The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1933, Page 1

| North HIGH TEMPERATURES | HOLD SOME STATES IN TORTURING CRIP ba North Dakota’s ~ Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 In North Dakota Only South- eastern Section Fails to Escape Heat Blast | i ~ MERCURY IS LOWER .HIERE Entire Bismarck District Bene- fited By Shower Which Fell Monday With all but the extreme southeast | section of North Dakota cooled offi ‘i Tuesday morning, the extreme heat | wave which held this state in its grip tor five successive days has moved to Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, In-! diana, Iowa and South Dakota. * Though most of the state cooled off appreciably Monday, five points report-. ed temperature of 100 degrees or more. Oakes was the hottest, with 106, Lis- bon had 105, Hankinson 104 and Na-/| poleon and Amenia 100. | at Drake to 97 at Jamestown. Pem- bina was the coolest point during the right, with a reading of 51 while Hankinson was the warmest, with a spk eesemraee't BY WHEAT GROUP AT ‘% minimum reading of 63. Bismarck High 82 Bismack’s temperature during the last 24 hours ranged from 82 Monday afternoon to 60 during the night. The North Dakota forecast calls for Partly cloudy weather tonight and Wednesday and slightly lower tem-| peratures. Only seven state points reported! precipitation Monday, Bismarck lead- ing the list with 85 of an inch. The entire Bismarck area received this cownpour, however. Other rain re- ported included .15 of an inch at Amenia, .01 at Drake, 12 at Fessen- cen, .06 at Jamestown and .01 at Lari- re. = A light rain fell in Bismarck Tues- day forenoon and by noon a total of .06 of an inch had been recorded, ac- cording to O. W. Roberts, federal meteorogolist here. Another day of scorching tempera- ‘tures was in prospect for other regions | of the middlewest generally, but the weather man promised releif for some sections with cooling showers. Gen- eral relief was predicted for Wednes- day. Deaths Are Mounting Meanwhile the number of deaths attributed either directly or indirect-:and the Argentine delegation is sym- i home. ly to the heat wave continued to mount, while other reports told of jfield near Henderson, Texas. > i Fatally Burned 0. L, BODENHAMMER H Shreveport, La., June 20.—(?)—Ma- jor O. L. Bodenhammer, 40, of Eldor- | jLegion in 1929-30 was burned fatally | {Monday when a match he struck to! light a cigaret set off gases in an oil/ PROGRESS REPORTED. _ LONDON CONFERENCE |Production Control Agreement} | May Be Submitted to Na- tions in Near Future —_— i London, June 20. — (#) — Definite! {Progress in negotiations by the “big; jfour” wheat producing countries to- ; Ward reaching an agreement for con- trel of production was reported au- thoritatively in world economic con- ference quarters Tuesday. Premier Hendryk Coliji of Holland told the economic commission he hoped to have a plan, supported by the United States. Canada, Argentina; and Australia, ready for presentation | soon for the adherence of the smaller; {wheat producers. | In the meantime talks among rep- lresentatives of the “big four” have | progressed, with the method of at- tacking crop control the chief prob- jlem., The United States is the only jeountry with a definite plan legalized and ready for action. | Canada is in agreement in principle , |pathetic, but the Australians are! {fearful of political repercussions if an | crops that wilted under the blazing j¢ffort is made to cut acreage. sun as the mercury soared to near the | 100-degree mark from Ohio to Ne-; baska. i Sections promised relief Tuesday) «were Upper Michigan, northern Wis- | consin, northwestern Towa, eastern; South Dakota and eastern Nebraska. ; Indiana with eight deaths, seven by | drowning, topped the list in the num- ber of casualties. Othe: states report- | ed as follows: Michigan, six, four by crowning; Wisconsin, four, three by! downing and one due to a broken neck | when a youth dived into shallow wa-! ter; Illinois, two, and Ohio, two, one in Cincinnati when a Negro rolled off @ roof while asleep and was killed. “SOME DAMAGE CAUSED BY MONDAY’S WIND Minot, N. D., June 20—()—A strong wind which swept most of northwest- ern North Dakota Monday did dam- age in some localities, according to *« reports received Tuesday. At the Frank Linha farm, three miles north of Minot, one of two wooden silos was tipped over. Some trees at the farm also were broken; down. ' | At Bottineau a large section of the; roof and north wall of the work room in the rear of August Frykman’s ga- rage were destroyed. Garfield Chris- tenson, employe of the garage, tried; to secure a corner of the roof during} the storm, but was forced to jump; when the wind wrenched loose the sec- | tion on which he was standing. He was uninjured except for minor! bruises and a slightly twisted leg. | A plate glass window was blown in; at the northwest corner of Kleppe’s} store at Bottineau and a few other; windows in the city. German Feminist Is Victim of Old Age! Moscow, June 20.