The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1936, Page 1

(_&&.] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS N. D. Casts Normal Primary Vote Platform Dispute Threatens Democratic Harmony PLATRORM BUILDERS|- IOWA WORnR HAS BIRTHDAY iD AKOTA DEMOCRATS WORK AS DELEGATES ENJOY THEMSELVES Townsend and EPIC Views Seen as Likely Trouble Makers in Convention KEYNOTER ASSAILS LANDON GOP Lament of ‘Three Long Years’ Is Hurled Back in Reference to Hoover Philadelphia, June 24.—(#)—An up- surge of platform dispute threatened mony Wednesday while business re- Placed tumult in a routine, slimly- attended third session. ‘The afternoon session recessed at 1:16 p. m. (CST), until 6 o'clock to- night (C8T). The interest all was in the com- mittees, and the crowd which assem- bled for the convention proceedings themselves was so small that the gates were thrown open to the public. Mrs. Nancy Hurst (left) Is shown at her home In Tabor, ta., as she cele- brated her 105th birthday to become the oldest woman in lowa. With her is her daughter, Mrs. Fenton Benedict, 82 years old. At the age of 48 Mre. Hurst went to lowa 60 years ago in 1876 as a bride. She was — er of 11 children, four of whom are living. (Associated Press =: Drouth Relief Aid ns’Are Pushed CAPONE STAB WOUND I ONLY SUPERFICIAL) Dakota Officials et RE iin orcad Washington, June 24—(P)}—Gov. sate: sob up foealisy the, ilcioen: Walter Welford and Senator Gerald makers ‘selected Senator unanimously Alcatraz Prison Convict Who|P. Nye of North Dakota urged the ‘Wagner of New York to be chairman bureau of public roads Tuesday to Assailed Gang Chief Put i $2,000,000 of ea in ‘Solitary’ highway funds to the state as a means of drouth relief. Bureau officials, they said, agreed to survey the possibility - San Francisco, June 24—(—lot making the allocation without re-|~ American ed the constitutional discussion by| James C. Lucas, the Alcatras Island | quiring North Dakota to match it. Proposing an amendment to require 4 @ two-thirds majority in the convict who stabbed Al Capone and| The legal situation was complicated, The governor and senator, as well as other North Dakota officials, also @iscussed drouth relief with officials of the Farm Credit and Farm Ad- -|justment administrations, the Works Progress administration and the Rural Resettlement administration. FDR Tentatively Approves Deputy WPA Administrator Aubrey Williams Resettlement Adminis- change the New Deal insistence that the con< stitution already is broad enough to meet Roosevelt objectives—if given tion. men to deter- ould be required. President ae i : t : F ? tt aut i rE ii i uistt e a | if #5 a i : cf | E E E : ud | : : HH ile vee Hi iE iu AI | i il t lit i i “ | 3 i Ht ti Hi i i if it gis | ee 8 : E the governor said, by legislative di- oy ENTHUSIASTIC OVER BARKLEY’S SPEECH Think State Farmers Will Agree With Comments About Supreme Court GLOTZBACH PRAISES TALK Waterway and Crop Insurance Two Planks Favored by Flickertail Envoys Philadelphia, June 24.—(?)—Spon- taneous enthusiasm over Senator Al- ben W. Barkley's keynote speech echoed !n North Dakota’s Democratic convention delegation Wednesday as members subscribed to its challenge to “reactionary foes of the New Deal.” W. D. Lynch, LaMoure, chairman of the delegation, saw in Senator Barkley’s address the hub around which North Dakota's Democracy could rally in an effort to carry that eri for Presjdent Roosevelt in the “It was @ speech which all local Democrats will approve and whole- heartedly subscribe to for victory in November,” he added. “I think the farmers of North Dakota will agree with what Senator Barkley said about the supreme court. The address cov- ered the refinancing of farm loans and home owners loans in excellent manner.” Calls Speech Potent ico gs pearance ate stag “It is © tough blow to the reaction- ary foes of the New Deal,” he said. “Senator be people and that the few who help in exploiting the masses must be de- throned.” Wiliam £E. Glotzbach, national committeeman from Anamoose said: “I have attended five national con- ventions and Ihave heard a good many orators but Barkley, to my mind, gave the most inspiring talk on social justice and human rights that I have ever listened to.” Favors Waterway Lashkowits said he would make a fight in the platform com- for inclusion in the platform plank urging prompt ratifica- Canadian-United States farmers, Lashkowits belittled the chances of Rep. William Lemke, North Dakota, of winning his home state as the Union party presidential nominee. Lashkowits and Lynch, however, agreed Lemke might make a slight cut in the Democratic vote but both also expressed the opinion Gov. Alf M. Landon, Kansas, Republican presi- dential candidate, would lose as much the