The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1934, Page 3

‘DIPLOMA MILL’ IS UNCOVERED BY U. 8, Two Kai City Men Held; ‘Graduates’ Said to Be Lo- cated in 11 States St. Louis, Dec. 18—(}—With two Kansas City men under arrest here, mill had been located in 11 states and that virtually all of those questioned admitted having paid from $200 to $2500 for censes and di 5 ‘The disclosures followed the arrest about half-of the holders had prac- ticed medicine, a few of them doing surgery. If, as General Johnson is reported to have said, the NRA is as dead as a dodo, the fuss going on now must be over who'll have the eagle for stuff- Get the Jump on “COLDS” year year Does winter find you “run-down” —a victim of the first cold that comes along? If so, there’s an easy way to combat this ailment. Build up your resistance now — with McKesson’s VITAMIN CONCEN- TRATE TABLETS OF Cop Liver Or. | These tempting chocolate-coated tablets bring you an abundance of vitamins A and D. A helps you resist infection. 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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1934 THE SHELL GAME—WITH TRIMMINGS As though the adornment of sea-shells wasn’t enough, added to a thorough-going Job on. the part of Mother Nature, Betty Wilcox, one ot a bevy of beauties giving vacationers at Miami Beach, Fla., an eye-treat, took time out to employ a lipstick for the finishing touch. (Associated Press Photo) . SPEED BRICK WOR FOR NEW BUILDING Partial List of Firms Having Sub-Contracts for High School Is Announced Brick work on the new high school building has progressed rapidly the last seven days and the masons Mon- day began work on the final floor of the main classroom unit. They have been greatly aided by the fine weather of the last week. The ornamental limestone door jambs around the entrances have been set to keep pace with the pro- Gress of the brick work. The main entrance to the building is on Seventh Street, facing Avenue D. There is a similar entrance on Eighth Street, a small one on the south end near the present high schoo! building, and east and west entrances to the gymnasium. Electrical Work The electrical work began recently with the placing of the first conduits. The main sewer is in and the steam tunnel is finished. The heating plant for both buildings is located in the present building. The former coal GIFT x & room has been remodeled and the top extended to the same height as the existing boiler room. The new boilers have been set and the’ preliminary heating and plumbing work will be begun as soon as the building is en- closed. A new type of patented window frames has been ‘used throughout the building. In these frames the windows are controlled by springs, not weights. They are weather-stripped and dust proof. No other public building in the city uses this type. There are 123 double window frames in the struc- ture. Have Sub-Contracts A partial list of the firms who have sub-contracts to furnish materials for the building are: Crown Iron Works, Minneapolis, structural steel; Flour City Ornamental Iron Co., Minne- apolis, spandrels and other ornamen- tal iron work; Rich-McFarland Stone Co., Minneapolis, limestone trim; Riverside Gravel Co,, Mandan, sand and gravel; Bismarck Lumber Co., cement; Central Lumber Co., Bis- marck, window frames; O. E. Ander- son Lumber Co., Bismarck, dimension lumber; Kolman Steel Co., St. Paul, steel floor joists; B. K. Skeels and Melville Electric Co., Bismarck, elec- trical work; P. J. Gallagher and Sons, Faribault, Minn., plumbing; Hebron Brick Co. Hebron, face brick,.and Red River Valley Brick Co. Grand Forks, common brick and tile. [fIS No! It isn't expensive - PLAN 50 MILLIONS FOR HIGHWAY WORK Four and Half Miles of Hard Surfacing for N. D. In- cluded in Program Chicago, Dec. 18—(7)—A veritable flood of dollars is pouring into the hopper to lay down new highways throughout the nation this winter. in millions for men and mater- State highway programs, a survey indicated Tuesday, call for construc- tion of approximately 2,000 miles of roads and bridges at a cost of more than $50,200,000 between now and spring. Rigors of winter—snow, ice and frost—hold up practically all high- states from November until April. Among these are Minnesota. With the approach of spring sev- eral states will start work on pro- Jects already planned. Montana will let $700,000 in con- way building in many northern |shel THE STORY OF 1934. 2.