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Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
THE condition commonly called
u acute indigestion is not infre-
quently acute appendicitis; some
times gall stones, ulcer of the stom-
ach, or some other abdominal con-
dition may be responsible.
AS DR.. Hubert A. Register has en-
/ phaSized, too much stress must not
be placed on an indiscretion in diet
as cause of a pain, because many
times imprudent eating will not
bring on digestive trouble and not
infrequently the symptoms of acute
appendicitis will develop when food
has not been recently taken.
In short. it is not safe to make
a diagnosis when there is severe
pain in the abdomen, and particu-
larly on the right side fairly low
down, unless one is thoroughly ia
miliar with scientific medical dag
noSiS.
Physicians classify the symptoms
of acute appendicitis in the order
Of their occurrence and their i'm
portance as pain, nausea and vomit-
ing, tenderness, rigidity of the mus
cles, some fever, and increase in the
number of white cells in the blood.
There happen to be any number
Of diseases that will give pain and
that will cause vomiting and ten
derness.
Almost any disturbance in the abb
domen associated with pain will
bring about rigidity of the muscles.
All sorts Of diseases are accompa-
MED by slight fever, and many dis
eases are associated with a high
percentage of white cells in the
blood.
1t therefore becomes necessary for
The physician on the basis of his
knowledge of disease as a whole and
of the causes Of disease, to consider
the relationship of the symptoms to
each other and to the condition
generally and on this basis to make
his diagnosis.
To the man who knows the dis
ease, the picture is striking and
easily identified.
Unfortunately the average person
confronted with symptoms of this
nature attempts to overcome them
by taking purgative mixture.
This is the most dangerous pros
cedure in which he can indulge him
self.
When there is a suspicion of ap-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18
Restriction on OH

Three great oil magnates-one
American and two English-meet
in Scotland, as London paper re-
ports, to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
calling world conference of oil re-
striction.
Such a conference could not get
anywhere, of course, without the
consent of interested governments,
but who doubts that the combined
power of those who control oil is
sufficient to sway the judgment Of
premiers, foreign ministers and
diplomats to a measurable extent?
The control of essential COM
modities, as illustrated by that of
oil, presents a new factor not only
Of a national development, but of
international relations.
Time was when we rated the
strength of a government by the
land it controlled and when we re-
garded private enterprise not only
as dependent on government pat
Fonage, but as too weak to stand
without government protection.
Even in the>hey dey of our trust
busting experiments we hardly
dreamed Of a worldwide hook-up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18
Combines Block Others

The world has had its religious,
military and aristocratic empires,
but it remained for this age of in
ventiveness, machine production
and pooled wealth to adopt the
whole world as it's sphere of opera
ton and to depend on some partic-
ular substance for its right to grow.
Borrowing page from the Dem
ocratic experiment in which we are
still er gagged, this empire fntrenches
itself by distributing stocks and div
idends to large numbers Of people.
1t is not an aristocracy, an oligarchy
or an autC3cracy in the old sense of
the word, but it does promise a rule
OF comparatively small minoritieS.
If one were to stop there, the
future would seem gloomy indeed,
but since there are many commodi-
ties there will be many empires and,
consequently, enough minorities to
give The majority split of the pot.
ND single combine or corporation
in fhis country has more than four
or five hundred thousand stockhold-
ers, but all together they probably
represent total of fifteen or twenty
millions. More than that, they have
a habit of blocking each other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18
Commodity Control

Because man seems so little, while
the world looks so big, our grand
fathers were accustomed to assert
that you cannot repeal the law of
supply and demand"
Their thought of power was root
ed in political and religious con-
ceptions. Food, shelter and fuel did
not appeal to them as the basis Of
empire. They associated authority
with soldier, priest or born aristo-
crat.
The notion that a board of di-
rectors sitting around a mahogany
table at the top of a skyscraper
could not only tax them, but ex-
ercise a definite influence on their
lives and property through the con-
troll of some commodity never en-
tered their heads.
They had seen the rise and fall
of State monopolieS through royal
grant, but they had not seen pri-
vate enterprise express itself in
terms of organized capital and mass
production. In all essentials, they
we're strangers to the problems pri-
vate enterprise has created during
the last 100 years.
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TINE idea of curtailing oil pro

