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The Highway Tragedy

That a committee carefully selected for
that very purpose has given an alibi to the
state highway commission does not erase the
real facts of inefficiency or worse.
That department takes twenty millions
OF dollars Of the money of the people, 1t is
presumed to build roads. 1t has built
friendship Of a dubious nature and political
fences for the obscure and the selfish.
minority of the senate investigators
called attention to the fact that the commits
sion has failed in the real reason for its exist
ence, which is to collect federal aid, and be-
cause of that fact the state has lost the use
Of many millions of federal dollars to which
Indiana is entitled
The conduct of the commission has been
as scandalous as the administration of it's
present director has been stupid.
The grip of Murden, looked upon as the
craftiest of the members, on the Governor
has long been recognized The fact that
Murden came from the Jackson administra-
ton placed him, naturally, under suspicion.
His conduct invited more
1t required the fine legal mind of the at
torney-general to discriminate between the
sale of asphalt or cement by a member and
the sale of trucks and automobiles to relieve
HIM OF legal proceedings. The distinction NAV
be legal. 1t is immoral.
Two years ago he lobbied for the auto
mobile, which he was successful in getting
Tor the use Of the Governor and was then so
callous as to remind that official of his obliga-
ton.
The department takes more money than
all other departments of government. But
It's results are far from satisfying.
The senate will do less than it's duty if it
fails to wipe out this commission and place
IN 1t stead board whose members gave all
their time to the important job of spending
twenty millions of dollars. The Governor
needs the advice of the senate in approving
such nominees. Left alone, his Judgment
seems to have been bad. And for the people
it is too bad.
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The calf muscles frequently SUI
fer from cramp because the athlete
dehydrates himself by perspiration
and failure to drink enough fluids
to overcome the condition.
The pulled tendon" usually Is
the result Of sudden or severe effort
without warming up first. AS a
result, the muscle tissue or the
tendon tears and the blood pour
ing into the tissues bring about pain
and irritation.
While running, the athlete sud-
denly feels something give or tear
and stops. There may be little, if
any, signs Of trouble externally, but
the condition internally is sufficient
to explain the symptoms.
The only hope of relief is pro-
longed rest, strapping with adhesive
tape to fix the tissue in position,
thus encouraging rest, and the use
of heat and liniment to promote
warmth and stimulate healing.
The situations usually concerned
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Arthur II n d ers on, Who
Helped Put OUer the Fran
co-Ttdlian Navy Pact, BMks
Large in Europe's Horizon.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, March
" 3-Thsnks to the kindly offices
Of Arthur Henderson. British for
eign secretary, France and Italy
have reached naval agreement.
That's not only big news, but good
news.
Whatever else may be said OF such
agreement, it shows that the two
countries concerned we're not too
sore at each other to get together.
A good many people had come to
suspect that it might be otherwise
with France and Italy. No prophet
Of impending conflict has enumer-
ated the signs and possibility with
out giving the Franco Italian wran-
gle first place.
The failure of these two countries
to reach a naval agreement has
been taken as a grave indication Of
their animosity. Now that they
have been brought together, we can
forget that particular source of ap-
prehension.
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Editor Times-What's the matter
with this prize legislator, Fl. H.
Evans, who, according to your news
paper, tacks his name on about 80
per cent of all bills introduced in
the legislature?
I note that he proposed to pro
tect" future legislative candidates
from questionnaires as to their posi-
tons on matters of Legislative in
terest. Well. why shouldn't the voter
have some idea what the man
stands for before he, said voter,
casts ballot?
BY the way, Evans, reputed to be
a Republican, need not worry that
legislative candidates will be asked
embarrassing questions before the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
REASON BY FREDERICK 1agBIs

