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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
Safety at Bathing Beaches

The heat wave that has been sweeping the middle
west lately has brought with it the usual toll of
drownngs Hot weather drives people to the beaches
to cool of, and makes them forget the elementary
rules of safety that should be observed at such places
First and foremost probably, comes the rule that
it is not safe to go swimming, alone in pool or river
where there are no qualified life guards. 1t is safer
to stick to the public beaches They may be crowded
but at least there people there to give help help
Is needed.
On top of that is the necessity for remembering
that it is always dangerous to go in the water too
after meal. The man who bolts heavy lunch end
then rusheS to the bathing beach is running big
risk The readiness with which people that risk
on an unusually hot day probably goes far to explain
the increased number Of drownings during the last
hot spell.
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Times Readers Voice Viez0S

Editor Times-Giant mergers
eliminate competition. Thus we
pay the same price for bread made
out of 60-cent wheat as we did when
wheat was worth $1.60 a bushel. The
Republican party has violated the
Sherman antitrust law in allow
ing these mergers to exist, letting a
few men set the price Of production
and price of the finished product.
The rich are getting richer and
the poor poorer. The world owes
every person a living, and If any
one who is not getting it, somebody
else is. We are the richest and
most prosperous nation on earth,
yet we have starvation and suicides
on account of unemployment.
The party now in power in Wash
ington not only has violated the
laws, but most of them bought their
power with money from the giant
mergers, so it is time to change and
give the Democratic party chance
to try and save the situation, which
is bordering on anarchy.
We are getting taste here at
home in the statehouSs now. Those
birds are feathering their nests
with the taxpayers money, spending
money ike drunken sailors, but we
will have a chance this fall to give
them the same dose of medicine we
gave them last fall. One Of our pa
pers is bolstering ZIP the admin
istration by thinking things over
with Cal, but you can rot eat, live,
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resentat!ve Fish and his fellow congressional COM

mitteemen to swallow the take papers,
Forging documents hal become widespread
business. You buy genealogies to order. In
Berlin existed-doubtess plenty Of the same sort
exist in other world centers-an elaborate document
factory which produced wealth for its proprietors
until they were arrested following exposure Of the
Borah documents
These papers purrorted to show that Senator's
Borah end Norris had received brides OF 100000
each from the Soviet ambassador in Paris.
Earlier fake documents purportng to show that
Borah and Norris and their fellow senator's LaFoete
and Helm, were in the pay of the Mexican govern
ment originated in some other document factory.
Another document generally believed to be
false the znovev note contributed largely to the
fall of the first British labor government.
The fraudulent Dreyfu5 documents which tore
France ssunder still are bitter world memory.
Since the Dreyfus case, however, the manufacture
of fake documents and records has grown along with
other business into farfung and dangerous proper
lions. This makes it the more surprising that the
highest officials of great police force should fall
for palpable forgeries and congressional commit
tee dignity the hoax by going into star chamber
session to consider the papers, for fear that the
undercoyer men who received the documents should
be dynamited
Naive people there Away will be in this world,
yet we are naive enough to hope that high police
after will bounce documentary gold bricks few
times on their desk before handing the city hall
the capitol building over to the sharpers.
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SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ'
Outer Region of San DiUided
Into Three PGrtS-Sur-
face, Atmosphere and
Corona.
TINE astronomer divides the outer

THE astronomer divides the outer
i region Of the sun into a num-
Der of parts. The layman will find
it easy to acquire an excellent
knowledge of solar phenomena if he
becomes acquainted with these divi-
sions and their names.
These divisions are three in num-
Der. First there is the suns sur
face. Next there is the suns at
mosphere. And finally, there is the
corona, a sort of extremely tenuous
gaseous envelope surrounding the
atmosphere and trailing of into
space.
The solar surface is known to as
tronomers as the philosophers. This
word comes from the Greek. pho
toS" means eight" The name is
appropriate, since the suns light
arises in the photosphere.
The photoSphere is the luminous
surface which is visible with an
ordinary telescope. The sun spots
and other visible markings are on
the philosophers.
1t must be remembered, however,
that the philosophers does not con-
stitute surface in the sense that
the earth has a solid surface. The
photosphere it itself gaseous.
The solar atmosphere consists of
luminous, but practically transpar-
ent gases. 1t can not be seen with
a telescope. During an eclipse Of
the sun, when the disc of the moon
blots out the sun, little of the
solar atmosphere can be seen pro-
truding beyond the edge of the
moon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28

