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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
Next Years Weather

The Smithsonian institution announcement that
earthly weather dominated by changes in the SUMS
radiation well might be considered todays most i'm
portant news.
= For a quarter century DR.. c. G. Abbott, now sec
retsrv of the Smithsonian has been studying the
sun Before him. DR.. Samuel Pierpont Langley, aero
nautical pioneer studied the sun.
IJpon mountain peaks in remote regions of this
country South America and Africa, measurements of
the Inconsistency of the sun have teen made day
after day. year after year.
Now the fruit is being gathered. These researches
hold the promise of predicting the weather weeks
months and even years in advance.
To country suffering from drought that is
vital news.
Claims of long range weather forecasting are not
new or novel, but heretofore they have been based
largely ON hopes and not facts Weather prophets
WIN claimed to beat the weather bureau at its own
game could be characterized as charlatans Or we'll
meaning persons of more faith than science.
But Dr. Abbott's work should not be ignored by
meteorologists. Dr. Abbott is physicist 1t is not
his business to forecast the weather. is not doing
So But he has found relationships between the sun
and the weather that he believes can be used in
forecasting
H H Clayton, an American meteorologist has for
a number of years been making long range weather
forecasts based upon Dr. Abbotts solar constant His
work has a background of scientific research.
Many years of research may be necessary before
the Official government weather forecasts will benefit
from Dr. Abbott's discoveries. But in the interests
of progress of this valuable service the United States
weather bureau should enlist the aid of Dr. Abbott
and hts research and begin rigorous test and de-
veIopment Of this new method.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
Honest Elections

Much of the political evil of the past in
this state has been caused by dishonest cleo
tons. While the politicians are ready to
blame the primary system for the success
of eminently unfit officials, the truth is that
they obtained Office through the manipula-
ton Of figures and not through the vote of
the people.
Instead Of attempting to destroy the
primary, the legislature would do better if
it passed the measure presented yesterday
for the selection of watchers at the primaries
who would represent candidates and not the
party machine.
No one should have any objection to an
honest count of votes and this measure has
the merit Of adding no expense to the tax
payer.
To vote against this measure is to pub
llcly announce belief in fraud and dis
honesty.
The politicians killed this same measure
two years ago and will try to do so again.
They will probably try to defeat the efforts
Of the League of Women Voters for regis
tration measure that will do much to curb
frauds. They will probably try to pass the
utterly insane measure that has a bipartisan
backing to destroy the primary system and
install a convention in which an open invi-
tation is extended to bribers and tricksters.
The insanity Of the measure lies in the
provision that all voting shall be done in Sc
cret. Presumably this was inserted to pro-
tect the delegates from the bosses. AS mat
ter of fact, it would permit delegates to sell
themselves as often as they pleased to candi-
dates who would not even have the poor
protection of keeping their bribed delegates
bought
If there is to be any tampering with the
primary law it should be in the direction of
restoring to the people their right to name
their own candidates for Governor and sena-
tor. With safeguards against dishonesty the
people can still be trusted to rule themselves
and need no guardianship such as the poll
ticians propose.
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w. Lands

