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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
THE available scientific evidence
Il indicates that the condition
called pellagra, which is widely
prevalent, particularly in southern
portions of the United States, is
related to certain deficiencies in the
diet.
Of these the chief deficiency
seems to be in one of the active
componentS of Vitanin B.
However, it is possible that there
are other dietary deficiencies also
related to some Of the symptoms
Of this disorder.
The late DR.. J. Goldberger OF
the United States public health
service conducted extensive expert
ments which seem to have estab-
lished definitely the nature of the
dietary deficiencies.
In one Of his studies he made
exact records Of foods eaten by
families in certain mill villages in
South Carolina.
1t was found that certain families
in which pellagra was prevalent diff
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

Where was Napoleon BOnaparte
born?
On the island of Corsica. BY
treaty, the sovereignty over Corsica
was sold to France by Geneva May
Is, 1853, just one year before the
birth of Napoleon. Because Ma
poleon was born under French SOW
ereignty, his nationality was French,
though by race he was an Italian.
Is Paris generally recognized as the
worlds greatest fashion center?
Yes.
How many persons were killed by
auto accidents in the United States
in 1881?
Approximately 34,44O.
Can a Filipino become citizen
of the United States?
Not unless he has served for at
least three years in the United
States navy.
Name the smallest of the better
known stars?
Proxima Centauri.
Who plays the part of Miss Crab
tree" in Our Gang Comedies?"
June NARROW.
Name the leader of the dog team
that carried diphtheria antitOxin to
Nome, Alaska, in 1925?
BALTIC.
Name the owner and president Of
the New York American baseball
club.
Jacob Rupert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
NJ. E. Tracy
Says

Small Debtor Adopts Idea
That He, Too, Is Entitled
to "Moratorium."
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 have
1 been talking quite bit Of
late with small tradesmen-cloth-
ing merchants, garage operators,
hardware dealers and the like-try-
ing to get an idea Of what this de-
preston has done to business at the
bottom and what those at the bot
tom expect.
Almost without exception, these
small ira men say that business
would not so bad if they could
get the mon 2 due them. They say
that price and wage declines have
balanced each other to a fairly rea-
sonable extent and that, though I'M
employment and relief work make
travelling pretty rough, they could
get along if collections were not so
bad
They say that while many people
can not pay, they find a constantly
increasing number who won't.
They say that a new kind of at
tttude is developing toward debt,
which, in their opinion, goes back
to the moratorium proposed by
President Hoover for the relief of
European governments.
They say that it is getting to be
quite common for debtors to bring
up that moratorium when pressed,
and to argue that what is good for
France and Germany ought to be
good fer an American citizen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
The Entire Globe

.DURING the last year DR.. Comp
- ton has made cosmic ray
measurements at sixteen sites. At
the same time, six other expedi-
tons worked under his general d.
rection.
OF these six, three have COM
pleted their work. When COM
pleted, the survey will cover the en-
tire globe.
DR.. Compton, himself, made
measurements in the Rockies, the
Swiss Alps, Chicago, the Hawaiian
islands, aboard ship in the equa-
torial Pacific, in New Zealand, Aus
tralia. Panama, Peru, Mexico City.
Manitoba and the Fox basin of
Canada.
The Fox basin is at the edge of
the ice pack, 100 miles north of the
Arctic circle.
The three expeditions which have
reported were headed by Professor
r. D. Bennett Of the sachusetts
Institute Of Technology, Professor
j. M. Benade of Punjab university,
and Allen Carppe, engineer, who was
killed climbing Mt. Mckinley in
Alaska.
BENEFITS expedition made meas
urements in Alaska, California and
Denver. Benade's expedition Wis
tied Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Singa-
pore, Tibet and India.
The three expeditions which have
not yet reported are those of DR.. E.
o. Wollan to Spitzbergen and
Switzerland, Dr. A. La Cour to Co
penhagen and Greenland, and Pro-
feSsor s. M. Naude to Mt. Winter
hook, South Africa.
In his travels, Professor Compton
covered $4,000 miles, from latitude
46 degrees south to 60 degrees north.
He crossed the equator four times
and visited five continents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

