The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1936, Page 1

. \ [2] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 | Business Disregards Seasonal Corn Fields Wither Steadily in Drouth-Dogged West BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1986 — * TNTIEHOPE SHED |Jesse Owens Wins 100-Meter Dash OUT FOR DOWNPOURS NECESSARY TO CROP Observers See Corn Harvest as Billion Bushels Less Than U. S. Average SHOWERS AID FIRE FIGHTERS JOO Battlers Quit in Monta a Range When ‘Nothing Is Left to Burn’ Chicago, Aug. 3.—(#)—Drouth-dog- The corn belt's staple was in ® critical period. The steady deteriora- tion incident to the aridity—now in its third observers In extinguish 103 small grass fires in 11 hours. A blaze which swept through the powder dry grass and brush on a suburban farm destroyed 11 buildings and burned off 80 acres of farm land At Seneca, 8. D., flames destroyed . 10 business places; a church and a ARRIER RAIL RATE EXTENSIONS DENIED Emergency Freight Surcharges Must Be Abandoned ICC Rules day denied a petition by class one railroads seeking to make freight Gr es ‘Jay-Walker’ Gets Ducking—Likes It ‘Two members of the elty police force gave one flagrant traffic Jaw violator a good ducking in the little lake east of Bismarck = ogee 10—and got thanks for it. Earl Schults and Nick Klee, night patrolmen, observed the pedestrian as he “jay-walked” across one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. Unmindful of the consternation he was causing passing motorists the pedestrian did not notice the patrolmen as they stole up be- hind and clamped down the “long arm of the law.” Straight to the little lake they went and threw the culprit in. Apparently driven into town in search of water, the little duck, plunged and swam with glee on et back to its natural habi- LOYALISTS SET FOR - NEW REBEL ATTACK ON MADRID'S DOOR Evident as Government Assumes More Power were action in the northeast IN CLEVELAND RAGE) ec: ‘Tony Terlaszo of York, Pa., winner| pes Two Big Bags Drift Eastward With Possibie Landing in Lake Seen Fu: F ads i at [ ; i gt 3 ZL i ee i : sf 8 5 z g 2 i i | 5 i i | i i 3 é g g F i il Hl i r ga i 4 a i H i i : g E Et E i ef +E j Reber g ctrl i in |Tecord as he’ took 1 fo iaifors ; Helen Stephens Sets Up New World Record in Women’s 100-Meter Event Berlin, Aug. 3—()—Off the marks fast and moving into the lead after the first 10 meters, Jesse Owens Mon- day won the Olympic 100-meter sprint championship, achieving the first of three gold medals he has set as his goal in the 11th Olympiad. The brown buckeye bullet for the second time'in as many days equalled the Olympic world record of 10.3 sec- onds in capturing the title. Ralph Metcalfe, husky Chicago Ne- gro flyer, finished a yard and one- half behind Owens. Metcalfe was timed in 10.4 seconds. Hollander Third Martin Osendarp of Holland pre- vented the American team from sweeping the event as he took third. Frank Wykoff of Carpenteria, Calif., three-time Olympian, was fourth; Erich Borchmeyer of Germany, fifth, and Hans Strandberg of Sweden, who pulled a muscle in his right leg, sixth and last. ‘The capacity crowd gave the two American Negroes a tremendous ova- ti resumes work Tuesday TWO MEN KILLED AS PLANE PLUNGES INTO FIELD NEAR LAKOTA A. E. Thompson, Bank Cashier, and Mallory Watson, Farm Boy, Are Victims STALLED MOTOR IS BLAMED Pilot, Student Aviator, Did Not Have License to Carry Passengers Lakota, N. D. Aug. 3.—()—Au- thorities Monday investigated an air- Sunday after the motor stalled at 200 foot altitude. A. E. Thompson, 28, cashier of the National Bank of Lakota, and Mall- ory Watson, 17, farm youth near Lakota, plummeted to earth in a field and was destroyed. ‘Thompson, licensed as a student flier, had been flying about three years. Capt. Lester G. Orcutt of Fargo, aeronautical inspector for the bureau of air commerce, said Thomp- Owens a feted broad jump and the 200-meter } not eligible to carry passengers. John Woodruff, lanky University of Pittsburgh Negro freshman, jumped to the front in the first 800-meter semi-final trial and outdistanced the entire field. He won by 20 yards in| 1:52.7, Kasimierg Kucharski of Po- land was second. Germans Break Record Giving Olympic record - breaking performances, Karl Hein and Erwin Blask of Germany finished one-two in the hammer throw event. Hein threw the hammer 185 feet 4 1/16 inches. Blask’s best effort covered 180 feet 6 31/32 inches. The 24-year- old record of 179 feet 8 4/10 inches was made by Matt McGrath of New York at Stockholm in 1912. Oscar Warngard of Sweden also broke the en -Koutdnen* won: fourth place and the Americans, Bill Rowe of Pontiac, R. f., and Donald