The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1933, Page 1

he ie iy w\ N a see a ‘ > "4 s é _ > i R o > a .N iA 4 ft L > “ t » N h\ i! ms: IE ? , ef y 4 a - C. Talbott, president of the North Da-/ * be found wise to reduce our acreage North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1933 Weather Report Increasing cloudiness, slightly warm- @r tonight; possible showers Sunday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Hull Scores Trade P Farm Union Offers Aid in Wheat Set- Amish Lift Ban on Tractors ORGANZATION OF COUNTY GROUPS IS CRUX OF PROPOSAL Talbott Tells Administrator Group Is Ready to Func- tion At Once WILSON SILENT ON MATTER Says Plan Ordered By Secre- tary Wallace Will Be Followed to Letter Fargo, N. D., July 8—()—The ques- tion as to how the county organiza-/ tious which will administer the wheat! ‘Adjustment act will be set up, was Taised as an outstanding issue by C./ kota Farmers Union, at a conference with M. L. Wilson, adjustment ad- | ministrator here Saturday. The conference was attended by farmers who, Talbott said, represent+ ed 14 counties and 43 North Dakota! counties, “I am satisfied,” Talbott said, ad-| dressing Wilson before the group, that here you have an organization com- Plete and ready to function, a group of organized farmers that will put this dob across for you.” Wilson did not answer the sugges- tion directly but did say later the Plan of organization would be set up by the secretary of agriculture and that there would be no deviation al-| Jowed from that plan. It was reported Saturday that, meeting of Farmers Union forces in Fargo Friday evening, members were urged to see to it that the Farmers Union organization was well repre- sented at all preliminary county meetings so that these members would have a controlling voice if pos- sible in county setups. Ready For Grain War At Friday's session Wilson said the United States is in better position to tight a world.wheat war than any other nation but it does not want such @ battle and might better go on a do- mestic production basis. Much depends on the world wheat conference under way in London, in which the four great wheat producing nations, the United States, Canada, Argentine and Australia are partic- ipating, Wilson told the conference, attended by 400 farmers, grainmen, extension workers, county agents and @gricultural development specialists from the four spring wheat states. “If we get an agreement limiting production in these four principal wheat producing countries, we might be able to get by next year with a yeduction of 15 per cent from our three-year average,” he said. “With such an agreement we might not have to reduce the year after that by more than 10 per cent. { Must Reduce Acreage “If we do not get such an agree- ment, if the world is not to go on a cooperative basis but is to go on an isolation basis, with each nation fighting to get a share of the wheat | business of the world, it probably will next year by 20.per cent, with a rea- sonable cut the following year.” Wilson, who explained in exhaus- tive detail the proposed adjustment plan and how it is to be made effec- tive under present tentative arrange- ments, said the outlook at the world economic conference is not good. | “I fear we are going into an isola- tion situation which would be the worst thing that could happen to} American agriculture,” he said. “If we are forced onto a nationalis- tic basis, with other nations building higher tariff walls against us, and we cannot ship our surplus wheat, hogs and cotton abroad, that means we will lose the market for the produce of 50,000,000 acres and the production activities of 5,000,000 persons on those farms. In Fortunate Position “It is fortunate, under such circum- stances, that we have this production:| adjustment plan ready to use in the Probable emergency.” Wilson said the adjustment plan is based on the assumption that the price of wheat should be the world price. “We are working on the principle,” he said, “that governments can control prices of commodities. This has been proved in the case of rubber, copper and other commodities, but unless there is some method of controlling Production this controlled price may lead to extreme over-production and @ disastrous reaction. “In the wheat adjustment plan we have a controlled price but we be- dieve we also have a method by which Production also will be controlled.” He maintained the dislocation of world affairs due to the World War was of greater violence and of more far reaching consequence than a sev- ere earthquake; that the war upset the whole ‘world economic: situation and completely overturned the his- toric position of American agriculture in its relation to the rest of the world. ARMY MAN KILLS SELF Elba, Minn., July 8—(?)