The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 1

¥ ESTABLISHED 1873 SUDDEN TORNADOES CAUSE DESTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN AREAS 16 Known Dead, Scores Injured and Heavy Property Losses Reported ENTIRE COUNTRY HARD HIT Red Cross Called to Aid as Weather Bureau Fore- casts Biting Cold Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 26—(}— ‘Tornadoes, striking suddenly on the Sabbath, left 16 dead in three south- ern states, scores injured and heavy Property loss. Storms late Sunday extended from Louisiana to North Carolina with ‘Mississippi reporting 10 dead, Ala- bama three, Georgia two and Lou- isiana one. Alabama's toll was placed at 14 in earlier reports but a re-check brought the number to three. Twin tornadoes swept rural sec- tions of Lauderdale county, Miss. Two @dditional deaths were reported Mon- day, Martin Brown, 45, of Kewanee Saturday Coldest Day Here in 1934 The thermometer at the United States weather bureau here regis- tered 16 degrees below zero for its lowest reading Sunday night. According to ©. W. Roberts, meteorologist in charge, Saturday and Sunday were the two coldest days this year. Temperature Sat- urday night went to 19 below— eight degrees colder than the chilliest recorded during January. The coldest this winter was 23 be- low, registered in December. and Harold Harper, 5, of near Merid- jan, succumbing to injuries in a hos- pital. More than 35 others still were in hospitals and several score nursed jess serious hurts at home. Alabama's deaths were reported in sections 75 miles apart. Two were dead in Clay county and one at Ca- Jera. The sheriff's office in Clay county was checking unconfirmed re- Ports of deaths at Shady Grove, Mil- Jersville and other isolated communi- des. West Virginia Affected A man and wife of the Bethel camp ground community near Carrollton, in West Virginia, were killed when a tornado blew down their home. ‘Thirteen persons were reported in- jured. Several homes were destroyed near Hampton and 12 to 15 houses ‘were blown down near McDonough. New Orleans reported a Negro wo- man fatally injured during a heavy hail storm which swept the city at the same time tornadic disturbances were recorded in Mississippi. was killed when she came into con- tact with a live wire blown into the street. The same wire struck the hat from the head of Anthony Boohana, 55, of Jackson, Miss., walking nearby. was unhurt. The hat burned as it fell from his head. Machinery was idle in the Pied- mont Carolinas after a disastrous wind and rain storm which wrecked buildings, power and communication lines. Two persons were slightly hurt when high winds demolished their home and three saw-mill buildings near Luray, 8. C, The storm-swept area extended from the foothills of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina to the South Car- olina-Georgia line near Anderson, 8. C., and was as much as 80 miles wide in places. Many Cities Isolated Many cities in the storm area had not been heard from late in the morning but it was known that High Point, one of the world’s great fur- niture manufacturing centers, was without communication or power fa- cilities of any kind. A cold wave swept into the storm- stricken sections and the ‘weather bureau predicted lower tem- peratures for Monday night. A violent wind storm, dipping sud- denly into the residential section of Palatka, Fla., early Monday morning caused damage estimated at several thousand dollars. Trees were up-jvelt. rooted, several houses unroofed and power lines leveled. No one was in- jured as far as could be ascertained. , Gov. B. M. Miller of Ala- bama and r directed assistance for the ald were Red Cross stepped Mississippi first, destruction and than 200 persons in "the elements. homes and ings blown down and the country- side slashed by terrific rain. VALUE WALSH ESTATE Helena, Mont., Feb. 26.—(#)—The estate of the late United States Sen- ator Thomas J, Walsh of Montana, is valued at approximately $77,700, of ‘which $66,500 is in United States gov- ernment bonds, it was indicated in the report of appraisers filed in district WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION Floyd Monday filed for re- election, at the same time issuing a statement definitely eliminating nim- self a5 & Feng sd candidate for the United States te North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper She} : PROPOSES TO PUT WIRE FIRMS UNDER FEDERAL CONTPOL Commission to Regulate Communications legislative chore was given congress Monday by President Roosevelt—cre- ation of a federal commission to reg- ulate communication systems. In a special message, the chief ex- ecutive asked that regulatory power over wires, cables and radio be trans- iforade the proposed governmental inch, He ' bra: The message arrived while the sen- ate was debating whether to increase veterans’ allowances and the house was considering the agriculture de- partment appropriations bill. Committee members waded snow- drifts to the capitol earlier to study @ variety of legislation. Many ar- rived late, their