The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1937, Page 1

The Weather Fair tonight, unsettled Wed.; cold tonight; ris- ing temperature Wed. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, N. D., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘U.S.To Lend 50 Cents a Bushel on Corn Re-election of Mayor La Guardia Is Predicted INCUMBENT OPPOSED INN. Y. MAYORALITY FIGHT BY MAHONEY New Jersey Gubernatorial Race, Detroit City Election Also Hold Attention CHOOSING 4 CONGRESSMEN Some of Winners in Off-Year Elections May Emerge as Presidential Timber Personalit issues dominated Tuesday's off-year elections to the event that some of the winners may receive consideration as 1940 presidential timber. Political observers mentioned three men especially in that connection: Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York, ‘seeking re-election with the backing of an unusual coalition of Re- Publicans, Laborites, Socialists. and Communists, FDR IS VOTER 299 IN HDYE PARK Hyde Park, N. Y., Nov. 2—()— Franklin D. Roosevelt was voter No, 299 in the state, town and county election here Tuesday. “What is your name,” Miss Alms Van Curan, chairman of the dis- trict board, asked with a smile? “Franklin D. Roosevelt, ‘he an- swered with a smile as broad as hers. “Occupation?” “Farmer,” Mr. Roosevelt an- swered emphatically. U. 8. Senator A. Harry Moore and Senator Lester H. Clee, contesting for the governorship of New Jersey. ernor twice. 8 a Pre thinister. eeyverian eh, Choosing Four Congreasmen Besides settling those races, voters were selecting mayors in more than 30 cities, legislatures in five states, a governor in Me en) and four con- gressmen to vacancies in New York and Virginia. Opposing La Guardia was Jeremiah T. Mahoney, running on a Democratic ticket wtih the support of Tammany Hall, Democratic Chairman James A. Farley, Gov. Herbert Lehman, and Senator Robert F. Wagner. Managers of both candida ciaimed victory, but a majority of the New York newspapers ,predicted La Guardia would win. Both candidates are supporters of President Roosevelt, so that the na- tional administration did not become ap issue. John L. Lewis’ Committee for In- dustrial Organization was active both in New York and Detroit elections. In New York it was backing La Guar- dia. In Detroit it had its own candi- date for mayor, Patrick O’Brien, run- ning against City Clerk Richard Read- ing, and it also had five candidates for city council seate. E in Comeback Massachusetts watched « back” attempt by Former Governor James M. Curley, who was running for mayor of Boston in a nonpartisan election against five rivals. The only Republican in the race was Malcolm E. Nichols, also a former mayor. Three special congressional . elec- tions—to fill vacancies in the house— were being held in New York and one ic Virginia. Interest centered on the New York city race. by Republican Bruce Barton, advertising executive, against Stanley J. Osserman, Demo- crat, and George Backer, American Labor party. f Another New York contest that at Community Chest Eliminates Calls | wtoit Common Organization, Residents Would Be Soli- cited at Least 10 Times | Were it not for.the Community Chest, Bismarck residents would be solicited at least 10 different times during the year in order to provide funds for the 10 organizations now re- ceiving. contributions from the chest. This fact was pointed out Tuesday by Spencer S. Boise, chairman of the general campaign committee, in ap- pealing to Bismarck residents to make contributions if they care to during the pre-campaign drive which com- mences Wednesday. Boise declared that persons who can revall the days prior to the insugura- tion of the Community Chest pian have no desire to return to those days when some kind or another of a cam- paign was being staged every week to the bother of everyone concerned. The Bismarck Community Chest, Boise declares, is recognised through- out the west as one of the most stable, efficient and well-operated and con- ducted institutions. No officer or di- rector of the chest receives any com- pensation. All of their services are voluntarily rendered as a civic duty. The only wage paid from chest funds is $10 per month for bookkeeping and clerical work. Chief beneficiaries of the Bismarck chest are the American Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, Bismarck Juvenile band; Com- munity Christmas, the Florence Crit- tenton home, North Dakota Children’s home, 8t. John’s orphanage and the North Dakota House of Mercy. In order to simplify