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Evening star., 1931-05-08
GOAL WEIGHT TEST
!. CASE IS ORDERED
Commissioners Tell Bride to
Take Action Despite Deal
erS' Option Plan.

The District Commissioners today IN
Structed Corporation Counsel William
w. Bride TO institute q prosecution
against q Washington coal dealer for
the sale Of a short ton of coal in spite
of Mr.. Brides written opinion that such
a sale Is legal where the customer has
election to purchase a short or long ton.
The Commissioners read Mr. Brides
supplemental opinion today after he in
formed them that the recent action OF
the coal dealers. agreeing to sell coal
TO those desiring to purchase It by either
system of weight. They ordered him
to bring the prosecution nevertheless.
Roberts to Prosecute.
The case will be handled by Assist
ant Corporation Counsel william A.
Roberts, who differs with his chief in
the Interpretation of the weights and
measures act and holds that under any
conditions q sale of coal otherwise than
by the long ton Of 2,240 pounds Is
illegal
Mr.. Brides memorandum to the Com
Tnissioners today read:
This Is supplemental to my memo
randum of April %, 1881. with respect
to the prosecution of coal dealers for
the sale Of units of 1000 pounds of coal.
Holds Doubt Removed.
"Since the date OF that memorandum.
the coal dealers have agreed to sell coal
by the ton to those desiring to purchase
1t by that unit Of weight. although they
will continue still to sell units of 1000
pounds to those who will contract there
for. In my opinion, this change of atti-
tude on the part of coal dealers has the
effect Of removing doubt Of the legality
Of sale of a unit of 1000 pounds since
the purchaser has the election either to
purchase by such unit or by ton. II
the purchaser prefers to purchase q
unit OF stipulated weight It cannot be
said that he is in any way mislead or
defrauded.
Evening star., 1931-05-08
RADIO LICENSE CASE
IS SET FOR June is
1,40o Petitions of One Corporation
to Be Reviewed by Federal
Commission.

The Federal Radio Commissions
policy toward renewal Of more than
1,4O0 radio licenses held by the Radio
Corporation Of America and its reputed
subsidiaries is to be determined at COM
mission hearings beginning June Is.
At these hearings, It was announced
yesterday, the commission is expected
to decide whether it should refuse re-
newal applications Of the companies in
volved, in view Of the recent court deci-
sions holding the Radio Corporations
license contracts With other companies
were illegal
The radio act provides that licenses
shall be denied any company or its
subsidiaries finally adjudged to have
created or attempted to create q mo-
nopoly. The United States Supreme
Court recently refused to review New
Jersey case charging the Radio Corpora
tion's tube contracts constituted q VIOLA
ton of the antitrust laws.
Radio Commissioner Lafount predict
ed yesterday that regardless Of the
course decided upon at the hearings
some interested party would carry the
case to the Court of Appeals.
Evening star., 1931-05-08

succeed only through an instructed
electoFate." THE more complex the
problems OF the Nation become. the
greater Is the need for more and more
advanced education" he maintains
Moreover, as our numbers increase and
as our life expands with science and
invention, we must discover more and
more leaders for every walk OF life. We
cannot hope to succeed In directing this
increasingly complex civilization unless
we can draw all the talent Of leader
ship from the whole people. One CIV
ilization after another has been wrecked
upon the attempt TO secure sun1ctent
leadership from single group or class:
class distinctions and would constantly
refresh our leadership with the ideals
OF our people we must draw constantly
from the general mass. The full op-
portunity for every boy and girl to rise
through the selective processes OF edu-
cation can aione secure to US this
leadership"
!. But neither President Hoover nor
other leading advocates Of the indi-
vidualistic system countenance the
thought, which u in some minds, OF
concentrating in the Federal Govern
ment the full authority over these mat
ters Of public health and education that
make for q better citizenship.
Menace In Capitalization.
TT seems to me- said DIR. Ray Ly-
man Wilbur, President Hoover's friend
and Secretary Of the Interior IN MS
cabinet, in addressing an educational
council, that there Is distinct menace
In the Capitalization in the National
Government Of any large educational
scheme with extensive financial re-
sources available. Abnormal power TO
mold and standardiEe and crystalIize
education which would go with the dol.
lars would be more damaging to local
government. local aspiration and sell:
respect, and to State government and
State self-respect, than any assistance
that might come from the fund"
Likewise, this same DR.. Wilbur, at the
White House Conference on Child Wei
fare last November. remarked: we
must 60 back to the local units for
effective education or health or well
fare work. We want minimum OF ma
tional legislation In this field. No one
should get the idea that Uncle Sam Is
going TO rock the baby to sleep"
And that last sentence symbolizes the
attitude OF the individualists In their
contest with the paternalists. Their
vision Of a national government Is one
which will help the local units to help
themselves, but not dominate them; to
cooperate with groups and various
elements In the population to bring
about . better social order, that there
may be retained that principle Of self
government ana self-respo upon
which character IA developed.
(Copyrtght, ieai. by the North Americau
Newspaper Antanee)
Evening star., 1931-05-08
SEEKS WORLD TRADE

