The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1932, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Cooperation Only Publication of the Hoover-Roose-| velt correspondence relative to war| debt policies clearly indicates that the way is still clear for some kind of cooperation between the two statesmen in the consideration of the problems incident to these obliga- tions. Governor Roosevelt offers coopera- tion but not active participation in negotiations until after March 4. No one can criticize this position, It is natural that the president-elect wants to enter his term free from any entanglements imposed by a de- feated administration which from the first has not performed a very bril- lant job of diplomacy. - If the present agencies of diplo- "macy are not strong enough to carry on negotiations through the office of secretary of state, then President Hoover has a weak instrumentality. Just why special commissions are necessary when a department of state with its hundreds of experts is al- ways available is not generally un- derstood by the man in the street. Little headway can be made in Negotiations with foreign nations by an administration which is about to retire. European nations know that any commitments made by President Hoover might be scraps of paper after March 4. Throughout all the _ Megotiations between Hoover and Roosevelt there seems to be a subtle manguver to draw Roosevelt into commitments before he has any authority in law to make such dis- closures. Fact-finding agencies are available now through the regular channels of government and Roose- welt, of course, will make such use of any data the Hoover lieutenants may submit as seem pertinent. There is no need for any deadlock on the is- sue of war debts. Mr. Hoover will be president until March 4 and in the meantime retains plenary powers to negotiate along the lines which he knows will meet with Roosevelt's ap- proval. The two men are in accord on most vital principles involved in tthe settlement of the foreign debts. The tendency in some quarters to Place Roosevelt in the light of one refusing to cooperate is hardly borne out when the correspondence is ana- lyzed. There is promise of coopera- tion in plenty on Roosevelt's part but he naturally refuses to “gum up the cards” by participating in nam- 4ng a commission. Commissions and Special representatives have been at ‘work on these debts since the Wilson administration. Their activities have produced the present impasse. President Hoover, if he so desires, an name some outstanding Demo- erats to explore the debt situation} i and draw up a plan of action to be Anitiated as soon as the new admin- istration takes office. That would seem to be as far as any one can go mow on the eve of a change in na- tional administration. Starts Air-Mail Survey , Senator Nye has introduced a re- ®olution in the senate which will re- ‘veal ownership of corporations which participate in air mail contracts. It is pointed out that appropriations for air mail contracts for the present | fiscal year total $19,460,000. Of this @mount some $8,000,000 is recovered 4m air mail revenues. The rest rep- resents @ government subsidy of the eir transport companies. A thorough inquiry into the fed- .50}ed citizen before the world. Foreign Representatives 1 connections between the various transport companies carrying mail. This investigation will result in a thorough analysis of the air mail business. The federal government re- ceives little revenue in return for the millions spent under the present sys- tem. Of course the theory is that un- less the air transport has a federal subsidy, the business will wane and the government be compelled to en- ter the field to a greater degree than is now the case, Just how the present expenditures velop under the Nye resolution. Insull Wins Greece overrules America's idea of 50 | Justice and Samuel Insull will con- tinue to be Athens’ most distinguish- It is improbable that the average man could mention the name of the pres- ident of the Greek republic, even if he could pronounce it, but hundreds ;0f thousands of American citizens are not soon going to forget that ; Samuel Insull lives there. The merits of the Greek action in refusing to extradite Insull are not open to question. It is a thing which jis and, much as America may dis- agree with the decision, nothing can be done about it. Most of us will feel that Greece erred against jus- tice but that is a question for the national conscience of our sister na- tion. The dangerous thing about this re- sult of the attempt to bring Insull home is the possibility that it may discourage further attempts to get to the bottom of the whole mess here at home. ‘The people who were mulcted are entitled to know what happened to them—and how. Such information will serve as a warning to them and to future generations. 