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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09
Helen TwevetreeS and Robert Young Are Featured in
'Unashamed,' New Thriller by Bayard WELLER,
Now at the Palace
Now at the Palace.

DOCKING fun at political making comedians of guberna
oa candidates. making heroes out of -pr agents nro
woes the entertainment in The Dark Horse the
the prediction madneses presidential
Horse" Indiana written
by a Washington politician, ANONYMOUS
Warren William
roles in The Dark Horse William portrays managing
poca campaigns He enters the story upon to serve
press agent de luxe an obscure dele
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

groom and also assists in his at
tempt to get rid Of his youthful
wife and her wise-cracking, money
mad sister. All in all, it is reputed
to be great fun
Others appearing in the cast are
Herbert Mundin, Arthur Pierson,
Irene Purcell and Don Alvarado.
Alfred L. Worker directed from an
adaptation made from James
Forbes successful stage hit.
Short subjects appearing on the
program are Ripley's Believe 1t or
Not" Movietone News, Van Dimes
Pullman Murder Mystery" and
Babe Ruth in Just Pals"
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ROUNDING ROUND
THEATERS With A, T41TEE

present there definite indication that
Society," brought into merger
Theater Guild and the Dramatic will Indianapolis
bed nteedse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

and bell ringing, the tiny train is
a center of attraction at Riverside
these days.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
The Gloomy Skies Will Clear.

The New Year dawns in gloom In
Washington, in terms Of weather. The
skies are overcast, a storm is raging.
Is this an augury for i'll for the tewelve-
month now beginning?
None but a chronic pessimist would
answer in the affirmative. Today'S
rains and winds will pass. Tie cllies
will clear, the sun will soon shine
brightly. Tomorrow, perhaps, will be
fair and clement.
Thus will the economic conditions,
now so depressing and indeed distress
ing, likewise improve. The dawn of the
year, unpropitious as it Is in physical
terms, will pass to better days, better
times
The weather map" of America may
at this time show a widely prevalent
'Iow," covering t!ae major portion of the
country, but back of that area Of un-
pleaSantness come the winds that will
clear the skies and abate the storm. 1t
has always been so. 1t will always
be SO.
America is today fundamentally
sound, though shaken By the elements
of economic disorder. While the condi-
tions that make for the present distress
spread over other lands, as sometimes
in the past, there are here active the
forces Of recovery independent Of those
that affect regions beyond~the seas.
Never before in the history Of America
has there been such strength of CO.
operation and coordination in the face
of unfavorabIe conditions. For the re-
lief Of suffering there is at work a
Nation wide spirit Of Samaritanism,
From depleted purses are flowing funds
to provide the necessities Of those who
are out Of work, and who, without this
succor, would suffer keenly, perhaps
would perish for the lack of sustenance.
This spirit of helpfulness, which has
responded nobly to the call, will prevail
against the adversely that afiictS mil
lions Of the people. Just so, through
clear understanding Of the causes Of the
economic misfortune that has come
upon the Nation, will the recovery that
Ia the fundamental law Of organized
humanity be assured.
Despair is the worst enemy the peo-
pie have to meet In this crisis. Belief
in the eventual, perhaps the early, res
toration Of health is the best agency
Of recovery. The greeting Happy New
Year" Is the war cry Of triumphant
campaign.
Evening star., 1932-01-01

