The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 2, 1937, Page 1

( - ESTABLISHED 1873 | Back to Work Movement Gains S North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper _ BISMARCK, N. D.; FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS The Weather Cloudy tonight, Satur- day; warmer tonight; cooler Sat.; fair Sun: ANGLO-FRENCH PLAN FOR PATROLING WAR ZONE 1$ REJECTED Italy and Germany Suggest Belligerant Rights Be Giv- en Warring Sides STAND PAT ON SITUATION British War Preparations Con- tinue as European Ten- sion Grows Tenser London, July 3—(?)—Germany and bility for the pancreh g Nin ed the aif, on land and on theses,” 7 British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Prench Ambassador Charles Spainsh war. Britain has been the prime mover of the non-intervention effort. The Earl of Plymouth, chairman of the 27-nation committee and Britain's direct representative in the negotis- tions, attended the Eden-Corbin con- ference. He was expected to press for replacement of Italian and German warships formerly in the Spanish pa- trol with an Anglo-French fleet to keep soldiers and materials of war from both sides of the Spanish con- flict. Italy and Germany withdrew from the patrol system last week. Asked to Seek Advice The German ambassador, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Count ‘Dino Grandi, the Italian envoy, did not re- saving the non-intervention system. Britons meanwhile received fresh The national federation of scrap iron and steel merchants announced it would begin a campaign next week to gather up 8,000,000 tons of junk from householders to be forged into armament. FRANCE, ENGLAND MAY AID SPANISH LOYALISTS" Germany Italy changed their rae regard- ing non-intervention in Spain. Unknown Hitch-Hiker Is Car Wreck Victim Missoula, Mont., July 2—)—A hitch hiker, identified only as “Jack” died at a here Thursday, and brought the death total to three in a head-on automobile era 51 miles and the unidentified hitch hiker were riding, crashed into a Minnesota car. Mrs. Marion Isherwood, wife of 8 Sebeka, Minn., newspaper editor, was killed instantly. Owens died Wed- nesday night, Ap Incest Will. be held bers. pepe ably Friday, = WINS TRAPSHOOT Winnipeg, July 2.—()—Bert Brodie of Winnipeg defended his Midwest introductory trapshooting champion- ship, breaking 75 successive birds in a shootoff with George Jewett of Anoka, Minn. * No Name Left for Child Mrs, Gertrude Maison, aye ole. complained abe names” before birth of this seven-pound dai sad twentieth, was born on the twentieth anniversary Eight brothers and six sisters are tirat.: eet “ran o he baby, Der of the birth of ving. Drouth Tentacles Clutch Northwest ziST, PAUL TRUCKERS STRIKE NEARS END od A Sign Agreement Ap- pointing Collective Bar: “gaining Agency 8t. Paul, ‘July 2—(7)—St. Paul truck‘strike, which see June 24 has practically reduced, a standstill Many. lines of commerce and threat- @ied_ food shortages at shops, was practically at an end Friday. Peace terms were agreed upon Thursday night at a meeting between Tepresentatives of St. Paul employers of truck drivers and Local No: ‘120, General Drivers’ Union, in Gov. Elmer Benson’s ‘office. The one act remaining to send some 1,000 employes in five St. Paul industries back, to work was signing of the agteement Friday by employ- ers, ‘The employes’ wnion signed the document at midnight. ‘Terms include a basic contract pro- viding a wage increase of 10 cents an hour, with a maximum work week of 48 hours and a minimum of 40. Local No. 120 is appointed as the collective bargaining agency, with the agreement to remain in effect until May 31, 1938. ee POLICE BARFLED IN SEARCH FOR SLAYER Only One Suspect Left as De- tectives Seek Clues for Three Girls Killer ‘eet ae Cees ees se eanaaiel 30: Racers Go After Cup, $70,000 Purse the Italian, won last year with in- credible ease. The final qualifiers for the 300-mile Easton Hie henraayed Rooserelt speed: way will not be known until late Fri- day. The 30 starters will be chosen made in the qualifying tests. Farmers in Big Area Face Lack of Pastures and No Hay for Coming Winter Correspondent) . D., July 2—Once lush with and cae the rolling plains McKenzie counties this summer eon- tinue in the thrall of drouth that has} mand. clutched this area remorselessly now 's| for well nigh 10 years. nuded of