The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1931, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1981 ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUN An Independent Newspaper : THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1673) ada, Member Audit Burean of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this ne' aie an rein, All (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives Co. Formerly G. Logan Payne NEW YORE BOSTON CHICAGO On the Chain When KFYR, Bismarck's modern radio station, joins the National Broadcasting company's network Saturday night, it will mean increased enjoyment for a great num- ber of persons living in North and South Dakota, Mon- tana and Canada. The local station, one of the most modern in existence, is heard much farther than that, of course, but it is in the territory within 500 miles of Bismarck that it is ™ost easily heard and in which its greatest usefulness lies. To its thousands of friends in this great north- western empire, the information that KFYR is to join the chain is good news. ‘The new arrangement will enable them to sit at home, even on isolated farms in far Montana and Saskatche- ‘wan, and hear the best which the modern radio world has to offer. The King of England may talk from London or the Pope from Rome; an explorer in far Antarctica or an- other at the North Pole, all may be visitors at the rural firesides as the result of this development. Many owners of radio sets already have heard the] king, the Pope and Byrd at the bottom of the world, to be sure, but not all of the sets in existence are the| most modern kind and the business of “getting distance” is not always as easy as the owners of some sets would have us believe. ‘These occasional features, however, are the least im- portant of the new service, for radio has come to be an every-day affair and is accepted as a commonplace, de- spite the fact that it is less than 11 years old. ‘The really important thing is that the radio listener in this area will be able to “pick up” Amos 'n’ Andy, Little Jack Little, the famous bands, quartets and or- chestras which the chain programs offer, with ease, no matter how antiquated his receiving set. Ordinarily, these features may be heard from a dozen stations, and many radio fans jump from one to the other with ease and celerity, but occasionally there comes time when interference and unfavorable conditions make it desirable for even the distance hunters to stay closer to home. In such cases, even they will find it handy to have KFYR coming roaring in with their favorite programs. The recognition which comes to KFYR as the result of this development is no trifling matter. So widespread an organization as the NBC does not take in Poorly- | equipped stations or those without good reputations. A} Station must be able to help the “chain” increase Its/ ‘audience or its application will grow musty in a pigeon- hole. The enterprise and perseverance of the sisaaeaeat | of the local station is laudable. Starting modestly, it has built up an enterprise of which Bismarck may well be proud. On this occasion, when western North Dakota’s best} radio station is thus signally honored, The Bismarck! ‘Tribune, North Dakota's oldest newspaper, takes pleas-) ure in extending its congratulations, i Easier Divorces Competition in the field of business grows more intense every year; but what are we to think of the growing) competition in the divorce business? | ‘The number of divorces issued to American men and ‘women rises each year. The granting of these divorces has lucrative sidelines; there are court fees and lawyers’ fees, and if the litigants are non-residents there is money in it for the hotel keeper, the grocer, the baker and almost everybody else. ‘So it is that this year actually sees a spirited competi- {ion for new business on the part of various centers where divorces can be obtained without too much dif- Ticulty. Reno has been famous for its divorces for years. Now Arkansas has enacted divorce laws quite similar to Nevada's, and Reno has visions of its divorce business slipping away from it. But there is plenty of other competition. Havana is now preparing to offer quick and easy divorces to all who have the price. Lawyers who have studied Cuban laws say that all an American need do is go to Havana early enough to have a transcript made of his marriage cer- tificate and give power of attorney to a lawyer, to whom he confides the evidence in the case. He then goes back home and waits for the courts to do their stuff. ‘The ease with which Mexican divorces can be obtained {fs well known. It is even reported that Mexican attorneys in New York are promising that they, too, will be able to get