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The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
Roosevelt P.T.A. Has
Election Of Officers

The Roosevelt Parents and Teach
ers' Association met Wednesday eve
ming at the school building. At the
business session officers for the COM
ing year were elected q follows: Mrs.
r. r. Smith, president, reelected;
Miss Bessie Wilson, vice-president:
Mrs. George Smith, secretary, re-
elected; and Mr.. John Sloan, treas
urer.
The travelling prize, picture. was
awarded to the pupils Of the sixth
grade for having the largest percent
age Of parents present at the meeting.
Miss Helen Rue Is teacher Of the sixth
grade.
The program included . panel dis-
cussion on what Is Character Educa-
tion?", led by Mrs. Z. ]. Conrad.
Special discussions were given q fol-
lows: Scouting as factor In char
acter education, Paul Netland: char
acter education In the home, Mrs. H.
N. Leonard; HABIT formation In con-
nection with character building, It.
VIII Sessions; and character build
ing In the classroom, Miss Helen Rue.
The parents took active part In these
discussions.
Refrsshments were served by . COM
mittee including Mines. Rolf Norman,
chairman; Frank johnson, q. L.
Dolph, David Mcdonald, w. 7. sted-
man and George Kelsch.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
1t. Col. j. Leonard
To Be Transferred

II. Col. Joseph 8. Leonard, COM
mandant at Fort Lincoln since June
1885, has received army orders from
Washington. d. O., transferring him
to Lehigh University at Bethlehem,
Pa. as military supervisor Of the COL
leges Reserve Officers Training Corps.
He will report for duty there August l..
It. Col. and Mrs. Leonard plan to
leave Fort Lincoln July I, for q
months vacation before going to
Bethlehem.
It. Col. Leonard returned Tuesday
after supervising the transportation
Of trainload Of North Dakota youths
to CCC duty on the west coast.
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Mrs. A. J. Vendsel, 6l4 Raymond,
entertained her bridge club Wednes-
day afternoon. Two tables Of con-
tract were In progress with high score
honors going to Mines. A. L. Peterson
and B. L. Koon. Guests at the
party wre Mines. Z. e. Swanston,
Oscar selvig and A. L. Peterson. A
two-course luncheon was served at
the close Of the afternoon. The next
meeting will be at the home Of Mrs.
E. Ulmer, 102 Mandan, on May II.
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Rev. o. q. Rindahl, pastor Of the
Trinity Lutheran church, will present
the subject for discussion Monday
when pastors, delegates and
visitors from the 10 parishes Of the
Mandan circuit gather In Mandan for
. meeting. The theme for discussion
will be Sowing and Reaping," based
on Gal. 6:7-0.
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Miss Boniface Morris was guest ut
! one O'Clock bridge luncheon Thurs
day at the home Of Mrs. James T.
AfcGillic, Mandan. Yellow snap
sragons served Is centerpieces for the
;ables when lunch was served. Gov
rs were laid for II.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Pickert are
listing In Milan, MINI, before leav- |
ng for Los Angeles. Calf. to make
heir home. Mr.. Pickert has been
Employed ct the International Har-
ester company office.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
Prominent Members
OF Maccabees Arrive

A number Of visitors arrived here
Wednesday for the Maccabees' state
convention, which Is In session here
today.
Prominent among them are Mrs.
Caroline B. Dryer, Chicago. supreme
chaplain Of the order; Adolph ].
Fetsch, st. Paul, great commander
for Minnesota, accompanied by his
wife and son, Claude; and George
Moeller, st. Paul.
Dan Mcnamara, Fargo, state man
aser, will call the convention to order
today ct 10 .. m.
The different committees met
Thursday afternoon and evening Ut
the Patterson hotel.
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MrD. 0enevieve Hirschman, Minot,
who has been the guest Of Mrs. J. p.
Wagner, liz Avenue B. returned
home Wednesday.
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Niss Rosella Olson, 722 Sixth st.,
had - her guest last weekend Miss
Ann Thompson, Fargo.
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kota. will be guest speaker at the ban
quet Sunday evening. Appearing with
him on the program will be Abbot
Goeb Of the monastery ct Richard
son.
Mrs. Lulu Slide. Springfield, 8. D..
member Of the national board Of d.
rectors, win be guest speaker at the
dinner Saturday night.
Mrs. Clara Greenwood, grand regent
Of the Bismarck court, and Mrs. L.
Carufel, district deputy, will attend
the meetings. All grand regents and
district deputies will be present.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
BlondesWillHaveTwin
Oftener Than Brunettes

