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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-14

claims for them in bankruptcy pro-
ceedings and to file their claims for
them and make collection on their
behalf.
To make the matter brief, any
one signing the agreement does
nothing but hire an attorney and
let Mr.. Joseph's committee pick the
attorney.
The agreement Mr. Joseph wants
signed so badly gives Mr.. Joseph's
committee full right to take the
trustees system into bankruptcy,
name their own trustees, collect the
claims and take their own fees from
the gold note holders money.
1t might be interesting to both
stockholders and noteholders of this
company to know that the present
receiver was appointed for the comV
pany on claim Of $11.75 owed one
Of their employees. that the suit for
receiver was not contested, and
that one of the receivers was vice.
president Of the company and one
Of the men managing the company
when it got into its present condi-
ton.
These are a few facts that peo-
pie at the meeting were not in
formed of and which they should
know. GEORGE L. OWEN.
BIT M-jgStic building.
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ValOr

Millions of Americans today are being forced by
necessity into jobs they dislike All may be heartened
by the valor Of one of our great women Madam
Schumann- Heink
Schumann-H enk has stirred grand opera and
concert audiences for fifty years. Now at II, she is
doing four acts day in vaudeville. Without sacri-
1cing her majestic dignity she does her turn, and
the people who always loved her now love her the
more for it.
"You must not pity me-" she says 81 am proud,
and would starve before humbled myself. 1t is
not opera, no. but it is work, and Schumann- Heink
always must work.
I like to make the people happy. And if vaude-
vile will make them happy Schumann- Heink will
sing vaudeville. am not prima DONNA am
Schumann- Heink, healthy, and in good voice I sing
lullabies and the songs the people love- And they
clap and my voice holds out. 1t is no miracle It is
a wise head"
wise head indeed, and an unconquerable heart.
Prevented from doing the best, she does the next
best thing And she makes herself and others happy
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In Washington, where jobs are steadier than in
most cities the community chest tells of "a family
of nine that dwells in damp cellar and has not
tasted warm food in months; of another living in
an ancient barn and eating rice and stale bread; of
several families whose food for weeks has been from
garbage cans of the wel-to-do section Of the city.
In New York. on Armistice day. group of vet
erans tattered but patriotic spent the daylight hours
scouting for food among the commission markets and
then went to bed half hungry after sounding taps
over their wretched camp the Hudson mud fats
In Oakland, Cal. fifty discovered max
ing their in large concrete pipes they
beg for food by day.
Such are the random stories from the days press
that should bring home to every solvent American
mis- duty in these closing days of the welfare and
relief mobilization drive.
The national drive closes Nov. %, Thanksgiving
eve Reports from various cities that responses
are disappointing. Next month there wiz be twice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-14
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

such as occurs in the common cold
would at all times wear a face mask
Indeed, it would mean such an
obstruction and hampering of the
usual routine of existence that it
is not likely to be adopted generally
The next step is, of course, to dc
everything possible to prevent in
fected material from being passed
from one person to another.
This means, of course, complete
control of food, drink and air, also
the earliest possible detection of hui
man beings, animals or insects
which carry disease, control of such
carriers and their possible elimina-
ton.
1t can be seen at once that a
human being who is carrying
typhoid can not be eliminated, but
must be controlled.
Since there are millions of persons
who carry disease constantly, it is
not likely that this source of in
lection ever will be brought COM
pletely under control.
Moreover, there are some dis
eases of which the cause is not
known definitely and it is unlikely
that healthy carriers of such dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-14
Co-operation at Washington