Fevor of South Gray,. Me., finished fifth and sixth. Following in Woodruff’s steps, Harry Williamson of the University of North. Carolina and Chuck Hornbostel of Indians gave America a clean sweep of the 800-meter semi-finals as Helen her preliminary meter dash in record-smashing time. Williamson Wins ‘Williamson won the second 800- meter semi-final in 1:53.1. of Italy. Miss Stephens, c! and Olympic time of 11.4 seconds in 1 won from Mario Lanzi her first trial, came back to take her semi-final in 115. She beat Kathe Krauss by four yards. Annette Rogers’ of Chicago also fying in ‘third’ piace in ‘an exciting an excit America’s point total in track and field, reckoned on an unofficial 10-5- 4-3-2-1 basis, soared to 46. Germany moved into second place with 31%, with Finland third at 30%. Glen Hardin of Greenwood, Miss., Olympic and world record holder in the 400-meter timber-topping event, won his heat easily in 53.9 seconds, records. considerably slower than his Patterson. Wins Heat Joe Patterson of the U. S naval academy and Oklahoma City, cap- tured his heat in 544, while Dale Schofield of Provo, Utah, ran second to the German, Frits Nottbrock, whose time was 54.7 seconds with the American one-tenth of a second Plane crash that killed two persons perished when the ship son had no pilot's license and was Public Invited to Atend Banquet in Memorial Building at 6:30 P. M. RAPS NEW DEAL IN ST. PAUL Credits Non-Cooperators With AAA for Preventing Na- tional Food Shortage North Dakota Republican leaders {met in Bismarck today to greet John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the [ogee national committee, fresh from a New Deal verbal assault de- {hivered Monday morning at a party workers rally in St. Paul. Hamilton was scheduled to arrive in Bismarck ‘by plane about 1:30 p. m, and to make his first public appearance at a banquet in the World War Memorial building at 6:30 p. m. to which any interested citizen is invited. Following the banquet Hamilton was slated to meet with party work- Witnesses said the plane motor apparently stopped at the 200 foot altitude. Thompson experienced no diffi- culty with the plane earlier in the day when he made several flights. At the time of the crash, witnesses said, he was circling a field a mile east of here en route back to the landing field, 2% miles away, when the accident occurred. Captain Or- cutt said there was little evidence in the demolished motor to indicate the cause of the crash. Thompson is survived by his widow and three children. Watson's father, J. W. Watson, and a brother, survive him. Thompson was among the pilots here. for..the.. bn: Dakota.air show, held in conjunction with the Pioneer Days’ Festival July 3-5 and flew pas- sengers during the fete. He made another airplane trip to Bismarck this spring to attend the state bankers’ convention, GOVERNMENT BUYS tions KFR, iBsmarck, and WDAY, Fargo. Lemke Invited Congressman William Lemke, Union party candidate for the presidency, has been invited to attend the ban- quet tonight but no acceptance had been received early this afternoon, R. R. Smith, secretary of the Repub- lican state executive committee, in charge of arrangements, announced. ‘Wiliam Stern, Fargo, national Re- pubican committeeman for North Da- kota, and Mrs, Selma Stenerson, Mnot, national committeewowman, will be among the party leaders who will confer with Hamilton regarding campaign plans for the state. Coun- \v Republican leaders will be present, en" Snith sat eit leaders -of-party groups were “welcome” to attend, though not receiving special invite- tion, Hamilton will leave here Tuesday morning for Billings, Mont., for @ noon meeting there, the next stop on his western swing. Farmers Prevented Shortage Hamilton contended in St. Paul the refusal of many wheat farmers to nation from a threatening disastrous shortage of a basic food,” the Associ- ers from all over the state before go- ing on the air at 9:90 p. m. for a half hour's talk over a hookup of sta- in new world 4,793 Head Purchased at Five Markets to Keep Price From Plunging Washington, Aug. 3.—(?)—The gov- ernment Monday authorized purchase of 4,793 head of drouth-distressed cattle, the first to be bought in the long-delayed 1936 cattle-buying pro- gram. Purchases were made at the prevailing market price. ‘Through the AAA cattle commit- tee, the government bought 300 head at Fargo, N. D.; 1,070 head at South St. Paul, 1,000 at Omaha, 1,240 at Chicago, and 733 at Sioux City, Pur- chases were limited to cutter cows and heifers on the regular market sessions. In addition, 450 head of calves were purchased, 150 each at Sioux City, Omaha and South &t. Paul. A decision to purchase was made on reports from the principal markets that cattle offerings were the heaviest of the season, and that prices on the types purchased had broken 25 cents. run at Chicago was said to have the heaviest in three years. of the featherweight weight-lifting| Prices quoted Monday were sald to was honored in the championship, day's first victory ceremony. between two Egyptians, who finished second and third, and received the laurel wreath while- the stars and stripes were hoisted and a band played the national anthem. M’Lean Democrats Return ‘Regulars’ ‘Washburn, N. D., Aug. 3.