The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 3, 1936, Page 6

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Observance within the next few days of Fire Prevention week calls to mind the fact that Americans are the most care- less people on earth. Any number of things prove the point Fire Prevention Week and our annual losses from fire are not the least of them. Every year thousands of men, women and children are burned to death in American fires. as persistent, if not quite as frequent, as automobile accidents, another source of sudden death. Nor is all the misery caused by fires due to the personal pain of fire victims. Many are damaged by the activities of the Red Demon on the economic front, for fires frequently send jobs and wages up in smoke. A prime example exists in Bismarck, where one of our leading industrial plants burned during the last year. The firm “whose buildings burned was protected by insurance but there was no job insurance for the people who worked there for their daily bread. And this story is magnified thousands of times throughout America every year. But there are increasing signs that we are making prog- ress. Fire prevention is being taught in the schools and its dangers are taking root in the minds of the future generation. No such calamities as used to attend fires in school buildings have marred the records of recent years. Workmen are begin- ning to realize that fire prevention is just as truly job insur- ance as any system which can be devised by government. Our annual fire bill still mounts to staggering proportions but there is no doubt that we are making progress. Mickey O’Connor There is so little fun and laughter in the world that all & who knew him must mourn the death of M. J. (Mickey) O’Con- nor whose friends followed him to the grave this morning. Some persons are born with a gift for putting words on paper. If they touch the wellspring of laughter they are called humorists and often they are paid large sums for their art. Others are born with a gift for putting a new twist to the spoken word. They have an aptitude for the right word in the right place, the proper inflection, for knowing when they have said enough. The latter are as rare as the former and often are fully as much appreciated, although their sphere is necessarily limited to their own acquaintances. Mickey O’Connor had that second kind of gift, probably inherited from his Irish ancestors. He could embellish a com- monplace tale until it became a thing of gripping interest. His ‘ satire was gentle but definite. His descriptive powers ap- proached genius. He was, in short, that rare gift to man, a thoughts. natural-born story teller. It is as such that most of his friends —and he had a host of them—will remember him with kindly | 4 But Mickey O'Connor had other qualities of note. He was ‘ee always a good citizen and the fact that he was a staunch, true i friend is attested by the friendships which he made—and held. : In that he was as other good men: q 4 The remarkable thing was that he apparently was blessed 4 4 vat birth by the fairies which occasionally take an interest in a Irishmen. May they continue to be good to him. q ape > we £ “The-es Complete Breach Al Smith’s speech Thursday night in which he repudiated , the Democracy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and espoused the can- didacy of Alfred M. Landon was a sort of climax to the queer hodgepodge which is American politics. It marked another—and an important—point of cleavage _ hetween the forces which are contending for the mastery of the + United States government. = As he pointed out in his speech, Smith was rated as a Pro- “pressive. He feels that he still is, His heart still beats for the { common man-because he feels that he is one of them. | *~ There was point to his reference that he “didn’t reach down { for his brown derby but grew up to it.” ‘ But he could not stomach the methods of the Roosevelt _ administration, even though he apparently approved of many Sof its objectives. And so he declared for Landon. It is a counter to the action of such Republicans as Senator fe .George W. Norris in deserting his party to support Roosevelt +4n 1932 and again this year. It only emphasizes the fact that| tall ;the Wisconsin Progressives and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor- rites are arrayed on the side of the administration. si It would seem that the two old party labels mean little, if ; anything, in the face of these apostasies. . It might be better if our party designations really meant something as they would if the two contending groups were "Jabeled the Radicals and the Conservatives. These names would better typify the attitudes of the two parties than those ~they now are employing. Enrollment in home economics classes at the North Dakota college shows a big increase this year. Can it be (that the modern girl is going back to old-fashioned ideas and marriage instead of a career? : inbspitants are growing into 9: ts” Some al- e . Jusively entitled to the use for republica- spatches credited to !t or not otherwise credited in this Such holocausts are just Behind Scenes The Campaign By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) New York, Oct. 3.