The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1932, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932 4 ‘ Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER stablished 1873) i, Published by The Bismarck Tribune Wompany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Becond class mail matter. GEORGE D,. MANN b President and Publisher. ; Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .......$7.20) Daily by mail per year (in Bis- MATCK) 2... .essseseseeseseees 1:20 Daily by mail per year (in state } _ Outside Bismarck) ....... 5. Daily by mail outside of North Dakota 6. ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three those financial institutions which have turned their securities into li- quid assets and hoerded them in the face of the president's pleas for the easing of credit and restoration to circulation of hoarded dollars. It is a comforting sign that con- gress, in its current deliberations on the banking question, seems to be giving precedence to the welfare of the depositor instead of to the prof- its of the bank. Wheat for the Hungry Forty million bushels of wheat do- noted by the American people, j through the farm board and congress, 00} to the destitute victims of unemploy- ment and crop failures are on their way to the millions of hungry mouths 50] they are destined to feed. | _ Dakota, per year .............. 1.50 | Weekly by mail in Canada, per Pin Feat ....0.. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation « s seecteal | Member of The Associated Press ' The Associated Press is exclusive'y entitled to the use for republication } bf all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published here- m. All rights of republication of all + pther matter herein are also reserved. Foreign Representatives ‘ SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS ‘ & BREWER rt incorporated) ' [CAGO ~NEW YORK BOSTON ty ahaa ate : y Tax Revolt Democratic leaders were not jubi- fant when the 1930 elections gave + hem control of the House of Repre- ‘ pentatives. They anticipated trouble | phead with such a scant majority. | Now they are in the midst of what | they feared, There is a revolt on tax | Pegislation. | Speaker Garner has asserted re- | peatedly that the most important ) thing that can be done to restore con- fidence is to balance the budget and that “all economic theories must ield to the necessities of the na- ” {| ‘Those opposing the sales tax raise 'ghe cry of “conscript wealth” for the | money needed to raise the funds nec- | essary to meet governmental obliga- ‘ tions. The objection to that is that {wealth finds a way to avoid taxes ff crowded too hard and the main i fobject to be achieved just now is a Yevenue bill which will produce funds | to pay bills. Tax measures drawn in wupport of economic theories are, as Gpeaker Garner says, “inconsequen- tial.” If conditions in the handling of federal finances are allowed to go from bad to worse no one can fore- tell what will happen, but it is defi- nitely known that the situation will be worse and unemployment will in- crease. Leadership of the Democratic party is on trial now before the country ‘and an acid test is the handling of the tax measure. The Republicans | Ihave repeatedly urged, in opposing Democratic aspirations to office, that the party of Jefferson is prone to @rray class against class and always ger to promote legislation distaste- ful to persons of property. In other words, that the principles motivating the party are tinged with socialism nd the leadership is so lax as not to be trusted with the destiny of the Republic. Be that as it may, the fact is evi- @ent that the voters are, measuring the ability of Democratic leadership 4m the handling of the tax measure. ‘The Republicans are willing to let the Democrats fight it out and let them take what blame attaches. In this crisis, however, there are going to be injustices in any scheme fof taxation. The sales tax is exceed- ingly unpopular with the masses and that is why there is such a tax re- wolt in congress, If some agreement «ould be reached to eliminate useless fureaus and hordes of tax eaters and political henchmen, the sales tax might be avoided. Neither the Democratic or Repub- ican leadership wants to tackle the ftask of reducing salaries and per- Bonnel. President Hoover is unable to get through plans to curtail fed- ‘eral appropriations to any great de- gree. Politics blocks the way. Such being the case, it looks as if the dear public will have to face higher taxes. Bank Safeguards Revisions of regulations governing banking institutions are coming. Nu- merous lessons taught by the depres- sion will be written into law by the federal and state legislative bodies. ‘The large number of bank failures makes banking reform inevitable. Most persistent