The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1931, Page 1

NOUN North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 v Capitol Heads List of 1932 Building Proposals WORK ON STRUCTURE EXPECTED 10 BEGIN SOON AFTER JUNE 4 Between 300 and 500 Men Will Be Employed in Construc- tion of Building $1,800,000 WILL BE SPENT Contractors Believe Many Pro-| jects Will Be Started in April and May Construction of North Dakota's new $2,000,000 capitol heads the list of proposed building projects in Bis- marck for 1932, Contracts for construction of the new state house will be let about June 1, members of the capitol com- | mission say, and work on the struc- ture is expected to begin immediately thereafter. It is hoped that construction of the capitol will be far enough along in the fall of 1932 to permit indoor work on the building throughout next winter. Members of the commission de- clare that not more than $1,800,000 will be spent for the actual construc- tion of the capitol. This does not include furnishings for the building or landscaping of the capitol hill property, but does include installation of the heating plant and other items necessary for .its..operation. To Employ 300 te Belief that between 300 and 500 men will be employed in the construc- tion of the capitol from start to com- pletion has been expressed by mem- ' bers of the conimission. ! It is pointed out that 800 men were employed at one time in the construc- tion of the $2,200,000 Louisiana state capitol, which was to be completed between Jan. 15, 1931 and Jan. 15, 1932, However, members of the North Dakota commission do not expect the Flickertail capitol to be completed so rapidly. Score Mo FARGO-MOORHEAD 1S (COMBED FOR ROBBERS; Zz Z fe Z Pee oro eo THE BISMARCK TRIB The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Fri ys slightly colder tonights BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Storms Strike Many HAPPY NEW YEAR! ‘rae e (An Editorial) = year 1932 finds Bismarck and the Ame! generally looking forward to brighter and better ‘iia gens 1931 was not without its value, its passing will not be regarded with pee by the bulk of the population, low, more than at most times in the new year is regarded as the harbinger of Lontlaw ena me runner of improved conditions, as cause for taking new hope. This is as it should be, and yet a sober view may disclose at some future time that 1931 did as much for America as the most Prosperous year on record. 5s It brought new attention to the fundamental things upon which the welfare of the nation is based. It focused new interest upon the need for social advances and adjustments as well as upon the defects in our economic system. If it brought hardships, it brought the ability to bear them, a new strengthening of the nation’s moral cea It brought people closer to each other and to the realities of life. In a Democracy such as ours, those blessings may turn out to be more tangible and beneficial than the enjoyment of an un- bridled prosperity would have been. After all, most of us live for tomorrow rather than for today alone, The lessons which we have learned in 1931 should make our tomorrows much brighter and more enjoyable, As we face 1932 we have much to be thankful for as well as - cause for hope. The resources of our land and the ability of our People are undiminished. We have been tried as by fire and have not been found wanting in either the courage traditional of this nation or the humanity which is a vital part of our national | consciousness. As contrasted with the excesses and extravagances = | Missing Airman Associated Press Photo Lieut. Bobbitt, 24, was —. H. searching parties in the Blue Ridge mountains south of Uniontown, Pa., where he disappeared enroute from Mt. Clemens, Mich., to Hot Springs, Va., on a vacation jaunt, of some previous years, we are a wiser and a more sober nation, We have our feet on the ground and 1932 brings new deter- mination to push forward and make this world a brighter, better place to live by our own individual efforts, racher than by fiat of government or the efforts of persons far removed from us. The year 1931 convinced us that the responsibilities of citizenship are an individual thing. It is not an idle thought, therefore, for each of us to wish our friends and neighbors “Happy New Year” in all sincerity of spirit. Our prayer is that the wish will come true for everyone. Western Land Bank Heads rigage Proposal | Declare More Farmers Would; Ask Extensions Than Could | Be Permitted Washington, Dec. 31.