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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times May God have
pity on my poor baby" said the
slave mother Of the nations great
est Negro, Frederick Douglas. This
same statement may be applied to
the Republicans and their 1882
platform. They failed to fill their
lamps with OH and it is growing
dark.
They failed the voters who put
them in Office in 1928; they nearly
bankrupted the nation; they let the
soldiers and babies, starve. These
helpless men and babies asked for
bread and received a stone.
Every man fighting for the bonus
would lay down his arms if you had
given him work with a decent wage.
Then they tell you, 1--WE have kept
the world out of PANEL" Why do
decent people owe them another
chance? They don't, and they
never will get it.
The G.. o. P. failed the soldiers
and then played them such stirring
music as cover There" Yes, that
is where your bonus went.
I am not prejudiced against for
eigners. It was they who made
America the land of the free and
the home of the brave many gen.
erations ago. 1t was they who laid
the foundation of our nation, omit
ting the mistakes of the old world.
It was they who knew the sweet
ness of freedom If deprived of
that sweetness, like honey, it tastes
like gall
We find we can not live as lux
uriantly without the foreign trade.
Our tariff has killed that. Again
they tell us we have prohibition.
Then why did they put Scent tax
on an article that goes in bread
and cake, a necessity of life-I mean
malt. They straddled the fence till
their legs are bowed.
When Al Smith foretold the
voters where the country was
drifting, they failed to elect him.
The old adage reads, He who eats
the pope dies of indigestion. But
this time it has modern version,
"He who ate pope died of starva-
ton or stood in the soup line"
We have had too much prohi-
bition and we do not want it ever
in any form. Now If any one wishes
to answer these charges, please be
good sport and sign your name
towards only write anonymous
letters, and I wish to say the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07

335 in February, 1882, as compared
with sos in January and 588 in
February in 1881.
The only way in which the
average person can protect himself
against meningitis is to avoid any
possible contact with a case of the
disease.
Attempts have been made in time
of epidemic to use preventive vac
cination, but in general such pre-
ventive vaccination is not advised.
Use of nasal sprays, mouth
washes and lotions has not been
proved to be of special value. When
the diagnosis is made, treatment
with the specific curative serum has
great value in lowering the number
of deaths and in preventing pa
ralySiS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
improvements HeIp
.NHE tests showed that as mu

TINE tests showed that as much
l. as a third more power can be
gotten under test conditions from
modern high compression engine
merely by improving its cooling Sys-
tenn, Hawley says.
ITO utilize fully these develop
ments in cooling, tomorrow's auto
mobiles may be designed with large
and efficient cooling systems first,
using the remaining space under
the hood for the actual engine in
stead of the reverse, as at present,
he says.
1.-The cooling system has in the
past been considered a necessary
evil, but these tests indicate that it
may be as important as cylinder
size in determining the power out
put of modern automotive engines.
Certainly, large cooling spaces in
the actual cylinder blocks, even if
this requires a reduction in cylin-
der size, will pay in the ultimate
efficiency of the machine.
1.-The tendency up to now has
been to increase continually the
size and weight of the engine to
secure more power, and since the
hood space has been limited by
considerations of symmetry of the
finished car, the cooling system has
been reduced to make room for the
expanding engine.
Multiplication of cylinders, and
increase in diameter of cylinders
and pistonS has gone so far, how
ever, that further advance in this
direction seems unlikely"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
BY DAVID DIETZ-


Cooling System to Be First
Thought IN Automobile of
Future.
A UTOMOBILE engines Of the fu-
IN ture will be designed on new
principle. making it possible for the
twelve-cylinder engine of tomorrow
to furnish the power of today's six
teen-cylinder engine.
This 80 per cent increase in power
will be obtained by improving what
now is considered a necessary evil
namely, the cooling system.
G. d. Hawley, assistant director
OF the engineering laboratory of the
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Of De-
troit, is the authority for these
statements. His opinion is based
upon experiments carried out in the
laboratory.
Hawley points out that today the
cooling system gets the least at
tention. First, the engine is built.
Then the cooling system is installed
in the space left.
He predicts that in the future the
policy to be followed will be just the
opposite. The cooling system will be
considered first, necessary space al
lotted to it. Then the engine will
be built in the space remaining.
Hawley is led to these conclusions
as the result Of experiments which
showed the Importance of the cool
ing system in attaining efficient op-
Grafton
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Question of WEIGHT

