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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-01-07
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The Washington times., 1931-12-17
CITIZENS MEETS
HIT MAPES PLAN

Two local citizens associations
went on record last night as be-
ing opposed to the Mapes bills for
higher taxation in the District.
The Chevy Chase Association
adopted a resolution protesting
any attempt to lessen Federal
participation in the expense of
running the District government.
The Dahlgren Terrace Associa-
ton suggested taxation to start on
incomes of a single person az
$4,000: for single persons with de-
pendents at $500, and for mar
ried persons at the same figure.
A $500 exemption would be al
lowed for each minor child.
The association also opposed
the inheritance clause in the
Mapes bill and urged that the
District be given an estate tax
whereby 80 per cent of the Fed
eral estate tax collectable in the
District be paid to the District
Government.
A resolution branding the issu-
ance of Congressional tags to
those connected with Congress as
"claSS legislation" failed to pass
after a long debate.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Movies May Explain
Why BGyLes Crashed

The camera may reveal the
cause of the crash which sent
Lowell Bayles, speed pilot, to his
death at Detroit recently. De.
partment of Commerce officials
are waiting examination of news
reel films before reporting their
conclusions. it was announced
Yesterday. ~.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
Another Drought?

Another drought threatens, this time in the
northwest.
Although described as worse than the 1880 drought
IN the same general area the exact extent of this new
drought, and details Of its effects have not been de-
termined. Rain within a short time might indeed
wipe out this threat Every one, of course hopes
it will
This farming section, part of our wheat belt,
has absorbed shock after shock prices of all agri-
cultural products have gone steadily downward.
Alone it can not stand another blow If hit the
effect will be felt throughout the country, just as
last years disaster in the SOUTH southwest and mid
west hurt us ALL
The department Of agriculture has received some
requests for help from farmers in the northwest but
the limitations placed upon loans from the last con-
gressional appropriation appear to tie the govern
ment's hands now.
This money was to be available for loans on 1851
crops and the department apparently believes it is
too late to make crops there this year
For this reason, suggestion just made by Sena-
tor Caraway or Arkansas should be accepted and
acted upon by the new congress- He proposes a new
revolving fund from which loans can be made to dis
tressed farmers period of years.
1t is easy to say that congress- when it made the
last appropriation, should have placed no limit on
the time in which loans could be made But saving
that neither helps the farmers of the northwest nor
will it help farmers elsewhere if they too are hit by
drought any other disaster.
It may be that If this new drought assures larger
proportions the government can find Ioophole in
the congressional regulations and so assist these
farmers. If not, special session may be necessary
In the meantime, the department should make its
own careful survey of this new drought area All ef-
forts should be made to offset If possible forces that
further viii retard our recovery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18

ment on the current shows or took
a crack at recent novels.
That was a mistake. I am privi-
legged to reveal the fact that Calvin
Coolidge has taste for literature
which can rise to ardency.
Some years ago, when the S. S.
Van Dine mystery yarn, "The
Bishop Murder Case" was running
in Golfers Weekly, a note came to
the editor of that magazine.
1t was written by the Presidents
secretary and the message ran that
Mr.. Coolidge had read the first two
jnStallments Of the mystery story
and that he was eager TO learn how
it turned out. Could Golfers s.
Weekly send him advance proofs
of the subsequent installments?
A little more of this human ele-
ment was needed in the Calvin
Coolidge column. He neglected,
either through ignorance Or per-
versity, some of the familiar refugees
of every daily newspaper contribu-
tor.
For instance, I can't remember
single column about the Coolidge
dog. We never learned what Mr..
Coolidge likes to eat or what he
drinks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
HEALTH SERVICE--
Erysipelas Is Dangerous Disease

liar with the symptoms Of erysip-
elias and makes diagnosis at a
glance.
1t is important to realize that
it is one of the most dangerous
diseases that can attack human
being, the number of deaths varying
from to 9 per cent in general and
averaging about per cent in young
people.
If the germs are found in the
blood, the patient usually dies.
Numerous remedies have been
developed for treatment, including
all sorts Of antiseptics, and anti
toxins.
The frequent use of cold or hot
cloths help alleviate pain and take
down swelling. If the eyeIids are in
volved, it is customary to drop
some mild antiseptic solution into
the eyes.
Such patients should, of course,
be put to bed and kept in bed I'M
til the temperature has been nor
NAL for several days.
The most recent remedy is an an
titoxin made by injecting a horse
with an organism found to be as
ISOLATED with the disease.
The serum from such a horse is
an antierysipelaS serum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
ANA<A AOO4N Lands

