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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-12-17
The Spirit of Christmas
TODAY

read the advertisements appearing i'm the
Courier Reporter to be forcibly remind
ed of the present low cost of living. 1t is
certain that this new economic era in
vites buying----urges increased holiday
purchasing, which includes the buying
of gifts. This year your Christmas shop
ping list can be just as long as you feel it
ought, and everyone will be included,
at less expense on your part. Part of the
great Spirit of Christmas, this year, in
cludes the spirit of buying, i'm proportion
to your yearly income, which i'm itself
will do much to spread that feeling of
"Peace on earth, good will toward men"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
Live and Let Live

: just how closely interlocked are the lives Of the one
half Of the world with the lives Of the other half has never
been so forceful illustrated as by events of the past few
months.
The congress of the United States passes a tariff bill,
raising a higher wall against imports from other coun-
tries than had been in effect. Immediately retaliatory
tariff measures are passed by practically every other
country with which the United States does business, and
we find it harder and harder to maintain a trade balance
of respectable proportions with those countries.
Coming closer to home, we find a small economic
war being waged between one Of our prominent automo-
bile manufacturers and the fruit and vegetables growers
and shippers of his state.
An ultimatum issued by the magnate to his employees
was the wage of battle. This ultimatum specified that
employees who during the year 1882 did not raise a home
garden would be discharged.
Right away sounds of protest were heard. The
Brownsville Herald, far removed from the scene of this
new economic battle, even received letters from its readers
protesting the unfairness of such an edict.
It remained, however, for a Michigan fruit grower
and shipper to carry the fight into the enemy's territory.
Charles P. Repp issued an ultimatum of his own.
Said he, in effect, "any employee of mine who buys the
car manufactured by the company controlled by this man,
loses his job"
Further, he stated, IF he is going to bully his en-
ployees into keeping a garden and further killing the
market that fruit and vegetable growers have a legal
right to supply, ! have a right to demand that my en-
ployees buy some other car manufactured by a firm that
is willing to live and let live"
Continuing our probe, we find right here in the Val
ley the same spirit that has actuated nations and that
actuated Mr.. Repp.
Passage Of an ordinance by one of our Valley cities
f~orbidding the sale of milk within its city limits that has
not been pasteurized in that commissioners precinct has
set other cities in an ordinance passing mood.
Retaliation is urged. That much talked of spirit of
Valley unity and cooperation seems about to go by the
boards, all because we are failing to realize that one man,
no one family, no one city, no one state, not even any one
country, can live unto itself alone.
Live and let live. Recognize the Importance to our
selves of the welfare of our neighbor. Hustle for bust
ness, but respect the right of the other fellow to hustle
for business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
Daily Health
Talk

After all what does the average
person accomplish by his exercise?
The PSYCHOLOGISTS have found that
a healthful man with well-develop-
ed muscles. who is working very
hard. can sustain an average out
put of about one-tenth horsepower
for eight or 10 hours. II he works
himself up to an output of two
tenths horsepower, he Is exhausted
in two OF three hours. Expert row.
ers in racing shells can work up
to five-tenths or six-tenths horse
power, but they are all through
after 20 minutes.
A Ford a or any kind OF motor
get- far more done with less wear
and team on the machine than oc-
ours with the human machine. For
10 to Is seconds, the amount OF
time required for q 1c0-yard dash,
q human being can develop. ac-
cording to Haggard, as much as
three to three and q half horse
power. But what Of Ii? Any kind
Of an automobile engine does bet
ter than 20 horsepower.
One of the chief uses Of exercise
today Is to aid reduction. Correct
diet and exercise. adapted 70 indi-
vidual needs, will aid health. and
life. but too strenuous exercise,
particularly when accompanied by
wrong diet. will destroy health and
wreck mental efficie Y. The worst
thing about exercising to reduce Is
that exercise stimulates the appe-
tite tremendously and following
this a restriction OF the diet be-
comes torture. Sooner or later the
exercising becomes monotonous or
difficult, but the habit OF hearty
eating Is ingrained and continues
long after the exercise Is given up.
That Is what physicians call a
vicious circle
Perhaps the most interesting in
formation available in connection
with the whole subject has been
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
New York
Letter

