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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
BRITISH SMASH GERMANS

Aug. p
ON Aug. 27, 1918, British troops
~ continued to smash their way
through the strong German posi-
tons 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 a wide advance on a
tWelVe-mile front.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

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 naner.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
The Shadow Bands

L>OR many years the shadow bands
4 constituted a 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 winter day, if you notice a.
patch of sunlight on the floor when
the rays of the sun have entered the
room through 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 a 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 wav.
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 totally, 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
Daily Thoughts

He that sacrificeth with any
god, save unto the Lord only, he
shall be utterly destroyed.-Ex-
Odus 22:20.
Oh, it. were better TO be a poor
fisherman than to NEEDLE with the
government Of men!-Danton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Missing Cheering Section

A T least, I mean to say that this
N is what Jimmy declared for in
the beginning. All that has changed.
In Albany, James j. Walker seems
to miss his cheering section.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
has made His Honor stick to the
point. Possibly the courts may rule
that in Jimny's case this constitutes
cruel and unusual punishment.
It generally goes i'll with any wan
dering minstrel when his lutte is
snatched away and direct interro-
CATION put into his hands. No man
can play a tune upon simple yes"
or mo" Indeed, these are words
which the mayor of New York
scarcely can articulate.
It is so much more comfortable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

A race horse trainer says that thoroughbreds eat
less than the average horse. That's the first inta-
ton we've ever had that the ponies bet on them
selves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

After three-yeaE study, group of economists has
decided that the solution for the depression is to
vide more jobs. Next thing we know, they'll find out
that all politicians are not honest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

Most Republicans are resigned to the fact that
Silent Cal will live up to his name But the Democrats
are worried plenty for fear they'll have Silent AL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
A Matter of Ethics

E. T. Clark who has become the Presidents Sec
rotary, is big in politics and business But no
man is big enough to hold such public office and at
the same time remain on private pay roll.
1t is not question Of Clarks good intentions
which we believe to be above reproach Nor is it a
question of his value to the PreSident-CIark under
Coolidge was very successful White House secretary
But the present relationship is questionable Clark
is the ce-presdent and Washington representative
usually called lobbyist of large business CORPORA
ton
That corporation has definite partisan interests in
many governmental matters, including tariffs and
taxes.
The President must be very insensitive if he can
not understand why it is wrong for him to ask Clark
to occupy the position of White House secretary even
Ter short time while he is being paid by corpora
ton doing business with the government
DESPITE all the talk about governmental economy
Hoover is spending more money at the White House
and has more secretaries the federal pay roll than
any other President ever had
If Clarks services are required-snd we don't
doubt that they are-he should be given the lob and
salary OF one of the regular secretaries and he should
take the oath of office
After all, the secretary to the President is not q
personal servant but official of the United States
government more powerful than many cabinet officers
Much more than the vagary of Hooverian taste is
involved. 1t is matter of public ethics
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

An opera star says it's ridiculous for department
stores to charge SIS for womans hat Now she
knows how feel when we shell out IS for seat tc
hear her sing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

After reading few campaign speeches, we are
convinced firmly that the fellow who said gift in the
hand in worth two promises was entirely too con-
sentative
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

Historians continue to argue about who started the
World war. And it looks more and more as if whoever
started 1t did the American taxpayer a dirty trick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

Oregon farm hands are being paid in hay They
have the consolation of knowing in advance just how
much their pay cut will be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

Some of Hitlers foes are advocating that Won Hin
denburg give him enough rope, but Hindenburg evil
dent is afraid Hitler might hang Germany too
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

Greta Carlo says she is enjoying her vacation il
Sweden. And so is Hollywood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

People are not quite much interested in what the
Governors of the Caronas said to each other as
they are in what the Governor of New York said to
the mayor of New York
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

statstician has learned that only per cent OF
the people can sing. If he wants to be real bene-
factor to mankind he should spend the rest Of his life
convincing the other SO per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27

weighs only one-fifteenth thou
sandth of a pound. At this rate
a pound of steel wire, costing
about SIS, will be worth about $62,-
900 by dint of its conversion into
watch springs through human in
genuity.
Monday: "The Deserted Village"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
Corona Is Measured

EOUR: 6pectroscopic 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
philosophers and the suns upper
atmosphere or chromosphere.
The spectroscope is .essentionally
collection of prisms which splits
the light into a 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 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 puzzle to astron-
omerS.
The chemical elements composing
the corona and their physical con-
dltlon 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.
oarometric pressure, wind direction
or velocity and so on, during the
eclipse.
TEN; Tests of the effect of the
eclipse upon radio transmission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-27
NJ. E. Tracy

