The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1937, Page 3

@ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1937 ‘Same to You’ Says Dad Whose Pants Are Target Resents Suggestion That His Pants Be Kicked; Gives Family History Fathers, no matter what their sta- tus, don’t like to have it suggested that they be kicked in the pants. That was the burden of the com- Plaint registered at The Tribune of- fice Saturday afternoon by a man ‘Sjwho said he was the father G. A. Dahlen had in mind when the Open Your Heart chairman commented that “what: Bismarck needs is a pants kicking committee.” The man didn’t wholly disagree With the idea. He thinks such a com- mittee should be formed, only he would have it work on Dahlen. After being questioned a bit and being told that his story, if presented to the public, might not look too good in print, the man went home and later sent a letter to the editor, signed by both himself and his wife, in which he set forth about what he wanted the public to know. Refers to Previous Stories The complaint referred to articles |ing published in The Tribune on Dec, 14 and 17. The first told of the plight of a family of children whose mother was in the hospital with new baby and to which help had been extended by the Your Heart campaign. The second cited ex- penditures made on the family from the public purse and quoted Dahlen and Russell Young, county welfare board chairman, as being of the opinion that this community needs a “pants kicking” committee, presum- ably to discipline such parents. Now, it seems,, William and Alma Blank (Blank isn’t their name) dié- agree with and have no tolerance for such ideas. ‘The history of the family, as re- lated by Blank under questioning, discloses that it has been “on relief ever since relief started” in 1933 and has never been off the rolls for any length of time since. Blank’s story is that misfortune has dogged his footsteps but, under questioning, he admitted that maybe he is partly to blame. Story of Misfortune In 1933 he had an appendicitis op- eration at public expense. In the spring of 1936 he was hit in the head while treating a horse in the barn of a neighbor. He thinks the neighbor or one of his sons did it be- cause of an old ee he Lae they poured whiskey mout so that his presi emai ot Mquor when he got to the hospital. On July 4, 1936, he was working at the rodeo held east of town and in- jured his elbow. A suit for $400 now is pending to collect damages for that. ‘As soon as the suit is heard he ex- pects to go down to Minnesota and try to get work in the woods. ‘When most of this was going on lived out in the country but there, too, his luck was against him. 12 horses but all but, one sleeping sickness which in the area. While horses he: d sleeping Seine oe . he set self up to practice veterinary cine, The state stopped that, since he had no license and couldn’t get one. ‘The relief organization gave a cow but there, again, he had bad 1 The animal gave bloody milk. tried to exchange it for a good cow but couldn't. Barred by Resettlement A neighbor with a Resettlement loan wanted to go west and to turn over his animals and ma- chinery to Blank. The Resettlement | De office wouldn’t stand for it. wouldn’t have Blank as a client. All of this roe BIR nse PPE recurringly, @ man. When in the a in 1922 he contracted & disease, He was treated by army d tors but his ailment ly “comes back” on him, That makes it difficult, too. While all these misfortunes ac- cumulated, he was having trouble with his wife, She wanted « higher standard of aa en heap me ld. provide for her. public—could prot be summer she went to worked for her brother-in-law ‘there. authorities here had turned against him. They told his wife that he was not fit to live with and to kick him out if he came back. He's resentful of that, too. Not Really a Drinker Just why the relief authorities said such mean things about him didn’t appear from the questioning. drinking stuff for good—now. The reason is that two months ago he became drunk in Mandan and got into a fight. He was tossed into jail. Some other fel- lows started the fight. He was more or less an innocent victim of circum- stances, But to get back to his complaint. He didn't desert his wife and fam- ily. Despite the suggestion of the re- Nef office, his wife took him back and he has been living with them, off and on, for some time. The rest of the time he has been living with his ] auine