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

RIBUNE TELEPHONE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE’ ESTABLISHED 1878 Fear Kidnaper May Slay North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29,\1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS 27 Counted Dead in Four Western Plane Accidents 12 BODES REMOVED (Hitler Stalls While _ |VATICANPREPARED Palos Is Released FROM WRECKAGE OF UNITED TRANSPORT jie carn — One of Victims in Latest Aieways Mishap SEVEN STILL ARE MISSING California Crash Believed Due to Radio Failure During Storm Twenty-seven persons Tuesday were counted as dead or missing during December in four western airplane accidents as workers continued the task of removing 12 bodies from the wreckage of a United Airlines trans- port near Saugus, Calif. fiix were killed Dec. 23 in a Bran- iff Airways crash at Dallas, Tex., and the pilot and co-pilot of a Northwest Airlines transport were kided when forced down in North- ern Ienho. Their bodies were brought to Calder, Idaho, Monday. Seven still are missing slong with Western Air Express transport which Gisappeared Dec. 15 en route from 10s Angeles to Salt Lake City. Lit- tle hope is entertained for them. Wreckage Strung Out The wreckage of the United Air- lines transport was sighted from the air Monday in Rocky Rice canyon and later was reached by ground crews who found the wreckage strewn around for 1,000 yards. Among, the dead was Robert Mc- Lean, co-pilot and one-time Bismarck man, whose brother also was killed ir an airplane accident a number of years ago while fiying with the army air corps, Others killed in the crash were: Calif. Mr. and Mrs, Edward E. Ford, geles. . Alex Novak, El Centro, Calif. Hi, P. Hare, San Francise. Miss Evelyn Valance, Los An- geles. Stewardess Yvonne Tergo, Ala- meda, Calif. A. L. Markwell, Los Angeles. Department of commerce officials studied the ship's smashed instru- ments for @ clue as to the cause of the disaster but they gave little in- formation. The general assumption was that the pilots got lost in a storm Sunday night when their radio failed and they crashed while trying to find the emergency landing field at Sau- us, i 7 Minutes From Safety The crash occurred scarcely 25 miles from the heart of Los Angeles. Observers said that had Pilot Edwin Blom cleared the ridge on which his airplane shattered he could have glided safely into Union airport, - seven minutes flying time away. Death apparently came instantly for the 12 persons. The pilot's body was half out of the crumpled control cabin. The bodies of the stewardess and a ger were found standing in the transport’s wash oom, eit [i if 3F E 5 i i i i i i i 5 # z i g i pulbee, Deo. 20,-U8)-—Te Jour- nal company, her of the Mil- waukee distributed Tuesday age i ‘i t ie San Bernardino, Calif., Dec. 29. —(?)—Six-year-old Edna Maxine Jones can talk—but only in her sleep. Then all she is able to say is: “I don't feel well.” ‘The little girl's strange case has defied diagnosis of specialists. Edna was afflicted last August with violent convulsions which tobbed her of her voluntary voice and paralysed her left side. Edna can cry and laugh with Normal sounds. Some physicians who have examined her believe there may. be a psychological twist which keeps her from being able to speak. She can make a noise with her vocal cords, but cannot speak. Her mother, Mrs, Edna Jones, is working as a waitress to help pay the doctor bills, MRS, OTTO HOLTA WINS FIRST PRIZE Capitol Superintendent Repeats Victory for Individual Workmanship ‘Winners of the Home Christmas Lighting contest, sponsored by the were announced Tuesday by J. F, Stekier, of the com- mittee in charge. First prize of $10 in cash went to Mrs. Otto Holta for the decoration of their residence at 504 Broadway Ave. W. The three judges were un- animous in their selection, basing their decision on originality, sim- plicity and beauty. Other winners included: second, $6, Peter Klein, 815 Tenth St.; third, $4, Mrs. E. A. Lund, 216 Fourteenth &t., and fourth, $250, Mrs. A. V. Sorenson, 615 Fifth St. Again this year the special award fer individual workmanship was presented to Ed M. Nelson, capitol | superintendent, for the lighting of the state building, which included a Christmas tree nine stories in height, topped by a big star and the artistic decoration of the main entrance. Judging was done Monday eve- ning. Over 20 entries had been re- ceived for the contest