The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1934, Page 5

oe pace Allg an ’ ‘ : H 3 * THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1934 , ommunity Council Has Final Seal Drive Report james W. Cuthrie and Miss ; Helen K. Katen Are Speak- ers at Meeting Friday uary held Friday after- rican Legion Auxil- ‘1d War Memorial James W. Guthrie, relief committee member, Miss Helen K. Katen, secretary of the North Dakota Tuberculosis association, together with routine re- and business, concluded the afternoon’s program. @ The Christmas Seal drive, accord- {ng to Mrs. Guthrie's report, netted 6276.44 from the business district, $279.42 from the schools, $25.61 from institutions, $183.50 from _ clubs, | lodges and ladies’ aids, $41.00 from ‘booths and $97.50 from the annual Christmas Seal tea. The institutional contributions were $22.01 from the ; capitol, $2.60 from the penitentiary and $1.00 from Fort Lincoln. Sums procured at the schools were: 100.00; Will, $47.3! Wachter, $10.7! '; St. Mary's, $44.00; $4.62, and Bismarck high school, §5 cents. Disbursements listed by Mrs. Guth- rie are $487.96 to Miss Katen as sec- ~ retary of the North Dakota Tubercu- losis association, $1.14 for stamps and stationery and $415.49 to the Com. munity Council. Lists Contributing Groups Organizations buying $5.00 health ) bonds during. the drive were the Cosmos, Rotary, Sunshine, Current ‘Events, Kiwanis, Mothers’, Delphian,| Ported Mothers’ Service, Business and Pro- «fessional Women’s, Thursday Musical, “) Bismarck Study, Chapter L of Spon: 4° *sor Mothers’, and Pan-Attic clubs, « the Order of Rainbow Girls, Chapters F and N of the P. E. O. Sisterhood, the Jewish Ladies’ Aid, Knights f Columbus, St. Alexius Hospital Alumnae association, Lloyd Spetz| Post No. 1 of the American Legion, Elks lodge, Catholic Daughters of America, Women’s Christian Tem- Perance Union, McCabe Methodist Episcopal Ladies’ Aid, Presbyteriun Ladies’ Ald, and the Bismarck chap- ter, American Association of Uni- versity Women. The American Legion Auxiliary, Monday and Fortnightly clubs each AN OPPORTUNITY We will give to interested parties information concerning locations for modern syndicate type of stores fea- turing 5c to $1.00 merchandise, also Dry Goods and General Stores, ‘With a capital of $3500 to $5000 you can own and operate a modern store. Our Service Department provides basic stock check list, store engineers, HAVE your HAIR and SCALP ex- a aa contributed $10.00 and the Order of elers contributed $2.50, the Daughters of Union Veterans and Women's club donated $2.00 each and Chapters Lewis and Clark and BC of Sponsor Mothers’ clubs donated $1.00 each. ‘Women who conducted the drive in the downtown district were Mra. E. B. Gorman, Mrs. John Larson, Mrs, . W. » Mrs. 8. H. Merritt, Mrs. Mrs. W. B. Couch, Tse gical sore reaSe i History In his talk, Mr. Guthrie traced the federal relief program from the first aid given by the federal government through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation set up during the Hoover administration to the most recent changes in the Civil Works Admin- istration. He gave a detailed history of the relief personnel in Burleigh county and closed with an appeal to the Community Council to cooperate with those who are in charge. Miss Katen talked about her ex- perience in conducting a community center for young people. The talk was an outgrowth of a suggestion that the Community Council sponsor entertainments for young people. It was decided to again refer the sug- gestion to member groups and to have further discussion at the Feb- Tuary meeting. Mrs. Fred Jansonius, treasurer, re- @ balance of $713.17 on Decem- ber 15, receipts of $59.60 and disburse- ments of $28.95 with a resulting bal- ince of $769.82, Milk Started Mrs. Merritt, reporting for the milk committee, said that milk drink- ing started at the schools Monday. Miss Esther Teichmann, school nurse, amplified the report saying that 515 children are taking milk, with 110 re- ceiving it free. Mrs. O. I. Devold, representing the moving picture committee, asked that the Community Council ing agencies asking for pictures which they approve. She also re- quested that letters be written to senators ahd representatives in con- gress, asking them to have the Brook- hart bill removed from committee and have a similar bill introduced in the present session.. Mrs. R. A. Ritter- bush,’ moving picture chairman for the