—Labor Steps Into the Limelight; Relief Remains ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt still faces a tremen- dous job in his attempt to rehabili- tate the nation’s business and indus- trial machinery. As 1934 comes to a close, government figures show industrial employment and payrolls are a great deal higher than they were when the President took office. Similar figures, as well as reports on dividends, show busi- ness generally is in a healthier con- dition, But more than 17,000,000 persons still are dependent on relief for at least part of their food, clothing and iter. The American Federation of Labor estimated that at the start of winter there were 10,671,000 un- employed workers, 500,000 more than ‘@ year before. Future of NRA What should be done about NRA tracts Jan. 25 to add to the $500,000 contracts awarded in November. During the winter North Dakota will enlarge its present hard road system, now totaling only 54 miles, by 4% miles at a cost of $121,500. Proposed winter construction mile- age, estimated winter expenditures and total hard surfaced milpage (concrete, bituminous mat, macadam, oil or similar surfacing) by states in- clude: Winter Winter Total Construc- Expendi- Mile- tion ture None Minnesota .. None None North Dakota 45 121,500 Montana .... ... 550,000 5,000 South Dakota 58 600,000 43 Figures for winter construction in Montana are not available. BANCO PRESIDENT'S TRIAL CONTINUES Excerpts From Thomson's Booklet ‘Own Your Bank’ Studied by Court Moorhead, Minn., Dec. 18.—(P)}— Excerpts from tes\imony of J. Cam- eron Thomson, president of the Northwest Bancorporation, before the state commerce commission during its investigation of the concern’s | stock sales, were read into the record Tuesday in the trial of Thomson on @ larceny charge. W. E. G. Watson, assistant attorney general, Tuesday placed on the stand Mrs. Bess Woodworth, stenographer for the state securities commission, to refer to her transcript of the testi- mony Thomson gave last May when he was subjected to questioning con- cerning 8 pamphlet, “Own Your Bank.” This pamphlet, Watson con- tended, was one of the means used by Bancorporation to promote its customer-ownership sale of stock. Robert F. McTavish, secretary of Northwest Bancorporation who was subpoenaed as a state witness, was called to the stand. He was asked whether he had been instructed to bring certain documents into the courtroom. “Yes,” he answered. “The records are in the First National Bank of Moorhead, but they are so volumin- ous, it will take 20 minutes to get them here.” Judge James E. Montague, presid- ing, recessed court for 20 minutes to permit McTavish an apportunity to bring the records into the court- room. Watson also succeeded in reading into the records excerpts from 8 pamphlet giving instructions to em- Ployes of various banks affiliated with Bancorporation relating to the methods to be used ‘2 its customer- ownership campaign. The pamphlet “Own Your Bank,” issued by Ban- corporation also was admitted. From one of the pamphlets, Wat- son read in substance: The divi- dends on ion stock on April 1, 1931, was 45 cents per share, or at the rate of ¢:.80 s share per annum; that s quarterly dividend was to be paid, and that the dividend Payment on April 1, 1931, was $754,- 458.30, the largest so far. Ninety- five per cent went into the commun- g4|NRA during the past year. and relief? These closely related problems are two of the principal new year's worries at the admin- istration’s doorstep. The recovery act expires on June 16, 1935. What will replace it? What. has been good and what bad about. this recovery partnership among business, labor and government? Can NRA be expected to ease the government’s relief burden that to- talled more than one and one-quar- ter billion dollars in 1934? Is the Present relief system good? How far bey relief work supplant direct re- There was much tinkering with That tinkering, however, largely affected administration. The hundreds of Codes operated throughout the year essentially as framed. Hugh 8. Johnson's departure, after @ bitter battle over the issue of whether private business should have @ greater hand in code administration, was the high spot. The stocky, outspoken former cav- alry general who was NRA in its early stages, was replaced by an ad- ministrative board headed by 8. Clay Williams, tobacco executive. With a few exceptions, labor's fight to shorten industry's working hours by code revision failed. ‘The relief administration, headed by Harry L. Hopkins, did a gigantic job of caring for the needy during the year. Figures toward the close of the year showed 4,200,000 families and 850,000 single persons on relief rolls. Change in A. F. of L, Policy About 1,800,000 are on work re- lief. As fast as states and munici- palities help with materials and sup- plies, others are being transferred from direct to work relief rolls. A move toward a new method of organizing labor, and the labor rela- tions board’s opinions on labor's of K C Baking Powder. . large volume. KC —_—_—_—————OOOOOO million the high spots of 1934 for organized workingmen. After years of fostering