THE other day Mr.. Coolidge in his daiIv news
paper article, referred to the old age pension law
as an effort to remedy the defects of human nature bv
legislation, but it is nothing of the kind
For one thing, Mr.. Coolidge better than anvhodv
else IN this country should realize that Lady Luck
very powerful person in this old world for his career
mas been Largely built upon luck
We remember well his vacant Headquarters at the
chicago convention in 1920 when he was a candidate
for the presidential nomination
he was entirely overlooked, and but for the merest
cnance would nave lett Chicago empty handed
HIRAM JOHNSON was rendered the vice-president
nomination several times and declined it.
whereupon it was determined to nominate Senator
Lenroot of Wisconsin.
But when the time came to nominate the vice
president the man who was to place Lenroot in nom
NATION was not on the spot.
Whereupon delegate from out west Wallace Nc
Camant by name, jumped to his feet and placed Cool
1dge IN nomination and before Lenroots friend could
be found Coolidge had been nominated
AND then Harding vanished from the picture-and
Coolidge was President.
HAD Lenroot been placed in nomination, as had
Il been arranged he would have entered the White
House, after Hardings death.
Had things gone through as planned Mr. Lenroot
now would be writing syndicated articles for the
papers and Mr.. Coolidge probably would be prac-
ticing law at Northampton.
It's not exactly defect in human nature, for per-
sons to finish the of life without enough to care
for themselves
The figures show that the overwhelming majority
do this very thing, but they the people who have
borne the burdens of the world.
y
1T must come as something of surprise for the
farmers of the United States for instance to learn
from the august lips Of Mr. Coolidge that their nan-
cia distress is due not to an inability to market their
crops but to some defect in their makeup.
It's not the proof of the most perfect human ma
ture for to be able to hold Office all Of ones life
as Mr.. Coolidge so successfully has done.
We should say there several more accurate
tests of ones qualities.
If Mr. Coolidge had applied his same nature to
that rocky farm in Vermont the chances that he
now would be asking for federal aid instead of sitting
in the Himalayas of philosophy selling his output to
the papers.
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all over the body, especially in the
back and in the legs, and disturb
ances of the ability to taste and
smell.
If a person has these symptoms
in a, mild degree, he is likely to say
he has a cold. If he coughs, he will
add to the diagnosis laryngitis and
bronchitis. If his nose runs pro-
fusely, he will say he has a cold
in the head Or coryza.
If the whole attack is very severe
he says he has the grip, and when
everybody in the community suffers
at the same time, the condition is
known as epidemic influenza.
DR.. Harry Beckman feels that
chilling of the body and excessive
fatigue probably are associated with
the tendency to colds.
Quite certainly the crowding to-
gether of large numbers Of people
helps to spread the disease, but it
seems unlikely that the spread of
the disease could be controlled mere
ly through shutting up large
places of entertainment, study or
work.
1t has been suggested that
gauze masks be worn in times of
epidemic, but again the opportunity
for contact is So great that it is
questinable whether the gauze mask
used on a community scale really
controls the spread Of the condition.
This applies also to the use of
antiseptic nasal sprays.
The best advice that physicians
can give is to get to bed as soon AS
possible and to stay in bed as long
as symptoms are acute.
Next: How to dress in winter to
avoid colds and influenza.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
Directors Elected

NTHER new officials elected by
~ society include two new district
directors and number of direc-
tor-atlarge and councilors-at-large.
The new. officials all hold distin-
guished records in the field Of chem
istry.
w. D. Bigelow. director of re-
search Of the National Gamers
Association, Washington, D. c., and
Walter A. schmidt, president of the
Western Precipitation Company.
Los Angeles, Cal, we're elected dis
trict directors.
These directors at-large were
named: Thomas Midgley, Worth
ington, O., noted for his discovery
in the laboratories of the General
Motors Corporation at Dayton Of
ethyl gasoline and of new nom
toxic and noninhammable refrigev-
ant; George P. Adamson of Sears
port, Me, long identified with chem
ical industries, including the Baker
& Adamson Company, the Gen
eral Chemical Company and the Al
lied Chemical and Dye Corporation;
Milton G. Whitaker, New York, pres
ident of the United States Industrial
Alcohol Company; R. E. Wilson,
Chicago, assistant to the vice-presi-
dent and in charge of development
and patent department of the
Standard Oil Company Of Indiana.
Councilors-at-large are p. c..
F'rary, director OF research, ALUMNI
mum Company of America, New
Rensington, Pa; Professor H. N.
Holmes, Oberlin college; DR.. E. H.
Volwiler. director and chief chem
ist Of the Abbott laboratories, Chi
cago; r. E. Wilson.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-As reader and
subscriber Of The Times, 1 come to
you for aid and I know that The
Times is one paper that really does
justice to its readers and others, too.
A serious thing happened at my
home recently, which not only left
my wife in a semi-nervous condi-
ton, but at the same time left my
little family and home with a black
name in my neighborhood. About
all a poor man has is his good name
and reputation and I aim to keep It
clean.
Shortly after had gone to work
at Kroger's, where I have worked
for the last five years, a knock was
heard at my door. My wife and
7-months-old baby were home alone
when my wife answered the knock
she found the police force at the
door, machine guns and all.
They came through the house,
asked questions. compared my pic
ture with the one of Bruce Scott,
who is no relation Of mine whatso-
ever, and then left, knowing that
they were misled through some
meddlesome neighbours ignorance.
1t makes my home here a marked
one, and 1 can not go on feeling
that people are mistakRig me for a
bootlegger, bandit, or some other
sort Of lawbreaker, and I want the
people in my neighborhood to know
that am a law-abiding citizen. We
do not blame the police, as we un-
derstand that they were here under
orders and I want to thank them
for being white.
EVERETT F. SCOTT.
1916 Burdsal boulevard.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

