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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
TO PUT
WIRE FIRMS UNDER
FEDERAL CONTP0L
Roosevelt Asks Congress for
Commission to Regulate
Communications

Washington. Feb. 26.-(R)-Another
legislative chore was given congress
Monday by President Roosevelt-cre-
alton Of federal commission to reg
ulate communication systems.
In q special message. the chief ex-
ecutive asked that regulatory power
over wires. cables and radio be trans
ferred to the proposed governmental
branch.
The message arrived while the SEN
ate was debating whether to increase
veterans allowances and the house
was considering the agriculture de-
partment appropriations bill.
Committee members waded snow
drifts to the capitol earlier to study
q variety Of legislation. Many ar
rived late, their faces red from the
wintry breezes.
The Bankhead bill for compulsory
cotton control was amended by the
house agriculture committee to pro-
vide that 10000 900 instead Of $780,
600 bales might be sold tax-free from
the current crop.
A house naval subcommittee heard
from Edward P. Warner, former as
sistant secretary Of the navy, that
steady increases in commercial busi-
hess were responsible In large meas
ure for huge navy airplane engine
profits from 1925 to 1929.
See Waterway Vote
Indications that q senate vote
might be reached soon on the st.
Lawrence waterway treaty were seen
BY observers In q statement by Sen
ator LaFollette tRep, Wis., that he
was ready for roll call and was
very hopeful Of q favorable OUT
come" He 50 told President Roose-
welt.
Senate administration forces fur
ther liberali0ed their compromise pro-
posal on veterans benefits by broad
ening 1t to include Spanish war vet.
Grams.
1T IS my thought" said the presi-
dent In proposing communicat ions
control. that new commission such
g suggest might well be organized
this year BY transferring the present
authority for the control Of communi-
cations Of the radio commission and
the interstate commerce commission
THE new body should. in addition.
be given fun pwer to investigate aid
study the business Of existing cum
panieS and make recommendations to
the congress for additional legisla.. on
ut the next session."
The senate and houSc interstate
commerce committees have been
studying this problem for several
weeks and early action Is expected by
leaders.
The message Of the president fol-
lows:
TO the congress:
II have long felt that. for the sake
Of clarity and effectiveness, the rela-
tionship Of the federal government to
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ADMINISTRATION TO
GIVE A|RMAIL BACK
TO PRIVATE filters
Roosevelt Expected to Push
Measure Now Being Pre-.
pared for Congress
GRAND JURY STILL At WORK
Continues Probe Of Alleged
Graft in Army Motoriza.
ton Contracts

Washington. Feb. rs. -R,-T The
Roosevelt administration indicated
Monday that it would hasten to pre-
sent to congress a bill giving the air
mail back to private companies. The
measure Is expected before the week
Is out.
The air mail situation. meantime,
developed several new angles.
Representative Mcleod OF Michigan
planned to introduce Monday q reso-
luton for q congressional investiga-
ton to find out II army planes are
suitable to carry mail along the sky
ways.
A grand jury opened its third week
CT inquiry into army motorization and
other contracts. Harry H. Woodring,
assistant secretary Of war. was re.
Quested to testify, as were Ralph +.
O'Neil. former commander Of the
American Legion. and Robert w. Ly-
cns, New York and Washington law
yer.
The senate air mail committee
called Harris M. Hanshue, president
Of Western Air Express, and Clifford
Ball, representing Pennsylvania Air
Lines. It wanted to ask Ball about
an extension Of q mail contract given
t. his company with the understand
Ing that it be sublet to Pittsburgh
Aviation Industries. Inc, in which the
MELONS are interested.
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SUDDEN TORNAD0ES
SUBSTITUTION
IN SOUTHERN AREAS
Is Known Dead, Scores Injured
and Heavy Property
Losses Reported
ENTIRE COUNTRY HARD HIT
Red Cross Called to Aid a.
Weather Bureau Fore.
casts Biting Cold
ENTIRE COUNTRY HARD HIT

