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Smyrna times., 1935-07-18
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity


terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Townsend, July is. - James L.
Dickinson and Clyde L. Shockley
went to Camp Dix near Pemberton,
n. j., on Tuesday for a course In
military training to last for thirty
days. They were called from this
area by the State which will have
a membership of "a in camp from
various parts for the stated time.
David Buckson left Monday as a
member of the Morning News tour
to New York. He was one of the
winners in their recent contest.
Miss Bessie Cochran, of Smyrna,
has been a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Winfield Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Haegele,
of Philadelphia, Pa, have been WIS.,
iting Mrs. Harvey Naylor.
Miss Jeanette Wilson visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Richardson
at Dover last week.
Miss Beatrice Biddle is spending
some time with her great-grand-
parents Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Collision
of Greenwood.
Mrs. Mary L. Joiner, Mrs. Elma
Joiner and daughter, Madeline, Wis
tied Jeans Hospital at Fox Chase,
Pa, last week.
Mrs Franklin Taylor and son
have been spending several days at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. L. Malmey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon ]. Buckson,
Mrs. Ethel Lawrence and children
were visitors at White Crystal
Beach last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hoyda, of
Annapolis, Md, are spending some
time with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Slant.
Roland R. Reynolds, Jr., and
Scott Maloney, accompanied by
Mrs. R. r. Reynolds, have been
spending a few days at Rehoboth.
Mrs. Kathryn Kienle and Miss
Elizabeth Sunni, both of Merchant
vile, N. J., have been spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. James
F. Conner.
Merritt Yearsley, Jr., is spending
the month of July as the guest of
friends at Sherwood Forest at their
cottage on the Severn River, Md.
Mrs. Mary Joiner entertained re-
Gently at dinner her daughter, Mrs
Nellie Poore of Middletown; Mrs
Clara Lattomus and Mrs. Mary
Jones, of Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Lester Danielsl
Bobby Hutchinson, MIR. and Mrs. j
c. Hutchinson and son Junior, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lee and
daughter, Blanche, were Rehoboth
visitors last week.
Mrs. Annie Moore, of Galena
Md, is visiting her brother, N. w
VanHorn and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Light has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
GuesSford
Miss Elizabeth Morgan accom-
panied by Mr. Rodney Baker, were
Rehoboth visitors last week.
Mrs. Baynard Marvel and daugh-
ter, Anita, and Mrs. Elizabeth Col
Inns, were recent Rehoboth visitors
Mrs. Evelyn Reynolds entertain
ed the Mizpah Bible class last week
at lawn party at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Conner
and son Douglas, of Lewes, have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Conner.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-18

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garet Jane Knots, Of \
Richard Beckett !,
and Mrs. Richard G ~ y
liam Roe, son of Nh I
Price Roe; George and )
sons Of Mr.. and Mrs = y
Bill Mcdaniel, son Of y =.
Joseph S. Mcdaniel y
Davis, son of Mr.. am =. !,
H. Davis; Thomas Coa.'
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thom.'
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Smyrna times., 1935-07-18
CHEswOLD

ltems Of Personal and Social In
ferest Cleaned From IT, Vicinity
Cheswold, July 1s. = Mrs An
META Cmerson of this town, has
AeeD appointed . me01er of TIN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
CONFESSION
EX0NERATES LITER
Minnesota Convict Admits Part
In Bank Sayings; Backs
DoyIs's Statement

