The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1937, Page 1

e ‘ which was captured last week . Impressive Ceremonies Telephone 2200 Minnesotan Ki ESTABLISHED 1878 ‘ Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1987 lled As Car Hits Bridge THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s The Weather Unsettled tonight and Wed:; probably snow; PRICE FIVE CENTS Relief Column Fighting Way to Besieged Garrison 6000 CIVILIANS, TROOPS UNDER FIRE TN FALLEN TERUEL Children Among Harassae! Groups Holding Out in Three Shell-Torn Buildings FIGHTING INSIDE CITY Insurgent Relief Division Smashes Through Gov- ernment Outposts Franco, Spanish Frontier, . 28.—}—Gen. Miguel Aranda’s relief column was reported Tuesday to have driven through Spanish gov- ernment outposts northwest of Teruel in a fierce counter-action to deliver 6,000 men, women and children be- sieged within the fallen city. Hendaye, Dec. 38. “fighting without pause.” Insurgent sources lared Aran- da’s advance guard it soon reach the seminary-fortress, the Bank of Spain building and a civil governor's palace where 3,000 Insurgent officers and soldiers and about that many civilians fought hunger, thirst and a blasting: siege. ting in City Figh Advices from both government sides told of heavy ing outside the provincial nt and fight- ital ins surprise offensive after it had lain 17 months in Insurgent control. Barcelona dispatches said opposing patrols were fighting inside the city, with government forces appar- oy controlling the. greater terri- (Teruel, whose Insurgent forces Jong had threatened to spear into vital government territory, is 13) prisoners taken by the government forces in the two-week campaign, 3,000 10 ATTEND SCOUT COURT OF HONOR THURSDAY’ F will Honor Outstanding Scouts in Memorial fropd: .Tucadpy., afiar® a. coroner's jury in Wares, Ohio, the Christmas Eve shooting of her mother, Mrs. Cordelia Camp- bell, left, an accident, Miss Camp- hell,. granddaughter of a noted Ohio ‘steel. ‘executive, admitted .. drinking before the mishap. Her mother died Sunday, ‘despite a blood transfusion from her grief- stricken daughter. Fort Clark Woman’s Death Due Embolism Mrs. Margaret Baye, 63, Fort Clark, N. D., died at 12:50 a. m. Tuesday in 8 local hospital. She was brought to the hospital here Dec. 22, Pulmonary embolism and heart disease were given as the cause of death. Funeral ar- rangementa were being completed Tuesday. TAX FORMS READY JAN. 5 Fargo, N. D:, Dec. 28.—(?)—Federal income tax return forms for 1937 in- comes will be released Jan. 5, accord- ing to H. H, Perry, collector of internal tevenue for North Dakota. Relative Tells Details of Holiday Tragedy That Took Local Man’s Daughter ‘ Stunned by a Christmas tree tragedy in Los Angeles early Sunday morning that left a daughter and grandson dead, his wife and seven others j burned or injured, A. A. Johan- then turn the meeting over to Dr. sen of Bismarck Tuesday was await- ing word of funeral arrangements for the 23-year-old woman and her 3- year-old son. Dead | Kenneth, 17, and James, Jr., 12, Mrs. Johannsen and three other Rudd be ge rf ! H ; : Bsus ee Q fey Bis s : E | | Funeral of Fire . “ Victims Not Set FIND SLAIN CHILD IN PILE OF GIFTS Woman Tenant Slits Throat of New Jersey Baby, Places Body Under Tree Greenbrook, N. J., Dec. 28—()— Their infant slain and laid under the Christmas tree with the presents after they had a dispute with a tenant over heat, a village florist ard his young wife wept hysterically Tuesday “lat the home of neighbors who kept them in seclusion. Womenfolk of the community took KILL LEGION DESERTER 28.—P)— guardsmen Tuesday engaged desert- ers from the French in a forest gun battle, one, wounded another and captured two. SEEKS SENATE POST Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 28.—(?)— Poses Beesiee ty 3: Oise os Ae gona Tuesday formally announced for the Republican nomi- Secs it ts ais ‘the 1938 primaries. Freed After Mother’s Death [BISMARCK AGAINTO | WPA WILL AUGMENT GET COURT MEET; | PROGRAMINN. D. ON IS 3-DAY EVENT} RECEIPT OF FACTS H. 0. Saxvik Will Again Be Chairman; Dates Are March 24, 25, and 26 {MINOT CLASS B HOST B Tournament Will Also Last 3 Days; Challenge Schedule Drawn Up Fargo, N. D., Dec. 28.