The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1933, Page 1

Factor Pays $50,000 Ransom; Is Released = North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 ABUSED HIM DURING 12 DAYS AS CAPTIVE Suffers Nervous Breakdown; Denies At First That Any- thing Was Paid TELLS TALE OF MISERY Was Threatened With Machine Guns and Pair of Scissors By Kidnapers Chicago, July 13.—()—Threatened with death by kidnapers who held him prisoner for 12 days, John Fac- tor, the market speculator, was back with his family Thursday, but was in a serious condition, suffering from @ nervous breakdown. Released just before midnight ‘Wednesday in suburban La Grange, Factor, who is reputed to have made “big money” in the markets, told a story of mistreatment by his captors, but denied, as did members of his ae that any ransom had been paid. d Later, however, he disclosed that $50,000 in five and ten dollar bills was paid for his freedom. Unshaven and ill-appearing in other respects, the man who is want- ed by the British government for an alleged $7,000,000 swindle in England approached Policeman Cortesi and Policeman Gerard of River Forest at the main business intersection in La Grange and announced: “I’m John Factor.” Taken to Hotel He was brought to his Chicago ho- tel, where he told Captain Gilbert and Police Lieutenant William Blaul that his abductors had demanded $500,000 ransom and had threatened him with machine guns and a pair of scissors when he told them he couldn’t raise the money. A farm house, northwest of Chi- ago was believed by Factor. to have been his place of imprisonment, but he was not certain because during the entire period of his captivity he was blindfolded with tape, which was not removed until a few minutes be- fore his release. He was driven to La Grange in an automobile with three men. Other members of the gang were in two other cars, one preceding and one following the machine in which Fac- tor rode. Factor said there were 10 or 15 hoodlums in the gang that held him, Following his abduction shortly after he left an outlying roadhouse the night of July 1, he said he was taken to a basement, alive with bugs. After one night there he was re- moved to the farmhouse, where he was held until Wednesday night. It was several hours between the time of the departure from the house and his release. AGED BANKER STILL ~ IS HELD PRISONER Alton, Til, July 13—()—Two agents of the family of August Luer, wealthy kidnaped Alton banker, Joined police Thursday in complete silence regarding rumored negotia- tions for a ransom payment. As the hours passed without the appearance of the aged semi-invalid victim of two men and @ woman who seized him in his own home Monday night, sources close to his family gave guarded indication that contact » had been established with the abduc- tors. Lawrence Keller, Jr., an officer of @ bank of which Luer was president, and Orville 8. Catt, manager of a Luer-owned meat packing plant, the designated “contact” men, declined to comment on their activities. They were named by the sons of the missing banker to treat with the kidnapers after police withdrew from. the case. The police action was at the request of the family. Carl Luer, son of the kidnap victim, and other relatives have explained that the delicate condition of the man aroused grave fears for his safe- ty. He is suffering from heart dis- ease and recently has experienced as many as six attacks a day. ‘ Discuss Elementary Education at Mayville Mayville, N. D, July 13—(P)— Problems of elementary education ‘were discussed in a state-wide confer- ence here Wednesday, when 100 school superintendents and teachers gathered at the state teachers college for their third annual conference. Speaking before the gathering, Dr. Alonzo F. Myers of New York Univer- sity told of thé advancement being made in elementary education and he stressed the importance of North Da- , kote following the lead of several other states, which now have systems that make it necessary for elementary teachers to take special training work Other speakers included Dr. J. C ‘West, president of the University of * North Dakota, Dr. J. V. Breitwieser. dean of the University School of Edu- cation, Dr. Erick Selke, professor of education at the college here, and A. E. Thompson, state superintendent of public instruction. FRENCH PAY BRITISH LOAN Paris, July 13—(#)—The French cabinet Thursday. accepted Finance Minister George Bonnet’s assurarice ‘ that the national treasury is suffic- fently prosperous and authorized re- payment on July 29 of half a British €30,000,000 loan instead of waiting for {ts maturity October 29. