The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1937, Page 1

BOWS * —marme : rs OF elephone 2200 GIFTS ARE CLOSELY SCANNED BY GUARD IN FEAR OF BOMBS Wedding Apparently Will Take Place Soon After Coron- ation of Brother TO HONEYMOON IN CASTLE Tour of British Colonies Now Contemplated by Wally and Her Duke Monts, France, May 6.—(#)—In fear that a bomb might be disguised as a wedding gift, police maintained a close scrutiny Thursday on packages de- livered to the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the former ™onarch’s associates disclosed. Police take the parcels from the Tours postoffice to Mrs. Simpson at the Chateau de Cande, the betrothed couple's Touraine snuggery, where she gingerly inspects the senders’ ad- dresses. If she does not recognise them, she instructs the officers to return the packages unopened. Several parcels already have been received, Edward's associates said, and more were expected. One, apparently opened before the present precautions were taken, was said to have con- tained several rabbits’ feet to assure luck and prosperity. Duke Tune ‘The duke was said to have composed the tune to which he and Mrs. Simp- son will march to the altar. The duke skirrled:the march on his |, bagpipe Wi night for his bride-to-be, the turreted Chateau @e Cande, their pre-inarriage retreat, echoed to the shrill music... A member of the chateau household THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 MARY MILES MINTER FARGO ATTORNEY 1S QUESTIONED IN QUIZ OF MILL BUSINESS Investigation Will Continue at Various Points, Governor Indicates said Edward had written the com~wheelg'on its investigation of the state position especially for a greta ee iuten iekeane born fiancee, Years ago. om -TBhureday 8 spirited military march briefly in Fargo dip into which was adopted by. & phase of its evacuation work, called Srerepartons tor the p,| stsorney, who legal courwel 1 , 3 was lor meanwhile, seemed virtually ready |the state institution under the Bon- for the ceremony soon after Edward's |zer administration, and then moved on. brother, George VI, is crowned in} The commission’s work st Grand London, next Wednesday. debuntante insisting on the land of her birth. ‘While deferring for the present her wishes on their future home, Mrs. Simpson was described as still holding | ne cut for a home in the United States or, as second choice, Canada. J.A.C. Conducts Good Will Program Series part throughout this area. Richard Barry presided at the Flasher meeting Tuesday night and eppesring on the program were Roy Holand, who spoke, and two students from Bismarck and St. Mary's high Wednesday night Mid- TAX will prevail until it officially ciaees, the. bogs an, work, it was RECHIPTS WILL EXCRED ESTIMATES Legislature's Anticipation of $500,000 Will Be Sur- passed, Owen Says schools. i‘ Monday as first planned. Richard daugh, Oscar Lovin and Holand led an adult education class in vi Steel Independents Taylor’s Mystery Murder Revived Mary Miles Minter, Former Star, and Her Mother Face Grand Jury Probe Los Angeles, May 6.—(?)—Mary Miles Minter, former motion picture star, and her mother hurried to their attorney's office Thursday, facing grand jury questioning in a new in- quiry into the mysterious death of William Desmond Taylor, noted film director, 15 years ago. Miss Minter was the financee of Taylor. They were summoned by District Attorney Buron Fitts who Wednesday night, armed with a search warrant, went to Miss Minter’s home and 9b- tained two of her diaries. The inquiry came after Mrs. Mar- garet Fillmore, sister'of Miss Minter, had made a deposition in a civil suit against her mother; Mrs, Charlotte Shelby. Mrs, Fillmore is seeking to recover $48,000 which ‘she asserts Mrs. Shelby took from a Los Angeles safe- ty deposit box. The deposition quotes Mrs. Fillmore as saying: “I protected her (Mrs, Shelby) against the Taylor murder case.” “Is it your contention, is that cor- rect, that your mother killed William Desmond Taylor,” asked Mrs, Shelby's attorney in the tion. “I don’t have to answer that,” re- plied Mrs. Fillmore. ‘The attorney, Clyde Murphy, noti- fled Fitts in writing of the deposition. Thursday morning Miss Minter said “T’ve been called on to tell everything so many times, I don’t see what there is now I can add to what's been said.” Fear Vengeance Because of : Their Stories of Violence in Coal Fields Washington, May 6.