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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Meet the Progress Party

When the Republican managers felt their party
slipping 1t took them a long time to discover what
was the matter But after heroic search Chairman
FeSs and Director Lucas found the source of the in
1ectlon and party sickness 1t was in the colleges
College professors throughout the land were cl1al
longing such Republican dognas as higher tariff big
ger navy, and rugged-or is it ed?-indyidualis
Not the depression and wholesale UNEMPLOYMENT
or any OF the failures of the Hoover administration
were responsible for the sweeping Republican defeat
at the congressional elections last November; the G.
O. P. losses we're due to that insdious thing called
radlcalSn-or democracy-with which college pro
fessors were injecting young voters Tess and Lucas
decided
30 they did the obvious thing. They called a ma
tonal conference of young Republicans to meet in
washington The idea was to drive out enemy lies
with the power of Republican party truth which was
described as a matter of education
SO Chairman Fess Of the Republican national COM
mltee opened this unique university Thursday with
the following statement of truth"
The history of the progress of the United States
is but the history of the Republican party"
And then they wonder why intelligent voters are
deserving the party leadership of Tess and Lucasl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
REASONS FREDERICK 12Ea1S

TNHE papers say there is great unrest in GERMANY
over the heavy taxes due to the loss of the war
Really this is too bad!
Those who are doing the kicking were in high
feather back in 1914 they rode with the kaiser
through Belgium.
What shame such gentle spirits must be burdened
WITH the consequences of their crine
But Germany never will pay her debt.
Just mark this down in your little red book for
there will be another upheaval in Europe some of
these times and Germany will manage to light OF
the winning side and then she will kiss her creditors
good nlght-klss them with a hob-nailed boot
A LII in all, our experience with Europe since the
4 N World war has been such that every man in his
right mind should wish to his country put on a
pair OF husking gloves when she shakes hands with
her and If there's another European war we should
tie Uncle Sans coat tails to Pixies Peak and keep
him in the u S. A
The Rev. G. z. Brown, Negro pastor of Washington.
D. c. just has won the honor of having preached the
worlds longest sermon he having stayed at it for
twelve hours
What United States senator he would makei
gentleman in Evansville was arrested for dis
orderly conduct because he kissed his wife in public
as she was entering the place where she is employed
We are glad the judge let the man GO for if a
fellows wife has steady job these days he should
be permitted to express his enthusiasm as he sees it
n
THE department of agriculture says that all of us
ought to put honey in radiators to keep them
from freezing but from the humanitarian standpoint
We are for denatured alcohol
That which goes down the radiator does not go
down the gset
Alexander F. Lewis former welfare Official Of
Detroit who admits having taken 100000 from the
funds intended to feed the starving should get G
prison suit with very broad stripes for alongside the
public officer who is CRATER, the train robber is
gentleman and scholar
After nine long years the federal government
finally has sunk its hooks in to Mr.. A Capone.
If we were as slow in war as we are in law en-
forcement Madagascar could lick US to FRAGILE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Official Notification

