The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1936, Page 1

9 ‘dications that President Roosevelt Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1936 Se an The Weather Generally fair and continued tong! ht ‘and Saturday. bcd PRICE FIVE CENTS. Temperature Falls to -33 in Bismarck Alf Landon Is Cynosure of Politics As Primaries Near FRDAY ISLAST DAY |Flannigan Comes Out for Welford FOR ILLINOIS FILING WITH KANSAN SILENT mee Indications Point to Roosevelt and Borah Entering Most of Test Races NEW DEAL ‘INSANITIES’ HIT Hoover Laughs at Ickes State- ment Former President Is Constantly Jittery ‘Washington, Feb. 14.—(#)}—The po- litical wise men looked toward the prairies Friday and wondered wheth- er supporters of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas would enter him in Re- Publican presidential primaries on Se increasing attention is cen- tered. The time is growing short. Friday is the last day for filing in Tili- nois, a state at least where backers | serted. of Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publish- er, and Senator Borah of Idaho, will do battle far in advance of conven- tion days. To Enter Most Primaries For some time there have been in- and Senator Borah plan to enter most primaries of their respective party this year, Before Colonel Knox left Boston | he ‘Thursday night to return to Chicago, he aimed another blow against what he called “The Insanities of the New Deal.” He forecast a solidly Repub- lican New England in the November election. Former President Hoover laughed but did not comment, when he was told at Portland, Ore., that Secretary Ickes described him as “in a constant state of jitters.” Go te Seattle sponsored heard attacks on and defense of the New Deal Thursday night. Praise for the supreme court came from Senator Austin (Rep., Vt.) He declared in St, Louis Thursday night that “the great and good record of the court denies political color.” S MORE FALL ILL AS GAS SEEPS IN HOMES, Illinois Town Counts Two Dead, 40 Sick From Puzzling Main Leakage Belleville, Il., Feb. 14—(#)—Jittery Friday Brother Responsible last October John Landowski of Drayton. He had sentenced to serve a two-year E i oie SES5. pee tH HT i ti é £ ‘ | i z i if 4 + DEA Langer Lieutenant Has Nothing But Praise for Administration ‘W. J. (Pat) Flannigan, state high- way commissioner, Friday announced issued prior itis contin te er, strong Nonpar- tisan leader, and formerly allied with the William Langer fac- tion, lauded the accomplishments of the present administration and warned League members to “care- fully” determine their choice for party eae. at the precinct meetings Sat- y- “If the choice will be for those lead- ers who have always stood shoulder to shoulder, battling for the Nonpar- tisan League program and never once Thoresen Offers ‘Cooperation’ to All Officials Supporting Governor Welford (By the Associated Press) Gare Sen, earlier announce- ent of a support of Aci Gov. Walter Welford, T. H. H. Those sen, anti-Langer faction leader of the Nonpartisan League, Friday offered “cooperation in this fight” to all state elective and appointive officials at a bathed at i capitol. ithout referring directly to by name, Thoresen, former caudigets for governor on the Nonpartisan League ticket two years ago, called on the officials “to aid in rebuilding what has been destroyed.” He outlined the break with the Langer forces in the campaign two years ago and declared “our group stands just where it stood two years faltering in that tremendous battle| ago, for the farmer and laborer, as the present leaders have, then the mem- bers need not fear for the future of the League program,” Flannigan as- “review the results of their party and party officials.” “If they measure up to standard, if they have performed their duty with a reflection of credit on their Flannigan, a dio hookup over KFYR, (Continued on Page Two) NEW POINT IN OLSON LINK VATH LGGETT Woman Denies Widow Charged ‘Governor’s Mob’ With Causing Murder ee FE Ee : E F g i i i E ‘ i Ay g Montgomery, Als., Feb. 14.—(?) —Capt. Potter Smith of the Ala- bama highway patrol, speaking for the ladies: “They are more cautious auto- Tells of First Break “The break of two years ago,” Thoresen said, referring to the first “rumper” movement in the league in opposition to Langer, “was due to @ close personal influence; the same personal influence that we must com- bat today, within the league.” Thoreson told the state officials “I understand the present state adminis- tration also wishes to combat that in- fluence and we offer to join hands with you if that is your desire. “As long as that is your desire, we shall continue to be with you,” he predicted, Accompanying Thoresen was Ole Knutson of Thompson, former chair- man of the Nonpartisan League ex- ecutive committee, according to re- Ports emanating