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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
TINE common notion that foot
= ball is most hazardous of all
college sports was substantiated last
year in an investigation made by
the Carnegie Foundation.
The investigators studied athletes
in twenty universities and colleges
in which almost $4,000 students
were engaged in thirteen branches
of athletics. Among the $4,000
there were l 800 accidents, Of which
$40 we're due to football
When the study was made in
more detail it was found that inter
collegiate football Is three times as
hazardous as interclass football.
Twelve of 100 football players are
injured during the season. The
most common injuries are disloca-
tions and sprains, which may dis
able the player for more than three
weeks.
For many years it has been known
that football is a dangerous sport.
It is, perhaps, not as dangerous as
boxing, wrestling, or even rowing,
but it does carry with it constant
and definite hazard.
One of the most common injuries
of football is the dislocation or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Fails to Consent

OF course, it will be said, and it
" has been said, that at a time
when millions are idle here it is
common Sense to bar additions to
the labor market.
Yet it is not entirely evident that
our national legislature is willing
to commit itself to such a dra& tic
step. Indeed the last congress
failed to heed President Hoover's
request for bill to cut all quotas
in half for one year.
The recent executive order seems
to me an infringement Of a legis-
lative right.
And we should not forget that al
ready immigration has been cut
down to a trickle. Last year we re-
ceived 10000 quota and $4,000 nom
quota immigrants.
So small a number of newcomers
can hardly be vital factor in the
unemployment problem. On the
other hand exclusion is destroying
an American tradition which does
seem to me truly vital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
SCIENCE
Accurate Records of Eclipses
We're Kept By the Maya
Indians.
BY DAVID DIETZ.

light centuries before the dawn
L. of the Christian era, the Ma. a
Indians of Central America kept
accurate records of eclipses of the
sun and the moon and were able
to predict their occurrence.
This fact just has been brought to
light by DR.. Herbert H. Spinden.
curator of ethnology Of the Brook
lyn museum, New York. DR.. Spinden
has spent many years studying the
remains of the ancient Maya cities
and attempting to decipher in
scriptions on monuments and build
ings.
Although the Maya Indians were
terror stricken by eclipses, beating
drums and making loud noises to
drive away the demons supposed
to be devouring the sun, it develops
that their astronomer priests had
an excellent knowledge Of the
phenomena.
It is interesting to compare DR..
Spinden's discovery with recent dis
coveries in the field of old-world
astronomy made by the German
Jesui5s, Fathers Epping, Strassmaier
and Kugler.
Their studies have shown that
much detailed information of mo-
tons of the sun and moon which
previously was thought to have
arisen with the Greek astronomers,
really was transmitted to the Greeks
by earlier astronomer priests of an
cient Cha1dea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
The Home Is First
THE same difference is brou

TINE same difference is brought
1 out by the way in which the
two countries approach the problem
of making power rates.
The American idea is to give
manufacturing establishments every
advantage, while the small home
pays more.
The Canadian idea is to give the
small home every advantage, even
though the manufacturer pays more.
Americans argue that if the home
owner gets work, he can afford to
pay bigger bills.
Canadians argue that he can bs
given a square deal without hurt
ing industry.
Thus far, we have bested them in
the development Of large manufac-
turing enterprises. but they can
show a larger percentage of home
owners
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Times Readers Voice Vices

drew in salaries a sum in excess OF
$500.
The main shrine is not finished,
nor has the building been built on
the southwest corner Of st. Clair
and Pennsylvania streets, which
building the law specifies is to house
other patriotic organizations, COM
posed of persons, who by reason Of
services rendered in time Of conflict,
taxpaying citizens. who fought and
bled and suffered for Old Glory, are
entitled to the same consideration
as any other organization.
1t seems unjust to me that a ia
tional headquarters of one organiza-
ton should be privileged to enjoy
free housing when no provision is as
yet made to care for local or state
patriotic orders, members Of which
are the taxpayers who have made
the building of this memorial pos
sible by their financial support.
am a veteran of the World war,
with just about as much oversee
service as any veteran proudly can
boast about, and am taxpayer
who is not and never was in sympa-
thy with this vast expenditure Of
money for this memorial PROPOSE
ton.
There is not one Of my buddies
who went west" in France, were
he in position to talk on the sub
iect, who would not say he would
much rather see this money spent
in helping his comrade Of those
terrible days, who now is walking the
streets looking for a job, and these
buddies would say that to take care
of the families Of the comrades Who
are actually hungry, would be the
most beautiful memorial 70 their
valor that could be conceived.
Many no doubt will say that
am BolsheYik, but there Is no
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Beauty and Industry

