The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 5, 1934, Page 1

| Texas Hit by New Flood; Death List Rises * FOUR ARE DROWNED ee >, North Dakota’s ESTABLISHED 1878 AS LITTLE STREAM LBAVES ITS BANKS Nine Bodies Recovered When Oklahoma Torrent Recedes; Others Still Missing WISCONSIN IS HIT AGAIN New Rainfall in Stricken Area Leads to Forecasts of Further Trouble (By the Associated Press) ‘Texas entered into the nation’s flood picture Thursday with four victims, as nine bodies were recovered in a western Oklahoma flood in which nearly a score may have perished. As was the case in the Oklahoma flood, which centered around Elk City and Hammon, the southwest Texas deaths near Menard occurred when @ stream usually shallow became a tor- Tent because of heavy rains. C. P. Smith, district FERA engineer, reported the Oklahoma damage at $625,000. It was estimated that damage of several million dollars was done in northern and western Wisconsin rain and melting snow. Nine persons died. Seven channel projects on the up- per Mississippi were endangered ‘Thursday when the river reached a high stage near Winona, Minn., and continued its rise. Heavy rains Thursday brought new flood threats at Eau Claire, Wis., as the rapidly rising Chippewa river forced operators of business houses in low areas to move stocks to upper floors. Officials of the Northern States Power company said they expected the river, already abnormally high, to rise several more feet before night. Eight Bodies Recovered Eight bodies had been recovered as the receding Washita river gave up the victims of its disastrous ram- page. Nine or ten persons still were miss- ing 48 boats plied the flood-washed area. ‘The bodies were found along a 10- mile stretch of the river. Ewing Taylor, a rescuer who found his role reversed, told of the escape of himself-and two companions, Flay Freeman and Lawrence Conway. A drifting log capsized their boat after they had taken ashore O. D. Lloyd, his wife and baby, found cling- ing to a haystack. The three boys swam to a tree. They clung to trees and bushes all night and when dawn came found the water had receded enough to make it easy to swim and wade to the bank, In western and northwestern Wis- homes were being swept away as river spread out to a width of miles along a seven-mile front. Four Persons Killed In Highway Collision Tama, Is., 5.—(?)}—Four per- sons were and four slightly in- jured in a head-on and a Oldest Newspaper =1§030000,000 TAX Actress Charges ‘LoveKidnaping’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934 ALLEGE STRYCHNINE FOUND IN BODY OF}° MURDERED FARMER State Discloses Poisoning Will Be Charged as Possible Cause of Death CHEMISTS ARE CALLED IN Will Investigate Further in Ef- fort to Bolster Prelimin- Charging that she was kidnaped at pistol point in an effort, to force her to wi Marjorie Crawford, flying film actress, above, caused arrest of R. C. Dowling, former dance partner of Joan Crawford, in Yum: She declared Dowling h ber Prisoner in a Yuma hote) till she escaped. b; BILL NEAR PASSAGE BY SPREDING SENATE Solons Move Quickly and Add Surtaxes to Levies Al- ready Provided for Washington, April 5.—(?)}—The bill that hits directly at Mr. John Pub- Me's purse—the $330,000,000 tax bill— neared passage by the senate Thurs- day, but with much doubt about what will be the final fate of the ‘income tax provisions. The senate put a damper on speech- making Thursday as far as the La- follette amendment is concerned. This Proposal of the Wisconsin senator seeks to boost the normal income tax|*” from four to six per cent and to apply surtaxes ranging from six to 71 per cent on net incomes from $4,000 to more than $1,000,000. The proposal of the senate finance committee is that a flat normal in- come tax of four per cent be applied, with surtaxes running from five to 59 per cent in 29 brackets on net in- comes between $4,000 and more than $1,000,000. Chairman Harrison (Dem., Miss.) of the finance committee looked for compromises on new estate taxes and the proposed three cents a pound tax ‘on cocoanut and other imported vege- table and fish oils. corpora’ allowing to fix its own valuation, but placing an additional five per cent levy as a given an excess profits tax. BURLEIGH COUNTY PIONEER DIES HERE Francis R. Simon Had Lived West of Baldwin for 53 Years; Funeral Saturday Francis R. Simon, 79, resident of Burleigh county since 1881, died at a local hospital at 12:10 a. m. Thursday after being in the hospital Re Ld known the last few about deceased was well Rail i REFEREE | 7 i BE = TEBE i fe Hid > entee i fell i [ jn } z gs ‘View, tut Hin! NE it; ni 2 j ary Findings . Fessenden, N. D., April 5—(7}— The state Thursday revealed that it contends that Henry Zirbel, 52, Chase- ley farmer, whose widow and elder ‘Boy, 7, Faces Death | From Petrification ke vai F g é j Be [in = a a eseee | prefer to have a district judge come here to sit as a committing trate at the hearing. AH i 5 fi it Hy 3 5 i fe fi z§ ref Le li i | i 3? : ba “a Fl Seger HE fi fi i Germany's debt. REPORT ‘TORS SAFE Prrwnbla ey Russian svia- tors who were feared to have met with disaster in a flight to Cape Wellen were safe and ines iaroned co betag oe Victim of a strange malady that ossi-| one-month improvement in 15 years. fies muscle and tissue, little Benny} A six per cent gain in actual fac- Hendrick, 7, sits here at the expect the hardening process reaches a vital organ, WOMAN WITHSTANDS SEVERE QUIZZING IN HUNT FOR DILLINGER Parries Questions With Cryptic Answers; Two New Gang Hideouts Found St. Paul, April 5—()—An auburn- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE AMERICAN PAYROLLS REACH NEW HIGH IN MONTH OF FEBRUARY Official Figures Disclose Biggest Gain for Any Month in Last 15 Years MARCH CONTINUING TREND Number of Persons Employed Also Rises; Farm Income Shows Sharp Gain Washington, April 5.