The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1937, Page 1

Rough Stuff Does Bismarck Need a Pants Kicking Woul Committee? Story Help on Page 8. 2 Desperados Esca '- ESTABLISHED 1878 Oldest Newspaper ' BISMARCK, N. D., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s PRICE FIVE CENTS -Japan Might Not Make Direct Reply to U. S. Note APOLOGY BEFORE. §|Will Pack Boxes: |ABANDON HOPE FOR |BISHARCK SUPPORTS PROTEST MAY BE THOUGHT ENOUGH Warfare Threatens to Spread South; Canton May Be Next Goat IS NEAR BRITISH COLONY party to be held Sunday at Open Your eada! At the appointed time they will as- semble to Christmas county. The Open Heart to Bring Christmas to Rural Areas; Public In- vited to Musicale i Panay Survivors Say Boats Were Machine-Gunned; Jap- anese Say They Weren't Tey 3 a # (iat I question ing weighed but pointed out: “The Japanese note of apology was given (to U. 8. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew) before the United States note |. was handed to Foreign Minister Koki whether some other note must be given has not yet been decided.” g (On Tuesday—two days after the U. 8. gunboat Panay and three Ameri- can-owned commercial vessels were attacked on the Yangtse river with ities—Hirote forwarded to already form- demands of & Egat a? tt i i i EB 5 5 : generally met the uiniee but undelivered For Needy Sunday Cash Donations to Open Heart Improve ‘ash contributions totaling $107.50 were announced Friday by the Open Your Heart campaign, the donation list being the largest. since the big charity drive opened. The position of the fund now is Women's Club . The Wachter P.T.A. .. a2 RELIRP’ SESSION Foils Station Theft , Dec, 17. — PY — A J » based made to Japan, on information a ee is a5 that the gunboat was sprayed by ma- the eee British Royal Family tacks of Japanese forces “not satis- ee Te See copys oC Nome Shaken Up in Crash Japanese ENACTMENT OF BILLS -AT SPECIAL SESSION But Wage-Hour and Farm Mea- sures Approach Final Vote in House, Senate WOULD REACH COMPROMISE Conference Committees Could Effect Agreement During Holiday Recess . ‘Washington, Dec, 17—(?)—President Roosevelt's two major legislative pro- posals—the ‘and senate Friday, although adminis- tration chieftains virtually abandoned hope for their enactment at the’special During the holiday recess, they said, Joint committees. of senators and rep- resentatives can work out compromises on the house and senate versions of the farm and wage-hour measures, house tax subcommittee turned down @ proposed Republican sub- stitute for the controverted tax on undistributed corporate profits. Chairman Vinson (Dem.-N.Y.) said the vote, along party lines, was 6 3. “We're going to retain the prin- ciple of the undistributed profits and capital gains tax,” the chair- man said, OUT, SAYS LANGER Baoks Gray in Saying $1,500,- 000 in U. S. Funds Is Needed in State up representations of officials in Washington for additional federal re- Nef funds, Gov. Langer said John Gray, who 2 fe London, Dec. 17.—(7)—King George and Queen Elisabeth were shaken McAdoo's bill would provide a cost of production benefit program and Lee's embodied a domestic allotment MINOT'S APPLICATION FOR AIRMAIL SERVICE Request Made Early in Decem- . ber; Is Now Under Consid- eration in Washington CITE AIDS TO BUSINESS Say 6,900 Pieces of Mail Would Be Dispatched Monthly; Civic Groups Endorse Move Bismarck’s Association of Commerce ie giving full support to Minot’s ap- Plication for extension of airmail serv- ice fromthe Capital City to Minot, W. G. Renden, chairman of the asso- cane. aviation committee, said Fri- y. Application to have the airmail service extended from Bismarck to Minot, the only major North Dakota clty not now served by an established airline, was made early in December, it was revealed this week. : United States postal authorities now have the application under con- sideration, Renden said. Demand for the extension has been growing for several years, the Minot Association of Commerce stated in a letter to Harllee Branch, second as- sistant postmaster general, at Wash- ington. Other cities which have pledged their support in the attempt to effect it are Aberdeen and Huron, 8. D., both of which were repre- sented at a meeting with Bismarck and Minot representatives here Nov. 30 when ways and means wherel the extension might be brought about were discussed. Cites Position — Asserting that there is no estab- lished sirline service in Northwestern North Dakota or Northeastern Mon- tana, the Minot application cited Minot's position as s trade center as Policy- Makers & Dr. Glenn