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The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
M|LHOLLAN ACCEPTS
EXECUTIVE POST IN
BISMARCK TRIBUNE
Former State Official to Be
General Sales Manager,
Mann Announces

Announcement that Frank Milhol.
Ian. one-time state railroad commits
sioner and more recently president
Of public utility company with
headquarters at Omaha, Neb., has
become associated with the manage
ment of the Bismarck Tribune was
made Saturday by George D. Mann,
president and publisher.
Milhollan, who will assume his new
duties Monday, will be general sales
manager for the Tribune's job print-
ing. stationery and office equipment
department.
The new addition TO the Tribune
family is we'll known throughout
North Dakota, having lived in this
state for nearly 20 years prior to his
removal to Omaha in 1928.
Coming to North Dakota as 4
printer in 1910. Milhollan worked
for the Bismarck Tribune and then
went to Dickinson, where he re-
mained a year Returning to Bis
marck he continued his occupation
as printer until 1919. when he was
elected member of the state rail-
road board. Prior to that time,
however, he had become president Of
the State Federation of Labor, which
position he continued to hold until
his removal from the state in 1928.
Resigned In 1928
In that year he resigned his state
office to become president Of the
Central West Public Service com.
pany. utilities firm controlling gas.
telephone and other properties from
the Atlantic seaboard to North Dakota
and having seven subsidiaries. He
remained In this position until few
months ago, resigning after his re-
turn to North Dakota.
While living in Omaha, Milhollan
was q frequent visitor in this state,
his company controlling utilities serv-
ing 10 towns in North Dakota, among
them the gas company ct jamestown
and the telephone system at Devils
Lake.
In addition to his activity in labor
and political circles in North Dakota,
Milhollan took part in many civic
enterprises. He was one OF the Or
ganizers OF the Missouri Slope Poultry
association and its first president and
for several years was president OF
the state safety council. organized by
the late Governor A. q. Sorlie.
Born In Missouri. the new Tribune
executive IS - years old. He Is mar.
ried and has three children. He Is
glad, he said, to get back into ousi-
ness among his. old friends in tho
state which he has adopted as his
own.
Other than the addition Of Mil
hollan there have been no changes
in the executive staff Of The Tribune.
Mr.. Mann said. r. G. Ellsworth re-
tanning his position in the job prints
ing department, Archie O. Johnson
remaining as advertising manager
and Kenneth ~. simons as s6tor. 3
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08


Legalised under IN initiated law
enacted In the November election,
Sunday movies will be legally
shown throughout North Dakota
Sunday for the first time In the
history Of the state.
Motion picture theatre owners
In practically every community IN
the state planned to take advant-
age Of the new law with perform
ances scheduled In most places In
the afternoon and evening.
The new law prohibits the show
Ing Of movies or other theatrical
performances before Z p. m. on
Sunday. The old law was . flat
prohibition Of Sunday shows.
Theatrical performances were
prohibited under territorial laws
which carried over when North
1 Dakota was admitted to statehood.
relieving the. Invention q. motion
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
Rites for Legislator
Killed in Crash Held

Fessenden. n. D., Dec. 0.-(R-Fu-
neral services were conducted 6atur-
day 1T Cathay for State Representa-
tive Carl Broschat Of Wells county,
one Of three men killed In an auto
crash near here Wednesday.
Surviving Broschat are his father
Carl. ST.. three daughters, Ruth and
Norma Broschat and Mrs. John Haedt
three sons and brother and sister.
Funeral services for Ole Bakken and
John Hughes. others who met death
IN the crash, have not been completed
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
SUb|lARGINAL Land
PURCHASES BEGIN
Is, 900, 900 Turned Over 20 Re-
lief Administra tion to
Launch Big Program

