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The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Standardization

IT is not machinery that kills the
L spirit Of initiative, but the social
and educational system. From the
time a child enters the world these
days, we train him to do the goose
step. We won't even let him play
without a supervisor.
The moment a baby is born, we
stick up chart at the head of the
crib, and that baby lives by it as
long as parents can pay the bill.
Such natural talent for selection
as the baby is expected to begin
with is crushed by the routine
grind.
We excuse the routine grind as
essential to machine age, though
nIne-tenths of it is by-product of
medieval ideas and represents a
culture which has little in common
with airplanes, X-rays or vacuum
cleaners.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TITO the average person the story of the stranded
Il 101 Ranch show in Washington probably was
just another incident in the days deSutory newspa-
per reading
But to those who loved the west it had a sad
and bitter meaning. For it spoke the passing of an
other landmark and the close of that in color
and bravery is exceeded by no other. 1t marks the
end of dynasty and the beginning of another ira
dition.
Disaster and tragedy have Stalked the great ranch
1uring recent years. OF the three brothers who in
herited it when already prosperous and famous only
remains Two met sudden and violent deaths
within short time of each other.
However these were but contributing causes after
ALL to the downfall of the 1O1 Ranch Another and
vital for its disintegration exists There is
no longer wild and wooly west, and people every
where have Sensed the fact.
A few small boys still may thrill at the sight of
ponies dashing madly about circus ring and of stall
wart men in gaia attire shooting riding staggering
But very they, too will understand that of
these are fake
XXTHILE men still ride herd western ranges, the
w old cowboy, that romantic figure has gone for
Limitless still stretch themselves under
sunny Skies but most of the ranches dude
ranches now, where city and women in trim
trousers ride sedatey up and down the trails and
think themselves very daring.
Fine roping, trick riding broncho busting all these
circus tricks and nothing more.
The old 101, once the center of vast country, he
hub Of many thriving industries tn rendezvous of
cowhands, indians and ranchers the show place of
state, will ir time be. but that is remembered
with affection by those who knew it in the days of its
glory.
ghosts of a people, the remains Of lost race. Soon
like themselves the ranch they loved will be but a
memory. When that day comes the old west will
be no more.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

made to isolate vitamin A in pure
form, and there now are available
concentrates of vitamin A in ex-
tracts and in tablet form that may
be taken when the physician pre-
scribes excessive vitamin A in the
diet for any specific purpose.
The vast majority of mankind can,
however, get all the vita'''n A that
seems to be needed in ordinary food
substances.
Should scientific evidence ulti-
mately reveal some particular value
associated with the regular taking
of excess amounts of vitamin A,
the routine use of such tablets may
become desirable.
Many Investigators have reported
benefit in certain diseases from
taking excess amounts of vitamin
A, and there is some evidence that
it bears relationship to general
vigor and resistance.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Good News

Although not get enthusiastic over the
appointment of another presidential unemployment
commission the best news have heard in long
time is that President Hoover is considering favorably
the proposal to sell the farm board wheat surplus on
easy terms for Chinese famine relief and American
unemployment relief
No other way of selling that surplus has been sug-
gested which would not rob the farmer of his private
market obviously the starving Chinese and the
starving American unemployed are not commercial
market; they not eat unless the grain and
bread is given to them virtually free.
To dispose of the large wheat surplus in this way
would remove in part the load which holds down
farm prices Restoration of farm prices would help
to re-estabish the farmer as a consumer, result
which would be felt by the merchant and manutac-
turer That in turn would revive jobs for some of
the unemployed.
The benefit to the Chinese famine victims and the
American unemployed would be even greater than
to the farmer. 1t would prevent starvation.
This plan if it is carried out will do more to curb
depression. we believe than the announcement that
Hoover has appointed his twenty-seventh commits
sion.
Walter S. Clifford is an able chairman. But we
doubt that he can do more than the equally able
Colonel Arthur Woods whose similar committee failed
last winter because Hoover limited its work to Co
ordnating" local relief.
When the people asked for bread the admnistra-
ton gave them coordination" There are too many
co-ordinators in Washington falling over each other
already, without adding Clifford.
Clifford can not achieve something with nothing.
He and his now duplicating committee can help only
if Hoover allows him to supplement local relief with
federal relief Federal advice will not feed the
hungry nor help local relief agencies which broke
Federal funds are necessary
TTrforti,natelv President and Clifford have
initiated this twenty-seventh commission with mis-
leading statements. Both Of them refer to "the inn
provement in employment" while official government
figures show that employment is decreasing.
Clifford in his first official pronouncement made
the statement: Unemployment relief activities
STATED last winter by the unemployment situation
were on the whole, adequate to prevent acute dis
tress."
Doubtless this an unintentional slip which
does not fairly reflect Gords knowledge of the facts
or his sympathy for the millions in acute distress.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Individuals, All