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 26.-tR-
Tornadoes, striking suddenly on the
Sabbath, left Is dead in three south
ern states, scores injured and heavy
property loss.
Storms late Sunday extended from
Louisiana to North Carolina with
Mississippi reporting 10 dead. Ala
bama three, Georgia two and Lou
isiana one. Alabama's toll was placed
at IA In earlier reports but re-check
brought the number to three.
Twin tornadoes swept rural sec
tions Of Lauderdale county, Miss. Two
additional deaths were reported Mon
day, Martin Brown, IS, Of Kewanee
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
Three Persons Killed
In Train-Tru Crash

Delphos, O., Feb. 26.-(ReThree
persons were killed and four injured,
one seriously. early Monday when q
Pennsylvania train crashed into q
truck at the Main street crossing
here. The locomotive was overturned
and seven cars derailed.
The accident occurred during q
snow storm and officials said the en-
|gineer's vision probably was impaired
BY the snow. The locomotive. turned
over and two men were buried be-
meath the wreckage. Three Of the
seven cars derailed were Pullman
coaches. Passengers were thrown
from berthS and badly shaken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
N|ONOXIDE GAS IS
FATAL TO nine AT
DARTM0UIHSUNDAY
Deadly Fumes Creep Through
Fraternity House After
Furnace Blast
ALL VICTIMS WERE ASLEEP
Youths We're Marked by Pink
Discoloration Character.
istic Of Poisoning

Hanover, N. H.. Feb. 26.-(R>-A
furnace tended by an unskilled hand
was blamed Monday for the death Of
nine students. the worst tragedy In
the history Of Dartmouth college.
They were killed by carbon morox-
ide gas as they slept early Sunday In
tho Theta Chi fraternity house. An
explosion apparently had disconnect-
ed q chimney pipe and the deadly
fumes crept through the l6-room
house.
President Ernest Martin Hopkins
asked the grief-stricken undergrad
yates Monday to carry on" their &C
tivities In order not to heighten the
effect OF the accident. He issued q
statement saying the whole college
sympathizes with the parents Of those
who died"
The dead were:
william 8. Fullerton, 20, Cleveland
Heights. Ohio.
Edward F. and Alfred H. Moldenke,
brothers, New York City.
william M. Smith, Jr., Il, Manhas-
set, N. Y.
Edward M. Wentworth, Jr., q. Mt
Dora. Fla.
America s. De Mast, Il. Little Neck.
N. Y.
). Harold B. Watson, 81, Wilton. Me.
Wilmot H. Schooley. 81. Middle
town. N. Y.
John ]. Griffin. 10. Walingford,
Conn.
The fact that It was q weekend
probably saved the lives Of eight frat
ernity brothers who ordinarily occupy
the house.
An incompleted investigation In
dictated that the students died as they
slept. All were marked by the pink
discoloration characteristic Of carbon
monoxide poisoning.
The coal gas explosion apparently
blew open the furnace doors and dis
connected chimney pipe.
Sunday morning. Janitor Merton
Little fixed the fires. He smelled coal
gas and adjusted the disconnected
pipe. Then. he went to the rooms Of
the students and saw them apparently
sleeping. They all were dead then,
but 1t vas not until Sunday afternoon
that the deaths were discovered.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
Saturday Coolest
Day Here in 1894

The thermometer at the United
States weather bureau here regis
tered is degrees below zero for its
lowest reading Sunday night.
According to O. w. Roberts,
meteorologist in charge, Saturday
and Sunday were the two coolest
days this year. Temperature Sat-
urday night went to 10 below
eight degrees colder than the
chilliest recorded during January.
The coolest this winter was q be-
low, registered in December.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
SWANSON MAY RESIGN