eighth district, North Dakota Federation of Women’s clubs, also spoke briefly on the subject of mov- ing pictures. Mrs. P. A. Knowles, president of the council, complimented the delegates on the large number of women who assisted the Good Fellows committee with packing Christmas baskets. I. A. Esko Will Give Sacred Recital Sunday T. A. Esko, tenor, will be heard in a sacred song recital during the regular Sunday evening service at Trinity Lutheran church. He will be assisted by Mrs. Esko, dramatic reader, who | will give “The Sign of the Cross” by Special Sunday Dinner Roast Turkey with all the trimmings Steak & Chops 65c with all the trimmings Served from to 9:00 P.M. Grand Pacific Hotel Restaurant A Rendesvous for the Best Foods Barrett. Mr. Esko will sing three groups of solos, The first will include “Where-er You Walk” by Handel, “If With All Your Hearts” from Mendelssohn's “Blijah” and “In Native Worth” from | Sah Hayden's “Creation.” For the second group, he will give ‘O Lord Most Holy” by Frank, “Were You There?” a Negro spiritual by Manney and “Like As a Father” by Scott. The concluding group will be “Come Ye Blessed” by Scott, “Just for Today” by Seaner, “ Rev. Opie 8. Rindah! has chosen “Portals of Faith” as his sermon theme for this service. * * * Chapter P, P. E. O. Sisterhood, will Mrs, Charles Staley, 701 Sixth St. ee Members of Immaculate Concep- tion Court No. 322, Catholic Daugh- 5 reception new members will take place at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening at St. Mary's auditorium. 25c and 35c Noonday Luncheons 35¢ and 40c : Chef's Special Evening Dinner 50c POWERS COFFEE SHOP ,| san convention. TURNING THE SEARCHLIGHT BEHIND THE CURRENT SCENE A REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION Playing the searchlight across the political stage, some facts are im- mediately apparent. Others come to view with a little careful study. Here are a few of them, listed in the order of their importance: 1, The major political tight or anti-Lenger. This is if Langer should hap; 2. The odds increasingly against : returned to office is a very long shot, indeed. 3. The current situation clarified until after the Nonparti- ranks is inevitable. Who will go 4. That a major bust-up but that some heads will fall into where and do what remains to be 5 | the basket and new faces appear is a certainty. The question is which ones. ,| THE STRENGTH AND THE WEAKNESS Both sides have elements of strength and weakness. As usually is the Te ee ee versa. Here are the elements in the situation which favor Langer: 1, The possession of a huge campaign fund. If money makes the mare go he will be in position to make a splendid Tace. He is going to have lots of money. Not all of the money collected | on the five-per-cent assessment for the so-called Leader fund has gone to wspaper. Some of it already has been spent for other things, agitation for the new Townley industrial scheme, but much of it still remains and is available to Langer in his fight for political preservation. 2. Langer posseases superior facilities for disseminating political propa- ganda. This was proved in the sales tax campaign when letters were sent out from nearly every state office controlled by him and whole depart- mental corps of clerks devoted considerable time to the various ramifica- tions of the campaign. Many a voter received an appeal to vote for the Langer-sponsored measures and ignored them despite the fact that he had heard nothing on the other side, or at least had received no direct appeal on the subject. 3. Possession of The Leader as a means of propaganda. This is not an unmixed blessing but it will help him a little more than it will hurt him. Some tremendous issues of The Leader are in store dur- ing the next campaign. Editions loaded with propaganda even more vitriolic than is the case at present. A few people have faith in The Leader. These are largely persons who have no other avenues of information and to whom The Leader is either being sent free or as # gift. Many people who paid their five per cent to the newspaper, refused to attempt sale of the sub- . ‘They gave them away. 4. Possession of a so-called “political machine” consisting largely of job-holders who will be expected to do the spade work entailed in every campaign. This, too, carries its own handicaps and may, in the long run, hurt more than it will help, as will presently appear. ‘THE HANDICAP LIST 18 LONGER ‘The list of handicaps is longer, though some of them will be of leas importance than items Nos. 1 and 2 on the asset side. Here they are, again listed in the order of their importance: 1, The fact that the Langer forces have underestimated the intelligence of the voting public. False statements, denials and reversals of attitude on various subjects, overstatements and unkept promises have caused doubts to form in the minds of many voters who might otherwise support the gov- ernor. There is a feeling abroad that he is angling for votes on the same basis that Barnum sought paying customers at the gate of his circus. The result 4s to bring Langer and his henchmen into disrepute. ‘This situation is such that Langer’s efforts to dispel it may only cause it to grow. An intangible thing, it is the main fear of Langer’s adherents of promises to individuals, and these will be the most harmful. There is hardly a precinct in the state which does not contain someone who was something he didn’t get. Those folks have their knives out. ‘The general promises were to reduce the number of inspectors and po- litical employes. He has not done this. Instead, the number is larger than it has been at any time since Langer was attorney general, more than a 3. The scandals of the administration. First among these is the five~ per-cent collection for The Leader. It gives Langer's opponents a powerful lever with which to sway public opinion. Other scandals, to name only a few, are the political activities of the beer commissioner’s department at public expense; the obvious graft which resulted—in some sections still is resulting—from the slot machine racket; the payments to the Pillsbury Engineering company for slight, if not imaginary, services; the operation of the mill and elevator; the effort to coerce public officials, city and county as well as state, to do his bidding; the attempt to “cash in” on fed- eral relief projects, thus making ® political plaything of efforts to relieve the people with which he had nothing to do and for which he is entitled to no credit. i 4. Langer’s faux pas in inviting North Dakotans to apply to him for CWA jobs and approval of their projects. This has seriously weakened his support among many people who were his supporters. He has sent out ex- planations to them but these were treated largely as unsatisfactory alibis. 5. Lack of leadership in his political group other than that he provides himself. He has bound to him a group of men, many of them with bad political reputations, who will find it difficult to get themselves accepted as leaders because of their past records. The spontaneous support which comes from non-payroll leadership will not be with him in any large measure. And people are inclined to be suspicious of payrollers. 6. A bad press. People do believe their home-town newspapers and editorial declarations of the majority of publications indicate opposition to the governor. Many newspapers which supported him in the past will pe against him in the future. They cannot stomach that five-per-cent racket and few of them agree with his fundamental policies. 1. Lack of loyalty within the Langer administration. Many on the will not be faithful to him because he has insulted their manhood his dictatorial tactics and because they have no faith in him. Five-per- cent collections beget five-per-cent loyalty. 8. The repercussions from the sales tax campaign and the obvious effort to build up a@ political machine by centralizing power in his own 5 is particularly obnoxious to those who adhere to the old po- litical principles of the Nonpartisan League. These folks are too independ- ent by nature to relish a dictatorship. 9. The unconscious creation by Langer of an opposition machine. 1: is not organized but all parts exist and will work actively against him whether or not an attempt is made to unite them. Its consisting of those who hold unkept promises or who have been treated unfairly, are doing spade work right along in the enthusiasm of bitterness. There are signs that this work is proving effective. AND THEN THERE ARE THE CROSS-CURRENTS ‘The list, it is clear, pits the tangibles of money and organization against the intangibles of the public’s preference for decency and righteousness. On that score the f contest will be an interesting one. Then, of course, there exist the innumerable cross-currents which eddy to the surface only here and there and which may wreck