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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
A Skilled Guide

A , L. DE LEEUW, a well-known
IA engineer, is the author of
Rambling Through Science" 1t is
published by Whittlesey House at
$3.50.
The style Of De Leeuw is as in
formal as the title of the book. The
book is literally a ramble, a slow,
easy jaunt through the fields of
modern science. But it is by no
means an aimlesS ramble.
The reader may not know where
he Is bound when he plunges into
the first chapter. But De Leeuw has
laid out the path with the skill of a
veteran guide-and while the reader
never would guess it in a million
years, De Leeuw has started him
upon an understanding of nothing
less than the Einstein theory.
How could the reader guess it?
Here is the simple and easy start
of that first chapter:
did you ever ride in a fast rail-
road train when another train met
you, going in the opposite direction.
and the engineers, according to
their habit, saluted each other by
blowing their whistles?
IF so, did you notice that the
whistle of the other train made diff
ferent sounds, one higher and enc
lower? Did you notice that you
heard the. higher note when the
other train came toward you, and
that, suddenly, this note changed to
a lower when the engine passed
you?
IF you have not already no.
ticed it, keep this in mind and try
it out on your next railroad ride.
Professor Rijke of Leiden noticed
it, too, one day, but was not salts
fed with merely noticing it; he
wanted to know the reason why "
And then De Leeuw goes on and
explains this phenomenon since
known to science as "Rijke's phe-
nomenon." 1t is a matter of
sound waves.
More waves reach your ear per
second when the other train is APP
preaching you than when it is re-
ceding from you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
DAVID DIETZ-

A Literary Ramble With A.
L. De Leeuw VIII Teach
You Many Scientific Facts.
MODERN physics is chiefly a way
wi of looking at things. The uni
verse in 1882 is the same universe
that it was in 1880.
But scientists have found out a
lot of new things about it and as a
result they have achieved a new
way of viewing the universe.
The scientist, having to deal with
other scientists, naturally has built
up a Technology to express these
new views. This is only a natural
and necessary procedure and not
proof Of a plot upon the part Of
scientists 10 conceal their findings
from ordinary mortals.
The baseball fans follow exactly
the same procedure. He talks about
sacrifice hits and squeeze plays"
and the like.
But it Is easy to read the baseball
news, because most of us played
baseball in u school days.
All of us, however, did not make
the acquaintance of theoretical
physics in our school days. And
some of those who did, have failed
to keep abreast the latest develop
ments.
Consequently, many readers who
would like to catch up with the new
developments in the world of physics
find themselves baffled by the tech
nical vocabulary of the physicist.
To all who find themselves in that
predicament. 1 recommend a book
Just published named Rambling
Through Science"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

I owe what I humorously call "my
success to native sloth and &C
quired Incidence.
My first step upward I owe to the
unfortunate state of a colleagues
liver. 1t troubled him into retire
ment, and he happened to be the
book editor of the journal by which
I was employed.
Back in the dark ages of which
speak the status of a book critic
was low, even when he managed to
preserve his health. 1t was a job
assigned to those not competent to
read copy or hold down a reporto-
rial assignment. And so I got the
job.
But even in this obscure post, my
laziness came to the attention of
the managing editor. I was sup
posed to say something about three
novels each week, and that seemed
to me a task beyond my strength.
Accordingly, although the column
most palpably was labeled Books"
I strayed off into extraneous topics.
One standard of ethics I did
maintain.
Never was I willing to say any,
thing about an authors offer unless
I had perused the first twenty-five
pages. Less conscientious reviewers
frequently get themselves into trou-
BILE.
I remember the mess which a
friend of mine fell into. 1t was his
custom to read the blurb upon the
jacket or, failing that, to note the
title of the book under considera-
ton and make some neutral notes
which seemed appropriate.
One review sent to him he
glanced at hastily and noted it
down upon his list as 1.-THE Missing
Gallon" Naturally he thought it
was a story about prohibition, and
in his review he spoke of the books
being a lively and exciting yarn
concerning rum runners, revenue
men and the coast guard.
Later it turned out that he had
been guilty Of a typographical error
in jotting down the title. 1t was
actually THE Missing Galleon" and
proved to be an historical novel
about the Spanish Armada. The
author was justifiably angry at the
reviewer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

ers without ~curtailing essential services, included:
Transfer Of $4,000 miles of county roads to the
state. taking their administration from 100 county
boards, prying from pay rolls 500 local road officials.
State control Of city and county credit through
formation of a local government commission to pass
on all bond issues.
State responsibility for financing the entire school
system through state income, franchise and property
taxes, accompanied by a 20 per cent reduction in school
budgets.
A new revenue act. shifting 100000 Of tax bur-
dens from real property to franchise, gas, inheritance,
and income tax increases.
Besides these, North Carolina adopted such admin
istrative reforms as consolidation Of the state uni
versity and establishment of a central purchasing
system.
Basic as are these steps toward Capitalization, the
people Of the state apparently are pleased. Paul v.
Betters, formerly Of Bookings, who served as Gard
ner's technical adviser, reports:
80 long as tax relief is possible. people in North
Carolina are little interested in such factors as preser-
walton of the rights and prerogatives Of local self
government"
Modern transportation and communication have
made larger governmental units possible. Oppressive
taxes have made them necessary. without sacrifice
Of efficiency or democracy, other states can do what
North Carolina has done. That is one way to lower
taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Says:

