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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
FAILURE OF DRY
LAW is LAID TO
STATE OFFICERS
DOran Charges Disregard of
Federal Statutes in
Wet Sections.
BY CECIL OWEN
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 2-On the
eve of the federal governments SUI
preme effort to enforce prohibition
through a new alignment of investi-
eating and prosecuting agencies
under Attorney General Mitchell,
the administration has launched a
new appeal for better cooperation
from the states.
In an analysis Of prohibition en-
forcement made public by Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Doran, failure
to obtain effective liquor law en-
forcement was blamed Squarely on
some state officials who were said
to have disregarded their sworn
duty because of wet sentiment in
their communities.
IF state officials were as active in
enforcing the national prohibition
act as it is clear they have the duty
and obligation to be, Doran said, sit
becomes at once apparent that pro-
hibition could be enforced success
fully"
The Doran charge against certain
state officers was the most direct
accusation to be leveled against the
states by a high federal official, al
though chairman George w. Wick
ersham Of President Hcover's law
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
CONDITION IS CRAVE
Injured Race Driver Shows
Slight Improvement.

Condition of Cyrus Marshall %.
of 1871 Ashland avenue. injured in
the 500-mile race Friday, continued
grave today at city hospital,
Marshall's car crashed into the
upper wall of the northeast turn,
causing the death of his brother,
Paul of Detroit, Mich, shortly after
the smash.
Hospital attaches said that Cyrus
Marshall has shown slight improve
ment at times, but his condition has
not passed the critical stage since
the smash
Funeral services were to be held
at 2 today for Paul Marshall at the
home of friend, Ernest Drake, 3345
North Gladstone avenue Burial was
to be in Crown Hill cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
Fishing Boat Wreck Probed

bU tHtttu fFtSS
SANTA MONICA, Cal, June D.
Three separate investigations of the
wreck of the fishing boat Ameco,
with its known toll of three dead,
were in progress today as the
search continued for the bodies of
eighteen persons believed still under
the water. Three bodies were re-
covered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
Brands Tax Board Moves

wholesale tax evasions in Lake
county with the cognizance of the
state administration are responsible
for the heavy tax burden upon IN
diana" Van Mugs charged. He stood
the party leaders in their seats as he
asserted:
@Governor Leslie's state tax board
does not use its power to increase
assessments in Lake county because
the Calumet region is the balance Of
power which gives G. o. P. state
tickets their winning votes.
Leslie will not act. His hands
are tied. 1t was the vote of Lake
county and the corrupt Tenth dis
trict Republican machine that elect
ed him Governor. Lake county's
tax valuation should be twice that
of Marion county whereas in 1923
the total assessed valuation was lit
tie more than half of that in Mar
ion county"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
POLLS BY DRYS
SHOW COLLEGES
HARDLY MOIST
255 Proxies of As States
Declare Drinking by
Students LeSsening.
By United Press

By United Press
EVANSTON, Ill, June 2.-Presi-
dents of 255 colleges in forty-fire
states believe there is less student
drinking, that there is a larger
number OF nondrinking students
than ever and a growing trend of
student opinion against liquor, ac-
cording to QUESTIONABLE scent out
by the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union.
The 255 answers in regard to
present conditions as tabulated and
made public today by national
headquarters of the w. G. T, u,
follow:
Less drinking than before prohibition. 1zs
Drinking either unknown or almost >,
same Tnsn amount as before prohibition
Drinking conditions bad ......-..:...
Drinking conditions worse than before =.
prohibition .-........-...-.-..
"The views of the presidents" the
w. C. T. U. said, coincide with the
statements of the two famous foot
ball coaches, Alonzo Stage, Univer-
sity of Chicago, and Fielding Yost,
Michigan, who told the judiciary
committee of the house that student
drinking was vastly less since pro-
hibition and are in disagreement
with the idea expressed by Coach
w. w. Roper, who said drinking
conditions are so bad that he hesi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02

enforcement commission has urged
more cooperation from the states.
Inadequate prohibition enforce
ment in New York state was laid by
Doran on the refusal of local au-
thorities to initiate prosecutions in
the larger cities.
States not having dry acts Of their
own still are required by the con-
current clause of the eighteenth
amendment to assume equal re-
sponsibility with federal officials for
enforcing prohibition, Doran said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
REUNION TO BE HELD
Annual Parke County Affair to Be
at Garfield June 20.

