The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARC! K, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Clean House’ Grain Trade Told Post Sets Record; Ex ROUND-WORLD FUER cc __||Employ TAKES REST ARTER LONG WERK IN AIR Discloses That Robot Made Task Easier; Praises It Highly IS PHYSICALLY NORMAL, Doctor Says Pulse and Blood Pressure OK; Formal Welcome Planned New York, July 24.—()—Wiley Post has no illusions about the longevity of that record of 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes he set in his dash around the globe. He thinks some one will break it in the not too distant future. Sitting in comfort in an easy chair for the first time in more than a ‘week, Post told Sunday of his adven- tures fighting the winds and fogs of many lands. Asked what the fastest Possible time around the world would be, he chuckled and said. “Oh, about 30 seconds, I guess. No one really knows, but they’re going to go faster and faster.” The robot pilot which helped him around the globe made a big hit with Post, he disclosed, despite some mech- anical difficulty. He said he'd rather have it than a human co-pilot be- cause it is more accurate. “Being @ lazy man,” he said, “I let the robot do the work as much as Possible. I trusted the ship to the robot from Edmonton till I was over Newark airport. It flew it every step from the first takeoff, too, until 30 minutes before I landed in Germany.” Post is sure he could have made the trip in five days if he had the breaks” in weather. Post, who ended his record shatter- ing flight at 10:59 eastern standard time, Saturday night, had time Sun- day only to have a few of the more obvious wrinkles pressed from «hip gray suit before the busy day began. First a doctor examined him, find- {ng his pulse and blood pressure norm- al. Then came a host of back-thump- ing friends. Then he visited Floyd Bennett field to look the Winnie Mae over and garner the plaudits of the crowd. . Back at his hotel, he received a visit trom General Italo Balbo. i New York plans an official recep- tion for Post Wednesday, when the Winnie Mae will be trundled up Broadway on a truck. On Friday Post may fly to Oklahoma, his home state. TWO WHO PAID FOR LEADER ARE ‘FIRED’ Motor Vehicle Department Workers Took Out ‘Job Insurance’; Are Fooled Six employees of the motor vehicle department were laid off because of lack of work, according to L. H. Mc- Coy, Head of the motor vehicle department Owing a the fact that the depart- ment had caught up with its work, the services of those who were dis- tharged were not needed at the pres- ent time, he said. When and if ex- tra help is needed the employes will ployees was sened by State Highway Commissioner Frank Vogel and the names of the employes were selected by him. The letter instructing Mc- Coy to lay off the ‘help stated that they should be reinstated in case more help were needed. Those dis- ~ charged were Harold Olson, Celia Walla, Hugo Becker, Berna Grim- etedt, Mona Morser and Mary Ed- mondson. ‘ Two of the discharged employees told the Tribune they had paid their five per cent, assessment to the Lead- er. They were told by the solicitor for the paper that payment of the five per cent was “job insurance,” they said, and were surprised when told that their services were no longer re- quired. No previous notice of their being laid off was given them. They were notified of their dismissal on Saturday morning, July 15, and were told that they could work that after- toon. Some did and some did not. Bone Infection Fatal ‘To Goodrich Girl, 11 Mil only for a week from infection of the bone in one of her legs, Gwen- dolyn E. Mauch, 17-year-old Goodrich girl, died in a local hospital at 10:55 v'clock Sunday morning. Miss Mauch had been ill only a day ‘or two when she was brought to the hospital here Sunday, July 18, but from the infection spread th her system rapidly. Gwendolyn was a daughter of Mr. ‘und Mrs. Edward Mauch. Mauch is vashier of the Citizens State Bank at Goodrich and is well known in Bis- marck. Besides her parents, long- time residents of Goodrich, she leaves three brothers and sisters and many distant relatives in the Goodrich vic- Anity. The body was taken to Goodrich Sunday evening and funeral and in- terment ment Drive Zero Hour Is Near’ | INNOCENT MAN MAY BE SERVING TIME FOR BANK ROBBERY Robert Campbell Given 25) Robert Campbell, Given 25) Years For Hunter Hold Up, ‘Warden Claude Turner believes that Robert Campbell, serving a 25-year term for bank robbery in the state prison here is innocent. ‘His belief is substantiated by a con- fession of Matt Clockson late Satur- day in Minneapolis that he and his wife and one “Bob Moore and his wife” robbed the bank at Hunter, N. D., on Sept. 3, 1932. ‘The warden stated that he had not received a communication from the Minneapolis department asking for Campbell's picture, but said that the confession of Clockson substantiated to some extent a story of a bandit car, Tired and nerve-weary, Wiley Post landed at New York Saturday night after a record-smashing dash around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. His one eye was bloodshot and he staggered off to bed as soon as a tumultuous welcome was over. BIG. WHEAT GROWER PRAISES ACTION 70 HALT SHORT SALES} Says It Is One of Greatest Steps Ever Taken to Restore Prosperity Pasadena, Calif. July 24.