The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1936, Page 7

MENCKEN ASSERTS KING NOT PLAYING GAME AS OUTLINED ~ UNCOVERING THE ANCIENT GRANDEUR OF THE SPHINX Ruler Not Free Like Other Men} “to Follow His Own Dictates Edward VIII's apparent determ- fnation to merry the former Baltl- more belle, By 8 .L, MENCKEN Baltimore, Dec. 7—The natural sympathy which all of us poor fools have for one another should not be allowed to obscure the fact that, in the comedy now sinking so miser- ably into farce, his Britannic majesty Mencken one between a silly middle-aged boy and a pedagogue trying to recall him to _his duty. The strength of the king's case, auch as it is, lies in the circumstance that everyone loves @ lover, even and per- haps especially when’ his love affair 4g ridiculous, Its weakness lies in the fact that the respect of the world is reserved for him who plays the game according to the rules, Contract Implied Has Edward done so? It must be manifest that he has not. There is between him and his lieges a definite contract, no less explicit because it is mainly only implied. They agree on their aide to yield him certain valuable deferences, hon- ors, prérogatives and powers, the widest and most glorious that any man on eatth enjoys today. And he agrees on his part to conduct himself according to certain precise patterns, many of them otit of harmony with the normal inclinations of man. Some of the articles that bind him are well known, He has no vote, and may not whoop for this or that can- aidate at election time. He may not accept an engagement in the moving| *ev! pictures. He may not open @ cock- tail lounge in Piccadilly, or even a haberdashery or insurance of- fice in the Strand. He may not be- come @ Roman Catholic, or a Mosiem, or a Christian Scientist, though many millions of his subjects subscribe to those faiths. Must Dress for Occasion He may not be converted publicly to Communism or Fascism, or Nasi- ism, or any other political theology not Official in Les country. He may not go about his ‘Public duties : in slacks or overalls, but must dress up for every occasion in the garb deemed suitable for it. The list of such obligations is very long, and some of them are undoubt- edly onerous, But he took them on when he took the oath as king, and he can no more evade them without aa NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR: orate, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION roposais for the construction of @ State Highway Bismarck Ca will be received by the State High. way. Commissioner in the offices of the READ of nee Highwa; Bismarck, N. Dak, Tater $220 o'clock A, M., abscamber Ht 23, which place and time they will be puptiey puabed nd ren ‘Proposals must be matled to or otherwise deposited with the Department of State Highways at Bismarck, N, Dak., and shall be seal~ @4 and endorsed “Proposal for con» structing & State Highway Bismarck jouth (NDUSPW Project No. NRS a (35), Te Burleigh County.” uy A ith ab Lite ag cheek fan 5%, ii ether with @ bi rH it hi im Bia, must All, contl: nm N. Dak. orities, You and I are free, as a perate men, marriage that violates the mores of his realm, a those mores are interpreted by the constituted auth- spiritual and secular. King Is Circumseribed THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. 1 ‘MONDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1936 Sphinx, inscrutible mystery of antiquarians, as the excavators working under Professor Salim Hassan dig, sift and cart away the accumulated drift of thou- sands of years. A few years ago Uttle more than the head and neck were visible. This view, Just received, shows how the ruins of the temple and the statue have been uncovered. ‘| LEGALIZING LIQUOR KEEPS GRONNA BUSY AUTO WRECKER 1S HELD FOR TORTURE OF 98-POUND WIFE Woman Charges Mate Burned Her With Matches, Beat Her With Strop New York, Dec. 7—(P)—A tale of torture with lighted matches, rasor strop and burning cigar stubs put Al- fred Mansfield, round-faced 200- pound auto wrecker, in jail Moriday, to await grand jury action on a charge of assaulting his 98-pound wife, Ruth, Police Detective Bert Bedell Baldwin, L. I., said Mansfield admit- ted thrusting lighted matches beneath his wife's fingernails and beating her. Bedell quoted Mrs. Mansfield as say- ing her husband accused her unjustly of indiscretions with other men, Bedell found the