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The Washington times., 1932-10-07
lNSULL CRASH
/ HERALDS NEW
/ SAFEGUARD

&: Rigid Federal regulation of all
public utilities engaged in inter
state commerce loomed today as
q step likely to be taken by the
next Congress.
The demand for drastic Govern
ment curbs upon utility COM
panies is being whetted as fresh
revelations in the amazing col
lapse of the insult pyramid are
made by investigating agencies.
Congress and the Administra-
ton are beseiged by savage pro-
tests coming from small investors
whose savings were irrevocably
sucked into the quicksands Of the
insult moraSS.
Recalling the unsuccessful fight
ne made nearly six years ago for
an investigation of the so-called
'"'power trust" by the Senate,
which was turned into an inquiry
by the Federal Trade Commission,
Senator Walsh CD of Montana
said that sentiment has under
gone a change. He asserted:
II have no doubt that the
crash of the insult structure
> will result in legislation to
afford some protection to
investors in utility stocks as
well as securities generally.
"AS far back as 1927 / spoke
At some length in the Senate
on the necessity for legislation
of that character, and followed
1t with instruction of a resolu-
ti0n which became the basis
for the investigation which the
Federal Trade Commission has
been prosecuting with such
startling results"
The Washington times., 1932-10-07
Bus DriUer Fined
For Drunk DriDinQ

BALTIMORE, Oct. 7.-Francis
F. Dunn, 80, driver of a school
bus, was given the choice of pay
ing a 5000 fine or serving 80 days
in Jail after he was found guilty
OF drunken driving. Fifty small
children in the bus were terrified
as he careened from one side of
the street to the other.
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CHARGES DESERTIoN

Charging Evelyn w. Hynson,
300 block of Taylor st. N. W., de-
serted him, Lawrence M. Hynson,
Of Prince Georges county, yes
terday filed suit for limited di.
Vorce in Circuit Court at Upper
Marlboro.
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ADVERTISEMENT
How Do Nurses
Manage!

The S t r e n us
du ties of the
trained nurse per
NIT little thought
of her own ply,
Sical condition or
feelings. T h er e
can be no giving
in to perio die
pains! That is the
re SON why so
many nurses use
M i d o !. T h e y
know it blocks ali
possibility of such
pain for hours
and nurses know
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that it is not narcotic and so is
quite safe to take at this critical
time.
I Midol is not merely a measure
of relief-it lets women work or
play in absolute comfort, regard
less of the time of month. All
pain subsidies in seven minutes!
All dread of your periodic discom-
fort ends with this happy discoV-
cry. Any drug store. Ask simply
for Midol.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
DECEPTIVE DEATH RATES

