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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
Bonnbardnnent

A BOUT fifty miles above the
N earths surface is a layer OF
electrified or ionized air known as
the Kennedy Heavieide layer after
the two scientists who first pointed
cut its existence.
BY some mechanism not COM
pletely understood, radio waves
travel up to this layer and then are
reflected Or refracted from it.
whatever the mechanism is, the
wave appears to be turned back by
this ionized layer of the earth's at
mosphere," DR.. Stetson says. ANY
change in the intensity or degree Of
81 IS ionization or identification Of
the earth's upper atmosphere would
have the effect of bending the ray
more abruptly or less abruptly to-
ward the earth and would be noticed
in the intensity Of radio reception"
DR.. Stetson then points out that
according to one theory, it is the
bombardment Of the earth by cleo
trons from the sun which creates
the Kennedy Heaviside layer in the
earth's atmosphere.
If the s.1n is more active on oc-
casions, as when large 51-e@tts appear
on it's surface, the degree of ioniza-
ton increases, producing substan-
TALLY the effect Of lowering the
Kennedy Heaviside layer and up
setting radio reception" he says.
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Don't Give Child Too Much Candy

and mineral elements along with
their Galleries and pure sugars are
lacking in these substances.
Hence the committee urges par
ticularly that sugar should be Of all
foods the most cautiously used IN
feeding children.
Too much sugar may spoil the
appetite for other foods of less pro-
nounced flavor.
A moderate amount Of jam may
be good for children and a liberal
amount of ice cream may be good
and indeed all Of these things which
produce both sweetness and other
food qualities may well be recon-
mended.
The conclusions of the committee
are that lin general the proper place
of sugar in the food supplies and
eating habits of children is not in
such concentrated forms as candy,
nor in the indiscriminate and eX-
cessive sweetening of all kinds Of
foods, but rather as a preservative
and flavor to facilitate the introduce
ton into the child's dietary of larger
amounts of the fruit and the milk
the Importance of which to child
health has been emphasized increaS-
ingly with each years progress in
our knowledge of nutrition.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

is important to have some or ali OF
the necessary ingredients.
The danger of a one-sided food
is the fact that it will encroach on
the diet generally and the special
danger attaching to candy is the
fact that it is so attractive, par
ticularly as developed under mod
ern conditions of manufacture, that
people are likely to eat more candy
than they ought to once they begin
to yield to their tastes.
Experts in nutrition are convinced
that the homan dietary should be
built around bread and milk, with
fruits and vegetables occupying the
place of next Importance.
Eggs are said to stand about mid
way between milk and meat in their
nutritional properties. Sugars and
sweets have special virtue as a
means of attaining favors and tex
lures in food mixtures or in made
or sophisticated dishes.
The chief value of sugar in the
diet is it's contribution of Galleries or
energy.
Children are active and spend
more ca1ories in proportion to their
weight than do the ordinary adults.
However, the children require lib
eral supplies of proteins, vitamlnS
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17a3iaT,;, I
.4zE1S
- VASCO DA CANA
November 20

ON Nov. 20, 1497, vasco da
" Gamma sailed around the Cape
of Good Hope.
The Portuguese navigator was the
first European to reach India by the
maritime route around Africa.
He. was descended from a noble
family and was born at SHINES, a
small seaport Of Portugal. After
some years at court, he was chosen
to command the expedition dis
patched by King Emmanuel to
India by the all-sea route.
vasco da Cana sailed from Lis
bon in July, 1897, and on Nov. 20
doubled the Cape of Good Hope. L
December, he reached the Rio do
Infante, where he had to suppress
a mutiny of his sailors who silrarE
from facing unknown dangers that
awaited them. On Christmas day
they sighted the coast.
They anchored off Malini April
Is and took on board an Indian
pilot. After a voyage Of twenty
three days across the Indian ocean
they reached the coast Of Malibar
May II, 1893.
The ruler of Calicut was hostile
and Da Cana was forced to fight
his way out of the harbor on the
return trip. He returned to Lisbon
Sept. 8, 1883.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
Whittier Mexico?

