The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1936, Page 1

y - Two Nations Reported at Rome North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936 State Tax Le i Italy, Germany Ready to Recognize Spanish Fascists Feather Thrower Smiles in Jail PLAN FORMAL MOVE. | AS SOON AS MADRD IS IN THEIR HANDS to Be Definitely Agreed on Policy MOSCOW IS BELLIGERENT Calls Non-Intervention Pact Dead and Prepared to Aid Besieged Government (By the Associated Press) Europe's great Fascist powers, Gere many and Italy, will recognize a Fascist government in Spain as,soon as Dictator-Designate Francisco Fran- co seizes Madrid, an informed source said in Rome Wednesday. This, it was stated, coincident with talks between the foreign ministers of the two states in Berlin, is one of four points of European policy on which Germany and Italy are in ac- cord. The statement came on the heels of plain indications that Soviet Rus- sia, determined to force aid to the besieged Madrid government and con- vinced only the immediate dispatch of munitions can save Madrid, will never recognize an insurgent Fascist Tegime on the Iberian peninsula. To Moscow, the present Madrid ad- ministration will remain the govern- ment of Spain, even though it should be forced to flee the country. Three Nations Accused Moscow has accused Germany, Italy and Portugal of feeding Spanish’ Fascism with the sinews of war. Un- successfully, the Soviet government has sought to have the international non-intervention committee order a Franco-British naval blockade of Portugal to prevent such shipments. ‘The authoritarian states have coun- tered with allegations that Russia has been shipping arms to Madrid right ‘along. And Moscow, now, is calling “dead.” : Meanwhile Great’ Britain, France and 13 Latin-American nations moved in diplomatic concert to save thou- sands of Spanish non-combatants from death in besieged. Madrid. In two hemispheres there were these humanitarian efforts as Fascist armies closed in on the Spanish capi- tal from the south and west: British Navy Ready Great Britain ordered its navy to stand by for a “mission of mercy” to rescue hostages held by both sides in the war. Estimating there were 8,000 of these hostages in Madrid alone, the British government pressed both the Madrid government and the Fascist authorities for the exchange and evacuation of the women pris- oners in particular. (Continued on Page Two) LIONS ATTEND ZONE MEETING AT STEELE Blonde of Minot, Judge McKen- na of Napoleon Give Prin- cipal Addresses the. peers ey a - More than a dozen members of the zone meeting esday: night at Steele with the Lions club of that city as host. Five clubs were represented with about 50 visitors in attendance. Peter Dalenburg, president of the host club, presided at the banquet business The ning were given by A. P. Blonde, Minot, Lions governor for the North Dakota district, and by District Judge George M. McKenna, Napoleon. Blonde discussed the progress and aims of Lionism and urged the mem- bers to concentrate on building up their home communities as a demon- stration of Lion enterprise and Judge McKenna spoke on the mod- ern home as a place where young citt being placed-in Detroit jail. IGKES, LANDON TI WARMS UP CLOSING . ELECTION CAMPAIGN Kansan Answers State Social- - jat.Charge by-Laboling 4t- “Part of Confusion Washington, Oct. 21.—(7)—An ex- change of campaign blows, in which Secretary Ickes called Governor Lan- don « former “state Socialist” and the Kansas governor replied that the New Deal was like a losing team “throwing the ball around wildly at- tempting to score” added warmth to the presidential battling Wednesday. Questioning Landon’s “sincerity,” the interlor secretary. declared in a radio address Tuesday night that in 1934 and 1935 Landon was @ State So- cialist advocating state-owned tele- phone and natural gas distribution systems but that recently he became @ “rugged individualist” overnight. Landon came back with a state- ment that New Dealers had been charging he was a “puppet of big business’ but now say he.is “a So- cialist and the enemy. of big busi- ness.” Landon declared this was “typical of the confusion” of the Roosevelt ation. Ip Past Record On Feb. 7. 1935, Ickes said, Landon wrote to him suggesting loans to states for “public statewide telephone systems.” 