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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
HEALTH sERv1CE--
Choice of House Important to Health

ton of dampnesS, because wrong
construction or deterioration will
mean that rain will pour into the
house and down the sides rather
than being conveyed to the ground
or to the sewer.
If the house has no cellar, some
provision must be made for ade-
quate ventilation underneath the
house.
The steps within and without
the house should provide for suff1-
Gent gradual sloping to make I'M
likely the possibility of accident.
The living room ought to get
plenty of sunlight, but the windows
need not be SO light that the light
will be glaring.
The study and playroom for the
children also should have plenty of
light and good ventilation.
The refrigeration, if by ice, must
provide for having the ice put in
from the outside and at the same
time not demand too many steps
from the kitchen to the icebox by
the person responsible for the cook
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

Chimneys also should be inspect
ed for fire hazard before purchas-
ing a house already built and stand
ing for some time.
A house with light plaster or light
paper will require less artificial light
than house decorated in dark
colors.
Clothes closets must be sufficient
ly insect proof to permit control
of moths.
The modern home demands hot
water at any time, proper drain
age for carrying off household waste,
water sealed traps against sewer
gas, laundry tubs that are water
tight, and many other reflnements
of plumbing.
In its pamphlet ON the subject
the department of commerce pro-
yides a check list so that a person
inspecting a house before purchase
carefully can indicate the necessary
improvements and refinements and
thus have some conception as to
what the house will require to make
it safe, healthful, and economical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Beating the BulIrushes

Large attendance at political gatherings
of both parties so far in advance of any pri-
mary, convention or election indicates that
ment.
Candidates for office are building their
fences, casting about for friends, pulling
wires more or less openly.
Unfortunately the people who are so
eagerly looking for relief hear but little of
the problems they would like to have solved.
They hear much of parties, little of policies.
Strange as it may be, it is not considered
good politics" to be positive about anything.
1t is just because candidates for office
have refrained from tackling the real prob
lens Of government that the present deplor
able situation of agricultural depression and
industrial stagnation exists.
The jobless worker and the bankrupt
farmer are beating the bullrushes for
Moses. They will recognize him when he
begins to talk about the oppression of the
utilities and their greeds and CRAFTS and pill
lagos. They will recognize him when he be-
gins to demand jobs for the voorhees, as a
means of protecting the institution of free
government and of democracy itself. They
will recognize him when he dares to discuss
a problem that strikes near home and is not
at least three thousand miles away.
What travesty that Senator Watson
proposes to ride back to Office on antagonisrN
to world court when people are being fed
by charity at home. Nor is Watson alone in
his tactics.
The state is listening for real message
from a man with backbone enough to invite
hostility of the powerful and brave enough to
challenge the causes of misery and want.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
N1/1 AOO1 d Lands

WE see by the papers that the radio chains are
w picking out beauties to dazzle the public when
television shall take their countenances into millions
of homes.
There's no question but it is now up to us to have
our face lifted
You may think you're up against worry with your
children In this lightning age, but think of the frame
of mind of the parents of these two young ladies who
planning to fly the Atlantic alone!
Another page in the sizzling epic of flaming youth
written the other day when this kid of 70 out
west ended his days because wee young thing of
90 spurned his velvet advances.
TWO crime experts insist that policemen should
not carry guns. These experts are unquestionably
right.
The police should carry tennis racquets and serve
marShmalows to outlaws
The most impressive thing about the recent chain
store tax decision is that Justices Hughes Roberts,
Stone, Holmes and Brandeis stood together.
If they stay together shall vital change in
our economic future.
Five famous fox hounds have been imported to
participate in Virginia fox hunts.
They are much handsomer and doubtless have a
lot more sense than these English writer's who have
come here to lecture and get our money then gone
back home and make fun of
No first-clasS dog would think of doing that
ITERES picture showing four standing on
L the head of George Washington in this great
bas relief. carved in the Black Hills, but they are
nothing alongside the number of fellows Washington
had on his mind during the revolution.
Six bandits broke in upon poker game at Louis
vile and rot away with $4,000
The time has come when our bandits regard moth
ing whatever as sacred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Run to WiSeCraCkS

