The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1936, Page 6

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. We're Growing Up Further proof that Bismarck is rapidly developing into the cosmopolitan city it has always contended itself to be is given by opening of the new bus service, effective today. When the old “Toonerville Trolley” gave its last clank and its final gasp several years ago, this newspaper suggested that its passing should be the signal for opening a public transpor- tation service which would serve the entire city. In due time the bus line to the capitol building was launch- ed and apparently it has proved a financial success. But it met # specialized and not a general need. Persons living off its route had either to walk, to drive their own cars or to use more expensive taxicab service. Cheap and easy bus service was not available, The reason this newspaper advocated a public transporta- . tion service then are the reasons it welcomes the new bus line now. It will discourage the use of private motorcars for many down-town trips, thereby reducing the ever growing parking problem. In the end it will be cheaper than driving one’s own car and in many respects it will be more satisfactory. Particularly will it be a boon to those families without auto- mobiles or whose automobile is in use by one member of the family to the inconvenience of other members. If every individual could have an automobile and if they could be parked by folding them up and putting them in your pocket there would be no need for public transportation. Until that time comes there is need for it. The proposed fare is not exorbitant and the service will be as good as the patronage justifies. Citizens of the west end should keep this in mind and give the new bus system their support. Then, in time, we may have a complete bus system, operat- ing to the east end and the South side as well as north and west. England’s Constitution Comment in Britain that the clash between the king and his ministers raises a “grave constitutional question” merits a smile from Americans for the truth is that England has no constitution in the same sense that we have a basic document. What the British call their constitution is not a definite code but a conglomeration of statutes, documents, precedents and customs. The cabinet itself, which now is jousting with the king, has no existence in law and is merely a natural growth of the body politic rather than a thing created with definite purpose end with definite powers. At first it was a sort of executive committee for the privy touncil which advised the king, itself an evolution from the king’s court, formed by early Norman rulers from their chief feudal barons and others. D In theory the cabinet is appointed by the king but it may function only so long as it has the support of parliament. Thus the real power rests in the house of commons. If Edward abdicates, as some seem to think he will, that body would determine his successor and drastic changes in the monarchy are possible, for it could choose anyone it wished. Under the law, the Duke of York, Edward’s younger brother, would succeed to the throne automatically only if the king should die. Abdication, either forced or voluntary, is a dif- ferent matter. Thus the whole thing goes back to the British people and it is easily possible that a political crisis could result. New elections could be called to determine the issue, thus giving the people an opportunity to decide whether they wish to support the king or those who are opposing him. We Need It Amendment of North Dakota’s drivers’ license law is one ‘way the steadily mounting toll of highway deaths in this state gan be curbed. i The present statute is only a gesture toward the stringent laws which prevail in some states and which have operated to reduce highway accidents with their toll of death, injury and a THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1986 : Look Out—Here She Comes! ‘ | Behind the Scenes Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 8—Something new happened when the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. as a result of “informal conferences” with government officials, agreed to cut its long. distance rates so as to save subscribers about $12,000,000 a year. Traditionally they way to get a telephone company to cut rates is for @ commission to order a reduction, whereupon the company goes into the courts with the complaint that it is being ruined. The public pays the bill on both sides for years of ex- Pensive litigation which may or may not end with a rate cut. Telephone rate cases have dragged out anywhere from five to 11’ years. The big Illinois Bell Telephone rate case was in the courts nine years be- fore the supreme court finally said the company would have to cut its charges, Under a new technique supervised by Federal Communications Commis- sioner Paul Walker, boss of the con- tinuing FCC investigation of the A. T. &. T., the government and the