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ol Sad o ov eat _ TRUCE IS ARRANGED QUICKLY AT "FRISCO Conference on Dispute Ef fal E egre tracert os i E z (i tf g » Fz i ON CLEANUP DRIVE High ‘School Students Will Carry Campaign to Schools, Clubs and Theaters Ms Twenty-three Eagle Scouts were ‘Plat The its, all members of the public speaking class at the high whool, will discuss the history of the spring cleanup campaign in Bismarck and explain the contributions such drives make to the health, beauty and property. values of a community. It is being pointed out that Bismarck was the first city in the state to adopt chairman, said Saturday, more than 2,600 cleanup jobs were reported com- pleted during the drive. Results of he All Scouts in Bismarck are co- operating in the drive, Livdah! said, the entire city having been divided into districts with squads of Scouts -and their captains charged with the work of seeing that the cleanup work in their districts is up to par. Captains in charge of the various squads were to be announced soon, Livdahl gaid. : The schedule of Scout speakers fol- lows: Wachter School, 9 a. m. Apr. 29, Robert Tavis and Sidney Sloven. William Moore School, 9:30 a. m. Apr. 20, Robert Tavis and Sidney Sloven. Roosevelt School, 9 s. m. Apr. 29, Ben Jones and Robert Bowman. Richholt School, 10 a. m. Apr. 29, Ben Jones and Robert Bowman. Junior High School, 11:35 a.m. Apr. 29, William McDonald and Lewis Beall. Senior High School, 9a. m. Apr. 30, Robert Tavis and Warren Kraft. ‘St. Mary’s School, 9:10 a. m. Apr. McDonald 29, William and Rufus Lumry. Capitol Theatre, Apr. 29, Ben Jones. : Paramount Theatre, Apr. 29, Robert State Theatre, Apr. 30, Ruufs Sitdowners Evacuate After |! Weather Report WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday; frost of freesing temperature tonigi For North Dakota:. Generally fair tonight and Sunda: cept. pi 1 tonight along astern : slightly, warmer Sunday ‘west portion: frost or free: res tonight,, © ‘or South Dakota: ; General! tonight and Sunday, exc extreme east tonight, Unsettied tonight lay, probably rain or snow west portion; warmer east of Divide Sunday. For Minnesota: Snow or rain to- night, much cooler in southeast and south-central portions; partly cloudy to cloudy Sunday, possibly snow along Lake Superior; continued cool; strong winds tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A deep low pressure area is cen- inc Precipitation has occurred at most places in the morthern. and central districts, with heavy amounts in the upper 8 sip) In the Red Ri pe. Bismarck station barometer. inche: 28.17, Reduced to sea level, 29.98. Missouri river st: ft. 24 hour chang Sunrise, 5:39 a. Sunset, 7:43 p.m. ’ WEATHER OUTLOOK Weather outlook for the period April 26 to May 1. For the region of the Great Lakes: Gonerally Monday, probably lowers by Tuesday or Wednesday and probably again before close of week; cool at beginning of week; probably warmer latter part. For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys and the northern and central Great Plains; shower period near beginning of week, especially north portions; not much precipitation indicated latter part of week; temper- atures normal or below for the most part. fair PRECIPITATION For Bismarck station: Normal, January ist to date .. Accumulated deficiency to date NORTH DAKOTA POINTS z High- er ‘4 ret. BISMARCK, clay. .. Beach, pcld; Carrington, Crosby, cldy. . Dickingon, ‘clear Drake, cldy. ... Dunn ‘Center, pc’ Garrison, peldy. Jamestown, cldy. Max, cldy.’... Minot, | peldy. Parshall, peld; Sanish, cldy. Williston, clear Devils Lake, cldy, Grand Forks, snow Hankinson, eldy. . Lisbon, snow Napoleon, cid; Oakes, cldy. Pembina, rain S3Sssksezss BuSe BSS: Moorhead, snow .. 42 Minneapolis, cldy, 66 MONTANA Poinrs Glendive, . clear Havre, clear . Helena, clear Lewistokn, cle Miles City, snow . WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS j High- Low est est ct. Amarillo, Texas, clear .. 56 38 00 Bolse, Idaho, cle 50 32.00 ti 20.70 a4 08 52 126 30 116 44.70 32 102 18.00 30:00 38 102 42 (38 56:00 Modena, Utah, clear .. 