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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TINE eastern border of the United
l. States has been undergoing
one of the most severe attacks of
infantile paralysis that it has SUI
fered for many years.
With the coming of cold weather,
the condition will clear up. That
has been the history of epidemics
of infantile paralysis almost since
the beginning of our knowledge of
this disease.
In the first week in September
there still we're more than 400 cases
in Connecticut as contrasted with
normal conditions of around nine
teen, and there still we're more than
600 cases in New York as contrasted
with normal conditions of around
twenty.
Infantile paralysis usually begins
to appear in June, increases during
July and August, diminishes in Oc-
tober and disappears by November.
About a year ago, California and
the middle west suffered severely,
but the attack in the eastern states
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Mind, Creative Agent

TN this new scientific view in
Il which so much emphasis is
placed upon organization, mind
finds its place as an organizing
agent.
Mind is admittedly an active.
conative, organizing principle" says
General Jan G. SHUTS, president of
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
1T is forever busy constructing
new patterns of things, thoughts or
principles out of ther material of
its experience.
Mind, even more than life, is a
principle of matchmaking. It diff
ferentiates, discriminates and Sc
lects from its vague experience, and
fashions and correlateS the result
ing features into more or less sta
BILE, enduring wholes.
Beginning as mere blind trop-
iSmS, refleXes and conditioned re-
flexeS, mind in organic nature has
advanced step by step in its crea-
tive march until in man it has be-
come natures supreme organ of
understanding, endeavor and control
not merely a subjective human or
gan, but natures own power of self
illumination and self-mastery-
the eyes with which the universe
beholds itself and knows itself di-
vine."
General SHUTS rejects the me-
chanistic view of the functioning Of
the mind.
"The free creativeness of mind is
possible, because, as We have seen,
the world consists ultimately, not of
material stuff, but of patterns, of
organization, the evolution of which
involves no absolute creation of an
alien world of material from Moth
ing.
1.-THE purely structural charac-
ter of reality thus helps to render
possible and ineligible the free
creativeness of life and mind. and
accounts for the unlimited wealth of
fresh patterns which mind freely
creates on the basis of the exist
ing physical patterns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Startling Precedent

MEANWHILE, a far-reaching
4VA precedent has been set, though
it is symptomatic, rather than
original.
Employment of the national guard
to close the valves between privately
owned wells and privately owned
pipelines is startling. So, too, is the
idea Of telling a farmer how much
cotton he can plant.
But it really is nothing new.
Ever since this republic was
founded, some people have yelled
Tor government interference every
time an emergency arose particular
ly if it happened to touch their
pocketbooks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Loo Sacred to Chance

A PRINCIPLE is something
"A which never fails to produce
the same result under the same
condition. just apply that to
politics, and see where you get.
The problem is, and always has
been, to develop governments that
will serve men best, not men who
will serve governments best.
AS the needs of men change. it
follows, as a matter of course, that
governments must change,
Our forefathers conceded that
much when they wrote a ConStitu-
ton that could be amended.
Thomas Jefferson thought that it
not only ought to be amended, but
rewritten for each generation, yet
many of us think that one of the
amendments is too sacred to be
altered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

silly thing if that particular thing
happens to be precisely what you
want to do.
My own connection with the vari-
Gus cup races was of q slight sort.
1 never met Sir Thomas. But I
spent some weary and rather boring
afternoons as reporter assigned to
watch the tall-masted boats in their
dull maneuvers.
1t was a fine sight, of course, to
see cup yacht crowded with can
vas and heeling over into the breeze.
But for me this was no more than
a f1ve-minute spectacle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Interference or Help?

THE curious part of it is that
l. people can be opposed so ut
terly to government interference in
principal and still clamor for it
when they can't see any other way
to get what they want.
You just can't help marveling at
the ease with which they reconcile
obviously inconsistent views.
Conservatives, Mortified at the
thought of Muscle Shoals being op-
Grated by the government. see no
reason why a state should not shut
down oil wells, or prescribe what
farmers shall raise.
Liberals forever crying out against
regulation and restraint, frequently
demand reforms, the very essence of
which is increased bureaucracy and
supervision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
M. E. Tracy
SAYS :.

