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

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper. ESTABLISHED 1878 : Flames Spread in Northern Woods Parties Lay Plans for CampaignsPublic Must Help 0 a wont PUGS [Bank of France’s | =<Pmaatcastrorroncr/ Expose Chiselers BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1936 PRICE FIVE ‘ AND DEMOS ADOPT ail STATE PLATFORMS GOP Meeting Ends Discordant- ly With Welford and: Langer Forces at Odds DEMOCRATS HARMONIOUS Opposing Groups Endorse Their Presidential Candidates and Other Resolutions Republican and Democratic state central committees laid preliminary groundwork for the fall campaign, adopted party platforms, re-elected present officers, and pledged allegiance te their respective presidential candi- dates in sessions here Wednesday. The Democratic meeting was har- monious throughout, with regular and “progressive” groups participating, but the Republican meeting ended on a discordant note with the Gov. Walter The Langer group voted in a bloc of 13 to 15 committeemen out of 47 present from the opening fight on the credentials report to the final opposi- tion to the Welford group resolutions, when 14 anti-votes were mustered. including the,pledge of faith Alf M. Landon, Republican presiden- tial candidate, were presented in their entirety, forcing either rejection or adoption of all or none. The resolutions of the Republican and Democratic groups follow: REPUBLICAN Urged election of Governor Landon as “progressive midwestern” Republi- can. Urged election of Gov. Welford and support of “his candidates” on the state Republican ticket. Support of a national program of soil conservation with cash benefit payments to farmers and asked that the “flood” of competitive, food prod- Powers Reduced North Dakota Liquor Imports Eyed by U.S.; Aberdeen, 8. D. Aug. 13—(P)— R. L. Le Fors, investigator for the alcohol tax unit of the treasury de- partment here, warned Thursday the penalty of $1,099 fine, a year’s im- prisonment, or both. REVOLTS COLLAPSE PREDICTED; REBELS FIGHT ON, HOWEVER Insurgents Reported Pressing San Sebastian, Establish- ing Contact in South Family-Controlled Board of Re- gents Abolished After Cen- tury of Operation Paris, Aug. 13.—(#)—The century- old board of regents of the Bank of France, abolished because the gov- ernment charged it represented an oligarchy dominating French fiscal affairs, will surrender its power Fri- day to @ new, government-controlled council. . The government will eppoint most of the 20 council members directly. It is expected, however, to continue the anti-devaluationist policy of the retiring board of the institution which, since the time of Napoleon, has issued the nation’s currency and has been the repository for its gold reserves. To Ward Off Inflation Maintenance of the French franc not only has been a government policy, financial circles pointed out, but also officials promised to refrain from using the new council’s powers for inflation. Vincent Auriol, finance minister, reiterated the government’s opposi- tion to inflation when the bill was approved July 16 by a chamber of deputies vote of 430 to 111, us| who it charges controlled the bank. ‘The third was in the south, con- who hoped to capture 4 Madrid's war ministry announced the capture of four small towns in the south—Deifontes, Calahorra, De rebels n| ‘Ever-Normal ticts and goods from foreign markets | Ramon “an effective civil service.” Declared emergency relief “should in no way depend on a declaration of fi 3 Peoreed the federal government to make “substantial” adjustment of federal farm loan debts of farmers. aged people be given assistance.” Working on Two Speeches Set for Friday En Route with President Roosevelt: Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 13.—(#)}—Off 8 swift-moving gs ga54 pice il g E ae 3 § 8 > 5 Stock Trading Suspends ‘The change also created such fears for the future of the franc that trad- ing in bank stocks was suspended @uring some of the parliamentary debate. The regents professed “great appre- hension” for the nation’s financial future. They expressed concern that the new regime, if it adopted liberal elected since 1800 by the 200 largest stockholders, oT CROP PUATG EXT YR IS UNDER DISCUSSION =. Granary’ Plan May Be Put Into Effect to Control Surplus Washington, Aug. 13.