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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS CON-
TRACT PROBLEM
BY WIN. E. MCKINNEY

Secretary, American Bridge League
Quite often hand is dealt In
tournament which resembles a double
dummy problem, and here is one taken
from the national championship tour
nament at Cincinnati.
The declarer, Of course, loses the
first two club tricks, and it looks as
though he must lose q diamond and
a spade. '.
hope, however, that you found the
correct way to make the contract,
which is as follows:
Vests double Is bad, since it can
not help but locate the hearts for the
declarer, which Of course it does as
soon as dummy goes down. Declarer
realizes Immediately that the only
thing West could have to double on
is five hearts. However, here Is the
way he played the hand to make the
contract.
After the ace of clubs opening by
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
Two-C Cent Stamp to
Do Only Local Duty

Washington. Jan. 8.-R)-It looks
like the two-cent stamp, except for
use on local letters, Is doomed for q
lengthy Punishment.
Postmaster General Farley, In his
annual report, echoing the words of
President Roosevelt to congress, sug-
gests continuation Of the three cent
rate to help white down an expected
bulky postal deficit for the coming
yea1.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
WOMAN GIVES SELF UP

Massillon, O., Jan. 8.-lH1-After
spending week in the woods while
officers hunted for her. Mrs. Edith
McGinnis Christman. AZ, made her
way Sunday night to the home of Alan
McGinnis, her former husband. and
was held in hospital Monday for
questioning in the fatal shooting of
her estranged husband Roy and his
sister Iva.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
GENERAL CONDITIONS

High barometric pressure oyerlieS
the western Rocky Mountain slope
(Kamloops and Boise 3O8O) while
lower pressure prevails over the CEN
trail and eastern Canadian Provinces
CT.he Pas 30.06). Cold weather pre-
walls over the extreme eastern part
OF the Dakotas. but temperatures are
higher IN the upper Mississippi VAL
ley and IN the central and western
Canadian Provinces. Precipitation
occurred In the Great Lakes region
and upper Mississippi Valley: else
where generally fair weather prevails.
Bismarck station barometer. inches:
1872. Reduced to sea level, 1892.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
DICKINSON ELKs ELECT

Dickinson. N. D., Jan. 8.-(R-W. A.
broWn is the newly-elected secretary
Of the Dickinson Lodge of Elks, being
victorious in three cornered race for
the office held by the late Lyall
Merry. Brown formerly was engaged
IN the banking business here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08

IOIllSul.
For North Da-
k o t a: Partl Y
cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; warmer
tonight and ex-
IRENE Southea S {,
portion Tuesday.
For South Da-
< 0 t g.: Generally
fair tonight and
Tuesday; warmer
tonight and east,
portion Tuesday.
For Montana:
Fair tonight and
T1gacdo svvo Ssv~a NJ
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
PRECIPITATION

TOT blSInaTCK station:
Total this month to date ..,.,. 90
Normal. this month to date -. 10
Total, January LIST to date 49,, 90
Normal. January LIST to date !. 10
Accumulated deficiency to date 10
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08

The nighthawk makes tho longest
all-over land flight Of all birds: Il
nigrates from the Yukon country to
the Argentine.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
BOLIVIAN FORTS CAPTURED

Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 8.-(P)-
The Paraguyan govern m ent an
nounced officially Monday that its
army occupied three abandoned Boil
Wan forts Sunday following expiration
Ct the Christmas armistice with Boil
via
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
WARMER

extreme east portion tonight.
For Minnesota: Cloudy to partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday, except
lair In southwest; rising temperature.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08

ale will marry Virginia Cherrill, Hol-
lywood actress, at a London registry
office corresponding to a justice Of
the peace in the United States.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08

West, West continued with the five,
East winning with the king. On the
first club the declarer dropped the
three, and then the nine, false card
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
Weather Report
FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday: warmer
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
FOREIGNERS LEAVE AMOY