—(7)—A little band of Kentucky mountain folk looked for new homes and jobs ‘Thursday as “hideways” from venge- ance which they said they feared be- cause of their testimony about labor conditions in Harlan county, At the end of the senate civil liber- ties committee's inquiry into “violence and anti-union terrorism” in the Harlan coal fields, several witnesses told reporters they dared not return to their homes. “We would be killed for telling how the coal operators used their gunmen to break up the miners’ union,” said one. Bullet-scarred Hugh Taylor, for- mer deputy sheriff who testified he was left for dead after one attack, sald he was going away—somewhere in Virginia. Protection of the federal govern- room. (Prog., Wis.), continued all subpoenas and ordered every witness to report his whereabouts at least once a week. Committee attaches explained that any violence done a senate witness would be a federal offense, LaFollette ended the hearings Wed- nesday by reading from the war rec- ord of Sheriff Thedore Middletdn. He said official files disclosed Middie- ton had been refused an officer's commission because of “lack of verac- ity.” Solon Urges Ford to Start Six-Hour Day Washington, May 6 —(?)}— Rep. John Luecke, Escanaba, Mich., Dem- ocrat, told the house Thursday he believed a six-hour working day Tepe” ft “etal at unemployed, and st Henry Ford be the first to establish ie “If Mr. Ford really wants to do something for the auto industry,” Luecke said, “let him inaugurate the six-hour day at eight hours pay, and guarantee his workers 52 weeks’ work @ year.” Threatened by Union HONOR FARGO WOMAN Va., May 6—(P)}—Mrs. J. . Snyder, Fargo, N. D., has ‘been named. vice it. of the state as| Presidents’ club of the national con- fhe scone of DAS Baee's SAGA meets eae OF teachers ing. a parents and l- 4ist annual convention here. | theatre in the ‘United States.”, . BISMARCK, N. D.. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1937 - STRIKERS CALL FOR |STANGLER-SULLIVAN BOYCOTT OF MOVIE | LEAD MIXED TEAM THEATERDINNATION 10 BRIDGE TITLE Peace Proposal That Omitted) Women Winners of Pair Event _ Closed Shop, Union Recog- nition, Is Rejected ClO OFFERS PICKETS IN L. A. AFL Chief Uncertain Whether He Approves Nationwide Boycott of Films Hollywood, May 6—(#)—Striking motion picture craftsmen appealed Thursday for a nationwide boycott and picketing of movie theaters after rejecting a peace proposal that omitted mention of the closed shop and union recognition. Producers accepted unequivocally the terms of the peace plan, submitted by the Los Angeles Central Labor council, American Federation of Labor group with which the striking crafts-/ the men are affillated. The proposal pro. vided that: 1,- All sf crafts return to work immediately without prejudice, and 2. Negotiations be conducted by representatives of each of the 11 strik- ing unions for establishment of wage scales and working conditions. ‘Strike Still On’ “The strike is still on,” said Char- les Lessing, head of the Federated Motion Picture crafts, which called the walkout. “I am in no way interested in that plan of settlement. It's a closed shop, signed, sealed and delivered, or we don’t go back to work.” Speaking for the federated crafts, Charles Kimberlin said the, strikers had received a committment from a “powerful labor organization” which he refused to name, “offering to pioket within 36 hours every motion. picture In New York, William Green, presi- ‘dent of the American Federation of Labor, said he was not certain whether he would support a proposed boycott t motion pictures by organized labor. John Brophy, CIO director in Wash- ington, asked the support of all labor groups for the movie strikers. Discussing reports that negotiations between the producers and the power- ful Screen Actors’ guild, which are to be resumed Thursday night, had pro- Stressed satisfactorily, Kimberlin said. “We don’t need the actors out on strike to win our fight for union recog- nition and a closed shop.” The actors are seeking improved studio conditions. Army Enlists Recruits For One-Year Period Recruits for. the regular United States army need sign up for an en- listment period of only one year if they so desire, it was announced as the result of instructions received here to proceed with the enlistment of recruits’under that arrangement. Enlistment is also proceeding for the regular period of three years but the one-year enlistment periud is be- ing offered for @ limited in an effort to bring all units up to author- ized strength before June 30. Men desiring to enlist for one year must defray their expenses to and from the place of enlistment. Recruiting parties are being sent out on Tuesdays and Saturdays from Fort Lincoln to Dickinson and Ashley and intervening places. Trips to other cities will be arranged later. Inquiries should be made at the re- cruiting office in the post office building at Bismarck or Fort Lincoln. Students From Five ‘Schools Visit City High school students from Garri- son, Bentley, Wishek, Max and Tem- vik were visitors in Bismarck Tues- day and Wednesday. The students, here in response