NEW YORK-A vast No-Man's
Land in the very heart Of Manhat-
| tan is staging daily the big towns
greatest free spectacle.
There, In . great confusion Of
| machinery and men, Of flying dust
| and assorted noises. they are build
ing the fabulous sounding $780,
O00. 900 Radio City. Or rather, they
are clearing the arena; they are
| knocking bTownstone houses over as
q child would tumble q structure Of
play-blocks; they are digging pits
that fast become miniature canyons,
| preparing for the foundations Of this
greatest building project: they are
leaving the mid-sectiOn OF q metro
polls pock-marked with excavations.
Just q block away Broadway blinks
sIeepily. Just q block away Broad
way goes about its daylife and night
life with customary indifference 70
everything but itself.
But the thoughtful ones ask:
What will this giant do to Broad
way? And. indeed, what will II?
Here will be q center Of entertain.
ment and music and cinema ana
theatricals such as fabultsts nave
pictured In Their fictional predic-
tons Of the future. There will DC
park-life roof gardens. swung high
toward the clouds. with fountains
and trees: there will be street level
parks and walks and little worlds
built at many levels. The visitors
from oyer the world will come to
look and gasp and wonder.
Already some are asking: Can
Broadway stand such competition?
Is the famous thoruughfare making
its last stand?
incidentally, never before has
public opinion o completely changed
50 vast q project.
When the Rockefeller City, or
Radio City, was originally planned,
an architects exhibition OF the
working model was staged. Within q
few hours. loud protests were Pc
ing heard. This was wrong and mat
was w-ongl This building We
too m~odernistic and hat one TOO
sQuattyi . This one Y
of proportion to that! Writing gents
sat down at their desks and COM
plants poured from the pages OF
magazines and from newspapers.
The original planners and hackers
grew worried. They went into
huddles They grew more worried.
They went into more huddles. They
called in artists and some agreed
and some disagreed. The fate OF
something Ike $3.50. 900. 900 hung IN
balance. To this day. members OF
the original planning group insist
that they had sound. practical reas-
ons for every idea presented.
But the change has been ordered.
The Getty" that will rise In the
middle Fifties between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues has been radically al
tered.
And SO. behind low fences through
which millions OF curious ones stop
to peep. the spectacle of man and
machine in a vast arena Is to be
| seen daily an arena covering many
| large city blocks-hundreds Of men,
hundreds of machines in a ballet Of
| modern achievement.
Each day the scene changes slight
ly. and so 1t will change until the
steel monsters begin to rise. It's the
greatest show In New York. i advise
you not to miss 1t, If you visit Man
haitian.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
Quotations

We must not scorn. but study
Russia. We must think along new
lines.
President Farrand OF Cornell.
We are not Jerry builders" and.
therefore, cannot produce miracles.
Ramsay Macdonald.
I doubt II the war could have
been won without American aid.
Marshal Petain.
Numerous acts that are consider
ed innocent in all other civilized
countries are made criminal in
America.
Brand Whitlock. former ambas-
sador to Belgium.
Our nation must either 20 ahead
OF 60 to pieces
Nicholas Murray Butler.
I am convinced that when conf
dence has been established amongst
all nations Of the world. the pres
ent capacity OF all industrial coun-
tries viii not be sufficient to sat-
isfy the demand. -Oskar Sempell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
ID rB TIE
Anniversary


On sept. 26. 1917. the Enxlizn
made q smashing drive CHI a sir
mile front from q half a mile 10
a mile deep In Flanders.
South or the Ypres-Mcnin road
the English home troops complete
I'd tine capture on the Tower
Hamlets Spur. and gained their
obiectivc-the German concrete
works on Its further slope. IN ths
center some companies of AfmQ
and Sutherland HighIanders
with q stubborn resistancef ~
that the assault further north va
carried into the afternoon with
the Australians earring the re-
mainder OF the Polygon Wood and
the English. Scottish and Welsh
battalions accomplishing their re-
mote Observation-Disclosures. A mile
away.
On the extreme left the North
Midland and London Territorials
reached their objectives ON both
sides OF the Wieltie- q ravenstafei
and st. Julien--Gravenstafei roads.
This advance reached half a mile
through n maze OF fortified farms
and concrete rcdcubts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

general stimulation OF all body
activities. Carried 70 excess exer-
else results in dangerous over
stimulation. Muscle activity pro-
duces fatigue poisons. The average
man thinks he has exercised well
when he Is terribly fatlgued. stiff
and sore after his efforts. williams
points out that that exercise Is
most scientific which produces in
creasing amounts of fatigue sub
stances, causing increased resist
ance to fatigue. but at no time re-
sulting In soreness or Stiffness
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

