The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1933, Page 1

\Labor Sees Big Employment Gain Under NRA 7 FEDERATION LEADER SAYS 813000 WENT TO WORK IN AUGUST Declares Figures Represent Greatest Advance Since Depression Began HINTS AT NEW MONEY PLAN Yale Professor Talks With Of- ficials About ‘Commodity Dollar’, Scheme ‘Washington, Sept. 22—(}—Big em- Ployment gains Thursday were attrib- uted to the Roosevelt recovery pro- gram by Willfam Green, Americin Federation of Labor chieftan, but employer-labor difficulties—this time involving Henry Ford—continued to worry NRA officials. Green said the Federation's esti- mate that 815,000 persons returned to work in August represented remaining unem- At 11,001,000 and said “relief this winter will be greater than gathered for public hearings on their NRA codes, recovery officials were con- cerned, are) sudden closing bas the at Chester, Pennsylvania, ation. One of Johnson's first jobs was.ex- pected to be @ general reorganization “Boots” Mallory, above,-once of now of the films, and William Cagney, below, brother of James , Cagney, movie headiiner, round- ed out @ trio of recent Holly- wood elopements when they slipped away to Tia, Juana tor the ceremony. CUBAN GOVERNMENT SENDING TROOPS 10 Mills; Soldiers Tell of Revolution Havana, of the NRA from an emergency body | suspended administrative Gopher Moratorium Before High Court Washington, Sept. 28.—(?)—Nine- black-robed justicts will file solemnly baka. he secpremne Oouek. chasse ners eioes ‘which ‘have accumulated since’ the summer recess began four months é Be HEE g ti Bis fearned authoritatively that members service club were working to which, Fy Eats i : ue Hi E i bz | Ee & ile egnel at the Scandals and the Follies,. | 28.— (®) —Govern- | POLITIGAL DOVE OF PEACE FLUTTERING WINGS IN BISMARCK Messengers of Good Will Sought By Langer Group as Result of Defeat PALM BRANCHES WAVE, Too Reorganization of State Mill and Elevator May Follow - Severe Beating ‘The dove of political peace fluttered its wings noisily in Bismarck Wednes- Gay and Thursday. Political palm branches also were waved lustily as the forces of Governor ‘William Langer sought to repair dam- age done tc political fences at the election last Friday. ‘What effect the maneuvering will have remains to be seen, but the methods by which it is hoped to ob- tain success were being Dinted by the grapevine telegraph Thursday. Frist in order, it appears, is a rever- sal by Governor Langer of his stand on the affairs of the state mill and elevator. After supporting O. L. | Spencer for months, despite a concen- | brated fire upon the present mill man- was INTERIOR PROVINCE aes Officials Say They Will Guard |: | but has failed to keep his promise. Just where Bonzer enters the reor- ganization picture is not now appar- ent, but he was asked to come here 4s @ first step in the administration's proéess, Chief “fixer” in the new effort is Frank Vogel, head of the stats ie way department and one of Langer’ principal advisers. First lieutenant is Steve Ter Horst, head of the state regulatory depattment. is Lars J, Siljan, editor of the Mc- the only Newspaper, ‘Norpartioan or newspaper, or otherwise, ee Building PEAR SHERIFF HAS :| BEEN MURDERED BY JAMES W. COLLIER Washington, Sept. 28.—()—James death by four of the ten convi ESCAPED CONVICTS indiana State Police, Chief As- ‘serts He ls Worried by | Possibility | GUARDSMEN ORDERED OUT) Will Aid in Hunt for 10 Felons! Who Escaped From Mich- igan City Prison Chesterton, Ind. Sept. 23—(P}—| There was a growing apprehension Thursday that Sheriff Charles Neel of | Corydon, Ind., may have been put 4 wi W. Collier, of Mississippi, member of |s:ugged and shot their way out of the | | | the tariff commission -and former Democratic chairman of the House ways and means committee, died suddenly at his home here Thursday. Death was due to heart trouble, his Office assistants said. This was his Birthday. He was botn near Vicks- burg 61 years ago. Collier served 12 terms in the House and declined to run again last November after a controversy over whether candidates should run at, large or by districts. Collier was promoted to the chair- manship of the ways and means com- mittee of the house after last year's Democratic victory. He suffered a stroke a while later. He leaves his widow and two daugh- tera. == EMMONS COUNTY TO OBTAIN COURTHOUSE | WITH FEDERAL HELP Will Cost $100,000; Works Committee to Ap- prove Project Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 23.