life-giving vegetation. Few animals remain of the once great herds that thrived on the rich grasses, few evidences may be seen of the millions and millions of bushels the fertile prairie produced. Only in the creeks that run down to the Missouri or in the lowlands where the soil is not too alkaline does ‘rich green meet the eye. On these few spots the last of the milk cows and beef cattle graze, ekeing out a bare sustenance. Sheep and hogs are practically non-existent. Winter Offers New Danger ‘Those few farmers who still cling to a few farm animals assert they have ttle hopes of being able to keep the animals through the winter. The animals now have little more than enough and they crop the grass s0 that the farmer will not be able fill his mow with a winter's hay few. Ina isolated spots along the Missouri enterprising farmers are set- ting up irrigation tracts with the help OF Abs stain waler from which they expect to obtain feed suf- ficient to herds to normal numbers. once again restore their to But for the most part the animal Isingdom has vanished. Tracks Take Them Out Day and Bigps over U. 8. highway No. 2, cattle truck after cattle truck ng down the road in a cloud of > bearing slab-sided animals to ths pens at Minot. These animals come from Williams, McKenzie, iy . | Burke, Divide and Mountrail counties for the mi McLean county, where two selero ago crop conditions were from good to ex- cellent they are now from fair to good with the sun’s hot fingers beginning to wither and brown the tips of rye, wheat and oats. Farmers assert that generous rains will be needed within the next 10 days if they are to get any grain. Grand Forks’ Lone Centenarian Passes ‘Grand Forks, N. D. July 2.—P)— Grand Forks’ only centenarian, Cyril) Fredrick, died in his sleep Thursday. Fredrick would have been 102 years old Aug. 16. He lived with his son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lefebvre. He had lived in Grand Forks the + |tast two years. Before that he had farmed near Drayton for 34 years. Young Steele Woman Hurt in Car Accident Miss Vreda Janke, 23, of Steele,/ is recovering from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Steele Thursday afternoon when the car in which she was riding overturned into la ditch. Brought to a local hospital, an examination revealed Miss Janke suffered a fractured pelvis. Her con-| dition was pronounced excellent. TENSION EASES AS RUSSIA AND JAPAN TAKEGALM STANDS Withdrawal of Russ Troops From Disputed Islands Is First Question JAPS POSITION UNCERTAIN| Possibility Exists Manchukuoan Army Is Independent of Tokyo Command BULLETIN Moscow, July 2.—(#)—The Japanese ambassador to Moscow, announced tonight that the Russian government had agreed to withdraw its troops and gunboats from the disputed Amur river islands. (By the Associated Press) | Russian and Japanese army com- manders in the Far East will determine whether a torch should be applied to | the dangerous situation existing there as the result of bloodshed during a dispute as to possession of islands in the Amur river. ‘That was the upshot of diplomatic conferences held at Moscow and an- nouncement of policies by both the Russian and Japanese governments * ov proposed demilitarizati The let. let lon of the northeastern Manchukuo-Si- berian border, of which the Amur river is a part, saying it is willing to withdraw its armed forces if Japan will do likewise. It insisted, however, that Japan recognize the fact that it has a claim to the islands. Japan contends that the islands belong to Manchukuo and has refused to con- cede the Russians any legal standing. Jap Army on Watch uae veh —_ time, the contention erie Yo a that tenige he islands’ and that cid are te only by fishermen and light- house keepers. The location of Japan- ese troops in the ares was left by seep, “the supreme arty com- The Russian announcement. said that “when the Japanese withdraw Russia is willing to begin on redemarcation of the frontier line along the Amur.” This was considered @ warlike declaration in view of the Japanese attitude but close observers expressed the opinion that the Soviet 4s playing for time and will not risk a war in the East now in view of un- | settled conditions in Europe, just over her_western border. ‘The immediate question, however, is whether Russia will withdraw her troops from Bolshoi and Sennefu, the