We Are Opportunists, EUery
Last One of Us, and We
Haze to Be. Opportunisn.
is the Price of Progress.
NEW YORK, Oct. TO- With :, 100
~ wells open, after having been
closed since Aug. 4, Oklahoma oil
experiment comes to an end.
Governor Murray did not succeed
in boosting the price Of crude oil to
81 a barrel, as he promised, but he
more than doubled it.
When he ordered the wells to
shut down, crude was selling at 20
cents. Now it is selling at from 46
to 10 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
SCIENCE
.RY DAVID DIETZ-

Science Is Perhaps the
Recitation of God to OR
Age" Declares E minent
Britor.
UOUNG instructors in philoSophy
i like to tell story to illustrate
the breech between mind and mat
ter. 1t is the story of wit who
began an address upon the subject
as follows: What is mind? No
matter. What is matter? Never
mind"
Student sometimes feel that those
few sentences sum up about all
that is known upon the subject.
But the latest views of science are
closing up the gap between mind
and matter and the old story soon
viii possess only historical Signif1-
canoe.
Modern science which now re-
CARDS time as an ingredient of the
physical universe and regards the
physical universe as so many humps
and curves in space-time, finds it
easier than it was formerly to see
a'relation between matter and mind.
The transition from matter to
mind is made along the new the
cries of biology, theories which re-
gard the living organisms as some
thing more than the mere sum Of
its constituent parts.
The new biology goes beyond the
mechaniStic view which still holds
the attention of Clarence Darrow.
Man is considerably more than a
machine, according to the new view.
Life, according to the new biology.
is a specific principle of organiza-
ton. The individual, in this new
view, is a dynamic, organic whole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

methods Of communication slower
than our own, he has been able to
excite and arouse and bring to-
gether millions through the power
of an idea. If this fellowship can
be created in India there is no rea-
son why the same thing could not
be accomplished in the United
States.
With all due enthusiasm-and
even reverence-for the personality
of Gandhi, think that the thing
which he has done goes even deeper
than the individuality of this great
leader. He has loosed notion
around which even divergent fac
TORS can cohere.
1t is not necessary for us to wait
for the inspired genius. Any solid
and persuasive man can bring about
change in our way of thinking by
going back to ancient rules. It is
by no means sentimental. 1t is en-
tirely realistic to maintain that men
can be argued out of a selfish point
of view and brought together for
their own good and for the saliva
ton of the world.
In fact, single word may sum
up an entire program. I am little
tinid about using the word "iove. "
I prefer to say Cooperation.
Sir Tom Goes Without Cur
MUCH that is excessively senti-
1V1 mental already has been
written about the death of Sir
Thomas Upton. 1t is strange logic
to maintain that this pleasant gen.
tleman was in any sense a great
figure in the world. Yet he deserves
much attention because, from my
point of view, he led a singularly
successful life.
I am not referring to the fact
that he was a prosperous tea mer-
chant. Many have done as well or
better in business and still failed.
But Sir Thomas showed almost a
touch of genius in cultivating an
engroSsing hobby. To me yacht rae
ing is among the dullest of the
sports. 1t may be fine to sail boat,
but it is poor exhibition for the
spectator
And Thomas Upton was himself
one of those who stood on the side
lines. The better part of his life
was spent in the pursuit of a tup-
penny trophy.
One might argue that it is silly
to expend so much energy in at
tempting to capture a trivial title
But I prefer to stress the point of
the full and complete release which
may come to the individual through
loosing his energy in even minor
pastime.
The collecting of stamps, coins,
autographs, golf trophies - all of
these things are extremely small in
the cosmic scheme. But to each
man there should be allowed some
relaxation into the trivial
1t is stupid, perhaps, to waste the
force of personality in chasing but
terf1ies. But there is something
more stupid than this. I think it
is even worse to refrain from doing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
SZ1xSS
1TEleH
iAMNlVGRSARYI
6tss74H
FOODsTUFF EDICT


