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with the Grim Reaper. Benjamin F. Hen
dirk. Norfolk. Ia. had his neck broken
by wave. The burning sun spread the rail.
and c,used train wreck in Oregon which was
responsible for two deaths and nine serious
injuries.
Much has been said recently Of tie hazards
Of college sports. but Lawrence Lacdigs. Ma
comb. ILL.,. believe. he is the FIRST basketball
player to be wounded in action by firearms He
was about 10 get back into holly contested
game. with just Eve seconds to go. when the
timer, who had his gun poised for the final shot.
pulled the trigger. His team won. but Laedss
was lost to his team for several days because
Of badly burned pair Of thighs.
incidentally. no basketball players were re-
ported killed while playing last year. but at
least 10 met death in traffic accidents while
going TO or from their games.
LEV motorists ever got hurt in an odder
manner than did Keith Crouso,te Of Rock
Island. III. His car vas struck from behind
by another car. The shock threw Crousotte
out Of bis ear-and the wheels Of his own auto
ran over him.
Frank Coduti Of Chicago had an argument
with his wife. lost. and decided to commit sui.
eide. So he drove his car over the top OF
6O-foot bluff. The car was wrecked: but
Coduti, unhurt. cravled out and went home.
On Washington birthday a man in the
cast was killed when cherry tree which he
was cutting down fell on him. Cravedisses
Frank Pablo Of Dickson City. "a. fell in
the grave he was digging and died.
Two women bathers in Palo Alto, Cahf..
were run over twice BY the same car and Sc.
riously hurt, The driver backed over them !.
they lay on the beach summing themselves.
Frightened by their screams he drove forward
-over them again.
March Is was obviously the wrong day 10
let George Ryan. Oakland. Calf. sweep the
chimney. He started the day BY falling of III.
ladder. After another try he made the roof.
only to fall down upon il. Hardly had be
arisen. before he fell of the roof.
Dsheartened2 Not George. He climbed
back on the roof. then promptly fell down the
chimney. He became wedsed. but managed
to wrissle out. Then he fell Of the roof again
Officers found George. unhurt. still trying
to sweep the chimney. They advised him 10
take day off,
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his bed. His sl.ss eye didn't register on gun
on the dresser. He knocked the gun 10 the
floor and i discharged bullet into his right
arm. At the hospital ! surgeon amputated the
arm.
Major General Charles G. Morton. y. S.
A.. retired. who survived three wars and wore
the distinguished service medal aLd croix de
suerse. died IL 1888 from 6recracker wound.
4 FER reading some Of the unusual escape.
"A relsted above Il will be surprising 10 see
how easily many 1893 accident victims me,
death.
Salvatore Stes. 10. Washington. was killed
il fous-foot fell from ! stone wall. Mrs.
Emma Ro,hroek. IS. Chicago. died Of injurie.
incurred when she trpped over pair Of over.
shoes Thinsen-year-cld Everett Dalslies. Of
os5easburs. N. r.. died from brain coneu..
sies whsa bic dancing partner accidentally
struck him On The temple with her elbow.
A Chicago sih. Mary Freeman. toppled
backward u her chair and died Of the result.
ans isjvries. A Chiessosn. Frank Williams.
cut hs fasss while shaving and died from the
iafseies which followed. Al elderly womao
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One man was killed while
attempting to commit suicid'
---snd that:s Just one Of the N,
hsrd-to-beheve mishsps tia,
happened during the year

cause Of sprained ankle. tripped on the crutch.
e.. fell. and broke her neck.
Fellow workmen fled in all direction. as
John Austin. New Albany. Ind. dropped
heavy box Of dynsmiee he was loading on a
barge. The dynamite didn't explode. but the
box fell on Austin's neck and broke il.
A West Virginia druggist Dr.. L. r. Ford.
claims he was fated t. get hurt anyway. When
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MS Seo0u IAUe0 20 make D
turn and plunged over m
e,nbankment he crawled
out Of the wrscksse IN.
hurt. But IN climbing up
the embsnkment lie slipped.
fell upon ! jagged. rock.
and suffered serious in.
juries.
In 1881 4 West VII.
gina man WAS struck by :
train and lost : les. In
1892 he was hit BY an ~.
tos,obie aud lot his left
eye. In 1888 he reached
for his artificial leg beside
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SdIidtlOH. LuSSO SlOppcU Ills
car along a rural highway.
picked up turtle and drove
on.
The turtle started to climb
up his pants leg Zucco got
excited and forgot to keep hi.
mind on his driving. The
car crashed into a telephone
pole. and driver. wife and
turtle received severe but not
fatal injuries.
