The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Three Die in Crossin eas oem ete oe grocer cae ma pro ces aaa THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1933 Johnson Raps Price Boost in Retail Goods Millers Ask Tax on NRA ADMINISTRATOR TELLS MERCHANTS 10 OPPOSE INCREASE Says There Will Be No Man- hunting of Those Who Violate Blue Eagle MANY WORKERS AFFECTED Question of Enforcement and Control May Be Left With National Committee ‘Washington, Aug. 22.—(P)—A re- quest from Hugh 8. Johnson to resent price increases by jobbers was put before the nation’s retailers Tuesday at the opening of the formal hear- ing on their wage-lifting, work- shortening code. The administrator said there would be no man hunting connected with “the blue eagle provisions but that, if the recovery administration found cheaters, it would “take the blue eagle right off their windows.” The retail code, which embraces virtually all stores and shops in towns and cities of the country, except drug and food stores, affects more em- ployers and employes than any of the other major businesses. It calls for a 44-hour week with certain .exceptions, minimum wages of from $10 to $14 a week, according to the population and location of the town or city, and bans child labor. Under the code, Lew Hahn, presi- dent of the National- Retail Dry Goods association, said local retail trade committees would draft regula- tions to apply the code to stores in their districts. A. D. Whiteside, the Presiding deputy administrator, sug- gested that questions of enforcement and control be submitted to the na- tional committee for determination. Opposes ‘Runaway Market’ The recovery administrator assert- ed that, so far as speculative price rises are concerned, his administra- tion considers it “our duty to see that there is rio runaway market.” He said the national industrial re- covery act. would increase prices to meet new costs imposed by com- pliance with the trade charters but Just because of this “there is no rea- son to go way beyond reason. If you do this you just kill the goose that Jays the golden egg. The house that we are trying to build will collapse like a house of cards.” The retail trade hearing was de- scribed’ by Johnson as one of the most significant of any so far held. ‘The retail trade, embracing saa stores and shops except drug and tood, affects more employers and more employes than any other of the major ‘bi In enforcing ‘compliance with the bine eagle provisions, Johnson assert- ed there would be no violence, no man hunting and no boycotting. But, he said, the administration would move to uncover cheaters be- hind the blue eagle and then “we are going to move in and take the blue eagle right off their windows.” -Ballyhoo Not Enough “You can’t execute a great national Jaw like this on ballyhoo arid hooey,” Johnson said. “The now is to try to get as wide a measure of cooperation as possible. After that has been done—and it is almost over now—then we are going to see to those who are doing the cheating. “The purpose of this “act was to enable all trades and industries to vid themselves of those chiseling (Continued on page two) Conservation Corps Fights Oregon Fire Forest Grove, Ore., Aug. 22—()— One of the most disastrous fires ever to invade the forests of Oregon slash- ed a wide swath through virgin tim- ber Tuesday, its progress virtually un- checked despite the efforts of ‘more thaw 1,000 men. ‘The -blaze, crackling through the crowns of the trees on a 10-mile front, sprang suddenly into destrictive act- ivity from the embers of a fire that) f had been thought subdued by a light rain Saturday. Officials estimated timber valued at $1,000,000 had been destroyed, and the fire was still cutting deeper into valuable stands. Every man from the C.C.C. camps in this district was.on the fire line. Two Killed, Three Hurt in Explosion Newark, N. J., Aug. 22—(7)—A man and a girl were killed and six other workers injured shortly after 9 a. m. ‘Tuesday in an explosion of the Cellu- oid Corporation plant in Ferry street. Three of the injured may die. The cause of the blast was not im- mediately determined. Fire seriously threatened the whole plant for a time but firemen quickly brought the flames under control. ‘The injured were removed to a hos- pital. START SECRET FLIGHT Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 22.—(?)— Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from Reykjavig Tuesday, refusing to reveal their destination, but it was believed here they were ‘not leaving Iceland immediately. The colonel and his wife have been ex- Products POUGE OFS. PAUL AREPUSHING PROBE ~ INCASE OF DOGT Physician Called For Operation Says Alleged Victim Was His Abductor St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 22—(7)—Police Tuesday continued their investigation of Dr. W. H. Hedberg’s story of an assault upon him Sunday, the second in which he claimed to have been in- volved within six weeks. On the earlier occasion Dr. Hed- berg, a chiropractor, came to police attention when Dr. E. J. Engberg, a prominent physician was lured from his home here, drugged and left un- conscious in an automobile parked on @ railroad after he refused to perform a mutilating operation at the command of his captor. At that time Dr. Hedberg, who was found a short distance away from the car in which the physician was left, told police he was to have been the victim of the operation and asserted @ gang of four men had seized him. He had suffered~a minor bullet wound. Though a train struck the car, Dr. Engberg received only slight injuries. County Attorney M. F. Kinkead Monday announced that Dr. Engberg had identified Hedberg as his assail- ant and no other men were involved. In his statement to police Monday night, Hedberg said he was accosted by two men while on his way to meet his wife early Sunday. He said one threw something—he believed it was a liquid—in his eyes. They then forced him into a car and gave him several injections in the arm with a hypodermic needle. He declared that was all he remembered. i Hedberg was questioned Monday night at B hospttat to which he was taken after he was found Sunday. Police said they were not satisfied with his explanation and planned further questioning. ROUSING WELCOME GIVEN EXILES ON RETURN TO HAVANA Men Who Led Revolt of 1931 Are Welcomed At Palace By De Cespedes Havana, Aug. 22—(#)—Forty thou- sand persons gave a thundering wel- come to.Colonel Carlos Mendieta and Colonel Roberto Mendez Penate Tues- day when they returned-to Cuba from the exile to which they were sent for leading the quickly-suppressed revolt against the Machado government of August, 1931. The return of the two revolutionary heroes shared importance with the re- sumption of normal activity in Ha- vana’s harbor, where business had been paralyzed by a strike which started before the ousting of President Machado. At 7 a. m., all port workers return- ed to their jobs. There were a few small disorders at the Ward and United Fruit docks but they were quickly suppressed by the harbor po- lce and there were no arrests and no Praia Colonel Mendieta and Colonel Pen- ate came back from New York aboard the Morro Castle. From the dock they went straight to the presidential pal- ace, where they embraced Machado's successor, Provisonal President Carlos Manuel De Cespedes. aes balcon: Peatrare shouts ona y went up from the thousands of Loree The president De Cardenas, Ne Reappears newspaper Union Nacionalista, canna Mendieta’s organ, reappeared Tuesday morning and the edition was quickly exhausted. Port workers, at s union meeting | « Monday night, calling for continued pressure to bring about the deportaton of Matthew Mo- langhy, an official of the United Fruit tial bist th addressed These had to do with mob activities against the persons and property of Machadistas, payment of salaries overdue four to 14 months, pressing financial problems, and records of the overthrown administration. Members of the ABC secret society, soldiers, and police continued round- ing up former Machado followers, while the war department held to a policy that all in hiding should sur- tender to authorities lest they be vic- tims of mob violence. An effort to extradite Machado from the Bahamas was considered immin- from Corn | Wheat Levy Has Reduced Use of Bread Grain in U. S. * PLEA Idea Is to Lift Corn Prices to’ Put Them in Same Rela- tion as Before Washington, Aug. 22.—(#)—George | Livingston, executive vice president of the Millers national federation, Tues- day requested Secretary Wallace to Place a compensatory tax on corn Pro- ducts used for human consumption to Prevent a reduction in the use of wheat flour. In a letter to the secretary, Livings- ton asked immediate consideration of the matter with a view to imposing Such @ tax as would “restore the nor- mal price relationship between the Products of wheat and corn.” “Since the imposition of the pro- cessing tax on wheat on July 9, 1933, wheat flour millers have been observ- ing a constantly increasing trend on the part of consumers, particularly in certain sections of the country, to sub- stitute corn products for wheat pro- ducts,” he said. “The extent of this Substitution has now reached the point where it threatens seriously to reduce the consumption of wheat flour.” Livingston added: “The executive committee of