PORT MoRESBY, Papua UP,.-with
vast acres Of cheap land, ample sup
plies CT willing black labor and an
ideal tropical climate. Papua hopes to
become factor In the world rubber
trade.
Although the present production
amounts to only 1000 tons annually,
the acreage under rubber is being ex-
tended rapidly. Papuan planters say
they have so many factors in their
favor that they can compete success
fully with all comerS.
Evening star., 1931-05-08
AGAINST DICTATORSHIP.
King CaraI Pledges Support for Par
'e.s IIamentaFy Regime.
nv JOHN GUNTHER.


BUCHAREST. Rumania, May 8
&C. D. Mixing Carol Of Rumania,
in an interview yesterday, denied vig-
orously any dictatorial ambitions ana
pledged himself to = parliamentary
regime.
King Carol gave an amusing and
businesslike touch to the interview by
suggesting. that /. show it to him be-
fore sending it.
He began BY insisting that the cleo
tions would be free and the constitu-
tional regime under Parliament re-
spected.
Il do not merely say this. repeat
It and I repeat It vigorously" King
Carol said. Solution Of the economic
crisis is the paramount Rumanian
problem, he added. Rumania. despite
It's natural wealth. finds dimculty In
marketing its surplus grain.
Sees Armament Need.
But we must find . solution" King
Carol said, not only for the peasants,
but for the townsmen. We must all
work together and work hard-myself
not the least"
Questioned about disarmament. the
Evening star., 1931-05-08
Hoover Field Fined $40.

The State Corporation Commission Of
Virginia has imposed a fine OF $40 on
the Atlantic Seaboard Airways Corpora
ton, operators Of Hoover Field, recently
combined with Washington Airport, for
failure to domesticAte," It was learned
here today. The companies secured a
charter, however, before the decision
was announced.
Evening star., 1931-05-08
Fireman Hurt Fighting Blaze.

Pvt. Mederia p. Corbett, 81 years old
OF No. 4 truck company received lacera-
tions of the hands while fighting fire in
a house In the 400 block Fourth street
yesterday. He was taken to Casualty
hospital for treatment. Damage caused
by the. fire was negligible, fire ofacinls
declared.
Evening star., 1931-05-08

Automobile registrations in Colombia
are more than four times as great as
IN ie2S. n
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LAW LEADERS HIT
PROPOSED BAN ON
DRY AGENTS GUNS

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WESTERN HIGH BOY
CHOSEN DISTRICTS
CHAMPION ORATOR

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Duties Of Government.
It is also apparent that both State
and national governments, IN order TO
Mt the citizenship both physically and
mentally TO avail itself Of that open
opportunity that is one OF the funda-
mentais Of the American scheme. have
an obligation upon themselves. Presi-
dent Hoover has expanded upon this
subject from time to time In his dis
courses upon the subjects Of public
health, education and child welfare.
Public health service" he has said,
'should be a. fully organized and a.
universally Incorporated into our Cow
eminent system as Is public education, .
and he holds that "self-goVernment can
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