MAYOR THOMPSON is renominated, but his
4VA margin Of victory is much less than antici-
pated and the fact that his two opponents had
majority OF the votes between them argues his defeat
at the polls, for fractional prejudice is stronger than
party ties in Chicago.
Thompson has no right to exhort the Republican
brethren to support him, for he openly bolted Ruth
Hanna Mccormick, the Republican candidate for the
United States senate, and supported Hamilton
Lewis
To man up tree. it looks like Cermak, the
Democratic candidate
A CCORDING to the papers, this murder trial at
Valparaiso, where the former star football
player is charged with assault and murder, is at
tended by many boys and girls
The trial judge should make it so hot for them
that they would get out and stay out
At this trial and the Schroeder trial in Indian
apos the dear defendants sit in the midst of their
families.
If you want to know how many relations fellow
has just put him on trial for murder.
a CRISIS in the life Of the sovereign state of Okla
4 n home has been met and handled by Governor
Alfalfa Bill Murray. This is the way it happened
Alfalfa Bill was being shaved in the executive barber
shop and the barber cut his exceency whereupon his
excellency had the BARRIERS contract Cancelled his
passports confscated and his royal peacock feather
plucked.
Before we condemn the barber we want to know
more about it, for there may be exenuatng circum-
stances.
For instance, the barber may have been pruning
around Alfalfa Bills Adam's-appe when the slicing
occurred and So there are many things to saw for
the defendant.
KXTE are not familiar With Alfalfa Bills Adams
w apple we have never seen it; and we. can't find
anything about it in the encyclopedia so We can't
say whether its large or small, whether it's mere
ranbo a bellhower.
But We do know that when fellow is getting
shaved and his Adam sapple starts to go some place
anythings likely to happen.
We wish the Wickersham commission might-inves-
tgate the matter but then if it did we probably would
be unable to tel whether it was an Adams-appIe or
q bunch Of bananas
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Questions and
Answers

Is there specie of hare that
turns white in the winter?
The Canadian polar hare, or
snowshoe rabbit, turns from a
broWniSh color in summer to pure
white in winter. 1t does not come
very far south of the Arctic circle:
except on the east Atlantic coast.
where it is found in Labrador and
Newfoundland Other American
hares turn white, in winter also, the
most conspicuous being the wary
ing" hare, which is distributed from
the middle parts of the United
States throughout the northern part
of the continent wherever forests
grow.
What does the name LenOra
mean?
1t is an English name from the
Greek word meaning "dauntless."
From what was the moving pic
ture Seventh Heaven" taken?
From the stage play with the
same title by AUSTIN strong.
Where is the Armour Institute Of
Technology?
At Thirty-third and Federal
streets, Chicago.
What is the meaning and origin
of the name Orem?
Iceland, Teutonic, meaning "a
serpent"
What does the name Parkinson
mean?
It is q British family name,
derived from an occupation, and
means ''son Of the keeper Of the
game park."
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adequately - in fact, brilliantly -
represented by the choice of Villa
Gather. But how about poetry?
Gentlemen, in what way did you
manage to omit the name of Edna
st. Vincent Millay? And if you
will not agree to her claim for in
clusion, I'll wager $40 with any Of
you that in fifty years she will be
remembered as the greatest Of
American lyric poets of the period.
And my next candidate is one
whose name I present without ell
thusiasm. 1t is with the back of
my hand that I push the name
forward muttering under my breath,
Say it amt trUe!"
Yet as logician and lover of
the facts I see no way to bar her
out. If I understand the phrase
Americas twelve greatest living
women" it does not suggest that
the jury shall wholly or even partly
accept the greatness as a move in
some direction which they approve.
Although there is hardly a public
figure who stirs me less than Mus
solini, could not deny him a place
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47doAHF lB 1TE4e
| ANNIVERSARY
FEAST OF DOLLS
March 8

MdICn 5
NN the third day of the third
~ month, which in our calendar
may correspond with the middle
or last day of April, the festival
of dolls is celebrated in Japan.
The festival specially IS dedicated
to girls.
AS the sakura trees, which are
somewhat similar to our peach
trees, burst into bloom at this
period, Europeans have named
this the festival of peach flowers.
On this day japanese girls and
women dress themselves in holi-
day attire. The mothers adorn
the chamber of state with bios
sonling Sakura boughs and ar
range an exhibition Of all the
dolls which their daughters have
received.
The children prepare a banquet
for them, which is eaten by the
grown folks in the evening, after
the dolls are supposed to have had
their I'LL.
The dolls displayed at this fes-
tival are used only on formal oc-
casions and are not regarded as
toys.
japanese boys have their doll
festival, too. but their dolls consist
Of toy images Of wsTriors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
SCIENCE
China Takes Great ForiCGrd
Step in Scientific Research.
by DAVID DIETZ.