Our Cue on War Debts Is
to Shut Up and Let Europe
Begin Negotiations. We
Didn't BorroW the Money
and Don't Owe 1t.
NEW YORK, April 16.-Whether
IN those war debts should be re-
duced, Cancelled, or let alone, it is
poor policy for us to do all the
worrying.
If European countries need a re-
adjustment, they can be depended
on to ask for it. Common decency
suggests that they be given a
chance to do so. This continuous
parade of plans and advice on our
part must be extensively patroniz-
ing.
Besides, it is working us into a
position where we are likely to be
traded out of our shirts. What can
a creditor expect after telling his
debtors why and to what extent
they should not pay? Or are we
out to force reputation on the
world even against its will?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Costly MeddIing

ITO hear the chatter on this side
J. of the Atlantic, one would
think Europe did not have sense
enough to add up its bills, much less
to realize the pickle it is in.
W. take it upon ourselves to tell
the people lover there" not only
how much they owe, but how they
ought to get out of it.
Apparently, we can't bear not to
NEEDLE, though meddling may be to
our great disadvantage.
Apparently, we are obsessed with
the idea of telling other people
what they should do, even to the
detriment of our own interests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH
Skull Injury Needs Immediate Care

because the loss of body heat at this
time may lead to death
A physician Immediately examines
the skull for the presence of any
open wound or laceration of the
scalp. with a view to finding out
promptly whether the skull has
been injured.
OF course, an X-ray picture
should be taken as soon as the pa
TENTS condition permits.
The head of the unconscious per-
son always should be kept lowered.
If there happens to be any hemor-
rhage from the nose or ears, the
patient should be put in a position
where breathing will be as easy as
possible.
The physician who examines such
a patient feels the pulse to know
whether the circulation is going on
correctly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

newspaper recruit who is column
~lsticallv inclined that he make a
point of not working too hard and of
picking a paper upon which the men
above him are not in particularly
good health.
In my more mature years I have
begun to feel an executive itch, and
recently it has been my practice to
ask the managing editor each day,
And how are you feeling?" He
doesn't seem to like it. I'm afraid
that he is sensitive, or maybe super
stitious.
Copyright. 1892. BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Merely Matter of Rhythm

DUT serfs of the daily stint are
ID able to promulgate the notion
that theirs is a fearful task, to be
received with merciful allowances.
I have found and also observed
that one need be neither Milton nor
Shakespeare to survive. That's
good enough, all things considered"
gets him by.
Congressman Sirovich brought up
an old problem when he COM
planned to his legislative associates
that many of the critics of the
drama were former baseball re-
porters and prize fight experts. I
did not quite feel that he was
pointing in my direction, for it was
only among actors that I was rated
as one technically familiar with
baseball.
Indeed; after one world series
story Chief Meyers, the Giant
catcher, came up into the stands
in search of me to make a personal
protest against intrusting the art
of baseball to any correspondent
versed only in the dramatic unities.
Having been showed out of both
the drama and the diamond, I sit
more happily, since nobody expects
a columnist to be expert about any
thing. Least Of all the columnist
himself, I may add.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

If there is interference in the
brain due to blood, the pulse is
likely to become exceedingly slow
and the breathing likewise.
BY putting a needle into the
spinal cord, the physician deter
mines whether there is blood in the
spinal fluid, Presence of blood in
this fluid indicates injury to the
brain.
Far too often a person who has
had a head injury gets up prompt
ly as soon as he begins to feel at
all well and later relapses from a
progressive condition.
1t is at this time that special care
must be taken to detect the first
signs of headache, dizziness, gen.
eral weakness or disturbance of vi
sion and hearing, which not infre-
quently follow injuries to the brain
or to the spine,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
TT STEMS tn MT ~ W
Il OAAZANAO Il 4N11 D L BROUN