from the conference room of the governor's office, where the meeting was held. W. J. Flanni- aminer; R. R. Smith, head of the sales tax division; James Gronna; Judge J. D. Harris, chairman of the state board of administration; Lee Nichols, state tax commissioner; John Wishek, secretary of the state indus- trial commission, and Harry Peterson, manager of the state bonding depart- ment. Thoresen, although he said he had not talked to Ole H. Olson, former acting governor and leader of a group of anti-Langerites, declared “I believe Olson will support this move in prin- ciple.” REMAINING 5 AAA BENEFITS DUE SOON Approximately 100 Incomplete Contracts Held by Farm- ers, Putnam Says Simultaneously with an announce- ment from Washington that first AAA checks to farmers for completion of the 1935 contracts would be in the mails early next week, County Agent H. O. Putnam urged that sll Bur- leigh county producers, who have not received final approval of the con- to complete these a are approximately 100 AAA contracts, both wheat and corn-hog, on which some minor detail has been neglected,” Putnam said. He asked that all farmers with unsigned con- tracts, compliance forms or other similar papers fill these out imme- diately and mail them to him. According to Associated Press dis- patches, producer committees and AAA field employes Friday began checking farmers’ compliance with 1935 contracts to determine final pay- ments due as the government moved rapidly toward liquidation of the crop adjustment programs. Checks to farmers are expected to total approximately $296,000,000, the amount of an appropriation included signed by Presi- Payment of amounts due farmers on 1935 contracts is expected to con- clude activities of the old AAA relat- ing to production control programs. Strutz Is President Of State Wool Pool Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 14—(7)— R. E. Strutz of Jamestown Thursday was elected president of the North Dakota Wool Pool association, con- cluding its convention, named Frank Haynes, Larimore, vice president, and Te-elected A. C. Bjerken, Fargo, sec- retary. C. W. Butts. Devils Lake, was named to the board of directors of the National Wool Marketing corpor- ation of Boston. VANDER VRIES DEAD Chicago, Feb. Vander Vries, 60, North Central Division of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States, died Thursday. aj the ARGUE COURT POWER AS FARM ACT MOVES TOWARD FINAL VOTE} Dispute Arises After McCarl Is Voted Authority to Audit Crop Payments ROBINSON, DICKINSON SPAR Smith Bill Ordering Sale of Gov- ernment Owned Cotton Wins Approval Washington, Feb. 14.—(?)—Amid sharp dispute over the wisdom of limiting supreme court powers, the new $500,000,000 farm bill moved Fri- day toward a final senate vote pre- dicted late Friday or Saturday. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, contended the court had “im- peached” the value of its AAA decison by holding agriculture was a local problem. From the opposite side of the cham- ber, Senator Dickinson (Rep., Iowa), declared the basis question is “wheth- er we are going to do away with the old system of government by ma- Jority.” It would be destroyed, Dickinson said, if a law were passed barring the court from declaring acts unconstitu- tional by 5 to 4 decisions, Division Creates Doubt Senator Norris (Rep., Neb.), stepped into the argument to say any division in the court “creates a reasonable doubt.” He urged anew that un- animous decisions should be required to invalidate acts of congress. ‘The dispute arose after Comptroller General J. R. McCarl had been voted */authority to audit payments to farm- ricanallrcoet 9 kergcaaet aah 9 proposed act. Robinson opened his attack on the AAA decision with the argument the soil erosion. and’ the agricultural problem - in generat “is “© —netionnl Problem, to be dealt with by national legislation. “The court arbitrarily held that ag- riculture was a mere local matter, in which the United States had no con- cern and over which it had no con- trol,” Robinson shouted. Adopt Amendment The drive toward a vote on the soil- conservation-subsidy plan began with adoption of an amendment offered by Senator Byrnes (Dem., 8. C.), giving the comptroller general authortiy to audit payments to farmers and pass on questions of law in the proposed act. The language accepted would limit powers of Secretary Wallace to a review of “facts constituting the bases for any payment or grant.” Just before the senate began its eleventh day of debate on the AAA replacement meaure, its agriculture committee approved 13 to 2 the Smith SEVEN BOYS SA FE AFTER FACING DEATH ON ICE FLOES | These seven CCC boys were safe ashore after dramatic rescues from/ sea-bound Ice fields on which they were marooned 22 hours in Cape Cod bay. They are shown abo: a coast guard rescue cutter shortly before It reached Provincetown, Mass. Standing at left is Chief Boatswain C. M. Fedderson. The victims, left to right, are: Tony Ray, Nicholas Scunzio, Tom Malone, were frozen, Norman Beaulieu, Albert Papa. The latter thr a plane which landed in open water neat ROOSEVELT FAVORS NEW HOUSING PLAN COVERING 10.YEARS, Frac ae Increase of Federal Insurance on Mortgages on Low Cost Homes Proposed Washington, Feb. 14.