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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-07

toothpick covered with material
from the intestines. The patient re-
covered uneventfully after the oper-
alton.
When questioned, he denied that
he ever had swallowed toothpicks,
but he stated that he frequently
used toothpick following his meal
and sometimes dropped off to sleep
with one in his mouth.
He also stated that he regularly
ate sandwiches held together by
toothpicks, so that it was not certain
just which of his bad habits was
responsible for his trouble.
incidentally, he remarked that
when he fell asleep with a tooth
pick in his mouth, his wife usually
would come and remove it, so that
it is quite possible that the fault
lay entirely with his wife for fail
ing to remove the toothpick while
he was asleep.
The physician who reports this
case suggests that all toothpick
users make certain that the wife is
faithful in her duties, or that a
string be tied to the toothpick when
not in use.
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Honesty Passes Out

WE need a lot more like Sin
w clair Lewis, because we still
like ourselves too well. still take our
faults too lightly and our virtues
too seriously, still regard our ira
ditions, habits and hopes as too
nearly perfect.
Common honesty has given place
to bluff and baIderdash, and one
need go no farther than the chatter
of the last two days to prove it.
To hear the vets talk, one would
suppose that the prohibition issue
had been settled, though two out of
every three representatives in con-
gress and three out of every four
senators are still dry, while less
than dozen states have gone on
record as favoring repeal, where
thirty-six are needed.
To hear the drys talk, one would
suppose that the wet gain of thirty
representatives and half a dozen
senators meant nothing, and that
the referenda in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Illinois, which
showed substantial majority
against prohibition, meant less.
To hear the Hoover crowd talk,
it was just a case of hard luck, and
to hear the Democrats talk, the re-
suit of 1892 is so certain that we
hardly need to hold an election.
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which might weigh him down
among the dead men.
In 500 years, perhaps, empires will
be unknown, and wars and white
mems burdens. In such period the
childish chauvinism of Kipling
might well blind the reader to his
magnifcence as q story teller.
Perhaps they will say then that o.
Henry really was his superior in the
matter Of short stories. And if am
anywhere about, even though disem-
bodied, do you think that will toll
crate such monstrous heresy with
calmness?
Am I and other ghosts of my time
to knuckle down and admit, "Pos-
terity has spoken. There's nothing
more to be said about it?"
just what my brothers in ecto-
plasm may say and do can't pre-
dict. but let me catch critics in the
days to come INDUCING in such
monkeyshines and I will go and
haunt them.
From walls within their flats will
come a groaning and a creaking.
And in the halls chains will rattle.
1t is no use to tell me: Don't be
dogmatic. The thing is just a mat
ter of opinion"
Tolerance can be carried to ride
ulous lengths. Even in questions of
taste, man must make a stand at
some point or another and defy
not only the yelps Of his contempt
raries, but all the heavy guns which
posterity can ever bring against
him.
1t is well enough upon occasions
to say, Il think" but there are other
situations in which one must be
more brutal and change his tenta-
tive opinions 20 the more frank and
fortnight, I'm telling you"
copyright. 1880. BY The Times)
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A CoIor-Index

THE difference in color among
= stars has an interesting effect.
The Photographic plate is more SEN
sitive to blue light than it is to red.
Consequently, the apparent bright
ness or magnitude of a star as
judged by the human eye will not
be the same as that recorded by the
Photographic plate.
Astronomers, therefore, speak Of
the visual magnitude and the photo
graphic magnitude of a star. A
comparison of stars position on
the two scales is an index of its
color. Astronomers call the differ
ence between the two the stars
color Index.
Astronomers have found that the
color Of star is an index of its
temperature. Each star is a great
self-luminous sphere Of heated
gases. The stars color is an in
dication of the temperature of its
surface. The red stars are only
red-hot. while the white stars are
white-hot.
Astronomers have also found that
stars can be classified on the basis
of their spectra and that this CLASH
fication closely parallels the color
classification.
Every one knows that If a glass
prism is held up to the sunlight, it
divides the rays of the sun into a
little rainbow Of color, known tech
nically as spectrum.
BY attaching a spectroScope, a
combination of prisms, to a tele-
scope, it is possible to record the
rainbow or spectra of a star.
Astronomers have found that the
resulting spectra can be divided into
various types.
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He Influences PEOPLE
TAKE prohibition, for instance

