The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper \ ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘ ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935 FERA Liquidation Begi ° ns_ in France Stand Against Italy Eases Europe War Fear MUSSOLIN| PLANNING TO PUSH OCCUPATION IN ETHIOPA QUICKLY Paris Will Support Britain in Case Duce Orders Attack on British Fleet AIDS ANGLO-FRENCH AMITY Renewed Peace Negotiations Hoped for Through Lat- est Developments (By the Associatéd Press) Franco-British collaboration has eased the international tension in the Mediterranean, informed sources in London said Saturday. Talk of a crisis in the relations of Great Britain and Italy over the ques- tion of an oil embargo on the Fascist domain by the League of Nations simmered down on the heels of France's frank warning to Italy against any unprovoked attack on Britain’s Mediterranean fleet. One commentator referred to “Mus- solini’s change of tune,” but on the war front new evidence up to support the belief that the Italian premier intended pushing his cam- paign of occupation of Ethiopia to a swift conclusion. Uttered Threat Friday Only Friday well informed Italian sources said I] Duce planned to at- tack the British fleet in Mediter- ranean waters if Downing Street, mainspring of the League sanctions movement, pressed for the imposition of an oil embargo on Italy. The French response to that was speedy. Observers saw in the atti- tude of the French government fur- ther evidence of Paris’ increased co- operation with the British in an ef- fort to end the east African conflict by outside economic and financial pressure on Italy. Ever since the start of the we British diplomacy has engaged inet campaign of weaning France from the belief that her national security de- pended on alignment with Italy. Sat- urday official circles in Paris con- ceded the possibility of conversations between Premier Pierre Laval and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to strengthen the “common front” to- ward Italy. Peace Hopes Revived Some British circles saw in the lat- est developments the chance of re- newed peace negotiations. In spite of the Franco-British “front,” Italy was definitely more op- timistic. As Premier Mussolini called his cabinet into session, primarily to discuss monetary matters, Italian bankers foresaw an easing of financial GIFTS 10 MEMORIAL | restrictions applied under the nations) war program. ~ Financial experts said more money was in prospect for Italy's treasury than it had ever before held—tons of gold and billions of bank notes. The government's problem is to finance the east African war .and combat league penalties with new taxes, cash from bond conversion and requisition of Italian credits and securities abroad. Mrs. Rasmusson, 74, Is Claimed by Death Mrs, Engeborg Rasmusson, 74, widow living on a farm northeast of Driscoll, died at 2-p. m., Friday at 9 local hospital from infirmities inct- dent to old age. Born Dec. 16, 1860 at Sand, Norway, Mrs. Rasmusson immigrated to. the United States in 1885. She and her husband lived in Minnesota for sev- eral years before moving to Driscoll. Mr, Rasmusson died several years ago She was a member of the Lutheran church, p. m., Monday at the Driscoll Rev. ©. T. Brenna officiating. Burial will be made there. Mrs, Rasmusson leavea two sons, Carl of-Grand Rapids., Mich. and Sam Rasmusson of Driscoll. Richardton Pioneer Is Taken by Death Hoover Fears Spread Of Agnostic Beliefs FUND REACH $435.41 Additional Contributions Re- ceived Saturday to Help Crippled Children Bismarck’s contribution to the Will Rogers Memarial fund reached $435.41 Saturday when additional gifts do- nating $9.80 were recorded. This money, together with any additional sums which may be received and the contributions from other North Da- kota cities’ will be sent to the nation- al Will Rogers Memorial commission which will determine-how the money can best be used to aid crippled and handicapped: children. New donors and the position of the fund follow: = Previously listed . W. J. Devlin .. ++ $435.41 Motor Registrations In State Increasing McCoy, .state motor vehicle with. im; costs, and 72 d said. | ve The Fall of Makale; a Chapter in History | — state game laws during the four North Dakota motor vehicle regis-| months ending Nov. 5 were announced trations have shown a steady increase | saturday by A. I. over those for the previous year, L. sang fish X eS 2 . In piciures rushed to America is recorded the historic capture of