The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1937, Page 1

Telephone 2200 The Weather - Cloudy, possibly rain or snow tonight or by Saturday; not so cool, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, N. D., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS Fort Yates Girl Dies After Attack Britain, France Plan Showdown With Duce on Spain On the Chinese Battle Fronts" COMMITTEE MEETS SATURDAY TO DRAW PLAN OF PROCEDURE Paris’ Patience With Delaying Tactics of Mussolini Plainly at End CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS OUT Seriousness Indicated by Fact Military Experts Are in : Conference (By the Associated Press) Britain and France, determined to make no more major concessions to Italy, planned procedure Friday for ‘a show-down with Premier Musso- lint on the question of withdrawing his armies from Spain. The climax of 15 months of ef- fort to confine the civil war to Spain will.come when the nine-nation sub- committee of the London non-inter- vention committee meets Saturday a an attempt to aire on « plan remove thousands of foreigners fights ing in Spain. France's patience with Mussolini's delaying tactics were plainly at an end. The British Pokily more reserved Chamberlain, in another of his fre- quent indirect pleas tc Tl Duce to bury the hatchet, said Thursday night “we have the shortest for quarrels of any nation in the world,” but added significantly: “If we are attacked we should know how to defend ourselves as we al- ways have done in the past but it is not in the Remipaceest Of our peo- Ple to bear malice. Pos ail hidiony ott: “We shall continue to seek ada take any Sppor sn ties: that may, of- fer to remove the cai of il will and suspicion among acieateas The fact that the British and French general staffs were discussing steps to be taken in case the diplo- matic talks fail showed the serious- ness with which Paris and London view Mussolini's bid for domination of the Western Mediterranean. France was determined to keep open her sea “highway” to her eoloniat possessions in Africa and Britain was pledged to back her. France and Britain were expected to urge @ quick agreement at Satur- day's sub-committee session. Other nations participating in the sub-com- mittee are Italy, Germany, Russia, ) Sweden and GREEN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AFL Sonvention Approves Message to CIO Proposing Peace Conference scattered to’ their homes Friday, car- rying only slight hope of an early settlement of the federation’s strife with John L, Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organization. The 57th annual convention of the 7 Cummings beehive agi ties ghpoteter ae Logan Demonstrators Two Boys Already Veteran Showmen Corn Shucking Art Lost Due to Drouth HH Bethany, Mo., Oct. 15.—()— Vocational agriculture teachers, choosing entrants for s corn shucking contest, found few farm boys knew how. The lads had ‘grown up” since the last crop was Taised in 1932. Drouth and grasshoppers de- stroyed the corn four successive BURNSTAD BATTLES DISASTROUS BLAZE Two Elevators, Soo Depot and . Other Structures Des- troyed by Flames Burnstad, N. D., Oct. 15—()—Fire destroyed two grain elevators, the railroad depot, and other property early Friday with loss estimated at more than . ‘William of Fargo and holders in the Co., which owned the elevators, Sienimaisd their loss at $25,000. Besides the elevators and 4,000 bu- shels of grain, the fire destroyed the ”|800 line depot, a number of coal groups. With minor differences, the mes- sage, in answer to a peace overture or- aly A tee earainatine; sitbienly: a handful of dissenting votes, sheds, four railroad box cars and some track, doing an unéstimated amount of damage. Discovered about 2:30 a. m,, the fire raged unchecked until 4 when it was brought under control by the combined efforts of the Napoleon and Wishek fire departments and volun- opel Hore Grain and coal still however. blased Friday, Had the wind been from another direction the entire town would have Ween ay Youths Will Give Demonstration at State Corn Show Here When Virgil Morris, 16, and Rich- ard McGarvey, 13%, sons of Bur- leigh county farm families, put on their corn demonstration at the State Corn Show, Oct. 26 to 28, they will have the attitude of veteran showmen going through an old routine. They know corn and are fully fa- millar with ite value to the farmer, cven though they haven't thought far enough to realize its value to the business community and the general economy of the area. Both are members of the Hay Creek 4-H Corn club and each grew a patch of corn last summer, the club rules requiring each member to have a minimum of one acre. Hasn't Figured Richard had 2.86 ..cres. Yield He knows ‘Ibecause he measured it himself and figured out the area. Some was con- sumed as roasting ears, and some was picked for seed. How much he got per acre he hasn't figured yet, but ne estimates the total at 40 to 60 bushels. Some of his corn was injured by frost, and the wind blew some down. There were lots of worms in the area and they didn't bother Richard’s corn and, on the whole, he is pretty well satisfied with his season’s work. Virgil had “an acre or more” of corn but the pigs got into the field and helped themselves. He has no idea how much corn the plot would have produced had he been able to measure it. The pigs went to market (Continued on Page Two) Northeast Educators Meet at Grand Forks Forks, N. D., Oct. 15.