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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

Therefore, not only 90 these
figures indicate the number Of cases
increasing at a fairly constant rate,
but also represent a rather Tirulent
type of the disease. The figures for
Oregon and for California are ap-
proximately the same type as those
cited for Washington.
Since November, 1928, a total Of
1913 cases Of acute cerebro- spinal
meningitis has occurred among
steerage passengers Of one transpOr-
tation company only and on four
teen ships In some instances, cases
have appeared in two or three trips
of the same boat.
A part of the difficulty was due
to the fact that the danger Of the
disease was not recognized and
passengers on the boats we're per-
mitted to get off and get on when
ever the boat stopped, without ref
erence to the presence Of nenin-
gifts in the cities where they
stopped.
The control Of meningitis depends
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14
Selling Tickets

The ticket vendor is the bane of the housewife
and the merchant. Every day they are asked to buy
admissions to some entertainment they do not care
to attend for the benefit of some cause in which they
are not interested.
Is this fair? Would it not be better if churches,
lodges. schools, and other good causes" we're sup
ported by those who especially interested in
them? Would it not be better if all entertainments
we're financed by those who really care to see them?
If a cause is a good" one, there ought to be
enough people especially interested to support it out
of their own pockets willingly If affair really is
entertainment" it should be easy to dispose of the
tickets to those who really wish to attend it.
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Health Service Curbs Meningitis

on a strict enforcement of many Of
the precautions that are now widely
known as precautions against all in
fectious disease.
They include such factors as iso-
lation OF the patient, quarantine Of
the contacts, careful laboratory eX-
aninations for carriers and thor
ough investigation Of people who are
travelling on vessels from one coun-
try to another,
The United States Public Health
Service is fully in control Of the
situation. and it is reasonable to be-
lieve that strict measures will bring
about an immediate reduction in
the number Of cases and perhaps
aid in lowering the mortality.
It must be remembered that the
germs are living organisms the
same as man himself; that they
tend to modify their ways as do
human beings, changing in virulence
and in power, and that the battle
against them is an eternal study
and an unending warfare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14

THE American woman has much
i personal charm, much esprit,
much individuality or temperament,
but how to make beauty Of these
gifts, she rarely knows. Hurry is
the great evil Of her life-Antonie.
French coiffeur. (Collier's)
Canada is an attractive country
for investment. On the whole.
American investments have proved
highly profitable in Canada.-Floyd
S. Chalmers Review Of Reviews.
There is no more reason why the
power trust should own newspapers
than why men engaged in the
manufacture OF shoes or sewing
machines should own newspapers in
their business.-Senator Norris Of
Nebraska.
Corporations lending money are
violating their charters. Nearly
every corporation violates provisions
in its charter when it loans money
on Wall Street.-Senator Couzens of
Michigan.
The true patriot will understand
the real meaning Of state. He
viii dwell with satisfaction upon the
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THE FLAG
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June IA
TO-DAY is the birthday Of the
4 American flag. On June H..
1777. 1872 years ago today, the con-
tinental congress adopted a resolU-
ton providing that the flag Of the
thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes. alternate red and white,
that the Union be thirteen stars,
white in blue field, representing q
new constellation"
Historians disagree as to the
origin Of this design Many au-
thorities believe that it originated
with the Washington coat-of arms,
which contains both the stars and
the stripes,
The honor Of having been the
first to raise the new national en-
blen over q naval vessel is usually
accorded Paul Jones. And the first
use of the Stars and Stripes on land
was at Fl. StanwiX, where a hastily
improvised flag was raised on Aug.
3, 1777.
Vermont and Kentucky we're the
first states admitted to the Union
after the flag was adopted and con-
gress amended the original design
to make it fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars. AS additional states we're adj
mitted, however, the original thir-
teen stripes we're substituted and q
star added for each state.
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as possible the permanent representative who is to
help conduct the important conferences between the
Macdonald and Hoover governments
For all Of Sir Esme's splendid service while in
Washington, these last few weeks of criticism from
his fellow diplomats must be beginning to worry him.
Whatever his motive his dry edict has been resented
pretty generally by his own staff and by the diplo-
matte corps Of which he is dean. The other diplomats
feel that they have been put in an embarrassing posi-
ton by his initiative, which they have intention Of
following
Even the United States government washes its
hands of any responsibility for his act the ground
that it can not interfere with the customs within the
xtra-territoria embassy limits Our government does
not want foreign governments to encroach upon the
freedom of American embassies abroad, and therefore
not itself afford to be guilty of such interference
in Washington
London reports suggesting that Gilbert Murray,
Regius professor of Greek at Oxford will be Sir Esmes
successor neglect to specify whether he is or dry
That is natural enough At any rate, such omissions
from the reports seem to indicate an assumption in
London that have not yet come to the pass where
foreign ENJOYS to the United States must be chosen
because Of their views on prohibition.
Wet or dry We hope Or. Murray gets the job
He is one of the worlds great scholars, and it
suits our vanity have foreigners think that culture
IS passport to American popularity His ncOmpar-
able TRANSACTIONS of Greek literature might be-
best sellers under the publicity of his diplomatic
appointment, and such gain would compensate many
ambassadorial losses
DR.. Murray, however is an expert in contemporary
foreign affairs no less than in ancient literature His
books on international relations his active leadership
in the British movement for peoples control Of foreign
policy and his familiarity with the United States
indicate his fitness for the Washington post
Once before at an important moment in Anglo
American relations the British government with rare
genius passed by the conventional diplomats and sent
to washington famous scholar. Lord Bryce.
Murray is the Bryce type of man, and probably
would have the Bryce kind Of success No government
in London or in Washington could ask for more
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Weakness in Church

