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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

In this column the advice has
been given frequently that school,
rooms, study halls, libraries and
assembly halls of various types
should be lighted properly.
Where the window light is pos
sible, that from the north is con-
sidered preferable, because it is
more constant and softer than other
light.
Modern diffused lighting is better
than that coming from brilliant
chandeliers or open incandescent
bulbs.
Most specialists in diseases of the
eyes believe that light should fall
over the left shoulder of a righ-
handed person, and over the right
shoulder of left-handed person, to
avoid shadows.
Of late there is much reading on
trains and street cars by workers
going to and from their employment.
This is bad for the eyes, partic-
ularly in cases where they are sub
mitted throughout the day to con-
slant use.
More and more, newspapers are
doing everything possible to open
up the type that is used, and to use
type that is itself open and black
enough to make reading easy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
BELOW the Belt

whether Henry Ford and other employers Trying
~ influence their workers votes will have any enecU
at the polls we do not know, but we DO know tna'
+hev have DESTROYED the faith of many in the inte-
gence and fairness of American business men,
That is unfortunate, because Ford and his fellows
are not typical. They do not represent American
business in this; they misrepresent it.
The average employer does not stoop to political
intimidation and interference with the rights OF nus
employees But these typical American business men
have not been getting their names in the papers
Their virtue has not been unusual enough to consti-
tute news.
Fortunately there has been an exception in the
case of Alexander Legge president of the 1nterna-
tional Harvester Company. Legge stands so high in
the business world, in the farm world, and in the
personal estimation of the President that he was
chosen first head of the Hoover farm board.
When report was published that his company
had warned employees that its plants would close If
Roosevelt were elected and remain open If Hoover
were elected Legge was not content with denying
the story as untrue unjustfabe and calculated to
,nIre the business OF the International Harvester
Company" He added this statement:
"our company never has sought by any such means
70 influence the political beliefs the votes Of its
employees"
That. we believe, represents the ethics and the
record of the overwhelming majority OF American
business men In this as in other campaigns.
AS for the ethics Of the Republican national
committee, which encourages job intimidation and
business fear as a political weapon it is on par
with the 1928 Republican campaign Of religious
hagotrx. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
Questions and
Answers
Please describe the leaning tower

Please describe the leaning tower
of Pisa?
The cannpanile is round and the
walls at the base are thirteen feet
thick and at the top about six feet,
constructed of marble. The base
ment is surrounded by semi circu-
lar arches supported on fifteen col
umns, and from these six arcades
rise on thirty columns. The eighth
story, which contains the bells, is
much smaller in diameter than the
rest of the tower, and has only
twelve columns. The tower is 181
feet high, and in 1880 it was about
fifteen feet out of perpendicular
The foundations were strengthened
in 1928. 1t was begun in 1174 by
Ponanno.
How many Glass l railroads are
there in the United States?
One hundred f1fty-Six.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-The open letter Of
Mr.. Buschmann to the American
Prison Society, recently printed in
The Times, was interesting, since
much of it is true. 1t is true that
thousands Of men and boys are
Shaving over the sewing machines
and trimming tables without cent
of compensation.
1t is true that our penal in
stitutions virtually are slave pens
and the inmates treated as slaves.
Moreover, it is true they are
punished for the honest errors they
commit while at work, or for failing
to make their allotted task" which
is very high.
They are slapped, kicked, beaten
with blackjacks, stood up" thrown
in the hole" given additional time,
or any other manner of punishment
which their brutal and ignorant
keepers deem necessary for their
reformation"
In May, 1881, a lad died while in
the guardhouse at the Indiana state
reformatory. He was in the guard
house for failing to make task.
Despite the fact he had toiled
over his machine for months with
out one cent of pay, he was held
to be owing the state Of Indiana
the sum of SO cents. Is this the
best our twentieth century civiliza-
ton has to offer in the way Of
reformation"
1t also is true that garments
never are labeled prison made. y
In fact. the exact opposite is true,
They often are labeled ''Mfg'd by
H. Cownie Co., Des Moines, Ia" OF
"Mfg'd by Jones and Smith, Phila.,
Pa" In at least one instance, union
labels we're placed upon the gar
ments.
Slavery is out Of date. No man
should be made to labor without
a just reward. Society will learn
in time, that 1t can not reform a
thief by. in turn. stealing from him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
Not Fault of Wilson

