The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 w NEW DEFENSE PACT EXPECTED 10 HALT ITALIAN AGGRESSION British and French General Staffs Conclude ‘Satisfac- tory Consultations’ EDEN GETS HOARE’S POST Italy Is Fearful as Comparative ; Youngster Takes Over Diplomatic Reins — te (By the Associated Press) Efforts toward developing a “solid military front” against possible Ita- lian aggression in the Mediterranean Were reported successful in Europe Monday. From London came word that the British and French general staffs ~ have concluded satisfactory consulta- tions concerning mutual support by the armies and navies of Great Bri- tain and France in case of an Italian attack, Negotiations were reported opened in Paris among Premier Laval of France and Turkey and Greece with the same end in mind. Laval was said to have told the Ita- lian ambassador that he would offer no new peace terms to Premier Mus- solini. As for the active military angle, the Italian government stated its forces in Northern Ethiopia had beat- en off an attack of 5,000 Ethiopian warriors. Follow Eden Appointment Revelation of the military pact came on the heels of the appointment of Anthony Eden as secretary for for- eign affairs. His selection gave im- betus to Great Britain’s fresh policy for application of sanctions against Italy and armed resistance to any hostile act against nations imposing the war penalties. The British staff officers who par- f ticipated in the general staff talks, held in Paris, returned to London, but it was revealed they will continue their contacts with the French offi- cers. Air Force Position Uncertain It was impossible to ascertain whether the French and British air forces were considered in the tals; concerning mutual assistance, which were initiated some time ago. Official British circles shed no light on the Paris report that the French Atlantic fleet would cruise West African, waters next month, but \n some quarters it was believed this was a direct result of the consulta- tions, The talks were in addition to a par- ley which naval experts concluded here in mid-November, when cooper- ation of the fleets was discussed. Authoritative sources said Eden had made good progress at Geneva, in re- cent talks before his selection as for- eign minister, in lining up the sup- port of other Mediterranean powers {n case Great Britain were attacked as the result of sanctions. Wait Further Developments Present sanctions against. Italy, it was said in informed quarters, will go on undiminished, hut no new sanc- tions will be considered until the present precautionary steps are con- cluded. Selection of Eden as foreign minis- Ser, said informed persons, will mean no deviation from the firm policy of support of the League of Nations which he has long been carrying out ut Geneva for the British government, Rome reports that his appointment was an act hostile to Italy were ri- jiculed in authoritative quarters, Government officials said they had |. no reports of any new maneuvers for (talo-Ethiopian peace, Italy Angry, Apprehensive Italy was both apprehensive and bitter over Eden's appointment as ee foreign minister. wave of popular approval greeted Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin’s selection of the 38-year-old former minister for League affairs to conduct the foreign policy of the British nation through the most. anxious »ost-war history. Informed sources said Eden’s first duty would be to formulate in detail the British policy for armed resistance in the event Italy attacked any League State because of the sanctions siege. Again Geneva Turn to The appointment, informed sources said, ended any doubt of Britain’s in- tention of turning to Geneva again, after the fiasco of the Franco-British (Continued on Page Iwo) GporeinG mpAy WW j THE BISMARCK TRIBUN is otiaheetesd BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1935 Lindberghs Flee America for England ‘Solid Military Front Is Aligned Against Italy :: All Aboard for Santa Claus Land ::: Northern winter has brought out the dog sleds in the territory about Callander, within the nursery limits, Marie and Annette ride the sled here as But Yvonne, right, is wondering whether she can pull the outfit or not. Cecile sprawls on the ‘‘snow” and ‘Charley Retzlaff To Coarsanns SCHALLS DEATH IS os, tz EXPECTED TO BRING | "sso oe WAR ON ACCIDENTS Fatality Emphasizes Rising Ac- cident Tide Which Killed 36,000 in 1934 iplionship of the world who meets Joe Louis in Chicago on Jan. 10, will do- nate his eee as referee on the Charity Boxing card in the World ‘War Memorial building at 8:30 p. m., Monday. Retzlaff, who