NTE could learn a lot from
w Canada if we would. and that.
too, without giving prohibition any
thought.
For one thing, We could gain some
very useful information about the
effect of public policy which takes
account of the peoples right to live
comfortably as well as their right
to earn living.
In Canada, the home comes first.
This is reflected not only in the
management and distribution of
credit, but in what the provinces
and cities are doing.
Niagara river epitonlizes the diff
ference between the American and
Canadian viewpoint.
The American side is all business,
all cluttered up with gri111y plants
and belching stacks
The Canadian side is all beauty
Even the great electric plants are
clean, artistic and well located,
while the river bank has been land
scaped for miles and miles.
One can look across from tbs
Canadian side and get a good idea
Of our engineering and commercial
superiority.
One can look across from our side
and get an equally good idea Of
Canada's concern for the beautiful
The chances are that both coun-
tries would gain by borrowing d
little from each other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Toronto Beautiful

A LSO, they can show a type Of
IA municipal government which is
more considerable Of popular health.
comfort and recreational facilities.
Take the city Of Toronto, for in
stance, and there isn't an American
town of the same size that can ex-
hibit such splendid park system.
as many Fairgrounds, or such beau
tiful approaches from every side.
When you enter the average
American city of 100000 you enter
through a no mans land of shaCks,
dumps, unsightly tenements and
unkempt back yards.
When you enter Toronto, no mat
ter from what direction, you enter
on a boulevard, flanked by parks.
Even factories have caught the idea
and lived up to it.
Instead Of being an eyesore, as it
is in most American cities, the water
front of Toronto not only has been
beautified, but conserved for public
benefit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Editor Times-It is unfortunate
that the controversy raised over.
the Plaza proposition has caused
so much iA-feeling among ex-serVice
mems organizations. However, there
seems to be at this time ample
cause for some O: the opposition
voiced by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
At this particular time, when the
industrial outlook and the labor
situation seem none too promising,
it is outrageous that the American
Legion should sponsor a movement
to compel the Marion county com
missioners to attempt to float an
other bond issue of $1,285,oOO for
purchase of the two church edifices
which now occupy the two corners
of the main shrine block on Yer
mont street.
AS I understand the situation, the
Legion proposes to force the issue
to have the site entirely clear so it
can invite the national convention
here in 1882. This is a good idea,
but for the taxpayers TO cough up
an additional assessment to carry
out the project is another item to
consider.
To dig up s1,2s5, 10000 for con-
vention is, in my estimation, quite
a drastic departure from the usual
procedure. Furthermore, the neces-
sary outlay for two grass plots sit
uated as they are is indeed COM
parable to property values on Fifth
avenue in New York City as to front
foot valuation.
The public has no conception Of
the necessary running expense OF
the whole project as it now IS, and
it is in no way near completion.
There are some few salaried po-
sitions held by various soft hertz"
seekers, who, in one month alone,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
In Ancient ChaIdea


TINE Jesuit fathers have shown
l. that Greek astronomy had its
roots in the work of two Chaldean
astronomers in particular, Nabu-
riannu and Kidinnu. Naburiannu
arrived at surprisingly accurate
values for the motions of the sun
and moon in 500 B. G. These were
improved by Kidinnu in 1893 B. G.
The work of Naburiannu was
possible, however, because the Chal-
dean astronomers had kept accurate
records of eclipses since TAT B. G..
In that year the Canon Of Eclipses
was begun. But it is believed that
the Chaldeans studied eclipses at an
even earlier date.
1t is surprising to think of care
full scientific work being done so
many centuries ago in ancient
Chaldea, or in the old cities of the
Maya Indian empire.
We are accustomed to think OF
those ancient centuries as days Of
superstition and ignorance.
The situation probably can be
compared in some degree to the sit
uation today.
The world today contains astron-
oners who can measure the distance
to far-off star. But also it con-
tains men who believe that it is bad
luck to light three cigarets from
the same match.
There are great research 1abo-
ratories devoted to the investigation
of disease. But there also are indi-
viduals who believe that carrying a
buckeye in your pocket will ward
off rheumatism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

foundation for such assertion. for
I am willing again to sacrifice, II
need be, when duty to my country
and flag beckons me.
If we had to have stone struc-
ture as memorial, it would seem
much more suitable had coliseum
of monumental architecture been
erected, in which case continuous
flow OF revenue would be derived
and the cost Of such structure soon
would be repaid.
The design as planned has been
duly authorized and no doubt will
be carried out, but time enough
should be allowed for raising funds
so as not TO place such burden
on the citizens treasury as -
ieopardize our financial resources.
Wake up, citizens. and for your
own interest, learn what It's all
about. J. z. A L
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
DE A COM ~, FREDERICK
1N1l AOO4 lands

