The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1931, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931 An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST t NEWSPAPER Established 1873) second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Advance Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) Daily by mail per year (in state Daily by mail outside of North The Bismarck Tribune per cent. The man who compiled the] Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bsmarck as Subscription Rates Payable in Daily by carrier, per year........! $7.20 7.20 /tege fraternity men, “if you are not outside Bismarck)...... deeeeee 5.00 figures explains them in these words: | “The explanation probably les in the continued faith of the American people in higher educa- tion and also in present economic conditions. When business and industrial openings are lacking, parents who have savings are disposed to send their children to college.” | Some of Hoover’s Jobs | Besides being president, Herbert) |Hoover is also mayor of Washington. |Recently he told a delegation of col- 00 | allowed to go everywhere you want| |to here, let me know, for I am mayor Dakota . 6.00 | | Weekly by mail in state, per year$1.00/ Weekly by mail in state, three | years 250, Weekly by mail outside of North 1 Dakota, per year 150) Weekly by mail in Canada, per Member of The Associated Press j The Associated Press is exclusively} entitled to the use for republication of | all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this news- paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein.) All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOS™ON Pinchot’s Pledge le Governor Pinchot is a firm believer \ in pledges. The Pennsylvania execu-| tive not only believes in prohibition pledges of the old type, accompan-! ted by the traditional white ribbon,! but he insists that all appointees take, a pledge of personal loyalty to him and his policies. He has carried this application even| to those secking notary appoint-| ments. Some of the applicants have! resented this ferm of coercion and | may carry the legality of such a de-|; mand to the high courts. It is contended that such an oath or pledge not to oppose Gov. Pin- chot in matters of political policies, is not only in bad taste but super- constitutional. | Not long ago, Gov. Pinchot. made) applicants for public office in that! state take a dry pledge, along with, the one of personal loyalty. He has! not been so rigid lately in his demand) that appointees be personally dry, but still insists that they voice their per-| sonal loyalty before God and man. | Gov. Pinchot’s latest vagary can-) not be condemned too strongly. No oath of personal loyalty will hold any politician in line once he determines to throw a monkey wrench into the Pinchot machine. It takes more than! oaths and pledges to make political henchmen either loyal or dry and a. politician so well seasoned as Pinchot! should know that ere now. Makes Serious Charges =| Hen Dr. Roy O. Hall, 2 government sta-j tistician in the department of com- merce, charges that he was dismissed from office because he complained of the manner in which one of his re- ports had been edited. He charges) that the political blue pencil was used too lavishly og his copy and now Sec-| retary Lamont has started the usual governmental inquiry into the charges.| Dr. Hall states that all mention of the ill economic effects of prohibi-/ tion and the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill) had been deleted. He declares that he was forced to mention the ten- dency of foreign shipments for the first of the fiscal year, made, of course, in anticipation of the new tariff rates. Dr. Hall also touched upon a change in government policy in 1929 to-| ward private foreign loans which caused inflation. | When he complained, Dr. Hall was) told that the departmental task is simply to present the figures, leaving interpretation and comment to others. Hearings on the Hall dismissal will! doubtless reveal whether politics col-| ors the reports or if the superiors of | Dr. Hall who edited his copy are| merely optimistic. Increase in Savings Deposits |the most intensive use of their time,| New savings deposits throughout advertisers pick the most popular} the nation in 1930 were more than a billion. The American Bankers’ as- sociation points out that during the height of the stock market specula-| British ear is startled and offended | tion, savings deposits decreased by | by publicity for “The Brassiere