The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1937, Page 3

> a in le- re }00 PE SRR et | os od RATE DISTURBANCE WOULD HURT STATE Minnesota Areas Unfair, Winter Asserts Any disturbance of the present ad- justment of potato rates from the Red River valley and North Dakota president, lett Saturday for Fargo where they will assist in the defense | A’ against a proposed reduction of the present rates from the Princeton-Cambridge in Min- territory. turbance will seriously affect compete for the price they can receive for their potatoes, Winter said. ited reductions are be! “Rail carriers claimed the competi- tion of trucks has made inroads on their traffic from the Minnesota group to a» greater extent than has been the case from the Red River valley,” Winter said. “This is denied by the North Da- kota interests who insist the present rate relationship be maintained, and if any reductions are to be made from the Princeton: ldge meet truck competi the same si uation warranted like treatment, rates from North Dakota.” CHARLES A. JOHNSON DIES IN BISMARCK Pioneer County Had Lived Here the Last 16 Years Charles August Johnson, retired Mercer county farmer who has made his home in Bismarck the last 16 years, died at a local hospital at 10 p.m. Friday. He was 74 years old. Mr. Johnson’s home was at .702/ De: Seventh St. Born in Lambogorden, Sweden, July 31, 1863f Mr. Johnson came to the Unted States in 1886. He home- steaded in Mercer county not far from Stanton that same year. There he married Inga Swanson‘in October of the following year. He farmed in Mercer county until his/ Qi retirement in 1921. Mr. Johnson leaves his widow, one brother in Sweden, 6 children, 17 grandchildren, and 2 great grand- chilren. Three nieces still live in Sweden. The children are J. W. Johnson, 123 Front avenue, Bismarck; H. M. John- son, Stanton; C. L. Johnson, Port- Jand, Ore.; Mrs. Emil Johnson, 222 West Broadway, Bismarck; Mrs. Iver Berg, Stanton; and Mrs. R. Thompson,. Stanton. In Mercer county, Mr. Johnson served as @ county and was @ school district officer for many years. He was a member of the Lutheran ‘church in Bismarck. Tentative funeral plans include a service at Webb Brothers chapel in Bismarck at 11 a. m. Tuesday fol- lowed by services at 2 p. m. at Dea- Polis church, near Stanton. Burial al be made in the Deapolis ceme- ry. Rev. C. Adolph Johns will offi- ciate, Until Tuesday morning the body will lie in state at Webb's. Soviet Fliers Feted | By U.S. Dignitaries Washington, July 24.— () —Soviet Russia’s second group of three avia- tors to fly from Moscow to the United States arrived here Saturday for » Tound of sightaeeing and calls on government officials. The fliers, Michael M. Gromm, An- Grei B, Yumasheff and Serge! Dani- lin, flew to ‘Washington from Los An- geles by regular commercial airplane. They were met at the airport by Konstantine Umansky, charge: d’af- faires of the Soviet embassy; David Rosoff, president of Amtorg, the So- s corporation in New York, and embassy attaches. The filers will be received Monday by President Roosevelt, the secretar- es of war, navy and commerce and other officials, Hankinson Resident Held for Trial Here Roland H. Marsh, Hankinson, Resident of Mercer! + Weather Report | POTATO PRODUGERS| = proposed Reduction for Certain | 4) ts tonight and south- ‘ys warmer northwest Sun- ‘or South Dakota: scattered thundershowers, this utter: noon or tonight and east rehts dl somewhi west tonight; cooler ag rae f or Montana: Generally fair to- night and Sunday; tappergtare lay; little change in innesota: Partly cloudy, local cantettsorts Gutigd Gata south “Sen z night and east and ooler north- st and south north-cent: it portions tonight; s pale honda what cooler west and CONDITIONS jure is low over oundary, Wil- nd over the Inches, Light, sexttered . » scatte showers have occurred over the Gi Plains fogion, but the weath: rally falr.over the. Far West. Tem- eratures are thoderate throughout the northern and central Bismarck station barometer, inc 28.14. Reduced to sea level, 29. eo Miepearl river st: gary 30. ‘m m. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: Total this month to date permet this month to Low- est. Pct ry 61-00 83° (00 51 07 55.08 nm, pteldy .. 58 OT Jamestown, cld; 80 57 102 Max, clear 55.00 Minot, cldy. 64 = =.00 Parshall, peter, 49.00 Sanish, cldy . 42.00 Williston, clear . 64.0 Devils Lake cld; 56.00 Grand Forks, cldy 54 00 Hankinson, cldy .. 53.00 Lisbon, ‘cldy 63.00 SOUTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est est Pct Aberdeen, cldy .... 2 60.00 super, ptcldy . MONTANA POINTS High- Low- est est Pct Glendive, clear .... FY 00 lavre, clear .. 