The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 30, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 old Bloc Re Light SPRINKLE HELPS 10 REDUCE BAD EFFECT OF Blg HEAT WAVE Cool and Cloudy Weather Also Is Encouraging; Some Sections Favored DOWNPOURS ARE REPORTED Twin Cities Have Hottest June in 114 Years With Aver- age of 77.5 A light rain was general through- out the Bismarck area Friday and ap- peared to be moving eastward, ac- cording to advices received here. A total of .11 of an inch was record- ed here and there was a possibility that additional showers might occur, the federal weather bureau said. The precipitation, while too light to penetrate the soil deeply, freshened growing crops and pastures and serv- d to alleviate somewhat the effects of the recent burning heat. Cool and cloudy weather also was an encour- aging factor. The rain here followed heavy down- pours which hit some sections of the middle west Thursday night and Fri- day. In some areas these were ac- companied by damaging winds. Some sections of the lower middle West reported abnormally high tem- peratures with prospects of relief doubtful. Recordé at the federal weather bu- reau in St. Paul indicated the hottest June in the last 114 years there. The average temperature was 77.5 degrees as compared with a previous high of 74.3 in 1921. ’ Breaks All Records ‘The month established a new mark there for June in the number of days with maximums above 90. There were 15 not including Friday, and indica- tions were this would be the 16th with @ mid-forenoon reading of 85. The June average is two such days. Hovde said rainfall during. the ag totaled .83 inch, the least since Northwestern Minnesota received the heaviest rain Thursday night and early Friday—2.23 inches, with scat- tered showers elsewhere. Two persons were hurt and consid- erable damage caused by a windstorm that struck Elbow Lake, Minn., late ‘Thursday afternoon, Donald Larson, 12-years-old, receiv- ed a broken leg when struck by part of a barn roof on the Charles Larson farm 13 miles west of there. Carl Larson, who was in the barn with Donald and Charles, was struck in the heel and bruised. The three felt the barn being torn apart and the injuries were received as they were running near it. Hot in Oklahoma Folks down in Shattuck, Okla., saw the mercury in their thermometers page to 120 degrees above zero Thurs- ry. At Junction City, Kans., it was 116 while Oklahoma City had its eighth consecutive day of 100-mark readings. - Bluffton, Ind., had a 102-degree tem-. Perature and at Kansas City it was 101. St. Louis sweltered at an, even 100 and three persons died. Through- - out northwestern Oklahoma the mer- cure nuns between the 100 and 104 mari The cooling rains which brought re- lief to a widespread populace and Parched fields were accompanied in some instances by destructive winds and electrical storms. In Chicago the damage was esti- mated by police at $65,000 and over the state line at Gary Hammond, Ind., the Joss approached $42,000. Downstate Illinois reported destructive winds. In other places the rain fell in tor- rents, Missouri receiving eight inches Following beneficial rains in the southwestern section, Wisconsin look- ed forward to more Friday. Mean- while, Milwaukee cooled off to a max- imum of 77 Thursday. Rain also fell in southwestern Iowa, but the mercury remained in the 90's. Leave New York to Search for Mattern New York, June 30—(7}—A “Jim- mie Mattern rescue expedition” soar- ed away from Floyd Bennett Field Friday for Alaska. Chief pilot William Alexander, in command of the rescue plane, said that on reaching Nome he and his three companions would -“divide the map into squares” and_search syste- matically for the lost fiter. Mattern, a San Angelo, Texas, man who was attempting a flight around the world, took off from Khabarovsk, Siberia, more than two weeks ago and vanished. ea SETTLES WENDEL ESTATE New York, June 30.—(7}—Surrogate Foley Thursday signed an order settling the estate of Ella V. Von E Wendel, multi-millionaire spinster, and approved an agreement ‘between the executors and nine per- sons who were not mentioned in her will but were later recognized as fifth- degree relatives. ———————w DISCUSS NEW LAW New laws requiring the filing of Mability and property damage insur- ance or surety bonds by common mo- tor carriers or contract carriers were discussed at a conference of repre- sentatives of insurance and bonding companies with members of the state Tailroad commission here THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Rain Freshens Weste Gammons Case Is Presented to Jury No Husband’s Worth $6000! No husband is worth $6000 to Miss Bis Tannert, above, of Madi- son, Wis.’ So she’s going to stay single for the next three years, and be paid $2000 a year for it. An aunt willed $10,000 to Miss Tan- nert on the stipulation she stay sin- gle that long. Otherwise she gets only $4000. SECOND WORKER IN ROAD DEPARTMENT FIRED FOR REFUSAL Minot Man Declines to Contrib- » ute Five Per Cent of _ Salary; Feels Axe Minot, N. D., June 30.