The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1934, Page 3

“GOSTFOR GARE OF FREBLE-MINDED IN STATE INCREASING Total of $1,467,336 Spent in 12 Years, Superintendent Aylen Reports Care and training of feeble-minded persons in North Dakta is becoming an increasing problem, one which has cost the state and political subdivis- fons a total of $1,467,336 in the past 12 years, Dr. James P. Aylen, super- intendent of Grafton state school, said ‘Tuesday in his biennial report. the social department, state, the report discloses. The pro- gram includes study of ‘the individual mental defective, developments of plans most beneficial for his welfare and supervisory assistance in carrying out the plans, Three Types Concerned ‘The program is concerned with three types of persons: Those who can be readjusted outside of the institu- tion, custodial cases and selective cases who may adjust themselves satisfac- torily in society, following training at ‘the school and sterilization prior to release. Development of coordination be- tween communities in the state and the school has been one aim of the program to expand the relationship between society and the patient. Ap- proximately 1,000 cases have been stu- died since establishment of the de- partment, the report shows “From January 1, 1922, to January 1, 1934, the counties of North Dakota have paid out $1,100,502 for the care of feeble minded persons at Grafton State school,” the reports reveals, “while the state has contributed an addition- al one-third of this sum. Counties that are paying out least for the care of their feeble-minded are not yet alert to the seriousness of allowing. certain mental defectives to procre- ate in the community in future years, they are going to have offspring from these individuals to provide for in- etead of the one person they have now.” The social problem in conjunction with the growth of feeble-mindedness in the state “cannot be over-empha- sized” the report points out. “after almost five years of investi- gation in the homes of our patients and those of referred cases, and learn- ing of the-deplorable conditions under ‘which many of these families exist due to the limited mental ability of one or both patients, it seems in- human to permit such individuals to bear children who will never become ‘useful citizens. 3€9 Inherited Afflictions “We accept the care of our feeble minded to be s public responsibility, yet the methods most frequently af- forded are not sufficient to reach the Toot of the evil.” Of 738 patients. in.the school, 369 {nherited their mental affliction from Parents, studies in connection with the preventive program disclose. Liv- ing conditions in many of the homes are “deplorable,” the report claims. Danger to normal-minded children living in a family where others are teeble-minded was stressed in the re- port. “It is a well-known fact,” the report says,” that a feeble-minded mother can be of no benefit, and fre- quently is a detriment to a normal minded child.” Insanity boards are reluctant to commit to the school patients who are of che moron class, the report as- serts. « intil a different opinion is form- ed,” the report claims, there is always going to be... handicap in carrying out a preventive program through sterilization of selective or permanent institutionalization. “Each county need not look beyond its own boundaries to find such cases, IGKES WILL SEEK BIGGER PWA FUND About 200 Million Needed to Complete Work on Pro- jects Now Underway Washington, Oct. 2.—()—Secretary Ickes indicated to reporters Tuesday that he would seek another substan- tial public works appropriation from the next congress to provide employ- ment until private enterprise once more can take up all the normal slack in unemployment, “I would like to have a real appro- priation,” Ickes said. ‘I think the PWA program has more than justified itsef and that we ought to go ahead with it on a substantial scale until we Are out of the depression and that we chould be prepared to slacken up whenever private industry can take up the burden of proveiding sufficient cmployment.” : ‘The secretary added, however, that published reports stating he would seek. @ $1.000,000,000 a were er- roneous and that no definite amount had been discussed as yet. About $200,000,000 