The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 25, 1937, Page 4

4 SGOTTSBORO CASE _ NEGRO LOSES PLEA BEFOREHIGH COURT “Qustice Black Takes No Part in Decision to Ward Off Criticism ‘Washington, Oct. 25—(?)—Haywood Patterson, one of the nine Negroes involved in the famous Scottsboro case, lost in the supreme court Mon- day in an effort to escape a 75-year prison sentence imposed by Alabama courts for an alleged attack on @ white woman, The high tribunal twice had saved the Negro from the death penalty. In announcing denial of Patter- son's petition, the court said Justice Black “took no part in the considera~ tion and decision of this application.” That removed any possibility of a challenge of Black’s position on the bench on the ground that he was a tormer member of the Ku Klux Klan. Before adjourning for two weeks the court agreed to review an appeal by the Duke Power company attach- constitutionality of Public Works inistration loans and grants for publicity owned hydro-electric proj- ects, Arguments on this case were set for Dec. 6, along with debate on similar litigation previously filed by the Alabama Power company, which | GOP Leader Dies New York, Oct. 25.—(?)—Lafay- ette B, Gleason, 74, who announced the result of roll calls nominating seven presidential candidates and who served 31 years as secretary of the New York Republican state committee, has answered the final roll call, “Colonel Lafe” as he was known to one of the widest circle of friends of any politician in the nation, died Sunday after a lifetime devoted to the Repub- lican party. tthe court consented last spring to re- view, In the Duke case, the fourth cir- cuit court of appeals sustained a §2,- 852,000 WPA loan and grant to Greenwood county. South Carolina, for an electric plant at Buzzard Roost. Secretary Ickes, the public works Bdrhinistrator, has sald the litigation will affect more than 50 public power projects for which the government has provided $51,000,000. Sykeston Is Advanced As Outstanding Team Sykeston, N. D., Oct. 25.—(P}— Bykeston was advanced Monday es one of the leading six-man football teams of the state by A. W. Larson, Buperintendent of schools at Sykeston. Larson points to the team’s season record We which it lost only to Drake, this defeat being avenged Friday by MOTHER IS SHOT BY SKEPTICAL HUSBAND Interne Disarms Man Who Doubted Paternity of Wife’s New Baby Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 25—(P)— Mrs, Leonard Compton, 20, went home Monday with her 8-day-old son de- spite protests of physicians at the hospital where she was wounded slightly in a maternity ward shooting. Meanwhile Police Lieut. Harry Shu- man said a charge of shooting with intent to kill would be lodged against her husband, Leonard Compton, 23- year-old factory worker, who sullenly. lof Surgeons Rufus Rorem of Chicago, director -THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1937 Lantern Lights Way of Woman, 65, to School Picture a 65-year-old woman who could neither read nor write going to school each night with a lantern to light the way. After three months she was able to write to Earl E. Clark, state di- rector of the WPA adult education Program, that she “likes school very much.” t times,” she explained in her‘letter, “It gets very dark out- side and our street lights do not burn, and then I take my lantern along with me to school so that I can see when I go home.” It is in a small town in western North Dakota that she who has lived in this country 30 years and only had “four winters” of school in Europe resides. Of a cooperative spirit, she told Clark of bringing a long stick from home to help the teacher “point to the ABC on the blackboard.” She is one of approximately 7,000 adults attending night classes conducted by the works progress {0 MILLION T0 HAVE INSURANCE FOR SICK CARE BEFORE 1942 No Effective Way of Extending Risk Benefits to. Country Yet Developed Chicago, Oct. 25.