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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Toward German Chaos

Secondary reactions to the German elections are
not optimistic After the first flush of relief over
Hitlers defeat the sober fact remains that he and
his Fascists almost doubled their 1890 vote
Considering the mythical awe in which the
aged Won Hindenburg is held by the German people,
and the appeal to fear of civil made in his be-
half the 496 per cent of the voters supporting the
government is very small margin of safety for the
republic
Without the prestige of Won Hindenburg's name
which they had followed for so many years in war
and in peace apparently additional millions of Ger
mans would have swung to the Fascist right or the
Communist left.
So long the FasciSts continue to double
their strength every eighteen months, it is only
question of time-and a very short time, at that
before the Fascists take over the government
either peacefully by force.
After ALL Nussolini overthrow the Italian govern
ment with only half a million Fascists If the two
and half million Nationalist who voted for Duester-
berg on Sunday are added to Hter's group-as they
will be added on the day of counter -revouton-the
Fascist total becomes almost fourteen million.
To those who see history in terms of months there
is great hope in the anticipated election of Won Hin
denburg in the run-off election for the presidency
next month But the precarious and temporary
ture Of that "vctory" to be measured by the fact
Inab a majority OF Iue VOTES CdSG SuuQdy we're III
favor of revolution-either Fascist counter-revolu
ton or a Communist revolution. Germany escapes
revolution today only by holding unsteady balance
between FascistS and Communists.
This election merely confirms what all intelligent
observers have known for several years-that cap
itast democracy can not be maintained long in Ger
many without basic change in the international
political and economic situation.
Unless France and the powers give up their
reparations pound of flesh and scale down tariff and
trade barriers to permit revival of German business
and employment, the starving German people in the
end will rebel.
The Won Hindenburg government has not been
able stop the German drift toward economic chaos
and misery in the past. 1t will not be able to stop
that drift in the future. The unjust and unavoidable
Versailles treaty pushes Europe toward revolution
and
We believe the situation in Germany and Europe
will so from bad to until the ruthless Versailles
settlement is suppanted by live-and-letlive peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE problem of getting along together is the
cope
The other day we discussed here the unconscious
cruelty with which we often treat old people. a
correspondent speaks up on the other side. His
letter says:
My father-in-law lives with us. He is several
generations removed from modern views of life.
have very different ideas about bringing up children.
I not orthodox. He is.
MY wife, while she agrees with me, is loath to
disregard her fathers wishes which undoubtedly are
sincere. Yet being a parent myself, feel that I
should be permitted to exercise that right the
rearing of my children"
Ever since we got away from tribal habits, we
have had this particular kind of unhappiness to
grapple with. 1t is perennial visitor in some form
or other
IF agree that should treat older relatives with
consideration and kindness, We also are able to
realize that they should not be permitted to ruin
the fife of the younger generations. This is carry
ing respect to- extravaganza and even dangerous
lengths.
good many old people are spoiled just as chill
dren can be- They have spent life in positions of
authority, directing the movements of a household
or family or business. Naturally, it is no easy
thing for them to assume secondary place in the
home of a child.
But when families are obliged to live together the
elders should be made to understand at once that
this is exactly their postion-not inferior. but
ondary so far as dominance is concerned. One can
be kind, but one also should be firm on this point
It is an excellent idea TO have family conference
occasionally when parents, grandparents and children
talk over their problems frankly. Most family
troubles come not so much because any individual
member Is mean, but because ot5general misunder-
standings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Still Irving

A recent dispatch from Washington points out
that although airplanes being brought to
perfection each year. men still trying to invent
devices that will enable them to strap wings and
fly away under their power by Tapping their
arms.
This return to the earliest principles of attempted
flight looks odd in view Of the great advances that
have been made in aeronautcs; but really it prob
ably represents form of aviation that would interest
the average man. If it could be perfected, infinitely
more than any other.
To be able to fly up in the air like a bird, just
for the fun of it. without depending on a motor
that comes closest to those old, wistfu dreams of
flying If such scheme ever is made practical, it
ought to be enormously popular
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
HEALTH SERVICE
Illness No Ban to Active Mentality

The interesting fact was observed
that the intelligence seemed to be
improved during the acute stage of
any illness, probably due to the
stimulation association with fever
and increased chemical activity in
the body.
Children of higher intelligence
had in general begun to walk and
to talk earlier than those of lesser
intelligence.
Another interesting observation
was the correlation between height
and intelligence, in that children of
higher intelligence seemed to be
slightly taller than the others. 1t
must be remembered, however, that
this study was made in Great Brit
ain, and that a similar study made
among races which are inclined to
shortness of stature might yield a
different result
One questions whether it would
be found that the taller Japanese
are any smarter than the short
ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Smart Dishonesty