faces red from the wintry breezes, The Bankhead bill for compulsory cotton control was amended by the house agriculture committee to pro- vide that 10,000,000 instead of 9,500,- 000 bales might be sold tax-free from the current crop. A house naval subcommittee heard from Edward P. Warner, former as- sistant secretary of the navy, that steady increases in commercial busi- hess were responsible in large meas- ure for huge navy airplane engine Profits from 1926 to 1929. See Waterway Vote Indications that a senate vote might be reached soon on the 8t. Lawrence waterway treaty were seen by observers in a statement by Sen- ator LaFollette (Rep. Wis.) that he was ready for a roll call and was’ “very hopeful of a favorable out- come.” He so told President Roose- Senate administration forces fur- ther ir compromise posal on veterans’ benefits by og ening it to include Spanish war vet- erans. “It is my thought,” said the presi- dent in proposing communications control, “that a new commission such as I suggest might well be organized this year by transf the present ‘authority for the control of communi- radio commission be given full pwer to investigat: ad z the business of existing cum- panies and make recommendatio.s to congress for additional legisla‘ion next session.” senate and house interstate commerce committees have beeu eine fe Pare fae several wee! early action is expecte¢ by leaders, aes ‘The message of the president fol- “To the congress: “I have long felt that, for the sake of clarity and effectiveness, the rela- tionship of the federal government to (Continued on Page Two) PAY FOR Rockview ithe slaying of Charles Downey during @ robbery. Paul Revere galloped to fame one historic night many years ago. His charming descendant, Pauline Revere (above), rode off with beauty honors the other day at New York University’s School of Commerce. She was chosen, by faculty vote, the most beautiful girl in the school. She's going to be a newspaper reporter. - IN STATE FOR '32 Roosevelt Asks Congress for Of Total Sum $16,301,806 Washington, Feb. 26—(@)—Another | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 $60.45 PER CAPITA WAS PAID AS TAXES Went to Pay State Bills, Says Census Bureau Washington, Feb. 26.—(#)—It cost an average of $65.45 a person to ope- rate the state and local governments of North Dakota during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, according to a summary anuounced Monday by the bureau of the census. ‘The total cost was $44,765.848 in a ‘state with an estimated population of 684,000. Of this total, $16,301,806 went to pr™ state obligations, $8,740,564 was ed by the counties, $3,955,468 cities, towns and villages, $13,- i3 by the school districts, $2,327,- 28: ‘y townships, and $216,164 by oth civil divisions. C. eration and maintenance of gen- eral departments took the bulk of the sum, $31,417,880; public service enter- prises required $2,553,856 for operation and maintenance, interest on the debt accounted for $3,975,615 and the bal- ance of $6,818,497 wer into outlays or permanent improv nts. Operation ( :sts Jump The study showed that operation and maintenance costs of general de- partments and public service enter- prises in all units of government of more than 2,500 population increased 135.2 per cent from 1912 to 1932, in- payments 699 per cent, and outlay payments 337.1 per cent. The state and all its subdivisions collected a total of $43,162,582 or an average of $63.10 a person. General property taxes of the state, counties and communities of more than 2,500 yielded $9,791,429, a de- crease of 10.8 per cent from 1922 to 1932, but an increase of 55 per cent between 1912 and 1932. ‘The combined gross debt of the state and its political subdivisions for , less sinking fund assets set aside meet such debt, was $36,211,431 or MONOXIDE GAS IS FATAL 10 NINE AT DARTMOUTH SUNDAY Deadly Fumes Creep Through Fraternity House After Furnace Blast ALL VICTIMS WERE ASLEEP Youths Were Marked by Pink Discoloration Character- istic of Poisoning | Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26.—(P)—-A furnace tended by an unskilled hand was blamed Monday for the death of nine students, the worst tragedy in the history of Dartmouth college. They were killed by carbon monox- ide gas as they slept early Sunday in the Theta Chi fraternity house. An explosion apparently had disconnect- ed a chimney pipe and the deadly fumes crept through the 16-room house. President Ernest Martin Hopkins asked the grief-stricken undergrad- uates Monday to “carry on” their ac- tivities in order not to heighten the ‘effect of the accident. He issued a statement saying “the whole college eympathizes with the parents of those who died.” The dead were: William 8. Fullerton, 20, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Edward F. and Alfred H. Moldenke, brothers, New York City. William M. Smith, Jr., 21, Manhas- set, N. Y. Edward M. Wentworth, Jr., 21, Mt Dora, Fla. Americo 8. De Masi, 21, Little Neck, N.Y, town, N. Y. John J. Griffin, 19, Wallingford, in. The fact ‘that it was a weekend