—Al Smith, in ad- dition to attacking the New Deal with his bitterest brand of scorn, en- dorsed Governor Landon by name. Some of the Republican strategists now say privately that Smith will cut more heavily into the Roosevelt vote than they previously anticipated, main- ly in large cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit. Democrats consulted on that point are divided between those who say Smith will give votes to Roosevelt as often as he speaks and those who feel that Smith will be helpful to Roose- velt in some areas and harmful in others. The question as to whether Smith, it: campaign speeches, would actually come out for Landon had been a ques- tion of whether this lifelong Demo- crat could actually be persuaded to declare for a Republican candidate other than by implication. Old associates of both Smith and Roosevelt, admit that the bitterness whieh has grown up between the two men is now almost in the incredible stage. * * * Garner te Speak—Once Vice President John N, Garner will make a radio speech for the Roose- velt-Garner tickét. This is news to Republicans, who have been asserting that Garner had gone into the silences because he was personally opposed to most New Deal policies. It may also be considered news, especially when you consider the prodigious oratorical activities of Col. Frank Knox, that the Demo- cratic vice presidential candidate is lined up for only one speech. It is common talk in Washington that Garner does considerable grous- ing in private about the New Deal. One story is that he blames the New Deal because he now has to pay pecan pickers 75 cents instead of 50 cents @ day. But Jack does keep reasserting his loyalty to Roosevelt in private con- versations and has pointed out to many bosom friends that no one could possibly agree with Roosevelt or any other man on all points of a program as big as that which Roose- velt initiated. Looking at the Campaign * * * Pin Faith on Roosevcit Feateag epee ree enetd Landon were running for re-election ; That's Roosevelt. Blas governor of Kansas this year, he The other New Deal speakers are would carry the state by upwards of | local heroes, just window dressing. 75,000 votes, which would be larger | One question this raises is whether |" his majority on the two previ- Roosevelt can be more effective than | US Occasions when he was elected. Landon, and all the other Republican | But since he isn’t running for gov- | orators ‘put together. ernor, but for president of the United ‘There were those who felt that Sec-|St@teS, and since his opponent is retary Harold Ickes would be the|Fresident Roosevelt, who has man-/ nearest thing to a tower of strength |®8¢¢ to stir up class cleavages, the | among New Deal speakers. But they chances are Mr. Landon will win have been more pessimistic since |*anses by less than 20,000 votes. Ickes undertook to wipe the floor For while Mr. Landon has made an with Hearst in a radio 5} h. excellent record as governor, the i The delivery wasn't ver exciting roads made by Mr. Roosevelt on na- and the content wasn’t up to expec- tional issues, particularly in the tations of those who wanted to see wheat areas of the state affected by Hearst thoroughly smeared, drouth, are such that Mr. Landon’s “ee omat ory is abode 35,000 to i in the first, second, third and Tekes stil rates ight as a New [fourth districts, with Mr. Roosevelt | 4 likely to win a majority of from, 7,500 Deal campaign crusader than his/+o 10,000 in three wheat districts, | rival, Harry Hopkins of WPA, how- y , There is no doubt that Mr. Landon ee Hopkins has been completely |i, personally popular and that his # , |{tiend, Will West, Republican. nom- aa etek aim eer a corn ines for governor, is likely to be the Cais Gee ee a cate AEA beneficiary of the excellent state ad- Stall” “And: strangely meet, he |Ministration given by Mr. Landon and many other regular Democratic ane wen ee wovernorstiip: by more pobliaiens believe that the party 18) One reason for the big Roosevelt renee a, runaican Perkins it strength in Kansas is the vast oere P) va Spebaleg tothe oa amount of money spent here by the tenk Rien al , |federal government, which amounted belie yr eaispeaed normally would tc more than $468,000,009 in the last 8 three years. aoe ae aa Een pe I made a survey of Kansas state Heese he at Re ca diiiin finances to deterthine how much of | Farley sufficiently to ees this money could truly be regarded Brann appoint. the (WPA ee as aiding Governor Landon in bal- trator in Maine. “They believed that |20¢is his budget. I found that not a good Brann Democrat on the job one cent of the money relieved the “David Lawrence The real strategists in the Demo- | (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) ;state treasury in any sense or helped est, they surely could have paid it all cratic high command have finally] Topeka, Kans., Oct. 3.