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Court Battle With Former N. D. Doctor for Boy’s Custody Is Resumed \ ‘Soriny Boy’ Announces Marriage Chicago, March 20.—(?)—Miss Mar- garet Mann’s witness stand disclosure that she was recently married Friday heightened the drama of her court battle for the possession of a 3-year- old boy she claimed was born to her out of wedlock. She collapsed in tears late Thurs- Gay after revealing her new status during a hearing to determine whether “Sonny Boy” is her child or the son of Dr. Gordon E. Mordoff, grey haired physician, formerly of No:th Dakota. _ Previousiy, Miss Mann, who con- tends the child was born to her on May 19, 1932, testified she paid Mrs. Mordoff $5 a week for keeping him. Judge Rudolph Desort » indicated Dr. Mordoff's witnesses would be heard Friday. The physician claims} “Sonny Boy” was born by his wife | on Sept. 2, 1932, at Minneapolis. Mrs. Mordoff died last month. » Maria Lutheran Chy rch, peaee March 22—Fourth Sunday i Lent. No services this Sunday because of| the bad roads. - FOR A DAZZLING F GIRL BEYOND HIS # REACH... : he blazed his way to dizzy heights! -QEORGE RAFT ROSALIND /RUSSELL lémember her in SAT. - SUN. COMING %,,5 No blood on his hands! No guilt in his heart! But a nation’s frenzied hate dooms him to a living Heath on a fever isle where brutes are masters and sharks are guards! itoring Warner BAXTER STUART end « cast of ene thevsend DARING In Its Revelations! AMAZING In Its Stark Truth! TOWERING In Its Entertainment! SEE These Historical ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN FLIGHT AND PURSUIT OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH EXECUTION OF BOOTH'’S FOUR ACCOMPLICES BLACK REBELLION ON TORTUGAS ISLAND AMERICA’S SHARK INFESTED DEVILS’ ISLAND! It’s Gigantic in Thrills and Entertainment! Claimant North Dakota Sailor Will Study Pharmacy; Donald Jay Reynolds, who enlisted in the U. 8. Navy here last December, has completed his training course at! San Diego, Calif., and now is home on | leave, visiting his parents, who live | in Mandan. Reynolds has chosen to/| study pharmacy and upon his return to duty will be assigned to the phar- macist mate school at San Diego. Upon completion of this course he will be assigned to the hospital corps | of @ ship of the U. S. fleet. so ‘Additional Markets + CURB STOCKS New York, March 20.—(#)—Curb: Am. Gen. 10%. Cities Service 5%. Elec. Bond & Share 23%, NEW YORK BONDS New York, March 20.—(?)—Bonds close: Great Northern 7's of 1936, 101%. GOVERNMENT BONDS New York, March 20.-(7)—Govern- CHICAGO STOCKS (By the Associated Press) Midwest Corp. Ctfs. 8%. McGraw El. 32%. INVESTMENT TRUSTS (By the Associated Press) (Over the Counter in New York) Maryland Pund. 19.42; 21.00. Quart. Inc. Sh. 1.57; 1.73. Sel. Inc. Sh. 4.97. No. STATE Theatre FRI. - SAT. - SUN. Preston Foster - Ralph Morgan —in. “MUSS ’EM UP” A Murder Mystery That Is Different! Rex & Rinty - News - Comedy |to walk up. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1936 - SECRETARIES MULL OVER WORK INN. D. Chamber of Commerce Chiefs Optimistic Over Outlook for Northwest Round-table discussion of similar | problems facing various cities in the state were discussed at an annual winter meeting of the North Dakota | Secretaries’ association here Friday. Informally ssed were profit advertising, highway programs, con- vention activities and other work affecting chambers of commerce throughout the state. Optimism regarding business con- ditions in the Twin Cities and the northwest in general was expressed “| by E. U. Berdah] of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce association and Fred P. Fellows of the St. Paul As- sociation of Commerce. Ben B. Lawshe of the northwest. division of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce association, Minne- apolis, reviewed activities of the na- tional organization. Among others attending the ses- sion were M. O. Ryan, Fargo, and of commerce: H. P. Goddard, Bis- marck; W. W. Blain, Grand Forks; G. J. Bassingwaite, Oakes; W. R.) Chestnut, Fargo, and Vernon Johnson, Wahpeton. | Flood Highlights oo 1 (By the Associated Press) New York—Spring arrived ‘Friday to find much of the eastern area of the United States devastated by floods. Astronomers say the exact time that winter becomes spring 1s 1:58 p. m., eastern standard time. Boscawen, N. H.