THROUGH supporting colleges and
l. universities, we pride ourselves
on the fact that the average ad-
vertisement and scenario must be
written down to the 12-year-old
mind.
Though spending nearly two
billion annually on education, we
run largely to slogans and wise
cracks.
Though publishing nearly half the
newspapers on earth, we have como
to a point where comic strips and
cartoons are the most widely read
features
Though possessed of the greatest
library system ever conceived, our
book publishers are starving
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Many Wonders

n n AN ingenious devices are now
V1 constructed with the aid of the
photo electric cell. Each device gives
promise of the new machine age
which electrical engineers are help
ing to usher in, which machines do
the work with only casual human
supervision to see that they are in
order.
In cigar factories, for example.
cigars are made to pass along belt.
A light is reflected from the cigars
into the photo-electric cell.
The amount of light reflected de-
ponds upon the shade of the cigar.
Consequently the mechanism can be
adjusted SO that all cigars darker
than a certain shade are allowed to
remain on the belt from which they
fall into a certain box at the end Of
the belt.
Cigars lighter than this critical
shade, however, throw enough light
into the photo electric cell to bring
it into operation.
When a current flows through the
photo electric cell, it closes a relay
switch which in turn operates an
electric finger" little arm
actuated by an electro magnet.
This electric finger" pushes the
lighter cigar off the belt and it falls
into another box.
If desired, a series of cells all adj
justed to different light values can
be arranged along a long belt. In
this way, the cigars can be sorted
into five or six, or any desired num-
Der Of shades.
Many lighthouses now have
photo-electric cells upon their sum-
mitS. These are so adjusted that
when the sun rises. it turns off the
light and when the sun sets, it
turns the light on. Heavy clouds
or fog also cause the light to go on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Made Soft by Prosperity

A DMITTEDLY, the slump in
1 n trade is world wide.
This country, however, is not only
part Of the world, but very i'm
portant part.
The idea that the world could or
ought to get back on its feet with
out material assistance from us is
absurd.
To all practical intentS and pur-
poses, we are the only solvent ma
ton.
BY comparison, our credit, cash
reserves, and resources are Stupen-
dous.
Our greatest handicap is the fact
that prosperity has made us soft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Looks Like Radio lube

TINE photo-electric cell looks
i something like a large radio
simplifying tube. 1t is a glass bulb
with thin metallic coating on the
interior of the glass, There is .
small electrode. or plate" at the
center Of the bulb.
The coating on the bulb usually
is potassium or sodium. The bulb
is not completely coated, small
round window" being left free OF
the film.
The principle on which the
photo-electric cell works is some
what similar to that of the radio
vacuum tube. Many metals are
sensitive to light, electrons being
expelled from their surface when
light falls upon them. This phe-
nomenon is known as the photo
electric effect.
When light shines into the win
dow of the photo-electric cell, it
causes electrons to be expelled from
the metallic coating on the inside
of the glass.
These eleCtr0nS StT1ke the plate ab
the center of the cell, forming an
electric bridge between the coating
and the plate. thus permitting an
electric current to flow through the
cell.
In other words. the photo-electric
cell is an electric switch which can
be closed by means of a ray of light.
But it is also something more
than a switch. For just as a tele-
phone tranSnitter is sensitive to
slight fluctuations in sound waves,
so the photo-electric cell is Sensi-
tive to fluctuations in light waves.
1t is a "telephoto transmitter.
The telephone transmitter causes
the electric current which flows
through it to huctuate in step with
the fluctuations of the sound waves
striking it.
The photo electric cell will cause
the current flowing through it to
f1uctuate in step with the fiuctua-
tons in the light waves striking it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
SAYS

Onf greatest Handicap Today
Is That Prosperity Has
Made Us Soft.
NEW YORK. May 2s.-Janes A.
4 Farrell, head of United States
Steel, whom no one will accuse of
being an optimist at any rate not
the kind who paints pretty pictures
to fool other people, believes that
We have seen the worst OF this de-
preston.
But he is careful to qualify this
belief.
I'VE possess within ourselves the
power to lead in world trade re-
covery," he says. This power, to be
effective, must be directed to the
solution of our domestic situation.
If we would aid the world, cur ef-
forts must begin at home"
That is just a polite way OF re-
minding us to quit expecting other
people to restore prosperity in these
United States, and accept the job
as chiefly our own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Legislation Could Help

President Hoover said he will not call a special
session of ngresS because can not 'legislate"
selves out Of the depression.
When thu President said that, he apparently for
got about the tariff law and the prohibition law.
II the President had the courage to call congress
into emergency session and ask it c modify the tariff
and repeal the prohibition law, he would help restore
prosperity. The country is opposed to The high tariff
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
lust Yell Red

ONE wonders how our forefathers
~ got along without reds" With
what magic word did they alibi
themselves or squelch opposition?
Think of the vast amount Of let
ter writing George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson might have avoid
ed if they only could have yelled
''red' at those who found fault or
disagreed with them.
This is certainly labor saving
age.
About all statesmen have to do,
however, is sit quietly down and
holler red" every, so often.
Just another example of those
short cut methods in which we de-
light.
What's the use to bother with dis
cussion or even thinking, when you
can clinch the point with one lit
tie word?
Why waste time reasoning things
out, when you can appeal to preju-
dice?
If they only knew it, our poll
ticians and professional patriots owe
the reds" an everlasting debt of
gratitude.
When and by what majorities did
Kentucky vote for statewide prohi-
bition?
The amendment to the state con-
Stitution of Kentucky providing for
statewide prohibition was sub
mitted to vote of the people at
the November election, 1919, and
was adopted by a majority of 10,717.
Why is New Orleans called THE
Crescent City,"
Because it is located in the cres-
cent made by bend in the Missis-
sippi river at that place.
Have there been any popes. who
were not Italians?
Pope Sylvester II was a Span
lard, though he was born in south
ern France. Adrian w nicholas
BreakspeaD was English and Adri-
an VI (Adrian DedeD was a Dutch
man. There were several French
men, All have been Italians since
1891.
What salary does the Governor OF
Ohio receive?
$4,000 year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EE942S