divorces by mail, for a consideration, And, of course, when Mexico, Havana and Reno fail, there is always Paris. Evidently the granting of divorces is becoming a major industry, for which cities and states find it well worth their while to bid. Just what sort of reflection all of this may be on the state of civilization in the United States you can decide for yourself. It is hardly a situa- tion that can be easily laughed off; and just what the remedy may be is something that calls for a good deal of serious study. Will Einstein Understand? Tt is reported that Prof. Albert Einstein found himself more a celebrity in Los Angeles than any screen star. 20) said only 12 men in the world are learned enough to treat, who has summed up results of 20 years’ grueling study in @ paper of a few hundred words’ length. Einstein came to America to study stars and became one. He has starred in talking motion pictures, known all the glamours which surround Hollywood’s most exalted. It is quite a different type of fame than that reflected when George Bernard Shaw declared him the one individual alive who is assured of a place among immortals. Einstein's name has become synonymous with relativ- ity—that revolutionary scientific theory which it has been understand. After the professor has returned to Ger- many, after the tumult and shouting has died away, will he retire to a quiet study and there, with that dynamic brain, ponder a new problem in relativity? Will he seek to discover the relativity between senseless demon- strations by celebrity-crazed crowds and the essential soundness and sanity of the world’s most, prosperous nation? Being Einstein he should be able to make this €iscovery. Descriptive Warfare ‘Thousands of men and hundreds of airplanes will take the nation are going to have a front seat. aerial contests, the army aviation corps says: worked out by army air corps and signal corps experts companies. No effort will be spared to give the radio audience a vivid picture of the demonstrations. The night flight over New York will take place about 11 o'clock (Eastern Daylight Saving Time) on May 22nd, which calls for about 36 bombardment planes. In order to add to the dramatic value of the demonstration, para- chute flares will be dropped from some of the planes. “The main combat demonstration over New York City, on May 23, in which about 672 planes will take part, will begin about 2:00 o'clock (Daylight Saving Time) and last for about one and one-half hours. The planes will approach New York from Long Island, fly down the Hudson river along Riverside Drive and deliver a series of attacks upon the financial district and Battery Park. Every safety precaution will be taken and the planes will fly at altitudes where they will prove of no annoy- ance to people on the ground. “Broadcasters carried in army planes and a corps of announcers stationed on the top of lofty buildings and other vantage points will broadcast the progress of the ‘battle.’” It is an unusual proposition and those whose blood may have a tendency to grow hot will be especially interested. Even the most pacific citizen may get a thrill, and chil- dren who listen in will find their imaginations stirred in no uncertain manner, , To some millions of Americans, however, the event will be a great deal more pleasant because it comes under the heading of descriptive rather than actual warfare. Some listeners may tune out just when the matter grows most exciting for many of ts. It is none too pleasant to recall the manner in which the hair raised on one’s neck 13 years ago as he watched a flaming streak in the sky mark the death of a brave enemy or a well-loved friend. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- une’s policies, The Progressive Conference (St. Paul Dispatch) The Progressives who are about to meet in Washing- ton have in mind to put together a bundle of legislative proposals, but whether these plans are laid with an eye on the next session of congress, as they say, or on the next presidential campaign, it would be hard to decide. In either case, it all works out about the same. The long session of congress that once every four years precedes the national nominating conventions is itself a sort of political convention, 96 senators and 435 representa- tives with a single thought and that the forthcoming elections. The convening of these men at Washington at this time might seem to have a deep significance. The in- surgents form a sort of third party within congress. But the seemingly obvious inference would be a dangerous one to draw. There may be some among them who hold a lingering belief that a third party would be feasible for 1932, but they must be few. Both Senators Norris and La Follette haye