taxing bodies continue 10 make such
unjust levies.
Chicago has been passing through a
series of crises. The decision by Judge
Jarech Is merely another blind step In
the dark. That decision is still to be
appealed and another long wait will
ensue while the Illinois courts Study
three-year-old assessments to discover
whether the lower court is correct in
holding them invalid.
Mayor Cermak has already said that
If the decision by Judge Jarecki held
the assessments invalid, I'VE might
have to close the City Hall" State
legislators have already suggested that
the bankrupt city be placed in the
hands OF receivers.
The closing of the "City Hall" would
probably constitute the most construc-
tive step. "City Hall' symbolizes the
root of the difficulties today. What
Chicago obviously needs now is type
of leadership that does not spring from
City Hall. The greatest danger lies in
the same sort of apathetic indifference
toward calamity that makes possible
the construction of fraudulent tax rolls
and is willing to wait three years for
court to pronounce them fraudulent
Evening star., 1932-01-01
Potomac Tunnel Plan
Broached Two Years Ago
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star
7 have been very much interested In
the articles appearing In your paper on
December 27 and 20 In reference to a
proposed railroad tunnel to carry all
Southbound rail traffic under the Po-
tomac River. have been interested to
note that from these articles one is LED
to believe that the proposed scneme
has originated with the Federal Fark
and Planning Commission.
In this connection beg permission 10
call your attention to the fact that
proposed such construction to the
Washington Board Of Trade at one OF
its regular meetings about two years
ago. At that time your good paper
carried a full column front-page article
featuring my suggestion, which believe
was recognized as original.
1t has occurred TO me that II mlgnt
have been courteous Of the PARK ana
Planning Commission to have made
some reference to the fact that they
are indorsing a suggestion previously
made This idea has not been mere
passing fancy on my part. 1t is an
idea that has been given very careful
engineering computation and its feasl-
bilitv definitely determined before it
was presented to the Washington Board
Of Trade.
Perhaps it is not customary to make
reference to previous publications on
such subjects. The Evening Star was
courageous enough at that time to &C
cept the suggestion as one worthy OF
consideration. 1t was the only daily
paper that did so recognize. am at
least pleased that a Federal body has
seen fit to recommend the scheme to
higher authority.
p. M. ANDERSON.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
Calamity in Chicago.

The enormity Of ChicagOs financial
difhculties stagger the imagination, for
they are beyond ordinary conceptions
based on precedent. There has never
been anything like it before. The cit
izsns OF Chicago themselves seem so
stunned that the decision yesterday
by County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki
can be considered as a correct reflection
of their attitude. Judge Jarecki, hold
ing that assessments for taxes for the
years 1928 and 1929 were fraudulent
and invalid, uttered grave warning that
II taxing bodies continued to make such
~unjust levies" "crisis" might be pre-
cipitsted, "the results Of which cannot
be foretold."
Crisis. indeed Chicago is just And
ing out, through the tedious processes
of the courts, that its assessments for
1913 and 1929 were invalid-findine
this out at time when 1880 bills are
due. The decision, hailed as q vic
tory for the taxpayers, means that
the city cannot collect in back taxes
A sum of over $l4O.OOO,OOO and thai
the current taxes cannot be collected
because they are based on the 1928 as
Sessments. And with city employees
long since unpaid, with tremendous
deficit already accumulated and the
tax base wiped out, Judge Jsreck
Maauaa tksAt thszs uaasht be O ezial& y
Evening star., 1932-01-01
Politics of 1882.

The new year holds the key and the
answer to many political problems and
political ambitions. AS the new year
opens the Republicans are hoping for
an upturn in the fortunes Of the G.
o. P, which have been at low cbb
the country. The party in power is
always blamed for the failure of bust
ness. unemployment and reduction of
wages for the failure Of crops end for
the drought. 1t IS human nature 10
blame some one. some organiza ton, for
all the economic ills which beset
people
The Democrats look forward with
hope and the expectation of victory in
the national elections this year. They
have been encouraged by the action of
the voters in by-elections in widely
! separated congressional districts to fill
House vacancies in the last few months
! They have seen Democratic gubsrna-
torial candidates roll up huge ma ior-
tiles in New Jersey and Kentucky,
supplanting Republican Governors In
| both instances.
The one bright spot for the @. o. p.
was the election Of Republican sue
cessor in the first Ohio congressional
district to the late Speaker Nicholas
Longworth. In that district John B
Hollister rolled up Republican ma jority
that far exceeded the most optimistic
predictions of the leaders themselves.
Cincinnati, which ferns large part CT
the first and second districts in Ohio,
has been a Republican stronghold, gen
orally speaking. A large proportion OF
the people are Of German extraction
and have been Republican for genera
tions. President Hooyer's effort to help
The American people by preventing a
anAaoAal uxnassal n osruaAoy Ass
Evening star., 1932-01-01
A Diabolical Plot.

