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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
Save the Schools

With only Jim Nejd brave OLD soul, veteran of
many wars in behalf Of the people standing in the
breach, the state senate has passed measure which
will put into politics every country school teacher and
every teacher in any town and village outside of In
dianapolis and a few smaller cities
1t repeats the teachers tenure law which, to most
people is only phrase, but which, to every father
and mother the sole hope of having the children Of
this state taught by educators and by politicians
SO the people may know this law provides that any
teacher who has taught for five years assured Of
lifetime job, subject only to removal for incom-
potency characterization.
Under this law, teaching becomes not only pro-
fession, but vocation which sincere people may
adopt not only as a means of livelihood but as
foundation for real service to society
1t now is proposed to put every country and viii
sge school under political pressure where freedom of
thought is impossible and an ignorant township
trustee may change the destiny Of the future Lin
coins, Washingtons or Napoleons
II might be added that all leaders from time i'm
memorial, have come from the country places and
that no city ever yet has bred a man who changed
the Of history.
If there is any function Of government that must
y kept free from political faint and political tyranny
J. is the public schools
If there is any position in public service that
should be acquired by merit, under the most strict
rules Of civil service, it is that of teacher.
Those who guide the young should be beyond the
fear of political influence They should be free from
that greater fear, which is iob-fear.
Indiana has been kind to its teachers but no state
can be too kind It's teachers want but htte the min
imum pay is but $266 day. The excuse for this
Infamous is that teachers be hired
relatives, perhaps of men who voted for this bilD
at s215 day.
So low have we sunk in our pessimsm and period
of debated ideasm that we propose to sacrifice all the
tomorrows for pennies today.
Surely, a house of representatives which gives
lip service to Thomas Jefferson whose proudest cpl
taph was that he founded the University of Virginia
and the common school system of America, will not
consent to such infamy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
The Tide Sweeps On

Apparently even the midwest cradle of prohibition
is being swept by the tide of repeal sentiment
Returns from MisSourfs senatorial primaries in
dcate victory for repeasts in both party contests In
the contest for the Democratic senatorial seat of re-
firing Senator Halves, wet, the outcome still is in
doubt but both leading contestants are vets.
Most significant was the showing of Charles M
Hay, dry leader, who poor third In the Repub-
lican field Henry w. Kiel wet, won Both parties
nominated moderate vets for Governor.
In the Kansas primaries, the vets held their own
In this of two states to return maortes for their
noble experiment in the Literary Digest poll Sena-
tor George McGill, Democratic incumbent won the
senatorial nomination and Governor Harry Woodrng
that for Governor.
McGil, although a reputed dry voted for the mo-
ton in the last hours of congress to take up the Glass
repeal solutions. His opponent Chauncey Little was
wet.
Woodring, also known dry gives tacit support
to modification eager hacker of Governor Roose-
welt and the wet Democratic platform
Thus, even the home of Carrie Nation and Charlie
Curtis supplies little cheer to the battered Iegions of
the Anti-Saloon League.
These results following upsets in formerly dry
Texas North Carolina and Indiana, are omens of a
better day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
A Good Diplomat

Ambassador Debuchi is to be recalled according
to apparently inspired reports from Japan The mil
itarsts do not think he is violent enough.
They blame him for not convincing the Amer
lean government and public that Japanese aggression
against China is righteous
Perhaps these reports only feelers. 1t is hard
to believe that Japan would be stupid enough to
send a mtarlSt to represent her at Washington.
In the critical months ahead, which may strain
further the relations of Japan with the United
States and with the League of Nations, Toxic will
need an envoy here who is respected and trusted
Rarely in peace-time has diplomat been put in
such delicate position Debuchi during Japans
drive on Manchuria and Shanghai.
He represented the best interests of his own gov
eminent and at the same time retained the conf
dence and esteem of the United States. That was a
great achievement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
Just Every Day Sense
BY Mrs. walter Ferguson

