The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1932, Page 1

¥ ip ee ceo — North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 N. D. Bud THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1932 Icicles Hang from California’s Fruit Trees COLDEST WEATHER {[_Se¥ernor General |] IN DECADES HITS . WESTERN STATES Mercury Drops to 28 Degrees Above, Lowest Since 1888, At Sacramento ARTICHOKES ARE DAMAGED Telephone Company ‘Almost Snowed Under’ During San Francisco Storm San Francisco, Dec. 10.—(®)— Topsy-turvy, snow-crusted weather, howling out of the far north ina surprise raid southward, draped Cali- fornia’s fruit orchards with icicles Saturday, while Alaska—left behind— thawed out under a comparatively gentle rain. Sacramento, in the heart of Call- fornia’s usually balmy interior val- ley land, shivered as the mercury dropped to 28 degrees above zero, the coldest since 1888.. It was equal to the day’s thermometer reading at Point Barrow, northernmost town of the American continent, within the Arctic circle. “A rare importation of cold from Canada and Alaska caused a peculiar wind current,” was the ex- air g _ planation of Major E, H. Bowie, weather bureau meteorologist here. From Friday’s minimum of 35 de- grees, the temperature in San Fran- tisco continued to fall during the night. San Francisco’s coldest day +vof record was Jan. 15, 1888, when the thermometer hit 29 degrees. Snow was spread freely in unac- customed places. In San Francisco a one-hour fall almost “snowed the stevie com- ny under.” Extra operators were ruhed to exchange boards to meet demands of residents in all parts of the city who wanted to trade com- ments. Not even the flight of the navy divigible Akron over the city last summer caused such a heavy de- mand for service, telephone, officials ~ eaid. ‘Taking the Alaskan comparison seriously, residents near ‘Lincoln Park, a city golf course, skiied down snow-covered fairways. ‘Snow on the San Francisco penin- sula caused damage to artichoke crops estimated at $25,000 by owners. Old residents said it was the first time’ in 45 years snow had extended to the Pacific ocean beach lines. Sleet at Moss Beach was the first in memory for 50 years. At Fort Point, Golden Gate station, 32 degrees was reported. Sub-zero temperatures were com- mon throughout Oregon and Wash- ington. Mountain ranges in the three states received snowfalls which at times reached blizzard propor- tions, Closed highways were reported and mail and air passenger service over the various “humps” was halted. ‘Nevada was included in the gen- eral freeze as the thermometer at Elko plunged to eight degrees below zero. Two young couples at first believed to have perished were found half frozen in the San Bernardino moun- tains of Southern California. French Committees Approve Payment Paris, Dec. 10.—(?)—The foreign af- fairs committee of the chamber of deputies voted 20 to 6 Saturday eve- ning in favor of a proposal to recom- mend payment of the $20,000,000. due the United States next week, on con- dition. that America agree to a con- ference for reconsideration of the debt structure. The finance committee also sup- ported the proposal by a vote of 25 to 4, and thus the two powerful chamber groups registered their approval of the government’s policy. Cnristmas Customs FOREIGN LANDS »s In Syria, at midnight Chrict- mag Eve, young men take turns tugging the church bell rope, calling: the faithful to mass. The latest born baby of the community is taken to the alter +, to receive the Christmas bless- ing. Feasting follows, from dawn to dawn, " PARES $82,912,302 FROM SUPPLY BILL Cuts Deeply Into Budget Esti- mates For Treasury and Postal Departments Report Makes No Reference to Hoover's Plan For Further Salary Reduction Washington, Dec. 10—()—Knock- ing $32,912,304 off the total asked by the budget bureau, the house appro- priations committee Saturday report- ed ae first nnd Cobniine Ini “ session, recommending tha’ 416,- ms ae eer: rail te ee 597 be allowed the pedi and post- Irish Free State, who, inasmuch as| Office departments for the next fiscal —_—————————————— Possible, refuses to use the English language and carries on correspond- ence in his beloved Gaelic. His Eng- lsh name is Donal Buckley and ‘he was one of the active