Heiress Dies in Kansas Kansas City, Dec. 20—(P)— “Dear Sir: Just a card to tell you Nellie Horse died last night. Was ill only a few hours. We all feel bad about it. “Respectfully, Mrs. 8. W. Boyd.” ‘That was the death notice of Nellie, one of the nation’s few monied horses. Nellie and Prince, another horse, came into $5,000 under the will of DeForrest Piazzek, a former presi- dent of the Kansas City board of trade, who raised them from colts. The horses were placed on a farm under Mrs. Boyd's care. Her letter was to trustees of Piazzek’s estate, When Prince dies the $5,000 will revert to a University of Kansas mother in Mandan. When his wife called him before going to the hospital he hurried back to the scene and took charge of af- student aid fund. fairs at the house. He has been do- and looking after his place to investigate, aft plication for help from his he had gone over to Mandan to Didn't Ask for Help—Much His story is that Mrs. B , lying in the hospital, sent the boy to ask the month. “Dahlen came to the house to in- vestigate and asked me if we had food and I told him ‘yes, she had bought food.’ He said ‘well, how's your pounds of coal there yet. and clothes but they refused to give him any. Said there were none. No, The shoes and‘clothes were for myself, not for the boy. “Dahlen looked on the beds and sent up some quilts and food. What he did was on the complaint of a 11-year- old boy. The children didn’t go with- out their meals. I cooked for them regularly. Sure, I can cook. I learned how in the army. “My kids are all healthy and in good shape. I invite the public to come and see them, “Dahlen made some awfully false statements and I want him to correct them, I called him at noon Saturday and asked him to come to the house, but he said he didn’t have time, that I should come to see him. “He made me out a man without a heart and that isn’t fair. Mrs. Wenzel came to the house after my wife went [apheresis cg al just fine.” The text of the letter, signed by William and Alma Blank follows: Who's Gonna Be ‘It’? “Yes, I agree very much with Mr. partly false statement published Dec. 14, for if a man needs his pants Kicked he (Dahlen) sure needs his pants kicked and kicked damned good living alone in @ tar paper shack. A lie, as I, the father, was here with them, “2, The mother in hospital with . True. “3. The father had disappeared after the relief office had decided to give his wife the small allotment, This is one of the biggest lies ever told. SLUMP NOT SHOWN IN TAX RECEIPTS Security Collections Social Higher Last Half of Year Than First Washington, Dec. 20.—( sion began. Collections under Title 8 of the security act, the section taxing em- coal?’ and I told him there was 500}Ployer and employe each one per cent on wages up to $3,000 a year, were “J didn’t ask him for anything. 1} $54,218,334 for August, $49,448,432 for sent the boy later on to ask for shoes |September and $50,349,334 for October. Collections increased materially in the latter half of this year, compared tw the first half. Payroll taxes under the old age benefit provisions of the security act, now one per cent each on employer and employe, will remain the same next year and in 1939. In 1940 they will increase one-half of one per cent. Girl, Two Boys Live In Car Three Weeks Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 20.—(#)—A romantic adventurous interlude in the life of pretty 17-year-old Anna An- Patrolman Robert M. Fogarty, said, lived in an automobile for three weeks to provide compan- ionship for her younger brother and drews, who, ® boy friend, was at end Monday. Anna, Joseph Silva, 18, son of a neighbor, and her brother, Arthur 16, faced charges of breaking and enter- ing Cape Cod summer homes. Fogarty reported he picked the aia jsome respects, resembled a busy kitchen. Blankets and other bedding up.in an automobile, which, Jay in the rear seat. Wins $21,000 From President’s Mother White Plains, N, R., Dec. 20.