The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 10, 1933, Page 1

e ‘STU SORTER DAY AND WERK ARE AIM | + OF NATIONAL GROUP oa a Lis] ‘ % 4 Frances Perkins of the labor depart- 9 tad bi) ~_ADDRESSESKIWANS o « abor dea Given Support By Recent! + Statements of Wagner and Secretary Perkins way ‘SETTLE MINE TROUBLE ‘Union Leader and, Frick Com- pany Head Meet to Dis- cuss Difficulties peer eee ‘Washington, Oct. 10.—()—Admin- istration agreement soon to a re- opening of existing NRA codes 50 wages may be increased and hours cf work shortened is looked for by ‘President William Green of the American Federation of Labor. Green based his belief in state- ments made before the federation convention by two persons high in . administration councils — Senator Robert F. Wagner, chairman of the _ labor advisory board, and Secretary | ment. Last week Secretary: Perkins said “we cannot stop” with the present minimum wages and maximum hours; Monday Wagner said some of the minimum scales should be higher, that perhaps. wages in higher brack- ets should be fixed, too, and that a 40-hour week would not fe absorb the unemployed. “Those statements,” Green said, “certainly are susceptible of being interpreted to mean that the admin- istration is ready to revise the codes.” The federation president, who often has contended that existing wage and | hour provisions are not satisfactory, added this forecast: “The convention this week will in- sist upon a general revision of the codes to purchasing power further.” A six-hour-day, Ukely will kp asked, he 4 . Conyention delegates, the’ sec- ond week of their meeting, saw addi- tional need for reopening the codes in figures presented to them by ‘Wagner. He said that production, after jumping 65 per cent from April to August, lost a third of that gain in September. BRIGADIER OF 8. A. five-day week he a Call Count Say Wom Expec |. On the Way ut | GANGSTER'S DEATH 1S LAID T0 REAR | HB WOULD SQUEAL’ ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Is/ Proved Again By Slaying | of Winkler , Chicago, Oct. 10.—(#)—The body of Gus Winkler, dapper heir to part of the affluence of the old Capone gang, lay in a morgue Tuesday—mute evi- dence of the gangland rule that dead men tell no tales. LY In gangland they call talking to authorities the “squeal” and it was : the theory of investigators beet ried RAMON GRAU SAN enemies pumped four volleys of shot- gun pellets into his body Monday to ee eraainteth tavete keep him from telling what he knew San Martin will have as about the $250,000 mail robbery in oresident of Cuba, ® post he achieved Chicago last December. by a coup against the De Cespedes| “Winkicr was the second government. Associated Press reports |iinked with the robbery in one way of aescribe him as being “on the way | another, to die. The other was Edgar out” as the result of a failure tountte |B Lebensberger, owner of a swanky discordant factions in thé jo, 4 various i club on Chicago’s near north side. island and failure to obtain recdgni- | rebensberger was found shot to death tion from the United States govern-|the other day shortly before it was ment. revealed he was under indictment in HOOKREAGHINGOUT asresen Seems FOR CUBAN LEADER AS OPPONENTS GAN There were newspaper reports Winkler's slayers have marked for death one or possibly two other men Grau San Martin Offers Com- --promises. in Effort tp-Re-... {federal Saree ran froma is tain Seat of Power Winkler for questioning in connection to silence them in the federal govern- ment’s investigation of the robbery. One newspaper said this had been learned on what ft described as “unimpeaceable authority. The report that Winkler, who had been in hiding since last Saturds with a more recent postal robbery, in Havana, Oct. 10.—(?)—The hook of governmental overthrow which has! police expressed his bel snatched more than one of his pre-|ler was put out of the way so he decessors off Cuba’s stormy political|couldn’t give information about last stage was extended Tuesday for Pres- | December "s robbery. ident.Ramon Grau San Martin. A As it was held out on a wave of Show Banking Firm shifting public opinion, the veteran Sold Poor Stocks Nationalist leader Carlos Mendieta, a Washington, Oct. 10.