—Major Harold E. Miner, commander of a civilian conservation corps camp near here, committed suicide by shooting Friday night a few hours after his wife and son had visited him. His body was found in his quarters Sat- urday. Coroner P. A. Mattison said Miner's associates told him he had been despondent end nervous and hed dif- ficulty maintaining discipline in the camp. Wheat Process Tax to Go Into Effect MEMBERS OF LEGION LEAVE FOR ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION: Veterans Gathering At Williston For Big Conclave; Face Heavy Program Williston, N. D.. July 8.—(?)—Bud- dies of the North Dakota American |1: Legion headed fot Williston Saturday from all parts of the state to par- ticipate in their annual’ state con- vention, one of the first to be held by veterans in the nation this year. The first contingent of the World war veterans came here -Saturday, with others arriving as the day wore on, while the bulk of the members) are scheduled to arrive Sunday when @ program of varied entertainment is scheduled. - ‘From Bismarck, over 100 legion-| naires left at noon carrying banners | sponsoring the candidacy of Charles F. Martin for state adjutant. His; contest against Jack Williams, Fargo, adjutant for 14 years, promises to give the convention the hottest elec- tion it has experienced in years. The unusual interest in the adju- tant contest has relegated the race BAND VISITS CITY A bus, chartered to transport members of the Legion band to Williston, passed through Bismarck Saturday afternoon, picking up several Bismarck-Mandan mem- bers. Legionnaires from Bismarck- Mandan who play in the band in- clude H, M. Leonhard, Joe Sullivan, Arthur Erickson, George Smith, cee Olson and Curtis F. Dir- jam, Many Bismarck Legionnaires left for Williston Saturday while oth- ers are expected to depart Sunday. ESE eS as ede) for state commander to second place. A number of names, however, have come to the front as possibilities. Among these are mentioned William J. Johnson of Minot, fifth district | deputy; Dr. F. E. Weed, Park River, second district deputy; H. M. Pippin, | Halliday, vice commander; Theodore Martel, Carson, former sixth district ne and L. C. Cummings, Car- Dark Horse Rumored On the other hand, some legion- naires see the possibility of a “dark horse” candidate entering the picture to succeed H. 8. Kreidler, present commander. Sunday's ‘opening | day program in- cludes a golf tournament, registra- tion of delegates and visitors, ae con- cert by the American baseball game, and joint eel services of the legion and auxiliary. Monday morning the golf tourna- ment will be continued, and at 9 a.m. the convention will be called to order by Commander Kreidler. Rev. J. A. Fielstad, department chaplain, will give the invocation; Eugene Bruegger, president of the ‘Williston city commission, and Her- bert Metzger, post commander at ‘Williston, will welcome the visitors, and = Downey, Devils Lake, will respo} Reports of department officers, ap-|j pointment of committees, and an ad- dress by Governor William Langer, will be followed by a joint session of the legion and auxiliary. To this session will be introduced Mrs. James Morris, Jamestown, national Poppy chairman, and Mrs. Emily; Corbin, national vice president of the auxiliary, who will address the gathering. National Commander Louis John- son will follow with an address to conclude the morning’s activities. Plan Golf Tourney The Monday afternoon program includes a golf tournament and pa-' rade. In the evening Nora Fauchald, opera and concert soprano. ap- pear in concert, and later the drum corps review will be lowed br a dence. dnight (Continued on Page Five) ifloeds aleng the lower Rio Grande. . Elders ‘of the Amish (Mennon- ite) colony at Arthur, Ill, who wear pe- culiar garb and ban radios, tele- phones, autos, and all that is modern, have decided to use tractors on their farms as an “act of mercy,” since many of their hor died during the re- cent heat wave. Also, they de- cided members may engage in banking, since their support was needed to reorganizea bank that had failed, in which many of the colony had sav- ings. D. J, Beachy, elder of the colony, is pictured. At Midnight | Millers and Manufacturers Ex- pected to Pour $150,000, 000 Into Treasury Washington, July 8&—(P)—At mid- night Saturday the administration's Processing ta xof 30 cents a bushel on wheat becomes effective for the en- suing marketing year. The tax, to be collected from mill- ers and other manufacturers convert- ing wheat into food products for hu- man use, is expected to yield