A BODY floating in the North
L a sea, which may have been that
OF Cramer; the escapade of a New
Jersey senator who drank too much
gin with his sweetie and doesn't
know how he got shot; the fall and
death of two men from a FIimalayan
precipice; the experiences of the
Lindberghs in their attempt to
reach Japan-why do such things
appeal to people, especially young
people?
Why do we find the acts and ac-
tivities of an individual so much
more interesting than those of a
multitude? Why do we remember
war by the names of a few heroes?
Why would we rather read hor-
rlble crime story where only two
or three persons are concerned than
the history of some great corpora
ton?
Why is it SO hard to make a po-
litical issue, unless it can be tied on
to some prominent man, or candi-
date? Why-because we're all in
dividuals at heart.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Today'S Opportunities

VOU hear people complain that
L this machine age is dull and
devitalizing. 1t is when represent
ed by sweatshops and conveyor
systems, but why give them all the
attention?
If the machine age has made pos
Sible systems and organizations that
involve something akin to slavery,
it also has made possible greater
freedom of action and greater
fields of adventure.
Even from the narrowest stand
point of individualism, young men
and young women never had a bet
ter chance to make good than they
have today.
The trouble is that we are not
teaching them to see that side of
the picture. We are teaching them
to believe that life holds little but
job, or, in rare cases, a prospect
of marrying the boss daughter.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
SIOW-Moving Meteor

~ W ifAO ttif1 tFt0NC0A
MIR. KATZOWITCH pleads small
1V1 knowledge of astronomy. But
he has the makings of a good as
tronomer in him, for he is careful
and accurate observer.
His description is an excellent one
of large slow-moving meteor and
there is no question about that be-
ing the object which he and his
friend saw.
A comet would never be a mo-
mehtary phenomenon. A comet
which approached close enough to
the earth to become visible to the
unaided eye. would remain visible
night after night for a week or
more, perhaps for several months.
In addition, while it is fact that
comet moves very rapidly in its
course around the sun, its motion is
not sufficiently rapid to be readily
visible to the unaided eve.
The only way one could tell that
cmet was in motion would be TO
compare its position with respect
to the stars on one night and then
note the next night how .nuch the
comet had moved with respect to
those same stars.
A naked-eye comet is also a much
larger object than that described by
my correspondent. The head of the
comet is likely to be as large or
even several times as large as the
full moon.
A shooting star" or meteor. how
ever, furnishes only a monetary
phenomenon.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

This, however, is general evidence
and not the kind of scientific evi-
dence that is recognized as proof.
The eminent authority, H. G.
Sherman, believes that there is a
tendency toward longer life when
the diet is rich in vitamin A.
There also seems to be some evi-
dence that vitamin A bears some
relationship to the formation of
stones in the kidney.
If the amount of vitamin A in
the diet is steadily reduced, there
is a gradual lowering in general
health and finally complete fail
ure of nutrition.
Authorities have come to the con-
clusion that vitamin A must be sup
piled n liberal proportions not only
during growth, but in the food of
the adult as we'll if a good condition
of nutrition and a high degree of
health and vigor are to be MAIN
tanned.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

