The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1935, Page 4

i 4 4 The Bismarck Peftrutvel suai An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) | s | Ae SCeNeS State, City and County Official Newspaper by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and| Published entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai) matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Secretary and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Bdltor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance carrier, per year mail per year (in Bismarck) mail. per year (in state outside of Bismarck) .. mail outside of North Dakota . Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ue Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republica tion of ® dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Rarrepaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein AU clghts ot repeblication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Col. Knox’s Farm Plan To Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News and an aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination, roses must acquire new names to become sweet. Hark to his position on the farm problem, as revealed in a bid for midwestern support published in his newspaper on Dec. 7. It is a five-point program for the rehabilitation of agri- culture and reads as follows: 1. Compensate farmers for restoring and rebuilding the soil and its fertility by increasing the production of legumes or other soil-conserving crops, 2. Reward farmers for growing crops which prevent destructive soil erosion. 3. Pay bonuses upon the production of crops which we now must import because of insufficient domestic supplies. 4. Pay bonuses to encourage the production of crops for industrial rather than food uses. 5. Finance the necessary outlay by SEGREGATING FOR THIS PURPOSE the federal revenues that are derived from customs house duties through tariff levies. The capital letters are the Colonel’s. He would pay farmers for restoring the fertility of their] soil. At the same time, he points out, they would have to retire| it from production for two years (the time estimated as neces- sary to restore fertility) and this would restrict production and maintain the price. The essential difference, he points-out, is that the govern-| ment would be paying the farmer for doing something rather than for doing nothing. He estimates the cost of this bonus or| subsidy at $300,000,000 a year. Any thinking man must agree with Colonel Knox—and the! Roosevelt New Dealers—that the manner in which we have|base. Many were delighted when he} permitted the fertility:of our soil to vanish and our failure to’ check erosion are national scandals and an indictment of our; mass intelligence. ; a There can be no argument with the thought that the land \behalf of special interests and groups| Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec, 30.—Don't be sur- prised if congress hires a “brain trust” of its own, It will be asked soon to create a staff of experts which would advise} it on economic and technical aspects of proposed legislation. The idea ts ithe outgrowth of a study of proposals for a national economic council, made lby a sub-cmmittee of the Senate] \Commerce Committee, composed of \Senators Bulkley of Ohio, Costigan) }of Colorado, and LaFollette of Wis- consin. The man who worked out the plan| for the committee is Leon Henderson, who was drafted from a group of pro- |testing consumer representatives by General Johnson and made chief of jresearch and planning at NRA and who lately has been directing the) economic council study. | } In the last two or three years Con-| gress has frequently passed laws which) sew of its members understood andj 's usually agreed that isn’t a good thing, quite aside from the increasin, desire of congress not to be a New ‘Deal rubber stamp. | Every member must now be his own jeconomist or hire one if he needs advice. The congressional economic) council would study legislative pro- posals of the administration as well las the bills offered by members on of constituents, and report on the need and probable effect of such measures without regard to official policy. It would use the vast accumula- tion of economic and statistical data jin the federal departments andj might be a great improvement over, ithe system of public hearings on bills —at which pressure groups and lob-| byists appear and frequently befuddle| congressmen, * oe * O'Brian Scores a Hit If you were surprised to hear that] John Lord O'Brian, former Republi- can assistant attorney general had been specially engaged to present the| government's TVA argument before] the United States supreme court, you Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. _ to health but not ink, .Address Dr. ye accompanied by a Dr. Brady wil! answer questions pertainin: disease or ‘a H i Write Fetter briefly and Brady in ‘ribune, All queries must stamped envelope. VITAMINS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN A group of junior high school children who were underweight, weakly, easily fatigued, unduly susceptible to respiratory infections and more or less lacking in interest in their school work and application, showed an aver- age gain of a pound a week, a new and lively interest in their school work, better application to studies and in most instances