The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 6

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A Day Vs. a Week There is a lesson for both educators and business folk in the comment made here Thursday by Miss Hazel Lu Peterson, principal of the high school at Timber Lake, S, D. For four years in succession, now, Miss Peterson has brought members of her graduating class to Bismarck on a spring tour. She has come to like the city, appreciates the friendly interest which she encounters. That is significant to the merchants of this community. They have found it is not enough to say they are friendly, or even to actually feel friendly. They have learned they must prove how they feel by acting in a friendly manner. Such an attitude on the part of the community makes customers, the kind of customers who become life-long friends. Miss Peterson’s remark that the trip benefits the children as much as a week of classroom instruction is not an exaggera- tion. If anything it gives the edge to normal pedagogical processes. For nearly every teacher knows that the most difficult of all tasks is to get the student interested. Once his imagination grasps the fact that book-learning is applicable to the every- day situations of life, he is less of a problem. When he has learned to look with interested eye on the things he sees, under- standing is on the way. Normally, it is a small world in which the school child lives, even a high school student. About many things they are sur- prisingly well informed but about others they are abysmally ignorant.. Trips such as those made to Bismarck by students from all parts of this area disclose to their own understanding the boundaries of that ignorance. And, even above that, they give the student some idea of the vast number of things there is to know. Once his mind has grasped that fact he‘is on the way toward becoming a better citizen, both in school and out. Eight-Dollar Dresses Decision by a committee composed of mothers of students and faculty members to limit the cost of high school graduation dresses to $8 each indicates an active sense of social responsi- bility. j There are many parents who would willingly pay more than that sum and a few may even resent the fact that they are not encouraged to do so, but to many fathers and mothers this dem- onstration of common sense will be a boon. The number of parents to whom $8 is a large sum is con- siderably greater than the number to whom it is an insignificant item. Therefore the ruling shows consideration for them. It also provides such assurance as can be given that there will be no ugly ducklings to shrink into a corner of the stage at the graduation exercises. No girl will need feel that her class- mates outshine her so greatly. Some girls, of course, can make an eight-dollar dress look like a million and others wouldn’t create a sensation in a gown costing $800. Northing can be done about that. But to put all on a par on this occasion which means so much to the girl graduate is sound policy. It will save anguished moments for many girls and for those mothers who will be spared the pains of trying to keep up with the Joneses. Nothing to Worry About : The British admiralty has awarded contracts for the build- ing of three new battleships df 35,000 tons each. Since two other battleships have already been begun, this will give the British fleet five ultra-modern battleships by 1940—more than any other fleet on earth will then possess. This bit of news undoubtedly will lead American jingoes to demand that we immediately expand our own battleship pro- gram. We are now about to start construction of two—but the British are building five! If we don’t watch out, the British battle fleet will in a few years be stronger than ours. Re To all of which the ordinary citizen might properly reply— | 28 what of it? It is very hard to figure out any set of circum- stances under which we might be fighting England, and it is even harder to figure that such a war would be anything but a complete disaster, no matter who won it. That being the case, we can very well look on the British battleship program with unruffled calm. : The Better Way Labor troubles in the last six months have involved upward of 600,000 American workers, caused the loss of nearly 11,500,- 000 man-days of work, and created an economic loss‘ running into many hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a cur- rent tabulation made in Chicago. Against that background, the first fruits of the newly- upheld Wagner act look rather impressive. Those fruits were garnered in the Packard Motor Car Co.’s plant. Workers there wanted to deal. with management through the C. I. O. Instead of putting on a costly strike to show that they meant it, they simply had the labor board hold an election under the Wagner act. As a result, Packard officials are now sitting down amic- |! ably to bargain with the workers’ chosen representatives. That election was a lot cheaper than a strike. If the Wag- ger act can continue to yield fruits of that kind the whole coun- y will profit by it. but a local husband won- mn at home, he says, a woman can make one is again reopening the war debt question. It motion if they put @ zipper on it. a ‘The office blond wonders if he is any kin of Behind Scenes Washington It’s a Question Whether James H. Rand Will Wear Out the New Deal or Whether the New Deal Will Wear Out Mr. Rand in Long-Drawn Laber Battle. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, May 7.—There is atill some question whether the New Deal, in time, will wear down Mr. James H. Rand, Jr., or whether, in time, Mr. Rand will wear down the New Deal. It's a battle between two tough customers which has been going on ever since Mr. Rand: sponsored the appearance of a certain Dr. Wirt be- fore a House committee, and subse- quently opened a lengthy running at- tack on administration monetary poli- cies. For some time now, hostilities have centered on the labor front— and on s0 many labor fronts, in fact, that you're not to be blamed if you can’t keep track of them. as neither his best friends nor worst eremies would suggest, he would have to be considered the furthermost out of all the industrialists who were left out on a limb by the supreme court's validation of the Wagner labor rela- tions act. The decision seemed to nail down the National Labor Relation board's order that Remington-Rand, Inc., re- instate 4,000 striking employes, pay moving expenses in instances where Rand had moved plants to other cities as & means of balking the union, and reinstate with back pay numerous employes allegedly fired for union.ac- tivity. While pondering over that one, Mr. Rand was indicted for alleged viola- tion of the New" Deal law prohibiting importation of strikebreakers from one state to another. One would hate If Mr. Rand were an‘ordinary man, Irony in the House . Congressman Gifford of Massa- chusetts: “I wanted to ask the gentleman what he has to say about the recent discovery that we have exhausted the Treasury and the credit of the country?” Congressman Voorhis of Cali- “I do not think we have fornia: made any such discovery.” Congressman Gifford: “I won- der, I read this morning of a man who left his boarding house after two years. They asked why, and he sald he had found they had no bathroom in the boarding house.” tu mention a federal prison and so dis- tinguished an industrial magnate as Mr. Rand in the same breath, but the raw, naked fact is that the law does say something about a possible couple of years’ incarceration, Mr. Pearl By MILTON BRONNER London, May 7.— (NEA) —“Grand old trouper”—a term often affection- ately and admiringly applied by stage folk to old actresses who continue on the stage and never disappoint their loving public—is these days, with all due respect, being coupled with the: Bergoff, notorious “king of strike- breakers,” is a co-defendant. Meanwhile, lest you suppose that were all the New Deal trouble Mr. Rand was having, the government has stopped buying his typewriters and other office equipment pending good behavior with respect to labor laws, even on occasions when Rem- ington-Rand is the lowest bidder. This was the hole ace Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins had after she tried for several weeks to get Mr. Rand here for a strike settlement con- ference. Mr. Rand made an agreement with William Green, John Frey and Arthur Wharton of the machinists’ union, in which he agreed to take striking em- Ployes back as soon as he could. The strikers’ unions at first refused to accept the agreement, but most have since consented. But already the La- bor Department is investigating union complaints about the way the agree- tent is being kept in at least one Piant. And the labor board hasn’t yet received Mr, Rand’s promise to obey it. The government ban on Mr. Rand's goods is still in effect. - And to date Mr. Rand is still taking it on the chin, with little indication that he thinks he’s licked. * oe Oe Senator Stays on Air One of the national automobile as- sociations had @ dinner here recently at which Dr. Miller McClintock, of Harvard, the traffic expert, was the honored guest and speaker. Mc- Clintock, whose speech was being broadcast, finished about 10 minutes ahead of time, ‘They called on Senator William H. King of Utah, to fill the gap. Sena- tor King rose and soon made it clear that he was in favor of traffic as well as the familiar senatorial standbys— home, mother and the flag. But he kept going for nearly half an hour, Later it. was learned that the roadcasting company hadn't dared take him off the air, although there was other business screduled. It seems there is sort of an unwritten rule that you don’t cut