The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1937, Page 1

Telephone | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 elief May U | Rebels Take Last ‘ Loyalist Bay of Biscay Stronghold War Scare Wanes Due Duce’s Action FDR Sounds Like Tenor.to Mencken New York, Oct. 21—()—H. L. Mencken, Baltimore’s unrepentant iconoclast, thinks President Roose- velt’s reputation as a speaker is “hooey.” “I don’t believe Roosevelt writes his fireside speeches,” he told a Colueele university literature ass, “He is not a stylist. He just sits down and puts briefs together. And his voice doesn’t seem very Musical, It sounds too tenorish to me.” > Other Menckenisms: Sinclair Lewis is “a most won- derful man and a sincere one who will die in the bosom of the speech will pre- vail in America “because it is clear, distinct, extremely logical, and not unmusical.” 500 BUSINESS AND OPERATING SET-UP FOR AREA REVISED Missouri River and Minnesota Divisions Consolidated at Enderlin Revision of the Soo line railroad’s business and operating set-up in thls area was announced here Thursday by F. R. Newman, Minneapolis, vice president in-charge of ganas Effective Nov. 1, Newman seid, Missouri River oon and Minneete a signs will be consolids! “in chargé of B. G.” Chie om been division superintendent Cross will-move to Enderlin hen i he takes over his new duties. The consolidated division will in- ciude the lines from Minneapolis, Minn., to Portal, N. D.; from Fairs, mount, N. D., to Grenville, 8. D.; Flaxton, N. D., to Whitetail, Mant.; from Hankinson to Bismarck, includ. ing what is known as the Pollock line; and from Bismarck to Drake, including the line from Max to San- ish. In the change, the dispatching serv- ice for the Missouri river division will be moved from Bismarck to Enderlin had and in place of ‘the dispatchers: two telegraph operators will be stationed here. Moving to Bismarck under the new plan will be L. A. Swanson, promoted from commercial agent to assistant general freight agent. He will hava Hitler Believed Responsible for Italy's Ameliorating Step at London drawn. ‘ The plan will be submitted to the Spanish neutrality sub-committee Friday. . At the same time the committee i: expected to decide whether the first withdrawals shall be in equal num- bers from each. side of the civil war. ation of the outsiders from Spain—a development which was viewed widely as easing a serious threat to general ported that France and Britain meant ‘The about face apparently was a demonstration of the Rome-Berlin teflected in most European marie CORPSE FOUND IN BUBNING AUTONOT. | s MINNESOTA MAN'S Charred and Embalmed Body Not Believed That of Kid- naped Chicagoan Either Edina, Mo., Oct. 21.—(#)—Sheriff Charles Franke of Knox county, Mo., said Thursday morning R. L. Johnson of the federal burg of investigation decided to investigate further the mystery of an embalmed, charred body found in a burned automobile We . articles belonging woman had been in the car when it charge of all traffic matters in North| burned. Dakota and Montana. Swanson has been with the Soo line for 30 years, have been successively freight repre- sentative, traveling freight agent and commercial agent in charge of ‘agri- cultural development. His family con- sists of Mrs. Swanson, and his three children. They are Margaret, 22, teaching at Buffalo, N. D.; Elizabeth, 20, and William, 17, both students at the University of Minnesota. The Swansons now live at Carrington. Cross, who also is given a promotion under the new arrangement, has bee2 superintendent of the Missouri River division since March 1, 1931. BANKER CONFESSES THEFT OF $400,000 Financed Stock Market Deals Two Years Unnoticed by His ‘System’ Burlington, Ia., Oct. 21.—()—Ex- amination of the operations of Wil- liam C. Kurrle, 52, who police said Missing Professor Is Reported Safe, Well whereabouts was not No personal Peloagings of the dead man were found, he The government's ie was the to connect the case with Ross’ dis- appearance. Coroner Keith Hudson planned a complete autopsy and inquest: after first examination showed the body contained embalming fluid and that ection filled the mouth and throat. Missouri sheriff said flames hed” destroyed most distinguishing features, but added examination showed three teeth in the lower jaw and none in the upper. (Earl J. ‘Connelisy of the federal force working on the Ross kidnaping body was that of a man smaller than Crom. Sheriff E. T. Helgeson of Steele North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937 The Weather Partly cloudy tonight PRICE FIVE CENTS WON SURRENDERS [Fighting Mandan Woman Saves Self TO FRANCO'S FORCE AFTER LONG FIGHT Siege of Oviedo Lifted as Astur- ian Miners Give Up to Fascists HUNDREDS DROP WEAPONS Valencia Government Now Holds Only Tiny Bit of Atlantic Coastline INDGE DISCHARGES LONYAN JURY PANEL Judge Postpones Term After De- ciding Jurors Were Ille- gally Drawn Napoleon, N. D., Oct. 21—(?)