The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1936, Page 1

(a ] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1986 '. The Weather Pair tonight and Sunday; cold Pm ail PRICE FIVE CENTS 6 Army Fliers Killed in Plane Crash Western North Dakota Reclamation Association Born TIWEHAS COMEFIR (Cab Drivers Face NEW PIONEERING IN ND, SAYS WE WELFORD| ne impetus ‘was given to the city ee pgp hoy bogging id speeding motorists New Organization Is Pl Is Pledged to Saturday’ wisn ewe; Warrinawecs Further Conservation Plans for Slope 3 KRIER ELECTED PRESIDENT out against drivers of taxicabs and two. other men. the city magistrate’s of exceeding the Complains eno ein etl arrested under the stricter bea Nearly Score of Projects Are} ment of the traffic ordinance which | began late this week. Reviewed as Feasible With Federal Aid ‘Western North Dakota marshaled | Feb. 1, by Judge Edward The three men, Pat Joyce, Donald Crane and Claude Martin, entered pleas of not guilty and the trials were continued until 2 sehee m., “pote its forces at Mandan Friday night to! Guilty pleas were entered by L Les- join with the Greater North Dakota|}ie Farnum, taxi driver, and Archie association in an attempt to bring in- sured crops and a stable farm revenue to dry acres in this part of the state. Men from all sections of the Mis- souri Slope met with G. N. D. A. of- ficials to form the Western North Dakota Reclamation and Conserva- tion association which will affiliate with the national association. The new organization is pledged to campaign for furtherance of conser- vation and irrigation projects in the western part of the state, to seek dam and river and flood control measures and federal aid for their construc- tion. Krier Named President Heading the new association is Ja- Mott; 8. W. Corwin, Bismarck; E. w. Jones, Kildeer; W. P. Whitney, Dick- inson; Michael Tschida, Glen Ullin, and Martin Holtan, Washburn. Nearly a score of reclamation proj- ects were reviewed before J. E. Davis of Bismarck, chairman, turned the) session into an open conservation dis- “Gor. Walter Welf sounded keynote, calling aan North Da- kotans to aid in water and soil con- servation. Need New Pioneers “The time has come when North Dakota must rebuild,” he declared. “Experiences in recent years have proven that water and soil conserva- tion are among the most important building activities for the state. Early Pioneers took the best the state had to offer as do all pioneers, but pioneer days are on the way out. The time has come for new pioneers.’ Ryan outlined the necessity for af- filiating with the National Reclama- tion association and reviewed the ac- complishments of 13 other states Renboldt, delivery truck driver. Each Speeding Charges was fined $10, bringing the total of $10-penalties exacted to four. Stanton said he had made out the complaints “only in the interests of helping the campaign to halt the fast driving.”. He declared that the' three taxicabs passed him shortly before he was arrested by the police, indicating that they were going faster than he was. Stanton admitted that he did not realize the necessity of filing the formal charges against the men and only reported the speeding in an ef- fort to aid the city in carrying the campaign to a successful conclusion. Allen said Saturday he would con- tinue to fine all violators alike “‘be- cause of the extreme danger to hu- man life at speeds in excess of the speed limit, especially in view of the slippery condition of the streets.” Teamwork Urged By Miss Dewson Seaman for the 1936 Miss: Dewson, For saving the life of Eunice R. Gress, 8, when attacked by an enraged bull, Roy P. Greisen, 14- @ medal for heroism by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission. (Associated Press Photo) forming the association. He claimed} ___ that prior to formation of the asso- ciation congress granted only $90,- 000,000 for reclamation during a long, period. In the last four years, through | the associations’ efforts, congress has granted an average of $100,000,000 an- nually for this purpose He said the state planning board has asked the National Resources committee to make detailed studies in this state. Approximately one million acres in western North Dakota could be placed under irrigation, E. J. Thomas, state engineer, asserted in discussing the Possibilities under the program. See Great 8. W. Corwin, calling attention to the irrigation project at Sidney, Mont., said he knew one man with a quarter section of land there who got @ revenue of $10,000 a year. Mis- souri river bottom land is just as rich, he said, pointing out that after a crop had been blown out in the spring and PUTNAM CONVICTED OF KILLING MARSHAL Jury Recommends That Texas Man Serve Seven Years in State Prison Valley City, N. D, Jan. 2—()— B. L, Putnam of Dallas, Tex., Satur- day was convicted of first degree; manslaughter in the killing of Dave Stewart, Hope, N. D., marshal, the night of Aug. 14, 1933. The jury rece ommended that he.be sentenced to dried out in the summer he still got| serve seven years in the state peni- tentiary. 