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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
Sewing Clubs
 Weekly Meeting Miss Alice Bradley to Pre- side at Washington
 Park Session

The weekly meeting Of the Washington Park Playground Sew ing club will be held this afternoon under the personal supervision or Miss Alice Bradley. This class has found many new admirers who are anxious to be taught the fine points of this handy trade.
 Three baseball games are sched- uIed in the two league to-day, one in the junior circuit and two in the senior. The Brave3 and Giants junior entries, meet this afternoon at o'clock while at the same time fin the senior loop the Senators op- nose the .,irates. At 2 D. m. the indians take on the Yankees.
 Tomorrow in the senior league inc Collegians meet the White Sox and the Browns take on the Tri- angles while the Cardinals and Cubs are scheduled to clash In the junior division.
 Friday afternoon another cos- tums show will be sponsored with he entire staff personnel directing activities, Prizes for the most Sniaue, pretiest ard funniest en- fries will be awarded. John Dwyer. Harry Kane and James Crean will be the judges. ..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
JACK DIAMOND
 WAS JUST POLITE
 BEER MERCHANT
Witnesses at His Trial Re. Iuctant to Talk as the Beer Gambler Sits and Watches

New York, Aug 6-UP)-A polite beer merchant who per- suaded Greene county roadhouse men to change their brand of lager merely by asking them If they wouldn't like to handle "Dia- mond's beer"-such is Jack (Legs) Diamond as pictured by the first six witnesses at his trial on boot logging charges.
 The characterization, guided by attorneys for the federal govern ment, was not made without diffi- culty. Diamond. slight and chalky- faced. but nattily dressed in grey, sat at the counsel table and his stare appeared to make witnesses fidget uneasily and suffer lapses of memory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
BUSINESS MAN URGES
 RELIGION AS PANACEA

Kansas Citq. Mo-"Put religion in business If you would kill this depression" was the advice of A.. R. Wallace, superintendent of a Kansas City department store. in addressing business mems bible class.
 NO president, no government, no congress can stop depression. Wallace said. "Only one thing can permanently do away with 1t ---the religion of Jesus.
 Unto each man God has given . talent. Let the captain of ln- dustry go on and produce wealth. It Is the duty of the church to see that this wealth gets in the pro- nar place."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
|OIL COMPANIES i OF OKLAHOMA
 MAKE THREATS
They May Take Court
 Action Against Cover.
 nor "Alfalfa Bill" Mur- ray for Closing Them

Oklahoma City. Aug 6.-(UP)- Court action was threatened to-day as the next move of Oklahoma oil operators to combat Governor Will liam H. (Alfalfa Biil) Murray who closed all wells in the states flush fields by armed force.
 It was understood the Sinclair company would take the initiative in the fight to take troops out of the oil fields.
 It was Harry Sinclair whom the governor singled out in his charges that oil operators had sought to overawe the state legislature and overthrow the state government" l" Sinclair employees were the only ones who made any resistance when soldiers took over the fields.
 Two hundred national guards
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
Examine Poultry Farms

Storrs, Conn, Aug G-(UP)- Equipment and methods of Con- necticut peunry farms were ex- amined to-day. by q group Of 50 poultrymeh from Suffolk county, l.. l., who toured the state under the direction of Roy F. Jones, ex- tension poultry specialist of Con necticut Agricultural college and Professor L.. M. Hurd of the Ne" York state agricultural college.
 Stops on the itinerary Included the C. l.. Sibley farm at Walling- ford, Broad Acres farm at Chesh- ire. the Culmore Leghorn farms at Pennington and the state agricul- tural college egg-laying contest plant. Tomorrow the poultrymen will visit the Lowry poultry farms at West Willington, the Walter Haven farm at North Coventry, George Roberts and Gastler Brothers at Durham and the headquarters of the Connecticut Poultry Producers Cooperative association at New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06

as usual.
 Diamond and Quattrocchi are at liberty on bail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06
FARMING IN THIS STATE MUST HAVE
 REIMBURSEMENT
Economist of Conn Agri- cultural College Ex= plains Why This Will Be Necessary