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE . BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1983 Announce Allotments For N. D. _ ASSERTS ABDUCTORS |_____¥sing Figures in New York Kidnap Case —__|LJOHNGON EXPECTED | i Shown above are the leading figures in the kidnaping of John J. O'Connell, | left, nephew of Daniel P. and Edward | J. O'Connell, wealthy Democratic po- litical leaders of Albany county, shown at the center and right. The two brothers have called off) county and city police seeking to solve | the abduction but New York state! troopers still are active in the case.| Relatives of the missing man said they preferred to handle the matter without official help. WHEAT TO BENEFIT FROM ACTION TAKEN AT LONDON MEETING Balance of World Production COX PUTS NEW LIFE INTO WORLD PARLEY WITH STIRRING PLEA American Delegate Convinces Colleagues Much Can Still \ Be Accomplished London, July 13.—()—New life was injecte@ into the drowsy world eco- | nomic conference Thursday by James M. Cox of Ohio who convinced his col- leagues of the steering committee that the party could usefully continue des- pite refusal of the federal reserve board to consider cooperation with central banks. In a fighting speech which one dele- gate said “curled the hair” of the leaders of the conference, Cox gave a clear exposition of American diffi- culties and induced the committee to agree to keep working at the problems of silver and commercial indebtedness. Prominent gold bloc delegates had taken the position that the federal reserve board’s veto on discussion of cerftral bank cooperation had effec- tively put an end to all discussion of monetary matters.. Indeed there was an expectation Thursday that central bank coopera- and Consumption May | Follow Conferences i (By The Associated Press) A long-considered international venture in balancing the production and consumption of wheat may be one of the fruits of the world econo- mic conference. More progress towards such an ideal has been made in the last week than in the last few years with the | United States, Canada, Argentina, and Australia having provisionally agreed to restrict production and sytematize exports. The next step is to obtain the co- operation of the smaller producers, including the Danubian countries and Poland, and after that the larger {m- Porting countries would be asked to agree to help by raising consumption and lowering import barriers. Among the latter the United King- dom and Italy have indicated acquies- cence and France and Germany have been asked to cooperate. These coun- tries have embarked on various plans of their wheat growers, For American and Canadian farm- ers the project. has lost some of its significance because of a current cut in predicted production, due to such factors as drought, but in many quar- ters it is hailed as an effort, looking mostly to the future, to prevent a recurrence of what to many wheat growers was a tragedy. Negotiations are under way to bring the wheat discussions formally with- in the framework of the conference. To this end it is proposed to form a sub-committee of the conference charged with study of organizing pro- duction and marketing of wheat, just as wine and other products are now being studied by conference sub-com- trees. Exporters and importers in this way would be brought closer together, it is felt, than is possible in informal conversations. Balbo and Armada Arrive at Shediac Shediac, N. B., July 13—()}—The squadron of 24 Italian seaplanes, en route for Chicago, arrived here Tues- day afternoon from Cartwright, Lab- rador. LINDBERGH'S HELD UP BY BAD FLYING WEATHER St. John’s, Newfoundland, July 13.— (#)—Unfavorable flying weather along the Newfoundland coast prevented Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh from leaving here for Cart- wright, Labrador, Thursday on their aerial mapping expedition. It was cold, wet and foggy. PLAN PEACEFUL STRIKE Aberdeen, S. D., July 13.—(?)—Dis- satisfied with benefits they are re- ceiving from federal emergency re- lef funds, more than 100 laboring men will go on a peaceful strike here ‘Thursday. The. principal of seven demands is 30 cents an hour in cash. At the present the workers get 20 cents an hour, payable in groceries, a rate es- own recently to protect ; tion might after all be dealt with by eliminating features of the resolution which were objectionable to the fed- eral reserve authorities. It was understood this possibility was being taken up with Washington. The federal reserve was reported Wednesday to consider such discus- sion premature, but it developed the board really considered agreement at this time on central bank cooperation