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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Russian Business

Reports that large American banks and indus
trialists are to cooperate with Russia in marketing
its gold bonds bring added evidence that American
business understands the Importance of Russian
trade even if the administration does not.
Those American banks and companies have done
business with Moscow in the past and found the Rus
slams absolutely reliable in keeping agreements and
paying bills-which unfortunately, can not be said
for some other foreign and domestic customers.
But our sales to Russia, amounting to Sll4O000 OC
IN 1880 and s1o3 100000 in 1881 have fallen of 90 per
cent this year as result of the administration
anti-Russian policy and its blighting effects on
credits.
Now American business. apparently. is determined
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

And, needing, they Jared forth to
mark their ks If not from Maine
to Texas" at least from Court
Square to the shores of Coney
Island.
When one rather obscure conso-
nant can do so much if laid end to
end, Mr.. McCooey may be quite
justified III shying away from that
tribulation which lies in vowels and
entire sentences. And let it be said
for him that, whatever he might
chance to do with infinitives, he
never split ticket.
r n
When He Gets Around to It
A ND, though the present prefer
L n has been turned down by the
maker of judges and of aldermen,
there is at least some indication
that the creative fervor shoulders
in the veterans breast. Some time,
he said, there may be book about
my political career, but when there
is all revenues will go to charity"
1t seems to me that John H. Nc
Cooe seriously underestimate his
earning powers as an author. The
box if done truly we'll might mark
an epoch in the realm of fantasy.
From the days Of Jack the bean
stalk boy down to the latest motion
picture dealing with civic problems
the public has known only the tale
of the STRIPPING who killed the giant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Just Every Day Sense

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

GRADUALLY but surely the authorities seem to
~ be getting together. The physician the psy-
choogSt, the professor after seemingly intermnabe
arguments, have arrived at a conclusion
Round and round they went with their theories
their cults, and their completes only to reach the
same results. The only good parent is the happy
parents. FF'
1t all SINNERS down to plain, old-fashioned sense
unhappy people nearly always bad people, and
pad children are sure to be miserable or i'll
so most OF our cure-alls are worthless After the
hulabaloo over the sciences the thing that counts
is the thing that always has counted-example Pre-
ceptS unless practtced are good whatever
So the first step in the breeding of fine children
is for men and women-their parents-to live orderly
normal decent lives The rest will take care of itself
WTE can look at this question with the same dis
w passionate feeling that the stockman uses for
his cattle. His pure breds are well cared for kent
in clean quarters. and disturbing elements are
permitted to enter into the natural caness Of their
existence The result is more fine cattle
While We may not contrive to view the human
direct concentration upon the main question is
sary before we hope to have children anywhere
nearly perfect they might be.
We can't, for instance, expect them to develop or
bad food They will not thrive in insanitary ugly
surroundings. They will not be healthy without
plenty of fresh air and sunshine, and no
subject them to intense emotional storms bred o.
family quarrelS, naggings, and divorce court pro-
cedure, without bad results
II the day ever comes when we can boast healthy
normally intelligent. and reasonably happy parents
who live in decent. reasonably happy homes, thu
problem Of raising children VIII have solved ttseA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

The routine inspection of food
handlers and of places in which
food products are purveyed is a part
O. this community function.
Indeed, much Of the work of any
health department today consists of
routine testing of food products, of
human excreta, and of materials
generally to detect the presence of
organisms and to keep them under
control.
In the educational functions of
the community in matters of
health, every educational method
known is being used today, includ-
ing newspapers, magazines, schools,
pamphlets distributed by health de-
partmentS and centers, welfare
agencies, lectures by persons trained
in the subject, addresses given on
the radio, demonstrations by mo-
ton pictures, and finally the indi-
ivdual instruction which the ply
sician gives to his individual pa
tients or the patients families.
Today as our social system is or
ganized every one in the community
constantly must take part in meas
ures for insuring porpcr community
hygiene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
In Two Belts