has been in training at his ranch near Leonard, N. D., was reported en route to Bismarck by au- tomobile Monday morning with Ray Cossette, Fargo welterweight who meets Dick Demaray in one of’ the jmain events. Also accompanying jthem is Albert Zech, Fargo public School instructor and former Golden Gloves welterweight champion. Cossette was contacted by telephone ; Sunday after Leo Phalen of Ekalaka, 'Mont., had wired Matchmaker Fred |Thimmesch he would be unable to meet Demaray because he had brok- en a hand in training. Cossette, a former pupil of Jack Hurley's and ring veteran, has fought Demaray twice, earing a draw once and losing @ close decision on another occasion. Asks Good Turnout Walter J. Brophy, general chairman Washington, Dec. passing of Senator Thomas David Schall, 58-year-old Republican from Minnesota who died Sunday from in- juries suffered when he was hit by a motor car, appeared certain Monday to spur efforts to curb the automobile accident menace. Coming as it did on the same day when 14 persons lost their lives in the plunge of a bus through an open draw- bridge at Hopewell, Va., the death served to the rising tide of | automobile accidents, which took 36,000 lives last year. Senator Borah of Idaho said “I wonder how long this reckless des- truction of life will go on” and it seemed likely that more would be heard, on the subject at the coming session of congress. The death of Schall, a flaming critic of the New Deal, also created uncer- tainty in the political situation in Minnesota. He had intended to seek re-election to the senate against Gov. Floyd B, Olson, Farmer-Laborite, who is a candidate. Who Will Be Chosen Political observers in Minnesota wondered who will be chosen now as Olson’s opponent in the 1936 race. As for the unexpired term, Olson said he had no intention of having himself appointed to fill it. He said he would mame a successor to Schall soon, Schall was struck down Thursday night as he attempted to cross a high- lissued a statement Monday morning calling attention of ail sports fans to the fact that the campaign treasury is “in thé red” and that a good turn- out at tonight’s card will do much to balance the books. The Open Your Heart workers also are counting on a good attendance at the benefit performance being given in the city auditorium Wednes- day night when the Community Play- ers produce “Stop Thief,” three act comedy. Distribution of 325 baskets of food to Bismarck’s neediest families will commence at 8:30 a. m., Tuesday, at the city auditorium, Brophy an- Big Charley Retzlaff, North Dakota; contender for the heavyweight cham-| jof the Open Your Heart campaign; way on the arm of his secretary near his home in a Maryland suburb of the capital. He died at 11:31 a, m., Sun- times in |day apolis, where the funeral will be held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, with burial in Lakewood cemetery. Leaves Widow, Children At the funeral will be the survivors the widow, two sons, Richard and raged Jr. and a,daughter, Paget Schall’s life was marked by hard work and tragedy. Once a newsboy and a bootblack, he worked his way nounced. To facilitate loading, the 28% tons of food going into the bas- kets has been divided. One bunch of baskets will be handed to the dis- tributors at the back door of the au- ditorlum while the other half will be ~|handed out at the front of the me- morial building. Clubmen Cooperating Distributing the baskets will be members of the Elks club, Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. Mrs. Ed Trepp has a large crew of volunteer workers busy Monday pack- ling the food into the baskets. The ‘milk, chicken and pound of butter go- ing into each receptacle will not be Packed until Tuesday morning. Additional donations for the good cause as reported by Brophy Monday were lumber from the Bismarck Lum- ber company used in the temporary Platforms at the Sunday musicale of the Bismarck Juvenile band and the maiden appearance of the Bismarck male chorus and 75, pounds of. butter for the baskets from the Bridgeman Russell Creamery company. Mercy Dash Saves Young Girl’s Life ‘Missoula, Mont., Dec. 23.