was premature. Offer Wage Resolution Continuing their drive to rejuvenate the parley, the American delegation Presented a resolution to the econom- ic commission calling for shorter hours of work and increases in wages. Urging on his efforts to restore the world price of silver, Senator Key Pittman of Nevada submitted a sub- stitute resolution designed to prevent debasement of silver coinage or dump- ing of the white metal on the market. This new measure, which did not af- fect the gold provisions of the original Pittman resolution, was laid before the sub-committee on silver which ad- jdJourned until Thursday without tak- ing any action on it. Russia's proposal for a universal pact of economic non-aggression and for extending import possibilities of various countries came up for formal discussion before the economic com- mission, There also was debate.on a French plan for public programs to relieve unemployment. The text of the American resolution on hours and wages follows: “Representatives of the powers par- ticipating in this conference, consid- ering that unemployment and conse- quent great distress are now preva- Jent throughout the world, considering that existence of this situation is one of the gravest problems with which governments are confronted at pres- ent. “Declare that they view with favor lessened hours of labor and a rising seale of wages which should increase in proportion to the augmentation of productivity.” It was learned authoritatively Thursday that behind the scenes of the -conference quiet diplomacy is opening the way for negotiating a se- ties of trade agreements when Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull and his colleagues return to Washington. The first of these is expected to be with Argentina. Canada, Mexico, and various Latin American nations will probably follow. Japanese dele- gates also have approached Hull on the subject. Two Juveniles Face Petit Larceny Count Two young Bismarck boys, brothers, will be brought before juvenile court in the near future to face charges of ‘petit larceny, it was announced ‘Thursday by Edward 8. Allen, police magistrate. The boys, 12 and 11 years old, are charged with breaking into the home of J. A. Kohler at 513 Rosser avenue west and stealing a money-changer containing about $12 in small change. City police claim the boys had spent about half the stolen money when they were apprehended. tablished by the state relief commit- They were arraigned before Mag- istrate Allen Wednesday. NEW LABOR TROUBLE THREATENS WORK ON CAPITOL STRUCTURE Union Lathers Claim Non-Union Men Are Working on Job For Low Wages Trouble again threatens between workers and contractors on the state capitol job and before it is settled may result in a general strike of all workers affiliated with organized la- bor now employed there, it was learned Thursday. Labor difficulties came to a head Thursday morning when the sub- contractor under the Lundorf-Bick- nell company, put five non-union lathers to work and refused to recog- nize union lathers who have been jliving in Bismarck for several weeks when the lathing started, those with- cut jobs asserted. The union lathers-clatm that the scale of wages being paid to the al- leged non-union workers is 70 cents per hour while the union scale for the work is $1.25 per hour. The union lathers are affiliated with the Bill- ings, Mont., local which has jurisdic- tion over this part of the country. The nearest local union to the east is at Minneapolis and the scale is the same as the Billings scale. The union men there are not many wire and metal lathers in North Dakota the local unions in the west cover a wide area and the members are more or less migratory. They said if there were a local union in North Dakota they would affiliate with it. Attack Restriction The workers claim that they were told by Inspector E. M. Nelson that only North Dakota labor would be employed on the job, but they con- with the expectation of going to work { explain that owing to the fact thad TO PUSH HEARINGS ON INDUSTRY CODES Rapid Succession of Rules For Various Groups in Pros- pect At Washington HESITANCY IS VANISHING! Speed Held Essential If Pur- chasing Power Is to Be _ Raised By Winter Washington July 13—(#)—The re- covery administration’s lull is over and from the middle of next week on there will be an unending succession of hearings on codes raising wages and limiting hours in industries, big and little. Industrialists are getting down to brass tacks on the voluntary agree- ments. The terms wanted by Presi- dent Roosevelt are becoming generally understood. The three weeks or so that have elapsed since the law pass- ed have seen many hesitant business- men convinced that the thing to do 4s to come ahead, and the willing ones who had skull-cracking problems are getting around them. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson, realizing how essential is speed if the country’s workers are to have the de- sired big increase in purchasing power before cold weather, has decided to open the throttle. Every time a code comes in he ord- ers a hearing on the first date pos- sible under the requirement of “rea- sonable notice”. The lull in the promulgation of Codes occurred because only one in- dustry—cotton textiles—went to work @s soon as the industrial control law Leg sent to congress. The rest wait- ed. Now lumber, shipbuilding and elec- trical manufacture are in. The steel ‘code is expected momentarily. Coal {codes are in prospect, Johnson says. Builders, general contractors and many others are about ready. IDENTIFY SUSPECT AS BUXTON ROBBER Jess Clemens of Omaha Arrest- ed At Windom, Minn., For N. D. Officials | | i | Hillsboro, N. D., July 13—(—A prisoner held in Windom, Minn., was \ieenkied by Jesse Lerom, bookkeeper fone of the bandits who participated in the robbery of the bank May 7 tend that organized labor is not necessarily bound by that rule as their work is seasonal and they travel around the country from job to job. One of the union men stated that he was an ex-service man, a citizen of the United States and did not know that it was necessary to get a pass- port from one state to another in or- der to procure employment. The men also stated that if there were any North Dakota union men out of work jthey would not have remained in Bis- marck. On Tuesday a number of unorgan- ized workers staged a demonstration on the capitol grounds protesting against the use of a ditch digging ma- chine being used by the Haggart Con- struction company of Fargo which is installing a water main between the new capitol and the city mains on north Sixth street. They were stopped from going onto the work by the fence that has been erected around the new bufiding but served noticp that they would be back when the machine got beyond the fence. |The demonstrators carried banners jand paraded on the road in front of the governor's office in the Memorial building. The digging machine passed the dead line set by the workers ‘Thursday morning but no demonstra- tion resulted. i H 855 Claims Filed Claims filed to date with the state hail department total 855 in compari- son with 1594 claims on the same date a year ago. Most of the claims have been filed as a result of storms since June 30 and cover a scattered area. Most of the claims have come from Bowman, Dunn, Barnes, Divide, La Moure, Stark, Morton and Stutsman counties. The most claims have been filed from Divide county, which felt part of the storm that struck the Canadian province of Saskatchewan recently. Hail losses were reported from northern Burleigh and from Trail county the first part of this week, but claims have not been filed so far with the department from those counties. Saturday July 15 will be the last day for receiving applications for hail insurance under the law passed by the 1933 session of the legislature. Under the old law the time limit was August 1. Applications will have to be re- ceived at the department office on July 15 to be placed in force. Claims in the mail on that date but not re- ceived by the department cannot be accepted under the !aw passed last | winter. On Hail Insurance) when Leonard Hanson, cashier, was | killed, | Lerom, with Sheriff A. J. Osmon (and State's Attorney G. McLain | Johnson of Traill county, returned ‘here Tuesday night after viewing ;Prisoners and checking clues in sev- leral cities. | Lerom, according to Johnson, posi- jtively identified the prisoner as the {man who held the sub-machine gun in the Buxton robbery. The man gave his name as Jess Clemens of! Omaha. He denied ever having been | lin North Dakota. | Clemens is being held in Windom! for a Minnesota bank robbery and, if; convicted and sentenced to life, will not be prosecuted by North Dakota/ authorities. If he is not convicted, | an attempt will be made to bring him |to this state for trial in the Buxton ,case, An armored car held by officials in |St. Cloud was believed to be the one used in the Buxton robbery, Johnson | said. |_ The Traill men went to Sioux Falls |S. D, when informed Floyd Lingle, | Britton, 8. D., was held there as a sus- ‘pect in the Buxton robbery. Lingle {was set free when the N. D. men jcould not identify him. They received information there that took them to |Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Windom, iand