The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1932, Page 1

gt & “the North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper , ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932 N. D. Farmers Plannin Von Papen Hurls Defy at Po The Weather Showerp probable tonight and’, OUTLINES PROGRAM BASED ON HOPE OF CHANGE FOR BETTER’ Plan Is to Risk Nearly Half-Bil- ion Dollars on Prosperity’s Return ATTACKS HITLER’S STAND Says He Will Use Force to In- sure Equal Rights to All German Citizens Berlin, Aug. 29.—()—Defying all the political parties of Germany to oust his Junker government, Chan- cellor Franz von Papen has laid be- fore the nation a year-long resuscita- tion program that will risk nearly half a bililon dollars on the immi- nent return of prosperity. The chancellor launched his pro- gram for harassed Germany before @ meeting of Westphalian farmers at Muenster Sunday. He gave defiance especially to the outspoken Nazi lead- er, Adolf Hitler, and served notice that he would keep the seat of power thus: “If necessary I shall use force to bring about recognition of the equal rights applicable to all German citi- zens. I am freely determined to stamp out the smouldering fires of civil war and to suppress increasin; political unrest and political acts of violence.” Then came the surprising Junker scheme to coax back prosperity and to give more than 1,500,000 of Ger- many’s 5,000,000 jobless something to do. It was based on this premise: “We proceed from the consideration that important signs point to the fact that the bottom of the deperssion has been reached, hence all efforts to re- invigorate industry will contibute to- ward actual revival.” The heart of the scheme itself, roughly, was? More than two billion marks (cur- rently about $476,000,000) can be risked on the program, which has; been approved by the Reichshank,| and which should be financed by a system of tax certificates. All taxes of a nature likely to hin- der production, such as the turnover tax and the transportation tax, due between November 11 this year, and the same date next year, and esti- mated at 1,500,000,000 marks, will be handed back to the economic life of the country in the form of certifi- cates. The taxpayers can borrow the! equivalent of these certificates from the Reichsbank for use in his busi- ness. In addition 700,000,000 marks will be advanced tosuch industries as will increase their employes. The government hopes this will give em- ployment to at least 1,750,000 men. ‘The chancellor's speech was consid- ered especially. in the light of the opening of the Reichstag and the Prussian diet on Tuesday, and the rumored Hitler-Centrist coalition. Transient Is Beaten In Holdup at Stanley Stanley, N. D, Aug, 2.—(P)—Ar- thur Bader, 50, was severely beaten with the butt of a pistol when he at- tempted to flee the holdup of a! freight car in which he and six othe: ™men were sleeping. Armed with guns and flashlights, robbers commanded the seven men to line up against the wall of the car. Bader rushed for the door of the car but was overtaken and clubbed. GRANVILLE ALSO IS SCENE OF ROBBERY Granville, N. D.. Aug. 29.—(#)—Sev- eral transients sleeping in a Great Northern boxcar in Granville, were held up by three men who got only a few dollars. The robbers locked the door of the car, and the men were kept prisoners until morning when they were able to attract attention by «banging on the car walls. Boy Lives Following ¢. Operation on Heart Vienna, Aug. 29.—(?)—Rudolf Da~ telmaier, an 11-year-old boy whose heart was pierced by three bird shot in a hunting accident on Sunday, to- day was reported recovering after a remarkable surgical feat by Dr. Gus- tav Felsenreich of the University of ‘Vienna The surgeon sewed up the three beating wounds in the still heart and later removed shot from the wound- ed lad’s other. organs. The entire operation was carried out with the utmost speed and a fatal hemorrhage was forestalled. Walsh County Farmer Beaten by Two Men ““Grafton. N. D., Aug. 29.—()—Albert Zemoniek, farmer near here, is in a hospital here and Frank Carrol of Grafton and Oscar Johnson of Hoople ere in jail charged with aggravated assault and battery. oniek told officials the two men beat him severely when he told them last week that he did not have any beer on his place. Johnson and Car rol claim Zemoniek threatened them with a knife. Zemontek suffered broken. ribs and uts that required 29 stitches, # THREATENED STRIKE. ‘OF RACING AIRMEN ‘1S AVERTED MONDAY | Reduction in Prize Money For National Meet Caused Dis- pute; Compromise Made Pating in the national air races here, Promise between them and air race |morning conference. previously advertised. competition unless the prize money offered for the events was doubled. L. W. Greve, president of the cor-, poration, expressed surprise at the demand. The information concern- ing the reduced prizes “was posted” some time ago, he said. Approximately $100,000 in prizes for the closed course events was offered in the invitations to contestants, the fliers said. | event of this years’ program. FOUR SEEK $15.000 IN DISTANCE RACE PRIZES Los Angeles, Aug. 29.