200 bushels of potatoes per acre. Other possibilities suggested by| The jury's verdict was returned after speakers were those for raising sugar|more than 20 hours of deliberation, beets, feeding the tops and beet con-| the case being given to it at 5 p. m. centrate to cattle and sending the| Friday by Judge M. J. Englert decision roots to a sugar factory. Among projects mentioned as pos- sible of development, in addition to the Missouri river bottoms, were those involving the Heart, Cannon Ball, Cedar and Little Missouri rivers. In attendance, in addition to others mentioned, were Dugald Stewart, Bowman; Henry Melaas, New Eng- land; H P. Goddard and Paul Wach- ter, Bismarck; C. J. Ehlers, Garrison; r E Giedt, Richardton, and Harry Peyton, Williston. Mention was made of the fact that the national officers of the reclama- tion association will be in Bismarck Feb. 4 at which time definite plans for North Dakota’s participation in its work will be made. Orders Bond Payoff With Returned Cash Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 25.—(?)}— Judge Andrew Miller of the United States district court, freeing the im- pounded processing tax money paid by the state mill and elevator here, Saturday ordered that the money be applied to payment of the mill bonds after the costs of the action had been met. The judge specified that the mill might pay $100,000 of its indebted- ness tothe: Bank: of ‘North -Dakota/ - from the funds before applying the residue to the bonds. being reached shortly = fe 3 p. m. Saturday. Thompson Dedicates School atl Elbowoods Elbowoods, N. Dad Jan. 25.—Arthur public instruction, speaker at the: dedication here Fri- day night of a new four-room school building. Washington, Jan. 25.—(?)—The ad- in| ministration neutrality ‘bill was pic- man has” to plunge the United States into danger of conflict with other nations. One of Four Mills Brothers Is Dead | |g? Reliafonetsine,. O., Jan. 25.—@) —John ra Investors’ Depression Losses Far Greater Than Taxes, She Points Out Asserting America has been and is “in a peck of trouble” because we have not adjusted ourselves to ma- | chine production and because we| have failed to realize that we no long- er are isolated, Miss M yy Dewson ad- vocated policies based on cooperation Tather than rugged individualism in an address at the World War Memo- rial building Friday night. bere. head of the advisory. committee’ of the women’s national organization in the party, was the principal speaker at these meetings Because her train was late she fail- ed to arrive in time for Friday night's address at the time scheduled and approximately half the crowd had left the lower gymnasium of the Memo- rial building, where the meeting was held, before she arrived. Miss Dew- son was introduced by W. D. Lynch. Cooperation Necessary Illustrating her contention that Americans must learn to live together, Miss Dewson pointed that if farmers are ‘producing for less than cost they cannot buy atitomobiles and the work- / made. ers in motor factories cannot buy the farm products they need. Coopera- tion to survive is the only way out, she said, Upholding the activities of the Roosevelt administration, Miss Dew- son said it has “had the courage, ini- tiative and intelligence to declare that the general welfare is the end and aim of t.”” The president, she said, has been working along three lines: to restore prosperity; lighten the burdens on various groups, like farmers and con- sumers and to remove abuses in our system which have been tolerated so \long they seem, like vested interests. Repeated Seven Times Taking a fling at Former ‘President Hoover, Miss Dewson said he now is ' asserting that “the corner” was turned before he left the presidency. Ad- mitting that this “might be so” she indicated doubt by pointing out that seven times, following temporary halts in the depression, he asserted