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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Worlds Greatest Swindler
Lived as Gay Libertine.

New York.-While big Chicago
and New York banks are trying TO
recover millions of dollars they lost
backing Ivar Kreuger, Swedish
financial wizard and the worlds
greatest swindler. facts have come
to light revealing his private life in
New YORK, Paris and elsewhere as
that Of iibertine who lived secret
ly in gayety as ne lived openly as
u hard-headed financial genius.
II has been found that he had the
staggering sum of $1GS,000,000 In
personal debt and indirect liability
against his name when he commit
ted suicide in Paris In March. Ii
has been discovered that his books
were falslfied for eight years while
he was travelling around the tnan-
cial centers of the world raising
enormous sums from the most as
tute bankers.
There will be little or nothing foz
unsecured creditors. and scores of
millions handled by him appear now
TO be irretrievably lost
Once a demigod TO hero-wor-
shipping world. the silent, dominat-
ing fnancler has been proved 10
possess all the frailties of pleasure
loving mortals. The illusion that
he lived only to work, which he
cultivated so that he might juggle
millions by forgery and bargaining,
has been exploded In an astound-
ing expose OF his bluff.
Always the millions he was able
to display enabled Kreuger to pur-
chase the secrecy of the woman
who visited his secret hideaways.
And yet in the years during
which kreuger fitted from country
to country, from continent to con-
tinent, not one of his women COM
panions during his lifetime gave
the least public hint of associations
that seldom acquired the dignity of
true companionship.
Out of the dust and confusion of
the crash that follower kreuger's
suicide, a picture of the man has
emerged. Each day the outline
grows bolder, more details are
filled in. The spectral figures loom
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
WAR KREUGER LIVED
SECRETLY IN GAYETY

against a variety of amazing back
ground:
Kreuger on a little island off
Sweden for weeks at q time, sur
rounded by gay women. sparkling
champagne, soft lights, seductive
music.
Kreuger In a New York pent-
house, or in his Paris mansion. with
his women. his wine and his prince
ly luxury.
A scornfully smiling Kreuger
making rubber stamps of the sigma
lures of the influential men of
Sweden so that he might forge their
names to applications for security
issues.
a calculating Kreuger with plate
and acid turning out bogus issues
of Italian government bonds 10 de-
fraud the trusting Swedish govern
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Nuggets" Were Brass

Jacob Lowstuter of Charleroi, Pa,
found two nuggets in the gizzard of
a chicken. The butcher who sold the
fowl said it came from a village
nearby, where there was a gold
strike 80 years ago. Excitement ran
high and there were visions of a
gold rush until jeweler assayed the
nuggets and found them to be brass.
Every one lamented, particularly the
butcher. He had killed six chickens
looking for more nuggets"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Ring Lost 25 Years
Found in Lawn Sod

Niagara Falls, n. "a
plain gold band ring lost for
% years was found here re-
Gently when Louis Manz turned
up the sod on his front lawn.
The ring was untarnished
and in good condition, and
Manz at first thought ii had
been lost only recently. His
wife, however, recognized 1t by
its peculiar engraving. The
ring had been lost by a men,
Der Of the family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Guard for Pigeons

A unique form of guard duty is
practiced at Fort Monmouth, N. J..
Many of the army's carrier pigeons
are kept there under care of the
signal corps. To protect them from
hawks and owls, which have killed
or injured several of the homers dur
ing training, a special pigeon detail
mas been added to post guard.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
A soblike murmur of sympathy, a /

A soblike murmur Of sympathy, a
rare visitor there, had swept through
police headquarters.
Little remains to be told. The
ultimate outcome was a suspended
sentence and a silent handclasp from
the court.-Kansas City Times.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Modern Contract
SYE6SS BY Leila HsHersIsY
No. 6.
The Distributional Count