Discovery of six more bombs in the
suise Of packages delivered at post Of
fces IN addition to those found al
Esston, Pa, on Wednesday leads di'
rectly to the conclusion that a sinister
plot OF serious nature is at hand. These
later internal machines were all ad-
dressed to Italians resident in this
country. Fortunately none Of these ex-
plosive parcels was opened by those to
whom they were addressed,
Arrests have been made that it is
hoped will lead to the discovery Of the
nest OF plotters who are thus seeking
the lives Of Italian officials and resi-
dents. Every possible precaution has
been taken to prevent disaster. Safe
guards have been thrown around those
who might conceivably be. the objects
of attack Inquiry is being made into
the possible sources Of the materials
from which these internal machines
we're constructed Every available agency
OF investigation is at work.
Thus far the pot has failed. 1t has
taken three victims, but not those tc
whom the bombs were addressed. Two
mail clerks and an explosives expert
have been killed. With the warning
that has been given there should be nc
further tragedies.
Evening star., 1932-01-01

Ptnchot, after having shopped around
for Washington swivel chair in vari-
Gus quarters, finally found welcome and
shelter in Mr.. Hoovers department
The Penn Governor trains politically
with Senator Norris. It'll be grand IL
MesSrs. Pinchot, Norris & Co., are
fighting Hoover in the presidential
campaign, while Mrs Pinchot is whoop-
ing it up against McFadden on the
ground that the Pennsylvania SIAN
dered and aspersed the President dur
ing the moratorium melee.
x x
The Capitals New Years day visitors
include Capt. Adolphus Andrews,
U. S. N, well known and popular fig
ure in Washington during the Coolidge
Administration. He was skipper of the
Presidential yacht Mayfiower during
the Vermonter's regime and also
served as chief White House naval
AIDE. Capt. Andrews, whose claims to
lame include the ownership of a sky
scrap2r hotel in Dallas, Texas, bearing
his given name, now occupies one OF
the Nays blue ribbon posts. He Is
chief of staff at the Naval War College,
IN Newport, r. l., where our sea eStab-
llShment'S brains" most do congregate
from year to year. At the moment,
during Admiral Laning's presence on
the west coast for maneuyers, Capt.
Andrews is acting president of the War
College.
Ted Husing. the Columbia Broad
casting Systems star sports announcer,
who has been invited to absent himself
from future foot ball contests on
Soldiers Field, Boston, is now known
among his friends as "Harvard's Bard"
X x
American vets are sure to experience
a joyous New Year holiday with the
news from Finland that by referendum
that country has decided to go off the
water wagon and repeal its 12-year-old
prohibition law Referendum stock is
visibly higher in Washington as
result of ,the news from Helsingfors.
The Anti-SalOon LeaguerS, who will
soon foregather here for their twenty
fifth biennial convention, would rather
have had the Films vote the other. way,
but the Sahara brothers and sisters
insist there's no reason whatever to
suspect that what Finland did this week
the U. S. A will do this year, or for
some time to come-if ever.
x X x
Democrats custCmarily don't rise to
high place in HooVerian times, but the
Interstate Commerce Commission begins
operations in 1892 with one of them as
chairman He is Claude p Porter of
Iowa, who succeeds to the post under
the practice of selecting a new chair
man every year Mr.. Porter became a
member of the rail-ruling body in 1923.
Previously he was chief counsel of the
Federal Trade Commission. Porter has
led Iowa Democrats forlorn hope on
many occasions, including 1920 Senate
race against Albert B. Cummins. Presi-
dent Wilson rewarded him with the
Trade Commission appointment at the
time the meat packers were coming
under the axe at Washington The
new Interstate Commerce Commission
chief is an active advocate of railroad
consolidation. He will preside over the
impending hearings on the 4-party plan
for consolidation in Eastern territory.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-01-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN.

