The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1936, Page 1

v , [a=c.] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 GOVERNMENT AVERS “TTS LINES REPULSED ATTACKS OF REBELS Many Artillery Cadets Reported Fighting Within Insur- gent Ranks PREMIER CLAIMING VICTORY German Cruiser’s Arrival at Morroccan Port Forces Warship to Retire Madrid, Aug. 4—(#)—The boom of heavy artillery and the steady crack of rifle fire the Guadarrama moun- tains north of Madrid late Tuesday betokened another, and perhaps critical, assault by Fascist insurrec- tionists on the gateway to Spain's capital city. New waves of government militia, recruited from Valencia and other points to meet what was reported to be the long-awaited general rebel of- fensive on Madrid, poured into the mountain 's Fall Predict Madrid’ (A rebel announcement at the seat ‘Tuesday perdicted ‘would fall shortly under crushing at- tacks not! only from the north but also from Moroccan legions ap- strong against the semi-circle of steel protecting the capital from a Fascist advance. The first advance began at dawn ‘Monday, advices from Somo Sierra said. The government reported its lines repulsed the rebel attackers who " HUSBAND CONDONED Playwright George Kaufman Is BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS ires N. D. Republicans Fierce Battle Raging at Madrid’s Mountain Gateway Drouth Forcing —_ [| Fate ermemor | _ Food Price Rise Cost Average Man 30 Per Cent More for Food in June Than in 1933 Chicago, Aug. 4—(®)—Faced with rising food prices because of the drouth, householders in city and hamlet sought to determine Tuesday how their family budgets might be affected. With the long arid spell cutting down the nation’s food supplies for the second time in three years, a comprehensive survey of major com- modities markets and gn inquiry ‘among food traders anu dealers brought out facts ‘that might shed light on the probem. Tt cost the average man 30 per cent more to feed his family in June than it did three years ago, the de- | |partment of agriculture estimated. Market analysts now seek to ascer- tain what the rate of increase might be this year—with farm prices at the highest general level since 1930. See General Rise ‘There was agreement in the com- modities. markets that the general level of food prices would rise. The upturn is under way. The figures on grocery bills invariably parallel in various di the figures chalked ‘up in the big ities and whole- sale markets jand wholesale prices pave boomed in the last six weeks as they have selfom done since war days, ‘ Tuesday and announced plans to arrange a conference with Avery Brundage, president of the Amer- ican Olympic committee, for the purpose of gaining his wife’s re- instatement to the Olympic team if that still is possible, (BUROPE AGAIN HEARS FEET TRAMP ECHOES OF WORLD WAR DAYS Marching Men and Roaring Planes Swell Dirge for Peace on Continent WATIONS HASTILY REARMING Underdogs of Last Conflict Dream Hopefully of Con- quests to Come New York, Aug. 4.—(#)—It was 22 years ago Tuesday that western Europe felt the first sharp conflict of the World War. On Aug. 4, 1914, marching German troops crossed the Belgian border and began a driving advance toward Paris. Great Britain declared war against the German invaders after a British ultimatum to Berlin had been refused. In Washington, the United States government headed by President Wil- son proclaimed its neutrality—a pledge which stood for 20 months of European strife. Push Toward France ‘The German offensive halted tem- Today, the tramp of marching men and the roar of aircraft combine again minutes after he was led into the oer ARMY ENGINEERS corn crop may be the smallest since Versaill 1881. crops, including many ‘common vegetables and fruits, have suffered. Poor pastures and lack of feed has cut milk production. All this has already been reflected in the wholesale markets. . Economists asserted food prices at. TESTING FOOTINGS FOR MISSOURI DAM retail counters probably would show) ® gradual broad upturn ‘bat food pricés could go only ability “RUM STAR INFERS Experts Checking Possibility of