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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
The Dollar
.HE vets had talked in tern

TIME vets had talked in terms OF
L human rights and liberties, but
Crowther was more concerned with
ice boxes. Washing machines are to
compensate us for the loss Of trial
by jury.
Indeed, his whole picture Of high
speed production and Substituted
workers sounded very like the vision
which was dangled before us in the
days when some few argued that 1t
was wrong for us to support the
war by the export of munitions.
Then, too, the defenders OF the
dollar uber allies took us into the
high places and promised the king
doms of the world.
Crowther was not unaware Of the
fact that almost everything he said
in defense of prohibition prosperity
could be maintained in the case OF
war prosperity, but he tried to ex-
tricate himself from that difficulty
with the statement, 1.-THE idea that
we got profits from the war is nom
sense"
This, I think, may serve as the
complete characterized Of Crow
Tiers competence as an economist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Politics Is Handican

MEANWHILE, the naval con-
WI ference seems to be playing a
big part in the domestic politics of
all five governments concerned.
If it fails, the Macdonald ministry
is likely to fall in England, while
more or less trouble is indicated in
France.
Even the Hoover administration
would suffer something Of a setback.
Domestic politics is, and always
has been, the greatest handicap of
international negotiations.
The party out OF power never can
be intellectually in favor Of their
success, because it would help the
party in power.
No matter how desirable an in
ternational arrangement may be, or
how strongly it appeals to the pub
lie in general, it invariably becomes
a target Of criticism for those
political leaders who are out, and
who want to get in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
- DAILY HEALTH SERVICE -
Ice Pick Is Peril in the Home

pick. This, he insists, is one of the
poorest constructed and assembled
hand tools on the market. In 1928,
he says, thirty-two accidents with
ice picks occurred in New York state
for which it was necessary to pay
compensation.
In most cases the accident occurs
as follows: The person who is using
the ice pick to break ice finds that
the shaft slips out of the handle and
the blunt end of the steel goes right
through the palm Of the hand.
In cheap ice picks the shaft mere
~ is forced into an understood
drilled hole in the handle. The
point of the ice pick sticks in the
ice and as the handle is not firmly
fixed it promptly pulls out.
When a hand is punctured by an
ice pick the wound usually is in
fected. Such injury should be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

Certainly any one of the millions
of unemployed would be a little
vexed to hear Crowther on prohi-
bition prosperity, and any exworker
might well ask, What prosperity"
And for that matter, it would not
be out of order to inquire, What
prohibition?"
Crowther may be a good econo-
mist, but that hardly holds true for
his friends. Among other things,
h stated that a gallon of alcohol
now costs $50, and when asked his
authority he replied that this esti-
mate was based on information he
had gathered from certain unrecon-
structed friends.
Crowther can sell that particular
sucker list to a lot of bootleggers
for a huge sum of money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
DR., Cook Is Free

DR. COOK leaves prison to start
~ life over again at IS, not as a
free man, but obliged to make
monthly reports where he is, what
he is doing, and how much he is
earning for several years.
1t is said that he will try to con-
vince people that he really discov-
cred the north pole, which seems to
be a rather hopeless task, though
not necessarily improbable, if he
gets the right publisher and press
agent.
Once more, France is too logical
for comfort.
France takes the position that
naval cuts are unjustified without
specific guarantees of security: in
other words, that before a govern
ment scraps it's navy, it should be
promised certain degree of CO.
operation in case of attack.
Certain statesmen can't see it
that way, their idea is that out
having war by declaration guarantees
all that is necessary. What they
want is world peace, without any
obligations on our part to main
tain it.
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cleansed and treated promptly with
an antiseptic, such as tincture of
iodine or mercurochrOme. An infec-
ton of the palm of the hand is diff
cult to control and may produce per-
manent Gripping.
Because of it's manner of con-
struction the ice pick is an unbal-
anced instrument. Not infreQuently
children get punctured wounds Of
the face or eye when the point Of
the ice pick rebounds. In a properly
made ice pick the handle is cast on
to the shaft and the end of the
shaft is deeply scored within the
cast iron head. The handle can not
come off and the drive on the head
forces the point into the ice.
All sharp instruments use in the
home should have a permanent
place safe from children, and always
should be kept in that place when
not actually in use.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

a PASSAGE from the book will
"a give an indication Of Serviss'
style. He has called the attention
Of his companion to the fact that
many have fancied the outline of a.
girls head in the features of the
moon. The book continues:
Really, l find her quite charm
ing" said my companion, after gaz-
ing for a minute through the opera
glasses. But what a coquet! Look
at the magnificent jewel she wears
at her throat, and the parure of
pearls that binds her hair!"
eyes" I replied. and no terres-
trial coquet ever wore gems so un-
purchasable as those with which the
Moon Maiden has decked herself.
That flaming jewel on her breast
is volcano, with crater fifty miles
across! Tycho, astronomers call it.
Observe with the glass how broad
rays shoot out from it in all direc-
tons. They are among the greatest
mysteries Of lunar scenery.
And the string Of brilliants in her
hair consists of a chain of noun
tains greater than the Alps-the
lunar Apennines. They extend more
than $50 miles, and have peaks 90
600 feet high, which CLEAN like
polished facets"
Truly" said my companion. smil-.
ing, these gigantesque facts Of
yours rather tend to dissipate the
romantic impression that had con-
ceived Of the Moon Maiden"
No doubt, replied. 1T is only
distance that lends her enchant-
ment. But We must not disregard
the facts"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Times Readers Voice Viez0s