about $150,000,000. This would be used to pay cash benefits to farmers for cur- tailing_up to 20 per cent of their wheat acreage for harvest in 1934 and AN nough the rate’ is subject to! changes, Secretary Wallace has in- dicated they will be made “as in- frequently as possible.” | Translated into terms of the aver- {age one-pound loaf of bread, the tax will amount to 483 of a cent. For Jall flour except whole wheat and | graham the tax will be .704 of a cent a pound. Simultaneously with the levying of the processing tax, compensatory im- {port taxes of 30 cents a bushel on vheat brought into this country are made effective. at is in addition jto the present duty of 42 cents a bushel. ' Taxes also will be imposed on floor stocks of articles processed wholly or in chief value from wheat, held for sale or other disposition Sunday, ex- cept separate retail stocks. Articles processed wholly or in chief value from wheat include flour, cereal | Preparations made chiefly from} wheat, bread, crackers, pretzels, ma- caroni and spaghetti, and noodles. Such articles held by millers, whole- isalers and jobbers are taxable. All |flour owned by bakers, macaroni manufacturers, hotels, restaurants | and other establishments who bake for sale any product whose in- @redient of chief valué is wheat or processed from wheat is taxable. Retail dealers will not be required | to pay tax on separate retail stocks of flour macaroni, breakfast foods, bread, etc., which are sold to con- sumers in the next 30 days, until all retail stocks held which still are on [ENGINE TROUBLE 1S BELIEVED CAUSE OF MATTERN'S DESCENT Brief Message Received By Russian News Agency Gives Few Details FLIER GIVEN ASSISTANCE New Motor Being Dispatched and Aviator May Continue On World Flight Moscow, July 8.—()—Fragmentary details received by Tass, Russian news agency, Saturday said Jimmie Mat- tern had been forced down 49.7 miles from Anadyr, Siberia, by engine trou- ule after leaving Khabarovsk, Siberia, June 14 on. a projected flight to Nome. He was unhurt but wandered through the Siberian wilderness for three weeks before he was found. The reports, received from Kha- barovsk, said the American aviator by Soviet frontier guards, He will be supplied with a new mo- tor and will continue the round-the- world flight he started from New York on June 3, Tass was informed. The report about the engine was taken to indicate that the engine was | so badly damaged that it was impos- | sible to make repairs with the limit- ed facilities available at Anadyr. Undoubtedly the Soviet government will dispatch expert assistance to the filer by airplane but detailed steps to Tescue Mattern so far have not been disclosed. The Tass dispatch did not give the date on which the American landed nor was it explained how such a long time was required to receive word that he was safe. Rescue parties seeking Mattern di- rected their attention to a point in the wilderness 50 to 80 miles west of Ana- dyrsk. Gutter Relays Message A wireless message from Anadyrsk, 1elayed through the coast guard cut- ter Northland to San Francisco, said the 28-year-old Texan had crashed 80 miles from there. Mediate steps to reach the flier and care for his needs. Moscow ordered | the officials of four eastern provinces | to check definitely on his where- abouts and take care of his wants. The United States ordered the coast guard cutter Northland toward Ana- dyr Bay. William Alexander, chief of the rescue party which started from New York by plane last week, arranged to obtain a flying boat in which to go; after Mattern. The Alexander party | ‘s grounded by bad weather at Ter- race, B. C., 100 miles from Prince} Rupert. less indicates the flier was within 700 miles of American soil when he dis- appeared. Anadyrsk is 650 miles due west of the tip of Alaska. It is 1,800 miles northeast of Khabarovsk, whence he set out June 14—a matter jof 16 hours flying. It is believed he} was forced to land some distance from Anadyrsk and that three weeks were by peasant, to the wireless station. BRITISH SAY FACTOR hand at the end of 30 days from now are taxable in the hands of the te) | tailer. | Freight Car Loadings Continue Sharp Gain Washington, July 8.