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oh1A OLE ST. NV.
1914 CONNECTICUT AVE. NV.

Electric Refrigeration and Resident
MaraRer.
! room, kit. and bath. ........ .S47.50
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1884 10th ST. NV

Electric Pefrigeration.
Resident Manager.
room. kitchen, d. a. d. r. b. S42 so
2 rooms, Kitchen and bath. SIS 90
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pENTTIIY

1897 RHODE ISLAND AVE. NV
New building; elevator service. cleo
trlc refrigeration. Resident MANAGER
r, k, b., Gin. ale. $50. 90 to S77 so
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Near Western High School. Newly
DECORATED rooms. kitchen and bath.
$50. Manager and Electric RefriEera-
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Electric RefriReratlon.
rooms, kitchen, reception hall
and bath OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $42 50
and bath ....'............... 5000
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1912 x ST. NV.
Elevator. resident manager, syItch-
board. electric refrigeration.
] room. kitchen and bath s43 90
rooms, kitch., bath, $1,000 & $1,000
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THE GUTHRIDGE

ZTTJ F ST. NV.
convenient downtown location.
Apartments of and 2 rooms, kitchen
and bath. SAP so to 1855 90. 24-hour
elevator and switchboard service
electric refrigeration Resident manager.
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Near Western High. Well ventilated
units of 2 rooms. kitchen, tiled bath.
$50. Frigidaire. manager.
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1914 14TH ST. NV.

Downtown and convenient section.
rooms, kitchen. bath. furnished for
$50. so; unfurnished for $3.50. Manager.
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1878 MINTWOOD PL. NV

Electric Pefriseration
rooms. kit, bath. 90 TO t45 90
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THE CHALFONTE,

III II ST. N. w.
Elevator. resident manager. Elec-
trio refriReration on house current.
] room. kitchen and bath. so
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los 9th ST. Sc.
Apartments Equipped with
Murphy Beds.
rooms. kit. bath and porch. $40 so
room. kit. and bath. ......... 81 so
THE WOBURN,
1910 KALORAMA RID. NV.
Elevator Building
Highly desirable; electric refrisera-
ton. Resident manager. Switchboard
service.
rms. kit. r h.. bath..S6o 10
rooms, kitchen and bath. -. % so
RANDOLPH TERRACE,
1900 18th ST. NV.
West OF l4th St. on Randolph st.
Ready for occupancy about Oct l.
Modern building overlooking resi-
Dental 18th st. Secretarial switch
board and 24-hour elevator service.
Electric refrigeration on house cur
rent. Resident manager on premises.
? rms. kit. d. a.. inclosed
porch and bath. . $3.50 to $500
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1921 18th ST. NV.
500 LAMONT ST. NV.

Electric Refrieeration.
5 rms, kit, bath and porch. .$e5 90
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TIE SCHENLEY.

Resident Manager.
Electric Refrigeration.
I room. kitchen and bath -. $40 on
rooms, kitchen and bath. $500
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512 End ST. NV.
rooms. kitchen and bath. .$3s
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FULTON COURT

Adjacent to downtown district-apts.
OF and 8 rooms. kitchen and bath:
$595o to $3.50. 24-hour elevator and
house current-electric refrigeration--
resident manager.
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Corner building 2 rooms. kitche
bath, S49.50. FriRidaire.
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SEQ ST. NE.
Splendid 4-room. kitchen and bath
apartment in an attractive building
on Capitol Hill for only SIS. Bright
and airy rooms.
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2511 14th ST. NV.
: rooms, kitchen and bath. 80
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Paving Dues Too BIithely

