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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-17
Questions and
AnSzOe7.S
How long are The largest whales?

How long are the largest whales?
The blue whale, or Baloenoptera
musculus, which is about one
hundred feet long and weighs about
seventy tons. is the largest species.
Does the sun draw water from the
earth?
The United States weather bureau
says that the sun does not pull wa
ter vapor toward itself. Water is
evaporated by heat, and thus made
a portion of the air. The delusion
that the sun is drawing water is
merely due to dust particles float
ing in the air, which are made vis-
ible when the sun shines between
clouds.
What is the size of raindrops?
The largest that have been meas
ured are about Is to 30 of an inch
in diameter; the smallest are about
one-twentieth of an inch.
How is par on a regular golf
course computed?
For holes UP to $50 yards, par is
8, from PSI to AS yards, par is 1;
from 446 to 800 yards, par is 5; from
sol yards upwards, par IS s. Par
means perfect play without flukes,
and under ordinary weather condi-
tons. always allowing two strokes
on each putting green.
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Readers of the Times Voice Vices

= former eInploye made the state
ment, while serving extra in the
wa tchn1an's place, that a truckload
Of hogs left there after midnight.
He was informed by his superiors
that these hogs were sent to the
abattoir to be slaughtered and the
meat was sent back for the inmates,
although they have one of the best
small slaughter houses with modern
equipment, in the state, at the coun-
ty in1rmary.
The people of Marion county as a
whole I believe appreciate the fact
that they have one paper that has
the nerve and honesty to expose this
scandal, which is disgrace to COM
mon decency, although corrupt
politicians call it a political move.
When any political machine or
party becomes SO corrupt that it will
violate all laws of common decency
and deprive poor, helpless, I'M
fortunate people of decent food and
living quarters, it is time, regardless
of party affiliations, that change
be made in our county, putting in
officials who will give these I'M
fortunates what the taxpayers pay
for.
The greed of Coffin and his tools
is not only a public disgrace, but a
menace to organized society, and all
laws are not taken seriously, but
more as a huge joke.
Coffin henchmen cali it a political
move of The Times, but decent, re-
spectacle people know it is a hu
manitarian drive to aid our county
unfortunates, right a wrong, and
end corruption of our public off
Gals.
We have more than 10000 people
unemployed in our city and if We
will clean up and have q decent
government, outside industries may
move in ard give more people en-
ploylnent, but no manufacturer
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Foods Rich in Iron Aid in Anenia Cases