—(?)—Roaring before dawn Monday, four small, bul- let-like planes shot toward the na- tional air races at Cleveland. Ohio, in quest of $15,000 in prize money. The pilots of these speedy craft were Roscoe Turner, Hollywood: Jim- mic Wedell, New Orleans: Jimmie, Haizlip, St. Louis and Lee Gehlbach, Detroit. They planned stops en rout? to refuel. Clair Vance. former air mail pilot, also took off in a plane of his owt: design ‘on a projected non-stop flight to the Ohio city. Vance. piloting a cargo carrying plane. left earlier than the four other | speed pilots because his plane is of a ‘slower type and in order that he may reach Cleveland before 7 p. m.. the closing hour for qualifying for prize money. “My ship isn’t fast enough to win) but I hope’ to’ place and demonstrate; the fastest cargo carrying plane in the country,” he said. Woman Flier Betters Follewing Operation Akron, O., Aug. 29.—()—Mrs, Louis’ McPhetridge Thaden, co-holder of, the refueling endurance record for; women fliers, Was. recovering in @ hos- | “pretty good” and hospital attendan's said her condition was “very good.” way to the national air races at Cleveland. The races, however. will be ‘over before she’ will be able to leave the hospital. AWAIT BETTER WEATHER Port Menier. Anticosti Island. Que. Aug. 20.—()}—The: flying family of Hutchinsons, ‘flying leisurely in a big MAKING PREPARATIONS TO VIEW PI SUN’S ECLIPSE The huge camera which will be used by the Lick observatory stafi during the total eclipse of the sun in Nev England August 31, .s shown abov: after it was partly set up at Fryeburg, Me. are Dr. Porley, S. J. (left). director of G orgetown university staff ani his first assistant, the Rev. Thomas O. Barry, discussing the lens they will use in making observations of the phenomenon. (Associated Prese Betow hotos) \Mukden Is Terrorized as Chinese Bandits Raid City CONTINUES T0 LEAD Guerillas Attack Key Town in Manchuria; Set Fire to Arsenal, Air Field Mukden, Manchuria, Aug. 29.—(?)' —The flames and bullets of wari spread terror through this key city | |of Manchuria Monday after hundreds | of Chinese raiders had sprung up in defense system. ,the night and dealt a swift blow at j the heart of the Japanese RS CATHERINE ANDRIST INPOPULARITY RAGE [Ruby Jacobson, Frances Slat- tery and Betty Leach in Next Three Places Catherine Andrist, Bismarck, con- tinued to iead in the Bismarck mer- chants’ popularity race when. votes were totaled at 5 p. m. Saturday. Miss Andrist had a total of 351,100 She vook the lead for the firs: ‘time in the election Friday afternoon. Before daylight most of the many Nght Japanese bombe: In Mukden proper. ‘small bands of Chinese had vanish- Cleveland, O., Aug. 29. — (#) — A ed, but large concentrations of Chin- | - ese guerillas were reported only four threatened strike of pilots partici. miles away at Hun Hopu. At day- rs took the air {was averted Monday when a com- with orders to “get” them. the largest city Officials was reached after an all- Of rich Manchuria, all was confusion after a night of panic, during which’ The fliers claimed that the prize the big arsenal and Japanese air base money offered in closed course events Te atten oy Se t e i Lia Gof cor ing the morning succeeded in pre: Sunday night they signed a petition Venting any explosion at the arsena ' agreeing to withdraw from further 2nd getting that fire under control.’ Fie Nelson, 54,600; Caroline’ Hall. Six other Bismarck young women followed in order. They were: Ruby Jacobson 349,700; Frances Slattery 241,400; Betty Leach 331,100; Alic: Lee 269,000; Ernestine Carufel 208,300; and Alice Marsh 133,600. Luella Tollefson. Menoken, jumped back into the ‘eac of contestants from the Bismarck trade area. She had 129,300 votes, compared to 119,- 100 for Esther Watson, McKenzie. Other leaders came in the following order: Veronica Werstlein, Bismarck, 75,600; Ethel Fisher, Bismarck, 65,400; June Boardman, Bismarck, 61,900 The air base blaze was extinguished * after several old airplanes had been Bismarck, 54.400; Madeline Schmidt. burned. Other damage was slight. | The Chinese raiders obvjously had a well-organized plan of action. 