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 Fhe Tribune's policies. Their Job Is Cut Out for Them (Bowbells Tribune) Plenty of schemes for lowering tax- es will be proposed to the state leg- islature when it meets next month. Associations and organizations galore have met and duly resolved that something must be done, and have proposed exactly what must be done and in what manner it must be done. Plans are of course necessary. From the welter of conflicting material that will be laid before it our legis- lature must work out something that! will actually stand a chance of be- ing workable. ‘The state taxpayers association will | try to rule the roost. Don't doubt that for a moment. The success it had with the initiative measures, which all went over—some of them big—has swelled the heads of the leaders of that organization so they believe they are invincible, and the only body entitled to say how taxes shall be levied, who shall pay, how,|! how much, ete, etc. The taxpayers association made} more blunders than anyone who is| not fairly well posted can appre- ciate. The 50 per cent reduction measure was perhaps the most griev- | ous of the lot, but it is not the only| one that is bad. Look at the salar- ies reduction measures, for example. Under it none of the professors at any institution can get more than| $2,400 a year. Which means what?| It means that North Dakota may have to accept indifferent material or incompetent professorial timber at best, for its higher institutions of learning. We talk of American stan- dard of living and boast that we will not lower that standard. Well, the taxpayers’ association tried its hard- est to get us to put the salaried men and women of our state on the level with European paupers. Not only those professional men and women who must spend a small fortune to get their qualifications for the posi- tions they have filled, but other workers as well, the taxpayers’ asso- ciation salary reduction measures have ground down until there is not an honest man left who cares to strive for a responsible public posi- tion and is really capable of holding one. What did the salary reduction measure do to the county auditors of small counties, for instance? The auditor of Burke county will have to work for about $121 a month after the first of April, when his old term expires and the new one commences.! Does Mr. Lamb, the president of the taxpayers’ association which backed the measure and caused it to be brought before the people, believe that he can hire men, put them un- der $15,000 bond, make them do all the work and take the responsibility the county auditors have, and place them in private institutions at a rate of $121 a month? And would he be villing to try to raise a family and live in decent comfort on such amount? Folks, he would not, nor would anyone else do that, and have the guts to claim that he favors an American standard of living. A man can not keep a family in town where he must purchase EVERYTHING and live up to even depression stan- dards of living on $121 a month. And that is only one of the county offices. The other officials as well will have to work for starvation wages for the next two years, if this law stands as it now is. The state's attorney will get the same wages as the auditor, the register of deeds Surely there is no opposition from any source to this. But what’ good does 4t do to take the money out of the can be defended will probably de-| j obsession or racket, and those who 1 { \ DEVICE THAT WiLL, SHUT THE BEDROOM WINDOW, AND TURN, ON THE STEAM ON BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1982 Machines the Technocrats Might Develop SELE-FINDING Gor Baw! A GOOD CURE FOR NERVES Our nervous readers—may their number decrease—will find this re-) port interesting or irritating, accord- | ing to the character of their nerv-| ousness. | Lest some nervous reader misun- ; derstand perhaps we had