Anti-beer forces may add
The following to their propa-
sanda file:
Thomas T. Lloyd. Peters
burg. Ill.,. dislocated his
shoulder while reaching for
glass Of beer.
Louis Cont. Milwaukee.
fractured his nose when.
while tapping kes Of beer.
the bung flew out and struck
him in the face. This mis-
hap. oddly enough. occurred
in Sharpshooters Park.
Andrew A. kirsch. Pitts
burgh restaurateur. died Of
injuries caused by an explod-
ing beer key.
Boys will be boys. Jack
Wilbur. ketchikan. Alaska.
was killed witt. a gun at his
ODD birthday party while
playing cowboy. ]. F. Rar.
drn ~ 0ll.hrm. C;iv
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slipped and suffered serious head injury while
rounding third base in a sandlot baseball game.
And girls will Be girls. Mrs. Cruz Mar,
tinez. l06 years old. Chicago. wa. burned to
death when her clothing caught Ere from the
cisaret she wa. smoking.
Even the elements seem to ally themseIye.
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ing i for stew. But bunny had other ideas
las well as rabies. Il climbed out OF the
basket and chewed At madam's finger. but was
poked back.
When It arrived in the kitchen il went Der.
serk. It BIT NJ. lie Febure. his son aud two
daughters. cleaned up on the dog and two cat.
Copyright. 1888. by Everywesk Masasinel
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and finally was chased into chicken coop.
where il mangled 10 hens. killed three ducks
and then, apparently satisfied. il lay down and
died
Martin L. Crimins, u. S. A.. retired, was
bitten badly by water moccasin just lew
minutes before he was to have delivered an
address on poisonous snakes at Sufefn. N. y
TINE usual number OF bees flew into auto
mobiles and caused drivers to lose control
Of their cars. but the experience Of Costanzo
Zueeo Of Philadelphia provides an interesting
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Of Litch6eld. ILL.,. tripped
over her kitten and fractured
. hip.
Animals. BY the way.
were responsible for a mum.
Der Of serio-comic accidents
in 1882.
A hit-and-run dog sen,
W. J. Cennack. Denver. to
the hospital with a frac-
tured leg. Two robins al.
tackled Johnny Harper.
four.year-oId Anderson.
Ind. lad. and inflicted Sc.
rious scalp wounds.
One Of the stransest
cases Of the year occurred
in Lille. France. Mime. lie
Febure bought . rabbit at >
r...L>. ..,:.h IL. IL. ~ -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-03
By Harry Barsantee

OF lone ago Tie newspapers told about John Holman
III Of York. Pa who failed in his plan 10 comm. sui
eide. but died in the attempt thus schievne his pu
pose anyway. Holman. who was IS. was found dead
Of fractured sku in he cellar Of bis home with moose Of
insulated wire cuhed in his hand aud box his feet The
said he believed Holman fell and struck he head while
sropiag 10 The dark for place 10 lie the loop
Now when intent upon escaping this vale Of tears can't
even een suicide without having Old Man Accident step Up
and dap him down before he ct he lied tight around
hi. neck. what e Of W who still have hanken, 10
live. expeeta
Well. might depend upon luck o. toushne.s Some o.
he oldest nhsps Of 1893. Of fact were really not
aocdeats q I'll. but marvellous escspes
For instance ne,s Psna. Ill., an automobile nosed onto
New York Cear crossing just passenger train travelling
70 miles N hour arrived It he place.
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ne UolQ Se0ppeo mile Gown
the trsek. The crew lifted IN sute
radistor and TWO wheels Of The 10,
connective pilot and started back 70
the crossing looking for bodies.
There they found the remainder Of :.
the automobile. upright. It's win al
dows and Windshield uabroken. but
the radiator and wheels cut Of q
clearly - with 4 knife. inside sse6T
were Thomas Resinsns and james
kirel. unsesatehsd and unbuissd. IL
but still speeches from fright. sSo
"A MOTHER fortunate gentle. ]
"a man who admitted It The time
thst he would about Is soon Be
killed % scared to death was Harold Mclean.
Z Cheagosn.
Witnesses capped ia horror as hey saw
fast travelling street ear strike and run over him.
With grinding brakes the car came to = stop
some distanee away. dragging Mclean with i.
He Wa pinned under the trucks and ezsri-
Gated with difficulty. He wss appsreaAy dead.
but an ambulance rushed him 10 the hospital.