MIR. L. T. G. of Montclair, N. j..
1V1 wants to be a newspaper COL
unmist, and he would like infor-
nation as to what he should do
to achieve his ambition,
The only answer to that is that
a columnist does nothing. His APP
pointment is a matter of sheer luck,
and he serves through good fortune,
rather than behavior.
1t is, I suppose, the easiest of all
newspaper jobs, and I am not at
all sure that the qualifying phrase
of newspaper. is at all necessary.
I blush profoundly whenever any,
body says: st don't see how you
do it. I mean writing six columns
a week"
Outsiders fail to realize that pro-
ducing a column every day is far
simpler than creating n every
week. Under the latter assignment,
the public expects too much. 1t
feels that the journalist has had
seven whole days to think things
over and that he ought to come
out of that period of Information
equipped with helpful suggestions,
epigrams, and quips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
GERMANS
April 16

ON April Is, 1918, three fresh
~ German divisions we're thrown
into the battle on the Lys sector in
France. After an alI-day struggle
they Stormed Bailleul, Wulverghen
and WytSchaete, and held the
greater part of MessineS ridge.
German losses during the day
we're described as very severe" by
official British bulletins, which
pointed out that British soldiers had
been withdrawn to previously pre-
pared positions only after hard
fighting. in which their losses were
small compared with those inflicted
on the enemy.
The German long-range gun again
bombarded Paris, killing sixteen and
wounding forty-two persons during
the day.
In the United States, Charles M.
Schwab was appointed director-gen-
eral of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
We've Not DefauIted

EUROPEANS merely are waiting
II to see how far we will go, to get
us committed on every possible
front, and we are foolish enough to
play right into their bands.
1t is not, and never has been our
place to do the talking. We have
not defaulted on payments to any
one, or asked a moratorium. Except
for its indirect bearing on credit and
trade, we would be much better off
If the debt settlement were to re-
main as is. There is no reason on
earth why we should be interfering
with it, yet we are.
interference has become a habit
with us. We just can't stand to let
other folks alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Questions and
Answers

How many successive years must
a teacher serve before he Is con-
sidered a tenure teacher? Can a
trustee refuse to hire a tenure
teacher without due cause?
A teacher must serve five years,
and must receive a contract for the
sixth year to become a tenure
teacher. A trustee must show cause,
as outlined in the tenure law, to
discharge a tenure teacher.
What is the address of Alfred E.
Smith?
Empire State Building, New York,
N. Y.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Associations and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
OCCASIONALLY some one picked

OCCASIONALLY some one picked
~ up unconscious on the street is
thrown into a cell with the dag
nosis-"drunk and disorderly" on
the police blotter.
Later it is found that the indi-
vidual had a fracture of the skull
from which he died before he came
to trial.
Physicians recognize that a per-
son who suffers with an injury to
bis skull or to his spine needs i'm
mediate and well-advised treatment
to save his life.
A person found unconscious and
in shock should be wrapped imme-
diately in warm, wooden blankets,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
EuropeIS Listening

DUT don't imagine that Europe
u is ~neglecting to keep a record
OF all the nonsense, Dr. that Europe
will neglect to make the best pos
Sible use of it when the time comes.
Every little debt revision chicken
we have Matched is coming home
to roost one of these days, and we
are not going to like the way some
of them have grown between whites.
Every little scheme to soften the
debt situation we have proposed,
whether for politics, or just in fun,
is going to be tossed right back at
us when the time comes to trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Step by Step

A ND so, before he knows it, the
n reader has mastered a formi-
dable scientific concept, namely
"Rijke's phenomenon" From that,
so the reader will find, it is an easy
step to the "Doppler effect" and
from that another easy step to the
fundamental relatively principle
that observations r relative to
the observer.
In similar fashion, with the aid Of
a spider spinning his web in a
room, De Leeuw introduces the
reader to the concept of "Cartesian
co-ordinates." And so. step by
step, the reader builds up a knowl-
edge Of the fundamental concepts
Of modern physics.
A list Of some Of the chapters
serves to indicate the style Of the
book and some of the ground COW
cred:
about Spiders and the Fourth
Dimension" How Tall Are You?"
"a New Peg to Hang Our Things
On" Things to Hang on the New
Peg" about Bowling Balls and the
Solar System"
A large part of modern scientific
theory is based upon what is known
as the law Of probability" De
Leeuw introduces the reader to this
in a chapter called Gambling"
Another important law, the first
law Of thermodynamics, is known
as the claw of the conservation Of
energy" This, the reader meets in
a chapter titled THE Market Of the
Universe"
1 recommend Rambling Through
Science" to all readers who would
spend pleasant hours catching up
with the newest views Of science.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
BY Watching the Clock

UJ WUlOIIIIIS tIIO OFUON
OUCH fortunate situations never
- come about through persever-
ance and hard work. Even ambition
has little to do with it. All my life
I have been a watcher Of the clock
and a worker who strived nightly
to get by on the smallest amount of
effort possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Eyading the Issues