Why is 1t that Americans protest violently
against taxes, but pay dues cheerfully2 Generally
speaking, the taxes spent more wisely and eco
nomincaly than the dues, and those who pay them
get larger benefit
In one American city group of men has formed,
not club, but the habit of lunching at certain
place on a certain day. part of the group is per-
manent, but each week several persons are invited
who contribute to the informal discussion of the
subject of the day
This group has no membership, name, no dues.
Yet those who attend claim that they have seen
more constructive civic work done as the direct result
Of the informal discussion Of this luncheon club"
than through other ambitious highly touted organ
izations of which they are members"
Dues are not always as necessary and useful as
they are represented to be- If we analysed the re-
suits more carefully might not greet the tax COL
ector with kick and the secretary of the
Royal United Order of Bulls with glad hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Peoples Voice

Editor TirneS-Several DAYS ago ]
read in The Times that the pres
ent state police force was to be in
creased by forty new members, and
that deserving Democrats would get
the appointments. What we would
like to know is why Mr.. Mayr Jr
doesn't give some of his license
department jobs to some deserving
Democrats, instead of having it full
OF that old Jackson bunch. or does
the state police force cover more
political ground?
TENTH WARD DEMOCRAT.
Editor Times-It generally has
been conceded, even by the farm
board itself, when it's president said
there is no hope fer the wheat
farmer unless acreage is reduced,
that the farm bill has failed.
Now, Mr.. Watson and others are
advocating the equalization or the
debenture plan. VIII Mr.. Watson
or some one who advocates these
plans explain them through the
columns of the press, taking as their
basis a crop of 9OO.OOO,O 900 bushels
Of what?
In your explanation, senators Of
the equalization plan, please tell the
farmers how the price will be fixed,
how the loss on exports will be
figured, and how the handling
charge will be taken care of.
FARMER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
A Wise Policy

GENATOR NYE is right in telling
~ the independent merchants of
New York that they must organize
too meet chain store competition.
There is no alternative for the
little Independents today except to
join cooperative or a trust.
The real difference between a CO.
operative and a trust is that the
former leaves some room for demo-
cratic ideals.
Speaking of stores, the govern
ment has decided to permit only
two in each class at Boulder City.
Boulder City is being built to &C
commodate engineers, contractors,
and worknaen for the construction
of Hoover dam.
So much has been said about this
gigantic project that thousands of
people have come to look upon it
as little less than new Ell Dorado.
The government could lease hun
dredS, if not thousands, of lots for
stores, shops markets, gardens, and
SO on, but only to cause irreparable
loss to a multitude Of foolish in
vestors.
While the policy of restricting
leases to only two stores of a kind
at this time may disappoint many
people, it is wise, and the govern
ment should be commended for
adopting it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
The People Win

The right of the people to own and oper-
ate their own gas plant has been ratified by
the supreme court. That is the first final
victory.
There are still other barriers to be
mounted. Greed fights forever. There may
be other legal complications brought by
those who would profit from the toll of
others. Bankers and bond holders and
privateers do not readily relinquish their
hopes Of exploitation.
The next step for the people is to safe
guard the one utility which is theirs. They
should own others. They should own the
water plant, the electric plant, the trans
portation lines. Not, of course, at fancy
prices.
Public operation should do much to adj
vance the common interests. It can, if par
tisan politics can be kept away from control
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Difficult Problem

ONCE no country has been able
~ to obtain a reduction Of wheat
acreage, either by force or per-
suasion, it is difficult to see how a
group of countries can hope to do
so.
1t is equally difficult to see how a
group Of countries can prorate the
amount of wheat that each will be
allowed to export, or that such a
course would be economically or
morally sound if they could.
Somehow or other, arbitrary in
reference with pros ction of a
basic food does not appeal to those
who take a positive view of human
progress, especially at a time when
millions upon millions of people are
hungry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Salt Is Important in All Diets

stance only in the presence of n.y.
drochloric acid. However, hydro
chloric acid should not be taken by
the average person in that form ex-
cept on advice of a physician.
Various diets have been devel-
oped free from large amounts Of
sodium chloride, because it is be-
lieved by some that there is def
mite relationship between salt in the
diet and the occurrence of various
conditions affecting the blood pres
sure.
Unless person is greatly con-
cerned by the presence of either
one of these diseases he need give
little attention to his salt intake.
However, in the presence of I'M
usual craving for salt, or, in fact, in
any disease condition, it is well to be
guided in such matters by compe-
tent advice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