Psychology Needed to Cure Alcoholics

Thus it is difficult to affect any
permanent cure in an alcoholic pa
tient without substituting something
such as religion, art or love, for the
alcohol, and which will take the
place in the patients ego of the
effect that he gets from alcohol
This explains why the chronic
drunkard does not want to get well,
no matter how much he may pro-
test that he does.
DR.. Hart found among alcoholics
an overwhelming number Of in
stances of marital Embellishments,
so that it seemed quite likely that
the resort to alcohol was an attempt
to get rid of the difficulties asSo-
ciated with married life.
Apparently the person who is a
chronic alcoholic is one who has a
constitutional instability, who finds
discord in the family in which he
is raised. He is all adjusted to life,
has no sense of responsibility and
when he grows up he finds married
life full of problems which are be-
yond his solution. Alcohol appar-
emily brings him forgetfulnesS,
stimulation, and mental relief that
he does not get in other ways.
Obviously, the control of such a
condition must be basically psyche
logical control and not merely an
attempt to handle the condition
from the physical side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
Railroad Whistles

Railroad believe that they eventually will
be able to devise railroad whistle which will shoot
its shaft of noise directly to the railroad crossing in
stead of scattering it all over the countryside; and
while this would be highly efficient and while any
step to diminish the daily amount of noise in this
noise-rdden civilization of ours ought to be welcomed
we're not sure that we're entirely in favor of this
plan.
The railroad whistle is in class by itself. 1t is
of the most romantic sounds one ever hears. To
lie in bed late at night, and hear some distant flyer
whsting for crossing is to experience the feeling
that one has heard the eerie horns of efand blow
ing beyond the horizon. The note is haunting be-
yond words, with insstent melancholy that dehes
description We should be sorry to be deprived of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28

TT victory for decency when the supreme
i court of Nebraska decided that George w. Norris,
the Broken Bow grocer, who induced to run for
the senatorial nomination against the senator of the
same name, had filed his petition too late.
With its age long reputation for cussedness, this
is the first time that political machine ever tried
to nail victim to the by running against him
a cooked-up candidacy, carrying his identical name,
thus confusing the voters and making it impossible
after the election to determine which was elected
IT is not unlikely that political head hunters in other
states will follow the Nebraska idea it might be
well for legislatures to provide that where candidates
for the same Office have the name, their identity
shall be established by printing some sufficient de-
Scription
You may not agree with Norris and you may de-
sire to him beaten, but you must agree that it is
a deviSh proposition to proceed to destroy man
by deliberately confusing the voters
If there's such thing treason in time Of peace,
this is it.
Uncle Sam should be able to slice OF lot of his
Indebtedness when the fellow who invented the NINA
ture golf course pays his income tax
Just a few days ago the first one opened in our
town and now we have hve.
No matter how hard up we may be, We always
have money for JOY.
MR. COOLDGES newspaper article about judging
1Yk ourselves by aspirations and others by their
conduct is identical with what Dwight Morrow said
in his last motion picture interview.
Is it possible these old friends have the same ghost
writer and he got his merchandise mixed.
We've often wondered why Donald Macmillan
spent so much of his time in the Arctic but we
read of his arrival in Icels nd the thermometer
the back porch hovers around 100 We realize that he
is one Of the most brilliant thinkers of modern times
The king of Egypt is likely to lose his job.
If things continue to run against the purple, it
will not be long until it will be impossible to find
king, outside of poker game.
Improved machinery has rescued the farmer from
drudgery these hot days but the poor golf player must
continue to go forth to the baking links and do his
work by hand. q -. ,.s.ss.a-
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THE WORLD WAR
July %

I'm July %, 1914, Austria Hungary
" declared war on Serbia, five
days later delivering an ultimatum
containing demands with which the
Serbian government would comply
only partially.
Austria Hungary had accused Ser
bia of completely in the assassina-
ton of the Austrian heir-apparent,
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his
wife, at Sarajevo on June %, 1914,
and alleged that the anti-Austrian
Vaccinations of Serbian patriots
menaced the integrity Of the Haps-
burg empire.
Serbia wished to avert the hos
tilities that threatened. Diplomats
Of other European powers sought to
iron out the difficulty, but Austria
Hungary refused to submit the mat
ter to peaceful arbitration.
The Russian government, sympa-
thetic to Serbia, ordered mobiliza-
ton of its army. This caused Ger
many to declare what it considered
to be defensive war against Russia.
Two days later Germany declared
war against RusSia's ally, France.
When Germany violated Bel
GUMS neutrality, England consid-
sred this sufficient cause to declare
war against the invaders.
The United States entered the
conflict on April 6. 1917, by declar-
ing war on Germany.
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the child in his house be important
only in the precise ratio in which
he reflects back the parent.
I should think that father
would like to find in his son not
just the same old Brown, or Smith,
or Broun, but something different
and considerably better. am the
father of courageous child. That
he never got from me.
1t makes him alien, but never
theless attractive. Much sharper
than a serpent's tooth is the pleas
IRE of an abject parent who finds
himself blessed with a stubborn and
determined child.
If the people from the hospital
SHOULD call up tomorrow and say:
I'VE find we've made a mistake. We
sent you the wrong child IL years
ago, but now we can exchange
him and rectify everything" I be-
lieve I'd say: "Oh, don't do that"
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of HyKeia. the
Health Magazine.

