The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1937, Page 4

2 | The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper mee} THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER 's (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- gmarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai! matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O. J * Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres and Gen'l Manager Secretary and Editor * year, that the next spring would bring a plague of grasshoppers. FASE EIT ORT SIMA REL SA THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1937 Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail per year (in state outs Daily by mai) outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mai] outside of North Dakota, per year. Weekly by mail in Canada, per year .......+.s..00e Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation et Member of the Associated Press The As: a Press {1 ely entitied to the use for earn lies: tion of the lepatches to It or not otherwise credited tn thie Rewspaper and also the local of spontaneous or! published herein. All rights of republication of al} other matter herein are also reserved. Invisible Frontiers If the average span of human life is to be prolonged much further science must conquer new psychobiological frontiers and obtain new information about the human mechanism and why it wears out. Hygiene and medicine have gone about as far us they can go. Authority for this view is no publicity seeker or medical charlatan but Dr. Alexis Carrel, probably the world’s greatest expert in this field, scientist extraordinary who is to the human body what Edison was to electricity. Dr. Carrel suggests an entirely new kind of study-in a psychobiological laboratory where “investigation of the mechan- isms of aging and the means of lengthening life can be under- taken in an appropriate manner.” “The problem of the prolongation of life has extended be- yond the frontiers of hygiene and medicine into an uncharted country,” he explains. ‘The exploration of this country is a new adventure and requires the help of the techniques of physi- ology, chemistry, and physics in their most elaborate form. The outcome of such an enterprise is not predictable. But we must remember that there is no example of a scientific search for truth which has not been rewarded.” Asserting that “rightly or wrongly” humanity will never stop searching for the secret of eternal youth, Dr. Carrel said: “In attempting to lengthen our existence we may hope to find the means of improving its quality. There should be some- where in the civilized world an institute dedicated to the study of the process of aging, that is, to the investigation of the chemical, physical and physiological changes that manifest the progress of age in tissues and more especially in blood plasma.” Behiné Scenes Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 4 — A mythical two and a half billion dollar arma- ment program for the United States next year is the subject of Washing- ton’s most persistent recent rumor. There are several versions of the tale, all of which insist that Roose- velt whisper to this man or that one that an armament boom was his rab- bit-in-the-hat for curing the present business “recession.” The facts are that the President is a “big navy” man, that he already has decided on a policy of having an American navy second to none, that he would like to build up the navy rapidly and probably would try to do just that if there were no deterring factors. But he and like-minded men in the administration realize that the Am- erican people won’t support a huge neval program unless they feel there's imminent danger of war. So the “big nsvy” boys temporarily, at least, must be content with a long-time program to build up the kind of a navy which they would like to see produced all at once, And the immediate plans for s “shot in the arm” for business are confined to proposals for stimulating & private housing boom. xe % No Immediate Danger The President himself.doesn’t be- lieve there is going to be a big war in Europe, at least not in the near future. But he has urged Americans not to imagine that the western hemisphere can escape in any world- wide conflagration, Meanwhile, America can’t afford te take chances, in his view, because 16 one really can tell what's going to happen in the international field. F.D.R. and many others here are im- pressed by the spectacle of England, who found herself insufficiently e2med to keep the Fascist powers from shoving her around. The lesson, a8 seen here in high places, is that this has become a world wherein only na- tions which are preparéd to “be tough” can protect their interests. Nasi and Fascist penetration into Scuth America, especially in Brasil, bas given Roosevelt and Secretary Hull s real headache and enters into considerations as to naval building, se * British Hold Key At the time of Roosevelt’s Chicago speech it had been decided that this country ought to go almost any dis- tance in co-operation with England This view is far beyond the ken of the ordinary individual but his reference to “physiology, chemistry, physics” indicates clearly his conclusion that no one field comprises all of the in- formation necessary to formulate an answer. In this he is joined by other leaders of thought, the presi- dent of Princeton university having launched, last year, a cam- paign for entry into an entirely new realm of education which end France to curb Japanese aggres- | The Administration—on Land, at Sea and in the Air ey The Greet Comet POLITICS Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sup HE ‘MOVES STRONGLY’—YES? In the last two weeks a great deal has been said about what Mr. Roose- velt has done and is planning to do to meet the grave situation created by such) what he actually did do to juitify tr a conciliatory mood toward Japan. 