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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04

derness in the region Of the gall
bladder and appendix.
So far as the age at which disease
occurs is concerned, the ages in
both groups seem to be the same.
Sex differences in the occurrence of
various diseases are factors which
interest physicians greatly, parti-
cularly in the matter of making a
diagnosis.
There was a time when certain
diseases were limited. almost exclu-
sively to men, even those that did
not affect tissues or organs pecu~
liarly masculine.
Since women have come to a
large extent out of the home and
into industry and into similar po-
litically active positions, they begin
to show disturbances which former
ly were limited almost wholly to
men.
In the past the life expectancy of
women was in general greater than
that of man at any given age, and
among people living to 100 years of
age there usually would be more
women than men.
Equality Of effort and associated
Herewith equality of exposure
makes it likely that in the future
this distinction will not maintain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04
Referee Needed

THERE is much to be said for
h 10th sides. If a story is alb
sorbing to such a degree that I am
projected into the book and my own
physical Surroundings melt into a
wraithlike background its construc-
ton becomes less than secondary.
1 am for the moment unaware of
grammatical errors, faulty punctua-
ton and the like. Or if I do notice
some glazing mistake I might say
to myself: ooh, well, that is pretty
bad, but what's the difference? The
story is good, and this man knows
what he's talking about"
imagine that this is so with most
people who read for pleasure. And,
to be sure, except in the case of re-
CURED reading for students or
Savants, reading should be classed
as an amusement. I was never in
sympathy with the theory that we
should read books only for the
knowledge to be cleaned or the
moral lesson to be learned.
There are many who feel that
way about shows. A musical COM
edy or revue is considered scan
dalous waste of time and money.
1t must be that we have not yet
lived down that old puritanical
prejudice against the lighter things
in life.
Evidently to live righteously is to
groan and sweat during our youth.
And when we are old enough to
reap the rewards of unremitting toll
we will have lost our taste for the
glitter and froth and laughter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04

just itself to new ways. In his eff
fort to keep himself before the
public he has done little more than
make himself slightly ridiculous.
In taking up the cudgels for the
down-trodden he has fallen into
that class known as "parlor Bolshe-
viks." And as "parlor Socialists"
were once the butt of bitter and
ironic spoofng, so now is the par
lor Bolshevik" in similar position.
He is too radical for the respect
able citizenry and too conservative
Tor the reds. He belongs nowhere
and walks alone most of the time.
Dresser, much against his wishes.
has fallen into that class of writer's
who may not be slapped. I think
he liked it better when he could
stand toe to too and slug and take
his chances.
Copyright. 1881, by The Tiuesl
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THE ~4TH" IN FRANCE
July 4

TINE Fourth Of July, 1917, was
L cele ed enthusiastically
throughout France. In Paris the
chief feature of interest was
presence of a battalion Of United
States troops which was about TO
leave for the front.
Everywhere the Stars and Stripes
were flung from public buildings,
hotels, residences, cars, cabs and
carts.
In the chapel before the Tomb
Of Napoleon, General Pershing re-
ceived American flags and banners
from the hands Of President Poin-
care.
The enthusiasm of the vast
crowds which lined the walks
reached its highest pitch when Gen
eral Pershing escorted by by Pres
ident Poincare, Marshal Joffre. and
other French dignitaries, reviewed
the lines of the Americans drawn up
in square formations.
Cheering broke out anew when
the American band struck up the
rMarseillaise, and again when the
French band played THE Star
Spangled Banner" and Pershing
received the flags from the pres
ident. ''Vivent les Americans! Vive
Pershingl INVENT les Etats Unisl"
shouted over and over by the crowd,
greeted the American standard
bearers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04
Injustice 10 Doors

