The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s *_ Oldest Newspaper aj ESTABLISHED 1873 wou wet | Wheat Holds Center of Man PARLEY’S PROGRESS WILL BE CONTINUED | 1s Quoted As Saying That Previ- ously Disturbing Situa- tion Is Better EIGHT COMMITTEES BUSY Struggle With Grave Tasks, Chief Among Them a New Money Standard N " London, June 23—(7)—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald, after con- tacts Friday with delegates to the ‘world economic conference, was quot- ed as saying that the previously dis- turbing situation had distinctly im- proved and continued progress seem- ed assured. In the meantime eight committees were struggling with grave tasks, the principal subject being an effort to draw up a permanent monetary stan- dard. Groups wrestling with this vital problem: concentrated wholly ou American proposals. High British quarters made no ef- fort to conceal their serious concern over the continued gyrations of the dollar, but with America’s inability to stabilize at this juncture made clear, the British expressed sympathy with the position ef the United States. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and James M. Cox held a prolonged dis- cussion during the morning. Hull and the British prime minister put their gray heads together over cups of cof- fee in the delegates lounge. French Still Gloomy Finance Minister Georges Bonnet of France and Premier Hendryk Colijn of the Netherlands, representatives of gold standard countries, were frankly gloomy over the lack of dollar stab- ilization. But M. Bonnet, before env training for France to spend the week- exd, flatly denied reports that the continental gold countries might join the United States and Britain in sus- Pending the yellow metal standard. ‘Conference quarters in close touch with the development at private meet- consid return to a definite monetary stand- ard when conditions permit, expressed great encouragement over the atti- tudes of the: various nations in these discussions. All the important powers were gu- thoritatively described as trying bring divergent policies together rather than each fighting a knock- down drag-out battle for its individ- ual view. Groups of the economic commis- sion discussed trade barriers, with the French have given no indications of any willingness to abandon this con- troversial method of keeping out for- eign goods, which the United States opposes. Private discussions of trade barriers and commercial policies in a sub- committee of the economic commis- sion. took on an historic aspect, with the representatives of the principal powers meeting for the first time for @ most candid discussion of what they were doing to each other in the strug- gle for trade and saying frankly what seemed to be blows below the belt. Girl Admits Kidnap Threat Was a Hoax St. Paul, June 23.—(#)—A threat to kidnap a child from the home of Mrs. George W. Carter, here Wednesday night, was a hoax perpetrated by Wil- helmina Gerlach, Mrs. Carter’s maid, to gain notoriety, police sald the maid admitted to them Thursday night. Miss Gerlach told police Wednesday night she surprised a prowler at @ window of the Carter home, where he had cut the screen, and that her screams frightened him away. Short- ly afterward, she said, a man called by telephone and threatened to kid- nap one of Mrs. Carter's grandchil- dren, Robert Carter, 9, and Joan, 6. Following her confession the entire incident was a hoax, Miss Gerlach was held in the city jail for investi- gation. Lindberghs Establish Child Welfare Center Jersey City, N. J., June 23.—(?)—The Hopewell home of Col. and Mrs. Char- les A. Lindbergh, from which their first born son was kidnaped in March, 1932, will become a children's wel- fare center. Incorporation papers for “qigh Field,” the corporation which will op- erate the property, were filed Friday with county clerk Gustav Bach. James M. Phelan was listed as stat- utory agent with the statutory office Lovejoy. The object of “High Field” is stated as “to provide for the welfare of chil- dren, including their education, train- ing, hospitalization, or other allied purposes, without discrimination in regard to race or creed.” ACCUSED; SHOOTS. SELF Peoria, Ill, June 23.—(?)—Garrett wit shortage in state funds during his ad- ministration as director of finance, shot himself early Friday. The wound was Sl and ald THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933 Roosevelt May Go Abroad any [re ner set MPP AT GROUP |Miurrderer WORLD AGREEMENT The above map shows the area in the North Pacific ocean from which world filer. AU. 8. navy ship is MILL CITY RIOTING ENDS IN DEATH OF NORTH DAKOTA MAN Fargoan Shot in Fight With Ne- groes; Another Is Stabbed and May Die Minneapolis, June 23.—(7)—One man was killed and another seriously in a riot between whites and Negroes in the Gateway district’ here Thursday night. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas bombs and jailed eight Ne- groes. Idlers on the curbstones were at- tracted by what appeared to be a wrestling match between two Ne- that narrows to s point near the Great Northern » A crowd drifted around to watch the fight. Police said the affair was a hoax to attract attention. Suddenly an on- looker felt a hand slipping into his pocket. He grabbed it, shouting The shout precipitated the riot. Several Negroes darted away up ond street and into an alley oth the crowd at their heels yelling “lynch them” and “string them up.” ie Negroes turned at bay in the al- y. Gun Shots Ring Out Gun shots rang through the crowd and a man identified as John Nel- son, 35, of Fargo, N. D., fell mor- tally wounded. Less than a block away the man who had shouted “pickpocket,” John Nodheis, 35, of the East Side river flats in Minneapolis, was writhing on the ground with stab wounds in his back. He was rushed to General hos- pital where physicians reported his condition @s serious. Nelson died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. Bedlam broke loose in the entire district stretching from the Great Northern station to Washington avenue and as far over a8 Marquette avenue. Cobblestones and ‘bricks were hurled at the fleeing Negroes by the crowd. Riot calls were put in to police head- quarters. crowd continued to surge in and around the gateway and sporadic brawls broke out every few minutes. At last. plain clothes- men were dispatched to the scene armed with tear gas guns. This was sprayed over the crowd liberally, dis- persing it and restoring quiet to the square again. One Negro was jailed when police found a pistol and a handful of cartridges in his possession. Seven other Negroes were held for ques- tioning. Five white men, considered material witnesses, were taken to the city jail and held tor examination. to] “pickpocket.” groes on the small stretch of grass Future Advances of | Science Prophesied —_—__ OP tists Friday pictured man on the threshold of scientific advances nesota court Friday affirmed a $27,- 125 verdict against the Great North- ern railway company, given Charles R. Wegman of Crookston, conductor, for injuries received in an accident near Shelly three years ago. DUNLAP IS BEATEN Hoylake, Eng., June 23—()—George T. Dunlap, Jr., sole American survivor in the British amateur golf cham- searching the Aleutian islands while other ships have been asked to be on the lookout for the missing airman. It is believed he could live two or three weeks if he landed safely on one of the remote islands. BUSINESS GAINING AT SWIFTER PACE, SURVEY DISCLOSES Hesitancy, Anticipated As Re- sult of New Laws, Fails to Materialize New York, June 23.—(?)—Business in the past week continued its ex-| Pose. pansion, wholly unaffected by sea- sonal influences, said the Dun & Bradstreet review Friday. Expected hesitancy from uncertain- ties regarding the application of com- modity processing taxes, the agency asserted, was not apparent in manu- facturing schedules which were gen- erally above those of a week ago. “The broadened sweep at which trade is now progressing,” continued the review, “is eliciting astonishment from even the most time-worn vet- erans .of: industry, as the sustained strength of the upswing ‘has passed boldly beyond even the most sanguine expectations. “The further widening of employ- ment and the continued rising trend of wages from the base of the larger buying power, the-concrete evidence of which is apperent in the constant- ly widening distributive totals. As ur- gent needs for footwear and clothing are covered and accumulated. bills paid, interest becomes more centered on furniture, house-furnishings, rad- ee musical instruments and even jew- elry.” Currency Coming Back ‘The return of currency from circu- lation—outstanding feature of the banking situation—is laying a firm foundation for the expansion of credit and the stimulation of business fin-|"@PlY. ancial observers maintain. American commodity prices have outstripped the fall of the dollar and are pointing for President Roosevelt's goal of a level high enough to bring the country some prosperity. For the first time since the stock markets and the commodity indexes started their climb, an official analy- sis has now indicated the spread be- tween the true price rise and the dol- lar’s depreciation as a consequence of gold standard abandonment. The federal reserve board's monthly re- view came out Friday with the state- ment that by the end of May—just before the latest decline began—the dollar was down 15 per cent in terms standard currency. The British pound had lost two per cent in the same Six basic. commodities, said boat Rel Ay Che aaa oh aan house 60 per cent since February. One-half per} secretary of the institution, follow- modities discussed were cotton, lard, silver, aie ae and rubber. s a B F i ti 3] i H Bg A a i [ i E i s i x z 2 & z 83 FE WASHES ITS HANDS OF NEWSPAPER DEAL Executive Committee § Committee Says It Is Not Sponsoring Five- Per-Cent ‘Squeeze’ HOLDS IT PRIVATE VENTURE Collection of Funds Being Given No Support ‘Directly or Indirectly’ Fargo, N. D., June 23.