will be needed to carry on next year projects for which allotments already have been made. ‘These include huge reclamation, pow- er and flood control developments Extra copies of the Fall Ca- ity Days edition of The bune. including a rotograv-|dred ure section packed with inte- rior and exterior pictures of North Dakota’s new state cap- itol building, are available at 5 cents each at The Tribune of- fice. Tribune will mail copies at 10 cents each, including wrapping, addressing and post- age. ae has obtained 90-day options on 3,000 surrounding Neighbors Laugh e @ @) * * Laughter may ease the way for some. but to one North Dakota wo- man “tHere ought to be a law—” against it. Her complaint against neighbors and townsmen greeting her views on politics and farming with chuckles was registered Tuesday with Governor Ole H. Olson, together with a re- quest for information as to whether there was a law prohibiting her tcwnsmen from laughinz at‘ her. “I would like to know,” she asked, “i: there is a law in North Dakota that forbids a woman who is a citi- yy {Zen to talk politics and farming busi- ness without -being made fun of and laughing stock in the neighborhood and town. “I do not know I have done any- body anything wrong one way or other. I don’t belong to any organ- izations or clubs.” Referred to C. Liebert Crum for opinion, the letter found its answer. PLANS SET FOR FIRE PREVENTION DRIVE Committee Members Designat- ed to Handle Special Phases of Campaign Designation of committee members to handle special phases of the Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 7 to 13, were made Tuesday by Obert Olson, general chairman of the city- wide program for the elimination of fire hazards and the education of per- tons to the need for fire prevention. It is the plan of the committee to reach the homes in the city through the school children. W. H. Payne, principal of the high school, has been named to take charge of the program in the several schools. Urging parents to make a thorough check of their premises to- eliminate hazards, committeemen hope to have every attic, basement and refuse heap cleaned up. Electrical wiring and chimneys should be carefully gone over to fnsure against fires, committee members pointed out. ‘ In the business district, city streets and alleys will be checked by the fire chief and orders issued to remove hazards wherever they are found. Committeemen in charge of the separate phases of the program are J. 8. Fevold, general publicity; William Koch, theater advertising; Dr. H. T. Perry, city buildings; and W. H Payne, schools. SECOND ATTEMPT AT SUIGIDE ALSO FAILS Penn, N. D. Man Slashes Wrists, Later Leaps From Hospital Window Devils Lake, N. D., Oct. 2.—(#)—Lee Timmons, 60-year-old barber of Penn near here, is in a Devils Lake hospital with a badly slashed arm, a probable broken ankle and possible internal in- juries, as the result of what authori- ties describe as two unsuccessful at- tempts to commit suicide. Saturday afternoon at his apart- ment above the barber shop in Penn he slashed his arm severely with a razor, cutting the tendons, nerves, and blood vessels, He was brought to a Devils Lake hospital for treatment and a guard was placed over him. Monday night he either fell or jumped out of a third story hospital window, in an apparent second attempt to end his life, but he landed on the second story balcony and it is believed that he sustained enly ankle and internal juries, Authorities here said Timmons at- weeks survey of the entire state to Pick out the section best adapted to Under plans outlined by Traxler, the government will take 90-day op- tions on tracts in this area, make an owners for the land selected. government will make cash payment of from $30 to $50 per acre, depend- ing on the desirability of the land. Already, he said, the government acres in the area the city. North Dakota Nurses Meet at Jamestown Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 2—(P)— North Dakota nurses opened their twenty-second annual three-day con- vention here Tuesday with Mrs. Mil- Isaacson, Dunseith, state presi- dent, presiding. A discussion of Red Cross nurs- ing by Mrs. Edith Lidstrom and in- spection cf school nursing by Sister M. Gilbert followed reports of var- fous officers at the morning