The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 10, 1936, Page 1

eS Hi i * committee on campaign expenditures North Dakota’s | Oldest Newspafer THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Falr gers, age! unsettled; little in temperature, ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1936 County-Wide WPA Strike Called New Deal Champion Defeats Talmadge in Georgia MANE'S GANPAIN. [Armistice Proposal Rejected! FINDGONTROVERSY | As Rebels Launch New Drive STIRS BOTH CAMPS Senator Russell, Jr., Builds Up Commanding Lead Over Roosevelt Foe \ CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AIRED Report of Expenditures Shows More Than $50,000 Given to Republicans Washington, Sept, 10—()—Jubilant shouts of victory from the anti-Tal- madge camp in Georgia and a Demo- cratic-Republican controversy over campaign funds sent into Maine add- ed to the political din Thursday as the campaign swept on. The 38-year-old Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., saw a triumph for the ‘New Deal in the commanding lead he built up over Governor Eugene Tal- madge in Wednesday's contest for the Georgia Democratic, senatorial nom- ination. Latest returns showed Russell, up- holder of the Roosevelt administra- tion, had garnered 161,822 votes, against 84,231 for Talmadge, nation- ally known as a foe of Roosevelt po- licies. Under Georgia law, candidates are elected by county unit votes, a system similar to the electoral college in Presidential elections. Returns, though incomplete, indicated 340 such votes for Russell, as against 68 for Talmadge. Russell needed 206 unit votes to win, Talmadge Reserves Comment While Talmadge reserved comment, Russell issued a statement saying the “overwhelming vote was an expres- sion of confidence in our president and our party.” The argument involving Maine campaign funds began Wednesday as the national high commands of both major parties bent évery effort to make an impressive showing in next Monday’s state election in the New England commonwealth. The Democratic national committee announced that a report of the senate showed that more than $50,000 had been contributed to the Republican campaign fund in Maine by the Du- Pont, Rockefeller, Morgan, and other wealthy families. Hits at Expenditures Democratic Chairman James A. Farley, who made public the senate committee’s report, said: “I am sure that the voters of Maine will be quite interested to have Gov- ernor Landon explain in detail the story of the contributions of the Du- Ponts, Morgans, Rockefellers, Sloans, Archbolds and others... .” He asserted that the list of con- tributors “shows an almost 100 per cent American Liberty League per- sonnel.” John D. M. Hamilton, Republican national committeeman, replied: “Frankly, it looks as if the New Dealers were seeking an alibi in ad- vance for the expected Republican victory in Maine in the state elec- tion next Monday.” Declaring the report failed to show “the several thousand persons” who were able to give only a dollar or so, he said “any citizen has a right to contribute to a campaign as long as he complies with the law.” Richardton Will Be Host to Physicians Richardton, N. D., Sept. 10.—()— ‘The annual meeting of the southwest- ern division of the North Dakota Med- ical tion will be held here Sat- ‘urday. i Scheduled as principal speaker is ‘Dr. William Long of Fargo whose topic is heart disease and private practice of medicine. Division officers are Dr. N. W. Shu- macher, Hettinger, president; Dr. Walt Gilsdorf, New England, vice president, and Dr. A. E, Spear, Dickinson, secre- tary. Now he’s... “On the Oregon Trail” Tribune. Today he is on his way te Portland. Ride Wanted YOUNG man wants ride ‘this GERMAN LABORERS PLEDGE LIFE-LONG SUPPORT 70 HITLER Vociferous Nazi Convention Highly Acclaims Anti-Bol- shevist Crusade Nurnberg, Germany, Sept. 10.—(#) —Armed with shiny spades, 43,000 bronzed and muscular members of Nazi Germany's labor corps pledged lasting allegiance to Adolf Hitler Thursday as “happy, healthy, self- confident soldiers of work.” A smiling Fuehrer, pleased by vo- elferous Nazi convention reception of his anti-Bolshevist crusade, heard the solemn promise to “follow you wher- ever you lead.” Presenting the picked battalions, | Major General Konstantin Hierrl, Nazi commissioner for compulsory la- bor service, told the chancellor: “You know, mein Fuehrer, that your labor men are not dissatisfied slaves, but happy, healthy and self- confident soldiers of work, who have proudly and gladly responded to the call of duty.” Lone, Striking Hitler, a lone and striking figure, stood high above the crowd on the speaker's rostrum. “Good morning, comrades of la- bor,” he greeted the marchers. Throughout the nation similar spade battalions assembled on their drill grounds. Commands given at Nurnberg were transmitted to them by radio and they