PRACTICALLY all sun spots oc-
Il cur in one of two belts. These
belts start on either side of the
equator, in ATTITUDES 5 degrees north
and south, respectively.
The northern belt extends to lat
ltude 40 degrees north. The SOUTH
ern belt extends to latitude 40 de-
grees south.
sun spots vary in number in a
cycle. At the time of sun spot
maximum, a few spots occur near
the equator.
Russell states that. a few small
and short-lived spots have, on oc-
casion, been observed in ATTITUDES as
high as IS degrees and even y de-
grees.
Generally about the same number
OF spots occur in the northern belt
as in the southern belt. But some
times there will be a period of years
IN which one belt will have more
spots than the other.
An interesting bit of history is
connected with this fact. From 1872
to l704 not single spot occurred
in the northern belt.
The result was that when a few
old appear there, in 17O5, they
caused great excitement among as
tronomers and were reported to the
French Academy of Science as an
unusual occurrence.
Russell states that during the last
nifty years there have been about
one-f1fth more spots in the southern
belt than in the northern one.
AS is the case with so MANY de-
tails of sun spot behavior, no rea-
son for this state of affairs has
been advanced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-In following the
fortunes and misfortunes of the So
called B. E. F., including various
letters in Views of Times Readers"
and editorials, two points come to
my mind which do not seem to have
received notice or comment and
which appear to have a vital bear
ing on the consideration that should
be accorded this group.
Point one is that, strictly speak
ing, there can be no further full
payment Of the bonus" at this time
An analysis of the face value of a
bonus certificate shows that it is
composed of (a) adjusted service
compensation" computed at the
rate Of 81 day for U. S. service and
$1.25 for foreign service, and (b)
compound interest covering a per-
iod of twenty years.
The adjusted service compenSa-
ton" was considered as due in 1925
by passage of the bonus law. 1t
could not be paid then, so it was
funded and twenty years of COM
pound interest added to the lad
justed service compensation" to
make the full value" of the bonus
certificate.
To illustrate: A man whose lad
justed service compensation" was
$780, was credited with approx
mately 141 per cent compound in
terest for twenty years, so that the
face value of his bonus certificate
was the adjusted service compen-
sation" of $500 2.41 per cent, OF
81 ,446. If the bonus is paid now
he would be entitled to compound
interest for only seven years in
stead of twenty years, or $500 4
1876 per cent, or 1915. Payment
now would reduce the face amount
by the amount Of unearned inter
est so that the full value" at pre-
sent would be only slightly in ex-
cess of the fifty per cent loar
value" now available
Point two is that there are three
major veterans organizations-tht
American Legion, the Veterans o.
Foreign Wars and the Military Or
der Of Foreign Wars. All these or.
CARNATIONS frowned on the bonus
march. and as they represent The
majority of veterans, those members
Of the so-called B. E. F. who hap
pened to be real veterans are in thu
position Of small minority tryinl
70 force their views on congress
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Watch That Match

It's vacation time, and the forests call.
AS you motor beneath their healing shade or camp
within their green mansions, show your appreciation
of these Gods first temples" Vandalism is COM
paratively rare, carelessness is not.
thoughtless toss of burning match or cigaret
or campfire left unbanked may result in destroying
beauty and wealth that generations can not restore
Fires in the national forests have decreased As per
cent during the first half of this year. yet the forest
service reports that already 515OO acres have been
destroyed by fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

leap year. In 1904 he missed it
again, when his family left Russia
for England on February "a, thir-
teen days being lost in the change
from Gregorian to Julian calen-
OARS.
When he should have had
birthday in 1908, he was sailing
westward across the Pacific and
lost Feb. % while crossing the
international Date Line. His
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Given Careful Thought

IT is logical to assume that Soviet
Il officials did not make such an
offer without careful consideration,
and that they are offering no more
than was needed.
They may have overestimated the
greed of outside investors and have
placed the wrong Interpretation on
an unusually high interest. Some
times that turns investors away.
Sometimes, they take it as a sign of
weakness.
We shall know now the complex
works in this particular case. The
Soviet's record for prompt payment
of all obligations is bound to have
an effect, while 10 per cent is not
as startling as it was five or six
years ago.
The chances are that if the bond
| issue is not too big, it viii be taken
up, especially because of the grow
ing interest in Russian trade. Many
people are anxious to get share of
the Russian market, and some Of
them represent real power in the
field of finance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Voice of the Dragon

HERE comes a chance for the
4 l. dragon to have his say and to
explain how st. George after st.
George came against him bearing
upon his shield that strange device,
Reform" And the old Goliath of
Gowanus took each and every one in
his stride.
Maybe once or twice a pebble
landed, but it was no more than a
cinder and easily extracted when
next election day rolled around.
Many gallant one has sung the
saga of man against the machine,
and in all fairness somebody should
conduct the rebuttal of the ma
chine against man. And who is
better fitted than John H. McCooey
of Brooklyn?
won't subscribe for the book I'M
til it gets to the reprint stage, but
I can suggest an xcellnt title for
the chieftain who so long has stood
for the ticket, the whole ticket and
nothing but the ticket. How about
Under the Stars?
tcOpyright. 1882. b The TsmeslN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Thursdays Times:
Robert EckthOrp's Birthday
less Life-Robert Eckthorp, son of
an American mining engineer,
lived to be more than 10, but
never enjoyed the celebration of a
birthday anniversary. Born on
Feb. 20, 1896, he missed his birth
day in 1900, because it was not a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