a definite improvement in vitality when their ordinary diet was supplemented with a ration of vitamins, all the vitamins, from natural food sources (no synthetic vitamin concentrates, no fish liver oil, no viosterol). The enhanced vitality of these children on optimal vitamin ration was expressed in their own words: “I’m feeling great,” “I don’t get so tired now,” “I have started my piano lessons In the New York State Jour. of Medicine, Oct. 15, '35, Dr. Charles G. Kerley, pediatrist, says a deficiency of vil B causes malnutrition, loss of appetite, a lack of bodily resistance and an absence of capacity for work. A child on a diet deficient in vitamin B will be looked upon as indifferent and lazy in an occupational sense. Further, children to whom this vitamin is furnished in inadequate amounts are predisposed to infection such as tu- berculosis and the “so-called common cold.” Here Dr. Kerley interjects one for the old fossils who have muddled notions about the cri. Referring to the so-called “common cold” he says: “ . . . . . which condition is nothing more or less than a bacterial infection of the mucuous membrane of the respiratory tract. If fifty thousand physicians younger than Dr. Kerley would now commit themselves as unequivocally on the “cold” quibble, we might make some progress in the prevention of the commonest cause, of illness today. Many children of this class whose tonsils and adenoids have been re- moved and whose sinuses have been found normal by competent specialists, nevertheless continue to suffer from frequent respiratory infections, Dr. Kerley says inquiry into the diet of these children shows that because of the child’s food dislikes or of family indifference the food cansumed is short in vitamin B .............. the usual diet consisting of soup, meat, white bread and cereals ready to serve (all poor in vitamins), and the child usually dislikes whole grain cereals and green vegetables, In these cases, Dr. Kerley finds, sugar is usually given in generous amounts. The sugar satisfies the appetite temporarily and so prevents the child from taking sufficient foods which contain the necessary vitamins. The practical remedy is simply this |—in selecting foods for the young, keep as close to nature as possible, use cows milk, butter and cream; for cereals use only the whole seed crushed or ground—oats, wheat, yellow corn; and vegetables as they come from the earth. Sounds simple, but it is not so easy to follow out these suggestions to- day. Moreover, if the child has been for years on a diet short in vitamins, it is only logical to supplement even an adequate diet for several months at least with a suitable ration of all the vitamins, which, after all, is the Reprinted to show what they say. We or may not may agree with them. true test and the best treatment for this common condition of low vitality. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS He Goes for Fruit T eat four to six oranges a day and drink grapefruit juice and lemon juice every day, and usually I eat a pound or more of grapes a day. I am feeling in fine health. Should I cut out eating so much fruit? (G. G.) Answer—No. It is healthful enough. ALL HONOR TO MAVERICK (New York Herald-Tribune) To the honor list of poiiticians whoj just to old people, ever offered in jas he describes it, “the most fan- | tastic proposal, and the most un- May the other mem- Angleworm Oil , bers of congress and candidates Please advise it there is such a remedy as angleworm oil, and where it can be obtained. (V. P.) tor) election” pouter thepe true Answer—No. That is an old humbug idea. words of the Texas leader. © { |Biggs.) ‘would have been more surprised if| you could have seen him in action. It is the opinion of court attaches| that O'Brian, the Republican, made! @ more brilliant presentation than any other government attorney has made since New Deal cases first be- gan to reach the court. (Such attor- 71 —a ch ab- neys include Attorney General Cum- ee LEE Deal mee a Pentel mings, Solicitor General Stanleviput he attacked the Townsend plan| Reed, Donald Richberg for NRA, and/orcefully and effectively, and the| ex-Solicitor General J. Crawford/question of whether or not he would 5 " Lunt O'Brian proved quick of mind and punpers atthe aneyeceaegae oo tongue and was never caught off) send plan’ vigorously must now be added the name of Congressman (Maury Maverick, of Texas. To be sure, that gentleman could not resist the temptation to make political hay! by blaming “Wall Street” (and even the Liberty League) for sponsoring) The Townsend plan, the Texas con- |gressman pointed out, “will not only became what court followers termedigostroy the financial system of this| the first attorney in years to puticountry, but it will ruin the cause of; Justice McReyriolds (famous for ask-!pensions or social legislation in this) ing biting, often irrelevant questions) country forever. It will destroy the| “in his place.” people over sixty, because it would is our greatest resource and all of us have a duty to preserve it.