the United States help out, but they
don't meet the situation. It Is the
losses, not the lack of uquidity, that
threaten stability, losses such as de-
probation Of stocks, bonds, farm
mortgages and real estate"
For the United States, he said
1T would be necessary for the fed
eral government to guarantee the
solvency Of state banks"
Governments. not bankers, are
responsible for the present situation
Sir George said he believed. 1.-THE
banks" he said, did not create the
impossible reparations payments o.
the situation which rendered the
payment Of reparations and inter.
allied debts extremely difficult, or the
tariff barriers Of all nations which
have blocked effectively the current.
Of commerce.
Indeed, but for the willingness ot
the bankers to grant credits there
would have been q collapse when the
great war expenditures ended.
Il should like to make it quite clear
that even II q breakdown occurs !,
will be- possible. and necessary, to re.
pair 1t at once and the governments
must then do what they should have
done sooner to prevent the break.
down."
The remedies, he said, include 9
conference of world statesmen K
face the situation.
One of the most hopeful signs, he
said, is the awakening of the Asiati<
millions, which includes Russia, anc
their demands for higher standards
OF living in which the material re.
sources Of the western world play 6
big part.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

taken and that, by 1888, we will see q
very different situation.
According to some very hig,
authorities" he said, IAN almost COM
plete breakdown will hit the world
within the next two months. The
real danger IS q breakdown Of world
credit. Whether the break d ow n
comes depends partly on the outcome
Of the German reparations and the
commercial debt conferences now
taking place.
"The breakdown prediction was
based on the belief that the French
intend to insist On the priority Of re-
parattons over commercial debts
which means that there Is great
uncertainty whether commercial debts
can or will ever be paid. Those debts
are now computed at some $780,
000, 900.
THAT affects the position Of bank
ers and business firms In all coun.
trtes-the United States, Great Bri-
tain, Holland, Switzerland, and
France itself, to some extent-whose
activities In providing credit for dis
tributing commodities In all parts OF
the world are mainly instrumental in
making the credit machine operate
efficiently.
If no credit Is available for tho
movement Of produce and goods from
country to country, or even from dis
trict to district, trade must inevitably
come to q sfandStill
Sir George referred to the United
States domestic trade. Wheat and
cattle, he said, move into Chicago
from the west by means Of credit
operations. He predicted an enor.
nous further shrinkage in the in
comes Of city dwellers, as well as pro-
ducers, II stagnation occurs.
"The governments Of the world
should stand behind the banks to
prevent the machinery from break
ing down." he said.
Internal credit corporations in
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
BRITISH ECONOMIST
FORESEES RECOVERY
IF ACTION Is TAKEN
Says World Is Standing on
Threshold Of Great Pros.
perity in History
Copyright, 1891, BY the A. P.)

lCOpyF1&nSs 4SSAs 0y the a. F.)
London, Dec. 18.-(ReThe world
is standing on the threshold Of the
greatest prosperity it ever has ex-
perienced-f only the necessary
steps are taken-sir George Paish
noted British economist and men,
Der of the British official mission to
the United States in 1914, said Fri
day in an exclusive interview with
the Associated Press.
Three Of the chief recommends
tions made by the noted economist
are:
l. Federal and state temporary
bank guaranty acts.
2. An international conference at
which every nation would be ready
to make contributions to world re-
covery.
3. Revision Of reparations pay
ments to insure eventual repayment
of Germany's commercial debt which
he estimates at $2,250, ,000,0 900.
It Is possible, he said, to revive
trade Immediately to q marked de-
gree and to Danish the fear complex
now besetting the nations.
Sir George recently affirmed his
belief q world breakdown is ap-
preaching, not more than two
months away, and he made todays
statements while reiterating this
warning. # the necessary revival
measures are not taken, he said, the
breakdown will force them upon the
world.
Foresees Prosperity
Il haven't any doubt" he said
"but that we are going into the
greatest period of prosperity the
world has ever seen-if the necessary
measures are taken. I'm sure there
are enough reasonable people in the
world to see these measures are
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
Mothers Now Solve
Problem Of Colds
With New Wick Plan

OF peculiar interest to mothers is
the Wick Plan for better Control
Oft Colds" in the home. The Plan Is
introduced with the new Vicks Nose
and Throat Drops, based on new
idea for preventing" colds-compan-
ion to Vicks VapoRub, the family
standby for treating" colds. Used to-
gether as directed, you can have few
er and less severe colds in your fam
lily this winter-a reduction Of your
Colds s-Tax" in money, loss of time
and health.-Advertisem
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
LakOta Woman Dies
Soon After Husband