assem- bly. Miss Pearl Salsberry, Bismarck, FERA director of field work and womens’ activities, will speak at one THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1934 She‘ Talks ** @ When * WOMAN WANTS LEGAL BAN ** oe # Crum Suggests Touch of Pathos Crum told the writer “I am reason- ably sure there have been times in jthe history of both our state legis- Inture and United States congress when the creation of such a law would have appealed to our legisla- tive bodies purely for their own pro- jtection. No one knows how many votes might have been lest . . through Promiscuous, thoughtless and ill- timed laughter; laughter that was laughed without regard to or respect for the dignity of the gentlemen who run our country. “I suggest . . . your following ‘a method of touching upon the pe- thetic and tragic in your discourses upon the political and farming situ- ation in North Dakota. I am sure that if you give the matter th it will not be hard to find these ele- ments of pathos and tragedy in the affairs of our state. The humor may be hard to overlook, but I am sure that with a little practice you can do it.” NYE QUITS CAPITOL TO OPEN CAMPAIGN \Senator Scheduled to Make First N. D. Speech at Wal- halla Next Sunday Washington, Oct. 2.—(#)—Senator iNye (Rep. N. D.), left Washington |Monday on a speech-making tour of the central west with the double pur- |Pose of discussing the senate muni- tions investigation and campaigning in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Min- nesota, He said he would go first to Detroit for a series of munitions talks in Mich- igan, proceed from there to Chicago for a radio broadcast and arrive in North Dakota Friday. He is schedul- ed to open his campaign in behalf of anti-Langer candidates in the state at Walhalla next Sunday. Nye will devote-the week of Oct. 21 to a speaking tour in Wisconsin and Minnesota in behalf of the can- didacies of Senators LaFollette and Shipstead. In North Dakota he will ‘campaign for Thomas Moodie, Demo- cratic gubernatorial candidate, Sen- ator Frazier, and Rep. Sinclair, inde- Pendent candidate for re-election. Frazier, senior senator from North Dakota, said he would leave Tuesday by automobile for North Dakota to open his campaign for re-election. Organize Boy Scout Troop at New Leipzig A new Boy Scout troop in the Mis- souri Valley area has been organized at New Leipzig according to Paul Net- land, area scout executive, who re- ceived the application for troop regis- tration and charter Tuesday. The new troop has been organized under the sponsorhip of the New Leipzig Commercial Club with Arlie L. Dahl as scoutmaster and O. D. Sprecher as chairman of the troop committee. Other members of the troop committee are J._A. Miller, E. E. Hamilton, Adam Reiger and Andrew Seitz. Twelve youths have already passed their tenderfoot requirements for the troop, which will be officially installed in a short time, Netland said. The boys are Irvin V. Giese, Almore E. Hertz, William Jacober,. Reuben A. Neumann, Edgard A. Rieger, Edmund W. Schulz, Saumel E. Sietz, Patrick ‘W. Shelton Clarence A. Will, Samuel T. Storm, Donald R. Will, and Nor- bert H. Zweber. Club Organized to Promote Holt Cause Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 2.—(®)— Democratic and Republican friends of Henry Holt, Grand Forks, Democrat- ic candidate for United States sen- . J. Torgeson, R. A. Taft and Billy Wat- son was instructed to prepare a pro- gram for Thursday's meeting. Onstad announced the group would be drafted from all political factions and would be composed of personal friends and admirers of Holt, who believe his election to the senate would be for the best interests of North Dakota. The committee decided to invite prominent Grand Forks women to co-operate with the club. C. C. C. Unit Prepares To Leave Wednesday Members of the C.C.C. unit which Cuba, was shot and wounded Tues- jot the evening sessions. day. KIWANS CUB ON IMAGINARY PLGHT ~ NBONBING PLANE Ensign Francis E. Nuessle De- scribes Various Maneu- vers of U. S. Navy Members of the Bismarck Kiwanis club Tuesday noon at their luncheon meeting were taken on an imaginary but thrilling flight of a navy bomb- ing plane during a sham maneuver by Ensign Francis E. Nuessle, U. 8. Navy, son of Supreme Court Justice and