50 sudden and mysterious were their at- tacks on strategic ‘shortly after midnight. Three Japs Hardly had the alarm been sound- ed for Japanese troops and police be- fore ke out at the arsenal and But after making their plans upot: gir es wireless station was | Isabelle Gordon, Bismarck, 16,400. that basis. they found the actual to- the scene of hand-to-hand fighting. | tal offered was $28,000. including the tn one skirmish near the arsenal: a! $10,000. awards for the Thompson Japanese officer and two soldiers trophy race, the outstanding speed wearing the uniform of the new slate, !Manchukuc, were slain. i defense points Slain ; The chatter of machine guns and the rumble of tanks soon aroused the populace. numbering several fense scheme. The groups of raiders,! Richardton, 53.100; Marian Yeater, Bismarck. 50,500; Aldeen Paris, Bis- marck, 41,600; Clarice Belk, Bismarck, 37,600; Betty Haagensen, Bismarck, 35,300: Irene Britton, Bismarck, 31,- 700; Katherine Brown. Bismarck, 28,- 900; Jessie Phillips, Bismarck, 27.000; Katherine Kositzky. Bismarck, 24,600; Dorothy Seitz, Mandan, 20,900; Ruth M. E. Jordan, Bismarck, 18.700; and The contest will continue until (Continued on page three) Expect New Record In Big Air Contest Los Angeles, Aug. 29 —()—The his- hundred each, tory of the annual transcontinental into the dark skies at short intervals continued sallies on the Japanese de- speed dash of the national air races shows, over a period of four years, an The Chinese penetrated the strict- increase in the speeds of the winners ly Japanese section and even threw of more than 100 miles an hour. their strength against the south gate’ This year, on the basis of the pre- of the walled city. The streets seem- ‘dictions of the pilots entered in the ed to the Japanese were at for their adversaries , cover of darkness, a disadvantage, worked under swarm with fighting men and classic, the time of the winner may jump the record more than 150 miles an hour, compared to the mark set in 1928 by Art Goebel. trans-Pacific Early Monday the Japanese de- fier, clared the sudden assault on Muk- ‘den, where they themselves entered the wedge for their own military }campaign almost exactly a year ago, ;Was inspired by Marshal | Hsiao Liang. They said guerilla forces allied with the young marshal had been reported concentrating in nearby villages for ‘some time. A group of Chinese rested on charges of cooperating with ' the raiders at the south gate. Sanger Merchant Near Death Here Harvey and Tenident or the area for half a century, was critically ill with meningitis at a local hospital Monday. His doctor said he has abandoned recovery and that hope for Bagnell’s brought here at noon il, Sanger merchant Missouri Chang ! police were ar- pital Monday from an operation for his death is but a matter of hours. pponcicites, ' Meningitis developed from an in- Mrs. Thaden declared she felt tected ear late Friday and Bagnell was Saturday. With the 56-year-old store operator She was stricken here while on het here are his mother, Mrs. Amelia Bagnell, and three brothers, James, Harry, and Robert Bagnell, all of Sanger; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Cleveland, Hensler, and Miss Florence , Sanger; and | Bagnell, Charles Smith, Sanger. 6 ee DEMOCRATS GET New York, Aug. 29.—()—Respon: eabin plane from New York to Europe from the middle west and the south his sister, Mrs. DONATIONS se via Labrador, Greenland and Iceland. to Gov. Roosevelt's appeal last week began their fifth day here Monday for campaign funds was evidenced ‘They waiting for better weather Monday by approximately 1,000 letters before Roping for Labrador. taining contributions. con! \‘Pepper’ Martin Moved|« To Cardinal Infield St. Louis, Aug. 20.—()—“Pepper” |” Martin, whose sensational batting in the world series last fall won him fame overnight, may be moved in ‘closer to the spectators. Gabby Street, manager of the St Louis Cardinals, shifted Martin from center field to third base Sunday in ! ECUADOR MOVES 70 STAMP OUT REVOLT! LAUNCHED SATURDAY: Infantry, Artillery and Airplanes Converge on Capital, Held By Rebels SAY OUTPOST CAPTURED Trouble Stirred Up By Support- ers of President-Elect Neptali Bonifaz Moon Will Eclips ee % ee ee & * # \La sting from 12: S e Sun Wednesday ee # * # DARKEST PERIOD AT 1:57 ee * * *# # 44 to 3:06 P.M. The eclipse of the sun Wednesday will be visible in Bismarck from 12:44 p. m, until 3:06 p. m., according to O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist here. Only 67 per cent of the obscura- tion of the sun will be visible from the Capital City, Roberts said, though the eclipse will be total over a band 100 miles wide extending from Mas- sachusetts up into Canada in a northwesterly direction, Salem and Quebec being in the center of the strip. The maximum darkness here will be at 1:57 p. m., Roberts said, and the actual length of the darkest pe- riod will be but 100 seconds. The eclipse is caused when the moon comes between the sun and earth. If the sky is clear during the eclipse period, the planets Jupiter and Mer- cury, as well as the stars Regulus, Denebola, Spica and others, probably will be visible. Persons wishing to observe the eclipse are advised to use dark- colored glasses, amber or blue pre- ferred. The meteorologist said the best protection to the eye during an eclipse is a piece of single-strength clear glass, well smoked. Quayquil, Ecuador, Aug. 29.