The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1934, Page 1

North Dakota’s ESTABLISHED 1873 Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1934 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Uns ‘The Weather settled tonight; Saturda: nerall; fair and soinewhat colder. aa PRICE FIVE CENTS Gigantic Housing Drive Opens Parties Seek to Cripple Political Foes * PRESIDENT 10 SHE BATTLE RAGE FROM HYDE PARK TUESDAY Chiefs Hope to Shake Opposi- tion Senators From Seats, Weaken Morale BOTH CONFIDENT OF GAINS G. 0. P. Sees Invasion of Solid South; Farley Sees Lop- sided Results Washington, Nov. 2—(#)—The strat- egy of a momentous campaign roar- ing to a crescendo developed Friday into a drive by the high command of the major parties to cripple othe: , for the 1936 election. ators out of their seats, and thus weaken the foe's morale for the next he Me rT Sa ea the "Ney: Deal” be will vote the Democratic ticket straight. Salient Facts of Tuesday’s Battle He padiiaas cuem 43; Republicans rca expiring this year—Demo- crats 17; Republicans 17; Farmer- Labor 1. States filling ‘seats Tuesday in aext congress (31). House of Representatives Membership—435. To be elected Tuesday—432 in 47 states. (Two Democrats and one Repub- lican ase have been elected in ae aneee ee its 300; Republicans 114; Farmer-Labor 5; vacancies 7. Governors To be elected—33. (A Democrat sivety: has been elected in Maine. > Whether liquor shall be sold (8) —Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebras- ka, North Dakota, South Dakota, West pit liioy ‘Wyoming. Bond issues for relief—Califor- § ans tue studios from taxation for 15 years—Florida. ‘The Democratic leaders here, strik- ing deep into opposing territory, are making special efforts to elect Fred C. Martin, Vermont Democrat, over Sen- ator Warren R. Austin; Republican. On the other hand, the Republicans are seeking to the veteran 7 Implicated in Hoax Bf Blunk (above) fingerprint sane at the jall, and Lewis Baker (be- low), jail warden, for secret ques- tioning. They were released Thursday on a writ of habeas corpus. Meanwhile, federal agents announced they had received a confession from an unidentified man implicating two others in the famous wooden gun hoax. SUIT FOR $48,000 AGAINST MOELLRING FILED IN BURLEIGH Jamestown Man Asks Damages for Statement Made by Jurist in ‘Leader Buit for $48,000 was instituted Friday against Supreme Court Jus- tice George H. Moellring in Burleigh county by William H. J. Bohlig of Jamestown. : Claims are made in the suit that Judge Moeliring “willfully and wrong- and caused to be in ‘The Leader’ .. the name of the plaintiff was used - with a view to injure his repu- tation.” The complaint alleges the article in “The Leader” in & joining an advertisement ring and others endorsed publicans. Bohlig further claims that publi- of the article violated a rul- 9f, ie. PUREE CORE aS Geek of the court shall not be pub- within 15 days, end that “de- unhorse senator Key Pittman, Nevada Demo- pro of te engineer. “Fiynile the Democrats are aiming at knocking Senators David A. Reed of Pennsylvania; Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, assistant Republican leader of the senate, and Felix Hebert of Rhode {sland off the senate roster, the Re- They say Vincent oer tren. ‘Wyo.), over ator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Democrat it published it with a view to gain prestige with the farmers of plary asked, together with $12,000 ordin- ary damages The article in “The Leader,” weekly Newspaper <stablished to support the administraiion of deposed Governor William Langer, descrived history of &@ supreme court decision revolving around a land equity purchased by on Bee Bohlig. Judge Moellring was absent from /@rmy Bismarck and could not be reached Demo-|for a statement. Churches Allied in Nazi Paganism Fight| %, wonap victory over Reichsbshop wig Mueller and Nasi Christians. | Hquaimenn's Lawyers In Tiff With Wilentz Flemington, N. J., Nov. 2—(P)— Friction developed ‘The tiff centered about Harry Whit- ney, self-styled chief investigator for defense, who has been barred by Attorney General David T. Wilentz from the cell where Bruno Richard paige eal awaits trial for the mur- oe iar, Wilentz,” said Whitney, “is due for a surprise.” Still another question arose—what | is Whitney's actual connection with .