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PAGE TWO PROVO (UTAH) SUfrDAY HERALD. SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1937 Weakening of Alliances in Balkans Alarming to France Editor's Note: This is the seventh of a series of articles on the armies of the world and the mad armament race. In this article Benjamin Stout brings to light the contributing factors in the design of the current French war machine. Europe finds France the converging point of all theoretical drives. BY BENJAMIN STOUT American Wire Correspondent PARIS (American Wire) Ever since the Goths and the Tartars swept down thru Europe in the dark ages, France has been the scape-goat of war.

Her soil has been plowed and blasted with shot and shell and drenched with the blood of her own and her enemy's aries until there has been born into the French mind, a lasting, unreasoning fear of Germany. Not that Germany has always been her enemy, but she was in the last war and the memory is yet vivid. Because of this, then, France has designed her military machine. A New Threat But there has been a -modifier in this program a new threat, yet held in leash, but still a menace toward which the French people have been looking for the past two years with increasing alarm. That is Italy.

France has for long depended upon her alliances with the little Entente for protection of a sort along the Baltic and Adriatic regions. Now, with the little entente wavering on the edge of a complete severance of connections with her protectorate ally, France views with alarm the increasing overtures of Italy to the Balkan countries. Respect War Machine Whether Rome will be successful in its endeavor to sign an alliance, military or otherwise with the little entente is largely problematical, as the little entente has little regard for Italy other than a healthy respect for the Italian machine. They have seen the handwriting in Ethiopia and they have seen the repercussions and they don't like the picture, but still, there is a possibility, and it is just that possibility which has gven rise to alarm here. The possible loss of the little the threat of Italy, the bubbling over of Spain's illness.

England's monstrous program and rise to renewed nationalism have Germany's sudden and successful rise to renewed nationalism have been the deciding factors in the design of the French machine, which the French now view with alarm as nowhere near large enough to. balance the threats that, surround them. Player Hit in Head By Pitched Ball NEW YORK, June 5 Outfielder Fred Schulte of Pittsburgh was knocked unconscious in the eighth inning of today's Pirates- Giants game at the Polo grounds, when he was hit on the head by a pitched ball thrown by Cliff Melton, New York southpaw. Services Set For Springville Youth services for Elvin Fjlster Peterson, 21, B. Y.

U. student, who died at the family residence here Thursday, will be held Sunday, at 2:30 p. in the First ward chapel. Friends may call at the family residence. 503 East Ninth South before the Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery under the direction of Claudin fu- jieral home.

BELGII'M IX DAVIS t'VP BRUSSELS. June 5 ir.l'i— Belgium took at 2-1 lead in its European zone cup tie with Sweden today when Andre La- and Leopold Deborman beat Karl Schroeder and Curt Oest- '3-0. 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles match. Friday's opening singles matches were split. Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) jf wasn't anyone else clamoring to be Secretary of ar.

So after- George Dern died, Woodring became acting secretary, and finally full-fledged Secretary of War. iWAR CONTRACTS SCANDAL. RECORD GOLD OFFERING LONDON, June 3 The largest single day's offerings in history of the gold bullion market total of sold today, while reports continued that Tri-partitie authorities would issue a statement on sold possibly next week. name i GLOBE "A 1" on any food product is a guarantee of "A 1" results I No premiums no gadgets! The value is in the product, honestly priced! Used at The Cooking School All of which goes to prove that the memory of mankind is short. For it was not long before this that Harry Woodring, then a much-criticized assistant Secretary of War, was pleading for his political life before a grand jury investigating charges of fraud in Army contracts.

Had the hand of fate predicted to Roosevelt at that time, that Harry Woodring was going to become a full-fledged member of his cabinet, he never would have believed it. For at that time Woodring even suffered the humiliation of having his chief, Secretary Dern, order him to keep a register of every caller at his office and submit the list for inspection twice a week. y. TOO FRIENDLY The Cellophane buck Donald, the amiable duck shown above, lives as a miracle of modern surgery. His whole chest and abdomen torn open by a dog, his interior apparatus was repaired with strips and tubes of cellophane recovered and now quacks as merrily as ever.

The chief trouble with Woodring was too many from Kansas and too great an anxiety to please. Some of those friends were interested in getting Army contracts. One friend, Ralph O'Neil, representing Joe Silverman, second-hand dealer, who bought 50.000 raincoats for 25c apiece, then wanted to sell them back to the Army for $1.32, which was 65c cheaper than the Army could get them elsewhere. The Army needed the raincoats, but bought them for $1.97 from somebody else. Since his was the lowest bid, Silverman and O'Neil threatened to sue.