nN Oct. 10, 1917, President VIII
" son enacted the most sweep
ing measure of food regulation in a
proclamation setting forth the terms
under which the Food Administra-
ton, after Nov. /, 1917, would
control the manufacture, storage,
importation, and distribution of
practically all essential foodstuffS.
The proclamation provided that
license, issued under the rules
and regulations governing the con-
duct Of the business of licensee,
must be secured on or before Nov.
l by individuals and corporations
with certain exceptions.
The proclamation concluded with
a warning that any violation of the
regulations would be subjected to
the penalties provided for in the
food control act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those Of
one OF Americas most inter.
esting writers and are pre-.
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
With the editorial attitude Of
tbIs oaDer.-Tbe Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Daily Thought

For with God nothing shall be
mpOssible-Luke 1871.
The person who has a firm trust
in the Supreme Being is powerful
in his power, wise by his wisdom,
and happy by his happiness.-Addi-
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Wildcats and Chaos

A UTOS take the place of horses,
1 A half the crops are turned into
traffic officers, crime takes advan-
tage of the situation, and a whole
new deal becomes necessary.
Electricity takes the place of kero-
sene lamp and steam engine, a cor
poration must be organized and a
central plant constructed, with a
public service commission to see
that the corporation does not abuse
its privileges.
Oil is discovered to be much
more convenient and cheaper fuel
than wood or coal. 1t is under the
ground and the ground belongs to
everybody. Everybody turns Wild
cater, if he or she can raise the
stake. The market is flooded by
this haphazard, unintelligent method
and something has to be done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Does ice have any other content
except water?
Ice is water solidifled and pure ice
is 100 per cent water.
Did Eyangeline Booth found the
Salvation Army2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

What was the maiden name Of
Mrs. Walter Ferguson, the columns
ist?
Lucia LOOMS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Managers of the newly organized football team
at sing Sing are said to be considering offering Legs
Diamond athletic scholarship
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Only the stock of a razor company failed to drop
after the London crash. Steel preferred you might
say.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Glorious StubbornneSS

T IFE constantly is confronting us
IL with new problems. We couldn't
meet them without being opportun-
lists. The only trouble is that we
won't admit it.
Something in the past has caused
us to believe that it is glorious not
to change our minds, especially in
politics.
We always are ready to exalt the
straight party" man, the one who
never split his ticket, or joined a
bolt.
We profess to feel the same way
about party principles, though no
one seems to know what they are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Major Doolittle, in bowling to Lowell Bayles'
speedy Gee-Bee might have felt inclined to dub it
the Heeby Gee Bee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
Why Not Now?

President Hoovers program to stabilize the banks
has won deserved support Virtually unanimous &C.
cord has been expressed by the press by political
leaders of both parties, by bankers and business or
carnations Private bankers have fastened formation
of the $5OOO0OOOO pool to help banks with frozen
assets.
Where do we go from hereP
Most Of the Hoover program remains suspended
in air, because congressional action is required and
congress is not in session.
1t was precisely for just such emergency that the
fathers of the republic their wisdom provided for
special sessions of congress upon call of the President
Congress should be called now
II the emergency is as serious as the President de-
scribes it, nothing be gained and much may be
lost by waiting for the regular session. CONGRESS does
not meet until December
When it does meet, many weeks probably will be
consumed by necessary organization matters and con-
sideration of the war-debt moratorium before mem
bers can turn to the banking bills Thus the DELAY
may extend to several months.
If the Hoover proposal for federal finance cor
poration is to help meet the emergency congress must
act before winter bank failures begin If there is tn
be any tinkering with the federal reserve law. con-
gressona study of this very delicate matter can not
begin too soon
If country banks are to be helped bv congress in
creasng the capitalization of the federal land banks
as Mr. Hoover requests that aid is needed immediate
~ And If the President is depending on congress to
extend the war debt moratorium as he intimates
every week OF delay after The Hoover-Laval confer
ence will contribute to European chaos
Ihere are great many other reasons why con-
gress should be in emergency session today but the
cause Tor special session be proved solely on the
basis OF the Hoover bank sterilization plan
Alter ALL we still have legislative branch of gov
eminent and representative form of government
But the congress elected almost var ago has not
yet been allowed to meet. 1t is time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

