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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
BYRD BATTLES TO
RESCUE PAIR FROM
ANTARCTIC storm
Two Men Trapped IN Uncharted
Ice Field When Plane 10
Forced Down
Little America. Antarctica. March

Little America, Antarctica. March
N.-H-(via Mackay Radio)-Res-
cue expeditions awaited Tuesday q
break In the weather which would
permit them to 60 to the aid Of two
Byrd Antarctic expedition members
isolated after forced airplane land
ing In an uncharted Ice field.
Pilot william G. Bowlin and wire
less operator Clay Bailey were forced
down during q storm Sunday night
while returning from depot where
they had deposited supplies 100 miles
from their main base.
Rear Admiral Byrd made ready to
fly q plane to their relief and q
ground party was prepared to rush
to the group, but high winds and
drifting snow made start impossible.
when the plane left Little Amer
ica." said Admiral Byrd, 1T carried
full emergency equipment, including
q tent, cooking stove, sleeping bags.
and 80 days rations per man.
Both men were amply equipped
with fur clothing. so see no reason
for concern. We shall start looking
for them as soon as the weather gives
us q chance"
The last radio message from the
stranded filters was at 8 p. m. Sunday.
when they reported they had buried
the plane in the srsow to prevent its
being blown away By the high wind.
Although the exact location of the
pane was not known. 1t was believed
they were marooned between eight
and Is miles from the Little America
base.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
Silver Is Linked to
Farm Relief Measure

Washington, March 20.-R)-The
fate Of the new silver demonstrations
farm relief bill, approved 30 thump-
ingly by the house, was deposited
squarely on the White House door.
step Tuesday by senate majority
leaders.
Should the measure be taken In
and given q presidential blessing. adj
ministration chieftains said It would
be passed by the senate. II left out
Ia the cold. they held 1t had small
chance Of passage.
Diregarding Republican cries Of
dumping" and "fiat money" the bill
was showed along by the house Mon
day, 257 to liz. Under It silver would
Be accepted ct well above the world
price In payment for exported agri-
cultural surpluses. Silver certificates
would be issued on the metal thus
obtained.
Voting for the bill was Sinclair,
n. D., while Lemke. N. D.. was paired
for It.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
South DakOtans See
New Criminal Gang

Mitchell, 8. D., March 20.-tP)-
Existence Of . newly organized gang
Of former convicts preying on Gen.
trail South Dakota communities was
barred here Tuesday by Dawson Coun-
" Attorney i. =. NaviI3.
A member Of the gang, George Nc
Crane. was under arrest here, charged
with possession Of burglary tools.
6heriffs Of nearby counties want him
for questioning for burglaries In which
several stores OF small towns have
been looted In night raids.
Navin indicated three men arrested
here last week were minor members
Of the gang. Two, Ralph Emerson
and Charles Schutt. received one
year sentences In the state peniten-
tiary when they confessed stealing .
car for Gerald Fuller, IN ex-convict,
for as.
Fuller and dcCrane, Navin said he
believes. are members Of the gang
which apparently WIS organized this
winter. The gang leader Is not known.
authorities said Fuller Is In jail
heTo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
FARMER'SbODY IS
FOUND IN BLAZING
STACK MONDAY
Remains Had Been Bound With
Barbed Wire and Placed
on Funeral Pyre
OFFICIALS PROBING CASE
Wife and Eight Children Mourn
Death Of Prosperous
Chaseley Resident

