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The Washington times., 1933-11-23
King Vidor Tells Me

King Vidor Tells Me
That directors get fan letters,
too. But most of them are pleas
for jobs. And his remark about
preferring an unknown for the
lead in 1--WE Have the Right to
Live" resulted in an avalanche of
letters that revealed naive aSpira-
tons, heart throbs and humor.
Here are a few excerpts:
"Please let me work in your
The Washington times., 1933-11-23
King Vldor Seeking Unknown for
Film, Receives Avalanche Of Mail

lthe well-known vaudeville head
liner and composer, Terry Sher-
man, assisted by Hal Runkle, Ted
Craeser and Bud Hardin. Miss
Brinstcw returns to London De-
cember 10.
The Washington times., 1933-11-23
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Life may not begin at 40 but
a lot Of good acting is turned
in after the two score milestone
The Washington times., 1933-11-23
Al Davis Band At
The Hangar Club

AL Davis and his Highflyers
Orchestra have opened an en-
gagement at the Hangar Club,
The Washington times., 1933-11-23
BY RENE DAVIES

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 23.-Pre-
nier of "Alien Corn" at the Pasa-
lena Community Playhouse dis
The Washington times., 1933-11-23

Oddly enough, officials at Co
hlmbia have the same kind of
headache. Only, over there, the
trouble is poison oak and the pro-
duction Of 1.-THE Paul Street
Boys" actually has had to sus-
The Washington times., 1933-11-23

- SOs
Ethel Barrymore is 81.
Lionel Barrymore is So.
John Barrymore is So.
Richard Bennett is SO.
Arthur Byron is 81.
Lionel Atwill is 48.
Mary Boland is SO.
Alice Brady is IL.
Ruth Chatterton is 40.
Ina Claire is Al.
George Arliss Is SO.
Maude Adams is 81.
Joe Cook is 43.
Constance Collier is 81.
Jane Cowl is 46.
Laura Hope Crews is 81.
Douglas Fairbanks is SO.
w. C. Fields is so.
Walter Hampden is 81.
De Wolf Hopper Is IS.
Walter Huston is 40.
Pauline Lord is 43.
Alfred Lunt is 40.
Leslie Howard is 40.
Herbert Marshall is 40.
Philip Merivale is At.
Nazimova is 81.
Osgood Perkins is Al.
Mary Pickford is 40.
Florence Reed Is so.
Julia Sanderson is 46.
Otis Skinner is 76.
Fred Stone is go.
. Lowell Sherman is 48.
Ed Wynn is A.
George M. Cohan Is S..
You could cast almost any kin
of a play from this list and +
sure it was well acted. Befol
the arguments begin I might sa
that the authority for these age
is Burns Nantes year boo
which tries diligently to see ths
they are correct.
What's the age Of Mae Yves
You're asking me? I can only sa
that this is an important owe
sight in the Mantle volume.
is not mentioned. So YOU CUES
The Washington times., 1933-11-23

ing on the way out and one on
the return journey.
The Washington times., 1933-11-23

Quick GIimpses
The Paramount rule about no
cars on the lot seems to be def
The Washington times., 1933-11-23

closed a gener-
GUS attendance
Of film lumina-
rieS. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ere d r ! c
M arSh enter
tanned a party
of 10. airy
Grant was host
to five guests.
Mr.. and Mrs.
G ne Markey
Ge~n Bennett)
are entertaining
Miss Weebelle
La Bnanche, of
The Washington times., 1933-11-23

Cast Is Largest
Hollywood'S longest CASTS
persons receive screen credit
in Paramount'S screen production
Of Lewis CAROLS "Alice in Won
derland."
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Well-KnOWn Printer
Succumbs in MinOt

Minot, N. D.. Oct. 24.-tP,-Lee O.
Gilmore. 81. OF Minot, a printer wide
ly known in North Dakota, died at
1920 q. m. Tuesday in a hospital
here. Death was caused by complica-
itons. He had been in i'll health for
several years.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
He leaves his widow, two sons. and
three daughters. The sons are Don
and Henry. The daughters are Mrs
Willard johnson, Fargo; Mrs. G. W.
Linnertz. Minot and Mrs. Rose Nyre
of Minot. There are also seven grand
children.
For 40 years Gilmore had worked
at the printing trade. which he learn
ed at Weldona. Colo.
He came to Minot in 1914 and was
employed by the Ward County III
dependent for a number of years. For
seven years after 1923 Gilmore was
night foreman at the Fargo Forum
His health failing, he returned to Mi
not in April, 1882.
Other North Dakota cities in which
Gilmore had worked as a printer in
clude Bismarck, Grand Forks, Devils
Lake, Cando, Harvey and Williston.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
State Commander Of
American Legion Hurt

