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The Bismarck tribune., 1933-01-03
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SUCCESS sHRUG

SUCCESS SHRUG
New York, Jan. 3.-The careless
shoulder shrug which has become
identified with the torch singing Of
Ethel Norman Is just as closely as
sociated with her off-stage manner
isms. Miss Norman Is one performer
who literally shrugged her way to
the heights. And at this moment
Miss Norman Is being classed as the
greatest of the scorchy singers.
Yet she is one individual who did
not have to struggle to get there"
Nor does she make the slightest pre-
tense at being one of the many whose
careers were achieved with hard Ia
Dor and innumerable ups and downs.
Just few years ago she was
pounding typewriter in Astoria,
Long island, and way points. Even
then she had the voice and technique
for putting over the rough, red-hot
ballads. One evening she attended
a party at which were several guests
from the theatrical belt. She was
called upon for song and sang.
A few weeks later she was being
summoned from the desk to a Broad
way office. She shrugged and closed
up her typewriter desk-and never
went back. A few nights later she
was attracting attention in the
towns night club floor shows.
A year or so thereafter, a music
show producer called for her. Miss
Norman shrugged her shoulders and
answered the call. She was an over
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barred arm, as he sat in his shirt
sleeves. Then Thatcher Colt be-
gan asking again the same qucs-
tions with which Maskell had been
battered for so long. They came,
one after another, in rattling
fusillade, giving the suspect only
time to answer before the next
question was fired. For the
first little while-certainly, for
the first hour-the results would
not be regarded as important.
The unusual circumstances, the
danger Of Maskell's position.
might easily make him nervous J
and produce a jumpy chart, how
ever innocent he might be. N
Thatcher Colt knew that this 1 te
of preliminary fear would ass
away. The subject of t lie
detector is soon lulled into 9 ense
of false security. As soon he
thinks he is giving a fine a punt
of himself he becomes mo the
master of his emotions. then,
and not until then, the rec ls on
the card become importa indi-
cations. For an hour Col talked
to Maskell calmly about jour-
ney-the same old story giving
out the Christmas pres Ints, re-
turning, and meeting th9 mysteri-
Gus woman at his office door. But
after that first hour, thu tone. the
pace, the very accent o. the ques-
tons changed. The voice Of
Thatcher Colt became brittle.
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The Greatest Sexton

The man who digs the most graves
in America, medical authorities tell
US, is the average citizen. The claim
often Is made and rarely denied that
most Of us dig our own graves with
cur teeth: that we eat too much and
thereby shorten our days.
It Is a burning indictment but one
to which many will make no answer.
You may tell a man that he is eating
1905 pounds Of flour a year: T.:
pounds OF cheese: 1892 pounds OF
butter: 1913 dozens of eggs; 169
pounds OF potatoes and SO on. all
without creating the slightest inter-
est.
Those who are married to good
cooks can hardly be blamed for that
There Is something to the philosophy
Of "As we journey through life let
US live by the way" and besides, there
always remains the patriotic duty to
eat as much as possible in order to
reduce the surplus.
Shortening our days may not be
quite so bad II those we have are
happy ones.
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A BOIL Is GREAT FUN COM
PARED WITH A CARBUNCLE

