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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24
LONG CUTS LOOSE
(By Robert F. Paine)

Huey Long of Louisiana has shocked his fellow
Democratic senators in secret caucus to a stand
stin and will be designated "the wild hyena of
the south" If he doesn't look out.
Senator Long insists on Democratic legislation to
"decentralize wealth." which he proposes to do by
tax conlscation of individual incomes in excess of
100000 a year and of inheritances in excess of
s5OO000O. Some peculiar thoughts run wild in his
mind, such as these:
The universal depression is due to so few of the
people possessing so much of the money.
The gable about war debts, reconstruction COR
poratons farm relief, farm loan banks, moratoriums
and such will get us nowhere, because the factory
and railroad wheels will not go round and round
normally until the masses get more of the money
to spend
People able to will hoard and banks too until
there is confidence in a definite plan to put down
the maldistribution Of profits
No man needs more than 100000 Of annual in
come and millions of men need such mans surplus.
Estates Of more than 100000 are, almost in
variably, possible through advantage Of special
privilege and are accumulated by taking from the
whole mass Of people. Their disposal usually wrecks
families but is good for the parasitica legal pro-
fession.
Senator Longs proposition Is an oddly We do
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SATURDAY. DEC. a.. 1882.
BACK TO BETHLEHEM

once again the men and women Of Christian
nations journey in through back to the manger at
Bethlehem and follow the wise men to the birthplace
OF a babe.
For one day selfish and sordd thought gives way
to the sentiment of human brotherhood.
For one day, good will replaces hate and envy
and jealousy. The burden of care which comes from
lack of material things lifts.
In this and other nations, there is greater need
of brotherhood Of thought and brotherhood of sacr
fee today than ever before
In this and other nations, the truth is finally
being impressed that only through the spirit of
brotherhood can civilized men live together in
complex world.
Today charity is giving Christmas cheer to many
who never before found the day dark with want.
In every city of this land eager men and women
are endeavoring to see that home is menaced
with hunger that no child is forgotten the ami
versary of the birth Of the child whose message
changed the currents of all history.
More important, more men and women are think
ing Of the day when the teachings Of Him who was
born in poverty will rule all human actions and
human institutions, thinking Of methods by which
nations can be made safe for Christianity
For in the end good will towards men and peace
on EARTH the message sung on that glorious morn,
must finally be the way of life
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TEORGIA authorities, however,
" appear to have been more
interested in making Burns an
example of their power than their
mercy, and after waiting several
months, Burns escaped for the
second time.
If he hadn't written book
about his experience, he might
never have been rearrested. On
the other hand, he might not
have created sufficient sentiment
to save him when he was rear
rested.
My own opinion is that Robert
Elliott Burns owes his liberty, es-
pecially as it has been safeguard
ed by Governor Moore of New
Jersey, to publicity, and that hun
dreds of poor devils are rotting
in jails or convict camps for no
reason on earth but lack of pub
licity.
We are too prone to punish
those whom it is easiest to pun
ish, but, as a general PROPOSE
ton, they are not the most dan
gerous type of criminal. The most
dangerous type of criminal is the
gangster, the boy with an organi-
cation and plenty of cash, the
impersonal cut-throat who re-
CARDS crime as a business, who is
in it for the profit, who has in
fuence, can hire good lawyers,
and is hard to catch.
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Toxin Wards Off Scarlet Fever

DEYOND this placing Of the pa
- tent in separate room, at
tention must be given to protect
ing the kidneys and the heart
from the special strains associated
with activity at a time when they
are exposed to actions Of poiSons
that come from the germs.
Therefore; every patient with
scarlet fever should remain in
bed for at least three weeks. 1t
is customary to give a light, soft
diet consisting mostly of liquids
until the fever has disappeared,
and then gradually add cereals
and similar soft foods until the
peeling has begun.
Then it becomes necessary to
build up the tissues and the blood
again.
This can be done by feeding
plenty of milk, fresh vegetables,
foods rich in vitamins, mineral
salts like calcium and iron, and
more protein than is allowed in
the active stages Of the disease.
NEXT: Precautions In the care
OF scarlet fever,
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Reform Is ThuUdrted

