The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1932, Page 5

New Yorker’s Bandwagon Goes Into: Four Large States; Meets Opposition (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) Washington, April 11—The presi- dential band-wagon of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt now goes hurtling into four large states which much choose delegates to the Demo- ‘ cratic national convention before the { end of April, L The governor’s political enemies will try to tear off a wheel. If they can’t do it on April 26th in the pri- maries of Massachusetts and Penn- sylvania, following the Illinois and Nebraska primaries on April 12th and the Michigan state convention April 7 14th, Roosevelt probably will be nomi- 7 nated promptly when the convention meets at Chicago. A group of powerful anti-Roose- Velt leaders still hope to head him off. ‘They include Al Smith, Frank Hague of New Jersey and National Chair- man Raskob. A majority of state leaders over the country apparently favor the governor. Other candidates have lagged so far behind Roosevelt when they have clashed, that political experts now are nearly unanimous as to the great likelihood that he will be the cam- paign opponent of President Hoover, who will certainly be renominated by the Republicans, Roosevelt now has 159 delegates certain to vote for him on the first ballot. They come from Washington, New Hampshire, Minnesota, North Dakota, Georgia, Maine, Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray has .22 from Oklahoma and one from North Dakota. Ex-Senator Jim Reed has 36 from Missouri who probably will not be with him after the first ballot. Louisiana, Arkansas and the Philippines have chosen a total of 44 uninstructed delegates and New York will add 94 more, That makes 197 delegates accounted for but not pledg- ed to Roosevelt. 4 ok ORO But although the governor has a majority on that count, he, is believed to have considerable second choice strength and some of the uninstruct- ed votes—perhaps including New York's 94—will be for him on the first ballot. His leaders say they will have at least 700 first ballot delegates and if that is true there probably will be enough delegations anxious to switch their votes to give him the required two-thirds figure of 770 without the necessity of a second roll call. ‘College Salesman’ Is Held for Theft Grand Forks, N. D., April 11—(®)— Marshall Whichard, 20, has been ar- rested by Grand Forks police at the request of federal authorities, who hold a warrant charging him with violation of the Dyer act. Whichard and three others were soliciting magazine subscriptions “paying their way through college,” when appre- hended at Grand Forks. He will be charged with transporting a car stolen at Erie, Penn. Three Women Killed In St. Paul Accident St. Paul, April 11.—(?)—Three women were fatally injured Sunday when their automobile was struck by ® passenger train at a grade cross- ing here. Mrs. Fred Pestorious, wife of a merchant at Alden, Minn., was killed in the crash, and Miss Eleanore Beat- ty and Miss Ardith Christensen, both of Alden, died later in a hos- pital. Fred Pestorious and Miss Caroline Pestorious, other occupants of the car, were injured. Valley Bricklayers Accept Cut in Wages Fargo, April 11—(4)—Hoping to ’ stimulate business and create em- ployment, the Fargo-Moorhead Brick- layers Union has announced a volun- tary wage cut. q Effective immediately, all further labor under general contractors of the two cities will be performed at $1.10 an hour on an eight-hour-day basis. \ ‘The prior scale was $1.35 an hour for a nine-hour day. About 40 members of the union will be affected, Harold Cockhill, presi- dent, said. Favors Abolition of Offensive Weapons Geneva, Switzerland, April 11—(4) —Hugh 8S. Gibson, the American del- egate, proposed to the world disarm- ament conference Monday the aboli- tion of offensive weapons including tanks, heavy mobile guns, and gasses. Gibson, ambassador to Belgium and acting head of the American del- egation to the conference, said it is obvious abolition of these weapons can in no sense prejudice any other plan for achieving security. Taxicab Headquarters Raided by Authorities Sheriff's officers and federal pro- hibition agents raided headquarters of the Yellow Cab company at 117 Fifth St. and confiscated six pints of al- leged liquor Sunday night. Deputy Sheriff Fred Anstrom, a member of the raiding party, said four bottles of alcohol and two bot- tles of gin were found in the estab- lishment. No arrests were made. One Cent a Day Pays Up to $100 a Month The Postal Life & Casualty Insur- § ance Co., 3185 Dierks Building, Kan- sas City, Mo., is offering a new acci- dent policy that pays up to $100 a month for 24 months for disability and up to $1,000.00 for deaths—costs Jess than lc a day—$3.50 a year. Over 100,000 already have this protection. Men, women and children, ages 10 to 70, eligible. Send no money. Simply send name, address, age, beneficiary's name and relationship and they will send this policy on 10 days’ FREE in- spection. No examination is required, This offer is limited, so write them today—Advertisement. April Elections Bring Real Test for Roosevelt Forces POLITICAL ACTIVITY GAINS IMPETUS AS THREE STATES VOTE Week Regarded as Important One in Contest For Demo- cratic Nomination Washington, April 11—(?)