The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1936, Page 1

"TRIBUNE TELEPHONE TRIBUNE . PRICE FIVE CENTS BISMARCK, N. D. SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1878 Given Three More Days to Release Kai-Shek THE CAPITOL’S CHRISTMAS TREE Chang ENTENGIN AGENT X SOONG IS READY 10 LEAVE NANKING FOR JOURNEY 10 SIANFU Chinese Believe That Crisis Will Be Settled Without Bloodshed POLITICAL HISTORIAN SLAIN Crack Troops Ready to Attack] Marshal's Stronghold After Armistice (By the Associated Press) Nanking, Dec. 19—()}—The Chinese government gave Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang more days of grace Saturday to end his rebel- lion, leading to the belief settlement of the crisis and return of General- uane. Chiang Kai-shek was immi- nent The time extension came just as the previous “final ultimatum” to Marshal Chang demanding the gen- eralissimo’s immediate return ex- pired. Dr. T. V. Soong, brother-in-law of the imprisoned Chiang, was under- stood to be ready to leave Nanking for Sianfu, where Marshal Chang has held the generalissimo prisoner since the mutiny of his troops a week ago, 3 Had Set Deadline Although the national government had set a deadline of 6 p. m,, (4 a, m. C8T), for the release of their chieftain, an authoritative spokes- man had expressed open skepticism that Chiang would be released at that time. ‘The additional days of grace, it was believed, were given Chang to r laminae already to) ave been tentatively agreed on. ann Loyalists Circling Sianfa Despite’ the seemingly well-ground- ed hope of an immediate end to the revolt crack divisions. of the Loyalist army tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of Siantu. . iy pire without the. generalissimo’s ré-/. turn; they were under orders to DOCTOR STRANGLED A Hisit From St. Nicholas By Clement Clarke Moore ings; turned’ with a jerk, ; (Continued in Next |Iesue) ” Onty 4 MoRE SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS i . Faith in a Vision (An Editorial) Six thousand people are working today on the Grand Coulee dam in the Columbia river, the largest construc- tion job ever tackled by man. It will take 50 years to complete the work which is planned there but when it is done a million acres, now dusty, will bloom like the proverbial rose. Fields of ver- dant pasture, grain and orchards will succeed the sage- brush and rattlesnakes which now dominate that scene. Why is this being done and how was it started? In-that answer lies much of interest 'to Bismarck and the Missouri river valley, for it teaches us not to scorn the imagination of ordinary men nor to scoff at small begin- nings. For Grand Coulee dam was born from a dust storm. It first came into being in the mind of an attorney who was annoyed by the dust. Its public sponsor through the years has been Rufus Woods, publisher of the Wenatchee Daily World. “Rufus, why doesn’t some one build us a dam?” in- quired the attorney as the two looked toward the second most powerful river in the world, And that remark began a discussion of what could be done. Nearly everyone has helped build such dream castles. The next day there appeared in the Wenatchee World an article.in which this dream was put on paper in the words of Publisher Wood. It described a dam sitting be- tween the granite hills of the Columbia river gorge which would back up water for miles. “It will generate power and the power will pay the bill,” said Publisher Wood. Part of the citizenry thought Publisher Wood had be- come “touched in the head.” Others thought it a good idea and collected dimes and dollars to campaign for it. Books on water power generation, irrigation and construction engineering were in great demand. “Any eight-year-old boy around here could tell you how far a cubic foot of water has to fall to generate a given unit of power,” says Pub- lisher Wood. That was in 1918 and many of those boys now are working on the dam, The community kept the vision alive. It worked for it'and fought for it. Finally {t sold the idea ,to the government and the dam now is rising in the river. ma: * Phe? Missourt river ‘valley needy no ‘dint; but tt doés héed-the same faith in.a vision, the same confidence in ulti- mate: victory, the same unswerving loyalty that. brought Grand Coulee into being. ; A ‘ For nothing is made of material things alone. The most important ingredients in any great project are found in the minds and hearts of men, in their dedication of the spirit to a constructive cause. + It is with that spirit’ of dedication to a greater and more prosperous North Dakota and a fully-developed Mis- souri valley that The Tribune welcomes the farmers meet- ing in the irrigation\conference here today. ‘Landon Will Pay Call On President Monday Washington, Dec. 19.—(#)—Gov. Alf. ‘M Landon of Kansas, Republican |presidential candidate in the recent White House Monday morning. Lan- don will make a brief call on Presi- TO DEATH BY Ui CORD IN HIS SLEEP cA “sao, UTERAN RED RIVER : spp 54, prominent physician and former |Henry W. Alsop, 87, Succumb major in the U. 8. army medical corps.| in Fargo; Had Colorful Sheriff W. C. Nolce, discovered Dr. : Reedy dead in his bed entangled in an Career Lisbon, N. D., Dec. 19.—()—Acci- by a light cord, tet. 5 evidence the doctoriw. Aslop, 87, steamboat king of ‘the wood tealize his plight, but seat atts Red river in the days of its glory, Long Lost Boy Found | Dead in Barred Close removed i GERMANY IS FACING GRAVEST SHORTAGE OF FOODS IN YEARS Both Money and Edibles Are Depleted With No Solution at Hand BUTTER AND LARD RATIONED Nazi Economists Contend That Crisis Is Not Due to Re- armaments Berlin, Dec. 19.