VXTHEN the whole story of this depression has been
w told the institution known as THE Chamber of
Commerce will not be held blameless.
In hundreds of cities, thousands of empty build
ings stand, mute evidence of the balyhoo that once
rang forth from its pep meetings. Good and worthy
men are broke because they listened to the siren song
and enlarged their business when they could not af-
ford it, in response to camors from the town boosters
This to be sure. is not the fault of individual
or set of individuals. It is the fault Of system that
had no sense to begin with. 1t foStered competitive
struggle rather than constructive progress.
Laudable as it may have been thus to show loyalty
to ones place. sprite of sanity should have
whispered to that there is limit to all things
even the size of our towns during prosperity
But. according to the average Chamber of Com
there limit, only the sky. And it. unfortu-
natelyt has fallen.
WE did not show intelligence in our efforts to
w make substantial advance. for nothing is per-
manent that forever is expanding. And we certainly
have suffered from an aggravated case of munich
pal elephantlasiS.
ing cities that reasonably would house healthy
happy people We were intent upon putting up some
thing imposing than that in the neighboring
county seat or finer skyscraper than any claimed
by an adjoining state
Bigger and bigger was the cry. Ten thousand in
habitants this year. fifteen next year, and hundred
thousand in a decade You might have imagined that
our main idea was to have America vast, dead
level of apartment houses, garages and filling stations
"a sort OF glorihed realtors subdivision
And now, here are with deSolate of empty
buildings in every city, large or small. And when
prosperity returns wiz begin to chant the old
innocuous pep songs. wonder, will try to build
cities for human beings, to make of them places
where one may be young may work. then grow old
amid cleanliness, comfort, beauty Rnd peace2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04

by the majority of good, loyal citi-
zens.
For twelve long and dreary wears
nave we sat at the freside and read
OF the destiny bred and Matched bv
such a foolish amendment. For
Twelve years have we read of the
POISON liquor that has beeen per-
mltted to flow so freely that it has
sent many a poor mothers boy or
girl TO some asylum, state prison.
ollnd institution or the grave
Now some fanatic monster noli-
tlclans who care nothing about the
lives of human beings, who thrive
on nothing except blood and cur
rency, and whose hearts and inter-
ests are centered only among the
underworld, will deny this to be
true.
They do not want a good bev-
erage to return to this country. and
why not? For the gangster would
lose hundreds and thousands of
dollars, that the U. S. A. should COL
lect and add to the treasury.
To repeal the eighteenth amend
ment would be curse to the boot
logger and blessing to the UNI
employed. Repeal would, in a large
degree, stabilize industry, which we
need so much in this country.
B. SMITH.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
Questions and
Answers

What does the term silver stand
ard mean in relation to money?
The silver standard exists when
the unit of currency of a country is
silver, and silver coins are full
legal tender, accepted in commercial
exchanges, and the value of other
coins are measured in silver.
When it is a. m. Eastern stand
ard time) in New York City, what
time is ii in London?
p. m.
Is Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt re-
lated to the late Theodore RoOse-
welt?
She is his niece.
What existing city is the oldest
in the world?
Damascus, in Syria.
How is autopsy pronounced?
"Aw-top-sy," with the accent or
the first syllable.
State the proportions of white and
Negro populations of Cuba?
Whites, about 10 per cent; Ne
groes, about IA per cent, and mixed
about Is per cent.
What annual salary does the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania receive?
$4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04

