The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1936, Page 1

we ‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled ipo and Frida: continued cold. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS SHOOTING TKHTENS |Grainmen Ending Convention Today TENSIONS INILLINOIS DISTILLING CENTER Merchants Warned to Close Up Stores or Have Windows Broken as Reprisal LABOR CONCILIATORS WORK 2,000 Strikers Choke Off All Lines of Communication by Stationing Pickets Pekin, Ml., Feb. 6.—(#)—The three-day general strike of 2,000 union men in Pekin was ended Thursday. Pekin, Ill, Feb. 6.—(#)—House- wives of this strike-beleaguered city of 17,000 rationed their food supplies Thursday as their husbands looked bi alarm on rapidly-dwindling coal How long will it last? Was the question on every side as the third day of the general strike, growing out of labor troubles at the American Dis- tilling company’s huge plant, was ushered in by @ swirling snowstorm. “Until Harty Donahue is fired as chief of police,” the strike committee of the Trades and Labor assembly answered. State and federal labor conciliators meanwhile prepared to continue a conference witiy strike leaders and of- ficials of the distilling company at nearby Peoria. Local Issue L. C. Bjork, representing the na- tional labor relations board, has said from the start that Donahue's dis- irmieynenrne] ome ettala tled by the chief, Mayor W. C. Schur- man and the Pekin commissioners. All the Peoria conference. could. do, he ty was to settle the controversy at distilling company—s,. question nich has been whsettled for more than six months. ‘The “man on the street” and peo- ple at home were tight-lipped in dis- cussing the situation, apparently fearing reprisals for criticism, but a few merchants were openly hostile. The closing order was issued by strikers to the merchants under pen- alty of having their windows smash- ed if they did not comply. J Taxi Shot Clarence Rupp, operator of a cut- rate taxicab line and the first serious casualty of the strike, lay in a Pekin hospital, a bullet in his chest. It was fired at him from ambush Wednesday night as he answered a hail from a passing car. Doctors said his condition was cri- tical. Strike leaders insisted his shooting had no direct connection with the general strike but was due to the cut rates at which his cabs oper-. ated. All business was paralyzed, except for emergency rations such as milk for the sick, needy and small children, and coal deliveries which the commit- tee permitted upon its supervision. Stop Food Trucks ‘The strikers, numbering 2,000, aug- menting their order for the closing of the stores under penalty of smash- ed windows, stopped trucks bearing foodstuffs to the city. Tension was added to the already tense situation after some of the em- ployes of the Fleischman Yeast com- pany were prevented by pickets from going to work. Meanwhile the police guarded the water works which are privately own- ed artesian wells. The mayor's household reflected the electric tension extant in this| will city of closed shops and stores. A shotgun rested against the wall of the living room. He told reporters: “This is a hell of a way to live in America.” Hearing on Utilities Merger Si Set Feb. 20 Merger of the Montana Dakota Util- ities company and the Montana Da- kota Power company, affecting many To Stealing Cigarets Fargo, N. D., Feb. Septic Palmer, recently bi rcdia aa roe Lae Beach, Calif., ficials, | ‘Thursday pleaded guilty in federal court here to two indictments involv- ing theft of between $1,200 and $1,500 ‘path Ot cigarete Seis DORCAS SU Rockford and Dawson. pleaded not guilty Wednesday, at withdrew that Passing. of sen- Divorces Nolled For Unpaid Costs | DOME dhd Eovclt Achat ch Fayetteville, Ark., Feb. 6.—(?)— More than three score men and . Women wondered Thursday whether they were single, married or, perhaps bigamists. Chancellor Lee Seamster order- ed 39 divorces of the past two. years set aside because court costs had not been paid, and then invited a test appeal because he could find no precedent for his rulings. FURS ESCAPE BUT WRECKAGE OF CRASH KILLS PEDESTRIANS CCC Four Aviators Cheat Death as Craft Collide Over Munich Business Section picketed all roads and |. OW TAKES FOR BONUS PLANNED BY FOR'S CONFEREES Measure Providing New Levies ‘will Surprise Country,’ House Leaders Say Washington, Feb. 6.