two islands that control the Amur river channel. If they remain, it was feared, the Japanese might attempt to oust them and this could lead to a. major battle. The situation is complicated by the fact that Russians believe the Japan- ese Kwantung army is virtually in- dependent ‘of Tokyo control. At the same time the Japs express the fear that the Russian army is out of con- trol:from Moscow. Take Situation Calmly Both Moscow and Tokyo appeared to be taking the situation more calm- ly than was true Thursday, however, and fear of immediate hostilities was waning, Japanese expressed fear for the safety of s Manchukuoan river steamer which arrived at the junction of the Amur and Ussuri rivers Wed-| nesday night and has not been re- ported since. Tokyo also heard that five Russian gunboats had moved in- to Manchukuoan waters on the river and that three Soviet planes flew over Sennefu island Thursday and disappeared over Manchukuoan territory. To protect commerce in the river the Japanese said they would escort steamers by gunboat if neces- sary. . Japanese officials said all they ask ig that Russia evacuate the river islands and if this is done “Japan and Manchukuo are ready to adopt a con- ores attitude in the interests of pe Whether or not the army com- mand in Manchukuo would take the same attitude, however, remained a question. North Dakota Gripped High temperatures continued to srip North Dakots Friday with little retreating until long after nightfall Shortly after sun-up Friday the cool- est weather of the past 24 hours was Foocen with a temperature reading of 64, Only two North Dakota points re- rain between 7:30 a. i jot Precipitation. Parshall reported Detroit, Mich. July 2—(P)—R. L. Hunt of Madison, 8. D., and B. C. Tighe of Fargo, N. D., were among 11 | Vice presidents named at the closing seasion of the 75th annual convention of the National Education association Thursday. Miss Caroline 8. Woodruff jor cae Vt. was named president. | 4 ers when the. clash with sulting in ten J cecsunnaremiy en He expressed the had been where “they could have| more automobiles than it can buy heard me” he could’ have caused the| three times as many shoes es it is marchers to turn tributed before the march and Communistic speeches were made, he asserted. He armed with clubs or stones, he said. apparent ignited the situation,” .» | plained. fleeing women, wounded—many of and streaming blood—into lasing there is no minimum sentence in the wagons. The stretchers with which the wagons were said to be equipped | upon the discretion of the jury and were not used, Judge. ! : Soviets Propose Demilitarization of Amur River Area INTEND 10 ENTER PLANT, RIFFE SAYS Assertion Is Made During In- quiry Into Chicago Memor- ial Day Killings Leader Denies Strikers Carried Clubs and Stones During Fatal Parade Washington, July 2—()—John Riffe, strike leader, told senate investiga- tors Friday Memorial day marchers who clashed with police in front of the Republic steel plant at South Chi- cago, did not intend to enter the plant when they staged the demon- stration. Riffe testified before the senate civil lberties committee that the marchers “didn’t have any idea of getting into the gate; it never was discussed.” He asserted that at the meeting preceding the march, the strikers and other union members had decided to establish a picket line “in front of the plant” where, he said, police had pre- viously restricted picke Police witnesses previously had told the committee that they fired strike demonstrators to prevent them 1 from marching into the plant. The mnie: agid.:they~ were afraid two-or hund®éd people would have been if the strikers reached the in- | ‘*inty. killed side of the building, where a number plese fa were at work. Riffe vrald he ‘was behind the march- opinion that if he back at any time. “I didn’t think we-were doing any- thing wrong, though,” he added. He asserted he was unable to see No Communistic literature was dis- no “didn't see anyone” When Chairman LaFollette (Prog., Police Broke Up Pickets Farm. Holiday Chief Sees New World Economy Rising MARCHERS DID NOT Thinks Farmers Should Estab- lished Immediately Working Arrangement With ClO~ Farmers should take the lead in preparing America for the next great transition which is away from capi- talism and toward some other form of economic organization, perhaps