The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1936, Page 4

The | An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Batablished 1873) State, City gnd County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D, and watered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matver. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons ‘Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Sec'y-Tréas. and Eéitor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance % amen Tribune| Behind the SCENES Washington Neck ... Little Girl Amazed by Scarcity of Democrats ... Modesty of Zioncheck Revealed by Directory. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, apparel of the two U. 8. senators Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press e@ Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republich- edited to it or not otherwise credit is arene, tocal ne: pontan ‘igin published herein. publication of all other matter ‘are also reserv Uncle Sam’s Long Arm For many years criminals in the United States were rood deal more willing to violate state laws than to infringe upon federal statutes. Operations of the government were more mysterious and *Uncle Sam’s” long arm was implemented by more resources pnd was less susceptible to political corruption than were local police forces. As a result the federal sleuth, shrouded in mystery, was pomething to frighten the criminals of the country. Then came racketeering with its “connections” in many tities. In many cases it not only hung on the fringes of respect- able society but was accepted by it. Anything went and it seemed that the criminals could get away with almost anything if they were either bold enough or clever enough. Police departments fatled to meet the situation, not so much because policemen were unable to detect the offenders as because of political coercion, the laxity of prosecutors, dilatory tactics by judges who depended on the underworld for votes, and a general indifference on the part of the public as a whole. * The late ’20s and early ’30s were a period when citizens admired the man who had money, regardless of how he got it. Deflation of the liquor racket by repeal of prohibition turned the gangs to kidnaping. This and the changing times brought a wave of moral indignation which had seemed long overdue. The federal government yielded to the pressure upon ft and made many crimes federal offenses which theretofore had been purely state matters. * Almost immediately gangdom was forced into retreat, first through the device of prosecution for income tax evasion, more lately for crimes which loom larger in the public mind. How this was done is described in the annual report of J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the G-men, which has just been given to the public. In it he discloses that 3,905 persons were con- victed last year as a result of federal activities and $34,708,- 815.89 in stolen property was recovered. The cost of this work was $5,000,000. Sixty-five kidnaping cases were investigated and 158 per- sons were convicted with 15 still awaiting trial when the report was issued. Not one of the cases remained unsolved. Seventy-three convictions were obtained in cases involving the robbery of banks where deposits were insured by the gov- ernment, now a federal crime. As a result, bank robberies have decreased and insurance companies have announced a drop of 20 per cent in the insurance rates in 35 states. How this was done is related in some detail in the report but it all boils down to the fact that the G-men went at their work WITHOUT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE AND WITH THE HONEST INTENTION OF CATCHING THE CRIMINAL. They used the latest scientific devices with intelligence and skill. The business of catching criminals became a HUNT, not e GAME. Yielding to public demand, the bureau has begun operation of a national police academy where city policemen are sent for training. These, in turn, are instructing policemen in their home cities and a general advance in the fight on crime can be expected to result. These gains, however, important though they are, do not complete the list of the bureau’s achievements. More signifi- tant still is the fact that fewer youths are enlisting in the ranks of the nation’s criminals. It still is bad enough, for during the first six months of this year 18 of every 100 persons arrested by the bureau were under 21 years of age, but during the last ifour years arrests of persons 19 years old outnumbered those for any other age group. During the last half of 1935 and the first half of 1936, the majority of persons arrested were from 21 to 23 years old. from Mississippi is ordinarily a mat- ter of no great concern to anyone but themselves and their immediate families, At the moment, however, it