IT'S deplorabe tragedy that occurred down in
Ardn1ore, Okla, the killing of these young Mexi-
cans by the deputy sheriffS
The fate of the victims IS bad enough but the
possible effect on relations with Mexico is worse.
We had not been very strong in Mexico for many
years until former Ambassador Morrow went down
there and lifted our stock to the highest point it had
ever known.
Mexico sympathized with Germany, you know,
during the World war, largely because she was
against us.
But Morrow worked fast and effectively.
1t wasn't two weeks after he arrived in Mexico
City until he was eating ham and eggs with the pres
dent at the latters ranch and inside of six weeks
the international bunion has completely diSap-
peared.
IT'S tragedy that deputy sheriff, quick on the
L trigger, should be able to shoot international good
will full Of holes, and it may be necessary for Morrow
to go back to Mexico long enough to reinstate Uncle
Sam in the esteem of neighbors south of the Rio
Grande.
The people of Indiana who live outside Of IN
danapolis now reading law and consulting lawyers
to escape the clutches OF the new traffic laws when
they next visit the capital city
If indianapolis should her policemen to sup
press bandits, instead of using them to tag honest
people who come to town to trade she would register
higher in the hearts of outsiders
XNTE are reconcled to the prospect of another war
w in China, for at the rate at which the white
people killing each other of the only thing that
will prevent the yellow brethren from inheriting the
earth will be proportionate homicida enthusiasm on
their part.
1t is estimated that the taxpayers Of Lake county
will pay than $4,000 for the recent trials Of
Kirkland, and in return they gel large lemon for
their money.
Kirkland should have had the chair and the trial
should have been finished in two days. instead Of
two weeks.
When you consider the mountain Of mockeries
piled up by our criminal courts and the small num-
Der OF ynchings its great tribute to the se-control
Of the American people. Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
The Two Types

NEETEOROLOGISTS classify
4V1 thunderstorms in two types.
The one known as the local or
"heat" thunderstorm usually leaves
the weather as oppressive after the
storm has passed as it was before
the storm.
The other, known as the wind
shift line" thunderstorm marks the
change to cooler and drier weathex.
The local thunderstorm usually
occurs in the late afternoon or early
evening when the days heat has
reached its extreme.
It is the result of the overhead
ing Of the surface air when the at
mosphere is comparatively quiet. It
usually comes from a westerly d.
rection, but occasionally is likely to
move in any direction.
The windshift line thunderstorm
usually Is more severe. Frequently
there is a whole series of such
storms, stretching hundred miles
or more across the country.
AS their name indicates, they oc-
cur where the cool air from the
north to west meets the hot, sultry
air of the area suffering the hot
spell.
The area afflicted with the hot
spell is in a Tow" an area Of low
atmospheric pressure. The cool air
is brought in by high" or high
pressure area moving in from the
west.
The cool air wedges in under the
hot air. The hot air is lifted to- a
height where it expands and cools.
It's excessive moisture condenses,
forming the huge towering curnulus
clouds Of thunderheads.
Wind-squalls Of considerable vio-
lence and even hail frequently &C.
company this type Of storm. Unlike
the local thunderstorm, this type
is likely to occur at any hour Of the
day or night.
The cooling which follows is due
to the cold air brought in by the
thigh"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
Jazz Is Waning

IMPRESSION has about the
- same effect on cheap politics
and gang rule as it does on more
legitimate activities.
Much as one may regret the
suffering involved, it is impossible
to ignore the SOLDERING effect of bad
business.
1t has inspired us to count the
cost of some things which we had
grown to regard as of no great con-
sequence.
Taxpayers are watching public ex-
penditureS with an interest they
hardly conceived possible two years
ago. That includes public officials
and all incidentals pertaining to
their work.
Music publishers report more
copyrighted pieces in 1880 than in
1929, but since those of a classical
nature show loss, the gain must
be attributed largely to jazz.
Still, jazz is palpably on the wane,
as any radio fan can testify.
Slowly, but surely, we are getting
back to fundamentals in music, Just
as we are in other activities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
No Emergency