IN his radio address at Mexico City, Ambassador
4 Morrow said that this country should be meeker
in is international relations but fail to find any
thing in the record that justified the statement
We have not been very militant in relations
with Mexico, 70 rduring the almost unbroken tur-
bulence which has existed south of the Rio Grande
since President Dia5 was overthrown we have pur-
sued course which measured up to the patience Of
Job.
A ND with reference to Central and South Amer
lea, We haven't done much high-hattiug; in
stead of it have stood guard all that region
with the Monroe Doctrine, and on several occasions
it has brought up close to conflict with Europe.
When the Civil war was over We were getting ready
to chase Macmillan out of Mexico when the Mexi-
made intervention unnecessary by handling the
situation themselves.
We didn't plan to chase Macmillan out because
We wanted to gram MEXICO, but because we wanted
her to be free.
We were not very oppressive in that case
Then after the Civil war we would have been
justified in taking Canada because Great Britain had
permitted the building of southern prvateers in her
ship yards but instead of this We settled it at &C.
neva and took sum Of money.
That wasn't very inlperialstic.
A FTER the Spanish war we not only kept our
A word and made Cabu free, but we fed her and
d
wrote her organic law and agreed to protect her. and
for good measure We gave her the Isle of Pines.
That wasn't terrible, all in all
We were exceedingly meek at the Poris confer
ence after the World war when we did not ask nor
ct one dollar inch of ground for the part we
played in that great conflict.
And did not even collect the debts Euro pe
owed u.s.
This was meekneSs for your whiskers.
We have policed Haiti and Santo Domingo for
years. where any other power would have grabbed
them
Annually we admit hundreds of thousands of for
country.
We have strapped warships pursued other ma
tons with plans for peace and failed to build ma
tional defense.
Just what would Mr.. Morrow have US do7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Daily Thought

Watch and pray that We enter
not into temptation. - Matthew
26:41.
No man is matriculated to the art
Of life till he has been well tempted
George Eliot
Has the government Of the United
States recognized the government of
Soviet Russia7
No.
What do the letters e. D. D. ON
an army discharge stand for?
Certificate Of disability discharge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
CabotS and LoWeIIS

TN the past we have prof1ted
l. prodigiously by the admixture of
foreign blood. One deals in mere
fantasy when he undertakes to say
what sort of nation would have
been evolved if our development had
been left largely to the native born
The best that We can do is to
look at communities where foreign
inf1ltration has been slight and
make the surmise that here is the
land we might have seen had
America always been a nation
walled I'D against immigration
In that case I fear there would
have been little TO mitigate and
mellow the acidulous New England
strain. We should have been a sort
Of vast Vermont.
To one who would like to see an
even greater amount Of bubbling
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Promised Land

CURELY it Las been no small
y thing that America once stood
as the land of opportunity and hope
for all the world. We were the
haven of the afflicted and the OPP
pressed.
Not lightly should this all be put
aside and Keep out!" Scrawled
upon the gate where once was writ
ten Liberty"
President Hoover's brusque action
is hardly one calculated to win us
friendship abroad. Our latest move
toward isolation comes too hard
upon the heels of the tariff bill to
make it anything but unfortunate.
Moreover, our isolation is somewhat
one-sided. We live behind a high
wall through which no foreigner or
his goods are supposed to pass, but
in this barrier we have left small
slots through which the peoples OF
Europe can thrust their hands to
pay us interest on the money which
they owe us.
This is hardly situation likely
to inspire friendliness. And the
American who says, We'll, what do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Another Prohibition Fable

TWO many Americans, and par
4 ticularly those who never have
crossed the border think of Canada
as just beyond the rule Of Volstead-
ism and, therefore, an excellent
place to Stake a thirst.
We all have heard. a lot and
talked a lot about this aspect Of
relationship between the two
countries.
We have a distinct impression
that Canada is getting rich at our
expense on booze, and there isn't
much to the country except brew
cries and distilleries.
Only another example Of prohibit
tons evil effect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