TAKE prohibition, for instance,
4 and what put it over but
combination of moral fanaticism,
political hypocrisy, and an abject
fear of clerical leadership?
Take the Wall Street crash and
what was more responsible for it
than the Rotarian complex?
Take oyerproduction, the merg-
ing craze, and the building boom,
and what was back of it but Bah
bittry?
You can contend that Lewis
lacked the glibness of a Conrad or
the logic of a Tremaine, but you
can't deny that he said something
that needed to be said, or that he
said it in such way that ordinary
folks could understand.
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BY DIR. NORRIS FTSHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
THE toothpick is almost wholly
Il an American institution. 1t is
freely available in restaurants, din
ing cars, and in many homes.
Just as a horse will suck a stump
or COW will chew cud, an adult
human being may form the habit
of walking about with a toothpick
in his mouth, or stuck between the
teeth, or will manipulate the device
on the slightest provocation either
in public or in private.
A tOothpick also is a handy uten-
sill for manicuring, poking Obstruc-
tons out of keyholes, and for hold
ing together deviled eggs or lady's
sized sandwiches at bridge, lunch
con or tea.
AS a result of these varied uses
Of this device, there appear regu-
larly in medical literature the rec
ords of cases in which toothpicks
or portions of toothpicks have been
swallowed and have penetrated vari-
Gus parts of the stomach or intes-
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Immortality

THERE really are certain artists
i who feel that it is better to
burn than to mar. And none Of
these would accept immortality,
save grudgingly, unless 1t carried
with it everlasting fame for their
favorite works.
Posterity just won't do. The judg-
ment of five centuries easily may
be better than that of the Book-of-
the-Month Club, and yet it remains
human and fallible.
'Abie's Irish Rose ran five years
or something like that. 1t could
conceivably live five centuries.
Many critics of our own day are
much too confident of what judg-
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Stars Are Not of Same Bril-
iance, Nor All of the Same
Color.
A HASTY glance at the heavens
n on a clear night serves to re-
veal the fact that all stars are not
of equal brilliance. A more careful
glance will reveal a second fact,
namely, that all the stars are not
Of the same color.
Vega, familiar bright star. which
is to be found almost directly over
head, is beautiful clear white.
while Betelgeuse. another familiar
star to be found in the constellation
of Orion, is distinctly reddish in
color.
The rudy hue of Betelgeuse is
noted quickly If this star is COM
pared with the other stars in the
constellation of Orion.
Another good example of differ
ence in star colors is to be found in
the Little Dipper. Everyone knows
the constellation of the Big 1ipper
and knows also that the two end
stars. the pointers" point to the
North Star.
The North Star, or Polaris, is at
the tip of the handle of the Little
Dipper. This constellation, COM
posed Of stars of less brilliance than
those of the Big Dipper, is observed
on a moonless night. Now it will
be noted that the star at the OPP
poSite end of the Little Dipper has
a distinctly reddish color by com
parison with Polaris.
The telescope reveals even more
clearly the difference in star colors
1t shows that there are blush, blue
white, white, yellow. orange and red
stars.
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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 uaper.-The Editor.
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Questions and
Answers