—(AP)—Objec- tion to a loosening of the require- Though few other proposed build- ing projects have been announced for 1932 so far by Bismarck business men, it is expected that many ventures will get under way in April and May, lo- | cal contractors say. | They point out that “never was the | time for. building better, with costs of materials and labor lower now than! for many years.” Among projects und $15,000 poultry house, whic! ii ler consideration | isa Armour. Creameries may build. Carl dragne cal branch picked up six mi said his bers of Jake Schumacher's mob of Moorhead, for questioning in connec- | tion with the looting of the Sabin State bank Tuesday. knowledge of the holdup. Nelson, manager of the lo of the creamery company, firm is giving the proposal close con- | sideration. $126,666 Total For Year Cost of new structures built in Bis-/ marck last year totaled only $126,666 | compared to totals of $1,064,044 in) 1930 and $758,525 in 1929, but 1931 saw) the completion of two buildings which , cost more than half a million dollars. | ‘These'were the World War Memorial, building ani the Burleigh county courthouse. i ’ In addition, the city in 1931 spent $14,000 for paving and $4,500 for side-, walk construction, according to My- ton H. Atkinson, city auditor. made in 1931 by the city auditor re- struction during the year just end- Business ‘structures ... $27,300 Residential structures (34). Business structure alterations Ce ance Residence alterations (10) Private garages (13) ... Daugherty Claims _ Fall Forged Wire 31,—(AP)—The New York, Dec. World-Telegram said Thursday for- mer Attorney General Harry M.| Daugherty, in his book “The Inside | Story of the Harding Tragedy,” ac- cuses Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, of obtaining his ap- Pointment throygh a forged telegram. o SE Bismarck Postal Receipts Higher Belief that Bismarck’s pos' office is the only one in North Dakota, or at least one of the few in the state, to show a gain in postal receipts for 1931 over 1930, was expressed Thursday by Harry Larson, assistant postmas- ter here. Though Larson -has compiled no yearly total for receipts, he estimated. it would be in the neighborhood of $203,000, which 's slightly higher than the 1930 otal, Exact figures on receipts for the year just ending will be announc- ed in a few days when the annual Teport of the local postofrive is Prepared, Larson said. 1 i | de + 4 OF MINNESOTA BANK Six Men Are Held For Question-/ h the’ Fargo and Moorhead with a police of snow- my to be hiding in the two cities, and | Police Chiefs J: B, Erickson, Moor- ‘head, go, issued orders plainclothes men to lums and suspicious chi headquarters for o A review of the building Permits nea believed to be stolen, ‘that an extensive system of “swap- | veals that the following amounts were | ping’ spent for different classes of CON- sorted to by the ‘Moprhead under- , work autol 86,575 inj, Adolph Howe, | Emerson and 1,200 officers picket 8,505 | whose pockets, 3,085 ' cartridges. imacher mob at liquor traffic opera’ connect found an au! p ing Moorhead, nace an aut e time ago Ww! owned by ©. A. Mills of Moorhead. Contained ed from discovered & coach on |of town contai alcohol. with the motor vehicle St. Paul by lates on en ‘owned by @ Crookston woman. | fan, the officers rece! ed no Lay tain can the Sabin robe: taken afl was held he e2n ident t a : by sight. however. and was to be call j ed in Thureday | Moor! men hel ments for payment of farm mortgage installments was put before a senate jbanking subcommittee Thursday by j Officials of western federal land banks. | The provision was attached by aj house committee to a white house sponsored bill to increase the capital jof the banks. It would permit direc- tors of the banks at their discretion to allow farm borrowers to defer pay- ments over a period not to exceed five years. D_P. Hogan, president of the Oma- ha Land bank, said the amendment [looked harmless but that “more peo- i ple are going to ask extensions than \could possibly be permitted.” All denied} “It will greatly increase our diffi- culties, increase the expenses of the banks and have a very bad effect,” he said. John Fields, president of the Wich- ita, Kansas, land bank, expressed @ similar view, saying enactment of the provision would lead all the borrow- ers to think they could get exten- sions. The bill would add $100,000,000 to the land banks’ capital. Hogan gave delinquency percent- | ages in the Omaha area as follows for last year and this: Iowa, 3.2, 18.4 Nebraska, 3.6, 17. 