—(P}—A 200-mile mercy dash by airplane and automobile with serum a) Mon- day to have saved the life of Betty Matteson, 10, il) with meningitis. Ground fog forced a plane from Spokane to land at Drummond, Mont., the o--—? | | Halt on Wednesday * Bismarck’s official, commer- cial and professional activities will come to a standstill Wed- nesday as the 1,935th anniversary of Christ's birth is observed in home and church. All ‘federal, state, county. and. city offices wMl close as well as business and professional offices. Shoppers for Christmas gifts, the luxuries and necessities of life are warned to get their shop- ping done tonight or Tuesday. No edition of The Bismarck Tribune will be published Wed- nesday. ‘DANGEROUS ROADS OFFER HAZARD 0 CHRISTMAS TRAVEL| ;Most of Nation Besieged by Snow and Cold; Many N. D. Highways Blocked Fair weather but dangerous travel- Ing on those highways that are open j Was reported by the U. 8. weather bureau and the North Dakota high- way department Monday as a white Christmas loomed. As bitter cold and snow attacked most of the nation Monday, precipi- | tation and freezing temperatures in | North Dakota were slightly alleviated |with the weather outlook being for cloudy but warmer Tuesday, Wednes- day and possibly Thursday. More than a score of deaths were attributed to the weatber. Almost 150 persons were killed in week-end | traffic accidents, many of which were charged against hazardous climatic conditions. The snow extended from the Cana- dian border and spread its mantle of white across the northern and cen- tral tiers of states with fringes drop- ping south into Alabama, the Caro- linas, Virginias and Georgia. The far} western states, however, reported: mostly clear weather and normal temperatures. North Dakota Roads Blocked Snow blocked roads in eastern por- j Hons of the state were reported. Crews of men were laboring to open roads east and south, with expecta- }tions many of them would be opened by nightfall, although wind was creat- ing a drift problem. Highway department divisions re- ported at noon Monday: Valley City division 10 is drifted (Continued on Page Two pyright, 1935, NEA Service, I and so the Dionne quintuplets have joined the fun—- INJURIES IN STREET MISHAP HERE FATAL T0 BISMARCK WOMAN ‘Mrs. Peter Gronhoy Succumbs; Funeral Services Set in Regan Thursday A father and his six children will mas day in Bismarck. Mrs. Peter Gronhoy, 308 Fifteenth St. S., died in a local hospital at 9:50 p. m., Saturday from complications developing after she had been knock- ed down by an automobile at a street intersection here Dec. 14. Mrs. Gronhoy’s arm was so deeply lacerated and crushed in the accident it was necessary for surgeons to am- putate it last Monday. This ordeal, coupled with shock and loss of blood she suffered at the time of the acci- dent was more than her vitality could withstand. Dr. L. W. Larson, county coroner, and George S. Register, county at- torney, had not announced at an early hour Monday whether or not any Official action would be taken. Mrs. Gronhoy was a native of Min- nesota, She was born March 19, 1890. She had been a long time resident of Burleigh county. Besides her husband, she leaves six children, Ernest, Selmer, Gertrude, Elizabeth, Irene and Pearl; a sister, Mrs. Arnie Posseth of Regan; and a brother, William Benson of Regan. Funeral services will be held at Regan, Thursday at 2 p. m., with Rev. Opie-8. Rindahl, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church of Bismarck, offi- ciating. The body will lie at the Webb Puneral chapel until shortly before time for the funeral. - Driver of the car which struck Mrs. Gronhoy at the intersection of Main avenue and Ninth St., was John L. Junkert of Wishek. He reported the accident to the police and stated at the time that he had sounded his horn but was unable to stop his automobile instantly because of the icy pavement. Gunman’s Companion Is Sought in Montana Shelby, Mont., Dec, 23.—(?)—Hunt for the companion of a gunman slain after a battle in which two police offi- cers met death apparently was prov- ing unavailing so far Monday. Police held two men but said they believed neither was involved in the shooting. Both were held, however, for ques- Penasse, Minn., Dec. 23,—(P)— A bearded, jovial-faced man whose nimble reindeer will jingle a sleigh down the starlit sky stirred @ buzz of excitement Monday in this northernmost settlement of _ the Ynited States, - Santa Claus is “on the way.” ‘The word was gossiped about ex- citedly in Penasse which, nestled tioning in other crimes. Farthest North Point Says Santa Is on Way |before the machine plunged 14 per- | ployed six years, with five years’ prior Vehicle Plunges Through Open Drawbridge and Victims Drown in River Hopewell, Va., Dec. 23.