You| $195,000,000. That was during the/| | hectic days of 1929 when paper profits showered upon many speculators. When the reaction set in, one of the first changes in the banking struc- ture was the increase in all deposits and especially so in the savings de- partments. Of course, the important factor in draining away savings deposits was the lure of profits to be made in stock speculation. Not only has the past. year or so witnessed an increase in the total of savings deposits, but the number of depositors has increased materially. Thrift is more generally practiced |= of Washington.” This has caused enterprising re-| porters to list some of President] Hoover's jobs. He is commander-in- chief of the army and navy. He has: 30 White House police of which he is| chief. Federal law also makes him the| executor of the estates of all dead] Indians. Until recently he had to} sign the death papers of every de- ceased Indian. A reference to the congressional directory reveals some more offices of the he holds such as president American Red Cross, ablishment of the " Institution, president of the Wash- n National Monume: mission and patron of the C titution for the Deaf. i tha’ the 1 's time is fully oc-| cupied. Probably no head of any! There need be no idle moments for} the pres t of the! constitution and congress saw to it! And It Started Out to Be Sucha Lovely Picnic! | nation is so de-| tail as is the president. gov- mental fun: ns of any import-; ance can be f President Hoover. ‘Time hes increased, not dim hed, the pre of public business which a president must per- sonally transact or Not to Run s undecided s present office! | | | | | Vice whether to rm ure of the sen-} nate but whether to the of- is doubtful. In to the fice of vice preside the past, vice pi a rule renominated, but not alw in fact very seldom, reelected. | Refusal of Curtis to accept the} y worn by a Kansan! punctured Romance,” eGill of Wichita.) ago, Charlie Chaplin held out for a nds think that he can return)salary of $200 a week—and was of- ered about half that much. And Clara Kimball Young is said jto have flounced out of Lasky's of-| means that the crowd gets no seats, s have been as fice once upon a time when he would ys, not bid higher than $15 a week. | And when Francis X. Bushman first came to Manhattan trying to attract; that the old side-show system has { i New York, July 23—Notes’ from aj {convenient cuff— After his performance in “Tillie’s| million and to have been two-timed many years on a recent tip. the attention of the big town, his Press agent told him to drop coins along the street as he sauntered, and he did.... The big bugs once told Douglas Fairbanks that he didn’t have movie stuff in him.... And for a time he believed it. They say that Al Jolson has quit the ponies at last, although a Met- ropolitan daily ran a story recently that he would enter a nag in the lower California classic. Meanwhile, the Broadwayites will tell you, he is supposed to have dropped close to a x eX Coney Island introduces this year the “stand-up” girl show. Which but stands up to watch a burlesque or Oriental “quickie” at five and ten cents a show. This is the first time been applied to the song-and-dance type of carnival attraction. And the rumor is that they'll try it soon on Broadway, things being what they’ are. ee * Someone reminded me the other day that Lottie Faust had once set this town on‘ its ear by appearing in public wearing lace stockings. My word! And one of the gay innova- tions of the old carriage days was the adoption of baby pigs as pets.. A couple of the dear old Astorbilt regime were seen driving around town with tiny piggies in their laps. And did the town tongues wag? And there was that occasion in the mauve decade when three or four of the Newport set, with plenty of cham- pagne imbibed, plunged into the ocean while wearing evening dresses. The rascals! ee But the business of being eccentric job of ru mate again with President Hoover might be construed} as fear that 1932 is not going to be/ a Republican year. | Then, too, political conditions in} Kansas are far from normal. The wheat farmer is enraged at the fed-| eral farm board. There are other) irritations in the ranks of the Grand| Old Party which it is felt the suave| rae can compose and thus bring) th state back into the ranks of solid, if stolid, Republican-| ism. | Kansas, too, has a Democratic gov-| ernor, which makes Republican going} rather hard even in the progres state of William Allen Waite and y Allen. It surely is time for ano ring editorial