The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1931, Page 2

| Skipper WORLD ON ZEPPELIN Regarded as Leading Operating Officer, He Will Command U.S. S. Akron HAS SPENT 17 YEARS IN NAVY Was Guest of Dr. Hugo Eckener on Maiden Trip of Graf Across Atlantic a Akron, Ohio, April 15.—(NEA)— Uncle Sam plans to take no chances z with the operation of his queen of : the air, the U. S. S. Akron, world’s greatest dirigible. i] That’s why Lieutenant Commander Charles E, Rosendahl, U. S. N., has been named master of this great “dreadnaught of the skies,” now near- ing completion here. J Commander Rosendahl, who is onlv 39, is the dean of American airship officers and probably the leading operating officer in the airship branch of the navy. His airship ex- perience goes back eight years. To “Rosie.” as his colleagues call him, the various steps by which he rose to this position were mere ordi- nary advancements in the course of a naval officer’s life. He is that modest. But his achievements have been outstanding. Personally, he is a likeable chap, unmarried and very fond of golf. 1 Hero of the Shenandoah The Shenandoah disaster, Sept. 3. 1925, that never-to-be-forgotten trag- edy in the history of U. S. naval air- ship development, made him world famous overnight. “Rosie” was the hero of that accident which took the lives of 14 of the 32 men aboard, when a line squall struck the ship over Ada, Ohio. He was navigating officer at the time, and third in command. When it was all over he came out surviving commanding officer, with Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne and Lieutenant Commander Hancock gone. It was a lucky day for him, for had the airship broken in two just a few minutes earlier he would have gone down with the others in the ill-fated control car. Float Down With Nose As it happened, Rosendan! had just left the control car ard was moving toward the nose of the ship when the squall struck. Six others were with him. Suddenly the big ship broke in two and they found themselves floating toward earth. An inflated bag within a broken end of the rigid skeleton of duralumin was their only support. Here's where Rosendahl’s experi- ence in free ballooning helped. He took command of this smali, des- perate crew and handled the air- ship's detached nose as if it were a balloon, valving gas when he saw it might crash against a tree or barn until it finally landed safely 12 miles{ from where the control car crashed. That incident impressed Rosen- dahl's superiors. It showed the stuff} he was made of. | 17 Years in Navy | Rosendahl's career in the navy goes back 17 years. | Although born in Chicago, in 1892, he calls Cleburne, Texas, his home. His folks live there. After his graduation from An- napolis in 1914, his first command ‘was a destroyer toward the end and after the war. In the spring of 1923, however, he turned to the air. The Shenandoah was being built in this country and the Los Angeles in Germany, and he was one of the young officers who answered the call for recruits for air- ship training. He became a student officer at Lakehurst, under Captain Anton Heinen, a Zeppelin sp.cialist from Germany. Rosendahl boarded the Shenandoah son its first flight as watch officer. ‘He specialized in the study of ground handling and mast mooring. As a result of his research, he and the late Captain Lansdowne perfected the present method of mooring an airship to a floating mast, like that on the U.S. S. Patoka. Is Leading Operator But Rosendahl did not forsake the problems of airship navigation. As a result, today he is considered the leading operating officer in America. Rosendahl’s work on ground han- dling later resulted in his develop- ment of the stub mast, first the sta- tionary type and later the mobile type. This is. perhaps Rosendahl’s greatest contribution to airship de- velopment. It facilitates handling of a huge craft with greater ease and surety. In the spring of 1926, Rosendahl took command of the Los Angeles. He was master of that ship until 1929, He made many notable flights. Out- standing among these was one in which he landed the great ship on the flight deck of the airplane carrier Saratoga. This feat was acclaimed throughout the world. He relinquish- ed his command to take charge of the Rigid Airship Training and Experi- mental Squadron at Lakehurst. Flew Around World In 1928, he was the guest of Cap- mentite wones 2 atom | CHARLES ROSENDAHL | ALSO FLEW AROUND tain Eckener on the maiden from ca ; : Greed worrp “Tey mous OF THE SHENANDOAH SAFELY “ora ON RE GRAF ZEPPELIN ‘The Skipper of the Akron—Here's Lieutenant Commander Rosendahl, chosen ‘as skipper of the navy’s huge new Akron, with sketches illustrating some of the heroic feats that have won him fame. Sa