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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
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ANNIVERSARY
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JAMES EAD'S BIRTH
MAY %

ON May %, 1920, James Bu-
~ chanan Eads, noted American
engineer who developed and car
ried out a plan of deepening the
mouth of the Mississippi by means
of jetties, was born at Lawrence
burg, Ind.
When he was 10 young Eads
moved to st. Louis, where, after
working in a dry goods house,
he became a clerk on a Mississippi
steamboat. Through his own stud
les of navigation Eads brought
himself into the limelight by pro-
posing ingenious solutions Of prob
lens then existing in river traffic.
At the outbreak of the Civil war
President Lincoln called him to
Washington to discuss the prac-
ticability of maintaining a fleet OF
gunboats on the Mississippi.
Eads obtained a government con-
tract for such a feet and within the
short space of 100 days placed seven
ironclads, fully equipped, on the
river. Later, they helped capture
TT. Henry.
In 1874 Eads constructed the steel
arch bridge across the Mississippi
at st. Louis which ranked for many
years as one of the finest bridges
in the world. The browning achieve
ment of his career, however, was
the construction of jetties for the
deepening Of the river.
In 1884 Eads received the Albert
medal, conferred by the British So
ciety for the Encouragement OF
Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
He was the first American TO re-
ceive the award.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
Corona
DR. STETSON believes that there

DR. STE7'SON believes that there
- is a relation between this cos
mic fog and the corona, which be-
comes visible around the sun during
a total eclipse.
At the instant of totality, when
the moon is between the sun and
earth, cutting off the direct light OF
the sun, the sun is seen to be sur
rounded by great sflvery halo.
1t long has been supposed that
this was a sort of gaseous envelope
which surrounded the sun. 1t is in
visible at other times because of the
bright glare of sunlight in our sky.
It would seem, however, that ac-
cording to DR.. Stetson's view this
corona is not an exclusive posses
sion of the sun, but a general con-
dition in the solar system.
The coronal phenomenon would
be due to the fact that only the
portion Of the fog near the sun
would be Illuminated.
Another phenomenon which DR.
Stetson thinks is connected with the
fog within the solar system is the
so-called zodiacal light.
The zodiacal light is a faint beam
of light visible in the western sky on
any clear, moonless evening just
after the twilight has disappeared
Near the horizon it is wider and
brighter than the Milky Way
Higher in the sky it becomes fainter
and narrower.
1t is not possible to see the aodi-
acal light when the moon is in the
sky or when there is haze in the
air.
1t long has been thought that the
zodiacal light was sunlight reflected
from gaseous material in the solar
system. This view, it will be SEEN
is in general agreement with chat
of DR.. Stetson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
Comets

NR. STETSON also believes that
~ there may be some connection
between the cosnic fog and COM
etary phenomena.
The tails of comets are known to
consist of extremely fine gaseous
material.
DR.. Stetson's views are of interest
in connection with the recent work
done on the so-called cosmic cloud.
According to this work, there is no
such thing as empty space.
Not only are there the drifting
masses Of cosmic fog of which DR.
Stetson speaks, but there is a great
universal cloud filling all space. This
universal cloud is not sufficiently
dense to cut off the light of the
stars.
The theoretical groundwork for
the existence of this cloud was laid
by Professor A. S. Eddington of
Cambridge. The first observationaI
confirmation was secured by DR.
Otto Strive at the Yerkes observa-
tory. DR.. Strive is the great-grand-
son of Wilhelm Strive, one of the
great figures in the history of as
tronomy.
More recently, work at the Do
minion Astrophysical observatory OF
Canada by Doctors j. S. Plaskett
and j. A. Pearce have confirmed
and extended Strives findings.
While Plaskett and Pearce have
succeeded only in identifying cal
cium and sodium vapor in the uni
versal cloud, they feel certain from
theoretical considerations, that all
known elements must be present.
There are a number of interesting
Speculations connected with this
universal cloud. One possible view
is that it represents the slow dis
Indignation of the existing stars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
One Blessing Lost

I'm the Revolutionary war, our
/ forefathers not only were able to
sustain an army, but feed them
selves, though they had to do so on
worthless scrip and without bank
ing system.
No matter how bad business was,
they still could fall back on the
garden patch and the hog pen, still
had an anchor to windward, still
could sustain themselves with the
feeling that they had it within their
power to make life worth living.
We are blessed with many COM
forts and conveniences they never
knew, but that one advantage they
possessed, and it did lot to help
them remain sane and normal under
pressure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
Drastic Reducing Diet Dangerous

days the patient received about one
tenth of a quart of milk or orange
juice and some yeast.
Plenty of water was taken and
mineral salts were supplied through
drinking water high in these salts.
When the patients first were
studied it was found that though
all of them claimed that they ate
very little, eight of them were aver
aging 2,570 calories a day.
1t must be remembered, of course,
that these patients were constantly
under medical control and all their
symptoms were watched and that
they were not practicing extensive
reduction without any adequate
knowledge of the dangerous posi-
bilities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
The Sleeper AWakenS