Ithaca, N. Y, Apr. 30.-R-
Science has found that blonde
mothers have twins oftener than
brunettes, and that the mothers
age ct the birth Of twins Is likely
to be between IS and 70.
So said DR.. Margaret WyEe Of
the family life department, New
York state college Of home econo-
mics ct Cornell university, Fri
day In summarizing some Of the
findings" Of various researches
on twins.
The fair-haired Nordic race Is
more apt to have twins than al
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
Gregory Welliver Is
l Year Old Thursday

Mr.. and Mrs. Terry Welliver. 0l4
Twentieth st., entertained Thursday
evening In honor Of their son Greg
ory,s first birthday.
Guests present included Mr.. and
Mrs. =. I. Welliver and their chill.
dren, the Misses May and Ruth Well
liver and Master N. O. Welliver; Mr..
and Mrs. D. E. Welliver, Mr.. Mike
Balzer, Jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Teeter, Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Heidi, and
daughter, Miss Ann Heidi, Mandan;
and Mis- Ida Hoffman, Mandan.
Refreshments were served. A num-
ber Of gifts were received by the
youthful hQnQree.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
C.D.A. Convention to
Be Opened Saturday

Tho state convention Of the Cath
olic Daughters Of America will open
in Dickinson Saturday morning and
will end with . banquet meeting Mon
day evening. Mrs. Dolores Kupit1,
state regent Of the North Dakota unit,
will preside at the business meetings.
Father Robert Feehan, pastor OF
st. Mary,s pro- Cathedral, chaplain Of
the Catholic Daughters Of North Da-
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
~ Attending N. D. A. c. Receive
Mention; Other Schools Claim
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Twelve from Bismarck have lately
attained prominence IN student AZ
fairs at the North Dakota AericM-
tural College.
Miss Donna Jean Davis. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. N. Davis, $50 sixth
st.. won the scholarship bracelet pre-
sented by the alumnae OF Kappa dam-
ma sorority to the active memner
with the highest scholarsn1p raung.
Miss Jane Wilson, daughter Of MI.
and MIS-. + A. Wilson, ll04 Avenue
D. and Miss Mary Mailman, daughter
OF Mr. ana Mrs. Henry 9. Maniman,
GIG Mandan, were three OF tne ~
sophomore girls honored ~ senior
Staff, womans honorary service
group, for maintaining high scholas-
TIC standings during the winter term.
The Misses Davis and WAlson were
members OF Kappa Kappa Gamma
sorority attending the Reg1onal an-
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30

RUMMAGE SALE at the
Episcopal Parish House, Third
and Thayer, at $3.50 a. m. Tues
day and Wednesday, May 18th
and 5th.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
E SOCIETYmA CUBS
4 Menus Pupils Are
4 Presented in Recital

-Four young pupils q the Menus
Conservatory 'o Music, Betty Lou
I1eck, AAr1yn Jane Han. WINNIE Lou
Halyerson, piantsts. assisted by Lor.
raine Hauch, vtoltnist, were presented
IN recital Thursday evening IA the
dining room Of the World War Ne
mortal building before an audience OF
about 100.
All four gave good performances. A
group Of Bach chorales. arranged for
4 hands, started the program.
A long aelection was played BY each
Of the young artists, Displaying their
individual technique. Sonata IN 9
Major" by Moeart, vas played BY
Betty Lou Fleck, and showed well her
lightness Of touch and smoothneas Of
transttion from one tempo to another.
Aarilyn Jane Hal played Sonata,
Opus -. No. 2" BY Beethoven, display
ing her precise, firm technique that
fitted well into the interpretation OF
the piece. With her slippered feet Q
good two inches from the floor, Win
Ele Lou Halverson played Sonata in
g Major" BY Hadyn with much feel
ing and very definite style.
Lorraine Hauch gave 9 her violin
solos, In Elisabethan Days," BY Kra-
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-04-30
Meetings of Clubs
And Social Groups
wssssn's Gym Glasses

The women's gym classes viii hold
their annual dinner Wednesday at
$50 .. M, to mark the close Of the
years indoor activities. Members will
meet at the World War Memorial
building and 60 to the dinner as .
group. For reservations call Gas be-
fore Monday. Miss Betty Leach has
been director Of activities for the year.
The Washington times., 1937-02-06
Ransom Is Useless