on “What’ With Kansas Editorial Comment Edito printed trend of though Th below show the sy other edito When rad a thrilling th: hundreds of r S away speak out loud and clear, even though it was only to annol a ha yed adve But now that radig h the age of reason, at in are justified in advertisin: f sonable of produc white diamol air. Dials must be twi y to pick up enjoyable mi In the American system an Engl man recently found one great a -| tage. Private enterprise has developed! over 600 stations, so that there is al- ways something on the air, even in the early morning and du veel 2 ends. To an invalid or mely | armer th As for the) these at the door of advertising. Wishing to make| hours, go in alm xclusively for “popular hits” favorite num- |bers,” and riddle every program with| red-hot shots of advertising. The; Love to Cuddle” or a period of pop- ular songs by the department heads of a fur store. Some small stations have advertised themselves into ob- |livion, a recent report indicating that several have “no listeners at all.” On the whole, the Englishman ‘inds the British system, if not perfect, at least the most nearly satisfactory. Broadcasting there is controlled by a single corporation under license from the government, which regards it as an important cultural and recrea- tional agency and not primarily cs an advertising medium. Every radio set pays a tax of $2.50, Part of the money goes to the postoffice depart- ment, but the rest, about $5,500,000 @ year, pays for radio programs. If the American system were introduced, more expensive entertainment might be provided, but there would be an unwelcome influx of advertising. While the American radio audience might not be satisfied with the Brit- HMA dc here . Ladd. pretty debutante, profess be in love with CHUCK DESMOND, newspaper around with other men, MRS. AMBERTO Mrs. Cleespaug! ma ‘Treasn ts rude to Liane. makes love to Liane, gins to plot to brenk the enj ment of Clive and Lian night club a proaches Liane MeDERMID, yor had proved him: EEGIN HERE TODAY LIANE BARRETT, 18 and be: eves bei! asks Linne to have nothing more ith him, Liane henrs from INTER, the ingenue, that Van LAD! nen to gossip about MURIEL reporter, but When Cass goes on tour fall Liane stays with the rich MRS CLEESPAUGH. comes seriously iil in es to her. nventence—she accepts. jesce. TRESSA LORD and her which CHAPTER XXIV HE big man announced, “Young lady to see you, Lieutenant.” At the scarred desk sat Shane McDermid, staring as though he'd seen a vision. uniform, did. The girl advancing was enveloped in a smoke-colored coat fitting her snugly at the waist like a Cossack’s Little smoke-colored tur- ban from the close frame of which bronze curls escaped. quisitely fitting shoes. There was a subtle scent in the big, grim office with the unwashed windows. Shane stared, and small wonder that he He got to his feet stum- blingly. marveling. last summer. “And you've been made a Meu- tenant. I'm almost afraid of you “Miss Barrett?” “Yes.” “You're all grown up,” he said ‘ou were a little girl The vision smiled. now.” flattered, too. Well, well! He laughed, but was pleased and “Not a bit of it. Is there something I can be doing for you?” She told him. “The dir-rty—" manded. Liane ruffled her forehead in an effort to recall the least clue. dark ike a Spaniard—or Mexican,” she said haltingly. “He has a tiny mustache. He is beautifuly mani- cured.” ak “No rings? Jewelry?” I don’t think so. Oh, he sicht for VAN RO- fascinating man of the At Willow Stream, L. Ly with her mother, playing stock at 8 delphia In her he Woman babbles of e mystery concerning Linne’s . ‘The engagement of Van Robard and Muriel ix announced. When CLIVE CLEESPAUGH asks Liane to marry him—a marringe turns to the Cleespaugh: Robard ‘Tressa_be- sage- Ata was blame- ahe pays $10,000. Liane cee to go to see SILANE = policeman who If a good friend. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Small, ex- p Between breaths he made deep sounds of anger. He caught bim- self in time. “You'll have to ex- cuse me. ‘The rats—! what the feller looks like,” he com- Tell me “That was what he said. Yes.” “The Alexis Club. That's a new place, now. Johnny Barbados. I know Johnny. He's a Greek. Not a bad one, either. Now, look. Don’t you worry your head about this. I've got something on Johnny. He won't want me to get down on him. Just you stop worrying. I'll see to it, yes. It looks mighty funny to me,” Shane McDermid pondered. “They know about old Cleespaugh’s will and that’s not generally known, you say. And they’re awere you've no money. It looks as if you're to be scared out. Well, leave it to me.” Liane rose. He seemed to be dis- missing her, “You think it’s all right, then?” “I’m tellin’ you not to worry, an’ I mean it. Johnny Barbados. Well!” = Shane saw her to the door. He said, “Call me up tomorrow. Maybe T’'ll have good news for you.” “I can’t thank you,” Liane man- aged to say. She was fumbling for a handkerchief. “Well, there. You're a good girl and I like to help good girls. Don’t See one any too often.” He laughed awkwardly. aye the be- HE went out into the street feel- ing rather dazed. Half an hour ago she had been quite sick with fear, with foreboding. cloud seemed, momentarily at least, to have lifted. What a good fellow Shane McDer- mid was. Her heart warmed to him. She wished she might tell Clive all about him. But she daren't—at least, not yet. Liane felt, she thought, an enor- mous affection for Shane McDermid. It was nothing like the feeling she had for Clive. No, that was fond- ness, comradeship. She loved to be with Clive. They_laughed at the same jokes. He made life seem casual and amusing. Nor was it like the white-hot emotion that smote her when Van Robard appeared on the scene. Van's presence could make her palms cold and her face feverish. When he appeared she said artifi- cial things, acted a part. She won- dered why her emotions couldn't be steadier. She hated herself, feeling light and frivolous and unstable. “I'm the wrong sort of girl,” she thought wildly. “I’m fond of three or four men, can’t stick to one.” She went blindly out of the big station, out into the street. The first snow of the winter was falling. In her smartly cut coat with its lining of fur she was guarded from the storm. She looked with sym- pathy at the girls who passed wear- ing thin shoes, their sleazy cloaks held gallantly about them to pro- tect them from the wind. “I'm so lucky” she thought. “There but for the grace of God Bo I’ “He's| dropped dollar into the cup of a legless man. Now that the load on her heart was lifted, she felt un- “aie intably happy. must try to love everyone” she sense ae child who has escal Dunishment and, grate! holds out her arms to all the ey “Even—even Tressa,” Now the} She longed to help the poor. She] we “Perhaps it has been my fault,” Liane thought. “Perhaps I’ve been She took a tax! from the station. The grate in the big hallway had a crackling fire in it, Clive looked up from his book. “Well, we were just about to send out a searching party.” He stood up, touched her almost awkwardly. She drew away. Her laugh sounded brittle, strange. seau shopping.” He nodded. Shopping was an endless, mysterious pursuit and he did not pretend to understand it, “You looked pale this morning but now you've a grand color,” he sald appreciatively, “I feel worlds better,” Liane said, She stretched out her arms. ~ “Careful! You mustn't do that!” His tone was almost a growl. Sud- denly, without warning, he had swooped upon her, kissed her full on the mouth. fact. Don’t be springin’ anything th “Sorry to :nterrupt such a charm-| ing tableau.” Dl They both looked up. stood a few steps above them. eyes blazed with hate, eee T= woman with the black veil threw her cigaret into the wastebasket. The man growled, “You'll set this place on fire yet.” She said fiercely, “Don’t bother me. So they muffed the whole business!” “She has friends at court, I tell you. Camg down on Johuny like a ‘Tressa Her oF mi shut up. He's yellow, I tell you, and is scared foolish his dump’ll| w! get @ bad name.” “That is to laugh,” the woman sald cynically, Johnny's place. thing else.” down. ell, can't you do something?” she snapped. “You have before. Write her @ note, have her come in and throw a good, hard scare into her. She knows what ‘The Tattle- tale’ is, anyhow. ‘The man threw out his hands, “I wouldn’t touch her if she's got McDermid in her train,” he said explosively. “This business’s tricky enough but you can’t expect me to put.my neck into a noose. That bi Gynamite. He'd as soon frame me as eat. And he could, too.” “Oh, you make me sick, all of you!” the woman cried. “Afraid of your shadow.” You talk big; I notice,” the man sald, “But you keep your skirts clear. What a howl you put up when {t looked as if there was go- ing to be a leak on the Miley case. You didn’t want it known that you ‘Bad name for It never had any- She paced up and Isi one of my tipsters.” fl have to live among them,” the woman said sullenly. my bread. and butter.” ‘Tressa pushed past.