4 The British positton is still the key to the international situation would begin where the chemists, biologists, physicists and | nywhere others leave off and thus relate to all sciences the information and benefits which are available in any one science. It is a large order and the human race may never encom- pass it, but it is both characteristic and encouraging that there are men willing to try. If the day ever comes when the world has a real master of a this proposed new science-above-all-sciences, that man will be an awe-inspiring person indeed. He will occupy for the entire world the status of the vilfage schoolmaster of whom the poet said: “And still they talked and still the wonder grew “That one small head could compass all he knew.” Let Chickens Fight Hoppers Every year since the memory runs not to the contrary, it seems, North Dakota has been told, about this season of the Each succeeding year the prophesy has come true and much of our crops and pastures have been hostage to the pests @espite intensive and expensive poisoning campaigns. Coincident with these developments has raged a continu- {ng argument as to whether poisoning is effective, whether it is the best method of combatting grasshoppers and whether or mot poison bait has proved destructive to game and other birds and to animals. This year is no exception. The entomologists have com- pleted their count of grasshopper eggs and have announced that 1938 again will see a tremendous number of grasshoppers fm most North Dakota counties. More poison is recommended as the remedy. But is it? Granting that much poison has been poorly mixed and not properly distributed in the past, the fact that additional grass- hopper plagues threaten after the intensive work of the last few years gives rise to wonder if this is the correct method of attack. Specifically, there is reason to believe that natural, less Pxpensive and more productive means might be found to give fesults fully as great as those which have been obtained by Last year a Bismarck resident was troubled by grasshop- fpers in his garden. He poisoned them but others came in to take their places. The outlook was discouraging. At about this time a neighbor purchased a number of chickens, about the size of small fryers. Every evening, to- ‘ward sundown, the neighbor turned his chickens loose and they made for the neighbor’s garden. The havoc wrought among the grasshoppers was amazing. The chickens were too busy eating grasshoppers to scratch up the garden and by the time they had their fill it was time to go to roost. Altogether it ap- peared to give much better results than any poisoning had ever) ~ done. Those chickens were amazingly effective. Admitting that this is a big state and it would take a lot majesty’s ‘government woul take no strong role on the interna- tional stage until it felt rearmament penne Mediterranean areas. British attitude, as understood here, has been that England could Placate Hitler and either beat or frighten Mussolini into subordination. How this idea will really work out or what may happen in the meantime is anybody's guess. s Roosevelt's big navy, be-ready-for-anything at- wide increasingly more popular in ton, ‘ashing! (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN sumptous inn, caparisoned in pants, cutaway coat, and hat. He would march to and raise an imperious finger, austere brass-buttoned doorman step to an areaway, wheel f shining bicycle. At the curb the Mf. Fowler would mount to the saddle and pedal off to the studio, where the gateman steadied the bike ceremon- fously as the company’s newest script writer dismounted in full dignity, ‘Telephone voice: “Hello.” ‘Telephone voice: “Hello.” eg i Phy i The autograph hunters? They're awful.—Dick Pomel. actor. ee A free press is far more than a pub- Usher's privilege. It is s right of the People.—Herbert Hoover. eee | We no longer have the social un- i ¢erlying of the barroom. That was geod fellowship.—John Henry Titus, | 91. author of “The Face on the Bar- | room Floor.” ee ‘The menace of war is especially of chickens, it might be smarter to spend on them the money which otherwise would go for poison. Turkeys are grand eradicators of grasshoppers, too. This gives no consideration to the game birds. Whether or not they are poisoned by grasshopper bait, they are death to the 5 pests. If they existed in sufficient numbers birds could control this menace. It is about time we gave them a trial in view of fhe obvious lack of success which has attended the poison clipped from Germans’ heads will be considered a patriotic con- more of raw materials. The bald-heeded row will be labeled non-Nordic. plpaee than a bunch of mischiev- . schoolboys.—Ranee _ __ ‘While Los Angeles gets headline after headline on its collapsible hill, visit to New York. Praride promoters wncoubtedly Wil come Up with something to call tbe but! Copyright, 1997, NEA Service, Inc.) jKeenly felt here in the Far East | Where the flames of war already are | touching hundreds of millions of the | toiling population.— Marshal Vassill Bluecher, commander of the Russian | army in the Par East. ese She may look briefly for an ap- ts more interested about reactions | Proving giance from man... but she | from members of her own sex.