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Evening star., 1931-12-31
Clooms Of Yesteryear.

Prophets gloom raised their this country often in
the national depression and economic Their
predictions been often dtspoVed
1887 when America in the of hard
made in HapeS Weekly of October TO-
of the United States Commissioner
Labor prophecy economic ills advanced The following
reproduced here evidence the tendency to toreee the
future In terms of immediate deSpondency
Evening star., 1931-12-31

Radio listeners have heard the rum
bling and kissing of 2000-degree hot
lava erupting In fsr-off Mount Kilauea.
They will have to stay content with
that, for Senator Moses has just refused
an offer of $4,000 for weekly broad
cast Of congressional comment.
Evening star., 1931-12-31

II the business Of choosing a queen"
Of this, that and the other section keeps
on, it will not be B. great while until
sealSkin- booted duSky bellies are COM
peting for the title Of Miss Arctic
Circle"
Evening star., 1931-12-31
N-&S%< =

In Italy there are Black Shirts"
and once there were Red Shirts -
Now in India has sprung up an organi-
zation labeled by the latter term. The
world is waiting patiently for q great
national or international movement
entitled Clean Shirts"
Evening star., 1931-12-31

California has a law prescribing a
penalty for one who suggests or urges
suicide. Probably the only examples
OF these offenSes occur when one Cali
fornisn learns Of another being COM
PEELED TO leave the State.
Evening star., 1931-12-31
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The Lesson Of the Day,

The Lesson Of the Day.
From Harper's Weekly, October 10, 1857:
It Ia O. gloomy moment in history.
Not for many years-not in the life
time of most men who read this paper
has there been SO much grave and
deep apprehension; never has the tu-
ture seemed so incalculable as at this
time. In our own country there Is
universal commercial prostrstion and
panic, and thousands of our poorest
fellow citizens are turned out against
the approaching Winter without en-
ployment and without the prospect of it..
In France the political caldron seetheS
and bubbles with uncertainty; Russia
hangs, as usual, like cloud, dark and
silent upon the horizon of Europe; while
all the energies, resources and influences
Of the British Empire are sorely tried,
and are yet to be tried more sorely, in
coping with the vast and deadly In
dian insurrection, and with Its dis
turbed relations in China.
1t is a solemn moment, and no man
can feel an indifference (Which, hap
PLY, no man pretends TO feeD In the
issue OF events.
OF our own troubles no man can see
the end. They are, fortunately, as yet
mainly commercial; and II we are only
to lose money and by painful poverty
to be taught wisdon-the wisdom of
honor, Of faith, of sympathy and Of
charity-no man need seriously TO de-
spair. And yet the very haste to be
rich, which Is the occasion Of this wide
spread calamity, has also tended to de-
stroy the moral forces with which We
are to resist and Subdue the calamity.
Good Friends-Let our conduct prove
that the call comes to men who have
large hearts, however narrowed their
homes may be, who have open hands,
however empty their purses. In time
of peril we have nothing but manhood,
strong in It's faith in God, to rely upon;
and whoever shows himself truly God
fearing man now, by helping wherever
and however he can, will be as blessed
and beloved as q great light in dark
ness.
From the first report of the United
States Commissioner Of Labor in 1886:
The rapid development and adapta
ton of machinery have brought what is
commonly called overproduction, so
that machinery and overproduction are
two causes so closely allied that 1t IS
quite difficult to distinguish the one
WITHOUT taking the other into consider
alton.
In England, Belgium and France
railroads and canals that are really
needed have been built. Germany is
provided with full network of rail-
roads, and In the United States rail-
read construction has been out of all
Evening star., 1931-12-31
Drawing the Distinction.