Saltwater, Mimi, Apcu 1904
written confession naming Jess Doyle,
Bremen kidnapping suspect. Is one Of
the Barker Karpis gang that staged
the bloody Minneapolis Third North.
western National Bank robbery In
1882. was obtained from Lawrence
Devol, ufer, In the state prison here
Monday night.
Confirming Doyle's admissions a.
reported by the Associated Press
Sunday, Devol signed q statement In
the presence Of four persons exon
Grating Leonard Hankins, convicted
for completely In the raid, and agreed
with Doyle, who himself Admitted he
took part, Is to the identity Of the
raiders.
Contrary to . verbal statement
made to Peter Nelson, assistant Hen
nepin county attorney, Sunday, De-
vol admitted that he knew Doyle
very well" and agreed that the
Bremen kidnap defendant was the
man who was attired In the chauf-
feur's uniform during che holdup
which resulted In the killing Of two
policemen and subsequent staying Of
q st. Paul motorist.
Devol related many Of the inside"
details Of the raid and how he was
hooked up" with two gangs, and
then finally penned his name TO .
written statement confirming Doyle's
admissions as reported III the news
papers In the presence OF Leo Utecht.
deputy warden at the prison; Frank
Rohde, penitentiary guard, Eugene
Rerat, attorney for Hankins, and IN
Associated Press reporter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
AAA Sets 165 Per Cent
AS Wheat Acre Maximum
Some Veterans Quit
At Mandan CCC Camp

Approximately 10 per cent Of the
men In tho veteran CCC camp at Fort
Lincoln quit work Monday when In.
formed that they would draw pay only
II congress passes the huge relief bill
which also carried the CCC appropri-
alton. according to information re-
ceived at CCC headquarters In Fort
Lincoln.
Col. Louis Farrell. commanding Of
ficer ct the fort who also has charge
Of the army's part In CCC work in
this state, said all matters connected
with the enterprise were shut down
pending word from Washington as to
passage and approval Of the relief bill.
No further contracts viii be made
until authorization Is received, he said,
and men who remain with the CCC
will do so at their own risk as to pay
until the bill becomes q law.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Report Progress in
Community Classes

Bismarck adults will have an op-
portunity to take part In amateur
plays, q diversion hitherto limited to
young folks, according to Z plan an
nounced Tuesday by Harvey Jensen.
In charge Of the adult night school
held at VIII school under FERA aus
pieces.
The development will be q part of
classes in English and Public Speak
ing which already have finished work
on book reviews and orations. New
members, II they enter at once, viii
be eligible to take part In work on
plays and dramatic readings and to
obtain parts In plays, the casts for
which will be selected soon. Admis-
sion to the class Is free. Meetings
are held on Monday and Wednesday
evenings.
Americanization classes, meeting
Tuesday and Thursday evenings. are
making good progress, aS are the
literacy classes, which meet on Tues
day. Some persons who could neither
read nor write at the beginning now
can read simple selections easily and
their writing Is creditable, Jensen
said.
The citizenship class, meeting on
Thursday, Is making . study Of COM
munity problems, current events, gov
eminent and history. Several Of Its
members expect to take . citizenship
examination soon.
Adults interested in attending the
a. -
the school any evening from Monday
to Friday, between z and 10 p. m,
to leave phone messages for him at
1884. or to call at his home. l06 Ave-
nue. G.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Order New Trial for
ScOttsb0rO Negroes

Washington. April 2.-R)-A new
trial was ordered by the supreme
court Monday in the case Of death
sentences imposed on Clarence Norris
and Haywood Patterson, Negroes con-
victed of assaulting q white woman
near Scottsboro, Ala.
The Negroes, center Of litigation
since 1881. contended they had been
deprived Of constitutional rights be-
cause they were indicted by q grand
Jury and found guilty by trial Jury
from which members of their race
had been Systematically excluded.
During arguments before the SUI
preme court. counsel for the defend
ants asserted that names Of Negroes
had been forged" to the Jury rolls
OF Jackson county after the indict.
ments had been returned.
Once before, the supreme court
ordered q new trial for these and
five other Negroes on the ground they
had been unconstitutionally deprived
Of the aid Of counsel in preparation
for the first trial.
On the second trial both again
were found guilty. The others have
not been retired.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Three Rubber Firms
Prepare for Strike

Akron. O., April 2.-R)eThree ma
jor rubber companies cleared their
decks for . stormy spell Of labor
trouble Tuesday. but union Labor
leaders continued to take their strike
votes and remained silent.
Sheriff James T. Flower had 1000
special deputies at his call Is union
workers at the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company cast their ballots
for or against q strike. The Goodrich
and Firestone locals Of the United
Rubber Workers Union have Get strike
elections for Sunday.
About $50 special guards, equipped
with helmets, tear gas and night
sticks guarded the F1restone plant
Monday night. . F1restone spokesman
said. Special deputies also patrolled
the Goodyear and Goodrich plants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Nichols Not to Name
Field Men at Present