—/?)—Another employe of the Minot qivision of the state highway department, who not only refused to contribute to the Lead- er, proposed state administration newspaper, but declined to talk to the $olicifor, Harold McDonald, Bismarck, has lost his job. He is Clarence P. Morrison, who started to work for the department in 1922 and who has been employed there the major portion of the time since that year. Morrison was working on a high- way south of Minot last Friday when C. ©. Carlson, general foreman, and McDonald, stopped, and Carlson came over to Morrison and told him Mc- Donald wanted to see him. Morrison refused to go to the automobile, hav- ing in mind, he said, a department regulation that employes on duty were not to talk to anyone except de- partment officials. Carlson talked to him about pledg- ing @ portion of his pay to the news- Paper, Morrison said, and Morrison told him he would not do so. Carlson, he said, told him it was not obliga- tory for him to sign a pledge. On Thursday Morrison received the following communication: “Please turn over all highway ma- chinery and equipment you have in your possession to Mr. Martin Will- man, taking a receipt for the same. By order of Frank Vogel, highway commissioner. Given by D. H. Ham- ilton, superintendent of equipment.” Morrison said the communication was given him by Willman. E. C. Bolstad was the first employe of the department to receive a similar communication, advising him another man was taking his job, after he had refused to sign a pledge. Buyers of Livestock Must Obtain Licenses The state railroad commission Fri- day called attention to the necessity of making application for livestock buyers licenses under a new law which becomes effective July 1. Blanks for this purpose and also for making reports of purchase of livestock as required by law are now available, the commission announced. The need of completing in full ap- Plications for buyers license and re- turning them immediately to the com- mission with surety bonds of $5,000 and fee of $5 for each buyers or agents license was emphasized. Re-Elect Elgin Man As Lutheran Chief Valley City, N. D., June 30.—(P)— Rey. George C. Landgrebe of Elgin, N. D., Was unanimously re-elected president of the Dakota district of the American Lutheran church at the organization’s annual convention here. The convention continues un- til Monday. In his president's address Thurs- day, Rev. Landgrebe reported a gain of 1,038 in baptized membership and a com baptized membership of 32,- SLAIN FOR GRIEVANCE Dayton, O., June 30.—(?}—Col. Ver- non Roberts, 53, chief surgeon of the National Military Home, is dead, the victim of a former resident who, po- lice said confessed early today he slew him because of a grievance. Colonel Roberts’ wife narrowly escaped. The/ former resident is James D. Shadbolt, | 555, of Dayton. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, 192 NEW LAWS 10 BECOME EFFECTIVE FRIDAY MIDNIGHT 69 Measures Became Effective on Passage Because of Emergency Clauses SEVERAL ARE HELD UP — Revisions in State Organization Effected By Legislative Actions Nearly 200 new laws go on the North Dakota statute books Saturday, the effective date of acts passed without emergency clauses by the 1933 state legislature. Of the 271 legislative enactments, 60 laws became effective shortly after passage by virtue of emergency claus- es. The remaining 192 automatically go into effect July 1. Of the new laws, 60 cover approp- riations for the biennium for institu- tions and state governmental opera- tions. ‘Twenty-seven acts approved by the legislature went into the discard when Governor William Langer vetoed them, while four laws which would become effective Saturday are sus- pended because of filing of referen- dum petitions. Much of the major legislation went into effect immediately after pass- age because emergency clauses were attached. Some, however, failed of the required two-thirds majority and the effective date therefore was de- ferred to July 1. Sales Tax Suspended The sales tax, one of the outstand- ing laws passed, stands suspended as @ result of filing of referendum peti- tions. Similarly suspended are the beer law, the act giving the governor authority to remove workmen com- Pensation bureau commissioners with- out cause, and the law abolishing the office of state bank receiver. ‘The capitol commission act, under which the three-man commission is abolished and the board of admin- istration replaces it, is effective Satur- 'day. Little change, however, will be necessary at the three appointive members of the board of administra- tion already are serving as suc- cessors to the three members of the former commission, who re- signed. Commissioner