telephone company sat down at a con- ference table and finally reached agreement on the extent to which long distance rates should come down, The telephone company now says the reduction is gerater than it ought to be and the government says it is too small, but the big fact is that long distance calls will be cheaper after Jan. 15. »% % Wheat Plays Major Role Negotiator for FCC was Carl Wheat, former public utilities counsel for the city of Los Angeles. Wheat was able to jimmy the rate cut out of Presi- dent Walter S, Gifford of A. T. & T. because he had all the facts about Gifford’s company, facts developed and co-ordinated by Samuel Becker and John Bickley, respectively chief counsel and accounting expert for the investigation, Wheat undertook to show the tele- phone officials how, on the basis of their own figures, they could afford to bring rates down by $15,000,000. The telephone officials wanted to make a cut of from $3,000,000 to $6,- 000,000. Finally they compromised on what amouted to $12,000,000. Pressure arising from two years of investigation plus physchological in- fluence of the election returns is be- lieved to have made Wheat’s job easier. Walker hopes to see the day when a fellow on the Atlantic Coast can call up his aunt in San Francisco for about 60 cents. He believes increased business resulting from low rates and inventive progress are working toward that goal. Already you can make @ night sta- tion-to-station call from Eastport, Me., to Cape Mendocino, Calif., for $5 —in case you happen to be in East- port, Me. and have $5 and know someone in Cape Mendocino. * * * Easy Constitution Change Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York, who was in Washington with other mayors to protest large reduc- tions in WPA rolls, is working for a constitutional amendment and says the problem of wording it is simple. He says he has found much support for one which would read like this: “Congress shall have power to reg- ulate commerce, industry, labor, and @griculture.” The most important thing, LaGuar- dia says, is to straighten out the com- merce clause complication in the con- stitution so industry and agriculture will be accepted as national, not local. * * * Guffey Boss Cerlainly Not If there’s any question of who's Democratic boss in Pennsylvania, it’s only because Senator Joe Guffey in- sists on raising it. When Pennsylvania's Democratic delegation voted to support Sam Ray- burn for the house majority leader- ship, it was commonly known that Guffey, in deference to the wishes of the president and the plea of Vice President Garner, was responsible for the vote. “Guffey will tell you—he's the big cheese,” said a congressman as the delegation came from the caucus room, But Guffey expressed astonishment at being asked. “why,” he exclaimed, “I haven't anything to do with it. The an- nouncement must be made by Mr. Haines, the chairman of the delega- tion.” * BARBS * The malefators who took $2,500 worth of goods from a Fremont, Mich., department store were just doing their Christmas shoplifting early. * * * Theatrical and literary criticism is forbidden in Germany. Every knock means a boost from some Naz! foot. ** * A reader asks if the Lorelei was the siren who sang along the Rhine. Yes; property destruction. We now have most of the handicaps and few of the advan- tages which attend such statutes elsewhere. There is no good reason why the law should not be improved and brought into line with the standard drivers license act worked out by the National Safety Council and accepted in many states. If the proof of the pudding is in the eating—and it is— this matter should have the careful attention of the next legis- lature. Reena Logical Enough But— Admitting that a miracle will be needed to prevent another war, Arthur Brisbane, noted commentator, still is hopeful that it will come, if not at once then perhaps after the end of the next war. His analysis is that “Cannibalism and slavery are gone but {when each prevailed men believed that it must endure forever, as they now think war will last forever. But the wisdom that has already abolished cannibalism, slavery, judicial torture ahd official religious persecution will, in time, end war. And with that ending civilization will start.” . This’ thought certainly gives some promise to what is _ bdmittedly s dark outlook. There is no denying the logic of the jolly logical creature. ee ee) ae nn j she is not to be confused with a deep sea diva, * * * There has been no violence in the Illinois glass company strike. Appar- ently, people who work in glass fac- tories don’t throw stones. . ee * San Francisco's three outstanding bridges seem to be the San Francisco- Oakland Bay, the Golden Gate, and Strike Leader tle Ss * The case of the Tennesse eboy who had a stroke two weeks ago, and has been talking since, is eclipsed by that of a golfer friend who notched 74 last summer. s* * No, the » Pa, “He-down” strikers weren't night *x** * watchmen, If Mrs, Wallis Simpson became the Duchess