the millers’ national federation, at a Meeting on August 18, 1933, acting for and in behalf of the wheat flour mill- ing industry, passed unanimously a resolution requesting the imposition of a processing tax or a compensating tax on corn products used for human consumption.” Chaffee Man Says He Was Beaten, Robbed Minot, N..D., Aug. 22—(7)—A story of having been beaten and robbed near Logan by three men who brot him into Minot and dumped him out of their automobile near the down- town section was told police Monday night by James Kelly of Chaffee. Kelly, who has been working on a farm near Velva, said he met the three men in a barbership in that city and accepted an invitation to ride to Mi- not with them. Near Logan, Kelly said, the car was driven onto a side road and he was hauled out, given a severe beating and robbed of $33. He was put back in the auto and brought to Minot. In putting him out, the three men told him not to look back. Jamestown Signs New Pitcher for Series Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 22.—Willie Foster, who with Barney Brown, is considered one of the four greatest colored pitchers in the country will be in the lineup for Jamestown when the local club meets Bismarck in a three-game series September 2, 3 and 4 on the Capitol City diamond. Foster will pitch in the east section ‘tournament in Chicago September 10. With Brown, Foster and Freeman, Jamestown will have a pitching staff second to none in the country. Foster and Paige, who is pitching for Bismarck, were originally sched- uled to oppose each other in the tournament at Chicago on Sept. 10, and it is probable that the local star will take time out to keep the en- gagement. Fans in this section of the country will be given an opportunity of seeing these two great pitchers face each other in the series here the first week in September. Admits Shooting of Hoodlum in Chicago Chicago, Aug. 22.—(#)—Several hours after a reputed former beer on-| peddler and minor hoodlum was fat- ally shot as he stood on a street corn- er Tuesday, police arrested a former informer for the “secret six,” au crime agency, and obtained a state- ment that he killed thé man in self defense. The victim was James Spencer, 42, and the man in custody is George “Chief” Redston, 35. McLean County Man Gets Year in Pen Edwin Renchler of McLean county was given a year in the state peniten- uary by Judge Fred Jansonius here Monday when he pleaded guilty to a statutory charge. Renchler was brought to Bismarck Monday afternoon by Sheriff John Thode and State’s Attorney G. A. Lindell of Washburn. The one year sentence was given Renchler upon-the recommendation of the state’s attor- ney. SHOULD OPEN DOORS Praha, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 22.—(?) — Gewish Telegraph Agency) — Dr. Selg Brodetzay of Great Britain told the eighteenth world Zionist congress Tuesday that the doors of Palestine should be opened to “tens of thou- sands of German Jews” who have left Germany since the Hitler government came into power. Man. Claims Provess MADE TO WALLACE) e ] | Buried Tuesday EARLE H. TOSTEVIN Earle H. Tostevin, managing editor of the Mandan Pioneer who died Sun- day morning, was buried Tuesday afternoon in Mandan Union ceme- tery. Many friends from Bismarck attended the last rites. PUBLIC WORKS BODY READY FOR ACTION ON STATE PROGRAM DICKINSON MAN IS ELECTED 10 LEAD LAWYERS OF STATE iJ. P. Cain Honored By Bar| Group At Minot; Foster and Wenzel Also Chosen JURY CHANGE SUGGESTED) Group Would Permit Criminal Defendant to Waive Trial Before Talesmen Minot, N. D., Aug. 22.—()—Senator James P. Cain, Dickinson, was elect- ed president of the North Dakota Bar association, succeeding district Judge W. H. Hutchinson, LaMoure, at the annual convention of the association here Monday. Cain has served as vice president during the last year. Charles Foster, Bismarck, was elect- ed vice president and R. E. Wenzel, Bismarck, was re-elected secretary- treasurer. All officers were chosen without opposition. The new president has practiced at ‘Dickinson for 22 years and for 10 years was state's attorney of Stark county. He practiced a year and a half at St. Paul before going to Dickinson. He is serving his second four-year term in the North Dakota senate. A proposal by the association’s com- mittee on jury modification, favoring Begins Organization of Perman- ent Office; Discusses Road- Building, Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 22.—(?