The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1932, Page 2

se ee en 2 2. b) TOPEATURE GHORIS | — san arse INMANDAN PROGRAM American Legion and Musical Organization Will Present Show Monday j A chorus of 35 male voices will be ‘among features offered in a musical PFOducticn to be staged at Mandan Monday night under the sponsorship of the American Legion and the Mandan Male Chorus. i Recognized as one of the outstand- ing musical organizations in the state, the chorus will present both classical and popular numbers. The production will be divided in- to three parts. In the first, chorus and instrumental numbers will be given and a banjo band featured. “Oh, Doctor,” a musical farce, is Production, while vaudeville acts will) billed for the second part of the | be featured in the third. | Roy Dow, commander of the Le-; gion post, will be interlocutor of the opening minstrel act, with Abner Larson, Andrew Rausch, Al Lubke, D. | . Mohr, El Stein and Henry Handt- | mann as his end men. Other mem- bers of the circle will be L. C. Mc- Mahan, Lawrence Tavis, Harold Lawrence, C. W. Wright, Phil Helb- ling, Anton Knoll, J. C. Gould and Roy Young, all of the Mandan Male Chorus. © | Missouri J een | | By L. M. CRAWFORD | Mrs. Emory Woodworth visited at a Studie Woodworth home Tues-| lay. Capital City visitors Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robinson, Leslie Clark, Mayme Clark, Eliza Nicholson, William MacDonald, Hilda and El-/ eanor MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Em-| ory Woodworth, Bill Clark, Joe Clark, Studie Woodworth, Mrs. Joe Clooten and Mr. and Mrs. James MacDonald. | Mr. and Mrs. Ramus Robinson spent | Saturday evening iting at the Jack Osborne home in Bismarck. Mrs. Joe Clark was quite ill at her Associated Press Phote. George C. D’Vys, globe trotter, newspaperman and claimant to the long-disputed authorship of “ Casey at the Bat,” still writes poetry and fiction at a Cambridge, Mass., home for the aged, and maintains his claim to parenthood of the epic baseball ballad. Mrs. Margaret Robinson. Mss. Long reported that the Circle had rented| the upper rooms of the Farmers State | bank in which to hold their meetings. | Letters of congratulations from the! national field work committee were | read congratulating Mrs. Savage on winning the state prize of $5 for the publicity campaign for 1932. The Boy Scout troop No. 22 held a! meeting recently. Mrs, Margaret Robinson entertained | the Scouts at a supper party Friday. | Clear Lake i By MYRTLE CHRISTENSEN E. A. Van Vleet left Tuesday eve- ning for Rockford, Ill., to attend the! funeral of his son Walter, who was} accidentally killed there. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Paulson and fam- ily returned home Wednesday from; home with asthma last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford andj Lucille, Henry Crawford, sr., and} John Clark dined at the Leslie Clark! home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ramus | Robinson and Bill Clark also were Sunday callers. Alex MacLean motored to Bismarck | cent callers at the Henry Olson home. | Mr. and Mrs. Will Stiles and Mr.) Friday. I Mr. and Mrs. Studie Woodworth | had Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Swanson and | Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Minneapolis where they spent the| winter with Paulsen's parents. They} made the trip by car. Before moving | on their farm again they visited a few days with Mrs. Paulsen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gibson were re- and Mrs. Ole Newland were Thursday evening callers at the Magnus home. | Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beyer called on | Fargoans Consider Employment Plans Fargo, Feb. 26.—()—Banker and barber, laborer and lawyer sat do together in Fargo Thursday night and delivered an ultimatum to the armies of depression—hoarding and unemployment. Sixty-two representatives of some 28 trades and professions learned the city starts its most intensive drive toward normalcy with certain assets Not given to every municipality while on the opposite side of the ledger is shown hazards common the nation over. The assembly. passed a resolution indorsing the drive against unem- ployment promcted by the American Legion and then passed another authorizing N. H. Hinkle, president of the state federation of labon and the presiding officer, to appoint a committee to consider various pro- posais offered by the Fargo Trades and Labor assembly to stimulate em- ployment. Among suggestions to improve business conditions were: build a new city hall; improve the municipal] ‘airfield; engage in an extensive sew- Mrs. R. Sharp of Driscoll Saturday. \ age disvosal project; build a new fire istation; widen two streets; ask power and telephone companies to consider putting wires underground; build two new bridges across the Red river. High School Heads To Meet May 18-21 Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 