Mrs, W. L. Nuessle of the Capi- tal City. Ensign Nuessle, at home for a short vacation, took the club members on the flight from an aircraft carrier in ‘ough, | order to better describe to them “how the navy works.” After explaining the general set-up of the U. 8. navy, the young ensign described various maneuvers ar- ranged by the water forces in order to train the men for warfare emer- gencies, Members of the club were at ease throughout the flight and intensely interested from the time the bugler blew the opening call at 5 a. m. until thé time the plane returned to the aircraft carrier a few hours later. Worried Byrne Becomes Just before landing, however, P. E. Byrne, member of the club, became worried as to how the plane could land on the aircraft carrier when so many planes already had landed on the carrier. Here Ensign Nuessle put Byrne at ease by explaining that the landing deck on each carrier is ap- proximately 300 yards long, which is ample length in view of the fact naval planes are equipped with spe- cial arresting gears so that they can come to a stop quickly. The landing deck always is kept clear, no matter how many planes have landed, the naval officer said, and naval pilots are’ rigorously trained in landing at night, with the aid of radio homing devices, or day. Though the navy has three, full admirals active at all times, the en- sign said in his: detailed explanation of the navy set-up, these men are “demoted” to rear admirals upon re- tirement. The U. 8, navy has had only three admirals retired as full admirals, he said, enabled by acts of congress—Farragut, Porter and Dew- ey. ‘Will Become Pilot Ensign Nuessle, a graduate of the U. 8. Naval Academy at Annapolis, recently completed service on the U. 8. 8. Saratoga, flagship of the U. 8. aircraft fleet. When he returns to duty in about a week, he will report at Pensacola, Fla., where he will en- ter training for naval air service. Another entertainment feature on the luncheon program was a piano solo program of two numbers by Miss Marguerite Kennedy of Bismarck. Both Ensign Nuessle and Miss Kennedy were introduced by Su- preme Court Justice A, G. Burr, pro- gram chairman, after the meeting was opened by Past President Otto V. Bowman in the absence of the club's president, W. G. Renden. Guests included Former State Senator M. L. McBride of Dickinson and Supreme Court Justice Nuessle. J. P. Wagner led the group in sing- ing as Clarion E. Larson played the accompaniments. As an added at- traction, George 8. Register, who was married recently, treated the club with the customary gift of a box of cigars. School Journalists Set Convention Date Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 2—(?)— The fourteenth annual convention of the Northern Interscholastic Press | Oake: association, consisting of high school publications in four northwest states, was set Tuesday for October 25, 26 and 27 at the University of North Dakota here. Helen Reis, student director of the tion sponsored by the university journalism department, an- nounced the change of dates from November 1-3, the time originally set. SUMMER SCHOOL CONTESTS 10 BE HELD AT BALDWIN Approximately 150 Rural Stud- ents Expected to Partici- pate Friday Plans for the first annual Summer School Contests among Burleigh county rural school children, ‘to be held at the Baldwin town hall Fri- day, were announced Tuesday by Miss Marie Huber, county superinten- dent of schools, Opening the program at 10 a. m., will be the spelling contests and the event will wind up in the afternoon bite the chalk stunts and short plays. Approximately 150 children from nine rural schools are expected to Participate in the event which is un- der the direction of Miss Gertrude Damstrom, teacher at the Glenview school, No. 3, and Miss Marie Huber, county superintendent of schools, Contests are patterned after the regular spring events and include Competition in spelling, vocal music, instrumental music, readings and declamations, short plays or novelty stunts, chalk stunts and exhibits. Students will be divided into three groups for the spelling, reading and declamation contests. In the first group are students of the seventh and eighth grades, in the second, pupils of the fifth and sixth grades and in the third group those enroll- ed in the