enbameacn ses THE BISMARCK PRIME NEGESSTY FOR STRONG NAVY | Glen Ullin Girl Believes That| Present U. S. Naval Equip- ment Is Adequate Editors note: This is one of five” Another will appear in Thurs- day's Tribune. ROOSEVELT AND THE NAVY By Eleanor Fridgen, Glen Ullin Lives of great men are-always con- nected with important events. We connett Theodore Roosevelt with Navy day which. is. celebrated throughout the whole America on October 27, To him we give the credit of our modern well-organized and up to the minute navy. Because. of his inter- est. and excellent comprehension in naval affairs during that critical per- 1od when might was right, America now has a sea power which will un- doubtedly keep the whole world at peace. While at college he prepared and wrote the “History of the war of This required no little study and gave him a broad and sound un- Sat of the position he was soon to fill. The time came‘in 1897 when he was called to serve the na- tion. as assistant secretary of the navy., Roosevelt was not in service long when he notical that the navy was a serious problem which had to be carefully considered. Immediately he took it upon himself to organize and strengthen that power so that we could be proud of it. He loved to see things work in tip- top condition. He was not, however, in favor of a large navy. His aim was to get the naval forces equal to the needs of the nation. It seemed to be in his very blood that his efforts and time so given would be fully realized ry the whole world. ‘We must not forget that Roosevelt's hafen to Lakehurst, and in 1929 he observers aboard the same airship on | its famous round-the-world cruise. airship field in America. As a result, in the summer of 1930, he was trans- | airship problems. Part of this job was ! istence. the buildi if nization to! his unusual sense of humor, Tile thie ealronvunenel ae made him America’s most widely read handle the Akron upon its comple- | mat tion. | writer. Now he faces the job as skioper of the biggest airship in the world, a veritable flying battleship that prom- ises to make aerial history. ager. CAPITOL THEATRE A girl for whom three mcn had supposedly gone to their deaths; a girl who was a princess of royal blood, and yet, despite the atmos- Phere of musty tradition in which she lived, a girl who was ultra-mod- ern, sophisticated, independent! That is the part that Una Merkel Plays in “The Command Perform- ance,” the James Cruze production co-starring Miss Merkel and Neil Biuecher at the Capitol Theatre. Perhaps that quality—that ability | of the characters she portrays is the of the World,” “Abraham Lincoln,” | 4. “The Bat Whispers” and “The Com- | mand Performance.” with her extraordinary beauty, is the |Cd States government, which is re- reason for her having received tri-|Puted to have paid $7,500,000 for it, butes from some of the greatest men | Presumably escaped serious loss. The in the motion picture industry. | palace was built by the Prussian gov- ernment as a gift to General Bleuch- ler, who turned the tide of battle at PARAMOUNT THEATRE Will Rogers, whose newest Fox pro- | duction, Mark Twain's “A Connecti- Waterloo. rt Distance will lend quite a bit of cut Yankee,” now showing at the | enchantment to winter, Paramount theatre, is one of this was one of two official U. S. naval| country’s most unique personalities. He is more completely himself than any other native of America, He is ‘These experiences made him one | entirely without sham or pretense, is of the most valuable leaders in the| kindly and good humored because that is his nature. He has a real zest for life, and con- ferred to the Naval Bureau of Aero- | fey is uairsay in ont 5 that has any on - nautics to apply himself whwully to lb. hornieents :fouPiclea * bar One night he was called upon to make an announcement for the man- His drawling voice, with the {| humorous twist got a great laugh from the audience, and starting with ———______________ «| the next performance Rogers became f At th Movi | a monologist as well as a trick rope le Movies | thrower. He wrote all his own ma- terial. His lively interest in the news of the day led him to start making comments on things he had read in the newspapers, and because his talk was so witty and philosophical he be- came an overnight sensation. Fire Damages U. S. Property in Berlin Berlin, April 15.