Plans for the annual Parke coun-
~ reunion to be held June 90 in
Garfield park are being made by
officers of the Parke County Re
union Association. A dinner will
be held at the park at noon. Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
DEMOCRATS TO
SLAP SILENCER
ON REFERENDUM
Party Chiefs Regard Move
as Dangerous Politics,
Gossip Indicates.
BY BEN STERN

II trendS OF tn0ugnt among
Democratic leaders gathered at
French Lick over the weekend for
their harmony sessions are indicated
81 their gossip, the Democratic
state convention not only will refuse
70 approve z plank asking for a vet
and dry referendum, but may not
be given an opportunity at all to
act upon such a resolution.
The three committees which will
act as barrier to all plank pro-
posals are expected to be able to
Withstand the assaults Of friends Of
the referendum; and when the fin
shed resolutions will be presented
TO the delegates for approval, the
referendum question will be notice.
able because Of its absence.
No matter how the majority of
Democrats feel personally about the
wet and dry issue, they regard in
sertion Of any pronouncement for
a vote on the questions as dangerous
politically.
didacy for the nomination for sec
rotary of state was made by Arthur
J. Hamrick, Clayton, three times
nominee for the post. At same
time, DR.. T. A. Sigler, Greencastle,
also from the Fifth district, has in
dictated he may become candidate.
Sigler is Putnam county chairman.
Shouse Flags President
Address of Jouett Shouse, chair
man of Democratic national COM
mittee, and Frederick Van Nuys
indianapolis, former United States
district attorney, we're heard by
more than $50 party leaders and
workers.
Shouse undertook the task of
puncturing stories concerning Hoo
yer, the miracle worker and paragon
of efficiency"
standing behind the President
has become more and more difficult
for the statesmen of the Presidents
party he said. TN fact, it has
transformed these standpatters into
grandstand jumpers"
Shouse concentrated his attack
upon the Presidents policies with
regard to the tariff and the stock
market collapse.
He attributed the present "be-
wilderment and distress of the coun-
try to the amazing series Of legis-
lative spectacles which has attend
ed the writing of the tariff bill.
THE bill pleases no one. 1t does
not help the farmer, as promised.
It threatens business everywhere
and living costs will be higher for
ALL" he asserted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02

tatted to send his children to col
lege.
presidents report almost three
times as many colleges where there
is no drinking as the organized vets
have put forward as institutions
where there are more drinkers than
nom drinkers"
The w. c. T. U. said the inquiry
was undertaken because Of wide
spread propaganda that college is
unsafe"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
West African Chief Quits

BIZ United Press
LISBON, June 2.-Resignation of
Colonel Bento Roma as governor
general of Portuguese West Africa
was revealed here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02

ficers of the association are: F. S.
Wood, president; w. P. Evans,
vice president; Martha Jones, treas
urer, and Mayne Jacobs, secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
wales Presides at Lcvee

BIZ United Press
LONDON, June 2.-The second
levee of the season was held at st.
James palace today, but it lost
much of its significance, because of
the absence of King George, who
is i'll. The prince of Wales presided.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
Spolkove zpravy
UDOM SPOLKU SV. ,CYRILLA
A METHODA.

Spolok Sv. Cyrilla a Methoda,
(fslo 500. I. X. S. J. prist1pi k
vefkonoenej sv. spovedi in korpo7
re v sobotu, dna IL. aprila ma
sledujdceho dna, 13. aprila o $50
rano spolocne ku sv. prijlmaniu.
Vsetci 6dovia sa sideme v skol-
skej miestnosti ma n. Watt St. O
SIS, odkial' pojdeme spolo6ne do
chramu Pana. Nepritomni budii
pokutovani dl'a stanov. Kazdy i'd
je povinny sa zncastnit' el'ko-
nocnej sv. spovedi; jake sa slusi
ma verneho katolika a ida |. K.
S. j. s 1ctou
Michal Markovich, preds.
Alois J. Klein, zapisnik.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
UDKYNAM sPOLKU sv. L'UD.
M1LY, &. 1926. IKszJ.