Minot, N. D., Oct. 24.-tP,-William
H. Johnson. state commander of the
American Legion and managing editor
Of The Minot Daily News, is a patient
in Minot hospital Tuesday receiving
treatment for injuries received Mon
day night when the car in which he
was riding went into ditch a few
miles west OF Rugby.
johnson received q broken bone in
his left hand and a wrenched knee
and back as well as bruises about the
face. He was injured in an auto ac-
cident about two years ago at which
time he received broken leg and
sprained knee. The same knee was
injured Monday night
Johnson. Frank Sullivan and G. v.
Manion, all of Minot, were returning
from Devils Lake where they had at
tended a district meeting Of the Amer
lean Legion. Sullivan was driving at
the time Of the accident. johnson
was in the back seat.
Sullivan was bruised but Manion
was uninjured.
The attending physician stated
Johnson would be able to leave the
hospital In few days.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
HOLIDAY LEADER
WOULD AID STRIKERS

Minneapolis, Oct. 24.-(PeJohn
Bosch, Atwater, Mimi, vice president
of the National Farmers Holiday as
sociation, said in a statement Monday
night the association had offered to
supply food to striking laborers In
various parts of the country.
"Chief obstacle" said Bosch, Ito
successful conclusions to strikes prev
ious to THIS time has been the In
ability Of the strikers to secure suf-
ficient food"
He added that the association. in
making the offer has no particular
enmity toward individual employers"
However" said the statement, "em-
ployers generally have subscribed to
the theory that property rights have
the priority over human rights, and
because OF that viewpoint have failed
to assist farmers and laborers
in their efforts to secure, through
government action, an economic sys-
tenn that so operates that exchange
of service and commodities can be
carried on equitably."
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
~ . N T / N u E II
~ from page o1>'
Strike Chieftains
Assert Movement
Is Gaining Ground

selling drive, with the idea Of rails
ing farm prices and forcing the fed
eral administration to give agricul-
turists an NRA.
Reno told the Illinois group the
administrations farm relief program
was "idiotic" and attacked Secretary
Of Agriculture Wallace, declaring he
should be known as "the secretary
of Wall Street"
The Illinois farmers, who met un-
der the auspices Of the United Farm
ers of Illinois, adopted resolution
asserting they would refuse to mar
ket farm produce for less than the
cost of production. They named a
committee to work out strike plans
but did not fix date for its first
meeting.
Meanwhile, Reno left for Des
Moines, with a pledge of sympathetic
cooperation" obtained Monday in
Chicago from Alexander F. Whitney,
chairman of the Labor Executives
Labor association, railway group.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

Because the manufacturer had no orders,
he had to stop buying cloth. Because the
cloth makers had no business, they stop
ped buying yarn. Because the yarn spin
ners were idle, they stopped buying wool.
All along the line wages were cut, labor
was laid off, and the worth Of mans
head or hands kept shrinking away. Il
was situation in which neither human
being nor his handiwork had any true
value any more. II
Now the tide has turned. Under the
terms Of the NRA code worker has to
receive fair living wage. The Govern
ment has set out to make everything !.
both mans time and the product Of his
labor !. worth something again.
Wool =. yarn cloth -. clothing
!. all are necessary to cover our naked
ness, and all need human labor to produce.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Heavy Snow Blankets
Points in Minnesota

St. Paul, Oct. 24.-lP)-Snow, vary
ing in amounts from a trace In the
Twin Cities to II inches in Duluth,
was reported in Minnesota during the
past "a hours.
Traffic was hampered in Duluth by
the one foot snowfall. Snow fell all
during the night in that city, which
Tuesday had q temperature Of q
above.
At Bemidji, and Gonvick, in north
ern Minnesota, snow also was report
ed, seven inches at Bemidji which had
a minimum temperature Of % above,
and six inches at Gonvick. Moor
head, with a minimum Of "a degrees
above, reported q light filter of snow.
Reports from the North Pacific
coast said winter also had set in there,
with snow and heavy gales buffeting
Alaska, British Columbia and Wash
ington.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
~
Why Doctors Favor
a Liquid Laxative