probably saved the lives of eight frat- ernity brothers who ordinarily occupy the house. An incompleted investigation in- dicated that the students died as they slept. All were marked by the pink discoloration characteristic of carbon monoxide poisoning. The coal gas explosion apparently blew open the furnace doors and dis- connected a chimney pipe. Sunday morning, Janitor Merton Little fixed the fires. He smelled coal gas and adjusted the disconnected Pipe. Then, he went to the rooms of the students and saw them apparently sleeping. They all were dead then, but it was not until Sunday afternoon that the deaths were discovered. SIX ARE BURNED AS FIRE RAZES HOTEL Four-Story Structure at Utica, N. Y., Turned Into Charnel House by Flames Utica, N. ¥., Feb. 26.—()—Six men and possibly a seventh burned to death Monday morning in a fire that destroyed the 25-year-old Marrone hotel, a four-story structure. Only four of the six bodies taken out of the smouldering ruins were immediately identified. They were: Salvatore Troja, 40. * Domincik Belilacqua. Joseph Paladino. Peter Gillis. | Several other persons, taken to hos- pitals, were reported as not seriously injured with the exception of Steve per average of $52.94. The capita average in 1922 was $60.89 in 1912 $20.07. The total assessed valuation of North Dakota property subject to tax- ation in 1932 was $880,432,053. and} 1922 it was $1,308,315,000 and in 1912, $293,068,000. Lanky North Dakotan | Crashes Art Portals New York, Feb, 26.—(P)}—The son of a German baker in Jamestown, N. D., who used to paint pictures on tin THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE > Three Pretend to One Unused Throne ea Paris, Feb. 26.—(7)—A mysteri- out new pretender to the French throne introduced himself to amused Parisians through the me- dium of posters Monday. Vone Theodebold Ascaris Me- Tovee, claiming descent from Clovis and the good King Dago- bert, threw his mythical crown in the ring against the Duc De Guise and Prince Louis Napoleon, over the signature of the “Merovingian party.” NRA REOPENS FEUD WITH FORD; LABOR Motor Firm Submits Answer to Complaints But Refuses to Attend Hearing Washington, Feb. 26.—()— The Ford Motor company is under inves- tigation by NRA’s national compli- ance board in a new outbreak of the feud between the two. The board said it had “quite defi- nite charges” about violations of a collective bargaining clause at Ford assembly plants at Edgewater, N. J., and Chester, Pa. It notified Edsel Ford that, in view of the company’s refusal to send a representative here, it would investigate. The Ford company submitted a detailed answer to the complaints but refused to be represented at a secret hearing here last Friday. William H. unless there was a change of attitude he would “proceed.” The NRA meanwhile prepared for what looked to Hugh Johnson like a “field day” for criticism. Johnson in- vited NRA’s critics to an open forum here this week. So many requests to voice complaints have come in that the sessions will be long extended. NRA officials Monday took note of bi Bed ae ads Sadat fo atatement by Wiliam Green, pres- ident of the American Federation of Labor, that industrial unemployment was 1,500,000 more than last year, but still 1,500,000 less than in January, 1932. Green suggested shorter work hours. Recovery officials were cheered by ® federal reserve board statement that January and early February saw swift increases in industrial output and a general wholesale price rise. Plan New Campaign On Wheat Allotment Washington, Feb. 26.—()—Chester C. Davis, farm administrator, sald Monday the campaign of last fall to sign up wheat growers in a compact to reduce production would be reopen- ed. The action was taken, Davis said, in response to a widespread demand of farmers who did not sign last year. “The reopening, which applies to ap- proximately 13,000,000 acres of uncon- tracted normal wheat land, follows many requests for such action from growers in practically all of the wheat growing states,” Davis explained. He added that the move was not taken because the 1933 campaign had not accomplished the 15-per-cent re- duction agreed to in the international wheat agreement. Only after the new campaign closes, the percentage of abandonment is de- termined, and acreage of spring wheat seeded is known can the exact reduc- tion be determined, Davis said. Farmers who sign up during the coming campaign will receive the sec- ond benefit payment of eight cents a bushel scheduled to go to 1933 sign- ers, and the 1934 and 1935 adjustment payments, , Family Is Murdered : ' By Maniacal Father ee ee spot along the highway. then amed : top! ~My God, there’s the The officers dug in the un- Ss hei Bits of News From Throughout World (By The Associated Press) onne nection it may have had with the recent Paris riots. PUPPET HAS SIRTHDAY Hsinking, (Changchun) Man- chukuo—Henry Pu-¥i, who on March becomes emperor of Man- chukuo, celebrated his twenty- eighth birthday. 