DESPITE the cost of war and
- unprecedented loans to other
countries, Woodrow Wilson left this
government in excellent financial
shape. It owed no one outside its
own territory. 1t was preposterous-
ly solvent and the worlds acknowl-
edged creditor.
Now comes Mr.. Hoover to inform
us that during his administration
and, after ten years of Republican
control, this government came near
being forced off thu gold standard
by its debtors, not because they
failed to pay, but by forcing us to
cash securities which they held.
There must have been woeful mis-
management somewhere. They owed
us dollars where we owed them
cents, yet Mr.. Hoover says that the
rig was such as made it possible
for them to raid our treasury, while
we could not do a thing to theirs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01

We Are Paying NoW Because
the Republicans Wrecked
Woodrow Wilson's Program
and Put Profits Adore Hu-
manity.
NEW YORK, Nov. This cam
In paign is rooted in the political
orgy of 1920, when old guard Re
publicans gathered around Woodrow
Wilson's sickbed, mocking his ideal
ism, wrecking his program, and
heading this country for just such
a stew as it now is in.
You remember how Senator Lodge
and his crowd formed the cabal,
how Harding was trotted out as the
champion Of splendid isolation"
how Cox went down to defeat, and
how the "Ohio gang was turned
loose on Washington.
1t was then that the controlling
forces of America abandoned all
semblance of spiritual guidance in
a mad effort to get rich quick.
And where was Mr.. Hoover, with
his ton of statistics and farm boy
sentiments? Mr.. Hoover was max
ing one of those Slide-rule surveys
to see which way the cat would
jump, and, as luck would have it,
guessed right.
For nine years we did very well,
chiefly because the rest of the world
could not help itself, but we over
played our hand, overprodIcing at
home, lending unintelligently
abroad, and putting too much faith
in speculation all along the line.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01

ON Nov. 1, 1918, the First Ameri-
~ can Army attacked along a
fifteen-mile front north of Verdun.
and. aided by the French. advanced
four miles.
The super-dreadnaught viribus
Units, flagship of the Austro-
Hungarian fleet. was torpedoed and
sunk by an italian warship. The
Austrian army received the terms
of the proposed arrnistice.
German troops, retreating before
the Serbian army, abandoned Bel
grade and withdrew to the north
bank Of the Danube.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
BIZ DIR. MORRIs FIsHBErN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.


BECAUSE the eyes are used con-
ID stantly almost from the mo-
ment of birth to the time of death,
except for the hours spent in sleep
ing, and because proper functioning
Of the eyes is so necessary to a
complete and happy life, care of
the eyes should begin at birth.
In most of the United States laws
demand that the eyes of an infant
should be protected against certain
infections that take place during
the period of birth, by dropping
into its eye Immediately after birth
small amount of certain antisep-
tics that have the virtue of prevent
ing such infections.
The idea that an infant should
lie all the time in dark room is,
of course, without any scientific
basis.
No harm will come to the child's
eyes if its bed has the head placed
toward the light or if it is properly
shaded.
In the same way, the eyes of the
child should be protected against
brilliant sunlight when it is, taken
out for an airing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01

Under the present system, this IS.
exactly what occurs and no man
ever comes from behind those grim.
gray walls but knows in his heart
that he is more sinned against
than SHINING" &c
There is no logical reason why
every prison should not be self-sup-u
porting. The system whereby soci-
ETY. is taxed to support its offenders
Is as absurd as it is dishonest. Every
inmate should be given honorable
employment at honest wages, a por--
ton Of his wages going to the state
for his keep.
If married, the remainder should
go to support his family, rather
than leave them objects Of charity,
as is done at present a'
If scientists instead Of politicians
were given control of our psnal In
situations, much of our so-called.
criminal population would be in
pSychopathic hospitals, receiving
genuine aid, instead of being kicked
and cursed still farther into the
horrors Of insanity. ..4.
an Ex-cONEx :.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
A Chance for Every One

A LII radicals and even liberals
L n should join in movements to
preserve free speech on the campus
DR.. johnson was an instructor in
English and active in the college
liberal club.
7 don't see how his economic and
political beliefs could disqualify him
from an understanding of the nature
of English prose or verse. Even a
Communist revolution would leave
the sonnet pretty much where it
found it.
Surely it will be a good thing
when colleges and universities grow
out of the conception of a sort OF
feudal education in which the dean
or the president hands down de-
cisions without respect for the
attitude of the student body.
Who do these presidents think
they are? Do they think that they
own the various institutions of
learning which they are appointed
to direct?
AS a student writes ME: In our
classes we are told thai this or that
revolution in America or elsewhere
was justified. All revolutions are
justified for you except the one you
wish to get into-the one which
vitality concerns you"
When a college undertakes to call
in the police to suppress student
meeting, I think that it has gone a
long way in forgetting its duty to
its own members. A university is
not a pile of brick and stone. 1t is
not an endowment. 1t is not Just
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01

