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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
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By HAYWOOD
BROUN

TOHN S. SUMNER, who has
- brought complaint against the
English novel, THE Well of Lone
illness" said in a letter to the Tele-
gram, Certainly there is q patho-
logical problem known as inversion,
which is a matter of medical study
This is favorite device of CEN
sors. They are fond of assigning a
large number of subjects to the at
tention of physicians and insisting
that such themes should never be
brought to the notice Of the lay
reader
Tt is a forrc of special privilege.
Only a doctor may dare glance at
certain books, and as he opens the
forbidden volume he can say, This
won't hurt me because I've studied
medicine
Mildly 1 suggested that this gem
crosby on the part OF the censors
may lead to their undoing.
The concession made to medical
men undermines the whole cause of
suppression. If doctors can read
dangerous works without damage, it
is because they come to such
treaties armed with knowledge. If
this is so, why should not the entire
community say, THE trouble with
us lies not in an undue frankness,
but in our lack of information?" If
facts are bulletproof, why not CIV
ilization based upon clear-eyed
comprehension and not upon in
f1ammable ignorance?
OF course, I may be told that it is.
impossible to raise an entire COM
mur1ity up to the high mental
standard Of the medical profession.
That may be so, but can't we go
part way?
If profound wisdom Is a sterlizing
agent, it may be that some slight
CLEAN of comprehension is more
sanitary than complete darkness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
Opportunity Of Service

HERE is an issue. which though
Il Il seemingly confined to business,
is of moment to the entire country,
an issue which our law appears to
have left unsolved, but which the
stockholders of a single corporation
have it within their power 20
clear up.
On one side we have a man ask
ing to be vindicated in his success
fu1 efforts to help obliterate a trait
of trickery and deceit.
On the other there is an appar-
emily straightforward demand to
repudiate him in the name of COM
mon honesty, especially as It affects
the relations of business to govern
ment.
If business, no matter how big.
refuses to recognize the obligations
of good citizenship, it only invites
trouble.
The stockholders of the Stand
ard OH Company Of Indiana have
an opportunity to perform real
service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
Sincerity Not Enough

MYTH all sincerity, Sumner
w would say that he was doing
precisely this and that he sought to
ban books which were in themselves
infectious. But Summers sincerity
does not keep hina from being
tragically mistaken.
In spite Of his Job, he is himself
a man painfully ignorant Of the
facts Of life Perhaps he may be
able to produce some individual who
has been ruined by book, but will
match his horrible example with ten
people who have suffered from no
such palpable suggestion, but had
the misfortune just not to know
anything.
AS far as anybody can tell. the
best sort of mental sanitation con-
sists of free, full and frank sex edu-
cation for the young. To be sure.
Sumner is not fighting against this,
but be would say that It should be
given by the parents or the family
doctor.
fcopgright 1923. for The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

groups or SdlaA-
les of galaxies.
It has been
known for some
time that each
spiral exhibited
a rotary move
nent.
Shapley also
b ellie We S t hat
there is evidence
for super alax-
les Of galaxies OF
galaxies.
H e is now
hunting also for
evidences of uni
fed motion in a
galaxy of galax-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

TT is little wonder that Mr.. Hoo
- yer is perplexed about the Sc
lection of a secretary of state after
comforting with Elihu Root and
Charles E. Hughes, both of whom
wore exceedingly large international
hats.
4 e.
The National Safety Council tells
us that $1,000 people were killed
in the United States by automobiles
in 1927, which is about four thou
sand more than were killed in In
dia the same year by tigers, leo
pards, bears, elephants and snakes.
And the Hindoos didn't have to
pay for the upkeep of the jungle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
Daily Thought

A time to weep and a time to
laugh; a time to mourn and time
to dance.--Eccl. ga.
VXTRITE it on your heart that
w every day is the best day Of
tie year. No man has learned any,
thing rightly until he knows that
every day is Doornsday Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

suit headed by ace-king jack, avoid
taking the finesse the first time that
suit IS played. Thereby you will
capture the possible singleton queen
or help locate its position.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
Whetting of Knives

