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The Washington times., 1932-08-10
Just a Dumb Donald

II read that line in your col
umn," writes AL Schwartz,
where Gloria Geiser says she
has the dumbest girl friend in
the world because the gal said
it was a shame the depression
had to come in these hard
times.
well, I've got a boy friend
who would make a swell match
for her. He's such a dope his
mother had to smuggle him into
the country"
Dear Mark" writes Dick
Haley, of Kewanee, ILL.,, "your
recent story from Lew Brown
about the three colored boys be-
ing sentenced. reminds me of
another that went the rounds
some time ago. Maybe you
like:
Three Cinnamon were picked
up by the Feds for putting too
much dope in the starch, and
were brought before the judge
for sentence. The judge looked
down at the first one. What's
your name?' he asked.
'Ah Lung replied the China
man.
"'1ll right. Al Lung said
the judge, six months He
peered at the second one.
What's your name?' he inquired.
"'Ah Chung was the re-
sponse.
"'All right, All Chung droned
the judge, six months for you,
too He scowled down at the
third Chinaman. What's your
name?' he asked again.
This man grinned.
"'Ah He'll he replied, I
suppose I get six months any,
way!"
The Washington times., 1932-08-10
w. c. Fields Started
Out As Ball Iuggler

w. C. Fields, featured in Mil
lion Dollar Legs" at Warner
Brothers Earle Theater. ran away
from his home in Philadelphia
at II to become an actor. After
four years of a hand-to-mouth
existence in various Eastern cities,
during which he did odd jobs
and sold newspapers, he got his
first job as an entertainer at an
Atlantic City beer garden for SIS
a week.
He played in cheap vaudeville,
often doing as many as IL shows
day, but gradually, as his Jug
Cling and pantomime improved,
he worked into the larger Cir
cults.
The Washington times., 1932-08-10
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-f one
hotel play goes big, two hotel
plays should go twice as big.
Something like that train of
reasoning, perhaps, appeals to
Herman Shumlin, producer of
Grand Hotel" who is now going
to do a show by Samuel and Bella
SpeWack about hotel in Moscow.
Somebody says that American
journalists will be among the
leading characters.
John Golden may bring to
Broadway this fall the new Rachel
Crothers play, When Ladies
Meet" which opened Monday
night at the Cape Playhouse, Den
mis-, Mass. At the same moment.
practically, Gains Sister," by
Leila Wells, was shown at Sharon,
Conn, and the Lakewood Players
at Skowhegan, Me-, are this week
doing THE Perfect Marriage" by
Arthur Goodrich, for which
George NJ Cohan once had the
rights. You'd be surprised at the
Broadway names in the casts of
these productions.
Two plays soon to be seen in
New York are The Good Earth" 1"
in which ALA Nazimova will have
role, and Angel" by Melchior
Lengyel. THE Good Earth" goes
into rehearsal August 18. Mean
while, Lew Brown and Ray Hen
derSon are casting their new re-
vue, Forward March," for which
rehearSalS begin even earlier.
George Dewey Washington, Joe
Wong and many others have been
signed for it.
Atlantic City is a center of the
drama right now. Among plays
to have enjoyed try-outs there is
Domino" in which Rod La
ROGUE essays a new venture into
the drama of the stage. 1t will
be recalled that he and Wilma
Banky were co-starred recently in
piece which. to speak chari-
tably of it, was not so hot.
The Washington times., 1932-08-10

There was one difficulty.
however. Someone told me that
applicants for such positions
had to be residents of New
York at least five years before
they could hope for a Job.
More. one had to have a clear
voice, a good record and a few
whatnotS.
well, it was a question of
getting that job-or going
hungry for a long, long time.
For two weary weeks 1 prac-
ticed faithfully the New York
lingo, I practiced thrilling my
threeS. 'nianing' my mines, and
attempting to give out an 'op-
reter' as we'll as any of them.
Then 1 went out to get a job.
When 1 walked into the
personnel office I admit my
appearance was quite attractive,
although the good Lord knows
my inner emotions weren't. A
hard-boiled woman handed me
an application to fill. 1 jotted
down mere words, which we're
about as true as prediction
nrOnoiSpS
The Washington times., 1932-08-10
All In q Day
-ey-
MARK HELLINGER

