The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1937, Page 1

Sino-Japanese Fi MISTRUST ON BOTH SIDES 1S HINDERING BATTLE CESSATION Mutual Evacuation Pact Claims ed Broken by Other With Guns Stilt Spitting Fire PEIPING SUBURB IS CENTER Observers Visiting Battlefield Fail to Find Any Japanese Withdrawing Peiping, Chins, July 9—()— Peiping, China, July 9.- dic fighting and mutual Wheeler Leads in Court Bill Attack ND. TEMPERATURE | AGAIN FORTS WITH CENTURY FIGURES State Joins Rest of Sisters in Thrall of. Death-Dealing Wave of Humid Heat The ‘temperatere in Bismarck at 3 p. m. was 9. suspicions | hindered Sino-Japanese withdrawal from Wanpinghsien’s scene of martial case under # peace agreement Fri- ay. Both Japanese Chinese sus- pected the other would fail to fulfill agreements reached at 4 ovlock Pr a r at 4 o% - day morning. The ty-ninth Army of China, said, has-taken the at- gendarmes to the besieged city ‘of Wan- i :® suburb of: Pieping,: to ‘the garrison. trench Mortars immediately joined battle with the Japanese light artillery. The aky was. filled with smoke-puffs as {the sound of machine guns and rifles indicated the battle was once again becoming general. Japanese troops were reported to have opened fire-also on the troops of General Sung as they were with- drawing westward across the Yung- ting river. The Japanese declared . they were forced to open fire to cover the retreat to’ Fengtal, their base at the strategic railway center 12 miles |. west of Peiping. i Observers. who. persuaded - military | authorities to open the gates of Pei- ping so they could visit the battle- field,. however,. found .no indication the Japanese were actually wittidraw- ino DEATH TOLL” FOR 1937 NOW 29 Fourth Victim of. Weird Mishap Near Rugby Dies; Two Others Added to List North Dakote’s 1937 auto death toll | © was raised: to‘30 Friday as:the fowth victim of a weird accident near Rugby July 4’ died and belated ‘reports of the deaths of two other persons were “ajur Fed) the fourth to Sjur’ ji, 70, was the die as a result of boralnss received on Pioneer settlers, dition to his ‘four sisters, his widow and two children. TOWER CITY FARMER DIES Fargo, N. D., July 9.—(?)—William R. Bardsley, 78, Tower City. N. D. farmer, died Thursday at the hume of @ soneinelaw. and daughter, Mr. 4nd prs. Melvin Sexton. \ } Objects to Introduction of Farm Bill as First Indicator of Legislative Jam Washington, July ‘Wheeler (Dem.-Mont.) opened in in sup- E Pid i I lilt out privileged matters, as long as the ad- ministration clamped down strict rulés on debate. Senator Pope (Dem.-Idaho) sought to introduce his new farm bill, but Wheeler objected. : FDE Denies Rumor Meanwhile, President Roosevelt told ® press conference Friday he was not sponsorship of a consti- tutional amendment for compulsory CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, 'N. D.,. Po JONES IS RELEASED” FROM CHARGE THAT ROSE FROM STRIKE Justice Rules He Cannot-Put in Jeopardy Man Defending - His Right to Work EVIDENCE WAS CONFLICTING = ial u Accusation of Assault With Dangerous Weapon Is Dropped by Bonny Bonny, after a two-day 5, said he could not bring him © put in Jeopardy a man who had acted in defense of his job. There was some testimony that retirement of supreme court justices|i "th. at the age of 75. : He also rciless . temperatures from ‘the Atlantic. coast’ to ‘Eastern the. Associated Walla Walla, Wash., sweltered in 96 degree weather Thursday and Ya- kima, Wash. recorded 94. Lamar, Col., and Atlantic, Iowa, with read- ings of 102, were’the hottest spots east of the Rockies. BAR EXAMINATIONS)". ARE HURLDED BY 28 26 ‘Immediately Admitted to | Practice of Law by Judge Christianson ton; James L. McCormick, New 8a: lem; William L. Paylson, Valley City: Marvin ©. Sanders, Ray; Ellis G. Snowfield, Langdon; John J. Tebelius, Harvey; Frank J. Woell, Casselton; John A. Zuger, Bismarck. FARGO PIONEER DIES Pets Minot Lion— Minot; N..D,, July 9.