China Takes Great ForaOGrd
Step in Scientific Research.
CHINA, to many readers. conveys
~ the mental picture Of vast
nation torn by a series Of civil wars,
some of them serious and tragic,
others Of a comic opera variety.
Like many pictures which stay
at-home citizen forms of a distant
land. it unquestionably is made
quate.
It must, therefore, come as sur
prise to many readers to find
great centralized plan of scientific
research being carried on in China.
The venture is described in re-
cent publication OF the Astronomi-
cal Society of the Pacific by Ching
sung Yu Of Marking, China.
According to 70, when the Ma
tionalist government came into
power at Marking in May, 1927, a
plan was launched for establish
ment of national central academy
Of sciences.
This important step, Yu says, was
taken in accordance with a wish Of
the late DR.. Sun Yat-sen, the revo-
lutionist, who became the founder
Of the Chinese republic.
The academy was established
within a few months with Dr. Tsai
Yuen-pei, g veteran Chinese scholar,
as its president An endowment
equal to about S250,O00 in American
money was supplied for the aca-
DENY Recently a fund of about
twice that size has been made avail
able for erection Of new buildings.
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Nine Institutes

THE academy now consists OF
l. nine institutes, Yu continues.
These are the National Research
Institutes of Astronomy, Meteorol-
ogy, Geology, Physics, Chemistry,
Engineering, Social Sciences, His
tory and Philology and Psychology.
In addition to these institutes, the
academy has established two mu-
seuns.
Yu is the director of the Institute
of Astronomy. He writes of it:
The Institute OF Astronomy, al
though brought into existence only
three years ago, may be said, as
a matter of fact, to have much
longer history behind it.
In the first place, it has taken
over the work of the time service
section of the ministry of educa-
ton, which was created two years
previously.
Secondly, it has absorbed the
Popping Central observatory, whose
history can be traced back some
300 years.
Pending construction a a new
observatory on the top of the Purple
mountain near Marking, the insti-
tute is carrying on its work tempo
rarily in the historic Drum tower,
situated at the center of a pub
lie park in the heart of Marking.
The staff consists of director, three
astronomers, five junior assistants
and secretary.
1.-THE major part of our time and
energy is devoted to planning, build
ing and equipping Of the new OBJ
servatory. Our additional activities
are chiefly Of a routine character.
among them maintenance of the
calendar and time service"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
Catch as Catcn-C Can

WE are coming to another
w presidential election. Presi-
dental elections always are i'm
portant, but this one will be espe-
cially so, because of the peculiar
conditions and circumstances sur
rounding it.
We have no idea whether Mr..
Hoover will be renominated by the
Republicans, much less whom the
Democrats will select. That's a
sorry state Of affairs, when Won
come to think of it. We don't put
a man in charge of a second. or
even a tllird-rate business, unless he
has shown some signs of fitness in
a subordinate position, yet we ap-
proach the selection of a presiden-
tlal nominee as though it were of
no consequence and called for no
more thought than the choice of a
Santa Claus for some backwoods
Christmas party, or the country. but
just wait till the time comes and
bet on catch-as-catch-can luck.
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A Major Difference

DUT the trip has had educational
ID values, even though the tourist
found himself cut off from many
news sources. For instance, I pur-
pose now to write a short history
of the relations which have existed
between the United States and
Mexico.
It is designed for children and will
begin: Many differences have eX-
listed between the United States and
Mexico. One important one still
stands. In Mexico you buy it from
the bartender and in the United
States from the bellboy."
Had 1 been in New York I should
hardly have allowed the most recent
list of Americas Twelve Greatest
Living Women" to go unchallenged.
1 happened upon it in an obscure
corner of Kansas City paper under
the livestock prices. The jury chosen
by Good Housekeeping to select its
candidates for a mythical hall of
fame was not precisely one to fill
me with confidence.
Newton Baker, Henry Van Dyke,
Booth Harrington, Otto Kahn and
Bruce Barton are all intelligent and
admirable gentlemen, but it is not
precisely a body likely to give much
recognition to women rebels.
And it is the rebels of the sex
who have done most to alter the
status of women in the last twenty
years.
To be sure, Carrie Chapman Gait
is mentioned, and no one can deny
that Mrs. Gait worked valiantly for
the cause of suffrage. Nevertheless,
in my opinion, she was a leader
much too ready to accept halt in
the advance and say, We'll, now,
let's call it a day"
Alice Paul, Doris Stevens; or Har-
riot Stanton Batch would more
properly represent the working yeast
Of the great ferment.
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among the important leaders of the
day.
How About Mrs. BooIe7

