The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1937, Page 2

i eerste niermineimpeeaempmigy at MARC TH ASKEDT0 |Townsendites Rebuff — |FEAR PATROL SHIPS MAY ATTACK COAST Slain By Ex-Suitor Ae ptet ot | GHARGES. AGAINST” S ARMY AID Year Fa tye i AND FOR FDR COURT _ SAVELIVES OF MEN alee Seas Milats ~ SALVAGING CAR GAS Scores Removing Fuel From ~ Hull of Ship Wrecked on Lake Michigan Reef ~ St. Ignace, Mich, Mar. 1—(P)— Sheriff William W. McCauley called on army planes Monday to bomb the fire-blackened hull of the J. Oswald Boyd, gasoline-laden tanke: aground In-upper Lake Michigan, to st a new rush of salvaging operations which already has cost six lives, en and residents from miles around, working feverishly day ana night, are removing about 10,000 gal- Jons of gasoline daily from the ves- Sel abandoned on Simmons reef, 2¢ miles west of here. Siphoned out in small amounts the fluid is carried in barrels, pails, cans and bottles by motor car and truck over the twisting, ‘ough 15-mile trai] on the ice to lana. The Mackinac county sheriff sent his ‘appeal for planes to army offi- cials at Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich., after the casualty list rose to six Sunday when Grant Brooks, 28, of Cedarville, drowned as his truck, carrying three tons of salvaged gaso- line, plunged through the ice and sank in 125 feet of water. His com- panion, George Hamel was pulled to 1 safety by friends. The Boyd, bound from Whiting, Ind., to Detroit with 900,000 gallons of high test gasoline, ran aground on the reef last Nov. 8. The crew of 19 men was taken off safely but her pyres décided to abandon the ves- eel. New Year's day five men aboard the Marold II lost their lives when ‘the steel tug was ripped apart in an explosion and was cast atop the * burning hull of the Boyd. Veteran Policeman Is Shot Down By Cousin Butte, Mont., March 1.—()—Police vhief Walter I. Shay said Eli Mar- tinovich, 40, shot and killed his cousin, Nick M. Aleksich, veteran Butte policeman, on a busy downtown street Sunday. « The cousins were along a atreet crowded with Sunday pedes- trians when suddenly, Shay said, Mar- tinovich ‘drew a revolver and fired three shots. Two of the bullets Pierced the. policeman’s head. Police records showed Martinovich spent two months in the state hos- eed the insane, at Warm Springs, ‘hadi Sead FORECAST. For Montan: fansettled extreme w wesday: tion tonig! {For Minn Generally fair to- id Tuesday; somewhat colder Chelan_ Dollar Tester Chelan, Wash, Mar. 1—@)— Troubles. increased Monday for Isom Lamb, creator of the “Chelan test” of “revolving dollar” pensions. Already at loggerheads with the national Townsend organisation Lamb's latest rebuff came from his own district Townsendites who met Sunday at Wenatchee and rejected him as s delegate. Meanwhik, the opinion that “the local Townsend testa proved that needy old people can spend $200 in one month, nothing else,” came from C. E. Cone, one of the five town elders on_an investigating committee. The committee was appointed by IRRIGATION WOULD OPEN NEW POWER FIELD ON SLOPE Army Engineers Here Investi- gating Advisability of Plant ‘at Fort Peck A broad sed ron pene and Ph will be opened up proposed irri- gation program slong the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers is carriéd out, U. 8, Army engineers, who are inves- tigating the advisability of installing works for the development of hydroe- lectric power at the Fort Peck Lloyd Ford, president of the Chelan Chamber of Commerce, to pass on re- sults of the spending and transaction tax experiment which Lamb launched here, and which spread to other com- munities of the nation. Under the “tests,” an aged person receives $200 in checks or marked money to spend within 90 days; Mer- chants voluntarily