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The Washington times., 1932-02-01

penses. If individual char
ity and the appropriations
of the smaller governmental
units cannot keep Ameri-
cans from starving, where is
the prevention if not in some
Federal action? Thus MIR.
Green, Of the American Fed.
Grafton Of Labor, says:
with city relief break
ing down, and with private
charity totally unable to
meet the needs of the unem.
ployed, we are now face to
face with an unprecedented
unemployment crisis. Only
one agency can meet the re-
lief problem now that all
other resources have proved
inadequate-the Federal
Government"
Not long ago Senator
Borah declared that if pri-
vate charity fails, if men of
vast means refuse to con-
tribute sufficiently, the Gov
ernment must meet the ne
cessity and get money by
taxation that is not con-
trihutnd vo1un+ ri1p
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What Did the
President Mean?

3N04~SNV 4N@SS~~s
Meanwhile, with the call
for relief increasing, the
agencies of relief, having 70
connection with the National
Government, are being forced
to curtail their activities.
With more than ever needed,
less than ever is to be given.
This is as great a tragedy as
the plight of the steel cor
poration.
Thus in New York city the
Home Relief Bureau has
been forced to suspend the
listing of the applications Of
the jobless, because the re-
lief stations have been
swamped with $4,000 regis
trations. These stations were
unable even to list the appli-
cants. 1t is intended to re-
ceive more applications after
something has been accom-
plished for the $4,000 who
have registered.
In the case of the emer-
gency employment relief COM
mittee, we have the an
nouncement that the funds
are so low it has recently
been found necessary to turn
down the applications for
work of $1,000, all Of whom
Fought to have work" and
need it desperately" That
word " desperately" is an
ominous word.
Private Charity
Has Failed
But What IS America gong
to do about it? What did
President Hoover mean a
year ago when so brs"ely he
said that "no American will
be permitted to starve"?
Nothing has yet been done
by the Federal Government
to prevent it.
Private charity has failed
failed utterly. Municipali-
ties have exhausted their re-
sources and, asking loan
from the banks, are told
they mHSt cut Na@u on ex-
The Washington times., 1932-02-01
This Is a Friend of Yours
At Least You Know Her Work

When you look this face and read the they mean
nothing to you.
The moment you are told this lady recently dead in Eng
The Washington times., 1932-02-01
The Right to Work
and Live
Bv Claude G.. BOWers :

Author The Party of the Jackson Period he struS.
for Democracy in America" "Jefferson and HAMILTON
"Ths Tragic Era" and Pther important works.
The Washington times., 1932-02-01

Don't Be An Emotional Nudist
You were born naked.
Before you can go safely or
decently through life, you must
put clothes on yourself,
The Washington times., 1932-02-01

els it really better to have
loved and lost than never to
have loved at alp" writes W.
M. B. Lots of people say it
is. . but 1 wonder if they know
what it means to get out of the
habit of being loved"
Is it better to have gone to
a glorious party-or to have
stayed at home and escaped
the headache?
Is it better to have enjoyed a
delectable dinner, and paid the
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Just left earth with the satisfaction of knowing that her
simple lines will last minds of children much longer than
many poems pretentious.
The Washington times., 1932-02-01
TONG GRESS has been

