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The Washington times., 1931-03-30
HOOVER STANDS
|. BY FARM BOARD

The Federal Farm Boards de-
cision to stay out of the wheat
pit and buy none of the 1881
crop has the complete approval
of President Hoover, it was
learned at the White House to-
day.
Mr.. Hoover feels, it was stated,
that the Farm Board is the maker
of it's own policies, and that it
has been clothed with enough
authority by Congress to carry
them out.
He considers that the board has
accomplished real benefits during
the agricultural depression, and
that it has more than justified
expectations, despite the criticism
of its methods by agrarian legis-
latorS.
In any event, it was made
clear today that the President
has no intention of intervening
in the boards affairs, and will
support its decisions,
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Turning Off of Gas
Is Opposed by Keech

Peoples Counsel Richmond B.
Keech today went on record as op-
posed to the practice of the Wash
1ngton Gas Light Company in
turning off gas for all services in
a house where there is nonpay-
ment of the bill for one service.
Mr.. Keech'S views were con-
tained in letter sent to the
Public Utilities Commission. He
said that in one instance that he
knew of a consumers gas service
for heating and cooking was
turned off upon failure to pay a
bill for the heating service.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Burke, Arraigned in Cen
Pleads Not Guilty

first persons to see the under
world hoodlum was GuStave
Skelly, father of the slain police
man.
He Breaks Into Tears
He looked at Burke for few
moments through the bars of the
killers cell. Burke stared him in
the eye, never flinching. The dead
pOIiceman's father, an elderly and
gaunt man, started chewing his
grizzIed muStache nervOusly. Then
he broke into tears. 1t was dra-
matte and touching scene.
All approaches to the Jail were
crowded for hours before Burke
and three carloads of officers, the
guards heavily armed, arrived.
State police from White Pigeon
and Paw Paw posted themselves
at strategic positions, armed with
riot guns.
Crowd Strikes at Burke
Several persons in the milling
crowd attempted to strike Burke
as the killer, in the midst of
flying human wedge of officers,
was taken from the armOred car
into the Jail.
More than 1000 men and wo-
men and children braved a b1lz-
zard sweeping in from Lake Michi-
gan to catch glimpse of the
man they had known as Frederick
Dane, retired, wealthy and of
quiet tastes, "the modern DR..
Jekyl-Mr. Hyde" of a modern un-
derWorld.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Girl Leaps 4 Stories
And Lands on Head,
But Is Uninjured

Hard headedness" probably
saved the life of Edna John
son, 16-year-old colored inmate
of the Receiving Home, 816
Potomac Ave. S. E.
The girl, confined in the
institution on a charge of in
corrigibility, jumped from a
fourth story window of the
home last night and landed on
her head in a concrete drive
way. She was uninjured.
The girl was taken to Gal
linger Hospital for observation.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, March 80
GN.S0 Fred Burke, the multi
killer, was arraigned today in
his cell in the Berrien county
Jail on a charge of first de-
gree murder in connection with
the ruthless Staying of Patrolman
Charles Skelly here.
Burke stood mute and a plea of
not guilty was entered fer him.
His examination was liked for
April 8.
Taking no chances Of a possible
attempt to liberate Burke, guards
with leveIed riot guns stood
around the Jail during the ar
raignment keeping a large crowd
at a distance.
Massacre Gun Used
Sheriff Fred j. Cutler said it
had not been determined whether
Burke would be held in the jail
here until his examination or
transferred to Jackson State Peni-
tentiary for safe keeping.
The sheriff revealed today that
one of the guns used to guard
Burke when he was returned from
st. Joseph, Mo-, was the same
machine gun which Burke al
legedly used in the st. Valentine
Day massacre in Chicago.
The killer was returned here
from st. Joseph Mo-, last night.
A special guard of police and
deputy sheriffs was thrown around
his cell and the Jail. Among the
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
NelU Rifle Tested
For Use of InfantrY