that the corner had been turned. Defending the spending policies of ‘and|the Roosevelt administration, Miss Dewson asserted that manufacturers were $8,000,000,000 in the red in both 1931 and 1932 “despite the fact that meny of them had closed their plants. This $16,000,000,000 paid out of re- serves of private persons, she said, was $6,000,000,000 more that Roose- velt’s depression expenditures, al- thous part of these expenditures are in recoverable assets. ‘These figures, she said, do not in- clude the cost of the depression to farmers. Cites Own Losses Asking which the public preferred, “great losses or taxes which are com- paratively small,” Miss Dewson cited her own case, saying that in 1929 she lost about one-third of her savings, though they had been cautiously in- vested. No taxes, she said, eyer will equal the amounts lost by the people during the debacle. The principle to be remembered, she said, is that without prosperity Private losses are overwhelmingly greater than any taxes and “with we can wipe out our debts withcut too great hardship, provided each is taxed according to his ability to pay.” The Roosevelt effort, she said, has been to obtain social justice for all classes, including the 400,000 farmers who farms mortgaged to banks. tariff, she said, did nothing for agriculture but increase its costs, even though it was the Republican apr of meeting the farm problem. other result, she said, was that pa eign countries retaliated by practic- ally cutting off all agricultural tm- ports. The result, she said, was “great- er lack of balance and greater social injustice.” Though checkmated temporarily by the AAA decision, the adminis! (Continued on Page Three) SUBSIDY-SOIL FARM RELIEF PLAN ACTION DELAYED IN SENATE, Provision for Cooperation from States Included in New Bill Draft FARM PAYMENTS PROBABLE Productivity of Acreage to Be _ Taken in Consideration by Secretary Washington, Jan. 25—(#)—Still doubtful of its constitutionality, the | senate agriculture committee Satur- | day deferred final action on the ad- ministration’s subsidy-so) conserva- tion farm plan until after Secretary Wallace and legal aides present their judgment Monday. The text of the new bill made pub- lic by Chairman Smith (Dem.-8. C.) showed it retained the broad powers in the original draft for the secre- tary of agriculture to make grants to farmers for improving their soil and economically using their land. Added to the declaration of policy, which extends the of the} soll erosion act of 1935, was that the subsidies, after Gan. 1, 1938, would be for “assistance to and cooperation with the states in state action cal- culated to effectuate such purposes. Speedy payments of fariaien Wi who complied with crop control contracts signed before the jspdocirs court eal AAA recep arta be in prospect. house passed and sent to the al Friday a bill containing $296,185.000 for the purpose. The house refused to vote funds to enforce the potato con- trol act passed at the last session. A new section regarding the per- manent program of state aid said: “Funds available after Dec. 31, 1937, to carry out the purposes of Section for payments in connection with farming operations carried out prior to Jan. 1, 1938, and administrative expenses in connection therewith.” Also added to the enlarged policy declaration was a statement that de- pletion of the soil and the improper use of soil resources endanger the assurance of an adequate supply of farm commodities “at a fair price” to producers and consumers. “In determining the amount of any payment upon (1), (2)s or (3),” the bill says, “the secretary shall take into consideration the productivity of the acreage affected by the farm- ing practices adopted during the year with Ricucomeet to which such payment is FEDERAL BRAKE PU ON STOCK EXCHANG Margin Trading’s Case Ante Is Raised in Unexplained, Un- heralded Action Washington, Jan. 25.