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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON


Feb. 9.
I'm Feb. 9, 1773, william Henry
~ Harrison, ninth President Of
the United States, was born in
Virginia, the son of Benjamin
Harrison, who signed the Declara-
ton of independence.
At 1S William joined the army
which Wayne was leading against
the Indians of the northwest and
served for seven years.
Three years later he became Gov
ernor Of Indiana territory, and, as
its representative in congress, Sue
ceeded in passing a law relating to
the sale Of federal land in sections
or parts Of sections.
To this act the western states owe
much Of their prosperity.
In the war against the Indians
In 1911, which soon became also
a war against the English in
Canada. Harrison, as commander
in-chief of the American army,
showed great military talent.
He defeated the Indians in an I'M
portant battle at Tippecanoe, and,
by the victory of Perry on Lake
Erie, was enabled to pursue the
British invaders into Canada,
where, in 1913, he totally routed
them in the Battle Of Thames.
In 1916 he was elected to con-
gress, made q senator In 1925 and
elected President in 1910. He
died In 1841 after carving but one
month. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
Peoples Voice

Editor Tlnes-I resent the state
ment made by L. j. Hartzell on the
floor of the state senate Jan. IS in
the debate on the old age pensions
The statement is un-American, IN
Christian and biased. The state
ment or implication that only pau
pers are dishonest is bigoted and
only a representative Of property
rights over human rights would
make such a statement.
ave people who are honest and
prosperous should not be taxed to
support those who have failed and
are poor" is the statement. The let
tiers a-r-t-z should be taken out of
Senator Hartzell's name. Such
statements by the wealthy bring
about revolutions. The statement is
Bourbon and should be relegated to
where the royal family Of Russia is.
In Terre Haute we have four soup
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
Don't Build Walls

A BOVE all else, why go on with
L n the protective game, after so
much unanSwerable proof that it is
mainly to blame for the mess we
are in?
Haven't we gone about far enough
with the idea of closing doors,
blocking trade channels, slowing
down the machinery and .curtailing
work?
Progress never was, and never
will be, a negative affair.
We can shut Venezuelan oil out
Of this country, but not out of other
countries. If it's so much cheaper,
other people will buy it, and the
net result will be loss of foreign
markets which We now enjoy, as
well as much of the trade in other
commodities which the export of oil
produces.
The notion that we can keep peo-
pie at work by walling them in, is
only good as long as it takes to
build the wall. The Chinese proved
that a thousand years ago.
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styles and colors, are Of consider
able Importance.
Every hygienist knows the diff
Guilty Of securing dress reform when
it is opposed to fashion. But the
evidence available is more than
sufficient to indicate that dress re-
form is badly needed from the point
of view Of health, SO far as women
Of the teen age are concerned.
Perhaps the silliest custom has
been the feeling of certain mothers
that little children should wear
socks, going with the knees and
legs bare to harden them.
Almost invariably it is the slen-
der, undernourished child whose
mother becomes afflicted with this
notion.
The best authorities are convinced
that the child should wear in win
ter undergarments containing about
so per cent Of wool, that the un-
derwear should have full-length
arms and legs, and that the child
should wear long stockings, which
may be part wool, during the win
ter season.
In addition, the child under
years Of age when taken outdoors,
should wear Ieggings and an outer
coat which can be fastened well
around the neck and allow a knitted
sweater underneath.
THE END
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
Veterans Loans

Apparently the administration is trying to meet the
veterans half way in their demand for immediate cash
payment on bonus insurance certificates maturing
fourteen years hence That is, the administration is
reported to be working out system under which vet
Grams can borrow up to so per cent of the face value
OF the certificates, or more than double the present
loan capacity
This would in part meet the undoubted need of
many veterans for ready cash. with the additional ad
vantage Of not forcing the veterans to sacrifice their
insurance. And the preservation of the insurance
rights is after ALL the main consderation-ust as it
was the main consideration when the veterans de-
manded enactment of the original adjusted conapen
sation law.
To be sure, the proposed increase of the loan value
OF the certificates is not going to solve the problem
OF unemployed veterans But the veterans should he
able to understand by this time that nothing short of
business revival is going to solve their problem
What they need is. steady job so they won't have
to think of selling their insurance.
And the unemployed veterans-as well as the I'M
employed nonveterans-are not going to get steady
jobs until there is business revival If they do any,
thing to retard business revival they are iniuring
themselves
That huge government bond issue, to cover cash
payment OF bonus certificates now would retard bust
ness revival has been demonstrated fully by the gov
eminent experts ut the congressional hearings this
week.
Such bond issue would swamp the securities mar
ket and thus prevent public absorption of private Sc
curity issues upon which new business and constrc
ton projects largely depend
Nothing which hurts the country now can helm
the veterans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
FIeeting Impulses