TORONTO, Ontario. Sept. Is
l The life insurance men are
holding an international convention
here. There are 1900 present. Of
which 1,40O are from the United
States.
The prevailing idea is that Cana
dian cities have become popular
convention centers. especially with
Americans. because of prohibition.
Maybe that's the reason, but II
these insurance men came TO get
drink. they certainly carry their
liquor we'll
! attended a banquet Thursday
night with 1850 at the tables
It was not what you would call
a solemn affair, but from the stand
point of sobriety it would compare
favorably with any similar function
1 have attended in the United States
since the eighteenth amendment
was adopted.
Say what you will, but the absence
Of prohibition seems to be more than
offset by an atmosphere of poiss
and decency which is sufficient to
discourage even those long-Slffering
Americans who come with the sin
cerest intentions Of making up for
lost time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

The Tooth birthday anniversary of the discovery Of
the match will be celebrated in France Out of
sheer gratefuness, every of cigar lighter will
send along expressions of congratulation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
Common Concern

ATOR is it true that we have no
IN responsibility for the unfor-
tunate ferments now sizzling across
the Rhine. The foes Of democracy
in Germany have won support by
their protests against the repara-
ton burdens.
We could clear up the whole mud
die by bargaining with our debtors
and lifting loads upon the condition
that they should do the same to-
ward their vanquished foe.
The most practical common sense
I know is that humanity never stood
in greater need of mutual friendli-
ness than it does today. Depression
is not a national problem, but an
international one.
Pigeon-hole prosperity is no longer
possible. I'd like to see that old
familiar mat upon our doorstep. I
mean the one which said, "Wel-
come"
copyright. 1880. bv The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Chicago judge has ruled that adding water to
good whisky does not damage it. The decision. with
out question, reflects on his poor taste
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Parents Of the kidnapped 16-year-old New York
girl who were ordered to send $4,000 ransom money
by carrier pigeon have right to say if anyone has
that money has wings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

How long is a mans shadow as
compared with his height?
The length Of the shadow depends
upon his position with relation to
the light that casts it. If the light
is directly overhead the shadow
falls under the mans body and
practically has no length, but It in
creaseS as the angle Of the light de-
creases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Now that a man trained in the United States
marines has been made president of the Dominican
Republic natives there will feel they have some one
to tell things to-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

This is just another hot wave" said the jazz
orchestra leader he beckoned his musicians to be-
gin to play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
What is ,7itonq

What is niton?
A chemical element continually
generated by the element radiurn.
It is known to be a monatonlic gas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Fall is the time of year when the hunter as well as
golfer can brag about his game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Football players at eastern college are charged
with having the lowest marks of anyone in the school
Small worry to them They'll kick and pass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
TT SEEMS TO ME BY n BT0SS

we care about them, anyhow" is
hardly a. person versed in the news
of the day.
The German move toward Fas-
cisn and Communism, those twins
called Right and Left in order to
distinguish them, has put our own
markets in a state of flutter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Thieves Steal Sheet Music"-Headline In double
quick time. probably
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
SAYS;

The Chances Are That Both
the United States and Can
ada Could Gain By Borrow-
ing Some of Each Others
Ideas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

water poured in to dilute puritan
ism, the prospect hardly can be
called pleasing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

Who can tell but what those Boy Scouts com
peting in a baking contest in England are planning
to become husbands some day? The Scout motto you
recall is BE Prepared"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

IN his radio address at Mexico City, Ambassador
Il Morrow said that this country should be meeker
in is international relations but fail to find any
thing in the record that justified the statement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

AS lowy as his job is, the road laborer takes pride
in the fact he is paving the way for future genera
tons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26

The Cleveland man who drank eleven tunblersful
OF water and then invited all to compete for
the water drinking championship, must be credited
with some discretion He might have issued his cal-
lenge during the drought
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-26
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

III DAUs IF+O4NAtAD ID AADL4A-N
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
CHURCH CIECLES
MEET IN HOMES

The Presbyterian circles met
with various hostesses on thursday
Mrs. Albert McHenry. chairman
entertained circle number one al
ner home, the business session pc
ing conducted by her, with Mrs. +.
B. Balthorpe as lesson study lead
er. Mrs. Steck and Miss Kate
Woods we're circle guests.
Mrs. L. B. Ash was hostess 70
circle number two, at her nome
three miles north Of town. Mrs.
Harry Keyes, who is chairman OF
this particular circle, was IN
charge Of the business session, =
was assisted on the program by
Mesdames Peaver and d. c. Deck
pr. Mrs. Howarth. Mrs. Lena Field
Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Peterson were
guests Of the circle.
Circle number three met at the
home of Mrs. Rudolph Rome. Mrs.
IeLachner. chairman, conducting
the business session. as well as pc
ing IN charge Of the program Q
the day. Each circle studied the
same missionary lesson. Chinese
witnesses" and refreshments were
served by each hostess, and q soclaI
hour was enjoyed.