The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1937, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [r= night; Saturday pos- sibly snow, not so cold. Weather Warning Drive Carefully Dress Warmly ESTABLISHED 1878 PRICE FIVE CENTS “...and lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where if the young child was.”—Matthew 2:9-11 Japan Captures Hangchow; Panay Chief Tells Story Rich Seaport Capitulates to Invaders to Avoid Destruc- tive Bombing AMERICANS BELIEVED SAFE Reported Insult to American Flag by Japanese Brings Representations pi ith of Shanghai, was captured Fri- by troops simultaneously enter- ng all the city’s gates. Fall of the city to invaders who have overrun thousands of square miles of territory came as United States authorities made strong rep- resentations to Japanese over a re- ported insult to the American flag-at ‘Wuhu, Deg. 18, was the fifth of Chine’ ATTENTION MOTORISTS The North State Highway De- partment today issued the follow- ing road report: All U. 8. and state highways are open. U. 8. 2 is icy from junction 10 miles north of Williston te Stanley and from Michigan to Grand Forks. EON dM hs Aa Fargo. © U. 8, 81 is icy from Canadien line te Grandin. State H. 17 is icy from Edmore to Grafton. j State H. 44 is icy from Manvel to Toliette. . Highways alse are icy in places PUTS UP SPIRITED Hughes Says U. S. Gunboat was Sunk Without Warning by Low-Flying Planes REPORT SENT TO GREW Commander Estimates Attack Lasted 56 Minutes; Ship Hit 24 Times Washington, Dec. 24.—(#)—The Pa- nay’s wounded commander reported officially Friday that the American gunboat was sunk without warning by Japanese naval planes, which he said one or two hundred feet” to drop their bombs. Lieut. Commander James J. Hughes also said the Yangtze river craft was marked with huge flags when the at- tack occurred on Dec .12. The weather was clear and there was “good visi- bility” he asserted. His report, giving the first official FIGHT IN TERUEL| But Ring of Government Forces} , ‘urgent Soldiers f ——_ top subjected to 56 minutes of ietenmre , and/ bombing and machine-gunning. MS1in an old quarter of the city—rapidly consuming what was believed to be & scant supply of ammunition. Their supplies of water and elec- tricity had been cut off, it was be- ‘Meved, but the band had plenty of food to bulwark their stubborn hope lof rescue—a ee oh i A report reach! lendaye, on the French frontier, quoted insurgent commanders as saying “The battle for Teruel has just begun.” FARGO WOMAN DIES Fargo, N. D., Dec. 24.—(#)—Death here Friday ended almost 20 years of invalidism for Mrs. V. R. Lovell, widow of the late Verner R. Lovell, Fargo attorney, who died in February, 1996. Antlers Made Tree at City’s First Christmas Native deer played s more import- Z ’s first ' betale iperife * | H E i I ° — a s = e i i z commander estimated the ship must) have received 2¢ direct hits. 4. Hughes, severely wounded by. the first bomb explosion, said he was in- (Continued on Page Two) AVERS HIGH TAXES . BURDENING WORKERS Westinghouse Says |More Jobs Would Be Available If They Were Lower Using his own company as an exam- Mr. Robertson showed that since 1934 taxes on the Westinghouse pany have increased over 600%. The increase since 1935 has been more than $11,000,000. ; ‘With sending of the telegrams, Mr. Robertson issued a statement amplify- ing the message. The statement as- inghouse company's lor over 1935 is sufficient to pay the wages of 6,500 unemployed men. His telegram said: “In 1934 West- com: | to BISMARCK, N, D,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1937 “And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.” —Luke 2:15-16 Open Heart Drive Declared Success|é All Poor Cared for Says Dahlen; Thanks Public, Praises Relief Set-Up i i i He E ia ate donated. ‘ Biggest contributors to the cam- paign, Dahjen sald, were the city’s ieaderesip of ‘School Superintendent nt H. O. Saxvik. The schools contrib- uted a tremendous quantity of cloth- ing and food and $202.73 in cash. Cash Donations to Open Heart $1,098 Scout Honor Court Is Scheduled on Dec. 30 Outstandifig event of the scouting year in the Capital City, the Bismarck district court of honor will be staged in the World War Memorial building Thursday, Dec. 30, beginning at 7 p. m. . It will be the annual homecom- ing celebration ard more than 2,000 Around the World On Christmas