—Twenty prize cat- tle spent the night in the bedrooms on |the second floor of the home of Farm- ler J. Ralph Graham. the following secretaries of chambers | sine a: thfeatenba bat oF 100k ling in several heavily-populated cities Russell, Mandan; FP. P, Aughney, Mi-! not; N. 8. Nicola, Dickinson; W. P.| White House Friday the federal mob- ilization to aid thousands left suffer- ing and homeless by the eastern flood disaster. Washington—A senate commerce committee and army engineers work- ed hurriedly on a bill to’ authorize $300,000,000 for flood control work throughout ‘the nation. Concord—New Hampshire’s capital faced another lightless night, with candles selling for a half-dollar apiece. Marietta, O.—Near-crest waters of the upper Ohio river valley’s worst flood in history churned through this pioneer Ohio city Friday. The water rose at the rate of three-tenths foot an hour from a 47%-foot stage at 7:30 a. m. A crest of slightly more In 1913 the crest was 59%. Harper's Ferry, W. Va—The mayor commandeered grocery stocks and ordered the entire population of 705 Persons inoculated against typhoid. Harrisburg—An explosion of three chemical tanks wrecked « three-story brick warehouse in the flooded indus- trial district of Harrisburg Friday. Police said they did not believe there were any casualties, Boston—Guns and clubs in the hands of military forces and police re- Friday. Armed forces on wateh | @ against looting were stationed in Springfield, Northampton and Low- ell, Mass. Pittsburgh—A false police report that the crowded Sixteenth street bridge had collapsed threw Pittsburgh into a panic today. The Associated Press reporters who- reached the bridge found it safe, with traffic mov- ing over it. | Weather Report | WEATHER FORECAST iy aon Gacbe vicinity: ‘aneeie al fair toni; ie ming unset id Saturday; colder tonight, " some- what warmer Sat- Binghamton, N. Y.—A visitor from New York, taking an elevator to his tenth-floor hotel room, remarked: “This is the life—for weeks I have jbeen climbing stairs because of an ele- vator strike.” The next time he had The hotel elevators stopped running because of the flood. Washington — Again delaying his vacation departure, President Roose- velt personally commanded from the pani cereale eee a Just try aad Admission Prices for this attraction Matinees, 10c and 26c Bismarck’s 11th Annua WE GOT RHYTHM! WE GOT STARS! WE'VE GOT A HIT! The mest delirious, dif- ferent, daffy, dancing de- light since “42ne Street”! DICK POWELL starts singing RUBY Y KEELER JAC x OA oA KIE JOAN B BLONDELL starts trucking HUGH H HERBERT PAUL | | DRAPER Louise F FAZENDA weenie CAPITOL Continuous Performance Saturday and Sunday from 2 p. m. to 11 p. m. — Evenings, 10c and 36c Every Morning.... Afternoon.... Evening North Da- koa! Generally Ae See and jris! Saturday, becom- Be tinsetiied Sat- lay west por- tion; colder night, somewhat warmer west por- tion Saturday. For South Da- kota: . Generally fair tonight and Saturday; colder west er ae rising temperature extreme west Saturday. For Montana: Fair tonight and eeearday; little change in tempera: jure. For Minnesota: Mostly cloudy, snow in northeast; somewhat colder in northwest tonight; Saturday shad somewhat colder in east and south. WEATHER CONDITIONS A low Uhre wae ade the Great Lakes region, eee vey and central Canadian Pro | Seoniecata eee prevail in ali sepia districts. ismarck station barometer, Hed Tatal 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 Nalin BISMARCK, cldy. Devils ake, clay of ston, eld Willist Minot, clear . Jamestown, clear Grand Forks, ‘lay. . Fargo, cldy. . WEATHER AT oneton: renee Texas, clear . % | Boke, Ditiseee clear ... 34 ‘algary, Alta., cldy. Chicago, Il. clay. 'Denver, Colo., clear .. Des Moines, Towa, clear 30 Dodge City, Kans. oe 30 Edmoi ta. clear Havre, Mont., clear .. , Helena, Mont peldy. ‘Huron, ps, Be | Renaas "Sits, Mo., ae Goes Cal., cldy. | Miles’ c Ci wn Mont. pelay el SesseessssRks882888888888838 rubber-covered milk containers. than 48 feet was expected by 9 a, m. | Stam. SHELTERBELT FUND HAS SENATE'S OKAY Appropriation Rejected by House Restored by Upper Chamber Committee Washington, March 20.—(?)