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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DlEIZ
Eyes of Men Can See Only q
Fraction of the Wonderful
Things That Surround
Them.
by DAVID DIETZ :

WE live in a universe of marvel
w GUS completely of which we
are able to comprehend directly
only a fraction. That fraction is
determined by the limitations of
our senses.
Our eyes show us the visible uni
verse. Our eyes respond to a series
of waves in the ether Of space. The
shortest wave to which our eyes re-
Spond gives us sensation, which
we call violet" The longest gives
Us the sensation of red"
Yet the room in which we sit may
be filled with other ether waves.
We realize this if we have radio
set. For the coils and tubes Of the
radio set will respond to the ether
waves which our eyes miss. The ra-
dio set turns these waves into back
sound waves and they are then able
to impress us in another way, name
ly, through our ears.
Sir william Bragg, famous Brit
isll physicist who found a way to
supplement sight in the study of
the structure of matter by the use
of X-rays. commented upon the
limitations of the human eye in
recent lecture. Bragg is visitor In
the United States.
ut is a strange fact that the
eyes of men can see only minute
fraction of the things and the hap
peningS that surround them," Bragg
said.
1.-THE light which brings us our
neutrality-suspicious., artificial light
or lamplight-is limited narrowly in
quality, and on that account tells
US only a small part of the whole
tale"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
War Department Poison

The war department lacking with which to
occupy itself has undertaken to shape the minds Of
young citizens to insure future fighting.
1t has been giving course in citizenship at
summer camps and colleges
While the government has been negotiating pact
for the remuneration OF war and treaty for naval
limitation, the department has been teaching
young men that internationalism is IAN impractical
and destructive dealls, and that pacifsm is banefu
in it's influence
While the federal trade commission has been in
vestgating propaganda placed in the schools and else
where by private utility companies, the war depart
ment has introduced into the schools course teach
ing that public utilities conduct their affairs to the
benefit and profit of the nation
While the war department has been intrusted with
operation of Muscle Shoals, the great power and
fertilizer plant owned by the people of this country
this same department has been telling youth that
government ownership is "a peril that threatens the
very foundations of this republic"
We respectfully suggest that it is time for Com
mander- Chief Hoover to curb this fascist move
ment within the administration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
Only Best Need Apply

NTOW we come to a new setup
IN in which only the best need
apply, and in which there doesn't
seem much chance for small pay
checks.
Either all or nothing, a million
to one Shot-what can parents and
teachers promise young hopefuls
under such circumstances?
What chance will the IS per cent
inarticulate have to make itself
heard with only a dozen or even
500 mikes?
Looking at the prospect from any
angle, one can only be glad that
we still have 1000 newspapers in
this country, many of which pub
lish letters to the editor" and few
of which yet have not succumbed
to the juggernaut of monopoly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


IN it's survey of the present studies
Il of mechanical refrigeration, the
committee on toxic gases, appointed
by the American Medical Associa-
ton to study the hazards. points
out that household refrigeration is
factor for good in the promotion
of public health and of economic
living, and mat for this reason no
attitude is warranted that will tend
to hamper the manufacture and use
of safe refrigerators.
1t is, however, much more neces-
sary to safeguard refrigerator in
Stallations in homes, hospitals, and
institutions for children than in in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
Suffering in Silence

DUT the chief cause for the pass
- ing of the gentleman lies in the
findings of the new psychologists.
The code was built upon the theory
that repression was the most adj
mirable of the virtues.
A gentleman kissed, but he did
not tell. He could discuss neither
his vices nor his virtues. His pri-
vate affairs he kept under lock and
key in some corner of his mind.
At best it was a hard regime. AS
I may have observed before, what
is the fun in kissing if you're not
allowed to talk about it?
It has been proved, or almost So,
that the individuals mustn't treat
his private concerns in the manner
in which the Spartan lad handled
the fox. They will claw him to
death unless he finds convenient
housetop and shouts about his trou-
bles to all paSsers-by.
Such conduct is not gentlemanly.
But it is healthful. And in the long
run practically everybody would
rather be healthy than too polite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
Difficulties of a Lady