A. IN inferno prepared to make superficial
axamisst;ea Mclean suddenly opsasd his eyes.
straishseasd UP. and announced he was al
right. He was. tie returned home under bis
own power. suffering only few minor cuts and
bruises.
Teushne.s honor. in 1893 were carried Of
BY four younessess and one adult. Samuel
Malbin Of Cleveland gets 6r,t prize. He
dropped iron he iourtseath aoor Of down
town hosd and sufesed 10 more than irse~
tussd arm. Where's ny hst," he asksd As
hesror-stiekea bystssdess picked hin up.
Twoyesr-eld Lustes Lsdve Of Moatresl wa.
thrown 50 feet when : passenger train losIed
BY. cutting bslh handles from the whselbanow
on which she was sitting. but she picked herself
up unhurt. The l9.noedh-old son Of Nj. and
Mr.. NJ. B. Rudd Of Ssaside. Ore. ELL eut
Of sseead-s.ory window onto frozen ground.
see sp aad toddlsd bsek int he house again.
pe.s;bly to Try the trek al over again It the
asxe opportunity.
Arthur King. three. was struck slaneias
blow BY Z train soins nile mipute. bue was
unhut. Keanesh Dsvis. l4.ysar.old Chi.
case led. w.s struck By ssdsa ssd kseeked
under . moving strsse car. but suffered only .
split LIP.
TACK MILLER Of Carlyle. H.. msds )
j I'D ier toughnes hsaoss. bue ceudst sssd
he pee. On 1onias be isll 20 ises irsn
he municipal wsssr iewes. under eeasesvet;sa.
but VA uaiajussd. Lates i IL day b slppsd
again. this tine fslliag o5 TT 70 Bis desth.
"A Chicago yes.h. Leo Csasasae. We. Il.
jussd il fall frsn he fourth ssesy Of h;s
home. A few aiautss lister h ess u which
10 was bsins tstas - he hospital 10 t,ess.
ment overturned i Z esssh viii aaethss ear
and h wss killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l6. U.p)
United behind State Commander
Archie Closson of Lodi, delegates
to the 10th annual state convention
of the American Legion marched
back home today to carry on a
year-round campaign against SUBJ
versive elements in California.
CloSson was chosen state COM
mander in one of the closest con-
tests in Legion history. He re-
ceived 1889 votes to 918 for Irwin
T. (Tom Quinn, Eureka attorney,
in the closing session late yester-
day.
Quinn Immediately moved that
the election of the Lodi vineyard
ist and blacksmith be made unan-
imous. Closson headed the Amer
icanization committee during the
past year and is making the cam
paign against radicalism the key
note of his administration.
The American Legion Auxiliary
also chose a former Americaniza-
ton committee chairman as its
president, electing Mrs. Carrie
TesSin Baade of Napa to lead the
organization during the coming
year. Mrs. Baade is a writer and
member of the Napa school
board.
The two organizations. the Leg
ion and the Auxiliary, quickly filled
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16
LEGION CONVENTION CLOSES WITH
CL0SSON ELECTED AS COMMANDER
Resolutions Defining Treason And Asking
Censure For Secretary Perkins Go Down
To Defeat

their remaining administrative posts
after choosing their leaders.
The LegionnaireS selected Marion
Fisher, San Diego, as vice COM
mander at large and named the
following area commanders: No.
/, E. M. Moore, LarkSpur; No. 2,
Charles st. John, Richmond; No.
3, DR.. L. j. Kirckoff, Jackson; No.
4, Stanley Wood, Pasadena; No. 5,
Charles Wood, Indio. James Fisk
was reappointed adjutant and Tom
Wise assistant. Claude Deal, Sac
ramento, won the post OF sergeant
alarms. Archbishop John NIFTY
previously had been named chap
lain and Homer Chaillaux, retir-
ing state commander, selected na-
tional executive committeeman.
Women Name Officers
The Auxiliary reelected Mrs.
Ethel Flynn, Oakland, as secretary
and treasurer Mrs. Melva Garner,
Turlock, defeated Mrs. Beatrice
Trumbull, haywood, for the vice
presidency. Mrs. Florence Smith,
Anaheim, was appointed to the
finance committee and Mrs. Mary
Anne Holt, San Francisco, and
Mrs. Florence Kelly, Fresno, were
chosen delegates at large to the
national convention. Mrs. Ernes-
tine Aylward, Los Angeles retiring
president, became Junior past pres
ident.
Resolutions approved by the Leg
ion delegates in the closing session
mapped a determined course against
subversion and Communistic agi-
| tators.