1T has been that way since the
Il dawn of consciousness.
Men confronted with the actual
problem of doing thing, whether
physical, moral or artistic, are
mainly responsible for what we
know or think we know.
By and large, however, these men
are unknown.
By and large, the spectators who
watched from a safe distance, or
even gathered their information
secondhand and then wrote what
they had seen or heard, are given
the lions share of the credit.
BY and large, we pay vastly more
attention to the record than to what
it records.
All this has led to an exaltation
of tale-tellerS and commentators
which, no matter how deserving
they may be, does a grave injustice
to those achievements gave them
something to tell or criticise.
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Tools Are Ideas

THE value of a thing can best be
L determined by considering how
well we could get along without it.
Now, what would happen if we
were to suddenly lose all of our
tools, especially those of a common
place variety, such as axes, scythes,
saws, bits, hammers and nails?
No one regards them as of very
great consequence compared to pro-
verbs, precepts and poetry, but Just
what would life be like if they were
to disappear suddenly.
They represent ideas, of course,
frequently born of a terrific struggle
for existence, but somehow we never
think of them in that light.
The chances are that no poem ever
cost such mental labor as the pro-
duction of the first bit, or represent
ed any higher degree of imagination,
but somehow we can't see it that
way,
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gave us and ask for that or a part
OF that which truly is theirs.
What right has a citizen got anv
more? 1t would have been differ
ent II those men who recently Wis?
tied your fair city in orderly man
ner had been armed or had shown
some sign of violence. It must be
understood that there is no red or
ganlzatlon in Marion, and at no
time have our citizens been any,
thing but truly American in every
way. Truly our men were onIv
workers, but who dare to challenge
US for being such? We don't choose
to be beggars, but ask only for a
chance to earn a decent, honest
living.
While the officers and mayor of
our city did not care to receive the
Reds" with open arms, they are at
least broadminded enough to treat
them with courtesy. The only thing
red about me is the blood in nv
body, and I want to preserve that to
see the time when We can all be
democratic enough to do justice to
our fellow-men.
w. c. BREWER.
1876 Marion avenue, Marion, Ind.
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Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-It is very gratifying
to know that we have a few people
left in our great country who
dare to ask for a few things which
rightly belong to them.
While I do not care to support or
have any part in parade or dem
onstration of the so-called Russian
Reds" those who see red are not al
ways the Reds" It certainly does
not speak well for any police force
or any one else to abuse and pum-
mel and even literally ride over citi-
zens with horse, just because they
have taken the liberty that God
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Eating Alfalfa

DR. WHITE goes on to say:
O"The agricultural practices which
would follow such a train Of de-
velopments are, of course, tremen-
dous. Crops would be developed for
the fats which they contain. Why,
these chemists yet may have us eat
ing alfalfal
I'VE engineers hold no brief for
the COW or the hog, the cotton plant
or vegetable oils. but we are fun
damentaIly interested in seeing the
human race properly fed, clothed
and housed at low overall cost"
Now, then, whatsshall we say Of
the possibility of synthetic chem
lstry supplanting the cow2 In all
probability it will some day do it.
But the big question is, when?
Unquestionably, the chemist has
worked many wonders to date. BY
syntheis, that is, the putting to-
gether Of various chemical elements,
he has built compounds which never
existed before.
AS sample Of the chemists art,
ASS I9 1AAAt W WiAob llC lids dDlG
to do with skim milk, a product, in
cidentally, which he would not have,
If the COW was abolished.
The chemist separates the casein
from the skim milk. Out of casein,
he has succeeded in making CLUES.
paints, coatings for paper and case
in plastics. Articles made from
the plastics include buttons, beads,
combs, fountain pens, imitation
ivory, and hundreds of similar OBJ
jects.
The chemist has succeeded In
making gasoline from coal. He has
achieved all sorts of wonders.
But any chemist will admit that
the problem of providing a product
to take the place of milk still is be-
yond the knowledge of science.
II - -
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Mystery of Vitamins

