The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1933, Page 1

a ~~ ‘North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1933 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Increasing cloudiness and warmer to- night; Wednesday unsettled, probably showers and cooler. PRICE FIVE CENTS 54 Known Dead in Tornadoes WwW GRAIN AT GHIGAGO HITS HIGHEST PRICE INOVER TWO YEARS, Reduced Spring Wheat Acreage, Bad Condition of Winter Crop Are Helps ONE CAR BRINGS 7714 CENTS| Stock Market Also Turns Lively | After Early Setback; | Rails Leading | H | Both grain and stock prices ad-, vanced sharply Tuesday after early! setbacks. On the Chicago market wheat! opened weak but buyers entered the! pits on renewed advices of damage/| to the winter crop and indications of | reduced seeding in the spring wheat) areas. One estimate was that less than 29,000,000 acres of spring wheat will warrant harvesting. ‘The upswing carried December fu-| tures to 75 7-8 cents, the highest) price paid here since early in 1931.! After the market closed, however, a! carload of No. 2 red wheat sold at 71% cents a bushel. Prices at the close were slightly lower than the best because of profit- taking but the finish was from 7-8 to 1 3-8 cents a bushel above Mon- day’s close and almost two cents above the low recorded in Tuesday morning's reaction. Corn and other grains turned upward with wheat. There was little trading at Win- nipeg but prices there also were up about two cents a bushel, based on gains in the United States. | The gtock market also got away to & poor ‘start but rallied strongly be- fore tht’ close. Rails led the way and lifted other shares with them. Profit-taking failed to act as a weight on the market and the close was strong, although the average for (Industrials showed little change. Fluctuations in most other com-| modities were narrow. ARGENTINA'SENVOY ARRIVES TO CONFER ON ECONOMIC ILLS} Conversations With Roosevelt Expected to Place Em- phasis in Wheat’ Washington, May 2—(P)—Argen-| tina’s special representative, Dr. Thomas A. Le Breton, was invited| to the white house Tuesday by Pres- ident Roosevelt to begin economic conversations looking to an improved world business, with emphasis placed on wheat production control. At the same time Roosevelt was ready to welcome the fifth distin- guished visitor—Guido Jung of Italy —te come to Washington and partic- ipate in the series of international discussions preparatory to the June; economic conference in London. Jung arrived in New York Tuesday and will reach this city late in the after- noon, Le Breton, former minister of agri- culture and now Argentine ambas- sador to France, arrived late Mon-/ day and was entertained at a din- ner in the white house last night. In the talks with Roosevelt Le Bre- ton will be joined by the Argentine ambassador, Felipe A. Espil. BRITISH ARE PUSHING FREE TRADE PROGRAM London, May 2—(#}—The British government's stand on the United States government’s proposal for a tariff truce was still undeclared Tuesday but it carried forward its | Storey Monday resigned as president DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS. es New Rail Chief — SAMUEL T. BLEDSOE New York, May 2.—(?)—William B. of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway. Samuel T. Bledsoe, gen- ergl counsel and chairman of the executive ittee, was namec his successor. DEFINITELY DELAY VOTE ON INFLATION Rule Adopted Tuesday Will Per- mit Five Hours: of Debate; Vote Wednesday —_= Washington, May 2.—()—Democra- tic leaders Tuesday definitely put off until Wednesday a final house vote on the inflation provision of the farm- relief bill. Previously, by more than two to one, the house decided to consider whether it would accept the senate currency expansion measure. It adopted a rule setting aside five hours of debate for the inflation pro- posal by @ vote of 261 to 113. Opposition by Republican leader Snell forced Democratic leaders to re- sort to tHe rule after objection had been voiced to requests that the house agree to a/ limitation of debate. The rule precludes the offering of amend- ments. | In the debate preceding adoption, there were! charges from Republicans that it was a “gag” rule. Democrats retorted that it was no more severe than steps taken by Republicans/ when they! held control of the house. Immediately after the vote, Re- publicans sought unsuccessfully to question the right of the senate to originate the inflation amendment to the farm bill. The inflation section is designed to expand the nation’s credit and cur- rency by $6,000,000,000 and empowers the president to reduce the gold con- tent of the dollar and accept up to $200,000,000 in silver on war debts pay- ments. Seek Quick Windup President Roosevelt and congres- sonal leaders are combining for a quick windup of the extra session with the first week in June fixed as the goal. Already involved in international negotiations to further world recov- ery, Roosevelt will be giving attention almost exclusively after June 12 to the London economic conference, and it is his’ desire|to have the domestic pro- gram well rounded by then. Within a short time the last two of the president's major emergency pro- posals—railroad reorganization and a public works program to aid employ- ment—will be sent to capitol hill. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, pointed to the June adjournment Monday night after a conference with the president and! outlined a preferred calendar of busi- ness. This includes the Tennessee Valley- own program to free trade from| Muscle Shoals bill now before the sen- tariffs. The house of commons Monday night approved the new Anglo-Ger- man trade agreement, 285 to 33. High tariff advocates in the conservative) party attacked the agreement as in- jurious to British industries. Norman H. Davis, President Roo- sevelt’s special envoy, was unable to carry on a discussion of the Ameri- can tariff truce proposal with For- sign Secretary Sir John Simon be- vause of the latter's illness. It seemed likely Davis would re- main here to see Prime Minister MacDonald, who returns Wednesday from his conversations with President Roosevelt. U. S. Business Body Meets in Washington Washington, May 2.—()—The Zhamber of Commerce of the United 3tates opens its annual meeting Tues- day for a general discussion of the major problems confronting business. Among the subjects to come up are the tariff, price fixing, compulsory shorter work weeks and international policies. BERTILLION EXPERT DIES Chicago, May 2.(P)}—George N. Porteus, 72, credited with being the man who introduced the Bertillion system of identification into the Unit- +d States about 40 years ago, died in the county hospital after a long ill- oes. (ate; the home mortgage refinancing \bill passed by the house; securities regulation, the railroad and public works measures. Robinson said the 30-hour-work j week bill, passed by the senate but jammed behind opposition in the |house, “is not in the picture at the moment.” It was emphasized later that this did not mean that the white house had withdrawn support for this legislation. But if undue delay is en- countered, it 1s believed the president will not force the issue at this session. Montanans Hope for Missouri Improvement Glasgow, Mont., May 2.—(?)—Pos- sibilities of a $60,000,000 flood control project on the Missouri River adja- cent to Glasgow were discussed here with enthusiasm Monday as war de- partment engineers investigated fea- tures of the plan. Surveys are being made here this week anc at Saco and Harlem, un- der direction of J. L. Murphy of Kan- sas City, assistant engineer for the war department. The contemplated project, Mayor Coleman said, wolud cost in the neigh- borhood of $60,000,000. Its principal feature would be the construction of an earth-filled dam 200 feet high andj a mile wide. This dike would im- Pound river waters into a lake nearly 100 miles long, reaching almost to the mouth of the Musselshell river eat, Stock Mark ets Continue to Advance FORECLOSURE WAR INCREASED TO 104 Military Council Is Named to Conduct Preliminary Hearings in Case CHARGES NOT REVEALED) 50 More Are Being Sought in Connection Abduction of Judge Le Mars, Iowa, May 2.—()—Three {ARRESTS IN FARM |Committee Makes Appropriation Cuts N. D. HEALTH HEADS ASSEMBLE HERE FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE Work of Public Health Officers Is Subject For Series of Discussions Health officers from throughout the state gathered here Tuesday for the more suspects in western Iowa farm | OPening session of their ninth annual disturbances surrendered to Sheriff Ralph E. Rippey here Tuesday and were turned over to Iowa national guardsmen patrolling the area. The men, Will Schumann, George Schultz, and George Papken, brought the number taken into custody to 101. Thirty-nine were being held at Den- ison, 48 were being held under guard here, 13 were in Sioux City jails, and one was free although under technical arrest. A military council of four, consist- ing of Judge Advocate Frank B. Hal- Jagan of Des Moines, Major L. Dee Mallonee of Audubon, Captain Ole G. Clause of the 185th field artillery and Captain O. Harris of the 168th in- fantry, was named to conduct pre- liminary hearings both here and at, Denison. i Judge Hallagan, who is quartered | at Denison, said the charges to be fil- ed against the men would not be re- vealed until they were turned over to} the civil courts for trial. The mili- tary council will