Lakota, N. D., Dec. 18.-(AP)-
Funeral services will be held here
Saturday for Mrs. Catherine Rebec-
ca Reynolds, 73, who died Thursday,
nine days after the death of her hus-
band, Charles Reynolds.
She was born in Ontario and came
to Nelson county with her husband
40 years ago. They moved from
their farm home into this city several
months ago. She leaves 10 children,
Mrs. John Ludtke, Mrs. Ed Ludtke,
Mrs. Peter Dion,, Charles, Hugh, An
gus, all Of the Lakota vicinity; Mrs.
Howard Prey, Minneapolis; John,
whe lives in Canada; Elmer, Wis
consin, and Robert, Thief River Falls.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

The jolly Time Dance club
will give a dance Saturday
night at l. @. 0. F. hall for
members and guests.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

Neptune has one satellite. Jupiter
has nine satellites, four Of which
were discovered by Calico in 1910.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

I'VE Thank YOU

Only shopping days to prepare for the mos
important meal Of the year. Our store is
stocked completely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
The Man Who Didn't Do It

Much has been written, and justly. in criticism of the liberality with which par don boards have released guilty men from prison before their terms had expired. Here is another sort of case. Twenty=two years ago Jesse Lucas of Mt Carmel III, was sent to the penitentiary for the murder of Clyde Showalter, an old farmer in his vicinity. Lucas stoutly maintained his innocence. and continued to maintain it. Twice the prison board promised to set him free if he would only confess that he committed the murder
 - which when you think it over. seems like eurieusly contradictory proposition. The prisoners attitude was that he would rather remain in his cell than get free by lying.
 The other day an elderly farmer named George R. Pond confessed on his deathbed that he was the murderer. So Lucas is to go free. My greatest desre,55 he says. is to go back to my home, back to my friends who remembered and believed me. But my mother - how wish she could have lived to know'' It looks as if the board had fumbed this case rather badly. Possibly it is better to let several guilty men go free prematurely than to eureify one such inno- cent man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Varied BoosIsgeine

We seem to be getting into a genuine bootleg era. Not to mention the we'll known bootleg traffic in liquor under prohibition. this furtive practice is spreading to other branches of industry. Several states com plain of gasoline bootlegging. Recent ex- posures in Indiana and Illinois showed an immense volume of gas" dodgins the sales tax. and the latter state alone is said to be losing millions of dollars year in this way. The American Petroleum Institute is urging a national campaign against the evil to be conducted by the legitimate petroleum com panies.
 The surreptitious traffic in drugs is well known and particularly hard to cope with. Lately cigarets have been added to the list of bootleg commodities. Ohio. which re- gently adopted a two-eent cigaret tax, is flooded with untaxed cigarets from Pennsyl- vana and other neighboring states and legitimate Ohio dealers near the border are losing nearly half their cigaret business. The technique of bootlegging is now so perfected that it is readily applied to any new branch of business. This being the case. it is easy to foresee continued difficulties with liquor if the present prohibition system.gave place to state option. There would doubtless be lot of rum-running between wet and dry states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Air Mails Twenty Years

It is probably surprise to most persons that air mail service enjoyed an anniversary recently. On September B, 1911. pilot named Earl Ovington. flying crude plane, carried bag of mail from Garden City to Mineola. Long Island He carried mail back and forth for nine days. It was merely a stunt. the idea of Postmaster General Hitch cock. who said. The progress being made in the science of aviation encourages the hope that ultimately the regular conveyance of mail by this means may be practicable.
 It was not until May. 1918. that army flyers and postoffice department eo-operated in establishing regular air mail transportation between New York and Washington. What is the situation todayf Most of the large cities of the country are connected by direct air mail routes. Many small cities along the line benefit from the service and doubtless will be directly linked with key cities soon.
 Intermediate flying fields, radio beaeons hourly weather reports. lighted airways for night flying. splendidly illuminated landing felds. swifter and stronger planes. three franscontinental routes - these are few ot fhe factors in rresent-day air mail service Suddenly. after a period of tagging behind European countries. the United States leads >be world in commercial aviation. Where the mail goes. passengers go. too. It is an amazing and thrilling development.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Those Who Don't Pay Taxes

