The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1931, Page 1

a North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Generally fair tonight and Wed- nesday; no decided change. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, N Elements War Over JU. S. | Farm Board Offers Report | Hold Spotlight in Liquor Trial , SENATE COMMITTEE IS GIVEN DETAILS OF AGENCY'S WORK Operations in Wheat and Cot- ton, Loans to Coopera- tives Described PRESENT HOLDINGS LISTED Has 189,656,187 Bushels of Wheat and 1,310,789 Bales of Cotton on Hand ‘Washington, Nov. 24.—(#)—The farm board’s story—a two-year gov- ernmental adventure in assisting the American farmer — was unfolded ‘Tuesday in its second annual report to congress. Given out through the senate agri- cultural committee which summoned Chairman Stone for an accounting, the report painstakingly described the spectacular operations in wheat and cotton markets and liberal loans to cooperatives—objects of fire from sharpshooting critics. In its wholesale price stabilization purchases the grain stabilization cor-" poration bought 329,641,052 bushels of wheat at a cost of $270,204503. On November 1 it still had 189,656,187 bushels. The cotton stabilization corpora- tion took 1,319,809 bales off the mar- ket at a cost of $107,533,246. It now holds 1,310,789 bales. Since these purchases were made, commodity values have sharply, but the board did not esti- mate its ultimate loss. This, it said, must be reckoned when final sales ‘are made. The only determined loss set forth is $789,863 incurred by the Farmers National Grain Corporation, @ central cooperative, in accumulat- ing grain for drought relief. Can’t Buy Without Selling “Many groups,” the board observed, “want stabilization corporations ways to buy and never to sell. That . is asking the impossible. Stabilization operations. cannot maintain continuously. So long as surpluses continue to pile up, artificial meas- ‘ures can only temporarily offset their effects.” Against possible losses, however, the board set increased returns to farmers in higher prices through stabilization and general benefits to business and banks by staving off: disastrous shocks from a widespread collapse of agriculture. But the development of cooperative marketing, the board said, is its im- portant long-time undertaking. This program, it contended, is sound and “the best approach yet offered to bring about permanent improvement of American agriculture.” The growth of cooperatives was de- tailed, disclosing that 730,000 farmers were allied with these cooperatives to which $255,866,458 in loans have been made. They have repaid $146,367,203, Jeaving an outstanding balance of} $109,499,254. Acknowledging opposition to its/ policies, the board asserted simply it was not permitting this to interfere with “the carrying out of the duties imposed on it by congress.” ’ No recommendations were made for amending the agricultural marketing act. Neither were requests made for additional funds. On July 1, the poard’s financial statement showed $159,977,608 remained in the treasury of the ‘original $500,000,000 fund. Since then, however, additional com- mitments have been made to coopera- tives reducing this balance to an es- timated $75,000,000. Complain Against Farmers Farmers themselves were com- plained against for not adjusting production to consumptive levels. ‘The board said it was attempting to do this through education, but “farm- ers have not made sufficient response to these appeals.” This failure, the board held, served to defeat stabili- zation attempts. ‘The board has ordered cotton held for another year and wheat sold for the next year at the rate of 5,000,000 bushels monthly. The stabilization wheat was bought at the average price of 81.97 cents a bushel and cotton at 16.3 cents per pound. Loans made by the board to the Grain Stabilization corporation with which to buy wheat on June 30 totaled $160,148,762. Besides this the corporation borrowed from banks $83,000,000 and had other liabilities of $4,927,491, bringing the total in- vestment on that date to $248,076,253 on 257,136,571 bushels. Since then 47,500.000 have been sold to foreign governments, and 20,000,000 in do- mestic markets at prices ranging be- tween 49 and 60 cents. The cotton stabilization corpora- tion had received loans of $74,953,881 on June 30, borrowing in addition $35,707,991, and had labilities of $8,- 000,000. The amount invested in cot- ton