The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1936, Page 1

Se eee THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Long Lost Flier Found Alive in Guiana Electric Chair CRIPPLED BY CRASH, Hauptmann Shivers As He Glimpses » BRUNO'S LAST HOPES |G-Mien Aid Again FADE WHEN GOTHAM LAWYER QUITS CASE Only Salvation Lies in ‘His Making Clean Breast’ of Crime, Aide Says THREE OTHER ROADS OPEN Lindbergh Baby Kidnap-Killer Told Attorneys Have Done All Possible (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Trenton, N. J., Feb. 20.—(#)—The electrio chair in which Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann has been doomed to die the week of March 30 was shown to him in a dramatic episode in the death house Wednesday, it was learned Thursday. ELETYPE BRIEFS+3 loscow—Japanese suggestions for establishment of a mixed commission to fix the Soviet-Manchukuan fron- tiers were rejected Thursday by the Russian government. Minneapolis—The Farmers’ Eleva- tor association of Minnesota Thurs- day attacked unrestricted truck op- erations as a menre: to community existence i forcing abandonment of railway lines. Palm Beach, Fla. — Patty Berg, young Minneapolis golfing marched into the final of the Palm Beach women’s tournament Thursday by defeating Mrs. Leon Solomon, Hauptmann peered into the death; Memphis, Tenn., 5 and 4. chamber during the interview with Samuel 8. Leibowitz, New York at- torney, and C. Lloyd Fisher, chief counsel. “Hauptmann was like a caged ani- mal,” said a person who was present at the interview. “He continually grasped the bars of his cell with white, clenched fists, and thrust his face between the bars. Could Touch Last Door “During the interview Leibowitz insisted that a wire screen be re- moved from behind Hauptmann’s.cell. When this was done, Hauptmann could reach through the bars and touch the green door leading to the execution chamber and by extending his hand could look through the littie peephole in the door. “Leibowitz opened the peephole and Hauptmann looked through. He stared at the eelctric chair for a min- ute and blanched. He shivered and sighed and lost his voice momentar- ily, but no tears came to his eyes.” It was after this interview that Lei- bowitz announced his withdrawal from the case in an announcement, indicating he believed the condemned man was guilty. Leibowitz and Fisher told Haupt- mann, according to reliable source, that there was no new evidence and Gov. Harold G. Hoffman had told them he would not grant Hauptmann another reprieve. Worst He Ever Saw “The scene in the death house was worse than anything I have ever seen in any electrocution chamber,” this source said. “Leibowitz did most of the ques- tioning and never raised his voice above a conversational tone. It had @ hynotic effect on the prisoner. “Leibowitz did not request Haupt- mann to change his story, but in pointing out the numerous flaws in Hauptmann’s defense, he gave the prisoner every opportunity to tell the truth if he had not already done so. “Hauptmann said, ‘Dot handwriting is the worstest thing against me.’ “He was inclined to dismiss all phases of the kidnap evidence against him with a shrug, remarking ‘dot’s not so.’ “He discussed more avidly, home: the extortion evidence, writing and the money, but he did not (Continued on Page Two) TEACHER'S BODY IS TAKEN FROM RIVE Former Dickinson Instructor Leaps to Death From Bridge at Sumner, Wash. Sumner, Wash., Feb. 20.—(#)—Po- Mee found the body of Miss Daisy Busbey, 55, former North Dakota school teacher missing since Monday night, in the Puyallup river Wednes- day. Officers said Miss Busbey, for 10 years an English teacher at North Dakota State Teachers college ai Dickinson, apparently leaped into the river from a bridge. They found no marks of violence on her body. Relatives reported Miss Busbey, who lived at a brother’s home, had left @ note saying she wished to “make things easier” for the family. She hac been in poor health and had suffered a nervous breakdown, said her broth- er-In-law, L. V. Corner of Sumner. Miss Busbey was an instructor in the English department at Dickinson college from the summer of 1921 to the close of 1930. She left Dickinson to care for her invalid father at Sum- ner. Daniel Armburst, 36, Takes His Own Life Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 20.—(#)—The body of Daniel Armburst, 36, former rancher near Killdeer, was found ‘Wednesday hanging from a ceiling pipe in a rooming house here. Cor- oner A. D. Davis of Stark county said it was evidently suicide..The widow and children survive. JOHNSON CONVALESCING St. Paul, Feb. 20.—()—Attendants of Former U. S. Senator Magnus Johnson Thursday reported he spent 8 “very good night.” Cheyenne, Wyo.