On one point, all citizens will agree con-
corning the proposal Of few manufactur-
ers to bring in natural gas to this city.
If that plan in any way menaces public
ownership of the present system it must be
denied
There is something suspiciously signlh-
cant in the fact that the manufacturers dis
covered their great need for this new fuel
only when the supreme court Of the United
States. after hard battle, had decided that
the city can take over the gas company and
serve the people instead of paying tribute to
private owners.
Big Business, as represented by financial
interests in this city, does not like public
ownership of anything, not even OF govern
ment. 1t prefers the privateers and bucca-
neers of business and finance. 1t is afraid
that the people may learn.
The opportunity to get natural gas is not
new. It has existed all the time that the legal
attack on public ownership was pending.
There can not be any fair claim that an
emergency exists for any one of the different
factories Represented Wy OAAC SAOUP IN" W
ciferously demanding franchise in this city.
No business is under any unfair competition
because of the lack of this fuel. Not one OF
them is threatened for this reason.
If natural gas is the logical and cheap
fuel for this city it's distribution must be
under city control, and any profits that may
accrue belong to all the people.
If, knowingly or naively, these manufac-
turers are being used by the same old crowd
that has robbed the people for years through
private ownership of other public utilities,
they should be stopped.
Under any circumstances, the city ad-
ministration will do well to examine the new
proposal from every angle before consenting.
No one will claim that an emergency
exists.
Unless, of course, the emergency is a
threat to all plundering cabals of utility
barons, whose greed is limited only by their
opportunities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
-BY DAVID DIETZ

Summer Drama Is Provided
By ThuuderstormlS' TumuIt.
THE flash Of lightning, the roll
= Of thunder, the sky darkened
by the sinister mountains Of threat
ening clouds, all combine to make
the thunderstorm one Of the most
dramatic incidents Of summer
weather.
The approach of the storm Is
heralded by the appearance of the
towering cumulus clouds, the thun-
oerheads, among the haze and cir.
roStratus clouds of the west The
low rumble Of distant thunder is
heard.
Next, as the storm comes closer.
the Hash of lightning is seen and
the accompanying thunder grows
Iouoer. Then the dark rain cloud
comes into view.
A lull always precedes the break.
VIZ SSNAAAl. Inc WIND dies
down and the temperature drops a
DlC' as the clouds obscure the sun.
There is an uncomfortable feeling
OF tension in the air
professor Willis I. Nfilharo Of vii
mans college has written a snIendid
description Of the Thunderstorm Ee
says: IVA -''' 40
The thundershower comes nearer
and the big cumulus clouds with
sharp outlines rise like domes and
turretS, one above the other. Just
beneath the thunderheads is the
narrow, turbulent, blue-drab sonaII
cloud. ~ '''A1
The patches of cloud now ara
falling, now rising. now MOVING
hlther and thither as If in great
commoIon. Beyond the squalI cloud
Is the dark rain cloud, half-hidden
from view by the curtain of rain /"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18

toms of an acute intoxication or
poisoning Of the body, such as
headache, loss of appetite, von1it-
ing, and even delirium.
ErysipelaS starts most commonly
on the face around the nose and
eyes, but other places in which it
appears not infrequently are around
ulcers Of the leg and in connection
with surgical wounds.
The condition is such virulent
Inflammation that it has been called
st. Anthony's fire. Because of the
speed with which erysipelas spreads
from the nose over the cheeks it's
appearance on the face is called a
butterfly appearance.
Most frequently the Inflammation
stops at some natural boundary,
such as the hair line of the scalp
the nape of the neck, or wherever
the skin happens to be tightly
bound down to the underlying
structures.
Thus erysipelas rarely passes
down over the chin on to the front
of the neck. When a person has
once had erysipelas, he is likely to
have repeated infections, exactly as
in the case Of multiple boils.
Any competent doctor is fanli-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
Mooney and Wickersham

To make more effective the enforcement Of law
in America the first and most Obvious reform Is to
cleanse the very temples of the law ITSELF the courts
AS a fact-1nding body, named and financed to
make law enforcement more effective, the Wicker
subcommittee on "the lawlessness of the law" I'm
der the direction Of Judge w. S. Kenyon Of Iowa, the
commissions investigators have deved into foul prac
tices that occur behind prison doors, in district at
torneys' Offices in jury rooms, in the very ante
chambers of the Judges.
They have found one case that above all others
Is besirching justice and spreading cynical disesteem
Of the law throughout the world. 1t is the Mooney
and Billings case-rank with prejudice and perjury.
subnormal and legal malpractice.
Naturally the commissions experts included In
their report account of the lawess practices In
this case as an outstanding example of the laws
anarchy in the United States
Inasmuch as there is yet time to make amends
to the Victims the Mooney Billings portion Of the
study assumes unusual practical Importance.
But now comes rumors Of effort to suppress
the Kenyon study of the Mooney Billings citations on
the specious ground that particular cases should
be mentioned in q general reportl
The Wickersham commission has two more weeks
TO live Already 1T stands condemned for trickery
in its one other report that compares IN Importance
with this-prohibition.
If this body assumes the same ambiguous and
tiorous attitude toward the lawessness of the law
and its outstanding example, the Mooney Billings
case, the Wckersham commission will destroy what
ever public respect it enjoys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
Let Italy Be a Warning