—(P)— ‘Thomas D. Campbell, America’s lead- ing wheat grower, said in a state- ment Monday that one of the great- est steps ever taken to return national Prosperity was achieved when Secre- tary of Agriculture Henry Wallace caused the Chicago board of trade to fix the minimum price for sale of wheat and put an end to bear raid- ing. ? “Tt is the biggest thing the govern- ment has done for agriculture in many years,” said Campbell, “and I am jub- ilant with the knowledge that we have an administration with the courage and determination to do the right thing against all odds.” He dispatched a telegram to Sec- retary Wallace praising him for, his ste] d urging him ‘to “stand by his guns” at Monday’s Washington con- ference with the Chicago Board of | Trade and Grain Growers. The order on the price of wheat, ‘came when the bear raiders of the market had succeeded in forcing the Prices down approximately 30 cents by short selling, Cambell said. Campbell, who has 95,000 acres of wheat in Montana and who in 1929 was technical advisor to the Russian government on wheat growing prob- lems, said short-selling takes place whenever the farmers begin to har- vest their crops. In this instance, he asserted, it was “entirely without justification, as there is a wheat scarcity and farmers are entitled a just profit.” “This (order) is the truest indica- tion that the capitol of the United States has definitely moved from New York to Washington. You know that we can never have national prosper- ity until industry and agriculture are able to produce some profit. “I believe the administration will see that this is accomplished. Mass Holdup Staged By Chicago Bandits Chicago, July 24.—()—Suburban and city police pooled their resources Monday in an effort to capture five masked. gunmen who terrorized 82 guests of the Olympic Golf and Coun- try club and escaped with $30,000 in cash and $14,000 in jewelry. The raid was carried out shortly before the conclusion of a dance early Sunday. Herding the guests and 11 employes of the club into the center of. the dance floor, the gunmen forced their victims to lie down and toss their cash, pocketbooks and jewelry into @ pile. Those who hesitated to obey were kicked and otherwise abused. Several of the women guests faint- ed and the robbers stopped their ac- tivities long enough to revive them with water. The gunmen having cut off com- munications by severing the tele- phone ‘wires, remained at the club for about 40 minutes. Of the loot, $2,100 was stolen from the club safe after J. C. Thompson, the manager, had been clubbed with the end of a sawed-off shotgun. ‘The robbers esceped in a motor it services are planned there}car which they epperently kept wait- afternoon. outaids the clubhouse. ECONOMIC PARLEY TO KEEP EXISTENCE IN SKELETON FORM jHull Regards London Meeting as First of Seri Over Long Period London, July 24—()—Far from dead, the world economic conference Monday's decision by the steering ‘committee to remain in permanent session here although the conference will recess Thursday. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald insisted this action be taken. Behind of State Cordell Hull. Hull looks upon the conference not as having failed but as a series of conferences of which the London par- ley is only the first. Monday’s decision calls for the orig- inal members of the steering commit- tee toattend meetings. Former Gov- ernor James M. Cox will be able to stay here several more weeks. The nations whose delegates on the steering committee will not be in London, will be represented by their ambassadors here. great silver-producing nations to agree this week on their purchase quotas of the metal, thereby complet- his eight-power arrangement to stabilize silver in relation to gold. German Protestants Under Rule of Nazis Berlin, July 24.—(AP)—Chancellor Hitler's Nazi government had control of German Protestantism Monday as @ result of general church elections and started its reorganiaztion from the ground up. Simultaneously the non-Nazi elec- tion board received complaints that voters had been intimidated and in consequence declared the balloting in- valid, About 400,000 elders and members jof governing boards were chosen. *|'They will name provincial synod del- egates, who will select delegates to a national synod for nominating a Hg bishop, a post in dispute for —— returns indicated elec- tors, who apparently realized the futility of resistence, had heeded Chancellor Hitler's admonition that “the church expects protection from the state, which in turn is entitled to expect allegiance from the church.” O’Connell Still Held By Band of Kidnapers Albany, N. Y., July 24.