President Hoovers invitation to President-E Elect
Roosevelt to confer foreign debts is good sign To
the hope born of the election, it is nee
essary also for the outgoing administration to Coop
ate with the incoming government domestic legs-
lation.
The four months of confusion which sometimes
result can be avoided this time if Hoover and Roose
welt will forget formalties and remember realities. If
they at all hesitan about this method of co-opera
tion they may recall that the American people,
through congress- already have voted to seat adj
minstrations in January instead of March-and that
this year probably will see ratification of this lame
duck constitutional amendment
Meanwhile, however, the present lame duck Presl-
dent and congress will have the power this winter to
block reforms called for in the overwhelming popular
vote for the Democratic party and candidates and
their progressive platform.
President Hoover can block these needed reforms
with his power of Veto The defeated Republican old
guard in congress can jeopardze them by legislative
fibuster and obstruction, easy in crowded short
session.
Such obstruction by the administration would be
an unpatrotic act. 1t would undermine the national
morale revived by the election 1t would defy repre-
sentative government at time when reliance on
democratic institutions is most needed.
To be specific: The Democratic party which has
a numerical control in the lame duck session of the
house and near or actual control of the senate is
committed definitely to such changes as increased I'M
employment relief banking and tariff reforms Muscle
Shoals immediate legalization and taxation of beer
If the President can not sincerely support all these
reforms he at least avoid deliberate obstruction
and refrain from pushing The conservative admins
tration policies which the electorate has rejected
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-A meeting Of the
gold note holders" of the Trustee
System companies was held in
Marion superior court room one at
2:35 p. m, Nov. 10.
Purpo-ted purpose Of this meet
ing, as set out in a letter sent from
the Office of jacket w. Joseph, at
so-ney, wcs to fern gold note
.e,5e-s' committee" ard to have the
s3snt recciverzh.p set aSide and
e &C. p,ny promptly turned back
. the management. At the meeting,
.lr. joseph admitted that the re-
ownership could not be set aside
and the properly promptly turned
back.
1t was quite apparent that the
sole and only purpose of the meet
ing was to get note holders to sign
an agreement which was prepared
and ready for them.
BY the terms Of this agreement,
the signers agree to give up any
right they have to enforce their in
dividual rights and to vest all such
rights in the committee.
They agree to make no effort to
collect the money due them for six
months, and. if the committee
should see fit. to wait another six
months.
They give the committee right to
spend as much money as the COM
mittee shall see 1T in hiring clerks
or attorneys.
They sign a power Of attorney
giving the committee and It's attor-
ney the right t. vote their stock -ol
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Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

NOTHING could illustrate more clearly the abys-
IN NAL ignorance of certain eastern vendors of
about the rest of the country than the debut
Of George Jea Nathans long anticipated American
Spectator
only enough copies first were printed to supply
eastern demands in several of the larger cities where
so Its sres supposed, their brain baby could be I'M
derstood and appreciated.
What then, must have been their surprise to find
that out in the wide open spaces in those rural sec
lions where the hicks dwell, clamor for their
magazine Second third, and even fourth orders for
more thousands were given, and in many smaller
cities right in the very heart of the Babhtt country
hundreds of the first issue could have been sold
If the bright young men had had as deep knowledge
of their native land they pretend to have of the
arts.
EOR folks do read in the Middle West. Though it
L frequently taxes their practical sense they keep up
fairly well with literary and cultural movements. ]
have heard that there actually devotees OF Ger
trude stein and Marcel Proust in these out-of-the-
way places.
good many of our brilliant gentlemen therefore
might find it to their advantage to go travelling IN
the United States The cultivation of political
acument would do them harm
We take it that they desire. first of ALL to dis
seinate learning and enlighten the ignorant to say
nothing Of increasing their literary markets This
being the they would do well to turn their aten-
ton toward the territory west Of the Hudson.
There lies vast field Cor cultivating. And some
how 1t does appear quite selfish for them to concen-
Tate all their efforts upon that part of the nation
where many shining literary lights dwell and where
culture, like fog, pervades the air
After all, fasteners always have had Broadway and
Boston. It would be generous Of them to share Mr.
Nathan with the hinterlands.
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Ex-Candidate GrumbIeS