Spolok Sv. L'udmily, G. 325.
ziada svoje 1dkyne, ably sa do
stavily a vykonaly svoju vepko-
noen1 spoved' v sobotu, S. aprila
a nasledujdci den rano 0 s 80 pri-
stdpime ku svatemu prijimaniu
in korpore. TAX to bolo rozhod-
mute ma minulej spoloenej scho-
dzi. Vsetky ddkyne sa majd do
stavit' a vykonat' svoju povin-
most v kostole osady Sv. Cyrilla
a Methoda v nedel'u, 6. aprila o
pol 9. rano. Neprltomne budd po-
kutovan6 dl'a stanov.
Drahe sestry, povsimnite 81
!. tychto riadkov bud'te pritomne,
lebo sv. omsa bude sldzen6 "a Ii
We i zomrele ddkyne.
Maria Mandula, preds.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04

jeho sestricka Anicka asi 11-roc-
ma hovorievali, re sa neboja nico-
no, lebo ked' Bob S mimi, kto pro-
ii MIN? a tiez re ich chrani al
mocna ruka pozehnanie ich O.
tea a ich milovanej matky. D'alej
ze dobre slovenske srdcia, ked'
bud1 vediet', ze sn sirotami DO
zomrelom legionarovi, smilujl1 sa
mad mimi a podporia ich. No, ale
tom sa sklamali, l'udia ich ne
podporovali, preto Andreikovi
mic inc nepozostavalo, ako sa pu-
stit' do sveta, ably 81 zarobil ME
kolko grosi, ked' nechcel hladom
zhyni1t' jeho sestrickou. A ked'
jeho sestricka no uz odprevadza-
la cez horu, tax sa zastavili pri
tom krizi, kde sa rozliicili ich o.
teckom, ked' rukoval do vojny.
Pravda, bolo to pred 5 rolzmi, ale
Anicka, hoci mala vtedy este len
6 rokov, pamatala sa ma to, re
ich mamicka niesla oteckovi ku-
frik vel mi zalostne plakala.
Hovorila tiez bracekovi, ze pama-
ia sa al ma to, re ju v ten cas- o.
tecko niesol na rukach, a ze al Z
! jeho ocl Shy padaly. Andrejko
jej ma to, re ano, posvatili mas
mas otecko slzami vrelej rodicov-
skej lasky, jake by boil mali tu-
senie, re mas Wac nebudn vidiet'
iba ma druhom svete. A preto, ze
boly ony dietky bohabojne, kl'ak-
ly 81 tam ku i'm tax pamatnemu
krizu a pomodlily sa "a duse ich
rodicov. Po tomto Andrejko zadi-
| val sa ma ukrizovaneho a proseb-
ne, skr1senym hlasom zvolal: Po-
zehnaj mas, Pane Boze, zehnajte
mas Wy drah1 rodicia nasi, ktori
sa divate hviezdnateho neba ma
svoje opustene dietky, jako ste
mas zehnali posledny krat, mech
vase ruky vedli mas po trnistej ce-
ste nasho zivota! Chran Boze, ma
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
SCH0DZA zENsKEHO POLIT.
KLUBU MA LANSINGVILLE,

Tymto oznamujem vsetkym id
kyilam Zenskeho Politickeho a
Vzdelavajdceho Klubu, ze budtica
schodza bude dna 6. aprila vecer
o s. hodine pod novym kostolom
osady Sv. Mateja. VSetky ddly-
ne sn ziadane, ably sa tejto scho-
DIE zheastnily, lebo name pojed-
navat' o vaznych veciach tykaj1-
cich sa statnych a okresnych vo-
heb, ktore sil uz bars blizko pre-
do dvermi. Vsimnite 81 vsetkv
tych SLOW. s nctou
Justina Palguta, uGt
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
UDKYNAM VENCA 131. KAT
SOKOLIEK v CAMPBELL.