orhages from the bowels and loss
of blood sufficient to keep the per-
son constantly afflicted and be-
low par.
A person with cancer, particular
ly of the intestines, may lose blood
repeatedly as the result of the in
f1ammation and liberation and Of
the infection of the tissues by the
new growth.
In such cases, treatment Of the
blood is not likely to improve the
condition, whereas a correct dag
nosis and prompt removal of the
dangerous growth leads to recovery.
There are diseases like malaria
and tuberculosis in which the con-
slant infection of the body by the
germs results in blood destruction.
Finally, there is the old diagnosis
Of overwork and undernutrition.
It generally is known that a per-
son may keep his health at par or
above by proper attention to rest
and exercise and diet and sunlight
and outdoor air, by the securing
Of the proper amount Of mental re-
Taxation, and by freedom from fear
or worry.
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Editor Tines-I've read your
paper for several years and am glad
to see it grow; it deserves all this
increased circulation.
It has stood consistently for any
thing it sees is right. 1t has, up
to this time, taken a stand with the
poor Is well as the rich, and has
not stood idly by and watched the
laboring class abused without STEP
ping up in its behalf.
I read with interest about the
chill girl" Daisy Sullivan, and de-
spise the justice handed out by
Judge Van Buskirk. I don't feel
like claiming any relationship to
Greene county. 1 knew her father
and they were just poor and need
ed a sympathetic love; not the
"hellhole'' in which she now is.
l also have read with interest the
fight over the purchase OF the
churches for the war memorial and,
as an ex-member of the American
Legion and an overseas veteran,
commend county commissioners for
their refusal to buy the properties
at this, or any other time.
The proposal to have any other
county donate exhibits a lot Of
nerve. Why should they donate to
beautify Indianapolis?
Many counties have donated more
approximately to their ex-service
men. Why couldn't great hospital
have been built with that money?
That would be something with not
so much graft, but a more practical
move for the good of ex-service
men.
We have veterans bureau to
help the boys get compensation, but
it does not do anything if it can be
helped. Mr.. Cunnlins of that bu-
reau has sat with his feet on the
desk so much that the last time I
saw him his pants we're quilted in
the seat. That puts him in my
class, but mine didn't come from
sitting and looking out window.
AS for the American Legion
raising so much racket over the
plaza, 1 Just wonder what connec-
ton they have with these affairs. ]
saw as much service as most Of
them and 1 haven't talked to any
who were in favor of the plaza ex-
! cept those who never saw actual
service. They organized the Legion
while I was in France and Belgium
and, at that time, it seems it was
for political purposes. I-joined. My
first meeting was my last.
A young squirt who is as poor
as I and who has been dependent
on his mother, more Or less, pro-
posed making that post an exclusive
one and charge $40 entrance Zee, so
"all the buns couldn't belong.
I believe Colonel A1oorhead would
remember that statement at Indi-
annapolis post, No. 4. Why spend any
more2 Let's permit the churches to
stand now and forever and, if nee
eSsary, take those monuments down
and build more churches.
A READER.
Editor Times--An inmate Of our
county inflrmary made the remark
that Burbank grew seedless or
anges, but the irhrmary superin-
tendent breeds harmless hogs" add
ing that q very small amount of
bacon or other meat is ali the in
mates get.
He also charges that county Of
flcials are invited out there on fire.
Quent occasions TO attend dinners
that are equhl to those served at
cur hest hotss
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SCIENCE
ny DAVID DIETZ

Scientists Argue Over Wheth-
er Light Consists of Wares
or Particles.
TNHE world OF physics is faced to-
: day with more puzzles than at
any time in its history. The state
Of this science is a fine illustration
Of the smile that our knowledge is
like a spot of light upon a field of
darkness; as we enlarge the area OF
the spot of light, we enlarge the
border Of darkness surrounding it.
Two fundamental questions which
have held the attention Of physicists
for more than two centuries are,
first, the question of whether light
consists of waves or particles, and
secondly, the question Of whether
space is empty or filled with a me-
dunn, the so-called ether of space.
These questions, within the last
few years, have been complicated
enormously by the considerations of
the Einstein theory Of relatively.
But recent developments are even
more bewildering to the layman The
first Of these is the new theory Of
matter, known as Schroedinger
wave mechanics. This stheory holds
that the atoms of matter are them
selves composed of waves.
The second is the proposal that
space may contain two or three
kinds of ether.
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ZHXS
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ANNIVERSARY
BURGoYNE's SURRENDER
Oct. IL.