Construction of Low Dam Man Referred to in Case : Over Child Acting on instructions of the war gs are 2 centa|department, a survey crew under the cents a dozen. U. 8. army engineering corps began jouble. Cabbage is/testing footings Tuesday in the San- @ pound compared|ish district of the Missouri river, year ago. Carrots, 5|checking the possibility of construc- a bunch, are double. Green|tion of a low dam. » 15¢ a quart, are triple. At the Rgidg surveys guy te ae taken mahy items on the jarrison district, or! 2 eyed =a Grocery | cussed site for the dam. ‘tment of culture has} Col. R. C. Moore, Missouri river Easy oh vay diversion engineer, said City Tuesday he was acting at the request of the war department and that he understood President Roose- velt requested the survey on the feasibility of the dam. A second survey group is expected to join the survey crew at Sanish Tuesday night. ’ Garrison is ately 75 miles northwest of Bismarck, and Sanish is 145 miles. GUARDSMEN PATROL STRIKE PICKET LINES tempts by Anderson to develop Planatory footnotes to the bit of mony. Adjournment was taken to allow Miss Astor to resume work at her studio. In. an affidavit introduced earlier Indian Youth’s Death on Railway Is Probed Fort Yates, N. D., Aug. 4.—(?)—In- dian agents Tuesday investigated the death of Norman Jones, 21, Wakpala, 8. D., Indian, whose mangled body was found on the Milwaukee railroad tracks near his home. MUNITIONS BLAST KILLS 4 Rome, Italy, Aug. 4.—(#)—Explosion of ® munitions factory at. Orbetello ‘Tuesday. was reported to have killed at least four persons. Violence in North Idaho Is Stopped by Governor's Mar- tial Law Order Orofino, Idaho, Aug. 4.—(?)—Na- tional Guardsmen patrolled the north loggers’ strike picket Tuesday and found tense quiet reign- Sunday night's battle sions” of the Allies for reparations payments. . Get Saar Back ‘The Nazi government came to pow- er in 1933. ‘The Saar plebiscite in Jan- nj Uary, 1935, returned that territory to Germany. Less than three months later the Reich officially repudiated the Ver- ra clause limiting her army to On March 7, 1936, Germany marched troops into the demilitarized Rhineland, shattering both the Ver- sailles and Locarno treaties. France: The famed Maginot line of underground fortifications now land which was the world’s battleground 22 years ago. ‘Visitors to the historic battlefields find the French peasants less inter- ested in telling their experiences of the “last war” than in voicing their after the World war, observers fast.” Austria: reled with Serbia and issued the fate- ful ultimatum that touched off the World war shudders at the possi- bility of another conflict. Austtians, understand they are on the spot where. armies meet. CHARLES RICHMOND DIES Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 4—(P)— Charles L. Richmond, 65, hardware merchant at Minnewaukan for more than 50 years, died at a hosptial here Monday. July Weather Set. No. Fear Several Persons Drowned | Tuesday against the 10 as River Runs Wild After |""an. es AD eine who like to. discuss the _ Heavy Rain weather: will have conversational fod- a esiti i Fi it Bismarck Record In the field of humidity a new duly hit a new all. One hundred 2 Bee iby i iid BES 3 i i i LEE Exp ge : Jesse Owens Nabs NATIONAL CHAIRMAN PROMISED N. D. WILL BE FOR LANDON-KNOX His Second Title sec sien aco rartane tye Betters Olympic Broad Jump Record Five Times; Team Mates Also Win Berlin, Aug. 4—(#}—Topped off by Jesse Owens’ record smashing broad jump victory for his second title of ithe 11th Olympiad, Americans swept all three men’s track and field finals, and broke even in two women’s Tuesday. It was one of the biggest days the United States ever has en- joyed in Olympic competition. The tan thunderbolt from Ohio State bettered the Olympic broad jump record five times, winning the championship with a leap of 26 feet 5 21/64 inches, after twice bettering the Olympic 200 meter record of 21.2 bases with successive performaces in 41.1. Owens’ performances were bol- stered by smashing American vic- tories in 400 meter hurdle finals by Glenn Hardin, Greenwood, Miss., and the 800 meter finals captured by John Hughey Woodruff, University of Pittsburgh Negro freshman. Runs Course in 52.4 Hardin, holder of the world and Olympic records of 50.6 and 52 sec- onds, respectively, won the gold medal in 52.4 seconds. Johnny Loaring of Canada was second; Miguel White of the Philip- pines, third and Joe Patterson of Competing in’ gusty conditions with .