has come to be a@ large issue in the pri- mary campaign which finds Senator Pat Harrison fighting to save his job from former Gov. Sennett Conner, Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, hero of the “back country,” is the chief sup- porter of Conner and he has been going about the state showing pic- tures of Pat in golf knickers. Ac- cording to Bilbo, these pictures are good and sufficient evidence that Pat is no fit servant of the people and cannot be trusted. That was doubtless effective in cer- tain areas until Pat's friends resur- rected a story about Bilbo. Early in 1934 Bilbo complained to police in Memphis, Tenn., that his parked automobile had been robbed there. He enumerated as among the miss- ing articles some 40 red neckties— mostly new—some red pajamas, some yellow pajamas, some black pajamas That'll Hold Him A visiting European celebrity, famed in the financial field, was twitting General Counsel Herman Oliphant of the treasury about the government silver policy. “What ere you going to do with all that silver when you get it?” he asked. “Well, we may pave the streets with it,” Oliphant answered. “That's a lot more than we can do with all that paper you fellows tl _ representing the war with rattlesnake trimmings, and “19 or 20 shirts, one yellow silk, one gray silk, one or two with stripes, and the rest white.” ese * Think of It! 20 Shirts! “Sun-tanned farmers of Mississip- pi,” demands the Jackson (Miss.) Daily News, editorially, “ye who sit and listen to the drooling of poison from the lips of Bilbo, is there one among you who ever possessed 19 or 20 shirts, silk or otherwise?” The national capital is interested in the outcome. Harrison, administra- tion wheel-horse, is an important fig- ure in Washington. The primary is on Aug. 25 and chances seem to be that Pat will be returned. * % & Always Good for a Show ‘You can always depend on Frank “Woody” Hockaday, airway engineer from Wichita, Kan., to produce some- thing spectaculer. Wearing red swimming trunks and an Indian headdress, Hockaday dumped a great pile of feathers in the office of Assistant Secretary of ‘War Harry Woodring, as a sort of a demonstration for world peace. He is back in an institution again now, but the incident recalled pleasant memor- ries of something Hockaday pulled back in 1928, About 200 persons connected with aviation were pilgrimaging by boat to the tdedication of the Wright brothers memorial monument in Kit- ty Hawk, N. C. It was on @ Sunday and Hockaday created some consternation by threa- tening to jump overboard unless church services were held. Woody won. Senator Hiram Bing- ham was pressed into service as the preacher, ese * Not a Democrat in Sight New Dealers who have been vaca- tioning at the more exclusive beaches found comparatively few political friends. The 5-year-old daughter of Chair- man James M. Landis of the Secur- ities and Exchange commission re- turned from a tour at Cotuit, Mass., one day and reported: “Daddy, I don’t think there’s a single Democratic on the beach!” ++ # Modest Zioncheck - Obituary writers who turned to the The cause for this improvement is not mentioned in the| Congressional Directory for material report, though Mr. Hoover speculates that it may be due either | check ae committed suicide found Marion A. Zion- to improved economic conditions or to better police work. A| 0 help there. The representative who received so third factor, which he doesn’t mention, is the more enlightened | much publicity in his latter days had outlook of the public which has come to the conclusion that| been so modest when he first came here, in contrast to congressmen who he inserted ae said: A. Zioncheck, Democrat, prevention is a better cure than prosecution for young offend- ers. Better programs for youth, brought into being within the last few years, clearly are entitled to some credit. “Marion Thus the long arm of Uncle Sam has been able to accom-| of Seattle, Wash.” plish results where local forces have failed. The tradition that| (CoPyisht, 1996, NEA Service, Inc.) it is bad luck to get “in bad” with him is rapidly being revived. Now if the same thing could be said for local enforcement agencies throughout the land, America’s troubles and its tre- mendous bill for crime speedily would be reduced. It DOES Pay For a long time after the automobile began to crowd the railroads for the passenger business which they had accepted as a matter of course, the carriers could think of no other remedy than to raise rates in order to bolster their diminishing revenues. Railroad managements just couldn’t seem to think _ in modern terms. As a result, their business was being washed * away in the flood of their salty tears when someone suggested that they do something about it. The answer was lower rates, better trains (many of them air-conditioned) and an advertising campaign which informed the American public of the advantages of train travel, its costs, where to go and how to get there. ‘There was nothing fancy about these statements, just the plain, unadorned truth. Coincidental with this came renewed activity on the part of railroad men and other types of promotion. - » ‘The result is that the western railroads are this year enjoy- petapenty Se Shes Sisters They have some- BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Aug. 17.