Major General Fuquqa, chief
of Infantry, today announced
that 20 Garand Semi-automatic
shoulder rifles, caliber .276 have
been shipped to the Infantry
Board, Fort Benning, Georgia, for
test.
This rifle loads and elects auto
matically, and is being developed
with a view of replacing the
present Springfield, Single-loading
rifle carried by the individual
soldier.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Destroyed Evidence,
Judqe Fines Him $50

ALEXANDRIA, March 30.-In
police court this morning Hugh
Burke, colored, who has seven
times been sentenced for viola.
tions of the dry law, was fined
$50 and costs for destroying evi.
dence.
Seven other colored persons
charged with minor violations Of
the liquor laws were fined from
$50 to $100 and costs each.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
DEER GO HUNGRY

BARKHAM ST FAD, Conn.,,
March 80 QN.SD.-Deep SHOWS
lingering into late March are held
responsible for the assemblage of
deer here. Twenty-Five of the
animals were sighted from one
homestead.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30

Spring is here and there is no
mistake about it. The animals
at the Zoo are already preening
themselves for warm weather.
The elk and deer have begun
to shed their horns and the bears
are getting more lively and their
coats are getting thinner.
In many of the cages the
mothers are preparing for addi-
tions to their families.
Even the chipmunks are show
ing that cold weather is over BY
their activities in burrowing here
and there and in fact everywhere.
The polar bear who is used to
real icy weather is going around
with a detected look on his face
and the seals are keeping more
or less under water.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
SHUTTLE BOARD PLANNED

A shuffle-board court is to be
built at Seventeenth Street and
Constitution Avenue for players
this springi.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22

dynamic. 1t can not remain SO without an increasing
population, and between immigration laws and birth
control the United States is approaching a static
condition"
DR.. Kuczynsk's theory is sound, but he has failed
woefuy to get any historical perspective OF course
our economic structure has been dynamic in the past
Since 1907 we have been conquerng great continent
The frontier beckoned us on until 1890 Vast natural
resources we're unlocked and exploited
After 1890 there we're new markets to be opened
overseas from Cuba to China This most gigantic and
dramatic epic in human history made possible the
expansion Of population from 1000 900 in the DAYS
of Washington to 100000 in the regime of Hoover
But these days are over. The economic program
OF 1875 is as out Of place today as prairie schooner
in Times Square. The continent has been occupied.
The frontier was no more when Benjamin Harrison
left the White House
Our natural resources have been tapped, exploited
and wasted, though by no means exhausted Even
foreign markets longer are virgin opportunities.
and we run headon into serious competition with
European rivals. The semi-explosive period of Amer
lean history and civilization is past and gone Better
days may lie ahead but they will not be the days Of
the first Astor, or of James j. Hill
The trouble with most Of the world is that its
economic structure is geared to the perspective of
an age Of expansion and exploitation which is no
more. Such is the plight of England, Germany and
Italy.
What we need is population adjusted to our LAND.
our resources and the present state of our cultural
development not to the reckless booster spirit of
past generation. Our natural population tendencies
are pushing us inevitably to this enviabe biological
condition.
Let us adjust production to the ideal population
and give our masses money enough to buy the prod
ucts of a safe economic system.
In short, we have come to the time for special
sanity Decent life for perfectly adjusted popula-
ton should be our ideal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

| changes in the blood vessels that
feed the heart with nutriment.
These blood vessels are called the
coronary arteries. InnUmerable rec
ords OF deaths recently reported in
dicated that the coronary arteries
were responsible.
Of special interest is that fact
that the condition seems to be
prevalent also among physicians
who, as every one knows, lead ex-
tremely strenuous lives and carry
the mental burdens Of vast num-
bers of people.
The increase in heart disease is
revealed in the statistics of large
insurance companies as we'll as in
the government reports. Whereas
111.2 persons out of every 100000
died from heart disease in 1910,
the number was 100 in 1924.
In 1928, the deaths from heart
disease in Philadelphia were three
times as many as from tuberculosis
in all its forms, and almost twice as
many from diseases of the kidney or
cancer.
It is, of course, realized that peo-
pie must die eventually of some
thing, because the biological cycle
of the human cell is still approx
mately seventy years. An increase in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22