The result of the Mexican national election was
fortunate The method was most unfortunate
Ortiz Rubio successful presidential candidate, was
the candidate Of the national revolutionary party
There is little doubt that this party represents large
majority of the Mexican people Such being the case
it is difficult for outsiders to understand why the
dominant party felt it necessary to use strong-arm
election methods which nonparisan and foreign cor
respondents on the ground seem to agree were used
killing of nineteen persons and the injury OF many
others in disputes at the polls however seem to have
resulted from the general conditions Of political I'M
maturity in that country much as from direct in
centive OF either party
That political immaturity of the electorate makes
continuation of the regime desirable
In the chaos of repeated attempts at counter-reVo-
luton and military revolt, the Gales group has
demonstrated its ability to forces OF dis
order and to develop the country constructively
More than anything else, Mexico needs peace
peace at home and peace with the United States.
Elaborate paper reforms of Mexico never can be
translated into fact If the wealth and energy OF the
nation continually drained in putting down mill
ary revolt as in recent years This is true OF fiscal
denomination 1t is equally true Of the muchneeded
extension of public schools road building irrigation
works and return OF the land to the poems.
One way to aim at such results, in a country where
democracy can not operate because OF Ahteracy ana
POLITICAL inexperience is through socalled benecen
dictatorship. Former President Gales would have
taken that shorter road and imposed order and eff
fciency on his fellow citizens. But he chose the
longer and better road. He renowned reelection.
He let his country learn democracy by practcing it.
The present election shows that the Mexican peo-
pie are not yet capable of functoning democratic
nation But most Americans will agree with Gales
that Mexico can learn only by trying, and that the
result is worth the price Of delayed efficiency
often in the past Mexican reconstruction has been
prevented by disputes with the Washington govern
nent and American capital Obregon and Gales sue
ceeded in making peace with Washington and Wall
Street without complete remuneration of the purposes
of the Mexican revolution of freedom President Gil
has mainland hat cooperative understanding with
the United States
President-Eect Rubio is pledged to do so.
1t is to be assumed that Rubio. a part of that
policy will retain Washington Ambassador Teller
Teller has represented Mexico here since 1920. He
helped to obtain American recognition in 1928. and
has been ambassador since. During the provocative
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
Little Things important

90 one MIGHT 20 on tallyiro about
- big things-the revolution in
China, the impendinG political
storm in England the tariff r~w at
Washington-but what most Of us
regard as little things in news often
plav a more important part in life
Birth, death, sickness, or even q
bridge party can plot out the march
of stupendous events. 1t is not an
urrixed evil that they can.
Who could carry the burden of
the world on his shoulders, or would
want to if he could?
A Minnesota banker wraps his
deaf, dumb, and crippled daughter
in a blanket, puts her in the family
car. and rides out to where all is
quiet in the woods,
After pausing a little while to
think the problem out, he pulls a
gun, shoots her through the heart
and then shoots himself.
His neighbors regard it as a
rather heroic deed and the coroner
considers it unnecessary to hold an
inquest.
Whatever may be your idea, or
mine, we are forced to admit that
his daughter was that banker S
gre test concern-greater than
wealth, greater than the slump in
stocks, greater than the tariff row
greater than what the naval parley
NAV decide.
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What2 Down.

INDEED. it opened 10 points down
Il and then eased off fractionaLly.
Somebody, SO it seemed, had mis-
laid the pegs. Apparently, people
were neglecting to walk the usual
mile 10 procure our chief commodity
And now I was without further
funds to offer further support. I
did the next best thing, and pur-
chased two packages of Games,
purely for sentiments sake.
Of course, 10 points on ten shares
is not the largest loss taken by any
one in the recent debacle. But 500
can no longer be found growing on
convenient bushes.
Had I been a Spectator might
have accepted the catastrophe calm
ly. But this was an investment, and
all the oracles had declared that if
one bought things outright he
couldn't lose
Even the picture of the eagle
seemed less spirited than when~I
first obtained my certificate. Closer
examination of the portrait ds-
closed that 1t was only a stuffed
bir5.
Copyright. 1879. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
Mexico Elects President