BDhCO NE , SUhRkItDER
Oct. II.
ON oct. II, FIT, the turning
" point in the American revolu-
ton was reached when General
Burgoyne surrendered with about
5000 men to the American general
Gates at Saratoga, N. Y.
Burgoyne landed in America
early in the year and was placed
in command of a powerful expedi-
ton of 10000 men with orders to
penetrate into New York state from
Canada and then march south to
Join General Howes forces, so as
to divide the American confederacy
in half.
Burgoyne captured Ticonderoga
on July 6, but on Aug. Is, a de-
tachment of his army was almost
annihilated. Then, after two de-
cisive defeats at Saltwater, he sur
rendered to Gates. Washington
permitted Burgoyne to return to
England, but the king refused to see
him.
Burgoyne went over to the Oppo-
sItion party and resigned his ap-
pointments, but on a change Of
ministry at the close Of the revoLu-
ti01, be was appointed commander
IN chief In Ireland
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BY Mr.. MORRIS FTsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeias the Health
Magazine. ~
TN cases Of anennia after any i'll
i fections and poisons have been
controlled, or after any infestation
with worms has been abolished, or
after the poisons concerned have
been eliminated, and in which there
are no defects in blood formation
by the blood-forn1ing organs, or in
which there is no excessive deStruc-
ton of blood cells in any of the
organs of the body, it is customary
to improve the formation of blood
by the giving of certain substances
in the diet which are particularly
rich in iron and in vitan1ins.
Meats contain from two to eight
times more iron than such sub
stances as rice. Spinach contains
three times as much iron as apples
or oats, seven times as much as
eggs, six times as much as peas,
five times as much as beets, eight
times as much as potatoes.
All of these substances contain
however, considerable quantities of
iron and are useful in the diets Of
anen1iC patier1tS.
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Absurd in This Day

1T all goes back to the absurdity
4 of trying to make eighteenth
century politics fit twentieth century
civilization.
When this government was estab-
lished, there we're just two kinds of
rivers-one in which boats could
travel, and one in which they
couldn't
The kind Of river in which boats
could travel was regarded not only
as q natural highway, but as a
means of defensive or offensive
military operations, and was turned
over to the federal government in
consequence.
Such possibilities as the pro-
duction of hydro-electric power, or
irrigation projects, played no part
in the picture, and though we have
come to recognize their value, we
have done nothing to change the
basis Of federal control
If a river is "navigable," Uncle
Sam can do something with it.
Otherwise he can't, and that's that.
All kinds of reclamation schemes
have been Matched in the name of
shipping, and all kinds of power
sites have been neglected because
no one thought to offer shipping as
an excuse for their development.
To justify construction of the
Hoover dam, the federal government
had to declare, proclaim and other
wise establish the Colorado river
as navigable.
The Righteousness Of such a posi-
ton is revealed wildly by the fact
that the federal government now is
endeavoring to persuade Mexico
that the Colorado is not navigable.
From an engineering standpoint,
the Hoover dam is grand in con-
ception and genuine in objective.
From legal standpoint, it sym
bolizes nothing so distinctly as a
childish effort to get around stupid
traditions rather than discard them.
To the same extent that proves
our ability to think progressively
along mechanical and structural
lines, it proves our inability to think
the same way along political lines.
We won't ride in oxcarts, but
will retain oxcart laws.
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Useful History

What is history Is it anything more than COL
lection Of useless dates which might satisfy our curos-
ity to when Julius Caesar was assassinated or
Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded? Can it be of any
service to man2 Such are the questions being asked
today of the historian?
History started out branch of fine letters and
it remained so for the most part down through the
age of Macauley and Motley. 1t has been used as
propaganda, and is employed in many cases today.
More recently it has come TO be regarded as dis
cpne in aborious erudition which cares nothing for
the style Of the product o. its application to the
Qualification of human knowledge
The famous British scientist j. S. B. Haldane. con-
dennis all the above types of history in an article on
rs History Fraud?" in Harpers magazine He offers
the following criticism of the prevalent type of his
torical writing
Historians inevitably have thought in terms Of
words. They have read many books and documents.
They often have been great stylsts like Gibbon
and Macauey They have realized the power of words
to move multitudes. They have not been manual
workers. and seldom have realized that mans hands
are as important and specifically human than
his mouth
Those intelectuals who also have been intelli-
gent with their hands mostly have confined their
writing to scientific and technical questions Per-
haps ought to do so myself. But when look at
history, see it mans attempt to solve the prac-
tcal problem Of living. The men who did the most
to solve it not those who thought about it or
talked about it, or impressed their contemporaries
but those who silently and officially got on with their
work"
Hence DR.. Haldane would write history in terms
Of the prosaic but potent achievements of the scien-
tists techncians and skful artisans:
y am inclined to think that such men have been
very largely responsible for so much of steady prog
ress as is traceabe behind the ebb and flow of history
The British empire made possible by the gradual
improvement in navigation during the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, and was consolidated by
the steamship The United States are united by rail-
roads. The airplane will create the world state"
There is much to be said in favor of Dr. Haldane's
views. There is doubt that the scientists and in
ventors have played far greater part in history than
political spelbinders court handles Yet one can
not overlook the place of ideas in history Mechan
ical progress was held up for centuries in civi-
cation which looked for its happiness in another
world
One of the great faults of our present civilza-
ton is that marvellous mechanical civilization
functions in an age Of intellectual anarchy with no
body of ideals adequate to control it.
Let us have more of the history of science, in
vention and everyday life But let us remember that
history which ignores the dominating ideas of the
age is, Francis Bacon puts it, history without its
eyes.
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New VariabIes