duplicated maneu- vers before the party of high Nazi officials which accompanied Hitler to} the review. Hitler's warning against Soviet. in- fluenees brought the possibility of in- ternatfonal complications as dele- gates convened for third day sessions| ‘of the annual Nazi party convention. Unofficial reports, which could not be confirmed, spread through the party delegations that Moscow might recall its ambassador to Berlin as a result of the scathing attack on the Soviet pronounced by the German chancellor Wednesday night. Flays Bolshevism “Bolshevism seeks to exterminate governments based on a community of race and blood and replace them. by non-Aryan Jewish elements of no race,” Hitler warned in his address) on “culture.” “Sooner or later Sovietistic authority states will end in anarchy since Jew- ish elements possess only despotic, faculties. never organizing recon- structive ones.” Hitler's assault on Bolshevism and Jews was made during the annual party culture meeting in the Nurn- berg opera house. The chancellor accused Jews of simulating interest in culture solely. for monetary gain. He bluntly condemned 98 per cent of the leadership of Soviet Russia as “Jewish parasites” and blamed Spain’s civil war on the influence of Spanish Jews. Vogel Is Named Dems’ N. D. Finance Director New York, Sept. 1 10.—(#)—Charles 3. Vogel, Fargo, N. D., has been ap- pointed finance director of the’ Dane cratic National committee and state chairman of the National Council of Roosevelt electors in North Dakota, James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National committee, an- nounced Thursday. Roosevelt electors, Farley said, is an tion representing the Demo- cratic National committee in North Dakota for the purpose of raising the national campaign fund for re-elec- ees of President Roosevelt in Novem- BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED Washington, Sept. 10.—(#)—Revis- ing an earlier estimate, Morgenthau reported Thursday @ treasury offering of $400,000,000 of 20-23 year 2 and % per cent bonds had been oversubscribed 13 times. Bismarck a Valley City, Harvey and Rebels in < ehenenee Alca- r Flatly Refuse Demand for Surrender (By the Associated Press) Spanish rebels, a Pamplona el eee reported Thursday, have turned iown a proposal for a 15-day general Rati in the civil war. The proposal, credited. to a “diplo- | mat of great influence,” envisaged a change in the radical Spanish con- stitution during the 15-day period to make it more acceptable to Rightist elements revolting against the So- clalist dominated government. Madrid’s acceptance was said to have been counted upon. But the Fascist rebels “totally rejected” any such plan, preferring to fight on for complete control of the nation. With an unofficial armistice ap- parently prevailing before the be- sieged city of San Sebastian, :he rebels! were reported turning their entire at- tention to a new march on Madrid. Disclaim Responsibility Their junta, at Burgos, formally an- nounced a rebel plane was not respon- sible for the attempted bombing of the United States destroyer Kane last Aug. 30, ' In London, Great Britain again pressed Portugal for complete adher- ance to the work of an international neutrality committee. A government officer at Toledo, who walked blindfolded into the shcll- tattered Alcazar where 1,700 rebels and their families have defied capture for two months, walked out again with a flat refusal of a government demand for surrender. The San Sebastian truce, not ack- nowledged by leaders of either side but nevertheless an apparent fact, came after Basque Nationalists in the city seized control from Anarchists who threatened to fire the whole re- sort, rather than surrender. The Anarchists were deported and advanc- ing rebel columns drew up short. Rebels Claim. Victory Rebels said San Sebastian was as good as theirs, with the Basques in power. Only sporadic rifle and artil- lery fire was heard at points near the city Thursday. Col. Jose Mascarron, the commander of the rebels entrenched in the Alca- zar, told the messenger from the gov- ernment, “Whatever befalls me and my men shall befall us all... With Gen- cral Emilio Mola at the gates of Ma- drid, you will be thé ones to surrender.” A rain of hand grenades and dyna- jmute, from government positions, was resumed, and big guns rocked the Al- cazar with deadly blasts. A sudden irebel air raid on Toledo itself killed 1our persons and wounded thirty. Loyalists Report Successes From the government side, in Ma- drid, came new announcements of suc- cess in the south and west. From the extremist workers’ leader, Antonio Moreno, at Port Bou, came a denun- ciation of the Socialist government as “a pack of fools” and “timid.” | Moreno outlined a program em- bracing free love and abolition of pri- vate property, among other things. Party Aides to Help | Organize