In view of the many expert warnings against a
too liberal Interpretation Of the surgeon generals
mortality statistics of the last three depression years.
President Hoover, think, has done his suffering
country disservice in quoting them again the
first page of his message to congress.
Lest the Presidents buoyant optimism reflect it.
self in relaxation of the fight on hunger and want
commend to his attention and to others an edi-
toral printed in October the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association:
Persons who accept statistics at their face value
may be deceived by the excellent health record for
1882, which, the face Of official returns persists
in spite of economic depression and, according to
writer's partly at least because of the depres-
sion" this journal
Then told to look for the hidden meaning
of these figures Industrial accidents decrease and
so do industrial diseases when work slackens few
sufferers from certain diseases will live bit longer
because of enforced rest.
Traffic accidents are fewer when streets are
empter of cars few to their benefit will eat less
and simpler food. But look out for the future!
THE public must look much farther than merely
at current figure for the ultimate effects of a de-
preston" we read "Just as the European central
powers still paying the penalty of manutrition
Iamong their children must we expect to expert
ence in the future some of the effects of what eco
nomic distress, curtailed employment and enforced
economy are doing to our people today"
The journal warns particularly against malnutri-
ton among thousands of children, relaxing of city
health standards, the neglect of needed dentistry
surgery and sanitation the effects mental hygiene
from worry.
1T is not wise to be too optimistic about the effect
of business adversely the public health" the
journal concludes.
We think that President Hoover and his medical
friend, Dr. Wilbur, have been unwise in stressing
these deceptive signs of national good health.
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hope to preserve the eighteenth amend ment are
swinging to support Of reasonable modification bill
in hopes-false. we thnk-that the fact of beer and
wine may help to preserve the principle Of national
regulation of personal habits and appetites
With this support, it appears likely that enough
votes can be obtained to override the threatened
Hoover veto.
But congressman, in preparing the BILL should
keep the problem Of federal finance uppermost Anv
beer or wine which legalized must contain enough
alcohol to be palasable; that u.s. to attain large vol
ume sales.
This is business proposition. But it must re-
main within the constitutional limits of "nonntoxi
eating" as long the eighteenth amendment re-
mains in the Constitution. It must be assumed
that the courts will take the same reasonable view
of this definition congress does.
The supreme court usually has accented the
judgment of congress on such legislative questions
of fact.
The tax, too must be fixed at the point of great
est return.
If this program is to have chance to help us,
it must be enacted quickly There is little doubt of
house passage of the perfected bill before Christmas,
but the attitude of senate Democrats has been dis
appointing and diatory so far.
Senator Joseph Robinson has announced that
the Democrats will press the bill to vote this ses
sion, after referring it to two committees. Unless
these committees move faster than usual this is
too slow.
Every month lost in passing this bill-every
week-literally millions Of dollars lost to the
treasury.
The time is getting short already
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TINE IS GETTING SHORT

The beer and light wines bill before the ways
and means committee is something more than an
attempt to crafty the personal tastes of majority
of Americans.
1t represents desperate effort to help put our
federal finances in order without resorting to more
burdensome taxes It represents praiseworthy
attempt by the house Democratic leadership to re-
spend quickly to the mandate of the election.
1t, furthermore. is an effort to mitigate some of
the evils of Saloon League fanaticism which
were written into laws by volstead Wheeler
and others.
All of these aspects justify the bills place at the
top of the congressional program.
Many sincere but nonprofessional drys who still
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Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

futility. Alas, all of us know how
true it is.
DUT it fairly may be asked. how
ID can religion-itself born, in
part at least, of fear-help us to
conquer fear? Because religion,
by its faith, by its insight, finds
in God and in our own souls, a
power to rise above fear, defy it,
master it.
AS the old collect puts it, re-
ligion makes friends with One
who can rule and direct our
hearts," order our emotions and
thus reach to the roots of fear
and cast it out.
The Bible is the one book that
knows the human heart, knows
how to speak to it and how to
meet its deep need. All through
that blessed book two words stand
out like mountain peaks, Fear
Not" because it knows that we al
ways are in the presence of great
mysteries, to say nothing of the
often terrifying vicissitudes of
life.
Every voice speaking in the Bible
from the unseen tells us not to be
afraid of life, or death, or eternity.
Copyright, 1882, United Feature Syndicate
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OF King Solomon in all his
~ glory, we read, in a book
which bears his name: Behold
his bed, three-score valiant men
are about it. They all hold
swords. being expert in war: every
man hath his sword upon his
thigh, because of fear in the
night"
But what is the value of the
wisdom of Solomon if he can not
sleep nights? Better to be David
at his best, who said: st will both
lay me down in peace and sleep;
for thou, Lord, only makest me
dwell in safety"
No, wisdom can not conquer
fear; because wisdom has to do
with ideas, judgments, reason, and
fear is thing of feeling. In
the night, when even little things
loom large, the wisdom of Solo,
mon was defeated by his feelings.
his Imagination, which he could
not control.
Only faith can conquer fear,
and when we lose faith, or let it
grow dim, as a psychologist told
us the other day, first we are the
victims of fatigue, then fear, then
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Dl8illatSion IN an Allen