You are an orator" said Senator
Sorghum, but you're no politician"
Whats the difference"
AN orator uses figures Of speech; |;
but when q politician uses figures he
puts dollar mark in front of EN-"
Evening star., 1931-12-31

Ghandi, In his declaration that he
will not finch from sacrificing the lives
of million" persons as the price Of
India's liberty, now enters the John w.
Gates class.
Evening star., 1931-12-31
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Evening star., 1931-12-31

As the bridge tournament goes along
many turn their thoughts more and
more to that scrubwoman who Is salts
flying her life's dream by floating down
the Mississippi.
Evening star., 1931-12-31

Once 1t was pixies Peak or Bust"
Now it is Hollywood or Bust" And
in most cases, what q bustl
Evening star., 1931-12-31
Perils,

Does that play tend to remind you
Of the dangers Of great city?"
I'm my opinion" replied the uncom-
promising critic, ut goes further. It's
one OF EN-"
Evening star., 1931-12-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

BY PHILAHDER JOHNSON.
Responsibilities Disclaimed.
I shall not turn
A New Year page.
No more I'll yearn
With moral rage
My ways to heed
That do not suit.
I have no need
To resolute.
The laws, you see,
Are now up TO date
Our habits free
To regulate.
Gambling bold
Gets many a call
And so does Old
King Alcohol.
The taxes break
My greed for wealth
And fool laws make
Secure my health.
Since laws discern
And cure each grief,
What need to turn
A New Year Leaf?
Evening star., 1931-12-31
Sense of Obligation.

Resolutions on New Year! What good
they might do
As bravely we set them afioat,
II we watched them with caution as
constant and true
As we show toward ninety-day
note!
Evening star., 1931-12-31
Recrean

Old Santa Claus ef1aced each frown
From all the faces that he knew,
But cautiously forsook the town
Before the various bills come due.
Evening star., 1931-12-31

What the American reading public
is now really painting for is "Sino-
Shavian" controversy.
Evening star., 1931-12-31

Don get indignant wifi de man dat
refuses to give you credit at de store, p"
said Uncle Eben Maybe he'll be de
means OF savin' you some worry IN de
future" -
Evening star., 1931-12-31
A Sincere Tribute.

Il once paid that tenor a thousand
dollars to sing at my wife's musicale, -
said Mr. Cumrox
You must have a great admiration
for him"
Il have. He is one Of the best busi-
ness men ever met"
Evening star., 1931-12-31

A man makes fun Of the cigars his
wife buys. Yet many woman suffers
in silence while a man smokes the cigars
he bought himself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
URGES U. S. CONTROL
OF TRUCK LICENSING
State Police Chief Sees Federal
Hand as Only Solution.

State Police Chief Sees Federal
Hand as Only Solution.
Federal control of interstate
trucking as a means to avoid i'm
pounding of motor vehicles because
of varying state laws regarding
licenses, was advocated today by
Grover CARROT, state police chief.
Until federal legislation is en-
acted to set up uniform regulation
regarding truck licensing, states will
continue to have difficulties over
reciprocity, such as the one now
involving Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee, CARROT said.
Although Kentucky and Indiana
today had agreed upon a truce
pending conference between Off
Gals of the two states at Martins
vile, sometime between Sept. 10 and
%, Indiana state police were or
dered to impound all Tennessee
trucks failing to carry license plates
of this state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
BLAMES SOVIET
FOR DESTROYING
CHURCH IDEALS
Bishop Sees Attempt to
Exterminate All Forms
of Religion.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
DENVER, Sept 16.-A ringing
attack against the Soviet govern
ment's attitude toward religion and
a plea for strengthening of Chris
ton ideals was made here today by
the Rev. Michael Bolton Furse,
bishop of st. Adams, England.
Speaking at the opening service of
the fftieth general convention of
the Episcopal church in the United
States, Bishop Furse said the So
Wet government was making de
termined attempt to exterminate all
forms of religion, especially the
Christian faith"
"The four detectives on which
that attack has been launched are
significant" Bishop Furse said.
First and foremost, the home and
the Christian idea of marriage;
secondly, the teaching of the Chris
tan faith to young and old; thirdly,
the public worship of Almighty
God; fourthly, those who are set
to teach that faith and minister in
that worship"
The bishop, who had crossed the
Atlantic and major part of the
North American continent to ad-
dress the 10000 delegates to the
convention, then discussed the four
detectives, combining his remarks
largely to the ''rest of Europe and
America"
In discussing the home and the
Christian idea of marriage, he de-
plored the prevalent and increas-
ing use of contraceptives by mar
ried folk"
He said he was convinced use of
contraceptives in the long run
would degrade the holy estate of
matrimony, physically, Intellectually,
morally and spiritually.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

Mexican Alleged to Have
SCorChed Officers Neck
With Bullet.