the co-operative commonwealth, in the opinion of John Bosch, president of the National Holiday association. Speaking to the N. D. Holiday con- vention here, Bosch urged that an effort be made at once to establish s working agreement with the CIO, s the dominant new note in Amer- POLICE BRUTALITY CHARGED ican labor policy, so that labor and farmer may advance together. A year from now, he said, it may be too late since efforts to align . the farmer against the CIO movement are advancing rapidly and a short ene hence harmony may be impos- ble. Bosch spoke frankly as the apostle of a new economy. He believes that capitalism has definitely failed be- cause the conditions which made it succeed have vanished, and that something else must be found to take its place. He hopes the nation will sae that way peacefully and is trying to show the way. To Visit President During a recent visit to Washing- ton, he said, he talked with Secre- tary Wallace and the latter arranged that he should see President Roose- velt the next time he is in the na- tion’s capital. Pointing out that the only thing of which anyone can be sure is that con- ditions will change, Bosch pointed on| out that feudalism followed a strict- agrarian and that capi- talism followed feudalism. Now, he thinks,. something. else ..will follow pet “to a mathematical cer- ‘The reason for capitalism’s failure, he said, is that wealthy men have no place to put their money. In the days of early development, he said, the -| entrepreneur made money and in- .| vested it in new productive capacity. But now the nation can produce many wearing and more cotton than it can really reasonably hope to use, even if everyone had all the cotton produc he needed. The result, he sald, is what took place in the clash but that} that capitalism has failed to make he heard 40: or 50 shots and saw the crowd retreat. this productive capacity work for the benefit of the people and America sees underconsumption. Takes Look at Labor Discussing the labor situation, Bosch said it was possible, as long as only @ few men held a labor advan- Wis.) remarked that he could “count| tage, such as was true with skilled four good heavy sticks” carried by| workers and those in particular lines, marchers in a photograph of the pa-' to: maintain some kind of parity. On rade, Riffe suggested they might have| the other hand, he said, if workers been picked up on the prairie during| generally are organized it wili be im- the march, possible to create them into the same kind of @ special class because they Gus Yurotovic, union official, testi-| are too numerous. fied police had repeatedly broken up picket lines between the calling of She se ans 6 ee ee eae wants to organize and go along with ay 30, Riffe also testified that 15 club- He testified that patrolmen “kicked and clubbed one of our Mel Pitzel, until he was completely out, and then slung him into a patrol wagon.” Riffe quoted Police Captain James Mooney as: saying “we are going to run this plant whether you like it or their not.” A moment earlier, Riffe ee line "pole itered the of them. Day battle. ‘The filte showed sperosimetely 20) shooting and uniformed patrolmen clubbing s crowd of shirt-sleeved raders, among them a number By High Temperatures| "me 5 a a dangerous told the committee, however, there |of the participants in a shooting af- Prospect of cooler weather in the was s break of “not more than seven coming 24 hours, seconds” in his film. ~The mercury Thursday soared to a Daring Site ere said, some maximum of 94 with the heat not! missiles flew toward the police from crowd, and ‘20 i or 30” demonstrators were pushed into|leased on $1,500 bail, furnished by the police line by persons hurrying|Sam Sloven, hide house proprietor. | tly was the fire that Clubbed Fleeing Women The film showed police clubbing men on the tance by the demonstrators. Once #/He has been released from the hospi- | — ppapecdiotics firing point blank into B. C. Tighe Is Named | _ ony twice aia the ttim show resis- NEA Vice-President running man paused to hurl a rock at his pursuers, and a moment later | though he still limps a little. Welder @ denim-clad marcher struck at po- lice with a stick. Closeup showed police hustling the Lippert ex- | congul The question which rural America must answer, he said, is whether it labor, getting its share of the benefits (presumbaly through a reduction on swinging policemen broke up the un-| the return ital) or whether it fon's ploket lines a few minutes after | ‘iehre'terpas sant the walkout started May 26. wishes a aye itself in the neeon i vance quent fara to both alin ‘He OES the latter course and is devoting his energies to its promotion. e of the big issues facing a preatioas in this area, he said, is whether farmers will be permitted ‘es keep enough of their crop to mee! needs and insure future a es tion or whether the government is going to assert its mortgage rights, where a crop is obtained, and take (Continued on Page Two) JONES [S ACCUSED ~ IN BONNY’S COURT Alleged Wielder of Gun in Hide House Strike Brawl Faces Serious Charge Formally charged with assault with weapon, Jesse Jones, one fray at the Northern Hide and Fur company’s plant last Monday, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace H.R. Bonny Thursday. He pleaded not guilty and was re- The case was continued until 10 a. m., Saturday to give Jones time to it his attorney and decide whether to waive examination or to ask a preliminary hearing on the charge. Signing the complaint against Jones was Wendelyn Welder, shot in the leg during an incident growing out of the strike of hide house employes. tal and is practically recovered, al- will suffer no permanent injury from the affair, doctors said. event of conviction, this depending + LANGER ASKS THAT FARMERS BE GIVEN WORK ON PROJECTS Sends Request to President Roosevelt After Tour of 19 N. D. Counties ASKS GRANT RAISE Urges Industrial Commission to Let Farmers Cut Hay Free on Bank Land A recommendation that farmers be made eligible for work projects was sent by Governor William Langer to President Roosevelt Friday. After personal inspection of 19 counties in Western North Dakota the governor telegraphed four recom- mendations to the president and made other suggestions to the state indus- trial commission, the state board of university and school lands and the state water commission. His recommendation to President Roosevelt urged that farmers be made eligible for work on soil conservation, irrigation, dam and county road work projects. . Makes Other Suggestions He also suggested that: Resettlement fvery materially” raise the grants where they have been, lowered and 1 them where they have been ated. The federal government declare a special drouth area, co most of the counties he inspected™ including particularly the northwestern portion | and of the state and Sioux and portions of Morton county. All red-tape be eliminated, various | of work projects instituted and farmers made eligible. Let Farmers Cut Hay To the state industrial commission the governor recommended that lands owned .by the Bank of North Dakota be available for farmers to cut their own hay free of charge. A similar recommendation was made to the board of university and school lands. Governor Langer urged that thé water board maintain a man con- stantly in Washington to associate in co-ordinating the bpd needs with measures pending in congress and with instructions that various big wa- ter projects, including the Missouri river diversion proposal, be pushed. Sees 19 Counties | Langer’s tour catried him through Sioux, Morton, Adams, Grant, Bow- man, Stark, Golden Valley, Slope, Oliver, Mercer, Dunn, McKenzie, Wil- lams, Burke, Divide and portions of Ward, Mountrail, McLean and Bur- leigh counties. UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ABILITY CHECKED} ws Bureau Clerks Study Employ- ers’ Reports to See Who Must Pay Stipend Unemployment compensation bureau clerks are checking nearly 9,000 em- ployers’ reports to determine liability for the 1.8 per cent payroll tax as provided by law, State Director Alvin Purcell announced. Purcell said that 601 of the report- ing employers hire eight or more per- sons and are liable for the tax while 374 are in the “doubtful list” and fur- summary ployers are expected to re- mit for the six-months Period Jan. 1 to June 30 at once. Hereafter tax pay- ments must be made monthly, he said. —_———___—__ | Stores Close, No | Tribune Monday Bismarck stores and business houses will be closed all day pg ® July 5, Harry P. God- dard, secretary of the Bismarck Association of Commerce, an- nounced Friday. ° duly 4 falls on Sunday, but the holiday will be officially cele- brated