* 80 "nen Une tslk was done met
ge 1a INCIDENT to speak to Won
ASK now can we get some of these things deeq
you reached into back pocket
containing something that looked suocousy like gin
- Hou let me down know that tired and debized b
9 u mat no man be gnny juniper
II you want people to take seriouyand YOU do
e HSC ep to take off about
oh n1s KNIGHT but he never rode any crusades
m not asking to turn in spiritual
the % people VINO complain because attempt to bite off
time Vo1 t Tu veSaTleS the tried upon
On1e gu re StlA more malicious than mellow 9
What want from efficient intelligent kindness 70
ICS all right by
~ - "' "o-t you mister for be
lCopvright 1882 The Tines. - ~
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depicted by himl

in making the Seabury investiga-
ton a success. An ADLER leader
would have recognized the in
evitable and beaten a skillful re-
treat, but Mr.. Curry appears to
be more of an optimist than a
general.
If he has failed to make any of
the possible plumbers, one is
forced to believe that it was be-
cause he was too busy to make
them all
First, Mr.. Curry tried to save
Walker. Then he tried to stop
Roosevelt. Then he tried to brow
beat the bankers and ignore the
taxpayers. Just now he is trying
to balk the New York state legis-
lature, the President-elect, former
Governor Al Smith and an obvious
majority of the people.
1t is tough, of course, to see the
good old drag fading away, but
wise men do not hesitate to make
a virtue of necessity. Even the
boys down below realize that the
time has come for Tammany to
heed public sentiment, if it wish
eS to save anything.
New York City is on the road to
reform-not the kind that comes
in with one election and goes out
with the next, but the kind that is
brought about by intelligent legis-
lation at the hands of experienced
men.
The vote for Mckee, the at
titude of Roosevelt, and the plan
of Smith are more than signs;
they are pledges. The Seabury
investigation has proved worth
while investment.
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NJ E. Tracy Says s sE1zS1P Fo Pc new F ToSx f a

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-With
= ' former Mayor James E.
Walker out of Office, Tammany
Hall yielding to the demand for
economy, and the state legisla-
ture preparing to revise drasti-
cally New York's city government,
the Seabury investigation comes
to a dramatic and effective end.
Few probes into civic affairs
have justified themselves so COM
pletely, or made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
DedlcationS Around Midnight

I've seen get something at y o'clock
at ght and completely forget the
@ you put goo deal OF hard work into
into that
n the free employment these things led to
thing. - ~ s' 1e0 " any
your motives were pretty good far was
ooo zeal OF the how-oT quality
not blaming for that particularly Something of personal VANITY
ano ego coddlng goes into most adventures
1 won't even stress the
your 1aIr share of hmeht thirst reminds me that now
N were geCCn6 somewhere You've
mace speech IN large hall broherhood of man th
OAt on mat particular occasion spoke
was up on my toes to
TIL cf ana end hate and misery Indeed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
SCIENCE
Machine Age SpeedSUp
BY DAVID DIETz

TECHNOCRACY, a group of
Il engineering experts associat-
ed with Columbia university. is
bringing to a close a tWelve-year
study of industrial conditions in
America.
Recently I heard Howard Scott.
director of the organization, pre-
sent the work of Technocracy be-
fore an audience at the City Club
OF Cleveland which obviously was
disappointed because he present.
ed the picture of a situation and
not the solution.
But, in all fairness, one can not
quarrel with Scott and his asso-
ciates if they feel that their prov
ince is solely in the field of in
vestigation and that the task of
Interpretation belongs to others.
Indeed, we must feel indebted
to any group of investigators in
any field who fairly and impair
TALLY will gather data for use of
the entire nation.
LIE picture OF CIe world which
Scott gives us is one in which the
world is headed in a certain direc-4
ton whether it likes it. or not.
That is the direction of scientific
progress. p"
More exactly, the world is en-
parked on a bigger and bigger
machine age. The machine has
thrown a lot of people out of
work, and according to Scott, is
going to keep right on throwing
more people out of work.
The engineer is going to keep
right on building bigger and fast
er machines that are more and
more automatic until the day will
arrive when all man will have
to do is to push a button and
start a whole automatic factory
into operation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10

