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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Another Democratic Platform

Senator walsh Of Massachusetts, has outlined a
better platform for the Democrats in the 1882
paign than the one advanced by Chairman Raskob
last week. AS the principal speaker at the annual
Jefferson day dinner Of the National Democratic
Club in New York City, Walsh stressed the economic
issues which Raskoh is inclined to steer away from
In congratulating Raskob on his service in forcing
general discussion Of platform issues well in advance
of the party convention and including prohibition as
major election issue, he pointed out that the pro-
gressive wing of his party feared he was trying to
make the Democratic party as safe for big business
control as the Republican party
Therefore it is particularly fitting that the key
note Of the jefferson day dinner coming so soon
after the Raskob statement, should speak for the
workers and farmers. who are the chief victims of
this depression
walsh's indictment of the Republican adminstra-
ton was too sweeping and partisan. The adminstra-
ton is not responsible for the economic depression
produced by causes beyond its control But ITS mis-
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A. III. =I.-l2 IVY
BOLIVIA'S BREAK
April Is

I'm April IS, 1917, Bolivia severed
~ relations with Germany and
the German minister and his staff
were handed their passports at La
PaZ.
The Bolivian note denounced the
attacks of German submarines on
neutral vessels as violations Of in
ternational law and Of The Hague
conventions.
It recalled that the Bolivian min
lister to Berlin was on board the
liner Tubantia when that vessel was
sunk in neutral waters in 1916.
The note declared that German
subjects and property would enjoy
all liberties guaranteed by law, pro-
vided that they did not commit any
act Of delinquency. either collec-
lively or as individuals.
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Questions and
Answers

How does the United States COM
pare in area with Canada?
Canada has 3,684,723 square miles
and the United States has 3,026, 789
square miles.
What is an snferiority complex?
A feeling Of being inferior in some
respects to ones fellow beings.
Did Marie Dressler appear in the
photoplay "The Vagabond Lover, -
featuring Rudy Vallee?
She was Mrs. Whitehall in that
picture.
Are children with one parent In
common half brothers and sisters
or step brothers and. sisters?
They are half-bsothers and sis
ters. Step brothers and sisters are
the children Of couple each Of
whose children are born of sep
arate uniea,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Some Confusion

XXTHEN I returned somebody in
wv the studio said: I'm glad
you're here. The place has been in
an uproar with telephone calls
I thought to myself: "Why, that's
surprising. I didn't think we were
as good as all that
But before I could make a false
move toward accepting fan mes
Sages, which were never offered, the
explanation was made by the girl
at the switchboard. There's a
rumor around" she said, that you
have been shot and killed"
when was 70" I wanted to know.
did it happen before or after the
broadcast?' I did really feel we
weren't as bad as that, either.
"You were shot," she said, 'by
some gangster along about 10 in the
evening. And the paper has been
calling up to ind out whether it's
true"
It seemed to me a little unimagi-
native on the part Of any news edi-
tor to get into furry. When I
was a radio broadcaster I used to
feel, somewhat after the manner Of
the theatrical tradition, that the
show must go on.
But 7 wouldn't push that to ex-
tremes. If shot and killed at 10 I
would not have insisted upon fill
ing my fifteen minute engagement
with the microphone at IL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-It is my opinion
that men like Chief Kinney, Cap
tains Petit, Johnson, Helm, Lieu
tenant Shine, and some others on
our police force, are as good as any
on the Royal Canadian Mounted,
but the shooting by a policeman
last week Of a Negro woman, who
was later 'held on a charge of
vagrancy," taken with the murder
of a colored boy, against whom there
was no charge, by a policeman,
bring us close to a condition exist
ing under another city adninistra-
ton, when police made the streets
unsafe for Negroes, entered homes
without warrant, dragging Negroes
from their beds and created a reign
of terror. At that time no innocent
man was murdered or woman shot.
Indiana papers almost have
boosted that public sentiment pre-
vented the punishment of lynchers
OF Negroes. Yet public sentiment
U4AGI CO1lQOIlcS GllS SlLOOIlIlS VI AL
.nocent Negroes by police in Indian
apolis is not much better.
Indeed, every race riot from At
lanta to Chicago has been grounded
in police brutality to Negroes and
public sentiment that approved.
When riots have come-and gone
there are casualties on both sides
and public sentiment has not al
lowed a real healthy race riot to
strike twice in the same place.
On behalf of a thousand members
Of the local branch Of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, Of every shade
Of politics and religion, I appeal
for a public sentiment that will
purge the police department Of men
who have no regard for the lives
Of innocent Negroes and petty
offenders.
G. N. T. GRAY,
Pres. Indpls. Br. N. A. A. G. P.
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Florida Sands