—(4)—The famous palace on which had been purchased by the American government for an embassy Hamilton and delighting audiences | building here, was badly damaged by fire before dawn Wednesday. Origin of the fire was not deter- to make people feel that sne has mined. There were no known casual- known the tragedy and the romance | es clit, He Oe ete ee reason that she has made such aj Part of the embassy which had been success in her four pictures—“Eyes | moved to the building, were destroy- Title to the building still was in That, coupled | its former owner's hand so that Unit- important achievement in naval af- fairs was the world tour of the fleet in 1908, This voyage served a double Purpose. The country itself became interested in our naval program, and it was made known to other powers “este ean te TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 193} $21,000,000 RETAIL BUSINESS IN FARGO North Dakota’s Largest City Has 437 Retail Stores, Cen- sus Figures Show Washington, D. C., April 15.—Retail business in Fargo in excess of $21,- 500,000 was shown by the Bureau of Census in the release Wednesday of the returns from the 1930 Distribu- tion Census now being compiled. ‘The 1930 population of Fargo is 28,619. The bureau reports 437. retail stores with a total annual business of $21,693,129, a yearly pay roll of $2,670,993, and the full-time employ- ment of 1,977 men and women. The reported number of employes does not include those working part time, al- though the pay roll of part-time em- ployés is included in salaries and all wages. Mer¢éhandise in stock for sale at the end of 1929 shows a cost value ‘of $3,215,810. ‘The total of 437 stores includes 353 single-store independents. 16 units of 2-store multiples, and 10 units of 3- store multiples. There are also 3 units of local chain, 26 units af sec- tional chains, and 14 units of national chains. Sales of these three types of chain organizations aggregate $3,6 294, or 17 per cent of the total re! business, while sales of the single- store independent amount to §$15,- 048,053, or 69 per cent. These figures are based upon reports received in 1930 covering the year 1929. FARMERS PLAN BiG WHEAT ACREAGE GUT Weekly Review Indicates Reduc- tion of 5 to 40 Per Cent; Soil Conditions Vary St. Paul, April 15.—With seeding becoming quite general through the spring wheat area, indications are that farmers desire to reduce wheat acreage sharply and that they will Flant leas than last year, the Farmers Union says in its weekly report. “It is too early to give definite facts on acreage reduction, Senator C. W. Fine of Sheyenne, N. D., writes, “the review says. “The puzzling question facing the farmers is what to seed that has any promise of re- that America was a wide awake na- tion. In spite of the fact that our nation at this time was not in a sound fi- nancial condition, Roosevelt received, | appropriations from Congress and our navy was both new ships were built and the. older ones were repaired. ‘We cannot say that he met with ab- solutely no opposition in his work but we can say that no matter, what kind of indifference he was confronted with, it was met bravely. his pleasing personality he was a man with many friends, a man who won the hearts of all the people of Amer- ica. Our navy now has reached a fairly high standard of efficiency. This standard must not only be maintain- ed but increased. When speaking of efficiency in @ navy we mean a per- fectly trained crew as well as great battleships, heavily gunned vessels, torpedo boats, and submarines. To send an untrained crew not skilled in their work out to fight is more dis- graceful to a country than keeping our ships in port during hostilities. The American navy, relatively speaking, is much amaller than the navies of other countries, yet it mests the requirements of our nation. A country like ours cannot and will not fall to degradation as long as we have a well-kept and efficient navy. To Theodore Roosevelt we are high- ly indebted for our sound nation, brought about through sincere inter- est in naval affairs. MAY ATTEND CONVENTION Grand Forks, N. D., April 15.—(@)— Plans to send the Grand Forks drum and bugle corps of the American Le- gion to the National Legion conven- tion at Detroit next fall received further impetus when Mayor Hulteng issued a proclamation urging the citizenry generally to support the move. have Pariserplatz, TO TH CORNER Movie ANI! TUL PHONE SoD WHEN TTS OuT, SO YOU CIN COME AN! GET ME - SO FAR ‘T' TH! LUBURY— TF ar A Boor INTERRYPS. ME — AN' IM So TIRED WHEN ZT GET, Home, I CANT REACHI FALL Now & GOT ASLEEP. NOTHIN’ T READ. A WY sulting in any return with which to Pay mortgage interest, taxes and leave something to live on. “Boll ‘conditions are) mixed. In most’ of eastern North. Dakota there is plenty of surface moisture to germinate seed and give the plants a good start. Generally speaking, how- ever, there is a deficiency of both surface and subsoil moisture. “Due to unprecedented high tem- peratures {rom November to March, there was rapid evaporatien of sur- face and subsoil moisture and a de- ficiency precipitation. “Seeding is general in the Minot