human being needs both vitamins
A and D to help resist colds. Vita
min A can be had through egg
yolk, butter and the leafy vegetables,
and vitamin D is found richly in
cod liver oil.
1t is, of course, realized that the
average human being in the tenn
perate zone does not get enough
sunlight during the winter months
and that his body is deficient il
vitamin D at this season.
He therefore may get his vita
min D in the manner mentioned,
or he may secure it by taking cod
liver oil concentrates Of vitamin A
and D, now available in tablet form
or by similar methods.
1t should be borne in mind, how
ever, that nobody is absolutely GER
tain as just how much vitamin D
has to do with the prevention of
colds, and that the use Of the ap-
paratus or the preparations that
have been mentioned is still in what
scientific medicine calls an expert
mental stage.
Beyond the taking of vitamins
in the food, it is, of course, neces-
sary in winter to eat enough food
to provide the necessary mineral
salts and the caloric values that
are necessary for energy.
The eating of vast quantities of
food will not keep a person warm,
however, and the Office worker who
rides down in the morning and sits
indoors most of the time during the
day needs little more food in the
winter than he is accustomed to
taking in the summer months.
Everybody knows the symptoms
of a typical cold in the head. in
Guiding headache, chilliness, pains
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
Protect Pastors

OUCH clergymen as wear distinc-
~ tive garb are actuated in part, !
presume, by the notion that their
calling should be respected and that
it may create a situation if some
overexuberant person at the party
should begin behind the back of his
hand an anecdote starting off,
stop me if you've heard this one
about the Scotchman and the four
chorus girls"
OF course, there are things which
one shouldn't say to clergyman.
But, for that matter. there are
plenty of things one shouldn't say
to columnist or ladies' dress
maker or a manufacturing jeweler
If a member Of the last named
trade, for instance, wore some dis
tinctive garb to indicate the nature
of his calling he would not con-
stantly be distressed by casual
strangers f1inging at him the query,
''How's business?"
And, most obvious Of all, there
should be identifying regalia for
prohibition agents. I suggest a
bright saffron suit with red and
green tail lights and a bell to be
rung not less than once every
twenty feet.
1t would save us all a lot of
trouble and prevent arguments.
With such arrangement, nc re-
spectacle citizen would be compelled
to stand outside a basement gate
on an inclement evening saying,
why, of course you know me,
T~ny."
-.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
NJ. E. Tracy
Too Proud to Repeal the Pro-
hibition Lam, We Still Are
Too Weak to Obey 1t.