26—The annual North Dakota education con- ference for high school superintend- |ents and principals will be held at the University of North Dakota during the high school contest, May 18 to 21, \according to Prof. ©. C. Schmidt, sec- retary of the conference. The date originally had been sched- uled for early in April, but was post- Poned to the latter date because of the general policy of retrenchment at the university so it would not be necessary for high school officials to make another trip for the high school conference. The main theme of the conference jthis year will center around “School Finance.” Arrangements for the con- ference are under the direction of Professor Schmidt and an executive committee composed of Superintend- ents J. C. Gould, Mandan, president; P. 8. Berg, Dickinson; L. A. White, aie and George W. Hanna, Valley ity. To Ship Merchandise '. In Custom Built Cars Woodworth, Edward and Ruth Chesak |Sunday they visited at Sterling with] Announcement was made here Fri- as guests recently. Miss Mayme Clark spent the week- | end at the home of her sister, Mrs. James McDonnell in Bismarck. | Joe Clark and daughter Hazel ae] Mrs. Emory Woodworth were sup- Tuesday. Hazel Jennings and Elvira Clark | their son Carl and wife. day that the bulk of Independent Caroline Beyer of Sterling is visit- | Grocers Alliance merchandise shipped ing her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. to local members will be shipped in J. W. Beyer this week. | freight cars built specially for the or- Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hansen enter- | ganization. tained a number of ning. Bobby Hargrave. who has spent the | relatives and | per guests at the John Crawford home } friends at a whist party Saturday eve-|are expected to Substantial savings in freight costs be effected through car lot shipments. Seventy-five custom built cars ale visited at the Willie Stewart home! winter here with his uncle and aunt. ready are in operation and 100 more Sunday. “Red” Tressler and Margery Mac-|to Bismarck Monday where he will! Donald dined at the William Mac-| Donald home Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. James MacDonald ; moved to their new home this week. Clarence Farrell has returned to his home near Bismarck. —— | Braddock ———__. o—s attend school the rest of the term. Walter Christensen is on the sick list. nee: | Trygg je By GLADYS NELSON Ruth Trygg is attending school in| |Mr. and Mrs, Selden Bryant, returned | have been ordered. WILL BE NEAR WINNIE Florence, Ariz, Feb. 26—()—The as it looks, . In this remarkable action picture, Bob Eastman, aquaplane star, is shown at Winter Haven, Fla., dem the latest thrill for bathers at the southern beaches this winte Milnor Would Send’ - More Grain to S. D. [last year. Recent rains have ruined, pastures, Minot Man Is Named It is called water skling and it A speeding motor boat and plenty of nerve is all you need to try it. Chicago, Feb. 26.—()—George 8./ Milnor, president of the Farmers Na- tional Grain corporation, said’ the government - sponsored cooperative was ready to ship grain into “Squth Dakota to relieve a shortage in live- stock feed ‘as soon as they show us they can handle it.” | Milnor said the corporation always has stored grain in South Dakota but jwas not planning to ship in more as yet, Facilities are available to trans- port it to drought-stricken areas within 36 hours. ~~ Farmers who need feed but lack cash can get it by applying to the de- partment of agriculture for loans and ‘using the money to buy stocks of grain, Nef. committee of Mitchell, S. D., in- formed him Friday that more grain might be needed. South Dakota experienced @ dry fall Milnor said. He said the drought re-| SALE ENDS SATURDAY | McKenzie where she will stay with her mother, grandmother and sister | Ella. \ | Vina Oder was a dinner guest Wed- | By MBS. E. F. SAVAGE Rev. Kinzler, Moffit, held services here Sunday. | Rev. and Mrs. Harvey 3. McKinnell, | elderly, grey-haired parents of Mré.! | Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted trunk! murderess, Friday were seeking a small house to occupy until the time ; | their daughter is put to death on the} |gallows in the nearby prison, or is granted a new trial. Permission to} visit their daughter for “an hour or} s0 each Sunday” has been granted | the parents by prison officials. A program was put on at the P. T./ A. by the Braddock Study and Civic, club at the high school Monday. | Miss Amy Brudevold went to Bis-| marck Friday. { John Preszler returned Wednesday | to Braddock after several days’ visit | with friends in Steele. | Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spitzer are vis- | iting in Kintyre. | Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Roos took their | daughter Mamie to a Bismarck hos- pital Friday to undergo an operation | for appendicitis. | L. P. Weber went to Napoleon Tues- | day to have dental work