The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s ¥ Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change im temperature. ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1985 PRICE FIVE CENTS pene at Stake in League’s Session ‘300 Oklahoma City WALL OF WATER, 16 _ FRET HGH, REPORTED “ SWREPNG LOWLANDS Immediate Evacuation Is Order- ed as Rising River Threat- ens Homes 17 LOSE LIVES iN STORMS Southern Week-End Floods Re- ported to Have Caused $2,000,000 Damage (By the Associated Press) Floods and tornadoes cut a wide path of death and destruction through the south and southwest Monday. Three hundred families were or- dered from their homes in the low- lands of Oklahoma City as a 16-foot wall of water was feared sweeping towards the city from the Canadian river. One person was killed and several others were injured by high winds in were hurt as the winds leveled 12 houses. Highways were reported blocked by debris of trees and blown-over homes. Death Toll Mounts to 17 A death toll of 17 persons was counted in Texas and Oklahoma from floods and winds. Several persons Danger of further rises in the Texas streams appeared over unless more rain falls. An ambulance and medical aid were sent, to McCullough, Ala., after the town was reported struck by tor- nado-force winds. In Kansas one person drowned when an automobile overturned in an inundated ditch filled with overflow from the Neosho river which was ris- ing at an inch-an-hour rate. Ts, ROSS ae se eee began to overflow at HOUSE GROUP HEARS RICHBERG NRA PLEA Whole Program Threatened by 10-Month Extension, Blue Eagle Chief Says : Washington, May 20.—(?)—Com- plete “disintegration and deteriora- tion of the whole industrial recovery program” if the senate’s 10 months NRA extension resolution becomes law, was forecast by Donald R. Rich- berg Monday before the house ways and means committee. “To extend the act only nine and one-half months under the pressure of those opposing the NRA,” the chief of the recovery agency testified, “actually invites continuing opposi- tion, non-compliance and litigation for the purpose of persuading the con- gress to let the act die in the next session.” Committeemen listened closely as Richberg stood at s small speaker's sham CATasar sae aoe at of the resolution are unworkable and inadequate to ac- complish its desired intention,” Rich- berg asserted. Ways and means committee Demo- crats already have indicated they favor the two-year extension requested by President trade practice chiselers who already are at work undermining the standards of fair com} wh BOY SCOUT CHIEFS IN A HUDDLE Danie! Carter Beard (left), national commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (right), member of the Scouts’ executive board, are shown with a group of Eagle Scouts in Chicago during the 25th annual meeting of the national bares of the Scout organization. (Associated Press Photo) BAKER LISTS ROUTE, ORDER OF MEMORIAL DAY PARADE, MAY 30 Legion Drum Corps, Fourth In- fantry and High School Bands Will March The line of march and order of the parade which will precede the Me- morial Day exercises in the city au- ditorium Thursday, May 30, were an- Society, the Disabled American Vet- erans, Red Cross Nurses, American Salvation Court Delays Rulings On NRA and Debt Act Washington, May 2 20.—(?)—The su- ako ouay ape trbire Monday until without passing on the congiimutionsilty of NRA or Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage mora- torium act. ATWATER DEFENDED BY STATE OFFICIALS) Gundvaldson’s Charge of ‘Inti- midation’ Is Assailed by Governor Welford State administration forces Monday 1 swung to support of Pierce Atwater, regional FERA director, after sales tax referendum proponents had de- manded congressional investigation of statements by him, pointing the pos- sibility of federal relief withdrawal, if the tax measure is successfully re- ferred. In a statment Saturday, Atwater said federal relief funds would be “jeopardized” should the sales tax be defeated in a special election. His statement brought the congressional investigation demand from O. Gund- valdson of Fargo, secretary of the committee in charge of distribution of referendum petitions. In a letter to members of the North Dakota lonal delegation, Gov- ernor Walter Welford Monday pointed out that Gundvaldson’s statement of “threats” and “intimidation” of peo- ple of the state was “unfair and does not represent the views of this, 7! administrat #3 ition. “The truth is that Atwater has merely indicated that regardless of what happens the state must provide some means of sharing in carrying the relief load,” Welford explained in his letter. “He (Atwater) has expressed the wish that present legislation be given a fair trial before discarding it,” Wel- ford continued, “or plunging the state into such a chaotic condition as now exists in some states where they have been unable to provide state funds.” ‘The governor asserted “the admin- istration is committed to carrying out the mandate of the legislature, which passed the sales tax as an emergency measure.” Welford’s letter was addressed to Congressmen Usher L. Burdick, Wil- liam Lemke, and United States Sena- tors Gerald P Nye, and Lynn J. Frazier. : DESPONDENT LAKOTA tersection 1 way. Second section—form on Sec- ond 8t., facing south, head of col- umn at intersection of Thayer Ave. and Second St. Third section—form DENTIST ENDS LIFE Dr. Jones Dies With Head Im- mersed in Wastepaper Bas- ket Filled With Water Lakota, N. D., May 20.