The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1934, Page 1

North ‘Dakota's ¥ Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS | Offers 12-Point NRA Program | Nine Known Dead in Wreck Black and Brown Turn Red in Airmail Flareup - AKRON TONEW YORK TRAIN PLUNGES INTO DITCH; MANY INJURED Railroad Officials Are Unable to Determine Cause of Tra- gic Accident ENGINE JUMPED TRACKS Signal Tower Smashed and Brick Buiding Damaged by Terrific Impact Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 27.—(7)—Nine Persons are kriown to have been kill- ed in the wreck of an Akron-to-New- York passenger train here Monday night. Besides the dead, 40 persons were injured as the train dropped from a bridge to a street below, wrecking a signal tower and tearing away part of a business building. ‘Twenty-five are still in hospitals. Railroad officers say they did not know the cause of the wreck. The engineer of the train was 'W. M. Shaw, of New Castle, Pa., and O. C. Douthitt, of Youngstown, O., ‘was the fireman, Both were killed. The eighth body found was be- lieved to be that of one of these two men but it was entangled in the wreckage and workmen sald it would be some time before it could be removed for identification. Railroad officials discarded an earlier theory of a frozen switch be- ing responsible and said they did not know what caused the g One of the last bodies to be re- moved was that of F. R. Dravo, mil- Nonaire contracting company head, who had boarded the train only 30 minutes before on a trip to Wash- ington, D. C. The other identified dead: David A. Ducharme, 50, of An- sonia, Conn., and Akron, O. Clarence J. Mayer, of Ingram, Pa., @ meat market owner. Mrs. W. Miller Wardrop of Pitts- burgh, wife of a Pennsylvania rail- road official. Thomas Jeffry, Negro, of Youngs- town, Ohio. Bodies of a Negro and a white woman are unidentified. zs Cars Hit Embankment The train was speeding along 10 minutes behind time when it jumped the tracks at 9:32 o'clock Monday night. The engine and tender plough- ed down a 20-foot embankment, with « the five steel cars, piling up at the bottom, wrecking a two-story signal tower and knocking down part of a three-story brick building. The combination express-smoker dived off an embankment 500 feet Past the engine, resting its front down * on the ground and its rear on the the debris. It is here the bodies are feared buried. Dazed by the tragedy, the survivors of the ill-fated “No. 1638,” told their stories of the plunging steel giants , from hospital cots. Men, paled by the nearness of death, > irudged snowdrifts to shelter after the they said. Only three minutes more and it wouldn't have happened. The New York bound train would have com- Pleted its run into the Union station about 9:35. wreck, ' Drys Organizing to Fight Liquor Trade Fargo, N. D., Feb. 27.—(7)—A mea- ‘November election if the initiated li- state anti-liquor organization. The committee met in Fargo day outlining plans to tiated measure > at the June election. held in the Y. M. C. The « New York Spending $6,000,000 on Snow New York, Feb. 27.—()—The city battled desperately Tuesday to remove @ nine-inch snowfall before a driving ‘wind could pile it into drifts and para- transportation. ‘The snow stopped y night after. ® 36-hour con! fall. © « _As the temperature tobagganed, 48,-, 000 men and 4,600 trucks worked to clear streets and roadways. The city ‘appropriated $2,000,000 for enow the winter's mos since 1917. It was a colorful set-to when Black met Brown in the Senate's airmail investigation. Working to- ward a heated climax, marked by bitter verbal exchanges, Senator Hugo Black is shown, left, debat- ing across the committee table with Ex-Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, on charges of “favor- itism” im awarding airmail contracts, which Brown angrily denied and which Black contended were true. JOHNSON BEATS GUN \ Many Teams Eliminated Catastrophe Death Toll Is Put at 85 at Pittsburgh STATE INDEPENDEN CAGERS BATTLE FOR TITLES IN DISTRICTS in North Dakota Tourney Play After Games Monday Play in the district tournaments of the state independent basketball league moved into the semi-finals generally Tuesday following first round games Monday. Most of Monday's tournament games were won by decisive victories though Hillsboro nosed out a 20 to 19 victory over Arthur, Brocket scor- 7 ed an 18 to 17 win over Petersburg. Some of the larger scores included Litchville’s 51 to 24 victory over Greenland in the first district; Graf- ton’s 52 to 24 win over Hamilton in VETERANS BONU Put Through Amendment, How- ever, Which Will Restore Many to Pension Roll i 4 { t | Washington, Feb. 27.