conduct only the pre-", liminary hearings. H Fifty men still were being sought by guard details in the Plymouth- O’Brien county area about Le Mars; in connection with the abduction and maltreatment of Judge C. C. Bradley; of Le Mars and the attempted halt- ing of a foreclosure sale at Primghar last Thursday. Major Ralph Lancaster, represent- ing the Iowa adjutant general's of- fice, came to Le Mars Tuesday from Denison to confer with Colonel Glenn | C, Haynes and other officers here re- garding further action. Authority of civil courts in the area under military control has been tem- Pporarily suspended by order of Gov- ernor Clyde Harring. A raiding party was sent to Sioux City late Monday and arrested A. S. Robins, 48; his daughter, 18; Al Rut- land, 43, South Sioux City, Neb., and) John G. Saltis of Minneapolis, who said he was a newspaper man. They were accused of distributing literature | demanding the withdrawal of the troops. | ‘With military squads scouring the) countryside for suspects, the major- ity of activity has been connected with administration of martial law.) Part of the soldiers have been del- egated to jail duty as the flow of prisoners continued throughout the day and night Monday. Further ar- rests are expected Tuesday. AIRMAIL AWARDS 10; NORTHWESTERN LINE PLACED UNDER FIRE Detroit-Milwaukee and Bis- marck-Billings Extensions Are Threatened Washington, May 2—(P)—Two air-| mail contracts let by Postmaster| General Brown March 2 were named/ by W. W. Howes, second assistant) postmaster general, as “proper ones to be considered for cancellation” in testimony on the independent offices appropriations bill reported to the house Tuesday by its appropriations committee. “I do not claim there was anything | about those contracts,” said, “but I do claim that it was a mighty poor time to make them when we were spending at a rate in excess! of the amount appropriated and| when those contracts added about/\ $154,000 of expense.” He said one of the contracts, amounting to $145,000, was “for serv- ice from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan to Grand Rapids and on to Detroit.” “It was given to the Northwest Air- ways Corporation and afterwards sublet by them to Kohler Brothers,” Howes testified. r He named as the other contract let on March 2 “an extension from Mandan, N. D., to Billings, Mont.” The committee recommended that President Roosevelt be granted auth- ority to modify or cancel any air Ca ocean mail contracts. Howes said the department faced the necessity of “effecting a cut for the next fiscal year of over $5,000,- 000” on air mail. Col. L. H. Brittin, manager of Northwest Airways here for the northwest acronautical meeting, made no comment on the news from Washington | ” jtorium at Ninette, two-day conference. Following registration, an address by Dr. Henry L. Halverson of Minot, President, and announcement of com- mittee appointments completed the morning session. ~ The public health program of the Indian medical service was reviewed by Dr. B. Sedlacek of Fort Totten Tuesday afternoon with a discussion by Dr. L. Otis Fox of Fort Yates. Dr. A. W. Ecklund, bacteriologist of the public health laboratory at Bismarck introduced the subject “Dis- crepancies in the more common public health laboratory examinations.” Dis- cussion was led by Dr. L. W. Larson, Bismarck, county health officer. Turning to tuberculosis, the health officers considered diagnosis, treat- ment and prevention of the disease among children. The principal ad- dress was given by Dr. J. A. Myers of the University of Minnesota. Others speaking on the subject were Dr. Fan- nie Dunn Quain, Bismarck, president of the North Dakota Tuberculosis Association; Dr. David A. Stewart, | Superintendent of the Manitoba sana- Manitoba; Dr. Chas MacLachlan, superintendent of the state tuberculosis sanatorium, San Haven. Committees Selected The following committees were named: Resolutions—Drs. B. K. Kilbourne, Fargo; J. J. Seibel, Harvey, and J. A. | Cowan, Flaxton. Necrology—Drs. E. L. Goss, Car- rington; R. W. Allen, Bismarck, and H. Vande Erve, Carrington. Nominations—Drs. C. E. Howard, Cogswell; J. L. Devine, Minot, and M. W. Shumacher, Hettinger. Others scheduled to address the gathering include Dr. A. A. Whitte- more, state health officer; A. L. Ba- vone, state sanitary engineer; and E. A. Brostrom, state epidemiologist, Waubay, ‘S. D. Banguet At Patterson Members of the Sixth District Med- ical association will meet with the health officers at their convention banquet in the Terrace Gardens of the Patterson Hotel at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. A varied program has been arrang- ed for Wednesday. Miss Gena John- son of Fargo will give a talk on the service of