—(?)—On this, the 18th day since John J. O'Connell, Jr., was kidnaped, his po- litically powerful uncles were report- ed to be seeking a sign of good faith from a gang with which they are dickering. Edward O'Connell has denied a ru- er that $100,000 has already been paid. SOUND EXPERTS STRIKE Hollywood, July 24.—() —Deter- mined to avoid a threatened tieup of the entire movie industry, “if hu- manly possible,” 11 studios advertised Monday for men to replace 665 sound technicians who went on strike Sat- urday midnight may live many years as a result of| him was the full support of Secretary | represent the United States as he will; Senator Key Pittman: expects five; supposed to have been used by the rebbers, which passed through Bis- marck and Mandan a few hours after the robbery and which was supposed to contain a wounded bandit. The Minneapolis story as reported by the Associated Press states that Clockson admitted in a signed state- ment that he was one of the bandits who robbed the Hunter bank of $1,000 and that he does not know the man who is serving a sentence here for the same job. The man under arrest at Minneap- olis gave the name of Clockson but he also is known as Jack Mason. He claims that he and his wife and a companion named Bob Moore, and Moore's wife, robbed the bank. Believing parce may ted, North be ‘Moore, police ve request Dakota prison officials to forward a picture of the prisoner. While being questioned by Minne- apolis police, Clockson said he had come from Lakeville, Minn. Detec- tives went there and arrested a wo- man said to be Mrs. Clockson. She had a bullet wound scar on her leg. Says Wife Wounded In his signed statement, police as- iserted, he said that he and his wife and another couple had committed |the Hunter robbery, in which Walter ;Smerud of Hunter was hit in the leg by a bandit bullet. At the time of the robbery it was reported that one of the two women fired at townspeople with a machine gurl. Clockson said the shooting was started by a townsman, whose bullet hit Mrs. Clockson as she was in the bandit car. The other woman in the bandit gang fired the shots which wounded Smerud, Clockson said. Campbell, who consistently main- tained he was innocent of any con- (Continued on Page Two) | Wheat Importers to | Make New Proposal | ees | London, July 24.—()—A new offer by wheat importing countries was be- ing prepared Monday for submission to exporters at a joint meeting Tues- day. After a morning session some im- porters expressed pessimism about their ability to make a satisfactory arrangement. The Americans were determined to bring the two groups of countries to- gether and characterized the pessi- mism as “just what we have experi- enced at every turn of the road before we really accomplished anything.” Henry Morgenthau, Sr., chief Am- erican delegate, said that in the event of an agreement some sort of “wheat consul” with a residence 'in London might be created to work with an ad- visory committee to keep check on how the accord was being kept and how it was working out. WILL REOPEN PLANTS East Helena, Mont., July 24.—(7}— The East Helena plant of the Ameri- jean Smelting and Refining company and the zine plant of the Anaconda Copper company will resume operat- ing Aug. 1, officials announced. J. D. Mackenzie of the smelter said Administration Hurries to Com- plete Plans For Nation- Wide Campaign ROOSEVELT TO TAKE AIR Will Discuss Newest Proposal and Progress of Effort to Speed Recovery Washington, July 24.—(?)—The in- dustrial recovery administration started Monday on the biggest week of its career, preparing hurriedly for ‘Thursday's zero hour in the mass re- employment campaign. On Thursday the country’s em- Ployers will begin to get from their mail carriers the blanks which they may sign promising individually to raise pay and shorten working hours. Monday night, President Roosevelt himself, in a talk beginning at 9:30 «E. 8. T.), will discuss the plan and the progress of his general recovery efforts. That will be the first big move in the attempt to get public support behind the “blanket” agree- ments. Many employers already have Promised informally to sign these compacts with President Roosevelt. But these, of course, are individual agreements. They are to be followed by general pledges by whole indus- tries, to prevent unfair competition. Two of these general agreements— called codes of fair competition—un- derwent public scrutiny Monday. They were presented by the oil and wool industries. Hugh 8. Johnson, Tecovery chief, gave personal atten- tion to the oll code. LEGION TEAMS TIE ~INDISTRICT GAME Cooperstown and Fargo Battle 10 Innings; End With 6-6 Score Mayville, N. D., July 24.