35.6; Wyoming, 4. Regarding South Dakota, he said | that state has had “the poorest crop year in its history except, perhaps, | 1884.” Wet Leaders Expect ; Two Votes on Liquor! ing; Cashier Called to View Suspects Fargo, Dec. 31.—(AP)—Combing t Wednesday night,. officers en, five of them mem- 12 miles | led to Moorhead over | covered prairie, the four ar- y-ccat clad bandits were believed ‘Trai and Charles W. Albright, Far- to patrolmen and} bring all hood- | aracters tO | @ “showup.” | Discover Two Autos’ i The police dragnet resulted in dis- | overy of two automobiles in Moor- | revealed auta license plates has been re- | and resulted in capture of one | jobile load of alcohol. are W. E. McGav- Dick Lamb, Allen ‘Art Presnall. In Fargo, d up Steven Kerwin, in police said, they found ‘Those in custody Washington, Dec. 31—(AP)—House wet forces ere seeking a bi-partisan agreement on two prohibition mea-; sures, determined to bring both to a vote this session. al Despite Majority Leader any | aren- | Warning that one vote only w head garage, Search-/1,. snowed and wets must make their residence in| choice between a referendum and they discovered in a fas | ght wine and beer ballot, some of 0 license plate, which ine anti-prohibitionists are confident as stolen from & CAI) +6 jiberalized rules will permit & roll call on both, i Representative Cochran, . Missouri democrat, and chairman of the ex- penditures committee, thinks that way. In support of his belief, he cited the interpretation of the new rule allowing a vote on petition of 145 members, given by Representative Crisp of Georgia, democratic prohi- bitionist and @ leading parliamentar- Crisp said that, while the rule would permit a vote during a session on only one beer bill, it would not preclude one on @ proposed constitu- ry in which $2,500 was; tional amendment repealing the eigh- ier George Carlson) teenth amendment. PAYING BANK DIVIDEND A dividend of 10 per cent is being paid to creditors of the closed Mer- sts State bank of Richardton, | announced Rory ey) core’ Cat! sh the Seb- |L. R. Baird, receiver of closed banks. mf Se ete into the | Farment 1s being made through the wlize station to view five | office of P. A. O'Keeffe, district man- Id for investigation, | ager nere. id members of the Schu- | dmitted knowledge of | tions, but crt | ith the Sabin ban! 5 fe azarch progressed, officers tomobile without license Police sait As the tes in a Moor! la the Schumacher | Alcol on information they receiv- identified source, HA the nbdrth side ining 20 gallons of ers communicated department 12 telephone they learned this machine belong on) Acting When offic: ite of the scores of lips But in sPrecelved they had arrest-| sons whom they felt definitely connected ter Cashi up at the point of # gun. told officers he is positive Conor tity two of his assailants | to look over persons) c’ arrest. D.._ it was FARMER KILLS SELF | Nanking came the statement that the new national government is deter- IN MANITOBA APTER SHOOTING NEIGHBOR North Dakotan Dies on Cana- dian Farm Tuesday Night From Bullet Wound Rolla, N. D., Dec. 31.—(AP)—Frank Stokes, 50, farmer north of here, shot and fatally wounded himself late Wednesday while being trailed by a Canadian forestry patrolman two miles north of the international boun- dary after a shooting affray earlier in the day on the Stokes farm. Ill feeling between Amos Hiatt, a neighbor, and Stokes, was said by of- ficials here to have been responsible for the shooting at the Stokes farm, a mile south of the border line. According to the story told Rolette county officials, Stokes opened fire on Hiatt as the latter and his wife stepped from a car in the Stokes farmyard. The Hiatts had gone to the Stokes place with Mrs. Stokes and an adopted son