TIME idea of curtailing oil pro-
4 duction proceeds from mixed
emotions. That is one reason why
the consumer is sceptical. The con-
sumner cannot tell whether it is loved
as a measure Of conversation, or as
price booster.
From an academic point of view
it seems desirable to hold down the
output of oil. Since the supply is
limited, and since industry depends
on it, the longer we can keep an
adequate amount of oil, the longer
our prosperity will last.
But it is very hard to separate the
academic from tn practical view. If
curtailing the production of oil
pomises to save more of it for our
grandchildren, it also promises to
lift the price of gasoline. That
means more profit for those who
control the business; also, more ex-
penSe for those who JOY ride.
In the background, looms the
shadow Of such economic power as
we dislike to contemplate.
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He points out, however, that European mfa5ical
practices were introduced into Japan as early as
It'll. He says that medical advance was "a Did in
Japan and that today "in scientific medicine its in
situations and teachers are among the best known
in the world"
OF course, there has been considerable medical
progress in China, due in small part to tie medical
missionaries who have gone to China from the United
States.
The original Chinese attitude upon medicine re-
sembled the ancient Egyptian and Assyra e viewpoint
Disease was caused by demons and spirits
The Chinese doctrine, sometimes called Wu-sm
held that certain people possessed powers which en-
abled them to deal with spirits and demons These
people were known as the W.
Among them were the physicians who made use
OF charms and spells as we'll as of medicines and
herbs.
They also put considerable faith ri certain poems
which they thought were magic and warded off the
demons of disease.
One of the practices of the Chinese physicians is
known technically as acupuncture. This consisted in
thrustng very fine needles into venious parts of the
body.
Charts give 3Ss spots on thca body into which
needles are to be thrust depending upon the disease
under treatment
Another theory OF the Chinese was that each par
of the body had different pulse beat and that dis
eases could be diagnosed on that basis
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the Tories. With too much starvation, there would
be revolution by force and violence Hence the "dcle
If the money used for "doles" had been used to
create "jobs" the situation doubt would be less
acute. Money always can be used to create "iob."
If money enough were supplied to the 100000 emf
grants wig to be sent colonists to Australia;
if money were used to buy land for them 90 work
tools for them to work WITH shelter for them to use
while working, or machinery and raw material and
supervision for creating and handling some product
the 100000 emgrants might be created into that
Der of withdrawing self-supporting Citizens.
But anything like that would be an approach to
the Labor Partys idea of remedy and could not be
considered by any Tory government.
So for the present they will, of course, "muddle
along"
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Bridge Play
Made Easy
BIZ w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K-king;. O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower
TN the previous installment were
Il discussed the four most de-
sirable opening leads when the de-
clarer has named a suit. But the
necessary holding for those leads
do not always occur. Below are
other examples which should cove
practically every situation.
All of the following leads are
fraught with danger, as they may
place your partner in a Vulnerable
position and help the declarer
establish winning cards:
FOURTH-FROM-TOP LEAD.
For want of a better lead, open d
four card suit as @ x x x, x x
x, or 10 x x x or x x x x.
with the lowest in the suit.
WEAK THREE CARD SUIT. A
lead from Q x x, j x x, 10 x x
or x x x often leaves your part
ner in a maze as to your holding
and is not desirable. The lead
from K j 10 is less desirable.
DOUBLETON LEAD. A lead
from a two card suit, as J x, 10 x,
K x, A x or K K is decidedly I'M
desirable.
WASTED LEAD. Holding A x
x or A x x x, avoid leading these
suits without capturing opponents
King or Queen. If you do open
these suits, lead the Ace.
DENOUNCED LEAD. The lead
from a suit headed by K, as K <
x x, K x x, K j x < or K 10 x x
will usually be denounced by your
partner if you lead the lowest.
LEAST DESIRABLE LEAD. The
terrace suits as A @ 10, A J 10, A
G K, A j K.
Copyright 1929, by the Ready Reference
Tl4gfa gfnIss *
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
AUOid LaxatiUeS i'm Appendicitis

