The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1936, Page 6

An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company, Bis- fmarck, N. D. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mal! matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W Simens Sec'y-T and Editor Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier per year Daily by mati per year (in Bismarck) . 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These extra employes will get about $35,000,000 in wages. National payrolls for the current year will be about $1,- 883,000,000 above those for 1935 and with the outlook brighter the people will spend more. In 1935 dividends paid out totalled $430,000,000. year they are jumping to approximately $2,715,000,000. Savings are a billion dollars greater than last year with 1,000,000 more savings depositors. For most persons the depression is definitely a thing of the; past and the string has been taken off the bankroll. Santa Claus is going to be a busy old guy this year with a lot of will- ing helpers. Matched against this is the fact that many factories are far behind in their orders and are refusing orders which re- quire immediate shipment. , Some forehanded merchants have had to accept reductions in the volume of goods purchased for immediate delivery. We are approaching—in some lines it already is here—a so-called sellers market in which ability to deliver the goods rather than the price is the main factor. This is a marked change from the last four years when the purchaser distinctly held the whip hand. The prospect is that retailers’ shelves will be pretty bare by Christmas Eve. In view of this fact to shop early becomes more than a good idea. It is almost a necessity. This Unemployment Problem Near End If the farming areas were back to normal the unemploy- ment problem as it exists in the United States would be prac- tically at an end. This is the conclusion of the United States Chamber of Commerce which puts at 4,000,000 the number of unemployed persons who, if employed, would find their places in business and industry. Not included in this figure are farmers and pro- fessional persons. For the farmers there is distinct hope, even though the present government policy is to restrict farm labor by reducing the acreage of crops to be harvested. Ample production on the remaining acres should be ac- complished over a period of years by the conservation prac- tices now being put into effect with government cooperation and this should take up the slack in the agricultural areas. If we had obtained a crop in this area this year our un- employment problem would be almost negligible. As it is, we cannot expect to achieve a better balance until another har- vest rolls around but in the east, with industry booming, the day of deliverance from the harassments of unemployment seems near at hand. East to West Because of high prices for corn (over a dollar at Chicago) midwestern corn recently has not been salable east of the In- diana border, according to data compiled by the Chicago Grain Exchange. Ohio corn, which ordinarily moves to the eastern pes is being shipped west to meet the demand of feeders there. The reason, of course, lies in the importations of Argentine corn which now is meeting the eastern demand. Corn is being shipped from Chicago back to Iowa, the greatest corn-growing state, to meet a shortage which is developing in that area. It also is going to Wisconsin, where feeders ordinarily obtain their supplies from Iowa. Thus corn imports actually are proving a benefit to the na- tion, since they serve to alleviate a shortage of feedstuffs which might be serious were not an outside supply available. North Dakota, too, has seen a reversal of this trend, much of the feed needed to keep our foundation herds alive coming from the east, whereas we normally have an oversupply for shipment to the central markets. Dividends Mean Development Declaration of a dividend of $154,000 by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines shows that homes still are the best and soundest investment. The dividend brought to $6,800,000 the amount paid by this organization to its stockholders, the government and the 117 federal building and loan associations which are affiliated with it. One of the latter is doing a sound and flourishing bus- ciness in Bismarck, discounting its mortgages with the Des Moines institution to get money to make more loans. The result of this institution’s