off a senator. But what made the radio people BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Boogy — Did you hear that Mrs. -cheapening herself into the role of a here that the government is. going to en- force the ate jan: Hearing the talk about a memorial to Thomas Jefferson, the office thinks his activity during election may have coun his name of Queen Mary. She may play a secondary role in Westminster Abbey on coronation day, May 12, gracefully giving way to her son, King George VI, and his consort, Queen Elizabeth. But she has played no minor parts in the days preceding the coronation and expects to play no lesser roles in the days that follow the ceremonies, She is doing no “positively the last performance.” She is contemplating no retirdment, For the guiders of British public opinion and she her- self realize that she is a very great asset for British royalty. The new. reigning family can cash in on her popularity and the undoubtful affec- tion the mass of British people have for her. seh Maintains Popularity Without Fawning Even English people, between themselves, may sometimes poke fun at her long dresses and her queer, old-fashioned hats, but they realize that, somehow, they suit her. How- ever they may look in photographs, when one actually sees Queen Mary, ; the verdict usually is all in her favor. Her attire suits her age and the dig- 2 nity which she carries herself. f But clothes apart, the British ad- miire her as a good wife and good mother, and as @ Queen who tried to bring herself near the people without. except in ing black and made herself almost a recluse, thereby winning the nick- name of “Widow of Windsor.’ * * * Unbowed By Blow 5 he period During the pel of mourning for her husband, the late King George V, she was, of course, seen rarely in public. But the moment the mourn- Of Son's Abdication ing period was over she began very Queen Mary is no such widow. Es- sensibly going about again. In that pecially after the abdication of her she differed Eo Queen Victoria, eldest son, she began to appear fre- who for years“After the death of her quently in public, head held high, consort, Prince Albert, wore mourn- showing that no blows which fate ‘ Be Caovrige, 07, wen Queen Mary Continues to Rule British Hearts Queen Mother Mary ... she plays no minor roles coronation fanfare, might deal her would bend or break her. She went to some quiet tea par- ties. She attended the theaters and the movies, especially premiere per- a McKemmey om Bridge | TAKES CHANCE FOR GAME In Choice Between’ Making Contract and Going Down Odds ‘for Success Are in By WM. E. McKENNEY (Secretary, American Bridge League) It is generally accepted by bridge players that it pays to play for game when it is a tossup whether the con- tract will be made or go down one. ‘The reward of success is much greater than the penalty for failure, and there are so many things that may make a seemingly impossible contract. In today’s hand, the declarer seems Today’s Contract Problem South’s contract is six spades. His success rests on his general plan and his man- agement of the trump suit. Should he take the trump finesse, or try to. establish dummy’s long club suit? None vul. Opener—@ Q. Solution in next issue. i to have four losers, one in trumps, one in spades, and two in clubs. How- Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. health but not dis- yr. Brady will answer questions pertaining to healt ONG on ‘Write letters briefly and in in ress B yin ‘tan of The ‘Tribune. Ali queries must be accompanied by & stamped, self-addressed envelope crease in proportion. A thas been submerged in water 32% minutes with- out Tae eee Shien Geaks ania‘betive a hedgehog ‘would drown in saree mn oosctuck up no store of food for the winter, but accumulste = surplus of body fat, and this fat is the food they live on through the winter's hibernation and also provides nourishment for the young born to the mother a luring hibernation. tor, Nitschke, made the interesting observation that ubgepation'ean be peees by administering to the hedgehog s fair dose of vitamin D throughout the winter. The animals so treated remained awake throughout the winter, continued to take food, maintained their normal nar mer body temperature, while other hedgehogs not given vitamin D hibernate: as is the family custom. is Hibernation, involving lowering of body temperature, respiration, pulse rate and circulation, in short slowing of metabolism to a degree suspension of animation, is caused by diminution of thyroid gland ppictlod Vitamin D appears to activate the thyroid function sufficiently to preven’ hibernation, Nitschke further found that when there is decreased thyroid gland func- tion the amount of jodin in the blood is below normal. In rickets, which we know is due to insufficient vitamin D, the blood iodin is always below nor- mal. From. these