The Distributional Count
ITO START with an orderly proc
IL ess of constructive thinking con-
cerning the worth of the actual
cards which you hold when making
the most usual bid at contract, a
suit bid of one, let us realize how
many tricks you are undertaking to
win and ascertain what will be the
probable source of these tricks.
When bidding one you contract for
seven tricks. OF course you are not
expected to take all seven tricks
yourself. Your hand is supposed to
furnish at least four Of the contract,
and you are permitted TO count on
| finding about three assisting tricks
in your partners hand.
To see how your own four tricks
can be counted, let us take this
clear-cut type of a minimum one
heart bid:
S-S64 H-AQ93 D-AS64 C-76
(When vulnerable, this hand
would be too weak for an opening
bid. Vulnerable, a four-card suit bid
must hold at least a queen better
than the minimum) Obviously as
only 212 of your tricks appear in
honors, something additional must
be produced from the length or dis
tribution Of your suits. One of
these expected playing tricks is a
small heart: because in bidding a
suit, you are always permitted to
count one playing trick for every
! trump over three, that is, one end
trick in n four-card trump suit, two
end tricks in a fve-card trump suit,
and three end tricks in a six-card
| trump suit. This brings your hand
to total Of 315 playing tricks.
Where is the other II to be found?
In another "long-card," the fourth
diamond, which has about a fifty
| fifty chance Of setting up as an
eventual winner. In side suits, you
may give the value of Il playing
trick to every card over three-iust
| half the value of "long-cards" in
the trump suit. Thus you get the
value of the above hand as a total
of 4 playing tricks which include
21a honor-tricks.
Now, suppose that you have bid
one heart on the holding above de-
/ scribed. Your valuation Is sound
because unless your partner has
adequate trump support 1t is i'm
probable that you will ever play the
hand at hearts. If he held the bal
ance of honor strength but lacked
trump support, your partner would
/ take you out. If he lacked both
honor strength and trump support,
1 the opponents would declare their
strength, relieving you Of your re-
sponsibility. In no case could you
rebid such hand at hearts, even
though your partner gave you every
encouragement TO do So
When opening an original bid In
suit, the estimate Of your playing
tricks is based entirely on honor
cards and long cards In trumps and
side suits. Singletons or void suits
cannot be counted as extra tricks
because the trumps in your hand
have already been estimated as
playing tricks. To add a value for
singletons or void suits would
simply amount to counting the same
tricks twice. A particular warn
ing must be given against this error,
often made by fairly experienced
players. A short suit or void is, as
we shall see, an extremely valuable
asset in the assisting hand to q
trump bid. But in the declarer's S
hand it has only a slight promo
tional value, too indefinite to count.
| tt r~A - C,,sk T~1-Iru a
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Practically Rainless

The average rainful in Death
Valley, Calf, is a little more than
one and one-half inches a year.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Correct

Teacher-John, give me a singu-
lar object.
John-A bachelor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
Will Give Swimming
instruction at Pool

Announcement that swimming les
sons will be given at the municipal
swimming pool, beginning Monday
was made Saturday by A. c. Van
Wyk, pool manager. Instructors will
be Miss Mildred Fried, physical edu-
cation instructor, for women and
girls and Myron Anderson and r. D.
Mcleod, of the high school coaching
staff, for boys. The instruction will
be free.
Glasses for girls will be he'd from
$3.50 to II a. m. on Mondays, We'd
neSdayS and Fridays. Glasses for
boys will be held at the same hour on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Glasses for women will be held or
the same days as girls classes from
Is to Z p. m.
The pool will be open to the pub
lie from to 5:45 and from Z to 10
p. m. daily. Installation of flood
lights makes night swimming pos
sible, Van Wyk said.
The staff of the pool, in addition
to Van Wyk. Miss Fried, Mcleod and
Anderson, will include Miss Alden
Paris as clerk. Miss Fried, Ander.
son and Mcleod also will have other
duties in connection with play
grounds. junior baseball and other
|recreational activities.
Van Wyk announced new re-
duced scale of charges for season
tickets. For children under 10 they
will be ST.; for children from 10 to 16
$3.50; for adults 81 and for families
$40.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
PUTNAM SAYS CROP
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Small Grain Outlook Particular.
ly Promising; Hay Is
Abundant

Abundant rains which have fallen
generally throughout the county IN
the last few weeks have made Bur-
leigh county crop prospects brighter
than they have been in a decade, &C
cording to H. O. Putnam, county
agent.
Small grains look particul r y
promising, Putnam said, while early
indications point to one of the most
abundant feed crops in recent years
The rye crop has developed rapid
~ under prevailing favorable condi-
tons and farmers are predicting that
some of it will be ready for harvest
ing by the second week in July.
Contrary to expectations, wild
grasses have been flourishing and an
abundant hay crop is assured, Put
nam said. It was feared that much
of the wild grass might have been
killed off because of conditions last
lyear.
While 1t is too early to make any
prediction relative to corn prospects
the crop is coming up we'll. accord
ing to Putnam, who said that the
fate of, the crop hinged on the
weather in July.
There is smaller percentage OF
acreage in small grains in the county
than in former years but a larger
percentage in corn and feed crops.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
At the Movies
PARAMOUNT THEATRE