but several of these failed to keep their lights burn- ing Monday night and were not con- sidered in the competition because of: every night from 7 to 10 p. m., be- tween Christmas and New Year's, Judges were R. W. Lumry, E. B. Klein and Russel Reid. KNEESHAW THROWS Pembina dudge Orders Directed _ Verdict in Favor of Gover- nor-Elect Langer a2 gis &8 F a 4 2 fs IN LIGHTING EVENT OUT BUCKLEY CASE|* Part of Cargo Despite Reich Threat (By the Associated Press) Adolf Hitler was described Tuesday by diplomatic circles as playing for time in the Spanish crisis, determined to give insurgent Fascists another chance to capture Madrid before he Europe to withdraw aid. Promises Hitler’s main play was said now to be for time in which to consult with Premier Mussolini of Italy before he decides to halt volunteer aid Franco or grant Franco's request for more men. tions.” senger. Ate Pace noe dae pte Monday night to have begun to despair on of y Tuesday and demanded unconditional of recovery, prelates felt he had lost release of the Palos and her cargo. Negotiations were begun at once by |Coughty fight. the Basque authorities who, although holding an autonomous status, are|described the pontiff as “in a very staunch supporters of the Socialist |serious condition.” government of Spain. The Basques declined to describe that part of the cargo which they re- fused to release, but said {t wns} possibility of his living for some days Previously, the Basque gov- jor even months. cargo as of 1500 tons, and including field tele- | v; Junior Association of Commerce,; phones. “small.” ernment had described the racy.” WILL HOLD CHURCH After Mass in Procathedral Minn., Funeral services for J. P. Spies, president of the Bismarck Dairy com- pany and the Missouri Slope Distrib- uting company, who died early Salad m. Wed- procathe: Rev. Robert A. Feehan, pastor, will |, Go to Ru: day, will be conducted at 9 nesday in St. Mary's officiate at the requiem mass. The active and honorary pall: bearers are to assemble at the Calnan the regulation that lights must be Ut| runeral oe where the body is lying | Mc in state Tuesday and until 8.30 a, m.| Tuesday to “prosecute vigorously” for ‘Wednesday, promptly at 8:45 a. m. which time the cortege will le the procathedral. Lions club members will attend the rites at the church in a body, accord- g g: g a Fi i blll iil ipl Gill; | el = i il ag i Fr | i cy aE i i f i ques Refuse to Surrender The Basque radio station at Bilbao pacred eat kno Sarpeed gr pep atin day, are prepared for the death of traband war prize, a short time after |Pope Plus XI at any moment. the 6000-ton German cruiser Koe- plenes had steamed into the har- The roa) however, said the Palos was rele der “ \- _ The Basg tere tel ine ports which for the last three days the little ship last, Thursday and an-|have indicated continued spread of nounced she was carrying war mi terial to the: Fascists in Spain, re- fused to surrender part of the cargo and an unidentified Spanish pas- Contradicting the Basques, the/of state will celebrate a, special New Germans contended .the Palos had/Year'’s eve mass theré for members of carried no war materials however, and that seizure was an “act of pi- FUNERAL FOR SPIES Body Will Be Taken to Albany, ave for |cate the overthrow of the government : to the Mortbern eee depot lor shipment to Albany, ., Where arrive at 10 p. m. Wednesday. | cial house committee on un-American service will be held in the hurch of Albany at 10 a.m. 5 Fs i és id it H SB af i i i FE | t r if | DoweRANCSTATE [8 Teams Will Fight FOR DEATH OF POPE | CHAIRMAN FOR SD, |-x~. PIS AT ANY TE! SUGCHEDSWoRBaGK) FOF NV. D. Cage Title Herbert Hitchcock of Mitchell Appointed U. S. Senator by Tom Berry POST IS GOOD UNTIL 1938 12 Class A Schools Grouped Into Districts With Play- offs Provided Stagnation of His Circulatory System Continues Its Slow Spreading HIS DESPAIR IS NO HELP SECRET-KEEPER { PA ee Fargo, N. D., Dec. 29.