Harvey, N. D., March 20.-(R-
The body Of Henry zirbel. 50, pros-
porous Chaseley. N. D., farmer. was
found, wrapped with - feet Of barbed
wire, on top Of . burning straw stack
two and q quarter miles from his
home Monday about 10 p. m. BY sew
eral OF his children. Zirbel. accord
ing to available stories. had left his
home only IS minutes before.
Whether death resulted from burn
ing or from other cause Was to b
determined by an autopsy Tuesday
under direction Of County Coroner
G. A. Boyum.
The body was badly charred. ZiY.
bel leaves his widow and eight chill
dren.
States Attorney J. w. Schmidt ct
Fessenden pronounced the affair .
clear case Of murder.
An inquest before coroner's jury
composed Of Burt Earl, w. =. etrohel
and H. p. Peterson now Is In progress.
An autopsy conducted by Coroner
G. A. Boyum revealed that Zirbel had
suffered conclusion Of the brain,
Schmidt said. but there appeared TO
be no definite proof that his skull
was fractured.
Had Been Hit On Head
Obviously. however, he had been
hit on the head before he was bound
and thrown on the fire. Whether he
came to his death from the flames q
was dead from other causes Is prob
lem before the jury.
Zirbel recently had suffered sew
eral heart attacks and his family be-
came alarmed when he failed to re-
turn to the house Immediately Mon
day night after they had expected
him to be back In few minutes.
Several Of the children went 10
look for him. Schmidt Was advised.
and failing to find him were attract.
ed by the flames OF the straw stack
in the distance and drove toward 1t.
discovering their fathers body.
No arrests have been made, and the
states attorney said that 50 far no
clues Of any consequence have been
discovered.
Zirbel had had some disagreements
with others in the past which might
have led to an act Of revenge against
him, Schmidt learned, but the trouble.
he said. was all Of bygone date-as
far back as five years or more.
No Recent QuaErels
There appeared no evidence Of
quarrel with anyone In recent
months.
Zirbel. although suffering from
heart attacks. was q powerful man.
weighing about 100 pounds. It Is
Schmidt's guess that to seize and
bind him would have required the ef-
forts Of an equally powerful man.
perhaps two men.
Source Of the wire, apparently old
and used, Is being traced BY Wells
county authorities.
The time element involved In the
case is matter into which author
tiles win probe deeply. Schmidt said.
In all something less than IS minutes
elapsed between the time Zirbel Is
presumed to have left his home and
the time his body was found. In that
space Of time he was struck on the
head, his body bound with wire and
tossed on the strawstack. These
happenings in the short space Of
time, combined with the fact that
the straw stack Is more than two
miles away from the Zirbel home,
make the case difficult Of approach,
Schmidt said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
CLAIM AMERICANS
CONFESS TO PART
IN Big SPY PLOT
French Say international Syn
dicate Sold Secrets to Rus.
STA and Germany.

Paris, March 20. - B - Spying
against the United States. France and
Great Britain was charged by police
Tuesday In a widespread plot they said
finally had been revealed through the
testimony Of two American prisoners
Investigators said Germany and So
Wet Russia had been the beneficiaries
Of what authorities described as q
vast international espionage syndi.
cate.
Police Of the United States and Eng
land have been cooperating In the in
vestigation Of the spy ring. 1t was ex-
planned. and 1t Is largely through
their efforts that the tangled skein Of
the mystery Of the so-called plot fin
ally Is commencing to be unraveled
Police voiced their charge Is de-
velopments came thick and fast fol-
lowing . seven-hour questioning Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz
the Americans. in secret session be-
fore Judge Andre Benon, investigat-
Ing magistrate, which did not end un-
til shortly before last midnight.
Early Tuesday. five persons, includ-
ing two women, were arrested In what
police described as q direct outgrowth
Of their questioning Of the SwitSes
held in the alleged plots since Docem-
Der 20.
Court officials said the pair made
full confession Of whatever part
they played.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
LAWYER DECLARES
insult PLANS TO
COME BACK TO US.
Hopes to Settle Down and Live
Peacefully When Excite
mont Has Ebbed

Athens, March 20.-lF)-Samuel In.
sull plans to return to tho United
States after the excitement Of his case
dies down and live In America peace
fully the rest Of his life. one Of the
aged fugitive's Greek attorneys told
the Associated Press Tuesday.
The lawyer, Mr.. xeros. declared he
was In communication both with In
sull's ship on the Mediterranean and
his London solicitors who are hand
ling the former Chicagoan's affairs.
Although Insults destination re-
NAMED more Of q mystery than ever
to the public, the attorney said Mrs.
insult and her husbands lawyers were
maintaining close touch with insult
by special code.
"Insull seems happy now In calm
weather" the lawyer said.
wherever he is going now, he will
make hts permanent home II the
United States continues to persecute
him.
Mrs. insult will 60 to Paris satur-
day and thereafter will leave for
London within . few days." Xeros
added.
insult may visit as many as 20
countries before he finds q haven, said
Xeros.
Mrs. insult never expressed feelings
against the United States" he con-
tinued. '"They would 60 there now.
but are afraid for their lives and
afraid he viii not get justice.
insult is afraid he may be made
fool Of. or even lynched by crowds.
Sees Political Persecution
II believe the question Is a political
one and that later insult will be re-
ceived gloriously in the United
States"
The lawyer compared the case to a
Balkan political quarrel"
insults chugging little freighter as
sumed, in the eyes Of puzzled Greeks
Tuesday, some Of the disappearing
qualities popularity attributed here to
the man they know as the "Sly Old
FOX" himself.
For oil their efforts to check the
sged fugitive's course across the Medi-
terTanean. authorities still were with
out definite indication Of his where
sbouts Tuesday.
Until the steamer Maiotis bore the
fyomer Chicagoan out OF Greek terri
torial waters toward some unknown
haven Of refuge from arrest for Amer
lean authorities Monday. port officials
were in regular communication.
When last heard from, the Maiotis
Was holding q true course toward the
Suez canal. believed by some to be
carrying her famous passenger toward
Abyssiuia or Syria.
Amid many run,ors, the general as
sumption was that stormy weather
had forced the vessel to take shelter
at some island from which she would
later proceed. It was pointed out.
however. that the Maiotis weathered
q much worse storm when she return.
ed insult to the Port OF Piraeus after
the interrupted getaway Of last week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
$6,376,209 Paid to
State Wheat Growers