A MEXICAN jails and penal
L n institutions still are crowded
with what we call the accidental
criminal" the one-time offender,
the man or woman who went
wrong on impulse without know
ing why.
In a majority of cases, the per-
son simply is trained for a career
of crime at public expense; made
an outcast, and virtually forced
into associations which put re-
form out of the question.
This man Burns tried to be
decent after escaping from the
Georgia chain gang, to which he
was sentenced for ten years after
being convicted of robbery with
firearms.
Robbery with firearms sounds
pretty bad, but in this instance,
it Melted the bandits, of whom
Burns was one, less than SIS and
was too amateurish for any one
to regard it as the work of hard
ened thieves.
On being apprehended in I'LL
no1s, where he had built up
good business, Burns waived ex-
tradition and voluntarily returned
to Georgia. He says that he was
given to understand that if he did
this, he would be pardoned, or
paroled within a reasonable time.
Most of those familiar with the
episode took it for granted that
he would be as a matter of APP
2ciation, if not specific agree
1ent
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SCIENCE
Our Galaxy Loses Age
BY DAVID DIETZ

NINETEEN hundred thirty-two
L y will go down in scientific his
tory as the year when the depres-
sion hit the Milky Way. 1t was
during the year now drawing to a
close that astronomers decided
that our galaxy of stars was nei-
ther as old nor as large as they
had formerly believed it to be.
For this reason, 1882 marks a
turning point in astronomical an
mails. The story of our galaxy
from the day in 1909 when Cali
leo turned his first little telescope
upon the heavens until the pres
ent year has been story of con-
tinuous growth.
The Ptolemaic theory still held
sway in Galileo's day. This the
DRY put the earth at the center Of
the universe, with the sun, moon
and planets surrounding it in
series of concentric spheres.
The stars were in the outermost
sphere, not much farther away
than the planets.
While eighteenth century as
tronomers suspected that the stars
we're very far away, it was not I'M
til the beginning Of the nineteenth
century that astronomers succeed
ed in measuring the distances to
some Of the nearer stars.
Even then, there was not yet
a true understanding Of the mag
nitude Of the galaxy. AS a result
of the work of Kapteyn, Adams,
Shapley and others. the galaxy
grew by leaps and bounds in he
twentieth century.
At the same time, as a result Of
the studies Of the evolution Of
stars, astronomers became in
clined to assign greater and great
er age to the universe.
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melody granted by the good grace
of God, and all arrived at the
newborn truth, albeit by different
paths. Each must follow the path
marked out for his soul, by song
or star, and allow others the same
joy.
Who were the wise men follow
ing a wandering star leading to
a better west? They were astrol-
ogers, priests of an old light
religion of the east, nature yS-
tics seeking God in the forms and
facts Of the natural world.
What was the star by which
they were guided?F 1t was the
star of wise men, shining in the
sky over-arching their places of
toll and sorrow. They followed
it, obeying Him who made great
lights, whose mercy endureth for
ever and whose light never fails.
TT is the great starry ideals of
Il humanity that save us, sending
us in search of new and richer
truth. They look down upon us
in our labor, our pain, our prayer;
they glorify the night of time
with the wonder Of divine dreams.
When we are wise we follow
them, and when we follow them
faithfully, we come to a truth
fairer than poet-vision or artist
dream, even the Truth that makes
all other truths true. If we turn
back, lacking courage, we lose our
way and die in the dark.
The thing to remember about
the wise men is not only their
wisdom, but their age. They were
old men, grave, hoary star stu
dents, still seeking a light that
never was on sea or land.
They were brothers of Omar
Khayyam, but, unlike him, they
did not lose faith and sink into a
slough of debauchery. They did
not let life get the best of them,
trample upon them, and beat them
into insensibility.
They went chasing after stars,
even in old age, never giving up
their faith in life.
Such men, then or now, never
grow old, cynical and dull of
spirit; they have in them the
fountain Of eternal youth.
1882, United Feature Syndicatel
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made acquainted with the details,
out it is not an exceptional case,
save in that respect.
A few states have recognized the
folly of trying to scare criminals
by bouncing on friendless culprits,
and have adopted laws whereby
the first offender either is given a
suspended sentence, put on proba-
ton, or let off with comparatively
light punishment.
In many sections, however, the
idea Of making an example"
especially of strangers, or helpless
home folks, still plays dominat-
ing part.
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COSmic Dust

