davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
F. B. Heath Attending
Observance in Min0t

r. B. Heath, president OF the Dakota
National Bank and Trust company Of
Bismarck, accompanied by w. B. Al
len Of Chicago. second vice president
Of the Continental-Illinois National
and Trust company, and Ray Madsen
Mandan, president Of the First Ma
tional bank, left for Minot Thursday
to participate In the observance there
Of the 10th anniversary Of Minota
First National bank and the 36 years
that r. E. Barron. president, has
served that institution.
Others attending are J. Cameron
Thomson, Minneapolis, president Of
the Northwest Incorporation: Bland
ing Fisher, Devils Lake, president OF
the Ramsey County National bank:
Trygve Oas, Minneapolis. trust officer
Of the Midland National Bank and
Trust company: A. L. Netcher, Fargo,
president Of the North Dakota Bank
ers association and the Northern and
Dakota Trust company: G. @. Wattam.
Fargo, secretary Of the North Dakota
Bankers association; r. z. Mcdresor.
Minneapolis. vice president Of the
Northwestern National Bank and
Trust company.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Wife's Plea to Franco
May Free u. S. Filler

Burgos, Spain. Sept. e-(R-Harold
Dahl, 2e-year-old Champaign, III.
captive airman who Is under sentence
Of death, told the Associated Press
Thursday that Insurgent Generals
simo Francisco Franco has promised
his release.
The promise was made to Dahl's
bride Of less than year. who Is now
living at Cannes, France, Dahl was
informed.
A personal letter from Mrs. Dahl
direct to the 0eneralissimo, enclosing
her picture, did what official negoti-
atoms were not able to accomplish.
Dahl. who bailed out Of his blaz-
ing Spanish government plane when
1t was shot down by Insurgents July
=, was 80 worried about his fate that
he refused to tell reporters his name
until he learned Of the plan for his
freedom.
Franco wrote Mrs. Dahl that her
husband was In good health In an In
surgent prison and added that his
life never. was in danger"
He suggested that Mrs. Dahl get
In touch with the Spanish central
government, and tell Of frances
promise to exchange the aviator.
The Insurgent generalissimo agreed
to send Dahl to France Immediately
In exchange for any Insurgent aviator
held prisoner by the government.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
TEACHER SHORTAGE
IN RURAL SCHOOLS
CONFR0NTS STATE
Conference Will Be Held Here
Friday to Consider Causes.
Remedies

An emergency arising from the re-
ported shortage Of teachers willing to
accept rural school positions prompted
State supsstntedenk u Public In
struction Arthur e. Thompson Thurs
day to call o aconference Of North Da-
kOta educators to be held here Fri
day.
Invited to the session are county
superintendents Of schools from
counties where the shortage Of teach
ers appears most acute; presidents Of
the state teachers colleges; Don
Larin, Bismarck, Of the U. 8. re-em-
ployment service. and NJ. e. Nc
Curdy, Fargo, executive secretary OF
the State Education association.
The shortage appears to be concen-
trated in the southwest and south
central portions Of the state, although
Walsh county In the northeastern
section has reported Z need for eight
teachers in order to open all rural
schools, Thompson said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
By KENNETH W. sIAdoNs

Two Of the finest irrigated farma
in the Lower Yellowstone valley are
those Of Nels e. Back and Clayton
Worst, son Of Dr.. j. H. Worst, for
mer president Of the North Dakota
Agricultural college.
Two Of the most successful irrt-
cation ventures in North Dakota are
those on the penitentiary farm here
and that Of H. J. Houser, just south
Of the Missouri river bridge at
Sanish.
An impartial survey Of these four
farms, made with an eye only to
ascertaining the facts. proves two
things.
The first Is that North Dakota soil
can be made to grows in fact grow
ing-products comparable In guam
tity and quality with those grown In
Montana.
The second Is that irrigation in
North Dakota will have to be simpli-
fled and put on . sounder basis Of
the Job Of watering the land on this
side Of the line will cost SO much as
to make success . doubtful matter.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
II. q. Water Plans
Win Endorsement
Broad Program for All Of West
srn Part Of State Approved
by Association