Human Ingenuity VIII Not
Stay Put, Whatever 1t Can
Create, 1t Can Improve,
MOdify or Destr0y.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
SETTLES
Gas MUDDLE

The Washington and Suburban
Companies of Boston, a Massa-
chusetts trust, is permitted to
hold vote stock of the two local
gas companies but is restrained
from exercising any control over
the management of them, in a
decision handed down today by
Justice Peyton Gordon in Dis
trict Supreme Court.
Four other companies we're or
dered to divest themselves of
their holdings in the Washington
Gas Light Company and the
Georgetown Gas Light Company.
The companies to rid them
selves of stock are Chase. Harris,
Forbes and Company, New York;
the Public Utilities Holding Cor
poration, Newark, N. j.; the Cen
tral Investment Trust of Chicago,
and James G.. Linn.
Involved in the decision is ap-
proximately $22,000,000 represent
ing the capitalization of the two
local gas companies.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
HELD
|NST|LL RAID

William Plummer, designated
by William r. Blanford. deputy
prohibition administrator for the
District of Columbia as the best
informer I ever had" was named
in Baltimore yesterday as the
owner of a large still raided by
dry agents in Southern Maryland
last week.
This revelation was made when
Plummer's attorneys sought to
persuade United States Comnis-
sioner J. Frank Supplee to reduce
$4,000 bond set for the man
on charges growing out Of an
alleged hijacking coup.
Agents in opposing any reduc-
ton in the bond said a warrant
for Plummer's arrest in connection
with the still was issued Wednes-
day at Upper Marlboro and prob
ably would reach Baltimore to-
day.
Plummer previously had been
arrested four times on liquor
charges. He was convicted twice
and freed twice.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
CURTIS
TILT ONFUND

vice President Curtis and
Speaker Garner, Vice President
elect, today took opposing sides in
what may be a lively congress
sional battle over expenditures of
about $3,OOo,OOO to beautify the
National Capitol Grounds.
The Vice President, supported
by senatorial members of the
Capitol Building Commission, in
dorsed the appropriation.
Speaker Garner appeared as a
witness before the subcommittee
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee drafting the deficiency bill
to request that an appropriation
of $243,000 needed to complete
extension of the Capitol grounds
be denied.
The Speaker declared that this
is no time to spend money for
Identification, adding that only a
small amount of the sum men
toned would be used for labor.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
BABE D|DR|KSON
SPURNS A. A. j.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. % 1N.sJ.
Mildred ("Babe') Didrikson in
tends to go ahead with her plans
to turn professional despite the
action of the Southern A. A. U.
in reinstating her.
The world famous athlete made
this plain today when she stopped
off here between trains.
Miss Didrikson found time
enough, however, to issue a writ
ten statement in which she ex,
pressed herself as pleased" with
her reinstatement. but said, 81
do not in the least regret the de-
ciSion I have made"
Although Miss DidrikSon re-
fused to reveal her destination. it
was learned that she boarded a
train for the Pacific Coast.
The star of the recent Olympic
games was accompanied by hel
sister, Esther.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
ACCUSED SLAIN;
HIS TRIAL OFF

For the first time in the mem.
ory of Police Court attaches, a
case had to be dropped in the
court today because the defendant
had been killed by the complain
ing witness.
Leo Scott, colored, 400 block P
st. N. w., was charged with de-
stroying private property on com,
plant of his common-law wife,
Susie Watson, colored, who said
he tore up her clothes.
Today a policeman handed the
unserved warrant for Scott to AS.
sistant United States Attorney
Milford F. Schwartz, and walked
away. A notation on the warrant
read:
LEO Scott is dead; was mur-
dered in No. 2 precinct by his
wife,"
Schwartz nolle pressed the case
and Attorney John H. Wilson, rep
resenting the wife, told the court
his client had been cleared in the
shooting on a plea of self defense
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
D|SAPPROVAL
PREDICTED
CERTAIN
House Expenditures Group to
Act Against Presidents
Scheme After Holidays

A resolution of blanket dis
approval of President Hoover s
recommendations for transfers
of the functions of 5S bureaus,
commissions, and boards of
the Federal Government will
be introduced in the House
soon after Christmas.
This was indicated today by
Representative Cochran CD of
Missouri, chairman of the House
expenditures committee, as the
hearings on the Presidents sug-
geStions ended. He said:
- Gas soon as / can get a
quorum of my committee after
Christmas, l will try to get
action on my resolution"
Representatives Almon CD of
Alabama, and Eaton (R) of
Colorado, added their protests to
the proposed transfers. -
The former objected particularly
to the transfer of rivers and har-
bors activities from the War De
partment to the Department Of
the Interior and Eaton protested
against the proposal to transfer
ttD land office from the Agricul-
ture to the Interior Department.
Definite action must be taken
by either the House or the Senate
to keep the recommendations
from going into effect auto
matically go days from the date
of their submission by President
Hoover.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23