There will Be no field men en-
ployed by the tax commissioners
office for the time being, state tax
commissioner Lee Nichols announced
Tuesday.
Nichols explained his organization
Is not yet complete. and that he plans
to hire no field men until he has
studied first returns from business
men.
Under the law, the tax viii be COL
lected by the various retail mer-
chants, beginning May !. Nichols said
the first two months will be an ex-
|perimental period during which time
he will be able to determine the best
method Of checking returns.
1T will be our desire to hire men
whom we know will make a friend Of
the retail businessmen" Nichols said.
I'VE want whatever field men we do
employ to be the type who will ex-
tend the cooperation Of this office,
In handling Of the sales tax and its
problems"
No tax will be collected on retail
sales from one to u cents, Nichols
said. From Is cents to IS cents, the
tax will be one cent. Other taxes
will range from two cents to 20 cents
in the highest bracket-$l0.24-with
one cent added tax for each addi-
tional 50 cents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Expect Increase in
C.M.T.C. Enrolment

Indications that the Citizens Mill
tary camp. held here each summer.
will be enlarged this year are seen by
Col. Louis Farrell. commanding Of
ficer at Fort Lincoln, In the provis-
ions of the army appropriation bill
which has been passed by congress
and approved by the president.
Last year, he said. the appropriation
provided for only $4,000 men In the
G. M. T. G. but this years appropria-
ton increases the number to $500.
II the same ratio Is used as obtained
last year, he said. the camp at Fort
Loncoln would be allotted 200 en-
rollees instead Of the 124 who took
the course last year.
In each of the last several years
the number Of young men seeking to
take the course has been greater than
officers were permitted to enroll.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Former Shipbuilder
Called in Arms Probe

Washington, April 2.-R1-The SEN
ate munitions committee announced
Tuesday that Clinton L. Bartio. form
er president Of the New York Ship.
building corporation. would be sum-
moned for questioning next Friday re-
garding activities In 1888 and 1894
despite his refusal to waive immunity.
The announcement came as the
committee reported to the senate .
summary Of its six-month investiga-
ton into munitions and shipbuilding
activities. Recommendation for leg
islation to take the profits out Of war
and to keep this country ct peace by
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Perjury Count Faces
Kaufman Witness

Remington, N. ;, April 3-tR-
The prosecutors Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann sought q defense witness
on perjury charges Tuesday while de-
tense attorneys hastened their prep
arations for HauptmannS appeal
June 70.
County Prosecutor Anthony M.
Hauck said he had asked New York
authorities to arrest Benjaman Heller
who testified that he saw "a man re-.
sembling the late Isador Fisch" Jump
the wall Of . Bronx cemetery the
night the Lndbergh ransom was paid
there.
Heller Is under indictment for per-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Dickinson DebaterS
Win State Tourney

Dickinson. n. D., April :. - Dick.
inson State Teachers college debat-
ers won first place In the tourna-
|ment held here Friday and setur.
day.
Winning four out Of six debates, the
Dickinson team placed ahead Of the
Ellendale and Mayv1lle represents
tives who tied for second With IN
equal number Of wins and losses In
six debates. The Miuot college team
scored two wins and lost four Of its
debates. Valley City WAS not repre-
sented.
Members Of the winning Dickinson
team were Adrian Nelson, Hollis
Wright, Reginald Reefs ana Ayron
Mcpherson. The tournament was
sponsored by the North Dakota Tor-
ensio league.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

strict neutrality regulations were
coupled with the summary.
In . previous appearance 4ardo
denounced the committees method Of
investigation, branding the hearings
an "inQuisition." When the commit
tee Investigators sought to show "col-
fusion" among shipbuilders In bidding
on government work Bardo denied any
Irregularities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
George Game, AZ, of
Jamestown Succumbs

jamestown. N. D., April 2.-R-
George Game, AZ, who for many years
was associated with his father, George
Game, ST., In the George Game and
Son coal and fuel business, and who
for Is years has conducted the bust
ness since his fathers death, died at
a local hospital Monday.
Mr.. Game was taken III with q cold
the first part of last week and We'd
nesday scratched his hand with q nail.
Infection set in and resulted In death.
Survivors are three children who
have made their home at White Bear.
Mimi, Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Scouts to Be Guests
OF Post Commandment