to an invitation from the Bismarck Asseciation of Com- merce to take in the sights of the Capital City on class skip days, visit- ed the state capitol, state museum, penitentiary, airport, Fort Lincoln and various other public buildings as well as business institutions, Join With Men to Capture ‘Fours’ Trophy ENDS TWO-DAY TOURNEY American Legion to Sponsor Similar Events Here Next Winter Says Yegen Mrs. R. M. Stangler and Mrs. John F. Sullivan, Mandan, north-south winners in the pair contest Tuesday night, teamed with Dr. W. H. Boden- stab and Kenneth W. Simons Wed- nesday night to win the team-of-four championship in the Bismarck du- plicate bridge tournament, sponsored by the American Legion. With the players less afraid of held in the future. Counting was: again on the: match point system with plus and minus tory by virtue of the strong, con- sistent play of the Stangler-Sullivan pair and the occasional of their men partners. The team scored 18% match points by virtue of plus ratings on 17 boards, average scores on three and minus scores on six. Two Tie Fer Second Tied for second position with 17 0. Graven-o. Re The tist- named four represented & local Jew- while the latter G. M. Phipps-Mrs, Leonard and Mrs, R. ©. Babbitt—15%. L, Diehl, F. Diehl-A. J, Arnot and C, F. Mathys— monson, Dr. Richard Krause-W. 8, Moeller, Al Mayer—12%, Mrs. ©, B. Nupin, Mrs. W. G. M. Shirek, as 12 Mrs, J. R. Kennedy, Mrs. ard Wood-Mrs. T. H. Zenz, Mrs. Louis LaRue ands bold with well wish which promised much got some declarers into trouble. Others, seeming little promise, played and made many contestants (Continued on Page Two) Jury Fails to Agree In Denhardt’s Trial 1 ping Brig. Gen, Heny 4 Dene jury . Gen. Henry - hardt, was discharged in circuit court Thursday after failing to decide since 5:25 p. m. Tuesday whether or not the ex-lieutenant governor shot to death his financee, Mrs. Verna Garr Tay- lor. The jurors, 11 farmers and a fill- ing station operator, reported they had stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. Judge Charles G. Mar- shall explained, “this case will have to be tried over again.” ‘Boy Fugitives Stoned Friendly Bloodhound Lopey is a his duty but didn’t do it. Charles Martin, 16, fugitive from the Arkansas Indué- trial school at Pine Bluff, told PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Men Barred From Church Use Question of Property Rights Settled in Favor of Bis- marck Presbytery byterian chi Dakota cities, was filed in Burleigh filed on two separate actions ‘brought by the Bismarck Presbytery. It direct- ed attorneys for the plaintiffs to pre- Belfield, Hope, Amidon, Mound, Car- on, Stewartadale, Baldwin, Darling and Coleharbor. Religion Net Involved Judge McKenna held that since no Teligious questions were involved in the case and that only property rights were disputed, the civil court had right to assume tion. apply and those rights are to be ad- judicated in separate actions. Hearing in the Leith church con- troversy will be held before District Judge H. L. Berry of Mandan at Car- son June 8, Lopey chased Dick Casey up s -tree. But when the other two SURVEY 1S PLANNED Unemployment Compensation Bureau to Survey Liability of Employers to |tee on government reorganization, said | Man Who Slew Wife, Mayor’s Car Stolen | As He Lauds Police Minneapolis, May 6.—(?)— Mayor Thomas E. Latimer of Min- neapolis rode a taxi to work Thursday. While he was rais- ing the efficiency of the police department in a talk at a meet- ing in the loop, the mayor's auto- mobile was stolen Wednesday night, BYRD PUSHES UNION OF THREE AGENCIES TO SAVE MILLIONS Wisconsin Solon on Other Hand Asks Three Billions for Relief Fund Washington, May 6.—(4)—Senator Byrd (Dem., Va.) laid before the sen- ate Thursday a proposal to consoli- ate three federal home loan organi- gations, declaring the merger would save $24,500,000 a year. Byrd, chairman of a senate commit- other suggestions for substantial sav- ings “are sure to follow” if this recom- mendation is given a hearing. His measure would combine the Home Loan Bank board, the Home |Owners Loan corporation and the Fed- eral Housing administration into a single unit called the Federal Home Credit RR ragene gece The new agency would supervise the RFC mortgage : ‘One Would fie! year would replace six executives, each of whom now receives that ‘salary. Similar savings would be effected in field and office forces, Byrd said. Senator McKellar (Dem., Tenn.) proposed as another economy measure that President Roosevelt be empow- ered to slash 10 per cent from any appropriation for next year after a hearing shows it can be done. . Friends said McKellar would not ask consideration of his bill until all 1938 appropriations have been made. The Byrd and McKellar