The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Unsettled tonight and Thursday, Probably showers or thunderstorms; little change in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS |Mattern Is Missing in Siberia Interna HATTON DECLARES COOPERATION NOW IS NATION'S NEED Challenge Is To Manner of Thinking and Adjusting Economic Machinery BARBECUE IS HELD AT NOON Busy Day For Convention Folk To Be Climaxed By Ban- quet and Dance Greetings from the international organization were brought Wednes- day by Charles H. Hatton of Wichita, Kansas, international president, to hundreds of Lions and Lionesses of the fifth district, who are in annual convention here. Hatton reached here by train at 11:45 a. m. and was taken to the city auditorium, the convention hall, im- mediately to deliver his short greet- ing address. The international president was met at the train by the Mott high school band, official convention band, a@ convention committee and the three district governors -of the fifth district—W. Murray Allan of North Dakota and Saskatchewan, Newton L. Haney of South Dakota and W. Capital Announces ‘Premiere’ Showing Bismarck and visiting Lions will have opportunity to view a. real “premiere” showing of a notable film at the Capital Theater Wed- nesday and Thursday, Gus Win- greene, capital manager said Wed- nesday. Topping a big “double-feature” Program is a film which has never been shown commercially. “Ann Carver's Profession.’ It deals with. the life, loves and experiences of a woman attorney. Backing up this high-powered drama is “So This Is Harris” a pro- duction featuring Phil Harris, radio star, with “gorgeous girls, tinkling tunes, smart repartee” and all the other accountrements of a snappy musical comedy. E. Tracy of Minnesota and Manitoba. Hatton told the Lions delegates that present economic and political conditions are a direct challenge to members of the Lions service club organization—which, he said, has grown to be the largest service club organization represented on the North American continent, with more than 80,000 members. Cites Serious Situation Falling prices have brought about a 2 Serious situation, he said, but the United States has at its command the greatest production machinery ever known. The challenge is to con- trol this gigantic production ma- chinery, he said, to eliminate a con- dition where “we have too much wheat but not enough bread, too much cotton but not enough cloth- ing, too many bricks but not enough houses.” He said that though he is a Repub- lican he has great faith in the Dem- cratic administration and urged Lions to cooperate in every way pos- sible to improve conditions, declaring that Lionism preaches that coopera- tion is many times more effective than individual efforts. “Our present problem is intellec- | tual,” he said. Just after Hatton’s address the Lions parade — featuring two living lions brought here from the zoo at Minot — formed at the World War! Memorial building for its journey to the city baseball park for a barbecue picnic and program ot music, sports and other entertainment. In the parade were the Mott band. the Bismarck high school band andi the Bismarck American Legion drum! and bugle corps. The musical or-j ganizations were to present music during the barbecue picnic. Banquet Set For Tonight Governor Allan will preside at the governors’ banquet in the gymnasium of the World War Memorial building, beginning at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday; evening, On the program are group! singing, music by a vocal chorus and! quartet, a program by dancing stu- dents, and an address by Hatton. The convention ball will begin at 9 o'clock in the main auditorium of the World War Memorial building, with Harry Turner and his orchestra presenting the music. Music and entertainment dominat- ed the day's convention activities . ‘W. 8. Ayers of Bismarck, general convention chairman, presided as the business program of the convention got under way at the auditorium. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Mayor A. P. Lenhart of Bismarck, Obert A. Olson, president of the Bis- marck Lions club, and presidents of the local Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. Roy Burns of Sioux Falls, 8. D., and ‘W. J. Flynn of Winnipeg, Man., res- ponded. The district governors were intro- duced a. 1 gave brief talks. Past dis- trict governors and directors then « were presented. Discuss Peace Garden Following came reports of district governors, secretaries and treasurer, addresses by Rev. Herman Olsen of Winnipeg and W. E. Lillo of Lari- more on the international peace gar- (Continued on Page Seven) COMPROMISE SEEN AS VETERAN FIGHT RAGES IN CONGRESS House Steering Committee Chairman Discusses Cuts With Budget Director ‘Washington, June 7.