The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1937, Page 1

tetera The Weather THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE vee N D " orth Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ; much colder Wednes- ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, N. D., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS day night eat Chinese Cities Fear Attack Loyalists Storming Insurgent Stronghold cwu,cuny * *# # # # © * * © #© # # #© &© # #8 © & REPORTED SARE re sn prt Day ie pil: we ARTER COLLISION gf eirgie to Fears; Steps Taken to Crime Gone Aid Foreigners Heading for Port Under Own SHOW OF FORCE SOUGHT Steam; SOS Reported Ves- sel Was Sinking Britons Would Use Three-Pow- er Naval Display in Far East 80 ABOARD U. S. LINER to Warn Japan Lioyd’s Station Picked Up Dis- tress Signals From Off Netherlands Coast | 3 Gr 50,000 THOUSANDS FALL AS STRUGGLE FOR. TERUEL CONTINUES Provincial Capital Garrison Still Holding Out on Seventh Day of Offensive Rain Falls on Snow, and Today's the Shortest, Longest Day of the Year The shortest day of the year is the longest! What's that? You don’t believe that the shortest day of the year is the longest and the longest day of ‘the year is the shortest? - Danger loomed for pedestrians and motor vehicle drivers in the Missouri Slope area Tuesday as tem- peratures began toward the freezing point in the wake of an unusual pre-Christmas rainfall on the calendar’s first day of winter. ‘What might be described as freak weather began early Sunday morn- ing when a week of above-normal temperatures abruptly ended with the mercury sliding down into the sub-zero range. It, was 11 degrees below zero in Bismarck at 11 p.m. Sunday. Ex- actly 2¢ hours later it was 39 d grees above zero, a range of 50 degrees. There was little variation in the thermometer readings Mon- day night and Tuesday morning as the warm Chinook wind poured in tEEZING from the West. At 9 a. m. Tuesday light rain began soaking into the remnanis of snow which had fallen Sunday, making locomotion hazardous in Bismarck and its environs. The rain continued to 10:15 and the tem- perature began falling. At noon precipitation since 7:30 a, m. totaled onl: f an inch. The forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday was unsettled and colder. The weather bureau pre- dicted that Jt would be much colder Wednesday and Wednesday night. year ‘and paradoxically it also is the longest. How come? Well, we'll prove it with a pole and the help of Dr. R. 8. Richard- son of the Mount Wilson observa- tory in California. ‘The shortest day each year in Bismarck, judged from sunrise to sunset, falls about Dec. 23. But judged by the day which extends from noon to noon or midnight to midnight—the shortest day is the longest. This is proved by marking the end of a shadow cast by @ pole at high noon when the sun casts its shortest shadow. The interval between high noon and high noon is shortest about Sept. 17. The in- terval increases until Dec. 23 when the day is 51 sec- onds longer than on Sept. 17. This is due, Dr. Richardson explains. principally to the combined effect of the eccentricity of the earth’s orbit and the inclination of the ecliptic to the celestial equator. Now that’s easy to understand, isn’t it? Wantta maka bet? y From an official, meteorological standpoint, win- ter begins at 12:22 a. m. Wednesday. The sun is scheduled to poke its disk over the horizon at 7:15 &. m., spend 9 hours, 7 minutes soaring over the state, then vanish over the western rim. So winter begins on the calendar today, in the weather bureau Wednesday and in the astronomical observatories on Thursday. Take your choice. CIVILIANS IN TUNNELS (By the Associated Press) Japanese troop and warship move- ments Tuesday aroused Chinese fears that three of the nation’s great coastal cities would suffer the fate of fallen Nanking. The Chinese expected Japanese to drive against Hangchow, Chekiang province seaport some 110 miles south and west of Shanghai, Canton, China’s southern metropolis, and Tsingtao, Shantung province seaport to the north, A party of 300 American and British women and children attempting to flee war threats in central China were turned back toward Hankow, one of China’s three temporary capitals. Moors Slaughtered Trying to Lift Seige; Hand-to-Hand ~ Fighting in Streets Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier, Dec. 21—(7)—The Spanish govern- ment Tuesday hurled 20,000 more men into the fierce struggle for strategic ‘Teruel, radio advices said, and the ordered a Hamburg, Germany. — United States lines offices here sald Tues- day the American Liner City of Hamburg was heading for