—(/)- Federal infantry, artillery and air-j Planes stormed Quito, the capital of Ecuador Monday to stamp out the revolt started by military supporters Of President-elect Neptail Bonifaz. The drive on the capital came from the north and the south, it was of- ficially announced. It was the first time airplanes ever jtook part in an actual battle in Ecuador. The battle started at 8:15 a. m. when federal forces captured the city of Magdalena, six kilometers south of Quito, after brisk fighting. and then pressed on toward the capital. Five infantry battalions and two} regiments of artillery were taking part in the action, according to the | official announcement. | Before the battle communique was | issued it was said the leaders of the rebels, who had set up a provisional government, were hemmed in. A rebellious political group aided by a contingent of soldiers had set up the new provisional government in Quito, but they were asking for a parley. This information was contained in the first dispatches received from the capital since the revolt occurred Sat- urday. At that time part of the reg- ular Quito garrison gained control of the city after heavy fighting. The rebels were supporting the movement of Neptali Bonifaz, who was elected president last fall and Moreno, however, argued that Boni- |; faz was ineligible because he was born of Peruvian parentage. Con- gress agreed with him last month. President Moreno was reported to have taken refuge in the Argentine legation at Quito. Mollison Is Forced Down by Heavy Fog 8t. John, N. B., Aug. 29.—()—Cap- tain J. A. Mollison, who landed Sun- day at Nerepis, 18 miles from here, on a flight from New York, took off at| :30 a. m., (E.S.T.),-Monday. He planned to fly here, refuel and; go on to Harbor Grace, whence he! will start for England. The worst half of his proposed round trip by air from England to America was done when he made it from Portmarnock, Ire- land, to Newfoundland week before last in 30 hours. Then followed a flight to New York, a warm reception, | an overhauling of his tiny ship and the return to Canada. ! Captain Mollison flew the 500 miles | from New York Sunday in five hours and forty minutes. Forced down by fog, he landed in a field at Neepis. | Meanwhile, Mollison's associates | sent William Calder, a pilot and me- | chanic, to Harbor Grace to make final check of the transatlantic plane. Crazed Mother Leads Daughters to Death Tuscaloosa, Ala., Aug. 29.—(?)—Mrs. William A. Simmons, 20, wife of a watch repairman, led her three small daughters into a lake near here Sun- day night under pretense of showing them “how to baptize” and drowned two of them and herself. The other escaped. The mother had sold religious liter- ture. Coroner 8. T. Harding said he had ‘ot found a motive. GRAF STRATS TRIP Berlin, Aug. 29.—()—The Graf (Zeppelin started for South America lat six a. m., Monday (midnight, east- ern standard time) on another of her series of regular commercial trips to South America this year. Dr. Hugo n {was to take office next month. The! ‘provisional government of President! Walker Hearing Delayed As Death Takes Brother GOVERNOR OF TEXAS Returns Show Margin of 3,007 Votes Over ‘Ma’ Ferguson, Former Executive Dallas, Tex., Aug. 29.—(#)—Returns from the Texas clection bureau Mon- day from 251 out of 254 counties in the state, including 158 complete, shoved Governor R. ~ Sterling lead- ing Mrs. Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson by 3,007 votes for the Democratic | gubernatorial nomination. The latest count gave Sterling 464,451 votes and Mrs. Ferguson 461,444. Mrs. Ferguson is the only woman who “has been governor of Texas, a housewife who went to the hustings when her husband, James E. Fergu- son, was barred from holding office He was impeached and removed tsom the governor's chair in 1917. Beaten by Moody After one term, Mrs. Ferguson was defeated for reelection by Dan Moody, who was attorney general under her administration and led in the pro- jceedings which persuaded the courts to cancel important highway con- istruction contracts granted during her tenure of office. That was six years ago. Moody was succeeded by Sterling, who had been chairman of the high- way commission during the former's term. Mrs. Ferguson ran against Sterling two years ago, led at the first primary, and was defeated in the runoff. The state bureau's returns indicat- {ed the nomination of George B. Ter- rell, Joseph Weldon Bailey, (son of the former senator of that name), and Sterling P. Strong to the three places as congressmen-at-a-large giv- en the state by the last congressional reapportionment. Terrell and Bailey were endorsed by organizations fav- oring repeal of the 18th amendment Strong fozmerly was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League in Texas. | | CONVENTION ECHOES STIR CALIFORNIANS San Francisco, Aug. 29.