—()—Hope for {® compromise on the veterans’ econ- omy dispute was expressed Wednes- day by Chairman Crosser of the house Democratic steering comrhittee after @ three-hour conference at the white house, Crosser headed a special committee met with Director Douglas of the budget and Veterans’ Administrator Hines. Another conference iater in the day was planned. Crosser said the house membership wanted to vote on. some form of the senate amendment which is opposed by the president, restricting veterans’ reductions to 25 per cent and permit- ting continuance of presumptive cases on the federal rolls. Elimination of . the presumptive {clause is particularly demanded by President Rooseveit. This clause pro- {vides that any veteran. who became |injured or ill within six years after the war could be regarded as a serv- jice-connected disability case. Want To Go On Record Speaker Rainey said it appeared his colleagues wantéd to vote for some- ithing favorable to the former soldiers in order to be placed on record to that effect. While he was more hopeful today over the prospects for a compromise, the speaker would not say the house |Would refuse to accept the Connally jamendment limiting cuts to 25 per jcent. | This amendment would cost $170,- {000,000 a year. President Roosevelt has linsisted that this outlay, if finally ap- proved by congress, must be met by increased taxes. The president pointed out to the tional Dry Hopes Dashed By Indiana Returns Hossier State Is Tenth in Suc: cession to Ratify Repeal Amendment MARGIN IS TWO TO ONE Majority of Delegates to State Convention Are Pledged To Wet Side Indianapolis, June 7.—(?)—Indiana, hope of prohibitionists to stop a steady march of states toward repeal of the eighteenth amendment, Wed- nesday had joined the wet parade. In a special election Tuesday it be- came the tenth consecutive state to decide that prohibition has no part in the federal corfstitution and should twenty-first amendment. FIGURES SHOW SENTIMENT Washington, June 7.—(P)—Of the 10 states recorded in favor of repealing the eighteenth amend- ment, eight have held popular votes which combined show 8 four-to-one majority for repeal. The total—with New York's tabulation still unofficial and Illi- nois and Indiana incomplete— roughly shows 5,824,800 votes cast for repealing the amendment, against 1,375,100 for retaining it. be removed through ratification of the | The popular state-wide vote on the | representing the vetérans bloc which ;/ _ President * World's Fair Queen Score Are Hurt in Minnesota [FIVE-YEAR-OLD 60 WILL RECOVER FROM ACCIDENT INJURIES Donald Fairman, Run Over By Automobile Tuesday, Is in Local Hospital Severely injured when run over by an automobile late Tuesday afternoon, Donald Fairman, five-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. James Fairman, 100 ‘Thayer avenue, was in a local hos- pital Wednesday, with his ultimate recovery predicted by his doctor. The tot was riding a tricycle across the street when he was struck by an automobile driven by Miss Harriet Lane, employe of the workmen’s com- pensation bureau, who resides at 504 Broadway avenue west. The mishap occurred shortly after 5:30 o'clock at the intersection of From tea room cashier to Queen of} Broadway avenue and Mandan St. Beauty at the Century of Progress| Police Chief C. J. Martineson said Exposition in Chicago is the Cinder-jan investigation showed Miss Lane Sea eth oe ea pinearea Koa was not at fault. ierson of e, sy ured here| ‘The car dragged the boy a short in regal robes after her coronation.| distance before a wheel passed over The 125-pound, 5-foot 6-inch blonde|the upper part of his chest. He was beauty took the $5,000 first prize/knocked unconscious by the impact from 50 fair competitors. question was two to one in favor of repeal. The unofficial tabulation was 501,239 to 277,694 in 3,374 of the state's 3,691 precincts. Of the 329 delegates named in Tues- Gay’s election to the convention that will meet here June 26 formally to register the will of the people, 250 will be pledged to vote for the new amend- ment. The anti-repealists delegates. Surprising strengtl{ came from a number of rural counties—heretofore looked upon as strongholds of the dry forces—to boost the vote the repealists had been given in the large cities. Fifty-seven of the 92 counties in In- diana voted for repeal. Each county was apportioned one delegate for each 10,000 population. States other than Indiana that have voted to repeal the eighteenth amendment are Illinois, Michigan, Rhode Island. Wisconsin. Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, and will have 79 PRESIDENT INSISTS EUROPE MUST OPEN DEBT NEGOTIATIONS Is Willing to Listen But Initia- tive Will Not Be Taken By America Washington, June 7—(P)—As the | date for collecting the next war debt installment approaches, the admin- istration ig sticking to the principle that a debtor nation can approach its but recovered consciousness shortly after he was taken to the hospital, his doctor said. No X-ray examination was made Tuesday evening because of the boy's condition, but such an examination was planned sometime Wednesday to {@etermine if the tot suffered any in- ternal injuries. His doctor said the boy's skin and muscles of the chest are badly bruised and said that though the boy is weak the prospect for his recovery is re- garded as hopeful. SAYS ‘SHOESTRING STARTED BROTHERS -ONROAD 10 WEALTH committee that of more importance|W7oming. creditors and lay its case before/O, P. Van Sweringen Tells of than the dollars and cents involved in the dispute is the principle of provid- ing government care for veterans whose injuries are not traceable to war service. 1 He feels that the senate proposal | violates in this respect the principle laid down in the Democratic plat- {form and in the economy bill passed early this session. Also, it was made plain again by the president that if the senate |amendment is kept new taxes will have to be raised to meet the added cost of $170,000,000. The modification of regulations. announced Tuesday, he said, will not require new taxes to meet their cost. This is estimated at about $50,000. Raps Presumptive Clause Under the senate provision, it is the understanding at the white house that about 160,000 cases would be added to the government rolls on jthe presumption that they were service-connected. It is this presumptive clause which particularly irks the adminis- tration. Under it any man who becomes sick six years after leaving the serv- ice is presumed to be ill as a result of that service. ‘What the president wants to do is eliminate this presumption and es- tablish the practice of “reasonable doubt.” It is his determination also to resolve the doubt in favor of the veterans but he does not want the government's hands tied. Speaker Rainey told newspapermen that if congress accepted the Connal- ly amendment, increasing veterans’ outlays, without raising taxes and ad- journed, President Roosevelt would immediately caH another extra ses- Must Balance Budget “The budget has got to be bal- anced,” Rainey said. “If the con- gress adjourns after accepting the Connally. amendment to the inde- Pendent offices bill, throwing the budget $170,000,000 out of balance, the President would be justified in calling an extra session.” G Rainey said that thus far the com- Promise offered by President Roose- velt had not been accepted by propo- nents of the amendment. He added that President Roosevelt was ready “to fight it out with con- gress,” saying the country would “back him up in his efforts to maintain a ‘balanced budget.” “He will call a special session and keep us here all summer if necessary.” Rainey contended. A turn in the’ tide of revolt against Roosevelt economy on veterans was sighted as more and more members appeared ready to accept the com- promise put forward by the chief ex- ecutive. Speaker Rainey said the members were being “deluged” by telegrams demanding support of the president's Program as well as requests for in- creasing veteran's allowances. The president's new regulations met them, but that such a move must be ipa hg ty initiated by the debtor. ‘Washington, June 7.—()—Post- One week from Thursday install- aaser dance & Pa as chairman|Ments totalling $144,179,674 will be ..idue. On Friday, the British cabinet of the Democratic National commit. will meet to discuss) its payment of $75,950,000, with intimations the Lon- don government is looking for word from Washington as to what is ex- tee, W exp! gratification with the repeal votes of Indiana and mi Entry Into Railroad Finan- cial Circles Washington, June 7.