TON G r E S S has been
~ moving rapidly, put
ting through the mill OF
legislation the President s
program for the relief OF
banks and railroads, and
there certainly is no objec-
tion to that. Senator Wag-
ner is now pressing his bill
for a prosperity loan of two
billions and Senator La Fol
lette his for five billions
for the relief of millions of
men who are denied the
inalienable natural right to
work.
When we are through leg
islating for the dividends,
which are important, we
may have time for the con-
sideration of men and wom-
en- without dividends or
wages and whose lives are
at stake. Also for some con-
sideration of long delayed
legislation in the interest of
labor which is not entirely
without significance in the
scheme of society as it
stands.
The conditions, in so far
as employment is concerned,
are worse, instead of better.
No sane purpose can be
served by lying about it. So
ciety has got to face reali-
ties, however ugly. The
American Federation of La
Dor now places the number
of breadwinners denied the
right to earn their bread at
100000.
That is an appalling fig
ure. Not long ago no one
estimated more than 7,OOO,-
600. There have been re-
ductions in working forces
in stores and factories since
Christmas. Neither the mer-
chants nor manufacturers
can be blamed, for they can
not be expected to employ
more people than are re.
quired by the demands of
trade. And yet every time
another thousand joins the
army of the unemployed the
demand for goods decreases
There will be no return to
prosperity until trade is re,
vived; and no trade revival
until millions, no longer IN
the purchasing class, are
back on jobs.
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ernment must meet the ne
cessity and get money by
taxation that is not con-
tributed voluntarily.
No Time to Experiment
With Starvation
Men and women by the
million do not intend to
starve, nor be thrown from
shelter without a protest of
a serious nature, sooner or
later.
There are just two ways
to prevent a crisis of this
Z sort.
One is to go into the Fed.
eral Treasury and furnish
the money for direct relief,
and that would save life,
but not in any way help the
general situation. 1t would
not make jobs; it would not
increase trade materially. It
means the dole-so-called
There is another way-the
way proposed by Senators
Wagner and La Follette-to
float a huge prosperity loan
"a war loan in the fight
against starvation-to create
work for the jobless.
This would not be a bur-
den bearing on the imme-
dlate present. And the
work done would be con-
structive and would increase
wealth. The nation as a
nation would lose nothing.
Senator Wagner has shown
that in his great speech in
the Senate the other day.
Is it to be a dole-or work
Or starvation? These are
not times for any govern
ment to experiment with
starvation. Society cannot
afford to drive too many
men and women to starva-
tion. AS Representative
Oliver recently said, we have
experimented too long with
suicide and soup"
The Norris Anti
Injunction Bill
Meanwhile, while we are
legislating in the interest of
the banks, the industries,
the railroads, Congress will
soon have an opportunity to
legislate for the workers of
America through the Norris
anti-injunction bill. This is
some generations overdue.
In common justice it should
have been passed 20 years
ago.
For 20 years statesmen
with the conservatism of
justice and common sense
have been urging it. There
is a vicious evil today in
the case of injunctions in
labor disputes. There are
two features of the Norris
bill that common justice de-
mands. One is the provi-
sion for a trial by jury in
contempt cases not arising
from h appenings in the
courtroom; the other is that
where laboring men in labor
disputes are cited for con-
tempt for happenings out
side the courtroom they may
demand trial by a judge
other than the one who
cited them.
And there is another fea-
ture that is sound-that
there shall be no granting
of temporary or permanent
injunctions until evidence
has been heard. That bill
should pass.
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in which love may be lost, |"
without losing the lover. You
may sometimes lose it by marry
ing him.
If you are afraid of being
disappointed in love, then per-
haps the safest course. as the
Cynic suggested, is to take it
as you would a good dinner.
Enjoy it while it lasts, forget
it when it's overland pay the
bill with a Smile!"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24
Wheat for the Hungry

Forty million bushels of wheat do
noted by the American people,
through the farm board and congress,
to the destitute victims Of unemploy-
ment and crop failures are on their
way to the millions of hungry mouths
they are destined to feed.
At least two railroads have offered
to transport the mercy grain without
charge. Negotiations are under way
to have millers, who convert the
wheat into flour, take toll for their
compensation in the old-fashioned
grist mill way. It will cost nothing
to file the applications and distribute
the flour in the communities to which
shipments are assigned, the Red
Cross and other welfare agencies be-
ing equipped to take care of that de-
tail through volunteers and their
permanent organizations.
That the flour will cover the great
est possible area is assured by the
plan to apportion it on the basis of
the number of families receiving re-
lief through community welfare or
These agencies will send
in their acquisitions.
Facilities put at its disposal by the
Red Cross and other welfare agencies
will save the federal government
probably as much as the 10000, 900
bushels Of wheat are worth at pres
ent quotations, because if the gov
eminent essayed to distribute the
flour without help a costly organiza-
ton would be indispensable. The
government is fortunate in finding a
way to rid itself of mountains Of
wheat it cannot sell and at little or
no cost to itself.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24
IZ
new
YORK
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You'll Be Surprised:
New York, March 24.-Hollywood,
prideful Of its status as film capital
of the world, will get a few surprises
when the new issue of the Film Year
Book drifts out there.
For instance, I have just learned
from this chronicle that Japan turned
out 900 features last year and thus
beats the production records of this
land.
And what film do you think broke
all the long run records? None other
than that tuneful little German piece,
Two Hearts in Waltz Time" which
went along for SO weeks without stop
ping. Nothing quite like that has
been known in film history. While
the largest amount of coin to be COL
lected in any one box office went to
the Roxy when Delicious" was play
ing there. The draw" was more
than $4,000.
A few more interesting statistics
from this annual show that: The at
tendance of children has dropped to
but five per cent of the audience to-
tails: that seventy-five millions at
tended the movies each week; that
60 per cent Of American schools now
use some form of educational films,
and that nearly 10000 miles of film
are handled daily in the United
States and Canada.
The Very Idea:
What Ford is to the autcmotive in
dustry, Roland Freeman is to the
funny gag" business. Freeman is a
one-man gag factory. He thinks up
millions of lunches" for the gents
who draw cartoons, caricatures and
funny stuff in general He sells to
the sophisticated artists Of the
smart" magazines and to the low
brow comic weeklies as we'll.
He carries his office in his hat and
his stock in trade can be tucked in a
couple of overcoat pockets.
His output averages 1000 ideas a
week. That makes more than 300
a day for a six-day week and 30 an
hour for a ten-hour day. His own
figures would fix it at one gag line
and idea each three minutes.
Freeman admits, however. that you
can't compute that way because
sometimes he rattles off half dozen
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24
Daily Health News
RingwOrm and Kindred Diseases
Call for Sanitary Precautions
Infected Should Be Careful Not to Spread Parasites
Where Others May Get Them