—()—Dr. -|Carl 8. Jones, a dentist about 55 -|years old, was féund dead in his of- filled with water. Coroner H. C. Graham of Nelson county pronounc- ed the death a suicide. Dr. Jones had been ill in the La- nurse was absent. He was found at 7:30 a. m. by J. A. Nelson and Bob PATMAN ARGUMENTS PAIL 10 FORESTALL PRESIDENTIAL VETO Roosevelt Refuses to Alter Stand After Receiving 12- Page Document CLAIM PAYMENT DUE NOW Predict 72 Senators Will Sup- port Plan for Rider on Another Measure Washington, May 20.—(?)—In an effort to forestall a certain presi- dential veto, the house bonus bill steering committee Monday presented to President Roosevelt a 12-page argument for the Patman currency inflation bonus bill but Mr. Roose- velt gave no indication of any change in his determination to reject the measure as forcibly as possible. Instead, the chief executive set aside the afternoon to put the finish- ing touches on his veto message. Later congressional leaders agreed to hear the president deliver his veto message at 12:30 Wednesday, and the house without a roll call adopted a resolution setting the joint house- senate session at that hour. Representative Patman (D.-Tex.) author of the bill, accompanied the steering committee to the White House and outlined the points in the mimeographed statement le¥t with the president. It began with the declaration that two points could be shown: “1, That each veteran who holds an adjusted service certificate is en- titled to an amount at this time equivalent to the full face or matur- ity value of the certificate, although it is payable January 1, 1945. “2, That such Cytieeviales bape = made without detriment to th try and without impairing in gait any way @ sound monetary system.” Debt Really Past Dav - “We believe that the country is convinced, after a thorough under- standing of the question among the veterans and non-veterans, that this debt is really past due, although pay- able in the future, and that it can be paid according to our proposal. eoen Meanwhile, the White House await- ed word from Capitol Hill when it would be convenient for Mr. Roose- velt to appear in joint session and deliver personally his veto It appeared likely that this time would be fixed for Wednesday. The steering committee's call was made shortly after publication of an American Legion appeal to veterans to bombard 12 senators with tele- grams in an effort to get the senate to override President Roosevelt's veto of the Patman bill. Quick Resurrection Seen Meanwhile, certain administration leaders in congress predicted Monday that the bonus issue would be resur- rected in swift and surprising fashion after the defeat of the inflationary Patman bill—a defeat which the lead- ers call a mathematical certainty. ‘They claimed 40 or 41 votes in the senate to sustain the veto message which President Roosevelt is to de- liver in person against the Patman bill, most likely on Wednesday. But their more surprising news was this: One administration chief, who is ae as thinking it would be good politics for the bonus to be paid this year, has made another poll of his own. He reported that is sena- tors would support a plan to push through a bonus bill—in the form of a rider on another measure—gi the president a choice of three ways of paying the adjusted service certi- ficates, instead of the single method of new currency contained in the Since only two-thirds are necessary to override a veto and the senate— even at full strength—contains only 96 men, such a plan would go through |; the enactment if 72 senators stuck to it to the end and the house con-|new curred. The proposed rider would direct that the bonus be paid. It would, however, leave to the president the choice between issuing currency, bor- rowing, or taking the money out of his $4,880,000,000 public works fund. Two Injured in Car Collision on Sunday Two persons were in serious condi- tion at a local hospital Monday as the of a collision of two automo- scalp while other occupants of the two a escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Attending physicians said Monday that both patients were re- covering. ving | haeff, one “|at the old Families Flee Before Floo NEW STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT TO BE MADE SOON Preparations are under way In this natural rock-walled bow! near Rapid City, 8. D., for another attempt by Captains Orvil A. Anderson (left) and Albert W. Stevens (right) to sail Into the stratosphe: stratosphere balloon as it took off a year ago from the same spot on a flight that ended in a field after the big bag ripped open. (Associated Press Photos) MAXIM GORKY CRASH CAME NEAR CASI "SECOND AIR MISHAP, Desperate Battle in Plane With Panic-Stricken Photograph- er Revealed by Pilot Moscow, May 20.