London bridges, it seems, are not the only English
institutions falling down
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Dorothy thinks that no college eleven can be re-
garded properly as football machine unless it has
locomotive yell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

ArtiCuIateneSS Of an Idea
A ND what we need most of all
"A now is a keener perception and
a greater sensitivity. 1t has been
held that intellectual conversion
takes so long a time that it can not
meets the needs of a crisis. 1t seems
to me that Gandhi has disproved
this.
Functioning in a country with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

High seas made Mayor Walker sick on his trim
back A wave of public indignation might have the
same effect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HF EY44@

TN spite of the fact that some of
Il the problems which confront
Gandhi are peculiar to his nation,
he stands just now as one of the
most important men in the world
and one whose leadership and ex-
ample are pertinent to America.
At the moment it is not necessary
to discuss his economic philosophy.
But the method which he has en-
ployed does have close bearing
upon orr own affairs.
We are living in a tumultuous
world, and during this turmult many
have despaired of democracy. This
is an age in which the short cut
seems to many nations not only ex-
pedient, but inevitable. And in
carving out fast change, force and
violence generally are indicated.
Still I think that certain amount
of definition is required in regard to
force. There is a popular fallacy
which thinks that it is radical to
club man on the head and some
what namby-p PANTY to argue with
him. Yet 1 must dissent. ! have
heard of knocking people into I'M
consciousness. I have never heard
of clubbing any one to conscious
ness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN.

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08
GERMANY CAN'T
PAY HER DEBTS,
BOARD is TOLD
unprecedented Condition
Is Outlined for Young
Plan Experts.
BY SAMUEL DASHIELL
United Press stan Correspondent


BASLE, Switzerland, Dec. g.
Germany's official statement that
she can not continue reparations
payments under the Young plan
was considered today by the Young
plan advisory committee.
DR.. Karl Melchior, German mem
Der, distributed to creditor delegates
a flfty-page document in which
Germany's unprecedented condi-
tlon' was proclaimed officially.
The United Press learned that
the document stated categorically
mat 1t was impossible to continue
the Young plan payments.
The special advisory committee
is provided for in the Young plan
10 afford relief to Germany in case
OF economic necessity. It consists
OF body of eleven selected interna-
tional experts. The committee. con-
Vened because Germany's economic
lie is endangered, is working in the
tull knowledge that Germany so far
has executed payments in good
faith. -
The committee will make a thor
ough examination of the Reich,s
present situation and recommend
TO the International bank at Basic
ana to the various creditor govern
ments whatever measures it deems
eXpedient and practical for Ger
manys relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08

truck snapped, Luther Russell, 1142
College avenue, was hurled against
supports Of an elevated bridge at
Kentucky avenue and Missouri
street. He was treated for head in
juries.
Ted Eviston, %, of 6261s Fletcher
avenue, is held on a series of
charges today after his car was in
yolyed in an accident at Walnut
street and Capitol avenue. Police
MED counts against him of drunk
enness, operating an automobile
while drunk and failure to stop
after an accident.
Othcers said when he crashed
INTO the automobile of william Mes
Drexel Gardens, on Capitol avenue
Eviston was fleeing from minor
coIllSlon at North and Illinois
streets. -4i''oi0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08
CIOthe a Child
for Christmas
List ofD0norS

