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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
The Melting Pot

TT amazes me that now we sud-
Il denly should take the attitude
that all knowledge and all vision are
ours and that we have nothing
further to learn.
Since this was not SO in the past,
why should we assume that all at
once we have become wholly self
contained, both Intellectually and
spiritually?
There are practical and plausible
arguments for cutting down the tide
of immigration at a time when mil
lions here are unemployed.
But even these regulations we
should accept regretfully as tenn
porary expedients, which we hope to
discard in the near future.
1t was not a slight thing that
America stood for a century in the
imagination of the world as haven
for the oppressed and all those suf-
fering under the weight of tyranny
1t will not be good thing if from
now on we turn cold shoulder up
on the rebels of our own day. It
was healthy thing for us to well
come stalWart and independent
thinking men and women from afar
It still is vital to our growth and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
Independence Square


ONCE 1889, the American PHI
~ 1osophical Society has been
meeting in its own quarters, build
ing adjoining Independence hall in
independence Square, Philadelphia.
Here in a room whose walls are
decorated with priceless relics, paint
ings and busts of patriots, states
men and pioneer scientists, and
medals and scientific instruments
which belonged to Americas first
scientists, the annual meeting of the
society is held.
The meetings are impressive. The
room by itself is impressive. But
when the leaders of present. day
science in America gather in it, the
sight is doubly impressive.
The meetings are tribute to the
far-sighted genius of Franklin, who
distinguished himself in the field OF
science as we'll as in the realms Of
craftsmanship and diplomacy.
But despite the appeal of the old
meeting room, the society is now
engaged in a campaign to raise ST.
100000 for the erection and endow-
ment of new home.
The old building is not adequate
to house the society's library and
historical collections. There are not
sufficient rooms for offices and
meetings.
The new building is to stand on
the parkway, within the site of the
Museum of Art and the free library.
adding another structure to q great
civic center.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
- II \ COM nv FREDERICK
ANA<A AOO4 lands

MISS RUTH NICHOLS of Rye, N. " is a very
NA unusual young woman, for already she is fier
apart from all others of her SEX
She holds the worlds speed and altitude records
for women.
But this is not enough and she now plans to walk
up to Fate and snap her manicured fingers under
his very by flying from Newfoundland to Paris
and all alone, la Lindbergh
We hate to see her do it, for such trip is utterly
useless, except for the ticker tape which it may
bring to her lap when she rides up Broadway, should
she succeed in making the audacious hop.
LII there is to learn of a practical nature from
n such flight has been learned from the expert
enceS Of those who have negotiated the great leap.
In fact ocean flying has become about as passe as
channel swimming
And it would be shame to lose girl like Ruth.
If she simply must have adventure, let her toss
ler bonnet into the political arena and so after the
various forms of repulsive animal life that clut
SerS up New York politics.
There she could find thrills aplenty.
One is not surprised to hear Mr.. Wickersham say
that lawless public officers largely to blame for
the horrible state of law enforcement and the cynical
regard for constitutional authority which covers the
land
IF you viii just take automobile ride out of any
4 county seat with one who is familiar with the
place he will point out to you scores of places known
If all men to be the establishments Of bootleggers
And why do they go untouched?
Go ask the officers, supposed to handle such things
But this isn't the worst of it by a long shot, for
clear up to the top of the criminal calendar there's
the same rotten condition. murder having become a
mere social indjscretion in the United States the
guilty having bouquets thrown at them all along the
line by everybody from the lowy juror to the august
supreme judge
It's not healthy sign, ladies and gentlemen.
Older nations than ours have gone to the boneyard
because they did not do the work they Gre
ated to do.
We have lost our faith in courts and we have al
most ESt capacity for righteous indignation.
Beyond that lies the end.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