¥ “Where'have he the tablotis will then,” suit he had the tell-tale marks c’ a shuffling proofs, said yes, he was wanted to drop you the news, for woman, said suddenly, snapping his fing2:'s, “I know you, ma’am, and that's a on any friend of mine or I'll be obliged to see that your connection with this filthy rag” (his arm swept, about.” good. No. Better do what-I tell you.” Above them tinkled a small voice, | th yan extension telephone in tie went to answer it. Nora on the downstairs wire said, “It’s for you, not to worry. told you.” Yon—" brick. He’s lucky the place wasn’t| welcome.” through quite clearly, “Look cut though. You've an enemy.” connection was cut off. her sitting room as the girl pasced down the hell, ; liked ‘woman, thing?” No maids. Just mother to give ne away.” “I've had the most frightful has been sadly hit for a number of years. The men-about-town have gone in for few of the old-time didoes| that once attracted the limelight. During the winter months Pepy DeAlbrew broke the new monotony by appearing at one of the backgam- mon spots with a tame white mouse fastened to his coat lapel. And the sweet-young-things are still gasping. * * * And when last I wrote about old- time things in Manhattan, I chanced to have crossed the trail of Dr. Mar- cus Weintrob, now a well known den- tist of Atlantic City. “It_seems only yesterday,” writes Dr. Weintrob, “that I went out on Sundays with two of my buddies—it was 1888—and we spent our outing grabbing rides on the back of old Stanton street horse cars. Those Ag were real thrills to a nine-year- Id.” . He'd like to know if one of the lads of his youthful days, Gus Pasch- esney by name, is still about in this world. “It's one shot in a million that he may notice an item if you write it.” ‘Well, I’m a long shot player, “doc,” when it comes to sentimental quests! I like ‘em myself. GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) PLEA TO TROOPS On July 23, 1917, the executive council of the All-Russia Workmen's and Soldiers’ and Peasants’ organiza- tions issued a proclamation to the Russian troops urging them to “save the fatherland.” The proclamation tead in 3 “Fellow soldiers: One of our arm- jes has wavered, its regiments have fled before the enemy. Who is responsible for this humiliation? The responsibility rests with those who have spread discord in the army and shaken its discipline, with those who at a time of danger disobeyed the military commands and wasted: time in fruitless discussions and disputes. “Enough of words. The time has come to act without hesitation. We have acknowledged the~ provisional government. With the government lies the salvation of the revolution. We have acknowledged its unlimited authority and unlimited power. Its commands must be law. “Fellow soldiers: You are being watched by those who work for Rus- sia and by the whole world. The ruin of the Russian revolution spells ruin for all. Gummon up all your manhood, your perseverance and sense of discipline and save the fatherland.” A $ “Well, then, you know that I He fixed a gimlet eye on tie “I’ve seen you at the opera, 6 offices of “The Tattletale) “z: ‘The woman shrugsed. i “Well, that wouldn't do you any McDermid rumbled out of 1 door, ‘The man threw out his hands cx- ively. ‘There, you see?” ete e upstairs hall rang sharply. Liane iss.” “Hello, This is McDermid. You're * It’s all fixed,tas I “Oh. thank you. A million mil- “It’s nothing. You're entirely, ‘There was a faint buzzing on the ire, Then Shane’s voice came Liane clicked frantically but the Mrs. Amberton called to her fzom aa * she amiable “Come in and talk to m2.” Liane obeyed with alacrit; this slow-voiced, “Tressa’s been in town all cay. n't it a fiendish one? J hate rain.” “It was snow yesterday. * Too Daily Health Service Magnets Are Used to Theory That Steel Fragments Locate Needles After ing Bod: Entering Bo Bias aisntes ANE Penetration Is Without Foundation i BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association) Newspapers repeatedly contain the stories of human beings who have in some magner gotten a needle into the body and who after the lapse of many years are suddenly astounded by the appearance of the needle in the elbow, in the leg, or at some point far from the place at which it originally entered. In a recent issue of Hygela, Victor W. Eisenstein dis- cusses the manner in which these accidents occur and how best to avoid them. Not infrequently needles are left in clothing and the person who washes the clothes suddenly feels the needle penetrate the hand, or machine needles break and penetrate the