the work of col- Jecting contributions during the regu- Kiwanis Choice | J. P. Wagner se & WAGNER ELECTED 10 PRESDAENGY OF CAPITAL ITY CLUB 25 Per Cent of N. D. Population Received Aid in September, Kiwanians Told J. P. Wagner will be president of , | the Bismarck Kiwanis club next year, SEEK FUNDS CRIMINAL BUREAU Board Studying ‘Ways and Means’; Miller, Staff Haven't Been Paid Since June 30 Asserting the state board of admin- istration will make “every effort to) secure funds assuring continuation of the state bureau of criminal identifi- cation,” Mrs, Jennie Ulsrud, chairman, declared Tuesday the group is study- ing “ways and means.” The board Monday met with Gov. William Langer and C. A. Miller, chief of the bureau. Miller he ‘and his staff had not received salary checks since June 30.. The bureau will close pov is if funds’ are not made Governor Langer has cost the crim- inal bureau’ its biennial sppropri- Langer indicated he favored seeing the bureau continue its services in apprehension She indicated there are “several possi- bilities”: to raise the funds emergency fund would be resort.” Franklin Resigns as \pproximately ing September, main address ‘}Refvem, president of the club this year, following the luncheon organ- igation’s annual election. Wagner will be installed at the first meeting of 1938, Other officers include B. F. Lawyer, vice president; Earl R. Monson, treas- urer; Ober A. Kobs, Carl J. Tullberg, George F. Shafer and Joseph L. Barth, directors. A 25 per cent of North Dakota's residents were on relief dur- , It was estimated be- fore the club Tuesday noon in the on.the program man A. Baker of the state's public welfare board. Baker estimated 167,804 persons were receiving relief money from federal, state and county gov- ernments during that month. Baker was introduced by Otto V. Bowman, program chairman. Guests at the luncheon included 8. D. Adams, member of the Kiwanis club at Lisbon, and Thomas Schmidt of Bismarck, Rev. Opie 8. Rindah! appealed to club members for 100 per cent co- junit certs which for the benefit of high schoo] musical students but to which the public is invited. © President Refvem announced tha' Bowman, A. E. Brink, Lawyer, W..G. Renden and himself have been ap- Pointed to assist in the advance gifts drive of the chest campaign while 11 other club members will assist in the general drive. They are Barth, Chris Bertsch, Joseph Byrne, F. M. Davis, Dr. L. H. Fredricks, N. Lloyd Lilestrand, W. J. McDonald, R. L. Schwichtenberg, Earle Tucker, Wag- ner and George 8. Register. Water Association Is Organized in Mercer Beulah, N. D., Nov. 2 — Mercer county farmers are deel or- ganized preparatory to laun ig 8 campaign to get a reservoir for the Knife river and subsequent irrigation City Police Officer) projects scuri Slope's best cers and oldest member in point service on the Bismarck city tendered eH i . ze it HE Franklin E : i | | : ea Ere it Bee g i z i / ; i a i i : i | g Ee merman, treasurer. Jack O. Riedel, Stanton; John Moses, Hasen; Red Krause, Beulsh; L. F. Membership were set at 50 cents per person. Wealthy Chinese Is Murdered in Chicago Chicago, Nov. 2.—(#)—The slaying Chin Jack Lam, 61, wealthy and Chinese merchan’ by Ly- | TOATTEND PARLEY Shells Burst in Shanghai as Delegates to 9-Power Con- ference Gather |GETS IN MOTION WEDNESDAY Mediterranean Tension Height- ened by Reports in In- surgent Blockade (By the Associated Press) A movement was under way. in Brussels Tuesday to extend to Japan another invitation to attend the nine- power conferénce which meets Wed- nesday to seek a settlement of the Far Eastern conflict. Supporters of the movement held that a frée exchange of views could be had only in the of Japan- ese representatives. Japan rejected an invitation last week on the ground that the parley was linked by resolu- tion to the League of Nations and that the league already had condemned Japan as an aggressor. As delegates gathered for the con- to however, fell within ce of the settlement or concession. Tension in the Mediterranean was Spain. sighted off Valencia Monday night. PHA CLOSES STATE ss OFFICES IN GAPITAL Only Four of 10 Employes Are Being Transfered to Omaha Headquarters All functions of the Public Works jadministration state set-up have been transferred to the eight-state re- gional office directed by Robert A. Radford at Omaha, declared N. D. Director H. C. Knudsen as he turned the key in the state headquarters door here Tuesday. Four of the 10 North Dakota em- ployes affected by the closing of PWA state