—(P}— of New Rochelle, 000 damages by a state supreme court jury Monday in his suit against Mrs. James Roose- velt, mother of the president, and her Frederick Grewe was awarded $2! chauffeur, Louis E. De Pew. Grewen was injured by the Roose- velt car at Park Avenue and 83rd street, New York, last April 3. De Pew was driving. Mrs, Roosevelt was not in the car. . ()}—Social for a Christmas basket and to say | Security tax collections, officials said she would be short of coal the last of Monday, have reflected as yet no ap- preciable change in the total income ot workers since the business reces- DASH SAVES SON Minneapolis, Dec. 20—(7)—A frantic mother ran through sub-zero cold early Monday to summon help for her five-year-old son, when the lad awoke choking at 4a.m. The woman, Mrs. Ray Fowler, succeeded, for firemen ‘The local relief office says she and|that her children were sent back by Min- nesota relief authorities but Blank asserts that a county attorney in Minnesota suggested that she could go on relief there. : ‘When the woman® returned, 80 Blank says, he learned that relief = Botany Wool Wrinkle-Proof s.. BERGESON’S. OUR national fire loss is nearly a half thousand dollars a minute, but it will take you less than a minute to call us on the telephone and arrange for us to check your fire insurance. _ MURPHY 218 Broadway . Phone 877 the check received Dec, 1. “And another, that the boy was sleeping in the coal shed, when there's two large bedrooms in the house, with @ heater in both. Still Have Some Coal was purchased out of the grant first of the month. revived the lad. OO SOVIET PLANES |U. S. Anthem Vulgar? BATTLED JAPANESE | Hard to Sing, Anyway IN ORIENTAL WAR Poor Piloting Crashed 4 Times as Many Chinese Planes as « Japs Shot Down speaking ated Press correspondent, reached Shanghai Friday from Nanking where he had remained from early in the Chinese-Japanese war until after Japanese forces occupied China’s abandoned capital. By C. YATES McDANIEL Shanghai, Dec. 20.—()—Four times as many Chinese planes crashed from poor piloting as Japanese guns shot down, That tells the story of what happened to China’s air force. Not one American flier took to the air in action against the Japanese. Russian airmen, who flew in 50 planes from the Soviet, were the only fight- ers to join the Chinese air force in action, Late in November several Russian planes were brought down around Nanking and two injured Russian avi- ators were treated at the American hospital. ‘When the government moved from. doomed Nanking, its air force flew off, leaving the capital’s defenders entirely without aerial support during the Japanese siege. Anti-aircraft batteries, which fired hundreds of rounds every day, shot down only one enemy plane during the attack, leaving Japanese wings over Nanking the freedom of the skies to bomb, power-dive and strafe within @ few hundred feet of the ground. APPROVE EXTENSION OF FREIGHT ROUTE Railroad Commission Grants 10 Applications for Special Mo- tor Certificates A petition of the Ryder truck line of Ryder for extension of the Minot- Ryder motor freight route to Douglas and Elbowoods was approved by the state railroad commission. The commissioners granted 10 ap- plications for special certificates per- mitting motor freight service in their home localities. “ Permits to’ furnish contract freight service also were ap- proved for Snyder's Dray and Trans- fer, Bismarck, and C .B. Breedvig, Fargo. Sale of a special certificate author- izing motor passenger service in the Minot vicinity by Vaughn Hunter, Minot, to the Minot-Crosby bus line, and transfer of a special freight cer- tiftcate from Emil Wiste, Fordville, to Fred Holwerda, Fordville, were ap- proved, The special certificates granted went to Jack Bergman, Erie; C. F. Bohner, Grace City; W. E. Miller, Fairmount; Paul Dubourt, Neche; Frank Erickson, Bordulac; Christ Hehr, Jud; Jacob Franz, Kulm; Wil- low City Transport, Willow City; Frost Brothers, Harvey, and James Mc- Daniel, Glenfield. Two Big Companies Leave Minneapolis Minneapolis, Dec. 2).—(#) — Two Minneapolis manufacturing concerns which have employed between 1,400 and 1,600 persons with payrolls of more than $1,000,000 are moving their plants to Illinois shortly after the first of the year, it was learned Monday. The two concerns are the Waters- Genter division of the McGraw Elec- tric Co. at 213 North Second street, and Tropic-Aire, Inc., 60 Eleventh Avenue northeast. 0 Reasons for the move were said to be transportation costs, taxes and labor conditions. (Castor Bean May Aid War on Grasshoppers Atchison, Kas., Dec, 20.