—(/)—Ten million Americans will have hospital insurance by 1942 at the present rate of growth c? this new adjunct to medical care. This report ied made Monday, at administration in 53 North Dakota communities. There are approxi- mately 100 teachers at work, Minot with 18 classes being among those having more than one class, Since inauguration of the program, over 30,000 peraons have been reached. “Classes are open to everyone and there is no tuition charge,” declared director Clark who © Pointed out the Ny esage deals with elementary ABC's and also goes into advance work for college Groups taking university extension studies, A surprising number are finding jobs or obtaining better work as ® result of their improved educa- tional status, Clark asserted. He finds the progam an eae ing occupation . “students are very serene and intently earnest. There is the happy clothes salesman, 50 years old, who after 30 days of class work, told how he learned to sign his own name, and write out his own orders. STADIUM SELL-OUT FOR IRISH-GOPHER GAME IS CERTAIN Minnesota Expects 63,000 to See Tilt, Biggest Crowd in History Minneapolis, Oct. 25—(#)—The last 1,000 seats pe eee eee Dame game y were “ lke hot cakes” Monday as requests for additional accommodations con- tinued to pour into the office of Les College |Schroeder, university ticket manager, the American annual meeting by bh the committee on hospitals of the ‘American Hospital association. seaboard cities and in the industrial population as far wes! loti Ex tension of hospital in dial to rural pester he ag must wait ya bet some effective way of enrolling sul seribers and collecting fees.” New York City has the largest num- & 40 to 19 victory for Sykeston. Last |*sserted “I’m sorry I didn’t kill her.” her of persons with hospital insurance, week-end Sykeston defeated Minne- Shuman said Compton fired five 500,000, Second are St. Paul and Min- waukan in the finals of a four-team | shots, one striking his wife's wrist and |n¢ fournament. ESTABLISH TREE BUREAU Bottineau, N. D.,. Oct, 25—A bureau four peated the bed and walls. In-|N. terne M. K. Marshall said he dis- armed conn and held him, Shuman quoted Compton as saying that he asked his wife who was the b 000; ington 40,000, and Chapel Hu and Durham, N. C., each 35,000. FLEE ITALIAN PRISON through which state 4-H clubs May |father. of the baby, and she failed! Paris, Oct. 25.—(?)—The escape of] obtain trees for planting programs hag been established by the torestry department of the Bottineau schoo) of forestry. The bureau is under the direction of Acting State Forester Victor Freeman. to reply. Mrs, Compton said he was the babys father. She said they were mar- ried May 2, 1936, in Covington, Ky., but had not lived together since last June 13, the Italian socialist, Giecomo Custa, and four companions from an Italian prison in the island of Lampedusa in the Medierranean was reported Mon- day by the newspaper Ce Soir in a dispatch from Tunis, from Eastern news writers, radio an- nouncers and others. Schroeder said more than 150 per- gons were in line when the ticket office opened Monday morning, and as fast as the tickets could be handed to the patrons, new buyers took their places. With the additions! 1,000 seats pro- vided late last week when rumors of about the Twin Cltien the total attendance Saturday will be a Memorial stadium record of 62,000, Schroeder said, with approxi- mately 1,000 ushers and others in Hie sands eines eee 63,000, Every seat preas box was as- goed) cays ago, Schroeder said, and accommodations were to be provce to take care of the late ACADEMY CELEBRATES Annapolis, Md., Oct. 25—(#)—The U. 8. Naval academy observed Mon- day 125th anniversary of the cap- ture Maced off the Azores during the war of 1812. RED INFLUENCE [§ CHINESE TURMOIL Japanese Leader Says It May Be Necessary to ‘Strike Di- rectly at Russia’ Tokyo, Oct. aM ee General Sadao Araki declared Monday that robably is necessary to strike di- at Russia” to eliminate the Com- munist influence which many Japan- ese consider the root of the present turmoil in China, General Araki, who was Japan’s fiery minister of war during the Man- churian incident of 1932, recently lemerged from retirement by way of Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoy’'s new brain trust. A man who 1s considered a harsh Peeasett General Araki advocated stern military