of agriculture and labor John Husby, and superin- tendent of public instruction Arthur E. Thompson, as ex-officio members of the board of administration, will take their places on the capitol com- mission. The department of weights and measures will be transferred from jur- isdiction of the food commissioner to the roalroad commission under ‘an- other law, and the superintendent of the state bureau of criminal identi- fication is legislated out of office, the warden of the penitentiary replacing him to perform those new duties with- out extra compensation. Embargo Law Effective The law authorizing the governor to declare and maintain an embargo ‘on the shipment out of the state of any agricultural products produced when the market price reaches a point “where returns are confiscatory” goes into effect Saturday. Repeal of the law abolishing the state hotel inspector and creating a new state board of health takes ef- fect. Beginning Saturday, the board of administration is authorized, under two new laws, to establish a plant for manufacture of coffins and license plates at the state prison. The “scrip” act becomes law, with the state treasurer, auditor and man- ager of the Bank of North Dakota to compose a committee to work out rules and regulations. Under an act amending the law creating the office of bank examiner, the term of Gilbert Semingson, in- cumbent examiner, is automatically ended Saturday, and the governor is authorized to appoint a new examin- er. Semingson’s term otherwise would have expired March 11, 1935. No an- nouncement has been made by the governor as to whether Semingson will be é¢ontinued in office. Protestants of Germany Facing Issue of Nazi Government Rule Berlin, June 30.—()—The Pro- testant churchmen in Prussia must choose next Sunday between dictates of conscience and dic- tates of an increasingly powerful Nazi government. If they choose one, they will approve the Nazis’ wish for do- minance of all walks of life in- cluding ‘religion; if they choose the ate} they will be lable to ion. Their own leaders have asked that Sunday be a day of prayer— of supplication for freedom to SonGnet their religious life as they lestre. But Nazi commissioners have ordered that the day be one of thanksgiving in which pastors and elders shall thank God that the Hitlerites control theoretical. \ ject FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1933 Attorneys Complete Examina- tion of Witnesses and Launch Arguments SHAFER CAUSES SENSATION Testimony Partially Contradicts That Previously Offered in Embezzlement Case The case of John Gammons, former secretary of the stats industrial com- mission, charged with embezzlement, is expected to go to a Burleigh coun- ty district court jury Friday evening. Testimony was completed at 2 p. m., Friday and opposing counsel began their arguments to the jury. Each side was expected to take about an hour and a half. Highlighting closing developments in the case was the denial Thursday afternoon by Former Governor George F. Shafer that he had auth- orized Gammons to do certain things as commission secretary and his ad- mission, under cross-examination Friday, that he might have signed minutes containing such authoriza- tion, Shafer, whose testimony partially contradicted that of tnree defense witnesses, had said Thursday that he Contradicting testimony of three defense witnesses in the embezzle- ment trial of John Gammons in Burleigh county district court, For- mer Governor George F. Shafer Thursday afternoon testified that he did not sign a resolution authorizing Gammons to employ Mrs. Gammons to perform special bookkeeping work for the North Dakota industrial com- mission in connection with the sol- diers’ bonus fund. Called to the stand as a state's witness, Shafer testified further that prior to a time early in 1933 he had no knowledge that the former secre- tary of the industrial commission had been paying expense items from his separate account in the First Na- tional Bank of Bismarck. Contradicting other defense testi- mopy, Shafer, who was an ex-officio ber of the industrial commission from 1923 to 1933, said that Gammons had not talked to him about employ- ing Mrs. Gammons for the special work. He further declared that he had never approved a proposal to Place $20,000 of the military history fund on .certificate of deposit in the Bank of North Dakota and that Gammons had not told him that he had placed the $20,000 on c. d. Admits Possibility Under cross-examination Friday morning, however, Shafer admitted it was “possible” that he nad signed minutes authorizing employment of Mrs. Gammons, He declared that it was the practice of the industrial commission members, as it was for SMALLEST YIELD IN GENERATION IS SEEN AS RESULT OF HEAT Separate Announcement, How- ever, Attributes Wheat Rise to Money Change Washington, June 30—(#)—In the first official appraisal of recent crop