—(7)—Clara Zet- kin, noted German feminist and com- munist, died unexpectedly Monday night at @ sanitorium at Archangels- Kove, near Moscow. In another fnonth she would have been 76 years old. Frau Zetkin had been living at Ar- changelskoye since June, 1932, with the exception of a brief trip to Berlin aust year to preside as the eldest mem- ber over the opening of the reich- * stag. earn occurred as she slept. Con- ditions incident to age were under- stood to be the cause. WILL PROBE SALARIES Washington, June 20.—(#)— The! federal tade commission expects to ‘launch soon an investigation of the salary schedules of corporations whose securities are listed on the New York stock and curb exchanges. Chairman Charles March said to- day while the inquiry has not yet been ted formally, it “soon will be,” The Australians are reported to have proposed a method of controlling exports and “denaturizing” the sur- plus. It is understood the Americans have Proposed various percentages of acre- age reduction, such as 15 per cent the first year and 10 per cent the second; 20 per cent the first and 5 per cent ithe second; or a full 25 per cent the; first. RAID NORTH DAKOTA BANK SECOND TIME IN LAST 2 MONTHS | Institution At Havana Again Is Victimized By Bandits; Gang Escapes Havana, N. D., June 20.—(?)—For the second time in about two months, three bandits held up the Havana State Bank, kidnaped a woman as- sistant cashier and escaped with ap- proximately $800 in cash shortly be- fore noon Tuesday. The leader of the bandit trio was the same man who led the bandits on April 17 when the bank was robbed of $7,800 after two employes had been locked in the vault. The bandits drove up to the front of the bank at 11:45 a. m., and one man remained at the wheel of the car {while the other two entered the bank. leader, who was the larger of the two, drew a pistol and ordered Miss Helen Kriesel, assistant cashier, and G. A. Klefstad, cashier to lie on the floor. Miss Kriesel said she recognized the leader immediately. While the second man kept the two covered, the leader scooped up all available cash and forced Klefstad in- to the vault, locking the door. Miss Kriesel was forced to leave the bank with the two bandits and was or- dered to stand on the running board near the driver. The car headed south of town and at the edge of town stopped and she was told to get off. The bandit car was a new Ford V-8 ‘Sedan with red wheels. It is believed to have a Minnesota license. The car was headed for Britton, 5.,D. Ha- vana is in Sargent county, about a mile north of the South Dakota line. PLAN FIRST TRIAL Washington, June 20.—(#)—The first tryout of the new industrial con- trol law will come a week from Tues- day in public hearings on a job- spreading, wage-boosting agreement seubmutted by the cotton textile trade, ‘the money ts not marked.” BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1933 BREWING COMPANY OFFICER TELLS HOW RANSOM WAS PAID Writes Copyright Article For As-| sociated Press on Hamm | Kidnap Case |MANY THREATS WERE MADE Several Messages and Tele-| phone Calls Marked Pro- gress of Negotiations (Copyright 1933 By The Associated Press) St. Paul, June 20.—(?)—The follow- ing was written exclusively for the Associated Press By William W. Dunn, jaro, Ark., commander of the American |sales manager for the Theo. Hamm Brewing company, who negotiated di- rectly with the kidnapers of William Hamm, millionaire St. Paul brewer, and subsequently carried the ransom money. The kidnapers demanded $100,000 but received “less than $100,- 000.” By WILLIAM W. DUNN I received a telephone call at 2:40 o'clock Thursday afternoon while sit- ting in my office at the Brewing com- pany talking with Otto Constans, St. Paul deputy playgrounds and parks commissioner. The voice said “is this William W. Dunn?” I said “yes.” Speaking in a rough tone, the man said “I want to talk to you and I want you to listen to what I am going to say and don’t butt in. When I get through you can talk. “We have Mr. Hamm. We want you to get $100,000 in twenty, ten and five- dollar bills and be sure you see that I said “hey, hey, what is going on, is this a joke.” Then he broke in and said “now, shut up and listen to what I have to say.” And he started