among the reform demands is that for government guar- gntee of bank deposits. Even now two bills with that as their single itheught are before congress. * William Jennings Bryan once ad- ‘yocated that very thing but the na- tem rejected {t. Several states, in- (eluding our own, have experimented leith it to their sorrow. Still it looks wemoved, of congress is on the subject of ks and banking it might consider 00 | charge. At least two railroads have offered to transport the mercy grain without Negotiations are under way to have millers, who convert the wheat into flour, take toll for their compensation in the old-fashioned grist mill way. It will cost nothing to file the applications and distribute the flour in the communities to which shipments are assigned, the Red Cross and other welfare agencies be- ing equipped to take care of that de- tail through volunteers and their permanent organizations. ‘That the flour will cover the great- est possible area is assured by the plan to apportion it on the basis of the number of families receiving re- lief through community welfare or- ganizations. These agencies will send in their requisitions. Facilities put at its disposal by the Red Cross and other welfare agencies will save the federal government probably as much as the 40,000,000 bushels of wheat are worth at pres- ent quotations, because if the gov- ernment essayed to distribute the flour without help a costly organiza- tion would be indispensable. The government is fortunate in finding a way to rid itself of mountains of wheat it cannot sell and at little or no cost to itself. 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. At Last! (New York World-Telegram) Twelve years of American humilia- tion came to an end in the House of Representatives yesterday. The hu- miliation of prohibition remains—for a little while. But the greater hu- miliation of representatives of a Democratic country being deprived of a vote on this basic issue was wiped out when the House was forced to vote on the Beck-Linthicum resolu- tion. The nation is opposed to prohibi- tion. There are dry sections—dry in name, though not in fact. But the country as a whole is about two to one against prohibition. That is demonstrated by numerous straw votes and by the indirect vote on this question registered in Congressional elections. The iniquity of the prohibition sys- \tem, with its curse of crime and in- vasion of personal liberties and eco- nomic losses, has been bad enough. But the political conspiracy prevent- ling a popular referendum has been worse. ‘That political conspiracy, perpetu- ated by the professional dry organi- zations and aided by Republican and Democratic politicians, has placed prohibition above and beyond the op- erations of representative govern- ment. The American people were good enough to govern themselves on everything—except liquor laws. Hav- ing once been the victims of a fanati- cal propaganda and political squeeze play which fastened prohibition on the nation, Americans were never to be allowed to escape from the great blunder. It was to be kept out of Politics ever after. Instead of an experiment, subject to change, it was to be the one and only inviolate part of our law and Constitution which no popular refer- endum should ever be permitted to profane. Under this conspiracy all direct votes on prohibition modification or repeal were prevented in Congress, and scores of representatives and senators were returned to Washing- ton year after year because they could make wet voters believe they were dry without ever being brought to book. Even a president, in the person of Herbert Hoover, was elected posing as a dry to drys and a wet to wets. Yesterday the members of the House of Representatives were put on record by the Beck-Linthicum vote. The sheep have been separated from the goats. Hereafter representatives j Will be of two kinds—one kind who refuse to let the people vote on this jquestion and another kind who rec- jognize the right of American citizens to vote on any question. The majority wet sentiment of the country was not represented in a House majority yesterday because many of those representatives were sent to Congress by voters who could not know how the straddlers would flop. In the next election the voters will know. In the next election prohibi- tion will be an issue. Let the drys get all the consolation they can out of their 227-to-187 vic- tory yesterday. Only 21 votes changed would have reversed the majority. If the popular revolt against pro- hibition continues at its present speed one more election may be enough to create in Congress the two-thirds Necessary to submit to the people an amendment allowing dry states to be dry and wet states to be wet. That will be self-government. FORMER POSTMASTER DIES Glen Ullin, N.