58 28.00 No. Platte, Nebr. cldy. 38 32 .50 Okla. City, Okla, clear 82 40 00 Phoenix, Ariz. clear .. 72 48 .00 Pr. Albert, 8. clear 24 00 Qu'Appelle, 8., peldy. Roseburg, Ore., clear Louis, Mo, cl St. dy. Salt Lake City, U., clear Santa Fe, N. Mex., clear 8.8. Marie, Mich. ¢ Seattle, W: Sheridan, Wy Sioux City, ¥ Spokane, Swift Currént, The Pas, Man Winnemucca, Winnipeg, 3: Bertha Palmer Talks Before WCTU Session Minneapolis, Apr. 24. — (#) — The two-day institute here under the = Palmer, superint public instruction in North Dakota who now travels for the’ national ‘| ble proving his arguments in North COUNTY PLAY DAYS BILLED FOR MAY 14 Grade Children Will Meet in Four Towns for Combined Field, Achievement Day Grade school children from it ogee sets i 5 i i 3 g place entrants 13 who are registered in the elementary grades in Class A, entrants between 9 and 12 years old in class B, and entrants under 9 years old in class C. Participants will gather at the fol- lowing centers as scheduled: Regan — Baldwin, Wilson, Grass Lake, Pleasant View, Estherville, Schrunk, Canfield, Painted Woods, Ecklund, Macomber, Ghylin, Glen- view, Crofte and Cromwell. | Wing—Florence Lake, Richmond, | Phoenix, Arena, let, Highland, Trygg, Lyman, and Lein, Menoken—Burnt Creek, Hay Creek, Frances, Gibbs, Naughton, McKenzie, Boyd, Telfer, Manning, Apple Creek, Fort Rice and Lincoln. Sterling—Clear Lake, Christiania, Sibley, Driscoll, White, Thelma, Wild Rose, Moffit, Morton and Logan. WOMEN NOT SO BAD AS DRIVERS OF CAR The man who criticizes his wife's driving by asserting most traffic ac- cidents result from carelessness by women automobile drivers has trou- Dakota. State highway patrol statistical re- ports on fatal accidents in which 129 North Dakotans met death last year show only 15 per cent of the drivers involved were women. Eighty-five per cent were men of whom 51 per cent were farmers. Drivers were killed in 46 per cent of the fatalities; passengers, 39 per cent; pedestrians, 15 per cent. Average age of the drivers killed was 54 years, an analyais of accident figures showed. Buddha Performs His Own Marriage Rites Kyoto, Japan, Apr. 24.—(?)—Per- forming his own wedding ceremony in the presence of 20,000 guests, Count Kocho Otani, the living Buddha of Japan and spiritual leader of 13,000,- 000 Ja; Buddhists, married & beautiful 19-year-old poet Saturday. The count, hereditary abbot of one of the largest Buddhist sects, cele- brated ancient rituals that united him in marriage with Princess Yo- ‘sre THO LEFT DEAD BY shiko Tokudaija, granddaughter of the famous Prince Kimihiro. ($420,000) to the poor wi bride gave sway 1,500,000 classical fans. es GAS TAX RAISED Bt. Paul, Apr. 24—(7)—Gov. Elmer A. Benson Saturday signed a bill to increase the state gasoline tax one- cent a gallon, effective Monday, for a two year period. The gasoline tax now totals five cents a gallon, includ- ing one cent federal tax. FIRE 18 DESTRUCTIVE ‘Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Apr.24.—(7) —Pire swept the L. M. Nash block, housing five retail stores and eight ————————E | Additional Churches! | Additional Churches THE SALVATION ARMY Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. 8: decision service, Parents and the children, Mr, Emil Johnson in charge. Holiness meeting at 11 a.m. Chris- tian people are specially invited. A service for the deepening of Christian cial Lions Club, Apr. 26, Rufus Limry Rotary Club, Apr. 28, ‘Warren Kraft, ‘Kiwanis Club, Apr. 27, William McDonald. Restoration of Wolf »» ADE. restoration previously set at $2, would be in addition to the state premium. character, interes ing: And laapieins) Y. P. L, a very in- een age young Alice Meader and Terry Schmidt. Open alr service at 7:30 near Pat- terson hotel under the leadership of Corps Sergeant Major George Steb- bins, Music and songs. At 8 p. m. @ great Salvation service with special music, The high school quartette will sing. “The Pilgrim's | Song” and Harold Smith will solo. | The Army string bang will play and sing “Tell Me His Nathe Again”. M jor Smith will mi Everyone heartily invited to th: teresting and heipful meetings. STATE Theatre FRI. - SAT. - SUN. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN 50 MIDNIGHT COURT Office suites, and caused damage esti- mated at between $250,000 and $300,- 000 Friday. CAPITOL Last Times Today They stood alone against the world ‘A dramatic revelation of the heart of youth, with the two SINS CHILDREN Prairie Dog Better Than Lobster, Princess Says first night club floor show in her experience, Paul to enter a Northwest Air lines gene) 1001. was greatly by the things she saw on his Seater junket, excepting, however, the lob- ee Newburg she was served in New be & “much prefer prairie dog,” she told newspapermen. northwest of Minot, Bismarck Con- struction Co., $4,254.45. Ward-Burke-Mountrail—21-1 miles gtaveling, east and west, Mil- ler Construs Oo., $11,139.24, Ward—88 miles bituminous surfac- Ing, Des Lacs east and west, Brothers of Bismarck, $59,975.98. Nelson—6.2 miles bituminous sur- facing, Petersburg east and west, Rue Speerucien Co., Bismarck, $42,- _Foster-Eedy—221 miles bituminous co ig, northwest of Carrington, Brothers, Bismarck, $119,- - SOUTHERN STORMS Score Injured, Much Damage Done in Arkansas and Alabama Areas Benton, Ark., Apr. 24.—(#)—Torna- dic winds, lightning and hail left two dead, more than a score injured and thousands of dollars property damage Saturday in widely separated sections of the south, Daughter, Dr, 800 Mandan St., at 6:45 day, Bismarck hospital. Paul Freise, a. m, Satur- farmer. Zinn died when a tornado de-|,,Ueuehter, Mr. and. molished his home and swept through | urday, St. Alexius hospital, the north section of this town of 8,445 population Friday night, leav- ing approximately 30 injured and a block of Benton's residential section in ruins. § Howard was killed by lightning Fri- day near Cullman, bringing Alaba- ma’s April storm death toll to 11. Severe hailstorms were reported in other sections of Alabama. CONTINUED from page one: $577,201 Worth of N. D. Road Building Contracts Okayed ing to approximately $2,000,000 have been made available to North Dakota. Frahm explained the March letting was $468,000, Contracts awarded include: Divide—4.2 miles, Ambrose south, gravel, Butler Construction company of Grand Forks, $6,943.22. Grant—5.2 miles, west of Shields, gravel, Lyle Sloan of Minot, $10,- 035.21. Traill—6 miles, Taft north, gravel, Butler Construction company, $20,- 093.60. Inquest Into Death cet Paw meiel OF Mngt CATE Bet north and south, gravel, M. B. Mon- son of Binosrre, $28,974.38. ‘ ‘ Benson—5 miles, Leeds east, gravel q base, W. H. Noel company of James- incuest Bo ceiermine tiie ce uze 19,529.32; earth grade, W. H.| Of death of Clara Katherine Berg, 18- Wells—1¥ miles, south of Harvey, | ™ a earth grade, W. H. Noel, $34,917.32; short illness, will be held here Mon- gravel base, Butler ion com-| d8y, Dr. E. C, Stone, Ward county pany, $23,97 4.43. coroner, said Saturday. lams—0,3-mile, east of Reeder, Dr. Stone supervised a post-mortem grade and gravel, W. H. Noel, $8,823.38,| examination Friday and from his Fargo Concern Wins findings determined to hold the in- Billings—11.4 miles, Medora east, quest. The nature of his findings grade, detour and incidental, William was not made known. Collins and son of Fargo, $58314.58;| Funeral services for Miss Berg will structural, Jordon and Eyolfson of 2 be Tuesday afternoon. Hensel, $5,706.03. miles, LAKE LEVELS RESTORED Cee ae eee jon'| St. Paul, Apr. 24—(P)—Lake and $15,764.83; structural, Jordon and/stream levels in practically all sec- Eyolfson, $8,722.82. tions of the state are back to normal ‘Bowman—18 miles, overhead and| Or fast approaching that stage due to approach in Scranton, Industrial the plentitude of rain and snow in Construction company of Minneapo-| Minnesota this winter and spring. lis, $67,745.52, Pierce—1.3 miles, grading and bitu- HAND CAR RIDER DIES minous surfacing through Rugby,| Wadena, Minn. Apr. 24.