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The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
Gordon JeffrieS
Hurt In Accident

Gordon Jeffries employed by Ma
son & Walsh at Fort Peck, suffered
a fractured leg Friday when he STEP
ped by accidedt into a narrow ditch.
He was taken to the Deaconess
hospital here and the leg was placed
in a cast. He left the hospital
Tuesday morning for Fort Pedk
where he will have sedentary work
until the cast is removed about
six weeks from now. He is able to
be about On crutches.
Ernest Kveseth Of Fort Peck had
his foot fractured when caught
between the rail and the motor of
the locomotive ON one of the con-
struction trains which he was
driving for Mason & Walsh, Fri
day. His foot was put in a cast
at the General Hospital here.
He left Tuesday morning for his
home in Scobey, where he Will stay
for about six weeks when the
cast will be removed.-Glasgow
Courier.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
Man
Killed In Car
Crash Here

William Lockman of Billings
was killed instantly Saturday eve
on the Fort Peck Road when he
was struck by a car driven by
D. T. Maske of Fort Peck.
Maske had picked up a group of
people from a stalled car and was
proceeding to Glasgow. AS he ap'
preached the Great Northern va
ter tank he met a car with glar-
ing lights and could not see. He
felt an impact and Immediately
stopped, but Lockman a dead.
He suffered a broken left leg
a broken neck and his right leg
WIS torn from the body.
Identification of Lockman was
made by letters and a transient
card found on his person.
The accident was declared I'M
avoidable by the members of the
sheriff's office who investigated the
case shortly after the accident.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
Shale Slide
Kills Worker

Wayne Mcmillan, 10, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Irwin Mcmillan of Glas-
cow was fatally injured Saturday
morning in one of the tunnels. He
was struck by a piece of shale
while operating a jack hammer.
Hemarraees resulted and a
blOod-trunsfusion vas necessary
with the young mans mother as
the donor in an attempt TO save
his life.
He died Saturday evening at
about 7 O'Clock.
Funeral services we're held at
2::30 Tuesday afternoon in the
Baptist church with Rev. George
McDougall officiating.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
PECK FIRE DEPT.
NOW FULLY EQUIPPED

1t also carries a one hundred
gallon reserve tank which is con-
nected with the pumping system
and will be used on small fires
where a large water supply is not
needed,
The engine carries eighteen
hundred feet of four inch hose.
The department is stationed in
the east side of the government
Garage and has three rooms. it be-
ing divided into engine room. tele-
phone and call room, and the
sleeping quarters for the regular
members.
The call system is very COM
plete, having nineteen box sta
tons scattered throughout the
city.
The boxes are connected to the
call board in the station with
the board mapped into the nine.
teen zones Of the city.
A telephone switchboard has
been installed with complete
communication wi h all Govern.
ment buildings and homes.
A night and day shift will be
run at the switch board to insure
quick handling of any fire call.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01

The Fort Peck Fire Depart
ment has been organized and is
one of the best equipped and most
modern departments in the north
west.
1t is under the supervision of
Fire Chief Harley Wyatt, who
was formerly Fire Chief of Kansas
City Fire Department, and who
has spent the greater share of his
life fighting fires.
He has twenty men working IN
der him, four of whom work a
twenty four hour shift with one
day off each week.
The other sixteen men are to be
picked by Chief Wyatt and will
act as a volunteer division of the
department.
The four regular members are:
G. Goresch, Thomas, l. Simonson
and L. Ruckman.
The engine is a new Howe pump.
er, capable Of pumping one
thousand gallons of water per
minute.
1t is equipped with two 24 foot
extension ladders and one "a foot
scaling ladders.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01

