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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Views Of Times Readers

Editor Times-We have a plan
by which the country can be put on
a sound business base and will give
our countless people that are out
Of work permanent employment.
For the government to spend
large sums of money on road
building is the only relief that has
been offered to relieve this coun-
try's wide depression, that has
brought awful suffering to so many
of our people. It is staggering to
think Of this present condition,
where SO many of our good people
want to work and no work for
them to do.
There must be something done.
For the government to spend large
sums Of money on road building
will give only temporary relief. SO
why not use this money for some
thing that viii give permanent re-
lief?
Let the government issue bonds
and put a large per cent Of our I'M
employed on the farm. They can
earn their own living and won't
have to depend on the nanufac-
turer for it. That is what is wrong
with our country today. Too many
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Makes an Error

TITO some extent we have gotten
4 off on the wrong foot through
customs imposed by civilization.
Older traditions are sounder. We
are inclined to say, You must be
brave" or even, you must be
calm These are poor prescrip-
lions.
Primitive people have greater in
tuitive wisdom. IF the home life Of
a savage is broken by death or any
other disaster, he will. according to
the rites of his particular tribe,
manifest his grief and his unhappy
estates in some extremely vigorous
way.
He literally may put ashes upon
his head or join in a rhythmic
drum beat, And all forms Of fu-
neral marching or dancing are de-
signed to meet the same purpose.
Sorrow undoubtedly has its own
peculiar chemistry No one is cured
Of grief until his rnetaholiSn has
been altered. That, Of course, can
be partly brought about By his men
tai attitude.
There must be sound reasons In
the human body for the use of such
a system, and it may be an utter
mistake for modern society to be
done with public mourning and all
that It entails il the way Of furry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
No Time for Advice

IT'S a fearful thing to see an af-
i hicted animal. You can't even
try to ease his spirit with any of
the polite lies a friend would tell to
a man under similar circumstances.
didn't even try to tell him that
time is great healer That he had
to discover for himself.
And yet it wasn't time so much
as energy through which he came
out of the valley of complete tribu-
lation. And, though there was
nothing which I was competent to
teach him, it is quite possible that
I was able to learn by his example.
You may tell me, of course, that
there is no relationship between hu-
man suffering and this sort Of ami
nal affliction. I believe that there
is.
The old distinction about animals
not reasoning seems to me a feeble
thing. Most people don't, either
And if I am informed that what ]
arbitrarily call grief in the life OF
Captain Flagg is mere glandular dis
turbance, shall reply that there is
much of that same causative chem
istry in n1ankind's n1iseries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

sugar and a package of canned
goods made with corn sugar should
be cheaper eventually than the
same material sweetened with cane
sugar.
1t is the belief of the secretary
of the department of agriculture
that this ruling will cause the use
Of an increased amount of corn
sugar in packaged goods to the ex-
tent that anywhere from five to
one hundred million bushels of corn
will be required for this purpose.
Psychologists and authorities in
the field of nutrition are convinced
that it Is just as healtfful to eat
corn sugar as to eat cane sugar.
There is no public health problem
involved.
The one fact of Importance is
that corn sugar is a little less sweet
than cane sugar and that one
therefore will have to eat a little
more of it to get the same amount
of sweetness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Helium Monopoly

"TTNHE tragic disaster of the R-101
4 could not help but renew dis
cussion Of the advantages Of helium
for -tf1an-air craft, and of
the part played by the United
States, with its virtual monopoly of
helium supplies at the present
time" the journal continues.
N'Tt is possible that the export of
helium may increase somewhat,
since the needs Of. the government
are met by the plant Of the bureau
Of mines at Amarillo, Tex.
During the year another possible
source Of helium in the United
States was reported when it acct
dentally was discovered that a nat
ural gas well at location south of
Thatcher, Colo, contained 4 per
cent of this precious element. Dis
covery Of 1elium gases in Africa
also was announced.
zone of the industrial casualties
Of 1880 was the manufacture of
hand-blown glass in Belgium. The
ancient methods could not survive
the competition of mechanical pro-
cesses during the depression of
business.
Ford Allison and z. J.. Murphy
Of Alabama Polytechnic institute
announced the discovery of element
81. If their evidence proves accent
able, this will be the second eIe-
ment discovered in America, the
other being illiniurn, discovered bv
B. S. Hopkins and his coworkers.
Alcohol in its various social or
industrial incarnations probably was
the major topic of discussion In the
United States during the last wear
1t still is too early to Judge the
outcome Of the transfer of prohibit
ton enforcement to the department
OF justice, but the benefits, If any
certainly are not expected to fan to
the share of industry"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Britain Nav Be Wrong