progress to receive new and rich
blood into our veins.
This land of ours is still a living
thing. We haven't yet become q
sort of Union Club dedicated to pro-
y1ding comfortable chairs for old
gentlemen whose record of achieve
ment has been completed.
If there is any truth in the saying
that there's always room at the top,
can't we be confident enough of our
potentialities to shove over a little
and make room for any stranger
who comes to us inspired by a
tradition and a vision which we set
and must not quit?
~(Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
Questions and Answers,

the earth'S atmosphere causes them
to become red hot by friction and
most of them are consumed before
reaching the earth's surface. A few
fall to the surface as masses of
blackened stone or metal.
How much of the motion picture
film taken by the Byrd expedition
to the south pole was used in the
feature entitled, with Byrd at the
South Pole?" Where was it edited
for exhibition?
Thirty miles of film were photo
graphed by the Byrd expedition and
about two miles or more than II 200
feet were selected for exhibition.
All of the scenes were made on the
expedition. Titling and editing was
done at the Paramount studios.
Is there a book in the Bible called
"The History of Susanna"
The history of Susanna Is an
apocryphal addition to the Book of
Daniel and is not contained In the
King James Version Of the Bible.
Many old Bibles do contain the
Apocrypha, however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
The Changing World

a FEATURE of this years meet
1 n ing was a symposium on 1.-The
Changing World" In keeping with
a policy adopted by the society a
few years ago, an inquiry is being
made to chart the development of
science and its effect upon life.
The symposium was divided into
three sections. The first dealt
with Tendencies in the Natural
Sciences" Speakers and their
subjects were:
Frank Schlesinger, director of the
Yale university observatory. 1.-THE
Astronomers Goal"
Arthur H. Compton, professor of
physics, University of Chicago, 1.-THE
Assault on Atoms and Molecules"
William Morton Wheeler, profess
sor of entomology, Harvard univer-
sity, Hopes in the Biological
Sciences"
Lee K. Franke1, second vice-presi-
dent, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, "Lengthening the Span
of Life
Willis R. Whitney, director. re-
search laboratory, General Electric
Company, Technology and Mate
rial Progress"
The second section of the SYM
postum dealt with Tendencies In,
the Field of the Social Sciences y
Speakers included Professor ErnestI
M. Patterson Of the University of
Pennsylvania, WaIdemar Kaempff-
ert of the New York Times, Arthur
Woods, chairman Of the Hoover
emergency committee for employ-
ment, and Congressman James M.
Beck.
The third section was a round
table discussion, led by Professor
Edwin G. ConkIin of Princeton
university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

Where was Maureen O'Sullivan
educated? How ola is she?
She was born May IT, 1911, and
was educated in Dublin and London
converts, and at a finishing school
in Paris. She studied piano and
voice culture in Paris and engaged
in amateur theatricals whenever
she had an opportunity.
What were the gate receipts for
the two Dempsey Tunney fights,
and how much did each receive?
For the first fight the receipts
were approximately 100000, and
Dempsey received about $780, 900
and Tunney 100000. For the Sec
ond fight approximately $4,000
was taken in, and Tunney received
$1,000 600 and Dempsey $450.000.
Do any stars really fan to the
earth?
Stars do not fall; so-caIed
shooting stars or falling stars are
in reality meteorites. small masses
of matter which are attracted from
outside space into the gravitation
field of tina earth and fall toward
the earth. Their rapid fall through
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
City and Country