—Re-elec- tion of H. W. Gray of Wilton as state committeeman; A. E. Anstrom of Garrison as county chairman, and J. 8. McGogy of Wilton as secretary and treasurer’ featured the organization meeting of the McLean county Demo- cratic central committee here Friday, according to McGogy. Named to the executive commit- tee were J. J, Mahowald, Garrison; Anton Max; Willard Flynn, Williams, Butte. Resolutions endorsed supported the Deal and state be about the lowest of the season. Author of ‘Perfect Tribute’ Dies in N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 3.—()—Mrs. Mary R. Shipman Andrews, whose story “The Perfect Tribute” has be- come a classice narrative about Abra- ham Lincoln, is dead. The noted author succumbed late Sunday night in s hospital where she underwent an Qperation nearly a week ago. DISTRESSED STOCK’ ated Press reported. In the first address of his cam- paign organization swing through 15 western states, he said “the facts are that in the face of over $100,000,000 paid the wheat farmers so far for reducing the acreage of the 1935-1936 wheat crop, farmers nevertheless in- creased their wheat plantings by eight per cent over the plantings of the year. The sowings of wheat this year were 5,000,000 acres more than the year previous. “There is an indicated world wheat In 1935 wheat, imports. almost noth- ing to over 27,000,000 bushels. There are indicated for the future much ps Hog Destruction Hamilton said “the destruction of 6,200,000 pigs, the slaughter of 200,000 prospective mother sows and the re- duction of corn by 12,600,000 acres” had ‘left farmers without reserve sup- plies to meet the drouth shortage. Pork imports from 23 countries last asserte double man as far as Secretary W1 ral- the been reaching Mr. Farley from parts of the country (Continued on Page Two) Girl’s Condition Cause Of Penitentiary Probe Centered about a young woman in- mate who 1s about to become altigation will be revealed until the/ngs declined to discuss mother, the. state board of sdminis- Harris said no details of the inves- probe is completed. “The id is z ; 55 if BE te ie 5B ¢ Sag att g | Fe igi i i a? fe | EB i g i [ if Bg i ig » ll &fs afte a i El ths } i : il vi i ft participate in the administration's crop control plan had “saved the E F { ** % * SIX MINERS DIE AS THEY TRY 10 SAVE _ TRIOFELLED BY GAS Workers Asphyxiated Laboring to Block Off Fire in Minois Pit Duquoin, Il, Aug. 3—(#)—Two southern Illinois counties were to hold separate inquests Monday for nine coal miners overcome by carbon monoxide gas as they battled a rag- ing fire deep in the Union Collieries Kathleen mine at Dowell, five miles south of here, Saturday night. Six of the miners apparently lost their lives as they tried to rescue three companions. Twelve others overcome by the gas were revived. Mine Superintendent Ed Leming said the fire started when a new transformer installed less than 10 hours before exploded and sprayed its burning oil over entry No. 7, across the Jackson-Perry county line three miles from the main shaft. ‘The dead included Forrest Devors, Dowell, district mine manager; Steve Hrim, Dowell, district mine manager; Clarence Cawvey, Dowell, chief elec- trical engineer of the colliery and six fime the underground blaze. Me! bers of the rescue teams wore oxygen helmets, said Leming, and the others were passing up materials. He said the men apparently struck the gas pocket suddenly and three went down immediately. Their companions struggled to drag them out, but them- those | selves were overcome. “No doubt the other men would to help their companions,” Leming stated. Martell and Gronna Seen as Candidates Names of two possible candidates for congress, running as independents in the fall election, were mentioned in political circles here Moncay. ‘They are Theodore Martell, state commissioner of agriculture and le- bor, defeated for Republican renomi- nation in the primary election, and Secretary of State James D. Gronna, who is the Republican nominee for election. Martell has been urged by sup- porters to run for congress, and is to make a decision within ® week. Gronna ts being discussed as @ possible candidate by Heuten- ants of William Langer, but Gronns the proposal. Dana Is President of John D. M. Hamilton (left), chairman of the Republican committee, is a Bismarck visitor today, here in the interests of the Republican Chiefs Rally for Hamilton’s Visit to Bismarck Wall Street: Seeks to Appralse *** ** * national Republican campaign to elect Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas (right) president of the United States. Penthouse Farm Crops Are Good New York, Aug. 3.