Eve Glasgow—Department store Santa Clauses turned in their uniforms and the shin guards they had to wear be- tmas lored religious persecution in Ger- many defended the church against accusations of “playing poli- cause Scotch children often gave them @ swift kick to see if they were the real thing. Shanghai—Wartime curfew reg- ulations were relaxed for Shang- hal's Christmas Eve celebration. Mets, held in Avil “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”—Luke 2:9-11 Silent, Holy Night Envelopes City; Thousands Prepare to Celebrate Birth of Christ FORD HELD WAGNER LAW VIOLATOR; 10 APPEAL DECISION Company Called Ho: to Un- ionization; Reinstatement of 29 Men Ordered violator of the Wagner act which dis- played “unconcealed hostility” to- ward unionization, prepared Friday to fight the board's decision in the United States court of appeals. The company nounced late Thursday that the de- cision was “wrong and unjust” and “based on prejudice.” Main points in the board’s findings, on a lengthy hearing held E ‘ It must desist in its efforts to in- terfere with “the rights of self-organ- ization” of labor through threatening, assaulting, coercing, beating or other- wise intimidating by force, propagan- da, criticism or disparagement, this part of the order to include a ban on RIGHT CANCELLED Minoters’ Permit to ‘Shoot Coyotes From Air Revoked; Farmers Complain Permits issuedto H. W. Gunn and good reasons for their action,” he as- serted, adding that only two permits are in force now. : Carloadings Show 3 Per Cent Drop Washington, Dec, 24.—(7)—The As- sociation of American Railroads re- ported Friday 603,292 cars of revenue freight were loaded during the week ending last Saturday. This was a de- crease of 18,839 cars, or 3 per cent, compared with the preceding week decrease of 126,756, or 17.4 per cent, with a year ago, and a de- crease of 110,573, or 15.5 per cent, com- Pared with 1990. { spies Democratic Sale of Yearbooks Is Upheld Washington, Dec. 24.—(7)—Attorney General has decided “after & comprehensive study of the law and the facts” that the Democratic na- tional committee did not violate the corrupt practices act in selling its 1936 yearbooks to corporations and in- viduals, NO TRIBUNE SATURDAY The Saves $150 From | Thugs, Temporarily Chicago, Dec. 24. — (7) — Sam Ragalie smiled a self-satisfied smile when two gunmen departed after cleaning the till in his shoe tore. store. : He had lost $20, but had saved $150. Just before Christmas for the last eight or nine years gunmen have visited his store and taken all the cash. So he wasn't sur- prised to look into the barrel of a pistol Thursday night and hear one of the robbers say: “Your money!” Sam still was’ snickering when the next customer arrived. Elated, he told the customer how he had outwitted the robbers by hiding $150 in a shoebox. The customer smiled, bought some shoes and walked out. Five minutes later he was back with a pistol in his hand. “The shoebox—please,” he said. $008,302 INTEREST ON MILL BONDS IS BEING PAID BY N. D, C. D.’s Maturing Jane/15 Will Be Met by Issuance of New Certificates Checks.were being signed by State Treasurer John Gray Friday in pay- mena of. $598,352.50 interest on North | clude $72,250 on $2,500,000 in mill construction bonds; $511,727.50 on $21,544,000. in real estate bonds and $14,375 on $500,000 in milling bonds, he said. Outstanding certificates of indebt- edness, maturing Jan. 15 will be met by issuance of $900,000 in new cer- tificates of indebtedness against un- collected taxes, Gray stated. Milling bonds will come due July 1, Gray said, and the mill construction bonds mature in 1942 and 1947. The new certificates of indebted- ness will be the second of their kind, the first batch of $900,000 being issued abouts year ago. ‘With $700,000 of them already re- tired, the new issue will retire the $529,000 balance and interest and pro- vide cash for the state’s general fund. The new certificates will mature $400,000 on Nov. 15, 1938, and $500,- 000 on Jan. 15, 19: Bids will be opened about Jan. 11. Churches, Other Institutions, Home to Join in Two-Day Observance BISMARCK AT BRIGHTEST Communications Facilities Jammed; Mail Volume Big- gest in History Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright— The above words from the immortal Christmas anthem were never more applicable in Bismarck as Christmas eve, 1937, found