—(7}—A plan by which North Dakota's state high school Class A basketball tournament will be an eight-team affair next 5 Possibility of His Lingering for NereD Lawyer's Elevation eee Met iariicten tor ot Days or Even Months Gives Democrats 76 Seats the state high school league Monday in Washington night at its meeting here. The board Still Exists continued its meeting ‘1uesduy. Grouping of the 12 schools, recog- nized as Class A institutions because of enrollment figures, into districts ‘was completed by the board. In one district the board placed Williston, Minot and Devils Lake; in another Dickinson, Mandan and Bismarck; Wahpeton, Valley City and James- town in another, and Fargo, Grand Forks and Walsh County Agricultural School of Park River in another. Eight Teams to Be Drawn Tuesday in the presence of the board, Supt. George Meyers of Page will draw the names of two schools! - in each group and these eight schools will earn the right to go to the state Class A tournament, unless they are challenged for the right by any one of the four remaining schools, Any of the four remaining schools, to Pierre, 8. D., Dec. 29.—(P}—Gov. Tom Berry Tuesday appointed Her- bert Hitchcock of Mitchell, Democra- tic state chairman, U. 8. senator to succeed Peter Norbeck (Rep.-8. D.) who died at his home in Redfield Dec. 20. Hitchcock will enter the senate when it convenes Jan. 5, the same day Leslie Jensen, Republican, who defeated Governor Berry in last Nov- ember’s election takes office. The senate appointment is good until the 1938 general election. Hitchcock, 68 years old, ts a life- long Democrat who has centered his efforts on promotion of his party rather than in quest of public office. He was born in Maquoketa, Ia., Aug. na 1876. He attended high school at amosa, Is, business college Sti whose names are not drawn, may Davenport, Ia. and took @ law course chatienge one of the other eight, L. at the College of Law in Chicago Hitchcock came to Mitchell in 1894] Ao Mieco SeeretaTY oF the aNd was admitted to the South Da- kota bar on examination in 1696. He| _Chsllenging will be done Jan. 30 practiced law for 40 years at Mitchell. with the provision a team may not In his home town Hitchcock was| °° challenged more than once. president of the school board 10 Limit to Challenges years and state's attorney four years. Class B teams also may challenge He served as state senator in 1909,| Class A teams this year, the same as last year, but the challenging Class 1911, and 1929 but never sought any other state of national elective office.| 8 school will be limited to three Class Kartal A schools nearest the Class B team. (By the Associated Press) Vatican City, Dec. 29.—Best inform- ed Vatican circles, it was learned Tues- This feeling was reported to be based as much on the 79-year-old holy father's final realization of his own critical condition as on medical re- the circulatory stagnation which has confined him to a bed of pain for al- most four weeks. When the Pope was reliably said Washington, Dec. 29.—()—Wil- liam H. Moran kept Tuesday the secrets of 50 years of catching counterfeiters and protecting presidents as he prepared to re- tire as chief of the secret service. The grizzled, 72-year-old detec- tive will leave his post on Jan. 1, PREAKISH WEATHE HITS PEAK IN ND, CALIFORNIA LASHED Rain, Snow, Frigid Belts Scat- tered Over State; Willis- ton Records -22 one of the most valuable aids in his Personages who visited the Vatican They left with the impression the holy father might die at any time, al- though they emphasized there was a Orders issued Tuesday showed the ican would forgo most of its New Year ceremony. The papal secretary the diplomatic corps. At the same time, however, these instructions indicated hope for the Pope’s recovery had not been aban- doned. Medical bulletins concerning his health were still prohibited at the holy father’s request. The Pope had been previously reported to have issued or- ders against them because he felt there was nothing to worry about in his ANTESEDITION BIL AGAIN IS PREPARED Aimed at Communists, Author Says ‘Red’ Admirers Should Freakish weather, which reached into scattered corners of the nation Tuesday, hit one peak of inconsist- Madrid Commander Charges That 20,000 Germans Are | Fighting for Franco Madrid, Dec. 29.—(?)