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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-13
A Wonderful Opportunity For Investors

Our only reason for offering Summit Place at the
low prices and easy terms is to introduce this sec
ton to wide awake investors. There is no other
piece of property in Brownsville that offers such a
wonderful situation. Five miles from the proposed
Ship Channel. on the Point Isabel road as we'll as
on the road to Boca Chica and FL Jardin farming
community, and the Municipal Airport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Important Guests

The city should be very courteous and
gracious to the several hundred men who are
gathered here today to look at the new model
projects of that concern.
These men will sell these new cars and
upon their responsiveness and energy will
depend, to some extent, the number Of men
who will be employed in the factories here
during the next year.
From a very practical viewpoint these
visitors are much more important than some
men of greater fame who come from time to
time to talk to us and tell us how to be pros
porous and happy.
That these same visitors are optimistic,
smiling and eager is good. They know that
they can sell cars. They have no doubts about
it. That is half the battle.
The size of the gathering is even better.
1t seems that the army of missionaries for
indianapolis products is increasing. And
when that grows, the army of workers at
home increases inevitably and in proportion.
SO if you happen to meet one of these en-
ergetic gentlemen who come from London,
England, or London, O., treat him cordially.
The important men anywhere, are those
who do things. Very important are those
upon whose efforts the jobs and opportuni-
ties of other men depend. And that means
every one who works. The only unimportant
people are the loafers, the professional
tramps, who have nothing and refuse to
work, or the very rich who have so much that
they become parasites upon the world at
large.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Three MinnOWs

The dragnet of the government in north
ern Indiana has delivered its catch, three
minnows from the seas of crime that at one
time seemed so full of shark that the federal
district attorney for that district, formerly
the secretary of Senator Robinson, said that
martial law would have been justified.
In the announced investigation of vast
election frauds and corruption of the ballot
those convicted most recently were one po-
iceman and two bootleggers, not for election
frauds, but for violation of the Volstead act.
That there was probably a connection be-
tween the election Irregularities and the
brazenness with which the prohibition laws
were ignored can not be doubted. The mac
tivty of the federal agents for a very long
period of time was significant and suggestive.
The inability Of the government to pre-
sent even one charge of crookedness at the
polls is even more significant and much more
suggestive.
If it becomes safe for manipulators of
politics to drive truck loads of imported
crooks from Chicago from poll to poll and
vote them under different names, all govern
UleIlJ IdllS. IIcIE 10 IIIClS use III CIlS ICoC vi
the state voting at all, if the will of the voter
is to be overturned by fraud.
The people will not be fooled nor will
their interest be slackened by trials Of few
foreigners who are caught selling contra
band booze.
What the people really want is a thorough
inquiry into the elections that have been held
in the Calumet district where the vote has
often determined the election of congressman
and senators.
The people of Indiana really have right
to be represented in the United States con-
gress. They will not be represented as long
as the result is dictated by frauds and cor
rupton goes unrebuked and unpublished.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
REASON By Ff IANDHS