Bismarck Boy Scouts win Be the
guests Of Col. Louis Farrell, com.
mandant Of the United States Army
post ct Fort Lincoln, Saturday morn
ing. A review Of the troops and q
tour through the buildings and bar.
racks Is planned by the commandant.
Scouts will gather at $50 .. m, ct
the Boy Scout headquarters at the
city auditorium and will be taken TO
the post In army trucks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
GENERAL CONDITIONS

high pressure area Is centered
over the northern Great Plains and
northeastern Rocky Mountain slope
miles City and Rapid City 3C.48)
while Low" overlies the Southwest
(Modena 1892. The weather is
mostly unsettled in all sections and
light precipitation has occurred at
scattered places in the north-central
districts. Temperatures continue low
over the northern Great Plains and
the northern Rocky Mountain region
Bismarck station barometer. inches.
2852. Reduced to sea level. 3040.
Missouri river stage at Z a. m. 1913
It. "a hour change. tO.l #.
Flood stage: 1910 IT..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Officials Explain Limitation on
Increase Will Make Posi-.
bic 1896 Reduction

washington, April 2. @ - The
AAA declared officially Monday that
spring wheat farmers may increase
their acreage up to l65 per cent Of
the average acreage planted to wheat
during the 1928 to 1882 period.
The announcement changed the orr
ginal declaration Of Secretary Wal
lace on March 20 which held that
producers would not be required to
make the ten per cent reduction which
had been decreed last fall.
Officials OF the wheat section SUBJ
sequently said that farmers would be
allowed to plant any amount Of acre.
age this year under the wheat con-
tract. but would be required to agree
to reduce acreage by q corresponding
amount In 1896 II called upon.
The limitation Of l65 per cent Of
the base period average places . limi-
tation which will make possible COM
pensating reduction in 1886, II the
AAA submits wheat program to
farmers, officials explained.
They added that 1t was the admin
istration desire to assure that farm
ers could make the compromising cut
in 1886, but that this assurance was
not given in the earlier Interpretation
which would have allowed farmer to
plant 200 per cent or more Of his base
period acreage.
Secretary Wallace approved . 1885
supplementary wheat contract which
Will be offered to those farmers who
|signed contracts originally and now
wish to increase their acreage.
This contract provides that II farm
ers increase their acreage this year.
the acreage reduction for 1885 and
1896 must be made In 1896, a. ex-
planned by George E. Farrell. director
of the division Of grains.
Farrell said the contract would al
SO be offered to farmers In winter
wheat states where wheat was planted
for pasture In excess Of producers
acreage allotment with the intention
OF it being used for livestock feeding.
The rate Of adjustment payments
for this year has not been determined.
he said. but will be announced about
July when the processing tax date
for the coming marketing year has
been established.
He also explained that the new
wheat plan does not relieve the pro-
Queer Of the obligation Of making this
years ten per cent reduction, but pro-
vides that he agree to make 1t In 1896
along with any general reduction to
be made that year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
e. o N tt N u K n
from page ouo. -
Boy, 10, Shot from
Behind, Body Left
In Roadside Ditch
Lund. who immediately went to the
Shot From Behind