—(P)—In- Miller Constsuction company of| juries suffered when # Soo line train Fargo, $26,201.79. struck the hand car on which he was Ward Work Granted riding, caused the death of Frank C. ‘Ward county- miles graveling,| Busch of Ottertail city. Deaths Hans Hansen, 78, Braddock, N. D., at 1:40 a, m, Saturday, local hospital, Announcement that the Bismarck Men’s chorus will hold its regular practice session at 8 p. m. Monday in the senior high school building was ea) Saturday by Director Ralph A “Believe It or Not” item for Bis- marck is the fact that a squirrel was spotted in front of the J. D. Wake- man residence Saturday morning. 8. O. Wenaas, 400 Ave E, reported seeing the animal, He claimed it to be neither of the red or gray variety, but insisted it was the largest squirrel. he'd ever seen. Songs by a quartet of high school boys will be featured over the regular Sunday afternoon Heart to Heart hour of radio station KFYR, Rev. William Lemke, who conducts the services, announced. Boys who will sing in the quartet are Gregory Dahlen, Jack Mote, Earl Bencsh and Harold Smith, Harold Smith will also sing a solo. Charlotte Sathre will accompany the singers. hPentrete BRIEFS; GOES TO WORKHOUSE Minneapolis—Carl H. Fredlund, 25, twice tried on murder charges grow- ing out of an automobile accident f tal to two, was convicted of intoxica- tion Saturday in municipal court and sent to the worhouse for 10 days. SMASH WORLD RECORD who handled the redemption of worn currency had been discharged for theft of small amounts. CARELESS LOSE $230,000 up $230,000 on its cash register in 1936 just because the public was care- . “The num- G. Cowles of the dead letter division, which received about 12,250,000 mis- directed letters during the year. Of those, 106,454 contained money. NO-HIT, NO-RUN ‘Wilmot, Wis.—Harvey Beaster, 17, Wilmot high school baseball pitcher, hurled a no-hit, no-run game against Union Grove high Friday. He struck out 20 of the 24 men who faced him in the sev- en-inning game. He walked three men. Another reached first base on an error. Wilmot won, 12 to 0. CLAIMS LOST COLONIES Cologne, Germany. — Germany’ colonial ambitions found new expres- sion Saturday in a declaration by Franz von Epp, head of the Reich Colonial federation, that her pre-war colonies now under mandate to other nations are really “German property.” FOR DEBT SETTLING Washington—Senator Lewis (Dem.- Il.) said Saturday he would urge President Roosevelt Monday to accept offers of foreign debt settlement state department and the president.” EDITOR FINED Akron, O.—Judge Walter B. Wana- maker Saturday found Walter Mor- row, editor of the Akron Times-Press, guilty of contempt of court on three courts and fined him $50. TESTIFIES TO BRIBE » Paul—Bernard A. Fuchs testi- fied in federal district court Satur- day that he received more than $600 for influencing a disagreement in the first income tax evasion case of Leon Gleckman in April, 1934. Fuchs was ® juror. CONTINUES HIS FAST Stooping Oak, Tenn. — Jackson 49-year-old mountaineer, grew weaker Saturday, on what he ‘says is the 46th day of # fast started after a “call from the Lord.” Whit- low for the past several days has been awaiting a “message from the Lord” telling him to break the fast. SARGA FIGHTS AGAIN Budapest—Hungary’s indefatigable duelist, Dr. Franz Sarge, has disposed of a third opponent. fiery doctor met and wounded Elemer Losonczy in the head Friday in an encounter with light sabers. The doctor himself suf- fered a cut shoulder. ASKS FOR DECISION ‘Washington — Aides of Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakote said Saturday he had asked agricultural secretary to dispose quickly of a pol- icy question which Frazier said had held up payment of some 1936 soil conservation payment checks, The question concerns cases where feed and seed loan indebtedness has not been pai Academy Award win- ner for the best per- formance of 19361... And here is this year’s never - to- be- forgot-, . +. Paul Muni and Hepa THE ————— Capitol Sun. at 2-4-7-9 with LOUIS HAYWARD Attend the Sunday matinees and avoid the evening crowds. © Senator Bachman of Tennessee Succumbs ‘Washington, Apr. 24.—(?)—Sena- tor Nathan L. Bachman of Chat- Le FCA MAY MOVE T0 FOIL LANDLORDS LER nee Consider Taking Seed Lien Lerbvadla th ties Where Owner Refuses to ministration and an early advocate of the Tennessee Valley authority, died unexpectedly § Friday night. He PF was 58 years old He suffered a heart attack. He & was a former Waive Priority Clams 24.