The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1931, Page 2

* that jerked the 140-foot craft from DIRIGIBLE PILOT 000, Swept to Destruction at Kansas City Kansas City, July 13—()—A sud- den storm swept the $60,000 Good- year dirigible Mayflower to destruc- tion against high tension wires near) jf the municipal airport here last night. Capt. Charles E, Brannigan, 35, the pilot, was burned seriously in an at- tempt to weather alone a high wind its mooring mast and a ground crew. Gasoline spilling from tanks rup- tured by a crash against the roof of an army hangar was ignited as the Mayflower hurtled against a trans- former. The bag was filled with helium gas, non-inflammable, but flames poured over the gondola. Cap- tain Brannigan fell with the cage in front of a northbound freight train on railway tracks below. The train halted 50 yards away. Brannigan was rescued by a co-pilot, R. H. Hoben- sack, who with Claude Hendershot, a member of the crew, had dropped to safety a moment before. Hobensack, his clothing drenched by rain, was burned slightly. Hospital physicians said Brannigan’s condition was crit-/| CEREMONIES MARK AUXILIARY SESSION Meeting of Women Aides to American Legion Pervaded by Patriotic Spirit Valley City, N. D., July 13— Impressive ceremonies, pervaded by a spirit of patriotism, marked the open- ing Monday of the 11th annual con- vention of the American Legion auxi- liary. Called to order by Mrs. A. A. Kjel- land, Hatton, department president, the women pledged allegiance to the flag, with Mrs. E. C, Geelan, Ender- lin, department Americanism chair- man, leading the assembly. ‘The women then stood for 30 sec- onds in silent tribute to the dead, and this was followed by the national anthem which was sung under the) leadership of Mrs. Lynn Williams, de- partment music chairman. ‘Mrs, Alex Amundson, chaplain of! the Valley City unit, gave the invo- cation, and Mrs. M. E. Tweed of Jamestown, read the preamble to the ical. | | Makes Trophy Award | SERIOUSLY BURNED | Goodyear Craft, Valued at $60,-| i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1931 Here are R. J. Kamplin, Bismarck, state commander of the American Le- | gion, with the trophy cup which he; is to award Monday to the North Da- kota Legion post which has made the most outstanding record for commu- nity service during the last year. WESTERN PROPERTY! IN BISMARCK RACES Farmers’ National Grain Corpo- | Kitty O'Neil, University of Min- ration Acquires Elevators in | nesota, Will Meet Woman Idaho and Utah . | Champion Wednesday | : COOPERATIVE BUYS U COED WILL DRIVE Chicago, July 13—()—The Farmers! kitty O'Neil, coed of the U1 National Grain corporation an-|of Minnesota and light car’ scent nounced Monday that 39 warehouses |queen, will meet Elfrieda Mais, wom- and elevators have been leased injen’s world champion; in a special Idaho and Utah and that negotiations ' Match race, a feature CA automo- |bile race m wi will be had been practically. completed for staged at the Bismarck fairgroun the purchase of the Soo Line Termin- ri al elevator at Minneapolis. Wednesday evening beginning at 6:20 The Minneapolis elevator, the cor-| Kitty, a big broad juldered good poration announcement said, has aeons en ir, alread, ta — capacity of 2,300,000 bushels. jsevel aces this year ani seel ‘Twenty-three of the 39 warehouses |{urther fame in her attempt to atest the champion. Kitty first tried he and elevators leased in Idaho and! speed on small ora aneied Bt. Paul Utah were from the Colorado Milling|where auto racing is a lar pas- and Elevator company, Denver. The/time. From her first si she was other 16 were from the Globe Milling |rated a@ “comer” by experts who and Elevator company, Ogden, Utah.| Watched her handle a high speed rac- ling car. Several other elevators have been) ""{ynile the racing fans were busy purchased or leased in the Colorado) ,j, i m] territory, insuring stockholders of the Sean Bends of Orne rm wired it grain corporation in the three states/for an entry blank, Frank {s chief of long has been a ercp, the corporation said. eee with his fast little “Acquisition of elevator and ware- . Arch Powell, Haugdahl, Gene house properties in the inter-moun-|yrandeloff, Shano Fitagerald and all tain territory, following the launch-'the other dirt eaters entered in the leropeais service in handling the new | police at Orr and |the Auxillary, and chairman of the community service and unit activities, stated that units have cooperated with health clinics and with the tu- berculosis association of the state in providing money with which to endow beds for the undernourished children of service men at Camp Grassick. They also have cooperated. she re- ported, with the Legion posts in jun- ior baseball, and have sponsored com- munity parks, swimming pools, libra- ries, essay contests, and in the en- tertainment of Gold Star Mothers. Drums Rumble as American Legion Convention Opens (Continued from page one) tive committee be kept intact and that an effort be made to add to this sum. He urged that the money be with- drawn only in cases of dire necd American Legion constitution. j Mrs. A. C. Carlson, Willmar, Minn.,| national vice president of the Ameri-| can Legion auxiliary, held the place! of honor at the convention which ad-! journed before noon to meet with/ the American Legion in a joint con-| vention. Mrs. Carlson and Ralph T.