Editor Times-There are two
phases Of blindness, loss of sight,
and blindness of mind. The loss
OF sight is nothing compared with
treatment given the sightless from
blindness of mind. There are thou
sands of sightless people in the
world. I will endeavor to explain
things We suffer because of blind
ness Of mind.
The people as a whole are blind
to conditions governing the sight
less. That is why I used the ex-
preston blindness of mind"
There are organizations in this
country, in the eyes Of the public,
working for the blind, but in
reality they are working against us.
They use the blind and crippled to
gather thousands Of dollars each
year. These organizations have
police departments of different
cities to stop blind persons from
selling or playing music in the
street. saying there are homes for
them to go.
There are no such places except
in Chicago and New York, and these
are operated like penal institutions.
Would you like to spend the rest
Of your life in an institution of
this kind? You would not, nor
would any self-respecting blind
man or woman like to do so.
If blind person is stopped from
selling or playing music in streets,
police send him to some charity
organization for help. If you live
in the community, they send you
to the township trustee. If you
are stranger, they tell you to get
out of town. What are the blind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
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ANNIVERSARY
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LINCOLN's DRAFT CALL

ON March 10, 1864, President
~ Lincoln ordered draft for
100000 men for three years serv-
ice or the duration of the Civil war.
Under provisions Of the enroll
ment act, which congress passed the
year before, the President was au-
thorized to call into active service
quotas from each state OF the
Union.
This act contained a clause popu-
larly known as The Rich Mans
Exemption" under which any per-
son drafted might furnish an &C
ceptable substitute or pay a sum
not to exceed $500 for the procuring
of such a substitute.
A person failing to comply with
these regulations could be arrested
as a deSerter.
While many communities opposed
the law, its enforcement in the city
of New York during July, 1868,
eliminated in the notorious draft
riots which resulted in great loss
of life and destruction of property.
The riots lasted four days and
martial law was required to restore
order.
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going to do under these conditions.
Compensation laws keep manu-
facturers from employing the blind.
There are workshops for the blind.
1t is true, but what do they pay,2
The Indiana wage scale in work.
shops varies from ST to s13 weekly.
Can you live on that? The work
shop in Indiana is maintained in
Indianapolis, and its overseer is paid
$4,000 yearly. Is there justice in
that?
Also, one must be graduate Of
the state school for the blind be-
fore receiving employment there.
There are approximately FIVE thou
sand blind in the state, and the
shop employees about one hundred.
The average blind person does not
think the world owes him a living.
but that there is a living some
where for him if he is permitted to
earn it.
The blind are not asking for
sympathy; they ask for a chance
to earn a livelihood.
CLARENCE BARNARD.
Terre Haute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

NTILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
w passed out slowly, and after
having retired in such way as to
leave plenty Of time to prepare us
for the event.
For the last month, We have been
reading his praises and biography.
Nothing remains to be said.
Seldom has this nation paid such
unanimous tribute to public man.
It represented a fitting climax to
his career.
This generation will remember
Taft as a man, rather than as a
figure. To us, he is one of those
poised, genial souls above being
warped by power.
!, But in the end, history will do to
him what it does to most every one
who challenges it's attention-paint
out the intimate details of PERSONAL
ity, and fill in the space with a
bleak, angular outline.
History emphasizes those peculiar
traits by which men climb to pre-
eminence. That is one reason why
they do not appear human, and why
future generations come to regard
them as either Gods or devils.
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Lenten Devotion
Monday, March 10

Monday, March 10
MEETING LIES DEMANDS
Read Micah 6:6-8 Memory Verses:
What doth the Lord require OF thee
but" micah $50.
MEDITATION
Every person must complete this
sentence for himself. The index of
ones moral nature is the way in
which he does so. This is LIES
final examination in spiritual in
sight. With the decay of outward
authority many have jumped to the
conclusion that there is no author
ity. Right and wrong is a matter
OF LAS you like it." There is moth
ing required. But those who have
adopted this view do not seem to be
a very happy lot. Moral require
ments are the laws by which one
lays his course.
PRAYER
Teach us thy laws, o Lord. In
form us Of thy ways. Make the
path OF duty clear to us and give
us the heart to pursue it. Out of
the difficulties Of the day, may we
feel the JOY Of having done that
which thou hast required Of U.s. In
the strength of Christ our Lord We
ask 1t. Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Or. Polling