| But it is difficult to see where the Colonel’s method would) be substantially different from that now in use, except in) “Now. if your honor will concede} details of its operation. The main difference would be in the name which is given it and the fact that money to pay the farm bonus would come from tariff collections rather than the processing taxes. In some respects the processing tax is the more desirable. such a thing as a farm problem. Reversing the Year’s End | Not without reason has the North Dakota Society of Certi-| fied Public Accountants launched a campaign at this season to induce firms to substitute the “natural business year” for the tans, is not calendar year generally in use. jalthough he has greatly improved the Their aim, frankly, is to spread their rush period over aj Jonger time but there are benefits in the plan for the average| business firm. | In many cases, they point out, businessmen believe they| HAVE to keep their books on a calendar year basis or on the} other reports which they must make to the government. The society is doing its best to correct this impression, pointing out that the law provides for an adjustment between the calendar year and the business year of a man’s own choos- ing, and that, once made, the adjustment continues from year to year without trouble. The aim of every business, so the accountants contend, should be to close its books at the period when its inventory is lowest and when it is in transition from one year’s business to! the next. Thus elevators should—and usually are—closing their books from May to July 1 and farm implement houses should close their books late in one year or early in the next after the harvest has been completed. Although the accountants are admittedly seeking to extend their work over a longer season of the year, the plan has bene- fits which merit the attention of every business. It Would Be an Answer Oft-repeated assertions that America needs a big, new in-|from Doherty was sent to 500,000 per- dustry, “such as the automobile industry” justify that gem of/sons. slangish repartee “Oh, Yeah.” For few of us realize just how big the automobile industry|vice was one of the worst offenders in| really is. Employment figures are difficult to obtain accurately injmcthods of security manipulation and view of the tremendous number of persons employed in service (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc) and auxiliary occupations. But here are some dai cars alone which are illuminating. This year the makers of automobiles used 23 per cent of the iron and steel, 75 per cent of the rubber, 77 per cent of the/dies as we listen, and through us it plate glass, 39 per cent of the lead, 33 per cent of the nickel, astiel ga Mgt t| 22 per cent of the copper, 16 per cent of the aluminum, 15 per|ot music.—Edwin Claude Mill, mu- cent of the zinc and 20 per cent of the tin used in this country. sical authority, These items went into the manufacture of 4,150,000 passenger| vehicles and trucks, jed * 4 a _ joften partisan—questions asked by! basis of a fiscal year ending June 30 because of income tax andjsupreme court justices and that never| Peds adie nal ode on the MANUFACTURE of motor|| So They Say \ g for another industry like that is a great deal like O'Brian’s eloquent urbanity and, good humor came into play, for in- stance, when McReynolds asked a} question which was off the point. jthat this question has nothing to de |with the issues here, I shall be very ‘glad to discuss that phase for a few minutes,” O'Brian said pleasantly. |. Even McReynolds smiled, though few attorneys ever dared be so firm with him—an exception being Assist- 4 : lant Attorney General Joe Keenan,| It at least keeps the public constantly informed that there is|famed as a kidnaping expert, who not! |long ago, when McReynolds asked if he were arguing so-and-so, replied. \"I didn’t make any such stupid argu- iment and I didn’t even infer it!” * ok Reed Carries Heavy Load { Stanley Reed, upon whom the bur-) den of presenting New Deal cases) a brilliant advocate,, Department of Justice legal staff in the last few months. His worst fault is that he gets mix- ed up in answering questions from the bench, | It’s worth recalling, however, that) never were so many searching—and) before did a solicitor general have such a load to carry as has Reed. * * Oe Cities Service First \ Unless plans change, the Cities} Service company will be first up when the Black lobby committee resumes its hearings. The committee had bare- ly started on the Henry L. Doherty jconcern when it recessed last summer. Cities Service, officials estimate, |spent at least $200,000 to defeat the) | public utility holding company bill, exclusive of what its 160 subsidiaries) may have spent. About half the ex-| pense was for lawyers and the biggest ‘bill in that category probably was one} for an opinion by John W. Davis that the legislation was unconstitutional. | Cities Service also retained such] widely known Washington lobbyists) as Arthur Mullen of Nebraska and Joseph P. Tumulty, but it is not known whether these two Democrats) will be called before the committee. It was revealed last summer that) lone anti-holding company bill lette: Federal Trade Commission investi- gators have charged that Cities Ser- the matter of excessive valuation writeups and strongly criticized ite sales. @| ¢—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_———___— 9 We listen to radios and obtain cul-| * * thor. \it impossible to enact any sensible) jabout the plan have either straddled) jwould so greatly increase the cost of ture by listening, but our initiative|suit g | g Ly 5 g only peoples intolerant of other beliefs than their/must turn the other side to the| own. — Philip Guedalla, British a@U-|striker, ‘The Cuban People sald when theyjhaven’t got but one. bankrupt the country in two weeks, and so disgust every one as to make) legislation... . The Townsend plan! is a brazen, unconscionable and hope-| less demand on the poor people and merely keeps our nation from getting) to our real problems.” It is the country’s misfortune that) there are not more Mavericks in con-| Gress thus to speak honestly and! fearlessly about this utterly delusive) and dangerous plan. Most congress- men and congressional candidates who have so far expressed themselves) jor actively supported it. When con- fronted with lists of the tens of thou-| sands of Townsend club members in their districts they have acquiesced to, the threat of the Townsendite leaders.