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

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper bd ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1934 Nazi Anti-Chris THREATS T0 CHURCH | CAUSE CONCERN T0 CLERGY OF NATION Veiled Threats Against Catho- | lics Seen in Statements by Goebbels " 7 q i q ¥, A. R. Head RECOMMENDS FLAX PROGRAM FOR AAA 40 Representatives of Four States Make Suggestions for New Setup ASK BENEFIT OF 60 CENTS FRESH TENSION IS NOTED . 4 Would Fix Allotment on Basi Harvested Averages From 1919 to 1934 Youthful Hitler Leaders App for the Abolition of Christ Teachings Fargo, N. D., Aug. 21.—(?)—Adop- tion of 9 flax program by the agricul- tural adjustment administration with’ provisions calling for increasing pro- duction to near the amount consumed Berlin, Aug. 21—(#)—Nazi propa- ganda guns fired an anti-Christianity barrage Tuesday which caused grave apprehension in Roman Catholic and some Protestant circles. Developments in the troubled church situation indicated fresh tension, des- pite Chancellor Hitler’s acknowledge- ment of “positive Christianity” in a recent declaration at Hamburg. Heading the developments was an appeal for abolition of Christianity, apparently inspired by Hitler youth payment of benefits to cooperating producers, was urged by the major- ity of representatives of producers from four states who attended a con- ference on the problem at the North Dakota Agricultural college Monday. Chosen to head the G. A. R. at the annual encampment in Roch- ester, N. Y¥., Col. Alfred EB. Stacy of Elbridge, N. Y., is shown here domestically in the United States, and | 4ustry after his election. The new na- tional commander succeeds Rue sell C. Martin. Jeaders. Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of Propaganda, added to the fears with @ veiled threat against Catholics and @ new church drive was announced by Reichsbishop Ludwig Mueller which would “cover every city and county from autumn until spring.” Another indication of strife was the hesitancy of the German-Roman Catholic hierarchy to establish the status of a concordat between Vatican City and the nation. The death of the late President Paul von Hindenburg, who had ad- monished Dr. Mueller “to see to it that Christ is preached,” apparently has removed a curb on the Nasi church experiments. August Hoppe of the Hitler youth press department, writing in the cur- rent issue of the Nazi periodical, Nordland, praised Dr. Alfred Rosen- berg, philosophic dictator of the third reich and leader of the Pagan move- ment in the Protestant church. He urged Germans to “liberate your- selves from the cultures of alien priests who want to make you the booty of the Jews.” “Discard the last messages of Christian training, so destructive to At the session, called at the sug- gestion of the AAA by Dr. H. L. Walster, director of the state exten- sion service, were approximately 40 representatives of producers in Mon- tana, South Dakota and Minnesota, in addition to a score or more grow- ers from the principal producing areas of North Dakota. COMPROMISE SOUGHT TO SEDTLE THREAT | “it ato OF TEXTILE STRIKE) Zeus casiecs, as message administrator of the No Details of Proposals Made Public; Gorman Presses Walkout Plans Increase of the proposed benefit payment from 40 cents per bushel as suggested to 60 cents per bustvel was favored by the majority of those present, as likewise was a request that no reduction in the existing 63-cent import duty on for- eign flax be made. Urge Tax on Substitutes It was also urged that taxes on imported substitutes for linseed oil be placed by the federal government and that such taxes when levied be sufficiently high to stabilize flax prices. Along the same line a pro- posal was made by the group that a compensating processing tax be levied on that part of all oils entering into direct competition with linseed oil. Washington, Aug. 21.—(?)—High officials charged with the task of keep- ing industrial peace were believed Tuesday to be working on a compro- mise plan to avert a national textile No details of any proposals to be submitted to workers and employes were permitted to become known. In 8 few days leading representatives of both sides are to be here, and the gov- ernment then may strive openly for & settlement. don the Jewish-Christian conception of sin, pity and loving the enemy.” Thre Veteran Is |FARGO CONFERENCE [BISMARCK STANDS | Duce 10 BENEFIT FROM HOUSING PROPOSAL Need for New Homes Apparent Here and Banks Will Advance the Money GOVERNMENT TAKING RISK Guarantee of Losses up to 20 Per Cent Has Effect of Loos- ening Credit Bismarck, perhaps more than any other North Dakota city, stands ready to take advantage of the national housing act, passed by the last con- gress to stimulate the building in- It needs new homes. The money is available. Banks, lumbermen and contractors are willing to cooperate. All that is needed is for the rignt kind of people to step forward and say “we want to build.” The right kind of