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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26

Editor Times-It is with feeling
of deep regret that I read so often
of the tearing down of the two we'll
known old churches in the War
Memorial Plaza, the First Baptist
and Second Presbyterian, which 1
think will be a terrible sacrilege and
sin against God.
1t always has seemed 70 me they
were built for that special spot in
the city and create a soothing,
peaceful, religious atmosphere in
that square that nothing else could
do. and I feel sure that to certain
we'll known musician it would prove
sad, sad thing to destroy that
which has been associated with ex-
periences in one Of those churches.
Before this terrible sacrilege is
committed why not, in. your wonder
full paper, be outspoken in your
ideas of justice, call on all Protestant
Christians of this city and elsewhere
to express their views on this sub
ject.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
TIT CT ENTC M NTT1 D. HAYWOOD
l. OLL4V1O ~ 1V1A ~ BROUN

THEY say that since the Demo-
Il cratic party of his native state
declared against him, the chances
are that Senator Hefin will not be
returned to Office. This is bleak
announcement to greet columniSt
in the Christmas season.
Hef1in in Washington is worth at
least two paragraphs week to any,
body dependent on the news for the
source of his inspiration. Please,
Santa Claus, can't I have Tom in
the toe of my stocking when wake
up on Christmas morning?
My own dependence on Hef1in
and others like him (although, of
course, there really is no one much
like Hef1in) is more acute than that
of other columniSts. Many readers
and other kindly critics have point
ed out to me that my best chance
to be interesting is to be violently
angry about something. when
you're not mad, you're an awful
BORE" is the terse way they put it.
And of the fundamental truth Of
this assertion I have little doubt.
The words lumber and limp across
the keyboard at such times as I am
at peace with all the world.
I don't mean to suggest that they
at once fall into formations Of COM
polling prose at such times as I am
not all hot and bothered, but at
least they assemble themselves with
moro 1-ooiditu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN,
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Health Magazine.
NXTITHIN recent years few OF the
w developments in medical sci
ence have attracted the attention
that has been given to the use of
the ultraviolet rays for the pre-
vention and treatment of ricketts,
and also for their systemic effects
on the body.
The ultraviolet is administered
in various ways 1t may be given
directly from the sun, but in our
large cities the smoke in the at
mosphere, particularly in winter,
is sufficient to cut off practically
all of the valuable rays from Octo-
Der untii May.
Ultraviolet does not pass through
ordinary window glass and it is
necessary to use special ultraviolet
transmitting glass, many forms of
which are now available, if any of
the suns rays are to penetrate
to those who need them.
There are, in addition, espe-
cially built carbon arc and quartz
mercury vapor lamps which are
of value. The amount of ultra
violet rays supplied and the
amount of mira red or heat rays
supplied by various artificial
sources depends on the size of the
equipment, the intensity of the
electrical power consumed and on
similar factors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
No Butts

TINE cause of peace is not de-
L pendent wholly on any precise
formula of international co-opera-
ton. Mankind can prevent wars by
the simple process of actually re-
pudiating conflict. I mean in the
heart. Not much is to be hoped for
from any leader who says, cot
course, we all deplore war, but"
Peace flies out of the window as
soon as one "but" enters it. Race
prejudice, bigotry, prohibition and
all cruel forms of compulsion like
wise could be carted away before the
sun comes up to rise, if all Of us
honestly desired them to be gone
forever.
Indeed, think some efficiency ex-
pert ought to try and interest Santa
Claus in some such system Of Scav-
enging. AS I understand the bust
ness of the big gift and reindeer
man, he operates on a one-way
basis, which is always wasteful.
The factory, as we know, is sit
uated near the pole. I believe the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Ultraviolet Rays Aid ricketts, Cure