| O'Neil, Topeka, Kan., national com-/ mander of the Legion, addressed the joint gathering. Give Musical Program Music held a prominent place in the women’s meeting, with an organ recital as the outstanding feature. Mrs. L. D. Rhoades, Valley City, Played several sclections on the or- gan of the Congregational church where the auxiliary is holding its ses- sions. A vocal solo was sung by Mrs. M. H, Haakenson, Hatton, who play- ed “Christ in Flanders,” a composi-| tion by Gordon Johnstone. Reports of department officers and district committeewomen, furnished the principal business of the da: With 6,927 members enrolled, the “As the Legion becomes older,” he added, “the income will graudally be- come less. If the Legion is to func- tion properly 20 or 30 years from now, it is absolutely imperative that steps be taken immediately to build up a surplus.” Wants Legion Newspaper Kamplin asked the Legionnaires to consider establishing a ‘ion news- paper devoted strictly to activities of the organization and its Auxiliary. He believed that 5,000 subscribers could be obtained at $1 a year, but that subscription should not be com- pulsory. adjutant, reported that 131 posts qualified for citations awarded by de- membership quotas assigned to them. |stocks and bonds, owned by them. | These totaled $120,299. W. K. Treumann, Grand Forks, de- partment child welfare chairman, re- ported that the Legion is now install- ing playground equipmen‘ for the state tuberculosis sanatorium at San Haven to be used in connection with the children’s building there. An ex- penditure of $250 was allowed for this work at the Kenmare conference of Legion and Auxiliary officials. “Because of lack or insufficiency of | funds available at national headquar- ters,” he reported, “it. is necessary that assistance ‘in caring for fam- ilies of veterans, be given for but three months, and then only in such cases where the need appears most urgent. The Auxiliary in North Da- kota, by reason of ‘having funds of their own available for this purpose, are able to materially assist in this state in the care of families of vet- erans. The Legion should in some way cstablish a fund for this purpose, as many cases come up which cannot be taken care of by national head- quarters for various reasons.” William M. Jones, Lisbon, depart- ment historian, urged that post his- jories be completed so that a perm-/ ‘anent record may be kept. Infirmities of Old Age End Colorful Career of Veteran (Continued from page one) lated by the veteran was the account of the death of his partner “Corky.” Welch said that while working as an Jack Williams, Fargo, department | express rider, carrying mail to Reno's} government would guarantee all de- |men in Montana, he was taken ill. |His partner volunteered to make his partment headquarters for fillingjrun and during the journey was sur-|ried out. |rounded by hostile Indians and killed. While the national headquarters as- | It was after this incident, Welch signed to the North Dakota depart-|said, that he decided to give up the ment a quota of 8,340, Williams said, | Pony express. No Sympathy For Custer ‘ing of @ $1,000,000 facilities program July 4 races have signed entries to the in the Pacific northwest, puts the/races. National Grain cooperative in a strong position for the handling of Urges Taxing Boards the grain business of these two ter-/ teres,” said C. E. Huff, president of To Accumulate Data Recommendation that data on tax the corporation. rates for various purposes in each Leaders Hope to city, village, choo! Gtriet and town i i ship in each county be supplied to Avert Financial (ro tasine boas yas ea noes Ruin of Country |cmor George F. Shafer Monday in a letter sent to all county auditors in (Continued from page one) _| North Dakota. central banks in relieving the situa-| Governor Shafer in his letter to the tion; auditors said, “It is apparent to all The administration, however, be- peed | sighted @ plane, apparently the “Cap- that in these times public expendi- tures should be reduced and property tax kept down to the lowest level pos- sible consistent with the necessary and efficient operation of all branches of the government.” Airplane Bound For’ Mexico Forced Down Mexico City, July 13—(®)—The pilot of a Mexican Aviation company plane bound for Brownsville reported | by wireless Monday afternoon he had tain Emilio Caranza” crashed on the beach between Tampico and Browns- ville. ‘The two men on the beach waved | to him, he said. Dorrell reported a} light plane could be landed on the beach to rescue the castaways. ‘The plane took off from New York yesterday for Mexico City. Edward Maloney and Seth Yerring- | ton, Long Island filers, started for Mexico City Monday on a non-stop flight from Roosevelt Field. - {t was the third anniversary of the death of Captain Elilio Carranza, Mexican ace, for whom their plane is named. PANTAGES EXONERATED San Diego, Cal., July 18—(AP)— Alexander Pantages, multi-million- aire showman, and his three co-de- fendants in the “girl market” case, were freed of conspiracy and morals charges Monday by superior judge L. N. Turrentine on motion of Dis- trict attorney Tom Whelan, TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR RENT—Five room modern house on Second street. Phone 199-W or call at Broadway Food Market. FOR RENT—Unfurnished ment, 4 rooms and bath. All out- side windows. Frigidaire and elec- tric range. Also one room furnished for light housekeeping. Phone 1063 or call at Room 200, College failed to 0) notice on t Bldg. lieves plans for preventing “ollapse c! the German government should ori- ginate with European banks. James W. Gerard, former American ambassador to Germany, said if the crisis remained much longer “nal- leviated, communism might sweep Europe. ‘The Communists and National So- cialist parties Monday served a de- mand for early convocation of the reichstag in view of the political sit- uation abroad and the economic sit- uation at home. Reports were persistent in London financial circles that a credit of £60,- | 000,000 (about $300,000,000) has been arranged for Germany by a combina- tion of banks including Americaa and British. The reports could not be confirmed in London or Wall Street. Speedy financial relief for Ger- many was declared essential in a re- | port to the U. S. state department from Ambassador Sackett at Berlin. | Several German,banks decided to, pay only a percentage of cash with-| drawals. To allay alarm among de-| positors, the association of German| savings banks issued a statment say-| ing their members would meet all/ withdrawal demands up to the legal! maximum. The Darmstaedter and National bank, -with capital and reserves of about $30,000,000, hung notices on its! doors it had been. compelled to sus-| pend payment. i Government Assumes Debts i The notice carried assurance the! posits and that “orderly liquidetion” | of the bank’s business would be car- To protect other banks, the govern- ment decided to issue an emergency decree binding all important banks{ into a credit block through which any weak unit would be protected by MINOT BANK CLOSES it he door announcing that} Ta tor is made possible by applied Art The application of art to the develop- ment of Claude Neon Lighting, makes possible the creation of truly distinctive displays. There is a constant interchange of ideas between the art departments of. similar organizations throughout the United States and our department, with the re- sult that unusual lighting is assured. Claude Neon Lights Electric Products Corporation of Montana BISMARCK BRANCH 114 Fifth Street ———————e “Red Line” Standard Form Legal Blanks The Most Complete and Up-to-date Send for the New 1931 Legal Blank Catalogue—Just Out This new catalog contains a revised list of “Red Line” legal blanks, comprehen- sively arranged in two different forms for the convenience of our customers. For thirty years The Bismarck Tribune’s “Red Line” series of blanks has been recog- nized as standard. Every blank put out under our trade-marks has been carefully examined and passed on by the best legal talent of North Dakota. New forms will order of the State on account of > Deposits totaled | ol ; Citizens State Bank of Minot 8557 538.76 of which hd en ite doors Monday, @| S207 0G desi Banking Boat Minot, N. D, July 13—(AP)— Teted . nk was capital- 7,600. North Dakota Auxiliary has the largest membership in the history of the organization, Mrs. R. M. Depuy, Jamestown, state secretary and mem- bership chairman, reported. This figure exceeds by nearly 100 the qouta set by the National Auxiliary. New England, with a percentage of | 135, will carry home the department cup which goes to that unit showing | the largest percentage of increase 30) days prior to the convention, accord-| ing to Mrs. Depuy’s report. | The Grand Forks unit will receive | the Eugene Fenelon cup for showing the largest increase in the number of | members 30 days previous to the con- vention. This unit also will carry} home the Phillips cup, given annual-| ly to that unit which shows the best | increase in members on March 15.) The unit on that date recorded an| increase of 64 members. Round-up Councils Held Twenty units out of the 29 com-j| prising the first district were brought | into contact at round-up councils, ; Mrs. H. A. Pierce, Grand Forks com- mitteewoman, reported. | Mrs. M. H. Lynch, Lidgerwood, second district committeewomen, re- the immediate payment of some 200 membership of 10,250. Attention was called to legislation enacted by the recent state legis- lature affecting World War veterans. “At the opening of the North Da- kota legislative session, the agitation for the immediate payment of the adjusted compensation certificates was at its height in our national ca- pital at Washington,” he said. “The American Legion national legislative committee called upon each depart- ment for its assistance. A joint re- solution was passed by our North Da- kota legislature memorializing con- gress to pass immediate legislation providing for the full payment of these certificates. “The office of veterans service commissioner was continued and an appropriation of $13,000 was provided. Passed Guardianship Law “An uniform guardianship law was passed which will eliminate much of guardians for incompetent ex-service men. “A law was passed providing for North Dakota bonus claims which ported that 13 units in the district) session of the legislature; also giv- received national citations for mem-) berships during the year. The