The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1935, Page 1

The Weather | Somewhat unsettled and cooler to- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1935 | St. Paul Leading Fargo 3 to 0 wk & xk k * x * ’ *€ * 250 Drowned As Bursting Dam Floods 40 Square Miles TORRENTS RELEASED/Bismarck Postoffice {ROOSEVELT SIGNS IN, night and Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1878 PRICE FIVE CENTS # DEVASTATE VALLEY IN NORTHERN ITALY Dead, Injured and Homeless To- tal More Than 1,000 Fol- lowing Disaster MUD BURIES SOME FOREVER Crops, Homes, Bridges, Roads, Everything Smashed in hydro-electric dam burst. Only after hours of toiling up steep slopes with official denials that the dam of the upper lake had broken, could the rescuers induce the villagers to return to the valley to aid in relief sai troops, found the Orba river valley \n northern Italy, scene of the flood, & sea of mud. The torrents over an area of 40 square miles Gamage was estimated at 300,000, lira (about $25,000,000). All Crops 000 Destroyed All crops in the path of the flood— stapes, grain, fruit and vegetables— were destroyed. . At least 100 houses were demolished. zE @ 8 ay § 25° Beak Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 14.—(P)— The First ‘North Dakota Volunteer association, whose members fought in the Spanish-American war, re-elected ‘4 W. Eddy of Jamestown J. EB. Mattison, Jamestown, treasurer. Kachelhoffer Takes ~"' Post Death Vacated Wahpeton, N. D., Aug. 14.—(>)— Succeding. the late F. B. Schneller, of commissioners. (s state’s attorney. Enlargement Certain) SOCIAL SECURITY Washington Dispatch Indicates Structure Will Be Practically Doubled to Facilitate Mail Handling, Ease Congestion Washington, Aug. 14. — (%) — Procurement officials estimated tentatively Wednesday VAIN FOR HOPSON; from federal departments and by- reaus which the building was too small to meet. g present building. Plans for an addition to the office here have been under eration for more than a year. first EE addition. Inspectors for the postoffice de- partment will be here Monday, Larson said. He expected to learn at that time definite details of the proposed construction. Other improvements to be financed under the appropriation, according to the Associated Press dispatch, are those to buildings at Aberdeen and Gregory, 8. D.; Breckenridge, Minn.; Missoula and Great Falls, Mont. POTATO PRODUCTION CONTROL ACT BY AAA INVITES CONTEMPT ‘Master Mind’ of Campaign on Holding Bill Fails to Re- « spond to Subpoena ‘Washington, Aug. 14—()—Howard ©. Hopson, long missing “master mind” of the Associated Gas and Electric System, invited senate con- APPROVED BY HOUSE Average Tax of 45 Cents a |. . Bushet Will Be Collected From Producers, Washington, Aug. 14.—()—Produc- tion control for potatoes, the nation’s fourth food crop, was approved by the House Wednesday by a 173 ta 165 roll call vote. The House agreed to the senate amendment to the AAA bill classify- ing potatoes as a basic commodity and authorizing the agriculture sec- retary to set up @ production control plan. The roll call vote was demanded af- ter the amendment had been ap- proved by a 113 to 100 standing vote. Under the proposed control system, @ tax of 75 cents a hundred pounds, averaging about 45 cents a bushel, would be collected on potatoes sold by producers in excess of their sales al- lotments. Potato Shippers to Discuss Brand Idea East Grand Forks, Minn., Aug. 14. —()—Selection of a brand for pack- U. 8. commercial grade pota- shipped from the Red River FEE Osking of Hatton, took it without word and/by and E. ©. Baldwin of Moorhead. walked toward an elevator. ——_ Wahpeton Young Men Theater Lottery Law | Form Junior Chamber Is Being Put to Test = Wahpeton, N. D. Aug. 14—()— With members the betty HEADS WAHPETON HOSPITAL /¢ RESET RE Wahpeton, N. D., Aug. 14.—(P)— Depegerion's Hos Minn., is to arrive here to See! INAGE | | assume dency of the in e' | Wahpeton hospital. She suceeds Purseley, who goes to Jamestown to San Francisco, Aug. 14—(7— |become superintendent of the new ‘The nickles, dimes and quarters | hospital nearing completion there. the United States has been turn- ing out of late seem, to Mrs. Nellie MYRNA LOY QUITS - Tayloe Ross, director of the mint, New York, Aug. 14.—(#)—Myrna ample proof the depression is |Loy, the freckle-faced and blue-eyed ended. film actress who became a star in a Here to witness the start of jyear, announced Wednesday she has construction of the new San |abrogated her contract with Metro- Francisco mint, Mrs. Ross said: Goldwyn-Mayer. “During the first six months of ——_—_—_—_——_. 