The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1936, Page 1

Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936 E.R. Reiterates Plans for Drouth Cure PRICE FIVE CENTS SPEND IN PRESENT, DEFEATED AT IRUN Capital City Gets Taste of Con- flict as Missiles Drop on War Ministry POLITICIANS ARE ACTIVE inant Alfonso Ready to Return; Three Small Nations Join in Arms Contracts Are Let Hiding From Police | ismarck Firms Share in Work Awarded; Three Proposals Rejected Contracts totaling $524,342 for road construction and structural work in North ‘Dakota Saturday had been let by W. J. Flannigan, state highway commissioner. Projects for which contracts were awarded covered approximately 114 miles while bids on three other pro- posals were rejected because they “exceeded estimated cost.” Bids on three proposals involving bituminous surfacing from Hannah west were rejected because they “ex- ceeded the estimated cost,” he said. Largest single contract was awarded to Martin Joyce of Brandon, 8. D., on a bid of $86,118.80 for 9.605 miles of stabilized gravel surfacing from} Grafton south. Local Firms Get Contracts Other big contracts went to M. B.| Monson of Bismarck, $60,038.23 for 10.193 miles of stabilized gravel sur- facing from Sentinel Butte west; Hec- tor Construction company, Hector, ., $54,419.90 for 8.193 miles of stabilized gravel surfacing from Thompson to Reynolds, and Rue Con-| struction company, Bismarck, $53,-/ 551.30 for 564-mile of structural, de- tour and incidental east of Bismarck. Also awarded were contracts in the following counties: Pembina—8.798 miles gravel surfac- ing from Mountain to Hensel, award- ed to Lyle Sloan, Minot, on a bid of $37,073.72, Burke—16.959 miles gravel surfac- ing from Columbus to Flaxton, Bis- marck Construction company, $11,- 920.34. Ward Gets New Gravel ‘Ward—0.666-mile gravel surfacing and stock piles south of Baden, But- ler Construction company, Grand Forks, $4,575.35. Nelson—4.426 miles gravel surfacing west of Aneta, Miller Construction company, Fargo, $6,999.30. Cass—6.985 miles grading and inci- dental, Fargo to Harwood, William Collins and Son, Fargo, $41,949.93; structural, J. A. Jardine Bridge com- Pany, $15,050.23. Hettinger—8.374 miles grading and incidental, New ‘England south, M. B. Monson, Bismarck, $35,259.93. Slope-Bowman—1.657 miles grading and gravel surfacing from Marmarth south, Lyle Sloan, Minot, $6,212.86. Grant—5.249 miles structural west of Shields, Joe Simons, Mandan, $4,934.47; grading and incidental west of Shields, William Collins and Son, $29,300.32. Virgil F. Effinger Lima, Ohio, Aug. 29.—(#)—The man named as national commander of the Black Legion, Virgil H. Effinger (above) secreted himself for the fourth. day but his attorney said he may “pop in Saturday or Sunday.” Michigan authorities waited here to return the portly Effinger to Detroit to face charges of criminal syndicalism and bomb posseasion. Effinger disap- peared during an extradition hearing in Columbus Tuesday. tillery. On the political front there also was activity. Former King Alfonso was reported as ready to resume the ’ ‘ throne while Denmark, Belgium and » Turkey informed Great Britain that, they would establish arms embargoes to Spain at once. They also favored ternational NEW DISORDERS ARE. REPORTED I STRIKE Through Window of Minne- apolis Store Minneapolis, Aug. 20.—(#)—Hurling & bottleful of kerosene through the window of A C. Thomas store, at- tributed by police to the wholesale McKenele Contract Let McKenzie—1.786 miles grade, gravel and structural in Alexander, M. B. Monson, Bismarck, $20,859.37. Adams—0.419-mile grade crossing elimination west of Lemmon, 8. D., Fargo Bridge and Iron Co., $14,892.15. Stutsman — 6.918 miles stabilized gravel surfacing from Medina west, Interstate Construction company, St. Joseph, Mo., $36,452.85. Grant—10.335 miles regravel sur- facing from Elgin west, Lyle Sloan, Minot, $4,715.27. Second Daughter Is Born to Dempseys New York, Aug. 20.—(?)