—(?}—Railroad fays Organization Is ‘Church of Churches’; Describes Relief Work ‘The Salvation Army is a “church of the churches” throughout the world to reach those who do not go , to church and to arrange for relief >: meeds, Brigadier Albert E. Chesham of Minneapolis told members of the _ ‘Bismarck Kiwanis club Tuesday % keys in Salvation Army work is evin- ced by salaries paid officers, the brig- adier, who is in charge of Salvation |! Army work in North and South Da- kota and Minnesota, said. A single week, a married captain $19 a week himself, in charge of work i 4 i gif pal i “ i He E F i ~ z a 3 2 E 5 3 Ad i é i Ba receives $10 a! listening from the wings, heard a ris- Pptesgpeerigree stereo SB ¥] ing clamor for his reappearance. ny to one of its investment trusts ;_ The Grau regime held out compro- aad prices were plummeting in 1929 jmise after compromise in the hope of | were shown in the senate investiga- quieting tbe shouts of the opposition:|tion Tuesday to have depreciated The militarized university young- mijions in value since. ters backing Grau again ratified their) tracing the devious transactions support of his, government, but’ sup-|through testimony of £. B. Tracy, ‘port in other quarters appeared president of the banking firm's invest- lidly crumbling ment. trusts, the committee learned the’portfolio of the United States and International Securities. Corporation lest December 31 showed @ $26,562,000 og $11,192,000 was in stock of railroads: have since gone into receivership, urctiased ok Lignite Strip Miners Organize New Union workers perst poll: tical picture, contended that his would erful voice in negotiations onto (8 U. 8. recognition. r » |day by I. G. Iverson, Wilton, president Government Planning |cttse new onited Ligute Birip Work- More Airway Service|*,,....., ia adaition to Iverson, bag ae ‘Anderson, Zap, Announcement that North Dakota's lignite have sored an organization ane oe: a ‘scale contract feetr Sane made here Tues- » are end that 90 per cent of person, / Bailey on the Paradise, Tex. “kid- | Texas Firearms Dealer Tells of Sale; Identifies Weapon as Same One \ TELL OF RANSOM PAYMENT Urschell Agent Points Out Des- perado as Man Who Got $200,000 From Him ’ Oklahoma City, Oct. 10.—(AP). Kathryn Kelly was named in gove! ment testimony Tuesday as the chaser of a machine gun used.in kid- naping Charles F. Urschel, and her husband, George (Machine Gun) Kelly, was pointed out as the geng- ster who collected $200,000 ransom for the oil millionaire’s release. J. Kiar, firearms dealer of Fort Worth, Tex., testified in the trial of the couple on ‘ federal kidnapfhg charges that he sold-Kathryn a ma- chine gun for $250 bearing the same serial number as the weapon later’ found beside the sleeping Harvey nap farm” where the victim was hid- den. Bailey ig serving a life term on. conviction for the kidnaping. Klar denied that wher entered the store that day he had said to her: “I've got that machine gun that Kelly wanted.” The machine gun, prosecutors al- lege, was the one which was pointed at Urschel when he was hustled from his home the night of July 22. E. E. Kirkpatrick, Tulsa. manager for. Urschel, preceded Klat on the stand and pointed to Kelly as the man to whom he handed a satchel Kansas City boulevard, Women Crowd Courtroom Hundreds of women, most of them young, swarmed into the courtroom and a perspiring squad of uniformed policemen tried vainly to keep fhe corridors cleared.-~‘Phe~court* was packed and many who sought admittance were turned away. ‘There was a delay in opening the second day of the trial while Judge E@gar 3. Vaught went to a hospital where an.emergency operation was Performed upop his son, . Vaught, Jr., University of Oklahoma student, for ® stomach disorder. The prosecution's first testimony was the reading of the ransom notes tat threatened Urechel’ with death i On Trial for Life containing the $200,000 ransom on a! i =u. § THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE §-2::2- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1938 heat Meetings SEE LE anya | { { Accused of smuggling into jail the revolver with which her gangster-/ husband killed the head-keeper and then himself, Mrs. Cecelia McCormick is pictured above as she went on trial} for her life in Brooklyn, N. Y. WHEAT PRODUCTION ESTIMATED RAISED | | BY FEDERAL SURVEY Increase Is More Than 14,000, .