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Show THE BULLETIN MEMORIES Delirium of 1918's Armistice Remembered in Gloom of 1939 r DOLLAR MAKERS Ask Questions To Get Ahead In the World Antarctic 'Snow Cruiser' Goes for Trial Spin By GEORGE T. EAGER "TTOW little we use our A A onnortunities to ab sorb information that is help ful in our work," said a business man in discussing the success of John Graham, the president of an important bank. "I remember when John started at the mail desk as a boy just 30 years ago. He hadn't been there three months before he knew more bout postal regulations than our lawyers, seemed to be friends with everybody at the (get DfJONRNr post office, could tell you In a minute Just when you bad to man a letter so as to have it in Buffalo next morning. Anyone with any question about the mail soon found it easier to say There's irony in this year observance of Armistice day, the zero hour in 1918 when World war No. 1 ended. For the world it again at war, most of it hoping another armistice will come soon. In 1918 the end of hostilities brought delirium everywhere. At New York soldiers, sailors and their girls joined the celebration. Patriotism, at a Twentieth century peak, shouted from every rooftop. "Get Johnny" than to bother to look It up. As he waa promoted from one department to another it was still the same story 'People say he is the best in formed banker in this section. The reason Is that he never stops asking questions. I've gotten in a taxi with him and before long he has found out how much a driver makes a day, what share the company gets, whether the company is fair to its employees, how long a cab wiU last and so on. A week later the head of that taxi company may be asking for a loan and wonders where John Graham ever learned so much about his business. In one way or another the aver age business man comes in contact with at least 50 people a week. Most of us never think of asking them questions. But think of the Information a man like John Graham accumulates and stores away each week." No wonder this whole community says "Get Johnny," when there la a tough business problem to be Thousands of persons gathered In Chicago's Grant park recently to view the "snow cruiser," a huge glacial ' dreadnaught built for Admiral Richard E. Byrd'a expedition to the Antarctic, In an experimental trip the huge feet long, the gigantic machine la built to carry wheels. Fifty-fiv- e lee buggy traveled 15 mites per hour on its an airplane en Its top. Steering levers control the wheels In pairs, although any one wheel may be turned sep--' arately. Two 150 horsepower Diesel motors supply power for the cruiser. 10-fo- ( May Head England's 'Rightful9 German Government; solved. Above: Fifth avenue in New York was a sea of humanity a Manhattan turned out to celebrate the news. PUBLIC TREND IS IMPORTANT A GREAT textile manufac- . turing business that once L employed 15,000 has been or- dered liquidated by a federal judge. Thirty years ago it was a leader in its field, a Should Great Britain set np a "rightful" German government (similar to the Polish government seated In Paris) as la rumored Internationally, these three men would undoubtedly head it. They are: Dr. Rudolf Breitscheld, left, former social democrat, who would be foreign minister; Dr. nermann Rauschnlng, Nail president of the Danzig senate, who would be chancellor, and Dr. Joseph Wirth, right. center, one-tiformer German chancellor, who would be finance minister. The three men are all exiles from Germany. The rumor adds that Britain would loan the "government" 2,000,000 pounds sterling to defray expenses. Aerial Musketeers Don Fighting Togs Volunteer j power in the industrial world. Today it is nothing but an assortment of buildings and machinery to be sold to the highest bidder. As a rule the cause of the failure of many a business is the inability of its manage ment to sense public trends. to study the speed with which they develop and then quickly adapt products to these trends. A large manufacturer of umbrel las foresaw the adverse effect of closed automobiles on umbrella sales. Sensing the great future growth of aviation the company quickly dropped out of the umbrella business, and devoted its entire efforts to the manufacture of parachutes. Today it is a going business. When the automobile business was in its infancy the United States was dotted with wagon and carriage manufacturers, many of them large and well financed. Out of all of them only one foresaw the trend from horses to gasoline motors clearly enough to see the advisa bility of becoming an automobile manufacturer. The rest have fallen by the wayside. Business men have been known to get visions of the future from small incidents. One of the financial powers in the aviation business was asked why be had dared risk so much capital in the Industry in its early and hazardous days. "I just looked around at the youngsters in my neighborhood and saw them discarding fire engines and trains for model airplanes," he replied. "That's when I became convinced the aviation business had a great future." if? The word spread swiftly across a land which was ready, because had been hinted several days. One correspondent actaally peace . 1 --J : - . hw onmniiwEnKiHa yiunfitw mm ur hjmiil .l L- Paris turned out to fete Americans and hang the effigy of ex- Wilholm. fit 1Q1Q A m nrrn 1m rotrJitoA nmcp tn ttntvr Europe's quarrels again. Yet, with Europe, it hopes and prays for another Armistice day like 1918's. riui BU 8ynHcat-W- NU Former British and American championship golfer, Pam Barton, now does all her driving from be hind the wheel of an ambulance. With thousands of British women, Pam volunteered for ambulance service and Is now In training. Bound for an observation flight over enemy territory, these three British musketeers of the air head for their bombing plane. Equipment includes oxygen masks, telephone apparatus, parachutes and machine and guns. In addition to the gunners, the plane carries a pilot, photographer. co-pil- ot Flees Exile - Convicted Pastor Fights for Life Bcrvlca.t Gas Masks Developed For Ilorsea and Mules PARIS. A gas mask has been Invented for horses and mules, providing them with the same protection now available to human beings, cats and dogs. The Invsntor. M. Loyer, started with gas maskg for cats and dogs and worked up to masks for horses and mules. The latter were especially designed to be quickly adjustable without frightThey ening their beneficiaries. serve also as blinders. Fears that Ham Amln El Husse-In- l. former grand mnftl of who recently escaped from exile, may start a new terrorist campaign were expressed by government officials. The mufti, now in Iraq, Is held responsible for the Arabs' campaign of terrorism. Jem-Sale- anti-Briti- m Rev. Walter Dworeckl, Camden, N. J., preacher, sentenced to die hi the electric chair, is getting another chance to prove his Innocence. The pastor will appeal his sentence, given him when he was found guilty of plotting the murder of his daughter, Wanda, who was slain by a straa-flwho testified Dworeckl hired him to commit the crime. He la shown receiving a final embrace from hla daughter, Mildred. The appeal automatically postponed the execution date', originally achcoulcd for the week er of November 12. |