5% “Enjoining great secrecy because the governor of Kansas did not want his colleagues in the oll business to get wind of it,” Ickes said, “Mr. White unfolded a plan by which Kawsas, as @ state enterprise, would build a pipe- line to the natural gas fields in south- omgeaaht Lower Landon, in a statement issued ze baits a ef 5 g E Woody Hockaday, of Wichita, Kas., who scattered feathers on the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, interrupting the priest’s address before Michigan. rally of National Union for Social Justice, was still able to smile after He Is shown here clutching at the bars. (Associated Press Photo) Four-Leaf Clovers Bt. Ignace, Mich., Oct, 21—(#) Robert Mackinac | Campaigning With ° leaf clover on every marriage cense he issues, now has promised one of the lucky emblems to every voter who wants.one during his campaign for re-election. ~ Dal CONSERVATION Holt, “Congressional Nominee, Promises to Initiate Pro- gram in Congress Henry Holt, Democratic candidate for congress, Wednesday had- pledged himself “if elected, to initiate legisla- tion in congress previding for a pro- gram in North Dakota for water con: servation, flood control and diver- sion.” He also spoke in Mandan, after his tadio talk here Tuesday night. “I believe crop insurance is the most likely way of solving the farm- ers’ economic problem,” Holt’. said, “and the only way in which it can be successful is to make it national in its scope.” “It is mot fair that the farmers should bear this hazard alone. Ef- fected on a national scale, crop insur- ance would take out of farming the Any rehabilitation program ing the better use of the physical and human resources of North Dakota must take into account the people, the land, and the water, Holt de- “If the people in the state are to. be self sustaining, we must unite in the: program of water and land conserva- Stutsman Sheriff Makes Ar- test Here Following ‘ Siezure of Goods Charged the theft of brass, ‘ee metal materiale in i. 55 pit if E Hi! f ity He al et SOL SIS CAD ULE ET: GET NBCESSARY IN ND BRET 5 i age i LOSS OF INDIVIDUAL |REGIMENTATION BY LIBERTY IS THREAT, | SELFISH MINORITIES AVERS GOV. LANDON Bids for Townsend Vote by Cri- ticizing ‘Abuse’ of Con- gressional Power GOP NOMINEE TURNS EAST Says Administration Obsessed With Desire to Control Business, Agriculture Aboard Landon Special en route to Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 21.—(7)—Gov. Alf ‘M. Landon, charging the New Deal threatened to destroy the bill of rights, turned his presidential campaign east- ward across the continent Wednesday from Los Angeles. “If we are to preserve our American form of government, this administra- tion must be defeated,” the Republi- can nominee told a cheering throng that Police Captain H. C. Brawster es- timated at 75,000 in the huge Les Angeles coliseum Tuesday night. In a 40-minute radio speech, the longest of his campaign thus far, Landon said “planned society, which is the alternative to representative government, ... has destroyed freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free- dom ‘of religion.” Flays ‘Abuse of Powers’ In his speech, Landon criticized “abuse” of the power of congressional investigation, mentioning a recent in- quiry of which, he said, “the thinly velled purpose apparently was to dis- credit @ political movement which the controlling party wished to crush.” Some observers interpreted his re- mark as referring to the investigation of the pension movement sponsored by Dr. F. E. Townsend of Los Angeles. | ag Landon contended the present ad- ministration, “when the crisis was over,” instead of giving up “its ex- traordinary powers,” asked for more fand “seemed obsessed with the idea that it had a mandate to direct and , ‘Ame fe.” *They tried to tell our farmers how much they could and how much they could not plant,” the Kansan Says Liberties Undermined “They tried to tell our business men how much they could produce and under what conditions they could run their business. : “Phey tried to tell labor who could and who could not represent them in negotiations with their employers. “Was this an undermining of our liberties?” The crowd roared “yes.” Landon asserted the administration “resented any criticism” and “cracked the whip on those individuals who refused to be led like sheep,” adding: “And when the supreme court de- clared its methods unconstitutional, the administration actually tried to bring. the supreme court into disre- pute... even the president joined in this undermining attack.” Charges Arbitrary Enforcement Hammering home his attack upon “abuse of the power of government,” Landon used his right fist in choppy gestures as he said “all business men under the blue eagle, were faced with arbitrary enforcements of arbitrary interpretations of arbitrary rules— Tules not made by congress but by some ‘sul ATTACKED BY F. R. States ‘Material Resources of America Should Serve Human Resources’ ATTEMPTING ADJUSTMENT Administration Spent | ‘Enough to Get Results’, Provi- \ dence Crowd Told Providence, R. I., Oct. 21—(?)