The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper SSTABLISHED 1878 THE BI BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1938 New Russo-Ja ISMARCK TRIBUNE p Trouble Looms ON ECONOMICS AND _ TARIFFS 10 PARLEY Hull of Tennessee and Prof. Moley Are Advisers At ‘Little White House’ CABINET TALK UNHEEDED President-Elect Intends to Win Friendly Wager He Will Keep Own Counsel Warm Springs, Feb. 1.—(?)—Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt called in authori- ties on international economics and tariff Wednesday to mould the bar- gaining program he will present to be} European war debtors asking re- Senator Hull of Tennessee, expon- ent of a world-wide lowering of na- tional tariff walls, and Prof. Raymona Moley, who sat wish Roosevelt at the conferences with President Hoover on war debts, were due at the “little white house.” ‘This gathering immediately stirred speculation on Senator Hull as the Roosevelt secretary of state. But this gossip, together with all other cabinet talk, went unanswered by the Presi- dent-elect who has also clamped down the lid on speculation by his Political associates here. Washington stories that Owen D. Young, New York inaustrialist, has written a letter to Rousevelt regard- ing his availability for the cabinet have been confirmed here together with stories that this letter is not re- garded by the President-elect as pre- cluding Young as a member of his cabinet. muddled. Joshing with newspaper- men about the cabinet selections. Roosevelt emphasized he was deter- mined to win a friendly whger that he would make no annctincements. be- fore sailing on a fishing cruise next Saturday. Certain it is, the President-elect is looking to his secretary of state as his tight hand man in the March meet- ings on international economic news tiations. Young and Senator Hull are both regarded as authorities on this subject. The name of Felix Frankfurter. Harvard law school professor, was prominently mentioned in the talk here Wednesday as the likely new s0- Ueitor general, one of the high offices in the government. ENGLAND HOPES FOR TEMPORARY MORATORIUM London, Feb. 1.—(#)--A possibility that the United States will grant a moratorium on further war payments from Great Britain until a new settle- ment is completed was reported Wed- nesday in London newspapers. The next debt payment is due June 15. Lord Rothmere’s Daily Mail, inde-; pendent conservative in politics, said this possibility “is suggested in well- informed quarters.” such 6 step would be necessary if de- Iiberations of the “Anglo-American | police Neither can England “contemplate with equanimit turn to the gold peers certain that it did just be- Set Law Repeal Hearing for Tonight ‘The temperance committee of the gtk 58 g a I i F ii i F : 83 s“ } 3. a FB 82 li se Pe rt Bf i fs i it H ay z g i i 5 ; It added that | Luebeck, EDOUARD DALADIER Young Edouard Daladier succeeded Joseph Paul-Boncour as prime min- ister of France. HITLER [S UNABLE TOOBTAIN SUPPORT OF GERMAN GROUPS New Decrees Dissolving Reich- stag Seems Imminent as Result of Failure So the cabinet picture again seems) penin, Feb. 1—(/P)—Dissolution of the reichstag was officially announced Wednesday night and a new election was set for March 5. Berlin, Feb. 1.—(#)—One of Chan- cellor Adolf Hitler's closest advisers said Wednesday that President von lindenburg had agreed to sign a@ decree for dissolution of the Reich- stag after one more effort is made to obtain cooperation of the Centrist rty. Hitler called a meeting of his cabinet for Wednesday night, pre- sumably to decide upon a course of action. The possibility of the Reichstag’s dissolution, even before convening, loomed large when it became known that the Centrists and their allies, the Bavarian people's party, were un- willing to enter the Hitler cabinet. Hitler strongly favored dissolution of both the Reichstag and the Prus: sian diet as his followers, in their jubilance over his accession to power, may be counted upon to make a spirited campaign in a new election. Meanwhile, trouble continued be- tween National Socialists and Com- munists at several points. Five were killed and scores At Homburg two Nazis and one, man were reported to have been mpaigns pene embarrassing the new chancel- rake to alter fixed wage and other social provisions. Hitler cabinet's replies wel factory it still hoped to of the Minneapolis, Feb. 1.—()—Preight percent higher than rate of the Kelley, expert interstate commerce com- OF RAIL PRACTICES Senate Committee Probes Prac- tices in Connection With R. F.C. Loans PREDICT REORGANIZATIONS acme Couzens Would Suspend Furth- er Loans to Roads By Federal Corporation Washington, Feb. 1.—(#)—Critici- zing the pending bankruptcy relief legislation’s attempts to expedite rail- road reorganization, the legislative committee of the Interstate Com- merce Commission Wednesday rec- ommended a thorough-going reform of reorganization procedure by creat- ‘ing a special court or a new depart- ‘ment in the commission. demand, voiced by 9 senate committe> which is investigating the advisability of continuing federal loans to the car- riers. Joseph B. Eastman, interstate com- Merce commissioner, was called be- fore the banking subcommittee which is going into Reconstruction Corpo- ration loans, to give his views on the defreciation of the railroads since the commission fixed their valuations. Chairman Couzens asked Eastman to furnish the information to sub- stantiate Couzens belief that many of the railroads must reorganize their financial structures. Couzens has pending before the committee as the basis for the in- introduced his resolution with the idea that many borrowing roads | | .