therefore on June 30 was $118,- 700,000. Cannot Calculate Cost “The full cost of the cotton opera- tions cannot be calculated at the present time,” the board said. “Short crops of cotton in this country and abroad and a rapid recovery in busi- ness over the next few years are needed to bring the 1929 and 1930 operations to a close without loss to the revolving fund.” The board pointed out that its first two years of life were marred by a general wide-spread business unset- tlement when the “burden of price depression fell on American farmers with exceptional severity.” It thus answered charges that its activi- (Continued on page nine) é e a Santa Monica, Calif., police-court liquor trial which is attracting interest throughout the nation because one of the defendants is the brother-in-law of President Hoover. Top right is C. Van Leavitt, hus- band of Mary Hoover, the president's sister, and the defendant in the case. Below is Cliff Dailey, grocer, who, Here are the leading characters in| Leavitt says, gave him a sack to dis- | Pose of, although he did not know what it contained. At the left is Tom Carr, officer who arrested Leavitt, holding a sack con- taining 19 pints of liquor which he) \ claims to have taken from Leavitt as the latter was leaving Dailey’s groc- ery. The trial was set for November 24. WATERWAYS GROUP Says Action Would Aid Unem- ployment and Greatly Benefit Shippers St. Louis, Nov. 24—(4)—The Mis- sissippi Valley association, the largest Drop Proposal to Give | Bus Service in Capital |, wcsine- 1 tipectst +0 “ASKS BOND ISSUE 10 FINGH SYSTEM, waterway organization in the United States, Tuesday stood committed to {a federal bond issue to complete the unfinished inland waterway system of the United States at the earliest possible moment. advocating increased appropriations from congress, the waterway enthusi- asts late Monday decided on a rec- ommendation of more vigorous prose- cution of the waterway construction Program to benefit the unemployed and inaugurate what they believe will be immense freight savings for the country. While the association unanimously voted to urge congress to float a fed- teral bond issue, the action came only after a stormy session on the floor, in which opposition to the bond pro- posal was led by delegates from the Missouri river sector. The opposing delegates argued con- gress would appropriate sufficient funds to insure speedy completion of the waterways and asked the asso- ciation not to “aggravate” the admin- istration with demands for a large in- crease in the country’s indebtedness. While no specific amount was asked \by the association for the bond issue, its proponents estimated the proposed jissue would necessarily be from $400,- 000,000 to $500,000,000 to complete the authorized projects. Sterling Woman Is Reported Improving Mrs. Melvin G. Ness, Sterling wom- an who was injured Monday forenoon in an automobile accident not far from the scene of a car mishap in which her husband was fatally in- jured three weeks ago, was in “fair condition” and on the road to recov- ery in a local hospital Tuesday. Her four-year-old son, Bernard, who also was riding in the light se- dan, escaped without injury. Forecast Increase in Canadian Wheat Crop Montreal, Nov. 24.—(7)—An esti- mate of 280,000,000 bu8hels for this year’s wheat crop in Canada was contained in a business survey issued by the Bank of Montreal. The fig- ure is 26,000,000 bushels above the September estimate, and 100,000,000 bushels below the crop of 1930. It in- cludes 19,000,000 bushels grown out- side the prairie provinces. Departing from its former policy of | Indications Are System Will Be Instituted When Building ! | Starts | Robert W. Bodenstab Is Killed Robert W. Bodenstab, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Bodenstab, Bismarck, was instantly killed Tuesday after- noon when the truck he was driving overturned north of Sentinel Butte, his parents were informed. No details of the accident, other than that Bodenstab was alone in the truck, were received by the Boden- stab family. Bodenstab was 23 years old last May. The youth had been working on his father's sheep ranch near Medora for the last several weeks. He returned to Bismarck several months ago from Winnipeg, where he had taken a course in aviation, He had become qualified as an air- plane pilot, with several hours of solo flying experience. Bodenstab had lived in Bismarck practically all of his life, having been educated in the Bismarck schools. He had attended the University of North Dakota, the North Dakota agricultural college, and the Univer- sity of Michigan at different times. He leaves his parents and a sister, Kathryn A. Bodenstab, all living in Bismarck. ‘SENATE COMMITTEE LAUNCHES PROBE OF | FARM BOARD'S ACTS Come Outline of Program For Session Washington, Nov. 24.