—)—A million dollar “shoestring” gave the brothers Van Sweringen their start on the path they are treading as railroad royalty. In a statement, he said: “The favorable vote in the states of Indiana and Illinois on the ques- tion of repealing the 18th amendment is exceedingly gratifying to me. “While this result was expected, it will, I feel sure, have a very whole- some effect upon the sentiment in other states which are yet to vote on this question. “As the people of one state after another vote for repeal the attitude of the country becomes more and more apparent. “I anticipate that other states soon to vote will likewise favor repeal.” ‘WILL 1S WINNER IN | SCHOOL BOARD VOTE Defeats Mrs. Price Owens in Election Tuesday to Re- tain Present Post F. Will, incumbent. was elected to the Bismarck board of edu- cation for another three-year term at @ special election Tuesday. ‘Will polled 585 votes to 259 for Mrs. Price Owens, his only opponent. The four other members of the board are Burt Finney and E. B. Cox, who have two years left to serve, and George M. Register and Dr. W. E. Cole, who have one year left. TWO ARE NAMED TO MINOT SCHOOL BOARD Minot, N. D., June 6—(P)—J. C. Blaisdell, Jr., incumbent, and Lyall W. Day were elected members of the board of education of the Minot school district Tuesday. Blaisdell received 1,614 votes and Day 1,536. Benno polled 850, and Dr. V. B. Ab- bott 774. Henry W. Gay, incumbent, was not a candidate for re-election. INCUMBENT DEFEATED BY WASHBURN VOTERS ‘Washburn school board in Tuesday's election, defeating John E. Williams who had held the post for the last six years. The vote was 172 to 142 in jone of the closest elections there in recent years. GALLAGHER AND SERR ELECTED AT MANDAN Attorney R. F. Gallagher and Theo- dore M. Serr were elected to the Mandan board of education Tuesday. ‘With 861 voters registered, a new rec- That lone $1,000,000 was all the cash O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen and their associates first put up in 1916. The former revealed Wednes- day to senate investigators of how J. P. Morgan helped them on their way to the many millions of investment. represented in current ‘Van Swer- pected. Dispatches to this effect were count-; ered at the white house, however, with a statement that the British had made no formal representation on; the debts and consequently no official | reply could be in preparation. There were, however, indications B. E. Robinson was elected to the; that informal negotiations were in called frequently at the state depart- ment. But he has not visited Presi- dent Roosevelt, who is handling the debt problem personally. ‘With congress on record against re. vision or cancellation, Roosevelt's posi. tion is that any move for changes in the funding agreements must be made He the initiative of the debtor coun- ry. What the British will decide to do is uncertain. A default by France apparently is regareed in Paris as virtually inevit- able. The French installment totals $40,- 7,000. Of the nearly $30,000,000 owed next week by other nations, the bulk will be due from Italy. What that coun- try will do is uncertain. Road Body Reelects All Present Officers McCook, Neb., June 1.—(®)—All of- ficers of the Great Plains Highway, ‘Canada to Mexico route were reelected at the ninth annual meeting here Tuesday. Several states were repre- sented in the gathering. The officers are J. V. Romigh of North Platte, Neb., president; R. Y. Schindler of , Texas, first vice president; B. H. Flyr of Oakley Kansas, second vice president; R. A. Baker of Valentine, Neb., third vice president; E. C. Kelso of North Platte, Neb., secretary-treasurer. ‘The officers for North Dakota are| vice president, H. P. Goddard, Bis- marek; and C. E. Danielson, Minot, and Hugh Roan, Portal, directors. Carrington Visitors Are Given Workout Carrington, N. D., June 7.—(?)— Fire fighters who came here for their) state convention had ample oppor- tunity to display their talents Tues- day night when two fires broke out here. More than 100 visiting fire- men helped to fight the flames. A fire at the Emmet Carroll gar- progress. Ambassador Lindsay has: ingen interests. “You may say that is starting on a shoestring,” the Cleveland operator remarked almost casually. “I agree that is so, but we made hat we have today out of that shoe- tring..... “We were poor when we started out in life. I've never been reluctant to admit that.” Van Sweringen had been asked the amount Tuesday by Ferdinand Pe- cora, as counsel for the senate com- mittee, and said he could not then comply. Morgan Listens Closely J. P. Morgan and his counsel, John D. Davis, listened intently, as did another crowd that jammed the hot hearing room. A moment before, the investigators had agreed unanimously on terms of} a resolution to be presented to the senate later in the day seeking wider power to go into income tax returns of Morgan partners and their stock transactions bearing on the payment made. Chairman Fietcher predicted ;it would be approved by the senate | without delay. | “Are you satisfied with the com- | mittee’s action?” Pecora was asked. “T think so,” he smiled. The matter-of-fact answer by Van) | Sweringen as to the amount of cash jput up to get a start in railroading attracted the audience to close at- | tention. The noted railroad operator list- ened more intently to Pecora’s ques- tions Wednesday and pointed a finger at the counsel as he replied. Eight Wounded in Illinois Mine War Springfield, Il., June 7.