—(®)— American Railway association an- nounced Saturday that car loadings of revenue freight for the week ended July 1 were 634074 cars, an increase of 29,406 over the preceding! week and 145,793 over the same week of 1932. For the first time since car load- a|ings began to climb, less than carlot merchandise showed an increase over the preceding week and the corre-j sponding week last year. The showing of less than carlot merchandise was interpreted as one of the most favorable indications yet shown by loadings. This type of freight consists of small shipments made from distributing houses in all Parts of the country to small mer- chants and is the type of freight much of which during recent years has been hauled by truck. Railroad men say the increase in- dicates a wider distribution of goods than heretofore. ANSWERS OLD QUESTION Detroit, July 8—(AP)—Here’s a possible answer to that old question, | “What do ski jumpers do in the j Summer time.” Out at Brighton, Mich., where the Michigan State Ski club has its slide, they’re putting on a tournament Sunday with straw, instead of snow, covering the scaffold and hill. TEXAS EXPECTS FLOOD Brownsville, Tex. July 8—(?}— Torrential rains on the Mexican i watershed of the Rio Grande, accom- Panying the destructive tropical hur- ricane which lashed the gulf coast re- zion between Brownsville and Tam- SO were expected Seturdey to couse) KIDNAPING I$ HOAX: Attorney For Crown Asserts Be: lief ‘Abduction’ Aimed to Thwart Justice Chicago, July 8—(AP)—New com- Plications were injected Saturday into the already complicated case of Chi- cago’s missing stock broker—John | Factor—when the British govern- ment demanded his apprehension, in! the belief he is trying to escape ex-! {tradition to England. The Evening American quoted Fac- | tor’s friends as saying they believed he was being held by kidnapers some- where in northern Illinois or south- ern Wisconsin for a ransom of $500,- 000. The demand for his capture was made by the British consul, Lewis Bernays, and Attorney iranklin R. Overmyer, representing the British crown. Overmyer said the request was made of Melvin Purvis, head of the Chicago office of the United States; bureau of investigation. “It's up to the United States now to produce,” Overmyer was quoted as saying. Factor is wanted in England where he -is accused of having swindled |* British investors out of $7,000,000, and ®n appeal by Factor to prevent ex- tradition is now pending in the U. S. supreme court. ‘The representatives of Great Bri- tain said they were convinced Factor’s disappearance a week ago, when he was reported seized by armed men after leaving an outlying roadhouse, was.a hoax, designed to prevent his return to England. They added they believed that the reported kidnaping of Factor’s 18-year-old sen, Jerome, last epring wes merely a prelude to! his father’s disappearance. had been given immediate assistance | The Soviet government took im- to The origin of the Mattern wire-| required to send his message, perhaps ! Improvement Noted In Canadian Crops Winnipeg, July 8—(?)—Northern oa Pad areas of the western inces continue in first class con- dition while in central and southern areas conditions are improved, ac- cording to the weekly crop report of | the Canadian National Railways. Recent rains have been of benefit, although the report says they may not entirely counteract previous drought damage. Local hail and grasshopper damage is noted. ROOSEVELT SIGHTS TROUBLE AHEAD I RECOVERY EFFORT | i |Production Is Rising Faster i Than Purchasing Power and Employment ; Washington, July 8.—()—Aroused ;by an increase of production without & compensating rise in employment, President Roosevelt hastened Satur- day to complete the new federal in- dustrial control establishment. He invited Attorney Genral Cum- mings to go with him on an over- night cruise down the Potomac river and called in advisors to solidify the ; Make-up of the new industrial ma- | chine. It is the fear of the administration that some manufacturers are loading their shelves at the expense of labor employed at long hours before the new industrial codes go into effect. Roosevelt wants the increased pro- duction, if it is legitimate from new orders, to be met by the employment of additional help as will be required under the new codes. Labor Meeting Held The labor department called in of- \ficials from 26 states to shape a framework for the new cooperative employment service. At the sugges- tion of President Roosevelt, the recov- jety administration sought means to curb the spurt of production but at the same time to assure new jobs and more pay now. The state officials were from 26 jcommonwealths which already have jemployment agencies. Their work is be coordinated through a federal iclearing house so that, if there is an| junemployed: bricklayer in one state 'and @ job for him in another, he may ‘be told about the job | This agreement, called for by the ‘recently enacted Wagner-Peyser law, }is to assist in mobilizing workers for | the public construction program. See Trouble Ahead Roosevelt and Hugh 8. Johnson, {industrial administrator, were repre- : sented as concerned