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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-30

Richard Crooks, leading tenor OF
tie Metropolitan Opera company and
star Of radio and concert, will pro-
vide q special New Years night pro-
gram at $3.50 o'clock &C. s. IT,, Jan.
l, over the NBC-WEAF network.
The songs are "Neapolitan Love
Song from princess Pat" (Her-
bert; "Berceuse" from "Jocelyn''
GODDARD: "You Will Remember
Vienna" from "Viennese Nights"
(Romberg); and Flower Song" from
Carmen" {Bizet).
william Days symphonic orches-
ira will accompany the soloist and
will play 1.-The World Is Waiting for
| the Sunrise"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-30
13-Day-Old Child
WEIGHS Is Ounces

Minneapolis, Dec. 30.-(R)-A
thirteen-day-old baby girl,
weighing only Is ounces. slept
peacefully in its makeshift crib.
q card board box lined with
blankets in q home here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Warden,
parents OF the child, did not make
the birth generally known until
Friday. There Is no record Of
the child's weight at birth, but
on Christmas Day she weighed
slightly more than . pound and
q half.
She has q heavy growth Of
black hair on her head which Is
no larger than q teacup. Her
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-30
Tuesday, Jan. 2


-:oO--Morning Devotions
7:l1-Don Hall Trio
T.30-Che eric
S:00-The Breakfast Club
9:0o-The Gospel Singer
9:15-Clara. Lu n En-
9:3O-Today's Children
] :on-Four Southern Singers
10 :l5-Morin Sisters
10:3O-rT. S. Marine Band
IL :o0-Pollock and Lawnhurst
II :3o-Farm and Home hour
L. :30-The Merrie-Men
IL :45-Smackout
l :00-Meredith Wilson's Orch.
1:3O--The Widow and Angel
1:45-Nin Lindhe
3:0n-Betty and Bob
3:30-.Iack and Loretta Clemens
3:43-Harry Owens Orchestra
4:0o-The Music Box
4:30-Adventures of DR.. Doolittle
5:O0-Mme. Frances Aida, soprano
5:45-Little Orphan Annie
S:3O-Lum and Abner
7:00-Benny Mcroff Review
S:00-Ben Bernie's Orchestra
S:30-Ed Wynn
?:00-"Cruise OF Seth Parker
9:45-Robert Simmons, tenor
1o:OO-John +. Kennedy
1o:30-Paul Whiteman's Orch.
:Do--Rudy Nallee's Orchestra
11:30-Harry Sosnik Orch.
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Monday. Jim. I

NOn00Ss jan. I
T:n0--OrSan Rhapsody
1:"0--t heerio
S:0U--BreihfaSt club
9:00-Ereen and de Rose
1U:o0--Iiour Of Memories
l l:On--tiene Arnold and CommodoreS
1l:3o-Farm and Home hour
12:30--Pauline Alpert, piano
IL :io-Smackout
1:0h--Musical Originalities
lao Widow and Angel
! :i5---Words and Music
2:o0--Radio Guild
3:Uo--Betty and Bob
3 Frances White. songs
) :i5--I,ose Bowl Football Game
4:0o-Ward and Muzzy
4:l5--BabeS in Hollywood
4:3o-The Singing Lady
5:o0-I. s. Army Band
5:43--I.ittle orphan Annie
t:%o-Potash and Perlmuttcr
6:45--Mme. Frances Aida. Soprano
1:oo-kinE's testers. vocal trio
s:3o--William Days Orchestra
S:0O-Minstrel Show. Gene Arnold
S:3o-knick erbocker Quartet
9:00--Gene Arnold, narrator
9:3n-Henri DeerinE
10:Oo--RoXy's Radio city Players
10 4 5--Lum and Abner
1l:oo-Don Bestor and Orchestra
11:50-Harry Sosnick and Orchestra
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1:00-Gene Arnold and Commodore0
1:3O--Grenadier Guards Band
2:o0-Wayne King and Orch.
o:3o-Jan CARRIERS Orchestra
3:oo--k'iddlers Three
3:l5-Vee and Johnny
3:3o--Joseph KeStner's Orchestra
4:U0-National Eespers
5:O0-tatholic Hour
6:00--Ted Weems and his Orchestra
6:30---Joe Penner, comedian
1:00--E.ddy Cantor and Kubinoff
S:O0-Al. Goodman. orchestra
S:30--American Album of Familiar
music
9:00--Jack Benny and Mary Living
%tpn---Frank Black aud Orch.
$50 Mary Small and Green Bros.
Novelty orchestra
10:30-paul Whiteman and his Orch.
Evening star., 1933-07-06
Passing the Taxes
To the Consumer
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial In The Star of July 1.
headed Passing Taxes to the Con-
sumer," leads the writer to believe that
the Iowa Bakers Association is using
some strange arithmetic or indirectly
admitting that they are in for collecting
little processing tax" from the con-
sumer for their own benefit.
There are 1876 pounds of flour in q
barrel. The writer knows nothing about
baking, but will wager that 196-pound
barrel Of flour, after the ingredients are
added and the bread made, will pro-
duce at least 200 one-pound loaves of
bread. According to your editorial, the
bakers say that -four that cost them 50
per barrel (about IL cents per loaf
three weeks ago now costs IS per barrel
(about ~ cents per Loaf and that the
processing tax Of $1.50 per barrel (about
"a cents per Loaf will make the flour
cost them $3.50 per barrel Cor about
IA cents per loaf more than it cost
them three weeks ago). For this ad-
ditional ~ cents per loaf they propose
to collect from the consumer cents per
loaf, represented by raise of price
from 5 cents to cents per loaf
But how many loaves will one barrel
Of flour make? On page of the May,
1888, issue Of the Bulletin of the De-
partment of Agriculture and Immigra-
ton Of Virginia we read: "One barrel
of -four makes 1000 loaves of bread"
Obviously this Is an error, and on page
4 of the June, 1888, issue of the same
Bulletin we read: "A correction" Stat
ing that "the number of loaves from a
barrel Of flour should have been ap-
proximately $780," Nothing is said of
the weight Of the loaves.
At any rate, the writer believes that
the consumer is in for a good mulcting,
with the processing tax" as an ex-
cuse, unless the Government takes a
hand in the matter Of prices to the
consumer. s. MARCUS BUTLER.
Evening star., 1933-07-06