Hongkoug. Jan. 8-(ReThe city Of
Annoy In rebellious Fukien province
reported Monday that all foreigners
had left the interior Of the province
Tor tho coast.
The capital city Of Foochow, to-
ward which National government
forces are driving from Marking and
Psiping. remained ominously silent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
Q2ON Zl[JEEA g
EXPIRIS PLAY 1T ~
Today's Contract Problem

Agaist a spade contract by
South, 1t looks as though
West should make the king,
jack and ten of spades. How
ever. by proper play, South
can make five spades. Try it:
The king Of hearts fs-opened.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08
FILM STARS To MARRY

London, Jan. 8.-PeCary Grant,
Hollywood actor, had recovered from
a recent operation Monday and said
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-08

Warrington, Jan. 0.-tREThe post
olfice department announced Mon
day The appointment Of acting post
masters, including:
Martin. n. D.-Aarg4ret Z. Wirtz-
field.
Woodworth. N. D.-Clarence r. Ug-
o0. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
LET OUT TO SHOOT-QUAIL!

4 GREAT deal of the complaint about cod
n ding prisoners" is stupid and prejudiced.
However, the state Of Oklahoma has just pro-
vided an excellent example of the sort of cod
ding that is really worth beefng about, by re-
leasing Matt HINES, notorious bandit and kill
Ter, for a six-day quail hunt.
HINES was ordered released without a
guard His attorney said that authorization
for the release came from Governor Murray,
who, he said, felt that HINES was entitled to
a leave of absence because of his excellent
conduct while in the penitentiary.
1t is gratifying of course, to know that
desperate has been behaving himself well while
in prison. Still, it is a little bit hard to see
Just why this entities him to a vacation. 1t
is worth remembering that this gentleman's
good behavior, so far, seems to have been con-
fined to one spot-the interior of the peni-
Tertiary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
THE NAUGHTY NEWSPAPERS

A COMMON political device is the "diplo-
"A matte denial" Il is used when an official
has blundered. BY stating that black is white
ne hopes to get right with his public. This
device has been 50 over-worked for many years.
Il has become relatively harmless either for
good or evil. The public simply discounts the
denial.
But the White House has developed a new
twist to the ancient technique. Not content
with a diplomatic denial in the current con-
fict between Interior Secretary Harold Ickes
and Housing Administrator James Moffett, the
White House issued joint statement by these
gentlemen which opened and closed as follows:
1t seems a pity that either misinterpre-
tation or a desire to stir up trouble where no
trouble exists should have given rise to stories
which create the impression that there is a
divergence Of views between the housing ad-
ministration and the public works adninistra-
ton
we suspect that there is disposition in
certain quarters 10 make it appear that there
is a difference Of opinion between us. We de-
cline to furnish the material for a Roman
holiday for those who are trying to create this
impression"
So the White House not only denies the
facts Of a disagreement over housing policy
which these two officials have been advertising
in public and press statements for so many
days, but implies that the whole episode is
wicked plot by enemies of the administration.
That is 70 say, that press reports were not only
erroneous but deliberately malicious
But the facts stand.
We submit that such tactics are beneath
the dignity Of the Roosevelt administration
and harmful to it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
PEACE OF THE WORLD

VICE PREMIER STANLEY BALDWIN of
England tells a Glasgow audience that
Great Britain's feet never will be used in the
armed blockade Of any country on earth until
the government has first consulted the United
States government. simultaneously, State
Secretary Cordell Hull of the United States
forecasts close, friendly and active co-opera-
ton between this country and England in mat
tiers of future naval policy
From these statements it is reasonable to
assume that leading men in both governments
are coming more and more to the belief that
the two great English-speaking nations will
stand more or less shoulder to shoulder in in
ternationaI affairs henceforth; and the augury
is a good one.
A decade ago the two countries seemed
to be drifting into condition of mutual hos
tility-Which would have been tremendous
tragedy When all is said and done, there
are overwhelming reasons for cooperation. If
America and England are to stand together
the peace of the world should be measurably
safer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
THE LIQUOR SITUATION

