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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
The Plea for Watson

Senator Watson has formally started his hunt for
votes. He knows that he will need them this year. No
one better understands that the people Of Indiana
in their usual mood of complacent acceptance Of
the glad hand as a substitute for conscience.
During the many years that he has consistently
served every interest of special privilege and plumber
the defenders of Watson have always insisted that he
was their tool because he believes in special privilege
and not through self interest.
This year the veil is lifted trifle by the revela-
tons of the Watson deal in sugar stock when tariff
measure was pending that had for it's purpose the in
creasng of the price of sugar to every citizen for the
profit Of the sugar importers
While that measure was pending lobbyist, per-
haps a principal in the sugar business, gave Watson
stock in a concern which expected to profit by the
tariff revision.
In return Watson gave his note There was
passing Of money If the stock went up through the
influence of the tariff Watson would take the profit
If it went down, he stood to lose nothing. AS
matter of history the stock went down and Watson
laughs and says that his note worthless and the
stock was worthless callous insult to the intel
lgence Of the voters of this state In any court it
would be termed confession, rather than
PLANTATION
Watson is back home He is asking for votes
because Of the passage of the home loan bank BILL
which he delayed for months
The people who listen may be entranced by his
oratory They should be more interested in the
sugar deal.
Does Indiana want senator who trades worth
less for stock in asking for the legal
right to raid their pocketbooks?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

gradually may occur in that part of
the wall of the heart which has been
deprived of the blood supply.
These changes are softening and
degeneration of the tissue with per-
haps later the formation of a scar
or, under other circumstances, a
sufficient degeneration to permit
escape of the blood into the wall of
the heart or the sac of the heart.
usu-lly resulting in death.
1t is remarkable under these cir
cumStanceS that as many people as
do actually survive such attacks.
DR.. Coombs found that so per cent
of the patients diagnosed as suf-
fering from this disorder survived
their attack and that those who did
survive lived on for periods which
averaged about three years.
Gases also have been reported,
however, in which they survived
four or five years and, in rare in
stances, even longer.
The most significant sign of the
onset of this condition is severe,
sudden, oppressive, gripping pain
radtating into the left arm and even
into the neck and lower jaw, and
associated with an intense feeling of
anxiety or even terror.
Physicians have recognized the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Good Advice

Two important things not on the program came out
of the ADMINISTRATIONS conference with business
leaders at Washington Friday. Chairman Franklin
Fort of the federal home loan bank board announced
a limited moratorium on mortgage foreclosures. And
the President urged system of shorter hours to alb
sorb unemployment by spreading work.
Every national bank receiver has been ordered to
suspend foreclosure proceedings for sixty days and
state authorities have been requested to issue similar
orders.
But Chairman Fort went farther In appealing to
industrial and financial leaders, he said: 1--WE want
your help to not only that receivers generally
grant this sixyday respite, but that other lenders do
likewise"
Perhaps he did not intend to make such an I'M
qualified and sweeping appeal for general mora
forum on all loans perhaps he thinking only of
real estate, rather than "other lenders" But any
the policy is important.
To millions of worthy citizens who are on the point
of losing all their possessions through fault of their
own, this will seem ike stay to a condemned man.
Every lender of money should keep this warm
Ing by Fort his desk until the depression ends:
There times when forced liquidation of in
debtedness is indefensible-c certainly, if any other
means of procuring funds exists. Payment may be
nominated in the bond, but, as Portia proved it may
not be exacted rightfuly when payment drains the
life blood. And in these days. the courage and hope
of and women are the life blood of our re-
covery"
The Presidents plea for shorter work day or
week as method of giving employment to many of
the unemployed all the more welcome, because
few days ago the White House announced that this
vital subject would not be discussed at this confer
ence.
He does not exaggerate in stating: ct is doubtful
whether any action we could take at this time would
accelerate greatly our progress"
This, however, can not be achieved merely by die
viding existing low pay rolls among larger number of
workers. Only larger pay rolls can create larger
purchasing power
Fortunately several industries have proved by ex-
perience that the shorter work day or week at the
standard wage scale is profitable to them. Here is
fruitful field for this national business committee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Just Every Day Sense
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