MOT for him was the heat Of
IN passionate fervor. He must
confine his discourse to tepid prattle
about the current humidity.
Of course, being a lady was even
more difficult. That is why lady,
like behavior was the first TO go by
by the boards. Some men of my
acquaintance still pride themselves
upon being gentlemen, but it is the
rarest thing in the world to hear
anybody say, I'm a lady"
The phrase has been heard by me
only once in the last year, and then
it was uttered by girl in a speak
easy during an alteration with the
feminine manager of the establish
ment.
I'll have you to know I'm lady
and you're a salooN keeper" said
the young disciple of the ancient
order and then she drew back her
fist and hit the hostess in the eye,
that the point should be estab-
lished beyond the risk of bubble.
And the difficulties of being lady
like may impose even more ardu-
Gus tasks and attitudes upon the
part of gentle folk. Consider, for
instance, the plant of Miss H. M.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

ket anyway that these takers are
licensed and allowed to do business
and flourish there?
Is there a market master, and why
does he permit such tactics at the
market? Hereafter I will buy at the
store, where can
depend on what the merchant says.
A MARKET BUYER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
Amusement

TINE consequence of the lirnita-
Il ton OF vision is a correspond
ing restriction of the visible world.
But man has done his best to ex-
pand the powers Of his sight. The
simple lens has been expanded dur
ing the centuries into the high
powered microscope of today.
But, as Bragg points out, there is
a limit to this process.
when the optician has done his
wonderful best, and when the
shortest light waves are used, there
is necessarily a halt" he said.
"At one time it seemed that the
halt must be a permanent stop.
But what new worlds, or rather
new comprehensions of the old
world. have been opened by these
means alone! We are so accustomed
now to the new vision that we
have forgotten how strange it must
have been to the early users of it's
powers.
when Hooke wrote his Micro
graphia' in the middle of the Seven
tenth century he was in a mood of
amazement at what the newly in
vented microscope told him. Sec
ton after section of this fascinating
book describes the wonderful and
hitherto invisible details of common
objects-a hair, a piece of silk, a
needle point, and so forth.
mo doubt there were those who
thought that these incursions into
new world of knowledge were I'M
juStifiable, and what the eye could
not see naturally was not worth see
ing, and was not intended to be
seen.
I'VE have learned that these
minute things and happenings af-
feet deeply and Immediately our
health and happiness and our abil-
ity to use the resources of nature
And every improvement in the use
Of ordinary light by the microscope
has added to our realization of the
infinite and the unity of nature"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

tleman," and 81 don't want to be a
lady"
That will be the dawn of the
actual and effective revolution.
Copyright. $780, by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
Waves

TINE wave length of the light -
l. that is the length of the ether
waves which compose it-deternine
what we see by its means, Bragg
states.
Small details can be made out by
short waves, and become les dis
tinct if the light is Of longer wave
length" he continued.
Even within the narrow range Of
vision this difference can be DC
served. In certain microscopes
used by biologists only light of ex-
tremely small wave length is en-
ployed, the smallest that can be
brought to bear upon the photo
graphic plate, or the human retina,
and in this way the power of the
microscope is extended.
ION the other hand, it is curious
to observe what difficulty there is
in picking up details in red light,
although the wave length is only
twice that of the visible blue.
This strange limitation surely
prompts our inquiry as to the rea-
son, if one can be given.
"It is a. fact that waves much
shorter than the visible can not
penetrate the miles of the atmos-
phere, so that even if our eyes could
see them they would have no use
for their powers.
eff our eyes responded to waves
much longer than the normal, we
certainly should miss much detail
that we value.
again, it is fact, OF an entirely
different bearing, that the percep-
ton of light depends on a curious
process in which electrons are
shifted out of their usual positions
in the atoms of the retinas of our
eyes.
Nov the shifting can not be ac-
compliShed if the wave length of
light is more than about a thou
sand times longer than the dame
ter of the atom. AS atoms of all
sorts have sizes which do not diff
fer widely among themselves, a GER
tain limit is set to the light which
the eye, as constituted. can detect"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

ideals and opinions expressed
n this column are those Of
Sne 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, 1930-06-17
On a Monument