of Cornwall, would her hus- band, Dora soaniess, be known as xe * The Oklahoma senator says Ma- tanuska produce is half frozen. The cows must give some very unsatis- pi ges de en i ao The girl who married Bronco Na- gurski, former Minnesote fullback, should be very happy. except when acting as his interference at dances. { two presents a year. Tl try it on Milburn and see how it works, ° whistle at your work. just whistling, use for your old razor blades? with them and gave it to my mother- in-law for @ birthday present. make us man and wife?” me, but it would take more than that to make you a man.” hand is, don’t you?” ners never have.” way! I hear your father at the door! to hurry dear. It'll be an hour before father finds the keyhole. think my cooking leaves only a little something to be desired? Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. tions ‘taining to health but not dis- Dr. Brady win “write letters briefly and in ink. Address Dr. Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by & envelope, : THE FASTEST MONTH IN THE YEAR NYTROGLYCERIN AS A PROPHYLACTIC The other day we recommended that persons subject to attacks of angina pectoris or intermittent claudication leg cramps or limping (on walking a short distance) carry a small vial of nitroglycerin tablets, perhaps 1-200th of a grain of nitroglycerin (glonoin, glyceryl nitrate, trinitrin) and take @ tablet whenever threatened with or seized with an attack of heart- cramp or leg-cramp. 5 ‘There i a wide-spread popular notion that nitroglycerin is a “stim= ulant” to the heart and that it is dangerous, It is not a heart stimulant. ‘ It is rather a sedative. Its specific effect is to relax spasm of the arterioles and lower high blood pressure, freeing the circulation where arterial spasm has constricted it. There is no justification for the use of nitroglycerig as a “heart stimulant.” ‘A tablet taken by mouth, swallowed or merely allowed to dissolve in the mouth, is as rapid in effect as a hypodermic injection of nitroglycerin, producing the characteristic sense of warmth or flushing or throbbing in the head within two or three minutes. The effect of nitroglycerin is fuga cious, and where prolonged action is desired the dose must be repeated every hour or two. Nitroglycerin is so volatile that tablets soon lose their strength if exposed to the air; only a small quantity should be carried in @ well stoppered vial for emergency use. Unless the flushing, warmth or throbbing in the head is felt after the dose, one cannot be at all sure there is any nitroglycerin left in the tablet. Many sufferers from angina pectoris, as well as sufferers from the troublesome if less alarming intermittent limping have found nitroglycerin @ good prophylactic as well as an emergency remedy. They take a tablet : three or four times a day right along, and this seems to prolong the intervals between attacks, There is no such thing as getting @ habit or doing any serious harm to the health with nitroglycerin. In some cases the patient never acquires any immunity to the medicine and never has to increase the dose. In the trades where workers are exposed to nitroglycerin (dynamite) it appears that many do acquire considerable immunity and can inhale quantities with impunity which would quickly put a novice in distress. But the drug is safe, or I would not recommend it here. It should be more generally used for the relief it affords. Physicians are entirely too timid about recommending this valuable remedy to their patients. That's another reason why I recommend it here. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tap Water Is the hot water just as clean and pure as the cold water from the kitchen taps? (Mrs. D. 8.) Answer—Yes. If the water has been heated above 120 degrees F it . may be purer than the cold water, for that degree of heat would kill off any disease germs that might happen to be in the water supply. A tem- perature of 120 degrees F is just a little hotter than most skins can endure. Water heated to 110. degrees is pretty hot; at 115 degrees F it is hotter than many skins will stand. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) © 1030, NEA pros and cons of the company’s management. Vance listened, his brow gradually contracting as his eyes fell on the oak clock that was part of the mantel paneling... It was already a quarter of three. “One moment, I have forgotten an important message,” said Vance as he went to the sound-proof tel phone booth in the outer office. oe © ee 8 BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN | SOTHEY’SAY | e The modern physicist tries to find something very simple and make it appear complicated.