—Po- litical activity on many fronts will engage presidential -candidates, par- ty workers and the voters this week. In all, 244 delegates to the Demo- cratic and Republican conventions will be chosen. The Democratic par- ty leaders will gather in Washington Wednesday for an imposing Jeffer- son-Day rally, and Saturday in Chi- cago the Republican committee on arrangements will pick the occupant of the vital post of keynoter in the June convention. Tuesday's delegate picking will be the largest. For the Democrats, Il- linois will elect 54; Kentucky 28, and Nebraska 16. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, as favorite son, is assured first choice vote of the Illinoisans. Frank- lin 1).. Roosevelt’s supporters claim second choice on 30 of these votes. Kentucky's 26 will go to swell Roose- velt's instructed or pledged total to 176, a figure which reaches 200 by inclusion of delegates definitely claimed for him. Nebraska's three- way primary between Roosevelt, Spea’er Garner and Governor Mur- ray of Oklahoma finds the state par- ty organization confident the New Yorker will win. Simultaneously the Republicans will be choosing 61 in Illinois; 17 in Nebraska and 16 in Florida. Thursday, Michigan Democrats in convention name 38 delegates, who are Claimed for Roosevelt. Repub- licans in North Carolina will elect seven delegates that day, while on Saturday, in Delaware the party will Pick nine more. TAR BARREL FIRE PUT OUT QUIGKLY Bismarck Fire Department} Called to Wholesale House Monday Morning Bismarck firemen quickly extin- guished a small blaze in a tar barrel at the Nash-Finch company, 211 Main St., Monday forencon. Officials of the concern were at a loss to explain how the fire started, unless sparks from some nearby chimney were blown into the barrel. The alarm was sounded at 9:30 o'clock. The tar was being used to repair |the roof on the wholesale house. Bismarck-to-Aberdeen | Bus Schedule Changed A change in the schedule of passen- Ber buses between Bismarck and Aberdecn, 8. D., to connect with Passenger trains of the Northwestern {and Milwaukee roads leaving the |South Dakota city has been put ria-| effect by the Interstate Transporta tion company. J. G. Belanger, general superintend- ent of the transportation company,| said the change shortens traveling time between Bismarck and Sioux City, Ia., and all points south consid- erably. Undes* the new schedule, the Aber- deen-bound bus leaves Bismarck at 7:30 a. m. instead of 11 a. m. and reaches the South Dakota city at 2:30 p.m. No change in the schedule of buses between Bismarck and Minot have been made, Belanger said. r Park River’s City Water Tower Falls Park River, N. D., April 11.—(P) —Park River's city water tower, an 80-foot structure topped by a tank with a capacity of 40,000 gal- lons, crashed to the ground Fri- day night from the weight of ice about the framework. A leak in the tank caused the ice to form during the winter. Four days before the tower crashed the city council had awarded a $1,700 contract for building a new tank to top the present tower. The contract like- ly will be canceled and bids ask- ed for construction of a new tow- er and tank. Meanwhile pressure for city water is being maintained by punyps to avert fire hazard. It is estimated replacement of the tow- er and tank will cost approximate- ly $4,000. Ask Coolidge-Smith Coalition Candidacy —> | | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1932 5 Distribution by states of delegates to the Democratic national convention and Governor Roosevelt's progress to date is shown in the map above. Governor Murray has been pledged | Here’s Democratic Presidential Situation As It Si tands Today Total delegates to convention, 1154 Total needed to nominate, 770 Shaded states assured for Roosevelt the delegation from Oklahoma anil ‘one delegate from North Dakota, while the 36 Missouri delegates will cast a favorite son vote for ex-Sena- | tor Jim Reed on the first ballot. Carrington, N. D., April 11.— (P)—Chester, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Kowalski, liv- ing five miles south of Carring- ton, was killed when lightning struck the farm house. ‘The boy was asleep upstairs in a bed near the stove pipe. The lightning bolt shattered the stove pipe and set Chester's bed afire, burning the skin off his back and arms and causing deep flesh burns. Conscious but badly stunned, the boy was carried downstairs Boy Is Killed by Lightning Bolt Which Hits Home Near Carrington/ rush him to a hospital at Car- rington, but he died within 20 minutes. Another boy, Richard, lay in another bed in the same room. He was uninjured. Mrs. Kowalski, in a downstairs bedroom, saw a blinding flash of light flare up from the floor when the house was struck. Her bed was set afire, but she was | not injured. Kowalski and Matin Martin were driving into the yard when the bolt struck the house. They saw only a blinding flash of light. Both were severely shocked. WINTER RYE CROP IS BELOW AVERAGE Agricultural Statistician Sees Reduction in Yield as Con- ditions Are Now The April first condition of winter | rye in North Dakota is 69 per cent of | normal, 5 per cent below the reported | condition on December first last fall. | first condition of the crop a year ago, | according to the April first crop re- | port of the Federal Agricultural Sta- tisticlan at Fargo. Records back to first condition reported during period. However, it may be said that the April first condition is not a par- ticularly good measure of the final|! crop production since in most years| no crop growth has occurred on this date and reporters’ estimates repre- sent their judgment of what the con-| dition is, based on their knowledge