60 00 Helena, clear ... 58 OO Lewistown, ‘clear. 48.00 Miles City, clear WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS High- Low- est ost Pct Amarillo, Tex, ptcldy.. 98 70 ) Missouri Valley Group to Leave somewhat cooler ct | Hi 5 ton, Glen Ullin; 0 |Quarantine Declared SEVEN FROM AREA AT SCOUT SCHOOL Another Austro-German Bond Sunday for Training at Itasca Park Park, Minnesota. They represent each district in the Missouri Valley area The Scottish-Rite bodies of Bis- marck and Mandan have, for’ the second year, sponsored scholarships making it possible for each district to send one representative to the university. » Instruct institutions. This training a year ago was of tremendous benefit to the local coun- cil, according to Paul O. Netland, pea tis » With the marriage in September of Austrian Archduke Franz Josef of Hapsburg and German Baroness Marta von Kahler, another bond between the two countries wil] be established. They are pictured Seuee during a visit to London. Franz Josef’s mother was one of the owners of the fabulously valuable Marie Antoinette necklace. RAIL WORKERS OP STATE CONVENTION family, 1, Mink.; Helen Young | Delegates Approve Pettingill gna party, Minneapolis, Minn: Mise! Bill, to Elect Officers Dur. ing Afternoon souri Valley area had such contact and benefited indirectly from the Itasca school, according to Netland. Men. Senne this year are: Jake Haynes, and Nolan Nichols, Mc- Clusky. In Three S. D. Counties Grimes, Minneapolii . P, Townsend, Minneapolli Mrs. Meikle, London, England; and Mrs, L. Houmann, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Charles J. Moore and family, Newport, R. I. Grand Pacific Hotel Clancy Cooper and party, ont.; Mr and Mrs. Pi Shields; A. G. Torgerson, Minot; Mar: garet O'Keefe, Grand Forks; Mr. and Mrs, P. Drever, Bedford, N. McIntyre, Lewiston, Idaho; A. Intyre, Lewiston, Idaho; and Prestage, Watertown, Conn, Valley City, N. D., July 24—()— Formal business sessions of the sixth annual convention of the North Da- kota railroad employes association got under way here Saturday, with dele- gates from 21 locals in the state as- sembled, Resolutions passed included ap- proval of the Pettingill bill favoring the long and short haul clause. Elec- tion of officers was to be held Satur- day afternoon, Special trains was expected to bring over 700 delegates Saturday afternoon and a general meeting will be held in the new city auditorium tonight. Of- ficials of several railroads and na- tional officers of the ship-by-rail or- ganization will speak on the program which will be broadcast. A parade, led by Grand Forks’ club band, will be held after the arrival of the trains. Birt! Daughter, nd ‘8s, Otto Shock, Braddock, .. Friday, St. Alexius hi ital, Son, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Robbins, 419 Fifteenth St., 7:40 p. m, Friday, St. Alexius hospital, ; Most Valuable Crop In Years Is Forecast Minneapolis, July 24.—(#)—North- west farmers will receive about $180,- 000,000 this year for their share of a wheat crop which the go Death Mr. Charles A. Johnson, 74, 702 Sev- aa St. 9:50 p. m., Friday, local hos- pital. F. E. McCurdy, ,Bismarck lawyer, severely injured in ‘an automobile ac: cident last Sunday, is showing steady improvement, his physician said Sat- ery or pee Galery, Alta, cleat bg 90] forecasts ax the most valuable in 10] urday. Montana Police Hold a8] 'o., ptcldy fl years. e OT Chicago, Iii,’ peeldy. . 70 103 esti- 5 Bonnar cafipiciy'<. $8. G1 as] ne portiwae nerve vee ot: Can’t Rebuild Highway| Man as Jail Fugitive dy. 94° Dodge City, Kan,, clay 100 . 72 Dubols, Idaho, clear .... 86 Edmonton, Alta, clear. 72 48 Kamloops, B Cc, clear 39 80 ity, eld: 74:00 4 H 64 = .00 68.01 cl 18 00 Okiahoma City, cl : Phoenix, Ariz. 82:00 Pr. Albert, 54.00 fy 5616 62 =.00 74.00 66 00 96 5 |, Mex. clear 84 62 .00 Mich., cl 80 «56 = .00 le: 00 Winnipeg, Mi et| Eden Asks Powers to State Stand on Plan London, July 24.