—(?)—That the Nonpertisan League has not spon- sored and has no connection with the North Dakota Leader for which state employes are being required to pay five per cent of their salaries on pain of: dismissal from state service, is the gist of a statement issued Thursday by the executive committee of that organization. Representations by Harold McDon- ald, one of the field solicitors for the Leader, who, with L. F. Wetsch, secre- tary-treasurer of the San Haven tu- berculosis sanitarium virtually forced employes to pledge away part of their salaries, that the Nonpartisan League is interested in the publication, brought the following statement from the executive committee: as an or- ganization is not promoting any news- Paper venture at this time, nor is it in any way directly or indirectly encour- aging collection of funds for that pur- “The campaign now being carried on among state employes to raise money for the establishment of & newspaper is a private enterprise and has no official sanction.” The statement was signed by John Nystul, Fargo, as chairman of the committee, He said the matter had been discussed by the ittee mem- bers recently with “RMON them that the Nonpartisan should have no part in the enterprise. Other committee members are C. N. Lee, Bismarck, and E. G. Larson, Valley City. M’DONALD IS MUM IN INTERVIEW AT MINOT Minot, N. D., June 23.—(#)—Harold McDonald, solicitor for the North Da- kota Leader for which state employes are being solicited to pay five per cent of their salaries, and some of whom have been dismissed because ‘they would not make such a pledge, is in Minot. He was interviewed. It started in the corridor on the second floor of a hotel where the interviewer met him. “Are you McDonald,” he asked. “No,” he replied. “Are you going to visit the Minot State Teachers college?” he was asked. “I don’t know where it is,” was his “Well, you know there is a college here, don’t you?” No reply. “You're working employes of the) state jhighway department here, aren't \ you?” “I'm not working anybody.” “Well, one of the employes told me he was taking you out to see the maintenance men today.” No comment. “You've got a pretty tough job, | haven't you?” No reply. One of the attaches of the Minot office of the state highway depart- ment said no pledge forms had been Presented there as yet, but that other employes, outside the office, had been solicited. EIGHT TO STAY ON the | JOBS AT SAN HAVEN San Haven, N. D., June 23.—(P)}— ete employes of the state tubercu- losis sanatorium at San Haven, given notice of dismissal by L. F. Wetsch, ing their reported refusal to contrib- ute to the North Dakota Leader, pro- posed administration weekly news- pepe, have accepted the advice of Superintendent Charles MacLachlan to disregard the notices and are con- tinuing their work here. Dr. MacLachlan. said Friday he had notified the employes to disregard the dismissal notice on the ground that Wetsch had no authority to dis- miss them and thet the. notices are not official. He said the dismissals were made without his knowledge or consent. Wetsch had sent letters to the eight employes notifying them their serv- ie | nd no longer be réquired after an employes were still Milinied win the institution when, itermanded Dr. MacLachlan count secretary's action. , Four Found Dead in Ruins of Farm Home Seattle, Wash, June 23.—(P)— Threats to “wipe out” an entire fam- fly, Sheriff Claude G. Bannick said Friday, were made about two weeks ago against four’ ‘persons, whose charred bodies were found in the ashes of a burned farm house. George Coyne, owner of the farm, Kills” Self Creston, Ie., June 23.—(?)}—Claude Ridout, sought by authorities for the killing of Federal Prohibition Agent Harry Elliott at Oskaloosa Thursday, committed suicide when discovered by officers in a field at 1 p. m. Friday. wife was arrested for questioning Friday. Burleigh Youth Is Killed by Lightning Eugene Strand, 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Strand, farmers living three miles north- west of Still in northern Burleigh county, was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning about 10:30 o'clock Thursday forenoon. Strand was playing the violin when the bolt struck. He was standing near the radio and it is believed the lightning traveled down the radio serial into the room of the house. The bolt also knocked unconscious two of Eu- gene's brothers, Woodrow and Lynn, and is believed responsible for the death of a calf standing near the barn not far from the house. The lightning stripped all the srings from the violin Eugene was Playing, burned a screen and broke a window in the house, but caused no further damage. Mr. and Mrs. Strand and some other of their children were in the room when the fatality occurred. All members of the large Strand family were in the