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North Dakota’s _, Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS AR TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 8, 1933 Weather Report Generally fair ae te and Thuraday; Rot quite so cold Thursday afternoon, PRICE FIVE CENTS Worst Weather in 35 Years Congre COMMITTEE REPORT |L___FitstPicture of Aga Khan’sSon | SAYS COMPETITION IS NOT JUSTIFIED 27 Recommendations Would Eliminate Activities of U. S. Establishment BARGE LINE IS LISTED Canteens At Army Posts, Ex- cept in Isolated Instances, Are Condemned ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—(#)—Elimina- tion of more than two score instances in which it found the government un- justifiably competing with private business was recommended to the house Wednesday by a special com- mittee. By Lawyers’ Smiles ROOSEVELT CALLS 43 GOVERNORS T0 CONFER WITH HIM Bangs and Thorp Rebuked For Grinning At Testimony By Architect ‘INTIMIDATION’ IS CLAIMED Attogney For Investigators Ob- jects to ‘Ridicule of Wit- ness By Whispers’ Will Discuss United Program on Taxes, Unemployment and Other Matters Charges of “ridicule” of a witness were hurled at & member of the capitol commission Wednesday by members of the legis- lative investigating committee during examination of Joseph Bell DeRemer, ‘one of the state capitol architects. The accusations were made by E. R. Sinkler, counsel, and W. J. Flannigan, “intimidation” and New York, Feb. 8—(#)—President- elect Roosevelt's invitation to the 48 governors to meet him March 6 at the white house in a conference ex- traordinary was seen by his support- ers Wednesday as a move to map a Program in which the governmental units would march in step in a drive ss Would Curb Government in Business icture of Aga Khan’s Son P robers A re I rked Boy Scouts Will Be Honored Tonight | ‘The preliminary report by the com- to regain prosperity. of the investigators, against George The subjects Roosevelt outlined for mittee on government competition with private business said its nation- wide survey had developed “at least 232 items of trade, industry, and per- sonal and professional service affect- ed by governmental competition for which redress is sought.” As a measure of relief, it proposed changes ranging from a discontinu- ance of farm board stabilization oper- ations to an increase in parcel post rates. The committee agreed unanimous- ly in 27 recommendations. Cox (Dem., Ga.), disapproved some of the farm board proposals as well as one for the sale of the inland waterways barge line. Besides sale of the barge line, the committee proposed: Fi Discontinuance of parcel post so- licitations by postmasters, and higher rates to pay the cost of the service. Abolishment of army transport and Panama railroad ship service. Hit at Farm Board Discontinuance of farm board sta- bilization operations; more close and direct supervision of agricultural co- operatives; identical interest rates on federal loans to cooperatives and pri- vate middlemen and a limitation of cooperatives’ purchases to produce of their members. Centralization of architectural su- pervision and the employment of lo- cal engineers and architects where Practicable. Award to private industry of much work now done in arsenals and navy yards. Elimination of army canteens and post exchanges except in remote or isolated locations, with federal taxes to be levied on their goods as well as those sold outside reservations. Cessation of the manufacture of clothing and leather goods at the war department factories in Phila- delphia and Jeffersonville, Indiana, and by the navy at Brooklyn. Granting of contracts for public construction to private individuals as) far as possible. H Competitive bidding by private in- dustry for dredging, levee and flood- control work. Limitation of prison production to goods that are non-competitive. Use of private hospitals for veter- CONTINUE EFFORTS TO NAB MUTINEERS Dutch Rally All Forces in At- tempt to Recapture Heav- ily Armed Cruiser hopeful that planes which have joined in the pursuit might bring the run- away crew to terms, since the cruiser at Sourabaya and take DESPONDENT; KILLS by shooting himself ht Wednesday. He had paar because of il] health. Khan, The in the American famous sportsman and spiritual leader child was eight days old when this first Hospital in Paris. For he Picture was taken. The Aga Khan's wife is a Frenchwoman. One-Man Highway Bill Is BRITISH DEBT PLAN PROVIDES FOR ONE EUROPEAN PAYMENT Will Offer About Two Billion to Settie Obligations of All Nations London, Feb. 