Warrington, Dec. S.-R-President
Roosevelt Friday sliced 5000. 900 from
his drouth relief millions and turned
It over TO the relief administration
for it, program Of retiring dssolate,
sterile land from agricultural use.
Working with . $25,Ooo 900 allot-
ment from the public works admin
istration. relief officials already have
taken options on 2,5o0. 900 acres o4
submarginal land at around q to Is
Per acre.
from the same fund the president
Also ret aside 80 000, 900 for the civil
ian conservation corps. CCC Officials
understood this Was to replace q like
amount they had transferred 70 the
agriculture department to purchase
forest lands for conservation purposes.
Depletion Of the 3625, ,000, 900 drouth-
relief fund by 9l5,000,0 900 Was not I'M
terpreted as meaning that the ad-
ministration considers the drouth
problem lessened.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
OFFICERS DESCEND
ON NARCOTIC DIVES
IN NUMEROUS CITIES
Headquarters Withholds Com.
ment as Greatest Offensive
Gets Under Way
RAIDS ARE SIMULTANEOUS
Cleveland Ring Prsying Upon
Boys and Girls Of High
School Age Exposed
RAIDS ARE SIMULTANEOUS

Warrington, Dec. 0.-tRHFederal
officers descended on narcotics ped
dlers In many cities Saturday In what
was obviously nationwide attempt
to break up the drug traffic, but Of
ficials here withheld comment.
y Despite the silence ct headquarters
here, It was apparent from reports
from all over the country that the
government had suddenly launched
i8 greatest offensive against the n
licit traffic.
Reports Of big raids netting many
arrests came from coast 70 coast, a.
most simultaneously. Wholesale ar
rests were reported from Baltimore,
Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago. De-
troit, Kansas City, Omaha and San
Francisco, among others.
In Kansas City, VIII. .. Wood, d.
vision supervisor, said arrests had
been made In Missouri, Kansas, Ar
kansas and Oklahoma % part Of the
ma ,ion-wide drive. He said the clean.
up was extending to every state IN
the union.
~ n Custody
MeVeO VI14I1eoS WSSC SeS10O ~ 0AsA
cago. The arrests boosted the total
taken into custody In the drive to
more than 40.
At Baltimore, federal officers RAID
ed the headquarters Of what q. 3.
commissioner Of narcotics said WAS
q nationwide mail order business IN
dope. Eight persons were arrested
and . supply Of opium, heroiu and
morphine -said to Be By sar the lA1v.
est ever found in 1alttmcce-was
seized.
A narcotic ring ptSying upon boys
and girls IN = high school was sx-
posed In Cleveland @ federal agents
arrested seven men and three women
In Q series Of swift raids.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08

Orders for the change came direct
ly from Harry L. Hopkins, national
relief administrator, 1t was learned.
While officially the change was ex-
planned IS resulting from difficulties
involved in transferring funds from
the federal to state setups. It was
learned from unquestionable sources
the Transformation was . direct re-
suit Of the questioning Of Noodles
election by forces aligned with de-
posed Governor william LANCER,
whose indictment and conviction on
charges Of soliciting federal relief
CONTINUED On PAGE 81
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
100000 BOOST
| IN FREIGHT RATES
| AVERTED BY ruling
Western Portion Of State Gets
Substantial Reductions on
Wheat Fees
ASKED 20 PER CENT RAISE
New Decision Of interstate
Commerce Commission Re-
affirms Former Ruling

