Brainerd Daily Dispatch, The (Newspaper) - February 6, 1939, Brainerd, Minnesota WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday Colder tonight and Tuesday much colder tonight THE BRAINERD DAILY DISPATCH The Complete Family Newspaper Pictures by A loth e Heart of the Lake Region Telephone Ho 74 or 75 United Full Seated Wire BRAINERD MINNESOTA MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 1939 YEA Service and Pictures VOL 157 OIL DIVISION SCANDAL Loyalists Troops Are in Full Flight Catalonia is Lost See End of War Soon French Frontier Is Open to Fleeing Troops Planes L Guns Tanks Given Up to France BY HAROLD ETTLINGER United Press Staff Correspondent PERPIGNAN French Spanish Spanish ist defeat in Catalonia became a debacle today The rich province was lost The government had fled to the safety of Fiance and the main body of the army began a mass over the its arms to Fiench Fleets of loyalist fighting planes landed at French Long columns of tanks and jostled and civilian on the crowded highways at the frontier Theie were reports that the Republican government Bought an armistice Fiom alist carne back word that unconditional surrender alone would be accepted French on War Footing Thousands of French troops along the were on war footing mounted field guns and chine guns at commanding points in the Pyrenees ready to repel any nationalist encroachment French anti-aircraft guns already had gone action against planes which flew over French President Manuel Azana of the loyalist government was expected In Paris today after crossing the frontier afoot yesterday President Luis of the Catalonian autonomous republic entered France with all of his ment and it was announced that for Catalonia the civil war was over Jose Antonio de president of the Basque autonomous republic likewise arrived in France Premier Juan Negrin in France at 5 a m today after ing- the foot mountain pass to La Illas during the night Six inet ministers arnved at La thus four hours zalez Pena minister of justice Paulino Gomez Saiz minister of in- tenor Bernardo Giner de los Rios minister of communications gundo Blanco Gonzalez minister of public instruction Antonio minister of public works and Tonias Bilbao Hospitalet minister without portfolio With them came Manuel secretary SPANISH WAR Continued on page 2 1939 Flood With rising temperatures and a forecast of rain tonight and row the Ohio valley again today faced a threat of floods although authorities said that the tragedy of 1937 would not be repeated ready families have heen forced to flee from their homes in four states West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Tennessee The picture above shows Huntington West Virginia as it appeared over the week end Taken from the air the picture shows the southern section of the city as the Ohio left its banks and surged through the city's streets Fair and Colder Weather to Check Floods Tuesday LOUISVILLE snow and light to moderate rams taxed already swollen rivers the Ohio valley today but forecasted fair weather and drops allayed fears of a senous flood Ram was falling in southern soun southern Illinois and ern Indiana and the forecast was for light to moderate rains in the entire Ohio valley later in the day U S Forecaster H A Downs Chicago said that the mild and lain would cause con- melting today of snow that fell on the area last week but that the condition would be slowed by colder and generally fair weather in Tennessee tucky Ohio and eastward West and Pennsylvania I don't think today's ram will affect the flood Downs said Even moderate rains would not make it much more serious One thing is the rapid movement eastward of the ate disturbance and they should have fan weather and lower in the Ohio valley i ow The Ohio river was surging over flood stages in Kentucky as the crest of a seasonal flood sweeping down from the moved rapidly toward Louisville At Cincinnati the Ohio river was 3 98 feet above the flood level and a 58 or 59 foot crest was ex- by tomorrow At Marietta above Cincinnati the irver was falling after rising to 33.4 feet below flood level Red officials estimated that families already had been forced to flee their homes in tions of West Virginia Kentucky Ohio Tennessee and southern where tributaries choked by melting snows and rains had sent the Ohio and Tennessee rivers over FLOODS Continued on page 2 Lost Love Gives Albert New Argument to Advocate His Plan After more than three years of his one-man campaign for a Pension for with ing to show for his efforts but foot callouses and three or four books filled with press clippings Albert S Falk Wheaton Minn man had a new selling point on his second trip to Brainerd afternoon It was a personal reason this est advanced by Albert for further proof that his scheme is one which should be though one would argue against accepting from to a month It con- an Arkansas belle who waited three months for Albert to return and escort her back to his Wheaton Farrn but who waited long enough and man led another man Backed up by evidence in the orm of a letter of thanks for all the lovely times itc this latest occurence in the of Falk is advanced as cause in itself that each nan and woman over 21 should re- monthly pensions for use as le sees Because Albert says was the stickler for him it isn't that his love had grown cold Had I two months of the pension I'm seeking for all I'd have re- turned to Arkansas and married the says Albert So it s a more worldly-wise but still smiling through Albert who goes on his merry way visiting every town he can reach afoot or in bis old tiuck his unshaven face and tattered clothes into papei offices and furnishing human interest copy for the welcoming re- porter Minnesotans in 1940 Albert says will have an opportunity to vote whether or not they would like to have him go to the United States Senate and put in his for to a month The pension money would come from a two per cent transaction tax charged on everything that goes into an ar- ticle and its sale after turing Something like adults in the United States should be interested in the scheme and Albert cant for the life of him see why they aren't That newspapermen have been is scheme has certainly given him cause to travel apparently and Falk can show clippings from San and New York City Texas