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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Polar Air for Flying

Such things are worth consider
ing only because they show the pos
stbilitieS this flight has opened up.
We can save time by going over
the top, and because this is a time
saving age the chances are that we
will.
No matter what difficulties the
polar regions present for land or
sea transportation, the air over it
appears about as good for flying as
anywhere else.
Captain wilkins appears to have
experienced no greater hardship in
travelling from Point Barrow to
Dead Mans Island than Lindbergh
did in going from New York to
Paris and it did not take him as
long by fifteen hours.
What is more important. we could
have landed at many points, had it
been necessary, while with Lind
bergh it was a case Of fly or crown.
+ While the thermometer lowered
close to zero inside the cabin, and
went as low as forty-eight below
on the outside, Captain wilkins says
he experienced very little discom-
fort, and the way his plane braved
the temperature had little effect on
its mechanical operation.
We are evidently on the verge Of
discovering that shorter passage"
between the east and the west, OF
which the old navigators dreamed.
Aviation promises to cut distance
not only by speed, but by blazing
new trails.
Young men of the next generation
will find plenty of adventure in
making the frozen north safe for
travel.
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| NORTH

therefore, that stepping out of rocket on to the sur
face of Mercury would be precisely like stepping out
of frying pan to the surface OF red-hot stove
The fact that the surface of Mercury is red hot is
established by the measurements of the planets tenn
perature made at the Mt Wilson Observatory by
Doctors Nicholson and Petit with the aid OF the ther-
mocouple, very delicate electrical thermometer
Mercury is only little larger than our moon. Our
moon has a diameter of 2,163 miles Mercury has a
diameter of approximately 3400 miles.
Mercury is the closest to the sun of the eight
planets It's orbit is ellpse with very marked
f1attenng. AS result its distance from the sun
varies greatly at different times
When closest to the it is 28,5O0000 miles from
the sun. When farthest from the sum- it is 4350000O
miles from the Its average distance from the
is 100000 miles
The distance of the earth from the sun, it will be
recalled, is 100000 miles.
Mercury is believed to have a slight atmosphere,
but it is believed that the atmosphere too for
life we know it. The atmosphere at the surface Of
the planet is probably thinner than that upon the
highest mountain peak here on earth
Mercury revolves around the in SO days.
Most astronomers think it also turns upon its axis
in the time
This would mean that one-half of the planet en-
oyed perpe ual day while the other half was in per-
petual darkness
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Anderson Herald
It is a favorite habit Of many
persons to rail against the rotten
ness in politics" all the while
doing nothing themselves to make
politics cleaner.
If every one could become i'm
bued with a sense Of his own po-
litical responsibility toward the
community, his State and his Ma
ton, hen a finer group of men
and women would find encourage
ment in offering themselves as
candidates for Office.
Now, too many times men and
women who are peculiarly fitted
to serve the people in a public
way in certain offices, hesitate to
list themselves against the powers
that be. The indifference of citi-
zens toward the selection of proper
candidates at the primary is too
often a deterrent to good men and
women to enter politics in a per-
Sonal way
It is a hopeful sign that at Ell
wood a group of young business
men, all first voters and all under
"A years of age. have filed their
names to be voted on as delegates
to the State Republican conVen-
ton. They know nothing of poll
tics and they consider it their
duty to inform themselves, and to
assume some personal responsible
ity, so they are offering them
selves to serve as delegates. They
may not win, but they have at
least taken a citizens rightful
place in the life of the republic.
When the primary is over,
whether they have won or lost,
they will be broader men.
launched upon the career OF
young manhood as vigorous work
ing members of their community
circle.
Their information will be pro-
found, for it will be first hand.
They will have been initiated into
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24