THERE are many hygienic func-
Il tions that must be carried on
by the individual himself such as
washing the body and the teeth,
using clean cooking utensils in the
home and securing regular action
of the bowels and the body organs.
There are, however, other func-
tons Of hygiene which must be car
ried out by the community as a
whole rather than by the individual.
Such functions include sewage
disposal, the provision of pure wa
ter and food supplies, education of
the public in health and in hygiene,
the destruction of insect menaceS
to man and if rates and of other
rodents, the provision of pure air,
Of good light and of safety during
working hours.
These functions are not such that
any human being can be wholly re-
sponsible for, even so far as they
concern himself However, each
one of these factors also affects a
multitude of people and anything
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Every Letter Counts

DUT even if the boss of Kings
ID never sets pen to paper he still
will endure as man who has in
spired a vast amount of writing
upon the part of other people. II
has been orthodox in the extreme
and some may criticise it as trifie
repetitious.
In a sense it was truly a prole
tartan contribution in a world oil
esthetes modify brooding in then
search for the mot juste. Just one
little letter after another" was al
that John H. McCooey said to his
pupils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

and the country, and as result
they are allowing themselves to be
used as a smoke screen for Com
munistic activities.
Newspaper reports tell of their
pitiful condition in one paragraph
and in the next relate how the
leaders sleep in the best hotels,
travel in special airplanes and send
hundreds of kilograms.
The real veterans would better
themselves materially and obtain
more respect from the country if
they stayed at home. where they
could receive help from their friends
and acquaintance. If they desire
to be heard as veterans, the logical
method would be to join one of the
existing veteran associations which
have proved themselves and are
held in respect by the veterans
and the people in general, and work
for their views in an orderly Ameri-
can way.
The B. E. F. is not entitled to
public consideration as representing
veteran thought.
STUART A. BISHOP.
Past Twelfth District Commander
American Legion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

to regain that muchneeded Russian trade regardless
of the administration
Inere are signs that this business pressure and the
OBVIOUS need OF Russian-American cooperation to
preserve the peace treaties against japanese
son slowly are forcing the administration to a more
realistic attitude toward Russia
Most members of the senate foreign relations COM
mttee and most leaders Of both parties in congress
are IN favor OF an official trade agreement or recog-
milton OF Russia, as shown in recent scripps-How-
ard interviews.
FOR tne sake OF world peace and of American
prosperity we hope Hoover will not wait too long to
take this inevitable step.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Soviet Russia's Offer of q 10
Per Cent Bond Issue OBJ
ViOuSlg Is Spectacular.
Says

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Under
IN normal condition, 10 per cent
would sound fishy, particularly in
connection with a government bond
issue, but conditions are far from
normal. Quite few good securities
yield 10 per cent at the present mar
ket price. and that, too, without any
buyers rush.
Soviet Russia's bid for outside
capital obviously is spectacular. 1t
has been a long time since any great
government offered 10 per cent, ten
year gold bonds, redeemable at any
time for full face value, together
with accrued interest.
At first thought, the proposition
seems unnecessarily attractive, but it
is only fair to remember that Soviet
Russia has something of handi-
cap to overcome. Not only is there
strong prejudice against her in
certain capitalistic circles, but the
foreign bond market has gone sour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

IT seems pity that John H. Nc
l. Cooey should spurn the laurels
of literature and its fair rewards
so casually.
The veteran Democratic leader of
Kings county, New York, has been
quoted in the newspapers as declar-
ing that the proposition to issue
his de luxe autobiography is "a
racket" And, of course, no local
political boss could afford to be as
ISOLATED with anything like that.
I think that there we'll may be
public interest in a longer statement
upon Mr.. McCooey's part. There
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

chance in 1912 disappeared as in
1904 This time while his father
was taking him from Greece to
France, again losing thirteen days
and his birthday in the change Of
calendars.
Robert died in London, Aug. 20,
1915-prior to the recurrence of
another leap year.
Saturday: "Ihe ineffaceable
footprints"
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@ TO-DAY SO
1884, IS The SIP
WORLD WAP !
ANNIVERSARY
GGRloASE
AMERICANS ADVANCE
Aug -