What is the average life span of
a fly?
No fat statement can be made
about the life span of a fly, as too
many factors enter into the prob
lem-some live for only day, and
may are killed by the weather. in
longevity experiments one record OF
seventy days and another of ninety
one was obtained. Any figure for
the average life of fly would be
mere gueSswork. From ten to fl
teen days would be one guess.
Was the special built racing auto
used by the late Major Segravc
wrecked when he was killed?
Major Segrave was killed June Is.
1880, by the capsizing of a speed
boat, Miss England II, on Lake
Windenaer while he was attempting
to set a new speedboat record. His
racing automobile. in which he es-
tablished record Of 231 miles PEI
hour at Daytona Beach, Fla, March
II, 1929, has not been wrecked.
What boxing championships did
Bob Fitzsimmons, the boxer, hold
during his career?
He won the middleweight cham
pionship from jack Dempsey, jan
IA. 1891; in 1886, he entered TIC
heavyweight class and his middle
weight title was claimed by both
Kid Mccoy and Tommy Ryan; on
March II, 1897, Fitzsimmons won
the heavyweight championship BY
knocking out Jim Corbett; and lost
the title to jim Jeffries, June o.
1899. On Nov. 25, 1903, Fitzsim-
mons defeated George Gardner III
twenty rounds at San Francisco,
and claimed the light heavyweight
title, which he held until Dec. 90
1905, when he was defeated by
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.
On what day in 1872 did Ascen-
sion day fan?
Friday, May TO-
Has Michigan a state prohibition
r. A -
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Daily Thought

Yet little sleep, a little sIum-
Der, little folding of the hands
to Sleep.-Proverbs 24:33.
No one but an adventurous tray
eler can know the beauty of sleep.
Earl of BeaconS6elgi.
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It VIII be noted That Type Q has
been omitted from the table. That
Is because Type o stars are very
rare, their number being so small
that it would constitute only an ex-
tremely slight fraction of a per cent
in such a table.
There are also a small number OF
stars whose spectra do not fit into
the above sequence. They are known
as Types N, r and S.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-May I express the
appreciation Of the Republican
state committee and myself in par
ticular for the consideration that
you have shown us in the handling
of publicity in connection with the
campaign just closed. I realize, of
course, that your editorial policy
has not conceded always with our
views, but we certainly can have
no complaint to make of the man
ner in which you have handled the
news matter pertaining to our side
of the campaign.
Mr.. Stern has at all times been
very congenial and very consicic--
ate, and it has been a real pleasure
to me to have worked with him
for these few weeks.
PAUL R. BAUSMAN,
Director Publicity Bureau.
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ments the fture holds. Probably
nobody seriously maintains that
Harold Bell Wright will live, or
even Zane Grey. Most of us are
conntemptuous of these popular
authors. And with good cause, too,
as far as I am concerned.
Their point of view is infantile,
their style atrocious and all the
stories are hackneyed.
But I wouldn't put it past pos
terity to wink at all these facts
Five hundred years from now some
scholar at Harvard may find re-
freshment in the naivette of Mr.,
Wright.
He may argue that Grey and
Wright were far closer in touch
with their times than another OBJ
scure novelist of the day named
Sinclair Lewis. The first thing you
know Freshman English in all the
universities of the twenty-f1fth CEN
fury will be demanding 1.-THE Win
ming of Barbara Worth" as required
reading, and Riders of the Purple
Sage" will be published with foot
notes and glossary.
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Betting on P0Sterity

A SIX any group Of intellectuals to
( "A name a slate for poSterity to
pick from and it is at least 10 to l
that the names of the moderns thus
supplied will all be passed over.
Certainly the precise order Of
merit agreed on by living pundits
never will be respected. Always we
keep forgetting that some of the
surviving classes were wholly neg
lected at their time of publica-
ton.
Since we so readily have swept
aside the judgments of our ances-
tors, how can we fail to expect that
our own descendants will be equally
cavalier with the opinions which
we held most dear?
Name whom you like among the
living and I gladly viii offer 10 to l
that his name and works are dust
within century.
If Kipling does not continue, 1
shall both be surprised and dis
appointed. But there are factors
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AOI II. Oh ODN4kA4Fi
Director Publicity Bureau.
Where Is Normandy, and hoa

