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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

Memphis. Tenn, April 9-tUP)- The St Louis Cardinals met the Memphis Southern association club to-day in its last game of the spring training season. Srhe Cardinals will leave after the game for St Louis where they will meet their civic rivals, the Browns, in city series. The Cards had little difficulty. yes terday in defeating Huntsville, 14 to
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
The Joke of the Season

One of the biggest jokes of the
year was that played on the railroads
of the country by the Interstate COM
merce Commission in it's recent de-
cision on their application for an In
crease in freight rates.
The carriers asked for a Is per cent
boost in all rates on the theory that
they needed the money. They put
financiers, accountants and bankers
on the stand to prove their dire need.
They offered testimony by others to
show what might happen to railroad
securities if relief were not granted.
And over and through it all ran a
plea for help for those carriers who
were not financially strong. The
smaller and weaker railroads, the /.
C. c. was told, needed help badly.
The joke, curiously enough, came
when the federal body agreed with
this contention. At. the same time
that it denied the application for the
general increase in rates, the COM
mission authorized the railroads to
levy surcharges on certain shipments
for limited time.
Advance news Of this leaked out
and caused boom in railroad shares
in the stock market, but when it be-
came known that the I. G. G. had
attached a string to the offer, the
railroad financiers were not SO jubi-
liant.
The tripping cord was a require
ment that the railroads pool their
earnings from the surcharges and
distribute them in such a way as to
help the weaker systems. The larger
railroads didn't like it, and now they
are seeking to modify the proposal
somewhat so that it will rest more
easily on their stomachs.
The joke lies in the fact that they
pleaded SO earnestly for the small
and poor lines that the I. G. G. be-
lieved them-to the exclusion of 9TH
er evidence which the more power
full railroads had offered in hope CT
benefiting themselves.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

Of the most dramatic trials on record
He was, Of course, acquitted.
Back Of all this was the story of a
lad who rose from the New York
streets to the status Of great actor
lawyers story that is repeated year
after year. Some become builders OF
skyscrapers and some become govern
ors, statesmen and great bankers.
The sidewalks of New York appear
to spawn ever-fresh material for the
high places!
AL Smith, of course, has become a
symbol Of the sidewalks Of New
York." and sterling example Of how
far a pavement kid can climb. Or you
can take almost any of the merchant
princes Of the big town and trace
them back to humble beginnings. The
theater, in particular, points to the
struggle of its outstanding figures.
AL Woods, they'll tell you, once
popped out of doorways selling side
walk trinkets. The Erlangers, Ham,
mersteins and Shuberts came up grad
ually from the bottom. David Belasco
was poor kid from the west coast
who came to town as a ham" stage
manager.
Weber and Fields were products of
the old Ghetto. So were Berlin and
Cantor and Jessel and a score Of 9TH
erS.
And New Yorkers never cease boast
ing Of their native sons and daugh-
tiers, largely because 50 many famous
folk come from other sections Of the
realm.
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Harlem, even as Greenwich Village,
wearies of being identified with orgies,
rent parties and high life.
The negro section Of New York
keeps up an unending propaganda foF
the poets, artists and composers whd
make the black belt their home. Just
now the huge negro settlement is try
ing to discover an aviator Of conse-
quence and a fund Is being donated
toward negro flyer willing to HOP
the Atlantic.
Copyright. 1881, NEA Service, 1nc)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

year in which the crop has been
smaller than for the preceding year.
The 1880 crop was estimated to be
IL per cent smaller than that of 1929.
Hatchings in the state were poor, due
to low fertility of the eggs. OF the
young turkeys hatched, there was a
somewhat larger proportion saved
than in past years, due to the favor
able weather conditions. However,
comments from reporters indicate that
dogs, crows, coyotes and weasels
caused considerable destruction in tur-
key flecks, and that Blackhead is
more prevalent.
Turkeys are not in as good condi-
ton as they were at this time last
year, due to feed shortage in a con-
siderable section Of the state. Com
ments indicate, however, that grass
hoppers have furnished a valuable
feed supply in many localities. OF the
marketable birds. AZ per cent will be
ready for the Thanksgiving market
compared with 49 per cent last fall:
80 per cent for the Christmas market
compared with 81 per cent in 1880:
and IA per cent for later marketings.
the same as last year.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