}—Fierce in- surgent counter attacks failed Tues- day to drive government forces from recaptured territory behind the Fas- cist siege lines, . The Fascists brought up reserve 1a armaments and hammered at the Madrid battlements for hours with roaring artillery and machine gyn fire so intense it was heard clearly in the center of the city, miles away Gen. Jose Miaja, commander of tke Madrid defense, charged 20,000 Germans were now in the insurgent ranks of Gen. Francisco Franco. Plans were disclosed to move the British embassy to Valencia Thurs- day or Friday after George Ogilvie- Forbes, British charge d’affairs, an- nounced he had been ordered to leave the siege zone. About 220 British citizens still in Madrid were expected to leave with the embassy staff. Budlong Now Patent Attorney for Firm Once a newsboy of the Bismarck Tribune, Lester G, Budlong of New York has been named a patent at- torney for the U. 8. Rubber company with headquarters in New York. A former student at the University Out in California, snow in Death; Valley and hail in Hollywood cli- maxed the weather man’s crazy antics before a week-end storm began clear- ing Tuesday. Mercury Drops 24 Degrees The temperature at Williston dropped from 2 above to 22 below overnight. Minot also had a below- zero reading but the rest of the re- porting weather bureau points had I. E. Bratcher, 40, farmer living 15] less frigid weather. The highest for miles south of Mott, was being treat-| the period was Fargo with 28 above. ed at a local hospitel Tuesday for aj Snow flurries in Bismarck had pro- badly crushed hand, received when|duced .02 of an inch of precipitation |, ® pump, which was being holsted into] at 1 p. m., with the prospect that place by a machine, broke loose from|there would be only a little more. its supports and fell, pinning hisj©. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist, hand underneath. forecast “colder tonight; rising tem- Although the hand was badly|Perature Wednesday.” mangled by the weight of the pump! “Williston’s cold wave will move ‘and several bones were broken, his /¢@Stward across the state today,” Rob- phys! erts said, “and Minot, Devils Lake not. sean felt SF Nanponie. read and Grand Forks may look for lower be~necessary ” The condition of other accident | temperatures tonight. victims in the two local hospitals| Valley City was without communi- reporte general! tory |Cation with the outside world fqr sev- ase pias yseaselac eral hours Tuesday morning when the fractured ribs both re- Wh! telephone ines were down due to the ice and sleet which had broken cane aot aubompbie saashup 06 the wires. The connections were re- Aye resade® ing were stili Stored later in the day, however. extremely painful, Mr. and Mrs. Gil-| wutiston and Minot reported. the bert Cass of Mandan were said to be Hy greatest precipitation for the 24-hour nicely. periodipreceding 8 a. m. with 14-inch and .12-inch, respectively. Automobile traffic on highways was Appointment of Hitchcock runs the tic membership in the senate| Class A teams, White said, must chal- lenge before Jan. 223-and have the tory. The lineup is Democrats 76, Re-| lenge before Feb. gt sro. _ The board received 7 athletic acet- gressive 1, Ind . ond epennent 1. new high since the North Dakota board established such a fund. Fifty- LOYALISTS REPULSE schools playing 11-man football and 21 from teams playing the six-man 0 ency in North Dakota where rain, Sone Se aiientoscauites pe snow and frigid belts brought in- traffic, Cede ne ren, vice) A light rain fell in Fargo during ries swept through the Bismarck, are petaa Devils Lake and Minot areas and| from the shock of having the mer- cury suddenly plunge to 22 degrees recorded in the state this winter. Mott Farmer in Hospital After Falling Pump Crushes tore ihe highest party total in his- privilege of wilhébaring their chal- velo 1 Sed inticetieen i? i| dent benefit fund claims thls year, a three claims were received from INSURGENT ATTACKS |“ B,C. B. Tighe of Fargo, president; | creasing hazards to motor and sir Grafton, and Leo H. Dominick of the morning hours while snow flur- Williston residents were recovering below zero, the coldest temperature RECOVERING NICELY Hand Underneath Dec. 29.—(#)—Rep. Washington, icCormac! Mass.), decided k (Dem., legislation making it a crime to advo- by force or violence. “It is aimed,” he said, “at nobody but the Communist.” McCormack’s anti-sedition bill stirred up debate in the last congress over freedom of speech and of press. It grew out of investigations by a spe- activities, which he headed. « Asserting he would reintroduce the bill, McCormack added: “No American can oppose a bill of this character. It has always been emazing to me that those who advo- cate the overthrow of our government by force and violence have opportun- ity to go to Russia and live there, but none of them wants to do 50.” ik contended the free press and speech provisions of the constitution do not sanction advocacy of upsetting the government. Borah Has Chance to Break Senate Record Washington, Dec. 29.