participants in the famous Easter rebellion in 1916, at which time he was arrested and interned in England. DAVIS REELECTED AS ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE LEADER Board of Directors Also Names Finney, Bell, Goddard and Miss Wetmore J. E. Davis was reelected president of the board of directors of the Bis- marck Association of Commerte at a meeting of the board here Friday. Burt Finney was elected vice presi- dent; J. L. Bell, treasurer; H. P. God- dard, secretary and manager; and Miss Ruth Wetmore, office secretary. Finney was named to succeed! George Duemeland and Bell to suc- loeed O. V. Bowman. Both Dueme- land and Bowman are retiring mem- bers of the board. Goddard and Miss Wetmore were reelected. Plans for the annual meeting of the association will be drawn up by a committee including of Davis, H. J. Duemeland, and James E. Trimble. Efforts will be made to get as many members a8 possible to attend the meeting this year, Goddard said. Re- ports’ of the years’ activities will be Tead and important business will be considered at the meeting, which probably will be held during the mid- dle of January, > The board of directors is expected to adopt the same administrative sys- tem used by the association in the serve as chairman of a committee in ‘charge of some phase of civic work. Departmental appointments will be made-in the near future, Goddard said. Those to be set up this. year are: agriculture, aviation and tourist camp; city affairs; entertainment; finance and membership; highways; industry and rates, publicity and con- ventions; retail trade; deveolpment; and public health. The departmental nominating com- mittee is made up of H. J. Duemeland, Davis and Goddard. Members’ conferences are expected to be held during the early part of January. Members will convene in sections at these conferences to dis- cuss and suggest projects to be under- taken ‘by the association for the en- suing year. Bank Robbery Trial Nearing Completion Hillsboro, N. D., Dec. 10.—(#)—Two states witnesses Friday testified they had seen Ed Vandiver at other points than Huron, 8. D., where the radio entertainer charged with the robbery of the Merchants National Bank claimed to have been Sept. 13 and the day the Hatton, N. D., institution was raided. Baldwin Mehl, special Great North- to be given the jury Saturday. year. The committee suggested continua- tion of the existing 8 1-3 per cent federal pay cut put into effect by the economy law’s furlough plan, but made no reference to President Hoo- ver’s request in his budget message for a further 11 per cent salary re- duction. Besides being far under budget es- timates, the bill proposed allocation to the two big’ departments of $194,- 831,236 less than they got for the current, or 1933, fiscal year. ‘These decreases were from the to- tals set forth in the body of the budget and not calculated after their further reduction by President Hoo- ver. He shaved those totals approxi- mately $35,000,000. Slashes Are Deep The committee recommended $717,- 033,378 for the postoffice against $805,939,675 last year and $724,128,- 161 asked by the budget. For the treasury, it approved $244,383,219 against $350,308,158 this year and $270,200,740 estimated by ‘the budget bureau. i The biggest decrease was in the al- lowance for public buildings. The committee’s report showed $251,884,- 000 was appropriated for that pur- pose this year and recommended only $81,919,025 for next. The budget estimate was $92,859,000. This $149,000,000 slash, the com- mittee said, was made possible by non-recurring appropriations, such as the $100,000,000 in the emergency relief and construction act. For the regular construction program, the committee recommended $50,000,000 instead of the $60,000,000 asked by the budget, the money to be used “to meet obligations for sites and construction.” Provides for Projects Money was provided for several projects not included in either the relief or regular programs, namely: $1,300,000 for continued construction of the narcotic farm at Lexington, Ky.; $600,000 for continuation of the extension of the Washington, D. C., postoffice and $400,000 for the Na- tional Institute of Health building, also in the capital. The federal farm loan bureau also would be reduced