Evening star. [volume], December 21, 1936, Page A-7, Image 7

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MAY SEAT BERRY
G. 0. P. Senator May Be
Succeeded by Retiring
Democratic Governor.
By the Associated Press.
REDFIELD, S. Dak., December 21.—
The death of United States Senator
Peter Norbeck, who rose from penni
less well driller to become the first na
tive-born Governor and Senator of his
State, intensified political complica
tions in South Dakota today.
The Republican Senator, who was
66 years old, died at his home here
yesterday of a heart disease compli
cated by a cancerous condition of the
tongue and jaw.
Berry May Be Successor.
Prominently mentioned as a possible
successor was Gov. Thomas Berry.
Democrat, who will retire from office in
two weeks.
Gov. Berry, asked whether he plan
ned to resign from office and have him
self appointed to fill Senator Norbeck's
unexpired term, declined to comment.
He did, however, arrange a conference
with Herbert E. Hitchcock, Democratic
State chairman.
Lieut. Gov. Robert Peterson, Demo
crat, who would become Governor if
Berry resigned, was himself ready to
resign today. He was arrested Satur
day on an embezzlement charge and
Federal Deposit Insurance officials
said there was a $170,000 shortage in
the First National Bank of Centerville,
of which he was president. His attor
ney said Peterson's resignation would
be handed to the State Legislature at
a special session today. Gov. Berry
said he would name a successor to
Peterson.
Leslie Jensen, Republican, who de
feated Berry In November, will take
office as Governor on January 5.
Son ol Minister.
Senator Norbeck was born August
27, 1870, the sen of an immigrant
Norwegian Lutheran minister. He
went into business as a well driller
when 25 years old and developed the
firm of Norbeck & Co. into an im
portant concern.
His death ended a political career
that began with his election to tne
State Senate in 1908. He served six
years In that body, then was elected
Lieutenant Governor and became
Governor of the State in 1916. He
was the first native-born South Da
kotan to become chief executive and
United States Senator of that State.
He was elected to the latter post in
1930.
Terming himself a “Theodore
Roosevelt RepubUcan," Senator Nor
beck frequently found himself in
disagreement with the leaders of the
Republican party, and came to be re
garded as leaning toward the in
surgent group that included Senators
Norris, Frazier, Shipstead and John
son.
It was through his drilling opera
tions that Norbeck became acquainted
with people In all parts of the State,
a factor that was later to become of
considerable advantage when he en
tered a political career.
Champion of Agriculture.
In the United States Senate the
South Dakotan was an outspoken
champion of agricultural relief meas
ures. One of his bills, which failed of
passage, would have reimbursed farm
ers for losses suffered as a result of
Government price fixing during the
World War.
Norbeck was chairman of the Sen
ate Banking Committee during the
last years of the Hoover administra
tion and his committee handled the
first banking legislation developed by
the depression.
His committee also launched the
1932 stock market investigation and
the South Dakotan was instrumental
In employing Ferdinand Pecora as
committee counsel.
Illness frequently prevented his at
tendance at Senate sessions in recent
years and at one time he was absent
for more than a month. He was un
able to be present at the close of last
cession.
Never regarded as an orator, Nor-1
beck spoke infrequently from the'
floor, but at times his remarks were
animated. He spoke with a pro
hounced Norwegian accent.
Norbeck was credited with obtaining
establishment of Custer State Park in
the Black Hills of South Dakota,
where he had a Summer home.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow. The body will lie In state
in a funeral chapel at Redfield from
1 to 3 p.m., with services at Our
Baviour’a Lutheran Church at 3:30
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Senator Dead
SENATOR NORBECK.
p.m. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Wed
nesday at the Old Bloomington
Church Cemetery, 7 miles southeast
of Platte, the Senator’s former home.
Surviving besides the widow and
son, Harold, are three daughters,
Sally, who is in Norway; Mrs. Nellie
Wagner -of Pierre. S. Dak., and Mrs.
L. Jennings of Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
B. & 0. OFFICIAL HEADS
TRANSPORTATION CLUB
—
G. M. Campbell Elected by Dis
trict Organization—Other Of
ficers Are Selected.
G. M. Campbell, assistant general
freight agent of the Baltimore Si Ohio
Railroad, has been elected president
of the Washington Transportation
Club, it was announced today.
Elected to serve with Campbell were:
C. W. Nickless, freight and passenger
agent of the Norfolk Si Western Rail
way, first vice president and secre
tary-treasurer; J. G. Nettleton, gen
eral agent, Pennsylvania Railroad,
first vice president, and F. F. Crabbe,
general agent, Chicago. Burlington Si
Quincy Railroad, assistant secretary.
The following were elected members
of the board of governors;
R. B. Armstrong, vice president,
Los Angeles Steamship Co.: George L.
