The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1935, Page 4

ro | Policemen An independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- fmarek, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck @s second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons @earetary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) ss Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ++ 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year .... ir ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per ‘i Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use -for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the All also Jocal news of spontaneous origin published herein. rights of republication of all other matter herein are rved. Inspiration for Today For Moses said, Hqnour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death —St. Mark 7:10. Unblessed is the son who does not honor his parents; but if reverent and obedient to them, he will receive, the same from his own children.— Euripides. An Old Colonial Town It isn’t often that the birthday celebration lef a town of 7,000 inhabitants becomes a na-. tional event. But when the people of Concord, Mass., got together the other day to mark their fown’s 300th anniversary, the occasion was something for all America to notice. In that fact there is a neat little object les- son about the things that make a city great. Concord is a little place, and a sleepy one, as ‘New England towns go, attractive with its colonial houses, its trees, and its general air of having come through the Revolution only day before yesterday. It is like a dozen other Mas- sachusetts towns—and yet, at the same time, utterly unlike them. It has a strange and dis- tinguished history. Its fame is not due merely to the accident of war. To be sure, the Revolution did get under ‘way thére. Those farmers who formed at the end of a bridge and found out that homespun ‘Americans could stand up against British reg- ulars started something that hasn’t ended yet, and put a great day in the annals of their na- tion; yet it was not solely on their account that Concord’s tercentenary was a national event. Concord is worth remembering because it is a living proof that it is neither commerce, finance, nor industry that makes a city great, but the moral and intellectual caliber of its people. In Concord lived Emerson, Thoreau, Haw- thorne—and they made this little country town, for a time, the intellectual capital of the United States. Europeans knew the town as a source of clear, enlightened thinking, a center for steadfast devotion to that moral and spiritual freedom which was America’s greatest contri- bution to the world. Now Concord came to its fame at the very time when America was at its busiest in the great task of expansion and physical develop- ment. The railroad era was just beginning, the winning of the west was just starting, the whole tremendous job of clearing a continent and founding a civilization upon it was taking all the energy and intelligence that the nation could supply. Concord shared in none of this. It re- mained aloof, like Thoreau at Walden pond, and saw to it that the new nation’s mind and spirit developed along with its powerful, lusty body. It has always been our tendency to worship bigness. Concord ought to be a reminder that bigness and greatness do not necessarily go to- gether. Judged by any material standard, Concord fis just another small town. Yet its name is one of the most important in the history of the re- public. Old Dogs Learn Fast ‘There is a familiar old saying to the effect that you | can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But educational au- thorities who have been teaching grown-ups under aus- pices of the WPA are beginning to believe that it is all ‘wrong. Not only can an old dog be taught new tricks, they say—he can usually be taught faster than a young dog. s Dr. R. L. Alderman, educational director for the ‘WPA, says his teachers have found that grown-ups learn five times as fast as children. This, incidentally, is the reflection of wide experience, for some 44,000 teachers were paid last year to conduct classes for more than 2,000,000 depression victims. The discovery isn’t hard to understand. A child usually goes to school because he has to, and lessons are | something to be got through with as quickly as possible. But when an adult goes to school, he goes because he sincerely.wants more knowledge. He has an incentive or studying which the child too often lacks entirely. Politeness From Police ‘The police of St. Louis have been ordered to be polite _0f lose their jobs. Police Chief John J. McCarthy has Fuled that “Hey, you!” is out, that wise-cracks have had ‘their day, and that “citizens are entitled to considerate | tha ‘and courteous treatment at all times and under all cir- _ camstances.” © It is a revealing commentary on American life that ‘he fasuance of such highly sensible orders should be A department ought to be courteous and polite. are H ; Gecent measure of politeness Tee cares, ws ‘The average copper | Stronger neutrality legislation, a new relief appro- i priation, ship subsidy policy, legislation to solve the per- > chind the Scenes in Washington By WILLIS THORNTON Congress All Set to Take Bit in Its Teeth at Next Meet- ing ... F. R. Unlikely to Get His “Quiet Session” . bling Around the Capital. eee Washington, Sept. 23.