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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08
Questions and
Answers

What is a cOngressman-at-large
and how is he elected?
He is a representative in congress
who represents a whole state in
stead of a congressional district.
Arizona, Delaware, Nevada, New
Mexico, and Wyoming each elect a
congressman-at-l because their
populations are not large enough to
be divided into districts. Illinois
since 1912 has elected two congress-
men-at-large, because the legisla-
ture did not create enough districts
to care for the number of repre-
sentatives required under the 1910
census. This year several states
have failed to enact legal redistrict-
ing laws under the 1920 census and
consequently all their congressman
will be elected at-large.
Where is the statue Christ of the
Andes?"
The Christ of the Andes" by
Mateo Alonzo, stands on a high
point in the Andes mountains be-
tween Argentina and Chile. 1t
bears the inscription (translated)
Sooner shall these mountains
crumble into dust, than Argentines
and Chileans break the peace to
which they have pledged themselves
at the feet of Christ the Redeemer.' >
Who walked across Niagara Falls
on a tight rope?
Jean Gravelet, who went by the
name of Blondin, performed the
feat first in the summer of 1859 and
later repeated it several times; on
one occasion carrying a man on his
shoulders.
What is the origin and pronun-
citation of the name Joan?
Joan is a Scotch feminine form of
the name John, and is pronounced
in one syllable to rhyme with bone.
Was there an eclipse of the sun
in 1865 and 1862?
There was partial eclipse March
81, 1865, and total eclipse March
20, 1862.
VIII hot or cold water freeze first
under identical conditions of tenn
pefature?
Cold water.
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SCIENCE
.RY DAVD DIETZ-

Three Hurricanes IN a Sea-
son Is the Average for
the West Indian Area.
THE storm which swept over.
i Puerto Rico the last week in
September, killing hundreds of
people and making thousands
homeless, was the fifth West Indian
hurricane of the season. according
to the United States weather bu-
reau.
Five is a fairly high number of
these storms in one season. The
average is three.
Late summer and early autumn
is the usual season for West Indian
hurricanes. although they may oc-
cur in July.
While three or more of these
storms may occur in a year, as a
rule the average of severely de-
S1IuCIlVe storms is less than one
a year.
Wind velocities are higher in a
tornado than hurricane. The tor
nado. however, is an intensely To-
Called storm. It's path may be no
wider than a few feet.
1t rarely exceeds 1000 feet. On
the other hand, the path Of a hur-
ucane may be several hundred
miles wide.
In 1928, the entire island of
Puerto Rico felt the effects of a
hurricane which swept over it.
In the case of last months storm.
the damage was confined to
smaller area, only the city of San
Juan and some villages in the di-
rect path Of the storm feeling the
damage.
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Storms and OuakeS

Storms and QuakeS
IT often has been noted that Sc
4 we're windstorms and earthquakes
may occur in the same region 81
simultaneously.
1t may be a fact, though il has
not yet been proved, that a severe
wlndStorm, or more exactly. the
passage Of a cyclone or low pressure
area, may set off an earthouake
1t Is, Of course, a known fact. that
the earth'S crust is in unstable eoui-
lorlum in the locality of an earth
quake for some time before the
quake takes place. The quake
which seems like a sudden occur,
renee, really is only the climax of
an invisible drama.
The quake occurs when the ar
emulation of stresses and strains
within the earth's surface becomes
greater than the rock layers can
Withstand. '''-
We do not realize how much diff
ference in the weight of air Sis
tanned over any given region is
made by change in the air pres
sure.
But a drop of two inches in the
air pressure means that a load of
about 100000 tons is removed from
each square mile of land.
Within recent years. measure
ments with delicate apparatus have
tended to show that when there is
a low pressure area over one end of
Japan and a high pressure area over
the other, there is a tendency for
the island to be depressed at the
end where the high pressure area
exists.
OF course, the amount of change
can be measured only with very
delicate instruments.
A typhoon or tropical cyclone
commenced at Yokohama lust be-
fore the great Japanese earthquake.
1t reached Toxic after the quake
and aggravated the damage done.
by spreading the fires.
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M TO-DAY 50
!, WORLD WAPN
ANNIVERSARY
&G9l0ASE
ALLIES IN BIG DRIVE
Oct. 8