TIME Rockefeller Stewart con-
4 test is not entirely pleasant to
contemplate. 1t will create much
bitterness and, perhaps, involve
some shady deals before it is over.
Wall Street hardly can be expect
ed to ignore the opportunities it at
fords. When two such powerful
groups enter the. market for stock,
and when the market knows they
need it, knives are bound to be
whetted.
Fortunes will be made and lost,
the widow and orphan, if such hap
pen to own any of the desired shares,
will be bamboozled gloriously and
more than one poor fish will go
broke betting on the wrong tip.
All that goes with the game, but
let us not bet so excited about it as
to forget why the game is being
played.
The one and only important ques-
ton is whether Colonel Stewart loses
his job as chairman of the board of
the Standard Oil Company of Indi-
ana because of the manner in which
he conducted himself before sem
ate committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

HOWEVER the stockholders may
i Il feel, the public is with Rookie
Teller. To the public, it is a ques-
ton of whether big business will
subordinate it's selfish interests for
the sake of clean government, or
whether it prefers to indorse a con-
temptuous pose.
Colonel Stewart can not be
charged with perjury, since he was
acquitted. He was apparently
within the law, even if the care
lessness of transcription clerks did
have to be dragged forward to prove
it.
Let us be fair to Colonel Stewart
by all means.
Let us admit that he did not
make false statements in the legal
sense.
Let us overlook the cleverness
with which he avoided telling what
he knew.
Let us assume that he could say
he got no personal benefit out of
the Continental Trading Company
loot, without wrenching his cons
cience, since he had put his share
aside in a trust fund.
Even so, does not Colonel Stewart
still stand forth as an exponent of
principles and practices which
would wreck this country if carried
TO their ultimate conclusion?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
By DIR. MORRIs FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
HAaIfh Maoazfua

Editor journal OF the american Mcuichi
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
DROBLEM of the child who slut
L tiers just is beginning to re-
ceive scientific consideration by
specialists in psychology and medi-
cine.
The studies are beginning to
bring out facts which emphasize
the relationship of suffering to
the workings of the mind and of
the brain.
Drs. Orion and Travis are Civ
ing special attention to the rela-
tionship of rigft-handedness and
left-handedness to the phenomenon
of suffering,
Several previous investigators
have reported cases of left-handed
children who develop suffering
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
Riding Cosn1ic CaronseI

THE universe is a merry go-round, gigantic cos
L mic carousel. That is of the interpretations
which can be made from the recent work OF Dr. Har-
low Shapley director of the Harvard observatory
D. Shapley's, work has shown that our own galaxy
of stars is in rotation.
He has shown, further, that the spiral nebulae'
which are also galaxes of stars organized into
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

Professor Einsten, after ten years of laboratory
work. offers fve-page manuscript supplementlng his
RELATIVELY theory. We know men who can think up
five pages of wonderful theories in just few minutes
on their way home at a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
This Date in
u. S. History
Jan. 10

Jan. IS
l807-Birthday of Robert E. Lee.
1909 Birthday Of Edgar Allen Poe.
184S-Gold discovered Ii California.
186l-Georgia seeded from the
Union.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19


VA42
@ 632
- A KISS
The Bidding South bids no.
trump and all pass.
Deciding the PIay-West leads
of hearts which Declarer takes with
ace of hearts. A holdup is use
less, for East holds four cards in
hearts. How should Declarer play
to make game?
The Error-Declarer decideds to
establish the diamond suit and
illnesses jack of diamonds which is
won by East, game being sacrificed.
The Correct Method-To make
game, Declarer must make five
tricks in diamonds. After taking
first trick with ace Of hearts, De-
clarer should play Q of diamonds
and overtake with king Of diamonds
on which queen of diamonds may
fall.
IF not. he should return to closed
hand with club, play 2 of dia-
monds and fnesSe jack Of diamonds
unless the fall of the cards has given
some clear indication Of the loca-
ton of queen of diamonds, where
upon DeeIarer plays accordingly.
TIE PrincipIe When holding q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

This influenza epidemic is Father hard to reconcile
with the healthy throsts we're all supposed to have
from smoking wonderful cigarets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19
prevent deficit Farm relief viii require an esti-
mated s3OOO0OOOO fund.