INDIA is rather far away, accord
L ing to the biographies which
even the present generation uses,
not to mention those on which pre-
vious generations were brought up,
but the news of NTahat1na Gand-
his release was being read in Cali
fornia only a few hours after it
took place. So, too, was the news
of his announcement renewing the
disobedience campaign and the
great outburst Of popular approval
with which it was received.
They say the British government
never would have consented to
Gandhi's release, but for practical
certainty that the conference now
going on would evolve a plan &C
ceptable to the vast. majority of
Indian leaders. They say that the
British government was perfectly
well aware how Gandhi would act,
and that his course constitutes no
surprise.
They say, also, that the British
government is prepared to discount
his continued opposition by whip
ping other leaders into line through
a compromise.
Maybe SO, and again maybe not.
The British government is neither
onniscient nor omnipotent. The
problem it faces in India is one of
the most difficult it, or any other
government, ever faced.
The assumption that it has found
a solution on which it can rely i'm
plicitly, that it is in position to
foresee the result of every move,
and that it does not need to send
up a trial balloon now and then,
is absurd. q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

pendahility, law-abiding tendencies and high moral
character. Their conclusions were rather more than
confirmed by Professor Hightower at the interna-
tional Psychological congress in New Haven g
year ago.
Further assent to this view was furnished by DR.
George r. Nursel, chief psychologist of the Ohio
state department of public welfare at the Cleveland
meeting Of the American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science He thoroughly investigated the
gIous training Of 600 boys in the Ohio reform school
and 400 boys outside. All were drawn from highly
comparable economic social and religious strata.
DR.. Nursel found that the boys in the reform
school had been instructed fully thoroughly in
ligion as those on the outside. He concluded that
one could assign part to religious training either
as cause or prevention Of delinquency:
at seems safe to conclude that there is no sig
nicant relation between religious training and de-
lnquent Or nondelinquent behavior; that whatever
causes one to be delinquent or nondenquent,. it is
not religious training, knowledge attitudes back
ground, as measured by these tests"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

Many Americans Cat Look
at Los Angeles and Still
Wonder Why Such Weird
Things Occur IN India.

z Os ANGELES. Jan. 2a.--sj

T OS ANGELES, Jan. 28.--Since
IL progress admits no ifs, 1t were
ridiculous to wonder why Los An
geles should not be somewhere else,
called by another name, or held
back by those difficulties which
most communities find it hard to
overcome. Yet no one can land
in the town without feeling an
irrepressible urge so to wonder.
An exception to prove the rule,
an anomaly to upset all the old
theories, a paradox to raise doubt
as to whether the wisest of men
can see beyond the ends Of their
noseS-that's Los Angeles.
Started twenty-five miles inland,
and not on a navigable waterway,
it has become one of the worlds
great ports. Betting on the movies
and every form Of allied whoopee,
it has developed into a tremendous
manufacturing center, with the bulk
of its trade flowing against the sun.
Its traffic congestion is about The
worst in this country, yet it has no
skyscrapers, and its billboards are
among the most atrocious. though
they hide some of the best scenery.
You can stand on the front steps
Of some of its most pretentious
homes and count the ribs in a
hundred oil derTicks, or go to the
back door and find one in the alley
The virtually equal claims Of
Aimee Mcpherson, Edward L..
Doheny, Clara Bow and William e.
Foster to local popularity speak for
themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Questions and
Answers
Where & Baker field?

Where Is Baker field?
It is the football and athletic
stadium of Columbia university, in
New York.
Is the Springfield rife used in the
army today the saTnc as the Krag-
Jorgenson rife?
The Springfield rife took the place
of the ag-Jorgenson and is an
entirely different model.
How many full g aer4Is are now
in active service ! the American
army?
Only one, who is General Douglas
Macarthur, chief Of staff.
When was Grover Cleveland
sheriff In Buffalo?
From 1871 to 1873.
Did o. Henry. the writer, serve a
term in prison?
He was indicted in 1896 on a
charge Of embezzling funds from a
bank in Austin, Tex, and was SEN
fenced to i've years imprisonment
IN the Ohio penitentiary IN 1898, but
his term was reduced 70 three years
and three months fox good behavior.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Down on Reds
THOUGH content to be credited

Nt1OOSId content 10 De CreulJ6Q
L with some of the worst trash
ever put out in the name of enter
tainnent, much less art, Los Angeles
is rather conservative in politics,
especially when It comes to red ac-
tivities, or even mild shade OF
pink.
Just now the town is heaving a
great sigh Of relief over the alleged
Communist demonstration which
was planned for Feb. 10 and which
the police, with the cooperation of
hall owners, are supposed to have
thwarted.
At least four auditoriums had
been leased, so the story goes, but
when police tipped the owners of.
each and every lease was Cancelled
At the same time, police are guard
ing Clara Bow for fear that some of
thu few anonymous letter writers
who have blamed her for Daisy De
Woes recent conviction may get
foolish.
Still, a great many Americans pre-
tend they can't understand why
such queer and awful things should
be going on in India.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