a CCORDINGLY I take exception
N from the Judgment of the jury
in this case. If you don't happen
to remember, they mentioned:
Grace Abbott, Jane Addams, Cecilia
BeauX, Martha Berry, VILLA Gather,
Carrie Chapman Gait, Minnie Mad
dern Fiske, Helen Keller, Florence
Rena Sabin, Ernestine Schumann-
Heink, May E. Wooley and Grace
Coolidge But what are we going
to do with Ella Boole of the w. C..
T. u?
I don't mean what would we like
to do with Ella Boole, but hovJ is
it possible to keep her out of a hall
of fame supposed to include living
women who vastly have influenced
the affairs of this country?
Most reluctantly I move and sec
ond her nomination. And I'd also
like to have Mary Garden.
Copyright 1881. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
EngIandls Wav Best

INDEED this is a government of
Il law, not men" We spend scads
OF time thinking up law and more
st1l thinking up ways to get
around it., but are content to take
pot luck when it comes to men.
In England, they do it differently.
In England, they don't put a. man
at the head of the government IN
less he has been in the public eve
long time, and not only that but
IN line for the job.
In England, they know exactly
who would be premier if the con-
servatives should win, or Macdonald
were to resign leadership of the
labor party.
At the same time, they let the
law grow normally and naturally
by force of custom, which guar.
antees that, no matter who is
premier, there will not be an over
dose of law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03

WT1NGATE Memorial trustees
W have prepared book called
Intimate Talks by Great Coaches. :"
Fielding Yost and Tad Jones con-
tribute two of the essays on foot
ball, and there are. others by
authorities of equal note on track,
field, baseball, basketball, hockey,
soccer and similar sports.
It is significant that the last of
the lectures by DR.. S. E. BLK deals
with injuries exceedingly common
in athletic endeavors.
DR.. BLK mentions stone bruise
or heel bruise as the most common
injury. This is controlled by the
use of sponge rubber in the heel Of
the shoe and the application of heat
to control the pain and hasten the
healing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03

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.
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Daily Thought

Mercy ard truth preserve the
king; and his throne is unholdeD
by mercy.-Proyerbs 21:28.
Mercy often inflicts death.-Sen-
eca.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03

Butler Would Speak to Aid Unemployed" Head
line Would you call that idle talk2
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Atlantic City has made bid for the next Repub-
lican convention Ii should be good place for Presi-
dent makers-and breakers
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One Serious Omission

r CAN not understand at all what
/ the literary members Of the
committee were up to when the list
vas chosen. Women novelists are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
He's Real Uncle

A RTHUR HENDERSON, who
IA performed this feat, is bulking
large on Europe's political horizon.
BY common report he is due to in
herit Ramsay MacDonald's job as
leader Of the labor party and per-
haps as premier of England when
the latter steps or is pushed aside.
They call him Uncle Arthur over
there, and means everything the ex-
preston is supposed to imply. He
not only has grown up with the Ia
Dor party, but entered it in overalls,
a real honest to God working man,
who climbed all the way up without
losing his simple faith, the kind
with whom some disagree, but none
distrusts.
Ten years ago. great English
merchant asked, why do the labor
ties have all the brains?" He would
have come nearer hitting the mark
had he asked why do they have all
the character"
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We Prefer WiSeCracker

CHARACTER still counts in poll
~ tics if people only would give
it a chance, but we aren't sold on
the idea in this country. What we
prefer is the smart man, the wise
cracker, the one who responds to
our passing emotions.
That's why we get so many and
have to run them out, or put them
in jail afterward. It isn't what a
man believes with regard to this
or that particular question that tells
the story, but what he believes with
regard to conduct in general to his
duty as a citizen or public official.
We have kidded ourselves with
the old catch phrase that this is a
government of law, not men," as
though such thing were possible. We
have piled up law until we don't
know what to do with it, but the
government isn't getting any bet
ter because Of the accumulation.
Maybe if we paid more attention to
men, especially to men of charac-
ter, we'd find q way out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
HEALTH SERVICE
Stone Bruise Is Bane of Athletes

BY DIR. MORRIS FLSRBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
MagaZine
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because it is inequitable by intention In itself it is
kind Of blackmai being Equalization Of privilege
Of the double standard
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1931-04-09
Gyilekezeti naptar. Aprilis 8.

