The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather 4 deans. Pyar i ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1985 PRICE FIVE CENTS Senate-Sustained Veto Seen for Bonus U. S. Will Take Over State Relief Administrations LANGER ADHERENTS [Held for Kidnaping | AMELIA EARHART ON On 2,100-Mile Nonstop Flight to New York CHANGE IN SYSTEM WILL BE COMPLETE JULY 1, CHIERS SAY Most of Present State Directors Will Be Retained, Ac- cording to Report SEEK GREATER EFFICIENCY Centralization Would Provide More Responsive Organiza- tion to Speed Work ‘Washington, May 8.—()—High of- ficials asserted Wednesday that the government is planning to take com- mand of relief administrations in the states by July 1. Most of the present state relief di- rectors probably will be retained, it to Washington instead of to the gov- ernors. Deciining to be quoted by name, the officials who forecast this change in policy said that recent controver- sies with several of the states were “partly” the reason for its adoption. Another explanation given was that the centralization of relief forces would provide ® more responsive or- ganization to speed the $4,000,000,000 work relief drive just now getting un- der way. “It will be a change in form rather than substance,” one official said. He recalled that control of the bil- Jion-dollar civil works administration Started The relief reins in several states already have been taken into hands of federal guthorities. nounced the work relief program a radio address, A report compiled by Hopkins at the request of the senate provided in- sight Wednesday into the difficulties he has encountered in trying to force states to raise certain sums for relief. “It is not the function of FERA to dictate within states to what stan- dards of living they shall adhere,” report said. “Nevertheless, when in the estimation of the administrator the state is making inadequate ef- forts to meet its responsibilities he may withdraw federal funds.” Earmark Half of Fund In its first formal meeting at the ‘White. House Tuesday, the powerful allotment division of the work relief tion 3} @pproved no specific projects but tentatively ear- marked purposes. The sums thus set aside were: Highways and grade crossing elimina- tion $400,000,000; rural rehabilitation $250,000,000; rural electrification $50,- 000,000; housing $225,000,000; aid for “white collar” workers $150,000,000; | racket. civilian conservation corps $300,000,- 000; loans and grants for projects of states and communities $450,000,000; Sanitation and erosion $175,000,000. These amounts were just half the size of those specified in the work re- lief bill, which gave President Roose- velt power to transfer up to 20 per cent of the total fund. Edward O'Neal, president of the Farm Bureau Federation, the allotment advisory committee. Permanent CCC Camp To Be Located Here Information designated for Bismarck the permanent type for all-: round occupancy was received Hair’s Bobbed Now new colffure. (| Stahiberg—from pyright by Eric Associated Press) STUDENT TELLS OF PART HE PLAYED IN BREMER KIDNAPING James J. Wilson Delcares Desire for Funds to Continue Stud- ies Lead to Arrest i 1.1 North Dakota Bakers nesday Col. Louis Farrell, com- i pebny ck: Leas Rare Ending Meeting Here $n STE OF ee EE Members of the North Dakota Bak- Camps to be constructed at Dun-|€f® association, who opened a two- selth and Larimore also will be of the | (ay convention Here Tuesday, were t type, Col. Farrell said,|clecting SaDeRONy, giving North Dakota total of three|Snd selecting » meeting place for ‘Union for Social Justice which the|make- STAGE CELEBRATION AS CHIEF 1$ FREED 400 Gather at Patterson Hall Tuesday Night for Dance and Speeches ALL OFFER FELICITATIONS Chaput, Vogel and Kinzer Also on Hand to Share in Im- promptu Jubilee ‘William Langer bade farewell to the spectre of himself dressed in a convict’s uniform and became the old “Bill” of state politics Tuesday night as 400 of his staunchest political fol- lowers gathered at the Patterson ho- tel to celebrate his “vindication” of charges of misusing federal relief ds. funds. ‘The celebration, a hastily planned affair arranged late Tuesday after the news had spread of the U. 8. Cir- cuit Court of Appeals decision re- versing