TINE chemist has developed a
1 number Of other very useful and
valuable white pigments. Among
them is Lthopone, a mixture Of
about % per cent zinc suphide and
u per cent barium sulphate.
Lithopone is used in the manu-
facture Of oilcloth. linoleun1. interior
fat wall paints, and for similar pur-
poses.
Another interesting white pigment
is titanoX. 1t contains titanium.
Much of it today is manufactured
from certain grains of minerals
found in the sands Of Florida
beaches.
1t is estimated that millions Of
tons Of the necessary titaniurn min
erals are available for future use.
Examination Of a handful Of
beach sand will disclose a number
OF heavy black grains. These. for
the most part. are titanium min
erals, and form the raw material ror
the manufacture of titanox.
Titanox is useful because it is not
aLecCeQ Dy hydrogen SulDhioe
fumes. Consequently it is an ideal
paint to use in industrial localities
where there are fumes of that gas
to contend with.
Another type Of pigment used to-
day is finely divided metallic pow-
der. Both zinc and aluminium are
used in this way
The United States navy uses a
paint manufactured from zinc dust
to paint the bottoms Of ships be-
cause Of its anti-corrosive proper
ties.
Both zinc and aluminium paints
are used upon iron and steel sur
faces to prevent rusting.
aluminium powder makes a bril-
liant, quick-dry paint. which is
finding many uses in industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

by DE0s NAOhh19 CASE1DE4N
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and of HyKeia. the Health
Magazine.
TNHE public has learned that there
Il are sinuses, or air spaces, sur
rounding the nose, and, associated
with this knowledge, according tc
DR.. Lee M. Hurd, there has de-
veloped among neurotic types a
fxation on the sinuses in which
there is not only headache and pain
but also slight mucous discharge
to lend strength to the picture.
On the other hand, there are
some phlegn1atic individuals with
INSTRUCTED Breathing in the nose
and profuse discharge who Won
der why they always feel tired, have
no appetite, who wonder why they
have pains in the joints and limbs,
and who have not realized that the
nasal condition is primarily respon-
sible for the trouble.
According to DR.. Hurd, the
mucous membrane of the nose be-
comes deranged either by a bad diet
which is deficient in vitamins, by
sensitivity to various protein sub
stances, or by some disorders of the
glands of internal secretion.
The changes that take place in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Too Versatile
TTOW could be both deaa md

HOW could I be both deaa md
L 4 broadcasting?" I said sharply
to an inquiring acquaintance.
yes" he admitted, Il thought it
was peculiar"
And there was nothing funny in
it for my mother. I don't know
what sort Of vicious malice inspired
somebody to call her up and say
that I'd been killed.
With that brief statement the
anonymous informant hung up and
left my mother with the difficult
task of trying to locate a wandering
son loose in a large city late at
night.
Ny mother doesn't know the tele-
phone numbers Of very many speak
easies. But when she called the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Satisfaction

NATURALLY, I was as much
II pleased as anybody that the
shooting was spurious. And yet,
aside from the worry caused to
others, it was a satisfaction to learn
that g sudden and dramatic taking
off would be of interest to papers
and few associates.
There's a certain irony in it.
People who don't care much whether
you're alive or dead, can drum UP
all interest when your status be-
comes less selective.
After learning about the rumor
I made a brief review of my past
and my prospects. I decided that
I'd like a postponement for maybe
i've years-naybe ten. I'd like to
take one more try at a novel.
Copyright. 1881. By The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Chemists Make E1tenSive Re-
search Into Vdrnish and
Paint Problems.
MORE than 100 chemical labora-
Iva tories. scattered throughout
the United States, are devoting their
time today to the study Of paints
and varnishes.
The development is comparatively
recent. for while paints have been
known since the days of the ancient
Egyptians. there were hardly any re-
search laboratories in this field up
to twenty-five years ago. Most OF
the research institutions have
sprung up within the last twenty
years.
The problems of the paint and
varnish industry are recognized to-
day as chemical problems. The
chemist has produced new pigments.
many OF them synthetic, and new
types OF paints and varnishes which
are quicker drying, more resistant to
weather, and otherwise superior to
older products.
Probably the earliest recorded
paint job is that Of Noah's ark, for
we are told that when Noah fin
ished the ark, he pitched it within
and without.
Ancient Egyptian ruins indicate
that paints were used to decorate
temples and tombs as early as $500
B. c.
The Assyrians. the Greeks. and
the Romans all made use of paints.
The ruins Of Pompeii are note
worthy for the elaborate decorations
on temples and houses.
The ancients. however, were re-
stricted to earth colors, such as red
iron oxides, yellow oohers, and such
other colors as might have been
made from lead or copper ores and
mercury vermilion minerals.
The ancients applied these colors
with some albuminouS medium such
as the white of egg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
About White Lead
.ms are used in The preparation