p EVISIONS Of the size of the
IN galaxy have become necessary
as a result of the work of DR..
Joel Stebbins Of the University of
Wisconsin, who carried on his re-
searches this year with the big
telescope at Mt. Wilson.
DR.. Stebbins made use of photo
electric cells to record light in
tensities from the Milky Wav.
HIS work confirms a suspicion
which astronomers have had for
some time, that there is a great
amount Of gaseous material, or
"cosmic dust" scattered about in
the galaxy.
Now our notions of the size
OF the galaxy are based largely
upon observations of the appar-
ent brightness of stars. Shaplev
worked out method by which the
real brilliance of a variable star
can be determined from its period
or the time in which it goes
through its variations.
Adams worked out a formula
from which the distance of a star
can be calculated if we know its
real brilliance~ and measure its
apparent brilliance.
But it will be seen at once that
the apparent brilliance of a star
would be less than it ought to be if
there is dust or obscuring material
between us and the star.
DR.. Stebbins has now found out
that such is indeed the case.
This means that we must cut
down our estimates of the dame
ter Of the galaxy by about one
half or one-thiTd.
1t may be that our galaxy is
only 100000 light-years in diane
ter and only 10000 light-years
thick.
Up until this time, astronomers
have supposed that our galaxy
was much larger than any of the
spiral nebulae which the tele-
scope reveals beyond the edges Of
our galaxy or Milky Way.
The new revision means that
our galaxy is just an average
sized galaxy.
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NJ E. Tracy Says NO 9e cor 52s 5r I H4a1a9

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The
IN case of Robert Elliott Burns
illustrates a cleavage between pub
lie sentiment and the admins
tration of justice which is becom-
ing more and more apparent in
this country.
There is little sympathy with
the harshness of punishment me-
ted out to petty, unknown Offend
ers. The only reason it fails to
find stronger and more frequent
expression is lack of publicity.
Thousands, if not millions, of
people have become interested in
the Burns case because they were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24
Questions and
Answers

Q-Name the signers of the
Declaration of independence from
Virginia?
A-Carter BraXton, Benjamin
Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, Rich
ard Henry Lee, Frances Light
foot Lee, Thomas Nelson Jr., and
George Wythe.
Q-When was Salmon P. Chase
chief justice of the United States?
A-From 1864 to 1873.
Q-What does it cost to fire a
single shot from a 16-inch naval
gun at target practice?
About $500.
GLOW was the term STRAW
vote" derived?
At derives from the old adage
that "straws show the way the
wind blows"
Q-What does the name Roose-
welt mean?
~ 10 a A4O41dllQ OubN44 44ol1lC,
meaning ''rosefeld."
Q-Who is the author of the
motto, ITO the victory belong
the spoils?"
A-The saying is attributed to
Andrew Jackson.
Q-How many states have state
unemployment insurance?
A-WisconSin is the only one.
Q-Who played the role of 80"
in the movie Thirteen Women?"
A-Jill Esrnond.
Q-To what race do the Span
iards belong?
A-To the Latin family of the
white race.
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Vines Around q Stump