—(#)—Dead- locked 6 to 6 after 10 innings of bat- second district American Legion jun- ior baseball championship, the Fargo- Cooperstown game was called on ac- count of the Sunday 6 o'clock law and will be played again Wednesday aft- ernoon. Cooperstown entered the finals Sunday by shutting out Mayville 6 to 0, while Fargo walloped Hanna- ford 20 to 3 in the other semi-final tilt, Semi-final contests were run off Sunday afternoon as the result of rainfall Saturday which made the diamond slippery and muddy. Coopers- town led 3 to 0 in the first start of their semi-final game with Mayville, but the contest was postponed at the end of the second inning. In other games Saturday’ Fargo downed Name 29 to 6 while Coopers- town advanced on a forfeit from Galesburg. Wednesday’s contest will determine the eighth and last entrant to the state tournament at Bismarck July 28 to 30, Other teams to play in the state event are Grand Forks, Minot, Bismarck, J: » Dickinson, En- derlin and Esmond. Driscoll Man Breaks Leg Sliding to Base Wilhelm Rosvold, 24-year-old Dris- coll man, suffered a fracture of his right leg Sunday afternoon as he slid into home plate in a baseball game. He was brought to a local hospital Sunday evening and was in good con- dition Monday, according to his doc- tor, who said he suffered a clean break of the bone. TO LIVE ON COAST Fort Worth, Tex., July 24.—(#)—Los Angeles will be the home of the Elliott Roosevelts, the president’s son and his bride announced as they arrived Sun- |150 former workers will be employed. Oil Millionaire Is Oklahoma City, July 24—(P)— Ready to pay any ransom “with- in reason,” the family of Charles F. Urschel, kidnaped oil million- aire, Monday: awaited word from his captors, Meanwhile W. R. Jarrett, oil man abducted with Urschel but later released, was reported to have identified a rogue’s gallery picture of one of the machine gunners who snatched the men from a@ bridge game with their wives in the palatial Urschel home Saturday: night. Federal investigators refused to make public the name of the | identified. i said the kidnapers | treated their victims “like gentle- men,” made no mention of ran- | sce, and apparently tried to give | an day night for a 4-day visit. Abducted From Bridge Game in Home; Ransom Asked the impression that the one later was Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Oklahoma desperado. “When we had gone a mile or so,” Jarrett related, “the driver, the dark complexioned one who was giving orders, turned to the other and said, ‘Floyd, give me a cigaret.’ He bore down hard on the ‘Floyd’ but the fellow no more resembled Floyd than I do. “When I got out of the car, I said ‘Urschel, I know you're hard up but try to deal with them so you won't get hurt.’ I said it just loud enough for them to hear.” Both Mrs. Urschel and Mrs. Jarrett expressed confidence they could identify the kidnapers. Described as “swarthy foreign- ers,” the leader thickset, the other ender, tling for the championship of the| pects It to Be Broken Disaster Overtakes Them |___Pense: rviake Tem __| Darkness proved the undoing of Mr. and Mrs. James Mollison (the former Amy Johnson) England’s fa- mous flying couple, at the end of a flight from Wales to the United JAMES AND AMY MOLLISON States. They became confused by darkness over the airport at Bridge- port, Conn., and overshot the field when they attempted to land. Each was injured but not seriously. CHICAGO CRIMINAL COURT IS SCENE OF FATAL GUN BATTLE Policeman Killed as Desperado Dashes For Freedom, Is Seriously Wounded Chicago, July 24.—(®)—A desperate bank robber fought a pistol battle with police in a criminal court room Monday, killing Policeman John Se- vick before he was wounded, probably fatally, himself. The gunman, who once before had made a break from the detective agency, was John Scheck, 21, facing trial for the robbery of a national bank at Niles Center, Ill. Sheck was being held with other prisoners in the bull pen of the crim- ‘inal court building. | Suddenly he made a dash. Run- ning through the chambers of Judge Charles Molthrop, he emerged into the court room waving a pistol wildly. A bailiff shouted a warning and Po- liceman Sevick drew his weapon. Sheck fired four times and the po- liceman dropped dead. Running on from the courtroom he raced down stairs to the second story, shooting as he went. On the second floor Policeman Anton Pixa of the state’s attorney's Office, hearing the disturbance, stepped to the corridor jend fired, wounding Sheck probably fatally. Accomplice Captured Carl Grundhofer, held with Sheck for the Niles robbery, accompanied him on the dash for freedom but was {captured. He was not armed. Sheck, Grundhofer and Frenk Keg- lewitz were held for the murder of Harry Mueleer, cashier of the Niles bank during the robbery last April 7, when $4,800 was taken. Subsequently Sheck tried to escape from the detective bureau, grabbing a pistol from Detective George Tucker and wounding him. He failed, how- ever, to escape. Four girls and a man were arrested in the courtroom as accomplices in the attempt to escape. The man, Frank E. Olson, 33, of ‘Chicago, was charged with pointing @ gun at Bailiff William 8. Devlin as Scheck and Grundhofer made the ‘break. One of the girls, Mary Sheck, 23, was said to be a sister of the wound- ed prisoner. She and the others were reported to have waited outside the courtroom in an automohile. Police announced they were hunt- ing for # fifth woman, believed to be Sheck’s mother. They said they be- lieved she smuggled the gun to Sheck. Local Girl Leading In Minot Tourney Minot, N. D., July 24.