people, in this instance, means merely those with the ability to pay. First take the need. Bismarck is one of a few cities in North Dakota which do not now have an excess of houses. Few, if any, are empty. Those which have no tenants are not, usually, fit for human habitation. Many occupied houses are so dilapi- dated and run down that they fall in the same classification, even though they are “home” to the people who live in them. The reasons for this condition are obvious. Location here of govern- mental enterprises, from the home owners loan corporation to the FERA, has caused an influx of new citizens. It has placed housing facilities at a premium. There are no vacant homes and few vacant apartments. People with rooms to rent-usually-are-not siow in finding takers. Bismarck is underbuilt. Here's the Reason Why A glance at our building history shows the reason. The city has con- tinued to grow, but new building has not kept pace. In 1928, 68 new resi- dences were built here. They were valued at $285,400. In 1929, 93 new houses were erected. They were valued ai $432,100. But in the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1934, only 19 houses, valued at $30,445 were added to the assess- ment rolls. And this represented a Calling for youth to be “hard,” he said: “Pity and mercy be damned. Praise that which steels. Christianity’s totality claim is a thing of the past.” Expressing amazement at Hoppe’s step, the Catholic publication Iirchen- blatt demanded “we ask the respon- sible authorities of the state how these utterances of Hitler youth can pos- sibly be reconciled with assurances for positive Christianity recently em- Phasized by an authoritative voice?” Only Sunday Dr. Mueller, hailing Hitler’s victory in the plebiscite ap- proving the chancellor's assumption of von Hindenburg’s powers, again acknowledged anti-Semitism as a Ger- man religious tenet. He indicated a common tie between the Paganists and his Protestants. MRS. QUAIN HEADS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN Appointment to Succeed Mrs. Mary Ness Announced by In going into the problem of establishing a base for getting their flax program into motion most of the conference members felt that the national quota might well be founded on the period of 1919 to 1934, and that the quota be based on acres harvested during each of these years. The 15-year period was decided upon because it was thought that this time would take into consideration most fairly the various production and Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the United Textile Workers’ Strike com- mittee, put the next move “up to the industry or the administration” as) he plans for a tieup of the cotton textile industry by September 1, with walkouts in other textile lines to follow. Union labor is considering Tuesday @ proposal for a general transporta- tion strike in Chicago, where a police executive has described the bus driv. ers’ walkout as “about ripe to blow wide open.’ Chicago surface’ line employes are to ask the executive board of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, meeting in Detroit, for per- mission to declare.a sympathy strike. Elevated line union made a similar Tequest Monday. : Tear gas bombs and riot sticks were used to quell a riot in Milwaukee, where 250 FERA strikers sought to rescue @ comrade from police Mon- day. A woman in a gay dress goaded the workers into action. Police at Portland, Ore., were told to arrest 23 men for questioning as & Tesult of a clash between working longshoremen and strikers in which one man was shot to death. influence on acreage. Allotment of flax quotas to the counties would be made on a 15- year harvested acreage average, and the distribution of the allotment to individual growers would be based on fitness of land for the crop and cer- tain cultural, soil condition and other factors which the allotment commit- tee in the county might deem reces- sary. Inasmuch as the flax program as planned does not aim at reducing the crop but rather to its increase to @ level near that required by indus- try within the United States for domestic use, it was made clear by the group that no taking of acres out of production would be necessary. John C. Eaton Philippine Island officials planned| Screams Save Child rio Cast makes trom growing| From Moron’s Attack Fargo, N. D., Aug. 21.—(#)—Dr, Fannie Dunn Quain, pioneer Bis- niarck woman physician Tuesday was named director of the women's divi- sion of the Democratic state commit- into a general strike. The Minneapolis market district re- mained a “No Man‘s Land” as nation- Aug. 21.