The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1932, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, t , | The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST é NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune ; Jompany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- | ered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. : GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. 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Unsightly refuse and ash piles are being carted away, the lawns are be- ing raked, gardens spaded and all the multitudinous activities of spring are upon us. The clean-up committee is asking everyone to do what nearly everyone will do anyway as a matter of habit. But no one likes to make a worse impression than his neighbor and s0 it is to be hoped that every Bismarck yard, front and back, will look its best at the end of the period. Incidentally, clean-up week can be ® lot of fun. Many persons need to get out into the open air and few ac- tivities challenge the interest more than the annual job of fixing up “the home place,” whether owned or Tented. ‘What matter if you can’t afford to * ‘buy all the new shrubs, paint, lumber and repairs or whatnot that you might like? Buy what you can or else cover up that unsightly spot with a few annual flowers. A 10-cent packet of seed will go a long ways in a pinch and flowers are the cheapest pleas- ure one can have in the summer time. ‘They provide a month's enjoyment for the price of an ice-cream cone, The people of Bismarck will agree that cleaning up is fun if they will just put themselves on the business end of a rake or a wheelbarrow, get the healthful exercise which is free to everyone and let the breezes blow through their systems while they con- template anew the joys of nature and the beauty of the springtime. This Bonus Business Both in Washington and through- out the nation interest is being cen- tered on the question of whether the government shall speed up payment of the service certificates issued to ‘war veterans but not due for several years, and pay them in cash in this year of 1932. The bill now before congress calls for operation of the printing presses ‘until $2,000,000,000 in new money has been issued to pay off the veterans. Its proponents, in their franker mo- ments, make no bones of the fact that the bonus was seized upon as the best means of putting pressure behind ® plan to expand the currency. Those who make a fetish of the gold standard have raised the cry of alarm and financial interests are sprouting new grey hairs. The pic- ture of a demoralized money system is being given in testimony before the congressional committee, and speak- ers have talked of the dangers of de-| preciated money. Few, if any, argue that the veterans are not entitled to immediate payment of their certifi- cates if the government can spare the money. The demand by a large number of veterans for cash payment of the ‘bonus has met with sympathetic re- Sponse in many quarters, with the eold shoulder and jaundiced eye in others. So-called financial leaders condemn the veteran’s attempt to stick a fist into the pubiic treasury as unpatriotic. This is pure piffle, of course, With so many raids being made on the public treasury by presumably respectable persons, how can they expect a red-necked for- mer serviceman to be exempt from the general tendency. The whole scheme of government finance and operation has been “grab and get yours” for so many years the sur- Prise is that the rank and file of vet- erans were s0 slow to wake up. 50/of whether the veterans who would 50 |Tecelve the money want it, is all ap- attacks the idea that the way to re- store prosperity to the people is by letting it filter down from the top. On the other hand, the prospect of depreciated currency is a real menade. Few know enough about the intrica- cles of the money system to have a real grasp of the subject and even the best-informed man cannot tell what would happen if the currency were to {be inflated. The best he can do is guess. The real question involved, there- fore, is not whether the people of America want to pay the bonus. Un- questionably they do. The issue is whether the currency shall be ex- panded. i sight of that fact. plesauce. Beyond question the vast majority want it, although a large number feel that payment under present circumstances and in the manner proposed might do more harm than good. Payment Demanded Fourteen debtor countries of the United States have been notified to resume payments on their war debts. The 1933 budget anticipates resump- from these nations. failed to send such notice, such omis- ;Slon would be construed by debtor countries that our federal govern- ment does not expect these payments to be made. The American taxpayer does not take kindly to debt cancellation, fac- ing as he does an economic stress with few parallels in the annals of the Republic. There is a demand on the part of Many political leaders to cancel the war debts. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York would have the government forget these obligations for 20 years. He offers a fantastic system of a trade offset for the debts which Senator Borah has shown in a recent address to be unworkable and economically unsound. The United States already has can- celled or annulled some $7,000,000,000 of war obligations. This was done soon after the close of the war on the plea that such action would bet- ter economic conditions. Such has not been the case. Savings made in Eu- rope by such adjustments of war debts have gone into armaments and schemes of trade conquest directly competitive with the commerce of the United States. place shortly after the World War, we cancelled the obligation of Bel- gium to the extent of 53.5 per cent; the obligations of Czecho- slovakia 25.1 per cent, the obliga- tions of France 52.8 per cent, the obligations of Great Britain 19.7 per cent, the obligations of Italy 754 per cent, the obligation of Poland 19.5 per cent, the obliga- tion of Rumania 25.1 per cent, the obligation of Yugoslavia 69.1 per cent. “In other words, when the World War closed, or when the adjustment was made with the foreign governments which were indebted to the United States in round numbers in the sum of $12,- 000,000,000—when the adjustments had been completed on the pres- ent value of the debt, it was $5,- 800,000,000, a cancellation of ap- proximately $7,000,000,000. “It is not within the power of the United States to readjust the reparations, and neither is it with- If congress were really honest the People would not be permitted to lose This testimony tion of payments to the United States If this nation DEPRESSION IS BY PRINTING A LOT OF NEW MONEY To PAN THE « —— I IF NOU INFLATE THE CURRENCY. AND PAY THE BONUS “THE COUNTRY \S SURE “lo Go To WRACK AND Run! Sage AC ¥ The Great Unknown New York, April 26.—The “Only Her Husband Club,” a small group of mar- ried men banded together in happy anonymity, happens to be one of New York's more informal and highly ex- clusive oddities, It is composed of gents whose iden- tities have become almost completely obliterated by famous wives. To be accepted in this fraternity of the humble, it is necessary that one be spoken of publicly in some such man- ner as this: “Oh yes, that's So-and- So’s husband—What’s his name?” ee Senator Borah has summarized the Ae ree era oe ans . who Mr. Helen Hayes? ... or “ sere aaea oe t whieh took {Katherine Cornell... Mr. Fannie In the settlement which took Irturst ... Mr. Thyra Winslow .. . Mr. | Prograi Dorothy Gish or Mr. Katherine Brush? All right, then, take some easy ones: Mr. Joan Crawford ... Mr. Norma Shearer, or Mr. Gloria Swanson? They're too easy. They probably would be blackballed. Which gives you the idea. * % % While there are no authoritative records, credit for starting the “Only Her Husband Club” is given Charles MacArthur, who is Mr. Helen Hayes and quite a playwright, and Gregory Ratoff, the husband of Eugenie Leon- tovich, who jumped to fame in the stage version of “Grand Hotel.” x % % I'm told that Ratoff may lose his standing. He had a prominent role in “Wonder Boy” last winter and his name has appeared in the billing of the movie, “Symphony of the Six Million.” If he happens to click and people get to know him, the boys will have no choice but to toss him out. ce 8 in the power of the United States to do very much more with refer- ence to disarmament; with refer- ence to land forces practically nothing. These are European questions and we could not place ourselves in an attitude where we could be of any real help to the European situation. It is a prob- Jem which Europe must settle for herself. “So far as the debts are con- cerned, they are a very small item in this controversy. They might be important if we were consider- ing the entire program, the entire readjustment of conditions, but considered alone they are a mere bagatelle in the question of ad- justing the economic conditions of Europe.” 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. No Seats For Sale (New York World-Telegram) In 1930 a Senate committee headed by Senator Gerald Nye, of North Da- kota, exposed the fabulous prices paid for seats in the nation’s upper house., It investigated eighteen State cam- Paigns. It found that to fill one-third of the Senate's seats at least $5,500,- 000 had been spent that year, a sum fifteen times greater than the annual Senatorial salaries involved. It found that amounts expended ranged from $63,000 to more than $2,000,000, that, $400,000 was spent in a vain effort to elect a woman to the Senate, that $700,000 was invested by the Vare ma- chine in Pennsylvania. The 1932 elections are upon us, and there is no watchful Nye committee. Times are harder and the political bosses poorer, but combinations of capital are bigger. They have learned ‘To be specific, the payment of debts ‘owed by railroads to Wall Street bankérs by the two-billion dollar re- construction finance corporation has Provided the bonus advocates with »| "2%, Oh, Shaw! Among the latest of George Ber- nard Shaw's epigrams being quoted hereabouts from “Too True to Be Good” are these: 2 “Those who cry, “Safety First!” sel- dom cross the street .. . And the em- Pires which