The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair Wednesday 3 Thursday partly cloudy, warmer, ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1981 PRICE FIVE CENTS © One INNOCENT VICTIMS PUT ON SPOT’ BY GANGLAND'S THUGS New York Police Commissioner Marshals Forces to Hunt Down Slayers INTENDED VICTIM ESCAPES Man for Whom Shots Were In- tended Falls to Sidewalk as “Machine Guns Roar New York, July 29.—(#)—Shooting' of five innocent children in a Har-| Jsm beer*feud late Tuesday turned: into a murder hunt Wednesday as/ five-year-old Michael Vengali, one of: the victims, died in a hospital. } Police Commissioner Mulrooney, notified of the child’s death, sent a, dozen detective squads into action; with orders to bring in every beer} racketeer in the city for questioning. Four other children are still un- dergoing hospital treatment for bul-} let wounds. One more may die. ind victims, ranging from 3 to 14 years, were playing on the sidewalks of! East 107th street when an unidenti-| fied touring cat rolled to the curb} and sprayed the Helmar Social club,) @ pool room, with shotgun and re-, volver slugs. | The intended victim of the gunmen,’ described by police as a beer racketecr | who had “muscled” in on new terri- tory, escaped. He sprawled on the sidewalk at the first blast of gun fire and remained there while windows; tinkled to the street and women and’ children screamed and scurried for) safety. A moment later as the automobile departed, five children were lying on tha sidewalk, shot and bleeding. The first two policemen on the scene were unable to ‘reach the injuréd as the thousands of residents cluttered the streets, screaming and cursing. The wounded were: the dead boy's! brother, Salvatore, 7; Michael Bevi- laqua, 3; Samuel Devino, 5; and Florence D’Amello, 14. | Police ottribute the shooting to the | three-cornered beer war of Dutch, Schultz, Vincent Coll and Joe Rao,| the more prominent of New York's; beer men. Rao, police say is an as-/ sociate of Legs Diamond. Fao’s car, police said, had been seen in the neighborhood where the shooting took place. i GRAF TURNSBACK | TOWARD LENINGRAD! German Airship Believed to Be) Running Away From Bad Weather in Arctic Berlin, July 22—UP)—A report by | (3 Rome, July 20.—(7)—It was the privilege Wednesday of Anna Maria Mussolini, two, and her brother Ro- mano, going on four, to tweak the ears of the premier of Italy 48 times. For it was the 48th birthday of their father, and such ear-tweaking by the younger members of the house is an old Italian custom. “The birthday celebration plans were ‘simple, including no provision for the receipt of gifts, for Mussolini does not Personal ‘presents and he has set forth his sentiments many times in stern orders. At 48, Benito Mussolini is one of Europe's youngest statesmen. His health is excellent and he sticks to the way of life imposed on him by his doctors to offset an ulcer of the stomach. He eats lightly, is an ab- stemious drinker, rides horseback daily and works hard. ABANDON EFFORT TO RECOVER BODY ___OF DROWNED MAN Authorities Satisfied Remains of George Reimer Were Car- ried Downstream Efforts to locate the body of George Reimer, drowned in the Missouri river 10 miles south of Bismarck Sun- day, were abandoned Tuesday after authorities became certain that the main channel of the river by the strong undercurrent present at the Point where Reimer was drowned. Authorities at towns along the river have been asked to maintain a look- out for any sign of the remains. Loyal Wife Will Aid Accused Man Eagle River, Wis, July 2—(P)— Encouraged by the fact that his wife to his side, George W. E. the Hamburg-American Line that the, pra! Graf Zepplin had informed one of its vessels it had turned back toward Leningrad was interpreted here as an indication weather was unfavorable ("Hiss wirtday J] TWO TRANSOCEANIG | PLANES NOT HEARD FROM IN 33 HOURS Boardman-Olando and Hern- don-Pangborn Ships Not