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Holding Companies

The Federal Power Commission's
Recommendation that strict federal
regulation be applied to public utility
holding companies is a move with
which there can hardly be any serious
quarrel.
To begin with, the holding company
rs such has lost lot of it's once CLAM
orous reputation.
Since 1929, it has become painfully
apparent that the public benefits re-
sulting from holding company are
not often visible to the naked eye.
To industry, they are often a source
OF weakness instead Of strength.
There is not apt to be much concern
over a measure which would bring
them under Uncle Sans close super
vision.
Furthermore, the public utility hold
ing company occupies a special posi-
ton that makes federal supervision a
necessity.
A public utility operates under the
instructions OF public commission.
It Is the duty Of this commission, first,
to protect the consumer from exorbi-
tant rates. and second, to permit the
utility itself to make a fair return on
its investment. And 1t is right here
that the holding company seps in.
Consider, for instance, the case of a
power company supplying electricity
to certain neighborhood. This COM
pany has total valuation, let US say,
Of 5000, 900, on which It is allowed
. return Of 8 per cent. So far. 50
good.
Enter now the holding company. or.
rather. . series Of holding companies.
Figures begin to get juggled. SUBJ
sidiary companies owned by the same
parent company are called in to do
construction and other work for the
original concern. ut extra high prices.
Presently the original company
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
New York, July 30.-A one-cent
restaurant is Broadway's most recent
sermon to fellows who once tossed
hundred dollar bills around the very
locale where dime now provides q
banquet to the hungry.
The penny cafe brings into 43rd
Street threadbare parade of dere-
licts drifting a mere half block from
Sixth Avenue. This new eatery stands
just across from the Elks Club. And
warm afternoons and evenings have
always drawn crowd of building
leanerS to the front of this club. It
has been one of the few New York
spots were toothpicks might be OBJ
served at a 60-degree tilt-after the
fashion Of small hotel porches.
Ragged fellows form front line at
the Clubs curb, looking .hungrily
across the way until a good panhand-
ling prospect comes by. Enough food
to stave off that gnawing feeling can
actually be obtained for nickel with
varied items at one, two or three
cents.
"
Since the one-cent cafe bears the
name of Bernarr MacFadden, the
more bitter wagsters comment that
his eating place is frequented by for
mer employees of The Graphic. This
MacFadden publication went to the
receivers the other day, tossing 400
persons out of work.
X X X
Until spring there was a breadline
to mock at the theater throngs of
Longacre Square. Now the Palace
Theater, which faced the daily hand
out spectacle, is trying to dodge the
fast growing theatrical breadline. The
old big-league vaudeville tradition of
this playhouse gave way to the four
a-day. This, in turn, is followed by
the film feature and variety idea of
the movie castles.
MECCA FOR JOBLESS
Sixth Avenue is a midtown mirror
of cityS misery. This is the Stat
ternly sister Of two of the most fam
GUS highways upon the globe On one
side is snooty Fifth Avenue; on the
other is gaudy Broadway.
Because Sixth Avenue has become
the capital of the employment agen-
cies, the sidewalks are continuously
packed with shifting crowds of un-
employed, ambling from one set of
Men Wanted" signs to another.
Some really seek work; hundreds of
others merely use the situation for
begging. At worst, it's better than the
Bowery.
More disturbing are the throngs of
women and girls who make the futile
daily rounds. Attractive young wom-
en-, often well dressed, take furtive
glances at the everchanging sign
boards, feigning curious indifference,
but actually watching for something
to show up that they can do.
Many are overtaken by despair and,
in the end, may be found observing
the habits of those sad creatures who
haunt the late hours and bob in and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-30

It is untrue that Madame Cheva-
lier refused to live with me after my
return from the United States. It is
just a question of incompatibility of
temperament. do not love anyone
else and have no matrimonial plans
Maurice Chevalier, movie actor.
Not one dollar of the taxpayers
money of this city has been misused.
Mayor James j. Walker of New
York.
Our industrialists, politicians and
statesmen are the damnedest fools
I've ever seen.-Gutzon Borglum,
sculptor.
Obviously, industry as now mech
anized cannot supply work for the
more than $4,000, 900 working men and
women in the United tates. The ma
ton must either give up machinery or
give up the long work week and the
long work day.-Statement by execu-
tive council, American Federation of
Labor.
My flight Ito 1reland) adds nothing !
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The Infancy of Aviation

