The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1936, Page 7

1985 PREGPTTATION OVER NORMAL FIRST TIME IN SX YEARS Only 10 of 18 State Stations Reported Below Average Figures North Dakota farm lands received an average precipitation well above normal during 1935 for the first time in six years, to definitely break the back of an extended drouth. Precipitation data compiled by O. ‘W. Roberts of Bismarck, federal met- eorologist, from records of 28 selected weather stations over the state show the year’s moisture averaged .73-inch above normal compared with 7.76-inch deficit for the previous year. - This year marked the first the ‘average precipitation has been above normal since 1928 when the average was 1.14-inch above, Of the 28 official weather station totals, 18 sted precipitation above normal while 10 showed rainfall be- low the normal figure. Wider Variations Widest variations were those of 5.57 inches in excess of the normal at Car- get and 5.38-inches Led ioe oe at y. Among otherg rece! ex- cessive rainfall are McClusky, 5.10 inches and Bottineau 3.55 inches. The table showing general distribu- tion of precipitation, together with the departures from the normal: Above Normal Total Normal 1709 :16.18 1793 16.34 19.40 15.85 16.89 16.45 18.08 1659 16.38 19.49 19.92 18.68 20.82 Station Beach Bismarck . Bottineau ...0. Carrington .... Carson ... Devils Lake Dunn Center Garrison Grand Forks .. Jamestown Langdon Lisbon . McClusky Dep ry Minot . Napoleon . Sharon ....... ‘Wahpeton ‘Williston Ashley . Bowman Crosby . Dickinson . Ellendale Fargo-Moorh’d 19.07 Divorced Man Carries Out Threat; Trio Die ipo Wass see wrathful estranged husband kept his month old promise of violence, and his divorced wife, her suitor and he were dead Friday. 2 Each slain by a different method, the bodies of the trio were found late Thursday in the home of the woman, ‘Mra, Josephine La Salle, 39. She had been choked to death. The woman’s suitor, Floyd Ergenbrect, 40, was found with his head beaten with « hammer on a davenport. The man whom Mrs. La Salle di- vorced a month ago, James Wiepert 29, a crippled sailor, was hanging in a stairway on the third floor of the La Salle home. Treasurer Calls 250 Registered Warrants A call for 260 additional registered county warrants was issued Friday by Ernest Elness, county treasurer. The warrants called total $11,635.81 and are numbered from 7,901 to 8,150, El- ness'said. Included in the group were all uncalled warrants up to May 10, ZERR’ FREE DELIVERY = Butter ore. ae Lettuce Firm, crisp, 2 heads for ..... 14c Eggs Fresh, per dozen . Peanut Butter OX . eee ‘Pineapple Nets can ..... 2OC No. 244 can Prunes Examiner Davis G. Arnold of the communications commission will be THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936 Here’s Howe, Chinese Lens Man! ae One of Hollywoud's topnotch photographers is at the same time the only Chinese cameraman in the film industry He ts James Wong Howe, shown above at work Born in, South China, Wong was flyweight boxing champion of the northwest before he de cided to photograph faces instead of massaging them with leather. He owes the “break” that launched him on his career to Mary Miles Minter, onetime actress, who was pleased with a portrait he had made of her TO HEAR APPLICATIONS Washington, Jan. 17.—()—Chiet in St. Paul Feb. 28 to hear applica- tions for authority to serve as director of more than one communications company, We Carry a Complete Line of Fresh Meats and Fish for Your Larder SPRING CHICKENS AND HENS Central Meat Market 113 Fifth St. Telephone 143 The prices below are good for week of January 17th Salad Dressing Carol, qt. jar 32¢ Preserves 32 oz. jar 18K Pure Assorted Preserves 32 oz. jar IGA No, 2 sieve fancy Peas Carol Extra Standard Peas 18K Halves or Sliced Peaches No. 24 can 18K Fancy mn Grapefruit No. 2 cans, 2 for... .29¢ IGA, 303 Tall Cans Tomato Juice me Dill Pickles Carol, qt. jar Floor Wax No-Rub, pint IGA Baking Chocolate ¥,-Ib. bars, 2 for... .25¢ Vanilla Extract IGA, 2 oz. bottle... .19¢ 23¢ Whip. Creams Vanilla, 7 oz. Marshmallows IGA, cello bags, 1 Ib. 17¢ Graham Crackers R. A. J.’s, 2 Ib. pkg... 29¢ Tastry po Johnston’s, 1-lb. pkg. 28c Laundry Soap Somethin eescker | IGA, reg alze, 4 for. .10c u | : G JUDGE REFUSES 10 ORDER TAX RETURN Processors Must Wait for Final Mandate of Supreme ‘Court Chicago, Jan. 17.