NEW YORK, Aug. 10
After all these years. writes Sally Lee Il still can't get
it. Six years ago to New York. l pract
cay flat broke but had distinct hopes of gaining entrance
to booking office without much showing anybody
aside And was diSillusioned? Well, that's the only
spectacle way can think of putting it.
After existing beans for too long time was con-
foned with the realization that necessary for me to
90 something more than search for job leading lady
With nothing else in the offing decided to become tee
phone operator And why not had heard plenty of curs
ing IN my II yearswhich six years ago if Won please
The Washington times., 1932-08-10
The Problem

If you operated a large adver-
tising agency and were socially
ambitious, would you approve the
marriage of your only son to
your corset model? That is the
problem that faces John st.
Polls in forbidden Company"
the new Invincible picture at
Loew's Columbia Theater. Sally
Blame is the model, and John
DarroW is the son.
The Washington times., 1932-08-10
Couldn't Help Self

"The only true answer I gave
was tho one asking me if I had
ever been a telephone operator
before. The other questions
were another me entirely. But
1 couldn't help myself. If I
had told the truth about my
self and admitted that 1 came
from another city would have
had no chance for a job that
I needed very, very much.
Scanning the application,
the lady with the hard-boiled
look must have approved of it
because she asked me to follow
her into the next room. I did
so, but nervously. I knew what
was coming neXt-a voice test.
well, Mark, my two weeks
Of practice had turned me into
something of an expert. 1
trilled my threes, 'nianed' my
mines, and 'opretered' like no
body's business. After the test,
1 was patting myself on the
back when my eyes met those
of the other woman.
Miss Lee she drawled
slowly, your application states
that you have never been a
telephone operator
That's right I returned
pleasantly.
Much to my surprise, she
slammed the paper on the
desk and pointed long finger
at me.
The Washington times., 1932-08-10
Tangled Love

The story of a man who loves
the wife of his best friend is told
in "A Passport to He'll" the Fox
picture at Loew's Fox Theater
The leading role is portrayed by
ELISA Landi of 1.-THE Yellow
Ticket" fame, and the principal
male roles are played by Paul
Lukas, Alexander Kirkland, War
ner Oland and Earle Foxe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
Hungry Children

In the golden state Of California where the per
capita wealth Is highest in the land 4-year-old
boy died from eating spoiled food picked from a
refuse pile near commission house. His 7-year-old
sister almost died Of the same cause.
This and other stories, from city Sums coal mine
villages, factory towns and other places in this still
wealthy land nail the lie that mo is hungry in
America today
Men and women and children are suffering from
want now. During the coming third winter of the
depression, the cumulative effects of cold, exposure
malnutrton, and bodily neglect will grip these I'M
fortunates. Unless mass effort is made some of
them will die of starvation.
Fifteen years ago America modified her will 10
give She massed her mighty resources for war. The
people emptied their pockets not of scant few hun
dreds of millions, but of billions They gave till
it hurt"
The man who was secretary of war then now is
head of national welfare and relief mobilization
This will meet soon in Washington to prepare for
the war OF 1928" Newton D. Baker now calls for
millions to fight the new enemy hunger
More than 25,oOOOOO Americans, one-f1fth of our
entire population must be fed by charity this winter
"All theories" says Baker, must give way in the
presence Of a hungry child"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
Just Every Day Sense
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