HAWLEY believes that increases
Il A. in engine size have reached the
point where the question OF weight
must be taken into consideration.
Increases in engine size" he says,
add to the weight of the car at
the same time that they increase its
power, and this greater weight ma
terially reduces the ability of the
car to make quick getaway in
traffic.
Exhaustive tests indicate that ac-
celeration from standing start is
more important in fast auto travel
than top speed on the stretch.
To permit maximum acceleration,
the power output of the motor must
be increased with minimum adj
ditional weight.
weight is being secured by the use
of high compression engines de-
signed to use anti-knock fuels, but
other developments must accom-
pany this if full efficiency in this re-
spect is to be realized.
Smaller engines with larger
cooling systems and radiators will
yield increased power without add
ing to the cars weight.
Cooling of valves and valve seats
and even special cooling of the NOV
ing pistons themselves yields great
er power than the best present high
compression engines, and at the
same time increases the life of en-
CINE parts.
Valves, whose failures often I'M
justly are blamed on every possible
cause, can be made to last several
times as long if proper precautions
are taken to keep them and their
seats cool"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
People Most important

CONSIDERING what we can do,
~ there ought not to be a hungry
child in this country, or man out
of work who wants to work. There
ought not to be many mistakes in
the administration of justice, or I'M
reasonable delays.
There ought not to be any such
thing as political corruption, or
racketeering. There ought not to be
so much unhappiness and discon-
tent as there is, so much confusion
and bewilderment.
We must think of something be-
sides the roar of motors if we are
going to make them instruments of
real service to mankind, something
besides the soulless strength of steel,
or the equally soulless power of
dynamos.
People still are the most important
products of the human race, and
everything we do should be sub
ordinated to their welfare. If we
fail to produce more intelligent and
higher-minded people, we might as
well forget the rest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
BREAK FROM RUSSIA

July
NN July 7, 1918, the entire popu-
~ lation on the Thurman coast
broke away from Russia and set
up separate rule.
They allied themselves with the
entente and announced themselves
ready to fight against Russian con-
troll. Supplies were received from
the United States.
The White Guards occupied
Yaroslav, 173 miles northeast of
Moscow, and disrupted communi-
cation between Moscow and
Vologda.
American forces on the western
front returned an attack staged two
days previously by Germans on
front east of Hamel and in the
Vosges.
Where the Germans failed, the
Americans were successful, taking
much ground and several German
prisoners.
Italian forces massed for an at
tack on the Grappa and Col Ca
prize fronts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Thinks Most of War

.XXTE live in a world which,
w though paying lip tribute to
peace, still thinks of war, still
strives to mobilize the best trained
armies and invent the most effec-
tive instruments of wholesale muir
der.
While some people contemplate
airplanes as vehicles of quick and
easy travel, others visualize them
as engines of sudden death and de-
struction.
AS long as this conflict of ideas
persists, we can not know whether
we are making progress.
The scheme of things needs some
thing higher than mechanical
achievement to guarantee that it
is moving in the right direction.
The world needs something finer
than an appetite for motion to
make it safe.
We can cross the ocean in less
time than it took our forefatherS
to call on neighbor, but they
could write a constitution in less
time than we can pass a relief bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Aviation Links World

A WALTON is bringing people
IA closer together, but whether for
a hand-to-hand fight, or a love
feast, we do not know
We ought to be giving the question
more study, because a good deal de-
ponds on the way it is answered.
If war lies ahead, these engines of
swiftness and power better would be
strapped.
It's time to think where we are
going before we get up too much
steam; time to remember that what
ever brings America close to Europe
and Asia, brings Europe and Asia
just as close to America.
The mere ability to do things is of
little account, unless guided by
wisdom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Questions and
Answers