Endorsement Of the water develop
nent program for Western North Da-
kota as presented by the North
Dakota Water Conservation commits
sion was voted by members Of the
Western North Dakota Reclamation
association ct . meeting In the capitol
Wednesday.
At the same time 1t vas agreed
members Of the association would
continue to enlist the interest Of citi-
zenS In water conservation projects
each In hts own community In m
effort to unite public opinion behind
the board.
Speakers stressed the point that
everyone agrees something must be
done about the lack Of agricultural
production due to insufficient rainfall
but that not everyone agrees as to
what should be done about It. Those
Ut the meeting, however. reported .
strong demand for irrigation In their
districts. some Of the western coun-
ties suggesting that they be given
attention and that all attention not
be centered on developments along
the Missouri river.
Program Presented
The water board program q 1t re-
lates to Western North Dakota was
Is follows:
I. Small irrigation projects on all
western watersheds as fast as they
can be developed and financed.
2. Cooperation with the bureau Of
reclamation in . study Of the Tren-
ton-Buford project near Williston and
an effort to have this financed by the
government II the project Is proved
by such studies to be sound.
;. Development Of irrigation, both
in the Missouri river valley and tri.
butary streams. Is rapidly Is possible.
giving preference to those projects
which are most sound from IN eco
nomic standpoint.
Consider Well Supplies
(. Development Of irrigation water
supplies from wells In those areas
where IN adequate water supply Is
found at depths which do not exceed
IN economic lift.
5. Continuance Of studies on al
western watersheds looking to their
complete development, largely by
government funds. but giving such
state aid g Is necessary and possi.
bic.
One Of the chief speakers at the
session was Senator Gerald p. Nys. .
Of the senate committee on
reclamation and irrigation. who ex-
pressed himself - wholeheartedly for
the water conservation and irrigation
program but warned that things move
slowly In congress and that persist
ence will be necessary to achieve the
goel Of q sound development.
Inexpefjence d Handicap
W. w. Mclaughlin. Berkeley. Calf.
chief Of the bureau Of agricultural
In the department Of ag-
riculture and Q strong advocate Of
irrigation In Western North Dakota,
outlined what he conceived to be Q
sound development program. He as-
sured those present that there are
great possibilities here but warned
that It would be unwise to attempt
10 move too swiftly since 1t requires
men q well Is land and water to
CONTINUED o. Pass Tvol
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
CASEY'S FUNERAL
IS SET FOR FRIDAY
Retired Railway Conductor Will
Be Buried in St. Mary's
Following High Mass

Funeral services for Patrick 6. O.
sey. retired Pennsylvania railwa!
conductor who died at his home her
Tuesday night, will be ut . a. m. Fri
day In st. Mary's procathedral. Bur
ial will be In st. Mary's cemetery.
David Burge Of Pittsburgh. . step
son. will arrive by plane Thursda,
night to attend the services, . requiem
high mass.
Pallbearers will be Clarence Lar.
son, Max Kupitz. Harvey Crane, Oh
Johnson, Joseph L. Kelley and Harry
Homan.
The body Will lie In the Convert Fu.
neral Home until time for services.
Although Mr.. Casey spent the ma
jority Of his life in the east, he came
to Bismarck In 1909 to settle the es-
tate Of . relative. Liking the coun-
try he remained here.
Mr.. Casey had . wide acquaintance
among the older residents Of Bis
marck. He was known as IN avid
sportsman.
Besides the stepson. he also leaves
. stepdaughter, Mrs. Charles Smith Of
Pittsburgh and . grandson, w. Z
Berwman Of Bismarck, Commissioners
Of the N. D. workmen's compensation
bureau, and Mrs. Berwman.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Alb Jenkins Breaks
Motor Speed Marks

Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah. Sept.
9-(R,-Unsettled weather continued
over Western Utah Thursday and Ah
jenkins. American long distance
speed driver. did not know when he
would resume his dash again.
During the two hours and five min
utes jenkins hurled his huge Nor
mon Meteor" over the salt flats
Wednesday before rain halted hie
projected 4s-hour run. he covered
3501l2 miles 1t m average Of 168.00
miles IN hour. He broke eight speed
records ranging from 50 to 500 kilo-
meters.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Thompson Heads
Local Scout Area
Longtime Bismarck scoutsr
Elected at Missouri Valley
Area Meeting

Z. Z. Thompson, longtime Bis
marck scouter, Is new chairman Of
the Bismarck district Of the Missouri
Valley area council, elected Tuesday
night at the annual district meeting
here. Thompson succeeds Dr.. George
M. Constans.
Elected vice chairman were +. H.
Waldo and J. w. Calnan. both for
their first terms. w. A. Payne was
reelected to . vice presidents post.
Thompson, . member Of the troop
committee Of troop 3 since 1881,
served as treasurer Of the Missouri
Valley area council In 1935-36. Both
Waldo and Calnan are also veterans
Of Scout work.
Constans. presiding ct the meeting,
called upon troop chairmen and
chairmen Of standing district COM
mittees for reports Of the years ac-
tivities.
lle Merit Badges Issued
Reporting on advancements during
the past year, Netland said that Is
Scouts had been promoted to the
second class rank, 30 to first class,
20 to Star Scout. Is to Life Scout and
l8 to Eagle Scout. Four hundred SIX
teen merit badges were awarded.
Total enrolment ct Camp Chan
owapi. wildwood lake Scout camp,
this summer totaled 35l, Bill Nc
Donald, chairman Of the camping
committee reported. OF these Scouts.
1T were from Bismarck. he said.
H. O. Saxvik. chairman Of the
organization committee. declared
concerted effort should be made to
enroll every available boy In Scouting
this year.
/. Plans 70 have . deputy commits
sioner assigned to each three troops
In tho district were revealed by Ro-
bert Kirkwood. district 9cout COM
miSsi6n1f,, who said that last year
four men worked with him on his
staff, each contracting three troops .
month.
Other Chalrnsen Report
Other district chairmen making re-
ports were Richard Barry. advance
ment and national jamboree: Henry
Duemeland, finance: Bill Mcdraw,
board Of review; @. w. Leifur, lead
ership and training; Mark Hollis.
health and safety; and Worth Lumry,
and Walter Brophy. activities.
Reporting for troop committees
were: Lloyd Lillestrand. troop 2; Ro-
bert Kirkwood, troop 3: Harold Chat
fee. troop I; G. w. Leifur, troop 8:
George WIN, troop 8; John Calnan,
troop Z: Al Hartl, troop 8: John
Karasiewicz, troop .; John Oalnan.
troop 10: Charles Lessman, troop II.
Members Of the nominating COM
mittee who brought In the names Of
the new officers were Kelly Simon.
son, chairman, H. o. saxvik and Sam
Merritt.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Start Fire Looking
For Lost Kitten

Fond du Lac. WIS.,, Sept. o-
The Earl Barber family Is COM
sidertng the advisability Of putting
q leash on Tommy, three-month-
old pet kitten.
When Tom my disappeared
someone suggested he might have
crawled into . hole In the bot
tom Of the davenport. Matches
used to explor the cavity ret the
davenport afire. Water literally
poured on the blaze soaked most
Of the room. The fire department
was called.
When the excitement abated
Tommy was found nesting on
bedroom chair.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Williston Fugitive
Guilty of Murder

Spokane, WASH. Sept. s.-(R-Her-
bert Allen, 81, captured after . jail
break at Williston, N. D.. pleaded
guilty "wednesday to . first degree
murder charge growing out Of . spo-
kane bank robbery killing Feb. Is.
A Jury must sentence him to death
Of life imprisonment. Two other
youths already are under the death
sentence for the crime.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Bismarck MOistened
Slightly by Showers

