The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 25, 1934, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1984 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper | ‘THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and @ntered at the postoffice at Bismarck | @s second class mail matter. | GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- marck) ....... seeceeeeee 1.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) .. Daily by mail outside of North Weekly by mail in state, per year 1, Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ‘Weekly by mail in 2.00 isl Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively) entitled to the use for republication | of all news dispatches credited to tt) or not otherwise credited in this! Rewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein.| All rights of republication of all other| ter herein are also reserved. | Wages of Sin ' The moral has been pointed out so| many times it seems useless to call attention to it again. but it is worth | noting that the same newspapers | which carried accounts of “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s death also told how aj North Dakota university student pleaded guilty to robbing a bank at Rugby. Floyd was a “successful” bandit in} that he perpetrated many crimes and) evaded capture for years. His was/ the same sort of romance which marked the career of John Dillinger —and each came to the same end. Tt was not inevitable, of course, since a bandit might conceivably go on escaping the penalty for his crimes, but it hardly ever works out that way. Dillinger's major crime career lasted less than a year before retribution came. Fioyd, less daring, lasted longer but finally received the same reward. Fortunately for him, Myron Rogn- lie of Minnewaukan was brought up with a sharp turn before he was well started. There still is hope for him. He can pay whatever penalty is im- posed, then start all over again if he chooses to do 50, Meanwhile, the trial of Samuel In- sull, an entirely different kind ot bandit, goes forward with govern- ment accountants asserting that he knew full well that he was practicing financial piracy when he sold his “securities” to innocent investors in 1930. Insull remains to be proved guilty and retribution to his sort of offender is never so swift or so drastic as that meted out to gunmen, but he already has paid the penalty which goes with loss of power, place and pride and may yet have time to ponder on his career with prison bars for scenery. The old maxim of honesty is the best Policy seems trite until one examines the proof. Then it becomes convinc- ing enough. ‘The game can be beaten, perhaps, but the fact is it is not being done. Sound Decision Members of Bismarck’s city com- mission take commendable stand when they insist that ordinances re- quiring lights on vehicles be in good operating condition, They show Proper consideration when they give offenders opportunity to prove a de- sire to comply with the law before assessing @ penalty. Statistics show that many automo- biles now in use are old models which their owners have kept in service be- cause they could not afford to buy mew ones. Financial stringency also has resulted in failure to keep motor cars in repair. Thus we have scores of machines with faulty brakes, oth- ers without proper lights and some with other important defects. If a man wants to operate a ma- chine in bad condition it would be strictly his own business if he had a highway reserved for him. But he hasn't. All of us must use the sam’ Toad and if the highways are to re- main safe all must observe the rules, It would be difficult to extend po- lice supervision to automobile brakes but if it could be done it would be a substantial curb against accidents. As some motor manufacturers now are advertising, it is more important to know how fast a car can stop than to know how fast it can go, Another Evidence Reports from the Federal Farm Credit administration in this district Teveal that $6,415,000 has been re- paid by borrowers during the last year, thereby emphasizing the lift which has come to many farmers in nearby districts. ‘The report from the FCA is not sufficiently detailed to show these payments by counties in North Da- Kote, but it is safe to say that little of the money came from the drouth areas. But in those sections where ‘&@ crop was harvested, the farmer was not only able to pay but glad to pay. ‘Under the law, no principal payments @te due on FCA loans until 1938, but many started right in to pay on the Product Nevertheiess, we rejoice in the improved condition of those else: where who have been able to pay on their bills for the first time in sev- eral years, When we get rain in this section we will be all too happy to join them. Cause for Pride Florida, California and other parts of the country where it is aiways warm and sunny have sung their own praises for so long it may ke time for the northwest to lift its voice and point out one of its big advan- tages, This is the fact that people live oo\Jonger here than anywhere else in the country. With the exception of | New Zealand, which holds the world’s 150) record, the average span of life is longer in the states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, Ne- braska and Kansas than anywhere ~;else on the globe. The authority for this statement is the statistical department of a great life insurance company which keeps close track of the comings and go- ing cn this terrestrial sphere. On the basis of mortality records from 1929 to 1931, the person of any age has a better chance of longevity jin this district than if he lived any- where else. Each of these states has a better record for