1935 the mint has, produced more NEW RADIO STATION coinage for the nation’s business We » Aug. 14—)—The than at any time in its history. federal communications commission “The men who have worked in |Tuesday granted George B. Bailey of the mint for years tell me this de- | Valley City, N. D., a construction per- mand for change coniage is the jmit for a new 100-watt. radio broad- surest wey of the aftermath of s jeasting station to operate on unlim- depression.” ited time. LEGISLATION TODAY Administrators of Pension and Unemployment Risk Board to Be Named Soon USES HUGE APPROPRIATION Jobless Insurance and Old Age Grants to Affect 25,000.- 000 Workers ‘Washington, Aug. 14.—() — Prest- dent Roosevelt called his aides around him Wednesday for a ceremony en- acting into law what he considers one of the most important measures Passed during his administration—the social security legislation, The presidential signature was the last formality needed to write into law a measure calling for a new and far-reaching social experiment and the largest tax program ever ap- Proved by congress. by Indications were the president would announce quickly the make- up of the social security board which will administer the new law providing for old-age pension and unemploy- ment insurance systems. Tax 3 Per Cent Under the bill employers and em- Ployes eventually will be taxed 3 per cent each on wages up to $3,000 an- nually to provide for contributory old age pensions. Benefits range from $10 to $85 a month. The plan be- comes operative Jan. 1, 1937, but no Pensions will be paid until Jan. 1, bill also sets up a federal-state unemployment insurance system to be financed through s 3 per cent payroll tax against employers of eight or more persons. The employers would get credit for payments made to state unemployment insurance systems. The credits could not exceed 90 per cent of the federal tax. The taxes start Jan, 1, 1936, Al 100 Millions An appropriation of $100,000,000 %& to be made by the federal government next year to provide for old age and grants to the blind, crippled children and needy mothers, In addition, the government will offer grants of $15 a month, to be matched by the states, for needy aged not cared for under the contributory pension system. An appropriation of $49,750,000 for the current fiscal year is authorized for the purpose. Administration spokesmen estimate that the unemployment insurance an@ old age sections would apply to 25,000,000 workers. Hurry Applications Is Knudsen Warning Fargo, N. D., Aug. 14.—(7)—H. C. Knudsen, acting PWA director for North Dakota, applied a “first-come- first-served” warning Tuesday to t communities contemplating works ap- Here from # conference with PWA Officials in Chicago, Knudsen urged quick action to obtain PWA funds which he said soon will be exhausted. “It is simply a matter of first come, first served while the funds last,” he said, “so the need to hurry along ap- Plications is apparent.” > | Back-Seat Driving | Rules at Ellendale | eee Ellendale, N. D., Aug. 14.—(7)— Ellendale women are frank in their admission that their hus- bands are “the head of the house” Has App Federal Government to Co- operate in Solving State’s Road Difficulties COUNTIES GIVEN WARNING Increased Employment to Re- sult From Start of $6,000,. 000 Building Program Definite approval of North Dakota’s highway department set-up was re- ceived Wednesday by Gov. Walter Welford from Thomas H. McDonald, head of the federal bureau of pubuic roads, along with assurances that the government will cooperate in every way possible to solve North Dakota’s highway problems. After reviewing reports made to him by H. K. Bishop, who made a per- sonal investigation of highway condi- tions here, McDonald held that the state department is “doing everything that can be done to remedy main- tenance conditions with its limited funds and inadequate equipment. At the same time McDonald called attention to the fact that some coun- ties have not been keeping their con- tracts with the government to main- tain secondary roads built with fed- eral money. No further secondary roads will be built in such counties unless they meet these requiremtns, he said. To Hard Surface Roads ‘The basic part of the program, as outlined by McDonald, will be to con- struct oil-mat surfaces on the main traveled roads to cut down mainten- ance costs. In previous correspondence with McDonald, Governor Welford prom- ised to present to the legislature the need for additional highway finances and McDonald reiterated his request that this be done. McDonald’s letter clarifies a situ- ation which has caused state officials considerable concern in _ recent months. Very few contracts have been let recently, pending an agree- ment on the respective responsibilities of the state and the government, and as contractors finished jobs there were no new ones for them to move onto. As @ result there has been a sharp drop in the volume of employ- ment on highway projects. It is ex- pected that this slack now will be taken up since $6,000,000 has been al- lotted to North Dakota for highway building from the four billion emerg- ency appropriation. i (Continued on Page Two) Baroness Lost Gems In Fatal. Car Crash Barcelona, Aug. 14.