WET we continue to struggle with
4 such q weakness on every hand.
If prohibition has cast a. baneful
shadow over politics, fundamental
ism has cast an equally baneful
shadow over religion.
Some northern Baptist clergymen
take fundamentausm so seriously
that they do not want Bishop Nc
Conneu Of Brooklyn. N. Y, to enjoy
the honor of guest speaker at their
Denver convention. Bishop McCon-
nell, though good Methodist and
president of the Federal Church
Council, is thought to be too liberal.
There is some suspicion that he
may not believe a whale, or even a
big fish, swallowed Jonah. that he
may not interpret the first chapter
Of Genesis literally, that he may not
regard the theory OF evolution as
entirely unreasonable.
So he is piIloried by his fellow
Christian workers as an enemy Of
both God and man.
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Dry FanatICjSnl

NOTHING in the constitution or
~ on our statute books is reSpon-
sible for so much shouting, COM
planning and suggesting.
Congress and the state legislatures
are being deluged with more or less
absurd bills to remedy the situation.
Vets and drys vie with each other
in a mad struggle to see which can
go to the most preposterous eX-
tremeS.
The latest wrinkle is to appropri-
ate money for the compensation Of
relatives or dependents Of those shot
by dry agents.
A good idea, perhaps, but why not
compensation for relatives or de-
pendents of those shot by any one.
The point about this whole tumult
is that whether for or against it.
too many Of us are getting to believe
that prohibition is the only problem
on the political horizon.
That is sheer fanaticism, and it
will lead us into the same kino OF
confusion that fanaticism always
has
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patrons And they make good the
boast they stand like Gibraltar but
security is one of the least exciting
things in the world.
Even at 40. one still is too young
to be much enamored Of security.
But if the depositor never knew
from day to day Just when the place
would close its doors, saving money
might be almost as exciting as bet
ting on the races.
Indeed, it might be a. good idea
to have some speculative feature
connected with our bank. The blonde
/ receiving teller, her name ought to
be Myrtle, 7 think, could easily in
spire confidence and enthusiasm
among the patrons, by keeping q
dice box in the cash drawer.
It would save expenses in book
keeping. for when a client profered
some odd amount such as $3.50 it
would be Myrtles function to say
entlcingly, I'll roll YOU best two
out Of three for double or nothing.
Once upon time I was 2 de-
positor in q bank run somewhat
after the manner which I mention.
The receiving teller always used to
lean out of his window when 7 came
in with my weeks salary and say.
I've got a swell tip at Juarez in
the fourth race"
OF course, nobody ever left his
money very long in that bank. I
used to carry mine around in my
pocket. 7 wanted to have it in a
safe place.
But now the Chase National gets
MY business Everybody is polite
and kind, but there are no exciting
features.
Up till now 7 have refrained from
the dull grind Of making entries on
the stubs. After all. the Chase Ma
tionaI bank employs bookkeepers
who are experts Why should
bother?
Copyright. 1929. by The Times,
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Wet and Dry Ambassadors

s The British embassy in Washington may not be
dried up for long after all. Sir EsHle Howard. the
ambassador responsible for the recent liquor ban is
gong to retire And if is whispered that his successor
may relapse into the traditional wneserving days Of
British embassies the world over.
OF course prohibition is not the occasion for Sir
Esme's departure Next February is his regular re-
tireent date If he goes few months earlier it will
b due chiefly to the desire to have the Job as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14
Airfields in the Parks?