Stone. Understand he's q relative
OF yours. Stone was the girls
lawyer"
"Her lawyerf She's not entitled
oh. I see! You mean about this
thing here. Hollis Stone. eh?"
He pressed an electric button
while he was speaking and q dark
haired young woman appeared In
the door.
See II you can get Hollis Stone
for me-" Travers instructed her.
Rush the call. It's important"
AS he turned from giving these In.
structions he said TO Mccormick.
you've got to plan this thing.
There's got to be no slip-upl by
God. when | think Of it,"
Mccormick began speaking. His
voice was lower pitched. controlled.
They were still together an hour
later when there was a knock on
the door and Travers' secretary re-
appeared. Mr.. Stone Is here" she
announced
Tell him to come in."
A LMOST Immediately q slim.
= welldressed man appeared In
the doorway. He glanced at the
group about the desk. pulled the
door shut behind him and came
forward.
How do you do" Stone said
shortly. How're your" This last,
with a nod implying more personal
interest, was addressed to Travers.
Understand there's something you
want TO see me about?"
How are you. Hollis7" Travers
said. Glad you could get here
Have this chair over here" re
waved toward a fourth seat a little
distant from the others.
When Stone was seated the older
man turned toward Mccormick,
Tell him what it's about. will
your" he said
Kelsey Mccormick cleared his
throat You know. Mr.. Stone" he
began. that Mark Travers a few
months ago contracted a rather
er-unfortunate marriage II was
after q quarrel with his father. A
head-strong. impulsive thing to do
They soon spent their money and
Mark went to work In a department
store. Several weeks ago his father
offered TO take him back In his own
business n Mark would show be
could make good. He went 10 Paris
on q mission that is-er-likely to
demand his presence for some time
Mr.. and Mrs. Travers took the girl
into their own home but she ran
away.
Through the efforts OF Mr.. Crom.
wells agency" "a wave toward
Cromwell here) -she was soon To-
Gated A little further ~investiga-
tion on Mr.. Cromwell's part IN
covered the fact that this girl. Nor
ma Kent-er-Norma Travers as
she is known now-three years ago
was arrested and convicted on q
vice charge and that you were her
lawyer. We have here the police
report
Hollis Stone was on his feet But
she was snnocent!- he exclaimed.
Look here. don't know what
you're driving At but that girl was
innocentis
-Innocent?- Travers exploded.
why was she convicted then? why
did she serve two months at Mount
Florence homer
Stone leaned forward. The whole
thing was q frame-up." be insisted.
Every scrap OF evidence they had
against her. Why she was IL years
oldi Shed only been In town three
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

evolved by the eminent British
psychologist, A. v. HILL In many
track events and other athletic
performances the ability to win Is
not q matter of muscle strength
but rather Of muscle sense. This
means correct timing, skilled per-
Torrance and vital capacity. The
practiced pitcher a throw almost
as well with his eyes shut. A
practiced rifle or revolver shot can
aim without sighting. A good mile
runner can tell you the time 1t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
.Burbs

with the wheat situation what X
IL. maybe there's something 70 this
President move after all.
Mayor walker. who posed for A
bust In Paris, probably knows what
II Is. BY this time. 70 be on one.
New taxis I'm New York are featsr-
ing free peppermint lozenges.
The sort OF strategy which rfver
some veracity to the famous Man
haitian greet: Hello sucker"
Mayor Jimmy Walker Of New York
reveals his ambition To become n
u. 8. senator. Possibly he hasn't been
able to get away with sufficient
vacations as mayor.
Mahatma Gandhi. Indian leader.
shivered from cold In London while
h broadcast an appeal 20 America
from London. Could IL be that ne
lost hts shirt IN England7
The faithful are worrying IN
Hoover can be renominated. Then
there still are faithful
Divorce Is worse than polygamy
says an English bishop. But not
half SO expensive
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

takes him to run his first lap with
out looking at his watch
Skill is thus an essential part Of
accomplishment. ana when asso-
ciated with endurance means sue
cess. Hill points out that one can
not be a good runner unless he can
expend energy rapidly, and the
reason that women cannot run as
fast as men Is simply that they
cannot exert the same amount OF
force and energy.
The chief value OF exercise Is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

Mayor walker. who posed for A
bust In Paris, probably knows what
II Is. BY this time. 70 be on one.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