—The former Anne Gould Meador, 22, ral heiress and granddaughter of the late Jay Gould, and Herman H. Elsbury, 24, Cody, Wyo., cowboy and “dude wrang- ler,” were believed on their way to New York city Thursday after their surprise marriage here Saturday. Fargo, N. D.—Andrew Robertson, former president of the First National bank at Walhalla, N. D., who recently pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of embezzlement, has been placed on probation for 16 months by Judge Andrew Miller. Los Angeles—Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson, blonde evangelist, prepared Thursday to fight a $400,000 slander suit filed against her by her former | press agent at Angelus Temple. Vivian Denton, 26, ex-show girl, signed the complaint, accusing Mrs. McPherson of injuring her reputation Feb. 10. ‘Washington-~Zhe Tanimany dele- gation to the Democratic convention was said today by Jeremiah T. Ma- honey, a member, to be “solidly for President Roosevelt.” ‘After visiting with the president, he predicted to carry New York in November. Washington — The District of Co- lumbia supreme court was told Thursday tat congress clearly ex- ceeded its powers in passing the Wag- ner labor disputes act. Counsel for the Lawrence Leather Company made this contention in asking Justice Jesse Adkins to enjoin permanently the labor releticns board from hold- ing a hearing on a complaint against the company’s plant. Wadena, Minn.—Rivalry between two community newspapers took a holiday in order that Thursday's is- sue of the Inter County Tab, with its plant destroyed Wednesday night by fire( could reach its readers. The staff of the Pioneer Journal turned over equipment and services so the Tab might be printed. Madrid.—Establishment of a “union of Iberian Soviet republics”—possibly embracing even Portugal—was pre- dicted Thursday by Socialist leaders. The Socialist party leader, Francisco |to be Garatere. was said by a friend ting for the fall of Manuel Hea.) whe new eBeomler. Tokyo—An early m movement of two Japanese army divisions from Japan to the Japanese-advised state of Man- chukuo was announced Thursday by the war office. The troop movement involved only the annual replacements. St. Paul—Minnesota took after its neighbor, North Dakota, Thursday in ‘an attempt to meet shortage problems in spring wheat seed. An educational campaign for farmers emphasizing necessity of official tests of seed be- fore planting was planned. 8t. Paul—Gov. Floyd B. Olson, re- turning to his office after seven weeks in a hospital, announced Friday he favors restricting powers of the su- preme court and expanding welfare legislation powers of congress. Washington — While its munitions investigators listened to’ testimony of sales of old army machine guns, the senate Thursday passed legisla- tion prohibiting shipments of all fire- arms and ammunition in interstate commerce except by license dealers. London—A report circulated Thurs- day that Italy may refuse to enter the proposed new agreement on naval limitations until other nations stop their sanctions against Italy. Washington—The communications commission announced Thursday it had returned to the KFAD Broadcast- ing company its application for a new station at Bismarck, N. D., to replace KFYR because no reply had been re- ceived to letters sent by the commis- sion. The application listed Emmons. L. Abeles as secretary. AZANA FORMS CABINET Madrid, Feb. 20.—()- Spain's vet- eran leftist leader, Manuel Azana, liquidated Thursday the government crisis arising from last Sunday's gen- eral election, completing formation of @ new cabinet while freedom orders went forth for political prisoners, ~ reporters the Democratic ticket would | Mrs. Liggett Tells Authorities Where She Believes Mur- der Gun Is Hidden Minneapolis, Feb. 20—(?)—Authori- ties may renew their request for a federal investigation of the Walter Liggett assassination, E. J. Goff, coun- ty attorney, said Thursday. No decision has been made on the matter but Goff said he planned to discuss it this week with Fred Pike, assistant state attorney general, who headed the prosecuting staff in the Divs of Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumen- Kid Cann was acquited of a mur- der charge growing out of the Lig- gett killing Dec. 9 last. Shortly after the crime state and city officials re- quested Homer Cummings, attorney general of the United States, to order an investigation by the department of justice, but the federal official re- fused. Interested in Hijgcking Department of justice euie here said they may interview jumenfeid about the hijacking of a truck of liquor in southern Minnesota about six weeks ago. Blumenfeld was