—(?)—Nadine O'Leary, Bismarck, defending wom- en’s state champion, after taking a 51 on the first nine of the 18-hole qualifying round of the women’s state tournament here, came back with a 45 to take an early lead in the con- test for medalist. The threesome in which Miss O'Leary played was the first to finish the 18 holes. ‘Others who were close to the cham- pion at the end of the first round faltered on the second nine and it ppeared Miss O'Leary would dom- Hees the field for the fourth straight ; year. Miss Alice Dahl, Valley City, was | next to the champion for medalist honors when 17 of the 46 entries had completed the 18 holes, scoring 50-48 | 08. Mrs, L, H. Kermott, Minot, who had scored a 49 on the first round, needed 52 on the second round and finished with 101. Agnes Murphy, Jamestown, who had a 50 on the first nine, took a 54 on the second nine for a total! of 104, i Tt would be necessary for any of the | players still out ee shoot spectacular to overcome the champion’s lead. < Mollisons Are Injured As Airplane Overshoots Field Famous Flying Couple Confus- ed By Darkness At End of Ocean Flight Bridgeport, Conn., July 24.—()— James and Amy Mollison’s “greatest gamble” put them in a hospital Sun- day night. The British empire's famous flying couple crashed Sunday night near the end of the first leg of what was to be a triangular flight from Wales to New York, thence to Bagdad and back to England. Monday Mr. and Mrs. Mollison were recovering from cuts and _ bruises. Their black biplane was badly dam- aged but probably not beyond repair. They were to fly to New York late Monday afternoon in a borrowed plane, their doctor having pronounced them both in fine condition, al- though 30 stitches were needed to close two wounds in Mollision’s face. Physical exhaustion caused the ac- cident after the Mollisons had flown 39 hours from Pendine Sands, Wales, to within 60 miles of New York. Their Gasoline nearly gone, they tried to bring the plane down on a runway at Bridgeport airport, only to have it shoot into marshlands and turn over. “I was so tired I didn’t know where I was headed,” Mollison whispered as mechanics carried him and his wife away on stretchers made from fabric torn from the craft. “He couldn't see! He couldn't see!” cried Mrs. Mollison, who is equally as famous with her husband in British flying annals, Mollison and his wife, taking 400 gallons of gasoline and a lipstick as baggage, hopped off from Wales at 6 a, m., eastern standard time, Satur- day. They fought contrary winds a- cross the Atlantic then encountered fog patches and head winds from Newfoundland down the coast. Attempt to Guide Fails It was 9 p. m. Sunday night when the black plane soared over Bridge- port airport. Fred Moller, airport manager, went aloft and tried to guide the Mollisons to the runway. The trans-Atlantic plane circled the field five times, with Mollison signal- ling frantically. Suddenly it shot down and nosed into a drainage ditch. The Mollisons, who had previously cut the ignition switch to prevent fire, were thrown 15 feet clear of the ship. Attendants with pocket lamps, sought them in the darkness. “For God’s sake, come over here,” Mollison cried. They found him ly- ing in the marsh, and not far away they came on Mrs. Mollison. Attend- ants slashed fabric from the plane for stretchers and hastened the pair to a hospital. Bandages were applied to Mrs. Mol- lison's right hand, lacerated in the crash, and abrasions on her legs were treated. Clad in white, with blue ear- rings, she appeared pale. It was the second mishap for the Mollisons since they conceived the triangular flight as a climax to their careers. On June 8, they tried to leave Wales for New York, but their Plane was damaged on the takeoff. Last year Mollison flew from Eng- land to New York, with an intermedi- ate stop near St. John, N. B. Indicted in St. Paul Case Milwaukee, Wis. July 24.—(P}— Roger Touhy and three members of his Chicago gang were charged in fed- eral warrants Monday with the $100,- 000 kidnaping of William Hamm, Jr., millionaire, St. Paul, Minn., brewer. FRANCE BOOSTS TARIFF Paris, July 24—(}—A four-fold in-| crease in tariff on many American Products was applied Monday, pre- sumably to compensate for the fall in the dollar. By published order the government. substituted the general for the mini- mum tariff in 64 categories, DIES IN AUTO CRASH Plains, Mont., Hartman, 24, Northern Pacific tele- grapher. was killed in a motor car ‘collision five miles west of Thompson Falls Saturday night, July 24.