The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1932, Page 4

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City. State and County Newspaper) Forcign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER ncorperated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The Cost of News | North Dakota persons, sitting be- fore their own firesides and reading of events in China, probably do not realize they are scanning expensive news, but they are. It comes to them as a matter of course and as a part of the regular grist of the world events which daily is unrolled before their eyes by the newspapers. If they realized, how- ever, that every word they read has! cost anywhere from 18 cents to $2.34 for transmission alone, they would appreciate how much money is re- quired to inform them of what goes on in far places. The transmission charges repre- sent the cable tolls at press rates from Shanghai to San Francisco. The 18- cent rate represents the cost of trans- mitting messages at night or at oth- er dull periods in the day and is based on the same principle as long-distance telephone calls or telegraph mes- sages. The 72-cent rate is the standard! press rate and the peak of $2.34 a word is reached for “bulletin stuff” or special rush messages. i These costs are borne by individual newspapers which have correspond-| ents on the scene or by the news as-| sociations. which list among their subscribers or members many news-/} Papers in many cities. Each day for many days The Trib- une has printed at least 1,000 words) of news from Shanghai and other) points in the Far East. On many! days the total has greatly exceeded | this figure. | When it is remembered that many] messages which are sent are later Superseded by others telling of newer developments and some dispatches are cut down by the well-known editor- ial blue-pencil, it is easy to see that | ® war in the Far East is an expensive proposition to the press associations} if to no one else. The cost of main- taining correspondents at strategic points, as is done by the Associated Press, world’s greatest newsgathering agency, is just another item of ex- pense which must be met in order that the American reader may be ad- vised of the interesting things that happen daily throughout the world. A New Wheat Battle Farmers of Northfield Townshio, Ramsey county, organized into Farmers Union Local No. 166, have adopted a resolution condemning the use of soft southern wheat for mak- ing flour sold in North Dakota and} re attempting to unify public opin-|{ fon. on the question by circulating copies of the document to various civic organizations throughout the state. Melvin N. Borg, local union secre- tary, in commenting on the resolu- tion protesting the sale of flour made from southern wheat, says: “A cause for the depressingly low price of wheat is over-pro- duction. This has largely been caused by the southwest where there has been a continual in- crease in acreage. With cheap land, power machinery, and weather conditions favorable to the use of combines, and with corporation farming, the cost of production is very low in propor- The | Bismarck Tribune 09} tainly all of us will agree. There ap- ies is a serious matter. Pleasant to anticipate a reduction of northwest. This will diminish the demand for our own product, and therefore dissolve the premium the northern wheat merits, and at the present enjoys—the only salva- tion for northwestern agricul- culture.” His remarks are true but they serve also to illustrate the fact tha: agriculture is so big and covers so vast an area tMat there can be no unanimity of opinion among men engaged in the business. The immediate answer which Borg suggests is to use more of our home- grown flour in order to improve the price of our own wheat. In this, cer- pears, however, to be no general an- swer to the question involved unless it is to still further improve the quality of northern-grown wheat and strive, at the same time, to obtain more efficient production by ‘hharvest- ing more bushels per acre. Reparations Bookkeeping One of the reasons why the re- parations problem is such a brain- racking tangle can be seen by the tremendous divergence between al- {lied and German figures on the amount of reparations which has al- ready been paid. The other day the German gov- ernment published figures showing that Germany has paid its former enemies, in cash and in “payments in kind,” @ total of ‘more than $16,- 000,000,000 since the end of the war. On the other hand, the allies’ esti- mates of payments fix a total of only & little more than $2,000,000,000, There is an enormous discrepancy there. Somebody's bookkeeping would seem to be exceedingly faulty; and there is little hope of reaching any real agreement on reparations until some sort of harmony can be had on the question of how much has already been paid. Mechanized Civilization Professor Clifford C. Furnas, of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, repeated