THE world today, as it Is seen
L by the physicist. is a curious
sort of place in which all sorts Of
varisbles take the place Of the old
certainties
Physicists find it impossible to
give their complete allegiance to one
theory or another.
Certain facts, such as the reflec-
ton, refraction and interference of
light waves, are explained satisfac-
torily only with the wave theory,
or the classical theory, as it fire.
quently is called.
On the other hand, such phe-
nomena as occur in the photo
electric cell in which electrons are
expelled from metals by the impact
of rays of light, are explained sat
isfactorily only with the quantum
theory.
This situation led Sir William
Bragg, famous British physicist. to
remark, we use the classical the
DRY on Mondays, Wednesday and
Fridays. and the quantum theory on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days"
Professor L. B. Spinney of Iowa
State college, who has made a study
of the interesting history Of the
ether concept, adds. 1T is the con
viction of many, if not all. physicists
that a Encouragement of our ideas
of the physical world will come
which will reconcile these two great
theories
Some apparently believe It will
come through a further develop
meqt of the classical theory: 9TH
ers that it will come from the other
side"
no doubt, it is fair to add, that
such reconciliation, when it does
arrive. will be even more beWilder-
ing to the laynlan than was rela-
tivity.
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WILLIAM LEMON,
225 West New York street.
Editor Times-I read your edi-
torial against Billboard with much
interest. It seems to me the news
papers are taking a great deal of
trouble to fight that form Of adj
vertising Why to kid the public
by telling them that billboards mar
the beauty of the country, when as a
matter of fact there are very
billboards on the highway? Why
not tell the public the truth, that
the billboards give the advertisers
so much for their money that news
papers are Jealous?
Billboards in the ci,-, help to hide
dirty and disagreeable spots of the
town. Newspapers bring out all the
dirt Of the town and tell the world
about it. If the Indianapolis news
papers worked as hard to bring In
dianapolis to the front and boost
business as billboards do, this town
would show considerably more
growth.
Put the shoe on the other foot
and suppose that the public does
demand the removal of billboards
and at the same time demand the
removal of advertisements in the
newspapers SO they will not have to
stumble over glazing ads to find the
news of the day. HoE long could
your paper hold out? Misleading
ads in the paper do more harm than
a billboard at a grade crossing.
Yours sincerely. H. L. KELSO.
Where was Solomon A. Andree,
the Swedish engineer, born?
At Grenna, on Lake Vetter,
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Once there was sports writer who, aware of the
number of football stars with foreign names never
once thought of listing them in real" All-America
team
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Goods at Northwestern university, on dates with
members of the football team who were exposed to
smallpox, were ordered vaccinated Talk about your
arms conferences!
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in the establishment of humane prison system. The
federal authorities awake to the situation which
had been allowed to grow worse year by year.
until it has become ntolerable
With the federal government taking the lead states
may follow and end conditions which goaded con-
victs into the numerous recent prison outbreaks
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There must be a connection somewhere between
Gangster Diamonds sobriquet Legs" and his fond
ness for the Folhes
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TITS all in the breaks of the game" said the foot
ball player he limped of the field
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food expert predicts that complete meals soon
will be sold in packages. when the time comes wen
be in for picnic.
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Daily Thought