pendicitis, the giving of purgative
brings about increased abdominal
pressure and the violent action of
the bowels may produce a rupture
Of the appendix.
Rupture Of the appendix with the
discharge Of the infected matter
into the abdominal cavity produces
peritonitis.
Peritonitis is a serious condition,
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Times Readers Voice VezCS

dency, which he landed because he
is the farmers friend. At once
"Erbert" is transposed from flop"
to the greatest candidate that ever
happened.
AS proof that the Senator is the
friend of all the farmers, we cite the
fact that he voted both for and
against the McNary- Haugen bill.
One thing certain, the Senator is
not gifted with a Single track
mind" He is a regular merry-go-
round and il goes around until he
finds some kind of a parking place
on the band wagon.
FRANK HARRINGTON,
4450 College Ave.
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fatal in a considerable number of
cases, and far more difficult to treat
than acute appendicitis.
The mortality from the opera
ton for acute appendicitis, when
this is done early, is not great.
The most conspicuous Of such
cases in which fatal delay ensued
was that of the movie actor, Ru-
dolph Valentino.
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written. f 70 m
one poin t Of
view it is an in
terestillg expert
ment, as illus
trating the state
in which a peo-
pie may remain
who have no
k n o W / e dge of
anatomy, physi-
ology or path
ology."
E arly Japa :
nese medicirRe
was much IKE
Chinese medi-
cine, according
To OS1er
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18

What is the meaning of the name
SANDY?
1t is Scotch nickname usually
applied to a person with red hair.
What is the total value Of $50
gold pieces issued by the United
States in 1915?
These coins, issued to commence
rate the Panama-Pacif1c Interna-
tional Exposition, had a total value
of $150,O5O.
What are the age requirements
for President and Senator in the
United States?
The President must be at least
IS and United States Senator at
least 30.
What is the population of India?
318,985 $50.
What is the most important in
dustry in India?
The cotton industry. On June 80,
1928, there were 1913 spinning and
weaving mills. having 1928 spin
dies and 144,794 looms and employ
ing 347, $50 hands; cotton consump-
ton was about 100000 bales of 400
pounds each.
What is the average ratio of un-
employment in the United States?
In 1924 the Russell Sage Founda-
ton completed a fvelyear survey
of thirty-one cities in the United
States and Canada. 1t reached the
conclusion that, averaging good and
bad years, 10 to IL per cent of all
workers are out of work all the time
and that widespread unemployment
is always present with far-reaching
economic, social, psychological and
moral bearings. Another authority
states that 10 per cent of industrial
workers on the average are always
jobless. Unemployment, he esti-
mated, runs from per cent of the
earning population in good years to
20 per cent in bad years AS there
are about 100000 industrial work.
ers in the United States, this would
mean an average of one and one
half million are constantly out of
work.
How many national banks are
there in the United States?
On June 80, 1926. according to
the report of the United States
Comptroller of the Currency. there
were 1918 reporting national banks
in continental United States, Alaska
and Hawaii.
Is bread mentioned In the Bible?
Yes. 1t is first mentioned in Gene
sis 1876.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18
Charm Az0ay Demons
No. 1872

NATIVE Chinese medicine is far different from
~ modern scientific medicine Sir William Osler
says of it, Gwen the briefest sketch Of the condition
of Chinese medicine leaves the impression Of the ap
palng stagnation and sterility that may afflict a
really intelligent people for thousands of years"
He continues ut is doubtless if they today in
a very much more advanced condition than were the
Egyptians at the time when the Ebers Papyrus was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18
If Movies Told the Truth