terol. This substance is called in
the trade 'viosterol."
1t must be remembered, however,
that viosterol contains only the
vitamin D effects and does not pro-
vide the vitamin A which is also
| present in cod liver oil and which
is believed to be of special impor-
lance in aiding resistance to disease.
Hence special preparations have
been prepared of fortified cod liver
oil, which contains all Of the vita
min D power of irradiated ergosterol
and, in addition, the vitamin A
| which is necessary and valuable.
Find Safer Lamp
Because of the danger Of over
dosage Of ultraviolet rays, experts
throughout the world have been
attempting to develop a special
bulb which would give about the
intensity of sunlight, and would
not therefore be as dangerous to
the eyes and to the tissues gener-
ally as the powerful ultraviolet
which comes from the carbon arc
Or the large quartz mercury vapor
lights.
Within the last year there have
been developed both in Germany
and in this country, bulbs which
give only the intensity of sun
light, and these can now be
bought with an ordinary floor
lamp-mOre expensive, of course,
than the ordinary floor lamp be-
cause of the special bulb and trans
former.
Such lamp can be placed in any
room and children can be submitted
to it for several hours without dan
ger of burning or oYerdosage.
Next: Overcoming the toxic gases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

The carbon arc lamp yields
more heat rays than does the
quartz mercury vapor and should
not be chosen when heat rays are
not desired.
BY use of special carbons that
are cored with certain chemicals,
the carbon arc lamp may be made
an excellent source or heat rays as
well as of ultraviolet rays.
If the ultraviolet rays are not
desired, the light can be passed
through window glass, which will
screen off the ultraviolet rays.
1t is necessary, however, to have
the ultraviolet rays to get the vita
min D effect of ultraviolet. Vita
min D is an important substance
in preventing ricketts, and in the
treatment of that disease. 1t also
seems to have some effect on the
general health of the body.
Vitamin D is especially profuse
in cod liver oil, but cod liver oil
is not especially palatable. Hence
workers all over the world at
tempted to find out what was the
active substance in cod liver oil
and various special tablets of ex-
tracts were prepared which con-
tanned vitamin D.
Then it was found that chemi-
cal substance called ergosterol was
tho Y1rnoJI,.cOY. Of vito min "
That is to say, when ergosterol
is submitted to ultraviolet rays,
vitamin D is developed in that sub
stance.
Now concentrated extracts of
vitamin D made by irradiating err
gosterol are available and it is pos
sible to give all of the vitamin D
effects of cod liver oil to an infant
in few drops of irradiated ergos-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Everything Has Childhood

A DMITTING that we can get
IA along all right if the illusion of
Santa Claus has been killed, since
all of us must, could we get along
all right if the spirit he embodies
were killed?
Or, to bring the thing closer home,
would JAZZ give way to the IS o So
if the legend of Santa Claus never
had been conceived?
It is delightful to imagine that
we can rationalize the problems Of
life, stating them in the cold Ian
guage of science, and solving them
by some mechanical rule.
There is about as much sense in
it, however, as there would be in
trying to mix calculus with nursery
rhymes.
Everything human has its child
hood-races as we'll as individuals,
religious ideas as well as the steel
trust.
Mature movements, activities and
conceptions bear little more resem-
blance to what they were in the
beginning than does full-groWn
man bear to an infant.
Yet through them all runs the
thread of the original dream.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Willing to Sacrifice

A T 1923 the thing was brought
L n to q dramatic climax, when a
voice broke into the medley cutting
the word Chicago" right in two
with the announcement, this sta
ton is signing off for a distress call
from sea-
That is what you might call
translating the Christmas spirit into
modern terms.
A great broadcasting company not
only had swept its advertising eli
ents aside, but risked the effect of
silence in a million homes for the
sake of some far-away ship.
1t is safe bet that very few of
the liSteners-in were unwilling to
have their entertainment cut short
for such cause.
What odds whether there is a
Santa Claus, whether Christ was
born in the spring or the fall,
whether heathenism combined with
Christian doctrines to form a myth,
so long as truth turks in the back
ground.
Our belief with regard to past
events are not particularly impor-
tart, even if we do quarrel a great
deal over them.
OF far greater consequence are the
conceptions of human conduct to
which those Beliefs give birth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Spirit Still Lives