—(@)—Eight. men were wounded, five of them by gunfire, in a clash between rival min- ers and peace officers at the Peerless mine, a mile northwest of here, Wed- nesday morning. The Peerless is operated by the Peabody Coal company with members of the United Mine Workers Union. A small group of national guards- men, brought here from Taylorville Tuesday night on rumors of an im- pending outbreak, and several special | | jboard of education Tuesday night. substantially all but the most extreme | ord in votes cast was established for demands in regard to benefits for vet-| school elections there, the election erans with established service-con-| seldom attract! voters. ing more than a few nected cause for compensation. 4 . age started when a trouble light| deputy sheriffs, were on duty at the| dropped into a pool of gasoline. Fire| mine when pickets from the Progres- also broke out at the S, J. Malen| sive Miners Union clashed with Unit- Tornadoes Southwestern Part of State Suffers Heavy Damage From Disturbances LOSS PUT AT $100,000 Lack of Power Makes It Diffi- cult to Care For Those Hurt At Worthington St. Paul, June 7.—(4)—Widespread damage and injuries to 20 or more persons resulted Tuesday night from what witnesses described as a series Minnesota. Several victims of the tornado in the Worthington vicinity, most seri- ously damaged, placed at $100,000 the unofficial estimated damage that demolished property and wrecked power lines, necessitating an emer- gency operation in a darkened hos- pital while physicians worked by the gleam of flashlights. Dr. E. A. Kilbride operated on Mrs. Adam Balk, wife of a farmer near here, who suffered a serious injury to a bone in her leg when a piece of board was imbedded during demoli- Se of some buildings on the Balk farm. four-year-old daughter and husband, was trapped in the wreckage of their cabin, suffered a similar injury but ‘was not as critically hurt. Hospitals Treat 20 ‘They were among some 20 persons treated at hospitals in Worthington. Six victims of the tornado still were in hospitals there Wednesday. Crops, buildings, trees, windows, and telegraph and telephone lines were demolished here and there in the southern and southwestern part of the state. At Butterfield a 75,000 bushel ele- vator was draped across the main line of the Omaha railroad. Blind- ed by dust stirred up by the terrific blow, the engineer of a freight train was unable to stop in time and ram- med into the wreckage. The train was not derailed and no one was Eight miles away, at Mountain Lake, the wind picked up two empty box cars from a hiding and slammed them into the side of a caboose. Two men of the train crew leaped to safety from the caboose. The tornado struck the Worthing- ton vicinity after a day of high tem- peratures when the mercury reached 100. Hundreds of persons, seeking relief from the heat at nearby lakes. were caught in the open. It was hours before they were able to reach home because debris and uprooted trees, snarled communication and Power lines, blocked the roads. Many Towns Damaged Among the towns suffering dam- age were Brewster, Worthington, St. James, Mountain Lake, Butterfield, Hastings, Lake City, Owatonna, He- ron Lake, Lakefield and Okabena. Reports of the tornadic storms, rather meager because of crippled communication lines, came from He- ron Lake, Jackson county, in south- western Minnesota; Waseca, in Wa- seca county, and Hastings, in Da- kota county. At Waseca the driving wind and rain storm blew the roof off the high water tower, battered in windows knocked over trees and leveled barns. The damage, it is estimated, will runj between $25,000 and $30,000. Mrs. John Hacker, seeking refuge in a house with others who had been at a park in Worthington was struck by a piece of wood that pierced her arm. Mrs. Frisbee, the hotel manager's wife, was in the second story of the Thompson hotel when, as she was leaving her apartment, a window was shattered by the driving wind. The flying glass cut her back and an artery on her ankle, the wounds re- quiring several sitches. Most of the extreme southern part ‘of the state was without wire connec- tions with the outside throughout the night. Telephone and telegraph of- ficials said the main cause of the dis- rupted service was breaking of wires by falling trees and other storm debris. Schroeder Named to Head Forks Schools Grand Forks, N. D., June 7.