dis-| trict also gained further honors by putting the department “over the top” in the membership drive. the Hillsboro unit being credited with the achievement through the addition of 36 members on May 29. Organization of five county coun- ,¢ils was the outstanding work in the third district, Mrs. G. Olgierson, Bis- marck, committeewoman for the dis- ing the adjutant general authority to pay any other bona-fide claims which may be presented and proved. “An appropriation of the coming national convention at Detroit and to the 1932 national con- vention.” to provide for 50 per cent loans on trict, reported. The councils, the first! adjusted service certificates, North formed in the department, have functioned throughout the year, aid- ing neighboring Legion posts and units in the exchange of ideas Dakota veterans have been loaned 250,000, he said. the the state organization has a paid-up| For Custer and his ill-fated jour-|the assets of all, and creating a spe-| ney to the Little Big Horn Weleh had/cial commissioner with extraordinary |little sympathy. He said the impe-|powers to combat the alarming run jtuous leader disobeyed orders in the] on foreign currencies. pf | encounter. The Prussian minister of trade or- |. He had many thrilling stories to] dered stock exchanges in the Province | tell of the days before and immedi-/to remain closed Monday and Tues-. jately following the arrival of soldiers|day and at the request of the centrai jat Ft. Abraham Lincoln and of the} government all other bourses did like- | |Indian fights of 62 and ’63 which he| wise in order to forestall a possible heard from Indians and transient] panic. be added and old ones discarded from time to time as the passing or repealing of laws make necessary. Special forms will be designed and printed for attorneys, con- veyors, abstractors, real estate men and others, when desired. Orders for single blanks, dozens or several dozens will be promptly filled, carefully packed and sent by mail or express. The prices in this catalog are per dozen, except where otherwise the ‘red tape’ in the appointment of |*, had accumulated since the previous) the use to which « |wood cutters when he first came to the territory. | The aged veteran never married jand he was once heard to say that when he came to to Dakota therel ing were only Indian squaws here and he “didn’t wan’t a squaw”. Later he | said expenses were so great that mar- riage seemed impossible. For many years he lived alone in 8, , little green house at 114 Second St. for which he said he had paid $50 {many years ago, Located now among number of automobile establish- {ments its value has trebled many |times over but Welch had steadfastly after offer for the property. During the last year and a half, ;when his health began to fail, the | American Legion put him in the care \of Mrs. William S. Erlenmeyer who |has cared for him since that time. | Last G. A. R. Man As color-bearer and last surviving Army of the Republic, Welch present- Under the law enacted by congress | capitol grounds. |. As far as could be learned, Welch leaves but one surviving relative, jrefused to sell, turning down offer|of | member of the local post of the Grand|torium by all the banks in Germany |Mrs. Annie Sullivan of Manchester, | ers.” vo ‘ Northwest States| H. the | is held in the Cass coun! Cass in | officials investigate the eee iby, of spl aed Bruening and his cabinet, worn out by 40 hours of almost continuous ef- forts to save credit and industry, \broke up their conference with lead- bankers early Monday morning jand snatched @ few hours sleep in} preparation for resuming the struggle later in the day. A decree embodying substantially | the same measures as are con- jtemplated now would have been pro- mulgated Sunday night—it was al- ready in type—but the bankers de- veloped unexpectedly stubborn op- Position, fighting against making themselves liable for the huge losses the Darmstaedter and National. When the bank finally was thrown overboard, financial leaders seemed} more inclined to enter a national) credit block whereby they would stand or fall together. Urges General Moratorium Jacob Goldschmidt, head of the Darmstaedter, sald a general mora- should be declared immediately. He! said such a move should have been taken weeks ago. The storm of short term credit withdrawals from abroad in recent weeks, concentrating on his bank and reasoning panic among foreign lend- The disaster which befell his bank had a three-fold origin, he said— first, a political campaign of rumors against the bank (The National go- clalist Press has been active in this respect recently); second, 9 world- 3 Persons Dead From Mishaps in. (Continued from page one) wrecl Lars Christensen, 59, m1 att puen, £0, Ormaby tars Order by number. : USE THE COUPON BELOW © The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N. Dak. Gentlemen:- PLEASE WRITE PLAINLY TO AVOID MISTAKES specified. Prices on larger quantities cheerfully given. DMO oe ciesesinta ceases ssp SOB Kindly send me by return mail your latest legal blank catalogue. Yours very truly, POOP COCO or cererecg OPO St tor ena The Bismarck Tribune Co. Publishers of North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND DEALERS IN ART RQUIPMaN METAL STEEL OFFICE a | t rly wie ' >» > » ” r{s% . { H x ‘ a