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Smyrna times., 1931-08-26

owned by the late Joseph E. Hol-
land and previous to his ownership
was owned by the Causey family.
Several Delaware governors have
been residents of the old mansion.
The property is one of the show
places of Milford and consists of
a fine old colonial mansion sur
rounded by large area of ground.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-26

yer was entertained over the week
end at kits Hammock.
Miss Keturah Wharton, daugh-
ter of State Senator J. Burton
Wharton has been spending the
weekend at Rehoboth.
Miss Cornelia H. Taylor, was in
Wilmington as the guest of Mrs.
Archer Griffin.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-26
Card of Appreciation

Mr.. and Mrs. Jay VanPelt desire
thru this medium to thank friends
for flowers, loan of autos and tend
ers of sympathy during their rec
ent bereavement.
Smyrna times., 1931-08-26
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Smyrna times., 1931-08-26

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Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-10
COMMITTED SUICIDE

Mrs. Bertha Hawley, passen- ger for Petersburg on the SS Northwestern recently, was found in her stateroom bleeding to death from a slashed artery of the left wrist, about an hour after the boat docked here. The door of her stateroom, which had been locked from the inside, was forced open by one of the officers of the boat when she failed to respond to repeated calls. Mrs. Hawley died soon after her arrival in Pet ersburg, says the Petersburg Press.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-10
PLANE HOPS FORCE
 DEFENSE PLANS FOR
 COAST 0F ALASKA

Plans for complete reOrganiZat tion of A:nerica's coast defenses, partic- ularly Alaska Notifications, are be- ing considered by the army general staff, it is learned.
 The reorganization plans will be kept in abeyance, however, until after the next Geneva armaments conference.
 The plans are still formative, but in a general way contemplate the concentration of more aircraft and anti aircraft material at vul- nerable points and an entirely new scheme of defense, employing the other elements of the army and navy.
 The army is giving prime con- slderation to adequate protection of Alaska. From what was generally regarded as it's complete isolation a year ago events of the last cnonths have demonstrated that it is one of the most vulnerable spots un- der the American flag and must be amply fortified if the American Pa cific Coast is to be protected
 The many successful fights from Alaska to the Asiatic mainland have convinced the army board of strategy that in the event of war with any Far Eastern country they could easily base their airplanes on Alaska and from that point fly up and down the Pacific Coast of the United States.
 For this reason, it was said that plans for reorganization of the coast defenses must provide for an ex- tensive base in Alaska, which is now totally defenseless. This base would i consist principally of fighting planes, as the territory is so vast 1 that anti-aircraft artillery would ] not be of much value.
 The army also plans the mass ing of more anti-aircraft artillery and other anti-aircraft weapons at the larger cities or vulnerable points.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-10
TOURNAMENT WEARS END

It won't be long now before the champion of the Seward Golf Club will be made known. During these last few days those who have been tagging in turning in their scores for the Presidents Tournament have showed it into high" with the result only a couple are yet to be heard from. It is thought Clark Andersen and Chas. Fair weather are still tied for the beau tiful emblem, symbolic of the royal and ancient game and which is on display in Orlander's Jew ehy Store.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-10
LAGOON ROAD CONNECTED

The Lagoon road was connected long before noon today marking practical completion of Stewards. Jew transportation artery which has. been in the making for several weeks. Mayor Don Carlos Brownell stated, however, that it would be few days yet before the new road will be opened for general traffic; as there is considerable work to do or this end, with respect to surfac- ing and the South approach. A small crew is on the job.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-10
THREE NEW RESIDENTS

New permanent residents were claimed by Seward when Mrs. Gar rity and two sons arrived Friday from Mccarthy. Mrs. Garrity has established a residence in the former Sheldon home near the hospital, and there will engage in dressmaking of all kinds. The boys are now members of the local school, having enrolled in the sixth grade.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-10

Don't miss the "TaJkies!"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
MINNESOTA GUNNER
FLEE FROM SWAMPS
Pair Linked With at Least Three
Bank Robberies Escape
From Posse

Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 5.-(R)-
Evading bloodhounds and q posse OF
nearly 300 persons, several armed
with machine guns, two gunner
linked with at least three bank rob-
berries in Minnesota, apparently had
escaped from the swamps and woods
in the vicinity Of Woodside. Otter
Tail county, Tuesday after a 72-hour
mar hunt.
The bandits, identified as Hillary
Henderson, known as "Two-Gun Hen
derson," and Clarence Campbell, fled
into the swampland after leading Of
ficers Of Todd and Otter Tail coun-
ties an exciting chase for several
miles. Lat\: the sheriff of Wadena
county and bankers, farmers and
business men Of the surrounding
territory participated in the search.
The gunner are wanted on charges
of robbing banks at Judson, Meriden
and Hewitt. The latter bank was
robbed Saturday Of between $2,000
and $4,000 by two men who forced
two employees and two customers to
lie on the floor and escaped after
locking them in the vault.
A heavy all-night. rain drove many
Of the officers and possemen to cover
Monday night. but the bandits were
believed to have escaped to a nearby
highway and succeeded In getting a
lift" from a motorist, In the opin-
ion Of Sheriff s. H. Adams. Of Long
Prairie.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Reno Casts Votes
In Mayor Election

Reno, Nevada, May 5.-(F-Mayor
E. E. Roberts, head Of the city gov
eminent the last eight years, rested
upon q platform Of liberalism as the
voters passed Tuesday upon his plea
for reelection. With his opponents,
Milburn r. Gregory, a val veteran
and real estate dealer, and Howard 8.
Doyle. president Of the Reno chamber
of commerce, both claiming victory.
Mayor Roberts concluded q spirited
campaign at q rally Monday night.
He defended Nevada's new licensed
gambling law, the six-week divorce
residence laws adopted by the state,
and condemned prohibition.
It was an unusually active election
eve in Reno. A good many Of the
"a persons who obtained divorces
Monday took advantage Of the OPP
portunity to celebrate new freedom
from the marital bonds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Newspaper Observes
Tooth Anniversary

Detroit, May 5.-(P-The Detroit
Free Press, 100 years old Tuesday,
was celebrating its centennial ami
verSary.
The Free Press is one of the historic
newspaper institutions of America,
beginning as it did before the state
Of Michigan had been admitted to the
union. It's first campaign was to gain
statehood for the territory it repre-
Sented.
When the Free Press began, Andrew
Jackson was president of the United
States. Detroit, now the fourth Amer
lean city, had a population of $500
and was little more than a fur trad
ing post, dropped into a wilderness
along the Detuoit river.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Student Pajama
Parade Stopped

Minneapolis, May 6.-R-Po-
lice and q heavy shower ended
the yearly pajama parade Of male
University Of Minnesota students
Monday night.
Answering calls from excited
sorority girls who said "the stu
dents are on q regular rampage"
IL police cars carried a officers
who found several hundred
youths rallying for the expedition
that annually heralds early May
on the campus.
Nothing happened until one
group charged q sorority house
and upset porch furniture. Po-
lice were waiting and fists flew.
One policeman shouted "On
your way" and the student retort
was TELL it to the grand jury"
The jury is investigating alleged
police protection Of crime and
vice here.
Then came the rain and the
paraders hurried home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Snow and Cold Hit
North Dakota Points

Rain and snow fell in various Sec
lions of North Dakota Tuesday as
temperatures took q decided drop.
During the night freezing weather
occurred throughout the state, With
the mercury ranging from 20 to 20
degrees above zero.
At Devils Lake Sc inches of snow
fell, while jamestown reported 10 and
Fargo .O8. Larimore received the
heaviest rainfall with rs inches pre-
cipitation. Fessenden reported .O6
inches rain, Napoleon So, Devils
Lake Sc, Bismarck 80, Darlington .05,
Wishek .05; Pembina .03, and traces OF
rain we're received in Armenia, Ellen
dale, Cakes and H~ankinSon.
At Beach the temperature during
the last "a hours dropped from rs
degrees 20 20 above zero, while Han
kinson reported a drop from 70 to q
above.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
CITIZEN ACTIVITY
URGED BY KIWAN|S
Active Participation Of All in
Community, State, National
Affairs Favored