gave nothing to me and that I re-
turned perhaps a little less.
Back in the year 1905 it was pos
sible to get into Harvard without
Greek. But you had to substitute
such lot of other things that
Greek seemed the easiest way.
With other conscripts I sat in a
classroom and listened while bored
young woman tried to fire us with
enthusiasm for the adventures and
the escapades of Xenophon.
I can remember that on very
many days he marched certain
number of parasangs and that he
had the Euphrates river on his
right hand. Sometimes this mono
tony was varied by the fact that
he came to an uninhabited city.
It was not particularly thrilling.
just why xenophon marched and
where he was going now escape me.
The parasangs I marched with him
seem to have been among the most
pedestrian journeys of my entire
lifetime. And SO it was with all
the rest.
By an extraordinary miracle got
G minus in the entrance examina-
tons, which was enough to get me
by. That portal having been passed,
I dismissed Xenophon and all his
illuStrious countrymen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
A World Court Job

The utility Of the world court a necessary part
OF international peace machinery is demonstrated
anew in the agreement of the powers at Geneva to
get its opinion in the Austro-Ge customs union
dispute.
This dispute has drifted from bad to worse, until
it threatens the friendly relations OF the chief Eu-
ropean nations. BY submission to the court the
dispute is shorn of much of its rancor and danger.
decision by the League of Nations council would
be suspected as partisan The council is dominated by
France and Great Britain Since the question at is
sue hangs on an Interpretation of treaties forced upon
the central powers by the victorious allies, Germany
and Austria can not be expected to trust the decision
of an interested political body, such as the council
Presumably the world court will reach its advisory
opinion as strictly judicial body and not as quasi
political organization colored by the league council or
by the nationality of the judges
Indeed, the Importance of this case is such that
the impartialty Of the court itself is likely to be
judged by world opinion the basis OF It's handling
of this dispute.
Even at worst-that is if the courts advisory
opinion were in the end challenged unfair-this
machinery would have provided that delay and cool
tng-oR process which is an essential factor in the
maintenance of peace in the midst of national fric-
ton
AS to the merits of this particular dispute, it
pears to most neutral observers that Germany and
Austria are in the right and France in the wrong
customs union is not political union.
The purpose of the st. German treaty and the
Geneva protocol provisions which France claims are
violated by the proposed customs union was to guar
antee Austrian independence. Thus the French con-
tenton seems to be boomerang.
For If the former allies of the league council can
prevent Austria from entering beneficial economic
arrangement which would not infringe her sovereignty
then are not the allies the league council
guilty of violating Ausrias rights independent
nation?
Apart from legal technicaltes, the case for an
Austro-G German customs union is equally strong. 1t
is commonplace, admitted by the French, that
tariffs and other trade barriers are pauperizing
Europe
Germany and Austria are in serious economic con-
dition They have waited long time for European
customs union to bring relief but that larger Gus
toms union probably will remain for many years
merely pious hope
Meanwhile it would be both unjust and unwise to
delay such trade agreements between Germany and
Austria and any other nations ready to accept their
invitation to join them.
The trouble is that France and her allies want to
have their cake and eat it. They disarmed Germany
and Austria and despite their pledge refuse to dis
arm themselves.
Having crippled Germany and Austria economical
now would outlaw helpful Austro- German Gus
toms union because they too selfish stupid to
join in.
That is the kind Of international dictatorship which
can not and should not last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

BY DAVID DIETZ-
The Whole World Is a Field
for the Genius Of Edison.

