The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1937, Page 3

U, OF MINNESOTA STILL FIGHTS SUIT Attorney General Files General Denial to U. S. Suit for Grid Ticket Tax St. Paul, Oct. 22—()—William 8. Ervin, Minnesota attorney general, filed a general denial in United States district court here Thursday in answer to @ government suit attempting to collect $91,885 amusement taxes from the state and its University. The government complaint charges the University failed to pay 10 per cent amusement taxes on football ad- missions collected in 1932-36 inclusive. ‘The entire sum demanded, including taxes and penalties, is $108,157. Ervin's answer admits that the tax Was collected on some football ad- missions but not on all of them. It also states that if the state and Uni- versity are held lable for the tax $10,000 should at least be deducted for the work of collection. ~ One state contention, that the Uni- versity’s activities constitute a gov- ernmental function and as such are not taxable, already has been denied in United States district court in St. Sie insofar as it applies to foot- all, Talkies Will Teach Safety in Schools The highway safety films with sound attachment have been obtained by Walter Brophy, state highway safety engineer, to be shown to North Dakota high school children and civic clubs this winter. - Brophy said the films will aug- ment the highway department’s com- pulsory safe automobile driving course which is being taught in many state high schools, The department plans to establish school patrols in all state schools but needs a statewide organization to Sponsor the program, he said. LABORERS, FARMERS TO CONVENE IN GITY Labor Association, ‘Non-Com- munist’ Farm Holidayers Will Gather Oct. 30 Call for a joint meeting of North Dakota Labor RESOeLATIO a the “non-communistic” members of the North Dakota Farm Holiday as- sociation has been issued here, ac- cording to J. H. Miller, labor associa- tion president, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937 One lead” and a “heavy” were the ch: Jersey City to Whiting, Ind. Towed by heaviest piece of freight ever moved. Too b: floated away. Eighty feet long and 15 feet in aracters in this waterfront drama starting a 16-d: a tug, is a 460,000-pound steel tank, said to be the largest and for a freight car or barge, the tank was sealed and diameter, the tank was destined to become a crude oil run from evaporating tower at the end of its journey up the Hudson, through the Erie Canal and Great Lakes, A. Eight Arraigned for two miles from Crocker’s home was teported by the sheriff. He said the young farmer, who lives with his widowed mother, directed officers to North Dakotans to Attend Conference STATE EMPLOYES JOIN. LABOR GROUP Nearly 250 Said Affiliated With AF of L; Regulatory Depart- ment Said Organized Nearly 250 North Dakota state- house workers and employes of the Bismarck highway division office have become affiliated with the American Federation of Labor since the incep- tion of an organization program by Capital City labor leaders a few weeks ago, Elmer Wahlund, record- ing secretary of the group, said Fri- day. Gez.e Hunt, executive board mem- ber, said permanent officers will be elected after the group receives its official charter. He explained at- tempts are being made to organize all office employes and field workers. “About 100 per cent of the employes of the state regulatory department have affiliated with the A. F. of L.,” Hunt said, “and a large number of state highway employes have joined.” State officers have agreed that em- ployes could join a labor organization voluntarily and that if they refused to affiliate their “Jobs would not be in jeopardy.” They ruled, however, that organizers could not approach employes during working hours, Big-Time Embezzler Faces Arraignment Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 22—(}—Wwil- liam C. Kurrle, banker-sportsman held for alleged embezzlement of $400,000 from the First National Bank of Burlington, Thursday was turned over to Deputy U. 8. Marshal Charles Antles who had a federal warrant for his arrest. Tall, handsome, Kurrle, assistant ishier who police described as a alking bank,” was taken to Keokux Jor arraignment before U. 8, Com- missioner John P. Hornish. Under a writ of and officers said several hundred Certificates of deposit in various amounts, ranging from $75 to $15,000 were found. Police said Kurrle has declined to make any