DRESIDENT HOOVER had hard
L luck. Or if that isn't the entire
explanation, the Democrats have
managed to outSmart him.
Whenever he has come forward to
make a speech during the present
campaign, there has been a news
item on the other side which COM
pletely blanketed his performance.
Somebody in the Roosevelt camp
and it might be Mr.. Farley-has an
excellent sense Of news values.
The gentleman in the White
House may be a great engineer, but
he is mighty poor press agent.
The last time he aimed at display
space on the front page he missed
because Franklin D. Roosevelt was
trying James J. Walker. Some of
the Republican editors complained,
on the ground that it wasn't sports
manship to crowd Mr.. Hoover out Of
the center of the stage in that way.
This time it was even worse. For
weeks there had been advance pub
lefty about the manner in which
Mr.. Hoover would take the stump
and strike terror to all his adj
versaries. The bold stroke was to
be a personal appearance in Iowa,
where of late the administration
has not been popular.
Enormous pains were taken with
the speech. And, as speeches go, it
was a pretty good speech.
God and a Few Marines
Z SUPPOSE it is not irreverent to
L say that practically all candi-
dates receive some help in prepar-
ing their public documents. In the
case of a certain mayor of New
York of several years ago, it was
necessary not only to write the
speech, but to spell the longer words
Theoretically so that he could pro-
nounce them.
He was so dependent upon these
prepared scripts that on one occa-
sion at patriotic banquet he aston
ished all listeners by declaiming,
What we need is more of the spirit
Of one-seven- Seven-siX."
Mr.. Hoover pronounces certain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
U. S. FLIERS IN BIG RAID
Oct. 10

.NN Oct. 10, 1918, Americans
" pressed forward after their avi-
ators, during the night of Oct. 9,
performed noteworthy feats.
An expedition of more than $50
American planes bombed many
towns. Only one man was lost.
The British pushed their lines to
the banks of the Selee on a ten
mile reach between SolesmeS and
st. Souplet, capturing LIE Cateau.
North of the Aisne, the French
gained the plateau Of Croix- Sans
Tete and crossed the Aisne canal
near Vilers-en-P rayeres.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
Questions and Answers

What states did Smith carry in
1928?
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missis-
sippi, Rhode Island and South
Carolina, having a total of 81 cleo
toral votes out of sci.
How can celIulOid be cIeansed?
Rub it with wooden cloth and
a little tripoH, and polish with a
clean wooden rag. Salaratus is also
recommended as a good cleansing
agent.
Name the president of Switzer-
land?
DR.. Giuseppe Motta.
About how many earthquakes are
there annually?
One authority suggests that. in
Guiding slight tremors, there are
approximately 10000, but there is
no actual record Of the number.
What European countries main
tain diplomatic ENJOYS at the
Vatican?
Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Czecho-
slovatia. France, Germany, Hun
gary, Yugo- Slavia, Monaco, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Ru-
mania, Russia, Spain and the
United Kingdom.
What was the popular vote for
Hoover and Smith in the 1918 cleo
ton?
Hoover. 81 1892, 100; Smith. 1916
443.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
Actually Shook Hands

7 LOOKED and found "Al and
Il Roosevelt Shake Hands" The
papers were quite right. That is
much better than "They broke the
prairies into homes and indepen-
dent living. They worshiped God;
they did their duty to their neigh
bors." In fact, I am minded to in
terrupt Mr.. Hoover's tribute to his
parents and grandparents by say
ing. Like father, like SON." He has
in his own right broken the prairies
all over again.
OF course, it wasn't just the hand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
SCIENCE
Cosnlic Ray Puzzle Still Is
UnsolUed, Despite Scien-
lists Long Tour.
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Unsolred, Despite Scien-
lists Long Tour.
DROFESSOR ARTHUR H.
4 COMPTON is back on the cam
pus Of the University Of Chicago.
after a trip from the equator to the
Arctic Circle in search Of informa-
ton about cosmic rays.
Any reader who hoped for solu-
ton of the cosmic ray puzzle i'm
mediately upon DR.. Compton's re-
turn is doomed to disappointment
In fact, DR.. Compton complicates
the situation more than ever by
saying. THE rays do come from
high attitudes. probably from out
side the earth, and possibly from
interstellar space, though it still is
as good a guess as any that they
may emanate from the earth's up
per atmosphere.
BY that statement, DR.. Compton
brings us back to the early days OF
t. present century. when what now
are called cosmic rays were known
as the penetrating radiation Of the
atmosphere
To appreciate the meaning Of that
earlier name, we must delve a little
into cosmic ray history. In meaSur-
ing electrical charges, scientists use
a piece Of apparatus known as the
gold-leaf electroscope. This con-
sists of two thin strips Of gold leaf
hung inside of a glass jar.
Ordinarily, the two leaves hang
vertically. But if an electric charge
is communicated to them, they re-
pei each other and stand out at
angles, forming an inverted ""
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
1T SEEMS TOME BY HB BE0S%

shake. 1t is reported, although not
officially confirmed, that Al called
Franklin you old potato" Natu-
rally that is big n-ws.
1t would have been news even
if Al had locked all the doors and
drawn the blinds before he shook
hands with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