A NIERICA'S latest KIDNAPPING horror demonstrates
IA ransom payments to kidnapers are USELESS.
The victim in this case, respected doctor and char
liable worker in Missouri, was 'snatched" and held
for $5 900 ransom money.
But his kdnaper killed him without collecting the
$5,OOO
In the Lindbergh case the child was killed BEFORE
payment made. Hauptmann then tried to collect,
AND DID.
The only difference between the two crimes that
money did not pass in and did in the other. In
neither case did it save life.
Ransom is the sole motive for kidnapping. AS the
blood-stained pages of Americas crime history show,
the PAYMENT of ransom ENCOURAGES kidnapping
but does NOT guarantee the return of the victim alive.
Prompt passage of the Ashurst bill by Congress
would be the greatest blow to the kidnapping racket that
this country could deal.
The Ashurst measure OUTLAWS ransom payments.
It removes the MOTIVE for the crime.
It is modelled the laws of other countries in which
kidnapping is virtually unlnownand if adopted by this
country would unquestionaby safeguard American fam
lilies and protect American homes.
The Washington times., 1937-02-06
Chivalry Goes By the Board

TNINIE was when the odfashioned girl the recipi
ent of much chvalrous and gallant attention from
her dashing young Romeo.
But those days. apparently, are gone forever.
For, according to the young men at Ohio State Uni
versty the appointments of the modern miss just aren't
conducive to odfashioned proprietes. Says Mr. Earl
H. Thomas, varsity basketball center:
eff the girls expect romantic chivalry let them in
spire it. Red nail polish heavy make up and riding odh
purs are not much of an inspiration for tender atten
tions to the fair SEX
That ought to give the girls something to think about
Mr. Thomas definitely has an idea there.
Chvalry and hot-chacha, it seems, just don't mix.
The Washington times., 1937-02-06

became unconscious and his body
turned blue. Only heroic work by
Army doctors saved his life.
The British steamship Maron,
entering New York Harbor. was
boarded by customs agents, who
turned the vessel upside down
and by so doing uncovered $751;
900 worth of opium. The captain
Of the ship had advised the
authorities that he believed the
contraband was aboard. Had
the opium been discovered with
out the assistance of the captain,
the ship owners would have been
liable to fine of $25 an ounce.
Such a levy, to the amount OF
$4,000, was assessed against the
owners Of the British ship Ruby
Castle in 1880. They carried an
appeal to the United States Dis
trict Court which upheld the YER
dict on December 80 last. One
hundred and ninety-Seven pounds
of opium had been found in the
hollow base of the mast of the
Ruby Castle.
NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
It is happenings like these, oc-
curing too frequently, which lead
Secretary Morgenthau to say that
the smuggling of narcotics is the
new Rum Row problem" He has
added $40 agents to the Treasury
division having to do with the sup
preston of this traffic. The main
trouble spot is the Pacific Coast
which came up during the past
summer with a smuggling plot
which would have delighted that
prince of thrill-writerS about drug
rings, the late Edgar Wallace.
This story, which outrivalS fic-
ton, began when the S. S. Hei Yo
Maru put into San Pedro from
the Orient. The agents OF Uncle
Sam were waiting for the ship and
particularly for one of the passen-
gers. a young lady of "a pounds
and attractive in a German Chi
nese fashion. The information
had come by the mysterious Off
cial grapevine that her baggage
would be well worth looking into
To all outward appearances th'
tip was wrong, but the agents did
not stop with the outside. They
noticed that several trunks were
quite heavy, and in the lining Of
these they came upon 81 pounds
Of heroin.
Maria Wendt was the fair SNUG
ler'S name, and she proved an ell
sive person. She slipped away
from her captors in Los Angeles
boarded a plane and stepped treel
from it in Newark.
For all Of that, Maria was no
any too smart. One experience wit.
The Washington times., 1937-02-06

Journey
CHURCH VANES

While some tourists look for sky
scrapers ard are disappointed be-
cause London hasn't built giant
towers, others look aloft and enjoy
the sight Of old weather vanes on
ancient churches.
Many centuries before the
science of forecasting weather was
originated. people depended on
their weather glasses, which they
checked by the vane on the church
steeple.
And the weather vaneS atop
London'S churc hes, especially
those within the city of London,
are exceedingly interesting and
charming, not only because Of
their antiquity but because OF
their quaint originality.
The two most famous vanes are
to be found on Bow Church and
the Royal Exchange. The Church
of st. Mary-atte-Bowe, to give it
it's proper name, is no ordinary
church. The music OF its bells
marks out the limits of Cockaigne
(anyone born within sound of the
bells is a CockneD. The church
foundations are laid upon a Ro'
man street, and it's floor is sup,
ported by Norman pillars.
Nearly $50 feet above the pave
ment of Cheapside is the weather
vane, a 10-foot dragon with a
legion of twisting vanes which fol
low closely the gyrations Of the
dragon.
INTERESTING
The Exchange grasshopper
seems to be jumping through a
maze of telephone wires rather
than through blades of grass. This
vane is not the original grass
hopper because it didn't survive
the great fire of 1866.
Erected soon after the disaster,
the present vane did survive the
fire of 1888, and was atop the
Exchange when Queen Victoria re-
dedicated the building.
The lawyers vanes are inter.
esting, too, as providers round old
London have discovered. The In
ner Temple hall bears their barge.
the winged Pegasus. Gray's Inn
has a banner with a griffin.
Some sarcastic souls insist that
the outstretched paw of the griffin
indicates that the lawyers are al
ways waiting to grab victim, but
the bewigged counselors insist
that it is really an outstretched
arm ready to welcome a client.
The Washington times., 1937-02-06

