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a a a 1 DAILY ANCES, IOWA, THUREDAY, JULY 2, 1931. "301 me LOCALS LS Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Miller and Mr. and Mrs.

John Dodge and family of State Center were recent Jirs. Mamie Sohn and Ora son, Ames. spent Tuesday in Ames with guests in friends. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.

Julie Olson is visiting at the Wilkinson and Mrs. C. 1 W. Mrs. Harold son.

some of Bobbie. they left for their home in her daughter, Los Angeles, Tuesday evening. Bachman in State Center. Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Beard will go Fred Preston visited in Rhodes to Atlantic Friday evening 1 where Sunday with relatives. they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and A.

Read Claude Porter over the Fourth. and son Robert Mira, left Wednesday by Mrs. Bernita Bickett of Cranford, motor for Los Angeles, where returned Wednesday relatives, a they will make their home. Mrs. tew days visit with 10 Read's mother, Mrs.

Roy Taylor, Tama. Mrs. Bickett has been visit. accompanied them and will go to ing at the home of her parents, Brewster, where she will Mr. and Mrs.

E. r. Burton. visit Mr. Taylor's sister, Mrs.

Net Mr. and Mrs. C. Sbendby and tie Whitinger for a month. En son.

Keith of Pullman, route to the west coast the group who have been visiting at the home of will visit Yellowstone park. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.

Dawson for the past ten day, left Wednesday for their home. Mra. Dawson returned with them for 3 visit. Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Hunter week's leave Friday evening for a visit with relatives in New Albany. I and in Illinois. They will motor thru. Mrs. Hattie Handsaker and daughter are visiting in Lake City with Mrs.

Handsaker's Picht and family. Mrs. Handsakeris enjoying a two week's vacation from her duties at the Montgomery Ward store. Harold Krotaska will leave Saturday morning for a two week's vacation in northern Minensota. Lyle Mason of Fulton, will arrive this week-end for a week's visit with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. L. E. Mason on Burnett ovenue. Marvin, who recently went to Fulton to visit his brother.

will return aiso. Mr. and Mrs. L. C.

Brooks left Wednesday by motor for a few days visit in Watertown, Minn, Mr. and Mrs. Will Allan, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson and and Mrs.

F. E. King enjoyed a picnic Wednesday evening in Brookside park. Mr. and Mrs.

Mike Maroney were recent guests in the J. D. Fitzgerald home in Nevada. Mr. and Mrs.

-C. J. Brallier and son Jimmy returned to their home in. Marble Rock following a visit at the F. M.

Dawson home 223 East Sixth street. Lacey Morrison was called to Centerville Wednesday by the death of his mother. The late Mrs. Morrison was ninety-three years of age and had been in failing health for some time. Mr.

and Mrs. Russell M. Meadswere recent guests in State Center. PIONEER SHELDAHL MAN DIES IN MINN. SHELDAHL Halvor Sheldahl, 80, pioneer of the Sheldahl conmunity died at his home in Canby, Wednesday.

Mr. Sheldabl a stroke of paralysis 15 years ago and had been helpless since that time. He made his home in Sheldahl until 1902, when he and his moved to Canby. His first wife died in 1904. His second wife, four daughters, Mrs.

Bertha Stenberg of Litchfield, Mrs. Christianson Marshall, Mrs. Carrie Alleman Mrs. Belle Weeks of Canby. and six sons, James of Earlham, Oscar, Harry, Lewis and Orel of Sheldabl and Elmer of Elmore, survive: Funeral services will be conducted at Canby Friday afternoon and interment will be in the Canby cemetery.

James, Harry, Oscar and Lewis Sheldahl of this place left Thursday morning for Canby to attend the funeral services. Division No. 2 Christian Aid BAKESALE Friday, July 3 Picnic Lunches a Specialty Iowa Railway Light Office H. S. Gibbard has moved from 2304 Knapp street to 922 Burnet: avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Bauge and son and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Milo Neighbor of Des Moines will go to Lake Comar Friday evening.

where they hare taken a cottage for over the OMAHA YEGGS ELUDE POLICE AFTER CHASE COUNCIL BLUFFS (U.P) Although a posse serached for them throughout the night, no trace had been found Thursday of two bandits who robbed Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Barish and their three children in Omaha.

Barish obtained the license number on the robber's car as it sped away and Council Bluffs officers started pursuit as they crossed the Douglas street bridge. The chase took the officers three miles into the country. Mary shots were fired. With both rear tires punctured by shot gun slugs from police guns the driver of the bandit car turned into a farm yard and he and his companion fled on foot. Officers believe both were wounded The robbers took a $300 diamond ring, a wrist watch and $25 in cash from Barish, a $200 diamond ring from Mrs.

