. Fiures were cited that for the three years, expenses in the county were as follows on road improvements: South, central, north, $47,643. UTAH SKI MEET SET MARCH 20 SALT LAKE CITY, March 8 for the first annual slalom, down mountain and cross country ski tournament Utah state championships were completed here last night.

The tournament will be held March 20 efther at Alta or Brighton, the selection to be announced later. Sponsoring the meet are: WPA, Utah Ski Club, Utah Junior chamber of commerce, Logan Ski club, Heber Ski club, Wasatch Mountain club, Skiline Ski- club of Ephraim, Cedar City Ski club, and Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. By UNITED PRESS BROKERAGE FIRM IS SUSPENDED NEW YORK, March firm of Richard Whitney long regarded as one of the most influential brokerage houses in Wall Street, was suspended from the New York Stock Exchange today for insolvency. The exchange simultaneously announced that it was investigating evidence that the firm, had engaged in "conduct apparently contrary to just and equitable principles of trade." R. F.

C. TO AID FLOOD REHABILITATION WASHINGTON, March 8 President Roosevelt today instructed Chairman Jesse Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to grant rehabilitation loans to aid inreconstruction of the flood area of southern California. Mr. Roosevelt acted after receiving a telegram asking such assistance from Gov. Frank F.

Merriam of California. Merriam asked for whatever financial assistance might be available. AIRPORT MANAGER DIES AFTER CRASH LEWISTON, Idaho, March (U.R)—Twenty-eight-year-old James Leachman, manager of the Walla Walla (Wash.) airport, died here last night of injuries suffered when his small plane crashed at the Lewiston airport. Airport attendants extricated Leachman's body from the wreckage. The plane crashed from a height of 50 feet.

BRITISH TANKER DAMAGED BX TORPEDO March 8 (EEJ Lloyd's reported from Alicante today that the British tanker Maryad was damaged slightly by an aerial torpedo at 10 p. Sunday. Jaycees To Meet The Junior Chamber of Commerce dinner is scheduled at Harley's Chateau for Thursday at 7:30 p. m. announces J.

P. Braunagel, president. The theme will be "What Helps Business Helps You-" DUTCH CONSORT TO AID HIS RELATIVE BERLIN, March 8 Bernhard Zu Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort of Crown princes Juliana of the Netherlands, today sent a personal inquiry to Berlin police for details regarding the arrest of his cousin. Baron Gottfried Von Cramm. German tennis star.

Von Cramm, second ranking player of the world, was taken into custody on "suspicion of violation of paragraph 175 of the crimjnal code" which relates to sexual irregularities. I.C.C.ORDER 10 INCREASE RAIL REVENUE Of Increase Asked By Roads Is Granted WASHINGTON, March (U.R) The interstate commerce commission today authorized the nation's railroads to increase freight rates 10 per cent, adding an estimated $270,000,000 to their annual revenue. Asked 15 Per The 10 per cent boost, designed to bolster the carriers' sagging revenues, represented two-thirds of the increase demanded by the roads. Exempted from the increase were products of agriculture other than tropical fruits, bituminous coal, lignite coke and iron ore. The ICC granted an increase of 10 cents per ton on anthracite coal and granted a 5 per cent increase on lumber, shingles and lathes and cottonseed oil and vegetable oils.

The commission ruled the Increased rates may become effective on not less than ten days' notice to the commission and to the general public. The 15 per cent freight rate increase asked by the roada, together with their request for increased eastern territory passenger fares, would have given the roads an estimated $517,000,000 additional annual revenue. Coal, Coke The commission said that Bituminous coal, lignite coke and iron ore "justly and reasonably should bear no further increases than those' already The commission order provided that the new tariff schedules must be filed promptly to take advantage of the increases, and said that increases must be filed before July 1 to become effective. Commissioner Charles D. Mahaffie dissented from the decision, he could not concur "in the extent to which limitations are placed on the increases sought, nor in the exclusion of commodities moving in heavy volume from any increase." ROOSEVELT TAKES UP TV A PROBLEM FRIDAY WASHINGTON, March 8 President Roosevelt said today he will seek to determine full facts in the bitter fight in the directorate of the Tennessee Valley Authority, at 11 a.

Friday. Attempt Made To Kill Nephi Murder Witness Death missed Loren Garrett of Nephi, salesman for Russ Traher Inc. of Provo, by inches Monday night when a bullet fired from an unknown assailant's gun pierced his car as he drove home from Provo shortly after 6 p. m. Monday.

Today authorities maintained sharp watch for the mystery man who fired the shot. Garrett's knowledge of the unsolved Fred Hill shooting here January 12 was believed back of the murderous Pershing Making Marked Recovery TUCSON, March 8 Gen. John J. Pershinsr, commander of the American expeditionary forces during the World war, continued in "fair condition" today, his physicians announced. The general, suffering from a kidney ailment, complicated by heart trouble, "neither gained nor lost ground," an official bulletin said.

Petitions Oppose Annexation Move All residents of Pleasant View who oppose annexation by Provo City may sign a petition to be directed to the city authorities stating their wishes, by calling at the, home of Newell H. Baum, 1200 North Univeneity avenue. Mr. Baum states that the petition will be to the commission to show that many citizens are not in favor of entering the city limit zone. attempt.

He was one of five men to witness Hill enter a strange black couple only 30 minutes before his lifeless body was dumped in front of his Nephi home. Garrett said: "I was so startled I just stopped the car and Fhuddered, and didn't think to get the license numbers of the other related that as he approached the foot of Saritaquin hill just south of the county line, a slug hit the windshield three inches from the bottom and 10 inches from the right side. It was believed have been held in the rear seaf upholstery. Deputy Sheriff P. E.

Winn discounted a theory that the break miglit have been caused only by a rock. Each hole was about of pencil size in windshield and upholstery. Officers were to probe for the bullet today. Garrett said he did not know- just where the shot came from. A car was approaching from the opposite direction and another was on the highway in front of aim when the shot was fired.

Hitter to Review Italy War Fleet ROME, March 8 (U.E)—Plans for a review of more than 200 Italian warships in honor of Adolf Hitler on his approaching state visit were announced today along with British-Italian friendship negotiations which began after weeks of careful preparation. Soon after arrangements had been made for a talk tonight between Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister, and Lord Perth, British ambassador, preparatory to formal negotiations, it was announced that on the occasion of Hitler's visit early in May there would be a gigantic display of strength. Jury Selected In Murder Case NEPHI, UTAH, March 8 (ir.Et— Selection of a jury continued today in the murder trial in district court of Victor Steedman. presentation of evidence was expected to get underway tomorrow. Steedman is accused of first degree murder in conection with the fatal shooting of George Wilson of Omaha, at Mammoth, Utah, on Nov.

21, 1937. The slaying assertedly followed a dance hall brawl. Mrs. L. Wilson, mother of the victim, was in court as juror examination started.

R. Verne McCullough, Salt Lake City attorney, is representing Steedman. Attempts Contact With Kidnapers NEW ROCHELLE, N. March 8 Levine pressed today for a chance to re-establish contact with the kidnapers of his 12-year-old son. Peter, who vanished 11 days ago on his way home from school.

"There is nothing new," Levine told a representative of the press in the first of the three-a-day telephone conferences today. When the reporter sought to question him he repeated the words and broke off the conversation..