Only % Of IN inch Of rain had
FALLEN In Bismarck ut 10 .. N. ThurS-
day as clouds still cut Oft the direct
rays Of the sun to make The Nh.
souri, slope considerably cooler thar
Wednesday when the No curl
touched q high Of el.
Carrington, jamestown. Nine
Devils Lake and Fargo also repogt
showers, none Of them totaling n
than .06 inches Of precipitation.
The forecast was cloudy 70 -
cloudy Thursday night and q
and cooler.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Business Outlook Is
Good, Says Dawes

Chicago. Sept. S.-RForme ~
Vice President Charles Gates Dawes
chairman Of the board Of the City
National Bank and Trust company.
said Wednesday he foresaw = con-
tiuuance Of satisfactory general
business conditions despite recent
stock prizes recessions."
II see no indications In business
of . lack Of confidence" Gen. Dawes
said. and I expect to see business
conditions continue satisfactoey this
year and next"
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Potato Marketing
Plans Get AAA OK

BoisA Idaho, Sept. s-KeIedersl
potato marketing Agreements IN Min
oe9ote, Wisconxtn, North Dakota,
Colorado. Nehraska. wyoming. Maine.
Michigan and Idaho received tenta-
tive approval OF the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, Z J. IddinGs,
director Of The University extension
service here. said be had been in
formed.
The agreements would become ef-
fective II signed BY half the handlers
In the areas and then approved BY
Secretary Wallace.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Stormy Petrol of
Air Waves in City

w. K. Henderson, one.time stormy
petrol Of the air lanes when he wa
operating station KWKH ct shreve-
port, La, was . visitor In Bismarck
Thursday. He Is on . trip into north
ern states to invite residents Of this
region to come to Louisiana and view
tho wonders and beauties Of the
south.
Broke after . series Of business re-
verses he says he has learned that q
man can live without money and can
be as happy without it Is he can
With It.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Pioneer Businessman
Dies at Park River

Park River, N. D., Sept. 9.-Re
Funeral services viii be held here SAT-
|urday for James J. Dougherty. 70.
pioneer businessman, former state
Legislator and first school teacher at
IArimore. who died at his home here
Wednesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Steer Prices Rise to
Nine.Year-Old Level

Chicago, Sept. 9.-R-Steer prices
bridged the depression Thursday and
equalled . price paid more than nine
years ago.
Prime steers. II Of them Weighing
l,22l pounds each. sold 1t 9l0.7S .
hundred pounds In the Chicago Union
stockyards, the highest price steers
had brought there since January,
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Yellowstone Forest
Fire Out of Control

Livingston, Mont. Sept. 9.-(R-A
blaze reported out Of control was rag
ing near the northeastern corner Of
Yellowstone National Park early
Thursday after burning over 1900
acres Of land.
An army Of $50 fire fighters bettled
the blaze.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Chinese CLING TO
SHANGHAI Lines IN
SUSTAINED FIGHTING
Detachment Of 1000 Japanese
Reported Wiped Out Near
Peiping
WERE CAUGHT IN AMBUSH
Chinese Blockade Yangtze;
Americans Flee From Air
Raid in South China
WERE CAUGHT IN AMBUSH
(By the Associated Press)