other Minnesota cities, to check up numerous clues. | Loses in ‘Key Suit’ On Employment Deal Crookston, Minn., July 13—(P)—| District Judge Julius Olson Wednes- day granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the Great North- ern railroad, ending trial of the suit of Simon O. Bangen, who asked $2,500 as back salary. In the case, regarded asa “key case” to hundreds of others now pending, Bangen alleged the Great Northern advertised “permanent em- ployment” to him as a consideration for his working during the shopmen’s strike of 1932. He alleged he was dis-| charged several years later. Bangen contended the railroad, by advertis- ing permanent employment, entered into a contract to keep him. Judge Olson, in granting the mo- tion, said “to say that a guarantee of permanent employment meant a life job would be to go against all rules of construction.” BUXTON WOMAN DIES Buxton, N. D., July 13.—(P)—Mrs, | J. A. Bandgren, 74, resident of Fargo for 17 years before coming here, died in the Buxton First National Bank, as| \to a sub-com: MYSTERY WOMANS FIGURE IN STRANGE ST, PAUL ABDUCTION, Chiropractor Says Alleged De coy Gave Him Marked Money At His Office i | SOUGHT ILLEGAL SERVICES| Fled When He Threatened to Call Police; Full State- ment Made Public St. Paul, July 13—(P}—A mystery woman and marked money entered | the strange case of two doctors Thursday, further entangling the web of cifcumstance surounding the attempted mutilation of a St. Paul chiropractor. The revelation was made by Dr.; Walter Hedberg, 34, the chiropractor, while he was recovering from an at- tack by four men who also abducted Dr. E. J. Engberg, prominent physi- | cian, in an effort to compel him to mutilate the chiropractor. Dr. Hedberg gave police a state- ment saying that on the afternoon of July 5, a woman describing herself as Miss Irene Plazo came to his of- fice asking that he perform an ille- gal operation. Dr. Hedberg said he had ascertain- ed that both the name and the ad- dress given by the woman were ficti- tious. “She gave her age as 25,” he said, “but she looked every day of 35. She was well dressed and a good talker. I kept questioning her about who sent her up there and she just kept saying she saw a sign in the window and came up there, and then she said ‘Here’s $25. There's a lot more where this came from, but that’s all I can get my hands on now.’ Put Money on Desk “She took the money out and put it on the table or on the desk. I looked her up in the directory, tele- Phone book, and St. Paul guide, but couldn't find either the name or number so I told her ‘Well, you gave the wrong name. I will tell you what Tl do. If you will tell me who sent you up here I will let you off free, because you are guilty of a crime and trying to bribe me.’” Hedberg, who is president of the Minnesota Chiropractors’ association, then asked the woman if a man he | Suspected of being an enemy of his had sent her. She blushed, he said, {and when he told her two detectives | would follow her when she left the Office, she hurried out, He peeked out of his window and saw her disappear into a department. store across the street. Police in- vestigated Dr. Hedberg’s hint that another medical man might have had something to do with the case, but said the chiropractor’s fears along that line were groundless. After she left, he counted the iad Dr. Hedberg said, and found “I didn’t know what to do about it so I just put it in my pocketbook and that night I was looking at it and I saw a piece of ink on the bills and I discovered all of them were marked,” he told police. ‘Sought Official’s Help “I thought maybe I had better go to the county attorney's office so then I thought it over and I went to ‘see Capt. Herman Vall (operative of the state bureau of criminal appre- hension). But he. wasn’t home.” Authorities were working Thursday on every available clue but had not turned up a promising lead. Dr. Joel C, Hultkrans and Dr. Rob- ert Earl, who are treating Dr. Eng- berg, said they were of the opinion a hypodermic and anesthetic given their Patient were administered by a man (Continued on Page Two) Germany Continues Oppression of Jews Berlin, July 13—(%)—Jews were virtually barred from almost all retail and mercantile fields by a new decree, announced Thursday, ordering em-} Ployes throughout the reich to sub- mit immediately a declaration that! they are of non-Jewish extraction. | i The order is predicated upon the! employes being forced to become! members in a huge government labor! organization. It goes beyond a previous decree and describes Aryans as those having Parents and grand-parents not of| Jewish extraction and does not fix the decree of Jewish ancestry as pre- vious order did. In the future it will be hard to find a job without a membership card in the government's organization. Protest Reduction Of U. S. Sugar Beets Denver, July 13.