offices are being transferred to Omaha, Knudsen said. They are W. Services of oy, jsix, including Knudsen, are termin- ated, Sixteen projects in the state are rapidly being placed under contracts, Knudsen said. Plans for eight of these have not yet been approved. Bids are being sought on the others. One Killed, Two Hurt in Minnesota Accident South St, Paul, Minn., Nov. 2—(#)— Tribune Survey Reveals Human Negligence as Primary Cause of Fatalities At tiie Ta8 ROS we. er killing persons in Dakota, death, will set up a new record for the year when a final check is made on Jan. 1, 1938. There had been 108 persons killed Jan.1as the com- the fatality [ I & e [ z f 3 iu H Hi bb HL d i i | | E 3 : j : a 8 8 fi h 8 i § ae i | i i : § | i i i ar i i eg FRE BE G3 i it ef ie His Parente—‘Perfect Strangers’ MAY SEND JAPAN (Parents Are ‘Strangers’ to Freddie SECOND INVITATION | Bartholomew; Aunt Retains Custody $85,000,000 WILL PROVIDE LOANS ON FRACTION OF CROP Relatively Small Proportion of Bumper Harvest to Be Pledged to Government FIGURE NEAR FARM PRICE f| Details of Loan Program to Be Announced by Wallace Within Few Days Washington, Nov. 2—(P)—Informed circles at the agriculture department said Tuesday that the government Be | would lend 50 cents a bushel on this With His Aunt—‘Like a Mother’ Los Angeles, Nov. 2.—V)—Young her very much. She is like a mother |rents wanted to avoid the adoption Freddie Bartholomew, “very happy” because a superior court judge refused t return him to his parents, is his aunt “Cissie's” boy for keeps. “I would not care to go to my pa- » “for, practi ly perfect : ty me. In fact, she has mother since I was three old.” so they could get more of Freddie's earnings. Under an agreement approved at P Freddie's adoption, Miss Bartholomew port, The parents get 10 per cent of the remainder and 5 per cent goes into .{@ trust fund for Freddie's sisters, to me, I/ _ Miss am very happy with my aunt. I love |her CENTRALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT POWER = ([9 HIT BY GRONNA Secretary of State As Political Use of Tax Money, “‘Abundent Life’ Promises prand Forks, N, D. Nov. 2 : : py idlize ralaat i Hy Eileen, 17, and Hilda, 15. The balance is placed in trust for the child actor. LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN MERT SETONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT Famous Naturalist Family Will Be Guests of Honor at Re- ception in High School — Bismarck residents will have an op- portunity to meet two of America’s outstanding authorities on the ‘out- duors and Indians Wednesday eve- ining. Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife, Julia Seton, who are appearing in Bismarck and Mandan We ot and Thureday in a series of speaking of a become virtually non-existent.” added that the founders of our coun- try never intended the expansion of powers that has occurred in the last 20 years. He said that whether or not the gov- further have a very important part in con- nection with accidents. Fourth, physical incapacities due to nature, liquor, drugs or other out- side influences also are not as respori- sible for accidents as the average person would surmise. Lone’ Drivers -Starred Strangely enough death has claimed the lives of lone motorists or in e\nasium Thuréday engagements, will be guests of honor jat_@ public tion in the library lof Bismarck’ school from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m., We ednesday. Anyone interested in meeting the noted naturalist family is cordially hivited to attend, according to Mrs. Lucille Anderson, chairman of the committee in charge. The Setons will give » public lecture the Bismarck high school gym- evening at 8 p. m. Tickets for adults are 40 cents, for school children, 25 cents. Other members’ of the committee the reception are Mrs. George Will, Mrs. Clell Gannon, Mrs. Peter Reid, Irvin Huss, Miss Leal Ed- monds, Rolland Stimson and Mrs. Juanita Edick. Highway Deaths Moving on to New Mark; Wahpeton Student Victim Mary Kulla Dies of Hurts Re- ceived in Crash Sunday; Two Others Critical (By the Associated Press) Mary Kulla, 19, student at Wahpe- ton, N. D., School of Science, died Monday night in Fergus Falls, Minn., from injuries suffered in an automobile accident Sunday night in which five teachers and two students from there were hurt. Camilla Skramstad, teacher, still was unconscious Tues- day, and Genevieve Kulls, Royalton, student sister of the dead girl, was reported in s critical condition, Theresa Kulls, another sister and 5 dents after being cuts and bruises. The é jthan formerly,” Sevison said. “There |tw get resdy for next year’s heavy struction program.” they were riding in turned over. ASES LISTED AS MORTON COURT OPENS IN MANDAN = Judge Frank T. Lembke Presides ! Over Docket; Several Im- portant Actions Eleven criminal and 31 civil cases were on the calendar for thé Mor- ton county term of district court year’s corn crop. J These informants said details of the loan program would be announced by Secretary Wallace within a few days. 