DR. POLLING pulled one old one
- that has always seemed to me
unfair. In reply to the charge that
there is more drinking among young
people than ever before, the doctor
exclaimed, dramatically: Let us
stop slandering our sons and
daughters! Americas youth are as
intrinsically sound and generally
worthy as youth have ever been"
Well, parson, to the best of my
knowledge, nobody is differing with
you. People who feel that the hip
flask is more with the young than
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

a LARGE proportion of the seri-
L n Gus accidents that occur to
human beings take place in the
home. Mark Twain emphasized the
fact that more people die in bed
than any place else.
Around the home people catch
their fingers in doors, bang their
eyes into all sorts Of fixtures, fall off
stepladders and down steps, be-
come asphyxiated by leaking gas
fixtures, and cut themselves on all
sorts Of kitchen appliances. Around
a home a man can't be too careful.
Robert Northrup of the bureau Of
Industrial hygiene of the New York
state department of labor recently
has commented on the deadly ice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
The Crash

TT would have been interesting If
l. Fiorello H. La Guardia or Eman-
uel Celler had questioned the wit
ness a little more closely on the
timeliness Of his testimony. The
series of articles that appeared in
the Ladies Home Journal must
have been assembled a good many
months ago.
1t is q reasonable inference that
the various signs of affluence noted
by Crowther were gathered during
a boom period which has passed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Life Gets Systematic

JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL
- HOLMES celebrates his Beth
birthday as former Chief Justice
Taft and Justice Sanford die.
Taft was 70 and Sanford 81.
If, as he left the breakfast table
last Saturday morning, some one
had told Justice Sanford that Taft
would outlive him by five hours, the
chances are that he would have
been very much surprised.
Justice Holmes received three
bullet wounds before he was 23-
one in the breast at Balls Bluff,
one through the neck at Antietam
and one through the foot at Maryes
Heights.
All Of which suggest that while
actuarial statistics may prove some
thing with regard to the crowd,
they are not worth much when it
comes to the individual.
Having paused a moment out Of
respect to Taft and Sanford, we
turn hastily to get in step with the
factory whistle, the schedule, and
the time clock.
Life has become systematic, if
you please-so many minutes for
the funeral procession to pass, for
the child to be born, and for the
wedding ceremony to be mumbled.
When the green light flashes, we
must start-hearse, ambulance and
gocart, along with the rest.
Though the flags remain at half
staff for thirty days. traffic must
move as usual, and not only traits,
but the presses, broadcasting sta
tons, dry raids, Communist hunts,
and run OF the mill events.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

ideals and opinions expressed
N this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this DaDer.-Tbe Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
SAYS:

This Generation VII Remem1-
Der Mr.. Taft as One of
Those Poised, Genial Souls
Adore Being Warped By
PO1Cer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Daily Thought

And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse him that curseth
thee; and in thee shall all FAM
lilies of the earth be blessed
Genesis 1873.
We mistake the gratuitous bless
Ings Of heaven for the fruits Of our
OWN iQdustry.-I1 EstraT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Serene

DUT for this reviewer, at any rate.
ID the style of the book adds
greatly to its charm.
The moon, long celebrated by
poets for its beauty and serenity. is
subject to be studied in a serene
mood. And who will complain of a
lady of charming intelligence" as a
companion in the study of the
moon?
In this modern rushing world OF
autos and airplanes, we need to re-
capture the calm spirit Of past gen.
erationS. For one learns more
about the countryside in a mile
walk than in a flfty-mile auto ride.
And. one can learn more about the
universe and incidentally his own
soul in an hours study of the moon
from the vantage point Of ones own
back yard
In his book, ServisS, who always
wrote in clear and charming style.
takes up many important questions
concerning the moon-the probable
origin of the moon, theories as to
formation of the craters, the reason
for the moons lack of atmosphere,
the cause of eclipSes, and so on.
The greater part of the book.
however, is devoted to describing
the lunar features which come pro-
greSsiYely into view as the moon
proceeds from new to full
These features are studied easily
by any one who possesses a pair Of
prism binoculars or field glasses 1t
is even surprising how much detail
can De seen on the moon with a pair
OF ordinary opera glasses.
The reader who has never studied
the moon through a pair Of opera
glasses has most pleasant surprise
awaiting him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

New York police have been asked to contribute
literary articles to a police magazine. We recommend
the traffic cop having the most experience in the
fiction field
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

jury consumed a dozen bottles of beer which
a charged with brewing. He was probably
dismissed because of insufficient evidence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

writer says there is a great danger of women's
athletics becoming too closely initiative of mems We
have noticed quite few of the ladies have become
apt in the hammer throw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