fingers. Sometimes portions of hypo- dermic needles break off during in- jection; lost needles get into the feet when people walk about barefoot. ‘Women and tailors occasionally have needles penetrate the abdomen while bending over after having been sew- ing. There are, no doubt, authentic cases in which needles have penetrated the body and moved on to other places. In the vast majority of cases the needle seldom moves more than a few inches, There seem to be few, if arty, actual records of cases in which needles have traveled long distances as, for example, from the finger to the foot. It is, of course, quite con- ceivable that a person may stick a finger and find a portion of needle in the foot later in life, but it re- mains to be proved that it is the same needle, A few simple suggestions are given as to the avoidance of needle acci- dents: 1, Sew only in a light room and in, table position. Hi 2 meen seenles in a definite place. Don't “park” them in the wall paper or furniture. When a needle is not in use, keep it threaded to insure its letection if lost. ‘i 3. Keep the fingers well away from the needles in sewing machines. 4, Use a thimble. 5. Inspect garments that hav> been repaired before washing or wearing. 6. Wear shoes or slippers about the house. M 7. Lok where you search; don't poke blindly into littered drawers or bags. "Keep one needle at a time in the work basket; keep all others out of the way. * % One of the most difficult tasks is to find a portion of needle, a pin, or even a bullet that has been buried in the tissues. One modern technic involves a method of magnetizing the impacted fragment and uses another needle which behaves like 8 compass point to locate it. Magnets are used in an attempt to draw the needle nearer to the surface. One of the best pieces of advice that can be given to anyone who has been penetrated by a:fragment is to keep still. Muscular movement tends to cause the fragment to move from the point at which it entered. Squeezing and manipulation are likely to aid the motion still more. It is best to fasten the portion firmly and thus to keep the fragment in place until an expert is called who knows how to remove it. ASSERTS RAILROADS BEING HANDICAPPED BY RULE OF I. ¢. ¢. Federal Reserve Banker Seeks Freedom of Lines From ‘Straight-Jacket’ Sioux Falls, S. D., July 23—)— Removal of the “straightjacket of rigid governmental regulation” was urged here Thursday by Curtis L. Mosher, assistant ninth district fed- eral reserve agent, as a step toward solving the railroads’ problem of re- duced earnings. Speaking at the mid-summer meet- ing of the Northwest Shippers Ad- visory board, the Minneapolis federal reserve banker commended “he Northwest’s rail transportation sys- tem for its efficiency and said the “burdensome regulatory powers” of the Interstate Commerce and state commissions hinder railroads in so- lution of their. troubles. Shippers and railroad men were told that decreased carloadings were caused as much by “new and unfore- seen lines of competition” as by ef-| fects of the depression. | “Undoubtedly the time has come,” Mosher said, “when we should stop to consider whether it is any longer necessary to subject this great trans- portation machine to the straight) jacket of rigid governmental regula- tion, which to a large extent robs it of the natural freedom which busi- ness should have to solve its own problems with its own brains and through its own organization. Railroads Not Alone “I am no defender of rebates, dis- criminations and practices of the past which brought on the wave of state and national railroad regulation. 1 might remind you, however, that dur- ing that era which lies within my own experience, the business morality and business practices of many other lines of busines which escaped gov- ernment castigation were exactly the same as those of the railroads and in some cases worse. “It is fair to ask today what neces- sity there is for the maintenance of a tremendous, extensive and costly bureaucracy to control an industry which has confessed and expiated its past sins and which has come to the same vision of modern business mor- ality which has been adopted by all cther lines of bi ess. Even though the burdensome regulatory powers over transportation of the Interstate Commerce Commission and various state raliway commissions were en- tirely abolished, there would still be useful functions for boards to per- form. “They might be made enormously useful if they would turn from pure regulation and devote themselves to the study of