small five- room house when the lightning struck. Those in the room where Eugene was killed said the room was filled with a bright flash of light for an instant. ‘The boys had just entered the house, their corn planting being interrupted by rain. Lynn was unconscious for about half an hour. Eugene Victor Strand was born May 9, 1913, in Estherville town- ship, the same in which he died. He leaves his parents, seven bro- thers and five sisters, two grand: mothers “and “several “uncles: and aunts. The grandmothers are Mrs, Anna Strand and Mrs. Aug- usta Stanley. Brothers and sis- ters are Leo, Marion, Walter O., Lynn, Woodrow, Ivan, Meril, Ver- na, Arline, Lois, Illa and Olvina. Funeral services will be con- ducted from the Pentecostal church at Regan at 2 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon and burial will be made in the Swedish Lutheran church in Ecklund township. GAMMONS CASE IS POSTPONED AGAIN UNTIL NEXT WEEK Testimony in Embezzlement Ac- tion Scheduled: to: Begin . Tuesday Due to continued ilMnéss of John F. Sullivan of Mandan, counsel for the defense, testimony in the state’s em- bezzlement case against John Gam- mons, former secretary of the North Dakota industrial and securities com- missions, will not begin until next Tuesday morning. When Burleigh county district court convened at 9:30 o'clock Friday, morn- ing, with the jurors and witnesses on hand, J. P. Fleck, partner of Sullivan, told Judge Fred Jansonius that Sul- livan would be unable to appear be- cause of his illness. He said he was with Sullivan and his doctors until after midnight Fri- day morning and that Sullivan's tem- perature continued above 102 degrees. Scott Cameron, Bismarck attorney who only recently was retained to as- sist Sullivan in the court room, told Judge Jansonius that he is not in- timately enough acquainted with the facts in the case to attempt to begin trial. Cameron originally was retain- ed only to assist in selection of the jury but Thursday it was announced he would be associate counsel throughout the proceedings. Upon suggestion of Attorney Gen- eral A. J. Gronna, prosecutor, Jud, Jansonius adjourned the eat until 9:30 o'clock Tuesday mornin; Judge Jansonius Lacouenn Gam- mons, however, that if Sullivan is not in condition to begin trial at that time, the defendant must arrange for other counsel. “Though these delays have been unavoidable,” Judge Jan- sonius said, “the court cannot coun- the| tenance further continuance.” A jury of eight men and four wo- men was selected Tuesday, with testi- mony to have begun Wednesday. Three times taking of testimony has been ordered postponed by Judge Jansonius. In this particular case Gammons is charged with taking for his own use $600, which represents interest due in August, 1931, on the $20,000 soldier history fund under his supervision as secretary of the industrial commis- ion, Gammons has pleaded not guilty to four separate counts, charging total embezzlement of more than $1,600. PRINCE IS 39 London, June 23.—()—The Prince ;|of Wales varied the routine of his busy life but little Friday in cele- bration.of his 20th hirthdes. 10 GUT PRODUCTION IS SEEN AT LONDON Only Australia’s Acceptance Needed to Crown Confer- ence With Success U. S. OFFICIALS ARE BUSY Wilson Announces Domestic Meetings; Rain, "Hoppers Mix Crop Outlook Wheat, most widely grown of all) ‘farm crops, held the center of numer- ous stages Friday. | Announcement was made at Lon- don that only Australia’s acceptance was needed to make operative a world farm plan similar in purpose to the allotment scheme already adopted in America. | At Washington, M. L. Wilson, wheat administrator, announced a series of district conferences to discuss the newj Program with producers and process- ors. Montana farmers were cheered as; the drouth in the northern part of that state was broken and Canada al- so reported rainfall. ‘Winnipeg, however, said nearly 2,- 000,000 acres in the Red River valley are threatened with destruction by grasshoppers. Russia and Argentina are the latest nations to join Canada and United States in the gigantic pro- Posal. One part of the plan pro- vides for curtailment of acreage, per- haps by 15 per cent, by the four great exporting countries—Argentina, Aus- tralia, Canada and the United States. Russia, to the great surprise and Pleasure of delegates, joined in the other part of the plan to limit wheat exports. Henry Morgenthau, Sr., technical adviser to the Ameri world eco- nomic conference delegation, who has been prime mover in efforts to enlist the biggest wheat producers in the movement for increasing prices, is confident Australia, too, will join. “All that remains now is the settle- Yorker asserted. He said the plan provided for reduction of acreage and an arrangement as to maximum ex- Ports.” He hopes also that Danubian countries will participate. Marketing Not Affected Prof. Wilson said payments to American wheat farmers for reduc- of whether this