The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1936, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 LITICS With charity tor all an@ malice toward wone THEY'RE NOT DISCOURAGED If Democrats believed the figures in the Literary Digest poll they would be discouraged beyond words, both in North Dakota and the nation. But they don’t and they aren't. Such observers as Rodney Dutcher and David Lawrence, the latter clear- ly favorable to Landon, also do not believe them and the reason why they don’t is clear enough. They simply do not think the Digest is doing as good a job this year as it has done in the past national elections where its forecasts have been within a frac- tion of one per cent of being correct. The big-shot observers feel that, for some reason or other, too many of the Digest ballots have been going to the wrong people, that they are not truly representative as they have secmed to be in the past. zx k NORTH DAKOTA IS EXAMPLE In this state, for example, 9,178 straw votes have been cast in the poll of which Landon received 4,144; Roosevelt 3,581; Lemke 1,070 and other candidates B3. Who the “others” voted for in 1932 is not shown but of Landon’s total, 2,725 voted Republican in 1932 and 1,121 voted Democratic. Of the Roose- velt total’ 673 were Republicans in 1932 and 2,622 were Democrats. Of the Lemke total, 185 were Republicans and 716 Democrats in 1932. Thus it will be seen that ballots were sent to 3,583 who were Republicans in 1932 and to 4,459 who were Democrats in 1932, What makes that look funny is that Roosevelt literally snowed Hoo- ver under in North Dakota in 1932 with @ majority of 107,000. On that basis, if the poll is truly representa- tive, this years returns should be com- ing from a much larger. proportion of the population which voted for Roose- velt four years ago. x * * SAME IS TRUE IN NATION The same thing holds true of the count in the nation with: 2,158,739 ballots in, Landon’s total of 1,182,307 is com- posed of 842,998 who voted Republican four years ago and 228,007 who voted Democratic. Roosevelt's total of 878,- 526 is composed of 648,897 who voted Democratic and 127,443 who voted Republican four years ago. Counting in the 13,530 former Re- Publicans and 50,008 former Demo- crats who intend to vote for Lemke it can be seen that ballots were sent to 983,071 who voted Republican in 1932 and to 926,012 who voted Demo- cratic in 1932. In view of the whopping majority given Roosevelt in the nation this is | school Dermal. queer, :becaune: -Oross waection should: show @ much larger percent- ege of people who were Democrats:in 1932, regardless of what they are now. The Digest poll has encouraged the Republicans and discouraged the Democrats but other polls, taken by other agencies, have had the reverse effect. The analysis given 1s the reason why the gamblers are laying odds that Roosevelt will win, Only one thing is certain, That is the fact that the Digest poll, if it is proved to be grossly inaccurate by the election returns, will attract less attention in the future than has been given it in this and former election yei é ee ke THE ‘LATE AL SMITH’ Something of the Democratic atti- ‘tude toward former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, now one of Gov. Landon’s most powerful support- ers, may be gleaned by # remark con- tained in the recent radio address of Secretary Ickes, a copy of which has been received here. Mr. Ickes spoke of Mr. Smith as “the late Al Smith.” Since Mr, Smith is very mucli alive|in. (Continued on Page Three) JOHN GREGGERSON, 3, DAWSON, DIES Pneumonia Proves Fatal After Only Two Days in Hospi- tal-Here John Greggerson, Dawson, died in 8 local hospital at 11:00 p. m., Friday 8 victim of pneumonia. Greggerson, 53 years old, had been in the hospital here only two days. ° THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ar Threats Plag BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1936 . Landon Bids for Indiana’s 14 Electoral Votes |Football Scores /NiW DEAL TO KEEP [MENOKEN GIRL 1S GOP PLATFORM IS -PACT WITH PEOPLE, NOMINEE ASSERTS Denounces Charge That School Closing Deprived Youth of Education ‘DECEITFUL VILIFICATION’ ‘Not Single Boy or Girl in Kan- sas’ Missing Advantages, Candidate Says Indianapolis, Oct. 24.