| the case? Whitney, charging Wilentz with petty tactics, said: “I am the chief investigator for the defense as well as the personal representative of Mrs. Hauptmann.” by the Re-| tion, ‘Friday between|been adopted EUROPE UNEASY AS BATTLE OVER SAAR APPROACHES CRISIS France Prepares to Send Troops Into Territory If Needed for Peace VOTING SET FOR JANUARY Nazis Warn That ‘Aggressor’ Is One Whose Troops Invade Foreign Soil (By The Associated Press) ‘Uneasiness over the question of the Saar territory appeared to be in- creasing in Germany and France Fri- day, with citizens of each country de- ne the intentions of the oth- er. France made it apparent that ane | was prepared to send troops into the territory if they were needed to pre- serve peace. Reichsfuehrer Hitler's newspaper, the Voelkischer Beobach- ter, in Germany, warned that “the aggressor is one whose troops invade foreign soil.” Two months from now the people of the Saar will vote on whether to remain under the control of the League of Nations, return to Ger- many, or become part of France. Winston Churchill, former chan- cellor of the exchequer of Great Bri- tain, said in a political campaign speech that Germany was making “feveish and terrible preparations” for war, Warns of Nasi Strength Churchill warned his hearers Ger- many will have “overtaken us before military machines alone.’ asserted the Reich has “gigantic civil aviation with enormous reserves of pilots and airplanes, many of them [reseed than our fastest military ma- Churchill said England “must face: the future with energy and courage if @ safe, coherent and peace-keeping policy is to be found.” The issue of Great Britain's air defenses, he |, is a larger issue than party considerations. “In spite of the plainest warnings and the facts, practically nothing has been done during the whole year,” he said, charging “members of parlia- ment set their obedience to whips above their duty to the nation.” Churchill attacked the national slowness in completing the program for air defense, declaring its attitude astounding “when we consider the character of the present German gov- ernment, the rapidly darkening Eur- opean scene, and the obligations which ministers repeatedly are de- claring we have in Europe.” Italians Remain Aloof The Italian foreign office expected | France to seek support in Rome for} her decision to send troops into the Saar if a German outbreak follows the Jan. 13 plebiscite. The step would be similar to one jtaken by France in London. Italy will be consulted with Eng- land, a foreign office spokesman said because this country aiayine isa signatory to the Locarno pact Asked what would be a Italian attitude, the spokesman replied that Italy's chief position is that the Saar problem should not lead to war. He said it was logical, however, This ge the newspaper as- serted, should be confined to Ger- many and France. ‘The Austrian government, following Germany's lead, has decided to es- tablish a Heo te ae defense, the Friday. wapaper Telegraf said The Telegraf says the air defense organization, which so far has been conducted privately and has staged a number of mock air raids on various parts of the country, is planning a scale theoretical bombardment Hot Debate Subject New York, Nov. 2—(7)}—The sales tax continues to be @ topic for hot debate in every state where it has to increase revenue. in Missouri and North Car- example, say it is driving those states and Its f olna, business from may was driven through the legislature Ka ® relief measure although its revenue is being diverted to all expenses. Fliers to Take Off for U. S. Saturday SIR CHARLES (RIGHT) AND CAPT. TAYLOR Honolulu, Nov. 2.—(#)—Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Captain Ps G. Taylor, peregrine aviators, worked with army mechanics Fri- day, preparing the! ns, airplane in the hope a start for Cali- fornia could be-made by Saturday. Discovery of a leaky oil line ji takeoff caused postponement of thi announced repairs making it impossible to finish the just before Thursday's contemplated e flight, and later Kingsford-Smith would necessitate removing one of the plane's wings, work before Saturday. The fliers arrived here Monday morning from Suva, Fiji Islands, on a flight which began at Brisbane, Australia, with Oakland, Calif., as the goal. i Sa seer party ‘Taps Give Bambino Riotous Acclaim Tokyo, Nov. 2.—(#)—Diplomats and admirals are arguing over oil and navies, but the Japanese pop- ulace found a common ground of agreement Friday with Amer- icans—baseball and Babe Ruth. Police reserves were called to handle throngs along the Ginza, ‘Tokyo's broadway, when a touring team of American League stars, including the Babe, arrived from ‘Yokohama. As the motors drove slowly to a hotel all other traffic was halted. More than 100,000 persons jammed the street, leaving only a narrow path. Ruth grinned delightediy as the fans cheered him, finding himself a “king” in this country. He shook scores of outstretched hands. The Americans, especially Ruth, will draw crowds that will remind him of the Yankee stadium in the great days of his prime. 