N. D. Clubs Three representatives of the Re- publican national committee head- quarters at Chicago will arrive in North Dakota this week-end to or- canis Landon-Knox Sunflower clubs ughout the state, it was an- ey from Landon-Knox head- quarters here Thursday. Stephen Hinshaw of the National Republican headquarters, is gd here arranging for organization of the state. An executive committee for state ‘Sunflower clubs was announced to aid in mapping organization. Members are: E. A. Tostevin, Mandan; Grand Forks; Howard Lampman, Williston, and Rev. C. F. Strutz, Bis- marck, Organization meetings for 18 clubs have been arranged. They include: Sept. 15, Wahpeton, Beulah and Grand Forks; Sept. 16, Lisbon, Man- dan and Grafton; Sept. 17, LaMoure, and Devils Lake; 18, kan; Sept. 19, Jamestown, New Rock: ford and Stanley; Sept. 21, Fargo, Minot and Williston. z ul 3 £ sEOe gest g & Duffy, Devils Lake; O. B, Burtness, |**- Sept. ee PETERSEN'S ACTION’ - IS AIMED AT QUICK STRIKE SETTLEMENT Conferences With Union Lead- ers and National Guard Com- manders Held LANDON'S REVISED | MINERARY SLATES 14 TALKS ON TOUR) res” aus t | Troops to Be Used ‘Ged ony as Last Resort, Minnesota Governor Asserts ASI 20) | LOSSES Indiana, Connecticut, Ma: chusetts, New Hampshire Appearances Set Topeka, Kans, Sept. 10—(P—) st, paul, Sept. 10.—(P)}—Governor Speeding up his presidential cam-| Hjalmar Petersen took direct action paign, Governor Alf. M. Landon wil?! Thursday to force an immediate set- set out tonight upon his second drive] tlement of the Minneapolis strikes for votes in populous eastern states,| When he called conferences of union climaxing a series of cross-country | leaders for 2 p.m. following « Bee 2% ith Mayor Thomi a appearances with an address Satur- | {ne 8! noon W y as ti and Minnesota national day night in Portland, Maine. ee guard commanders at the capitol. The Republican nominee hurried| ~ Governor Petersen said guard troops work on his itinerary, as yet incom- would be used only as a last resort plete but already sting 14 talks in| and that he saw no immediate need six states, for any military activity. His an- Announces Schedule nouncement of the conferences was A revised schedule, announced Wed- | made following a brief meeting with nesday night, calls for four rear-plat-| Adjutant General E. A. Walsh just form appearances in Indiana, four in| before the opening of his first con- Connecticut, three in Ma‘tsachusetts,| ference with heads of state depart- one in New Hampshire and another in| ments. Maine, before closing the Republican! In addition to Mayor Latimer, ad- state campaign at Portland. jutant General Walsh and Col. pe orning | tick McCarthy, judge advocate of the satiate tenance eden national guard were called to meet was scheduled to speak at Springfield with the governor at noon. A group and Pittsfield, Mass., before advane-| f businessmen were scheduled to ing into central New York. meet with the governor at his request Later Stops Planned at 3:30 p. m., to discuss the position of the employers in relation to Gov- Additional stops on the return trip in New York and Illinois were con- ernor Peterson's demand that the idéred, Landon will pass through controversy be settled immediately. 8 5 vi] Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buf-] Demands Quick Settlement falo, where he closed his first east-| Lapeer A ae he ern invasion. Aides said he probably | !rone: h iP would make short talks at Syracuse| lay.” said Governor Petersen. “I have and Rochester. called in the representatives of the Immediately after his return to} Various groups involved to tell them ‘probably next ‘Tuesday; ‘bane +} Topeka, they mvst-do-something. immediately don will begin preparations for’ his to bring about a gears) because middlewestern campaign tour. Major| this situation must be si . speeches are listed for Des Moines,| “A $1,000,000 business turnover in Mineapolis and Milwaukee, with| Minneapolis is being lost to that city numerous short talks enroute. every day as a result of this situation. It is harmful to employers, employes, AGRICULTURAL AREA | call out the troops only as a last re- sort.” Grain Situation Serious Governor Petersen said the strike situation has developed a serious con- dition relative to grain in that the grain crop is small and is in serious danger of loss unless it is moved quickly. He declared truck farmers also are losing their market by reason of the strike. He said produce prices as well as grain are decreasing because of the tie-up. More than 3,000 employes in flour mills, grain elevators and linseed plants are affected by the strike, said Governor Petersen. LAWYERS 70 BRIEF ROY FRAZIER TRIAL Judge Grimson Takes Decision in Shooting Case Under Advisement the situation from that standpoint is critical. This thing must be settled Tells St. Paul Audience Public Debt Leaves Burden on immediately and of course I would Every Family Aboard Knox Campaign Train, Sept. 10.