done. | Mr. Warner Sempel went to Bis- marck Thursday to visit with his father who has been in the Bismarck hospital for the past three months. | Mrs. Sempel and daughter Alice went | to Bismarck to spend the week-end | with him. H Alfred Dickson was a Braddock | caller Tuesday. Frank Splonskowski took his wife | to Bismarck Thursday where she en- | tered the St. Alexius hospital. ' Mrs. Grant Peterson and son Junior have returned home after several days with friends in Bismarck. The Ladies’ Aid of church met at the home of Mrs. M. | Fetterley Thursday afternoon. The! next meeting will be held March 3/presiding. Speakers included H. E.;mer Governor Carl Gunderson of Rodesch, G. A. White, H. E. Ebeltoft, | Mitchell Friday announced his candi- J. E. Kurouski, and W. C. Scott, all of |dacy for the Republican nomination with Mrs. F. M. Long. | Thirteen members of the Woodman Circle met recently at the home of nesday at the George Nelson home. Gladys Nelson and Vina Oder vis- ited Wednesday at the Porter Nelson home. | David Trygg has been transacting | business in McKenzie. His family will stay there while Ella attends high school. | Mrs. A. Kruger and John were sup- | per guests Friday at the George Nel- son home. Vina Oder was a caller Wednesday the Homer Taylor home. Edward Cunningham was an over- night guest Wednesday of Gerald Nelson's. Pete Lundquist was a supper guest Thursday at the George Nelson home. Francis Engdahl visited school No. 1 Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Oder and family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Taylor and family, Mrs. Glen Oder and Do- loras were entertained Sunday to din- ner by the George Nelson's. Buck Scott and Pete Lundquist were visitors Saturday night at the George Nelson home. at OIL MEN MEETING | RAILROADS REPORT DEFICITS St. Paul, Feb. 26—(?)—The North- ern Pacific railway had a net operat- ing deficit of $555,257 in January, its monthly reports said Friday. This compares with net profit of $83,891 in January, 1931. The Great Northern railway reported a January deficit of $375,154, compared with a profit of $125,449 for the same month of 1931. GROUP NAMES OFFICERS Gladstone, N. D., Feb. 26,—(7)—Ja- cob Krier of Gladstone is the presi- dent of the Stark County Water Con- servation association. He was named at the first meeting of the organiza- tion here. Other permanent officers are G. T, Manning of Dickinson, vice president; and Arthur Helbling, sec- retary-treasurer. BEACH MAN HELD St. Paul, Feb. 26—(7)—Two men were held by police Thursday in con- nection with the robbery of a gaso- line filling station near here. Deputy sheriffs said George W. Patzel, An- oka, Minn., and Russell T. Hougett, Beach, N. D., admitted breaking into Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 26.—(#)—| the station. the M. E. | About 100 oil men from over the state | attended a meeting of salesmen here | Friday with H. H. Hathaway, Fargo, Fargo. ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY Mitchell, 8. D., Feb. 26.—(#)—For- for governor. TERRORIZED CHINESE LEAVE DEVASTATED CHAPEI- ‘This families fleeing f ‘Gabe sve of tur trom irom th Associated Press Phete. picture, one of the first to reach this count ry from the actual eastern.war zone, shows terrified i district of Shanghai when Japanese entered the section Jamaest warships in the Whangpoo river, Sedan ‘This car runs and looks like new. Has 5 wire wheels, steel trunk and new seat covers, At @rastic price cut this. ear will go quick, Re- our final duced for today and to only— 1928_CHRYSLER-72, CONVERTIBLE COUPE—This is a beauty. A very distinctive model and one that will be a pleasure to ative, with the top Mres are Itke FINAL DRASTIC PRICE CUTS By State Lumbermen Fargo, N. D., Feb. 26.—(#)}—Officers named Thursday’ by the North Da- kota, Retail Lumbermen’s: association are Lee Piper, Minot, president; Ben Grotte, Valley City, vice president; !Floyd Lavelle, Fargo, secretary; Jack Grant, Fargo, treasurer. Lavelle and Grant were reelected. E. B. Mur- phy, Jamestown, is retiring president. Directors are Dave Fuller, Shields; ‘Iver Roaldson, New Rockford, N. D.; H. H. France, Gackle. The association accepted the in- ;Vitation of W. P. Chesnut to meet in Fargo again next year. Dates for the ‘1933 convention will be fixed by the executive committee. Cash in With a .: Tribune Want: Ad =‘ at 7:30. Extra Special. — Today Only 1930 Willys 6 day to only mohair upholstery. and to make it get it the pri the last sa! farday body. 1926 OLDSMOBILE DeLUXE SEDAN 1929 —Gray finish, 4 match, velour upholstery to steel trunk, spotlight, motometer and tires new. ‘You won't believe it but we have marked it down :for the final lent tires and a motos a car anyone as Hs down ‘this summer. new and fenders are painted to match Final reduction ie to ONLY o.