—The wearing The Battle ‘To Preserve the America ee n Form of Government’ Looking at the Campaign (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 17.—North Dakota is close, but the drift is de- cidedly toward Roosevelt. The chances of Governor Landon are somewhat related to the strength or weakness of Representative Lemke, who is running for the presidency on @ third party ticket and also for re- election to congress from North Da- kota at the same time. Mr. Lemke’s attempt to run for two offices may yet develop into legal complications, but, in any event, if he grows weaker toward November,| the only opportunity of Mr. Landon’s; winning the state, namely as a mi- nority candidate, will diminish. Back in 1924, the late Senator La Follette ran as a third party candi- date and Calvin Coolidge got 40 per cent of the total ballots, which was enough to carry the electoral vote of the state because La Follette ran second and John Davis third. The situation today resembles 1924 very much so far as splitting the Re- publican vote is concerned. But Mr. Lemke has by no means the prestige here thet La Follette had. The word “Republican” means very little in a state which has in recent years been breaking down party lines. I talked, for instance, to one state official who was elected as a Republican and who will not vote for Roosevelt or Landon but probably for Norman Thomas. The key to the situation here lies in state politics. Former Governor Langer, who is still a strong political factor, is going to run as a third party candidate for governor, but not on the Lemke ticket. He lost the Republican nomination by less than 700 votes and appears to be disap- pointed that, even though he an- nounced for Landon, he didn’t get the regular Republican support. Gov- ernor Welford, the incumbent, who is 1Coat of arms of the Repub> 1IaIRIAIDIE| ic of ———, 7 sis cat «= SENT 13To affirm. 14 Conscious. [ae 34 Billiard shot, 55 Drug. 56 On the beam. 35To abdicate, 37 rding ‘to, 58 Its president. 59 It was a —— until 1910. VERTICAL 1 Father. 2 Egg-shaped 3To fracture. 4 Genuine. 5To irritate. 41 Spiral point. 45 Opposite of 50 Indian boat. 53 Booty. Coat of Arms HORIZONTAL __ Answer to Previous Pussie 23 Virus of cow- u WE INES AIWIE! EIRITIN Mit Tritt a “David Lawrence & candidate for reelection on the Re- publican ticket and is a former Dem- ocrat, probably will not be very ag- gressive so far as the national ticket is concerned. The Republicans are casting about somewhat for a leader who can go in- to the battlefront without regard to the statz factional squabble. The Democrats, of course, are a minority party in this state. They polled only 40,000 votes against 180,000 combined vote of the Republicans in this year’s primaries. But something of this sort also happened four years ago, and Mr. Roosevelt carried the state by 107,000 at the stme time that Governor Lan- ger was elected by 25,000 and Senator Nye by about 107,000, the latter two on the Republican label. Four years ago, however, Repre- sentative Lemke campaigned the state for Mr. Roosevelt. There seems no coubt that, for this and other rea- sons, the president will get a sub- stantially reduced vote this time. Broadly speaking, the opposition to Mr. Roosevelt is most vocal on the subject of the Canadian treaty, the rising debt of government, and the way “relief”? money has been spent. On the other hand, the rank and file, who have been helped by individual checks from the government, are as- suming that the New Deal will surely continue the checks and Governor Landon, they are being led ‘to believe, might not. As for many of the people out here affected by the drought disaster, they are not so much interested in a budget-balancing president. They want federal relief to continue. For 57 years or more, the rainfall average per year has been less than 15 inches, which is just about half of what it is in a normally good farm- ing state. About $329,000,000 of fed- eral money has come in here in three 4 27 Not speaking 28 Prophet. 30 Hastened. 31 Constellation (U0HI- ie LIE|RIP} iy UiR E| 6 Aside. 7 Boy. 8 Smooth. 46 Banner. 9 Fodder vat 10 Shoe. 47 Reported. 48 Song for one voice. * 49 Membranous 8. 51 Striped fabric. $2 Tree. 54 Beret. 11 Indian, 12 North America. 15 Scarlet. 20 Its unit of currency. 