the lower court, began with @ grand march led by Langer and his wife. It ended with a speech by Langer. Of the four others convict- ed with him, three, Oscar Chaput, Frank Vogel and R. A. Kinzer, were present, enjoying to the fullest the hand: » back-slapping congra- tulations of their friends. Harold McDonald, the fifth man convicted of the charges, was absent. Oscar Erickson, ill at the time of the trial and excused by the court, was in good health for the celebration. “Bill's” night, a grand finale to “the good time” which, he told his assembled admirers, he had had during the last year, since his conviction. “I'm very, very glad to see you all here,” he greeted the cheering crowd as he took the speaker's stand. “I want you to know that I have had a story good time during the past year. I looked for a good fight and I found it. Learned How It Felt “I’ve been in court often enough as a lawyer,” he continued, “and of- ten I’ve wondered how the men and women felt when they were sentenced, I knew when I heard the judge tell me ‘18 months and $10,000.’” “Among other things I have had some wonderful experiences during this period,” he went on. “I found, I believe, that I have the best wife in the state of North Dakota. I found real friends.” “Real friends,” he said, were the four others convicted with him who had been called upon to turn state’s evidence and refused. “They even called Mrs. Harold Mc- Donald,” he charged, “and told her that if they didn’t get her husband to come in and testify they would send him to prison for three years. She fainted at the telephone.” He said “the government investi- gated every mile of road Frank Vogel built and checked every state record to find something wrong and when they had spent $125,000 their own court said that they had honest offi- ;|clals in North Dakota.” James Mulloy, former secretary of the state indi commission; Lars Sil- H. Moodie’s opponent for the Demo- tic nomination for governor; State tor Harry Peterson, Plaza; and R. H. “Dad” Walker, member of the state workmen's compensation bu- reau. Lanier, Miller Assailed A “vindicated” William director had been shot Rev. Charles ©. Coughlin, of Detroit,| porary deposit insurance plan were|the head. A shotgun lay nearby on ednesday night will address W ®Pproved by the house, the ground, police said, Suspect in the Bremer kidnap- ing case, Harry Sawyer, above, was neld a federal prisoner in New Orleans, after he and his wife were captured in Pass Christian, Miss. Sawyer is de- clared to be one of the main members of the Karpis-Barker gang and has evaded a federal hunt for more than a year since the crime for which 10 now are on tria! ip St. Paut. PLANNIGAN REPORTS: NEW ROADS POLICY FOR NORTH DAKOTA Commissioner and Federal Road Chief Agree on Program of Reconstruction North’ Dakota's highway system is to have its “face lifted” as the result of an agreement on a new policy of reconstruction between Thomas H. MacDonald, federal bureau of roads head at Washington, and W. J. Flan- nigan, state highway commissioner, it was announced Wednesday. Flannigan made the announcement on his return from the national ‘capi- tol, where he conferred with the fed- eral chief for several days, discuss- ing highway problems of the state. Under the new policy, Flannigan said, no new highway will be con- structed with 100 per cent federal money, because of the lack of suffi- cient funds to maintain: roads in the state. Roads to Be Reconstructed Instead, he explained, the existing highways—some 6,500 miles—will be entirely reconstructed, to bring them to the highest point of efficiency. The beginning of the program, Flan- nigan said, is dependent upon the ultimate regulations decided upon by federal officials who will have charge of distribution of funds to the var- fous states. Flannigan was hopeful that North Dakota would receive approximately $12,000,000 for road and grade cross- ing work, to be spent in the state during the next two years. He returned from the national cap- itol in an optimistic mood, dec! MacDonaid had “agreed with him on all vitai points.” Out of the huge $4,000,000,000 “jackpot” of relief money, Flannigan said he looked for $5,000,000 to come into the state for a grade crossing elimination program, and $7,000,000 for