Velasquez, with Radicals and Mon
taigne. with Durer and Holbein,
with Rembrandt and RubenS, with
Shakespeare and Bacon. civilization
will reach its second summit, the
highest in our history. Let us stay
as long as we can with these men;
we shall not see their like again.
Everybody knows now that the
word Renaissance is a misnomer,
that this efflorescence of every art
and every science was not a re-
birth of ancient culture so much as
the natural Towering of the seed
which the later Middle Ages had
sown. There is no sudden change
Gothic sculpture to Giotto, Dona-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24

l. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, or a given number OF
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN in three strokes, COW. HOW,
HEW, HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
8. You must have a complete word
of common usage for each jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not
be changed.
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All Directions One

We were taught as children that if
We stood with our arms extended
and our left hand pointed toward
the rising run We would face south.
That would not be true at the North
Pole, because at the North Pole all
earthly directions are south, while
at the South Pole all earthly di-
rections are north.
The Meridians of longitude meet
at the pole. While a degree Of
longitude is approximately sixty
nine miles at the equator, it is only
about three miles and a half al the
point nearest the pole over which
Captain Wilkins flew.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
A Responsibility and a Duty

With citizens of all shades Of political be-
lief and opinion declaring that there must be
"clean-up'' in Indiana, interest in the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor should not over
shadow the fact that the Democratic party has
its responsibility.
1t is not at all improbable that many be-
wildered Republicans, eager to do the right
thing and afraid to trust to fervid protests Of
reform, will go to the polls in November and
decide to administer spanking to the party
which has failed so signaly in the past few
years to represent them.
This year there should be not one but two
candidates for Governor in whom the people
can have confidence
There could be no better advertisement Of
the new day in Indiana than a nomination in
the primaries of Frank Daley, whose public
career has been notable for its service to good
government and against corruption.
As Federal prosecutor in this State he
sent crooked officials to the pententiary-
they went to the penitentiary when he prose-
cuted.
1t was Daley who was chosen by Woodrow
Nl1SOu W ~ lulO Tue DIdI6 OIL AlIculSdH ana
prosecute the election crimes and corruption of
Newberry, who was later driven from the
United States Senate for his lavish use of
money.
The hatred of Daley for official crooked
ness has been demonstrated and the State
would be very certain that were he in office it
would not have to apologize for its officials or
cloak their crimes with the statute Of limia-
lions.
His high standing in his profession, added
to his most enviable record as a public serv-
ant, should so recommend him to the men and
women Of his own party that his nomination
should approach the unanimous.
The defeat of Daley in the primaries would
be a rather severe blow to those politicians of
the Democratic party who are hoping that the
present disrepute of the Republican 0rganiza-
ton will permit them to win easily.
The defeat of Daley would be welcome only
in two quarters. 1t would be very happy in
formation to Newberry who is accredited with
taking a financial interest in his defeat, and
pleasing to the Republican machine candidates,
who know that something Of the punch would
be taken from the plea that the way to get rid
of corruptionists is through change of polit-
ical parties.
The nomination Of Daley is much more
than responsibility for the Democratic party.
1t is plain duty.
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Study Geography Again

Whatever else he may have ac-
complished, Captain Wilkins has
sent millions Of people to the
geography. This, more than any
thing else, shows the meaning OF
his flight
The world is just as round from
north to south as it is from east to
west, but most of us fail to realize
it.
Flat maps and beaten paths OF
trade have caused us to think of the
world as a sort of pancake. With
the Americas on one side and
Europe, Asia and Africa on the
other.
If you had asked the average man
how far it was from Alaska to Nor
way two weeks ago. He would
either have thrown up his hands III
despair, or guessed 1000 or 5000
miles.
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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
People Happy Under LOren&OS Rule
Written 10 me Timeg bN WiN DNrant

