The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1934, Page 3

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1934 THOMPSON PRAISES | TEACHERS OF STATE FOR EMERGENCY AID Asserts Their Loyalty and De- votion Have Kept Many School Houses Open By ARTHUR E. THOMPSON Superintendent of Public Instruction It is obvious that, along with other institutions, schools have been ser- iously handicapped by the financial stress during the last few years. The radical reduction in the assessed val- uatioin rate has sharply restricted possible income of many school dis- One of the most acute direct causes of financial distress in this school year is found in the fact that current tax receipts, which were abnormally light, have to be applied on certificates of indebtedness. Some certificates of in- debtedness issued prior to January 1, 1933, are being refunded through bond issues which the state land de- partment is purchasing from these school districts. This will help ma- terially. Statistics in the office indicate that | cj about 20 per cent of the rural schools | sI have been compelled to shorten their terms by one or two months below the ordinary standard. It is gratifying to note however, that while official re- ports to this office as of February 1, 1933, showed 23 schools closed, on January 1, 1934, the report of closed schools listed only 17. Children Not ived Tt is to be noted also that the clos- | di ing of this number of schools does not necessarily mean that the children previously enrolled therein were de- Prived of school privileges. Several districts that formerly had three schools in session made arrangements this winter to economize by closing one school and having the children attend the other two. Recent press reports regarding North Dakota children being. unable! jj; to go to school for lack of clothing are el out by reports coming to this Chief credit for this splendid record in the face of depression belongs to the loyalty and devotion of our teach- ers as well as the fine spirit of determ- FY ination on the part of school direc- tors and county superintendents. Our teachers have stuck bravely to their line of duty in spite of salaries cut al- most to the starvation point and with; many having to accept registered war- rants in place of cash for their serv-| ices. ‘We feel that the last session of wil legislature in establishing the principle | Des Moines, as poldy. of the state equalization fund took an} Lake, N. b., = important step forward. Educational | Panes, City, Kons. ga a 5 opportunities must be equalized if we are to achieve the ideal in distributing | educational advantages. Outlook Is Not Good Eooking ahead to 1934, the outlook: for the balance of this school year oe somewhat discouraging. Doubtless. more schools will be compelled pel ‘Minsesputis Men ‘Through the, Moana tan clear. le 'st, lef teachers has already been made | S#lt Lake City, U., » clear 2 28 shorten thelr terms. federal emergency relief commission ! M we will be able to take care of a num- spk of needy unemployed teachers dur- ing the coming months. A monthly } allotment of $8,500 for this purpose; has been approved at Washington and ; the allocation of these emergency re- by the department to the counties. It appears quite certain that the sn, the burden of maintaining our public schools from real estate to other in- The tangible sources of income. We are Watching with interest the workings | Winnemt of the gross income tax for public! Winni ‘school aid in our sister state of South Dakota. By the time the legislature Convenes in 1935 we should have val- uable information as to their success or disappointment in this direction. Consideration of the county unit Plan of school government is also de- serving of serious consideration by our lawmakers. Many glaring examp- les of waste and inefficiency are evi- dent in the district system of school government as now maintained. Teachers’ salaries must, as soon as it is financially feasible, be raised if our standards are to be maintained. ; Weather Report : For Bismarcs and vreinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Satur- day; pile. Btly mer toni cae bee fe “CLOUDY rain or snow west portion tout ae and Saturday; > Warmer east night. a lon to- slight! rtion i welpudy iS warm 1 xtreme at bo: er in extreme sout quant, Saturd: Mardy” partly loudly, possibly toe cca at enows in GENERAL con CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is low over the far pied (Edmonton 29.74) while @ “High” ts centered over the eet Missourl Valley (Des Mt 30.32). Preeiitation occurred in Manitoba and in the north Pacific coast states, t ut elsewhere the weath- e pe eneeally fair. Tem parties slightly on the tssippl val ley to the Rocky ‘Mountain stai but warmer weather prevails in the western Canadian Provinces and in iBummAree Station basenete marck station barometer, inches: 28.36. Reduced to sea level, 30.24, PRECIPITATION station: For Bismarck Total this month to date .. 