Ma- kale,. marking recovery of territory from which Italian forces were driven 40 years before by Ethiopia. Makale looms large as the vic- torious troops, scattered across the plain, approach it. Below, the advance guard of the Italian conquerors is pictured as they took their ease on an elevation in the town toward which they had toiled many PERJURY TRIAL OF QUARTET T0 BEGIN BRE ON TUESDAY Attorneys Believe Action First of Its Kind in Federal Court History SPRINGS FROM AFFIDAVIT] Four Charged With Having Falsely Sworn to Two Alle- gations Against Miller Charged with perjuring themselver in an affidavit of prejudice, former Gov. William Langer and three asso- ciates will go on trial here Tuesday in United States district court, less than three weeks after their second federal conspiracy trial ended in jury disagreement. On trial with Langer will be Oscar E. Erickson, chairman of the Repub- iftan state central committee; R. A. Kinzer, former secretary of the state relief association, and Frank A. Vo- gel, former state highway commis- sioner. Attorneys believe the perjury action to be the first of its kind in federal court history. U. 8. District Attorney P. W. Lanier, prosecutor in the con- spiracy cases, declared he knew of -|no similar action in federal courts. Indicted on Oct. 17 The four were indicted, by the Yed- eral grand jury at Fargo, Oct. 17, two weeks after they had filed a lengthy affidavit of prejudice against Fed- judge at the first consipiracy trial of the group in 1934, The first trial ended in conviction, later reversed by U. 8S. circuit court of appeals. As a result of the affidavit, Feteral Judge A. Lee Wyman of Sioux Falls, S. D., was named to act in the sec- ond. conspiracy trial here, which opened Oct. 28 and ended Nov. 15 with the -juty deadlocked in a dis- agreement. : Judge Wyman also will sit in the perjury trial, following filing of a second affidavit of prejudice against Judge Miller by the defendants. The four have pleaded innocence to the perjury charges. Claims Liberty Issue Langer in a statement after his in- dictment, declared he had “filed an honest affidavit against Judge Mil- ler.” His indictment, he claimed, “puts Langerism out of the picture and puts in its place the issue of civil liberty.” Specifically, the quartet is charged with having falsely sworn to two alle- gations in the affidavit. One re- volved around claimed statements by Judge Miller to the jury prior to start miles under the hot African sun. The native mud huts make a dreary contrast with the‘gleaming white buildings of European in- 4 spiration in the distance. LET’S START NOW At the close of every Christmas season in recent years, public- spirited citizens have commented that Bismarck should “light up and spruce up” for the holiday trade. ‘That it would be good business to do so under present circum- stances seems undeniable. Thé cost of street lighting has been reduced and the new contract with the power company calls for greater use of electricity for this purpose. Local florists have prepared early to meet the demand for green- ery decorations and the city administration is willing to install and put into operation attractive festoons of colored lights at each street intersection in the business district. Proper attention to these things might benefit merchants by extending the Christmas shopping season. Shout “shop early” as you will, the. great bulk of people do not take this seriously until the Christmas spirit becomes manifest by the things which they see. around them, By presenting the outward signs of the inner glow.which this season always brings, Bismarck can make an effort to develop a greater total business, spread over a longer period of time. The city commission will do what the merchants and towns- folk want. If they want a better and more orderly holiday trade they might experiment with a “brighten-up and cheer-up cam- paign.” If the idea has any merit at all now is the time to put it into effect. 