A pimple or pustule is a trial size
suppuration produced when hair fol-
licles or sebaceous glands are in
fected with the common pus-produc-
ing germs.
A boil or furuncle is household
size suppuration produced when the
same types of germs penetrate
through the hair follicles. sebaceous
or sweat glands and invade the SUBJ
cutaneous tissues.
A carbhncle is hospital size sup
puration produced when the same
pesky microbes destroy enough tissue
to cut off the local blood supply or
nutrition. SO that gangrene or death
of the tissue occurs. with sloughing.
Pimple, boil or carbuncle, 1t Is an
abscess.
The old-timers held that there was
a lot of humor in a boil and still more
in carbuncle. Even today the peas
ants commonly regard any abscess
from trial size to hospital size, as a
throwing off, breaking out or getting
rid of bad humor of some kind. Char
latans who appeal to the peasant in
tellect have more snappy term for
it; they tell their dumb customers
that the body is trying to throw off
toxins or ''poisons."
1t is not the size or extent of the
swelling or inflammation that de-
termines whether the abscess is a
pustule or boil If it has core it's
a boil: no core, no boil. no matter
how large and juicy and ripe the
pimple or papule gets before it rup-
lures and drains spontaneously or
is opened and drained surgically.
Some bona fidc boilS seem to get
ambitious as they come to head. or
neck, and branch out, SO to speak,
giving a good imitation of car
buncle. For that matter. the only
difference between boil and car
buncle is that the gangrene or death
of tissue is confined to one area In
the boil-the gangrenous tissue is
the core of the boil, whereas In the
carbuncle the gangrene is not lin
ited-and that is precisely why car
buncle is more dangerous than boil.
The common prls- producing germs
responsible for all these forms. OF
| abscess, as we'll as whitlow, rum
around, felon. and inflammation OF
any cut, scratch or wound, may be
present on any soiled or unwaShed
skin, but it is probable that the
source of such infection is contact
with the pus from some similar in
fection, or contact with a medium
that has been contaminated within
few moments. Such infection, at
least to my mind, explains why minor
scratches, cuts or abrasions always
fester' or heal poorly in certain in
dividuals. In their work or play or
social activities they come into con-
tact with the pus-producing germs
from slight infections of other per-
sons. We know this is the explana-
ton for the pimples, pustules and
inevitable scratch infections of ma
chinists, for example, whose hands
arms and body are necessarily ex-
posed to infection from the circulat-
ing oil or cutting mixture, which
inevitably becomes contaminated if
any man is permitted to work while
having such pustules or even slight
scratch infection.
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hanging Of another woman SO that
she first may give birth to a child.

hanging Of another woman SO that
she first may give birth to child.
And the average American goes
blithely on with the impression that
he lives in a civilized nation, among
cultured and highly civilized people.
In this state the argument for and
against capital punishment has been
decided In the negative, apparently
permanently. Those who believe IN
the literal Interpretation of IAN eye
for an eye and a tooth for TOOTH"
may not like it, but ii Is the law. We
do not have the spectacle Of the
death march from the cell to the
execution chamber and the death
wagon numbering out of the prison
gates at sunrise to deposit dead
body at the railroad station or in
the potter's field.
Only the highly morbid can look
forward to an execution with any de-
gree OF complacency. Even the
hardest boiled does not like to think
Of a human life being snuffed out
by fiat OF law. But when the victim
OF this legal abnorMality is woman
it creates more thought and, there
fore, goes more strongly against the
grain
Men live in a harder mental world
than do women. Accident and sud-
den death are more frequently their
lot and they are satisfied that wo-
men should be spared the hazards
to which men frequently are SUBJ
jected. The mental trait Of chivalry
is not yet dead. And so it seems more
horrible to execute woman than to
exact the supreme penalty from
man.
Those who feel most strongly on
the question Of capital punishment
frequently use the term legal mur-
der" It may be unfair and too
strong. But how many. viewing these
cases, will contend that it is not
archaic and more than little silly?
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Thatcher Colt lifted . set of
leather-covered plates on q chain
and Dougherty studied them at
tentively.
"These plates enclose the sus-
pects' chest" explained the Com
missioner. "And this rubber tube
goes around the arm. Both lead
to the drum there, to which elec-
tric writing pens are attached.
Then you question the suspect. His
reactions to your questions, that
Is. his respiration and blood pres
sure, are registered by the pens on
ruled paper from . revolving drum
roll within the box. This makes a
complete graph or chart of the sus-
psct's emotional reactions under
questioning"
Dougherty made q comical face.
81 don't like these new-fangled
notions"
'sIt's not new-fangled, )" answered
Colt patiently.
sThe lie detector was first used
for archaeological purposes more
than twenty years ago. But that
was only the heart-beat-the blood
pressure record is more recent"
"And you actually think this
contraption will help us in break
ine the tale Of Doctor Maskell?"
ut win get US the TRUTH" in
sisted Thatcher Colt. 81 have no
heSitation in saying that consider
this little box and the other inven-
tion which we may have to use to-
night on the doctor, the two great
est steps forward in chronological
work since the adoption Of the
Bertillon system and the finger
print Identification"
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glanced at the table on which the
lie detector lay exposed.