—(7)—Screams of tSoaread Patricia Pearson saved her tes. Teuce: in tbe Stes, Grivere! Make. | au Miaeen otf Sun on ioe ? Government plans for the return to/south side, choked her and tore Tn making the anno neement, sole work of 8,500 employes were taken|her clothing. under consideration by the Aluminum| Her cries Monday night attracted prospect of acceptance. but her assailant, described as about 17 years old, had fled through a win- Speed Curb Reduces |“x. nai a Western Traffic Toll|ise nen" "™ "* Decreased! Yellow-Striping of Highways to Begin Yellow-striping of highways in the state, as a new safety measure will start this wéek. All oll-mix and paved roads in the state eventually will be marked, with @ three-inch iggy ad yellow, only about miles are Sesserian be Be covers ths rene, state be pig clals explained. is planned to begin marking east and west from Bismarck, with first yellow-striping bees. Perea child health service. In charge of all women’s activities of the state Democratic party, Mrs. Quain will immediately begin an in- tensive campaign to organize women of the state and carry forward simul- the educational campaign Fickel to the taneously cutlined last week by Mrs. June i et : i Hy 3 i ; i 34 E economic fectors which have had an/| houses. al guardsmen sought to forestall vio-/from a moron who dragged her to| the Company of America, but with little| her father, a salesman, and neighbors, | oyg} é H i the line as i E z a ! gain over 1931, 1932 and 1933. In the meantime the city has un- dergone a building phenomenon which has helped to find places for the peo- ple who want to live here. Many homes have been remodeled into two-family residences. Basement apartments have been constructed in ro less than 68 homes, according to a recent census by local builders. These are in addition to new apartments made by remodeling apartment The introduction of gas heat is the answer in many cases. Many house- holders have found it feasible to fix up the coal room, remoslel the rest of tie basement and rent it on a satis- factory basis. Some of these are quite setisfactory, others little more than holes in the ground, but people are living in all of them because it is the best they can do. ‘The reason for the national housing | act can be seen, however, by compar- ing Bismarck’s statistics with those for other and larger cities. Last year, for example, only 100 new homes were tuilt in the entire city of Chicago, ac- cording to John T. Flynn, reporting for Collier's magazine. Is there any wonder it was necessary to do some- thing? No Risk for Financier The national housing act takes the risk out of real estate financing for the banker and the building and loan associations. In Bismarck all of them are willing to loan money now because ‘This brings up the question of who can expect to hear the banker say The requirements are simple. Any man who, owning his own home and wanting to make additions or repairs, a salary or other definite income E tianity Thr eat Intensified if Warns Germany i fy PREMIER MUSSOLINI ROOSEVELT WILL GO TOCARROLLTON FOR RAINEY'S FUNERAL President Checks Work of Re- covery Chiefs Before De- parting Tuesday (By Associated Press) * President-“Roosevelt called in his ‘re- covery lieutenants Tuesday for a last minute check before departing to at- tend the funeral of Speaker Henry T. Rainey at Carrollton, Ill. He planned to leave late Tuesday afternoon by special train. After the funeral Wednesday he will go directly “summer White House.” The executive council, comprising cabinet members and heads of all emergency agencies, was summoned to the White House for a final review of the national situation. Mr. Roosevelt had planned to leave Washington for Hyde Park on Friday, but he decided to go direct from Car- roliton rather than take the round- about way back through Washington. In going to pay tribute to the late Mr. Rainey, a bulwark of the New Deal, Mr. Roosevelt follows a preced- ent set by President Hoover, who trav- eled to Cincinnati to attend the ob- sequies of Speaker Nicholas Long- worth in 1931. The body of Henry T. Rainey will leave St. Louis early Wednesday on a final trip to “Walnut Hill,” the Rainey estate near Carrollton. The body will lie in state at the Greene county courthouse in Carroll- ton, from 9 a. m., until 1 p. m. Wed- nesday. American Legionnaires will stand solemn guard. Rites Wednesday at 4 p. m. Funeral services will be held at “Walnut Hill” at 4 p. m., a few min- utes after the scheduled arrival of President Roosevelt from Washington. An Episcopal service will be read and Speaker Rainey will be buried in the Carrollton cemetery, beside his father and mother. Speculation on Rainey's successor as Speaker of the house Tuésday put the name of Joseph Willington Byrns at the head of the list. Though the matter is not settled and may lead to strong intra-party rivalry, the Tennessee representative, who is Democratic floor leader, ap- Peared to some observers to have the Pole in the race. Others were far from being counted out. The list of possible contenders included: Representatives Sam Rayburn, of Texas; William B. Bankhead and ,|John McDuffie, of Alabama, Clifton Woodrum of Virginia, John McCor- mack of Massachusetts, Lindsay War- ren of North Carolina, and John E. Rankin of Mississippi. Bagg te 5 3 Ad) rl H i i H Hi z aE 3 g ge i z g ii F 5 é i of] Hep H i 3 a & a3 ee. aeEERE se La Beg 2 ai? g g pete ial [ : to Hyde Park, N. Y., to establish the: Meets Schuschnigg To Plot Austrian Cure-All Two Chancellors Discuss Var- lety of Political and Economic Subjects CONFERENCE IN FLORENCE Mussolini Serves Notice on Nazi Germany to Keep Hands Off Austria Florence, Italy, Aug. 21.