—If Alf M.|to cut down the cost of state govern- | back. Some idea of the importance of y governments in Kansas can be obtained by noting that they spend $54,000,000 a year on their total bud- a “f . {gets while the state financed dealt directly with the fed: spends about $11,000 000 They, eve i had and would have the capacity to items had previously been a part of repay Uncle Sam had the policy been one of loans, not grants. As for the state Sdminiesaton, eral policy for many years to match |Governor Landon’s handling of i the states in building highways, there |#ances has been one of gradual re- are two items, one of. $15,000,000 for |duction, of expenses, as compared ‘WPA or “work relief” and '$58,000,000| ith his Democratic predecessor. It of direct relief prior to WPA, which, |Should be noted, however, that bal- aken together, total about $73,000,000 |@nced budgets are not necessarily a and which have to be examined to Republican benlevement: my ee determine whether this helj the foodring, mocrat, erdonl state earl sped now secretary of war, had a balanced It will found, hi , that, in| budget too. anne ron dulled Marae It is important, however, to note|for good business sense and frugal- not handle relief problems, but that |the substantial increase of this sur- ity. ‘The stories they tell about him | presidency ment. This is because the citizens of Kan- sas who received AAA checks or loans for banks or had their mortgages re- eral government and not one of these the state budget. Leaving aside the road building program, in which it has been a fed- Landon state administration. Kansas, the state government does this is the legal function and respon- sibility of the counties. Even when Governor Landon, acted as inter-}- : mediary for the counties in dealing with the federal government, his ac- L2, an (Lad 2 BEGIN HERE TODAY tion was entirely unofficial, The state board which his Democratic predecessor appointed to handle such matters, again an unofficial body, was continued by Governor Landon. It is an accurate statement, how- | ever, to say that the counties of Kan- sas were relieved of about $24,000,000 a year for three years by reason of the federal government's aid, and it is a reflection on the Roosevelt admin- istration that it did not insist here and elsewhere throughout the nation on a claim-check or promissory note of some kind from the county govern- ments, for, in the course of 50 or 60 years, with a nominal rate of inter- could have won the senatorial elec- tion for the governor. well on the stump! (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) HORIZONTAL . 1 European OINIATKIEL BIT OF HUMOR | | government Ly NOW AND THEN | head. EIWie lel {S RELISHED BY THis military INTE THE BEST OF MEN title. e(sI 13 Greedy. is} Mrs. Duff — I al- ways feel lots better | shell. after a good cry. 17 Finish, Mrs. Jawson — So 18 Smell. do I. It sort of gets 19 Sash. things out of your 20 Social insects. away from the refreshment bar. 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Cloak. ; 45 Fabric, 11 Amidic. o46 Half an cm. 12 Pound. 49 Behold. | county Bored with parties, Red Po} and forces te y NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Ci xI INNIE, who had just entered as you think, I hate sneaks, too, | ment, just like 1 hate mice and rats.) He was yawning elaborately, She went to the door and ex- . “Be sure you leave that key lying around,” she warned Louis. “Trust me,” he grinned. gangster Molly, on the other side of the| amused. “You're to get door, heard Winnie's ugly words,|right used to this place,” he but they made no impression. She | chuckled. ieee ine ee pace ba| SET Se ie vol pl “I wouldn't like it. familiar and dear to her.‘ |some.” ii 3 but not ais- Dr. Brady will answer rtaining, to health ain Auaress ‘Dr Sate OF eee ye Trigune. All tierce must be accompanied by & stamped, self-addressed envelope. ERN TREATMENT OF THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S CURSE 4 mie onan ot gradeal elcegmet, hyperplasia or hypertrophy of the gland in more than one-third of all men past fifty years age is unknown. If anything more could be said about the cause of thls affliction I'd say it. The characteristic manifestations of Uh 58 struction’ gradually develop in all cases alike, no matter whether Peed victims have led wicked or lives—frequency, Leider ie: ruption. of sleep, dribbling, eae any it galls any gent meat zo nes ‘chooses. for. iteelt, grimly observes Dr. . C. Bumpus, Jr., is usu ‘an indication of what the public will ulli- Hately demand. Ten yer cont of his patients who have trans-urethral electro-surgical prostatic resection are physicians. In the earlier days 0! diathermy extirpation of tonsils Dr. Lewis J. Silvers noted a similar de- modern method on the part of physicians and thelr fam- pit etimes, indeed, physicians who had loudly condemned electro- congula tical ‘The modern method—removal of only ‘the obstructing portion of prostate, through the natural channel, by means of instruments