—(7)}— Elroy Schroeder, Grand Forks county superintendent, was unanimously elected superintended of the city school board here at a meeting of the He will succeed John C. West, who resigned to become president of the University of North Dakota July 1. ‘The new superintendent is a native of Grand Forks county. He received his education in the country and public schools of Grand Forks and the University of North Dakota. He is 34 years old and has been county superintendent for six and a half years. TRAGEDIES HIT SCHOOL | Milwaukee, Wis. June 7.—(7)—A slaying and a suicide on the campus of the Milwaukee Downer college, ex- clusive school for girls, Wednesday followed an automobile accident near home. When the Malen fire was un-|ed Miners en route to work. der control, firemen staged a water} Of the eight injured, three were | fight. over the house between firemen | hurt by clubs and stones and the re-| on the two hose lines, mainder by shots. | Waukesha in which one man was killed and two young women were seriously injured. The tragedies fol- wed a party at Waukesha beach. of tornadoes which struck scattered; parts of southern and southwestern ; | ‘Mrs. Herman Andreg, who with herj Greets Lions Here ROUND-WORLD FLIER WAS LAST REPORTED » Wrote Business Epic! OVER NOVO SIBIRSK ts CYRUS H. K. CURTIS The life of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who died Wednesday at, the age of 83, was an American epic of business success. He rose from newsboy to publisher of several great magazines and news- papers. STORYBOOK CAREER ENDS FOR CURTIS, FAMOUS PUBLISHER Pennsylvanian Rose From Pov- erty to Control Great Mag- azines, Newspapers Philadelphia, June 7.—(?)—Cyrus H. K. Curtis, whose rise from news- boy to publisher was one of the epics of American business, died Wednes- day at his home in suburban Wyn- cote of a lingering heart ailment. He would have been 83 on June 18. One of the world’s ‘great magazine and newspaper publishers, Curtis Delay in Communication May Have Hampered Report From Russian Outposts SHOULD BE AT CHITA NOW Moscow Had Reported Good Weather For Most of Long Overland Jaunt Moscow, June 7.—(7)—Fifteen hours after he had passed Novo Sibirsk, Jimmy Mattern, American round-the- world flier, was unreported Wednes- day so far as Moscow knew, but un- less he had encountered difficulties with his plane, he should have reach- ed Chita, Siberia, the next stop on his schedule. Delays in communication, which increased the further eastward the flier progressed, left Moscow without. word of his whereabouts. The Moscow weather bureau said the aviator should encounter good weather and wind conditions as far as Krasnoyarsk, after which he prob- ably would meet strong headwinds and cloudy weather on his way to Chita. WAS FLYING HIGH WHEN HE WAS LAST REPORTED Novo Sibirsk, Siberia, June 7.—(? —Jimmie Mattern was sighted here at 4:10 a. m, Wednesday Moscow time (8:10 p. m. E. 8. T. Tuesday). He was flying high and fast towards Chita, Siberia, his destination in the fifth lap of his round-the-world flight. This town is about 400 miles due east of Omsk, Siberia, from where he hopped off at 1:10 a. m. Moscow time (5:10 p. m. E. 8. T. Tuesday). His average speed was about 13¢ miles an hour. Chita is about 1,300 miles east of Nivo Sibirsk. Jimmie Mattern is a little behind the globe-encireling flight record he seeks to better but zoomed across Siberia confident of ultimate success. Day was just breaking when the American left Omsk for Chita, 1,700 miles east, just three days, 12 hours, and 50 minutes after leaving New, York. passed away at 2:10 a. m. He had been ill since May, last year, when he was stricken with a heart attack while on his yacht Lyn- donia, near New York, and was hur- ried to this city aboard the vessel. Five days later his wife died sud- denly. She had taken a room in the ‘rll Beat ’Em Yet’ Before him on the fifth leg of his Jone journey was favorable weather with very light head winds, a clear sky and good visibility. “Til beat ’em yet!” he exclaimed, referring to Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, the trail blazers who passed hospital to be near him and passed| over Omsk three days, two hours and away in her sleep from a heart ail-!nine minutes after their departure ment from which she had suffered] from New York in 1931. for a number of years. She was his] By this computation the Texan second wife and a second cousin. was 10 hours, 41 minutes behind hia Curtis was chairman of the board| predecessors mark at Omsk, but Post! of the Curtis Publishing