TOR some years it has been the
Il impression among physicians
generally that a man becomes a
chronic alcoholic not because OF
any special qualities in alcohol Gre
ating a certain disease, but because
of some qualities in the man him.
self which make him want to drink
because of the general medical eff
fectS of alcohol.
DR.. Henry Hart has attempted to
analyze the personality factors in
alcoholism as they occurred in some
thirty patients who were studied
in an institution devoted to the
treatment of chronic alcoholics. 1t
has long been known that the alco-
holic patient is unreliable and will
try to deceive his relatives, his
friends, and his doctor, when they
try to ascertain just why he in
dulges in his tendency to alcoholic
sprees or chronic tipping.
Of the thirty patients, only nine
gave a definite history OF having a
father who was also an alcoholic.
In seven cases it was reported that
the father of the patient had been
strict, stern, or repressive, and In
six cases that the father was uI1-
stable and had had a nervous
breakdown. In seven of the cases
the father could be considered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
The New WitChcraft

TINE red hunt moves merrily on,
l. with GAL watches discovered as
having been struggled in by ain
alleged Communist, with the state
department threatening to exclude
Russian manganese, coal and tim
Der, and with Moscow claiming to
have been ir1sulted and limiting at
measures Of retaliation. What a
good time we are having with this
new brand Of witchcraft, and what
stew we are coucerting for the
future.
Does the United States intend
to lead a boycott on Soviet Russia,
and would other nations fall in line?
Or would they take advantage of
the manifest opportunity of admit
ting that Communist propaganda
costs us something, and that it may
cost us more?
Would its complete suppression, If
that we're possible, be worth the loss
of Russia's trader Gail such an
idea sordid and commercial, If you
like, but please remember that we
are in the midst of a depression, and
that unemployment is generally
considered an important issue.
Further than that, consider the
principle involved, the tradition of
freedom for all other peoples which
we always have claimed to support,
the characters of governments we
have recognized in the past, and the
disturbances we have tolerated at
home in the name of liberty.
Have those politicians who are
inhaming the red DOGGY thought
this thing through? Do they know
where they are going, or what the
ultimate end is likely to be-?
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1T SEEMS TO ME By HE EEHgS

And 1 think I'd add: "This ones
been around quite awhile now ano
given approximate satisfaction anc
if you don't mind just let things &c
on as they are. You can keep the
real one"
After all, a son is distinctly ar
acquired taste. It's the practice Of
parenthood that makes you feel that
there may be something in 1t. And
anybodys child will do for prac-
tice.
I wish the distracted parents in
Chicago would look at 1t in that
light. Let them stop worrying. II
each household gets a promising
baby, that child will come to be
their very own as he grows up. In
twenty years, in ten, in five months
in fact, it will matter very little just
who 1t was who bore him.
Copyright. 1880. By The T1mes)
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PronninenCeS-

.CREAT Streamers or tongues OF
" gas arise from the chrome
sphere. These are known as the
solar prominences.
The prominences, which are Of
various kinds, sometimes rise tc
enormous heights in brief periods Of
time.
Astronomers have photographed
prominences that rose to heights Of
more than 100000 miles in the Pc
Rod of few hours.
Finally, we come to the corona
which surrounds the entire sun, 6
sort of outer envelope composed Of
gaseous material of surprisingly low
density.
The corona becomes visible only
during an. eclipse of the sun. AS
tronomers have perfected devices by
which the chromosphere can be
studied at any time, despite the
fact that it becomes visible to the
eye only during an eclipse. But al
yet they have not been able to dc
the same thing with the corona.
This is one of the reasons why
astronomers regard an eclipse OF
the sun as such an important
event. 1t is the only time thai
photos of the corona can be OBJ
tanned.
These photos indicate that the
corona changes in shape with great
frequence. 1t has not appeared
exactly alike at any two eclipses.
In addition, there are changes Of
systematic nature in its appear
ance that seem to be linked ur
with the sun-spot cycle.
The exact connection has not vel
been worked out, though it il
thought to be an electromagnetic
0na
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Regions

