The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1933, Page 1

‘ i North Dakota 9, 8 Oldest Newspaper ‘ABLISHED 1873 Winter Continue U oose —_— _ EXPECTS FIGURE 10 GO EVEN HIGHER AS EXPENDITURES JUMP Interested in Normal Income and Outgo; Recovery Spending Is Separate x MORGENTHAU CALLED IN President Works on Budget Which Will Be Given Con- gress Next Week Washington, Dec, 27.— (AP) — President Roosevelt displayed no surprise Wednesday at the latest treasury statement showing a deficit in government finances of more than a billion dollars and it was reported at the white house the figure would mount even higher as a-result of the recovery program. The chief executive was said authoritatively to be interested in making certain that income in reve- nue keeps pace with the normal cur- 4 Tent expenditures and he understands this income and outgo is about on an even basis. 4 The deficit is expected to repre- ) sent only a part of the extraordinary + ‘expenditures being made by the gov- 3 @rnment in behalf of the recovery drive. Continuing his preparation of the budget to be submitted to congress * next week, President Roosevelt called in Henry Morgenthau, acting secre- tary of the treasury, and Lewis Douglas, budget director. < Messages Await Attention Roosevelt told newspapermen at ‘his press conference that he has not atarted writing his budget message nor his message on the state of the ‘union to be read to congress on the opening day, January 3. Asked to give his views on past events and predictions of those to come at the turn of the year, the} president replied that he was willing to let the same old forecasters do the job and continue to be the goat. The government continued the/| Price of domestic gold at $34.06 an ounce. It was the seventh successive time this figure had been announced. As to foreign trade, the depart- ment of commerce reported a favor- able balance of $56,000,000 for No- ‘vember—$184,000,000 in goods going abroad while $128,000,000 came in. Another development was an esti- mate by Walter J. Cummings, chair- ‘man of the deposit insurance corpor- ation, that the temporary guarantee fund becoming effective next week “will completely guarantee 97 per ‘cent of the bank accounts of the na- Says Plan Is Constructive Cummings termed the insurance of leposits up to $2,500, which starts » “the most constructive lan ever devised for the protection of bank deposits.” Other directors of the corporation concurred with ‘im. The exact amount of the deficit # given in the latest announcement o: the treasury’s condition dated Decem- @ ber 22 was $1,024,121,667. On the # same date last year the deficit was $1,593,604,753. rdinary expenditures were within receipts, but those classified by the administration as “emergency” ex- ceeded the amount of the deficit. Receipts since July 1, the begin- ning of the fiscal year, were $1,44 193,463 as compared with $1, 209,302 for last year’s correspondit i period. 3 dinary sxpeniitares were $1,- ‘3 425,424,842 and emergency expendi- } tures $1,038,890,2 Biggest items in the emergency fig classification were $531,841,000 for sf the RFC, $204,301,000 for the pike works administration and $146,810,- ¢ | cialization courses, > | Honored By Scouts ———————_—___—___¢ Scoutmaster Robert Byrne of No. 11 Thursday night will become the first Bismarck scoutmaster to receive the scoutmaster’s key in recognition of his completion of the five-year pro- Gressive training program. The pre- sentation will be made during the court-of-honor program at the World War Memorial building. ROBERT BYRNE WILL GET SCOUTMASTER’S AWARD AT PROGRAM First Bismarck Leader to Complete Five-Year Training Course Scoutmaster Robert Byrne will re- ceive the highest award presented for Boy Scout troop leadership at the Bismarck court of honor to be con- ducted Thursday evening, it is an- nounced by Paul O. Netland, execu- tive of the Missouri Slope area. Scoutmaster Byrne, who has been leader of Troop No. 11 in the Capital City since 1928, will receive his scout- master’s key in recognition of his completion of the five-year progres- sive training program. He is the first Bismarck scoutmaster to receive the award, The scouting course of study in- cludes the following: 1—elements of scoutmastership, designed to give the of the aims and content of the Boy Scout program; 2—principles of scout- mastership, a study of the nature of hoys and their activity urges, includ- ing a study of troop program building and methods of troop administration; 3—principles of first ald; 4—advanced course, which requires the individual to act in leadership capacity for some elementary course; 5—two more spe- which he com- pleted at the University of Minne- cota’s forestry school last summer; 6—two weeks in camp; and 7—five years of satisfactory service as a seoutmaster. In his service with Troop No, 11, sponsored by the Elks club, Scoutmas- ter Byrne has dealt directly with hun- dreds of boys since 1928. The court of honor will be held in the World War Memorial building, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Doors will be opened at 7 o'clock. Scores of scouts from all troops in the city will appear before the court to receive advancement awards. The Boy Scout band will present music throughout the program, to which the public is invited. 