Drahe sestry Venca 131. Kato-
lickych Sokoliek! Oznamujem
Vam, ze sv. spoved' budeme mat
12. aprila a 13. pri vel'kej sv. O.
mSi pristdpime ku sv. prijfmaniu.
Ziadane sd vsetky sestry Venca,
ably sa v tento cas- kazda dosta-
villa a svoju katolicku povinnost
vykonala. Nepritomna bude po-
kutovana dl'a stanov.
Maria Zee, spravkyna.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04

su drahil vlast'. Cesko- -Slovensl<1
republiku, chran nase drahe Slo-
vensko! - Anicka sa tiez divala
ma Ukrizovaneho a pytala sa bra
ceka, ze ci al lch otecka tiez tax
zmordovali ma Slbenici, jake al
.Jezisa ma krizi? \ zo vraj, "a ko
no trpel ich otecko...? Andrejko
jej nato, ze "a mas. al "a vset-
kych Slovakov a Slavianov.
Oh, drahi bratia a sestry! Vel'-
mi by som 81 to prial ia podpisa-
ny, ably ste mohli vsetci do jed
neho vidiet' tito krasnu divadel-
MI hru, ktora je vystiznym obra-
zom nasho vlastntho zivota. "A
hoci t1to hru len dietky God 9 do
17-rocne) zahrajli, uist'ujem vas,
Re ste este lIraiSiu vazneisiu
hru ma tomto okoli nevideli. A
ked' pridete, tax doved tie sebou
al vase dietky, ably widely, re axe
je to hrozn6 nemat' otca, nemat'
matky, a ably sa teda naucily 81
vas lepsie ctit' a vazit' az do po-
sledneho dychu vaSho zivota!
Hru este obSirnejsie opisem bu-
d1cne v tychto novinach.
Som S bratskym pozdravom ma
vsetkych,
Andrej Cisar.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
sCH0DZA 6. 3o8. I. X. s. J.

Tymto vdm oznamujem, ze Cis.
3OS. X. j. bude mat svoju stvrt'
rocn1 sch0dzu ma bud1cu nede-
l'u, t. j. 6. apr1la o pol 2. pod ko-
stolom. Ziadam spolubratov, ably
sa ztcastnili sch6dze elm mai
vacsom pocte, lebo pridu vazne
veci ma pretras. Dlhuj1cich vyzy-
yam, aby svoje pr1spevky vyrov.
nall ma tejto schodzi, lebo inae "a
krocime mimi dl'a stanov.
A. Panda, net
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
TANECNA ZABAVA.
Andrej Cisar

Sbor 146. II. S. J. Sokol uspo-
riada prvu tanecnn zabavu 20
Vel'kej Noci, dina 26. aprila v svo-
jej Sokolovni pod {. 319 Wash
ington St., Youngstown, O.
Kazdy kto sa rad zabavi pri do
brej muzike, mech pride ma til "a
bavu a neobanuje, lebo ma nasich
zabavach kazdy, jak mlady tax
starry sa m0ze rozveselit'.
Hrat' bude sOkOISka orchestra.
IaciatOk o 8. vecpr. Ia dobril a
vesel1 zabavu rucl Vybor.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
SCH6DZA RUzENCOVEHO
SPOLKU

Ruzencovy, Oltarny a. Bozskeho
Srdca Spolok pri osade Sv. Cy-
rilla Methoda bude odbyvat'
svoju schodzu v tuto nedel'u po-
poludni o +. hodine v skolskej
miestnosti. Toto bude vazna
schodza a preto ddkyne s1 ziada-
ne dostavit' sa v najvacsom
pocte.
Maria Kubina, iict.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
SCHODZA POLIT. KLUBU MA
I.ANSINGVuLE.

Lansingvillsky Politicky a VIDE.
lavaj1ci Klub odbyvat' bude svo.
ju riadnu mesacnu schodzu v til.
to nedel'u vecer v Sokolovni. Ka.
zdy i'd ma 81 pokladat' "a povin-
most sa tejto schodzi sdcastnit'
lebo pridu ma pretras. veci tyka,
j1ce sa kazdeho.
Juraj Palascak, zapisnfk
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
SCHODZA POLITICKEHO KLU.
Blu v CAMPBELL.