William Philip Simms, correspondent of this news
paper In London describes the crisis as it exists:
unless President Hoover gives the cue, the Ameri-
can delegation may remain fatally cautious Needless
tnmdlty here may cost the American taxpayers hun
oreds OF millions if not billions, of dollars to build and
maintain new warshps"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
Grundy's Strange Effrontery

When Joseph Grundy was named senator from
Pennsylvania there were those processing to believe
his changed status might be In the public interest
even though they condemned the appointment It
might, they fondy thought put an end to the hidden
lobby which he had headed on behalf of a selfish
and sectional tariff bill.
Things that had been done darkly might be done
IN the open, perhaps and Grundy as senator would
be less dangerous person than Grundy as LOBBYIST
These hopes rose when the Pennsylvania manufac-
turer refrained from voting wool, because of
personal interest in that commodity. His restraint
was regarded as sign of reformation and RESPONSE
bility
Nobody dreamed Grundy would have the temertv
TO make his expensive and elaborate lobby part of
the machinery of the senate itself Nobody dreamed
that he simply would transfer his activities and his
aids, including their files from downtown building
at Washington to room in the senate Office build
ing itself. Nobody dreamed he would continue the
same old business in a more pernicious way
Yet that, in effect, is what he has DONE The EVIL
dence before the senate lobby committee is unn1s
taxable. Despite his abored explanation that he
simply sought to his state through the employ
ment of additional help in extra Office the com
mittees disclosures reveal that Grundy the senator
and Grundy the lobbyist are one and the same man
The only difference is that Grundys power for
influencing legislation has grown. His lobby operates
more effectively because it is nearer the legislative
scene; indeed, it is part of it.
His headquarters now are being paid for out of
public funds. Under the of his senatorial cloak
he hides activities once condemned even by friendly
colleagues. In the face of this damning fact the
lobbyiSt-senator's Ifs" and butts" are of no avail
L needed additional help" pleaded Grundy in ex-
planning his employment of Warren F. Doane who
for years has been the key in the various or
For what?
Grundy has made no senate speeches; he has
taken no open part in the tariff debate Insofar as
any noticeable activity is concerned, the Official al
1owance for clerks would have been more than
enough it seems.
We do not believe that the senate will tolerate
such mockery of our legislative processes. It should
drive Grundys lobby out. To insure against a repe-
tition, it should censure the senator or group of
senators who permitted it to be established on
Capitol Hill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10
SCIENCE

BY DAVID DIETZ

ITHOSE who would like TO read a
l. book about the moon between
now and the April eclipSes will find
the revised edition of The Story Of
the Moon" (recently published by
D. Appleton & Coz an excellent one.
The original book was a great
favorite. Garrett P SeryisS, the
author, finished the revision shortly
before his death.
A charming feature Of the book
is the superb series Of photographs
which Illustrate it.
These photos. twenty in
number. were taken at the Yerkes
observatory and show how the moon
appears in a telescope as it pro-
| crosses from the thin crescent after
new moon to full moon and back
again to new moon.
They also include "closeupS" Of
some of the more interesting craters
on the moon.
In addition. there is a map of the
moon with a chart which will enable
the reader to identify the more
prominent features of the moons
surface for himself. There also are
many diagrams in the text.
The style in which the book is
written will seem, perhaps, a bit
old-fashioned. The book is cast in
the form of a conversation between
the author and a friend whom the
author Identifies as a lady of
charming intelligence"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

All of those delegates to the naval parley arrived
sea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

Never cross your bridge partners unless you're car
rying revolver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-10

Prohibition talk, in the end, becomes either very
dry or all wet.
The Washington times., 1930-01-07
Complete With 8 Eveready
Tubes and Electro-D Dynamic
Loudspeaker

Model 81, illustrated at left, is housed in
beautiful walnut cabinet, designed in per.
feet taste and built to last for years. The
receiver employs three screen grid tubes,
and two OF the latest power tubes, type 245,
in push pull The electro-dynamic speaker
IS designed to match the characteristics of
the chassis. Phonosraph jack permits the
use OF the excellent audio system to amplify
phonosraph records.
The Washington times., 1930-01-31
Gas GONE, AUTO
THIEF FLEES

FREDERICK, Md, Jan. 31.-
State police are searching for a
bespectacled stranger. who stole
an automobile belonging to John
England in front of his home
in Rockville. and four hours later
was discovered attempting to steal
gasoline from a filling station at
New Windsor, near here.
The stranger was discovered by
Charles e. Eyler and Edgar Wike,
employees. He fled and was lost
in the darkness, leaving the car
behind.
State police were notified and
are looking for a man about five
feet ten inches tall, weighing
about $50 pounds, dark com
plexion, light cap, dark suit, tor
toise shell glasses, no overcoat
and rough appearance.