TNAOS perhaps the oldest settlement in this coun-
l. try, slumberS contentedly under a brilliant sun
Hundreds of artists have tried to put its color and
vividness and charm upon canvas, and its Indians
have inspired writer's and poets
The lives of an inhabitant of the Taos Pueblo and
the tourist who peers inquisitively into his
dark doorwayS are separated by centuries What
thought must engage the minds of the brown men as
they watch the curious whites and their queer &C
tivities
One artist Blanche Grant, has caught something
of this bewilderment and the picture she has done
about 1t is a sermon in oils. 1t Is the portrait of
young Indian, one of the few from this region who
took part in the World war.
Dressed In a gaily colored war bonnet, he posed
after his return and his eyes question the meaning Of
American trench helmet, his souvenir, that he
holds in his hands.
How far has civilization Travelled from the print
tive? Not hairs breadth. if you take into con-
Sderation. From the bonnet to the trench helmet
is but step, and that step is backward.
MO Indian ever fought for such foolish causes as
IN those that engage the martial enthusiasms Of
the white man. In his native state he was not the
bloodthirsty individual that he frequently has been
pointed.
And when he did fight, he fought only for those
rights which he knew to be his-the right to hunt
over his mountains and plains the right to fish in
the streams that watered his land and the right to
dwell peacefully in those regions where his fathers
lived and died.
Historians have revled him because he used poi
soned arrows because he took scaps and came sneak
ing upon his foes. He has been accused OF dupicity
and treachery But are We, who criticse, any more
noble any less reprehenSible?
We have improved upon the Indians poisoned ar
rows and use poisoned gas. We do not scalp each
other In hand -to-hand combat. We blow our fellow
men into atoms by the thousands. drop bombs upon
innocent noncombatants and sneak through the
waters in submarines. We are civilized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10

After the sun goes, one finds him
self caught up in a sort of little
theater movement.
1t then is tiny stage upon which
he moves. The walls come close.
The sky is scarcely foot above
his head, and from it fall lamps, so
that he must dodge as best he can
in the darkness.
But night does more than hem
you in. I find it disturbing to see
only such things as lie within ten
feet and at the same time hear
noises from far down the ridge and
across the valley.
never did like noises that popped
out of ambush. I think the crickets
ought to stand up like men and be
counted, and not stink in closer and
closer, crawling on their bellies and
making menacing noises.
a dog which banks at noon may
be an annoyance, but when he
happens to be a mile off he is no
threat. But let that dog bark from
the same distance after nightfall
and he brings unacceptable sugges-
ton that everything is going wrong,
that it always has and it always
will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10

VIII Durant well has supplemented this by his
description Of our amazing tolerance of the quail
ihcation Of public servant" After showing how
exacting We are about the preparation and training
Of doctor who deals with our private ills, he has
the following to say concerning those who handle
our public ailments:
1T is sufficient if they are friends of the chief,
loyal to the organization, handsome or suave hand
shakers, shoulderslappers or baby kssers, taking
orders quietly, and as rich in promises as a weather
bureau.
For the rest they may have been butchers or
BARRIERS rural lawyers editors, pork packers or
saloon keepers-t makes no difference
If they have had the good sense to be born IN
log cabins, it is conceded that they have divine
right to be President"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
More Imperialism

American imperialism in Haiti dies hard. The
new treaty restores Haitian liberties with one hand
and takes them back with the other
Nominally the treaty provides that the occupation
by United States marines will end not later IMAM
Dec 81 1884 But other sections provide that with
drawal will begin" not later than that date Inc
navy department in Washington says that marine
Withdrawal would require at least year. and prob
ably longer, after it began"
So much for the joker in the treaty. But that
Is little compared with the joker in the exchange
of notes which becomes a legal reservation to the
Ereaty. There it expressly is set forth that
while it is the definite intention of the two
governments to carry out the program set forth in
the agreement for the INFLAMMATION Of the garde
Irrational guard 1t is realized that it might prove
impossible to carry out this program at the times
fxed If serious disturbances or other difficulties IN
Haiti now unforeseen should arise to prevent its
execution"
That throws the door wide open for notification
of the treaty by the United States If the state de-
nartment decides that difficulties" require further
American military rule.
Likewise the American financial dictatorship is
to continue Nominally, financial control is to be
restored to the Haitian government by withdrawal
of the American receiver general OF customs ana
financial adviser.
Ndes for appointment of fiscal representative ana
deputy fiscal representative, both nominated by the
President of the United States, who will have COM
plete power over customs and internal revenues
About the only change is in title Of the officials
THESE American dictators to continue in power
until the outstanding American Indebtedness OF
si415oOoO is retired not later than 1912 But since
further funding or borrowing by Haiti is probable
before expiration of ten years the American hnancla
rontrol doubtless will continue indefinitely.
This is a shameful outcome for all the admlnstra-
zion bayhoo of the last two years about restoration
bf Haitian independence There IS no Justlhcatlon
for our Imperialism in that country.
There is no more reason for United States troops
IN maintain order or protect American capital III
Haiti than in any other Latin American country
There is no more reason why our government repre-
sentatives should act financial dictators In Haiti
than in any European country which happens to
have borrowed money from American bankers
Haiti has a right to her freedom and full SOW
ereenty She was free until the United States inter-
Oened We should give her back her freedom The
nnlv way we can do that Is to get out and stay OUT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Cause of Nasal Polyps Is Unknown