Shall space be given for airplane landing fields in
the national parks? The question is before officials
We rhapsodize over the romantic beauty of air.
planes. They are beautiful. But because they are
new We are inclined to ignore the fact that they are
part of mechanical civilization and that when they
become numerous they will be a nuisance in the
wrong place, even as automobiles are.
The national parks are the last stand of unmod-
fled nature. None of their area can be spared for
unitarian purposes. Let transportation facilities be
taken care of outside the scenic areas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14

DIDDEFORD, Me. June 14.-With
Id three shootings in a week, a
mother Of sixteen sent to jail in
Arkansas for bootlegging and high
carnival at Buffalo, while dry forces
concentrate at Detroit, prohibition
claims more than its usual share Of
attention.
Admit, if you will, that the shoot
ings were justified, that the mother
deserves to serve year and six
months, that the high jinks at
Buffalo only prove lack OF suf1-
cient force, and still it is apparent
that this attempt to make America
dry is going sour.
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The hot wind of summer is usually accompanied by
an increase in humidity The heat evaporates local
moisture and the winds bring in additional moisture
After three or four days OF hot spell. the moisture
accumulated is so great that local thunderstorm
usually results
The fourth or fifth day usually the end of a
hot spell
This is caused by the arrival c. high which has
been travelling at distance behind the low"
The contact Of the cool front of this high" with
the results in thunderstorns of great VIC
ence against what is known the windshift line.
This is the line where the hot winds of the low .
meet the cool winds Of the high"
The vindshift line thunderstorms usually are very
violent They are accompanied by terrific down.
pours Of rain and occasionally winds of destructive
velocity.
While most hot spells caused by winds coming
in from southwest in the way just described, there
are occasional hot spells caused by winds from the
northwest.
Extreme hot spells of this type were experienced
during the first half Of the summer Of 1928 in the
northeastern part OF the United States.
The heated air in these hot spells flowed in from
the great plains. coming distances OF more than
thousand miles over the dry heated ground.
Hot spells from the northwest differ from the usual
type because of their extreme dryness
Such volumes of air were involved in the 1923 hot
spells that not even the Great Lakes, usually an
effective force for cooling, had much influence upon
them.
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is all set for a hot
wave.
1t will he remem-
bered that air al
ways flows from an
area of high pres
sure into an area OF
low pressure. The
flow is not directly
into the low due to
the rotary move
ment of the winds
which is the result
of the earth's rota-
ton.
Consequently. as
the low" moves
across the north
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14
One Cause of Crin0e2

NONCEDING that those response
~ BILE for prohibition were fanat-
ical in assuming that it would in
sure morality, they we're hardly
more so than those who visualize
it as responsible for all, or even a
large percentage Of crime.
Just as we have had wife-beating
and divorce since the eighteenth
amendment was adopted, so We
should have theft, murder and en-
bezzlement.
1t is bad for people to become
infatuated with any idea, to sup
pose that there is a single expla-
nation for human fate and to re-
gard all divergent views as diabol-
iCal
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
estine writers, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and OF Hygeia. the
Health Magazine

ONCE November. 1928, there has
y been a gradually increasing
amount of meningitis on the Pacific
coast of the United States. Cases
have been unusually prevalent this
year
OF course, the situation has been
complicated by the fact that many
cases appeared among steerage pas
sengers of ships arriving in Seattle
and San Francisco from oriental
ports. The majority Of persons at
fected were Filipinos.
This rise in the number of cases
of meningitis has been fairly con-
tinuous in Oregon. Washington, and
California since 1925. In that year
Washington reported SIS cases and
80 deaths; in 1925, 100 cases and "a
deaths, and in 1927, 162 cases and IS
deaths For 1923 there we're 1913
cases and 95 deaths
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FIyjng the Ocean