A Mexican eX-convict, under sus-
pended sentence from municipal
court, was captured by police early
today after, it is charged, he tried to
kill a policeman who stopped him
and his Negro companion for ques-
tioning as suspicious characters.
At Maryland and Missouri streets
about 6 this morning patrolman
John O'Brien halted Thomas Ala
media, alias Alameda, 25, and Will
liam Humphrey, Is. Negro, of
Louisville.
AS O'Brien "frisked" Humphrey
for weapons, he said he heard Ala
media snarl:
Stick EN- up, you - -"
The policeman whirled toward
the Mexican, in whose hand gun
glittere@. O'Prien tried % pull
Humphrey between himself and the
gun, and slipped on the wet pave
ment, thereby doubtless saving his
life.
Alameda's gun flashed and bull
let scorched O'Brien's neck, O'Brien
claimed. The pair fled west.
Unwilling to risk hitting work.
men on the street, O'Brien fired
three times, but kept his aim safely
away from bystanders.
An emergency squad and five
radio squads formed a net around
that district and search for the
fugitives began. An hour later
radio patrolmen George Anderson
and Charles Viles cornered and cap
tured Alameda and Humphrey in
an alley east of Blake street, near
New York street.
Alameda is charged with shooting
with intent to kill, resisting arrest,
and vagrancy, and Humphrey with
the two latter charges.
Aug. 13, Alameda, then giving the
name of Alemeid, was taken before
Judge William H. Sheaffer as an
automobile battery thief. He ad-
mitted he was an ex-convict, hav-
ing served a prison term for bur-
glary, but Judge Sheaffer suspend
ed 81 and costs fine and sentence
of ninety days on the state penal
farm.
Today, Alameda said he remem-
bered this suspended sentence, and
knew it would go hard with him if
O'Brien found the gun in his pos
session. He said he thought he
could force the policeman to allow
him To make his escape.
After the shooting, he threw the
gun away, he told police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

, should be inspected and, if
found to be too large, should be
filled with paper or rags, al
though for a permanent job ce-
ment should be used.
The basement floor, if improp-
erly drained, brings a lot of cold
moisture up from underneath the
house. A clogged drain is easily
recognizable. It's best to locate
distractions in the drain now
and repair them before winter
sets in.
A spot on the floor that is
damp all the time is an indica-
ton of a clogged drain. Dig up
the spot, replace or clean out the
clogged tile, and then cover the
hole with mortar.
After all these points have been
taken care of in the basement, it.
is practically waterproof, and
should aid in considerable saving
on the coal bill this winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
INSANE, IS DEFENSE
Invalid Woman, II, Is on
Trial for Staying Mate.

By United Press
NOGALES, Ariz.. Sept. I6.-The
trial of Mrs. Louise F. Marshall, ~
year-old invalid charged with muir
der, settled into a controversy to-
day over her mental condition at
the time she shot and fatally
wounded her husband, Thomas K.
Marshall, so.
The defense admitted Mrs. Mar
shall fired four bullets into her hus-
bands body last April, but George
Darrell. defense attorney, insisted
the elderly woman shot while crazy
with fear.
The shooting was the climax of
unfounded jealousy and was pre-
meditated, the prosecution insisted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
RADIO SQUAD CARS TO
GET FASTER SENDOFF
Police Broadcast Control Plan
Change to Speed Up Runs.