glanced at the table on which the
lie detector lay exposed.
''Do you know what that ma
chine is?" asked Thatcher Colt.
Doctor Maskell's face expressed
manifest contempt.
"Fake scientific apparatus" he
jeered. "I've heard all about it.
It is just about as scientific rs the
Abrams blood detector machine.
] can guess what it is by the looks
Of it,"
Again the blonde young man
smiled.
1T is not recognized in the New
York Department" explained
Thatcher Colt frankly. $50 you
do not have to submit to its use.
Nor can you be bound in any way
by any conclusions We may arrive
at by its use. But it may break
your story and give US clues by
which We can finish our case
against YOU"
eyes, certainly" acquiesced
Doctor Maskell, with magnificent,
indifference. ] saw the look that
passed between Dougherty and
Thatcher Colt. Plainly the doc
tors readiness only increased the
District Attorneys suspicious,
DR.. Maskell, in his opinion, like
many another criminal, regarded
himself as q superman. He was
such an egoist that he felt con-
fident that he could beat the ma
chine.
It took very little time to ad-
just the apparatus to his chest and
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Chaperons cannot take the place
of characteristics Franklin D. Roo
sevelt, wife of the president-elect.
+ X X
If 80 beer Is Notwithstanding, the
vets will not care for 1t. and II it is
intoxicating the drys will not stand
for TT. Scott Mcbride, general SUI
perintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League.
We (France and the Anglo-Saxon
nations) had violent disputes, but
from my experience one can dispute
with the British and Americans and
afterwards be all the better friends.
-Edouard Herriot, former premier
of France.
y = X
Preachers are talking about moral
questions without knowing what the
word moral n1eans.-Clarence OAR
row, Chicago attorney and agnostic.
sk X X
Socialists have been saying pretty
much the same thing as ''technoc-
racy" for two generations-Upton
Sinclair, novelist.
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At this apparently simple ques-
ton we could almost hear the
agitation Of the electric pens. re-
cording on the running ribbons Of
paper the heart and blood secrets
Of this erect and defiant man.
Both Dougherty and Thatcher
Colt were studying the tape-liks
stream Of paper emerging from
the drum with the tell-tale xraphs
drawn upon them. Until this mo-
ment the tracings had shown only
debatable and Indifferent varis.
tions, but . totally different re.
suit was obtained BY the lateet
question. It had caused tremei-
dous excitement within the dark
spirit Of this mysterious physician.
Up shot the graph Of the heart
line and with Il leaped the dia-
gram Of the blood pressure. Why?
Doctor Maskell hesitated and pom
dered his answer, while the Police
Commissioner and the District At
torney waited in growing interest
and astonishment.
Ito Be Centisssd Temorrew.)
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New Farm Leadership

Reports from washington indi-
cate the Roosevelt administration is
trying something entirely new in its
to the agricultural problem.
In the past we have had the spec
tacle OF various farm organizations
and spokesmen contending for differ
ent things. They have done the talk
ing, not always in the same direc-
ton. and the politicians have done
the listening.
Roosevelt, or at least his aides, is
said to have reversed the process.
Present in Washington are Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of agri-
culture for New York, and Professors
Meyers of Cornell and Tugweu Of
Columbia. They rate as the major
trio in Roosevelts battery of agri-
cultural advisors.
When they met with the farm
leaders, SO the story goes, they did
not ask for suggestions or advice
Instead they said I'VE would like to
have you favor this or that new
approach by political men to farm
chieftains.
Among the items for which in
dorsement is said to have been ask
ed were the allotment plan. abolition
Of the farm board. consolidation Of
all farm credit agencies, reorganiza-
ton of the department of agriculture
and farm mortgage relief.
It is big order but it may work,
Agriculture needs leadership in its
battle for a better national position
and 1t will be a pleasant surprise for
the farmers to have it come from the
White House.
And besides, the ideas suggested
seem sensible. Roosevelt may dc
what many have pretended they
wanted to do in recent years.
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William the Conqueror in
South Dakota

SSASSSoBV ASA0ASSV/
Farm lands Of IN acreage esti-
mated as high Is 100000 acres are
offered In sheriffs' sales for delin-
quent taxes In South Dakota. Thirty
per cent Of the total land assessed Is
said to be delinquent. The sales will
be held, but there will be few II any
buyers. The various counties will
take title and the land will then go
off the tax books, requiring an in
creased spread against the solvent
taxpayers Unless the counties and
the state reduce their levies.
This obviously IS q conquest OF the
land. The state In effect has sue.
cambed to an enemy who Is taking
the property Of the citizens as the
SpOils Of war. South Dakota Is going
into the Doomsday book. It does
not matter that the sheriff is a
neighbor. He might as well be a
captain under william the Con-
queror. The taxes have hit the state
with sword and fire.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Old Sink Argument