Miami, Fla, May 5.-R)-The &C.
tive participation Of all citizens in
North Dakota in community, state
and national affairs was urged here
Tuesday at the sessions Of the 18th
annual convention Of Kiwanis Inter-
national, which outlined ways to deal
with major social problems of the
present day.
UNFOLDING constituted authority,
citizenship and character training,
promotion Of traffic safety, the dis
charge Of jury duty, and education
for international goodwill, were SUBJ
mitted In q report by Guy Guernsey,
Chicago, chairman of the U. s. COM
mittee on public affairs. as vital work
in a service program for all Kiwanis
clubs.
Men on the committee for public
affairs in the Minnesota akotas XII
wants district who will help promote
these proposals are: w. H. Scott,
Ortonville, Mimi, chairman: John
Dicks, Darlington, N. D.: w. r. Dam
forth, Mitchell, s. D.: George Egan,
Parker, S. D.: John Sangstad, Crook
ston, Mimi; and Del Dalverson, Min
neapolis.
A get-together banquet for all XII
wanians from the Minnesota Dakotas
district will be held in Miami Tuesday
night. This is m of the major So
cial events Of the year and will be
attended by visitors and guests from
all parts of the U. S. and Canada.
DR.. James G. Follett, WATERFOWL. s.
D.. governor of the Minnesota-Da-
kotas Kiwanis district, is POSTMASTER
for the occasion. A reception for
Raymond M. Crossman, Omaha, in
ternational president, also will be held
tonight.
There are 1876 Kiwanis clubs in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
AstOrs Celebrate
Silver Anniversary

Taplow. Buckinghamshire. England,
May 5.-F-Lord Aston and Lady
.Astor, American-born and the first
woman to be elected for parliament,
Monday looked back on a happy and
full Is years Of married life.
They observed their silver wedding
anniversary Sunday at their country
home, Cliveden, alone and without
ostentation. She Is the former Nancy
Witcher Langhorne Of Greenwood.
Va, and this Is her second marriage.
Asked whether Lord Astor's inter-
csts were the same as hers when she
married him. she replied:
"They weren't when I married him
but they became SO Don afterward."
Lady Aston has represented the
Sutton division Of Plymouth In the
House Of Commons since 1913.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Valley City Chosen
For Y. M. C. A. MeetinQ

Fargo, May 5.-(P)-Valley City
State Teachers college will be host to
the 1882 convention of M. G. A.
and Y. w. G. A. Organizations, it was
announced. at the completion Of the
annual conference which closed SUM-
cay following q four-day program
conducted by the college leaders ct
the North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege.
About $50 out-of-town delegates
were in attendance from the college
here, the University Of North Dakota,
the Glendale Normal and Industrial
school and the State Teachers coll
leges ct Valley City, Minot, Mayville,
and Dickinson.
Guest speakers at the closing SEES
sions included DR.. Isaac Corn. Wes-
ley college. Grand Forks. and Les
ter Howard. Minneapolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
CasseltOn Girl Is
Meningitis Victim

Fargo, May 5.-(P)-The second
victim of spinal meningitis in little
more than a week, Marian Goodrich,
Is, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
O. Goodrich, Casselton, died in q
Fargo hospital late Saturday. She
had been i'll only a few days.
Billy Probst, IL. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Probst, Fargo, died April
Is after a weeks illness.
The victims were two of the three
cases reported to the Fargo public
health department since April |.
The third person, Harry, three
year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Geller, Fargo. is showing improve
nlcnt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Two Ohio Girls Shot
Down Mysteriously

Cleveland, May 5.-R)-Two girls
we're shot down on streets under mys-
FERROUS circumstances Monday night
and early Tuesday. Police believed
both girls, shot without warning,
might have been victims Of the same
assailant.
Louise Gaudig, II, Johnstown, Pa.
was shot in the head as she and a
cousin, Olive Desmond, left a party to
purchase food. A short time before
Geraldine Mako, 20, Cleveland, was
wounded in the neck by nj OF two
men who drove up in an automobile
as she was walking home from q
church meeting.
Miss Gaudig had a fractured skull
and was in a serious condition.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
To Unveil Plaque in
Honor of Whitman