GIVEN the right kind of men,
" and anything can be saved, or
reproduced. Given the wrong kind
and no institution or enterprise on
earth is big enough to survive.
In this particular instance, moth
ing stood between Germany ana
disaster, except Hindenburg and
those sensible people who followed
his lead.
There Games a time, and it comes
more frequently than most of us
suspect, when every man-made in
stitution must look to the same
thing, when there is no way out,
save through common honesty and
hard work.
We have come to such time in
these United States. Ninety per
cent of our trouble can be traced
to the abandonment of old-fash-
Toned virtues for a lot of neW-fan-
gled inventions. We have chosen to
be smart, rather than straight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

results with examinations of their
healthy brothers and sisters.
The investigation revealed the
fact that some diseases seem to
bring about lowering of intelli-
gence and a tendency to misbe-
havior, whereas others seem even to.
sharpen the intelligence.
Investigations were also made of
the relationship of physique and
stature to intelligence. Altogether,
LOTT children in a hospital in Glas-
gov were examined and their rec
ords compared with those of their
brothers and sisters.
Children suffering from rheuma-
tism, pneumonia, or kidney disor-
ders, which do not seem to have
any relationship to the brain were
found to be just as intelligent as
their brothers and sisters, who were
healthful.
Only in cases where the disease
affected the glands of internal Sc
erection of the brain was there any
appreciable departure from normal
intelligence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
ANNOUNCE OFFENSIVE
March Is

ON March Is, 1918, Generals
" Hindenburg and Ludendorff of
the German army announced that
a smashing offensive against the
western front would follow within
a week unless the allies showed
themselves ready to negotiate a
peace treaty.
They proposed to use troops
taken from the Russian and Bal
kan fronts for the operations,
which were expected to be on the
greatest scale known in all history.
General Semanoff led a move
ment of White Russians in Siberia
to redeem the country from the
BolSheviki.
Japanese and Soviet troops
clashed in Amur province in ST.
IBERIA, the Japanese losing $50 killed.
The state council of CORTLAND,
formerly in Russia, offered the du-
cal crown to the kaiser.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15

democratic country being deprived of vote on this
basic issue was wiped when the house was forced
to vote on the Beck-Linthicum resolution.
The nation is opposed to prohibition. There are
dry sections-dry in name, though not in fact But
the country a whole is about two to one against
prohibition. That is demonstrated by numerous straw
votes, and by the indirect vote on this question reg
stored in congressional elections
The iniquty of the prohibition system, with its
curse Of crime and invasion of personal liberties and
economic losses, has been bad enough. But the po-
htcal conspiracy preventing popular referendum
has been worse.
That political conspiracy, perpetuated by the pro-
fessona dry organizations and aided by Republican
and Democratic politicians, has placed prohibition
above and beyond the operations of representative
government.
The American people were good enough to govern
themselves on everything-except liquor laws Having
once been the victims of fanatical propaganda and
political squeeze play which fastened prohibition on
the nation, Americans never were to be allowed to
escape from the great blunder
1t was to be kept out of politics ever after. In
stead of an experiment. capable of change it was to
be the one and only nviolate part of our law and
Constitution which popular referendum ever
should be permitted to profane
Under this conspiracy all direct votes on prohibit
ton modification repeal we're prevented in congress-
and scores of congressman and senators were returned
to Washington year after year because they could
make wet voters believe they wet and dry voters
believe they were dry, without ever being brought to
book.
Even President, in the person of Herbert Hoover
was elected posing as dry to drys and wet to vets
The members of the house of representatives Mon
day were put on record by the Beck-Linthicum vote
The sheep have been separated from the goats Here
after congressman will be of two knds-one kind who
refuse to let the people vote on this question and
another kind who recognize the right of American
citizens to vote any question.
The majority wet sentiment of the country was
not represented in a house majority Monday because
many of those representatives were sent to
by voters who could not know how the stradders
would flop.
In the next election the voters will know In the
next election prohibition will be an issue
Let the drys get all the consolation they can out
OF their 227 to 1877 victory Only twenty-one votes
changed would have reversed the majority. If the
popular revolt against prohibition continues at its
present speed, one more election may be enough to
create in congress the twothirds vote necessary to
submit 10 the people amendment allowing dry
states to be dry and wet states to be wet That will
be ef-government
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15