—(#)—Offi- cials ordered an autopsy Monday to check the possibility that the driver of an Atlantic Greyhound bus was dead sons to an icy death in Appomattox river through an open drawbridge. Shortly after the bus was raised Sunday night, D. D. McAfee, district superintendent for the bus line at Raleigh, N. C., said: “I can’t believe that boy was alive when the bus went over.” —~ He said the driver, L. G. Alford, 38. of Five Points, N. C., had been em- experience. He had an_ excellent record, McAfee said. Arthur Clark, Richmond photo- grapher, said the machine's brakes were fully set when it was hauled from the water 12 hours after the accident Sunday. Commonwealth's attorney John T. Goodman planned a thorough investi- gation into the cause. Four Dead Identified The identified dead were announced as follows: Mrs. Anne W. Duncan, Pittsboro, N. C.; L. G. Alford, Five Points, N. C.; Mrs. J. W. Massey, Hopewell; Captain John B. Welch, Hopewell; Mrs. T. H. Fairfax and Miss Lillian Fairfax, Superior, Wis.; Mrs, Ruby Matthews, of Richmond. Although eight were unidentified, baggage was found on the bus bear- ing the name of Mrs. Gertrude and Elizabeth Fisher of McKenney, Va.. with either Miss or Mrs. Andrews, of Pittsboro, N. C. The body of one woman was first identified as Mrs. John Cizler. 22, of Clarendon, Va., but it was learned later that Mrs. Cizler was not ® pas- senger~on the bus. In Water 12 Hours The bus wa. raised from the water more than 12 hours after Captain Lacy McNair, the bridge tender, heard it crash through the rail and saw it hurtle 20 feet into be without wife and mother Christ- | the river channel with its screaming cargo. The bus hurtled down the 200-yard approach to the drawspan at 8:55 Sunday morning. Captain McNair,’ standing on the open pivot span look- ing down stream as a tug and its, barge tow started through, heard the! bus crash through the guard rail. | The water was between 25 and 30 feet deep where the bus sank. After bringing up one body and badly cut-; ting his hand the diver made several steel cables fast to the bus and it. was raised by a large crane on the bridge and placed on a floating barge as the 80-foot draw span was swung) JOSEPH MESINGER DES OF PABUMON Private at Fort Lincoln Five Years Was , Brother of Bismarck Woman Military funeral services were held at Fort Lincoln Monday morning for Joseph L. Meisinger, private in the medical corps, who died in the post; hospital at 7:45 a. m., Sunday after a short illness of lobar pneumonia. | Born at Belle Plaine, Minn., Aug. 25, 1903, Mr. Melsinger grew to man-' hood there. He enlisted in the army 11 years ago and had been stationed 5%4 years at Fort Snelling, Minn., be-/ fore being transferred to Fort Lincoln five years ago. *The body is being taken to Belle Plaine Monday With a military escort from the post and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Norman, 104 Ave- nue C West. Mrs. Norman was a sis- ter of Mr. Meisinger. Besides Mrs. Norman, Mr. Meisinger leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Meisinger of Belle Plaine, a sister, Mrs, P. L. Duffy of St. Paul, and two brothers, John and Raymond of St. Paul. The body lay at the Calnan Fun- ficiated at the traditional rites of the army. Ex-Convict Accused Of Grocer’s Murder Fargo, N. D., Dec. 23.—(#)—Charles Marratto, 29, ex-convict of Hamilton, Ont., was held Monday on a first- connected with degree murder charge the death of Peter E. Stewart, 71. Fargo grocer, fatally wounded in a holdup Friday night, Marratto, who said he had served terms in San Quentin and Folsom Alberta ‘and 14 Are Killed in Motorbus Mishap [Guide Teaching Job | DR. C. E. ALLEN President of Valley City State Teachers college for the last 18 years Dr. C. E. Allen resigned Monday, ef- fective next November. xe * ALLEN QUITS POST AS PRESIDENT OF VALLEY CITY SCHOOL Resigns After 18 Years in Posi- tion; Weltzin Named as ‘Successor C. E. Allen, president of the Valley City State Teachers college for the last 18 years, Monday resigned as head of the institution, effective November 1, 1936. His resignation was accepted by the state board of administration, which immediately tendered the presidency of the school to J. Frederick Weltzin, professor at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks. In his official resignation President Allen said: “My relations with the board of re- gents and the board of administration have been highly agreeable and sat- isfactory to me and I deeply appreci- ate the fine treatment and many cour- tesies shown me during all these years. Appreciate Cooperation “T leave with the hope and belief that my successor will enjoy and appreciate the same fine consideration and co- operation of the board as has been given to me, and that the Valley City institution will advance in all of the things that will enable it to make the greatest possible contribution to the welfare of the state. “The board's acceptance of my res- ignation is respectfully requested.” Resignation of Allen has been quiet- ly rumored in the capitol for the last two weeks, although the reports could not be officially confirmed. Allen, it was understood here, plan- ned to go east, probably in an aca- demic position, He came to the Valley City school mi years ago as president from Urbana, tm. ‘WELTZIN WILL ACCEPT JOB AT VALLEY CITY Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 23.