New York. May 5.-tRE-A plaque
will be unveiled in Brooklyn. May 81
to q first edition.
It viii be placed at the corner Of
Cranberry and Fulton street and will
mark the spot where stood Walt
Whitman's little printshop-the shop
where the poet stood at q compositor's
case painstakingly setting the type
bf his first volume Of verse, Leaves
of Grass"
The tablet. which Is to be unveiled
on the anniversary Of his BIRTH Is
donated by Authors club. and will be
the first public Memorial to Whit
man in his native Brooklyn.
Dedication Of the plaque comes In
the same month that q bust Of Whit
man is placed In the hall Of fame.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Salt Lake City Man
Faces Murder Count

Salt Lake City, May SHORTCOMINGS
Peter, mining promoter. was held
Monday on q warrant charging first
degree murder in the Staying Of Doro-
thy Dexter Moormeister, Salt Lake
City matron, on q country road moro
than q year ago.
Peter repeated statements he made
at the inquest, at which he was .
prominent figure. He said he was not
intimately acquainted with Mrs.
Moormeister and was thrown Into
contact with her. through friendship
for her husband, DR.. Frank Moor
meister, well-to-do physician.
He said Feb. 81. 1880. the night she
was slain, robbed Of jewels and dis
figured under the wheels Of q motor
car. he vas at his home, but he adj
mitted he accompanied her on an au-
tomohile ride q week before.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Philadelphia, Girl
Found in New York

New York, May 5.-(P)eThe two
weeks search for Doris Louise Demp-
sey, l5-year-old daughter Of .
wealthy lumberman Of York, Pa,
ended in q top-floor furnished room
Tuesday.
She gave police no explanation K
cept that she was mot getting along
so well at home" Of the little money
she brought with her to New York
she had only "a cents left. and she
appeared hungry and tired.
A girl with whom she had been liv-
ing in New York and two young men
were held for questioning by police.
but no charges were preferred against
them.
The girl was found, apparently.
Just at a time when she had decided
to go back home of her own accord.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Invitation to Wheat
Meeting Is Accepted

Washington, May 5.-(P-The state
department Monday instructed the
American legation at Ottawa to &C
cept formally on behalf of the United
States Canada's invitation for Off
cial participation in the international
wheat conference at London May 10.
The American delegates will be
Sam r. McKelvie, Of the Farm board.
former governor Of Nebraska; Nils A.
Olsen, chief Of the bureau Of agricul-
tural economies of the department of
agriculture: and technical delegate,
A. E. Taylor. director Of the food re-
search institute. Leland Stanford
university.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Commons Will Debate
On SnOWden Tax Plan

London, May 5.-R-Debate on
Chancellor Philip Snowden's land tax
resolution will be resumed in the
house of commons Wednesday.
Further explanation Of his scheme
is looked for at that time although
its full import may not be known un-
til the bill is published. An annual
levy of a penny per pound or land
valuation is proposed.
The calmness with which conserva-
tive members received the chancel-
lor's formal motion Monday is regard
ed by some laborite ministers as in
dicating that opposition to its passage
will not be so strenuous rs supposed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Blood TRANSMISSION
In Vain for Child

Chicago, May 5-(PeThe blood
TRANSMISSION Mrs. Mary MellaS
recently underwent to save her
five-year-old daughter, Florence,
from death, a few hours before
Mrs. MellaS became the mother of
another daughter, was in vain.
Florence died Monday.
The child had been suffering
from a throat disorder following
an attack of scarlet fever, and
because of the nature of her ill
ness her mother could not return
to the hospital where the girl
was, after the TRANSMISSION.
The child's physician expressed
the opinion that grief over the
fact that she could not see her
mother caused her death.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Says M0ther-in-Law
Witchcraft DevOtee