Storrs, Conn, Aug 6-UP)- Connecticut farming must under go a. readjustment to meet prob able decline of all commodity prices during the next decade and continued competition from other producing regions, Dr F.. A. Per regaux, extension economist of the Connecticut Agricultural college, said to-day.
 "The adjustment of Connecticut agriculture to present and future conditions involves the considera- tion of adjustments on individual farms as well as collective prob- lens of land utilization, taxation and adjustments of public finance. the economist added.
 Dr Perregaux will be chairman of the agricultural policy confer ence which will be held at the college Friday and Saturday to consider this readjustment prob lem. More than 150 farmers and agricultural experts are expected to attend the conference, which Is part of the colleges farm and home week.
 Paul l.. Putnam, extension econ omist in farm management, who will address the conference on farm incomes, declared to-day the future trend of Connecticut farm incomes Is downward" Reorgan- ization for efficiency is a problem facing every farmer in the state, he said.
 Taxation will be discussed by William II. Blodgett. state tax nn,o o,,iauinner The adyiSa bility of a state survey to determine wheth- CT any given area of land can best be utilized for forestry. agricul- ture, recreation or industrial pur- poses will be considered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-06

kins allowed them to remove their coats. but after the session or- dered them locked up for the night
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
BRAND AND GERMAN
CLASH ON PROPOSAL
Frenchman Says Proposed
Austro-Ce Customs Ac-
cord Means Trouble

Geneva, May 16.-(Ry-Julius Cur
thus, German foreign minister. and
Aristide BRAND clashed Saturday
over the proposed Austro- German
customs accord as the commission
or. European federation resumed its
sessions.
The German minister, in general
discussion of the economic situation
in Europe, praised bilateral and re-
gional customs agreements as the
kest remedy for the prevailing econo-
mic distress. BRAND declared that
such q union as Germany and Aus
tria propose means trouble for the
people" and should be avoided.
The customs issue Is not the whole
ct the economic problem, said BRAND.
and it Is q result, not cause. OF the
present economic distress.
LET US not abandon our efforts
for . general tariff agreement" he
said. Perhaps our efforts thus far
have been too ambitious, too wide In
scope. The French governments
new proposals on this subject viii be
presented for full discussion in due
course. At any rate we must not at
tempt what It is forbidden to at
tempt"
BRAND concluded with the asser-
tion that he could not agree to the
Austro- German proposal.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
BISMARCK WOMAN
SUCCUMbS FRIDAY
Mrs. Sam Sprecker, 4o, Had
Been Seriously III Of Cancer
Only One Day

Mrs. Sam sprecker, -, died here at
3 D. m. Friday, q victim Of cancer.
Mrs. Sprecker, who has been IN
Bismarck since Dec. Is, 1880, was III
but few days. She had been SUI
fering slight pain for the last two
weeks and had experienced feeling
Of fatigue but her condition was not
regarded as serious.
She was taken seriously Ill early
Friday morning and her strength
failed rapidly. death coming less than
IL hours later.
Cora 6precker was born In South
Dakota Sept. 8. 1882. and had spent
the greater part Of her life In that
state. She lived at Oakland. CAL. for
q time and also had lived at several
other cities on the Pacific coast. SIX
months ago she came to Bismarck
with her husband who is foreman OF
the Bismarck Tribune bindery.
Besides her husband she leaves q
sister and three brothers. They are
Edward Kemnitz, Fond Du Lac. WIS.,:
O. A. Kemnitx, Billings, Mont: ano
E. o. and Avina Kemnitz. Aberdeen
s. d.
The body viii be taken to Aberdeen
for burial In the family lot where
Mrs. sprecker's father and mother
are buried.
The funeral has been set for we'd
nesdav tentatively.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
TO ARREST
UNDERWORLD KILLER
Witness Says George Tatalinos
Killed Jim Speros in Self
Defense

Massillon, Ohio. May 16.-{R-A
man who police said admitted driving
the automobile used by the slayer Of
Jim Speros, SO, long figure In Can
tons underworld upheavals, was In
custody Saturday and the arrest of
the alleged killer was expected.
George Gotsoff, Massillon wrestler,
gave himself up Friday night and,
according to Police Inspector Jack
Burwell. declared George Tatalinos,
described as an underworld character,
killed Speros In self defense.
Speros. whose name was coupled
with the Investigation Of the Staying
Of Don r. Mellett. Canton vice.
crlsading editor, four years ago, was
shot to death Is he sat in q coffee
house at Columbia Heights. . suburb.
late Friday.
He was mentioned Is q tipster for
Mellett and since then the under
world regarded him q . carrier Of In
formation to federal prohibition
agents, police said.
The killing followed an argument
over SITS In protection" money which
speros demanded from Tatalinos.
0otsoff said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16