—Dr. William F. G. Swann, noted scientist. * * I don't write letters and I don’t keep a diary. If I did keep a diary, I'd keep it in invisible ink—Mae West, screen siren, The Stranger at the Gate By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT Copyright by Mabel Osgood Wright WNU Service Mrs. Gabley—Does your husband always remember your wed- ding anniversary? Mrs, Jabber — No, never. But I remind him of in December and again in July. In that way I get If you could put what my Jim stands for to me down in figures, he’d take up so much room on the ledger page you'd have no space for the addition. I’ve worked hard for you these five years, Mr. Vance, for you and good pay also, I allow, but now the time has come for me to quit and begin to live!” “I don’t in the least understand what all this means, Miss Mack, your explanation does not c r matters in the least. I’m in haste land I must have six carbon copies of that last letter at once,” and Vance began to walk up and down with short, rapid strides. “No, I didn’t expect you would understand, but I had to tell you all the same,” and an hysterical knot tightened in the girl's throat, “that’s why I'm so sorry for Mrs. Vance!” . Kitty, with heart pounding hard, walked slowly back to the outer office and spent an unhappy hour, for hurry, tears and carbon paper are an unfortunate combination. She had told her chief her great secret and he in return had done the thing that would most hurt her, he had belittled Jim. Vance ordered his luncheon to be t in and at two o'clock was be- ginning his preparations for leaving, CHAPTER Vii—Continued —I Seated at his office desk Emery Vance was planning for his four days’ absence and in doing so bor- towed trouble at every turn. He was tired, yes, very tired mentally. It was only during the last hour that this sense of utter fatigue had focused, and the depression thus brought about made him question for the first time since he had set his hand to the money plow if, after all, the brain -racking anxiety brought sufficient reward. ‘Now he saw that the balance be- tween the two factions of the board of directors, for and against him, was becoming uncomfortably even. The words of his mother’s last let- ters would blend with those that he was dictating and her face seemed to press close to his, while she tried to draw his head upon her shoulder as ‘she had done in the old days when he had been stirred by boyish disappointment. Then his grip returned and he dic- tated so fast that the usually tire- less Kitty Mack first hesitated, then asked"him to repeat. “That will do for today,” he said presently. ‘‘Any letters that come on Thursday or Friday must wait until I return unless they are per- 1 and urgent. yy the way, Miss Mack, here is your Christmas present, next year it will be doubled and after the first of the coming January your salary will be thirty dollars a week instead of twenty-five as at fresent. It seems to me that you are the only clerk in the office who works conscientiously instead of maneu- Eleanor waited meanwhile in the bay window of the living room where she was playing solitaire with little success. For the last half year she had lost her taste for reading and neither books old or new were able to hold her attention On the felt-topped table before her were spread the cards, but as she looked at them they seemed to her as if they were receding toward the end of a long tunnel. Below her a bird’s-eye view of, the street held her real attention. Presently she saw Will Darrow jump from his taxicab and guessed by the smile and salute of the driver that he had received more than the usual tip. Then as the bell of the apart- ment sounded and she was turning from the window, their own car rushed up at frantic speed and stopped with a wrenching quiver. “Hasn’t Emery come home yet, Eleanor? I think before we are through with Christmas we shall have snow, which is what I need as a background for my pine-tree sketch,” was the artist's greeting. “Not yet, Will, but it is only half- Past two. Dr. Amunde and I have been ready for an hour and I am as restless and eager for the start as though I were a child waiting to hang up my stocking. And ‘to think that after all the waiting Christmas Eve will be over s0 soon. Tonight it is to be, tomorrow it will have been. I think that December twenty-fourth is the most mysteri- ous, aggravating day of the year.” For a week Eleanor had lived on a sort of island, as it were, made * Oe Boston is too cold for me. I’m go- 1 ing back to Iceland to get warm.— Oskar Halldorsson, Iceland-born rest- dent of Boston. * ke My life now is making movies, sing- ing, and thinking. ...I am going to stop singing and get some fun out of life —Lily Pons wren, coloratura. * Mrs, Gabley — That's a good diea. Employer—Al, I wish you wouldn't War will come as soon as the states- men of Europe make up their minds either that they want to fight or that they can’t help fighting—Newton D. Baker, war-ime secretary of war. x * * Tm afraid I don’t know much about the modern woman. I’ve been away from America too long.—Elinor Glynn, author. * ee What golf needs is a switch to match play. These medal play tourn- aments are becoming boresome, not only to the pros, but to the public. ‘They lack the competitive fire, the old dog fight that carries gallery ap- peal.