We have been waiting for the dry leaders to de-
nounce the government for collecting income taxes
from AL Capone 1t seems rather illogical to i'm
prison man for carrying on an illegal business and
then tax that illegal business doesn't it? But the
prohibition leaders apparently nothing wrong in
that,
Our mistake! What reason had we to suppose
that either the dry leaders the Hoover adnnistra
ton were interested actually in outawing all liquor?
Come to think of it, national prohibition legislation
and enforcement has been one long record of official
notification from the beginning
To start with the amendment and the federal law
nullhed complete prohibition by leaving loophole
big as the side of a house for the purchaser. con-
hning the crime to the maker, the transporter and
the seller of liquor That doubtless necessary
strategy otherwise they could not have put prohi
bition over but from the point of view of complete
prohibition it hypocrisy and It notification.
The next step was further to nulfy the eighteenth
amendment by the Volstead act, which left more
holes The law exempted fruit juices and cider
which would turn into liquor with more kick than
a barrel of Misunderstanding but illegal beer.
Not content with that certain administration
spokesman tried to start a the home-brew-
in-the- home movement Citizens did not take adj
vantage of that officially suggested notification be-
when you can buy it so easily and so cheaply was
the attitude
The point is that these administration spokesman
argued that making beer in the home is not illegal
under the law-though of it is illegal under
the eighteenth amendment. Just another convenient
bit of notification sponsored not by the wicked vets
but by the drys and the government officials who
wrote the law and imposed it on the country
Going beyond these legislative invitations to null
hcation, the goyernment-with the approval of the
dry leaders-then proceeded to subsidze wholesale
notification by supplying from the federal treasury
the funds with which the grape industry flooded the
country with wine and container which automatic
ally produced strong liquor.
In that sense the federal government has been in
the business as Al Capone-in fact competitor
The chief difference was that the beer AL peddled
was mild and the government-subsidzed staff was
not mild.
Any one interested in more detailed exposition
Of the federal government the dry administration
In their capacity prohibition nullihcationists has
only to refer to the Wckersham commissions report
which denounces the legal contradiction and hypocrisy
Of this Notwithstanding and bootleg taxing policy
There Is one way TO the legal contradiction
and the moral hypocrisy from the present govern
mental and dry policy OF notification That is to re-
peal the prohibition law and proceed to tax the manu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Watch Clouds

Z STIMATING the distance awav
~ of the lightning flashes will
help you to estimate how fast the
storm is approaching. Obviously. as
the storm draws nearer, the elapsed
| time between flash and thunder will
grow shorter and shorter.
Occasionally thunder may be
heard when the storm is ten miles
away In that case, the lapse Of
time between the flash and the
sound would be so seconds.
When a thunderstorm is observed
in the distance, the first thing to do
is to ascertain its course. If the
storm is retreating, the clouds will
appear to dwindle in size.
If the storm is moving at right
angles to the observer, the motion
of the clouds will be visible.
If the storm is approaching, the
clouds will appear to be growing
larger and larger.
Thunderstorms travel at an av-
erage speed of Is miles an hour. It
Is possible, however, to time a storm
fairly well by the method described.
Let us suppose that you note the
time between flash and thunder
and that it is 40 seconds. That
means the storm is eight miles
away.
Five minutes later, let us say, the
time between flash and thunder is
80 seconds. The sotrm now is six
miles away. In other words, the
storm has Travelled two miles in five
minutes.
Since the storm then is six miles
from where you are, you have ex-
actly Is minutes in which to seek
shelter before the storm breaks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
TrifleS Magnified

FORREST s. HAYDEN Of Tacoma
L Park, Md, sends dollar to the
mayor of Irvington, N. j., in pay
ment for a electric light globe which
he broke as the result Of boyish
prank twenty years ago.
Psychoanalysts could get as much
profit, though hardly as much pub
Lefty, through studying this Incl
dent as some of the filth which &C.
cupies their attention.
For one reason or another, most
of us exaggerate the Importance OF
some trif1e.
This curious trait has led to acts
of heroisrn, become the motive for
murder and changed careers.
If Bruce had not witnessed the
success of spider on her seventh
attempt to swing from one beam to
another, he might never have at
tanned the Scottish throne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Electrified DropIetS
THE cause Of lightning is

THE cause Of lightning is not
Il understood completely. Elk
periments in scientific laboratories
have shown that when a spray Of
water is blown into the air, the
spray which rises become electrified
negatively, while the large drops
which fall become electrified posi-
lively.
It is believed that the same
process takes place in a thunder
storm. In thunderstorm the
powerful ascending air currents car
ry the water drops up. But as
larger drops form, they begin to
fall against the rising current.
The small drops which rise IN the
thundercloud, therefore, are charged
negatively. while the large drops
which fall are charged positively.
Finally. the tension gets so great
that the insulating ability Of the
air breaks down and the electrical
tension is relieved by the jumping
Of a huge electrical discharge be-
tween cloud and ground.
Benjamin Franklin, though prob
ably not the first to suggest that
lightning was electrical in its ma
ture, was the first to suggest a rea-
sonable mechanism for lightning.
He first suggested that lightning
resembled an electric discharge in
November, 1749. In 1850 he speaks
Of "tle fire Of electricity and that
Of lightning being the same"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
SAYS