—(#)—Continuing his tour of disputed agricultural territory, Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presi- dential nominee, turned his campaign attention Thursday toward South Dakota. The candidate, travelling in his special campaign train, was made rear-platform talks at Aberdeen, Red- field, Wolsey, and Woonsocket, in the forenoon, with afternoon appear- ances in Chamberlain and Murdo- MacKenzie. A night address in Rapid City will wind up his South Dakota travel, part, of a 22,000 mile itinerary taking the nominee from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He was to be taken in as a member of a tribe of Sioux Indians after the Rapid City engagement. Knox toured Minnesota Wednes- day, making a major address Wed- nesday night in the St. Paul City Auditorium. There he told a party rally that a debt of $1,300, with an annual interest charge of $40, im- pends over every family as a result of & public debt of $34,000 million dol- Williston, N. D., Sept. 10.—(P)—Ask- ing attorneys to submit briefs by September 20, Judge G. Grimson, Rug- He told his St. Paul audience that half the nations of the world had |tirearm, under advisement Wednesday ~ cet Beaten i Gov. Eugene Talmadge (left), arch New Deal foe, apparently had been defeated for the senate nomination in Georgia on the basis of incomplete returns which gave Senator Richard B. Russell, (right) @ commanding lead. Nomination of Russell, warm supporter of Roosevelt's policies, is tentameune to election. Photo.) in Georgia | Prim: Jr., (Associated Press Liberals to Chart Course 75 Leaders Accept Invitations to Attend Closed Confer- ence Friday Madison, Wis., Sept. 10.—(?)—Lead- ing liberals of the nation, including many who supported President Roose- velt in 1932, will gather at a closed meeting in Chicago Friday to chart their course in this year’s campaign. The.call to the meeting specified support, of no particular candidate and sponsors of the conference did not indicate whether the question of an independent candidacy might be considered. 140 Invited Originally Of the 140 persons invited to the session by U. 8. Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin and seven others, 75 had accepted up to Thurs- day, the senator said. While deciin- ing to reveal names of the partici- pants until the roll is taken at the meeting, LaFollette mentioned a few leaders who had assured him of their attendance. “We did not intend this to be a convention,” the senator explained. “It is a conference and we want everyone there to feel free to talk. For that reason the conference will be open only to those who have been invited.” Senator LaFollette is a leader of the Wisconsin Progressive party which broke away from the Republican party in 1934. LaFollette forces sup- in Parley FIVE IN FAKE COIN TRIAL BOUND OVER Kansans, Waiving Preliminary Hearing, to Be Tried in District Court, Minot, N. D., Sept. 10.—(?)}—Waiv- ing preliminary hearing when ar- raigned Wednesday before U. 8. Com- | missioner Thomas B. Murphy, five Kansas residents charged with pos- session and passing of counterfeit coins were held for action of a fed- eral grand jury, as a result of their activities here. A grand jury is scheduled to con- vene at Fargo Sept. 22. The defend- ants will be committed to the Cass county jail at Fargo under bonds of $5,000 each. The five, who have made confes- stohs to Joseph E. Sullivan, of St. Paul, operative of the U. 8. secret service, are Rupert Greenfield, Charles Meredith and his wife, Mary Agnes Meredith, Irene Robinson and Greenfield's 14-year-old son. According to Meredith's confession, Greenfield, described as the leader of ported Alfred E. Smith in 1928 and) the touring party, suggested making Roosevelt in 1932. Norris Not to Attend Joining LaFollette in calling the Chicago meeting were: Mayor F. H. LaGuardia of New York; U. S. Sen- ator Elmer Benson, Minnesota Farm- er-Laborite; U. 8. Senator George Norris, Nebraska Republican; Edward Keating, editor of Labor; U. S. Sena- tor Homer T. Bone, Washington Dem-; ocrat; A. A. Berle, Sr, New York, and Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the New York state power authority. Senator Norris’ secretary said Wed- nesday the veteran Nebraska inde- Pendent would not attend the meet- ing. Norris, now vacationing at his Wisconsin summer home, will cam- paign actively in the middle west for Mr. Roosevelt, the secretary said. Armament Machinist Position Available The U. 8. Civil Service commission bas announced an examination for armament machinist at a salary of $2,000 per annum to be conducted at Bismarck. For information in regard to the requirements and character of the examination, and for application bianks, candidates should apply prom- ptly to the secretary of the board of U. 8. civil service