the next day. There will be no edition of The Tribune Monday. Local stores will keep regular peed REPUBLIC STEEL CO. REOPENS MASSILLON, OHIO, MILLS FRIDAY Strike Still on as Only 800. of Usual 3,700 Men Go Back to Work NO VIOLENCE MARS ENTRY State Troopers Protect Work- ers as Picket Issues Threat of Bloodshed (By the Associated Press) Republic Steel corporation defied a CIO picket siege under cover of a protecting guard of steel-helmeted national guardsmen to reopen another strike-locked plant at Massillon, Ohio, Priday. There was no violence as the doors swung open for the first time since the strike was started May 27. Non-strikers, in about 115 auto- mobiles, quietly drove inside. About 300 pickets booed and jeered but were kept away from the plant by the The reopening left Cleveland the only city where Republic’s sprawling mills are completely closed. Reopen- ing of the four Cleveland units is expected next week. Only a few hours before the con- cern’s newest “back to work” move, the home of a non-striking employe was dynamited at nearby Canton. The blast ripped the rear porch off the home of Matt Perisch, but injured none, Republic ignored a CIO picket cap- tain’s bristling defiance: “If they try to open this plant, they mee nice Cenined Boo fight.” 500 Troops Move In Five hundred troops moved in to forestall such an eventuality, They came from the Youngstown area where plants were reopened last week under similar circumstances without Back-to-work was the music tramp- "ling feet were Caer ‘all along the five-weeks-old front—from Johnstown, Pa., win its recent his- tory pelicencdy martial law and adc aris onlo fl ot cities of the ‘Mahoning mie ley, and up to the western terminus of the Indiana-Iilinois Calumet area. But the strike, with its record of 13 dead, 250 injured and $30,000,000 cost, was still on. 4 Republic's central steel division nor- mally employs 3,700 men. The opening Friday called for only 800 workers, the company announced. A “warm up” crew labret into the mills Geiss Sie oo troops proceeded with caution over a viaduct Thursday night, for there had been whisperings of a plot to dynamite it. Small detachments were sent ahead, and they made a thorough search before the main body of troops was permitted to advance, Seek Action Against Militia In federal court at Columbus CIO is seeking to enjoin the employment of militia in the strike sectors. The union’s position now contrasts sharply with its attitude when troops were first ordered into the Mahoning valley more than a week ago. At that time the Mahoning valley was treated to the unusual spectacle of strikers cheering the arrival of soldiers, the reason being that the original troops order called for the soldiers to main- tain the “status quo,” which meant keeping mills closed that were closed when they came in. Later Gov. Davey modified the order with a statement that the soldiers guarantee “the sacred right to work—and the right to strike.” Under this dictum plants at Youngstown and Warren have reopened. Company officials said Friday that plants in the Youngstown area, normally em- ploying 30,000 men, are “within 1,000 men of normal.” No Change In Attitude This back to work movement—the union insists the companies’ estimates are “exaggerated”—has been accom- plished without any change in their attitude toward the union. Even In- accomplished ging an anything with anybody.” The attitude of Inland Steel and the three corporations involved— Bethlehem and Youngstown sign no bargaining the John L. Lewis union. It was upon that issue aa the strike was called. Friday's at Massillon leaves few “clowed” spots on the strike front. Youngstown Sheet & Tube said it put 412 men back to work at its South Chicago plant Thursday, quar- tering them in Pullman cars. The report of President Roosevelt's Perkins, put the blame for that board’s failure to effect a settlement on the steel companies. Secretary Perkins defended the leasremtip of CIO, headed by John L 4-H, Soil Conservation Picnic to Be July 13 Members of Burleigh county’s 4-H clubs and participants in the county soil conservation program will gather in Pioneer park July 13 for a picnic. J. T. E. Dinwoodie, executive secre- * | tary of the North Dakota sgricultura! conservation commission, will speak bours Saturday. ! The picnic is to be sponsored by the Bismarck Kiwanis club. =, w i