to assist in pre- paring turkeys for the market. Without warning Stokes fired six times at Hiatt from a .32-calibre re- volver, five of the shots missing him and one inflicting a flesh wound. Stokes then beat Hiatt over the head with the gun. The latter was taken to a Bottineau ‘hospital, where doc- tors found the wounds not serious. Hi- att was returned to his home. Following the affray, it was report- ed, Stokes ran from his home and across the boundary. William Hen- derson, patrolman, followed his foot- prints in snow, believing he was hunt- ing in the reserve. Henderson heard a shot and later came upon Stokes with a bullet wound in his forehead. The wounded man was taken to a jmearby farm where he died a few hours later. The body was taken to Boissevain and later turned over to relatives in Rolette county. No inquest will be held either in Canada or this country, it was announced by D. J. McLennan, | state's attorney, and Sheriff Frank Fitzmorris, who were called to inves- tigate the case. The death was de- ;clared a suicide. Stokes returned a week ago from California where he had been visit- ing his father, William Stokes, for- mer Rolette county commissioner. Other survivors are his w! adopted son. Eligible young men in Bis- marck need have no great fears that their bachelorhood will be in jeopardy during 1932 despite the fact that it will be a leap year. Though women are presumed to have a traditional right to pro- pose marriage during leap year, it is not mandatory that the mer. accept the proposals and enter the portals of wedlock. Statistics compiled in the of- fice of I. ©. Davies, Burleigh county judge, show that leap years are ne different than other years insofar as marriage is con- cerned. ‘Totals of marriage licenses is~ sued during 1920, 1924, and 1928, leap years, do riot differ greatly from the totals in average years. with the possible exception cf 1920. sought by army airmen and ground | JAPANESE CAVALRY | ADVANCES WITHIN(S. MILES OF CHINCHOW General Jiro Tamon, Five-Foot | - Conqueror, Arrives at | Kowpangtze | | | | CHINESE CASUALTIES HEAVY i i Conflicting Reports From Nanke| ing Leave Cloud Over China’s Plans (By The Associated Press) Japan's victorious armies took over the town_of Kowpangtze without | struggle Thursday, marched through | toward the south and ‘Thursday night | had reached @ point only 15 miles! from’ Chinchow, China's last Man-| churian stronghold. | Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang's army | was in full flight, rolling down toward | the great wall in disorder as fast as the trains could carry them, but from | mined to defend the walled city of} Chinchow in spite of the Japanese | advance. | The foreign minister said the gov- | ernment never had advised evacua- tion and that when the gabinet is in- augurated Friday it will renew its or- der to Marshal Chang to defend the Meanwhile it was announced in Washington that William Cameron Forbes, United States ambassador to} Japan, had notified the state depart-, ment that he desired to retire from) the diplomatic service. Japanese dispatches from Tientsin said the Chinese authorities had an- nounced removal of the seat of gov-| ernment from Chinchow to | chow. inside the great wall of China. A Japanese communique said more, than 100 Chinese were killed in the | fighting which preceded ‘he occupa-' tion of Panshan Tuesday, while the Japanese casualties were only three) wounded. Authoritative sources ex-| pressed belief this proportion indicat-; led the comparative losses to the en-! tire campaign. Protecting the rear of General Ta- mon’s column, a Japanese infantry, battalion advanced from Haicheng) and occupied Newchang, which a} force of 2,500 Chinese had occupied | ‘after the Japanese evacuation of the; TO ACCEPT PACKAGE place Christmas day. | Before the Japanese arrived, the! Chinese fled west of the Liao and: Taitze rivers, but part of the Japancse | battalion pursued them and encoun-/| tered a band of irregulars near; Tapachiatze, seven and one-half miles northwest: of Newchang, killing many of them and dispersing the others, | ‘The Japanese battalion, which suf-| fered no casualties in this encounter, returned to Haicheng. Financial Troubles For Chicago Increase, Chicago, Dec. 31.