—(?)—Hope for formulation of @ tax bill which “will surprise the country by not being as large as expected” was expressed Thursday wy house leaders after a talk with President Roosevelt. Chairman Doughton (Dem., N. C) of the house ways and means com- mittee, said after a White House dis- cussion that no new taxes for. the bonus were indicated and “I am stil) hopeful new levies will not be neces- sary on that account.” He said a tax bill would be re- quired to meet the demands of the new farm legislation and he pre- dicted the measure would be ready by the first of next week. susperisea but still unspent, could be sai In the face of a flat prediction socaler Byrns that no “greenbacks” issued, Representative Pat- ine ne Tex.) proceeded with plans designed to force a vote en Daring ae Sart 0000 bonus in new | not instead of through borrow- or taxes. tman attacked bankers, attribut- to them the recent movement of of the United States. Export of than $15,000,000 of gold was licensed by the treasury on and Tuesday but the move- ms Cane to B.cenaanl. Wes oeeay. No further licenses were asked. Fin- ancial markets attributed the exports to the inflation drive. Secretary Swanson Breaks Rib in Tumble at Fy out ip Washington, Feb. 6—(?—The navy it announced Thursday that Swanson was confined to the navy hospital for treatment of a and Mrs. W. J. r iu : i E : : i Groom Raps Proposed Succes- sor to AAA; Officers to Be Chosen for 1936 North Dakota grainmen Thursday turned to the business of winding up their convention, electing officers for the coming year and choosing a. con- vention site for 1936. Chief speaker on today’s conclud- ing session was Ray B. Bowdon, ex- ecutive secretary of the Northwest Country Elevator association, Minne- apolis. A talk by Gov. Walter Welford grown too large,” “control the machine” and “technocracy” as indicative of the nationwide Cae ord to “grasp at straws” during the depression. “Bix years after the economic ship- of which had, or still has, many fol- Points Out Pitfalls Bowden in his talk attempted to point out the fallacies and pitfalls of what he termed slogans of eco- nomic salvation ees upon us dur- ing the depression. In addition to the four already mentioned, Bowden named “spend our way out of the depression,” “let We are fighting it we do not under- er individual freedom for mien,” he asserted. : An attack on the proposed soil con- ‘was made Wednesday by B. E. Groom, agricultural expert for the Greater North Dakota association. Paradoxical as it may seem, the federal government on one hand at- tempts to control and reduce produc- tion and at the same time appro- priates huge sums to increase the fer- tility of the soil and add to the acre- ages of tillable land, he asserted. Burden on Taxable Land The federal government could do more for agriculture by taking all government land out of production, leaving the burden of producing the nation’s agricultural and grazing needs to tax-burdened land, than they can ever hope to do by produc- tion control programs, he sail, More than enough tillable land is now available to meet the needs of the nation, as evidenced by the re- cent efforts to raise prices by curbing Production, he pointed out in criti- cising the proposed federal farm leg- islation, Thus, he reasoned, it is useless to further burden taxable land with pro- grams designed to put more acres under cultivation. Groom, who re- cently returned from a tour of the south in which he sounded out opin- fon on the AAA, asserted that he found much more antagonism to the New Deal’s recovery program in the i da states than in the north- west. Southern farmers, because of the easy diversification of land and the adaptability of the climate to various types of production, have succeeded by | in evading much of the control sought through the AAA, he said. The cotton, tobacco, hog and sugar producers saw the AAA as a splendid cnerseny relief measure but could visualize it as a long-time agri- caliarel recovery program, Groom Distribute Thatcher Seed Groom told of the pure seed and grain program of the G.N.D.A., ex- plaining that 5,000 bushels of the rust-resistant Thatcher wheat has been distributed in small lots through- out the state in an effort to intro- j the producers. E. W. Norcross of the North Dakota Agricultural college