—(#)—The senate Tuesday rejected a proposal for immediate cash payment of the '$2,400,000,000 soldiers’ bonus. With administration forces appar- ently submitting, the senate previ- ously had added another estimated annual $55,000,000 for World War ao to the independent offices Without opposition or a record vote, it adopted the Stelwer-McCar- ran amendment restoring to the rolls 29,000 veterans whose disabilities were presumed to be of service origin but who were taken off by the eco- nomy law of a year-ago. The proposal also restores the full former rates for service-connected disabilities with $100 a month for total permanent disabilities. A short while later the adminis- ‘tration forces also let an amendment go through by Senator (Rep., Md.) restoring the former tates of $150 a month for World War veterans who lost both eyes in the war and $50 a month for their de- Pendents. These rates were cut $25 & month by the economy act. i Would Véto Bonus Meanwhile Speaker Rainey made public a letter from the president saying he would veto the Patman bonus hill if it is enacted by con- \gtess. It follows: “Memorandum for the speaker: “Dear Henry: “Mac has shown me your letter of February 21st. “Naturally, when I suggested to you that I could not approve the bill for the payment of the bonus cer- tificates, I did not mean that I hepa Jet it become law without my jure, “I don’t do things that way. “What I meant was that I would F Delegates to Rival State Meet- ings Being Selected at County Gatherings BULLETIN A brisk battle was the first order of business at the Burleigh county convention Tuesday afternoon. Highway Commissioner F. A. Vogel appeared to lead the ad- ministration forces and assisted in defense of the action of W. B. Falconer, county chairman, in ap- pointing a credentials committee. Anti-Langer adherents insisted that this always had been done by nominations from the floor in the past. (By the Associated Press) Unprecedented in the history of the North Dakota Nonpartisan League, county conventions were in progress Tuesday for selection of delegates to two state conventions. Supporters of Gov. William Langer are practically conceded control of the “regular” league county conventions at which 127 delegates will be selected to participate in the state convention at Valley City next Tuesday. In addi- tion labor organizations will select nine, and Nonpartisan Women’s or- ganizations five delegates. Opponents of the administration of Gov. Langer have been called on to seek control of the county conven- tions, but to also hold separate meet- ings for selection of delegates to an enti-Langer indorsement convention to be held at Jamestown March 8. Delegates to Tuesday’s “regular” county conventions were selected at Precinct meetings February 17, and indications are that these gatherings were generally controlled by Langer forces, The committee of 100, anti-Langer faction, in calling the Jamestown con- vention specifically to indorse an op- position ticket, virtually conceded that the Valley City convention would be controlled by the Langer faction. Marks Parting of Ways Tuesday's county conventions defi- of in 1932 to elect their full slate of can- didates. Seven state officials elected on the Nonpartisan League ticket have repud- fated the Langer administration. Six of the officials, coming up for re-elec- tion, are expected to be placed on the ; | anti-Langer slate chosen at the James- ing vention. Lieutenant Gov. Ole Olson, secre- of state Robert Byrne, P. J. Gar- berg, former U. 8. District Attorney; agg recent weeks, the name of Olson has| ...:10,, shan passing 10) alty candidate; | | | \ | \ SENATORSREJECT ‘Split Occurs in League PROPOSAL TOPAY . As Conventions Assemble STATE'S ATTORNEYS PLAN CAMPAIGN TO | He eee ‘Will Oppose Plea of Railroads to Federal Court for Cut in Assessments i | | Mapping a vigorous campaign of defense against tax reduction efforts ‘of three railroads serving North Da- kota, state’s attorneys from 43 coun- ties met with state officials here Monday and Tuesday. It was decided to leave the technical details of the case in the hands of the attorney general's office. Each state's attorney agreed to ask his board of county commissioners to contribute to a defense fund which will be used to fight the lawsuit. It is indicated the cases will be tried at_a term of federal court in June. Lyman Baker, tax expert; P. O. Sathre, attorney general, and Assist- ant Attorneys General J. A. Heder, Milton Higgins, Harold Shaft, C. A. Verret and W. J. Austin reviewed the cases with the state's attorneys, out- lined the requests of the railroads and described the status of defense pre- Parations. Owen T. Owen, state beer