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Japanese Attack In Torrential R SIGNED BY ENVOYS OF NINE NATIONS British, French Vessels to Dom- inate ‘Greatest Naval Demonstration’ ~~ ITALY’S . ROLE UNCERTAIN Patrol to Guard Shipping From Submarine Attacks Will Be Functioning Soon Ht | FH ty : E F f i t i E | | i | ft i i f Ee li ii at f oli “il i | [ fe i i : i i i H i i i i if Hel i i i i a 2 | | | [: i i ay | ; if! Ee itt i i e | ibd saad her assignment or not. 4 Eventual participation of Italy, one of the greatest Mediterranean ‘powers, indepe! .| boyhood ambition.of Thomas G. THE BIS ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘Father’ Masary! ident of the republic which was born out of the World War, personally an- nounced the death: “My father died at 3:29 this morn- Tica tive Gop ot eurepelwes recast after the World war and Czechoslova- granted national ease seep! creeps nll cfESy ini Fy AES lee LEGISLATION GROWS: Farm Leaders, ‘AAA Officials Work on 1938 Soil Con- servation Program Sept. 14.—()—Farm Tuesday to gether the jig-saw of s 1938 soil con- servation program, apprehensive that mat | congress later may upset thé finished product. Is Dead ANARCHIST: COUP BRINGS DICTATOR TO NORTH SPAIN Asturian Rule Reported Set Up ~ at Gijon, Last Government Coastal Stronghold r Border, ite have made stronghold & coup d’etat-at Spanish government coastal in the northwest, have ‘eet up “an Asturian dicta wa tea) offi- cers a ay. : octet military said Belar- mino ‘Tomas, an: anarchist, ‘headed the movement. J Madrid, Sept. 14.—(?)—Insurgent forces outside Madrid launched a new guns and anti-tank guns into machine Premier Mus-| AAA officials said that the present |play to repulse the Insurgent attack. Italy Stays, A way é from Nyon in fi il § : ? f f I 3 Hf if l th i ; F ic lf i | tit i i tl &s RE ase soil conservation act, with its $5,- 000,000,000 in benefit payments nually, requires the development of a 1938 program even if it must be Sunked: later when congress acts. around reported by the government to be un- pris eae despite the new Insurgent Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N..D., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937 MAKING SURVEY OF DROUTH TERRITORY WPA and FSA Executives Will Determine What Should Be Done Immediately HERE ON WALLACE’S ORDER Leave for Minot and Williston After Paying Courtesy Call on Governor Howard Drew, assistant to Howard Hunter, in charge of the WPA offices at Chicago, and Raub Snyder, execu- tive assistant to Cal Ward, regional chief of the Farm Security adminis- tration, and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace, both of whom were represented as being greatly concerned about conditions in this area, They expect to return to Bismarck after their swing into the most ser- icusly affected counties in the drouth area. They were to leave for Minot and ‘Williston Tuesday after paying a “courtesy call” on Gov. William Lang- er_at the statehouse. Drew was stationed in Bismarck for several months during the formative period of the WPA program in this VATIGAN NEWSPAPER ATTACKS ‘PAGANSY? IN FASGST GERMANY Blood of Priests May Be Shed ‘as in Spain’ Warns Sudden Editorial Blast Vatican ‘City, Sept. 14—(2)—The Ro- Vatican newspaper Osservatore in a stirring editorial mano warned Tuesday thet the blood of priests may fbe shed in Germany “as it was in , can consequence in the Third Reich anti-Christianity “ceases to of hatred and to villify = z ze ; i i ‘i igi ste i been rendered the just- at Nurnberg, by Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, oe of propaganda, and ” situation, said Osservatore , is “a fatal union of the state with the foroes hostile to Christian- yt.’ (Trials of prisets and lay brothers in.Germany on “immorality” charges brought relations between the Holy Bee cially after the Vatican refused to disavow a strong attack on Adolf Hit- ler by George, Cardinal Mundelein, of Chicago. The deeper issue be- hind the dispute is the church's charge that Nasis are encouraging paganism and wresting from the church the right to rear its young in Christian ways). il gli ‘New Personality’ Will Replace - Chaplin’s Famous Little Tramp MARCK TRIBUNE ly cloudy tonight; . North Dakota’s Partly cloudy tonight PRICE FIVE CENTS Fiorello H. LaGuardia iz Democratic and Republican nomina- | New York, Sept, 14—()—Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black maintained complete silence in Loridon Tuesday on allegations that he is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, as Imperial Wisard Hiram W. Evans reiterated Black's name is not on the rolls of the Monday night in be- Copeland’s candidacy for the tions for