The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1936, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune! An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Behind the ———— Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D, and The A. T. & T. Is 2 Monopoly and ‘entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai} matter. Archie O, Johnson Secretary and Treasurer per year (in Bismarck) per year (in state outside of outside of North Dakota ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mail outside of North Dak Weekly by mai] in Canada, per year .. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press jated Press ts exclusively entitied to the use for republica- tion of the ‘news dispatches credited to {t or not otherwise credited in this Mewspaper and also the loca! news of spontaneous origin blished herein. All tants of republication of al) other matter herein ar 10 reserved, George D. Mann When a man dies leaving achievements which will live after him it may truly be said “there is no death.” Such is the case with George D. Mann, Tribune publisher, who succumbed Thursday morning at Orlando, Fla, He lived bravely and he fought the good fight. cherished through the years by those who knew and loved him. Hence he will, to a degree greater than is true of most men, Jong continue to be a factor in the affairs of the city which he loved and those persons with whom he had a mutual bond of affection. , By its very nature, newspaper publishing is a semi-public office. It is a position of trust and of power as well as a private occupation. Thus any appraisal of the life and work of George D. Mann must take note of the dual capacity which every man in such positions is required to fill. Of interest to everyone is the record which he made as publisher of North Dakota’s oldest newspaper, for it was in this capacity that he reached his greatest effectiveness. It is not always-easy to remember that the public interest is paramount,yet George Mann always remembered. It is not always easy to resist the temptation to make a public service his aim was not to make news but to present news fairly. He was true to the highest ethics of his profession, rejecting all suggestions that The Tribune do anything to poison the well of public information. It was this fearlessness and adherence to principle which won for him the respect and affection of other men in his pro- fession. Their expressions of regard for him spring from their hearts because he earned them by the everyday practice of what he knew to be right. His adherence to principle, no matter at what cost, made George D. Mann a powerful personality and a leader among the men who knew him best. The record of George D. Mann as a citizen of Bismarck covers a period of 22 years. He came here as editor of a run- down and impoverished newspaper, built it into a successful business. And one of the chief reasons he was able to do that was that he earned the respect and affection of the community. No worthy cause ever looked to him in vain. He not only originated many ideas for the development and improvement of Bismarck, he did much of the hard, grinding work by which dreams became realities. His hand was ever ready and his pocketbook was ever open if the net result would be a better community or an improvement in conditions for the people of this city. a The same thing holds true of his interest in the state, par- ticularly in western North Dakota. He realized that farm prosperity is the basis of all success in this area and so, early and late, he fought the fight to improve farm conditions, Not all who came in contact with George D. Mann were his friends, but if they were not it was bécause they did not deserve to be. He could be and was the bitter foe of the charlatan, the demagogue, the man who would deceive the public for his own personal gain. As has been true of few men he subscribed to the idea that “the truth shall make you free.” He knew that accurate and unbiased information was a preliminary to sound thinking on any question, be it public or private. The lot of the average citizen interested him greatly, be- cause he knew that the great middle class of Americans are the bulwark and the hope of the nation. Thus it was that he led and supported practical movements designed to improve condi- tiors in Bismarck and North Dakota, did not hesitate to con- demn those which he felt would result in harm, It was not only the big things he did in his semi-public capacity, it was the host of little things which all tended to- ward the end of a sounder development and greater prosperity. He had a gift for friendly counsel, helpful suggestion, the clear appraisal of conditions to be met and obstacles to be overcome, ‘for one of his chief characteristics was his hard-headed prac- ticality, his refusal to let the word suffice for the deed. Bis- marck profited by that gift. The things which he did in his public capacity indicate the kind of man he