GAN FRANCISCO. Feb. buster
~ Keaton says that 1t all started
over a little wager; that he bet the
lady $500 she couldn't lose ten
pounds in twenty days, and that
though he won, he was willing to
settle for $1,000, but that though
she lost, she wouldn't take less than
$4,000. Now you know exactly
what occurred, or, if you don't you
can imagine.
According to Dr.. Ira Edwards,
formerly Of Houston, Tex, but now
of San Pedro, Cal, this man Elm
stein is not only a plagiarist, out
a false alarm, as far as the uni
fed field theory IS concerned.
DR.. Edwards claims that he, not
the German savant, first published
the idea, and that he has a copy
righted book to prove it. AS is GUS
tomary under such circumstances,
he wants court to decide which ct
them should get the credit, the
glory, or the revenue if there hap
pens to be any.
Maybe, there Is a court wise
enough to determine who fathered
the thing, but where could we find
one wise enough to determine its
worth?
To cap the climax in Fridays
boilover of anomalies and contra
dictions, Edgar Lee Masters comes
out with a new biography of Abra-
ham Lincoln, which portrayS the
Great Emancipator" as not very
bright, very honest, or very clean,
and as possessing no outstanding
virtue, except a sense Of huInor
which was rather coarse at times.
There are days when the news
appears just to have gone sour.
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Sounds Like Millennium

D UT, cheer up. That pre- eminent
ID wet, Senator TydingS Of Mary
land, and that pre- eminent dry
DR.. Clarence True Wilson, chair
man of the Methodist Board OF
Temperance, Prohibition and Public
Morals, at last have found some
thing on which they can agree.
When two such doughty oppo-
nents bury the Ratchet, clasp hands
and make common cause, you can
rest assured that momentouS events
are just around the corner. q
1t was the grape concentrate that
brought them together-the grape
concentrate. as perfected by clever
chemists, as steered around the Vol
stead act by Mabel Walker Willie
brandt, as financed by Uncle Sans
own farm board, and as now bring
ing peace of mind to millions OF
thirsty but law-abiding homes in
this country, not to mention the
new lease on life it promises thou
sands of California vineyards.
For those who can get along
without hard liquor, the grape con-
centrate hardly can be regarded as
less than Gods great gift to drink
ing drys. 1t is apparently beyond
reach of the eighteenth amendment
or any of the thirty-f1ve articles
composing the enabling law.
AS put up for sale, as shipped
by freight, express, or even parcel
post, and as received by the pur-
chaser, it is absolutely innocent.
The fact that it becomes grape
juice when the purchaser adds wa
ter, or. evolves a kick if he lets it
stand, hardly can be interpreted as
violating law which forbids the
manufacture, sale, transportation,
etc, of alcoholic beverages. Yet it
upsets the whole apple cart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
SCIENCE
.RY DAVID DIETZ-

Professor Moses Gomberg Of
the University of Michigan
Heads American Chemical
Society.
TINE American Chemical Society,
l. With 1900 members scattered
through the industrial centers and
universities of America. announces
the selection Of its new officers
for 1881.
Professor Moses Gomberg Of the
University of Michigan is the new
president. He succeeds Dean Will
liam Mcpherson of Ohio State uni
versity, who was president in 1880.
At the same time, the society
announces the election of DR..
L. v. Redman as president-elect.
DR.. Redman, who is president
and research director of the Bake
lite Corporation of Bloomfield,
N. j., will take over the Office OF
president in 1882.
Professor Gomberg was born il
Elizabetgrad, Russia, in 1866. He
was educated at the Elizabetgrad
gymnasium and at the University
Of Michigan, from which he re-
ceived the degree Of B. S. in 1890,
M. S. in 1892 and SC. D. in 1894.
Later he studied in the Universities
of Munich and Heidelberg.
He has been a member Of the
teaching staff of the University
of Michigan since 1893, ard a pro-
lessor since 1904. He also has been
connected with the United States
bureau Of mines.
In 1914 he was awarded the
Nichols medal of the American
Chemical Society, and in 1927
the Chandler metal of Columbia
university. He is fellow of the
American Association for the ADJ
vancement of Science and a mem
Der Of the National Academy of
Science
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
WhiSkerS

0NE London hotel is minded to
" try the experiment of making
the walters wear side whiskers, but
against this it has been pointed out
that these are by no means un-
common among architects, clergy
men and some of the younger OF
the young intellectuals.
My own feeling is that the mat
ter Of guests and walters is toll
erably unimportant, but that il
might add much to social conve-
nience if We adopted some sort
Of identification as to the nature OF
our calling.
Thus for journalists would be
yellow lead pencil in upper pocket
copy of the American Mercury peep
ing out of overcoat, and flask on
hip.
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Get Around The Law