sake Of economy while large additions
are being made to the Federal pay
rolls In the process Of the creation Of
the numerous new agencies and bureaus
and commissions for the forwarding Of
the recovery works.
Tne decision Of the budget director
on this matter is not necessarily final,
despite the power which Congress
granted him In respect to expenditures.
There is a higher court to which appeal
may be made. the President. and 1t is
the hope Of the District that such ap-
peal will be made and granted. and
that this extraordinary dictum, which,
II It is final, will not save a penny
to the Treasury and will deprive many
hundreds Of men Of the opportunity
to earn q living during the next few
months, will be reversed.
Evening star., 1933-07-06
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

telephone and telegraph wreckers and
bandits.
Forty-four Of the pack are more than
year old. IS are between months
and a year old and the remaining 20
are less than 6 months old.
y ~
New Zealand Winter
Musters Novel Facts.
Evening Post, Wellington.-Do you
know that
% Green trousers, introduced last
Summer, will be the vogue in England
this year for sports and holiday wear?
(2) In 1882 the record number of
l,436,849 factory-made wireless sets
were sold in Great Britain. their total
value being f19,323 900?
90 If you don't clean the snow from
your front gate in Bucharest in "a
hours your water and electric light are
cut of?
(4) There is a 4,oOo-year-old cypress
looks as If it will go on growing for
ever?
(5) Snuff factories in England are
working overtime in order to cope with
the sudden demand? In West End the
aters snuff taking has become a craze.
co. A scientist explorer on the Great
Barrier (Queensland) states that he has
minutes?
Cd AL the revenue from Italy's bach
elor tax goes to national bureau for
protection OF mothers and infants? Mus
solini seems to possess a sly sense of
humor.
(s) Andorra. the tiny republic in the
Pyrenees, is prepared to employ two
princes; salary, $50 year in cash and
two COWS?
Evening star., 1933-07-06
erly route from Europe to Labrador and
the southern shore Of Lake Michigan.