reconstruction of the state high- way system. Fears New Regulations Flannigan was timorous lest regu- lations be set down requiring high- ,| way monies from the federal govern- ment require they be spent on labor in construction of additional roads. Such regulations, he explained, would come from other federal department ;|heads than MacDonald. Should any such regulations be issued together with the allocation of funds, it would mean an inability to carry out the perons itruction plans, Flannigan claim- “Prospects of our getting the money within a few days, I believe are very good,” Flannigan said. “MacDonald, at the time of our conference, was unable to say definitely when the ,| money would be allocated but he was of the opinion it would be within a short time.” | Flannigan said he and MacDonald reached their agreement after he had pointed out to the federal official that North Dakota's maintenance in- come could show no signs of increase, and hence additional roads would simply impose an additional mainten- ance burden on the state, for which meager funds would be available. ‘cone Group Maps Plan for Welford Recall Move Fargo, N. D., May 8—(?)—Dele- gates from every county will be sought for a statewide gathering to consider instituting recall action against Gov. Walter Welford, it was announced Wednesday following @ conference in Fargo the recall committee, headed by State Senator John Miklethun of Valley City. Time and place of the gathering will be determined by Miklethun who said it would probably be within the next 10 or 1¢ days. et Qf00-MILE FLIGHT TO NEW YORK CITY Famed Woman Flier Begins Perilous Journey From Mex- ico City Early Today TAKE-OFF WITHOUT MISHAP Red Monoplané Loaded Down With 471 Gallons of Gaso- line, 20 Gallons of Oil BULLETIN Atlanta, May 8—(P)—The Eastern Air Lines operator here reported Amelia Earhart passed: over Mobile, Ala., at 1:01 p. m. (central standard time) today on her nonstop flight from Mexico, D. F., to New York. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Mexico, D. F., May 8.—(#)—Eager to blaze another new aerial trail, Amelia Earhart hopped off at 6 a. m., (7 a. m. EST), here Wednesday, on an at- tempted 2,100-mile nonstop flight to New York, The famed woman flier, conqueror of two oceans, lifted her heavily-load- ed red monoplane into the air after taxling two miles along the three- mile runway especially prepared for her and then circled to gain altitude. Once she was high enough in Mex- ico’s rarefied atmosphere, she headed straight across the 10,000-foot moun- tains between the capital and Tam- pico. Thence her course lay across 700 miles of the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans. After her Louisiana land- fall, she planned to fly straight for New York. Hardly had dawn broken over the field smoothed out for her by Mex- fean soldiers when Miss Earhart she flew from iJonolulu to California. In the ship's tanks were 471 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil. The total load weighed 3,000 pounds. A. sandwich, boiled egg, bottle of water, bar of chocolate and container of grapefruit juice had been placed aboard to stave off hunger during the flight, which she estimated would take from 14 to 16 hours. While recognizing the danger of crashing, Miss Earhart expressed de- termination to attempt the New York flight in order to “make up” for the failure of her attempted nonstop flight from Burbank, Calif., Mexico. A bug got into her eye when she was only 60 miles short of her goal and forced her to land. WARNING OF FROST ISSUED BY BUREAU State’s Extended Wet Spell Continues With Central Part Getting Heaviest Fall (By the Associated Press) A warning of probable frost in North Dakota Wednesday night was issued by the federal weather bureau as the state's extended wet spell was Central North Dakota recorded the heaviest moisture with from one-half to three-quarters of an inch precipi- tation, but rain reports were received from all of the 21 weather stations in the state. , Dunn Center headed the state, hav- ing received 81-inch in the 24-hour period in addition to .18-inch rain the previous day. Others were Parshall 65-inch, Wishek .64. Napoleon .62, Max .57, and Carrington 51. From two-fifths to one-half an inch was received at