from the $950,000 budget bureau asked, to an even past. Each member of the board will | $900,000. Some of the other allowances rec- ommended: Customs service, $19,900,000, against $22,000,000 this year; internal revenue service, $85,800,000, against $33,650,000 this year (including $55,000,000 for tax refunds not appropriated for 1933); bureau of industrial alcohol, $4,000,000, against $4,525,000; bureau of narcotics, $1,400,000, against $1,- 525,000; coast guard, $25,772,950, against $28,172,220; secret service, $679,000, “against ’ $703,000; public health “service, $10,386,000, against $11,021,000. Hold Five Men in Radio Fraud Case Salt Lake City, Dec. 10.—(#)—Five defendants in the Baldwin radio stock fraud case were ordered held for re- moval to Butte, Mont., for trial Fri- day after a hearing before United States Ci loner Gould B. Blakely. Nathaniel Baldwin, president of| Nathaniel Baldwin, Inc., radio manu- facturers, waived preliminary hear- ing and posted a $1,000 bond for his ‘appearance for trial. Other defendants, Harvey Penney, W. H. Haueter, Einar Brown, and HOUSE COMMITTEE {Budget PUBLIC BUILDING SUFFERS Fe mii Reduction Is Shown By. Table following figures show the appropriations of the 1931 legislature for the present biennium, the amount ed by the budget board for the next biennium and the decreases or increases in the budgets for the various gov- ernmental activities: General Fund Present. Allowed By Ay tons Board Decrease Standing Appropriations .... $ 1840000 $ 13,400.00 State Departments . 427.63 2,039,719.53 1,232,708.10 Penitentiary .. 215,960.00 208,488.58 6,471.42 Blind School . 26,425.00 35,438.00 10,013.00(x) Deaf School 186,150.00 132,939.92 Training School .. 312,140.00 254,714.00 57,426.00 Feeble Minded . 331,100.00 151,900.40 179,199.60 iberculosis 230,225.00 121,053.44 109,171.56 Insane ... 21,000.00 000.00 34,000.00 (x) Forestry, Bottineau . 93,245.00 66,672.00 26,573.00 Normal, Minot ... 360,195.00 236,088.00 124,107.00, Normal, Valley City 333,065.00 238,542.61 94,522.39 Normal, Mayville 208,040.00 150,520.00 57,520.00 Normal-Indus. Ellendale 104,906.00 81,508.00 23,398.00 Science, Wahpeton . 116,830.00 90,284.00 26,546.00 Normal, Dickinson . 164,498.00 157,324.00 7,174.00 Agricultural College 931,760.30 624,909.67 306,850.63 A. C. Extension .. 102,773.64 41,952.34 60,821.30 A. C. Emergency 113,035.75 113,035.75 T. B. Emergency . 15,000.00 15,000.00 A. C. Experiment St. 275,360.00 220,596.04 54,763.96 University . 1,170,897.60 841,856.00 329,041.60 Total .... see eee e seen + $8,568,433.92 $5,763,906.53 $2,804,527.39 Special Fun Motor Vehicle Registration ... 146,030.00 139,550.00 6,480.00 Highway Department .. 364,600.00 311,850.00 52,750.00 Workmen's Compensation 126,576.00 107,980.80 18,595.20 Game and Fish Dept. ........ 139,990.00 127,372.00 12,618.00 Total Special Funds ..........$ 777,196.00 $ 686,752.80 $ 90,443.20 SCR 2 ce = Total Of all .....sscscccvceee.-$0,345,629.92 $6,450,659.33 $2,894,970.59 x—Increase. Children Given First ‘Open Heart’ Mattres. ‘Open Heart’ Fund Passes $100 Mark Nineteeri dollars were added to the cash fund of the “Open Your Heart” campaign Saturday. The list of new donors and the status of the fund follows: Vern C. Anson . Jack McLachlan . 200 Purne have @ mattress to sleep upon. William Furness, Mandan .. 190 ||" Following publication of the “Open P. M. Webb .. “oq || Your Heart” committee’s appeal sev- C. G. Boise eral mattresses were received Friday WORKER AT CAPITOL, SERIOUSLY INJURED Bones in Back and Feet Are Broken By Impact; Condi- tion Is Grave Jacob Hoff, 49, living at 404 14th St., suffered serious and possibly fatal injuries in a fall from the fourth story of the new state capitol build- ing shortly before noon Saturday. ‘His physicians reported after an X-ray examination at a local hospi- tal that he had suffered severe frac- tures of the bones in his back and feet and that his injuries were of a grave nature. Attaches at the offices of Lundoff- Bicknell, capitol contractors, could give little information regarding the accident. They said Hoff was em- ployed as a laborer and was working on the fourth floor of the building when he fell to the second floor and landed on his back. The floor slab for the fourth story had been poured and they were at a Joss to explain how it came that Hoff had fallen through one of the aper- tures left to permit other work to be done. Two Small Montana Girls Die in Storm Helena, Mont., Dec. 10.