Unto the pure all things are
pure.-Titus lis.
Purity is the feminine, truth the
masculine of honor.-Hare.
What is the greatest altitude ever
reached by man in aircraft? What
was the temperature?
Apollo Soucek in June, 1880,
reached the altitude of 1886 feet
in an airplane. It was SO degrees
below Zero Fahrenheit.
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Where was Solomon A. Andree,
the Swedish engineer, born?
At Grenna, on Lake Vetter
Sweden. se
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Editor Journal of the American NIedfca
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
MaOaTiuc
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cares about establishing plant in
a community controlled by crooks
and racketeers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown, Mey-
ersdale, Pa, were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. P. P. Gortner over the weekend
Misses Vivian and Mildred Athey
and Edith Bantz, Cumberland, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Swartzentruber.
Mr.. Elwood Beckman, Lynn Dale,
spent Friday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Slabaugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. ]. Swartzentruber,
Miss Susie Petersheim, Messrs.
Jacob Swartzentruber and Jacob
Petersheim, left on Monday for Illi-
nois and Ohio to visit relatives.
Mrs. Mary Lee is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. I. L. Beckman, at
Lynn Dale.
Mrs. Ed Teets and three daughters,
of Canaan Valley, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Swartzentruber on Sun
day.
Miss Lena Slabaugh, Messrs. Viii
liam Vonderdale, S. W. Slabaugh, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk spent Sun
day afternoon at Mr.. David Gnegy's
at Hauser.
Misses Myrtle White and Dora
Lynch, of Mt. Lake Park, spent Sun
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Swartzentruber.
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AVILTON

Cheston Browning, of Oakland, was
electioneering in this community last
week.
Mrs. George Grove was in this Sec
ton last Tuesday.
Mrs. James Graham visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Enoch Robson a few dyas last
week before returning to her home in
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Lucretia Robson and daugh-
ter, of Salisbury, Pa, visited relatives
here few days last week.
Carl and Paul Hetz, Of Frostburg,
are visiting their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ohio Fike.
Mr.. Bernard King spent few days
last week at Camp Harmony at Hoov-
ersville, Pa.
Miss June Merrill is spending a few
weeks here with her aunt, Mrs. Cecil
Michael.
Miss Viola Weitzell called on Mrs.
Lewis Broadwater Friday morning.
Among those from this community
who attended the Brethren Sunday
school convention at Accident last
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. John Welt
zell and family, Bernard King, Jesse
Merrill and family, Mrs. D. M. Merrill,
Edwin and William Robson, Ohio S.
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ACCIDENT
Y. p. d. Picnic.

Y. p. d. Picnic.
The Young Peoples Department of
Zion Lutheran church picnicked at
Deep Creek Lake Sunday. The after
noon was spent in playing games. A
basket luncheon was served.
Recently Appointed School Head Here
Prof. Benz. o. Aiken, recently ap-
pointed principal of the local high
school, arrived on Friday. Prof. Aiken
is graduate of Duke University at
Durham, N. c., where he received his
A. M. degree. For the past three
years he has been principal of the
high school at Poolesville, Nd, and
comes to Garrett county highly recon-
mended. While here he will have his
quarters at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. H. Ault.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. ]. L. Englehart and son Earl
left Sunday for Homecoming to spend a
week with friends and relatives.
Miss Elma Georg. left Monday for
Uniontown, where she will remain a
week with relatives.
Mrs. Allie Speicher and son Clay
ton spent last week visiting Annapo-
lis, Gaithersburg, Washington and
Gettysburg.
N. M. HENDERSON and family, Harry
HENDERSON and family, Mrs. G. c..