The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1936, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 Lan don Pla THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1936 Bismarck War Veterans to Get Bonus Bonds Monday DATE OF DELVERY |Drouth Is Serious - |Hes#%-> Banker! ADAVNCED ONE DAY FOR CAPITAL CITY Postoffice Staff Expects to Dis- tribute Approximately 600 Letters Here QUARTERS OPEN AT 9 A. M. Recipients Cautioned That They Must Be Properly Identified to Get Money Bismarck World War veterans will receive their bonus checks Monday instead of Tuesday. This became known Saturday, two days ahead of the scheduled arrival and the day after postoffice officials had announced plans for the distri- bution, when 200 of the registered letters bearing the bonds and ac- companying checks arrived here. The first batch of the bonus bonds arrived in the mails Friday night, accompanied by new instructions for the delivery. The balance of the some 600 pack- ages, bearing an estimated half mil- lion dollars, were expected here Sat- urday and-Sunday. Plans Revised Hastily Postoffice authorities were forced | 4 to make a hasty revision of their Ber plans for the registered letter dis- tribution and provide headquarters where the veterans may certify the bonds for payment. Veterans, whose bonds have been received and who have boxes at the local postoffice, placed in the boxes Sunday and may either call for the bonds at the fed- eral court rooms Monday or wait un- til the special delivery which will be made between 6 and 9 p. m, Monday night. f All veterans with addresses on the regular mail carrier routes will re- ceive notices on Monday and may either call at the federal court room for the bonds or await the delivery in the evening. Offer Special Service Distribution and certification quar- ters in the court room will open at ® a. m., Monday, and a staff of post- Office assistants and veterans’ organi- zation men will be on hand to dis-| tribute the bonds and certify them for payment. Z Veterans were cautioned again that unless they were personally acquaint- ed with the mail carriers or postoffice Officials, they must bring another person to correctly identify them be- N fore the bonds will be turned over. Urged tp Stay at Home All veterans not receiving their bonds before Monday night, are urged | panso; to remain at home to speed up the delivery. It is hoped that all bonds may be in the hands of the veterans before Tuesday, the day originally scheduled for the delivery. : Veterans wishing to cash the bonds immediately may do so by taking them to the court room for certifica- tion. The bonds will then be mailed to the Fargo pay station where checks for the amount of the bonds will be issued and mailed to the address on the bonds. ‘Arsonist Is Blamed For Fire at Linton Linton, N. D., Junue_13.—Extin- guishing a fire in the E. D. Fogle residence at 2 a. m, Tuesday, firemen examining the home found an empty three-gallon kerosene can in basement and remnants of a chain of oil-soaked rags leading from the basement up ‘he stairs through the kitchen and dining room into the front bedroom. State Fire Marshal John O, Quinn has been usked to investigate the blaze, local firemen stating the fire was obviously the work of an arson- ist. The house had been unoccupied several weeks, the Fogle family hav- ing gone to Grafton where Mr. Fogle is engineer on a PWA project there. Damage was held to a minimum. WPA Worker Writes G.O.P. Song for °36 Midwest Taxpayers Elect Indiana Man| pce Fargo, June 13.—(?)—Harry. Miesse of Indianapolis, was elected president of the Central States Taxpayers’ as- sociation will have notices j¢; In Western Areas Crop Failures or Serious Damage Is Seen for Three Counties by Howard Wood; Feed Situation May Force Stock Exodus (By the Asociated Press) A serious drouth condition exists for farmers of western North Dakota who are facing crop failures or severely damaged crops, although fair to good cqnditions exist throughout the northern and extreme eastern sec- tions, Howard R. Wood, state director of the federal resettlement adminis- tration, announced Saturday. As North Dakota scanned its distressing problems, southern states, the Associated Press reported, saw their drouth broken by widespread storms with precipitation sufficient to arrest crop damage in North Carolina, South Carolina and parts of