NEW YORK, Dec. % G.N.sO,
Prince Michael Romanoff, or
Harry F. Gerguson, is back in
New York.
He got in, according to friends
who said they encountered him
in the more high-hat drink en-
poriums of the upper East Side
on the liner Europa yesterday.
And that probably will be news
to immigration officials. Because
prince Michael as he has been
known in Newport, New York
Hollywood and other points. was
deported last May and at last
reports was making tracks out of
France-at the invitation of Paris
officialdom.
He had been sentenced to Jail,
it was reported, for landing in
France without a passport and
upon his release was ordered to
leave the country.
The prince" has been in diff
Guilty with immigration agents for
some time. chiefly because he in
sists on travelling informally, with
out passports or payment of
fares.
He has been a stowaway across
the Atlantic in both directions
and last summer spent about
three weeks on shipboard because
both French and American Off.
cials refused to let him land.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
Jack and EsteLLe
EXCHANGE Gifts

WILMINGTON. Del, Dec. %
GN.SO.-Estelle Taylor and Jack
Dempsey have exchanged Christ
mas gifts but they are not con-
sidering re-marriage. the film star
said today after her arrival here
for a Christmas vacation at home
with her mother. Mrs. Bertha
Boylan. Miss Taylor was carry
ing new travelling case which
she said was gift of her former
husband. She said she gave Jack
some haberdaShery.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
City's Custodian
Has Nitti's "ROLL''

CHICAGO, Dec. % G.N.S0 .
Frank The Enforcer" Nitti's cry
of thief, thief" evaporated into
thin air today. Wher, Al Capone's
chief agent was shot last Monday
and taken to a hospital with four
police bullets in his body, he
charged that some policeman had
rolled" him. taking 1920 out Of
his pockets. The accusation col
lapsed when it was learned that
the money was merely turned
over to the city custodian.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
PARIS MOVES
To MOLL|FY
AMERICA
Premier Pays Surprise Call at
U. S. Embassy to Consult
Edge of Debt Default

PARIS, Dec. % (I.N.S.).
In a sudden and dramatic
reversal of France previous
war debt stand, Premier JOS
eph Paul-Boncour reopened
negotiations with the United
States today, asking the Amer
ican Embassy foH advice re-
garding a debt formula accep-
table to both nations.
Unexpected and unannounced,
Premier Paul-Boncour called at
the embassy, sought an audience
with Ambassador Walter Evans
Edge, and then spent three-quar-
ters of an hour in reviewing the
entire situation. .t. a
Precedent Seen
The action of the premier was
believed to be without precedent,
It was significant departure
from the procedure which France
followed during the weeks which
preceded the Chamber of Depu-
ties decision to default on the
payment due to the United States
q week ago yesterday.
There was no official announce
ment made serving to disclose
what prompted Paul-Boncour to
abandon Frances formerly unoom-
promising attitude and seek the
friendly advice of the United
States through diplomatic chan
nels regarding the pressing prob
lem.
Some observers saw in the visit,
however, a realization on the part
of France that the chambers vote
for default had cost this nation
dearly.
France Feels Criticism
Virtually isolated by the cham
ber's action, becoming the sole
large nation of Europe to default
on her payment, France, during
the past week, has been subjected
to a barrage of hostile criticism
which may have impelled Paul
Boncour to take his dramatic step.
American Embassy officials
made no attempt to hide their
surprise over the visit.
It was the first time during
the present debt negotiations
that Ambassador Edge and his
staff had been consulted in any
manner by the French govern
ment.
Hitherto, France has dealt di-
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NeW RGiyWdy LaWs
AWGit Next Session

Projected major railroad legisla-
ton with one exception will wait
until the expected extra session
of Congress, it became known to-
day. The exception is the bill
introduced by Representative Ray
burn CD of Texas, chairman of
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee, to permit the Inter
state Commerce Commission to
delegate some of its powers.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
B|NGHAN'S
PROPOSAL
DEFEATED
48 TO23
Democrats Almost SolidIy
Against Move to Call
Up His Measure

