The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1937, Page 8

GENERAL MOTORS INCREASES WAGES Boosts of 5 Cents Per Hour to Apply in All Plants of Corporation Detroit, Feb. 11.—(?)—General Mo- tors corporation announced wage in- creases of 5 cents an hour in all plants. effective Feb. 15, Thursday, and a statement said the increase ‘would aggregate $25,000,000 a year. An announcement made by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president, said the in- creases would be effective Feb. 15 in Plants now operating and in others when they resume operations. ‘The statement in full follows: “In view of the corporation's ex- pressed policy of maintaining at all times the highest justifiable wage acale and in harmony with other in- ‘greases that have just been made in ‘the automotive industry, it will again ‘increase wages 5 cents per hour in ell ‘plants in the U. 8. now in operation, as of Feb. 15, 1937, and in all plants not now in operation, at such time as they may be reopened? Detailed an- nouncement will be made on an indi- ‘Midual plant basis. “It will be recalled that on Nov. 9 last an increase was also granted— the total increase in wages to be dis- bursed on a normal yearly basis as a result of the proposed new increases now being put into effect will be 25,- 000,000 dollars—November and Feb- Tuary increases together on the same basis will amount to approximately =. 55,000,000 dollars — the corporation’s average wage rate giving weight to the above increase will be approxi- mately 25 per cent in excess of the highest prevailing in the pre-depres- sion period.” Teacher’s Molester Is Adjudged Insane Orville Hanson, 23, farm laborer, ‘accused of making improper advances to a rural school teacher, was order- ‘ed committed to the state hospital for the insane at Jamestown following a -thearing before the Burleigh county aw board late Wednesday after- eld in custody without charge * girice he was arrested by Sheriff Fred Anstrom last Saturday, Hanson will be taken to Jamestown probably Fri- day, He was apprehended at Wilton, where he went to have a wound in his leg dressed, after a complaint had *:.been registered against him by the teacher. +i. Details of the altercation, which ‘occurred in a Burleigh county school- hhouse last week, came to light at the _ hearing Wednesday. Hanson admitted forcing his attentions upon the teach- , @r, He was shot in the leg as he made “an attempt to grab a .22 calibre rifle |, trom the hands of Frank Murray, who ‘ “ responded to the teacher's plea for help. Charge Wife Aided in Attack on Young Girl Gadsden, Ala,, Feb. 11—(#)—Trial of a married ‘woman, 20, on an indi ment charging she criminally attack- ‘ed a 17-year-old girl was postponed ‘Thursday, after a jury convicted her - Busband, Luther Cochran, textile =worker, on a similar accusation. ‘The indictment against the wife ears “mn Cochran ... forcibly . . +. & woman, contrary to law. Solicitor M. G. Siviey said “so far T know this is the first woman in ft indicted for such an ably the first in- Ameri ‘Minneapolis, Feb. 11—(P)—William 24, manager of the 1933 foot- team at the University of Minne- , Thursday was given an inde- sentence of one to 15 years Here is one of the tense moments of a huge Los Angeles-San Franc! raising of the wreckage of the 21-to! of the pilot, co-pilot and steward THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, _ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1937 Up From Bay’s Bottom Comes Wrecked Plane in connection with the tragic crash ‘isco airliner in San Francisco bay, n craft from 20 feet of water. Bodies less were inside; the bodies of the eight passengers were missing through the torn-off top fuselage and the open door. Note the right wing is crumpled, the right engine torn away and the right landing wheel tors investigated as a huge derrick gone, a clue aeronautical investiga- - was raising the wreckage to a barge. King Winter Loosens Stranglehold on N. D. Longest Cold Spell—44 Con- secutive Days of Below Zero Weather—Is Broken Bismarck and North Dakota breath- ed a sigh of relief Thursday—freed from the current, winter’s longest cold seige after 44 consecutive days of zero or below weather—and looked hope- fully to the official weather bureau forecast of “not much change in tem- perature.” Temperatures which climbed from one below to 29 degrees above zero Wednesday had come within one point of the previous day’s maximum at 1 p. m.,, Thursday and were expect- ed to climb above the freezing point before sundown. For the first time in eight days, residents of Center, inland Oliver county seat which has been snow- bound since the last week's heavy snowstorm, were able to leave that community and receive food ship- ments tonight. Two highway department snow plows battled drifts to open a road to the town of only a few hundred per- sons where several cases of influenza were reported, Following the plows back to Mandan were several automo- biles carrying patients needing medi- cal attention. While there was little danger of a food shortage while the highways were blockaded, the supply of potatoes ran out several days ago and other foodstuff stocks in stores were very low. United States highways and other main traveled roads were opened as passenger buses returned to near nor- mal schedules but many state high- Ways are still blocked, Nearly a score of small\towns in northeastern South Dakota have been isolated for nearly a week and high- way and railway crews attempting to cut channels for traffic through the deep drifts were further impeded by a new blizzard. Food supplies were reported low in some of the towns, most of which are on the Minneapolis and St. Louis rail- road, blockaded for more'than a week. Flour, yeast, butter and milk were reported exhausted in several north- ern towns, walled in by high drifts which neither train nor truck has been able to penetrate the severe storm of Feb. 3. Irrigation Chief to Confer With Solons W. W. McLaughlin, chief of the ir- rigation division of the bureau of agricultural engineering, a branch of the department of agriculture, arrived in Bismarck Thursday noon from Berkeley, Calif., to confer with mem- bers of the legislature and others in- terested in irrigation. F. P. Whitney, Dickinson, presi- cent of the North Dakota Reclamation association, and others ‘Thursday planned to ask for a joint session of the house and senate irrigation com- maittees to consider legislation provid- ing for a state water board which re- cently was introduced. One bill was offered by Senators J. K, Brostuen, McKenzie county, and J. P. Cain, Stark county, while the house bill was sponsored by Reps. O. 8. Hagen, McKenzie county and N, P. Jensen, Mercer county. 