THERE are bright spots here and
4 there. Ruth Pratt was defeat
ed, but I can't precisely throw my
hat in the air over the fact that
she will be succeeded by a man who
apparently based his entire cam
raign on the slogan, Call me Ted
dy."
1 hope that by about now the
voters of the Seventeenth congress
sional district realize what swell
opportunity they passed up in 1890.
But I am merely an amateur poll
tician and a professional newspaper
man. I can not shed too many
tears over the accession to Office of
John Jawbone O'Brien. If he makes
the same sort of speeches from now
on that he made while running, the
life of every columnist is going to
be a bed of roses.
All that any paragrapher will
have to do is to sit back content
edly and say, "Why don't you speak
for yourself, Jofn?"
copyright. 1882. by The Times)
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Join the Movement

The most important incident in affairs Of the
nation today centers around the Leisure Hour Clubs
of Indianapolis.
That many clubs have already been formed and
are funconing indicates the spirit Of the new day,
determination to get by cooperation what was
formerly found only by purchase.
These clubs dedicated to community enter
tanment and to bringing back the lost spirit Of
neghborness.
Something than millions must be counted
into the Of modern entertainment. when inven-
ton produced the miracle of sound pictures, and
the radio supplanted the occasional concert.
In that cost must be reckoned the fact that when
people purchased entertainment they lost to some
extent the faculty enjoyment or at least Of anus
ing themselves
There is something to be said for the influence
In our social growth of the oldfashioned spelling bee
and debating club. These once fourished in the
middle west. From them came congressman and
legislators and leaders who had learned something
OF the value Of conpanionship and the real Amer
lean attitude toward life.
The industrial city, built on wealth, stihed these
forms of social gatherings where whole communities
participated. They tried to keep human emotions
alive with celluloid
Today, not only those who are forced into idle
by lack OF work. but every one has more leisure
time Very many have had to cut down the
budget for amusement But all still have the desire
for relaxation and than relaxation for the sat-
isfactions which come from social gatherings.
The Leisure Hour Clubs fit into this picture. They
the spontaneous results Of deep-seated desire
of human beings to find some point Of neighbory
contact, release from the monotony of life in
giving an outlet to dreams
These clubs, it may be predicted, will outlast any
of the other effects Of enforced idleness.
Very soon there will be the hve-day week and the
six-hour day. Every will have more leisure And
all the emphasis Of the past two decades has been
upon activities that have left most of unequpped
to enjoy leisure We may have to learn again or
go crazy.
If there is not Leisure Hour Club in your COM
munity, talk to your friends and form one.
These clubs here to stay.
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Other Showers

A STRONOMERS have identified
IN about 500 radiant points, thus
establishing the existence Of at least
500 meteoric swarms in the solar
system.
These, for the most part, how
ever, have been identified by rel
atively small numbers of meteors,
and therefore do not possess for the
public the interest of such spec
tacular showers as the Leonids.
The larger Swarms which furnish
the more spectacular shows include
the following: The Lyrids, originat-
ing in the constellation of Lyra, and
due about April 20 each year; the
Aquarids, constellation Of Aquarius,
May to 6; Pereids, constellation Of
Perseus, Aug. II; Orionids, constel-
lation of Orion, Oct. 10; constella-
ton of Leo, Nov. 13 to 10; Andro-
modes, constellation Of Andromeda,
Nov. 20 to 81; Gerinids, constella-
ton Of Gemini, Dec. II.
The Leonids are not equally bright
every year. They put on their best
show every thirty-three years. This
is because the material comprising
them seems to be concentrated for
the most part into one spot In the
orbit.
This dense swarm takes thirty
three years to go around the orbit
Of the Leonids. The best shower oc-
ours when the earth goes through It..
Spectacular showers occurred in
1888 and 1856. One was due in 1899
but did not occur.
The reason for that was that the
planet Jupiter passed near the dense
swarm some time before and defect
ed it from its usual course to such
extent as to make 1t miss the earth
in 1899.
There were good showers, how
ever, in 1880 and 1881, and for that
reason astronomers are hoping for
q big shower this year.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H FFyTS