Gyiilekezeti naptar. Aprilis g.,
csiit0rtok. este 7 ora: bibliama-
gyarazat S utana a n6esylet havl
kozgyjilese. Aprilis l0., pentek,
este 7 ora: az Ifjusagi Szovetseg
id6sebb tagjainak osszejovetele.
Aprilis H., szombat, d. e. 8 ora !:
magyar iskola 6s a konfirmandu-
solx oktatasa. Aprilis -, vasar-
nap. d. e. fel IL ora: istentiszte-
let utana az egyhaztanacs rem
des havi .gyillese. d. II. 6rakor az
Ifiusagi Szovetseg ifjabb tagjai-
max osszejovetele.
Unnep utan. listen irant erzett
melys6ges .halaval, boldogan je-
lentjiik, hogy aldott husvetumk
volt. Unnep delelottjen legjobE
akarat S az ossZes szekek es pa.
dok felhasznalasa mellett sen
tudtuk kellokepen elhelyezni {
gyiilekezetct. Soha meg temple
munkban mem voltall ennyien. Al
Urvacsoraval, melyhez a szent je
| gyeket Fazekas Istvan es csalad
ja adomanyoztak, 101 ferfi Is II.
no cit, osszesen .tehat 223-an
amely eddig a legnagyobb szan
az egyhaz ct ewes torteneteben
A nagyheti boriteki es perselA
adomanyok 0sszege $196.60 volt
chez idrult Noegylct $3.50.
adomanya, mellyel egyiitt jova
$300-on feliili osszeggel gyarapo
dott az egyhazi penztar. A Macy
heten minden este szepen latoga
tott istentisztelet volt, nagypen
teken delelott is. Noegyletiinl
tagjai liagypenteken es husve
elso napjan nehany sep NJ enc
ket mlltattak be a gyiilekezetnek
Jol sikeriilt vasarnap esti Kos
suth KEEP leleplezesi iinnepelyiinl
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indokolt tavollet, vagy mas vala-
mi ok akadalyozott nemelyeket
abban, hogy mem jarnlhattak ed
dig bermalas szentstgehez. lit
az alkalom az eddigi mulasztast
most p6tolni. Eleg rovid, az
lido az elokeszulctre, azert igye-
kezzek mindenki, aki meg nem
bermall1ozott, millden oktatason
reszt venni, inert oktatas nelkiil
bermalkozni mem lehct. Berma.
sziil6ket addig ne hivjon. mig d
plebanossal nem kozli, hogy kit
szandel1ozik hivni, inert berma
sziilokben is megkivantatnak bi
zonyos kellekek.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1931-04-09

multi szamban megemlekeztiink.
a szertartas ket orakor kezd0-
d0tt l1aznal, hol a lelkesz imat
mondott, a templomban tartatott
predikacio es bucsuztatas S on
nan a Union Cemeterybe kisertek
XII halottat ismerosei es baratai.
Dacara a csunya havas idonek
nagyszamu k0z0nseg jelent meg
ugy gyaszhajlekban, mint a
templomban es a temetoben,
hogy a vegtisztesseget megadja
az elhunytnak S a gyaszba borult
ferj es egyetlen flu banatat pc
dig reszvetevel enyhitse. Az ell
hunyt csak 3S ewes volt meg, de
e rovid eletidobol is majdnem Ut
evet allandoan betegeskedett.
Ugy hogy szamara igazan meg.
valtast jelentett a halal.
I. R6zsabal. 1fjusagi Korunk ap-
lilis lien, szombaton este tame.
mulatsagot rendez a West State
streeten levo n. p. Hallban. A
kornyek legjobb zenekara szolgal
tatja zenet s a rendezoseg is
mindent megtett, hogy mulat-
sag a legszebben sikerulj0n. Nc
marathon el senki a tayasz ez ell
SO baljarol. -
Marciusi eredmeny. Marcus
ban $21O.65 bevetele volt egyha
zunknak, a februari maradvany.
nyal egyiitt 254.65, ezzel szemben
volt 1929 kiadasunk, ICY a kesz-
penzmaradvany marcus vegen
s112.96.