—(#) —Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican nominee for president, reached Indianapolis Saturday for a 24-hour visit to this city, one of the major speeches of his campaign and a bid for Indiana's 1¢ electoral votes. Turning his drive southward after leaving Indianapolis Sunday after- noon Landon scheduled a speech- making stop at Baltimore, Md., Mon- day, before reaching Philadelphja for &@ major address that night. Tuesday might he will speak in Pittsburgh. Then he planned to stop in Trenton, N. J., at noon Wednesday on his way to. New York for the climatic speech “This cam everywhere else is a fighting campaign on the part of Republicans and Inde- pendents and Democrats for good government,” Landon said in a brief statement. Denies, Charge About Schools At Tulsa, Okla., he denounced as “utterly untrue” and “deceitful vill- fication” statements he attributed to ‘an unnamed member of “my oppon- ent’s immediate family” that Kansas children were “deprived of edu- eational governor nor his aides. elaborated ‘on the “immediate family” reference. ‘Wearing: a hat, the candidate asked the indulgence of the crowd—esti- mated by Police Sergeant H. L. Stege at 10,000—because of his cold. “I wear the same size hat as a presi- dential candidate as I did when I came down here as an oil man,” he added. “where's your old hunting hat, Alf,” @ voice shouted, “My wife took it away from me,” Landon rejoined and the laughed. . The candidate denounced “the ma- Asserting “not a single boy or girl ir, Kansas has been deprived of the educational advantages that are right- fully his,” Landon said “the truth is that. the closing of these 458 schools represents a real step forward in the improvement of educational facilities my 5 Landon said the schools closed were tural schools in which only a few FIRST QUARTER Missouri 3; Iowa State 6. Kanms State 13; Kansas 0. Fordham 7; St. Mary’s 6, SECOND QUARTER i Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cress @. COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN T0 OPEN HERE ON TUESDA 60 Men to Cover Business Dis- trict in Bismarck; Goal Set at $13,500 With the opening date of the cam- paign only two days away, organizers of the 1936-37 Bismarck Commun- ity Chest fund drive were completing plans Saturday for the start of the drive ‘Tuesday. The budget set by the chest board for this year’s drive is $13,500, which will be distributed to eleven partici pating agencies—most of them local. Campagn conmimitt have been se- lected and will solfcit contributions from Bismarck people and business- men beginning early Tuesday morn- ing. The advance gifts drive, H. P. Goddard, secretary of the Bismarck essing ily.” Results thus far have been ex- tremely good, with reports yet to be made expected to equal present re- turns. Sine pais Sivided into Loans. te taking ie drive, which hoped will’ bé iinished wien TO'days. The business section of the. city has been divided into districts and the various teams have been alloted: to. certain districts to insure thorough coverage. q Three per cent of one month's salary has been fixed as a low esti- mate of what it would be reasonable to expect the average employed per- son to contribute to the chest, God- dard said. This, of course, would not apply to businesses, corporations or crowd | similar enterprises. Organizations to which the Com- munity Chest contributes are: the “Bismarck District of the Boy Scouts of America; the Bismarck Girl Scouts Council; the Bismarck Juvenile band; The Bismarck Community council; the Americal Red Cross; the Salva- tion Army; the Florence Crittenton home; the North Dakota Children’s home; the St. John’s Orphanage; the North Dakota Huose of Mercy; the Community Christmas; and the cam- paign and emergency fund. Fined for Violating children were enrolled, and the school | ° jated | childre consolid: units with “better facilities for all concerned.” Minot Awarded ’37 Legion Convention Minot, N. D.. Oct, 24.—(#)—Minot | wit will be host to the American Legion reaak ame nai tapes g 1 facet Funeral services will be held in the} we community church at Dawson at 2 p. m., Monday, according to present plans with Rev. E. Hinderer officiat-| Bantry, ing. It is expected that members of Greggerson’s family will be present. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 23, 1883, of parents who had immigrated to this country from Germany, Greg- gerson had lived in North Dakota since childhood his parents having moved to Dawson about 50 years ago. He was married on June 1, 1921, ‘Miss Lydia Walters, at Steele, N. D. Drys Essay Contest Won by Hannah Girl rant for the two men charging them th transporting merchandise to Minnesota without. proper authority from the state board, Eslinger said. Lisbon Youth Captains Minnesota Rifle Team year and took first place in the na- tional R. O. T. ©. championships at Camp Perry, Ohio, during the-sum- e iL : f ue i g ti APART, SAYSE. DR. President Charges Employers With ‘Coercion’ to ‘Frighten’ Workers CAMPAIGN WINDUP MAPPED Plans Final Swing Through Three Eastern States With Big Electoral Vote Washington, Oct. 24.