CENATOR MOSES Of New Hampshire has become
- suddenly and marvelously mellow Far from call
ng any Of his senatorial brethren Sons of the wild
Jackass in his speech at the dinner, given in honor Of
Senator Edge the other night Moses was almost fra
ternal in his reference to those who did not agree
with him.
Some may ascribe his progress from hornet to
humming bird to that benevolence of spirit which
we associate with the approaching Christmas season
and some may ascribe it to the lambasting Moses
received since last he wagged his acid tongue but
are inclined to believe that Mr. Hoover called in the
ambassador from the imperial state of Hampshire
and informed him that his vinegar bottle is liability
We do not know whether there is anything in this
geneaog1StS story that Al Smith and Secretary Mel
lon are distant cousins but suspect and this is the
important thing, that both of them have more salts
factory checking account than. they would have if
their folks had stayed on the other side of the
Atlantic
TWELVE hundred forty students at the University
l. of Nebraska drive their automobiles and if they
concentrate they should be frst-class chaufeurs by
the time they get their diplomas.
Mr.. Joseph Echikson of a Newark IN j. hospital
broadcast appeal for volunteers who were willing
to furnish blood for a patient and seventy of them
responded.
We have quite few real folks, if you dig them up
Mr. Bert Mcdonnell associate editor of Literary Di-
gest, has returned to New York after having lived
in the Canadian wds for sixty days clad only in a
moose skin and pair OF moccasns to prove that
modern man can endure the hardShips of primitive
life.
And We'll bet his wife will have to drag him
out OF bed in the morning to get him to make the
fire.
DEAN INGE of London thinks the churches should
IL get together and formally renounce their belief
in hell but we would respectfully call his attention to
the fact that it is mighty comforting reflection when
you think of your enemies.
The fact that the contested election case of Ware
Of Pennsylvania hung fire for than three years
due TO the fact that most of the members of the
United States are lawyers.
Great Britain probably will defer granting a title
TO the author OF Journeys End" until the determine
ton of this suit brought by the American who claims
that the play was lifted bodily from his manuscript
Flags and FloWersss s.s....s..1.-..~-a.-...
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Could Keep Hands Off

XXTHILE one may be in doubt as
w to what should be done with
regard to Haiti, there are certain
definite policies from which to
choose.
In the first place, We could adopt
hands-off policy, refusing to loan
money, to render assistance, or to
t;Ae any interest in Haiti's con-
dition.
But could we adopt such policy
and be just to our own people,
without warning them to keep
away?
Then, we might borrow a. page
from European statecraft, and take
possession Of Haiti without so much
as "by your leave"
That would be no more than
France is doing with Morocco and
Syria, or than Italy is doing with
Tripoli.
But even those Europeans who
charge us with such an objective
know that they are lying.
In the long run, however, we are
going to reach a point where we
must decide between a hands-off
policy on the one hand and alb
solute possession on the other, and
whatever we do now should be
done with one of those alternatives
in mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Questions
and AnSzOerS

What is the meaning of the
phrase ex nimbO?"
It is a Latin phrase meaning "out
of the mist"
Is prohibition still in force in
Iceland?
Yes.
Who won the C. C. Pyle trans
continental foot race?
Andrew Payne of Claremore, Okla.
How many square feet are there
in an acre?
43,560.
Were census of the United States
taken in 1900 and 1920?
Yes.
When and by whom was the piano
invented?
The pianoforte was invented In
17O9 by Bartolommeo Christofori OF
Florence, Italy. 1t became popular
about ITO.
Is It correct to say Il GOLF?
Not technically. The word golf j:
not used as a verb. The correct ex-
preston is II play golf.'
On what day did the fourth day
Of the Jewish holiday, Succoth, fall
In 1913?
Monday. Oct %. -i...ss.....al:Ala s....
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09

CPEAKING of wild asses, as Sen
~ ator Moses did recently, the
Boston herd seems one of the larg-
est in the country. A Boston court
Just has decided that can Amer
lean Tragedy" is obscene, which is
downright silly.
There has been general agreement
among all literate Americans that
Theodore Dreiser's novel is a mas
terly work.
One may feel with H. L. Mencken
that it is too long, and that the
best system is to send the first vol
ume to your pastor and concentrate
upon the second, but only dull
witted community could find the
book Topographic.
Nor should the officiating class in
Boston be dismissed as merely dull.
There is something evil-ninded in
any group which finds pornography
in a book SO, universally applauded
by other Americans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Don't Experiment With Baby's Ears

Under conditions of infection, the
physician is likely to prescribe a
wash for the ear which will help to
remove the infected material.
Such washes usually contain boric
acid in warm water, which is ster-
ilized by boiling water and then al
lowed to cool before being used. A
tablespoonful of boric acid to one
pint of water is the amount usually
employed.
The ear is not filed with this So
luton, but the solution is allowed to
flow from a douche can or bag
about two feet higher than the pa
tents head. The tip is pointed up
ward instead Of directly into the ear
as the solution flows.
An ear that is discharging should
not be blocked with cotton. The dis
charge may be wiped out and a
small wisp of cotton put over the ear
to absorb the discharge without
damming back the secretion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
The Meaning of Christmas