year’s crop is sold now or later. He said many farmers had indi- cated uncertainty whether they would be permitted to market this year’s crop and still remain eligible for pay- ments. “The wheat adjustment plan has nothing to do with the marketing of wheat and the farmer is entirely free to sell his wheat when, where and to whom he ch6oses,” Wilson said. “Pay- ments will be made to farmers par- ticipating in the plan to reduce acre- age in the next two years regardless of when they market their crop.” He has notified Kansas City grain men he will open a two-day confer- ence there Monday with agricultural extension workers and county agents of Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Colo- jrado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. June 30 and July 1 a similar con- ference will be held in Spokane, Wash., involving the states of Wash- ington, Idaho, Oregon, California and Utah. A third conference for the states of North and South Dakota, Minne- sota and Montana will be held July 5 and 6 at Fargo. Mitchell Is Expected To Stage ‘Comeback’ New York, June 23.—(?)—Wall Street expects a “comeback” by Char- les E. Mitchell. Acquitted of evading $850,000 in in- come taxes, the former head of the National City bank is regarded by fin- ancial circles as likely to regain a Position of prominence in “the street.” ‘There was much speculation as to whether he would resume his former Place as head of the second largest bank in the world. He is a substan- Be! tial stockholder: in it. He still owes $5,852,538 to the House of Morgan. His attorney indicated that his collateral falls about $1,000,- 000 short of that. : - There was no official indication as to whether the government would make any attempt to get the $850,000 by civil action. | Aimee’s Husband to | ‘Wow’En’ in Movies > Los Angeles, June 23.—(#)—The ample-girthed husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, is forsaking activities in her four square gospel Angelus temple, his new business manager announced Friday, for a motion picture career merely as David Hutton, Jr. “He is severing all ties with Angelus Temple,” said H. C. Bran- don, “excepting those binding him to Aimee Semple McPherson-Hut- ton as man and wife.” Hutton will continue to live in his wife’s parsonage. Mrs. Mc- Pherson-Hutton is reported to be 3D Parle ment of acturial details,” the New} ing acreage will be made regardless; iam Stages With electric power looming as one of the large fssues of the new administration, H. J. Drane, above, has become an important figure in Washington. He is one of President Roosevelt’s appoint- ees to the federal power commis- sion MYSTERY MESSAGE RENEWS HOPE FOR MATTERN'S SAFETY Only SOS and Aeroplane Are Deciphered By North Pa- cific Wireless Men Seattle, Wash., June 23—(%)—Pow- erful wireless stations of the North Pacific “listened in” Friday for an explanation of a mysterious call in jwhich the signals for “SOS” and “aeroplane” were heard Thursday af- ternoon. With Jimmy Mattern, missing round-the-world flier, sought off the {Siberian coast, the almost unintelli- gible message, sent in Russian, lent hope that it might bring word about him. It was heard nere by Ed Stev- ens, amateur operator, and by a naval radio operator at Bremerton who was off duty. Stevens said it apparently was sent from some Russian ship. He distin- guished the call letters RMAZ, with whom, he said the sender was trying to communicate. Station RMAZ is at Vladivostok. The naval operator, however, who heard the message on his home set, said it sounded as though it came from RMAZ or RMAP, another Siber- ian station farther north up the coast. Both agreed the signals were 50 faint and the static so bad they could not decipher the Russian message. They both distinguished the words “aeroplane” and “SOS”. Mattern is now missing the ninth day since he took off from Khabar- ovsk, Siberia, a week ago last Wed- nesday at 2:30 p. m. (eastern standard time), for Nome, Alaska, 2,500 miles away. Bank of N. D. to Aid In Grasshopper Fight The state industrial commission Friday voted to instruct R. M. Stangler, manager of the Bank of North Dakota, to seek a loan of $250,- 000 from the Reconstruction Finance corporation for fighting the grass- hopper menace in North Dakota. The funds would be loaned by the bank to the infested counties. A unanimous vote was cast by the three commission members, Governor Langer, Attorney General A. J. Gron- na and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor John Husby, to make appli- cation for the loan. The view was taken that since the R. F. C. could not loan directly to the counties for grass- hopper control, the bank obtain the funds and then distribute it to the ccunties on certificates of indebted- ness. - The industrial commission meeting was brief, confined chiefly to the grasshopper problem. No discussion came up on applications for positions at the state mill and elevator. This matter has not come before the board Weather Report PRICE FIVE CENTS CRUISER IS READY FOR HURRIED TRIP Power Board Member) 19 LONDONPARLEY President to Leave Only If Moley Sends Hurry Call For Assistance CONTEMPLATES QUICK TRIP Would Remain on Vessel in British Waters and Not Step on Foreign Shore New York, June 23.