tello and Angelo; no break from
Hroswitha to the mystery plays to
Calderon and Shakespeare; no
break between Petrarch and Ariosto,
Chaucer and Spencer, Dante and
Milton.
periods" in history are like
states of consciousness in psych-
ology; they are moments which we
arbitrarily and conveniently isolate
in the flow; in nature all is con-
tinuity, everything is prepared;
even "mutatation" unconscious of
its means. 1t was not a rebirth, but
an adolescence and a ripening.
Copyright. 1928. ~ viii DuranD
TO Be Continued
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928. by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A--ace; king; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
10A
l. What should you bid initially
when you hold: spades-X x;
hearts, 10 X x x; diamonds-A
XIX; clubs-X x x x?
2. When you miss the A or K @
Of suit. what is the minimum
number of outside quick tricks you
should hold to bid the suit initially?
3. When you lead up to weak
ness, should you lead to a solid suit
or to strong broken suit?
THE ANSWERS
1. Pass.
2. Two to three, depending upon
strength.
3. Solid suit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
THIS is an important week in

THIS is an important week in
i the pre- convention campaign.
Nine States and two territories
will select delegates to one or both
of the conventions.
BY next Saturday night 202
Democratic and 216 Republican
delegates will have been added to
the number already chosen.
Outside of California and Ohio,
there seems to be little interest, eX-
cept among the professional poll
ticians.
Even in Massachusetts, where
Governor Fuller has taken up adj
vertising to help Hoover, a light vote
is expected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Editor Times

Editor Times:
know a number of teachers per-
sonally and have been doing some
thinking during the last week about
the article you published saying the
teachers were to be retired at 60
years of age.
Are lawyers, doctors, bankers and
other workers retired at 60 years?
The railroader is 70 years when re-
tired and in New York City the limit
for teachers is 70 years.
Doesn't it sound unfair and unjust
to retire teacher who is we'll and
strong, efficient in her work. rich
in experience and understanding of
children?
What would she do? She has ten
or more years ahead of her of work
ing ability She is supporting her
mother and father and making pay
ments on home.
Will $500 pension year help her
very much? She will be compelled
to learn some other kind of work
how and where?
1t must be remembered that these
older teachers began teaching for
$500 a year 1t was not until war
time that salaries we're raised very
much
Is the ability of a teacher to be
put purely upon physical basis
I though it was more mental and
moral.
Do the readers not remember Mr..
Hutford and Fidelia Anderson of
Shortridge High School? Both used
canes all the time they were my
teachers, yet they were helpful and
inspirational in making good citizens
for the city of Indianapolis.
A READER.
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Either in the primaries or in
a State convention the Demo-
cratic party of Indiana will nomi-
nate a candidate for Governor.
There are eight candidates for
the Democratic gubernator-
ial nomination. Two or three Of
them are we'll known. The others
are little known outside their own
neighborhoodS.
Some of these candidates came
into the primary contest to be
greeted with immediate recogni-
ton as offering fitneS and
strength.
Others have been regarded with
inquiry, because in general little
or nothing was known concerning
them.
Among these candidates there
is, as always in a group of men
aspiring to the same Office, one
man who is commended by his
own person, character, achieve
mentS and abilities as the one
who better than another will
answer the need upon which any
candidacy should rest
The Democratic party in Indi-
ana wants for its gubernatorial
candidate the man who Ill all
things seem best calculated to
serve the party i'll its contest and
above all, seems best calculated to
serve the people in their need
The man whose abilities, char
acter and courage promise most
is the man the Democratic party
should nominate this year for
Governor.
Many Republicans no less than
all Democrats are this year
greatly interested in the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Go Around, Not Over

Even in these days of high
powered astronomy and atom hunt
ing, the human mind cannot free
itself fror traditions, analogies and
land marks.
AS a theoretical proposition, most
of us are ready to admit that the
earth is sphere. AS a practical,
every day, working proposition. we
think of it as such only in a limited
way.
Going around the world means p
journey parallel to the equator. We
have not arrived at a point yet
where we can think of it as going
over the top, or under the bottom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24