recom- mendations followed a number of other proposals to cut expenses. Asks For $3,000,000,000 Rep. Boileau (Prog., Wis.), asking Teduelions “entemely, choriaghroa uct ‘ex! shortsighted.” Secretary Wallace told reporters it would be possible to work out an rm ” program to ment He did not say how it would econ by of 171 to 153 to spend $2,500,000 oars to begin reforesting Motorcycle Police To Patrol Highway Plans for a “safety patrol” on U. 8. highway 10 between Mandan and Farpo were made Thursday by Henry Lund, superintendent of the North Dakote highway patrol, who said he normal grani start next fall, despite economy de- | asked The Weather Probably showers to- night and Friday; cooler Friday, : { Barcelona Rebellion Is Still Raging ANARCHISTS STILL OUT OF CONTROL IN CAPITAL'S STREETS Loyalist Government Is Rushing Troops to Quell Political Uprising PEACE REPORT ERRONEOUS Revolutionist Gangs Roaming Streets in Armored Cars, Travelers Declare (By the Associated Press) Four hundred persons have been killed and 1,000 wounded in the anarchist revolt at Barcelona, the Barcelona radio station announced Thursday. Those were the casualties since Tuesday in ferocious fighting within the city, capital of autonomous Cata- lonia and now ordered under the military sway of the main §; government at Valencia. Catalonia’s government has supported Valencia and Madrid against the Fascist in- surgents since last July’s rebellion. At the time of the broadcast the streets had become quiet, the an- announcement stated. - Reports Not Verified Telephone and telegraph communi- cations with Barcelona still were cut, making it impossible to verify the re- ports directly. A force of 1,000 men was said to have started from Valencia, tempor- ary seat of the Spanish government, to suppress the anarchist uprising and guerilla warfare in Barcelona in which more than 100 persons were reported killed with casualties still mounting. Another column, the reports said, was withdrawn from the Aragon front ‘by Luis Companys, president of auto- nomous Catalonia, supporting Valen- cia’s efforts to restore peace. Reports on the border said govern- ment forces held control of the cen- tral postoffice in Barcelona but that the anarchists continued to occupy the railroad station, Only One Train eaves Only one train was allowed to leave the Catalan capital for France Wed- nesday, the second day of the upris- ing, and carried only three passengers. of Catalan military forces, had been relieved of his rank when Valencia took over the preservation of public order and was succeeded by Gen. Sebastian Pozas, leader of govern- ment troops on the Guadalajara front. Despite reports Wednesday that a peaceful settlement of the anarchists’ protests against orders to surrender their arms and dismissals from gov- ernment posts, travelers reaching the border said revolutionist gangs in armored cars still roamed the streets. An appeal by Catalonia’s new gov- erning council, Wednesday with at least one anarchist member, “all to lay down their arms and forget everything before the grandeur of the goal to be obtained fascism.” Meanwhile 5,000 weary women and children led @ mass evacuation from besieged Bilbao under the protecting guns of British warships. Two Spanish steamers bore the ref- ugees, many of them orphans of the civil war, through the Bay of Biscay toward France just as insurgent air raiders launched four bombardments against the Basque capital. Estonia Seeking Snow Removal Advice Here Estonia, tiny independent republic in Northern Europe, is interested in the North Dakota highway depart- ment’s snow removal program. P. E. Gurvin, maintenance engi- Extension Workers to Conduct Meeting Here Harry G. Armstrong, and Clarence C. Plath, extension workers from the North Dakota State Agricultural col- lege, will conduct a program planning meeting here Friday. Soil conserva- tion community committeemen from throughout Burleigh county will at- tend ‘ie meeting, whioti\ will start 4 s,m. Street Car Workers Stay at London Jobs Immediate neer, received a letter Thursday from Counsul K. Kuusik in which the foreign minister said Estonia was “very much interested in snow re- moval works in other countries.” He requested reports on performance of snow plows, ly the rotary type in North Dakota. Scanning a map Gurvin learned Estonia lay across the gulf from Fin- land and east of the Baltic sea. The country receives about 535 mm of pre- cipitation annually of which about 25 per cent is snow, he said. Heaton Bank Raiders Make Clean Getaway Heaton, N. D., May 6—(#)—State and county authorities Thursday continued an investigation into the Farmers State ee nine in which approximately was taken the institution opened Wed- ing clues. Business to Continue Up, Babson Predicts