A threatened 1900. 900 annual In
crease In grain freight rates In North
Dakota, has been averted by decision
Of the Interstate Commerce Con1mis-
sion. the state railroad commission
announced Saturday.
New adjustments Of rates came out
Of the commission proceedings, which
affected grain and grain products
within the entire western district Of
the country. Export rates also were
affected.
In the case, the carriers asked On
increase Of approximately 20 per cent
In rates, over those ~ by decision Of
the commission In q prior hearing.
The first decision was set aside by
the United States supreme court, on
appeal by the carriers.
T. p. Aughnay, rate expert for the
state commission, said, III the rates
requested by the carriers in the re-
opened proceedings had become effec-
tive, It would have added approxi-
mately $4,000, 900 annually to the
North Dakota freight BILL"
Flrst Decision Reafflrmed
He pointed out the decision Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
practically reaffirms its first de-
eision."
A ''slight readjustment Of rates up
ward, from stations located In the
northern and eastern tier Of counties
In the state viii be made" Is result
I Of the action Of the commission,
Aughnay said. Formerly, he ex-
| plalned, rates In this section had been
held down because Of competition
from Canadian roads.
"From the southeastern and central
portions Of the state. the rates viii be
either reduced Or left practically as
they are ct the present time," Augh-
nay said. From the western portion
Of the state. principally on the North
ern Pacific lines, there will be Sub
stantial reductions In the rates on
wheat to Minneapolis and Duluth"
Coarse grain rates are raised to the
level Of those for wheat, he said, and
flax seed rates viii remain 112 per
cent Of the wheat rates. Represent
stives Of the state commission opposed
the carriers proposal to raise the
coarse grain rates to the wheat level,
Aughnay explained.
Two Free TranSjts
Two free transits will be permitted
without additional charge, as result
Of the decision. The prior decision
held similarly. but the subsequent
appeal prevented the ruling from be-
ing in effect for any lengthy period,
!Aughnay said.
Aughnay said. taking off Of charges
for transit should prove Of great
benefit to the milling industry within
the state. Prior to this decision, the
state mill and elevator could not draw
grain from certain territory in North
Dakota west Of Grand Forks but this
situation has been remedied by max
ing the through rate to either Minne-
apolis Or Duluth from all territory west
Of Grand Forks. applicable via Grand
Forks without additional transit PEN
alties."
Led BY Ben g. Larkin. members Of
the state commission had consistently
opposed the freight rate increases de-
manded by the railroads. They pre-
sented North Dakota's opposition at
the hearings on the case in Chicago
and Warrington.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
n. D. RELIEF SET-UP
FEDERAL|ZED again
T0AVO|D RED TAPE
Officials Deny Change Is In.
spired as Result Of Noodle
Election Contest
ABANDON ERA TEMPORARILY
Difficulties Involved in Meeting
Back Commitments Of
FERA One Reason

Closely on the heels of the chal-
lenge to Democratic Governor Elect
Thomas H. Noodles right to assume
office, orders from Washington Fri
day abruptly placed North Dakota
back in the status Of q federali0ed
area In handling Of relief.
For the last week. administration
Of relief in the state has been under
q state setup, newly established,
which followed the victory Of Noodle
at the polls.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
HUNTERs oUIT roo sOoN

Hamburg. Pa.-Soaked to the skin
after trampiug through woodlands In
the rain searching for deer. = group
o. hunters sought refuge at = country
hotel near here. While there, nine
deer. five does and four bucks came
leisurely down the hill. passed the
hotel. and then swan the Ontelaunee
creek. The hunters dashed to the
field. apd all fired. but too late.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
COMMITTEE
PROMISES BRITAIN
AID IN arms PROBE
Full Cooperation With Pariia.
mont Il lt Docidos to SIT
Trade Pledged BY Nys

Washington, Dec. S.-(R-Adoptine
|a hands-across-the sea attitude, sen
atorial investigators Of the munitions
business have pledged full cooperation
to the British parliament II It de-
|cides to sift the trade.
I'VE stand ready to assist the Brit.
ish In any way We can II requested.
Chairman Nye (Rep. N. d. said FRI
day night, In discussing the agitation
IN England for IN inquiry BY parlia-
ment. I'VE would heartily welcome
such . probe, and feel that it would
b very useful In the interuational
movement to bring the munitions
traffic under control"
Nye said there was much inlorma-
tion IN the committee files that
should prove invaluable to the British
Hardly . day has passed that there
has not been reference to British
munition Makers" he asserted. "Num-
erosls manufacturers there had tie
npg with our own makers. and We have
= fairly good record Of the business
ol larger British concerns Insofar "a
they affect external matters"
Nye suggested the committee had
much unpublished material that
would, II made available to parlia-
ment, make . "whitewash" difficult.
I'VE plainly recognise" Nye said,
that the British investigation would
have TO proceed differently. per-
sonally. however, am hopeful there
win b an inquiry there g well, and
you may Be assured We will cooperate
IN any way We can, even to the ex-
tent o. making our own records avail
able 70 their investigator"
Il was disclosed Saturday that sey-
sral British members Of parliament
are on the mailing list Of the senate
committee to receive copies Of I'll
hearings.
The committee adjourned Friday
for the weekend. Senator Nye has
departed to speak Saturday ct Duf-
falo University. while Senator Pope
Oem. Idaho) planned to debate the
question ARE munition makers war
makers3" with army officials at :
foreign policy association meeting IN
Boston Saturday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
Department Receipts
Drop About One-Third

