The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1931, Page 8

8 > GOLD STAR MOTHER HADN'T SERN LOST SON POR 32 YEARS Wirs. Emilie Kennedy, German- town, Pa., Herman Weidmuller REUNION SCENE TOUCHING Pilgrimage Reveals Hor Two ght Against Each Paris, June 2 for one soa lest in thi fe s motherhoo y ber, an added feature. | News of Interest \|_in N. D. Towns | (By the Associated Press) ; Lefor—Between 1,500 and 2,000 |Persons attended the Central Verin, a ‘federation of German Catholic soci- j;eties of the state, at their annual convention here. Devils Lake was chosen as next year’s convention city. J. J, Baumgartner, Strasburg, was {reelected president of the group. Mott—Hettinger circuit, Luther League, will hold a meeting here July 3 to 5. Prof. Carl B. Yivi- saker, dean of the department of | religion, Concordia college, is to be the principal speaker. Flasher—Final plans for a Fourth of July celebration here have been completed. Foot races, a baseball me, and music are on the program, th an address by Rev. G. M. Gar- i | | | Carson—Grant county district court adjourned here following disposition of the last case. Judge H. L. Berry, Mandan, pre- sided. Carson—Encouraging the Grant nty Taxpayers association in their ward reducing taxes, Iver BAD NEWS— ap MORE BAD NEWS — CARR STOCK THAT ANDY HOLDS. HAS REACHED JHE BOTTOM- &, HE HAD ONLY SOLD IT WHEN UNCLE BIM TOLD HIM To- MR. WALLET, 1 WELL = IF IT'S NO GoOD- AND THERE'S NO MARKET FOR IT= IF 1 CAN'T CASH IN JON ir." AND (T KEEPS ON GOING ROWN = DOWN = — WHAT GOOD 18 It ? THE TRADERS DON'T WAN'T IT = THEN | DON'T WANT 'T= THE GUMPS—JUST A GOOD MAN, THATS ALL NERE-~ MIN@= (8 A LITTLE GIFT FOR You= YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS — YOU'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR IT- AND ‘TEASING FOR IT=— AND NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU A LITTLE PRESENT OF IT~ % 250,000, WORTH OF TOM CARR STOCK~ A GIFT TO MY WIFE Tr'S YOURS= You OLD, DARLING: HAPPEN TO 1 ALSO KNOW AS WELL | REPRESENT ‘A NUMBER 1 DON'T KNOW SIT DOWN, MR. OBLONG. THIS 1S AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANN. 1S DUE TO WORLD CONDITIONS, MR. OBLONG HOW WOULD { you = Kennedy KNOW THAT AS GUARDIAN: AND TRUSTEE YOU CONTROL A LARGE TRACT OF BRAZILIAN TIMBER LAND. MY NAME IS OBLONG AND ''D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU SOMEWHERE CONFIOENTIALLY ABOUT IT. OF ENGLISH CAPITALISTS, MR. WALLET, IF’ YOU WOULD INCORPORATE NOUR HOLDINGS | COULD BRING AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INTO DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACT, INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR HOLDINGS AND MAKE THEM PAN DINIDENDS. THAT FELLOW FROM ADAM BUT HE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. | HAD HAD THAT SAME THOUGHT MYSELF. AS NOU DO THAT OPERATIONS. ARE PRACTICALLN AT A STANDSTILL THERE, THAT INCOME BARELY PAYS TAXES AND EXPENSES AND THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY MAKE PRACTICALLY NO RETURN ON NOUR INVESTMENT. 1 HAVE BEEN IN TIMBER ALL MY UFE AND 1 CAN SHOW NOU THAT SUCH A SITUATION @ tax commissioner, said at on’s annual meeting that such groups as theirs should act as -finding bodies. All officers of nization were reelected. was still a ee |Frank Wagner is president. with rela phia, where nedy. A n GY marriage, J 4 4 National Chaplain G Will Give Address v Touch! The scene at the m and son, who had gether because th: x each other, was one of the most je has marked the ng Scene ting of mother ht to- came from Lantzau, Germany, and was on the dock at Cherbourg when his mothe! arrived. He climbed aboard the ship holding a photograph which his mother had sent him, and sea face after face trying to ce resemblance. Offic: until he saw Mrs. Ke: waving a handkerchief and Photograph which he hac st A Hope Fulfilled of “Mutter! rong arms. For long time mother and son remained clasped, pausing now and then to gaze into each other's eyes. Mrs. Kennedy had looked forward for just such a meeting upon her ar- rival, but she had not been informed that Herman was there. Since members of this pilgrimage all lost their sons at sea, they had ro graves of their own to visit. so plavs were quickly made, through special permission, for Mrs. Kennedy to ac- company her son to Bavaria for a visit. “We don’t hardly know each other, but we have lots to talk about,” she explained. Herman went with his mother to her hotel and was at he le as much as possible. When she had to join the other mothers in the ceremony of laying a wreath at the tomb of the French Unknown Soldier, Weidmuller discreetly remained at the hote! wait- ing. But he went with her to oth functions she attendeg’ Fought on Thfee Fronts “I had a very styange feeling when I first saw my Mother,” he said. “I was intensely hervous, which I am sure was du¢ to the happiness thac had come to me. It is like not hav- ing @ mother for 32 years, and then having 4 real one come to life “I did not know my half br John Kennedy, was ther. e in 1920 of his e American in- german infantry. plen he 16th Bava- fought on the and Russian was never fantry, and I in the )“For my part, I s I’ was a sergeant i Tian Infantry and French, Roumanian fronts. Fortunately I wounded.” In her excitement with her son, Mrs, Kennedy almost forgets her English, for he only speaks German. They have been getiing acquainted in Landshut, where Herman works for the German State railways. Mrs. Kennedy will return to Am her group. Richland Is Named For 1869 Settler (By the Associated Press) Editor's Note is one of ling with Dakota Richland—M. T. Rich, after whom the county is named, was a set of 1869.He