—()—Unre- planting in the corn and ° W. W. Prechard (left), Thief River, Minn., Henry Holt, Grand Forks, WN. D., and Clifford Bouvette (right), Hallock, Minn: are shown ae they arrived at the White House in Washington to ask for a federal cash Grant to carry to completion the Keio tiver channel project. (Associated Taxes May Be Cut, Says Morgenthau NO MILL LEVY WILL BE NECESSARY NEXT terest Will Come From Processing Tax Fund ’ Approximately $586,000 in princi- be met Jan. 1, next, without a state mill levy for 1935, it was announced by A. F. Bonzer Jr., manager of the state mill and elevator at Grand “The $575,000 the state mill re- ceives from its processing tax suit after the AAA was declared uncon- stitutional by the U. 8. supreme court will be distributed in line with the court order since the mill and elevator is a state institution and the state is not defined under he windfall tax law,” Bonzer explained. In this manner, he said, the in- dustrial commission will be in a posi- tion to meet $500,000 in principal and $86,000 in interest next Jan. 1, with- out making a state mill levy for 1 936. In addition to processing tax funds, monies available to meet require- ments total apprcximately $120,000. After making payments next Janu- ary, approximately $109,000 will re- main to apply on 1938 payments, he said. Mzn Held for Murder Of Japanese Actress Riverside, Calit., Aug. 13—(?)—Ray of] Johnson, 39, was brought to the coun- i ity | ait BB ci i [eer ih A z : E = i ; r i fe FF is if tf i I i g 3 i & i i 8 i i i hi iis § jail here Thursday after his arrest on a charge he murdered Midi Ta- kaoka, 25-year-old Japanese actress. Sheriff's Deputy F. F. tu re- He fd te i : . Bachand, City, a man whom Miss | Takaoka met on a transcontinental bus trip. Bachand is held as a ma- wtiness, 6 Improved Business to Obviate Necessity of Creating New Levies Next Year Washington, Aug. 13—(7)—A fore- cast that taxes will not be increased ‘and may, in fact, be “slightly reduced,” made press conference that followed, said im business’ conditions had so creased taxes will be necessary at the next session of congress. In addition, they announced an im- mediate study of the whole tax struc- ture, including the law enacted this spring placing corporate taxation upon equities” and “administrative difficul ties” which may result in the elimina- tion of some of the miscellaneous or “nuisance taxes.” Study Recommendation The early morning White House meeting, held just prior to the presi- dent’s departure on a flood control survey, studied a recommendation from Secretary Morgenthau that: “Any changes in the tax structure should, therefore, not be in the direc- tion of increased taxes. But this very situation makes it possible and timely for us now to consider revision of the tax laws with the purpose of rémoving gny inequities or unnecessary admin: istrative difficulties that may be \berent in the law and abating or modi- fying taxes that create unfairness to consumers or to trade or have other Gisadvantages which outweigh their revenue yield.” Harrison told reporters if the ad- ministrative costs and difficulties of some specific taxes were found to be 80 great they could be repealed with little loss of revenue, such action would be recommended. What taxes he had in mind, he did not say. Cites Nuisance Taxes Reduced Assessment Is Sought by Railroad tatives of the Chicago, Young Cites Instances Where . GROW MORE DRADLY Volunteered Information Has Caught Offenders: “If there is ‘chiseling’ in the Bur- leigh county relief set-up it is up to the public to help us stop it.” The speaker is Russell Young, Bis- marck labor leader and chairman of the county welfare board which de- termines whether or not @ person seeking relief shall have it. “Bure there has been ‘chiseling,’ but in most of the cases where we have discovered people getting relief who were not entitled to it we have had the help of their neighbors who do not approve of that any more than any other good citizen,” Young said. He then went on to explain some of the cases in which people have at- tempted to impose upon the welfare board and where fraud has been un- covered as the result of “tips” from neighbors. One Involved Woman One case had to do with # woman who became ill and whose doctor rec- ommended an emergency operation. In such cases the board requires. sworn statement that the person re- ceiving the treatment is unable to pay the bill. The woman in question swore to such a statement and was taken to the hospital where the doc- tors operated on her. It was rather & desperate case, too. Subsequently, through a “tip” the board learned that the woman had a bank account in a neighboring city. Investigation showed there was $700 to