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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Third Degrees

THE third degree" is not con-
Il fined to police stations by any
means. Not only gangs, but some
so-called respectable people practice
it, and with good results, to let them
tell it.
There are thousands, If not mil
lions, Of poor devils being put
through one kind of third degree"
or another all the while-debtors
bounded by creditors, scared clerks
browbeaten by bosses, tenants
threatened with eviction, and so on.
a
Mrs. Earle Williams, widow Of the
movie actor, having stolen because
Of her desperate circumstances,
having been caught at it and
threatened with arrest, kills herself,
her mother and two children.
You can sob over that episode, but
you can't blame the woman who
was robbed.
Let's not lose our sense Of pro-
portion. Life involves a certain
amount Of third degree no matter
what phase of it you take.
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Effects of anne

7 AM referring to George Bernard
/ Shaw and the tragedy Of his
later years. For almost half a
century he enunciated doctrines
which were wise and deadly serious.
And during those fifty years the
world in which he lived insisted
upon assuming that he was a clown
and that the reforms of which he
spoke were advanced facetiously.
And now, beyond the prime OF
his. intellect, certain trite sayings
Of the master are accepted as Cos
pei, although they may be nothing
more than aids for headline atten-
ton.
For instance, much has been
made of the fact that Shaw, after
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Cops Have Troubles

POLICEMEN are not only human,
l. like the rest Of us, but they
have been subjected to a terrific
strain. The public has scolded
them for not doing better work,
organized crime has run rings
around them, reformers have
smothered them beneath a noun
tain of law, and politicians have
hog-tied them with threats and
pressure.
They have seen their efforts
stultifled by shyster lawyers and
fixed juries. have had some of their
best campaigns spoiled by sob-sister
publicity, and have sent crooks to
prison only to meet them a year,
or even a month, afterward as
ex-convicts.
I hold no brief for the third de-
gree" whether in the form of physi-
cal violence, or a 500-candle power
light, but doubt whether it's prac-
tice is general enough to justify
alarm, or whether this is the right
time to talk about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Germany Is Patient. Rut-

Patience has trumphed again in GERMANY for
the moment In the plebiscite for overthrow of the
Prussian state diet the reactionary alliance of
Junkers and Fascists failed They poed only little
more than one-third of the electorate Most of the
reasonable voters simply boycotted the nilitaristc
plebiscte.
1t would be mistake however, for friends Of
world peace and justice to lean too heavily on this
German patience. After ALL there is not one chance
IN hundred that Germany stand for another
year the mounting strain of the last two months
Virtually every expert foreign observer in Germany
Newspaper correspondents bankers and diplomats
agrees that she is close to the breaking point
Failure Of the Fascist plebiscte attempt n over-
throw the republican government indicates that the
German people are unwilling to close the door on
international cooperation as long as the Bruenine
negotiations with the powers continue But it does
not mean that Germany will remain patient if
Bruening fails
II France and the other powers will not COOPER
ate with the Bruening government to prevent chaos
and revolution, the German people will have right
to conclude that France and others are maneuvering
for the destruction of Germany. Driven into such
corner, the law of self-preservaton may convert
Germany into dangerous and dirty mood
France and the allied powers are chiefly re-
sponsible for present German bankruptcy and mis-
German revolution or European war which results
from those unbearable conditions
The Hoover moratorium came too late TO do roucI,
good and the little it might have achieved was de-
stroyed by French pickering and delay Failure of
the French German negotiations in Paris was fol-
lowed by the futile wfitewaSh conference Of the
seven powers in London. Since then nothing has
been accomplished.
Collapse of the German financial and industrial
system be prevented temporarily only by long
term loans, and perhaps not even by such loans.
Refusal Of the powers to extend long term loans
is hard to explain If the powers are really sincere
IN desiring to preserve peace
Long term loans would give brief respite: moth
ing more.
But that breathing period were used for drastic
reduction or cancellation of war debts and repara-
tons, for battering down of tariff walls for calling
of the armament race, and otherwise giving the
German republic equal chance for life, revolution
and war might be prevented.
With Secretary of State Stinson in Europe, Presi-
dent Hoover should have all the facts on this inter
national crisis. If the United States-strongest and
safest OF all nations-can not supply peace leader
ship now, probably no other nation will.
Three burglars were caught in Chicago apart
naent recently when one of them made noise Too
many crooks can also spoil the broth
serum has been invented that will make a person
feel bold and courageous. A big shot" as it were
Take tip from me" as John D. would say hand
ing out dime.
In the understanding of gang land, 1t is ride that
goeth before a fall
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Father a Blacksmith

