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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
REASON BY FREDERICK Ia1a1S

TTNHE other day Herbert Bayar6 Swope. former
i editor Of the New York World. declared that in
Sne event OF future war we should have absolute
censorship and the most complete system of propa-
ganda, all OF which IS a step backward toward the
cave.
According to Swope's plan paddock would be
paced on every newspaper every magazine every
book, every picture every play every radio utterance
and every private conversation, and we would have
situation so uncomfortable that resident of Soviet
Russia would feel perfectly at home
nURING the last war we were fairly well protect
II ed from the insidious utterances of those who
we're against the war, and quite a number of them
were placed behind the bars, the late Eugene Debs
being perhaps the most distinguished of them
But under the swope plan there would be one
oeautnu IRON heel big enough to cover the whole
country and millions would feel the hob nails thereof
from the start of the war until the finish and snv
little squirt OF an oficeholder who wished to try his
hand at being Mussolini could help himself to the
authority.
GURELY there was great damage done bv dis
~ loyalty in the last war which points to the need
OF such despotc power as Swope suggests In fact
the loyal response OF our people little short If
miracle, for they had been assured but little time
before that they had been kept. out of the war"
There IS legitimate field for criticism in time of
war; there is an udoubed right in the citizen who is
DASSC4 70 review the
his public servants and express his dsapproval if he
feels that way about it.
W1THOUT such criticism both England and
w France would have failed in their wartime
program for it was only the public criticism of the
inefhciency of their first pilots which enabled them
TO install the men Of iron who later made victory
possible.
There is quite lot Of criticism needed to call at
tention to prohteers, those wolves which follow al
armies and It is necessary TO mention notorious ia
vorltsm IN the working of CONSUMPTION and yes il
we have another war, will need a world of public
expression to cause the nation to take every dollar
as well as every man.
You can't put the American people IN strait
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
A Russian Virtue

THAT is one of the virtues in
l. Russia. Women have been put
to work in certain industries which
hitherto we're reserved for men
alone. This seems to me good for
the women and good for the world
in general.
American tourists go to Europe
and say: isn't it terrible? saw
women working in the fields. That
couldn't happen in America"
No, it couldn't happen in Amer
lea because here the women get up
at 4 o'clock in the morning and cook
the breakfast for the field hands
and wash the dishes, get dinner
ready for the field hands and wash
those dishes, get supper ready and
have a final clearing up. BY that
time they are much more worn out
than the harvesterS.
OF course, one way Of salvation
lies in the fact that the job which
seems a chore to a certain type Of
individuals can be fun for another.
My nearest neighbor in the coun-
try spends all his Ueek-ends putting
front porches and back porches and
side porches on his house. He takes
his vacation with the hammer and
saw.
1t wouldn't be fun for me. But
it seems to be fun for him. 1t is
hard work, but it's work he does
on his own initiative. That makes
it different somehow or other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
weakness Of Public works Solution


The $500 100000 bond issue is oversubscribed BY
e5,2oOOOOOoo.
That oversubscription exceeds the largest figure
yet suggested for public works as quick way out
for unemployment. Within the last week, two such
suggestions have been urged, for three billions
by group of economists and social workers who tried
unsuccessfully to call Hoover; the second for i've
billions by William Randolph Hearst in radio speech
One lesson from the oversubscription is important
It means that the money available that it is eager
to be used and that it is willing to go to work at
low rate Of interest.
Hoover helped invent the idea Of big public works
in slow tmes sabilizing factor in ohsetting de-
preston His idea looked good when first preached
1t still looks good, years later. But what is lacking
is its execution The weakness in the big bond issue
proposal now still is to be found in the execution
column.
Political bodies move slowly AS Al Smith has
pointed out it took longer under political system
to build the elevators in the New York State office
building than it took privately to build the whole
Empire State building the largest in the world.
Millions in public works today, federal, state and
city, still are tied up in the political red tape OF
Getting started Construction projects that would
mean employment for thousands and tens OF thou
sands of men haven't even reached the blueprint stage
In terms Of work for a out Of a job, big
governmental road project means nothing SO long
as the politicians still quarreling about what route
the road will take.
Billions similarly would be tied up If billions were
voted. Summer would go and autumn would come
then winter and spring and summer again, and on
and on before those billions actually would get into
action.
The only practical "out" in this public works 1dea
as long-taul remedy for depressions is so TO plan
that the appropriations are made and all conSCruc-
ton programs completed in good times; to get tne
gun all ready to shoot when the shooting Is caeo lor
big bond issue gives little hope for the imned1-
ate future II carried through however it might help
solve the next depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
LIGHT on Drug Tfafic