T HAVE always wanted to take
l. Washington Irving's story of Rip
Van Wrinkle and retell the legend
from a different angle. You remem-
Der Rip slept for twenty years and
came back to find himself an alien
in a strange and wholly unfamiliar
community.
This is the slant of every story
dealing with the Weakening of any
who have slumbered long and deep
When H. G. Wells projects a hero
out into futurity, the traveller from
the past invariably finds that the
tides of human thought have swept
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

A PPARENTLY the last word has
L n not been said on safe reducing
diets. The majority of physicians
believe that it is not safe to have
an intake of much under 1000 cal
cries a day or to reduce more rapid
ly than two pounds per week.
In an experiment recently under
taken in the Western Pennsylvania
hospital at Pittsburgh, Drs. J. M.
Strang, H. B. McClugage and F. A.
Evans worked out a diet which in
cludes only $50 Galleries day and
on which thirteen patients showed
an average weight loss OF siX-tenths
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those of
one OF Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

he was a man more philosophically
minded and he might very we'll look
under the surface of all the newness
and find that beneath the varnish
the grain of life was just the same
as the pattern which prevailed in
his own day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
Daily Thought

For his mercy endureth forever.
Psalm 1862.
IF the end Of one mercy we're not
i the beginning of another we
we're undone.--Philip Henry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

THE notes left by suicides.
Il whether as excuses for the act.
apologies to those left behind. or
philoSophic contributions to the
hodge-podge of speculation, throw
a tragic light on the motives by
which people can be moved to end
it ALL
Some plead disappointment in
love, some the loss of their Jobs,
some the feeling that they are no
good, some the presence of an in
durable malady, and some such
trivialitieS as are not worth mem
tioning.
Taken as whole, these notes dis
close a Woeful lack of Self-confl-
dence, as well as self-control.
Between the lines there invariably
runs a confession of personal in
ability to Withstand some mysteri-
Gus pressure.
Who can doubt that the sub
mergence of individuality, as made
inevitable by the goosestep OF
modern business and modern society
plays an important part in the
tragedy?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

and gimmicks! How long would the glamour of
military life survive?
The whole suggestion, really, sounds if it had
been cooked up by a group of paciists. The band
and the bugler are two of the best props the army
ever had f it substitutes for them a contraption
that emits music through loud-speaker, the army
will rob itself of about so per cent of its appeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
MAY q. 1880
The individual Has Become q
SLAVE to Organization, Sys-
tenn and Machinery.
SAYS:

DR. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN,
~ consulting statistician of the
Prudential Life Insurance Company,
regards suicide as a social problem
which is receiving far less attention
than it deserves. No one can read
the newspapers and doubt this.
For some inScrutable reason,
suicide is on the increase.
Guided by reports from 100 cities,
DR.. Hoffman estimates that no
fewer than 1880 Americans took
their own lives in 1929.
That is 500 more than took their
own lives the preceding year, and
5000 more than took their lives in
1920
Admitting that most suicides are
the victims of mental derangement,
we still face the question of why it is
spreading.
What factor of modern life causes
an increased number of people to
prefer eternity, whether their
preference is the result of deliberate
reasoning or disease?
Are we becoming less afraid of
death, or more afraid of life?
Strange as it may seem, the most
beautiful seasons of the year, and
the most attractive locations. appear
to encourage suicide.
OF the 100 cities reporting.
Sacramento, Cal, leads the list, with
81 suicides per 100000 population,
as compared to an average Of 10.
San Diego comes next, with a rate
of 81, and San Francisco next, with
a rate of 49,
BY and large, these are three of
the most livable communities in
the United States, yet from the
standpoint of percentage more than
twice as many people commit suicide
in them as throughout the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

The report that the marines are making Nicaragua
prosperous indicates that the natives and not the
marines have the situation we'll in hand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

Despite the fact the New York Giants have been
visited by the mumps the teams they are opposing
recently appear to be having the sweller time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

Though Sharkey and Schmeling, championship
contenders will fight for the benefit of the milk fund
you depend upon it that they'll get the cream
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

Fans we suppose, would be delighted to see jumps
with mumps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23

