The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1934, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1934 2 HOUSE COMMITTEE | WILL PUSH PROBE OF ARMY CONTRACTS High Officers Called to Tell| What They Know of Plan Complications | Washington, March 13—(7)—A let- ter in which a high army officer ap- wthe Solution to Previous Contract Bridge BY WM. E. McKENNEY American Bridge League) | In my opinion, duplicate fast is/ |replacing money bridge. Especially | during the recent depression, people | have desired a pleasant medium for whiling away idle time, and bridge is | just as enjoyable a game whether or | not it is played for a stake. Attending the Niagara Frontier parently frowned on the aviation plans of Harry H. Woodring, assis- tant secretary of war, was disclosed | Tuesday by congressional investiga-| and’ y, R. Conley on winning the| ;open air championship event against | tors. . Gen, Oscar Westover, assist-| ant chief of the air corps, was called before the house military affairs com-| which he had played in Chicago. | mittee to say why he wrote what he did to Brig. Gen. Henry Conger Pratt,—the crowd had gathered around his | air corps officer at Wright Field,/ Dayton, Ohio. The letter indicated a) belief that a ruling by Woodring might “complicate” staff plans for! bu: lanes. Tne ister said that Woodring had, just ruled that no negotiations for the purchase of new airplanes, in-| cluding those for which a $7,500,000; public works allotment was set aside, should be made until the assistant secretary approved the program. Westover’s letter added: | “The latter instructions indicate | that Burdette Wright has apparently | placed the entering wedge which may; further complicate the plans for) (airplane) procurement under the WA program, or for that matter un- der any program.” Said Wright Complained | ‘Woodring, in recent testimony, said Wright had complained to him that under the army's practice of grant- ing “negotiated” contracts without competitive bids, his company had no chance to get business. Available also for the house com- mittee to study Tuesday was a tran- script of nearly five weeks of hear- ings before a grand jury. This body, after looking into an alleged conspir- acy to defraud the war department on certain supplies, declined to in- dict any one. When informed of this, cae McSwain of the house committee sai “our work now is more important) than ever.” Committee members were informed that no indictments had been return- ed because the jury had been told it could not act against two or three of the principals involved unless it acted against all of them. Among the witnesses heard by the grand jury, primarily about the pur- chases of trucks and underclothing, were Woodring, General Douglas/ MacArthur, chief of army staff; Frederick Payne, former assistant secretary of war; Ralph T. O'Neil, former national commander of the American Legion, and more than a) score of others. OO g Weather Report || o—————_ OO FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair) tonight and Wednesday; colder to- night; rising tem- perature Wednes- kota: Fair tonight and Wednesday; colder tonight; rising temperature Wednesday. For South Da-j| kota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; cold- 2r; much colder | southeast tonight; rising temperature Wednesday after- noon. For Montana: Generally fair to- night and Wednesday; colder tonight; ‘warmer east of Divide Wednesday. For Minnesota: Generally fair to- night and Wednesday, except light snow probably early tonight in east; much colder tonight; rising tempera- ture Wednesday in west portion. GENERAL CONDITIONS ‘The low pressure area is centered over the upper Mississippi Valley and Great ss region (Minneapolis 29.84) while a “High” extends from roming northward over Saskatche- ‘wan (Havre 30.72). Light snow fell in the Dakotas, Montana and the adjoining Canadian Provinces while elsewhere the weather is meneraly fair. operates dropped some- what in the northern Great Plains and over the northern Rocky Moun- tain ion; elsewhere readings are above seasonal average. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.55. Reduced to sea level, 30.39. FAIR PRECIPITATION Total this month to date .. Normal. this month to date ... Total, January Ist to date . Normal, January Ist to date .. Accumulated deficiency to date NORTH DAKOTA POINTS 7 Low. 26 AT 115 38 Jamestown, clear ... Valley City, cid; WEATHER IN THE NATION Low- = est Pct. a1 tournament at Buffalo recently, I was surprised at the great interes’ shown in duplicate bridge in that city. I congratulated H. A. Merris @ very good field. . Conley gave me today’s hand, It was the last hand of the evening table, and he felt called upon to fur- nish some entertainment, which ac- counts for his original psychic bid of one diamond. It turned out that the |deuces produced the most thrills, as Conley and his partner held all of them. Of course, the psychic diamond fooled no one but Mr. Conley’s part- ner, in the North, as was demon- | | | o2 | HAKI1I0862 | Duplicate bridge—None vul. Opening lead—@ K. | West North East | Pass 2N.T. | Double 6 @ i Double Pass i strated by the fact that he took Con-' ley to six diamonds over six clubs, The Play ‘West's opening lead was the king of diamonds, which was won in dum- | my with the ace—and deuce No. 1) South 1 Sa te CONTRACT »IDGE =" EXPERTS PLAY IT jed next, and West was forced to let | go the nine of diamonds. {@ small heart to win with the ace, Today’s Contract Problem South plays the contract at three no trump. West opens the seven of hearts. play How should declarer the hand? (Blind) (Blind) Solution in next issue. 