third and fourth divisions. Each school may enter only two students in the spelling and the in- strumental music contests and only one entry in each of the other events. Three penmanship exhibits, two free- hand drawing exhibits and one health poster may be entered by each school. Burleigh county schools which held summer sessions and are expected to enter the event are Glenview, Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Naughton; Painted Woods, Nos. 1 and 2; Gibbs consolidated; Telfer, No. 2 and Ecklund, No. 2. EPISCOPAL MEET AT GRAND FORKS ENDS Delegates of Missionary Dis- trict to Hold 1935 Con- vocation at Fargo Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 2—(>)}— Delegates of the North Dakota Epis- copal Missionary District closed their fifteenth annual state convention here late Tuesday after deciding to meet in Fargo in September, 1935, in con- junction with the provincial synod meeting. Mrs. George Hancock and Mrs. P. L. E. Godwin, both of Fargo, were re- elected honorary and active presidents of the state woman's auxiliary at con- cluding sessions of the women’s con- vention. Other officers re-elected are Mrs. A. P. Guy, Oakes, Mrs. Grace Fox, Rugby, and Mrs. J. E. Lenneville, Dick- inson, vice presidents; Mrs. W. E. Black, Fargo, secretary; Mrs. Rufus Lee, Dickinson, treasurer; Mrs. W. W. Blain, Grand Forks, united thank offering custodian; and Mrs. Alfred Boyd, Grand Forks, religious educa- tion secretary. The women selected as general con- vention delegates Mrs. Godwin and Mrs. T. A. Simpson and Mrs. A. E. Pray, both of Valley City. Delegates to the provincial synod meeting in Fargo next year are Mrs. Blain, Mrs. Minot, 5. Arthur McNair, Fargo, was elected president, and Murray Baldwin, Fargo, secretary of the state men's ciub at @ dinner Monday night. Mean- while, women from auxiliaries and guilds in the state held their first sessions. For the women’s group, Mrs. P. L. and Mrs. W. FE. Godwin, Fargo, president, con- U-AUTO-EAT SHOP Now Located at 112 Broadway in Holkup Grocery Light Lunches Sandwiches - Coffee The Same Service as Before PERSONALLY MANAGED BY FRANK CLAUSEN 12 ft. Hose for Vacuum Furnace Cleaner. Reward for Return. French & Welch Hardware Phone 141 ducted the reconstruction service, Mrs. J. A. Poppler, Grand Forks, wel- comed delegates and Mrs. C. W. Twight, Minot, responded. Mrs. E. C Biller, St. Cloud, Minn., was the guest speaker. Earlier Monday, the convocation reelected all executive officers—the Rev. Homer R. Harrington, Grand Forks, secretary; E. G. Clapp, Fargo, treasurer, and P. L. E. Godwin, Fargo, missionary treasurer. Bishop Bartlett is president by virtue of his position. | Boy Scouts to Hold Brush Lake Jamboree Annual Boy Scout jamboree of the Brush Lake district of the Missouri Valley area council will be held at McClusky, Friday, October 12. Mercer, Denhoff, Picardville, Good- pected which will begin at two o'clock in the afternoon with the competitive con- tests and conclude in the evening with the traditional court of honor. Inter-troop contests during the day will be in knot tying, First Aid band- aging, Morse code sending and re- ceiving, bugling, ax throwing, races, water boiling, string burning, kitten- ball, volley ball, and football. The district camp committee in charge of the program is made up of Dan Kraft, George King, August Leibig, Christ Swendson, and F. W. Jamestown Host to Lutheran Conclave Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 2.—(P)—A three-day pastoral conference of the American Lutheran Church in east- ern North Dakota was opened here Tuesday afternoon at St. John's Luth- eran church. Rev. O. Elster of Enderlin will be incharge of a communion service to- night. Rev. J. Mertz of Leonard and Rev. O. Herde of Drake are scheduled speakers. 3 ATWATER amazing new com- | pact radio made by At- Kent has the power of a giant. It brings in sta- tions from half-way around the globe, Only one of the great values Atwater Kent offers in up-to-the-minute radio. Let us demonstrate how much pleasure a new 1935 radio can give you. New 1935 Model 145 $42.50 It Takes the Bismarck Tribune to Tell the Full Story of a Great Sale! WARD | WEEK BEGINS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 e Read the Bismarck Tribune for these great Features - - =