DY seven to six, the supreme
- court of Mexico refuses tc
grant the petition of Jose Vascon-
celoS, defeated presidential candi-
date, for an investigation.
A rather narrow squeak for Rubic
and the administration crowd, but
still sufficient, especially since il
accords with what the majority
wants.
Frauds and intimidation there
may have been, but it is hard to
believe that they accounted for the
landslide by which Rubio was swept
into office.
A margin of one million votes is
too much to explain away on such
grounds.
Spain has ordered engineers to
study possibilities of tunnel I'M
der the Strait of Gibraltar.
The project has political, as
well as a commercial, angle.
Spain, or more accurately, per-
haps, her dictator, Primo de Rivera,
hopes that the construction of such
tunnel might induce England to
give up her control over the famed
fortress.
AS matter Of fact, Rivera en-
tertained this hope long before he
became dictator, and was disciplined
for expressing it while captain
general of Cadiz.
AS further matter of fact, he
MIGHT never have become dictator
but for this episode, which insured
him to enter politics to get back at
those who disciplined him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
And 1t Held

TN the dark days Reynolds was
L rock. Stee!s, coppers and utili-
ties were falling, falling, but there,
upon the board, stood the symbol
R. j. r, immovable as Horatlus
who pegged the bridge.
On one of the many dark days,
a full 100000 shares of the company
were flung into the pit, but some
one in our crowd took them all,
saying, through clenched teeth,
Here on the 50-yard line take my
stand"
Mass plays, slants off tackle and
even forward passes were of no
avail. Reynolds Tobacco B refused
to yield so much as fraction I'M
der so.
Such gallantry touched my heart,
and. 1 felt that I would like to sup
port this hard-pressed stock, which
fought back so gamely against the
invaders.
My voice rang out In that be-
leaguered brokerage office almost
like the bugle note Of the United
States cavalry as it comes to the
threatened garrison in the third act
of a melodrama.
Men and women, who had been
covering in terror, arms flung in
front of eyes to hide the horrid
sight of the Illuminated tape, drew
new breath and Strengthened up
as young man said in crisp, alert
and optimistic voice, Buy me ten
shares of R. j. Reynolds Tobacco
thew Glass A common stock at the
market" And then he added, i'm
mediately, "for cash"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
M. E. Tracy
Trotski Looks for War Be-
tween Britain and the
United States. He Would.
There Is Nothing Like q
Wish When 1t Comes to
Prophecy.
SAYS:

CHALL We go back to work, asks
~ President Hoover?
The ayes have it; We shall.
Now that the speculative spree
has collapsed, everybody is enthusi-
astic for real estate development,
the construction of skyscrapers, rail-
road improvements, or anything else
that will make work.
Whatever else may be said of it,
the smash in Wall Street reminded
us that prosperity is made of busi-
ness, not gambling.
u
Leon Trotski looks for war be-
tween England and the United
States. He would. There is Moth
ing like wish when it comes to
prophesying.
England and the United States
constitute the front and shoulders
Of the capitaliStic world.
TrotSki wants to see that world
overthrown, but realizes that the
task is impossible unless it splits.
Conflict between the two greatest
civilizations would insure victory for
his dream.
Believing in the dream, he can
see nothing but such a conflict
ahead.
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Rockefeller