Washington, March 20-(R)-The
farm administration said Tuesday It
had distributed $l73,57O,549 in rental
and benefit payments to l,774,43l
farmers In 46 states.
These payments - compiled as Of
March 1-were distributed by COM
modities as follows: $ll2.349.l76 to
1880. $50 cotton growers; $5o,635.2l6 to
7l2,354 wheat farmers, and ,586,l56
to Sl,54l tobacco growers.
A tabulation Of the benefit and
rental payments included:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
NAB ALLEGED BANDIT

Chicago. March 2o-(R,-Jacob
Pearson. -. said to be the last Of
hand Of robbers who raided the Union
National Bank at Streator. H.. two
years ago and looted II Of $4,000 was
captured IN "A apartment Ga the west
side Tuesday, Il
Evening star., 1934-11-18
RALLY NIGHT PLANNED
In RANDLE HIGHLANDS
Yaden and Lions Official to Speak.
With Two Surprise Fea-
lures Announced.

Members of the Randle Highlands
Citizens Association have been prom
ised a varied program when the
association observes rally night"
Wednesday"
This month, President AdeIbert w.
Lee announces, the group Is moving
to larger quarters at the newly COM
pleted Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics Hall, 2407 Minnesota
avenue southeast, and featured on
the evenings program will be an ad-
dress by James G. Yaden, president
Of the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations. Other speakers will be w. K.
Harmon, president Of the East WASH
ington Heights Citizens Association,
and Irving Yockelson, president Of the
Anacostia Lions Club.
Two surprise programs are slated
for the evening, Mr.. Lee said. One
is being arranged by the Parent
Teacher Association Of the Benjamin
Orr School and the other is under the
arrangement Of q special committee
under the Craftsmanship of r. H.
Randall. The local Boy Scouts will
act as ushers.
A review of the accomplishments
and efforts of the association for the
past three years will be made, Mr.. Lee
said.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
APPEAL FOR TRAFFIC
SIGNS IS CONSIDERED
Van Duzer Weighs Pros and Cons
on Proposal for Nichols
Avenue.

The question Of posting mo park
ing signs on Nichols avenue south
east between Good Hope and Sheridan
roads during the morning and evening
rush hours was discussed at length by
the various groups representing the
civic bodies in the Anacostia area
Thursday In Traffic Director William
A. Van Duzer's Office.
Van Duzer, after hearing the argu-
ments for both sides, took the matter
under advisement and withheld any
decision until later date.
Opposition to the placing Of the
signs was expressed by the Anacostia
Citizens Association and the Business
Mems Association. They contended
erection of the signs would tend to
make a race track" of Nichols ave-
nue., whereas the other groups thought
the signs would relieve the congestion
during the hours of z and 9 am. and
4 and 6 pm.
The organizations represented at the
hearing, besides the Southeast Busi-
ness Mems Association, and their rep
resentatives were:
Washington Highlands Citizens As
ISOLATION, Miss Bessie B. Warren, Har-
old Newton and w. Earl Nair, prest-
dent; Hillcrest Citizens Association,
Mrs. Charles Foster and Mrs. B. n.
Patton; Congress Heights Citizens As
sociation, DR.. e. E. Richardson, presi-
dent; Randle Highlands Citizens As
sociation, Adelbert w. Lee, president,
and the Anacostia Citizens Associa-
ton, Capt. Frank M. Dent.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
FORMER HEAD TO ACT
AS PRESIDING OFFICER
Dahlgren Terrace Group Will
Hold Evening Star Night" =.
at Meeting Wednesday.