-D., March 24.—Roy P. Hubbard, 57 years old, former Glen Ullin postmaster, died at Jamestown, according to word recelved here. He leaves his widow, two sons, and two daughters. ‘ FORMER N. D. MAN DIES Beulah, N. D., March 24.—Word has been received here of the death Lonnie Vreeland, graduate of Beulah high school, in Chicago re- cently. Rocking the Throne! : : ita ish lines. French forces prepared to take over a sector of the widening British front. Proposals for a commander-in- chief for the Allied armies in France were considered. Paris was again bombarded by the German long-range gun, which was located in the forest of St. Gobian by French aviators. If France is aware of her worth and ‘knows what she wants, she will lead instead of following, and as in 1919, instead of giving way, she will con- quer—Andre Tardieu, premier of France, oe * We (Smith and Roosevelt) talked state finances, unemployment relief and taxes for half an hour.—Govern- or Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. * * I must ask you to take your eyes off the mirage the Japanese are throwing up. They killed the defend- ers of the Woosung forts to the last man.—Dr. W. W. Yen, Chinese dele- gate to the League of Nations. ses * We believe that the Republican party should have the courage to beat back the tidal wave of prohibition hysteria which now threatens to sub- merge state’s rights, property rights and individual righte—Raymond Pit- cairn, chairman, Republican Citizens’ {Committee Against National Prohi- You'll Be Surprised! New York, March 24.—Hollywood, prideful of its status as film capital of the world, will get a few surprises when the new issue of the Film Year Book drifts out there. For instance, I have just learned from this chronicle that Japan turned out 900 features last year and thus beats the production records of this jand. And what film do you think broke all the long run records? None other than that tuneful little German piece, “Two Hearts in Waltz Time,” which went along for 50 weeks without stop- ping. Nothing quite like that has been known in film history. While the largest amount of coin to be col- lected in any one box office went to the Roxy when “Delicious” was play- ing there. The “draw” was more than $130,000. A few more interesting statistics from this annual show that: The at- tendance of children has dropped to but five per cent of the audience to- tals; that seventy-five millions at- tended the movies each week; that 60 per cent of American schools now use some form of educational films, | and that nearly 30,000 miles of film| are handled daily in the United States and Canada. * * The Very Idea! What Ford is to the automotive in- dustry, Roland Freeman is to the “funny gag” business. Freeman is a one-man gag factory. He thinks up millions of “hunches” for the gents who draw cartoons, caricatures and at a time. He was sitting in an of- fice waiting room the first time I en- countered him. Instead of twiddling his thumbs, he had jotted down four or five jokes and figured out the pictures that would go with them. * * * How He Works Of course, he doesn’t sell the whole 2000. If he did, he would be a mil- lionaire in no time. Ten per cent of his hunches are, on the average, marketable. And this is a very nice business. For the prices vary accord- ing to the quality of the gag and the idea for the art. He has received up to $10 or more for a particularly good one, Stuck with a number of so-so ideas, he may peddle them off at “lump” rates While he will not dis- cuss this phase of his business, he probably averages around $3 per each. So you can see! ** 8 Outline and wisecrack are penciled on an ordinary bit of card index pa- per. When he has a varied and large assortment on hand, the young man slaps on his hat and ventures forth, going from magazine to magazine and from artist to artist. On the subway, in the taxis, at the lunch counters—wherever he may be —Freeman jots down his notions and adds to his stock. He is, perhaps, the most successful joke hunchman in the business today. * Ke * Plus A. C. Some years ago the signature “plus A. C.” was to be seen on hundreds of funny pictures. The “A. C.” stood for Arthur Crawford and he was among the first, best and most prolific idea producers. He was the town’s big FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: $50. U.S. PAT. OFF. funny stuff in general. the sophisticated artists of “smart” magazines and to the low-| brow comic weeklies as well. | He carries his office in his hat and | his stock in trade can be tucked in a couple of overcoat pockets. His output averages 2,000 ideas a week. That makes more than 300 a day for a six-day week and 30 an hour for a ten-hour day. His own figures would fix it at one gag line and idea each three minutes. Freeman admits, however, that you can’t compute that way because sometimes he rattles off a half dozen the T FIND LAW SO EXPENSIVE. 