Sometimes, in campaigns like this one, where the issue is whether a good business administration shall be continued in office, the man who doesn't own real estate IS sometimes a little indifferent. He thinks, as long as he himself hasn't any property that goes into the tax list of the city, that 1t doesn't make any difference to him how much the local government spends. It doesn't cost him anything, anyway
 But he is just fooling himself. If there is any one thing this nation and this state as well as this city needs during these lean years and days that are dark for good many of us, it is businesslke and economi- cal administration of public affairs. We used to shudder at billion dollar Congress. Now we have Congress that spends ten billions of our money in single session and we think nothing of it. And no matter how much we kid ourselves, we are the ones that pay 1t.
 If taxes are high in Waterbury, rets must be correspondingly high or the owner can't pay his taxes and interest and must lose his property. If the grocer or clothing man has to pay high rent and high taxes, he must charge you and me a little more for what he sells us or he can't pay his bills. Likewise the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker.
 If the. taxes are high. what incentive IS there for new industries to locate here and we will have hard work keeping what we have. They do not seem to be expanding here any more, and if they leave us. what will happen to property here? No. the rentpayer has just as big stake in the cleo ton as the taxpayer. His very livelihood depends on keeping taxes at reasonable rate. He cannot have rentals at a reasonable rate unless taxes correspond. In the long run, he pays.
 We have made good start in the right direction. Mayor Hayes has the business ability. and, what is much rarer. the fearless ness to keep our expenses within reason and to run the city as nearly like business prop ositon as a municipality can be run. The results appear in our reduced tax bills. His administration should have another term. Then, if the stock market goes up to the skies again, and we are all rich on paper, .and we want someone to just distribute money no matter how much. we fancy the Mayor will step aside and let us elect some one else
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Politics and Personalities

Will the administration become more concerned about price levels now that wages are doing chute-the- -ehute?. Government of- ficials have talked endlessly about preserving American standards of wages (l928 modeD. To this end, they have striven to keep in- dustries in line by threats and appeals to patriotism not to lower wages. Simultan- eously, they have trembled at any fall in commodity values and even tried to peg the prices of some raw materials, such as wheat and cotton.
 Apparently. the administration insistence upon an unchanged wage level does not take into account the continued high cost of pro- duction. It doesn't reckon with the psy- chological effect of business instability and uncertainty. If the standard of living must be preserved. why not do it by making food and clothes more accessible. A chicken in every pot is possible in nation of deflated incomes only if the price of the chicken IS likewise deflated.
 The truth is. official Washington has re- fused to admit until recently that there has been widespread reduction of wages. That Hoovers November, 1929. injunction to industrialists to hold everything hasn't been ebeyed was too bitter a truth to ac- knowledge. The descending prices couldn't be denied SO they have loomed larger than the sliding salaries, though price decreases are not nearly proportonate to wage redue- tons. The standard of living hasn't quite vanished It's just lopsided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Debt of Honor Paid

If your father owed Sl,200,000. would you strain and sweat for l4 years to pay that debt? Considering the loose notions of financial honor entertained by the ma- jority of folks, not many people would answer Yes.
 Nation wide praise has recently been given to Robert Jenkins of New York. who paid off the S1,200.000 which people lost in his fathers bank. Not many people would admit they were responsible for their fathers debts. They would say they had trouble enough to pay their own. The man who could perform a superb deed like that stands out in this mercenary and grasping world. like great tree rising above field of stub by little bushes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
TODAY IS TiEA ANNIVERSARY
 lsKA

RERULsE GERMAN ATTACK
 On october 2, 1917. the English repulsed a mass attack between Polygen Wood and Menin Read in Flanders, causing 9rsat losses to the Germans.
 Ready for the attack. the Eng- fish moved down the Germans with rifie and machine gun Ire.
 A correspondent wrote:
 'srhere was one officer who spent all his time shiping. from a little patch of ground that had hind the heaped ruin and used his field glasses to watch the slopes of rising ground on his left where human ants were crawling.
 Every now and then he hfed and picked of an ant until hts score reached fifty"