—()—Ech- oes of the presidential nomination struggle at the Democratic national convention mingled with wet and dry oratory in California Monday as can- didates made final pleas to voters who will cast ballots in the state primary election Tuesday. Contests for nominations for U. 8. senator topped the list of races in which 649 candidates are seeking nomination to 134 offices. The record-breaking field of can- didates is matched by the heaviest registration of voters in the state's history in which the Democrats for the first time have passed the million mark. With 2,665,830 voters register- ed, Republicans top the Democrats by almost 500,000. William G. McAdoo, former secre- the shift of California's votes from John N. Garner to Governor Frank- lin D. Roosevelt at the Democratic convention, is the storm center in the contest for the party's U. 8. senator nomination. Eckener was in command and six His chief opponent ts Justice 8. War- a series of “experiments” designed |passengers were aboard. The freight | ell, anti-prohibitioni@ and chairman to strengthen the world champions’jincluded a swarm of bees from rok defensive play. Czechoslovakia. Scientist Claims Discovery of Way To Control Sex of Unborn Children Ithaca,\N. Y., Aug. 20.—(P)—A method by which parents may control the sex of their children before birth, described as success- ful in 77 out of 78 trials, was re- ported Monday at the Interna- tional Congress of Genetics. It involves use of lactic acid to insure that the expected will be a girl, and bicarbonate of scda, an alkaline, to produce a’ boy. The method was worked out by Dr. I” Unterberge: of Koenig- berg, East Prussia, and was de- scribed here by Dr. Jacob Sanders of Rotterdam, Holland. Boy babies were born to 77 out of 78 German women who used bicarbonate of soda according to | Dr. Unterberger’s directions, Dr. the party’s state central commit- Wardell has charged that Mc- Adoo failed to support the party’s Presidential candidate in 1928 and that he is attempting to straddle the Prohibition issue. Wardell, who head- ed the Roosevelt ticket in the state Presidential primary, which was de- feated by the Garner ticket headed by McAdoo, also has received the support. of leaders of the Alfred E. bry faction, nator Samuel M. Shortridge. seeking’ reelection, is the chief fig- ure. in contest for the Repub- Four Persons Drown In Texas Cloudburst Bovina, Tex. Aug. 29.—(?)—Four Persons drowned in a small creek here Monday, after a six-inch rain had flooded the usually dry gulch. An automobile was caught by a wall sowing tree while Richard persons Caldwell, 21, fell from his horse and drowned. ‘ HOLDS SUGHT LEAD. IN ELECTON FIGHT tary of the treasury, who announced | ¥ Decision Reached By Executive After Conversation With Counsellor Albany, N. Y., Aug. 29.—(#)—Gov- ernor Roosevelt announced Monday | the hearing of charges against Mayor James J. Walker would be adjourned ‘until after the funeral of the mayor's brother, George Walker, who died at Saranac Lake Monday. “Because of the death of the ma- yor’s brother,” the governor said, “the hearing, of course, will be postponed until after the funeral.” The governor said he did not know when the funeral was to be held. The governor's decision was reach- ed after he had conferred with John J. Curtin, chief of Walker's counsel, by telephone. The governor was notifiel of the death of George Walk- er Monday morning. A second expected development in the Walker case was postponed by a matter of hours when Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley said he would not make public until Monday night his decision on the application of Walker for an order to prevent the governor from deciding on the ouster | request. | The motion before Staley in effect is an order requiring the governor to show cause why he should not be pro- hibited from giving a decision in the case. Mayor Walker contended be- fore the court that Roosevelt had no power to hear the ouster charges or to remove a mayor of New York. The governor's answer, presented by De- puty Attorney General Henry J. Ep- stein, was two-fold. He denied first, that the judiciary can legally inter- fere in the executive functions of the governor, and he claimed full power to remove the mayor, if he felt the charges warranted, under the New York charter and the state consti- j tution. { In view of the governor's claim that the courts have, no power to inter- fere, observers at the hearing have been wondering what the executive Planned to do if the decision of the court is that he has no power to sit in judgment on the mayor. Mayor Walker's attorney, John J. Curtin, has hinted several times at further court action if the decision was against the mayor. While the defense has not said how much longer would be required to Present its case, it was believed this hg might see the end of the hear- YOUNGER BROTHER OF MAYOR WALKER DIES Saranac Lake, N. ¥., Aug. 29.