—(#)—The drouth hasn’t bothered Mrs. Regina Jais, Fifth Avenue’s only penthouse farmer. Fifteen floors above the street she expects to harvest @ bumper corn crop taised in dirt on a terrace. At least 30 ears of golden ban- tam sweet corn will be ready to eat next month, Her radishes, scallions, string beans and peas already have gone to the dining table. ‘ROOSEVELT MAPPING PRICE FIVE CENTS . Slump TRADE AND INDUSTRY CONTINUING. REVIVAL ALONG BROAD FRONT Autumn and Winter Out- look as Pace Grows DROUTH MAY AFFECT GAINS Steel, Utilities, Rails and Other Indices All Contribute to Picture New York, Aug. 3.—A mid-summer panorama of broad business revival unfolded Monday as Wall Street a to appraise the autumn out- Busy steel mills, record electric Power output, well sustained auto- mobile production, a high level of retail trade, peak freight movement for the year and demand for new equipment by railroads were sketched into the July picture. Business analysts the latest statistical data as evidence that trade and industry, under momentum of a year of almost unbroken expan- sion, had held their recovery stride instead of slowing for the hot months in customary seasonal style. Paint Bright Outlook How long the pace would hold was @ matter of conjecture. Some au- thorities have painted the autumn and Christmas outlook in bright colors, taking the mid-summer rec- ord as an indication of a powerful underlying recovery sweep. Others contend that crop losses from. drouth and a@ rise in food prices eventually would hit mass purchas- ing power. Business figures added to the rec- ord in the last week depicted a sub- stantial advance in industry com- pared with a year ago. Outstanding was steel, with opera- tions around the peak for the year at 71.5 per cent of capacity, ing to trade estimates, against 44 per at Railroad carloddings made“a péak for the year at 731,062, an increase of 135,490 over the comparable 1985 figure. Power production figures were 145 per cent higher, and week- ly automobile production was re- ported as between 96,000 and 98,000 analysts saw the influence of moderate revival in {construction and some industrial plant expansion and modernization, {as well as brisk demand for goods of the every-day consumption variety, both at wholesale and retail. Major Gen. Andrews Refuels Plane Here Major General John Andrews of the U. 8. army air corps had his big two-motored Douglas transport put down at the Bismarck municipal air- port Saturday afternoon just long enough to re-fuel before resuming the nad to Langley Field at Hampton, ea HIS CAMPAIGN PLANS Farley Heads Conference of Party Chieftains on Ques- ‘tions of Strategy Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 3—(P)— President Roosevelt began mapping plans Monday for his drive for re- election, summoning a half dozen Democratic national committee offi- cials into conference at his rambling home above the Hudson. Heading the delegation was Chair- man James A. Farley, accompanied by representatives of virtually all phases of committee activities. On subjects that might come be-| fore the political round-table, how-/ nd ever, the president’s associates had nothing to say. The conference gave him @ chance, Map ite for tion in the campaign and| Passenger! determine to what extent he might ‘Old Pete’—Jobless, duplicate his 1932 coast-to-coast tour. Canvass the attitude of women and Broke—Will Get Aid » Ind, Aug. 3.—(%)—Ev- farm voters. Receive first-hand and in- terpretations of political developments since he started his vacation some three weeks ago. the amount of money to be spent. Besides Chairman Farley, Rooseve! FDR and Alf Tools of Mr. It called these officials of the Evansville, ansville prize fight fans will come to Bankers, Lemke Says; Norway, Mich., Aug. 3—(7)—N« citizens Monday had it from party presi Izaak Walton League] noocveit ana’ Valley City, N. D. Aug. 3—()— ‘Charles Dans of St. John was elected president of the North Dekota Walton leaguecat the closing two-day state conven! 8, W. Thompson Jamestown was selected city at the if z F | i F FE d | i it Hi jorway Rep. i ij it I z yet i il rk i “malght”