}—Presi- dent Roosevelt opened two days of New England campaigning Wednesday with @ declaration that “we will not again allow people to be regimented by self- ish minorities into bankruptcies and breadlines.” Standing on the steps of Rhode Is- land’s capitol and addressing his re- marks to industrial populations espec- lly, the chief executive said: “You have been told of regimenta- tlon. I am oppos®i to the kind of regimentation under which you labor- ed and suffered in the days of false prosperity and in the days of the great depression.” Asserting that people “are even more important than machines,” he added: “We believe that the material resources of America should serve the human resources of America.” Address Is Brief The president's address, compara- tively brief and first of five scheduled for the day in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, was delivered shortly iter breakfast. “I have said that what the present national administration has tried to do was to adjust state-craft to reality —the reality of 48 states which have to live together in a machine he said. “When this administration came to Washington March 4, 1933, the ma- chine of our national economy had completely broken down. For 12 years it had ‘been neglected by those who helleved shat, rs aid: not need mac! i Ge acecaian it and to turn on the purchasing power. .. “Because it was:modern machine it needed money in circulation to get it going and keep it going. Therefore, we had to obtain purchasing power for the farmer, work for the unemployed, loans to industry, safety and courage for banks. Spent ‘Enough to Get Results’ “How much did we spend? Enough to get results—enough to be sure not to fail. “You and I are used to venturing capital to gain profits. And in these three and a half years our venture has succeeded, “Prosperity measured in dollars is coming back. There are none among you to deny it. But there is a higher measure for prosperity—the measure of permanency—the measure of se-| again curity. “We seek not the prosperity of 1929 but the kind which will mean to every American family an: assurance of safety of the home, safety of old age, Fesonh/ of savings, safety of employ- ment. i “You have been told of regimenta- tion, I am opposed to the kind of regimentation under which you labor- ed and suffered in the days of the false prosperity and in the days of the great depression. bing| Forks Bank Cashier Turning to federal spending, the Republican leader declared “the chief executive” has not hesitated to use the advantages given by “eight times as much discretionary spending power Placed (On Probation tries. Convicted for Stealing Sheep--One Year Later One year to the day from the time |fore morning came they had returned stole 49 sheep from the J. A. Nor- farm near Menoken, Arnold Delts Kidder county, appear- i Es Bo (rae t ; E with the truck and taken away the rest of the sheep. River Development Studied a Minimum Diversion Cost Set at 30 Million; Irrigation Projects Sought Suggestions for improvement and development of the Missouri river were considered here Tuesday at a regional planning conference, attended by of- ficials of Burleigh, McLean, Emmons, Sheridan and Kidder counties. Exclusive of Missouri river diver- sion, on which the minimum cost es- timate was $30,000,000, complete and permanent control works were esti- mated to cost $7,756,815. Irrigation projects led the list and were followed by storage reservoirs for flood control and municipal water and sewage facilities. All of the irri- getion projects proposed, totalling more than a dozen, lie on the lower benches of the Missouri river with an average lift not exceeding 35 feet. At a similar meeting held in Man- dan, attended by officials from Mor- ton, Sioux, Oliver and Mercer coun- ties, plans for water conservation, flood cohtrol and irrigation on the Heart, Knife and Cannonball rivers were discussed. In some instances projects ad- vanced by different communities were competitive in their nature but plan- ning board officials said everyone ap- peared willing to assist in working out an orderly plan of development. Addressing the Bismarck meeting, Governor