2 (Gan vou fl stops pena revesed the above sentence? i | STICKERS | He sells to; The long-headed person is seldom short of ideas. | THIS CURIOUS WORLD — | THISTLE IN ANCIENT TIMES, funny man for years and he made a fortune. But one day things became just a bit too funny for Crawford. His dead body was found in Bronx Park. He had killed himself. Font eat an HEeAy GERMAN ADVANCE CONTINUES On March 24, 1918, the great Ger- man drive in Picardy continued, their forces taking Ham, Peronne, Chauncy and the heights of Monchy during the day. A German dispatch said that more than 40,000 prisoners had been taken since the offensive began. The Brit- ish had been pushed back as much as 15 miles over @ front of nearly~60 miles. Semi-official reports said that. American and French troops in great force were being hurried to the Brit- jon BEGIN HERE TODAY ELLEN ROSSITER, beantifat Porzearcold, falle tm love | with CLAY, a kind and of who has pai penses for her brother, Jured in a street accid finds a Job for BERT ARM! ed to Ell 7 aall jarelay wishes te on Ellen, They go to the offices of LOUIS SYMES, iis attorney, but the papers are not ready and Ellen ite that they be a after the cere Ellen, Bert led a ectic have they left the Symes arrives, Barclay. The know where th im pe: engagement to Elizabeth broken. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXVI [He words fell on Ellen's heart like so many separate blows. Too late now—forever too late for it to be of any consequence to her Larry Harrowgate was free. Ob, it was impossibly cruel that he should have been free at the very hour she was saying the words that bound her for life. The newspaper dropped from El- len’s hands and into the fire. The nightmare went on and on. Presently Steven returned to the room and she heard herself talking to him. She was scarcely conscious of what she was saying. She un- derstood that Larry must have gone to the apartment two nights before to tell her he was free. Her mother must have sent him away. Ellen raised one hand with « trembling gesture and in the fire- light saw the frosty sparkle of her wedding ring. It was true then. She was married. This was no evil dream from which she would awake. “Are you tired, my darling?” Steven asked. “No, not tired,” she said. “Not tired at all.” She followed him to the enclosed veranda where supper had been laid for two. She acknowledged the introduction to Fergus, the only servant on the place, and thought vaguely that she disliked him, The butler moved about, say- ing “madame” this, and “madame” that, until she could have screamed with the reiteration of the fact that she was Steven's wife, Wild, impossible fancies assailed her.|d She thought of throwing herself on ition. I. Barbs i] Wilson was re-elected in 1916 on the slogan “He kept us out of war,” but it's a cinch Hoover's slogan in November won't be “He kept us out of work.” | * * * It won't be long now before mem- bers of the League of Nations com- mittee at Shanghai are reporting that there has been a difference of opinion between the Japanese and Chinese. * * * If the League commission hurries, it should reach Manchuria before all the war damage has been repaired. * * * Higher cotton prices are certain to come, a market expert says. If the staple keeps going up, the farmers will bet as much for it as it costs to raise it. * * * Trotzky was once a movie star, and if Stalin stays in power in Russia, { he may have to try a comeback. i (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) ‘WOMAN'S MOTHER DIES Halliday, N. D., March 24—Mrs. James Bailey, Halliday, recently re- ceived word of the death of her mother, Mrs. Berg, at Belfield. To prevent damage to lawns, rakes ; with rubber teeth have been placed: the market. i Daily Health News Ringworm and Kindred Diseases Call for Sanitary Precautions Infected Persons Should Be Careful Not to Spread Parasites Where Others By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association One of the most common com- Plaints and one which is becoming exceedingly widespread in this coun- try is infection of the human skin with an organism called the tricho- phyton and also the epidermophyton, @ vegetable parasite commonly called @ ringworm. The word “tricho” means hair and the word “epidermo” means skin. A similar condition sometimes affects chickens, horses, cows, dogs, rabbits and other domestic animals. The mange of the dog is a disease of this character. ‘The condition was called ringworm because in many instances it appears on the skin as a ring. However, the appearance is not always ringlike, and the parasite that causes the eruption is not a worm. Strangely there are many varieties of these parasites and