There is the imperative Mississippi flood control
project for which the present budget provides only
$31OOOOOO and for which Hoover must find in addi-
ton hundreds of millions of dollars"
Therefore, the government not only faces pos
sble deficit on present budget estimates, but during
the Hoover administration must find thousand mill
lion dollars or for additional expenditures to
which we are committed.
Where is another s27o,OOo,OoO for more cruisers
coming from?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

! as . n d
opinions exc
pressed in this
coln m a are
those Of one
Of Americas
most Interest,"
ing writers
and are pre-
scented with
out rckAru 70
their agree
ment with the
editorial atti~
tude Of this
paper.
The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-19

David pietz on science-
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
7 R UCK
MEETS TEST

The increasing popularity of So
called talking or sound" motion
pictures with the necessity for many
scenes being made in the open,
especially in the case of newsreels.
has brought up a new problem in
motor transportation. The equip
ment used in recording sound on
film, as used by the majority of
companies, is not only very ex-
'pensive but of a very delicate char
acter.
Microphones. radio amplification
tubes, delicate wiring. all either
easily broken or put out of working
order, must be rapidly transported
from place to place in order that
big events may be photographed and
their accompanying sounds recorded.
In order that this equipment may
be made a practical mobile unit, it
must be housed in a truck which
rides easily and operates with a
minimum of vibration.
Ray Hall, editor of the new Pathe
Sound News, found this problem of
transporting RCA photophone sound
recording equipment, valued at $685.
600 a unit. difficult one to solve.
In order to have big events Of ma
tional and international Importance
covered in sound and picture ii
was necessary for Mr.. Hall to plan
for the placing OF units in many
localities In this country and in
foreign lands. Apparatus first sent
out on the road simply went dead
after few fast trips in various
types of trucks. and effects which
never again could be obtained were
lost.
Il Immediately decided" said Hall,
whoafs one of the most widely expert.
enced news reel men in the United
States, that We would have to test
every type of truck available for this
work before we finally placed our
working units in the field. Other
wise we might send out sound re-
corder, camera man and sound equip.
ment on hurry call on some big
story of international Importance.
only to lose out on the sound end.
I'VE equipped several different
makes of trucks with the sound
equipment and sent them over thou
sand-mile test trips under actual
working conditions. In all instances
but one, something developed in the
operation of the trucks which inter
fered vitality with the successful op-
GRAFTON of the recording apparatus.
Either the truck failed to ride lightly
or smoothly and wiring was Jared
out of place or tubes broken, or they
failed to function to suit our delicate
task in some other particular man.
ner.
The only vehicle which, after a
run of over a thousand miles through
the South, from Washington, d. C.
(where our men stopped to record
President Coolidge in sound and pic.
ture), down through Alabama to
Florence and Muscle Shoals. met all
our requirements was a Dodge
Brothers l5-ton truck. At every
stop where pictures were made and
sound was recorded the sound eullip.
ment was in perfect order, primarily
due TO the easy riding qualities of
the Dodge truck and to the lack of
that fatal vibration which menaces
the life of the amplifying tubes, 1t
is my intention of installing all the
Pathe Sound EJews transportation
units In this particular design of
motor trucks"
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
Harris Ewing Photo
- . AmnNu-

something more than 81 OO,OOO'OOo
was spent in 1927 for highway co'''
struction and maintenance.
From those comparative figures
1t can be easily seen that the auto
mobile owner is paying more thah
his share toward building and main,
tanning roads and streets, particu'
larIy when it is remembered that
adjacent land values, in almost
every instance, are benetlted more
by these good roads than their total
cost of construction and operation.
High Types Only
Efficiency dictates the building OF
only high type roads. They save
actual dollars and cents in operat'
ing costs, repairs, replacements and
time. According to surveys by
Iowa State College. concrete roads
are the most efficient for every
class of motor vehicle. Lessened
cost of upkeep more than offsets
the higher first investment.
Americas future in highway con,
struction depends largely on the
intelligence of public officials in
planning new highways and revis.
ing the old Rights of way must
be secured which will permit widen
ing as traffic increases. Bridges
should be constructed that can
easily be enlarged. Adequate facill.
ties for the future depend upon
scientific planning and construction.
In our cities, particularly. haven't
we been facing makeshift expert
encies long enough? Must not our
cities awaken Immediately to the
realization that they are far behind
the necessity of the motor car in
their programs of providing ample
traffic facilities for the decent
needs of their citizens?
The Washington times., 1929-02-13