8—()—Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay will return to Washington late this month with a completed plan for settlement of the war debts which was expected to in- clude a proposal for a single final payment by all European debtors. That England was considering pre- senting such a plan in behalf of Italy, France and the smaller debtors was disclosed in informed quarters. (President-elect Roosevelt's intention has been to deal with each debtor nation separately.) It was learned that a lump sum Payment of between $1,250,000 and $2,000,000,000 was considered by the British cabinet as settlement for the total European debt of about $11,- 000,000,000 which was to have been paid over a period extending through the next 50 years. Sir Ronald, it was stated, will re- turn to the United States in about three weeks, with a completed outline of the British debt policy, which is being formulated at conferences be- tween himself and the cabinet “big five.” These discussions, with Pre- mier Ramsay MacDonald and Min- isters Neville Chamberlain, Sir John continue at least several days longer. The present activities of the six 32 g & i E 3 é & i a & F g £ F i a oe PES sek | i : i Approved by House 97-11 = Carries Emergency Clause and Will Become Law When Governor Signs The North Dakota house of repre- sentatives Tuesday passed senate bills abolishing the state immigration department and creating a one-man department was 109 to 1 and for the highway commission 97 to 11. Both bills carried emergency measures, to go into effect on signature by the governor. The provisions of the Bonzer high- way bill call for a one-man commis- sion to be appointed by the gover- nor for a term of three years, and limit annual expenses of the depart- ment to $100,000 exclusive of expenses for outside employes. Records of the immigration depart- ment would be transferred to the commissioner of labor and agricul- ture. Four other bills were passed, reduc- ing the maximum of mothers’ pen- sions from $15 to $12; providing addi- tional powers for cities; limiting amount to be credited to state bar association from bar license fees at $2,500 annually. BRITISH PAIR BREAK NON-STOP AIR MARK Royal Airforce Men Land At Walfish Bay, South Africa Late Wednesday Cape Town, Union of South Africa, Feb. 8.—(#)—The British fliers, squad- ron leader O. R. Gayf it Lieutenant G. E. Nichole! Walfish Bay at 4:40 p. m. (10:45 a. m. E. 8. T.) Wednesday after setting a new long-distance non-stop record. ‘They beat the former long distance mark established by Russell Board- the air 57 hours and 28 minutes. L. Bangs, Grand Forks, member of discussion, in the invitation made|the capitol commission, and the com- 4 ,|mission’s counsel, Geo, W. Thorp, ‘Bangs to ridicule the witness and said Fargo. Sinkler stopped his questioning of DeRemer to call the attention of the committee to whispering between Bangs and Thorp who were listening to the. proceedings from the jury box in the district court room here where the hearings aré being Immediately W. J. -|dressed Chairman W. chairman of the committee. He said he resented the “intimidation” and “ridicule” of the witness by whispers and smiles after each answer of the witness DeRemer. Thorp assured the committee it was not the intention of either himself or held. Flannigan ad- E. thaet, the investigators could expect “no More conduct to offend you.” Sinkler had just asked DeRemer when he first discovered that Holabird and Root, associate architects, had not drawn the plans and specifica- tions for the capitol so that brick could be used. “that other subjects will occur to the governors or to me as being essential for discussion.” “Well, of course, I knew that from the...” And here Sinker interrupt- | ed, turning to Bangs and Thorp. i Turns U pon “If you don’t cut out the intimida- tion .. .” he said, with Bangs inquir- ing. “intimidation?” Flannigan spoke. “Mr. Chairman,” he said, “I don’t believe it is good icy for us to go on with this examina. tion. Every time the witness makes a statement we have these gentlemen whispering in each others’ ears and smiling and perhaps inferring by that action that there is something ridicu- lous in the statements made, and [° object to it most strenously at this | . Thorp explained, “we have a right to communicate with each other with reference to the effect of this testi- Pfizanigan asked, “do you think you Flannigan |, “do you have a right to sit in the jury box and do the things you are doing? I think wé have a proper place in the court room for such counsel.” i “I don’t know what you consider