—(?)—Bis- marck and Minot will be the sites of the class A and B state high school basketball tournaments, it was de- cided by the board of control of the North Dakota state high school league at the concluding session here Tues- day. For the first time in history, both tourneys will be three-day affairs in- stead of two as heretofore. The A ienaet Sed ccomaper with H. O. Sax- schools, as > 2¢, 25 and 26. The B event at Minot, with H. L, Robertson, Minot high coach as chairman, will be March 17, 18 and 19. ¥ The board also announced appoint ment of Ernie Gates, Jamestown high school football coach, as its represent- ative at the National Federation of ein) Rules committee in Chicago jan. 7-8. Challenges of teams, not listed as A ‘Demonstration of Need Will Be Followed by Direct Relief, Work Program REP. LEMKE ASKS SURVEY Small Irrigation Projects in Western N. D. May Be Financed by WPA informed North Dakota congressmen it would amplify its program in that state upon presentation of facts about the “urgency” of relief in each county. Rep. Lemke (Rep.-N.D.) said both direct relief and a work program con- centrating on small dams and small irrigation projects in Western North Dakota probably would be undertaken with WPA funds when the need was shown to admi%tration officials. Lemke has asked North Dakota county auditors inform him sons needing relief. an “over-statement about the relief situation will hurt rather than help.” Department officials indicated any irrigation work undertaken in North Dakota must be financed by WPA. s schools by enrollment as of Dec, 1,| Dakota. will be blind affairs with the challenge unlimited, Teams must make their challenge decision to L. A. White of Minot, board secretary, by Jan. 21. The team to be challenged must then decide by Jan. 31 and make it known to White. teams later, will meet and the challenge plan decided, : Wounded Cornetist Muncie, Ind., Dec. 28.—()—Jesse Nixon, 52, former cornetist with Philip Sousa’s band, lay at the point of death in a hospital here Tuesday while po- lice investigated the ax murder of his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Nixon, 72. Police said Nixon shot himself in the head when they went to his home had planned to kill his mother for four years because she insisted that he return home each time he left the city with a band or orchestra. GRAFTON PHYSICIAN WILL HEAD SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED Dr. Frank W. Deason Named Tuesday to Succeed Dr. J. P. Aylen Appointment of Dr. Frank W. Dea- son, Grafton physician, as acting su- perintendent of the Grafton state school for the feeble-minded was made Tuesday by the board of administra- tion. He succeeds Dr. J. P, ‘Aylen, whose appointment expired June 30, 1937. Chairman Jennie Ulsrud said Dr. Deason’s appointment, effective Jan. 1, ig for @ one-year term. Dr. Aylen’s services will not be terminated until Jan. 15, she declared. here. No one was injured. PRICES TUMBLE: AS. NEW SELLING WAVE HITS WALL STREET Washington's Hostility to Trusts Blamed; Volume Heavy on Decline New York, Dec. 22—(#)—Stock mar- ket prices crumbled $1 to $5 or more a share Tuesday as a wave of liquida- tion ascribed to “discouraged selling” wiped out most of the recovery since the fall of mid-October. Many new lows for two years or more were registered, with both Gen- eral Motors and Chrysler at the 1937 bottom. Steel, aircraft and chemical shares joined in the slump, and while rails and utilities resisted, they, too, slipped backward. Brokers said Wall Street regarded the government attitude toward busi- ness, as allegedly disclosed: by Assist~ ant Attorney General Robert H. Jack- son in his Monday night address, was the touch off for the unloading of stocks that continued throughout the day with only feeble attempts at ral- Iles. Then, too, the