Inc farm board announces it will stop attempt
ing to peg the price of wheat-which everybody knew
must end some time-and it crashes on to the front
page and stays there a day or two Politicians get
excited
The census bureau announces that 6O5oOoo per-
sons are wholly without work-which independent
economists had discovered earer-and it gets on the
front page, but stays there shorter time Poll
ticians get excited, but not so much So
Maybe that is because most of our political
leaders come from agricultural states
But, whatever the reason, it has been evident for
long time that when the farmer is in distress it is
time for the federal government to do something
But when the unemployed city dweller is in distress
it's time for him to do something for himself or
get his former prospective employers or his neigh
bors to help him.
We spend $80O0O0OOO to laid" farmers and ap-
propriate $59O000 to set up the new United States
employment sterilization board and broaden the
work of the United States employment service
But we could spend twice times half billion
dollars to give relief farmers and accomplish al
most nothing if the city folk stayed jobless and had
no money to buy what the farmer raises.
If cops are the rum runners they're suspected OF
being, how about making that old expression read
"Au policemen have big fleets?
book on contract bridge sold $4,000 copies the
first three months. They say it got big play"
The boy who f1unked penmanship at school now
does neat turn at skywriting
I'll make the grade" said the professor boastfully
as he gave the student his mark
Most movie comics imagine they abound in his
trionc ability merely because they feel funny.
wealthy Pennsylvania has given $1o00OOO tc
help promote good will between this country and
Germany. In the interest of Hans across the sea.
Dorothy calls necking "a petty" ohense
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
No Crime to Talk
NHIO'S anti-red law has been de-
" clared unconstitutional The

nHIO'S anti-red law has been de-
~ clared unconstitutional. The
judge who did it was not only an
aviator in the World war, but was
shot down behind the German lines.
Men who have been up against
the real thing are not afraid of talk,
which seems to have been the issue
in this case.
Two federal agents, disguised as
workmen, reported that a fellow
mechanic had told them how he
had left rivets out of certain beams
and connections in the great airship
being built at Akron, for the pur-
pose of wrecking it.
He was arrested under the syndi-
calism law adopted by Ohio in 1919.
In declaring the law unconstitu-
tional, Judge Wanamaker says, in
so many words, that people have a
right to talk and that mere talking
doesn't constitute a crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

Usually when the humidity curve
is down, the symptom curve and
the pollen curve are up and vice
versa.
Whenever the rain falls, the
amount of pollens in the air is less
and the symptoms also are less.
The charts indicate that an in
creased amount of pollens in the
air frequently precedes by twenty
four hours an elevation in the
curve, indicating the severity of the
symptoms.
On days when there was a high
humidity from rain and low tenn
perature, there were less pollens in
the air and therefore less symptoms.
On days when there was a low
humidity, no rainfall and rela-
lively high temperature, the pollens
were profuse in the air and all the
patients suffered much more Sc
Venely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
ough on RaCketeers

Ougn on RdCKGt66fS
CPEAK1NG of gangsters, killer
~ Fred Burke just has pleaded
guilty to murder in Michigan and
given life sentence. Jack Oegs)
Diamond has been shot again;
Governor Roosevelt of New York
has ordered the attorney general
to take charge Of affairs in Greene
county, where the Diamond gang
has been making life miserable for
the inhabitants, and where a vigil
lance committee is being organized
to help him out.
II the racketeers keep on, they
will force similar harsh action in
other places. They have been hay
ing an easy time, with bootlegging
as an excuse, but the country is
getting tired of the way they have
abused the privilege.
Difficult as it may be to say any
thing good of the depression, you
have to admit that it has done a
lot to put graft, racketeering and
political corruption in their true
light.
There is nothing like a slump in
business to remind people how much
things cost and whether they are
quite necessary.
AS long as most of us were get
ting ours, We could afford to take q
tolerant attitude toward highbind-
ers, blackmailers and parasites
which the racket created, but we
can't now, and they should be
warned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
SCIENCE
Oldest Scientific Society in
America Holds It's Annual
Meeting In Philadelphia.
BY DAVID DIETZ,