turned thumbs down on such a ven- ture and they seem to have the right of it. Third parties simply are not practical. But good legislation is always desirable. If that 1s their sole object, they should have held this conference one, even two years ago, before all the water had poured over the congressional dam. The Duty to Redistrict (Minneapolis Tribune) ‘Unless the state legislature speeds up its work of re- apportionment, there is an excellent prospect that Min- nesota will have to elect nine congressmen-at-large when it goes to the polls in November, 1932. The state, of course, loses one of its 10 representatives under the reapportionment act of 1929, and unless it chooses to re- pattern its present congressional districts to allow for this loss, the entire system of district representation is headed straight for the discard. To us the abandonment of that.system, even for one election, seems undesirable in the extreme. The election, of congressmen by districts, like the election of alder- men by wards, permits a representation of local interests and an expression of local sentiment and opinion utterly impossible where @ choice must be made from the state at large. At present the voters of Minnesota are called upon every two years to cast an intelligent and informed ballot for one representative, and it is an assignment which is, even under the most favorable circumstances, difficult enough. To expect these same voters to cast an intelligent and informed ballot for nine representa- tives would be, of course, to multiply the difficulties and uncertainties and involvements of a congressional elec- tion exactly nine times. For every candidate, it would mean the expense and labor of a state-wide, instead of a district, campaign; and for every voter the necéssity of discriminating not between two or three candidates, but between a score or more. ~ a Minnesota, as a state, is represented in congress by two senators. There is no opportunity for loca! interests or local sentiment to be expressed, as such, in the upper house, for senators are elected by the state at large and are expected to represent the state at large. It is only to the lower house that the state can look, therefore, for the opportunity of local self-expression, and this op- portunity is not one to be lightly brushed aside. To say that Minnesota has sectional interests which deserve to be represented in congress does hpt mean, necessarily, that they are conflicting interests, but merely that sec- tional problems exist which are important enough’ to warrant the special thought and attention which district representation assures. It should not be difficult for the state legislature to ar- rive at some fair and satisfactory solution of the problem of redistricting. The temptation to gerrymander the tate into trick districts for party advantage is no doubt {m newspapers—ever the barometer of public appraisal —the name “Einstein” flashed forth in bigger, bolder type than either of those charmed others, “Bow” 9) of the state into nine col a Strong one in certain quarters, but those who attempt it will receive scant public sympathy. Minnesota wants nothing more than an equitable and unblased division sion, that twill not surance, as @ result of such division, that it congressmen ‘from the state at large ‘The state ia entitled to representation by dis- should not be cheated of that representa- the legislature under any circumstances. It has slightest appetite for that particular brand of confusion which failure to redistrict would in- ‘The reapportionment duties of part in the mimic warfare to be staged near New York City next May 22 and 23 and radio listeners throughout Announcing plans to broadcast descriptions of the “Complete details for the broadcast are now being in conjunction with engineers representing the radio Calpe? R. N. for the Pillars of Hercules. Calpe, the modern Gibraltar, now Jebel Musa or Ape’s Hill. drama sung by the chorus, typically consisting | There’s Something in the Air! | Few Anicricans realize how much. their Government does for them. Readers of the Bismarck Tribune can draw on ell government activities through our free information service. The world’s greatest libraries, labora- tories, and experimental stations are at their command. Ask any question of fact and it will be answered, free, by mail direct to you. Enclose two- cent stamp for reply postage and ad- dress the Bismatck Tribune Infor- mation Bureay, Frederic J, Haskin, Director, Wi gton, D. C. Q. Where ‘were roller skates first used? D. P.’ A. They were invented in Holland in the 18th century. However, roller skating had no particular vogue un- til 1863 when J. L. Plimpton of New York designed a skate with four little wooden wheels. , Q. Are perfect diamonds ever found in diamond rings? E. A. C. A. George F. Kunz says that eight or ten perc cent of all diamonds that are found are perfect even under a strong bright lens, Although many fre perfect in color there are also a great many diamonds of an imperfect color, which are really perfect stones in that they do not contain imper- fections or flaws of any kind. ‘In pur-' chasing diamonds, one should deal always with reliable firms. Q. Has Gigli, the great tenor, ever sung in English? I. 5. A. The Metropolitan Opera com- pany says that to its knowledge Mr. Gigli has never ‘sung opera in Eng- lish, but he has occasionally used and | sung songs in English on his concert programs. Q. What has become of the Martha ‘Washington 4-cent stamp? C. C. Y. A. It bas been discontinued. At the present time the Taft stamp is being used in its place. Q. What is the oldest American settlement in Alaska? L. N. D. A. It is Juneau. It was named for Joseph Juneau, who discovered the quartz and placer riches which have made that district famous. Q. What is meant by Abyla and A. These are the ancient names and Abyla, Q. What is a Greek chorus? H. J. A. It was a partof the Greek of a series of odes arrang- | ed for antiphonal singing, interspers- ed between the scenes of the play. Hence, in the modern play, a single Character who speaks the prologue and explains or comments upon the course of events. . Q. When there are two street car companies in a city, and the same tokens are used by both, how do they divide the profits? A. M. 8, A. This situation exists in Wash- ington, D. C., and is handled as fol- lows: Before the tokens were placed on sale they were equally divided be- tween the companies. At regular in- tervals an inventory of tokens on hand is made and an equal division of the combined stock arrived at by one company purchasing from the other, at the regular token rate of fare, a sufficient number to restore the balance. When tokens are sold by either company, the amount re- ceived from such sales is credited to a suspense account—not to passenger j revenue. Token sale receipts become Passenger revenue only as the tokens are received as fares. When the tok- ens are received as fares, the suspense account is charged and passenger re- ceipts credited. If one company sells the tokens and, by reason of the fact that they are used on the other com- Pany’s cars, they pass into the pos- session of the other company; this condition results in an unequal bal- ance of toxens between the compan- ies, which is corrected at the adjust- ment period by the first company purchasing tokens from the second company. Q. Where are the anchors which were recovered from the Battleship Maine? W. E. H. A. Of the three large anchors of the “U. S. S. Maine,” one is at Ar- lington cemetery and two are at the U. 8. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Q. What city was known as the city of wooden chimneys? F. J. B. A. Suffolk, Virginia, had a build- ing boom about the middle of the Eighteenth Century and many chim- neys were built of wood because the supply of brick was not equal to the demand. Suffolk thereupon became famous as the city of wooden chim- neys. Q. When were pistols first made; also revolvers? J. J. L. A, Pistols are understood to have been made for the first time at Pis- toria, Italy, whence they received their name. Caminelleo Vitelli, who lived in 1540, is the accredited inven- tor. A revolver is a single barreled SssT LOOH-LooK! THERE GOES THAT COLONEL, INT GIT D0 You Khow wot L HAD TRGAT MY i} Pistol with a revolving breech con- taining several chambers for the cartridges, thus enabling successive shots to be rapidly fired from the same- weapon without reloading. In 1835, Samuel Colt produced and pa- ae the first practical revolving pistol. @. Which is better, a bi-plane or a monoplane? W. F. A. It Gepends upon the use to which the plane is to be put. The Army Air Corps says that a bi-plane is stronger than a monoplane be- cause the two wings permit truss con- struction for combat, or where the Plane gets sudden strain a bi-plane is better, also it permits the use of shorter wings to get the same lift. A monoplane has the advantage of get- ting full efficiency out of the wing, and permits greater visibility. The monoplane’s disadvantages are that it is designed for one particular pur- pose such as straight flying, long dis- tance, etc. Today Is the Anniversary of FRANCO-AMERICAN PACT On March 13, 1778, the Marquis de Noailles, French ambassador in Lon- don, announced to the British gov- ernment that his country vecognized the independence of the American colonies, and that it ‘had “formed a treaty of friendship and commerce with them. To the struggling