—()— northeast division of been wiped out, in the opinion of| i, peere Arnts, Jr., highway main- tenance man from Burnsted. Burnstad, with a population of about 150, lies approximately 90 miles south- east of Bismarck, between Napoleon and Wishek. Plans are being made to rebuild one of the elevators. Bismarck Favored as Spot for Convention Devils Lake, N. D., Oct. 15.—(?)}— to 53rd annual Presby- Richardton Man Dug From Cave-in Alive Richardton, N. D, Oct, 15—()— told Friday about CHINESE ATTACKING FOES IN TWO SPOTS ON 25-MILE FRONT Invaders Suffer Heavy Losses as Kai-Shek’s Men Counter Thrust Fiercely RUINS BECOME FORTRESSES Japanese Expr Regret for Mis-directed Shells That Hit U. S. Cruiser Shanghai, Oct. 15 —()}— An in- tense battle raged Friday in the Cha- pei and Hongkew sectors, where the Chinese armies were making a bitter counter thrust to stave off the long expected Japanese general attack along the 25-mile battle front north- west of Shanghai. ‘Three Japanese civilians were killed spokesman announced, Chinese shelling of Hongkew, Japanese-occupied sector of the In- ternational Settlement. One of the dead ee Tomer Iwakura, cor- respondent of the Tokyo newspaper and younger brother of Prince Trabus, One shell struck the famous Astor House hotel, now occupied by Japa- nese refugees, and another hit Seventh Day Adventist hospital Range road, the spokesman There were no injuries and but minor damage to the two important struc- on said. man declared, ual strength of the Japanese troops manning that sector. After two hours of savage, quarter fighting sey the ue obtained sult; the the Chapei sector against anythin; ie Japanese have to to offer at pre: ent The raids were conducted with such lightning-like speed and fierceness, he added, the Japanese troops were taken completely by surprise and suffered extremely heavy casualties. Japanese Pushed Back A tour of the battle area Friday morning showed the Japanese barr cades badly smashed while the Chi- nese were safely in possession of scores of alleywa: bac ene lanes form- erly held by the The Chinese raids f which extended to within a block of the Japanese con- sulate threw the Japanese civilians in Hongkew into a panic. More than 200 Chinese shells fell in the area, blasting up pavements and shattering buildings. Chinese immediately converted these ruined buildings into veritable fortresses for renewed on- slaughts against the Japanese. Jay reinforcements attempted to land at Yanglinkow and other points above Liuho on the Yangtze river, the Ohinese spokesman said, but suffered such casualties from Chinese land mines and machine guns they were forced to return to their ships. 150 Dead in Settlement A minimum of 150 dead and wounded were officially accounted for as a result of shells and sir bombs falling in the streets of the settlement and its suburbs. The foreign casualties were appar- ently limited to an American sailor and a marine but Adm. Harry Yarnell and other American officers credited with narrow nell’s flagship, the cruiser Augusta, within a few feet of Radio Man J. P. Hideously grotesque with their neatly severed heads, the bodies of these two Chinese traitors were left lying on the Bund in Nantoao as an example to others who would betray their country. The head of one has rolled four feet away, while what looks like a huge sword lies across his body. The decapitation was performed by the Chinese military. Native a mop cpere in the background pay little attention. Death MORE CHANGES AT A.G.INDICATED AS RESULT OF AUDITS Kinzer Says Record Check to Show Reasons for Dismissals of Seven on Faculty (By the Associated Press) R. A. Kinser, member of the state tural col- Meee 2 ete peat a! submit a report next week, “When facts of the audit are made ulty members at the college,” Kinser aseerted. He said auditors have been check- ing “everything” from correspondence to funds in various departments at the agricultural college. The board member indicated that when the audit is completed and the facts made known there “may be fur- ther changes” at the institution, Nye Outlines Several . Steps to Keep Peace Kirksville, Mo., Oct. 15.—(?)—Sen. Gerald P. Nye (Rep., N. D.), address- ing 1,500 Northeast ‘Missouri teachers in their annual convention Thursday, outlined several steps as necessary for guaranty of peace ata time when danger of American participation in another war is greater than in 1915. His points included: Cessation by the United States of participation: in any armament race; legislation preventing profit from war, and an amendment leaving entry in war up to a referendum. Washburn Resident Is Lions Zone Chairman RR. Robinson, Washburn, McLean county register of deeds and president of the state register of deeds’ associa- McClusky, Steele, Napoleon, Glen Ul. erat lin, and Elgin. ‘8/Man Who Slugged His Mother Shown Mercy 4s commonplace. Marriage Dream Partly Fulfilled Colorado Springs, Oct. 15.