the correlation and prop- | er adjustment that should be made between the rail carriers, which are and always will be the backbone of oe BARBS f ce ee en aa eanereae SPE em When a man invests his money, says the office sage, he hopes to get many happy returns. ‘ xe % Three burglars were caught in a Chicago apartment recently when one of them made a noise. Too many crooks can also spoil the broth, ** * Some men get the key to the city, others get the gate. es * * Time was when a man boasted of the miles he covered driving on Sun- day, but with golf, he’s content to make a drive of 200 yards. ee & A serum has been invented that will make a person feel bold and courageous. A “big shot,” as it ‘rere. # % & “Take a tip from me,” as John D. would say. handing out a dime. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) —_— | Quotations e One of the greatest obstacles to business prosperity is excessive taxa- tion—Frank B. Kellogg, former sec- retary of state. *.* * Women as a class are inclined to be obstinate—Thomas A. Edison. *** * There is a very small minority of human beings who continue to grow intellectually after 23 or 24.—Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university. x ee The duty of national defense will remain basic until civilization has reached a higher level—Secretery of State Stimson. ee % Our army is maintained to preserve the peace, not to provoke war— Frederick H. Payne, assistant secre- tary of war. * ee The effective instrument in the ad- vertising orchestra is somewhere be- tween the big drum and the hum drum.—Clough Williams-Ellis. South Carolina has let contracts for road projects to cost $6,500,000, including 148 miles of concrete, 168 miles of bituminous paving and 18 bridges. Mrs. Ruth Stewart, first St. Louis woman licensed by the commerce de- partment to fly, will enter the 1931 women’s air derby. Marriages in Illinois decreased by 9.7 per cent during 1930, while di- vorces dropped 2.1 per cent, STICKLERS transportation in this country, and the new forms of competitive trans- portation which have sprung up.” Sees Better Times Hope for improved conditions in business and agricultural lines was seen by Mosher in the prospect of re- duced production of low-priced com- modities. With exception of “artifi- cially controlled commodities,” a shortage in basic foodstuffs is in Prospect by the spring of another year and should result in better prices, he predicted. The federal reserve banker assert- early for that but betfer than this drizzle,” Liane agreed, She saw herself again going tremblinsiy down the dirty side street to the Police-station. It seemed years £20 instead of hours. Her heart was lighter now. “Are you all ready for/the wed- ding?” Mrs. Amberton asked lazily. | “Almost.” Liane sat, lacing her — fingers in and out. “You're wearing a veil and every- “Oh, yes, but it’s to be very quict. § ‘There was @ little flurry on tie x stairs as the talk halted lamcly. They could hear Nora’ sayizg, “You're wet through, miss.” “My dear!” Fanny™cried as - the woman. She stood up| Tressa said, ignoring Liane, @ “Let ‘Without ceremony the door| m and a big young sham- bled in. Even in his dark, plain| ; as MELLIOT eee ©1931 by NEA é VICE INt 4 3 Policeman. rr “Ferson?” et The man at the desk, nervously Ferson. , “I'm McDermid, trom Headquar- 3 ters. You seen Barbados?” = “I’ve seen him.” fi know about this tie-up. I> just “I must] fear Johnny hadn’t mado it plcin hurry if I am. to change. Trous-| enough, to lay off.” & start e ph ple dba ‘before you © f ns.” Be Continued) {3 material, the nation is much better able to meet the present depression than it was those of earlier periods. Shippers were told that North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Mon- tana have been afforded “perfect transportation service” during the en- tire eight years of the advisory boards existence. He added that even during the last two critical years re- quirements of shippers have been so well that the board has not received a single complaint of any character. South Dakota’s game and fish com- mission is adding 13 artificial lakes, totaling 10,000 acre feet, to the state's water area. fer to admit any farmer and family for a bushel of wheat on during the summer. Pacey ‘The number of chickens in 1 as nearly doubled in the last 30 | &8, The sketch shows 24 matches form: mg nine squares. Ri mle is ra'd seen ae with no odd matches lf. os a FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: ‘REG. U.S. PAT. 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