ON Oct. 8, 1918, American, Brit
~ ish and French forces shat
tered twenty miles of the linden
burg defense system between Cam
brai and st. Quentin, advancing to
an average depth of three miles and
taking thousands of prisoners.
The Americans took Brancourt
and Fremont, and, in the Verdun
region, continued the fight for the
remainder Of the A-gonne forest.
Franco-American forces advanced
two miles on seyen-nile front east
Of the Meuse.
President Wilson replied TO Ger
mans request for a peace parley
and armistice, asking If his terms
we're accepted fully and if Chancel-
lor Macmillan spoke for the peo-
pie.
The President also called for
evacuation of invaded territory be-
fore recognizing plea for an ar
mistice.
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old, and continues to travel five
days a week, at which minimal
rate he has made the trip 1880
times, covering a distance of $780,
900 miles, which is about four
times the mean. distance between
the earth and the moon.
Monday-"Where Ships Sail
Through Mans Legs"
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my difficulties in acquiring the hy-
pothesis have borne no later divi-
dends.
I can not think of a single tough
spot in my existence in which
Euclid reached down to lend a
helping hand.
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Are husbands Of American citi-
zens exempt from the immigration
quota?
Yes, if the marriage took place
prior to July !, 1892.
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Galveston Disaster


MOST hurricanes touch some
IA portion of the Gulf or Atlantic
states. 1t was hurricane which
struck Galveston on Sept 8, 1900
causing the loss of 5000 lives.
The wind caused terrific usvos
anu d nood OF water to roll in upon
Ihe city from the gulf.
during a hurricane which Sveot
Ihe lower Mississippi valley on Sent
~, 1915, the wind velocity reached
$50 miles an hour.
during last months hurricane in
F faUo Rico, it reached a velocity of
1zO miles an hour.
hurricanes originate in the tronics
little north of the equator under
the blazing, nearly vertical ravs of
Ihe tropical sun They move north
ward, frequently Changing tbeir
direction several times. Sometimes
they spend all their fury over the
ocean. ~ '''0
Earlier this sseason a sevoro
hurricane headed directly for south
ern Florida, but turned east when
some 200 miles from land and snent
itself over the Atlantic.
When hurricane does sweep over
the land, it continues northward
often as far as the st. Lawrence
valley. Naturally, however. its fury
aoates as it passes further and FIR,
ther north.
The typhbOnS which ooo,,,. = -.
emma sea are storms precisely like
tne west Indian hurricanes. They
amer from them in name only.
AS noted, wind velocity may reach
12O or 100 miles an hour in a hurri-
cane. No one ever has succeeded in
measuring the maximum velocity
IN tornado. but from the DAMAGE
which tornadoes have done, it is
estimated at 500 miles an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

We thought football toys made tough guys tougher
but the Sing Sing prison eleven waloped bunch OF
boys from the Bronx with only little fve-yard
penalty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

Did Smith or Hoover carry Ala
bama in 1928?
Smith carried the state by about
1000. 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

Alabama has law which prohibits the sale of
near beer Now, there's just law!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

New Workers are sure the worst of the depression
has passed. for axicab drivers no longer say Thank
you" for 20 per cent tip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

Happiness is neither within u:
nor without us. it is the union Of
ourselves with God.-Pascal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

New York editor, became so enraged with
stenographers errors that he shot and killed himself
But let's not forget that many stenog, too, has
Jumped out of the window.
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Daily Thoughts

And We now therefore have sOr-
row; but I will see you again, and
your heart shall rejOice.-St. John,
1922.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