The drive to legalize beer be-
fore Christmas ended in failure
today when the Senate refused
to consider the necessary legis-
lation before taking its Yule-
tide holiday. The vote was
48 to %.
An effort by Senator Bingham
(R0 of Connecticut to call up
his 80 per cent beer bill off the
Senate calendar was defeated
when Democrats voted almost
solidly against it.
Bingham planned to substitute
the bill just passed by the House
for his own measure.
Action After Holidays
Democratic leaders insisted that
beer legislation take its regular
course" through the Senate com.
mittees.
The House bill was referred
yesterday to the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
It's chairman, Senator Norris
(R) of Nebraska, promised
prompt action-but after the
holidays.
The roll call follows:
For immediate action (23):
R e pu blicans - Bingham,
Blaine, Davis, Grammer, John
son, Lafollette, Moses, Oddie,
Schall, Shortridge and Watson
cd.
Democrats-Bulkley, Coolidge,
Copeland, Dill, Hawes, Lewis,
Reynolds, Trammell, Tydings.
Wagner, w lsh CMassachu.
setts), and Wheeler G2).
Against immediate action (4s):
Republicans-Austin, Borah,
Capper, Carey, Couzens, Dale,
Dickson, Fess, Frazier, Hale,
Hastings, Howell, Norbeck, Nor
ris, Nye, Patterson, Robinson
Indiana), Smoot, Thomas Gda.
ho), Vandenberg and White
cd.
Democrats-Ashurst, Bailey,
Bankhead, Barkley, Black Blu
low, Byrnes, Caraway, Cohen,
Connally. Costigan, George,
Gore, Harrison, Hayden, Hull,
Kendrick, King, Logan, McGill,
Mcclellan, Robinson (Arkansas)
Sheppard, Smith, Thomas (Ok-
lahoma) and Walsh CMontana)
26).
Farmer Laborite-Shipstead ID.
Bingham made his motion dur
ing the Senate's morning hour"
Under the rules it was not de.
batable but both Bingham and
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
Floor Leader, were granted per-
mission to make brief statements.
Validity Question
Robinson called the Senate's
attention to the recent passage
by the House of the Collier bill,
legalizing 80 per cent beer. He
declared the Senate Judiciary
Committee, to which it was re-
ferred, would act promptly on the
measure. Robinson said:
There is no disposition on
my DemOcratic) side to delay
this legislation. There is a con-
stitutiOnal question involved in
the Collier bill. For that rea-
son, it was referred to the Ju.
dietary Committee. Believing
no wholesome end can be &C.
(Continucd on Page 2, COL s.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
u. S. Wife Held Able
To Keep Poor German

BERLIN, Dec. % Q.N.SO-
Rich American girls who marry
Europeans must be ready to sup
port their husbands in time of
need, the Berlin court ruled today
in a suit brought by Carl Adlon
against his father, Louis Adlon,
owner of Berlin's leading hotel.
The court ruled that Adlon'S wife,
a former resident of Chicago, was
wealthy enough to support him.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
Student PLOtter
Slain in Havana

HAVANA, Dec. % GN.S).
Justo Perez, a student, was killed
today when he resisted arrest
after dynamite was discovered in
his home, according to police. A.
guard, who sought to arrest Perez,
was wounded.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
Roosevelt Eases
Sentences of %

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. % GN.S0
President-elect Roosevelt, in one
of his last official acts as COVER
nor of New York State, today
commuted the sentences of % in
mates of the States prisons. Six
were convicted of murder. second
degree, and three originally were
sentenced to the electric chair but
received combinations to life i'm
priSonment.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23

courses. But people right now
are in a mood to grab at any
thing. They are sure of one
thing and that is that the old
orthodox political way of run
ming everything has flopped.
There is not man in the
whole world today, people feel,
who actually knows what's the
matter. If there was, he would
be appointed dictator unani
mously by the whole world.
Our "big men" won't admit
they don't know; they just keep
on hoping they can "bull" their
way through. The case has
for the doctors, but the doctors
r, rh IN admit II
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
2O-MiLe Walk With
TOOthdcEe Too Much

EGG HARBOR CITY, N. j.,
Dec. % U.SO.-After walking
90 miles today to have his tooth
treated, Maurice Lulli collapsed
In the snow. He was taken to
an Atlantic City hospital and re-
Yived.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
2 Men Lose Lives
r In SI,OOO,OOO Blaze

CHICAGO, Dec. % GN.S0 At
least two men were killed and
several were injured in $1,000, 900
fire which destroyed the Santa Fe
grain elevator today.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
COLBERT NOMINATED

President Hoover today. nomi,
mated Leo o. Colbert, of Massa,
chusetts, to be a member of the
Mississippi River Commission.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
S13,O00,oo0 HOME LOANS

Extensions of credit of $780,
900 have been made by the Fed
eral Home Loan Board, Chair
man Franklin w, Fort announced
to-day.
The Washington times., 1932-12-23
WILL ROGERS Says:

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-This technocracy thing
we don't know if it's disease or theory. It
may 60 out as fast as Eskimo pies or miniature golf
The Washington times., 1932-12-23

simply got too big for the doctors, but the
haven't got big enough to admit it.
Copyright 1892. by McNausht syndicate)