The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1934, Page 1

. a i Oa 3 Pssst ancamcmcennay” apn North Dakota’s w Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Gene: fair tonight’ and Boe tonight, possibly ESTABLISHED 1873 DOGUMENT ASSERTS MONOPOLIES AIDED BY CODE OPERATION Johnson, Striking Back Sharp- ly, Says View Is Unfair and Biased SOCIALISM IS SUGGESTED Aged Chicago Lawyer Sees ‘Planned Economy’ as Cure to Present Ills ‘Washington, May 21.—(?)—Presi- Gent Roosevelt will permit the Dar- row board investigating NRA mo- nopolies to go out of existence upon completion of its present work, ex- pected in a few days. The report of the board, excoriating the NRA and advocating government ownership and control of industry, ‘was made public Sunday night. The president offered no comment on the clash between the board, headed by Clarence Darrow, and the national recovery administration, di- rected by Hugh 8. Johnson. The Darrow group will conclude its work very quickly, thus disposing of the demand of Johnson for the resig- nation of Darrow. Nye Supports Darrow Senator Nye (Rep., N. D.), whose criticisms led to creation of the board, told reporters Monday that a hurried perusal of the board's report showed “many of the codes are working de- struction for small business and en- trenching monopoly.” Nye said he had not made a com- plete study of the report and Admin- istrator Johnson’s reply, but he dic- tated the following statement to newspapermen: “Lay aside all the superfluous and one thing stands out prominently; the findings of the majority and mi- nority show that many,of the codes, are working destruction for small business and entrenching monopoly. “Complete digest of the report and response has not yet been my privi- lege, but if the NRA response as writ- ten by Mr. Rosenblatt on the moving picture industry code is a reflection of the general response, then that re- sponse must be a masterpiece of eva- sion and confusion. “The thing that bewilders me this BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934 Langer Case Has Coast Precedent Federal Judge Assails Defendants (Special to The Tribune) Los Angeles, May 21.—West coast lawyers Monday turned their atten- tion to North Dakota, where the trial condemned by Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick, before whom the case was tried, as they stood before him for of Governor William Langer and eight said: others on charges of conspiracy “This CWA act was set up 20 against the government in connection| that those who needed work with CWA work echoes a similar case} should get it without having to which recently was tried in the fed-| pay someone to get the jobs. eral court here. “The law was not made, to be The North Dakota case holds inter-/ shot through with favoritism and est because the circumstances sur-| discrimination. rounding it are said to be greatly sim- “The philosophy that has de- ilar to that in which Mrs, Emily C.) veloped in recent years is that Paddleford, a truck broker; Miss Lor- barre fer Bindi pr etta Hasker, a CWA employe, and Al- “It is a dai Philosophy bert. A. Post, an official of a con-| of government, and it has devel- struction firm, were convicted. oped to a very full extent—this Mrs, Paddleford and Post were fined | idea that there is nothing wrong 9500 and sentenced to four months in| in ‘pay-offs’ for performance of jail. Miss Hesker was sentenced to| public duty. three months in jail but was given no “This act was passed to relieve fine. the most serious industrial prob- The conviction came on charges in-| lem of the age—a straining of the volving s “commission racket” by| forms of constitutional govern- which money payments were solicited| ment to supply work for the from truck operators in return for} needy. CWA jobs. “The records of all of these Involved three defendants, outside of this The amount involved in the case| case, are clean. Mrs. Paddleford was only $21.60 but it was enough to| seems to have the wrong attitude prove the government's case. In ad-| of mind concerning public work. dition, the prosecution ited out,| Her testimony indicated a lack of other truckers had been subjected to] public moral responsibility—that the same pressure as that exerted up-| she was not appreciative of how on Russell Loy and Jack Francis, the/ government agencies should func- two truckers who tion to relieve distress. but the racket was halted before the “Post also did not have the right other truckmen had received their pay! idea of his responsibility to the and these then refused to part with| government. the commissions. “There probably was some ar- Key person in the plot, although| rangement between Mrs. Paddle- she received noth-| ford and Miss Hasker on commis- ing, was Miss Hasker, a clerk in the! sions, but there was no showing CWA offices, who supplied Mrs. Pad-| that Miss Hasker profited financi- dleford with the names of unemployed} ally. The worst that could be truckers, She refused to list them| said for her was that she acted for work until they had agreed to pay| with