announcement General Motors ‘would soon lay off 30,000 men and rumors that another ‘big automotive concern might curtal) drastically, kept buyers from the mar- ket. proved half heartedly in some sectors, but at the finish were at or near their lows. Transfers approximated 2,300,000 shares. Dye From Overshoes Brings Woman’s Death poisoning contracted from a new of overshoes caused the death of Mrs. Frances Pedersen, 28, the county cor- oner'’s office said Tuesday. S. (for Solomon) Allen . Unravels Tangled Romance BE 3 2, ; ae ui is FEed EE i : i : F i § t ue # he : i aEE g ETRE ae th eye lee ge i | i Taken, Returned ous kidnapers who and Ohio police were unable to find any trace of two held three-year-old John L. Bryan, Jr. (above) other persons captive for a short time on Christmas eve. kidnapers made their “snatch” in a bungled effort to extort $3,600 from the boy’s banker father of Centerville, Ind. Americans Taken From Danger Zon Paroled Youths - . Steal in Church Fargo, N. D., Dec. 28.) — Paroled from the state reforma- tory at Mandan to spend the Christmas holidays at home, a 17- year-old Fargo boy and a 16-year- old companion were arrested, by - Fargo police Tuesday for thefts from purses in the First Preaby- terlan church Sunday night. The boy who was paroled re- turned to his home at midnight Monday:sfter being absent since 4:30 p. m., Christmas day when he “went skating.” The pair admitted to police thefts from six pocketbooks. Reformatory officials were noti- TRIHINOSS ES WONTANA COUNTY One Dead, 32 Ill From Eating Parasite-Infected Pork in Flathead Area Columbia Falls, Mont., Dec, 28— (P—A state epidemiologist and vete- rinary were en route here Tuesday to help loca] doctors control an outbreak of trichindsis that has caused one death and-the illness of 32 persons in Flathead county. Because of limited hospital facil- ities, all but 10 of the patients were being cared for at home. Three ner- ses were on duty at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hoerner, whose 10- year-old son, Danny, died Sunday. Sixteen other members of the family were afflicted. Dr. F. B, Ross, county health of- fioer, emphasized the disease was not contagious, but resulted from eating pork infested with parasites capable of continuing their life cycle in hu- man intestines and muscle tissue. He said all the victims had eaten pork at the Hoerner home. ‘The Hoerners are former residents of Beulah, N. D. Threatens Witness, . * Is Clapped in Jail degree day after District Judge Levi M. Hall Monday ordered that his $1,500 bail be forfeited. County Attorney Ed Goff charged that the defendant had threatened one of the chief state wit- nesses in the case pending against Gunboat Removes 45 From Tsingtao as Japanese Ad- vance; Fall Imminent (By the Associated Press) The United States gunboat Sacra- mento steamed out of Tsingtao harbor ‘Tuesday, carrying 45 American refu- gees from that rich Shantung province seaport isolated by advancing Jap- anese armies, Censored dispatches from the threatened city said 200 Americans had evacuated. The Sacramento. was due in Shanghai, some 400 miles to the south, Thursday. Fall of Tsingtao to Japanese swarm- ing southward into Shantung province seemed imminent. Tsinan, provincial capital 200 miles to the west, was in Japanese hands. Other Japanese col- umns raised the Rising Sun flag over Weihsien, railway point less than 100! ceeq miles west of Tsingtao. Threatens Repudiation Gen. Iwane Matsui, commander of Nippon forces in the Shanghai-Nan- king area, told Japanese newspaper- men that “Japan may repudiate the national government of China” if ‘China continues “anti-Japanese po- licies.” . “There is no hurry about future military operations so soon after cap- ture of Nanking,” the general said. “Our troops, after more than four months of hostilities, need a rest. We simultaneously will give Chinese time to reconsider, but if they persist in| ment anti-Japanese policies we will be forced to act.” Provincial forces of Shantung War Lord Han