SUSPICIOUS MAN is his own worst
a enemy; because in his own infected
"A mind, the suspicious man creates
thousand imaginary enemies, which in the
end become REAL ENEMIES.
Pope wrote of SUSPICION: "AU seems
infected that the infected spy-A8 all looks
yeIIo1U to the jaundjced eye."
SUSPICION is like pair of tinted spectacles
which color everything we see. Friends look
like foes. A mother, father, sister, SON
they all become enemies, not to be trusted.
Usually, suspicion is born of a guilty con-
science-we have done something that we want
to hide from others.
And as suspicion is born of guilt, so FEAR
is born of suspicion. You read of proof that
fear is born of suspicion in every paper last
week.
In Moscow, where Stain resorts to every
The Washington times., 1937-02-06
STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL

Lawyers always seem to have a
great liking for verse. In a Speech
ordered printed in the Congress
sional Record recently by Senator
Robert F. Wagner, Robert M. Jack.
son, Assistant Attorney General,
began like this:
'"It is a comfort to speak again
before my own bar association,
which has always been very
tOlerent of my hereSies. / will
test its patience again. Bar assO-
citation after-dinner speeches
often voice the high and solemn
esteem in which We hold our
selves. 1t was probably after a
bar dinner that the witty bard,
whose name our tOastmaster
hOnOrs, wrote:
ooh, how can a modest young
man
Ere hope for the slightest pro-
greSSiOn
In a profession already so full
OF lawyers, so full of profeS-
sion"
The Washington times., 1937-02-06
running.

The Kansan, who for years, when
the Republicans we're in power, act
ed as chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, has been NOV
ing force in improvements for the
city. He was first motivated to
see that the school facilities were
built up to a standard necessary
for a metropolitan area. Next he
worked for adequate police and
fire protection, and now he is de-
ter1nined to see that the 61-year-
old Jail is changed.
In his tour of inspection, which
was taken at the request of Mrs.
Roosevelt, who made trip there
several weeks ago, he drove his
car to the entrance. He was met
by Thomas M. Rives, superin-
tendent.
He was shown the men sleeping
on mattresses on the cement floor.
Five in cell built for three, seven
in the cubby holes built for five.
He was shown the little low
benches under the steps where in
mates may talk to visitors.
He was shown a group eating in
a narrow mess hall where the
tables are hastily removed when
it's time to electrocute a muir
derer.
He looked into the women's
quarters where double -decked cots
and single cots were pushed so
close together there isn't any room
to walk between them.
The more he looked the more
amazed he was. On the way back
to the Capitol he said:
''I don't think the people in
the States want their representa-
tiveS in Congress to be niggardly
with the District. Those who
think so have the wrong impress
sion. They are proud of the
Nations Capital.
During the recent campaign
1 found more and more the
people are interested in making
Washington model city.
when the people came here
l used to take them to the
schools to show them the modern
way of doing things, and they
were delighted. Now / want to
see the jail fixed up so 1 can
take them there and show them
a model penal institution.
"SOme members come from
small towns and don't look at
this matter with a broad enough
view. Washington should be the
foremost city in the country, and
am going to do everything in
my power to make it So"
During his visit the Senator die
mot talk to any inmates. but usec
The Washington times., 1937-02-06