1,000 MINERS WAGE BATTLE WITH CLUBS Huge Riot Precipitated by Ef- forts of One Union to Close Colliery government for what he termed its) @ Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 2—(?)—More than a thousand miners—members of rival unions—fought a battle with Scores were cut and bruised, but none seriously hurt ia the fight which dispersed after scores of the ited Anthracite Miners were rout- Special guards will patrol the region Friday, company off! announced. CARLOADINGS DOWN Washington, Nov. 2—()}—The As- sociation of American Railroads an- nounced Friday that loadings of rev- FRAZIER INVOLVED IN FRAUD CHARGES BROUGHT BY CRUM Olson Orders Probe of Pay- ments by Highway Depart- ment to ‘Tolleff Tweed’ Gov. Ole H. Olson Friday asked State’s Attorney Walter O. Burk of Williams county to investigate claims, made against the state highway de- partment, assertedly involying Roy W. Frasier, former division maintenance superintendent at Williston. Two claims are involved in the re- quested investigation, both according to C. Leibert Crum, legal adviser to Olson, purporting to be signed by “one Tollef Tweed, and purporting to be subscribed and sworn to before J. H. Batte, as notary public.” “The claims total $46.55,” said in his letter to Burk. “I have been requested by Gov. Olson to take up with you as state's attorney, this matter. Claims $29.10 For Mileage “I herewith enclose the original statement of the highway patrolman’s monthly certificate for June, 1934. It is made out in the name of Tolleff Tweed of was employed as assistant maintainer and that... he worked 10 hours on June 20, 21, and 22, and dated June 30, 1934. . . and covering travel from Westby, Columbus and Williston to Corinth, and from Battleview, Flax- ton, Bowbells, Corinth, Powers Lake to Crosby, and from Crosby, Wild Rose, MacGregor and Williston by way of Stanley for a total of 485 miles Tolleff Tweed and is indorsed ppiinued on Free # Federal Court Term Here Is Is Postponed Fargo, N. D., Nov. ‘Nov. 2—()—Because Andrew Judge "Miller has been called to Arkansas to preside at terms of by Ri| cones beginning Mov. 2. the Sermo. of it | 16,028 below the preceding week and 18,17) below 1933 but an increase of ‘ae labove the corresponding week in Of | federal court which was to have open- ed in Bismarck Nov. 13 has been in- definitely postponed. Judge Miller will hold court at both \Mdttle Rock and Texarkana Crum|ed {3 COMPANIES PAID HIM $500,000 WAGE, INSULL TELLS JURY Denies Motive as Wanting te Keep Firm Control of Management DESCRIBES FLIGHT IN 1932! Declares He Was Broken Down, Hoped to Avoid Political Persecution Chicago, Nov. 2.—()—Thirteen sal- aries paid to Samuel Insull by his companies gave him a pay check of roughly a half-million dollars in 1930 and 1931, Insull testified Friday under cross-examination in the mat! fraud trial against him. Prosecutor Leslie E. Salter listed the 10 salaries in as many questions, & all of which Insull answered “Yes, sir.” Insull had testified that he formed the first of his investment trusts, In- sull Utility investments, to insure — of his huge public utility sys- “You also had a personal motive, did you not, in wanting to maintain the Insull management?” Salter “Excuse me,” said Insull, “what do you mean?” Denies Personal Motive “Well, you were receiving from these various Insull companies in the neighborhood of a half-million dollars @ year in salary?” “Yes, sir.” “To that éxtent at least you had some personal motive in wanting to see the control of these companies kept by you and your associations, didn’t you?” Salter asked dryly. “You may think that is the mo- tive,” said Insull. “I don't.” Then Insull took this point straight ‘to the jury. Turning to them he said: “I will say to the jury that I se- ceived these salaries, and I think that ordinarily, gentlemen, the laborer is worthy of his hire.” “You were receiving in 1929, '30 and °31, $75,000 a year from the Common- wealth Edison company?” “Yes, sir.” “And $75,000 a year from the Com- monwealth subsidiary corporation?” “Yes, sir.” ‘And $75,000 a year from the Peo- ples Gas Light and Coke Co.?” “Yes, Sir.” Salaries Total $500,000 The rest of the list included the following: $25,000 from the Peoples Gas Sub- sidiary corporation. Public Service $50,000 from the Company of Illinois. from the Public Service Subsidiary corporations. $50,000 from Middle ‘Went Utilities Company. $8,333.33, from the Midland United Company. Puss gp from the Chicago Rapid $12,499 from the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. $7,500 from the Chicago, Aurora, & Elgin Railway. $24,000 from the Peabody Coal Co. $16,000 from the Midland Utilities Investment corporation. They made a total for 1929 of $481,000. Insull’s salaries not only