Receipts Of the state game and fish
department for the past year have
dropped approximately one-third. r
Z. Collins, office deputy, said satur-
day.
Collins laid the decrease to inabtl-
!ty Of many Of the hunters to pay fees
In connection with hunting Of migra-
tory birds.
Receipts Of the department totaled
352. go, while disbursements totaled
$s7,5o5. The department began It's
year with . cash balance Of 453, ,438.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08
CHICKEN-HEARTED

New Castle. Della. - Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Franks decided to do some poul-
try raising when they moved to the
country from the city. So they &C.
quired about 100 chickens and tufkeyl
but became % attached to them q
pets they couldn't bring themselves
TO kill one for . Thanksgiving meal.
They've just admitted they drove 70
Wilmington 70 buy . turkey.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08

Uncle Sam doing
addressed Santa Claus
them to individual organization
situte.
In Bismarck they
Heart committee and the members Of that
than bright toys and the essentials of Christmas Many
@ talk about such things decent and stockings
The Legion passing these letters
needs deliver
ll6
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08

Hartlesvi okla, Dec sQwne Post stocy globe srding
er believed Saturday added the worlds altitude record Tor
craft to his flying aure with several thousand
feet to spare.
second hop satosphess Friday
landing the belief he had reached altitude Of at
least $1,000 feet In his reodeled Winnie ae the ship which
he twice flew around the world
Wegd 47S622 feet held Henato
Doua o Italy The paragraph Of Posts night sent to Wash
nseou official csrtcattun with
n five days.
Posts altmeesr faisd TO function above 1000 feet
realm o6 high appeared At
tempk He estimated that at the his climb hurting
through the atr ct between so and SIS miles per
Screaming the wings Of the Winnie srao
shec wind the velocity Of which the es estimated ct about 100
nnies per hour.
The temperature was minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-08

Fair tonight and Sunday; no decided
change in temperature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-20
C.. p. Leading
In Straw Vote
In Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Oct. 10. - In a
straw ballot conducted by the Com
munist Party results at the Doan
Office Relief Station, East 18th
and Superior showed the Commu-
nists leading the Republicans three
to one. The results were as follows:
Democrats, 43; Communists, 40;
Republicans, 10; spoiled. A poll
conducted on Cedar Avenue between
10Th Street and 83rd Street showed
the Republicans in the lead. The
count was: Republicans, AZ; Com
munists, %; Democrats, rs. The
total for the day: Democrats, SO;
Communists, 68; Republicans, SIS.
Alexander Voros Wrought, chair
man of the State Campaign Com
mission of the Communist Party
says regarding the election pros
poets Of the Communist Party:
"The Communist Party this year
will poll the largest vote in the
history of Cuyahoga County and
in Ohio. Our meetings are every
where very well attended and we
are reaching sections of the popu-
lation who in previous years voted
the old parties, but this year will
vote Communist. The size of the
Communist Party vote this year will
surprise everyone
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-20