Washington, Feb. 26.-P-A possi-
bility that Claude A. Swanson may
resign as secretary Of the navy be-
cause Of III health was discussed In
political circles Monday.
Although responsible political CIR
cles said any talk Of q successor to
Swanson would be premature. one
name being mentioned was that Of
Rear Admiral Cary T. oraysoa
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and Harold Harper, S, Of near Merid-
ian, succumbing to injuries in a hos
pital. More than IS others still were
in hospitals and several score nursed
less serious hurts at home.
Alabalna's deaths were reported in
sections rs miles apart. Two were
dead in Clay county and one at Ca
lera. The sheriff's office In Clay
county was checking unconfirmed re-
ports of deaths at Shady Grove, Mil
1ersville and other isolated commune
ties.
West Virginia Affected
A man and wife Of the Bethel camp
ground community near Carrollton,
in West Virginia. were killed when a
tornado blew down their home.
Thirteen persons were reported in
jured. Several homes were destroyed
near Hampton and IL to Is houses
were blown down near McDonough.
New Orleans reported q Negro wo-
man fatally injured during heavy
hail storm which swept the city at
the same time tornado disturbances
were recorded In Mississippi. She
was killed when she came into con-
tact with live wire blown into the
street.
The same wire struck the hat from
the head Of Anthony Boohana, IS, Of
jackson, Miss, walking nearby. He
was unhurt. The hat burned as It
fell from his head.
Machinery was idle III the Pied
mont Carolinas after q disastrous
wind and rain storm which wrecked
buildings, power and communication
lines. Two persons were slightly hurt
when high winds demolished their
home and three saw-mill buildings
near Luray, 8. C..
The storm-swept area extended
from the foothills Of the Blue Ridge
in North Carolina to the South Car
DINA Georgia line near Anderson, s..
c., and was as much as 90 miles wide
in places
Many Cities Isolated
Many cities in the storm area had
not been heard from late In the
morning but it was known that High
Point, one OF the worlds great fur
niture manufacturing centers, was
without communication or power IA
cilities Of any kind.
A cold wave swept into the storm
stricken sections Monday and the
weather bureau predicted lower tenn
peratures for Monday night.
A violent wind storm, dipping sud.
denly into the residential section Of
Palatka, Fla, early Monday morning
caused damage estimated at several
thousand dollars. Trees were up
rooted, several houses unroofed and
power lines leveled. No one was in
jured as far as could be ascertained.
Monday, Gov. B. M. Miller Of Ala
bama and other officials directed
swift assistance for the stricken a,eas.
Food, supplies and medical aid were
needed and the Red Cross stepped
into the breach.
The storms hit Mississippi first.
laying q trail Of destruction and
death. Then they traced q course
along the tornado belt" In Alabama.
near the scene Of the tornado that
killed more than 200 persons In
March. 1882. Finally Georgia bore
the brunt Of the elements.
The greatest damage apparently
was In Alabama, where trees were
uprooted. homes and business build
ings blown down and the country
side slashed by terrific rain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
PAY FOR MURDER

Bellefonte. Pa. Feb. 26.-(ReTwo
Philadelphia Negroes, Joseph Sterling.
81. and Robert Harris. IS, were put
to death In the electric chair ct
Rockviev peniteS.:ary Monday for
the staying Of Charles Dcwney during
q robbery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
Pinchot Will Seek
Reeds Senate Seat

New York. FEB. 26.-(R-Qovernor
Clifford Pinchot Of Pennsylvania Nom
day announced his candidacy for the
Omitted States senate on Republican
support Roosevelt" Platform.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
VALUE WALSH ESTATE

Helena, Mont, Feb. 26.-R)-The
estate Of the late United States Sem
ator Thomas J. Walsh Of Montana. Is
valued at approximately t77.7D0, Of
which $66, 500 Is In United States gov
eminent bonds, 1t was indicated IN the
report Of appraisers filed IN district
court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
WILL SEEK REELECTION

st. Paul, Feb. 26.-(F1-0overnor
Floyd B. Olson Monday filed for re-
election, at the same time issuing .
statement definitely eliminating him.
self as possible candidate for th@
United States SSnate
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Death Rides Wings Of Storms
Nine College Students Die in Traqedl
Three Pretend to
One Unused Throne

Paris, Feb. 26.-R-A mysteri-
out new pretender to the French
throne introduced himself to
amused Parisians through the me-
dunn Of posters Monday.
vone Theodebold Ascaris Me-
rovee. claiming descent from
Clovis and the good King Dago-
bert, threw his mythical crown In
the ring against the Due De Guise
and Prince Louis Napoleon. over
the signature Of the "Merovingian
party"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
PuPPET HAS 1IRTHDAY