shaven face, seated, with his ell
bows on the desk, novel opened
before him and six other novels in
a pile at his elbow. He was
smoking cigaret, and the third
finger of his left hand was deeply
stained with nicotine"
would like to find something
personal in that portrait, but, save
for just touch of iron grayness
around the left temple, it doesn't
fit me at all. never have been
able to wear myself clean-shaven or
particularly haggard
Although a butterfly, the wheel
has not broken me as yet. And if
am ever called to the stand and put
under oath, would be compelled to
testify that of all the easy jobs in
the world, column conducting is
the second softest. 1t lags behind
nothing but the ministry.
Copyright. 1882 by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Questions and Answers

education, and must be graduates of
an accredited school of nursing. The
superintendent of the army nurse
corps, war department, Washington.
D. c., will furnish application
blanks and detailed information.
What is the national anthem oe
Canada?
THE Maple Leaf Forever"
What was the coolest temperature
recorded iii Indianapolis from Sept.
l, 1881, to March /, 1892?
The lowest temperature was re-
corded during January, when 1t was
II above zero.
On what days did Nov. 20. 1907,
and March rs, 1904 fall?
They we're on Friday and satur-
day, respectively.
How long before wedding should
the invitations be mailed?
Two to three weeks.
What Is the origin Of the quota
ton, Fools rush in where angels
fear to tread?"
1t is from Popes Essay on Crit
cism, part 3.
How much did John L. Sullivan
weigh at the peak of life career as
a prizefghter?
About 1876 pounds.
Where is Duke university located?
Durham, N. c.
Is the name of the mother of the
Virgin Mary mentioned in the Bible,
or is there any other record or ira
dition?
No. According to Roman Catholic
tradition, the Virgin Mary was the
daughter Of st. Joachim and his
wife, Saint Anna.
Can music teachers become MEM
bers of the American Federation of
Musicians?
Membership is limited to perform
ers on musical instruments of any
kind who render musical services
for pay. If music teacher came
within this Classification, he would
be accepted in the federation.
What does it cost to fire a shot
from the largest guns of the United
States Navy:
Approximately 81 400.
In the language of flowers, what
significance has the vioIet7
Innocence.
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Could a boy who was given the
same name as an uncle be called
Junior and the uncle senior?
Junior is generally used to desig-
nate a son from a father of pre-
cisely the same name and some
times any younger male from a
male relative of the same name. In
case of uncle and nephew it is
more the custom to apply the suffix
second to the nephew. Second and
third are also used to designate the
descendants in the second and third
generation from thei: elders having
the same name.
How did the christian or church
flag originate?
1t originated in the legend about
Constantine the Great whose stand
ard at the Battle of Milvian Bridge
"a. D. 312) against Maxentius, bore
the christian cross which he adopt
ed because it appeared to him in a
vision over the setting sun, with
the inscription above it: by this
sign, conquer" while he was praying
to the sungod. Adopting that en-
blem for his banner he led his
troops to victory under it.
What is the height and weight
Of Jack Dempsey?
Six feet one-half inch tall weight
1856 pounds.
What country is called Suisse?
That is the French name for
Switzerland
Are aliens in America who re-
fuse to become naturaliZed citi-
zens subject to deportation on that
account?
No There is no law compelling
aliens to become citizens.
How can tobacco pipe be
cleaned?
Cut one-half inch from the end
of an ordinary cork and At it tight
ly into the bowl of the pipe. Cut
a hole in the cork large enough to
admit stream of water and hold
it under the tap. allowing the water
to flow gently through the pipe
until it is clean. This should i'm
prove the odor and may help the
taste.
Where can applications be filed
for admission TO the United States
army nurse corps school of nursing?
The school is no longer n opera
ton. Applicants for the army nurse
corps must have had high school
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
GOGGLES Advocated