—(#)}—Vic- tims of a storm which swept Mon- tana Thursday, the bodies of two girls, aged 9 and 11, daughters of Victor Linjatie of Choteau, Mont. have been found by searchers. The news was taken to Choteau by Charles Twiggs, who walked 14/ordinary miles in 20-below-zero weather to no- tify Coroner Roberts. ‘The girls left home for school early Thursday. A blizzard nly. The bodies barbed wire fence a quarter of & mile from the school house. Barking of Dog Prevents Abduction ("3 Similar to That of Lindbergh Case ner of ‘The boy, John Master, was asleep ‘The would-be of the in his second-floor ‘nursery and two-year-old son of Mf. and Mrs. the maid, Florence Lanwehr, was John R. C. Master, socially prom- reading in @ room on the first inent suburbanites, fled as a maid floor. dashed to the nursery in response breast Agrtmeeoge Nd th ee as eee foie paioe. by bon Backes ae a at . the window tacit jimmled opet she hurried upstairs and’ burst & ladder propped against nursery in time to hear side of thé house. . the would-be kidnapers fleeing, ‘i heard the footateps of come- she picked up the child and hur- across the lawn, ried to give the alarm Had Been Sleeping on Cold Floor; New Appeal For Donations Made Bismarck’s heart still beats warm and strong. So much so that the two little children who have been sleep- ing on a cold floor, as related Friday by the American Legion, now will evening and the total Saturday morn- ing stood at five. “Now if we only had a little bed- clothing it would help a lot,” L. Vv. Miller, campaign chairman, said Sat- urday. “And tell the people again that we can use anything of whatever nature.” Material for distribution by the committee has come in rather slowly | to date but Saturday numerous calls) were on file at headquarters and the transportation committee was swing- j ing into action to collect it from the donors. Boy Scouts also were out Saturday, calling at Bismarck homes and signi- fying a willingness to deliver what- ever was given them to the Legion charity enterprise. They were con- centrating their efforts in the down- town area but will extend their ac tivities to the outlying residence dis- tricts next week. Meanwhile attention turned to the annual Charity Ball which will be staged Dec. 14 at the World War Me- morial building as the leading feature of Bismarck’s pre-holiday social sea- son, Although a grand march, led by the governor and his wife as in the past, will be a leading feature, there will be no lst of patrons and patronesses this year and no particular order of'| Procedence for anyone except the state's chief executive, the commit- tee in charge announced. “The Charity ball will be an infor- mal affair,” Miller said Saturday. “No one rieed worry about wearing evening clothes although they are perfectly welcome to do so if they have them. We want everyone to come and have @ good time with us and, at the-same canvass the downt day. throughout the day. a hunt is on fashionable main line APPOINTMENTS ARE BOTHERING VICTORS IN FALL CAMPAIGN Heavy Demand For Jobs and Cut in Number Available Offers Knotty Problem ‘THOUSANDS’ HAVE APPLIED List May Be Reduced, However, By Sifting of County Poli- tical Bodies With the opening of the legislative session only three weeks away, po- litical interest has turned very defi- nitely toward the matter of appoint- ments. Not all of the potential vacancies will occur when the officers elected in November assume their duties since, under the law, many who are the heads of various bureaus and separate departments are appointed for definite periods. ‘The situation is further compli- cated by the campaign pledge of the victorious party and its candidates to eliminate as many commissions and bureaus as possible. If the pledge is carried out it will mean legislative action in most cases in order to either place the tasks as- signed to bureaus and commissions under other departments or abandon the work altogether. A number of commissions, such as the governmental survey organiza- tion, the world’s fair commission and the industrial survey commission will