I must admit that among the mill
tary men my favorite sort of soldier
is an ex-Soldier.
But the rights of the men in
Washington were even greater than
their claims. Their proudest status
is that of members of the army of
the twelve million. They are broth
erS of all who would work and can
not.
And the existence of this army
does challenge not only the author
ity, but the justice and mercy OF
the government of the United
States. 1t must be met swiftly and
firmly"
1t can not be met with bayonets
nor crushed beneath the tanks
Least of all is it to be solved by gas
Of tears we have had enough
heaped up and running over.
tcopvrieht. 1882. bv The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
: DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

state, cancer, obesity, and indiges-
ton.
However, old age does modify any
disease, so that it is different from
the same condition in youth.
Charcot, the famous French psy-
chologist, called pneumonia the
great enemy of old people. Osler,
on the other hand, referred to it as
the friend of the aged"
Both had in mind the fact that
pneumonia in the aged is a short
and rarely painful illness, which
saves old people from the long and
gradual decay that is sometimes so
distressing.
Measles, scarlet fever, typhoid
and diphtheria occur very rarely in
old people, probably because they
have been infected in youth and
thereby developed immunity to
these diseases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
Chemical News

OTTER interesting news is re-
~ ported by the Russian CORE
spondent of the American Chemical
Society. Russian chemists have en-
barked upon the production of ar
tificial wool.
They have discovered a new pro-
cess Of coal distillation. A new pc
troleum field has been found. Plans
are under way to set up combines
consolidating the chemical IN
dustries of middle Asia.
A new iron alloy works is now IN
operation at Tscheljabinsk. 1t has
seven furnaces, four producing fer
rochrome and three ferrosilicon. BY
means of a new process, ferrochrome
is manufactured directly from the
ores. -
Sulphuric deposits, discovered on
the west coast of the Caspian sea,
are to be used in the manufacture
of caustic soda, sulphur and sui
phuric acid.
The artificial silk plant at Len
ingrad has undertaken the manu-
facture also of artificial wool.
The newly discovered petroleum
field is in the Lokbatan region. Ths
petroleum is said to contain 20 per
cent pure benzine.
Four chemical combines are to be
set up in middle Asia, which is rich
in minerals and other raw mate
rails. These include sulphur de-
posts. Glauber's salt, barite and
magnesium salts.
These combines will be interested
particularly in promoting the man.
ufacture of artificial fertilizer, drugs,
dyes and lacquers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04

The form of sick headache called
migralne usually becomes less trou-
blesome as age advances, and may
disappear with increasing years.
A recent conception of this dis
ease indicates that it may be the
result of sensitivity to some protein
food substance, and perhaps the re-
peated attacks eventually bring
about assassination.
X Even when All aged person is in
good health he must keep a close
watch for the disease to which his
age makes him particularly sus-
ceptible.
Happiness for all elderly persons
is principally a matter of health,
and so health must be guarded
more and more closely as time
goes on.
Next-Other changes in the aged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS

Despite Mussolinis Praise OF
FGs cism and His OUn
Achievements, Italy WI
Find 1t Necessary to For
get Most That He Has Said
and Done.
NTASHINGTON, Aug. Anus
w solini regards peace and de-
mocracy as impossible, if not I'm
desirable. He would Neither leaves
much room for men like him.
He owes his present position large
ly to the demoralizing effect of war
He could not hold it long if Italy
were democracy.
Mussolini is a remarkable man.
He will go down in history as one
of the outstanding figures of his
time. Circumstances, however, have
played big part in his career. Like
other dictators, he is nine tenths
creature of the crowd.
Like other restless souls who have
risen to sudden and unexpected
pre-eminence, he builds his philos-
ophy around personal experience.
DR.. Green of ''Nervura" fame once
was asked if he really thought the
medicine ever did any one good. ut
did me lot" he replied, and Mus
SOlinia feels the same Way about
FaScism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04