many a ship, speed many another to safety. : Es 8 4] Former Local Woman | ‘titian ot Untervood and. Geotse Dies in California |ct sen Diego. ‘There azo are_sev- m and four great- Mrs, John Reuter, a pioneer of Me- | Lean county and a former resident of | Bismarck and Fort Berthold, died at 1:40 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, at San Diego, Cal. according to word re: Bismarck. Democratic Veterans Plan Meeting Monday ceived in | Democratic war veterans of Bur- Annie Julia wailer born in Belle Plaine, ey and i was there | leigh county will meet Monday eve- John Reuter ning to make plans for entertaining they | visiting Democrats here next Wed- ul 3 5 : z 52 i i : if i lifes ra its ee i ry ll @ To JOHNNIE CONN and His At Dance Popular Orchestra from I Minot the Do Sre/reading by Miss Isabelle LaRue, a Bismarck High School Freshmen Have Party About 125 freshman students of Bismarck high school were guests at @ basketball game, program and dancing party given in the gymnasium. Friday evening. Several parents vis- ited the party during the evening. After the basketball game by two freshman teams, Lowell Elofson and Bob Scarow staged a short boxing ex- hibition. The program included a ‘solo dance by Miss Ruth Coghlan, a violin solo by Gregory Dahlen, a tap ance by Miss Arlene Ruder, a piano solo by Miss Eleanor Lewis and a clarinet solo by Miss Jean Renwick. The Misses Vivian Coghlan and Lewis played accompaniments for the solo- ists and dancers. Sammy Kontos and his orchestra Provided the dance music. Chaperon: ing the party were Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lee, 106 Avenue B; Mr. and Mrs.| Joseph Coghlan, 622 Third St.; My! and Mrs, L. A. LaRue, 10¢ Avenue C, | west, and Miss Rita Murphy, 213 Av- cnue A, west, and Rodney D. Wells, 706 Sixth St., the class advisers. Miss Olive Johnson, class president, ! headed the clean-up committee; Ted Boutrous, vice president, was ticket chairman; Miss Renwick, treasurer, di- rected the program, and Ralph Rhoades, secretary, was in charge of | refreshments, and the Misses Rita Fortune and Doreen Tavis entertained wth a tap dance and reading, respectively. Patrons and patronesses were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McGraw, 322 Ander- son 8t.; Mr. and Mrs. George L. Hays, 1723 Rosser avenue; Mr. and Mrs, J. F. Orchard, 720 Third 8t.; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Healow, 614 Thay- er avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. P, J. Meyer, 912 Fourth St. Miss Luella Steil, chairman of ar- rangemtns for the party, was assisted by the Misses Stella Lutgen, Beverly Bauer, Jean Lee and Peggy Whitey. eek Community Players Postpone Try-Outs Play try-outs scheduled by the Community Players for Sunday aft- ernoon at the Bismarck city auditori- um have been postponed indefinitely because of the musicale to be given at 4 o'clock by the Bismarck Little Symphony orchestra. Announcement was made by Herman Peters, who will direct the next play staged by the dramatic group. eee Mrs. Leonard Nelson is the guest for a few days of Mr. and Mrs. ©. C. NeJson of Minot. * ee ‘The Monday club will have an an- niversary dinner Monday evening at T oclock at the wo * * 3 The Misses Mary Louise Finney and | LaRue and Bud Beall assisted with tickets. Gregory Dahlen, John Kre-| ‘ner and Miss Harriet Rosen assisted with the program. The Misses Gayle | Kelly and LaVerne Middelmas and | Ben Jones helped with refreshments. Assistants on the clean-up committee were the Misses Dorothy Sigurdson| and Marion Hyland and Robert Tavis, | William Tillotson and Wesley Law-| yer. eke *& St. Mary’s Dancing i Party Honors Teams) Members of the Medina basketball) team were special guests at a dancing! Durty given Friday evening by the’ students of St. Mary's high school. ‘There were 50 young people present. A lunch was served to members of the Medina and St. Mary's teams in the gymnasium before they joined the other guests at the school audi- torlum. The Red Devils four-piece orchestra provided music for dancing Mrs. Palmer Narum returned Fri- day after a visit at Minot with Mr. Narum’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Narum. ek k ‘The Cosmos club will meet Mon- day evening at 8 o'clock with Miss Helen K. Katen at the American Le- gion Auxiliary room, World War Memorial building. x * * Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Connolly of New England are guests of