had to decide over night on declaring one-year
debt hoday-f it is too early to talk revision of the
system which has almost wrecked the world?
All that the international bankers committee has
done in pointing to the necessity of debt reparations
revision is to reiterate economic fact known to
all statesmen, all financiers, and all economists for
many months
Germany during all these years has been paying
reparations to the allies, who in turn have been
paying debts to u.s. by borrowing the money That
vicious circle has become whirlpool sucking all the
countries downward toward financial destruction.
Why, then, should Washington take the attitudG
that any effort to break that vicious circle is prema
ture? How can any attempt to prevent European
revolution and war be premature? How can any at
tempt to restore world prosperity be premature?
According to one rigidly Republican newspaper
Washington, officially aloof considered the recon-
mendation unfortunately premature because of pos
slble political and congressional complications . B..
Acting Secretary of State Castle dismissed the ques-
tion by saying he might not ask for complete
report of the bankers committee . . the question
of reductions cancellations freighted with tre
mendous political consequence, and few politicians
want to face it few months before a presidential
campaign is to get under way"
Thus administration organs are reporting in effect
that the explanation of the administrations attitude
is partisan politics and political cowardice.
For our part, we don't know the explanation But
feel very strongly that it would not be "prema-
ture" for the President to state frankly what the
United States government proposes to Go about the
proposed debt reparations revision.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
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PRESENT PEACE NOTE

Aug. Fl.
NN Aug. 81, 1917, DR.. MichaeliS,
~ German chancellor, presented
the peace note of the pope to the
main committee Of the Reichstag
with the statement: "It is to be
understood that in view of the atti-
tude of our enemies the German
press maintains that it is impos-
sible to make fresh peace proposals.
The chancellor quoted the Vor-
warts Of Aug 19, as follows: "At
no moment of the war has it been
as clear as it is now that the re-
sponsibility for the prolongation of
the war rests alone with our enc
mics.
Their answer to our outstretched
hand was smashing blow with the
fist. At this moment there is for
us only one possibility, that is to
defend ourselves and our skin"
A debate ensued in which Social
lists, Liberals, National Liberals, In
dependent Socialists and members
of the German group participated.
On this date also the French cap
tured new positions along the
Meuse, and the Canadians drove
the Germans from trenches at Lens
with bayonet attacks.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
And Green Isn't Red

Here is short editorial by William Green presi-
dent of the American Federation of Labor:
Already another winter looms, when suffering
from unemployment may be even worse than it was
last winter. More than 40Oo0OOO people may be the
victims of want hunger, and starvation
"If with all the intelligence of our leadership in
industry, finance and public life, not prevent
this national calamity, then we have failed indeed
and we no longer can blame working if they
condemn the present social order and seek some other
form of organization which will give honest men
chance to an honest living.
"The problem is upon now. We not wait
until next fall, it will be too late. Business must
see to it that workers obtain security in their work.
that work time is divided by shortening the
as to provide for all; that wages are maintained
so that workers weekly income will not be reduced
Labor is ready to cooperate in every possible way
to increase efficiency and make the ve-day schedule
economically practical"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
"Premature''

Capital views Wiggin's plea premature-Strong
opposition to debt reduction by the headlines
We had supposed that the proposal for debt and
reparatons reduction, far from being premature was
about ten years late. Otherwise why all this excite
ment of the last few months in Washington about
preventing the collapse of Germany and protecting
the heavy American investments in that country?
II the existing debt and reparation agreements
are workable, how does it happen that they have
bankrupted Germany and increased world depres-
siOn2 How does it happen that President Hoover
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Persons, Parties