at the fact that | Production and living costs had in- j creased more since March than had {pay and the rate of employment. | They were advised that some manu- facturers were taking advantage of present low costs to lay up stocks of |goods for later sale at higher prices. That would have been all right had it been done by the employment of more {Workers or had workers been given ;More money. But the president and Johnson were| |told that some producers simply were working their present employes over- time. { To simulate agreements by indus- ‘tries to limit hours and raise pay, |Johnson Friday warned that “if we | \can’t come along here with increased | ipusehasine power to support this r production I shudder to think \whae ‘ill happen.” While he was making that state- iment, the American Federation of {Labor, in a monthly survey, reported \that 1,200,000 unemployed had gone \back to work from March to May but that the workers’ pay had risen only 2.2 \per cent while food costs were going | up 3.3 per cent. Helen Wills Moody Wins at Wimbledon Wimbledon, England, July 8—(?)}— | Mrs. Helen Wills Moody successfully | defended her Wimbledon champion- ; ship Saturday against Miss Dorothy Rounds, 6-4, 6-8, 6-3, after losing her first set in women’s singles competi- tion in six years. lle Mrs. Moody's victory, which ‘gave her her sixth Wimbledon wo- | men’s singles crown and equaled the record set by Suzanne Lenglen, was generally expected, the opposition by Miss Rounds, England’s second ranked woman player, provided an unexpected sensation for the and queen of England and the throngs that packed the stands. The United States gained a share in another title as Elizabeth Ryan, Californian who has lived abroad for {several years, and her French part- ner, Mme. Rene Mathieu, won the women's doubles championship, de- feating Freda James and Mrs. A. M. Yorke, of England, in the final Pound | 8-2, 9-11, 6-4, ;Called to Winnipeg By Father’s Illness! |_ Rev. John Richardson, rector of St. |George's Episcopal church, and Mrs. |Richardson were called to Winnipeg Friday by the serious illness of Mrs. ; Richardson's father. There will be no services at st. |George’s Episcopal church . during jduly, Rev. Richerdson announces. Services will be resumed the first !Gunday in August. 1 YOUNG AMERICAN IS | VICTOR IN PLAYOFF FOR BRITISH TITLE Densmore Shute of Philadelphia Captures Coveted Golf Championship LEADS FROM FIRST HOLE Five-Stroke Margin Is Built Up By Fine Exhibition of Shotmaking St. Andrews, Scotland, July 8— (AP)—H. Densmore Shute, 28-year- old American professional from Phil- adelphia, Saturday captured the British open golf championship, beating his countryman, Craig Wood of Deal, N. J., in an all-America 36- hole playoff, Shute led from the first hole to the last and defeated Wood by five strokes with a fine exhibition of all around shotmaking. The new champion shot the double round in’ 75-74—149, only : three strokes over par for the 36 holes, Wood's score was 78-76—154. Wood and Shute finished the reg- ulation 72 holes Friday tied at 292 after one of the most exciting fin- ishes in the history of the tourna- ment. Shute succeeds to the title won last year by agpther American, Gene Sarazen, who failed by only one Stroke to tie the leaders. This is the 10th successive year the classic tro- Phy of British golf has gone to a Tepresentative of the United States. Shute was too cnsistent with his irons and too steady around the greens for Wood, who dropped four strokes at the outset with sixes on the first two holes and never was able to overcome that handicap. He was never closer than two strokes behind and trailed by three’ at the end of the morning round. Wood three-putted three greens on the outgoing nine of the afternoon. ‘This left him six shots behind and a hopeless prospect. His par: golf over the last nine only trimmed one shot from Shute’s margin. Major Sorenson Fired: From State Position * Major Harold Sorenson has been “fired” from his position as assistant adjutant general of North Dakota by ; Governor William Langer and replac- ed by Captain Herman A. Brocopp, it became known Saturday. Brocopp served as acting adjutant general from early in January until a short time ago, when Major Earle R. Sarles of Hillsboro was named ad- jutant general by Governor Langer. Sorenson said his only notification of dismissal was when he saw the governor's order appointing Brocopp as assistant adjutant general. He will continue his affiliation with the adjutant general's office, how- ever, in his capacity as U. S. govern- ment disbursing agent, which post he {has held for several years, he said Saturday. Say South Dakotan Was Buxton Raider