Chinese troops chung tenaciously to
their main lines on all Shanghai
fronts Thursday In the face Of In
cessant and sustained attacks from
the combined Japanese army. air
force and navy.
From Peiping came unconfirmed
reports that q detachment Of 1000
Japanese troops had been wiped out
by q deadly Chinese ambush IN the
rocky hills west Of that ancient city.
The Japanese line was said to have
been thrust back five miles by the
sudden Chinese onslaught.
Three other incidents stood out IN
Thursdays fighting tn the Far East's
undeclared war:
Chinese struck new blow at
the japanese navy by blocking
the upper reaches Of the Yangtse
river with obsolete steamers and
Chinese iunks loaded with sand
and concrete. The barrier ef-
fectiyely blocked. the Japanese
fleet from spreading its active
ties far mp river from Shanghai.
Three one pound shells crashed
directly in front Of the American
consulate general. seriously In.
turing three Chinese civilians and
one British policeman.
American residents In the
South China port Of Fukien were
driven into UNDERGROUND bomb
proof dugouts BY . tWo-h0ur
Japenese air raid. There were
NO American casualties.
Rush Reinforcements
Heavy reinforcements were flowing
through Peiping to Lianghsiang. 10
miles to the south, and to the sore
ly-menaced Japanese right flank IN
the western hills around Mentouquo,
Is miles to the west.
The steady stream Of wounded jap
anese coming back from the front was
almost equally heavy. Several thous-
ands have been brought here In the
last few days and last night . train
load Of wounded was evacuated to
Tangku, the port Of Tientsin, where
they will be sent back TO Japan.
Most Of the injured were lying flat
on the floors Of cattle cars.
Reliable Chinese reports from the
Mentoukuo front, where the whole
Japanese operation is threatened by
a wide Chinese flank attack, said that
the 1000 japanese were drawn into
q trap by retreating Chinese.
The Japanese pursued the retreat
far into the maze Of hills where the
Chinese have prepared almost impreg-
rable positions. Then, from their
lairs on the hill tops, the Chinese
swarmed down, riddling the Japanese
with machine gun fire and forcing
them to retreat five miles to the east.
Raid Endangers Lives
American lives were gravely en-
and the United States war
ship Asheville was caught In the
in South China. Sew
eral bombs fell only short distance
from the Asheville and forced her
officers and crew to hurry below
decks for refuge from the hail Of
shrapnel.
Bombs and shells from the Japan
ese planes and ships rained on the
ermy headquarters, police headquart-
ers, the airfield and the old fort near
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
WANTS FOREST PROJECT

Mitchell, Sept. 9.-tReMoney for
development Of the proposed Sand
Hills National forest project In Brown
and Marshall counties Of South Da-
kota and two counties in North Da-
kota was sought Thursday by Sen
ator Herbert E. Hitchcock Dem..
s. d..
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Five French Fliers
Killed in Air Crash

Bordeaux. France. Sept. e.-tF-
The bodies Of five French army fliers
were recovered Thursday from the
wreckase Of . large fighting plane
which crashed In flames wednesday
night near the Bordeaux airport
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09

Tokyo-A Domei news agency
report from Shanghai said that
100 Soviet trucks loaded with
airplanes had arrived at Sianfu,
China, Shensi province capital.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
no. ELECT AIDERAdAN

Minot, n. D., Sept. o.-lGinot,s fifth
ward Will hold = special election Nov.
to name . successor 10 Alderman
Earl Campbell. who resigned to move
70 Wllliston.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09

Nanking-U. 8. Ambassador Nelson
johnson ordered the American con-
sulate at Swatow closed and Ill
Americans evacuated because Of the
increasing danger from Japanese
bombardment Of the important South
China port.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
ENGLAND AlyDRANCE
DETERMINED TO CURB
MYS7ERI0USA7TACKS
Insist Meeting In Switzerland
Friday will Achieve Definite
Results Anyway
MAY REINFORCE PATROLS
Refusal Of Fascist Powers to
Attend ls Slap at So
Wet Russia
MAY REINFORCE PATROLS

Iaris, Sept 4 - IN - Freneh
foreign officials sai4 tonight they
Asd received assurances that
Britain and ether powers are
w1lllng - co.epera4e with France
IN . Mediterranean Warship pa
trel nn4er orders 70 ~sink sub
marine attockeEs.~
The foreign sffice hastily
drafted paans fer the naval patral
which Il expected Fridays Aedl.
tesFean 'plracy conferencer -
AdePt.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Dy The Associaeed Preee)