Bismarck, Dickinson, Garrison, Jamestown, Minot and Wil- ston, One-third of an inch fell at Drake, Williston and Devils Lake. Others were Grand Forks .23, Fargo -18, Lisbon .16, Crosby .10, Beach and Oakes .08 and Hankinson .05. Late seeding was delayed in many sections of the state by frequent snows and showers last week, accord- alg the reek poem ane rae 8 rednesda: oO. W. Roberta, federal méteorologist stand and color. “Prosts and freezing continued by additional general rains. | Ye constructed runway before getting into the air. Amelia Earhart (above), one of America’s leading women fliers, took oft from Mexico City early Wednesday on a perilous 2,100-mile non- stop flight to New. York City. Her monoplane, loaded down with 3,000 pounds of gasoline and oil, taxied two miles along a specially Her route crosses mountain ranges two miles high. 17 Pigs in Litter; Hard Blow to AAA 8t. Thomas, N. D., May 8—(>) The AAA livestock production control program suffered a set- back Tuesday 2: Theodore Raedel announced the birth of a litter of 17 pigs to a Chester White sow on his farm. Two days after the animals were born, he reported all were still alive and “doing nicely, thank you.” BUILDING FIGURES HIGHEST SINCE °3t April Residential Contracts for 37 States Reach $42,000,- 000; $22,635,000 in '34 oe New York, May 8—(#)—F. W. Dodge corporation announced Wed- bed nesday that April contracts for resi- dential construction in the 37 states east of the Rocky Mountains were larger than for any other month since the close of 1931. ‘The corporation called the factor the most favorable “in the otherwise relatively drab picture of current con- sumption activity.” The total of residential contracts for April reached $42,000,000 as against $22,635,000 in the same month last year. The corporation does not ob- tain records from the states west of the Rockies, “Coming on top of the substantial March and an increase of per cent for the initial quar- as compared with the cor- period of 1934, the April even more encouraging,” Schnitman, chief statis- ition. residential total reached $42,000,000 in the 37 eastern states as against only $22,635,000 for April, 1934, and $32,209,000 for March of this ar. “The April total for housing facili- ties was about one-third of the total contract volume for all classes of con- struction. “The total volume “of construction in the 37 eastern states approximated $124,000,000 for April. with $122,940,000 for April of last year. Of the April total this year a far greater amount was private construc- tion than was true of elther the March total or for April of last year. too, is an encouraging note. In fact, private construction contracts during April were higher than for any: other month since the beginning of 1932.” Warns Motorists of License Plate Rush With the annual spring rush to “beat the deadline” of penalty May 15 moving toward its peak, State Mo- tor Vehicle Registrar L. H. McCoy Wednesday warned motorists that they may have to wait for license plates because of the overload. McCoy said he expected the de- t. |partment would be about two weeks Early planted spring wheat, he said,|behind on applications for license developed rapidly. and shows good|plates, because of the lagging of au- tomobile owners. Plates are going BOARD ANNOUNCES LOWER RATES FOR TWO POWER FIRMS Drop in Electric Fees at Hanna- ford and Cooperstown Is Reported Lowered rate schedules for two power companies in North Dakota were announced Wednesday by the state railroad commission. Drops in rates at Cooperstown and Hannaford, served by the Central West Public Service company of North Dakota were announced by the commission. The new rates were reached by agreement between the utilities and the commission. At Cooperstown, the new electric rates are: Cooking and refrigeration, appli- cable to all cooking and refrigeration of one horsepower or less, first 400 kwh per month, three cents per kwh; in excess of 400 kwh per month, two cents per kwh. The old rate was a flat four cents. Combination “all purpose” residen- tial rates at Cooperstown are: First 50 kwh per month, six cents per kwh; next 100 kwh per month, three cents per kwh and excess, one and one-half cents per kwh. The old rates were: 150 kwh per month, 5 cents per kwh, and in