DELEGATES to the conference to
- limit narcotics now in Geneva
are not so scared Of sharing in
formation with the public.
British, Swiss and German dele
gates having declared that the
medical profession in their coun-
tries were against or partly against
the suppression of heroin, Polish
delegate challenged them to show
when and where medical organiza-
tons had gone on record to that
effect.
An italian delegate warmed
things up by asserting that though
only 1900 pounds of heroin we're
needed to supply the world each
year, Switzerland had produced five
times that amount in four months.
A Swiss delegate defied anybody
to prove thatSany drug produced in
Switzerland had entered illicit traf-
fic.
The Italian delegate said that he
was willing to take his Swiss broth
er'S word for it, that he expected no
one to admit that drugs from his
country were entering illicit trade,
but that the tons and tons now be-
ing smUggled all over the map must
come from somewhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
NJ. E. Tracy
-SAYS

Oversubscription Of U. S
Bonds Indicates That
There Mast Be a Lot o.
Idle Money on Hand.
NEW YORK, June 5.-The gov
IN eminent could have sold seven
times the amount in bonds that it
offered.
Many banks bid fer more than
they wanted, of course, to be sure
Of getting what they needed, but
that hardly explains such an enor-
nous soversubscription.
As treasury officials suggest,
there must be lot of idle money
on hand
Too bad some better use can't be
found for it than buying bonds to
make up a deficit, or buying stocks
on 20 per cent margin.
Stocks continue to rise, while
@ainS continue to sag.
Nhe farm board alibis itself for
not\ doing anything to help, by re-
nindGpg people that it said it
wouldnN.
What is even more discouraging,
it won't tel how much wheat, it has
bought, or how much money it has
on hand.
There are too many people who
are not in sympathy with the
policies OF the farm board for US
to place our ECONOMIES in their
hands" says MIR. Stoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
End of a Gag Law

Freedom Of the press was upheld Monday by the
United States supreme court. But the margin was
dangerously close. In the 5-to-4 decision the new
liberal majority-Hones, Brandes, Stone, Hughes
and Roberts-saved one Of Americas basic rights
The Minnesota press gag law was declared unconsti-
tutional.
By giving the state power to enjoin publication of
newspapers carrying alleged defamatory matter, the
Minnesota law clearly limited the freedom of the
press contrary to the due process clause of the fed
eral Constitution.
In the case under review, the of the satur-
day Press was charged with violation of the state
law through publication Of articles which alleged that
gangster was in control Of certain organized vice
in Minneapolis that various officials were guilty
Of inefncency and graft The state courts enjoined
further publication of the paper.
Tt should be obvious to the Iayan much less to a
urist, that the laws Of libel give necessary and ade-
quate protection against published matter without the
sweeping gag rule attempted by Minnesota
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
HEALTH SERVICE----------
Many Plants Dangerous to Eat

locust posts that were being used in
putting up a fence. All the boys
von1ited, had high fever and dilated
pupils, but fortunately, none OF
them died.
The henlock is known as a poison
since the time when the famous
philosopher drank Of it and since
the time when the Greeks used it to
put criminals to death.
Sour grass is rich in oxalic acid,
and the substance appears also in
coca powder, pepper, spinach and
rhubarb. There are cases in which
the eating Of rhubarb has caused
oxalic-acid poisoning.
It results particularly when the
rhubarb leaves happen to be used as
greens. Several deaths are re-
ported from this cause.
There are also cases Of serious ill
ness from eating the leaf stalks.
Potatoes prenlaturely harvested,
soft potatoes, or those that turn
green on exposure to light contain
toxic substance which is also
present in the deadly nightshade
and which can produce serious ILL
ness as well as death.
Fortunately, the number Of deaths
from all these causes is small.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Indy STAYS BUSY