Fu-Chu took up positions on nearby White Horse mountain af- ter their feeble resistance at Tsinan. In Shanghai, observers raised the question of whether General Han had made a deal with the Japanese. Salvage of Panay The United States gunboat Oahu sailed up the Yangtze river to start salvage operations on her tragic sis- ter-ship, the Paney, sunk by Japanese Dec, 12, ; Two United States consuls, John M. Allison and James Espy, and Code} Clerk A. M. McFayden were on board, bound for Nanking to reopen the United States embassy as soon as con- ditions permit. In ‘Tokyo, Foreign Minister Koki Hirota delivered to British Ambassa- dor Sir Robert Leslie Craigie Japan’s reply to a protest against Japanese aia on the British gunboat Lady- The text of the note was not made public, but the military section of imperial headquarters issued a state- ment saying the attack was a “mis- take” and expressing regrets. One sailor was killed in the attack. DODD LEAVES GERMANY Berlin, Dec. 28—(?)—Willliam E.! Dodd, resigning United States am- bassador to Germany, departed for the United States Tuesday with Mrs. Dodd—more unceremoniously than any previously departing American envoy. not so cold tonight. ALLEN 0. ANDERSON WHEATON, VICTIM OF (CRASH NEAR FLASHER Driver-Companion, Ralph Ho: genson, Former Raleigh Teacher, Is Hurt HAPPENED EARLY THURSDAY Sheriff Nagel Says Car Crashed Into Bridge Abutement at High Rate of Speed Carson, N. D., Dec. 28.—()—Allen ©. Anderson of Wheaton, Mirin, about 26, was killed when the auto- mobile in which he was riding with Ralph Hogenson, former Raleigh, N. D., school teacher, crashed into the concrete abutment of a bridge about five miles west of Flasher on State Highway 21 early Tuesday. N. D. Traffic Toll tot 126 4 129 Sheriff Sam Nagel of Grant county, who investigated the accident, said the car apparently had gone off the toad at a high rate of speed, crash- ing into Lod ee ee as Ho- genson, who was dri' , attempted to get back on the highway. derson, New Leipzig. Puneral arrangements are being held up pending word from Anderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs, P, J. Anderson of Wheaton. Sheriff Nagel said it has not beer. decided whether an inquest will be held. An autopsy to determine the exact cause of Anderson's death will be held Tuesday or Wednesday, he DR, CA ARNESON 10 SUCCEED FISHER ASHEALTHOFFIGER Veteran Practitioner Will Take Vacation Before Resuming Practice Dr. Charles A. Arneson, for the past 3% years associated with the Roan and Strauss clinic here, was appointed city health officer by the Bismarck city commission Monday night to suc- Dr. A. M. Fisher, who recently _ [Submitted his resignation, Dr. Fisher's resignation will be ef- fective Jan. 1, when Dr. Arneson will take over the office. A graduate of the Northwestern university medical school, Dr. Arneson came to Bismarck in 1934 to act as medical advisor for the FERA here but almost immediately afterwards resign- ed that position in order to associate with the Roan and Strauss clinic. Dr. Arneson is a native of Fargo and a former student of the North Dakota Agricultural college. Dr. Arneson “ssid Tuesday he would accept the appointment. His appoint- was recommended by Dr. H. T. Perry, city health commissioner, and received the unanimous approval of the board. Dr. Fisher said Tuesday he would leave for California about the middle of January for a four-months vacation in California and would return to Bis- marck about June 1 to resume his private practice here. Dr. Fisher had been health officer five years. He is one of Bismarck's veteran practitioners. The commission voted to ask local lodges and fraternal groups that have special liquor and beer retail licenses for membership lists certified to by national headquarters of such organe izations. A taxicab license was granted tq Andrew Kobler. Pneumonia Fatal for 13-Months-Old Infant brought to a local hospital. The child entered the hospital at 4:50 6. m Tuesday and died at 5:15 a. m. body was taken to the Webb Funeral