| Bismarck, 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, The prob- ably would go into bankruptcy later and that the R. F. C. would be forced to take a loss. He -placed figures before the com- mittee Tuesday to show that 125 or 130 out-of the 162 class one roads are now losing money and asked East- man also for an opinion as to the future of the carriers which are los- ing money. The investigating committee also sought to obtain a list of loans by the Reconstruction Corporation to banks and other institutions in which directors of the corporation, either past or present, are officers or large stockholders. TO THREE-YEAR-OLD Douglas MacLean, Who Fell in Tub of Hot Water, Dies in Local Hospital ‘Three-year-old jes MacLean, Roosevelt Planning Detai CALLS AUTHORITIES |{NewaFrenen coer 7, C, RECOMMENDS Semmens || THOROUGH REFORM Action followed on the heels of a}. Charged with killing his stepdaughter’s “boy friend” for keeping her out all night on New Year's Eve, Carlo Fontana, below, right, soon will be tried in Los BUSINESS PICKS UP DURING LAST WEEK Developments Constructive Des- pite Irregularities, Says Dun Company Trade developments last week were constructive largely, despite the fact irregularities continued to character- ize the general business situation, ac- Doug) of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Mac- Lean, farmers 18 miles southeast of , died at a local hospital at child’s death was caused from scalds which he suffered Monday afternoon when he fell backwards into a tub of St. Paul .32, Deratures above 20 degrees. Asks That Bank Pay Taxes on Holdings Rep. Milton Rue of Burleigh county introduced a measure Wednesday in with tem- cording to the R. G. Dun and com- Pany. ‘Unsettied governmental policies un- Goubtedly are a retardative influence, and the difatory tactics of congress are halting a solution of Jems whose settlement unquestionably would contribute materially to prog- Oliver county who had lived at Man-|y sion in activity becoming fewer each week. The hesitation caused by the dis- order in world trade and the dis- turbance in currency relationships have tended to the more fa- vorable earnings reports emanating from many industries for the final half of last year, and the greater Angeles, Evel daughter, is shown above. Below, left, is Mrs. Fontana, Evelyn's mother. The victim of the alleged murder was Melvin Howard, 20. Burleigh Man Appointed To State Highway Board nesday His death was lyn Frazier, 17, the step- le. D. King, Menoken, Takes Place Formerly Held By J. A. Dinnie, Grand Forks Appointment of Former Senator C. D. King of Menoken as a member of the state highway commission was announced Wednesday by Gov. Wil- liam Langer. King took office Wednesday, suc- ceeding James Dinnie of Grand Forks whose term expired. While a member of the senate, King for four years was chairman of the committee on highways and was active in efforts to construct a bridge on U. 8. highway No. 10 between Mandan and Bismarck. King has been a resident of Bur- leigh county 50 years. His wife for- merly was president of the Nonparti- san Womens club of Burleigh county. Other highway commissioners are A. D. McKinnon, Bismarck, and R. Lampman, Williston. Mandan Man Dies In Local Hospital Louis Meisel, 72-year-old pioneer of dan for more than a decade, died in & local hospital at 1:10 o'clock Wed- caused by pneumonia, He had been in the hospital since last Meisel had lived at Mandan from 1919 until s few months ago, when he i at Mandan in 1875. jess of the price-tag it may bear, Reserve Agent Dies At Minneapolis Home Minne: Feb, 1 ‘Meisel was a member of St. Vin- Is of D | Tried in Boy Friend’ Killing ». | OF EX-MILITIA MAN Capitol Commission Secretary Identifies Vouchers Filed After Trips LYNGSTAD ALSO TESTIFIES Gives Evidence on Bill For -Riv- ers and Harbors Trip to Washington (By The Associated Press) Three expense vouchers of G. Angus Fraser, member of the North Dakota capitol commission, were questioned Wednesday by the legislative investi- gating committee. Frank L. Anders, secretary of the commission, was called to the stand first_and identified a voucher for $198.73 which he said Fraser had pre- sented for a trip from Bismarck to Baton Rouge, La., to inspect the new capitol there. He said the trip was made by car. Acting Adjutant General Herman A. Brocopp, sul aed to appear, was called on by E. R. Sinkler, in- vestigating committee counsel,” to identify a voucher for $225.25 which he said Fraser, then adjutant gen- eral, had presented for a trip to New Orleans for the national guard con- vention. J. O. Lyngstad, former deputy state auditor, then was called to present and identify a voucher drawn on ‘he Missouri river commission fund for » trip he said Fraser had taken to Washington to attend the rivers and harbors conventions. Both Brocopp and Lyngstad were asked by Sinkler whether the period covered by the vouchers they identi- fied were the same or partly the same period as the dates covered in the voucher for the trip to Baton Rouge and both answered yes. Tell Dates of Vouchers The voucher on the capitol com- mission trip covered dates from about Nov. 19, 1931, to Dec. 1. 