sacrifice life to security find it in the grave.... “Make a statement so true that it has been staring us in the face all our lives, and the whole world will rise up and contradiet you... “Home is a girl's prison and a wom- |an's workhouse .. . “One has so much more control of a home as a servant than as a mis- tress, nowadays...” xe At the most recent Friar's dinner, they referred to the dart-tossing gag- sters as “ad ribbers.” And George Jessel broke down and confessed that whenever another vaudeville act is getting a big hand he turns on the water in his dressing room so he can’t hear ‘it.’ see Pun Is Had by All The most recent Dutch Treat Club show featured an act in which the Senate was assumed to have sold broadcasting rights to a commercial im. A punster at my left com- mented that if the budget balance came up it would be too full of static- stics, ee * The Dutch Treat Club, by the way, is another of Manhattan's more un- conventionally organized groups. It’s membership is confined to a few hun- dred men prominent in art, writing, music, law and public life. It is said to have the world’s longest list of waiting applicants for membership. At one time this numbered 1500, There FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: U3 PAT.OFF. STICKERS What is the difference between one- fourth of 560 and one-fourth per cent of 560? 26 People who become green with envy, are frequently blue. —_THIS CURIOUS WORLD — a iT JACI x Fl EN LAMPMAN, ike e. JOB DU! busi- ‘ach: At B ns terward liv he! NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY is no clubhouse of any sort. The club just meets for lunch, and even the scene of this changes seasonally. Once @ year it puts on a show to which many of the most prominent writers and artists contribute. The latest edition included such names as George Kaufman and Marc Connelly, J. P. McAvoy, O. Soglow and Reinald Werrenrath. _ TODAY WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARY (2) MONT. KEMMEL FALLS On April 26, 1918, German troops finally succeeded in taking Mont Kemmel, one of the key positions on the Lys front, after three days of hand-to-hand fighting. German official bulletins hailed the taking of this strong position as one ‘of the major triumphs of their spring campaigns. From their new position it was pos- sible for German observers to watch Allied troops’ movements and cencen- trations in the entire ragion. Meanwhile, the struggle for the channel ports continued along the entire 40-mile front with extreme vi- olence. Hard-pressed British divisions had been reinforced by reserves and by and goes for a faring. kisses resolves a BLAN- Tall, gives Sucsm some at being “a good sport.” CHAPTER XVI ig was Saturday afternoon during the third week of Aunt Jessie’s absence. Susan had received a wire only that morning saying her aunt would return on the seven o'clock train. Now, at one o'clock, the long afternoon yawned before her. Is there anything in all the world so dreary as a half holiday spent alone? The world seems full of chattering, noisy groups and couples. Young men with tennis racquets, girls in thin white, elder- ly men with golf bags, mothers with children bound for the beaches. Susan couldn't decide quite what to do with herself, She wandered down to Michigan avenue, decided against lunching alone, and finally managed to struggle to the top of a north bound bus, She would buy some sandwiches, she decided, and set off the bus in Lincoln Park and picnic all by herself. That would be better than going home to an empty house, It was such a day as occasionally comes to Chicago in August, a day divinely blue, superbly cool, The sun was warm and yet already, so early as this, there was @ hint of autumn’s crispness in the air. Su- san took off her hat and let the lake breezes ruffle her hair into little ringlets. She felt perfectly happy, at peace with the world. It was luxury, just to be alone on such a day as this, She felt superior to tho noisy groups she had envied halt an hour before. While they were wearing themselves out on tennis courts or golf links she, Su- san Carey, would enjoy the glory of the day. The bus was howling along 1932 Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of six articles on “Your Child’s Health.” Others will fol- low daily. One of the principal accomplish- ments of the medical profession in modern times has been the great work done in decreasing the death rate for infants from nearly 300 to 1000 to a rate varying between 50 and 80. This has been done with the aid of|merely for the reason that the fight the infant welfare organizations and by campaigns to educate prospective fathers and mothers. A further decrease in the infant mortality rate, however, is not only possible, but it is the ambition of every public health organization. Much work still remains to be done, and it is not too pessimistic to say that the present death rate is entirely too high. - ee * At the end of the nineteenth cen- (1) the control of infant mortality; (2) the campaign against tuberculosis. Fifty years ago such great cities as New York and Chicago had infant mortality rates of 250 to 300 or over, which meant that 250 or 300 out of every 1000 babies died before they were one year old. The fight to decrease infant mor- tality really began in 1854 when the mayor of a French town started a baby-saving campaign which cut the infant death rate in his village from 300 to 200 per 1000 live births. Forty years later his son, who succeeded him as mayor, took up the campaign and put into effect the following regula- tions: 1. The reporting of every preg- nancy. 