ENIRST of the Simon 81 Schuster Novel Novels is
Blonde Interlude," Following the present mode,
the lady IN the story is somewhat naughty and has
practically no capacity for fidelity She is likeabe
enough person, but does not inspire undated ad-
miration.
Which brings us to the interesting subject of
blends in general and their complete rght-a boutface
in fiction
For the blond once the personihcation of limo
cence and gentility if you met her in the book Dur
ing the days when Mary j. Holmes, Mrs. E. D. E. N.
Southworth and the prolific Bertha M. Clay supplied
the thrills for the popuace, every blond could be de-
pended upon
1t was the dusky beauty who invariably played fast
and loose and created the havoc ir the story Her
daStardy deeds kept the old-faShoned girls breath
less until the very last page. She huSSy heart
less, cold. filled with thousand Duplicates
RUT the sweet little blond, her foil, always was
- kind rumble, polite to the old folks careful of her
reputation and true as STEEL She never complained
She never accused
To doubt her faith was to doubt the existence of
the stars themselves. She might pale and pine under
load OF misunderstanding, but you could
SWerVe her from her trust in her lover, and the vii
lain got not so much glance from her soft eyes,
no matter how much cash he had.
How our blends have fallen in f7ctionl NOWADAYS
you know right from the beginning that the fair
haired lady will upset everything No man is safe
from her wiles
She bids us gay goodbye on the last page minus
her virtue but with the eligible millionaire safe in her
pocket.
Within the comparatively short space of twenty
years. the popular writer's have changed our blends
from plaster saints into sumptuous sinners Thew
now make evil as romantic and glauorous as they
were wont TO represent innocence and chastity
But whether she be well behaved or whether she
be naughty there to be one rule that is never
broken. The blond IN fiction always gets her man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

great seriousness of this symptom
and have outlined a procedure for
the care of such cases in which
there is one supreme consideration.
That consideration is immediate
placing of the patient at rest and
securing of complete rest by the
use of proper sedative or narcotic
drugs.
If such a patient has been kept
absolutely quiet for a sufficiently
long time to indicate readaptation
of the heart to conditions of living,
other measures may be used.
There are other cases in which
pain may occur in the heart, such as
hardening of the arteries and de-
generative changes of the arteries
of the heart, infection of the blood
vessels, and the various types of
rheumatic disease.
In every instance, pain must be
considered as indication for the
most careful and complete examina-
ton by a physician who is familiar
with the action of the heart and
with disorders of that action and
their manifestations.
Pain is the warning signal and
never should be neglected, although
sometimes it indicates no really Seri-
GUS trouble. The chances are too
great to take.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Motion Is Demanded

HUMAN ingenuity will not stay
IL put. Whatever it can create, it
can improve, modify, or destroy.
Human ingenuity demands motion.
That is the basic problem which
confronts modern civilization.
The speed of present-day ma
chimes typifies the speed of present.
day ideas. People no longer are
content to stand still. whether
with regard to habits of life, moral
codes, or methods of work.
They have contracted a startling
faith in change. 1t is the log
ical by-product of inventiveness.
What people have seen accom-
plished in the field Of mechanics,
they want and expect to see accom-
plished In other fields.
They have seen gigantic indus
tries grow up around some new
process or device. They have seen
other gigantic industries ruined by
the same thing.
They have come to regard any
thing as possible in the physical
world They are beginning to Won
der whether anything is impossible
in the political or social world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EYo2%
XTHEN Jimmy Walker strapped

VXTHEN Jimmy Walker strapped
w his sword and buckler on, he
told his cheering followers that he
was going out to do battle and meet
the challenge which had been flung
against him.
He promised to trade blow for
blow. From his fist facts we're to
fly-facts as hard and compelling
as the smooth stones which David
sought in the brook before he slew
Goliath.
And Jimmy was all hot and eager.
Not only did he hold out hopes Of
vet another Armageddon, but he
even intimated that he might reach
this field on time.
Yet what are the sounds which
rise today along the front of the
Walker Expeditionary Army? We
hear no clank of any city hall
Excalibur biting into the sharp
metal of the charges. Even though
we strain our ears, the most which
rises from the mayors encampment
is the soft swish of rose petals
scrunched to earth, the whine of
red tape unrolled continuously, and
a low and hesitant voice saying
endlesSly, Il don't remember"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Robe for Emperor
OR if there were only opportu

nR if there were only opportu-
~ nifty for him to be reminded
of story. AS things are, it seems
to me that JAMES j. Walker stands
before the bar of justice clad in
nothing but his charm.
And to these eyes it looks very
much as if it we're about time for
some urchin to shout, He hasn't
got anything on!"
James j. Walker has lived to be-
come legend and a myth. He was
the well beloved of the city of New
York. And they said that nothing
could disturb the hold which he
possessed upon the heart of the
magical city.
But, though myth may be years
in the making, it can be swept away
with the wave of firm and steady
hand. Even Ajax may defy the
lightning once too often. 1t is a
long bolt. which has no turning.
James j. Walker himself has re-
moved the contest from the open
meadows where the trumpets blow
and sought seclusion in the swamps.
In spiritual sense he Is a fugitive
as much as Sherwood, for he has
not been willing to face the issue
Of the facts.
He is not fighting for his good
name and his honor. Every recent
move has been to bring about a
stalemate rather than a victory.
1t is evident that by now James
]. Walker would be content with
great deal less than vindication.
He has been reduced to the point
where he is willing to accept a mea-
ger mot proved"
Moneys received from Sisto and
others are admitted. The best the
mayor presents in his own behalf
is that he made no return for these
"beneficences."
And so in the eyes Of many.
Armageddon has come down to a
paltry squabble as TO whether the
evidence points to Jimmy the venaI
or Jimmy the moocher.
acopyright. 1882. By The Ttmefn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