ME- man who carried Goals to
L Newcastle pales under the
shadow of that great engineer who
prescribed tear gas for the pitiful
stragglerS of Anacostia Flats.
The administration which began
with the promise of two cars in each
| garage is ending with the accom-
pliShment of a bomb for every
shack.
Order and civil tranquility are
the first requisites in the great task
of economic reconstruction to which
our whole people are devoting their
heroic and noble energies" said
President Hoover in his official proc
lamation celebrating victory in the
| field.
But what was the order and the
traquillity which came in the wake
of the khaki wave loosed suddenly
at night?
After Order Was Restored
Al old man, carrying several
L N packages of groceries emerged
from the Botanic Garden park Just
as the mounted men were clearing
the area. He was unable to get
along as fast as one soldier desired,
and was thrown to the ground He
suffered saber cut on the hand"
Several children hooted the
soldiers and a group on horses
chased the youngsters through the
shrubbery. They did not succeed
in riding down the agile youngsters,
who climbed trees"
Another of the mounted men at
tempted to make an ice cream ped
dler move faster. After a few jabs
the saber became imbedded in the
wooden box. f. The frightened
peddler fell across WALL
Burn everything' captain
commanded,
The wind famed the flames.
Children screamed and spectators
lodged about trying to escape the
heat. In the confusion several SOL
diers discharged tear gas. This
is about the third time this place
has been gassed in the last two
days. a storekeeper opposite the
flames told reporters"
And President Hoover also said,
This national effort must not be
retarded even in the slightest de-
gree by organized lawlessness."
The victory proclamation was is
sued at just about the time that
Officers directing the destruction
of the huts became alarmed. They
called for fire engines and it was
necessary to wet down some of the
buildings on the opposite side of
the street to prevent their destruc-
ton.
Many beautiful trees bordering
the north side of Maryland avenue,
some almost century old, were
burned to crisp"
n
In the Home of the Free
THESE quotations are from the
Il New York Times. The Incl
dents occurred not on the night of
the great push but hours after
President Hoover's musketeers, in
masks, had sent the ragged men
and women and children of the
Flats screaming into the night to
flee the bursts of tear gas.
And I wonder what the gentle
man in the White House wore to
keep himself from weeping.
"A challenge to the authority of
the United Staets government has
been met. swiftly and firmly"
President Hoover referred to the
fact that the tanks and the cavalry
and the infantry succeeded in rout-
ing utterly the unarmed outcasts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
United States Leads

EIGURES tell the story Of the
4 growth of the Importance Of
sulphuric acid in the modern world.
In 1899 the production of sui
phuric acid in the United States had
value of $7,SO0,OO0. In 1927 its
value was SAB 100000.
World figures are available for
1925. The total production of sui
phuric acid in that year amounted
to 14,5SO.OO0 tons. The United
States was leading producer, fur,
nishing 100000 tons.
Germany was second with 1,800.--
600 tons. while Great Britain was
third with 100000 tons.
In comparing these figures with
those given for the new Russian
plant, it must be kept in mind that
these are figures for entire nations
and not individual plants.
SO important is sulphuric acid in
the modern world that its market is
regarded as an index of world con-
ditions.
Concentrated sulphuric acid is a
thick, colorless, oily liquid much
heavier than water. 1t will char
paper and cloth like fire.
1t Kisses like something alive
when it touches water. and it is ca
pable of dissolving human flesh. An
other name for it is oil of vitriol.
Commercial sulphuric acid is
made by diluting oil of vitriol with
water
Sulphuric acid, as previously
noted, is required for the manufac-
ture of dynamite.
Without dynamite most mining
processes would be crippled so badly
that the world soon would find itself
without an adequate Supply of
metals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
It Helped MuSSolini

ONCE in while you run across
~ man big enough to admit that
the system which brought him sue
cess may not be perfect, but they
are few and far between. Nine out
Of ten fall for it as the most won
derful thing yet discovered.
Mussolini is one of them. He
has no doubt of Fascism, because il
landed him where he is. He lacks
the knowledge to appraise it by
comparison with other systems.
He knows little about democracy
as practiced in this. country. If he
had been born here and had been
eelected mayor of some small town
or to congress, he undoubtedly would
be an ardent Democrat.
His faith in FaScism is emotional
not intellectual. He is grateful for
what it has done for him, but he is
not a philosopher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
GERMANS RETREAT
Aug. 4