and Minnesota publications as well as countless others m the midwest He's made a host of radio addresses on the scheme been in- on numerous programs He ran for Congress in the 7th district last year was low man among four contestants but plans to run for the Senate in 1940 to put his plan on a state-wide basis A former acrobat with a circus and a paperhanger Albert has had many chances to fall on his head before he got his pension for all brainstorm but says it ame to him on a trip through the nation with J Eads Howe the famous aire hobo three years ago He isn't sure but thinks Townsend must have stolen most of his idea and embodied it into the end Plan Until his scheme becomes a reality Falk must work to eat he said and the interview was cut short by the call to duty Albert is selling fish for a living and talking his Pension for All as an proven by the clippings His avocation Offer Conservation Bills ST PAUL batch of conservation bills first of a nes of about 35 measures mended by the conservation ment's state advisory council wasj offered in the legislature today The proposals A prohibition against fishing to an hour before sunrise or later than an hour after sunset I Permission to store legally taken game buds if properly tagged Provision for revocation of ing and fishing licenses in case of game law violation convictions Prohibition from motor propelled or sail boats ex- cept between June 21 and ber 15 Broadening of conservation com- powers with respect to game seasons The advisory council includes representatives of and conservation groups under a plan advanced by Herman Wenzel con- servation commissioner The bills were sponsored by Sen C A Dahle Duluth in the senate and by Rep Herman Litchke Grand Rapids in the house See Senate Okeh of Probe ST PAUL UP Final senate action on the proposed in- of state departments resolution and election of nine ents of the University of sota faced the Minnesota ture today as it began the sixth week of its 1939 session It was expected that the senate m short order would approve the providing for the inquiry and that the actual investigation would get under way the latter part of the week The passed the measure Friday and approved a to conduct the investigation The resolution was held up over a week in a conference while house and senate thrashed out the controversial sues mainly the size of the and the part outside cies would play in the joint legis- inquiry Meanwhile it was reported that State Comptroller Joseph T lais who is conducting a mental investigation on request of Gov Harold Stassen had secured information that might result in the removal of several state According to provision of measure now before the senate in- of the comptroller and attorney general will be coordinated with that of the legislature Meanwhile university committee of both houses met in a joint sion to a slate of regen's prepared by legislators from tha nine congressional districts Election of the regents was slated to take place tomorrow at a joint meeting of the house and Candidates indorsed by the tors were- First congressional district iel C Gainey Owatonna second Dr E E Novak New Prague third James F Bell Minneapolis fourth G W Lawson St Paul fifth Sheldon V Wood sixth Ray J St Cloud seventh A J Olson ville eighth Richard L Griffs luth ninth Dr F J Rogstad De- troit Lakes Other legislation slated to take its share of the legislators time this week was the loan shark which places all companies making personal loans without collateral under supervision of the state banking department It also vides that a three per cent monthly interest rate be on unpaid balance The has had approval of the public welfare committees of both houses to Bring About WPA Congressional Showdown ton Woodrum D Va an tial house member began a cai today to abolish WPA slash relief in half and have congress distribute relief funds among the states Woodrum house leader of the economy bloc which cut 000 from the deficiency WPA propriation in defiance of White House objections introduced a expected to bring a definite con- gressional showdown on the WPA controversy Vitamin D Upsets Dogs BERKELEY the celebrated Vitamin be great for human beings but they sure are tough on dogs according to the home economics department of the University of California Five dogs fed an sive amount of Vitamin D suffered malnutrition and lost m weight Clean Your Sidewalk Brainerd property owners were asked today to clear their walks of snow immediately The request is made by City Engineer R T bell and is especially to those who own lots not occupied at the present time All traveled streets have been deai ed by the city's snowplow cording to the city engineer though some need further work It is con- that alleys will be plowed soon Plowing downtown streets has been accomplished successfully due to the cooperation of vehicle ers in removing their cars during the night houis at the suggestion of city officials Complaints directed to his ment recently are the cause for the urgent request that sidewalks be cleared according to Mr bell Radio Turns Two Nabbed SISSETON S D Two year-old escaped convicts were cap- tured heie early today by Sheriff Peter J as the result of a statewide radio campaign by Sioux Falls radio tion They were Wendel Hiesel and George Jennen who escaped the state prison farm at Sioux Falls late yesterday The statewide radio campaign tc capture the pair started ly under direction of Gene Dennis news announcer of Telephone exchanges were used to citizens to listen to his broadcasts in order to aid the cap- ture Hiesel and Jennen fled from the prison and kidnapped Hugh Pratt Sioux Falls cab driver They forced him from the cab about 8 miles from the city and then drove to Arlington S D where the car went in a ditch Dennis was told the was abandoned at Arlington and by radio du actions a posse to comb the territory The however costed Harold Misel Huron S D as he was taking the chains off his car rear Arlington They forced him to drive them to Watertown S D and released him They ed east in his car Dennis meanwhile discovered that parents lived at len S D a small town near the North Dakota hne He decided the convicts were heading there He figured out their probable route and telephone exchanges along the hne were used to ask zens to listen