Pretty NORMA KENT. Magyar
Old secretary. mnrrtes MARK
TRAvERS. sos or ~ NJ. TRAv-
ERs. millionaire real estate deai-
er. ! y spite OF he fathers threats
To dtSinhcrft Mark.
The story opens - Marlboro.
middle western metropolis. Mark
sells his expensive roadster TO get
money for the honeymoon and he
aud Norma 20 20 Fashionable blue
Springs- After two weeks their
money ts gone. partly due 20
Mark.s rambling. with $500. bor-
rowed. the couple refur 20 MARI
boro. Mark sets mt ON q round
Of pleasure seeking instead Of
seektnE work. when their funds
ouindie nEnfn he and Norma move
TO . cheap apartment.
Mark gets one Job nnd loses g..
hen he becomes n noorwaIker In
Biossomdale's department store.
In spite Of poverty the young con-
Marks father sends for him,
Offers 10 take him hack into his
business orEnnixnt ion IL Mark will
prove he can make good His
hrst task involves n business trip
to France. Norma n 20 remain ne
home. she hecs him not 20 "a hut
In spite Of her protests Mark de-
parts
Norma. treated rudeiy NJ her
father-tn-inw's home. slips away
leaving NO trace of her where
nboutss n takes "a room I'm ~
cheap lodging house. CHRIS
SAUNDERS. her former ROOM
mate. helps Norma ind a Job m
secretary for FREDERICK STU-
ART. literary agent. The days
drag sioviy for Norma.
detectives whom Trnvcrs hns
employed find Norma's name and
photograph In police lles.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER xXXIV
THERE were three men aroun,
the desk. r. nj. Travers wa
hunched forward. arms folded an,
resting on them. His face wa
rudy. his chin set and determined
They were In Travers' Office. Tn
man at his right would have beer
recognized In any legal gatherin,
In the city-Kelsey Mccormick
chief counsel for several importan
corporations. including the Traver
real estate organization. Facin,
both OF the others was Stanle,
Cromwell.
Several sheets OF paper wer
spread before them. Traver
glanced at the sheets. then shrugge,
distastefully. The picture OF Nor
ma Travers came to view and h
reached forward and turned II fac,
down.
"It's-it's more than I expected
be said thickIy.
Neither or the others spoke
Travers turned to Cromwell.
There's no doubt about the au
thenticity OF this thing?" he do
manded.
"Oh. absolutely none! That's
copy from the files at headquarters
Picture. Fingerprints. Everything
You can see for yourself it's tn
same girl Three years ago, unde
the name Of Norma Kent. she wa,
sent to Mount Florence Home
Served her two months and was re
leased There's nothing against he
but this q charge-and convic
ton"
Kelsey Mccormick put Ia. 1T,
enough to give your son q divorce
+. N. No doubt about t. As goo,
In a French court as 1t would b,
here"
Travers eyes glinted. That
~" he exclaimed. Divorce! b
God. the young whipper-snappe1
viii believe me nowi He can't den,
what's before his eyes. oh. but III
dirty business. Vice charge! VIII,
didn't ! guessf Why didn't I hav,
him locked up IN . mad house?"
The other men watching hin
grew uncomfortable. Cromwell
said. III you want anything furthel
ron might set In touch with Holli
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

The sort of strategy which rves
some veracity TO the famous Man
haitian greet: Hello sucker"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

New taxis I'm New York are featsr-
ing free peppermint lozenges.
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a q, Lips
9Io5I BY NAXSSERVlCE INC.