taken into custody the night Liggett was slain more than two months ago. Neither the department of justice nor the state crime bureau planned to pick Blumenfeld up for questioning. Information given the state attor- ney general's office by Mrs. Edith Liggett, regarding whereabouts of the machine gun that killed her husband, occupied authorities Thursday in their investigation. Mrs. Liggett refused to divulge the nature of the information she had given, as dic Attorney General Harry H. Peterson, with whom she conferred late Wednesday. Suspects Where Gun Is Mrs. Liggett said, however, she had told the attorney general where she believed the gun now is hidden. She declared. Wednesday. she has a ‘very definite suspicion’ concerning the whereabouts of the weapon. The gun never has been found. Gov. Floyd B. Olson, often the tgr- get of editorial attack by Liggett be- fore the latter's death, and since by his widow, assigned 14 state operatives to the case, and six Minneapolis po- lice detectives also were delegated to the hunt for the gun, the car from which it was fired, and the man who handled it. Mrs, Liggett today apparently stood firm on her declaration she will leave Minnesota after selling her paper, the Midwest American. Drouth Relief Is Main Aim in Red River Plan St. Paul, Feb, 20.—(?)—Engineers Thursday viewed drouth relief more than electric energy as the main ob- Jective of the proposed $50,000,000 Red ena | Sought for Probe River Valley conservation develop- ment. A committee studying engineering problems of the proposal gave this at- titude to the state planning board in the first formal report from the tri- state conference last summer. Contemplated by Minnesota and North and South Dakota, the pro- posal involves damming of lakes and streams of the valley, water power de- velopment, sewage disposal, and con- struction of reservoirs. Broken-Legged Man Crawls From Shaft St. Paul, Feb. 20.—(#)—Both legs broken, Adolph Iverson, 49, janitor, dragged himself from the bottom of an elevator shaft Thursday, upstairs and to an outside door to get aid from passersby. He had fallen 40 feet. Buzz Saw Cuts Head Off Stumbling Man Menomonie, Wis. Feb. 20.—(P)— Carl Kuester, 48, was instantly killed Thursday when he fell against a buzz saw at his farm home near here. The blade cut off the top of his head. ST. PAUL FIRM WINS Grand Forks, N, D., Feb, 20.—(P)— McGough Bros., of St. Paul, Thursday were announced as low bidders for the general construction contract on the final wing of the central high school building. The bid was $186,280. prada ar ae GENERAL MITCHELL FORMER AIR CHER, DIES IN NEW YORK First Man ‘to sad Over Enemy Lines in World War Became Commander-in-Chief New York, Feb. 20.—(7)—The dy- namic career of Brig.-Gen. William Mitchell—“stormy petrel” of the army air force—ws closed Thursday by death. He was 57. General Mitchell — affectionately known as “Billy” to the U. 8. airmen he commanded in the World war— died late Wednesday. at a-New York hospital of heart disease. The first American officer to fly over the enemy’s lines in the World war, Mitchell returned to the peace- time army critical of the aviation policies of both the war and navy de- partments. Outspoken criticism caused him to be court-martialed and suspended. He immediately resigned his commis- sion and turned lecturer and pam- phleteer to continue his demands for @ separate department of aviation in the cabinet, combining both army and navy air defense. Mitchell’s World war service, as commander-in-chief of America’s air forces in France, climaxed a long ser- vice as an officer of the regular army. He held decorations from six govern- ments. Glauber Salt Finds in N. D. Reported in N. Y. New York, Feb. 20.—(}—Two Uni- versity of North Dakota scientists Prof. Irvin Lavine and Herman Feinstein, told the American Insti- tute of Mining and Metallurgical En- gineers of the discovery of glauber salt deposits in North Dakota’s dried lake beds Wednesday. The salt—natural sodium sulphate now largely imported from Canada— was found by relief workers on an FERA project in Williams, Divide and Mountrail counties in lake bottoms without drainage outlets. The sulphate is used in the pulp and paper indus- try. Utica Resumes, Work Utica, N. Y., Feb, 20 20.—P)—Business| houses in downtown Utica opened their doors to customers and 4,000 employes Thursday after a two-day shutdown brought about by a series of underground gas explosions. Traf- fic was barred from the main business: intersection, however. Firemen ex- tinguished the last of the flames smouldering beneath downtown streets Wednesday. BREITWIESER TALKS Fargo, N. D., Feb. 20.