the number Of deaths from heart
disease after middle life indicates
that these people were saved from
the infectious diseases that used to
carry off tremendous numbers in
youth.
Nevertheless, this heart disease is
preventable to some extent, and
those who are wise will do what
they can to avoid it.
In analysing the increase in the
number of deaths from heart dis
ease after middle life, DR.. Riesman
is convinced that some of them
may be an aftermath Of the inf1u-
enza epidemic of 1918.
It is well recognized that chronic
diseases, such as tuberculosis or
syphilis, may weaken the condition
generally and thus affect the heart.
1t Is also known that overeating,
sexual excess, worry, intense ambi-
ton and the strenuous life included
in striving for success may also be
associated with wear and tear on
the vital organ.
Insufficient sleep is prominent
feature of the lives of those who
break down from heart failure in
middle life. Insufficient sleep repre-
sents vicious circle. Because the
man worries he can not sleep: be-
cause he can not sleep he worries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
Ought to Be Told

PIRTH control is an important
step toward solving any eco
nomic situation. But here, again
the fault is not with the miners.
1t is not that they will not adopt
this measure out of willfulness or
stupidity. I'm sure that the wives
these miners would welcome the
knowledge.
Certainly it is not their choice to
bring into the world, year after
year, another and another puny
human who will know nothing Of
the advantages of sheltered, care
free childhood.
But in the meantime those hun
cry children still are crying for
food.
They are our main hope for a
more Utopian future. And, accord
ing to Christian tenet, child is an
act Of God.
Therefore, it is up to our charit-
able. organizations to foster these
children, lest they grow up with
out the image of God in their hearts.
Copyright, 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
Historical Perspective

With 100000 workers and their dependents idle
today, should We set about to increase the number
Of mouths to be fed? The distinguished student Of
population problems at the Bookings institution in
Washington Professor r. r. Kuczynski, answers yes
There are two ways in which our population might
be increased-natural growth and immigration
There is practical hope in the former Our birth
gate Is declining steadily. In 1900 it so per 1000
population In 1920 it was "a per 1000; in 1880 1t
had dropped to 49, Therefore, DR.. Kuczynski insists
that we must modify immigration laws.
His argument is that the economic structure Of
che United States is dynamic" This can be main
tanned only by system Of ever-ncreasng population:
With her present fertility. she is not in position
10 increase her population domestcaIy. This would
be true. even II the mortality should be further re-
iced Other countries have static economic struc-
France. for instance
Your own structure however. is exceedingly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
D L n CNNIDv KENESAW
ANAA AOO4N NJ. LANDS
OCR mutual friend, the regular conductor of this
- column has another day of leisure, and your
impressario of yesterday carries on

NCR mutual friend, the regular conductor of this
~ column has another day of leisure, and your
inpressario Of yesterday carries on
Our black eye is becoming blacker and blacker In
TACT, 1t is developing its own color harmony 1t is
harmony peculiar to itself, however and it makes
5he rest OF the face look like the countenance of
vlage tough For the last several days have been
stroling down the street with the careless and i'm
9uoent nonchalance OF a desperate.
10 Jump from black eye to paragraph on the
international situation may seem to the casual OBJ
server to be somewhat rash, but after the hurdles
your humble servant has been taking lately it seems
out gentle step And then every would-be coun-
MIST simply must pay his respects to international
relations.
The government of France at last has backed
down on her plan to economic pressure to force
political guarantees from Germany. Now if this were
conflict between individuals the economic pressure
would prevail as matter of course but with ma
tons it is something else again. One must treat a
sovereign debtor with the utmost tenderness.
A WEST VIRGINIA boy of Is tells the police that
he has been in the bootleg business for the last
two years and has averaged $50 week This shows
IN the days when almost all business was conducted
IN the rough it would have indicated the prospects
OF great success.
Many Of the great American business fortunes had
thelr start in practices Of such fashion, and the
mere recital thereof not help but be somewhat
embarrassing to their present highly respectable pro-
prietors But time and few convenient contribu-
lions TO we-pubcized charities and their debauched
youth ripens into highly respectable maturity.
Our most celebrated example is of course, Mr.
Rockefeller, who of late has become almost sanity
In his virtue Time deodorzes the most rank evils and
long injustice Is the most intrenched Of institutions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
A New ANGLE