—(#)—The Dally News, in a copyrighted dispatch from Provincetown, Mass,, says the navy is Prepared to rush President Roosevelt to London aboard the new cruiser In- dianapolis if Prof. Raymond Moley, now en route to the world economic conference, sends a hurry call for the President. The paper's correspondent at Provincetown said this information was obtained despite repeated official denials that Roosevelt is considering a trip abroad. The new cruiser, which has a speed of 35 miles an hour, is in harbor at Provincetown. The Daily News said its officers and men are discussing “the prospect of picking the president up at Eastport, Me. on June 30, after he winds up his sailing vacation, and taking him to London in the record- breaking time of four days.” The paper declares if Assistant Sec- retary of State Moley believes after reaching London next Wednesday the president can bring about world ceo- nomic accord by a dramatic tour de force, then the Indianapolis “will pick up the president and hit for London.” Stores for six months were put aboard the cruiser at Philadelphia a few days ago. ‘The News says: “In leaving the United States dur- ing his tenure of office, Roosevelt— should he go abroad—will follow the precedent established by the late Woodrow Wilson when he attended the peace conference in Paris in 1918, But it is believed that Roosevelt, un like Wilson, would not set foot off the territory of the United Sates. “This apparent feat of legerdemain, he-will be able to accomplish by bring ing the Indianapolis to anchor ty! British waters, probably in the Thames, and inviting the big-wigs of other nations to confer with him ont board.” SECRETARY DENIES ie RECURRING RUMOR Portland, Me., June 23—()—Stés phen T. Early, secretary to President Roosevelt, denied Friday that the § chief executive would go to London. Rumors that the president would, gash across the Atlantic on th cruiser Indianapolis have been free quent and have as often been denied,; ‘The announced plans call for the cruiser Indianapolis to take Roosevelf: back to Washington. The presidential schooner, the berjack II, still lay at anchor Chandlers Cove, off Chebeague Island,} in Casco Bay at mid-morning Friday, Early was contacted aboard one of the two naval destroyers that ard guarding the leisurely vacation sail of the prsident. He said Roosevelt “has no plans nof intention to foeh ocenien.” to London.” CLOUDBURST, HAIL HIT MORTON COUNTY Inch of Rainfall Proves Valuable in Emmons, M'Intosh, Logan Counties A cloudburst and severe hail storm occurred Thursday in the vicinity of St. Anthony, in southern Morton county and Emmons, McIntosh and Logan counties were drenched with a one-inch rain. The rainfall in the south central section of the state was particularly valuable in view of the fact that small: grains in those sections had been hit hard by drought and last week's ex- treme heat spell. State Representative D. L. Peters of Wolford reports that crops from Ab- erdeen, S. D., to Ellendale, N. D., are in bad condition, including the Red- field, Pierre and Gettysburg areas. He also said that small grains in south central North Dakota are burned up. South central North Dakota rais- es considerable corn, which should improve considerably in view of Thursday's rainfall. at its meetings in the last month, members said. Lemke Will Talk at Auditorium Tonight Congressman William Lemke will review the recently-completed con- gressional session and discuss in de- tail the federal farm and home loan acts in an address at the city auditor- ium here at 8 o'clock Friday evening. Congressman Lemke’s appearance here will-be sponsored by the Bis- marck Central Trades and Labor as- sembly. Roy G. Arntson, president of the North Dakota Federation of Labor amd deputy North Dakota commis- sioner of agriculture and labor, is making arrangements for the address. ‘The public is invited to the pro- The St. Anthony hail storm cover- ed a swath four miles wide, according to Mrs. Mary Kollmann of Flasher. who was on her way here to visit no son-in-law C. C. Larsen of 509 Thayer avenue west. Roots and grass were torn out of the ground by the hail’s fury and water covered highways to a depth of six inches, she said. In some instances hail stones were 24 to 30 inches deep in valleys, Mrs. Kolimann reported. MINOT CASE DISMISSED Minot, N. D., June 23.—(?)—Dismis- sal of an action brought by William Kane of Minot, in which it was con- tended that no lawful contract could be entered into with Jay W. Bliss for his employment as city manager for the reason that there was no appro- priation for the payment of his sal- ary, was ordered Friday by District Moeliring. » i pe