The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1934, Page 1

¥ Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE "Ricsday! eighty” warmer’ Twasday. The Weather ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Seek to Army SAFETY FIRST [$ ORDER OF DAY AS MEN TAKE 10 SKY 11th Fatality Recorded Satur- day When Pilot Falls to Death in Wyoming PLANES ARE INSPECTED Latest Equipment Also Installed in Effort to Prevent More Fatalities Wi » March 19. — (®) — Mail-laden army planes again zoomed Monday over a skeletonized system of airways, with “safety first” the order of the day. Grounded for a week because of a 10-man death list—now raised to 11— the army mailmen took to the air again over eight routes. Flight op- erations were started during the night. . The war department waited for the report of a board of inquiry into the crash that took the life of Lieut. H. G. Richardson at Cheyenne Sat- ‘urday. When Brigadier General Oscar ‘Westover, chief of airmail activities, gave the word that his men were “all set,” the filers were provided with carefully inspected planes, newly equipped for blind and night flying and with improved radio facilities. Roosevelt May Acquiesce Coincidentally, some indications’ were seen here that President Roose- aunereercae it al ol rigageeg nt airmal ¥ al leaders shaped plans Fliers Resume Job of | Wounded Sheriff and Proud Son RAILWAY MANAGERS | RENEW DEMAND FOR GUT IN BASIC PAY|VOTE Strike Back Sharply at Refusal] Advocates Formation of Mid- of Unions to Hear Presi- dent's Plea ‘Washington, March 10—(?)—Rail- ‘Although all were silent, it was| "87 managers Monday renewed their generally conceded that clause would be deleted. bar any company from new contract if it pressed claims against the it because of government the wholesale contract cancellation. As senate and house committees resumed hearings on the permanent Dill, observers looked for possible am- plification from Colonel Eddie Rick- enbacker of his statement before the senate committee Saturday that the president should “purge his official family of traitorous elements.” Rickenbacker was expected to fly here Monday from Detroit to address the Washington board of trade. The senate postoffice committee made plans for bringing the perma- nent bill quickly to the floor for ac- tion, Hunter Is Witness Immediate restoration of air mail transport to private lines on a tem- porary basis, with permanent regula- tion later by the Interstate Commerce commission, was urged Monday by Croil Hunter, vice president of North- Airways. Factor Fighting to Escape Extradition Chicago, March 19.—(?)—A show: imminent down appeared the fight of the British crown move John Factor, international ulator, to England to face a involvement in a $7,000,000 r ge. i uit ohager Spe! files Hare gE 4 E Patronage Nerves of Solons Become Jumpy at Jeast one}Gemand on employes for a 15-perecent ‘This would) reduction in basic wages to become receiving &/ effective July 1. Previously, the managers had pro- posed that the present 10 per cent cut be continued until April 30, 1935. The employes refused that flatly. President Roosevelt had requested that the present railway wages be continued unchanged. The 10-per- cent reduction has been in effect since 1932, ‘The managers left open for possible negotiation a resumption of their of- per-cent reduction. “In the light of the position which SE BeNEbe ta i | j | dit ee ip maid, COMPULSORY COTTON CONTROL BILL GETS APPROVAL IN HOUSE Measure Would Attempt to Stabilize Prices by Taxing DELAY ACTION ON SILVER Philippine Independence Bill Is Rushed Through Without Record Vote Washington, March 19.—(#)—The Bankhead cotton control bill was Passed Monday by the house. It now Goes to the senate. The house count was 251 to 114. Its advocates urged enactment on the ground that it would be a boon to cotton producers and opponents bas- ed their objection largely on the com- pulsion principle. Designed to stabilise cotton prices, the administration measure would SHAFER CONDEMNS): reste "cing wx SECTIONALISM IN}: ON WATERWAY west Bloc to Meet Opposi- tion of South, East 23 states have battled for 14 years,” Shafer said, “was defeated by united opposition of a combination of Atlantic seaboard and southern states, aided by certain pow- Fill P erful interests in St. Louis and Chi- The McDuffie-Tydings Philippine t independence bill also passed the business interests of these At- house Monday and was sent to the senate. It would grant the Philippines un- til Oct. 1 to organise & republic. nee was no record vote in the President Roosevelt requested the legislation, somewhat more liberal to the Orient. said President Roosevelt would announcement Monday on silver situatign. : cEpiTyEeE A lat He ignored the Over-Production | of! front were watched on the theory INTENSIVE SEARCH BEGUN FOR FATHER WHO MURDERED FOUR Insane New Yorker Beats Small Daughters to Death With Hammer; Flees HAD QUARRELED WITH WIFE Police Hold Theory 31-Year- Old New York Cway Work- er May Try Suicide | New York, March 19.