M 4IHS gather around ancient newspaper like moss around
Scrup oak. know of two legends and both arc IN
one is that but for tendency gt
nave oee successful wealthy that on account
VI radical attitude wealthy And there's third
mellow. " NO "-"O ~" I've grown
There isn't nickef truth in anv of these Two 1+
JOBS on account of opinions In Justice tn nv
SV say mat didn't do any bookkeeping in advance If the
But when did take stock to make much
olHerehce one another ~ A1"A
m great deal than ever was in INV life
p I'm more tolerant There between these attitudes
INV oC OF people who take out all
radical that w '"'4i NN9"O0y' I'm nluch more
ma my enthusiasm for will provide difenty
4'""'so"-ohe tnat will be worth leapng for ~
by The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24

This is the third Of series of articles
by DIR. Fishbein on scarlet fever, its
treatment, and precautions to prevent
its spread.
ONCE the great discoveries that
~ have been described were an
nounced, many thousands Of per-
sons throughout the world have
been tested with the Dick test.
Many thousands Of persons have
been inoculated with the toxin,
to free them relatively from the
danger Of contracting scarlet fe-
yer.
Because scarlet fever is not an
extremely widespread disease, it
does not appear to be worth while
TO inject every child with the pre-
ventive toxin.
However, when a child has been
exposed definitely to the disease
or when a girl is going to work
as nurse in a hospital where
there are frequently cases of scar
let fever, it probably is advisable
to give them the benefit of the
preventive inoculationS against
scarlet fever.
There are few # any. records
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24
Universe Is Young

A T the beginning Of the present
[ n year, the general opinion
among astronomers was that our
galaxy was about Is trillion years
old The opinion was also held
that our galaxy had more or less
the shape Of a grindstone.
The diameter of this grindstone
was given at about 100000 light
years and its thickness as about
10000 lght-years. "a ight-year
is six trillion miles.
But during the course of the
year, it became evident that the
galaxy was neither so old nor so
large. Both revisions became
necessary as the result Of work
which began at Mt. Wilson.
A few years ago the Mt Wilson
astronomers discovered that the
distant spiral nebulae were all re-
ceding from the earth. This led
to development Of the theory Of
an expanding universe, to which
all the leading cosmogonists, Elm
stein, De Sitter, Lemaitre and Ed
dington, now agree.
Further study of the expanding
universe showed that it could not
be anything like fifteen trillion
years old.
Sir Arthur Eddington, in Amer
lea this fall as delegate TO the
congress of the International As
Economical Society, said that es-
Inmates Of the age Of our GALAXY
and the rest of the universe as
welI-would have to be reduced
about 1900 times.
He pointed out that II We as
sulned that the universe as we
now know It had started as 3
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Some of Them Are Popular

HECINe up on myself find that many things for which
nave sVn as hard as could unpopular causes
surely IN This community
lighting against the writing pieces in dpraise
OF prohibition. - FS
were actually complete addict to the drug being different
Woulo JON the GentlemenS Auxiliary w.
through this every day shouting Hold EN- Fila ooeo
would out and insist upon the literary
recognition of Eddie Guest ~ w 4'1S
t 70 De consistent IN the program of being different would
9uocate Inc puritan Sabbath and the abolition
It is my firm contention am for what am for and o+
what am against out my honest opinion In saving that
d some allowance be made for emotional unconscious drift
but that is true of every man. @ '"''
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Every Day Religion
, BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

TINE story of Christmas-the
Il greatest story ever told-is
also parable of the plentitude of
life. The shepherds did not see
the pilgrim star leading from east
to west; the wise men did not
hear the angels sing of peace on
earth.
Each followed the CLEAN or
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single mass, expanding. at the
I i1 we now believe it to be ex-
panolng, that it would reach it's
present size in about ten billion
years. '44i404I
accordingly, astronomers now
are inclined to debate the age Of
our galaxy from the old figure
OF h1teen trillion years to the new
one Of ten billion years.
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cal Association and OF HyEeia, the
Health Magazine.
of severe accidents or injuries
following use of these preventive
methods.
- n
CCARLET fever varies in its Sc
~ verify from time to time, from
epidemic to epidemic. In the pres
ence of a severe epidemic with
numerous serious complications, it
is more advisable to inoculate
against the disease than under
other circumstances.
Because of the danger to other
children from a child or an adult
who has scarlet fever, the patient
should be put to bed promptly and
kept separate from other people
for about six weeks.
If there are discharges from the
nose and throat or from the ears,
the patient should be isolated un-
till all discharges have ceased.
These discharges are extremely
dangerous II spreading the dis
ease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24

