The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1935, Page 1

za] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935 Big Drop Seen in Relief Rolls ‘Hitler * SPRING WILL BRING s Flaunts Air Forces Before World < GERMANY MOVES 10 ESTABLISH DEFENSE ALONG RHINE RIVER Nation to Proceed to Fortify Un- less French Withdraw From Old Battle Zone RUMOR JAPANESE ALLIANCE Populace Enthusiastic Over Der Fuehrer's Denunciation of Versailles Pact (Copyright, 1935, Asad Associated Berlin, March 19.—(?)—A squadron of German bombers and pursuit planes roared over Berlin Tuesday in the first military air maneuvers since midnight. The foreign office, busily ing the world’s reaction to the death i i E iL it i F E E i i é id i E & j i i World Powers : () ‘0 830000 U.S.S 644000 6t Q000 480000 445,000 225000 135000 1935] ‘S. e R Adolf Hitler’s dramatic announcement to scrap the Versailles treaty and reestablish compuleory military training was ing compared to the This Associated Press chart shows the refative number of troops in 1913 before the World war. of the various nations’ armies expected to be the signal for a rush among European nations to Increase the size of their etand- at present European War Machines Recall Mystery Surrounds Present Preparations; News Is Care- fully Censored EVERY MAN WELL TRAINED Strength at Several Million Inoluding Boys of 12 observer can remain infinite pains being rary version of the old Prussian fes-| HET [ is i E . : i } i i i | ! " Hf , i | ; ! : id | i g. i Fal ee i i ; Fi s li ty Hl | | i i it | 7 i i fi Hi i if | E i i WEES EF F i ein H fe f [ BH ‘ i it htt Eg 2g DRAFT 1S PROPOSED | "2 rss TO SENATE PROB TRAINING IS COMPULSORY John T. Flynn Offers Plan to, France, Italy Have Greatest War Machines; Frontiers Heavily Fortified Confiscate Profits During Future Conflicts for taking profits out of war. ‘Urging the necessity for anti-war|standing army of 500,000, profit legislation, he declared the “up-|nations were spending ward spiral” of munitions costs al- ready has begun. being in the war.” While labeling his proposal as the|an average of two years with the col- agreed vrith/ors. aderee the Tuesday in high official quarters, which said that 2 38% galt banking | the other of 6,500 BONUS DRIVE GOES ‘Ohio Legislature Airs Relief Graft Charges TO FLOOR OF HOUSE; VICTORY PREDICTED Question Scheduled for Three- Day Debate; Vote Will Be Taken Next Week WEW VETO WARNING HEARD Plans Call for Ballot on ‘Com- promise’ as Well as Two Major Bills March = 19.—(7)—All have been in- this session were made eligible by the house Tuesday for a ie aag g it i; sit il Fi i | i i i i ll all j i : i | i E i i i TE aa Eg eelsie i i adjusted compensa- .| son, former state relief director. =\STATE MERCHANTS = TWO FOWL REFUGES Upper Souris and Des Lacs Pro- jects Will Be Established by Government We proval of plans for establishment of two migratory waterfow! refuges in North Dakota—one of 7,000 acres and acres—Was announc- ed. Monday by the federal relief ad- ministration. "/May Adopt lowa System Which Gov. Davey Tells Solons Hop- kins Is ‘Base and Foul Character Assassin’ DEMANDS THOROUGH PROBE Declares Any ‘Sins’ Are Charge- able to National and. State Administrators BULLETIN Columbus, O.,, March 19—(P)—A Grand jury investigation of Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop- kins’ charges that Governor Martin L. Davey’s campaign committee so- Melted funds from firms selling goods to the Ohio relief commission was ordered Tuesday. Columbus, O., March 19.—(#)—The battle betwene Gov. Martin L. Davey and Harry L. Hopkins, with its charges of criminal libel and political corrup- tion, raged toward a showdown in the Ohio legislature Tuesday. ‘The house took up a resolution, al- ready approved by the senate, calling for an investigation of the state re- ef administration, Davey’s charges of waste and inefficiency in it, and the federal relief administrator's charge that business firms seeking relief contracts were “shaken down” t In Relief Shakeup ] for $8,000 by Davey's campaign com-! mittee. Meanwhile, the governor awaited an answer ‘from the relief chief, whom he challenged to come to Ohio and stand trial on a charge of libel or Prove himself to be a man “who hits below the belt and