—Be- cause of alleged “! ties” in the drawing of jurors, an entire dis- trict court panel was discharged Wednesday night and the court term postponed until Nov. 1. Judge W. H. Hutchinson, acting on protest of I. F. Wagner, Napoleon, attorney for J. I. Marquart in a case fray A by L. R. Baird, receiver of the closed Merchants bank of Na- Poleon, dismissed 30 jurors. Judge Hutchinson upheld Wagner's contention the jury was not legally drawn because the county auditor was not present during its eared) as, required by law. A. H. thme, scheduled to. stand trial on an embezzlement charge dur- Loess Sse court term, had been suspended as Logan county auditor by Gov. William Langer and ordered to show cause why he should not be removed from office. Subsequently Ihme was charged with making false entries in public records in two separate warrants is- 's Attorney August Wants Corn Exhibits For Bismarck Show Linton, N. D., Oct...21—A call for corn—sweet, dent, flint, flour, or poo —grown in Emmons to ex- hibit in the state corn show at Bis- marck has been sent out by County Extension it Ben H. Barrett. He and Friday; little change in temp. set Budget Plans PROGESSING TAXES MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONTROL CROPS And Pet Dog From Maddened Co yote Billion Dolars Needed Over Cu- only with a club, dened 35-pound coyote to death when the beast attacked her dog in the yard of the woman’s poul- try. farm a mile north of Man- dan Wednesday evening. The woman, Mrs. Frank E. Or- cutt, wife of a conductor on the branch line of the Northern Pa- cific out of Mandan, left her house about 8:15 p. m. Bismarck time to feed her dogs. At her side trotted her 7-year- old police dog,. Buster. Without warning, when they were only 10 feet from the back door, the coyote leaped from the darkness and fastened its teeth in her dog’s neck. As they rolled over and over in the farmyard *** & Mrs. Orcutt, alone at the time, ran back toward the house to get & weapon, She picked up the first thing she saw—a six-foot staff, about 3 inches square, and rushed to Buster's aid. The stout-hearted Buster, not so fast as his wild foe, was getting the worst of it. “And,” the strong-featured wo- man_ explained Thursday, “I couldn't hit that coyote without hitting Buster.” She watched her chance, with the club poised. The coyote suddenly clamped its jaws down on the weakening pole sd gid muzzle, shutting of Sn ‘ss Buster began to sink slowly to the ground, Mrs. Or- cutt brought the club down on BECOME CREDITORS BY SECURITY LAW tion’s Debt Being Shifted to Workers Washington, Oct, 21.—(7)—A sig- nificant and substential transfer of ownership of America’s huge debt from “the classes” to “the the huge interest, pay public debt to the kes ‘will permit the collection of taxes on some of the wealth now invested in tax-exempt bonds. The extent to which this shift of dent Roosevelt's revised budget state- ment this week. He estimated that more than $1,- 000,000,000 of treasury obligations would be sold to the special reserve funds during the year. Boy’s Disappearance In New York Puzzling Jamestown, N. Y., Oct. 21.—(7)— ‘With every available contrivance, po- jiice sought Thursday to pierce the mystery blanketing the whereabouts) lof Timothy Michael Heer, infant son lof @ furniture dealer, who disappeared two days ago. Mrs. Leo J. Heer Wednesday night made s motor tour of the fashionable suburb where the family lives, implor- ing her 3-year-old son over a poles car amplifier to “come home mother.” Later, Police Chief Charles A. Sand- berg agri had sounded up “about & dosen degenerates for questioning” in canes with the tow-headed child’s disappearance. Timothy Michael's father, secretary ot the Jamestown Furniture Market ‘endiy with everybody.” He. ox- i everybody. ae; pseased cou that his son had either CCC VACANCIES FILLE! Washington, Oct. 21 wip Buttic- jent applications have been filed to bring the Civilian Conservation corps to ita full strength of 300,000 men, Di- * ies eopsatiieel aa hire ks ah could swing it. An eye popped out—you can see the beast at the taxidermist’s— and a fountain of blood spurted from the coyote’s ear. The mad- dened animal dropped his hold on the dog and turned on Mrs. Orcutt. That club she picked up—mat- ted with coyote hair and painted with blood — is in three pieces now. It broke twice as Mrs. Or- cutt beat the dying animal off “for what seems like an hour.” But the blow saved Buster saved Mrs. Orcutt as well, and ex- actly 45 minutes from the time they went out to