"XXTHIIE it is true says Kohn.
w that the. Chicago Exposition
Of 1893 dragged America out of a
free lance architectural era rang
ing from Victorian Gothic through
Neo-Grec to Richardsorian Roman
esque, and steered into an era Of
studied classic, it may be hoped that
people will realize that an exposi-
ton is an ephemeral thing and ex-
peIimental, and that its architec-
ture properly may give expression
to feeting impulses in design.
"If that principle is not recog-
nized, then it is to be feared that
the buildings Of the 1888 exposition
in Chicago, however interesting they
may be, will have sad and tunuI-
tuous effect on the minds and acts
Of that unfortunately large majority
of all designers who only copy;
those people who never cogitate,
then get an irresistible impulse,
then work passionately, and finally
create.
"In the world of skyscrapers, 1880
has evidenced signs of progress in
the right direction.
"In this field architects long since
have broken with tradition, but one
indication Of real progress is that
they now are trying to make their
designs more expressive Of the
skeleton within the ,envelop, and
that they are trying to find new
and new methods Of con-
struction more consistent with the
nature Of that enveIop."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
No Crusader

pUT my essay never may be writ
II ten because one author stands
in the way. 1 can find no crusad-
ing instinct in P. G. Wodehouse.
After much contact with many OF
his novels, I have yet to discover
any underlying serious motive. The
tear which supposedly dwells Just
behind every smile simply isn't
there.
If these larky tales left me bored
or only half amused I still might
bring Mr.. Wodehouse into the study
as a horrible example. He could
stand then as a builder of bright
and shining bricks who had neg
lected to add the straw of serious
ness.
But the novels Of Mr.. Wodehouse
are to my taste utterly fascinating.
I just have finished his latest, which
is called big Money"
Still less will my particular par
ticipation as a reader on this occa-
sion add luster to the name and
fame Of Wodehouse. I read Big
Money" at one sitting.
And this sitting occupied several
consecutive hours Of working day,
during which had vast number
of tasks to perform But, again,
that may be a tribute to my own
inertia rather than the tug Of a
lively plot.
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just the places on which to tackle
mighty masterpieces.
It may be true that some can use
the gap which lies between here
and Chicago to acquaint themselves
with the facts of history and the
devious course of philosophy.
That is beyond my capacity. The
dreariness of railroad travel empha-
sizes to me the dizziness Of most
worthy books.
Why is it that so many authors
use 10000 words to tell what could
be set down in no more than a hun
dred?
The great thinkers of this or any
other day, I regret to report, never
are brief. And before Albany has
been reached, a gulf has grown be-
tween us.
Copyright. 1881. by The Ttmes)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

LIVERY now and then I am
- minded to write column con-
corning funny men. And this piece,
according to the plan, will go even
beyond the familiar theory that
every clown is a Pagliacci.
Tt was my notion to assert that
each wit was, in reality, something
else. One could assert with obvious
sincerity that the lighter the sur
face context of Dorothy Parker's
poems, the more tragic the content
Under final analysis it isn't really
funny that men seldom make
passes at girls who wear glasses .
The suppressed reform instinct in
Robert G. Benchley easily is discov-
cred in many Of his essays. Donald
Ogden stewart has had sharp and
eloquent complaint to make about
nilitarisnn in some of his most
farcical novels.
Ogden Nash, celebrated chiefly as
the owner of trick rllyming sys-
tenn, is, in fact, a young man filed
with some very lively hates and
among the most skillful of all who
track down and shoot the stuffed
shirt in and out Of season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
DumbneSS at Zenith

F~EANIS representing the Ex-
J. change and Rotary Clubs Of
Turlock, Cal, will engage in an
egg-throwing contest next Friday,
with the Chamber Of Commerce act
ing as sponsor. and the mayor pro-
claiming it Egg day."
It is hoped that not less than 100
cases Of eggs will be destroyed in
the melee, after which the WIN
ming team is expected to challenge
neighboring clubs to a similar show
for the destruction of still more.
The performance should be re-
ported in detail, not only because
of its uniqueness, hut because of the
great consolation it would bring to
those distraught mothers and care
worn fathers who haven't seen an
egg in months.
But don't take it as too excep-
tional, for, when you get right down
to brass tacks, what does it repre-
sent except that good old -protec-
tive scheme of prosperity which such
measures as the Grundy bill en1body
and which some Of our best minds
are proposing to carry even farther
right now, with all sorts of restric-
lions and embargoes.
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lines brought about by the wealthy
through their last three dummies
in the Presidents chair and mouth
pieces in congress. A congressional
investigation is on foot now on
"Red activities" All any man of the
type Of Senator Hartzell has to do
to find the cause of unrest and Boil
shevism in America is to look in his
mirror. .-..-
A man of that type is not a. rep
resentative Of the people and no
doubt when he returns to Allen
county he will not have the courage
to look a poor man. selling APPLES.
in the face. Remember that the
Founder OF Christianity was born in
a nlanger.
JOHN F. RYAN,
Representative from .Vipo.
P. s.: These statements are from
my heart and were not put in nv
mouth by some wealthy client.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
Daily Thought