held up during 1930 and ‘31, but he aie two “raises,” he testified under ques- tioning. His salary from the Midland Unit- Company was raised from $8,333 in 1929 to $25,000 a year for 1930 and ‘31, he said, and his salary from the Peabody Coal Company was raised in 1931 to $49,000. Tells of 1932 Flight Before his cross-examination, In- sull told the jury that he fled across Europe in 1932, “to avoid being prose- cuted as part of a political campaign, rely!” illiston, stating that he| purely Insull said he left this country in June of 1932 “for rest and quiet.” He learned while in Paris, in October, that he had been indicted, he said, and left Paris for Turin. “I got some advice from some of my friends that I probably would find it .more desirable to go to Greece. “What I was engaged in was try- ing to avoid coming back to Chicago and being prosecuted as part of a po-| Po! litical campaign—purely!” (Continued on Page 8) Peek Asks Clean Up Of Foreign | Exchange New York, Nov. 2— 2.—(P)—George Peek, special adviser to President Roosevelt on foreign trade, recom- mended Friday governmental coopera- tion and direct action “to clean up” America’s tangled foreign exchange “Progress is being made in many phases of foreign trade recovery but until the key problem of credit, the basis upon which it can be advanced and the technique of employing it usefully have been worked out, we ‘cannot be sure that this progress will be permanent,” he said. an who also is president of the Second Export-Import Bank of Wash- ington, spoke before the ist national foreign trade convention and outlined | La: four Ree earttd trade problems: The handicap of exchange diffi- culties, the desire for government as- sistance in intermediate and long-term financing, the desire for credit insur- ance, and the desiretfor governmental assistance in short-term financing. A Nebraska Queen | Queen of the Nebraska cornlands at the annual University of Nebraska agricultural college frolic at Lincoln was Miss Ardith Von Housen of ‘Hampton, Neb., shown emerging from @ “hay house” ready for the corona- tion ceremonies. (Associated Press Photo). MOODIE AND MOSES TO GIVE ADDRESSES IN CAPITAL TONIGHT Speaking at Auditorium at 8! P. M.; Mrs. Langer to Close Here Monday Candidates in the election next} ‘Tuesday roared down the stretch Fri- day in a vigorous finish to their cam- Paign. | High spot in the Bismarck scene was the appearance here tonight of Thomas Moodie, Democratic candi- date for governor, who will appear at the city auditorium at 8 p. m. Speak- ing with him will be John Moses, candidate for attorney general. Moodie will go from here jnto the! northern part of the state for the N.| administration, was overwhelmingly close of his campaign Monday night; with a gigantic rally at Williston. Mrs, Lydia Langer, Republican can- didate, will close her campaign with an address here Monday night. Meanwhile, resounding _ political phrases are echoing through the halls of nearly every rural school house as| the campaigners gird for the final effort. Despite the activity of political managers and workers, however, re- ports from many sections tell of a quietude on the part of residents in many sections. These observers com- ment that the people are not saying! — but they will do plenty of vot-} Indications are that @ vote ap-| proaching the record set at the 1932 election when President Roosevelt, a Democrat, and Senator Gerald P. Nye, a Republican, swept the state) by. overwhelming majorities, will be| polled on Tuesday. | In addition to state and county; contests, battles for local .office are intense in many districts and will) ve in getting the voters to the) ot political observer recently com- pared the apparent temper of the people to the situation which existed in the sales tax election of 1933. In that campaign there was little com- ment by the average citizen but when the votes were counted the sales tax, enacted upon demand of the Langer defeated. Crowds at political meetings ad- dressed by headliners of both parties have been good but minor candidates have had trouble getting an extensive hearing. Unbiased reporters also comment upon the questioning attitude of many gatherings and the evident de- sire to learn the facts upon which to base a judgment. Assisting the Democratic effort have been Senator Gerald P. Nye, who carried the Republican | state ticket to victory with him two’ years ago; Governor Ole H. Olson and T. H. H. Thoresen, heads of the anti- Langer Nonpartisan group. All have been active during the last week and most of them will par- ticipate in radio broadcasts Monday night when the welkin will ring with the last, furious appeals of the cam- 15 BILLION DOLLAR BUILDING BOOM IN TEN YEARS IS GOAL ‘Basic Maximum’ Interest Rate of Five Per Cent for Whole. Nation Set INSURED TO 80 PER CENT Emphasize Construction of Sub- urban Homes to Make Work- ers Independent Washington, Nov. 2.