T HAD no notion that an Airedale
l. could take heartbreak quite SO vio-
lently. Pandora was sent to the
country and Captain Flagg was left
alone. Not alone, exactly, but with
out canine con1panionship.
Immediately he went on hunger
strike, which lasted three days. Nor
would he drink water nor sleep.
Constantly he prowled around the
room and out upon the roof. And
when he wasn't looking for the lost
lady he sat upon his launches
bowling.
In time gone by i've known him
to whimper in mild protest against
some minor Illustration, but this was
a grief more savage and articulate.
Mowgli's friends could not have rent
the night air with sounds more sad
and sinister.
Aireda1e civilization is only a
veneer. I found myself living with
a strange dog, which suddenly had
gone vocally into pure wolfhood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Just a Test

Ut is barely possible that Gandhi's
release was ordered because Of a
well-considered conviction on the
part of British authorities that they
had nothing to fear from his fur
ther activities.
On the other hand, it may have
been ordered because of an equally
well-considered conviction that he
was more dangerous in prison than
out, or that he would react favor
ably to such move.
My own idea is that the British
government nerrily played the
trump to see how it would work, or
what results it would bring, and
that Downing street is worried, as
well as hopeful, over the outcome.
just how good hand this man
Gandhi holds, or how he will play
it, no one seems to know. The
chances are that he doesn't know
himself.
But it's his hand, or rather m
dia's, which means thai the British
government can't play it or find out
what it contains, until about so
many cards have been put on the
table. The latest maneuver amounts
to just one more card.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
Standard Oil

INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEER
4 ING CHEMISTRY, of which Or
Harrison E. Howe IS editor, goes on
to say:
'"The cooperative research Of the
German I. G. and the Standard OIL
Company Of New Jersey during the
last three years has developed pro-
cesses of great hexibility, which are
confidently expected to revclutionize
refining practice.
"Hydrogenation seems destined to
join nitrogen flxation and rayon
manufacture as world chemical
industry which was born in the re-
search laboratory
Turning to other outstanding fea-
lures of 1880 in the world OF chem
istry, the journal says:
world overproduction Of various
commodities has resulted in efforts
to limit output by agreement, but
little success has been achieved in
many cases, such as rubber, zinc,
and tin.
"While the Ceylon and Malay
areas H4SAI W .ICSO41C1" AODDC1 S4O-
duction, the Dutch East Indies
plantation will not join in the
scheme.
1.-THE international zinc cartel was
dissolved at the end of 1929 Because
it had failed to achieve results.
Since the American slab zinc pro-
ducers account for As to SO per cent
Of the world output, some efforts
have been made to arrange a new
cartel, including them, which might
have a better chance Of success.
''Tte International dyestuffs car
tel, comprising German. Swiss, and
French producers, is being main
tanned, and there has been some
discussion of broadening it to in
clude Great Britain and Italy, al
though this suggestion has not been
received kindly in France
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

Is there verse in the Bible about
man drinking to forget his poverty
and misery?
The following verse is in Proverbs,
BIB; Give strong drink unto him
that is ready to perish, and wine
unto those what be Of heavy hearts.
Let him drink and forget his
poverty, and remember his misery
no more
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ--
Decided Advance Expected In
1881 IN the Hydrogemdtion
of Petroleum.
~ DAVID DIETZ-

REAT developments In the ny
" drogenation Of petroleum are
expected in 1881 by the chemical
profession. This process promises
to be one Of the most valuable dis
coveries Of modern scientific re-
search.
Petroleum is a mixture Of a great
many compounds, each one OF which
is composed of hydrogen and car
bon in varying quantities. The
heavy, black, and relatively useless
tars are rich in carbon and weak
in hydrogen. The valuable consti-
tuents of petroleum, such as gas
oIine, are poor in carbon and rich
in hydrogen.
INSTRUMENTATION Is a process by
which additional hydrogen is forced
under pressure into the petroleum
in the presence of substances known
as catalysts. which promote chemi-
cal reaction.
AS a result, the compounds which
are low in hydrogen absorb more
of that substance. Thus the value
less tarS are chdnge0 INTO Nd1udoie
products, such as gasoline
Reviewing the chemical situation
in the last year, Industrial and En-
cheering Chemistry, official publ
cation of the American Chemical
society, says:
~The hydrogenation OF petroleum,
long a matter of technical interest,
attracted great attention in this
country during 1880. The first au-
thoritative discussion of this sub
iect in the United States was pre-
sented by Haslam and Russell III
the symposium on Industrial High
Pressure Reactions at the Cincln-
natl meeting of the American
Chemical society
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
IT SEEMS. TO ME rY- H HEOSS