A doctor will tell you that the care
less choice of laxatiyes is a common
cause Of chronic constipation.
Any hospital offers evidence Of the
harm done by harsh laxatives that
drain the system, weaken the bowel
muscles. and even affect the liver
and kidneys.
Fortunately. the public is fast
returning to laxatives in liquid form.
The dose of liquid laxative can be
measured. The action can thus be
controlled. 1t forms no habit: you
needn't take double dose" day
Or two later.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has
the average persons bowels regular
@ clockwork in few weeks time.
Why not try it? Some pill Or tablet
may be more convenient to carry.
hut there is little convenience in
any cathartic which is taken 80
frequently. you must carry It with
yOu, wherever you eoI
IL very taste tells you Or. Cald-
we1l's Syrup Pepsin Is wholesome. A
. deliahtful taste, and delightful action.
Safe for expectant mothers, and
childsen. All druggists, ready tor
~, il hie bottles. Member n. =. A.
j
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Man Sentenced to
Prison From MinOt

Minot, N. D., Oct. 24.-(R)-Fred
Fay Lawrence, ~, who said his last
home was ut Huron, s. D., where he
attended college in 1882, Monday was
sentenced by District Judge John G.
Lowe to not less than five nor more
than seven years in the state peni-
tentiary.
He pleaded guilty to charge Of
stealing an automobile belonging to
Chris G. Nelson Of MinOt.
Lawrence was returned here from
Winnipeg, Man, after pleading guilty.
He told Of numerous other crimes he
has committed, including theft Of an
automobile at Butte, N. D., theft Of
an automobile at Fargo, breaking jail
st Winnipeg and at Crosby, N. D.,
and burglary Of store at Donny-
brook.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Woman Found Guilty
OF Assault, Battery

Found guilty on q charge OF as
sault and battery, Mrs. Violet Olson
Of Driscoll was sentenced to 80 days
In Jail and fined 500 and $35 costs
by Police Magistrate Edward G. Allen
here Monday afternoon.
The charge was preferred by the
woman,s husband, Harry Olson, who
claimed she attacked him when she
visited his home IN quest Of an au-
tomobtle.
A case involving . property set
tlement between the two was pend
ing in Burleigh county district court
when the complaint was issued, SC
Magistrate Allen reserved his deci.
sion until after the district court
litigation had been completed.
Magistrate Alien tCld Mrs. O,sor
he would suspend the jail sentences
and fine II she would pay court costs
but the defendant served notice o.
an appeal.
She is free under $500 bond pend
! ing decision on the appeal.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

FOR TWO, three years you've been say
ing, .sThis overcoat's in fair shape-guess
it'll do another winter" or Il think can
get along without buying new suit"
And probably you could still make
them do while longer but should
you? Isn't this the time to give your
clothes closet ssnew DEAF? Is there any
real economy in looking shabby?
Certainly, SO far as price Is concerned,
you couldn't choose better moment. For
clothing prices today are lower than they
are ever likely to be again!
In the past four years everything in the
clothing industry has been topsyturvy.
Because people were making their old
clothes do, retailers couldn't sell their
stocks. Because retailers couldn't sell,
they couldn't buy from the manufactures.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
GENERAL CONDITIONS

The high pressure area is centered
over Saskatchewan this morning
prince Albert 3O.72) while Low"
prevails throughout all northern dis
trictS and precipitation occurred in
the northern Border states and in the
Canadian Provinces. Temperatures
dropped slightly over the northwest
ern districts.
Missouri river stage at 7 a. M: 90
#. 24-hour change, -0.2 it.
Bismarck station barometer, inch
eS: 2866. Reduced to sea level, 3O.52.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Strange But True
News Items of Day
(By The Associated Prem)
MODERN INGENUITY

Seattle, Oct. Backward Floyd, al
most 13, estimated 1t cost him SIS
to build real automobile. The gas
tank holds pint Of gas. "She can
do eight miles an hour" he said. "She
has only one cylinder but she's q
swell car" The car was made out
of washing machine gasoline motor
with a chain drive; life preserver
for a seat cushion; = real spark plug
and a pedal to start the motor.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

Therefore the final cost Of the finished
product is bound to 60 up.
This process Il now under way. Since
February pay rolls in the clothing indus
try have increased 32H1. Wool has gone
up 49%. Cotton goods are up 90b. Other
materials have kept pace. But now . !.
today there are stiA new winter stocks
to be. had at amazingly low prices :. :.
real bargains for keen buyers. Only 70.
member this-such opportunities are lin
tied. Now u the time TO buy!
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Farmers Say Plane
Caused Field Fire