be on the ebb and Mr. Hoover changes his shirt and
seeks TO take political advantage Of the trend. When
prohibition again becomes more popular, the noble
experiment. man likely will come back again.
Mr.. Rooseyelt's proposition is Enthusiastically clear
Mr.. Hoover's talk sounds like the squeal Of a weasel
with his tail cut off, nobody knows what he is driving
at, except that he wants change"
Whoever called this madcap, netaphor-mixng Don
Quixote Of prohibition pussyfooterP The muddy
pool of politics having been the rock on which he
split, he'll ride no more tides with scared Jack
rabbits nor change shirts with any squealing weasel
Of President who leaves him stranded on a brush
heap. And he doesn't mean maybe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-I wish to thank
you for the interest you have taken
toward radio station WED of the
Thirty-first Street Baptist church,
which I think would be grand
thing for the public. 1 think such
a station is very essential and should
be established. Thanking you again
for the interest taken in the Rev.
Mr.. Coers and his radio station.
CHARLES B. FAUST.
1877 Edgemont avenue.
Editor Times-I am living across
the street from the Thirty-frst
Street Baptist church, Of which the
Rev. Morris Coers is the pastor. I
want to state that I am very much
in sympathy with him in his radio
station and I want to take this OPP
portunity Of expressing my views.
I am a member Of his church and
approve his efforts and your stand
in the matter.
J. H. LAUGHNER.
901 West Thirty-first street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
Lasting Heat-During my stay
in Catania, Sicily, I made the
ascent of Mt. Etna, where, in the
so-called desert region of the
slope, I was shown the stream of
lava about one-third of a mile
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
The Shadow Bands

Tor many years the shadow bands
Il constituted mystery. They are
wavy streaks of light and shadow
which appear along the ground Just
before and after the moment of to-
tally.
Astronomers now are convinced
that the shadow bands are an
atmospheric phenomenon.
On a winter day, if you notice a
patch of sunlight on the floor when
the rays of the sun have entered the
room through a window over a hot
radiator, it will be noticed that the
patch Of sunlight is marked by NOV
ing wavy streaks of light and
shadow.
This is because column of air is
rising from the hot radiator. This
moving air is of varying density and
so the sunlight, which falls on the
floor is coming through a layer of
air of varying density.
This causes changes in the amount
Of illumination on the floor and
produces the moving waVe-like
shadows.
The shadow bands, it is now be-
lieved, are caused in the same way.
1t is believed that there are streaks
of varying density in the air and
that these move along with the
wind.
Ordinarily, they cause no shadows,
because the suns disc is so large
that variety of shadows are caused,
all Of which run together and so be-
come blurred.
However, just before or after the
moment Of totality, the light of the
sun is coming from a narrow cres-
cent of sun and as a result the
shadows are sharp and noticeable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Pussyfooting in Boots

bit mixed in his metaphors, but not in his mean
ing william E. PussyfooD johnson. late of London
and way stations speaks out at his farm in Smith
Vile Flat N Y. He will support neither major can
didate for President Much as he admires Roosevelt
he can't go along with him. And for Hoover just
listen:
He led me up political alley and left me stranded
in brush heap while he ran away like a scared
jackrabbt.
In 1928 prohibition was very popular and it took
courage to stand against it, Hoover rode with the tide
Now prohibition is not so popular The tde.seems to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Faith in Miracles
TWENTIETH century super

TWENTIETH century supersti-
l. ton is fastened to faith in
man-made miracles. Russian Com
munism never could have accom-
pIished what it has without a truly
religious complex. The tomb of
Lenin has become another shrine.
Men simply have to believe in
something which is beyond their
understanding and which can be
depended on to save them from
their own follies.
The waves of agnosticism which
are running high in many places
find a curious reflection in this be-
lief that, no matter how blind or
stupid the common run of people
may be, some genius will arise
whenever they need help.
You can only wonder where it
will all end.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

to say my understanding was" 1t
would be even more comfortable if
Jimmy could just take such an en-
barrassing word as "Sisto" and turn
it into a song cue.
Then might he say, to the JOY of
all within the sound of his voice,
Here's my answer" and proceed TO
sing the first verse and two choruses
of Mother Machree."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Nothing New Created