He that Ioveth silver shall not
be satisfied with silver; nor he
that loveth abundance with in
crease: this is also vanity
Ecclesiastes $40.
Vanity costs money, labor, horses,
men, women, health and peace, and
is still nothing at last-a long way
leading nowhere.-Emerson.
Who wrote the book entitled @Ex-
wife?"
Ursula Parrot.
Is Red Grange still playing foot
ball?
He is now the manager of the
Chicago Bears, a professional foot
ball team Of the National Profess
sional Football League.
What is the name of the song that
Arthur Lake sings in ''The Scamp
of the Campus?"
Cheer up and Smile. y
What does ex-dividend mean In
connection with the sale of stocks?
1t means that the stock was sold
without right to q recently declared
dividend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
Why Build an Ark2.

.uERE'S the Capper bill, for
L 4 which they say congress is in
a mood to pass, and which would
limit the importation of crude oil
to 100000 barrels a year for the
next three years.
1t sounds all right, considering
the number of capped wells, the
number of tanks overfowing, and
the number Of independents who
can't sell their oil, but it doesn't
sound much like the conservation
one heard five years ago, when the
cry was all for conserving a sup
ply which would peter out in fifteen
or, twenty years." as we were in
formed by the best of experts.
If we underestimate the amount
Of oil available then, who knows
but we're all overestilnating it now.
Why this childish impulse to build
arks every time there is a shower,
or assume that nature has changed
her mind every tirne there is a dry
spell?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

Progress Never Was, and
Never WI Be, a Negative
Affair.

Never W1W be, q NegdCtDe
Affair.
GAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-Last
- Friday the people Of San Fran
cisco approved bond issues aggregat-
ing s., 500, 900, with which to provide
work for the unemployed, by a seven
to one majority.
The very next day, San Francisco
banks agreed to advance the city
$500, 900, without interest, so that
work could begin at once.
Next Tuesday, only four days
after the bonds we're voted, 1900
men will be put to work, and the
number will be increased to 1900
within two weeks.
Monday the San Francisco Junior
Chamber of Commerce opened what
is described as a progress ex-
hibition," with models, layouts, and
designs illustrating forty con-
struction projects which will be
started in the city, or its immediate
neighborhood, during the next
twelve months representing total
expenditure Of more than $780,
100000.
That's telling the blue devils were
to go.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

This is the third Of three articles
written especially for The Times and NEA
Service by DR.. Morris Fishbein, noted
authority. on how to avoid influenza
and its greatest contributory cause, the
common cold. This series Is especially
timely in view Of influenza epidemics re-
ported in various eitIes.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeias the Health
Magazine.
d ED flannel underwear for the
An average worker long has dis
appeared from the American scene.
It still is occasionally seen in for
eign districts and in lumber camps.
The coming Of the automobile and
the Steam-heated office and home
have made it necessary that under
clothing and indeed clothing in gen.
eral be rather-4ight for indoor wear
during all seasons Of the year.
1t is then possible for the worker
to put on enough extra clothing
before going outdoors to take care
of his temperature needs.
Every one can remember when
women began to outstrip the men
SO far as clothing was concerned, 1t
is difficult to state whether the
brevity of the clothing or of the
diet was responsible for the rise in
tuberculosis in young women which
began coincidentally and which has
persisted for several years.
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THE END

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter.
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this paper.-The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
No ButIerI