13 HURT BY BOMB Havana—Twelve persons were hurt when a. ib exploded near EEdEee Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania Mon- day announced his candidacy for the United States senate on a Republican ‘support Roosevelt” pistform. GLAIMS VIOLATIONS| |ADMINISTRATION 70 GIVE AIRMAIL BACK TO PRIVATE FLIERS Roosevelt Expected to Push Measure Now Being Pre- pared for Congress Continues Probe of Alleged Graft in Army Motoriza- tion Contracts Washington, Feb. 26.—(#)—The Roosevelt administration indicated Monday that it would hasten to pre- sent to congress a bill giving the air mail back to private companies. The measure is expected before the week is out. The air mail situation, meantime, Geveloped several new angles. Representative McLeod of Michigan planned to introduce Monday a reso- lution for a congressional investiga- tion to find out if army planes are suitable to carry mail along the sky- ways. A grand jury opened its third week cf inquiry into army motorization and other contracts. Harry H. Woodring, assistant secretary of war, was re- quested to testify, as were Ralph T. O'Neil, former commander of the American Legion, and Robert W. Ly- ons, New York and Washington law- Davis, compliance director, said that |": The senate air mail committee called Harris M. Hanshue, president of Western Air Express, and Clifford Ball, representing Pennsylvania Air Lines. It wanted to ask Ball about an extension of a maii contract given t» his company with the understand- ing that it be sublet to Pittsburgh Aviation Industries, Inc., in which the Mellons are interested. STATE'S ATTORNEYS MEET IN BISMARCK TO PROBE TAX SUIT Discuss How to Meet Issue Raised by Railroads Which Seek Reductions A conference of North Dakota State's Attorneys here today resolved into a round table discussion of legal technicalities in taxation of railroads }as the county officials and state of- ficials laid the ground work for com- batting requests of three railroads to have their 1933 taxes reduced in the state. About 40 states attorneys are attending. A concensus of the state's attorneys as to the best method of contesting the tax-reduction suit brought by the car- riers was expected to come out of the conference. The three railroads, which in feder- al court actions seek reduction in their North Dakota taxes, are the Soo, Northern Pacific and Great Northern. The Northern Pacific has paid 70 Per cent of its assessed taxes and the Great Northern 60 per cent, pending & determination by the courts of the Proper valuations of the railways for tax purposes. P.O. Sathre, attorney general, open- ed the meeting amd reviewed the situa- tion as it now stands. Harold Shaft, assistant attorney general, outlined what happened in the Soo Line case tried last fall in federal court on the railroad’s 1931 and 1932 taxes. Some tax computations were presented by J. A. Heder, another assistant attor- ney general. Lyman Baker, tax expert and form- er state deputy tax , gave the results of his computation on the different formulas for taxation and Pointed out that the pre-depression tax on gross income amounted gener- ally to about 8 per cent compared with taxes ranging from 10 to 14 per cent since the depression. (Continued on Page Two) Three Persons Killed In Train-Truck Crash Delphos, O., Feb. 26.—()—Three persons were killed and four injured, one seriously, early Monday when a Pennsylvania train crashed into a truck at the Main street crossing’ here. The locomotive was overturned and seven cars derailed. The accident occurred di gineer’s vision probably was by the snow. The locomotive, turned over and two men were buried be- neath the wreckage. Three of the seven cars derailed were Pullman ‘coaches. Passengers were thrown from berths and badly shaken, SWANSON MAY RESIGN Swanson would be premature, one jname being mentioned was that of ‘Rear Admiral Cary T. |GRAND JURY STILL AT WORK] I | New Marine Chief Named by President Roosevelt to be Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps is Major Gen. John Henry Russell, pictured at his desk in Washington after the ‘appointment. ORGANIZE HERE T) FIGHT HOPPERS IN STATE THIS SPRING Agricultural Experts Meet in Bismarck Sunday to Study Situation If congress approves the bill, now |pending, allowing the northwest $2,- 000,000 for grasshopper control, North the Greater North Dakota associa- tion attending. ~ Realizing the seriousness of the grasshopper menace a meeting, called by B. E. Groom, G. N. D. A. official, was held in Fargo, Nov. 21 and 22, attended by entomologists and other extension workers from Idaho, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wy- oming, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Montana, and representatives from a Saskatchewan and Mani- tol At the November meeting it was decided to petition the national gov- ernment for funds to carry on the widespread program. The Canadian provinces already have mapped out systematic plans, with funds fur- nished by the Dominion government. for the eradication of grasshoppers. to 01 Counties At the Bismarck meeting it was de- cided to place county agents and boards of county commissions in