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ct f " \ ' \ a ) = DENSITY OF TRAFFIC SURVEY IS LAUNCHED BY HIGHWAY CREWS Wide Variety of Figures for Future Road Building to Be Compiled Three crews of men to obtain traf- fic density figures and information on commodities being carried over the state highway system by truck are at ‘work Monday on a survey they will continue for one ye: The “weight” parties to operate at 36 points throughout the state during the year include two rotometers each | on whose delicate scales will register the empty, or loaded weight of the trucks, W. J. Brophy, in charge of the state highway planning survey, emphasized that the project is “not one of en- forcement” but merely to compile in- formation for use in “intelligent plan- ning.and construction of highways.” Stop! by the weight parties, trucks will drive onto the rotometers, up an-incline of two to three inches. 5 in Each Party With five men in each party, traf- fic counts will be taken at each point and another traffic count station will be located 40 miles ahead of the weight party to determine amount of turnoff, compiling information on number of cars, direction driving, whether state or foreign cars whether trucks or passenger cars. The count is expected to show the amount of commodities moved, vol- ume produce in each locality, dis- tribution, and season when marketed. Pointing out that highways have grown into a nationwide public ser- vice, Brophy declared that with in- formation obtained the planning sur- vey will provide information so neces- sary width and kind of surfacing re- quired. Where trucks are concentrated & more durable surface will be re- quired, he stated. Operation of the weight parties will be in three shifts of eight hours each to determine traffic throughout 24- hour periods and will also bring out information on the seasonal load on the highways. JAMES DEPICTED AS NEUROTIC, NOT CRAZY Not in Right Mind When He Signed Murder Confession, Lawyers Claim Los Angeles, July 8.—(?)—Although abandoning an insanity plea, attor- neys defending Robert 8. James from a wife-murder charge depicted him ‘Wednesday as a neurotic person whose mind was twisted by an unhappy childhood. Contending that James is abnormal, the defense set out to show he was not in his right mind when he signed a confession he murdered his seventh wife by drowning her in a bathtub after she survived rattlesnake bites. THE BISMARCK K TRIBUNE, peed, JULY 8, 1936 cd WO ol eomeat Ga all belle Blake (right), 30-year-old Chicago night-life figure also known as Audrey Vallette, by references in her lurid diaries to a “beloved Eddie” and by the license plates of the car in which & woman visitor fled from her apartment, Edward Freed, and his second wife, Ruth, (pictured tc- gether on beach at left) were sought by police for Pigg Investigation of Blake's death brought a alten by Mrs. Anna Koletsky Freed (below), his first wife, that she had no knowl- edge of being divorced. BRITAIN WILL SPEND BILLION DOLLARS ON PLANS FOR DEFENSE Additional Appropriations Asked to Meet Any Threat to Empire London, July 8—(#)—Three new estimates, filed in the house of com- mons, pointed Great Britain Wed- nesday toward a billion dollar defense program. The government informed parlia- ment it would ask edditional appro- Priations of $100,000,000 or more to bolster army, navy, and air forces ready to meet any threat. The total Informed sources predicted the new requests would be for between £15,- 000,000 and £25,000,000 ($75,000,000 and $125,000,000) in addition to the would boost the navy fund somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000,000, and a similar approximate amount to the air force appropriation, and increase the army cash balance about $25,- “We believe that the circumstances | 000,000. of his upbringing were such as to turn him into an abnormal youth,” said Samuel. Silverman, one of the red- haired barber's attorneys. “I mean by that, the terrific beatings that he re- ceived from a non-understanding father and an inability to remember his father’s orders.” James spent his boyhood in Bir- mingham, Ala., where his relatives