—()—Presi- dent Hooyer's farm board and the Prospects for a bus system to Capi-, tol Hill this winter are “slim.” | With more than half of the various | State department offices located in! the business section of the city, trans-| Portation companies are not offered enough of an incentive to institute a/ bus system to and from the Capitol,! it was said Tuesday. Consideration of such a bus system has been dropped by the Interstate its main office here, J. G. Belanger, superintendent. announced Tuesday. Belanger had been considering in- \stituting a city-wide service until re- cently. | : Demand Is Insufficient ‘There is not enough enthusiasm for the proposal at present, however,” | he said Tuesday, “and we probably will not be able to give bus service ‘until construction of the new capitol begins.” Belanger has conferred with var-| fous state officials; particularly the board of administration, regarding the advisibility of the proposed service. He| {has found that the demand for bus| service will be less than necessary to| make the system financially successful | this winter. In the remodeled Capitol and Lib- erty Memorial building on Capitol | Hill for the winter are the following departments: Supreme court, gover- nor, attorney general, state library, bank examiner, historical society, board of administration, agriculture and labor department, insurance com- missioner, bonding department, land commissioner, treasurer, and auditor. Big Departments Downtown However, many departments are in Offices downtown, including the state {highway commission and the hail de- partment, two of the largest in num- ber of employees. In addition to the Capitol Hill pro- posal, Belanger has been considering @ bus line through the residential sections of the city, particularly those far from the business district. To start such a service, his company would want a long-time franchise, Probably 20 years, he said. Belanger said he would take no further steps in regard to the mat- ter until demand for the service be- comes heavier. Zeeland Man Killed In Motoring Mishap Zeeland, N. D., Nov. 24.—()}—Fred Hoffer, 59, a resident of Zeeland for | the last year, was killed when the car) in which he was driving turned over in the ditch three miles north of here | Friday. Gerhard Priest, a passenger | in the car, is under a doctor's care in| Zeeland with minor injuries. FARGO GIRL IS HURT IN ACCIDENT | Fargo, N. D., Nov. 24—(P)—Eliza | Snyder, 20. Fargo, is in a hospital) with abdominal injuries, following au accident in which she was struck by a; car on Highway No. 10, about half a) mile east of West Fargo. Her condi- (tion is believed not serious. | Transportation company, which has/ | whole posttwar problem of farm relief came before the senate agricultural committee Tuesday for one more ex- amination. American agriculture was thor- oughly represented in the list called to the committee table presided over by Senator McNary of Oregon. Around him were the political leaders and the chieftains of organized agri- culture. Before them were the gov- ernment's administrators of this vast industry. Secretary Hyde was asked to head the administrative branch of the gov- ernment. With him were called {Chairman Stone and his board ap- |pointed by President Hoover to su- the farm marketing act {enacted more than two years ago by congress. Warned they were open to thorough examination, the farm board group brought its annual report to congress and in it the members were confident they had taken up and disposed of al- most every vital problem affecting their administration. From the meeting will come the program for agriculture for this ses- sion of congress. Organized agricul- ‘ture is prepared to ask that both the equalization fee principle and the ex- port debenture system—two proposi- tions opposed by the administration— be incorporated in the federal mar- keting act. This means plenty of fireworks if it is attempted and there is every indi- cation legislation to this effect will be introduced. While the farm board itself is under an attack aimed at its abolition, the sopkesmen of agriculture intend to insist it be continued but “strength- ened.” DEATH TOLL IS FOUR Lexington, Mo., Nov. 24.