Be- lieved in Danger Yet BOTH HAD PLENTY OF FUEL Each Had Enough Fuel to Re- main in Air Many More Hours on Atlantic Hops (By The Associated Press) At 2 o'clock (ES.T.) Wednesday afternoon, the two transatlantic Absence of any word of their prog- Tess was beginning to cause some un- easiness among airmen. Neither Plane, however, was yet in danger of being forced down by lack of fuel. Herndon and Panghorn’s red mono- carry them, they believed 7,000 miles. At 100 miles an hour—their average speed—this would enable them to stay aloft 70 hours, or until 3 o'clock Pri- day morning. Their object: was to beat the long distance record set Coste and Le Brix, who flew 4912 miles without stop. i ——————* | Indiana’s Tall Corn | Proving Dangerous | Marion, Ind. July 29.—(?)— Towa may be the state where the tall corn grows, but it also gets pretty high down in Indiana. So high, in fact, it has ob- structed the view of the roads at corners of corn fields, The deaths of two persons and injuries to eight others in automobile acci- dents within the last three days, were attributed to the tall corn. County authorities began a corn fields. TESTIMONY GIVEN AT MURDER TRIAL Witness Says Policeman Shot Boxer During Altercation in Apartment * Prof. Sa:molivitch, sceintific leader | to further flying. of the expedition, said before he left there would be no unnecessary risk- ing’ of the ship and its 46 men, and if the weather turned bad the Graf ported picking up tle before midnight Tuesday, but’ could not maintain the contact. ae BE & 5 a i ; E Hi Gang Outbreak hie! if é Ee i & i Ef iE : i E i i E E g¢z nil a4 | & f itt i #8 8 ie HS ok 4 53 é i i i i i lf 55 ¥ & Oakland, Calif., July 29.—(?)—Rich- testif! > i & ft E i Ba | { K ea ‘Be Pr i is 23° FFE i ag il gue the world in the monoplane shown SEEK TO GIRDLE GLOBE Associated Press Photo Clyde Pangborne (right) and Hugh Herndon (left) seek to cir above. Map shows t! ir route. |More Than 1,000 Men Are ‘Fighting Western Blazes T0 USE PLANES IN EFFORTS T0 | HALT ‘HOPPERS? Officials Plan to ‘Dust’ lowa Fields With Poison Mash in Fight on Pests Des Moines, Iowa, July 29.—(P)— Aerial warfare, with airplanes spead- poison mash over cornfields threatened by an army of grassho| pers, was in prospect for western Iowa farmers Wednesday. & Nebraska and South Dakota has also done great damage to western Iowa and constitutes a growing men- the entire state, entomologists I i to obtain bids for use of airplanes “dust” fields with the poison County agents’and specialists Som. tone Brave coer et ee rr hopper area. Movie Star Injured In Fall from Horse ‘The horde which levelled fields inj 30,000 Acres Burned Over in Montana and Idaho; Flames Spread Northward scarlet-tinged smoke screen darkened north Idaho and Montana skies Wed- nesday as the 30,000-acre Deer Creek fire and several smaller blazes swept along steadily. A thousand men wielded shovels and axes in challenge to the Deer Creek fire, largest in the northwest. A favorable wind was aiding them, Spokane, Wash., July 29.—(P)—A/; n: Four Hurt in Beer Battle INQUEST WITNESSES TELL CONFLICTING STORIES OF BLAST Unable to Agree as to Cause of Explosion Which Killed Frank E. Howe FIVE MEN SEE TRAGEDY Say That Accident Did Not Re- sult From Carelessness in Preparing Explosives Varied accounts of how Frank E. Howe came to his death as the re- sult of a dynamite explosion in the Missouri river 10 miles south of Bis- marck Monday were offered by wit- nesses at a coroner’s inquest held here Wednesday morning. The inquest was called by Coroner W. E. Perry to probe the cause of the accident which happened while Howe was trying to recover the body of George Reimer, drowned while swim- ming in the river Sunday. Six witnesses, five of whom saw the explosion, were examined by J. A. Hy- land, acting state's attorney, who conducted the procee 8. Ellsworth Finlayson, in the boat with Howe at the time of the tragedy, attributed the accident to a charge