One by one the great pioneers of
aviation are passing on. Alberto San
tos-Dumont, dying at SO, removes
from the scene another of the men
who helped mankind sprout wings.
Future historians will undoubtedly
mention him with the Wrights and
ZeppelinS in the list of aviation'S
greatest.
But his death helps to emphasize
the extreme youth of aviation, after
all. He was only SO, but he built and
flew his first dirigible before Yep
pelin built and flew his first one. He
built and flew airplanes in the days
when people were still asserting that
these fragile toys would never be
practical" And Orville Wright, the
greatest of them all, is still alive, and
is not by any means an old man!
Aviation has taken enormous
strides; but it is still in it's first
youth. How far may it not go be-
fore it comes to maturity?
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II. s. TROOPS ADVANCE


On July 30, 1918, American troops
advanced almost two miles from the
scene of the bloody fighting at Sergy
on the previous day. Their progress
was opposed by Prussian and Bavarian
guard divisions, considered the finest
soldiers in the German army.
Fighting on the Marine salient con-
tinued with great intensity, with allied
forces making progress at all points.
Late in the day it was learned that
the German high command had de-
cided to abandon the Ourcq region
and retire to a line approximating
that held before the great drive in
May.
Australian troops in Picardy fol-
lowed up their attack of the day be-
fore by regaining positions lost in
April near Amiens.
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DIATHERMY FOR PAINFUL
SHOULDERS,

My friends Ooh, yeahD who prac-
tice nervous imposition never fail to
suggest. in their protests, that some
day I may suffer a nervous break
down myself. and then I'll have some
sympathy for those who experience
the fortunes of hell from this condi-
ton. But I have sympathy for the
thousands who suffer from nervous
imposition. That's why I do all
can to stop further imposition.
On the same basis, suppose I'll
never have true sympathy for one in
the throes of childbirth until
At that, I heartily concur in the
notion that a doctor ought to have
a sample of some of these Affections
in order to understand them thoroly
and feel the right kind of sympathy
for the victims. Until my appendix,
without just cause or provocation,
went gangrenouS I had always
thought the patients suffered more
or less when they underwent the
operation. I know better now.
If having bursitis qualities one to
sympathize with victims of the
trouble. am prepared to shed tears
of compassion for any poor geek with
such a shoulder.
Seems as tho the sovereign rene
dies for these common Affections are
always discovered shortly after 1
have got over an attack. 1t was so
with poison IVY still grit my teeth
and turn pale with distraction when
I think of the long, long nights of in
tolerable itching 1 COPIED with just on
the eve of the announcement of the
new one-shot or two-shot toxin cure.
It is so with subacromial bursitis.
Shortly after mine wore off in the
spring, after long, dreary winter of
restless aching, the diathermy treat
ment was introduced.
Don't ask me what diathermy is.
All know is that it is some kind of
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The brisk. business-like manner
was gone. Harris was-yes, he
looked sheepish.
"What's-what's this all about?"
the woman asked helplessly. I'D
like to know the joke. too" She
looked at Harris. "You-you are
Mr.. Harris. aren't you? That's
your name, isn't it? Do you know
Mr.. Phillips?"
THE strangers face sobered.
Eyes. I know him." he answered.
II didn't expect to see him here.
though. 1t's-rather a surprise.
Changes things somewhat. I-well.
with Dan here I suppose may as
we'll be frank. I'm the Mr.. Harris
you were expecting. Miss Vail, and
then again, I'm not. My name Is
Harris-that is. it's my middle
name. You had a note from me
saying I'd call this afternoon to
talk to you about picture rights on
your stories. The fact is-well, I'm
not a representative Of United
Actors as I tolG you"
You're not with United Actors?
Then you're not the man who wrote
mel"
"Oh, yes am. I wrote the let.
tiers and sent them to a friend Of
mine to renal from New York"
"But, Mr.. Harris-!" Brenda
Wallis face had lost its animation.
She was staring at the man un-
comprehendingly. almost stupidity.
III you're not the Mr.. Harris, who
are you?" she demanded.
my name is Pearson, Miss Vail.
Max Harris Pearson. I'm on The
News"
"You-on The News! You mean
here in Wellington? You mean
you haven't anything to do with
motion pictures? Then United
Actors-they don't want my
stories?" Suddenly she turned on
Pearson with blazing anger. "Wnat
did you do 1t for?" she cried. "How
dare you? Oh. but there must be
a law against this sort of thing.
I'll see that you pay for it! Tried
to trap me. didn't you? Thought
you'd get money"
Brenda's afternoon had been too
much for her. She snatched up the
nearest thing at hand. q pottery
vase. and hurled It across the room.
The vase hit the wall. shattered
into pieces. Brenda's anger was
not appeased. She caught up a
cushion from the davenport. rip.
ping the silk so that the cotton
lining fell to the door.
What did you do it fort" she
screamed.
The two men exchanged glances.
A hysterical woman is not a pleas.
ant sigh. Phillips said. There's
no use issing control of yourself,
Brenda. People will hear you"
What If they do! Do you under.
stand what he's telling me? 1t
means I can't go to Hollywood!
The money-Td counted on $4,000
at least!-it means there won't be
any money! What am I to do now?
I've never been so Inundated. So
so mistreated! I'll see that you
pay for this. I'll see that you
suffer-"
Fear ON was actually sorry for
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OOOkn1AN
0p12 6An mN1 nc