and Louis Lenaburg will represent the
players. -a.-. = s.s-~-,.--
This group will select q manager
IN whose hands all details incident to
practices. the playing Of games and
the selection of players will be placed.
All persons who wish to try for
places on the team are welcome to
compete, 1t was announced Saturday.
They are asked to meet Sunday aft
ernoon at the city baseball park for
an initial practice.
The baseball committee will meet
soon, according to Martin, to select
officers. These will consist of a chair
man to supervise all activities. COM
bination secretary-business manager
to keep all records, arrange the sched-
ule, provide for tickets and handle
other clerical and executive details:
and a superintendent to have charge
Of the grounds, take care OF equip
ment, provide ticket-takers and su-
nervise all work in connection with
the playing field except the selling
of tickets.
To Appropriate 500
The lodge voted an appropriation
of $500 to finance the work and to
meet early expenses and adopted the
rule that there will be no paid players.
Any compensation to be received by
the latter will come from receipts to
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
ALLEGED KILLER OF
TEACHERS ARRESTED
Manhunt Which Began Last
Dec. 20 in Oklahoma ls
Ended in Omaha, Neb.

Kansas City, May 16.-(F-A man
hunt that began when the bodies Of
two ool-teaching sisters were found
near Tonkawa, Okla, last Dec. 28,
was ended Saturday. with Earl Quinn.
80. ex-convict. protesting innocence
from = jail cell here.
Quinn. charged with murder in the
shooting Of Zexia Griffith, 81, and
Jessie Griffith, ~, the latter Of whom
physicians said was criminally as
saulted. was arrested in Omaha. Neb..
Friday.
While announcing he would fight
extradition. Quinn expressed relief at
his arrest.
TIN glad the chase is over" he
said. TITS . bum rap and can
beat It"
The sisters were waylaid while
driving to their schools after Z
Christmas visit with their parents IN
Blackwell. Okla. The elder was d.
rector Of home economies at thu
Warner, Okla. school Of agriculture
and Jessie taught music In public
schools at Norman.
Officers said clues which pointed X
Quinn included finger prints and 1
vestbutton found in the teachers
bloodstained coupe and the fact tina
he had been patrolling the highwa,
announcing to motorists to plan d
"hitack bootegeer."
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
-FOUR ARE KILLED IN
SPANISH DISORDERS
10 Others Injured as Residents
Try to Defend Church Against
lncendiarism

Granada, Spain. May 16.-(R-Four
persons were killed and 10 injured
during the night at nearby Atarfe
when residents of the little town at
tempted to defend their church
against incendiarism.
Word was spread about Atarfe that
band Of anti-church demonstrators
were coming to burn their church,
after having destroyed the convent at
Santa Fe, and they gathered on the
outskirts Of the village to repel them.
They attempted to stop an auto
mobile filled with men coming from
the direction Of Santa Fe. firing at it..
Those in the car fired back at them,
killing three Of the townsmen as the
car careened Of ito the side and ran
into q wall. The chauffeur was
killed.
Those riding in the automobile told
authorities they had had nothing to
do with the attack on the Santa Fe
convent, which was damaged but not
destroyed, and that they had fired at
the townsmen thinking them to be
Communists.
There were several arrests and the
police do not entirely credit their
story. The anti-church disturbances
throughout Spain have greatly ex-
cited this district and many peasants
have armed themselves to repel any
band which may attack ecclesiastical
buildings.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
BROWNS
IN WISCONSIN LAKE
English Teacher Dies While
Briton Lecturer Is Saved
After Canoe Tips