damage, the bureau of agricultural economics has forecast the smallest crop of small grains—wheat, oats, rye, barley and flaxseed—that has been harvested in this country “in a gener- ation.” In another announcement it attrib- uted the recent rise in wheat prices “largely to dollar depreciation in for- eign exchanges,” asserting that, de- spite crop damage in this country “the domestic market is still burdered by a very large carry-over and the world market price ts still at a very low level.” It estimated that the world carry- over as of July.1 would be approxi- mately 50,000,000 bushels larger than last year, which would be a new rec- ord. It set the domestic carry-over at approximately the same figure as last year, 363,000,000 bushels. The bureau said drought and other weather damage had reduced the wheat crop to be harvested this year below estimated domestic needs, which ordinarily are from 600,000,000 bushels to 650,000,000 bushels, including hu- man food, livestock and poultry feed and about 75,000,000 bushels for seed. Watch Price Changes Meanwhile, administrators of the farm act watched the rises in both grain and cotton prices in an attempt, to measure the reduction they might cause in the processing taxes that will finance the acreage-reduction pro- grams, The wheat levy has been fixed at 30 cents a bushel effective at mid- night, July 8, based on that margin of difference in the current average farm price and the pre-war average farm price for the period May 15 to June 15. Since the latter date, wheat has increased sharply in price and administrators decided to ignore this rise in order to levy the 30 cent tax which their plans called for. However, while they disapprove of changing the tax rate frequently or reducing it below 30 cents, a con- tinuation of high prices would ulti- mately force them to reduce the rate under provisions of the act. “Small grains have been injured most and it appears that the total outturn will be the smallest in a generation,” the report said. “Oats are practically ruined over wide sec- tions from Ohio westward and wheat several other boards of which he was @ member, to sign the minute books several months or even for a “year or more” after the meetings took Place. zi The secretary, he said, would bring the book around to the members of the commission, even leaving the book with the members, to get their signa- tures. Under this procedure, he said, he could have overlooked such a reso- lution in the minutes. Though he testified Thursday that Gammons did not tell him $20,000 was being placed on c. d., under cross-ex- amination Friday morning he declar- ed that he knew the money was plac- ed onc. d. Had Discussed Advisibility Gammons had discussed with him, he said, the advisibility of setting up & new bookkeeping record but reiter- ated that he had no recollection that the commission authorized employ- ment of the defendant's wife for the work. ‘The state called tormer governor, Walter J. Maddock, to the stand Fri- day. He testified he was governor from Aug. 28, 1928, until January, 1929, following the death of former Governor A. G. Sorlie. He said he had no recollection of signing in December, 1928, a resolu- tion authorizing Gammons to with- draw certain interest accruals for Payment of special claims. Neither did he recall signing a resolution re- garding pay for Mrs. Gammons. He said he did not know that Mrs. Gam- mous was employed for any special work. (Continued on Page Two) ly the churches as they do the in- dustrial, political, and commer- cial life of the Reich. The Nazis have ordered furth- er that flags be flown at the churches, the black, white, and «red of the old and new Germany, and the Swastika emblem under which the Hitlerites have grown in power. Those Protestants who have rallied behind the Rey. Friedrich von Bodelschwingh as the new Reichsbishop, in the face of strong Nazi opposition, feel the Hitler- ite orders challenge the freedom of conscience. Already @ number of young clergymen, many of whom won the tron cross for valor in the World war, have declared their intention of defying the govern- ment’s orders, shows injury which has been rated in the markets as ‘sensational.’ “Reports from Nebraska and South Dakota indicate a wheat crop only @ fraction of normal, and wide areas elsewhere in the wheat belt show an exceedingly thin crop with short straw and much shriveled grain. Both wheat and oats have been cut for hay in many sections. “Although corn and cotton have not been as yet badly injured by the! drought, corn is beginning to show the bad effects of heat and dry weather. and cotton is late in parts of the western belt and is now generally in need of rain.” Will Still Have Surplus Despite the outlook for a crop of wheat below domestic needs—which would be the first this century—the bureau asserted that the new crop, together with the domestic carry- over, “will probably provide a surplus for export.” “There is little prospect of selling this surplus aboard so long as United | States prices remain far above an ex- port parity with the world market,” it said. “The rise in wheat prices here is attributed largely to dollar depreciation in foreign exchanges since the domestic market is still burdened by a very large carry-over and the world market price is still at @ very low level.” Last year the world carry-over for the four chief wheat producing coun- tries, the United States, Canada, Aus- tralia and Argentina, together with United Kingdom port stocks of wheat afloat, was estimated at 665,000,000 The bureau's estimate for an in- crease of 50,000,000 bushels in this fig- ure would bring the carry-over to 715,000,000 bushels. Some private estimating groups have reckoned last year’s carry-over as of July 1, 1932, at more than 900,- 000,000 bushels. These include esti- mated interior stocks of Italy, France and other countries which the bureau does not compute on grounds that they cannot be définitely determined. The bureau said Friday, however, that “some importing countries, not- ably Germany and France, rent- ly have larger stocks than they did a year ago.” 400,000 Veterans to Be Lopped Off Payroll Washington, June 30.—(#)—Upward of 400,000 veterans were on notice Friday that midnight means an end to payments to them from the govern- ment. Veterans administration of- ficials, meanwhile, pushed along plans! for early reviews of the cases of hun-| dreds of thousands of other former soldiers to determine where they shall stocks and |- n N. D. Crops LANGER SUPPORTS EXTORTION OF PAY FROMN. D. WORKERS Asserts Newspaper Is Needed to Give Truth About Ad- ministration WOULD CRUSH OPPOSITION Says If Man Is Worth State Job He Should Be Willing to Contribute Devils Lake, N. D., June 30.—>)— Governor William Langer, in an ad- dress before the North Dakota Farm- ers Holiday association here Thurs- day night, defended the proposal for an admfhistration newspaper, for which five per cent of one year’s sal- ary is being solicited from state em- Ployes. He declared that the proposed ad- ministration newspaper, “The Lead- er,” is needed “so that people might know the truth about your adminis- tration.” He referred to the dismissal of eight employes at the San Haven tubercu- losis sanatorium for their refusal to contribute to the newspaper. “We need ‘The Leader, he said, “and if a man is worth a state job, isn’t it worth that much to sell sub- scriptions? They don’t pay one cent, but merely sell subscriptions.” Langer said he encouraged common laborers employed on the state capitol building to strike. The strike was settled June 1. He said “I told the common labor- ers to go ahead and strike. You aren’t decent citizens of North Dako- ta if you don’t and if I call out the militia it will be to help the strikers.” Scores Referenda He said that, had he not declared martial law, which was used in an ef- fort to prevent filing of referendum Petitions, petitions would have been filed to refer the highway appropria- tion law. The governor claimed that during his tenure in office taxes had been reduced 5514 per cent, compared with reductions of from 10 to. 15 per cent. in other states. He referred to the Proposed sales tax, now suspended be- cause of filing of referendum peti- tions, as a “replacement tax.” Reduc- tion of appropriations for the univer- sity, agricultural college and normal schools was discussed by the governor, He said he would close the latter schools if necessary, but would keep country schools open. Despite the martial law proclama- tion, two referendum petitions were filed by mail and accepted by the secretary of state. Since the date for filing referendum petitions expired it has been reliably reported that fail- ure to file the highway petitions was due to the fact that insufficient sig- natures were obtained. St. John Postoffice Is Robbed Thursday &t. John, N. D., June 30.—(#)—Burg- lars entered the postoffice here some time after 11:30 p. m. Thursday, when Postmaster Rolfe Hesketh left for the night, took a small amount of money and tore open all the mail, but failed in their attempt to open the safe. They also took $14 in cash and con- siderable small merchandise from a store adjoining the postoffice. Hes- keth notified postoffice inspectors when he discovered the burglary at 7a. m. Friday. Business Upturn Is | Gaining Momentum | New York, June 30.