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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
Il Has Not Happened

A LII these things ought to be so,
"A but as yet they are not. The
Communist organ tries to save its
own face in the matter of its Fas-
cist alliance by pretending that the
bonus drive will constitute repudi-
alton of the American Legion.
1t is true that the last legion con-
vention granted President Hoover a
grudging acceptance Of his anti
bonus plea, but it is nonsense to
pretend that legionnaires are hostile
or even neutral in the present con-
troversy for cash.
Representative Patman, who is
leading the fight for the veterans,
has announced that $50 of $40 legion
posts in Texas have petitioned for
the bonus.
Radicalism (and liberalism, for
that natter among the organized
ex-soldiers of America never has
gone beyond a desire for liberal al
lowances for ex-servicemen, no
matter what their circumstances.
In every other phase of American
politics the legion and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars have been not only
conservative, but distinctly stand
pat.
Munition mongers and trouble
makers always have been able to
count on kindly words from these
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
The Difference

Mayor Mccarthy Of Washington, Ind reports that
the publicly owned electric plant in his little and
thriving city made the best showing in its history
last year.
In the federal court in Chicago receiver is asked
for three billion dollar holding company which con-
trolls and operates the same kind Of utilities in many
states.
The receivershp is necessary to protect the thou
sands Of people who have invested their money in
this utility enterprise The concern ranked as one of
the marvels of private management 1t was looked
upon as the browning example Of the superiority Of
private ownership over public ownership.
Politics, so the propaganda that was distributed
from pulpit press and public schools declared, would
ruin any utility service.
This was business that demanded vision, the
management of greet fnanciers and engineers, the
steady and guiding hand of individual enterprise.
No citizen of Washington, Ind needs the protective
care of court protect his dollars invested in his own
utility.
No citizen Of Washington, Ind, watches the pro-
ceedings with to the safety Of his money
But the citizens of Washington, Ind. do find that
their taxes have been lowered that their rates
.ow that their service does not seem to have been
impaired by the devastating hand of politicians.
They know that this publicly owned enterprise has
kept at least two factories in business giving employ
ment to its people and maintaining prosperity.
The receiver for the great monopoly should ask
permission to send few more paid lecturers and col
lege professors to Washington, Ind to convert the
heather who seems to be so satisfied with his own
condition At present that town is all too contented
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d
l. fellows. I am, for instance, a
trife startled to find that the Daily
Worker, official organ of the Com
munist party, U. S. A., has joined
hands with the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in advocating adjusted COM
pensation in immediate cash pay
ments.
In fact, the gentlemen of the left
purpose to hold a parade to boost
the gentlemen of the right. 1.-THE
parade" I read, will be led by the
bugle corps of the Workers Ex-
Servicemen's League"
And later in the same article the
veterans are urged by militant
mass action to force the Wall Street
government to pay the bonus at
once"
Now, I think it would be rea-
sonable thing and an excellent
thing if the men who fought in the
war formed a reservoir of radical
thought in American politics and
social life. No man is equipped bet
ter to preach the cause of peace
than the one who has with his own
eyes seen war for what it is.
And the youngster snatched off a
middle western farm because an
Austrian archduke was assassinated
on the Balkan border should have
received an object lesson in the folly
of the theory that America well can
afford to let the rest of the world
go to perdition.
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perfunctory investigation whitewashed those
cused of maltreatment.
Then Editor Sanborn got hold of the facts. He
published the story in full with editorial demand
ing prosecution of those involved. He was aided by
another editor E. s. Moser Of the Collegeville indie
pendent.
The accused officials tried to bluff sanborn and
Moser. They resrrested Campbell, though they had
gathered no new evidence and held him in jail for
three weeks. AS soon as he was released, Campbell
swore out warrants for his assaants State officials
took up the The encouragement appointed
special deputy to prosecute the case for the state
The who participated in the third degree
proceedings indicted and quickly brought to
trial. They were convicted after a ten-day trial
Their appeal for trial denied and sentence
imposed last month
The assistant district attorney was sentenced to
from eighteen months to three years in the
penitentiary. His detective was sentenced to from
to three years in the institution The police
chief sent to the Montgomery county Jail for six
months
This shows what a courageous editor do. He
edited little paper in relatively small town.
Against him was arrayed the political machine Of
VIGOROUSLY corrupt state
But he stuck to his guns and won He really
believed, to quote his words that "the idea of
clubbing and choking accused persons into confess
sons is nauseating, repugnant to judicial system
and to the American spirit Of fair play"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
A Packed Jury