Madison. Wis, May Is. -R-
Sterling A. Leonard, 43, associate pro-
fessor of English at the University OF
Wisconsin. drowned in Lake Mendoza
Friday night and his companion. !. A.
Richards. 80, critic. lecturer ard pro-
fessor at Magdalene college OF CAM
bridge university, England. was res
cued.
Richards, here for a lecture engage
ment. said their canoe overturned In
the waves and they clung to the gun
vale two hours awaiting help. FL
nally Leonard became exhausted and
sank. Richards said he made an un-
successful attempt to reach him.
Richards righted the craft but was
unable to get ashore. Don Tracy, q
boathouse owner, spotted the drifting
canoe and rescued Richards. He was
suffering shock and exposure.
Both men were recognized In their
fields. Leonard had written several
books and edited collections Of prose
and poetry and Richards is the au-
thor Of monographs and books
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
WHEAT SURPLUS IN
four COUNTRIES IS
BIGGER Than usual
Estim a ted at 7O3, 900, 600
Bushels Compared to Gill;
900, 900 Last Year

washington, May 16.-(R-Ths
total surplus of wheat for export and
carry-over in the four principal ex-
porting countries Of the world on
May is estimated by the agricul-
ture department at TO-, 900 900 bushels
The ,rplus on that date last year
was Gil 100000 bushels and in 1929,
7o1, 900, 900.
The department said that on this
basis there would be an abundant
supply for next year despite some in
dications of decreased acreage In the
four countries-United States, Can
ada, Australia and Argentina.
Requirements of importing coun-
tries," the department said, during
May and June are expected to be
considerably larger than last year,
and perhaps as great as In 1929.
However, it also is to be expected that
some supplies will still be forthcoming
from Russia, which was not an eX-
porter in the spring Of 1929. While
their curplus appears to be smaller 1t
is likely that exports from the DAN
ube countries may be somewhat larg-
er than the spring of 1929. Conse-
quently, present conditions point to q
world carry-over on July /, 1881,
about as large as that Of July 1, 1929;
somewhat larger stocks in non-Euro-
pean exporting countries being likely
to be offset by smaller stocks In Eu-
rope"
The United States carry-over has
been estimated at between 275. 900 600
and 29O, 900 900 bushels on July !.
The department said that new DO.
mestic wheat may be expected to sell
at lower levels than those now pre-
yailing for old wheat. Relatively
smaller supplies Of hard spring wheat
it was said, however, may result IN
smaller price changes being necessary
in the adjustment from a supported
to a non-supported market after the
grain sterilization corporation stops
its purchases.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
|MlNNESOTAN WARNS
AGAINST TOO LARGE
| Spring WHEAT CUTS
Head of Railroad Commission
Says There Has Been Over
production But Once
NORTH DAKOTA MAN AGREES
Dan O'Connor, New Rockford,
Says Farm Board Is Endeav-
oring to Be Fair

st. Paul, Minn., May 16.-(F-Any
plan which would contemplate q re-
duction in acreage Of spring wheat
larger than a proposed cut in winter
wheat output would be economically
unsound in the opinion OF o. p. B.
Jacobson, chairman of the Minnesots
railroad and warehouse commission.
Except possibly for the freakish
crop of 1890, there never has been q
surplus Of spring wheat, which L
produced in the northwest" Mr.
jacobson said in commenting on in
dications the federal farm ,arc
might favor greater curtailment o1
wheat production In the spring wheat
area than in the winter wheat terri
tory of the southwest.
1.-THE 1880 crop throughout the ma.
tion was Of exceptionally high protein
content, so that there was not nor.
NAL demand for the spring wheat o.
North Dakota, Montana and Min
nesota for blending purposes.
with anything like normal crop
there is not sufficient spring wheat
to mix and blend with other wheat
for a high quality flour. In past years
there have been premiums paid
ranging to more than 50 cents
bushel, for good spring wheat, ane
when production Of the bread grair
in the southwest Is large, and OF nor
NAL quality, 1t improves the demans
for spring wheat"
Dan O'Connor, New Rockford, N. D,
president of the Farmers Union Ter
minal association Of st. Paul, ex'
pressed the view that the fedora
farm board does not desire to favor
any one section of the country ovel
another or to encourage greater
curtailment Of spring wheat produc'
ton than of winter wheat.
II agree with Mr.. Jacobson thai
there is not sufficient spring wheat tc
mix with the winter wheat Of thu
southwest in years Of normal wheat
quality. One of the principles which
has been stressed by the farm board
is to raise quality grains and other
farm products and to curtail quaint.
ty. The spring wheat area is geogra-
phically located so that better quality
wheat can be raised, than in other
territories, even though lower quality
wheat may possibly be produced more
cheaply in the southwest"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
PLAZA FARM WOMAN,
SLOPE COUNTY MAN,
VICTIMS OF FLAMES
Use of Kerosene in Starting
Kitchen Fires Is Blamed for
Both Disasters
WATCHES BODY DISAPPEAR
Husband Fails to Rescue Wife
and Sees Blazing Remains
Drop to Basement