T FADING scientists from al
- parts Of the United States
astronomers, biologists, biologists,
and others-gathered in Philadel-
phia last week for the annual meet
ing Of Americas Oldest scientific
society.
The organization is the American
Philosophical Society. The meeting
was its 204th one. for the society.
which was founded by Benjamin
Franklin, is older than the Amer
lean republic.
In 1927. Franklin, who just had
come of age, organized his friends
into society which he called the
Junto. At first the membership
was limited to twelve
But later he felt that, to usa his
own terms, 'virtuosi or ingenious
men residing in the several colonies"
ought to be invited to meetings at
Philadelphia. On May IA, 1743, he
wrote a letter to these men in which
he said:
1.-The first drudgery OF settling
new colonies, which confines the
people to mere necessities, now is
pretty well over and there are many
IN every province in circumstances
that set them at ease and afford
leisure to cultivate the finer arts
and improve the common stock Of
knowledge"
From this letter grew the Amer
lean Philosophical Society into
which the Junto was merged. Early
members included George Washing
ton, Jefferson, Hamilton, LAFAYETTE
and Tallerand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
TN 1929, Miss Marjorie Hopkins of
l. department of medicine in the
New York Postgraduate Medical
school and hospital made study
of the possible effect of daily fluc-
tuations in humidity and tempera-
lures on the degree of symptoms
in 103 patients with hay fever due
tool sensitazation to the pollens Of
ragweed.
A similar statement now has been
prepared covering conditions in
1880 and a chart has been worked
out indicating the relationship be-
tween the symptoms, the pollens
and the humidity.
It is found that the humidity
curve is proportional to the symp-
tom curve and the pollen curve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

The Country Is Getting Tired
of the WagR q C K ct G err S
Haze Abused Their PriUi-
leges.
NEW YORK, April 2s-This king
l OF Siam, about whom we used
to recite all the ribald poetry, is not
such queer or benighted chap.
He not only shows up well beside
the allegedly civilized members of
his craft, but has ideas regarding its
obligations and responsibilities
which some of them could follow
with profit.
In explaining the plan to grant
his people suffrage, he says: I'VE
adapt, not adopt, from the west"
That is happy thought, not only
for kings, but reformers.
Nothing does so much to hold
back progress as the notion we
must upset the whole applicant
every time a new toy, or a new
theory appears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-May I ask a ques-
ton? I hear SO many people say
charity. Please tell me where char
ity comes in. A man has to work
for what he gets, and, not only that,
but he must pay three or four
prices for everything. He will work
three days for a supposed-to-be SIS
basket of groceries. He must pay
anywhere from 5 to 90 cents more
than the regular prices.
For example, potatoes in such a
basket are 40 cents peck, when
they are 10 cents at any store.
Why can't the trustees give that
man the full amount in cash and
let him buy his groceries? No man
wants charity. He wants work
Give the men of Indianapolis a
chance. ROOTER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
Cernak Shows the Wav

TAXATION brings to mind the
l. inaugural address of Chicago's
new mayor, Anton j. Cermak.
He says that that city's problem
is to reduce taxes on the one hand,
and crime on the other.
He already has demonstrated how
the former can be accomplished by
firing 5000 city employees without
any apparent injury to the public
service.
1t only remains for him to get
rid OF an equal number of gang
Sters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

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 Oaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

How many German balloons and
Zeppelins were shot down during
the World war?
The number officially confirmed
is seyenty-three, but it is possible
that there we're a few more de-
stroyed that were not confirmed
officially.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

How does June 80 happen to be
the end of the fiscal year of the
United States government?
The act of congress of Aug. 26,
1912 fixed June 80 as the end of
the fiscal year. The principal rea-
son for fixing this date was that
the secretary of the treasury is re-
quired by law to report on the con-
dition of the treasury when con-
gresS assemblies. His only alterna-
tive when congress assembled early
in December was to render an in
complete report for the current
calendar year, or to submit a report
almost a year old. June 80 was
fixed as a date which would give
him time to prepare a complete re-
port for congress.
Is the dry dock at SaE Francisco
large enough for the largest vessel
now af1oat to dock in?
Yes. The dock at Hunters Point,
San Francisco. is one of the largest
in the United States. 1t is 1000
feet long and 10 feet wide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
Daily Thought

In his love and in his pity he
redeemed them.-Isaiah $3.50.
Pity makes the world soft for the
weak and noble for the strong
Edwin Arnold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

Most movie comics imagine they abound in h
trionic ability merely because they feel funny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