'They said the program would corres- pond in general to previous governe ment corn loans. The 50-per cent loan will be made on corn sealed on the farm, testing 14% per cent moisture content, or less. If the field corn offered for loans contains more than 14% per cent moisture, officials said the loan rate would be adjusted downward, the maximum being 50 cents a bushel. Farm organizations had asked a 60-cent-a-bushel loan on its year’s crop and Secretary Wallace said a loan of about 46 cents would correspond to the 9-cent-a-pound government loan on this year’s cotton crop. Roosevelt Sets Up Mi which convened Tuesday morning at the Mandan courthouse with Judge Frank T. Lembke, Hettinger, presid- ing. On the criminal docket were six carried over and seven new actions. The list of civil cases included 16 carried over and 15 new actions. The opening day of court was devoted to call of the calendar, the session commencing at 10 a. m. The panel of 35 jurors will report for duty at 9 2. m., Wednesday. In addition to Judge Lembke, other court officers are R. P. Carney, court reporter; James M. Hanley Jr., state’s atorney; John Handt- mann, Sr., clerk of court, and E. O. Lidstrom, sheriff. Heading the list of new criminal cases are three actions against Mor- ton county tavern operators who a! charged with Sabbath breaking as result of Sunday liquor sales. Defend- ants are Irwin T. Young, Lee Coman and Charles Hawley. Carried over criminal cases include state actions against Markus, Alex, George and Michael Matz, Michael ‘and Markus Schmidt on two charges of aggravated assault and battery; Robert Errington for procuring an abortion and Mathias Weber for ageravated assault and battery. TO INCREASE ROAD DESIGNING DIVISION 35 Men Will Be Added to Map Projects Under $8,000,000 Construction Program The designing division of the North ‘ ‘Dakota highway department will be increased to about 35 men within the next two weéks to map construction projects under the $8,000,000 highway program slated to get under way next spring. Zina EB. Sevison, state highway en-j igineer, said Tuesday several men have been added to the designing staff in- creasing the number to about 20. At least 15 more draftsmen will be placed in that department by the middle of the month, he stated. Some of the men are being hired (Specifically for the jobs but many, he explained, are fieldmen who usually corporation for the new corn loans. This would permit loans on sbous 170,000,000 bushels. Department officials sai Meved a relatively small part year’s large crop, officially at 2,561,936,000 bushels, would under government loans, They indicated, however, that if additional funds were needed they would be pro- v Because the 50-cent loan offered on of many farmers would not seek the gov- ernment loan. They added that many banks and other private lenders prob- ably would make corn loans in addi- tion to those underwritten by gov- mmment funds, COMMISSION OKAYS SIDEWALK LEVIES Accepts Offer to Buy Two Lots From City, But Turns~ Down One Other Sidewalk assessments levied during the past year were approved by Bis- marck’s city commissioners Monday night at a short meeting. The assessments are against indivi- dual property owners on whose prop- erty sidewalks, curbs and gutters or private drivewways have been con- structed by the city. was accepted, but John Edilson’s of- fer of $100 for two lots on 14th &t, lepent the winter months in the roed | fie designing division. “The need for additional men in this department is greater this winter 1s much preliminary work to be done munization Clinic . to Close Wednesday first session of the immuniza- Im at a. m,, to 1 p. m,, at the World building. During this session children of parents who on relief and border line cases ve been given protection against and smallpox. ere i of the clinic, Nov. 18, 19 and 20. Ali parents are requested to protect their Young Nonpartisans Will Meet Tonight Nonpartisan organization of North Dakota. After the session there will be @ children against these ) rt