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Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. G.
@. Is the game of checkers considered
scientific?-L. N.
A. 1t Is one Of the most profound and
scientific games which has been devised
It has been said that everybody plays
checkers, but there are few checker
players"
@. What amount of money has been
expended by the Federal Farm Board
to date?-C. S. G.
A. The outstanding loans from the
revolving fund on November l were
approximately $433 900. OF this
sum, 1882 100000 was outstanding to
cooperative associations and the re-
mainder to the grain and cotton sta
| bilization corporations. The revolving
fund is the $500,000,000 authorized by
Congress plus approximately $7,000,000
| in interest collected thus far.
@. What color is sunlight?-D. c. r.
A. Sunlight is white light composed
| Of all colors of the spectrum.
@. Were any women appointed as
fourth-class postmasters this year?-C.
S. B.
A. In the fiscal year 1881 there were
1,041 women appointed to such posi-
tions.
@. Who was the youngest man ever
seated in the House of Representatives?
A N.
A. William Charles Cole of Claiborne,
| Tenn, who was born in ITS, appears
| from the records to be the youngest
man who ever sat in the House of
| Representatives. He was in Congress
from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1901,
| and no question seems ever to have
been raised as to his right to his seat,
although he was under age by three
years.
@. When did the Federal Govern
| ment acquire Bedloes Island, on which
the Statute of Liberty stands?-W.
! M F.
A. The island was patented to Isaac
| Redloe originally, but in 1853 it was
purchased by the city for smallpox
hospital 1t was ceded to the United
States about 1900, and Fort Wood was
| built there as a defense for the city.
@. Must Persian cat have a pedi-
gree in order to be considered pure
| bred?-C. H.
A. Persian cats in this country have
been bred with Angoras and Tabbies to
such an extent that the breed has lost
to a considerable degree its original
characteristics. For this reason only
strictly pedigreed animals may be con-
sidered pure-bred Persians.
Q. When was the name of Korea
changed to Chosen?-D. C.
A. The name of Korea was changed
| to Chosen when that kingdom was an
! nexed by Japan and became part of
the Japanese Empire The Korean
name of its capital city is Seoul, but the
present name, the japanese one, is
Keijo.
Q. Wasn't Monsieur Beaucaire"
Booth Tarkington's first successful
novel?-S. w. T.
A. Harrington first won recognition
with THE Gentleman from Indiana"
@. In referring to a confirmed
bachelor about to marry is the word
"benedick" or "benedict" 20. L. M.
A. Both spellings are used, but ben
Evening star., 1932-01-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Greeting.
Oh, here's little greeting from old Po-
hick on the Crick
We're countin up the blessin's that have
followed fast and thick.
We've had our days OF merrirnent aS
well as days of toll,
And we've gathered in the richness OF
our broad and generous soil.
The old folks have grown older snd
we're smiling now to see
The youngsters gettin frivolous jes' like
we used to be.
They're courtin' an they're marryin' an
goin' on their ways
An the mother songs are soundin', same
as in the other days.
We wish you all successes in that great
big world outside.
We glory in your splendors of prosperity
and pride.
We hope for peace an plenty-but il
strife is in the air,
Well line up with the rest of you an try
to do our share.
But it isn't egotism If we also hope you
may
Enjoy the calm an the content SO com
mon out our way.
We will wish you Happy New Year-an
you mustn't be too quick
To forget this simple message from old
Pohick on the Crick
Evening star., 1932-01-01
johnson Position Rejected
In Comment on Moratorium