gave a seed dem- onstration explaining tests and show- ing the need of seed of certain quality. weight and grade. Norcross declared the government was willing to furnish seed at $1.10 per bushel at the point of storage plus transportation and handling charges The seed is to be distributed, he asserted, to those who haven't seed of sufficient quality to guarantee a reasonable production. He explained the need of the exchange and em- Phasized that this was based on the Poor quality produced last year. Cheap Rates Granted Norcross also railroads would allow approximately half rates on transportation of this seed. Otner speakers on Wednesday af- ternoon’s program were Colonel Henry, assistant to the president of the American Railroad association; and E. C. Hillweg, secretary of the department of public relations at In the evening the delegates at- tended the boxing program staged by the American Legion for their en- tertainment and tonight will dance at the Dome pavilion. CONGRESS SWINGS AXE ON THREE AAA ‘PREDATORY POWER’ PARLEY'S TERM FOR CONTROL TRAILERS|LIBERTY LEAGUERS Smith Believes Constitutionality| Knox Charges New Deal With of New Measure Now Not So Debatable 48 STATES ENTER PICTURE Nye, Amlie Charge Act Just Substitute for Court- ‘Ditched AAA Washington, Feb. 6.—(#)—Congress Thursday completed repeal of three AAA auxiliaries—the Bankhead cot- ton, Smith-Kerr tobacco, and potato control acts—with senate acteptance of a minor house amendment. The bill now goes to the White House. Erasing of these three post AAA acts paved the way for debate on the revised AAA replacement bill which the agriculture committee unani- mously approved late Wednesday as a substitute for the Bankhead bill. Provides Dual System The substitute, similar to the Jones bill pending before the house, pro- vides a dual system of federal sub- sidiaries for soil conservation and other crop control operations. “I think we have just about gotten out of the twilight zone as to consti- tutionality,” said Chairman Smith (Dem., 8. C.) of the senate agriculture committee. “If this won't work, we can’t do The bill gives the 48 states & much more i:nmediate place in the crop con- trol picture than did the Bankhead bill introduced last week. The sen- ate committee voted unt yesterday to substitute the new meas- ure for the Bankhead one. In lieu of the invalidated AAA sya- tem of benefit payments to farmers who contracted to control crops, the new. hill. empo: agriculture to grant subsidies to grow- ers to preserve soil fertility and fol- low other production methods laid down by the secretary. States Would Get Grants However, any state could come in under the plan immediately, thus gaining the right to name agencies to administer it, subject to the secre- tary’s approval. On or before Nov. 1 each year, the secretary would grant the states money to carry out their plans during the next calendar year. The administration’s new farm plan is estimated to cost $500,000,000 a year, but a White House conference Wed- nesday night reached no conclusion as to methods of taxing to raise that amount. Under the new senate bill, states must accept the program after two years, else their farmers would obtain no grants. In administering the act the first two years, the secretary would work through old AAA personnel and state agencies he deems qualified. The national committee on social planning, which claims as members Senator Nye (Rep., N. D.), Represen- tative Marcantonio (Rep. N. Y.) and Representative Amlie (Prog. Wis.), accused the administration of forcing & substitute for the AAA through con- gressional committees. Seek Applicants for Postmastership Here Announcement by the civil service commission that it will receive applica- tions for appointment as postmaster at Bismarck until the close of business on Feb, 25, received in Bismarck Thursday, is expected to induce con- siderable activity in Democratic ranks here. Although technicaily under civil service, the job traditionally goes to @ member of the party in power at Washington. Several local Democrats have, at various times, been mention- ed for the position, now held by Walter Sather, a Republican, BURY MANDAN CHILD Funeral services for Irene Bender, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erasmus Bender, were held Wednesday morn- ing at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Mandan, The little girl died late Monday. wersithe..secretary of | dinner | ‘Bribery Practiced in Name of Humanity’ ELY HITS ‘BRAIN. TRUSTERS’ Postmaster General Lumps Hoover, Chambers, Manu- facturers, Leaguers Washington, Feb. 6.