Where is Normandy, and how
large is it?
1t is an ancient province Of
France, bounded north and west by
the English channel and traversed
in its eastern section by the Seine.
The area is about 10000 square
miles.
What is the annual cost of main
tanning federal and state prisons
and refOrmatories in the United
States for one year?
Approximately SIS 900 coo
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Spectral Glasses

EATHER SECChI was the first
Il astronomer to classify stars on
the basis of their spectra. He recog-
nized four types. A more extended
system now is in use, known as the
Draper or Harvard classification.
In this classification, a continuous
series of types is recognized. This
now is designated by the following
letters, o, B, A, F, G., K, M.
This corresponds to the sequence
Of color from blue to red. The o
type stars are the very blue ones
The M type are the red ones.
On the basis Of this classification
our own sun is a type G star.
The percentage of stars belonging
to these various classes is as fol-
lows:
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Has Michigan a state prohibition
enforcement law
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-07

On what day in 1872 did Ascen-
sion day fan?
Friday, May 10.
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Stars Are Not of Same Bril-
hance, Nor All of the Same
Color.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-25
L E Nj C. RAD PARTY
MEET HEARS REPORT OF
5-YEAR PLAN SUCCESSES
Molotov Speaks on Progress of Socialist Con-
structiOn in the Soviet Union
Despite Difficulties 40 to so Per Cent of Farms
in Main Grain Areas Collectivized

LENNGRAD (PS)The conference of the Lenngad district of the
Communist Party the Soviet Union recently Mol
made the report the activity the Committee the
the u which contains (among other thng the following
Since the 18th Party tremendous has been made
the socialist constructive work decisive alterations
the class alignment The position the
tremendously consolidated The middle turned
socialism and the coeczaon developing satisfactorily
& of the coeczaon
Pr socialism being laid in agriculture industry
the capitalist countries developing. Soviet
Union however, rich future possibilities the of
world The rgtwngers talk of certain sterilization of capitalism
fact the strike in the capitalist
and tremendous collisions
unemployed workers The revolutionary China
and Sovie Armies fighting China
under the flag of boshevism for the Soves
The Party has modified all the the proetariat the
ryngsout of the industrial financial plans
Central Committee work the directing efforts
The Central Committee leading
Dealing with the socialist Molotov
peated the statement that the Jagged behind
industry The purchase
enng situation for the working class Thanks the
the Kuaks however, the purchase
favorable than before
sened At the initiative Stain
series of argescale Soviet undertakings policy
the Central Committee Despite difficulties
spte and eXaggan 40 of all
e grain producing districts been coeczed by
May $780, The the whole coect
ton policy but the
spring
satisfactorily and already said collective undertakings
will out their to the full
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-25
READING WORKERS BEGINNING TO SEE
Thru THE BOSSES SOCIALISTS"
Workers, Forward to the Organization of the
Communist Party in Reading

Daily WORKER
This is only by a to the
Reading Times capitalist sheet)
Editor Times:
In these days of unemployment and general Distress broung
through the Labor Advocate affords
ment The current issue of the Advocate
mOrses to wits
Under Reflections the editor writes entire column vain
attempt explain and justify the hypocrisy of the socialist political
party and he ubty admits that they
catching organization competition with the Wares and Gunds He
effect that ideals like platforms and platforms
like railroad station paormsmad in but
He admits that socialist offceskers ethics
set while the box egung and another after
election They place the higher value the latter set
Again he admits that they not of the workers but
reform movement cOncated to the despcab task of ppeuang
the capitalist system Take his words Socialists notand
do exaggerated value the demands which they write
into their platforms On the contrary immediate demands inserted
the socialist platforms because socialists realize that the capitalist
system is likely continue for time and because is the wish of
socaistswho after ALL pepto make capitalism live
possible the who trapped within the meshes
this capitalist trap"
seeing through the Socialists"
Communist Party here.
Reading Pa. READER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-25
Response to DAILY Call
Still Below Needed Mark