NOLONEL LINDBERGH is an
~ other man who never knows
when to stop.
Instead OF taking a few weeks of
to play with the baby this sum
mer, he is going to fly the Pacific.
Not any long hard flights, yousun-
derstand. since Mrs. Lindbergh will
be with him, but jusy easy hops of
1000 or 1900 miles along the Ca
madam and Alaskan coasts, over the
Aleutian islands and then across to
Japan.
While the colonel and his lady are
entertaining themselves that way
millions of jellybeans and fappers
will imagine that they have found
life's greatest kick in a necking
party.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Peoples Voice

Editor Times - Paraphrasing a
biblical quotation, what doth it
profit a man if he gain the whole
world and suffer the loss Of his own
soul?" I ask what does it profit any
one but a mercenary industry to
have these yearly auto races, which
invariably end in carnage?
Seems strange to me that we
sanctimonious Hoosiers decry the
Mexican bull fight because of its
alleged cruelty, or a prize fight,
lately modifying by calling it by
another name, and still permit the
annual carnage, knowing what has
happened year after year.
I speak Of that boy, Wilbur Brink,
who, not even a spectator, was
dashed into eternity through our
alteration Of the god Of speed; when
we should, as a people, be doing
reverence to our departed dead.
Whether it be the Roman gladia-
tors, the fiendish delight of the Ro-
man Caesars in the amphitheater,
it's the same thing; the end invari-
ably is death. A pagan worship.
So I repeat. What gain q
man." The whole affair Memo
rial day was not worth that boys
life. Creed Why should we wait
until time when scores Of people
are killed and injured before we
realize facts? We can Just as well
do away with this Roman holiday,
this bloody sacrifice.
CHARLES NJ. ANDERSON
41l3 Graceland Avenua.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
TT STEMS tn MT Nv HAYWOOD
4 O1IAV1O L " 1V11 Dl BROUN

PRACTICALLY all the discourses
L imposed upon the public in a
time of depression have to do with
stern advice about getting back to
work.
Aside from the fact that there
are many who find no oppor-
tunity to follow this counsel, I am
not at all sure of it's fundamental
soundness.
1T is monstrous to assume that
labor is the highest goal of man and
leisure little better than an attic
ton. 1t seems to be necessary for
mankind to have plan for produc-
ton.
And, likewise, think it neces-
sary for us to take some thought
about the art Of loafing. Very few
of my acquaintance have any skill
in this respect. Although I FREE
quently have presented myself as
an extraordinary lazy person, !
boast too much.
When left with nothing to do, ]
feel an urge to go places. And that
isn't what mean by loafing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

Dafodil bulbs taken as a food are
poisonous.
The monkshood root has been
taken by mistake for ahorSeradish.
From the monkshood root is made
one Of the most powerful drugs and
poisons known.
Children have been reported as
eating the shoots of mountain lau-
rel, nlistaking it for wintergreen.
Black henbane seeds, or the berries
Of the deadly nightshade, also are
sources Of serious poisons.
The castor oil bean contains rici1a,
enc of the most powerful poisons
known and the eating Of these
beans has caused the death Of chill
dren.
A single castor bean has caused
dangerous symptoms within five
minutes in an adult; three beans
have caused serious illness, and a
case is on record in which five beans
caused death.
The dangerous poison Of the cas-
tor oil bean, which is rlcir, is not,
OF course, the same as the purgative
substance present in castor oil.
A case is cited in which thirty
two boys from a Brooklyn orphan
asylum ate bark stripped from black
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06