designed for that purpose—is not only difficult in technic but most tedious for the operator, compared with the old-fashioned surgical “enucle- ation” of the gland through perineal incision or an abdominal 1 incision. The modern method, however, involves much less risk for the patient. ‘This greater safety of the modern method makes {t imperative that the surgeon who attempts to treat prostatic obstruction at all should refrain from operating on such patients if he cannot master the technic of trans- urethral resection, There-are far too many brass surgeons in Yankeeland bung! this work. Srna, prostatic resection (as the ern method is called) is a safer procedure for the patient than (as the old-fashioned method is called) is evident in these figures: The total operative mortal- ity since 1920 for 38 patients over 80 years of age treated by perineal or suprapubic prostatectomy at Brady Foundation of the New York hospital was 33 per cent, while Dr. N. G. Alcock has reported 124 resections in patients over 80 with only 11 per cent mortality and Dr. G. J. ‘Thompson had 38 patients over 80 in 1935 without a death. ‘The old timers mumble and mutter jn their beards about the! chances of “recurrence” of prestatic obstruction even if a complete cure is ob- tained by trans-urethral resection. In fact the number of patients who experience a return of trouble following a prolonged period of relief appears to be less after resection than the number who suffer such return of trouble following radical surgical procedures. It seems to be, then, a question of surgical skill. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Stickum Is Right ‘What is the best agent to remove adhesive plaster from the skin without bringing the skin along with it? A mere operation is no ordeal at all, but when they yank off.... (F. M. B.) Answer—Plain old kerosene (coal oil) is excellent for the purpose— better than alcohol, ether, etc. The kerosene odor is not offensive and” kerosene is casily washed away with soap and water. What are the symptoms by which one can recognize lead. poisoning? (J. B.) Answer. One can't. It is difficult enough for a doctor. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) i plus under Governor Landon, Here are the expenses of the state govern- ment, beginning with the Democratic administration in 1932, just before Governor Landon was elected: $13,056,000 + 11,002,000 o1l in the field and + 12,670,398 + the ; Looking at the surpluses in the treasury each year, and beginning again with the Democratic governor in 1932, the table is as follows: F EG [ E E ste it Be i g el 5 Ey 723 $ It will be noted that don ‘has more than trébled the size of the surplus of his predecessor and also has kept the expenses. about $380,000 below the 1932 budget. . Governor Landon has a reputation tl steel. How she loved him! He was not to receive an an- @ | He was facing her, and for a/swer. There was a crash, an en- moment she fancied his eyes|raged bellow, as glass shattered rested upon the door of her roomjon the gangster’s head and kero- with a peculiar intentness. sene poured into his eyes and “He knows I’m in this room,”|mouth, Molly thought. “He’s suffering; The next moment Brent had fearfully -because he can’t help/pinned both of Louis’ arms on the me. I’m to be the one to help/table in a vise-like grip. “Get the him now. There must be a way!”|guns, Molly!” he called. “There Bless Winnie, who had given|is one in each pocket.” her the opportunity! But Molly, anticipating his or- eee der, had one of the guns, and ‘LOUIS slouched in his chair, his|now was taking the other ugly bullet-shaped head thrown weapon from the helpless Louis. fm"aed ene |back, his eyes half closed, He was) “Stand guard, Molly, First, or bie Jotun [looking at Brent with the satis-|though, get a sheet. I’m going 8 faction of a cat watching a/tie this fellow up so tight hi * |trapped mouse. 5 think he ean never get loose.” . She looked about her small] Molly flew to do Brent's bid- prison. There was nothing that|ding. It was all a nightmare. The "|could be used as a weapon, The|same nightmare she had been in , as it was called, was|for it seemed. But the hor- cot, the cracked | vas Yollowing faterenccas cracked mir-|Was follow: rent’s ir, and a|With swiftness and precision, glowed eee ph eae at l- Molly took eyes. = and blew! “There,” Brent said finally. “He big ae inere and. think about wi a game of poker he and instantly was aware that/piays, Molly”—his voice broke— Brent had seen the’slight move-|*give me the guns and then let me look at you.” { Tears rolled down Molly’s face. stretch’ ¥ “1 payers Sut what all the rate, pent! T knew you'd excitement ‘is about,” he said/Cme,, but when I. realized where I can’t comfort you. We'd vero thought of that ou a lit late,” a voice from the foes iterrupted. “How would | you like ‘ : “And you,” Stephen Black Poker.” wheeled upon Mo! y “There's a pack of cards on the|to go with him, Tate tel” Louis said, “Get em.” | get for this nights week “But, Steve, you can’t do that!” i is oy i &