23 KILLED IN PLUNGE Manila, Feb. 11—(@)—Mangled bodies of 23 persons, killed in the plunge of a passenger bus down a 200- foot mountain precipice, were recov- bee Wednesday by coroner’s assist- ants. Cabby Gets Fare As Baby Is Born Minneapolis, Feb, 11,—()—Baby Girl Nelson, eighth child in the Andrew Nelson family, came into the world riding at a fast clip in a taxi-cab shorty after 5 a. m,, . “But I didn't to get the fare,” he said. | Methodists t to Open Church Sel School Here Commencing Saturday morning and continuing throughout the Lenten season religious instruction classes will be held at the McCabe Methodist Episcopal church for all children of the church school ranging in age from nine years to high schoo) seniors. The junior group will be taught by Mrs. Arthur Betterley and will have as its text the junior catechism of the church. The senior group will be taught by Rev. Walter E. Vater with the Probationers Manual as the text. A ‘The courses are given each year to prepare the children for a prepara- bat membership in the church and children receive tie Iidructoa. ate NONPARTISAN CLUBS END MEETING TODAY Election, Tea, Supper and Eve- ning Program Are Final Events Scheduled Election of officers Thursday after- noon was to wind up business of the 10th biennial assembly of the North Dakota Federation of Nonpartisan clubs, Delegates made a visit to the state training schoil at Mandan late in the morning and were to be enter- tained at tea at 4 o'clock by Mrs. William Langer in the governor's mansion, The public is invited to join the delegates for a buffet supper served by Women’s Nonparitsan Club No: 1 || of Bismarck at 6:30 p. m. in the World War Memorial building lower jum. gymnasium. Gov, William Langer and Nonpar. tisan League state executive commit- tee officers are scheduled for talks urged by the pastor tovhave them) gy attend. There are no registration or tuition fees, Classes will open at 10:30 a, m., wa and close at 11:30 a. m., each Satur- day throughout the Lenten season. Pope Pius Rejoices At Franco Victory Vatican City, Feb. 11.—()—Pope Pius XI rejoiced Thursday at official news of the occupation of Maines we Spanish insurgents, according to semi-official statement. The pontit wes reported to have expressed gre! interest in the advance of ee issimo Francisco Franco’s troops, be- Ueving this would shorten the period of bloodshed in the civil war. The holy father, feeling comparatively well and in good spirits, received Tommaso Gardinat Boggiani, chancellor of the jure) OKAY DEADLINE EXTENSION ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—(7)—The senate passed Thursday and sent to the house a bill extending the dead- lire for beginning‘ of construction of & proposed bridge across the Missouri river. The bill’ was introduced by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Da- kota. Nye's bill would extend. until June 12 the time for North Dakota to commence construction of a bridge ‘across the Missouri at Garrison, Ky.) (Dem.-Ohio) introduced a flood con- trol bill to create seven federal -“a thorities” which with the Tennessee Valley authority would cover the en- tire United States. ren Soule singing three vocal solos with Miss Belle Mehus as accompan- ist, Governor Langer’s talk and piano music by Imelda Maddox. ~ Frank Vogel, manager of the Bank of North Dakota, told delegates and visitors at a public session Wedngs- day night that “sometime in the fu- ture the state should print its own textbooks.” ‘The textbooks, he suggested, should be written by North Dakota in- structors. Vogel criticized the legislature 10 introduction of bills proposing $98,000 medical building at the bale versity of North Dakota and a new library at Valley City Teachers col- lege when “there are over 70,000 fam- ilies on relief needing aid.” Nves= NESS Son, Mr. and Gt trae eranley, Apion Romney, West Virginia, at Wednesday, Bi Daughter, Mr. ian, Sterlin 10 day, St. Alexius hospital. ‘aa och= Wednes- Mr. and Mrs, Dan MoGowan, Grand Forks, are here for a few days visiting friends. They are stopping ot ae Ear: Me. and Mrs. C, P. Stone, Fargo, are at the Patterson hotel for a few ‘Reclamation associat is connection with the effort to obtain passage of @ water conservation and ‘irrigation bill by the legislature. RECOUNT OF VOTES GIVES WARD COUNTY POST 70 FRED BREY Incumbent Auditor, Torgerson, Counted Out by Margin of 202 Ballots Minot, N. D., Feb. 11.—(?)—Election of Fred M. Brey, Minot, as Ward coun- ty auditor for the 1937-39 term by a margin of 292 votes over A. G. Tor- gerson, incumbent, was officially re- ‘corded Thursday in Ward county dis- trict court at the close of a recount of ballots undertaken on petition of Brey. The vote totals established in the on it were: Brey 6,777; Torgerson An order by Judge A. J. Gronna, Williston, who supervised the recount which was started a week ago, will be filed shortly in district court, setting forth the facts established in the re- count, requiring that the perntiens of ejection issued by the county ing board to Torgerson last Novem- ber be cancelled and ordering issu- shee of a certificate of election to rey. The canvassing board had certified Torgerson’s election over Brey by a | wt 2 rom, win out or |Strute Io Re-elected [reat bm pounce 7 | Strutz Is Re-elected Four CCC Enrollees Dead of ‘Flu’ in S. D: Custer, 8, D., Feb, 11M —An epl- demic of influenza has taken Sab yt ath TRUSTS e Associated Press| (07 Maryiand Fund 10.67; 1 . Quart, Inc, 8h. 19. He) 21.23. 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