—(P)—The 1928 ‘and 1929 assessment rolls of Cook county were held invalid today by County Judge Edmund K. Jareckl,| plunging Chicago and county finances | into more dangerous financial straits. ‘The validity of the 1930 tax rolls, based on the reassessment of 1928, is; similiarly menaced. ‘The validity of the assessments made by the county assessors and‘ board of review was challenged on the grounds that a vast amount of per-| sonal property had been fraudulently omitted from the rolls. ‘taxes can be collected under Judge | jore. dow and an 'Jarecki’s decision until a new assess- | Eligible Bismarck Men Need Have No Fears as Leap Year Approaches | As @ result of the ruling Chicago) faces a possible receivership. | ment can be made and upheld. | Marriage licenses issued in Burleigh county during the last 12 years were as follows: 1920— 163; 1921—118; 1922—130; 1923— 114; . 130; 151; ;_and 1931 (up to and including Dec. 30)—130. October, rather than June, was the popular month for marriages in Burleigh county during the year just ending, the judge's fig- ures show. Nineteen licenses were issued in October. June and November, with 18 each, vere tied for second honors. Totals of licenses issued in other mont of 1931 include: January, nine; February, 10; March, four; Apt il, six; May, four; July, 11; August, 10; Septemter, 10; and Deceri- her, 11, up to and including Def. 20. \ jby mail, bearing anti-Fascist ear-} ja county detective. A fourth package Helsingfors’ Wet | Vote Overwhelming | 82 Per Cent of Finlancls Capi- |; _ tal City Favor Abolition of | Liquor Laws 1932. | WIDESPREAD BOMB PLOT INVESTIGATED BY POLICE OFFICERS Federal Government Enters Pic- ture; Cleveland Finds Ex- plosive Package No Tribune to Be Published Friday The Bismarck Tribune will not be published Friday. Employees of the Tribune com- pany will enjoy a holiday New Year's day and take part in the various entertainments planned WOMEN’S VOTES SURPRISING ! Tabulators Will Work 24 Hours/ Each Day Until All Bal- lots Are Counted BULLETIN Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 31. —(®)—Tabulation of about one sixth of the total vote in Fin- land's prohibition referendum in- dicated Thursday that propon- ents of repeal would have the in- dorsement of at least half the ballots, Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 31.—(?)— With 57 per cent of the local votes counted in the prohibition referen- dum, Helsingfors has gone so sur- prisingly and overwhelmingly wet that Thursday afternoon's editions of anti- prohibition newspapers talked about a “national front” against the dry laws. Returns showed out of 132,730 votes, or 57 per cent of the entire city elec- torate, 82 per cent voted for repeal of the prohibition laws. What surprised observers most was the fact 60 per cent of the repeal votes were cast by women. The vote in the capital does not de- termine the. national outcome, but supporters of repeal were confident that their large vote here was an in- dication of how the rest of the Fin- nish cities would go, and their pre- diction was that the prohibition laws are doomed. The voting ended Wednesday night. It may be several days before the complete result is known, how- ever, for all ballots are required to be sealed in the precincts in which they are cast and sent here for the count. The count began at midnight. Tab- ulators will work 24 hours a day, in three shifts, until it is completed. The strength of the anti-prohibi- tion vote surprised political circles, although Helsingfors was counted on as one of the strongest centers of an- ti-prohibition feeling. Political observers expressed the be- lief, however, that should even 40 per- cent of the voters favor abolition of the law, the government would argue prohibition is no longer enforceable. The question of balancing the coun- try’s budget played an important part in the minds of many voters, even though it was an outside issue. Rag- nar Furuhjelm, chairman of the par- liament finance committee, declared the 1932 budget safely balanced, but said the problem for 1933 would be- come increasingly difficult. “Many, therefore, believe,” he sald, “that the state should have the rev- enue, in an excise tax, that the smug- \glers now get by purveying liquor illegally.” Cleveland, Dec. 31.