party that fights for the cancella-
ton of the debts of poor farmers
and for tax exemptions for all per-
sons and their property, earning
less than $4,000 per year, and a
steeply graduated tax and greatly
increased taxation on the rich.
This is the only guarantee that the
poor farmers and workers will not
be driven from their farms or evic-
ted from their homes.
For the four years of the Farmer
Labor administration, thousands of
workers and farmers lost whatever
little private wealth they had, while
the monopolies and the steel trust
remained untouched.
Secondly, Olson is deliberately
trying to stir up anti-C Communist
feeling on the religious issue or
what he calls Christian morality"
Olson wants the masses to believe
that the Communists would abolish
religion by force and compulsion.
This is another deliberate mis-
representation and plays into the
hands of the Vigilante bands.
While the Communist Party def
nitely considers religion as class
weapon of the bourgeoisie against
the proletariat, it does not consider
that this is today the chief issue
before the masses. What the work
ers of the state and this country are
confronted with today is the struggle
against hunger, war and fascism.
Example of U. s. S. r. Excludes
aH OlsOn's Lies
Finally, Governor Olson has asSo-
ciated himself with the Vigilantes
and Citizens Alliance in stating
that "the Communists would reduce
all people to dead level" Olson
has not yet mentioned where this
has ever happened. The Communist
Mayor of Crosby, Minnesota, Emil
Nygard, organized and led the
struggles of the unemployed against
forced labor and for the improve
ment of their conditions. Unlike
Governor Olson, who used the
National Guards to break the
General Drivers Strike, a Com
munist Mayor has never used the
police or armed forces against his
fellow workers.
The Soviet government of Russia
under the leadership of the Com
munist Party has demonstrated to
the workers and farmers of the en-
tire world that they alone have
created new system of society,
which has eliminated starvation,
and has abolished capitalist misery
and persecution.
And what has four years of the
Farmer-Labor administration given
to the people of Minnesota? How
much uplifting of the people to
happier life" has Olson done? AS
a result of the present capitalist
rule of which the Former-Labor
Party is part, over 100000 are
unemployed in the state or work at
forced labor; wages are low, mass
misery is increasing and Vigilante
gangs have started to terrorize
workers organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-20
United Front
Ticket Filed
In Nebraska
Workers and Farmers
Name Communists
for State Posts

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 19.-Petitions
have been filed for four state can
didates on the United Front Work
ers and Farmers Election ticket in
Nebraska.
The candidate for Governor is j.
J. Schefcik, president of the Neb-
raska Farm Holiday Association,
Secretary of the Farmers Union,
and member Of the Communist
Party. The candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor, Bob Burleigh, has
been active in organizing the I'M
employed in and around Lincoln.
Floyd Booth, candidate for Secre-
tary of State, is young Negro or
ganizer of the unemployed. Ellen
Allen, district organizer of the
Young Communist League, we'll
known among Omaha packing
house workers, is candidate for
State Treasurer.
Local candidates have filed their
candidates. in many counties on
this ticket, among them Harold
Hester, Socialist, who is running
for State Senator for Southern
Nebraska, and e. M. Richmond,
Secretary Of the Nebraska District
of the International Labor Defense,
as state representative from the
tenth district, in Omaha. Bert Sell,
farmer, has filed a petition as can
didate for Congress from the fifth
district.
The United Front campaign was
launched by a group of organiza-
tons including the Farm Holiday
Association, the Unemployment
Councils, the Communist Party,
the Young Communist League, the
International Labor Defense, the
International Workers Order, and
individuals from organizations, such
as the Socialist Party and the
Farmers Union. The platform in
cludes the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill, the Emergency
Farm Relief Bill, planks against
war and faScisn, discrimination
against the foreign born, against
terror, for the right to organize and
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-20
Relief Slash
ThreatLOOns
In Chicago
Report Instructio N s
Given To Halt Jobs
on Projects
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau)

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Work relief
has been cut per cent in Cook
County according to relia b lie
sources. Instructions have been is
sued to relief stations to stop send
ing unemployed for these jobs.
Explanation of this action is
found in the fact that the 5 per
cent cut mas reduced October's
budget so greatly that no more men
can be put to work.
Work relief is the only method
unemployed workers here have of
getting any cash. Failure to main
tain it without a change in the
direct relief to cash means the
stranding Of thousands of workers,
and the forcing Of them back on
the old conmissary system, with
limited grocery orders, and rotten
boxes,
Some new assignments for work
relief will be available on Nov. /,
but none before that.