000 for the conservation corps. The civil works administration had taken $53,842,000 and the farm adjustment administration $39,579,000. From Stranded Train ides at Drexel, 85 Missoula, since last arrived in Missoula late Missoula, Mont., Dec. 27—(?)—The | sunner’s mate Wounds Are Fatal in Ouija Board Shooting San Diego, Cal. est J. Turley, allegedly shot by his daughter at the direction of an Ouija board, died Tuesday night. ‘The 46-year-old naval reserve chief ‘Troop | t‘on for a pension he or she has work- new scoutmaster a general knowledge | rey, REPENS OSE RNAS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933 + Old Age Pension Funds “MUST WATT UNTIL ees * No payments of old age pensions can be made until late spring or early summer of 1934, mill was made by the state board of equalization for the purpose of pro- viding funds with which to pay the pensions, and taxes are payable after Dec. 31, 1933, Dale does not believe there will be sufficient funds avatl- able to pay any pensions until May 1 or later. Application blanks are in the hands of county auditors and can be filed with the board of county commissioners. The maximum pension allowed under the law is $150 per year and the applicant must be a citizen of the United States, have resided con- | tinuously in the state of North Dakota for at least 20 years and be over 68 years of age. | The applicant must certify that Previous to the filing of his applica-| ed according to ability, opportunity and need for the maintenance of himself or those legally dependent upon him. That he has not been a professional beggar, tramp or vi rant at any period of his life, that he has no children of sufficient ability who are liable and responsible under the law for his support, and that he has not divested himself of property or assets in order to qualify for benefits under the act. The applicant must also certify that he has no yearly income or that his income does not exceed $150 per year, | that he is not an inmate of any/| raunicipal, state or national institu- SPEED ACE MAKES DARING FLIGHT 10 AD SIC INFANT Maximum Under Law Is $150 Per Year Tragedy Rides on | Cold Wind’s Wings | | ———_+ Not Available MAY OR JUNE ae 8 * ne # The rental value of any real estate owned and occupied solely as a home to|by the applicant shall not be in- .| cluded in determining the income of the applicant and any other property real or personal that has no certain definite or fixed value shall be ap- Praised by the board of administra- tion and the amount of income per year from said property received by the owner shall be reckoned or esti- mated for the purpose of determin- ing the amount of pension to be a! lowed, as being 5 per cent of the appraised value. The board of county commissioners is to decide whether a claim has been established and transmit copies of all pplications to the board of adminis- tration. The county board is given wide powers in investigating pension- ers claims and is empowered to swear witnesses and take evidence. The county commissioners fix the rate of the pension claim and certify the same to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, who issues the applicant a “pension certificate.” He can reduce the rate of pension if he finds the applicant has any other income. The pension is payable on Or before the 15th of each month, and is not assignable or subject to lien, attachment, garnishment or execu. tion. Under the law the board of ccunty commissioners is practically made the guardian of the nensioner and may direct the payment of the Pension to any responsible person or corporation for his benefit if in its judgment he is incapable of taking care of himself or his money. > Chicago, Dec. 27.—()—It was | SRE PDT is Ic LIEUT. COL. A. J. BRASTED Beginning as a private in the' North Dakota National Guard company at Lisbon a quarter century ago, Alva J. Brasted has risen to the post of chief of chaplains of the United ‘States Army with the rank of Lieutenant Solonel. He recently was appointed to this post by President Roosevelt. OPPOSITION RISES AS NAZIS PREPARE TO ENFORCE LAWS Protestant Clergy May Join Catholic Cardinal in Ster- ilization Fight Berlin, Dec. 27—(@)—A stdrm of eight below zero last night, too cold for two 15-month-old babies to sleep in their crib, So Blanche and Barbara” Mar- shall, twins, were snuggled into bed with their mother and father and four-year-old brother. Wedell Braves Strong Wind and Poor Condition on 1,400- Mile Mercy Hop Baltimore, Dec. 27.