Something Must Be Done to
Clean Up the Situation I'm
til the Dry Laa0 Can Be
REPEALED.
NEW YORK, June 2o.-Centralia,
L Wash, adopts city ordinance
requiring all male inhabitants to
grow whiskers between July 8 and
August II.
The object is to provide realism
for the annual pioneer picnic.
A worthy object, no doubt, but
one which could have been attained
Just as well without law.
Objects, no matter how silly or
serious, have come to play too big
a part in law-making.
We no longer are content with
the simple idea of trying to main
tain order and do justice. What
we want these days is something
specific, something to pep things
UP, something that will make jobs
for experts, reformers, or promoters
That's one reason why we have
so many laws and why they do SO
little good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
A Rotten Situation

HAVING hogtied Al Capone, Chi
L L cagos erstwhile lord of the
underworld, federal agents are said
to be gathering in New York for the
purpose of doing likewise to its lead
ing racketeerS.
Though their success might adj
vance the price of hooch, it is de-
sired generally.
Much as the availability OF for
hidden stimulants may be ap-
preciated by certain elements Of the
population, the type of business to
which its manufacture and dis
tribution have led, especially in
other lines, has become so rotten
that even those whose joy in life
depends on it are little worried.
Admitting that repeal or modifl-
cation of the national prohibition
law offers the best solution, it is
obvious that something must be
done until that can be accomplished
Making opposition to the
eighteenth amendment or the Vol
stead act an excuse for crime and
corruption of every sort has done
too much damage already. 1t is not
helping to bring about change
while it is doing inconceiyable harm
in all other directions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
HEALTH SERVICE
X-Ray Helps Keep Check on Silicosis

fused so often with tuberculosis in
the past.
Fortunately the development of
the X-ray has made it possible to
watch the development of silicosis
from the very early stages down
to such serious changes as result in
death.
The particles of dust cast sha-
dow in the X-ray plate which de-
velops gradually from tiny lines to
nothing, and finally to what is
called snow storm effect, because
of its spotted appearance.
After the disease is well estab-
lished, it may continue to progress,
even though the man is removed
from all further dust hazard, ow-
ing to the fact that the silicotic
process once started continues to
develop.
Should silicosis become compIi-
Gated by tuberculosis or infectious
bronchitis, the condition naturally
is more severe and more promptly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

serious than uncomplicated Silicosis.
In Great Britain certain indus
tries already have been put under
special lists in relation to compen-
sation for silicosiS.
These industries include sand
stone and pottery industries, in
which periodic examinations are al
ready being made, and metal grind
ing. tin mining, granite quarries
and a number of processes in which
silicon rock is mined, blasted.
crushed, ground or broken, also
sand blasting and foundry workers.
Only a few states in this country
provide for compensation. Public
health officials, industrial physi-
clans and specialists in industrial
diseases are working ont the prob
lem. Articles are beginning to ap-
pear in scientific publications.
No doubt these studies will lead to
plans for lessening the hazard, to
installation of periodic examination
OF workers, and to provision of
compensation for those afflicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
.ZZCEN%SSS
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RUSSIAN INDICTMENTS
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June SUs
IN June 20, 1917, the provisional
~ Russian government began to
take severe measures against the
highest officials of the old regime
who were declared guilty of
breaches of the laws of the empire.
Former Secretary of the Empire
M. Kuizhanovsky, the strongest
man in the government under for
mer Premier Stolypin, was indicted
for issuing a decree as far back as
1877, by which the election law was
violated in defiance of the consti-
tuition of 1906.
Former Minister Of Justice NJ
Chtyleglovitoff was indicted for IN
lawfully stopping the prosecution of
former Governor Skallon of War
saw, charged with having accepted
bribe of 100000 rubles.
Former Governor Kourloff was
charged with completely in the muir
der of Colonel Karpoff, chief of the
secret police of Petrograd, who was
assassinated in 1909 and whose
death caused a great sensation.
Convicted officials and former
ministers of the car were impris-
oned at the fortress of Peter and
Paul.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Ruined by Greed