woman limping near her North Baldwin home Sunday, @ few hours after Mansfield reported her as missing. She had fled from the house Fri- day night, she told the detective, after her fingers and feet had been burned and she had been forced to stand with heavy ‘books on her outstretched hands, while her husband stood by, flailing her with a razor strop at the slightest relaxation of her tense posture. She sald she had borne beatings for more than a year, she added in her statement to the policeman because she feared her husband might kill ‘her and her three children. A week ago, she said, her husband forced her to eat a cupful of salt. MINOT WOMAN DIES ON 66TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. William Dunnell, Wife of Flour Mill Operator, Suc- cumbs Sunday Owls, symbols of wisdom, are far ic intelligent than many other birds. Minot, N. D., Dec. 7—(#)—A heart attack, suffered the day before her 66th birthday, brought death Sunday | to Mrs, William Dunnell, wife of the president and manager of the Minot Flour Mill company, Stl of a Ni Ritter Impeachment Upheld by U. S. Court Washington, Deo. 7.—(4)—The sen- ,ate'’s action in removing Halsted L. Ritter from office as federal district judge at Miam!, Fis. was upheld Monday by the court of claims. It said the verdict of # court of im- Desens. ‘was not subject to rere Denying Ritter’s call F tespieaintey upon the supreme court for an interpretation of the peachment laws, the claims court gat ite independent decision, which was taken here as a step in an appeal to the high tribunal. The court of claims ree only on the question of juris- ion. New Attempt to End Labor Rift Planned “Washington, Déec. 7.—(P)—American Federation of Labor peacemakers are planning to use George L. Berry's in- dustrial progress conference Thurs- day as the background for a new at- tempt to end labor's epohal civil war. For the first time in months, leaders of John L. Lewis’ 10 suspended unions and the federation’s dominating craft union faction will meet together—to discuss industrial Jegialation. NOTICE ‘TO CONTRA STATE HIGHWAY CONS Verto roposais for 1e e ruction tate Highway on. f. Route 10; fast of Biakarok will Be res ed by the State ishway Com- sioner in the offices of the Di partment of State Highways at Bis- jarck, ni Dak, not later than o'clock A. M., December 22, 1936, which place and time they will be publcts jonened and read. sale it. lovor etheruhve deposite structin Bismarc! WPMH sua, Sn bee 3. A certifi gether with @ , a Slowly the Egyptian sands are being forced to give up the More Than 100 Trademarks for Beverages Listed; Cor- porations Increase Legalization of hard liquor has re-! sulted in increased filing of trade- marks and incorporations, Secretary of State Gronna said Monday. ‘The number of trademarks for var-| fous t¢; of hard liquor had reached’ the 100-mark Monday with registra- tion continuing at a rapid rate. Five concerns have incorporated to deal in the liquor business, Headed by Northwest Beverages, Inc., Bismarck, with capital stock of $100,000. Incorporators of the concern as 8 whblesaie d dealer and warehouser of any beverages legally sold in the state, are Leon Bryan, William M. chants and W. S. Rohrer, all of Bismarck. Wholesalers and dealers incorporated with authorized capital stock of $50,- 000 were Northern Liquor company, Fargo, with John Monaghan, Leo Malmo, both of Duluth, and Frank C. McCagherty, Stanton, the incorpor- ators; and Ed. Phillips & Sons of North Dakota, listing as officials Bert Stern, Valley City, and Fred Katz and ‘M., Ebin, Minneapolis. Other incorporations were George Benz Sons, Inc. Fargo, retailer and wholesales, $5,000; A. T. Miller, and George W. Bens St. Paul and C. C. Blackburn, Fargo, incorporators; Mc- Keseon Wine and Liquor Oo., Fargo, $25,000, Distributors and wholesalers, Herbert F. O'Hare, Bismarck, George V. and Henry. Doerr, Minneapolis. Veterans’ Group to Run Corn Game Here Decision to run a “corn gathe” in the Rex theatre building north of the Grand Pacific hotel during the next the| 10 days was announced Monday by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The . | titles in different parts of the coun- try. Decision to operate the game ty. {Re |nere 1s based on the fact that it has fective as the soil. Funeral services will be Tuesday in the Vincent Methodist church. Rev. ! N. Everett Hanson will officiate. After her marriage in 1893 at St. Mary’s, Ont. her birthplace, Mrs. Dunnell went with her husband to Elk River, Minn., where he was super- intendent of a flour mill, In 1900 they moved to Stillwater, Minn., where Dunnell operated his own mill until 1906, when they moved to Minot. Survivors are her husband, two daughters, Mrs, A. E. Durbahn of Hastings, Minn.; and Mrs, W. J. Hunter of Minot; five sons, W. H. Dunnell. and Myron of Minot, Erwin of Hibbing, Minn., Claire of Glasgow, Mont., and Howard of Mohall, Workers Given More Time to File Names Washington, Dec. 7.