— (#)— Eyes glued on ticker tape, officials watched Saturday for the effects of the fed- eral reserve board’s surprise action in jamming a brake on the stock mar- ket. Acting without advance hints, the board announced Friday night a 22.2 per cent boost in the cash ante a pur- chaser must ‘put up if he desires to buy securities on margin. The new rule, applying to most se- curities though not all, says that be- ginning Feb. 1 the buyer will have to put up 55 per cent of the purchase price, instead of 45 as heretofore. The move was regarded as stringent, and much speculation immediately arose as to its cause. Reserve board members would not talk, but one of- ficial said privately it was intended 2 curb any incipient speculative boom | | King Edward Escorts Father's Body to Westminster ANTLNEW DEALERS. RALLY TO HEAR AL Political Leaders Anticipate Smith Will Outline His Future Steps ing that a history - making pa may occur Saturday was current in the capital as Alfred E. Smith travel- led here to address an American Lib- erty League dinner and a radio audi- ence at 9 p. m., central standard time. Political leaders were excited over the possibility of a declaration of Smith’s course in the presidential campaigning. They felt the speech might indicate whether or not Smith intends to take off his coat and fight the New Deal in the political wars to come. Smith will speak over a nationwide radio hook-up (Columbia Broadcast: ing System). Interest in Smith’ speech has been heightened by the silence he has maintained for many months, his action in declining an in- vitation to spend the night at the White House, and his failure to pre- Pare advance copies of his address. Another $300,000 Is Given Welfare Board North Dakota’s 2 per cent sales tax Saturday provided another $300,000 for the state welfare board to be used for relief work throughout the state, officials announced. A total of $1,300,000, representing 130,000,000 tax pennies, now has ac- tually been transferred from the sales tax collecting agency into other state channels as directed by the 1935 leg- islature. | Boy Drops Dead as He Recites Lesson New England, N. D., Jan. 25.— Jerome, 9-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs, Frank Wanner, dropped dead . in class as he rose to recite in the * Bt. Pius school, 10 miles north of this city, Wednesday afternoon. Dr. W. H. Gilsdorf, called from New England to attend the boy, reported his death was due to a brain tumor. Grainmen’s Convention, Prominent state officials and lead- ing grain men of the Northwest will be the main speakers on the 25th an- nual convention program of the North Dakota Farmers Grain Dealers assoc- jation, which opens here Tuesday, Feb. 4. Program for the three-day “silver anniversary” meeting, sessions of which will be held in the city audi- torlum and Warld War Memorial building, were announced Saturday by President C. H. Conaway of Stark- weather, acting secretary, who took over the duties of the late P. A. Lee. Principal speakers will by C. Morris of the Milwaukee Railway Co.; E. J. Grimes, Mi » member of the grain committee on national at- fairs; R. 3B. Bowden, Minneapolis secretary of the Northwest Country 3; Gov. Walter governor; B. Greater North ‘Dakota, association; C W. McDonnell, board of railroad com- stration | missioners; and Milton K. Higgins, compensation workmen’ bureau. ‘Will Open Here Feb. 4 Other Speakers Named Other talks will be given by Mayor/the Republican gubernatorial nom- . F.!ination is without his authorization Gunkelman of Fargo, T. E. Goulding| and consent, Walker made plain in a of Edmore, C. Gibson of Ypsilanti, and! statement to The Tribune Saturday. | ‘A. P. Lenhart of Bismarck, E. W. Norcross and E. M. Gillig, both of the Agricultural college division. Listed as entertainment features arrangements for which are in charge of a local committee, are a banquet on the evening of the first day in honor of the members of the assoc- tation’s first board of directors; a $2-round boxing card the second D | night, and a dance at the Dome pa- vilion at the close of the convention. George F. Bird is chairman of the local group. Other members are O. Frank Milhollan, V. 1. Concerts ‘by the Bismarck Juvenile or the Granimen’s band will launch each morning and afternoon session. Election of the board of directors ana | ber, the selection of the 1936 convention I Accompanied by his bro.uers and his sister’s husband, Lord Harewood, King Edward VIII of England is shown in the top NEA Service radio-photoe, marching in the funeral procession that ac- companied the body of King George V from Sandringham to Wolferton Station for the 100- mile train trip to London where he was to lie in state until the funeral. Shown left to right are the Duke ‘of Kent, Lord Here- wood, the Duke of York, King Edward and the Duke of Glou- .cester, FERA DEBTS BEING PAID OFF RAPIDLY Missouri Slope Counties Get Slices of $1,300,000 Fund Since Jan. 16 Checks at the rate of 1,000 per day are being mailed by the state welfare board to nearly 70,000 business firms and