13 ; Was saved. Conley now realized that to make his contract, the spade finesse must work, so he immediately led the second deuce—the deuce of spades—from dummy and played the! /queen, which held. | The club suit was started, the ace and king picking up the outstand- jing clubs, West discarding the six of | diamonds. | Four more rounds of clubs were |taken. West let go three spades and |@ diamond. Two hearts and a dia- |mond were discarded from dummy. East dropped three diamonds and a spade. The ace of spades was cash- The declarer now led the deuce of clubs, which put the squeeze on both East and West. West could not release the queen of diamonds, so he dropped a heart. The jack of dia- monds was discarded from dummy and now East was squeezed. He could not let go spade, so he was forced to drop a heart. Declarer now was down to ace, four, and deuce of hearts, Dummy held jack of spades and king and six of hearts. Of course, both East and West had been forced to bear down to two hearts, so all the declarer had to do was to lead the four of hearts, win in dummy with the king, return and the deuce of hearts won the 13th trick. (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) vestigation of the activities of muni- tions makers and dealers in promot- ing war propaganda was asked in the senate Monday by Senators Nye (Rep., N. D.) and Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.). The resolution would authorize the appropriation of $50,000 for the in- quiry, which also would go into the feasibility of a government monopoly on the munitions business, The degree of adequacy of existing laws to control war would be in- vestigated and legislative recom- mendations made. secs eS ’ Strange But True | Nye Asks Probe of | Government May Buy Munitions Makers| Land for Game Birds Washington, “Maren 13.”)—In-| New York, March 13, — Thirty- jcommittee on wildlife restoration, ac- to total 5,246,074 acres for reserves in all but four of the United States, if the report meets approval. The pur- chases are recommended for wildlife rehabilitation purposes under the plan. of the administration to In addition to $25,000,000 for the purchase of the land, $25,000,000 from ‘A and CWA funds for employment labor on the tracts is listed in the’ Ac to the More Game Birds fe lation, the complete game res- toration program in North Dakota may reach 609,000 acres for waterfowl, and 40,000 acres for upland game, ip C ONTINUE from page ous’ Congressmen Told Chicago-Spokane Route Is Favored cancellation effective,” added Post- master General Farley. Dt ‘Wi Equipment He asked it especially to consider Sinice 'oeoerat deputy chief of staff, was named chalr-|«prum board” which corps activities at the Other members are: Major General] mer that the air corps Benjamin D. Foulois, chief In Minnesota, 680,000 acres for waterfowl and 40,000 acres for upland game are contemplated; in Montana, 186,000 acres for waterfowl and 280,- 000 acres for upland game; and in South Dakota, 220,500 acres for water- fowl and 45,000 for upland game. Thoresen Will Make Intensive Campaign Grand Forks, N. D., March 13—(#) —T. H. H. a flying instruments as are deem- for the fowls. O’Brien thought it over for moment and then declared: “It ‘Langer faction jof the Nonpartisan League for gover- jnor, will close his primary election campaign, with a five-week tour into “every nook and corner of the state,” jhe announced Tuesday. fe Thoresen returned Saturday night from Jamestown, where he was en- dorsed, and a group of his friends en- tertained him at dinner. He an- nounced Tuesday that his campaign had started. ‘ The Grand Forks Thoresen-For- Governor club began preparations for handling his campaign in this section of the state. A membership drive and the organization of a woman’s branch is scheduled. Thoresen said a campaign organ- ization reaching into every voting precinct of the state will be started as soon as possible, Student Injured in \ Automobile Accident! Paul Kenyon, 418 First Street, high school student, is in St. Alexius hos- pital recovering from severe cuts and} bruises as @ result of an automobile accident at the corner of Avenue C and Fourth St., Monday afternoon. According to police department re- ports Kenyon was a passenger in a 3. car driven by Merton Kanz, high ‘assessment to assist in reorganization should be reported by the taxpayer for the year in which such distribu- tion is received. In the case of si Here’s the opening gun for Gamble’s 9th. ae versary beginning March 16th. 2 Tires for the Price of One—Buy one Pharis 6-ply tire at the Standard List Price and get the second tire FREE. Inner Tubes 49¢ and up. redo tires as low as becomes worthless, the cost may be deducted by the taxpayer if a satis- factory showing of its worthlessness is made. The amount paid by stock- holders because of their additional lability may also be deducted as a two thousand acres of land will be ac- quired in North Dakota for game re- Serves as soon as President Roosevelt approves the report of the president’s cording to the More Game Birds foundation. Other states where land will be im- mediately set aside for game bird re- serves are Oregon, Nebraska, Minne- sota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wy- oming. Subsequent purchases will be made — AN ERROR IN LOCATION Evanston, Il.—When a woman in! an excited voice telephoned that a} man was trying to break into a Chi-/| cago avenue place, the police in-| vestigated. | They said they found John Fon- taine pounding on the door. 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American officials said it had been issued at the suggestion of Greece % under permission of the United States government at Washington for the facilitation on visas. | With this travel document in the Dossession of the foreign ministry the responsibility of obtaining visas to Permit Insull to travel in other coun- tries now rests directly with Greece. Mill City Firm May Receive Big Contract Ssgoeagageesssssgagusesessaaseas' 5 BBBhRBbeeeSeeSssessssssssRsssss Kansas City, March 13.—()—W. A. 1, @ representative of the U. 8. er’s office here, Tuesday said appeared the Nadsen Construction pany, Minneapolis, Minn., had low bid on a contract for the construction of about 300 camp build- at Fort Peck, Mont. The bid $1,453,895.45, it was his belief that [ A News Items of Day || (By The Associated Press) 1] ; all ages, and may be given the a Why Hospitals Use a Liquid Laxative Hospitals and doctors have always used liquid laxatives. And the public is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. 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