Mr. and Mrs. K, W. Simons, 811 Mandan 8t., while they are here to attend the winter meeting of the North Dakota Press association. eee The meeting of the novel reading |® group of the Bismarck chapter, American Association of University Women, scheduled for Monday eve- ning, has been postponed one week. Mrs. Wade D. Gehringer, Logan apartments, ce the group. ‘Miss Marie Huber, county superin- tendent of schools, gave an informal | PARAMOUNT, ENDS TONIGHT—25c Until 7:30 —The Laugh Riot— Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor” Join the Navy and See the World—Go Nuts! Also Popeye the Mickey Sailoi STARTS MIDN The biggest film sensation in 10 years! Never such a drama packed with thrills! The miracle Hollywood on Parade IGHT SUNDAY MON., TUES., WED., THURS. 2:30-7-9 Matinees 25c Evenings 35e farewell party late Friday afternoon for members of the state department of public instruction, which is moving from the courthouse, where it has been located since August 1, 1931, to; the new Capitol building. The de-/ ‘partment will complete its move to the llth floor of the new building this week-end. , nd ‘There were 200 guests at the dan- cing party for state employes and their friends which was given Friday evening at the Patterson hall by the Auxillary to Women’s Nonpartisan | Club No. 1. Music for dancing from) $ until 1 o'clock was provided by the/ Sammy Kontos at ae x * Mrs. Frankie Lyman of Cando, state president of the Degree of Honor Pro- | tective association, visited with friends in Bismarck for a short time Friday. While here she also conferred with | Mrs, Alfred Zuger, 501 Thayer avenue, west, president of the local Degree of Honor, regarding plans for the initia- tion ceremonies on Feb. 22. Mrs. Ly- nan will be here for the initiation. xe & ‘24, by the American Legion A' Saturday asked that all ;have not been solicited tel | at 1755-W as soon as bers of the Auxiliary and American Legion post will at the pot-luck supper Rev. Arthur Charles Smith of Pillsbury Academy, Owatonna, Minn., is making his annual mid-winter business visit to Bismarck, Friday, Jan. 26, has been set as the Gate for the annual lutefish supper at the Trinity Lutheran church parlors. ‘The supper, which will be open to the! public, will be served starting at 6 o'clock. ‘The committee in charge in- | cludes Mrs. G. N. Livdahl, 719 Ninth | 8t.; Mrs. O. E. Johnson, 931 Seventh | 8t., and Mrs. E. N, Hedahl, 922 Sixth | es * * The Olympian club had s regular | business meeting, program of talks | and dancing and luncheon when the group met Thursday eve- ning at the home of Miss Hilda! Bredy, 622 Eleventh St. A hike was! planned for the next meeting, which | will be held about Feb. 1. The club, which is among the newer organiza- tions in the city, has 12 members and is following the program suggested by & physical culture magazine, Meetings of Clubs ’ | And Social Groups Mrs. George Shafer, 305 Avenue B, will tell of “Interesting Places In and | Around Virginia” at the Pan-Attic club luncheon meeting to be held at the Inn at 1 o'clock Monday. Table talks will be on miscellaneous topics. se k Mrs. F. D. Register, 1016 Seventh St., chairman of the pot-luck supper to be given Wednesday evening, Gospel | Tabernacle Has Chorus Choir A young peoples’ rally was held Friday night at the Gospel Taber- nacle, corner of Eleventh St. and Rosser Avenue. The time at the service. Rev. Christian Hild delivered @ lecture on “Hypoc- risy of Evolution.” Sunday morning at 11 8. m. Age of Miracles Past?” and at evening services at 7:30 p. m. Hild will speak on “The bate.” The chorus choir will the evening services, accompanied the tabernacle orchestra, Odd Fellows Grand Master Visits Here Dakota gra! O. F., visited in Bismarck Saturday. Saturday evening he will visit the ‘Wilton club and Monday evening he will with Odd Fellows at Fi visit lasher. He will be in Bismarck Sunday and may be reached at the Patterson , Jan. | Hotel. LAST TIMES TONIGHT “Above the Clouds” THRILLS - ROMANCE - DRAMA Don’t Miss It Sunday Midnight - ~~ Says Walter Webster, one of the most famous . critics in the world: “One of the grandest talk- fing ‘pictures any one of us is likely to see's a» Inthe. post. Pat at fouryears we have had c number ‘talking pietures, but none in the ght!” FOR RENT One unfurnished apartment. City heat. Electric refrigerator. Electric stove. Fireproof building. Available: at once. Rent reasonable. Inquire at the \ PLENTY