territory and northwestern North Da- kota and eastern Montana. Wheat acreage is being cut 15 to 40 per cent. One farmer at Circle, Mont., told a field representative that he is reduc- ing acreage by 700 acres. Another farmer in that territory is reducing acreage two sections or 1,260 acres. There is some surface moisture but subsoil moisture is lacking and heavy rains will be necessary if there is to be a fair crop. “There has been sufficient rain in most of northeastern North Dakota, reports from Grand is in excellent shape for planting. Heavy increases and feed crop acreages and es in durum and spring wheat in , “Large increases iM corn, barley and eats acreage and cuts in wheat crops are reported from Hettinger county with early epee connent good and pects excellent “The outlook in south central North Dakota is reported good with fine moisture conditions. The territory around Lisbon and Wahpeton is rapidly becoming a diversified farm- ing district with smaller wheat crops each year. The trend appears to be NOTICE TO POLICYHOLDERS OF THE WESTERN MUTUAL LIFK INSURANCE COMPANY AND 'THE MIDWEST MUTUAL LIFE INSUR-~ ANCE COMPANY, AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: You are hereby notified that the Western Mutual Lite Insurance Com- il | 000,000, there is a prospective surplus of 133,000,000 bushels for export. See A LUMO RCE UE ’s New Airship Was Hero of Shenandoah Crash. [ ToCommandHuge Airship _'|)'T, R. REALIZED Less Acreage and Lower Yield Seen as Wheat Price Remedies By ALLARD SMITH Executive Vice President, The Union ‘Trust Co. Cleveland The of business observers are be- ginning to turn toward the crop outlook for 1931. Particular interest ts being shown in wheat because of the historic price decline for this commodity and the heavy world supplies. The only remedies seem to lie in reduced acreages and below-average yields in large producing countries. In this country farmers are responding to the pleas for smaller plant- ings. According to government reports, only 76 per cent as much durum wheat and 88 per cent as much spring wheat other than durum will be sown this year as in’ 1930. Durum wheat acreage will be the smallest since 1918 and other spring wheat acreage next to the smallest since 1917. Of the 42,042,000 acres of winter wheat sown last fall, farmers now expect to harvest only 39,759,000 acres, However, the present estimate for the 1931 wheat crop is large, being 833,000,000 bushels, against 840,000,000 bushels in! 1930, a reduction of only 3 per cent. Since American consumption is 700,~| The situetion has been cleared somewhat by the decision of the federal farm board to discontinue purchases of wheat. The board has purchased or is obligated to purchase 275,000,000 bushels of wheat by July 1 at a cost of 92 cents a bushel, or 31 cents over the world price. ' As @ result of the farm board’s decision, American wheat has fallen to the lowest level since 1895. It may be expected henceforth to adhere more closely to the world price level. The most serious element in the situation is Russia, which threatens to increase and not decrease its wheat acreage. | At the moment it appears that the God of Haryests, which determines the size of the world wheat crop, holds the fate of price recovery in his lap. | —A Series Explaining the Contract Bridge System— By WM. E. McKENNEY Secretary American Bridge League The next few articles will be de- voted to the system using the quanti- tative showing of tricks. The artifi- counted if the hand does not contain an ace, The total count required to make an original bid, which is the first bid made of a hand, is as follows: cial conventions have been given to| Dealer Count required 13 you in previous articles. Under this| Second Hand * mee system of bidding you are required| Third Hand . «" to'show the full strength of your hand | Fourth Hand “ “ Tt If fourth hand contains a minimum count of 15, he should also hold a dis- | tribution that will assure him that! opponents will not go game in either. of the major suits. Partner of the original no trump bidder will raise to two trump when he holds sufficient count to bring the total count of both hands to 22 and shall raise to three no trump when the total count of both hands Shall be 24. e. g. First hand bids one no trump and you hold a count of 10. Your partner, first hand, is required to hold 13, which with your 10, makes a total count of 23. This is insuffi- cient. to. bid three no trump, but enough to raise your partner to two no trump. While if partner had bidj one no trump third hand, he would be required to hold a count of 14, which with your 10, makes the com- bined count of both hands 24, and you should raise your partner to three no trump. ‘When the partner of the original bidder has supported a no trump, the original no trump bidder will use the same combined figures—22 and 24— in arriving at a game going declara- tion. e. g. First hand, holding a count of 15, bids one no trump. Partner supports to two no trump. The orig- inal bidder now knows that partner holds a count of at least 9, and as he holds a count of 15 (9 plus 15 equals 24), he should go to three no trump. 