NNE turns with relief to the
~ achievements in the realm of
materialism They may lack spiritu-
atty and uplift, but they are defn-
tie as to conclusion.
You can tell whether an engine
will run after it has been tried, or
whether a structure will stand after
it has been built,
That makes trial worthwhile, even
though it leads to failure.
The Yellow Bird hops of for
Paris, the Green Flash is wrecked
trying to do likewise, and the Swed-
ish fiers are hung up in Iceland
after a break of bad luck.
Flying the ocean still remains a
great adventure, in spite of what
Lindbergh did You can regard it
as useless. but cannot help admiring
the spirit of it.
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Prie6tIy Pigheadedne88

VEALOTS can continue the row
Il until even deeply religious peo-
pie will become too disguised with
the church to support it. They can
insist on their own dogmatic in
depreciation until the moral fiber
of Christianity is washed out and
its good influences destroyed.
The thing has been done before.
This is not the first time that
priesthood has endangered the faith
through pigheadedness.
History portrays no greater or
more useless tragedies than those
that have occurred when little men
undertake to translate big ideas.
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Quotations of NOtabIeS

declaration of Aristides that
neither walls, theaters. porches, nor
senseIess equipment makes states,
but men who are able to rely upon
themselves.-Dr. Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia university.
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THEY tell me I am about to be
& put upon a budget, AS yet /
don't know what it entails. but the
whole thing sounds terrible. AS
understand it, an efficiency person
will call every day and after look
ing over the books give me a quarter
for spending money.
Friends, relatives and q strong
minded person named Miss Whipple
have assured me I can save hun
dreds Of dollars every year if only
indorse Miss Whipple as the watch
dog of the treasury.
am told the mere process Of put
ting figures on paper is valuable
adjunct to thrift That does not
sound unreasonable. No man would
buy much ginger ale at 81 a bottle
if he we're forced to record the sum
in a little red book under the cold
dawn of the morning after.
Palpable reminders Of folly easily
may be sufficient to inspire the bet
ter life. But I'm not at all sure I
want to be wiser or better What
on earth would I DO with all this
money if I had it? Wall Street is
getting its fair share Of me as things
stand.
A man who paid 1876 for United
States Steel has a right to believe
ginger ale is cheap at 81. Moreover
bought the steel without the &C
compartment of music, lights, and
the laughter Of dancing girls
Nobody in the brokers' office pro-
duced a fine glow of hilarity by hit
ting me on the head with cotton
ball and crying Hello sucker!"
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Illegal Expenses Investigated

BIZ Times Special
GARY. Ind, June 14.-Investi-
cation Of charges that Eric Lund
trustee of North township, has
illegally expended the townships
poor fund, was resumed by the Lake
county grand jury today in the
Lake criminal court. The investiga-
ton was begun early in the year
and officials in the prosecutors Office
assert there is no certainty when it
viii be completed.
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David DietE on scienel
Origin of Heat Waves
No. $50

THE dreaded hot waves of summer are caused by
l. the relation of high and low pressure areas over
the United States.
When an of high pressure covers the south
eastern states while a low pressure area advances
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Big Boy

NOBODY ever did call me- big
1 y boy" but I can imagine it
would be very fascinating What
on earth can a man of 40 buy half
so previous as even the vague sus-
picion he is still something of a
devil 1t is impossible to feel ad-
venturous by keeping a budget.
Or if it is to be done at all, I
must be allowed some vast sum
which is to be regularly recorded
under the heading Of plain fool
ishness.'
Man does not live by bread alone,
but chiefly through his indiscretions.
I do not want to be lean, cautious
and the possessor Of 5000 in the
savings bank.
And come to think of it, savings
banks are even more in need of
being jazzed up than brokers' Of
fees. Why not a combination
speakeasy and savings bank?
Through the wicket there peers at
you a dazzling blonde, and as you
shove the bank book and the wad-
ded bills in her direction, she in
quires pleasantly, Will you take
Scotch or gin?"
Instead Of interest compounded
mi-annually, the depositor in the
Savings Banks for Wastrels. as my
institution is to be called, will have
the privilege, at appropriate inter-
walls. of receiving one drink on the
house.
It always has seemed to me that
not even water from a covered
bucket tastes quite so sweet as a
drink on the house.
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These ailUreS

THE institution of which I speak
4 would fail every now and then.
Savings banks are prone to stress
the security which they oEar TO
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History PortrayS No Greater
Tragedies Than Those
That Hare Occurred When
Little Men Undertake to
Translate Big Ideas.