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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-30
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
LITyINOFF IN PARIS

Paris, Oct. 30.-(P-Abruptly bring
ing to an end the mystery which had
surrounded his movements for hours,
Maxim Lityinoff. Russian foreign
connmissar, rested here Monday en-
route to the United States.
He was reported to have left Ber-
lin for Paris Sunday, but did not
arrive on the train he was believed
to have taken and it was not until
he showed up of his own accord that
it was generally known what had
happened to him.
His plans for sailing to the United
States, where he Is to confer witt
President Roosevelt regarding posi-
bic American recognition Of Russia
remained yelled in secrecy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-30
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{. That the president require the
treasurer Of the nation 70 immediate-
" take control and ownership Of al
monetary gold.
Il 4. That the, president remonetiae
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Engineer No Radical

The Engineering Foundation, in New York; recently set out to discover just how unemployment affects the morale and the ideals of men who are out of work. It learned. oddly enough, that engineers as class are not filled with radical notions when they lose their jobs. They get resentful and discouraged, naturally - but. they don't swing off toward communism or similar panaeeas, as some jobless men do Most of them are content to have the old system continue All they want is to get their jobs back.
 And all of this simply shows how little meaning that word "radiealism" really has nowadays. Engineers are generally ultra conservative in their political and economic beliefs This survey has shown that they mostly stay that way even under the pres sure of unemployment And yet engineers as a class probably have done more to change our form of society, our scheme of government and our economic organization thany any other class alive. To be sure they have done it without in the least intending to. But they have done it, just the same, and they will continue to do so for a long time to come.
 The engineering which gave us railroads and steamboats made it possible for the United States to expand over continent without splitting up into a group of inde- pendent nations. It was engineering that doomed Jeferson's dream of land of small farmers and small cities; engineering that gave the south cotton empire: engineering that developed our big cities. exploited our mines and gave us our factory civilization.
 It was the engineer. blithely thinking of nothing on earth except the age-old problem of how to get the most work done with the least energy, who gave us mass production, automobiles, electric power. modern com munications and network of good high ways And in giving us all of these things he set in motion forces which have changed our form of society almost beyond com prehension and bid fair to make equal changes in the future.
 The engineer is not radical" it seems Well. why should he be? He ignores poll tics. economics and sociology-and re- makes all three of these perplexing sciences overnight. He may. think he is the very es- sence of conservatism; and yet he sows the seeds of greater changes than all the long, haired theorizers that ever lived
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

on our maps and which today mus bs cred tied 10 him. though their surface may have undergone a complete facial.
 Connecticut has waited long time to honor this road builder. But it is gratifying to know that it did not wait until after he had died Mr MaeDonald is still very much alive and will be present to hear himself ex- tolled in fitting fashion "Wednesday. No doubt he will regale listeners with the tales of the hardships that he and other road builders of the early part of this century faced. There weren't the modern methods of cutting paths through the wilderness nor of widening the car paths that existed. And when Mr MacDonald laid out well-beaten path over Avon Mountain some 30 years ago he had accomplished as much as do those men who cast concrete ribbons over huger mountain ranges today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Thirty Hours

There is talk from labor quarters of cut ting the working week in the motor and other big industries down to 30 hours week, in place of 35 and 40. It is the ] familiar argument that without such short- ening. industry cannot absorb the idle labor. Such may be the case at present. As brief. temporary expedient. it might be justifiable. But the trouble is that too often, in urging such arguments for radical shortening of working time, the advocates seem to forget what it is all about.
 The whole. many-sided campaign now being waged by the government in league with industrial leaders and economic experts, is to get business in such condition within the next few months that 1t will be able to absorb surplus labor at 5 to 40 hours week. There are many other factors at work besides the mere shortening of hours. There is better recognition of the fact that employment is not fixed quantity, to be divided automatically among a given num- Der of workers, but that the demand for labor is flexible and expansive. The whole thing hangs. or should hang. together - wages. credit, interest rates. freight rates mdnuIdCtuIlHS InetJOdo uiotliDutiHS ileIiiou' and the power of public psychology.
 It would be as bad to make hours need 1essly short as to keep them needlessly long. The shorter the hours. the less will be pro- duced by society as whole. and the less we shall have to show for our work. Concen- trating our attention unduly on holding down production. we distract attention from the more fundamental business of enlarging consumption. We may balance these two industrial forces by producing little and having little. or by producing much and having much.
 Whether we use much machinery or little. the principle is the same. The big thing IS bigger production and freer distribution. How many of us have all the things we want, or half of them? Why live as poor people when we might live as rich people? Let us not freeze industry on poor mans level if we can raise it to a rich mans level by doing little more work and using whole lot more brains about it' Distrlbu- ton passing products around - that's the big thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Ring Round Germany