Hsink1ng, (Chan0chun) Man
chukuo Henry Pu.Yl, who On
March becomes emperor Of Man
chukuo, celebrated his twenty
eighth birthday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
FRENCH PLANE CRASHES

Casablanca. Morccco-One French
filler was killed and three were badly
hurt when an airmail plane crashed
IN the desert.
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u HURT NJ BOMB

Havana--Twelye persons were
hurt when : bomb exploded near
: street car41val
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Bits of News From
Throughout World
(By The Associated Press)
by the Associated Press)
BEGIN SCANDAL PROBE

Paris-Two parliamentary commit
tees began Investigations Of the Bay
onne banking scandal and any con-
nection It may have had with the
recent Paris riots.
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The Weather

9enerally fair and not 60 cold tonight,
Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer.
Evening star., 1934-02-16
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN MAY WE'D
FIRST WIFE IN THIRD MARRIAGE

he said. "She is big and fine, and
she decided that for the sake of the
children, we had better call it of"
And now Bushman is planning to
go to California to see his first wife
as soon as his present engagements
will permit
Bushman procured a marriage IL
cense to wed Miss Ponselle and when
she arrived from the East two days
later for an operate engagement, con-
firmed his announcement OF their
marriage. At the time, she intended
remaining a week or 10 days, but her
hotel said she had checked out last
Monday.
The first Mrs. BuShman was Jo-
sephine Fladuene OF Baltimore Her
marriage to Bushman took place in
1902 when the actor was 18.
She is a very beautiful woman
and she has been a fine mother to
the Children said Bushman today.
He had one child by Beverly Bayne.
He is now . lad of IA years and is
in school in New Jersey.
Evening star., 1934-02-16
u. S. CHALLENGES
SUIT BY AIRLINE
Denies Right of Contractor to Sue
Without Governments
Consent.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 16.-The
suit of the Transcontinental &
Western Air, Inc, to prevent cancel
lation Of its airmail contract was
challenged by the Government today
on the ground that it could not be
brought without the Governments
consent.
Martin Conboy, United States at
torney, told Federal Judge John G.
Knox that he was without jurisdic-
tion in the matter
He contended that, even though the
suit named Postmaster General James
A. Farley and New York's postmaster,
John J. Kiely, as defendants, it was
really against the United States,
which can be sued only with It's con-
sent.
John Thomas Smith, attorney for
the airline, contended that the suit
was not against the United States,
but against officers of the United
States TO restrain them from improper
acts.
There is no doubt about the juris-
diction of the court over the person
Of Kiely, is there?" Judge Knox
asked.
Nor is there any doubt about the
jurisdiction over the subject matter"
said Smith.
Evening star., 1934-02-16
ROBERT GETS NEW
TREASURY DUTIES
Public Building Work Is
Placed Under Procure
ment Division.

Changing materially the response
bilities of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury L. w. Robert, jr., Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau to-
day realigned important functions OF
the department, taking away from
Robert all responsibility for public
building construction and setting 1t
up under the new procurement dlVi-
sion, effective today
Reports were current that Robert
would resign, but he has been given
new assignments and today was busy
at his office as usual. He declined
to comment on the rumors. His new
assignments include the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing and the Mint,
which formerly reported to the office
of the fiscal assistant secretary. which
Is now vacant. Mr.. Robert continues
with his supervision Of the Public
Health Service and the Public Works
or Art project, Civil Works Admin
istration activity.
Peoples in Charge.
The public buildings construction
work of the Treasury Department,
which was taken away from Robert,
was placed entirely in the new pro-
curement division directed by Admiral
C. ]. Peoples. Admiral Peoples will
report directly to the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the absence of the Under
secretary of the Treasury, an otfice
which is now vacant.
The procurement division, being or
ganized for some time under authority
of an executive order Of the President
Of last June. today took over officially
the temporary new organization set up
as the branch of public works. This
is only one of the two branches OF
the new procurement division, the
other one being the branch of supply.
The public works branch was set
up today, taking over the response
bilities, the work and the personnel
of the former Office of supervising
architect of the Treasury Depart
ment. The public works branch had
been established in name some time
ago. but the new set-up today estab-
lished the personnel under a tenn
porary assignment which has made
several important changes in the
personnel. The changes involve no
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Evening star., 1934-02-16
DISTRICT c. v. A.
TO Be CURTA|LED
DemObiIization to Start in
Two WeekS-RuraI Dis
miSSaIS Begun.