—(4)—Dean Jv. Breitwieser of the University of North Dakota characterized the in- stitution’s purpose Wednesday as service to the state in professional and higher education levels. He ad- dressed the Fargo Alumni club. Marshal Witnesses in Battle for ‘Sonny Boy’ Chicago, Feb. 20. — (#) — Surprise witnesses were marshaled Thursday by both Miss Margaret Mann. 24- year-old mother, and Dr. Gordon Mordoff of suburban Wilmette, formerly of Hettinger, N. D., for a hearing of their court fight for cus- tody, of a 3-year-old boy. The child, called Reginald Arthur Mann by the woman who contends she is his mother, and Gordon (“Son- found the nurse who allegedly cared for the child for four months after his birth in an orphange. Miss Mann, who consistently re- fused to name the man she said was the father of the child, agreed upon the advice of her attorney to name if the court insisted. For three years, Dr. Mordoff and his wife, who died recently in Min- neapolis, have had possession of the ny Boy”) Mordoff II by the man| child. who insists he is the father and his now dead wife the mother, also may take the stand, Attorney Edwin Rob- son_said. Miss Mann said she put the baby in the care of Mrs. Mordoff. Dr. Mordoff said the child was born to his wife in 1932, while she was vis- Miss Mann announced she had|iting in Minneapolis, His Fight at End _ His Fight at End | fIN, D. NEAR NORMALCY AS COMMUNICATIONS ARE BEING RESTORED Subzero Weather Moderates But Cold Spell Is Not Yet Definitely Broken PLOWS FIND TRAVEL ‘TOUGH’ Three Deaths in State Indirectly Attributed to Severe Temperatures North Dakota was approaching normalcy Thursday as main highway communications were restored throughout parts of the state, but there was no break in the sub-zero weather, The temperature went as high as three degrees below zero Wednesday, se seit back at night to register a lum of -22 during the night. Tack of wind, however, made the weather seem mild in comparison with the experiences of recent days. Most of the northwest was digging itself out of the snow but it was a aa eat started north from ister: steatoatay but when night came it had not reached Wilton. Hard-packed drifts was the answer. Another managed to open the road between Minot and Washburn and the two plows were working toward each other Thursday but Ray Robin- son, assistant maintenance engineer, said it was problematical when they would meet since the worst drifts are between Wilton and Washburn. Highway No. 10 was open from Fargo to Jamestown; and from Jamestown to Bismarck-Mandan with the exception of a 12-mile stretch be- tween Windsor and Medina and from Hebron to Beach. One snowplow was working west and the other east in the Windsor- Medina area and were only 12 miles apart but highway officials were not sure the road would be opened Thurs- day because the going was very slow. The Grand Forks division reported it had gotten No. 2 open from Grand Forks to Michigan in Nelson county but all other roads were closed. Williston reported that No. 2 was open from Williston to Stanley and Williston but all other roads were blocked, The Soo Line railroad got its south branch open Wednesday but the north branch was open only to Washburn. A rotary plow working westward from Drake was bucking drifts 17 feet deep in the cuts at Benedict and was making slow progress. It will be rout- ed southward out of Max and Super- intendent B. G. was Mike Huber, 41, Fingal farmer and World war veteran, found dead Boy Car Victim Lives With Skull Cut Open New York, Feb. 20.—(P)—An egg- sized plece of his skull chipped away. & 10-year-old hit and run victim stirred fitfully on his hospital bea Thursday as tiny drops of a life sav- ing solution trickled down on his ex- posed brain. Suspended six inches above John Neill’s gauze-covered head, a tube. carefully tended by nurses on a 24- hour vigil, fed the drops, a modifi- cation of Dakin’s solution, to prevent meningitis and death. Last Dec. 11, John was found un- conscious in the street. Mastoditis de- veloped and to relieve the pressure on his brain, bone was cut away. The boy’s condition was still critical but he showed daily improvement. Monkeys Charged With Bun Thefts &t. Paul, Feb. 20.—(7)—A thiev- ery accusation was lodged Thurs- day against the two monkeys making themselves at home in the city auditorium. Don Murray, building manager, said the monkeys raided a deliv- eryman’s basket of six hot dog . buns when the latter's back was turned. ‘The monkeys, which escaped from Frank Buck's animal show, be out of reach up in the ceiling Redfern and the Man Who Found are RIO DE JANEIRO Missing for eight years since he attempted a flight from Brunswick, Ga., to Rio de Janeiro, Paul Redfern (top) was reported to have been found alive in the mountains of western Guiana by Art Williams (be- low), former army officer. Crippled by the crash of his plane, Red- fern, because he had dropped from the skies, is held captive by savage Indians who regard him as a god. King Wants to Know If Paper Sk Shirts Wash Well No. 85 was open north and south of | V- Pulls Up. Trousers -to Show HAMMER- AND TONGS Socks’ Salesman at Fai What Monarch ae: London, Feb. 20.