—Dr, | Joseph of Sarawak, | ¢c-ruler of Northwest Borneo, on a a employ the milder phrase. But names do not alter facts. The effects of the “recession” are so obvious and the gountry so clearly scared that the “master of mass psychology” in the White Howse, which, in particularly expansive mood, Mr. Roosevelt once modestly told a couple of Democratic senators he was, felt impelled to “ac- Hence, almost daily since November business of its more crippling handi-, current year steadily rises high above Caps and burdens, the finally revised official estimate and — will be more than As he has now gone off on a ten-day plies fishing trip, acoompanied by those experienced business men and con- servative advisers, Mr. Harry Hopkins, Mr. Harold Ickes and Mr. James Roosevelt, it is interesting to examine those exhilarating headlines and dis- It is true he has let it be known that he favors a modification of the “un- just” taxes on business, but he, person- ally, moved to prevent the spontaneous, movement in congress to repeal the undivided-profits tax, which it is agreed is the most vicious and harm- ful of all. It is true he held conferences with ee our Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answe: taining to heal! if jeite lett i Fink. AGG but mot dis ¢ diagnosis. Write letter: se Dr. Brad of The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by a stam! self-addressed envelope. BEWARE THAT AFTER-DINNER COMA One of the many things learned a hundred years ago by Dr. William Beaumont in his study of digestion, through a trapdoor or permanent open- ing into the stomach of Alexis St, Martin, (the result of a gunshot wound), was that “gentle exercise facilitates the digestion of food.” Recent scientific investigation by Francis Hillebrandt and Meryl M. Miles (American Journal of Physiology, October, 1933) substantiated the belief that protracted moderate exercise does not interfere with digestion. Whatever concepts the old folks may have, all competent authorities agree that moderate exercise after a meal tends to improve digestion by increasing metabolism, the absorption of oxygen and all the vital functions. Violent exercise, such as a race, a long swim or any great muscular effort, physiologists find, tends to delay digestion. So it is better not to take a full meal shortly before you go out to thrash somebody or to play football. You'll give a better account of yourself if you take only a little sugar in one form or another to keep your blood sugar level up and supply quick energy for the muscles, and enjoy a good feed after the fight is over. Eating at bedtime is a healthful habit for young persons who work or play hard every day, for almost any normal individual on the callow side of 40. But after forty, whether life begins or you just like to kid yourself about that, it is perhaps well to heed the old folks’ warning and take no food after the régular evening meal. After forty one must beware of post-prandial repose, the after-dinner coma, It puts a heavy strain on the lenticulo-striate artery. That's the little vessel in the brain under the left temple that goes pop, cerebral hem- orrhage, apoplectic stroke, ° by. pushing with the hand on the edge of the table until of harm’s way for the nonce. Second movement: under chair, the other in front of and parallel with it to do when you were sixteen—without a grunt and without p self up with the, arms. Final movement: ambulate. On the other hand, persons of mature age who are not too well nour- ished, more likely subject to vague nutritional deficiency ailments, com- monly find a bed-time lunch of hot or cold milk and cookie, cracker or whatever the larder offers (preferably something made with wheat germ, for the vitamin B) promotes sound sleep and good digestion, GRAND SLAM ON LONG SHOT Chances Slim as Opponent Holds Five Trumps, One Honor, But Declarer Squeezes Through By WILLIAM E, McKENNEY (Secretary, American Contract Bridge League) When a player finds five trumps, ;players often take @ chance like play- including an honor, in the hand of /¢rs of one opponent, the hope of making a grand slam is slim indeed. With the declarer’s trumps divided five and three, it requires careful trump man- agement and correct handling of the side suits. SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS CONTRACT PROBLEM 310874 % None OQ1109 & 10963 Contract Problem (Solution in next issue) West 1s playing the contract at four spades. South won the first trick with the dia- mond jack. If he neglects to cash the diamond ace, can de- clarer make six-odd? East Pass Pass Pass Double Hearld Tribune points out, on the very day of his first utility conference the president aided the New York State i which no real effect possibly can. had within a year. z aii el salle ter ft Opening lead—@Q. ° 4 The hand discussed today was dealt in duplicate and most of the holders stopped at six hearts, the making of which presents no unusual difficulty, but one pair went on to seven and the manner of making it is instructive and illustrative of the coup principle, whereby an apparently uncapturable ap is brought home, slightly 5. not hope for a solid trump suit on - his partner's bidding, but then bridge | (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service. Inc.} | National Banner | a: BORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle tp epcesiaing to 1 Pictured is the [ETT TETTIRJOLIMAIS|CIAISINID] ip men” fagot—. 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