A friend and I have an argument.
I say you printed suggestion that
dumping the coffee grounds down
the sink tends to keep the sink drain
cleared out. My friend says she
doesn't believe tn. I. c.
Answer-Many correspondents have
told me they have found the prac-
tice does prevent the drain clogging.
Some plumbers say so, too, while
others say they sometimes find coffee
grounds clogging sink drain. Per-
hapS it depends on the amount of
flushing with hot water and on keep
ing grease out of the sink drain.
We Can't Agree
have been a Brady fan for years
and never before have questioned
anything you said, but now I must
disagree with your assertion that
massage can't reduce locally. I have
reduced five inches around my hips
by taking treatments in this ma
chine described in the folder -
MRS. c. B. NJ
Answer-Scores of others have
failed to reduce, or have actually In
creased In size under such treatment.
Actual exercise and intelligent re-
striction of diet account for any re-
duction obtained while such mechan-
ical massage, rolling, pounding or
passive manipulation is being used.
Books to Read
Please suggest names of some good
books. not too technical for the lay
reader On nhvSinlOrv hinl0rv health
and diSease.-F. c. H)
Answe r. Mottram's Physiology"
published by Norton, New York. Hag-
CARDS What You Should Know
About Health and Disease" published
by Harper's, New York. Fisher g.
Fsk's How to Live" published by
Funk g. Wagnalls, New York. Can
mons Effects Of Fear, Pain and
Hunger on Animals and Man." pub
liShed by AppletOn'S. New York. Dar.
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tlHE METEkY0FG GERALDINE
j by ANTHONY ABBOT

Geraldine Foster was hacked 70
death in Z house on Peddler's Road,
leased BY her employer. Dr.. Hum
phrey Maskell. and her nude body
buried in Z grave filled with tannic
acid. Two women were seen ieav-
ing the doctors office carrying
bottles similar to those found near
the grave. Mrs. Morgan, neigh
Dor, substantiates the Doctors
statement that he was with her
daughter. Doris. the day of the dis
appearance. MaskeH claims there
was Z strange woman outside his
office when he returned. Other
suspects are Harry Armstrong,
Gefaldine's fance, and her brother,
Bfuce. who will receive her in
heTitance. Bruce is IN adopted son
whose father was 4 murderer. Dr..
Maskeu reports to Police Commits
sioner Thatcher Colt that Ger
aldine ph0ned him on January S,
ten days after her disappearance,
requesting that he meet her, but
failed to appear. The autopsy
shows she was killed on December
-. and her body preserved by the
acid to make it appear that death
occurred within ~ hours. MaskeH,
accused. sticks to his story. His
brother and sister-in-law. George
and Natalie MaskeH call TO see
him. buf are turned away. One of
the women whom MaskeH visited
on Christmas Eve informs Colt
that a woman phoned that day
leaving the following message for
the doctor: "Piease come at once
to Peddler's Road. Something ter
rible has happened" Doris Nor
gan reveals that MaskeU left her
and his chauffeur at 2 confec-
toners while he delivered gifts.
The Commissioner plans to exam
inc MaskeH with = iie-detector
Instrument.
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Barbs

One Of the doubts always assailing
mankind at this time of year is
whether to send New Years cards to
the folks whose Christmas greetings
took you by surprise.
X Y X
The farmer who needs relief the
most is the one who moved to town.
y y y
Going fishing with secret service
men may deprive the president of
solitude but it does prevent small
boys from strolling by with whop-
pers on their stringers.
II \ \
The chap who used to funk in
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=, - DISTRIBUTED FEATURES .syu0lcAl:. T.