a public health nurse at 9 a. m., followed by a discussion led by Miss Esther Teichmann, Bismarck. Typhoid Fever in South Dakota will be discussed at 9:45 a. m., by Dr. E. A. Bostrom of Waubay, 8. D. A. L. Bavone of Bismarck will discuss san- itary control of typhoid fever at 10:30. At 11 a. m. Dr. A. A. Whittemore, North Dakota health officer, is sched- uled to discuss “making the most of the interest taken by lay organizations in public health.” Committees will report and new of- ficers will be elected at 1:30 p. m. and Dr. B. K. Kilbourne of Fargo will re- view “Ten Years of Health Work in Fargo,” beginning at 2 o'clock. To Hear Dr. Williams The closing number on the pro- gram, beginning at 2:45, will be a dis- cussion of child hygiene and public health nursing by Dr. Maysil M. Wil- liams of Bismarck. The Fellowship club of the asso- ciation. membership of which now in- cludes nine doctors selected for out- standing work in public health, will hold its annual luncheon meeting at the Patterson Hotel Wednesday noon. New names will be placed in nomina- tion for membership. Present members are Dr. A. M. Lim- burg, Fargo; C. C. Campbell, Ashley; Will H. Moore, Valley City; Syver Vinje, Hillsboro; G. B. Ribble, La Moure; A. A. Whittemore, Bismarck; | e| B. K. Kilbourne, Fargo; George H. Spielman, Mandan; and Robert W. Allen, Bismarck. Seek Hijackers in Moorhead Mystery Moorhead, Minn. May 2—(P}— What apparently was the hijacking a load of liquor in Isanti county Kast Wednesday came to light in Moor- jnead Monday when sheriff Archie Whaley received word that an aban- d, bullet-riddled car from which liquor was taken is registered in the name of Pat Adams, Moorhead. 'The Clay officer has been asked to locate Adams, but he is unknown in tle city and it is believed an assumed me was used. Isanti county residents told sheriff . M. Johnson of that county they Saw the car pursued by another ma- chine and that shots were exchanged. They also saw it abandoned and the ursuers, who claimed to be federal =e take some 160 gallons of al- ce 1 from the machine. Federal au-|ser Indianapolis, which is based near 'Idertaken by the federal trade commis. Veteran Outlays Nearly Halved in Measure Reported to: Lower House | OTHER CHANGES PROVIDED, President Given Board Powers to Revise and Curtail Gov- ernment Operations ‘Washington, May 2.—(#)—A half- billion-dollar supply bill, nearly halv- ing this year's huge veteran outlays and giving President Roosevelt sweep- ing new powers to pare government costs was reported to the house Tues-} day by its appropriations committee. | It provided a total of $535,568,883, or Just $5,053 more than the budget bu-| eau recommended for operating the government's independent executive agencies in the 1934 fiscal year. Of the aggregate, $506,838,000 was alloted the veterans administration. This sum in the bill compared with current approprations for the same offices of $1,024,286,041, of which $948,- 299,000 went to the veterans’ adminis- tration. The independent offices bill of the Jast congress—vetoed by President, Hoover—carried $1,003 314,981. In addition to operating expenses, | the bill would appropriate also $79,- 591 043 for permanent fixed allotments which compares with $81,070.850 this year. Grants Broad Authority ! But besides providing funds, the bili; contains broad legislative powers to be exercised by the president. They in- clude authority: To modify or cancel any govern-/ ment transportation contract. To retire any civil service employe having 30 years’ service. There are} 21,000 employes in this class. To furlough up to 90 days any ex- cess government employees. This) provision was written into the bill by the full committee as @ last minute change. To increase existing charges for! government services or articles. To furlough on half pay at his dis- cretion any officers of the army, ma- rine corps, public health service, coast, guard or coast and geodetic survey. To suspend or reduce the extra flight pay in the military services with @ proviso that no flight pay shall ex- ceed $1,440 annually. To transfer $4,000,000 of merchant fleet corporation funds to the post of- fice department for meeting foreign mail contract costs. ‘These powers were requested by the | president. ‘Three important modifications were made by the committee: The power over contracts was limit- ed to transportations contracts. ‘The retirement of 30-year civil serv- ice employes was made permissive in- stead of automatic. ‘The maximum flight pay was fixed at $1,440 annually. It now is 50 per cent of base pay. Changes Existing Law ij The committee also made several | changes in existing law. Most impor- tant: No new investigations shall be un- sion as a result of legislative