mark a pretty low ebb in campaign
speeches.
A man with his back to the wall
is apt to throw in a few dubious
punches, but Mr.. Hoover did get to
IA state of being SO highly inaccurate
that he didn't quote even himself
correctly.
Governor Roosevelt made a much
better campaign than I had expect
ed. Although he was not crystal
clear on all issues, he did great
deal in his early addresses to sweep
away the charge of evasiness.
am aware of the fact that in
the final weeks he was extremely in
definite in everything he said, but
the temptation to stall was so great
that doubt that many mortals
would rise above it. He had an
evident lead, and the whole weight
Of strategy demanded that he
should freeze the ball and wait for
the referees whistle.
He would have saved himself
some energy and some pretty bad
speeches if he had just stopped
talking altogether ten days before
election.
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Ut might have been worse. But
4 there is no point in my pretend
ing to be either happy or sports
manlike about the results of the
election.
Of course, no day can be counted
exactly lost which brought about the
downfall of Smoot and Moses and
Bingham. And yet I doubt that the
senate will lack stuffed shirts tc
take the place of these missing
guardsmen.
To me one of the major tragedies
of the election was the defeat OF
Fiorello La Guardia, who was, with
out question, the most able men,
Der of the house. I do not think
the voters must bear the full blame
for this catastrophe, because La
Guardia chose to tie himself up, as
far as the label went, with the Re-
publican party.
He is no more a Republican thar
I am, and hts political future lies
in Some change of trademark which
will make it more palpable that he
is radical.
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Questions and
Answers

What are the words of the oath
in the motion picture, symphony
of Six MiIliOns?"
81 dedicate these two hands in
service-that the lame may walk,
the halt may be strong-Ifting up
the needy and comforting the dy-
ing. This is my oath in the temple
Of healing"
Is it fact that merchant vessels
of Russia do not carry the Russian
merchant flag because it is barred
from the high seas?
The Russian flag is not barred
from the high seas and Russian
merchant vessels fly it.
Did Herbert Hoover ever run for
President on the Democratic ticket?
No. His name was entered in the
Democratic primaries in Michigan
as a candidate for President in 1920,
but he announced that he always
had been Republican.
Of what material is the exterior
of the Empire State building in New
York City?
Indiana limestone and granite,
with strips Of chrome nickel steel
from the sixth to eighty-sixth floor.
The mooring mast is covered with
glass, chrome-nickel steel and
aluminium.
How many grains of wheat are
In a bushel?
The estimated number is 100000
to 100000.
Name the first horse that trotted
mile in less than two minutes.
Croesus made record of 1894
in Wichita, Kan. in 1906.
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Il Means Relief

MODIFICATION of the Volstead
1V1 act means immediate relief
for taxpayers and idle men. What
other measure now on the calendar
promises the same thing to the
same extent?
To be sure, we can cut the bud
get, but only by putting people out
Of work, which means that some OF
what we gain through lowered
taxes will be Offset by what we lose
through increased unemployment.
So, too, we can lower certain
taxes by raising others, or even
eliminate them, but that would
mean redistribution of the
burden, not a lessening Of it.
What the people want is some
thing Of genuine relief, something
that will provide new sources of
revenue and employment.
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Gallant Leader Lost