The thief who entered a sausage company in Chi
cago and made away with blueprns of forty sausage
models apparently believed in getting EN- while
they're hot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24

Representatives of Section 4, Provi-
dence and New Bedford, will meet
in Providence on Dec. Q.
There are AZ units in the Boston
District and yet there are practi-
cally no active Daily Worekr repre-
sentatives. his situation cannot be
tolerated. 1t is the responsibility of
every Party member in the Boston
DistrictT to see that every unit i'm
mediately appoints a Daily Worker
representative.
Units must Immediately send in
orders for bundles. here are over
500 Party members in the Boston
district and yet the circulation of the
Daily Worker is negligible. Boston!
Wipe out the black spots with little
red paint!
Robson, who alone cannot be held
responsible for this situation, says he
believes the Party will get behind
the drive and that each unit will
have active Daily Worker reps within
a few weeks.
He turned in increased orders for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
REFUSE FACTS ON
Big ARMAMFNTS
Demand War Fun d S
Go to Jobless
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
insisted, was only to be the advantage
OF the stronger dmperialisO powers.
Forgetting all his phrases about
peace" for an unfortunate moment,
Sato wanted to know how a cruiser
could go out to battle with the enemy
knowing beforehand how many
rounds Of ammunition it could fire.
This was an unfortunate admission
that the capitalis tgentlemen who
were supposed to be talking about
disarmament were really concerned
about war. After sitting down, Sato
immediately jumped up again, realiz-
ing the blunder he had committed
Saws STREET, the Times correspondent
Admitting it looked bad to talk
war in view of the existence of the
Kellogg pact, he confusedly ex-
planned the pact was only two years
old and needed the test of long
years before all the world will have
faith in it," -. 90. -. -. ......
The workers are being fooled about
the real facts of war armament
While in the capitalist countries mil
lions of workers starve to death, the
bosses find plenty of money to build
up their armies and navies. They
are afraid to publish the facts, They
know that the workers will demand
this money to spend for bread to
feed the hungry unemployed.
All workers must be aroused to the
immediate war danger. These arms
that the capitalists are spending bill
lions for are being trained against
the Soviet Union-the workers coun-
try where capitalism has been over
thrown, and where the workers are
building a new life, without exploita-
ton, without bosses, without hunger
and unemployment, and with con-
stantly rising standards of living.
In the United States Hoover. Mel
lon, Hyde and the rest of the gov
eminent, can find billion dollars
for increased naval war machinery,
They are to spend over S40,000,000
for the army and navy maintenance;
millions more will be spent for war
preparations. But 100000 unem-
ployed face starvation this winter
Hoover refuses to hand out one cent
for them. The bosses fight against
any form Of unemployment insur-
ance to come out of government
funds and boss profits.
The immediate fight against the
war danger must be the demand
All war funds to the unemployed
Demand the passage of the Unem.
ployment Insurance Bill!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
HUNGER WAGES
IN DAYTON, OHIO
Part Time Prevalent in
This Town
Try a Worker Correspondent

DAYTON, Ohio.-G. H. r. Foun-
dry. This factory has been very
slow for months. 1t is now picking
up little. Most of the workers are
on two or three days a week, some
even less. Some of the checks OF
the workers at the end of the week
are disgrace to man, some work
ers getting as low as SIS and So. They
are afraid if they miss days wait
ing at the factory they will not get
a job even for few hours, so they
wait until something comes up for
them to do. Some of those work.
ers have been heard to say: Well, it's
little better than last time.
Frigidaire, subsidiary of General
Motors. This enormous plant worked
only 9 days last month. They have
a very fine efficiency system. 1t re-
minds one of school. You remem-
Der when you went to school you
got report card and there were sew
eral marks on it-A, B, G, D, E, etc.
When you graduated, if you had a
good report card, you could show this
as a recommendation when you
looked for a job. Well, Frigidaire
grades all their workers. When they
are laid off the worker gets copy
of the efficiency card and the eff
cheney department has the record of
the worker. When they re-apply for
their job if their grade is "A" theyare
retired. However, Frigidaire is
hiring workers now, but not those
who were there before, but new men
at a reduced wage. Mr.. Sloan, you
know. the production manager Of
General Motors, recently made a
long speech that he believes in keep
ing up the high wages of workers!
Dayton Malleable Zone Of Dayton's
cheapest) is opening Foundry No. 9
Monday. and, as one worker who
hopes to get job there says: Well,
now I'll get about $40 a week.
Mazers Cigar Factory, which hires
hundreds of women workers. A
woman worker who is employed there
reports this: Try as she can her daily
rate does not go over $500. Her hus-
band has not been working for Z
months and that is what the family
has to live on. Last week the fore
man walked up and down the floor.
raving and swearing at the women
because there was too much scrap.
They are in constant fear of losing
even that measly subsistence. The
factory will close down soon for
Christmas and they do not know
when they will be called back to
work. Maybe not at all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24