Walter Welford said the principal problem facing the state is the care of needy families and assist- ing them through the winter but that, from a long-time standpoint, the ma- Jor need is the conservation and util- ization of water. > All state departments are prepared to do their best to assist in working out local water problems, he said. GOVERNMENT BUREAU WILL, AID IRRIGATION! McLaughlin’ to .Retirn Here and Outline Plans for En- gineering Help Notice that the division of irriga- tion in the federal bureau of agricul- tural engineering will give such ance as it can in the work of laying out irrigation projects in North Da- kota was received here Wednesday by State Engineer E. J. Thomas from Milo Perkins, assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. In his letter, Perkins said that W. W. McLaughlin, who visited this area! last summer and who seemed im- pressed by the irrigation possibilities, would be in charge of the work and would be asked to visit this region and “arrange the details of such assistance as the bureau may be able to render you.” One of the principal needs in con- nection with water conservation and Proposed irrigation projects is that of adequate engineering facilities, Thomas said. At present he is the only public engineer in the state work- ing on such developments and the demand for his services has been 20 insistent that he has been unable to do the detailed engineering work which will be necessary to determine ee feasibility of many projects, he Wins Bet, Gets 5-Year Sentence for Slaying Hopewell, Va., Oct. 21.—(\—Kath- leen Phelps, 18, whose “date” with her aister’s husband to “win a bet” ended in his death, was under sentence of five years in prison Wednesday. A Hopewell circuit court jury after hearing the girl testify that she shot Howard Watkins, her brother-in-law, when he entered her room as she was preparing for bed and attempted to choke her, convicted her.of volun- tary manslaughter after an hour's de- Uberation, Defense counsel immediately moved to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and evidence. Arguments will be heard during the December term of court. Miss Phelps remained in jail when she was unable to secure the $1,000 set as her bond. The girl maintained she had made ® wager with her sister, Mrs. Wat- mag plot it the ish ganization Monday night a| high school building. Other officers named were Fred Battcher, vice president; County t Confab ny | Blowing Up Balloon | Keeps Lung Normal ee Scottsbluff, ‘Neb., Oct. 21.—(7)— Bvery 15 minutes he lies awake in a hospital here, Alfred Mal chow, 21, of Diller, Neb., blows up &@ toy balloon, in an effort to re- cover from injuries suffered in an automobile accident and from a complicated surgical operation which followed. The exertion induced by infla- tion of the balloon is to keep Malchow's left lung expanded, and physicians said Wednesday they believe he will recover, bar- ting inflammation and pneu- monia, BGG BARRAGE HALTS BROWDER'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO SPEAK Communist Candidate Shelled by Crowd Near Terre Haute Radio Station Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. °1.—(}— Driven to cover in his hotel by a bel- ligerent crowd’s rotten egg and to- mato barrage, Earl Browder, Com- munist candidate for president, con- sidered in silence Wednesday any pos- sibly future plans for delivering his twice-thwarted campaign address in this city. Thursday he lost @ court decision when Judge Albert Owens denied his petition for an injunction to restrain local authorities from interference bb leas speaking ‘engagement here. tion petition was. filed Yast: week but action on it'did not come until several hours ‘after the time Browder had planned to broad- cast his appeal for vgtes. He was prevented from entering radio station WBOW where he was scheduled to speak Tuesday night and at least three persons were injured in it | fist fights as a crowd of several hun- dred persons, surrounding the studio building, forced him to retreat in his taxi cab, with his speech undelivered. Browder had barely stepped from the cab and moved toward the build- ing entrance when the crowd closed in upon him. He faced them for a moment as eggs and tomatoes thrown at close range splattered against his garments, Then he stepped back into the cab and directed the driver to go back to the hotel. Several fights broke out in the crowd as he departed. $2,000,000 BLAZE SWEEPS SAN DIEGO Spectacular Skyline Fire Brought Under Contro! Af- ter