A LFRED E. SMITH had q per-
"A fectly good case, but he allowed
Franklin D. Roosevelt to pack the
jury. Any lawyer can tell you what
that means.
It is hard to believe that Smith
has been acting on his own bunch.
The tactics he has pursued are too
foxy. They are much more in keep
ing with the Raskob- Shouse idea of
strategy.
No matter who was responsible,
Smith has played a poor hand. If
he intended to go after the nomi-
nation, or retain leadership of the
Democratic party, he never should
have permitted Governor Roosevelt
to take the lead.
All that may be water gone by the
mill, but water gone by shows the
kind which is most likely to come.
Smith has one delegate; Governor
Roosevelt about two hundred.
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ficult to feed or to wean, many
foods disagree with them, and they
develop a distaste for foods which
the parents can not understand.
The mother notices particularly
that the child has blistering of the
lips and mouth when it eats eggs
or fish, and that the eating of food
is associated with severe diarrhea,
vomiting, or abdominal pain.
OF course, the most important
step in controlling such a condition
is the determination of the sub
stance responsible.
The diet should be chosen to
avoid the specific cause of reaction
and the child should be encouraged
to eat good breakfast, to have a
hot midday meal, and a light, early
supper. No food or drink should be
given to the child after getting into
bed.
1t sometimes is possible to de-
senSitize allergic or representative
children by various special medical
technics.
The parent owes it to the child to
give it every possible opportunity
during childhood to get rid of its
SenSitivity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ,
Lincoln EllstCorth's Book Is a
Stirring, ViUid Tale Of
Polar Exploration.
BY DAVID DIETZ-
EvERY bOy dreams Of adventure

LIVERY boy dreams of adventure
Il of being a surveyor for a new
railroad, Of being an engineer,
pioneering through a wilderness, OF
hunting deer with Indians for
guides, and of flying to the north
pole.
Most boys forget their dreams as
they grow older. They are only
wistful memories, stirred to awak-
ening VIXEN the exploits Of an
Amundsen or a wilkins are re-
counted.
AS a boy. Lincoln Ellsworth
dreamed the dreams of most boys.
But as he grew older, he did not
forget them.
He was not a robust boy. Many
of his schoolmates were sturdier and
stronger. But he determined TO de-
velop a physique equal to the tasks
he dreamed of. And he succeeded.
The fact that young Lincolns
father was a millionaire can not De
cited as the reason that he succeed
ed. Millions can be a handicap
as well as a help when an unusual
career is planned.
In addition, 1t must be noted, that
his father. a great captain of in
dustry, was opposed to many of his
adventures.
On two occasions, he refused to
give Lincoln permission to go into
the Far North. 1t was only after
Lincoln became associated with the
great Amundsen that he finally
withdrew his objections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
M. E. Tracy
Says

If Smith Intended to Go After
the Nomination He Never
Should Haze p G tit G d
Roosevelt to Take the Lead.
NEW YORK, April 15-1t was
! a great speech that Alfred E.
Smith made at the Jefferson day
dinner. People will remember it
long after the nominations have
been made and the present cam
paign is over. Some parts of it
may be adopted by this government,
regardless Of which party is in con-
troll. But when you have said that,
you have said it all.
Smith did not throw a bombshell
into the Democratic camp, or even
the Roosevelt boom. What he threw
was dud. He made the mistake
Of mixing politics with statesman
ship.
If it was his purpose to offer the
country a constructive program,
he should have avoided all utter
ances which might be interpreted
as referring to fractional strife
within the Democratic party. On
the other hand, if he we're out to
start fight on Roosevelt, he should
have stuck to the point.
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Exciting Book