Milwaukee, May 5.-R)-Lee Park
9er, 70, Tuesday asked for q divorce
from his wife, Marie, 10. Lee in his
petition states most Of the trouble in
his married life has been caused by
his mother in-law, Mrs. Sabina Sher-
man, whom he describes as a devotee
of witchcraft.
Mrs. Sherman. he says, interfered
with his domestjcity constantly and
told her daughter she would marry a
worthless husband" Marie, tie hus-
band says, was convinced her moth
er's power of sorcery was genuine.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
Bruce Murphy Plans
To Open Office Here

Bruce Murphy, son Of r. B. Murphy
Of the state board Of administration,
Tuesday announced that he will open
an accounting office in Bismarck
within the next day or two. He Is q
certified public accountant.
Murphy. graduated from the school
Of commerce at the University Of
North Dakota in 1929 and from the
law school Of Yale University In 1880.
He recently has been employed by
Price, Waterhouse and company, Chi
cago accountants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
851,OOO,OOO Bushels
Wheat Raised in u. S.

Washington, D. c., May 5.-(NEA)
According to estimates. production
Of the major farm crops Of the United
States in 1880 totaled q follows:
Corn, 2.0Sl. 100000 bushels; wheat
ISL. 100000; oats, l.402. 100000: barley,
326, 90. 900; rye. 60.234.000: rice, H.
367, 900: potatoes, 36l. 100000. and
apples. 163,000,000.
Alexander Legge. former head Of
the Federal Farm Board, estimates
that 275,OO0J0O0 bushels Of the wheat
production win be cAxry-Over.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
WELSH CLAIM HONORS

Londan, May 5.-ReSpeaking Of
America being discovered, what about
the Welsh? Such in effect. asks
Megan Lloyd George. In a radio
she referred to a legend that
Prince Madoc Of the Wales sailed
westward 800 years before Columbus
and found some land. She added:
ut is certainly true that many hun
dreds of thousands of WelShmen have
discovered America since"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-05
TOWNLEY PLATFORM
ASKS. MORATORIUM
NPAYINGI INTEREST
Former North Dakota SPELL
binder Advances Proposal in
Minnesota Address

Demand that q moratorium on in
terest payments be declared TO last
for three years is one Of the principal
planks upon which A. G. Tuwnely,
famed al the organizer Of the Nom
partisan League, is attempting to
build up a new political organization,
according to information received
here.
Townley was eliminated as q factor
in the affairs Of the League when he
left 1t after the recall election Of 1921
and an attempted come back at the
state convention Of that organization
in 1880 failed.
Townley's latest suggestion. as re-
ported by the Paramount (Minn.)
Daily Sentinel, follows: This ma
ton can't live and continue to pay
tribute, in the form of interest to the
big boys, and the rules Of the game
have got to be changed. Loaded with
a burden of nine billion dollars a year
in interest alone, and with people
starving in q land Of plenty, the only
remedy is repeal Of the man-made
interest law. The people should rise
and insist that congress declare a
moratorium to stop the payment Of
all interest for q period OF three years.
and to stop the interest paid on wa
tered stock for good.
Until this is done and the nation
is given a chance to reorganizc under
some new system, there will be no re-
lief but matters will only become
worse. The present interest law is
robbing 80 per cent of the popula-
tion."
The meeting, which was held at
Madelia, Mimi, was said by the Min
nesota newspaper to have attracted so
many persons that the Odd Fellows
hall was filled to capacity. Some
folks were forced to sit on the floor
and there were as many standing as
sitting, according to this account.
It also seems that Townley retains
the knack of rousing interest by at
lacking the intelligence Of his hear
crs, q trick which he employed con-
stantly while campaigning in North
Dakota. For example, he is quoted as
telling his audience at Madelia:
THE farmers have paid this huge
amount (of INTEREST," without knowing
it. They have not used their brains.
1.-THE farmers have just q much
brains as anyone else. An invcstiga-
ton was made some time ago of the
brains of a farmer, a business man, q
lawyer and a doctor. It was found
that the farmers brain was in the
best shape. It had never been used"
Finishing his address. Townley
asked for money to finance his work
in carrying the message" to other
localities. II have told you that you
haven't got any money" he is quoted
as saying, 80 it won't make me feel
bad if you can't give anything"