to Dennis broadcasts As and Jennen pulled into a Sisseton station they were TWO NABBED Continued on page 2 Uncover Forgery of Vouchers for Refunds on Oil Rejection of Roberts WASHINGTON Senators today overwhelmingly rejected Roosevelt's nomination of Floyd H Roberts as a federal judge in Virginia and heard a furious at- tack on nomination of Thomas R as a member of the Inter- state Commerce commission It was the first time in history of the new deal that the senate had rejected a judicial nomination of Mr Roosevelt The attack on Amlie who was accused of seeking to change the present economic system portended a possible second defeat for Mr Roosevelt The senate rejected Roberts by a vote of 72 to 9 on an issue that transcended the question of erts qualifications Virginia's two senators Carter Glass and Harry F Byrd fought Robeits nomination on the contention it represented punitive action against them and that erts was personally obnoxious It was the first time since 1913 that both senators of a state raised such an issue to defeat a nomination Conservative publicans joined in an attack on former Progressive sin congressman at a senate inter- state commerce sub-committee ing on qualifications for the Interstate Commerce commission He was pictured as an advocate of a left wing coalition of radical unionists seeking to establish a new social order requiring tion of a new constitution Chairman Thomas D Carroll of the Wisconsin state Democratic committee submitted a book ten by to substantiate the charges Carroll testified after lie personally appeared before the committee to a vigorous defense against charges of com- raised against him by the Wisconsin legislature Both houses of the legislature have requested Mr Roosevelt nomination to withdraw the WOMAN HURT IN CRASH HERON LAKE Minn UE Three women today recovered from serious injuries suffered when a passenger train crashed into their stalled automobile at a crossing yesterday Driver of the car Martin Leo escaped with minor wounds while his wife Mr and Mrs E A son and daughter were hospitalized for treatment of severe cuts and bruises The locomotive dragged the Leo car over 75 feet Minneapolis Star Reveals Finding New Evidence That May Lead to Wide Investigation ST Minn The Minneapolis Star said today that new evidence of fraud and em- in operations of the state oil inspection division has been uncovered involving at least two more state employes Guy H Fuller former chief ty of the division is a term in state prison in connection with frauds previously discovered and George Griffith former head of the division and David Smilow its at- torney are under indictment According to the Star the two men involved in the new fraud forged and cashed refund checks for taxes on fuel oil Used for cultural purposes splitting the fits One the paper said was an employe of the oil inspection di- vision the other a highway ment employe The method was fo highway The method was for the highway about the state in pursuit of his duties to pick up blank statements from various oil stations On the statements the false refund claim would be entered Then the oil in- employe would make out checks to cover the amounts and they would be cashed As many as refund checks are sent out by the division in some months it was said The paper said it was not known how long the conspiracy had continued or the amount involved The disclosures were said to been made by investigators for the attorney general and the ler R A Trovatten state of agriculture was said to have issued subpoenas for fifty men whose names were used In the forgeries with a view to ing whether any of them were in- Ramsey County Attorney Michael F Kinkead was to question the two employes involved within a short time it was said 81 MEN DEAD Df SUB navy ministry announced today that 81 men of the submarine which sank in Bungo channel four days ago after colliding with another during euvers probably were dead Six men had been rescued The navy spokesman said that rescue operations the nature of which was not divulged would con- MEXICAN CLOCKS AHEAD MEXICO Central Mexico turned its clocks an hour ahead today to make the day er and thus conserve electricity The government said economy was necessary because a severe drought has depleted streams which operate electricity generating plants Assure Policy Holders Insurance Sift Will Not Jeopardize Their Interests UD William O Douglas of the ties and Exchange commission opening the national monopoly in- committee's study of m- companies today assured holders that the committee will develop nothing to their Douglas said the study of insurance practices since would not attack or question the adequacy of of any com- pany Under state laws he said the legal reserve companies aie re- quired to set aside m restricted in- vestments funds sufficient to sure that each will re- the amount of his policy when his risk matures No holder need have any concern that any fact brought out m this will in any way jeopardize the protection which he counts upon through his insurance he said Douglas promised the committee that the SEC would present facts on the manner m which companies employ the vast economic power they hold The SEC will attempt to show he said the method by which insurance managements attain and retain their power This is a logical point of proach since management lates investment Douglas said Since 1906 when the last study of insurance companies was made by the New York state Armstiong committee of which Charles Evans Hughes now chief justice of the supreme court was counsel there has been a spectacular of insurance business he continued In 1906 there were 128 companies with aggregate assets of 848 by the end of 1937 308 com- panies had assets of he said Three individual companies in 1906 each commanded ly one-half billion dollars in Douglas said adding that a previous inquiry had recommended that companies should not be mitted to grow beyond one-half billion dollar firms Yet he continued each of these three companies commands well over a billion in assets One of them the New York Life Insurance company has grown from approximately in assets to m assets The Metropolitan Life Insurance company which then had assets of only now has assets totaling close to This tremendous growth is cause for inquiry