—(#)—After telling businessmen the New Deal alms “to keep politics out of business,” President Roosevelt looked forward Saturday to a restful week-end before entering the home-stretch drive of his race for re-election. The president and other high New Deal officials spoke by radio Friday night to businessmen-for-Roosevelt dinners in several cities. Earller, he outlined his windup campaign sched- ule for the ten remaining days of the campagn. 2 Swinging next week through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware—worth 102 electoral votes in all—he will average more than & speech a day for the rest of the cam- paign. Giving up a tentative plan for a week-end cruise on the Potomac, the president Saturday remained in his White House study to work on the more important of nine speeches he will make next week. ‘White House officials sald the chief executive hoped to have completed before he leaves Washington Tuesday night the formal political addresses he will deliver in Harrisburg, Pa., ‘Thursday, in Brooklyn Friday night, and in Madison Square Garden Sat- urday night. Says Private Enterprise Aided To diners at banquets sponsored Friday night by the [deeb had Good league, the Senet madie irom fe Hose | study, “declaring. the administration had “dragged private enterprise back out of the pit into which it had fallen in 1933.” He also declared that the New Deal, after freeing government from the control of “‘a handful” of monopolistic businessmen, was now “freeing busi- ness also from their domination.” “We are resolved,” he said, “to keep politics out of business. But at the same time, we ask that busines re- frain from coercion in politics.” He added that a few employers had tried to “frighten” workers by “mis- representations,” mentioning the so- cial security act as one measure which had been misrepresented. Warns Against Boom Era As profits return and the values of securities and investments come back, the president said, “we must hold constantly to the resolve never again to become committed to the Philosophy of the boom era, to in- Cividualism run wild.” Speaking on the same hookup, other cabinet officers joined the president Secretary Morgenthau declared bus- Iness is ‘showing its confidence in the future “by laying down money on the Asserting that Simpson Divorce Suit Near End of Docket Ipswich, Eng. Oct, 24.—(?)—Her- alded by two crimson-jacketed trump- etters in the black bearskin busbies the Coldstream reached. In all probability, the captivating former Baltimore debutante will not “miscondt COUNTY 4-H CLUBS Dorothy Wood Named at Clos- ing Session of Achievement Day Here Friday YEAR'S WORK IS REVIEWED Members of Rotary Club Are Hosts to Young Visitors from Rural Areas eae Dorothy Ward, Menoken, was elected president of the Burleigh county 4-H club organization at the close of their annual achievement day celebration here Friday. Other officers elected were: How- ard Wildfang, McKenzie, vice presi- dent; Mabel Pearson, Still, secretary and Marion Holgerson, Wilton, treas- urer, The election was a feature of the ‘annual banquet at which members of the Bismarck Rotary club were hosts to the 4-H boys and girls who have completed their year’s work. F. A. Copelin, Rotary president, presided at the dinner with H, O. Putnam, county agent, as master of ceremonies, The banquet and pro- gram closed a busy day which was marked with the presentation of a free motion picture show by local theaters, cooperating with the Assoc- dation of Commerce, and a style show and clothing review at the City Audi- torium late in the afternoon. Miss Wynenko Responds Response to the address of welcome by Copelin was made by Nellie Wy- nenko, Wilton, retiring president of the clubs, who also presided at the business session. Rev. F. E. Logee of the Presbyterian church gave the invocation. Group singing was led by Henry Duemeland.. Otifer features on the program were demonstration on the selection arid ofsttoes by Nellie and Ann’ WY; nenko; a geed cleaning and treating demonstration by Lee Sundquist and Kenneth Johnson; review of the style show winners and presentation of awards under the direction of Miss Ruth Shepard; the awarding of pins by Putnam; a short talk by Miss Shepard; the report of George Hughes, outgoing secretary, and the report of the nominating committee, An