TINE secret of attraction is a
l. little difficult to discover. Ger
tainly to an old Wodehousian there
is nothing of novelty in his latest
work. The plot Of the inpecunious
and hkable young man who comes
at the end into fortune has been
employed by this novelist again and
again
There practically Is no change In
the type Of character. This time
the shrewt butler has been omit
ted. but t5 heroine Is from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Danger to Architecture Seen
in Modernistic Trend of
Building at Chicago Worlds
Fair.
A NEW freedom from classical
"A design and a realization that
a proper architectural plan must ex-
tend beyond q building to include an
entire community give promise Of
great progress in architecture dur
ing 1881. So says DR.. Robert D.
Kohn. president of the American
Institute of Architects,
Kohn sees one danger for the fu-
ture. 1t is that the expression Of
modernism which is expected in the
1888 Chicago worlds fair unduly
may incline the architects Of Amer
lea to radical designs.
Reviewing 1880, Kohn says: In
the field Of government architecture
We have made a notable showing in
1880 in the development of the
buildings on the so-called Triangle
in Washington, D. G.
THE coming year will give even
more visible evidence Of the wis
dom of this plan whereby all the
plot between Pennsylvania avenue
and the Mall is given over to pub
lie buildings or to parks.
while the fine arts commission
determined land perhaps wisely
that all these buildings should DO
designed in a classic manner, con-
struction has progressed far enough
to show that the buildings in this
group will produce a certain unity,
and be consistent with the character
of the monumental Washington
which the commission has planned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
They Solve t

TOO bad everybody can't see
L that more work, more buying
power, more consumption, constitute
the one remedy for this depression.
Many well-intentioned people still
are obsessed with the idea that the
best way to restore prosperity is to
block trade and destroy surplus
products.
Up in the poultry growing section
of San Joaquin valley, there is an
oversupply of eggs. How to reduce
that over-supply Immediately and
irrevocably seems to have become
the al-absorbing problem.
With the Red Cross taking care
Of more than 100000 people in the
drought-stricken areas, not to men
ton the multitudes still out Of work
in our cities, and with untold num-
bers of children hungry for bread,
much less eggs, you wouldn't think
that such problem presented any
great difficulties.
That's where you'd be wrong,
however. It's proper solution has
puzzled Chambers Of Commerce and
MONDAY luncheon clubs for quite
some time, but, at last, they have
hit upon a wonderful idea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

The champion ash roller Of Massachusetts,
asked the New York athletic commission for permission
to roll an ash up Broadway. He'll make his own
great white way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

A scientist says germs can be made to general
electricity Picture folks sneezng at the generator!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

One disadvantage to that railroad France is plan
ng to build across the Sahara is that they will flnc
1t difficult to advertise its grand scenic route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

Aspeakeasy acutey observes the office sage is only
as strong its weakest drink
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

mayors and local relief committees that private and
local relief measures can not meet the emergency
1t is unreasonable and unjust to help farm victims
and refuse to help city victims
If congress adjourns without providing adequate
relief for drought and unemployment victims not
reached by private agencies it will fail in one Of the
most serious responsibilities ever placed upon It,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09
Railroad Reading

FLOR instance, I can think Of no
Il one else comparable as a rail-
road travelling companion. There
are those who feel that trains are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-09

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeias the Health
Magazine.
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- II n SnN1v FREDERICK
ANA$A AOOAN LANDS

a FIER reading Of the two American girls who
A have married foreign titles the last week or So
JUS relief to contemplate Prince GIlstave Lennart
grandson Of the king of Sweden, who renounces his
title to marry daughter of "the common people"
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Guaranteed by:
The manufacturer and by the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
Cross Stone of Virginia.

The fairy cross" Of the virginia
Blue Ridge. . reddish-brown rock
formation taking the shape Of Q per-
rect cross. Is said to be found only in
Patrick County, Va. Travellers In the
West and Southwest may recall that
these curious pieces of stone are fire.
quently offered for sale IS Mexican
Holy Crosses" at shops at or near In
dian reservations, sometimes for only
nickel apiece. The United States
Geological Survey, however, confirms
the claim that the "Staurolite," OF
Gross Stone" an iron-aluminum sill
cate, Is found only in Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25

Daylight saving time has been started
In New Zealand, where Summer has
Just appeared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-05
Il. i. Five
Is Shifted
Dean Moves Campbell to
Forward, ZeIIer to
Backyard.
By Times SpecioI

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. A.
Peedad Campbell of Shelbyville win
be tickling the net for Indiana from
a forward position in the game here
Saturday night with Purdue. He
has been playing guard, with an CO
casional burst into enemy territory
for basket.
He will replace Joe zeller, who in
turn will drop back to the guard
position formerly occupied by
Campbell. zeller has been turning
in good defensive games but has
not been able to connect with the
basket in his old form. Bernard
Dickey will start in the pivot posi-
ton. Pairing with the midget
Campbell will be Ben Miller, acting
captain for the game. He is an ac-
curate shot and has been holding
down second place in the individual
conference scoring list. Weller will
play floor guard.
Two other athletic events with
Purdue have been carded for this
weekend. The HOLSTERS open theR
indoor track season with the Boiler
makers here Friday night and the
wrestling team opens its conference
schedule at Purdue Saturday night.