—(#)—Pre- miler Mussolini and Chancellor Schu- schnigg of Austria began their first conference at 11 a. m., Tuesday, in the sumptuous Villa de Marinis, just outside of Florence and overlooking the city. Pulvio Suvich, Italian undersecre- tary of state, attended the meeting. which promised to last for several hours. The premiers were to have luncheon together afterwards. Followers of Il Duce said they would discuss every political and economic subject that has to do with Austria's maintenance of her place in Europe as an independent nation. Because Florence is the center of military maneuvers, the city is under strict wartime measures and the heads of the neighboring governments entered it under cover of darkness early today. Il Duce, after watching the maneuvers in the neighboring “war zone” drove into Florence in his automobile. Schuschnigg, traveling by train, came in with a minimum of fan- fare. His train was shunted to a special siding in the Florence station at an early hour, after he had passed through the “war zone.” All lights were out on the train and only the sparks from its locomotive stack and its roar signified its passage. Austria’s continued independence against Naziism, recently crushed in & revolution which cost the life of the late Chancellor Dolifuss, is the prime ove before Mussolini and Schusch- nigg. Il Duce, who recently withdrew troops he rushed to the border during fighting in Austria, conferred last week with Prince Ernst von Starhem- berg, Austria’s vice chancellor. Mus- solini has bluntly let Germany know Italy would not tolerate a union of Germany and Austria. CAPONE FORTUNATE AS PRISON INMATE Former Public Enemy Has Es- caped Fate of His Successors in Notoriety Chicago, Aug. 21.—()—“Scarface” Al Capone, reported riding westward to @ new prison cell in San Francisco bay, can reflect that his fate is better than others of that brand of “public enemy” of which he is the prototype. Prison for 11 years was the dish served him—Chicago’s first ‘Public Enemy Number 1.” “Scarface Al,” who came to Chicago as plain Al Brown and made himself emperor of gangland in the heydey of prohibition terrorism, received his appellation of public enemy from Frank J. Loesch, president of the Chi- cago crime commission. Loesch, at 76, stepped into the vanguard of crime fighters and directed the preparation of a list of 28 notorious Chicago gang- sters. But the federal government bought some chips in the game in 1931 and in @ court showdown that summer Ca- pone was found guilty of having failed to share his profits as provided by the income tax law, and was sen- tenced to 11 years in prison. A new edition of the Chicago pub- lic enemy list brought out in Janu- ary, 1933, gave No. 1 position to Mur- ray Humphreys, reputed to have gone to South America. In 1933 a new figure arose in the world of crime and because of his sensational and ruthless forays, the title of Public Enemy No. 1 was be- stowed by common consent upon the Indiana “cop hater”—John Dillinger. Bullets of police and federal agents "| “purged” the country of Dillinger on July 22 as he left a Chicago motion picture theatre. FERA Strike Rioters Get Final Ultimatum Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 21.—(#)— rioters who Monday i if Meets Il Duce o> DR. KURT SCHUSCHNIGG JAPANESE CONTINUE VERBAL FIGHT OVER CHINESE RAILROAD Conflict Over Negotiations Purchase of Line Renewed With Soviets for Tokyo, Aug. 21—(#)—The Japanese government Tuesday fired the latest’ salvo in the conflict of propaganda which Tokyo and Moscow have waged over the deadlock negotiations for the purchase by Manchukuo of the Chi- nese railway. Firing back at Moscow's statement of Aug. 18, a foreigy office communi- que protested that Japan was sincere and obliquely charged Russia with bad faith, hinting that the situation may become “really very grave.” Japan declared that if the Soviet really intends to transfer the railway to Manchukuo, Moscow “should cer- tainly make a proper demonstration of such purpose... . The Japanese government still entertains hope for @ suitable and satisfactory solution.” Asserting that Japan has been a sincere mediator between the Soviet and Manchukuo, the communique continues: “It has been said .... the Soviet is really trying to delay the parley in the hope of seeing Japan involved in an international crisis which the Soviet presumes to be imminent... . “If such indeed is the real intention of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics it is held that all the sincere and tireless labors of the Japanese gov- ernment to mediate the issue must necessarily prove unfruitful. The sit- uation then would be really very grave.” The communique summarizes the tortuous negotiations which began in June, 1933, when Russia asked 250,- 000,000 gold rubles (approximately $125,000,000) or an equivalent of 265,000,000 yen. Manchukuo offered 50,000,000 yen. The Japanese statement denied there was any connection between the deadlock and Manchukuo's recent ar- rest of Soviet employes of the Chi- nese Eastern railway. Cotton Loan Program Will Go to Roosevelt Washington, Aug. 21.