A T first glance one might be
A tempted to ask, What do you
mean higher education'?" when he
finds that a straw vote carried on in
forty-seven American colleges gives
Herbert Hoover as the preferred
candidate.
Out of a total of 1886 ballots,
the President has a plurality over
Governor Roosevelt of a little more
than 1000, and he just barely fails
to win clean majority in the vote
for all candidates.
But the result is not quite as
gloomy as it may seem at first
glance. Norman Thomas carried five
of the colleges and runs less than
5000 behind Roosevelt, while Will
liam z. Foster, the Communist can
didate, picked up IT'S votes.
The old reproach that the Amer
lean undergraduate is the most con-
sentative member of the society in
which he lives begins to fade. The
great growth in the Norman
Thomas vote indicates that Amer
lea Of tomorrow will tend to split
into the two camps of conservatives
and radicals.
This would be helpful develop
ment of the two-party system, be-
cause fundamentally these are the
only two mutual exclusive ideas
which are worth the attention of
any voter.
The Fundamental Fight
DEMOCRACY always should be
~ concerned with the rival claims
of those who want to go forward
and those who wish to retreat or
stand still. This issue should be
lively even in some of the profess
sedly radical countries.
I think that Soviet Russia's con-
tempt for the principle of free
speech is less than a realistic at
titude. No matter how far to the
left a political or an economic
scheme may go, it never should be-
come Stagnated by the notion this
is the full, final, and complete for
mula and that there is nothing
more to be said.
It seems to me that a new liveli-
ness of thought has come into our
colleges. The undergraduate no
longer is content to take the world
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
1T SEEMS TO- ME BY HF EYg1%

just as he finds it. He is prepared
to question and to demonstrate.
I'm not familiar with. all details
of the commotion at New York City
college, where the police were called
in to quell student meeting of
protest against the dismissal of DR..
Oakley Johnson.
I am aware that DR.. johnson can
didly admits his sympathies with
the Communist formula. 1t proba-
bly, is true that most of the stu
dents who participated in the DEM
onstration are Communist sympa-
thizers. But I can't see that this
fact changes the equation in any
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-01
Daily Thought

But thou, son Of man. hear
what / say unto thee: Be not
thou rebellliouS like that rebeIIious I
house: open thy mouth, and eat
that / give you.-EZekieI 2:8.
1rt .
There is little hope of equity
where rebellion reigns.-Sir Philip
Sidney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-06
eeo UNDO 1880 Meters VDN> Kilocycles Evn rsfrrA

6:30-Skippy. 5:45-Willard Karn. Bridge talk. s:00-Current Events-H. V. Kal-
 tenborn. 6:15-Freddie Martins Bossert
 orchestra. 6.30-Mary Leathe, soprano; AL
 bert White, pianist. 6:45-Chandu the Magician. 7:00-Myrt and Marge. 7:15-Cliff Edwards. Ukelele Ike. 7:30-Harold Stern's orchestra. 1:l6-Dave Burroughs and his
 Serenaders. 8:O0-Edwin c. Hill. s:15-Abe Lyman's orchestra. 8:30-"Meyer the Buyer" S:45-Modern Male Chorus. 9:OO-Boswell Sisters. 9:15-Mills Brothers. 9:3O-Life and Philosophy of
 omar Khayyam. 1O:00-Colonel Stoopnagle and Bud 10:15-Fray and Braggiotti, plano
 duo. 10:30-Isham Jones orchestra. 11:00-Columbia Symphonic or
 chestra. 11:30-Little Jack Little. 11:45-Don Redmon's orchestra.
 KDKA, Pittsburgh-9SOk 6:3O-Musical Maids. 6.45-1O:45-Same as WIZ. 10:45-Contract Bridgc-E. Hall
 DoWnes. review; news. 11:eO-Huntley's orchestra. 11:A5-Bronco Busters. 12.00-Same as WIZ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-06
Radio Notes