the other day the old pre- diction that civilization will eventu- ally become so thoroughly mechan- ized and intelligently operated that the ordinary man will have a work- ing day only two or three hours long. Hand in hand with this, he said, will come steady employment and high wages, with annuity provisions which will protect the sick and the aged. He added that this forecast is no pipe dream but a sober prediction based on “an engineer's consideration of various scientific and sociological facts.” It is a charming vision, certainly; and it is one of the things that make the present situation so hard to en- dure. To stumble along with unem- ployment, poverty and hunger in a world which has the capacity for achieving such a Utopian scheme of things—is it not a painful and ironic mockery? Uncle Andy Mellon, “greatest sec- retary of the treasury since Hamil- ton” quits his job to become ambas- sador to London. Perish the thought, but it looks as though Mr. Hoover were kicking Uncle Andy upstairs. There have been rumors from Wash- ington recently that new and younger blood was clamoring for recognition in the treasury department. The Japanese government says its attack on Shanghai and its actions in Manchuria constitute “purely de- fensive” tactics. Maybe so, but we'd hate to have them after us if they really grew aggressive. 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 Tribune's policies. Rail Unions Act Wisely (Minot News) The members of the railway brotherhoods are to be congratu- lated on the businesslike manner in which they considered and disposed of the proposal of the corporations for a 10 per cent reduction in wages for a period of one year. The deci- sion announced yesterday will go a long way toward the revival of busi- ness, not because a considerable sav- ing will be enjoyed by the lines, but rather because of the assurance to | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1932 Shang haied! : ae | New York, Feb. Yorkers teacups: WRITING—There’s amusing chat- ter concerning James Branch Cabell, the southern master of style... . Just a year or so ago, Cabell seemed to have “signed off.” ... He came out with the statement that “after 45, it is inevitable that a writer should cease to develop as a writer, just as he ceases to develop as a mammal. No one of his faculties, whatsoever may happen to them, can improve after that all-arresting date... . The average author has reached his peak at 40, to my finding. . ...” All of which, of course, stirred up @ large controversy. Very well! And who should suddenly show up but a gent who signs himself “Branch Cabell.” Here, indeed, is a couple of other fellows—still fresh and vigor- ous, despite the age limit—but none other than James Branch Cabell, minus the James, talking to himself and to others in a volume titled “These Restless Heads.” . . . It seems that James Branch Cabell chooses to rest on the many volumes concern- ing Manuel and his clan. . . . This finished, he feels he should be an- other person. ... Which is a novelty, at least. * ek * THEATER—“Distant Drums’—the author, Dan Totheroh, first appeared as a poet in the California colleges. ; - + Descendant of pioneers who fol- lowed the Oregon trail, he has lis- tened to innumerable tales of hard- ships and hazards encountered on that epic trek. ... These he has put into a play which concerns a covered Wagon company lost in the Idaho mountains. Producer Guthrie McClintic, who is also the husband of Katherine Cor- nell, read the script and immediate- ly wired Pauline Lord pleading with her to return to the stage in the leading role... . Which she did... . Totheroh's first play, “Wild Birds,” never was able to get uptown from a 6.—What New re talking about over théir STICKERS —CDAEI,FGB HC BBBBBE BBB, ‘With H standing for 8, can you subsh- tute figures for the rest of the letters . above so that the multiplication will little theater in Greenwich Village, despite insistent demands of critics. * * * Also there is much being said about, the amazing road success of Billy Rose and his “Crazy Quilt” revue. . . . Everywhere throughout the country, Rose is “packing them in” and proving that the “road” tours can be profitable when showmanship is applied. ... Editor Meeman ‘of Memphis reports a $11,588 gate in that Tennessee town where so few road shows have stopped of late years. .. . Answer is that Rose has used- all the old circus and barn- storm methods of advertising. ... | Spent $1,000 in Memphis on ballyhoo for one performance. . . . Billboards and handbills use all the old high-fa- {luting language: Bigger and better, “sets that cost a king's ransom” “dances that would startle Her court”... all that sort of thing. Memphis had to use its muny audi- torium, old legitimate theaters hav- ing been abandoned. * ek * Society folk were interested in the Russian folk songs of Nina Tarasova, for in private life she is the wife of Stuart Voss, rich Long Island sport fancier... . A native of the Crimea she learned her songs on her grand- ; mother’s knee and now is in concert. |... Rather romantic, no? Escudero is, as predicted, the town dancing sensation after one appear- ance. ... And that funny-looking guy in- terviewing him in the Fox newsreel is your not-too-humble correspondent, making his screen debut. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: CLAYS TARKER, O NCA Girls-in the bloom of. youth“ are| handed the most bouquets. - the business world that there will be no disruption of service occasioned by a “labor war.” The matter of reduction of salar- It is not income. Rail workers are prompted by the same desire as every other class of individuals. It is true, how- ever, that other workers generally have accepted reductions, just the same as employers. It is the willingness of employes, as exemplified by the rail unions, to do their share to restore better times, that is most encouraging. have changed in the short space of The relationship between employer and employe has been im- and by that time everyone may have forgotten about the days when a reduction was found POISON GAS was vse0 IN WARFARE 4 THE INDIANS, — THIS CURIOUS WORLD — a BARBS _ = All that glitters may not be gold, but nowadays there’s no harm in taking a second look. * Oe France raided the American dol- lar, and dry agents raided Al Ca- pone’s brewery. Strange, business, this liquidation. ae x ek x Young women all over the coun- try are offering to marry for mon- ey. And the more the marrier! * * x Years ago women. didnt offer to matry for money. They just married’ men for money, but now they've got: to advertise to find cnt who's got it. * eR But now that women are openly marying for ‘money, it has at last been proved that the American dol- lar goes farther than Cupid's dart. * ek : For lack of money, some cities are paying their help in ‘scrip. Trouble is. most people will not believe what they see in the paper. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) AIR RAIDS IN ITALY On Feb. 6, 1918, four Italian cities Bassano, planes. : In_ reprisal, dropped a ton of bombs on the hos- tile aviation “grounds at Motto di Livenza. A report was made the next day that since Jan. 26, 1918—a matter of » Treviso, and} Extreme Mestre—were raided by enemy air-| the occurrence People By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association cold is not responsible for of colds, since this ‘condition is seldom seen among the an Italian aviator] Eskimos. One group of investiga- tors found on entrance into an Es- kimo settlement that there was not one cold in the settlement. However, within 72 hours after the arrival of the expedition, which included sev- 13 days—56 Teuton planes had been| eral members who had colds, every brought down hy Allled airmen on|one of the inhabitants developed & the Ttallan front. The American freighter, Ala- cold, It is obvious, therefore, that this contact with the infection is mance, was sunk off the English| probably the most important cause in coast by a submarine. Six lives were lost. The Aurania, sister ship to the Cunard Liner Andania, which was torpedoed and sifnk off the Ulster coast on Jan. 27, was attacked by a submarine, but remained afloat. General Mackensen sent an. ulti- matum to the Rumanian govern- ment. to i ! Quotations There is no room for false mod- esty. I would like to be president. Who- wouldn’t?—Albert C. Ritchie, governor of Maryland. See ** * You can’t keep the wolf from the door with meédals—Jole Ray, form- er mile champion, now marathon dancer, ~ * * * Imagine any upstart critic telling me how to play a scene!—Charies Bickford, movie player. ‘ * If a nation should’ be recalcitrant and not co-operate, it should be economically boycotted—Dr. Mary E: Wooley, president of Mount Holy- oke College, appointed one of six delegates to Geneva disarmament conference, - xk Ok It (Finland’s wet vote) will have no effect whatever in America— Senator Sheppard of Texas, author of 18th amendment. . y x * * “while some: have nothing to do but sit down and waste away and wish for work, for the rest of us the laboring hours are still too long—Dr. C. C. Furnas, Yale professor. EVEN THE INDIANS! Albuquerque, N. M.— This style of ‘painting finger nails has spread to ‘the: Navajo Indians. Burton I. Sta- ‘ples reports that some of the Navajos asked to have their nails painted blue! In Italy, where the cost of a radio receiver license is high, there are ne BEGIN HERE TODAY | Mary-Fraaces, 15, a1 school, believes herself in EARL DE wi ARMOUNT,. vaudevil partner. henrs LETTY KING, who worl Phil's office building, address with endearments, Ann triés forget Phil hy KENNETH SMITH. tentive, but whe: to marry him it De Armount. TI! NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLIV tioned Bluemount for tonight,-and his landlady said'she heard him say that he was going to Bluemount, ‘There is a popular resort. there,. you know. They may have gone there for—well, first, and planned to ge north