activities has been to sup- plement the work of older building and loan associations in making money available to persons seeking to buy or build homes. Because of this development building is on the upgrade and indications are that it is due for a real boom in the im- mediate future. “At the age of 14, an English scientist could write in 14 languages. The familly pride is almost as good, being able to scribble everything but Engtish. ‘In these trailer days, the proper thing to ask a lost child first 1s, “Where a. hss The Bismarck Tribune |NORTH DAKOTANS IN WINNERS? CLASS AT CHICAGO FARM FAIR 4-H Clothing Girls, Grain Grow- rs, Livestock Raisers Take Honors Chicago, Dec. 1.—(/)—North Dakota girls won awards in 4-H club cloth- ing exhibits at the club congress be- ing held in connection with the In- ternational Livestock exposition, oe Dakota girls placed as fol- WS: Viola Swanson, Arvilla, “A” in com- plete costume class; Eunice Bervin, Balta, “BZ” in same class; Jane Root, Grand Forks, “BZ” in cotton school dress; Fern McCready, Cuba, “B” in wool dreas or suit. North Dakota winners in the grain show included John Mielcapek, Minto, fifth, and Charles J. Christianson, Rugby, sixth, in the flax division. North Dakota winners in the live- Breeding Aberdeen Angus —Bull calved between May 1, 1932, and April 30, 1933—Hartley Stock Farm, Page, first; bull calved between Jan. 1, 1935, and April 30, 1935—Hanna Stock Farm, Bordulac, fourth. Bull calved between May 1 and Aug. 31, 1935—Hanna Stock Farm, fifth; bull calved between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 1934—Hartley Stock Farm, third. Group of five bulls—Hanna Stock Farm, fourth, Group of two bulls—Hanna Stock Farm, second, "| stock division included: f MOLLISION IN RHODESIA Broken Hil, Northern Rhode- sia—Capt. James A. Mollison and Capt. Edouard Corniglion-Moll- nier landed here at 5 p. m. Tues- day on their England-Capetown flight. * SANTA FE ORDER BIG New York—Rallroad buying of equipment and rails, the broadest since early in the depression, was topped Tuesday by Santa Fe orders amounting to about $20,304,000. SATAN’S KINGDOM COLD! Satan's Kingdom, Conn.—The mercury dropped to six below zero here Tuesday, making this plore the coldest spot in Connec- jeut. FAST IS FAILURE Bombay—Muni Shri Misrilalj!, a Jain priest who Monday ended @ 259- day fast, desires to retire to a lonely forest for the rest of his life. He fasted in an effort to unify 32 differ- ent sects of Jain priests, but failed in his objective. He lost 82 pounds. REPORT NAZIS IN SEVILLE London—Authoritative British cir- cles received reports Tuesday that “between 2,000 and 5,000 Germans” were concentrated at the insurgent stronghold of Seville. TO DEPORT U. 8. SAILOR Berlin—Lawrence 8B. Simpson, American seaman under three years’ sentence for circulating Communistic literature in the Reich, will be releas- ed Dec. 20 for deportation to the United States. FORT BARRACKS BURN 8t. Paul—Two soldiers suffered cuts when they jumped through win- dows fleeing fire which early Tues- day burned out the interior of the “B” barracks at Fort Snelling. Major T. G. Methsen estimated damage at $20,000. ICKES’ CAR UPSETS Richmond, Va.— Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes received a slight cut on one hand Tuesday when his car overturned after being forced off the road 10 miles north of Fred- ericksburg. SAUERKRAUT DWINDLES Chicago—Add drouth damages: the nation’s sauerkraut supply now is only about half of the normal annual consumption. EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS ‘Washington commerce de- partment repgrted Tuesday exports exceeded imports by $52,707,000 dur- ing October. DENY DEBT PARLEYS London—No negotiations for a new settlement of British and French war debts under the tripartite currency agreement are under way, informed Tuesda: sources said y- 13 SHIPS ICE-BOUND Toronto.—Great Lakes shipping Tuesday faced the threat of one of the costliest tieups in its history fol- lowing a cold wave which spread over eastern Canada and made downward progress of 73 vessels from Lake Su- perior doubtful. KANSAS GETS MOISTURE Garden City, Kas—Snow and rain fell over western Kansas Tuceday, bringing much needed molsture for winter wheat and to hold soil that was beginning to blow. father of two, was sent to the work- house in Minneapolis Tuesday for 10 days for stealing 50 cents worth of trinkets from @ five and ten cent store because, he said, he wanted his children to have a “merry Christmas.” SO THEY SAY iw, Stanley H. Gaines to the senator's daughter, Miss Ve Ington, D. C., home. Gai DAUGHTER OF SENATOR IS BRIDE HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1936 Sen. Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota, offered congratulations to his of North Dakota, after his marriage rie Frazier (center) in their Wash- is connected with the soil conservation wervice, (Associated Press Photo) it may be complete and unconditional. —Justice Arthur Day, Ohio Supreme Few real scientists in the world to- day are conceited enough to feel that they can explain the existence of the universe without admitting the exist- ence of the deity—Dr. Arthur E. Haas, University of Notre Dame physicist. *“* * Drinking is another expression of woman's so-called freedom. ... Re- peal, with its rush of women to the bars ... provides another opportun- ity for unthinking women to show their equality with men.—Mrs, Ida B. Smith, temperance leader. ** * Children of today have overcome awkwardness and self-consciousness and, through their imitation of movie actors and actresses, have become more sophisticated, cultured and po- lite than they were 20 years ago.— Dr. J. E. Anderson, child welfare di- rector, University of inners: i * ® If you examine history over any period of time you'll discover that forms of government change like fashions in hats. They run in cycles —empire, free state, monarchy. de- mocracy, and so on. It is obvious that dictators are the fashion today. —Rev, Daniel A. Lord, 8. J., St. Louis University. [BARBS | When those Americans tn Madrid get back to the United States, it may take them a decade or so to get ac- climated to our Fourths of July. * ek A “cultural Olympics’ ‘is being launched in Philadelphia. Break- ing training probably will consist of sitting up late with a modern novel. * * A westerner is suing because he found a tack in his ple. Other Amer- ican just grin and bear this food tax x * A Pittsburgh gas station at- tendant laughed and walked away from an ermed bandit. A model employe would have oiled and polished jth bandit’s gun. * % Report of a rise in soap prices is followed by news that necklines on youngster’s clothes may be higher this winter, * * If Soivet hunters are like America’s, it would seem dangerous for Russie to practice dropping its armies from the skies during duck-hunting sea- son, xe * At banquets, the true conservative GIVE PROGRAM OF CONCERT TONIGHT Pianist and Mezzo Contralto to Sing in Auditorium at 8:15 P. M. Robert Macdonald, pianist, and Es- trid Buck, mezzo contralto, who will open the 1936-37 Artist Series in Bis- marck, arrived in the city during the \morning and in the afternoon pre- sented a complimentary program for Bismarck-Mandan high school stu- dents in the local school. For the evening program, which will be at 8:15 p. m., in the city audi- torium, the vocalist’ will appear first with @ group of Bodenhoff, Johansen, Sibelius and Rangstrom compositions. Schfimann’s “The Little Sandman” and two Grieg songs make her second grouping. For her final offerings, she has chosen a miscellany of works by Sinding, MacDermid, Clayton-Johns, Paul Sifler and Protheroe. Offers Varied Program Macdonald, whose performance is eagerly looked forward to by lovers of piano music, will play first a Scar- latti sonata, then “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Bach-Hess and “Cha- conne” by Bach-Busoni. The Eugene Gossens suite, “Kalei- doscope,” is the major work of. the Pianist’s/ second group. He has bracketed with the suite “Liebestod” by Wagner-Liszt, “Gnomenreigen” by Liszt and “Am Seegestade” by Smetana. The ever popular waltz-paraphrase, “Blue Danube,” will be the finale of the concert. The arrangement chosen by Macdonald is by Strauss-Schultz- Evier. Both Artists Outstanding “Mrs, Buck sings nothing like any- one else” is the comment of one re- viewer. Another says, “The voice is of fine, delicately spun quality. Her singing is an interesting combination of spirituality and decided musical temperament — a marriage which gives to everything she touches an in- dividuality that is quite out of the or- dinary.” Macdonald is director of the Co- lumbia School of Music of Chicago, one of America’s finest institutions devoted to music education. The concert Tuesday evening will be followed by programs Feb. 10 by Raymond Anderson, violinist, and Eloise Moore, dancer; March 18 by Mary Ann Kaufman, soprano, and April 28 by Arthur Kraft, tenor. There is one automobile to every will always pass up the left wing. six persons in the United States. Ae e , Picture Star « —" HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle a Tnekumnens 1,6 Well-known _{COUIUSELITHADIE TN pron. creen star PIEMSIMAWAIRIEMMOIRIAIL] 2! East tncide 11 Foreigner. ANGIE MDI TIEITITINIGMER! 