—(#)— From coast to coast, the political wars in- tensified Thursday, with battling leaders flinging such terms as “brib- ery” and “predatory powers” at each other. In Florida, Postmaster General Farley assailed the American Liberty League as “predatory powers” speak- ing for “reactionaries.” Col. Frank Knox, speaking at Vincennes, Ind., Wednesday night, charged the New Deal with “bribery practiced in the name of humanity.” While Senator Borah (Rep., Ida.), faced the cameras for the first time as e fully caparisoned presidential candidate determined to battle the established party leadership, Col. Knox called for Republican harmony. Raps ‘Brain Trusters’ With Farley attacking the Liberty League, one of its directors, former Gov. Joseph B, Ely of Massachusetts, criticized the administration’s “brain trusters.” Another attack on the league—bit- ter foe of the administration—came from Brooks Hays, an assistant to Rexford G. Tugwell, undersecretary of agriculture. He declared in At- lanta that if the league's principles are accepted “the south ig doomed.” Farley ignored the name of Alfred B, Smith, chief speaker. at s league Assethan ie a But he k out sharply at the ot- ganization whose members include such Democrats as Smith, party presidential nominee in 1928 and John W. Davis, the 1924 standard bearer. Compared to Hoover “The league,” he declared at a Roosevelt dinner in Miami Wednes- ‘day night, “speaks as conclusively for the reactionaries and their party as does Mr. Hoover, the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Na- tional Manufacturers’ association.” Farley declared not a single man in public life approaches Mr. Roosevelt “remotely” in the capacity “for public service and leadership.” Referring to Smith’s famous “take @ walk” speech here, Ely declared its logic “is unanswerable.” He sum- marized Smith's charges that the ad- ministration had not stuck to the platform. Knox told 1,200 Republicans that he is in the presidential picture “only {at the request of my united party or- ganization in Ilinols,” and that “it is no time for the exploitation of per- sonal ambitions.” In Athens, Ga., Gov. Eugene Tal- madge, hammered away at the New {Deal’s farm conservation program. Farm Market Values Have Two-Way Trend Chicago, Feb. 6.—(7)—Market prices of major farm commodities developed @ two way trend Thursday, a month after the invalidation of the Agri- cultural Administration act. The survey by the Associated Press, of 10 items including the major com- modities which bore AAA processing taxes, disclosed five declined in price while five others advanced since Jan. 6 when the décision of the supreme court was announced, Hogs showed the reaction, advancing $1 a hundred pounds im- mediately after the decision. The top is now $1.30 above that of Jan. 6 but some of this increase was credited to the cold wave and light receipts. CLEVELAND INFANT DIES Cleveland, N. D., Feb. 6.—(#)—Clara Mae, 8-months-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Edward Staib, died near here Wednesday. Court to Pass on Income Tax Law North Dakota’s new increased in- come tax, passed by the 1935 legis- lature, Friday will face the fire of claimed unconstitutionality in argu- ments before the state supreme court. Basicly, the entire income tax struc- ture of the state, originally created in 1919, will come under the attack of opponents who claim the tax to be in violation of both the state and fed- eral constitutions. The attack reaches the supreme court. on an appeal from the Bur-| is leigh county district court, where Judge Fred Jansonius upheld a de- murrer to the complaint, which sought barring them from collecting the tax. Grand Forks, and Mandan are named as plaintiffs in the action. In briefs filed in the state supreme court, the seven appellants Thursday claimed the tax, designed to prodice approximately $500,000 annually, vio- lates uniformity sections of the state constitution providing for assessment of property of the same class value at the same rate. ~ Likewise, they assert the law vio- lates section 176 of the state consti- tution providing for assessment of property in the district in which it situated. A further assertion is made the law violates both state and federal con- stitutional clauses providing property shall not be taken without due pro- cess of law, on grounds the tax is “ex- cessive, inequitable, unjust and con- Seven taxpayers, residents of Fargo,| fiscatory.” Gilbert Is Called Inciter by Olson ————_—_—_—_—_—_—————_ Firemen Oblige | Maid’s Request | Norwich, Conn., Feb. 6.