—(?)—Workers will have until midnight Tuesday, Dec. 15, to apply for federal pension accounts. The original deadline of last Saturday midnight was extended because registration of 26,000,000 em- Ployes was not proceeding’ as rapidly as expected. A similar extension, however, was not granted employers, who were required to apply for iden- tification numbers two weeks ago. Except for the oceans there is no reservoir for water so vast and ef- QUICK RELIEF FROM ACID INDIGESTION SOUR STOMACH... Mite fou of busy. men and women have found it’s wise to carry Tums Tums means from an hour or more so pine Wi, enel hasty eat- ing, rich eso or ie fern its” bring on cy or heartburn [5 th Tums mal oe pare ie! Tums had any, rug sto store. 10c...or 3 rolls for 25c in the handy INOMY PACK, Carry Tums! FOR THE TUMMY. NOW ON THE TI RACK - ANOTHER CAR OF THE STOKER NUT OF Shipowners Seeking Support « of People San Prancisco, Dec. Dec. 7.—(P}—Pacific od Chor le And maritime unions day for public Senet rath “lhe strike deadjock which has paralyzed ocean commerce since Oct, ie Countering mass demonstra. tions by striking unions, the coast Soaaltrde for shipowners announced “a compromise campaign of public information.” SECURITY ACT HELD LEGAL IN RAIL CASE al Judge Rules Law Does Not Exceed Powers of Congress Boston, Dec, 7.—(?)—Federal Judge George O, Sweeney ruled Monday that the federal social security act is legal when he denied George P. Davis of ‘Waltham, a stockholder of the Boston and Main railroad, an injunction which would have prevented the rail- toad from paying unemployment in- surance, In dismissing the petition for. an injunction, Judge Sweeney said: “It is a valid excise tax. It does not exceed the powers of congress. It is a tax for the general welfare of the nation.” Davis said he would appeal the decision to the United States circuit court of appeals. The case, United States Attorney Francis J. W. Ford said, was the first upon which a rul- ing had been made in the country. 1 ie constratly ei 928 to 1934, amount to more LOW FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON Only rail travel offers the roomy, smeoth epnvenience of modern coaches, tourist deeping cars. Go by trein for your holiday trip. WILE 4 CERTS A MILE Baer aig 2 Penit Low Fares ta Westen Consde aud Marth Pacific Geast Go Any Day—Dec. 1 to Jan. 1, inclusive. 30 Day Return Limit tm addition to date of sale MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY Apply to any SOO LINE AGENT 1 CENTS A MILE i eeeiecet Make Mother’s Christmas Electrical! cashed by the an cash will be feturned to the su: Wo ful bidder upe Bon the filing of an roved contract 4, Contemplated work consists of 2.736 miles o: ‘Bituminous Surtacing gone | improvement ae approxi> ae Gals, Furaish & 3 2901 Gate fie cooat AG (M-Cy! Head ons, Prem ixe arktere Tv Rolling; ne c, ¥. ealcont comple in. i ot Proposal moa ee nth Fon Di bot full amount of thee gross must accompany each proposal. ey certified chec! hall be drawn on North Dakota Banks, and will be cashed by the Commissioner, and cash will be returned to the succ ful bidder upon the filing of an proved contract bond. 4 rh Contemplated work pa nlata oe nen ving app! lat U vt atts M treen: if ve Evergreen No. Shrubs; 15 No, Ever- ny ubs Ne. Pi penpiat hrubs; 1 No, Watering System; No, 6” Beer aie Purnieh & % proven popular as a pastime in other parts of the country, notably on the Pacific coast. H. D. Harding is chairman of the committee in charge with Ludwig Ol- son and Walter J. Brophy as com- mittee members. ‘The game will be open every night from 9 to 12 and the public is invited. There will be no admission charge. Receipts from the game, Harding said, will go to the V. F. W., reliel fund and to the Open Your Heart campaign. 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