"Well, you'll have to show me-"
said Dougherty, lighting . fresh
cigar, sitting down and leaning
back.
every WE'LL" said Thatcher Colt.
He opened q door in the rear Of
the room and led in . good-looking
young man, slender and serious.
LET me present Mr.. Carl E.
Leonard, one of the assistant state
criminologists for Illinois. Mr..
Leonard flew here in one Of their
departmental airplanes, at my per-
sonal request, just 50 that we
could 60 through with this test.
Vollmer recommended Mr.. Leon
ard to me as an expert who could
get the best results out Of the ma
chine. It does have a special tech
nique of its own"
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mathematics Is now getting set to
out-calculate the income tax collec-
tor.
The unreasonably cold weather
Californians have been having this
year has been a source of real JOY
to Uor1dians.
Copyright. 1883, NEA Service, Inc.)
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Forgivable Skepticism

II think it's childish" said
Dougherty frankly. The young
expert from Chicago only smiled
and nodded his head as il he fully
understood the District Attorneys
skepticism. Thatcher Colt pressed
a knob on the edge of the chair
which registered its signal in some
distant part Of the house. BY the
time Colt had relighted his pine
the door was opened and two uni
formed men led in Doctor Maskell.
With the wrath Of his familiar
smile playing over his pale and
haggard face, Doctor Maskell
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harsh, commanding, with an mn.
der-threat Of malice in its tones.
He stood, towering above the doc
tor, as if he held in his grasp the
lightning Of the electric chair. The
very air of the room became tense
and charged.
what are you most afraid Of
in life, Doctor Maskell?"
81 am afraid Of nothing"
"What are you most ashamed
Of in your life ="
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CHAPTER xxx.
~ OUGHERTY shifted in audi
h1M AAnkovr4nf

BILE contempt.
"Whoever got up such a
fool machine as that?" he asked,
shaking his head heavily.
ut Is the invention of one of
my old friends. Captain August
Vollmer."
eve heard mention Of him
somewhere" conceded Dougherty.
mo doubt. Captain Vollmer is
one Of the foremost criminologists
in the country. He was the Police
advisory expert on President
Hoover's Commission on Law OBJ
servance and Enforcement. He is
also . Professor Of Criminology at
the University Of Chicago. Cap
tain Vollmer has told me, more
than once, that he has never seen
q failure in the use of this amaz-
ing instrument"
Dougherty again shook his head,
staunchly refusing to be impressed.
But his curiosity was aroused.
"How does the fool thing
work." he asked.
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night hit. Today her "Eadie was .
Lady" is one Of the towns CLASSICS
X X X
TWO A DAY
Notes on this and that: Fred As
taire, since the marriage and depar-
ture Of his dancing sister, Adele, lives
with his mother and does little CAD.
ding about with the playful boys ana
gals of Broadway Walter 9.
Kelley, '.thc Virginia judge" refers
to himself as lone of those magnlll-
cent antiques" :. George M. Conan
always springs original stunts at re-
hearsals It was formerly his pol
icy to write one act of play at a
time, and put each act into rehearsal,
writing additional scenes and dia-
logueS as the try-outs went on In
his newest effort he limited rehear-
sails to some eight or nine days. IN
stead Of the usual long workout
period And, as usual, he opens IN
his home town. Providence, r. l.,
where he actually was born on July
4 The vaudeville situation has
been SO tough that troupers now re-
fer to two week engagements as "a
big business and Richly Craig pens
that two day isn't variety pol
icy; it's the salary you get!"
X X X
HOPPER INSPIRED
That ruction over Roxy's tossing
three nude statues out of his new
Music Hall theater is said to have
been Inspired by the veteran De Wolf
Hopper. Hopper has been married
six times. AS he walked through the
lobbies he stopped to look at the
statues and is quoted as saying: Yes,
I've had a number Of wives and
viewed number of women-but I
never have seen any that looked like
that"
From the Actors Unemployment
Relief Committee comes a note that
an effort will be made to turn over
empty theaters to the cold and job
less players who now haunt the side
walks. These theaters have been
gathering dust for many months and
would at least provide warm spot
for the unfortunate ones. Also there's
a movement to take over a number
of old-fashioned actors boarding
houses, which have been abandoned;
furnish them cheaply and give
roof for the thousands out of work.
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Archaic and Silly

In Arizona grand jury recon-
s,nonds that the death sentence i'm
posed On Winnie Ruth Judd be COM
mllted to life imprisonment while in
North Carolina the state delays the
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, NJ. D.

Signed
diagnosis treatment will stamped
selfaddesed Letters
In INK No be made not conforming nstruc
tons Address Dr. William Brady this newspaper.
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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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