Barish and a small ring and coral necklace from one of the children. Chinese Refuse To Permit Andrews' Trip Into Desert PEIPING, China (U.P.) Roy! Chapman Andrews, widely. known American scientist, was barred from conducting proposed expedition into the Gobi desert by the Chinese authorities Thursday. In a 'communique explaining their attitude, the Chinese officials referred. to Andrews' "arrogant attitude" and said.

he had been "excavating valuable scientific material from Chinese territory under cover of a passport for hunting." The Andrews expedition had been organized and planned to start Mongolian desert area shortly. No Meetings To Be Held in July, Aug. COLLINS--The Collins township farm bureau, which meets on the first Friday evening of cvery month, will not meet during the months of July and August, it is announced. The next event of the organization will be a picnic held in cooperation with residents of the community. Old Boone County Bridge to be Razed (U.P.)-The The Rose Ferry bridge, probably oldest bridge in this county, has been closed to traffic and will be wrecked, cording to Ralph Patterson, county engineer.

A new bridge recently was erectled to supplant the old structure. THE VOGUE in HOSIERY The Net that catches the eye! Everybody's being caught by this new Phoenix net -it's so lovely, so decidedly fashionable, so flattering and chic. Best of all, you'll be surprised at its service. obility. All silk with picot edge in lovely spring and summer colors.

Summer Colors Dazelle, Parchment, Off White, PHOENIX See them in the window tomorrow. Te hir OUT OUR WAY By Williams MA THAT POOR ILL -GUY BET TH' OH, 1 BRAINS KNOW OF THEM THAT PAIR SHE WISHES HE HAD. I SHE 5 ALLUS LOOKIN WAY. OH, DAN 400 EIGHT ER 'TEN AHEAD -VERY. AMBITIOUS! HAVE NO, TIME SITTING KIDS.

SO WHEN SHE'S KEEPIN HIM OUT IN TO BE HE'S THRU FER SOCIETY. HERE. COME SO WHEN HE GETS RIGHT IN AND DAY A BIG 308 THEY'LL FIT. TH' HIS GET CLEANED UP WIFE WOULD BE HIS POSITION IN LIFE. IN WORSE SHAPE WE'RE GOING OUT THAN HIM.

EVERY NIGHT HE'S GETTIN FOR SUPPER AND MORE FIT FER TH' POSITION, THEN TO YOUR BUT. EVERY DAY HE'S A LODGE DANCE. GETTIN LESS FIT GET POSITION. HEROES ARE MADE -NOT BORN. 7-2 NEA SERVICE, IC.

U. S. PAT. OFF3 MAXWELL, SLATER WILL CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY Independence day will be celebrated Saturday by only two communities in Story county, Maxwell and Slater. Residents of other communities plan to join these towns in their celebrations, travel to other parts of the state for the week-end, or observe the day otherwise.

Maxwell will hold its apnual celebration in the city park. Attorney C. H. Hall of Nevada will be the speaker of the day. There will be a program of singing and band music morning and afternoon, and two fast ball games, one between Cambridge and Maxwel! and the other between Farrar and White Oak are scheduled.

There will also be a twilight kitten ball came. A horseshoe tournament: wIll be an outstanding feature of the sports program. Saturday evening a colored troupe known as the Six Black Demons will entertain and a juvenile acrobatic feature will be presented under the direction of Miss Thelma Mingle: The Maxwell band will furnish band music during the day. Col. C.

B. Wells will serve as chairman of the day. An address by Senator Smith W. Brookhart Saturday morning at 11 o'clock will be the principal feature of Slater's celebration, Other speakers will be Robert Buch and the Rev. Lester A.

Pierso nof Ames. The parade, always a feature of Slater celebrations, will be headed by the Slater junior band, appearing in its new black and white uniforms. The band will play during the day and evening, and the Krantz family orchestra will give a concert in the evening. The sports program includes a ball game between Slater and Madrid and a tug-of-war between teams from the country and town. in the evening, a and a merry-goMoving pictures will be shown round.

stands and concessions will furnish fun throughout the day. Bodies of Two Are Found Slain LANSING, UP)-The mutilated bodies of a pretty 23-yearold girl and her ex-convict sweetheart, presented state police today with a death mystery which may turn out to be either a suicide pact or a double murder of unusual bru tality. The bodies of Miss Margaret Thayer, 23. and her sweetheart, William Hulteen. 31, were found Wednesday night in a lonely, ver.

min-infested swamp on the outskirts of the city. The throats of both had been cut and Hulteen's head bad been biown off by a shot. gun. College Savings Bank Pays Dividend A six per cent semiannual dividend -as declared College Savings bank here Wednesday, C. A.