—(4)—John McHale, object of an intensive man- hunt after the slaying of his four small daughters, was still at large Monday as police broadcast his de- scription to five states. The four children—their heads crushed by a hammer—were found by their mother when she. returned to their Bronx home after being away 15 minutes to buy milk. Between hysterical sobs, she told police her husband had left their home in anger after a quarrel Sat- urday night. A neighbor said he saw McHale run hatless from the house a short time before the mother re- turned. She found one child, Helen, 4 years old, dead, but until late Sunday be- Meved the other three, Anna, 6; Mar- garet, 5, and Agnes, 18 months old, still were alive in the hospital where they were taken. When she was told they were all dead she collapsed and was unable to go to the morgue to identify them as required by law. McHale, a 31-year-old CWA work- Hospitals, morgue and the water- might commit suicide. Police learned er, was sought in parts of the Bronx. he McHale was deeply religious and kept 8 close eye on churches in the vicinity. His description was broadcast by tele- type to New York and four nearby Federation of Labor, all of them vit- ally interested in the current dispute over organization and wages in the motor industry, are pictured above. At the right is William Green, pres- ident of the A. F. of L., who recently | Represent Labor in Auto Industry Crisis ‘Three executives of the American said the motor industry was threatens led with the greatest strike in history. | At the left is John L, Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and in the center is James J. Davis, senator from Pennsylvania and one-time sec- retary of labor. THOMPSON, SCHANTZ AND BURKE NAMED TO RUN FOR HOUSE Selection Made by Committee Appointed at Recent Con- vention Here Burleigh county Democrats have endorsed three candidates for the leg- from the 27th. legislative trict, according to a statement, issued Monday by P. E. Byrne, chairman of Holidayites Favor Lemke and Burdick New Rockford, N. D., March 19.—(7) of Usher L. Burdick and William Lemke, indorsed for congress by the Valley City Nonpartisan League convention, was voted by representatives of the North Dakota Farmers Holiday association in con- vention here. With 37 counties represented by approximately 300 members, the con- vention Saturday adopted a resolu- tion instructing members to “vote as you please” on the rest of the ticket indorsed at the Valley City conven- tion. Gov. William Langer was com- mended for his “support of the var- fous moratoriums asked by the Holl- day association and in the ones is- sued or to be issued for the protection of the people.” Other resolutions called in the leg- islature to enact ® comprehensive moratorium law “to protect all farm- ers, laborers and business men until instruction by the Valley City con- vention, presided. Ohio Aims Third Blow At Dillinger Mobsmen Charles Makley Hamburger or Fight Is Yale’s Ultimatum cuts to his face and chin.|in the underworld than in the} getting mad. Especially in view ‘Mrs. Willson, who suffered severe cuts |army and navy of the United States.”| of the fact that Dan is ill of dis- and bruises, is recovering rapidly. Two} Cummings outlined the legislative] temper. The vet says he must when the accident happened were un- | necessary because of s “twilight sone|. ger, plenty pure burt, Willeon said. of authority between the state and| and exercise. ae the county convention held March 17, Thomas J. Burke, William M. Schantz and J. M. Thompson were se- lected to make the race by a com- mittee representing the Young Demo- crats and the older members of the party. The chairman was authorized by the county convention to appoint the endorsing committee. Those on the committee, which met Saturday, were Harry W. Rosenthal, Henry Jones, J. J. Walsh, T. J. Galvin, all of Bismarck; Ed. Gibson, Sterling; Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain, Fred Korn, Axel Soder, 8. S. Clifford, James W. Guthrie, and P. E. Byrne. Thompson has been a member of the legislature for several terms, be- ing elected last year as a Democrat. ee Warns of Expected | | - Raise of Missouri 0 actress Suggesting that persons living on the Missouri river bottoms keep in touch with the weather bureau at Bis- marck for the next few days, Me- teorologist O. W. Roberts issued a warning that the river could be ex- pected to rise rapidly within the next 48 hours. An ice gorge at Williston and an- other at Trenton which held back water in the river were not considered serious by observers at Williston, but Roberts suggested that residents