colonies this news was received with great enthus- iasm. In Europe, however, the re- action was different. Lord Stormont, British «mbassadgr to France, left Paris immediately without informing the French government of his inten- tion. Spain, which owned vast areas in the United States, also showed her resentment of the, treaty. Within a month France and Eng- land were at war, and Spain was kept friendly to France only by a secret treaty, which promised that France would recognize United States domin- ion only as far west as the Mississippi river. if BARBS 1 > Whoever said you cannot get any- where at a crawl apparently forgets the swimmer. * Oe OK Simile: As likely as the appear- ance of Gandhi in « full dress suit. ee OK Congress just pased an act making the Star-Spangled Banner our official national anthem. You'll simply have to stand for this. ze * Johnny Weissmuller, swimming champ, who recently married a ¢——-9 | OUTOURWAY- . By Williams - | WELL, IF HE 1S , FOUND GuItty/, HELL: NEVER HAVE -T' 00 TRIED FER Conduct \CASE WITH? @\THiS, THEY MAY PROVE HE'S NO BuT TH JUDGE |GENTLEMAN , BuT STILL TOO MUCH OF AN',GOOD NIGHT, LOOWT THY LEGAL. STAFE AN’ Gooris, AN! AFFIDAMITS HES GOT T" FiaHT TH’ CASE WIT. A THIS. MAN T 0 GOs, WE MuSsT BE TERRIBLE LOW BROWS — MOU CANT TELLA GENTLEMAN BY HIS CAIMEITS WHAT HE GETS. pee mama NE REET DIET WiLL BE, QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO HEALTH £ Di GY DR.MCCOY WHO CAN BE ENCLOSE STAMPED AOORESSED. ENVELOPE FOR Cae © 1926 ME CoY DAILY MENUS Dr. MeCoy’s menus suggested for the weék beginning Sunday, March 15: Sunday Breakfast: Coddled eggs; toasted cereal biscuit; five stewed prunes Lunch: Baked egg plant; buttered beets; celery, ripe olives. Dinner: Roast pork; spinach, cooked celery; salad of Tomatoes and lettuce; baked apple. Monday Breakfast: Waffle, browned through; maple syrup; stewed apricots. Lunch: Oranges, as many as de- sired. Dinner—Vegetable soup; saljsbury steak; baked parsnips; zucchin!; string bean salad; pineapple whip. Tuesday Breakfast: Eggs and tomato (baked), served on Melba toast; stewed raisins. . Lunch: Dish of ‘cottage cheese; pear salad. Dinner: Baked sea bass; spinach and parsley cooked together; salad of stuffed tomatoes; plain Jell-O or Jell-Well. ‘Wednesday Breakfast: Breakfast food (re- toasted), with cream, no sugar; cod- dled egg; stewed figs. Lunch: Raw spples as desired. Dinner: -Jellied tomato bouillon (served in cubes); broiled chicken; okra; buttered carrots; salad of raw spinach; grapejuice whip. e Thursda: iy Breakfast: Poached egg on Melba toast; pear sauce. Lunch: Salad of small green pees, celery and cucumbers molded in gel- atin. Dinner: Roast mutton; mashed turnips; string beans; celery and nut (roasted) salad; applesauce. Friday Breakfast: | Wholewheat muffins; peanut butter; stewed prunes. Lunch: Lettuce soup; cooked tur- nip tops or other greens; baked to- mato. Dinner: Baked white fish; French fried parsnips; peas; combination salad of celery, tomatoes and lettuce. No dessert. Saturday Breakfast: Coddled eggs; toast; stewed peaches. Lunch: Potatces on the half shell; salad of cold cooked asparagus (canned). : Dinner: Vegetable soup; roast beef; carrots browned with meat; broccoli; celery; “gelatin snow with crushed. raspberries. *Gelatin Snow, with crushed rasp- berries: One package raspberry melba HEALTH SERVICE -LOS ANGELES- Jell-O or Jell-well; 1 pint boiling water; 1 egg white, stiffly beaten. Dissolve Jell-O or Jell-well in boiling Dr. McCoy will gladly answer personal questions on health and diet addressed to him, care of The Tribune, Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. water, chill. When slightly thickened, fold in egg white. Pile lightly in sherbet glasses. Chill until firm. Serve with sauce of crushed, unsweet- ened raspherries. Serves six. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Colonic Irrigations j Question: J, M. writes: “I woula like your opinion on taking high colonic irrigations., Do you think them beneficial? How often should they be taken?” Answer: I advise the colonic irri- gation in many cases. The number you should take would depend upon the condition of your colon and the opinion of the one giving the treat- ments. A treatment a day is often helpful for a short time, but usually ‘one or two of these irrigations a week is sufficient, while you are changing your dic‘, increasing your exercise, and doing other things to bring about a normal state of health. The ef- fects of internal bathing do not last much longer than the effects of tak- ing an ordinary bath. You must, at the same time, correct the faulty habits wh‘ch have produced the con- ditions for which you are taking the , irrigations. Color in Margarine