2. Provision that every baby should be nursed at least a year. 3. Fortnightly weighing for every baby. 4. Report of every case of illness in ®@ young child within 24 hours. 5. The regular attendance of a physician in the village at least once each week. A properly selected herd of cattle was developed to supply clean milk to nursing mothers and children. It is reported that the infant death rate of the village stood at zero from 1893 to 1905. ‘The rules there put into effect might well guide modern communities in similar campaigns, ‘Today the infant welfare campaign includes regular inspection of school children for the earliest signs of dis- ease so that they may have prompt medical attention; proper control of milk through inspection and pastuer- ization; the setting up of milk sta- tions for poor mothers; health teach- ing of children in the public schools and nutritional control through 9 number of special agencies. of power was gradually becoming nearer equal. French troops recovered a part of Hangard by a fierce counterattack and held it against repeated German as- fresh French troops and the balance|saults, the MAN HUNTE BY MABEL _McELLIOTT through the green park now. There were climpses of the lake through the trees and to the west you could seo the roof of the refectory. Susan decided to alight. As she proceeded down the aisle, swaying and clutch- backs of seats to steady heard her name called. “Hello, Miss Carey.” The bus swayed to a stop and she turned around to catch the eye of Ben Lampman, “T’'m getting off here,” she sald wildly and unnecessarily, since her Purpose was apparent. She flung herself down the stairs, the young man at her heels, “I didn’t mean—you needn't have bothered—I'm terribly sorry you—" He smiled at her. “I wasn’t go- ing anr_ place in particular. Thought I might as well get off here, It's a swell day.” eee St agreed although the descrip- tion seemed to her highly in- adequate. “Where are you bound for?” Su- san resigned herself to the inevi- table, After all, she might as well be pleasant to this young man. Rose said he was lonely, He had no Telatives in town and “the queer moody sort who doesn’t make friends easily.” “I was going to get some food and have a picnic by myself,” she said, “Do you want to come along?” His lean, dark face lighted up. “That would be great,” he said. “Look, there is the Casino, right over there. We can pick up some sandwiches. Gosh, I wish I'd Td have brought my “Well, we can get ginger ale,” Susan said comfortingly. What a strange young man he was. For a moment or two he seemed incon- solable over the absence of his thermos. Susan repeated a little een, “It doesn’t matter at 1” “Heavens,” she thought, “is he going to spoil my lovely day just ire I was beginning to enjoy my- self?” But the moment passed and soon they were laughing and talking like old friends. They sat on a little hillock near the lagoon. Ben spread out newspapers so that Susan's pink shantung frock should remain innocent of grass stain. Over the shared sandwiches and the ginger ale théy came to a friendlier under- standing of each other. “Why, he's not half bad, really,” the girl thought in surprise, ‘The boy said to himself, “Lord, but she’s prettier than I remem- Daily Health News Child’s Health By.Dr. Morris Fishbein Infant Welfare Campaigns Have Done Great Work, But Much Remains to Be Accomplished Fw It is true that there is but small chance that Congress will follow a wise course with respect to beer. But T shall not refuse to work for a cause is just bdeginning—Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut. ee & Conditions in England are splendid. Construction has been started on more plants in the. last three months than in the previous three years.— Adrian D. Joyce, president, Glidden Co. eee President Hoover is talking now, as the campaign approaches, about econ- omy in general terms, without specify- ing or offering suggestions Senator Pat Harrison of Mississi;7. am % My quarrel with the pacifist is his puny, anemic definition of peace. Good will will prevent a state of mind that leads to war—Rev. Paul Dwight Moody, president, Middlebury College. The Phoenicians are credited with the discovery of the relation between tides of the sea and the moon. Diversified Questions HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 1The U. S. gov- ernment is trying to bal- ance its ——? 7A huge source of govern- mental revenue has come from , Wilatisd 15 Member of a - tall blond Tace. 16 Grew old. 17 Rental con- tract. 20To act asa model. 21 South 22 Visitor 24 Type meas- 39 Duration. 40 Music drama. 42 Dyewood tree. 44 Donkey-like beasts. 