commis- sioner, addressed the conference on the state beer laws, disposition of revenue from the beer setup, the work of inspectors and criticism directed at the beer commissioner. He said he is planning a request to the state's attorneys for closer co- operation in enforcing the state beer laws. THREE TESTIFY IN Mayoralty Aspirant, Minister concerning T. H. Thoresen, Grand Forks, are candidates, In|!",St. Paul. City convention, with becee, pastor and Editor Are Called by Grand Jury St. Paul, Feb. 27—(7)—A candidate for mayor, s minister, and an editor testified late Monday before the Ram- sey county grand jury as it launched what promises to be one of the most RESIST TAX SLASH PROBE AT ST. PAUL, the fourth district; Sharon's 58 to 21 win over Mapes; Lansford’s 76 to Biaine’s 25; and Halliday’s 73 to ‘Werner's 30. Play in 13 districts started Mon- day to continue two additional days but in the district 14 at Bismarck, district 8 at Woodworth and fifth district at Cando, first round play was to start Tuesday. ‘The defending state champion, Straus Clothiers, Valley City, came through its first round game with a 31 to 20 win over Tower City and was paired against Pillsbury in Tues- day's second round of the first dis- trict. District Results District 1 at Oakes: Svea, Green- land and Oakes were climinated by |Green Colts, Litchville and Moore township, respectively. Wahpeton drew a bye. Semi-final matches pit Litehville-against Moore, and. Wahpe~ ton against the Green Colts. District 2 at Valley City: Tower City, Glenfield, Courtney, Edmunds, Fingal and Sanborn, were eliminated by Straus Clothiers, Pillsbury, Spirit- |wood, Grand Prairie, Wimbledon and Dazey-Hannaford. Jamestown and Carrington byes. Play Tuesday will be between Jamestown and Carring- ton, Straus Clothiers and Pillsbury, Spiritwood and Grand Prairie, and Wimbledon and Dazey-Hannaford. District 3 at Mayville: Hunter, Mayville, Arthur, Finley and Buxton were eliminated by Cooperstown, Northwood, Hillsboro, Hatton and Aye. Gardner, Logan Center and Armour drew byes. In the semi-fin- als will be matched Gardner and Lo- gan Center, Armour and Cooperstown, Northwood and Hillsboro, and Hatton and Ayr. District 4 at Grafton: Nekoma, Hamilton and Hoople eliminated by Gardar, Grafton and Park River. Cavalier, Neche, Lankin, Langdon and Hensel-Crystal drew byes. In Tuesday night games Cavalier plays Neche, Lankin plays Langdon, Hensel- Crystal plays Gardar, and Grafton plays Park River. District 5 at Cando: Starkweather and Cando, and Leeds and Rolette are matched for first round play. Brocket Beats Petersburg District 6, Lakota: Petersburg, McHenry, and Mapes were eliminated by Brocket, Lakota and Sharon. American Billiards, Devils Lake, Kloten Gils; Shamrocks, Devils Lake; and Michigan and Aneta drew byes. Matched for second round play are American Billiards and Kloten, Sham- rocks and Michigan, Aneta and Brocket, and Lakota and Sharon. District 7 at Maddock: Isabel, Es- | mond, Cathy, Fillmore and New Rock- ford were eliminated. In the semi- finals are Minnewaukan and Brins- and Maddock and Fessenden. District 8 at Woodworth: Wing plays Pingree and Woodworth drew @ bye for the opening game. District 9 at Anamoose: Drake, Martin, Velva, Harvey, Towner and Goodrich were eliminated. Matched for semi-final play are Balfour and Granville and McClusky and Ana- moose. ‘ District 10 at Max: Underwood sweeping investigations ever conduct- ed crime conditions Those who testified at the afternoon are Dr. C. A. Ingerson, mayor. Rev. F. Halsey Am- of the Merriam Park of Dally News. 2 4 4 i Ey Hn z 5 E # z : f i Glenburn drew a bye. In the semi- finals Glenburn and Feldner and Lansford and Bowbells are matched. Many District 12 at Stanley: Arnegard, church and Howard! procs warriors, Stanley, Crane Creek | f#lled to come to terms. Tioga Seconds and Stanley Lake, Parshall and Watford City, Zahl and Train Wrecks, Plane Crashes| and Bus Smashups Con- tribute to Long List HEAVY STORMS CLAIM SOME Carbon Monoxide Gas Contrib- utes to Tragedies Which \ Shock Nation i (By The Associated Press) Four days of catastrophe aloft and aground have brought sudden death to at least 85 people in the United States. A train wreck, plane crashes, bus smashups, lethal carbon monoxide— and above all the fury of winter storms—have swelled the grisly roll. In that span — Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday — these major tragedies have shocked the country. Air liner crashed near Salt Lake City late Friday, 8 dead. Train wrecked at Pittsburgh Mon- day night, 5 dead. Tornadoes in the deep south, Sun- day, 20 dead. Blizzard swept north and east, Sun- ay and Monday, 30 dead. Bus