TE7HE time just about mas come for
A. me to leap in and support the
market. Almost any morning now
I purpose to stride into the brokers'
Office and exclaim in a loud, firm
tone, BUY me ten shares of Gold
Dust at 301s!"
Some wise trader once remarked
that when the bull market became
a f1rst-page story it was expedient
for spectators to get out. And
probably the reverse is also true.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
ARRIVAL OF SURGEONS
May rs


ON May 20, 1917, the first sani-
~ tary squadron of the American
expeditionary corps arrived in Paris
from London on its way to the
front. 1t received a tremendous
ovation.
The squadron was composed of
$50 physicians, surgeons and IS
nurses, who marched through the
streets with the American flag fly
ing and drums and flies playing.
They proceeded to a British camp
in the suburbs of Paris, which had
been placed at their disposal.
On this day a German airplane
raid was made on the southeast
coast of England. Seventy persons
were killed and TIA injured.
The raid took place at 6 in the
evening, while most Of the victims
were doing their supper shopping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

Debacles in headlines generally in
dictate the preliminary rumblings
of better day.
My rule is not precisely like that.
I go by what the barber tells me.
If he knows a stock which surely
will rise SO points within a week,
then begin to assume that the
market has been overbought.
just now the barber is giving no
tips of that kind. On the con-
trary, he whispers in my ear the
names of banks which will close
their doors before Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Maraziue

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hyxeia, the Health
Magazine.
THE national committee on
l. utilization of wood just has
made available through the United
States department of commerce a
pamphlet on How to Judge a
House"
From the point of view Of health
there are many factors concerned
in judging a house that ordinarily
are given little thought by the per-
son who is purchasing home or
building one.
Too often the decision is made
on the color of the paint, the size
Of the guest room, or the disposition
Of the neighbors
Far more important from the
point of view of Inability is the
plumbing, the exposure to the at
mosphere and the sun, the quality
of the furnace and the ventilation.
The gutter and down spouts are
concerned greatly with the proven
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

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 CIR disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this naper.-The Editrr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Daily Thought

Seek the Lord and ye shall live.
Amos Sc.
Repentance is second innocence.
DE Bonald.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Questions and
Answers

What is electroIysis?
The chemical decomposition of a
conducting surface caused by the
flow of current through it. =
What proportion of homes in the
United States are owned by the &C.
cupants and what proportion are
rented?
According to the latest census
there were 20,255,55 homes in the
United States of which 1887 1897
were rented and the balance owned.
How many Communists votes were
cast in the United States in the last
presidential election?
About 48,77O.
What depth did William Beebe
reach off the Bermuda islands in
June, 1880?
In steel ball with fused quartz
windows he sank to a depth of 1926
feet off Nonesuch Island, Bermuda.
Who is the youngest college presi-
dent in the United States?
The youngest president of large
university is Robert NJ. HutchinS,
University of Chicago. He was 80
years old in January, 1881.
Who is the patron saint of Scot
land?
st. Andrew.
From what is the name Gilbratar
derived?
The rock of Gibraltar was called
Calpe by the Greeks, and was one Of
the pillars of Hercules. Later it was
the landing place of the Saracen
leader Tarik, and was called by him
Gabel-al-T arik, Hill of Tarik" from
which Gibraltar was derived.
When did President Wilson ask
congress to declare war against Ger
many?
April 2, 1917.
What was John Marshall?
/ All ALleI1CdII JuI4SI, GA41SA JUoU4S Va
the United States supreme court,
1901 1884.
What is the population Of the
largest city in the world?
London has an estimated popula-
tion>of $4,000.
What is the catalogue value of a
United States Decent piece dated
IS41?
From 10 to Is cents.
Where did the expression "a cat
may look at a king" originate?
1t is the title of pamphlet pub
ished in London in 1862.
Why do woodpeckers peck?
They are in search of food anc
with their powerful chisel-like heaks
they clip off loose bark or dig int
the decayed wood in which the egg
or larvae Of insects have been hid.
den. They do little harm to tree
ard destroy noxious woodborerS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
Couldn't Cut With Knife