—(#)—Evidence of the existence of a widespread bomb plot was seen by police and federal officers Thursday when a powerful bomb was received at the Italian Con- sulate in this city. The bomb package, shipped by ex- press from New York, was addressed to Count Cesare Buzzi-Gradenigo, the Italian Consul in Cleveland. It was turned over to detectives who took it to a rifle range on the outskirts of the city and exploded it there harmless- ly. ‘This was the second bomb plot un- covered within 24 hours. The first one was at Easton, Pa., where a bomb exploded in the postoffice Wednesday, causing the death of two clerks and the injury of other persons. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL PROBE BOMBINGS Washington, Dec. 31.—()—The fed- eral government, through three of its departments, took measures Thursday to guard against bombing in various parts of the country. CHICAGOAN REFUSES Chicago, Dec. 31—(AP)—Oscar Du- rante, vice president of the Chicago school board and editor of a pro-fas- cist paper, “L'Italia,” Thursday re- fused to accept an express parcel from New York, fearing it might come from the same source as the bombs that killed _and wounded postal em- Ployes at Easton, Pa., Wednesday. ANTI-FASCISTS SUSPECTED OF DISPATCHING PARCELS Easton, Pa., Dec. 31.—(?)—Murder WILLIAM NPCRORIE DIES IN MONTANA ‘Was Former Bismarck Resident, Having Lived Here Over 30 Years marks and numbering two postal clerks as victims, challenged federal agents Thursday for solution. Explosion of three of seven pack- ages mailed by two men Wednesday} in what investigators suspected was, an anti-Fascist plot, also seriously! injured three other postal clerks and was opened without exploding, while three others lay guarded in a quarry near here, unopened. | Although the addresses on the packages were misspelled, authorities | said they believed the bombs were in- baa say 2 erat tee rerminent TlalanyAmers! 2 Wauieny Metron e, TesanE ot By: icans in Pittsburgh, New York and a Tuesday at his home in Martinsdale, Baltimore. One of the bombs which Mont, his five Bismarck nephews and exploded was addressed to the Italian niece were informed Wednesday. consulate in Pittsburgh, and a second, ye was 54 years old. Death was to the Argentine consulate in Balti- caused from diabetes, from which he had suffered for two or three years. Investigators believed one package McCrorie resided in Bismarck from was intended for Mayor Walker Of the time he arrived here with his par- New York, another for the editor of ents as a small boy until about 15 his paper, and possibly @ fifth for) years ago. He owned the Dewey Ho- Emanuele Grazzi, Italian consul tel here, which was located on Sec- | general in New York. |ond St., between Main and Broadway ‘More than 100 persons, questioned avenues. p by postoffice inspectors from Wash-| Born in Scotland, he came to Bis- ington, Philadelphia, New York and marck with his father and mother, Pittsburgh, a detail from the New, Mr. and Mrs. William McCrorie. He York police department bomb squad/moved to Martinsdale to enter the and other investigators, were unable employ of the Great Northern Rail- to throw any light on the blasts which way company there. partially wrecked the Easton post-| He leaves his father and mother, office. \four sisters, three brothers, five Among those questioned ‘were sev-'nephews, and a niece. His father eral suspects, all of whom were re- and mother and a brother, John, re- leased, leaving the identity of the two side at Martinsdale. Another brother, men whé mailed the bombs still a Peter, lives at Great Falls, Mont. The mystery. jnephews and niece, all living in Bis- — | marck, are William, Cecil, Leslie, Ed- | Find Horse Sense {1 Ward, Hugh and Edna. || _,MeCrorie’s body will be brought to Works in Traffic | Bismarck Thursday evening. Funeral ¢' services will be conducted from Per- a Funeral Parlors at 2 p. m., Sat- ‘tor of the McCabe Methodist Epis- copal church, in charge. Burial will Cleveland. ©., Dec. 31—(@)— Talk about horse sense — Dobbin urday, with Rev. W. E. Vater, pas-| ections BISMARCK ENJOYING MILD WEATHER BUT SOE AREAS SUPER Five Are Known Dead As the Result of Severe Disturb- ances in Mississippi STORMS BUFFET ROCKIES Snow, Ice and Zero Tempera: tures Prevail; Loss of Life Is Feared Bismarck prepared to greet the new year