21 Arrested in State BANDITS GET on For Bucking Game Law Fig Aosio, Hor. agiterd wounded Saturday when five bandits armed with a machine gun held up two city paymasters and robbed them oe pesetas — approximately Twenty-one arrests for violation of Peterson, state game ner. Nineteen persons were convicted : ith. imposition of $347.10 in fines and jays jail sentence, he Two other cases are still pend- convictions were those on it 6-year old boy on A i E fi of the first conspiracy trial; the sec- ond was the claim Judge Miller had prepared commitments for the de- fendants before the jury returned its verdict. Shortly before beginning of the conspiracy trial, text of the affidavit of .prejudice was published in a weekly newspaper edited by Lars J. Siljan, state hail department man- ager. An editorial commenting on the perjury indictment also was published. * In jon Incomplete Immediately the U. 8. district. at- torney’s office launched an investiga- tion to determine whether Siljan had Results of the “been in contempt.” investigation are yet to be announced. Whether Judge Miller will become a witness for the government in the perjury trial remains unknown as plans of the prosecution have not been reveaied. The third trial of Langer and the co-defendants is scheduled to follow the perjury trial according to Lanier. *\COLUMBIA | eral Judge Andrew Miller, presiding | ARMY NAVY Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Final u 6 i ) PRINCETON YALE DARTMOUTH SO. METHODIST TEXAS CHRISTIAN Probably Will Be On Aid- ing Employment Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 30.—(?)— While political leaders analyzed his {Atlanta Homecoming address, Presi- dent Roosevelt resumed Saturday the paring of the 1936 federal budget, from which he already has cut $400,000,000. His speech Friday, predicting @ de- creasing deficit, was called by Henry P. Fletcher, Republican national chairman, “an obvious buildup for a future fake balancing of the budget by the New Deal éleight-of-hand.” Chairman Buchanan (Dem., Tex.), of the house appropriations commit- tee termed it a “splendid review of his accomplishments.” The budget appears to be the big problem to which the president will point the next congress. During his next 10 days here primary attention probably will center on employment aid. In this field seems to lie a big pos- sibility for a clash in expenditures. The pickup by private industry is to be gauged carefully before the final decision is made on work relief rec- ommendations. The president took no notice of the absence of anti - administrationist Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia at the Atlanta, fete. Governors Bibb Graves of Alabama, Dave Sholtz of Florida, and Olin Johnston of South Carolina shook hands with Mr. Roosevelt after the meeting. Mr. Roosevelt expounded the his- tory of government spending in the last two and a half years after referring to the “suffering” of gentlemen in “well-warmed and well-stocked clubs.” HOMER BROWNAWELL DIES OF PNEUMONIA Moffit Trucker Succumbs in Lo- cal Hospital After Short lliness Homer Brownawell, 26, operator of a trucking service at Moffit, died at Minnesota Catalogue 8:55 a. m., Saturday Ae local _hos- Tax of $1 Is Proposed|pitel. The cause of death was pneu- &t. Paul, Nov. 30. — (7) — A new means of raising funds to finance a social security program — a tax on sales catalogues—will be proposed to the special session of the Minnesota legislature opening Monday. State Senator William L, Diets will Hilly Billys Aroused Again, _As Son Kills Angry Father Stone Gap, Va., Nov. 30.—(?)—|lin knocked him ‘down, beat him, and “threatened to kill him.’ as say- of the shee. (st the recent session of congress de- prives a mortgage holder of rights £8 monia. He had been in the hospital since Sunday. Born June 19, 1909 on a farm near Richland, 8. D., Mr, Brownawell came to Burleigh county’ with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brownawell, as a boy. He received his education in the county schools and in recent years has been operating a trucking service at Moffit. Besides his parents, he leaves his widow; a son, Darrell; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Paul and Mrs. Donald waar ts int ae ewapae|Snyder, both of Bismarck; and_ two pers and magazines are excluded. brothers, Harold Brownawell of Ster- ling and Howard Brownawell of Har- jrison, Idaho. A twin brother died in infancy. Time of the funeral will be set upon receipt of word from the brother in Idaho. Judge. Wyman Holds Lemke: Act Invalid Sioux Falls, 8. D., Nov. 30—(— Federal District Judge A. Lee Wyman Saturday held unconstitutional the amended Frazier-Lemke farm mora- torium act, declaring the law passed guaranteed by the constitution. Roosevelt Begins Paring ’36 Budget : Meee eae ee Primary Attention Immediately | Famed Surgeon Dies | Victim of pneumonia in Chi- cago Saturday was Dr. Edward Starr Judd, chief of the surgical staff of the Mayo clinic of Rochester, Minn. * DR. EDWARD JUDD, FAMOUS SURGEON, DIES OF PNEUMONIA Chief of Mayo Clinic Surgery Staff Taken lil En Route to Convention Chicago, Nov. 30.