NEICHAEL FARADAY, the great
1V1 English physicist and chemist,
was born at Newington, Surrey, on
Sept. %, 1871. His father was a
blacksmith, and as youth, Michael
was apprenticed to journeyman
bookbinder.
Faraday's great chance came when
Sir Humphrey Davy, director of the
Royal Institution, had him appoint
EIDE an assistant in the laboratory.
Davy was a chemist and so Far
aday's first work was naturally in
the field which Davy had opened up
for him.
He made a special study Of
chlorine and discovered two new
compounds Of chlorine and carbon.
He also succeeded in liquefying sew
eral gases.
But it was not long before his
work in the field of electricity be-
came more important than his
chemical discoveries.
Joseph Henry, whose memory the
American Physical Society also will
honor. was born in Albany, N. Y,
on Dec. II, 1897. He attended a
county district school, showed little
interest in study, and was appren-
ticed to matchmaker.
A popular book on natural history
which fell into his hands when ne
was 16 awoke his interest in science.
He returned to school later. act
ing as tutor to pay his way
through college.
Henry's first great advance in the
field Of electricity seems exceedingly
simple to us today. Things are fire.
quently simple after some one else
has thought of them. He was the
first to use insulated wire for an
electric coil.
With the use of insulated wire,
Henry developed the electromagnetic
In the form we know it today. This
electromagnetic is part Of every
dynamo and motor in existence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
-BY DAN1n DIETZ


Fardday's Simple Expert
ment 100 Years Ago Paved
Way for DynamoS, Tele-
phones, Radio.
THE centenary Of the laying Of
/ the foundation of the age Of
Electricity viii be celebrated when
the American Physical Society
holds its fall meeting at the Gen.
eral Electric research laboratories
in Schenectady. Sept. 10. IL and Il.
Actually the centenary occurs a
few days earlier. for it was on Aug.
%, 1881. that Michael Faraday made
the great discovery which paved the
way for electric lights. electric
street cars, electric elevators and all
the other marvels of the push but
ton" era.
1t was on Aug. %, 1881. that
Faraday performed his famous ex-
pertinent upon electromagnetic in
duction.
Another pioneer in this field was
Joseph Henry, the first secretary
Of the Smithsonian institution at
Washington. and in celebrating the
Faraday centenary, the American
Physical Society will also pay honor
to. the memory of Henry.
The names of both Faraday and
Henry have been honored perpetu-
ally in the realm of electrical and
radio engineering. for the unit OF
electrical capacity has been named
the "farad," in honor of Faraday.
while the unit of electrical induc-
lance has been named the henry"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Experiment Simple
EARADAY performed his epochaI

EARADAY performed his epochal
L experiment while working in
the laboratory of the Royal Insti-
tuition in London. The experiment
seems like a very simple one.
Faraday wound two coils of wire
on an iron ring. He connected one
coil to an electric battery. The
other coil was connected to a gall
vanometer, the forerunner of such
meters as the ammeter on the
dashboard of a modern automobile.
He found that at the moment
that the connection between the
first coil and the battery was either
made or broken, a current was set
up or induced" in the second coil.
This was evidenced by the be-
havior of the needle of the GAL
Vanometer, which swung in one di-
rection when the connection was
made, and in the other direction
when the connection was broken.
This seems like a small discovery.
But as the Royal Institution truly
says in the preliminary announce
ment Of its own celebration of the
centenary, Aug. %, 1881, is, then,
the centenary of one of the great
events in the history of the world"
For electromagnetic induction is
the basis Of every dynamo, motor.
transformer, telephone and radio in
the world.
Without Faraday's discovery,
none Of the things which we think
Of as important earmarks of the
present age would be with us.
OF course, it is not improbable
that if Faraday had not made his
discovery, some one else might
have. But on the other hand, the
discovery might not have come for
fifty years. And that might have
set the world back fifty years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
BalLing Il un

XXTE'RE all sold on the PROPOSE
w ton that law enforcement
should be 100 per cent perfect.
That's chiefly what ais both of
them.
We've wasted far too much time
and energy trying to make a per-
feet system and have succeeded only
in balling it up so badly that nei-
Their the police nor the courts can
function efficiently.
If we took the law with the same
calmness that we take autos, it
might help some.
Autos are killing 10000 people in
this country each year, half of them
women and children. What does the
third degree" amount to compared
to that?
What does the third degree"
amount to compared to a lot of
things-murder, theft, gang rule,
racketeering, drug smuggling?
Everything is relative. You can't
afford to burn a house to kill rats,
or bother with rats when there is
more important business on hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
N OBERT Low BACON, congress


IN man from Nassau county, is in
censed because washington anttro-
biologists have declared that he is
typical of the American of the flu
ture.
1t seems to me that Mr.. Bacon
has a right to be irritated. Being
selected as the norm is almost as
insulting as being picked as one who
stands conspicuously below the av-
erage.
Nobody wants to be maverick IN
the lower brackets. Yet there is lit
tie more consolation in being teth-
cred too tightly to the herd.
The man in Iowa picked a few
years ago as "the average Ameri-
can" had little Joy in this selection.
And why would he? All of us want
to feel that, while we share certain
virtues with our fellows, there are
faults or talents which set us apart
from the rest.
No man can be comfortable in the
role of standing as a symbol Of pres
ent achievement or future progress.
Accordingly, Congressman Bacon
brides at the thought that in an
other hundred years Bacons Of a
similar type will be found in every
village and hamlet Of the land.
He wants to be hi'%self, I sup.
pose, and not just a ,Slgle unit in
the mass production OF Model T.
I have been worried about the
decline Of one of the great in
dividuals of our day. A man who
once stood as a lone and Stow
topped peak now begins to dwindle
as merely a little hill in the vast
range of humankind.
He held his head in years gone by
above the tinberline. Of late I
fear that in his hair may be found
the spruce and pine of run-of-the-
mill humanity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBE1N

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
1T has been said that all Of us
l. must eat a pound Of earth a
day in order to live.
We must choose our minerals in
stead of picking them blindly if we
are to get the most advantage out
of them from the point of view Of
health and growth.
Mineral salts of interest to the
human as they are obtained in
foods include calcium, iron, sulphur,
magnesium, potassium, sodium,
phosphorus, iodine, f1uroine, silicon
manganese and aluminium.
Phosphorus is found in egg yolk,
cream and nuclei of cells. Iron is
found in egg yolks, beans, meats
particularly liver, and various or
ganS
Calcium Is found in milk, eggs
and muscle meats. Sulphur is found
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter.
estinK writers and are pre.
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disa agreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this DaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Page WiCkerSham7

HERE'S a school teacher down in
4 1 Texas trying to get her job
back. Says she was fired by a
jealous principal-a married man
who got sore because she kept
company" with one of her pupils.
Says he and the pupil had fist
fight over it..
Rough stuff, any way you look at
it, but does it warrant a Wicker
sham report?
Here's a lady in Paris suing her
husband for divorce, because, as she
explains it, he has become a spirit
ualiSt, established communication
with the ghost of his dead wife, and
smashed their happiness.
The lady says that she has suf-
fered untold torture listening to her
husband make love to his former
spouse, and that the latter has had
the nerve to tell her, through table
tipping, or a ouiia board, what kind
OF food he likes and how to cook it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Questions and
Answers

How can lawn ants be ex-
terminated?
By pouring boiling water or kero-
sene on their nests.
Who is the author of the quota
ton: ITO thine own self be true,
and it must follow as the night the
day, thou carlst not then be false
to any man?
Shakespeare, in Hamlet, Act /
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Growing Child Needs Calcium

This is the twelfth of series Of TWEEN
ty-six timely articles by DR.. Morris Fish
bein on Food Truths and FoIIies." deal
ing with such much discussed but little
known subjects as caIories. vitsmins.
minerals. digestion and balanced diet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11

How many games did the pitchers
Grove and Earnshaw win for the
Philadelphia Athletics in the 1890
world series?
T-r0 eact1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Daily Thought

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs;
Ike sharp razor, working de-
ceitfully.-PsaIms 52:2.
Give not thy tongue too great
liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A
word unspoken is like a sword in
The scabbard, thine; if vented, thy
sword is in another's hand. If thou
oesire to be wise, be so wise as to
mold thy tongue.-Quarles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11
Man and Author

HERE IN our own land a literary
4 l. man of vastly lower rank con-
fuses the public judgment through
the growing intrusion of his per-
sonality.
No fair-minded critic can reason
ably deny that Theodore Dresser is
an excellent novelist of the sec
ond class. But of late his posturine
and his passion for publicity have
made a few believe that Jennie
Gerhardt" and 1.-THE Genius" are
really not so much. And yet they
are.
The fact that Theodore Dresser
the man, is in many respects a pom
pous ass, doesn't in any way touch
the quality of that Dresser who sits
down with pad in hand and chisels
novels through the solid substance
OF the paper on which he hacks his
message.
Copyright. 1881 by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11

to place wager that his position
IN poSterity is safe.
But l could wish that the old gen
tleman would pay little more -
spect to the memory of the Shaw
who used to be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-11

Pride goeth before A. Fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
CONSTANCE CUMMINGS

Constance Cummings, the beautiful feminine lead of Columbia Pictures The Criminal Code" to be shown ht the State Theater soon, makes her very first appearance in motion
 nictureS with this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
ETHEL WALES

Ethel Wales, who plays Katie" in Columbia Pictures "The Criminal code" to be run at the State Theater, commencing February 7th Is one cf tile outstanding character actresses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

hapluS, MICHiSdH' He was educated tn that city, at Trinity College, England, in Paris, France and at Princeton Uni versity.
 Holmes was not ed on the Princeton campus for h i s w ork wit h t h e f a m o u s Triangle Club of the Univer- sity. Dir e c t Q r Erobk Tutf1o made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

in Half & Bride" Other pictures ia which her work was outstanding are, Broadway Melody" Casualties" "The Girl in the Show" and "Olr Flushing Brides" Miss Doran is 5 feet F inches in height, weighs 192 pounds, ard has dark red hair and brown eyes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

is five feet, four inches in height, and blue eyes, and names May 18th as her birthday. Miss Cummings is extremely interested in and proficient in character dancing and ballet work. She likes to read history and biography.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06


 Schools. His troup- ing days extend back to his eigh- teenth year. Among Huston's n o t a b ] e New York stage portrayals are De sire Under the E l m g s,'' Congo" "The Barker" and "Elmer the Great"
 The star entered pictures in 1929 when he made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

n.er Madness" William B. DeMire Paramount feature.
 Miss Wales is five feet, five inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. She was born in New York City. Miss Wales hobbies are golf and the buying and selling of real estate. Her consuming ambition is to go around the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

deHtIeneH or Cne Piess.'' Other distinguished motion picture appearances include "The Vir- 2.rian," aEd Abraham Lincoln"
 Huston hopes to go to Europe on the comDletion of "The Criminal Code" Meanwhile he contents himself "'th boating-his favorite sport.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
graphies Of Players ln |The Criminal Code"
MARY DORIAN

Mary lDoran, who plays Gertrude Williams in Columbia Pictures "The Criminal Code" to be shown at the State Theater, February 7th, WAS born in New York City and educated
 at Columbia U nj =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06


 versity. Gifted with an exec D Ii o n a l voice and the abil- ity to sing and dance, Miss Doran made a n o t a b ] c success in Broad- way musical come dies before she en- tered the motiou picture field.
 H CT first real c h a n ce on the screen came with an import1nt rol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

III tHc ClHeIIld pTD- fession. She h a s spent the last doZ- en years in the films and has been identified with a number of its most distinguished pi"- lures. s h e started her stage ar e C r with Ruth c h a { = terton in Milwau- k e e s toe k about 1912. Her screen debut, was made in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

PAS eA SS W hNhh thh@ screen appearance. Miss Cummings ap- peared in "The Lit t l e s h o W ,'' and June M oon," ," in New York. Beyond this her only ex- perience is as q dancer and in anna teur theatricals.
 The actress was b Tn in Seattle, Washington, a n d educated at Seattle n v.xl . GIL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

brief visit to Princeton to obtain exteriors. Holmes was persuaded to take test" and two days later was cast for a role. He showed great na- tive ability and his rise was meteoric. Lately he has appeared in The Return of Sherlock Holmes," Paramount on Parade," The Devils Holiday" "Her Man." and other successes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
WALTER HUSTON

Walter Huston, star of Columbia Pictures The Criminal Code" show ing at the State Theater, February 7th, was born in Toronto, Canada and educated there at the Winchester
 and p n n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
PHILLIPS HOLMES

Phillips Holmes, who plays the inn portant role of the youthful convict in Columbia Pictures "The Criminal Code" coming tn the State Theater February 7th was born in Grand
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Faith Expressed in Deeds.
sPerhaps there is a sort Of economic
determinisnl, or rhythm of history that
shapes events in spite of all our plan
ming and directing, so that all we can
90 Is little more than keep clean and
unobstFucted the channel in which the
river OF life must flow, for flow it
must. And In this world crisis, Won
der whether we should not see our
problem more in terms of humanity,
or ct least of life and living, and
whether there is not q misplaced
emphasis on or an valuation of
the materialistic and self-seeking
aspects Of the crisis, and a forgetting
Of those deeper elements and forces
which in the last analysis are spiritual.
IF democracy means what ! have
said, constructive help Is to be found
In q more living and spiritual faith in
Il. "A faith that expresses itself in
Deeds instead of words.
Perhaps this world crisis would
vanish II we could see it more in the
democratic framework OF common
humanity. Perhaps 1t would vanish
AZ more emphasis were placed on those
deeper forces which are implicit in
democracy. Perhaps little more OF
the Christian doctrine of love and for
bearAnce and neighborliness would be
more useful than all the plans and
planning Of our bankers, our diplomats,
our sconfefees and our sons OF Mars
and Neptune. Perhaps then 1t would
Be permissible to say again with
Browning that God Is in His heaven
and al % right with the world"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-12-17

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