"You heard her say she never
wanted to see me again, didn't you3
Well, I can assure you it's mutual!
What's more, she never will see me.
I'll take carr Of that all right"
"But what about your play?"
what about your motion picture
company? Brenda was explaining
to mo just before you came that
the plays so bad the agents laughed
at it. Unfortunately, it wasn't sup
posed to be comedy. Oh, I've been
getting line on myself all
right"
ssT'M glad Of It," Pearson told
him. II was beginning to
think you'd lost your head entirely.
That's how I got into this mix.up.
Senseless apparently. I suppose
that's what usually comes from
stepping into other peoples affairs.
But I couldn't stand by and see q
dame like this Vail woman put the
skids on you! I figured that II I
could get her interested in going
to Hollywood-make her think she
had a chance at the big dough-
she'd. we'll, show up in her true
colors. She's vain, of course. Ter.
ribly vain. You see I took the
trouble to look up Brenda Vail
rather thoroughly"
How'd you do that?"
'Oh. sent a couple wires. You
didn't happen to know about
Brenda's marriage. did you?"
Married? But she's mott"
mo, she isn't married now. Hus.
band died two years ago-killed in
taxi smash.up. Seems he was
crazy about Brenda and she led
him around by the nose. The dope
is that this husband cc~'d really
write and people who 1few both
of them insist he wrote the maya.
zine stories printed under Brenda's
by.line. At any rate she hasn't had
thing published since his death"
Phillips lips frightened but he
did not speak.
Listen. DAN" Pearson went on.
II hope you're not sore about what
I tried to do. Suppose I should
have known the thing was silly but
it seemed to work. At least she
fell for those letters. I wouldn't
have tried such a thing II I hadn't
known about the phoney game
Brenda pulled"
I'm not sore." Phillips assured
him. AT least, not at you. When
I think what complete idiot I've
been-!"
Forget 1t. She's not worth
worrying about"
"Oh, isn't she? Listen, let mo
out Of this car. I've got to find a
telephone!"
"You can't do that. Dan. l
won't let you. You can't 60 back
to that vampire. I tell you!"
Shes not a vampire! She's
an angel. She's the sweetest, dear.
est. most wonderful girl In the
world! Stop this car. Max. tell
you I've got to telephone! Good
Lord-you don't think I'm talking
about Brenda Vail. do you? It's
Cherry! tell you I've got to find
Cherry"
Ito he Contlnued)
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out Of the dark shadows Of unlit
theater Hobbies. They are a new note
to the big street which long boosted
of freedom from sidewalk sirens. Al
ter midnight there is a disturbing
parade from 43d to 5Oth street and
back.
X X X
SIDEWALK AIRS
The array of pavement troubadors
grow daily. Once there were innum-
cradle hurdy-gurdies and few scat
tered German bands. Today lone
flute players roam the streets, cor
net soloists, blind saxophone players,
guitarists, and q horde of others.
Twilight no longer ends the concerts.
Far into the night, music floats up
from the streets.
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to aviation.-Amelia Earhart Putnam
transatlantic flyer.
Barbs