Georgia. A crop failure is certain in some North Dakota counties, Wood asserted. A more cheerful outlook was pictured for some areas in the event immediate rain is received. Pastures are bare or in poor condition throughout the western area and garden prospects poor, he said. In some instances no hay and roughage will be available for livestock, he added. Crop failure is certain in Adams, Billings and Burleigh counties in the western area, he said. Cattle have been turned into the fields in Williams county, he said, and in Billings county, cattle must be moved unless rain falls. Counties where condition of crops including feed crops are 80 per cen! of normal or better, he said, are Cass and Traill, 85 per cent, and Gran Forks, 80 per cent. The resettlement survey listed the following condition of crops, pastures, estimated amount of hay and roughage available and remarks for the vari- ous counties as follows: Cond. Cond. Est. Amt. Hay, Crops Pastures Roughage Pet. Available Normal (Pct. carry-over) 5 None Rain will help ‘Unless rain cattle must be moved Drouth serious Chronic drouth Crop failure Crop generally good Rain will help Rain will help Rain needed None Hay 1,000 tons Hay 175,000 tons Corn Fodder 24,000 tons 50 50 Very Little 40,000 tons 35 Fair Generally 50% normal Drouth serious Rain will help Prospects very favorable Rain will help Drouth serious Drouth chronic Drouth serious Drouth severe Fair nor. half county Rains will help Severe drouth Feed situation serious Rains will help Rains will help Prospects good Prospects favorable Prospects favorable Drouth severe Good if rains Serious drouth 90% population on relief (Extreme shortage feed) Drouth serious 20 30 Very Little 30 None SSPaoRSRss Grand Forks my s |LaMoure Logan . McHenry SS8Ra0a8 Ss Richland . Rolette Sargent Sheridan Sioux Slope Stark . _ FRANK T. MERRILL One of the closing acts of the North Dakota Bankers associa- tion, in convention here Friday and Saturday, was to elect Frank T. Merrill, Minot, as president for the next year. REFUTES FALLACY THAT PEOPLE OWN LITTLE OF NATION Educator Tells Bankers Wealth Is Widely Distributed Throughout Country Nearly 80 per cent of the people of the United States own nearly three- quarters of the wealth of the country, ‘Dr. Harold Stonier of New York City, told bankers of North Dakota and ‘Minnesota and business men. ata funcheon here Saturday, in terming as a “fallacy” claims to the contrary. Dr. Stonier, treasurer of the Amer- ican Association for Adult Educa- tion, and education director for the public commission of the American Bankers association, took exception to statements which he said had been made by prominent speakers to the effect that 2 per cent of the people now own 68 per cent of the national wealth, He was guest of honor at the luncheon attended by 400 business- men and bankers from the state and Twin Cities, held in connection with the closing day’s program of the North Dakota Bankers association convention here. Merrill Named President Immediately preceding the lunch- eon, Frank T. Merrill of Minot, presi- dent of the Union National bank of that city, was elected to head the state association and A. L. Netcher of Fessenden was named vice presi- dent. Frank Scott, president of the Merchants National Bank and Trust Steele . Rain will help Crop good. Rain needed Prospects good Condition serious Cattle turned into fields SSSRSVSSaoRSSISSSSSSSSRTS 25 Plenty Straw Some Straw SUSAASHRBSaSSSassssusssyasysseyssssssagssysss Williams G. O. P. to Give No Rest to New Deal Cleveland, June 13—()—Under new | reported opposed to Hamilton, moved and younger leadership, the Repub-| his nomination. It carried unani- Mi began the groundwork Satur-| ousiy, See os ROARS: cam) Governor Landon is known to be 1, AML .