Chancellor Hitler who set out somewhat like Kaiser Wilhelm to give Germany her place in the sum- seems instead to have put her on the spot Wilhelm maintained. with half-truth. that his country was 'ringed about with foes'. Hitler, rising to power at a time when hatred and fear of Germany had almost disappeared, seems to have ringed her completely with alarmed and suspicious powers. A dozen nations that were inclined to cooperate with Ger many when Stresemann was in charge of her foreign policy are now making defensive treaties, arming themselves and taking eco- homie action against her.
 The first use of the four-power treaty between Germany, Italy, France and Eng land has been to remonstrate with Hitler for ! his efforts to gobble up Austria. That country. naturally sympathetic with Ger many and her ally in the World War, is arming against her. Poland fingers gun trigger. Russia. friendly after the Moscow revolution. and potentially Germanys best market, turns now to other markets. France sets an armed watch on the Rhine again. All this, and more. results from Hitler s arrogant attitude toward other nations and his suicidal persecution of the Jews, who have international power. Yet the German people. possibly because they are insulated from world opinion. seem to regard Hitler as their savior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Freight Rates

Economists may quarrel over the posi- ton taken by the Interstate Commerce Com mission in denying petition for general reduction in freight rates be commission argues that the present level Of rates is wei! below that of 1920. that it is not depressing traffic or business as whole. and that re- ductions would not stimulate the total vol ums of railroad traffic. It is hard to argue with commission that has tons of statistics at its disposal. It is also hard to overlook certain practical facts which seem to have had little consideration from the eommis- soners.
 Recent prices of goods have been. and still are. considerably lower than those of 1920. When selling prices fall, existing freight rates become proportionately higher. Producers then cannot afford to ship so far. Losing distant markets, they are forced to restrict output. Many manufacturers shut down for this reason. Thus traffic diminishes and railroads themselves lose. Such elementary facts surely cannot be unknown to the com mission. Many disinterested economists have been insisting for some time that noth- ing would do more to stimulate business than lower freight rates. Similar arguments apply to many public utilities whose rates artificially maintained. have come to be out of line with commodities and incomes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Here, There And Euery1Dhere
A REvENANT
(Hartford Courant)

In the early days fthe Eight centh Amendment, the experiment had at least two ardent supporters in Massachusetts, one of them a woman, who later moved from the state when 1t became apparent that there were moist areas in 1t wholly apart from the Atlantic ocean and sundry lakes. The other. a Quincy banker, remained, stood pat as 1t were, and offered a prize of $100 for single word calculated to cast contempt upon those sinners who had became damp if not actually wet. A Massachusetts man was the the winner. the word he offered be- ing "scofflaw." It has a familiar sound but one fears that compilers of dictionaries have already placed the abbreviation "obs'. after 1t.
 But the banker lives and he now offers a reward of $10--business is not what 1t was in the war period flor a word which will stimulate interest in the MIRA. We are not competing for the prize, but we are considerably more in. sympathy with the aim of the donor than we were in his earlier efforts. Tho aim is one in which all of us should, as most do, have interest. If a "slo- gan" can further 1t, the offer Is all too small considering the end to be attained. One hopes that Delcevere Kings venture will have the suc- cess it deserves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

when prohibition ended. But the Treasury Dspsumsnt believes that the prs-war rate of Sl.l0 gallon would prevail and under a court test would be sustained. As sil figuring has been done on the basis of the S6.40 rate it is evident that the revenue Uncle Sam ex- pects and what he may get will vary consid- erably. Hence. the need of Congress taking action when it eonvenes in January. And this may be one month after prohibition has ended. Still we've gone thirteen years without liquor taxes. Another month or two fixing them up won't matter SO much in the long run.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Rome Letter
By THOMAS B. MORGAN

Rome. (UP)-Within ten years 1t is calculated that 60 per cent of the Italian railroads will be electrified. When this is a fact, Italy will have some 5000 kilo- meters of electric traction. Event uaIly,. even higher percentage than 60 will be arrived at, for the entire system, with some small ex- ceptionse, will sooner or later be run by hydro electric power.
 The recent success of the gov- ernment bonds issued to provide the capital for this work is a proof of the confidence of the country in the plan to electrify as much of the system as possible and save the money spent on for eign coal, for which fuel Italy is entirely dependent on abroad. Rich in Water Power
 Fortunately, to make up for the absence of this precious raw ma terial, Italy is rich in water power. The country abounds in mountain torrents and rivers which can be turned into artificial lakes and made to drive turbines that pro- duce electricity. Electrification of railroads is a very costly process, but when the work is carried out along the roads which carry heavy traffic, the minor cost of electric power as compared to coa lproyides a huge compensation. Other ad- vantages of electric traction are the superior cleanliness of electric trains and their greater. regulari- ty. The electric locomotive picks up speed more quickly than q steam engine. It also allows q more economical use of the lines because 1t is lighter and takes ur less space. It is more economical too in the matter of personnel. for the fireman's labor Is dispensed with.
 4. 4,4OO Kil0meters Scheduled
 The lines to be shortly eiectri. fled in Italy total 4,400 kilometeri and consist of the main trunks oi
 the state system carrying tlit
 greatest portion of the traffic
 These lines are roughly the tws
 long sections that run 1ongitudin
 ally down the country. iron
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