—Jack Dempsey wore a broad grin Saturday. He was “tickled to death.” “And why not?” the old Manassa mauler asked. A second daughter was born Friday night to Mrs. Jack Dempsey, the for- mer Hannah Williams of Broadway musical comedy fame. grocery truck strike, was reported Saturday. ‘This was the third report of vio- lence since the strike by General Drivers Union No. 544 began against wholesale grocers who have refused to Meanwhile, labor questions involved in, the dispute between 544 and whole- sale grocery companies were extend- ed to another branch of the food bus- iness, when the union presented de- mands for recognition and adjust- the | ment of wages and working conditions Wire momen tater iia sraglien ot could be heard plainly, and two Bengal lights were dropped, bril. Mantly lighting a vast area of s SHE §28 gee § champion received the glad hand from his friends some two hours after the baby’s birth, the chef confided that Dempsey jokingly told him: “Tll have to get a steady job now. The family’s growing.” l i lustrial disputes, you may rest assured that we will do so,” the f i i i HE husky miss,” pounds, nine ounces. Now two fine daughters. What more could a man ask?” fe i é s E 5 & i The July, 1933, and their first daughter, Joan Hannah, was born August 4, 1934, Week-End in Country Topeka, Kan., Aug. 29.—(7)—A quiet week-end in the country with close advisers was planned Seturday by! Wheat Threshing weil a Under Way in Canada ny nominee \ocked forward ape western ber ra Manitoba, Wisconsin, Illinois, for Chicago, oasis by John D. Hamilton, national chair- pe. eae Maine Man Given 2 Square Garden, New York, Oct. 29, was. announced for Landon man, at . Years:in State Pen Wei VIEWED IN PRIVATE FINANCIAL REPORTS Building, Transportation, In- dustrial Production En- hance Picture DEPOSITORS GAIN 300,000 Prices for Farm Products Step- ped Up; July Income Totals 711 Million ‘Washington, Aug. 29.—(4)—Cash gains in many fields of commerce and agriculture were recorded Saturday by government and private agencie: The current business picture, cluding bright forecasts, covered such activities as farming, building, trans- portation and industrial production. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States called attention to in- creases during July and August in carloadings, industrial production, employment, use of electric energy, construction and excise tax receipts. “All of the evidence does not reflect | solely increased spending, either,” said the chamber’s review, adding that during the first half of 1936 deposi- tors in mutual savings banks increased by 300,000. The total in July stood at 14,340,000, it said, topping the 1935 figure by 20 per cent. July Building Gains The labor department, in a survey covering 759 cities, reported July building was greater by 2% per cent than that of the previous month, while the estimated cost of new homes moved up 13.7 per cent. Compared with July, 1935, the number of per- mits for home construction was up 90 per cent and the estimated cost up 182.3 per cent. Agriculture department figures in- dicated the drouth had put more money into the farmers’ pockets dur- ing July and stepped up the: prices received for their products during August. While thousands of farmers were in distress because of ruined crops, the figures showed cash income from July farm marketings at $711,000,000, as compared with $582,000,000 the previ- ous month and $451,000,000 a year ago. Officials reported July farm in- come the -best since 1929 and noted that cash to farmers during the first seven months of the year was $4,024,- 000,000, the best for any similar pe- riod since 1930. * Larger Cash Incomes While this farm trend was described as “characteristic under a drouth sit- uation,” the department statisticians predicted the rest of the year would show larger mionthly cash incomes than in 1935. Another sharp advance was reported by the Association of American Rail- The joint congressional committee on internal revenue legislation has “a heavy schedule before it during the autumn,” the chamber said, if it is to find inequities and unnecessary ad- ministrative difficulties in present taxes and to determine which levies have disadvantages outweighing their’ revenue yield. Wm. Lemke to Cover 30,000 Miles by Air Chicago, Aug. 29. — Lemke, the North Dakota man who heads the Union Party Out in the kitchen of his restaurant, | ticket, Saturday was in the midst of | of Fargo; legislation, where the former world heavyweight | swift stumping schedule that was|of St. Thomas; calculated to cover approximately 30,000 miles by air. Terming Lemke the ingist” presidential candidate in history, his campaign manager, John Nystul, said he had already traveled 12,000 miles “Bhe’s pretty as a picture and a|by plane and would fly from 15,000| ball, James Little of Barney; conser: Hi Jack oi “Bight | to 20,000 more before the November | vation, M. O Ryan of. Fargo; boy election. ‘With a 1400-mile flight from Kan- sas to Boston Friday, Lemke quickly dle western prairies to Ne' He spoke Thursday night Kans., and ter, Mass. After a qi planned to In five England. #98 et 88 