oils are used in the preparation
~ of paints and varnishes today.
Prepared paints are manufactured
by grinding pigments in oil. To
this, some substance is added to
thin the mixture. usually turpen-
tine or mineral spirits.
A dryer, that is, some substance
which accelerates the drying Of the
oil, also is added. Cobalt, lead or
manganese are used in making the
dryer.
Varnishes are made by fusing
resins with drying oil and adding
some thinning material like turpen-
tine or mineral spirits. Dryers also
are added to varnishes.
More than a thousand materials
coming from all parts of the world
are used today in the preparation of
various paints and varnisheS. Among
the most important are those used
for the manufacture of white Opaque
pigments.
The best known white Opaque pig
ments are made from lead and zinc.
The ancients knew how to make
white lead, as is evidenced by a pas
sage in the writings Of Theophras-
tus, who lived from 373 to 287 3. G.
He wrote: Lead is placed in
earthen vessels over sharp vinegar.
and after it has acquired some
thickness Of a sort of rust, which it
commonly does in about ten days,
they open the vessels and scrape it
of. What has been ;craped OF they
beat to a powder and boil it for
long time"
The production of white lead pig
ments today amounts to about 150,-
900 tons a year. About an equal
amount Of zinc oxide also is manu-
featured each year.
Zine oxide, when used with white
lead, gives a much winter color and
overcomes the tendency of the white
lead to become chalky.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EECq2e

paper, the staff undertook to help
her out.
There may have been a buzzing
in a good many back streets, al
though was engaged respectfully in
losing my all in bridge game with
a judge.
But for my happening back to the
radio station my mother would have
undergone longer period of worry.
Even when the paper told her that
the story wasn't true she still felt
the need of personal denial.
And, as she said to one of my
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

T CAME almost within Mailing dis
L lance Of having chance to
read my own obituary. This is a
possibility of which many have
dreamed. And Arnold Bennett wrote
one of his best books on this
theme. He called it Buried Alive .
It didn't, in my case, develop as
far as that. When I first heard
about it the shooting already was
couple of hours old. Frank
Knight appeared with me on a radio
broadcast to give a SAVIOR to my
farewell appearance.
It seemed to us that we got away
with our little duologue very nicely.
Indeed, there was an impulse to
mark that exit with minor cele-
bration.
But Frank Knight had to stay
on the job until midnight. And so
I said: II know place around the
corner, and I'll come back and get
you in three-quarters Of an hour"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

friends whom she got on the phone:
Haywood isn't at his house. He
must have gone out to some night
club. But I'll keep calling him.
He'll surely be back home by /
o'clock" How little do our parents
know the younger generation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

NEW YORK, April 1s.-Thirty-
IN five thousand Mexicans left
California during the last three
months and it is expected that as
many more will have done so By
midsummer.
Unemployment furnishes only part
Of the explanation. Several recent
developments have tended to create
feeling among Mexicans that they
are not wanted in this country.
First, immigration authorities
have been staging a drive against
aliens subject to deportation. Sec
ond, q bill now is before the Cali
fornia legislature which would Gre
ate separate schools for Mexicans.
Third, there has been more or less
discrimination against Mexicans in
providing work.
No doubt Mexicans have exag-
gerated or misunderstood the mean
ing Of these activities, but their
reaction is not without warrant. In
spite Of all the fine talk, there still
is quite a lot Of prejudice in this
country against foreigners, espe-
cially against foreigners who lay
track, dig bitches, hoe the garden
and wear oVeralls.
When times are flush, we are glad
to have them around, chiefly be-
cause We shrink at doing the dirty
work ourselves. When times are
hard and We need the work, even
though it is a little dirty, we make
no bones about intimating that their
room is preferable to their COM
pany.
Foreigners would understand the
situation better and take it more
philosophically if there hadn't been
so much fine talk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

THE same rule goes for others
Il besides the stranger without
our gates. We have talked a great
deal about what we have done for
the Filipinos. but somehow, it
hasn't convinced them that indie
pendence wouldn't be happier lot.
So, too, we have talked a, great
deal about the benef1cence of our
advent in Porto Rico, but the ma
tionalist party now is issuing bonds
to be redeemed five years after the
island has become a republic. And
the Virgin islanders, who shouted
so gleefully when the Stars and
Stripes was raised over their do
minion fourteen years ago, now
threaten to migrate in large num-
bers.
The Grundy bill looks like a more
faithful symbol Of how we really
feel toward the world in general
than do some Of those idealistic
utterances which we have the habit
of exuding when it costs nothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

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 paper.-The Editor.
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Pres. Indpls. Br. N. A. A. C. F
How much snow equals an inch

of rain?
When very wet and ticky, even or
eight inches of snow equals an inch
Of rain, but when light and feath-
cry, two or even three feet are re-
CURED. Under normal conditions
ten inches of snow produce one
inch Of water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

What is the population of Can
ada?
The stimated population is g.
786,8O0, according to the 1929 esti-
mate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