Knudson, president of the bank. annernced. POST, GATTY GIVEN A NOISY WELCOME (Continued From Page One) nine days since we left New York." Two Bad Stretches Pressed with queations concerning the long and hazardous journey, Post summed up the entire journey in about 100 words. "We had two bad stretches," he said. "They were from Berlin to Moscow, where we encountered bad weather, and from to Nome, across the Bering strait.

There we ran into violent storms -the worst of the entire trip. Rain, snow and sleet beat constantly against our nirne and in our faces. The fog at was 80 thick it was almost lira, ossible to see the propellor. It was the most terriLle weather we have ever flown through. "We found the hardest and most STONE HITS AT GRAIN BROKERS WASHINGTON, U.P) -Chairman James E.

Stone of the federal farm. board charged Tuesday that grain traders were attempting to dis credit the board's work in order to prevent the country's farmers or: ganizing. Stone said the traders were attempting to dictate. the board's policy but that he did not purpose to allow them to interfere. Stone's charges against the grain traders was made during discussion of the reaction to the state.

ment of Tuesday night in whicn the board promised to limit its do mestic wheat sales to 60,000,000 bushels during the year ending July 1, 1932. Stone said he hoped the would. et. fect. of causing wheat growers to reduce their The board statement was issued after.

Presi dent Hoover suggested a dennite policy. was. desirable. The board 'committed to a new of restricting domestic sales ot government wheat, turned Thursday to foreign markets with confidence that additional outle's for its surplus stocks would be found. The board is studying the world situation much the same way that.

a private. business would seek new markets if its usual channels of trade were cut off. July, August and September are the best period of the year for wheat exports. Brookhart Says Board Is Wrong DES MOINES, tion of the federal farm board for. its announced policy, of disposing of old wheat at the rate.

of bushels per. month was voiced here by Sen. Smith W. Brookhart. The beard should "buy more wheat instead of disposing of it," he said.

Says Farmers Will Suffer DES MOINES, -Decision of the farm board to market bushels of wheat monthly "provides the grain trade with a price pressing weapon which will be gouged into the farmer clear to the hilt," said Glenn B. Miller, president of the Iowa Farmers Union, Thursday. Sen. Dickinson Approves Plan DES MOINES, -Farm board action as to disposal of its wheat holdings is "fair and equitable," In the opinion of Senator L. J.

Dickinson, chairman of the advisory council. Claims Europe Solving Problem ALLIANCE, (U.P) -America would do well to study. some European countries for. examples. of what should be done to aid.

the farmer; Jobn R. Simpson, of Okla homa City, national president of the farmers union declared here Thursday. Europe the governments guar- BABCOCK, INVENTOR OF FAT TEST, DIES From. termination of its percentage in the whole. "The test is not patented" were the.

words Dr. Babcock used in an nouncing the Babcock test to the world. In this manner, he refused to benefit personally by the invention and deeded it to dairymen ev. erywhere; the widespread use of the method quickly received indicated the huge royalties. he could have collected by capitalizing on his skill The Babcock test brought an end to the sale of "watered" milk to creameries, enabled dairymen er.

erywhere to determine the worth of each cow in their herds, and. established a milk standard of inestimable value to. hospitals, sanitariums and physlicans, the antee the wheat farmer a price for his grais, Simpson said. national farmers union was in northwest Nebraska to address meeting of Farmers Union units at the state park south of Chadron. "There are no bread: lines, employment 'or poor houses 10 Simpson said.

"The farmer 19 guaranteed by the govermmest price of not less than $1.60 pet bushel for his wheat. "Farmers of France are prosper. ous because government pays them $1.71 a bushel for their grain. Ile Germany the farmer is guaranteed $1.50 a bushel. "If I had a right to license the buyers.

of. do; it'1 grain could and put to up tell a thenr bigs tariff wall against foreign wheat; I could have Ave millions, which is one one-hundredth of what the federal farm board had tc work with--I could guarantee every -wheat farmer 1, this country at least $2 a bushel for his grain on the Chicago basis. This would mean at least $1.80 per bushel out here 1p Nebraska." THUNDERSTORMS OVERCOME HEAT (Continued from page 1.) alarmingly as thousands sought relief at bathing beaches. Rains General Thruout State DES. MOINES (U.P) General rains over the state bad brot relief Thursday from a heat which extended for nine days and took a huge toll of buman lives and crops.