—(?)—Gov.-Gen. Pichypon of Catalonia announced Wednesday @ complaint that a suit- case containing 200,000 francs ($184,000) worth of jewelry had dis- appeared from the automobile in which Prince Alexis Mdivani lost his life in an accident Aug. 1. The jew- elry belonged to the Baroness von Thysen, the prince's companion, Welford to Speak at School for Firemen The first of four state fire schools sponsored by the North Dakota Vol- unteer Firemen’s association’ will be conducted at Mandan Sept. 1 and 2. Acting Governor Welford will speak at the session on fire prevention and two instructors from Chicago and Minneapolis will give daily instruc- tion. Other meetings are to be at Minot, Devils Lake and Valley City. TAKEN TO PEN Minot, N. D., Aug. 14.—B. C. Sulli- van, sentenced to serve from one to was cu Asks Citizens To Aid Legion Fight on Enemies of Nation meer 8. Boise, the American Sounding Americans, for ” Spe commander of pacifism, forgetting the fact that, had this na- tion been adequately prepared in 1917, the number of crosses on the graves of Americans slein in the World war would have been cut in half. and 5 under proof of why America should be ready is spread of the idea that a majority has the emphatically, is (Continued on Page Two) Dip? No, Just an Ordeal for Singer Looks as if Gladys Swarthout, opera star. might be on her glee- ful way to take a cooling dip, wearing this colorful costume after a hard day in Hollywood. But no such luck. Gladys. who's scoring heavily in the films, is on @ more important errand She's op her way to the designer’s to have a gown fitted 2 PRISON TRUSTIES FIRST WPA PROJECT SKIP DURING NIGHT} FOR N. D. APPROVED Pair Were Working on Low-|$2,632 Expenditure for Ryder lands Farm; Speedy Appre- Golf Course Meets Pres- anything it pleases. This,) Forest River, ae a neither | Funeral services were held Wednes- government, since|day for John A. Wood, 75, in the has rights which| Presbyterian church. hension Is Predicted Speedy apprehension of two prison- ers who escaped from the state peni- tentiary farm on the Missouri river bottoms sometime Tuesday night was predicted Wednesday by Warden Dell Patterson. The men, Norbert Morin, 37, and Lewis LaFrambois, 39, were working as trusties on a prison farm south of Bismarck where they slept and ate on week-days while employed on an irrigation project for potatoes and vegetables. They skipped out sometime during the night and their absence was not discovered until Wednesday morning. Patterson said that while he as yet has not received any reports from state peace officers regarding the two men’s whereabouts, he was cer- tain they would be located ‘short- 1 ly. Both of the missing prisoners were sentenced from Walsh county. Morin was serving from one to three years at hard labor for forgery. He began his term in April. LaFrambois, a French Indian, was sentenced last June to one-and-one-half years for engaging in the liquor traffic. Olson-for-President Movement Launched Minneapolis, Aug. 14—(7)—R. D. Cramer, editor of the Minneapolis Labor Review, Wednesday had ini- tiated a Governor Olson-for-presi- dent movement here. Dissatisfaction with the Roosevelt administration’s| attitude toward wages and working} hours in the WPA projects led to his recommendation, Cramer said. n of Hoidale’s Daughter Succumbs to Asthma Minneapolis, Aug. 14.—()—Mour- ‘all|aine Hoidale, 20, daughter of For- mer Congressman Einar Hoidale, best |died at a hotel where she made her home Tuesday night. Miss Holdale upon which|had suffered from asthma since early childhood. She was a student at the confront-| University of Minnesota. JOHN WOOD RITES HELD N. D., Aug. 14.—(P)— Died at his home Monday. 