G EARCH' is an excellent book
~ for two reasons. First of all.
it is an exciting and thrilling story
of adventure. 1t will appeal to
young ard old alike as a story of
heroic actions.
It's second appeal is that of a his
torical document. No student of
polar exploration can count his
knowledge of the field complete I'M
til he has read Search"
Here, for example, is the first
hand account of that tremendous
event when Amundsen and Els
worth, attempting to reach the
north pole by airplane, were forced
down upon the polar ice, 1876 miles
from the pole.
1t was on May 81, 1925, at Sis
p. m. that Amundsen and Ellsworth
took off from Kings bay, Spitzber-
gen. They had calculated that the
flight to the pole would take twenty
hours and they carried rations for
thirty hours.
The planes, however, were forced
down, and it was not until June Is
that the two leaders and their as
sociates were able to get back into
the air. They all returned in one
plane, the other having been dam
aged in landing.
The long struggle to get that
plane into the air is told in detail
by Ellsworth. It is one of the epics
of polar adventure.
Search also, of course. gives
Ellsworth's account of the famous
fight Of the Norge The Norge. a
dirigible, took off from Spitzberpen
on May II, 1926.
1t made the journey to the north
pole and then continued on to Tel
Ter, Alaska, a total distance of 1891
miles, making the flight in seventy
two hours.
In the closing chapters of the
book, Ellsworth tells of his adven-
lures aboard the Graf Zeppelin.
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Questions and
Answers

How may the silver on the back
OF mirror be removed?
To remove silverinr from an old
mirror that was properly done
originally Is somewhat difficult and
requires practice and a good deal
OF patience. When backed by fat
black or red paint, any paint re-
mover Of merit will take that coat
OH; but for the silvering a. solution
OF one part by weight of nitric acid
and six parts sulphuric acid in ten
parts by weight Of water may be
required to dissolve the silver. and
the operator must protect his
hands with rubber gloves and be
very careful to get none of the So
luton on his clothes. A swab OF
cotton on a stick is used to apply
the solution, and as soon as the sill
-vering Is lifted the glass is rinsed
With clear water and then cleaned
with a cloth dampened with aico.
hol and allowed to dry.
Why is it necessary to reinvesti-
gate the investigations made by in
yestigators who are employed by the
township trustees for poor relief
work?
This is not done.
What Is the average weight Of
cows?
1t depends upon whether they
are dairy COWS, beef COWS or dual
purpose cows. Cows weigh from 900
to 1000 pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
Put Congress in Place

WELL get our dough out OF
" the government" writes T
L. p, of Texas, 'for the very simple
reason that all congressmen-per-
haps not all but most-are born
helpless. towards and need their
jobs, and, further, know we'll vote
them out district by district unless
they pay off as agreed Just
hand us cash; nor de we care what
press they run it off on
Well, if the boys are going to take
over the matter of making the laws
and making the money they will
also have to assume the RESPONSE
bility of running the government. It
will be a new social order, and we
need new social order. It will be
the Dictatorship of the Doughboy
I am not for it. 1 would rebel
against it utterly. But there would
be just one silver lining for me
under the cloud of this dispense
ton. I would much enjoy watch
ing how the Communists will like it
when they get it.
(Copyright. 1892. bv The Tines)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
Tan1manY Worried