It is hard to accept all the hoorah that is put
forth at Christmas time for what it is without being
shunted to the other extreme and concluding that
there is nothing to this Christmas stuff.
There is something, something more than greet
ing cards and hysterical shopping. Perhaps it is
worth a moments thought to just what this
something is.
Historically it is the Christ 1t is the cele-
braon OF the birth of the citizen of Bethlehem whose
teachings founded a All the other was
B. C.-before Christ. All for the last 1929 years has
been anne Domin the year of our Lord.
There must have been something important in
teachings which can so sharply divide the centuries
What it?
The chief novelty in the teaching of this founder
of a new calendar was the suggestion that might
cease to hate one another and begin to be more
brotherly This vas new thought Before this it
was the tribe spirit. Let tribe survive. Let us
worship god who will enable to make successful
war against the Philstines All who worshpped other
gods we're Phiistines.
Prosperity and war and priestcraft That was the
burden of the Old Testament teachings An eye for
an eye and a tooth for tooth A jealous god visit
ing the sins of the fathers on the children to the
third and fourth generation.
This new prophet born in Judea said to love
those who hate you and desptefully use YOU To the
thief Of your coat you must offer the overcoat. To
the striker of your cheek you must turn the other.
Doesn't sound very practical for everyday life.
But it is easy to see what the teacher is driving at
The doctrine Of bate must be laid aside and man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09

important. Personally, I would as
soon have a man step on my neck
with a scowl as with friendly
smile.
Mr.. Casey got off one ancient one
which seemed to be novel and salts
flying to Mr. Helm.
THE average man could be what
you call the city censor Of plays as
well as l." said Mr.. Casey. "The
average man knows the difference
between filth and cleanliness. He
knows what is decent and what
isn't. He could apply the same test
that I apply to determine whether
play or movie. is fit to appear on
a public stage"
"And what is that test?" asked
the adnliring reporter.
Gle answered." explains the rap
turouS Mr.. Helm, quietly, with
neither fervor nor faintness, "wheth-
err he would want his mother, wife,
daughter or sister to see such a
play"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

sore throat, it may develop sec
ondary infection of the ear The
baby with an infected ear and with
pain is likely to put its hands up
to the ear to protect the painful
region. 1t will be restless and cry
constantly. Irritability Is continu-
Gus if the child suffers constant
pain.
Usually with an infected ear
there is fever. which, of course,
goes down or disappears when the
ear drum bursts and the infected
material begins to escape. A physi-
clan can inspect the ear drum by
the use Of a special apparatus for
that purpose and note the bullying
due to the pressure from within or
if the ear drum has ruptured, note
the material escaping.
If the ear bulges with great pain,
the physician probably will cut the
ear drum to make a smooth opening
and one that will heal easily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
SSZZ 49,
Is 1Tt4eF|
| AMNlVGRSARY|
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SAMUEL WOODWORTH
December 9

EIGHTY-SEVEN years ago today,
IL on Dec. 9, 1912, Samuel Wood
worth, author of the song, 1.-THE Old
Oaken Bucket" died.
Woodwork, an American Journal
ist as we'll as poet and song writer,
was born at Scituate, Mass, in l785
After an apprenticeship in a
printing office, he edited and printed
a paper at New Haven, Conn, in
1907, and in 1909 went to New York,
where he conducted a weekly, the
War, during the War of 1872.
He aided George P. Morris in 1923
in founding the New York Mirror.
During his life, Woodwork pub
lished good deal of verse as well
as operettas, and a romance Of the
War Of 1912, Champions of Free
DOM"
However, he is remembered almost
wholly for his song, 1.-THE Old Oaken
Bucket"
Today also Is the anniversary of
the battle of Great Ridge, Va, on
Dec. 9, IT'S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Grinding