With the present troubles in Italy so forcefully
before U.s. it would appear a snguarly inopportune
time for New York school authorities to mix church
and state In the matter of religious instruction in the
schools.
There will be those who claim that such action
clashes with the First and Fourteenth amendments
Of the Constitution But the enterprise Savors more
Of lack of wisdom than of lack of consttutonalty.
The issue of the general desirability of religious
instruction for the young need not even be raised
here The only question is the desrability of intro
ducng religious instructions in the public schools.
The chief justification alleged is that the spiritual
uliteracy" of children responsible for the in
crease in truancy juvenile crime and the like. This
contention hardly can be proved
Numerous scientific studies have been made re-
Gently by May, Hartshorne Hghtower, Mursen and
others All agree that there is demonstrable con-
nection between religious instruction and either de-
inquent nondelnquent behavior.
Equally relevant is the logic of the division OF
labor We have ample church facilities for religious
instruction Let us preserve our schools for secular
education.
They already are overworked in this field, while
the. churches make far less than full use of their
facilities. The church for religion the school for
education is a splendid rule to observe.
Further, religious instruction in the schools in
evably involves the issue of church and state whose
union has been rejected in this country for century
And controversy and i'll feeling are bound to arise in
any such experiment carried on in community in
which Jew and Gentle Catholic and Protestant
Christian Scientist and atheist abound.
II the superintendent of schools feels that New
York children need more religious instruction let him
prepare an eloquent appeal to parents and the New
York churches with that his legitimate function is
1t end. In fact. it would be more appropriate If
sven this appeal issued from ecclesiastical quarters
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
M. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Mach as One May Regret the
Suffering InUolved, 1t Is
Impossible to Ignore the
Sol ering Effect of Bad
Business.
NEW YORK, June 1s-President
IN Hoover is to be congratulated
on his address at Hardings tomb. It
was high time that some prominent
Republican admitted the part played
by scandal in the Harding admin
istration, and truth never is more
appropriate than beside a tomb.
At the same time, it must have
taken courage. With Harry M.
Daugherty on the platform, and
thousands of enthusiastic partisans
out in front, the situation was not
what you would call suspicious for
references to blunders and betrayals.
The conventional thing would
have been for President Hoover to
emulate ex-President Coolidge and
get by with a few innocuous plati-
tudes.
That he refused to do should be a
source Of gratitude to those who be-
lieve in common honesty and COM
mon sense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EEg23S

NALVIN COOLIDGE has wilted
~ under the strain, and some of
his admirers express surprise. They
seem to feel that man who spent
a term and a half in the White
House ought to be able to stick it
out as a columnist for a couple of
years.
But such opinions have come from
those who know politics better than
they do cOlumning. The strain is
greater. For instance, there is more
responsibility.
AS President of the United States,
Calvin Coolidge was able to create
and maintain a myth. If he never
had taken to daily journalism,
Americans always would have be-
lieved that here was one of the
shrewdest of all our executives.
The trick was a simple one. Mr..
Coolidge almost never made a public
declaration on any issue. To specify,
he managed to sit at the head of
the government through his entire
six years and never confess whether
he was wet or dry. And on critical
issues he was equally reticent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
Keep Up Wages!

There is every reason to believe that the Wall
Street Journal is in when it insinuates that the
Hoover administration will have little to say in the
future about the necessity for maintaining existing
wage rates.
No later than Monday OF this week, President
Hoover had considerable to say this very question
and what he said showed no deviation from the po-
sition he has occupied since the beginning of the
depression in 1929.
I'VE steadily have urged the maintenance Of
wages and salaries preserving American standards of
living" said the President in his speech here mot
alone for its contribution to consumption of goods
but with the far greater purpose of maintaining
cial good will, through avoiding industrial conflict
with its suffering and social disorder"
This prompt refutation of the Financial Journals
statement will set at rest any idea that the gov
eminent policy this important point is wavering
The policy was founded in the beginning on
economic truth sound today as it was two years
ago, and sound next year and the year following
as it is today.
The truth is simple. A given number of men can
consume only given amount of goods, matter
how much money they possess. sufficiently large
volume of consumption to make industry prosperous
can be secured only by making it possible for a
large number Of people to buy.
4he TcheSG man IN the world can not use more
than dozen or SO automobiles and radio sets in
year, and therefore contribute little to the pros
perity of the firms manufacturing those commodities
But If the rich mans profits for year are little
smaller, and the wages of his 5000 employees are
maintained at standard which will permit purchase
of one radio set and automobile each the radio
and automobile industries are kept on profitable
basis, they keep at work who are in turn, able
to buy the commodities of the first rich man-so goes
the endless chain of industrial weI-being
Business who understand this principle of
enlightened selfshneSs never will need to be urged
by the administration any one else to refrain from
wage cuts.