—William Shortridge, Norma, put his hand through the bars to pet a lion at the Minot s00. Mion -didn’t want to be fi invoked senate rules limiting debate because the administration was “afraid to debate this measure,” and said it-was “amazing” such rules had been applied “when there is no.ques- filibuster. CAVE EXPLORERS SAVED FROM DEATH Former Minnesota “Star Overcome by Lack of Oxygen in Earth's Rec night. He Fat Happened so ‘fast they were not al- together certain as to. what happened and that when the gun began to pop they all became frightened—or at least excited. Jones had been at liberty under bond’ pending the preliminary hear- . Had he been bound over to dis- trict court, as asked by State’s Attor- ney George 8, Register, the case would have been brought to 8 jury trial. Bonny commented that it was im- probable he would be convicted any- way and that this would be an un- justified burden on the taxpayers. Star Athlete Admits Stabbing, Raping Girl Chicago, July 9—()—John Arde- lan, 17-year-old high school honor student and star athlete, confessed Friday, Sergt. McNally said, that he stabbed, beat and raped a 9- Oldest Newspaper FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937 ‘The Weather Generally fair tonight and Saturd: PRICE FIVE CENTS ulation at 15,500 hting Continues Despite Agreement Clipper Ends Uneventful Ocean Hop At the end_of its epochal but ss “uneventful” American Clipper-III is pictured in this radiop! flight from Botwood, Newfoundland, the Pan- hoto from London on the placid surface of the ro- mantic River Shannon at Foynes, Irish Free State. Circling above the Clipper III is a welcoming English plane. Inset shows the crew being greeted by Ireland’s President Eamon De Valera Clipper (in broad-brimmed hat). Fifteen minutes after the Clipper III landed, the Imperial Airways “Cale- donia” completed the east-west crossing and landed at Botwood. The flights were preparatory to establishing regular passenger service from New York to London. Hope of Finding Amelia Alive In South Seas Begins to Fade EXPECT TAYLOR 10 CHAIRMAN'S POST Wall Street Surmises That Magnate May Become U. S. Ambassador to London New York, July 9—()—Wall Street, where the possibility of Myron C. Tay- ee appointment to a diplomatic post been long rumored, speculated Friday upon a newspaper report that he expects to retire Jan. 1 as chair- man of U. 8. Steel corporation. A company spokésman refused to con- firm or deny the report. In Florence, Italy, where he is vaca- tioning, Mrs. Taylor said he could not comment on the report. ‘The New York Herald-Tribune said Taylor's retirement “is contingent on thé completion of a financing and common stock dividend resumption program on which his heart is set. “If this program is not carried through by the year end, he has in- dicated that’ he will continue as chairman until July 1, 1938, at the ; wspaper said: “It is scarcely @ secret in Wall Street that Mr. Tay- lor would be -available for appoint- One Man Petroleum Firm Plans to Dig in Nesson Valley (This is the fifth of s series of By GORDON MacGREGOR Watford City, N. D., July 9.—What everyone would like to know—and what probably only one man will know—is where the Standard Oil company of California will drill its first test oil well in the Nesson anti- Just when that well will be started problematical and dependent upon pletion of the seismographic sur- now being made by the Geo- phical Service, Inc. of Dallas, xas which has contracted with the d Oil company to locate the of the dome. ' H. Bishop, manager of the seis- ‘Mographic crew, is probably the one determine where the to take their first bite Right now the selsmographic crew speeding the survey of the south the anticline, that part of the Has Key To Oil Well Secret oi And He Won't Tell Where Big sourl river in McKenzie county, ® sew ayiibe moet Lee Prepares Pp Bishop, who correlates the graphs as come in daily from the field Navy Widening Search With No Trace of Lost Fliers Found (By The Associated Press) Equatorial rain squalls threatened to interrupt the seatch for Amelia Earhart whith navy airmen consid ed was entering its most crucial phase Friday. “ Despite a forecast of rain and poor visibility, offictrs aboard: the battle- ship Colorado planned to catapult, her three planes aloft again in expecta- tion of completing an serial search of the Phoenix islands Sat turday. Friday and Saturday, they said they felt, was the most critical period since the coast guard cutter started the search just a week ago. Airmen felt in flights Thursday and ‘Wednesday they definitely eliminated the possibility she was in around Winslow reef. Fail to Sight Shoals (, By sea.aind air search for the miss- ing aviatrix and her navigator, Fred- erick J. Noonan, has éncompassed ap- proximately 136,000 square miles with- out even sighting some of the shoals and sand spits.supposed to exist BIGGER WHEAT CROP | FORECAST BY U.S. Total Indicated Yield Set at : 626,461,000 Bushels; Less Than 5-Year Average Washington, July 9—(7)—The agri- culture