runs.” After filing the libel suit at Newark, O., the. governor appeared before the legislature Monday night and called ‘Hopkins “a base and foul character assassin.” He demanded a “thorough investi- gation” of Ohio- relief administration, and declared any “sins” are charge- able to Hopkins and Frank D. Hender- GATHER HERE FOR SALES TAX CONFAB Exempts All Purchases Asserting he possessed “incontro- vertible evidence” of a “shake- down” of men and business firms Under 15 Cents Approximately 200 merchants from 50 cities and towns in North Dakota Small Items Exempt provides for the collection of i aE i Shelterbelt Plantings RH of Miles Are Planned for State This Spring Lincoin, Neb,, March 19.—()}— i | i 8 ? z g : t i gE i i inl Hy fF i i E a3 35 fi H F HE i E g ERE ay i i ere who sold goods to the Ohio relief administration, Harry L. Hop- kins, federal relief administrator, appointed Charles C. Stillman (below) as state relief director and deprived Gov. Martin L. Da- vey (above) of any voice in the Ohio relief set-up. (Associated Press Photos.) = THOMAS BAILEY, 65, DIES FROM CANCER Funeral Services for Burleigh County Farmer to Be Held in Methodist Church . Bailey, 65, Burleigh county farmer living four miles south of Bismarck, died at 1:15 a. m., Tues- }day at @ local hospital from cancer. had been in the hospital since january 28. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church + |with Rev. Walter E. Vater officiating. rf ut é E i ie | PF if i i i | rf fF : i 5 i 3 g & u é E ze f i g g t E 8 E £) H & ie tobe Diced i z i 4 ‘Members of the family are awaiting ‘word from one of Mr. Bailey's broth- ers before setting the exact time for services. E t ef 2 : pet BEE an gtr gs i fi aad i i | > > li iFF SHARP REDUCTION IN FINANGIAL QUTLAYS Farm and Construction Work, Private Industry to Ab- sorb More Workers LOAD AT PEAK IN JANUARY Government Expects to Slash $190,000,000 Monthly Cost Considerably we , March 19—(®)—The peak of the nation’s relief load ap- Pears to have been reached, officials said Tuesday, and April should see a sizeable drop in the more than 20,- 000,000 now receiving help. The of spring farm and construction work, federal emergency relief administration men said, will reduce the outlays that have been costing federal, state and local gov- ernments as high as $190,000,000 a month, They expressed the hope private in- dustry would also be able to absorb more workers. If this happens on a sufficient scale, it is contended, it will enable the government to spend less on the huge work relief program which President Roosevelt plans—con- Gress willing. FERA's figures showed 4,603,000 families receiving relief in January. Although this represented an almost steady increase since last May, indi- cations were there was a slight de- cline in February. Monthly payments made to those on relief vary widely among the states. Figures for last October show that $46.71 was being paid in New York state as compared with $8.98 in Ten- nessee. ‘The largest number of families on relief rolls in January was to be found in the big industrial states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, although more than 200,000 each were listed in California and Texas. The drouth states of the middlewest also had large numbers. ‘The actual admi of relief, by terms of the emergency relief act, was left to the states themselves, and only in four cases has the federal or- ganization stepped in to assume tem- Porary control. ARGUMENTS BEGIN IN LANGER APPEAL Not Federal Money to Be Part of Convicted Governor's Contention Kansas City, March 19.—(#}—Ar- guments in the appeal of former Gov- ernor William Langer of North Da- kota from an 18-month federal prison sentence began before a three-judge appellate court here Tuesday after- noon, Judge Archibald K. Gardner of Huron, 8. D., limited arguments to an hour and a half to each side, in an effort to complete the hearing Tuesday. Langer and four convicted asso- ciates appealing with him were in the court room at 10 a.m. (CST), but found two other cases ahead of them. At the opening of court, Francis Murphy, defense attorney, moved the ission of P. W. conspiring with eight others to levy Political tribute on relief workers for i 2 2 td z iE i | aq] # é Z I i : nl I