Pittsburgh woman n1otorist who ran down the
same man twice in one day is engaged to marry
nm. Bound to get her man one way or another.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

Boston, strong hockey town, lost the hockey It'll
70 Canadian team Now it's probably the TIubu
al the universe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
u, S. Artist Out in Cold

GTTLL, We are not without liber-
~ ality in certain aspects of prog
ress. Though insistent on protect
ing industry and labor at all costs,
we prefer foreigners when it comes
to art. Such infant enterprises as
United States Steel, or the Alunli-
mum Company Of America can de-
pend on a tariff to safeguard them
from foreign competition.
We leave no stone unturned to
insure them a good price for their
products. When it comes to the
American singer or musician, how
ever, we leave just as few stones
unturned to see that the foreigner
gets three times as much.
While looking upon the Mexican
Iaborer or Russian pulpwood as a
menace, we are perfectly content
with a situation which virtually dis
courages our young men and young
women from getting into art.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Hard on Home Talent

IF congress really wants to do
z something worth while for de-
velopnlent and improvement Of
American life, it might begin with
a study Of the artistic situation in
this country, particularly as that
situation is reflected in private gal
leries, public museums, grand opera
and the concert stage.
It would surprise some people to
learn where the treasures" come
from and who gets the money. 1t
also would surprise them to learn
what other countries are doing to
protect their artists, especially in
the field of music, against outside
competition.
More than all else, it would sur
prise them to learn under what
handicaps their own sons and
daughters have to labor to get even
a hearing, much less anything like
a fair run for their money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Where is Cane Code

It IS long narrow L-shaped
sandy peninsula in Massachusetts,,
which extends between Nantucket
Sound on the south and Cape Cod
bay on the north, sixty-fve miles
long, varying from one to ten miles
wide.
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Dorothy thinks that Welsh rarebit refers to SON
new hold in the bunny hug
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-SAYS

In Spite Of All The Fine Talk,
There Is StiU a Lot of
Prejudice In This Country
Against Foreiqners.
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They are renting the Empire State building al
$looOOOO floor it is said. These stories really sell
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Mayor Walker OF New York may have acquired
nne burn IN California but it will be nothing COM
pared to the roasting he's getting back home
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Daily Thought

For wrath kilieth the foolish
man and envy slayeth the silly
one.-Job So.
Envy, like flame, blackens that
which is above it, and which it can
not reach. Petit Sem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
Sinus Trouble Hits Indoor Workers
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBETN

This is the first of two articles by
DR.. Fishbein on infected sinuses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13
No Plot Needed

II makes headlines and very interesting reading
when an Indiana congressman charges that the
grain spectators and the Democratic national COM
mlttee are in cahoots to besirch the name and be-
little the work Of the federal farm board
Ha! plot says the Republican national com
mittee
But it must be evident to all that no conspiracy
is required to prove that the federal farm boards
speculation has been bad futile and very expensive
business.
In its efforts to Stabilize" the grain trade. it
bought millions of bushels OF grain This surplus is
worth good deal less now and still depresses the
market. The board realizes these purchases were Ill
advised for it has announced it no longer will buv
wheat.
1t also tried to Stabilize the cotton market and
now, through its agencies it holds more than 900
bales-bales Of cotton worth good deal less now
than when acquired
Protests against these and other operations of the
board, from Democrat and a grain trader. coin
clded In the newspapers, and the c. O. P. nose
sometimes very tender-scented plot
No plot is needed to prove what every one already
knows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-13

~ Law ANANAOAO = AOAA-~A@AAN
Editor, Journal of the American Medica
Association and of HyEeia. the Health
Magazine
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
LABOR EXPECTS.
TRADE GAINS

Labor leaders today expressed
the opinion the bottom Of the
business depression has been
reached and predicted next fall
would mark the beginning Of a
more definite climb toward pros
perity.
The April business survey OF
the American Federation of LABOR
said reliable indicators show the
business decline has already been
checked. It adds:
"Wage cuts were not neces-
sary to accomplish this. They
are even less necessary now that
the decline is checked. Hard as
the adjustments Of depression
are, they can be accomplished
without wage cuts, as past his
tory shows"
The survey said that reports
from 100000 union members show
that in the worst depression
months this winter the number Of
members on strike or lockout has
never been above seven-tenths OF
l per cent of the membership, and
usually less than two-tenths of /
per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
John Bull NOw Leads
All Customers of
Uncle Sam

The United Kingdom was
Americas best customer during
the first two mont--s of 1881,
having taken $88,459,O00 of
the country's total exports of
$474, ,066, 900, the Commerce De-
partment has announced.
The total exports declined
$285, ,000,0O0 during the two
months. Sales to all important
countries we're lower except
those to Soviet Russia, which
increased $5,O00,000 to a total
of $36,383, 900.