Which flies from us alwaysi
Who would be, JOYFUL. let him be-;
For who can know of other days
Savonarola complains that there
is devilish strategy in this poetry;
The tyrant . is wont to occupy
the people with shows and festivals.
in order that they may think Of
their own pastimes and not of his
designs" Perhaps; but Lorenzo
enjoys these popular orgies and
street masquerades; what is so
pleasant as to sing Justify in the
open air, in reckless revelry with
friends?
DUT listen: Lorenzo is talking
ID almost of this very matter; he
tells how once, with Ficino and some
others, he quilted Florence for a
day to enjoy the summer GOODNESS
among the frs and chestnut trees OF
the Apennines; how they seated
themselves on the grass beside a
fountain. and debated whether the
active life-as they were leading it
in Florence-waS as good as the
quiet life of philosophers and saints.
One of the group argued, for the
contemplative life, that solitude and
meditation are the nurse of great
spirits, and talent forms itself in
the still places of the earth, where
nature lays her cool hand upon the
fever of strife and thought.
But it seemed to me, says Lo-
renzo, that there is little use in
forming such a talent unless it
comes out in the actual affairs of
the world. We finally agreed that
the ideal life would combine the
contemplative with the practical,
and that either form of life alone
left a man ungrown and incom-
plete."
All, yes, the best life is the full
est one; and never will life be more
replete and varied and absorbing
than in those Florentine Renais-
sance days To merge the study of
Plato with life of adventure and
love; to reach back, through these
precious new-found manuscripts, to
the greatness of the past. and yet
to accept the present gladly, facing
its risks and exploring its poSsibili-
ties; this is the mood that will build
a civilization as fine as those of old.
These men are Italians; their
language is so much like Latin that
the old culture has never been
quite lost to them; across the bar
rier of thousand years they feel a
magnetic contact with their own
antiquity; Virgil and Horace, Cicero
and Seneca and Lucretius, were
Italians. too, almost like these,
blood Of their blood, soul of their
soul; even Plato and Pindar, Euripi-
DIES and Epicurus, are akin to them;
was it not the Greeks who settled
southern Italy?-were not Pythago-
ras and Empedocles Italians?
TINE hot blood of those volcanic
Il tribes has mingled with the
cooler streams of the northern hosts
to make the men of this new race;
as if by rejuvenating conjugation
the old vigor is reborn, and all the
world seems young again. The age
of Pericles was great, bu5 the
Renaissance will be greater still.
With Leonardo, NIichelangelo and
Titan, with Corpernicus, Calico
and Harvey, with Bruno and Bacon
and Descartes, with Cervantes and
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With Other Editors

the business of being interested
and working members of their
county.
Those who do not wish to stand
as candidates for Office can in
form themselves as to the merits
of candidates and they can vote.
1t is indifference that is the dry
rot of a republic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Not Even a Toe Hold Now

Charles D. Hiles, Republican national commit
eeman of New York is left clnging to ledge, while
the draft-Cooidge ladder is yanked from under him
by none other than Calvin Coodge-himsef per-
sonaly.
With the ladder gone the ladder by which Hiles
had hoped to scale the political heights Hles' per-
Torrance ceases to be politically significant and be-
comes merely an interesting spectacle in political
acrobatics
It turns into a sporting proposition now-of how
long Hles can hang on.
AS we go to press, he is still dangling in md-air
And so are all his associates in the cause.
This is the time of year when go back to
knee pants.
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and noyelistS
would have us
believe, perhaps
it would enjoy
this planet. AS
tronomerS be-
lieve that Mer-
curry is so close
to the sun and
as a result ret
ceiVeS SO much
heat from the
sun that the
rocks composing
the surface OF
the planet are
literally red hot.
IT will no seen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
This Date i'm
u. S. History

April "a
1494-Columbu left Haiti to con-
tinue his voyage.
1865-Sherman and Grant met at
Raleight, N. G.
1898-Spain declared war on the
United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Lunar Life Impossible
David Dietz on Science