}— The state public work committee re- turned here Tuesday to open the Permanent state office following a conference at Jamestown Monday with F. W. Murphy, regional adviser, R. A. Radford, regional engineer, Gov- ernor William Langer and Stste High- way Commisstoner F. A. Vogel. Members of the committee arriving here Monday night were 8. J. Doyle, Fargo, chairman; Henry Holt, Grand Forks, and Thomas H. Moodie, Willis- ton. H. C. Knudsen, state engineer of public works for the Dakotas, ar- rived from Aberdeen, 8. D., where he had attended a conference with the South Dakota state board. The Devils Lake office is in the Process of organization. The person- nel has been selected by Knudsen and forwarded to Washington for confir- mation. He said the appointments will be announced when confirma- tion hasbeen made. At Monday's conference the board, Governor Langer and Commissioner Vogel agreed on procedure to speed the state’s road building program under the public works fund and to presented, an additional program of farm to market or feeder roads. Would Modify Specifications So the projects may get underway and be quickly approved, the federal engineers will be asked to modify the specifications covering farm to market road construction to fit the North Da- kota situation. | The plan has been prepared and | submitted to the federal engineers by |the public works board and highway commissioner Vogel. There are few |important changes in the specifica- tions. It is proposed to sacrifice the| width in right of way to the mini-| mum necessary so more roads can be built and farm labor and teams may be employed. Vogel told the state and federal of- ficials that if the program is design- ed to relieve unemployment and aid in reducing the relief rolls, the fed- (Continued on page two) oO | Jamestown Special to; | Leave Here at 10: 15 A change has been made in the schedule of the special train which will take Bismarck baseball fans to Jamestown next Sunday. The train will leave Mandan at 10 o'clock central standard time and Bismarck at 10:15. Returning the train will leave Jamestown at 7:00 o'clock. This ticket sale indicates the crowd taking advantage of the dollar fare for the round trip will be a large one according to Charles Martin who is chairman of the committee arranging for the special train. Arrangements were made yesterday to have the “Little German” band ac- company the train. Advices from Jamestown indicate that elaborate preparations are being made by the baseball enthusiasts there for the en- tertainment of the capitol city fans. Epidemic Declared Worst in History St. Louis, Aug. 22.—()—The epi- demic of “sleeping sickness” in this vicinity was described here Tuesday by Dr. J. P. Leake of the United States Public Health Service as being by far the most serious eutbreak the country has ever known. There have been 15 deaths while 149 persons were isi ed ill. EIGHT DIE IN CRASH | Lumberton, N. C., Aug. 22.—(7)— Eight Lenior county farmers were killed and three critically injured Tuesday when their tobacco truck (senger train. i | a law which would permit a defend- ant in a criminal action to waive a trial by jury and have his case tried before a judge alone was approved by the association. Two Ideas Voted Down ’ Two other proposals by the same committee were disapproved by the association. One proposed that in civil cases involving less than $500 a jury should be deemed waived unless one of the litigants served notice he wanted a trial by jury and posted a fee. of $24. The other. proposed that in civil cases involving less than $500 a@ judge might appoint two men to sit with him as: tryers of fact instead of requiring a jury. Another proposal voted down by the association, coming from the commit- tee on constitution and by-laws, which this year was. composed entirely of past presidents of the association, was that anyone except a lawyer actively engaged in the practice of law would be prohibited from holding the office of association president. This pro- posal would have barred a judge from being president. The committee on unauthorized practice of law reported that after a year of study and development of evi- dence, it had been found that there are various corporations and individ- uals engaged in the unauthorized | Practice of law. The association voted add to it, as soon as the projects are| a recommendation to the incoming as- sociation administration that it pro- ceed with the prosecution of those engaged in unlicensed practice. The annual banquet was held at the country club. At Tuesday's session, lawyers will hear an address by Jus- tice Dwight Campbell of the South Dakota Supreme Court. LOCAL INSURANCE MAN HOLDUP VICTIM Herbert Dralle and James Mor- row Held to District Court For Crime Herbert Dralle, 21, and James Mor- row, 37, were arrested by Chief of Police Chris Martineson Monday aft- ernoon on a charge