—(7)— insurance broker and younger brother of Mayor James J. Walker, died early Monday in a private sanitorium where he had been undergoing treat- ment for tuberculosis for two months. He was 47 years old. Death came with a suddenness that was not generally expected. On July 29, when the mayor visited his broth- er here, the patient's condition seem- ed to improve, but he suffered a lapse a few days ago. The body will leave Saranac Lake Monday night and will arrive in New ork . The funeral tenta- tively has been set for Wednesday or Thursday. Bury Mrs. McCormick At Chicago Saturday Chicago, Aug. 29.—(#)—Throngs of curious persons have visited Grace- land cemetery to view the grave of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormcik but have discovered the body lies in a receiving vault next to that of a son who died 31 years ago. Puneral services for the social lead- er were held Saturday. It had been reported she was to be buried beside her son, John Rockefeller McCormick, who died in childhood of scarlet fever tions regarding the body any = of the boy.” —_—_—_—__—_—_ | Houdini Act Saves | $100 for Chicagoan George F. Walker, New York City ryt PRICE FIVE CENTS g Strike litical Grou (ORGANIZATION WORK BRING CARRIED ON | THROUGHOUT STATE M’Lean Farmers Vote to Hold Products at Meeting in Garrison Sunday ! jSINCLAIR, TALBOTT SPEAK Separate Movements in Other Districts May Be Con- solidated Later (By The Associated Press) Active organization work is in Progress in North Dakota to spread the farm strike movement through- cut the state. At Garrison, McLean county farm ers Sunday voted to hold all their farm products for higher prices and to await further action of a state meeting of representatives of coun- ties joined in the drive. About 1,200 persons were present a: the Garrison meeting at which C. C. Talbott and Congressman J. H. Sin- clair, urged the group to hold their products. A permanent organization was formed. Williams county is similarly organ- ized and has voted to declare a farm strike on flax and wheat. Farmers in the southern part of Mountrail county have signed pledges to join the Farmers’ Holiday plan and to withhold all farm products, while others in the county have pledged themselves to hold their wheat. Some townships have signed up nearly 100 per cent. At Carson, in Grant county, a com- mittee of 10 was appointed at a meet- ing of farmers and is working in the county to organize farmers for the holiday plan. Farmers at Flasher in Morton county will meet next Satur- day to discuss the project. Other Meetings Held Meetings also have been held in Ransom and Ward counties where or- ganization work is in progress. In Stutsman county farmers in numer- ous communities met in preliminary conference and perfected groups which will meet Tuesday to name del- egates to sey & county conference Thursday ni The various plans to boost the price of farm commodities, including the “dollar wheat” movement and the “Farmers’ Holiday Associstion,” plan are being discussed at the county meetings and will be taken up fur- ther at the state meeting. It is planned by heads of the movement in the state to coordinate the several counties into one state which would lead the drive. Farmers of Mountrail county were meeting Monday to determine their course of action. Walter J. Maddock, vice president of the North Dakote Farmers Union, was to speak. Maddock and Congressman Sinclair will address the Flasher meeting Sat- urday. ‘The state Farmers’ Union through its locals, is aiding in the formation of Holiday associations units with membership open to all farmers, re- gardless of affiliation with the Farm- ers’ Union. On completion of the organization work the Farm Holiday group plans to set up its state organ- ization. LINES TIGHTENING AROUND DES MOINES Des Moines, 1s., Aug. 29.—(#)}— With a stern warning that their lines would be “air-tight,” supporters of the Farmers’ Holiday planned to blockade Monday every highway leading into this important central Towa market. The picketing farmers, numbering little more than 250, were content with the pickets attempting to per- suade the drivers to turn back with their cargo. In only a few cases did trucks fail to run the blockade. Des Moines Co- operative Dairy association met with Farm Holiday leaders but could not reach an agreement. The farmers are | f h 3 li