TINE letter which Governor
l. Roosevelt wrote President Hoo
yer regarding power negotiations
with Canada and to which the
President made no direct reply, has
done more to popularize that par
ticular problem than all the learned
discussions, or tables of statistics.
The question of what former Gov
ernor Smith will say, when he gets
around to it, has served to drama
tie the probable break between
Roosevelt and Tammany Hall more
vividly than anything else.
The question of whom the Demo-
cratic party will nominate for
President next year is of vastly
more concern to average people
than what the Democratic party will
say in its platform.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

photograph or a more detailed de-
Scription of herself. For if I am to
return the alteration of an un-
known worshiper, it seems impor-
tant to have at least some idea of
what she is like. I am prone to eX-
aggerate.
1t is quite possible for me to set
UP mental image of this "un-
known admirer" that far surpasses
actuality. And, then, if we meet
some day and she makes herself
known to me, even though she be
beautiful, in all probability she will
not measure up to the picture have
built up in my imagination.
And it's almost impossible for me
to say No"
Copyright 1881. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
NJ. E. Tracy

Young Men and Young Wom-
en- Never Had q Better
Chance to Make Good Than
They Haze Today.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Professor
l ' Mochanotf, Russian meteorolo-
gist and passenger on the Graf Yep
pelin during her recent Arctic trip,
makes an interesting announce
ment.
Development of a photograph
which he took as the dirigible was
passing over southern Nova Zembla
shows an airplane on the ground.
He thinks it may be the airplane
in which Amundsen set out to find
the Mobile expedition.
Not pausing to romance over that
point. it is some ones airplane. tell
ing a mute, but eloquent, tale of
heroism and tragedy.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Want F aSCiSn0?

a GOOD many people appear TO
"A be afraid of congress, and you
can't help wondering why.
Are we losing faith in those re-
publican institutions, of which con-
gress is easily the most outstand-
ing?
Would we rather have the coun-
try run by the executive?
If Sc, we are nearer in line with
FasciSm than most of us would
care to admit.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Pity Mr., Clifford

DRESIDENT HOOVER calls Wal
L ter S. Clifford from his job as
head of the A. T. & T. to organize
the national program of relief this
winter.
A good selection on the Presi-
dents part, but a hard task for Mr..
Clifford.
It is reported that the President
adopted this course to forestall the
possibility of a dole.
One infers that he refused to call
a special session of congress for the
same reason.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Questions and
Answers

What kind of a game is craps?
How is it played?
1t is a game of chance, played by
any number of persons with two
dice. The person holding the dice
throws and if his first throw is 2,
8 or II. it is craps" and he loses;
should he throw Z or II, he wins.
Should he throw any other number,
he continues to throw until he
throws that number again and wins
or he throws Z and loses.
Is Kate Smith, who sings over
the radio, white or Negro? How
old is she and how much does she
weigh?
She is a white woman and weighs
about 225 pounds. She is % years
old.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Daily Thought

Thou shalt be hid from the
scourge Of the tongue; neither
shalt thou be afraid Of destruc-
ton when it cOmeth.-Job 6:2I.
Give your tongue more holiday
than your hands or eyes.-Rabbi
Ben AZai.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN


Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
XTITAMIN A is also called the
' fat soluble vitamin, because it
was first discovered in butterfat,
then in the fat of egg yolk and
finally in the fat of cod liver oil.
1t is, of course, available in milk
and in such leafy vegetables as
spinach, water cress, lettuce celery
leaves and the tops of turnips, beets
and radisheS.
This vitamin is also abundant in
liver, kidneys and Sweetbreads, but
is not found to any extent in lean
meats or in the body fats of ami
mails, such as tall ID lard
Numerous attempts have been
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
BY DAVID DTETZ-

Head of a Comet Is Likely to
Appear as Large as the
Noon, but a Meteor Fur
nisheS only a Momentary
Phenomenon.
CEVERAL correspondents, reading
- my recent articles about comets
in which 1 mentioned the fact that
no large comet visible to the naked
eye has been seen for many years,
write in to say that they think they
have seen large comets within the
last few weeks.
1t is apparent from the deScrip-
tions of the phenomena which these
correspondents give that they saw
meteors or shooting stars" and not
comets.
George Katzowitch of New York
City writes me an interesting letter
in which he says. in part:
Nov. sir, know very little about
comets and the science with which
they are allied. namely astronomy.
However. it is my BELIEF that be-
tween or at about $50 p. m. or 10
p. m. on Aug. l of this year I OBJ
served a comet about four times the
size of the North Star move spec
tacularly through the sky.
Its color was a bright reddish
yellow and left tail-like trail in
its paraboa-like gyrations through
the great white Milky Way far
greater or longer than the tail men,
toned in your article.
i have a corroborating witness
who was with me in Central Park
at the time of this phenomenon. We
both were held spellbound for about
a minute by this August sight"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Vitamin A Is Essential to Health