A New York society woman divorced at Reno the
other day. was single for five minutes before being
married again. Yet orators spend hours telling us
about the wonders of liberty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
The PrOdigaI Daughter

Mabel Walker Wiebrandt has returned to the
Hoover hearth, and all seems to be forgiven.
But where, in these lean days, will they find a
fatted calf?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

his federal farm board, system long condemned by
economists and the cotton trade
He said, as every one knows, that the weakness of
the system is in the damaging aftermath which
accompanies disposal Of these products bought and
stored to peg prices.
The cotton that the department will receive
through its new plan comes under this head
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

robot that was being exhibited the other day
fired gun in the general direction OF it's inventor
Just another temperamental actor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10
Daily Thoughts

Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good re-
port: if there be any virtue, and If
there be any praise, think on
these things.-Colossian 1:S.
Few men have virtue to withstand
the highest bidder.-George Wash
ington.
Do males or female predominant
in the United States?
The 1880 census enumerated g.
$1,000 males and $685.. 800 females
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

Editor Journal of the American Medic:
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health MAGAZINE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-10

Small Debtor Adopts Idea
That He, Too, Is Entitled
to "NOratOriun."
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13
THE QUALIFICATIONS

A young man came into our Of
flee the other day, and, after tell
ing us how he had served as a cor
respondent for a newspaper in the
college he happened to be attend
ing, asked us our advice about 60
ing into newspaper work-we be-
lieve he called it journalism. We
were not very verbose with our ad-
vice; we hate to give it, even when
we believe we are fitted to do SO.
But-well, the young man who is
willing to put up with hard work
and no play, long hours, and poor
pay, heart aches and cussings, and
other items along this particular
line; if he is willing to hear wrong
interpretations placed upon the
things he has tried to say; II he
is willing to do the best he can with
inadequate tools and, failing, will
ing to start all over again with his
undampened-we might
tell him, after looking the field all
over, he might take "a whirl at
newspaper work.-Glasgow (Mo.)
Missourian.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13
ADJUSTED COMPENSATION

Discussion of the Soldiers two
billion dollar Bonus Bill before
Congress has found many persons
vague as to how the Adjusted Com
pensation Certificates wrongly
called the Bonus - were COM
puted.
The certificates are much like a
paid up 20 year insurance policy.
Most of them were issued in 1925
and mature in 1945. The first so
days OF service is excluded because
a 500 bonus" had previously been
paid. Service in this country was
figured at 81 a day and overseas at
$1.25 day. To this amount rs per
cent was added. Interest compound
ed for the twenty year period was
then added, making the amount
shown in the certificate. The pres
ent day value of the certificates
can be figured by deducting from
the face amount the interest for
the 13 years remaining until 1916.
Here is sample case: The soldier
has a credit of 121 days home serv-
ice and 1872 days of overseas serv-
ice, which gave him credit bal
ance of $360.62. To this amount
interest at 4 per cent compounded
for 20 years was added and a GER
tificate issued with face value of
1920 due in 1945. The present
value of his certificate is about
$474, or &c per cent of the face
value. Some pending proposals call
for payment now of the full face
value due in 1915. Other proposals
provide payment at present-day
value to any who desire to cash in
their certificates.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13
YE ED GUEssEs WRONG

You could fool most of the people
then most of the time, but the out
rageous idea of talking over wires
some sixty years ago, according to
the following clipping from a Bos-
ton paper of that time:
"A man about forty-six years of
age, giving the name of Joshua
Coppersmith, has been arrested in
New York for attempting to extort
funds from ignorant and supersti-
tious people by exhibiting a device
which he says will convey the hui
man voice any distance over me-
tallic wires so that it will be heard
by the listener at the other end.
He calls the instrument a 'tele-
phone which is obviously intended
to initiate the word telegraph and
win the confidence of those who
know of the success of the latter
instrument without understanding
the principles on which it is based.
"Well-informed people know that
it is impossible to transmit the hui
man voice over wires as may be
done with dots and dashes signals
of the Morse code, and that, were
it possible to do SO, the thing would
be of no practical value. The
authorities who apprehended this
criminal are to be congratulated,
and it is hoped that his punish
ment will be prompt and fitting,
that it may serve as an example to
other conscienceless schemers who
enrich themselves at the expense of
others" = International System
News.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13

certainly ought not to be downward
As a matter of fact there is no
proof that a cancellation of the
debts, or rather the transferring of
the load to American taxpayers,
would help business either here or
abroad. Persistent evidence is to
me effect that the European ma
tIons VIII continue to spend All their
available money In preparing for
the next war, no matter whether
the DEBTS are cancelled or not. AS
senator Reed well said in the SEN
ate the other day:
AT one time We made reduc-
ton of those debts on the argument
rhat it was in the interest of a
financial and economic betterment
OF world conditions. The argument
was advanced that the reduction
was necessary to the enonomic and
financial progress and recovery of
the world.
But while we made reduction,
and a very large one, the recovery
did not take place. The improve
ment was not at hand. 1t was for
the reason that the policies and
programs of Europe made it i'm
possible for recovery to be had"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13
THE HIGH COST OF NEWS