feed their pigs, Mrs, Orcutt and the badly-bitten Buster were back in the house. * * 7 Her husband got home from his daily run a few minutes later. “And it wasn’t until about then,” Mrs. Orcutt said Thursday, “that T really began to get scared.” The hard-working farm woman has a simple explanation for her victory. “I come from a fightin’ family,” she said. “My father fought with Grant in the Civil War, one of my brothers in the Spanish American War and another brother in the World War.” Mute evidence of the close quar- ters at which Mrs. Orcutt battled the coyote she bears on her left hand. There the animal's tecth drew blood. “That coyote didn’t have a chance,” she sald. Strike-Shut Wells Oklahoma Governor Will Keep Fields Closed Until Trou- ble Is Settied Ardmore, Okla., Oct, 21.—()—Faced with Gov. E. W. Marland’s edict that state troops will patrol 60 strike-closed stripper wells until peace is restored, arbitrators pleaded Thuraday with CIO union and Jones Oil Co. officials to Peart company accepted seven of the union’s nine demands, but de- Half Dog-Half Cat Has Four Kittens Washington, Oct. “Nonesuch” the little animal which 1s half dog and half cat, at- tained the front pege of a sci- entific publication Thursday by having kittens. ‘The Journal of Heredity, sen originally recorded the birth of Nonesuch as a freak of inherit- Her four beetles were des- as Hormal kittens. =F. B, WOOD, LEAGUE filed by the company against strikers, ‘and work payment for a full day for a)} called to duty. Keel of Dreadnaught To Be Laid aid Navy Day Washington, Oct, a1- 21—()—Secretary olina would be laid at the New York aavy yard next Wednesday, Navy Day. to}The 35,000-ton super dreadnaught, first to be built in more than 15 years, ‘will require four years to complete, the secretary of the navy said. It will cost, equipped with 16-inch guns, prob- ably $60,000,000, Reopening of Divorce. Suit Denied by Judge Minneapolis, Oct. 21.—()—Mrs. Katherine Rhea Huston, one time wife of Walter Huston, screen and stage star, Wednesday was refused a re- opening of her divorce action against Howard E. Stevens, vice-president of the Northern Pacific railway, in order wants at least 10 ears in each exhibit.|rector Robert Fechner said Thursday. | to seek higher alimony. \Best Way to Hold Men, Gals, Is in Your Arms, Mae Lisps#= Hollywood, Oct. 21. — (#) — If the censors, bleas ‘em, let her get away with it, blonde Mae West of Brooklyn tt her busy but not out # questionnaire for it to her on the eet knew all the answers: Q—How can a girl get and hold a man? A—Don't let a man know you're smarter than he is. As for holdin’ gpa diamonds. ana arte 2 bare; Pel seen from wandering. under contract? LEADER, SUCCUMBS Father of Howard Wood Dies in Minneapolis After Long lliness Minneapolis, Oct. 21—(>)}—F. B. Wood of Minneapolis, former vice- League and father of Howard Wood, former lMeutenant govern.: of North , died in the Fairview hospital here Wednesday night following sev- a of the National Nonpartisan In Rhode Island Fails Providence, R. 1., Oct. 21—()—Po- lice throughout Rhode Island Thurs- day sought two men officials said at- tempted to kidnap the year-and-a- half old son of Secretary of State Louis W. Cappelli. |. About 9:30 a. m., Cappelli said the two men, one of them brandishing @ = Kidnaping 3 q 3 | : ; : pep nil 5 rie fH before the two men arrived. gent 4-H Group CHINA AIR RAIDERS HEED SAFETY PLEA OF UNITED STATES , : 40 Properties of Americans Out- side Settlement Now in War Zone (By the Associated Press) Chinese bombers flew over a new route Thursday to avoid Shanghai's international settlement in before- dawn raids on Japanese positions, In previous raids the planes had crossed over the settlement and Jap- anese anti-aircraft shell fragments had sprayed foreign areas. Wednes- rent Expenses to Finance Program SITUATION CAUSES CONCERN Treasury Chief Refuses to Say If Plans Will Make Taxes Imperative ‘ Washington, Oct. 21—(#)—Admini- stration officials showed signs of worry Thursday over financing the Proposed new farm program without upsetting President Roosevelt’s fore- casts of a balanced budget next year, Despite the chief executive's ex- pressed hope of balancing the budget without increased taxation, there was Persistent talk of establishing pro- cessing taxes to finance a crop con- trol system at least partially. President Roosevelt has not an- rounced support of any particular farm measure. Some of Secretary Wallace’s aides have estimated ths “ever-normal granary” system would cost $700,000,000 a year. May Need Billion That would be $225,000,000 more than the estimated cost of this year's soil conservation program. Together with the projected deficit of $695,- 000,000, it would make close to