company} and Gatty lost 14% hours later at which publishes the Saturday Eve-|Blagovestchenck, when their plang ning Post, Ladies Home Journal, and| became mired. the Country Gentleman. Mattern landed here 54 minuted Also, Curtis was president of Cur-| ahead of the Post and Gatty tima tis-Martin Newspapers, Inc., which! put in bringing his gaily-colored ma< publishes the Philadelphia Public} chine to earth, a wing strut broke Ledger and Evening Ledger, and the! necessitating a delay for repairs. New York Evening Post and owns} He made good use of the time the Philadelphia Inquirer company,| however, for he spent a few hours in which publishes the Inquirer. He} refreshing sleep, sorely lacking in his was a member of the Associated|record-breaking transatlantic hop te Press. The publisher left one daughter, Mrs. Mary Louis Curtis Bok, widow of Edward W. Bok, for many years editor of Ladies’ Home Journal. She was his only child. Announce Changes in University Faculty Grand Forks, N. D., June 7.—(®)— Promotions and appointments were made and resignations accepted at the meeting of the state board of ad- ministration at the University of North Dakota here Tuesday. The list of promotions will be an- nounced at commencement exercises June 13. Resignations accepted were those of Dr. Robert S. Forsythe, pro- fessor of English; Captain H. H. Davis, associate professor of military science, and Weston W. Heringer, in- structor in pathology and physiology. New appointments included Captain Charles H. Karlstad to succeed Cap- tain Davis, whose tour of duty here expired; Donald B. Simonson, who has been a part-time instructor, to be a full time instructor in physiology and pathology; Ross Tisdake of Grand Forks, to be an instructor in the law school, and Dr. H. G. Benwell of Grand Forks, to be special lecturer in physical diagnosis in the school of medicine. Frank C. Foley, temporary instructor in geology the last semes- ter, was given a permanent appoint- ment. The board approved the trip of ad- vanced mining engineer students to the mines and ceramics exhibit for the North Dakota display at the cen- tury of progress exposition in Chi- cago. Isa meena ' Sudden Set-Back Is | | Suffered by Gandhi | — Poona, India, June 7.—(7)—A sudden setback in the condition of Mahatma Gandhi, who recent- ly concluded a three-weeks fast in protest against the treatment accorded India’s “untouchables,” was announced Wednesday aft- ernoon by an examining phy- sician, The Mahatma has lost 2'2 pounds in two days and, al- though there are no definite complications, the doctor order- ed that the restrictions regard- ing visitors be tightened. \ Jomfruland Island, a short leg tc Oslo, Norway, and the two succeed- ing hops to Moscow and to Omsk. He made the 1,450-mile Moscow- Omsk jaunt in 12 hours and 21 min- utes, at an average of about 120 miles an hour. The Texan landed at Omsk at 1:35 p. m. Moscow time Tuesday (5:30 a. m. E. S. T. Tuesday) and took off again for Chita at 1:10 a. m. Mos- cow time Wednesday (5:10 p,. m E S. T. Tuesday). Before leaving Omsk, the smiling, youthful American praised Soviet of- ficials for their excellent and willing help. MATTERN IS CLOSE TO POST-GATTY MARK New York, June 7.—(P}—Just be- fore Jimmie Mattern passed over No- vo Sibirsk, Siberia, he was 11 hours and 14 minutes behind the Post-Gatty ‘round the world timetable, establish- ed in 1931. Just after he passed over the Siber- jan city, however, he was only 1 hour and 44 minutes behind. This is because Post and Gatty stopped at Novo Sibirsk and stayed there 9 hours and 30 minutes. Mat- tern kept right on going. Mattern lost 33 minutes on the journey from Omsk to Novo Sibirsk. Starting 84 hours and 50 minutes aft- er he left New York, he required three hours to reach Novo Sibirsk. Post and Gatty did the same distance in 2 hours and 27 minutes. Their elapsed time on arrival at Novo Sib- risk was 76 hours, 36 minutes. Two messages sent from Omsk wer received from him here Wednesday. One to his backer, read: “Feel fine. Everything okay. Jimmie. The other, to the manager of Floyd Bennett field, where Mattern began his race around the world, said: “I'll be glad to get back on those concrete runways.” Statisticians figured Mattern still has a good chance to set his “Centazy of Progress” down here in record time. Behind At Omsk Head winds and a little misfortune (Continued on Page Seven) YOUTH IS DROWNED Melrose, Minn., June 7.—()—Ven- turing into water beyond his depth as he was swimming in the mill pond here, Alfred Hollerman, 20, son of Herman Hollerman, Melrose business man, was swept away in the Sauk ,River channel and drowned