THOMAS A. EDISON is known to
Il most people as a rather kindly
old gentleman, who once upon 3
time invented the electric light and
the photograph, and who more re-
Gently spends his time thinking up
trick missionaries to confuse school
students.
1t is also pretty generally known
that he gets along on very little
sleep and that he is hard Of hearing.
1t is to be doubted, however, if
most people realize how large part
Edison has played in ushering In
the Age of Electricity.
Edison began his career as an In
ventor by making improvements In
telegraph machines, although his
first patent was for an electric vote
recorder.
The patent was awarded on Oct.a
II, 1858. From that day on, the
whole world, practically, has BEEN
Edison's field.
His inventions include basic in.
ventionS in the field of electric dy-
namos, the electric light, the mo-
ton picture machine, the telephone,
the telegraph, the storage battery.
the electric railway, the talking
movies, and the motion picture
camera.
one OF the amazing things of his
career has been the ease with which
he turned from one field to another
ana the amazing rate at which he
turned out his inventions. /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
A Costly War

OK hundred fifty airplanes make
~ mimic war for two weeks. It
will cost the taxpayers of this coun-
try 100000 dollars and, if the law
Of averages holds good, four pilots
will die.
Another $50 airplanes will carry
passengers, mail and express, as
usual, paying their way, if nothing
more. and seeking safety above all
else.
Each group is essential to the ma
tional defense.
If we need organization and train
Ing from a strictly military stand
point, we also need the development
of those activities and industries
which supply and support the mill
tary establishment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Back to the Ok Cart

The approval of the additional tax on chain
stores by the supreme court suggests that this body
believes that the way back to prosperity is return
from the automobile to the oxcart
The chain store is mass distribution 1t is the
logical sequence of mass production and of mass
banking 1t is the legitimate child Of efficiency.
In some form 1t is necessary In many states and
in this one, the privately owned chain store is COM
bated by the cooperative chain in which large num-
bers OF individual merchants work together in their
buying and are thus enabled to compete with the
mass buying of the larger and privately owned and
managed chains There may be debate as to the
advisability Of private control of large number OF
Inks
There may be a great argument in favor of the
cooperative as Of preservation OF the ira
ditons Of the individual merchant. There can be no
argument in favor of return to the old methods OF
buying and merchandising The chain store privately
owned or cooperative, is step forward because 1t
eliminates waste.
Now the state will collect penalty for efficiency.
1t adds heavier tax upon the units of chains for the
privilege of doing business. The supreme court has
upheld thet legality Of what easy way for
perplexed Republican legislature to get money
Mass distribution can not be destroyed. 1t If has
contributed anything to the new order 1t should not
be penalized This was tax measure designed to get
money without losing votes. The decision may sug-
rest that in the very near future the word coopera
ton instead Of chain must be brought into our dis
tributive system Taxation based on the simple ex-
pedient Of taxing those with the fewest votes is not
the soundest system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
REASON BY Ff aaSpis

0UR solicitude for the recovery of gangsters shot
~ in action, is one of the sweetest things in life
Here's story of gunnaan, shot after he had
killed policeman, and they rushed him to a hos
pital and summoned the best surgeons to save his
hide
This not enough; it is all right so far as it goes
but we are taking too many chances on losing these
fellows.
We should delegate personal physician, also a
surgeon to go with each of them in his battles;
we should eliminate all the hazards of the profess
sion, If 1t be possible.
TT is a. m and we pause in the writing of this
1 column and turn round to eat light lunch, and
what do you suppose it isa small piece of cinnamon
toast which one of the kids fixed and brought up five
hours ago. on his way to the blankets.
These are the little touches which make an ordi-
nary fellow feel like a million dollars; they are the
things that make you feel that helping bring up a
bunch of Anericanos is about the most important and
the most satisfactory business on this planet.
A ND this reminds some years back when every
body in Indiana had the flu. We were all hori-
5ontal at house. all of us except one kid of or
10. and he was buster than any number of cranberry
merchants.
We can ar him yet as he struggled I'D the stairs
with tray and dishes and the ham and eggs that
Kid turned out would have brought any vegetarian to
repentance
Cook them? You bet your sweet life he cooked
hem!
WE see the other day where the king Of SIAM re-
w covering from his surgical operation, had some
Of his native music given by radio station in Bang
kok broadcast across the world to him in New York
It's something Of an age, fellow citizens.
Music is g wonderful nurse for a set Of scrambled
nerves.
You may remember that when the incompatible
George Rogers Clarke had to have his leg amputated
back in the days when there were no anesthetics he
nad fife and drum played they sawed away on
1in.
The Presbyterian hospital of Chicago has reduced
the cost CT baby to $<5 but 1t isn't the original
investment that counts; it's the kpkeep.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Lighting System