—~(}— Because it has no debt of any kind, Emmons county Thursday was prac- tically assured of a new courthouse to cost approximately $100,000, 30 per cent of the cost of which will be paid by the federal government. Emmons county's application for a grant of $30,000 was presented to the state board of public works Thursday. The courthouse also will be a memo- rial to Emmons county soldiers who participated in the World war. The county owes nothing. on hand approximately $73,000 which used in building the new Chairman Doyle, of the state board, called the application one of the cleanest and best prepared so far presented to the board. It went at once to the board’s eominer and are chitects, with the prospect t, bear- ing the endorsement of. the; board, it will be on its way for approval of the federal tor by Mon- day of next week. ’ A delegation from Ende Indiana state prison last Tuesday. Captain Mathew Leach, of the In-| diana state police frankly said he was worried over the fate cf the missing sheriff, who was kidnapped by the escaping felons, and that his men would concentrate their efforts on an attempt to find the sheriff rather es, the capture of the missing con- cl Two hundred national guardsmen! were ordered to join the police in their search for the convicts, who have been reported seen in various Places. One report had four or five} of the desperadoes in Chicago. Another sent officers hurrying to a spot near Valparaiso, while a third caused 150 officers to surround a wooded tract near McCool, Ind. No trace of the missing men, was found, however,, Report that some of the convicts may be hiding in Chicago followed an attempt of Hammond, Ind., police to arrest four men, suspected of being members of the group of 10 missing felons. The Hammond police pur- sued an automobile containing the four men into Chicago, but were out- distanced. (CF POLICEMAN POR SHOOTING THUG Chicago Jury Finds Detective Wrongfully Wounded ‘Public Enemy’ Chicago, Sept. 28—(7)—The tables were reversed in Chicago Thursday @3 @ suspended police officer stood convicted of shooting a gangster. ‘The. verdict finding former Detec- tive Sergeant Harry Lang guilty of as- Sault with a deadly weapon upon Prank Nitti, once associated with the Capone gang and listed by police as a “public enemy” was returned by a >gRa 23 25 tied ex z ite i rary seftys a ER é KELLY CONFESSES 10 ABDUCTION OF WESTERN OIL MAN ‘Bad Man’ Tells Officials ‘You've Got Me Right’ in Urschel Case DENIES MURDER CHARGES Declares He Knows Nothing of Chicago and Kansas City Shootings Memphis, Tenn. Sept. 28—()— Prodded by federal authorities, George “Machine Gun” Kelly has talked. 'W. A. Rorer, department of justice agent, announced Wednesday night that the “bad man” from the south- west had confessed a part in the kid- naping of Charles F. Ursghel, Okla- homa City oil man, but had stoutly denied two other crimes. “You've got me right on the Urschel kidnaping, but not’ the Chicago rob- bery and the Kansas City Union sta- tion job,” Rorer quoted Kelly as say- Amplifying Rorer's brief announce- ment, a confidential source close to the federal authorities said Kelly, in his oral confession, had named Albert Bates, now on trial at Oklahoma City, as the gunman's actual accomplice in the Urschel kidnaping. “Kelly made no formal confession but he told the department of justice agents,” the informant said, “that he and Bates were the ones who did the actual kidnaping and that they took Urschel to Paradise, Texas, and re- turned to Oklahoma City to collect the ransom. Tells of Ransom Split “Kelly indicated the degree of guilt of the others connected with the case and gave some idea of the disposition of the ransom money.” The Chicago robbery referred to in Rorer’s announcement was the holdup of federal reserve bank messengers | Fattest Baby? | Utah Says So | | | Gerald Reynolds of Ogden, Utah, ts all in favor of Mae West's program to doom the slat-like figure. He's so en- thusiastic that he has gained 20 pounds 4 ounces in five months. He weighed only six pounds at birth. Now he tips the beam at 26 pounds 4 ounces, Mrs. Cyril Reynolds, his mother, challenges the country to beat his record. FLOODS BRING NEW TROUBLES 10 AREAS DAMAGED IN STORM Relief Trains Are Unable to Reach Mexican Port; Wa- ter Supply Failing and the slaying of a policeman, Sept. eR r 21. The “Kansas City Union station job” was the massacre of four officers and their prisoner, Frank Nash, an- other notorious outlaw, in an attempt to liberate Nash. : Before Kelly’s confession was an- Inqunced, he underwent @ change of heart and withdrew from his previ- ously d determination to announce: ‘fight extradition to Oklahoma to stand | trial for the kidnaping. Kelly’s statement that he would not fight extradition came before Federal Judge Harry B. Ant at Jackson, Tenn., signed a oval order for Kelly and his wife, Kathryn, arrested John M. Keith, federal agent from Chicago, strongly hinted that Kelly had been connected with the Chicago holdup. “The Kellys were in a bad jam be- fore they were caught,” Keith said. (Continued on Page Two) Heart Attack Kills »y! Veteran Railroader|“, Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 28—(?)