accordion solo by Margaret Bilss, accompanied by George Hughes on the harmonica, was well received. Members of the Burleigh county 4-H committee are Mrs. A. B, John- son, Wilton; Miss Pearle Salter, Men- oken, and Mrs. Henry Larson, Mc- Kenzie. Outgoing officers are Miss Wynenko, president; Reuben Pearson, Wilton, vice. president; George Hughes, Jr., McKenzie, secretary and Lucille Ebel- ing, Menoken treasurer. Explains Value of Work An exposition of the value of 4-H work from the standpoint of the par- ticipant was given by Miss Wynenko in her response to the address of wel- come. Under present conditions, she said, many cannot go to college and some find it difficult to get to high school. The tendency, she said, is to feel that boys and girls denied these advan- tages are being “left in the lurch” but that they need not despair because they can, through 4-H work, learn a great deal and obtain cultural ad- vantages of real personal benefit. For those who cannot attend high school or college, she said, the record shows that participation in 4-H work makes better students of them. (Continued on Page ‘Three) C. F. Skubina, Oliver County Pioneer, Dies Center, N. D, Oct. 4— PC. F. y Friday at his home here. here the }.| a5 all during Two New Envoys at United States Posts Two new envoys to the U. 8. are shown above, leaving the White House after presenting their credentials to President Roosevelt. At the left is Sir Herbert Marler, Canada’s recently appointed min- ister to Washington, who formerly was the Dominion’s minister to Japan. At the right is Fulvio Suvich, named by Italy as its new ambassador to the U. 8. Suvich is a veteran of long service in Italian diplomacy. GIRL SCOUT WEEK WILL HAVE SEVEN SEPARATE. THEMES ational ‘Worker Is Here for Local Observance Which Opens Sunday Observance of seven service days is planned for 1936 Girl Scout week in Bismarck which opens Sunday and continues through Oct. 31, according to plans outlined Saturday by Miss Helen G. Goertz, local director. ‘The visit here of Miss Marie Carl- son of the national office, which be- gan Friday and will be concluded next Tuesday, already has concentrated much attention on scouting activities. Numerous conferences with leaders and council and troop committee members as well as a number of so- cial affairs are scheduled. Leaders Visit Here Bismarck was host Saturday to scout workers from this area, the day’s events including a luncheon in the municipal golf course club house and an afternoon tea in the World War Memorial building, the conference headquarters. Sunday as been set aside as Church day. Subjects for remaining days are Monday, Homemaking; Tues- day, Handicraft; Wednesday, Thrift; ‘Thursday, Hostess; Friday, Citizen- ship, and Saturday, Health. Thursday will be marked by open house at the Girl Scout room for par- ents and friends of the scouts, with tea served by scout hostesses from 4:30 to 5:30 p, m. Will Honor Founder Next Saturday also is the birthday of Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America. Observing this and Health day, there will be an out- door birthday party for Girl Scouts at the cabin on the River road from 2 to 5 p.m. Transportation will be pro- vided for the children. On Sunday, Girl Scouts will attend services at their own churches, Miss Goertz states. Special arrangements have been made by the ministers of all churches so that the scouts may sit together as a group. Rev. Robert A Feehan of St. Mary's procathedral requests that those attending this church go to the 11 o'clock service. Special recognition of the Girl Scouts will be made in all the churches. Those having uniforms are expected to wear them to church Sunday as well the week. Thief River Falls Is Hit by $250,000 Fire POLICE GIVEN ‘HOT’ CLUE IN TWO-YE OLD ASSASSINATION Tommy Gannon to Be Question- ed Concerning Slaying of Gopher Publisher Minneapolis, Oct. 24.