The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-15
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Editor Times--
I THINK 1t is mighty tough when
Il our children have to play hockey
from school to see the Armistice pa
rade and to hear the Armistice serv-
ices. II all parents were like
me, there would be no one at school
on Armistice day but the teachers.
There surely is something wrong
with our school board and our
school trustees that they won't let
the children out for this occasion,
but let them out to see the football
game in the afternoon. 1t looks to
me as If the only thing in mind is
to get the last penny the child has,
regardless of principle, and not
even giving patriotism thought.
/ am A years old and consider
Armistice day is the greatest day of
my life.
If this school board and the school
trustees had been actually in war
service, they might know what it
was all about.
A REAL HOOSIER.
Editor Times
THIS is in reply to "One proud
Il to be working wife"
You say your husband makes a
mere $3.50 a month, therefore you
feel as though you should work
also and earn $50 a month, making
a total of $500. Without a doubt,
you have no children, which means
you can save quite nice sum each
month, drive powerful car and,
in general, be a bit proud.
Now, have you ever considered
what 80 per cent OF the people in
Indianapolis earn, If they are
working?
have two besides myself to sup
port, and have worked the last
four years at SIS week and am
glad to get that, and 1 wouldn't be
ashamed to match my education
against yours.
1 don't believe in Socialism or
that nonsense. I voted for Roose-
welt. Nor am I enviouS, but just
want you and your ambitious hus-
band to realize that you both are
lucky in every way. So don't brag
about your salary, because millions
would be happy to have a different
outlook on life with 5000 every
three months.
ONE WHO DARES.
Editor Times
TINE proper function of news
Il paper as an integral part of
any community is the fair and i'm
partial presentation of current
events.
May offer my congratulations
to The Times for its effort in this
direction.
The last few weeks have con-
vinced many of us that it is the
one paper in Indianapolis willing to
serve all the people and meriting
our whole-hearted support. A con-
tinuation of this policy means pub
lie esteem and increasing good will.
w. B. OPLINGER.
n
r WOULD like to call your atten-
i ton to law which should be
changed.
Why should a soldier or sailor be
barred from casting his ballot? Is
it because he wears the uniform Of
his country? I have worn it for
nearly nine years, and 1 am proud
OF it. Are we to be diSfranchised
because we are in the service Of our
nation?
don't know who is the author
of that law, but I wish he would
tell us his reasons for it in your
columns. A civilian employe at the
post, property owner in this state
for five years, and assessed for per-
sonal property, could not vote in
Lawrence township, nor could his
wife.
guess it means that soldiers and
their families are not even citizens
of this country in Indiana. How
about change in this law?
Six months are required in this
state to establish residence, so you
may vote. I have been here five
wears. A SOLDIER READER.
Editor Times
XTOUR issue of Oct 8 contains
i an article under the caption
"Antitoxin May Aid in Scarlet
Fever" in which it is said, There
seems to be good evidence that the
child who is injected will develop a
resistance against scarlet fever last
ing at a minimum one year, and
perhaps longer"
I'm the Journal of the American
Medical Association, Feb. 8, 1929,
Page sos, it is said.
"Toomey and Dolch present Sc
ries Of 28S patients who were treated
with scarlet fever antitoXin, and of
sixty to whom treatment was not
given, forty did not show any
marked betterment as compared to
control patients, and three of the
forty died in a fashion that was
suspiciously anaphylactic.
1.-The sickness that has been ex-
perienced following the use of Sc
rum is extremely severe; in fact, 1t
is usually more severe than the
disease itself. The authors believe
that at present the evidence in ia
vor of use of scarlet fever antitoxin
is neither clear cut nor decisive"
SUE M. FARRELL.
President Vivisection Investigation
League.
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Editor Times
ONCE when has our state library
- become a book museum2 I
thought that the books that the
taxpaver's money buys were for cir