A meeting was held in the school
house at Wheeler Thursday, con-
corning the question of schooling
of children of government employ
ees.
A Jerome Wall, county superin-
tendhnt of Valley County, presi-
ded at the meeting
He stated that all children whose
parents are working for the Gov
eminent Mason and Walsh or Fra
zier, must attend the school at Fort
Peck and that they could not at
tend the schools of Wheeler, Park
Grove, New Deal or any of the
other construction towns. Mr.. Wall
said these orders came from the De-
partment of Interior at Washington
and that they would go into effect
Immediately.
He produced a letter from the
Department of Interior, which reads
as follows: with further reference
to your letter of July 25th, may I
say that on October II, a telegram
was sent by Mr.. Aubrey Williams,
Assistant Administrator of F. E. R.
to DR.. w. j. Butler, State Relief
Director, stating that he is author
lied through cooperation of the
State Department of Education tc
teachers to schools at Fort
Peck where the local District can-
not finance the program.
This is not to be interpreted as
providing schools for children of
the employees on the project where
responsibility is with the Army.
Yours very truly,
signed, Bess Goodyhoontz. |,
Acting Commissioner
Mr. Wall also produced a tele-
gram from Senator B. K. Wheeler
which reads as follows: Relief
Administrator wired me Quoe Re-
tel Hopkins, October 10. Wired
State Relief Administrator.
You r hereby authorized
under State Department of Educa-
ion to assign teachers to schools at
Fort Peck where local District can
not finance program. This is not to
De interpreted as providing schools
children of employees on the
project where responsibility is
the Army. Unquote, B. K.
Wheeler.
A discussion followed with the
of transportation as the main
tenn.
All parents concerned said that
hey would send their children to
Sort Peck if transportation was
provided but if that was not done
hey could not send their children
0 the government school.
1t was finally agreed that a COM
nlttee, headed by A. Jerome Wall
would interview Major T. B. Larkin
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
FORT PECK DAM CONSTRUCTION
DUE To WKEELLER'S INFLUENCE

"The Fort Peck is the keystone OF
he arch of the development OF the
whole Missouri river valley. To Sen
ator B. K. Wheeler belongs the credit
for having brought the matter to Pres
ident Roosevelt's attention in such a
way that the president ordered the
project"
This was the assertion of Arthur j..
Weaver, republican, former governor
OF Nebraska, when he took the stump
in the interests of the campaign Of
Senator Wheeler. Former Governor
Weaver came to Montana when he
learned that the republican candidate,
George M. Bourquin, had declared the
gigantic project of no permanent value
to Montana.
1.-THE advantages of the Fort feck
project are many" Mr.. Weaver said i'll
an interview. He spoke with the
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
Leo Kudrna Fatally
Hurt On Sunday

Leo Kudrna. parachute jump
with the Three Hawks Flying
Circus was fatally injured Sun
day, while making an exhibition
parachute jump at Lusk. Wyo-
ming.
Kudrna's chute failed to open
after jumping from the plane and
he suffered two broken legs and
he suffered two broken legs and
internal injuries.
He was taken t. the Lusk hos
pital where he died late Monday.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01

authority of being president of the
Missouri River Navigation association,
a director Of the Missouri River Valley
Development association and a direc-
tor of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Underwater association.
Fort Peck is a national project.
The direct benefits are apparent. One
of the most significant direct benefits
is that the policy now laid ont by the
Roosevelt administration gives a prec-
edent from which many local and
lesser projects, each Of them import
ant, will follow in the development
program the federal government is
undertaking.
"Tbe fact that Fort Peck exists at
all and the fact that the great dam
and reservoir will be in Montana are
due primarily to the efforts Of Senator
Wheeler"
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01

The Country Club is undergoing
finishing touches for the winter. 1t
has been completely refined and
the floor is to be refinished.
Frank Carter is building three
cabins On the highway north of our
City.
William Harms piano player at
the Country Club has just finished
his new cabin, which is located ac-
S the road from the Club, north
of Jul city.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
Dredges Launched
AT Fort Peck

The Government engineers of
the shipyards launched dredges
B and D on Monday morning. The
work was completed in a little over
two and one half hours.
AS yet the boosters have not
been launched.
The dredges were towed down
stream where the steel ladders and
cutters will be installed.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01

The new buses of the Great Falls
Coach Lines have arrived and may
be seen passing through Wheeler
every day. They are powered with
a $50 horse power motor and Will
carry So and 33 passengers respec-
lively. The buses are of two story
construction with the driver in the
top deck.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
HOLY NAME SOCIETY MEN
ENJOYED TURKEY DINNER

The Holy Name Society held a
very enjoyable turkey dinner on
Sunday at the Club rooms of St.
Rafael's Sunday at $50 p. m.
Speeches were given by Edward
Kane Mr.. Clarke, Rev. j. Mean
stocker Rev. J. Brogan, Rev. P. J.
Treacy and Jos. Holland. Edward
Gallagher acted as POSTMASTER.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
Parents Discuss School
Problem Al Catherine

today, Friday on the subject of
transportation for school children.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01
DANCE PLANNED
BY LEGION N WV.
FOR ARMISTICE EVE.