A MANDATORY rule recurring
A every employee in an idustrial
shop to wear goggles while at work
was advocated by Harry Guilbert.
director of safety for the Pullman
Company, Chicago.
Guilbert, who is on the executive
committee Of the National Safety
Council, enjoys the distinction of
not having a single loss in the last
six years among the thousands OF
men daily engaged in dangerous
work in the Pullman shops at Chi
cago and in other places.
Unless they are compelled to be
careful on penalty of dismissal.
Guilbert said, ''workmen see their
comrades blinded and even killed
by avoidable accidents and then
expose themselves to the same dan
ger shortly thereafter.
I'm my experience as safety di-
rector of the Pullman Company,
have employed every possible
method to induce men to protect
their sight.
Rules and regulations were pro-
mulgated and posted everywhere.
with no apparent results. However.
the presidents mandatory rule that
every employee, irrespective of his
occupation, must wear goggles while
on duty, and visitors while passing
through the plant must do likewise.
brought order out of chaos and
record unsurpassed-siX years with
out an eye loss"
| CPEAKING on defective vision as
~ cause of accidents, DR.. Lie
Grand H. Hardy, chief of the eye
service at the Fifth Avenue hos
pital, urged periodic medical ex-
aninations in industry as a means
of lessening the accident incidence
due to defective vision.
Defective illumination is a COM
mon and expensive cause of defec-
tive eyesight and accidents" said
DR.. Hardy. THE major defects of
illumination may be recognized
easily and in most cases eradica-
/ ton is usually not only practically
possible, but economically profitable
as well.
1.-THE best available statistics in
dictate that about 40 per cent of our
industrial workers have defective
vision, due to ocular defects. This
number probably if being increased
by unhygienic lighting conditions.
Moreover, the effect of poor il
Elimination is to augment the ocu-
lar deficiencies already present Re
fractive errors cause potentially
dangerous situations by producing
fatigue, reducing physical efficiency,
and failing to give adequate warn
ing of danger while there is yet
time to avoid it.
Muscle imbalances lower the
workers resistance to fatigue and
disturb quick and accurate spatial
perceptions, which are essential to
safe behavior among moving OBJ
jects."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
THERE is a general impression
Il that the child with some
chronic disease is likely to be less
intelligent than the one who seems
wholly normal from physical
point of view.
Actually this direct correlation
between physical health and mental
ability can not be sustained.
Intelligence tests currently used
are planned to show not only the
ability to learn, but also the ability
to reason.
A special Investigator for the
medical research council of Great
Britain determined to make a study
of the relationship of disease to in
telligence by examining children be-
fore they were i'll, during their ILL
ness, during their convalescence and
after recovery, and comparing these
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

- Il ia ' IL LII L
Eye Injuries Cost Nation
$4,000, 900 Annually, Sta
tistics Shoe.
I'VE injuries still are an expen-
L. sive hazard of American in
dustry, according to the National
Society for the Prevention Of Blind
ness.
Every year more than 1000 work
ers lose the sight of one or both
eyes, according to the society. In
addition, there are about 100000
minor eye injuries a year.
The expense in time lost, compen-
Sation payments and medical bills
is about S50.000,000, the society says.
These facts were brought out in a
symposium on The Eye-Its Rela-
ton to Safety" held in New York
under auspices of the society.
There s considerable ground for
the belief that each year more per-
sons are robbed permanently of
their sight by occupational hazards
than by any other single cause of
blindness" declared Lewis H. Car
ris, managing director of the Ma
tional Society for the Prevention of
Blindness, who presided.
Discussing the economic loss in
volved, DR.. Louis Schwartz, senior
surgeon of the United States public
health service, said: 1T is con-
servative and fair to estimate that
OF the 100000 accidents incapaci-
tating the worker for one day or
more which occur in the United
States each year, at least 10 per
cent are eye cases"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Lying CannoufIaged

TECHNICAL truth has become a
Il Smokescreen for plain, ordinary
lying, in our system of justice, but
we can only see the funny side of it..
The fact that. vast majority of
our divorce cases rest on perjured
testimony is accepted as just some
thing more to laugh at.
When cop directs us to speak
easy, we take it as a huge joke.
When some CRATER is exposed, we
are ready to- bet that the rest of the
crowd is just as bad, or would be if
it had a chance.
We have a wonderful sense of
humor, especially regarding activi-
ties that pay Is, or 20 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
Daily Thought

There the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary be at
reSt.-Job 3:17.
An inherent sense of man makes
him long for an eternal paradise.
James Ellis.
Can persons Of Chinese extrac-
ton vote in the United Sttaes?
Those who were born in the
United States are American citizens
and can vote if otherwise qualified
under state election laws.
When was the United States pat
ent Office established?
1t was established by an act of
congress in 1886.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
New Double Standard

THE man who won't drive by
Il red light when the traffic
officer isn't looking, or sell short,
or see the laughable side of graft.
generally is considered dumb.
The man who thinks that polit-
ical corruption as made possible by
the liquor trade should be held re-
Sponsible for political corruption in
other respects is considered even
dumber.
The notion prevails that people
can be openly dishonest in one re-
spect and strictly honest in all
others, that laws generally can be
ignored, and then rigidly be en-
forced if occasion requires, that no
one is supposed to mean what he
says, or say what he means, except
under certain conditions, that it is
quite all right for legislators to
patronize bootleggers and vote dry,
or help frame law with hole in
it for the benefit of his friends, or
go to the underworld for help when
he thinks it can do a better job than
the police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-15
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H FR07%

I can't remember that any ever
tried.
Still less is my memory stirred
to local Renaissance by the de-
scription of doings in the office of
the London Star just before press
time, when silence reigned in the
room except for the scratching of
pens Probably there are not more
than half a dozen pens in all the
newspaper offices of New York to-
day, and four of them are on the
Evening Post.