resolu- tions unless approved by both senate and house. Minimum allotments to states in 1934 from vocational rehabilitation funds fixed at $8,840. Highest salaries for the federal farm board fixed at $16,000 for chair- man and not over eight others at $8,500. Repeals the one-year sea pay for Annapolis graduates not receiving naval commissions. Reduces retired pay judges 15 per cent during year. ‘Extends the 15-per-cent pay reduc- tion to officers and employes of in- sular possessions and to pensions not heretofore reduced. Prohibits use of funds to pay any) salary increases resulting from higher classifications. The contract powers for the presi-; dent were vigorously assailed by three Republicans on the appropriations | subcommitee which drafted the bill, Representatives Taber and Bacon of New York and Thurston of Towa. Roosevelt Hopes B Open World’s Fair Washington, May 2—(/P)—President Roosevelt was trying Tuesday to ar- range a trip to Chicago to open the world fair in June. He plans to spend most of the summer away from Washington. His trip to Chicago is only tenta- tive at present because he has agreed to go to Annapolis June 1 to deliver diplomas to the naval academy grad- uating class. His plans for the summer remain unsettled because of uncertainty over when congress will adjourn, although pressure is being brought to get through the legislative schedule the first week in June. Roosevelt wants to see his son.John graduate at Groton school in Mas- sachusetts early in June. He also has an invitation to visit Rutgers university to receive an hon- orary degree. k Roosevelt wants to utilize the crui- for federal the fiscal | thorities reported no agent was work-| Baltimore, for a part of his Journey | ing in the territory that day up the New England coast | Will Be Sent to Fort Lincoln Up-| | didate. N.D. FOREST ARMY CANDIDATES BEGIN ~ ENROLLING IN CITY’ on Acceptance By State Committee INITIAL QUOTA PUT AT 225) | 31 of First Group From Bur- leigh County; Other Al- lotments Held Secret Enrollment of North Dakota’s civilian conservation corps for Pres-{ ident Roosevelt's employment-re- forestation program was begun in| Bismarck Tuesday morning by the, state emergency relief committee in/ the federal building. Only 225 of the state's quota of] 1,500 for the corps are being en- rolled at this time, according to Mrs.’ Minnie D. Craig, of the committee. The program calls for enrollment of 75 each on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Chairman R. A. Kinzer of the state committee has refused to announce the quotas set for each county in the state as well as from what counties; che first men are being accepted. It was known, however, that of the first 75 to be accepted, 31 were resi- dents of Burleigh county. To Fort Lincoln Men were to be sent to Fort Lin- coln immediately upon their accep- tance for preliminary training and outfitting. The plan calls for a two- week training period for each can- Under the plan set up by the fed- eral government, the men are to work for board and room and $1 per day. Salaries are to be signed over for their dependents. Instructions as to the program from the department of labor at Washington have been meagre, Mrs.| Craig said. | Just when the remaining 1,275 of} North Dakota’s quota will be en- rolled is not known, she said. Counties have been instructed by the state committee as to their quotas and the system for naming candi- dates. Emergency relief committees in the counties are in charge of selecting the most eligible candidates for enlistment. Fort Lincoln, U. S. army post here, is prepared to care for 300 members of the corps at present, Lieutenant; George R. Connor, adjutant, said. | Will Be Examined { Upon their arrival at the post they will be given the usual army phy- sicial examinations and vaccinated for smallpox and innoculated for typhoid and paratyphoid fever. They will be outfitted in army jcity and since 1918 has handled land oe eee Gets Treasury Post | ° ° e | \ J. F. T. O'CONNOR Washington, May 2—(#)—Guy T.} Helvering of Kansas was nominated by President Roosevelt Monday as commissioner of internal revenue. At the same time J. F. T. O'Connor of Los Angeles was named comptrol- ler of the currency and Hugh S, Gib- son of California ambassador to Brazil. Harry B. Mitchell of Montana and Lucille F. McMillin of Tennessee were named members of the civil service commission. MONTANAN HAS BEEN GREAT FALLS MAYOR Great Falls, Mont. May 2.