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YORK
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New York, Oct. 29-Although Max
steuer and William Untermeyer &C.
cupy the spotlight as Manhattan's
most prominent legal lights, still the
legends and truths concerning GER
taip William Fallon go on.
Just this morning a note came to
my desk announcing that the cinema
would use Fallon as a film story char
acter. And Gene Fowler has done q
biography titled, 'The Great Mouth
Without having ever known or seen
Mons. Fallon, I think he would have
liked the notion Of being perpetuated
in the movies. He appears to have
been Snowman unto himself; a law
yer who was a consummate actor
with Broadway as his stage and its
people as his clients.
One Of the favorite yarns concerns
his love for Gertrude Vanderbilt. She
showed no great inclination toward
returning his affection, SO one day he
urged her to come to court to hear
him plead a case. Nicky Arnstein,
one-time spouse of Fannie Brice, was
on trial. And Fallon was making a
double plea: for his client and the
heart Of q girl. He was successful in
both instances.
Then there's the famous story Of his
own trial. Bribery had been charged
and Fallon represented himself in one
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
Daily Health Service
INHALING BENZOL FUMES
DANGEROUS TO WORKER
Persons With Heart, Lung or Kidney Trouble Should
Avoid All OccupatiOn With BenzOl

blood which indicated benzol poison
ing. Because Of the great danger from
this preparation, the National Safety
Council has urged, wherever benzol Is
used. that it be used in enclosure or
under conditions which would prevent
contact with the fumes by the worker.
It is also suggested that at least once
q month every worker in the plant
where benzol is used be given thor
ough medical examination with partic-
dlar reference to examination of the
blood.
No one who has the slightest sign
Of disease of the heart, lungs. or kid
neys, who has q tendency to bleed.
who has anemia, or any other disturb
ance Of the blood should under any
circumstances engage in an occupa-
ton where he comes into contact with
benzol.
Because Of the danger connected
with the use Of benzol, great chemical
industrial manufacturers are already
hard at work trying to find a sub
stitute to replace benzol as a CONNER
cial solvent. Furthermore, its use in
industry is already beginning to de-
crease, but 1t is well for those who are
In contact with benzol to realize their
danger and to guard against it ac-
cordingly.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
Enforcing Prohibition
New York TimeS)

A summary of the Prohibition Bu-
reau's first year under the jurisdic-
ton of the Department of Justice
shows statistically the results of a
vigorous effort to enforce the law.
Agents of the bureau arrested 62,902
alleged violators of the Volstead act.
They seized 2l.373 distilleries and
stills. They confiscated 38.158,431
gallons of beer, spirits, wine and
mash. They prosecuted 59,805 cases
in the courts and succeeded in OBJ
tanning convictions in as many as
65.9 per cent of them.
Unfortunately for the unremitting
efforts of the bureau, these towering
figures do not mean that the Eight
eenth Amendment was any more
nearly enforced at the close of the
fiscal year than at any previous time
since its enactment. Year after year
the government has published fig
ures OF this sort, without achieving
appreciable success in shutting down
the sources of illicit liquor. In the
eleven years since prohibition be-
came the law of the land, the govern
ment has actually arrested no fewer
than 68l,342 persons. It has seized
300,9l3 distilleries and stills. It has
confiscated 291 ,042, ,4l4 gallons of beer,
spirits, wine and mash. But it has
net prevented the country from be-
ing flooded with inexpensive liquor.
AS rapidly as one source of supply
of an illegal traffic has been closed,
! new source has welled up to take
it's place.
The difficulty lies in the demon
strated fact that local sentiment in
many populous communities is op-
posed to strict enforcement. The
government was able to obtain con-
vlctions in 859 per cent of the cases
which it prosecuted during the last
fiscal year. It owes this success, how
ever. to the fact that it obtains con-
vlctions primarily by means of bar
gain-day'' arrangements, which per-
NIT viclators of the law to escape
with nominal penalties. AS the pres
ent report of the bureau shows, the
average fine imposed last year was
Slo4 and the average jail sentence a
lew months. The principal pays the
1lne. One Of his agents goes to Jail.
II Is easily enough arranged. and
considerably less expensive than the
system Of high license fees which pre-
vailed in New York and other states
before the war.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal Of the American
Medical Association