—(#)—Germany stood face to face Saturday with one of its gravest food shortages in years, The nation has come so close to depleting its resources, both of money and of food, officials have expressed fear they would be able to find no adequate solution for a crisis they expect by April. A chain of adverse financial cir> cumstances, experts pointed out, has: created a vicious circle in which pros- pective plans for averting the is would plunge the Reich into acute problems. The stringencies imposed on Gér> man households in preserving dwind- ling food supplies were disclosed Fri- day by the issuance of ration cards for butter and lard. Fats Are Prorated i Under new orders allowances of fats will be prorated Umited to 80 per cent of Oetober con- sumption each month, starting Jan. 1. Agricultural estimates agreed Ger- many must increase wheat importa- tions after having reduced them in 1935 to 160,000 tons as compared with 605,000 tons the year before. By April, according to estimates considered reliable, the Reich’s wheat reserves of economics, food purchases would drain Germany's last gold rey serves, f Feelers have been put out eof Britain. Blames Rearmament Anthony Eden, British foreign sec- retary, replied that help would be far easier to provide were there not proof Germany’s economic quandary arose from the nation’s vast rearma- ment program. - In response, German economists contend the whole recovery program of the Nazi regime is so dependent on war ministry contracts disaster would follow sudden suspension of rearm- ing. }_ As one escape from the vicious cir- cle, Finance Minister Hjalmar Schacht and Joachim von Ribbentrop, ambas- sador to London, have preached the gospel of colonies. Whatever merits are contained in the proposition Germany's war-lost possessions be returned, authorities declared, it would take some time to realize the benefits Schacht claims. FIRE VICTIMS WILL HAVE PUBLIC RITES Mrs. Hoff, Heroine of Under- wood Tragedy, Children to Be Buried Sunday Publig funeral services will be held Sunday in the Underwood city hall for GRY FOR AID FROM IDAHO WILDERNESS ; MAY LEAD TO SHIP Two Northwest Airlines Pilots May Still Be Alive. in Fastness NEVADA IS SCENE OF HUNT Craft With 9 Persons Aboard Reported Seen in Kavich Mountains oo ee (By the Associated Press) A cry of “help” from an Idaho | Wilderness led snow-battling search- ‘ers to hope Saturday for the safety of two pilots in a missing Northwest Airlines plane but seven cons of another vanished air were feared to have perished. Sheriff's officers hurried into snow- drifted wilds of Kootena! county in |northern Idaho where a man reported hearing the distress cry. Searchers Faint radio messages—the indis- tinct sound of a man’s weak voice— were picked up ‘time and time again Saturday by searchers for a Western Air express plane lost since Tuesday with seven persons. ‘The recurring calls, apparently di- rected at both St. George, Utah, and Salt Lake City, were described as “between the frequencies of both United Airlines and Western Air Ex- press equipment.” The plane bore Mr. and Mrs. John topher of Dwight, Ill, the passengers; and Pilot 8. J. Samson, Co-pilot Wil- “ee and Stewardess Gladys A score of eastern Nevadans Insist y saw lights dn.the mounteins that A possible clue.in the search for the Northwest: Afrlines all-metal, low wing transport was provited ‘by a Bayview, Idaho, storekeeper. He said @ man told him of hearing a cry of “help” Friday but, unaware a plane was missing in the region, the man did not leave the trail because his wife and children were with him. Another report to Nick Mamer, Northwest Airlines pilot, by two resi- dents led to fears that Maid and Liv- ermore crashed on fog-shrouded Mica peak, near the Idaho-Washington line, More thari 20 planes and upwards of 1,000 men and boys were directed out of Utah's capital in a widespread search for the 10-passenger Western Air Express plane. Masonic Blue Lodge Will Seat New Staff Bismarck’s Masonic Blue Lodge No. 5 will hold installation ceremonies for 1987 officers at 7:30 p. m., Mon- day in the Masonic temple. Elective officers to be seated in- clude Lorenzo H. Belk, succeeding Leslie A. French as master, Henry G. Groves as senior warden and T. W. Sette as junior warden. Appoin- tive officers will be announced by the take office. Mrs, Fred Hoff and her three children | tion cemetery beside the husband and father. ll at g i 3 ; id git rr i it il a H E 5 B F i Hj rf i & Q fe g i if ‘ i ¥E i i P i i FE. i? By arrangin; E. M, Nelson, g room lighting on the various floors of the state cap! tendent, has achieved tree effect at night. The Christmas tree photographed by C.:W. McDonnell, state railroad commission‘ makes a hobby of photography. (Associated Preas Service.) MRS. L. A. TAVIS, 08, CLAIMED BY HEART AILMENT ATT HOME Wife of Pioneer Morton County Mérchant to Be Buried at Mandan Monday Mrs. Wilhemina Anna Tavis, 58, Ullin and Mandan merchant and a resident of Bismarck since 1928, died 10:45 p. m., Friday in the Tavis , $16 idak ee mAh ting upon her physician's orders, Tavis went to bed nine weeks to take a “rest cure” for high pressure. Later she suffered severe heart attack and passed way quietly Friday night with mem- bers of the immediate family at the beside. Puneral services will be held at 9:30 a. m., Monday in St. Mary’s pro- cathedral with Rev. Robert Feehan Mrs. Tavis was active in church! at Bt, Joseph's in Mandan| in the len. engaged Sots Hee et Ullin, on. Extension of Freight Surcharges Is Denied Washington, Dec, 19.—(7)—The in-| terstate commerce commission Sat- urday refused the petition of: class one railroads to extend beyond Dec. 31 emergency surcharges' which expire on that date. FOG FORCES REBEL BATTERIES T0 STOP SHELLING MADRID Cruiser Fired on American Gun- boat Before It Recog- nized Ship Madrid, Dec. 19.—()—Morning fog’ ELECTED CHAIRMAN Persons From as Far West a& McKenzie County at Tribe une Meeting FARM EXPERIENCES TOLD A. 0. Johnson Limns Aim as Means of Getting Water to Dry Land f i i : i it sh i Hit Hl DANGE, MUSICAL PLANS COMPLETED ‘Battle of Music’ and Massed Concert to Benefit Open Your Heart Drive