MTO assurance whatsoever, Mr..
IN Staebner. That is, until we
have laws permitting the free dis
senination of birth control informa-
ton.
This correspondent has put his
finger on the crux Of the problem.
I absolutely agree with his state
ment that charity of the stupid
kind begets the need for still more
charity"
Charity, as we know it, is morphic.
It alleviates temporarily, but does
not cure society's cancer, And, no
matter how we fight against the
first dose, once we have known relief
from pain we seek the spurious rem
edy again and again.
But, after all, the cause is still
there. And only a major operation
can eliminate that.
In defending the Red Cross, Mr..
Staebner goes on to say:
They must know the type and
character of the people who work in
the mines. They must recognize the
danger Of having on their hands
perpetually pauperized, fast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22

to our own best interests to help
them in their struggle for better
living conditions. Eventually even
stupid people will rise up and revolt
against the drabness of poverty and
pinched lives.
But I doubt that these miners
are stupid. They are not asking for
charity. They are fighting not so
much for material gain as for a
principle. They want the where
withal to educate their children and
SEND them out into brighter world
Wnere their bodies and souls will not
be tainted with coal dust.
II they are stupid it is not their
1ault. Rather it is a terrible refec-
ton on the rest of society. It is
possible we are afraid to educate
them. We need theft Drawn.
And, too much knowledge perhans
would arouse the desire for cleaner
lighter tasks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
TOugh on Bows

DOLCE COMMISSIONER Null
4 ROONEY appears to have a
similar idea regarding New York
night clubs.
The COMMITTEE of fourteen" hav-
ing told the commissioner just how
bad conditions are, he rolls up his
sleeves and issues orders in a way
that would make a pilgrim father
envious.
Proprietors Of night clubs must
submit to finger printing if they
want their licenses renewed, and in
the meantime, they must have no
traffic with crooks.
If they have any difficulty in
identifying the crooks, Commissioner
Mulrooney will be glad to furnish
blueprints and specifications.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
~%%ZZES
7TdoAEF b1TF3EH
ANNIVERSARY
B617s8
RUSSIA'S NEW POWER
July p

I'M July %, 1917, the Joint Con-
" gress of Workmen's and Sol
diers' Councils and of the ALL
Russia Council of Peasant Delegates
conferred supreme and unrestricted
power on the new Russian govern
ment. They passed the following
resolution after an all night session:
Recognizing that the country is
menaced by a military debacle on
the front and by anarchy at home,
it is resolved:
l. That the country and the revo-
luton are endangered:
2. That the provisional govern
ment is proclaimed the government
of national safety;
3. That unlimited powers are ac-
corded the government for re-
establishing the organization and
discipline Of the army for fight to
the finish against the enemies of
the public order and for a realiza-
ton of the whole program en-
bodied in the governmental program
Just announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
Questions and
Answers

Did Spain ever have a republican
form of government before the pres
ent one?
1t had a republican form of gov
eminent for about a year in 1873
and 1874. King Anadeo abdicated
in 1873, and a republic was declared
by the Cortes. The eminent states
man, CASTELAR,, strove to give it a
constitutional and conservative
character. In single year three
presidents succeeded one another
and ministries changed every few
days.
If the pension check of a Civil
war veteran arrives at his residence
a short time after his death, can his
widow cash it, or must it be re-
turned to the pension office?
1t is payable only to the pension
er, and it is received even a few
moments after his death it must be
returned to the Office from which
it is sent. The money will be paid
the widow or heirs through regular
procedure provided by law.
Which colleges of the United
States have the largest endow-
mentS?
Harvard university, Yale univer-
sity, Columbia university and Uni
versity OF Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
1t Goes F00IiShIy