The following receipts for the
Daily Worker 5000 righting fund
arrived at our office on June is
and 10. They total nearly $500
which means $3.50 a day, which is
not the $1,000 a day called for by
any means. 1t is an Improvement
over the sos day received on June
IS, IA, 16 and II, but we still have
tn multiply our activities and in
C base our determination to make the
rk:
This week every Party member
has been requested to report to his
Party unit upon his achievements,
upon how much money he has col
lected and how many subs he has
secured upon the Daily Worker cam
paign list he has in hand. Let's make
these reports thorough, let's have
a complete check-up. Every Party
members goal must be a minimum
of S. and all Party members should
keep their campaign lists until the
SIS goal has been reached, in the
meantime turning in all funds col
lected to date.
Contributions for June IS, 10.
Tag Day, Detroit, Mich. .sa25 DO
ID. II. Taylor, Kansas City, Mo-. $500
l.. #. HerlOcI<, Kansas City, Mo. 800
s~Bogoroh, Kansas City, NO.. LOO
81 m Morris, Kansas City, NO.. LOO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-25

building the Trade Union Unity
League is life or death matter, yet
the apparatus in the center is phys
ically inadequate to handle the work.
Three-fourths of the Negroes are in
the South, yet the American Negro
Labor Congress has not one organ
izer there. Concrete work, shop by
shop, is what is needed. He dis
agrees with bringing unemployment
into the T.U.U.L. on the grounds
that we would have a T.U.U.L. com
posed of unemployed and would dis
solve the Unemployed Council. (Com-
rade Stachel and others later point
ed out that this was a wrong view;
that while we must avoid, by re-
cruiting employed workers into the
union, any making of the unions
into unions of unemployed. 1t is seri-
ously wrong, when workers under
stand and wish to join the T.U.U.L,
to keep them out because they are
unemployed. This is no way to build
the Red unions.)
J. w. Ford spoke at length on
the Red International of Labor
unions, the line of the Fourth Con
gress and the questions before the
Fifth R.I.L.U. Congress, also stress
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-25
End international Manifesto Boss War Move

is it that they are worried about
They are worried because the masses
of workers and peasants are build
ing the new foundation of a free
workers society, and foundation of
self-determination of all workers the
world over. Because this new
foundation paves the way to remove
the rotten system of capitalism and
the second international which now
only fools and betrays the workers.
eyes they are worried, but not for
the welfare, life and happiness of
the workers, but because of their
masters, the imperialist BOSSES"
New York. y. X.
the A. & P. Tea Co. The A. & P.
Tea Co. is also known as the ex-
ploiter of millions of young workers
throughout the country in their re-
tail stores.
Food Worker.
New York.
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HUNGER WAGES IN
F 0 0 D S H 0 P S
Bad Conditions il
Brooklyn Factories
July 10, 1880.

CulJ 4CS 4ccO'
Daily Worker:
Yesterday, l read an article writ
ten by worker correspondent, who
signed himself "Candy Slave" in
which he describes the starvation
wages and labor-saving devices
used in the factory.
I have worked in several food
factories in the Bush Terminal Sec
ton of Brooklyn and the same rot
ten conditions exist in all of them.
This work is very hard especially
in the hot weather when the work
ers have to cook the candy and
roast the coffee bean. The wage
scale in these hot houses are:
$14 a week, 81 a year raise in S.
Gompert & Son for 9 hours work
Is to $500, with one hour for
lunch. No rest periods.
$13 a week to start, $14 a week
after one month (many are laid off
before that, machine operators get
SIS. In some departments such as
candy and spice, the girls only work
about 3 days a week, and their
wages are much lower. Some of the
piece workers in the candy dept.
can average a $40 a week at times,
but that means they do work like
steam engines in a very hot room.
At present the machines are 60