TINE next task is the grinding OF
J. the mirror. The curve to which
the surface is ground is known as
parabola.
Some idea of the task can be
gained from the fact that the mirror
must be ground so perfectly that
at no point of its surface does it
deviate by more than a two-mil-
lionth of an inch from the computed
curve.
But even a mirror ground that
perfectly. presents difficulties. This
Is because the change in tempera-
ture in the observary from night to
night causes the surface OF the mir
ror to expand or contract, thus al
tering slightly the curvature of the
surface.
DR.. George Ellery Hale, director
Of the observatory council OF the
California Institute of Technology,
which has charge of the building OF
the telescope, hopes that this can be
overcome by the use Of fused quartz
for the mirror.
Temperature changes do not af-
feet fused quartz appreciably.
DR.. Elihu Thompson of the Cen
eral Electric Company is engaged in
the problem Of determining the pos
sibilities Of producing 200-inch
disk of fused quartz.
He is working on the design Of
special machinery required for the
operation. His plan is to begin by
casting smaller disks, then trying
a sixty-inch disk and finally the
200-inch disk.
DR.. Thompson already has sue
ceeded in casting twenty-two-inch
disk. The process is a complicated
one.
The disk. when cast, contains In
Vulnerable small air bubbles. 1t Is
then surfaced with a coating OF
bubble-free quartz by a spraying
process in which an oxy-hydrogen
flame is used to obtain required fu-
sion.
This bubble-free surface then Is
ground to the proper curvature ana
silvered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
1T SEEMS TO ME By HF BRo9S

himself. One can imagine a young
actress coming away from such an
appeal to the mayor and the censor,
perfectly radiant at having been
licensed as ali exception.
But the worst feature Of the Bos-
ton censorship lies in the fact
that it constitutes an invisible gov
eminent. Mr.. Helm, in all jour-
nalistic accuracy, should not have
whitewashed the system, because he
never actually came in contact
with it.
He merely talked to Mr.. Casey,
which brought him nowhere, since
that gentleman is confessedly a
1gurehead. According to his own
admission, the test is based upon
the likes or dislikes of Miss and
Mrs. Casey.
Copyright, 1929, BY The Tinesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Just MeddIing Now

A T present. we are pursuing a
"A course of "helpfulness' as some
call it, or "meddling," If you pre-
fer, the basic idea being that we
will assist Haiti until such time as
she can stand on her own feet.
The trouble is that we not only
have tried to fix the time, but
within preposterously narrow linz
its-signing a twenty-year treaty,
as though two million ignorant,
superstitiouS black could be made
fit to govern themselves in such a
short period.
And not only that, but knocking
off every so often to wonder
whether we have made mistake
and whether we ought to do some
thing different.
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Not Present

UNFORTUNATELY, no wife,
~ mother, daughter or sister was
present to resent the slur. The
amiable Mr.. Casey seems to regard
all women folk as standardized,
somewhat after the manner of Ford
cars.
Know one and you know them all.
My sister might very much enjoy
some farce which would shock Mr..
Casey's sister to death. Or possibly
the other way around, although I
hardly think so.
And because Mr.. Casey's sister
has certain fixed ideas about the
drama, your sister and my sister
may have to stay home with the
kiddies, failing to get permission
from Boston'S uncrowned female
regulator.
Mr.. Casey is quite wrong in
thinking that cleanliness is the
same commodity in the eyes and
ears of everybody. There are all
sorts of subtle and personal rami-
fcations.
Mr.. Casey, for instance, drew up
set of prohibitions which excludes
females from appearing on the
stage in bare legs. Exception to
this only permitted upon authority
of the mayor or licensing officer"
Now, there are millions of people
in America today who find nothing
evil in the sight Of bare legs. They
are accepted as a matter Of course
on countless bathing beaches.
I even venture the guess that Mr..
Casey's mother, or wife or sister
colud stand the sight of bare legs
with perfect equanimity. Since bare
legs frighten or do something to
him. all Boston must cooperate to
spare Mr.. Casey's feelings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09

HAITI erupts again, and that,
l. l. too, at a moment when we
supposed everything was all right.
1t only goes to show how mistaken
the best informed people can be.
No wonder President Hoover
wants a commission, or that Sen
ators Borah and King are willing
ito go along"
But if these men feel the need Of
more information, what about the
rest of us, and isn't that a good
place TO begin?
Some folks may think they I'M
derStand the situation thoroughly,
and know exactly what ought to be
done. do not. To my mind 1t
seems not only complicated, but con-
fuSing.
Easy enough to say that people,
whether white or black, civilized or
savage, have the right to govern
themselves. Easy enough to Won
der what business it is of ours,
whether they can do so or not. Easy
enough to ask, who gives hoop
about Haiti, anyway"
But where does that get us?
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Nice Smile
NEW YORK newspapern

A NEW YORK neWspaperman,
IN Carl Helm of the Sun, just has
returned from beleaguered Boston
and reports favorably upon the
city's system of play censorship,
even though it did exclude Strange
Interlude."
He found that John Michael
Casey, the chief pooh-bah, was
ild-mannered and agreeable in
conversation. This satisfied Mr.,
Helm, but I don't see why it should
satisfy Boston.
The tones of tyrant are of little
consequence. His deeds are more
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Attitude Is CanriCiouS

OUR attitude not only toward
~ Haiti, but toward all Latin
America, is naively capriciouS.
One day We intervene, and the
next We withdraw. One day we pro-
claim our love of free government,
and the next we howl with alarm
at fancied NESTS of Bolshevism."
The Latin Americans do not know
what they can depend on from one
day to the next.
Our obvious task is to sit down
and formulate a policy that we are
willing to see through to the end.
That would be better than any,
thing we have done yet, no matter
how bad it might be.
Let us have commission by all
means, and let 1t stEdy not only the
Haitian problem but all similar
problems, with the idea Of formulat-
ing a program which we are not
ashamed to publish to the world,
and which will be sufficiently
happy combination of idealism and
good sense to merit consistent sup
port
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Fell Back on u, S,

NF course, it's a mess, but no
W worse than before our marines
landed.
The people Of Haiti had hun
dred years to show what they could
do with a self-government, and
where did they land?
They landed at the White House
door, asking for cash with which to
straighten out their hopelessly
tangled financial affairs; for audi
tors and collectors to keep their
accounts in order; for American
trade and investments; for marines
and a high commissioner to main
tain order.
Il
European nations had a hand in
the deal; let no one doubt that.
Being barred out by the Monroe
doctrine, but interested in the pro-
lection of their commerce and citi-
zens, they were glad to see the
United States take charge.
They were not so glad, however,
as to refrain from knocking our
Latin American policy on every
possible occasion.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN,

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TINE best thing for the mother to
Il do to the baby's ears under
ordinary circumstances is to let
them alone.
If the child Is normal and has
not had a cough, cold or sore
throat recently, its ears probably
will get along well. The only clean
ing necessary is the wiping of the
ear with a small wisp of cotton
A sharp instrument should never
be put into the ear. nor should a
toothpick wrapped with cotton be
inserted deeply in the ear cavity.
1t is a pretty good rule for the
average person never to put any
thing smaller than his elbow into
either his ear or his eye.
If child has cough, cold or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-09
Daily Thought

I. said of laughter, it is mad;
and of mirth, what doeth it?-Ec-
clesiastics 2:2.
=
Mirth is the sweet wine Of human
life. 1t should be offered sparkling
with Zestful life unto God.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
What is the meaning of the word
acidopholus?
That which stains easily by acids.
1t comes from the Greek meaning
flowing lphilusl acids. $4,000
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Exceptions

A ND even on this point the CEN
"A sor admits the possibility of
exceptions. He does not attempt
to maintain that legs are legs. You
see, the rule provides that the ban
may be lifted in the case Of certain
duly authorized legs.
Appeal can be had to the author
tty Of Mayor Nichols OK the censor