A s things stood, La Guardia was
N suffering for the errors and
failings of Herbert Hoover, whom
he had bitterly fought in Washing
ton on almost every economic issue.
La Guardia, of course, will be back
again in time, but his intelligence
and industry are needed vitality
right now.
1t is customary when a Presi-
dent goes down to defeat to be a
good fellow and say few kind
words about him. The kindest
thing I can say myself about Her
bert Hoover is that he worked hard
during his campaign and that he
had the courage to go to sections Of
the country where he knew that he
would be ill received and even vio-
lently heckIed. He took punish
ment in Detroit, for instance, and
did not vince in the face of trying
situation.
But I can not think of much more
to be said for him. The content Of
his closing grafton seemed to me to
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can be quite as ridiculous as his
campaign speeches. When Surrogate
O'Brien finished the asst of his talks
about kiddies and battleships, he
should have received two large
punches of roses.
One might well have contained
the card of John F. Hylan saying
Thanks to you. I now will be
classed among the intellectual may
ors of New York" And the bou-
quet from Jimmy Walker should
have carried the message, eff New
York ever is going to set up a cry
of We want Jimmy back you will
be the man whom I have to thank.
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Give Artist a Chance

THERE are distinct possibilities
Il in Roosevelt. am one who
does not believe that salvation lies
in the liberal philosophy. l think
it does not go far enough, but in
all fairness, Governor Roosevelt
should have a chance to show in the
next few months and after he has
assumed Office, just what specific
things he intends to do to make
good some of his more promising
phrases.
I hardly think it is a matter which
is likely to keep him awake at night,
but this column will not grow down
right mean or anything like that
about Franklin D. Roosevelt until
around June 1, 1893. And by thai
time one or the other of us may
lave had a change of heart.
Possibly some such moratorium
pom the part of critics should be
tended to the rev mayor Of New
k 1t IS hardly likely that h
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CoSmic Rubbish

TIME meteors have been called BY
i the uncomplimentary name of
'cosmic rubbish" Space seems full
of them.
Several millions of them fall into
the earth's atmosphere every twen-
ty-four hours. Most of them are no
larger than grains of sand.
In addition to the general distri-
button Of meteorS throughout space
in the solar system. there also are
number of groups or swarms of
meteors.
These sociable groups Of cosmic
rubbish, moving around the sun in
regular orbits, account for the an
nual meteor showers. The orbits of
these various swarns cut across the
earth'S orbit.
Each time the earth reaches one
of these points of intersections there
is a meteoric shower.
These annual meteoric showers
have been named after the constel-
lations in which they appear to
originate. Thus the shower due
next week is known as the Leonids
because the shower Of meteors
seems to come from the constellation
Of Leo or the lion.
Actually, Of course, it does not.
The stars of that constellation are
trillions of miles away. But the
earth's orbit cut that Of the Leonids
in such way that we see the Leonids,
as they enter the atmosphere Of the
earth against the background of the
constellation of Leo.
It appears, therefore, as though
the meteors came out of the con-
stellation of Leo. Another interest
ing fact is that, due to the laws of
perspective, it seems as though all
the meteors were originating at a
single point. This point is known as
the radiant.
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as many families the relief rolls as in December
Of year ago.
This means that we must double our efforts. The
1OOOOOOOO Of US protected with jobs must keep the
wolf from the doors of the 25oOoO0O less fortunate
1t is hard task yet 1t can not be evaded
Times appear to be picking up, but our best econ
omists warn that no business revival materially can
affect the 100000 jobless before next spring, at
the earliest.
The call now is to defend feIlow-Americans against
real and elemental foe-hunger. We must give at
once and We must give generously.
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Prohibition Is Failure

1T is not altogether pleasant task
l. to talk so continuously in favor
of rehabilitating liquor, especially if
one has little taste for it, but we
might just as well face facts.
This great experiment, even
though nobly conceived, has accom-
plished nothing in the cause Of tenn
perance. On the other hand, it has
accomplished much to breed dis
respect not only for the law, but
common honesty.
Even if there were not a dollar of
revenue or days work in sight, we
probably would be better off with
this hypocritical mcnstrosity out
Of the way. It is difficult to con-
ceive how reverence for the Consti-
tuition could be maintained if
mockery of one of its articles were
to continue for very long.
1t is equally difficult to conceive
how gang rule could be prevented
from assuming tremendous proper
tons if permitted to go on enjoying
the revenue with which rum run
ming now supplies it.