03 Normal, this month to date Total, Jan 1s: to date . iF = , January Ist to 25 to dai Aocumnulsted deficiency to dat NORTH DAKOTA POINTS 7 Low: a.m est Pct, Grand Forks, pcld; 3.63 oo Jamestown, clear 9 9 00 Valley City, clear . +15 10 00 WEATHER IN THE NATION vest es Pet, BISMARCK, N. D. clear Tt 3 Idaho, 40 fe} Denver.” Colo., cleai cl | Havre, Mont, ee Eamisons B. C., oy a “City, Mo, cl lice "al Awe A., clear ‘Miles Ci ont., clear Minn, clear No, Platte, Neb, clear. we Okla. hie sa ein lle, apie Oty, 8 Louis, Mo., cle rie, 10 7 2 el 8 Wash. 2. 32 ‘Swift Cu Current, 8., s Bed 10 oa clear, | Botedo, i Ont sg gear 4 1 warmer to- Le ‘or Montana: | | Officials Express REVS oRVESSERASSSRSLSRSRELSTHSTS | SRRSSESS CONTRACT CXPEDTS 1 PLAY IT g’ af Today’s Contract Problem North has the contract at three no trump. East opens the queen of clubs. The con- tract isn’t difficult to make, but you must be careful to play the right cards. KQ95 Sas 85 Ag’ 74 K9 A6 Ké a 9 ° & n Solution in next issue. Duplicate—N. and 8. Vul. Opening lead—y 4. West North East sesebenssuesshessssssesessesse2eeee82ee8: FUNERAL SERVICE YER AVE. THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN RULE Strange But True News Items of Day (By The Associated Free) HOW ABOUT IT, BOYS? Madison, Wis.—At least two Wiscon- sin co-eds are having trouble getting dates for the university prom. phone shortly after Bremer disap- peared. Bremer was last seen when he took his eight-year old daughter, Betty, to the exclusive Summit school tor girls. Man Talked Over Phone A man’s voice over the telephone told Magee the Bremer automobile would be found in an outlying resi- dential district and that he would find @ note on the back doorstep of home. bold captions, “men want-| his ed,” two personals: appeared in the student newspaper. One advertiser willing to pay all expenses specified that the man must be at least 5 feet 10 inches tall, a good dancer and a fra- ternity man.” The other, offering to skare expenses, described herself as “brunette, considered attractive and aboot 5 feet 3 inches tall.” The boys have until February 2 to think it over, USES HER HEAD Hollywood—A bit irked because Tepeated attempts to get an elec- trician to repair her door bell had failed, May Robson, stage and screen actress, hung a cow bell on the oikeo Td C 0 NTINU TINUE from page one Fears for Safety Of St. Paul Banker Whether St. Marie had given his »| statement to city police was conjec- tural since they had, at the request of the missing man’s father, Adolph Bremer, personal friend of President Roosevelt, held their forces in abey- ance, Hear No Word Meanwhile, the kidnapers were re- ported to have made no effort up to early Friday to communicate with either the Bremers or their friends. The family was represented as pre- bee to pay the full $200,000 ransom @ Legionaires were called upon to launch an active drive for the missing banker, who was picked up between 8:15 a. m. and 10 a. m. Wed- nesday morning. Officers of a local Legion post, of | which William Hamm, Jr., and the oissing man are members, planned to. | call upon 80.000 Legionaires in neigh- soring states to comb their districts 22| ‘or Bremer. Hamm, millionaire pres- ident of the Theodore Hamm Brew- ing company, paid $100,000 for his fzeedom last June. Plans provided for establishment of 3 clearing house of information un- covered by Lezgionaires in Wiscon- sin, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota; offers of help to all) law enforcement agencies, and a dill-| 3ent search of communities through- rut the state. Plan Wins Endorsement Edward W. Carruth, Harrington, <an., national vice commander of the Uegion, who spoke here Thursday vieht, endorsed the plan. The elder Bremer, the first man to redict to President Roosevelt in Chi- 2zgo that he would be the next presi- dent, is in ill health, yet despite that, he and an unmarried daughter, Miss Louise Bremer, maintained a long vigil at their home Thursday night, hoping the kidnapers would commun- cate with friends or relatives of the tuissing man. As the hours dragged on, their hopes vanished, though the abductor’s instructions to insert a two-line ad- vertisemenit in the Thursday morning 2dition of the Minneapolis Tribune had been