Cux- haven under her own steam after @ collision in the North Sea with an unidentified vessel. London — The United States Normand When Sentenced Christmas will be just another day for August Normand, 61, Michigan murderer—oldest inmate of the North Dakota state prison— who for 40 years has been serving his “natural life sentence” in the state penitentiary. It was July, 1897, when prison gates clanged shut on Normand and he has handed stripes with No. 504. Since then nearly 6,500 other men and women have been confined. é The veteran of barred windows today is “content” with his sur- roundings. Prison guards are con- fident old August would refuse release and “be utterly lost” in a LANDON PLEDGES SUPPORT OF FDR Washington, Dec. 21.—()—Alf M. Landon gave President Roosevelt Tuesday a pledge of “co-operation and support in the difficult for- eign situations confronting your administration.” In a telegram made public at the state department, the 1936 Repub- lican standard-bearer and former Kansas governor criticized mem- bers of congress of both parties who he said “by their actions helped create the impression on foreign nations that they do not trust your administration of foreigh affairs.” same as it has been today—s rise, a rain and a freeze. Other its in North Dakota also were figuratively basking rare winter warmth with the mercury running the gamut from 15 to 39 above zero. Extremely unusual for what ordinarily is mid-win- ter was the fact that not one North American weather observatory reported sub-zero temperatures. London, Dec. 21.—(7)—Lioyds an- nounced Tuesday the United States liner City of Hamburg had wirelessed that she was sinking after a collision 10 miles east of Terachelling, The Netherlands. “We sinking fast 10 miles east of Terschelling after collision,” the SOS said. The City of Hamburg is owned by the Baltimore Mail Steamship com- pany and is an 8,424-ton vessel. was built in 1919, The distress message was picked up by Lloyds North Foreland wireless station. nar 4 The vessel left Hamburg Dec. and called at Bremen, leaving there ‘Monday night for Southampton where Normand Costumed for Recent Penitentiary Celebration. occasions August consents to step into a motor truck inside prison walls, He roams the walled prison “pretty much at will” and serves as chore boy for the galley which serves 250 other men. Judge Charles J. Fisk sentenced Normand in Grand Forks county July 2, 1897. The penitentiary has no record of his crime of 40 years ago, but a guard recalled that . ‘Teruel’s radio was silenced and the city’s other communications ‘were cut off. Ball Will |PREUDIGE Weir “ven, -|Charit a : LNG LOOKED I His closest contact with airplanes fugee vessel, the British river steamer wi gi Be Brilliant Event! ' iT ge ie Ef Markets to Close On Christmas Day New York, Dec. 21—(#)—The world’s leading commodities and securities tivity after midday. ‘Babs’ Surprised at Comment in America Cherbourg, France, -Dec. 21——-| Apartment, Train. pa ardent lt otal ri Bus in Queer Crash eal crsatag at theca her Unit- 88: y she rei ed States citizenship because “it was; Cohoes, N. Y., Dec. 21—(P)—A bus quite the most natural thing to do.”! operator was injured and passengers eee Paige tine fan biey of » train and occupants of a five- caused comment in the United States,”| Story brick building were shaken said the former “Babs” Hutton as she | Tuesday by s cbilision between a bus disembarked here from the Europa. and commuters’ train at a railroad cl crossing here. The bus skidded on s siippery hill- and struck a Delaware & Hudson CHRISTMAS mil Indergaard, Belfield, Is Dead Large Crowd Expected to At- tend Annual Social Affair’ Says Chairman Open Heart Fund Mounts to $672.26 Cash donations to the Open Your Heart campaign totaled $672.26 Tuesday with the addition of $25.50 to the charity organization's treas- ury. The position of the fund is as follows: checks payable to OPEN YOUR HEART CAMPAIGN, 220 Main Ave., Bismarck. pected to Wednesday order in which state officials others would appear. Among donations acknowledged Tuesday by G. A. Dehien, general Briefs Filed in Behalf of Ward Commissioners, Ex-Polce Chief, State A supreme court Gener * ae pected this week upon iy of af- fidavits of prejudice against District Judge W. J. Kneeshaw in cases brought against former Minot Police Chief Howard Garrison and Bertel Jacobsen and E. A. Donnelly, Ward county commissioners. Briefs have been submitted by E. R. Sinkler, Minot defense attorney, and Assistant Attorney General Milton Higgins for the state. Sinkler, in his brief, requests the supreme court to reconvene the dis- missed Ward county jury and try the cases