So Woodring worked out a deal by which the raincoats were returned to the Army, and Silverman was given saddles, bridles and tent covers in exchange. But before they could be delivered, General MacArthur stepped in and called it an "outrage and robbery of the American taxpayer." There were other Army bids involving airplanes and trucks, all of which caused a terrific furore at the time, plus a congressional investigation. But when Roosevelt appointed Woodring Secretary of War three years later, everyone had forgotten it. There was not a line about it in any new.spaper. liOUATIO WOODRING i When Harry Woodring pleaded his case before the grand jury investigating Army contracts, the argument that made the biggest impression upon the jurors was his description of how he began life as janitor of a bank in Neodesha, Kansas.

Tears came to his eyes as he recounted the struggle of those early years. The only thing Harry neglected to say was that his father owned the bank. This explains young Woodring's meteoric rise to be president and chief owner of a bank at the age of 31. All the biographical sketches of our hero portray him selling popcorn in the streets, and working his way up from the lowly life of a poor farm boy. Harry did work hard.

But he had a few lucky boosts along the way. One boost was his enlistment as a private in 1917. Through no fault of his own, Harry got no further than Camp Colt, at Gettysburg, but in later years this service helped make him Kansas commander of the American Legion, and gave him a fillip toward the governorship of the state in 1930. Woodring was one or only three Democrats elected Governor of Kansas in 76 years, and he scraped in by a margin of only 251 votes and a pure fluke. He was picked originally as a "sacrifice" candidate.

The Democrats had to nominate someone. He was elected COOKING SCHOOL IS CONCLUDED (Continued from Page One) Clinton Dutson, 761 East Eighth North. The dress award was made to Bessie Whiting, 408 South Second West. An ice box cake was given Mrs. William Mildenhall, 1501 West Center; a salad plate to Mrs.

Dave Glazier, R. F. D. and a raspberry sherbet to Irma P. Walker, 169 Seventh North.

Winners of Friday's awards were: Groceries Mrs. Logan Morris 668 West First North; Mrs. Andrew Madsen, 279 West Second South; Mrs. David Kinnear, Route 1, Provo; Louise George, Belmont apartments; Mrs. T.

H. Collins, 610 West Center; Zoia Andreasen, 1420 West Center; Mrs. L. M. Weight, 231 West Fourth South; Jui Christensen, 241 North Second West; Myrna Wayland, 416 North University; Mrs.

George Green, 426 South Second East. The dress award went to Mrs. J. B. Warren, 330 East First South.

A medal was awarded to Sarah Kirkwood, 429 South Fourth West; strawberry short cake, Ida S. Bailey, 211 North First West; horns of plenty, Mrs. M. E. Richardson, 356 North Fourth West; and cookies, Mrs.

D. E. Brimhall, 443 South Third West. Considerable interest was manifest in the style show Saturday sponsored by the Quinn Garment company and J. C.

Penney company, local distributors. Wash frocks were featured. Those modeling -the garments were Mrs. J. B.

Seethaler, Mrs. Eva Martin, Mrs. W. E. Losee, Mrs.

Willard Minton, Birdie Anderson, Nedra Larsen, Beth Bird, Virginia Safford, Catherine Needham, Barbara Anderson, Shirley Brockbank, Beth Connell, Margret Huish. Mrs. Ida Clark accompanied the group with piano selections. Betty Barron of the Quinn garment company introduced the models. mjonw.

'BY MYRTLE GAYLORD American Wire Correspondent Men who plan to marry divorcees ought to ask them to furnish references from their previous husbands, Judge C. W. Greenough of Spokane suggested in divorce court the other day. "Wouldn't it have been safer if you had asked her first husband what kind of a wife he thought -she would make?" Judge Greenough asked the disillusioned husband of a lady who had been twice married. "I didn't have the nerve," replied the husband.

Judge Greenough's idea is sound. A man asks for references if he employs an experienced cook or why not check up on a wife who has had. previous experience? The "references" of discarded spouses probably wouldn't always be derogatory, altho it might seem so at first glance. After all, a woman who has failed with one husband might not be a disappointment to a second. For instance, Husband No.

1 might inform Prospective Husband No. 2 that the lady in question cared too. much for dancing and wanted to run around £very night in the week. No. 2 might be a dancing man and be absolutely delighted with such a report.