individuals in North Dakota who have claims against the federal gov- ernment, officials announced here Saturday. Approximately $1,300,000 will be paid in this manner in the next few weeks. Since Jan, 16, when authorization to make the payments was given in “| Washington, $20,000 has been paid in Burleigh county; Oliver county has received $2,000; Kidder county, $9,000; Logan, $5,000; Emmons, $10,000 and Morton $27665. Every community in the state is ef- fected by the monies turned over to the governor in trust, to be expended by the state welfare board in payment of old FERA accounts. Most of the accounts represent bills for advance- ment of groceries, fuel, clothing or other commodities to families on re- lef. The state action, instigated by Gov- ernor Welford, is believed to have speeded up the payment several months. Officials of the welfare board said that federal cooperation was obtained only because of the “‘con- fidence and trust” in Governor Wel- ford. When the plan was first suggested, Washington authorities declared there was no precedent for the proposal and that the state could not be permitted to handle the funds and pay the fed- eral bills but later approved the Pro-| ; my cutting red tape to eliminate) delay, the first checks aggregating ap- proximately $500,000 were in the mails within 48 hours after the money was made available. Walker Asserts He Is Not a Candidate Whatever R. H. Walker's friends are doing to boom him as a candidate for The workmen's compensation com-_ missioner, a wheel horse in the Non- League for years, asserted that he has no gubernatorial aspira- tions and has not authorized mention of his name for that position. Walker and Dr. E. C. Stucke, Garri- gon, were mentioned in Associated Press dispatches Friday as possible compromise candidates if the Non- partisan convention is unable to agree on anyone else. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Hebron, N. D., Jan. 25.—The He- .| bron Baby Beef club elected the fol- lowing officers for the coming year Rudolph Hermes, president; Wilbur Hermes, vice president; Walter Trei- secretary; Thomas Jones, local leader, and members Alvin Treiber, site will be ee: at the closing| Billy Jones, Walter Schroeder, James and Walter Hermes. THREE CONVICTED IN BREMER'S KIDNAPING Two Barker-Karpis Gangsters Get Life; McDonald to Hear Fate Feb. 1 Bt. Paul, Jan,-25.—)—-Convicted as conspirators in the $200,000 kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, wealthy bark president, two Barker-Karpis mob: sters Saturday were doomed for life terms in a federal prison while a third conferedate, labelled as the “money-changer, next Saturday. A federal court jury, after deliber- ating less than three hours, late Fri- day decided that William Weaver. paroled lifer of Little Rock, Ark., and Harry Sawyer, who came here in 1921 from Omaha, Neb., to become a leader in the underworld, were involved in the original kidnap plot, while Cas- sius McDonald, Detroit engineer, was found guilty of exchanging a consid- erable portion of the ransom money in Cuba. Immediately after the verdicts were read, Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye sen- tenced Weaver and Sawyer to life terms in a federal penitentiary to be designated by the U. 8, attorney gen- eral and granted a plea of counsel for McDonald to defer sentence. ELEVEN IN FAMILY KILLED AT CROSSING Fort Wayne, Ind. Jan. 25.—(P)— Four-year-old Phyllis McBride died Saturday of injuries received Friday in the train-automobile crash in which 10 other members of the McBride family were killed. The accident killed the entire fam- ily of Marion McBride, 43-year-old farmer and relief worker who was re- turning to his little one-room home near Grabil after attending the funeral here of Mrs. McBride's broth- er, William Conner. One hundred and fifty feet from Mrs. McBride's ‘mangled form was found the body of a stillborn baby. ‘Motorists Warned Of Blocked Roads Motorists were e warned late Satur- day by the state highway department that week-end traveling in North Da- kota may be hampered in some sec- tions by blocked roads if oes snow continues. WINNIPEG CASH GRAIN Winnipeg, Jan. 25. San) onal wheat: No. 1 northern 84%; No. 2 northern 82%; No. 3 northern 78%. Oats, No, 2 white 34%; No. 3 white 29%. ih aa Slayer Granted Fourth Reprieve Salt Lake City, Jan. 25—(7)— Delbert Green lived Saturday— upon his fourth respite from death before a firing squad, for the slaying of three persons, his mother-in-law awaited sentence Green was ‘granted a reprieve until Feb. 15 by Gov. Henry H. Blood, only a few hours before he was to face the firing squad at dawn, “This reprieve is granted,” said the governor, “because an appeal is before the state su- preme court involving the consti- tutional rights of the condemned man.” TWO BIG BOMBERS PLUMMET 10 EARTH AIRE AT HONOLULU Two Officers Escape, One Be- ing Alive by Miracle After "Chute Failed WERE FLYING IN FORMATION Trapped Aviators Never Had Chance Because of Low Al- titude at Time Honolulu, Jan, 25.