lthe customs men ShOuQd nave
taught her to take no liberties.
But Maria had not learned her
lesson. AS she placed dainty foot
on the gangplank Of the S: s.
Deutschland in New York, a firm
hand was placed on her shoulder,
and Maria began the jaunt back
to California.
In the meantime, a native OF
Poland, Nastall Brandstatter, who
had left Shanghai about the same
time as Maria Wendt, had been
picked up in Cuba and deported
to the United States. Maria had
implicated him in the plot when
arrested in California. Brandstat-
ter hanged himself in a cabin OF
the liner Oriente the day it
reached New York.
To climax the story, cables from
China brought the news of the
horrible death of Al Stey, an
Alsatian chemist. His body was
discovered in clump Of bushes
outside Of Shanghai. He either
had taken his own life or had been
murdered by having poison forced
into his mouth. He was the leader
of a smuggling band whose opera
tions ran into millions Of dollars
yearly. Brandstatter was his lieu
tenant and Maria Wendt was
Brandstater'S dupe.
CHINA'S PLAN
There is no eXaggerating the
dangers of the drug traffic. Stuart
]. Fuller, of the State Department
speaking at Geneva before the
League of Nations opium advisory
commission, had this to say:
81 speak of this with feeling
because have been brought to
regard this failure (by Japan
to punish these poisOners in
japan and China, not only as
an act of unfriendlineSS to the
Chinese but also as an unfriendly
act toward the nations of the
North American continent. Let
US face the facts. Where Japan's
influence advances in the Far
East, what goes with it? The
drug traffic."
China. saturated with the drug
traffic, aims to have it stamped
out by the year 1910. It was intro
duced into China in 1776 by the
English. It is doubtful that eX
termination will have been accom-
plished within the next tou1
years because of Japanese protec
ton of the growers and traders
The Chinese nationalists, how
ever. give evidence that they viii
make a heroic effort to free thel1
country Of the scourge.
For the past three years they
have been executing peddlers ano
addicts at the rate Of thousano
a year. Now they promise mass
executions and as preliminary
are staging public shootings o1
small bands. One hundred years
ago the English fought a wal
with China to perpetuate the
opium trade. The centennial o.
that conflict may have Japar
doing the same thing for the
same purpose.
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-06

mass-trias, miStrials, and mass-murders of men
who had once been his friends.
Now, men who might have been loyal to
Stain, begin to suspect him as he suspects
them. Where there was no distrust, now there
is no trust, but only burning hate, famed by
fear and suspicion.
Stalins suspicion 1OM destroy him IN the
end.
We don't advise anybody to go through life
with bright-eyed smile and complete trust
for everybody. That would be stupid.
Don't accept everything as true without first
asking questions.
But, ASK the question, find out the TRUTH;
don't let doubt tester in your imagination until
it qrovs into SUSPICION, 1Vhich, like colored
glasses, 4ViU prevent you from ever again seeing
TRUTH.
The Washington times., 1937-02-06
Political Blight

"ASH1NGTONIANS who are interested in good
w government are again asking Congress to enact a
bill which would place the selection Of delegates from
the District to the quadrennia party conventions
legal basis.
Members of Congress who sincerely interested in
clean politics will welcome opportunity to vote for the
measure which has been before Congress for several
years.
Prepared bv Mr. John P Mullen, local attorney, the
bill deals realistically with problem which has vexed
Washingtonans for decades.
Briefly it provides that delegates to the party conven-
tions shall be elected by vote of the party members at
elections to be conducted under the supervision of the
District Commissioners by a Board of Elections
That is so simple proposition that the many new
members of Congress will undoubtedly wonder why it
has not been accepted in the past
For the information of these members it might be
stated that in the past the selection of delegations to
"represcn' the District at the conventions has been
farcical.
The selections have been made arbitrarily by few
pseudo politicians who have grasped and retained con-
troll of the local party machinery simply because there
was no effective way in which the rank and file OF party
members could make their wishes felt
No effort has been made to determine the will of the
party members in the District and delegations selected
bv the socaled leaders have simply carried out the
orders of those leaders at the conventions.
so CoNTEMPTUoUs HAVE THESE so-CALLED
LEADERS BEEN OF THE WILL OF THE LOCAL
VOTERS THAT THEY HAVE NOT HESITATED
TO AWARD PLACES ON THE LOCAL DELEGA-
TIONs TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT THE
SLIGHTEST CLAIM TO BEING CALLED WASH
1NGTONIANs.
has become rather the custom lat least of one pary)
to pick its delegates from among high Government Off
cias who wanted to make parade Of their 'loyaltv"
to the Administration but who could not muster suffi
cent strength in their home districts to win seat in the
convention.
The bill prepared by Mr. Mullen has little or no con-
necton with the proposal to give the District representa-
ton in Congress give the local citizens of
home rule
It does not as matter of fact, extend any privileges
to Washingonans which they not already supposed
to enjoy
It would provide only for orderly and decent man
ner Of exercising the present privilege of representation
in the presidential conventions.
Members Of Congress could find effective way
of proving their interest in honest and democratic gov
ernment than to pass this bill at the present session.