"TTERE am doing mans work
II in the world because I must,
she writes. Il am alone IN New
York, a stranger. ] am possessed
with strong desire 70 be taken out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

The who sued for $4,000 because she was
kissed against her wishes was awarded but cents.
And certainly that's another smack in the face.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
DAILY THOUGHT

The drunkard and the glutton
shall come to poverty.-Proverbs
1921.
DRUNKENNESS is nothing else
- than voluntary Madness
Seneca.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

Now that the navy department has forbidden girls
to kiss naval academy seniors graduation day. you
may expect the middies and their sweethearts to
turn landlubbers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

Our talkie stars it is reported, are regarded more
favoraby in England than they in this country.
This convinces us the English slow to joke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

This is the time of year when the backseat driver
calls your attention to that ingenious, oddly named
inn at the right
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

Germany, news dispatch says has recommend
ed milk instead of coffee for the standard army bev
erage And by way of encouragement it can be pointed
out what a milk fund did for one of the native
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
NJ. E. Tracy
John D. Rockefeller IRIS Plan
Would AUo,0 100000
People to Drink Culture
From a Single Spigot.
SAYS

THE announcement that John D.
L Rockefeller Jr. will erect $780,
100000 worth Of buildings on $780,
100000 worth of land in New York
City, as a national entertainment
center, is interesting.
Is is interesting, not only because
1t represents the largest real estate
project ever undertaken by private
interests, but because it foreshadows
the probable effect of the new media
OF expression on art and amuse-
ment.
Truly, wonderful future looms
before us, with 130000,000 people
able to drink culture and enlighten-
ment from a single spigot.
But who will control the spigot.
and for what purpose?
n
We have seen the baleful specter
OF monopoly emerging as a by
product of the machine age for a.
long time, and we have fought it.
though in a half-hearted, make
shift sort of way.
Thus far It has been confined
largely to essentials.
But within recent years a base
ball car has made his appearance.
and a movie car. Also, within re-
cent years, Shrewd flnanciers have
organized the production of cleo
tricity and have acquired such a
stranglehold over it that the gov
eminent of the United States seems
unable to retain Muscle Shoals as
public enterprise.
Now the octopus reaches out for
art, culture and amusement, and
all because the octopus has gained
control of new and improved We
hicleS for their distribution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

This is the second of two articles by
DR.. Morris Fishbein. Americas outstand-
ing health authority, on mechanical re-
frigerators
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

Moreover, one can not help Won
dering what incentive there would
be for all the boys and girls to de-
velop their hiStrionic or musical
talents with so few places at the
top.
Under the old order, there was a
certain amount of opportunity and
recompense for average folk, and
because many average folk were in
spired to start by such incentive,
we were able to recruit a genius now
and then.
To a measurable degree, the small
theater fed the large one, the
local concert field discovered real
musicians occasionally, and the local
dramatic society gave birth to an
actor every SO often.
So, too, the necessity for providing
home entertainment brought out
and encouraged the peculiar abilities
of children and gave us the benefit
Of that illusionment which proclains
not only the reward of merit where
ever merit exists, but a chance to
shine, even though the brilliance
may not be equal to that of the sun.
1t was liberty in the best sense Of
the word, liberty to try. even if or
were not so good, liberty to feel
something had been accomplished,
even if the top was still far off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17
Headed for Autocracy