Fredric March and Sylvia Sidne,
are playing opposite each other 70,
the second time.
Yet "Merrily We Go to He'll" is the
first film in which they have played
together. This picture is the Para
mount theatres feature attraction fol
next Monday and Tuesday.
Their previous experience at make.
believe love-making took place ir
Denver several seasons ago. At that
time, March was moving across the
country from stock company to stock
company and Miss Sidney, discour.
aged by Broadway conditions, signed
with the same troupe. March was the
leading man and Miss Sidney the
ingenue for season.
Zane Grey in South Sea Adven-
lures" is the unusual attraction book
ed for the Paramount theatre begin
ming Monday. This picture cost al
most a million dollars to film and is
the result Of tour of the South
Seas made by the eminent American
author on his great two-masted, mo-
tor-powered yacht, Fisherman"
The purpose of this expedition as
expressed by the literary sportsman
was to set a worlds record for deep
sea, big-fish catching with rod anc
reel. Grey returned with the covet-
ed record and thousands of feet OF
priceless film recording not only bat
ties with deep-sea monsters, but the
accompanying sound as we'll.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
Delegates to Legion
Meeting Are Elected

Eleven delegates and IL alternates
to the American Legion state conven-
ton to be held at Devils Lake this
summer were selected by members OF
Lloyd Spetz Post No. l. American L.
gion. at their regular meeting Friday
night.
The delegates chosen are Art Tavis
A. L. Fosteson, Clarence Guinness. r
J. Kamplin, John Bowers, Elmer Da.
Wis, Ed Trepp. Walter Sather. Milton
Rue, Charles F. Martin and Spence!
Boise.
Boise, as commander. and Martin
as adjutant, were elected by accla-
nation.
Announcement was made that the
Winnipeg Fife and Drum corps viii.
be here July. 2 in connection with a
dance which is being sponsored by
the Bismarck Voture of the 40 and 8
Legion honor society.
John KarasieWicz, leader in Legion
boy scout work, presented the men,
bers of Troop 9, which is sponsored by
the veterans, and Fred Sorkness
scoutmaster. SorknesS also made a
brief address.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
Rainbow Girls Hear
Committee Reports

Devils Lake, N. D., June 11.-(P)-
Margaret Edwards of Grand Forks
was named grand worthy advisor OF
the grand assembly, Order of Rain
bow Girls of North Dakota, at the
second annual convention in session
here.
Other officers named are Jean
Herigstad, Minot, grand worthy as
sociate advisor; Julia Wetmore, Bis
marck, grand charity; Lola Clark,
Mandan, grand hope; Mar jorie
Arnold, Fargo, grand recorder; Kath-
ryn Pagenkopf, Dickinson, grand
treasurer.
Installation of officers was held at
the closing session Saturday morning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
Lad Finds Time
Heavy on Hands

A lad from the Ozarks of Ar
kansas was hanging around Fort
Lincoln Saturday and time was
heavy on his hands.
One of the students, who will
attend the G. M. T. c. camp be-
ginning next week, he didn't ex-
pect to get here until next Satur-
day. Instead he arrived at the
post Friday afternoon and is
faced with the prospect of watt
Ing week before the first Of his
comrades join him.
He attributes his predicament
to the kindness of motorists.
1t seems that the youth decided
to hitch hike to the camp. Esti-
mating that the trip would take
at least a week. he left his native
Arkansas Tuesday.
To his surprise and dismay, the
entire trip of more than 1000
miles was made in two short days.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
SOCIETY," NEWS
American Legion Auxiliary Completes Huge
Program of Local and State Welfare Work
Agricultural College
Students to Return