1 (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) even on an original bid, therefore a/ two or even a three original bid is not a forcing bid except a two club bid, as the users of this system also use the artificial two club forcing bid which was described in our first ar- ticles. Two different methods of valuation are used in this system—one for no trump hands and one for suit bids. We will first of all take up the no trump bidding system showing the strength required for original bids and also the strength required to sup- port. ORIGINAL BIDS OF ONE. NO TRUMP Hands containing strong major suits are always. bid in preference to no trump. No trumps are-not advis- able’ when a hand contains a void suit, a singleton or a worthless dou- bleton. The strength for a xo trump bid should be distributed in three suits, and if the fourth suit is very weak and the hand contains a good four-card suit, the four-card suit should be bid in preference to the no trump. The advocates of this system use the old pitch count system for valu- ing high cards for their no trump bids. This count is as follows: Each ace held counts... Each king held counts. Each ten spot held count Ten spots should not be counted unless they are held with a higher honor and no ten spots should be In the following articles we will give you original bids of more than one no trump and show how these should be supported by partner. toward hay and com, Kulm, N. D.,| reports plenty of moisture, as does La Moure, Forbes, Fessenden ‘and Karnak. A few points report a prob- able increase in spring wheat but this is more than offset by a heavy de- crease in durum wheat. In central North Dakota there have been fair rains, but subsoil moisture is lacking. “Seeding is getting under way in the Red River valley of western Min- nesota with fair soil conditions, but it is too early to estimate reduction in acreages. “From Williston comes the word that opinions regarding cuts in acre- age vary widely with estimates of Sanish, Plaza, and Stanley report very dry subsoil moisture and a lack of surface moisture. u “Some winter wheat damage by biowing is reported in Montana and Prospects are for a reduction of 15 Per cent in spring wheat acreage. Soil condition generally is very dry, though there is surface moisture around Biflings and Wolf Point. More feed crops will be seeded in Montana. From Richland county come reports of dry soil conditions and consider- able damage from wind, especially on sandy soil.” Men who don't pay as they go have any of Fargo, North Dakota, and the Sfdwest Mutual Life Insurance Com- any of Fargo, North Dakota, both Being corporations organized under the laws of the State of North Da- kota, engaged in the life insurance business under the laws of such State, have filed with the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of North Da- for an order “ mene md provided for under the provisions of Section 4891, Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913, auth solidation of said “W Life Insurance Compt transfer of all of the aswets of said Western Mutual Life Insurance Com- any to the said Midweat Mut Insurance Company and thi Weatern Mutual Life Insurance any and the said Midwest Mutual Li Insurance Company presented to the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of North Dakote @ contract set: ting forth the terms and condition: such proposed consolidation and viding for reinsurance by -the Midwest Mutual Life Insurance C« pany of the life ipaueincs poneee is: sued by the said Western Mutual Life Insurance Company, and... _. Providing further, that upon the ap- roval of sald mietaye the name of the ‘idwest Mutual Life Insurance Com- hanged to Western Mu- and the mpanies il thence- jer the name of the Life Insurance Com- net are further notified that the 2 rf h day of May, 1931, at 10 o'clock a. ‘at the office of the Commissioner of iheurance ‘of. the State of North Da- kota, in city of Bismarck, State of North Oth, has been Tixed as the time ai for the hearing of said petition & commission cons |. slat rr State of the eots, Cor is the’ event of some competent of the State to be ap- Governor), the Attor- ‘Commis any lon ates, tine with Feterense Me euch” consolidation or reinsurance. 8. A. OLSNESS, Commissioner of peurance. this 7th ot April, ct 31. 