of | the effects of such factors as usually | influence the outturn of the crop. This year’s rye crop was seeded under | very unfavorable soil moisture con- | ditions. In many fields, seed failed to} germinate, but is likely to make aj strong growth as soon as growing weather sets in. Over much of the| state the ground has been covered | with a good blanket of snow but some | concern is expressed regarding the| effects of the thaw in February which | caused most of the snow to disappear, | followed by the prolonged period of | low temperatures during March. Some | reporters express the belief that they | may have caused considerable winter killing of rye as well as tame hay meadows. The condition of pastures on April first is placed at 56 per cent, which | compares with 68 per cent on April| first last year and with 78, the aver-| age for a seven-year period. Pasture | conditions will improve rapidly if the | moisture supply is favorable and gocd | growing weather prevails. | ‘Wheat stocks on farms April first | are estimated to represent 16 per cent | of the 1931 crop, or 5,235,000 bushels | which compares with 6,543,000 bushels | —_— ————_ cf | Presides at Trial a Paiste a | i St. Paul, April 11—The St. Paul Pioneer Press, in a first page editor- jal, suggests a “coalition of Demo- crats and Republicans in a genuine national administration, with former President Calvin Coolidge as presi- dent and former Governor Alfred E. Smith as vice president.” The editorial says the Pioneer Press is “able to announce that Mr. Cool- idge and Mr. Smith are available for this patriotic service if the nation as @ whole calls upon them.” SENTENCE TWO AT BEACH Beach, N. D., April 11—William Scherle of Sentinel Butte has been sentenced by Judge T. H. Pugh to serve not less than one year nor more than three years in the state peni- tentiary at Bismarck, after recently pleading guilty to a charge of steal- ing and killing cattle. Clair Rodgers, also of that vicinity, was sentenced the same penalty for stealing two horses. He also pleaded guilty. Broadleaf trees should be carried while planting with the roots in a pail of water or wrapped in wet pack- ing material and burlap to prevent/| damage from the sun and strong dry. ted winds, jJudge Charles 8. Davis, above, of the | Hawaii circuit court, is presiding at | the trial of four co-defendants in the Hawaiian “vengeance killing” of a na- tive said to haye assaulted Mrs. ‘Thalia Massie, wife of a United States | naval lieutenant. \ while preparations were made to | 1 1910 show that this is the lowest April at a meeting of the Walsh county | |on farms March first of this year and | with 16,271,000 bushels, the April first stocks figure last year. Although very little extra help is being employed on farms up to this time the scale of wages as reported on April first is somewhat below that | fixed on April first of last year. Wages | by the month are reported to be $20.00 and board as compared with $29.00 a year ago. By the day, wages average $1.00 and board, as compared with | $1.35 a year ago. Endorse Levin for Senator in Walsh Park River, N. D., April 11—(@)— and the same amount below the April| Aron Levin, Park River, state repre- | sentative, was indorsed for the senate | from the third district and Oscar| Berg of Hoople and M. T. Lillehaugen | | were nominated for representatives Nonpartisan League here Saturday. Leads ‘Bolters’ Associated Press Phote Mrs. Ruth Haynes Carpenter will head a delegation of bolting Minnesota democrats to the party's convention in Chicago to contest for seats with “regulars” from her state who favor the nomination of Gov. Franklin Roosevelt. 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McKinnon expressed the) belief this approval would be obtain- | ed as the engineer of the bureau is} viewing the progress of the plans. ‘| Recommendations as to the accept- jability of the design are made by the district office of the bureau of public | roads in St. Paul and final approval | is given by the Washington bureau. The recommendation of the district office is generally accepted. It will) require about two weeks after the third will be for material, one-third | for freight, ‘and one-third for labor. Pull federal aid has been obtained for building the structure because it will be on Indian lands on both sides of the river, The structure is south ‘and west of Elbowoods on the Fort Berthold reservation between the boundary lines of Dunn and Mercer countes in the northwestern corner of Mercer county. The bridge will have an all over length of 1,610 feet. Congress authorized construction of the span two years ago, and the 1931 state legislature appropriated $10,000 to cover engineering costs. A hearing was held in Bismarck last November before war department engineers to determine whether the plans proposed would interfere with navigation on the Missouri river. The army engineers suggested changes, which were approved by the war department March 15, and de- tailed sketches were then begun by the bridge department of the high- wey commission, Two Plead Guilty to Burglary of S. D. Bank Highmore, 8. D., April 11—(®)— Two men who pleaded guilty to at- tempted burglary of the Agar State bank April 1 were given penitentiary sentences here Saturday by Circuit Judge Frank Fisher. H. D. Robbins, 26, was sentenced to 3 1-2 years and Charles Karl, 18 to one year. Robbins and Karl, who gave their address as Clovis, N. M., were ar- rested Tuesday. 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