This is the second Of a series of six
articles BY DR.. Fishbein on the nature
and treatment Of measles.
A S with diphtheria, measles is
N spread mostly through direct
contact with those who have the
disease. Apparently, the virus or
poison that causes the disease is
present in the secretions of the
nose and throat. Hence, it is
spread by coughing and sneezing.
Fortunately, the virus, which
carries the disease, is injured by
exposure to air and sunlight, so
that it is seldom likely that
measles is carried from one per-
son to another through the me-
dium Of third person or an ami
NAL.
For this reason, it is quite safe
for doctors and nurses who see
cases Of measles to go in the open
air to visit other patients.
However, it is well for those
who take care of patients with
measles to observe all precau-
tons associated with the care Of
infectious diseases generally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
GIVE THAT JOB

The blizzard may remind you that you need
something fixed around your house. your store your
factory.
You may be comfortable. There are many fam
lilies to whose members the cold wave means dis
comfort perhaps Illness and certainly grave concern
There are many men who want only the chance
to earn little money in this glad era Of Christ
mastde.
If you have job, give it today.
Call the Chamber of Commerce. It has lists of
men who need work. A job is the best gift Of the
year.
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blood taken from patients with
measles.
Before any discovery is accept
ed as certainly established in re-
lationship to the cause Of an in
fictitious disease, 1t is necessary
to grow the germ outside the body
and to reproduce the disease in
animals by injecting the germ and
to find the germ invariably as
ISOLATED with the disease.
None of the discoveries thus far
made meets these conditions. In
a few instances the investigators
claimed that they had the organ
ism, but others were not able to
duplicate the work.
Scientific medicine is very jeal-
Gus of its science and does not
accept readily new announcements
until they are fully confirmed and
well established.
This is fortunate for the public,
since it has here a protection
against early exploitation of un-
established work.
NEXT: The eearly stage Of
measles.
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Que tiOnS and
Ans WQrC

Q-How many votes did Nor
man Thomas, the Socialist candi-
date for President, receive in
1928?
A-267, 42o.
Q-Give the comparative deaths
and births in the world daily?
A-Professor E. M. East of Har-
ward university estimates approx
mately 10000 births and 100000
deaths.
Q-WilI the United States coin
gold for any one who presents
the bullion at a mint?
A-Gold bullion in lots of 500
or more will be exchanged for
gold coin at the rate of $20.67183
per ounce fine gold without
charge.
Q-Can you give an idea of the
amount of brick and stone that
entered into the construction of
the Empire State building in New
York?
A-Ten million bricks; 1000
cubic feet of stone.
Odd Joe E. Brown, the movie
star, ever play professional base
ball?
Ale played professional base
ball when he was II. on the st.
Paul team, and later joined the
New York Yankees.
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Depression Is Cure


LIZARD times have helped to
4 4 bring the truth home. When
people find it necessary to count
their cash, they become more
sensitive to all forms of extrava-
gance. At the same time, New
Workers would not be as wise as
they are today, or so ready to
listen to common sense, but for
the work done by this legislative
committee under the able direc-
ton of its chief counsel, Judge
Samuel Seabury.
On occasion, it has seemed as
though the committee were taking
in altogether too much territory,
going out of its way to fish," and
piling up such a mountain CT
detailed information as would
leave citizens hopelessly Devil
dered, but the result is more than
satisfactory.
Tie people of New York may
be able to recall very little of the
detail, but they are left with a
very clear understanding of what
ails the town. They are ready
to accept changes which would
have been repugnant to them a
year ago.
The continuous exposure of of
ficials who couldn't explain the
amazing incomes which they &C
knowledged as having received,
and who appeared much less IA
miliar with their jobs than how
to make money on the side, has
done its work.
II q
CMrry's Blmpders Help
1T would be unfair to overlook
Il the helpfulness of John F..
Curry, titular head of Tammany,
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Ten-Yedr Holiday