—()—Jubilant because he had received the backing of President Roosevelt, Senator Wag- ner (Dem.-N. Y.) set to work Friday to draft a 10-year housing program involving several billions of dollars. He emphasized, however, that the federal appropriation for the first year of the slum clearance and low- cost home construction would not ex- ceed $300,000,000 to $400,000,000. Conferring with Wagner and Peter Grimm, presidential housing adviser, Mr. Roosevelt gave the go ahead sign late Thursday for the drafting of bill directing a board of three to sell | Pans, about 5,000,000 bales of government- controlled cotton at the rate of be- tween 20,000 and 25,000 bales weekly. Fredlund Must Face Third Murder Trial Minneapolis, Feb. 14.—(?)—Tedious weeks of trial in the Carl H. Fredlund case involving a traffic murder charge Friday offered only a discharged jury as its outcome. Seventy-one hours of deliberation without a verdict brought the discharge order late Thursday from District Judge W. C. Leary. County Attorney Ed. J. Goff said he would try the case again, which would be the third time Fredlund faces a third degree murder charge from the same accident. In a crash Aug. 11 on the Shakopee highway, Mrs. Walter Busch of Pipe- stone and her 7-year-old son, Perry, were killed. Fredlund, who drove the other car, was acquitted of the charge in Mrs, Busch’s death. Roosevelt to Get N. D. Diamond Willow Cane Hettinger, N. D., Feb. 14.—(7)—As an example of one of the products un- dertaken in the handicraft class con- ducted here under the WPA recrea- tional program, a diamond willow walking stick was sent to President Roosevelt by Andrew L. Carr, Adams county recreation director. The walking stick was carved by Lafe Carr, Hettinger, and a jackknife was the only tool used in carving the cane. Diamond willows are found along the Missouri river. 4 JAP FLIERS KILLED Tokyo, Feb. 14—(#)—Four Japanese , naval airmen were killed Friday when their two planes collided in midair during fleet maneuvers southwest of the Shikoku island coast. These main points were outlined. 1, Federal loans and grants to communities to clear slums and erect better housing. 2. An increase in government in- surance of mortgages, up to 90 per cent of appraised value, to encourage private construction of housing. 3. Legislation to prolong the gov- ernment’s authority to insure 20 per cent of loans made by banks for mod- ernization and repair of homes. This authority is due to expire April 1. It was that the new plan, which Wagner will introduce in congress before March 1, would stress local responsibility. Under the increased insurance for new home construction, officials said, persons with small incomes would be encouraged to build houses. If a man wanted to own a house appraised at $5,000, he would need only $500 as the down payment. A bank or other agency would lend the rest, officials said, and the federal housing admin- istration would insure the lender against loss. The homebuilder could have as long as 20 years to pay, with no need to renew the mortgage. Young Husband Kills His 16-Year-Old Bride Minneapolis, Minn., Feb, 14.—()— Douglas May, 20, confessed to the knife slaying Thursday of his 16- year-old bride. his confession, Captain Paradeau re- lated, that his wife’s parents were trying to separate them and she re- fused to live with him. Four days before last Christmas they eloped to 8t. Paul to be married. The girl's mother, Mrs. Minnie Moen, was down town arranging for an annulment ac- tion at the time of the slaying. FATHER DANIHY DIES Omaha, Neb. Feb, 14.—(#)—The Rev. John Danihy, 70, founder and dean of the college of Journalism at Creighton University, died Friday. Condemned Man Excluded From Exécution Rehearsal Canon City, Colo, Feb. 14—()— Excluded from a rehearsal of his own execution, Otis McDaniels, 30, scorned | tne place of the pig. floor of the death chamber and saw @ pig topple over dead, { Stork’s 18th Visit | Tickles Papa Pink Wildwood, N. J., Feb. 14.—(2)— Arrival of another daughter, which means another mouth to “He Was tickled pink,” said Dr. Margaret Mace, proprietor of a maternity hospital, at the stork’s 18th visit Thursday. Sixteen of the 18 children are living and two are married. ICC APPROVES LOW FREIGHT RATES FOR SHED GRAIN SUPPLY Northwest Farmers Assured of Receiving Quality Seed at Lower Prices Minneapolis, Feb. 14.