Charles D. Reed, federal meteorologist, predicted fair weather for Thursday and Friday, but that the temperatures will not touch 90 any where in the state. Rain which swept into the state thru Mills and Pottawattamie counties Wednesday morning had spread over the entire state by night, bating the parched lands with welcome moisture, relieving temporarily a serious drought threat, and stemming the tide of death to people and livestock. The greatest rainfall was' at the Ledges State park, Boone, where 2.20 inches was reported. At Webster City the precipitation 1.88 inches, at Boone 1.65 inches, at Atlantic 1.16 inches.

Nearly every section of Iowa except the extreme southeast experienced rain fall, accompanied by cool winds which forced temperatures down into the eighties for the first time than Wednesday started warm ani the morning of were reported hours at Waterine, Barberton, Coder. Rapida, Kookak; and 100 at and Clarinda, Lowe Falls, Jowa City Marshalltown. Thursday morning, the minimum had dropped bowerer, to 60 at grees Carroll, from a the decrease of nearly: 20 de low temperature. previous day's state 90 Employes Prostrated employes PITTSBURGH of the At least Pittsburgh plants of the Allquippe. Jones sad Laughlin, Steel company were over- and nesday and beat Thursday.

work. Weded today. it was learn. managing Frank. Merchant, st, 'issistant te, died lem.

editor. of, the Pont-Gaset after he was stricken Chau hour. while driving his by the heat. automobile. Hordes of Fleas Invade New Orleans NEW ORLEANS.

(P) of with New Orleans fanned themselves Citizens. one hand and with the fleas other Thursday. Hordes. of: invaded the city to add to the suffering caused by the The small pests leaped thru kit; chens, parlors and into: ed foodstuffs and clothing and against. the of an outraged: citizenry.

wtih Health officials were -appeals for help, but. could: offer that -beat scratching. Everybody, scratched on. street cars, in offices and at home. Dr.

William Robin, head -of the health department, could offer no explanation of the -invasion; unless be had said, it might be that the -heat driven them out of- the where they sometimes dwell. Ames Bank Buys State Warrants Baseball Scores National League St ..000 20 NY 03- and Wilson; Fitzsimmons and Hogan. Cincin ....010 200 Brklyn ....010 003 Johnson Sukeforth; Phelps, Heimach and Lombardi. Pittsbgh .000 100 00. Boston ....000 000 00 Meine and Phillips; Cunningham and Spohrer, Cronin.

Chicago ...100 00 Philadel ...000 01 Smith and Hemsley; Benge and McCurdy. American League Philadel .04 Cleve .....00 Walberg and Cochrane; Hudlin and Sewell. ......010 Detroit ....000 Wells and Dickey; Uhle and Grabowski. Washington vs. St.

Louis: Unstarted yet. Boston ....00 Chicago ...10 Kline and Berry; Thomas and Grube. 4,283,749 in U.S. Are Illiterate But Iowa Has the Least WASHINGTON (U.P)-The bureau of the census has announced that 4.3 per cent of the population 10 years of age and over was illiterate in 1930. This marks a decrease of 2.3 per cent from the 1920 census.

The number of persons recorded as illiterates i in 1930 was 283,749, decrease of 648,156 in 10 years. The number of illiterates has declined about 13 per cent during a period in which the population increased 16.1 per cent. Iowa had the lowest percentage of illiteracy, with .8 of 1 per cent. highest percentage was in South Carolina, 14.9 per cent. Percentage of illiteracy decreased in every state.

Three Arrested, $21,430 In Stock Certificates Taken ST. LOUIS, Mo. -Stock certificates worth $21,430, which police believe may have been loot stolen from a Chicago bank more than a vear ago, found in the possession of three! men arrested here Thursday. The men are Marilla Moore. Joseph Gates and William Wallace.

Fifteen detectives, comprising four loads. armed with sub-machine guns and riot guns, surrounded the house where the were staying. The trio: described as "Chicago gangsters," did not resist arrest. They were held for Chicago police. Des Moines Man Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter DES MOINES (U.P.)-A plea of not guilty was entered by Lewis F.

Wheelock, prominent Des Moines investment broker, when he was arraigned late Wednesday OD charges of manslaughter and driv. ing while intoxicated. Wheelock indicted previously in connection with an auto accident in which Mrs. W. J.