—2)— Harry Mitchell, nominated by Presi- dent Roosevelt to be a civil service commissioner, came to Montana as a” newspaperman, became mayor of this and livestock interests. Coming to Montana in 1890 from Fergus Falls, Minn., Mitchell engag- ed in newspaper work in Great Falls and in the mining camps of Neihart and Barker. For many years he was| manager of the Great Falls Leader. He has been active in the Democra- | EXPECT DEATH LIST TOGROW LARGER AS SITUATION CLEARS Louisiana Town Is Hardest Hit, Listing 35 Killed and 200 Injured FOUR STATES AFFECTED Red Cross and Other Agencies Rushing Relief to Strick- en Sections Shreveport, La, May 2.—(AP)— Fifty-four dead from tornadoes in three southern and one midwestern State late Monday had been counted Tuesday by rescue workers who esti- mated that more bodies might be found as the storm wreckage was cleared. Earlier estimates had placed the dead at 89 and the injured at more than 1,000 from spasmodic tornadoes that lashed the Mississippi Valley Sunday and Monday. Minden, La., parish seat of Web- ster, which felt the full force of Monday's storm, thus far has count- ed 35 dead and more than 200 in- jured, many seriously. Five were killed in a series of storms in Illinois. The Red Cross and agencies of the states went to the relief of the stricken communities in the south. The storms struck first along the Arkansas-Missouri line. Farm houses were levelled, barns bowled over and trees blown down. Torrential rains fell and many roads were rendered virtually impassable. The storm at Minden broke about 4 Pp. m. Monday. Witnesses said it struck the city in a funnel-shaped cloud that roared like a freight train, enveloping the community in dark- ness. The Negro quarters were laid flat and fire broke out. Winds damaged jthe business section and ripped up tic party since his arrival in the state. He served three terms as may-| or of Great Falls. AVIATION OFFICIALS COMPLETE SESSIONS: ATTEND DEDICATION Speakers From Six States Were On Two-Day Program of Conference Here Completing their two-day confer- ence here at noon Tuesday, after hearing addresses by men from six states, members of the north central communication and power lines. Parts of the residential section were levelled. An automobile was blown through __ a store window near the courthouse. | Available relief forces were hurried jinto the stricken area Tuesday, many ‘injured were brought here from Min- den and other stricken communities. FIVE REPORTED DEAD IN | ILLINOIS DISTURBANCES Chicago, May 2.—(P}—Illinois, from ithe Chicago suburban districts to the {far flung downstate areas, emerged | Tuesday from devastating wind, hail and ti i rain storms that left a trail of {dead, injured and damaged property, jin their wake. Striking late Monday afternoon and accompanied by brilliant flashes of | lightning and sharp claps of thunder, the storms routed abnormally high temperatures and cleared the air of a humid atmosphere that had pre- vailed throughout the day. The death toll mounted to five | Tuesday with indications that it might go higher. Two of the dead, John Lilly, 55, and his mother, Mrs. “fatigue” clothes (overalls) and quar- jsection of the National Association of | John Lilly, 86, were crushed when cy- tered in barracks buildings. They will be given little military; training but they will be drilled to| instill obedience and prevent confu- sion when they receive orders. | No orders as to where the corps| will be sent upon completion of the training period have yet been re- ceived by post officials from head- quarters of the Seventh Corps Area at Omaha, Lieutenant Connor said. Germany Proposes Counter Arms Plan Geneva, Switzerland, May 2.—(@)— Germany proposed to the world dis- armament conference today that the British arms plan be amended to pro- vide a maximum calibre of 105 milli- meters for mobile guns and to abolish all tanks. Germany won a victory in the dis- armament conference Monday when the committee on arms voted not to regard chancellor Adolf Hitler's storm troopers, now a part of the auxiliary police, as a military organization. The British arms plan, presented by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon- ald March 16, provided for an army of 200,000 men for Germany. This doubled the maximum set by the treaty of Versailles. In Monday’s vote on the storm troop question, the United States upheld the German view. In the opposition were France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Rumania and Spain. Five Foreclosures Made in Minnesota St. James, Minn. May 2.