—(#)—Foreign Sec- retary Anthony Eden Saturday asked European powers to put down in black and white their stand on the British plan to keep foreign arms and fight- ers out of the Spanish civil war. Eden sent to each member of the 27-nation non-intervention committee @ questionnaire to give each govern- ment @ chance to outline its views. Under the British plan foreign vol- unteers in Spain would be withdrawn, limited belligerent rights would be granted to both Spanish factions, and & control system by observers would be set ‘Deadlock resulted when Italy de- manded that granting of belligerent rights be considered in committee ahead of withdrawal of foreign volun- teers. Reward Offered for Knowledge of Fliers d- Saturday a reward of $2,000 for any information which would “definitely clear up the mystery” surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and her navagator, Captain Fred Noonan. Putnam is the husband of Miss Earhart, who, with Noonan, was lost in the so Pacific on an attempted world Se nae the reward would be paid promptly for the recovery and delivery of any part of the Earhart plane or its contents which might be identified and which would clearly reveal the fate of the missing fliers. Waived examination at a preliminary hearing before Police Magistrate E. & Allen Saturday and was bound over to district court on a charge of aint Money under false pre- hae was jailed in default of $500 The complaint was signed by a lo- das eee, WOR it was alleged, 4n assumed name. Children Playing in Car Cause Accident Children playing in a parked car tn front of the Ulmer home at 403 Mandan street Thursday released the brake, Crossed Rosser avenue, and Davis Cash rary Sais t Little damage Aa ie to either Car, police reported. [ Wife of Jamestown Judge Dies in Utah daughter and son-in-law, Dr. snd San Robert. Mota at Logan, Utah, Friday night. Mrs. suffered a strike of apoplexy late ‘Wednesday. z Mrs. Margaret Stein, 79, Mandan, Succumbs 0 | basis of. July 1 conditions, by the de- 08 | Gtuded $81,526,000 for Minnesota, $74,- Livingston, Mont. July 24.—(P)— Erwin Ziegler, 22, is being held by Police as an escaped convict from the Wisconsin state reformatory. Chief of Police Frank M. Olson said the prisoner admitted he was Ziegler and waived extradition. The arrest was made in a telegraph office where, Olson said, the man was attempting to obtain money from a woman at West Bend, Wis. On U. S. Funds Alone Commissioner P, H. McGurren said Saturday highway engineers were un- able to assure a Dickey county del- egation that 10 miles of reconstruc- tion on U. 8. Highway 281 north of Ellendale could be completed on ® 100-per-cent federal grant basis. He said the delegation conferred with engineers to ask the department to reconstruct that section of road on the federal route in the 1938 program. H. C. Frahm, chief engineer, ex- plained that North Dakota had been allocated about $6,000,000 in federal years at the rate of 2, He said that under the agreement with the U. 8. bureau of public roads, funds for two years were on 100 per cent federal grant basis but that the 1938 program would require 50-50 match- ing of state.and federal funds. MINOT GIRL MARRIED San Diego, Calif, July 24—(P)—A marriage license was issued here Saturday to Evelyn J. Williamson, 27, Minot, N. and John W. Cross, 27, San Die; it of agriculture. This in- 454,000 for North Dakota, $30,244,000 tor South Dakota and $27,286,000 for Montana. Market prices Saturday indicated an average price of $1.10 2 bushe) at the farm. This would mean a total of $179,861,000 for the 163,510,000 bushels estimated as the probable harvest of winter and spring wheat in the four northwest states. Madison Pro Takes Chicago Open Lead Chicago, July 24—()—Phil Green- wald, young Madison, Wis., profes- sional, shot into the 36-hole lead in the Chicago open golf tournament Saturday by adding a neat 37-36-73 over the Medinah Country club number one course to his 74 of Fri- day, for a total of 147. Henry Ransom, professional from Bryan, Tex., moved into second place by shooting the number one course in 38-38—76, which with his fine 37- 35—72 over number three yesterday, gave him @ 148 total. Death Cheated in Gas Barrel Blast John Sinkula, welder at the Machine Shop, was cut- ting a metal barrel in halves ‘Wednesday. He didn’t know it had contained gasoline. The fumes exploded. Top of the barrel hit the ceil- ing, wrapped itself around a pipe, dented the roof. Sides of the bar- rel, twisted out of shape, hurtled through the air. The blowtorch was bent and broken. Sinkuls, somehow, emerged with only a crushed thumb and minor burns on arms and over the eyes. To the Expectant Public We Present JEAN HARLOW’S Last Production As Thrilling as Only the Authors of “San Francisco” Could Make It! Cc LA R K: GABLE HARLOW SARATOL LIONEL BARRYMORE, sr sondsy «t , MORGAN - PIDGEON - MERKEL 2Be till 7:80 - CLARK GABLE... as a King of Gamblers! ‘JEAN HARLOW ... as the beauty who tried to break him! Such is this gaily exciting drama of the King of Sports ... the greatest race-track romance since 1934’s “Broadway Bill”! BETTY BOOP CARTOON AND LATEST NEWS EVENTS PARAMOUNT. TODAY — SUNDAY — MONDAY THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1987 GUN SHOT WOUNDS 3 STRIKE PICKETS Both Owners and Drivers in Group of Truck Strike Dis- putants Hurt Akron, O., July 24.