Two North Dakota persons were
dead Saturday as the result OF using
kerosene in an attempt to start fires.
Mrs. w. F. Farding, IS, living 10
miles northeast Of Plaza, was burned
to death late Friday tn a fire which
destroyed her farm home.
Harry Purcell, 26. living between
Bowman and Amidon, was being
buried today following his death
Tuesday night at Bowman from
burns received Tuesday morning. His
home also was destroyed.
Mrs. Farding was alone in her
home at the time Of the explosion
which caused her death but neigh
bors were of the opinion that the use
OF kerosene was responsible for the
blaze.
Mr.. Farding, working with q hired
man a mile and half away, saw the
house afire and hurried home to see
the body Of his wife lying on the
Kitchen floor and surrounded by
flames. While he was trying to reach
her the floor collapsed and the body
dropped out OF sight into the base
ment. 1t was late Friday night be-
fore the charred remains could be
recovered from the debris.
Neighbors assisted Farding and the
hired man In preventing spread of
the flames to other farm buildings.
Mrs. Farding was physically handi-
capped by rheumatism and this fact
Is believed to have prevented her
escape from the blazing house.
Funeral services will be held at 2
p. m, Monday from the home of
Mrs. T. Thunsella, sister of the
dead woman, and also from the Trim
ity church, northwest Of Plaza. Burial
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
18 ESCAPE DEATH
WHEN PLANE Burns
Big Craft, Passengers Scam
per to Safety; Wing and
FuseIage Damaged

Aberdeen, Maryland, May 16.-(F-
Aircraft experts Saturday sought the
cause of q fire aboard an eastern air
transport plane that made a forced
landing at Edgewood arsenal with
smoke pouring from the cabin con-
tanning 18 passengers, none Of whom
was injured.
AS the craft touched the ground
flames burned q hole In the lower
eft wing. Soldiers assisted the pas
sengers. one a woman, to alight.
The plane, en- route from Richmond
to New York Friday afternoon, was
flying at an altitude Of $500 feet.
when the pilot, A. G. Komdat, observ-
co smoke filling the control room,
Five miles away he saw the landing
field at Edgewood and nosed the big
plane down. The co-pilot, q. j. Mac
Donald. tried to get at the flames
with an extinguisher but was unsuc-
cessful.
The damage was confined to the
fuselage and wing.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
Favored Equip0ise Will
Not Run in Annual Derbu
Champion Two Year. Old ot
Last Year Has Quarter
Crack in Fore Foot

Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY.
May l6.-(R- Equipoise. one-time
favorite and champion two-year-old
money winner last year. was de-
clared out of the 57th running OF the
Kentucky Derby Saturday by his
trainer, Freddie Hopkins.
The actual scratching was delayed
Until the arrival of the Colts owner
C6shelius Vanderbilt whitney. but
Hopkins said the discovery Of 9
quarter-crack definitely eliminated
the son OF Pennant-Swinging.
The failure of Equipoise to come
around in shape for the rich Ken.
lucky race marked the climax Of mis-.
fortunes for the colt that was the
apple of the late Harry Payne Whit
ney's eye as a juvenile.
After an impressive start AZ q
three e-year-old, Equipoise went wrong
while racing in Maryland and suffer-
ed two successive defeats, although
finishing fourth in the Preakness de-
spite some bad racing luck Hopkins
brought the horse to Churchill Downs
hopeful he would round into form but
the colts workouts never impressed
the railbirds.
The prospects were that no more
than IL three-year- will go to the
post some time around S O'Clock
(C.s.T0
In addition to Equipoise. the
chances were that Up, owned by Mrs
j. N. Crofton, and r. w. Collins Don
Leon, both partial to the mud. also
would be scratched.
Derby Day went the whole way In
shaking off the bad weather ink. II
was midsummer. blazing heat that
greeted the advance guard Of crowd
expected to number $4,000 spectators
It gave an opportunity for gay-color-
ed frocks, straw hats and shirt sleeves
to form q background that for the
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