| awaiting the Democratic platform, to be framed by the convention opening in Philadelphia June 23 for renomina- tion of the Roosevelt-Garner team, before heading into his campaign. Representative Bertrand Snell, the convention chairman, will notify Lan- don of the nomination and Senator Frederick Stelwer, temporary chair- man, will notify Knox, probably in August. These ceremonies may be among the topics the governor and the Chi- cago publisher will take up when t! fe & 3 PURELSTEE BESET saat fH Company of Fargo, was elected treas- urer, and C. C. Wattam of Fargo, re- elected secretary. “In the last reliable estimate made in 1930,” Dr. Stonier said, “the na- tional wealth of this country is given as about $247,000,000,000. ‘According to the 1930 there “| census e! are. 3,500,000,000 farms in the United States operated by owners, and it is estimated that these farms support about 15,000,000 of the farm popula- tion of the country, which is approxi- mately one-half of the persons living on farms. The value of these farms in 1930 was $30,000,000,000. “In addition, there are 10,500,000 families living in non-farm homes which they own and which have a valuation of approximately $50,000,- 000,000, according to the 1930 census. Certainly two per cent of the people do not own 69 per cent ‘of the homes in the United States. “We also know it to be a fact that there are 8,000,00 building and loan association shareholders, who in 1934, owned over $6,000,000,000 of assets. There are some 40,000,000 who own $22,000,000,000 in savings accounts, while 63,000,000 life insurance policy- holders are in possession of $23,000, 000,000 of equities. It is a fact that (Continued on Page Three) Late News Bulletins (By the Associated Press) URGES PROBE OF DEATHS Springfield, Mass. — Because of nearly 50 suspicious deaths in three villages near here recently, Judge George B. Haas called for a sweep- ing probe to determine if they had been murdered by persons seeking to collect their insurance. SPANISH GUARD SLAIN Madrid—The murder and be- heading of a civil guard brought to more than 200 deaths from po- litical rioting in Spain during the last month. WELFORD, NYE TO SPEAK Devils Lake—Gov. Walter Welford and Senator Gerald P. Nye will be the principal speakers at the Governors Day celebration at Camp Grafton here Sunday. Military demonstra- tions and athletic contests will com- plete the program, Company A, Bismarck, won the softball championship of the first battalion Saturday. HOLSTEIN BREEDERS MEET Members of the North Dakota Holstein Breeders’ association met. Saturday in Mandan to transact business and inspect the U. 8. Great Plains dairy station. NEBRASKA RUNNER WINS Minneapolis.—Harold Jacobson, Ne- braska, defeated Fait of North Da- kota in a preliminary 100 meter dash at the A. A. U. Olympis meet here this morning. Both qualified for the finals, however. HOPE FOR ADJOURNMENT Washington.—Congress hopes to get the tax and deficiency ap- propriation bills out of the way next week and adjourn. The new tax bill was still in conference. arene NEW CABINET IN BELGIUM Brussels.—With strikes troubling Belgium and 2,200 speial gendarmes called out to quell disturbances, Paul Von Zeeland formed a Belgium cab- inet Saturday. It was a coalition group. REACH NAVAL AGREEMENT London—England and Russia reached @ far-east naval agree- ment in which Russia promised not to exceed England’s naval tonnage in that area unless Japan does. CONFESSES MURDER Omaha—Allen Wheaton, 19, former South Dakota convict admitted slay- ing Henry Plummer, Council Bluffs, in a hold up. Prosecutor Robert Or- gan of Council Bluffs said he would ask the death penalty. It was at first thought that escaping convicts from the insane asylum at St. Peter, Minn., had committed the crime. NAZI TROOPER KILLED Free City of Danzig—A Nazi storm trooper was killed here in the most severe political disturb- ance in Danzig’s recent history. FORT YATES HONORS PRIEST Fort Yates—Bishop Vincent Wehrle of Bismarck will be the celebrant at a Solemn High Mass here Sunday open- ing the festivities marking the gol- den jubilee of the ordination of Fath- er Bernard, well loved mission priest here, Knights of Columbus of Bis- marck, Mandan and other cities and their ladies will attend the celebra- tion. PITTSBURGH MAYOR ARRESTED Pittsburgh.—Mayor William N. McNair was arrested and taken to, criminal court on # warrant charging misfeasance and mal- feasance in office issued by Judge Ralph E. Smith who said McNair was obstructing a grand jury investigation of police con- ditions. It was another step in 8 local political battle which has been raging for some time. WILLISTON GIRL DIES Minot—Dorothy Levitt, 20, now of Williston but formerly of Minot, died in a hospital here. Big Meat Packer Proposes Unemployment Relief Plan's Los Angeles, June 13.