every year of life, from infancy to old age, than the average for the country as a whole. On the average, a baby born in the record health state of South Dakota will live to be 66.81 years old, if a girl, and to age 64.38, if a boy. This compares favorably with the New Zealand record of 67.88 years for fe- males and 65.04 for males. The ex- pectation of life at birth for the United States as a whole is respec- tively 62.83 and 59.31 years. Kansas, according to the statistic- jans, is a very good second to South Dakota. Its expectation of life at birth for white females is 66.06 and| 63.24 for white males. Of the seven! states which comprise the west north central group, all but one have ex- pectations of life of over 65 for white females, and all but two have ex- pectations of practically 63 or over for white males. And it is not by any means for the expectation of life at birth only that this group of states has been mak- ing this remarkable record. Over a wide range of ages, the expectation of life for these states exceeds the average for the registration states, while the corresponding mortalities fall below it. The exceptions to this statement are so occasional as to be inconsequential, especially as most of them appear at the very end of life, where the figures have little prac- tical significance. As to the causes for this excellent showing, the statisticians say no- thing. They simply set up the facts and let those guess who will. It may be due to the general man- ner of living in these states. Perhaps it is the fact that this section is pre- dominantly rural. But as good a guess as any is that the climate has much to do with it. Alternate periods of calm and storm, of sunshine and ciouds add variety to life in this region. It may lack the comfort which comes with Florida or California sun- shine but apparently it is good for us. The record speaks for 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, The Mobilization for Human Needs (Minneapolis Tribune) President Roosevelt’s appeal to the nation to maintain its private chari- ties “at least at current levels” con- stitutes @ timely reminder of the fact that there is a limit to all things, in- cluding government relief. The 1934 mobilization for human needs will'be badly handicapped un- Jess it is plainly understood, at the beginning, that the government can- not meet, and will not attempt to meet, all those needs. The notion that public funds will be forthcoming to underwrite every worthy relief ef- fort has no basis whatever in fact. The truth {s that private welfare organi- zations will this year have to bear as heavy @ load as they have ever borne before. If adequate support is not obtained through private contribu- tions, no community need expect the government to compensate it for its failure to assume its proper share of the responsibilities, Mr. Roosevelt makes this painfully clear, and it is well that he does. The further the federal government has ———o The Highwayman Sa Mees Washington Rents at Dizzy Height in Capital and Still Rising . . . Ra: Crusade Costly to Mrs. Pillsbury ... John- son’s Blue Eagle Turns Up Toes... New Deal Title Painter Is Town's Busiest Man .... Ickes Does His Good Deed. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 25.—Some of the congressional candidates wouldn't be hollering so enthusiastically for them- selves if they knew what had been happening to rents back here. They're headed into a housing shortage which will be no gun at all by the time they assemble in January. Senator Park Trammell of Florida won't be the only one found sleeping in his office. Rents already are 21 per cent higher here than the average for the rest of the country and well above those of any other good-sized city. And now the fall season is beginning to bring boosts of 10 to 20 per cent. House and apartment building vir- tually stopped some years ago. Then came the government's 15 per cent pay cut and, because virtually all federal workers spend their entire salaries, thousands moved into boarding houses or other cheaper quarters, or else doubled up. Since 10 per cent of the cut was restored, there has been so much undoubling and such demand for moderately priced apartments that the newspaper which carried four Pages of “for rent” ads a few months. ago now barely shows four columns. Thousands of new emergency agency workers have arrived in the last 18 months to compete for the available space. Folks who only recently have un- doubled are beginning to think of doubling back again. ONE MORE ALPHABET OUTFIT The next alphabetical organization will be the FAC, which will mean the Federal Agricultural Corporation, whose job will be to develop sources of WHO was FIRST, IN AMERICA* By Joseph Nathan Kane Author of “Famous First Facts” FIRST CHINESE IMMIGRANTS: ARRIVED IN 1848 entered the field of relief, the more widespread has become the conviction that the day of community responsi- bility has definitely passed. That was one of the chief dangers of the fed- eral relief policy, that it would tend to minimize the importance of carry- ing on the essential work of privately Supported agencies. Yet as the President points out, this work must go on. The govern- ment cannot undertake it, even if it would, because every consideration of sound finance dictates that it keep its relief expenditures as low as possible, Furthermore, Mr. Roosevelt is con- vinced that the decentralization of relief is the best answer to the prob- Jem, and that in such decentralization Private welfare agencies must hold the key position, So far as- Minneapolis {s concerned, the implications of the President's ad- dress are plain: it cannot depend on the federal government for the fine ‘and necessary work