A FEW years ago, a bishop, in
L y addressing the annual meet
ing Of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, sug-
gested that it would be a good
thing for the world if science de-
clared ten-year holiday.
According to Scott, that is just
what can not happen. Scott COM
pared civilization to ship. The
commanding officers on the bridge
believe that they see rocks ahead
and are signaling the engine
room to reverse the engines.
The message which the engi-
neers send back is that the
engines have no mechanisms for
reversing.
A group Of some fifty architects
it is an ironic comment on the
situation that they are unem-
ployed architects - have been
making 5000 charts for Techno-
cracy.
These show how, in Industry
after industry, the introduction
Of machinery continuously has
increased production and de-
creased employment. A bigger
output with fewer workers seems
to be the universal story.
Scott does, after a fashion, in
dictate what he thinks is partially
the way out. For one thing. he
is out-spoken in his opinion that
Russia has not found the way out.
He Jumps the Russian system
and the present American system
together and calls them both
merely variations of the price
system
A price system, as defined by
Scott. is one in which one COM
modify Is used to define the value
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This means thorough washing Of
the hands after visiting a pa
tient, wearing of a clean gown on
entering the room, and removal Of
the gown on leaving.
Moreover, the dishes, bedding
and other materials associated
with the child sick with measles
must be boiled before they are used
again.
r.
A THOUGH measles has been
4 n known for so many centuries,
the virus, or germ. that causes the
disease has not been isolated with
certainty.
True, many different investiga-
tors have, from time to time,
claimed that they had the Or
ganism.
The disease has been transferred
to monkeys; indeed, one inveStiga-
tor transferred the disease to two
men by inoculating them with
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cratic Governor, the Seabury in
vestigation was intended to I'M
cover the feed trough of Tam
many Hall and let the taxpayers
of New York City know just why
their municipal government was
costing so much.
It was intended not only to re-
veal the defects and 1oopholes by
which public money was being
frittered away, but to suggest cor
receive methods.
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1t Seems to Me:
BY WOOD BROUN

WAS Al years old this week and passed nv
birthday quietly becauSelth the man said. Would
we please step singing on account of the police
not liking to have so much noise coming out Of
the place after in the morning?
That rather put damper on the proceed
ings, and when I got home there was just one
birthday letter 1t came from an insurance
agent and he said that had reached time Of
life when I ought to give serious consideration
to the problem of providing properly for all my
loved ones. An6 SO have decided to write myse
and good wishes
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a deeper impress
sion on the public
mind. While COM
paratively few Of
fcials have been
sent to jail, the
rottenness of a
municipal regime
has been exposed
thoroughly and
the way opened
for intelligent re-
form.
Authorized by a
Republican legis-
lature and ap-
,orOx,orJ I,ry nonon
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that 1t is our duty to be charm
ing, to be womanly-whatever
that may mean-and to keep our
figures trim and our faces clean.
Again, says another, we should
not try to compete with men; this
angers them. We should content
ourselves with a back seat and let
them have the grand stand. Still
another authority insists that it is
enough if we are good fellows
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Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

1T is well-known fact, and one not often dis
puted, that woman's chief object in life is to
please man. For us, all is just so much nonsense.
There many ways, told by which we
can remain in masculine good graces, but so far
the cultivation of charm has topped the list,
Whether in the home in the Office, or
in the breadne, we are cautioned never to forget
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Daily Thought


VIII man rob God? Yet We
have robbed me. But We say.
Wherein have we robbed thee?
In tithes and offerings.-MaIachi
3:8.
r
EAITH and hope themselves shall
Il die, while deathless charity re-
mains.-Prior.
Q-Where is the longest rail- +,
road tunnel in the world7
A-simplon tunnel, through the
Alps.
Q-Is there a railroad to the
top of Pixies Peak?
A-There is a cog railway. S.75
miles long.
Care children born in the
United States Of Chinese parents
american citizens?
Ayes.
Are there any railroads in Ice
land? 4
A-No. :