How much are ivory tusks in their
natural state worth?
Between $3.50 and So a pound.
How many banks were there in
the United States at the close of
the year 1881, and how many SuS-
pensions occurred during that year?
Dec 81, 1881, there we're 1893
banks in the United States, and
suspensions that year were 1928.
Who was Maqueda?
That is the traditional name for
the Queen of Sheba.
Is the phrase, 'The lesser of two
evils" in the Bible?
"Of two evils, choose neither" is
from John Ploughman," by Charles
H. Spurgeon, the English evangel-
ist. The sermon derives from an old
Roman proverb, found in Cicero,
"Of two evils, choose the less"
quoted also in "The Imitation of
Christ" by Thomas A. Kempis. The
phrase is not in the Bible.
Do United States assay offices buy
old gold?
Yes, in lots of 500 worth, or
more.
How many elementary public
school teachers, public high school
teachers, and teachers in universe
ties and colleges are in the United
States?
Elmentary public school teachers,
64O,976; public high school teachers,
213 ,306, and teachers in colleges and
universities, 54,195. The figures are
for 1929-1930.
What does erin go bragh" mean?
Ireland forever" 1t was the an
Gent battle cry Of the Irish.
What is the origin Of the name
PreakneSs for the big horse race
at Pimlico track?
1t is the name of the horse that
won the first Dinner Party stake,
afterward known as the Dixie stake,
at Pimlico in 1870, the most famous
racing event of the time The horse
took its name from the farm of H.
M. Sanford, his owner. t
What is the official abbreviatiOn
of Kansas?
KanS.
What is an ''0rrery"?
An apparatus for exhibiting solar
system motions.
How large is the French-speak-
ing population Of Canadag
2,452,75I.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
SAYS

Aviation Is Bringing People
Closer Together, but
Whether for a Hand-to-
Hand Fight or a Love
Feast We Do Not Knoa0.
NEW YORK, July 7.-Another
IN round-the-world flight in
progress; another quick gamble
with fate for death or glory; and
how we love it!
It's the old circus on a grand
scale, the hair-raising stunt of
fifty years ago magnif1ed 1000
times.
Flooding engineers made it pos
sible, but we have scant time for
them.
WHAT we enjoy is the morbid
side, the kick of picturing ourselves
in like position.
It gives us feeling of superiority
over past generations, the excuse to
dream of still more thrilling fu-
ture.
What such future may mean by
way of common benefit, we neither
know nor care.
The god of speed has come to
claim our devotion. We are willing
to offer blood sacrifice if he will but
show us how to go faster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Your Questions Answered

You can get an answer to
any answerable question Of
fact or information by writing
to Frederick NJ. Kerby, Cues
ton Editor, indianapolis Times
Washington Bureau, 1922 New
York avenue, Washington, en-
closing3 cents in coin or post
age stamps for reply. Medical
and legal advice can not be
given, nor can extended re-
search be made. All other
questions viii receive a per-
sonal reply.
All letters are confidential.
You are cordially invited to
make use of this free service
as often as you please. Let our
Washington Bureau help with
your problems.
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peal has more than 100000 mem
bers enrolled. Call Cherry 1872 for
information.
MRS. w. A. COLLINS,
So North Hamilton Avenue.
Editor Times-Is there no relief
at all from the tag problem? The
assessors who set valuations on real
estate surely are not aware that the
depression exists and that people
on every hand are losing their
homes and other possessions which
they have been years in acquiring
and have deprived themselves of the
luxuries of life, that they may have
home and a few things to call
their own.
1t seems that it would be much
better to encourage people to buy
and own taxable property rather
than soak the ones who do have
property that is taxable. OF course
there is no way out for those I'M
fortunate enough to own or be buy
ing property, but it certainly does
keep others from buying.
L suppose assessments all over the
city have been increased and no
doubt will cause many to lose all.
In my case the assessment was in
creased $3.50, and there were no
additional Improvements.
1t is certain that, with the real
estate market at a standstill, my
property is not worth that addi-
tional amount, if anything, it is
worth that much less than at the
time of the last appraisal.
This may be considered an appeal
for help for others in like circum-
stance and may I here offer my
services in any way to any one in
getting taxes reduced and appraisalS
lowered to valuation in accord
with the present market value of
real estate?
PAUL L. KELLEY.
6121 Rosslyn avenue.
Editor Times-I have been at a
loss to find out the political inclina-
tons of The Times. I thought for
a long time that it was independent
in politics, if it had what is known
as political inclination or bias.
But recently, owing to some of its
editorials. am forced to change my
opinion. I can not say that it is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