statement other than ad- mitting he wrote a letter admitting the embezzlement of $400,000. attachment, | Kurrle’s safety deposit box was opened | Errant Messenger Is Given 1 to 5 Years re ery Oct. latsche, 19, broker’s messenger who Fleaded guilty to fleeing with $745 in cash and $7,000 in checks four days after he got a job, Thursday to serve Prison. He said during a three-week A general in the: United army earns $8,000 per year. The Morning After Taking Carter's Little Liver Pills Ford Plant Assault Detroit, Oct. 22—(7)—Right men, seven of them Ford employes, charge with assault with intent to do great Three hundred letters have been sent out to leaders of the two groups in various parts of the state, all of them signed by Frank J. Walker, sec- tetary-treasurer of the labor asso,|b0odily harm in connection with at- ciation; J. M. Anderson, president of |tempts to distribute union literature the Farm Holiday association in the |May 26 at the Ford Motor Co. plant second judicial district and Fred|in suburban Dearborn stood mute Argast, Holiday chairman in Bur-, When arraigned Thursday before Cir- leigh county. All of the men live|cuit Judge Ira W. Jayne. here. Pleas of innocence were entered for Miller contends that the Holiday) them but no date was set for a hear- association movement has fallen into|ing, after Harry 8. Toy, attorney for the hands of persons who are Com-}seven of the defendants, said he munists or Communist sympathizers,| would present a motion early nex’, to the distress of those who do nut} week to quash the charges. the hiding place, where a revolver also was found, Minnesota Student to Face Federal Charge St. Paul, Oct. 22—(7)}—Two young men arrested following the finding of a cache of loot here will probably face jfederal prosecution, Melvin Passoit, head of the state crime bureau, said | Thursday. The youths are Brighton Edwin, 29. Rush City, and Chester Conrad, 25, A North Dakota delegation headed by Rev. William T. Mulloy of Graf- ton, president of the National Cath- olic Rural Life conference, will at- tend the 14th annual assembly of the organization at Richmond, Va., Nov. 7 to 10, : North Dakotans taking an active part in the program will include Rev. Mulloy who will give the presidential address; Bishop Aloisius J. Muench of Fargo, speaking on religion and rural welfare; Miss Pauline Reynolds, as- sociate director in charge of home management division for the farm se- Indian Commissioner May Visit in State Washington, Oct. 22—(—Indian Commissioner John Collier notified his office Thursday he would be in Salt Lake City Thursday afternoon and at Fort Duchesne, Utah, Friday. Collier is on an inspection tour of Indian reservations in the west and northwest. He went to Salt Lake City after visiting Indians in Okla- hhoma and New Mexico and making The aim of an address in Dallas, Texas, Before returning to Washington Collier, who has speeded up his itin- erary, plans to go to Washington, South Dakota and possibly Nort: Dakota. agree with such ideas. the convention, he said, is to “close the breach” in the Holiday ranks and unite all those who hold the same aims as the labor association and those opposed to present Holiday lead- Man Admits ‘Pink Dress’ Bank Theft Ironton, Mo., Oct. 22—()—Sheriff University of Minnesota law student. They were picked up after some lout was found in the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schnagl and cor- fessed two burglaries. Passolt said they have further con- curity administration, and Rev. Vin- cent J. Ryan of Fargo, director of diocesan charities. X-rays generated by voltages up to 200,000 have been , actively used fessed robbing the Lastrup, Minn. creamery, which is also the postoffice there, ee RAIL HEAD RETIRES New York, Oct, 22—()—Fairfax Andy Hall announced Cecil Clyde Crocker, 24-year-old farmer of Enough, Mo., had admitted he was the robber, wearing a woman's pink in this country and abroad since 1918 in the treatment of cancer, tumors jand other serious diseases. ership. The convention is scheduled for Oct. tterson hotel. 30 and 31 at the Harrison retired Thursday from the presidency of the Southern Railway, which he has held for 24 years. Ernest E. Norris formerly senior vice president, was elected president. Although baby kangaroos are born| blind, and only a fraction of an inch in length, they find the way to the maternal pouch without assistance. 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