pending against Jacobsen and Donnelly, charged with purchasing road equipment without first advertis- ing for bids, Sinkler also asks recall of the McHenry county jury for trial | ot the Garrison prejury case. Involved is the question of whether affidavits against Judge Kneeshaw were filed in time to be viaid under the statutes. Higgins said “only a change of judges can assure either the state or the defense that they will be able to present their respective cases to an impartial tribunal.” The Higgins brief denies a stipulation was ever entered in to by him to try the case before Judge Kneeshaw. —— CHARGE GRAND JURY SESSIONS ILLEGAL Minot, N. D., Dec. 31—()—Charging that sessions of the grand jury in Ward county have been illegal since Nov. 1, motions to quash charges against three defendants, contained in a grand jury indictment and an accusation, were filed Tuesdayin dis- trict court here by Attorneys E. R. Sinkler, George O. Brekke and Halvor LL. Halvorson, counsel for various de- fendants. . Affidavits of prejudice against District Judge John C. Lowe, Minot, considering the motions, accompanied the filings. j The motions to quash were made in the cases of Ward county, commis- sioners, E. A. Donnelly, Kenmare, and Bertel Jacobsen, Minot, who face a Joint accusation charging misconduct in office, and Edna Jurgens, Drake |, school teacher, who faces a grand jury indictment ter, growing out of an accident near idemic Diarrhea Kills 14th Infant FOR THS. MEEK the northwestern tip of The Nether- lands, The City of Hamburg was in ‘rou- ble once before when she lost her rudder in a gale in January, 1936, off Newfoundland. She weathered the storm, however, and made port after \her passengers had been transferred to another vessel. ABOUT 80 ON’ SINKING LINER Baltimore, Dec. 21.—(%)—J. H. Threadgill, traffic manager of the Baltimore mail ‘line, said Tuesday the company’s sinking liner City of Ham- burg had a passenger list of “not more than four or five and a crew of 75.” Threadgill said the company’s of- fice here did not have the passenger list. The list usually is not received until the liners are “four or five days a ee en route to Baltimore, he ALL OFFICERS. 10 FIGURE IN COUNT Corporation Officials Included in Determining Liability , Under N. D. Law North Dakota employers computing November payroll contributions to the state unemployment compensation fund were advised Tuesday by Di- rector Alvin Purcell to include all cor- poration officers in counting the num- ber of employes to determine liability under the law. All employers of eight or more work- ers in at least 20 different weeks of the current or preceeding year must pay contributions of 18 per cent on payrolls, Purcell i Contributions on November 3) “In determining Hability,” he de- clared, “many employers are neglect- ing to include corporation officers, and a8 ® result claim exemption from the act. We are still receiving many letters attempting to explain such officers are not subject to the act because they Tecetve no salary,” he said, manslaugh-| roll tax en Wittens petrine an CONGRESS MAY PASS is’ the ‘drone: of: HOUSING MEASURE, ADJOURN WEDNESDAY Senate Committee Recommends Four Major Changes in House’s Proposal Washington, Dec. 21.—()—Repub- lican senators indicated Tuesday they would agree to a quick vote on the ad- ministration’s housing program order to wind up the unproductive special ional session. congress Senate approval before nightfall, leaders said, would make it possible to compose differences between that Measure and the house-approved bill in time for adjournment Wednesday. House Majority Leader Rayburn thought adjournment late Tuesday The banking ommended four major changes in the house measure. Eliminated was the proposal to re- store authority for modernization and repair loans up to $2,500. The com- mittee also extended the amortization period on loans for construction of small homes from 20 to 25 years in order to reduce monthly payments. A limitation of $3,000,000,000 was placed by the committee on the amount of mortgages which the fed- eral government might insure. The fourth change was a provision to forbid government-controlled mort- gage insurance for homes up to $10,- 000. The first $6,000 would be insured up to 90 per cent, the remainder up to 80 per cent. r 80 Die in Japanese Theater Holocaust Tokyo, Dec. 21.—(P)—Eighty bodies of children and adults had been re- moved Tuesday from the blackened ruins of @ village school at Tomita, Wakayama prefecture, victims of & holocaust that started when a war film took fire.’ The film was being shown to comfort the families of Jap- anese soldiers killed on Chinese fronts. Says 12,000 Haitians . Have Been Slaughtered , Dec. 31.