| Mr. Maverick touched only in gen-| eral terms on the true evil in the ‘Townsend plan—the Townsend taxes. ‘These Townsend taxes would make the tax burden of the average citizen) at least five times as great as it is) today. But what is worse, these taxes| everything which we buy that every dollar would buy only a third or a} half of what at present it buys. The| only alternative to this would be cur-) rency inflation. Either course would) destroy the financial system of the| country and rapidly render the $200) pension valueless. The problem of developing a sound) system of social insurance is suffici-| ently intricate without muddling the! issue with the Townsend plan. Mr. Maverick is quite right when he says that “to inject the Townsend plan| into the picture is simply to keep old} People, or people in need, from get-| ting anything.” The plan -is, in fact,) A BIT OF HUMOR OW AND THEN i IS RELISHED BY \ THE BEST OF MEN Min (at breakfast) —I want to do some, shopping today,| George if the weath- er is favorable. What does the paper fore- cast say? | George (consulting, his paper) — Rain,| hail, sleet, thunder, lightning, snow) and fierce winds. “That's it,” exclaimed the photog-| lrapher enthusiastically. “Just hold) \that pleasant, benevolent expression moment.” - “All right,” groaned his customer, “but hurry up. It’s hurting my face.” *Marilyn—What's the idea of the case, Mr. Morrison? Going! away? Morrison—No, I heard you talking) ‘about the church giving a rummage sale and I'm taking all my clothes down to the office until it’s over. Minister — Now, children, when someone smites you on the cheek youl Albert — What must we do if he hits us on the nose? You know we) Fred—There's I under-' shalt again be the nation’s savior,/stand she bought that dress on the| ‘I resign.—Carlos Mendieta, on ré-linstallment plan. #8 provisional president of| Jack—1 suppose that's the first in- lare not afraid to oppose the Town-| America.” (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) Love by Mary Raymond Copyright NEA 1935 ith CAll My BEGIN HERE TODAY Young and lovely DANA WEST. ROOK, and renred ai 5 couthern home si cordinily by her great ELLEN CAREW! tor RONAL cy ie. breake down 1 Ronald brings Dat e- NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER V NANCY was sure she would never again be surprised at anything in her whole life. The rigid bar. | riers that had been erected against even the slightest extravagance in the Carkeron household were sud: denly forgotten ip preparation for the coming party. And Nancy. de | spite her resentment at the reason for it—Dana—would not have been | human ff she hadn't enjoyed the temporary recklessness with the family funds. She was going to have a new dress! Only a day before Nancy had been thinking unhappily, “What'll \ wear? That old pink organdy, 1 suppose. 1.wish it would fall into holes so I’d have to get & new evening dress. 1 wish I had nerve enough to spill ink down the front of it.” And then there was her grand: mother saying, “I suppose both of you girls will need new dresses. (think your Aunt Elfen and | saw the very ones for you. Twin mod els at Burger-Goodlett’s, They are white, which | think fs prettioat for young girls, And” (Mrs. Cam- eron had not completely forgotten her thrifty habits) “you can wear white longer. It is less conspicu- ous and it can always be dyed.’ A Burger-Goodlett frock! sianer's big eyes widened {p amazement! This was something, indeed. Oh, it was going to be grand to appear in something besides that everlast- ing pink rag, to feel decently dressed for once in one’s life. “When do we go for our fit- tings?” Nancy asked, her voice busky with emotion. “Any time you wish. The dresses ave been laid aside for you.” Nancy could scarcely wait. She wanted to rush from the room end race to town. But when one fs 21 and bas spent several years cult! vating a pose of indifference it will aot do to drop the mask ali at once. “1 guess (') take a nap. i'm awfully sleepy,” Nancy said, man- aging @ quite natural yawn, She went to her room and threw her self across ter bed. Impossible to sleep when one was as excited as this, visioning oneself fp @ long, lovely white formal. | . ° Tee house was very quiet aod presently Nancy drifted off to sleep while listening to the drone of the humming birds tp the red honeysuckle vine. [t was 3 o'clock when she awakened. Now she could leave the house hout Grandmother and Aunt Bllen enspecting she was rushing off to see the new dress. With elahorate carelessness, she left the house, swinging # tennis racket. she should have