—(?)—The AAA planned to submit to President Roosevelt Tuesday a program for making cotton loans at about the Present market level of 13 cents a pound. The idea was proposed last week by Senators Bankhead (Dem., Ala.) Smith, (Dem., 8. C.), and Thomas (Dem., Okla.). Approval of key men in the farm administration has been obtained. Officials emphasized that eae decision rests with the presi- it. Concerning another proposal of the senators—that, taxes be lifted on cotton and wheat during the marketing season—officials are op- Posed. They hold that the taxes are the heart of the AAA program. Foul Play Believed In Death of Pastor Dedham, Mass., Aug. 21.—(#)—The body of Rev. William P. Drenham, Pair tonight and Wednesday; slight- Sly cooler tonight.” r The Weather PRICE FIVE CENTS | Daring Robbery Nets $427,000 ARMORED TRUCK IS "HELD UP BY DOZEN ARMED GANGSTERS Mob Flees in Sixteen Cylinder Auto With Truck Guards in Pursuit BANDITS WASTE NO TIME Leave $29,000 Behind in Their Hurry; Hold-up Brooklyn's Largest Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 21—(P)—A band of at least a dozen robberé, arm- ed with half a dozen or more sub- machine guns, Tuesday held up an armored truck in one of the most daring robberies in Brooklyn's police history and escaped with an esti- mated $427,000. The armored truck, manned by a driver and two guards, drew up in front of the Rubel Company ice plant on its collecting tour and one of the guards, William Lillienthal, stepped from the truck to enter the Rubel offices. As he left the truck, two men, dressed as laborers, who had been standing beside an ice truck, lifted an old automobile seat from the top of the ice truck, and exposed a machine gun which was pointed directly at the armored car. “Say a word and this spits,” one of the bandits warned Joseph Allen, driver, and John. Wilson, the other guard. | The robbers cleaned out the truck in three minutes, leaving only one bag containing $29,000 in the truck as | they sped away in two automobiles. | The three men in charge of the | armored truck immediately started in pursuit. | One of the escape cars was describ- {ed as a 16-cylinder sedan. It was | followed by the armored car for over ta mile before shaking off the pur- suers. | ‘The holdup occurred in front of the ‘| Rubel Ice Company plant on Bay 19th, Street between Cropsey and Bath Avenues. Scores of employes of the ice com- pany and tennis players on nearby courts witnessed the daring holdup. Witnesses estimated that the ban- dits’ car speeded away at 70 miles an hour. | Holdup Brooklyn's Largest | The holdup was the largest in Brooklyn's history. | The bags containing the money j Were unloaded by the robbers from the armored car and thrown into one of their two machines. These bags, which contained coin and currency, were so heavy that the robbers in their haste left one con- taining $29,000 in the truck. The truck was manned by a driver and two armed guards. The driver was Joseph Allen, and the guards were John Wilson and William Lil- lienthal, the latter of Brooklyn. The armored car called at the ice company for a consignment of cash. As the truck pulled up in front of the plant, a three-wheeled ice push- cart was parked there with two men dressed as laborers standing by. As Lillienthal hopped off to get the money consignment the two men by the ice cart suddenly removed an old automobile seat from on top of the cart and unlimbered a machine gun. At this point two automobiles. which apparently had been following the armored car, screeched to a stop. Five to a dozen men, witnesses were uncertain of the exact number, jump- ed from the two cars carrying half a dozen sub-machine guns. One of the robbers walked to the door of the Rubel office, reaching it just as Lillienthal opened the door. He jammed the muzzle into Lillien- thal’s back. Employe Tries to Phone An employe in the ice company of- fice reached for a telephone on the counter. The robber grasped it and yanked it off the wire. He turned to Lillienthal, reached into his arm holster and disarmed the guard. The robber then ordered Lilienthal to “march out.” Meanwhile, the rest of the robber band had surrounded the armored truck, training machine guns on it. Four men pushed into the truck, shoving Allen ahead of them. Then the robbers began the transfer of the money bags to their own cars. and roared away. The truck started Pursuit immediately. One of the mobsters dropped his machine gun. Lillienthal picked it up, firing several blasts at the fast disappearing bandit car. ‘The bandits drove their automobile at such a mad pace that about one mile from the scene of the holdup they had vanished.