DUT I made no mistake of that
- sort. AT such times as I had
dipped into no books I wrote about
buying a farm and rearing a son
and a dog. The managing editor
was not of a literary turn, and SO he
said. 81 think your best book stuff
is in those columns when you don't
mention any books
After awhile we quit calling it
Books and named the space "It
Seems to Me-" so publishers should
not be fooled.
And so I would suggest to any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

Is a blue discharge from the army
a dishonorable discharge?
1t is a discharge mot under
honorable circumstances" 1t is
neither an honorable nor a dis
honorable discharge. The color dis
tinguisheS it from the other dis
charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
The Soap That Grows on Trees
The soap tree (Sapindus sapon-
aria), which grows in the south
ern United States, usually is from
30 to 40 feet in height. The pulpy
fruit, which contains Saponarium,
makes a frothy mixture when
combined with hot water and can
be used as a substitute for soap
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Daily Thought

Train up a child in the way he
should go; and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.-Prov-
cribs 1875.
In bringing up the child, think
Of the old man.-Joubert.
How many radios are there in the
United States? How many radio
stations?
According to the latest census,
there are 1858, 1877 radio sets in this
country. The radio division says
that there are SOB b~roadcaSting
stations in the United States.
What is the address of Dwight
Davis?
II Westmoreland Place, st. Louis.
When was the Ssh sunk and how
many of her crew were lost?
The Ssh was lost by collision with
the S. S. City of Rome, Sept. Is,
1925. Thirty-Seven members of her
crew were lost and three were saved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

A man in divorce court complained that his wife
threw an alarm clock at him. He should have beer
thankful he didn't own a grandfather clock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

Lieutenant H. M. A. Days plane
froze, precipitating the machine
10000 feet to the ground. Death
seemed inevitable, but by some ex-
traordinary trick of fate, bording
on the miraculous, the f1ier
escaped uninjured when he
emerged to survey the ruins of his
ship.
MOnday-Ripley in the South
Seas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

New York papers say government there costs
100000 a day, but they probably mean misgovern-
ment. :.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

Spring is just around the corner, says the weather
man. From all this cold weather, you might think
it was around the same corner as prosperity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

P~osterity always has affairs of it's own to look
after, .sayS Clarence Darrow. And we're going to
leave them a few more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

in the laundering of linen and
other textiles. The seeds of the
fruits were formerly used as but
tons.
I saw the Sapindus berry used
as soap during my stay in Algiers
last year.
A Most Miraculous Escape From
Death-In January, 1881, while
flying over Surrey, England, at Il
high altitude, the motor of Flight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

Garage builders are in better shape than others
in their line, a news item says. And they'll keep
busy just as long as women insist on backing their
cars into the garage themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
The Cost of Coal

The cost OF coal is fairly low in dollars, but ter.
ribly high in human happiness. How much a ton
of coal takes out of an American family is being
learned through leaks in the censorship that seeks
to isolate the coal NINE terror of eastern Kentucky.
How it robs youth of life, limb and Joy can be
learned from a report on boy labor in the mines of
Pennsylvania. This report, just made public by the
department of industry and labor of PENNSYLVANIA,
reveals that of $500 boys under 10 who toll in the
states coal mines, 739 in 1880 suffered accidents
Chis is one out of every seven).
Five were killed and eleven permanently disabled.
Most of the injured were between is and II, while
six we're under Is.
Coal mining is five times more hazardous than
manufacturing, and boys are injured mere frequently
than men in the bituminous fields.
With millions of men seeking work, it seems a
lamentable thing that boys should be sent down into
mines to be worked, broken, and killed.
Garage builders are in better shape than others
in their line, q news item says. And they'll keep
busy just as long as women insist on backing their
cars into the garage themselves.
New York papers say government there costs
100000 a day. but they probably mean misgovern-
ment. {.
Spring is just around the corner. says the weather
man. From all this cold weather, you might think
it was around the same corner as prosperity.
P~osterity always has affairs of its own to look
after, says Clarence Darrow. And we're going to
leave them a few more.
A man in divorce court complained that his wife
threw an alarm clock at him. He should have been
thankful he didn't own a grandfather clock.
War may cost 70 per cent of the total sum spent
by the national. government, but that still leaves 80
per cent for the politicians.
An injured Hollywood movie extra must remain ir
a plaster cast for several months. Well, at least shell
be in a cast regularly.
Peace in China now seems assured. The only OBJ
stacles left to be overcome are the japanese army
and navy.
The depression has changed many a lazy loafeI
into an unfortunate victim.
Only four kinds of taste exists, a scientist tell us
He must mean sweet, sour, bitter and spinach.
The real trouble at Washington is that the govern
ment has been living beyond our incomes.
Maine Republicans have Endorsed a dry plank.
Well, all of us are not that close to Canada.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

War may cost 70 per cent of the total sum spent
by the national. government, but that still leaves 80
per cent for the politicians.