again and he said finally “now, Dunn, if you tell a soul about this by God we'll get you.” interspersing his warn- ings with vile language. I was told I would get a telephone call tomor- row night over this same line. I said “now wait a minute, where am I go-/ ing to get $100,000.” He hung up. I went to the office of Mr. Charles (H. J. Charles, attorney for the Brew- ing company) and he was not there. I then went to the office of E. C. Nip- polt, vice president of the Hamm|/ Brewing company. I told him and we started out to find Mr. Charles. We got Mr. Charles about 4 o'clock Thursday. We found him at his Notified Relatives | __Then the three of us sat in Mr. Nip- ;Polt’s office and started to try andj locate Dewalt Ankeny, William Lang and James Kelly, the three brothers- in-law of Mr. Hamm, Jr. When they arrived it was decided that the three men and Mr. Charles; jshould go to the Hamm residence and| jtalk to Mrs. Hamm, Sr. Then Mr. Charles and I went to the Lowry ho- j tel. | Chief Tom Dahill was called and| | Mr. Charles told him what had hap- tpened. After that I went home. About | two o'clock Friday morning I received |@ telephone call. "The party at the other end said “Well, Dunn, you have carried out in- structions pretty good so far. You realize now that what I told you this (Continued on Page Two) ASKS RAILROADS 10 DELAY WAGE SLASH Federal Coordinator Makes Suggestion At Conference With Managers Washington, June 20.—(?)—Rail- road management Tuesday received a suggestion from administration sources that proposed wage reduc- | tions be postponed. Joseph B. Eastman, coordinator of transportation, conferred in an unof- ficial capacity Tuesday morning with the management committee of the! carriers which is handling a proposal for a permanent reduction of 22% per cent in railroad wages. At the close of the conference East- man indicated he had suggested to the railroad managers that the issue be postponed. “The course of events,” he said, \“will depend on subsequent develop- ments. “We had a most satisfactory con- ference and there probably will be more meetings. “The wage situation was discussed from the management viewpoint. One of the questions considered was whether there should be a postpone- ment of the issue. At this time no information 1s possible as to what will occur.” Eastman, who became coordinator of transportation on Saturday, is un- derstood to be representing President Roosevelt in the negotiations. W. F. Thiehoff, general manager of the Burlington railroad and chair- man of the management committee, said after the meeting the committee will remain in Washington “until re- leased by Mr. Eastman.” Eastman meets with the railway la- bor executives association Tuesday afternoon to discuss the situation from gbor's viewpoint, - THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Government Aims to (CROPS THROUGHOUT |WinsMostMosts | Curb Price Boosts GBORGIA GOVERNOR CALLS MILITIA T0 BOLSTER HIS HAND Puts Troops in Charge of High- way Department Following Political Battle Atlanta, June 20.—(?)—Governor Eugene Talmadge Tuesday was in complete control of the state highway department under martial law but Chairman J. W. Barnett, ousted from his offices, announced still. was chairman and warned against doing business with the governor's organi- zation, The martial law proclamation—the governor's answer to the refusal of the highway board to bow to his de- mand that five highway engineers be discharged—also covered the offices of state treasurer, comptroller general and other executive posts, and put ‘under military rule all civil court mat- ters concerning the highway depart- ment. Judge P. Wilhoit, a lawyer, was ele- vated by the goevrnor's order from the post of minority member of the high- way board to its chief. The governor declared the offices of Chairman Bar- nett and W. C. Vereen, another board member, vacant and was expected to appoint their successors shortly. Adjutant General Busy Meanwhile, Adjutant General Lind- ley W. Camp, head of the national guard, was busy telegraphing units over the state to take charge of var- fous highway properties. He said not more than 150 guardsmen would be called and added that “everybody is at work as though nothing had hap- pened” at the department’s offices here. A “fight for my rights” was an- nounced by Chairman Barnett, who said his term of office did not expire until June 4, 1935. Governor Talmadge, whose eight- page proclamation, unprecedented in Georgia history, arraigned Barnett and Vereen for what the chief executive charged was an effort to destroy the state's $100,000,000 highway system, refused