—()—Six army airmen were killed in a night collision of two big bombers which crashed in winding sheets of flame at Luke Field, military air base on Ford Island. Two others aboard the planes were able to bail out in parachutes and es- caped with injuries, Army authorities ordered an ime mediate investigation of the crash, one of Hawaii's worst aviation disas- ters. The dead: Lieut. William G. Beard, 28, San Francisco. Staff Sergt. Bernard F. Jablon- owsky, 33, Honolulu. Pvt. John B. Hartman, 27, Chi- AZO. Pvt. Bruce Taylor, 26, Puyallup, Wash. Pvt. Truman J. Gardner, 27, Ol- ney, Tl. Pvt. Gordon M.° Parkhurst, 43, Yorkville, N. ¥. The two who escaped were Reserve Lieut. Charles E. Fisher, 23, Asheville, N. C., pilot of one of the planes, and Pvt. Thomas E. Lanigan, 24, Rich- mond, Va., who was aboard the her. Lieutenant Fisher twice escaped death. He barely managed to leap clear when the planes crashed. Then his parachute did not open. Wire Checks Fall He plummeted toward earth, his fall unchecked. Scarcely 100 feet above the ground his ‘chute caught on. @ Tope extending from an oil tank to the ground and left him dangling a few yards above the field. He was unhurt except for a bruised leg and @ few cuts but was suffering from shock. Private Lanigan suffered lacera- tions and bruises. He and Lieutenant Fisher were the only ones that were able to bail out. The bodies of the victims were burned beyond recognition. “They never had a chance,” said one officer, Capt. Joseph H. Tweitty, army in- telligence officer, said however, all might have been able to bail out safe- ly if the planes had not been flying so low as they prepared to land. Crashing in the darkness shortly after 7 p. m. (12:30 a, m. EST, Sat- urday), the planes burst into flames 1,000 feet above Luke Field. Exploded When Hit Ground observers said Lieut. Beard’s plane apparently exploded when hit. The planes fell like torches within 100 feet of the naval air base gasoline tanks but the flames were quickly ex- tinguished. Honolulu, nine miles away, heard the terrific crash, and the glare of the flames was visible on Waikiki beach, 10 miles distant. Lieut. John K. Gerhart, Luke field adjutant, said the planes were among three in the last element of a group of nine flying in echelon formation. He said the cause of the crash was not known and that it was too dark to see how nearly the third plane approached the collision. Others Keep Flying The other seven planes in the for- mation remained in the air until the charred bodies and tangled wreckage was cleared from the field. All of the planes were flying in formation when the crash occurred. An echelon formation places the planes in a diagonal line, with each craft behind and slightly to one side of the leader. . In this formation it was the crash was caused by in| of the wing tips. THREE DIE AS SHIP CRASHES IN TEXAS FOG Itasca, Texas, Jan. 25.—()—Three men—e pilot and two Dallas busi- nessmen—were killed in an airplane crash Saturday. The privately owned ship hurtled down through dense fog into a pasture six miles southeast of here, The dead are Ralph C. Kirk, pilot: Aly Albert H. Boren, Dallas, archi- tect, and George W. Carter, Dallas, salesman. Lie Detector Test of Hauptmann Planned Trenton, N. J., Jan. 25.—(#)—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman invited Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s prosecutors and defense counsel Saturday to agree on @ lie detector test. Such a test of the condemned kid- nap slayer of the Lindbergh baby, the governor said, might bring answers to some of the puzzling phases of the case. WELFORD CLUB FORMED Thompson, N. D., Jan, 25.—(?)—A Welford-for-Governor club was form- ed here Saturday when supporters elected William Morrow and John Eider, both of Thompson, president and secretary respectively. 9 JURORS CHOSEN 'W. Liggett, newspaper publisher, Sat- urday was in a week-end recess, with nine jurors picked, u a