was, but they could not fully reveal his char- acter. To appraise that one had to know him intimately, share his thoughts and aspirations, know the mental processes by which he arrived at conclusions, shaped his course of action. Hence it falls to those who were most intimately associated with him to reveal the fact that George D. Mann was, above all else, a kindly man. And to kindliness he coupled faithfulness and courage. He looked at the world out of clear eyes, unafraid. He well new the frailties of human nature and was tolerant of them. Knowing that no man is perfect, he asked of his friends only that they merit his friendship by being honest with him as he was with them. i One of the best ways to reach an accurate estimate of a man is to find out what his employes think of him. It is signifi- cant that the pall of gloom which descended upon The Tribune plant with the arrival of news that he had died was born of sincere affection. There is no Tribune employe but recalls some kindly. deed, some helpful word on his part which will make hie. memory live in their hearts. With him, men were not just cogs in a machine, they were individuals to be treated with His memory will be | Pany Admits It ... That's Only Way to Get Efficiency on Nation’s Phone High Dividends . . . Giant Hold- ing Company, With Fingers in Many Pies. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) ‘Washington, March 27.—American Telephone & Telegraph, the vast holding company now being investi- gated by the federal communications commission, is unique. It is a monopoly, and admits it. Of every 100 telephones in the country, more than 80 are directly controlled by A. T. & T. President Walter 8. Gifford gets $206,000 a year salary, Pays $103,000 of it in income tax. He cheerfully admits the monopoly. part. But he argues that a national tele- phone system must be a monopoly, that a lot of small, competing lines ‘would be @ nuisance. A. T. & T. has ever taken advantage of its monopoly position, but has used it to develop the best telephone serv- ice for the benefit of the most peo- ple. The FCC is spending $750,000 to see whether this is true or whether the company has used its position to keep rates up. exacted unjust profits from its affiliates, and competed unfairly with rivals in other fields than the telephone business. The A. T. & T. is the largest com- in the world owned by private individuals. It has total assets of more than $5,000,000,000. But no one ‘holder owns as much as 1 per cent of its stock. Every state has from 500 to 10,000 people of the 700,000 who-own this company through having bought its who work trols regional tigat which actually|has been going into A. T. & T.’s in- volved affairs for almost @ year. companies and 25,000 rural lines, so thet practically any of the 17,350,000 telephones in the country can be nected with any other &T. For if must be paid in fruits and vegetables while they wait to make war on the maltese of Agriculture. ** # ‘We also had a list of contributore to the Democratic party—that’s the place to get a real sucker list.—J. A. Arnold, head of the American owners of the A. T. 000,000 than half Life Harvard college the nudist who was such @ stickler that he wouldn’t allow the doctor to dress his wounds. “I’m giving up my new. boyfriend because he doesn’t exercise.” “His muscles?” “No, his restraint.” The best time to take & man to the cleaners is when he has spots before his eyes. “Jack refused to raise his hat io me today.” “He must be losing his manners.” which our never forget are unemployed.—U. liam E. Borah. ee * Beautiful waitresses take the cus- government that 12,500,000 Américans 8. Senator Wil- ph Co. It also owns the Western Electric company, of which Edgar 8. Bloom is paary president. In giant plants in Chicago and Kearney, N. J., this company “No, he’s losing his hair.” The office of poet laureate is re- itchboards. It sells 90| sponsible for much of the world’s} Mrs. Katt—I think your husband is .| worst literature. Were it not for the| being granted special privileges at laureates, the anthologists of bad/ the prison. verse would be hard put to fill their} Mrs. Kitt—Well, how do I know? them all, and holds priceless patents. | volumes. — John Masefield, England’s | ——————___________ The A. T. é& T. itself built and owns long-distance lines connecting the vatious regional systems, ship-to- shore and trans-Atlantic telephone setvice, teletype systems, 1000 leased wires for Py I was glad to hear of your balanced budget. I had begun No think fat tights, special knowledge, standard- ized equipment, capital and expert ee % help to the regional operating com- panies it owns. Those relationships are very complex, and are one point Roy , coxpuadasion wishes to understand For instance, the large Graybar Electric Co., a “competing” maker of electrical equipment, was sold by A. T. & T. in 1928, but long and involved testimony leaves still some doubt whether it is really competing. Vast tal