15 -16-1' 10-31-22 -38-34-25 Sfasurance Come Midwest’ satuai ] from 5 to 20 per cent. Williston,|a hard time coming back. | i | growth ‘of grass. Some forage supplies have ‘from the reports received, but the jthan a year ago and the second WEATHER IM WARCH FAVORED LIVESTOCK Department of Agriculture Indi- cates Feed Shortage Unless Grass Comes Quickly Grand Forks, N. D., April 15.— March was @ favorable month for livestock, ‘according to the report of the federal agricultural statistician’s office at Grand Forks, North Dakota, as the temperatures were well above normal with no severe storms during the period. The average daily tem- perature was 26,1 degrees above zero, which is about 3.5 degrees above nor- mal. March had a plus precipitatior with .99 of an inch, or .16 of @n inch more than is usual for the month. Other states have not been so fortun- ate in their climatic conditions as was North Dakota. The recent snow and blizzard in eastern Colorado, western Nebraska and Kansas killed upwards of 25,000 head of cattle with heavy losses to sheep and calves as well as hogs and poultry. California, Utah and Nevada are experiencing a pe- riod of short rainfall which is cutting the range area, due to lack of stock water and feed. South Dakota, Mon- tana and Wyoming are in good con- dition but need additional rainfall and warm weather for grass growth. According to about 95 per cent of the reports received at. this office the cows and ewes.of North Dakota are in fair to good condition. In South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming the same holds true. Varying conditions are found in the remainder of the Tange states, as the cows and ewes, with very favorable reports from the southwest. In parts of California, Utah and Nevada the cows and ewes are getting thin due to lack of feed and water. In the Sacramento Vdl- ley conditions are very bad. Feed prospects are not as bright as they were a month ago in the state, as the late spring and some lack of » soil moisture is retarding the been completely utilized and stock- men are now re: to the rem- } nants of the straw piles for their stock feed. This will undoubtedly cause some shrink in the condition of the, livestock, if it is prolonged beyond @ reasonable length of time. Feed suplies seem to be adequate in other states with a few scattering places re- Porting some shortage. The livestock are getting about 40 per cent of their food requirements from the ranges and pastures at this time in North Dakota. There 1s, according to esti- mates made by our reporters, suffi- cient feed to carry the stock through with some distribution and with nor- mal weather prevailing for the next month or 50. In the Red River valley moisture conditions. appear to be favorable- western two-thirds of the state is * somewhat short and especially so in ae northwest section where it is very From a report just issued by the division of crop and livestock esti- mites at Washington it appears that there are about 7 per cent less cattle ‘on feed for market in the 11 corn belt states than there was a year ago. The in-shipments into these same states from July 1930 to March 1931, inclusive, was 11 per cent smaller smallest: in the 10-year period just passed. The in-shipments into these states for January, February and March this year, were 20 per cent, or 100,00 head, smaller than they were a year ago. This decrease in the three months’ period, as indicated by re- ports from four leading markets, was in calves, cows and heifers. There was an--increase in heavy-weight steers shipped. ‘The development of early lambs ap- pears to be very satisfactory in those states which engage in thisenterprise, \ , with ‘the exception of California where conditions have been unfavor- able. Heavy marketing of grass fat yearlings and early lambs from Texas was large, and is expected to contique during April and May. ‘The ranges of North Dakota fell off four points during the month, due to close pasturing and lack of renewal by growth. The present 75 per cent of normal as compared with 79 a month ago, 76 a year ago and 79 for the five-year average. Range condition fell off in South Da- kota one point, Montana eight points, and Wyoming one point, In the re- mainder of the 17 range states, six indicated an increase in range con- dition over that of a month ago, four lost in condition and the remainder ° held their own. The average condi- tion of the range states is indicated to be 86 per cent of normal for March as compared with 87 a month ago, 85 a year ago, and 87.6 for the five-year average. : Per capita consumption of lamb and mutton has ‘been’ increasing in the United States since 1922, being 6.6 Pounds in 1930 against 5.8 pounds in So aetay ©1001 ov une lay: There worst case. Pyramid Please send me Trely tren