spot where the charge lay but so at Howe's insistance. He in his opinion the explosives were set off by the con- of the explosion in the water. Hugh Caya, Missouri river fisher- who saw the accident pct a He said thet had there been an ex- plosion in the water the boat would have been lifted high in the air. Frank Finlayson, another eye wit- ness, said that he believed the blast was caused by the unexploded charge in the water but he thought that the dynamite in the boat did not explode until after it was thrown in the air. He said that he heard two reports following close on one anotiter, the second being much louder. G. F. Casper, who pulled Howe into his boat after the accident, said that all he could see was a cloud of smoke, | water and debris. Fred Anstrom, deputy sheriff who saw the tragedy from the bank of the river, testified that he was too far away to be able to see any details. ‘Witnesses were unanimous in say- ing the affair was entirely accidental and hed not resulted from any negli- gence in the perecanoes in the dy- namite, caps or 5. ‘When all testimony had been heard, the jury returned a verdict of acci- dental death. Members of the jury were f ) f Peehnericnh Sine Poe George, leader of the Liberal party and former prime minister, was op- Heat Death Toll Mounts to Child Slai o—. Suffers Operation || —_—_o DAVID LLOYD GEORGE London, July 29.—(?)—David Lloyd erated on Wednesday for a kidney ailment. It was understood the operation, performed in his London home, was successful. OFFICERS NAMED — BY DELEGATES 10 POSTAL MEETING Minot Is Chosen as City Which Next Will Entertain Post- office Workers Officers were elected and Minot was chosen as the convention city as the annual convention of day afternoon. Speakers at the concluding session of the convention were Arch Cole- man, first assistant postmaster gen- eral; Carl Bauer, Max, national ex- ecutive committeeman, Rural Letter Carriers’ association; Rose M. Morri- son, postmaster at Granville; R. A. Ward, Alden, Kan., representing the National League of District Postmas- ters; Mrs. Amanda Lee, postmaster at Mohall; and R. S. Griggs, St. Paul, postoffice inspector. W. E. Jones, Kenmare, was re- elected president of the North De- kota Rural Letters Carrier’s associa- tion, with E. A. Thomas, Driscoll, vice president. E. B. Cornell, Dun- seith, was re-elected secretary and C. T. Morris, Ludden, treasurer. John P. Holler, Drayton, Fred Jordon of Driscoll and F. L. Parkins, New Eng- land, were named to the executive committee. Mrs. William Weeks, Mott, was elected president of the Ladies’ Aux- itary of Rural Letter Carriers; Mrs. Elmer Krogfoss, Binford, vice presi- dent, and Mrs. John P. Holler, Dray- Harry Woodmansee, H. W. Griffith and H. ———— "2 THOUSANDS DE AS "FLOODS HIT CHINA Many Parts of Nation Inun- dated Following Torrential Rains; Famine Threatens president and M. T. Hefty, Walcott, was chosen secretary-treasurer. Will H. Wright, Woodworth, and with Miss Jennie Smith, Steele, and Mrs. Lee alternates. Farm Youth Killed In Extortion Plot Brazil, Ind, July 29. rounded by officers intent break. ing up what they said was an extor- tion plot, Leonard Courtney, 17-year. old farm youth, was shot and killed by a posge Tuesday night. Police are ions. his compani Tom Modesitt, former county com- , Was directed several days g Accident 1S COOLER WEATHER IS RECORDED IN NORTHWEST AREA Some Other Parts of Nation, However, Still Suffer From Assaults of Old Sol TROUB L ES MULTIPLYING Drouth, Grasshoppers, Wheat Rust Reported From Many Points in North While North Dakota and the north- [ uprooted trees and did property dam- age in the St. Paul-Minnespolis dis- trict, while New York City suffered a storms pibyes eume to s close here lave (Sate~} Toousands sleeping .en Boston TO VISIT BISMARCK Extension Superintendent for Postoffice Department Is Studying Routes En3lET* bie nie i REy i E d New Government Is Data Made Public Now Ruling in Chile