WITAMINS will help to illustrate
' the point. Until few years
ago, dietitians talked of carbo-
hydrates, fats, and proteins, and
thought that they we're telling the
whole story. Then vitanins were
discovered.
There still is much to be learned
about vitamins. The chemical COM
position of vitamins requires much
study. There is no reason to sup
pose that all the vitamins in exist
ence have been discovered.
Slowly, however, progress Is be-
ing made. One, therefore, should
not be too much Of a pessimist.
A noted physicist once wrote a
paper to prove why the trans-At-
lantic cable never would carry mes
sages. A famous American astron-
omer wrote a paper to prove why
the airplane never could be a sue
cess.
But the cables carry messages
Under the ocean today and airplanes
fly over it.
Some new discovery suddenly
may accelerate progress in the field
of synthetic chemistry at an I'M
dreamed-of rate. That sort Of thing
may happen.
But at the present moment, farm
ers will do well not to sell their
cows. The COW may be inefficient.
It may be a lot of work to feed the
cow, to clean the cow, and to milk
the COW.
Perhaps no one would be happier
to get rid Of the COW than would
the farmer.
But the mechanical COW seems
still a long ways of. $3.50
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= = =
Art and Ability

A FEW contend that beauty and
"A utility are inseparable, that
perfection in accordance with any
one principle leads to perfection in
accordance with all others.
II such philosophy has any basis
we owe a great deal to those things
which have been brought into being
and perfected for practical use.
Take an ak handle, for instance,
a French telephone set, or the body
of a modern automobile, and you
will see how art has not only COM
bined with utility, but been helped
by it.
Designers have contributed great
deal, no doubt, but the criticisms
and suggestions of those actually
using these appliances have con-
tributed far more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04
SCIENCE
.Y DAVIn DIETZ-


The Mechanical Con- Stu Ap-
pears to Be Far in the Fu-
ture.
THE notion Of a mechanical COW.
= once attributed to Henry Ford,
is brought forward again. this time
by Dr.. E. a. White of Chicago. DR..
White expressed his views at the.
twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers at Iowa State college.
Like Ford, DR.. White looks upon
the COW as an inefficient machine
for production of food.
DR.. White looks to synthetic
chemistry to replace the COW. 1t
is q dream similar to that which
other chemists have had. Many
look forward to the day when syn
thetic chemistry shall abolish all
factories, utilizing sunlight directly
to feed mankind.
But let us hear from DR.. White
on the subject Of the COW before we
discuss these ideas. He says:
Look at all the work required.
Why should the human race be
compelled to feed, clean, and milk
COWS twice daily. sos days a year,
to obtain fats, minerals and vita
minS?
THE engineer Is interested in a
better way, and therefore will join
hands with the chemist in the pro-
duction and utilization of vegetable
fats. There is every reason to be-
lieve that ten years hence, butter
VIII be facing much more intense
competition than is the case to-
day"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.


Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
GONE years ago the Commission
~ on Medical Education, after
studying the cases in the practice
Of numerous general practitioners,
came to the conclusion that 80 per
cent of diseases coming to the at
tention of physicians could be
handled by general practitioners
with the amount Of equipment that
could be carried in a handbag.
Statistical studies of diseases are
important, because they show ply
sicians the kind of work for which
they must be prepared.
One organization which makes
examinations of men and women at
periodic intervals recently has COM
pared the, rates for disease among
men and women as determined by
the examination of 1858 people.
The women included workers of
all types, housewives, clerks in
stores and those serving in the va
rious professions. Many of the con-
ditions from which the women
suffer are connected with childbirth.
The rates are higher among women
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04
ToiIerS Sighted

TINE idea that civilization Is a
l. by-product of abstract dreamerS
has been emphasized out of all rea-
son. Thoughts translated into crea-
tons Of wood or metal have received
scant credit compared to those ex-
pressed in words.
Until very recent times history
ignored the workaday world.
1t appears to have been taken for
granted that men who toiled could
not think, and that the implements
by which they lifted themselves out
OF the jungle, built better houses
and made possible a healthier type
of life are not to be mentioned in
the same breath with the songs they
sang.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY HF FT02%

he attained his peak at the begin
ming of his writing career. AS 1
have said before, SISTER Carrie"
and Jennie Gerhardt" were for me
the best things he ever did.
1t is too bad that Dresser did not
achieve fame at an earlier age, be-
fore the drab monotony of poverty
had a chance to seep into his bones.
In the days when he was considered
shocking and his books were barred
from respectable homes and IL
braries it was considered quite
smart by the sophisticates to like
him. Now, such is the f1eeting
quality of fame, people Of discern
ment refuse to recognize him as one
of our great writer's.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04
Blinded to Framework