examiners at the ‘Bismarck post office. counterfeit coins at Fargo. A num- ber of 25 and 50 cent pieces were cast with babbitt metal at Hillsboro and East Grand Forks, Minn., Meredith said, the group passing coins in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks during a 10 day visit. Arrest of the five, who came from Columbus, Kan., was made by Minot Police last Friday after counterfeit coins had been placed in circulation here, Hard of Hearing May Get WPA Instruction Harvey N. Jenson, district superin- tendent of adult education for’ the WPA, announces that if sufficient in- terest is shown a class in lip read- ing will be started Monday for those who are hard of hearing. The class will be taught by Lillian Todd Frendberg, a normal graduate of the Mueller-Walle school of Bos- ton, Mass. and formerly a teacher in the public school system at Toledo, Ohio. Anyone who is interested or who desires additional information may see Mrs. Frendberg at 1028 Seventh &t., or telephone her at 1225, or call the district adult education office in the Will school building (2019). 212 Saved in Thrilling -Rescue As Boat Sinks Boston, Sept. 10.—()—The spectac- cursion boat's passengers. Others were saved by five lifeboats lowered by the New York. While the and crew of the Romance scrambled to safety the New York kept her prow jammed into the side of the other craft. A moment after Captain Adelbert C, Wickens left the Romance the ship PRICE FIVE CENTS APPROXIMATELY 250 WORKERS OFF JOBS THURSDAY MORNING Welfare Board, With Limited Funds, Placed in Uncom- promising Position 200 ATTEND MEETING HERE Kennedy Says No Attempt Will Be Made to Operate Projects Until Settled Bismarck Thursday faced a WPA strike. With it, there was the possibility that the county welfare office would be closed, thus eliminating relief, not only for the strikers but for the aged, the sick and persons who, for any other reason, are unemployable. This situation developed Thursday as some 250 WPA workers, acting up- on resolutions adopted at a mass meeting Wednesday night, refused to go to work Thursday morning. Approximately 750 WPA employes in Burleigh county outside of Bis- marck had not been affected Thurs- day morning, according to informa- tion available. The strikers made. it clear at their meeting that they expect the welfare board to support them while they refuse to work for the government. Investigation by The Tribune Thursday brought no formal declara- tion from the board or its members but it was learned from other sources that the situation was canvassed at a board meeting held Wednesday night in the court house while the strikers were voicing their demands at the city auditorium. Funds Are Limited The fact is that the welfare board has only enough money to care for the load assigned to it, Under the law it is required to care for the aged, the sick and the “unemployable.” If an additional load is thrust upon it as the strikers demand relief while they refuse to work, the board will not know what to do. The county has no more money for this purpose. No more is available from the state. And the welfare board has no source of income other than these. Faced with this financial dilemma, the board talked of closing down its operations entirely if the strikers at- tempt to force it to grant them as- sistance. This would at least bring the matter to a head quickly. At their mass meeting, attended by approximately 200 of the county's 1,000 WPA workers, the vote to strike was unanimous. About 100 of those pres- cnt appeared enthusiastically in favor of the propesition. The others seemed to be just going along. Seek Complete Shutdown Their intention was to close down all of the 60 projects operating in the county, most of them on roads but this, apparently, had not been success~ ful Thursday morning. Instead of going to work Thursday the strikers piled into a truck and, ace companied by about 25 automobiles, went about the city to close down the 10 or 12 projects operating in the city proper. In each case, when the delegation arrived at a job the foreman told the workers to go home. This was done in each case. The first two projects to be closed were those on the penitentiary sewer, and the airport, where about 50 men were employed. The high school pro- ject, where men were preparing new state offices for the WPA, was next. The men there quietly laid down their tools and went home. The strikers are asking 50 cents an hour and a working month of 130 hours. The going WPA wage is 48 cents an hour and working time is limited to 100 hours. Receiving $48 2 Month Under the present system they have & monthly income of $48. If their de- mands are met the monthly wage would be $65. It was apparent that an impasse would quickly develop unless the coun- (Continued on Page Six) GITY STREETS TO BE WIDENED TWO FEET Decision to widen Bismarck’s busi-