Demobilization of the Districts
civil works program will be started
within two weeks, it was stated today
by Harry l. Hopkins, administrator of
the Federal c. w. A and relief organ
izations, who announced the admin
istration would drop 100000 workers
in rural areas throughout the country
next Friday.
Reduction of the number of civil
works employees of the District will be
made progressively from week to week,
the Federal officer said. The District
now is working under job quota of
10000 and there are approximately
10000 persons on the rolls, several
thousand of whom we're classified
under Federal programs in the Dis
trict. The new order is an extension
of the plans announced earlier this
week for rehabilitation Of c. w. A.
workers en- Federal projects, not orig
inally applied to the District or the
State programs
Hopkins said persons now having
regular employment under the c. w.
A program. who would be left without
sufficient income when their jobs
under the Federal employment pro-
gram came to an end, would be pro-
vided for under the emergency relief
system.
Earlier in the day District officials
were informed verbally that the Dis
trict c. w. A program would be re-
duced over succeeding weeks up to
May l. and expected to receive orders
to that effect soon.
Plains Not Certain.
Capt. Howard F. Clark. executive Of
fcer of the District c. w. A. was not
certain this morning whether the en-
tire civil works program here would
be at an end on May l, since there
have been informal reports that the
program would be continued to some
degree beyond that date. 1t was ex-
pected this point would be cleared up
in the next day or two after official
rehabilitation orders have been re-
ceived.
District officials anticipated that
projects now under way could be COM
pIeVeQ Dy May 1, ana IHaI Lney NOulu
not be halted as a result Of the grad
ual reduction in the C. w. A force
A number of construction programs
under the c. w. A. program still are
unfinished.
Only yesterday District officials ap-
proved requests from the National
Parks Office to take over work being
performed under the Interior De-
partment supervision, involving the
jobs of 1,45O. The District approved
9 out of IL of the park projects
which were affected by the Federal
c. w. A. rehabilitation order.
Announcing new regulations for the
general rehabilitation, Hopkins said
that for the present, hours of labor
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Evening star., 1934-02-16
CIVIL SERVICE TO "HUMANIZE'
EFFICIENCY RATING SYSTEM

The Civil Service Commission is
planning to "humanize" the efficiency
rating system in use in the Govern
ment establishment.
Under the program to be followed
when the annual efficiency ratings are
given May l, supervisory officials will
discuss with employees whose marks
are not as high as they should be,
the elements responsible for their
shortcomings and seek to bring about
betterment
It is the belief of the commission
that this will not only bolster morale,
but will rebound with benefit to the
Government
In announcing the new policy to-
day, the commission said the same
Evening star., 1934-02-16
Ne,U Spots on Sun
GiUe NudiStS More
UItra-ViOIet Rays
Cooler Weather All Year
May FOHOiU, Scientists
Believe.
BY the Associated Press.


PASADENA. Calf, February l6.--
The sun has broken out with four new
spots, which is good news for nudists.
There is good evidence, say scien-
lists, that more sun spots mean more
ultra violet radiation That, in turn.
spells better health for the folk who
loll around letting Soils rays impinge
on naked epidermis.
The new spots indicate, DR.. Seth B.
Nicholson. astronomer Of the Carnegi3
Institutions Mount Wilson Observa-
tory. said today. that the minimum Of
a 1O1@-year cycle has passed
From now on old Sol will be watched
as closely as q rich child with a
strange malady.
Scientists have learned that increas-
ing sun spots also presage more fire.
uuent magnetic disturbances on the
earth. with occasional interruption OF
telegraph and telephone transmission
The Aurora Borealis, or northern
lights, will become visible farther
south. There is a tentstive indica-
tior- that possibly cooler weather may
be expected the year round.
A few scientists claim that wireless
reception will be poorer at times.