End your starting troubles. Conserve
your battery by using these products.
NO-NOX sells for three cents more per
gallon than ordinary gasoline -. and
it is worth it.
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
SUPREME Moron

BALLSTON, VA.
BalIstOn Filling Station
BERWYN, MD.
GingelPs Motors
BETHESDA, MD.
Burrows Service Station
O. f. Herold
River Road & Wilson Lane
Imirie Bros. Garage
M. w. Simmons
BLADENSBURG, MD.
T. ]. Huddleston
! CObb's Garage
CABIN JOHN, MD:
Alex. Hill
Mrs. F. B. Hayes
CAPITOL HEIGHTS. MD.
A. G. Thiel
CHERRYDALE, VA.
Greenwood Garage
w. T. Hamilton
CAMP SPRINGS, MD.
MunfOrd Filling Station
CLARENDON, VA.
Bailey P. Byars, PrOpr.
NO-Graft Service Station
E. F. Kennedy
Washington Ave. & Taylor Ave.
COLMAR MANOR, MD.
]. A. Sisson
CONDUIT RD., MD.
Mike Young
The Washington times., 1929-02-13

rOuE'AeFm InnhlnK
Adequately to meet the situation
it is necessary to think in four
terms. Width, capacity and proper
location come first. Roads must he
built to withstand the punishment
inflicted by the heavy traffic of
motor busses and trucks. To these
physical properties of length. width
and thickness another dimension,
time, must be added And time is
something which can be determined
only by the factors of traffic vol
ume. directness of route and the
impediments which may be encoun-
tered along that route.
Motor car owners paid $780,
600 900 in motor vehicle taxes -
1927, according to the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
They probably paid more in 1928
because of the greater number of
cars in operation and the more
nearly universal gasoline tax,
despite the lifting of the Federal
excise tax on new cars. yhich the
automobile industry was finally sue
cessful. after years Of effort, in hav-
tnS wiped out. On the other hand.
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
Orange Disc Displayed by the Following Dealers

FIT. MYERS HEIGHTS, VA.
E. G. Metcalf
John Multerer
Mrs. B. A. Shepherd
GARRET PARK, MD.
E. w. Offut
HYATTSVILLE, MD.
Edward Johnson
Justine & Nicholson
]. w. McNamee
Empress Service Station
KENSINGTON, MD.
w. ]. Umstead
LENOX, MD.
r. n. Tatum
LINCOLNIA, VA.
Withers Supply Co.
MT. RAINIER, MD.
]. ]. Conard
Mt. Rainier Tire Shop
NORTH WOODSIDE, MD.
c. P. Atwood, PrOpr.
Triangle Garage
NORBECK, MD.
L. w. White
POTOMAC, VA.
G. C. Angel
M. H. Kendrick
Mrs. Annie Vining
ROCKVILLE, MD.
Reed Bros. Garage
ROSSLYN, VA.
Arlington Motor Co.
C. H. Greath0use
SILVER SPRING, MD.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
ATLANTA Sees
GANG Staying
Educator Taken For Ride
In Auto Theft Ring Feud,
Police Believe

ATLANTA. Ca, July I.-P-
Metropolitan gang methods cor
fronted police today in the mysteH8-
U murder OF Prof. a. II. johnson
Al, veteran Georgia educator, who
came here last weekend to attend
the National Education association
convention.
The body of the teacher, who was
principal of two HartWell. Ga,
schools, and a federal vocational
training director, was found in the
drivers seat of his automobile yes
terday. The head had been brutal
~ crushed, and two rifled billfolds
had been left in the car. Professor
JohnSon's watch was untouched.
Police Detective j. "A. McKibbeu
advanced the theory the teacher
had been taken for a ride" by motor
theft ring feudists. The indictment
here on receiving stolen automobiles.
Authorities at Hartwell a
while vouchSafed the information
that Johnson had sold a carload OF
poultry there just before he came
TO Atlanta Saturday and had re-
ce1ved 5000 In the deal. thus Civ
ing credence to another theory that
the teacher had been slain by q
-drug-crazed robber-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
BOCA CHICA
ROAD OKEHED
Attorney Generals Ruling
Says Cameron County
Has Right to Build