—(P)—A desperate battle in a motion picture plane ac- companying the Maxim Gorky at the message. time of Saturday's disaster, was dis- Monday as having almost caused @ second accident. The pilot of the smaller plane, V. , said that after a stunt- agency declined to say whether it had obtained any victures. Warned Against Stunting Rybushkin said he heard Ivan Mik- of the Gorky pilots, warn Pilot Blagin, who was operating the craft which caused the crash, against stunting before the planes took off “Don’t try any loops,” Mikhaeff was said to have admonished. Desrlia. sie salami anus crash, of the Gorky the Soviet is determined to Roald Engen Fines ot Se en “Twas announced Monday that the mammoth would pamed Viadimir wenn J Joseph Stalin and Maxim Gorky after three of the Soviet Union’s foremost ‘heroes. The newspaper Pravda, organ of the Communist party, asserted the government is in a position to con- struct additional planes of the Maxim Gorky type !n large numbers when- ever it should so desire. The Soviet press blamed the disas- ter, which occurred Saturday when a small plane collided with the Maxim Gorky in mid-air while stunting, on the action of an “air hoodlum.” The 49 victims, a majority of whom were workers who were being taken on the ci os as @ reward for attain- ments, will be buried Monday night Donsko! monastery at the government's expense. Press Association in Session at Jamestown “You and physical deformity from the; time she was a lonely little girl, Mon- day was in a critical condition follow- ing an operation for abdominal ad- hesions Saturday. iscussed wrviey soe ot 8 oat better and more speedy news coverage. business manager Sun is host at the meeting. Late News CHAVEZ TAKES OATH ‘Washington—In open “resentment” against the administration's opposi- tion to the re-election of the late Senator Bronson Cutting, New Mex- ico Republican-Independent, five sen- ate liberals walked out of the senate Vorrn Mteneas. efi CNaaavoce Tevet keeper charged with murder after with Norman Black of the Fargo/his wife and four children died mys- Presiding. teriously of program .| Smith, director, Pkg were| Atlanta, May 20.—(#)—Prohibition- discussed for enlarging the service. ists, with a lead of 243 votes, were of- B G. Hansen, managing editor and |ficially certified Monday as the win- of the Jamestown |ners of last Wednesday's prohibition chamber when Dennis Chavez, Cut- ting’s successor, was administered his oath of office. The group included Senator Gerald P. Nye. ‘LAWRENCE OF ARABIA’ DIES Wool, Dorsetshire, England— Messages from many lands pour- ed into this rural community ex- pressing sorrow at the death of the colorful “Lawrence of Arabia.” Despite his acclaim throughout the empire, the funeral of Col. Thomas E. Lawrence, who emerg- 8t. Annes-On-The-Sea, William Lawson Little, Jr. Francisco, the defending cham) stood one up at the end of nine holi in his first round match against H. Parker, a Briton, in the British| amateur golf championship tourna- FISCHER SHOOTS 69 johnny Michigan shot a 33-36—69, one under par, to take the lead in the struggle for the western confer- ence golf championship, which the Wolverines are overwhelming favorites to win. isc) RAILROAD INQUIRY At left is O-YEAR-OLD CHILD DROWNS IN COOLING TANK HERE SUNDAY Body of Donna Joan Robidou Recovered From Water Sun- day After Long Search Donna Joan Robidou, aged 3, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frances C. Robi- dou, 419 Front St., drowned in the cooling pond of the North Dakota Power and Light company at 322 Front St., sometime between two and and three o'clock Sunday afternoon. The body was recovered three hours later by Lawrence Harlan, chief engineer at the company’s power house, which is adjacent to the cool- id. pond, Footprints on the’ground surround- ing the tank indicated that the girl had crawled under the fence and at- tempted to walk along the concrete edge of the tank when she lost her balance and fell in. Parents of the child first missed her around three o'clock when James, her younger brother with whom she been playing, returned home ‘The search, which lasted un- o'clock, came to an end finally discovered the had washed away the the fence which sur- Pool making it possible child to to crawl underneath. Dr. W. Larson, county coroner, said Monday that no inquest would be necessary. Donna Joan Robidou was born June 18, 1931, at Mandan and came to Bis- marck with her parents. Funeral services will be held at 8 &. m., Tuesday either at the Catholic church at Mandan or at the home of the girl’s grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Moser, 111 Fourth Avenue NE, Man- dan. Burial will be made there. ' Besides her parents the girl leaves her brother, James; a sister, Clarice; ashington.—The senate ordered|her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jphn an investigation of railroad financing | Robidou of Bismarck; her grandmoth- after Chairman Wheeler of the in- er, Mrs. Moser, and several uncles terstate commerce committee hadjand aunts. declared conditions in some of the systems were “scandalous.” Roosevelt's Re-election Seen Wellesley, Mass.