—(?)— The girl Mrs, Rose Ryan hired to attend the children while she was at work faced an emergency. Fire broke out in the basement. After awhile the youngest Ryan arrived at the fire station with a note. “Will one of you please come up here for a fire in the cellar? I can’t put it out,” the note read. The firemen obliged. JEWISH CULTURAL MEETINGS BANNED BY HITLER'S ORDER Reich Demands That Switzer- land Discover ‘Those’ Be- hind Envoy's Murder Berlin, Feb. 6.—(#)—The third reich enforced a ban on meetings of all Jewish cultural organizations ‘Thursday in an effort to forestall any renewal of anti-Semitic rioting as the fourth winter Olympic games opened at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The government, through its min- ister to Berne, also placed an official request before the Swiss government. to “discover and prosecute those be- eer the assassination of Wilhelm justloff, former leader of the Nazis) in Switzerland. The reich government said the slaying of Gustloff at Davos Tuesday by @ Yugoslav medical student, who a" dipmself as David Frank- furter, a Jew, was “a serious affair which was without doubt a political murder.” Dr. Patil Joseph Goebbels, minister of press and propaganada, announced that the prohibition on meetings of Jewish cultural organizations, such as theaters, would remain in effect until further notice. While the Goebbels’ edict was de- scribed officially as a measure to pre- vent anti-Jewish disturbances, Dan- zig police likewise took precautions to cut short any anti-Semitic repercus- sions in the free city from the Gust- loff slaying. A Berlin dispatch to the Jewish Telegraphic agency described Goeb- bels’ order for suspension of Jewish cultural activities as the “first re- prisal against the German Jews” for the assassination of Gustloff. FUEL AND FOOD FOR NEEDY ARE ASSURED Welford Orders Relief Agencies to Cut Red Tape in Gi ing Relief Governor Welford Thursday called on all welfare agencies, state, county and municipal, to provide emergency fuel and food for the needy during the present extreme cold period. Ordinary supplies of fuel and food have not been sufficient for the per- fod of low temperatures, Welford said. Reports received in his office from various points throughout the state indicate that some families have exhausted their supplies of coal and have no funds with which to buy more, he stated. “This is an emergency in which every available agency must cooperate,” Welford said. “We can see to it that no one is needlessly cold or hungry during this emergency. Red tape should be forgotten. “all facilities of my office will avail- able to see that no family is cold or hungry. The state welfare board has been instructed to coordinate the ac- tivities within the state and to do everything possible to relieve dis- tress.” Tuscania Survivors Elect Parkhill Chief Capt. Oakley L. Parkhill, World war veteran who holds the distin- guished service cross, was elected vice president of the Tuscania Survivors’ association at a convention Wednes- day at Sheboygan, Wis., according to an Associated Press dispatch. Cap- tain Parkhill was stationed at Fort Lincoln for a time and later was com- mander of a CCC company at Fargo/ business but no longer is with the army re- serve corps, officers at Fort Lincoln said Thursday. LINDSAY ACQUITTED Sioux Falls, 8. D., Feb. 6—(#)—Tom “Hungry” Lindsay, Sioux Falls, stood acquitted Thursday of a charge of manslaughter in the death of Police Captain G. A. Saville, who died Oct. 6. following a fight with Lindsay GEORGE ALBRICHT piss Jamestown, N. D., . 