| how to be certain to avoid these con-
| ditions. They are so widespread that
| It is practically impossible to make
sure that contact with the parasites
will not occur.
Among common causes OF injection
Of the feet is walking barefoot over
infected rugs, carpets, floors OF gym
nasiums and locker rooms, runways
of swimming pools and other places
where considerable number of peo-
pie walk barefoot.
Practically all Of us use our hands
for many tasks daily, including the
gentle custom of handshaking, and
it is quite impossible to wash the
hands following every human contact.
Most Of us depend on those who are
infected to protect us and other peo-
pie against their infection.
Unfortunately there are vast num-
bers of people among us who have no
sense of community responsibility and
who are quite careless about diSsem-
mating infected material from their
bodies.
In many instances ringworm may
be obliterated by the use Of tincture
of iodine, mercurochrome, sulphur
ointments, salicylic and ointments and
solutions and all sorts Of antiseptic
substances, but there are also many
cases in which the infection is SO
deeply buried and so resistant that
such applications hardly cause it to
hesitate in its spread.
Experts in diseases of the skin con-
troll such cases by the use of the
X-ray and by special more potent ap-
plications which only a physician can
use because of their danger when
they are improperly employed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24

GERMAN ADVANCE CONTINUES
On March "a, 1918, the great Ger
man drive in Picardy continued, their
forces taking Ham, Peronne,
Chauncy and the heights of Monchy
during the day.
A German dispatch said that more
than 10000 prisoners had been taken
since the offensive began. The Brit
ish had been pushed back as much
as Is miles over q front of nearly 60
miles.
Semi official reports said that
American and French troops in great
force were being hurried to the Brit
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24
Bank Safeguards

Revisions Of regulations governing
banking institutions are coming. Nu-
merous lessons taught by the depres-
sion will be written into law by the
federal and state legislative bodies.
The large number of bank failures
makes banking reform inevitable.
Most persistent among the reform
demands is that for government guar
ontee Of bank deposits. Even now
two bills with that as their single
Thought are before congress.
william Jennings Bryan once adj
socated that very thing but the ma
tion rejected It. Several states, in
elpdtne our own, have experimental
With It 70 their sorrow. Still it looks
NE . panacea to those sections hard
ut ~ recent bank closings and fall
ares.
s The scheme might prove practical
nth national and federal reserve
BANKS, but not before stringent
ohanges had been made In the bank
- laws to prevent the careless bank
4ur which might be engendered by
~ guarantee. The responsibility Of
Nhe banker TO his depositors cannot
zafely b removed.
while congress is on the subject Of
hanks and banking it might consider
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24
By DIR, MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association

k10OVNAO~VAs
One Of the most common COM
plants and one which is becoming
exceedingly widespread In this coun-
try is infection Of the human skin
with an organism called the tricho-
phyton and also the epidermophyton.
a vegetable parasite commonly called
a ringworm.
The word "tricho" means hair and
the word "epidermo" means skin. A
similar condition sometimes affects
chickens, horses, cows, dogs, rabbits
and other domestic animals. The
mango of the dog is q disease OF this
character.
The condition was called ringworm
because in many instances 1t appears
on the skin as a ring. However, the
appearance is not always ringlike,
and the parasite that causes the
eruption is not a worm.
Strangely there are many varieties
of these parasites and they pick GER
tain parts Of the body as their special
habitat. One ringworm gets between
the toes and is associated with the
formation of soft corns; another ring
worm is found most frequently in the
armpits, and another on the inside
of the thighs; some ringworms pre-
fer the scalp and others localize on
the hands and feet.
The condition called BARRIERS Itch
is frequently due to infection with a
parasite Of this character. as are also
the common conditions called ath-
letes' foot and similar appellations.
It is hard to advise people as to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24