The first regular meeting of the
Fort Peck Post No. 83. American
Legion, since their organization
and installation of officers, was
held Tuesday evening October 3Oth
at the Wheeler school house.
Six new members were taken in
to the Post, which brings their total
o fifty-eight. The Post quota is set
at seventy-five and the officers are
trying to fill the quota with charter
members. Anyone joining the
Post up to and including the fifth
of November, will be made a char.
Ter member and be named on the
charter. November 5th, is the
date set for the next regular meet
ing, which will be held at the Fort
Peck Recreation Hall.
Nineteen committees were form
ed and chairmen named for most
of them. They are as follows
Entertainment T F. ROhan
The Fort Peck press., 1934-11-01

Yuly's Meat Market is now open
for business. We kindly invite your
patronage.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
MAN HELD ON THREAT
TO RELEASE FRUIT FLIES
Department Of Justice Agents
Arrest California Rancher, but
Insects Are Not Found.

Arrest CaliIorn1e Aoncnef, DuG
Insects Are Not Found.
BY the Associated Press.
SANTA ANA, Calf, May "A
threat to release thousands Of dreaded
Mediterranean fruit flies to destroy
citrus groves throughout Southern
California led to the arrest yesterday
of Walter Ernest McCracken. a,
Orange County rancher.
McCracken. placed in Jail pending
an investigation. denied any knowl-
edge Of a plot to release the insects,
which destroyed thousands of dollars
worth of ruit in Florida a few sea-
sosns ago.
He was arrested by Department Of
Justice agents after the California
Fruit Growers Exchange received q
threatening letter demanding $1,000
for surrender of the flies, which sup
posedly had been left in the writer's
care by two men a year ago for re-
lease In Orange County this month.
A search Of McCracAen's ranch
failed to show any trace of the
insects.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
CUBANS PROTEST
STUDENT Staying
Cries of massacre" Heard
After Soldiers Shoot
Into Crowd.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, May 4.-Cuban youth
cried out today against the Staying Of
one high school student and the
wounding of five others by govern
ment soldiers.
Their leaders called 1t massacre"
and asserted "this is worse than
under Machado.'
Eduardo Chibas, junior student
leader, called upon students of the
world to protest this massacre"
II fought Machado former Presi-
dent Gerardo Machado) six years" "
Chibas declared, but 7 never saw
anything like this. 1t was massacre
without cause"
Fired on Group.
Soldiers fired upon a group of riot
ing students yesterday with rifles and
submachine guns after the students
refused to disband a meeting in front
Of high school.
In addition to the students struck,
an 85-year-old man was wounded in
a leg and amputation was necessary.
One of the soldiers was wounded
slightly In the wild firing.
Chief of Police Jose Pedraza, ex-
pressing regret, said the trouble started
when one student engaged. in a quar-
rel with a soldier and struck the
soldier with his fist, whereupon the
soldier fired his rifle.
School men and parents Joined the
students in their protests to President
Carlos Mendieta.
Attack Unprovoked.
"The attack" said DR.. Gustavo Ara
gon, principal of the high school, was
''unprovoked and unqualified"
Students stood guards of honor
throughout the night at Havana Uni
versity alongside the bodies of Ludo-
vico Moreno, who died yesterday as a
result of the May day disorders, and
the high school student.
Standing about the coffins, they held
clenched fists aloft in the Communist
salute.
Evening star., 1934-05-04

Pure. rich, delicious Her
shey Milk Chocolate
broken in convenient size
Jumps. A wholesome and
nutritious confection full
of health-giving vitamins.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
QUESTION OF RESIDENCE
is PUZZLE TO INSULL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
S. S. EXILONA, May 4.-Samuel
insult was called upon officially yes
terday to say whether he is a resi-
dent or nonresident of the United
States and gave it up as bad job.
The former utilities magnate re-
turned to the purser unsigned Gus
toms declaration which requires such
q statement.
insult said that, inasmuch as the
Greek government ordered him to
leave the country, he could hardly
classify himself as a resident of Ath-
ems, and he has not, of course, been
living in the United States which he
left after the collapse Of his enter
priSeS
Evening star., 1934-03-15
AARON H. ULM DIES
IN HOSPITAL HERE
Free-Lance Newspaper Man and
War Veteran to Be Buried
in Arlington.

Aaron H. Ulm, 81, free lance news
paper man and war veteran, who died
In Mount Alto Hospital Monday night,
will be buried in Arlington National
Cemetery tomorrow at 1890 am. with
full military honors.
Ulm had been i'll only a short time.
His death was attributed to compli-
cations which set In as a result Of
service in the Spanish American War.
when he served in the Philippines l8
months.
Before coming to Washington to
engage in newspaper work he played
a prominent part in politics of his
home State, Georgia. There he served
as executive secretary to two Gov
ernors, Joseph M. Brown and John A.
Siaton.
Ulm, who lived in the $500 block
of Center street, was a member of
the Southern Society of Washington
and the National Press Club He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Adele C.
Ulm; a daughter, Mrs George Abram
OF Washington, and one son, Aaron
H. Ulm, jr, student at the Univer-
sity of Georgia.
He served in the Intelligence Service
during the World War.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
MICHELET RITES
TO BE TOMORROW
Dartmouth Honor Student Who
Died of Pneumonia Was
Capital Boy.