—(P}—A and reduction in forking, bos. a’ 36-hour week for between the ages of 18 per day minimum basic |Give’em The Works Is Buckaroo Slogan Process Servers Busy Lining Up Defendants for Court Ses- sion Tonight Process servers were doing a” land office business in the city Saturday as Bismarck’s Buck- aroo court was scheduled to sit in its first session at 8:30 p. m. Ire the World War Memorial build- 8. From George (Doochay) Shafer, | chief jedge of the soupreme court, went orders to High Sheriff E. B, (Texas Ed) Klein to obtain warrants from J. P. (Snake-Eye) French, cluck of court, for the arrest of all Capitolians who vio- lated the edict that all men must wear western apparel prior to the Bismarck Pioneer Days celebra- tion remniscent of the old west. Promises Surprise for All Calling reporters to his sanc- tum, Doochay Shafer passed a hand over his mouth, appeared with a Mona Lisa smile and an- nounced that he wanted publiciz- ed the fact that there was a dy- namic surprise in store for all who attended the session tonight. The Doochay refused to further elaborate on this statement. “Just say that the court will have a surprise,” he said. But, finally breaking down, Doochay declared “You can tell the world that we're going to have music.” Meanwhile, E. O. (Bring ‘Em In Alive) Bailey and Charles R. through Blackstone in order to Pick up a few tips on how a jedge should act, neither one of them ever haveing been in court be- fore. Enigmatic was the court’s reply toar “3 demand that ne be fui e@ with ‘a list of the persons upon whom warrants were being served. Simon Legree Look “You will learn the names of the miscreants and varlets in due time,” replied the jedge with a Simon Legree look in his eye. Approached with a request to disclose the strategy he will em- ploy in seeking punishment for those he will persecute, Thomas J. (Calamity Jane) Burke, rolled a quid of gum from a right to left cheek molar, hitched up his shorts, deftly flicked a toothpick off the sidewalk into the gutter and declared: “Wall boys, these hyar hyenas T aims to jug ain’t got any more chance of escaping the rope than this hyar houn’ dog (Pointing to Vern Dresbach’s lap dog, Colonel, & small 8t. Bernard) has of dodg- ing the dog catcher. I aims to give ‘em the works.” NYE ARRIVES HERE ON SPEAKING TRIP Senator Hopes for Government Action on Irrigation, Relief Problems U. 8. Senator Gerald P. Nye, ar- riving in Bismarck Saturday by air- plane, said he would call a confer- lence at Washington as soon as the deficiency appropriation bill passes in an effort to map definite plans for conservation, irrigation and relief in North Dakota. Nye eaid the North Dakota delega- tion at Cleveland had heard that copious rains had fallen throughout the state and was stunned to see the onslaught of the drouth in South- western North Dakota. He declined to say what stand he will take in the coming presidential ‘campaign but said he would make his position clear before the general election. I a statement at Cleveland Friday night he expressed dissatis- faction at failure of the platform to mention the St. Lawrence seaway or the problem of peace. OF | New G.O.P. Chief JOHN D. M. HAMILTON True to political traditions, John D. M. Hamilton, pre-convention cam- paign manager for Governor Alfred M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee, was elected chairman of the Republican national committee Fri- day and will direct Republican activi- ties in the forthcoming presidential campaign. His dynamic personality PRICE FIVE CENTS ns Fighting Campaign | (.0.P, NOMINEE 70 TALK MONDAY WITH HIS RUNNING MATE Party Leaders Will Chart Path- way Leading ‘Along the Road to Victory’ LIKES CAMPAIGN CHIEF Tells Reporters. Hamilton Is ‘Hard Fighter But He Al- ways Fights Fairly’ Topeka, Kas., June 13—(#)—Eager for a “fighting” campaign, Gov. Alf M. Landon proposed Saturday to launch the Republican battle for the presidency “right now.” Hardly recovered from the hoarse- \ness of acknowleding a deluge of con- Gratulations on his nomination, the Kansan awaited only the arrival Tuesday of his running mate, Col. Frank Knox, with members of the party's national sub-committee, to chart plans for pointing the party “along the road to victory” in No- vember. ‘The governor's aggressive mood was reflected in a statement expressing delight over the selection of John D. M. Hamilton, leader of his forces at Cleveland, as chairman of the Re- publican national committee. “He is a hard fighter but he al- ways fights fairly,” Landon said. Forgets Reticence and keen brain had much to do with} In uttering the challenge for an the unanimous selection of the Kan-|immediate campaign of action, Lan- sas governor as the standard bearer.