The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 8, 1937, Page 1

The Weather Cloudy tonight and Thursday; probably a shower tonight, cooler Taine | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, N. D., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS Destroyers Speed to Naval Engagement Japanese Bomb Chinese Railroad, Kill 300 Civilians FIVE PACKED CARS BLOWN FROM TRACK OUTSIDE SHANGHAL Peril to Foreigners Increased as «+ Both Sides Reply Unfavor- ably to Proposals CHECK SOUTHERN THRUST Chinese Successfully Harrying ) Extended Japanese Flank Near Peiping The troops wider even sure E Eg ‘ i OO | In Spotlight ER OF DBRS ASSOCUATIN PLAN FARGO CONVENTION Attorney General Sathre Will Be Principal Speaker at Meet- ing Sept. 20-21 (Special to the Bismarck Tribune) Washburn, N. D., Sept. 8&—The North Dakota Register of Deeds as- sociation will stage its annus! con- vention at Fargo, Sept. 20-21, Presi- dent R. R. Robinson announced here “General P. O. Sathre of rious register of deeds’ offices will tion,” declares Robinson, “to bring about more efficiency in our offices of the state and a better understanding between the public and the record- ers’ offices.” , Robinson will be presiding over sixth annual convention having been re-elected president five consecutive only] years. Register of deeds of McLean 1 lity county since Jan., 1931, Robinson was elected vice president of the associa- tion that year and in 1932 was elevat- ed to the presidency, a position his fellows would not permit him to re- linquish since then. Other officers of the association are JR. Runsvold, Fargo, vice president; Catheryn Degnan, Devils Lake, secre- tary, and Lenna G. Owen, Cando, treasurer. ACTRESS ROBBED New York, Sept. 8 —(P)— Yetta Zwerling, veteran Jewish actress, re- ported to police early Wednesday she had been robbed of $20,000 in jewelry by two men who posed as telegraph messengers. RECLAMATION GROUP) MEETS. IN BISMARCK TO STUDY LAND USE 20 Slope Counties Represented in Western North Dakota Association IRRIGATION CHIEF ATTENDS ‘Aggressive Promotional Pro- gram’ Planned; Water Board Is Lauded Reclamation and conservation de- velopments in western North Da- kota were analyzed at the annual conference of the Western North Dakota Reclamation and Conserva- tion association in Bismarck Wed- ring PI program” by which federal agencies would be pursysded to lend maxi- mum impetus to “intelligent land use and conservation practices.’ Out of potentially irrigable land of approximately 340,000 acres of which 140,000 lies outside of the Missouri river valley proper, only 25,000 are mow being irrigated, the association learned, Laud Water Board Federal, state and private surveys have revealed that. many irrigation projects might be constructed for as little as $25 per acre, it was said. Activities of the state water con- servation commission: were lauded by various speakers who listed the actual construction loans made to individ- ual operators by this body. F. P. Whitney, Dickinson, presi- Gent of the association and a mem- ber of the state water commission W. W. McLalighlin, chief of the division of irrigation of He bureall agricultural . .U. 8, de- Qe lor upon. exper- fences of recent drouth years by construction of supplementary irri- gation works. ; McLaughlin pointed out the entire eurtane ae resources of North Da- ote cot permanently captured $35,200.00, exclusive. of ie. proposed , exclusive of proposed ‘Missouri river diversion. Advocated by State This long time corrective has been advocated by the state planning board as s rehabilitation Breasure for all sections of the state. Directors of the western North Da- kota group called attention to the heavy spring runoff this year from many western streams, even after the past two “extremely dry years.” The loss of this runoff annually was “in- excusable, in the light of the fact that federal agencies are 5; hund- reds of millions in this state for Jects of lesser permanent value,” they asserted. Also meeting with the group were John W. Hew, sgricultural develop- ment director of the Northern Pacific, and E. C. Leedy and Paul C, Wagner, representing the agricultural depart- ment of the Great Northern, Law to Crack Down On License Dodgers Automobile drivers who run afoul ie law without a Sears cenee severely penalized, Mag- istrate E. S, Allen warned here Tues- day after deferring senence on George Weible, Burleigh county farmer, ar- rested without one of thé permits last Saturday. Weible was arrested by two state highway patrolmen after he had driven onto U. 8, 83 north of Bis- into another car, severely damaging car, severe! both machines, Sentence was deferred until Sept. 11 when Weible paid all damages on the car and promised to pay some additional damages. He crashed into @ car belonging to E. J. Lidbury, Sas- katchewan, Canada, Norman Char- boneau, one of the patrolmen who arrested him, said. Increasingly heavy fines will be assessed violators of traffic laws who do -not have driver's li- censes, Allen said. Patrick C. Casey, 82, Retired Railman, Dies Patrick C. Casey, 82, retired rail- flowers| Way conductor, died at his home, 404 Tenth St., Tuesday at 10:30 5 of senility. He had dident of been a residen: DYNAMITE-THROWING| ASTURIANS, BASQUES ROUTE FRANCO'S MEN Fleeing Government Troops Turn on Invaders in Span- ish Northwest Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier, Sept. 8—(P)—The bedraggled de- fenders of Gijon, in the Spanish Northwest, were reported to have whirled about Wednesday, after 13 days of retreat before advancing in- surgents and inflicted a disastrous defeat on their pursuers. Five hundred of Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s advance guard were wounded in the fierce battle on the Biscayan coast road about four miles west of Lianes and about 45 miles east of Gijon, according to ad- vices from Gijon, the seaport objec- of | tive of the insurgents. Sinister fires of battle in the twilight silhouette the Shanghai sky- line with macabre intensi ity. One sleek solitary destroyer and a handful of native craft dominate the Whangpoo river, recently the swarming haven of peaceful shipping from all the world. The fierce and sacrificial resistance of China to Japanese invasion turned the great metropolis into a sulphurous inferno as aviators and artillery Tavaged the Honkgew section, causing a property loss of millions of do! and taking uncounted thousands of lives. Putnam Resigns As County Agent imite-throwing Asturian soldiers and the remnants of the Basque army, swept from Santander province late last month, had entrenched them- aelves in places of vantage on the coastal road to await the invaders. They opened fire on the enemy column with all available ammuni- tion, routing both Franco's tanks and infantry. When the ammunition gave out the government force con- tinued a hand-to-hand struggle with bayonets, Far away in the Spanish Northeast, insurgent troops were reported to have speared their way back into Belchite, the strategic town of the Zaragoza sector from which they were driven last Friday. BQUALIZATION BOARD eo (MBETS WEDNESDAY State Body Will Fix Final Val- uations on North Dakota Farm Lands Members of the state board of equalization met Wednesday to con- sider proposed scales and fix final valuations on North Dakota farm lands. Besides the farm land valuations, the board also has under considera- tion valuations on railroad and utility property. Hearings already have been conducted on all three classifications. ‘The state levy will be established after these valuations are determined, but # date for the levy session has not yet been set. Looters Find Little Booty in Raids Here Police were hunting Wednesday for burglars who-broke into several doc- tors’ offices in Bismarck over the La- bor day week-end but who appar- ently got little-loot for their efforts. locks to enter HOODIE ANSWERS CRITICS OF AGENCY Points Out WPA Nét Responsi- ble for Grants; Advocates More Substantial Aid Des Lacs, N. D., Sept. 8.—Dedicat- ing @ new athletic field here Labor Day, Thomas H. Moodie, WPA direc- tor for North Dakota, took occasion to answer critics who have blamed him for not approving work projects for drouth-stricken farmers in north- west NoNrth Dakota. Pointing out that neither the WPA nor himself has the authority to make grants to farmers, a feature of federal relief lodged with the Farm Security administration, formerly the RRA, Moodie stated he would do all in his power to see that grants are in- creased although he has no official connection with that agency. Moodie declared it would work a hardship on farmers to have the ‘WPA sponsor work projects in winter time whose value would be problema- tical. He pointed out that it is esti- mated that it would cost the WPA from $15 to $20 per man to sponsor such projects and that it would be far better to advance that amount of money in cash to supplement other relief obtained. weather is no time to haul Martin Altenburg of Kidder County May Succeed to Agricultural Post Here County Agricultural Agent H. O. Putnam Wednesday resigned that post to accept the position of executive secretary of the Northwest Crop Im- provement association, Minneapolis. County commissioners were inter- viewing Martin Altenburg, assistant to Putnam for six months about a year sor. Putnam's resignation becomes effective Oct. 1. Putnam came here Oct. 1, 1990 and has been county agent since thet time with the exception of the nine months from Sept. 1, 1934 to June 1, 1935 when he had charge of the federal seed dis- tribution in North Dakota. Putnam was born in Amor town- ship, near Battle Lake, Minn, and attended the local schools, Pillsbury Academy at Owatonna and the agri- cultural college at the University of Minnesota. After serving as county agent at Elk Point, 8. rom 1921 to 1926, he was extension secretary at South Dakota State college, Brook- ings, for 15 months and then went to county, Minn., as county agent. He came here from that posi- In his new position Putnam will direct the work of an organization supported by the milling and malting industries which has as its major program the use of better seed by farmers, grasshopper control, plant disease eradication and matters of a similar nature. The association has been active in the northwest the last nine years. BETTER CROPS ARE LOWERING PRICES Downward Trend in Food Costs May Continue, Says Secre- tary Wallace fashington, Sept. 8.—(#)—Secre- tary Wallace said Wednesday food costs already are beginning to decline because of the larger crops farmers are harvesting this year. ‘This trend should continue, the cabinet member said in an interview, “if we have a series of normal crop yields.” Wallace said wholesale food prices turned downward in August and that large crops of corn and other live- stock feeds indicated meat prices would follow in 1938, “Of course the city resident must wi the remember,” he said, “that it takes Rink Puzzles Judge bidding Frits and A. J. Lunde, renters of the downstairs floor of the building, to use it as a skating rink, But, to add to the gravity of the even the best farmers several months to convert corn into pork chops and beef steaks, The city man must re- member, too, that fair prices for farm products are one of the best guaran: tees of continuing city prosperity.” Charts show wholesale prices declined considerably in August. Goddard Broke Bone In Spine in Tumble H. P. Goddard, long-time Bismarck resident and secretary of the Associa- tion of Commerce, fractured a verte- bra near the middle of his spine, X-ray examinations at the Bismarck hospital revealed Wednesday. His condition is good and he was resting easily. He was placed ina cast. Doc- tors believe he will be up and around within several weeks if the break knits rapidly. He slipped on the back steps of his home Sunday. STUDYING TAX EXEMPTIONS Washingtnn, Sept. 8—(#)—Treasury Officials sald Wednesday they are studying various designed send the tax collector calling on tax- exempt security owners and govern- | home at Hoople. Sinister Fires Light Shanghai Skyline POLACK BROTHERS CIRCUS RETURNING TO CAPITAL CITY Bismarck-Mandan Indian Shrin- ers Sponsoring Week of Appearances Here Back again bigger and better than ever in the words of G. O. Dupuis, advance man, will be the Polack Brothers circus, scheduled to appear six nights and two afternoons in the World War Memorial building beginning Wednesday, Sept. 22. Appearance of the circus for the second consecutive year again is sponsored by the Bismarck-Mandan Indian Shriners for the benefit of the Shrine’s welfare fund for crippled Scores” of “children “whose parents are unable to afford sending them to see the circus will be admitted free of charge this year, Dupuis said, that they may thrill to the 31-act perfor- mance the circus stages. Some old favorites are returning, such as the Black Brothers, pan- tomimic clowns; the Olympia boys, trapeze artists, and the Wheeler Sis- ters, aerialists. ‘What will be one of the most thrill- ing acts ever presented in Bismarck, according to Dupuis, will be the ap- pearance of Captain Proske and his Bengal and Sumatra tigers. Frank Buck, the famed “bring ‘em back alive” naturalist, brought Cap- tain Proske to the U. 8. from Austra- lig, Buck has called Captain Proske one of the most daredevil animal trainers of the world. Proske will ap- pear in a cage with eight of the striped cats. Other new acts with the circus are Rue Enos, contortionist; Little Tiny, aerial marvel; Professor Smith and his trained dogs and ponies. Surrounding towns will send in more than their quota of amusement seekers, the Shriners have been as- sured. Merchants of the vicinity also have promised the Shriners of their support during the week the circus will appear. Welfare Boards Not Entitled to Salaries An opinion written by Attorney General P. O. Sathre held Wednesday that county welfare boards can not pay compensation other than actual expenses to board members engaged in welfare work. Request for the attorney general's opinion was made by E. A. Willson, executive director of the North Da- kota public welfare, board, who said auditors had reported that in at least one instance the county welfare boards were paying compensation to members. In holding such a practice a viola- tion of the state law, Sathre explained at the statute specifically states “the members shall serve without compensation but the board of coun- ty commissioners may make provi- sion for payment of actual expenses incurred by the members of the board in the discharge of their duties.” LOYALIST FLEET ENGAGES REBEL SHIP OFF TENES British, French Vessels Will Pa: trol Scene ‘To Be Near Possible Trouble’ ROME-MOSCOW RIFT WIDENS Italian Reply ‘Unacceptable’, Russia Says in Second Abrupt Note (By the Associated Press) 5 Three British destroyers and three French warships sped Wednesday te the scene of a Mediterranean naval battle between Spanish insurgent and: Spanish government ships. The order sending British warships to the area came just as the British cabinet adjourned for lunch after a “crisis” meeting in the midst of an alarming rift between Italy and So- viet Russia over charges of “piracy” in the Mediterranean. The British destroyers were ordered to the battle scene, off Tenes, west of Algiers, by the naval commander at Gibralter. The admiralty in London did not explain the move, but other sources said the ships were ordered to patrol the area “so as to be near possible ‘Two French torpedo boats and the French destroyer L'Iphicenie put out from Algiers to the vicinity of the engagement. Warshi; ip A Spanish government fleet of two cruisers and five trawlers had en- gaged an insurgent warship to try to keep the sea lanes clear for supply ships bound for the government coast Heavy cannonade off Tenes pre ceded reports of conflict between the government fleet and the insurgent cruiser Canarias. Just before the battle, the Canarias had. forced two Spanish government freighters ashore in one of the newest incidents of Mediterranean attacks on merchant vessels. “Results of the battle were in doubt, although some advices said the gov- ernment cruiser 1ibeee was ae aged. With her was government cruiser Mendes Nunes and the five trawlers. After the battle ended, the French. warships patrolled the area to “guar~ | antes the safety of navigation.” , » Fog Shut Off Battle ‘The engagement spperently took place six miles off Tenes, but fog shut off the battle sight from the shore. Early Wednesday the Soviet Union sage to Italy and widened the already alarming rift between Europe's great Communist and Fascist states, In a stern, unyielding mood, Mos- cow instructed her embassy in Rome to tell Italy that the Fascist reply to a Soviet sa) chasing 2 sub- marines sinking two treighters was “entirely Pakdenirs| Russia insistently repeated the ace fer ae which Italy has angrily re- At the same tims Moscow demand- ed in effect that the Anglo-French sponsored Mediterranean conference scheduled for Friday should convict ‘Italy of piracy in the Mediterranean. Another Tanker Attacked Meanwhile, any belief in London that the mystery vessels which have terrorized Mediterranean trade route! with guns and torpedoes had decided to “lay off” was shattered by a tor- pedo attack on the British tanker Harpa. The 3,000-ton vessel was attacked Tuesday night by “an unknown bat- tleship” off the coast of North Africa, an agent of Lloyd's, the maritime underwriting firm, reported from Tu- . The Harpa was en route from Port Said, Egypt, to Tunis, the mess- age said, when a torpedo slithered to- ward her waterline. The torpedo missed its mark and the frightened crew drove the Harps into La Gouletta, not far from Tunis. In another corner. of the Mediter- ranean, near the fortified Italian is- land of Rhodes in the southeastern part of the Aegean sea, the British- registered tanker Pegasus of the Soc- cny-Vacuum Oil company reported it had been halted by an unidentified submarine flying the Spanish Insur- gent flag. Britain Wants Agreement These incidents served only to in- crease Britain's determination to (Continued on Page Two) Senator Frazier Weds Concrete, N. Mountain, N. D., Sept. 8—VP)— United States Senator Lynn J. Frazier of Hoople, N. D., and Mrs. Catherine Paulson of Concrete, N. D., were en route to Winnipeg on their honeymoon Wednesday after pon, : being married here Tuesday. The wedding was a quiet affair ple will return to the Senator's farm Fras- D., Woma fer’s first wife, Lottie J. Stafford, whom he was married Nov. 26, died in Washington Jan. 18, 1998. present wife's first husbend, e