6. George Albricht, 76, Stutsman county resident 42 Tian Oe died at his home near Spiritwood Lake Wednesday. Governor Avers Political Foe Urged Mrs. Liggett to Attack Him Verbally (By the Associated Press) Gov. Floyd B. Olson Thursday named A. B. Gilbert of Mound, for- mer Republican candidate for gover- nor, as one of the men who incited Mrs. Walter W. Liggett to attack him in connection with the killing of ber husband. Testifying as a state witness in the trial of Isadore Blumenfeld, (Kid Can), Mrs. Liggett asserted her hus- band would not have been killed “un- less Governor Olson’s gang ordered or permitted it.” “So Gilbert wants me to name them, does he?” asked the governor as he awaited treatment for a stomach ailment in Rochester. Gil- bert Wednesday issued a statement in which he, like Mrs. Liggett, chal- lenged the chief executive to name those responsible for her declaration. Governor Olson previously issued a statement denying Mrs. Liggett’s charges and asserting he would, if challenged, name the “crafty politic- ally-minded men” who incited Mrs. Liggett to make “various statements reflecting upon me.” Subsequently, Mrs. Liggett challenged him. ‘He Doesn't Count’ “Gilbert is one of them, but he doesn’t count,” the governor said. “He's a Nonpartisan League rene- gade.” Miss Casca Lee, telephone company employe, was the first witness called by the defense when court convened Thursday in Minneapolis. She testi- fied she was one of the first persons at the scene of the crime and that the alley was dark. Thomas McMeekin, counsel for the defense, then called Martin Hovde, government meteorologist in Minne- apolis, who read from weather records to show that it was cloudy at 5:40 p. m., Dec. 9 and after that it was part- ly “cloudy. Claim Light Insufficient Liggett was slain at 5:41 p.m. The defense endeavored to show that the alley was not sufficiently ght nor the weather clear to permit Mrs. Liggett and Wesley Andersch, me- chanic, to have been able to recognize the slayer as he fled from the alley in an automobile, Wilton E. Winslowe, jailer, was called next. He described how Kid Cann was dressed at the showup when Mrs, Liggett picked him out of @ group of seven men, McMeekin sought to show the de- fendant was better dressed than the others in the showup and stood out from the other six men. Meanwhile, another political foe of Gov. Floyd B. Olson Wednesday night entered the controversy between the slain publisher's widow and the chief executive, Hliness Foiled Probe He was State Representative Marius Waldal, of Plummer, who issued a statement that only Olson's illness and the expense of a long investigation prevented a probe and possible im- peachment proceedings against him in the recent special session of the legislature. Several leaders of the anti-admin- istration faction in the legislature, however, termed the Waldal statement as “far fetched and groundless,” al- though none would be quoted. MAN ARRESTED FOR SELLING INSURANCE License Law Believed to Have "Been Invoked for First Time at ion Williston, N. D., Feb. 6.—(?)—Be- Meved to mark the first time in the state's history such a prosecution has been instituted, N. J. Davidson is held in the county jail here, charged with selling insurance without a license. Davidson’s arrest followed com- plaints to State Insurance Commis- sioner Harold Hopton, who enlisted cooperation of State’s Attorney W. O. Burk of Williams county, Davidson claimed he was operating as an agent of the Federal Mutual Life, Inc., of Jacksonville, Fla., Burk said. Given a preliminary hearing, he was bound over to the district court, Unable to furnish a $200 bond, he is held in the county jail for the June term of district court, Burk said. The state insurance department declared the Federal Mutual Life, Inc., “was not authorized to transact in North Dakota.” Selling insurance without a license is a misdemeanor. The penalty for violation of the law is a six-months jail sentence, a $100 fine, or both. STRANDER RITES SET Crookston, Minn., Feb. 6.—()—Fu- neral services will be held here Friday for C. C, Strander, 65, president of the Strander Abstract company. JOHNSON IS IMPROVING St. Paul, Feb. 6.—(?)