France and Great Britain answered
derman-ltalian refusal to take part
in . Mediterranean ~anti-piracy"
conferencs Thursday with new de-
termination to use their warships to
prevent attacks On shippins.
Both the British and French also
insisted that the conference In
Switzerland Friday would achieve
definite results-despite refusal Of
Fascist powers to take part.
Even as tho Fascist powers refused
to parley, the French navy ministry
ordered another destroyer division to
be ready to rush to the Neditef.
ranean. The order told commanders
to be ready TO sail on = moments no
ttce to reinforce The 1eet already on
patrol egainst submarine piracy"
Bisw - Hspss
The yItAlo- German rejection was .
blow 10 1ritish and French hopes for
. peaceful solution Of the crisis which
grew out Of the Spanish civil War. +
It was : slap at Soviet Russia.
Moscow had accused Italy OF tor
pedoing two Soviet freighters In tho
eastern Mediterranean. The charge
threatened . diplomatic breach be.
tween Ruesia and italy.
Because Of refusal Of italy and
Germany to take part In the parley
1t was expected the conference site
would b shifted from Nyon, Switzer-
land, to 0eneva.
Although Britain was determined to
end the piracy, Of which she had
been . principal victim, her delegates
were understood to have been In
stracted to do nothing ct Fridays
gathering to divide Mediterranean
countries into Fascist and Anti
Fascist blocs.
May Saver Rslaltous
Rumors-totally without confirm
alton - bu11ed TO aud no, among
them one to the effect that Italo-
Russian diplomatic relations would
be severed or trade boycotts applied
between the Fascist and Communist
powers as the result Of the repeated
Soviet accusations.
The talks to which Britain had
named . strong delegation were ex-
pected to be confined largely to
technical - and thus far secret
ffanco-British naval plans to re-
store order to the Mediterranean.
The crisis. In which may be bedded
the reeds Of the next world war, has
solidified the friendship Of the major
Fascist powers. as opposed to the
Soviet union.
u. 8. WON'T
RECOGNIZED BLOCKADE
Warrington, Sept. o-R-U. 8. Of
iicals said Thursday this govern
ment has not altered It's refusal to
recognize blockade Of Spanish sea-
ports.
Officials said they had reason to
believe that American ships carrying
saon.contraband cargoes had called at
these ports. and would continue 70
ply Spanish waters.
There should be no interp citation
Of . change In policy, they said. from
the navy's warning to American
mariners Of pirate" craft In the
Mediterranean sea.
The warning. broadcast to every
American vessel with radio receivers.
said:
American ships operating IN the
Mediterranean ~ are warned that
merchant vessels Of various countries
have recently been attacked In that
see BY unidentified aircraft, surface
veseelS and submarines"
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09

New York - Gen. Ftancisco
Franco was asked by 26 promi-
nent American and Canadian
leaders to spare the lives Of 1000
captured civilians said to be fac
Ing execution for remaining loyal
to the Madrid government.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
CLAIM NAZIS READY
TO SEIZE CONTROL
Chicago Paper Says Rapidly
Growing Army Plans to
Take Over Government

Chicago, Sept. s.-(R-The Daily
Times said In . copyright article
Thursday that "in uniforms strangely
suggestive Of those worn by Adolf HIT
ler's Maxi storm troops, . relatively
small but rapidly growing army Y
preparing for the American counter
part Of Der Tag when 1t plans "a
seize control Of the United States"
The newspaper said the article re-
suited from IN exhaustive invest-
cation Of American Nazis."
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09

London - The lOl9-ton British
freighter Stanwold reported she was
captured by Spanish insurgent war
vessel in the Bay Of Biscay, Lloyd's
disclosed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09

Hendaye-Insurgent planes and
guns pounded government de-
lenses In Northwest Spain after
their advance on Gijon had been
stalled and more than 1000 Of
their men killed In q sudden
counter offensiye.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
Western II. D. Land Values Reduced
N Jews
From the Fronts

Misunderstanding Hull indi-
Gated the United States does not in
tend to withdraw its troops from
China 50 long as the present unde-
clared war between Japan and China
continues.