Bismarck students at the North Da-
kota Agricultural college, Fargo, will
be returning to Bismarck within the
next few days, following dismissal of
classes for the spring semester. Com
mencement exercises at the school
have been set for Monday.
Among the local students who will
be graduated from the various courses
will be Mary Weinberger, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Weinberger, 700
Mandan ST.; Henry Danrot, SON OF
Mr.. and Mrs. N. M. Danrot, Sill
Seventh St.; Anthony Faber, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Faber, 6l0 Fifth
St.; Edgar Crewe, son OF DR.. w. F.
Crewe, 808 Second St.; Wilbur o. Lar
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Lar
son, 7l9 Sixth St., and Erling Hedahl,
son of E. N. Hedahl, 922 Sixth St.,
and Rea Taylor, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Taylor, Wilton. All will
return to Bismarck next week with
the exception of Henry Danrot, who
will attend the national guard en-
campment at Devils Lake, and Erling
Hedahl. who will go to Fort Smelling
to enroll at the r. o. T. G. camp.
Other students returning Saturday
and Sunday are Robert Paris, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Paris. 404 Fifth
St.; Frank Alderman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. G. Alderman, 918 Sixth St.;
John and Carl Danrot, sons OF Mr..
and Mrs. N. M. Danrot; Robert Ward,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Milan Ward;
Beatrice Bowman, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. o. v. Bowman, 800 Fifth ST.;
Betty Foster, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. L. Foster, 1913 Fifth St.; 1sa-
bel Humphreys. daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. George Humphreys, $50 Eighth
ST.; Dorothea Gutman, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Gutman, 1913
Fifth St.; Edward Booth. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Booth, 800 Griffin ST.,
Ed DEFINE, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Define, 423 Second st.
Chester Perry, son of Mr.. and Mrs
w. E. Perry, 523 Second ST., who also
attends the school, will not return
for several weeks. In company with
school friends he will take a motor
trip to GAINESVILLE. Wis, Detroit, and
Lansing, Mich; Chicago and Mime
apoliS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
More Than $500 Expended in
Activities for Veterans and
For Needy Families

\ Rellef work requiring the expendi-
lure OF several hundreds of dollars as
/ well as the distribution of an unesti-
i mated amount of clothing was carried
ion during the year by the local Amer
facan Legion Auxiliary unit, it was re-
vealed IN annual reports of the var
\ lous committees, presented Friday
night at the final meeting of the
Tdnlt for the season. The meeting was
held in the World War Memorial
building.
Not only were World war veterans
and their families aided through the
activities Of the Auxiliary, but many
local persons in destitute circum-
stances and others in the drought
stricken areas of the state received
supplies of food and clothing the re-
ports showed.
A total of $540.31 was spent in en-
terprises for the sick and the needy
and for children's work. OF this
amount $237 was spent as follows:
Child welfare work in the state, $50;
rehabilitation, for veterans, SIS. Open
Your Heart Campaign, SIS; Drouth
area, $40; Camp Grassick, $40; and
PSI to send a girl to the Girl Scout
camp.
Additional welfare work was esti-
mated at $12l.61 for such items as
food, new clothing, shelter and fuel;
gifts to the U. S. Veterans hospital
at $36.70; and special relief work in
Guiding $35 to the drouth area; and
$40 health bond from the North
Dakota tuberculosis association.
Membership in the unit now num-
bers 284, an increase of So members
over last year, giving Bismarck posi-
bly, the largest gain in membership of
any unit in the state, it was announc-
ed.
New officers for the coming year
Ewere installed by Mrs. James Morris,
national vice president. Following
the service, Edith Guthrie, accompan-
led by Donna Jean Davis, sang a
1group of numbers.
Plans for attending the state con-
vention in Devils Lake, July 1926
were discussed.
A past presidents pin was present.
ed to the retiring president, Mrs. H.
w. Rosenthal.
Refreshments were served by the
following committee: Mesdames G.
A. Dahlen, j. L. Barth, Frank Paris,
p. j. Schmitz, H. A. Swenson. John
Bowers, H. w. Rosenthal and Miss
Mabel Halver.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11
MRS. BERTHA FRIESE
dies AT new SALEM
Mother OF Local Physician Was
Pioneer Resident of Nor
ton County