—(#)—Two western governors Wednesday night protested to President Roosevelt against any restrictions that may be imposed on sugar beet acreage while beet sugar manufacturers and civic organizations were preparing for what they say will| be a “fight to the finish” to prevent, reduction. Messages of protest were sent the president by Governors Johnson of Colorado and Cooney of Montana. Congressmen Cummings of Fort Col- lins and Lewis of Denver sent protests! ee which ts drafting Wednesday at her farm home near here following a long illness. & sugar agreement in Washington. | are the purchasers. Held 12 Days i { JOHN FACTOR John (Jake the Barber) Factor, who rose from a tonsorial parlor to fame as a speculator and financier, was released late Wednesday night after having been held by kidnapers 12 days. He suffered a nervous break- down as a result of strain and mis- treatment during his captivity, ROOSEVELT NOVE T0 REDUCE. PATRONAGE SHOCKS DEMOGRATS President Would Put All Post- masters Under Civil Serv- ice; Some There Now Washington, July 13.—(?)—Presi- dent Roosevelt's move to place all Postmasters under civil service fell with a thud Thursday on Democrats in congress who realized suddenly that about 15,000 jobs thus would be taken out of the political patronage category, Senator McKellar of Tennessee, chairman of the postoffice committee and ranking Democrat on the civil Service committee, predicted congress would reject a bill such as the presi- dent recommended to require that all jfirst, second and third class postmas- ters be under civil service. These appointments are now and have been for years made by the President on recommendations of senators and representatives. Only fourth-class postmasters are at pres- ent required to stand civil service ex- aminations, Pending submission of the bill at the next session, the president order- ed all future applicants for postmas- terships now filled by political ap- Ppointments to take examinations un- less they are already qualified under civil service, or regularly commission- ed postmasters. Ls Members of the house control the postmaster patronage, senators re- serving the right to recommend ap- pointments only in. ir home cities. The latest stiow there are 15,032 first, > imd third class Postmasters, alf*6f whom have been appointed by Republican presidents. and 32,672 fourth class postmasters, all under civil service. WOOL POOL ACCEPTS 25.3 CENTS A POUND Sioux City Firm Will Pay Slope Farmers Well Over $25,000 For 1933 Clip Sale of this year's clip of the Mis- souri Slope Wool Pool association at 25.3 cents per pound net was effected Wednesday, it is announced by H. O. Putnam, Burleigh county agricultur- al agent and officer of the association. Strange Brothers of Sioux City, Ia., Prospects are that the contract will net farmers participating in the Pool well over $25,000 for their wool this season. All bids received last Saturday for this year's clip were rejected, Put- nam said, and the sale Wednesday was the result of a conference of offi- cers of the association and a repre- sentative of the Sioux City firm. H. E. Wildfang of Sterling is pres- ident of the slope association. Putnam said the clip this year will be at least 100,000 pounds and may run much higher. The association last year marketed about 200,000 pounds of wool. Loading of the wool already is in ogress at the Northern Pacific freight depot in Bismarck, with of- ficers of the association checking and weighing the wool as it is loaded into the car. Clips already have been re- ceived from Flasher, Fort Rice, Hens- ler, Lake Williams and other points in adjoining counties as well as many points in Burleigh county, Putnam said. Saturday noon has been set as the deadline for checking wool in, the agricultural agent said, since all wool must be loaded and ready for ship- ment by Saturday night. Putnam said the price accepted by the Slope association is three-tenths of a cent higher than that received by pools at Beach and Dickinson. The contract has no provision for dockages since the agreement calls Weather Report Generally fair tonight and Friday; cooler tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS 90 CENTS A BUSHEL CIFT LOOMS FOR 60 PER CENT OF CROP State’s Average Production For Last Five Years Is 102,- 254,800 Bushels COMPILE COUNTY FIGURES Revision Is Possible But Data Made Public Is Expected to Be Used Fargo, N. D., July 13.