| 000 Bushels; Durum, How- ever, Shows Drop \ | 1 i] | Washington, Oct. 10.—(#)—Produc- | tion of wheat this year was estimated ; Tuesday at 514,816,000 bushels by thi Gey ent of agriculture in its pre- Mminary estimate of the year. ~ ‘The indicated production of corn was announced as 2,201,398,000 bush- els. A month ago wheat production was forecast at 506,557,000 bushels. Last year's crop was 726,283,000 bush- ls. els. Corn production a month ago was forecast at 2,284,799,000 bushels. Pro- duction last year was 2,875,570,000 bushels, unless $200,000 was paid to his kid- napers. Then E. E. Kirkpgtrick, the millionaire oil man’s Tulsa manager, told his story of paying the ransom on a Kansas City boulevard. Asked to whom the ransom money was paid, Kirkpdtrick raised his left hand and pointed directly at Kelly, who shrank in his chair, his eyes staring straight at the witress, “Make it clear who you mean, what say,” Daughter May Testify The. 15-year-old daughter of Mrs. Kelly by a former marriage has been called by the government. to testify ‘in the trial of her mother and step- father. / The girl, Pauline Frye,.was to be asked ning the move- ceived.and executed. Monday Kelly sat through the day in strip mines|With a bloody head. He was rapped | ne-|sharply several times with a pistol; butt, wielded by a federal agent, for creating a disturbance while being brought to court. i Kathryn ‘slapped J. C. White, the ‘agent, on the cheek with her open hafid after he. had prevented a pro- between her ‘ant statements, were made and half the {Ask Separate Codes D., Oct. 10—()—Ten crimingl charges, each alleging For Food Industries Tuesday conce: ments of the Kellys while the abduc- | 5.5 tion of the oil millionaire was con- Pauline sat if court Monday, occas- | fonally waving a nail-tinted hand at Kathryn. s Wheat production includes winter | wheat, 340,355,000 bushels compared | with 461,679, bushels last year; jand. all’ spring wheat, 174,461,000 bushels, compared with 166,202,000 | bushels a month ago and 264,604,000 j bushels ast year. Included in spring j wheat is 17,338,000 bushels of durum. |compared with 18,475,000 bushels a | month ago and 39,868,000 ‘bushels’ last ‘year, and 157,123,000 bushels of other 1 i 726,000 bushels last year. Production of oats is estimated at/ NEW NAMES ENTER Defendant in Beer Petition Case| ‘DALE, OTHERS MENTIONED |Says Idea Was to Get Away, | From Objectionable Features | fred 8. Dale Monday afternoon was brought into the beer bill case being tried in federal ‘court here when James P. Walsh, 28- year-old Bismarck man charged with using the mails to defraud, took the witness stand in his own defense. \Andrew Miller had overruled a mo- 'F, Sullivan, defense counsel. ‘beer commissioner and also power to | 687,647,000 bushels a month ago and|: ts to Reopen NRA Agreements an Bought Kelly Machine Gun WALSH'S TRIAL ON CHARGE OF FRAUD i Discloses He Had Assist- ance in Project, of Original Bill The name of State Treasurer Al-| Petition district Walsh took the stand after Judge tion for a directed verdict of acquittal, made by Thomas J. Burke and John The defendant testified that the state treasurer had suggested the plan of sending out a second set of beer bill petitions, similax to those circu- lated by the Association for Legaliz- ing the Sale of Beer, and had directed | him to take care of the details. Dale said he wanted the second set | of petitions in circulation, Walsh tes- tified, because there were certain “ob- Jectionable features” to the associa- tion's bill, including the clause giving the governor power to appoint the remove the beer commissioner with- out cause. Dale denied that he had -given Walsh “instructions” as to details, de- laring “we were working together on is thing.” Was Seeking Employment |; Walsh testified he had visited Dale’ jin search of employment when Dale suggested to him the possibility of cir- culating the second set of petitions. The defendant also said he had no knowledge that @ note soliciting funds was being sent out with the petitions until after he was indicted. Called to the witness stand by the had been suggested and the details discussed in his office. Though Walsh had testified he wa under the impression that John Nys- tul of Fargo, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the Nonpartisan League, and State Senator Nels Si- monson of Finley, active in the recent campaign against the referred sales tax measure, knew of the plan, Dale testified he could not recall having talked it over with them but admitted it possible that he might have done so since they visited his office during the time the plan was started. Assisting in preparations for the distribution of the second set of peti- (Continued on Page Two) 698,581,000 ‘bushels, compared with 1,238,231,000 bushels last year. Other Crops Listed Indicated production of other prin- cipal crops and their production last | year include: { {" Barley 160,000,000 bushels, compared | with 300,000,000 bushels last year, Flaxseed, 7,400,000 bushels and’ 11, | 000. Hay (tame) 67,300,000 tons and 69,- Potatoes, 307,000,000 bushels and/ 358,000,000. | Sugar beets, 10,860,000 tons and 9,-) 70,000, The condition of various crops on \Gctober 1 was given as follows: Corn 64.8 per cent of a normal; flaxseed 44.1; pasture 65.6; potatoes, per cent of last year's crop, compared | with 406,137,000 bushels or 55.9 cent of the crop a year ago. Oats; 582,555,000 bushels, or 83.4 per | cent’ of lost year’s crop, compared Woman Lawyer Dies In Home at Fargo} Fargo, N. D., Oct. 10.—(7)—One of North Dakota's few women attorneys, Miss Burnett of Dickinson, state would be the 33rd to sanction iv |through Postmaster General James A. | Roosevelt,” and to hasten the return of the 18th amendment.” Florida Voting on Repeal Amendment Tampa, Fla., Oct. 10.—(P}—Florida voted Tuesday to decide whether the Repealists sent out a last hour plea Farley and Governor Dave Scholtz, who spoke here Monday night. Farley called upon Florida to join “the parade of states marching to- ward early accomplishment of repeal” and predicted a majority of two to one. He said Florida should favor repeal to “show confidence in President of prosperity so more persons “can take Florida vacations.” Governor Scholtz called upon Flori- idans to “fulfill the pledge of the Democratic party and vote for repeal ——Ee | Mother Confesses | | Abandoning Babes | ~———_—_—— —-—¢ New York, Oct. 10.—(#)—The twin babies born to Mrs. Marie Del Rosso are not dead after all ss u 3 t i F 3 g Es i Hl f i i ie i E i s : é i i é as FE FEF i had » we are £0 ° poor.” |, Catios. is a bellboy, unable to come to the use his work- ing with the hos. He Ez li — ee |- To Lead Bible Class government, Dale said that the plan| |" the ———* Lutherans throughout the Bis- marck-Mandan district have been in- vited to a four-day Bible conference here this week-end, which will be un- Ger the direction of Rev. A. W. Knock of the Lutheran Bible Institute of Minneapolis. The conference, sponsored jointly by the First Lutheran and Trinity Lutheran churches of Bismarck, will open at Trinity Lutheran church at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening. Other sessions are arranged for 7:30 o'clock Friday and Saturday evenings, with the final program to begin at 3 o’- clock Sunday afternoon. Sunday morning, beginning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Knock will preach the sermon at the.First Lutheran church. Rev. Knock, taking “Life In His Name” as the conference theme, will conduct a study of the Gospel of John. Everyone interested is urged to at- tend the conference by Revs. G. Adolph Johns and Opje 8. Rindahl, pastors of the First” and Trinity churches, respectively. BEER ORDINANCE TS FARMERS 10 VOTE Only Those Who Have Signed | SCHEDULE Sessions to Open Oct. 11 At