—(#)—Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson refused Friday to order the return of an es- timated $10,000,000 in AAA process- ing taxes impounded in his court, an- nouncing the packers and other pro- cessors who posted the money must await a final mandate in the supreme court’s AAA cases, Speaking of the Hoosac Mills case, in which the supreme court of the United States held the AAA invalid Judge Wilkerson said: “A mere opinion is not a mandate. Under the rules of the supreme court, the parties have the right to ask for & rehearing. “The decision was not unanimous; there.was a very able dissenting opin- jon; and since there have been cases in which the supreme court changed its opinion I seé no valid reason for undue haste here.” Utica, N. Y., Jan. 17.—(?)}—Federal Judge Frederick H. Bryant Friday or- dered the return to five New York state processors of over $300,000 taxes collected or bonds held as security under the AAA, recently held uncon- stitutional by the supreme court. M’Lachlan Elected Peace Garden’s Head Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 17.—(#)—Dr. Charles MacLachlan of San Haven, N. D., was elected president of Inter- national Peace Garden, Inc., for 1936 ae ee night. Donald J. Crighton, Convent, N. J., iy z former president, was elected chair- man of the board of directors. John) A. Stormon, Rolla, N. D., was re-elect | ed secretary, and assistant secretaries elected included Henry Sunderland, Dunseith, N. D., and John Barnet, Locust Valley, N. Y. 12 Men Begin Hearing | Evidences of Murder) Valley City, N. D., Jan. 17.—()—A jury of 12 men, mostly farmers and artisans, Friday began hearing testi- mony in the murder trial of B, L. Putnam of Dallas, Texas, charged with ‘the slaying of Marshal Dave Stewart of Hope. Jurors were Glen Bullis, mechanic; Clarence Peterson, painter; M. J. Lar- son, oil station attendant; Rudolph Knudson, farmer; Elmer Hendrick- son, undertaker’s assistant; H. N.| Walker, retired farmer; Ed Fosmark, | farmer; Phil Shafter, retired farmer, | and Ben Northridge, auctioneer, all! of Valley City; C. E. Schwein, Tower | City elevator man; Robert Key, San- | born farmer, and J. A. Edland, Kath- tyn farmer. District Judge M. J. Englert Thurs- day denied three motions by James H Martin of Dallas, defense attorney, for suppression of evidence which he claimed was illegal and prejudicial. Ee chen Townsenders Oppose Third Political Party Washington, Jan. 17.—()—Town- sendites, as advised by their strategy committee in congress, Friday were Opposed to formation of a separate political party. Rep. Joseph P. Mon- aghan, Montana Democrat, said the committee voted against forming an- other party, favoring instead a cam- paign to elect supporters of the pen- sion plan.to congress, regardless of political affiliation. Included in the strategy committee are Representa- tives Lemke, North Dakota Republi- can, and Lundeen, Minnesota Farm-' er-Laborite. azy Colonists Told To ‘Work or Get Out’ Palmer, Alaska, Jan. 17.—(@)—A |drastic ultimatum—“go to work or get out”—was handed lagging colon- ists in Uncle Sam’s Matanuska Val- ley Friday. It was laid down by Ross L, Sheely, colony manager. He had jthe approval of the works progress administration at Washington. In- vestigators had reported that colon- ists in several instances refused to) work. 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