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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
2
Local residents travel and visit nearby cities including Minneapolis Staples Brainerd Crosby Motley and Bertram. Notable items include church dinner May 5 and a birth at St Josephs hospital along with several business and official trips in Brainerd and surrounding towns.
Geneva Japan attacked aircraft carriers and ships with landing decks as the most aggressive weapons before a naval commission. Hiroji Saito argued abolition would barely shift naval strength. He noted carriers are mainly effective against submarines, a point that drew a smile from Senator Swanson.
Final U S citizenship papers were granted to 19 petitioners at ceremonies in the court house. Judge Graham Torrance presided and George N. Danielson examined petitioners. The Brainerd American Legion post presented the program. Names include Lundell Peterson Snope Bjerke Westerholm Carlson Heij Spall Yovanovich Juntinen Rautio Backstrom Ironton Halgren Heij Carlson etc. Two cases were continued: Blondich Crosby and Tomljanovich Ironton.
Dr. R. A. Beise reported a 1927 Buick Club roadster stolen from his unlocked garage on North 4th Street sometime after 11 p.m. Tuesday. The car, Ruth Louise Beise’s, had license E 1571 and two spare tires in back. Green velour upholstery. Police checked the city for clues and traced the vehicle.
Clarence Darrow outlines his strategy to free four convicted American honor slayers in Honolulu. A motion for a new trial will be filed before Circuit Judge Davis as Granville Fortescue’s widow, her son-in-law Lt. Thomas H. Massie, and two Navy enlisted men appear for sentence. If denied, Darrow plans an appeal to the Hawaii Supreme Court within weeks, with possible return to Chicago in the meantime.
Montreal financier Wilfred Laurier McDougald resigned from the senate after a historic guilty verdict and condemnation for conduct unbecoming a senator. The action followed a senate vote as McDougald and Senator Andrew Haydon were found to have allowed personal interests to conflict with public duties in the Beauharnois power concession on the St. Lawrence river.
The Japanese delegate opposed broader provisioning while accepting limited use of seaplanes for reconnaissance, arguing submarines are primarily defensive weapons in the ongoing national defense discussions.
A peace agreement between China and Japan is to be signed at 10 a m today in Shanghai, with Mamoru Shigemitsu and Quo Tai Chai signing from sickbeds after recent attacks. Safety measures include British guards at the British consulate, while violence persists with a killed Japanese marine and a wounded comrade in Chapei amid clashes and guard actions by U S troops.
Dr Frank H Alin aged 60, father of Mrs J A Thabes Jr of Brainerd, died at home in Staples Tuesday afternoon from heart disease after a long illness. A physician and local surgeon for the Northern Pacific for thirty years, he was once a leading trap shooter in the state. Surviving: widow, five children Herbert Caroline Frank Jane and Mrs J A Thabes Jr. Funeral planned at Staples with rites not yet completed.
Market close figures show Allied Chemical at 52 and Amn Can at 37. AT T 98. Beth Steel 12. Cons Gas 49. Eastman Rod 46. Elec Pow & Lt 6. Firestone 12. Gen Elec 13. Gen Foods 30. Gen Motors 10. Great Northern Pfd 97. Int Harv 16. Monty Ward 7. Nat Dairyprods 22. Nor Pac 10. Paramount Pub 3. Penna 10. Penney 20. Phillips Pete 3. Ilsbury Flour 16. Radio Corp 3. Sears 16. O N J 23. Texas Corp 10. United Gas 16. Y 8. Steel 27. Western Union 23. Woolworth Elec 22.
Cattle under current pressure with fed steers and yearlings down 25 to 50 cents, beef cows 343.75, heifers 4 to 5.25, stockers slow. calves and vealers mixed. Hogs steady to firm with medium weights and sows up to 10 cents. top around 3.45, 220-250 pound range 0.49 higher. pigs 3.00 to 3.25. Dairy cows minimal change at 30.50. Eggs and Minnesota markets show tone steady to firm with varied prices.
Chicago producers report steady eggs with receipts totaling 19 028 cases and various price bids. Butter weak with receipts 5 727. poultry prices ease as no cars in, including fowls leghorns ducks and turkeys with mixed cent values. cheese prices listed for Twins and Young Americas.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Alfred Johnson of Oak Lawn township will be at 2 30 p m Thursday at the Presbyterian church in Brainerd with Rev A G Patterson officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen cemetery.
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