better briefly classify all cases of “nerves,” “weak nerves,” “neurasthenia,” “nerv- ous exhaustion” or “nervous break- down”; Frist are the neuracketeers, that is, persons who plead “weak nerves” as the excuse or alibi for their selfish, sinful or criminal con- PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instruc- tions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. uently in professional or quasi fessional athletics this is ignored. i -pro- (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) rey No one can say we're taking the depression seriously—Afton L. Herbst, Indianapolis attorney, father duct. Second are the misguided vic- tims of all sorts of functional and organic maladies who drift along on their own or maybe some quackish doctor's diagnosis of “just nerves.” In both classes one finds many in- dividuals who take advantage of the ignorance of their friends and espe- cially their relatives who put up with a lot of ill-behavior on the part of the “nervous wreck” out of a false sentiment of sympathy. That's my attitude on the “nerve” are practicing nervous imposition on the world or their intimate friends or relatives need not waste any sar- casm on me in reference to my cold- blooded view, for I think I’ve heard about all the changes the neurack- eteers can whine in justification of their little scheme for easing through life at the expense of the gullible folk around them. Every little while some victim of a quackish diagnosis of “nerves” or “nerve exhaustion” writes in to thank me for having jolted him out of it and given him a healthy desire to find out what really ailed him. This leads to a change of doctors and a thoroughly physical examination, just as though no one ever imagined the patient was “nervous.” Thus the actual trouble may be discovered and proper treatment instituted and health restored. Here's a former victim of “nerves” who suggests a cure which I believe would clear up thousands of such cases if we could only persuade the “nervous” ones to take it: You surely hit the nail on the head when you say “nerves” are an_ alibi. i Two years ago I had such shaky “nerves” that I thought I was going insane. But here I am, still sound in body and mind. I was always looking for sym- pathy and finding fault with every little thing ... But I had two children to take care of and I knew just what would happen QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Gland Treatment Game y Has gland treatment the property of giving long life and greater vital- ity or vigor... ? (M. L) 4 Answer—No. That's just a racket of quacks and nostrum mongers. Resorcin ene Srey Hair Reddish No doubt you know your dandruff remedy leaves a brown stain and therefore is a boon to those who have some gray or white hairs mixed with Pa or brown... (Mrs. C, aA) Answer—Yes, but light blond hair does not look much better when so stained That is the one drawback about applying the dandruff remedy —a solution of 10 grains of resorcin: in the ounce of alcohol, witch hazel extract, toilet water or bay run. es on on training the brain to think quickly and clear- ly? My game requires that I think with speed. I am an athlete. (J. W.) Answer—' care of your general health and hygiene and your). brain will be at its best. Too freq- of two sets of twins in eight months. sk oe | Beer won't last five years if the | saloon is allowed to come back.— Former Mayor Frank X. Schwab, of | Buffalo, ex-brewer. | * % # a eoereeen Seen Barbs | ——____——4 Not all the Santa Claus letters ap- pearing in the papers ask for dolls and red wagons. A good many of them bear broad hints for war debt cancellation. o * * # Times like these have one cheering aspect. The wife who finds a strange pair of gloves in her husband’s pocket is apt to put them on and be silently thankful if they fit. x * * The Committee on the Costs of Medical Care suggests that medical service be furnished by organized physicians: at standardized costs. We'd better look out or operations will lose their individuality. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) rth Gilbert Swan JOE PLOSKI MAKES GOOD New York, Dec. 28—It’s Joe Ploski’s turn to laugh. Others have been laughing at him for a long time; laughing and jibing and even throw- ing things, * / But Joe*has reached Broadway. His name is in a program’s cast of characters and he has a small but active role in an uptown show. ‘ * # * ON TO BROADWAY! Joe Ptoski. I forget what it is now; he told it to me one night and I jotted it down somewhere. Joe was @ stooge for Joe Lewis, the comic, in with a strange “pan face”—a perfect capacity for expressionlessness! had studied for the stage in some school or other and Yearned to recite sections of “Henry VIII” and other Shakespearean bits. He learned to register love, anger, hate, in a ludi- crous imitation from Hollywood. When he went through his routine,| observers howled and rolled on tie) floor. | For, at a glance, Ploski seemed somewhere between a sailor on shore leave and a wrestler. Like the old time “ham” actors, he seemed to be so bad that he was positively excel- lent. It seemed to me, watching Ploski time after time, that he could| not be so bad without an effort that concealed quite a bit of talent. It had a consciously bad quality to it—} if you know what I mean—with a sense of the ludicrous which made! him a grand foil for a clowning master of ceremonies of the Lewis type. Nor did he ever seem to mind the baiting and jesting that his appear- ance occasioned. He went right on Well, to begin with his name isn't) He! rest while bibulous customers tossed bits of broken rolls and such. One night he confided to me: “I will get to Broadway yet—never you mind!” ¥ zk AND THEN BROADWAY ‘Well, the Nut Club, which is where he was appearing, attracts many of the big theater people on certain nights. And one night a couple of casting directors and players from a | show that was in preparation hap- 'pened in. They jotted down Ploski’s jname. They needed the character of an eécentric stage-door keeper; a deaf and dumb character who would go through certain gyrations. At the opening night of the play, {I was suddenly startled by some fam- liliar antics. Bits of the floer show | stooging came to mind and I hastily | consulted my program. Yes, there it 'was, in black type: Joe Ploski! He had made the “big street.” But he has another step to travel. “They haven't given me any lines yet—just pantomime and listening in. I'll get some lines next—and then watch me @ Greenwich Village cafe floor show./ 0,” comments Ploski. He’s a hulking, blond young man,/ I, for one, will watch his career with amusement. x # | ALL IN FUN And a newspaper paragraph ad- vises me that one of dhe pioneer rough-and-tumble stooges has been deported to his native Hungary. Again, I cannot tell you his family name. He was known as “La Belle Rose,” and a more hysterical, kicked- about, walloped and mayhemed per- former has never been seen in these! parts. \ La Belle Rose was a dishwasher in a night spot. One night, during a kitchen fight, he was ousted bodily out of the kitchen door and came} tumbling into the very laps of the customers. pear nightly and gef kicked out in: order to earn his bread. It was noted) that he protested ima high falsetto} voice. So a wig and dress were pro-} cured and La Belle was featured in the most insane imitation of a grand opera singer ever attempted. The song efforts would be greeted by hiss- being King Lear, Hamlet and all the es and hoots and whistling. Bouncers The ‘incident occasioned | such delight that it was encored. And! thereafter, La Belle had only to ap-; would arrive and shrieks would echo over the place as La Belle resisted. ‘The act actually reached Broadway and La Belle once played the Palace. But immigration troubles arose and La Belle wound up in Ellis Island, waiting for a steamer. HIZHO Tne Men Rese Urs Par On MA*8e this bending boy is hunting for a way out of the seven mystic pieces below. Cut them out and try to put them together again to form his silhouette. Bending Boy The skunk wasn’t so hard to trap—as HI-HO animals go— was he? Here’s how to get him out of the seven pieces. tannic acid. Two women were seen leaving the doctor's office carrying bottles similar to those found near the grave. Mrs. Mor- FLAPPER, FANNY SAYs: Of course I do a lot of singing at home, and in the bathroom, too.— | Lawrence Tibbett, baritone. | ee | I am confident the day will come | when Mr. John Public will think | nothing of having breakfast in New | York and dinner in Los Angeles.