followed. The advertise- ment, in the personal column, read: “We are ready. “Alice.” The instruction was contained in a note found on the back doorstep of Walter Magee, wealthy St. Paul con- tractor and friend of the Bremers, He was called at his office on the tele ‘Typewritten, the missive threatened Bremer with death if the ponce were called or the newspapers notified and ransom of $200,000 was demanded. Instructions for inserting the want ad oo were in hes “paseo by remer in a scrawl ‘The ransom, the note said, must be Paid in old $5, $10, and $20 bills, not numbered consecutively, and wrapped in a cardboard box tied with cord. Shortly after Adolph Bremer voiced his plea, Frank J. Balke, star opera- tive of the federal department of jus- tice, arrived here by airplane from Dallas, Tex., further swelling the fed- eral forces that are being mobilized here. No word was forthcoming from the government men as to whether they would respect the elder Brem- wer'’s oe (CONTINUE Newspaper Folk Here Annual Winter Session at a luncheon at the Grand Pacific hotel. ‘The final session will be held in the memorial building Saturday after- noon beginning at 2 o'clock. Contest trophies will be awarded, new officers will be elected and the 1935 meeting place will be selected at the final session. - 55 Registered at Noon Fifty-five visitors had registered for the meeting at noon. 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Davies, Minot, CONTINUE from page one’ Johnson Replies To Senate Attack On Recovery Act other benefits in exchange for suspen- ston of anti-trust laws and observed “we have surrendered the of these laws without a quid pro quo.’ Nye also referred to the General "lectric company, saying one of the “most vicious examples of coercion by & large monoply of smaller producers fs the domination” by that company. “In the formation and administra- tion of the electrical code,” he said, “the dominant position of the Gen- eral Electric company, as @ producer of incandescent lamps, is not ecaintained but strengthened.” Nye said the hearings on price changes last week brought revelations “oothing short of startling.” They revealed, he added, “domina- tion of small enterprises by the larger; fixing of prices by the trade associ- ations; intimidation of hesitant mem- bers of the association; fear of the small producers incurring the ill-will of the large; rapid rise of prices to the consumer in many instanecs to a higher figure than those of 1929.” The 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, never at- tended school, JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE FINAL. WEEK BARGAINS GALORE 98c Ladies’ Dresses. 89c Ladies’ Silk Hose. .59c 89c Children’s Dresses 59c 98c KrinkleBedSpreads 69c $1.89 Bed Comforters $1.19 98c Men’s Union Suits. .79¢ 79c Men’s Work Shirts 49c 98c Men’s Coat Sweat- ers 79¢ SUPREME COURT MAY’ = UPSET PROGRAM 10 REVALUE CURRENCY Economist Says Much Depends on Interpretation of Clause in Bonds New York, Jan. 19-(?)—An up- set of the entire national monetary Program through a supreme court ¢ecision upholding the gold clause in public and private obligations was seen Friday as a possibility by Dr. ‘Warren M. Persons, economist. Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale univer- sity has listed Dr. Persons as one of the few men in the world “who under- stand the real meaning of money.” “If the government revalues the dollar at a point between 50 and 60 cents, will holders of bonds payable in gold at the old ‘standard of weight and fitness’ receive 100 cents or be- tween 50 and 60 cents in gold on the dollar? asked Dr. Persons. “That point has not been raised in recent discussions. There is outstand- ing about $134,000,000,000 in long term debts with about $75,000,000,000 of these containing the promise to pay in gold dollars of the same weight as the day they were issued. “If the supreme court upholds the gold clause, the bonds would be worth $150,000,000,000 of the devalued dol- court rules the bonds do not have to be paid in gold, the bonds would be worth only $75,000,000,000, both sup- | positions being based on a 50-cent |ter Escanaba was ordered to point ite dollar revaluation. cine wag surpended by Fricay in an atiempe to break throwg, “ was an YF ng but there | ice packs that surround Beaver Island Br qeection Wie where several thousand head of cat~ ‘such’ suspension Toul held beyond te duration of te tle are starving to death. national emergency. sote case, the supreme our bad 1a only that contracts could suspended ding the emerpecy dot ina tely. 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