A professor can't know everything, as witness the
Duke university pedagogue who genially asked new
student from Philadelphia, named Cornelius McGilli-
cuddy Jr., if he might know Connie Mack Jr, who
too had decided to come to Duke
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Huey Longs boast that Il can sell anything
doesn't appear incredible in view of the story that
at his marriage ceremony he borrowed $40 from his
bride to pay the preacher
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

Three Hurricanes IN a Sea-
son Is the Average for
the West Indian Area.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08

Will hot or cold water freeze first
under identical conditions of tenn
pefature?
Cold water.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
Mitsuis in First Rank
as Masters Of Finance

The story Of the famous Japanese
family Of Mitsui goes back more than
250 years. Takatoshi Mitsui conceived
the plan which resulted in the great
house of Mitsui. He inherited pawn
shop from his father. His ambition
was to have an exchange house, but
1t was very difficult for an outsider to
break into business Of this kind. He
began. therefore, by opening drap-
cry shop In Honcho in 1870 and es-
tablished a money exchange depart
ment. In less than 10 years he had
won a place among exchangers. In
May, 1858, he opened an exchange
house In Surugacho. In 1885 another
one opened in Kyoto and In 1901 one
In Osaka. He provided that each ex-
change house should have a member
Of the Mitsui family at its head and
each Of these in turn should be sue
ceeded by a member Of the Mitsui
family. In February, 1872, FIVE young
members Of the Mitsui family were
sent to the United States to learn
the banking business. The following
year the first national bank In ia
pan was opened by Mitsui-Gumi and
Ono-Gumi. In 1876 the Mitsuis estab-
lished the first private bank in Japan.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
Pacific Crab Shown as
Example of Evolution

During the ages In which evolution
has been advancing, denizens of the
water have taken to the land, and
some creatures which at one time
lived entirely upon dry soil are now
equally at home in the water or wan
dering In the fields. On some of the
Pacific coral islands we find a great
crab which spends most of Its time
on land, only occasionally visiting Its
element.
This crab, often over twelve inches
In length, was at remote period
In It's history hermit living soil
tary life In shell on the ocean floor.
Today 1t exists on the land Of the
coral islands, making large burrow
In the sand. where it has few enemies.
The gill chamber which at one time
functioned In the water, Is now 50
modified that with the upper chamber
1t can breathe, while the lower portion
still helps 1t to exist In the sea, where
1t lays eggs.
The favorite food Of this crab Is
the coconut. Many are blown down
by winds, but If the food on the
ground becomes scarce the crabs climb
trees and dislodge the nuts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
Brief Assyrian Greatness

The Assyrians were warlike, ruth
less and cruel, and although great or
ganizers, gave little time or thought
to interior decoration that did not en-
phasize the greatness Of their kings.
Assyrian furniture was heavy and dull.
Its decorations consisted largely of
scenes which pictured the vengeance
Inflicted upon the enemies Of their
kings. A table supported upon the
backs Of slaves or vanquishsd foes was
the Assyrian's idea Of beauty. Scenes
depicting frightful punishments and
sufferings were not uncommon on ar
ticles Of household, palace or temple
use. But 1t was a short-nved period
and gave nothing to the furniture arts,
not even to the Greeks, whose glory
heightened over the dying shadows Of
Assyrian greatness.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events Of the
Week, Here and Abroad