Funeral services for Robert Henry
Michelet, %, Dartmouth College hon.
or student and athlete, will be held
tomorrow at 8 pm. at the home,
1886 Argonne place. Michelet was
known as Dartmouth's outstanding
undergraduate and had been selected
as one of four students from New
England for Rhodes scholarships.
known in this city for his athletic
and scholastic abilities when he was
a student at Central High School,
Michelet later was a student at the
Mercersburg Academy before attend
ing Dartmouth.
He died yesterday of pneumonia
at Hanover, N H. He was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Michelet OF
this city. Mr.. Michelet is an attor-
ney here.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
v. 7. CARRUTH, 81,
COMMITS SUICIDE
Attorney, Former Clerk OF
Senator Smoot, Ends
Life by Gas.

The coroners Office has issued q
William Thernon Carruth, 81, attor-
ney, and former member of the Sem
ate Finance Committees legal staff,
who was found dead late yesterday
with a gas tube in his mouth in the
kitchen of his apartment at 3133 Con-
neCticut avenue.
The body was discovered by Car
ruth's wife, Mrs Patricia Carruth. on
her return from work at a Govern
ment department. He was pronounced
dead by DR.. Edward M Pickford, who
was hastily summoned from his office
IN the same building.
Carruth had attached a tube to the
stove and placed the other end in his
mouth. He was last seen about 9
am. yesterday and apparently had
been dead several hours.
Carruth was graduated from the
George Washington University School
OF Law several years ago. He was
employed on the clerical staff of
former Senator Reed Smoot of Utah,
and later assigned as a legal aid to
the Senate Finance Committee, OF
which Smoot was then chairman.
For the last two years he had been
practicing law from Offices in the
Smith Building on Fifteenth street.
A native Of BlaCkfOrd, Idaho, Carruth
attended the University of Utah be-
fore coming to Washington. His
parents now live in Oakland, Calf.
Mrs. Carruth was proStrated by the
tragedy and placed under the care of
physician last night. The couple
had no children.
Friends could assign no reason for
the death. They said Carruth was in
good health and spirits prior to his
death.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
Benefit Show Planned.

A sound movie presenting a pro-
gram of educational value, adventure
and a cartoon, will be given under
the auspices Of the jackson School,
Parent Teacher Association at 3:15
pm, tomorrow, at the Gordon Junior
High School, Thirty fourth street and
Wisconsin avenue. The proceeds from
10-cent admission tickets are to be
used for furthering the child welfare
work of the association.
Evening star., 1934-03-15

Jaeger Named Consul General.
BERLIN. March is R.-Rol1
Jaeger, German consul at New
Orleans, today was appointed consul
general in Chicago.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
Low. Priced Dodqe Trucks
Save Gas and Oil Give You Is
Expensive Features that Cut pkeep Costs Truck Life!

WHAT do you want in your low
w priced truck?. Dodge thinks
youwant features that cut gas, oil and
tire costs first of all. So Dodge gives
them to you gives them at con-
siderable extra cost to Dodge, so they
will SAFE money for you.
Dodge doesn't ask you to believe
mere claims. Z. mere talk about econ
omy and long life. Dodge does ask
you to investigate and Judge for
yourself. Dodge says-"Compare
values then make your decision on
basis of plain common sense facts"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to do this.
No Other Low-Priced Truck
Gives You All These
Costly Features!
There are eighteen definite money
saving features that Dodge offers you.
They are positive quality features
that you can recognize for yourself.
You don't have to be an engineer to
understand that a piston rings should
be better-al also cost Dodge more
money-than 3. Or that a main bear.
ings are better-cost Dodge more
than the usual 3. Valve seat inserts
cost Dodge money, require special
equipment to install-it's cheaper to
Evening star., 1934-03-15
Price ucti0n-
Apartment and Baby
g + a n d Pi a n O S {!

In looking over our inventory find have at the
present time quite few used Grands returned from
rentals, we'll Grand traded in Chickering and
other pianos SELL We sell these Grands instead
of letting them remain floors. We have priced
them they will sell quickly. Perhaps the very kind
of piano you wish is among them. Come and see for
yourself.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
Wife Dispairs of Policeman.