President Roosevelt Viewing Ravages of Drouth First-Hand President Roosevelt saw first-hand the ravages of the drouth in North Dakota and assured Missouri Slope residents “we are going to win on this problem.” Below is the nation’s chief executive, flashing his famous smile as he inspects the site of a wa- ter storage dam northwest of Man- dan, while above is a photo of the crowd of federal, state and city offi- cials who accompanied the president on his special tour. The Nielson dam on Ottertail creek, 17 miles northwest of Mandan which the president in- spected, is one of 900 such dams be- ing constructed in North Dakota by the WPA to store up water. (Associ- ated Press Photo.) LEGION COMMANDER PICKS COMMITTEES, DISTRICT DEPUTIES Walter Brophy, William Payne, Dr. J. 0.’ Arnson Chosen += « fram Bismarck Fargo, N D., Aug. 29.—(#)—District deputies for the North Dakota De- partment of the American Legion and committee assignments were an- nounced Saturday by Frank Webb of Grand Forks, commander, through the department headquarters here. Simultaneous with the announce- ment, Jack Williams, department ed- jutant, said the new executive com- mittee and the district deputies Ho gather here Sunday. The session will pick the routing of the North Dakota delegation to the Cleveland national convention and determine upon the 1936 state program. District deputies: Albert Gilbertson of Hatton, first district; Joe N. Flaten of Edinburg, second; Floyd Ohs of Knox, third; O. W. Fode of Jamestown, fourt! H. A. McNutt of poleon, fifth: Walden Shinn of Bantry, sixt! Theodore Mark of Hebron, seventh Curtis Sampson of Bowman, eighth; Ben Myhre of Williston, ninth, and Henry Cottem of LaMoure, tenth. Named to the executive committee of Dickinson Dr. F. E. Weed of Park River. Webb and Jack Williams, department ad- | Jutant, serve with the trio. Committee chairman assignments Forks; rehabilitation, T. O. Kraabel Thomas Whelan Sons of the American A. B. Johnson 3 graves registration, W. H. Bismarck; radio, C. T. Hoverson of Fargo; foreign relations, Victor Thom of Goodrich; outdoor plublicity, Miles Lander of Grand Forks; junior base- scouts, Dr. J. O. Arnson of Bismarck. Serving Dempseys were married in|switched his campaign from the mid-| mittee, Williams said, are A. G. Stom- mer of Mayville, Halyorson Bloody But Indecisive Battles Mark Revolt in Spain REBELS DROP BOWBS|$ 524,342 in Road _ |BISINESS BOOST IS PLAN FOR FUTURE, ROOSEVELT POLICY Pleads for Better Land Use to Save Investment in Speech at Pierre CONFERS WITH GOVERNORS Visits CCC Earthen Dam Which Army Engineers Said Couldn’t Be Built Pierre, S. D., Aug. 29.—(P)— President Roosevelt left Pierre at 1:03 p. m., Sat , en route to Rapid City, after a short moter — inspection of government projects and conferences with South Da- kota and Wyoming officials. Pierre, 8. D., Aug. 29.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt in a rear platform speech from his train here Saturday reiterated his advocacy of a long- range drouth relief program even though the cost may be great at first. Talking to several thousand per- sons at the end of a tour of federal relief projects, Mr. Roosevelt asserted: “On the long-range program the principal thing is better land use.” Pleading again for cooperation in the task between all public agencies, he said: “Unless we do it we may lose a very large investment, not only of money but human beings. “If it costs $1,000,000 to save $10,- 000,000, I think it is worth while.” The speech came just before the president entered a conference in his private car with Gov. Berry of South Dakota and Gov. Miller of Wyoming, and Senators Bulow (Dem.-8.D.); O'Mahoney (Dem.-Wyo.), and Carey (Rep.-Wyo.) Introduces as ‘Our Friend’ Berry introduced the chief execu- tive as “ovr friend and our president” as the crowd cheered and applauded. The president recalled he had sug- gested Friday there were three gave ernors now in South Dakote—Berry, Bulow (former governor) and “Gove ernor Roosevelt.” “But I didn’t get away with it,” the president said, smiling..““‘because,Tom. 175 Lutherans Attend Mandan Circuit Meet P-L PARTY T0 PICK OLSON'S SUCCESSOR Several Shifts of Candidacies May Be Made to Meet De- mands of Factions 8t. Paul, Aug. 29.—(?)