—(#)—Presi- dent Roosevelt, overruling his hous- ing administration on interest rates to aid “the great mass of our people,” launched Friday a gigantic home- building campaign which may aim at a $15,000,000,000 construction boom during the next ten years. Setting a “basic maximum” inter. est rate of & per cent for the whole nation, the administration announc- ed regulations under which loans for home-building will be insured up tc 80 per cent of the appraised value. James A. Moffett, former Standara Oil executive whom the president drafted to be his housing administra- tor, thought the interest should be ¢ per cent in some sections, but the president disagreed. Besides the 5 per cent interest there will be a service charge of *: of one per cent yearly on new homes as well as an insurance premium of the same amount per year. Mortgages to 80 Per Cent Besides aiming to encourage new home-building, this second phase of the nationwide drive under the hous- ing act provides for mutual insurance of mortgages on existing dwellings up to 80 per cent of appraised value, and for the organization of mortgage loan companies to sell securities bas- ed_on mortgages. The first mortgages are expected to ‘be approved by the housing. adminis- tration within a day or two. Loans ~_ | will be made by banks and other pri- vate agencies, none by the govern- ment. The Roosevelt administration an- nounced no total sum which {t hoped | would pour out in this new effort to stimulate the “durable goods” indus- tries. But Henry I. Harriman, presi- dent of the chamber of commerce of the United States, suggested in & speech Thursday night that the hous- ing act could be used to stimulate $15,000,000,000 worth of home-building jwithin a decade. He stressed particularly the bulld- jing of suburban or country homes for industrial workers on fairly large plots so they could raise much of their own food and ¢hus become “partly independent of wages.” It has been noted that Harriman’s ideas in this respect closely resemble those of the Roosevelt administration. Cost $2,000 or Less Declaring such homes could be built |by mass production for $2,000 or less, he told the national paint, varnish and lacquer association: “with an accumulated shortage of housing in this country now, and with the undoubted impetus there is tc slum clearance and to more adequate housing, I believe a housing program that would contemplate the construc- tion of even as many as 750,000 houses a year for the next ten years is not impossible of attainment.” He calculated that each new home would mean the equivalent of the employment of two men for a whole year. Thus, if 75,000 houses a year were built, it would mean putting 1,- 500,000 persons back to work. Harriman emphasized that the work should be done by private in- dustry. Plan Now Limited At present the housing act limits the total amount of mortgages on new homes which may be insured to $1,- 000,000,000 but gives the president power to increase that sum if he deems advisable. Just now the loan insurance is limited to homes in or {near urban communities. While the approved “basic interest” vate for loans for constructing one- family to four-family houses was set at 5 per cent, the maximum basic rate for refinancing existing homes will be 5%. Mortgages calling for higher basic rates would be insurable under the government's mutual plan. To the “basic maximum” for refi- nancing houses alreadly existing must |be added 1 per cent a year for insur- ence and, in case there is a change of lender in the transaction, a service charge of % of 1 per cent. “This is the first time in the history of finance,” a statement by the hous- ing administration said, “that a uni- form basic interest rate has been ap- plied to private capital in the United States.” Insured mortgages may range as high as $16,000 each and may run for period up to 20 years. The housing administration, pre- paring to receive insurance applica- tions for mortgages, announced that they may be filed in 59 offices throughout the country. These offi- included: Des Moines, Ia. Topeka, Kan.; St. Paul. Minn.; Kan- sas City, Mo.; Helena, Mont.; Omaha. Neb.; Bismarck, N. D.; Sioux Falls. S- D., and Milwaukee, Wis. Dionne Quintuplets To Require New Beds Callander, Ont., Nov. 2.—(#)—The little Dionne quintuplets are growing so rapidly they will require new bed: within a month, Dr, A. R. Dafoe, their physician, said Friday. The sisters, five months and five paign by the leading speakers of both varties days old, soon wij reach “the bay- « icarriage stage.” Dr. Dafoe added.