the de- velopment of trade unionism, the American Federation of Labor in September approved the organiza- tion of workingmen in mass produc- tion industries by industry rather than by trade. The impetus the recovery act’s collective | bargaining guarantee gave unionism | brought the change in A. F. of L. policy. Newly inspired to bring all Ameri- can labor into its ranks, the federa- tion looked to industrial unioniza- tion of the big mass production in- dustries for a start. Autos, steel and aluminum were among the first. Chief among the labor board’s im- portant decisions was the “majority rule” order. The board found that congress, when it guaranteed col- lective bargaining rights, meant to foster collective bargaining. To make that bargaining successful, the board reasoned, an employer should deal with the representative of all his employees. The represen- tative chosen by the majority of a unit of employes, it continued, should speak for all the employes. This ruling was bitterly contested, and at the end of the year was head- ing toward the supreme court for a final decision. The federal government played an increasingly important part in the dealings of employes with their em- ployers. After the President asked for an industrial truce, early in the fall, the number of strikes fell off. Bank failures during 1934 reached @ new low in 14 years, under the administration’s new banking laws. Only 57 banks closed their doors in the first] 11 months of the year, treasury department figures show. Deposits in banks affiliated with the federal deposit insurance cor- poration mountéd $1,250,000,000 from June to October. Loans Guaranteed Efforts to prime’ a pump which would pour millions of dollars of pri- vate capital into building projects and thus stimulate the lagging heavy industries, were continued throughout the year. One move toward that end was congress’ {guarantee of loans made by private financial institutions for re- building and renovating homes. Later the federal ‘housing ° administrator attempted’ to bring private capital to the aid of low-cost housing projects, to clear slum districts and give low- income workers decent living quar- ters. | Private ‘investment in such proj- ects, the administration hoped, even- tually would replace public loans. ‘The PWA, however, continued to pour millions into construction, and a not- who know the high and better value to be had in the double-tested-—double-sction Ie produces delicious bakings of fine texture and Manufactured by Baking Powder Spocialista whe meks meothing but Baking Powder — under supervision of Export Chemists of National Reputation. Always ual- form — dependable. That incures Susecestul Bakings. ‘Women who want the best, demand the Economical and Efficient BAKING POWDER Same Price Today as 44 Years Ago You can also buy © ounce can for 106 able increase in building permits in- dicated the results. The public works administration also continued its policy of lending for park projects, local sewer, road and water supply construction, and the like. 4 City and County if Mr. and Mrs. John Tschider, 812 Avenue B, are the parents of a girl born at 1:05 a. m. Sunday, at St. Alexius hospital. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hagen, 303 Broadway west, at 10 p. m., Sunday, at the Bismarck hospital. County Judge I. C. Davies issued a marriage license Monday to Norman T. Allen, Ellendale, and Miss Ruth A. Stucker, Bismarck. The Prince of Wales has been seen wearing horn-rimmed spec- tacles. But the girls can see through that disguise even bet- ter that he can. WICKS COUGH Drop ... Real Throat relief! Medicated with ingredi- ents of Vicks VapoRub BAD BREATH OVERCOMES The Electrical Industry is taking an active part in this program endorsed by President Roosevelt. You can finance these electrical improvements in your home under the terms of the National Housing Act. 1 ALL PERMANENT ELECTRIC WIRING. Includes every- thing from a few extra outlets to a complete rewiring job. LIGHTING FIXTURES, IF AN INTEGRAL PART OF WIR- ING SYSTEM. The modern shaded ‘light fixtures will add new beauty te your home and safeguard the precious eyesight of everyone in the family. BUILT-IN VENTILATING EQUIPMENT. Every kitchen should have a ventilating fan te quickly remove cooking odors. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS, “providing they are installed with permanently attached wiring by a licensed electrician.” This is a real opportunity to get this modern necessity in your home. ELECTRIC RANGES permanently connected to wiring system. ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS PLUMBED IN. Hot water is an every day necessity. An electric heater gives you auto- matic hot water service at a very reasonable cost. 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