—(7)—Peter 8. Neilson, assistant county attorney, Saturday planned to question Tommy Gannon, one-time associate of the late John Dillinger, concerning the unsolved slaying of Howard Guilford, weekly newspaper publisher, two years ago. Neilson said Gannon, serving a term in 8t. Cloud reformatory for robbery, would be questioned on the “tip” of Arthur (Wicky) Hanson, who said the late Walter Liggett told him Gannon had some knowledge about the Guil- ford death. Liggett, like Guilford the publisher of a weekly newspaper, was slain in December, 1935. The case has not been solved, Serving Term in Prison Hanson is serving a term in the state prison for parole violation. Guilford was assassinated the night of September 6, 1934, as he rode home- ward in his automobile. Shotgun slugs fired from another car at close range ended his life. Clues to his slayers were meager. Peter 8. Neilson, assistant county attorney, although parrying all in- quiries as to details of the new in- vestigation, confirmed that he had in- terviewed the convict at the peni- tentlary. Convict Names Slayer It was learned that James Mullen, captain of detectives, also had talked with the convict, who was reported to have given officials the name of the slayer and that he was now held in another city on another charge. Guilford, in his weekly newspaper, had criticized the bootleg traffic in Minneapolis and the convict’s version i attack on Guilford was that he Guilford was the first of two week- ly newspaper publishers slain here. The other was Walter Liggett, shot ‘down in December, 1935, at the rear of his home and whose killing has not been solved. Further N. D. River ted Thief River Falls, Minn, Oct, 24.|by, The Weather Unsettled tonight and Sunday; cooler Sunday, ~ ! PRICE FIVE CENTS ue Europe PORTUGAL CHARGED WITH DEATH OF 40 SPANISH SOCIALISTS Accused Nation Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations With Madrid Government COMMITTEE IS PERPLEXED Italy Reported Pondering With- drawal; Soviet Demands Blockade on Arms Rome, Oct. 24.—(7)—Germany granted full diplomatic and po- Itical recognition to Italian Ethi- opia Saturday to strengthen re- lations between the two European Fascist nations. The action, fol- lowing Italo-German conferences in Rome and Berlin, took the full effect of international law. (By the Associated Press) A dark tempest of grave new charges and ominous words, with blood-spattered Spain at the vortex, engulfed Europe Saturday. There _..as one bright spot in the clouds—Premier Mussolini’s declara- tion, at Bologna, of a “message of peace” to the world—a message which, he said, was possible because Italy cowd pluck an olive branch from her “forest” of eight million bayonets, The world, said Il Duce, should work in peace and find peace in work. These cyclonic developments stood out in relief from the background of Political storm: 1, Spain, its capital cringing be- neath the echoing roar of Fascist bombers, charged authoritarian Port- ugal with the death of 40 Spanish government sailors in a naval battle during which, it charged, a Portu- guese mo! ip painted like a Ger- man vessel sank the motorship Fer- nado Po. 2. Soviet Russia, following up its cryptic announcement it will not be bound by the European “hands off Spain” it any more than any other nation, renewed its demand be- fore. a non-intervention - 3. Portugal suddenly broke off dip- lomatic relations with the Madrid government. 4. With Italy pondering withdrawal from the non-intervention body, which met in full session Fri- day, Premier Benito Mussolini:in ef- fect cred out to Italians at Corri- donia: “Intervention is;the purest ideal of Fascism!” 5. Madrid, in new charges against Germany, declared 15 German sub- marines had entered the Mediterran- ean nine days ago and that, on Oct. 8, 160 German youths reached Seville in an open boat with 13 anti-aircraft guns for insurgent use. 6. Germany, while Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler entertained Count Gal- eazzo Ciano, Il Duce's foreign minis- ter and son-in-law, granted recogni- tion to Italian Ethiopia, won by a war which the league of nations stamped as “aggression.” Soviet Stand Moscow's diplomatic disavowal of any closer neutrality ties than the nations which she accuses of sending arms to Spain—Germany, Italy and Portugal—was explained in two ways: (a) Should the world charge Rus- sia with breaking up the neutrality pact, Russia can reply by citing al- leged previous Fascist violations and wed own “clarification” of her posi- tion. (b) Should the world smile upon Russia's step, she can say she was the only nation frank and honest enough to demand that the “unfairly treated” Madrid government have the right to buy arms. For the time being, Russia remained, therefore, in the non-intervention committee. And on one point she was strictly silent: Whether or not she is going to send arms to Spain. To Probe Authenticity Remaining to be decided by the non-intervention group, which will meet as a full body again next Wed- nesday was the authenticity of Mos- cow's charges against the Fascist states and their counter-charges to the effect that Russia has sent arms Church members from. communities are being invited by the First Presbyterian congregation to