Razing Buildings San Diego, Calif., Oct. 21—(7}—A spectacular skyline fire swept through a downtown business block Wednes- day with damage estimated by owners &t $2,000,000, before it was brought under control. Thousands of persons watched 200 firemen and volunteers win a slow battle against the flames, which broke out shortly after. midnight in the Whitney department store and leaped to the full height of the 11-story wae office building in the same Street car and utility service was cut off in the area as firemen mopped up the blaze. Two men were critically injured. A fireman, Eddie Baum, suffered @. pos- of a high-peessure ‘hose, broke, V. of a - ose A Szczvepanski, 21, seaman attached to Dale, suffered s head injury that Naval hospital attaches sald would be fatel when he fell the roof of ie buries Na- wi fay um A Ee ia ae ty i F i i More or less cloudiness tonight and Thursday; not much change in temp. The Weather PRICE FIVE CENTS vy Set at 4.33 Mills RATE, LOWEST IN18 YEARS, IS .36 MILLS BELOW 1935 FIGURE Drop Attributed to Reductions in Bonded Debt, Lower Cost of Government BASED ON 50% VALUATION Board Fixes Levy for General Purposes at Two and One-Half Mills The 1936 tax levy for state purs poses in North Dakota was fixed Wednesday at 4.33 mills, the lowest rate in 18 years, Governor Walter Welford announced. The levy will raise a total of $2,107,- 745, he said, a reduction of $192,070 under 1935 and a drop of .36 mill, “Reduction of the bonded indebt- edness of the state, lowered cost of government, and the shifting of the sources of general fund revenue ig the reason for the lowest levy sincé 1918,” Governor Welford said. The amount raised in 1918 was $1,766,046. In 1934 it was $2,178,872, in 1933, $3,533,594 and in 1932, $3,- 892,612. The levy for general purposes was fixed by the state board of equaliza- tion at 2.50 mills or .38 of a mill less than last year. Fix Other Levies Besides the general fund, the state equalization board fixed a levy of 1.03 mills or $500,856 for the state bond in- terest and sinking fund of which 41 mill is for mill and elevator bond payment, .21 mill for milling bond payment and .41 for real estate bond interest. There are three legislative levies, totaling .80 mill, or $389,790. This in= cludes .20 mill for state capitol build ing, .10 mill for old age pension and 40 for real estate bond interest. ‘The tax levy, under an initiated measure approved in 1932, is applied on the basis of 50 per cent of the total assessed valuations which were fixed at $974,533,349. Total state board of equalization levies amounted to 3.53 raising $1, W835; :while legislative levies totaled 20 to raise $389,700. Cites Reasons for Drop “The lower state levy for all pur- poses,” Governor Welford said, “is due to @ number of reasons. One im- portant fact is that the state bonded debt has been reduced over $10,000,- 000 within the last two years,” he de- clared, “and for that reason, it is not necessary to levy so much money with which to pay interest.” “Another reason is that cosis of government in North Dakota have been greatly reduced in recent years, ” the governor asserted. “Also a factor is that the state is gradually shifting to other sources for general fund revenue.” Welford said that, in making this year's levy, the board estimated thav collections from miscellaneous sources to the credit of the general fund up to July, 1937 would amount to $: 142,500 as compared with last year’s collection of $1,168,272.37 from the same. sources, In addition, the board: esti- mated collections of $800,000 on ac- count of levies for the general fund from levies already made and in the process of collection. Valuation $974,533,349 Valuations fixed by the state board of equalization for the purpose of de- termining the state levy, were $974,- 533,349 compared with $980,733,337 in 1935, $1,000,267,961 in 1934 and $1,038,- 201,437 in 1933. Dividing the property by groups, the state board assessed farm lands at $589,703,461 compared with $573,- 326,829 in 1935; other real property $142,189,119 in 1936, $141,527,433 in 1935; personal property $106,165,764 in 1936 and $106,504,847 in 1935 and public utilities $156,475,005 in 1936, $159,284,228 in 1935. Miscellaneous collections- for the general fund for the 1936-37 fiscal year were estimated at $1,142,500 or approximately $26,000 less than the previous year. Officials of the state tax commis- sion said there had been no transfers of monies from the sales tax revenue to the general fund, but that a trans-