the proper place.” answered. “We don't want to quarrel with you or be offensive at all.” “I don’t want any more of that in-/ timidation going on the way that it has been a again,” Flan- ni em ft am not in a position to express myself,” replied Thorp, adding, “there will be no more conduct that will of- fend you, sir, and our communications with each other, if permitted at er Langer said Wed- not know whether he would be able to attend the confer- yence and that he was unprepared to comment on the proposal pending fur- ther study. ECONOMY PROPOSALS IN POSTAL MEASURE FAVORED BY SENATE \Action Paves Way to Possibie Action on Dry-Law Repeal and Relief Bills Washington, Feb. 8—(7)—The way ‘The Boardman-Polando merk was|to made on a flight from New York to Istanbul, Turkey. Defended in Address Fargo, N. D., eb, . proved its value and efficiency and has successfully withstood branch agrees, President-elect Roo- sevelt will have authority not only to merge but to abolish government bureaus as a means of balancing the national Fy rg i itt SEas BE RE ee He a 2 s Q & b He iss i if MILTON ROSEN Two of the Bismarck Boy Scouts who will be honored at the court of honor program this evening are pic- tured above. The court of honor, fea- ture event of the week-long obser- vance of Boy Scout anniversary week here, will be held in the auditorium of the World War Memorial build- ing, beginning at 7:45 o'clock. Mil- ton Rosen tonight will receive his Eagle Scout badge while Arnold An- derson, who received his last October, will be given special recognition. Mil- ton,son of Mr, and Mrs. C. B. Rosen, 205 Avenue A west, joined troop No. 3 on his 12th birthday. He is 14 years old now. He became second ARNOLD ANDERSON class in February, 1931, first class in May, 1931, and Star Scout in October, 1931. Last February he was promot- ed to Life Scout rank. He is assist- ant leader of the Wolf patrol and is @ freshman in Bismarck high school. Arnold is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Anderson, 617 Eighth St. He be- came an Eagle Scout during the jam- boree at Mandan last fall. He also became a scout when 12 years old and rose steadily. Until last November he was senior patrol leader of troop No. 8 but recently was transferred to troop No. 7 as junior assistant scout- master. He is a freshman at St. Mary's high school. Nonpartisan Women Plan' State Convention Here HOUSE WILL DEBATE PRORIBITION REPEAL MEASURE THURSDAY’ Majority Report Recommends Defeat of Proposal; Min- ority Urges Passage icetaacaenarreand | Will Convene in Capital City Feb. 14 For Session Last- | ing Three Days The State Federation of Nonparti- | san Women's clubs will open its bi-| ennial convention in Bismarck Tues- day, Feb. 14, for a threeday session, according to Mrs. Alfred 8. Dale,; Bismarck, state president. The convention, which is expected to draw delegates from all parts of the state, will convene at 1 p. m. Tuesday and continue.through Thurs: day. Afternoon sessions will be in! the World War Memorial building and evening meetings in the Patter- son hall. All meetings will be open| to the public. | In addition to the routine business; and reports, part of the sessions will be given over to an educational pro- gram, based on important topics of| the day. Convention speakers will include Mrs. C. A. Fisher, Fargo, a former state president of the organization; Mrs. H. W. Herman, Bismarck; Mrs. Ray Smith, Bismarck, formerly of Bottineau; Mrs. E. A. Bailey and Mrs. Berta Baker, state auditor, both of Bismarck, and Mrs. M. A. Rathbun, Crystal, member of the legislature from Pembina county. Outstanding among social affairs planned for the convention will be the federation banquet, Thursday evening, which this year has been designated the ‘victory banquet,’ with Governor William Langer and Mrs. Minnie D. Craig, speaker of the house, as speakers. The visiting women also} will be honored with a tea which Mrs. Langer will give Wednesday: after- noon in the governor's mansion. Officers of the federation, in addi- tion to Mrs, Dale, are Mrs. Craig, first vice president; Mrs. Barbara Parkin- son, Willow City, second vice presi- dent; and Mrs, Bertha Cleveland, Tuttle, secretary-treasurer. The corresponding secretary, Mrs. A divided report on a bill to re- peal state prohibition laws and a unanimous report recommending in- definite postponement of a bill to set up a “beer commissioner” if the bev- erage is legalized will be presefited to the North Dakota house of represen- tatives Wednesday by the committee on temperance. A majority report recommending indefinite