to comment Tuesday on the situation. Chairman Barnett said the “time has not yet come for a Mussolini in Georgia.” He expressed the belief the courts will prevent “unlawful inter- ference with the highway department.” He said he is “still the chairman of the highway board.” The “illegal and tyrranical act of the governor,” he said further, does not affect this status. $2,000,000 Tied Up The governor's action, taken short- ly after his return to Atlanta from New York, followed by a few hours the action of highway oficials in tie- ing up by injunction more than $2,- 000,000 of highway funds, which the governor had ordered removed from banks and impounded in the state treasury under military guard. The state treasurer and the comp- troller general, named defendants in Friday's action, likewise were put un- der martial law. Fifteen national guardsmen took charge of the building and‘ General Camp said guardsmen in various sec- tions of the state would be put in charge of highway department prop- erty. In an order dispatched to the six division engineers over the state, Gen- eral Camp said, “there is no change in the status of operation of the state highway department, which will con- tinue unmolested until further no- tice.” SELECTING JUR IN GAMMONS TRIAL Counsel Would Prevent ‘Politi- cal Fortune’ From In- fluencing Verdict Selection of a jury for the trial of John Gammons, former secretary of the North Dakota industrial and securities commissions who is charged with embezzling state funds, was be- gun in Burleigh county district court Tuesday morning. Seated near the defendant through- out the proceedings was his wife. Gammons is facing trial on a charge of embezzling $600, three per cent interest for 1931 on the $20,- 000 military history fund under his supervision, which the state claims is unaccounted for. Gammons has pleaded not guilty to four separate counts, charging to- tal embezzlement of $1,639.52. John F. Sullivan of Mandan, coun- sel for Gammons, during examina- tion of prospective jurors was care- ful to have each state that he or she would not be influenced by “poli- tical fortune of anyone” in reaching @ verdict. Handling the prosecution were At- torney General A. J. Gronna, As- sistant Attorney General Milton K. Higgins and State's Attorney George 8. Register. The jury was expected to be completed late Tuesday after- jpeoa Will Try to Keep Down In- creases in Cost of Bread and Clothing OFFICIALS OUTLINE HOPES Wallace and Peek Want Better Farm Prices Without Hitting Consumer Washington, June 20.—(#)—The two men administering the new farm law feel that the government's plans for @ 20 per cent cut in wheat production and the destruction of 10,000,000 acres of growing cotton should cost the con- | sumer very little, if anything. t So said Secretary Wallace and George N. Peek, chief administrator of the farm act, after announcing that those who make things out of raw cot- ton must pay a processing tax of about four cents a pound. That is the maximum possible under the law, and is comparable to the 30 cents a bushel tax already announced for wheat Processors, The tax is to be added to} what the farmer gets for his com- modity on the market. The cotton tax, they said, should be absorbed before it reaches the pur- chaser of the finished stuff. The} wheat levy, said Wallace, at most should increase the cost of a loaf of bread one-half to one cent. Both conceded that the success of their effort to raise cotton prices de- pends upon the willingness of farmers to destroy a portion of their growing cotton in return for a rental from the government on the unused land. The cotton plan is to apply to this year’s crop. Weather conditions have caused a wheat reduction this year, so the 20 per cent cut will not become effective until the next crop. Partici- pation in both is voluntary. THREE STATES ARE VOTING SENTIMENTS | ONDRY LAW REPEAL lowa, New Hampshire and Con- necticut Going to Polls For Special Vote (By the Associated Press) Iowa, New Hampshire and Con- necticut voted Tuesday on repeal of the prohibition amendment. Prohibitionists conceded defeat in Connecticut, a state which never gave its approval to the eighteenth amend- ment. New Hampshire and Iowa, however, were expected to show a more evenly divided sentiment. Thus far 11 states have voted on repeal. All have favored it. The ap- proval of 36 states is necessary before the prohibition amendment can be re- Pealed. States which have voted to date are: Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Nevada, New Jersey, Mas- sachusetts, Wyoming, Rhode Island and Delaware. STATE DAMAGED BY RECENT HEAT WAVE