|dust swirling all over the track, Hardin had some difficulty on the last two hurdles after a good start. ‘However, the final 40. meter spring \carried the southerner to victory. ‘Woodruff, 2i-year-old star whose home is in Connellsville, Pa., won the hard way. The Negro was boxed badly twice, tripped once and ran of the lest lap on the outside, Canada’s Phil Edwards at Owens twice clipped one-tenth of @ second from Eddie Tolan’s 1932 Olympic mark of 21.2 seconds in the first two trials of the 200 meter event, and then twice bettered the Olympic standard in the running board jump. Owens qualified in the morning with a leap of 24 feet 5% inches and then in the afternoon, on his first two tries, did 25 feet 4 47-64 inches and .25 feet 9 27-32 inches in suc- cession. ‘His first afternoon jump shaded the record of 25 feet 4% inches made by Edward Hamm in 1928 by approx- daily one centimeter in the metric Helen Stephens of Fulton, Mo., 115, beating the old mark by four- tenths of a second for the second Ee i ry zs & 2 2 if B : & 5 &e gee aT el ete ef Hi PEs Re Sig 's events: (Points on unof- ‘Tuesday’ ficlal 10-5-4-3-2-1'' basis). Men's a i ue Sarge i « fers 1 ie | Bags Hole-in-One, Fails to Qualify New Orleans, La., Aug. 4—(®) —Dr. LN. Tucker entered a hole- it. o the 160-yard eighth at city park —and smacked the ball with four iron. It trickled into the cup. He rushed back to the club- house, only to learn the competi- tion wasn’t to begin for two weeks. HUSBAND AND WIR DIE IN AUTO GRAS ON LAKOTA HIGHWAY Two Sons of Buffalo Couple Are Injured as Car Rolls Into Ditch Lakota, N. D., Aug. 4—(7)—A wom- an was instantly killed and her hus- band died an hour later as a result of an automobile accident six miles east of here at 1 p. m., Tuesday. ‘The dead are Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bishop, about 55 and 52, respectively, of Buffalo, N. Y. N.D. Traffic Toll another machine and was going at a fast pace. The driver apparently lost control and the machine swerved into the ditch and rolled over several times. ‘The family was en route to Vancou- ver, B. C., to visit relatives. ‘GOODYEAR X’ WINS TWO-BALLOON RAGE Travels 298 Miles East of Cleveland to Land in Pennsylvania me iu pear at Meeting Planned for About 200 WANTS FRONT-LINE ACTION Farmers ‘Need Not Barter Sufs frage’ for Drouth Aid, Leader Declares Fired with the enthusiasm of their dynamic national chairman, John ‘D. M. Hamilton, North Dakota Republi- cans turned homeward Tuesday after promising their leader whole-hearted cooperation in the election of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas and Frank Knox of Illinois to the U. 8. presi- dency and vice presidency. . Political pep not manifest in more than three years activated the con- vention of party workers here Mon-. HAMILTON FIRST CHIEF TO VISIT NORTH DAKOTA John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican national com- mittee, is the first party chairman ever to visit North Dakota prior to the start of a campaign, said Wil- states and the five territorial pos- sessions. Wants Front-line Action ’s down in the front line that the battle is won,” emphasized Ham- ilton as he drove home the necessity of getting a bell-ringing precinct or- ganization working. Hamilton was introduced at the banquet by William Stern, Fargo, na- tional committeeman. His introduc- tion followed short talks delivered by Mrs. Selma Stenerson, Minot, na- tional committeewoman; Gov. Walter Welford, T. H. H. Thoresen, candi- date for lieutenant governor; three ex-governors, Joseph M. Devine and George Shafer of Bismarck and R. A. Nestos of Bismarck, Smith was chairman. After the banquet, Hamilton de- being intro- a A 3 9 i a E 6 : | | | i 85 Ht rH ii i i hi i i if i BERG ki ait xg 88