CHICAGO P).-It would be en-
ttrely incorrect to assume that when
Policeman Jacob Cramer allegedly hit
choked and kicked his wife Edna
snapped a pair of handouts on her
and then locked her up in a cell, that
he was angry.
1T was just his way of practicing
to be a sleuth," she explained in a
suit for separate maintenance. He
uses me for his laboratory work Its
funny, though. he never made an ar
rest in real life"
Evening star., 1934-03-15
SELMA BONDI WISE DIES
AT HOME IN new YORK
Passes Away at Age of 90 Years
Prominent in Hebrew Col.
lege Work.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l5.-Selma
Bondi Wise, 80, widow of DR.. Isaac
Mayer Wise and mother of DR.. Jonah
B. Wise, died at her home here yes
terday.
With her husband she made tour
of the country In 1877 to raise funds
for the Hebrew Union College in Gin
ctnnati, Ohio.
Surviving, besides her son and a
twin sister are nine grandchildren.
Also surviving are three children of
DR.. Isaac M. Wise by a former mar
riage, Mrs. Adolph s. Ochs, Mrs.
James Molony Of Cincinnati and
Harry Wise of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Burial will be in Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
DR.. Strohaver to Speak.

Rev. George F. ,strohaver of
Georgetown University will be the
principal speaker at q meeting of the
Washington General Assembly, Fourth
Degree, knights Of Columbus, which
will be held Monday at the May
flower Hotel. DR.. Strohaver will
speak on Lenten topic.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
n. B. IVES DIES
One Of Early Visitors to st.

One OF EARLY V1sltors 20 St.
Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
is (P.-Henry Burton Ives. who came
here when there were less than 80
other inhabitants, died at a local
hotel late yesterday at the age Of 65.
Ives. engaged in the coal and grain
business at Canaan, Conn, for 81
years, first visited st. Petersburg In
1891. Later he operated a store at
Port Tampa City and was the first
postmaster there by appointment of
President Harrison.
Burial will be at East Canaan, Conn.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
RYON RITES TOMORROW

Resident OF Many Years 70 Rest
In Rock Creek Cemetery.
Miss Mary Emma Ryon, II, died
yesterday at her home, 4702 Fifteenth
street. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at 2 pm. at the 8. H.
Hines funeral establishment. Burial
will be In Rock Greek Cemetery.
A resident Of Washington for many
years, Miss Ryon was born at Glen
dale, Nd, q daughter Of the late
william r. and Bennetta Ryon. Five
sisters and two brothers survive.
Evening star., 1934-01-04
FATHER CONFESSES
Staying 2 CHILDREN
Also Beats Wife-Man Alleged to
Have Been Friendly With
Her Missing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. January 4.-The police
held John Piotrowski, 81, today as the
slayer of his two children while they
searched for John Panfleld, a roomer,
allegedly beaten by Piotrowski and left
for dead by him in patch of weeds.
Piotrowski. the police said, confessed
to Police Capt. John Ptacek and Deputy
Coroner John J. Butler that he beat his
wife, Ann, and his 3-year-old daughter,
Ann, with the barrel Of shotgun and
drowned his infant son, John, jr.. in a
tub of water yesterday in their Melvina
avenue home. The girl died later in a
hospital.
The authorities quoted Piotrowski as
saying the motive was his discovery that
his wife. who was seriously injured, had
been friendly with Panf1eld. He said
he chased Panfield from the home be-
fore Staying his children and beat him
with the shotgun barrel.
Twenty policemen who searched the
vicinity failed to find any trace Of Pan
field or his body. and expressed the
belief he might only have been injured,
escaping when he regained conscious
ness.
Evening star., 1934-01-04
CALIFORNIA FLOOD
DEATH LIST GROWS
Toll Is Now az, With II
Other Persons Still
Missing.
By the Associated Press.

by Tie ASSOCldtcQ FTtSS
LOS ANGELES, January six
more victims were added to a growing
list of dead in the Southern California
flood of New Year day as searchers
prodded grimly through piles Of debris
today, bringing the death toll to AZ.
Official reports listed 72 other per-
sons as missing, and fear grew that
many of them might be dead The
final toll may not be known for months.
P. P. Fedderson, assistant construc-
ton engineer of the county road de-
partment, said it would take three
months to remove debris and wreck
age in the Montrose area, where the
greatest damage occurred, and two
months to clear one Of the principal
streets, Rosemont.
Scenes that gripped even men accus-
toned to the horrors of widespread
tragedy were unfolded as 5000 men be-
gan the work Of reconstruction. The
crushed body of little girl was re-
trieved from one pile Of oebris before
the eyes of Gov. James Rolph, jr., who
surveyed the stricken districts. Tears
came to the eyes OF the chief executive.