postponement and a minor- ity report favoring passage of a bill to repeal existing state prohibition laws will be presented. ‘The majority report was signed by! Represnetatives Fuglestad, Odegard, Muus, Stoa, O. B. Larson, Hill, Ha- gen, Arneson and Lillehaugen. The committee was unanimous in its recommendation for indefinite postponement of the bill which would set up a “beer commissioner” if the beverage is legalized. R. E. Strutz, chairman, said he understood some other bill would be presented to re- place the one setting up beer parlors. The committee drew up the re- ports at a meeting Wednesday. Sev- eral public hearings had been con- ducted by the committee. The chairman of the temperance committee, Strutz, signed the ma- jority report on repeal. The minor- ity report suggested passage of the repeal bill with a few exisiting laws|Frank Lyons, has recently moved to permitted to stand. It was signed|Oregon, and has tendered her resig- by McKellar, Erickson of McLean,|nation. Her successor will be named Young, Bettenhausen, and Correll. during the convention. The house will consider both bills us special order of business Thurs- . . Smith Asks Nation First direct- through -air service To Slash Red Tape trom Chicago to Bismarck was effect. Tuesday night with inauguration New York, Feb. 8.—(#)—Alfred E.Jof night passenger service between Smith suggests the country needs @/the Twin Cities and Chicago, it is an- Chicago-to-Bismarck Air Service Improved Chicago at 12:50 a. m., and arrives in St. Paul at Lel commission, he spoke to conference on industrial NORTH DAKOTA IS STORMBOUND; HIGH WIND IS RECORDED Icy Blast Aggravates Situation Caused By Sub-Zero Mer- cury Readings ALL HIGHWAYS BLOCKED Motorists Warned to Stay Of§ Roads as Any Mishap Might Mean Death North Dakota Wednesday faced the “worst weather” in 35 years, ace cording to O. W. Roberts, federal me teorologist here. Temperatures far below zero pres vailed everywhere in the state and the condition was aggravated by a high wind which reached a velocity, here of 30 miles an hour. The federal weather man has been here more than three decades but said it was worse than anything in his previous experience. The high wind had blocked alf roads in the state except those the Red River valley and threat ened to close those also before night« fall, according to T. G. Plomasen, maintenance engineer of the state highway department. Plomasen warned all motorists to stay off highways, pointing out that trouble of any kind might prove fa tal in such bitter weather. Northern Pacific trains were runs ning late and the Soo Line train failed to leave Bismarck Wednesday morning for Minot. Though all city schools were n, attendance was worse than that dur Minnesota Mercury Is 50 Below Zero St. Paul, Feb. 8—()—All-time weather records were shattered in Minnesota Wednesday as temper- atures receded to a minimum of 50 degrees below zero. Orr, in northeastern Minnesota, had 50, a mark equalled infre- quently since federal compilations §) began, and approaching the all- | time state minimum of 59 below, in 1899 and 1903, Bemidji had 49 below, Park Rapids 46, and the Twin Cities, with 24, their coldest day since early 1930. The body of C. R. Anderson, $8, clad only in shoes and unders wear, was found frozen near his home in Franklin, Minn. Friends of the farm laborer, who lived alone, said he apparently wan- pain out into the cold during the night. ing the influenza epidemic, Superin< tendent H. O. Saxvik said. Sa: that most children bring lunch ta school, he said the schools would con- tinue to operate on schedule throughs out the day “unless warned by the weather bureau to alter plans.” Taxi companies were rushed to the limit carrying citizens to and from work, No Relief Soon No relief from the bitter tempera- ture is in sight for at least 24 hours, Roberts said. “Thursday morning will be just as cold as it was this morn- ing,” the meteorologist said. The forecast is for generally fair weather Wednesday night and Thurs day, with rising temperature Thurs- day afternoon probable. Local hospitals reported only oné case of freezing. Miss Helen Skram- stad was brought to a hospital here Tuesday afternoon with parts of her legs frozen. Her condition was “very | 800d” Wednesday and her early re- covery was predicted. Miss Skramstad, whose home is at Nome, teaches in Hay Creek school. four miles north of Bismarck. She froze her legs Monday afternoon in’ @ half-mile walk. : The condition of Martin Sexton, Northern Pacific station agent at. Beulah, suffering from exposure to the cold weather, remained