automatically pass from the picture since they came into being under special laws which were not intended to be reenacted. To strike them from the lists would, therefore, be a futile gesture, But these possibilities have not daunted the army of job hunters seéking favor from the incoming of- ficers. There are many who will not: really enjoy the victory recorded at the polls in November unless they can participate in its fruits. Like Lions As one commentator familiar with the situation put it, “A lot of fel- lows who chirped no louder than crickets during the campaign now are roaring like lions.” Presumably the roar is a demand for participa- tion in the benefits of the “kill.” In order to ease this situation as much as possible, Governor-Elect William Langer has sent out notices to many applicants that they must obtain the approval of their county executive committees before they will be’ considered eligible for considera- tain political light and sweetness tricts who carry the wood and draw the water for every political organi- zation. When they feel that they are being ignored or trampled upon in @ political way the results are ap- parent at the next election. The move has another benefit in that it may cut down the number of eligible (Continued on page two) SECRETARY MAY GET FREE HAND IN LOANS North Dakota Congressmen Be- hind Measure Providing For New System Washington, Dec. 10.—(?)—House members from eight northwestern and midwestern states agreed Saturday to Bush legislation to give the secretary of agriculture a free hand in dealing with federal seed and crop production loans to farmers unable to meet pay- ments this year. ® | ee ZASU PITTS Los Angeles, Dec. 10—(7)—In a serious condition as a result of com- Plications following an abdominal operation, Zasu Pitts, screen come- dienne, will pass the crisis of her illness within the next three days, her physicians said Saturday. \HAGGART TO PAVE MILE AND A HALF BAST OF BISMARCK Contract Let to Fargo Concern on Bid of $28,411 By High- way Commission Contracts were let by the state highway commission Friday for 75 miles of road construction at a cost of $109,911. The contracts include 1.41 miles of asphalt concrete on U. S. Highway No. 10, east of Bismarck, let to Haggart Construction company, Fargo, with a bid of $28,411. Other contracts let are: Gravel Benson county—18.61 miles on &. R. No. 20, northwest of Warwick, Butler j Yoruba Co., Grand Forks, $11,- Rolette—5.913 miles on S. R. No. 29, Mylo east, Northwest Construction Co., Fargo, $7,125.63. Grant-Morton—11.87 miles on 8. R. 31, Raleigh north and south, North- west Construction Co., $7,125.63, Grading Projects Pierce-Towner counties—4.3 miles on 8. R., 9, 17, west of Cando, William Collins, Grand Forks, $9,005.15. « Renville—5.226 miles on S. R. No. 28, among the boys in the voting dis-| north of Greene, Schultz Bros., Bow- tion. The aim, of course, is to main-|bells, $9,544.97. Nelson—6.502 miles on 8. R. No. 32, south of Petersburg, W. H. Noel Co., Jamestown, $9,614.48. Bottineau—4.3 miles on 8. R. No. 14, Kramer south, and McHenry county, 2.18 miles on 8. R. No. 14, north of ‘Upham, structural work, Fargo Bridge Co., $12,732.50. Barnes—Structural on U. 8. Route No. 10, west of Valley City, $8,716.88. Other Projects Dunn—Revetment, on state high- way No. 22, north of Killdeer. Little Missouri river bridge, Studer and Manion, $1,861.50. Grand Forks division — ited metal pipe, North Dakota Metal Cul- vert Co., Fargo, $1,861.50; concrete pipe, Concrete Sectional Culvert Co. Fargo, $1,456.40. Devils Lake division—Concrete pipe, Concrete Section Culvert Co., $674.80. Minot division — Corrugated metal pipe, North Dakota Metal Culvert Co. $412.45; concrete pipe, North Dakota Concrete Products Co., $1,247.76. 23 MINERS KILLED BY MONOXIDE GAS ‘Windy Blast’ Believed Respon- Legislation drafted by three Repub- lican representatives, Williamson of South Dakota, Burtness of North Da- kota and Leavitt of Montana, immedi- ately was introduced by Representa- tive Hall (Rep. N. D.) It said: “The Fas act of agriculture, upon such te! and conditions as he may deem advisable, is hereby authorized from time to time to collect, extend, adjust or compromise any debt owing’ to the United States on account of any seed, feed or crop production loan heretofore made under any act of Hold Memorial for Former N. D. Solon New York, Dec. 10.