III the songs of a nation are more
4 important than its laws, as one
smart philosopher has said, We are
headed straight for autocracy. with
a board of directors to select our
poetry, music and romance.
No doubt the board would do an
efficient job, and, no doubt, average
people would find it much easier to
become cultivated and artistic"
But without the right connections,
the man with a song would have to
sing it to the COWS, and the soapbox
orator would absolutely be out of
luck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-17

tanned the conviction of Harry Canter for libel Of
Governor Fuller in connection with the Sacco-Van-
zetti case Five Communists were convicted in Ohio
under the state sedition act ohey have been freed
since the report went to press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
BROWNSVILLE
GIVES SLOWLY
Citizens Urged to Aid Relief
Work Following
Texas Storm

Contributions to the Red Cross
for the relief Of the Texas storm
sufferers are coming in slowly,
Sherwood Bishop announced Mon
day morning.
He urged that Brownsville con-
tribute donations Immediately In
order to complete the quota assign
ed to this city. Any OF the banks
In the city, o. Mr.. Bishop himself
at the Bishop Print shop, will re-
ceive the donations, he said.
"All other towns are responding
to the call for contributions he
said Monday. "snd Brownsville
should not fall behind"
"A list OF contributions to date:
Rev. Frigon, 50: w. o. Washing
ton, IS; Bert M. Cromack, $40:
Bascom Cox. $2.50; A. NJ. Jessup,
81; Sherwood Bishop, IS; D. j.
Young, IS; o. O.. Henning. 81; c.
r. Tuggle. 81: Mrs. r. z. Hill. So:
r. r. Colly, 81: Cash, 81: and w.
O. Williams, S..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
MexicanAce
CONTINUED from page u

City to Mexico City, FIerro said
Monday morning.
He will leave Brownsville for
San Antonio Monday afternoon. He
has been in the city since Saturday
afternoon, when he arrived from
Mexico City in the regular passenger
plane.
Col. Fierro's itinerary calls for a
brief stay in San Antonio, and then
to Los Angeles. Cal, where he will
get q special plane being built for
the flight.
From Los Angeles he will return
20 San Antonio. From there he will
ny TO Washington. and remain
there several days. he said. From
Washington he viii continue to
New York. where he will await ia
vorable weather conditions before
beginning the flight.
Il expect to start the nonstop
flight early in July" Col. Fierro
said. Everything is being done TO
guarantee a successful trip, and I
am confident Of completing it in
record time"
Antonio Cortez. mechanic. will
accompany Col. Fierro on his San
Antonio trip today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
Air Mai, Schedules

The schedule Tor the mail between
Brownsville and baIIas Is announced
by the postnffice department as fol-
lows:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12

NEW YORK. May i2.-tP-The
stock market was dull and irregu-
lar In forenoon trading. Upward
tendencies failed To develop def
nitely until there has been consid-
cradle shifting og the speculative
position during which several
prominent shares showed weakness
in sympathy with the decline i'm
VI. .. Steel on the large reduction
in untitled tonnage. announced Sat-
urday.
A small advace In copper prices
and the resumption on pool activi-
ties In various s~pecialties encouraged
bulls and rises or 2 to . points were
easily achieved in numerous utility.
copper, railroad. oil and specially
issues Detroit Edison advanced )
and Anaconda Copper, Howe
Sound. Johns-Manville. .WorthinT-
ton Pump, American Power and
Light and Best and Co., about u.
Call money again renewed az 3
per cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
salt REVOLT
GETS SETBACK
Gandhi's Right-H Hand Man
Arrested; Poetess Now
In Command

BOMBAY. India. May l2-tP-
Mahatma Gandhi's civil resistance
movement today received its second
great setback with the arrest OF
Abbas Tyabji, and a larg group OF
his immediate followers. at the mo-
ment when they were saNting from
Navsari to raid the Dharsana salt
works.
The governments abcrtive action
followed Tyabjfs refusal to cali off
the proposed raid after repeated
warnings by government officials.
Command OF the forces Of pas
sive resistance" Immediately was
taken over by Mrs. Saironyi Naidu,
Hindu poetess, selected by the Ma
hatma to automatically succeed as
leader.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
Prominent Men AT
Business Meeting
Especial TO The Herald)