her credit. ® She could write a check for that knew and read the woman the making it a crime to give a false affi- davit, she wrote a check reimbursing the board for the amount it had spent in her case. Found No Assets In another instance a man and his wife in a neighboring city, who al- ways had seemed to be getting along well, applied for relief. The board looked into the matter but found no assets and their names were added to the relief rolls. One day a neighbor remarked that. Investigation showed a bank ac-| parti count of $2,500. In there was more than tal savings account. ‘The man and his wife no longer are on relief—and the welfare board got back every penny it had spent on this couple. They were glad to pay rather than face a court. May Be Other Cases ‘There may be other cases of sim- ilar nature which have gone unde- tected, Young said, but if the public knows of any such it will help create @ better atmosphere by giving the welfare board the information. It isn't asking neighbors to spy on each other but right is right and to “chisel” on relief is wrong. The cases mentioned indicate why tion to that in @ pos- ito the fora merely to keep from digging Jus which they have laid LANGER IN RUNNING Definite Decision on His Candi- dacy for Governor to Be Reached on Aug. 22 Striker’s Appetite | Proves His Undoing El Paso, Tex., Aug. 13—(>)— Jasper Pool, 35-year-old Negro in the county jail, was on a hunger strike and hadn't eaten for four days. Sheriff Chris P. Fox cut a large watermelon in front of Pool’s cell and left it within reach. Returning 15 minutes later he found nothing but the rind. Next day the prisoner was eat- ing regularly. LEMIKE'S NAME WILL “APPEAR ON BALLOTS THROUGHOUT NATION Four Different Methods of Achieving That Aim Are Outlined by Nystul Chicago, Aug. 13.—(7)—Rep. Wil- liam Lemke’s campaign manager, John Nystul, felt certain Thursday Lemke’s name as Union party candi- date for president would appear on the ballot in each of the 48 states in November. “In some manner,” Nystul asserted, the names of the North Dakota Re- publican and his vice presidential running-mate, Thomas C. O’Brien of Boston, “will . . go on the official in every state in the union.” assertion came in a statement Nystul said was “made for the pur- pose of offsetting reports . . circulated rom the camps of the opposition .. will be impossible to .. on the ballots ‘The get official ballot recognition, the manager said: e of the Union party possible, convention of Father Charles Cough- lin’s National Union for Social Jus- ASTOR COURT DRAMA NEARING CLOSE WITH PRANK DIARY SEALED Parents Will Split Custody; More Fireworks Seen, How- ever, From Others Fall I i F i Minnesota’s State Forester Pronounces Conditions Most Acute in History MORE FIGHTERS RECRUITED Fear Scores of Small Blazes May Merge Into One Mighty Holocaust St. Paul, Aug. 13—(?)—Spreading flames in the northern wilderness and an adverse forecast of wind and low brush fire front where 25,000 weary men fought growing hazards. Hundreds of men enlisted from the streets of International Falls, Minn., and adjacent highways joined 1,000 firefighters on the boundary north on Kabetogama lake where an uncontrolled blaze, with © 6,000 blackened acres in its wake, broadened. Eight thousand feet of fire hose and other equipment arrived at the Tom Lake fire in the Grand Port- age state forest, northeastern Min- hundreds combatting the flames. Elsewhere over the northwoods re- pessimistic. “Yesterday was bad,” Conzet “but today prospects are not 50 It looks like it’s going to be a hot day for us with lowering humidity, tising temperature and more wind. Anything es More Fires on tsle™ Flame-seared Isle Royale, Mich., 20 miles off the north shore Grand Marais, Minn., was the of accelerated fire control efforts after a shift in wind saved a camp from destruction. 27,000 acres are in ashes on isle from three fires. Residents of the tiny settlements Fairbanks timberland despite the efforts of some 1,000 firefighters. The blaze levelled 22 farms over the week-end, smould- ered, and broke out again. In Wisconsin the fire menace was . concentrated in the Bennett and Pattison park sectors, although smaller blazes smouldered at points scattered over the entire northern half of the state. Twelve families were moved from the Bennett vicinity ‘Wednesday and the village of Haw- thorne was endangered. Hundreds of men cut emergency firebreaks near » Minn, where a new blaze flourished Wed- the Pequaywan southeast of that city and a major international -