knocked door, and asked ber to ~ come along for a fitting, ton But i Nancy threw herself across the bed tut it was impossible to sleep when she was so exciled. ‘ ness. Just because one was going to have a new dress was no reason to turn sentimental and sappy and do things you didn’t want to do. Nancy was quite sure, anyhow, that Dana was sleeping. Everyone in the old house fell into the habit of an afternoon nap beciuse there was nothing else to do to fill the time. As Nancy backed the Cameron automobile down the drive into the street, a roadster, driven-by Marie Norman, swerved quickly, avoiding a collision. “'Lo, Nancy,” Marie called. The other girl’s response was none too cordial. She halted the car, however, as it was apparent Marie wanted to talk. “Hello.” Nancy said. Marie Norman had always had an irritat- ing effect on her. Marie was al- ways perfectly bland and agreeable, all sweetness and light, but, just the same, she was full of tricks and used them when it-suited her purpose, with unscrupulous cun- ning. There had been times, too, when Nancy's rapier-like wit had drawn blood at the expense of her slower-witted neighbor. “Somehow, Nancy knew that Marie had an abiding dislike for her, hehind smiling eyes and slow, indolent voice. . “I'm just back from the club,” Marie announced. “Guess who is out there?” “Too hot for guesswork,” “Your perfectly knockout sister.” “My sister!” Nancy dropped ber eyes for a moment, “Ol—Dana. I'd forgotten she planned to go out this afternoon.” “You should have been there to eee the bit she made. Boys swarm: ing around her like bees. Ronnie wi t any too pleased about it, either. He had that terribly proprietary manner, 1 suppose, just because he'd brought her out. We hometowners haven't @ chance. Gosh, Nancy, if § had a sister like that, I'd have kept her across the ocean!” “Would sou?" Nancy queried tn Nancy feN, would be a weak: ! differently, She started the cur just then—and for once didn’t mind its protesting roar, mixed with a number of rattles. They helped to drown out Marie's parting shot. “What do I care?” Nancy asked herself furiously, driving blindly for the moment. eee TH! day had turned gloomy. All the heady excitement that had ‘sent her on her way to the dress shop was gone. : She théught drearily of Wana, walking into the country club with Ronald Moore, cutting a wide swathe without even trying. It had always been 60 difficult for Nancy herself, Of course there was al- ways Tommy McNair hanging around with his pale hair and pale eyes that blinked, but. that was almost worse than having no one hanging around at all. Tommy was a perennial thorn in Nancy's selfesteem. He was the one defl- nite proof of her social failure. For no girl who had anyone else for an escort would ever allow Tommy around. But if Tommy weren't with you, you wouldn't be there at all. So you went with him. golfed and Played tennis vigorously and acted as though you were having a per- fectly swell time, The dress could go hang, Nancy decided. At least for this after- Boon it could. She turned the car at the next corner and beaded for home. On the way she passed Scott Stanley and Paula Long. Nancy thought, “More strangers coming to town.” Not, of course. that Scott and Paula Were strangers, becayse both were natives. Scott had been away for years, though. She had heard tast week that he had come through medica! school with honors and was heading home to begin bis Dractice, Paula, who had been sickeningis in love with Scott for so long, was the kind of artist who puttered around without ever getting any- where. she had always managed to be pnt- tering somewhere in Scott's vicin- | With money of ber own, | kni ity. Though it hadn’t seemed to help: her much. Everybody but Scott knew how much Paula cared for him. Only momentarily diverted by her glimpse of the rather weather- beaten gray roadster and its two occupants, Nancy’s thoughts re turned to the country club and all the fun and excitement of which Dana was a part. She thought bit- terly; “Where was my lucky star when I happened to be born?” eee COTT had come from the shower rooms and joined Paula at the pool. They wére suddenly in the midst of a crowd of young people. “Well, Scott, old chap, we thought you'd really deserted the old town.” “Glad to see you back, Scott.” “Well, Dr. Stanley—Oh, Scott, how does it feel to be a full fledged—" And on and on. Paula, too, was being received with some excitement. “Is it true you had a one-man show at some swank gallery, Paula? .. .” “Will you invite me over to see some of those etchings you do so cleverly?” Scott's eyes glinted with amuse ment. He could read Paula's dis- Sust {on her veiled eyes, And then, suddenly, bis gaze was concentrating. A girl in a green bathing suit bad climbed the lad: der and was preparing to take a high dive. She had a lovely, elim figure and.a laughing, eager face. Scott got to bis feet and walked toward the diving board, looking up as he walked. His eyes those of the girl Hers wer shade of deep green-blue: Perhaps, the green suit was responsible for the green tints in her eyes. Ha couldn't be sure, But he was sure he'd never seen eyes so beautiful before, Paula foined him. “Who's ‘the girl?” she asked. Her voice sound: ed queer, Scott's voice sounded strange algo, rough with emotion; “I don't yw. But 1 have an idea she's the girl I'm going to marry.” (To Be Continued) ke