of first-degree robbery. They are charged in a war- rant issued by Acting States Attorney J. A. Hyland, with holding up and robbing E. C. Heckenliable, insurance agent, Saturday night between 10 and 11 o'clock at 507 10th street. At a preliminary hearing before dJustice.of the Peace H. R. Bonny Monday afternoon Heckenliable told the police that he was positive in his identification of the two men who were picked up by Chief Martineson about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Heckenliable said that one man held him up at the pgjnt of a gun while the other was afmed with a club. They took his bill fold, he said, con- taining $18 in cash and a number of checks. The men were held to the district court under $2,500 bonds each. Dralle has been an inmate of the state training school and has been ar- rested several times before, Martine- son said. Morrow gave his home as “Iowa.” Hagood Shifted to Eighth Corps Area Washington, Aug. 22.—()—Almost a score of high army officers were shifted from post to post under orders issued Monday by the war depart- ment. Major General Johnson Hagood was transferred from command of the seventh corps area at Omaha to fall eighth: corps agea. Major General Frank McCoy, Ef has been'in command of the first cav- area. Removed DEATH TOLL RISES AS EASTERN COAST IS SWEPT BY GALE Nine Known to Have Perishéd in Waves; Score of Persons Still Missing New York, Aug. 22—(#)—A whip- lash gale that has taken at least nine lives still stung parts of the eastern seaboard Tuesday. Rain, driving down in record-shattering volume, in- creased damage done by waves and tide. New Jersey, battered by freak winds that overwhelmed boats and bathers an giant combers Sunday, counted perhaps a score still missing, and braced itself to withstand the lash of a tropical hurricane’s tail. The center of this second disturb- ance, sweeping from the general di- rection of Bermuda, was described as ciminishing in force as it bored down on the eastern seaboard. In southern New Jersey, where a northeaster scattered 100 boats Sun- day and capsized at least nine, record rains fell early Tuesday. At Atlantic City 2.25 inches—the average for a whole month—fell in a single hour. Streets were flooded and the morning righ tide, it was feared, would inflict great damage. Airplanes in the metropolitan area and as far north as Albany were grounded. To the seven dead definitely count- ed on Sunday, two more were added Monday. Harold Lichten, 40, of Ger- mantown, Pa., drowned when a pleas- ure boat capsized. Dr. Charles McArthur, 57, of South Orange, N. J., was torn by the waves from the deck of a fishing boat and drowned. Three small pleasure boats were still officially missing and coast guardsmen at Cap May feared that others might be out in the gale, or perhaps sunk by its force. Government Ready to Begin Buying of Pigs Chicago, Aug. 22—()—Uncle Sam. was preparing Tuesday to swap dol- lars for hogs in an effort to reduce a troublesome sOrplus and raise farm prices in the corn belt and other pork- Producing regions. Wednesday he will open his pocket- book to buy up to 4,000,000 pigs and a million sows at six midwest stock- yards—Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul, Minn., Sioux City, and St. Joseph Mo. By Monday purchasing will get underway at other markets. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, in announcing the plan here last week, said it was expected to cost. about $55,000,000 and to be paid for by @ processing tax on pork products be- geinning Oct. 1. The hope is to eliminate part of the fall crop of pork and farmers willing to sell sows due to farrow will receive the market price plus a flat premium of $4 a head. By not making usual market deductions on sows the farm- er will benefit another dollar or s0, representatives of the agricultural ad- justment administration said. The premium for pigs will amount to $2 to $4 a hundred pounds. Two Meet Death as Montana Plane Falls Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 22.—(4)— Fred Buck of Kalispell, Pilot, and Mrs. Victor Riley, two-month bride of a Kalispell dairyman, were killed Mon- day night when Buck’s plane struck @ power line and crashed as he at- tempted to make a landing in the dark at the municipal airport. Riley, also @ passenger in the ship, was crit- ically injured. —— OO Biddy Puts Crease In Wallace’s Brow Washington, Aug. 22.