I5ptclaI 70 The Herald
HARLINGEN, May ~ Several
prominent men are on hand here
today for the meeting OF the VAL
ley Better Business Bureau at the
Rees- Wil-Mond hotel at / o'clock.
Among these were George Hussar
former national head Of the Bet
ter Business Bureau, and Charles
Powell Of the Houston bureau. Re-
representatives. from Dallas and San
Antonio were also expected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
"a New Members To
Join Riding Club

(Speciaftto The Herald.)
HARLINGEMk May 12.-At least
"a new members have signified their
intention Of joining the women's
Riding and PoloA club, classes In
which were started about two weeks
ago.
Plans for welcoming the new
members into the club. matching
games and other business matters
were discussed at a meeting Of the
club here today at noon at the
Rees- WI -Mond hotel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12

ne Omitted States air mail postage
rata IL S cents fer the first ounce d
10 Cents for each additional ounce 81
fraction thereof. Letters mailed In
ia United States for the points 10
NExscc taxa tn1s rata.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. May 12-JF-
The cotton market had an easier
opening owing TO poor Liverpool
cables. May opened IL points down
and later positions 8 to I points
lower than Saturdays close. The
market continued to ease off after
the call as New York opened even
lower than the market here ana
British board OF trade returns for
April we're decidedly bearish. July
traded down 10 1900. October to
1456, and December CD 1856. or q
to III points under Saturdays close.
Towards the end Of the first hour
the market was quiet but steady
and q few points above the low.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
San Benito to Hear
Oratorio Tonight

SAN BENTTO, May Ia The
oratorio. Elijah. sung by a Valley
chorus before an audience of $500
persons In Harrington yesterday af-
ternoon. will be given here tonight
In the high school auditorium.
The presentation met with un-
qualified favor and success in Har-
lingen and 1t Is expected that a
similar crowd will greet the per-
formance Of the oratorio here to-
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
COTTONSEED r

WASHINGTON. May l2.-FH1-
C~ottonSeed crushed in the nine
month pariod. August I to April 80.
was announced today by the census
bureau to have been 4.725267 tons,
compared with 4.831. 611 tons u year
ago. and cottOnseed on hand az
mills April 30 was 1888 tons.
compared with 19I ISIS tons "a year
ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12

CHICAGO. May 12.-tR-Wheat
prices averaged lower early today.
influenced by the fact that Liver
pool quotations were unresponsivc
10 Saturdays upturns In values
here.
Opening unchanged to 1-2c lower,
the Chicago wheat market after
ward underwent a general sag but
then rallied somewhat. Corn and
oats we're also easy, with corn
starting unchanged to So off. and
later declining a little more. Pro-
visions held steady.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, May l2.-tP-Co&
ton opened steady. unchanged I'd WV
decline Of 3 points In response to
relatively easy Liverpool cables.
After opening at 1895, May eased
off to 1880 and selling OF later de-
liveries became slightly more &C.
tive with the general list showing
net declines OF about . 20 III
points &C the end OF the first half
hour.
The new October sold or TO l4.56.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
POULTRY

CHICAGO. May 12.-(P-Poultry
alive steady; fowls 1923; broilers
34-3S; ROSTERS IA; turkeys 90:
heavy ducks 1920: spring ducks
20-22: spring geese IS. old Il.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
EXPECT STORM FUND

tDpGIIhI 10 1Hb
SAN BENITO, May "a Jim
Bowie, district director for Red
Cross work, announces that the
fund OF $500 sought for Texas storm
relief work will probably be reached
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-12
1000 Killed In Quake

Reports from Rangccn told Q
earthauake and tidal wave thai
wiped out town Of Pegu IN Burma
Il was estimated 1000 died In
disaster.