In observing Evening Star night"
Wednesday, A. F. E. Scheer, president
of the Dahlgren Terrace Citizens As
sociation, will yield the chairmanship
for the evening to William j. Weber,
who was president of the association
when the Crosby s. Noyes School was
dedicated In 1880.
The association has set aside one
meeting year in honor Of the late
Crosby S. Noyes Of The Star, for
whom the school was named and in
which meetings are held.
Mr.. Weber, since leading the group
in 1890, has continued to be active
in the work Of the association. He Is
now chairman of the Zoning Commit
tee and is active on a special Com
mittee on Home Improvement.
This will be the first time he has
presided since relinquishing the chair
manship, Mr.. Weber stated. Among
the business features to be considered
will be the recommendations Of dele
gates to the Joint Conference Of
Northeast Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Congress Heights
Ballots E1,IiUen
annual Elections
'sPeace'' Ticket Winner
Orer "ProgressiUe.'
Gets Eight Posts.

In an effort to create an active
interest in its elections, the Con-
gress Heights Citizens Association
has adopted tickets" as an aid to
voting Of members.
At their last election members were
given printed tickets" as soon as
they arrived. One "ticket" urged the
citizens to vote for q group Of Of
ficers that would insure hearty CO.
operation and peace in the associa-
ton. The other "ticket" represented
a group of officers under the title Of
"progressives." Both urged the citi-
zens to vote straight tickets" OF
the peace ticket eight out Of nine
candidates were elected.
This ballot system was inaugurated
last year by G. J. Benner Of the
association. who at that time was
the new deal candidate for presi-
dent. He was opposed by Dr.. =. z.
Richardson. incumbent president.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Fire Hazard
One Approach to Area
Creates Real Need for
Equipment.

If a fire occurred in Dahleren Ter
race with traffc tied up on Rhode
Island avenue or with that street
closed. fire equipment would have to
detour from 8 to 10 miles to reach
the blaze.
This is pointed out by A. r. Z.
Scheer, president Of the Dahlgren
Terrace Citizens Association IN urging
that fire house and equipment be
placed on District property purchased
several years ago at Fourteenth street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast.
In recent letter to the Commits
sioners. Mr.. Scheer wrote. Our COM
munity is peculiarly hemmed in by
the Metropolitan branch of the Balti-
timore & Ohio on the west and the
Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroads on the south with
Rhode Island avenue as the only
street leading into it."
He says the section is practically
built up Of frame houses closely situ-
ated. Once when the Pierce Lumber
Co. was destroyed by fire in 1924 al
which time Rhode Island avenue
northeast was closed all day, and
should fire have occurred in Dahl
gren Terrace, engines would have had
to answer the call by way Of Monroe
street or Bladensburg road-"from {
to 10 miles Of a detour."
Evening star., 1934-11-18
CHAlRMEN NAMED
BY NORTHEAST HEAD
Evan H. Tucker Compares Groups
Executive Committee to Presi.
dents Cabinet.

As one means Of increasing the efl-
cheney Of his organization, Evan H.
Tucker, veteran president of the
Northeast Citizens Association, has
literally appointed q cabinet" Of CON-
mittee chairmen as his advisers.
Mr.. Tucker said there are IL stand
ing committees. the chairman Of each
being member of the Executive Com
mittee. As with the cabinet of the
President Of the United States, each
of the committee chairmen keeps Mr..
Tucker constantly informed on all
activities Of the association concerning
his own committee work.
At the last meeting of the group.
Monday night, the new committees
were announced by Mr. Tucker for the
next year. The chairmen are: Ex-
ecutive Committee, Mr.. Tucker; Mem
bership Committee, John F. Callan;
Police and Fire Committee, F. N.
Painter; Public Utilities Committee,
Roscoe Jenkins; Public Health Com
mittee, DR.. Edward B. Macon; Schools,
Committee, B. Mercer Hartman;
Parks and Spaces Committee, L. A.
Jett; Assessments Committee, Mrs.
Richard Franklin; Water, Lights and
Sewers Committee, J. N. Broadfoot;
Publicity and Mail Service Committee,
Joseph Notes; Streets, Avenues and
Alleys Committee, e. C. Worden, and
Legislative Committee, Mr.. Tucker.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
PROGRESS REPORTED
ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Traffic Director Writes Northeast
Group Installation Requests
Are Justified.