—(P)}—Memoriat services Williamson said states represented | ered by midnight, and réscuers, masks them from sible For Tragedy At Harlan, Ky. Harlan, Ky., Dec. 10.—(?)—Four more bodies were removed from the depths of the Zero mine at Yancey Saturday morning, making a total of 23 known to have been killed Fri- day as the result of an explosion. Rescue crew leaders said they be- leved all the victims had brought out. wens -0C ie, Geet, BOF Sen 2eOe fects of the monoxide gas. J. 8. Bry- gon, safety director of the Coal Operators’ association, sald s 8 i 5 i i : 1a ele til ~ & Weather Report — Snow and much colder tonight; Generally fair Sunday. PRICE FIVE CENTS get Cut by $2,894,970 [DRASTIC SLASHES WOULD BRING COST DOWN WITH INCOM Recommendations For 1933-35 Biennium Hit Every De- partment-Institution GENERAL FUND IS REDUCED Drop From $8,563,433 to $5,- 763,903.53 Tells Story of Board's Proposal Appropriations recommended by the state budget board for operating the state government and institutions for the 1933-35 biennium are $2,894,970 under the preseni biennial budget, ac cording to figures announced Satur= day by the board on completion of its work, For expenditures to come out of the general fund, the board allowed $5,< 763,903.53, compared with an appro- Priation of $8,568,433 voted by the last legislature for the current biennium, In addition, the budget board rec- ommended a cut of $90,433 under the amount appropriated two years ago from special funds for the motor ve- hicle department, highway depart- ment, workmen’s compensation bus reau and game and. fish department, The board allowed $586,752 for those activities, compared with $777,196 ap- propriated two years ago. S. J. Atkins of Cando, chairman of the senate appropriations committee, and D. L. Peters of Wolford, chairman of the house committee, who with State Auditor John Steen worked out the details of the budget, estimated that approximately 80 per cent of the cuts made in budgets of state institue tions result from the 20-per-cent sal- ary decreases which become effective under an initiated measure adopted at the November 8 election. Governor George F. Shafer, chairs man, and Attorney General James Morris are other members of the board. Departments Feel Axe State departments asked for bud- gets totaling $2,977,186.57, or $275,< 241.04 under their current budget. The budget board slashed $957,467.04 from the requests, allowing $2,039,719, State institutions asked for $5,284,< 418.19, or $1,811.90 more than their present budgets. The board cut $1,- {573,631.19 from the requests, allowing $3,710,787. These departmental and institu- tional budgets are to be met with ap- Propriations from the general fund. which will also include $13,400 stand- ing appropriations from the general fund and over which the budget board has no control. The amount recommended for the next two years is about $300,000 less than the maximum expected to be available in the next two years from taxes, fees, and miscellaneous general fund collections. A financial statement drawn up by the budget board estimates that $6,082,600 would be available from the maximum four-mill levy and miscellaneous general fund collec- tions from special taxes, fees and ll- censes for the biennium, 1933-35. This represents the maximum amount that can be appropriated by the 1933 legislative assembly, pro- vided fagd no levies will be neces- sary for principal of outstanding bonds in 1933 and 1934. i Here Is Statement RESOURCES Cash balance general fund July 1, 1932 ....... 5, Unpaid 1929. -1931 taxes, less 6 per cent uncollectible. .$1,844,463.36 Estimated miscellaneous general fund eter July 1, 1932, to July 1, est tional revision tration of the 1932-1933 budget of state educational, penal and chare itable institutions ....$ ‘$3,708, Prior appropriations which it is es- in expenditures made under by the board of adminis- timated will be expended (Continued on page five) Farmers Conference Adopts Resolutions Washington, Dec. 10.—(#)—Resolu- tions advocating immediate payment HS the bonus and recognition of Soviet ussia. were adopted Saturday by the feomecs stil oe tional re- ef conference. iH i th