—The senate appropriations committee Fri- day approved the $197,447,000 agri- culture department supply bill with $1,000,000 restored for continuation of the big midwestern shelterbelt pro- This fund had been rejected by the house. A group of midwestern sena- tors and representatives told the sen- ate committee 95,000,000 trees now in nurseries would be lost without an appropriation to set them out and continue the 100-mile-wide woods strip fromthe Canadian border to the Texas Panhandle. The senate committee added $31,- 573,000 to the bill as passed by the house. Items-added included: $2,500,000 for constructing. roads across unappropriated public lands) and Indian reservations. {_ Floods at a Glance | (By the Associated Press) The following is @ recapitulation of the flood situation Friday in the most seriously affected cities and towns in the stricken areas. Ohio Bellaire—No gas, no water or power. Bridgeport—Flooded; no gas. Cincinnati—Crest of 60 feet, eight feet above flood stage. Empire and Stratton—Red Cross evacuates 1,500. Marietta—300 leave homes; water) six feet deep in business section. oie Ferry—Five dead;' power S’ateubenville—Typhold feared. ‘West Wheeling—Inundated; no gas. Wellsville—700 homes flooded. Kentucky Ashland and Catlettsburg—Lowland residents ready to leave homes. Virginia Wie tiver continues iB. West Virginia Parkersburg—500 flee homes. Wellsburg—Three dead; 200 ma- rooned. Wheeling—Seventeen reported dead; thousands homeless. Massachusetts Boston—Gov. Curley asks $5,000,000 bond issue. Colrain and Fitchburg—Abandoned. Concord—Power off and gas failing. Hatfield—150 marooned rescued by state police, Lowell—2,000 ordered from homes, ~ ‘Northampton—1500 homeless. bicbeag at Mtiapekice residents forced from (and Keene—100 families homeless. Vermont Brattleboro—Without lights. Bellows Falls and Be! Guardsmen ordered on duty. Gilman—Inundated. White River Junction — 500 flee mes, Maine Biddeford—200 homeless. Cornish, Saco and Pittsfield—Water supplies failed. Rumford and Waterville — Power and light failed. District of Columbia Washington — Flood waters of the Potomac subsided without seriously affecting nation’s capital. Pennsylvania Amith Hall—60 homeless. Bloomsburg, Danville, Sunbury— Hundreds driven from homes. Harrisburg—River starts falling. Huntingdon—2,000 homeless. Johnstown—15 are dead; spreading. Pittsburgh—45 dead; power still off. Vandergrift—Looting grows serious. Wilkes-Barre—Estimated 12,000 are homeless. Williamsport—Between 1,500 and 2,000 homeless. York—Power failure. New York Albany—Fifty families taken from jomes, Auburn—Owasko lake rising. Binghamton—500 refugees quartered in school house. Elmira—One dead. Green Island—Half of village of 7.- 000 inundated, 60 ‘persons taken to hospital at Troy. Norwich—Water mains broken. Shenectady—Thirty families flee. Syracuse—Scores driven from homes. ford, Waterviiet—1,000 families aban- don homes. “+ Connecticut 4 Cromwell — Ninety families home- less, Hartford—Hundreds driven from homes. Putnam—Textile mills employing over 1,000 closed. Portland—40,000 feet of lumber swept into river. West ‘Thompson—Town reported disease pet runder eight feet of water. Its June in January when you eat regularly at the Prince. Tonight! PITTS BU! TANS, BA Sof he Ait Yon Bis Pittsburgh pcan Program KFYR * 9:00 P.M. Pid |TTSBUROM hy seeeesst Troy, Rensselaer, Cohoes, Water- were no contents & alcohol found and no indication of poison. Lamb asserted he and other county authorities will continue the investi- gation into the origin of the fire. A coroner’s inquest decided Skrede met INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH § CONTINUED eeeesece ns No Poison Found in Stomach of Marmarth Man Who Died in Burning Shop A recent test has revealed that steam whistles are as inefficient as they are noisy. A 12-inch whistle used 4,000 horsepower in tooting just once. will continue an investigation into the death a month ago of 8. A. For Expert Plumbing Skrede, city councilman, who died in os 0. H. HAGEN 813 Thayer Ave. Phone 589-3 We learned our trade where plembing was a protession. Patterson Hotel We do not and will not serve hard liquor. We want to assist the Attorney General’s office to . keep down crime, but we do serve a stimulant— A perfect cup of Coffee. Always the same, day or night—piping hot. When you want a bracer drop in and try a cup. 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