—(P)—J. E.! FARM CHIEF READY TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSITY EXISTS One Proposal Would Bar Both Amateur and Profession- al Speculators BROKERS ARE GIVEN CHANCE Government Calls Meeting in ‘Capital to See What They Have in Mind Grain prices went down Monday and stock prices went up as George N. Peek, chief administrator of, the agricultural recovery act told officials of the nation’s grain exchanges they must either put their own house in order or the government would do it for them, One of the proposals before the ad- ministrator was a suggestion that both amateur and. professional specu- lators be barred from the markets in order to stabilize prices for the farm- er. Before taking drastic action, how- ever, Peek and Secretary Wallace wanted to see what the grain men had in mind and a meeting of exchange executives was being held in Wash- ington for that purpose. At the suggestion of the govern- ment all exchanges established limits for fluctuations in rules promulgated Monday. The farm administration had made no secret of its displeasure with the way markets have fluctuated and the action was taken to avoid im- minent government action. At Chicago trading below the levels of last Thursday, the last previous day on which the market was open, was forbidden, but some other farm com- modities slumped, indicating a slack- ening in speculative interest. Two brokerage houses were sue spended at Chicago for inability to meet commitments and it was report- ed that more speculative holdings were to be dumped on the market bee cause of inability to meet demands for new margins. Wallace said the farm administra- tion does not approve of price-fixing but was willing to accept the emere gency order by the grain exchanges limiting fluctuations, At Chicago it was five cents a bushel on wheat and at Minneapolis eight cents. DRASTIC RESTRICTIONS ADOPTED AT MILL CITY Minneapolis, July 24.—()—Businese in the local grain exchange was re- sumed Monday under a set of regula« tions adopted at a meeting of th¢ board of, directors of the chamber of commerce Sunday. Hours of trading were shortened and prescribed limits on price fluctua« tions were fixed by the directors. Principal among the limitations set in the resolutions adopted by the board and sent to members of the chamber was one prohibiting trading at prices below those of the close of business Thursday, which was the start of the two-day holiday. “There shall be no trading for fu- ture delivery in wheat, oats, barley, rye, or flax on any day at prices below the closing prices of Thursday, July ”” the resolution said. “Until further notice there shall be no trading during any day at prices more than 8 cents per bushel above the closing price of the preceding day in wheat and rye; five cents in bar- ley; four cents in oats, and 15 cente in flax. “Until further notice the hours for trading in grain shall be from 9:30 a m., to 12:15 p. m., excepting on Saturdays when the hours shall be from 9:30 a. m., until 11 a. m.” MINIMUM PRICE IS FIXED AT CHICAGO Chicago, July 24.—()}—Minimum prices were fixed and drastic restric- tions imposed for the resumption of trading in grain futures Monday. The price minimums were fixed at the average levels of the closing fig- ures of last Thursday and were an- nounced by President Peter B. Carey of the Chicago board of trade, who idescribed the action as a measure to benefit grain farmers now preparing to harvest their crops. It also was Gesigned to prevent too great @ de~ cline as a result of liquidation of top- heavy speculative holdings. At the same time price fluctuation Umits for any one day of 8 cents on wheat, 5 for corn, 4 for oats, and 8 for ye, with the closing price of the pre- ceding day as the basis, were fixed to prevent speculation from effecting the market too much. Trading hours’ were cut to give overworked brokers’ clerks a chance to catch up with their work. Directors of the mercantile ex- change ordered trading in future de- liveries of both eggs and butter sus- pended for Monday to enable clerical staffs to catch up with increased work, Trading will be resumed Tues- day. Trunk Murder Case Is Puzzle to Police Gary, Ind., July 24.—(#)—Police of Chicago were called in by Indiana euthorities in an effort to identify the body of a man almost cremated in @ blazing trunk, but the mystery re- mained unsolved Monday. Saturated with oil, the trunk bear: ing the body was found Saturday by Frank Kohlischeen on his farm five miles south of Cook, Ind. It wad ablaze and the fire had spread to 8 wheat stack. The victim, ebout 23, had beem kills ed hy » bullat wound in the head