Among the steps approved were
proposals calling for barring all
radical publications from the mails;
immediate deportation of all aliens
employed by the government, un-
employed or on relief rolls; res
ending of American recognition of
Russia unless the Soviet accepts
deportees; creation of federal de-
tention camps in isolated places for
aliens awaiting deportation; remov-
al from relief rolls of all known
radicals and cancellation of
state citizenship rights of Com
muniStS.
Two drastic proposals were de-
feated. One would have provided
the death penalty for treason and
insurrection under a new defini-
ton of the terms. The other. pro-
posed censuring Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins for inactivity"
in deporting alien agitators.
The California delegation to the
Miami national convention was in
structed to seek the 1885 conclave
for Los Angeles.
The president IS reception and
ball last night completed the con-
vention program. The 1885 con-
vention will be held in Fresno.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16
SEA MONSTER
SPOTTED ON
DIVING TRIP
Scientists See Strange Life
At Record Depth Below
Ocean Surface

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 16.
U.P)-A 20-foot sea monster, glid-
ing past the bathysphere diving
ball of DR.. William C. Beebe, pro-
vided science today with new in
formation regarding life in the
black depths of the Atlantic ocean.
Beebe and his associate, Otis
Barton, saw the monster, the larg-
est living thing ever seen deep in
the sea, when they descended in
Beebe's steel diving ball 3,028 feet
more than half a mile and a
new record.
Comparatively, Beebe in his dive
but scratched the surface of the
sea. The greatest depth found in
the Atlantic is 27972 feet, off Puer-
to Rico, and the greatest depth
found in any sea is 35,400 feet, off
Mindanao Island in the Philip
pines.
But Beebe, studying marine life,
has added much information to the
little known about the ocean
depths.
On MS flrSt dive SATURDAY ne
descended to 2,510 feet. Yesterday
he went 518 feet farther down.
1t took two hours and 46 min
utes for the dive, made eight miles
off Nonesuch Island, northeast OF
| the main island. The divers spent
five minutes at the lowest level
There was pressure of half a ton
square inch on the bathysphere
and of 10 tons on the surface of its
two quartz windows. Much Scien-
tific data was acquired.
At the 1923 feet level but Al feet
remained of the BOTS foot cable on
which the bathysphere was lowered,
and it was deemed unsafe to pay
that out.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16

A drop of 10 second feet in the
flow of the Colorado river at Grand
Canyon is noted for today accord
ing to readings posted at irrigation
district headquarters here. To-
days reading shows 1880 second
feet of flow as compared to 1890
for yesterday at the Canyon sta
ton. The diversion reading for
today shows 66S second feet of wat
er being taken into the district
canal system.
The report on weather condi-
tionS in the upper Colorado basin
as contained in telegram from
the Yuma office of the weather
bureau states that no rain OF con-
sequence is reported in the upper
basin but unsettled weather con-
ditions with indications for scat
tered showers over Friday.
This afternoon from five O'Clock
until midnight, local residents will
be given an opportunity to irrigate
their trees and shrubs from the
city's water supply. Phil w.
knights, city engineer, again re-
quests residents to confine this ir-
rigation to the trees and shrubs
on their property. The city trees
in the parking will be taken care
of by city water trucks, he said.
Nothing definite has been heard
from San Francisco as yet re-
garding the approval Of the county
project which requests an addition
al 26 trucks to be used in hauling
stock water to ranches in the coun-
ty. However, it was learned today
that M. R. Huberty, irrigation en-
gineer, with C. I. Schottland, SERA
director for Southern California
will be here tomorrow to confer
again with county officials relative
to this project.
The resignation of John T, Rice
as supervising engineer of works
placement for SERA was announc-
ed last night and accepted. No
successor is to be appointed, w. j.
Sterrett. county director of SERA
stated today as Kenneth Hickcox
who had worked with Rice, will fin
ish work on project plans now
pending Rice resigned because he
is a candidate for the office OF
county surveyor.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16
HUNT SPREADS
FOR k|DNAPERS

TORONTO, Ont, Aug. 16. W.p)-
Search for the kidnapers of john
S. Labatt, wealthy brewer, spread
through Canadian cities and to the
United States today coincident with
new indications of contact or
impending contact with the alb
ductors.
The swarthy "man of mystery. -
who visited Hugh Labatt, brother
of the victim at the Toronto hotel
where $150,000 ransom is ready, re-
turned this afternoon, possibly with
further information. 't
Police extended their search to
Detroit, where upon tips from two
ontario officers the underworld
haunts of known eNngsters were
searched. A man linked with De-
troit and Windsor runners
was sought.