—(P)— Foreclosure sales on four farms in Watonwan county, two of which pre- viously were prevented by farmers, were conducted Tuesday by Sheriff J. C. Bermel of St. James. About 100 farmers witnessed the sales. One farm was that of Emil Tapper. vice president of the Watonwan Coun- ty Farmers Holiday association, which Monday asked Governor Floyd B. Ol- son to prevent foreclosures. Sheriff Bermel said he went ahead, as the governor told him he had au- thority to do, because the owners were willing to let the farms go and he saw no reason for postponement. No ef- fort was made to interfere. At St. Cloud a crowd of 300, led by Rey. John Flint of the Underwood Unitarian church, objected to a fore-| closure sale and it was postponed for |“The Annunciation” by Fra Angelico; | Pate in the dedication of the Ben Elelson airport, midway between Bis- marck and Mandan, Tuesday after- noon, Fay Harding, of the North Dakota railroad commission, was elected pres- ident. Other officers named includ- ed Fred B. Sheriff, Helena, Mont., vice president; L. H. Brittin, Minnea- Polis, secretary-treasurer; and Fred D. Fagg, Chicago, legal counsel. Principal speakers at Tuesdav morning's session were Assistant At- torney General P. O. Sathre of North Dakota, who discussed aviation laws in this state, and S. Russell Halley, airline official from Rapid City, S. D. Speakers Monday afternoon includ- ed Colonel L. H. Brittin of Northwest Airways, Inc.; Fred B. Sheriff, Mon- tana commissioner of aeronautics; J. L. Taylor of Glendive, Mont.; and Dawes E. Brisbine, railroad commissioner. Prof, E. S. Riley of the state school of science at Wahpeton was the prin-/| cipal speaker at the convention ban- quet Monday evening. is designed to protect airmen, passen- | gers and property-owners, Sathre! said. Subject to State Law It makes all air crimes committed in this state subject to state laws and he said. A 1931 law authorizes counties, cities, towns, villages and townships to acquire, operate and maintain air- ports and to provide for air rights for approaches and other regulations. Such subdivisions may even resort to condemnation proceedings to ac- quire property needed. They also have the power to lease (Continuea on Page Seven) Valuable Paintings New York, May 2.—(P)—A few vague fingerprints were the only clues po- lice had Tuesday in the theft of 10 old masters from the Brooklyn mu- seum. of a fourth-story window. day. Paintings by Van Dyck and Rubens; 30 days. Another foreclosure, by the Evangelical Lutherans’ Society, brought no objection among those stolen South Dakota | Stolen from Museum! {Aviation officials prepared to partici- | clonic winds all but flattened the vil- jlage of Maples Mill in Fulton county. | Thirteen others were injured. Eight-year-old Kenneth Eilers was swept into a stream and drowned near Oakford when he attempted to cross it on a plank, and at Morrison a driv- ing rain blinded Charles P. Weeks, 58, {causing him to lose his life when he walked in front of a train. The other casualty occurred when {Frank Recenda, 47, Chicago, was | fatally injured by a splinter driven jinto his throat as the wind shattered |a French window. | As the reports of property damage |tose tales of narrow escapes and of | Seeing a “double funneled cloud” were repeated. i Three ‘Elect to Stand Trial for Kidnaping |_ Denver, May 2.—(AP)—Arthur | Youngberg has entered a plea of guilty in connection with the abduc- tion of Charles Boettcher, 2nd, wealthy Denver clubman, but three North Dakota's law, passed in 1923,/ others elected to stand trial. The plea of Youngberg was made at court ; Monday. Carl W. Pearce, Mrs. Ruth Kohler and Mrs. Verne Sankey pleaded not guilty to kidnap charges and their trials were set for May 23. arraignment in _ federal provides a set-up for state regulation,| Sentence of Youngbe! Beek under the state railroad commission, | ingberg, 28-year-old Winnipeg, Canada, lumberjack, was deferred pending trial of the three. Gordon Best, alias Gordon Elk- horn, and Verne Sankey still are sought as the actual kidnapers of the {scion of a pioneer and wealthy Col- jorado family. Boettcher was held captive more than two weeks at a ranch near Chamberlain, 8. D., and | Teleased March 1 in Denver, un- harmed, upon payment of the de- manded $60,000 ransom. | Wholesale Kidnaping Is Reported in China Mukden, May 2.—(#)—Kidnapings at the rate of ten a day—1,200 in four months—have been reported in south Manchuria to Japanese police since jJanuary 1. The figures were announc- Thieves lurked in hiding until the|ed Tuesday. museum closed for the night, then! seized the paintings valued at $35,-| Banditti, 000 and slid down a rope tossed out! British citizens, still are held captive. Several victims of the Manchurian including American and |A letter from Dr. Niels Nielson, Am- The theft took place Saturday night erican missionary from Minneapolis but was not disclosed until late Mon-| who is being held, warned other mis- sionaries in this area that their safety was endangered. Dr. Nielson, writing to his wife here a Romney and Roger Van Der Wey-|said he was well, but that remarkr den's “Portrait of a Young Man” were/of his captors indicated other mis sionaries were in peri’