Grand Forks, N. D., July 8—(P)— |Floyd Lingle, 24-year-old Britton, S. |D., cowboy held in Sioux Falls, 8. D., has been identified tentatively by Buxton, N. D., bank employes as one of the three men who held up the First National Bank there May 17 and fatally shot Cashier Leonard | Hanson, the Traill county sheriff's of- fice at Hillsboro announced Friday night. One of Sheriff A. J. Osmon’s de- puties announced that bank workers said photographs of Lingle tallied with the description of one of the bandits and that they would be taken to Sioux Falls to view the suspect. Cashier Hanson, it was reported at the time of the robbery, was killed by the leader of the bandit trio—a six- foot man. The bandits escaped, ap- parently into Minnesota with $1,000 in currency. John D. Rockefeller Passes 94th Milestone On Life’s Sunset Trail New York, July 8—(P)—Step- , ping toward the sunset of a long | life, John D Rockefeller reached | his 94th milestone Saturday. He | wants to reach 100, and then— “After that I shall really begin to live.” The old man of the sun glasses, giving away dimes or reading bits cf verse to chance acquaintances on golf courses, is but a reflection of the 17-year-old bookkeeper who worked for $4 a week in | Cleveland six years before Sum- | ter was fired upon. “It is the duty of every man to get all the money he honestly can and give away all he can,” was his | creed then. He still lives up to it. His. account book of the early | days shows such items as “50 | cents to @ poor woman.” The ecords of his New York eccount- | Fay show thet he has given amwsy | publicly in the last 20 years some- | -Uu Wins in Play-Off DENSMORE SHUTE Densmore Shute, young American professional who has been flirting around the top in golfdom for several years, finally scaled the heights Sat- urday by winning the play-off for the British open championship. TWO KNOWN DEAD AS CLOUDBURST STRIKES COLORADO VILLAGES Between 20 and 30 More Un- accounted For; Property Damage Is $1,000,000 Denver, July 8.—(#!—Colorado counted its loss Saturday at two known dead, ‘between 20 and 30 un- accounted for, with the barest chance of finding them alive, and property damage in excess of $1,000,000 from five cloudbursts that struck suddenly at widely-separated sections ofg the state. * ‘Two bodies recovered, a man and woman, were still unidentified Satur- day. ' Wreckage was strewn for more than 10 miles along Bear creek from Idle- dale to below Morrison and high- way bridges sind the C. & 8. railroad tracks were washed away. Tumbled masses of debris were piled into tree tops and along the highway, which is built along the creek banks. Among the missing was Mrs. Sylvia Soderman of! Denver and her daugh- ter, Eunice, four, who were swept from the arms of the husband and father, Vincent E. Soderman. “I was clinging to my wife and daughter, when the flood struck us and we were whirled about like straws,” Soderman said. “I was crushed against a tree by a wave and I lost my hold on them and they disappeared.” Farm Loan Workers Meeting in St. Paul St. Paul, July 8—()—P. L. Gaddis of the appraisal division of the fed- eral farm loan bureau at Washington was to be the principal speaker Sat- urday at a conference here of 115 appraisers of the St. Paul Federal Land bank. The conference, which opened Fri- day, ends Saturday with a round- table discussion, F. G. Wanek, sec- retary of the bank, is presiding at the sessions, designed to speed release of new federal) farm credit to north- west farmers. The sessions are not open to the Public. Speakers Friday discussed purely technical problems of the ap- Praisers. A “school” for new ap- Ppraisers will be held Wednesday and Thursday under the direction of D. E. Darling, reviewing appraiser for the St. Paul district. EDUCATORS ARE MEETING Mayville, N. D., July 8—(#)—Su- perintendents and teachers from county, city and consolidated schools in North Dakota convened here Wed- nesday for the third annual confer- ence on elementary education. thing like $450,000,000. His unan- nounced benefactions cannot even be guessed. Once it |was estimated he was worth $2,000,000,000. This was later denied and the total was placed at probably less than half that sum.| So steadily has he given that a friend has said the world would be surprised to learn how small his estate is. The progress, from $4 a week to billionaire and back to something like ordinary wealth, has been a steady one. | Through the great boom dec- ades of the "70s and ’80s which i made “hustle” synonym for American buiness, John D. never hurried, never was seen excited. never frivolous, never intemper- ate. He never has used tobacco or liquor, never neglected to go to church, never hesitated to pro- claim his faith ractices "WAR BREEDERS’ IS TERM USED BY U.