Lake Warsmaug has more attractions than simply its cooling waters. tree-lined shores. etc. It is a natural bass hatchery, ac- eording to E. P. Thompson. superintendent of the federal fisheries station at Hartsville Mass. And with this in mind Mir Thompson is seeking additional funds that small-mouth- ed bass might be taken from the lake and distributed in other ponds and lakes of tho state. It is believed that the lake is quite capable of supplying enough bass for all our other fresh-water bodies in which they would thrive. That's good news for bass fishermen. The claim is advanced by Mir Thompson that 75 nests in the lake last year gave up 308.000 bass. These were distrib- uted around the state. This news ought to send the fishermen up to Lake Waramaug in greater numbers than ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

A slight mistake in calculation has just been unearthed at Washington. The Treas ury Department has notified President Roosevelt and his advisers that their contem- plated income from liquor taxes will not materialize. Not that the administration has over estimated. It simply failed to take into consideration the laws that would govern liquor sales and taxes when and if prohibi' ton ends. To rectify the situation it will be necessary to secure congressional action it is believed. The case in a nutshell is this. Dur ing the war there was $6.40 tax rate on alcoholic spirits. Officials believed that this rate being still in the statutes would apply
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
BIOGRAPHY OF CLASS A NEURoT1o

She was never strong and was thrown from her horse at the age of ten years and had had bad nerves ever since
 Her husband writes the biography.
 Six months after marriage at the age of 22 she had attack of paralysis at which time medical doctors gave her up to die
 It seems to me that physicians indulge in this sad practice with utter abandon, in these biographical letters. In actual practice have never found physician 50 depraved. not even es fhe ss nS die' when the doctors have merely been honest and informed the relatives that they can't patient. That is the trade of quacks-they are always ready to promise or guarantee cures or to seem to do so They have to offer rosy promises in order to catch the gullible
 .. however. she went under the care of a -- doctor Ca freq healer) and came out of 1t fairly well with baths, diet, massage.
 Everything except prayer, evidently though she got really well but nerves the limit most all times. Later she had paral- ysis again and 26 different doctors in all that time never found the real trouble
 We can't print the rest of it. because 1t might give some readers wrong Impressions Suffice to say that finally regular physician diagnosed the condition syphilis of the cen- tral nervous system.
 Why was not the syphilis diagnosed long ago, this husband asks? He complains that the long illness cost him thousands of dollars and years of happiness, to learn what know now about nerve trouble and syphilis. and will say that both respond to physical culture and psychology"
 If the man seriously believes that syphilis or it's effects on the central nervous system will respond to physical culture and psychology l should earnestly advise him to undergo 2 care- ful examination to determine whether his own central nervous system is similarly involved.
 This man declares his intention to write a true story of his wife's life and the different treatments she went through to no purpose He believes such story may do others good I hope he will not attempt to write such a story, for if it were printed 1t would probably do much harm and no good at all. The man is scarcely qualified to speak with authority on the subject. It just happens that in this case the alleged "weak nerves" nerve trouble was the manifestation of syphilis of brain or spinal cord
 This may be a good occasion to point out that a child may be born with syphilis if either parent has the disease, but If the child has not the disease when born there is no tnheri- tance of syphilis. Theodore, had law or custom required physician's health certificate the | woman's congenital disqualification for mar l riage would have prevented the marriage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Dls0ricnfAd

Having travelled considerably under condi- tions that prevented me from seeing where was going have become disOrIentcd, so that north is east and east is south in my obsession .. (S. J. S.)
 Answer---study astronomy. at least enough to become familiar with the prominent con- stellations and to find the North star the great dipper. orion, etc. at night. Practice estimat- ing time by the length of shadow at various hours .n the day. A sun dial helps. A globe helps.
 Pasteurixcd Hair
 Does permanent waving make the hair turn grey prematureIy? (Mrs R. B. WI
 Ansy;er--I believe 1t does Certainly heat sufiic1ent to curl or kink the hair is injurious Takes the life out of it, like pasteurizing (par. boiling) milk to kill germs in it.
 (copyrisht 1888, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
BOUNDARY LINE TOWNS
(New York sun)