measures in a creamy, gentle voice. He castigated Russian Communism while munching on Rus- sian bonbons. ‘There are two principal causes of the present Chinese-Japanese conflict, the general said. “The first comes from Chinese vio- lation of the agreements signed after jthe 1932 fighting which provided a demilitarized zone sbout Shanghai,” he said. “Beneath this tangible fact lies the invisible influence of Communism,” Masonic Homecoming Celebration Tonight Tonight is Homecoming night for! Masons from Bismarck and vicinity, who will gather in the Masonic tem- ple at 7:90 for the annual celebra- tion. All Masons, whether members of be Bismarck lodge or not, are invited to attend, according to Lorenzo Belk, lodge master. Three grand lodge officers and & number of district officers will at- tend. Charles M. Pollock, Fargo, state grand master; Walter Stock- well, Fargo, grand secretary; and John Moses, Hazen, another grand lodge officer, will speak. Dr. W. J. Hutcheson, Fargo, executive directée of Masonic service and education, will also speak. é 300 Killed in Battles Along Island’s Border Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 25.—(#) Haitian authorities acted Monday to. prevent possible reprisals againgt Dominicans. in Port-au-Prince and Cap Haitien. Reliable reports said at least 300 Persons were killed and as many. More wounded in fighting on the frontier between Haiti and the Do- minican republic 10 days ago. Most of the casualties were Haitians whose heavy emigration into the Do- lonian| minican republic was said to have stirred resentment. across the border. Girl Ran Away Because/THREEGUNMENKILL - Indianapolis, Oct. 25—(?)—An explanation of how 11-year-old Nellie Stevens spent the six days she was missing from her home— because, she said, she feared showing a poor school report card to her foster parents—awaited the girl's recovery ‘from shock and explosure in a hospital here Mon- Carried into the home of a neighbor after she - was found, Haggard and weak from hunger, Nellie told Miss Georgia Carleton, 21, Sunday she was “afraid to go ———_*+ Trailing Scanties -Land Man in Jail St. Paul, Oct. 25.—(7)—The im- propriety. of women’s lingerie dangling from a man’s pocket was brought home Saturday in mu- nicipal court to William White, 29, of Villa Ridge, Ill. The young man was arrested when a policeman observed pink slips trailing from his overcoat ket. Investigating, the patrolman discovered it was a very special pocket, It contained not only three pink slips, but elso four * pairs of men’s trousers, a fountain pen, comb and diverse other ar- «, ticles. He was sentenced to 60 days in the workhouse for shoplifting. 31 Men Enrolled In Banking Class)" Thirty-one men, 29 of them con- nected with Bismarck and Mandan banks, are enrolled in the local bank- ing course, “Bank Organization and Operation,” L. P. Warren, of the First National bank, Bismarck,. instructor, said Monday. » The class meets Thuraday evenings ‘at 7:30 in the junior high school. Those enrolled are: Robert Birdzell, W. 8. Dale, Walter Dennis, J, A. Kin- zer,-W. C. Mills, John Stein, ‘Jacob Ferder, Stanley Kwako, Nels Magnu- son, Ervin Nadolski, Lawrence Tebel- ius, John R. Fischer, George J. Fer- guson, Wallace G. Engh, Gordon J. Engen, Milton E. Haring, Stanley G. Temanson, Alfred C, Gutman, Ross E. Hunt, Dayton E. Shipley, ir., Ver- non 8. Onstad, Joseph R. Thomas, Raymond J. Hess, Leonard W. Farr, Richard L, Dietrich, Luke J. Brax- meier, James P. Dunn, Anton J. Fix, B. E. Jones, jr., Martin J. Henlein, L, E, Duemeland. The‘class has met twice. RAILWAY EARNINGS UP 8t. Paul, Oct. 25.—(?)—The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway Monday reported net operat- ing income of $119,345 for September, ante! with $83,385 for September, home and show my report card.” “Because of her condition,” Miss Carleton said, “we couldn’t learn much from her. She told us she could not remember where she had been all the time of her disappear- ance.” A barking dog attracted Frank Carleton, Jr... brother of Miss Carleton, to the spot behind a va- cant house where Nellie lay on a blanket under shrubbery, al- most within sight of the home of her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Haggatt. JOHN MONTAGUE OF ‘GOOD REPUTATION’ Syracuse Woman. Is Closely Questioned by Prosecutor on Her Testimony Elizabethtown, N. Y., Oct. 35.