Mrs, Paddleford while she Mrs. lord or Post commissions | was a government agent and had | on their pay from the government. power to give and refuse jobs.” Mrs, contended she was! The case is on appeal to the higher ‘entitled to receive the commissions on | federal courts and the North Dakota the ground that she had earned them | trial is expected to support or refute by “assisting” the truckers to get their | the precedent which has been set AUTO-TRAINCRASH (DOCTOR BELIEVED morning is the absence of documents I'expected would be released to the press and public. When the review board report went to the White House the president submitted it to NRA, the federal trade commission, and the justice department for study and re- port. Why has only the response of NRA been given out?” Nye said he had not been invited to the White House to discuss the board’s férdings. The board, which had been asked by President Roosevelt to review the practices of the national recovery ad- ministration, stabbed at the heart of NRA’s principles of industrial codes|OD6, by saying: “All competition is savage, wolfish and relentless and can be nothing else. One may as well dream of mak- ing war ladylike as of making com- Petition fair.” The socialistic alternative of gov- ernment ownership was in @ supplementary report signed by Dar- row, 77-year-old lawyer, and one other board member—William O. Thompson of Chicago, former law partner of Darrow. It said: from the Darrow findings in a minor- ity report. This member, John F. Sin- clair, now resigned, denounced the conduct of the majority and labeled misleading Northwest Airlines to Launch New Service St. Paul, May 21—(?)—Northwest Airlines, Inc., formerly Northwest Air- announced Saturday Chicago to Seattle, Wash. The line has been awarded the sirmail con- tract for the Fargo, N. D.-Seattle route, Five passenger planes will be ope- rated one flight each way daily from Minneapolis to Seattle while 10 new : Pee KILLS ONE, INJURES | HE WAS FOLLOWED THREE AT HEBRON! BY DILLINGER MEN Mrs. Jacob C. Luithle Dead:| physician Says He Feared for Husband, Two Others in His Life After Threats Critical Condition by Desperado by Dr. poles testified in federal court Mon Jacob Flem-| where he is being tried on charges conspiracy to harbor the fugitive. i [il E gE i : yet Ant ae ‘Eek 2 eB E fu i le gi i Consolidation in N. D. A constitutional amendment provid- ing for consolidation of the i 5 she a | i & E 3 Hf i i E | gery k n F z i i ! i ir "e 2 aa li E - 28 | i g g Darrow Board Raps NRA in Stinging PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Ask Joint Trial in Langer Case Report Queen for a Day |CHICAGO LIVESTOCK The prize beauty’s wreath rests on the head of Miss Helen Gar- vey, Oak Park, Ill., co-ed, above, by vote of Northwestern U. stu- dents. She reigned as queen of the May festivities at the Evanston, Ill, school. 13 ARE KILLED AS FIVE PLANES CRASH IN EAST AND SOUTH Four, Including Two Boys, Fall te Death at Dedication of Texas Field (By The Asqgociated Press) Thirteen persons fell to their deaths in airplanes over the week-end. Four were killed at the Tulsa, Tex., airport when a plane piloted by Harry|#nd the Lynch of Wink, Tex., crashed before a crowd witnessing dedication of the field. The victims were Lynch, two 12-year-old boys, Bruce Anderson and Bobbie Sesler, both of Wink, and Willie Ravel, 28, of El Paso, Texas. Lieut. Frank J. Findlay, 30, of De- troit, and Private George J. Scott, 27, of the seventeenth pursuit squadron, died in flames near Port Huron, Mich, ‘Their Selfridge field: piane fell and os into flames just after a take- off. A plane borrowed without the own- er’s consent crashed anc burned near Muscatine, Ia., killing Maynard Luka- visky, 20, of Muscatine, a student pi- lot, and James Henick, 23, of Fort Des Moines. - An accident near Lincoln, Nebr., killed Orrin O. Jones of Litchfield, Nebr., and James V. Meade, 19, of » N. J. ‘Three Washington, D. C., men were killed in a fall into Chesa) Bay. PARAGUAY PLANS ATTACK , Paraguay — Paraguay 25- Five Local Of rae mee | YARDS DAMAGED BY $10,000,000 BLAZE ‘Business as Usual’ Sign Put Out, However, as Re- building Begins IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED Officials Blame Burning Cigar- ette for Huge Conflagra- tion Saturday Chicago, May 21.