department said Friday a 2,- 571,851,000 bushel corn crop and & 882,287,000 bushel wheat crop were indicated by July 1 conditions. Farms produced 1,529,327,000 bushels of corn last year, while the five-year (1928-1932) average produc- tion was 2,554,772,000 bushels. The total indicated wheat crop, combing winter and spring, compared an - 864,532,000-bushel five-year aver- age. Department forecasters estimat- ed winter wheat at about 663,641,000 ‘bushels, compared with 648,597,000 in- dicated a month ago, 519,013,000 pro- duced last year, and 6 five-year average. They said the indicated production of all spring wheat was 218,646,000 bushels, compared with 107,448,000 bushels last year, and 241,312,000, the five-year average. Durum wheat production was esti- mated at 29,568,000 bushels, compared with 8,175,000 last year, and 53,687,000, the five-year average. The crop of other spring wheat was forecast at 189,960,000 bushels, com- pared with 90,273,000 last year, and 187,625,000, the five-year average. Production of other crops, as indi- cated from July 1 cenditions, with comparative figures for last year and the five-year (1928-32) average, were reported as follows: Oats Crop Larger Oats 1,111,229,000 bushels, compared with 789,100,000 last year and 1,215,- 102,000, the five-year average. Barley, 243,540,000 bushels, compared with 147,452,000 and 281,237,000. Rye, 50,398,000 bushels, compared with 25,554,000 and 38,212,000. Flaxseed 7,622,000 bushels, compared with 5,906,000 and 15,996,000. Hay (tame) 175,321,000 tons, com- void |Pared with 63,309,000 and 70,146,000, bushels, .com- Potatoes, 404,229,000 pared with 329,997,000 and 372,115,000. control the number of hard lcenses. Sathre cited a decision of the state supreme court of Utah for Salt Lake City council in which that tribunal that “intention of the legisla- held the city council may regulate and Uquor lay; some- what warmer Sat. . CENSUS OF SCHOOL CHILDRENINDICATES GROWTH CONTINUES 4,163 Boys and Girls Counted as Falling in Education’ with 626,461,000 bushels last year and | Y¢ers. the has enjoyed a maey, Age Limits TELEPHONES VERIFY FIGURE Waldo Forecasts Population of 17,000 for Capital City by 194147 Bismarck’s population has increased approximately 15 per cent the last two years, results of the biennial school census indicate. The census figures were released Friday by City Superintendent of Schools H. O. Sax- vik, under whose direction they were compiled. On the basis of these figures, the population of Bismarck is now some- where between 15,500 and 16,500. Local school board and city officials estimate the latter figure. F. H. Waldo, district manager for Northwestern Bell Telephone com- pany, which makes semi-annual pop- ulation estimates in communities it serves on basis of telephone installa- tions and other service work, says he believes it is nearer 15,500. Even this more conservative estimate would represent an increase of more than eee saree the official federal count 4,163 of School Age The census figures reveal a total of 4,163 boys and girls in Bismarck of school age—between 6 and 2i—or 551 more than two years ago. This is an increase of slightly in excess of 15 per cent. 3 fe i at dependable estimates of telephone su needs, pply It will reach 17,000 by 1941. under normal conditions, he His Capital City during the next four He estimates 132 new stations “the city without a vacant house,” but sound according to Waldo. Government offices have accelerat- ed its growth “a little bit” in the last few years, but not as much as people popularly suppose, Waldo said. Drowning Victim Is Buried at Mandan 4 Funeral services were held in Man- dan Thursday for Walter Reuben Fix, Jan, 3, 1934, in Mandan, and leaves two children, Ronald, 3, and Arlene, 11 months, Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Clarence Sauers, Bismarck, and & brother, Michael, Bismarck. Four Convicts Baffle Scores of Pursuers Huntsville, Texas, July 9. — (®) — Four desperate convicts who escaped with five others from Eastham prison farm led scores of baffled officers in ‘a wild, zig-zag race across Northeast Texas Friday. Latest exploit of the fleeing felons morning, one convict has been killed, ® guard wounded, a civilian robbed of his automobile. Four of the prisoners have been captured and the kidnaped man released. counci | Minot Youth Begins from evils attending it.” PEACE EFFORTS FUTILE Alcoa, Tenn., July 9.—(?)—Efforts to settle a three-weeks old strike at Army Flight Training