Riadna schodza Slovenskeho Po-
litickeho, Vzdelavaj1ceho a Pod
porujilceho Klubu bude odbyva-
ma Horvatskom dome nedel n
vecer, 6. aprlla 7 80. - Viace-
re zalezitosti velkeho vEznamu
prldu na pretras a vsetci ndovia
sil ziadanf Sa dostavit'.
J. r. Kubovcik,
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
UDOM SPOLKU SV. MATEJA.
G. 2G0. K. J. v HASELTON.

udovia Spolku sv. Mateja, {.
26O. K. S. j. V Haselton pristipia
ku sv. spovedi sobotu po obede
a vecer II. aprila a nasledujucu
nedel'u, 13. aprila pri vel'kej sv.
omsi ku svatemu prijimaniu in
corpore S odznakmi. Teda mech sa
kazdy i'd dostavi svoju vel 'ko-
nocn1 povinnost' vykona, lebo j.
nae m6ze byt' Katolickej jed
noty vyl1ceny.
M. Kozak, 1ct.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-04-04
Divad 10 Sen siroGt
c.-slov. legionara
Bude zopakovane 40. kruzkom
X. M. ma 27. aprila.


ska detska hra pod menom "Sen
sir6t cesko-slovenskeho legiona-
RAJ, ktora bola vel'kIm 1spe-
chom zahrana dietkami 20 40. kr1-
zku Kruhu Mladeze n. S. S. ma
slavnosti 40. vyrocia s. Odboru V
slovenskej Sokolovni, bude zopa-
kovana prv1 nedel' u po Verkej
| Noci, dna q. aprila. Hra je z ca
SOW svetovej vojny, V 3. dejstvach
so spevami, a tancom, ktord napi-
sal Stefan Salek krajovy st. uci-
teP dcinkuje v nej sc dietok a
4 dospele osoby. Hra ME je baj-
kou, ami poviedkou, ako inc det-
ske divadelne hry, ale je vernym
obrazom 20 zivota nasho sloven-
skeho Pudu tam zpoza mora, od-
kial' al my pochadzame. Je to
prvy raz historii Slovakov Ma
honing doliny, co slovenska mia
dez zahra tito majstrovsk1 a u
meleck1 hru, ktora pre- jej t'azke
vykony a krasne spevy podoba
sa Pahkej operete. Mladez vycvi-
Gil v tejto hre podpisany, co sta
rosta tohto kr1zku a cd sest' ro-
kov riaditel' divadiel Sboru 146.
T. S. j. Sokol. Ctene slovenske
obecenstvo, l1tore navstevuje So
kolske divadelne predstavenia, sa
ma ziadnom nesklamalo a tax me-
obanuje ami teraz, ked' pride ma
predstavenie hry "Sen sirot ces-
ko-slovenskeho legionara lebo
je to praca toho isteho cvicitel'a
divadiel, ktory ako Sokole tax
v Mar. SLOW. Spolku pracuje pre-
rozkvet a ich dobre memo "a DO
vznesenie naSho slovenskeho me-
ma.
Ako by to bolo krasne, keby
vsetok mas Pud vedel chapat', ze
co znacia prem slovenske divadel-
ne predstavenia, ako no ony po-
vzbudzuj1, povznasaj1 a priva-
dzaju k dobremu, slachetnemu
zivotu, vystrihajlc no cd vsetke-
no skodliveho planeho. Pravda,
su predstavenia al skodlive, ha-
nebne, nemoralne, zrovna tax ako
al plane knihy, no ale dobry a
svedomity riaditel' dava pozor ma
to, aby divadla MIN nacvieene bo-
ly vzdy len zakladu moralneho.
Ponevac ale je tu rec krasnej
detskej hre, ktora je natol 'ko wa
cna a vazna, zeby mala byt' ME-
len raz zopakovana ale al ma via
cej miestach zahrana, aby posit.
lila jak rodicom tax al ich diet
kan dobrym prikladom.
Tato hra zobrazuje zivot dvoch
sirot, ktore zostaly po eesko-slo-
venskom legionarovi Slovakovi,,
ktory pocas svetovej vojny pod
stlpil mucennicku smrt "a VAST,
narod a slobodu. Ked' jeho man.
zelka pocula tito smutn1 west, :,
cd vel 'keho zial'u, starosti suzo-
vania zacala chorl'aviet a kra-
tky cas- umrela. A tax teda costa
ly tie dive siroty bez rodicov, bez
rodiny, biedne, opustene a pone-
chan6 osudu. No ale preto nezd-
faly. Chlapec, ktory NAL W asi IA
rokoy . menoval 50 Andrejko
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-04
WHAT NEXT?