Benzene Or benzol is one of the
most important industyial poisons.
Formerly naphtha and benzene were
used in place Of benzol. Benzol is
used largely as solvent in extraction
work, as for extracting oils and greas-
es. The largest commercial use, aside
from gasoline, is for manufacturing
rubber cement and other rubber arti.
cles, brake Innings, artificial leather,
lacquers and paint and varnish remov-
ers.
Obviously In such work there Is
great danger of inhaling benzol, and
there Is plenty of evidence that the
inhaling Of fumes has poisonous eff
fects. There is destruction Of the
blood cells and there is besides this an
action on the nervous system which
brings about muscular tremorS, twitch-
ings, exhaustion, paralysis, rapid pulse,
disturbances Of the breathing and the
vision and very low temperature.
Benzol affects women, Of course, as
well as men, and an investigation in
New York state showed that out Of
70 women exposed to benzol fumes, 80
per cent had already changes In the
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
BARBS

With all this yelling about subsidiz-
ing. looks like there's no way for q
football player to get through college
without an education.
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inexperienced investors who daily
about the curb are likely to find them
selves In the street.
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Legion resolutions Notwithstanding,
beer doesn't seem to be any nearer.
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The Princess Eugene rage flopped
just in time to save friend husband
buying a new derby.
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Several aviatrixes are planning
flights across the Atlantic. None Of
them has asked a man to go along
In case they run out of gas.
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Many a golfer gets birdie at the
18th hole.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
-Four Billion Feet

Recommendation that the lumber
industry reduce it's stocks of finished
lumber by four and a half billion fee!
during the coming year has beer
made by the timber conservation
board, body appointed by the fed
eral government to study the status
of the nations forest industries.
Its job was to investigate and all.
alyZe all factors of lumber produc.
tion, marketing and consumption ii
the hope of both benefiting the IN.
dustry by giving it more Information
about itself and of conserving tn,
forest resources Of the nation.
Since the lumber industry rank.
high among the enterprises of the ma
ton, the recommendations of ths
board are of interest to everyone
Here they are:
"First-That as rapidly as pos
sible stocks in the hands of lunl-
Der manufacturers be reduced to
the extent necessary to reestab-
iSh a reasonable balance between
stocks and demand. For the in
dustry as a whole the reduction
of stocks during the next year
should be approximately four
and 'one-half billion feet.
"Second-That to the extent
4> s~1>
nifty exigencies will permit. lum-
ber production by individual
manufacturers be limited to such
volume as will accomplish the
recommended reduction of stocks.
"Third-That consideration be
given to the need and to the
means Of deferred financing
which will stimulate additional
prudent building, especially farm
business buildings and small
homes.
"Fourth-That the industry
consider the practicability Of con-
solidated sales organizations
which offer sound prospects of
added economy and flexibility in
production and distribution; and,
especially in the Pacific north
west, the economic advantages of
regional consultations of owner
ship and operation.
"Fifth-That the timber con-
servation board make, or cause to
he made. further periodic sur
veys and reports on current and
prospective lumber supply and
demand, with suitable recon-
mendations."
The reasons for the recommenda
tions are embodied in a report cor,
tanning % pages of printed matta
pnd some 20 tables. They compris
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

married at once.
But Mary shook her head. wait"
she counseled. "You don't want Z
weeping bride. And l can't forget
-Eddie-just yet"
He had to be content. He was no
more successful in inducing her to
leave what Bowen's somewhat lurid
newspaper persisted in calling the
Murder Mansion" and come to
stay at his mothers house until the
wedding.
"I've promised DR.. Jordan to stay
until Bruce Jupiter comes home."
she said.
Presently the daily conferences"
with the detectives stopped. and ono
day there were no stories in any Of
the papers relating to the Jupiter
murder, except one small routine
item. headed Jupiter Murder
Probe Lags. No New Developments
Expected. Says Kane"
Mary knit her brows over this.
She resolved to go to see the in.
spector herself. and ask him what
| It meant.
Up to this time the newspaper
stories had given the impression
that the murderer was just about
to be caught. Solution Of Jupiter
Murder Mystery Near" said the
headlines and "Kane Promises
Quick Justice for Killer Of Multi.
Millionaire's Wife," This sudden
change Of attitude amazed her.
Kane greeted her as usual. He
was walking up and down. hooking
out the window. now and then paus-
Ing to look at her expectantly. That
air of his puzzled her: 1t had from
the beginning. He sat down op.
posite with an air Of "Well. what
have you to tell met"
She showed him the newspaper
article. >.
"Oh. sure" he said. I'VE never
had a chance from the beginning.
Nothing much we can do but wait"
But you kept telling the news.
papers that you were about to find
the murderer" she reproached him.
Disappointment made her bold.
"Why did you say that, II yeu
didn't think so?"
Kane struck the newspaper con.
temptuously with the back Of his
hand.
"Oh. you've got to give 'em some.
thing to chew on" he said. Far
as I'm concerned, the case Is closed.
| We don't know the whole story. but
We know-epough."
Ito Be Continued)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