Mrs. Bertha Friese, 70, pioneer resi-
dent of the New Salem vicinity, died
at 5 p. M, Friday at her home in the
Morton county city, according to in
formation received here by her son,
DR.. P. w. Friese, 72l Eighth st. Death
was due to stomach disturbance and
complications.
Mrs. Friese, who settled with her
husband near New Salem in 1883, was
we'll known in Bismarck, having visit
ed here frequently. Since leaving her
farm home in 1916 she had divided
her time largely between California
and New Salem.
Mrs. Friese emigrated to America
from Germany in 1881, shortly after
her marriage to Herman Friese, who
died about 20 years ago. The young
couple first settled in st. Louis, where
Mr.. Friese worked as printer, and
then moved to Chicago. They came
to North Dakota in 1883 with the first
band of settlers to locate in the New
Salem territory, taking up a home
stead. During the winters Mr.. Friese
worked as printer, spending the
summers on his farm. He also work.
ed, at various times, on the steam
boats operating from Bismarck on the
Missouri river.
Seven children were born to them
of whom six survive. In addition to
DR.. Friese they are Charles F. Friese
on the home farm; Mrs. Herman
Rasch, New Salem; Mrs. j. c. Beck,
formerly of Bismarck and now of
Webster, S. D.; Miss Minnie F'riese,
formerly of Bismarck and now of
Bakersfield, Calf; and Mrs. Fred
Matthias, Artois, Calf. She also
leaves several brothers and sisters liv-
ing in Germany.
Funeral services will be held at the
German Evangelical church in New
Salem, probably on Monday after
nOOn
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-11

the school closes she will go to Booth
Bay Harbor, Maine, to visit q school
friend and later will visit with friends
in Boston, Syracuse, N. Y, and Min
neapolis.
Miss Dorothy Thistlethwaite will
arrive this evening from Mayville,
where she has been attending the
Mayville state teachers college to
spend the vacation period with her
grandmother, Mrs. Marion Bourgeois.
100 Avenue B.
Mrs. Bird Little, Fort Lincoln, en-
tertained the post ladies bridge club
at the Little quarters at the fort Fri
day afternoon. Two tables were in
play. Awards for high score were
made to Mrs. c. N. S. Ballou and
Mrs. Harold Stow.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarion Larson and
children, GA Raymond ST., left Satur-
day morning by automobile for Min
neapolis and Askov, Mimi, where
Mrs. Larson will spend the summer
months with relatives. Mr.. Larson
expects to return to Bismarck tn,
first part OF the week.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Churchill Of
Bushnell, ILL.,. left Saturday for Den
YER Colo, after spending a few days
in Bismarck as the gustes Of Mrs.
Thomas w. Sanders. $40 Thayer av-
enue. They will tour the Bad Lands
and the Black Hills en- route.
Y X
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Lewis and son,
Robert, of Usage. Iowa, Mr.. and Mrs
Ward Lewis, Minneapolis. and the
Misses Laura and Margaret Lewis,
Livingston, Mont. arrived Saturday
for short visit with Mrs. Maude ia
cobson, 221 West Rosser avenue, anc
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Geiermann. 512
West Broadway. Clark and Ward
Lewis are brothers of Mrs. Jacobson
and Mrs. Geiermann.
4
Mrs. Frank Kiebert, All Avenue A,
entertained company of IL women.
lat an informal party in honor of her
daughter in-law, Mrs. Coe Kiebert.
st. Cloud. Mimi, who is a guest at
the Kiebert home. The evening was
spent socially. Mrs. Coe Kiebert, &C
companied by her daughter, Betty,
will leave Sunday for her home in st.
Cloud, after spending the last two
weeks here.
Mrs. George Hupelman and Mrs.
Albin Hedstrom were elected to rep
resent the local post of the Women's
Relief Corps at the annual state con-
vention in Fargo June IS and 16, at a
meeting of the post held Friday aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. Anna
Lenhart, 414 First street. Mrs. Len
hart and Mrs. Cordner were hostess
|es. A social hour followed the busi-
ness session..
Miss Marlys Lahr, who Is leaving
shortly to make her home in Mime
apolis, was a guest of honor at a
bridge party given Friday evening by
Miss Louise Keller and Miss Grace
TAFT, at the Keller home. 102 Avenu.
A. Garden flowers were used to car
~ out pink color scheme for thu
tables and in the rooms Bridge was
played at five tables with Mrs. Leslie
French and Miss Irene Brown receiv
ing score prizes. A gift was present.
ed to Miss Lair. Miss Agnes Witzle-
ben, Linton, was guest from out-of-
town.