Pressures so great that they en-
able ice to withstand temperature
of 180 degrees and change ordinary
substances into new forms of matter
are described in a report to the En-
gineering Foundation by DR.. P. W.
Bridgman, Hollis professor of mathe-
matics and natural philosophy in
Harvard university.
Even the molecules which compose
gases, invisible under the most pow
erful microscope, and the atoms
which in turn form the molecules, are
driven together, Prof. Bridgman says,
by the force he has employed in the
experiments.
Important changes in volume were
produced, it was found, in substances
ranging from water to metals. I'm
der a pressure of SO tons to the
square inch, the volume of many of
the metals was decreased several
times more than it could be reduced
by cooling to the absolute zero of
temperature, or 273 degrees Cent?
grade below freezing of water.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-04
SEARS ROEBUCK
May Sales Show Drop of
More Than Two Millions

Chicago. (ILNS)-That the volume
of sales of the chain of retail stores
operated by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
non-union Chicago mail order corpora.
ton, has greatly decreased during the
last year was shown by figures re.
Gently made public. The drop in totaI
sales came despite the fact that the
company is operating larger number
of stores than formerly. A statement
issued at the years close of business
at the end of last December said the
company was operating 315 stores al
that time. A recent statement places
the number at 800.
Total sales of the Sears, Roebuck
& Co. retail stores for May, 1880
amounted to $30,685,99 as against
$32, 2,693,853 for the same period of
1929, decrease of 81 per cent.
Total sales of this same group of
stores for the five months ending May
81, 1880, amounted to $140,800,870
as against $144,179, ,104 for the like
period of 1929, decrease of 2.3 per
cent.
While the Sears, Roebuck & Co. re-
tail stores were recording these losses,
group of forty national chain store
organizations, including the Sears,
Roebuck chain, showed substantial
gains. Total sales of the group of
forty chains for May, 1880, were
$217,285, ,623, as against $212,235,875
for May, 1929, gain of 2.37 per cent.
The same group had total sales of
1886, ,631 ,220 for the fve-month period
ending May 81, 1880, as against
S954,918,577 for the same period of
1929, gain of 3.29 per cent.
These figures would seem to indi-
cate that the non-union policy adopted
by Sears, Roebuck & Co. year and
a half ago has worked great injury
to that corporation. A drop of more
than $2,000,000 in sales during May,
1880, over the same month of 1929,
surely cannot altogether be accounted
for by the business depression, es-
pecially when other chain store or
ganizations not as strong as Sears,
Roebuck & Co. have reported sub
stantial gains.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-04
Why We Do
What We Do
by M. X. THOMSON, Ph. d.
WHY WE WORSHIP
SCIENCE

n UR generation Is characterized as
~ the age Of science Science is
more than popular. We worship SCI
ence
The remarkable prestige that SCI
ence has attained in recent years is
reflected In the advertising propa-
ganda we see all around us. We are
invariably told that the new tooth
paste or the hair tonic comes from
the laboratory of the scientists. 1t is
the best that science has to offer Ev-
cry manufacturer wants to give the
impression that his product is the last
word in scientific efficiency.
We literally worship science be-
cause Of its wide application to prac-
tically every phase of human life.
Science is popular because 1t has
achieved wonders in the past. The
hast few years have seen revolution
In our mode of living made possible
by the application Of science.
Science has fired the imagination
with unlimited confidence and expec-
tation. No one would be greatly as
tonished If some one should discover
a means Of reaching the moon or even
making a round trip to the planet
Mars. The land, air and water bar
riers are being made highways Of
progress through science. We have
come to believe that science can and
will solve all our problems.
Men have always worshiped the
forces that helped them to master
their environment and to secure the
good things of life, health, happiness
and success. Science is deified today
because it does what the ancient gods
were reputed to do, and does 1t more
effectively. 1t has given the common
man more luxury, and 1t promises to
lead him into the promised land or
the near future where drudgery and
poverty will be practically eliminated.
What more could you ask of a deityf
No wonder we worship science.
(Ce by Mcclure Newspaper syndieAte.e