—(P)— An accidental discovery last sum- mer—that grasshoppers have an saff, no explanation can be of- fered at this time. In recent years the government and midwestern farmers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, seeking by use of poison ord ‘a feh the poate of les, WI t agriculture estimated did crop damage of $99,131,000 in 1936. Now, it appears possible a farm- er may protect his crops by mere- ly planting a barrier of castor beans around his fields, Extensive experiments are plan- ned for next year and many farm- ers in this area said they expect to surround and cross section their a fine DIAMOND § Ideal Holiday ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS REASONABLY PRICED 3 Bonham Brothers : Jewelers New York, Dec. 20.—(#}—The mu- sical world Monday hurled brickbats Martini and bouquets at “The Star Spangled Banner” in chorus with a noted min- ister’s fortissimo denunciation of the national anthem as “vulgar.” The Rev. John Haynes Holmes had no sooner set. his community church pulpit reverberating with the charge that the national anthem’s words “celebrate war and ... breathe hat- red” than Nino Martini, Metropolitan opera tenor, criticized it as “too tough for the average man to sing.” Holmes told his congregation Sun- day the anthem was “probably one of the most vulgar and profane of all the world’s patriotic songs . . . exult- ing in . . . bloods! and the slaugh- ter of our enemies. Queried about the musical qualities of Francis Scott Key's 1814 composi- tion, Martini said: “It really calls for an extraordinary Tange even in a professional singer.” SENATOR NYE GIVEN O-POINT PEACE PLAN Illinois Professor, Co-Author, Says U. S.-Made Shells Probably Sunk Panay ‘Urbana, Ill., Dec, 20, — (4) — Chair- man Gerald P. Nye (Rep., N. D.), of the senate munitions committee had Monday a resolution drafted by a group of University of Illinois faculty men outlining a three-point peace Program. Prof. Albert Howe Lybyer, well- known historian who declared Amer- ican materials probably were used by the Japanese in bombing the U. S. gunboat Panay eight days ago, said the resolution made these demands: 1, Confer with other nations to- ward economic adjustments which would remove from Japan and other nations the shortage of materials es- sential to their peoples in times of peace, 2, Withhold essential war materials from aggressor nations. 3. Negotiate and co-operate with Other law-abiding and peave-loving nations in such measures. Prof. Lybyer said Sunday the reso- lution was drafted after consultation with about 250 leading faculty men of the university, all descriebd as stu- dents of international affairs, BEGIN JUDGING OF BSSAYS ON SAFETY 2,003 Students Submit Entries; Winners to Be Honored in Bismarck ‘Three judges began Monday to evaluate 2,003 essays submitted by North Dakota students in the safety contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxillary in co-operation with the state highway department. Contest winners in two classes wil! be brought to Bismarck Jan. 13-15 to be made members of the state highway patrol and receive awards for their work, said Highway Commissioner P. H. McGurran who expressed satisfaction at the entry re- sponse. Judging the essays are Mrs. J. D. Stenson and Mrs, L, R. Hofto of Mi- hot and Kenneth W. Simons of Bis- Mrg, L. T, Hagen of Ray, commun- ity service chairman for the state petition and will chaperon the winners during their Bismarck visit. Audit of Benevolent Groups to Start Soon Complete audits of the 22 benevo- lent societies in North Dakota, li- censed by the state insurance ‘depart- ments, will start Jan. 1, Insurance Commissioner Oscar E. Erickson said Monday. ’ Brought under supervision of the department by an act of the 1937 leg- islature, the department auditors will investigate the membership, levies and distribution of funds on ¢laims, filed and other business of the benevolent groups have deposited $250 with the state office to insure fulfillment of obligations to members, he stated. ASK SUSPENSION OF FARM CASH INCOME HIGHEST SINCE °29 DESPITE BIG CROP Federal Figures Reveal N. D. Raised Wheat Nearly Double Minnesota Crop Washington, Dec. 20.—(?)