—(P)— Miss Velmarie Sanders dreamed she was married in an airplane. She liked the idea, but Alfred ween, her fiance, ae y compromised were married in the Will Rogers Shrine of the. Sun, amid the clouds on Sheyenne mountain. MEDIATION WILL BE {FIRST PEACE STE ~IN SINGJAP CRISIS President Extends Rem Extends Remarks Ut- tered in Fireside Chat of Tuesday Night Hyde Park, N.Y., Oct. 15—()— President Roosevelt said in sub- stance Friday that an attempt at mediation of the Sino-Japanese con- poet would be the first step consid- ered by'the conference at Brussels of the nine-power treaty signatories, in- cluding the United States. Asked at a press conference if nes diation was ® fair assumption to drawn from his “fireside” Tadio speech last Tuesday night, the pres- ident remarked he had said that in words, While refusing stock market decline, he comment on the indicated he on the granted Friday by Bismarck ty, erence, Up to late Thursday night, he said, the United States had not received a formal invitation to the conference. 50 Attending Turkey Grading School Here Between 40 and 50 men were in Bis- marck Friday attending opening ses- sions of a two-day turkey grading school being conducted in the World pba Memorial building by Frank E. Moore, agricultural college extension or | poultryman. Assisting moore i ‘Thomas W. Heitz, Washington, D. poultry marketing specialist of ee bureau of agricultural economics. sili Meuthership Drive Mrs. E, F. Chandler Is Hurt in Road Collision Valley City, N. D., Oct. 15.—()— D. E. F. Chandler, dean of the school Will Begin Monday: SATHRE RULING ON LOANS TO STUDENTS IGNORED BY BOARD Attorney General Held That No Authority for Such Action Has Been Granted Attorney General P. O. Sathre on Sept. 22 ruled that the North Da- kota board of administration no authority to establish $150, student loan funds to assist needy collegians, it was disclosed Thursday night by R. A. Kinser, board mem- ber. Kinzer declared the board “abso- lutely disregarded” the opinion when TWO YOUNG INDIAN MEN HELD WITHOUT CHARGE AT AGENCY Mary Jane White, 19, Found Dy- ing Beside Highway Near Sioux County Seat ENGAGED IN DRINKING BOUT Two Other Men Present at Par- ty; Girl Dies of Internal Hemorrhage Mary Jane White, 19-year-old In- dian girl is dead and two young In- dian men are held in jail without formal charges as the result of a drinking bout and an alleged effort to criminally attack the girl lxst Satur- day night, it became known here Friday. According to Deputy Sheriff I. T. Krois, who investigated the case in the absence of Sheriff James Wells of Sioux county, the girl had been pres- ent at a drinking party in Fort Yates with George Gayton, 23; Ben White, 32, and Robert Hokanson and Henry White Bird, other young men of the community. Girl Becomes Tl Gayton and White say the girl be- came ill and complained that her ride hurt her and left the party. Her body was found near the fair- grounds 3 4 a. m., Saturday by a Te! it decision to borrow money from the/the Bank of North Dakota was reached. “The ae industrial commission approved the loan,” he said, “and the board took full authority for cre- ating the loan Attorney General Bathre also held that the “legislature would have no authority under the constitution to make appropriation to cover any de- ficiency which might result from in- ability or failure of students to repay loans obtained from the board.” SUSPENDED AUDITOR GETS CONTINUANCE Hearing for Ihme Will Not Be Held Until Trial at Napoleon A. H. Ihme, sus- pended Logan county auditor, was B. F. Tillotson, attorney appointed as re- feree by Gov. William Langer. Another continuance in the ouster against Postponement until Oct. 25 of the am hearing at which Thme is asked to show cause why he should not be removed for embezslement and false entry in public books was granted on mutual consent of both parties. As a result the hearing will not be held until after trial is opened on criminal charges in district cowt which convenes next Tuesday at Na- poleon with Judge W. H. Hutchinson presiding. Inme was bound over to district court when he waived pre- liminary hearing on both charges. Some Sterile Women May Now Be Bear Babies Dallas, Texas, “Oct. | 15.—(®)—Dr. M. Edward Davis, associate professor of obstetrics at the University, of Chi- cago, said Friday extensive research has shown that intravenous injections of a serum obtained from the blood lof mares with foal would enable many and Gynecologists for Research, which has accorded him its 1937 award. “We are now able to announce that + CCC in Bismarck Four hundred | forty-five boys ty isireal 10 central North Dakota were enrolled in the CCC at a eee day recruitment period Wednesday and Thursday in the World War Memorial building, queta was 460. Bismarck. The SHOW IF CONGRESS CORKED LOOPHOLES Incomes in Higher Brackets te Be Carefully Scanned for Legal Evasions Washington, Oct, 15.—(?)—The in- terns! revenue bureau will go over up- per-bracket 1937 income tax returns with a fine tooth comb, officials said Friday, to ascertain whether a recent statute effectively sealed revenue loop- The statute, enacted after a con- gressional inquiry into alleged tax evasion and avoidance, increased levies prov! designed to tighten the revenue laws on wealthy During ‘the investigation, the trea- sury put into the record names of scores of prominent persons who it said had used various “devices” to re- duce their tax payments. Treasury officials conceded the methods out- lined were legal, but contended they were unethical and should be prohibit- od by law. ‘Authorities said that because most & &