meetings to be held in Burleigh coun- ty, beginning Wednesday at Menoken county agent and official in charge of ‘ed and those who have signed ap- FOR MEN WHO WILL DIRECT WORK HER! Applications Eligible to Cast Ballots 1S ANNOUNCED Menoken; Close Oct. 18 At Wilton Announcement of wheat allotment was made Tuesday by H. O. Putnam, the wheat allotment work. Sessions will be held in the regular meeting places of the towns designat- plications for allotment contracts will be permitted to vote for members of the wheat allotment board in their respective districts. Those who have not signed applications will not be, Permitted to vote. Officers to be elected in each dis- trict consist of a president and two committee members, the president to represent the district on the county allotment board. Putnam, who will attend all meet- ings and explain the project, esti- mated that 65 per cent of Burleigh county farmers have signed to date. Commenting on estimates that the average for the state is about 90 per cent, he said he is unable to determine if Burleigh county has fallen behind or estimates from other counties are in error. The schedule of meetings in this county follows: Oct. 11, 8 p. m., Menoken; Oct. 12, 2p. m., Are - 13, 2 p. m., Wing: and 8 p. Oct. 14,2 p.m, Bismarck, and 8 p. m., Driscoll; Oct. 16, 8 p. m., Moffit; Oct. 17, 2:30 p. m., McKenzie, and 8 p. m. Sterling; Oct. 18, 2 p. m., Baldwin and 8 p. m., Wil- mn. ‘4 BRLIBVED DEAD » ADOPTED WITH ONE MINOR AMENDMENT On-Sale Prohibited in Grocery Stores Outside of Com- mercial District i Except for one amendment, Bis- marck’s beer ordinance will become effective Sunday, Oct. 22, in the form which it was first presented for con- sideration. ‘The ordinance was given its sec- ond reading and adopted by the city commission Monday evening at its regular weekly business session. ‘The one amendment prohibits on- sale (where beer is consumed on the premises) in small grocery stores cutside of the commercial district, {and at the same time permits off- \ sale (where beer is not consumed on the premises) in such stores. Contracts for furnishing coal for heating the city street and water department shop and the city water plant during the coming winter were awarded to the Occident Elevator company and the Washburn Coal company, the tonnage to be split evenly between the two concerns. Only two bids were presented to the ission. ‘eas Appeals for Enforcement peared to request that laws prohibit- ing the sale of “hard liquor” be en- forced to the limit to protect those merchants who are buying licenses for the sale of beer. The. commission decided ‘to invite an engineer from the state highway department to a conference next Monday evening in regard to relief paving work to be done in the city. The project under consideration calls for widening the pavement from 30 to 44 feet on Sixth St. from Rosser avenue to Boulevard avenue, a dis- tance of 55 of @ mile. turn for the relief work, the GE commission decided to grant to two taxi concerns elty licenses for Frank Clausen, restaurateur, ap-| IN TRAGEDY AT SEA OFF CAROLINA CAPE Italian Steamer Picks Up Cap- tain and Four Men From Sunken Vessel Norfolk, Va., Oct. 10.—()—The fate of 21 members of the crew of the sun- ken freighter Annoula was uncertain Tuesday as sea-going vessels were asked to keep a lookout for them. The Annoula, a Greek vessel, went down 600 miles east of Cape Lookout, N. C., early Saturday, @ message from the Italian steamer Montello to the coast guard said. The Montello re- Ported she had picked up the cap- tain and four members of the crew in & lifeboat and that 21 other members of the crew were missing. Further details of the sinking were not given. The coast guard broadcast @ message to all ships in the vicinity to keep a sharp watch for the missing men. The Annoula sailed from Newport News 10 days ago for La Plata. She was a vessel of 4,853 gross tons. ¢.C. 0. WORKERS 10 LEAVE STATE SOON Commander Announces Dates for Departure to Southern Part of Area Announcement that members of the Citizens Conservation Corps in North Dakota will be shifted this month to