wrecked near Aguila, Ariz., 6 dead. Coal gas asphyxlated Dartmouth students, Sunday, 9 dead. Two Die in Crash Several less serious accidents in- creased the total. Two men died in Tampa, Fla., Monday trying to fly an obsolete plane. Another crashing craft carried a National Guard lieu- tenant to his death in a snowstorm near Lorain, O., Monday. A freight truck and @ passenger bus smashed together in blinding snow Saturday near Bethel, Kas., killing three. A New York bound Pennsylvania rain, plunging down an embankment Monday night after striking what is believed to have been a frozen switch, wrote climax to the four days of dis- asters. Besides those killed about 40 were injured. Mercury plunging toward zero struck the northeast Tuesday as it struggled, in many cases vainly, to dig out of a 36-hour snowstorm which followed er record-breaking blizzard that ved last week. Rain, hail and windstorms contin- ued to harrass the south Monday af- ter tornadoes wreaked devastation Sunday in Alabama, Georgia, Missis- sippi and Louisiana. Almost every house in Bowdoin, Ga. a town of 1,000 inhabitants, was reported un- roofed. COLD WEATHER ADDS TO SOUTH’S MISERY Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27.—(?)— The rehabilitation of tornado-ravaged areas in five southern states went for- ward Tuesday in sub - freezing weather. Cold weather moved in to add to the discomforts caused by the winds of Sunday that killed 17 persons in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia and injured hundreds of others. RUMORS CONTINUE TO STIR AUSTRIA Anything Held Possible in Mid- European Country as Tongues Wag Briskly (Copyright, 1934, by The Associated | Press) ‘Vienna, Feb. 27. — () — Unhappy Austria, floundered knee-deep in ru- mors Tuesday as the expiration date of the Nazi ultimatum to Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss drew near. ‘These whispers of something just around the corner ranged from war to peace: From immediate restoration of @ monarchy to attempts of the life of Vice Chancellor Emil Fey. In close pursuit of reports, repeat- edly denied, of ominous troop con- centrations on the Austro-German frontier, agreement already had been negotiated, This agreement, rumors had it, was ready to be announced within the next 24 hours. In a broadcast February 19, Theo- dore Habicht, Nazi leader, bluntly gave Dollfuss until February 28 to take the Nezis into the government. He threat- ened a “renewed fight” if Dollfuss The Austrian government took lit- tle note of the ultimatum, officially at Reports that. Habicht’s speech greatly displeased Chancellor Hitler fod accepted as true in Nazi circles re. \> _ BY PROPOSING NEW | ~ PLAN FOR INDUSTRY {Tells Administration Plan Be- fore Assembled Critics Can Get Into Action Invites Criticism NEED BETTER COMPLIANCE Code Modifications to Be Threshed Out in Public Hearings at Capital Washington, Feb. 27.—(?)—Hugh 8. Johnson beat NRA's assembled critics to the gun Tuesday by unfolding a 12-point program for revising exist- jing codes, Before the hundreds invited to complain could voice a single critie cism, the NRA administrator an- nounced a wide code revision would be effected, If possible, by sweeping presidential mandate. Individual industries, Johnson told the opening session of his “field day for criticism,” will be allowed mod- ifications only if justification can be shown in public hearings. -Code revision, he added, will be followed by a bigger and better Blue Eagle compliance campaign—“Call it what you will,” he said—to make the emblem indispensable to all business- es. “We are going on as we have be- gun,” he said in @ paragraph aimed at NRA’s enemies. “These meetings are the first move in a closing up of our ranks for a new forward move- ment by NRA. “Chance or circumstance may stop it, but you are not going to stop it or even make it falter.” Opens ‘Five-Ring Circus’ Thus with a bang, the bluff and hard-talking administrator threw open sessions which will run in five simultaneous performances, day and night, until everybody who wants to Present objections to the current pro- gtam or complain of the codes has. had at least 15 minutes to do it in. His talk was aimed not only at the immediate audience but over its hea to the country itself. Into a micro- phone he challenged enemies, dented that NRA had fallen short of its promises and spoke a confident claim that the industrial program will march on. The 12 corrections which he said data already gathered have shown to! be necessary were: 1. A more uniform and equitable rule of price stabilization where nec- essary to precent cut-throat com- petition, with further insurance against prices outstripping