they pick cer- tain parts of the body as their special habitat. One ringworm gets between the toes and is associated with the formation of soft corns; another ring- worm is found most frequently in the armpits, and another on the inside of the thighs; some ringworms pre- fer the scalp and others localize on the hands and feet. The condition called barbers’ itch is frequently due to infection with a parasite of this character. as are also the common conditions called ath- letes’ foot and similar appellations. It is hard to advise people as to May Get Them , how to be certain to avoid these con- ditions. They are so widespread that it is practically impossible to make sure that contact with the parasites will not occur. Among common causes of infection of the feet is walking barefoot over infected rugs, carpets, floors of gym- nasiums and locker rooms, runways of swimming pools and other places where a considerable number of peo- ple walk barefoot. Practically all of us use our hands for many tasks daily, including the gentle custom of handshaking, and it is quite impossible to wash the hands following every human contact. Most of us depend on those who are infected to protect us and.other peo- ple against their infection. Unfortunately there are vast num- bers of people among us who have no sense of community responsibility and who are quite careless about dissem- inating infected material from their bodies. In_many instances/ringworm may be obliterated by the use of tincture of iodine, mercurochrome, sulphur ointments, salicylic and ointments and solutions and all sorts of antiseptic substances, but there are also many cases in which the infection is so deeply buried and so resistant that such applications hardly cause it to hesitate in its spread. Experts in diseases of the skin con- trol such cases by the use of the X-ray and by special more potent ap- plications which only a physician can use because of their danger when they are improperly employe: JOAN BENNETT BECOMES A BRIDE Associated Press Photo . Noan Bennett, film actress, is shown with her new husband, Gene Market, scenario writer, just after tl marriage in Los Angeles. The wedding was open to the public at the express wish of the bride. Stevea’s mercy—begging him to let her go. No. She could not do that. In time she would forget. She must forget. She was Steven's wife now. Only this morning she had promised to cleave unto him through sickness and health, through poverty and riches. There was no escape from those solemn vows. She heard whispering tree branches against the window panes, the lapping of invisible water, the sleepy, occasional chirp of a nest- ing bird. Outside were fireflies drifting to and fro. Outside was the velvet blackness of a perfect night. Inside the table gleamed with candlelight shining on fine old silver and china and touching the purple of hothouse grapes. Across the table Steven smiled at her, so proud and confident, 80 se- Tene and sure of her love. She could not break his heart. She must try to remember, she thought sardonically, that if her own heart broke it broke amid pleasant surroundings. Thie was the life of which she had dreamed. She had it now. What blind fools girls were and what a fool she her- self had been. There was no one else to blame. Not even her mother, Ellen knew she herself had decided that love could be made to yield to affection and grati- tude, to ease and luxury. She must be a good sport, play out her chosen cards. She was too seneroug-hearted to make @ nig- gardly surrender. Steven deserved the very best that she could give. Under his affectionate regard Ellen forced herself to eat and to-re- spond, as best she could, to his mood of deep and quiet happiness. It almost brought the tears she had held back when she saw how very little of herself it took to make bim happy. ‘HEN he bent across the table to kiss her Ellen’s lips were willing, fresh and young. Sbe knew something was Jacking from that kiss that never would be there, but Steven did not know. His arms tightened about her. His voice filled with passion as he whispered that she was his own. Somewhere she heard the ringing of @ telephon. and felt an inward gasp of relief as he released her. She saw her husband frown, saw the queer, unfamiliar look fade from his eyes. “It's Symes again, I imagine,” he told her irritably. “He's called & dozen times today. Fergus told me.” Ellen felt a dull surprise, “You haven't talked to him?” “I’m not going to. He's not to spoil my first evening with my bride. Oh, Ellen, Ellen—” Again the girl was swept with fear. Steven was her husband. He had a right to use that possess! caressing tone, She belonged him, Fergus appeared on the veran- la. “It was Mr. Symes calling, str,” he said to Steven. “I told him you were not to be here tonight, as