The next time get thrown over
and a thing like that can happen
even in your 4Os-I am not going to
retire to my room and pull down
the blinds.
Instead I'll call for tennis shoes,
a sweat shirt, half a dozen pocket
handkerchiefs and a saxophone.
In the beginning I was afraid that
Flagg's whole life had been SCARED.
For the first couple OF nights he had
very much the look of one about to
write a novel. That will not be
necessary now.
Copyright, 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

people have come to the city and
they have to depend on the manu-
facturer for their living.
The plan that we have won't cost
the government any money. It
will put the country back on a
sound business basis in a very
short time.
CLAUD AND FLOYD PETERMAN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Association and Of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
NEW people realize today that
II there is more than one kind
Of sugar. Actually there are many
substances which can be used to
sWeeten foods.
Among the common substances
are cane sugar, honey, silups of
various kinds. and the chemical
sacchari11. Heretofore the admin
istration Of the food and drugs act
has ruled that sweetening Of pack
aged goods when brought about by
any other substance than. cane
sugar should be indicated on the
label.
The vast majority of people IN
fortunately are exceedingly care
less about what they eat. They
take for granted that anything sold
through a recognized agency is a
sound product.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-Ths Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

and the raising Of the blood pres
sure.
We have been too intent upon
handling grief Like ladies and gen.
tlernen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
No Profit

CAPTAIN FILAGG is not the only
~ one to experience blight in ro-
nance. I could have told him a
great deal about my own experiences,
but not to his profit. My way was
wrong. I sought solitude and
silence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

George Bernard Shaw says the Russians make the
best movie films. The manner in which they carried
out their conspiracy trial would indicate they are at
least capable Of putting across a good show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

The weak have remedies, the
wise have joys; superior wisdom is
superior bliss.-Young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

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President Officially White House
that government stationery? you how
the White House be built where it you know how
many rooms has How many people have lived it, many
babies have been born here How
roof? How many weddings celebrated there? many funerals
from the White House? How employees Il takes
it? much Of its paid government and
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Daily Thought

And they that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the
firn1ament.-DanieI 1873.
The Washington times., 1931-02-21
KINDERGARTEN
NEED SHOWN

The abandonment of the un-
derage kindergarten at the Web
ster Americanization School would
be a great loss to Washington,
according to Miss Maude E. Alton,
principal of the school, who to,
day commented on the bill re-
Gently agreed to in a conference
of both houses of Congress. The
measure is now awaiting action
by the Senate.
Under the terms of the bill,
the underage Kindergarten would
be abandoned and the group Of
children now in the class would
be placed under the supervision
of a matron, who would take
care of them while their mothers
attend Americanization classes at
the school.
This kindergarten, Miss Alton
says, not only takes care of the
children in their mothers alb.
Sence, but is also of tremendous
value" to them educationally.
Should the bill be passed, the
educational value would be lost
entirely, she said.
The Washington times., 1931-02-21
TERMINAL SITE
GROUP NAMED

Arthur Smith is chairman of
a special committee named today
by George E. Keneipp, chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce
transportation section. to make
an investigation and report at an
early date regarding new terminal
facilities for the Mt. Vernon,
Alexandria and Washington rail
way. Other members of the COM
mittee are E. S. Pardoe and c..
Phillips Hill.
The transportation company
must vacate it's present terminal
in the triangle and permission for
new tracks to cross Pennsylvania
Avenue has been refused by the
District government.
The feasibility of routing the
company's tracks into Washing
ton by way of the Highway
Bridge or Rosslyn will be studied.
The Washington times., 1931-02-21

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Chapman
saw the gun girls" car parked
on a street corner in Florence,
Ariz. When he asked to see the
license of the three occupants of
the car, one of whom was Irene,
three guns were leveled at him.
Chapman was forced into the car,
which sped away.
Witnesses to the kidnapping
telegraphed ahead. Deputy
sheriffs started in pursuit. Irene's S
car veered crafty over the roads
at high speed. And then, amid
a hail of bullets, Chapman was
thrown from the car, those inside
shooting as he fell. His arm was
shattered.
Two Deputies Shot
Then came a re-enactment of
the Paul killing. The rain of
lead continued. Deputy Sheriffs
Shirley, Butterfield and Lee
Wright, who had been waiting
with drawn guns at Chandler,
Ariz., for the approach of Irene's
car. we're moved down in hail
of pistol shots. Wright was
wounded fatally.
Irene and her two companions
were captured after a thrilling
chase by a posse of Western
ranchers, cow-hands, and Indians.
Not until, however, their car had
broken down and they procured
horses and forded the Gila River
into the foothills. AS she sur
rendered, Irene said:
Here 1 am, boy friends"
With her were Dague and a
man later identified as Joe Wells.
Wells is now under sentence of
death in Arizona for the killing
of Deputy Sheriff Wright.