Telfer and her two children were killed. FLIER DECORATED COPENHAGEN, Dermark (P. --Otto Hillig of Liberty, N. who with Holger Hoiriis new the Atlantic in the monoplane Liberty, was decorated Thursday with the Order of the Knight of Dannebrog, by King Christian. Child Dies Of Heat And Thirst DES MOINES, warrants under the state sinking fund for public deposits, authorized by.

the Brookhart-Lovrien law, was. oversubscribed, $200,000, State Johnson by. said Wednesday. The bond issue was for $1,000,000 in 3. 1-2 per cent bonds maturing January 1, 1933.

Among the pur Jasers of the warrants were the College Savings bank, Ames, the Commercial National bank, Waterloo, 000; the Cedar Rapids National bank, the Merchants Na tional bank, Cedar Rapids, $120,000. tiring part of the whole flight was going by dead reckoning. Of course, we had to use th. compass the entire way. Gatty is a marvelous navigator." "How does it fee!" to pilot a ship around the world?" he was asked.

"No different then flying a ship anywhere," he replied. take it me," Gatty interposed. "he's the best pilot in the world." Each seemed eager to give the other credit for their success. Gatty was asked whether he took the controls at all. he answered; "my job: was navigating the ship.

Post was at the controls throughout the entire flight." They were then asked if they thought they had suffered any physical affects from the arduous journey. "We never felt they responded. "Was there ever a 'time during the journey when you lost hope?" Post and Gatty were asked. Never Lost Courage "No," Post answered emphatically. "We always thought we would get through, even when the going was tough over the Bering sea." It was not until after 1 o'clock Thursday 'morning that the applauding crowds permitted them to go to.

bed after they landed Wednesday they had still to undergo the ordeal--and the thrills of a formal reception by the city of New York, with ali the traditional tumult and applause that accompanies such events. But the dogged determination that held them 'to their course from New York to England, to Germany, Russia, Siberia and Alaska, and an obliging, though modest, willing. ness to. please backers and the people themselves. led them to forego what would have perhaps pleased them more--another twelve hours of rest.

Neither one of these amazing men would admit, even when he was practically forcibly sent to Wednesday night to being EXhausted. "I could do it again," Post stubbordly persisted, and Gatty his words. Yet it seemed to those who watched them tumble out of the big monoplane at Roosevelt field, and who followed them thru roaring multitudes to the Ritz Carlton hotel, late Wednesday night, that they must be near the cracking point, at times they seemed to be walking in their sleep. Questions--because of their deafness--had to be shouted. But the questions were always willingly answered.

not boastfully, but respectfully and modestly. The reception committee, after consulting with V. Hall. wealthy oil operator, who backed the worldgirdling tour. bad arranged to hurry the men to their hot-1 pea 1-A them retire at once.

Yet it was nearly five hours after they A1 ed down upon Roosevelt field be. fore the tired fliers said good night. The time had been consumed in receiving interviewers, submitting to motion picture cameramen, talking -somewhat. haltingly--for sound movies, and what was very important to them just then, eating. There was one disappointment in AD.

otherwise jovous occasion. While little Mrs. Post, beaming through her tears, was the first to greet her distinguiahed husband at the field. throwing her arms around him as his feet struck solid earth once more. Gatty, delayed in her air journey to New York at Pittaburgh, missed the arrival and the early celebration.

She joined her husband Thursday. The arrival of the fliers, as spectacular as their flight itself. found 10 000 enthusiasts at Roose. volt field to greet them with every noise making device known to man. STEELVILLE, Mo.

(U.P) The body of Bertha May Sanders, three years old, who had disappeared in-. to the woods Wednesday was found Thursday after a 24 hours search by more than 200 men. A physician who examined the child said she had died of heat and thirst sometime. during. Wednesday, night.

The place, where the was found is more 'than three miles. from her home 'from which she disappeared. Uproarious in Order for the Laughter Is Tomorrow And 4th All Patrons Who See Goldie Just a couple of salty suckers and we don't mean lollypops either, but two goofy gobs whose sails were trimmed by a' highpressure baby face blonde. SPENCER TRACY WARREN HYMER Last Times TONIGHT SWANSON GLORIA in 'GOLDIE "Indiscreet" Believe I It Or with JEAN HARLOW Not Added Joy Fables News Cartoon RIPLEY Comedy Late News CAPTION FRIDAY IS THE END! TOMORROW WE SAY GOODBYE FOREVER Come and Carry Away What Merchandise We Have Left at Practically Your Own Price! Cleanup Final Drastic Reductions in Every Department Quantity Limited- -Be Early! ANY SILK DRESS in the ANY WASH DRESS in the store Friday $1.98 store Friday at 75c A. WESTFALL, Receiver Shipley Pedersen Co..