— (#) — The slight, fair-haired Edward VIII completed the first month of his ren Rod with public evidence that he has come Britain's “informal eater ‘The new king-emperor, whose rule began the instant his father, George died, just before midnight Jan. 20, in keeping with the tradition that “the king never dies,” has alreat settled down to his tasks with charac- teristic thoroughness. Just as he toured the empire as Prince of Wales, making scores of in- formal trips as “-vitain’s Ambassador of Business,” so has he demonstrated that 20th-century informality, cathe than stiff regard for precedent, will mark his reign. This irrepressible informality was again disclosed at his first Vgerts function—a visit Wednesday to the British Industries fair at Olympia. The king toured the stands in a record time for royal speed, often out- distancing his police escort, in sharp contrast to the stately progress King George and Queen Mary always made at previous fairs. Perspiring officials, evidently sur- prised by his majesty’s keenness, could not help but laugh when the monarch paused before a socks dis- Play, pulled up his trousers and showed .the hose salesman the kind of socks a king was wearing. More chuckles arose when Edward stopped at a stand showing dress shirts made of paper, and asked the paper shirt maker if his wares “washed well.” Martin Is Improved And Working at Home C. F. Martin, statistician for the state railroad board who suffered painful back injuries in a fall several weeks ago, was reported somewhat improved Thursday. Although kept to his bed by the ac- cident, Martin has been working at his home for the last several weeks on important matters connected with the cases involving electric rates at Minot and Grand Forks which are before the railroad commission. Mrs. Jennie Wasson Dies at Turtle Lake Turtle Lake, N. D., Feb. 20.—(?)— Mrs, Jennie Wasson, 82, passed away at her home in Turtle Lake Thursday morning from heart trouble, She came to the vicinity of Denhoff in 1905. Survivors are four children, Mrs. Charles Collins, Jamestown; Harris,C., and Harold, Turtle Lake, and W. T. Wasson, Fargo. Funeral services will be held here. Rindahl to Broadcast Lenten Sermon Series “Lenten Meditations,” an annual presentation from station KFYR, will be given at 10 p. m. each Wednesday during Lent under direction of Rev. Opie S. Rindahl, pastor of Trinity Lutheran churhe, it was announced Thursday. The general theme for this series, the sixth since these broadcasts were inaugurated in 1931 as @ regular part of the station pro- grams, will be “Gems of Lenten Prophecy.” ie BATTLE OVER TAXES BEGINS IN CONGRESS Soaring Relief Jobs and De- mand for Higher Income Lev- ies Disturb Serenity (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 20.—(7)—A ham- mer-and-tongs fight over taxes and government spending was in the mak- ing in congress Thursday despite the strenuous efforts of campaign-con- scious leaders to keep the session fair- ly tranquil and end it quickly. ‘These two developments threatened 1, Sharp increases in the number of persons on work relief were re- Ported by WPA, which set the cur- rent figure at 3,797,770. This is nearly 300,000 more than the 3,500,000 goal originally set for the $4,000,000,000 relief drive. Powerful “liberal” senat- ors, fighting any deep slashes in next year’s relief funds, are expected to seize upon the new figures to back their argument that huge expenditures must continue. 2. Senate liberals disclosed they would demand a broader and higher income tax structure. Among them is Senator LaFollette (Prog. Wis.) who wants to boost income levies on the ‘wealthy and tax several million smal- ler incomes now exempt. This de- velopment foreshadowed a hot battle against any administration proposal to finance the new $440,000,000 farm Program from taxes similar to the old AAA processing levies invalidated by the supreme court. Taxes and relief were considered the only remaining miler legislation likely to raise a storm in congress. Moving carefully, President Roose- velt has not announced a recom- mendation on either problem. Uncer- tainty still surrounded the adminis- tration tax program after an incon- clusive White House conference Wed- nesday. Tax experts of the treasury and agriculture departments have drafted tentative suggestions for $900,000,000 in levies to finance the farm program and some of the bonus cost. The sug- gestions include levies on processors and some revisions in income tax ex- emptions. —_ | Ransom Money Is | Out of Circulation oO St. Paul, Feb. 20.