21 Narrator. re ke ae c. years, out of which about $170,000 has been used to finance farm mortgages. Here, then, is @ population of about 800,000 persons who don’t like to be told that they made @ mistake in set- tling .in @ semi-arid state or that they should not have plowed up what was an excellent summer pasture. Federal aid is an essential policy here for a while, no matter who is elected next autumn, and when the campaign camouflage is all over, something of ® permanent nature will have to be done to improve the lot of the people of North Dakota unless the farm folks are to continue to drift aimlessly waiting for favor from the weather man while the taxpayers in other states foot the bill. A scientific study of the proper use @ national policy adopted by congress for these situations affected by pro- longed drought. Governor Landon has not yet made Sod BEGIN HERE TODAY HELENA DERRIK, youthfal head of the women’s sportswear department at Helvig’s store, goes on week-end party at Crest in Lodge. There she meets PETER HENDERSON. se of love at first sight them. Peter asks Helena to marry him and the ceremony takes place. Later the crowd goes swim- a reckless dive yer, JOHN COURTNEY. Courtney arrives and a short time inter Peter dies. Helena fs informed che is sole BIER who had expected te marry Peter, and realises Leah ts an enemy. Peter's uncle, ROGER BARNES, manager ef the store, te also hostile, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Helena—and to her alarm she covered that the Henderson partment Store was easily most impressive structure She was to learn that it i o E i f g of the land will have to be made and; uch sky was indeed a closely-knit town, neither large nor small, into which John Courtney brought gvF i | ily Fy ij [ ge By William Brady, M. D. ———e will auswer jos health bu Rafa ete i tok ad he sae HEALTHY READERS PLEASE WRITS but firmly I. must deplore the tenor of many of. to this department. Oh, they generally in the letter, and for that matter I naive disregard of the Dr. Bred: oF a calf. Saree ote z & go s 8 H i aie sli <2 $52 the symptom of disease.” Morbid introspection often does harm if the hysiology and hygiene; it doesn’t hurt one borderline between health and sickness, no abru te to the other, but generally a vague decline tim likes to attribute to work, worry, care, weather, dampness, high tension, autointoxication or what- may suit his fancy or his purpose. It is very difficult to get people in this broad borderland between perfect health and organic disease to study health or hygiene, but they are suckers for symptoms and pathology. For instance, I gave # series of carefully prepared talks here on cardiovascular tion which I considered illuminating. Few read- ers, however, were interested. But when I implied a simple remedy might postpone hardening of the arteries, premature senility and graying of the hair more than ten thousand readers wrote to get full particulars. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Spark of Life ‘Will you please print instructiqns for resuscitating a person rescued from drowning. There is an argument . . . (C. A.) Answer—There is no reason for argument, but unfortunately there is much misinformation and misunderstant thanks to wrong technic BS your and illustrates the correct method. ‘Teachers of first aid classes may procure as many copies sire for members of their classes, free, if they will state the number of copies they need and pay the freight—one cent a copy. 8 junlight Is it & good practice to let the shine on tuberculous sores say for half an hour at a time or longer? . . . (C. W. 8.) Answer—It may be beneficial, provided care is taken to avoid sunburn ‘and to protect the raw surface from files’ or other contaminating contact. Hygiene for Women Have you any material on feminine hygiene? (Miss T. A.) Answer—Yes, -Gend 8-cent-stamped envelope bearing your address, end ask for pamphlet “Hygiene for Girls and Health for Women.” By hygiene I mean hygiene. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) & very penetrating impression with |the same vote. ‘The opposition to Lemke is growing, and, should it materialize, then Mr. Roosevelt would be @ eure winner of this state’s electoral vote. North Dakota has always been a radical or liberal state. Its espousal of La Follette and Nonpartisan League Goctrine revealed that trend. It would doubtful state. yet been clearly licans may win it by less than 20, or it may go tl by hr L ve || wouldn't quite call yourself Helena ignored the thrust. “Won't you sit down?” “Thank you, no. I can state my briefly. I under- it {you a gl iff 5 i ef A i I Hi Rane i E g “E | te ai in iB f j ; rs i F i f F g i i & # Bi H ef i i EE 4 ie of li i E a F} z i | E i 8 é & & i E i i : , be a i i 7 = Se 2 38 fis i % : i eae Ht i ft o ie gt ai i li 3 ietses 3 it i rf Ey 3