-eeeeereeoee ° Water Skiing Latest Thrill of Bathers | onstrating isn’t as easy Fargo Man Sued by South Dakota Pair Sioux Falls, 8. D., Feb. 26—(P)— Two actions involving $61,175 were filed in federal court here Friday by Dr. E. E. Stephens and his wife, ask- ing damages for personal injuries al- leged to have been received in a col- Usion between the physician’s car and that of M. H. Curran, Fargo, N. Dak. Dr. Stephens asks $35,000 and Mrs. Stephens $26,175. joint defendant with the Universal Credit company, a New Jersey cor- poration. -The suit charges Curran with negligence in the accident, which occurred near Leola last sum- mer. The Philippines are represented in Congress by two resident commission- ers who are selected by the Philippine jlewislature, LAST C disc lke has for only 1926 STUDEBAKER SEDAN — Nice looking dark blue finish with brown Has four_excel- ir. This is be proud to own: for someone to Bi reduced for PORT COUPE—Has 6 stery to match, ur new tires pede ‘Goth uphol tery, wind- nd” adjustable front seat, This is shield w! motomet in fact it is the first time this, ca 8 been of- fully equipped and sensational fered and it has been marked down value for to - ONLY eresscessecescreeese fe OMY oeserescerosscceeees fe “lentrance. of the state into private Curran is msde | roads. Remember—the last good- 929 FORD TWO-DOOR SEDAN—Has four new tires, wire wh x holstery shows have to see this car to appreciate tl money saving value at only ........66 1928 CHEVROLET COUPE — Wh @ the price you will want fast at only .......sssee 1929,ESSEX FOUR-DOOR SHDAN— Here is a beautiful car finished in a gleaming brown mit, ‘as STATE IN BUSINESS ASSAILED BY HANNA | IN FORKS ADDRESS} Former Governor Blames Bank of Nofth Dakota For Many Bank Failures Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 26—(7)— business was called by former Gov- ernor L. B, Hanna of Fargo the prin- cipal cause of increased state taxa-| tion at a meeting of the Grand Forks Taxpayers association Thursday night. ‘The meeting was enlivened by the charge of W. H. Alexander, president of the association, that city officials | had not shown a spirit of cooperation with the efforts of the association committees, and a reply by City Com- missioner Henry Holt. Holt asked a fair and impartial survey of city expenditures and an- swered attacks on the expense of the commission by saying he was willing to serve for nothing. Just before the meeting adjourned the assembly adopted a motion that @ committee be appointed to consider the advisability of a return to the; aldermanic form of government. Former Governor Hanna asserted 65 per cent of the taxes in the state come from the land, five per cent from the personal taxes paid by farm- ers, and 15 per cent from the rail- He’ attacked the Bank of North Da- kota and accused it of being the cause of many of the bank failures in North Dakota. “Your banks failed,” he said, “because the state of North Dakota went into the business.” Stating that the capital of the state bank was $2,000,000 the former governor said it had operated for 12 years without paying taxes, and if it had been assessed as other banks are Maj. Gen. William D. Connor, above, ‘will become superintendent of the U. 8. Military Academy at West Point, N. ¥., May 1, succeeding Maj. Gen. William R. Smith. Brig. Gen. George S. Simonds will succeed Connor as head of the Army War College. it would pay approximately $60,000 a year. He charged the state with taking the public deposits from the commun- ity banks and shutting off that source of profit from them. . INDIAN SHOW POSTPONED Fort Yates, N. D., Feb. 26.—(P)-—- The Fort Yates winter show and short courge scheduled for Feb. 23 and 24 has been postponed to March 17 and 18 because of adverse road conditions over the Standing Rock Indian reservation. PLAN MEMORIAL BUILDING Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 26.—(P)— Construction of a memorial commu- nity building in Devils Lake to cost from $90,000 to $100,000 will begin immediately, it was announced Thursday by the board of Ramsey county commissioners in session here. a FULL Beautiful gray 9.99 no < You wilt take it en you to run over to see it. Has excellent tires, motor and upholstery. Come quick as it will go 139.99 plush uphol- PRICE including 1932 License Plates SLASHED FOR LAST DAY SATURDAY is the-day for last minute shoppers at our sensational 99 cent sale. Your last chance to save up to $300 on a good-run- ning used car before prices rebound to their regular level. Crowds have taken advantage of these wonderful values. Every buyer has saved. For the last big day we offer the remaining cars at abso- lutely bed-rock ‘prices. - Saturday closes the sale. Look at the bar- gains below—hurry while they last. running used car that will be sold for 99c will be offered tonight Be here for the last night. HERE THEY ARE First Come --- First Served CHEVROLET COACH — Just overhauled in our own shops and looks and runs fine. finish, velour upholstery, disc wheels four practicaily new tires. 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