However, I must admit that the
market for early Brouns is booming.
A man came into the studio north
Of Stamford one Sunday afternoon
and expressed great admiration for
two pictures. Moved by his enthu-
siaSn, I said, They're yours!"
"But can't I give you anything for
then?" he expostulated.
I insisted on my amateur stand
ing. At last he said: 9TH tell you
what I'll do. I'll bring you quart
Of gin"
If that price holds up, I think I
will set myself a schedule of ten
pictures a day, thus living up to the
law-I mean the law Of supply and
demand.
Copyright. 1881. by The Tines)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Facts for Hoover

President Hoover and Secretary Of Labor Doak
deny that there have been serious wage cuts
James A. Farrell, president OF the United States
Steel Corporation, and other industrial leaders agree
with the American Federation of Labor that there
have been serious wage cuts.
When will the administration wake up?
The administration was more than a year late
in discovering that serious unemployment existed in
the country. It's denials of wage cuts now are worth
no more than its earlier denials Of unemployment.
When will the administration wake up?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Try It on MuSSoIini

IF the delegates find the narcotic
q problem too tough they might
turn it over to Mussolini. He is one
man who appears never to be so
busy that he can't find time for
something more.
AS though running Italy, contrib
uting to the Saturday Evening
Post and quarreling with the pope
were not enough, he has written q
play.
Hungarian officials snubbed him
by staying away from it's premier
performance in Budapest, Thursday
night
If II Duce is finding life too drab
and nlonotonous he can take them
on for the weekend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Those MAYORS Again

THANK heaven for the mayor OF
L Lille. He has proved that the
American chief executives now in
France have no mortgage on bal
derdash.
AS a synapathizer with Sacco and
Vanzetti, he couldn't bring himself
officially to welcome the brethren
from this side.
The brethren were peeved, natu-
rally, but soon found a way of re-
taliating, though on their guides in
stead Of the offending host.
Deciding that they hadn't been
allowed time enough to wander
around ViIny Ridge, some Of them
hid in the dugouts, holding up the
party for several hours.
Wasn't that cute?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Tough Job on Cermak

JUST the same, it's a good bet
y that the mayor of Chicago
wishes he were with the bunch in
France.
Think Of facing $4,000 school
teachers, flremen and policemen,
with no money to pay them OF, and
July less than four weeks away.
If that is not enough, think of
trying to meet S165,O0O, 900 worth of
bills with only $15O,0o0 in the treas
ury.
Mr.. Cermak,. who was elected to
clean up the mess left by big BiIP'
Thompson, knows that times are
hard and that the summer is going.
to be hot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06

That broke through my artificial
attitude of righteousness, and re-
piled: $50 do I. Now we can talk
freely"
Most so-caIIed useful work is tire
some and arduous. 7 can not see
any way of getting nd of it. In
any sort of society, hard jobs will
remain which must be done. But
there is a method of tightening the
burden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06

Following is the explanation Of
Ripley's believe It or Not,'' which
appeared in Fridays Times:
The City of London Does Not
Have a Movie House-The city Of
London, with its CTS acres Of area,
and less than 100000 inhabitants,
is only one of the twenty eight
boroughs of the capital of Great
Britain. The true name of the
English metropolis, with its
teeming millions of inhabitants,
is the Administrative County of
London.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ,

Daily Weather Maps WI
Help LGymGn Forecast
His Ol0n Weather"
IT it easy for the average layman
l. to make his own weather fore
casts from the daily weather maps
issued by the United States weather
bureau. if he keeps in mind that
there is a general drift Of high and
low pressure areas eastward across
the United States.
By noting the positions Of the
highs and flows" on the map,
he can make a pretty good guess
as to the sort Of weather to be exc
pected.
A good guess as to what the tenn
perature will be like can be made
by noting the ATTITUDES of the highs
and lows. AS a rule, the weather
will be cool and the humidity fair
ly low if the largest high pressure
area on the map remains either
northwest or northeast of the loca-
ton Of the observer. It will con-
tinue warm as long as the predoni-
mating high is south of his latitude.
The movement of a low pressure
area usually can be predicted by
noting the jsothernS, that IS the
lines Of equal temperature, leading
eastward from the center of the
area. The low usually moves along
these iSotherms.
Isotherms should not be confused
with isobars, which are lines Of
equal pressure. The map is marked
with both isotherms and isobars.)
If low is moving toward the
observer from the southwest, it
usually will bring precipitation
rain, unless the temperature is low
enough for snow.
Low pressure areas which pass
along the northern border of the
United States are deficient in pre-
cipitation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
ForeCaSting Rules