—()—Three men on a picket line of striking truck drivers were wounded early Saturday by a mysterious gun shot discharge. The shot was fired by a man in an automobile, Summitt county deputy sheriffs said, into a crowd of both pickets and owner-operators of trucks, The deputies said that after the shooting the union drivers and the operators agreed to a truce, called Pickets from the highways, and ar- ae & meeting to be held later in Officers investigating the shooting said they obtained no information re- garding the person who fired the shot, nor to which side in the controversy he belonged. Members of both groups were among the wounded. They were: Noah Fahar, 32, and Ralph Faylor, 24, non-union men, and 8. J. Randol, 62, union member. They were taken to an Akron hospital where Randol was later dismissed, and the others were reported not seriously injured. Lawmakers Go Home After Stormy Term St. Paul, July 24—()—Minnesota’s lawmakers were on their way home Saturday—and a special legislative session marked by strong factional controversy was over. The legislature succeeded Friday in cutting real estate taxes. It also appropriated $59,516,000 for the biennium. Several bills approved by the two chambers awaited Gov. Elmer A. Benson's signature, with some question reported as to whether he would permit to become law the bargain tax settlement bill. Property tax rates were set by the legislators during the last hectic day at not more than 10 mills for 1938 and 8.96 mills for 1939. Homesteads and farmsteads valued at less than $4,000 will not be affected by these rates and instead will be assessed 6.3 mills for next year and 4.24 mills for 1939. A Minnesota Governor Signs Tax Measure Minneapolis, July 24 —(?)— Gov. ernor Benson Saturday signed the commonly called bargain tax settle- ment bill and indicated he would promptly approve all other measures by the special session which ended ‘The new law provides persons may redeem property forfeited to the state for unpaid taxes for the years 1926 to 1930, inclusive, by agreeing to pay 60 per cent of the amount due with one-fifth in cash and the re- stallments. A.F.L, Claims Gain in Membership This Year Washington, July 24.—(#)—The American Federation of Labor said Saturday the membership of unions affiliated with it totaled 3,106,439 on July 20, a gain of 666,363 since Aug. 31, 1936. Frank Morrison, secretary-treasurer, said this total did not include the ed last year for supporting John L. Lewis’ organization of the Committee for Industrial Organization. ing the first five months of this year and their inventory of real estate cn hand is considerably lower than year ago. The 12 banks sold farms from Jan. 1 to June 1, jared to 5,441 sales for the same in 1936. Strip Tease Enters U.S. Labor Picture Cincinnati, July 24.—()—The “strip-tease” entered America’s labor picture Saturday as Philip G. Phillips, regional director of the National Labor Relations board, filed a complaint against the Clover Fork Coal company of Kitts, Harlan county, Ky., alleg- ing it imported dancers to lure employes from union meetings. Phillips said he was told by rep- resentatives of the United Mine Workers’ union that the union, able to offer only business mat- ters, “found it hard to meet the competition of the free exhibi- tions” staged by the company on meeting nights. The complaint set forth that the company “did procure lewd and immoral women to perform free, indecent exhibitions known as strip and tease dances and to otherwise engage in gratuitous licentious conduct at times when union meetings were scheduled, for the purpose of enticing its em- ployes from attending such meet- ings.” Boy, 16, Wrecks to $15,000 damage. The youth wrecked the planes, po- lice said, when he attempted to “bor- row” one of them and take off for Washington to tell Secretary of War Woodring of “an airplane wing which can be expanded or contracted for different conditions of flying.” Bal- mut said he had invented such wing. mainder spread over ten annual in- Minot Man Drowned and was drowned. Dr. E. C. Stone, Ward county cor- oner, had made no decision as to cause cf the fall. A little boy who saw Holl’ falling body could not say whether he had jumped, slipped or suffered fainting spell. States in 1886. He was not married. Funeral services were held Saturday morning. | No Dress-Ups for | Nudists’ Conclave Los Angeles, July 24. — (PF) — They're not dressing at this con- vention. Bronzed young Hobart Vlassey announced Saturday he expected at least 200 