"A N educational system, moth
4 y eaten with classical culture, So
called, has blinded us to the real
framework Of human progress.
1t has caused us to be vastly more
interested in ornaments on the roof
than in the foundation.
There is a widespread belief that
a few arts, fine or otherwise, could
be depended on to save the world,
no matter what occurred.
AS a corollary to this belief, art
istry has come to be looked upon
as confined to a few exclusive fields.
The idea OF aSsociating it with COM
merce or mechanics is still repug-
nant.
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SEE where Theodore Dresser ha.

T SEE where Theodore Dresser has
L been the butt of rather heated
controversy in F. P. AS Coming
Tower in the Herald Tribune. My
colleague, Frank Adams, seems to
have expressed the opinion in an
earlier column that DreiSer's failure
to conform to certain standards of
writing shows lack of good taste.
Many of his readers, on the other
hand, have the feeling that split
infnitive here and there has Moth
ing to do with the case so long as
the writer pens the truth rs he
sees it.
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SAYS.

Tools Represent Ideas Born
of a Terrific Struggle for
Existence, bat We Never
Think of Them in That
Light.
NEW YORK, July Am this day
~ of unexpected discoveries and
startling inventions, it is easy to
trace the effect of mechanical
progress on social, moral and even
religious concepts.
Average people find little diff
Guilty in understanding how apart
ment houses automobiles, broad
casting and other innovations have
altered not only their habits, but
their views.
1t is probable that the same thing
has been true in other ages. AS
Carlisle says, man is a tool using
animal.
His power to appropriate, adapt
and create instruments includes far
more than what those instruments
enable him to do in a material sense.
For one thing, their mere manufac-
ture has greatly increased his abil-
ity to think,
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Daily Thought

It is an honor for a man to
cease from strife; but every fool
will be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 20:3.
All, how happy would many lives
be If individuals troubled themselves
as little about other peoples affairs
as about their own.-Lichtenberg.
What is the debt of the United
States to foreign countries on ac-
count Of the World war?
The United States does not have
any war debts to foreign countries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-04

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor.
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For the Elite

DUT getting back to our literary
- discussion, want to say a word
for the stylists. I have read many
books that had very little to offer
in the way Of a plot. AS matter
Of fact, in some cases they might
just as well have remained unwrit-
ten so far as the stories themselves
were concerned. Yet I have found
them absorbing in different way.
There Is an almost sensuouS pleas
ure to be had from the music of
cadenced words and the rhythm
and sweep Of perfectly constructed
sentences.
You can close your eyes and i'm
agine you are listening to Rimsky-
KorSakoff's "Scheherazade" or a
Chopin waltz. One gets the effect
Of floating on a sea OF beautiful
sound. And at the end there is no
problem TO puzzle over-just feet
ing memory of rhythmic and scin-
tillating beauty. I imagine that a
gourmet gets much the same effect
from a perfect meal.
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Food for the Soul

HIS social life has suffered ac-
4 Il cordingly. Evidently an ego
starved too long can not freely adj
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who happen to be at the head of such institutions or
employed in them to be more brutal
The only question is whether the peone of tbis
county being officially warned of such brutalties will
stand for political protection for this savagery.
One good way Of celebrating the anniversary If tho
Declaration of Independence might be to write LET
ter to the county commissioners demanding freedom
from brutality for the helpless wards of the county
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RIIJndering, Sincere

DREISER, Of course, does not At.
IL into this category. But he does,
or did, belong in that class that
knows how "a tell story.
Contrary 70 popular convictions
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1NA1 AO\/4 Lands