nut of SO much gloom some good
- must come. Not even the most
left wing radicals paint as gloomy
a future for America and the world
in general as do my Wall Street
friends when the blinds are down
Not only is every stock upon the
list going down to zero, as I under
stand it, but presently all quota
tons will be preceded by minus
signs.
And so it is more than possible
that the spring of the financial
world is about to begin. 1t will not
burst upon us, but here and there
q green shoot may be seen. And ]
hope this is true, even though ]
speak as a radical.
If it were so that hard times
sharpened the wits Of sufferers and
opened their minds to new ideas
there would be some silver lining in
periods of distress. 1t just doesn't
seem to work that way
When men are miserable they
take out their energy in moaning
and have very little time fol-
thought.
We learn nothing during disas-
tiers. A new start can be made
much better from somewhat higher
levels. Tt is something like the case
of survivors in a lifeboat trying tc
keep afloat in heavy seas.
When they are in the trough
there is for them no horizon. 1t il
a waste of time to talk of blue skies
to men who can see only greer
water.
Accordingly, If the pinch grows
less, there may be a chance tx
preach the gospel Of do you wan
to go through the same sort o.
times again?"
Dissatisfaction is not much USE
unless there is a chance to point
and channel it. When people are
sore at the whole world every rem,
edy which anybody suggests seems
to them no more than another
piece Of quackery.
In the long run mankind lives b!
slogans. This is just as true o.
those who follow Marx as thos'
who bow down in awe to Mellon.
Since the old slogans have gonl
overheard, there is little hoSpitalit,
for new ones, even though the.
voice an entirely different point o
view.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

Ne,0 Uses for the Electric
Eye" Are Being Found
Every Day.
THE electric eye which sciencs
i has given the world not only
will do many of the things which
the human eye can do, but it will
do some of them better. 1t has an
additional advantage over the hui
man eye in that 1t never sleeps
The electric eye vii replace hui
man observer or operator in any
circumstance where the function Of
the human is to perform certain
definite act or series of acts in re-
spouse to the appearance, change.
or disappearance Of light or color.
1t will count the number OF peo-
pie entering a theater, store, or sub
way. It will count the number or
people going down a street. IL VIII
operate a traffic signal.
It will turn on lighthouse when
the sun sets or when fog develops.
It will sort cigars according to the
shades of the wrappers. 1t will ring
a fire alarm. Those are just Few
of the things which it will do.
New uses for the electric eye are
being found every day. 1t is perhaps
best known to the public as the
central device of the television APP
paratus. It's technical name, OF
course, is the photo-electric cell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

1t is no surprise to read that George Bernard Shaw
is writing songs. He has put on airs before
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

The slump has hit Ohio hard. Look what has hap
pened to the Cincinnati and Cleveland teams!
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A Dangerous Decision
Think it over, Mr.. PRESIDENT

dangerous Decision
The people Of the United States have lost much
more than the fellowship of two worthy persons bv
the United States supreme courts decision BARRING
Professor Douglas C. Macintosh of Yale divinity
school and Marie Ayerill Bland war nurse, from
citizenship
The extent of the loss will not be anparent At
once But 1t is already apparent that five members
of the court the protest of the other four have
given decision which opens the way for executive
uSurpation Of legislative power and which, in effect
imposes religious test a qualification for citizen
ship.
DR.. Macintosh and Miss Bland refused to promise
unqualiedly to bear arms for this country in time
of war Their religion forbade
They have been barred from citizenship not by a
requirement Of the naturalization law but by an
Interpretation written in by the department of labor
ana sustained by the courtS-in spite of the warn
ing from Chief Justice Hughes that this is dangerous
ground.
departmental zeal may not be allowed to outrun
the authority conferred by statute" said Hughes in
his dissent, with which Justices Holmes Brandeis
and Stone concurred "That the general words (of
the law have not been regarded as implying a
promise to bear Notwithstanding religious con-
Scientious scruples, requiring one to promise
to put temporal power above what is sincerely be-
heVed TO be ones duty to God, is apparent, think,
from consideration of their histories {. it was not
the intention of congress in framing the oath to
impose religious test
The reason and justice of these words did not
impress the majority of the court Their decision
may affect far than naturalization laws if it
is applied widely.
There's one born every minute" as Barnum
classic saying goes. And maybe that's what all this
fuss about birth control is about.
You don't have to go to Hollywood for screen tests
anyone who has tried to adjust one on his window
will testify.
Those alien gangsters ordered deported by secre-
tary Of Labor William Nuckles Doak probably feel his
middle name worst.
Wreckless BARRIERS have made more clean-cut young
men than tailors.
Then there's the undesirable citizen who told to
leave town, turned on his radio to get distance.
1t is no surprise to read that George Bernard Shaw
is writing songs. He has put on airs before
The slump has hit Ohio hard. Look what has hap