first came to the territ of Dakota in 1864 with the Sully Military expedition. The county is situated in he folded | | of war. | At Memorial Service “| ‘The Rev. Joseph N. Barnett, nat- Sis |fonal chaplain of the American Le- gion, will be the speaker at the joint |memorial service Sunday evening, | July 12, in Valley City, preceding the opening of the state convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary. he service is set for 7 p. m., on the arnes county courthouse grounds. Mrs. J. R. Pence, Minot, chairman of the department memorials com- |mittee, and Father John Hogan, de- ment Legion chaplain, are ar- g the program, which will be [held at the auditorium of the Valley |City state teachers college in case 'of inclement weather. Opening the service will be a short cert by the American Legion State jband, and afterwards the colors will be advanced through the aisle of hon- , | or formed by Company C of the 164th \infantry, | guar | The Grand Forks drum and bugle ‘corps then will sound “To the Colors” | and special musical numbers will fol- |low. Tributes will be paid to the de- | parted Legion and Auxiliary comrades |by the presidents of both depart- jments. “Taps,” sounded by the ;Grand Forks drum and bugle corps, will close the service. | A crowd of more than 2,500 persons | Witnessed the first joint memorial | sory snducted on the capitol grounds here, and an even larger as- \ sembly is expected this year. | (Lutheran Circuit To | Hold Two-Day Meeting North Dakota national A meeting of the Mandan circuit of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America will be held July 12 to 14 Belfield, N. D., according to an- nent by the church head- juarters. Rev. Chr. Notsund will be | host to the gathering. The basement of the Belfield church will be dedicated at the j service, July 12th, Rev. C. M. Fosmark of Dunn Center delivering the sermon. The Rev. P. A. Gisvold of Beach ll introduce the topic for discus- on at the afternoon session. {The evening session will be in the | form of a song service with a chorus of 60 voices taking part. Other fea- | tures of the song service will be in- | dividual choirs and soloists. | A communion service will be held ' Monday morning. The rest of the | sessions, Monday and Tuesday, will be | devoted to the discussion of the con- | vention theme. Federal Land Bank j nou : | Selling More Farms }_ St Paul, Minn., June 29.—The Fed- | eral Land Bank of St. Paul and the | local national farm loan association | of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wiscon- | sin and Michigan sold during the month of May 60 farms, which was twice the number sold during that jmonth last year, according to a | statement made Monday by F. H. | Klawon, president of the bank. “We | have every reason to believe that | sales will increase this month,” con- jtinued Klawon. “Our experience in the last year coincides with the facts | brought out recently by the federal IS UNNECESSARY. FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS (LooK,CSSiE! WY NEW 6uIT, ) YEAN.. WE'RE To GO ANAY INi... HO BAD You CAN'T GO WITH US... BOY! 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BUT NOU CAN BET THAT SHE'S GOING To USE US FoR MONEY! You'Re LETS SHIP THE OLD PELIC BACK, \F THAT'S WER GANE ! 109 (1) KID GLOVES CORNER? IN TH’ RING, SAM 7 (AND WAIT TILL TA SEE THIS GUY Go, GU22/ GZ WELL THEN How KIN 12 WID Z un Rom MEMORY! BcTE ME EYES CLOSED, | KIN HARDLY SEE HID OK, WHAT a Ham ‘ou ARE, Kio! WATCH OUT FER. Hose UPPER —CUTS, the extreme southeastern corner of | government showing that there has the state, and was one of the first to}been an increase in the number of be settled in territorial days; it is at! people leaving the towns and cities to the lower end of the Red River valley, | live on farms. the Ottertail and Boise-De-Sioux| “According to the federal figures, in rivers joining at Wahpeton to form | 1930, 1,392,000 persons left the towns the Red river of the north. Wahpe-' and cities to farm—the largest num- ton is the county seat. Better Mail Service To Minot Is Planned Announcement that arrangements have been made by the postoffice de- partment to facilitate mail service between Bismarck and Minot by in- stituting a star route from Max to ‘Minot was made Monday by J. H. Sin- | clair, congressman from the third North Dakota district. Sinclair took up the matter with the postoffice de- partment upon suggestion by Bis- marck business houses that better ma:] service between the two Western North Dakota cities would be a boon to commerce. The arrangement will become effective July 1. { ‘Better service from Bismarck to the country northeast of here also is pro- vided by an arrangement of the schedule whereby the Soo line rail- connects with the Northrn Pa- branch at Wilton. mail service to Minot Heretofore, been by train only, the Soo line 4 fceoeting at Drake with he man line to i ——— i wool increase j ber since the government began to |record such movements in 1922. Like- j Wise, there has been a progressive de- cline, since 1924, in the number of People leaving the farms to go to the cities.” Cash is king in the business of | Nehawka, Neb. All the town’s stores ‘have banned credit. “Three sponge cargoes from one | diving boat at Tarpon Springs, Fla., |sold for $4,673, ||” Stickler Solution ‘One way to move six pennies, in each cae ovr to ahr pei end wid vp with pairs positions 1, 2,3, 4,5 and 6 ss flows, Move 12 to 3~7 to 410 to 6—8 to 19 to5and Hto2 + YOULL WWE TONE WE A FEW POINTERS - MEBBE ! INE NENER PLAYED TENNIG IS FRENCH ARE WAY NOT? 7 UNE WRERE NEAR 1 SPOSE TAN WET BE GETIN’ SMART TVTHINGS ~-NTREN, AINE T60 ‘HOME = ARABSA. ae \*\