—President Roosevelt undoubt- jedly would appreciate a quiet, peaceful session of con- gress next winter, but congress is likely to have different ideas. For it looks as if the people who have been demand- ing that congress assert itself and shake loose from White House dictation are to have their wish. Even if the presi- dent did announce that ‘the basic program now has reached substantial conclusion and the breathing spell is here.” But there will be controversial bills, and reform bills, too, despite the White House dictum. It won’t be the administration’s fault. All the re- formers are by no means in the administrative end. There are quite enough in congress to assure a lively session without White House stimulation. Congress, asserting that wished-for independence of the executive, passed the Spanish War pension bill and the potato control bill neither of which the administra- tion wanted. In fact, the AAA has consistently held po- boost the price of still another staple “poor man’s food.” It wanted no part of it, but now, in the face of open defiance by some farmers, it must try to administer the will of congress as best it can. eee BONUS TO PASS This winter the World war bonus will come to a head immediately. A vote has been promised in January. The administration is against it. anyway. And that will be a business jitter they can’t lay at the White House door. Roosevelt “took the rap” by veto- ing it once; he can’t be expected to take it forever. As to reform: the O'Mahoney bill aimed at federal control of interstate business through a system of federal incorporation, or practically licensing, will be actively | pushed by the American Federatign of Labor. It’s not an administration bill, it’s not part of the “basic program,” but it’s going to get strong backing from congressmen who have declared their independence of all that. Another business jitter that isn’t the admin- istration’s baby. The United .Textile Workers are going to go to bat for the Ellenbogen bill, which ‘does for the textile indus- try what the Guffey bill does for soft coal. eee OTHER MATTERS ON FIRE — ennial railroad problent, the’food and drug bill, a move to liberalize the social security act even before it gets going; the Walsh bill to put NRA conditions in govern- ment contracts, a permanent wages-and-hours bill being studied by Senator Wagner, long-pending copyright leg- islation—all these have backing among congressmen who are manifesting that independence of administration di- rection which so many have longed for. It assures a lively session without regard to admin- istration views. eee SURE OF JOBS TILL 1939 The new award for building 23 additional warships means steady jobs until 1939 for 8500 civilian employes at the navy yard here... . Donald Richberg, who held the hand of NRA as it died, is in Chicago, and friends say he’s going to rebuild a law practice there... . Chairman Winant of the social securities board believes the experi- ence he had with the international labor organization at Geneva will be “invaluable” to him in administering the new law here. ... Work of the state department trans- lating bureau has been greatly increased because the White House mail from foreign countries is two or three times as great as it was in Hoover's day. It’s sent to the state department for tranglation. Wider international contacts of the country in general have increased the work of this bureau from 8,000 typewritten pages of translation in 1928 to 22,000 in 1934. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) a TQ With Other | | DITORS Pacifism in Theory and Practice (Or “The Log of Mr. Nye”) (New York Herald Tribune) Reprinted to show what they say. We may or may not agree with them. P. Nye of North Dakota opens a filibuster against the $460,000,000 naval appropriation bill. May 27, 1935.—Senator Gerald P. Nye addresses mon- ster peace meeting in Carnegie Hall, New York city, urg- ing immediate passage of legislation compelling Ameri- cans who seek gain out of foreign wars to do so at their own risk. June 16, 1935.—Senator Gerald P. Nye, speaking at the grave of the late Senator LaFollette, at Madison, Wis., predicts “grave consequences” from the present “mad Tace of armaments.” July 24, 1935.—Senator Gerald P. Nye introduces leg- islation in the United States senate to prohibit compul- sory military training in high schools and colleges. July 28, 1935.—Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Da- kota, is chosen chairman of the bondholders’ committee for the Republic of Cuba, of which committee Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana is counsel. August 18, 1935.—Senator Gerald P. Nye, as chairman of the committee of Cuban bondholders, asks Cuba to “be @ good neighbor” and pay the defaulted interest on $40,000,000 public works bonds held by American investors. August 29, 1935.—President Carlos Mendieta of Cuba refuses to discuss with Senators Nye and Wheeler any settlement of Cuba's public works bonds now in default. August 30, 1935—Senator Gerald P. Nye, in an inter- view with the Havana correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune, declares that if Cuba “does not quickly recognize this important obligation . . . the United States will surely take charge of collections.” In short, inter- vene, Senator Nye believes that the way to stop future wars is to take the profits out of them. Would it be amiss to suggest that it might also be a good thing to take the profits out of the business of “dunning” foreign borrowers? And at the same time, perhaps, to take United ; States senators out of the business of international bill collecting? American Ships Do Well (Duluth Herald) In proportion to tonnage, American transatlantic ships are getting more than their share of the passenger traffic for this, the best season since 1929, the figures show. In percentage of capacity and in passengers per 1,000 net registered tons the American ships are making ® better showing than the German, French or British. The United States shipping board draws the conclu- sion that “nothing is wrong with ships or with American support of its merchant marine: The only answer to increased demand is new tonnage.” In an anti-administration speech, outstanding publican points out you pay $1.80 today for it three years ago cost you # dollar. had the dollar. * When fish began popping through homes, thousands complained. to What do they expect. kippered s lke Bonus Seems Certain to Be Crammed Over ... Ram- tato control impossible to administer, and tending to But this time it looks as though congress will show its independence and pass it | May 20, 1935.