ON Aug. II, 1918, British and
~ American troops in Picardv
advanced rapidly and were reported
on the outskirts of Roye, which was
taken by the Germans in their first
spring offensive.
American forces also gained a
foothold in Bray, in the same re-
gion.
Hard pressed German regiments
were retreating in good order, but
with tremendous losses from allied
artillery.
The German divisions in this re-
gion apparently lacked reserves and
were compelled to remain in the
battle line despite the fierce fight
ing.
News of another Austrian defeat
in Italy further disheartened news
papers in Berlin, some of which
were beginning to hint that peace
should be made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard 30 their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

are those skeptics and reformers
who may indulge in the gross suspi-
cion that any boss tends to become
blase in the matter of rackets and
manifests an interest only in the
good ones.
From the point of view of first
adventures into prose, it should be
pointed out that no mean offer was
made to the sage of Brooklyn. The
subscription price was to be 500 a
set, and already orders have been
booked from 125 lovers of bellies
lettres.
In the Rare Book Mart
TINE old campaigner has taken a
Il great deal of the joy out of
life He has not looked ahead to the
day when some proud collector
might stand among his books and
with significant finger point and
say, "That is a Gutenberg Bible and
next to it a John McCooey first"
And, though at first blush the
DI1CE Inlay SSCkn d 1lbDlC WIZ 10
there who would not care to pay at
least a hundred dollars to learn the
way in which supreme court justices
are made?
At the tariff established, the gross
available already has reached $12,-
500. Mr. Mccoy, I trust, is not the
man to let any publisher count him
out in a contract, and so his share
OF the enterprise. had it gone
through, wuold have been we'll over
$1,000
Many an author has done far
worse on his first effort and some
on their tenth and eleventh.
Samuel Johnson wrote "Rasselas"
and received no more than the
wherewithal to pay for his mothers
funeral. So why should John Nc
Cooey be so stiffnecked and proud
about the poor pennies which society
gives grudgingly to authors?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Questions and
Answers

Why do lilac bushes sometimes
fail to bloom?
Common lilacs have been known
to grow ten or twelve years without
blooming. Science can give no rea-
son for this condition. Sometimes
spading around the roots stops the
growth of the bush and helps it to
bloom.
How many species of poisonous
snakes are there in the world?
About twenty-five.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

The American home is the last word in efficiency
and comfort an architect proudly states The only
thing left to do it is to find something to keep the
family in 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

An observer remarks that brave man with the
courage to say no could make $4,000 year in Holly
wood And all this time Senator Borah has been
wasting his time in Washington for mere $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
Daily Thoughts

Can two walk together, except
they be agreed?-AmOs 3:3.
Affection is the broadeSt basis Of
good in life.-George Eliot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Regardless of its final effects the recent rise in
stock values accomplished fine thing 1t stopped
talk OF changing the of the bears to toreadors
because of the way they handled the bulls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

The real purpose of vacations is to give workers
change physician says. The way it usually works
out though the vacationis gets back without change
of any kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

The Cincinnati ball club was organized in 1868
an expert tells us. And just one look at the Naona
League standings will convince anybody that it act.
its age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

New York surgeon succeeded in grating a small
bone taken from the back of the head of patient.
If he only could reverse that process for our polit
clans!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

AN employer says that labor won't be satisfied
long with the hve-day week. What the workers viii
eventually ask for is the fve-day weekend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

From the action of the bulls in the market thes
Gays 1t looks as if the cat isn't the only animal will
minimum of nine lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

farner-economist says the wheat pit is the
greatest gambling place in the world And all these
years we thought the greatest gamble was the ballot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12
More Than Half Way

WHATEVER else may be
w thought of this latest move
on Russias part, it suggests her
willingness to meet other countries,
not only half way, but on their
own terms. Many, indeed, will take
it as a surrender to capitalistic
terms and customs.
Many more will construe 1t as
representing a complete change in
Russia's attitude toward the outside.
They will be wrong, but that has
nothing to do with the favorable
reaction it will cause in their senti-
mentS.
They have regarded Russia as
chiefly interested in promoting dis
turbance, or revolution, as bent on
overthrowing the capitalistic sys-
tenn, as having no use for trade and
commerce along orthodox lines.
Their calculations are bound to be
jolted by her offer to sell them
bonds in the good old capitalistic
way and pay 10 per cent interest
in their own money. They are go
ing to wonder if that Moscow out
fit is as bad as it has been painted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Anotner thing the depression has changed: More
passengers are killed now in freight than in
train wrecks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

Florida fruit growers just have learned that sand
Is good preservatve for grapefruit Well, they must
be long way behind the spinach growers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-12

The r. F. G. seems likely to change that old cam.
paign slogan OF Two Cars in Every Garage to Twc
Mortgages on Every Home