Reports From All Areas Show! Prospects Shriveled Un- | der Scorching Sun "HOPPERS ARE MENACING; Some Districts Are Badly In- fested By Pests; Federal | Help Awaited Crops suffered heavily in most parts of the state during the recent heat! wave and rain is needed to prevent; further losses, according to reports received Tuesday from all sections of the state by W. P. Chestnut, Fargo, who 1s assisting in perfecting a set-| up to combat the grasshopper men-| ace in North Dakota. i In addition to the heat damage, from 25 to 30 counties are infested: with grasshoppers, some of the areas} suffering losses as high as 50 per cent, Chestnut said. He called attention to the necessity for early control and is urging every county to use its efforts in stemming the menace. Governor William Lan- ger, Chestnut said, is in touch with federal officials in an effort to ob- tain federal aid for poison to combat grasshoppers. Hoppers Are Worrisome A wire received by the governor from Secretary of Agriculture Wall- ace said recommendation is being made to the federal relief commission that consideration be given to North Dakota’s request for aid in grass- hopper control. While a decision is being awaited, Chestnut called on counties to take every step possible against the grasshopper menace. He called attention that early control is necessary because of the bad ef- fect on crops for the following year. Reports on the heat damage, re- ceived through the land department of the Bank of North Dakota, said approximately 30 per cent crop dam- age was caused in Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Stark and Stutsman counties. In Pembina, from Walhalla to Crystal, 40 per cent damage was reported, with 20 per cent in the bal- ance of the county. Eastern Walsh reported ten per cent, Cavalier 25 per cent, Grant, Morton, and Sioux “big heat damage,” and in Burke and Mountrail counties “serious damage.” In northern Towner county the crop ylelds were greatly reduced by heat, and in Burleigh and Kidder damage up to 40 per cent was reported by field men. Renville's damage was placed at 15 per cent. In Williams county the heat caused considerable crop losses on light sandy soil. While on heavy soil the crop stands were said to be “fairly good.” MINNESOTA REPORTS HEAVY CROP DAMAGE St. Paul, June 20—(?)—Heavy crop damage, part of it irreparable, has been caused in Minnesota by the hot winds and scorching sun of the last several days, state agronomist And- SHOUSE AND DRY CHIEFS ENGAGE IN VERBAL TILT Washington, to Jouett Shouse’s chailenge that pro- | hibition leaders name six states that | would reject repeal with a statement, which said: “Naturally, no dry leader | will present the wets with a list of | states and thereby invite a concen-, trated wet attack.” | Shouse, president of the Association Against the Prohibition amendment, | to keep “thirteen states from voting.” “Wet leaders,” the League statement said, want to get two million dollars a day in revenue from liquor, and express ing the law during the campaign for repeal. ... “If, as the wet leaders estimate, re- peal would bring in two million dol-/ lars a day revenue, this means that repeal would take away at least thir- teen million dollars a day from other Nome, Alaska, June 20.—(?)—Still weather-bound at their isolated Prib- ilof Island base, two navy airmen Tuesday awaited clearing skies be- fore starting a search for Jimmy Mat- tern, round-the world flier missing since he took off Wednesday from} Khabarovsk, Siberia, enroute here. Low hanging clouds and fogs in; this vicinity and the Aleutian Islands has kept the airmen, Ensign William A. Moffit, Jr., son of the late Rear Admiral Moffett, and Lieut. John Vest, close to their base, the old troop ship Argonne, for the past two days. Weather reports from that vicinity last night indicated no breaks in the clouds with little change expected} soon. MAY PROSECUTE HOARDERS Washington, June 20.—(#)—Prose- cution of gold hoarders appears im- minent Tuesday afterannouncement by the department of justice that 183 persons had refused government re- quests to surrender $1,148,945 of gold June 20.