Toledo printers have accepted a paw
reduction. Day men take SAT a week
instead of the former $3.50. Night
men take $50 instead of the former
$5650.
Miami is taxing all automobile
drivers to help the unemployed. Each
driver is assessed 81, for which he
will be given a license card. The tax
is expected to raise about $4,000 for
the year.
Building and engineering contracts
reported for May in the 16 Southern
States amount to more than $35,00O,-
600. This is the largest monthly total
this year.
Apex Electric Company is behind
on washing machine production. Sew
eral departments are operating night
shifts.
William Z. Foster, red leader, was
arrested in Los Angeles, charged with
criminal syndicalism He was about
to begin speech when police sur
rounded him and took him to jail.
Later he was freed, police saying they
had no evidence.
Pay of school teachers in Newark,
N. j., has just been cut, reductions
ranging from l to Is per cent. PEN
sion rights are not affected.
His appeal to the U. S. supreme
court lost, Israel Lazar, first person
convicted under the Pennsylvania Sc
dition act since the war, must now
serve his two to four-year term. La
| Ear, communist, was arrested in Phil
adelphia, August 20, 1923.
Other funds exhausted, St. Louis
aldermen will consider raising S.
| 100000 to $10,0OO,O0O for unemployed
relief by bond issue.
Columbia University proposes to
construct a $7,000,O00 thirty-story
college building on the campus in
New York.
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IN an hour as "A men using hand
shovels, the survey pointed out.
One man operating compressor
machine, used in street rebuilding to
make the first break in the pavement
can do in less than Is minutes the
work it would take a man using a
hand pick and sledge hammer two
hours to perform.
One man operating the same ma
chine can clean the surface of nearly
three times as much pavement as
could be done in the same time by
hand labor.
This intense mechanization of in
dustry during the last few years, and
the refusal of employers to reduce
the length of the rk-day and work
week, are responsible for a consider
able portion of the unemployed army
now numbering over ten millions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
SOCIAL SERVICE
CUTS HIT MOTHER

London, Eng.-f properly organic
ed, working women could force real
revolution in wages and working con-
ditions, Mrs Ernest Bevin told the
annual meeting of the Women's Guild
associated with the Transport and
General Workers Union.
Women are the greatest sufferers
from the economic pressure inflicted
on men, she said, and the reduction
in unemployment benefit intensified
the problem of the mother who had
to try to keep her husband and chill
dren fed.
She deplored government economy
through cuts in social services and in
education, which created bitter dis
appointment for the mothers.
"Their ambitions for their children
are thwarted and destroyed" she
added, "while probably the most dis
appointing thing of all is to save and
strive and deny oneself the little
amenities ard joys of life to educate
the children and keep them in school,
and then to find that no one needs
their services"
Mrs. Bevin is the wife of Ernest
Bevin, general secretary of the
Transport and General Workers
Union.
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sanitation improvements. Four coun-
ties and 13 cities will undertake rec
reation facilities. Ten counties and
II cities plan plant and structure
work. White collar workers will
benefit in eight counties and 21 cities
where clerical projects will be under
taken.
The program, however, will provide
little work for those not now on re-
lief rolls.
While the 453 projects planned by
the work bureaus will make some new
jobs" said Harry L. Hopkins, chair
man of the State Relief Administra-
tion, "they will for the most part be
maintaining those on the work relief
lists now."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
u. S. Neglects Maternity
Protection For Women

Maternity laws for the protection
of working women have been enacted
by AZ foreign countries, while only
six states in the United States have
enacted such laws, according to a
statement by the Women's Bureau of
the U. S. Department of Labor. The
states are: Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, Missouri, New York, Vermont,
and Washington. In 81 countries, the
bureau points out, provision is made
for payments to mothers for medical
services, either through public funds,
insurance or employers. In the
United States no provision is made
for the necessary expenses incurred
because of materity.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
FIVE MILLION RELIEF
WAGES FOR NY.

New York City (ILNS)-W With the
state cooperating in payment of
wages, statewide summer relief
program has been announced under
which the state temporary emergency
relief administration will spend &c.
546,784, of which $5,062 ,604 will be
for wages. Relief work payrolls are
on basis Of 40 per cent refund from
the state.
Most of the projects approved call
for manual labor for permanent i'm
provements. The cost of the mate
rials involved will be borne by the
communities in which work is done
Nineteen county work bureaus and
21 city work bureaus have planned
highway work for this summer. Six
counties and II cities have planned
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
Seven Seas Definition