—Primed with data on alleged “fat | Profits” likely to go to ship builders . . . Senator Gerald OLITICS oat the - By HERBERT PLUMMER ‘Washington — They held a celebra- tion in honor of “Big Jim” Farley out in Lincoln, Indiana, and back of it all les one of the most human stories to come to life about the post- master general, Postoffice inspectors had decreed that the postoffice at Lincoln (popu- lation 75 persons), established in =a! lican precinct committcc: IKitchell’s general store and adopted 1856 in Nora Kitchell’s general store, would be abolished and that -hence- forth inhabitants of Lincoln and vi- cinity would receive their mail by rural delivery. ‘The community seethed and boiled over the prospect of losing its post- office which for 79 years had been the clearing house of village opinion. In desperation the inhabitants ap- pealed to a native son now in Wash- ington as a newspaper correspondent. —Everett Watkins of the Indianapolis Star. “We appeal to you to save our pride,” Native Son Watkins wrote “Big Jim,” “to spare us the hurt we would suffer if our village is swept off the postoffice. map with a stroke of your pen. Think how you would feel, Jim, if your birthplace—Grassy Point, N. ¥.—should some time have its pride trampled upon by some heartless ‘P. M. G.’” * * * Order Cancelled Farley was touched. Immediately he canceled the order closing the Lincoln postoffice. And he replied at length to Watkins reminiscing of his own home-town postoffice. “I was touched when I received your letter,” he wrote, because Grassy Point is in the same position as Lin- coln. ... No greater volume of mail arrives at Grassy Point than reaches Lincoln in # given period. ... “The postoffice in Grassy Point is in a grocery store, the same as our thousands of postoffices of a like character in the country. I have a friendly regard for small postoffices and shall always have that feeling for them. “I remember full well as a kid go- ing to the postoffice every morning, exclusively, for the purpose of get- ting the letters which rarely arrived, but really for the purpose of looking at the scores and stories of the base- ball games the preceding day. I used to meet the mail carrier as he passed my home and walk to the postoffice with him to make sure I would be there upon the arrival of the only copy of the old New York Herald that, in those days, reached Grassy Point. “It was delivered to a Republican, but he was a great friend of mine.” * * * ‘Jim Farley Day’ When news of “Big Jim's” action reached the village of Lincoln, a “Jim Farley Day” immediately was ordered. Although the village has only 75 inhabitants, more than 700 Persons attended. To demonstrate that politics was adjourned for the day, the Repub- FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Lincoln joined with the in cutting down a tree in the 1: boring woods and erecting a fla; 50 feet high to the honor and mem: ory of Jim Farley. As many as could jammed Nora the resolutions praising Farley and his work. And to top it all off, they painted in letters four feet high on the side of the store which housed| “LINCOLN POSTOFFICE — THANKS TO JIM FARLEY.” Of 54 men listed in the pre-season football census from University of California, only one is from outside the state. Bob Gilbert, up from the frosh, is from Portland, in the neigh- boring state of Oregon. Your Personal Health By William Brady, M.D. . Brady will answer questions pertaining to health but not dis- case, or. diagnosie, Write lettera briefly and in ink. Address, Dr. Brady in care he Tribune, All queries must be accompan! a stamped, self-addressed envelope. SOAP IS ANTISEPTIC In the old days if a little boy used bad language he was liable to have his mouth waited out with soapy water. Nowadays he is Hable to be- ; come a writer of novels or plays. . Soap is so darn conan and cheap ane it is a bit risky for a health column conductor to tell the truth about it. ‘Text and reference books make no mention of the germicidal action of soap, so in order to find what had been done’ in this field Dr. Thos. B. ‘Wood made a general review of medical literature and found some im~- portant studies. It will pay the progressive physician to read Dr. Wood's contribution “Soap as a Therapeutic Agent” in Medical Times, July, 1935. One striking fact Dr. Wood brings out is that investigators (Larson and Nelson) found experimentally that soap added to toxins detoxifies tnem. Guinea pigs injected with one hundred times the minimum lethal dose of diphtheria toxin and tetanus toxin to which soap was added failed to de- velop symptoms. And Davison injected guinea pigs with ten times the minimum lethal dose of tetanus toxin, which invariably killed within 16 hours, but control animals injected with the same dose of toxin mixed. with & few drops of 1% soap solution survived from two to five days. These and other scientific investigators believe soap forms a film around the toxin and 50 interferes with its