—()—A batch of $2,710 in Bremer ransom money was ordered out of circulation Thursday by Federal Judge M. M. Joyce. In directing the federal govern- ment to turn over the equivalent of the recovered money to the Schmidt Brewing company, Judge Joyce ordered the actual bills for- warded to Washington for can- cellation. Of the money, $2,625 was found by federal agents in possession of William Vidler and $85 on John J. McLaughlin, Jr. when they were arrested in Chicago. Adolf Bremer, father of Edward G. Bremer, victim in the $200,000 abduction, heads the Schmidt firm, REDFERNIS CAPTIVE ‘GOD’ OF WILD TRIBE Newspaperman and Aviator Lo- cate American on Long Flight Into Jungles WRECKED SHIP FIRST SEEN Attempt to Take Georgian With Them Foiled by 500 Sav- ages Who Revere Flier Georgetown, British Guiana, Feb. 20—(P)—Alfred Harred, re- Porter of the newspaper “Banier” of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, claimed Thursday that he had seen and talked to Paul Redfern, long-lost American flier, but Har- red’s account was denied by Art Williams, former army flier who jae said piloted him into the “I do not know Harred,” Wil- ltams sald. “And he most certainly did not accompany me on my re- cent search. “I took two Djukos (Surinam Bush Negroes) with me.to act as interpreters and a Red Indian who had given us certain new evidence.” Giving his version of the search in the jungle, Williams declared: “We made a new contact with the 10 new Indian villages and collected a great deal of informa- tion and most that was establish- ed is that Redfern did not land in that area.” The former army flier said that the Negroes who accompanied him learned that tribes further inland were at war and refused to go any further “If I had found Redfern’s plane it would have been a simple mat- ter to take off the identification plate as evidence,” Williams con- tinued. “Most of the evidence I have is in photographs.” There was no official confirm- ation of Harred’s story and Wil- Hams’ dental followed the disclos- ures of the newspaper reperter. Georgetown, British Guiana, Feb, 20.—(P)—A._ new story that Paul Red- fern, long-lost American flier, is alive among savage South American Ine dians who will not permit him to es- cape was brought to civilization ‘Thursday by Alfred Harred, reporter of the newspaper “Banter” of Para- maribo, Dutch Guiana. Harred claimed that he and Art Williams, former United States army pilot, found Redfern and talked to him but were unable to remove him from the jungle. There was no official confirmation of the story, although Harred claims to have been a member of the Dutch section boundary commission, en- gaged in surveying the frontier where British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and Brazil meet and where Harred claims to have found Redfern. Living in Mountains The story is that Redfern is living in the Tumuc Humuc mountains in western Guiana. : Williams himself could not immed- lately be reached for comment on the story which is similar to that first (Continued on Page Two) REPUBLICAN BACKS FDR'S FARM BILL Kansas Solon Calls Attention to Fact Same Idea Backed by Landon, Hoover Washington, Feb. 20—(7)—The ad- ministration’s new farm bill was backed Thursday by Rep. Hope (Rep., Kas.) with the assertion that Govern- or Landon of Kansas, Senator Dick~ inson of Iowa and former President Hoover all have adavnced the soil conservation idea. Stepping into the debate that is expected to bring a final vote on the soil conservation-subsidy program by Friday night, Hope pleaded for non- partisan consideration of farm legis- lation. Hope supported the New Deal de- spite his objections to failure to limit its temporary features to one year instead of two, and his contention that the measure does not go far enough, Trouble lay in union of north- eastern and midwestern dairy state members, augmented by some defec- tions from majority ranks, behind Rep. A. Boileau (Prog., Wis.) amend- ment. This would prevent any of the 25,000,000 acres to be taken out of production under the soil erosion-state cooperative programs from going into competition with existing dairy pro- duction, Driver of Death Car To Face Firing Squad Moscow, Feb. 20.—(?)—K, Urazov, a chauffeur, was sentenced in city court Thursday to death by shooting for driving his automobile into a wagon, killing the horse and injuring three persons in the wagon. He was charged with driving while intoxi- cated,