1931, Anders said. Brocopp said the voucher he had showed the trip to the national guard convention was dated Nov. 28, 1931, and Lyngstad answered the Missouri river commission fund voucher showed dates from Dec. 5 to 12, 1931. The vouchers were admitted in evi- dence. Sinkler then read from a letter re- ceived by the investigating commit- tee from Former Attorney General James Morris, regarding Aaron T. Jahr, Grand Forks, and his connec- tion with the capitol commission in @ legal capacity. Morris wrote the committee that he had declined to name Jahr spe- cial assistant attorney general at the request of Geo. L. Bangs, Grand Forks, member of the capitol commis- sion, saying it was not necessary. He told the capitol commission his office would furnish any legal advice neces- ‘sary for the commission. Morris wrote he did not advise or suggest Jahr as legal advisor “nor have I advised his appointment since ‘Anders was asked whether the com- 's report of Dec. 1, 1932, had mentioned the building of the capi- ‘H,|t0l as @ “relief measure.” Anders answered “yes.” He was asked whether there were many contracts let to North Dakota men and said Sinkler any discussion and stone for on the use of brick the capitol. committee counsel read from the minutes of the commission @ letter from Joseph Bell DeRemer, one of the state architects, in which f was emphatic in his sup- DeRemer, in the letter, use Han EXPENSE ACCOUNTS | | ebt Bargain COMMITTEE PROBES | Charges Stir Storm | ° ——— <r A rising storm of controversy grew about Mrs. William H. Cudworth, above, chairman of the American Le- gion’s Americanization committee, following her denunciation as “un- American” of a dozen izations, including the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. She charged the church council and a dozen other “liberal” organizations were working to undermine Ameri- canism, WASHINGTON FOLK GUESS AT CABINET Observers Say Nearly All of Posts Have Been Offered; Some Settled ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—(7)—The lat- est pre-view of the ever-changing Roosevelt cabinet picture, as seen by some Democrats in Washington who ordinarily are well informed indicates that nearly all of the cabinet posts in the new administration have been of- fered, and several definitely settled. ‘This information presents the sit- uation as follows: State—Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, if he wants it; otherwise, DeReme! Port of the use of brick instead of |lic stone. Owen D. Young of New York if he wants it. » Treasury—Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, who has not yet accepted but generally is expected to. ‘War—Former Governor George H. Dern of Utah. York. Navy—Still open. Senator Claude Swanson of Virginia favored in case Senator Glass refuses treasury. Interior—Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico, if he wants it. Oth- erwise the place is open with John B. Elliott of California prominent among the possibilities. Agriculture— Probably Henry A. Wallace of Iowa. Commerce—Uncertain. William H. Woodin of New York preferred, but Probably won't accept. Labor—Miss Francis Perkins of New York. However reliable this slate may be as to the present intentions of the president-elect, it is realized that sev- LC. C. Affirms Ruling On Livestock Rates Weather Report Probably fair tonight Thuraday, or mich Change th temperstare: © PRICE FIVE CENTS MOSCOW DECLINES TO MODIFY STAND AGAINST MINISTER Backs Up Statement That pon Diplomat Is Disturb- ing Peace CORRECTION IS REFUSED Curt Reply Given to Protesta- tions That ‘Erroneous Im- pression’ Resulted Moscow, Feb. 1.—(#)—The Soviet Government Wednesday stood firmly behind a refusal to retract statements by Vyacheslaff Molotoff, president of the council of commissars, that peace between Russia and Japan was threat- ened by Count Uchida, Japanese for- eign minister. Tamekichi Ota, Japanese ambassa- dor, requested the Soviet government to correct the “erroreous impression” caused by a speech by Molotoff be- fore a recent session of the central executive committee. H. M. Karakhan, assistant Soviet Commissar for foreign affairs, re- Plied curtly that the Soviet govern- ment considered it to in- dulge in further discussions of the matter. The ambassador declared the as- sertions of Molotoff did not “coincide with the facts.” bees oe recently before the Japanese TOKYO ADOPTS MORE CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE Tokyo, Feb. 1.—(—An tions to the league of mula for conciliation of the Manchur- jan dispute and would make new Posals for a settlement on that e Rage tl extraordin: cabinet to discuss Japan's tions with the league, ter Yasyua Uchida proceeded Palace and made a report to | peror. Then he telegraphed “We are not hopeful that the will accept our terms. If prise refused, application of paragraph four _ Sasaret The nature of the Teport under that paragraph will de- termine whether Japan will withdra’ “i the league. a “In view of the present at at Geneva, it seems likely Seen eet pee soempelied to withdraw,” he de- 4 “It remains to be seen whether the league can survive Japan’s with- drawal. If it does ‘urvive it will be & greatly changed organization,” the Bonzer Highway Bill Up for Senate Vote The North Dakota senate had be- fore it Wednesday for third and final passage Sen, A. F. Bonzer’s Proposal to establish one-man high.