—The derailment of an engine near Union station here late Wednesday was be- Yeved responsible for the death of $100,000 in Robbery Tampico, Mexico, Sept. 28.—(P}—' rain-swoolen Panuco and Tamesi rivers rose steadily over flood levels Thursday and brought further de- ‘struction to this spot, still prostrate from Sunday's hurricane. Heavy rains fell west of here and tropical storms might continue until Oct. 10. told of additional deaths, injuries, and property damage. forth herculean efforts to meet needs for food, water and medicines. It was believed the water supply could not be restored for five or six days. ‘With its food supply rapidly dimin- ishing, Tampico awaited with grow- ing anxiety the arrival from Monter- rey of a train with food and medicine and soldiers to help in reconstruction work. The train was delayed by floods. If it cannot reach this city plans were the arrival of a steamship from Vera Government relief funds have been swelled by contributions from the American Red Cross, diplomats and Mexican citizens, but the proble:n was to get supplies purchased with the money through to Tampico. Belated reports, brought here by boat and airplanes, revealed that 'mearby towns had suffered as heavily in proportion as did this city. Panuco was completely destroyed, with 20 dead. Cubes and Chintoman reported similar destruction. At Al- tos, up the Panuco river, 170 families were in danger because of the rising river, which had already destroyed their houses. The total property damage in Tampico was set at $1,000,000. This included heavy damage to the Huas- Yece Oil company plant, owned by Standard Oil of New York. MEXICAN OBSERVATORY FORECASTS NEW STORM Mexico, D. F., Sept. 28.—(7)—The national observatory announced ‘Thursday that a tropical storm, like the national observatory warned that | Scattered reports from nearby towns; Military and federal authorities put | afoot to import supplies by. air until | ASSERTS 1933 SAW ONLY FEW CLAIMS Records of Previous Years Sur- passed by Present Exper- ience Says Chief NEW RATES ARE ANNOUNCED Counties of State Divided Into Five Districts; All Charges Are Low Losses for the hail insurance seas son, closed last Monday, total 1,946 and indemnity allowed on adjust- ments amounted to $218,228.86, E. J. Heising, manager of the state hail department, reported Thursday. The season, he said, marks a year that will go down in the experience of the department as the most favor- able on record. Ipsurance was carried on 1,051,472.- 93 acres of crops, of which 386,188.53 acres were insured for $5 per acre and 665,284.30 acres for $8 per acre. Hail indemnity tax rates range from nine cents an acre for $5 per acre insurance to 40 cents an acre for $8 per acre coverage. The cost of in- surance for 1933 therefore ranges be+ tween $18 and $50 per $1,000 of pro- tection. ‘ The counties in each district with the $5 and $8 rates are as follow: District No. 1: 19 counties—rates 9 and 15 cents: Benson, Golden Val- ley, McLean, Richland, Ward, Cava- lier, Griggs, Pembina, Steele, Wells, Eddy, McIntosh, Ramsey, Traill, Wil- odode McKenzie, Ransom, and District No. 2: 13 counties—rates 15 and 25 cents: Adams, Burke, Grand Forks, Logan, Sheridan, Bill- ings, Cass, Kidder, Mountrail, Slope, Dickey, La Moure, and Nelson. District No. 3: 10 counties—rates 18 and 30 cents: Bottineau, Burleigh, Grant, Pierce, Stark, Bowman, Divide, Mercer, Renville and Stutsman. District No. 4: 6 counties—rates 21 and 35 cents: Barnes, Dunn, Het- tinger, Rolette, Sargent, and Oliver. District No. 5: 5 counties—rates 24 and 40 cents: Emmons, McHenry, Morton, Sioux, and Towner. LABOR DISSENSION SPREADING IN BAST More Than 75,000 Men Idle as | Result of Steel and Coal | Disputes Pittsburgh, Sept. 28.—()—Labor unrest spread from mines to mills in the great tri-state industrial area Thursday, enlisting steel workers in the walkout movement begun by coal diggers demanding union recognition. More than 75,000 men, including 10,- 000 steel company employes, are idle in western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio. |_ Spread of the steel walkout to the | Pittsburgh area is looked for by union chiefs who have been active among workers in the plants of U. 8. steel corporation subsidiaries. The first rumblings of trouble ir the mills came from the Weirton Steel company’s plant at Weirton, W. Va., where some 8,000 men were forc- ed into idleness after a dispute be- tween the company union and the amalgamated . association of iron steel and tin workers. The “holiday” is affecting every section of the bituminous coal area with collieries closed in virtually every mining county, and plans for new “persuasion marches” by Fayette county miners, among whom the walkout began. FORD OFFICIALS WILL that which battered Tampico Sunday, | operations. was forming in the Carribbean and Big Wheat Allowance Is Asked by Russia