A S might be expected, Tammany
L a is worried by the prospect of
Smith fight on Roosevelt, not be-
cause of divided love, but because
Tammany is not quite sure which
it would rather embarrass.
Outside of Tammay, the prospect
of a Smith-Roosevelt split is not
taken seriously, except as it may
serve to stiffen the Roosevelt fol-
lowing.
The Roosevelt following needs no
such stimulant. 1t has been at
work, and hard at work, for the
last six months. That, more than
anything else, explains it's success.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
ORGANIZATION Wins

nTHFR things being equal, or
~ ganized effort is the secret OF
political triumph. Once in blue
moon a man like Bryan comes along
and stampedes a convention, but
for every time such a thing as that
happens you can find ten instances
in which the slate was made and the
nomination sewed up before the
convention assembled.
Those opposed to Roosevelt should
stop kidding themselves. He has q
working organization, and has had
for long time. No other candi-
date, or group of candidates, can
match him in this all-importsnt re-
spect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association. and of Hygcla, the
Health Magazine


INVESTIGATIONS made in the
l. last twenty years show that a
vast number of people are sensitive
to various substances and that they
respond to contact with these sub
stances by asthma, hay fever, &C.
zema, eruptions, headaches and
various minor disturbances.
The substances to which they are
representative are articles of food,
the pollens of plants and many
other substances in the ordinary en-
vironment.
In children the symptoms of
asthma are associated with so many
symptoms related to the throat that
the spasm, which is the typical
manifestation of asthma, may be
obscured.
Consequently the parents and
sometimes the physician, according
to DR.. George w. Bray, may label
the condition recurrent bronchitis
until later either the frequency of
the attacks and repeated breaking
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
* TO-DAY SO
T IS THE ~.~ S
{ WORLD WARN
ANNIVERSARY
&M4l0fGGK
NEUvE EGLIsE FALLS


ON April Is, 1918, German storm
" troops took Neuve Eglise after
fighting there for more than sew
enty-two hours. British machine
gunners had held on for nearly
twenty-four hours after the main
body of their forces had been with
drawn to another position prepared
in the rear.
German assaults on British posi-
tons near Merville, however, failed.
Seven separate attempts were made
during the day to storm the
trenches held by the hard-pressed
English soldiers.
Meanwhile, definite announcement
from Paris was made of the ap-
pointment of General Ferdinand
Foch as commander-in-chief of all
the allied forces.
This supplemented the earlier an
nouncement, made during the great
German drive in Picardy.
HelsingforS, capital of Finland,
was occupied by German troops.
Their advance into the city was I'M
opposed.
Who is the president of American
Federation Of Labor?
william Green.
How many makes Of automobiles
are manufactured in the United
States?
About thirty Eight.
Has Germany q military air
force?
No.
Do citizens Of the United States
who win money on foreign sweep
stakes have TO pay income tax on
their winnings?
Yes.
Who received the Nobel prize FOR
chemistry in 1881?
DR.. Friedrich g. r. Bergius and
Or. Carl Bosch, two Germans.
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TT NEEMC TO MI Nv HAYWOOD
i 4 OLA4V10 l. ~ 4V11 oA BROUN

bodies in regard to preparedness
and patriotism"
In scores of cities and towns,
legion posts have fought for dogma
tized textbooks and against the in
telligent professor or instructor who
seeks to introduce unbiased courses
in history and economics. 1t was
the legion which precipitated the
bloody I. w. w. fracas in Centralia.
And it was and is the legion
which undertakes to break up the
meetings of all and every unortho-
dox political segment.
A Soldier Speaks His Mind
r HAVE before me a letter signed
i simply "Ex-Serviceman," in
which the writer says: "I speak not
only for myself, but for hundreds
of others. We love our country and
we revere its institutions, but if I
don't get that bonus I am going to
turn Communist,
Very possibly this veteran speaks
only for himself and not for the
others whom he mentions, but it is
interesting to see that profound and
deep economic convictions can be
swayed so nightly by cash consid-
erations. Never to the best of my
knowledge and belief has the legion
come out for unemployment insur-
ance for workers in general
That would be q dole. That would
be un-American and even bolshevik.
Surely, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars would be ever so stuffy about
any such proposition.
The organization wants dole for
doughboys and not for any others.
1t is the last extremity of the isola-
zionist point of view. So long as
the nests of the veterans can be
feathered, what matter how the
wind howls outside!
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But I am less minded to chide
the veterans for their association
with the Communists Ex-Service-
mems league than I am to question
gently the consistency of the Com
muniSts in this deal. Russia Off
cially has disowned Christian the
ology and Christian ethics, but the
American left-wingers are certainly
inclined to turn the other cheek in
the matter of the bonus.
The boys who have batted them
OFF the soapboxes now are to get
the glad hand of fellowship, a bugle
corps and an afternoon at the
mint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
His Story