erly route from Europe to Labrador and
the southern shore Of Lake Michigan.
Weather-bo,ind for . day in Ireland,
Gen. Balbo and his expedition wisely
obeyed the injunctions Of Premier Mus
solini, conveyed to them there. to run
no unnecessary risks by q prematdfe
start for Iceland. The air fleet is now
resting at Reykjavik. II Duce wants the
world to recognize the great adventure
In which the Fascist aviators are en-
gagged as a practical demonstration Of
the feasibility Of transoceanic transport
by heavier -than-air craft on large
scale and not merely sporting stunt.
They are bent exclusively upon exhibit
ing the possibility of engine endurance
and Of air travel in fleets involving. in
the present dramatic instance, a force
of roundly one hundred men-about
four to a plane.
Gen. Balbo's flight is of special in
terest to this country because Col and
Mrs. Lindbergh are soon to take part
In q survey Of the commercial prac-
ticability Of the northern route which
the Italians are pursuing. That pas
sage to the Americas is inyiting to air
men because Of its comparatively short
distances, but its fogs. isolation and lit
tie known and difficult wind conditions
contrast unfavorably with the southern
route by way of Bermuda and the
Azores. It was that stretch which Gen.
Balbo and another. though smaller,
Italian air squadron followed couple
of years ago in flying from Italy to
Brazil.
Three United States Army planes
pioneered the Greenland-Iceland-New-
foundland route in 1924. Only two sue
cessfully negotiated the whole distance.
Since then various flyers have used the
northern course, passing in both direc-
tions.
But neither North nor South has the
Atlantic ever before been attacked in
such mass formation as Balbo's armada.
If he brings it safely into Chicago, the
feat will give an immense impetus to
the development of transoceanic air
plane service. All America wishes the
intrepid Italian pathfinder and his men
happy landings" at their appointed
destination,
Evening star., 1933-07-06
Business Gaining Impetus
AS Johnson Goes Into Action

ness toward the perfection Of agree
ments is an excellent STEP" The YoungS-
town Vindicator contends that as the
main purpose is the improvement of the
workers condition, labor cannot afford
to make excessive demands at the Begin
ming" The Philadelphia Public Led
ger believes that "selfishness anywhere
along the line might wreck the whole
set-up.'
Need of an adjustment of labor con-
ditions. with increased employment, is
placed uppermost by the Houston
Chronicle, the Charleston IS. c. Eve
Milwaukee Journal and the UniontoWn
Herald. The Jersey City Journal. be-
lieving that Gen. johnson is aware Of
complications in wage scales" adds
that there are mistS and fogs obstruct-
ing the view of the new deal"
Every day and almost every hour"
according to the Baltimore Sun. some
new subject of regulation is suggested,
and every time new subject of regula-
ton is suggested it opens up an ever
widening vista of regulatory problems"
The Oakland Tribune points cut that
industry is to be put under a control,
the full nature of which is not dis
closed" view which is held also by
the Indianapolis News
The Lexington Leader, however, pre-
diets that ''the effort to completely CO.
ordinate all the thousands Of big and
little industries in this country will end
in chaos" while the Lincoln State Jour-
nal sees ''the whole country stumbling
along" The Pasadena Star-News de-
nounceS "paternalism," and the Rut-
land Herald offers the Judgment: ~CA
less our present administration is far
different from any other, it will hate to
give up control that is once established
And unless reconstructed business indS
this control more to its liking than can
be expected, business will strive to get
rid of it at the earliest opportunity. On
these lines We may look forward to a
sharp battle on which the future Of
government and OF business may well
depend
"One tentative impression may be
guardedly ventured," says the Wall
Street Journal namely, that the Re-
covery Administration might make
safer and ultimately more rapid prog
resS by taking one step at a time rather
than attempting to do everything at
once. Thoroughgoing fundamental
regulation of any basic industry, per-
meating it down to its end details. is
not to be set up in hurry; an effort
to do so is likely to result in either a
bureaucratic paralysis of the business
or a mere imitation regulation"
The Des Moines Tribune AYERS that
Gen. johnson Is making an excellent
beginning in the building of confidence
in his own ability to handle a tre-
mendous job we'll" To the Salt Lake
Dessret News. 'the quality Of the man
power employed to carry the program
into effect will largely determine its
success" and the San Francisco Chron-
icle finds "reassurance in the indication
by Gen. johnson Of the type Of men
to serve with him"
Evening star., 1933-07-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