—(#)—Five- months-old Sue Trammell Wednesday waited in the Harriet Lane clinic the experienced hand of Dr. Walter E. Dandy, noted brain specialist, to re- eve the pressure on her brain and possibly save her life, after a hazard- ous airplane dash from Houston, as, Braving strong icy winds and poor flying conditions, James R. Wedell, famous speed aviator, drove his red monoplane over the 1,400 mile trip in slightly more than 11 hours, bring- ing the plane with its sick baby down on snow-encrusted Logan Field here without mishap. A municipal ambulance, waiting at the field at the order of Mayor How- ard W. Jackson, rushed the child and her relatives who accompanied her, to the Johns Hopkins hospital where Dr. Paul A. Kunkel, resident in neuro- surgery, made the preliminary ex- amination. Deeming it not necessary to operate immediately, Dr. Kunkel diagnosed the child’s ailment as hydro-cephalus, Probably due to a congenital lesion. us is an infantile dis- ease, described as an.accumulation of watery fluid within the ventricles or between the membranes of the brain. No Sign of Tumor He said he did not believe the child had a tumor but would await an ex- amination by Dr. Dandy later Wednes- day. The baby had no fever and while its condition was serious it was not acute. Dr. Dandy later confirmed Kunkel’s diagnosis and said an operation will be performed within the next few days. Sue is the only child of Mr. and Mrs, W.B. Trammell, their other child hav- ing died of a similar ailment. Besides her parents, little blue-eyed was on her plane wounded last | W. Thursday at St. daughter, Mattie, 15, told authorities an Ouija board directed her father “so mother could marry a young cowboy.” her to shoot | Miss Anne When the mother awoke at 6 a. m., her babies were dead, They had smothered. PRICES FOR FARM PRODUCTS BETTER Average Is Best in Last Three Years; Agricultural De- partment Asserts Washington, Dec. 27.—(#)—Im- Proved farm prices at local markets, in some cases higher than at any similar time in three years, were re- ported by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics Wednesday. The upswing was led by grains, the bureau said, with potatoes, sweet po- tatoes, cotton and cotton seed follow- ing closely. It reported grain prices as 111 per cent higher on December 1 than on the same date in 1932, due to @ decrease in production which cut the total supply. Because of a rye crop 48 per cent smaller than a year ago, that grain was priced at 55.4 cents per bushel, nearly two and one- half times the price in 1932. Oats were 30.4 cents per bushel or 127 ger cent higher than on December 1, 1932, and wheat was purchased at 67.8 cents, an increase of 112 per cent over the 1932 figure. The oats crop was 42 per cent smaller and the wheat crop averaged almost 39 Per cent less than in 1932, Prices of principal crops in repre- sentative states on December 1 in- cluded: all wheat, Kansas, 70 cents as compared to 29 cents a year previously; durum wheat, Minnesota, 66 cents compared to 30 cents; corn, Towa, 31 cents compared with 12. Mayville Motorists Are Stranded Frozen Fargo, Dec. 27.—(7)—First report of motorists in the Fargo area suffering tractor, raced the early season freeze-up, were Edmonton Wednesday. Ey EF g E “{fiato eect January -1. : opposition faces Nazi law reformers as their pet project, sterilization, goes ‘Typical of the Nazi effort to'extend complete dictatorship over the citizen- ty, it is but’ one of the many strik- ing measures of legal reform 'sched- uled for the new year profoundly changing German criminal, ci military law. Sounding an alarm, Pope Pitis con- demned sterilization in a measure to the world last Saturday and it was expected this will be followed by a Protest from Cardinal Bertram, reach- ing Germany's 30,000,000 Catholics from all pulpits of the faith in this country. Many protestant clerymen are believed ready to join the pene: tion, The law creates 1,700 eugenic courts to administer its provisions.| It is the first of its kind to be applied on a national scale in modern history and is the nearest thing, sociologists say, since ancient times to the prac- tice of leaving the fit to survive. For the present, the fate of at least 400,000 Germans, the Deutsche Zeitung says, are involved. These comprising practically the same number of both Bexes, The law is applicable to hereditary: 1. Feeble-mindedness, tentatively estimated at 200,000 cases; 2., Schiz- ophrenia, 80,000; 4. insanity, 20,000; 4. epilepsy, 60,000; 5. saint vitus dance, 600; 6. blindness, 4,000; 7. deaf and dumbness, 18,000; 8. serious phy- sical deformity, 20,000; 9. chronic al- colism, 10,000, Senate Republicans Rap Johnson Scheme Washington, Dec. 27.