Several observers believe that
polyps never occur except in the
presence of infection, although
others are convinced that the in
lection follows the polyps.
1t generally is we'll established that
the use of radium following the re-
moval of tumor cells may prevent
formation of additional tumors.
Hence, it has been suggested that
the removal of nasal polyps be fol-
lowed by mild treatment with ra-
dunn element in order to prevent
their return.
The radium usually is applied in
the form of a screen container sew
eral days after the polyps have been
removed, when the Inflammation
due to the surgical procedure has
subsidized.
Sometimes the removal of polyps
or similar tumors is followed by
disappearance of chronic infection
in the nose and sometimes also by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10

removal of asthmatic symptoms.
1t is not possible for the average
person to diagnose the presence of
nasal polyps for himself.
The condition can, however, be
diagnosed by physician following
an examination of the nose, in
which he looks directly into the ma
sal cavity, stretching the nostrils
and using the headlight, to obtain
an Illuminated view of the appear
anceS.
Sometimes the polyps form in the
sinuses rather than in the nasal
cavity itself.
Under such circumstances a ply
sician can detect their presence by
injecting into the sinus a substance
which is opaque to the X-ray, such
as lipiodol.
Then an X-ray picture is taken
and this reveals the presence of the
tumor or growth inside the sinuses,
preventing their filling completely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
That Old Devil Breeze
XXTHEN the wind ssirs Of a SUI

NTHEN the wind sirS Of a sum-
w mer night in the city every
body speaks well of it and calls it
a breeze. 1t seems of good intent.
But out on the ridge in Connecticut
the same breeze snarls and tor
ments trees until they howl with
anguish.
And after time it turns its spite
against the house. I don't mind
very much when the farmhouse
pitches in the wind during the day,
but l can't stand the nights when
it rolls.
Even on calm nights the apple
tree pelts the roof Its small green
fruit might be so many water
melons, as apple after apple ex-
plodes on the shingles and hops Off
And it never misses chance to
bounce on the way down.
Hopeless, the cat, is supposed to
live up the road in Murdock's house,
but at night he is little brother to
all the world. I don't know why he
thinks IT'S funny to crawl in through
the window and leap upon my
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
Efficient Fingers
THOSE Clicks are the electri,

THOSE Clicks" are the electric
4 fingers, executing the commands
OF the telephone subscribers and
picking out the numbers that have
been dialed.
with all due respect to the former
operators, who usually were alert
and competent, the electric fingers
are more efficient. They make onlv
the mistakes the telephone user
makes. They add none of their
own.
Zone wit observed that the great
advance in the dial automatic tele-
phone was that it permitted you to
pick your own wrong number)
A few generations ago the dial
automatic telephone would have
seemed like witchcraft, as indeed
would any telephone at all have
seemed.
But there is nothing mysterious
about the automatic exchange. It
consists merely of great banks off
electric relays. AS a number is
dialed, the relays are put into OPP
Grafton.
Such electric fingers are ideally
fitted for operation of a telephone
exchange. But other industries are
beginning to profit by them and
more industries will in the future.
Many machines which now have
attendants could be designed in
such way that they would operate
themselves.
Many engineers feel that any OPP
Grafton which is merely routine,
calling for the exercise of no judg-
ment upon the part of the operator.
and no skill other than speed and
deXterity, could be turned over to
some kind Of combination of relays,
or similar apparatus.
In most cases any competent en-
gineer would find the task of de-
signing an appropriate robot to be
a fairly simple task
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
Chemical Industry