TP Or Husband No. 1 might-reveal that, the ex-wife was a woman who went on silent sprees and wouldn't speak to him for weeks at a time. In such a case No. 2 would probably ask for an immediate fear somebody else would find out about the lady and beat him to the Ivltar with her. "ANNUAL FETE The senior class ot Brigham Young university presented its Senior day assembly program here Friday in College hall as a feature of Senior day.

The program consisted of: "Trail of the sung by a quarter composed of Blaine Johnson, Spanish Fork, Max Mendenhall, Mapleton, George Whitaker, Provo, and Ben Taylor, Chin, reminiscences by Student President Elmer Crowley, Idaho Falls, Idaho; trombone solo, "Perfect Day," by Kennth Duke, Heber City; song, "Happy Days Gone By," sung Eda Ashby, American Fork, Dorothy Brough, Nephi, Gerry Eggertsen, Springville, Fredonna Strickler, Ogden, Lorraine Bowman, Provo, and Orpha Soffe, Sandy; skit by Glenna Wood, Hurricane, and Georgia Olsen, Fairview; string quartet "Our Yesterdays," played by Junior Lundquist, Ogden, Lorraine Bowman, Provo, Harold Laycock, Lethbridge, Canada, and lone Jensen, Elsinore; farewell to seniors by Dr. A. Rex Johnson; presentation of 720 one dollar bills for the purpose of creating a union building fund by Royden Braithwaite, Manti, senior class president; "College Song," sung by the graduates; "The Old Bell," sung by the quartet and march of: the graduates with Howard Kearns at the organ. I SIDE GLANCES By George Clark COPR.1M7 BY fc'tA SERVICE. INC." T.

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OFF AIRLINE CHIEF COMES TO CAMP RECOVER STOLEN WIRE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 4 (U.E)—Sheriffs reported today recovery of 1,385 pounds of cop-per wire stolen from the Utah Power and Light companay plant at Vernal. Three Salt Lake City men are held pending investigation of the theft. They are Thomas Gale Alexander, 18; Eugene Galloway, 26, and Mllford Galloway, 21. COUNTERFEITER ARRAIGNED CALDWELL, Idaho, June 5 (U.T!) Wilson and Earnest Wandry, arrainged on charges of making and possessing counterfeit quarters, today awaited action of the federal grand jury. Both were over after charges had been filed before the United States commissioner here.

"Why should I move my foot? whole outdoors?" LEGION HEAD IS SPEAKER HERE FIVE PLANES SHOT DOWN SALAMANCA, Spain, June 5 sources reported today that one of their pursuit squadrons surprised a loyalist combat squadron trying to attack three insurgent bombers over Lemona, southeast of Bilbao. The report said five loyalist planes, chiefly of the American- Curtiss type, were shot down in flames. "Sea Serpents" On Beach Whale, Calf PORT VICTORIA, South Australia, (American Wire) strange objects which washed up on the beach here and puzzled all local fisherman turned out to be a pigmy sperm whale and its calf. The whales, first thought to be a type of sea serpents, were indentified by the Adelaide museum. During 1935, Canada exported shingles of wood to the value of $7,692,000.

because of a factional fight within Republican ranks. Once elected, however, he was a first-rate governor, and kept the allegiance of a Republican legislature. On the whole his was a New Deal Administration. He even preceded Roosevelt in setting up a social security program. (Copyright, 1937, by United Feature' Syndicate, Inc.) ODDITIES IN THE NEWS SOUTH BEND.

dists demanded an. apology from Sheriff William Hosinski today. They said he had no rights under the law when he raided and padlocked their complaint of an aviator. DEEPWATER, before zero hour for an attack, Lieut. C.

N. Richard and Hardiman Dunning, members of the rainbow division on a battlefield in France during the world war, promised that if either were killed, the survivor would visit the others parents after the war. A few minutes later. Dunning was killed. Richard was dangerously wounded, and was in veterans hospital for 18 years.

Yesterday he kept his promise, -and Visited Dunning's mother, Mrs. Lillie Dunning here. Appropriate Gifts for Father! Buxton and Meeker Leather Goods Wallets Key Cases Overnight Sets Zipper Coin Purses Card Cases Underarm Cases Fountain Pens Desk Sets Desk Lamps Office Accessories Books Our Fine Selection of Father Day Cards Are Now On Display Utah Office Supply 43 East Center St. Phone 15 NEW APPOINTEE BOISE, Idaho, June 5 Pi- Governor Barzilla W. Clark today had before him the name of Dr.