§, LEADER AT PARLEY American Delegate Says Much Still Can Be Done At World Conference MANY SUPPORTING STAND Anglo - American Alliance Against Gold Bloc Is Im- portant Development London, July 8—()—Cordell Hull, American secretary of state, asserted Saturday that numerous topics in- cluding “war-breeding trade prac- tices and methods” are still open for djscussion by the world economic conference and urged the statesmen gathered here to summon fresh reso- lution and surmount the obstacles in their path. The American chief delegate, who now is regarded as leader of the par- ley since he saved it Thursday from adjournment, said in a statement that he had conferred with the heads of many delegations and was confi- dent most of them were strongly in favor of going forward. His statement was issued late in the day during which a message was received from President Roosevelt bearing on the American plan for lifting world prices by synchronized national efforts. The state department made plain at GOLD BLOC ORGANIZES Paris, July 8.—(?)—The fight to maintain the gold standard was formally organized Saturday by representatives of six countries holding two-fifths of the world’s supply of the yellow metal at an all-day meeting at the Bank of France. ee A secret agreement, signed by officials of six banks of issue, was understood to provide the means of supporting currencies and direct methods of throttling speculation against gold. The banks of France, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland and Italy agreed to enforce immediate- ly @ set of regulations designed to “maintain unhindered the funce tioning of the gold standard in their respective countries, at prese ent parities,” under present laws, Washington that the message just transmitted contained no new ine structions, Rather, Acting Secretary Phillips explained to the press, it was a series of suggestions clarifying the Ameri- can position on points about which the delegation desired amplification. The American group was jubilant at the prospect of being able to pre- sent concrete proposals to the parley in support of their desire for treat ment of the full original agenda. Leaders of the gold countries, how- ever, declared that the president's program is designed to solidify what they characterize as the dollar-ster- ling bloc, comprising the United States, the British Empire and a number of smaller states, and assist it to oppose the European gold stand- ard nations. Filled With Vigor The new dollar-sterling alliance was filled with vigor as the result of successes during the last two days and received new inspiration from the indication that it was being given concrete material to place be- fore the conference for considera- tion. Opponents of the Anglo-American party frankly admitted concern at seeing Great Britain swing away from the gold bloc toward the dollar, along with its dominions, There has been much talk that the gold countries should organize to “defend” themselves against what they consider a menace to their po- sition as gold nations. In high quarters connected with the dollar group it was said there was a steadily growing tendency fa- voring going ahead with the full business of the conference, tive of the gold bloc’s attitude. If the gold countries do not like what is being done they can make reservations, but supporters of the dollar group said there was much in the monetary field which could be done, even without their support. The gold allies, according to au authoritative source, at the moment have a two-point program providing first that while they will not quit the conference they will do every- thing possible to obstruct so that ite Proceedings may be ineffective and adjournment will come shortly. The second reported point was to work to shift from the shoulders of France any responsibility for torpe- doing the parley. Georges Bonnet, French finance minister and chief of the gold group, remained in London over the week- end and was busy Saturday in pri- vate conferences. Among others he talked with American and British delegates. Steele Woman Hurt _ In Automobile Crasn Mrs. Charles Michel was in a local hospital Saturday receiving treatment for injuries she suffered in an auto- |mobile accident near Steele a week ago. The 30-year-old woman sustained pruises to her left arm, right leg and left side of her face and a fracture of her left leg when the automobile in which she was riding last Saturday night collided head-on with another car. She was treated by ¢ physician et Steele but did net enter the hospital here until Friday afternoen.