4 ii ident’s Approval An allotment of $2,632 from work relief funds for. what is believed to be the first WPA project for North Dakota was approved Wednesday by President Roosevelt, according to As- sociated Press dispatches from Wash- ington, The allotment is for the construc- tion of a golf course at Ryder in Ward county. State Director Thomas H. Moodie Wednesday had not been officially notified of the allotment but said he thought it to be the first one approv- ed by the president for the state. To the allotted amount will be add- ed $122 pledged by the sponsor of the project under the works program fil- ed by Moodie, Dead Flasher Woman Has 98 Descendants Survived by 98 descendants, Mrs. Michael Schmidt, Sr., 69, died late Tuesday at a Flasher hospital. Sur- viving are nine children, 76 grand children and 13 great grand children. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning at Fallon, CARLETON BACK AT WORK Cooperstown, N. D., Aug. 14.—(7)— Will H. Carleton, Griggs county judge 37 years, is back at his desk after fighting a winning three-month bat- tle for his life. ! Grizzlies Butt in | On Midnight Picnic |_On Midnight Picnic Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Aug. 14. —(#)—Bears broke up a midnight supper, and Richard Roach of Billings, Mont., nursed bruises Wednesday to show for it. Roach and Miss Geraldine Green of Cedar Rapids, Ia., were boiling potatoes and eggs in @ small geyser pool when four grizzlies intruded. Three of them lumbered into the woods when Roach shouted, but the fourth reared up and struck Roach to earth. When the bear started toward Miss Green, Roach drew its attention again by shouting and waving his arms. Knocked down again, Roach “played dead” and the bear de- parted. D. Highway Department _ [MASH HURLER OF roval of U.S. Bureau! SAINTSSTRIKES OUT FIRST 9 FARGO MEN Minnesota Champions Scord First Two Runs Without Obtaining Hit 1,500 FANS CHEER TEAMS Welford Pitches First Ball Af« ter Impressive Flag- Rais- ing Ceremony St. Paul led Fargo, 3-0, at the end of the fifth inning of the championship game. St. Paul took a three-run lead in the first four innings of the chame pionship game with Fargo for the re= gional Junior American Legion basee ball title here Wednesday afternoon, Dvork, flashy hurler, struck out the first five Fargo men to face him, as the game got under way with a crowd of 1,500 persons present. Gov. Walter Welford participated in the flag-raising ceremonies which opened the game and pitched the first ball to Joe Rabinovich of Grand Forks, tournament commissioner. The Saints scored two runs without obtaining a hit in the first inning by taking advantage of two Fargo mis- plays. First Saint Walks Hermes first Saint to bat, walked and stole second. F. Horwath wag safe on a fielders choice. R. Hora wath got life on an error by Chrise tianson, reaching first with Hermeg scoring. McGinty was safe on an error by 'W. Stafney. Lavalle reached first on a fielders choice, F. Horwath scoring. R. Horwath was caught at second on the play. Sweeney struck out and Gill grounded out. Two runs, no hite, two errors. In the last half of the first, Mur- phy, Puller and Kallinan struck out. Bismarck enjoyed a partial half- holiday as its residents turned out to watch the championship game which will see either Fargo or the Christie de Parcq Post team of 8t. Paul crowned as the best of approxi- mately 5,000 junior teams in the northwest. In line with proclamations by Gov. Walter Welford and Mayor A. P. Lenhart, state, city and county of- fices were working with reduced forces in order that as many em< Ployes as possible might attend the climax of the baseball season in Bis- marek. The high school band played the Star Spangled Banner as the national emblem was raised to float over the scoreboard during the game. So far as could be learned Wednesday, it was the first flag-raising ever held at _the new big-league baseball park. Bob Haas, star port-side flinger, took the mound for Fargo and gave the St. Paul lads a chance to hi¢ at his cross-fire offerings. Mark Haywood, St. Paul mentor started Ed Dvorak on the mound, GARBERICK ADMITS $800 PECULATIONS Convict Confesses Helping Him- self to State Highway Funds While An Employe John Garberick, now serving a > to-five year sentence in the North countant for the state highway de- partment. Confronted with evidences of pecu- lations discovered by auditors after his incarceration in prison, Garberick confessed to James Austin, assistant attorney general, Warden Dell Pater- son and J. N. Roherty, highway de- research ‘. July, 1934, but was later re-instated. Implicated in @ robbery in a Bis- marck hotel in April, 1935, Garberick skipped out. He was traced to Cali- fornia where he was arrested and re- tured to Burleigh county. While hel¢ in the Burleigh county jail he con- trived an escape, only to be re-arrest- ed in Indiana and returned. Garberick pleaded guilty to the charge of first-degree robbery in con- nection with the local incident and was given a hard labor sentence. Utilities Operators Appear Before Board.