'Lightnin' bugs!"
Who is sunk so deep in making liv-
ing, politics, international affairs. that
he has no time for these insects?
Show him to us, and we will show
you q man whom life has immersed,
not one who rides on its waves like q
conqueror.
And that goes, no matter how "big"
or important" he may be, or how many
curious counters he possesses called
money" or how successful he Is, in
the ordinary sense.
One success there is which has passed
him by, or he has passed it by, we do
not know which.
x X X
The lightning bug Is as interesting
beetle as there Is to be found in the
entire 10000 and more of them.
A big family, eh?
Numerous and widespread, the vari-
Gus beetles would inherit the earth, II 1t
weren't for man and his ways.
Man Is determined that If he, him
SELF cannot inherit the earth, nothing
else shall have it.
Accordingly, he squashes and sprays
and otherwise exterminates the beetle
hordes whenever he can, and to date
there has appeared no good reason why
he should not do so.
His propensity for eternal warfare
might well be confined to this battle,
scientists say, who declare that the
battle will be to the insects, unless
something is done about it.
Already the vast stores Of grain ac-
cumulated in all parts of the world, and
particularly in America, have afforded
the insects tribes Of this earth plenteous
subsistence. 1t Is said that man, while
fighting the insects on all fronts, at the
same time is carefully, though inadvert-
emily feeding these creatures with his
left hand.
1t Is nowhere said, however, that the
common lightning bug is an enemy
On the other hand, he is supposed to
be something of a garden helper, in his
way.
His little light is light o. love, a sig
nal to mate, and in his innocent
meanderings in the garden at dusk he
Is too busy to do any harm.
He may feed upon plant lice and the
like, or simply upon the sweetish secre-
tions put forth by many plants.
We found one the other afternoon
busily crawling over a broken tip OF a
Norway spruce. We regarded him at
tentively.
He has one great advantage, to hu-
man eyes. over SO many of his fellows
He looks clean.
K X
Too many insects, as far as humanity
is concerned, appear to be dirty.
This appearance is caused by various
secretions put forth by the creatures. as
we'll as by their many legs, and the fact,
no doubt, that they are, in the human
sense, strangers to soap and water and
all their works.
There can be little question that, a
great many otherwise brave men and
women shrink visibly from the members
of the insect world. when they might
charge boldly enough in the face of a
lion, if they had to.
Even snakes, traditional compellers
of human chills have no more startling
effect upon some persons than an ordi-
nary specimen Of thousand logger"
Maybe the creature hasn't a full
thousand legs. but those who dislike 'em
will never stop to argue the matter.
A thousand legs, or hundred legs.
is all one to them, they Jump. yell and
Evening star., 1933-07-06

run for the nearest instrument Of ex-
termination.
II \
Now the lightin' bug is clean bug
as such things go. He may carry In
visible parasites, and the like, but at
least they are invisible.
No one would care to risk putting
himself In the position of William
Blake, England's strange poet, who In
dited an ode to the fly.
He invited the fly to sit on the
edge Of his cup and philosophically lily
determined that it has as much right
there as his own lip.
It was q pretty poem, but 1t wasn't
science.
It was all right, when he wrote It;
people didn't know anything about
flies then, but nowadays even the
/ smallest child realizes the full iniquity
Of the ubiquitous house fly.
One sympathizes with the plight OF
| the fly no more, but gives it the laugh
One no longer writes poems about It
either, and the old ones seem fabulously
old.
Wherefore, in praising the firef1y, as
he Is sometimes called, let us carefully
point out that we do so solely from
au al I1ot1C VlcWpOult.
surely there Is no more charming
| garden picture than that afforded by
hundred animated sparks glowing at
dusk, now here, now there, ever the
grass, In the shrubs, sometimes even
as high as the second-story windows.
These clever little lanterns turn
themselves off and on without effort
twinkling to each other In the gloam-
ing. They must keep it up all night
or at least until very late.
The favorite time, apparently, is Just
as darkness descends. The last thrush
has decided to end his songs until
something happens in the world again
which to mankind is known as
dawn" To the thrush it is not known
as anything. It just Is. Now dark is
and he pipes down, carefully, slowly
terminating his efforts with few soft
clucks, chuckling to himself in the face
OF the eternal night.
And now the lightnin' bugs come out
to play, all in their neat suits, sprinklinp
the yard with merry little Chinese lam
terms straight out Of the factory of Ma
ture, Inc.
They come out one by one, here a
bug, there q bug, like the animals In
sANS SOA6 obSSS SAo OMC1OlldlQ lldQ q
| farm"
They turn on their little lights. and
they flip them of again, all so silently
that you would never know they were
there unless you could see them.
The best things in Nature are silent
Her sunsets, her glorious pictures
her inspirations to the hearts and minds
OF men, almost without exception are
noiseless.
With noise, enters fear. 1t is so with
| Nature, it is so with man.
| Perhaps the world of men too long
has been on the wrong track, to think
that much noise and confusion is to
be progressive.
1t Is the wrong slant. and the simple
| lightning bug, which flies and illumi-
mates himself as much as any, points
the way.
He gets as much pleasure out of life
as many a larger creature does by
making a great big noise.
Stars shine, without racket; oceans
when they roar do so musically; man
alone specializes In senseiess noises.
Take a tip from the lightning bug;
let your light be seen, but don't tie a
| bell on it,
Evening star., 1933-07-06
An Extraordinary Ruling.