—(#)}—Wheat Production allotments which will furs nish the basis for payment of wheat - Production control benefits of the ag< ricultural adjustment administration to North Dakota growers were an- nounced for all counties of the state Thursday by C. F. Monroe, extension director of the North Dakota Agricul- tural college. The allotments were computed by the United States department of ag- riculture and are based on the average Production of wheat in the various counties for the last five years. For North Dakota as a whole the average production of wheat during the last five years was 102,254,800 bushels. Production control benefits of approximately 30 cents a bushel are payable on about 60 per cent of this total, according to the statement of M. L. Wilson, national wheat ad- ministrator, while in Fargo last week. Definite announcement of the a- mount of benefit to be paid per bushel and the proportion of the crop on which this sum is to be paid is expect- ed within the next few days. Some later revision in the allot~ ments to the different counties is pos- sible but the county five-year-produce tion averages, as made Thursday, are substantially as they will be when the aes payments are made in Septem- er. The allotments to be made to in- dividual farms, Monroe has pointed out, are based on a three-year aver- age of acreages seeded. In order to receive the wheat production contro} benefit, farmers must agree to limit their 1934 and 1935 acreages as much as 20 per cent if that reduction is deemed’ advisable by the tion of the plan. By agreeing to do this growers will be paid the indicated 30-cent benefit on that portion of their crop which is consumed domese tically as human food. The share that is subject to this payment probably will be about 60 per cent. No county has a five-year average Production of wheat less than a half million bushels, which is assurance that sufficient volume will be avail~ able everywhere to operate the plan on an economic basis. Cost of ad- ministering the program in no ine Stance is expected to be more than about two cents a bushel, in the opin- ion of Wilson. The cost is to be sub- tracted from the benefit payments to each farm. ‘| It is emphasigéd by those in charge of the plan that the individual allot ments are based, not on the produ tion of the grower but on the produc- tion of the farm he operates. That is, even if @ farm has changed hands or is under different management, the wheat acreages during the last three years on that particular farm will be used. In moving to a new farm the operator must govern his acreage by the acreage that was seeded there during 1930, 1931, and 1932. In the case of the individual grow- er the three-year average acreage is taken to simplify the problem of ob- taining statistics. In numerous cases i would be exceedingly difficult tc obtain accurate acreage and produc- tion figures farther back than three crops. The work of setting up county com- mittees to co-operate in the wheat Production control program is now getting under way, director Monroe states. Preliminary activities include appointment of temporary adjustment representatives for each county, the holding of conferences for training these men and county extension agents, and arrangements for an in- formational campaign to acquaint growers with the provisions of the Production control contract, Temporary representatives for the counties are being selected from those eligible on the rolls of the federal civil service commission. The activi- ties of these men will be confined to the production control program and they will act in the organizing and educational work. Cost of Production On Farms Is Lower Washington, July 13.—()—Farmer: brought their production costs dur- ing 1932 to the lowest point in more than a decade. The department of agriculture re- Ported the average cost of producing corn last year, including land ren was 49 cents a bushel compared wit’ 61 in 1931; wheat an average of 7: cents or well below average marke’ Prices last year, compared with 7: cents in 1931; oats 36 cents compar- ed with 42 in 1931, and cotton nine cents per pound of lint, or slightl: less than the year before. The cost figures include allowance: of a sum for labor of farmers and 4 charge for the use of his land. The department said they represented “approximate” figures and that there were sharp variances between regions WOODMEN REELECT OFFICERS Chicago, July 13.—(4)—All officers of the Woodmen of the World, head- ed by Dr. E. Bradshaw of Omaha Neb., national president, were te- elected Wednesday at the organiza- for a “net” price, Putnam said. tion’s annual convention