|don stepped out of the reticent role FRANCE DECLINES TO AD PLAN FOR CHANGE IN LEAGUE Informs Britain She Wilf Not Countenance Proposal for Regional Groups Paris, June 13.—(®)—France will reject a British proposal to reorganize League of Nations members into regional groups, authoritative sources declared Saturday, as “destructive to the entire structure of collective se- curity.” Informed sources called the sug- gestions, reported to have been made orally by Sir George Clerk, British ambassador to Paris, to Premier Leon Blum, “impossible” because of the league “districts” proposed. The British plan was reported to have advanced two ideas: 1, Cancellation of sanctions against Italy on the ground that war Peseta seiies to halt the conquest of Ethiop! 2. Revison of the league covenant, with particular emphasis on article 16 which provides obligatory application of sanctions by all members when voted. The French, sources close to the foreign office said, found little fault with the first suggestion but they could not accept the second. The regional sanctions groups which would be set up in the cove- nant revision drew French objec- tions, it was said, because the sug- gestions created these responsibili- ties. Great Britain would guarantee as- sistance only to France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. France, already tied to four nations, would also be linked to Spain, Italy and Switzerland in a second regional agreement, : (British sources denied the plan hi been officially presented to the French government.) Linton Girl Killed By Batted Baseball Linton, N. D., June 13—Her skull fractured by a batted ball, Mildred Dornbush, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dornbush of the ‘Westfield community, was fatally in- jured Tuesday. The girl was watching a sandlot Daseball game when a ball caromed off the diamond and struck her in the head. She did not lose consciousness but complained of a severe headache. Walking a half mile to her home she mae te Ded ete ae Gipd nie Dee ster. Funeral services were held Friday. Flag Day Ceremony To Be Held Sunday A public flag day ceremony will be thd Mendon st 3p) ou. euntag RESEEEE iy 7 2 the played through most of the pre- convention period, Surrounded by reporters who in recent weeks had heard him fre- quently “ comment,” governor leaned back in the chair behind his big desk and replied: “Bure, I'll invade the enemy terri- tory—if any. This is going to be a teal campaign from now on.” Gropped into an eusy vernaculer. When he liked an idea he said “swell.” “T want to get the campaign plans under way right away,” he an- nounced, ‘Right Now’ Asked if he meant to start the cam- paign immediately, the governor fired “Right now is the right word.” “That's why I am asking the subs jcommittee to come here right away. I want to get the campaign plans out- ne and the campaign started,” he “Will Colonel Knox do most of the rough riding?” asked a newsman re- ferring to the vice-presidential nom!- nee’s service with the “Rough Riders” during the Spanish-American war. “No,” announced the governor with emphasis. “I'll do my end of it.” In a message of congratulation to Knox Friday Landon said “I welcome the renewal of our comradeship in the same great cause for which we fought together under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt—the cause of the larger Americanism.” Knox Going to Topeka The vice presidential nominee r8- plied from Chicago he would be “ Benes: to come to Topeka next Mon- y." In @ message to the delegates at Cleveland, Landon included the fole lowing allusion to Lincoln: “To prove our faith in the fitness of the American people to govern themselves under a constitution of their own making, let us go forward to meet the issue in the example of Mr, Lincoln, who ‘always addressed the intelligence of men, never their prejudice, their passion or their ig- norance.’” Four Minnesota Men Accused in Kidnaping St. Paul, June 13—(P)—A federal grand _jury indicted four Twin Cities men 'W. Stegbauer, Jr., all of Minneapolis; Red Bernard L. Martineau of St, ‘The indictments charge the four held up a Red Lake Falls, Minn, the two drivers across into North Dakota. AGAIN