VOU and I have laid Santa
n Claus on the shelf, along with
many other childish illusions, but
not the spirit he symbolized.
Were any one to ask us whether
we believed such a person ever ex-
listed, we would say no.
But when it comes to the thought
out Of which the personality de-
veloped, and especially to the pres
ence of that thought in our attitude
toward human relationships, the
riddle can not be dismissed Sc
lightly.
And where, one might ask, did the
thought originate, or why has it not
been crushed by the wheels of ma
terial progress?
Such sages as Benjamin Frank
lin, Plato or Bergson probably would
answer that the thought came
from the instructive desire to be
decent, from mans realization OF
his defects on the one hand, and
his hope of overcoming them on the
other.
And they probably would add that
the primitive mind could visualize
only such thoughts through myth
and symbol, that it needed some
thing concrete, something with the
appearance of physical being to give
them forceful expression.
But If it required genius to con-
ceive the necessary myths, symbols
and personalities, the call for them
came from the abstract hunger OF
the masses, the universal longing to
be better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Hopeful

IN this writer's opinion, the en-
Il trance of men of science into the
general affairs of the world is one
of the most hopeful signs of the
times.
1t is fact that many of the ills
frequently are laid by critics upon
the doorstep of the scientists.
But is is important to remember
that up to the present scientific
men have been engaged in giving
inventions to the world. The con-
troll and management of these in
ventions have not stayed in scien-
tific hands.
AS Bertrand Russell, famous
British philosopher, has pointed out,
they frequently pass into the hands
OF politicians, for example.
DR.. Burton E. Livingston, perma-
nent secretary Of the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Science, once made the statement
that science had produced sufficient
inventions to date to insure the
happiness of every living person If
these inventions were put to their
best possible use.
But only too frequently, he
charged, they were put to their
worst possible use.
Dynamite, for example, can be
used to clear land, make new habi-
tations for man out of the wilder
ness, and spread civilization. But
dynamite can also be used to wage
war, destroy habitations and retard
civilization.
1t is a hopeful sign to see that
scientific men are beginning to
realize that their responsibilities to
the world do not cease with the
production of new inventions.
They must lend their brains also
to the control and management Of
them.
They must help the world adjust
itself to the new conditions which
new inventions create.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
SCIENCE
- BY DAVID DIETZ--
Scientists Are Assuming q
More and More Important
Position IN the Affairs of
the World.
PunAVIn nIFTZ-

THE Age of Science. as the pres
Il ent age is sometimes called. is
becoming a true age of science, with
scientific men contributing not
merely autos. radios and other
pieces of machinery to it, but be-
ginning to assume dominant posi-
tions in the cultural and political
life of the times.
This is the opinion of Lawrence
w. Wallace, executive secretary of
the American Engineering council,
who just has completed, in collabo-
ration with J. E. Hannum, a New
York engineer, a survey of En-
gineers in American Life"
Men of science are assuming a
dominant position in American life,
Wallace says.
by experimenting with broad
humanistic and scholarly interests.
the technical genius responsible for
the Machine Age, they are becom-
ing a controlling force in culture.
politics, finance and education" he
says.
He supports his views by Stats
tics to show that of the 28,805 mot
able living men and women named
in who's Who In America" 30.4
per cent are men of science. In
Guided in this percentage are 1853
engineers and architects.
Among these 1858 engineers and
architects there are ten Governors.
thirteen members of Congress, two
members of the cabinet and the
President of the United States" he
SAYS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Leaders