—()—North- west farmers Friday received final as- surance of obtaining high grade seed at low emergency freight rates on supplies from Minneapolis, Duluth and other points. In approving the rates, the Inter- state Commerce Commission at Washington took the final step in making available at less cost more than 4,000,000 bushels of No. 1 wheat held by the Federal Surplus Commo- dity corporation. ‘The corporation had delayed action on wheat applications, received over the last two weeks, until the commis- sion action. Railways already have agreed to the reduced rates, which also apply to seed barley and seed oats from Minneapolis. Corporation officials said the wheat will be sold only in carloads, at 60,000 pounds minimum weight, on the stip- ulation it will be planted this spring. Cold Both Hurts and Stimulates Business New York, Feb. 14.—(?)—The pro- longed cold wave tended to reduce trade activity in some divisions last week, but it was also an accelerating force in other business channels, Dun & Broadstreet reported Friday in their Young May said in! Weekly summary. Retail volume was curtailed in many areas due to the travel and shipping | ¢ difficulties confronting buyers. Whole- sale activities were less affected, the summary asserted, and buying pro- ceeded in preparation “for the best spring season in the last five years.” Allene Holmes Rites Will Be Held Sunday Special music is being arranged and pallbearers are being selected {from among high school friends of the late Allene Holmes, Menoken, for the last rites set for 2 p. m., Sunday in the Webb funeral chapel. Miss Holmes died Friday of scarlet fever in a local hospital. Rev. Theodore Torgerson of McKenzie will officiate at the service. Burial is to be made in the Menoken cemetery. COLLEGE BUILDING BURNS New York, Feb. 14—(7)—A four night McDaniels will take|alarm fire in Manhattan’s most ex- He was con-|clusive residential district Friday the privileges of the condemned Fri-|victed of killing Sheriff V. W. Dun-|burned through three floors of his- he a to Colo-|lap of Montezuma county. Gay eho awaited: a: trip ‘The condemned man chided prison | school in the United States. No stu- rado’s lethal gas chamber. ‘Thursday ore ere toric Hunter college, largest woman’s 100 convicts watched a| officials for not letting him watch the|dents were in the building at the from the| pig die in the gas chamber Thursday. | time. 4 bedluhtl Botello, John Fitzsimmons, whose feet were flown to a hospital at Hyannis, Ma in the boat. (Associated Press Photo) ae ae TIFRANCE JITTERY AS ROYALISTS DEFY BAN \QRDERED-BY BRIN Premier Reluctant to Arrest Leaders; Is Result of At- tack on Deputy (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Paris, Feb. 14.—The outlawing of France's royalist brigade, “The King’s Henchmen,” provoked short-liived dis- orders and aroused apprehension Fri- day over possible consequences of the ban, virtually defied by the most mili- tant royalists. Premier Albert Sarraut, whose de- cree dissolving all militant royalist organizations in France was signed by President Albert Lebrun and pro- mulgated Friday, took command of the situation in his capacity as min- ister of the interior. . Police searched the headquarters of the “Action Francaise”—the royalist party, the “marching wing” of which is known as “The Kings Henchmen”— but Sarraut indicated he was reluc- tant to order arrest of the leaders, for fear of re-kindling the flames of rioting which flared two years ago. The premier confronted at the same time Socialist demands for stern ac- tion against royalist leaders because of an attack Thursday on Leon Blum, veteran statesman and Socialist lead- er, the immediate cause of the royal- ist dissolution decree.. The royalists, on the other hand, offered virtual defiance to the decree, On the historic place De L’Alma, po- lice quickly put down a royalist dem- onstration, arresting seven persons. The government announced that the royalists had given sufficient evi- dence that they intended to disregard the government’s appéal for public order, Blum, dragged from his automobile yesterday while he waited for the fun- eral procession of Jacques Bainville, distinguished historian and a founder of the Action Francaise league, to pass, beaten and rolled in the street, was in serious condition. The doctors said Blum, a member of the chamber of deputies, suffered many small but painful wounds and abrasions about the face. | Planes Come to | Bakers’ Rescue Sioux Falls, 8. D., isolated by snow, isn’t going to get any man- na from heaven but is due to ex- perience the next thing to it, ac- cording to information received at the office of the Hanford Air- lines here Friday. With highway and rail trans- portation cut off, Sioux Falls, bak- ers announced Friday morning they would have to get yeast or the city would be reduced to eat- ing unleavened bread. Airplanes cannot land