ONE hardly would have thought it possible,
~ but We seem to have performed the diff
cult stunt Of repeating the prohibition law and
retaining most Of the features that made us
want to get rid Of it.
Rodney butcher reports from Washington
that the bootlegger is still thriving very much
as he did in the old days. that the drinker
never can quite be sure that he is getting what
ne asks for that illicit stills are running on
big scale. that the famous rum row in the
Atlantic has revived and that Uncle Sam is
losing huge sums through evasion of liquor
taxes. Indiana and Indianapolis still have
stills and hip-pOcket bootleggers.
These items. one by one. create a picture
that is unpleasantly familiar. 1t is the KIND OF
picture We were looking at four and five years
ago. when people slowly were coming to the
belief that knocking out the eighteenth amend
ment would set practically everything right.
In that bile hopefulness, apparently, lay
our great error.
We get Just about what We are willing to
work for in this world. and to date there Is
little evidence that We are willing to work very
hard for a sane. courageous and efficient meth
cd OF handling the liquor traffic.
We repeal prohibition to beat the bootleg
qers-and then keep the tax rate on liquor
50 high that the bootlegger still has tempt
inc profit margin for his operations. Stimuli
taneolslv We reduce the coast guard strength
TO save money thus permitting rum row to
operate freely.
On the heels Of that. We let Senator Nc
Kellar raid the civil service enforcement agents
in such way that green political employees
are replacing experienced men in wholesale
lots and the morale Of the whole force is shot
10 blazeS.
The result Of all this is that We retain most
Of the drawbacks Of prohibition. without hav-
ing done anything very effective TO reduce the
age-old evils Of the licensed traffic.
II would be hard 10 think Of more efiec-
tive way Of building up trouble for ourselves
Unless We speedily work out a program that
Will keep the liquor traffic within legal bounds,
We are apt to find ourselves in an utterly IN
endurable situation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
WE GIVE THANKS

TOR the first time since the dark autumnal
IL DAYS Of 1929 Thanksgiving davns with hope
for national recovery based upon something
substantial.
The election has shown the people united
behind their New Deal government. NRA IS
being reorganized and improved. The ad-
uinistration Is trying TO make currency infia-
ton unnecessary. II has helped materially the
farmers by production planning. 1t has prom
ised the unemployed and aged security leglsla-
ton. The relief program IS preventing starva-
ton. The governments revenue is increasing.
It's credit IS good.
Business sentiment is responding. Trade
winds stir. and begin 70 I'll the sails Of COM
merce The federal reserve board announces
the first rise in the business curve since last
Nav. with steel. coal, power. building ma
terials and textiles leading. Production and
freight shipments are up three points over
last year So Is the buying power Of farmers
ana workers advancing.
The wage-esrners' real monthly income IS
s43o.OOOO 600 better than year ago. Bank de-
posts are 2s7 per cent above those Of March.
1888. Last month department store sales were
II per cent better than last years chain store
purchases EOS per cent better.
Even foreign trade IS starting up. Hope for
the tagging heavy industries is seen IN the ma
tion-W1de rehOusing movement which. despite
high costs. is going slowly forward
Still. there VIII not be even one chicken in
the pots Of millions Of families. Winter IS de-
scending upon the homes OF loe5oOoO iobless
workers. Between 100000 and 100000
Americans viii eat the bread OF charity and
relief this winter.
For the bitter lessons We have learned. for
the opportunities noS TO make ours land
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29

great wealth, may have certain WOr-
ries, but his bread still is well-but-
tered, his chauffeur is still at atten-
ton, and his house boasts the very
latest brica- brac, and other trash
The very poor man by admitting
his status Immediately is aided by
thousand agencies with some food,
and others with part-time work and
others with coal, most Of them issu-
ing from the alphabetical handouts
Of the government.
But there are certain types of citi-
Zens who constitute the bulk of the
populace.
These citizens may live in an or
binary or less than ordinary home
In it is hearth, a heart. and its
loves, though the walls be bare and
the food scanty, the comforts few
and the luXuries absent.
Or he may live in better class
home. The value of the home
makes little difference. They all
still belong to that vast slice Of the
population-the middle class.
There is rent with no money to
pay it. The telephone has TO be
taken out. The light bill is two
months over due. The gas bill is
delinquent The grocery bill is
paid, but it is a nightmare 70 do it.
The government has taken care
OF the admittedly poor man. The
rich man has taken care Of himself.
But the middle-sized man-that
man who is clinging to his home
with all his strength, in need Of as
siStance but little too digni led
and self-reliant to ask for it-peeds
help. He needs help badly.
The government should help
these people. Why manicure an IN
clothed. freezing mans finger nails?
Why buy starving man hair cut?
Help the average mantle every
day, accomplishing, bulWark Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
So They Say