Not only do the war reporters
brave death from bullets and bombs
to get the news, but the cost of get
ting that news to the American
reader is staggering, especially
when the fighting front is far off
in China. While there are hun
dreds of cable and radio connections
to Europe there are only five pos
sible routes for the news out of
China. There is one Trans-Pacfic
cable, two wireless systems and
two cable lines extending around
the Asiatic littoral and past Eu-
rope to connect with he Atlantic
lines.
Since all five connections were
being used to capacity, the As
ISOLATED Press correspondents in
China frequently sent their dis
patches at the urgent rate of $2.34
word to insure prompt service
for American newspaper readers.
Many other messages moved at the
full rate of 80 cents a word, with
the bulk of the copy costing from
Is to 26 cents a word.
At various times an Ohio woman
has married, divorced and re-mar-
ried two different men, thus illus
trating that some folks will try
anything twice.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13
SEPARATE QUESTIONS

i
ing would be carried in the official
budget Tor war debt payment, and
at the same time nothing would be
expected from Germany, caused
great deal of discussion in the
United States Senate the other day.
One of the significant limitations
in the British statement was that
the matter would be considered
after the Lausanne conference in
June, at which conference the Brit
ish, French and Italians expect to
get together and iron out the mat
ter OF PREPARATIONS. AS Germany
has already made announcement
that she is making no provision in
her budget for the payment of rep
arations, the outcome is appar-
emily obvious.
1t becomes once more evident
that the allied nations are making
a real effort to link debts and rep
arations together, although the
United States has consistently
maintained that the questions are
distinct and separate, and so, in
deed, they should be. For example,
the part of the loan to France
which has not been cancelled is
for obligations incurred after the
armistice was signed. At the time
the obligation was made, there was
no understanding to the effect that
the payment of the obligation de-
pended upon how much money
france would get out of Germany
in the way of reparations. Ger
many was not asked to go on the
note as security, and it is under
stood that the obligation was one
which had been incurred by France.
The same thing holds true of the
British and Italian debts.
The final effort to link the debts
up with reparations and to cancel
the debts when the Preparations are
cancelled will have quite a little
support in the United States from
the little body of internationalists
which is capable of making great
deal more noise than its numbers
warrant. The principal argument
of the cancellationists which will
be used in this country is not that
debts and reparations are tied to-
gether but that it will be good bus
mess for Uncle Sam to cancel these
debts. Just where the good business
comes from is not exactly clear.
The internationalalists infer that
If the debts are cancelled, by some
magic process foreign trade will re-
vive and the whole world will be-
come prosperous again. The inter
nationalists will say nothing about
the 1910, 100000 in the way of ad-
ditional taxes to be saddled on the
American people because of the de-
fault of these debts. At this partic-
ular time when business in the
United States is handicapped by
mounting taxes, 1t certainly does
not look like good business to add
another 1870, 100000 to the burden.
So far no convincing proof has
been given of the inability of the
allied nations to make payments on
their debts. Conditions are on the
mend in Great Britain and certainly
France is in much better shape now
than at the time of the debt agree
ment with her was completed. If
there is any revision in her case on
the theory of capacity to pay, it
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13
IS YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
News Items Taken From The Sentinel Files of May IT,

Bjorge, Mrs. ]. G. Grant, Mrs.
Pennycook, Mrs. Horgheim. Mrs.
Coulter, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Oscar
Carlson, Mrs. Case, Miss Woods and
Mrs. Talmage.
The river steamer Rex returned
Tuesday from its first trip to Tele-
graph Greek this season. On the
way down it was delayed several
hours by the cylinder head in the
engine blowing out.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13

Jim Matheson, who is employed
by Charles Darwell came into
town this week for medical at
tention. He is suffering from an
inflamed eye as result of a small
chunk of steel imbedded in the
outer corner of the eye.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13

Harry Againsky who brutally
murdered his paramour Babe
Brown, at Douglas recently WAS a
prisoner aboard the jefferson on
his way under guard to McNeil's
island.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-05-13

why do they always give a
shower to a girl who is going to be
married?"
Merely to symbolic the begin
ming of a reign"