XXTHILE racketeers made an ir-
w reparable blunder in not play
ing square with the federal income
tax department., their greatest mis-
take was in not combining their
genius to the liquor traffic.
Risking a badly mixed metaphor,
they spilled the beans when they
undertook to annex milk, poultry
and other lines to the beer trade.
That is the usual course of con-
scienceless greed, however. You
always con depend on it to overdo
the job. AS our grandfathers used
to say, Give a calf rope, and he will
do the rest"
The Capones, Diamonds and
Dutch" Schultzes are running true
to form.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DEFY

Speed Of Thunderstorm $ Ap-
prodch Is Easy to Estimate.
TWO questions enter most peo-
4 pies minds at the approach Of
thunderstorm. One Is how fast
the storm is approaching. The
other is the distance away Of the
lightning flashes.
It is easy to estimate the dis
lance from the observer at which a
flash Of lightning has taken place
by counting the seconds which
elapse between the sight OF the
flash and the sound of the accom-
panying thunder.
Light travels with a speed Of
10000 miles a second. A beam Of
light could encircle the earth's eoua-
tor seven times in less than q
second.
For all practical purposes, there
fore, the observer may assume that
he sees the lightning flash at prac-
tlcally the instant that 1t occurs.
AS a matter Of fact, he may see
it at a millionth Of a second later.
But this is not important for or
binary considerations.
Sound, on the other hand. travels
much more slowly than does light.
The speed Of sound is measured In
feet rather than in miles. It's speed
is about 1,066 feet per second.
This means, therefore, that If YOU
hear the thunder one second after
you see the flash, the flash took
place 1866 feet away. Since the
method is fairly crude, it may be
assumed for the sake Of simplicity
that every second elapsed denotes
1000 feet.
Therefore, if YOU count three sec
onds between flash and thunder.
the flash was 5000 feet away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Doubtful Remedy

IF is is true that there are certain
4 students in New Utrecht and
other high schools who have been
found to have radical tendencies,
what will it avail to pass little
cards around for them to sign If
they want to enter college?
Surely that will not make them
less radical. On the contrary, they
will find justification for their dis
content and plunge more deeply
into the red.
Why not let these boys have their
say? Certainly they are not so
dangerous that they have become a
menace to the community and their
school fellows.
1t is even possible that some of
them might have a few constructive
suggestions to offer. But at least
they should be permitted to finish
their education. They are, for the
most part, American born or bred.
If our American schools and COL
leges fail to make of them good citi-
Zens, then I think it is time to look
into the ways of our educational
system.
fCo-v~fch+ fo2f ov, The rir,asA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
GangSters Too | ate

THOROUGHLY scared because of
l. what happened to AL Capone
after government experts had gone
over his income tax returns, gang
sters throughout the country are
reported to be checking up their
own accounts and calling for forms.
Whether they realize it or not,
they are too late.
Though the government affords
honest people every chance to cor
rect unintentional errors, it reserves
the power to put the screws on those
who obviously attempted to commit
fraud.
BY way of good measure, it not
only will punish them for violation
Of the income tax law, but will turn
over such information regarding
other crimes as it obtains during
the process to state and local
authorities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
IT SEEMS TO. ME BY H EES2S