now live. “Dementia praecox is, all that we claim,” said William J. Clark, another member of the defense staff. Nebraska Invalidates Tax Liquida n Law Lincoln, Neb., ‘Tuly 8—()—Nebras- ka’s delinquent tax liquidation law ‘was invalidated by the state supreme act, which provides for cancella- of interest and penalties on real ‘and personal delinquent taxes if the principal is paid in equal installments or in a lump sum, violated two card- oa Principles of the state constitu- jon: ‘The ban against remission of taxes. The ben Ageless unequal AD Snie Laborer’s Killing by Woman ‘Justifiable’ ‘The total amount of the British de- fense budget, on the basis of prelim- inary information, would thus be ie to approximately $990,006,000. RUSSIA ‘THREATENS TO QUIT MONTREAUX Possibility of Step Toward Austro-German Accord Seen in Visit Winchester Exam to Be Given on Monday Examinations for the Walter H. Winchester $25 memorial award will be held at 2 p: m., next Monday at the Will school, County Superintend- ent Marie Huber announced Wed- nesday. Six rural school students and three from the city of Bismarck, chosen by the county and city superintendents, compete each year for the cash award, given from a fund created by the family of the late Judge Win- chester, a former county school su- IVAN BREAW, MINOT ATTORNEY, IS DEAD Pulmonary Thrombosis Fatal for 40-Year Old Native of IS DEAD; PAY $300 TON. Y. SWINDLERS Month's Wait for Body Ends As ‘Dead’ Man Writes From Indiana Farm verne, Minn., July 8.—()—Anx- Hanson, Hankins’ Appeal for Prison Pardon Denied St. Paul, July 8 8.—(?)—Eugene Re- tat, counsel for Leonard Hankins, vealed he had been informed the state pardon board had denied his client’s plea for a pardon, and that a Te-hearing would be sought. Hankins is serving a life term for ccmplicity in the holdup. of the Third North- mane National bank of Minneapolis 1932, The application for pardon was filed le, serving a term for bank rob- Ls apae a and judge of the district Attorney ivan ¥ i. Breaw, da old ber ‘in a Nebraska prison, naming Minot attorney, We ednesday in eorrim s6kasiastin te oe sgedtitadtiny necok macrnO coiabee en PIge ae! in erithmetic. Ce clearness of expression, LOCAL MANS STE DIES AT UNDERWOOD Funeral Services for. Mrs. Nel- lie Anocker to Be Held Here Thursday Mrs. Nellie Anocker, 46, former res- ident of Baldwin and a sister of John Monroe, 517 Seventh St., died Tuesday morning at the home of a sister, liv- the con-| one other brother, Shiny duotoos ot Wilton, and 10 sisters, Miss Cora, Eva oy crcthanact. Be: hae hues 3 Grooms, es er, Ame Me Charles Borland of Hancock, Minn. ARSENAL BLAST KILLS 5 London, July 8—()—An explosion in the royal arsenal in Woolwich kill- ing five persons was announced Wed- nesday by the war office. If you add a few drops of olive oil to water when washing chamois leather gloves, they will not become hard or stiff. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: R26. U. 5. PAT. OFF. will positively open at 5:30 Thursday Evening Daared «seein fae. set Seine, . Free lunch and good music. Watch Tomorrow's Tribune for Big Ad. Lawrence William Weaver, Al: vin Karpis and others as his compan- ions in the raid. a Horror-stricken spectators saw a careening truck crash two cars on crowded Riverside Drive in New York Cit; into an excavation with a sheer 25-foot drop. for safety of the occu! Erb crawled out of ieghei minutes later Mrs. Erb and a seven-year-old chil this scene with little h turned car. But Char! planned to adopt were freed, and force another rs approached its of the over- e wreckage and they suffering only minor injuries. CRASH INJURIES FATAL 8t. Paul, July 8—()—Paul W. Cole, 62, state tax commission employe, died ‘Wednesday from automobile accident injuries suffered July 2. He was the 30th traffic victim this year, com- pared with 21-for a like period in 1935. AD LINEAGE GROWS Chicago, July 8.—(#)—Retail adver- tising lineage in the newspapers of 66 major cities was 8.9 per cent greater for the week ended June 27 than the corresponding week last year, Adver- tising Age reported Wednesday. 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