If movie stories had to take any account of facts
what would become of the movies?
Just now one is enjoying deserved popularity"
where lovely child of the rich, pampered, spoilt
and in need Of discipline, is wrecked small desert
isle-on the Pacific coast-in the sole and unchap-
eroned company of real herman who was the
skipper of her Pas yacht. and she gets discipline and
chastened temper and great longing to be held
in his great strong arms etc.
They arrive all wet But he had the forethought
to have patent cgaret lighter in his pants pocket.
That gave them fire. Although seaman he was
very tricky about catching rabbits and knocking them
over with sticks; which furnished meat.
And of course there was fish Oh, a-plenty of fish
easily caught And a nice sweet spring And sin
three months" with his jackknife Che hadn't nearly
the tools and things Robinson Crusoe saved from his
ship he built them nice two-room apartment with
a kitchen porch And somehow there turned up a
kettle
And they were living happily ever afterward hoping
NJ ship would for them Except that she
was spoiled and didn't like his celbate ideas about
living with luscious girl on less desert
island and making new neck-pieces cut of foxes
skins and everything.
Except-there is no mention of bread They had
dog biscuits but she, being wlful threw them
away But all that three months it is assumed that
they got on very we'll with rabbit and fish. Which
any doctor will tell you is physical impossibility
any than a horse can live on oats without hay
But they cid not get pellagra Gas they would or
scurvy as they would without lemons vinegar. And
this was no tropical isle like Robnson's, with grapes
and lemons growing wild.
Not at all 1t a scanty temperate zone on-the-
way-to-Alaska isle. And they had no salt or pepper
And yet her figure remained just as plump-or even
more so-and they both just effervesced spirits.
And the permanent never came out of her hair.
Nor did she to have need of comb. And
pocketknife enabled him to appear shaved ana
handsome. And there white bearskin rug on
her couch, with mention in the text of bears on
the island or how to kill bears with stick.
But then what would we do without our fairy
tales? And it gives an awfully good setting for that
contest between the pretty spoiled thing and the
robust but self-restraned herman
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This Dare i'm
u. S. History

Aug. Is
l557-Virginia Dare, first child Of
English parentage in America,
was born.
1846-Americans under Kearney
captured Santa Fe. N. M.
1910-Bronze statue of Washington
given by Virginia, unveiled in
What was the total attendance
at movies in the United States last
year?
About 6,76OOOO,OOO. Exact fguren
are not available.
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"THERE is not a word anywhere
l. Gin the Republican platform)
that binds any Republican, Con-
gresham, President, or any Office
holder to resist disturbance of the
eighteenth amendment.
1T leaves them free to start pro-
ceedings to change it the day after
election if they want to, and since
not the remotest reference is made
to laws providing for enforcement,
why, of course, they are equally
free to alter the Volstead act.
Even those few of both parties
who advocate repeal of it (the
eighteenth amendment) have a WE'LL
nigh impossible task before them,
1t would require two-thirds Of both
houses Of Congress, or a national
convention called at the request Of
two-thirds of the several States.
and the proposed repeal would have
to be ratified by the legislatures of
three-fourths of all the States.
so far as am concerned, de.
spite the lax enforcement we now
have, and the deplorable condition
resultant, I think we have made
real progress toward actual proni-
bition.
While the Volstead act undoubt-
edly is weak in places, I should like
to see that old craft tried a little
longer, with pilot at the helm as
fearless and resourceful as Governor
Smith. He thinks a better provision
could be made to enforce temper
ance. He may be right; he may be
wrong.
1T rests entirely with the people.
through their authorized representa-
tives in Congress, to say whether or
not they concur in his views, or
will keep it unchanged.
He (Smith) does assert his con.
viction that the change he advocates
would eradicate the evils attendant
upon prohibition that everybody
knows now exists all about us.
Prohibition as a principle is in no
danger, is not an issue, and my con-
tention is that the people should
turn their attention in this cam
paign, to real and vital economic
issues like farm relief, the control
and development Of vast natur11
resources, taxation, honesty in Cd
eminent. and principles generally
upon which the great powers Of the
Federal Government should be ex-
ercised."
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Daily Thoughts

Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.-I Thess. 5:21.
Il
A Ill are of the race of God and
IA have in themselves good
Bailey.
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Just think Of all the bother Senator Robinson has
to 90 through His acceptance speech might be boiled
down simply to the good old word "Arnen!"
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They're printing the smaller currency now. A
newspaper mans clothes will have even less reason
to be baggy.
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A New York psychologist calls Al Smith SYN
tonic type" Another gentleman trying to work up
a debate2
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N. Il.
TRACY
SAYS:


"The Control of Essential
Commodities, as IIIus-
trated By That of Oil,
Presents a NelO Factor
Not only of National
Development, bat of IN
terndtionaJ RelGtions."'
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE
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What are the age requirements
for President and Senator in the
United States?
The President must be at least
35 and a United States Senator at
least 80.
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The name and address Of the author
must accompany ever ycontribution, but
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-18

What is the meaning of the name
Sandy?
1t is a Scotch nickname usually
applied to a person with red hair
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What is the population of India?
318,885,98
, 1928-12-11

be transmitted to the Sheriff for
necessary legal action to enforce
payment.
The windows of The Cashiers Of
the Department Of Finance are
open for business from 800 a. n. to
11.30 a. M, and from 100 p, m.
to 3.30p m. each day,eXceptSun lays,
holidays and Saturday after 0pns
i. Government Of the
Virgin Islands OF the United Stloes,
St. uroiE,
p November, 1928.
FRANK 7. FOXWEI L,
De8patcbinJ Secretaa1.
, 1928-12-11
COLLECTION

Automobile, horse, carriage and
boat taxes for the first haIf year
1929 will be received by the cash
iers Of the Department Of Finance
III ChrIstIausted and Frederlkstad
from January lst, 1929 to JANUARY
zlst, 1929, inclusive, after which
latter date the iIstaofl arrears viii
, 1928-12-11
Publication.
Automobile, Horse, Carriage
and Boat Taxes.
TAX

THE DQDIc is D0FeDy nOClIl0Q that
1 in accordance with the provi-
sions of the ordinances of % Feb
ruarv, 1855, and IA July, 1928,
blank tax lists for the reporting Of
all automobiles, ~traiIers, horses, car
riages and boats for taxes for the
first half year 1929 will be distribu-
ted by the police during 6the first
week in December. These tax lists
are to be filled out in conformity
with section 6 Of the ordinance of
22SFebruary, 1855, and returned to
the Police Offices within 48 hours
in the towns and 4 days IN the
country.
Special attention is invited to the
second and third sentences of sec
ton 6 of the ordinance Of Y Feb
ruary, 1855, which reads: "Own-
erS Of reaj or landed property are
b3und on tie Somj-OUnuai lists. as
AiS0 on demand, and under q tne Of
from $500 to $1,000, to be djctuted
5y the police. court, to gjUe crnct
eJUejdat3OglS concerning those OBJ
j8cts on their properties, that &C.
c0rdjRg to the ordinance are liable
to be auUed. The owner of taUo6Lq
articles as 2ceU as all lother persons
tvaHd gIjJty Of ~conceaJjng or mak-
ing incorrect reports .ShaU be sub
.ect to q Ljbe tine.
The provisions Of TIE section
quoted above will he strictly en-
forced.
In listing automobiles the fellow
ing information must be furnished:
(aJ Make; (b) type or style; (c) ca
oacity or number Of passengers, in
Gliding chauffeur; ID model year or
number; lei numy4r Of cylinders in
engine, and () weight.
COLLECTION.
Automobile, horse, carriage and
boat taxes for the first han year
1929 will be received by the cash
iers Of the Department Of Finance
~ 'lu5,t3s,st2J oyI L'.15 r;I--+,J
Evening star., 1928-12-09

I-Gray BroadtGi coat with
woif collar and %N
cuffs .......
I-BlQck baw coat With
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collar ...............
I-Panfhcr coat zCith Jap
mese cross for S215
collar ..........
I-LoreIy blend pony coat
with rOiue'i"s shG~l S265
collar ...............