—()—Ma- jor events in the business and trade situation during the last week indicate the upturn is con- tinuing in a vigorous way “and reaching all parts of the country in its inclusiveness,” said the Dun & Bradstreet Review Friday. “The momentum with which general business has rebounded from its all time low levels of three months ago,” asserted the agency, “doubtless is without par- allel in the history of the coun- try.” “From a position where mer- chandise could not be moved at any price, the nation-wide buying wave has gathered such force that an actual shortage of goods now is becoming apparent in some trades, with orders in excess of current production capacities. “The seasonal abatement in re- tail demand is not discernible, as yet, and general reports reveal Local Stores Will | Be Closed Tuesday Bismarck stores, offices and business houses will close next Tuesday in observance of the Fourth of July, it is announced by H. P. Goddard, secretary of the Association of Commerce. Some service institutions, such as gasoline filling stations and restaurants, will remain open, Goddard said, and drug stores will observe holiday hours, The Fourth of July is one of six holidays on which business insti- tutions close here. The others are Christmas, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day. FEDERAL PAYROLL I$ SHORTENED BY ECONOMY SLASHES Many Workers Lose Jobs, Oth- ers Suffer Cuts, in Drive to Cut Expenditures Washington, June 30.—()—Uncle Sam sets out on a new fiscal year Saturday with a payroll shortened by the elimination of thousands of men and women. Even in foreign countries where there are American agencies will the Pinch of economy be felt, for the Democratic platform promise of a 25 per cent cut in federal expenditures has been carried abroad, too. The aim is to spend a billion dol- lars less in the new financial year for regular running expenses. Adminis- tration officials say they will hit the mark, First to be hard hit is, naturally, personnel, There is the 15 per cent wage cut, already in effect three months. Hundreds of dismissals are being effected, while in other hund- reds of cases the workers, though re- tained, will suffer additional pay cuts by impositions of furloughs. Among those persons being dropped are employes of 30 years or more serv- ice, who have been made eligible for Pensions; men or women whose hus- bands or wives also hold government jobs, and those whose services are no longer deemed necessary because their work has been terminated or curtailed. Accompanying the pay-personnel cut is the reduction of more than $300,000,000 in benefits to veterans of all wars, What, in money, all this will save can be determined only when the books are balanced at the end of the new fiscal year, July 1, 1934, TEXTILE EMPLOY ERS that no recession is expected dur- ing July. Buying has exceeded all earlier expectations and is run- ning far ahead of that for the same period of 1932.” Mrs. Moody Continues March to Net Title Wimbledon, Eng. June 30.—(®)— Mrs. Helen Wills Moody continued her serene way toward her sixth Wimble- don tennis title Friday with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over the experienced French woman player, Mme. Sylvia Henrotin, in the quarter-finals of women's singles. Helen Jacobs, the United States champion, and her Australian part- ner, Don Turnbull, started out well in the mixed doubles with a first round stay on the rolls, ahd what they shall be paid. 6-1, 6-3 victory over 5. Rodsianko and AND LABOR SEEKING AGREEMENT ON WAGE $12 a Week Is Standard Most Frequently Mentioned At Washington Meeting Washington, June 30—(7)—Cotton textile employers and labor worked Friday toward a voluntary agreement: on the minimum wage—possibly $12 @ week—that will be stipulated in the first recovery code applied to Amer- ican business. That $12 a week was the sum most frequently discussed among the group gathered before Hugh S. Johnson, in- dustrial administrator, for public study of the code by which the cotton textile industry proposes to increase wages and spread work. Also heard among the operators was a determination to stand by their Plan to limit hours of, work to 40 a week against the 30 suggested by Wil- lam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. Intensely anxious that. the first code be one acceptable to all parties and not promulgated by the administra- tion over objections, Johnson and his deputy, W. L. Allen offered their as- sistance in any negotiations between labor and employer outside the hear- ing room. Boy Breaks Shoulder Falling From Trailer Falling to the road from a moving trailer behind an automobile, Norbert Becker, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Becker of 409 Fifteen- th 8t., suffered a dislocation and fracture of his right shoulder shortly before 9 o’clock Thursday evening. Weather Report Somewhat unsettled tonight and Sat- urday; not much change in temp. PRICE FIVE CENTS s U. S. Offer HOLD ROOSEVELT'S ULTIMATUM ANSWER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE British Consider American Statement Fair But France Rejects It MAY HALT FLUCTUATIONS Permanent Stabilization Held Out of Question Under Present Conditions BULLETIN Campo Bello Island, N. B., June 30, —)—President Roosevelt regards the question of temporary stabilization of currency as a banking rather than a governmental problem and therefore outside the immediate realm of the troubled London economic conference, Major developments Friday at the world economic conference include: 1, A new “crisis” on the stabiliza- tion issue, gold-bloc countries having refused to accept an answer by Presi- dent Roosevelt to their proposals. 