47 Fourth note. ures. 48 Indifferent. iM cite cea | 51 Second note. 28To permit, *{ 52 Snare. 29 Paralysis. 55 Perfume. 32 “Re. 56 Rain as in 34 Boundary. winter. 35 Coal diggers, 58 Discerns. 36 Sixtieth of @ 60 To select. minute. 62 Prickly plant. 37 Threefold. 63 Odium. : BIOL 1 ICMEGIO} le OMe) AN SLE SISIAIM xR) Ai ONDERIEIAICTTREAIS) CURRENT) Al - 14 What type of tax proposed to increase U, S. ‘federal revenue, was defeated? 18 Measure of cloth. 19 To harden, 22 Marauder. 23 Particular. E] 26 To combine. 27 Mistake. MIA] 30 Tiny particles. 31 Ways. 33 Eagle. 34 Encountered. 38 City in Montana. 40 Frequently. 41To analyze. 42 Be still. 43 Constellation, 45 Irregularly indented. 46 Embroidered. 49 To relieve. 50 Mischievous. 53 Ready. 54 Cavity. 56 Drunkard. 57 Neither. 59 Deity. 61 Exclamation of laughter. BLY VERTICAL 1To brag. 2 Impels. 3 Pattern block. 4 Deity. 5 Diminutive 7 Highway 8 Northeast. 9 Mus. 10 Indian, 11 President pro tem. of the U. S. Senate. 12 Foe. bered and not as standoffish.” Susan brushed the crumbs from her skirt and Ben made a parcel of the debris which he deposited in one of those huge baskets park officials have disposed on tree trunks for the benefit of tidy citi- zens, “Let’s go for a row,” he proposed. “I didn’t know you could,” Susan said, “Sure, You get the boats over on that side,” he pointed. “I think that would be fun,” sald Susan, “but we've got to watch the time. I must meet my aunt with- out fail.” eee 1h was pleasant to drift along on the green water, to dabble your hands and sit back luxuriously as @ young man rowed. Susan won- dered if Cleopatra had felt like this as she floated down the Nile, She smiled at the ridiculous thought and looked up to find Ben's eyes fixed upon he “This is nice,” she sald confused- ly. He nodded, He had taken his coat off and for the first time she ® noticed how broad his shoulders were under the thin white shirt. A farm boy—wasn’t that what Rose had said? Well, he didn’t look much like a farm boy now. He looked more like a young poet or the musician he really was, Mr. Heath wouldn't approve of Ben the girl decided, She flushed, wondering why it mattered. Mr. Heath would have thought Ben Tangy and rather unkempt, al- thought his linen was spotless and his shabby suit well brushed. All the youmg men who came to see Mr, Heath were clipped, assured, and perfectly turned out, Most of them had been to Harvard or Yale or Princeton, They knew the right people and belonged to’ the right clubs, Ben would never do either of. those things. They rounded the little turn and started to go back toward the land- ing. Susan, noticing with alarm the lengthening shadows, asked Ben the time. “Don’t you worry; I'll get you back with minutes to spare,” he assured her, They were in the shadow of a willow now. The light was curious and unreal and for no good reason Susan's heart began to pound. Per- haps it was something in the way the young man looked at her as he rested on bis oars, “I want to talk to you,” he be- gan, “I want to ask you some thing.” She managed a smile, “All right, &o ahead.” ©/932 BY NEA SERVICE mic. HE stumbled over the words but they sounded astonishingly clear, “I want to—I want to ask you to marry me.” Susan gasped. She felt as if a thunderbolt had fallen. What could she say? She could think of nothing. She looked at him and looked away again, unable to bear the terrible earnestness of his gaze, She gasped. “But I hardly know you—I never even dreamed—” Gloomily the young man said, “That's just it. I knew you would say that. Don’t you believe in love at first sight?” Susan stared. “Yes. I guess so. But what has that to do—” Ob, dear, she had hurt his feel- ings again. The slow color suffused his cheek and stained his neck, Su- san hastened to make amends, “I am sorry. But honestly, 1 hadn't the least idea,” His eyes burned into hers. “1 knew the first time I saw you that you were the girl for me, Sorta fine—I thought—d’you know what I mean—I thought you were incor ruptible. I liked that.” She was proud. ‘She might have no least feeling for this boy but the word, the implied compliment, touched her deeply. Shyly she said, “Thank you for saying that.” Ho gripped the oars again, lean- ing forward in his eagerness, “Don't answer me now, You can’t decide that kind of thing all of a judden, Take your time. I’m not a bad sort. I~—I’d be good to you. I don’t think your aunt would mind—” Mystified, Susan asked what made him think that, “Ob, that night I had a little talk with her she seemed to think you were—well—too pretty to work downtown among all those million- alres and s0 on. She seemed to think it would be better if you were settled down.” “I never heard of such a thing,” qurmured Susan, scandalized. Ben ae Reerly, “That's what she said,” he roborated. es - ‘They drifted back to the land- ing almost in silence, The sun was slipping downward now. The park bad lost its pristine look of glory: pet tere nome ek a city play. with a litter of papers anded her out of the boat wits exivelrens care, n't answer me now,” he ad: monished. “I know you're young and all that, But don’t answer me now. Think it over.” (To Be Continued), a Se