—()—Rep, said member of the not waive priority claims. Tennessee su- said he was informed the preme court. Bachman could not take any liens in such cases, however, in con- nection with feed and gasoline loans. “Farm credit officials said they would call the regional office at St. Paul and find out how many appli- cants want seed loans where the landlords will not agree to waive,” Lemke said. Aides of Senator Fraizer of North Dakota said investigation of records disclosed that out of 24,188 applica- tions for seed loans, checks had been mailed to 21,306 farmers as of Apr. 20. Some of the remaining 2,882 applica- tions still are in process of approval or are still under consideration, Defrauding Attorney Sentenced to Prison Little Rock, Ark, Apr. 24.—(P}—A federal district co jury Saturday cenvicted Roy E. Rison, Little Rock attorney, on a charge of using the mails to defraud by forwarding in- valid divorce decrees to women- clients outside the state. Judge An- drew Miller of Fargo, N. D., sen- tenced him to five years in the peni- tentiary. INVESTMENT TRUSTS (By the Associated Press) (Over the counter in New York) Maryland Fund 9.90, 10.85. Quart. Inc. Sh. 17.86, 19.52, Sel Inc Sh 5.50 No, SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE SEEN St. Paul, Apr. 24—(?)—State Rep. Edward. Hagen, chairman of the Min- nesota house tax committee and member of the tax conference com- mittee, forecast Saturday the legis- lature would adjourn without acting on the controversial omnibus tax bill. He spoke shortly after State Sena- tor F. J. Miller, chairman of the senate tax committee, had announced & disagreement ong house and senate conferees after the way had seemed clear to a compromise. Speaker Harold Barker asserted a special session “now appears prac- tically a certainty.” He said the stumbling blocks were: allocation of school funds; deduction of federal income tax and the method of computing exemptions in making Personal income tax returns. RITES FOR MORTON PIONEER PLANNED Puneral services for John Roeth- lsberger, Sr., 74-year-old pioneer Morton county resident who died at his home in Huff Friday, will be conducted from the First Lutheran church of Mandan at 2 p. m. Sunday, it was planned Saturday. Rev. C. J. Fylling will officiate at the services and burial will be in the Union cemetery. ' Death-was attrib- uted to a paralytic stroke suffered two months ago. Born Aug. 11, 1863, in Switzerland, Roethlisberger came to the United States when 25 years old and followed his trade of cheesemaker in various Eastern and Midwestern states until he came to North Dakota in 1904. He was married to Miss Lena Henrich at Madison, Wis., in 1889. In addition to the widow, Roethlis- berger leaves two sons, John of Man- dan and Jacob of Huff, three grand- children and two brothers. One daughter preceded him in death. POLE EXPLORER DIES Oslo, Norway, Apr. 24—(?)—Com- modore Scott Hansen, 63, who accom- panied the late Dr. Fridtjof Nansen on a polar expedition in 1803, dicd Saturday. Submarines were first patented in the United States in 1852. PARAMOUNT LATINS ARE LOVELY LOVERS SO SAYS THE EX-MRS. DEEDS ! PARAMOUNT | ENDS TODAY The Dance-Sing Sensation JESSIE MATTHEWS “HeadOver Heels In Love” . Glorious Entertainment SUNDAY MONDAY - TUESDAY Gangway for Love and Laughter MRS. DEEDS GOES 10 PARIS! «~« » and with loving Latin Chorles Boyer: Vy fo set her heart beat: ing in double tempo —you've got the grond» esf) romantic: Til 7:30 Note: You've seen hilarious comedies — thrilling dramas—magnificent love stories, but take our word for it, here’s the picture that combines All Three! And there’s a smashing dramatic climax to this de-lovely comedy romance that makes the ’Frisco earthquake look like a clambake! DEAD ANIMALS n:sox Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs Removed Promptly and Free of Charge within a radius of 75 miles of Bismarck PHONE 2313 ‘™**! wn 2 fg mete Northern Rendering Co. Phone 2313 Collect