— Roscoe Turner, upon flying from New York to Los Angeles in 12 hours, 33 | minutes. * % % Early marriages are necéssary but . seldom successful—Vicki Baum, | German novelist. ae oe. It is clear, of course, that Japan would be forced to withdraw from | the League, or any other body, were | it to become clear that to continue | therein would jeopardize Japan's vi- | tal interests and our country’s Pro: | gram to maintain peace in the Far | Most people who resolve to give 1 Mineral found in Lorraine, East.—Yosuke Matsiioka, capenaet | up bad habits usually give up delegate to the League of Nations. / nothing but the resolution. = Mineral: | . HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle $ To name again, 9Golf devices. 10 Tin container. ee 11 Spotted cat. pe 2 Simpl 10 Type of mines ; 1s 5implest found in the known Saar Basin, animal. France. 13 Boat races. 14 Capital of [EIS] 21 Brutal rulers. Italy. 23 Seudded. 15 Embankment. 26 Genus of 6 High § le. ti to them if I went away on a rest it To pes 28 Bush. eer cure or entered a hospital. t A 18 Goddess of 30 Famous, The first time I read your view peace. 36 Hot, dry, wind. OF aie ST SNES yan 19 Gaseous 36Formed a —-58°To be 37 Laudation, ae a element. thread, deprived of. - 38 Silk fabric. Pasnve a Rnenarer Tfeel:2 am: | 99 aaptase 38Matter from 59To repulse. 39 For what min- getting nervous I open up the Lis Ne wash tub and start rubbing away 21 Male cat, a sore. 60 Ireland, eral is Nevada, my nerves. That's a good cure. 22 Onager. 40 High terrace. 61 Wild duck. U.S.A. fam- You forget your nerves when you 24 Permitted. 43 Primary, 62, Prophets. ous? have to wash some pretty dirty 25 Foe, 44Kimono sash. 63 Afternoon 41 Seam, suits and dresses for your chil- 27 Distinctive 45 That which meals, 42 Insatiable . dren. Saves doctor bills, too, I theory. is educed. hunger. B VERTICAL say “Hurrah for Dr. Brady.” 29 Lumps. 47 Eucharist 43 Drops. The main drawback about this 31 Heavenly vessel, 1 Wrathy. 46 Years between cure, in the eyes of the worst suf- body, 48 Japanese coin. 2Redbreasts. 12 and 20, ferers, is that you have to have some $2 Definite 50 Guided. 3 Egg dish. 49 Lugs... children to work for. When children article. 52 Pedal digit. 4 Mesh of lace. 51 Snaky fish come nervous imposition is not so 33 A. jot. 53Cut of meat. 5 Muse of (pl). easy as it is in the childless house- 34 Minor note. 55 Century history. 54 Recent, hold. 35 Mountain plant. 6 Recluse, 56 Monkey. 57 Chaste, 7 Hail! 57 House cat. gan, a neighbor, substantiates the doctor's statement that he was ( ‘ate ABB Geraldine Foster was hacked to| explained to the satisfaction of death in a house on Peddler’s| the Road, leased by her employer, Dr. Humphrey Maskell, and her nude body buried in a grave filled with lice, « famphrey is quite innocent of any crime,” declared George Maskell, “and I would appreciate it if you would let him know that we are here.” Thatcher Colt leaned across the desk and looked the lawyer square- ly in the eye. “I have always understood,” he air, J exclaimed: CopyrisHr BY COVICI, FRIEDE, INC, —* DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, ING After this undignified act, he “What a trial this will be! Brother fighting for brother—but I will beat -him, Colt—this is one time that all the genius of George Maskell, and all the prettiness of his wife looking tragically toward the jury box, shall not avail to cheat justice.” “Oh, stop making speeches, for with her daughter, Doris, the day| said, “that you did not approve of|/the love of heaven,” ‘said of the disappearance. Maskell vou OS ap tute: buoed as Thatcher Colt. . claims there was a strange woman “In a time like outside his office when he re-| thicker than water,” replied George = ie doce aed te Z Dae turned. Other suspects are Harry| Maskell, with a bleam in his eyes. ical: into, the’ offices, The Armstrong, Geraldine’s former| Natalie Maskell took an impul- 4, dishevelled, fiance, and her brother, Bruce, who will receive her inheritance. Bruce is an adopted son whose father was a murderer. Dr. Mas- kell reports to Police Commis- sioner Thatcher Colt that Ger- aldine phoned him on January 5S, ten days after her disappearance, requesting that he meet her, but failed to appear. The autopsy shows she was killed on December 24, and her body preserved by the acid to make it appear that death occurred within 48 hours. Maskell, accused, sticks to his story. His brother and sister-in-law, George and Natalie Maskell, call to see him. CHAPTER XXV. “DP: Doctor Maskell send tor you?” I inquired. sive step forward. “Mayn’t we leave him a note, at least?” she ‘entreated, and Dougherty made her a gallant bow. Her husband sat in Colt’s chair aa scribbled hastily on a scratch pad: “We are standing behind you. Send for us when you want us. GEORGE AND NATALIE AND DAD.” No one spoke while the lawyer was writing, but “Thatcher Colt At this piece of imper- tinence, as they might have chosen to regard it, George Mas- kell looked at his wife with eyes that seemed to hqld a con- versation in a secret language. It was only my imagination, over- wrought, I suppose, after the long and weary night, but George Maskell always impressed me as & superior and mysterious being, this * George who in his legal work went from one courtroom te another, from cell to death house and back again to the pure air of sidewalks, invariably accompanied by this beautiful woman, this lovely ad- wiser at his side. Cd More, it seemed to me that George had conveyed to his wife, without speech, the suggestion that she, better than he, could prevail over an impressionable young man like myself. i “No, my brother-in-law did not send for us,” she explained, with a friendly smile. “Mr. Maskell and I were starting off very early this morning oh an auto tour to Florida. We bought the papers on the ferry, at about Doctor Maskell, and came right back.” Irresistible | One could not resist the gentle and éarnest manner of Natalie Maskell. I do not regard myself as impressionable person, but it did seem to me that it would be no more than my duty to let Thatcher Colt know ‘they were in id my chief came in, followed by sa os Briskly Laing walked in, with * and trudgi fie, L could tell from the of that beautiful panion, Dougherty straightened up and fumbied at nis tie. hateher Colt slump f the District Attorney’s shoulders tt Mask not confessed. But at oe ht ef the other at- For a long, though seemed very nervous. up and down the room, like a man possessed with impatience, resent- ing an intrusion. Suddenly he reached on a high shelf and pulled down two file boxes of old corres- pondence, raisin; dust at which ougherty_ shouted indignantly, I must confess that I had never seen my chief perform so awkwardly. full of iad . Heraile? : loctor, with a st lance at the Commissioner. abnaiuhas the wheel. liners! was hagy d ‘is clothing disarrayed, but his eyes still indomitable. “Did I see my brother down the hall?” he demanded, looking at Colt. The Commissioner told him frankly what had patreree| eee: ly to Dougherty’s disgust, I am afraid. More, the Commissioner added that from the far window of the office Maskell could see his callers in their cars, still standing Ii jul moment, Dr. Humphrey Maskell starea won at his sister-i He walked |outside of Police Headquarters. “I would like to get at least said the “Come to this window,” said 2 cloud of flithy | colt, ignoring Dougherty’s glare. ere she is in the seat behind - Strangely Moved There was @ moment’s exchange of greetings and then Maskell demarded to brother. “Now, George, ean’t do that iz now,” Pongherty. 1 ve No’ lawyers like their first names, lifting & nose: pee? and Megs in; merput, Mr fioned.”” him?” es had Thatcher Colt replied that some of the circumstanci Gears with see his| Maskell needed all you know we rotested that all to call each other by especially I climbers like Dougherty when they George a Coramissioner, why do you try to put this crime on not been was lust, and Mrs. the resources of her feminine arsenal to repair the ravages. “I found it!” exclaimed Thatcher Colt, after box. “Here jogies, but Dougherty’s. fac apologies, but 101 y’s face Chesioned ne is the letter of con- George "Maskell, with "a" bleak 20! with a» fisnee. Indeed, the curious be- wior of the Police Commissioner had Nexed us all. But there was no further apology from Colt, as with it dignity, lis took departure, the door closed, Do icked up his hat and threw Pike upinto the Doctor Humphrey down at his si powerful emotion, more aon more troublin; opening the first file ules . found myself wond < doctor love the beaut Maskell? Was it because that me brothers had q 1 Beauty of No Avail And bléak | illiei eyes Was Natalie M: Becasrats the fantastic, The minute | th For a long, thoughtful mom laskell -in-law, it fa $e tha: questions hurled ar ht night, his sin gl wit i F en came the incredible ion—could a woman have awful crime? Was th ‘it love affair between ‘askell HAG eraldine Foster? I admit were untrue, but i