later, I don’t know what it’s worth, but his landlady said he Quiet at least, and not a drinker. nor @ drug addict. She claimed to like him. Said he paid his bills, I couldn't get anything around ‘the theater—nobody seemed to know anything about him. I'll be getting along now. I think I'll start scout- ing the highways, Heard from Uncle Chaney?” . “He called. -But only to find out about the make of the car.” “ “All right, Don’t give up hope. T’ll-call later.” iia Ann waited. ‘The telephone bell. “Miss Fenwick, Ermintrude says that the man said he was only 22 years old. That is better, isn’t it, than if he were older? And, dear, from what Ermintrude says, 1 am sure that as yet everything has been well, pertectly harmless.” i, “As yet,” said Ann,’ id “Yes, But she’s only a child, and ‘we'll get her home’ again, We'll find ways to keep her happy and sweet. She'll forget. 1.want so. much-to help'you, later. I've:been thinking 4 KINDS LOVE CECILY FENWICK ted actor whore has met with the knowledge er sinters. (He Ky leave home and be- Marr Frances agrees to go away sno I think’ not,” Joo Hill told Ann over thé teleplione, “The garage people said that he. men- seemed a decent enough fellow—|. of ways I can help—when-we: get | was you, I'd wait and let Joe or her home again—if you'll let me. I must. I—I— Well, I'll call you , sister, MARY~: later.” “ROSALIE”. and |. Ann thought, “Now, tsu’t that |jodd? That pretty, fat little Mrs, Hill is crying, and I'm not crying ‘The telephone bell. ‘ “Hello, Hello. Walnut 5845? Hold the line, please. Long Dis- tance is calling Miss Pennywick from Cutter.” Cutter? What a queer name. Where ‘was there « place named Cutter? Perhaps Mary-Frances was sorry. Had changed her mind. Dear, dear God, if you will, please— “Here's your party. Go ahead, n same day, Cecily Diease.” a"home with news that | “Hello. Hello, Ob, that you Miss Fenwick? This is Hostetter speak- ing—Chaney Hostetter. I’m out here at a place named Fenwick— no, Cutter, I mean. Well, the con- stable says, that = couple passed through here this evening going lickety-cut in a car as described. About six o'clock, Lickety-cut—he could just see. that it was a fellow ‘and & girl. Of course, there are lots of. yellow cars and all—still, I don’t know. Heard from Joe?” “Yes, He says that the man did have a desk that he said he had to return to Denver, and that he hag taken it with him.” eee had 6 aad pag Well, I kind of _* thought that from the first, Now, :what I was thinking was that I might as well come in and get hold of Joe and—well, kind of put this thing up to the police after all. If that was them pass- ing through here in the yellow car they're headed for Denver—but it isn’t going to do much good for me to trail along after them, three ‘hours behind, in this broken down old boat-of mine. We could get; telegrams going on ahead—Indis, Mendel Springs, Topknot Point— I got a road map here—so on. What do you think?” “Ob, yes. I think yes. Perhaps Vd best get in touch with the po- Heo right away and not wait for. Mr. Hill.” “Haven't heard yet from the ike that went to Bluemount?” “No. I don’t understand it. I’m expecting a call overy second now. ‘There must have been time.” “Well, I'll tell you what. You wait till you hear from the folks et Bluemount. There’s a dog’s chance from that direction, ‘Ff its_onset. on belief of investigators is the overheated and dehy- drated air of homes and offices in the United States has been respons- ible for lowering the resistance of the mucous membrane of the nose and the gcims which are almost con- stantly present among human beings begin thelr work of infection. Everyone has experienced the de- ent of a cold following a night in a sleeping car, a swim in the pool, or a shower bath immedi- ately after the body has been over- heated by exercise. It is.also recognized that there are some people-who have colds much more frequently than do others. One authority finds that about 15. per cent of the population have one cold SS Daily Health Service Colds Are Very Infectious Repeated Infections Are Usually. Chronic ‘Jutterers of Sinus and Tonsil Ailments a year, others have repeated colds. Usually those who have repeated colds are found to have chronic in- fection of their sinuses or chronic disease of the tonsils. The students at Cornell University who had at least four colds @ year constituted 25 per cent of the total student body. Some investigators feel that tem= stipation, lack of exercise, diseased tonsils and obstruction in the nose are the most important factors in increasing resistance to colds, where- as others assert that a lack of sun- light and a lack of proper vitamins in the diet may be the responsible factors in lowering resistance. A physician for the employes at the stockyards in Chicago believes that acidosis is a predisposing fac- tor and that the way to build up re- sistance to infection is to eat an al- kaline diet, consisting largely of fruits and vegetables and to avoid a high protein diet, which tends to the formation of acids. LAST FIGHTING KING George II, king of Great Britain from 1727 to 1760, was the last British sovereign to take active part in a military campaign and to participate in battle. He fought at Oudenarde in 1708, at the age of 25. His last bat- tle was against the French on June 27, 1743. FLOODS MENACE KENTUCKY TOWN r) ‘Associated Press When the Big Sandy river overflowed at Pikeville, Ky., Phete. flood waters spread over a wide area and caused much damage to property. The high water was within seven feet of the record Seached in the us flood of 1927. me go to the police. It’s a man’s job; not @ lady’s. If you hear from Joe, you tell him what I said. Til come right on in now.” Ann waited. The telephone bell. “Miss Fenwick, I was thinking. Mr. Ecroyd is a lawyer, isn’t he? It he knows the district attorney, and we do have to go to the po- lice, mightn’t he be able to keep it out of the papers?” “I thought of that, Mrs. Hill, He's a friend of the district attor- a But he isn’t at home. 1 can’t reach him. But Mr. Hostet- ter just telephoned, and he said Vi “Oh, £ don’t know, dear,” Mrs. Hill disputed, when Ann had fin- ished telling her what Uncle Chaney had said. “No, I don't know. To me it seems so impor- tant to keep it absolutely quiet.” “Not as important as getting her home again. No. Not nearly.* “Well, deat—yes. More impor- tant, in some ways. It isn’t as if she didn’t have to go on with her life, and her school and so on, right here.in Portland. eo ee spor she doesn’t. She wouldn't, at all. I could take her away anywhere. I've had an oppor- tunity lately—I've decided, posi- tively, this evening to accept it." I can take her some place where it has never been heard of. We can live there—always. Switserland— anywhere. I can take good care of ber. Give her things—” “I know. But she fs so young. cal And scandi do follow—come a" “Only, you see, Mrs. Hill,” Ann’s voice was low and formal, “scandals don’t matter. You—she is my sister. My baby sister. You see—that is all that matters, .Sho is my baby sister. And I have to get her back. I have to get her with me and take care of her. You take good care of Ermintrude. Mary-Frances is my baby eister, and—” # “Dear, I know. I know.” Mrs, Hill was crying again. “But it-is her life, not yours. You haven't heard from Bluemount, of} h course a “No, but—” ‘ “Wait, at least, until you do. Wait until Joe comes back, and we'll all talk it over again to- gether, Please. I’m older than you are, Such things—-I— Well, I'll call you later.” Ann . ‘The telephone bell. “Hello, ,Walnut 6845? Long distance calling Miss Fenwick from Proutville.” : - “I am Miss Fenwick.” “Hello, Hello, Proutville. Here's lease.” your party,’ Go ahead, “Ann, they aren't at Blue- mount.” pt 1 iste you sure? Cissy, are you and one store, and a few little houses. Everyone knows everyone else. We—we have to be sure,” didn’t you catl me from Blue- mount?” closed. where we could put through a and—” will we do? I don’t care what anyone says, I’m going to the po- lice. I'm—” uncle knows a man who could keep it out of the papers.” need real help.” “But you have to. As Barry Says, it isn’t as it the police could Teach right out and get her im- mediately. They can’t. But just one little paragraph about Jona- than Fenwick’s granddaughter, and Mary-Frances will be Deond jthe pale. Barry says—” She may be somewhere this min- 1931, by bleday, Doran and Co, “There’s only one hotel there, ‘Cissy —Cissy—Cissy—Cissy—" “Don't, dear. Don't.” “Where are you now? Why “The long distance place was This {s the first town ll, We're coming right in, “But what will we do? What “Wait, Ann. Barry says his “I can’t stand it any longer. We “I don’t care what Barry says. jute, frightened, crying, trapped—” “You're thinking about moving pictures.” ier a8 youl” ‘nn, I don’t want to be mean, But she is my sister, too, and—” “Wait. Someone is at the front eer. It might be—” ie Tan to the door wrenched it open. tat eee HILIP ECROYD was standi: P there. He came into the hall and put his arms around Ann. .“You beautiful! I've come home. Dear, dearest, I got your message, and I came at once. I'd have crawled, Ann, but it took too long—” Ann said, “Don’t. I was talk- ing over the telephone,” and ran back to the dining room. Philip followed her and heard her say: “No, it was only Phil Yes, Yes. Yes, of course. Yes, I’m sure ie can. Yes. You know ho fol Be. is.” ia 6 hung up thé receiver, Phil put his arms around her again. “Dearest — you'll listen one forsiye aa Give me one ore chance? It wi mote as all my “Never mind,” sald Ann, tho she stayed in his arms from oe habit. “We are in deep, terrible trouble, It is Mary-Frances, Cectl and I have been’ s0 full of our own affairs that we have neglected her frightfully, And tonight— ‘The telephone bell, “Hello,” ane Ann- ‘nn swayed a trifle hold of the telephone Feet spuant ‘—this is Mary-Frances,” (To Be Continued) perature, smoking, lack of sleep, cole . ee +