—(7)—Dr. Edward Starr Judd, 57, famed surgeon of the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minn., died of pneumonia at Presbyterian hospi- tal here Saturday. Chief of the Mayo surgical staff ‘and widely known as “the surgeon's surgeon,” Dr. Judd was on his way to @ meeting of the American Clinical Surgery society in Philadelphia when stricken. Dr. Judd became ill with a cold last Saturday during a brief stop in Chi- cago. The cold developed to pneu- monia Monday and he was immedi- ately taken to the hospital. He ap- parently was recovering when he suf- fered a: relapse, physicians said. Children at Bedside Two of his five children were at his bedside when he died at 8:45 a. m. Saturday. They were Mrs. Eleanor Kirklin of Rochester and Edward, Jr., one of two sons who are studying medicine, Also at the bedside were @ brother. Cornelius; a brother-in- law, Dr. Henry Plummer, and Mrs. Plummer. to a brilliant medical career. Virtually every existing surgeons’ organization had honored his skill, best known in the field of abdomin- al surgery. Dr. Judd was born at Rochester, Minn., July 11, 1878. A son of Ed- ward F. and Emma J. Judd. i Assistant to. Dr. Judd’s death brought an end 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS COMMUNITIES MUST AGAIN ASSUME JOB FOOTBALL SCORES) (FCARINGFORPOOR Only $500,000 Left in State for Relief of Unemploy- ables This Winter WORKERS WITH WPA OR RRA Counties and Cities Supplement Funds for Distressed by Appropriations Within the next few weeks—months at the outside—the problem of caring for needy persons in North Dakota will have been laid squarely back into the lap of local communities from which it was taken by the federal gov- ernment in 1933. E. A. Willson, state FERA adminis- trator, made this clear Saturday in commenting on an order issued Friday in Washington to close down the FERA as soon as the present allotted funds are gone. North Dakota was given $515,000 with which to complete federal relief to unemployables only a few hours be- fore the order was issued. Allotments to this and 21 other states totaled $93,794,192, according to Associated Press dispatches. The Washington dispatch said North Dakota had been allotted “$407,500 plus $515,000.” Willson was unable to explain what this meant but hazarded the guess that the $515,- 000 was new money and the $407,500 referred to the balance in the state FERA fund at this or a recent date. He estimated the amount to be spent by FERA before the till would become mabey at something more than $800,- The job of caring for unemploy- ables, however, will be bigger than ever before, Willson said, since the number of old persons who are de- Pendant on public charity has in- creased during the depression for a large variety of reasons, Completing Certification In the cities. the WPA: will be charged with caring for employable Persons and in the country the work will be done by the Resettlement Ad- ministration. The work of certifying such cases from the FERA rolls to those of WPA and RRA is practically complete, Willson said. Aiding the counties in financing their local obligations will be state social welfare board which an appropriation of $500,000 made the last legislative session. It has Propriated $50,000 to the state's counties for November and had made® Fg in the county and the ability of the local government to finance legiti- mate demands for relief. In most cases, Willson said, the transition of unemployables from federal to local relief is being per- petuated through appointment by county welfare boards of FERA ad- ministrators, although this is not re- quired. The county organizations will be much smaller than the FERA set- ups, he said, since the latter @ large work-relief program when at its peak. Will Help. Some The FERA will assist people trans- ferred to WPA and RRA until they get their first checks, Willson said, after that it will have no more to do with them. Adding to the possible burden of the county relief boards, however, is a yuling regarding eligibility for fed- eral help. This provides that persons who were on the relief rolls last May and who return to it now will be given jobs but wholly new applications for help will be denied and their cases referred to the county organiza- tions. In the event that the WPA or RRA wages prove insufficient to meet the needs of large families, as is asserted to be the case by persons now, any additional help will have to come from the county boards.