—()-—Senate | be Republican independents who were recently invited to serve on a new board under the recovery administra- tion to hear complaints from small businessmen, are balking at the idea that Hugh 8. Johnson wants the board to be a contact organization between the recovery unit and congress. Senator Nye, (Rep. N. D.) said Tuesday if Johnson wanted the board to be a contact group instead of serv- ing entirely under the recovery ad- ministration the project should be de- ferred until congress expressed itself. If congress wanted such a board, he added, it could say so and appoint its own members, Nye expressed doubt whether a reso- lution for a congressional investiga- tion of the recovery administration could be approved, but said tl was great need for revising of the codes to protect the idents in Six Known Dead as Train Hits Cattle west, when a struck elt Unworried by Deficit of Billion i Rises to Top Post | Necinceaedte drake died COUNTIES MAY GET FINANCIAL RELIER UNDER COURT ORDER Judge Approves Divide Plan to Use Money in Gas Tax and Teachers Funds MOVE IS HELD NECESSARY}. Petitioner Asserts Only Alter- Is to Close Court- house At Once Crosby, N. D., Dec. 27.—()—Reliet for hard-pressed North Dakota coun- tles was indicated Wednesday when Judge John C. Lowe of Minot an- nounced he would sign an order mak- ing it possible for monies in the gas tax fund and teachers’ institute fund of Divide county to be transferred to an emergency fund “to keep the courthouse open.” Judge Lowe added, however, that any order which he signs must con- tain a provision that the two funds are to be reimbursed for the amounts transferred from them as soon as money is available to do'so. It was charged in a mandamus ac- tion instituted in district court by ———————; | At Door of Death | a FRANK HYLAND State Senator Frank Hyland, one- time Heutenant governor of North Dakota and I. V. A. candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in June, 1932, is critically ill in a St. Paul hospital. Relatives have been called to his bedside. E. J. Mcliraith, who is Divide coun- ty state's attorney, as petitioner, that unless such transfers were au- thorized “the county government in Divide county will cease to exist, it will be necessary to close the court- house, a condition of chaos and un- certainty will prevail, and the citi- zens of said county will be unable to carry on the ordinary duties and functions of government.” The action was brought against R. Hi. Lynch, county auditor; O. A. Steff- ler, county treasurer, and County Commissioners August Feil, Martin Duffy and A. F. Kimball. In his petition for a writ of man- damus, made not in his capacity as state's attorney, but as a taxpayer and freeholder, Mcllraith charged the situation prevailing in Divide county grows out of a world-wide de- Pression “and the help of a generous though short-sighted and unwise ‘and | esislature.” The petition related that Divide county has in its gas tax fund $4,- 852.97 and in the teachers’ institute fund $886.09; that no road work is being done in the county; that under the law the county is forbidden to use the gas tax money for anything ex- cept road building. The contention was advanced that the county, under equity powers, could make these mon- ies available in the form of an emer- gency fund for such purposes as pay- ing for mileage, gasoline, coal, sta- tionery, telephone calls, telegraph POLITICAL LEADER SERIOUSLY ILL IN ST, PAUL HOSPITAL Little Hope Held for Recovery of Frank Hyland, Long Prominent in State 8t. Paul, Dec. 27.—(7)—The condi- tion of Former State Senator Frank Hyland of Devils Lake, N. D., ill with a heart ailment in Miller hospital, St. Paul, was described Wednesday as “still critical” with some hope re- maining for his recovery. Afflicted for a number of years with heart trouble, Hyland is under the cere of the same physician who treated him in 1918. The doctor said Wednesday that Hyland, whose wife is in St. Paul with him, is “pretty sick.” “Just what the outcome will be. I can't tell you,” he said, “but I still have hopes.” It was reported here that the Last The Weather Generally fair tonight Thurs- day; continued PRICE FIVE CENTS | ule DEATH, SUFFERING FOLLOW IN WAKE OF LOW TEMPERATURES No Let-Up in Sight for Affected Areas as Frigid Blast Spreads to Dixie BLIZZARD HITS NORTHEAST. New England Gripped by Terris fic Storm; Seven Die From Exhaustion (By the Associated Press) ‘Winter continued its icy rule of much of the North American contin- ent Wednesday, with howling winds, snow storms and far below normal temperatures that brought death and suffering to many. There was no letup in sight for the affected