a bil- lion dollars to be taken care of in next year’s budget, aside from all other current expenditures. That the situation was causing some concern was evidenced by a conference Wednesday of the presi- dent, Secretary Wallace and Secre- day U. 8, Ambassador Nelson T, John- |8tein. son made representations against this practice to the Chinéss governmedit, Thursday the foreign population slept through the Japanese anti-air- craft fire, unaware that shells were Piped over Pootung, along the new Chinese bombing route across the Whangpoo river from Shanghat Chinese bombs damaged a Jap- anese mill on the river bank and set fire to six buildings. The Japanese anti-aircraft fire apparently was in- effective. One foreign area, the Hungjao sub- urb where many wealthy foreigners have their homes, was declared by Chinese authorities to be out of bounds of the international settlement. Chi- nese were building defenses in the district, which includes 40 American mostly unoccupied resi- dences. ‘The Japanese navy announced suc- cessful night bombardment of posi- tions behind Chinese Shanghai lines. Planes raided 15 Chinese artillery po- sitions, the announcement said. It added that at one point on the front Japanese packed up the bodies of 2,000 Chinese dead. Semi-official Chinese reports satd & Chinese dare-to-die battalion raided & Japanese airfield at Yangpingpao in Northern Shansi province and de- stroyed 24 planes. One hundred Chi- nese were reported killed. Japanese at Peiping denied Ohi- nese reports of victories in Shans! province but admitted the Chinese have established # 50-mile line of trenches in the mountainous district perth of Taiyuan, the provincial cap- tal. N. D. Job Placements In September Slump Washington, Oct. 21.—(#)—Big re- ductions in the placements in private industry for the month of September in North Dakota were reported ‘Thursday by the national employ- ment service. In September, 3,029 persons obtained Jobs in private industry, a decrease of 62.4 per cent compared with August. There were 729 placements in pub- lic work during the month, a de- crease of 21.2 per cent from the August figure. There were 2,005 new applications a| filed with the service last month,|© | bringing the total of applications on ate to 24,322. | Model Civil Service Ordinance Is Drafted a ‘suggested civil service Drafting of Fetes Businessmen| jerdinance for 10 North Dakots cities almost completed here Wednesday = [sme compied here Westen Oct: 21—Members of |OF the North Dakota League of Mu- inicipalities. eee with the North Dakota A Done: | Grand re groups in the public clearing house of the University of iggested ordinance will be submitted to representatives of the 10 cities for their considerati meeting in November. GET MARBIAGE LICENSE Spokane, Wash., Oct. 21.—(#)—A Brewing and prominent in A—Oh, any, ne thing that isn’t civic ctl, was dead at his home here rusrriage license was issued here to too if, you mean. I like to relax. know what [|Thursday. He had years. been ill several |Farl C. Fraley, Beckane, and Meyare N. Ronk, Minot, N financing this because it was not before him, Morgenthau Silent ‘The treasury chief declined to say whether Mr. Roosevelt's revamped budget indicated a eee ire for new taxes. The budget jumped the gross deficit forecast by $277,000,000 to ‘$895,000,000. Asked whether the president’s pre- diction of a balanced budget in the next fiscal year would be attained, Morgenthau responded: “I don’t want to answer that ques- tion, and I would like you not to draw any deductions from that answer.” N. D. USE OF MOUSE WATERS IS STUDIED Engineers Leave Bismarck to Confer With Canadians at Winnipeg State Engineer E. J. Thomas and ‘Brice McBride, U. 8. biological sur- vey engineer, left Thursday for Win- nipeg where they will gue Friday with dominion officials regarding North Dakota's water mee on the Mouse river ‘which has its source and ‘mouth in Canada, Thomas said the North Dakotans will check water supply of the Mouse river, commonly known as the Souris in Canada, with D. B. Gow, district chief engineer of the department of mines and resources of Manitoba prov- ince and other dominion officials. He asserted the Canadian govern- ment is anxious to obtain data on the amount of water used on North Da- kota Droles from the point where it crosses international boundary orthwest of Minot until it flows north Eimilar date which the Canadian gov ernment is seeking. BOY SCOUTS INCREASE New York, Oct. 21—(?)—The Boy Scouts gained 78,896 members to total 1,063,297 in the year ended Sept. 30, and reached the all-time numerical high. Dr. James E. West, chief scout executive, told the national executive board Wednesday night. Hopper-Fed Turkeys Ready for Markets fon at a!