—(#)—Senator Borah (Rep., Idaho), who begins his sixth successive term next week, may break the senate’s record for contin- uous service. He equalled one mark by his re-election, becoming the sec- ond senator in history to be chosen Peter Wingerter and Anton Kron- berger, both of rated cee were reported by hospital attendants as! hazardous In some sections of the “much improved.” Kronberger has &/ state where motors were forced to crushed vertebra but apparently 18|creep along ice-glazed stretches. ding satisfactorily to the doc-| Poor visibility hampered air traffic. Planes of the Hanford Airlines on which Bismarck is the northern ter- minus were held up south of here because of poor flying conditions and Cloudy to partly cloudy to- night and Wednesday; colder tonight; rising temperature Wednesday. t The Weather — Boy CHARGE OF SEARCH FOR TACOMA YOUTH All Apparent Activity in Hunt for Abductor Halted on Orders NO EXPLANATION OFFERED Wealthy Physician Denies He Has Made Contact With Son's Captor Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 29.—()—De- partment of justice agents, taking full charge of the wide search for 10-year= old Charles Mattson and his bearded gunman kidnaper, brought all appare ent activity to a halt Tuesday. They directed Dr. W. W. Mattson, wealthy physician, whose son was snatched from his home Sunday night for $28,000 ransom, to make no effort 2 contact the kidnaper until told to 10 50, They halted a foot-by-foot search of police in a nearby ravine, proteste ing the kidnaper might kill his tive if he had the boy hidden there and heard his pursuers approaching. City policemen guarding the Matte son mansion were withdrawn. Most of the prowler cars, foot police and private boats which had been searching the Tacoma area for signs of the kidnaper also ceased activities. Offer No Explanation The justice agents, under C. ©. Sears of Portland, with customary usual taciturnity, offered no explana- is of the sudden cessation of activie ies. Dr. Mattson told newspapermen: “Z haven’t made any contacts, are just as they were when the man left. There is an absolute stalemate. I just feel helpless.” Dr. Mattson granted an interview after returning from an une; night automobile trip. He left and returned alone, while other members of the fantily remained in the home, He said he had not inserted any advertisements in Seattle newspapers. A Tacoma police official. disclosed such an advertisement was ordered by the kidnaper in the ransom note he left as he fled from the Mattson living room with Charles in his arms, The notice in the want ad columns, was to lead the negotiations for pay- ment of the demanded ransom, the official said. Stranger Asked Directions At Portland, Ore, Dan Harrison, 87, told police » man about 28 years old, dressed in overalls, a blue blaser and a dark cap, ordered him away from a tan sedan as a small boy slept on the back seat. The man asked him directions to the Columbia River highway, Harrison said, and then or- dered him to “beat it.” William Mattson, 16-year-old brother of the missing Charles, open- ed the front door from time to time to look at the crowd of newspaper- men and curious onlookers on the street. First clues faded rapidly. Capt. Harry Snider of the W: ton state patrol cancelled without exe planation a “pickup” order issued Monday for a 1935 sedan whose driv- er was assertedly wanted for question- ing. He said simply the order was issued “by mistake.” Another Report Unverified Reports a second automobile, stol- en half an hc ur before the abduction, might also have been used by the ‘kidnaper, were not verified. In Seattle, Irvin York, hamburger stand attendant, told officers » man answering the description of the Matt- son kidnaper “to a T” entered the stand Monday morning, gulped a cup of coffee nervously as he read ac- counts of the kidneping and hurried out when other customers entered. Police took fingerprints from the cof- fee cup and saucer. ~ At Washington, D. C., J. Edgar Hoover pledged the “full cooperation” of the department of jusitce in solv- ing the Tacoma disappearance. Convict Freed on His Pledge to Find Loot Helena, Mont., Dec. 29.—()—On the promise to help authorities find a cache that holds $1,700, his share of a bank robbery loot, David 23, Tuesday had been freed Deer Lodge penitentiary. one of three men arrested tenced to prison for the $3. bery of the First Ni Nashua, Nov. 6, 1930. Harry Clark Says: wits Kae sen, viens, 1G mane ae tn Pn et