Lund. who Immediately went to the
scene.
Shot From Behind
The young man had been shot from
behind, . single bullet In his head,
fired from the rear, indicating instant
death. Then, investigation showed,
he had been dumped from the road
and dragged, head foremost, into the
icy, weed covered ditch.
Ruud's taxi bore stains Of blood on
the right side Of the front seat, indi-
eating he had toppled over on his side
after being shot. for blood, too, had
dripped down between the seat aud
the right front door.
Officers assumed the car had been
halted on the road and the driver
shot, apparently In cold blood, posi-
bly, for the purpose Of robbery.
Drivers for the same company had
given him % to turn In Ut night and
he was known also 70 have had 8 of
his own. Fares taken In totaled 81 SIS
and only the last named amount was
found on his body.
Ruud had lived here all his life.
Last year he played right wing on
the Central high school hockey team.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Bandit Trio HOldup
Ellsworth, Mimi, Bank

Ellsworth. MINI, April 2.-(R-
Three cool.headed bandits, who
threatened their victims with death II
they offered resistance, looted the
Ellsworth State Bank OF an undeter-
mined sum Of money late Monday and
escaped In q stolen automobile toward
Sioux Falls, s. D.
The bandits took with them as hos
tages three employees Of the bank and
. customer. all of whom were released
unharmed about one-half mile south
Of town.
The automobile driven by the hold
up men was q sedan, with South Da.
kota license l.l364. The car was re-
ported stolen at Luverne. about Is
miles northwest of here.
While bank officials said the
amount Of the loot had not been de-
termined, one report was the bandits.
had obtained approximately $4,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

japanese suicides have shown q
huge increase. In 1893, in the Toxic
prefecture. 1905 persons committed
suicide and 1000 others attempted
suicide. In the same district, during
1922, suicides totaled 016 and At
tempts As.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02


The office Of the state attorney
general stepped into the investigation
Tuesday rs county officials revealed
. coroner's jury had pointed to "foul
play" as the cause Of the death OF
Leah Haas. 2l.year-old Mcintosh
county farm girl.
Decision to enter the case was
made Tuesday by Attorney General
p. o. Satire following q conference
with States Attorney Max Wishek Of
Mcintosh county. Satire will COOP
crate with Wishek and Sheriff Christ
Bauer In further Investigation into
circumstances surrounding the death.
The verdict Of the coroners jury,
as announced by Wishek was that
death came at the hands Of q per.
son or persons unknown"
After reading . transcript Of the
evidence and testimony, Satire said
he was satisfied that foul play &C.
Cured but have not determined It
was murder, Is yet"
Testimony Of the Rueb family was
they knew about the death q week
ago Friday night and wept over It at
the home Of the girls parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Haas. iceland, that
night. Wishek said. The following
morning, he said the testimony show
ed. they returned to the Rueb farm
and there discovered tho body Of the
girl at the bottom Of an abandoned
65-foot well.
Leah. who according to testimony
was an expectant mother. had been
working on the farm Of her sister and
brother in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Rueb.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

wednesday aIter.
noon.
For North Da-
kota: Fair tonight
and Wednesday;
not so cold We'd
nesday afternoon.
For South Da.
kota: General l y
fair tonight and
Wednesday: not
so cold WedneS-
day afternoon west
portion.
For Montana:
Generally fair to-
S1{nht oV,r1 yxInA
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
PRECIPITATION

For Bismarck Station.
Total this month to date $3.50. .0O1
Normal. this month to date 80. .O2
Total, January LIST to date 49,. 1872
Normal, January 1st to date :. 100
Accumulated deficiency to date .48
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

fury A state rebuttal witness sa'o
Heller was involved In an automoDl''
accident miles away from the ceme'
terv on the night in question.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
NEW STAFF MEMBER

w. O. Skeels. Washington, D. c.,
secretary to Congressman william
Lemke, has been named q member Of
the staff Of Governor Walter Well
ford. It was announced Monday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
WARNER

neSday; rising temperature.
For Minnesota Generally fair
Tuesday and Wednesday; colder In
extreme southeast.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

Approximately so tons Of snails are
eaten daily In Paris during the Len
ten season. Snail raising Is an i'm
portant industry on the European
continent; the demand is so great
that the supply Is inadequate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

The average adult person or'l'As
approximately q ton Of water every
year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02
Weather Report
FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday: not 50 cold
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-02

A membership OF $4,000 IS claimed
by the Girl Scouts Of America.