This is the twenty-first of a series of
thirty-six timely articles by DIR. Morris
Fishbein on Food Truths and Follies,''
dealing with such much discussed but
Minis, minerals, digestion and balanced
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21
Celestial High Signs

A Ill this thought and discussion
N about a hereafter would be less
than pointless if it meant merely a
continuance of life as we know it.
If there is another plane it must
be better, or at least different.
1t should be a place where man
can realize the desires and whims-
no matter how fantastic-that he
had to Illustrate here on earth.
According to DR.. Belden, it would
be necessary for St. Peter to know
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

The Illinois commission prisons, probation and
parole went to Europe to pick up few ideas and
amazed to discover that British police carry guns.
Well we didn't know Chicago policemen had guns
either
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

THE Rev. DR.. Albert D. Belden,
l. speaking Sunday at the Brick
Presbyterian church, depicted for
his audience a Rotarian and XII
wanian heaven.
According to the Herald Tribune,
Or. Belden decided that heaven
must be a sociable place only after
he had observed that mans most
satisfying activity was what he
called getting together somewhat
in the manner of the Kiwanis and
Rotary"
Riding the Goat Into Heaven
"THAT is sound Christianity"
4 he declared. mo man ever
really enjoys being alone except as
preparation for getting together.
That is why we have Sweethearts,
families, Kiwanians and Rotarians.
Even your Mussolinis never are
happy unless some one is look
ing on"
"I don't agree entirely with DR..
Belden. I think most men and
women enjoy being alone some
times. AS a matter of fact, if our
life on this planet is merely a
preparation for an eternal life here
after, it seems to me important that
we have enough time and solitude
for introspection.
II needs must be that all of us
have a lot of rough spots to iron
out before we can face st. Peter
and demand admission within the
pearly gates.
Mans inclination to be a joiner
is not the result so much of de-
sire to get together as the fear of
being left out in the cold. Social
life as we knew it in the nineties is
no more. People have somehow
lost the art of conversation. To
satisfy the soul hunger, they have
found it necessary to organize into
groups and clans, give themselves
a name and set up bylaws and
constitution.
When Good Fellows Meet
nNCE upon time it was the
~ custom for neighbors to gath
er in one anothers homes ard in
dulge in conversation over tiagon
of good ale. Now our social inter-
course is for the most part syn
thetic. We come together at stated
intervals only for reason.
We have lost our individuality
and the ability to make for our
selves an interesting existence. There
is evident, in our willingness to ally
ourselves with Kiwanis, Rotary and
the like, a herding instinct which
bellies our claim to a higher civili-
cation.
No, I don't think should care for
that kind of heaven. I'd hate to
feel that it was obligatory on my
part to become one of group. I'd
much rather just wander around
aimlessly and pick my friends. For
instance, I imagine 1 could enjoy
listening to Plato or Aristotle or
reminiscing with woodrow Wilson
and Gene Debs.
But when I felt the urge for
frivolity, I doubt that any of these
men, save Debs, would make the
proper companion for gay evening.
I'd be more apt to choose Jimmy
Walker and Texas Guinan.
Celestial High Signs
A Ill this thought and discussion
N about hereafter would be less
than pointless if it meant merely a
continuance of life as we know it.
If there is another plane it must
be better, or at least different.
1t should be a place where man
can realize the desires and whims-
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

Mr.. Doheny acquitted of giving the bribe that
Mr. Fall was sent to jail for receiving. Maybe Ovid
right when he said that giving requires good
sense.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

Wine bricks" were offered for sale in New York
City the other day. Probably for elly-making.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-21

Some people should consider the habit of oppor-
tunity. which knocks but once.