—(?}—The death toll in the wreck o: the “mil- lion dollar livestock special” near here Sunday was set at four men and 13 valuable horses today after workmen had cleared away most of the debris. MBER 24, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Decision Is Reached at Meeting of Committee Chairmen Monday Night ALL DONATIONS WELCOME Object of Drive Is to Bring Christmas Cheer to Bur- leigh County Needy Decision to launch Bismarck’s 1931 “Open Your Heart” campaign Novem- ber 30 was reached at a meeting Mon- day night of American Legionnaires who will conduct the drive. The aim of the movement, accord- ing to Milton Rue, chairman, is to mobilize the incidental resources of the community in such a way as to make sure that no Burleigh county family will be cold, hungry or cheer- less on Christmas day. In its campaign last year the Le- gion collected thousands of items, ranging from toys through food, clothing and fuel to household equip- ment. All were given away to needy Persons without overhead cost. Le- gionnaires and others donated their labor and articles no longer of use to Charity Ball Is Planned by Legion One of the social features of the “Open Your Heart” campaign will be a charity ball to be sporisored by the Legion December 11 in the World War Memorial building. Joe Rabinovich, Grand Forks, state department commander, and Jack Williams, Fargo, department adjutant, will be here for the af- fair and expectations are that Rabinovich and Mrs. A. G. Porter, Edgeley, president of the North Dakota American Legion auxil- iary, will lead the grand_march. Arrangements for the affair are in the tentative stage and are in charge of Frayne Baker. He is contemplating a proposal to or- ganize the ball on a grand scale, with patrons and patronesses, as is done in some other cities. Members of the 40 and 8, Le- gion honor society, will be in of Operations ‘Open Your Heart’ Campaign to Open in Bismarck November 30 BLIZZARD CAUSES DEVILS LAKERS 70 CANCEL GRID TILT Contest Was to Have Been Played Here For Charity Thanksgiving Day Bismarck’s proposed Thanksgivin; Day football game between orth and Devils Lake has been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions. The game was called off Tuesday noon by Dr. W. E. Hocking of Devils Lake, president of the Ramsay coun- ty chapter of the Red Cross, who wired that “Due to raging blizzard here and the blocking of roads it is necessary to cancel game for Thurs- day afternoon.” The contest was to have been play- ed here under the sponsorship of the Bismarck Lions club, with the pro- ceeds going to charity. High school authorities at Mandan indicated Wednesday morning that they were opposed to playing the game under prevailing weather con- ditions. They expressed the opinion that there was a grave doubt that the affair would be a financial success and said that they hesitated to send their team into action on a frozen field. The game was scheduled as the re- sult of a challenge from Devils Lake offering to play any team in the state with the proceeds going to the Red Cross. Mandan accepted the chal- lenge and the game was slated for Devils Lake. Pointing out that the contest would probably draw better in Bismarck than in Devils Lake, the Bismarck Lions club offered to stage the game at Hughes Field. Members of the Ramsey county chapter of the Red Cross favored the plan and Devils Lake school authorities agreed to play the game here. ‘The sudden drop in tempexature Priday fight led sponsors to get in touch with Hocking relative to the advisability of cancelling the game. No decision was made at that time, however, and it was decided to hold the matter in abeyance pending weather developments. Both the Mandan and Devils Lake teams had been practicing indoors for several days. charge of the ticket sale. the donors were put into service where they would do the most good. “This campaign does not conflict in any way with the work of the Red Cross or the various other organiza- tions which are doing such splendid work in our community,” Rue sald Tuesday. “Its greatest value lies in the fact that it makes good use of ma- terial which is of little or no value to the present owners and gives every- one, no matter how little he may have, an opportunity to assist in pro- moting cheer at the holiday