IN spite Of the hard times, lots of
4 people are making easy money
and spending it foolishly. However,
that may help to keep up legiti-
mate business, it certainly helps to
sustain racketeering and vice.
Jack Oegs) Diamond, whom the
state Of New York failed to convict
the other day, and who is out on
bail while awaiting trial on four
other indictments, is said to be en-
larging his beer trade area at a
rapid rate.
If he is doing it on cash, Uncle
Sam should have no difficulty in
finding errors in his income tax re-
turns, and if on credit, he must
have a better drag with the bankers
than honest folks can establish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
Protect That Hen RooStI

OF the first $4,000 people who
" attempted to reach America,
two-thirds persisted, either during
the passage, or within ten years.
Yet to hear some people talk you
would think that they had nothing
to worry about, except religion and
blue laws.
If 100000 had died in this
country last winter, we would be
facing the same kind of a situation
that the pilgrims faced in the sum
mer of 1921, after they had buried
one-half of their total population.
Speaking of blue laws, we are
just about as rough and intolerant
when it comes to having our way
as the old boys were in trying to
have theirs.
In Delaware, a chicken thief
just has been sentenced to ten
laShes at the whipping post and six
years in prison.
According to press reports, this
example is intended to show chick
en- thieves that the state of Della
ware means to protect the hen roost
regardless of cost or consequences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
Age of Stars

Z STIMATES Of the age Of tbs
II stars is based on slender evil
dence. It is a source Of satisfaction
to astronomers, however, that three
different methods of approach ell
yield approximately the same
answer.
The telescope reveals the fact that
there are many double stars or
binaries, as they are called. The
binary consists of two stars revolv-
ing around a common center Of
gravity. The orbits range from all
most perfect circles to fattened cir
cles or ellipses Of various degrees
Of f1attening.
There are theoretical reasons for
believing that originally the orbit of
a binary would be a circle. Grad
ually, however, with the passage of
time, the circle would be distorted
by the gravitational pull of other
stars which happened to pass near
the binary.
Knowing the average distribution
and motions of the stars. it is nos
sible to estimate the rate at which
such distortions would occur. Con-
sequently the age of a binary can
be estimated from the fattening of
its orbit.
The second method is a somewhat
similar one. Investigation shows
that frequently group of stars
form what is known as an open
cluster. That is, a number of stars.
forming an irregularly shaped group.
are found to be moving all in the
same direction and at the same rate
Of speed.
Many of the familiar constella-
lions, such as the Big Dipper or ths
Plelades, form such open clusters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
Where Does It Come Frorn2

TINE more you learn about racket
4 eering and corruption, the
more you are puzzled by the part
money plays. Where does all the
money come from, and how could
it be produced in such great gobs
without some Of the big banks, or
bankers knowing about it.
When hailed up for classifying his
income tax returns, it is said that
Al CapOne offered 100000 IN
settlement, and cash at that
Right now an ex-horse doctor of
the New York fire department is
being quizzed about $1,000 900 in fees
which he is said to have collected
for appearing before the board of
standards, and which he is supposed
to have split with certain parties
1t is impossible to believe that
such things can occur without a lot
Of people knowing about them-big
people, respectable people, people
who ought to be in better business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-22
WAS verY much surprised and

II WAS very much surprised and
L disappointed" writes Harold
Fl. Staebner, Ito read your ill-con-
sidered attack on the Red Cross for
its refusal to aid the children of
the striking Pennsylvania coal
miners.
CAS- you know, for many years
the miners have been suffering
from low wages and unemployment,
and yet in spite Of these facts and
the poor outlook ahead Of them
they have gone right on producing
children that they, and you, too,
expect some one else to support for
them.
"As you also know, charity of the
stupid kind begets the need for still
more charity, since, as in this case,
if these children are rescued now.
what assurance is there that there
will not be twice as many in the
next generation who will need
help?"