Two lettelA<ere received by Hugh
Labatt, both mailed in Toronto.
The fragment of fingerprint was
found on the automobile from
which Labatt was abducted. Cop
les were sent to the United States
for checking, one copy going to
Albany N. Y, to be compared with
records in the John j. O'Connell,
Jr.., kidnapping.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16
CLAIM NELSON
WAS HIDING IN
LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16. W.P)-
Search for George (Baby Face
Nelson was abandoned in Southern
California today in belief the no
torious gunman had fled after
having been hidden for two weeks
in a west side apartment.
The sheriff IS office was advised
that Nelson occupied the apart
ment with a woman known only
as "the moll with the hour glass
figure. - Although the two were
believed TO have been in Los An
geles less than a week ago. depu-
ties said they no longer believed
Nelson to be in the city.
The apartment house manager
who gave officers the information
said the woman dyed the man IS
hair each week. The manager s
description of the two tenants tai
lied with that of Nelson and a
woman who were believed to have
held up a Salt Lake City filling
station attendant a few days ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16
Mx R1~~
VIyJI NsNsuSkS sYsalists. iSA
ATTACK MADE
BY SENATOR
Dickinson OF Iowa Flags Ad-
ministration In Speech To
Maine Voters

LEWISTON, Me-, Aug. l6. W.P)
Uncertainty of experimentation
under a "rattle- e-brained Demo-
cratic administration was attacked
today by Senator l.. j. Dickinson
(Rep) Iowa, in speech before
Maine Republicans preparing for
September elections.
"T'his Democratic administra-
tion is rattle-brained," Dickinson
asserted. "Decisions are made for
the effect on the day and with
no thought of tomorrow or future
consequences The program S
made up of headlines promising
benefits to humanity, but, like most
Democratic promises, the dividend
checks never arrive.
"When headlines no longer at
tract attention and muShy radio
propaganda no longer appeaseS,
the "Big Berthas' of the ad-
ministration take to the road. The
President himself, at the expense
of the taxpayer, travelled to Ha-
waii in luxury and returns to visit
the various projects where money
is being squandered.
The speaker cited the dollar, and
business. commercial, and farm at
moSphere as uncertain under
the "new deal.'
Most of this uncertainty has
been brought about by an effort
on the part of the Democratic
leadership to direct us into un-
trodden paths and to detour us
economically through the byway of
experiment.
He charged that various govern
ment departments were working at
counter proposals.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-16
BLACK GIVEN
NEW W.POS|T|0N
BY PRESIDENT
Former Head Of Federal Re-
serve Board To Be Contact
Man For Administration
TO INTERPRET NEW DEAL
Step Taken In Hopes OF OFF,
setting Criticism By Financial
Men Of Nation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. W.P)--
A new drive to sell the Roosevelt
program to its severest critics
the nations bankers-waS seen to-
day in appointment of Eugene R.
Black as official "liaison officer'
between banks and government.
Black resigned yesterday a S
chairman Of the federal reserve
board. He Immediately was named
to the newly created post by Pres
ident Roosevelt The shift brought
reports of further liberalization of
administration banking policy. Two
more important financial posts
may be vacated soon.
Black will share his time be-
tween the liaison job and his pos
ition as governor of the Atlanta
federal reserve bank which he left
May 10, 1888, to assume tempor-
arily the direction of the whole re-
serve system.
He repeatedly had asked to be
allowed to return to Atlanta. AS
liaison man, Black will have the
task of interpreting the "new
deal'' to the bankers who have be-
come increasingly critical as the
recovery program has developed.
''You can do much good," Pres
ident Roosevelt wrote Black in ac-
cepting his resignation, "by pre-
Rnting the recovery program to
the country's reserve banks, COM
mercial banks and other financial
institutions; by acquainting them
with the sutf essive steps taken by
the administration which have re-
suited in the present prosperous
condition of these institutions and
which make possible their cooper
alton with the administration in
its program of complete business
rehabilitation.
81 am pleased to think that your
position as governor of the federal
reserve bank of Atlanta will give
you opportunity to undertake this
work and that the bank, together
with the federal reserve board,
will cooperate with you in its per-
formance. -
On the heels of the Black resig-
nation, there were indications OF
the early retirement of E. G. Ben
nett, conservative member OF the
Federal Deposit Insurance corpor-
alton. Another important banking
post which may be vacated Is that
of Adolf C. Miller, 20-year member
of the reserve board whose term
expired on August 9.