on the Sioux Falls field because of the heavy drifts and huminocks of snow, so that source of supply was barred until the department of commerce Friday authorized the Hanford airlines to drop two 50- pound packages of yeast obtained in Bismarck on the field. The plane then will continue to Omaha. No stops have been made at Sioux Falls for the last five or six days, according to ad- vices received here, because of drifted snow on the landing field. The road to the airport was open- ed only Thursday, according to the same source, BUT CAPITAL CInY’s WEATHER 1S ‘MILD COMPARED TO MINOT Average for Past Four Weeks Here Is -12, -15 at Fargo, -18 in Devils Lake DUST CLOUDS SOUTHWEST Epidemics Reported From New Mexico and California; Europe Is Ravaged Another leaf was added to Bis- marck’s weather record book Friday when, with a minimum reading of 33 degrees below zero, the capital en- tered upon its thirty-fifth successive day of sub-zero temperatures. The previous mark of 33 successive days was made in 1887-88, Despite the continued cold little suffering and hardship was reported. Thomas G. Coons, McKenzie, start~ ed for Montana in a truck but wound up in a Bismarck hospital, his heels and toes frozen. He got stuck in a snowdrift and froze before he could get out. Citizens were well prepared to meet the frigid condition, and there has been no fuel shortage. The temperature average for Bis- marck, however has been higher than at some other points in the state. Whereas the average here for the last four weeks has been -12, Fargo has had an average of -15 and Devils Lake has averaged -18. ‘It was -40 in Devils Lake Friday morning and -38 in Minot. The Minot average for the last 37 days has been -22%, Calm and Clear Today A brisk wind and falling tempera- ture punished pedestrians Thursday night, but Friday morning it was calm and clear and many persons ex- perienced no discomfort in walking to work, Weather Observer 0. W. Roberts said the snowfall this winter has been the heaviest since 1927. Figures from leg. oe from October, 1935 to the nd of juary were: Bismarck 25.7 inchés; ‘Devils takeI7.4, ‘Williston 22.3, 28.9, ashley 21.5, Beach 14.0, Bottineau 21.1, Carson 19.7, Dickinson 17.7, Dunn Center 22.0, Ellendale 16.8, Garrison 245, Grand Forks 31.4, Jamestown 23.5, Larimore 28.9, Lis- bon 32.1, McClusky 34.8, Minot 23.4, Mott 17.0, Napoleon 17.5, Pembina, 25.7, Sharon 189, Valley City 141 and Wahpeton 20.9. Possibility of widespread distress loomed in Southern Minnesota and Towa where many towns and cities are cut off from the outside world. At Mankato coal dealers were rationing fuel in half-ton lots and Fairmount reported an “alarming shortage.” Re- lef trains bearing over-due supplies were stuck in drifts. St. Paul Hard Hit Albert Lea was isolated again after @ six-inch snowfall. St. Paul had its twenty-eight successive day of below- zero weather, exceeding former rec- ords by three days. In some parts of the northwest wind was of gale velocity, northeastern Minnesota reporting a breeze of 42 miles an hour. From all sections came reports of farmers fighting their way into towns to replenish food supplies. Although transportation in the northwest was hampered by drifting snow and intense cold, some persons benefited. They were men added to section and other crews by the North- ern Pacific and Soo Line railroads. The Northern Pacific reported creased employment in 30 men but the Soo Line said it added only a few. Most of them were engaged in keeping the tracks clear. Despite the long-continued cold, North Dakote was favored in compar- ison with some other parts of the nation. with residents of eight communities in Meade County, 8. D., from which through by land. named were Mud Butte, Maurine, Ce- dar Canyon, Fox Ridge, Opal, Royal Center, Fairpoint and Sulphur. Montana reported earthquakes and one dead from cold. The victim was Henry Welch, Flathead Lake relief client. The southwest had dust storms affecting parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado. The temperature dropped from 50 degrees to zero and in some visibility was limited to 50 feet. Snow, hail, sleet and rain visited parts of the middle west the upper south and in Calif and New Mexico there were disease epidemics. Flu Hits Movie Group One was re} by a Hollywoou movie company, snowbound in the high Sierras and suffering from an influenza epidemic. Another was at Gallup, N. M., where hundreds of In- dian c! were afflicted by @ strange malady. Floods continued for the fourth day in California, adding new flood perils. Landslides occurred in. the hills. Zero weather stretched from the Canadian border to northern Okla- homa and east to the Mississippi at 7 a. m. (CST) and was moving south and eastward. Coldest spot in the United States was Custer, 8, D., with 4¢ below sero. (Continued on Page Two) ~ A