—(#)—The’ Anti-Saloon League ‘Tuesday replied | asserted the only hope of the drys was | Anti-Saloon | “say they! concern over the difficulty of enforc- | i Joseph Koterba of Driscoll; Charles business interests. (Snyder of Menoken; and Charles Stroud of Baker, Mont. es All except Johnson, who in the; Mattern Searchers | mandée Deaconess hospital, are in Are Delayed by Fog|cepiat City hospitals. jfered no broken bones when she was rew Boss said Tuesday. Central Minnesota especially is suf-} (Continued on Page Seven) ACCIDENT VICTIMS SHOW IMPROVEMENT In Hospitals Here and At Man- dan Following Swimming, Auto Mishaps Five accident victims in hospitals here and at Mandan were showing steady improvement Tuesday, accord- ‘ing to their doctors. { They are Miss Mabel Paulson of 109 Third St., Bismarck; Carvel John- son of 931 Seventh St., Bismarck; Miss Paulson was bruised but suf- struck by an automobile in front of her home Monday noon. She had ridden home in an automobile from the state motor vehicle registrar's of- fice, where she is employed. As she walked around the car upon her ar- rival home she stepped into the path of an oncoming machine, which was moving slowly. Snyder, 76, and Stroud, 60, suffered crushed chests and broken ribs in au- tomobile mishaps last week-end. Johnson, 19-year-old youth, nearly drowned in the Heast river sz'mrming hole at Sunny, about six miles west of Mandan, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. O. E. Johnson, his mother, said he was making rapid progress toward re- covery at noon Tuesday. Koterba, 56, suffered serious head! injuries in an automobile collision near Driscoll Saturday night. His scalp, face and ears were badly la- cerated and he suffered a severe cere- bral concussion, his doctor said. Tues- day, however, it appeared that he had not fractured his skull and he was Vand gold certificates, jthe sweeping gross income tax with in Charm Contest Superlative in more ways than one is Miss Betty Spangler (above), of Bangor, Me., senior at Whea- ton College, Norton, Mass. In the annual commencement contest she was voted the prettiest and most Popular graduate with the loveli- est hair and best disposition. PLEA FOR MISSOURI RIVER DEVELOPMENT Weather Report , Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesé day; slightly cooler. PRICE FIVE CENTS French Balk at World Parley west Is Cooler; Midwest Sweltering WOULD ADJOURN IF MONEY QUESTION I NOT ADJUSTED SOON Suggestion Is Made Despite Favorable Reception of Pittman Scheme BI-METALLISM ADVOCATED American Delegate Would Make Gold and Silver Base For , World Currencies London, June 20.—VP)—High French quarters said Wednesday that a pro- posal to adjourn the world economic conference would be brought before the conference steering committee Wednesday if there were no clearer indications that stabilization of the dollar could be effected, Included on the steering committee are Secretary of State Cordell Hull and James |M. Cox of the United States delegation and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain or Great Britain. The suggestion was made despite favorable reception given a resolution by Senator Key Pittman, Nevada, a member of the American delegation, for a bi-metallic base for all world currencies, In connection with the discussion of this important resolution, the Am- erican representatives made two vital Points definitely clear: The resolution not only has the ap- proval of the American delegation but “meets ‘with the approval of the President of the United States.” The United States government will not return to the gold standard until it is sure that standard will work. The resolution was before the sub- MADE TO ENGINEERS Nebraskans Fight For Nine-Foot Channel to Aid Naviga- tion in Stream Washington, June 20.—(®)—A final Plea for inclusion of nine-foot chan- nel development of the Missouri river in the public works program was made Monday before army board engineers for rivers and harbors. As the hearing closed, Frank K. Nebeker, counsel for the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul railroad, asked permission to submit a brief protest- ing the development. Former Gover- nor Weaver of Nebraska, president of the Missouri River Navigation associa- tion, immediately objected on the grounds it would hold up decision sev- eral weeks. Nebeker was advised his request would be considered Tuesday. Describing the proposed Missouri development as offering “far more in public benefits and economic poten- tialities than any other public works under consideration,” C. E. Childe, traffic commissioner of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, outlined the Missouri valley's need for cheap trans- portation. i‘ Interrupted frequently by cross questioning of board members, Childe traced money-making possibilities of Missouri river transportation from standpoints of barge operators, farm- ers and manufacturing in Iowa, Ne- braska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, and Montana. “Price of farm products, whether shipped or not, depends on transpor- tation cost to markets,” Childe said. He described the land-locked Mis- souri valley's inability to compete with seaboard and waterway regions. “This rich area is relatively unde- veloped,” Childe explained. “Give us an outlet to the sea and our popula- tion will increase, our industries will expand, our agriculture become profit- able.” ‘Skipper’ Roosevelt Gets Weather Break At Sea Off Chatham, Mass., June 20.