EultOT JOuInal Oh the american meulCdi
Association, and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
NNE of the most serious of in
" fictitious disease still attacking
mankind is cerebrospinal meningitis,
also occasionally called spotted fever
and brain fever.
The attack is caused by action of
the germ of meningitis called menin-
gococcuS on the membranes Of the
brain and spinal cord.
During the early months of 1882,
there was an increase in the dis
ease in England and an epidemic
prevailed in Egypt and in Hong
kong.
Following the World war, there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07
Daily Thoughts

Then the eyes of the blind
shall be opened and the ears of
the deaf shall be unstopped.-
Isaiah 35.5.
The joy Of heaven will begin as
soon as we attain the character OF
heaven. and do its duties Theo-
dOre Parker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07

Republican nor independent, nor
Democratic.
After calm elaboration and I'M
biased opinion or Judgment, I think
that the paper can not be classed
independent, and certainly not
Democratic, I mean real Democratic.
And certainly not Republican and
that more appropriate name be
given the paper. I mean name
that would be more fitting for what
the paper stands for.
Why not give it the name of the
jackass owing to its foolish and per-
haps partisanship attitude against
the Democratic candidate, Roosevelt.
1t seems to me that the term Jack
ass" would more appropriately fit
for what the paper stands for. Of
fer this as a suggestion.
offer this in a kindly way, wish
ing you success in your venture as
an independent" journal. But I
can not see how you can undertake
to be independent" or noted for
fair" dealing unless you are really
independent" and be fair and
square in the publication.
Call things by their right names
and then the average citizen will
know what to expect, and size up
matters accordingly.
ONE OF THE BOYS.
Kokomo Ind.
Editor Times Having read several
interesting articles in your paper
about the depression and its cures, I
have about decided that the quick
est and best return would be the re-
turn to our long forgotten policy of
government by the people, and for
the people, instead of government by
a few grafters and politicians, for a
few friends and mostly themselves,
with the people paying the bills.
First, by forming a party of the
people disregarding politics and
nominating men or women to the
various offices from the ranks of the
common people who know the value
of a dollar.
Second, by cutting the present
salaries of all above $4,000 to that
amount, and raising all that are be-
low $4,000 for city offices. The Gov
ernor'S salary would be set at So. 600
with his home furnished. and. start
ing at $4,000 for the next in line
graduate them down to the mini
mum OF $4,000. For the county. set
the treasurer at $4,000 and put the
delinquent tax money in the treas
llry, and the rest of the county Of
fees graduate down to the $2,4OO.
Third, appoint or elect a commits
soin from civic leagues of the CITY to
establish fair utility rates and see
that they are enforced or city-owned
plants put in and run on a no-profit
OASIS, as to my notion the necessary
utilities for the health and welfare
OF the people should not be a means
by which a few get enormous re-
turns.
Fourth, enact a state labor law
setting so cents an hour as a mini
mum wage for all classes, figured on
an eight-hour day basis. which
would enable the common laborer
who, as rule, has the largest FAM
lily TO support, to lay aside a few dol
lars to help in times like the pres
ent. LEO A. JAMES.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-07