—()—Livestock poured into the Chicago stockyards Monday despite Saturday's disastrous fire which caused one death, injured some 1,100 persons and caused proper- ty estimated from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. “Business as usual” was the slogan of officials as workmen set about to clear away the charred ruins for the rebuilding, with im- provements, of the district, approxi- mately one-eighth of a square mile. ‘The cause of the blaze, which lev- ‘eled scores of private homes, several flat buildings, and more than a dozen major structures including the Inter- national amphitheater, home of the international stock shows, was un- determined. Some investigators, in- cluding O. T. Henkle, general man- ager of the stockyards, said they were convinced the conflagration had its origin in a carelessly tossed cigarette. Henkle said he did not believe there was any truth to reports that the holocaust was the outgrowth of labor troubles. Fire Chief Michael Corrigan, leader of an army of 2,200 fire fighters who the flames only after scores of them had been injured, said that spontaneous com- bustion might have been the cause. Another theory suggested a spark from a locomotive. Flames Spread Rapidly Chief Corrigan said he feared for a while that the flames would reach Lake Michigan. “When I arrived at the yards the fire had gathered terrific force,” he said. “It was coming towards us 80 fast and the air was so hot no human could stand in its way.” In addition to the International yards Inn, with its well known Sad- dle and Sirloin club—all the proper- ty of the Union Stockyards company; the Drovers’ National bank building, r. Walter Burnfield, 33, | Japan Is Shaken by Financial Scandal Tokyo, May 21.—(7)—Armed guards were assigned Monday to protect the lives of Japanese cabinet members pee ee Shaanelal sandal as Additional arrests brought to 15 the Kideo Kuroda, During Week-end; Seek Two Suspects Police Monday were investigat- fi station if £85 ish iy F i ERE mh fl PRECIPITATION If LIGHT BUT GENERAL OVER NORTH DAKOTA 15 Points Report Moisture During Week-End, Crosby Getting Heaviest Fall PRAYERS FOR RAIN VOICED Chinch Bugs Seen as New Source of Destruction in Several Districts Light showers, prevailing through- out North Dakota over the week-end, brought some measure of relief to this drought-stricken area. “Cooler” weather and possibly light frost was forecast for Monday night. The heaviest rainfall was reported at Crosby where .30 of an inch was received. Precipitation at Max was .25 of an inch. Dunn Center received 22 of an inch. Bismarck’s light show- ers totalled .06 of an inch. All told 15 points reported some moisture. In the hard-hit drought sections of Huron and Rapid City, 8. D., rain was falling Monday. Drought was being aided by grass- hoppers and chinch bugs in spreading further destruction through some parts of the grain belt Monday. In- creasing crop losses were estimated as high as 85 per cent in some sections. Many Pray For Rain Many farmers prayed Sunday in churches for rain and some rains came but they were too light to bring much benefit. More local showers were forecast. Even ideal weather, said agricul- tural experts, could not now afford any material relief in much of the midwest. Nebraska farmers reported that all crops in the central part of the state, including oats, hay and other’small grains, have been cut 40 per cent. With hay and pastures most af- flicted, crops throughout Wisconsin are menaced. No spring planting has been done in several sections. Corn is suffering. Minnesota is suffering from an epidemic of grasshoppers. The yield of spring wheat will not reach 85 per cent of normal. Dust storms have blown away plants. Pasture lands are drying up and oats and hay have he | been hurt. Some unofficial estimates were that the wheat crop yield in Kansas will noi exceed 50 percent. Some Areas Benefited Mild rains fell yesterday in Wiscon- sin, northern Michigan, central Ne- braska and Minnesota. An offensive against the new chinch bug menace, through the use of a mil- lion dollars of federal money was being planned Monday as the threat- ened destruction became more cer- tain in six midwestern states. Speaker Rainey gather a group of senate and house members to hear a report from Dr. C. J. Drake, state en- tomologist of Iowa. The problem was to decide what immediate action may be taken toward approximating $1,- 000,000 to fight the bugs. Officials hope they can begin their program of drought relief in the Da- kotas, western Minnesota and eastern Montana this week. Federal funds are beginning to filter out through county relief organizations to farm- ers. _ Estimates were that $800,000,000 would be needed for the relief pro- gram in addition to the funds to be appropriated under the Jones-Con- nally act for purchase of beef cattle. Sees Big Battle in ‘Halting Bootleggers (Copyright, 1934, By The A. P.) Washington, May 21—(#)—So deep racket | ing strike vote shortly after truck union heads had withdrawn a force of pick- ets estimated at 500 from the market area where police failed in a fight to Permit movement of trucks. Not a single truck moved out of the market area, In the market place melee one po- liceman was stabbed, a striker was be- lieved to have suffered a fractured skull and two other police officers suffered broken bones as both sides ,{rushed in with clubs. Strikers were armed with pipes, clubs and sticks. Police swung night sticks and: finally quelled the disorder. by a show of riot guns. The guns were not used,| however. ‘The casualty list included 18 po- strikers. Third Major Formed in | Wiscon: Milwaukee, May 21.