observations the investigator infers that the lowered or subnormal basal metabolism in rickets is due to decreased thyroid gland function brought about by vitamin D deficieniy. , Physicians today believe that all infants require a daily ration of vitamin D in one form or another, to supplement their food intake of this vitamin which is invariably deficient, I believe older children and many young adults, too, get insufficient vitamin D and suffer various functional and develop- mental troubles in consequence, of which, in adults, a kind of hibernation is one, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ‘Tho. Stands for Tubercle Z School doctor and health officer says T. B. is not contagious. (Mrs. JL, H) Answer—T. B. stands for tubercle bacilli. Thc. stands for tubercle or tu- berculosis. The school doctor and health officer is right. Tuberculosis is not ;. Send stamped envelope your address for monograph. cate (Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co.) say he felt himself in some fashion the father of his people. ‘His stout-hearted widow feels her- self in some fashion the mother of her people and intends to play the role till the last curtain falls. formances for England. She visited hospitals and public institutions. She thereby gave the newspaper men good stories, especially when one little tot, hearing Queen Mary was coming, wondered how such a big ship, could get into the building. The Queen made a bee-line for that kid, ° SO THEY SAY | It constitutes disordérly conduct when a diner refuses to remove his laughed with her and was duly pho- tographed. When it is announced beforehand that she is going to visit some show, there ia considerable amount of fuss} and feathers upon the part of the theatrical. management. A royal box ik fixed up for her It is banked up.with beautiful’ ers, . There. entrance, to the building. costs considerable money, but it is bread cast upon the waters, Not long ago it. was estimated that every time Queen Mary visits a play, it extends the run of the show by at least two months and increases the box office revenues by about $1,000 per week. It is one of the many ways by which the royal family pays the hat in a restaurant or any other place where ladies are present.—Magistrate M. A. Ford, New York. * e# & I believe modern fencers are better equipped and better technically than %, s* 8 Tt is \imhportant that the govern- ment sustain its authority, but it must recognize that laws may lag be- hind the needs of the times. — Gov. Frank Murphy, Michigan, see ‘Women are ill one and a half times as often as men, yet the “weaker” sex lives slightly longer—Dr. John W. Williams, nped. polices. Italy's conquest of Ethiopia has en- gendered an intense hatred on the Public for its existence. part of Negroes all over Africa —Dr. *# Herbert Smith, for 26 years as mis- ‘Takes her Rol sionary in Belgian Congo. Rather Than Dowager To make the smoke more pungent, certain Eskomos place a tiny piece of dog’s hair at the bottom of the pipe bowl. A piece of dog’s skin is at- tached to the pipe stem to make the hair available. Similarly, every once in a while Queen Mary dives into her purse and sends money to some charitable insti- tution. Once this becomes known, there usually follows quite a rain of checks from othérs whose interest is thus stirred. ‘The value placed upon the doings Mary is evidenced by the fact that she is not to be known as “Dowager” Queen Mary” — a tert that seems to puta woman'on the shelf definitely, She is to be known as the Queen Mother, which reminds the empire that her husband, in his famous Christmas broadcasts, liked to STORIES IN STAMPS BY 1. §. KLEIN Buict Up FROM A DISCARDED Fort Player’s. Favor ‘was not essential, but a club shift| seemed improbable. South saw that, to make the hand, he-must establish the diamonds for one discard. SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS Officers of old objected to a CONTRACT PROBLEM 4 School for midshipmen, other than: the haphazard classes held aboard| ships For years efforts were ma & In that at year, of the Navy George Bancroft hed. the abandoned army post of Fort Sev ern, at Annapolis, Md, transferred to the Navy Department, and there he applied some of the funds appropriated for i aboard ships to development of He Ties: U. S. naval school on land. By 1851, this makeshift schoo’ became the United States avast Rubber—None vul. West North Pass 26 Pass Pass Academy, now one of the larg and most efficient in the worl For four years, during the War, the academy had to be moved to Newport, R. 1, but it Bained a vigorous lease on life with its return in 1865 and thei appointment of Rear Admiral, later Vice Admiral, David D, Pore ter, A view of the academy ap) Pears on the ni cent. stamp. slg navy! 30 Pass Opening lead—@ K. U. S.—1937 Navy series Us. sgeal Acade et Annapol Se blue a C