—(—Payrolis in American manufacturing industry hit a new high in February, creating Peaks in both wages and employment untouched since early 1931. The department of commerce, an- The department stated that a swelling in manufacturing payrolls of 12 per cent in February to January constituted the greatest tory employment during the month compared to January was recorded figures included the increases recently an- in the steel, automobile and industries, many of which go effect this month. NRA was disclosed Thursday watching such data intently, more of its own. Look for Shorter Hours authority it was indicated general action by industry working hours for re-em- it is not now expected by blue Officials but within a resson- period voluntary cuts are leoked for from large individual groups. ‘The present attitude is to put the Tesponsibility directly up to business. Its spokesmen have urged upon Hugh 8. Johnson insistently their view that if there is no compulsion many in- dustries will do the thing handsomely. While Johnson's aides are going beyond present conditions to gain data on how many more men indus: try could possibly employ—“and if i i hgh, | afta be Be i & i RERGHTE suk uh ; not, why not,” in the words of the NRA administrator—the commerce department concentrated on past sta- It noted slight declines in employ- ment in non-manufacturing industry between the middle of January and products rose nearly five per cent during February after allowance for companied by similar sales of goods, the figures indicated. The February rise in freight-car loadings was regular, while retail sale figures showed no marked it iF to|ords during March, most of the ,| lieve as much as possible Judge Chris- t in the increased receipts,” the treas- NAME E. A. WILLSON 10 HELP DIRECTOR OF RELIEF AGENCY Feed Expert Appointed by Chris- tianson to Aid in Bearing Heavy Load TO FOLLOW OUTLINED PLAN Assistant Will Try to Fit Into Program of Helping State and People | Appointment of E. A. Willson, direc- tor of federal stock-relief distribution in this state, as assistant federal em- ergency relief administrator was an- nounced Thursday by Judge A. M. Christianson, chairman of the FERA committee North Dakota. Willson’s new duties will be to re- | tianson, whose task of administering the intricate relief setup has been in addition to his work on the supreme court bench. As soon as the rush work of the stock- relief organization is cleared away, Willson will turn over the work to Clyde M. Barks, an assistant, and will devote practically all his time to handling details of the regular relief administration. Willson came to Bismarck from Fargo where, since 1922, he had been agricultural economist in the experi- ment station at the agricultural col- lege, doing research work in rural life studies. Previously for three years he handled supervision of county agent work in the extension ‘division. Prior to that he was county agent of Cass county for three years after a period as agricultural agent for the North- ern Pacific railroad, working princip- ally in western North Dakota and eastern Montana and to the Pacific coast. Program Is Laid Out The assistant administrator will en- deavor to fit into a program which Judge Christianson has been follow- ing in the administration of the re- lief activities. It includes social bet- terment and a program by which North Dakota can get all it is pos- sible to get from the relief program, not only help for those who are in need but also lasting benefits to the state in public improvements and wel- fare. Reporting Thursday on feed relief work, Willson gaid approximately one half or between 35,000 and 40,000 farmers in North Dakota have receiv- ed some stock-feed relief from the federal government. Orders have been placed or 800,000 bushels of oats already bought and ef- forts are being made to distribute the grain in the state as quickly as pos- sible, Willson said. In buying the grain, the organiza- tion called for offers and all orders were given to commission companies and elevators in North Dakota on the lowest possible bids. The director also is lining up hay and grain to care for the need where supplies are not adequate. Collections on Farm Loans Declared Good Farm loan collections for both the real estate principal and interest funds set new records during March a8 $1,248,354.90 was remitted by the Bank of North Dakota to the state treasurer compared with $17,905.48 for the same month last year, Treasurer Alfred 8. Dale announced Thursday. March collections exceeded those of February by $740,000, Dale said. “Both principal and interest share urer stated. Both funds set new rec- money being obtained through fed- eral refi 5. “The interest fund collected $201,- 956.94 in March compared to . $12,- methods to spur both home construction and the heavy goods industries, which will be turned over to the NRA for administration. t financing corpora\ to provide a market for the sale of and elimina: 319.48 for the same month a year ago, and