Cameron county can build a
bridge from the mainland to Bra
zos Island at Boca Chica and can
con---uct a public road through
lands leased by the state to w. r
Swami of Corpus Christi.
This is the opinion Of the attor-
ney general. rendered by D. L
Whitehurst, on request to the de-
partment by County Judge 0. Q
Dancy.
The 216-acre tract on BrazoS
Island, which is the property Of the
state, was leased to Swami by the
game, fish and oyster commission
on May % for a term Of 10 years
This lease was signed by Chief
Deputy Beal Jester of the commits
sion during the absence Of VIM. j
Tucker, the commissioner.
Special Privileges
The lease was secured for Swami
by Milton West, local attorney, and
the rental was fixed at so cents pei
acre per year. The lease applies
only to limiting, fishing and bath
ing privileges, Tucker says in a let
ter to Judge Dancy.
County authorities had planned
to attempt to secure a lease on the
state property and to throw it open
to the public for a bathing resort.
Judge Dancy had written to Com
missioner Tucker requesting a
hearing before the lease was signed
The letter was on fuckers desk at
the time the contract was made.
'Whitehurst ruled:
Ruling
Under the provisions Of Articles
6715, R. G. s., 1925, the land re-
ferred to by you, being a part Of
Cameron county, the commissioners
court Of your county would have
authority to build roads across the
land. 1t would likewise have the
authority to build such bridge as
the commissioners court desired
See Middleton VS.. Preside county
138 S. W., 812.
You are therefore advised that
Cameron county has the right tc
construct a bridge connecting the
mainland with BrazoS Island. and
also to construct a highway across
the public lands Of the state OF
Texas on BrazoS Island, even
though it is covered by the lease
TO which you refer"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
VALLEY GIN CO.
BUYS AT ELSA
West Tract Plant Will Con-
tinue Buying Agent,
Boyd Declares
Especial to The Eerald)

SAN BENITO, July Purchase
of a controlling interest in the West
Tract Gin company Of Elsa by the
Valley Gin company Of this city
has Just been announced by H. P.
Boyd. vice president. Acquisition Of
the Elsa unit gives the Valley Gin
company % active gins in various
sections of the Valley.
The Valley Gin company executive
stated that there would be no change
in the management or policy Of the
West Tract organization. e. p. Car
ruth, well-known to cotton ralSers
in the Elsa section and who has
been acting as manager Of the West
Tract unit, will continue in the
same capacity under the Valley Gin
company banner.
Boyd pointed out that the West
Tract gin has been an important
factor in the marketing of cotton
grown in the Elsa district. He de-
clared that under the Valley Gin
company administration, the Elsa
unit would continue to act as a
year-around marketing agency and
that all assistance possible would be
offered Elsa cotton farmers in the
disposition of their crops.
In discussing the present crop
situation, the gin officials urged the
continued use of calcium arsenate
as a precautionary measure against
roSsible weevil activity. He declared
that farmbers should not become
lax in busting especially in sections
where late planting was necessary.
He declared that a large percentage
Of Valley cotton acreage is taken up
by young cotton which must be pro-
tected against weevil activity If a
maximum yield is to be obtained.
Mr.. Boyd pointed out that while
the Lower Rio Grande Valley is be-
coming more diversified in crop
production each year, reliable sta
tistics show that cotton brings a
larger financial return to the Val
ley than any other single crop. He
declared that cotton would continue
to be the major Valley crop for
many years and called attention to
the premium paid for Valley cotton
by cotton buyers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
u. S. Public Debt
Lowest In Years
Statement Shows

WASHINGTON, July 1-PI-The
government entered its new fiscal
year today with the public debt cut
to the lowest figure since the World
war and SCI, 900, 900 on hand to re-
duce it still further.
Largely because Of the widespread
prosperity and more specifically the
profits made by individual income
tax payers in the exceedingly &C
tive and constantly rising security
market" the treasury announced,
total receipts in the last fiscal year
we're S185 900, 900 greater than ex-
penditures, as compared with a sur
plus of $37, 900, 900 estimated in the
budget.