XXTALLACE attacks the view, fire.
Vquently expressed, that scien-
tiflc men are cold-blooded and that
they are seeking to Mechanic civ
ilization.
1.-The findings of this survey
clearly show that engineers and
architects are versatile, not narrow,
internationally, not provincially,
minded, leaders, not followers,
scholarly not unlearned, cultured,
not rude, humane, not cruel, lovers,
not haters of mankind" he says.
"The hope and the promise once
pictured for the engineering pro-
fession are being fulfilled. For the
indications are that men of science
are becoming the organizers and
directors of the civilizing energies of
the world in the interest of all man.
kind.
However inspiring and satisfying
these indications may be, though,
they should not be permitted to
flatter the vanity of the members
"a Vic HlOACoolOlly bub ldtllCI w I'LL
part feeling Of humility.
1T must be remembered that the
ideal Of the engineering profession
is one which it will approximate
more and more, just as it becomes
more and more humanized and en-
lightened The challenge to the
profession is to supply a type of
leadership which will be sympa-
thetic, encouraging and strength
ening."
Discussing further the engineers
and architects listed in Who's
Who in America" Wallace says,
THE men studied hold member
ships in 1,138 associations, commits
sions, conferences and the like, half
Of which are nontechnical.
The activities of these organiza-
tons touch practically every inter-
est Of mankind. They are not re-
stricted geographically, but are
located in many parts Of the world"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
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le1T|tle}1
ANNIVERSARY
R414!H@44t
BATTLE OF TRENTON
December rs

BATTLE OF TRENTON
December rs
I'M Dec. 26, 1776, the battle of
W Trenton, N. j., was fought.
The Americans under George
Washington crossed the Delaware
on cold and stormy night and
surprised the Hessians at sunrise.
Colonel Rhalle and twenty men
were killed and the remainder Of
the 1000 surrendered. OF the Ameri-
cans, two were killed and two froze
to death.
This we'll Judged and successful
enterprise revived the depressed
spirits of the colonists and pro-
duced an immediate and happy ef-
feet in recruiting the American
army.
Another historical event which
took place on Dec. 26 was the the
alter fire in Richmond, Va, in 1911,
in which 1913 persons persisted, in
Guiding the Governor Of the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26

articles written especially for The Times
and NEA Service in which DR.. Norris
Fishbein, editor of the journal of the
American Medical Association and the
nations outstanding authority on
health subjects, tells of the advances
made by medical science in the year
that is Just ending.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Suggestion

TIP to this point the conduct of
~ the concern seems expertly
managed, but consider the moment
when the last package has been
stuffed into a stocking.
Then Santa Claus goes back to
the remote headquarters with an
empty sled. What kind of man
agement is that?
think the reindeer should drag
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26

north one has been chosen, to avoid
the traffic congestion which exists
in the neighborhood of the south
pole.
Far from the travel lands, Santa
Claus loads his sled with toy drums,
diamond rings and smoking jackets.
GaIloping madly, he manages to
leave some gift for every good little
boy and girl, and some rather less
respectable, which is as it should be.
An endless amount of research
and shopping would be necessary if
Mr.. Claus had to pause by every
chimney and examine the records
to ascertain whether Miss YVette
Casanova was truly deserving
through good conduct, of wrist
watch set with rubies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26
Daily Thought

Woe unto them that rise I'D
early in the morning, that they
may follow stron~ drink; that
continue until nigl III wine in
flame them.-Isaiah IL
Though I look old, yet I am
strong and luSty, for in my youth
I never did apply hot and rebellious
liquors in my blood.-Shakespeare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-26

If piece of wood, weighing one
pound, is put in pail of water the
combined weight of pail and water
being four pounds, how much will
the whole weigh?
The weight of the pail of water
is increased by one pound if none
of the water is displaced from the
pail by the wood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
Less than HaHPrice!