New system of police radio broad
cast control was inaugurated today
by Police Chief Mike Morrissey to
speed up dispatching of police cars
to scenes of complaints.
A dispatcher will be on duty in
a room to send calls to the police
radio station, with the captain in
charge to dispatch cars on serious
calls.
Patrolman Arch Ball will be on
duty from 10 a. m. until 6 p. m.
and patrolman William Brooks
from p. m. to 2 a. m, Chief Nor
rissey ordered. Telephoned COM
plants will go from the switch
board direct TO the dispatcher, and
thence either to the captain or
over the air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

home for winter.
By NEA Scrrice
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The
basement, ordinarily cool in sum-
mer, will be exceptionally cold in
winter and allow winters blasts to
enter the house and creep through
it, unless it is properly prepared for
the siege.
All easements are more or less
damp, and it is this moisture, cool
ing to point near freezing in win
ter, that creeps into the basement
through the walls and floor and
makes it difficult to maintain the
proper heat in a home.
The first step in remedying this
condition, according to government
bureaus here, is to make detailed
examination of basement walls and
floor.
Most cracks in the walls are no.
ticeable, but in little, out-of-the-
way corners may be tiny crevices,
which allow the moisture to seep
in. For this reason it is necessary
to take along a flash light or an
electric light bulb on an extension
to examine the walls thoroughly.
Cracks Cause Dampness
If the cellar walls are white
washed, these cracks will make their
presence known by discoloration
on the walls caused by the damp
ness coming through them. If I'M
finished, however, it may be neces-
sary to rub the hand over the walls
to locate the damp parts.
Repairing these cracks can be
done in either of two ways,
The first and easiest, although
not quite as effective as the sec
ond, is to do the repairing from
inside the basement. This is done
by spreading over the fissure and
around it for a space of six or
more inches one-half inch coat
ing of cement mortar.
This is mixed in the proportion Of
one sack of cement to two cubic feet
of sand, plus little hydrated lime.
Or a prepared plastic material
might be used.
To insure the preparations stick
ing, the wall should be thoroughly
scraped and cleaned.
If the wall is extremely damp,
the best coating to apply is a BIZ
luminous coating, such as coal-tar
or asphalt.
Outside Job Is Best
The second method is to repair
the wall from the outside. This
consists of digging down to the
crack from the outside and apply
ing the material there.
The pressure of the moisture and
earth on the outside tends to force
the preparation against the wall.
When applied to the inside, it tends
to force it away from the wall.
After the walls are fixed, it is
well to inspect the window frames
of the basement. Here is where
a lot of cold air comes in. If the
frames fit on the walls closely, or
if the cement which holds them
in place is cracked, they will per-
nit a lot of cold air to enter.
With a thin knife, pry under
and around the sides of each
frame. If the knife goes through,
mix up a bit of mortar and plug
the hole. And be sure to replace
any broken glass panes.
Pipe Holes Let in Cold
Holes cut in the walls to allow
the entry of gas and water pipes
and electric wires are other pos
sible entries of cold. These
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Train Kills Selma Man

By United Press
LA PORTE, Ind, Sept. TO-
Charles Gutherie, SO, Selma, was
killed instantly here by a New York
Central freight train. Gutherie
was struck while attempting to
push his stalled automobile off the
crossing. He was a brother of
Harry Gutherie, editor of the Mum
Gle Star.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Two Women Killed
By United Press

DU DWEJBU FT6S8
VEEDERSBURG, Ind, Sept. 16.-
Mrs. Alice Crumley, Y, and Mrs.
Edward Holen, 40, both of near Mel
lott, were injured fatally when the
truck in which they were riding
collided head-on with another truck
near here. They were returning to
their home from Danville, Ill, when
the accident occurred. Both died
after being taken to a Danville hos
pital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

manager of the west central 6ivi-
sion of the Crusaders, anti-prohibi-
ton organization, said today.
Several smaller contributions
have been withheld from both Re-
publican and Democratic parties for
the same reason, Reeves said. He
declined to name the donors.
Reeves announced that the Cru
saders is initiating a nationwide
movement to declare moratorium
on campaign contributions until
definite stands on prohibition are
taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
RAID REPORT IN ERROR
Liquor Store Not at 4O8-IO North
New Jersey Street AS Stated.