weeksi One Of those ghouls of
stoolpidgeons took her to an East
Side place she thought was a e
taurant The girl hadn't any idea
she was getting into"
r. M. Travers had arisen Look
here. Stone" he said coldly. 1T
seems to me the time for you to
have tried this case was three years
ago. III II was framed. II the evil
dence was full OF holes. why wasn't
she released?"
Because you know as well rs I
do that the municipal ~judgeships
are rotteni Because she happened
10 employ me as her lawyer instead
OF one OF those greasy court hang
ers-or who split feesi"
Travers' face was livid. Before
he could speak Kelsey Mccormick
had .raised a hand. Gentlemen.
Gentlemen" he said. This ~ no
place for accusations against the
municipal judiciary. We called
you here. Mr.. Stone. to make Ger
tain a few particulars In the case.
IL Is laudable for you to defend
your client but surely such an out
burst is unwarrantedl AS a lawyer
In good standing"
Stone interrupted him. Il am
not that" he raid. Il gave up my
practice six months ago and for *
actly the reasons I've stated. Be
cause I know Marlboro's courts are
rotten with bribery. Because Nor
ma Kent's case Is only one OF !
dozen others I could name. You may
be an officer or the Bar Association.
Mccormick. but IL you don't know
these things as well as I do you've
been going around with your eyes
shut"
THERE was a hush. Mccormick
said In his most judicial tone.
IF you know all this why don't
you make your charges In the
proper way?"
Stone smiled contemptuously.
Because I realize how much good
II would do. Cromwell here can
tell you how much is common Cos
sip"
There IS nothing to be gained"
Travers interrupted. "from any
more talk OF this sort. I am sorry
to have troubled you. Hollis. Don't
let Us take more OF your time"
The younger man stood bis
ground Shouldn't have lost my
temper" he admitted. Its because
I know this girl you're talking
about and because l know she got
a raw deal that l said what I did.
She's-she's q fine grill"
"Oh7 I suppose you know exactly
what she's been doing ever since
she left Mount Florence?"
mo. as a matter OF fact I don't.
l only saw her a couple times be-
fore her trial-and two months ago
with Mark At Blue Springs. n
there ere ever two youngsters
genuinely in love Id say II was
that pairi"
Travers nodded. He appeared TO
have complete control or himself
again. Thank you. Hollis" he
said Thank you for coming over.
Drop In at the house and see Us
some time soon"
II was dismissal Enthusiastically.
Stone nodded . curt. Good after
noon." and turned toward the door.
As II closed behind him Travers
arose.
WELL he said with q sigh. that
seems to be all for this afternoon.
You'll let me know. will you. Nc
Cormick. how soon you can start
for Parish Mako Az dav altar -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
LAURA LOU
I BROOKMAN
Author OF
"MAD MARRIAGE"

morrow n you possibly can
I'll telephone" the lawyer prom
Used.
That night Travers said 70 biz
wife. well. my dear. the news ~.
too good 20 keep McCormick'<
sailing for Paris Friday. He says
the case IL perfect"
you mean-a divorcef But
what II Mark r~efuses7"
Travers purscd his lips. ITS an
unpleasant story" he said. II don't
think you'd care to hear II Mark
o any other man would want
such n wife when he knows the
truth. Besides Mccormick II clever.
I've worked with him n long while
and he never fails"
Divorce seems 20 wretchedfs
MRS. Travers protested II hate 10
think about IT,"
You needn't No one in MARI
boro needs to know a thing about
IL until the matters settled. That's
the beauty or handling the whole
thing abroad When Mark hears
what Mccormick has TO tell him,
when he learns how the girl ran
away he'll be reasonable"
Il do hope sol But suppose shes
been writing to him7"
Travers' smile was unpleasant.
"Of course she has" he said. How
ever-that little matter has also
been attended to. Jules has been
mailing the letters back to mo.
Three arrived the other day. No
Mark hasn't been receiving my
word from her"
THERE were rs crosses on NO
mas calendar. II was mt ne
calendar adorned with the head or
the flirtntious young woman m red.
This was o new one. quite fresh,
and the month was not December
but January.
"A new calendar. "A new year.
And rs crosses TO show that Mark
Travers had been gone nearly eight
weeks.
Norma was alone In her bedroom.
She did not look well There were
dark shadows under the girls eyes
and her face was colorless. She
sat on the side or the bed. one foot
tucked under her. mendinE d run
ner In a beige stocking. She went
about the task fumblingly. A
though she could not see the
stitches.
There was a rap nj the door but
the girl did not move. The ran
came q second time. louder.
who is II. please7"
It's Mrs. Bixby. Miss Travern
Can I come inf"
Norma went to the door IistIess-
ly. drew II hack. Come I'm shs
said to the landlady. What n Il
you want?-
The woman thrust q letter for,
ward For you." she said. smiIinr
Special d~eiiveryl I thought r.
better bring II ND TO you.
For mel" Norma was studying
the address on the envelope.
AREN'T you going to open itfs
Norma turned and tossed the Leo
ter on the bed. @Oh. yes she
said. I'm open It after while. Thank
you for bringing II up. Mrs. Bixbyl.
-Well-gcod night" The landlady
disappeared. disappointment writ
ten sharply across her face.
Norma sat down then and picked
up the letter. She held II Tor sev.
eral moments- Slowly she tore the
end from the envelope and drew
out the folded sheet.
(To BE Coutinued)