Dorothy calls necking "a petty" ofense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

A wealthy Pennsylvania has given $1,o00O0O to
help promote good will between this country and
Germany. In the interest of Hans across the sea-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

If cops are the runners they're suspected OF
being, how about making that old expression read
"Au policemen have big fleets?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

III make the grade" said the professor boastfulI
as he gave the student his mark
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

A book on contract bridge sold $4,000 copies the
first three months They say it got big play"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

Turnips as large as foot balls were
grown by II. Lawrence Of Coppersale,
England, this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
OFFICER TO GO TO OXFORD
Lieut.. C. H. Bonesteel Detailed to
study in England.

Second Lieut.. Charles H. Bonesteel,
H. Bcnesteel, u. S. Infantry, on duty
at the Army War College, has been de-
tailed as a student at oxford University,
England, for q period CT two years with
the privilege of extension for another
year II desired.
Lieut.. Bonesteel VIZ. graduated from
the Military Academy last June. At
present he is living with his father at
270l Connecticut avenue. He has ar
ranged to sail for England on the S. s.
September 80.
North Rhodesia has named It's new
capital Lusaka.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
CHAIN STORES FILE SUIT
TO PROTECT FIRM NAME
Injunction Sought Against Butcher
Using Sanitary" to Desig-
nate His Business.

An Injunction to prevent the use Of
The name Sanitary" in the conduct OF
q meat business by Frank J. Saiatto,
kfading as the sanitary Meat Market, I"
125 @ street, was asked In District SUI
preme Court yesterday by the Sanitary
Grocery Co., which conducts q number
OF stores In the District and in nearby
States.
The plaintiff company told the court
ats good win, including its name, is
valued at $2,554, 900, and that it does a
gross yearly business in excess Of
$50 200, 600.
Through Attorney A. Coulter Wells
che company asserted that it has suf-
9ered financial loss by reason Of use of
the word Sanitary" by the defendant
as a name for his place Of business.
It asked an accounting from the de-
PENDANT and damages OF $4,000 for the
alleged infringement Of its name.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
INDIANS HALT
STEER STREAK
Bluffs and Cats Split Two;
BUGS Fail Twice
To Sports
lBv The Associated Pressl

Yesterday saw the Dallas Steers
break their siX-game winning streak
when they lost 10 the San Antonio
Indians, Z to 3. Manager Happ
Morse gave a couple OF his rookie
hurlers a chance, but they spoiled
things by allowing San Antonio
too many hits ana runs for Dallas
own good. Aiken, a right handler
who had never witnessed a Class A
baseball game until he joined Da!-
las a week ago, opened for the
Steers. He pitched shutout pail for
tour innings. He allowed only four
hits and struck out three, but after
allowing two runs in the fifth, ne
was relieved by Mallett in the
sixth, who was in turn relieved by
Whitehead, another rookie who
worked in his first game for the
Steers. Tom Estell, veteran spit
ball hurler, went the route for san
Antonio. holding the Steers 70
seven hits.
Houston and Fort Worth split a
doubleheader. Leon Chagnon's eight
hit pitching beat the Buffaloes ,
to / in the initial 60. Chagnon out
pitched George washington Payne
second ranking pitcher in the
league. Hason stopped Fort Worth
with six hits in the nightcap 70
beat the combined pitching efforts
Of Jinx Harris and Paul Gribble, 8
TO (.
Shreveport made the Galveston
Buccaneers walk the plank for a
double defeat. II required ten in
nings for Shreveport to annex the
first game 5 TO 4. Cy Cashion's
home run gave Shreveport the SEC
ond game. 2 to /.
Beaumont swept a doub,eheader
from Wichita Falls. Luke Hamlin
smothered the Spudders with six
hits III the first game for a 4 to 0
decision. Buck Marrow allowed ten
hits in the second game, but lusty
hitting by his mates gave him an 3
to 4 victory over Lester White and
Pressnell, Wichita Falls mound
aces.