season. “The smallest gift, as well as the largest, is welcome. If the Christmas spirit rules in their hearts, most per- sons are in position to give something. ! The Legion merely offers itself as an agency to do this work.” Quarters Are Donated Persons throughout the county are asked to make a survey of closets, cupboards, cellars and attics now and determine what portion of their pos- sessions they can share with needy persons without loss to themselves. ‘They then are asked to call the “Open Your Heart” headquarters which will make arrangements to call for the items. Headquarters will be located in the rooms formerly occupied by the Asso- ciation of Commerce in the Webb building, and have been donated for the occasion by the Hedden Real Estate company. A telephone will be installed and the place will be “open for business” on November 30 and will remain open continuously until Christmas eve. In an effort to obtain the coopera- tion of every organization and indi- vidual, the Legion will send speakers to the meetings of various organiza- tions to enlist their interest and ar- range for coordination of the work, this job having been assigned to @ special committee of which Thomas Burke is chairman. Assistance of the ministers of the (Continued on page nine) Russia Will Return on Dec. | to Old System of Nation-Wide Day of Rest it'tucs’torctseie inn ina Moscow, Nov. 24.—(/?)—Russia prepared Tuesday to return to a national day of rest on Dec. 1, by authority of the council of the People’s commissars. The holiday “stagger system” under which industry kept going continuously, Sunday, Monday and every other day, while the “day off” for the workers varied with the individual’s preferences or the arrangements among trades, is to be abandoned. Except for co-operative stores, dining halls, transportation and other agencies serving the cul- tural and living needs of the peo- ple, the holiday for everyone will fall every sixth day. It will not fall on a fixed day of the week, however, and Sun- day will be recognized no more than under the present regime. The sixth, twelfth, eighteenth, twenty-fourth and thirtieth days of the month will be the holi- days. Working hours will be re- duced, at the same time, from 6% to 6 hours a day. A gradual change to the longer and uninterrupted week has been in progress in various sections of the country, particularly in the large industrial centers, since Joseph Stalin’s speech last June in which he said a number of faults had been found in the five-day, uninterrupted week. Breakdowns of machinery were frequent because of inexperienced relief shifts supplanting regular workers, there was little time to repair machines and responsible authority was improperly distri- buted on regular officials’ days oft. The action was regarded here as the most important since the introduction of the piecework system of wages. MOTT ABDUCTION FEARS SET AT REST High School Girl Thought Kid- naped Found Living With Aunt in Oregon (Tribune Special Service) Mott, N. D., Nov. 24.—Fears that a second kidnaping had been perpetrat- ed in southwestern North Dakota this month were set at rest when Tobey Schiermeister, Mott high school girl, was located in Oregon living with her aunt. The girl, daughter of a Bentley farmer, disappeared the night of Nov. 14 from a hotel here, where she was |working for her board and room while attending school. Disappearance of a New Leipzig girl earlier this month gave rise to fears that Miss Schiermeister might have been abducted. The New Leip- zig girl drove off with a man in an automobile bearing a Texas license. An automobile with a Texas license was seen in Mott the day that Miss Schiermeister disappeared. Miss Schiermeister was raised by her aunt in Oregon following the death of her mother and returned to North Dakota to live with her father this fall. Growing homesick, she communi- cated with her aunt, who sent her carfare to Oregon. She obtained a ride to Dickinson the night of Nov. 14 and boarded a train to Oregon at the Stark county city. Hearing Begun by Indian Committee Washihgton, Nov. 24.