—()—Wisconsin Progressives who Saturday establisn- i OF Held for Disorder | OO CONGRESSMAN SHOEMAKER An inmate of a federal prison before ing to congress and in trouble with authorities many times since becom- ing a lawmaker, Rep. Francis H. Shoemaker was being “held” again Monday as the result of participating in disturbances incident to the truck- ers strike in Minneapolis. Suspect Firebug in Fruit Company Blaze Incendiarism is suspected in a fire which broke out in bales of hay at the Gamble-Robinson Co., 515 Main 8t., about 3 a. m. Sun- day, : A suspect is being held in the city jail pending the outcome of testimony by witnesses who are said to have seen him start the fire. State's Attorney George S. Reg- ister said no charges would be placed against the man until the formal statements of witnesses have been secured. Nathan Rockwell, night shift employe of the Copelin Motor Co., directly across Main avenue from the Gamble Robinson offices, is said to have witnessed the at- tempted incendiarism from a win- dow of the Copelin garage. He informed Chief of Police Chris Martineson who took the suspect into custody. The fire de- partment had the blaze under DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE FOR OPENING OF LANGER ACTION Preliminary Matters Set for Hearing When Court Opens Tuesday Morning WILL LIMIT ATTENDANCE Judge Miller to Preside at His- tory Making Session of Federal Tribunal P. W. Lanier, U. 8. district attor- ney, will ask for a joint trial of Gov- ernor William Langer and eight as- sociates who come up for trial on charges contained in two federal in- dictments at the term of federal court opening here Tuesday. Asked Monday whether the nine persons indicted by a federal grand jury at Fargo would be tried jointly, Lanier replied that was the position of his office. He said he would insist upon a joint trial rather than a Separate trial for each of the de- fendants. Indicted in the case in addition to the governor are Oscar E. Erickson, publisher of the “Leader,” administra- tion newspaper; Iscar J. Chaput, busi- ness manager of the “Leader”; Frank A. Vogel, state highway commission- er; R. A. Kinzer, former executive secretary of the federal emergency re- lief in the state; Paul J. Yeater and G. A. Hample, employes of the high- way department; Harold McDonald, solicitor for the “Leader”; and J. A. Kinzer, son of the former relief sec- retary. The term of court will open at 10 a. m. with several preliminary mat- ters scheduled at that time. Since the courtroom is equipped to seat only approximately 125 persons, admission to the trial of the governor and his associates will be limited to witnesses and jurors and others hav- ing legitimate business with the court. Charges contained in the indict- ments.are soliciting funds for political purposes from federal employes. and conspiracy to obstruct the orderly ope- ration of an act of congress. Judge Andrew Miller will preside over the court. Proclamation Favors control before any damage was done. MILL CITY STRIKE CONTINUES POLICE TRUCKMEN BATTLE 37 Injured in Market District Melee But Vehicle Traffic Is Halted BULLETIN Minneapolis, May 21.—(#)—The re- gional labor board went into session here Monday afternoon with full authority from Washington to call in both sides in the strike of truck Grivers which has paralyzed commer- cial truck transportation and brought serious injuries to nearly three score Persons since ago. Minneapolis, May truck traffic. trades council, announced t icemen and 19 Labor it began nearly a week 21.—(#)— The Minneapolis buildings trades council, embracing 35,000' workers, voted to walk out in a sympathy strike here Monday shortly after 37 men, includ- ing both strikers and police officers, were injured as police sought to break & week-long paralysis of commercial C. Hagland, secretary of the pula || Purchase of Poppies | North Dakotans were urged to pur- chase poppies by Gov. William Lan- ger in a proclamation declaring Sat- urday, May 26, American Legion Poppy day. He called on citizens to “bear in mind the overwhelming debt of grat- itude which each and every one of us owes to the once strong-bodied men who, day in and day out through the year, lie in hospital beds, making Poppies to be offered to us for what we choose to give.” The proclamation draws attention to the men who returned from the World war “broken in body and spirit, no longer able to take their place in society as self-supporting producers of wealth.” The American Legion auxiliary is directing the campaign to sell pop- pies made by disabled veterans and sold to obtain funds to care for them and their families. Report 11 Killed in Attack by Chinese Tokyo, May 21.—()—Eleven Ja- Panese, including five school boys, were reported Monday to have been killed when 100 Chinese irregulars raided a model Japanese settlement in Manchukuo, The report, contained in a dispatch from Hsinking (Changchun), capital of Manchukuo, to Rengo (Japanese news agency), said the attack took Place at Lake Chinpo, northeast of Tunhua in eastern Kirin province. ‘Troops were dispatched to the scent from Tunhua. Croonquist Loses Hard Battle for Golf Title regulation 18 holes with each and then shot for seven ho! won on the Earlier in the