The order for a daily increase of
1000, which played the part Of a
sensation in the Daily office,
looked like mistake by the Postal
Telegraph or practical Joke
when 1t first dropped in without
warning. But it has since been
proved genuine by a letter from
Detroit.
The Detroit district office order is
increased from 900 to 1,40o daily and
ten other centers of distribution each
increase their orders, making a total
daily increase Of 1000.
Detroit took long run before II
leaped into the Daily Worker 10000
circulation campaign, but look al
that jump!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
Working Alone Is
Dangerous i'm Mine
(By a Worker Correspondent

10y WOrker SOrfeSpOuueutI
WILKES-BARRE, Pal am work.
ing on a straight pitch where it is
very dangerous for a miners life. I
am working alone. without a laborer.
The company does not give the
miner a laborer-the miner must
pay the laborer himself. We can't
do this when we hardly make enough
wages to support ourselves on. I
make only two or three dollars on
some days. How can pay Ia
borer wages?
1t is very dangerous, because
there's lots of loose rock and coal.
Working alone means that the miner
could be killed and no one even
knows about it. If two were work.
ing together they at least would be
able to protect each other. We must
demand that the company pay the
miner and laborer on consideration.
We must fight against the speed-up
which kills us. We must demand
and fight for protection Of our lives!
We've got to organize into fight
Ing union and make the bosses come
across with these demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
MCDONALD DENIES
DOMINIONTONDIA
Untouchables' Speaker
Attacks Imperialism

LONDON, England, Nov. "a. -
Macdonald took over British inpers
ialisnn's pet Indian Round table eons
ference today and adjourned 1t. The
logic of events had already forced
many extremely conservative and urls
doubtedly pro-imperialist Indian
princes and liberals to solemnly
warn the government that II some
considerable concessions are not
made right away, India will 90 into
revolution.
McDonald's speech ending the con-
gress was cautious and equivocal, but
it made things pretty clear in one
regard. There isn't going TO be any
dominion status, to say nothing Of
independence. India Is invited TO
look forward to dominion status as
a far off goal Such changes in the
government as are allowed, Mcdonald
states, will be in the nature Of giving
the princes representation, establish
ing the so-called federal rule" (con-
pletely British in1perialist) suggested
b. the Simon commission.
Untouchables Against Empire.
Some Of the princes, particularly
the Aga Khan, went SO far as to ask
that Gandhi be consulted. The Britt
ish government has been consulting
him right along as to the best meth
DDS of misleading the revolutionary
sentiment among peasants and work
ers, but has kept him divided off from
the princes and liberals. The whole
Indian delegation signed an agrees.
ment with the representative of the
untouchables the lowest paid and
most depressed workers and peas
ants to give them % per cent of the
deputies in any legislative body that
might be established.
The "untouchables" official repre-
sentative came out for dominion sta
tus, which Is a significant step, for
Britain has been trying to convince
this large submerged group that It's
interests are bound up with imperial-
ism against the Indian castles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
Italy FasciSts
Build UbAymv
t0rC0mlmgWQr
Gable by InprecOrr.)

LUCIANO, Italian Frontier, Nov. %.
Mass arrest are reported through
out Italy during the past few days,
including prominent university pro-
fessors, lawyers, etc.
Mussolini has issued a special de-
cree announcing IL per cent wage
cut for all workers and officials in
the government ito tide Italy over the
crisis"
A decree has likewise been issued
making all males between the years
of eight and fifty-five liable to mil
itary service. Children and youths
of eight to eighteen are drilled in
military fashion by the fascist youth
organizations.
Males Is to SIS must take a few
weeks annually of military service.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-24
Transfers Takers
Mulct the Members
nv a Worker Corresnondentl

CHICAGO, Ill.-During the last
week the Brotherhood of the Team
sters Union have been trying to raise
the dues of the membership to SIS.
One of the rank and file who has
Joined the Trade Union Unity League
happens to be friend of the bust
ress agent of the Transfers Union.
When he asked the business agent
why they we're increasing the dues,
he answered; while we have all
this unemployment it would be good
if the union gave to the charity Or
CARNATIONS $4,000, then if some Of
the city officials would make a
squawk that they are a bunch OF
racketeers, the $4,000 would make
them keep their traps shut"