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= Bismarck Tribune | | | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1937 Behind : he Scenes Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Washington ie : THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper { Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- | marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai! U. 8. Scrap and U. 8. War Machines matter. Deal Death in China ... Neutrality’ i Mrs. Stella 1. Mann Embargo Would Net Check Jay President and Treasurer anese Purchases of Raw Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Se Vice Pres. and Gen'l Manager Secretary and Editer By RODNEY DUTCHER ¥ (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 7.—It is perfectly true, as charged, that Chinese and destroyed Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .. Daily by mail per year (in Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck) Daily by mai) outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail in state, per year .... Weekly by mail in Canada. per year . Weekly by mail outside of North Dekota, scrap iron showered upon them in Japanese bombs and shells, On the other hand, the Chinese plements of war from us than have the Japanese. Each nation is using Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation plenty of our stuff to help kill off the troops—or civilians—of the other. Member of the Associated Press Roughly speaking, assuming this The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tlon of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise cradited'in this | have gone into the current warfare, Rewspaper and also the loca! news of spontaneous origin published herein. | the Japanese are hurling about, $35,- All rights of republication of ali other matter herein are also reserved. 000,000 worth of our scrap at the Chi- —— eee War’s Grim Humor Gied arias miunidoes end peaae Bi War is never a funny business, but the diplomats lend a| defense. comic touch to the world’s grimmest tragedy. Embargo Sie Peoples who are suffering from the ravages of invasion| , Th's appears to be can hardly appreciate it, but to the rest of the world the antics | cial policy of neutrality, which allows of the diplomats in their efforts to adjust the question of inter- | virtually unrestricted sale of anything vention in Spain are positively funny. wants it, now favors Japan at the ex- They have held conference after conference with perfectly | Pense of Chins. straight faces. Meanwhile the guns continue to roar and the} that allegiation. In fect, it’s surpris- bombs continue to fall. ingly easy to pick up the im ipreasion The only sensible thing which has come out of the whole — preteraeery pedeere| mess in recent weeks has been the Mediterranean patrol which ie neutrality act is that China needs now is credited with sinking a pirate submarine, : bel eed rape ng getter tradition, ‘ The Japanese, however, are far and away the prize military | customer for them and would benefit p pees cardi humorists. The best single jest was contained in Japan’s reply Soutien teens sites will be the of to protests against the bombing of Nanking. It was: “We have| to China about doubled the August bat Ai bg Soe confidence in the accuracy of our aviators.” feure and the oapenee, ee ss That was a rib-tickler par excellence. se ® The only thing to compare with it is Tokyo’s claim that lo Ban on Baw see Marshal Bleucher, Russian commander in Siberia, is really di- cet Peels ae ee of the recting Chinese defense maneuvers and their protest that Russia | President found s state of war to exist is sending war munitions to China. eniot See eae epee To really get the point you must understand that officially bah! is no law under which exports all of the nations in the Far East are at peace. Technically, the balla Paha begga mat Japs are just making a little call on the Chinese. And the Praag aes carry” order would tend to Italians, Germans and Russians are merely sight-seeing in Spain, Boporte of ob ta nate tvaped selec tant The wonder is that Russia doesn’t send a division or two to| from January to July, inclusive, vacancy he dan’t Chin just on a olay. mowing me 38 ars OS en The only trouble with this kind of comedy is that it takes | according to department of commerot|rintorersnip ‘have’ bor eatabllsted, that be was ich Mr. a robust sense of humor to enjoy it fully under existing cir- berg ys represented an increase |une of the least pleasant phases of the Mr. public " cumstances. same peer atic Mad el ieee ‘rod the ee Figures on scrap iron, scrap steel leagues (0. distiie ea trivial the Gis- cussion : tn this case Mr. Willson’s Prophecy Seog Counted i LAGbNee tae aon muted =” ‘ ° h . vy All North Dakotans will hope that E. A. Willson, welfare | e1too tors cad to ie0i0n tee Tester ei fine Be’ ros board secretary, was wrong when he told the state conference | Seven months of 1096, genie pan of social workers at Mandan that this state will never again Messin SS Drethactd thought. Ma see the day when the relief question is one of minor importance. | from 47,000,000 pounds to 85,000,000 ba erred be Mr. Willson has proved by long and splendid service in a CA Sie es Promnisbo ee 4 eg a that he knows his stuff. He may be right in this 5 * a * any case. Yet there is also the possibility that the battering of the chines Ji fig a 8 still faces may have produc im a defeatist complex. | +. ~ |Goning Mr. Willson was discussing—and this editoriol deals—only Secunda pppoe dase ira bed with those persons needing help who are termed employables, | {0,1st | Although in July she had/stons ; Stricken out of consideration are the lame, the sick, the feeble | peret with & at thar tine last soos |trteoas and those who, for one reason or another, are incapable of hold-| ‘he August-September demand for)as “ ing jobs. A system has already been set up to care for such ial Meron ea t= igen and aes no reason to believe it will be discontinued. Pore gp records show ee is now ¢ employable persons are an entirely different matter. | have ortered 6 rocdaen bo the (The only way they can be cared for, other than by relief meth- peller or one’ chine, perhape-—pre- spoeetble Of iso give them jobs fen mate ote co oe, otal Sane to the contrary, seems distinctly possible. adios anybody's old automobile, rane brow. The return of agricultural production to this area will mean a| Det springs or radiator may have Tesent it POSE Treen tcninte recmmate aged ; led a few Chinese the shelf. | Mr. marked increase in business. In good times more men are| nothing can be done about ft eithout a a Saves. | tastes took a f antoy- " ape a farm and more are needd in the service pursuits. | S0thet act of congress. The admin- for GE EA Ted ated bir might Good times have the effect of freeing initiative and new enter- | ries of als SERORANT BOLLS: = 65 Jother books, sepa Hes of proposals for « ban on export kas oe ee ete ter books, Utah Mr. Willson may be right but he COULD be wrong. And | SCOPUESDE: 000 RA Beeriee. Ine) ; ES gd read on whe there is , iene to believe that he will join other North With O ‘Symptoms ‘ig i. 2 Dakotans that he is wrong and in attempting to ther .... | ee os tee Scourge of inherit knew, and haga : condition wherein every EMPLOYABLE citizen DITO RS U. S. Lawmaker = asi etmaer er wates ventures ia ‘Sead duly. ’ ve a job. HAPTER What . ‘ Reprinted teohow wast || NORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Fussle cur bier paattnar bary for a simple, ae No Roots in the Harrow skh ad ao wens a ae pies Die a oe Ape come Recently one of Burleigh county’s best-known farmers| way piverr TiEsOURS? Co aot in, but | Sovery called at The Tribune office and the conversation turned to (Killdeer Herald) stressed | iraty The the plight of the land. ee we don't understand what im- | quite a lete This man’s parents pioneered in these parts and he has|wrong about this Missourl river ae teadent as watched the country develop from the time he was big enough | YeT#on | scheme—but as we have hed to toddle. He has other work now and his land is rented but— ee wateeton Garena tack of Dues him. #0 he says—he isn’t going back to it. At least he is going to| the state and run it into the eastern Se Oe the . try almost anything else first, Cg efi Te pepe! tore : In this, of course, he may be wrong. There are handicaps |__Why try to divert the water of the and discouragements in every line of endeavor and farming has peal pete Pind fil up Devils he ee ret one tine the vstar Sr alr ps a an E- ‘ e r say is worth remembering. | ant 5 4 Ik is this: “Years ago my old dad used to insist that every field | must more out here? ST © be well harrowed before it was planted and it was my job to| our seer tcay co, nour the waters of _ drive the team on the harrow. Every so often the teeth of the | rgate the counties’ acres ‘ot sol harrow would get clogged up with roots and fibers from the | 4s, this course? soil so that the harrow acted more like a drag. Then I would | highly coainnenddhe, in ects to Hold tae clan it pier case sy ig a number of years now, we haven't had any of that |down the Mississippi where it oa : wae . = trouble. The roots and fibers are all gone. Three inches of soil | #™M*se instesd of @ need. 38 To perch., — leader. since Sunday, blew off of my land this spring before they planted the corn tunel is Peeeat teeny te ioc & r “T am es cut, wants a to make crop, but the corn did all right. ' east why would not a tunnel be) @ (i a Wn eee: ft. a sure the bedroom win- ne , “Maybe the fact that all of those roots and fibers have Suunlly beeteices fe. cany ther waier ARE . = apieea 2 ihedacep esd gone out of the soil is what makes it blow.” eo oe ee ieee mo aaa Diam about 8 I shock! Tight Maybe he's right. ‘We never could get the sense of wanted outside her window, too. Honest, taking water away from @ dry terri- damage annoy- | Miss Pierce, I never expected such tory and running it into s section of aah Be : rare a*aty | thing to happen in this howe, No Boondoggle Joke ties Very. Oppose te ary Seinen May T 2” | fellow up on the |Siuat, and ran out there toc Chalk up one genuine and permanent gain to the credit of tse ‘of surpias eater. tb ar eienion Coe ey anaes ctroen the|, He stopped, throwing out bis the Works Progress Administration. A good-sized oured tae Gach aes eae down » Cilly persisted. “From |hands in a gesture of futility. béen eut in America’s disgracefully large illi siege | Bowis nob into” section wich ‘ee coon | Ua, partial acaey. Foes” vemn ty. $0. 79° iteracy problem, aa are ; i Sometime during the next few months, the millionth adult {rainfall = "7 “DS O™ normal soa ten inca cows |eont™ she saked ‘agrin. “it we to learn to read and write in federal aid classes is expected to be acne urone nen eariaio’ Why West fad, | 0 Bie ripe. ee ee oe de ee eee ew enrolled, Inthe last four yeas, these lasses have taught read. ception to this rule we will be mighty Cretan Seti: Lake City,"tent | Mr. Jotneoa modded. He was ting and arithmetic to 700,000 people; an additional | ##4 % be enlightened. lined the|there?” - himself same, quiet, 300,000 will be taught during the coming year. mire Reka ah | ceeees $0 ea Open wee ee reipoaying The WPA ee i : (discovering. her little books}one came and at- e may have a long list of boondoggles to its credit,| ‘aushter washing the kitten with taste—virile | long time but there is no laughing off this achievement. Our democracy | dot: think the moter cet yoda ike AG ’ . will be on a sounder and more workable basis because of this her little one washed like that. man’s ’ books | she 4 J —Well, I y ; attack on illiteracy. sane Wall acy help it. Ican’t