I'm Aug. 4, 1918. German troops
~ we're reported evacuating Al
bert, one of the cities taken during
their first offensive in March.
British and French forces were on
the offensive on a wide front in the
vicinity of Montdidier and reported
important gains
American and French forces oper-
ating in the Marine sector continued
their great push forward, crossing
the Vesle in many places and push
ing through the lines prepared by
German reserves to stop the allied
advance.
On the Balkan front, the Austrian
troops again were defeated and were
forced 90 abandon the Fieri-Berat
line.
French oficial sources reported
that 1874 German planes had been
brought down by French fiiers in
July.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
Daily Thoughts

And have no fellowship with the
unfruitfuI works of darkness, but
rather reprOve them.-Ephesians
Sill.
There are thousands hacking at
the branches of evil to one who is
striking at the root.-Thoreau
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

Smphuric Acid Is Vital in
Manufacture Of Scores of
Products Used IN Industry.
D UssIA now boasts the largest
~ sulphuric acid plant in Europe.
according 20 Industrial and Engi-
neering Chemistry, one of the off,
cial publications of the American
Chemical Society.
The journals Russian correspon-
dent reports that the sulphTic acid
plant of the "WokreSSenske chemi-
cal combine has started operation
with an annual capacity of 10000
tons.
Eventually. the plant will turn
out 100000 tons of sulphuric acid.
The chemical combine also is
making plans for an eventual an
nual production of 1,O00,00 tons OF
SuperpnoSphate and 10000 tons Of
pure phosphoric acid.
The Importance of sulphuric acid
in the modern industrial world is
so great that it would be no exae-
geration to say that this is the age
of sulphuric acid.
The name would be as appropri-
ate in many ways as the age of
steel, or the machine age.
For without sulphuric acid, mod
ern man would soon find himself
without gasoline, lubricating oil.
dynamite, electric storage batteries,
galvanized iron, white paper, leather,
celluloid, dyestuffs, and great ar
ray of synthetic products. drugs and
the like.
All these products require sui
phuric acid in their manufacture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
Still Another Challenge

WET, even so, the challenge to
l. the authority of the United
States government was met swiftly
and firmly. But there is far great
er challenge, and it neither has
been faced nor met 1t has been
lodged slowly and with vacillation.
refer to unemployment, which
is the true root of the bonus army
demonstration. I do not agree with
Smedley Butler that veterans are
better than other people, although
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04

Mr.. Miller, author of 81
Cover the Waterfront" is
conducting this column
during Mr.. BrOun's vaca-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
IT SEEMS TOME BY M Max x

/ of 4AnacoStia. There was but one
flaw in the great drive. Next day
the soldiers found, within the camp,
lone, live infant in a baby car
riage. Mr.. Hoover had forgotten
to call out the heavy artillery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
The Hoover-Stimson Doctrine

President Hoover and Secretary Of State Stimson
deserve great credit for their peace leadership under
the Chaco war threat. With courage and wisdom,
they have rallied the other American governments
in united front against war between Bolivia and
Paraguay.
They have reasserted that the controversy must
be settled by peaceful means. But they have gone
farther. They have put force-the force of the
community of American nations whose interests are
not involved in any war-behind their demand
The force they is more intelligent and more
potent than the force of arms, which would settle
nothing and inaame the belligerents all the more.
Instead, they state:
The American nations further declare that chew
will not recognize any territorial arrangement of this
controversy which has not been obtained by peace
which may be obtained through occupation or con-
quest by force of arms"
This is the Hoover-Stmson doctrine laid down to
Japan in the Far East last winter. Now it becomes
also Latin American doctrine
When used by a group of neutral nations it is a
weapon against which no maker long can prevail
Overseep is as harmful as overwork, lecturer
on health tells U.S. But he might have added death
rates from either have been very rare of late.
What most of us would like best right now is to
have the neighbors accuse us of allowing our new
wealth to go to our heads
The real need of business is fewer prophets and
more profits
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-04
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE -
Diseases Are Modified by Old Age

This is the third of six articles by
DR.. Fishbein on Good Health After so.
Others will be printed daily.