The Canadian National Revenue Review, discussing the problems that confront those who live near the international boundry line be. tween Canada and the United States, cities in particular Rock Island. Quebec, and Derby Line. Vermont, where "a good sized com munity has grown up helter-skel- ter over the line separating the two countries" Among the build- ings which straddle the line are factory. the community library. an express office, furniture re- pair shop, several stores and many dwellings. Tho community water supply comes from the United States and the electric current from Canada. The Masonic temple Is in Canada and the odd Fellows hall in tho United States. A black smith and q wheelwright lodged in the same building work hAr- maniously, the entrance to tho smithy being in the United States and that tot he wheeIwright's shop in Canada. When Q ire starts in either town there is no interna- tional red tape to keep the ire department from across the border from assisting.
 The traveller who expects q boundary line to be as sharply marked upon the earth as it ai upon . good map would be dis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

Although the last Congress refused to give
 Grace Goodhue Coolidge. widow of the late president. franking privileges. this custom dates back to the time of Martha Washing ton. In 1900 she was accorded the right of free use of the mails. To-day only five women have this privilege. They are Fran ces F. Cleveland Preston. Mary Lord Harri- son. Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Boiling Wilson and Helen H. Taft. The custom has not prevailed steadily, though. It was dropped with the death of Madison. The records show that Charles Carroll. signer of the Declaration of Independence was the only private citizen who had franking rights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

Mila nto Calabria passing through Bologna and Florence. and from Genoa through Pisa to Rome and the province of Calabria. There also ise the crosswise section which has high traffic importance run ming from Milan to Tritste through Venice.
 The work of eiectrification has been divided into groups and ia scheduled to be finished in IF years. A recent decision of the cabinet, however, decided to rush the work of the first lot so that 1t vii be ready for use in 1938.
 This first group for which the first two bond issues were made for total of 1,200.000,0 ,000 lire in- clude the Rome Florence line, the Rome-Naples with branch line to tho beach resort of Nettuno, the -salerno and the salerno. Battpafglia- Reggto calabria lines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
The Waterbury Democrat Wash-
 ington Correspondent

The Waterbury Democrat Wash- l ington Correspondent | Washington-Inside facts on the
 early morning steel code agree ment:
 Labor, not Steel, held out in the final stages, vainly seeking higher minimum wages and fewer differ | entials.
 Steel men conceded virtually nothing except the eight-hour day. The hardest boiled steel man proved to be President Eugene Grace of the Bethlehem company. The stubbornest labor leader was President Green of the A. F. of L., still smarting under refusal of steel men to meet him. Roosevelt desired no test of strength between MIRA and Steel. It would have meant a mess at q critical time and a serious court fight such as the administration doesn't want. Bringing steel under a code seemed the biggest thing.
 Big Fight on Coal Code Labor, with administration back ing, preferred to stage it's big fight with Coal. It is strongly organized l in that disorganized industry, l though Coal exhibits the blackest spots of labor oppression. Labor felt Coal could be made to recognize the United Mine
 Workers in its code--a tremendous victory - as part of Roosevelts plan for cleaning up that industry. | The four big coal groups are
 those dominated by Rockefeller,
 Mellon. Morgan and Ford.
 New Citizenship Oath | Secretary of Labor Perkins plans to revise the controversial section | of the citizenship oath which re-
 quires applicants to promise to bear arms for the country if oc- casion arises. Several conscientious
 objectors cluding Rozika Schwimmer Mcintosh. have failed in court attacks on that section.
 The oath will be so changed that they need only promise to assume the same duties and obligations as other citizens.
 Glass Wouldn't Forgive
 Senator Carter. Glass is in France
 for his health. The best Glass story I tells how Couzens of Michigan, ar
 ter the clashes at the Morgan
 hearing, asked Carter to shake
 hands and forgive everything. I Glass didn't click on that and
 Couzens reminded him that the
 Bible counseled forgiveness of en-
 ennis.
 Tt tells you to forgive your ene-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
The Honor's Deserved

Impressive ceremonies will accompany the unveling of the James H. Macdonald mon ument on top of Avon Mountain Wednes- day. It is particularly appropriate that this site should have been chosen to erect monument to Conneeticuts first highway commissioner and the man who is often hailed as the father of American high ways" It is close by the old dirt road that Mr Mcdonald laid out over Avon Noun tain about 1900. Those were the pioneer days for road builders and Uncle Jim certainly occupied a considerable niche in 6hem.
 To commemorate his service to the state and to road building in general the state has handicapped park of about five acres in the midst of which reposes the Mcdonald monument. Present for the ceremonies will be Mir Macdonald himself. now a resident of New Haven. and as many of the living selectmen of Connecti- cut towns who were officials in the days that rUnele Jim" was casting about for new territory to invade with highways over which those new mechanical wagons could speed at 5 or miles an hour.
 When Mr MacDonald went into our state highway department perhaps the old est in the nation. there were three members. That was in 1895. Two years later the three-headed commission was abolished in favor of one man and Mr MacDonald was the unanimous choice for the job. It. can be said that during his administration he laid out l4 trunk lines which can still be found