Nations, like men, may prefer
fighting to starving Francis B.
Sayre, assistant secretary Of state.
Fashions change so; I don't want
too many clothes-Princess Marina
of Greece.
Lindbergh, with one idea and two
sandwiches, laid the foundation for
transatlantic aviation. Awhile
Eager, New York broker.
They say the life Of movie actor
is seven years and I've been at it
eighteen years longer than that so
I'm going to retire.-Charles Muir
ray.
Oh, dear! I wanted to land on the
White House laWn-Mrs. jeanette
Picard, stratosphere flyer.
Social legislation has been gaining
momentum in England for thirty
years. In the United States it is just
beginning to be considered seriously.
Commander Stephen King Hall,
British economist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
Civil Service Upheld

BY c. J. Schmutte.
In reading Mondays Times, I
noticed the following headline on
Page 8; Mayor ELECT Kern I'm
happy = Job Seekers Give Him
Little Peace" Naturally, I read
the contents of this article and
must confess that I was thor
oughly disguised and convinced
what a rotten thing politics really
is. These politicians hang on like
the proverbial leech, seeking their
life blood.
This is the day when people
are thinking for themselves and
don't forget the reaction on the
mind of the average citizen. Our
last election proved this very
emphatically by the intelligent
voting that swept the entire
country.
My inclinatiOns have been to-
ward the Democratic party, it be-
ing the most liberal party of the
two, but by no means have al
ways adhered to the straight
Democratic ticket.
I do not wish to be interpreted
as casting any reflections on Mr..
Kern or any Of the men men
toned in this article. I believe
Mr.. Kern's record shows him to
be a capable and honest man.
Why must he be pestered by these
political leecheS?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

DRECEDENCE plays Tremendous role in
Il Washington society and official circles. Dolly
Gam fought a war about it. Vice President
Garner tries to avoid it, but is forced to succuro
The RooSevelts bow to it through their conduct
Of official receptions and dinners.
Latest Of all the precedence problems was
the dinner and dance which Sumner WeeS as
siStant secretary of state, and Mrs Welles are
giving on New Years. The question was what
ambassadors to invite, and how to manage to
have Cordeu Hull, secretary of state, as guest of
honor. when various foreign ENJOYS are to be
present.
The precedence rule is that when the secre-
tary Of state is the guest of honor at some func-
ton in an American home and there are for
eign ambassadors present, the ambassadors take
first place In a foreign home in Washington,
the secretary of state would precede the am
bassadors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner Welles have solved the
problem rather neatly. They have invited only
one ambassador, elegant, Oxonian- accented
Freyre Y Santander of Peru, to be their guest
at dinner. He will sit at Mrs. Welles' right.
Secretary Hull will sit at Mrs. Welles left.
As for the other ambassadors-well they will
be invited to come in later for the dancing!
CENOR EDUARDO CRUBIO) VIVOT of the
- Argentine embassy has started a new fad
in the diplomatic corps. He appears at all So
cial functions-teaS. cocktail parties suppers and
receptions-clad in a checked coat and riding
breeches.
Rubo is embarrassing scores of diplomats
who ride in the morning and then stable their
nags and don morning coats. Just as they ar
rive at the >party, Rubio walks in wearing rid
ing breeches.
My dear boy, where is your horse?" an am
bassador asked Rubio, the other day. Why
doesn't he come into have a cocktail also?"
The bets were that If the horse came in he
would be dressed correctly in a morning coat.
Ambassador Felipe Espil Of Argentina is up
set about Rubios riding habit. Or should We
say, riding habits) On Saturday, Rubio ap-
peared at his Office at II o'clock clad in his
habitual checked coat and breeches
I'VE gods" cried Envoy Espil. What shall I
do? Gable the news TO Buenos Aires that my
secretary arrives to work in riding breecheS?"
Rubio is the most equestrian looking diplo-
mat in the entire capital.
THE telephone rang yesterday IN the home
l. OF Gerard Walravens, Belgian diplomat.
After a space, the maid answered.
rs Monsieur Walrsvens at homer?
Sir" replied the maid my boss has just
walked out of the house with a gun over his
shoulder"
The question is-what is Gerard after? A
Virginia partridge or personal enemy?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
WILL REACH CONGRESS