laboratories are fointly run by A. T. & T. and West- was as proud of his employes loyalty. a swered the call of a friend which insure him as much of mortal being. Even as we of The Tribune respect. He well knew the value of honest work and he gave “every ‘man his due. He believed in paying good wages. He uy , were loyal to him. And he was the kind of man who inspired é . In his leisure moments he was a gay and amiable compan- ion, a raconteur of rare wit and a shrewd observer of the ways of the world and of man. To the young men in his business he was both philosopher and friend, a kindly counselor and a trusted confidant, for he was blessed with a deep understanding, He made friends hecause he deserved them and was true to them. No matter what the situation, George D. Mann always venient or impolitic that made np difference. With him the claims of affection were binding things. Throughout his lifetime George D. Mann took pleasure in helping others. His kindly deeds bring forth memories now| ‘srmers who held their potato a a Ganious: talk of a proposed new issue of U. S. postage stampe thas been. partially confirmed by President Roosevelt. The presi- dent revealed that the Postoffice Department has been considering @ series of stamps honoring Amer: ‘ican army and navy heroes, and possibly including illustrations of ‘West Point and Annapolis. Whether these will replace the current series, which came out in 922-23, or whether an additional jaswe will be produced to replace ithe existing stamps, is still in .. doubt, Even the subjects for the army and navy issue are hard to decide because of the variety of suggestions that have come in Among these are requests . for “stamps honoring John Paul Jones, Lafayette, John Barry, and Robert ‘B. Lee. It is a le to say that National So- cialism wishes to impose itself on others. For my part I would far pre- fer to have our National Socialism patented for ourselves.—Adolf Hitler. ee P key. and as loyal to them as they The army and navy set, Presi Gent Roosevelt disclosed, had been under discussion r since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. It may in distress. If it was incon- will appear. Uncle Sam won't lose @ cent of ‘the costs entailed in printing the stamps that were to be issued to crops to certain limits, before the supreme court declared the’ AAA unconstitutional. The “potato tax” mourn him, we enshrine him in oe colciers Hipp ote ret imperishability as can come to our hearts. We know his spirit lives on in those whom he per- |- of $5.18. The stamps may be ob- mitted to share it. Courage and kindliness and affection never die and ag the world is better because of George D. Mann’s life | : washington, D. ¢. and works, so are the men with whom he associated better for | : his affection and his leadership. We know that for such as he there is no death because, in that far Valhalla to which God takes the true and the brave, there is always a place for such as he, even as there | need for them here on earth. tained from the Bureau of Internal Revenue at Jacksonville, Fla., or The 50-cent Graf Zeppelin stamp now is being offered at from §2 to $2.50, superb, and from $1.50 to $1.75 used. An unused sheet of 50 recently brought $142, or $2.84 a stamp. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) ’ always is :,be several months before the set that isn’t a what is? ng st an archery “Hawkins isn't the he-man he pre- tends to be.” “Why, what has he got up his sleeve?” “A handkerchief!” other gitl went on, out. Mr. Blake wants tomorrow morning. photographs you posed other day are very good. Can yot come to the office about 10:30 to- morrow morning?” “Yes,” said Toby. “I'M be there.” i She put dows the telephone, swung around gaily. The room- ing housekeeper, who usually found errands in the ball when anyone was at the telephone, ap- parently was busy arranging let- ters on a tray. “Oh, Mrs. Moeller!”:Toby cried. “It's true, it’s really true—!" “What's trae?” “I'm going to be a motel Toby executed a giddy dance 5 “ap, modell” Mrs. Moeller’s voice frose in righteous horror. “You're going to be one of them shameless hussies that take off all teed: matted ta don't ui od. I'm a model, like the girls whose pictures you éee in ad- vertisements. You kndw. You've seen ‘hundreds cf them in news- papers and magasines. Advertis- ing soap and perfume and cigarets eryth rye can of.” ev think of.’ “You're sure,” the woman said i “it ain't. the other respectable. I wouldn’t have one of them creatures under my roof, . “It’s one.of the nicest jebs a girl can have and I'm terribly lucky to get it. I didn’t déré hepe I would-—not really! Oh, -but I've got a dozen things te do—!” T 15. minutes after. 10 o'clock - next morning Toby Ryan en- tered. the office of the Models’ League. The, girl at the desk rec- ognized her and smiled. “You're Miss Ryan, aren’t you,” she said. “I remember you were here the ” "4 other day.’ “Yes,” Toby nodded, “Someone called and said Mr. Blake wanted to see me.” “He does. You're a little early, though.” The girl glanced st aa appointment schedule. “You'll have to wait a little while—” Toby said, “That’s all right,” and crossed the room and sat ‘down. * By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer Sirrareo pertaining to health but not disease or diagnosis. Write letters briefly and in ink, Address Dr. Brady tn ff The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by tam! a envelope. THEY THINK THEY DO BETTER Many misguided persons believe they do better work, accomplish more, work, faster, when they have had a drink or two or alcoholic. or Nqnor. Then under the effects of alcohol they are likely to be arbitrary about this and to express contempt or intolerance for any scientific or factual evidence to the contrary. Medical scientists have generally assumed that a limited quantity of alcohol can. be oxidized or burned and utilized in the body as fuel instead of food. They have thought that the energy yielded by the combustion of this limited quantity of alcohol is as available or applicable in the per- formance of muscular work as it is in providing heat. But more accurate investigation of the metabolism of alcohol in the body has recently shown that alcohol cannot be used in the performance of muscular work, but only for heating the body. The performance of muscular work demands food, not merely fuel; the food fuel required for muscular work is sugar, the blood sugar, glycogen, glucose, dextrose, and that is derived from carbo- hydrate food—starchés and sugars. This being so, there can be'no scientific or common sense ground for the notion that alcohol is a “food.” - Even as a fuel to provide heat it is without practical value except in conditions where the patient fs unable to take proper food. It must be remembered that just as soon as a per- son takes more alcohol than the limited amount the body can oxidize, burn and utilize as fuel (the excess gives a perceptible odor of alcohol or alde- hyde on the breath), the effect of the mild intoxication is to cause in- creased loss of body heat, through the withdrawal of blood from the in- ternal organs to the surface where it remains too long cooling off, in the relaxed arterioles. This action of alcohol explains why a person to extreme cold is more likely to freeze to death if he has been . Because the first effect of alcohol is to depress or lull the higher brain functions, such as judgment, the drinker himself is incapable of perceiving these effects of a drink or two. He thinks he is stimulated, when in fact ‘iis consciousness is half asleep. When guests at a party “wake up” under the influence of cocktails, wine or other alcoholic beverage they are really falling asleep, so far as the exercise of reasén and-judgment and discretion and intelligence are concerned. Repeated drinks still further drug or abolish the consciousness and then even the slightly tipsy observer can see that the more tipsy ones are behaving badly. But always the drinkers think they are doing well. * Actual measurements of reaction time prove that a person who has had one or two drinks of alcoholic liquor is slower by from one-fifth to two- fifths of second in responding to a signal or a danger sign, and is there- fore unfit to drive an automobile, for tragic accidents can happen in one- fifth or two-fifths of a second—and do happen every hour, though in this country the offender is rarely held accountable for his criminal negligence. Such drunken drivers evade responsibility by pleading they were not in- toxicated, just had a drink or two, and there is plenty of ordinary and expert testimony available, at a price, to satisfy any jury on that point. Besides, the law in this country leaves the definition of intoxication to the lawyers. Tt makes lots of business for the lawyers. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Versus Lettuce Romaine ‘Much interested in article on lettuce, in which you told about its value as a source of vitamins, minerals, etc. Please tell me whether Roman lettuce is as good as ordinary lettuce in these respects. (Mrs. C. J. A.) Answer—Lettuce contains vitamins A, B, G in good quantities; Romaine contains as much A and B, but less C and G. In minerals they are the same—good sources of calcium, phosphorus and iron. Optimal Is Ample . Some one told about being cured of colitis by taking the double rations of vitamins you suggested. Where can I get the-double rations of vita- mins? ... (K. K. GC.) Answer—Not double, but optimal rations—that. is, more of the various vitamins that we assume to be necessary to prevent deficiency diseases. The booklet “Building Vitality,” gives detailed information about vitamins and their effects. For a copy sent ten cents coin and stamped envelope bear- ing your address. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) z ited: "se cute name,” she said./ and “No,” Toby told her. “It’s my| you're to go, real name. Lots of think | alt that.”