An enterprisng Kansas editor invites his readers
to use his advertising columns to publish Obituaries"
of townsmen who still alive and kicking 80 that
they all the good things that are said about
them before they are dead" What jolt for truth
in advertising!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24

not recall an instance In which decentralization Of
wealth was introduced in the United States senate
The Democratic administration taking hold in March
next is likely to have trouble with Democratic Huey
Long, as well as with Democratic John Barleycorn
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Trying to "save the world for democracy" helped
to get into this economic mess. So it's not sur
prising there many conscientious DIRECTORS to
Saving the world for democracy" as means of
getting us out of it.
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Park Avenue Is EUerylUhere

THE who boldly Communist and braces
L himself for the impact of pocemans may be little
shocked and startled to find that the pressing invitation
to have tea with the Corliss
AND this is perhaps
the traditional After ALL the world
Ing better than to be slapped across the end of the
jeremiah was Of the most popular dinner
and any man who wants to have pathway beaten
wild honey. w
Accordingly the who sets does fall within
the shadow Of the repoach that he
blows the rams horn trumpet of revolt merely
Now it quite that have walked at the foot Of
the walls and attempted to i the noises But
never marched three times
suitcase. 49, 49, 00' 4'e
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convictions. they are bound to get the way.
Anybody almost certain to find himself
occasionally popular Only completely caous adn
turer commit himself without in every
kind of dispute.
And then there is the that shirt
of utter nonconomy changed starched front by the
of magic
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child was born in Los Angeles few days ago
having eleven grand, great and great-great grand
parents. The nations sympathy will go out to the
parents who will have to raise this youngster.
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1t Seems to Me:
BY WOOD BROUN
Id ECENTLY I have been charged in one or

ID ECENTLY I have been charged in one or
IN two papers with desire to be different"
This I understand it. is the precise re-
verse of the familiar bandwagon complex Peo-
pie who live under this dispensation wait until
the old chariot has started to roll and then rise
up in their seats with a loud cry of What kind
of management is this?" and leap off,
Obviously that would be an exciting and
pleasant way of life And I won't say that I
never have jumped. But if you want to play
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Since beers not intoxicating, according to the
perts' testimony in congress, it must have been the
pretzels that used to inspire Sweet Adeline."
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Some men complain they can't tell what woman
driver intends to do when she holds out her hand.
But more men protest they don't know what she's
going to do whether she holds out her hand or not.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-24

At last historian digs up evidence that George
Washington did tell lie. Now if the debunkers
can establish that Godiva went for her gallop in a
chic threepece ensemble they ought to feel pretty
proud of thorough job
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If you think yours is humdrum job, what about
the greeting card writer who now must buckle down
to composing sparkling verses for next years Christ
mas cards?
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The committee on the costs Of medical care sug-
gests that medical service be furnished by organized
physicians and standardized COSTS We'd better look
out operations will lose their individuality.
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Daily Thought

Thine habitation is in the midst
Of deceit; through deceit they re-
fuse to know me, saith the Lord
jeremiah go.
n
MO man ever was so much de-
IL ceived by another as by him
self.-Lord Greyille.
Q-Is the noun people" mascu-
line or feminine?
Att is indeterminate in gen.
der.
Q-What is the normal tenn
perature Of the human body2
Alt IS e8.6 degrees Fahren-
heit.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY. Or. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medi
cal Association and OF Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
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NEXT: Precautions In the care
Of scarlet fever.
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