TINE chemical industrv is making
a another kind of electric finger,
a finger sensitive to heat or cold.
Electric noses and mouths are also
used in the chemical industry.
Many chemical reactions proceed
best at certain temperatures. It no
longer is necessary to have attend
ants watch such processes.
Electric controls, not unlike the
thermostats which many house
holders now use to control furnaces,
do the trick.
The electric moses" are devices
which correspond to the formation
of certain gases. These gases are
drawn into tubes in some of the de-
vices.
Various types are required for
various purposes. In some, it is
a simple matter Of the gas, when it
reaches a certain pressure, pushing
a valve or piston which in turn
closes an electric switch.
In others, the action is more COM
plicated, the gas reScting with sub
oIdllCSo III Ulle buDes bIuS changing
their resistance to the flow of an
electric current and actuating the
proper switch in that matter.
The electric mouths are similar
devices. They respond to what
might be called tastes" that is to
concentrations of acids, alkalis, salts.
and so on.
The electric eyes is the we'll
known photo-electric cell. Many
automatic devices are, of course, the
combination of several instruments.
Thus. for example. photo-elec-
trio cell can be used to operate
whole battery Of relays, each of
which controls another automatic
process
1t may sound like a rash predic-
ton. But many engineers believe
that the day is not distant when a
factory will turn out automobiles
enirely automatically.
The factory will need only a few
attendants to make sure that the
machines are in order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
People Voice

Editor Times-I, too, am a reader
of your paper, but I resent the
article signed TIMES READER of
Aug. 2, in the Peoples Voice column.
If I was to condemn as many people
as he has, would at least be brave
enough to sign my name to the
letter.
1 suppose Times Reader was a
second louie in the S. o. S. If not
and the truth Is known, he already
has drawn his first half of his
bonus.
am just about fed up on this
Communist and Red propaganda
fed to the public, every time some
red blooded American stands on his
hind legs and sticks up for his con-
Stitutional rights.
would hate to think 1 would
condemn the boys who fought and
died for this country, to uphold a
President who has no more tact,
no more humanity, no more COM
mon decency and no more intelli-
gence than to call out the army to
gas a handful of women and chill
dren.
I am a member of the American
Legion, and I am for the bonus and
Roosevelt, and I am proud to tell
it. We have had too much auto
cratic tyranny in this country.
What we need now is a leader,
not an engineer who has ditched,
drained and damned this country
in three years.
We must have a man who is hui
man, who has tender heart, one
who can see both sides of ques-
ton, and, whoever he is, it is not
Herbert Hoover.
Did the big industries wait twenty
years for their money? They did
not. They were paid forthwith. But
because We boys who were paid $50
month while they were profiteer-
ing, ask for our share we are called
by the likes of you, dirty, LAZY. good
for nothing monkeys.
He says q change Of politics now
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-10
Chorus of the Frogs


lust a bit beyond Linger Lane
j lies Hale Lake, where the frogs
live. I used to think it was the
moon which set them to pickering,
but now I know they are Indifferent
to weather They croak on white
nights and black. Nor is there ever
a postponement on account of wet
grounds.
Some day next winter I plan to
go to the lake and after cutting a
hole in the ice shout down to them,
rs it cold enough for you?" But
I want some more immediate re-
venge.
The adjustments of nature I find
most inadequate. If this we're an
orderly universe, the frogs would
eat the crickets. The engaged cou-
pie who ride about all night in the
reconstructed Ford car would run
over and kill the barking dog.
AS a matter of fact, I don't. act
ually know that they are engaged,
but it seems to me that it is up to
the young man to do something to
make an honest runabout Of that
automobile.
Suppost there came night upon
which the apple tree ceased to pes
ter, and Hopeless slept at home. and
there was no wind, and frogs and
crickets became would I then
be satisfied?
The answer is-"No" On that
night I would turn and toss and
stew in the soupy silence until
broke it with an agonized cry to
bankers, chirpers, croakers, 60
ahead and get started
tCoDyfight. 1882. By The Times