By H. L. Seeger
Unemployment insurance in some
form will be urged in the next SEES
sion of Congress.
That unemployment insurance
can do anything to prevent depres-
sions is just another fairy tale.
The thing that causes unemploy-
ment is the accommodating surplus
of goods, which can not be sold at
a profit. The market lacks buyers
who can pay the price of the goods;
buying power having failed to equal
the price asked for the goods.
To analyze this situation, relative
to finding the value of unemploy-
ment insurance, we discover that we
have about forty-fve million per-
sons who depend upon wages and
salaries for their means of support.
This group supports the other per-
sons not on pay rolls.
When the pay rolls do not permit
the purchase of the total volume Of
the goods produced, surplus is
created, which forces a slowing
down of production. Wages are re-
duced, the workers who are laid of
competing for the remaining jobs.
Those remaining on pay rolls are
forced to speed up production for
each unit of man power, until the
line of unemployed stretches to
giant proportions.
The process becomes a vicious
cycle, destroying capital values, in
creasing debt obligations, decreasing
consumption and employment, and
forcing public relief to the victims.
Unemployment insurance is to
create a fund, from which the
workers are to draw temporary
income on a reduced scale while
they are unemployed. The absurd
feature of this is the hope created,
that this temporary reduced income
will supply the added purchasing
power which was not in the pay en-
velope while the worker was en-
ployed.
To accomplish the unemployment
of these workers in the line Of pro-
duction, the income Of those who
are unemployed necessarily would
have to be increased so that they
might become buyers Of the prod
ucts which were created but not
absorbed. OF course, the intelligence
of the employer who cuts wages,
when he can not sell his goods. is
that Of a person committing eco
nomic suicide.
The absurdity of hoping that the
reduced income, received only tenn
porarily by the recipient of unem-
ployed insurance, or from our fed
eral relief dole will increase con-
sumption, is comparable to pump
ing the water out of the ocean beds.
Our modern industrialists do such
childish things in economics, while
they pretend to be leaders Of men.
We need national economic kinder
phabet to our would-be industrial
gartens 10 teach the economic al
giants. We live with malice" in
cumberland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-29
NOVEMBER p. 1884
BIDDING MIXUP

IT is obvious that the system By which the
4 state purchases equipment needs some
overhauling Last week a group Of Office
furniture men laid siege 70 the Offices Of
Charles McAlpin state purchasing agent. be-
cause they suspected the Indianapolis Office
Furniture Company vas a favored bidder
Tuesday the MIRA code authority on Office
furniture notified the state library commits
sion that 200 filing cases had been pur-
chased At a price below the code for fling
cabinet industry.
These cases were manufactured by the
Berger Manufacturing Company in Canton
o. and sold 20 the state through the Busi-
ness Once Furniture Company. a local con-
Germ
The library commission says that the
Business Office Furniture Company furnished
an affidavit swearing that the price was
within the code Such a statement We think
has little force. inasmuch as the alleged vio-
lation was By the manufacturer and not the
broker.
Certainly no state should deliberately vio-
late the NRA in buying supplies. We doubt
II the library commission intended to do so.
Yet the question Of the code violation was
raised by the other bidders on the job and the
commission would have been wiser to await
an adjudication of this important question
before letting the bid.
The theory Of purchasing as set forth by
Governor McNutt in the last legislature is an
excellent one. His subordinates should be
careful 70 avoid carelessness and arrogance
in putting it into practice.