Col. G. e. Gerini, In his Researches
on Ptolemy's Geography Of Eastern
Asia" traces the expression "Saven
Seas back to Indian and Chinass leg
end. From the Puranas Colonel Ge-
rini made the following list OF seven
seas: Sea of Salt Water, surrounds
India: Sea Of Sugar Cane Juice, sur
rounds Burma; Sea OF Wind. sur
rounds the Malay peninsula; Sea Of
Clarified Butter, surrounds the Sunda
archipelago; Sea OF Milk, surrounds
Siam and Cambodia Sea of Curds and
Whey, surrounds southern China, and
Sea Of Fresh Water, surrounds north
ern China and Mongolia.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
Private detective"
Under $4,000 Bond

ST. Louis, Mo. (ILNS)-William
w. Groves, 50 years old, Cambridge,
Dr., describing himself chairman of
the Board of the Railway Audit and
Inspection Company, was placed un-
der $4,000 bond after two strike
breakers were killed in the General
Material Company strike here. Later.
Groves was released from bond de-
spite his admission that his firm i'm
ported professional strikebreakers
who have created disturbances ever
since their arrival.
The Railway Audit and Inspection
Company is well known in Chicago,
Philadelphia and the East.
Last week the Railway Audit dicks
were chased out of Delair, N. j., by
township cops.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
American Glass-Makina

Though glass has been made in
America from the days Of the first set
tlenents-there was glass house In
Jamestown as early as 10Q0-it was
not until we'll ON into the Eighteenth
century that 1t was made In large
quantities in such factories as that Of
the Wistars In South Jersey (estab-
lishad In 1889, Stiege's factory at
Mannheim (first operated in 1764), the
Pithin Glass works at Manchester,
Conn, (178s-1S3o). etc. Most OF the
early enterprises In this field were
short-lived, as glass-making did not
seem to be a remunerative industry
In the early days in America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
MISUNDERSTANDING
Machinery in Road And
Ditch Work

Misunderstanding instances of
the extent to which employers use
labor-displacing machinery to throw
the workers into the unemployed
army are given in a survey of the in
creased output of labor through the
use Of machinery in road building and
ditch digging made by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics Of the U. s. Depart
ment of Labor.
One man and a helper with ditch
digging machine can do as much work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
WHAT NEXT?

Reversal Of designing ideas will
soon give 12-cylinder auto engines the
power of 16, it is announced. Greater
cooling capacity results in this gain
in power, tests have shown. Another
growth of power is expected from
hitherto banned tightening of un-
spring weight.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
New Jersey Bars Pensioners
From Holding State Jobs

Trenton, N. J.-Governor Moore
signed the bill passed by the recent
session Of the New Jersey legislature
prohibiting public employees contin-
uing on the payroll while drawing
pensions from another job from which
they have been retired.
The governor disapproved the
measure to establish wage dispute
bureau in the state labor department.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08

Q.-Has the A.. F. of l.. always
rent delegations to attend political
conventions?
A.-Since presentation of labor's
bill of grievances, famous document
that marked the beginning of real la
Dor influence in American non-partj-
san political life.
Q.-Is the American Federation
of Labor officially on record in favor
of repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment?
A.-Yes, but it has urged modifica-
ton as an immediate measure. Pres
ident Green reiterated this before the
democratic convention in Chicago.
Q.-Do all unions have union la
bells?
A.-No, but practically all whose
members are in manufacturing trades
have them, and they are organized
into the union label trades depart
ment of the A. F. of L., of which John
j. Manning is secretary treasurer,
with Offices in the A. T. of l.. build
ing.
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ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08

Albany, N. Y.-The state depart
ment of labor announced that 1876
workers were killed in the state by
industrial accidents during the month
of May.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08

The British museum has books
printed in Korea as early as 1897.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-07-08
LaborQueries

Questions aud Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Whsr.
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program:
Who's Who in the Ranks Of
the Organized Toilers, ETC.. etc