carried on by its Community fund organizations, The campaign for funds whitch will be conducted next month must succeed or that work will have to be curtailed, Since those are the alternatives, there should be little doubt about the city’s choice, Minneapolis will agree with it, we suspect, that there FIRST MINBS SCHOOL OPENED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NOV: 1S, 1864 y ‘WO men and a woman were the first Chinese immigrants, They came on the brig “Eagle.” Dr. Sheehan was appointed to his new post by the New York Post Graduate Medical. School and Hospital. Columbi: first. professor of mines and metal- lurgy .was Thomas Egleston, through whose efforts the plan the shoul be no shirking of its clear re- SponsibNities. of the school was proposed and carried out ?. | feed and forage by importation, sub- | stitution, and other tricks. | The huge shortage of hay and feed | grains recently revealed has every- | body scared. ... Which somehow re- minds me that Mrs. George Bigelow | Pillsbury, socially prominent wife of the brigadier general who is assist- ant chief of army engineers, under- took to do her bit when she an- |mounced from her summer home at | East Chop, Mass., this summer that {she'd pay a cent a pound for all rag- weed gathered. The idea was to give the Boy Scouts something to do and relieve hay fever sufferers. Unfortunately, grown men went out with trucks and ac- cumulated mountains of the stuff. After much fuss, Mrs. Pillsbury compromised at half a cent a pound. A VERY DEAD EAGLE The biggest Biue Eagle in town was a handsome basket-weave, high- ly inflammable bird about tall as your left ear which someone sent to the White House, whereafter it stood many months in the office of Gen- eral Johnson. It looked like a very dead eagle as they trucked it down the corri- dor the other day with other John- son effects, lying on its back with its toes curled up.... A little later I saw “Robbie” in the same corridor, in low heels, seemingly tired and de- Pressed. Few people ever grew fond of Robbie, but shé was the hardest- working woman in Washington. BUSIEST MAN IN TOWN The busiest man, no question, is Mr. A. R. James, whose job is to Paint names and titles on the doors of new government agencies. Mr. James is several months behind in his work and some officials have had three or four different offices with- out any attention from him. ... The only fellow I've heard give orders to Roosevelt is Steve Early, his public- lity secretary, who doesn’t even say, “Please, Mr. President” when, at a press conference, he almost barks: “Speak a little louder! They can’t hear you in the real .. A night club which blossomed out here last spring with a German name, German waiters, German costumes, German food, German songs, and German beer and wines didn’t do so well— Presumably on account of Mr. Hitler. It’s reopening now with Cuban name, Cuban atmosphere, etc. ICKES DOES HIS GOOD DEED Secretary Ickes spoke up at a cabinet meeting. He said his young friend, Jerry Collins, 13, whom he had met in the hospital where the boy had spent nine years with a bone ailment, would rather have their autographs than anything else. Would the cabinet mind? All hands, beginning with Roosevelt, signed their names. And off went Ickes to the hospital. (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) By William lope is enclosed. Address Dr. William Brady, it, care of this newspaper. ROLL OUT OF BED RIGHT _ ON THE FLOOR A mining engineer submits this comment from old Kentucky: I am 65 years old and have led an active life, with plenty of exer- cise as mining engineer (not the consulting kind on a swivel chair in an office, but carrying a tran- sit through extensive mines often as low as 45 inches four days a week) Forty-five inches doesn’t seem 80 low to me. Of course, it is low enough if one is to be planted. Personally Td druther return to the elements via the atmospheric route. How- ever, maybe this 45 inches is engi- a Jargon that passes over my For many years I've been read- ing your columns and have prac- ticed many of your recommenda- tions with good results. T have been turning six somer- saults across the bed every morn- ing. “The first time I made a miscalculation and landed be- hind the bed on the floor, none the worse for the experience. I believe the somersaults have had & decidedly favorable effect on m ie, Ss For about a year have been do- ing your belly breathing exercise regularly. This has greatly re- eved me of attacks of asthma or bronchitis to which I had been subject for many years. My family doctor has advised me to retire, but I prefer to wear our rather than to rust out. And s0 on. This is no joke, rolling half » dozen somersaults each night and morning. The mining engineer probably thought so when he hit the floor behind the bed. Certainly I have never suggest- ed any such silly performance. Get out of bed and down on the PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, Letters brief im ink. No reply can be made to quer’es not ‘conforming to solid floor 1f you are going to roll somersaults. At first use a pad or pillows or whatever ‘you wish to soften the floor. But after you've mastered the art of rolling ‘em and coming up on your feet smiling, and especially rolling ‘em backwards, you won't need any pad. Your hair pro- tects your head. If you haven't any hair, wear a cap or something. ‘Seriously I do recommend the habit of rolling yourself half a dozen somersaults back and forth or back- ward and forward upon the floor each morning on rising and each evening before retiring. Takes only a min- ute or two. Gets the stagnant blood out of the splanchnic pool and back into circulation. Limbers old geez- ers up and makes ‘em more resilient and human. Of course if you're al- ready senile it’s too late, but surely no one this side of 50, or perhaps I ‘say on the ignorant side of 50, should be incapable of rolling somersaults. If you are, send @ stamped envelope with your address on it right away and I'll send you instructions for rolls before breakfast. Try ‘em on the cook or the maid-or the garden- er first, if you don’t get the hang of it right off. Or better, ask any regu- lar little boy to show you how. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Please publish in your column the symptoms and cure for angina pec- toris. Is this limited to the Tace only? (H. G. 8.) Answer—There are no characteris- tic symptoms, and if there were we couldn’t publish them, this being a health service. Angina pectoris is not limited to any race. Angina means choking, sore throat or cramp-like pain. Pectoris means in or of the breast or chest. Angina is correctly pronounced with accent on the first syllable, though usually SYNOPSIS the old family mansion wi father Morris, brother John, Uncle Worthy, his wife Edna, and a spin- ster aunt, Lutie. Although they have lost their wealth the old fol) live in a dream world of social Prominence. They feel humiliated when it is necessary to take in a ing guest.” Susan is filled with ity for the stranger; she knows ie will be ie by her snobbish relatives. The family wonders what Susan's fiance, Wallace Stef- fen, young banker, will think. Susan is in favor of telling him the poe RS ye is, saying, man uses the side door, Wallace will never thing, Susan, unless you have to.” John, working his way through college, wants to give it up, and et a fob on The Express. His father’s heart is set on the boy be- ae. a lawyer. John does not like Wallace and warns Susan to be sure she really loves him before er, arrives. Susan lil and the twinkle in his eye. Uncle Susan with a diamond and sapphire ving. Later, Susar comes een the jeweler's box, stamped with the name of a firm long out of busi- ness, indicating that the ri: been bought before she met Wal- lace. The Brodericks objected to Susan and John being friendly with their late mother’s relatives, the Cullens, because they had no social standing. The Cullen home was like the family itself—cheerful, friendly and » Uncle Arthur Overlord of War HORIZONTAL 1 Who is the super sales- man of muni- tions pic- tured here? (2 Rends asunder. n. 16 Thought. 17 Woolen cloth, 19 Disagreeably sharp. 20 Sun. 21 Writing im- plement. 48 Angry. 23 Member of 49 Pertaining to native race of bees. . Africa. 50 Heart. 27 Resounding. 51 Accumulated. 31To corrode, 57 Cover. 82 Auto. 58,59 He sells 83 Affray. eee 84 To harden. to many 85 Ever. nations. 36 Form of “a.” phe a 37 Southwest. 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CHAPTER X Years long before Susan's time, Uncle rthur had owned an- 1 grocery store, a smaller one; and it was there that Susan's father, it many ar Pinel austet in 1906 when Janet Cullen been going over the books of t store, and, Morris Broderick had Sapped in to buy some tobacco. lanet used to come down to the store once a month to make out; bills for me, and straighten out ae book-keepit Uncle Arthur id her. “She Howard was in front of the store, lifting baskets of groceries into his father’s delivery truck when Susan came around corner of Mills Road on Saturda: ey afternoon, Cullens all wo: sto! every roe pate gered rs a rent his clothes and his face was id. Phas wer at supper, Susie!” he 4 up into the called ‘the tracks “The girls are at te Cullen rls were usuall ‘pome on- Safarday, after thei at ir aday week, and Susan had Tales into the habit of com: versation, kitchen to bring more Pee iateite or another helping chicken pilau all round. It was Lovely Susan Broderick lives in| and have to see him, Don’t say any-|°f mai While Susan is waiting fe lace, Mr. Sholes, the room- ikes his smile Wor reprimands her for talk- ing with Stolen Wallace presents you simply walked in, looked around if no one was in called “Hello! Anybody at home?” was what Susan did now as she took rfp nike he ol paneled a could hea Speeireceoae ‘ 0. ” a iF me up Footste) al the hall and Mary Callen speared at the head one in the room she had just left, turning to look back over her shoul- der. “Susje in person! Good show!” Mary was the beauty of the Cul- len family. Even now in a pongee smock, wave combs and her face quite bare ip, she was more than pret- ty. There was a tiny up’ tilt to the outer corners of her. and a clever humorous slant to her red mouth that made her face interest-| We're having beaity shop,” sh e’re having beau! ” she said, showing Susan her nail: game. (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: (P48. U. 8. PAT. OFF. A little talk goes a long way when you're out walking. (SRL IN THE FAMILY?” $ BY BEATRICE BURTON *# basting threads that had room “Well, well look at this!” Susan showed ith her red hair in water|as their mid-evening refreshments saree ears, rea in: at ei hi but he had never a second visit or Cullens again. “I could get up a nice rps ner some night and you him rey said Aunt Nell, smiling, hospi part, at abroad, Aunt Nell working in she always was. “You as she always ood dio Manual: « jews harp. s basket | things, For she did tot ual, a s TP. & of colored a kept mp album, a sta bow! of tangerinen, and a volume of |making the hou: place 2 Osborn’s “Me: ” Old Stone /| their friends could gather, sure of a Ag mane: ee wel sure of & good time, al- ; t Togs, sat Sara Cullen and Con-| people around her for making the Sie eno nie Sayre, who had lived with the| reflected in the house with its deep family for several years. 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