MEANWHILE, it should be per-
'1V1 fectly obvious that there are
certain principles which never
change; that nothing, indeed, can
be accepted as a principle in the
true sense, if it does change.
Human progress is based, not on
inventions, as we call them, but on
discoveries. Nothing new has been
created by man in a fundamental
sense. He merely has found and
isolated a certain number of ele-
ments and learned how to apply a
certain number of laws.
Scientists are we'll aware of this.
They realize that everything is
governed by immutable laws, and
that mans only hope of lettering
his condition lies in discovering and
applying those laws.
More than that, they realize that
comparatively few laws have been
discovered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

wide which was flung out of Mt.
Etna during the eruption of 1903
1909. In spite of the elapsed in
tervals of twenty-four years, the
lava still is hot, as I convinced
myself by a personal test.
An Increase in Value of 100000
Per Cent-The wire of a hair
spring which is about a foot long,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

NNE Of the most serious types of
~ heart disease which seems to
be somewhat more frequent now
than it used to be, perhaps because
of the greatest stress and speed of
modern life, is that known as coro-
nary Thrombosis, or cardiac infrac-
ton.
In this condition the blood vessels
which feed the heart suddenly be-
come blocked and as a result a por-
ton of the tissue of the heart fails
to receive the nutrition it needs.
The blocking of the vessel of the
heart may be caused by a clot or
collection of germs brought from
elsewhere in the body, or possibly
by sudden change in the wall of
the vessel.
In such circumstance a person
may be killed outright, due to the
sudden shock to the mechanism of
the heart from the shutting off of
the blood supply.
If, however, the person RECEIVERS
from the initial shock, changes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
NJ. E. Tracy
Says

Human Ingenuity VIII Not
Stay Put; Whatever 1t Can
Create, 1t Can Improve,
Modify or Destroy.
NEW YORK, Aug. Give live
IN in an era of industrial empires.
1t is the first of its kind and rests
on a wholly new basis of human
effort and organization.
There always have been empires
of one kind or another. Generally
speaking, they grew out of fear,
tradition, or belief. Their origin was
romantic, rather than intelligent.
Average people had little part in
their formation or control, and,
consequently, little benefit from
their grandeur.
The empires of this era are diff
ferent. They owe their existence
to the ingenuity of humble folk.
They were brought into being by
inventions, discoveries and stu
dents. They are sustained by mass
intelligence.
Take steel, the telephone, cleo
tricity, or any other thing around
which great enterprises have devel-
oped, and you will find some genius
at the beginning and mass con-
sumption in the end.
We are dealing with the first
group of empires in which mere
human beings, as such, play an i'm
portant part, and in which indi-
yidual achievement is being social
lied for the common good. These
very characteristics, however, con-
stitute source Of weakness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
BRITISH SMASH GERMANS

Aug. ~
ON Aug. 81, 1918, British troops
~ continued to smash their way
through the strong German posi-
lions on the Hindenburg line in
Picardy.
In the second day of their drive,
they gained between three and four
miles on a front of more than
twenty miles, capturing thousands
of prisoners and hundreds of guns.
During the days fighting they
took Cherisy, Vis-en-Artois and the
Bots du Sart.
French troops, closing in on Roye
for several days, finally gained
their immediate objective and
stormed the town. They followed
this up with wide advance on a
tWelve-mile front.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Corona Is Measured

EOUR: Spectroscopic observation
L Of the reversing layer, chrome
sphere, and corona. The reversing
layer is layer of cooler gases in the
sun between the suns surface or
photosphere and the suns upper
atmosphere or chromosphere.
The Spectroscope is essentionally
collection Of prisms which splits
the light into rainbow or spec
trum.
The nature Of this spectrum re-
veals important facts about the part
of the sun from which it originates.
FIVE: Measurements Of the in
tenSity of the light of the corona
and of the intensity of sunlight in
general during the partial phases
Of the eclipse.
SIX: Measurements of the
amount of heat given off by the
corona.
SEVEN: Observation of the
amount of polarization in the light
of the corona. So much attention
is paid to the corona for a number
of reasons, chief among which are
the facts that the corona becomes
visible only during a total eclipse Of
the sun and that the nature of the
corona still is a puzzle to astron-
omerS.
The chemical elements composing
the corona and their physical con-
dition are not yet understood.
EIGHT: Observations of the
moons shadow along the earth, par
ticularly the so-called shadow
bands or moving wave-like shadows
which appear.
NINE: Meteorological observations
to record changes in temperature,
barometric pressure, wind direction
or velocity and so on, during the
eclipse.
TEN: Tests of the effect of the
eclipse upon radio transmission.