2. Blocking by the Bank of Eng- land of America’s hope to extend its price-raising program to other couns tries, 3. Declaration by Australia of three conditions under which it would agree to a cut in world wheat acreage. 4, Proposals by England of a plan to end chaos in the sugar market. Of these the stabilization issue re- mained the most troublesome and it was apparent Friday night that the deadlock still continued with the next move up to the United States. ‘Waiting on Washington’ “We are still waiting on Washing- ton,” said Finance Minister Georges Bonnett of France after a meeting attended by leaders of the gold bloc, American Assistant Secretary of State Raymond Moley, and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain, Before the meeting high British quarters had said they definitely un- derstood President Roosevelt had re- Plied favorably to a plea to prevent erratic dollar fluctuations. According to the British, the reply amounted to substantial approval in principle if not full acceptance. After the meeting it was understood from an authoritative source that 4 new. gold bloc proposal, under which America and Britain would join stopping currency spebulation pe would aid in preventing violent fluce tuations of the dollar, had been sub- mitted to Roosevelt. His answer was expected Friday night, The original gold bloc proposal, which was forwarded to the president by Moley Thursday night, contained not only a provision about speculation but also called for a declaration that the signatories pledged themselves to ultimate stabilzation. Bans ‘Stabilization’ Tt was understood that Roosevelt was willing to accept the proposals for stopping speculation but he told Moley there must be no specific mention of “stabilization.” The president is said to have stated that the proposal must be confined to a fight against speculation. Roosevelt's reply was regarded in high British quarters as favorable. The gold bloc, however, would not ac- cept. At a meeting at the American em- bassy among the interested parties, including Moley, the phraseology of the gold bloc proposal was debated. A new draft finally was drawn up, it was said, and Moley forwarded it to the president. What changes were made in the original draft was not known, In a well-informed quarter close to Moley it was said the assistant secre- tary of state was expecting a favors able reply from Roosevelt. What Australia Wants Australia’s conditions governing the wheat problem were: 1, An arrangement for ‘effective cooperation’ by European countries, the nature of such cooperation not specified. 2. Definition of the average pro- duction per acre as a basis for limita tion, 3. The right to export during the season of 1934-35, in addition to the amount provided for export during that year, any deficiency in exports for the year 1933-34. The average production feature is important. Available data place the average yield in Australia at 12 bush- els to the acre but the average for the last three years has been 12.8 bushels and the Australians insist on this fig- ure. If this is agreed to Australia’s reduction would be made on the basis ‘of 16,000,000 acres instead of a smaller acreage. If these conditions are agreed to. 2 message from Canberra said, Australia accepts “in principle” the plan for cut- He was in satisfactory condition at a local hospital Friday afternoon, his doctor said. The boy’s father is an engineer at the state penitentiary. Freight Car Loadings Continue to Increase Washington, June 30.—(#)—The American Railway association an- nounced Friday that revenue freight loadings for the week ended June 24 were 604,668 cars, an increase of 16,- 137 over the preceding week and 105,- 675 over the same week in 1932. JAMESTOWN WINS Jamestown, N. D., June 30.—?)— Jamestown defeated the Gray Ghosts here 4 to 0 in a baseball game Thursday night. ting world wheat acreage. Virtual stagnation in conference ac- tivities pending settlement of the bit- ter monetary row was evident as the conference chambers were all but empty as the hour approached for afternoon committee meetings. BOMB AMERICAN PROPERTIES Havana, June 30.—(?)—Two bomb- ings of American properties occurred early Friday apparently in protest, au- thorities indicated, against efforts of American Ambassador Welles to set- tle Cuba’s political differences. COURT UPHOLDS TAX LAW Pierre, S. D., June 30. ith Dakota’s supreme court by a three-to- two decision Friday denied requests for a referendum on the state's new gross income tax, thus putting the lew into effect Saturday.