The log replica of old Fort Dear born at the Century of Progress Exposition on Chicago's lake front will be the actual studio locale of the broadcast of Roses and Drums". over the WABC-Columbia network, Sunday, October 9, from 500 to 5:30 D. m., F.. $. IT,
 Laura Straub, Broadway favor ite and feminine lead in Another Language" at Chicago will play the colonial heroine In the drama tization of "The Fort Dearborn Massacre" The episode will .be per formed in costume. Microphones, amplifiers and other radio equip ment will occupy the stockade where, in the original fort 20 years ago. the buckskin-clad defenders their fintlocks in their last des- perate stand.
 During the intermission in the program Rufus C. Dawes. president of the exposition, will tell of pre- parations for It's opening in 1893.
 Those Rhythm Boys. who play so important a role in the Paul Whiteman programs from the Ho- tel Biltmore over NEG networks, are Ray Kulz, George Macdonald, Al Dary and Jimmy Noel. Dary is pianist and vocalist and IS often heard in duet offerings with Jane Vance, blonde singer with White man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-06
's:,. ss WEAF x.,ssse,.. ssS
 Nasw VaFh
New York

6:o0-Ivy Scott, Diseuse. 5:15-Rhythm Boys. 5:30-Dance orchestra. B:45-Seckatary Hawklns-Chil-
 dren's club. 6:00-Concert Ensemble. 6:30-J. D'Avrey, songs. 6:45-Opry House Tonight
 Skit. 7:00-Rollickers quartet. 7:15-Dramatic sketch, with Ray
 Knight, Alice Davenport,
 Vivian Block and Bobby Jordan. 7:30-Ray Perkins. songs; Van
 Steeden orchestra. 7:45-The Goldbergs-Sketch. S:00-VaIlee orchestra. 9:00-CaptaIn Henry's Show Boat,
 with Hall Johnson, choir;
 Annette Hanshaw, songs;
 Mabel Jackson, soprano;
 Jules Bfedsoe, baritone;
 Lanny Ross, tenor; Charles
 Winninger; others. 1O:00-Dance orchestra; Jack
 Pearl, comedian; Walter
 O'Keefe. 11:00-Whiteman orchestra. 11:30-Dance orchestra. 12:00-Ralph Kirbery. songs. 12:05 a. m.-Dance orchestra. 12:30-Gasparre's orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-06
On tue Air Today
ss .;s-. WABC xl,s:ss,s. ssS
NeW Y0rk

5:00-Rich's orchestra. 5:30--Skippy-Sketch. 5:45-Vaughn De Leath, songs;
 Novelty orchestra. 6:00-Currcnt Events-H. V. Kal-
 tenborn. 6:15-Program Resume. 6:20-Sid Gray, songs. 6:3O-Sport talk. 6:45-Just Plain Bill--Sketch. 7:00-Myrt and Marge. 7:15-Stern orchestra. 7:30-Play Boys Music. 7:45-George Price, songs; Kreu-
 gers orchestra. 8:00-Lyman orchestra. 8:15-News-Edwin c. Hill. 8:30-Columbian orchestra. 9:00-The Street Singer; Shil-
 krets orchestra. 9:15-Mills Brothers, songs. 9:30-The Story of Omar Khay-
 yam-Sketch. 1O:00-Republican Campaign Talk. j lO:30-Charles Garlic, tenor. 10:45-Fray and Braggiotti, plano
 duo. 11:00-Symphony orchestra. direc-
 ton Howard Barlow. orchestra. 12:0O-Sissle orchestra. 12:30 a. m.-Dance orchestra. 1:0O-Kardos orchestra. 1:30-Meeker orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-06
39S XX1u7 70O Meters V0A kIiocycles
New York