(#)—The luck of the weather finally broke for President Roosevelt Tuesday and an easterly breeze shot his schooner along over smooth seas around the bend of Cape Cod to- wards Provincetown on the tip. Pulling out from Nantucket at 6 o'clock, daylight time, “Skipper” Roo- sevelt smiled broadly as the moderate wind filled his sails and the sun came out to warm the air. Monday's threatened nor ‘easter had vanishel and he was quickly along on his roll- ing 85-mile course far out to sea. In contrast to Monday's fight with the storm, Roosevelt Tuesday was us- ing all sail whereas then he scooted along only under the foresail. Provincetown by Tuesday night was almost necessary if Roosevelt is go- ing to reach his destination of Cam- Ppobello Island off the coast of Maine by June 28. Tuseday’s run is 85 miles, a long stretch for a sailing vessel, but the southwest wind, if it keeps up, should help. South Dakota Court To Decide Sales Tax Pierre, S: D., June 20.—(?)—Before the South Dakota supreme court Tuesday was the question of whether its levies on virtually every form of receipts will become effective July 1 or be voted on in November, 1934. At the conclusion of arguments Monday, the court took the referen- dum case under advisement without committee on permanent monetary affairs, There was an interesting development when, through the in- tercession of Senator Pittman, James P. Warburg, who is advising the Am- ericans in technical matters, was granted the courtesy of speaking from. the floor although he is not a mem» ber of the committee. It was Warburg who told the corde mittee America would not accept the gold standard again until certain it, was workable. Spikes French Demand R ‘Warburg’s declaration presumably’ ‘was drawn out by the fact that Pran and other gold bloc nations had ims! mediately pounced on one clause of! the Pittman resolution as giving them! @ chance to further their drive to’ force America to revert to the gold: standard and to stabilize exchange. This is clause two, which provides: “that gold should be reestablished as! the international measure of exchange; values.” Viscount Hailsham of Great Brits, ain—a government which takes ar{) attitude similar to that of America ref garding the return to gold—interve: ed and asked this clause be amend to leave it to each country to determ. ine “time and parity” in connectiol with going back to gold. Six countries—Germany, Italy, dia, China, Mexico and the Irish Free! State—tendered full adherence to the Pittman resolution, while numerous others, including Britain, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Portugal and Uru- guay, agreed on the broad principles. France, through Jean V. Parmen- tier, expressed entire accord with the Part of the resolution calling for sta- bility in the international monetary field and with the clause providing for re-establishment of gold. France also was ready to study the silver question but considered other parts of the resolution so “novel” that she wanted to know more about them before accepting. Is Five-Point Program Senator Pittman‘s five-point pro- gram, submitted Monday, proposed a reduction of metal as backing for cur- rency to 25 per cent from the usual 40 Per cent, and the optional use of sil- ver for one-fifth of this metal cover- age. It recommended gold be used only for the settlement of international balances and for bank reserves and be withdrawn from circulation; that monetary coverage for currency issues be reduced from 40 per cent, as in the United States, to a lower figure, per- haps 25 per cent; that banks should have the option of keeping one-fifth (Continued on Page Seven) Summer Care of Babies Six helpful articles on precau- tions for baby’s welfare during the hot months By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Widely known authority on child rearing Mother's tears for baby’s health always go soaring with the temperature about this time of year. But if mothers will keep on the alert and take a few t simple precautions against 12- ness, there fs no more reason for baby to be sick in hot months than in the cold. Mothers—and fathers too—will find many “ounces of prevention”—worth pounds of cure—in this series. Read every article. 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