Chief Executive to act independently,
1t may be that in the instance at hand
no harm was done save in the matter
OF precedent. The fact that it is Sen
ator johnson who raises the point robs
the incident of distinction as an issue,
since the Senator cannot be said to
nave an unbiased relation to the pres
ent Executive. Despite this fact, It will
probably be some time before a Presi-
dent has dealing with foreign powers
in the vacation period without doing
something more formal than a brief
talk over the wire"
There was logic" thinks the Akron
Beacon-Journal, "in the johnson pro-
posal that the only way to bring peace
TO Europe would be to have its victor
alned nations restore to their defeat ted
nelghoors sll the spoilS they won as the
result OF the war. If this were done il
would be no more of a sacrifice than
that proposed for the people of Amer
lea. whose share in the war saved the
DAY Tor the allies. and who are now
singled out for the further glorious
Sacrlf1ce OF paying its debts, while the
european VlctorS keep their spoils."
quoting President Hoover's statement
IN 1928 that "the great war brought into
bold relief the utter dependence ofnstions
upon foreign trade" the Omaha World
Herald asserts that now all of them
are shut in by their own tariff Walls'i
and have piled up surplus they cannos
export because they cannot import.
fnat paper continues: Somehow SEN
ator johnson of California isn't a very
impressive figure as he bellows his de-
nuncatlon OF the moratorium and in
the same breath his demand for the
lsst ounce of flesh out of our foreign
debtors. For he is one of those who
nave conSpired to faSten this destruc-
i've pollcy upon us, and SO to make
payment of international debts practi-
cally impossible"
The California Senator put on
similar show in the Summer of Ie3O
against the London naval treaty" re-
calls the Baltimore Sun, with the con-
cluSion Now that he has given a sec
ond exhibition of failure, and lust as
dismal, 1t would seem in order for the
advocates of American adherence to the
World Court to buck up little courage
and put the issue to the test. There is
more formidable opposition to the
world Court than there was to the
moratorium or the London treaty Rut
even Senator Borahs impassioned plo-
quence could not bolster a cause IS
feeble as those in which Hiram johnson
has made his last two forlorn Stands y
The feeble opposition was equally
divided between the two major parties
says the Oklahoma City Times, with
the conclusion that the reading public
generally is convinced that the mora
forum was a necessity" The SPRING
held (Mass) Union believes that "there
would have been serious financial COL
lapse had the President called special
session to give johnson and others of a
minority opinion an opportunity to talk
and talk about it."
Evening star., 1932-01-01
What Is the Districts
Status in the Law ?
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Answering a question, Mr.. Haskin
sets forth in your columns that the
District of Columbia has no status
either as State or Territory.
1t is understood that the District of
Columbia is a State for purposes Of
taxation, under the constitutional power
to "apportion direct taxes among the
several States"
1t appears at times to be considered
a State within the meaning of that
part of the Fourteenth Amendment
which declares that mo States shall
deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws"
1t is not a State within the judicial
clause of the Constitution giving jurts-
diction in cases between citizens Of
different States"
1t is not State for purposes Of rep
resentation, though the Congress of the
United States has power to grant local
government to District citizens
While not State for purposes of rep
resentation, it has a legislature-the
Legislature of the Union-in which are
combined both National and municipal
powers JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1932-01-01
Blacklisting the Colleges.

From the Morgantown DominionNews.
A resolution adopted at the annual
meeting of the American Association of
University Professors indicates the
coming of development in college
circles that promises to exercise pro-
found effect on the principle of aca-
demic freedom, and on the whole ques-
ton of the constitutional right to give
free expression to ones thoughts and
opinions.
The resolution provides for &he black
listing of colleges where faculty dis
missals are found to be unwarranted.
Its adoption followed a report of the
Committee On Academic Freedom, eX-
onerating Prof. Herbert A. Miller, soci-
ologist, who was dismissed from Ohio
State University on charges that a
speech he made in Bombay melted
Hindus to civil diSobedience
The adoption of the resolution indi-
Gates that university professors are be-
ginning to realize the power that they
might WELD once they so organized
themselves as to be able to act as q
unit. Probably this realization comes
about because of the unusual number
of dismiSSals that have occurred during
recent years, most of them on grounds
OF 'radicalism" in thought, said radical
ism consisting, in the main, of nothing
but departure from some of the good
old American ideas" whose only claims
to excellence are that they are old
Too many of our colleges and uni
versitieS are controlled by groups whose
members are incapable of advanced
thought, and who, therefore, look with
distrust and disfavor upon any under
ling" who shows signs of chafing at the
bit. Heretofore the powers that be in
our schools have been able to oust of
tenders Of this kind without any real
fear Of any effective retaliation. They
have adhered to the principle that COL
lege professors are hired merely to
t. ach from the books; that they must
not, under pain of instant discharge,
permit themselves to contribute any,
thing toward the bringing of a new
order in our outworn social structure
But what if the professors form a
really effective organization? Suppose
this organization finds that Prof. Jones,
who believes Tom Mooney innocent, and
who had the temerity to say so public
ly, has been discharged from his posi-
tion at great SiWash.
Siwash Immediately goes on the black
list Members of the professors asso-
citation are pledged not to teach there,
Perhaps some of the teachers who are
non-members will consent to do SO, but
the cream of the crop, all of whom are
members of the association, will only
go to Siwash as q last resort.
Further than that, Siwash would oc-
cupy an unenviable position in the edu-
cational world. Before every one il
would be branded as a place where new
ideas are unacceptable, where any de-
parture from the status quo is to be
condemned. 1t would certainly be a
place singularly unattractive to men
and women who aspire to be leaders of
thought.