A police raid on an apartment
building in which large quantities
of liquor was conf1scated Tuesday
was at 408-10 South New Jersey in
stead of the same address on North
New Jersey street, as stated in The
Times story of the raid Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
100000 GIFTS
AWAIT C. 0. P.
LIQUOR STAND
Campaign Funds Suffer as
Wet Group Wages
'HoIdoff' Drive.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Two con-
tributions of $4,000 each have been
withheld from the Republican
party's campaign fund until a def
mite stand is taken on the wet and
dry ISSUE" Colonel Ira L. Reeves,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
CITY MAN IS DROWNED
IN LAKE NEAR WARSAW
Thomas Connolly, SO, Falls From
ROwbOat on Vacation.

Failing from a rowboat, Thomas
Connolly, SO, of 1915 Woodlawn
avenue, was drowned in Barbee
lake, near Warsaw, according to
word received in Indianapolis today.
Local relatives said Mr.. Connellys
body had not been recovered today
and authorities still are dragging
the lake bottom.
Mr. Connolly, government meat
inspector at local packing plant,
was on his vacation when he was
drowned.
Accompanied by his nephew,
Thomas Helfrich, g. of the Wood
lawn avenue address, Mr.. Connolly
had devoted his time to fishing since
going to the lake several days ago.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Georgia Connolly and a son, Maui
rice, of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
ROSE TIRE EXPANDS
RemodeIing to Provide Big
Space Increase.

Approximately so per cent addl-
tional floor space will be provided
the Rose Tire Company, Inc, 800
South Meridian street, when the
present expansion and remodeling
of the store is completed, Arthur E.
Rose, president and general man
ager of the firm, announced today
The second floor of the building
is to be used for storage space Tor
tires. and batteries which are pur-
chased in carload lots, while the
salesroom, offices, tire vulcanizing
and battery recharging departments
will occupy the ground floor.
Because of the steady increase IN
our business during every month
of this year over 1890, which in
cludes a steadily increasing retail
business, as we'll as in the number
of dealers handling our tires, it has
been necessary to expand our quar-
ters," Rose said:
Greater and better facilities will
be afforded through increased floor
space" he declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
URGES SIX-HOUR DAY
Texas Oil Operator Takes Lead; to
Double His Force.
y United Press

By United Press
TYLER, Tex, Sept. 16-A six
hour-day working day in the oil
fields to create more jobs was urged
today by H. L. Hunt, oil operator.
Hunt said that 5000 additional
jobs would be created by the short
ened day. He will take the lead
by starting his own men on the
six-hour day, thus doubling his
force
Many crews have been reported
working twelve hours day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
20 Lose Lives in Storm

BIZ United Press
ALGIERS, Sept. 16.-Crops were
ravaged, railroads blocked, homes
and property washed away and
twenty natives killed by a forty
eight-hour storm in the depart
ment of AlgierS which ended today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
LARGE PLANT TO CLOSE
Textile Firms Decision Follows
Rejection of Wage Cut.

Rp United Press
MANCHESTER, N. H., Sept. 10
The Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany, one of Americas biggest tex
tile concerns, will close its plant,
unit by unit, as orders are filed, it
was announced today, following re-
lection by the employees for Sec
ond time of a proposal for a gen.
eral 10 per cent wage cut. Amoskeag
employs several thousand opera
tiveS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
School Rooms Ransacked

Ransacking four rooms in School
IS, 2201 Madison avenue, thieves
scattered books over floors, but
failed to obtain any loot, j. E. Hast
ings, custodian, told police today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
RELIEF BODY TO MEET
Mayors Committee to Lay Plans
for Future Program.

Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan's
committee to coordinate relief
work in the city this winter will
confer this afternoon at 2 at his
Office. Plans are being laid for the
relief program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Sick Man Kills Self

By United Press
BATTLE-GROUND, Ind, Sept. Is.
Vernon Day, 81, committed suicide
by shooting, at his home near here.
Illness was blamed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

This is the second of a series of
weekly articles on the preparation of the
home for winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

Holes cut in the walls to allow
the entry of gas and water pipes
and electric wires are other pos
sible entries of cold. These