Donors to The Times Clothe-a.
Child for Christmas plan TO dat,
are:
ANONYMOUS. Mr.. and Mrs.
beams Bowling alleys. 161 North nIi-
nois John II. and william Beam. pro-
prietors. tBOy and Kirll
He Remembered Them 1.-TWO boys).
mr.: and Mrs. W. o. PIummer and Mr.
and Mrs. w. II. WiIharm.
Miss Anita Joseph. lingerie dept. Fair
store. al
Mrs. Rowan Hicks. 52s Parker avenue.
Pennsylvania street.
Alias Santa Claus.
bow. @"O'"e'
Phi Sigma Chi fraternity.
Mrs. Washington Exchange.
Knight Club.
Junior Guild of New Bethel Baptist
church
George 2. Hopkins. 300 Board Of
Trade building.
Alpha M chapter o; Chi Sigma Chi.
Marmon Girls Group.
Merle and Glen Lawlcr. $40 North
Hamilton avenue.
Just 4 Good Pal.
Mrs. Washington Boulevard.
oncIIu DUCK summers Office fbov
Indianapolis Bowling League. Pritchett
Friends Of Little Girls.
ME-. and Mrs. Edward Long. $40 East
Washington street.
Iota Chi sorority.
a Kindly One Who Called
Miss Della Harlan. ia East drive.
Woodruff place.
G. B. ). Club.
Stereotypers and EngraVers Of The
Times.
EMPLOYEES of third floor L. S. Ayres.
No Name LADY.
Universal Club (three girls and three
bOvs).
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Bert LOuden go North Usage street.
a group of Tech Girls.
Mystery Mr.. and Mrs.
Mothers and Daughters Club of North
lrVingtOn.
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Thursday Afternoon Club
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surance Co. (twinsj.
Keep Our Name Out.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08
SIX ARE HURT
IN SERIES OF
AUTO MISHAPS
One Motorist Is Punched,
Charged With Driving
While Drunk.

Six persons were hurt and mo-
torist arrested late Monday follow
! ing a series of automobile accidents
in and near indianapolis.
Mrs. Alex L. Taylor, 40, of Ais
Washington boulevard. is reported
improving at the Methodist hos
pital, where she was taken after be-
ing struck by an automobile in the
$500 block, Washington boulevard
Mrs. Taggart was crossing the
street when struck by car driven
by Miss Jane Patton, $3.50 North
New Jersey street. IL an unsuccess-
full attempt to avoid striking Mrs.
Taggart, Miss Patton's car smashed
against lamp post. Miss Patton
was not held.
When the truck in which he was
riding crashed into ditch on the
National road, west of Indianapolis,
John Barnes, 80, of Nashville, Tenn,
was injured Monday night. Barnes
has a broken leg and internal in
juries. He was brought to the city
hospital.
Face decorations were incurred by
Mrs. Trixie Kahn, 2601 English ave-
nue., when the car driven by her
husband Abraham collided with
bus at Richland avenue and New
York street. Claude Tracey, 1141
West Eighteenth street, was driver
of the bus.
Joseph A. Mannix, PASS North
Meridian street, was cut and bruised
late Monday when his auto side
swiped a wagon on Troy avenue,
near Harding street. One of the
horses hauling the wagon, driven by
Ernest Warrenburg, 1901 South st.
Paul street, was killed.
When steering apparatus on his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08
AMOS m ANDY
LEAD IN TIMES
AIR BALLOTINC
Symphonic 0rCheStraS Are
Given Early Start in First
Votes Received.
BY JOHN T. HAWKINS
Times Radio Editor

With this mornings mail bringing
the first returns in The Times Radio
Poll, the vote tabulators reported
that symphonic orchestral presen-
tations had been given an early
lead by Indianapolis radio listeners
over other types of entertainment.
The first votes revealed, too, that
Amos n Andy have lost none of
their popularity and will draw a
good many of the votes for the most
popular dialog team.
Stoopnagle and Bud are leading
the comedy actors with the votes for
the favorite singer of popular songs
spreading out over a large field.
The Times today again publishes
it's boxed ballot which every radio