TINE suns atmosphere is divided
l. by the astronomer into two re-
gions, known as the reversing layer
and the chromosphere.
The reversing layer is the part Of
the atmpsohere which lies inmedi-
ately above the suns surface. Its
name, which seems an odd one
comes about as a result Of the effect
which this layer of gas has on the
spectrum of the sun.
1t is called the reversing layer
because it is responsible for the dark
lines in the spectrum of the sun.
Were it not for this layer, the lines
would be bright.
The reserving layer consists of
most of the chemical elements
known here on earth. There are
familiar gases, such as oxygen and
nitrogen and the vapors of many
substances such as iron, copper,
magnesium, calcium and so on.
These substances exist as cages on
the sun because Of the tremendous
temperature of the sun.
The reversing layer extends up
ward for a few hundred miles and
then merges into the second divi-
sion of the solar atmosphere, which
astronomers call the cnromosphere.
The chromosphere extends to a
height Of several thousand miles.
"Chromos" is the Greek word for
color. The reason for this name is
that when the chromosphere be-
comes visible during a total eclipse
of the sun, it is seen to be colored
a blood-red.
The chromosphere is composed
chiefly Of the lighter gases, hydro
gen and helium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
Hard to Get Excited

Somehow it is bit hard to get excited about this
156year-old Turk who is visiting this country.
In the first place, may be pardoned for being
trif1e skeptca about those 156 years of his doc
tor recently pointed out that extreme old age records
generally claimed by iiterate peasants-by people
that is who would not have any written records to
substantiate their claims.
In the second place. one is inclined to ask, "We
what of it?" The gentleman may have lived every
minute of his 156 years; but why get excited about
it? 1t safe to that in all his century and
half of life he has not done tenth as much genuine
living intense, active young American like-tor
example-Charles A. Lindbergh
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TN Chicago, I see by the headlines,
l. two babies were mixed up in a
hospital. Or maybe it was just that
somebody was afraid they had been
mixed up. Unfortunately I didn't
read the story very carefully.
I don't even know whether the
children in question are boys or
girls. They must both be of the
same sex, I suppose, or there
wouldn't be any mixup.
To many people private ownership
of offspring is enormously inpor-
tant. But as a matter of fact
there isn't much choice among the
little ones. They need more than
necklaces with names on them to be
persons.
There really ought to be some
system by which the very little ones
could be kept in the shop for a con-
siderable period, like puppies, and
not turned over to the parents OF
guardians until in condition more
disciplined than usual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
The First Year

ATONE of them amounts to much
IN during the first year. 1 can't
see, for the life of me, why your
own should be any more interesting
or precious to you during that time
than the child of anybody else.
After two, of course, they are per-
sons, but a parent must have very
lively imagination if he is able to
see any child as a sort of small
scale copy Of himself.
Oh yes, a nose, or the eyes, or
the color of the hair, or something
like that, but the world is full of
snub noses and brown eyes. To me
it seems more Of a coincidence than
anything else.
And even though it is more, what
of it? How can a man work up a
terrific, sentimental qualification
over the fact that after he's gone
his nose will persist in the world.
The hope of personal Immortality
through offspring is of small solace.
The joys of being an ancestor are
exaggerated.
Mind you, don't mean for a-alo-
ment to cry down the undeniable
pleasure which arises from the
privilege of being associated with a
pleasant and playful child more than
years of age.
Or I might reduce that limit a
little. Only last weekend 1 saw
most fascinating baby who had
only turned eleven months.
For, person in rugged health,
who IS not particularly dressed up
and doesn't want to write a letter
or read a newspaper, can imagine
few diversions more enjoyable than
to have a child turned loose on
him. His own, if you wish, but
own" chiefly in the sense that it
is the one to which he has become
accustomed.
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Documentary Gold Bricks

The secret Communist documents introduced to
the public by Grover Whaler while police commits
sioner of New York City now take their place with
the gold brick and other objects of dubious barter
Witnesses before the congressional committee, at
its New York hearing seemed to prove to the salts
faction of virtually everyone that the Amorg letters
we're bogus. The letterheaos-in spite Of their al
legged Moscow origin-were printed according to be-
levable testimony, in New York City.
It remains to remark upon the singular gillibility
which led first high police officer. and finally Rep
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
Adoption, Paternity

DEOPLE who adopt children build
l. up as close a relationship as
exists in any other family. The
sense Of paternity is not necessary
for the creation of a joyful COM
partnership and a deep and abiding
love.
Only person extraordinarily sat-
isaed with hihaEseh win demand that
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Questions and
AnSzUerS

Which three universities In the
United States lead In the amount OF
endowment?
Harvard, with an endowment OF
$50, 702 ,843: Columbia, with s63,5o7,-
AIS, and Yale, with $4,000, 459.
Did Kansas or West Virginia en-
ter the Union Arst?
Kansas entered the Union Jan.
20. 1851, the thirty -fourth state, and
West Virginia was the thirty fifth
state, entering June -, 1868.
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pay rent and taxes by thinking with
Cal.
It's time for the farmers and la
boring men to wake up and think
and an empty stomach surely Will
make you think. Don't fall for their
candidates and campaign promises
for they are like the old Turk and
his wives: "Get them young, treat
them rough and give them moth
ing"
SILAS CAMBRIDGE,
DAB Kansas street.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writers ald are pre-
seated without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paDer.-The Editor.