of the river bottoms tune in regularly on radio station KFYR at Bismarck or keep in touch with his office until the flood waters have passed’ Bis- Qi marck. Tce in the river will go out within a day or two if warm weather contin- ues, Roberts said Monday morning. The river is open at several places but the ice has not started to move, and is still holding for considerable stretches. The ice is pretty rotten and will not last long under present conditions, Roberts said. Two Accident Victims Brought to Hospital Austin Greene, who lives near Mott, N. D., was brought to the Bismarck & Berge ‘fhred gs here | Monday. WILD RUMORS FLY AS INSULL LEAVES FOR UNNAMED PORT Fugitive From American Justice Said to Be Threatened by Kidnapers Athens, March 19.—(?)—A rumor that Samuel Insull is at the mercy cf. gangsters. who. slipped aboard hig little Greek freighter in Piraeus har- bor, aroused excitement in Athens It was said the gangsters intended to kidnap the 74-year-old runaway from American justice and hold the former Chicagoan for ransom in Cre- tan caves or on islands nearby. Commenting on this latest and wildest of all the sensational stories which accompanied Insull’s most re- cent escape on the sluggish vessel! Maiotis, police denied that any kid- napers could have boarded the ship while it was in the Athens port. Nevertheless, the gangster story was widely “played” in the Greek press, Aside from this, there seemed no foundation for the rumor other than the Piraeus harbor master’s an- nouncement that he had received no messages from the ship in which In- sull is bound for sofhe unknown asy- lum since 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, The Associated Press attempted to) check the reports but received no re-| ply to wireless queries sent direct to Insull aboard the Maiotis. Clears Greek Waters Until she passed out of Greek ter- ritorial waters, the vessel chartered by Insull was ordered to communicate regularly with the port of Piraeus. Early Monday, officials announced the Majiotis had reported she was clearing these waters and would no longer be heard from. No newspapermen are known to have boarded the Maiotis at Piraeus, but nevertheless two Greek newspa- Pers Monday printed what they claimed was an exclusive interview with Insull. “If I return to America they would kill me. It is the well-known mania with which the American government has pursued me. I have many friends in America and also many enemies,” Insull was quoted as saying. It was believed he was bound for Abyssinia and that he would find refuge there from the indictments re- turned against him in Cook county, Tlinois, when his public utilities em- Pire crumbled about his own and hun- dreds of thousands of stockholders’ mS ads. Should Abyssinia be the destination, the immediate port of the well-pro- visioned Maiotis would be Port Said, at the mouth of the Suez canal. Reports trom the master of the Maiotis indicated she was chugging along at about 10 knots. This Avert Labor Crisis Carrying Mail SHOWDOWNIIS NEAR IN MOTOR INDUSTRY AS LEADERS CONFER Trouble Also Looms on Other Fronts as Widespread Strikes Are Called ADMINISTRATION IS BUSY Johnson Goes to New York to Be Near When Automobile Magnates Meet (By The Associated Press) High spots in capital-labor disputes Monday included: 1, A showdown in the motor car industry, with a general strike threa- tened for Wednesday, drew near. The of the city's 12,000 taxis. Here also recovery drive, turned the eyes of in- dustrial America toward a four-man meeting in New York. A warning that a general strike im- pends in the vast automobile business hung over a conference room to which the executive committee of the in- ne eee day Paints which might be affected em- Ploy a total of 250,000 persons. Before the industrialists were labor pany; Alfred Sloan, Jr., chief of Gen- eral Motors, and Alvan’ Macauley, President of the Packard company. John P. Smith, general counsel for General Motors, was called to the session as legal adviser. Both sides apparently were stand- ing firm in pre-meeting statements. The directors of the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce issued @ statement Sunday night saying the only issue is whether the motor car industry “is to be run by the Amer- ican Federation of Labor.” The A. F. of L. leaders, denounc- ing company unions as not in accord with the collective bargaining provi- sions of the NRA, have charged coer- cion and discrimination against work- ers desirous of bargaining through A. F. of L. unions. Ten thousand workers gathered at mass meetings in Detroit Sunday to discuss their grievances. Government Income Takes Sharp Jump Washington, March 19.—(2)—Gov- ernment receipts for the 1934 fisca) year, which ends June 30, Monday reached $2,132,545,000—or more than was collected in the entire fiscal and distilled sf