Bryson, district freight and passenger
agent, Central Vermont Railway:
Henry H. Godfrey, in charge freight
transportation, United States Marine
Corps; Frank E. Greenip, traffic audi
tor, Navy Department; William E.
Hayghe, chief Federal Traffic Section,
Procurement Division, Treasury De
partment; J. A. MacDonald, general
agent, Missouri Pacific Lines; C. J.
Shaffer, secretary-treasurer, George C.
Shaffer, Inc., and former presidents
of the club.
Tale Mass at Ardmore.
ARDMORE, Md.. December 21
(Special).—Mass will be sung at St.
George's Church here Christmas eve
by the Salvatorian students. Carols
will be rendered from 11.45 o'clock
until midnight.
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WEDNESDAY
December 23rd, 1936
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Appeal Now Hope of Escap
ing Possible 25-Year
Sentence.
By the Associated Preu.
ST. LOUIS, December 21—Red
haired Mrs. Nellie Tipton Muench,
44-year-old former society matron and
sister of a State Supreme Court judge,
and three others convicted with her
in another episode of Missouri's long
drawn "gift of God” baby scandle,
pinned their hives today on an appeal
to escape possible 29-year prison sen
tences.
With little show of emotion the
glamorous key figure in five sensa
tional trials within the last 14 months
said sharply, “If the worst comes to
the worst, I can take it.”
Mrs. Muench, her husband. Dr.
Ludwig O. Muench; Wilfred Jones, an
attorney, and Mrs. Helen Berroyer, a
friend, were found guilty of mall
fraud by a Federal court here Sun
day. The Government charged they
used the mails In an effort to extort
unspecified sums of money from Dr.
Marsh Pitiman, wealthy bachelor
physician, by duping him into believ
ing he was the father of a child Mrs.
Muench claimed she had borne.
The case went to the Jury In the
twenty-first day of the trial, and a
verdict was returned after four hours
and 45 minutes’ deliberation.
The defendants face maximum pen
alty of five years in prison and fines
of $1,000 on each of five counts. Fed
eral Judge George H. Moore gave
them until midweek to file a motion
for a new trial.
Sam M. Wear, Springfield, Mo.,
member of the defense counsel, said
an appeal will be taken.
Neither Mr. or Mrs. Muench test
ified. The Government’s chief wit
ness was Mrs. Grace Thomasson, nine
times married, who testified she had
onoe been a party to the baby hoax,
and asserted it was Mrs. Muench's
Intention, with knowledge of her hus
band, to obtain $250,000 from Dr.
Pltzman through the baby.
While watting for the verdict the
defendants appeared gloomily recon
ciled to a verdict of guilty.
"I might as well be spending my
time in the penitentiary as sitting
around courts listening to all this
junk,” Jones asserted.
Mrs. Berroyer frankly said she ex
pec ted the worst.
“Five years,” she predicted.
Kabul Mach Invaded.
Successive Invasions of India, begin
ning with that of Alexander the
Great, have passed through Kabul,
capital of Afghanistan.
Frazier-Lemke Bill Heads
Tentative Legislative
Arrangement.
By the Associated Press.
A tentative four-point legislative
program, headed by the Frazier-Lemke
farm debt financing bill, was taking
shape today within the House liberal
bloc.
Representative Bolleau, Republican,
of Wisconsin, retaining chairmanship
of the bloc from the last congressional
session, listed enactment of measures
to establish a 30-hour work week,
eliminate war profits and improve the
farm program as additional liberal
goals.
The Fraaler-Lemkg bill, a congres
sional storm center for years, would
use $3,000,000,000 of new currency to
ease the debt load of farmers.
Bolleau planned to assemble mem
bers of the bloc, which he said would
be about 50 strong, early in January to
discuss policies and program.
Wisconsin Progressives and Minne
sota Farmer-Laborites, with a few Re
publicans and a good many more
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Democrats, have been allied In the
liberal group.
The huge majority of Democrats,
Bolleau said, was likely to split Into
fairly well deflnied blocs and thus
might better the chances for liberal
legislation.
“Personally,** he said, “I don’t care
how it works out as long as we get the
liberal legislation through.”
He said many liberal ideas had be
come actuality In the last few years,
so that the group has “no particular
quarrel with President Roosevelt.”
Bolleau Indicated members of his
group are prepared to battle for a
change in the rule by which signatures
of a majority (218) of House members
we required to make effective any peti
tion to force legislation to the floor.
They will favor a return to a require
ment of 145 names, he said.
The group also will oppose gag rules,
Bolleau said. Speaker Bankhead al
ready has outlined a policy of holding
these rules—designed chiefly to limit
debate and amendments on bills—to a
minimum.
Boileau said his fellow Progressives
probably would nominate Representa
tive Schneider, Progressive, of Wiscon
sin, for the speakership. It will be a
mere gesture, for Bankhead is slated
for re-election.
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