A butcher will be the principal wit
ness in a New England murder case.
And when he gets through testifying.
the defense will probably claim it is
just lot Of bologny.
Now Ireland is about to start a tar
iff war with England. Some of De
Valera's kinsmen over here could give
him few facts about how often
tariff war backfireS.
One great advantage to loving in
December as you did in May is that
the sun tan will be gone by December.
Things aren't so bad as they might
be, after all. Just imagine that in
stead of a wheat surplus, we had too
much spinach.
Among other false rumors heard i'm
mediately after the conventions was
the one saying that the Republicans
were going to end the depression for
purposes.
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Lap YEAR BRIDE

her. Rage had made Brenda Vail
into a haggard, shrew.like old wo.
man. She looked years beyond her
age. Her lined. twisted face was
pathetic.
I'm sorry" he said sincerely. II
shouldn't have done it. There were
reasons but-well, there's no use
going into that. Miss Vail. de.
liberately deceived you and de.
serve whatever you think of me.
But after I've said I'm sorry I'm
afraid there's nothing more to be-"
"Oh, You think that, do you?"
Brenda snapped. "Well. you'll find
there's plenty I can do about 1t.
I'll have you arrested. I'm going
to make you pay"
I'm afraid you won't be able to
do that" the young man said quiet
ly. "You see, Miss Vail. I've been
a newspaperman too long to take
chances where law is concerned.
There was no mention of money in
my letters. didn't sign anyone
else's name. When you examine
those letters closely you'll find
there's nothing whatever in them
on which you can base charges"
"You think I'd believe that? You
think I'd even listen to you? Well.
I'm going to see my lawyer!"
"Then you'll only be obliged to
pay fees for nothing. 1t will be
rather foolish"
pERHAPS Brenda believed him.
Perhaps she saw that suddenly
every one of her glamorous dreams
had faded. The vision of Brenda
Vail. the great scenario writer
her name flashing on the silver
screen-her photograph in news.
papers-wealth, fame. influential
acquaintances-all that had van.
ished. The woman turned away,
covering her face with her hands.
WED better co." Phillips said.
Brenda doesn't want US here.
Max"
Eyes. go! l never want to see
either OF you again! Get out Of
my sight, I tell you"
Her angry. high-pitched voice fol.
lowed them out into the hall.
Silently the two men entered the
elevator and rode to the ground
floor. They stepped out on the
street and Phillips was surprised
to see how light it was. A little
after five o'clock. It seemed hours
since he had entered Brenda's
apartment but In reality 1t was
less than As minutes.
Cars parked here on the right"
Pearson said. They turned a cor.
ner, got into the roadster, and
Pearson started the engine. They
had travelled several blocks before
either spoke again. Then Dan said:
There are several things about
all this I don't get!"
There's a lot I don't get, either.
Guess all I did was make a fool of
myself"
The lines Of Phillips face had
hardened. you're not the only
one!" he said venomously.
Look here!" It was Pearson
speaking. Don't tell me II you
don't want to but there's one thing
I'd like to ask. Are you and Byen.
da Vail mean do you"
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The Third Degree

The outburst of public indigna-
ton that has followed publication OF
the details of New York's infamous
third degree case is a good sign.
But to say lit ought to be stopped
and to demand swift punishment for
the offenders is not quite enough.
Unless we get some definite idea
about how it can be stopped, ana
work to put that plan into effect, the
sheilacking of prisoners will contln-
ne as flagrantly as ever after the
present furore has died down.
Perhaps the best suggestion is one
voiced by the lawyer for the three
prisoners who survived the massaging
process in the Long Island police
station. His prescription is as fol-
lows:
Cali that is needed is a law bar
ring all confessions not made in open
court and introduced with the con-
sent of the prisoner and his attorney.
Get a law like that and you remove
the motive for the so-called third
degree"
The third degree, of course, arises
chiefly from the efforts of the police
to get confessions. Getting confess
sion is surer way of obtaining a
conviction than piling up a lot OF
other evidence. 1t is simpler. quick
er and easier than going out and
grubbing for solid facts. If all sus-
poets would confess their guilt, when
arrested, the policeman's job would
be very pleasant.
Trying to get near to this idyllic
state of affairs, the police have
adopted the third degree. Quite aside
from the fact that it is an illegal,
barbaric and thoroughly stupid pro-
cess, it is subject to two main OBJ
jections; it gets the police out of the
habit of performing genuine detective
work, and it very often defeats its
own end.
Many criminal has been acquitted
because he managed to persuade a
jury thai the police had beaten him.
The third degree is a weapon that
cuts both ways. 1t frees about as
many men as it convicts.
What we need now is some revi-
sion of the criminal code, possibly
along the lines suggested by the
lawyer quoted above, to limit the use
that can be made of a confession
Abolish the third degree and you
will have much better police work.
The step is demanded not in the
interest of the law breaker but in
the interest of society as a whole.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Along Comes Pal,