NOTHING has occurred to COM
IN pare with the grape concen-
trate when it comes to exposing our
real attitude toward prohibition.
Too proud to repeal the law, we still
are too weak to obey it.
What we have wanted all along
is some means Of getting around the
law legally, science came to our res
cue when attorneyism failed, and
now everybody is happy, so happy,
indeed, that government board is
willing to help finance the business.
DR.. Wilson writes Senator Tyd-
ingS that, in his opinion, it's just
another sham, which it obviously
is, as the senator readily admits.
But what's the whole perfor-
nance, if not a sham, a cheap, poor
ly disguised attempt to be dry in
theory, without being dry in fact?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
The Pushcart's Successor

The colorful banana man" with his pushcart
was disappearing from the American scene when a
worthy successor appeared: The apple, orange and
tangerlne man who goes through stores and Offices
and to the envrons of factories peddling his wares
Unemployment has created this job but it is moi
likely to pass with unemployment Some of the
more enterprSing of the unemployed have discovered
they can make good living out of it, and they will
stick to it.
Few can resist the tempting fruit when it is put
under their noses. There are not many like the
Park avenue woman described by the New Yorker
as having everything except mind" This lady
passed the luscious apples displayed on her corner
daily with an unsatis1ed longing for them.
When she mentioned her craving, she was asked
why she did not indulge. why they're for the
unemployed" she said severely.
The custom of peddling fruit is not without its
social usefulness. More fruit is consumed when If
is offered direct to the individual and that every
body knows, is good for health
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
Hey, You'll

A ND think of the conveniences.
IA It no longer would be neces-
sary for somebody to come on the
stage and inquire, us there a doctor
in the house?" Instead he would
merely need to scan the audience
and beckon to somebody in the fifth
row with a, "Hey, you, come up
here!"
Certain tribal customs well might
be revived. Among the peasants Of
Japan it is customary for married
women to blacken their teeth to in
dictate that it no longer is necessary
for them to charm anybody, since
they already have a husband. And
in Africa I believe that wedding
nose rings are known among some
tribes.
Now we are beginning to get
down to distinctions which really
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-07
AMheret , Nh

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
Duke de Artos Wore a Silk Hat
Six Feet Tall-Tomas, duque de
Artos, a wealthy Spanish refugee
who lived in Paris from 1880 to
1880, was a picturesque "boulevar-
der" chiefly conspicuous for his
extravagancies of dress. Withal
he was a cultured man of the
world, and the Colossal piece of
headgear" he affected was merely
an incident in a life devoted to
the rigors of mems dress.
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Every doctor would have Van
dyke beard of bright red hue.
It may be objected that this would
force a number of men out of the
profession, since not all of us are
capable Of growing red boards.
I can see no merit in this COM
plant. AS things stand, the profess
sion is grossly overcrowded, and
this would be as good way as any
to weed out the units.
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Watch Your Diet to Ward Off Flu

This is the second nf three. articles
written especially for The Times and
NEA Service by DR.. Morris Fishbein,
fiuenza and its greatest contributory
cause. the common cold. The series is
especially timely in view Of influenza
epidemics reported in various cities.
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and OF Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
TINE winter months are the sea-
l. son of coughs and colds
These represent today the most
common complaints from which
human beings suffer and lead the
causes of absence from work in
most industrial plants.
In giving advice as to how colds
may be prevented, modern hygien-
lists demand first of all that hui
man beings be kept in the best pos
sible condition.
This means good hygiene, includ-
ing proper food, adequate rest and
sleep, a sufficient amount Of water
and exercise.
It is probably equally important
that the human being be not ex-
posed to undue chilling or moisture
It is doubtful that there is any
specific drug, vaccine, serum, medi-
cine or physical apparatus that is
of particular benefit in preventing
a cold.
Various types of vaccines are used
by many physicians, because they
are convinced that they help to
build up resistance, but the ma
jority of physicians are not yet
convinced of the value Of this
measure.
The general impression is that tht