absorption and ection. Likewise soap forms ® film around germs and causes their death by excluding them from their nutritive'medium, Another possibility is that soap simply neutralizes germ toxins or poisons as an alkali neutralizes an acid. A familiar, but not so plausible explanation of the therapeutic antiseptic action of soap is that it “increases surface tension.” but who cares? . Numerous conditions and cases cited in Dr. Wood's report indicate the . wide field of application of soap. New York hospitals use a standard 0.4% & solution of U.S.P. soft soap (Sapo mollis) cont from 60 to 75% sodium oleate. In private practice Dr. Wood uses a solution of one dram of tinc- ture of green soap to the pint of water. Disinterested tests of: numerous popular brands of soap showed that there is no significant difference in their antiseptic power. Use any soap you like, only so it is not “medicated” or modified by addition of chemicals. No mention in Dr. Wood’s article of grandma’s grand old soap and sugar poultice for stone bruise and other serious setbacks of the good old sum- mer time. I dare say that treatment beats any modern remedy you can apply. Vincent’s angina (trench mouth), acute sore throat, tonsillitis, quinsy, are among the conditions where soap solution is valuable as mouth wash and gargle or spray. It is excellent as a wet dressing for septic wounds. It is used for gastric and duodenal lavage as @ therapeutic measure. Finally it ;48 probably the most efficient and the safest antiseptic for vaginal douche. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS i If a child should eat s mothball would it do any permanent harm. |If you don’t watch my-little sister she sucks on mothball all day—she ‘doesn’t swallow them, but says she likes the taste and the smell. (Mrs, D. F.) Answer—No serious harm. Tar-naphthalene, of which moth ball are made, is sometimes used internally in doses of 2 to 8 grains, as an intestinal antiseptic. More wholesome and really healthful things for your sister to eat would be sticks of raw carrots, or raw turnip, or raw potato, or a chew of @ small handful of plain wheat, village postoffice this legend: Autonomy How can one overcome the physic habit? Do you advise the use of (a different laxative) while cutting down? (F. D. W.) Answer—No. Send dime and stamped envelope bearing your address, and ask for booklet “Constipation Habit.” (Copyright, 1938, John F. Dille Co.) ‘Twe young officers, about to be sent overseas, ge te spend brief ferloughs with their families, BRIAN CHALMERS gees te a par latin! heme where he cces bis beantifal wife, GWEN, and his 2 year-old ehilé, ELAINE. GEORGR ‘WOODSON gees to his modest lite de e for a brief visit with loring wife, ELEANOR, ané his baby, RUTH. Each man makes the wish that ble little daughter will gave “whatever it takes to make her happy.” Eighteen years tater Rath, new an orphan, ts living with her cousins, the LAWRENCES, ta Breoklya. She ts lecking tor werk. Though tacking tunch money, she refuses ap iavitation te lunch with a wealthy stranger. Rath realises that her 18° Law. WiL- year-old cousin, Li RENCE, dislikes her. JACK LER drops in. Whea he fs ate ith, Letty’s hatred res te the surface. ‘ Re ively leaves the house, pawas a pin inherited from her grandmother, an@ boards an out-going bus, determined to be uo longer a burden te her cousins. NOW GO ON WITH THE sTORY CHAPTER IV TH! big bus shook the lights of New York from its gleaming sides and plunged onto the darken- ing highway. Finally it turned its Rose west and held the course. Ruth Woodson, sitting in one of the deep seats, felt a thrill of ex- eitement. Off into the unknown! A porter went through the car, offering pillows to the passengers. When he came to Ruth she said, “No, thank you,” firmly. An elbow prodded her side. It belonged to the large, gray-haired woman be- side her. “Ts it.” the woman advised. “It don’t cost anything—” “Thank you so much,” Ruth said when the clean pillow was adjusted under her head. “I didn’t know it was free service.” She eyes to discourage further conver sation, for she was very tired. In & moment she had drifted off into delicious sleep. When Ruth awakened there was ® confused moment of locating her- self, then a feeling of being rested and alert. Dawn was in the sky. The woman beside her awake, too, arranging her hair pocket mirror and uttering little groans of annoyance. Catching 8 said, “I always wish I was a man her |- Niagara, calculating. It’s going to cost $5 to get to Pittsburgh. Now let's . ‘bags while I was checkin’ mine.” “I haven't a stitch with me ez- cept what I've got on my back,” (Ruth confessed. “I came off that suddenly—” ‘There flashed back to her mind her amazing telephone call to the Lawrence home just before she boarded the bus. Cecil had jswered and she had told him, her voice shaking a little, “I'm just = Rg ig atEei UTH ‘was now attentive. “You faced mean they conte et Poi front. work to do?” she asl It was mid-afternoon when Ruth. either of them?” “Yeah,” Mra. Cogly replied im &| was startled by a sudden energetic loud, cheerful voice and “looked out of the window at the brightening landscape. - E r “No, they couldn’t,” the woman replied, “My niece said most towns have ray of looking after their permanent residents before they Shi gad this other girl stayed five weeks a then gave it up and left. They ” she explained. shoulders. She looked ‘ i at 5 z i j ees & gees i H = ; 5 g uBs “ou have to “eurlng to ‘ston ont banderareite, setts, The woman exclaimed, now!” She was silent for that Ruth hoped it Was to But after a bil tia : Egrte 228 Fi were al! doing booked rugs at the dime, nd. petting geld for K. The