areas, except the promise of some moderation in the central west. Colder was the prediction for the east, end even Dixie, which escaped the first of the week's bitter cold, was threatened. Several scores of persons were esti- mated to have died as a direct re- sult of the frigid blasts, most of them in traffic mishaps. The east was blanketed by snow. New England suffered Tuesday and Tuesday night trom one of the worst blizzards in its Ristory. At least seven persons per ished from exhaustion in Massachu- tts. gon was hard hit. Several deaths occurred in the Canadian provinces. A howling blizzard at Toronto accounted for two lives. An aged prospector died from the cold Continued Cold Is Forecast for N. D. North Dakota continued in the near Kamloops, B. C. Another man, lost in a blizzard, with the tempera- messages, railway mileage, meals for|Sacraments of the Catholic church|ture 30 below zero, died near Fort Prisoners, medical attention, medical supplies, “and the thousand and one other items which cannot be chased upon the open market with registered warrants.” NEW AMENDMENT 10 BE GIVEN CONGRESS Norris Will Urge Change in Method of Electing Na- tional Executive Washington, Dec. 27.—(P)—A con- stitutional amendment to change the method of electing a president is to of Franklin D. Roosevelt who hope for his reelection in 1936. As the constitution now stands vot- ers choose electors. If a presidential andidate receives a majority of the lectoral votes in any state, all the fect, many elections of presidents in We pete would have resulted differ- ently, Senator Norris, (Rep. Neb.) is a backer of the resolution. It has been on the house calendar since the com- mittee on elections of the president: and vice president approved the mea- sure drafted by Representative Lea| congress and up to the states for ratification. It is the first assembly since Norris’ sentative Hildebrandt (Dem., S. D.), jsaid Wednesday he would join other midwestern congressmen in ried administered to Hyland Tues- lay. Hyland has been outstanding in the Political life of North Dakota which he served as Meutenant governor and as state senator. In June 1932 he was the Independent Voter's Associa- tion candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, being de- feated by Gov. William Langer. Would Bar Packers From Local Buying Washington, Dec. 27.—()}—Repre- fighting for abolition of direct hog-buying by packers. He said the practice de- pressed farm prices by “taking the veeth out of the competitive market.” Hildebrandt, who returned from South Dakota last week, said he would discuss several public works projects in his district with the ad- ministration. “South Dakota people are loyal to the president, ready to sink or swim with him, and they hope they'll) swim,” he said. “Mr. Roosevelt is the only man in recent years who has given big business a stiff fight.” Woman Editor Will Judge Poultry Here Miss Clara Sutter, poultry editor of the St. Paul Farmer, agricutural pub- lication, will be chief judge for the an- nual show the Missouri Slope Poultry association here next month, it was announced Wednesday by H. O. Put- {nam, Burleigh county agricutural j agent. The show will be held,in the World War Memorial building Jan. 9, 10, 11 and 12, and writer on poultry-raising methods, but also operates her own poultry Fire Razes Shack and Routs Its Occupant Fire razed his flimsy shack at 315 Thirteenth St. south, and routed farm at Winona, Ia. She formerly was Poultry specialist for South Dakota State College at Brookings. Cash prizes will be awarded to win- bold in ae Futey, chicken pe Li gag contests, open for pen and en- Putnam said. BURY FAMOUS JOCKEY ; headway, however, that CANADIAN SURGEON DIES N. &., Dec. 27.—(#)— Dr. reit Miss Sutter not only is a student of William, Ont. at Mellen, Wis., and 38 below at Eve- Icth, Minn., there was a threat ‘of more. Chicago had 9 below sero with a further sinking of the mercury ex- Pected. In New York city, where a heavy snow storm handicapped traffic, niysterious airplane, believed caught above the city in Tuesday's storm, was Still missing. Coast guards Tuesday's storm which claimed eight lives in the wrecking of three fish- ~ ing tugs. The tug Bremen, of South Haven, and the tug Martha, of Michigan City, Ind., sank with their crews of four men each. The Bremen went down near South Haven harbor while the Martha sank near the Michigan City lighthouse. Three other fishermen who manned the tug Tuscarora, of South Haven, narrowly escaped s similar fate when their craft became disabled and the Martha falter Biddle, William ae Markowski, all Cuba Will Refuse to Pay Chase National Havana, Dec. 27.—(#) — President Ramon Grau San Martin Wednesday intentic:: Halifax, John Stewart, surgeon, former dean “f Dalhousie Medical School, died