charge of the work in the state, ac- cording to N. D. Gorman, county agent leader. Township committees, working under the county officers, will be appointed to supervise the mixing and spreading of poison bran. The state itself is not to have an active part in the program, but the Twin-City headquarters. According to Gorman, educational meetings are to be held in every county in the state to acquaint farm- ers with the seriousness of the grass- hopper conditions and proper meth- ods of control. “One of the most important factors in grasshopper control is being pre- pared to spread poison bait when the hoppers emerge from the egg pods,” Gorman said. “We are completing organization plans now 80 as to be Teady to begin ks soon as the hoppers appear, in the event congress makes the appropriation.” Seek Efficient Action “Indications are that the amount will be allowed, and we want to be Prepared to handle the work effi- ciently. For this reason the exten- sion division called together all co- operating organizations and perfected Preliminary plans.” H. R. Sumner of the Northwest (Crop Improvement association, Min- neapolis; J. W. Haw, of the Northern Pacific railroad, St. Paul, and James Milloy, chairman of the board of di- arrangements for funds, Gor- man s: id. luring snow storm and officials said the en-|Pacific railroad Dakota will be prepared to do its part in the campaign to combat the pest. Plans for the state set-up were outlined at a-meeting here Sunday, called by the extension division of the agricultural college, with repre- sentatives from three railroads and PRICE FIVE CENTS Death Rides Wings of Storms Nine College Students Die in Tragedy Profs Gave Her High Mark in Beauty MANY SECTIONS OF COUNTRY TROUBLED BY WINTER BLASTS New Blizzard Lashes Eastern Coast; Buries Cities Un- der Second Snowfall TORNADOES STRIKE SOUTH Mortality Toll Put at 37, In« cluding Eight Killed When Airplane Falls Death, riding a southera i ath, ling a southern an Atlantic coast blizzard and ante fated passenger air liner, had num- bered 37 victims Monday. In the deep south authorities rushed food, clothing and medical aid to communities in three states where tornadoes ripped and tore Sunday. Thirteen were known to be dead in Alabama, eight in Mississippi and two in Georgia. Many were injured as the storms wrecked homes. A two-day search for a at liner ended Sunday night when ite five passengers and a crew of three were found dead near a snow bound canyon not far from Salt Lake City. The giant craft smashed to earth in a blinding blizzard Fridey. Swirling snow enveloped a large part of the nation, from New England westward to Nebraska and southward to Richmond, Va., and beyond. This storm caused six deaths, including a woman found dead from exposure in Chicago and an engineer who died in @ train wrecked by a snow bank near Mapleton, Me. Army mail planes were generally held on the ground. “ The east struggled frantically to Prevent the snowstorm from tying it in a knot for the second time in a week, Gale Drives Fine Snow Snow as fine as salt, driven by a northeast gale, swirled for hours. ovine watt that had barely got moving ai digging out of last week's big storm faltered under the new blow from the sky. Airplane service was the first to go. Railroad trains were running late. Road transportation wag se- verely hampered. Plummeting temp- eratures added to the woes of many sections. Northeast gales slashed et the coast, especially New England, imperilling shipping. A force of 31,500 men labored throughout the night in an attempt tc clear New York city’s streets. Fire Island, off Long Island's south shore, was still cut off from the mainland. Its 200 inhabitants have existed as best they could for 10 days of isolation. Liners 1t from Europe arrived hours late at New York after fighting slashing storms. ‘Two women froze to death in the east, one in Philadelphia and the sec- ond near Barnegat, N. J. An engi- neer perished near Mapleton, Me., when a train smashed against a snow- bank, In New York a veteran fire- man died of a heart attack induced by cold. In Washington, snowfall several inches deep did not prevent Mrs. Roosevelt from taking an automobile drive Sunday. \ The snowstorm invaded the south, too, with Richmond, Va., the winter's heaviest fall. Sixteen inches, season's record, was reported in some parts of West Virginia. id Monday at Salt Lake City, that the eight persons who died never knew what happened. The plane fell vertically, like a great ball of steel, and struck the ground with such force that the en- gine was imbedded in the ground up to the cabin. “All the bodies were pushed for- ward,” said Leon Cuddeback, assi:'- ant to Chief Pilot H. T. Lewis of United Airlines. “The ship did not move after it struck the ground. There was no evidence of fire. Death must have been instantaneous to all.” The dead Miss Mary Carter, stewardess, for- macy of Omaha and Chattanooga, Lloyd Anderson, Cheyenne, pilot. Eric G. Danielson, Cheyenne, co- J. J. Sterling, mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich.