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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03

either by temperament, training or education for
their position" that more than rs per cent are not
endowed mentally to perform the duty assigned"
Little wonder" We are told "that policemen NJ
today are looked upon with a sheer. We can not
nor viii we ever, have respect for police force in
which the personnel is stupid, dishonest incapable
or inefficient"
1t is not only that the new underworld armv
is manned ably, well financed and scienti6caIlv
equipped and therefore be conquered only bv s,I
perlor pralns and equipment. The multitude of anti
vice laws that never should have been put on the
criminal statute books requires police force of men
OF broad vision, human sympathy and expert
knowledge
brutal, stupid cop" treats all offenders alike
wise policeman sees under the surface Rightly
the policeman has been called "the blue court" the
court OF first instance And upon his decisions NAV
depend the future career of a young offender for
better worse
Of course the good officers suffer from the sins
of the evil
The author of this report is August vollmer him
sell an educated policeman 1t reflects impatience
with mere coercion and punishment Certain detec-
ton and swift punishment are greater deterrents
than harsh measure.
we see no reason why all policemen should not
De Vomers, experts trained for their jobs as care
fully as engineers and doctors
We agree with the Wickersham commission that
little Roadway will be made in the war on crime
until cities first have conquered the stupidity the
brutality and the political corruption so often cam
ouf1aged in their own police systems
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Teothing Tabloid

T DON'T know what to advise you,
Il Mrs. K. I'm sorry already that
I picked out this particular letter to
talk about. All I can say is that we
are both in the same boat.
My son, Haywood Hale Broun, is
Is, and he just loves murder trials.
Maybe I'm worse off than you.
don't know whether you have tab
loid papers in your city. I think my
son is probably one of the greatest
experts in the country on the Hall
Mills case.
We talked about it one day and
he seemed to have all the evidence
at his fingertips. And a few years
later there was some other murder
around here.
I can't remember the name of it
just now, but I was little startled
when Woodie said that maybe the
defendant would get off because it
was a love crime.
When was child I didn't know
anything about love or crime, either.
AT s-=5t, not enough to talk about.
The best I can do is just sit tight
and pray that there won't be many
murders.
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ergy, growth and repair of tissue.
However, there are certain mini
mum quantities Of essential foods,
and unless these are supplied diff
f1culties Of nutrition may develop.
Because of. these factors of safety
in the human body, bad food habits
may persist over a considerable
length Of time before resulting in
the form of definite disease.
In general, it seems that the
human body needs about 300 grams
of protein daily, Sc grams of fat,
and 500 grams Of carbohydrates.
There are conditions in which
protein, carbohydrates, and fats
must be modified in amount as
occurs, for instance, in obesity.
The proteins are not simple sub
stances, and they vary exactly as
do the carbohydrates and the fats.
1t is because of this new knowledge
that the science of nutrition de-
veloped.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE,

cereal industry, from the farmer
down to the baker.
I have been saying much about
calories and have not yet explained
exactly what a calory is. Calory is
a term used to indicate a measure
ment of energy in terms of heat.
When the human body does work,
it takes up oxygen, gives off carbon
dioxide, water and heat. Carbohy-
drates, proteins and fats taken into
the body undergo chemical changes
and make their energy available.
This energy then is measured in
terms Of calories.
AS result, it has become possible
to say exactly how many calories
of energy will be developed by any
certain food in any certain amount.
The energy needed by the body
must be made up of definite guam
titles of protein, fat, and carbohy-
drates. The body can select to a
certain extent from all of the food
given to it what it needs for en-
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Atoms Mark Elements

wiz ffN~Nt ~ =tGl ilOitA0
A S result Of these studies, the
L n crystal is seen to assume a new
role Of Importance in the universe.
Physicists have shown that the
fundamental particles Of matter are
the electrons. These combine to
form atoms.
There are 80 kinds Of atoms. one
kind composing each Of the 90
chemical elements. These atoms
differ from each other by the num-
Der Of electrons which they contain.
Atoms, in their turn, combine to
form the molecules of the chemical
compounds. To this tabulation, the
fact must now be added that in the
case of solids, molecules combine
to form crystals.
For example, quartz is composed
Of two chemical elements, silicon
and oxygen are united chemically
into molecules of silicon dioxide.
But a molecule of silicon dioxide
does not exhibit the properties of
quartz. These properties belong to
a unit crystal which is composed of
three molecules.
A crystal of quartz is merely 3.
continuous repetition of this unit
pattern.
There is still a great deal of work
to be done in the field Of crystals,
The exact structure has been ascer-
tanned in only relatively few mole
cules and crystals.
There is also much work to be
done upon the theoretical side. The
reason why molecules unite in such
definite and precise ways has not
yet been explained.
Very little is known about the
forces which hold the molecules to-
gether, although these forces are
undoubtedly Of an electric and
magnetic nature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03
Fear WeakenS

XXTHAT people can do in theory
w is not so important as what
they will do in practice.
You hear a great deal about the
power of organized minorities. 1t
is largely derived from confidence
and courage.
The same thing is true of leader
ship. The careers of such men as
julius Caesar and Napoleon Bona
parte were mainly due to the con-
f1dence and courage they were able
to inspire in their followers.
No matter how great the multi
tude, or how stupendous its re-
sources, it becomes impotent when
dominated by fear.
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What should pet turtles be fed?
How do land turtles differ from wa
ter turtles in appearance?
Feed raw beef, earthworns, in
sectS, lettuce or other vegetables and
fruits. Aquatic turtles have strong
webs between their toes and their
feet are rather fiat like paddles.
Land turtles have stouter feet with
thicker toes and coarser nails.
How can ants be kept out of a bee
hive?
The usual method is to put the
hive on a stand, with legs set in yes
sells containing water or creosote.
Another method is to wrap a tape
soaked in corrosive sublimate around
the bottom board.
What is the origin of the names
Sixteenth of September" and
Fifth of May Avenue" for streets
in the City of Mexico?
They are named for important
dates in Mexican history. Sixteenth
of September was the day when
Mexican independence was declared
and May was the date the Mexi-
can troops won a victory over the
French at Pueblo in 1862.
What is the correct abbreviation
for midnight?
Midnight is generally abbreviated
II p. m (post meridian) as distin-
guished from II m. (meridian)
noon.
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M. E. Tracy
SAYS:

No Matter Hon. Great the
Multitude, Ho10 Stupendous
It's Resources, 1t Becomes
Impotent When Dominated
By Fear.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-After what
1 he saw in Russia, George Ber-
nard Shaw breads" the thought of
going back to London. AS for Ire
land, Good God, mol" Wishes he
were 18, so he could grow up with
the Soviet, but admits being too old
for anything like that. Thinks the
bankers "have made a mess of
things, declaring that "any child
knows the world can't exist on
credit"
Such remarks are not to be taken
too seriously. The poppy old play
wright gets a good price for them,
which he would not, if they were
trite and orthodox.
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Down to the Roots

NATURALLY enough, statesmen
IN regard the international field
as al-important.
Fear of what might happen if any
major government went to pieces at
this time has not only aroused them,
but brought about such a spirit of
cooperation as civilization never
knew before.
The things that have been done to
set the world right during the last
six weeks are unprecedented.
But that is not enough. The prob
lem of restoring confidence goes
down to where people live.
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Gangs vs., Police

IN its fourteenth report, the Wick
L ersham commission says that the
police breakdown is due to corrup-
ton, inefficiency, and political inter-
ference, all of which has led to loss
Of confidence.
Police Commissioner Mulrooney Of
New York doubts whether this is
true, but admits that the stupendous
force under his command has been
unable to trace the gangsterS who
killed Michael Vaneghello last Tues
day.
The people of the neighborhood
where this outrage occurred simply
won't talk. Their fear of the gang
is greater than their confidence in
the police.
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such things, because I tried out
some of the modern blood and
thunder books that my son reads,
and couldn't get interested at all.
His favorite is young lad called
Tom Swift. The idea seems to
have changed a little since my day.
Tom isn't an athlete. He's an in
ventor. He invents all kinds of
things.
Ofhand, all I can remember are
"Tom Swift and His Dirigible, /"
"Tom Swift in His Airplane," "Tom
Swift in His Submarine" and tom
Swift in his Electric Racer"
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
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Confidence Needed

MUCH of the present-day trouble
1V1 goes back to fear.
Vast numbers Of people, as well
as many leaders, are scared-scared
of crime, scared Of the possibility Of
a financial collapse, scared of the
rumors of war and revolution.
The restoration Of confidence has
become imperative in dozen diff
ferent fields.
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naturally, Harvard would be ahead
until the hero arrived.
I couldn't say at all whether all
these dime novels hurt me. They
didn't seem to influence me di-
rectly. After spending five or six OF
the most inpressionable years of
my life reading about Frank Mer-
riwel on the Yale Grew" and Frank
MerriWeI Wins the Football Game"
and "Frank Merriwell, the Young
High Jumper at Yale" I went to
Harvard. When I saw Yale teams
I realized the MerriwellS were just
f1ctional.
I must be losing my taste for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03
Lost Confidence

CREDIT plays as big a part in
~ politics as in finance. It is
based on confidence in both cases.
When you loan man money, you
assume he will pay it back. When
you put him in office, you assume
he will perform his duty.
Loss of confidence acts the same
way on law enforcement as on a
bank.
That is the chief cause of trouble
today.
Whether it's German reparations,
or gang rule in an American city,
there has been a pronounced loss of
faith in existing methods.
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TT GEEMC TO MT nv HAYWOOD
l. l. O1\11N1O l. ~ 1V1L b1 BROUN

HERE is a letter from a lady in
4 Il Red Bank, N. j., and she war S
to ask a question:
"Some time ago. writes Mrs. c..
L. K, you had column about CEN
sorship, and you said that you
thought parents ought to watch over
what their children read and not
expect the state to do it for them.
IT agree with you, but just what
do you think a 12-year-old boy
ought to read? Mine, for instance.
His name is Jack, and the thing
that interests him most is a good
story in the newspapers. I'm worried.
What do you adviser"
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Mother Necessity AFT Work

Necessity, the mother Of invention has not q
some seem to think, been completely overcome b
the depression. She is still on the Job. We quot,
from letter that comes from section of the conn
try which has been hit harder perhaps than an,
other-Arkansas, where drought was added bv ma
ture to the already great burden of man-made eco
nonic trouble.
friend of mine was in MorriIton, Ark. the
other day and noticed three big trucks backed
up to the platform OF warehouse Just off the
public square. They were loading snap beans
into the trucks. Three truck loads is a lot of
beans and this fellow made inquiries. The truck
boss told him they were hauling the beans to
Oklahoma City. That's 300 miles from Morrill,
ton. My friend expressed surprise and here's
what the truck boss told him.
That his home was in Oklahoma City and
that he operated a feet of six trucks; his ter
ritory is 300 miles from Oklahoma City in every
direction; he buys everything that is for sale
from coon skins to snake oil, scrap iron to eggs.
He loads UP with snap beans, say in Morrilton,
and shoves off for Oklahoma City.
He passes through several towns that are DO
tential markets, including TT. Smith, He buys
the beans cheap because the farmer is saved the
cost of hauling to market. He might sell half the
beans in Fl. Smith. If he does he buys some
thing else in Fl. Smith and goes on with the
second cargo.
The cargo might be eggs. These he sells
en- route to Oklahoma City, disposes of the rest
of the snap beans route, and takes on another
load Of something else.
BY the time he arrives in Oklahoma City
with a cargo he probably has bought and sold
three cargoes of stuf-he's turned his merchan-
disc three times
His trucks operate all over Oklahoma, in
southern Kansas, northern Texas and western
Arkansas. It's case of the itinerant peddler of
Jubilee jim Fisk days done over with variations
The main point is that this is new wrinkle
in this country, and started by a man who
failed in another line of business 1t is new
business sprung up out of adversely and hard
times.
The letter continues, telling about another mar
who had been banker-in one of the many bank.
which failed last year. He has hung out sign which
says Trader"
He is just. that. He will buy anything, trade
anything, swap anything sand sell it again, or
trade it again for his profit.
He is specializing now in bank and Office
equipment thrown on the market by bank fail
ures. In one little town the other day, he bought
a 7OoO-pound safe for $3.50, loaded it on truck,
drove thirty-flve miles and sold it for $1,100.
He is buying up adding machines, type
writer's, scrap iron-anything, and hauling it
around by truck until he finds market. The
truck and several thousand miles of hard-sur-
faced roads are developing a mobile industry
that has no name as yet, business that carries
it's merchandise on its back, so to speak, and
rolls on rubber at minimum freight cost until
it finds market.
1t is of such stuff that economic recoverie.
are made.
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Abuse No Excuse

a S long as there is a year be-
LAtween harvests, or engine blocks
have to be cooled for six months,
we must have credit.
The only way to get along without
credit is to invent an Aladdin's lamp
which will produce everything in
simultaneously as needed.
Like all other man-nade schemes,
credit can be, and often has been
abused, but that does not mean
that it can be dispensed with.
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40 @ - SSs
PTd0 AT btTkseH
ANNIVERSARY
H-4-+44l914A
RETURN OF ROOT MISSION
Aug. 3

M 4 OAsAN UT hOOA 4AAOkoAOAN
Aug. 3
ON Aug. 3, 1917, the American
~ mission to Russia, headed by
Elihu Root, returned to the United
States after a months visit.
On this same day the Russian
provisional government declared IL
legal Finland's declaration Of indie
pendence; the Russian foreign min
lister, Terestschenko, reigned, and
the military governor Of Petrograd.
General Erdeli, was assasSinated.
Root, in statement issued few
weeks previous to this, said:
I'VE found no organic or incur
able malady in the Russian democ-
racy. Democracies always are in
trouble, and we have seen days just
as dark in the progress Of our own.
I'VE must remember that a peo-
pie in whom all constructive effort
has been suppressed for so long
can not immediately develop a gen.
ius for quick action !. The solid,
admirable traits - the Russian
character viii pull the nation
through the present crisis"
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Credit Indispensable

MEANWHILE, hot, dry weather
Nl is reported from the Russian
grain belt, with crops suffering and
reduced yield in prospect.
Suppose there should be a gen.
eral failure, how could Russia feed
her people without buying grain
from abroad on credit?
Suppose Germany hadn't been
granted moratorium, which is
merely an extension of credit, ~or
New York and Paris hadn't come
to the rescue of the Bank of Eng
land with $25O,OOO,0O0 loan?
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At Harvard

NATURALLY, there never was a
IN poison that could down Mer-
riwell or any barn strong enough
to hold him in. Still, these diabol-
ical plots sometimes were enough to
slow up DIX or Frank little.
Very often they didn't get into the
game until the ninth inning, And,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine

4 SSOCIATED with the develop
4 n ment of the machines, has
come a gradual change in food
habits, so that we eat less meat,
less cereals, less sugar and less
carbohydrates generally than for
merly.
The per capita consumption of
sugar has dropped from 100 pounds
a person a year to ninety-nine
pounds. The fall in the consumption
of cereals has been SO great as to
cause extreme CONSERVATION in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.


Minute Crystals Studied as
Guide to Production of
Special Types of Steel and
Alloys.
A FIELD Of preSent-day scientific
n research which is expected 70
yield eventual results Of immense
value to engineers, metallurgists and
chemists is that Of the structure Of
crystals.
1t is expected to lead to the pro-
duction Of special types Of steel and
alloys and of a type needed for spe-
cial purposes.
One Of the most astounding re-
suits Of recent physical investiga-
tons has been the discovery Of the
universally of crystals. 1t has been
common for the layman to consider
the crystal as something special In
nature.
Recent research has shown that
almost every solid substance con-
sists of crystals. These range from
large, beautiful crystals, such as
the diamond or ruby, for example. to
crystals so small that only the rni-
croscope will reveal them.
In fact, there are crystals vet
smaller, so small that only x-ray
analysis will reveal their presence.
The reason that ordinary sub
stances do not reveal their crystal
structure is because the crystals are
so small and thrown together In
such a hit-and-miss or helter-skel-
ter fashion that the structure is not
apparent.
Microscopic investigation, how
ever, has shown that steel, for ex-
ample, is composed of masses of
crystals thrown together in this ir-
regular fashion.
The same thing is true Of other
metals. And as already stated. the
xray frequently reveals a crystal
structure which is more minute
than the microscope can detect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03

The country is indebted to the Wickersham COM
mission for fortnight criticism of the police of its
-cities.
Blaming low salaries. political control andsa bad
public attitude. this latest report finds that the
EeaE majority Of American police are not suited
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03
HOW much is a Stone weight?

It is a measure OF weight, avoir-
dupoiS, in Great Britain legally
equal to twenty eight pounds, or
to one-eighth hundred weight, but
varying in practice at different
places and times from five to thirty
two pounds.
Do the United States coast guards
wear the same uniform as enlisted
men in the navy?
The only difference is in the
insignia.
How does the number of automo-
biles in New York compare with the
number in Germany, England and
France?
AS Of Jan. l, 1880, there were
635, 800 automobiles in Germany,
1,245,8S9 in England, 1,294,167 in
France and 2,263, 259 in New York.
Which of the Duncan sisters is q
Coincidence?
Rosetta,
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With the big news Of the day concerned with ar
mament cuts, slices in salary and dividend slashes
future generations probably will understand A. D.
to mean After Dissection.
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What France and Germany seem to fear most in
buryng the Ratchet is that of them will catch it
in the neck. -.
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The telephone is said to have opened new era
in diplomacy. But you can't tell that to the young
man using it in an attempt to make up to his girl
friend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03

dyed-in-the-wool politician says the Office sage
never shrinks from publicity.
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Banks recently were closed in Chill. But where /.
a more appropriate place to have frozen assets?
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When the good wife asks for fifty to buy gown
that as the lterat well know, is also figure OF
speech.
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Not that God doth require nothing
unto happinesSeat the hands of men
saving only a naked belief, but that
without belief all other things are
as nothing.-Hooker.
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What's a Calory? It's Energy Unit

This is the fifth of a series of twenty
six timely articles by DR.. Morris Fish
bein on GOOD Truths and FoIlies.''
dealing with such much discussed but
little known subjects as caIories. vita
minis. minerals. digestion and balanced
diet.
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When the cerditor nations tell Germany to help her.
SELF they do not mean, of course with their money.
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Daily Thought

He that believeth and is bap-
tised shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned
st. Luke 1916.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-03

What this country needs more than scent cigar
is good two-reel comedy.
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Another evil born in this age & crime is the ten
dency OF good many to waste. lose and kill time.