—Gene Lavage golf pro. * * Al—I wasn’t working, sir; I was Hotdog— You say you've found a Tamali—Yes, I stuffed a sofa pillow “But, darling, didn’t that ceremony “No, you worm! It made a wife of “Now you know what a helping “Yeah. It’s what my bridge part- Behind the expansion of free educa- tion is a powerful social motive that will not tolerate limiting the educa- tional opportunities of the common people.—Prof. Charles H. Judd, Unti- versity of Chicago. * Oe It is dangerous to fill the heads of children with $5 worth of knowledge when they can assimilate only 5 cents’ worth.—Dr. I. David Cohen, New Yor’ City. ; Lover —I must rush out the back Soak’s Daughter—There’s no need Bride — Darling! Do you really Groom—Yes, a little bicarbonate of 8 2 vering to shirk and who also under- of her own self-communing, le < stands my methods.”” touched her hand in greeting, ede Oo ern uler Kitty received her check quietly, flew past but did not penetrate. She expressing her thanks so deliberate- had so longed for this day, this a s ly that Vance, wheeling his chair Christmas Eve, was she to be agai HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle killed in —. about, asked in his quick nervous disappointed, would her heart’s de- 1 Who is the 13 Grazed. speech: ‘Is there anything the mat- sire again pass her by? pictured 14 Sweet potato, ter, have I forgotten to sign it? “The telephone, Will, please an- ruler? if 16 Specimens, “No, nothing the matter with the swer it,” she cried, half crouching 10Land between ISIOTTMESIEIVIEIN] 18 Abounding. check, sir, the trouble is witr me— on the window seat and putting her ' Taine [THEPIAILIETSIT! 20 Seat. I've been meaning to tell you all fingers in her ears as if to shut 11 Sack. IRIVINIEISMM I] 21 Unengagea the week that I’m going to leave out a message, the hearing of which 12 Helps. times. the first of February.” she might not be able to bear, at 13 Made of fir. IE] 23 Hops kiln. “You? You are going to leave the same time that her eyes sought 15 Mining hut. 24 Feather scarf, me in the lurch!” to read Darrow’s face as he re- 16 To harden. 25 Being. “No, not that way at all. I'm turned. full month’s notice and “That man Hart, who is a heavy 17 To devour, 27 To depend. giving stockholder in the R. R. T. & E. Co. 19 Court. 28 Writing fluid. - I've trained Miss Price so that if 20 Vulgar fellow. [OfT|A] 29 To acquiesce you Jet her take dictation here in has nailed Emery for an hour or so. 22 Myself. IEIR|1 ICIAP IBIEIEICIHIEIR] 35 Cetacean your office with me through Jan- Em says that we are to go on 2 Electrical unit, cae epnenGaa = pammal, mie bans Ae wer and ry and that he will take a train that 4 Honey gath- ithering. lunting dogs, olf device. er worl uture in I could,| , arrives at seven in time to joii erer. 45 Noise. VERTICAL 38 Social _ insect. becauge you see—my mind wouldn't] “Hope I'm Net Spoiling Any | the ramily a little late for Padtic 26 Silkworm, 46 To rescue. 39 Gold digger. be all on the job and hers wil Plons. The artist spoke the words of 30 Frustrations. 48To choose by 2 Blockhead. 41 Bad. “Who is it that has offered you| when a knock interrupted him and| the message glibly, but there was 31 Sesame. ballot. 3 Stem joint. 43 Astringent. more?” To Vance there was only | tne door-boy laid a card on the|@n unusual look of repression about 32 Onager. 49 Flat-bottomed 4 Fuel. 44 Frozen des- one possible cause for her announce-| desk, while, before Vance could|his mouth, an expression of resolve 33 Kind. boat. 5 Pound. serts, ment and his face grew hard and| reaq it, a genial voice called out: | that dignified his face and added f 34Northwest. 50 Monetary 6 Death notice. 45 His heir, his words had a cutting edge. “So: I've caught you before you| strength to its charm. As he turned 36 To rot flax. unit of Italy. .7Nominal value of Brabant. ‘Jim — Jim Hughes, Mr. Vance, | flitted. I’m here for the holidays, | toward the light Eleanor saw that 38 Some. 52 Custom. B8Monster, 47 Unit of work m going to marry 7? got a table mortgaged at the Nestor|his forehead was beaded with 39 Myself, 53 To prod. 9To accomplish 49 Kettle. “what does he do fdr a living?” |for the New Year Eve fracas. sweat, a strange condition for a 40 Definite 54 He is king 12 His father and 51 Sloth. “He's an engineer in the A. R. T. winter afternoon, article. of —. wife were _ 53 Point. Repaacties workas : “What do you wish to do?” he ¥ asked, avoiding Eleanor’s eyes. “Do? Go, by all meai There was a thrill in her voice and a sudden hecgening of her’ features, color came toiher cheeks, her eyes or anyone who glanced at her caswally would have said that Mrs. “How much does he make a week?" “Twenty-five dollars and over- time, besides being in line for pro- motion.” Vance jumped from hi: chair in his excitement and stood before Kitty. “Do you mean to say that dine wit night, but as we seem to need to see each other badly, now that I’ve y only twenty-five, and he is offering you more ¥ “Mr. Vance!” There was some- /thing new in Kitty’s usually rather