purchas- ing power. GEN. HUGH JOHNSON The nation’s industries were invited ‘Tuesday to make public criticisms of existing NRA codes in hearings open- ing at Washington. General Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA chief, said in an ad- dress opening the gathering that the goverment recognizes the need for changes. COUNTY FARMERS MAY GET $75,000 | CORN-HOG MONEY Over 1,000 Burleigh Producers Eligible for Allotment, County Agent States Corn-hog allotments should bring approximately $75,000 to Burleigh county farmers, according to an esti- mate by County Agent H. O. Putnam. Putnam believes that there are more than 1,000 farmers in the county eligi- ble for the production-control money. The county corn-hog allotment committee has decided to conduct’ the signup program at less expense and in less time than the wheat sign- ups were made. To do this the coun- ty has been divided into four districts with headquarters at Sterling, Wing, Wilton and Bismarck. The county agent urges every farmer in the county to attend one of the meetings that will be held this week, at which corn-hog allotments, wheat allotments and grasshopper control measures will be discussed. All the meetings will be called at 1 Pp. m., and will be held as follows: Wednesday, in the town hall at Ster- ling; Thursday, in the town hall at ‘Wing; Friday, at Wilton; and Satur- day, at the World War Memorial building, Bismarck. “Every wheat grower should attend these meetings because the handling of contracted land will be discussed,” Putnam said. The grasshopper prob- lem and the means to combat it will ulso be considered. The main purpose of the meetings will be arranging for the county corn- hog signup. According to Putnam ar- rangements will be made then to take applications from men who are ready. | conflicting provisions in codes. entation on the authorities. 2. A more effective rule to pre- vent sales below @osts of production. 3. Uniformity in wages and hours in industries which are competitive. 4. Uniform classification of areas for the prevailing southern wage dif- ferential. 5. Further reduction in work hours and further increase in hourly wages. Need Better Compliance 6. Protection against monopoly, oppression of small enterprise and in- clusion in codes of buying regulations to protect the small fellows, 7. An improved method to secure compliance. 8. A method for financing code administration without racketeering. 9. Elimination of inconsistent or 10. Adequate labor and consumer representation in an advisory capacity on code authorities. ll. Uniform government repres- 12. Wider use within code groups of mechanisms for settling labor dis- putes. Other needs for correction exist, he Tugwell Scheme Is Rapped in Congress Washington, Feb. 27.—?)—Amid murmurs of “Communistic’ and “preposterous,” Democratic leaders in congress have quietly vetoed a pro- posal to swap government bonds for Property on which taxes are unpaid. Millions of acres of waste land would have been acquired by the gov- ernment under the plan, attributed in capital quarters to Rexford Tugwell, said, but these are the headline re- forms. He promised that anything else developed by the criticism ses- sions would be considered along with the 12 points in next week's assembly of code authorities. “It is our purpose to determine, in the code conference,” he said, “the ‘to the (Dunn Center Elevator | mere Is Destroyed by Fire] sume to wat the assistant secretary of agriculture. One man who took part in a con- ference on the plan called it a “brain trust idea” and said it had been defi- nitely “killed.” It was to have been a step in the agricultural department program to retire submarginal and waste land from production. Tugwell was under- stood to plan the purchase of the tax delinquent land from states, cities and counties. An issue of $500,000,000 in 40-year non-transferable bonds bear- ing one and one-half per cent interest would have paid for it. The land would have been turned into national parks, erosion contro] areas, and game Preserves or permit‘ed to lie idle. Some conferees privately called the plan “preposterous” and “Commun- istic” and warned that they would op- pose it on the floor if necessary. Dunn Center, N. D., Feb. 27.—The not, or ought not, to be applied stayed. It is our plan to move this corrective process just as soon the code conference is finished.” neither meeting was to be “a gesture or a kind of pep meeting.” “They are both in deadly earnest and the purpose of them is to mop (Continued on Page Two) Outline Safety and Courtesy Campaign For the improvement of genere! ih traffic conditions in Bismarck dur- ing 1934, an extensive program was