mayor in Thurada: pri- Mary, would express his views on the tioning in Europe, seemingly was content to let members of the administration answer the at- tack. He has been silent since the charge first was brought up in the senate following his appointment. ‘When reached in London, he refused to. comment on a newspaper article that he had been a member of the Royal 8. Copeland Klan, had resigned and subsequently had become a life member. The article which precipitated the new verbal storm, originated with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was dis- tributed by the North American News- paper Alliance. Say Position Is Secure Several senators who voted “no” when the senate confirmed Black's nomination by an overwhelming vote, agreed that his position as a member of the supreme court was secure. Senator King, (Dem. Utah) ex- pressed the view nothing could be done row while two other democratic sen- ators, Pope of Idaho and Logan of Kentucky, staunchly defended the Ala- President Roosevelt, who named pack to) thei cours made ae con: ment, Senator Copeland is opposed in the race for the Republican nomination by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. His opponent in the Democratic primaries is former state supreme court justice Jermiah T. Mahoney. POLICE PLAN DANCE TO: GET UNIFORMS Kids Get Break as Benefit Is Set for Night of Halloween in Bismarck Bismarck police, anxious to look their Sunday best ever day of the week, Tuesday set on foot a scheme whereby they hope to make that pos- sible, ‘Miss Goddard Will Appear With Me’ Hollywood, 14—()—A little tramp wil Pret yt atin arp geal Ghar Chaplin ‘antounced Landis Resigtis to Take Harvard Post Wi 14.—()—Chair- Peepers ee oe of the Secur- President Babson Predicts Fall Pickup in Business Boston, Sept. 14.—(}—An improve- ment in general business this fall was forecast Tuesday by Roger W. Babson, statistician and economist. Babson said that “for the next year cr two at the least the favorable fac- tors fer outweigh the unfavorable factors.” “I am forecasting no boom, but I do promise business improve- ment.” Stocks Sweep Up in Impressive Recovery New York, Sept. 14—(7)—In the most important rally ‘since June stocks swept upward Tuesday with leaders regaining $1 to $5 of Monday’s losses and some shares adding an even more impressive total. DR. J.(. ARMSTRONG DIES IN MISSOURI “Word was received here Tuesday of the death of Dr. J. C. Armstrong, aged father of Mrs. C. R. Robertson, at his home at Liberty, Mo., early Tuesday Dr. Ari was taken sick sud- denly last week while Mr. and Mrs. Robertson were in New York City. Mrs, Robertson rushed to her father’s pede and was with him when he Funeral services for Dr. Armstrong, who was approximately 90 years old and had served more than 60 years as a Baptist minister, will be held Thursday at Liberty. Dr. Armstrong was a librarian at William Jewell col- lege, from which he was graduated more than 60 years ago, at the time of his death. Chicago Firm Leases Patterson’s Building cently with R. J. Darnell, mana- ger of the location department ous departments will be = cafe- teria. Under the terms of the lease, The Weather Tuesday generally fair and cooler. 400 WAR REFUGEES REPORTED KILLED, + WOUNDED BY BOMBS Chinese Claim Jap War Planes Dumped Explosives on Civilians in Boats DRIVE ON LINES INTENSE Japanese Fleet Engaged and Beaten Off by Chinese Planes Near Hongkong (By the Associated Press) ‘The Japanese army splashed for- ward through a torrential rain Tues- day in a massed attack against Chi- nese second line positions northwest of Shanghai. A Japanese spokesman reported that the strong fortifications at the Chinese civic center of Kiankwan had been occupied and the Japanese troops had pushed deep into the delta. The muddy roads were jam- med with Japanese reinforcements moving up to bolster the assault against the new Chinese line. Heavy artillery and tanks ered across country behind the ad- vancing Japanese infantry in the flooded delta lands. New horror was added to the tragic story of undeclared war at Shanghai when the Chinese central news agency reported 400 civilian war refugees had been killed or wounded by Japanese bombs rained on the flimsy sailing boats in which they have been sunk and six damaged. ‘The undefended decks of the open boats were crowded with frightened Chinese, ore among their lug- E 8 i f f & E E i i | | i : i ! é i i : i é q fs 2; Ht ! i | g E : i Ee i E i E i : | fk if uit | 5 E i f i a 8 JANSONTUS LENENT WITH FIVE YOUTHS Suspends Sentences Condition- al on Their Observance of Certain Orders ; 5 s Be il a5 Hie iit § i ? lt i i E 3) F i 4 ak i § 3 : i i ip BF : iJ ‘ s i é ay i f if Hy! . 14.