Fargo. N. D.. Oct. 24-tP)-Charg-
ing one of the Northwest Airways
planes flying low started fire in
their grain field. Reuben Anderson,
tenant. and Oscar Johnson. owner Of q
tract of land seven miles west of Far
60. have filed a suit against the COM
pany in Cass county district court.
It is alleged the plane flew over the
field on Aug and that sparks caused
a fire which destroyed 10 acres OF
shocked wheat and two acres Of
shocked barley.
The farmer asks S278.50 damages.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Andrew Wicklander
OF Washburn Dies

Andrew Wicklander Of Washburn
died in a local hospital at midnight
Monday.
The 54-year-old man had been In
the hospital here since Oct. II.
Wicklander was born in Sweden
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Wick
lander, and had lived at Washburn
for several years.
He leaves one brother. George
Wicklander. living at Washburn, and
one sister, Mrs. Louis Larson, at Ev-
erett, Wash.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed, pending the arrival
here OF Mrs. Larson, who is expected
Wednesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

colder extreme southeast portion to-
night, rising temperature Wednesday.
For Montana: Rain or snow west,
unsettled east portion tonight and
Wednesday: warmer east of divide.
J Minnesota: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday; somewhat colder in
southeast and extreme south tonight;
not so cold Wednesday afternoon In
west and south portions.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

legislature for payment Of the bill.
The city sent its bill 70 the board
Of administration but the board was
advised by the attorney generals Of
flee It had no authority to pay It.
A concurrent resolution was adopt
ed by the two branches Of the legis-
lature providing tor payment Of the
bill. The attorney general ruled, how
ever, that no money can be appropri-
ated except by law. A concurrent
resolution Is not considered q law, as
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
new north DAKOTA
BANK EXAMINER is
SELF.EDUCATED MAN
Adam A. lefor Had Little Op.
portunity to Acquire School
Education

Adam A. Lefor, western North Da-
ko.a banker who last week succeeded
Gilbert Semingson as state examiner
Is a self-educated man. having had q
limited opportunity to attend school.
He was born at Banat. Hungary, III
1881, of German parents, and came
to the United States with his family
when he was only II years old.
He had attended grade school III
Hungary but after his arrival here
was able to attend school only for a
short time, due to the limited finances
Of his family. He was q student Tor
a while in the then newly organized
monastery school at Richardton
When Lefors father arrived at
Richardton in 1898, his total assets
were $50. a wife and nine children,
according to the new examiner. They
settled in the ST. Stephens commun-
ity south of Richardton and later
moved south of Gladstone to the VIC
unity which now is known as the Le-
for community.
Entered Business at IS
When 10 years old Lefor began work
as a store clerk and in 1904 he, with
his father and five brothers, organized
: the Lefor Brothers company, which
operated a store in Gladstone until
1909.
Lefor then entered the farm ma
chinery, lumber and general merchan-
disc business at Lefor. In 1915 he
entered the banking field when ne
organized the Lefor State Bank.
Four years later he began expansion
of his banking interests by organ
izing the Farmers State Bank at
Gladstone and the Farmers State
Bank at Dickinson. Later he became
a stockholder and manager OF the
Citizens State Bank OF Belfleld ana
the Farmers State Bank at Richard
ton.
In 1927 he moved to Dickinson to
better handle his banking interests.
Later the Farmers State Bank OF
Gladstone and the Lefor State Bank
were merged into the Farmers State
Bank of Dickinson.
Lefor always has shown an unusual
interest in the community Of his re-
sidence. The town of Lefor boasts
q large Catholic church and Sisters
school, to which the Lefor family was
a large contributor Recently Lefor
erected in Dickinson a 14-apartment
building which is one of the best OF
its kind in western North Dakota.
Was Married in 1901
Lefor was married to Miss Elizabeth
coA >f Of iv11 1On1 eThniys fm,0
daughters, Mrs. Katherine Raschko
and Mrs. Bertha Becker, both reside
in Dickinson. Mr.. and Mrs. Lefor
have made two trips to Europe. Dur
ing their last visit they made a pill
grimage to the Holy Land and to the
Eternal City of Rome, as we'll as other
parts Of Europe.
Lefor's five brothers are still living
Two are retired farmers in Dickin-
son and three still are on their orig
inal homesteads in the Lefor vicinity
Lefor has served as president OF the
st. Anthony verein at Dickinson and
also as Exalted Ruler of the Elks
lodge in that city. Recently he was
named by President Roosevelt as one
Of the nine directors for the NRA
drive in North Dakota. Last week the
North Dakota Bankers association ap-
pointed him master banker" to
function with the Greater North Da-
kota association.
Lefor has disposed OF his bank stock
and severed connections with his
banks so that he will have more time
for his new work.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
FIRED FOR STEALING