Question: Mrs. J. D. K. asks: “What is the coloring supplied with oleomargarine? Are butter substi- tutes injurious?” Answer: Most margarine manu- facturers use annatto for coloring their product. Capsules of this col- oring :natter are supplied with mar- garine so that the housewife may mix the coloring in, herself, as the mar- garine manufacturers are not allowed to artificially color their products the same as the butter people do. An- other.coloring maiter used is dande- lion butter color. This is sometimes furnished in powder form along with the margarine you buy. Some mar- garine is naturally yellow, due to the natural yellow color of the fats used in its manufacture. All butter sub- stitutes now being sold are perfectly wholesome and have a high food value. Broadway beauty, probably regards this his stroke of good fortune. * Oe * An endorsement from Gandhi might boost the movement for the wearing of Bes * * To easterners lashed by heavy gales, March indeed has come in like a lion, (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) | Quotations | GAMER cin Half the battle is won if the teach- er wears attractive clothes—Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent of public schools of sveeninsien. * There will be another World war within 25 years—it will be a peach.— Edgar Lec Masters. * ee Pain is the whip that drives man to greater activity and achievements. —Booth Tarkington. * eK I believe you can trust the moral value of human ideals and the aver- age hones‘y of the average man.— Governor Albert Ritchie of Maryland. —_ | AT THE MOVIES | ° CAPITOL THEATRE That the role of Yancey Cravat in Radio Pictures’ stupendous dramati- zation of “Cimarron” at the Capitol Theatre Monday is Richard Dix's greatest performance is freely con- eeded by critics everywhere. The “why” of it, however. is known to only a few of his closest friends. Wesley Ruggles, the director, be- lieves there is a striking parallel be- tween the Yancey Cravat of Edna Ferber’s novel and Richard Dix, the star. “I am as closely associated with the story as with Dix, as close to Dix as I became to Yancey Cravat through intensive study and analysis of the story.” “Yancey had the vision of a pro- phet ... was temperamentally unable to become a part of fixed human rou- tine. He had an inner force which often tore him from the comforts of home and love . . . he was driven by the Columbus-like urge of the pio- neer. PARAMOUNT THEATRE How often we have read with bated breath and .tingling spine, the ad- venturous exploits of those hardy frontiersmen of the West. How often we have sat and thrilled at the un- folding story of those silent super- pictures that put those stories into Pictures. Pictures such as “The Coy- eyed Wagon” will never die, never become old, but they have been sur- passed in realism and epic greatness a | Stickler Solution | , ce | This shows how the white i‘ by led it rank 6 tht ther wl add ). either hor verte cally or appear uuu ” by the story brought to the talking screen in “Fighting Caravans.” |, Here the actual thrills, the adven- |ture, the romance of the heart-stir- ring period when the expansive West was still un untracked wilderness, ac- | tually lives again on the screen. “Fighting Caravans” which comes to the Paramount Theatre tomorrow, has become the historic ground on which one of the greatest anc most vital dramas of all time takes place. Gary Cooper as the reckless young | scout of the expedition gives one of the most convincing portrayals of his interesting career, with wily Damita |as the lovely heroine, a reincarna- |tion of the pioneer womanhood whose courage will always be one of the | wonders of history. Fred Kohier, the gigantic badman of a score of memo- jrable pictures, and Ernest Torrence and Tully Marshall, as the two en- | Joyable old scouts, are thoroughly de- lightful. KFYR 1 SATURDAY, MARCH 14 1580 Kllocycles—15.1 Meters 2 —Music, 0—Weather report. —Old-time music. Meditation period, 0—Around the town: Radio floor —Opening grain markets, —Children’s hour. Purity playtime. rlington ‘time signal, nin markets, matinee melodies, a hour: Good News radio azine, Paul's kiddie time. and. bonds, ribune sports items, Bismarck Tribune news, ‘gan recital: Grace Duryee Morris. 6 p.m. to midnight—Supecial broad. cast marking affiliation ot KFYR with National Broad- casting company. - , Tennessee roads are being marked in characters 14 feet tien es the in- formation of aviators. Seventy-two carloads of beans were shipped from farms in 1929. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: string Alabama If a man neglects his flame she in- variably goes out. Mee omer er, { Hl ! ( Oe aN ry ' ? 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