—(P)—Minister Halt Dies at Dickinson Richardton, N. D., Dec. 21.—()}—Fu- for It’ll Have to : Kittanning, Pa., Dec. 21—(P}— Christmas will be a day of re- Joicing for the Tobias Meyers family—140 members. It will be the 71st wedding an- niversary of Myers, 94-year-old Civil War veteran, and his wife, Alwilda, 90. Celebrating with them will be nine children, 43 grandchildren, 85 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. SHEYENNE YOUTH RHODES SCHOLAR Leigh Gerdin, UND Senior, Wins Coveted Honor in Compe- titive Examination (By the Associated Press) Leigh Gerdin, Sheyenne, N. D., sen- ior at the University of North Dakota, Tuesday was the proud possessor of 8 Rhodes scholarship, won in competi- tion in Spokane, Wash., Monday. One candidate each from Montana, Wyo- ming: and Oregon also won scholar- shi; ips. Symbolic of outstanding scholarship, physical vigor, leadership, character and literary ability, the prize carries $2,000 e year for two years of stutly at Oxford university, England. Gerdin is majoring in music at the North Dakota school. Other North- west winners were Grant McConnell, Portland, Ore.; Charles Jelinek, Miles City, Mont.; Robert M. Muir, Lara- mie, Wyo.; Gerald L. Brown, Cham- berlain, 8S. D.; Edward Weismiller, Appleton, Wis.; Courtney Smith, Iowa City, Iowa, and Harry D. Flory, Pa’ nee, Neb. Says CCC Trains For Military Life Miami, Fis., Dec. 21—(#)—Robert Fechner says the Civilian Conserva- tion corps, of which he is nationat di- Peers ites raat SHOUL Rs pi pene oF ining needed for military life. Here on an inspection trip, Fechner said the 300,000 boys now in camp, and the 2,000,000 enrolled, form @ group which could be turned into an army on short notice. Tl Duce Honors | Prolific Mothers OH Rome, Dec, 31. — (®) — ceive from Il Duce prizes for their numerous offspring. A Naples butcher's wife, the mother of ten children, was de- clared chief winner under rules which count only living, 5, . The prizes were 5,000 lire (about $260) eee plus insurance worth The United States destroyer Pope arrived in Tsingtao, where the cruiser Marblehead was due Tuesday to aid in protecting 300 Americans in the threatened port and evacuate them if necessary. sidered the most threatening. Panese attempt to cut the railway be- tween Canton and Kowloon, which lies opposite the British crown colony of Hongkong, was expected momen- tarily. The prospect of dangerous in- cidents' in warfare close to its boun- daries led to growing uneasiness in kong, Gunfire was audible in Hangchow. Three Japanese columns were closing in on the city. In Shanghai, Major Gen. Kumaki- chi Harada announced that investigation showed the sinking United States gunboat Panay had not fired its cannon at Japanese troops as his report had stated Monday. Denies Machine-Gunning The military attache added, how- ever, that the additional study had not changed his denial that the Ja- panese army boats had machine- gunned the vessel, despite American official reports to the contrary. ‘ Launches carrying the Japanese soldiers who fired on the United States gunboat Panay had been fired on by Jay planes themselves, a govern- ment official in Tokyo disclosed. Planes bombed both the launches and Japanese soldiers on the shore, killing one soldier and injuring 10, the official said. Foreign officials in Hankow ar- ranged for evacuation of the 300 re- fugees on board the Woosung by an international trein to Canton. The British cruiser Capetown, which had been bottled up in the middle Yangtze, was able to clear the Matung boom which held up passage of the 3,426 ton refugee steamer. Want Naval Demonstration There were indications that while throwing a protective semi-circle of guns and bayonets around Nanking the Japanese would concentrate the bulk of their military power in South China instead of in an attack on Hankow. Meanwhile in London, the house of commons met in foreign affairs de-_ bate, with a group of its members ad- vocating a mighty patrol of Chinese waters by combined fleets of Ameri- can, British and French warships. A lumping of the naval forces of the three nations in the Far East would tend to check “Japan’s aim to dominate China te the complete ex- clusion of foreign interests,” it was thought. Prime Minister Neville Chamber- . lain told the house that “no attempt has ever been made by Japan for peaceful settlement” of her war on China. “It is time now for the Japanese government to show they are not une mindful of the rights and interests of foreigners and that their assurances and apoligies meant something more Car Hit by Train ‘at Fargo; Driver Unhurt