—The Roger W Bab- son statistical organization announced that a survey just completed indicated President Roosevelt would be re-elect- ed in 1936, but that nearly half the persons questioned said they had lost. confidence in the New Deal. Missing Girl Found Buried in Landslide New York, May 20.—(#)—While po- lice, Boy Scouts and neighbors beat adjoining swamplands and reed- grown lots in. a two-day search for 8-year-old Shirley Evans, she lay dead beneath a.ton of earth 250 yards from her home. Her body wes found Monday buried in a cave she and her playmates had dug in a building ex- cavation. MURDER SUSPECT RELEASED Brooklyn, N. Y¥., May 20.—(P)—| Frederick Gross, 40-year-old book- GEORGIA DRYS WIN jvepeal referendum, in Georgia. U.S. Davis Cups Team Annexes Zone Finals Mexico, D. F., May 20—(#)—The ‘United States Davis Cup tennis team has safely qualified for the interzone finals at Wimbledon, but only after losing @ match to an American zone rival for the first time since 1931. With the series clinched by virtue lof two singles victories on Friday and ‘a double triumph Saturday, America ‘apparently was on its way to a clean sweep over Mexico in the zone final ‘Sunday after Bryan Grant of Atlan-/ cline, ta had defeated Daniel Hernandez, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. But Gene Mako of Los Angeles, subbing for his California doubles partner, Donald Budge, in the final singles match first was handicapped by a stomach attack and then by a leg cramp. Finally he had to quit in the fifth set of his encounter with Esteban Reyes. TRANSIENTS INCREASING While the number of transients in- creased 1,139 during March in North Dakota, costs of the FERA transient decreased $11,377.46, Herbert reported Monday. Mild weather is expected to bring this section of the nation has » prom- C|ETHoPtaN spore, GERMAN THREAT 10 GET COUNCIL STUDY Special Meeting Called to Deal With Question of Cha- coan Conflict LITVINOFF WILL PRESIDE Will Devise Penalties for Repu- diations of International Obligations BULLETIN Geneva, May 20.—(?)—Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia Monday sent a personal telegram to the League of Nations asking it to stop Italy’s military preparations in north- east Africa. The emperor requested that the league decide that unless Italy agrees that arbitrators can pronounce upon all incidents between Ethiopia and Italy which have occurred since Nov. 23, 1934, the league itself take up the dispute and make a full inquiry on the basis of Article XV of the League of Nations covenant which provides for the settling of disputes between nations. Geneva, May 20.—(?)—The Italo- Ethiopian dispute and projects for bringing Germany into a European peace system dominated League of Nations circles Monday as the coun- cil met for what appears certain to be a period of intense activity. The fact that Maxim Litvinoff, So- viet. commissar for foreign affairs, is presiding at ‘he sessions of the coun- cil, the 86th since formation of the league, was viewed as striking new evidence that Russia has returned completely to the comity of nations. Litvinoff will serve as president of the council deliberations until next September, and hence will have im- portant initiative in handling the po- litical affairs submitted to the league. A special assembly meeting was call- ed for Monday afternoon to deal with the question of the Chaco war between Paraguay and Bolivia. A special committee also will meet this week to devise penalties for nae tions which endanger peace by ree pudiating their international obligae tions. This problem was a legacy of the council session last month which adopted the resolution criticizing Gere many for her rearmament activities in violation of the military clauses of en canes treaty. eve of the meeting, Ethiopia moved to insure that her dispute with Italy would be handled at the cur- rent session. (Both France and Great Britain have endeavored to prevent the Italo- Ethiopian controversy from coming up ‘at the council meeting, fearing that it might result in a clash between Tep- resentatives of the two nations and Possibly to Italy's withdrawal from he sane if any action were taken thich she considered to be = able to her interests.) aioe N. D. RELIEF ROLLS HT PEAK IN MARCH 255,110 Persons or 37.5 Per Cent of State’s Population on Needy List ‘There were more needy citizens in North Dakota during March than in any other one month in the state's history, E. A. Willson, administrator for the FERA, announced Monday. With 2,000 more cases open at the end of March than at the beginning and with 1,000 more cases actually receiving relief, expenses increased $180,000 ver SOUT Costs of all of relief program totaled $1,615,357.75. Total expenditures included $1,- 318,120.17 for general relief; $55,442.- 99 for special programs; $70,487.89 apg for rent tra t and administration, he i Records Willson pointed out, that 255,110 persons, or 37.5 per cent of the total of the state were on the relief rolls. Since April 1, the number of per- sons on relief has shown a slight de- , Willson declared. With the. predicted. Em} the human havoc wrought by the drouth is the fact Local its ise of employment on farms due to/| $108,989.88 toward relief costs in the crop Willson stated, .