a vast body of information which
should be valuable to the public gen.
orally as we'll as to men in the lum.
ber business.
For instance, on the second page
of the document given over to Sup
porting evidence" we find this:
Farm communities normally
consume over one third Of the to-
tai lumber cut or over one-half OF
that used in building construc-
ton. The present condition of
cash farm income by states is
shown in Table 20. The estimated
income for 1930-31 is 68% of the
last five-year average. The ra-
ito Of prices received for farm
products to prices paid for COM
modities used in living and pro-
duction on the farms is shown
in, Table 19. The August, 1881,
ratio of So is the lowest recorded
since 1910 and indicates steady
decline since 1928. These tables
show no facts Warranting the an
ticipation of substantial increase
in farm building during the bal
ance of this year or, in fact, dur
ing 1882, notwithstanding the
general need throughout the ag-
ricultural areas for extensive
farm building.
THE substantial reductions in
costs of building materials have
as yet not been generally fol-
lowed by comparable reductions
in other building costs. Until the
readjustment of other elements
of building and home ownership
costs shall have been more large
ly commensurate with the con-
tinuing decline in building ma
tarial prices, substantial general
increase in ordinary building is
not expected. The small dwell
ling field still offers the best po-
tential lumber market in build
ing. Both farm and small home
construction generally, however,
await the development of more
economical and convenient fl
nancing and in many areas q
further adjustment of building
costs. Increased demand for
lumber for building purposes is
not expected during the first one
half of 1882"
After perusing this report, the luln-
ber men of the nation will be thor
oughly conversant with the fact that
they can expect little prosperity un-
til the farmers of the nation again
are in position to come into the mar
ket and buy the things they need.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
Let Prisoners Help

Ordinarily, one does not expect
prisoners in a state penitentiary to
take an extensive part in reforesta-
ton programs. Yet Pennsylvania S
prisoners have just put through an
amazingly complete forestry project,
and the state has $4,000 new trees as
a result.
All over the nation people have
been planting trees to celebrate the
bicentennial of George Washington 5
birth next year. More than eight
million trees have been planted, un-
der the guidance Of the American
Tree association; and the Pennsyl-
vanla convicts have had big part
in it all.
Prisoners at the Western peniten-
tiary have planted 10000, many of
them along state highway. Those
in the states Eastern penitentiary
have planted $4,000 trees-and the
work is still going on.
Here is a wise program for convict
activity that other states might prof.
itably copy.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

eventually caught.-Amos w. w
Woodcock, prohibition commissioners
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You must season statistics with
judgment.-Walter S. Clifford.
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. Civilized man is subject to so many
inhibitions that he is rarely free OF
happy.-Rev j. s. Hardwick.
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The overwhelming majority of
American people want even more pro-
hibition than they have today.-Rev.
DR.. F. Scott Mcbride
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II you get, you've got to give
Theodore Dresser.
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Whenever do indulge my sense Of
humor, it always gets me into trouble.
Coolidge.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

Udine. where the italian headquarters
were located.
Cormons, on the plains about seven
miles west Of Gorizia, was captured
and the armies Of the central powers
approached the frontier of the italian
coastal region.
But the Germans were repulsed by
the French near Chaurne and Cour-
riers Wood on the western front.
The first war prisoner taken by the
United States expeditionary forces "a
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