than Half Price. ALL
electric operation no
batteries sets that
m any manufacturers
charge an extra premium
for going into this
event at less than Half
Price. We expect to be
swamped with orders. ;.
so come in early Friday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-03-21

b M
Two of the members of the dec
oration committee, Davis and Mar
garet have done many things to
brighten up our schoolroom, but
strange as it may seem, we have
forgotten who the third one is.
We have learned number of
new songs of late and like them
very much.
Miss ISorenson is now reading
Juan and Juanita" for us. Judg-
ing by the attentiveness of all we
rather think that everybody enjoys
The fourth graders have COM
pleted the study of the History of
Minnesota and, with the help of
Miss Kruse, made an interesting
booklet in reviewing the work.
The little ones had lots of fun
learning to tell time.
We have to admit that Leonard
is the best eighth grader we have.
But then-he's the only one in
that grade.
The little ones phoenics class
find setting the table and eating
lunch very pleasant work. How
ever Roman thinks Barbara gets
rather greedy when it comes to
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-03-21

and thus have their names on it
are, Joe, Frank and Rosa Weiss,
Norma Quistorff, Ida Quistorff
and Roger Ruehmann.
Although it was hard task to
catch Miss Kruse unawares we
succeeded in giving her a little
surprise in the form of peanut
shower.
Rosa Weiss and Victor Walter
have again received prizes for
perfect spelling lessons.
1t is very unusual for a person
to get stuck in a snowdrift this
time of the year, but Barbara
can boast of having had that ex-
perience. With much effort Miss
Sorenson and several of the boys
succeeded in getting her out. AL
though she emerged with a very
wet and lame leg she took part in
the hearty laughter which follow
ed.
We were all rather sorry to see
Ruehmans move, as it hinders their
usual regular attendance.
Upon examining the windmill
and dogcart he made we all admit
that John Holler beats us all at
being original.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-03-21
West Union

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Viii
iams on March 13, boy.
Mrs. Theodore Noeske and Mrs
II. J. Bentfeld were guests OF
relatives at Melrose Thursday af
ternoon.
Mrs. George Ensign was callec
to Osakis "Wednesday on account
of the illness of her granddaughter
She returned Thursday.
Mrs. A. Kleinfehn, of Minneapo.
lis, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Noeske several days Of
last week.
Mrs. Harper Wakefield and sor
Tom were Sank Centre visitors
Friday.
Mrs. Joe Marthaler was SauI
Centre caller Saturday where she
visited the new baby, born March
II, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Joe Dirnberger.
Rudolph Spillman left for his
home in Gallo, N. D., Saturday
having spent much of the winter
visiting relatives in the state.
Fred Kramer, of Thief River
Falls, Mimi, arrived Saturday for
several days visit with his broth
er and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bergsten were
visitors of friends at Osakis over
Sunday.
Mrs. Anton Schlicht was Mel
rose visitor Saturday and Sunday
with relatives and friends.
Joe Miller and family, of Sauk
Centre, were guests Sunday OF
Mr.. Miller's mother, Mrs. Kath-
rem Miller, and sister, Mrs. Ben
Deters.
Fred Vorpahl, of st. Cloud, was
a visitor at the Henry Quistorff
home Tuesday of last week.
Theodore Kramer, of Mime
.apolis, spent several days last week
at the home of his brother John
Kramer.
o. B. DeLaurier motored from
Long Prairie Sunday for several
days visit with Mrs. DeLaurier.
H. c. Rueckert and Edward
Schwanke motored to st. Paul
Sunday returning the same eve
ming.
Lavone Mause celebrated her
birthday anniversary Monday
by entertaining all her classmates.
All enjoyed a good time, delic-
lous lunch was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Teske,
of St. Cloud, visited at the Geo
Schmidt home Sunday.
A farewell party was held Sun
day evening for Miss Della Didier
and brother AL, who left Tuesday
for Bison, Montana. Their brother
John, who spent the past few
months visiting here, returned
with them.
Mr.. Bjerkland, of Osakis, has
taken over the Marthaler barber
shop and will spend Friday and
Saturday of each week here start
ing the coming week.