Frank (left), former president of the University of Wis- consin, Friday was chosen to head the Republican party’s new Policy-formulating committee. Former Gov. George Shafer, Bis- marck lawyer (right) is one of North Dakota’s two representatives on the committee of “between 1: Whelan, St. Thomas farmer, is 85 and 140” persons. Thomas E. the state’s other representative. Frank Will Head Republican Group|# = SOVIET [S CHARGED WITH “UNTHINKABLE? ACTIONS BY JAPAN tt} 4 — : 'Nipponese Hit Arrest of Nation- ticularly facilitate transaction of busi- ness between firms located in “Minot, Bismarck, Huron, Aberdeen, Kansas City and Omeha since there is no transcontinental train service con- Bismarck’s city commission also passed a resolution recommending the dairy | extension. ‘Oregon said would protect the dairy industry. It would deny federal benefits to farmers who used land retired from for commercial soil depleting crops production of livestock, poultry and dairy products, : Defenders Fled Nanking - In Terror-Stricken Rout <*76t| Morale of Chinese Army Snaps. Suddenly; Eyo-Witness (Continued on Page Two) Tells of Flight Dakotas Skipped in Coal Price Schedule Washington, Dec. 17.—(#)—The bi- tuminous coal commission Friday had established prices for production dis- tricts in an area reaching from Texas northwest to the Canadian border. @ The North and South Dakota lignite fields were excepted from Thursday night’s price schedule. Commission officials said the lignite prices’ would ‘be announced later. 3 | Squirt Gun Fails | To Halt Intruder Philadelphis, Dec. 17—(#)—The into Louls L z, 1} E> - By dark, Nanking’s main streets E i [ Hi E Hi i i ® ” ° & - e 5 ' FE > i fil ER : H a8 mire 3 | [ z i | The Minot sirport, operated by the Minot park board, embraces an area of 160 acres and has a stee! hangar 40 feet wide and 80 feet long, with clearance of 25 feet. It's estimated value was set at $35,625. Say Accused Man Can Stand Trial Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 17.—(7)— The mental condition of Mike Len, examined by the medical staff of the North Dakota hospital of the insane this morning, is such that he is all right to go on trial, it was announced by a member of the staff at noon Frida: Len is charged with the murder of Amandus Moline, farmer near Noonan. He was sent to Jamestown for ob- servation by Judge A. J. Gronna when arraigned in Divide: county court at Crosby, Carloadings Show ' Minute Decrease we , Dec. 17.—(}—The As- sociation of peters an Bailrpece Te- ported Friday 622,131 cars of revenue freight were loaded during the week ending last Saturday. This was s de- crease of 1,206 cars, or 0.2 per cent, with the preceding week; = decrease of 116,965, or 15.8 per cent, compared with # year ago, and a de- crease of 122,222, or 16.4 per cent, com- pared with 1930. John Fleck Bruised As Car Leaves Road John R. Fleck, well known Bismarck als; Report Strengthening of Red Forces Tokyo, Dec, 17.—)—The Japanese foreign office Friday formally charged the Soviet union with acting in a manner “utterly unthinkable in any civilized country” in connection with arrests of Japanese in Russia. ‘The foreign office protested to the Soviet, embassy, citing what Japan called humerous cases in which Soviet authorities had arrested Japanese and held them without trial. Almost concurrently the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri charged that Rus- sia was continuing to strengthen her military forces at Vladivostok, Rus- sia’s far eastern seaport. Russia was sending two cruisers, 18 submarines and six destroyers to the port next week, Yomiuri asserted. The Newspaper added that the Moscow government moved 600 pilots and 110 planes to Vladivostok last week: (Chinese press reports received at @hanghai said Russia had completed an underground sirdrome at Viad- ivostock capable of housing 150 planes and had reinforced her armed forces there by more than 85,000. men. (The Russian port, at the southern tip of a neck of Russian territory that curves around the eastern frontier of Japanese-dominated Manchoukuo, lies about 400 miles from the nearest Jap- anese coastline and about 650 air miles from Tokyo.) DEVILS LAKE SUED Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 17.