by Mr.. Jupiter to study his wife's
murder-they were the two men
who had been hired to protect her
and had failed SO dismally-were
Joined by two of their confreres.
But the search led nowhere. There
were numerous Lorimors in town.
even q few aluminum.fitted special
jobs" but they were all in the pos.
session Of well-to-do citizens with
the most unassailable regulations.
The car that had dealt the death
blow had vanished of the face Of
tho earth. Probably. they reck.
oned. locked in q private garage
somewhere. where It would remain
until the affair should have been
forgotten. whence It would emerge
repainted. And. unless there was q
tip-off. might 60 undetected alto
gether. II 1t had been a "hot" car
(that Is, stolen). 1t would have been
found deserted. The fact that It
was privately owned added to the
strength Of the rapidly growing
theory-now that the first flush OF
indignation had passed-that Ed.
dies death was an accident. and
not. as George Bowen of the Star.
alone among the metropolitan
news.writers, insisted. caused by a
murder car"
At last even Bowen bowed to the
strength Of opposite opinion. ap.
parently. for he stopped chiding the
police department for its imbecility.
and even stopped writing any more
about the case. None was happier
at his sudden silence than Inspector
James Kane.
MARY had fed her starving hopes
W on his persistently optimistic
stories. When they stopped. she
felt alone as the champion Of q lost
cause. Mr.. Jupiter was preoccupied,
living withdrawn from all contacts
except his daily consultation with
the private detectives.
Dirk was kindness itself: there
was something 50 gently. protective,
almost paternal, in his attitude to-
ward her nowadays that she was
deeply touched by every new
manifestation of his tenderness
Bat he was trying a case In court
and had no time to give to q per
sonal investigation. He was loath
to talk about the subject, even. Hia
whole intention during their briei
hours together seemed to be tc
draw her mind saway from past
grief. He wanted to abandon their
plans for q formal wedding. and be
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
Mary shook her head. II can't forget Eddie just yet"

are your and he said I'll tell you
when I see YOU Then he told me
to bring Mary and meet him at the
corner you took her to at 4 o'clock
sharp. II Id been there on time!
But. he gulped down the fact OF
his mothers responsibility for the
tragedy-"but I was-detained."
"How did he seem? Frightened?
Hurried? Anything queer about 1t.
mean?"
"We-ell." Dirk considered, dis
liking the reversal Of roles in
which he found himself. He was
usually the interrogator himself.
On the other hand. he knew that
q refractory witness does himself
no good. so he answered courteously
enough.
II got the impression he didn't
want to be overheard. perhaps. I
couldn't say there was anything
more than that in his manner.
Nothing very damning in that, I
should say. Quite natural under
less peculiar circumstances than
these. I was Just about to ask him
for an explanation when he seemed
to-become hurried. suddenly. He
said I can't talk now,' and added
what sounded like-'the ny's buzz.
ing around,'-and hung up. Sound.
ed rather silly. I wonder what he
meant?" He broke of suddenly,
remembering that he was talking
/! to q reporter. ''Some kid stuff,
probably. Very likely meant moth.
ing at ALL"
Bowen masked the interest this
information had for him. "Oh.
very likely. Funny. though-he's
been talking about a fly in there" /"
He nodded toward the door Of the
hospital room.
The door Of the boys room opened
q crack. and q nurse beckoned.
"Mr. Ruyther? Please!" Dirk
pushed hurriedly inside, where
there was the sound Of hushed sob.
bling. The nurse closed the door,
shutting herself and Bowen out.
Hes gone" she said. Bowen said,
where's the nearest 'phone?" and
bolted.
IN the weeks that followed Eddie's
death the one thing happened
that Mary had never dreamed could
happen. That was that nothing
happened at all. The days went by
as usual and there was no news OF
the sort she wanted to hear.
The private Investigators hired
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29
Turkey Crop in N. d.
Is Smaller This Year

A 1891 turkey crop in North Dakota
seven per cent smaller than last year
is indicated by the October report Of
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture just released by the federal
agricultural statistician's office at
Fargo. This Is the second successive
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-29

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| WATCHING THE MOON6EAMS
ssssse PLAY
| ON A KEG THAT IN THE
BUSHES LAY. .
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| TOOK Up HIS SONG: !
HOU 5000 The BRAVE
HOU 10000 THE STRONG:
'1O THEE DOM sssses
or GREAT Battles BELONG.
FRIEND OF Tue eeeses-
10 THEE I SING
| AND HAL THEE AHAR As
JOAN BARLEY CORN !, KWG."
There are eight words missing in the
above verse. The missing words are
composed Of The same six letters, differ
entity arranged. Can you supply them?