TINE turn for the better came just
l. about that time. John D.
Rockefeller did not put in his bid for
Standard Oil of New Jersey until
several minutes later. The psyche
logical effect was enormous.
Bears realized that there we're two
brave men who would support sound
stocks to the death. They realized
that Reynolds had been pegged at
SO, and feared to sacrifice anything
more in frontal attacks upon this
basic industry.
And all this happened on a
Wednesday. Thursday morning
dawned bright and clear and the
market was buoyant.
Out OF cyclone cellars came inves-
tors. waving dollar bills at brokers
And the headlines proudly pro-
claimed, Stocks Up One to Fifty
Points" But where was Reyn-
olds B?
The victory in sight, this gallant
warrior dropped behind the col'run
Like the messenger from Marathon,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
egaHy It's Murder

nOCTORS having said that his
- wife was slowly sinking into
senile insanity, and having advised
her immediate removal to a genteel
sanitarium, old Thomas Widen
combe, who had lived with her fifty
four years, decided that they might
as well go together.
After the nurse had left for the
night, he carefully stuffed the key
hole and other crevices with news
papers, locked the door and turned
on the gas.
Legally it was murder, but what
about it morally?
Such questions are hard enough.
even when put in detached and
academic way, but only those who
face them in reality appreciate their
true depth.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


A T the annual meeting of the
L n American Public Health Asso-
citation in Minneapolis last month,
the committee on nutritional prob
lens gave special consideration to
the problem of sweets for children.
This committee included such
distinguished hygienists and nutri-
ton experts as Drs. H. G. Sherman,
C. E. A Winslow, E. l.. Fisk, T. P. B.
Jones and D. B. Jones.
The committee points out that the
human being depends for his diet On
proteins, fat, carbohydrates, which
include sugar and starches. the min
eral elements, and the vitamins.
One does not, however, shop for
proteins or fats or vitalninS; one
buys bread, meat. milk, fruit and
vegetables.
These are all foods containing all
the substances that have been men
toned and characterized by the
committee as many-sided foods as
contrasted with one-sided foods
such as oils, fast, pure sugars and
starches.
In the selection of a proper diet it
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
One ImpeIling Reason

IF there were no other reasons Tor re-
writing the Constitution of Indiana as pro-
rosed in the referendum to be voted upon
next year, it would be found IN the Pro'i-
sions regulating the courts OF the state
Internationally the people believed that
thew had provided a means whereby Judges
who proved faithless to their oaths could DE
removed from office by legislature
They believed that judges are not sacred
and that when they outrage public con-
science, they can be removed.
By a decision of judges, the provision
Of the Constitution relating to the lmpeacn-
ment of judges has been so interpreted
that no Judge can be removed until after
he has been sentenced to the penitentlary
for a felony.
The situation is, of course absurd. For
it is quite possible that judge, committing
a felony, could prevent his own conVlction
bv the exercise of his power. AS long as ne
remained within his own jurisdiction ne
might even have immunity from any prose-
cution.
The absurdity of this situation became
apparent when the legislature attempted 10
impeach Judge Dearth Of Muncie, who was
not guilty of any crime, but who did outrage
nublc opinion by the arbitrary exercise OIL MS
power to suppress newspaper
One of the chief arguments for Deartn
vUas that the legislature was without power
to impeach.
What the people thought Of the matter
WAS shown when, at the first opportunity
thew defeated Dearth for Office and then pro-
ceeded to elect George Dale, the OBJECT Oh
+ba Dearth tyranny, as mayor of Muncie.
The situation does not make for either
Justice or the confidence in courts neceS-
sary to an orderly society.
Judges ought not to be above the reach
of the people who elect them. They should
not be immune to punishment for lnvaslons
against the public welfare nor for outrage OF
Individual rights.
The people can be counted upon to be
tolerant, even to exasperating degrees.
They should have defense against courts
which are political in their decisions or so
lethargic in their actions as to actually deny
Justice by failure to decide cases.
Whenever courts hold cases for inter-
minable periods, refraining from action or
refusing to decide, they cease to be courts.
When a new Constitution is written some
provisions for really obtaining speedy justice,
not only in courts of trial, but in courts OF re-
view, should be made.
With legislative inquiry possible, it is not
likely that courts will hold important cases
four or five years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
Cycles