There are two purposes in the recent
enactments of Congress relative to the
spending of public money. One is TO
balance the budget through economies.
The other is to stimulate employment
as a means Of recovery from the de-
preston.
The director of the budget, to whom
Congress gave certain unusual powers
relative to the expenditure Of District
of Columbia funds, has notified the
Commissioners of his disapproval Of
their expenditure Of some $1,500, 900
accumulated in the form Of gasoline
taxes, which under the law is allocated
specifically to highway improvements
in the District Thus far no explana-
ton of the decision has been forth
coming. The effect, however, is not y
matter of doubt. 1t will prevent the
undertaking of improvements and con-
structions that would, it is estimated,
provide some $500 man-months Of
labor, which is to say work for $500
men for one month or ALSO men for
two months, or 2,075 men for four
months.
The improvements are needed, the
work is needed. The money is lying
in the Treasury to the credit of the
District. 1t cannot be used for any
other purpose, cannot be turned into
the Federal general funds, cannot be
wiped of the books as an abandoned
item.
Meanwhile the program proposed by
the District Commissioners for works
to be projected under the Federal
highway and recovery acts is being
considered To the extent that these
items are approved the District will
be given advances or grants from the
Treasury to permit constructions. The
money it will get for such uses under
this program will not be its own.
Just what can possibly be gained by
denying this highway construction work,
to be paid for out Of the accumulated
gasoline taxes, is one Of the numerous
questions that are arising continually
In the course of the unravelment of
the great complex of budget-balancing
and recovery through additional en-
ployment. It is somewhat like the
question of the wholesale dismissals
irem the Government service for the
Evening star., 1933-07-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The answers to questions printed hers
each day are specimens picked from
the mass of inquiries handled by oul
great information bureau maintained ir
washington, D. C. This valuable serv-
ice Is for the free use of the public
Ask any question of fact you may want
to know and you will get an immediate
reply. Write plainly and incloSe three
| cents in coin or stamps for return post
age. Do not use post cards. Addres.
The Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin, Director. Wash
| ington, D. c.
@. In the expression beer and skit.
| ties" what does skittles mean?-D E. S
A. Skittles is game resembling
ninepins. Figuratively, it means
amusement, as in the expression Life
is with such all beer and skittles."
@. Are hand signals still supposed
to be made when operating a motor
vehicle?-R. B.
A. Hand signals are considered ar
indispensable part of vehicle operation
Drivers should give hand signals as au-
tomatically as they feed gas to the en-.
gine. A hand signal should be given
before each stop, turning movement
and before any unexpected or unusual
move.
@. How much was the total amount
of money that Liberty bonds repre-.
sented?-C. w.
A. The total amount issued in Lib
erty Bonds was $21 ,432, ,924,7 700.
@. Do Jewish people speak Hebrew
today?-H. M. w.
A. Hebrew, the ancient language oi
the Jews, Is now used only by Jewish
scholars. Most Jews in this country
speak Yiddish, which is Middle Ger
man dialect developed under Hebrew
and Slavic influence. 1t contains about
10 per cent German words. 20 per cent
Hebrew and 10 per cent Slavic.
@. Are there many white buffalo?
B. L.
A. Albino buffalo are so rare that
few have been reported There is one
on the National Bison Range in Mon
tana.
@. What is a swatch?-C. T.
A. It is a trade term for a strip OF
square Of cloth used asa sample.
@. What women are eligible to mem
bership in the American Legion AUX
iliary?-F. B.
A. The code Of the American Le-
gion says that membership in the
American Legion Auxiliary is limited
to mothers. wives, sisters and daugh-
tiers of mt mbers of the Legion, or of
men or VIC nen who served in the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States during the World War and died
in line Of duty or after honorable dis
charge and to women eligible to be-
long to the Legion.
@. What will keep hard candies
from b becoming sticky in hot weather.
A. After making, they should be
wrapped in waxed paper or packed in
glass or tin containers.
O. Has the Codex Sinaiticus. which
was in Russia, been destroyed?-M L. NJ
A. 1t is being very safely preserved
in the State Public Library in Lenin-
grad formerly the Imperial Public
Library. It has been there nearly 100
years.
O. Do Indian potters use wheel9-
A. G.
A. They do not. Zahrah Preble
Hodge says they fashion their wares
by skillful motions of hands and fin
gers, aided by such primitive accesso-
ries as piece of gourd SHE'LL a smooth
pebble, bone for scraping the clay
or a bit Of string.
@. Why doesn't the United States
belong to the League of Nations?-T. v
A. The United States does not be-
long to the League of Nations because