—()—The hen, by doing her duty, has caused another crisis for the farm adjustment administration. It is the old story—large sup- plies and low prices to the farm- ers. The hen is not entirely responsible but has contributed her part to both situations. For instance, cold storage supplies of eggs and poultry are 40 to 59 per cent greater than a year ago. Chickens and eggs sell for al- most a billion dollars yearly but are not considered basic agricul- tural products in the farm ad- justment act. Consequently the control plan applied to cotton and wheat, by which a tax is levied to raise money for pay- ments to farmers who cut pro- duction, cannot be used to re- duce the number of chickens and eggs. Yet farm officials say any plan adopted must be national to do any good. Marketing agreements may be the solution. Anyhow. the farm’ administration is try- ing to work out a plan. In making that announcement, alry division at Fort Bliss, was order-| crashed into @ gasoline-propelled pas-|ed~to command the seventh corps | the administration said that the number of chickens is estimated at 379,000,000 and that 2,000,000,- 000 eggs are laid yearly. Stark County Dads by Langer Three Are Accused of Malfeas- ance and Crime in Office By Seven Citizens | ‘CONSPIRACIES’ CHARGED) Wide Range of Alleged Offenses! Listed in Document Filed With Governor | Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 22.—(P)— Stark county commissioners Adam Mischel, Alex Wolf and Nick J. Blotz were removed from office Monday by order of Gov. Wm. Langer. The action followed the filing of a complaint listing 21 charges of “mis- conduct, malfeasance and crime in office.” Plaintiffs were Walter Hamann, Paul Lentz, Paul G. Stieg, Max Mayer, Jake Raff, Matt Link and John Mar- insen. The date for the hearing of charges before Gov. Langer has been set for Sept. 7. Charges made by the plaintiffs in- cluded “corrupt conspiracies” with sellers of road machinery and office ‘supplies; expenditures involving more than $300 without advertising for bids; allowing exorbitant bills for do- ing official printing; entering into contracts for personal benefit; fraud- ulent contracts with certain groups of voters for political advantage; letting contracts for work as required by law, and approving false bills in their own behalf. Three specific charges were made against commissioner Mischel. He is charged with forcing purchases of lumber at an excessive price from a company in which he is interested; influencing an assessor to assess his Property at a figure below its value and becoming a surety for county funds in violation of the statute. Commissioner Boltz, the complaint states, built an unnecessarily expen- sive highway for his private benefit. IMPORTING NATIONS) PONDER WHEAT PLAN Consider Proposals By Export- ers to Adjust World Bread Grain Situation London, Aug. 22.—()—Delegates from 29 countries to a world wheat conference conducted informal con- versations Tuesday while representa- tives of wheat importing nations awaited word from their governments regarding a suggested importers’ agreement. This proposal was drawn up by the leading producers as an outline of ‘what is expected of importers if ex- porters are to act to control produc- The Weather Possibly showers tonight, Wednesday fair; cooler tonight, PRICE FIVE CENTS g Crash WELLS COUNTY FARM BOYS FAILED 10 SEE APPROACHING TRAIN Young Residents of Manfred Vicinity Found View Block- ed By Boxcars |BODIES THROWN 25 FEET Were Returning to Their Homes After Finishing Threshing on Nearby Farm Fessenden, N. D., Aug. 22—(P}— Three youths, all about 20 years old, were killed Monday night when their automobile was struck by a train at Manfred, northwest of here. Their bodies were brought to Fessenden. The dead are Walter Knopp, Ar- thur Keller and Philip Wagner, all residing southwest of Manfred. A freight train on a siding is be- lieved to have obscured the approach- ing Soo line flyer as the three boys started across the railroad crossing at Manfred. They were thrown about 25 feet as the fast train demolished their car. The three youths had finished threshing on a farm nearby and were returning to their farm homes. Funeral services for Knopp will be held Wednesday from the Baptist church at Fessenden. Last rites for Wagner will be held Thursday from the Adventist church south of Man- fred. Funeral services for Keller will be arranged later. The three boys were the only pass- engers in the car. P. A. Boyum, Wells county coroner, said an inquest into the three deaths showed the deaths to be from acciden- tal causes, HOOVER TESTIMONY ON BANKING HOLIDAY SOUGHT IN DETROIT Request For Views Follows Sen- sational Charges By Sen- ator Couzens Detroit, Aug. 22—(F)—Plans were completed here Tuesday to ob- tain the testimony of Herbert Hoover tor the open grand jury investigation of Detroit's banking difficulties. Prosecutor Harry 8. Toy and Circuit Judge Harry B. Keidan, the latter sitting as