you {informed me, but he was consid- erably upset. He said it perative for him to see you, sir. “It's always imperative for him to see me,” Steven grumbled, “This time he'll have to wait until morn- ing. We'll stop at his office before we sail.” “Very well, sir.” Fergus was gone with one curi- ous, sidewise glance at Ellen—a fleeting glance that seemed to the girl to convey contempt and con- demnation, as if Fergus thought she had no right to be sitting at Steven Barclay's table. “I don’t like that man,” she said sharply. “Then he’s lost bis job,” Steven told her, “Ob, I don’t want that!” she pro- tested, dismayed. “It’s only that he makes me nervous.” eee HE arose from the table and went to one of the windows, pulled aside the silken curtain and stared out at the night. Soon Steven was at her side. “Would you like to see your new home now?” he “You haven't even seen half of it.” “I would.” He led her through the vast house, snapping on lights and snapping off lights, showing her one perfect room after another. There were flowers everywhere cut from the gardens and hothouses of the estate. Everywhere there was evidence of luxury and taste. Last of all Steven showed her the suite that was to be her own, & pale pink bedroom, a golden liv- ing room, a tiny dressing room that was all mirrors and a bath with a sunken tub. Her traveling case had been uhpacked and put away as though she were to spend weeks here instead of one night. On the dressing table Jay her fa- miliar brushes. Lying across the bed were the pale peach pajamas and a negligee, overlapping the sil- ver mules on the floor, “I’m sorry you'll have to do with- out a maid,” Steven told her. “Do you realize, Steven, that I've never had a maid in my life?” He had seated himself in her golden living room. She knew he meant that she should sit beside him, but she was too restless to do anything except stand. She moved about nervously in a state of ex- aot which she tried to con- Steven knew that she was not at ease and asked if should leave her for awhile. She understood that he thought she was near tears from homesickness and the strange ness of it all, “No, don’t go away,” she told him. “Let’s go some where and dance and dance and dance! She saw that he was disap- pointed but she could not help it. It was only 11 o'clock. She was Temembering that at Dreamland she had often danced until nearly, dawn. Steven suggested a popular sup per club, sorry about the Country. Club,” he said apologetically. “You'd like it much better there, but I’m afraid we'd see people I know and we must wait until later. Anyhow, you want to dance and dance and dance.” “T do,” she said again. Bien was disappointed with ‘the supper club. Steven had wanted a private room. She yielded to his wishes although she really wished to be with the gay, and rowdy crowd outside. Presently the manager brought champagne in a bucket of cracked ice. Ellen had never tasted it be- fore and Steven watched amusedly as she lifted the pale, amber liquid to her lips. He made a wry face at his first sip and left the re mainder of the glass unfinished. But Ellen thought the champagne delicious, Her troubles began to lose sub- stance and she became really gay. Steven was so accustomed to wom: en who were practiced drinkers that he thought her gayety spon- taneous and was glad they had come to dance, After a while when he was called away to the telephone Ellen poured @ great deal of champagne for her- self and drank it, She knew she was attempting to escape reality and that she must keep that knowl edge from Steven, But the impor- tant thing was to escape! When he returned, a worried frown between his eyes, and told her that Symes had called the house again it did not seem important or even inter. esting. She hardly remembered the hours as they passed. She hardly realized they were leaving and that Steven, deep circles of fatigue be neath his eyes, was adjusting her silver cape about her shoulders, paying a check and leading ber through a brightly lighted room filled with noisy people, Out in the cold night al head cleared tnstantly.. Her tease Ge 'o back, Pald she got into le car and was silen drove away, nae ieee “All right, Ellen?” Steven asked, She thrust cold hands into her cuffs so that he should not claim them. “I'm all right,” she adding fetes shamed voice, “I took some of the cham; wh Were out of the room” oe He laughed and call audacious child, pe Be They were back at the house again, stealing like conspirators into the great, dark living room and. up ee Stairs. He was whiss Dering er in the dark: - timately, tenderly, sasuke Steven left ber at her’ bedroom door, “I'll come beck to you, my darling,” be whispered, (To Be Continued) OS QR 1 st CO ZsPrFPrwrwe2e Beyyyrp re #5 FA *ce eo MeSHRnA weUVaseH ee eee ies teal ied Vhs