—Lyle Golder has filed a $5,000 personal in- jury suit against the city of Devils Lake as a result of a fight he had with former Patrolman Fred Caddigan on Nov. 25. Golder charges Caddigan struck him and threatened him with a gun while in an intoxicated condition. George Shafer, Bismarck, Also to Serve on Policy-Formu- lating Committee 8t. Louis, Dec. 17 —(P)— The Re- publican national executive commit- tee, in a four-day caucus here, agreed upon Dr. Glenn Frank, former presi- dent..of the University of. Wisconsin, te head its new policy formulating committee, * The action, verified by at least three members of the committee, still was without official confirmation, however. Dr. Frank, in Chicago, asserted he had not been invited to head the gtoup and “had no contact” with any- one at the St. Louis meeting, HAMILTON, FRANK CONFER OVER POST Chicago, Dec. 17. be lican National Chairman John D, M. Hamilton arrived here Friday to confer with Dr. Glenn Frank, former University of Wisconsin president, and determine whether Frank would accept chairmanship of the party’s new policy commit- my : “I have come to Chicago,” Hamil- ton said as he left his train, “to interview Dr. Frank regarding his taking over the chairmanship. I will not announce confirmation of Dr. Frank's appointment until after I have talked to him.” Chairman John D, M. Hamilton made public a partial list of the pro- gram or steering committee which he said when completed will total “be- tween 135 and 140 persons.” Will Draft Principles ‘This committee has been authorized by the national committee to draft a declaration of party principles to serve as a guide in the forthcoming congressional and presidential cam- paigns. The “rejuvenating brigade,” includes well-known industrialists, manufac- turers, labor leaders, attorneys, farm- ers, social workers, financiers, pub- Ushers and educators. Among the outstanding members of the committee whose acceptance was (Continued on Page Two) Woolworth Longer U Heiress No . S. Citizen New York, Dec. 17.—(?)—Renuncia- tion of American citizenship by the Countess Haugwitz von Reventlow, heiress to the Woolworth 5-and-10 millions, set tax authorities to won- dering Friday whether she will escape heavy taxation in this countty. Morris Greenbaum, director of the labor audit bureau and a certified ac- countant, said “the treasury stands to lose millions of dollars.” Now in her second day at sea re- turning to her husband and child in London, the 27-year-old, auburn- haired countess, formerly Barbara Hutton, disclosed through attorneys the secret of her one-day visit here. And s0 this slender woman, reputed to have inherited approximately $40,- of Windsor, Henry James, ist, Adela Astaire, the dancing actress, MAY NOT BE LIABLE TO DANISH TAX The Weather Fair tonight and Sat- urday; no decided change in temp. pe From Alcatraz FLEE UNDER COVER OF FOG; PATROLS SEEK BODIES IN BAY Chance of Swimming to Main: land From ‘Escape-Proof’ Penitentiary Faint BREAK WINDOW, FORCE GATE Bank Robber, Kidnaper Known to Have Reached Shore of Rocky Island San Francisco, Dec. 17.—(7}—Heavy shore patrols and federal and police boats searched the waters of San Francisco bay Friday for two des- perate criminals who escaped from Alcatraz Island’s “escape proof” fed- eral penitentiary under cover of & dense fog. Officials expected to find their es. There was only one chance in @ thousand, authorities agreed, thet Ralph Roe, 29-year-old bank robber from Duncan, Okla., and Theodore Cole, 25-year-old kidnaper of Stroud, Okla, still lived. During a half hour between regular counting of prisoners Thursday after- noon the pair broke two panes of glass in a window and escaped from the ma- chine shop where they worked. Hid- den from tower guards by the densest fog of the year, they reached the out- side wire fence where they jimmied s FIGHT "HOPPERS Conference, Anticipating Bad Infestation, Will Ask Cons gress for $5,000,000 Minneapolis, Dec. 17.—(7)—Antici- pating the worst grasshopper infesta- tion in many years, agriculture and business of, Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas have united in an effort to obtain quick approval by congress of the proposed $5,000,000 appropria- tion to fight grasshoppérs and other insect pests. A conference of representatives of the four states Thursday wired Sena- tor James E. Murray, Montena author of the grasshopper appropriation bill, asking @ report on progress and urg- money be made available by stated entomologists agree the grasshopper war must be started by then if poison bait is to be distributed in time to check infestation and crop damage in the Northwest. Participants in wthe conference in- cluded M. O. Ryan of the Greater North Dakota association, Fargo. Will Face Charges Of Wife Desertion Hillsboro, N. D., Dec. 17.—(}—Clar- ence Baily was held Friday, police said, to face charges of wife deser- tion after he was picked up Thursday here. Baily waived extradition. CHRISTMAS