James W. Hawkins, Twin Falls, for consideration as possible acting director of Idaho public health service. (Continued from Page One) in urging hospitalization and compensation for veterans. "We need not apologize," he ramarked, "so long as things are not what they ought to be. Would one of us prefer the loss of a leg for $80 a month," he questioned.

"Our problem is to direct thought and attention to these problems," he said. Commander Colmery, who spoke in his former Uinta Duchesne Friday, went on after leaving Provo to Ogden for another address. He is spending four days in the state. Commander T. E.

Nesbit of the D. A. V. post in Provo, introduced Mayor Mark Anderson, who made the address of welcome. Commander Fred Newell of the Provo American Legion post introduced former Governor Charles R.

Mabey, who in turn presented Colmery. Presentation of the cdlors was by L. G. Christensen, color bearer, and Gene Crandall, officer of the day. Phil Hollingshead gave the prayer.

Mrs. L. G. Christensen -sang several vocal selections, accompanied by Naomi Hoover. Readings were given by Donna Nesbit and Lucile Nelson.

State D. A. V. Commander Arthur Lee presided at the business Election of officers fol- lowed, with a buffet luncheon and dance in the evening. Hans Hansen of Ogden was chosen state department commander.

Hansen, who has been a member since 1925, received the vote from his cot. He is totally disabled as the result of war service. Other officers named were: T. E. Nesbit, Provo, senior vice commander; Loyal A.

West. Ogden, junior vice commander; Clifford Greenwell, Ogden, adjutant, treasurer; Glen D. Watkins, Ogden, chaplain; and executive committee members: L. G. Christensen, Provo; P.

D. Young. Ogden; Arthur Lee and Jess R. Jansen of Salt Lake City. First June Snow in Salt Lake in Years SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 5 unseasonal cold spell brought Salt Lake City its first June snow in 23 years yesterday, weather records showed today.

However, the "cold snap" was of short duration. Warm, clear weather today confirmed a weather bureau forecast of fair weather for the week end. MRS. GLASS DIES WASHINGTON, June 6 The office of Carter Glass, announced today that Mrs. Glass died last niprht after a long illness at the Glass home in Lynchburg, Va.

(Continued from Page One) payment of the $1000 reward was contingent upon actual finding of the plane, not on informatidh leading to the discovery. Thus, it appeared t'nat Will Healy and Frank Bateman credited with discovery of the letters, causing reopening of the search must be in on the final phase of the hunt or their efforts so far will be in vain. An indication that those in charge of the search expected to find the plane momentarily was gathering at the base camp of a number of officials of the government and the airline. In addition to Barrle, M. G.

Wenger, Salt Lake City postal inspector; O. A. Rosto, Oakland, department of commerce inspector; W. E. Phelan, Burbank, also of t'he department of commerce, and Captain T.

K. Tatom, CCC officer from Fort Douglas made the six mile trek from the end of the road at Alpine power house. Wenger carried a gun but said it was merely "routine," complying with postal regulations concerning guarding of U. S. mail.

He anticipated that little difficulty would be met in identifying letters in the plane's mail cargo when the wreckage is discovered. He said it was customary to tie up the mail in bundles and that even if more than the few pieces already found had been exposed to the weather, probably most would be in good condition. No effort has been made to deliver the seven pieces of mail so far discovered, Wenger said. He will wait until the remainder is found before completing delivery. Healy and Bateman admitted that they had found a grove where tops of trees had been clipped off, but said there was no evidence of the damage having been done by the falling airplane.

FRED FARRER MEETS DEATH Continued from Page One) it would have been possible for the bodies of the woman and baby to have been consumed entirely in the intense heat of the fire which destroyed the stage. Two other persons known to have been in the bus still were unidentfied today. They were burned beyond hope of recognition. Mortimer Wilson, 45, of Redding, the driver, was identified by his badge. Alfred Vessel, 36, negro from Marysville, was also located definitely among the corpses.

Three others were identi- field tentatively as: Tim Neville, Redding lumberjack; C. A. Schaefer. Wry, and Fred C. Farrer, 24, Santa Ana, identified by means of a bill fold.

The bus missed a curve as it entered a mountain cut, hurtled 22 feet up an embankment and struck a pile of rocks. It burst into flames when the 50-gallon gasoline tank on its side exploded. The impact of the crash dislodged boulders that weighed half a ton, which fell on top of the bus. Costs You NOTHING to Try LITTLE to Bay NJOY the marvelous convenience of auto. malic Gas hot water service for two months.

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