In the Brady Baby Book you coun-
sci parents not to have an only child.
What is the best time for the brother
or sister to arrive, that is, what should
be the difference in ages? MRS. j. c.
Answer-From one to five years af-
ter the Big Noise. If no pal appears
on the horizon before the expiration
of five years, time to adopt one. A
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COMPLETE 1882 PLAN

Washington-The 1882 federal air.
ways construction plan has been
completed with the approval Of the
Aeronautical Branch, U. s. Cham
Der OF Commerce, Of routes for the
Albany Springfield Boston airway,
and for an 82-mile section south OF
st. Louis on the New Orleans-St.
Louis route. This brings the total
Of federal anyways to 1880 miles.
No plans are made for 1888, In &C
cordance with the governments eco
nomy program.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend Of thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By William Brady. NJ. D.

treatment will be answered by Brady stamped self
envelope enclosed
INK No reply be made
Address DR.. William Brady, in this neMspaper
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BEGIN HERE TODAY


ERRY DIXON. pretty 10
year-old daughter OF wealthy par.
ents. mnrries DAN PHILLIPS.
newspaper reporter, after n quar-
rel with her parents. 1t II Leap
Year marriage and Cherry does
the proposing.
She mud Dan move into n cheap
apartment and Cherry's first strug-
giles with Homework nre Obscure
aging. DIME SHANNON. movie
critic Of the News, II friendly.
Cherry meets handsome MAX
PEARSON. also of the News. who
tries to make love to her.
BRENDA VAIL. magazine writ
err. comes to Wellington and Dnn
meets her. She aslks him to col.
Jaborate in writing a play. Dan
nIngs mt Miss Wallis apartment.
Discord arises between Cherry
md Dan. He ngrees to meet her
for lunch one day but fails to np-
penr. Later she sees him with
Brenda. when Cherry accuses
Dan Of deccivinE her they quar-
rel. He leaves the apartment md
when he returns Cherry II gone.
A week passes in which he does
not hear from her.
Dan asks Brenda to go to New
York with him. She agrees to go
Mt the end of a week. He gives
mp his Job. Meanwhile Brenda pre-.
pares to receive visit from M.
II. HARRIS, representative Of q
motion picture company. from
whom she hopes to win q contract
a. n scenario writer.
Dan discovers story he has
written published i'm q magazine
under Brenda's name. He goes to
the apartment where in nm angry
scene brenda admits taking the
story. She tells Dan she IL through
with him. just then the doorbell
rings.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLvI
RRENDA'S expression altered in
stantly. There was just time
for 1uick glance into the mirror
to reassure herself. Angry color
famed In her cheeks but that was
all right. Rather becoming.
It'll get out as soon as I cam
Phillips promised beneath hi.
breath.
They heard the hall door oper
and close. the murmur Of voice.
and then footsteps. Brenda, radiant
and ~~''lirg now, hurried to greet
the n 'ner.
"Mr. Harris!" she said with sac
charine g. Fiction. This is such Z
pleasure"
"And for me, too. Miss Vail"
The man on the threshold va.
young looking. Tall. well set W
and rather handsome. His hair ant
eyes were daik. He wore darl
suit. carried a brief case. As b,
spoke he stepped forward. survey
ing the room with a swift glanc,
and his eyes turned to Dan.
Brenda interviewed. "Mr. Harris.
she saic quickly. this is Mr.. Phil
lips. He's-why. why. DAM"
For suddenly Dan Phillips had
thrown his head back and burst
into shout Of laughter. "Mr. Har
ris!" he exclaimed. 80 this /!
your Mr.. Harris. is It! Oh. this l.
too much"
The laughing continued, became
noisier.
Brenda Vail said holly, II don't
know what you're laughing at.
don't understand-!"
All at once she saw that some
thing had happened to Mr.. Harris
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Haranggual, Sumatra, has a dog
meat market where housewives can
buy their favorite canine meat.