5:00-Schaffer orchestra. 5:15-Stoess orchestra; Ralph
 Simpson, tenor; Walter
 Maher, narrator. 5:30-The Singing Lady. 5:45-Littlc orphan Annie
 Childhood playlet. 6:00-Everett orchestra. 6:25-Talk-J. B. Kennedy. 6:30-Songs of the Church, Paula
 Heminghaus, contralto; Ar
 thur Billings Hunt, bari
 tone; Lowell Patton, organ. s:45-To- days News-Lowell
 Thomas. 7:00-Amos 'n' Andy. 7:15-Artz orchestra; Ward Will
 son. impersonations. 7:30-Stebbin Boys-Sketch. 7:45-Johnny Hart in Hollywood
 Sketch. 8:0O - Reglmentalists; male
 chorus. s:15-The Song sleuth-sigmond
 Spaeth. s:30-Rin Tin Tin Thriller. S:45-Scouting for Citizenship
 Walter w. Head, president
 Boy Scouts of America;
 Dr James F.. West, Chief
 Scout Executive. 9:0O-Death Valley Days-Sketch. 9:30-Dramatic Sketch Depicting
 Life of Jenny Lind. 10:OO-The Country Doctor
 Sketch. Wilfred Glenn. bass. 10:3O-Three Keys. songs. 1O:45--Jane Froman, songs. 11:0O-John Brewster, poetry. orchestra, direction
 Cesare Sodero. Hollywood on the Air. 12:3O a. Dance orchestra.
 WOR, Newark-710k 5:00-Program Resume. 5:05-Bartal orchestra. 5:3O-Marine Division of Boys
 Club. 5:45-Studio Program. 6:00--Uncle Don. G:30-Concert orchestra. 7:00-Sports--Fo Prick. 7:15-To be announced. 7:3O-Rose Mclean, baritone. 7:45-Organ recital. 8:00-Chandu the Magician
 Mystery drama. 8:15-Brad Browne and Al
 Llewellyn, songs. 8:3-Eddy Brown, violin; Sym
 phony orchestra. 9:00-Frank and Flo. songs. 9:15-Riley's orchestra. 9:30-Specht orchestra. 10:0O-Percy Hemus, songs. 10:15-The Beggar's Bowl; Basil
 Ruysdael, narrator. 10:45-Mildred Hunt, songs. :00--Time; weather. 11:O2-Scotti's orchestra. 1l:30-Bellew's orchestra.
 WGY, Schenectady-78Ok G:00-Joe and Eddie-Sketch. G:15-Musical program. 6:40-Sports Reporter. 6:45-Chandu. the Magician. 7:00-11:30-Same as WEAF. :30--Floyd Walter, organ. 12:OO-Same as WEAF.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
PLATINUM INVADING
MANY NEW FIELDS

nication. In the electrical apparatus
Of automobiles, motor trucks, railroad
trains, ships and airplanes, it contrib
utes to modern transportation and
business.
Dentists use platinum-plated pins
to secure pivot teeth; the metal aids
construction engineers in blasting OBJ
structions for new projects; the sur
geon uses a gold, platinum-tipped
needle to sew wounds; platinum used
in connection with X-ray apparatus
aids the physician in diagnosing hui
man ills. 1t helps produce the farm
er's fertilizer; it also is a valuable
tool Of the rayon manufacturer.
Because platinum has high melt
ing point and is not affected by con-
tact with most acids, 1t is one of the
mainstays of the chemical laboratory
where platinum crucibles, pans, strain
ers and furnace parts are extensively
used. One of it's chief laboratory uses,
however, is as a sort of middle man.
or catalyzer. When placed in certain
solutions, platinum makes the solu-
lions change their natures, yet the
metal itself is'not affected. Manufac-
turers of ammonia and sulphuric and
acetic acids use platinum in this way
In their processes.
"For the first time, the United States
government recently struck off two
platinum medals at the Philadelphia
mint. They are master copies Of the
medal designed for the United States
George Washington bicentennial COM
mission.
Platinum once was worn in the
form of nose rings and perforated
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

spangles by the Indians Of South
America, but it was not until the mid
die of the Eighteenth century that Eu-
rope first learned that the metal had
merit. Some of the first platinum TAX
en- to Spain by the South American
colonists was made into bricks and
sold as gold bricks because gold was
then more valuable. Platinum was not
discovered In Russia until about hun
bred years ago. From 1928 to 1915,
Russia issued platinum coins. Coun-
terfeiters at first gold-plated platinum
coins and passed them as gold coins.
The coinage ceased because the value
of the platinum came to exceed the
face value of the coins and many were
exported. Oslo
platinum is widely distributed over
the world, each continent having at
least one known source. Russia, how
ever, has been leading platinum pro-
Queer for many years, with Canada,
South Africa, Colombia and Burma
also supplying a large share of the
worlds supply. Alaska, California,
Nevada, Oregon and Utah are the lead
ing United States sources.
Sin most platinum producing re-
gions, the metal is by-product of
gold, silver, copper and nickel mining,
but in Russia gold is a by-product Of
platinum mining.
practically all platinum except that
produced in South Africa comes from
placer mines, that is, from beds and
banks of rivers that have washed
down rocks containing the metal.
While individuals still pan for plati-
mum as the forty-niners did for gold in
the streams of California. large
dredges now are employed in the in
dustry"