Unionists, as the tee] ai N. D. Democrats at Convention Session ROOSEVELT PENS HIS ACCEPTANCE SPERCH U. S. Sending Three Men to Europe for Study of Co- operatives There ‘Washington, June 24—(#)—In prep- s week-end - ‘Wednesday on his renomination ac- speech and possible action on the ship subsidy bill, last of the major measures still 5 In addition to action on 38 measures including approval of the $800,000,- 000 revenue bill, the chief executive Monday kept close tabs on the ac- tivities of the Democratic national convention at Philadelphia, Mr. Roosevelt also started a draft of the address he will make Satur- day at Philadelphia and later held a long conference with Judge John E. Mack of New York, who will repeat his role of four years ago to place the president’s name before the con- vention. Interest in cooperative develop- ments in Europe was by Mr. Roosevelt at his press conference late in the day. He said three men would be sent abroad to study coop- erative stores, housing credit, insur- ance, banking, electrical distribution and marketing. The president said. his attention was drawn to the sub- Ject by a recent publication on such activities in Sweden. Bonus Checks Lost, Banks Are Informed Northwest bankers have been asked A i 3837 Members of the North Dakota delegation to the Democratic na- tional convention are shown in the convention hall at Philadel- phia just before the conclave was called to order. (Associated Press Photo.) MILLION DOLLARS IN HIGHWAY PROJECTS PICCARD'S BALLOON SOARS TO HEAVENS Fransperent’-30-Feot: Bag Ex- pected to Reach 10 to 14 Mile Altitude T0 BE LET JULY 10 Jobs Involve Grade Crossings, Road Construction and Landscaping Bids on 20 projects involving grade crossing elimination proposals and more than 60 miles of road construc- Minneapolis, June 24.—(?)—Prof. Jean Piccard’s unmanned experimen- tal balloon took off from Memoriai| 1878 will: be epenet July 0, stadium at 6:58 a. m. tion work in North Dakota, estimated to cost approximately one million dol- State Highway Commissioner W. J. Flanni- stratosphere-bound on a scientific gn announced Wednesday. mission, ted to it from 10! ab aetd | miles of grading, 49 miles of gravel- to 14 miles above the earth. The balloon, hydrogen-filled, carry- ing a small radio transmitter and a) micro-meteorogr: plus an auto- matic sand rele: soared quickly when released. It disappeared north- eastward from the University of Min- nesote, stadium in a few minutes. Piccard and his assistants went to & portable radio receiving station where they tuned in on the auto- matic radio which were to come at short intervals from the in- strument in the balloon. ‘The micro-meteorograph will re- cord the temperature and pressure at the increasing altitudes. Piccard said studies will be made of pressure at the stratospheric altitudes and that the flight may demonstrate the practic- Approximately 200 hydrogen were used to inflate the 30- foot bag. The balloon is expected to begin its descent at approximately 12 noon. z instruments did not ar- and Cosmic ray give the finder instructions as to dis- hecks, which have been | position of the instruments. intended ho were! Firemen Called to Three Small Blazes af Hi fh RFE i i i 4 E Ege 5 g E eaee I rid be i i 3 i i g i BS 5 i He oy i ur gee it FE fa Included in the proposals are 72 APPARENT INCREASE INDEMOCRATIC VOTE IS BALLOT FEATURE Chief Interest Centers on Racé for Republican Governor Nomination N. P..L. LEADERSHIP SOUGHT Democrats Have Red Hot Battie in At Least Two Places on Ticket was spotted, some cities reporting # big early turnout and others the vote was somewhat behind previ- ous years. A feature was the appar- ent sharp increase in the demand for Pin the country precincts the vole the country was expected to be normal or better because the roads generally are good. ing and 4.7 miles of paving or oll mix|°"C a4 wor surfacing. Two landscaping jobs are part Of] tne the work to be placed under contract. They are located in Burleigh county at the state penitentiary and in Wells county at Harvey. Elimination of dangerous highway- railroad crossings is sought by con- Velva and Stanley structures near Pillsbury, in Hanna- ford and Carrington, near Glenfield and east of Jamestown. Each also in- volves minor road construction work. Other projects to be let to contract include: Graveling—La Moure county 63 Wells, 4 gravel and 1.1 miles paving or oil mix, in Harvey; Stutsman, 43 miles grad- ing, 2.2 miles graveling, and 2.1 miles paving or oll mix, Jamestown south. Lemke Will Confer With ‘Big Bill Soon Mandan—Heavy vote in sight, 446 votes being cast in first two hours. Of these 280 were Republican and 166 Democrat ‘Minot—Normal vote cast at noon: in the number of word from the country dis- tricts thei