The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1936, Page 1

(2 ] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 ’ Heat Claims 55 Lives, Three in State FEDERATION PACES [HOT NEws|)SWEEPING CHANGE I nigh “y = ehh ahaa } 7 " =o Te a mh la yo Heat Given As Contribut {I PLANNED BY FDRIIN DROUTH COUNTIES ry residents were among five persons who from the int succumbed Tuesday heat or in accidents attempting to find relief from the weather. GROW ACCUSATORY mann Famer eae ne Cause in Death of Tuttle Woman Tuesday , Green Charges Lewis Has Caus- ed Nothing But Discord In Ranks : LEWIS REPLIES BITTERLY AFL President Recalls Body Al- ready Had Planned Drive charged it with pursuing a ‘dog in the manger’ policy and portrayed it as a barrier blocking the efforts of the steel workers to become organ- Green said. Wealthy Fireman; Rob- bery Was Motive ge aga John Leonhart, when he fell from Me i! J , ND, BOYS 10 coc , ROLL IS RAQUESTED <2 @-vs- caw Authorization Sought to In- crease Enroliment from SERR : i aE E i ij 70, St. Paul, died @ ladder after be- Adjustment to New Enterprises That Will Not Depopulate Area Visualized WOULD STOP DIRECT RELIEF President Plans Dakota Visit in August to See Results of Drouth ‘Wahington, July 8—()—A sweep- ing alteration in the economy of the | Payrolls northwestern dust bowl was the an- nounced objective of the federal gov- ernment Wednesday as President Roosevelt inaugurated a drouth re- lef program. The president also made known his plan to make as personal ion of the area some time next month to see what progress had been made. Officials said work relief projects, subsistence loans and grants are in- cluded in the emergency campaign designed to give incomes to 170,000 distressed families and provide feed top Relief Need Mr. ‘Roosevelt told reporters the plan contemplates adjustment of farmers to new enterprises which will the area, but will change its agricultural economy and stop the need of direct federal relief which he estimated st $90,000,000 in three years. Immediate federal relief operations will be carried out in 97 “emergency drouth counties” selected by the agri- culture department's drouth commit- 9,800 Men On Payrolls Today; 18,900 to Be Employed in Two Weeks RRA AIDS 16,000 FAMILIES Relocation of Farmers: and Water Conservation Are Principal Aims Slashing red tape in its efforts to meet the drouth disaster, the WPA in North Dakota had 9,800 men on its Wednesday and will have 18,900 on its lists before two weeks have elapsed. Paralleling this activity was that of the Resettlement administration which soon will have 15,000 farm fam- ilies on direct grants because they are not so located that they can work on WPA projects. The two federal agencies combined expect to have 60,000 families to care for during the winter as with 42,000 families on the FERA list in 1934, the previous drouth year. Relief will be on an emergency ‘basis but the work to be done by WPA will be made the basis for an attack on adverse conditions in this region which the government now regards as permanent. This will consist of the: relocation of farmers and an attempt to develop water resources to better’ advantage. ‘This prospect to those who have been contending that irrigation of the river valleys of- fers the only permanent solution for North Dakota's ills, ‘The WPA Wednesday had added 1,300 persons to its rolls in addition to the 8500 which it had before the drouth caused a raise of 10,400 in the quota. They were working in 34 coun- ties. Additional counties will be listed SR as eats Ni : ‘The president, who ‘said the govern- ment now 4s dealing with long range. disaster, planned to visit the Dakotas and possibly Minnesota. 204,000 Families Hit He estimated that 204,000 families, mostly in the northwest area, were in be advanced subsistence and grants and that 70,000 others were already receiving such help. This he said, leaves 34,000 families for whom some form of aid has yet to be pro- vided. ‘The livestock program he said would call for movement of cattle from the *|arid sections as a private enterprise, to protect the foundation herds the livestock growers. He said the small feeder would receive government loans for costs of pasturage. Mr. Roosevelt said wheat and corn acreage had increased this year over the 1928-32 average and that any shortage in yields would be due to d@routh damage and not crop reduc- Father Dworschak to Officiate at Rites for Fargo Attor- ney Thursday i ‘under way are Burleigh, Divide, Burke, Williams, Mountrail, McKenzie, Dunn, Billings, Hettinger, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh and La- ‘Moure. County Projects Set Up In order to avoid the delays inci- dent to the approval of individual Projects, county projects are being set up. Wherever possible men on the re- few miles south of Bismarck on the bluffs above Apple creek, the Harold Speaks farm is typical of thou- others fast cooking beneath the rays of a s:orching sun. Three generations of the Speaks fam- lived in the cabin in the top pictures, a home hewn from Missouri river bottom cottonwood logs 5 it the first farmer made a living before drouth descended on the land. there. But today Speaks will tell you he hasn’t had a profitable year since = LIVESTOCK FEEDING ‘WPA and Resettlement administra- tions and the county welfare boards NOW MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM IN STATE Purchasing Plan Will Depend on Developments in Feed- Raising Areas With tension over human subsis- which are required to certify to the |Degan two federal agencies the names men eligible for employment aridity to come became evident. that he may yet obtain a feed crop. In the middle picture some of | Here Are Hourly | Temperature Marks a ‘TUESDAY . 106 9p. ea00H Sypsy aacnunn PPPPepp BBBSBBS ce AGAINST ETHOPIANS =="=IWHO KILLED FUERS Among 10 Slain by Tribesmen in Massacre, June 26 pend largely : aeyslngecia ie Tespect to the feed situation in major feed-producing areas during the next njFamous Aviator FARLEY WILL TAKE LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MANAGE DRIVE Observers Believe He Will Re- sign as Postmaster Gen- eral After Nov. 3 ‘Washington, July 8—()—James A. Farley Wednesday began winding up the affairs of his office as postmaster general preparatory to taking a three months’ leave of absence during which he will direct the New Deal election campaign. President Roosevelt announced late Tuesday that Farley, chairman of the Democratic national committee, would relinquish his cabinet post and Pay between Aug. 1 and election day. RELIEF MEASURES SPEEDED President Roosevelt Plans *3 Visit Dakotas Sometime in August TREES Pittsburgh, July 8—(?)}—It's hot, the temperatures are heading for summer's highest marks, but a group of Pittsburgh men and women is getting ready for Christ- mas. Sweltering in the heat of a rH Ertsete apple tf i tit i pe i i nt E H Hy § i gE ih 4 it 7 le | i E i i i ‘8 ! : f i [ a i £ : Sie REEF fi F aL abt aes g See i tilt *y 3 [ BB yj i z ae i I tf fr 3B i E $ i if | ght i I