—(?)— Professor J. Frederick Weltzin Mon- day said he had received no official notice of his appointment to the pres- (Continues on Page Two) Generally continued cold tonight; The Weather fair eriSatents warner. 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS KIDNAPING THREATS AGAINST SMALL SON ARE CAUSE OF MOVE Lone Eagle Dissatisfied With | Governor’s Action in Hauptmann Case SEE BETTER SURROUNDINGS Feel Child Will Be Free From Menace in Britain; Trage- dy Haunts Them New York, Dec. 23—(7)}—The Charles A. Lindberghs—the flying colonel, his wife, and their small son, Jon—have left America to establish a home in England. An increased number of ‘threats and a growing dread of kidnapers, it was stated by persons close to them, were responsible in part for their de- cision, which was also influenced by activity in behalf of the convicted kidnaper and murderer of their first- born. To a friend recently Colonel Lind- bergh expressed himself as greatly dissatisfied with the attitude of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman in New Jersey, who has interviewed Bruno Richard Hauptmann in his death cell and har expressed the conviction that there are doubts about the case in the minds of many persons which should be cleared up. Peeved at Hoffman The friend said Col. Lindbergh told him he felt he could cope with the criminals in the United States and with the attendant publicity, but when the governor became active in the Hauptmann case Colonel Lind- bergh, who attended the Hauptmann trial daily, decided to leave the country. In the British Isles, friends ex- claimed, the three-year-old Jon Lind- bergh will have a chance for a nor- mal youth, without the constant men- ace of another such tragedy as rob- bed the Lindberghs of the curly- haired Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., for whose death in 1932 Hauptmann ha: been sentenced to death, They will retain American citi- zenship but plan to live in England an indefinite time, perhaps perman- ently. They left last Saturday night from New York on the steamship Ameri- can Importer, a freighter of 1,600 tons with few facilities for passen- gers. Will Continue Work Colonel Lindbergh’s work as tech- nical advisor to Pan American Air- ways, officials of that company said today, will be continued, despite his residence abroad. Lindbergh sat in the Flemington court room at every session of the sensational Hauptmann trial, and was a star witness aginst Haupt- mann. One phase of the appeal from Hauptmann’s conviction was based on this fact, Hauptmann’s counsel con- tending that the presence in court of the New York-to-Paris flier was Prejudicial to Hauptmann’s interests. During all the recent developments in Hauptmann’s case, including the visit to the death cell by the New Jersey governor, Lindbergh had per: sistently declined to comment. His testimony at Flemington, was that the voice of the extortionist to whom $50,000 ransom money was paid in a Bronx, N. Y., cemetery, was “the voice of Hauptmann.” Feels England Is Safer Colonel Lindbergh is known to hold the opinion that there is greater re- spect for law and order in England than in his native country where his own experience with kidnapers has been s0 tragic. Ever since the birth of Jon in August, 1932, six months after the kidnaping of the first born child, it has been n¢ to provide body- guards for the infant and to surround his movements with utmost secrecy. Since coming into world promi- nence after his New York-to-Paris flight in 1927, the formerly unknown “Slim” Lindbergh, air mail pilot, has constantly sought for a return of some semblance of the anonymity that was previously his. Open Your Heart _ Fund Near $1,000 Balance in Bismarck’s Open Your Heart campaign treasury neared the $1,000 mark Monday with a total of $112 in gifts re- corded since Saturday, O. T. Forde, treasurer, reported. But the fund still is “in the red,” Forde said, and appealed to sports fans and lovers of the drama to “pack the houses” at mitted in the little upstairs nursery House Recalled Tragedy Reminder as it'was of great tragedy, the house was no longer desirable to the Lindberghs as'a home. The col-