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Address Dr. Welfare Board Gets Check for|} sau, F.damrateastiitanet a sustice iti So secmonae * $2,876 From Social Se- stamped, self-addressed envelope. curity Office HYGIENE FOR HEMORRHOIDS recently how unsuccessful had been 1 how he had found prolonged relief from piles, only after he adopted @ more healthful diet—especially exe beer, wine, cathartics. inet Another reader now describes similar experience and says she eit lasting rellef when she corrected her diet, She expresses the susplc ea I received a cut in the fee the doctor charged her for the injectien gaat ment which failed. She explains that I recommended the doctor to But, unfortunately, she signs her letter with initials only. a A medical colleague who has had considerable experience with bow ne standard operation and injection treatment gives his present view of ogee fully treated “While the majorit; ft hemorrhoids can be successful i by injection, there meds sHisliase oa which injection will always be follow by recurrence. It is not fair for proctologists to urge injection ireatmnen ey this type of patient. Honesty requires that such patient be told frankly 4 operation under prolonged local anethesia is the method of choice. ee quite true that the patient is benefitted by good hygiene and Par by diet which controls constipation, but we may be sure the ‘cure of hem: ection treat By his trouble, luding con= (ee ae EEE SES Application forms for aid to the blind are now available at county welfare board offices, and the plan for assistance to those persons is Teady to operate, E. A. Willson, execu- tive director of the state welfare board, said Tuesday. ‘The state welfare board has received through the social security board s check for $2876, the estimated amount of federal funds needed for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1936, he sal Payment for blind assistance, he ex- plained, must be made in cash to the person approved for assistance or to their legal guardians. “In addition to the factor of blind- ness, as defined in the Bk kota state plan approved by the security ard, eligibility is determ- | Orrhoids by diet will not last long.” ined on the basis of relief need,” the In the series of talks about the nature, cause and treatment of tea welfare board director stated. Other} hoids given in this column recently I endeavored to explain the value ©) factors of SlptDItity, such soa ald, Gre good hygiene. i zenship and residence are in-| szygiene unquestionably prevents hemorrhoids, and even after hemor volved, he said. long the intervals between Willgon called attention to the rule| elds have developed, hygiene will greatly prolong that persons applying for Mai 5 to escape ny persons have hemorrhoids, yet by good hygiene manage to the blind must be at least 18 years)». 1.475 ie ia: s Tt is impossible to give practical advice about hygiene for hemorrhoids in this article. I have » monograph on hemorrhoids (piles) which I will be for it and incloses a stamped envelope “The Constipation Habit” which con- but, alas, costs ten cents ‘The Tseo people, natives of Uganda, Africa, have coiffures embellishéd| glad to mail any reader who asks with hair collected from the heads] bearing his address. I have a booklet of their dead ancestors, stuck to-| tains detailed instructions for correcting that habit, gether with blood, and decorated with in coin of the realm. : feathers. The hygiene for orrhoids includes not only correction of faulty diet, constipation and the physic habit or the use of injurious cathartics, but also Titian, the artist, obtained inspira-| general measures to equalize circulation and oppose pelvic congestion of tion from a bunch of grapes which he} Stagnation of blood in the veins south of the equator. ‘And it includes im- kept hanging in his studio as an ex- portant rules concerning the toilet of the perineum. ample of beauty of form and line. ke u QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Mary Pickford has learned that 8! Phen some Buddy loves her, and she doesn’t, have to wonder which one. jtrange jomenon Several years ago injured hand. It healed, but every little while blood blisters appear about the a: Can you explain this? They last a few days, then disappear... . (M. 8.) Florida and Madrid are having their ‘Answer—Gaszing deeply into the crystal I get the message that maybe troubles; one is trying to keep out} there's something the matter and you ought to consult a physician. bums, the other bombs. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) 4 The Stranger at the Gate By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT Copyright by Mabel Onguod Wright WNU Service Tommy, who had the decidedly red hair of a remote ancestor, com- bined wonderfully with his mother’s big, gray, black-lashed eyes, was clad in a gayly figured hooded bath- robe of his father’s that trailed far behind him. From out the top of this garment peered a bright scar- let face spotted deep red. Bess wore her nightgown over her frock, and her face was similarly decorated, except that the spots were confined chiefly to the vicinity of her scrap of a nose, thereby magnifying it mést strangely. “Lena dressed us ever so long ago, though I guess she didn’t know there'd be company, ‘cause she put on my second best ribbons,” piped Bess. ‘Then before she went out she said to keep clean and be ever 80 still, so as not to fuss you till dinner was . That’s why, when. Tommy ‘cided to paint us, I put on my nightie so’s to be nice and clean underneath.” “Lena gone out without asking me? What does she mean, Tom- my?” ‘Why, it happened this way,” id the boy, leaning naturally gainst The Stranger, as if he was an old familiar friend. “Bess always begins things last end first. You know, Elsie, Lena's sister, is Flossie Franklin's nurse, upstairs. Flossy’s mother talked ever so long with Lena on the ‘phone this afternoon when you were hav- ing the party. Then Lena began to ery and told us that her sister hasa sore-throat sickness with red fits, and that she must go to the hospital right away in that big automobile that comes in a hurry for people—I forgot what you call it, You know, that one that goes so fast and bangs a bell.” “Ambulance?” prompted Vance, now leaning forward with his hands clasping his chair arms, one of the Tare ways by which he showed ner- ‘vous tension. “Yes, amb'lance, that’s it — and Lena said that the sickness is very bad children, so she’s going to stay with her sister, because you ‘wouldn't like her to come back right away.” ‘Why didn’t she call me? What can he mean, Emery?” asked Mrs, Vance, with trembling lips, her face growing very white, as she sud- denly gathered Bess into her arms. “Mary cook asked Lena to tell you all that herself, but Lena said no, that if she called you from the card party you might be ‘made dis- tracted’ “Come to ‘member, mother, it isn’t red fits that Lena’s sister has, it’s scarlet fever,” continued Tom- who, pleased with the fact that his story had turned attention trom the painted faces, was anxious to continue this immunity. “Yes, ’m sure it’s the scarlet fever, and so, you see, when Lena told us how red and spotty her sister would look, I painted up so's to play we had it. Only sister said she wouldn't go to the hospital, any- how, even in our automobilé.”” “Emery, please call up Dr. Mar: and get at the root of this; he a the Franklins’ physician as well as ours, and must know. “Come, children, we will wash paint off, and you shall sit ie dinner tonight, in spite of all the mess you have made,” and picking Bess up in her slender, but strong, arms, Eleanor, unable longer to 4 ion of own inner consciousness, ate with the real peril that threatened, went out without more ado. “It is the scarlet fever,” SYNOPSIS Christmas of 1913 is only eight days away. Ira Vance and his wife are wait- ing wistfully for a reply to their letter inviting their son, Emery, his wife, El nor, and their children, Tommy, eight, and Bess, five, to the House in the Glen tor Christmas. Emery, a sejf-made ex- ecutive in a big city, has not been home in five years. The elder Vance, made in- firm by business reverses'and an accl- dent, works. on inventions dismissed by Emery as “‘toys.” Vance says that Elea- nor has a hunger bred of loneliness on her face. The maid returns without a letter from Emery. Ira tells his wife to write three special delivery letters, one to Emery hinting that at last he has in- vented something successful, one to Elea. nor urging her to come, and one to little Tommy and Bess. Mrs, Vance's frst letter has lain unopened on