—(#)—The senate Indian affairs subcommittee considering the advisability of legis- located, began public hearings Tues- day. The administration will be repre- sented by Louis C. Cramton, former republican member of the house from Indian bureau, who will appear in behalf of Secretary Wilbur and In- dian Commissioner Rhoads. Testifying in favor of federal aid will be witnesses from six western states — including John Stormon, Rolla, North Dakota, attorney, and Harry R. Wilmsen, McIntosh, 8. D. ACCEPT RAIL WAGE CUT New York, Nov. 24—(#)—Heads of easteyn railroads convened at the Bankers club Tuesday to discuss fur- ther steps toward seeking a 10-per- cent wage reduction. At the same time it was learned that train forces of the Georgia and Florida railroad, including members of the brotherhoods, had voluntarily | accepted a@ 10-percent wage re- | auction. Michigan now associated with the ing. Is Undecided we CHARLES CURTIS Washington, Nov. 24.—(?)—Vice; President Curtis said Tuesday he had | not decided whether he will seek a renomination or enter the Kansas sen- atorial race. His statement followed published | reports that he had definitely decided to stand for renomination and would make his announcement in a few days. MORE FIGHTING: IS REPORTED AS JAPS AND CHINESE CLASH Battle Occurs as Forces Clash Along Railroad Line Near Mukden (By the Associated Press) As the Chinese moved to prepare a new peace proposal fighting began on @ new Manchurian front Tuesday be- tween Japanese and Chinese forces southwest of Mukden, along the Peiping-Mukden railway. One company of Japanese infantry and one company of engineers, sta- tioned at Chuliuho, were making a practice march when they clashed with a Chinese detachment of un- certain size and identity at Kautai- shan, four miles northwest of their encampment. A company of Japanese infantry was dispatched to the scene from Mukden in motor trucks to reinforce the battling soldiers in mid-after- noon. An official communique said it was uncertain whether the Chinese be- longed to the so-called self-defense corps, which is scattered throughout southwest Manchuria, or were rem- nants of former regular units. A Japanese news agency reported that about 400 Chinese troops sta- tioned at Hsinmin had moved out in the direction of the conflict. The Chinese foreign office has di- rected Dr. Alfred Sze, its representa- tive at the League of Nations’ council meeting in Paris, to present a new Manchurian proposal containing the following principal provisions: 1, Immediate effective measures by the league to bring about cessation of aggressive acts by the Japanese forces. 2, That within a fortnight of the date of adoption of the proposal by! the league, Japanese troops shbll have| withdrawn completely within the railway zone. 3. That the Japanese withdrawal shall be supervised by neutral repre- sentatives, Dr. Sze was instructed to inform the league that if its previous resolu- tions continue to be ignored and that if the league proceeds with the} organization of a neutral commission of inquiry whose nature is incompati- ble with the principles embodied in the previous resolutions, the Japanese forces will continue their aggressive activities without fear of league inter- vention or public opinion, and the Chinese government will be compelled to take measures of self-defense. (WEST 1S COLD BUT CENTRAL AREA HAS HIGH TEMPERATURES Snow Blankets North Dakota While Flowers Bloom at Cleveland, 0. NEW LOW MARK SET HERE Mercury Goes to Seven Degrees Above Zero, Coldest Re- corded This Season With @ conflict between the ele= ments in progress throughout the United States, some new high points of weather history are in the making, according to Asociated Press dis- Patches. New high November tem; in the East, abnormal rainfall in the Middlewest, and snow and freezing Reais sd in much of the West were aspects of the approach Thanksgiving Day. ai “ Flowers bloomed at Cleveland and @ second crop of fruit was being har- vested in that section. Smudge pots burned in the citrus belt of California as orchardists met the hazard of freezing temperatures. North Dakota Blanketed North Dakota Tuesday morning was blanketed with snow and a new low temperature for the season in Bismarck—seven degrees above zero— Was established at 9 a. m. Tuesday. The snowfall was particularly heavy in the Red River Valley section, Far- go and Grand Forks getting six or beftorenentn bs? last few days, Bis- arck has had but little more than ar ech of snow so far, pe lizzard was raging in North Dakota and wera Minne. sota and roads and city streets were blocked with snow at Fargo, Grand Forks and other cities in the area, a was practically at a stand- North Dakota weather will be fair Tuesday night and Wednesday, ac- cording to forecast made by the fed- eral weather