under a mantle of snow Thurs- day but temperatures were mild and weather bureau officials said they would continue so. In the west and south, however, weather disturbances were causing damage, discomfort and possible death on_a wide scale. Five were known to be dead, three dying, and 50 injured as the re- sult of storms which cut through two counties in Mississippi and, in addition, farmers in that state and Louisiana, were fighting to save their homes from floods. Associated Press reports from Den- ver said the Rocky Mountain area was battling snow, ice and zero tempera- tures and anxious efforts were being made to determine if the disturbances soot caused loss of life. ‘om Oregon and Washington the Colorado-Kansas line, atts had piled snow deep in some districts and had left others untouched. Northeastern Colorado was snowed under and telephone communication into Nebraska was broken. The sides of Pike's Peak were obscured by snow. Apprehension felt in Wyoming for five members of the Albin basketball team and their coach were dispelled Wednesday night when the players telephoned from @ ranch house where they had taken refuge. Searchers Wednesday found and cared for more than 50 stranded motorists. Sixteen persons, including three women and a baby, were marooned 22 hours on a snow-blocked road near Contact, Idaho, but managed to work their way to shelter late Wednesday night. Clearing weather brought near zero temperatures in Montana. Snow cov- ered the north plains of Texas and parts of Oklahoma. Oregon and Washington reported snow and high winds, while Califor- nia lay under clouds which occasion- ate drenched the countryside .with rain. In southern Minnesota sleet affect- ed power and communication lines. Temperatures were falling in Lin- coln, Nebr., early today, and mail planes were grounded. Iowa had a one-inch rainfall, electrical storms and a light hail. The dead in the Mississippi storm were Mrs, Anse Everett, killed when her home was demolished near Ma- gee, in Simpson county, and Wilbur Brown, Jr., two years old, whose body was found in the ruins of his par- ent's home in the Mt. Zion commun- ity. 5 ..The home of John Rankin was blown onto a highway near Magee find the farmer, his wife and a son were missing. Mrs. Dolly McAlphin was injured near Magee. A score of others were injured. Farm buildings suffered heavy damage. The break in the levee that caused evacuation of Glendora’s business section let in a two-foot wall of water to pound against a weakened tem- porary levee farther back. Water poured over the main levee in several places. Residents took refuge behind a rail- road embankment which presented a wall four or five feet higher than the levees. There were rains over the Tippan, Tallahatchie and Coldwater river sec- tions Wednesday which weakened the already wa‘erlogged levees. Chicago Banker Says Trade Will Be Better Chicago, Dec. 31.—()—Confidence that 1932 will show business improve- ment was expressed today by Frea- erick H. Rawson, chairman of the First National Bank of Chicago, as he surveyed economic conditions of the past year. “The situation,” Rawson said, “has not been helped by the various at- tempts made to escape the inevilabie liquidation which should have been allowed to continue its natural course.” The banker recommended “some reform which would tend to cut down the lag existing between wholesale and retail prices,” commended rail- road union leaders for their willing- ness to discuss voluntary wage redut- tions and urged that steps be taken “looking toward the reform of our whole tax system in order that there might be some correlation between national and local. taxes.” —_—__—— COLLEGE JOURNALISTS ELECT pulled a driverless wagon through the main thoroughfares, kept to the right, stopped at all red lights; went ahead on the sreen; and when finally caught hadn't violated @ traffic signal Mary's cemetery beside the grave of his brother, Hugh. Pallbearers will be selected among his Bismarck friends. from | i be made in the family plot at St.j Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—(#)—Ralph A. Crosman, University of Colorado, was lelected president of the American As- \sociation of teachers of journalism, in j annual convention Wednesday. ras nen AaeeE Ease SSB yaaa aan eenmeeannll