INCOIN ELLSWORTH has been
IL one of the most retiring of ex-
plorers. His millions have made il
unnecessary for him to take to the
lecture platform to finance expedi-
tons.
Instead, he has been able to
finance the expeditions of his fell
low-explorers.
But at last he has broken his sic
lence with the publication of an au-
photography. The book, titled
Search" has been published by
Brewer, Warren 81 Putnam at 81.
However, Ellsworth has adhered
strictly to an account of his adven-
lures and so the publishers have
furnished an introduction by Harold
T. Clark which tells about Ellis
worth's background and early years,
There is also an appendix con-
tanning some of the honors which
have been given Ellsworth and some
OF the things Amundsen had to say
about him.
Clark, an attorney, is a trustee
and secretary of the Cleveland mu-
scum Of natural history. He has
been a friend and legal adviser of
the Ellsworth family for many years.
Discussing the point of view Of
James w. Ellsworth, the explorers
father, Clark writes, Even at the
last, he believed that Lincoln was
giving up too much, sacrificing too
much of the ease of life which the
father had earned for him, by strik.
ing out into uncharted, mysterious
and threatening regions.
Yet Mr.. Ellsworth might have
reckoned that his own blood flowed
through his sons veins. For the
father himself was pioneer, cou-
rageous and intrepid, even If
among less dangerous elements"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15
Pace-Making

Politics breeds pussyfooters Evasiveness is one
Of the politicians strongest impulses Weasel words
are the language of the game
Much of AL Smiths popularity arises from the fact
that he is the exception BY nature he is bold direct
and simple in statement For that quality even those
who vote against him like him.
Among the most vital public issues about which
the political pussyfooter treads tiptoe is war
debts. In his jefferson day speech AL Smith char
acteristcay did not walk softly He was there with
plan ands all apart from discussion of the plan
ITSELF the forthghtness of it's presentation is indeed
refreshing
To pitch right into major problem, a problem
around which most politicians travel in wide and wary
circles takes the kind nerve that the nation
and the world badly need just now
Americans who have made a study of the subject
long since realized that can hope to collect
the war debts in full and that they hang like low
ering cloud between and our warnings for pros
perity.
Few politicians, however, have dared to admit it,
Witness the frightened scurryings and sde-steppings
OF senators at Washington this week when confronted
with the AL Smith proposal.
Something I would rather not discuss at this
time" Il just simply don't want to talk about it +"
Please excuse me-" These are senatorial samples
Amid the misty generalities the empty lambastngs
OF the Hoover administration with which other Demo-
cratic asprants try to conceal their lack of specific
forward-looking programs Smiths directness hits
sorey needed note
in marked contrast to the cautious expediency-
controlled utterances of Governor Roosevelt who too
often says only what he thinks will be safe and who
acts only when public opinion forces action
Whatever happens, it seems to us that AL Smith
suddenly and admirably, has quickened the pace of
the whole pre-convention campaign
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Daily Thought

And they shall beat their
swords into ploughshares and
their spears into pruning hooks.
Micah 4:3.
Peace is the happy natural state
OF man; war his corruption, his dis
grace. -Themsea,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15

General Butler says he always asks the Lord to
help him say the right things in his campaign
speeches The voters probably ask the Lord to keep
him qEiet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15

From the way the government treats Russia, you
might think it prejudiced against doing business
with country which pays its bills
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-15

professional says the chin is 25 per cent of gol
form It's nearer to 80 per cent for most golfer
we know
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Maybe 1t was just coincidence but did you motto,
that steamship lines started giving excursion fare
just before the big opening in Finland?