MO one has yet suggested attempting visit
IN to the planet Mercury in a rocket. Perhaps this
is Just as well, for modern astronomers do not be-
lieve that Mercury would prove much OF yaca-
ton spot.
However. if modern flaming youth" is as flaming
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Daily Thought

Resist the devil and he will flee
from you.-James Al.
n
" EEP away from the firel--
N Sterne.
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Times Readers
Voice ViezOS

The name and address Of the author
must accompany every contribution, but
on request will not be published. Let
preference
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KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
By LUDWELL DENNY

TINTED STATE Marines will
~ stay in Nicaragua. The fury of
Senate opposition, rising and beat
ing against the Administration
policy for a week, is without effect.
Today the Senate is expected to
pass an opposition measure which
appears to end the American oc-
cupation of Nicaragua by Feb. l,
1929. But actually it only reaffrms
the Presidents right, without con-
sulting Congress, to keep the
Marines in that country as long as
he thinks they are required to pro-
tect American lives and property.
Senator Blaine, Wisconsin Pro-
greSSive-Republican, has agreed to
modify his get-the-N Marines -out-of-
Nicaragua amendment, so that it
now is acceptable to the administra-
ton.
Unable to get a direct Senate de-
bate on the half-dozen resolutions
for withdrawal of Marines, Blaine
last week tackled an amendment on
the naval appropriation bill. That
amendment provided that none of
the naval appropriation could be
used for foreign occupation after
Christmas without consent of Con-
greSS.
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". Z.
TRACY


If the American People
Are to ShOlO the Proper
Interest In the Coming
Cam pal gn, Something
ought to Be Done to
Postpone Polar and
Trans Oceanic Flights
Until After the NoUenl-
Der Election.
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Questions and
AnSzOeYS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question Of fact or information by
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Editor, The indianapolis Times, Wash
ington Bureau, 1929 New York Ave-.
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cordially invited. to make use Of this
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What city in the United States
leads in milling flour?
Minneapolis, MINI.

What is Green Sunday?
The term is used to designate the
second Sunday after Easter. 1t is
observed in the Armenian Church.
When was the name of st. Peters
burg changed to its present name?
The name st. Petersburg was
changed to Petrograd, which is the
Russian equivalent, during the
World War and later, in March,
1924, was changed to Leningrad in
honor Of Nikolai Lenin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24

DEsP1TE Administration shouts
- of veto" graft" and extor-
ton the House voted 142 to 70 to
retain the flood control bill provi-
sion exempting valley States from
sharing costs, as demanded by the
President Every one believes the
bill will pass. But some profess to
doubt whether the President will
veto it, as he threatens.
Il
The address by Sir Esme How
ard. British ambassador. to the
English Speaking Union, disclaim-
ing possibility of Anglo American
war over trade rivalry and deplor-
ing criticism of each others defense
programs, is interpreted in Wash
ington as an attack on the Ameri-
can Navy group represented by Rear
Admiral Plunkett'S recent war
warning.
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CENATOR BORAH, chairman of
~ the foreign relations committee.
and Senator Swanson, ranking
Democrat Of the committee. have
opposed the occupation from the be-
ginning, but now take the position
that the United States is pledged to
Marine supervision of the Nicara-
guam elections in October and can
not honorably break that pledge.
Though Borah has said, and it
generally has been assumed, that
Coolidge would withdraw the Ma
rines after the elections, the admin.
istration has not committed itself
definitely. SANDING, leader of the
present armed rebellion in that
country, charges American occupa-
ton is to be permanent.
The date of withdrawal in the
Blaine amendment first was ex-
tended from Dec. 25 to Feb. l. to
cover the period between the native
election and Inauguration. Then
the progressive accepted an amend
ment by Senator Pittman. This
permits use Of funds and Marines
IN foreign countries by the Presi-
dent, without consent Of Congress.
whenever American property or lives
are under physical attack or such
danger is imminent.