IT VERY one familiar with the
T. rudiments of astronomy knows
that spots on the sun break out
periodically and that the main pc
Rod of sun-spots actively is Of about
eleven years duration" DR.. Stetson
says.
1--WE now are not far from the
maximum Of sun-spot activity for
the present cycle. Since 1928, these
solar disturbances h$<e been on the
increase. But from now until 1884.
there will be a general subsistence
of solar storms"
It has been known for many years
that magnetic storms which upset
the compass needle and threw tele-
graph and cable lines out Of order
had some connection with sun-spots.
The reason for this connection
was pointed out by DR.. George Ell
lery Hale, famous astronomer of the
Mr.. Wilson obserVa tory. DR.. Hale
demonstrated that the sun-spotS
were great whirlpools in the Ga0eouS
surface of the sun. Some Of these
GIGANTIC Whirlpools are more than
fifty thousand miles in diameter.
Becarse the material in the outer
layer of the sun Is in an electrified
or ionized state. these great whirl-
pools behave like great eloctromag-
refs of the earth and cause the
storms.
There also is reason to believe
that these whirlpools act like gil
gantic cannon, bombarding the
earth with electrons, the fundamen-
tai particles Of electricity.
This magnetic and electrical bonn
bardment from the sun is the cause
of magnetic storms. It is also be-
lieved to play some part in the fire.
ouencv and intensity Of the aurora
borealis or northern lights.
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the steadiness, of r. j. Reynolds
Tobacco Co. B which first attracted
me.
An important lesson had been as
simulated by the young trader.
Stocks which come up IS points in
day can go down 80 in the same
length of time.
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Kellogg incidents, Teller kept his head and prevented
a break which threatened war. He knows the United
States and has its respect
Retention of Teller as ambassador would be evil
dence that Rubio will not change the Gales Gil
American policy of friendship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-20
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-
BY DAVID DEFY
Cheering Ne10S for Radio
Fans: Scientists Say Re-
ception WI Gro1C Better
for Neat FiUe Years.

CONDITIONS for radio reception
~ will grow increasingly better
for the next five years. This cheer
ing news for radio fans comes from
DR.. Harlan T. Stetson, director of
the Perkins Astronomical Observa-
tory of Ohio Wesleyan university,
Delaware, o.
DR.. Stetson points out that by a
queer turn of fate, conditions for
radio reception began to grow worse
almost at the same time that broad
casting became popular.
Conditions continued to grow
worse steadily, reaching their low
est point this year. But now, ac-
cording to DR.. Stetson, a steady
improvement can be expected with
conditions reaching their best in
1894.
The controlling factor in radio re-
ception, according to DR.. Stetson, is
the sun, or more specifically, sun
spots.
AS DR.. Stetson himself says, al
most everything from the slumps in
the stock market to the rapidity
with which rabbits multiplied in
northern Canada, has been blamed
on Sun-Spots.
His opinion, however, is no idle
guess, but the result of long series
of elaborate scientific observation
carried on by himself and Or.
Greenleaf w. Pickard OF the Wire
less Speciality Company of Boston,
famous pioneer radio inventor.
DR.. Stetson began his observa-
tons while connected with the Har-
Yard observatory. He now is con-
tinuing them at Ohio Wesleyan.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard tl Their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this p2per.-The Editor.
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1T SEEMS TO ME By HF BFoUS

Reynolds, which had been the haT-
binger of good news, now was eX-
hausted unto death. Blasted it was
for the sins Of the spectators
This balloon did not go Up.
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Daily Thought
Let not him that is deceived
trust in vanity; for vanity shall
be his recompense.-Job 1881.

be his recompense.-Job1 1881.
People who are very vain usual
ly are equally susceptible; and they
who feel one thing acutely, SO will
feel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
What nation owns the largest air.
plane in the world?
Germany. 1t is capable of carry
ing 100 passengers and is powered
with twelve motors. The plane Is
1877 feet long and has a wing spread
Of 157 feet.
How do the number of radio
broadcasting stations in the United
States compare with the number of
other parts of the world?
The United States has more than
500 broadcasting stations; all The
rest of the world has about 500 sta
tons.
What Is the regular house number
Of the White House in Washington?
1000 Pennsylvania avenue. N. w.