the principal fund took in $1,- 046,388.96 compared to $5,586.00 for that month a year ago. “Collections in February were $84,- 882.42 for the interest fund and $420,- 690.85 for the principal fund.” Collections are expected to continue Job IN SAFETY CONTEST BY CITY COMMITTEE Capitol Placed in Competition With Other Municipali- in Nation Bismarck has entered the national traffic safety contest for 1934, accord- ing to an announcement by W. R. Koch, chairman of the auto drivers Safety and Courtesy committee who received confirmation of the enroll- ment of the city from the National Safety Council Thursday. The entry form was signed by Mayor A. P. Lenhart and the Auto Drivers Safety and Courtesy commit- tee will handle all local details of the contest. At least 300 cities will participate in the contest and will be divided in- to six population groups, Bismarck being in group six, which includes cities having a population of from 10,000 to 25,000. The local campaign will follow closely the tried and tested methods of traffic accident prevention which have proved successful in many cities and which are recommended by the National Safety Council. Efforts will center on holding the accident death rate down. The reduction in the death rate over previous records counts 50 out of the total 100 points in the grading schedule. “The reduction of traffic accidents is the duty and responsibility of every man, woman and child in Bismarck,” Koch said Thursday. “One thought- less or careless act on the part of a driver or pedestrian may ruin an otherwise perfect record. A vast ma- jority of our citizens are law abiding and careful, but a few drive in such @ way that they are likely to cause an accident at any time. These few will jeopardize our chances of winning this contest unless, as I hope, they change their driving habits as a mat- ter of civic duty.” CAPITOL BUILDERS FACE HARD PROBLEM How to Get Book Stacks With- out Money Is Proving to Be Puzzling Issue Bids on book stacks for the supreme court library in the new state capitol building have been received by the state board of capitol commissioners. The book stacks have created a real problem for the board and the supreme court since the court cannot move into the new building until book pared by William F. Kurke, one of cash | the architects. Sinclair and Norris Offer New Farm Bill wi » April 5—(%)—A bill fashington, for creation of a $100,000,000 farmers’ and consumers’ ition ‘ te commissions and the middle man was luced today by Senator Nor- ris (R, Neb.), and Representative Sin- clair (Rep., N. D.) ‘Conscience Money’ Received by State The attorney general's office was to be moved into the structure Wed- f. H a PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Democrats Nominate Moodie WILLISTON EDITOR GETS BIG OVATION AT MINOT MEETING Endorsement Comes by A clamation as Strife and Bit- terness Is Ironed Out HOLT TO RUN FOR SENATOR Lamb and Lynch Favored for Congress; Resolutions Rap State Industry Idea DEMOCRATIC TICKET United States Se Holt, Grand Forks. Governor—Thomas H. Moodie, ‘Williston. -W. D. Lynch, La- Moure, and G. F. Lamb, Michi- gan. Lieutenant Governor—P, H. Hazen, Mercer county. Secretary of State—Mrs, Laura Wahl Pulscher, Fargo. State Auditor—R, R. Ranney, Jamestown, Treasurer — Oscar Nygaard, Jamestown. Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor—Otto Klindworth, Fes- senden. Kennedy, Valley City. Superintendent of Public In- struction—Arthur E. Thompson, incumbent. Minot, N. D., April 5.—Having en- dorsed Thomas H. Moodie, editor, as a candidate for governor, the Democratic state convention end- ed on a harmony note in the small hours of Thursday morning. A complete ticket was nominated but the convention decided not to endorse candidates for the supreme court after an argument on the sub- dect. Moodie’s endorsement cleared away the bickerings and arguments which marked the early hours of the con- vention Wednesday. and the delegates were en route home, convinced that the political sun is about to shine on North Dakota’s Democracy. The gubernatorial endorsee was clearly the hero of the convention, having received a ovation along with his endorsement by ac- clamation. Holt won the senatorial endoree- ment over G. 8. Lamb, Michigan, 260 to 115, and then nominated Lamb for the congressional endorsement in a harmony gesture. ‘Two Others Withdraw J. L. Page of Westhope and Walter McDonald, Minnewaukan, also had been entered in the congressional contest, but withdrew. Whereupon Lamb and W. D. Lynch were nomi- nated by acclamation. Others nominated by acclamation were Mrs. Pulscher, Ranney, Ny- gaard, Klindworth, Junger, Ken and Thompson, R. J. Downey, Devils Lake, opposed Moses for the attorney generalship but withdrew before the roll call was half completed. Moses was well ahead on the roll call at the time. A motion was submitted to endorse A. G. Burr and W. L. Nuessle, in- cumbents, and District Judge C. W. Buttz, Devils Lake, court judges. @ motion to substitute the name of H. C. DePuy, Grafton, for that of Nuessle. The motion subsequently was withdrawn in favor of the one that no endorsement for supreme court judges be made. After the convention the executive committee of the North Young Democratic clubs, headed Donald Murtha, Dickinson and Moodie A tense situation prevailed as Mood- je arose to endorse Holt for senator, (Continued on Page Two) § ie! tl ff Efe pee & F [ i I I I HE tl ] HI