constructive criticism and remedies
to correct the wrongs.
We live in an age Of debunking
There have been biographies of
Washington, Lincoln, and others
that were frank in their efforts to
show that these men were not gods,
but human beings.
AS human beings they erred from
time to time, and their judgment
was not always good. And so today
do our Presidents and leaders err.
Certainly we should not be ex-
pected to close our eyes to these
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe It or Not which
appeared in Fridays Times:
Japanese Cherry Trees Bear no
Fruit-Foreigners visiting Japan
are Immediately struck by the af-
lection of the people for flowers,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

things and accept them without
raising even tiny voice in protest.
Our Constitution was conceived
on the basis of Life, Liberty and
Pursuit of Happiness. And we are
not being permitted to uphold that
Constitution in its true spirit. The
act of having to sign a loyalty
pledge defeats its very purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

spired an ancient poet to liken
it to the "Souls of Yamato." The
trees bear no fruit, but the adj
miring affection they inspire in
Japan is unique.
Monday: ''The man with the
most phenomenal memory"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
I HAVE the FOLLOWING letter IRON

a @LG1 V - C4AC AO4@OWAA4S ANOV$4 $500
L a high school student:
''The students of New Utrecht
high school are being forced to
sign the inclosed pledge. Boys who
refuse to sign are faced with ex-
pulsion and inability to enter the
college.
"The introduction Of this pledge
is a direct result of the fact that
certain students in the school have
been found to be of radical ten
denotes.
Nothing but the publication OF
the events taking place in the
school can help US"
The pledge is as follows:
LOYALTY PLEDGE
Graduates of High School
I hereby declare, without any
subterfuge whatsoever, my abSo-
lutte and unconditional loyalty to
the government and to the Con-
stitution of the United States of
America and to the state of New
York, and promise to support the
government at all times, with
all my power, in its measures for
carrying out the law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

What is the location of Rapidan
camp, in the Blue Ridge mountains,
where President Hoover spends his
week ends?
It is at the confluence Of two
creeks, Mill Prong and Fork Prong,
where they unite to form the head
waters of the Rapidan river. in
Madison county, Virginia. The camp
is about seven miles up the noun
tain on a road that was built es-
pecially for the President. 1t is
about 100 miles from Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
Canned Patriotism

RATRIOTIsM, like any other
l. emotion, is instructive. 1t can
not be bought Or cultivated. The
theory that is instilled into chill
dren's minds-''My country, right or
wrong" should be accompanied by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
estfng writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this DaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
This is the second of a series of two
articles by DR.. Morris Fishbein on
SilicoSis. or Dust Disease.
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN,

DA IN. NHOhhLS FIS1bEANS
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association. and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
THE effects of silica just depend
\ on the amount present in the
air and the extent to which it dam
ages the tissue. Apparently any
thing over 100000 parts of dust in
each cubic foot of air. is beyond the
limits of safety.
Associated with the danger to the
lungs is the secondary reaction on
the heart and blood vessels.
A man with advanced silicosis, or
dust diseases, may seem to be in
good health, but he may have had a
slight persistent cough, pains in the
chest, loss of breath on exertion and
little difficulty in breathing.
That is why the disease was con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

trees, and natural beauties Of
every kind. The cherry (sakura)
is one of the most highly es-
teemed trees in the country, and
the magnif1cence of its flower
laden boughs and the picturesque
flutter of the falling petals in
nATT TTEAT TTI GID VTTCE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20

Who took the roles Of Jake and
Lena in the radio feature Of that
name?
Gene Francis Carroll Of the team
Of Gene and Glenn takes both roles
and Glen Rowell plays the piano.
Gene does this by changing his
voice into two falsettoes, one high,
the other low To Jake goes the
low range and when Lena talks,
Gene shifts his voice to the higher
level.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-20
What is the plural Of people?

The plural is peoples, and is used
in the sense of different races, cit
liens or residents Of different coun-
tries. People is a collective noun
and is used correctly in speaking
of the people Of the United States,
meaning all the people.