North Dakota's capi- tal City prepared to celebrate the birth of the Christ child. Streets which during the day echoed to the steps of last minute shoppers grew still as the stores closed at 6 p.m. A brilliant sun set up a world that sparkled with the tinsel frost and the diamonds of new-fallen snow. WARNING ISSUED TO ROAD TRAVELERS Remember Christmas, 1935, was: the warning of veteran North De- kota winter travelers Friday they .scanned the weather and noted a distur! into the state The official forecast mit Ht plus” wind, ‘the “ that such weather Ul it will not take much of e kick up drifts that will Two years ago ® biissard menced on Christmas eve that up roads throughout the state and left four dead in its wake. il Ee Over the city s suffused glow from thousands of illuminated Christmas trees casts a reddish hase. Now and then on the frosty air the faint echo of beloved carols comes faintly to those who listen in silent meditation. Within a score of churches, wor- shippers will bow their heads in devo- tion and the blended voices of choirs | will sing of Bethlehem. And in thousands of homes, the gay voices of children mingle with the happy and deeper notes of par- ents content, The home, the church and the in- stitution, all are joining in an observ- ance that will last two full days— Saturday and Sunday. Poor Not Forgotten ‘The poor have not been forgotten by their more fortunate neighbors. The various relief agencies, perma- nent and temporary, all had func- tioned tp make life just a little (Continued on Page Two) Treadwell Twichell Dies At Jamestown Was .Long Prominent in N. D. Politics; Funeral Monday at Mapleton Fargo, N. D., Dec. 24.—(#)—Tread- well Twichell, long a prominent fig- ure in North Dakota politics, died early Friday at Jamestown following an attack of pneumonia. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p. m. in the Mapleton Presbyterian church and burial at, Mapleton. Born at Hastings, Minn., Nov. 17, 1864, he was the son of Luther L. and Sally Vance Twichell. His father died when Treadwell was 16, his property including large land holdings near Mapleton. Shortly after the father's ing the oldest of the family, left high school and came to take over the management of the farm at the age of 17. . Farm Holdings Big He expanded his operations and at one time was farming many thous- ands of acres and engaging extensive- ly in the production of livestock. Elected to the North Dakota house of representatives in 1895, he served in the house until 1898, and was elected to the senate in 1899. In 1901 he was named sheriff of Cass county, serving two terms. In 1907 he was sent back to the house of representatives and was elected speaker as a progressive Re- publican. He returned to the house in 1913. Candidate For Governor He was a candidate for governor on the progressive Republican ticket in 1906 but was defeated in the primar- fes. Twichell was a long-time friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt, the the 1913 Republican convention to set up the Bull Moose party as Twichell was chairman of the Republican state central committee that year and led the North Dakota delegation at the GOP convention. Twichell, however, Tefused to leave the Republican party. Mrs. Grace Dill Twichell lives at the family home, Glendale farm near Mapleton, and there are two daugh- ters, Mrs. Charlotte Murphy of Mar- shall, Minn., and Mary Priscella Big- nall of Mapleton and one son, Daniel J. of Mapleton. Living brothers are L. L. Twichell of Fargo; Luther Twichell, Jr., of Minneapolis, and s sister, Mrs. Anna Rankin of Minneapolis. FAMED SLOGAN ASSOCIATED WITH HIM To Treadwell Twichell was long credited the legend that he gave the Nonpartisan League its raliying cry of “Go home and slop your hogs.” On the floor of the 1937 state legis- lature, L. L. (Late) Twichell, Tread- ciation of the phrase in the sense with his brother's name as a lie. H. R, Freitag, veteran McLean county Leaguer present at the time the phrase was originally uttered, backed. Late Twichell’s statement that the com- Teeelrreererind usage was a prevari- cal “That lie has been circulated and used as a slogan for more than 20 years, but neither Treadwell nor my- self have ever felt it necessary to deny it before—I do now,” declared ppened “Now I will tell you exactly what considerable warmth. “My brother, Treadwell Twichell, was in his hotel