excess, four cents per kwh. The minimum bill at Cooperstown was reduced from $5 per month to $3. At Hannaford, served also by the Central West company, new rates are: Residential lighting first 50 kwh per month, 10 cents per kwh; next 50 kwh per month, 6 cents per kwh; ex- cess, 3 cents per kwh. Old rates were: 25 kwh, 12 cents, next 25 kwh, 9 cents and excess, six cents. The monthly minimum bill for this class of service will be $1.25. For commercial lighting at Hanna- ford, the new rates are: First kwh per month, 10 cents per kwh; aext 100 kwh, eight cents per kwh; next 200 kwh, six cents per kwh, and ex- cess, five cents per kwh. Old rates were, 50 kwh, 12 cents per kwh; next This,|50 kwh, 9 cents per kwh; next 100 kwh, eight cents per kwh; and excess, six cents per kwh, A special temporary domestic and commercial rate, to be in effect for one year, in all towns in the state served by the Montana-Dakota Pow- er company, also was announced by the commission. Under the special rates, consumers of both types of service will be al- lowed a 50 per cent discount on that portion of their bill which is in excess of their bill for the same month of the previous year. The discount will be made on the amount of the bill, and not on the kwh consumed. Drys Re-elect Cox As State President Devils Lake, N. D., May 8—(P)— Dr. James E. Cox of the University, Grand Forks, was re-elected president of the North Dakota Consolidated Henry L, Weiss, Fargo, vice president, and W. B, Thomas, Jamestown, trea- surer. George P. Parish, Valley City, was named corresponding secretary and Vance Webster, Fargo, campaign secretary. The 40 members present ratified the executive committee’s action in circulating petitions for a referendum of the municipal liquor store measure enacted by the 1935 North Dakote - legislature. PATMANITE FORCES SHORT OF MAJORITY NEEDED 10 WIN OUT Administration Feels Certain President’s Action Will Be Sustained BACKERS STILL CONFIDENT Coughlin’s Appeal for Telegrams to Congressmen Seen as Influence on Vote Washington, May 8.—()—President Roosevelt indicated Wednesday a veto message on the Patman bonus bill would be sent to congress within a short time. A while before, Speaker Byrns pre- dicted the house would override a veto but. that the senate would sus- tain the president. A two-thirds vote is required to pass a bill over presi- dential disapproval. At his regular press conference, Mr. Roosevelt declined formal com- ment on passage of the immediate cash payment measure inasmuch as he had not received it from con- gress, NORTHWEST SENATORS’ VOTE ON BONUS BILL when the senate passed 55 to 33, the Patman bonus bill: Minnesota: Schall and S8hip- stead for. North Dakota: Frasier for; Nye paired for. South Dakota: Bulow for; Nor- beck paired for. Montana: Murray and Whee- ler for, In view of the White House reac- tion, Senator Thomas (Dem. Okla.), entered s motion as soon as the senate convened to reconsider the vote by which the Patman bill was passed in. order that it could not be sent to the White House Wednesday and ree turned immediately with 2 veto. E of a two-thirds which he argued for the Patman bill and declared there was nothing to fear in its new currency feature. There have been indications that enactment of a bonus bill would bring an administration recommendation for new taxes to meet the cost. Al- 000,000 to $600,000,000 annually. BURLEIGH PIONEER CLAIMED BY DEATH Funeral Services for Gustaf Johnson of Wilton Will Be Held Thursday Gustaf R. Johnson, 86-year-old pioneer who settled in Burleigh coun- ty in 1884, died at 7:10 p. m., Monday, at Wilton from complications of old age following an illness of about one year. Puneral services will be held at 2:30 Pp. m., Thursday at the Presbyterian church at Wilton with Rev. EB E. Mattison officiating. Interment will be made in the Rose Hill cemetery. Born July 30, 1848 in Sweden, =-. Johnson received his early education there. For several years he followed the seas and was popularly known among his friends as Sailor Johnson. He came to the United States in 1884 and moved in that year to North Dakota, settling in Painted Woods township. ‘He was married to Miss Margaret Peterson in 1893. His wife died last yesr. He leaves one son, Walter, who lives at Wilton. ® 7