Milwaukee, Oct. 24.-(P-Mrs. Edith
WEIGH, As, divorce who supported
her three children and a jobless SON.
in-law and his wife by scrubbing in
the county building, lost her $85-a-
month job Monday when the county
civil service commission learned she
was convicted recently for stealing IS
cents worth of bakery goods. She Is
on probation.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
| City Must Wait for
Money State Owes 1t

Failure Of the legislature to appro-
pirate by law $4,4l0 asked by the city
Of Bismarck for heat, light, water,
power and other expenses In connec-
ton with housing the last state leg
islature In municipal buildings will
make It necessary for the city to
wait until the next session of the
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
DRAMATIC SETTING

Erie, Pa. baby Hubert Bird made his
world entry in dramatic setting.
The child was born In an operating
room lighted by the candles after hos
pital attendants had carried the
mother up two flights Of stairs. A
power failure had put the elevator
out of commission and doused the
lights.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
GRANGE LEADER SAYS
SOLUTION IS AT HAND

Findlay, O., Oct. 24.-(P)-Violenoe
in the farm belt, believes Louis j.
Taber, national head OF the Grange,
would hinder improvement.
He told Northwest Ohio Grange or
ganizations Monday night the NRA
and the AAA will solve the farmers
difficulties.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

Wednesday after.
noon.
For North Da.
kota: Cloudy tt
partly cloudy to.
night and Wed.
ne 2v, sn o u
Wednesday north
west portion: not
50 cold Wednesday
Afternoon.
For South Da-
kota: Cloudy tc
partly cloudy to-
night and Wed.
nncjox,s c1ir1,% I,
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
PRECIPITATION

For Bismarck station:
Total this month to date .... .21
Normal, this month to date ..... "a
Total, Jan. 1st to date .......... 9.46
Normal, Jan. 1st to date ....... $500
Accumulated defcy. to date 49,. 5.54
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
BOMB WRECKS SHOl

Chicago, Oct. 24.-fPl-A black pow
der bomb exploded and partially
wrecked a new beauty shop its owner
had planned to open Tuesday, sew
eral miles from where senate sub
committee is conducting hearings on
how to curb crime and racketeering.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
HERE'S AN IDEA

Emporia, KaS. - Read Band,
young merchant called as q juror.
said he was glad to serve but dis
liked wasting time. He suggested
a night session Of an embezzle-
ment trial. A night session was
called.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

believe that women. through the
influence of our current economic
situation, are largely responsible for
the demise of romantic screen types.
Jesse L. Lasky.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

the governor has no power 70 veto
such an enactment
Nelson sauvain, chairman of tho
board Of administration, said that Ia
view Of the attorney generals ruling
the board could not pay the bill.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
ASKS WRESTLING CLEANUP

st. Paul, Oct. 24.-{P)-State Sena-
tor Charles A. Hausler termed recent
Twin Cities wrestling matches fakes
and scandalous" today and said he
would ask state control Of the sport.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

Washington. oct. -. 4.tE,-Interest
payments on the public debt. coupled
With accelerated spending for emerg-
ency relief purposes. has established
4 treasury deficit of 4l76.000 900 thus
far for The month up % october II.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
UPTURN ITEM NO. 5

The National Knitted Outerwear As
sociation showed N increase q 33%
In employment and.17% IN pay rolls
from 649 mills, as ! result Of opera
tions under . temporary code.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

FIRST COAT-HANGER: II wish the boss
would get new overcoat - I've been
holding this one for him a terrible long
time."
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

SECOND COAT-HANGER: "Say, you're
lucky I've been hanging here without
holding ANYTHING for almost four
years!"
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24

Seattle, WASH, clear :.
Sheridan, Wyo., rain !.
Sioux City, Ia, cldy -.
Spokane, WASH, foggy !.
Swift Current, S., cldy ).
The Pas, Man., cldy -.
Toledo, Ohio, cldy -.
Willist0n, n. ID, cldy. /.
Winnemucca, New, clear
Winnipeg, Man., cldy !.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
Weather Report
FORECAST
nMInY

For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy
to partly cloudy tonight and Wednes-
Cav. not so cold
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-10-24
ROOSEVELT HAS COLD

Washington. oct. 24.-(R1-presi-
dent Roosevelt set up his Workshop
for Tuesday In the white house study,
remaining away from his office be-
cause Of q slight cold.