the one-man court of in- quiry, decided Monday night to ask the former president to accept a sub- poena after United States Senator James Couzens had wound up a day of startling charges with the sugges- ston that Hoover be requested to tes- ufy. A letter was dispatched Tuesday asking that he come here from Polo Alto, Calif., to give his evidence. Senator Couzens testified Monday that the federal government knew of “deplorable conditions” in the now tion and regulate shipments in an ef- | fort to raise prices of the cereal. Spokesmen for exporting nations | have reached a measure of agreement among themselves but seek as a con- dition the co-operation of the others. | It was expected that when confer- | ence resumes Wednesday afternoon, | after a one-day adjournment, indica- | tions of how far importers are pre- pared to go will be available. Meanwhile, many delegates were cheered by the assertion of Frederick E. Murphy of Minneapolis, an Amer- ican delegate, that the United States would not dump its surplus on foreign markets if no agreement was forth- coming. He maintained that his country would try to maintain or- derly prices, The suggested pact would call for lower duties on wheat as prices rise, removal of import barriers and aban- donment of percentage requirements | in milling. Encouragement of con- sumption also would be sought. Committees at Work Two committees named by the con- ference Monday were busy on the task | [Of threshing out the subjects allotted to them. The technical committee, under the chairmanship of Paul Devinate of France, discussed a clause of the draft agreement relating to the lowering of tariffs when substantial improvement should result in a lowering of cus- toms tariffs. It would commit wheat importing countries to the statement that they “are prepared to begin such adjustment of customs tariffs when the international price of wheat reaches and maintains for a specified period an average price to be fixed.” The technical committee discussed | especially the average price which should be fixed for such a conting- ency. This involved the particular market the price should be based up- on and also what grade of wheat should be taken as a mesuring rod. The desire of the committee was to have the price level question deter- mined before going into the matter further. No decision was reached. The committee on the proposed per- manent advisory board, with F. L. Mc- Dougall of Australia as chairman, spent the morning inquiring into how and by whom such a permanent or-; ganization would be financed, how the | chairman would be appointed, and kindred matters, A total of 5,035,000 motor vehicles of various descriptions are on the| farms of the United States. closed First National Bank-Detroit | almost 10 months before the Michigan, |banking holiday. He also asserted |chat, had not “the powers that be” |been reluctant to start “an epidemic of bank closings during a political jyear” they would have required a |more drastic write-down of losses |trought to light during examinations | of the books of the First National and the Guardian National Bank of Com- merce. The Guardian National, like the First National, failed to reopen after the conclusion of Michigans’ banking holiday. Efforts to contact Hoover for a comment regarding the decision of jthe investigating jury were not imme- diately successful. At his Palo Alto home he was said to be on a fishing Day. in Oregon or northern Califor-, nia. Legion Commander \ Talks in Michigan Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 22.—(7}— A plea for.the support of government- al efforts to restore “normal and rea- sonable living conditions for those willing to work,” and a demand for economy in places “where it is worse needed,” than, “at the expense of the {veteran,” was voiced Tuesday by Louis A. Johnson, national commander of the American Legion, at the conven- tion of the Michigan department. Former Wing Man Has Store in Spencer, Ia. Karl Knowles, well known in Bis- marck and Wing and who has been manager of a Gamble store in Spen- cer, Ia., has opened an auto accessory and sporting goods store there under the name of the “Coast to Coast Store,” according to word received by Mrs, Harry Knowles of Wing. The “Coast to Coast” stores are an organization of independent dealers co-operating for mutual purchasing advantages. Knowles has a number of relatives and friends in the Wing neighborhood. TAX RECEIPTS DROP St. Paul, Aug. 22.—(?)—The June tax settlement from the 87 counties jof the state netted the state govern- ment $5,158,825.75, or $707,037.60 less jthan the June, 1932 settlement, State Treasurer Julius A. Schmahl an- ;Mounced Tuesday.