Bismarck, N. D. Aug. 27 (AP)
~—Gov. A. G. Sorlie, of North Da-
kota died here this morning.

Death was caused by heart

disease from which the governor
has been critically ill for the past
three days.

Arthur Gustav Sorlie was born
April 26, 1874 near Alberta Lea,
Minn. His parents were Iver and
Mary Sorlie, natives of Norway.
When he was 19 years old he
came to North Dakota where he
worked in a bank, operated § a
general store and later became a
traveling salesman.

In 1907 he entered the fuel,
seed and feed business at Grand
Forks as A. G. Sorlie and com-
pany. The enterprise was success-
ful and was the basis for a con-
siderable fortune which he late
accumulated in other business
endeavors.

Despite his extensive interests.
the non-partisan league selected
him as its standard bearer in
(1924 and he won the = guberna
| torial election after a hot fight
with R. A. Nestos, the republican
incumbent. He was reelected in
| 1926, but did not seek renomina-
‘tion this year, saying that he de-
sired to retire to private life at
‘the end of his term.

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| SHELBY, N. C., Aug. 28,—Six. per>
sons were killed, 15 injured, and, an
undertermined number ate missing in
the .collapse of the First National
‘Bank building here late this forenoon.

The death toll: may rise as three
hours after the crash workmen had
been unable to clear away the debris
only at the edge of the building.

Police. estimated the death toll
would mount steadily as rescue crews
dug deeper jn the debris. :

No accurate checkup could be made
jof the missing persons, but ‘it was
\xnown a dozen or more have not been
accounted for, °: ce ; ;
| It was feared that a crew of seven-
|teen Negroes, who were working in
the center of the’ building, were all
‘|xilled. The Tescue crews have not
lpeen able as yét-to get to the place
where the Negroes were working. -

It‘ is known that 15 persons were
‘injured,’,several of whom m.ty die,
They were all taken to a woopital
here as they. were brought fre. ‘the
fallen structure. oe ot

excavation work at a nearby bulld-
ing is: generally assigned .as_ the
cause of the collapse of the bank
building, 9° |

It was known several. pérsons werk
jin a grocery and a.tailor shop, whict
{were a part of the building, bat i
| will be hours before Urat part of th
structure can be searcand.

   
 
  
 
  
  
    
   

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