Women's National Prohibition Re-
peal has more than 100000 mem
bers enrolled. Call Cherry 1872 for
information.
MRS. w. A. COLLINS,
So North Hamilton Avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
CUILLOTINE MAY
 LOSE ITS JOB

Paris, {UP)-,rhe death pen- atty and with 1t the guiiiotine us the official machine of execution in France. may be banished by a vote of Parliament if the Cham- her of Deputies acts upon the pro- ject just introduced by Rene Richard. The criminal legislation committee will spend the summer considering the change.
 The execution of Sacco and vanzctti is mentioned in the proj- ect as An example of q possible miscarriage of justice and is used as the basic argument in seeking the abolition of the deaath penalty. Instead, the project would sen- tence criminals, ordinarily sent to the guillotlne. to life impslson- ment nt hard labor.
 The guillotine Is as old as the French republic. for the first re- public came in with the execution of thousands of nObles and royal ists, at which time the guillotines worked day and night for weeks In the Place de la Concorde and other great squares.
 The guillotine dates as the off, cial execution machine in France since 1702 and was named for Dr Guillotip, although 1t was known to the masses as the "Louison" and "Louisette." because 1t had beheaded Louis XVI. Since then 1t has beheadcd 1000 criminals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
State Spending S1 800
 To Bring Guards Here

The State of Conneieut will spend si,sO0 oeps of Connecticut National Guard this city for parpson h ts American Legion month This authorized expenditure by the adusnt meeting of the state board of finance and control yesterday in Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
Youth Escapes .
 City Court Fine
Noel Discharged When State Fails to Prove Charge
 of Driving While Under the Influence" 7:

after his arrest stated that he found no evidence of tho young man having been intoxicated. Mrs NoeI, who visited her home with in an hour of his capture. stated that she observed nothing wrong in his condition. The desk officer. who booked Noel, was not present in court and Prosecuting Attorney Charles Summa volunteered the ln- formation that Lieut. John Dunphy was not inclined to the opinion that tho man was under the influ- ence of liquor.
 "I'll give him the benefit of the doubt" remarked Judge John F. McGrath in ordering the dis mlssal of the complaint.
 The principal evidence fo the state against the defendant was fur nished by Albino Gadd of North Haven. who testified that on last Sunday evening he was travelling on Thomaston avenue and was obliged to follow in the rear of Noe1s machine from Thomaston to Waterbury. Noel, he claimed, kept travelling Q zig-zag course and he was unable to pass him. Patrol- man John Christinat followed Noel from Waterville to West Main street and placed him under arrest.
 A nolle was entered in the case of Pellgrino Auletto, 34, of 38
 Canal street, who was charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses. Auletto succedecd in obtaining pair of trousers from North Main street merchant without making good the required purchase price.
 William Robinson, 2S of IS
 Yale street. who was charged with causing Q disturbance last evening was given n suspended jail sentence and placed on proba- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05


 We know absolutely nothing Inander Birt emphaticaliy to-day. we didn't even know the two men were in town. Anything per- tatning to such a complaint would first have to go through the exec be returned to the post as whole for ratification before Superin- tcndent Mclean could be ap- preached officially.'
 At Tuesday nights meeting of the post there was only one refer ence made to the E. F. F. One member said that there is a Wa. terbury man stranded in the bonus army area. He was instructed to furnish his name with the promise that the post would see that he got home. The name wasn't fur nised.
 S"If the other organizations in Waterbury help the 5. E. F. men. especially those soliciting in Wa tSrbury, Corporal Coyle post will do the same. If 1t Is agreed that such action represents charity. Corporal Coyle post will be right in front doing its bit"
 Commander Birt also took occa- slon to-day to deny story In last nights American to the effect that the local five delegates would sup port Joseph A. Treadwell for state commander at the state convention of the American Legion. He de- ciared that the five delegates arc going uninstructed to the conven- ton and with an open mind on both Treadweli and Major Charles Lockhart of New Haven. also n candidate for the .commandership