bureau. It will be colder in the eastern pert of the state Tues- day night, with little change in tem- perature at Bismarck. A northwest wind throughout the snow in many sections, had its second soowsterm ef the ocet son Monday night and city and highs way crews were at work keeping streets and roads open » Teme perature there dropped to 21 above, Mercury hovered around 22 at Fargo, South Dakota Hit South Dakota was struck by a heavy snowfall in the Black Hills while the eastern part of the state had rain and sleet storms which made highway traffic hazardous and threatened to disrupt some communt- cation lines. Six children were recovering at a Brainerd, Minn., hospital from ef- fects of carbon monoxide posioning suffered while being transported in a school bus. The driver had remodeled the fous, piping the exhaust through the passenger department, in which there were but two small windows for ventilation. Mary Snow, 13-year-old Carter county, Mont., student, perished in a blizzard while riding her horse from school. Children played under the rays of a warm sun at the municipal beach of Rochester, N. Y., Monday. The middlewest still was disputed ground. Rainfall at Kansas City, al- ready above the normal annual aver- age, has definitely ended the effects of a two-year drought. Several rivers in Kansas, Olkahoma, Missouri and Iowa were raised to flood stage. Cold- er weather was in prospect. Snow in Many States From two to eight inches of snow fell Monday in the Black Hills of South Dakota, while parts of Wyom- ing and Montana were blanketed by @ fresh fall. Western Kansas re ceived snow. The Texas and Okla- homa Panhandle region was recover- ing from the effects of a snow and Sleet storm. Calfornians scampered for overcoats as the mercury flitted from below zero in the mountainous sections to a few degrees above freez- ing in others. It was 9 degrees be- low at Buck's station, in the Feather river canyon. The thermometer went to 388 in San Francisco, the lowest there since 1919. In the Imperial valley, where 40 deaths were attributed to the heat in a four-day period last summer, freezing temperatures arrived from 10 days to two weeks earlier than usual. Icicles formed along desert washes. Dispatches received at Mukden said fighting began between Japanese and: Chinese forees south of Mukden! Tuesday morning and was still going, on at mid-afternoon. | Guards Attack Bandits | Japanese railway guards launched’ an attack southwest of Mukden! against bandit forces, Tokyo reports! said earlier. The government said the maneuver was not directed against Chinchow, where Chinese forces are concentrat- “Real war” was predicted if Chiang Kai-Shek, deposed Manchurian gov- ernor, entered northern Manchuria to join forces with Chang Hsueh-Liang. Wellington Koo, new foreign min- ister at Nanking, said China had sub- | mitted a “concrete proposal” to the league council and that any com- promise not providing for Japanese evacuation would be unacceptable. The deadlock between Chinese and| Japanese delegates to the League of Nations persisted. YOU CAN’T SEE IT ‘The malarial parasite is so small! that it easily inhabits the interior or a human red blood corpuscle, of which 5,000,000 are normally con- tained in about one-sixth of an ayer- age drop of blood. 1 ‘A rotary snow plow of the Denver, Rio Grande Western railroad late Monday opened the track for a train from Chama, stalled in a blizzard on Cumber’s Pass, 10,000 feet above sea level, at 6 p. m., Sunday. The crew of five men and 11 passengers were given food. Cattlemen reported heavy losses of livestock in the great drifts of southeastern Colorado. Ohio Has ‘Heat Wave’ November's “heat wave” had nature |doing tricks in Ohio. Rose bushes in Columbus stuck out tentative shoots. At Jefferson. L. W. Osborne picked a second crop of sweetcorn, enough for a meal. Strawberries were sold on roadsides near Todelo. “Seconds” of peaches and raspberries were reported at sev- eral places, and dandelions bloomed again. ‘A plague of black worms swarmed over College Hill, Cincinnati suburb. Temperatures generally were in the ‘10's Monday, and forecasters said they would stay there until Tuesday night. Sturgis, S. D., during the strong wind and snow had a $60,000 fire ear- ly Tuesday. It destroyed three struc- tures, including the American Legion building. Equipment belonging to national guardsmen was damaged to the extent of $40,000. state during the night drifted the.