pay 2 per cent tax on each transaction in which the money figures. The tax “kitty” under the schemes as adopted in close to dosen communities, is to perpetuat ment of an ai y v from tax revenue has besh’ reported. ‘ Richland Farmers _ Sure of Moisture “Why didn’t I think of that when I was on the farm,” mused Robert Byrne, former secretary of state and now National Youth ad- ministrator for North Dakota, as he told Monday of a simple device adopted by Richignd county farm- ers for keeping snow on their land, Coming west from Wahpeton, be said, he noticed that farmers had used tractors and blade grad- ers to ridge up the snow on théir fields, Subsequent winds had filled in between the ridges with the result that thé snow on the fields was several féet deep. ‘This, Byrne pointed out, insures them ample moisture in. the spring. It also serves to keep the gow off the roads, the ridges were informed ats hearing here J a> atate engineer, point- ed out the tory feasible for irri- gation purposes and the resultant use of power. At the present time there is s bill before the legislature, already passed by the house and unanimously rec- ommended for passage by the senate irrigation committee, proposing © $500,000 tion and up to & $3,000,000 bond issue for irrigation de- and Myron Atkinson, Bismarck city, auditdr and executive secretary of the North Da- kota League of Municipalities. Other hearings on the proposal will ai Tuesday and in.central and north por- |? tons tonight. WEATHER CONDITIONS lon and the*lower Mississipp! fy r 30.30 inches. The weather cept at a few station: Rocky Mountain ion Sunset, 6:38 >. m. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station Total for February . Normal, for February Total .. NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Low: High- BISMARCK, clear | & . clear Devitt Lake, clear Williston, clear Fi 1, cl Grand Forks, clear . " WEATHER AT OTHER Fomrs 24. 00 24 00 Pet. rod Favor Passage of WORN-0! caused by snowplows being sinall- er in this area thon elsewhere in that section. REVIEWER PRAISES ASSEMBLY'S: WORK HELD BY LOY ALL Government Sources Declare Italy and Germany Re- sponsible for Raids ann p. Ol Connolly Tells Lions Legislators awe Are Not All Dumb as Some Contend Dakota, M, 3. Connolly, PER i es lve reporter, members e Bismarck L Lions club at their luncheon meeting Monday in the Grand No one can report on the dotngs of i Z g E a i E 8 sees gees i ari + oe eF: ei é if i ae? i | EE E Ha ze i ae 2 i i oF iH 3 : i i i E i iit cn a sly UOT evi fies E H £ i i t 4 ige i | i E z ve See : | ; ; [ : E 7] pf 3 f j ie il fi ae i tel ge| ee. 4 & 5 i s i e 3 3 HH 3 i i il ge HY Fy 4 5 g BBO EF CH ao 2 Ps Et y Mae Scott, bo! | John Rebert 3 ake "olson, "both of Bismarck. ter, Mi a Mrs. Daniel Flasher, at 11:10 a. m., Sun+ Alexius hospi fide South Bizteenth Bi, at @& m., Sunday, Bismarck hter, Mr. and Mrs. Louls V. zelter Betiwin, at 4p. m., Monday, St. Alezius hospital. i PLAN ARE SOUNDED! Robinson and Burke Engage.in Rancorous Dispute Over fi i F E z, E He u i ie ‘TODAY Helen Goertz Leaves For California Camp Miss Helen M. Goértz, who has Girl Scout ditec- Friday ie : es 4 ce i [ ae g 3 3 ° i ! iff 8 . ip: iE af F 4 : : E I | - § : H: i i File F ; | s F E B By i F F F 13 5 i ! : i g H * 11 aft i i ; Hi re E i # E g g ot a® ( ited sit 7 id] g fe Par: se OG H aay Paramount "80 Tal 7:30 DICK POWELL ROMANCING WITH (AND SINGING TO) MADELEINE CARROLL ALICE FAYE The RITZ Brothers - Don’t Miss the Ritz Brothers X «Female Than Bver Balers! h 1, 20, confessed, Cin- fice aid, to biaing In the of another man and Capitol No jury could free him from the bum- ing hatred of this woman he loved! Seren Morley - Lewis Stone Jaci Boren + 4 teases nee TUES. - - WED. Double Feature Attraction First Show at 6:45 Sharp