Em- ery’s desk, but Kitty Mack, his secre- tary, brings it to his attention along iyi It had not occurred to either Elea- nor or Emery Vance to parry The Stranger’s questions, or to be sur- prised at his speaking one of the household, and Will Darrow evi- dently fell at once under the same calming spell. Though he paused anxiously and with a certain self- consciousness when Eleanor spoke so simply of her heart’s desire, he did not even look up, but busied himself in cutting the cord that tied the parcel that he had brought, with great deliberation. “It’s a little airplane, engine and all,” cried Eleanor. “Where can the children try it? “Out in the country. Take them up to Westover for Christmas and they can let it loose over Todd’s hill, where we used to coast; there is a clear sweep and nothing to fall into or off of there. It seem: to me that it is quite time that Emery ket his children know his home town and have a chance to aid Darrow. “You know that I’m going up my- self this year to make some pine adow sketches for mural work, At lunch, he sees a news item about the meeting of his company's directors, indicating there is dissatisfac- tion with his management. Then he over- nearby, discussing his one-man dicta torial management disparagingly. Back his mother’s ‘The last words were hurled over her shoulder, her voice sharpening whose graceful carriage as he en- tered, a smile on his lips, sympathy in his brown eyes, was singularly attractive. “Something for the kids, Elea- nor,” he said, dropping a bundle of eccentric shape behind a loung- ing chair, “keep it till Christmas, or give it to them now, exectly you pleat I take it by your dress, that you to dine out; if so, I'll move along.” “No, Will, we are not going out to dinner; we have a guest at home.” And Eleanor motioned to- ward The Stranger, who, having aside Letieps pager draperies, was ga: lown tering line of lights that followed Broadway. “Later we must go to the Kennsetts’ tableaux. Emery made a special point of accepting, Mrs. Kennsett’s father is the senior director of the company. Dr. Amunde—Mr, Darrow. If you have been at St. Stefano, doctor, you must have seen his mural paintings at the university. Both Mr. Darrow and Professor Knox come from Westover, my husband’s home town.” As the two men shook hands cor- dially, each, however, scanning the other with more than casual inter- est, Eleanor poked a peep-hole in the bundle, with a youthful eager- nes! “Yes, I must look,” she said, “Why, It Happened This Way,” . Gald the Boy. and I think I could steer a bob- sled down that hill again without spilling anyone. Will you try it with me?” Vance returned presently and asked for the children. At the same time a door banged in the distance and alternating heavy and light footsteps, came down the hall and into the room. “Father, what do you thin! cried the boy, who was in the lead: “T’ve had a dandy big letter from grandmother, and she says that if we'll come up there for Christmas, grandfather will take me out in the great pine woods and let me cut my own tree with your very own little axe that’s put away all safe! You'll let us go this time, won't you, Dad?” ~ Tommy, who had started to clap his |, Clasped them in a natural of childlike appeal. Bess, his adoring sister and understudy, who pranced behind, likewise a doubled her dimpled fists over an| Vance, follow aula laughingly. ‘‘Christmas time al- Up aa e, ing his wife to oe enormous rag doll, that, though bot | nursery. “The “4 the ways excites me in spite of my’ in and scarred of face and quite | as thes Franklin rtd self, even though I know that every child be as much dis- en have been exposed, they are now quaranti) and even though the danger mee Paratively slight he qdvises us to send Tom and Bess away for a hairless, was still hugable of body, and evidently the favorite of a large family. There followed a pause, dur- ing which everyone looked, but no one spoke. “Tommy, son, what has hap- inted.” ‘Why are you disappointed each year?” asked The Stranger, as Will Darrow, dropping into a wide-armed chair, threw back his head and hea completely » peta have always believed that my heat desire would come to me at Christmas time, but it has not and I no longer believe that it euar will” now without taking tho responsibiity © breaking your is always a pity’ et Which ~ (10 BE ContinuED) tried to look and: speak severely, but the spectacle before her, and the sudden laughter of the men, made her relax, a bBapaneaees