II France is aware of her worth and
knows what she wants, she will lead
instead of following, and as in 1919,
instead Of giving way, she will con-
quer.-Andre Tardieu, premier Of
France.
We (Smith and Roosevelt) talked
state finances, unemployment relief
and taxes for half an hour.-Govern-
or Franklin D. Roosevelt of New
York.
X X y
I must ask you to take your eyes
off the mirage the Japanese are
throwing up. They killed the defend
ers Of the Woosung forts to the last
man.-Dr. w. w. Yen, Chinese dele
gate to the League of Nations.
We believe that the Republican
party should have the courage to beat
back the tidal wave Of prohibition
hysteria which now threatens to sub
merge states rights, property rights
and individual rights.-Raymond Pit
cairn, chairman, Republican Citizens
Committee Against National Prohi-
hition.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24

at time. He was sitting in an Of
flee waiting room the first time I en-
countered him. Instead of twiddling
his thumbs, he had jotted down four
or five jokes and figured out the
pictures that would 60 with them.
How He Works
OF course, he doesn't sell the whole
1000. II he did, he would be a mil
lionaire in no time. Ten per cent of
his lunches are. on the average,
marketable. And this is a very nice
business. For the prices vary accord
ing to the quality Of the gag and the
idea for the art. He has received up
to $40 or more for particularly good
one. Stuck with number of $3.50
ideas, he may peddle them off at
lump rates While he will not dis
cuss this phase Of his business, he
probably averages around So per each
So you can see!
Outline and wisecrack are penciled
on an ordinary bit Of card index pa
per. When he has varied and large
assortment on hand. the young man
slaps on his hat and ventures forth,
going from magazine to magazine
and from artist to artist.
On the subway, in the taxis, at the
lunch counters-wilerever he may be
Freeman jots down his notions and
adds to his stock. He is, perhaps, the
most successful joke hunchman in
the business today.
X X X
Plus A. G.
Some years ago the signature plus
A. c." was to be seen on hundreds of
funny pictures. The "A. c." stood for
Arthur Crawford and he was among
the first, best and most prolific idea
producers. He was the towns big
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24

ish lines. French forces prepared to
take over q sector Of the widening
British front.
Proposals for q commander-in-
chief for the Allied armies in France
were considered.
Paris was again bombarded by the
German long range gun, which was
located In the forest Of st. 0obian
by French aviators.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24

those financial institutions which
have turned their securities into Ii
quid assets and boarded them in the
face Of the presidents pleas for the
easing of credit and restoration to
circulation of boarded dollars.
It is a comforting sign that con-
gress, in its current deliberations on
the banking question, seems to be
giving precedence to the welfare of
the depositor instead of to the prof
its Of the bank.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-24

he said to Steven. II told him you
were not to be here tonight. as you
informed me. but he was consid.
erably upset. He said It was i'm.
perative for him to see you, sir"
Its always imperative for him
to see me-" Steven grumbled. "This
time he'll have to wait until morn.
ing. Wen stop at his office before
we sail"
every we'll. sir"
Fergus was gone with one curl.
Gus, sidewise glance at Elena
feeting glance that seemed to the
girl to convey contempt and con.
demnation. as II Fergus thought
she had no right to be sitting at
Steven Barclays table.
II don't like that man." she said
sharply.
''Then he's lost his Job" Steven
told her.
"Oh. l don't want that" she pro.
tested. dismayed. TITS only that
he makes me nervous"
CHE arose from the table and
went to one Of the windows.
pulled aside the silken curtain and
stared out at the night. Soon
Steven was at her side.
would you like to see your new
home now?" he asked. "You
haven't even seen half Of it."
II would"
He led her through the vast
house, swapping on lights and
swapping of lights. showing her
one perfect room after another.
There were flowers everywhere cut
from the gardens and hothouses Of
the estate. Everywhere there was
evidence Of luxury and taste.
Last Of all Steven showed her
the suite that was to be her own.
pale pink bedroom, q golden liv.
Ing room. a tiny dressing room
that was all mirrors and q bath
with sunken tub. Her travelling
case had been uhpacked and put
away as though she were to spend
weeks here instead Of one night.
On the dressing table lay her IA.
miliar brushes. Lying across the
bed were the pale peach pajamas
and negligee. overlapping the sill.
yer mules on the door.
I'm sorry you'll have to do with.
out q maid" Steven told her.
do you realize. Steven. that I've
never had . maid In my life?"
He had seated himself In her
golden living room. She knew be
meant that she should cit beside
him. but she was too restless to do
anything except stand. She moved
about nervously In q state Of ex.
element which she tried to con.
ceal.
Steven knew that she was not at
ease and asked II he should leave
her for awhile. She understood
that he thought she was near tears
from Inconsistencies and the strange.
ness of It all.
mo. don't 60 away" she told
him. Lets 60 some where and
dance and dance and dance!"
She saw that he was disap.
pointed but she could not help It.
1t was only II o'clock. She was
remembering that at Dreamland