THE king of Denmark has made Hoger Hoiriis
knight of Danebroge for flying the Atlantic. But
We wouldn't fly over the large VolStead exhibit to be-
come any number of knights of Danebroge-what-
ever that might be.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
GRAPE GROWERS
MAY FACE
COURTS
Independents Offer Higher
Prices Than Pool Backed by
U. S. Farm Board on Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Sept.
16.-The experiment which the
Farm Board has been making in
crop control through the financing
of the California grape industry
took a new turn this week Wnen
Wiley M. Giffen. president OF the
raiSin pool, threatened court &C
ton to force growers to deliver
their crops to the pool at the con-
tract price instead of selling them
at a higher rate to independent
packers.
Whatever the outcome, the sit.
uation illuminates the whole prob
lem of farm relief through direct
governmental action.
Almost q Monopoly
The grape industry is almost a
California monopoly. Commercial
grape growing is carried in. a re
Stricted area and the product is
protected from foreign competition
by the tariff.
When the Farm Board stepped
into the picture last year the.
grape industry seemed to be a
ready-made laboratory in which
to work out larger farm prob
lens.
The industry was suffering from
a surplus hangover, the result Of
wild spree of expansion during
the years of initiation and high
prices.
Although the Farm Board Of
cred generous financing for the
co-eperatives and added the tempt
ing bonus of Volstead law i'm
munity for the grape concen-
trates, which of their own Volition
turn into legal wine. a hard and
frequently bitter campaign was
needed to induce the growers to
sign the Governments control
plan.
This, by the way. included a
provision strangely suggestive Of
the deSpiSed equalization fee for
the disposal of the surplus.
It must be admitted that the
plan worked. This season finds
the grape industry facing short
age, but some credit is due to the
accumulated drought and to vine
yard pests.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
U. S. GETS LEAST FOR COIN
Mitchell Calls
Navy Expensive
LuXurV

MIDDLEBURG, Va, Sept. 16
1.NS).-America spends nearly
a billion dollars a year for ma.
tional defense-and gets less per
dollar than any other nation on
earth.
This charge was made TODAY
by Brig. Gen. William Mitchell
wartime aviation hero. who was
court-martialed five years ago be,
cause he criticised the aviation
policies Of the Army and Navy
Put under five years suspension
Mitchell promptly resigned his
commission. retired to his Vir.
ginia stock farm and now raises
thoroughbred hunters for bust.
ness and flies for recreation.
Holiday Too Short
Economies suggested through
the medium of q five-year naval
holiday are far too short, Mitchell
said. He declared:
"Our Navy Is an expensive
luxury, while our aviation has
been turned over to financial
and political prOfiteers.
I'VE should 20 much further
than suggestions for a five-year
naval building holiday.
I'VE should consolidate all our
national defense into a single
department Of the air, a depart
ment of the Army and a depart
ment Of the Navy. This alone
will reduce expenses vastly and
make our defense more efficient.
Aviation Leads All
Mitchell maintained, as he did
in his differences with the two
West Pointers, Maj. Gen. Charles
P. Summerall, chief of staff, and
Mai. Gen. Mason Patrick, then
chief of air service. that aviation
dominates the surface of the
ocean. He insisted:
aircraft absolutely dominates
Seacraft and can sink or destroy
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
} Passengers, Pilot
KILLED When Plane
. Crashes Into Water

OAKLAND AIRPORT, Calf :,
Sept. Is GN.S9 Three passen-
gers and a pilot in a Pacific
cir transport plane bound for
Seattle were killed today when
the plane crashed into San Fran
cisco Bay.
According to airport atten-
dants, the pilot, Ray Budreau,
had turned back after he had
flown about ten miles and had
circled the airport, his motor
wide open.
AS he swung over the bay the
nlane suddenly plunged down
ward about half mile off shore.
The passengers were:
Kirk HERE, Seattle, Wash,
Newspaper man; w. H. Bissel and
a. /. Shehan, both of San Fran
cisco. The pilot was Ray Bou-
dreau.