—Attendants at St. Luke’s hospital Thursday re- ported former U. 8, Senator Magnus Johnson, pneumonia patient, spent a “better night.” Mercury Drops to 51 Below in State Strike-Paralyzed Pekin Rations Food, Fuel Supplies ti wine KING WINTER KEEPS RELENTLESS CLUTCH ON WHOLE CONTINENT Lowest Temperature Recorded in Bismarck Was Minus 39 Shortly After 8 CONTINUED COLD FORECAST Suffering Enhanced Through out Nation as Fuel Supplies Begin to Dwindle North Dakota Thursday was ape parently in the center of the cold wave which continues to grip the North American continent with a temperature of 51 degrees below zera reported from Willow City, in Botti- neau county. This was three degrees colder than the low of -48 registered at The Pas, Man. At Minot the thermometer came within two degrees of the all-time low for that city with a reading of -45, The minimum there was -47, Grand Forks was a little chilly, too, with a reading of -42 while Devils Lake re- Ported -38, Fargo -34 and Willise ton -32, ‘The official reading here at 8 a.m, ‘was -38, but just to show that it could be done the mercury dipped to '-39 just as the sun came up to give the capital its lowest reading since Feb. 19, 1929, when a mark of -43 was ree corded. The all-time low for Bis- marck was -45 Pe 1916, Reason for Call Reason for the continued cold spelt —which is slated to continue further, no immediate break being sight—is the high-pressure area which extends from the Canadian plains provinces southeastward to the lower great lakes region. The Pacific coast is enjoying warm- er weather and so is the deep south. An interesting phenomenon of the record low temperatures for the sea- son was the “frost smoke” which settled on trees, garbing them in white lace. The same condition pevailed in Minot and at most other points throughout the state. For those folks who inquired as to whether the continued cold weather isn’t something of a record, Weather Observer O. W. Roberts dug into the records and came up with the ob- servation that it is close to but not quite a record. For the last 26 days the tempera- ture here has never been above zero but once on Tuesday when it climbed to two above. We have a week to go before we will surpass the mark hung from Dec. 24, 1887, to Jan. 25, 1888, when the mercury remained below zero for 33 days. The minus 51 degrees report at Wil- low City in Bottineau county came from O. M. Sanderson, federal weath- erman. It was the first time since 1916 that the mercury dropped to 50 de- grees or more below, according to Roberts. Already extending back 27 days, the frigid cold must continue only six days more to tie the longest extended cold spell the state has ever had, Roberts declared. He reported that in 1887-88 the longest cold period, of 33 days, was recorded. An examination of weather data compiled here since 1866, with some additional stations being added up to 1892, showed the temperature had fallen to minus 50 or lower only on 10 previous occasions, practically all of them in 1916—the state’s coldest win- ter. Sanish Was Coldest Of these Sanish reported the low- est temperature ever recorded in North Dakota—56 degrees below on Jan. 12, 1916. The others, Elbowoods -52, Eckman -53, Hannah -54, Lang- don -50, Westhope -53, Willow City -54, Zap -51 and Pettibone -54 in 1913 and -50 in 1916. The mercury hit 38 below at Win- ner, 8. D., Montana and Wyoming ex- pected more snow. Utah had a trace of snow; snowdrifts piled up in north- western Iowa and more flakes were due tonight along with 30 below zero cold. Maine Coldest in East New England’s coldest spot was 4 below at Greenville, Me. In Minnesota two records of long standing were broken when the min- imum temperature was below zero for the 20th consecutive day in Mine neapolis and Fairmont, The air grew warmer in the south and more rain fell renewing threats of disastrous floods. Deaths due to weather since the first of the year neared 500, and coal shortages continued in a number of states. Moderating weather brought an inch and a half of snow to eastern South Dakota. Forty men, shoveling a@ day and a night, dug two trains and a snow plow out of drifts near Kranzburg. 2 Above in Chicago At Chicago the temperature was 3 above zero at 8 a. m. Thursday. Otta- wa, Ill, had 14 below. Snow fell in parts of Illinois. The Missouri river between Rulo, Neb., and Kansas City was throughout the night to give the warning in case the ice broke up and choked the river, bringing danger of floods. A blizzard blasted its way across northwest Montana Thursday. Tele- phone reports to Great Falls at 7:30 a. m., said the storm was fiercest in the area from Browning just east of Glacier park, to Shelby. DISCOUNT RATE CUT Paris, Feb. 6—(#)—The Bank of France Thursday lowered its dis- count rate to 3% per cent from 4 pes cent. w w