delegates and visitors at this nudist conclave at the sun tanners’ resort at Soquel, Calif., Sept. 11-13. At the convention will be dis- cussed problems of individual groups, standards of membership, finance, public relations and other matters affecting nudism. There also will be inter-club games. Today’s Recipe Watermelon Cooler (4 servings) One cup pressed watermelon juice, 1 cup grapefruit juice, 1 cup canned membership of the 10 unions suspend- ee Juice, % cup fresh lime extracted. Strain. Combine T. 8. Baldwin. STORY,SET_TO, GAY, EROMANTIC TUNES! * whet © Becutifyl Beginning’ : * Travelin’ Light? *$ing ond Be Happy ond Jother hits by Sidney ‘Clore’. ond Harry Akst? 2 Army Airplanes Cleveland, July 24. — () — Army flyers surveyed two wrecked planes Saturday and wondered what to do with Julius Balmut, 16, who police said was responsible for the $10,000 Mr. Holl was born Bernt Dredsen in Norway. He came to the United —_—_—_______-+ a} Cut up sections of ripe watermelon. Place in cheesecloth bag, and mash ward etd dareemeidoele with potato masher until all see is Federal land banks continued to sell | other juices. Use no sugar. Serve in more farms than they acquired dur- |+21) glasses with shaved ice in bottom and a few red melon balls in the glass. The first military airship in the world was the “Signal Corps 1,” pur- chased by the United States govern- ment Aug. 18, 1908. It was built by 3 FIVE SCOTTSBORO DEFENDANTS FREED One Convicted on Assault Count to End Six-Year-Old Tangle Decatur, Ala., July 24.—(7)—Rape charges against five of the nine Negro “Scottsboro case” defendants were dropped by the state Saturday. The state move came after Ozie Powell pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent to murder, and the rape accusation against Powell was dropped. Judge W. W. Callahan gave Powell ® 20-year sentence on the assault charge, which arose from an attack on Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock in January, 1936, Powell was shot after he stabbed Blalock as he was being transferred to a Birmingham jail. Olen Montgomery, Willie Robinson, Eugene Williams and Roy Wright were the defendants ordered freed. They’ had not been tried since the original hearings at Scottsburo, Ala., in April, 1931. Thus, in swift and dramatic fash- ion, the court docket here was cleared of the “Scottsboro case” after more than six years of legal maneuvers. Would Have College Share in Land Funds Washington, July 24—(?)—Senator James E, Murray of Montana, asked congress Friday to pass legislation authorizing Northern Montana col- lege to share in land grant funds. His proposal would give the college one-fifth of funds received by Mon- tana colleges from lands leased un< der the Taylor grazing act. The state legislature would direct the spending z. “~ ° [of such funds. As He Falls in River Minot, N. D., July 24.—Bernt Holl, 78, Minot carpenter and former farmer near Blaisdell, perished in the Mouse river here when he fell from the bank Senator Murray said Montana col< lege is the only college in the state system without a land grant. Licensed Barristers In State Number 448 ‘|. North Dakota has a total of 488 §/ licensed attorneys, John Newton, su- ‘| Preme court clerk and secretary of the state bar board, said Saturdaw as he prepared to mail a corrected list of lawyers issued by the board. Cass county heads the list with 72 licensed atorneys. Sioux and Slope counties have only one each, From 1,000 to 2,000 Americans in Spain Washington, July 24 —(P)— State department officials estimated today there are between 1,000 and 2,000 Americans fighting in Spain despite strict regulations against United States citizens entering that country durfing the civil war. Passports issued by the state de- partment are marked “not valid for Spain.” Army of 700 Fights Montana Forest Fire Missoula, Mont., July 24. — (2) —~ Heavy smoke hampered work of 700 | CCC workers, forest service employes and volunteers in fighting a forest fire in the Miller creek area. The 1,600-acre fire is being surrounded by an 11-mile cordon of fire fighters, Bodies of two sawyers, unable to re< turn to their lumber camp, were re- covered Friday. The Caledonia of Great Britain made the fast time of 15 hours 9 minutes on its east-to-west trans-At- lantic flight, as compared to the 16 hours 28 minutes made by the Ameri- can Clipper. On the west-to-east run, the Caledonia took 11 hours 53 min- utes, while the Clipper took 12 hours 39 minutes, CAPITOL TODAY ONLY Bullets rule the range... | as the master of action writers weaves a throbbing le of the great eutdoers! CHARLES STARRETT MARY BLAKE ™ es!