Efforts Of the Northeast Citizens
Association to have traffic lights in
stalled on Massachusetts, avenue north
east from Union Station to Lincoln
Park have met with partial success,
according to a report made recently
by Joseph Notes, the secretary.
At the November meeting Mr.. Notes
read. letter from Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer stating a sur
vey or this area has been made, as
requested by members at the October
meeting. "Our counts" Mr.. Van Du-
Ker wrote, indicate traffic lights are
justified at Second street and Massa-
chusetts avenue and Third street and
Massachusetts, avenue, but not justi-
fed at Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth streets"
In answer to another request, Mr..
Van Duzer assured the association
that trafic lights will be installed at
Eleventh and II streets with the first
available funds.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
new TYPE ANTENNA
WIDENS WAVE USE
Experiments Hold Promise OF
Virtually Numberless Lengths
Of Impulses.

Pointing to the day when radio
wave lengths will be virtually number
less, sufficient not only for intercity
telegraphy by code and facsimile, tele-
vision and perhaps a broadcasting
station in each and every community
in the United States, are two note
worthy experiments now in progress.
Both are regarded as successful, and
both use curious antennae that are
not at all like the conventional mazes
of wires strung between towers that
the average person visualizes in radio.
Using the tip Of 100-foot f1agpole
as an antenna and hollow wires which
carry electricity without leaking like
waterpipes, the Newark Police Depart
ment has installed new radio trans
mitter atop the highest building in
town to send out calls to its 40 squad
cars on the ultra-short wave Of 0,100
hlocycles, around 10 meters. This is
one Of the first stations to operate on
the ultra-high frequencies recently
reserved by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission for police services.
Operating with antennae not much
longer than small pins which rad1ate
signals reflected in fixed directions
somewhat like a searchlight, the
French and British air ministries are
reporting real success with their ultra
short wave stations at st. Inglevert
and Lympne Airdromes, separated by
about IS miles across the English
Channel. These stations use the
shortest wave lengths ever harnessed
for everyday operation, being frac-
tions Of / meter in length-some ex-
periments going as low as 8 cent?
meters or 3-1o0 of a meter.
Between 10 meters and the frac-
tional meters are countless potential
wave lengths. Signals can be sent
along them, both voice and code,
usually as far as the eye can see.
Hence they have been called line-of-
sight waves. They require relatively
small antennae and insigflcant power.
They must be located atop tall hills
or structures to gain the widest hori-
IONS. They are said to be singularly
free from atmospheric disturbances
such as static and fading. They
cannot be picked up over as great
distances as the longer waves, but
they have the advantages Of relative
privacy.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
POLICE COOPERATE
WITH CIVIC UNITS.
DROP
Maj. Brown Regards Citi-
zens as Aid in Improving
Administration.

Because Of the cooperation now
existing between the Police Depart
ment and the civic organizations Of
the city, there are fewer complaints
reaching the District Commissioners
tendent Of police, than at any other
time In the history Of the city.
Instead Of looking upon the civic
organisations as trouble makers.
which form one of the unpleasant
phases of the position Of superin-
tendent of police, Maj. Brown looks
to them to aid the department In
making his an efficient administra-
ton, and the results, he claims, are
even more satisfactory than was ut
first anticipated.
Invited to Precincts.
Since he became superintendent
invitations have been given to all
recognized civic bodies to hold their
meetings in the station houses 10
Gated in the particular precinct In
which the bodies may be located, and
many of them have taken advantage
of the offer.
Even If they meet elsewhere, how
ever, there Is an order from Mai.
Brown that the captain or lieutenant
attend all meetings in order that they
may be able to answer questions and
personally receive any complaints re-
gardin9 conditions in their particu-
lar sections.
In this way 1t has been possible,
the superintendent said, for many
matters to be settled at the time of
the meeting, whereas they would
under former circumstances have
been sent either directly to the major
and superintendent or the Commits
sioners themselves, to have gone back
to the precinct commander.
Further, 1t was pointed out, II there
Is some complaint which Is Of q nature
to prevent the precinct commander
from making o decision he viii be
prepared to answer any questions pro-
pounded to him by his superior offi-
GERS when the complaint Is made di-
rectly to them.
Reply Sent to Citizens.
Referring to o letter recently re-
ceived from the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association asking that the
portion Of the second precinct lying
between Florida avenue and Euclid
street be transferred to the tenth
precinct, Maj. Brown said he had writ
ten officers Of the association that
efforts are now being made to reor-
ganize the first and second precincts
into three precincts and he believes
better protection can be given the
area In question this way than by
annexation to the tenth, which al
ready Is larger than he believes prac-
tical.
Everything Is being done to meet the
demands Of the civic organizations,
Maj. Brown said, since he realizes that
they are well informed as to condi-
tions IN their particular sections.