4 THOUGH Edison made the +.
4 n first electric incandescent lamp
he did not make the first electric
lighting system. The first lighting
system employed arc lamps and was.
the work of Charles F. Brush OF,
Cleveland. -
1t was ideal for outdoors, and al
though number of stores tried to
use them, they were unsatisfactory,
because Of the great heat.
Edison put his first electric light
in operation on Oct. 81, 1879. The
lamp burned for forty hours before
giving out.
Ed1son's work only began with the
invention of the electric light. The
commercial use Of the light required
the subsequent invention Of suitable
dynamos or electric generators, me-
tiers, switches, and many other pieces,
of auxiliary apparatus. Il
Edison opened an Office in New
York ct IS Fifth avenue and began
to make plans for the commercial
manufacture of electric lamps and
the generation and distribution Of
electric power.
A plant was established at Har-
rison, N. j., for manufacture of the
lamps. The first commercial sta
ton for the distribution of electric
power was opened in New York on
Sept. 4, 1882.
In the next five years Edison took
out more than three hundred pat--
ents covering fundamental details of
the electric power industry.
Between 1887 and 1890, Edison took.
out more than seventy-f1ve patents
on the photograph, his interest APP
parently having shifted back to that
device.
In 1891 he patented a motion
picture camera. Between then and
1900 he worked on a number Of
patents for the iron ore industry.
The next ten years found Edison's
attention chiefly upon the subject
of the storage battery.
During the war Edison worked
on forty-two different problems for
the United States government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Faulty Logic

Alderman James F. Herman of New York City
proposes to kick all Communist students out of the
New York public schools. He was incensed at the
report that thousands of school children marched
IN the May day parade. He offers resolution de-
handing that all students be dismissed if they hence
forth join any Communist demonstration
Let us for the moment agree with Mr.. Herman
that Communism is uniquely dangerous thing
indeed let us concede that it Is tenfold more devish
than the alderman contends. Would it be wise to
turn Communist pupils into the streets?
If Communism is a bad philosophy of life then
What we want to do is to convince incipient Com
munists that they getting off on the wrong foot
And the only place where this salutary conversion
can be executed is in the schools.
If we turn such pupils loose, they will flock to
Communist headquarters and absorb just so much
more radical virus. Keep them in the schools and
teach them sound civcs and economics
If this will not divorce the adolescent reds from
the error Of their ways, then Communism must be
pretty invulnerable the teaching in the New York
schools diStressingly feeble.
The same reasoning may be applied to the bill
in the California legislature designed to withhold
diplomas from all students suspected of being dis
loyal to the established government" After all the
schools must take final responsibility for the ideas
possessed by students upon graduation.
Further, the query might be raised as to whether
good old American traditions would permit CUES
tionng the private political and economic opinions
of any student who had met all formal requirements
for graduation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

have, but fortunately the human
body is equipped with factors of
safety so that it can get rid of ex-
cesseS of various substances.
The average human body contains
at all times about three ounces of
sodium chloride.
Many vegetables contain another
salt with an element similar to So
dunn, namely, potassium. A per-
son who subsists on a vegetable diet
Graves salt because vegetables con-
tain less sodium than does meat.
The moment the salt in the hui
man body falls below. the amount
necessary craving is set up.
Salt also is important for sup
lying the chlorine element, since
hydrochloric acid is secreted by the
stomach regularly as an aid to di-
gestion.
Pepsin works as digestive sub