—(P)— The first of a series of defense char- acter witnesses Monday testified that Hollywood Golfer John Montague, on trial on a seven-year-old robbery charge, had a “good reputation.” Miss Julia A. Ryan of Syracuse, a member of the Onondaga county board of supervisors, said the defend- ant was known for honesty in his home community. poe ies cross-examined closely by tor Thomas W. McDonald. you don’t know where he has been he past seven years?” he asked. “Did en ever hear of his having any gain- ful occupation prior to 1930?” “He was quite an athlete—he played baseball and golf,” Miss Ryan replied. “But you don’t know where he worked?” McDonald - pressed. “No.” Montague has admitted he is the Laverne Moore charged with the seven-year-old robbery of the Jay, N. Y., roadhouse of Kin Hanna but denies his. guilt. He disappeared from New York state shortly after the robbery and was located by state police living in California as John Montague. Another witness, Morris J. Dooling, director of the bureau of food and health sanitation of Syracuse, said he had known the defendant 20 years, and that his reputation for honesty was “good.” BREAKS BOTH LEGS Glen Cove, N. Y., Oct. 25.—(7)—Cole Porter, song writer, was reported rest- ing comfortably Monday at the North Country hospital following an acci- dent in which both his legs were broken, Porter was riding at the Pip- ing Rock club when his horse and threw him, then fell on him. Fifteen Americans go abroad for each European visiting America, ANNOUNCEMENT BISMARCK’S NEW LUMBER YARD Complete Stock of High Grade Building Materials We Will Be Pleased to Serve You KLEIN’S LUMB 807 BROADWAY CALLED SOURCE OF |Of Poor School Report} NIGHT CLUB OWNER AND ANOTHER MAN Companion of Los Angeles Man, Marked for Death, Wound- ed in Attack Los Angeles, Oct. 25 —(#)— Three gunmen early Monday invaded a beer parlor here and killed Les Bruneman, night club-operator and another pa- tron and wounded Bruneman’s woman Sean Bruneman, who survived an at- tempted assassination last July, was struck by eight bullets. The other man, identified by po- lice as Frankie Greuzard, 24, was killed when he ran into the atreet to “ attempt to take the license number of the gunmen’s sedan, Alice Ingram, 34, » nurse, was teken to an emergency hospital with a bul: let in her left knee. Ordered held as a material witness, Miss Ingram told police she did not recognize Brune- man’s slayers. She said her friendship with Brune- man began while she was nursing him after he was ambushed on the broed walk at Redondo Beach last summer. They spent Sunday together, she said. Miss Ingram told her questioners a bullet struck Bruneman in the tem: ple before he could recognize his a: sailants. A coroner’s check showed seven more bullets plowed into his ee as he crashed backward in his chair, “I’m living on borrowed time,” » Bruneman was reported to have told detective Lieut. Warren Hudson re- cently, “I've got about six weeks more. They'll get me the next time. They won't use the same pair, though. They'll send experts after me the next time.” Oil Well Celebration Planned at Drill Site Williston, N. D., Oct. 25.—()—Plans are being formulated for a celebra- tion at Nesson field the day actual drilling on the deep test oil well, perhaps late this week. The celebration will be sponsored hy the Ray Commercial club which invited Gov. William Langer and other prominent speakers for the afternoo: program at the well site, 16 miles southeast of Ray. The drilling date was delayed by failure of part of the equipment to arrive, stated Jack Quinlan, drill su- perintendent. CHURCH PICKETED Minneapolis, Oct. 25—(?)— Pickets appeared again Sunday at the Church of the Redeemer, carrying banners as the congregation moved in to serv- reared | ices. Dr. Marion D. Shutter, pastor, was escorted to his home after serv- ices by police, The pickets’ banners protested the salary paid Dr. Shut- ter’s former chauffeur. YARD PHONE 137 * ’