—Faced with internal difference, the state central committee of the Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota met Saturday to select &@ candidate for United States sena- tor to go on the November ballot in place of Gov. Floyd B. Olson, who died a week ago. One of the problems before the committee was whether several shifts of candidacies should be made on the ticket to meet demands of various groups, Elmer A. Benson, present United States senator filling out the unex- pired term of the late Thomas D. Schall, Republican, is the Farmer- Labor nominee for governor. His friends have urged that he make the race for the senate, but Benson has said he wants the governorship. If this change were made, it would pave the way for Gov. Hjalmar Peter- sen, who last Monday succeeded Olson as the state’s chief executive, to run for governor. Petersen now is & candidate for state railroad and ware- house commissioner, but has asked that he be considered for the guber- natorial post, which was denied him by the state convention last spring. Both Congressman Ernest Lundeen and Attorney General Harry Peter- son Friday announced in statements their “willingness” to run for the senate. Accuse Mandan Man Of U. S. Law Violation Philip Hertz, Mandan, was arrested by government agents charged with violating the federal Uquor law of 1936 which prohibits the tion of liquor from a wet lin Bismarck, The Mandan circuit in- Berry said there -was just one gover- nor in South Dakota.” He reiterated the drouth problem would be attacked from three angles —taking care of people in immediate need of relief; caring for thousands of families who will require help through the winter “until the Lord sends rain in the spring,” and a long-! Program looking to tenance existing populations where they and a “more perous” north’ He said the forward-looking hy ‘was essential to future genera- tions, On @ one-hour drive through the city and outlying cropless fields, the president was taken to Farm 5288 Choral Union Concert to Bring Three-Day Convention to Close Sunday One hundred seventy-five members of the Mandan circuit of the Luther League Saturday were completing the second day's program of their conven- tion at the Trinity Lutheran church i 3 cludes several counties in the Missouri Slope area. Remaining as highlights in the three-day schedule of religious activ- ities were the convention banquet in the church parlors at 6:30 p. m., Sat- urday, the service of Holy Commi jon at 8:30 a. m., Sunday, the con vention festival sermon at 11 a. m., Sunday, and the choral union con- cert at 3:30 p. m. Serving as toastmaster for the ban- quet will be the Rev. Louis Hagen, of Hazen, who will call upon guests for short addresses, and who will lead in a discussion of the ques- tion, “Saying No to the Devil.” The program will include a group of read- up the forested camp, the president in- quired about the dam. director, Robert Fechner, OCC stepped up and observed: “The army engineers said it couldn’t be done.” “And they built it,” the president rejoined. On the way to the South Dakota capital the president made a series of rear-platform talks in which he spoke of planning for the future by spend- ing and acting in the immediate pres- ent. ey, Abeer and later at Huron, the chief execu: xpounded ~ ings, a vocal solo, a musical 8&W|ning theory re upheld eg emer- selection, and group singing. gency practice of “spending money to At the Communion service Sunday |save money” in the long run. morning, Rev. C. J. Fyling, of Man- dan, will deliver the address and Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl, of Bismarck, will act as celebrant. The Bismarck Trin- ity church choir will sing special music. Missionary F. S. Hallanger of |Sunday night the president will start Madagascar will deliver the festival |for Salt Lake City to attend the fu- sermon at 11 o'clock, “Saying Yes to God.” Chorus Has 100 Voices The choral union concert at 3:30 p. m, will be directed by the Rev. George Plamann of Dickinson. The e of the Mandan circuit an number more than 100 voices. Muriel gti later in the year, of Kjerstad, Dickinson, will be the ac- | Vi#lt to St. Paul, Minn., companist. (Continued on Page The choral concert will include “KILL My Ad — Prayer of Thanksgiving — Kremer; I could have rented the Father O Hear Me—Handel; Open Our Eyes—McFarlane; A Mighty Fortress—Monson; In Heaven Above, Temples Eternal, Vigil, Fairest of Roses, and Sabbath Morn—all by F. Melius Christiansen; and a group of Bach chorals. The junior choir from Dickinson }.| will sing the antiphonal in “Fairest of waived over to the federal court under $1,000 bond, Snake Picks Tough Character to Bite Roses” and the obligato in “In Heav- en Above.” The concert will be preceded by de- votional Bible study led by Reverend Rindahl. It will be concluded with a presentation of the convention prize