GONE time ago, E. H. Bowie, ma
- tional forecaster Of the United
States weather bureau, formulated a
series Of rules in a bureau publica-
ton titled weather Forecasting in
the United States" These may be
summarized as follows:
1. A high pressure area over the
southeast and a cold wave in the
northwest usually indicate storm
development in the southwest and
general precipitation.
2. Storms which develop In the
southwest and move normally are
followed quickly by clearing weather,
but a storm forced to the left Of a
normal track will be followed by the
development Of a second storm.
8. Troughs Of low pressure coming
from the west may be narrow or
wide. Narrow troughs move slowly,
storms developing at extreme north
ern and southern ends. Wide
troughs may develop extensive
storm areas.
4. When the northern end of
trough moves eastward faster than
the southern end, weather condi-
tons in the southwest and south
remain unsettled, but when the
southern end Of the trough moves
faster settled weather follows:
5. Storms that start in the south
east do not gather great intensity
until they begin to curve toward the
northeast.
6. Marked changes in temperature
Of southeast and northwest quad
rants Of a storm imply an increase
in intensity.
Z. Very high temperatures north
west OF a storm indicate that it
either will remain stationary or
retrograde.
8. East Of the Rocky Mountains. a
storm which moves to the left Of its
normal track will increase in in
tensity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-06
Questions and
Answers

How many rear admiraIs are there
in the United States navy, and how
many hold the rank of admiral or
vice-admiraI?
There are approximately sixty
three adnirals in the United States
navy, four Of whom at the present
time hold the rank Of admiral by
virtue of their Office. They are Ad-
miral w " Pratt, chief of naval
operations; Admiral J. V. Chase,
commander Of the United States
fleet; Admiral Frank H. Schofeld,
commander United States battle
force, and Admiral c. B. McVay,
commander in-chief Of Asiatic
fleet. Three rear admirals also
hold the rank Of admiral by
virtue Of their offices. They are
Arthur L. Willard, commander OF
scouting force; Richard H. Leigh,
commander of battleships of the
battle force, and George r. MARVEL,
commander of cruisers Of the scout
ing fleet.
Why does the cream rise to the
| top of a bottle of milk?
Because there is more fat in
cream than in milk and fat is lighter
than watery liquid It is the same
principal that makes oil float on
the surface Of water.
How old is Ethel Barrymore, the
actress. and how old are her son
and daughter?
| Ethel Barrymore Is 81. Her son
Is about q and her daughte5yis 10.
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SIGN USED BY TIE
EUPy LUNcR ROOM
u PoRILAND, OREGoN

insect" to the class Of arthropods
with three pairs of legs in the
adult condition. Bees, flies, moths,
bugs, grasshoppers and spring
tails are insects, but not spiders,
centipedes nor crabs, far less
earthwormS, and still less slugs,
starf1shes or coral polyps.
Reference: Encyclopedia Bril-
tannica.
Monday-"The Man Who Could
Remember Everything He Ever
Ate"
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Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health MagaZine.

Health Magazine.
livery one knows that some
II varieties of mushrooms are
poisonous, but few people realize
that many other plants are dan
gerous to eat or dangerous to con-
tact.
According to DR.. e. o. Jordan,
there are several thousand poison
Gus plants in the world and one
authority in Michigan lists 1856
poisonous plants growing in that
state.
Poison ivy is much more danger
Gus to some people than to others,
because there is apparently spe-
cial sensitivity to it. Domestic ami
mails eat poison ivy apparently with
out harm.
A representative of the United
States department of agriculture
listed thirty important poisonous
plants growing in the United States.
He mentions the leaves of the
false hellebore, from which a drug
is made. The fruit pulp Of the
Kentucky coffee tree has been mis-
taken for that of the honey locust.