—Ameri- can farmers, according testimates by agriculture department economists, will receive a cash income of $8,500,- 000,000 this year, despite bumper crops that depressed prices. The income is the eel since 1929. Production of important crops by principal producing states this year and the cash income from portions of these crops actually sold, include: Corn—Minnesota, 172,368,000 and $11,600,000; North Dakota, 17,252,000 and $50,000; South Dakota, 44,170,000 and $1,100,000. All wheat — Minnesota, 35,784,000 bushels and $23,600,000; North Da- kota, 58,013,000 and $33,900,000; South Dakota, 15,201,000 and $0,100,000; Montana, 21,918,000 and $14,050,000, FARM SEED TARIFFS Proposed Railroad Rates Can- cel With Stopping-in Transit Rights An application for the suspension of new tariffs on farm seeds, filed by railroads to become effective Jan. 1, has been entered with the interstate commerce commission by the North Dakota railroad board. J. C. Winter, board rate expert, said the proposed tariffs would cancel provisions which permit stopping-in- transit to partly unload carload ship- ments, Potatoes—Minnesota, 24,411,000 and $5,300,000; Dakota, $2,600,000. Flaxseeds—Minnesota, 4,007,000 and ated North Dakota, 1,490,000 and N. D. National Guard Supplies Inventoried Inventory of about $2,000,000 in sup- Plies and equipment at 23 North Da- kota National Guard armories has been completed and reports made to U. 8. army officials, Adjutant Gen- eral Heber L. Edwards announced. Shippers of clover and alfalfa seed in eastern North Dakota would be forced to pay freight rates from $20 to $100 a carload higher because of the inability of the farm seed markets ee handle carload shipments, Winter said. Under present tariffs, shippers may make up a carload for more than one consignee and take advantage of the reduced rates. Inbound shipments of sundan corn and cane and sorghum seed also would be forced to bear the extra freight charges on less-than- carload lots, Winter said. Trauger’s Assailant Fined $35 in Mandan Charles Brown of Mandan was fined $35 and given a suspended 30 days jail sentence late Saturday when he ap- peared before Police Magistrate R. F. Gallagher in Mandan on an assault and battery charge. Brown was charged with beating N. 8. Trauger, former Hazelton farmer, during an altercation in an alley be- hind the Mandan Creamery and Pro- duce company. Similar charges against Michael Boehm and Byran|# Edmundson were dismissed, Trauger, a Farmers Union turkey buyer, was soliciting buiness during Mandan’s turkey day. The other three men were said to be connected with a rival turkey buying agency, FRANK MASTELLER DIES Butte,.N. D., Dec. 20.—Pioneer resi- dent of this area, Frank Masteller, 71, died recently at Glasgow, Mont. Fu- neral services were conducted at Velva. HEY, YOU MEN! You will rule the roost at SARAH GOLD SHOP Tuesday night, Dec. 21, for we will allow no women in our store that eve- ning. Drop in to our store and pick out that lingerie to thrill her on Christmas morning. There will be no femininity at the store to fluster you Tues- day night. BETTER FLAVOR is making BREAD A FAVORITE You'll like it, too! Ask for it. CUTS - FARES. many RATES BELOW RAIL evs PULLMAN LOWEST in AviATION History - Here's the year's greatest transportation Liners for less than rail plus Pullman. to ABERDEEN fares reduced to. .$6.00 to HURON fares reduced to......$9.00 TICKET OFFICE, PRINCE HOTEL, PHONE 800 MID-CONTINENT ROUTE NORTH & SOUTH Inspection officers were Major Thomas 8. Smith and Capt. William Stratton of Bismarck; Major Hervey Tribolet, Minot; and Maj. Charles W. Voege, Fargo. —_— ee, ‘Wisconsin’s Best’ Buy your beer by the case! Case of 24 pints only $2.30 (Plus bottle deposit) WE DELIVER Corner | Grocery Flees Reformatory Camp, Is Retaken Moose Lake, Minn., Dec. 20.—(P)— Claude James, 24, of Minneapolis, es- caped from the St. Cloud reformatory camp Sunday night and was recap- tured at 4 a. m. Monday near Mission Creek by possemen who had searched throughout the night. James was sen- tenced for second degree robbery. DIES Loma, N. D., Dec. 20. his ah ° —Straining rr 45, died here. ELKS ATTENTION! Your ladies and friends are welcome at the Elks Christmas Turkey raffle tonight. Festivities be- gin at 7:30 p. m., Elks Club Rooms. For Her Christmas... BANISH WASH BENDIX Home Laundry MEXICO TODAY, by ‘Col. Irving Speed Wallace, published by Meador, 364 pages. 104 pictures and Mative jacket ........ssscsecscccccecerecesses$mOe Critics proclaim this book to be the greatest work this book te everybody,” Fisher. MEADOR PRESS, Boston, Mass. (On sale in Bismarck at Woodmansee’s and State Stationery) ICE CREAM CENTER BRICKS:—We will feature for the holidays the following center ita, Tree, and Bell center. These bricks are always very popular. INDIVIDUAL MOLDS:—Molds of delicious made up in forms of Christmas Tree, Santa, Wreath, and Bell. Orders for molds must be ordered at least forty-eight hours before wanted. Save work for Mother with “Velvet” Ice Cream and Sherbet. Banish Christmas dessert worries. * Order now.