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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
NJ. E. Tracy

Initiation Has Played an I'M
portant and Continuous
Role in CiUilized Progress.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The fed
IN eral government is said TO be
running behind at the rate of about
IS 900 a minute, or S7,20O,000 a day.
If that is true and keeps up, the
federal government will be in worse
shape next June than it was last
June.
Federal taxes are higher than
they have been for many years, but
produce far less revenue. That is
because they must be paid in
money, and money is harder to get.
The man who has money these
days can buy more wheat, land or
labor, but the man who has wheat,
land, or labor must take less money.
Lower prices and wages are re-
flected in the rise of money, or vice
versa. That shrivels the volume of
business, amount of income, capac-
ity to buy, and pay debts, all of
which are measured in terms OF
money.
The people of this country have
about as much of everything else
as they had four years ago-build-
ings, real estate, machinery, auto
mobiles and strength to work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
GERMANY in 1915 and 1882

The struggle for German equality in armament
may disrupt the peace of Europe But the slightest
acquaintance with the history of the last 200 years
should be sufficient to prove the utter folly of the
Versailles arrangement.
This reduced the German standing army to 100000
men and forbade training of reserves. At the same
time the former enemies Of Germany have armed
more heavily than before 1914. Today, Germany's
former enemies outnumber her in military power by
the amazing figure of forty to one.
Let us look at an historical parallel which is rather
more exact and applicable than such analoges usually
prove to be- In the middle Of the eighteenth century
Frederick the Great had stood off most OF Europe But
after his death the military power of Prussia col
apsed.
The army went to seed. AS result it quickly
succumbed the military genius Of Napoleon Twenty
years after the death Of the great Frederick, Bona
parte entered Berlin in triumph and exp ressed his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Smoking Factor in Thrombo Angiitis

exertion and may be associated
with exposure to cold weather. The
foot seems colder and darker on
the side that is affected contrasted
with the side that is not affected.
Usually the person who has this
condition will state that he has
been a heavy smoker for years.
Practically all authorities are agreed
that tobacco bears some relation
ship to the cause of this condition.
This does not mean that every
person who smokes tobacco is likely
to have this disease, because there
are some people who smoke ire
mendous amounts of tobacco and
who do not develop these symp-
toms.
The condition may progress SO far
that it becomes necessary to re-
move a leg by surgery, because of
the Inflammation and obstruction
to circulation resulting from
changes that take place in the blood
vessels in this disorder.
Formerly the disease was rare, if
not completely absent, among
women, but nowadays occasional
cases are seen in women.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Recent Investigations reported by
Drs. Harkavy. Hebal and Silbert in
dictate that the people who have this
condition may have some special
sensitivity to tobacco, of the same
type that produces hay fever and
asthma, when there is sensitivity to
various pollens and foods.
They tested a considerable num-
Der of patients with extract of to-
bacco and found So out of 68 cases
to be especially representative.
The people studied were also SEN
sitive to some other substances in
most instances.
AS contrasted with the So out of
SO people with thrombo-angiitis, who
were sensitive to tobacco, only 10
per cent of 102, who also were heavy
smokers of tobacco, showed any SEN
sitivity to the extract.
There seems to be now, therefore,
definite evidence that a large per-
centage of people who have throm-
bo-angiitis, are representative or al
lergic, and that they are especially
allergic to tobacco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

payment to us is, from an eco
nomic standpoint, quite a different
matter than sums spent largely
within the borders of some foreign
country.
The building of battleships and
cruisers in France or England is to
some extent part Of public works
which gives employment to their
own.
1t is very vicious form of pub
lie works, I will admit. If the
threat of war and the burden of
war preparations could be lifted
from the necks of European nations,
there would be a growth in that
confidence by which men live and
work and trade.
But even that happy contingency
would not establish funds immedi-
ately to meet the pressing needs of
their debt to us.
The world will be better off when
it can forget the rancor Of the great
war. And in forgetting that it will
be an excellent thing also to forget
the bitterness of the great debt.
Copyright. 1882. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Arms and Depression

settlement Of the foreign debt issue has been re-
tarced by Great Brtans failure to rise to her dis
armament opportunity at Geneva The proposals made
by the British foreign secretary, Sir John Simon were
maze of technicalities and evasons which COM
petely missed the main point of outright arms re-
duction.
1t seems that the British government has not
Awakened to the fact that the United States con-
siders reduction the test of good faith not only
in debt negotiations, but in other major international
questions which proonging the depression and
threatening peace
The reception in London Of Simons Geneva speech
show that the British public business interests and
the press disappointed and fearful Of its results
on the prospective debt negotiations.
That British public pressure can force the Tory
controlled national government to its disarma-
ment obstruction appears doubtful.
For ten months this so-caled disarmament con-
ference has backed and filed without accomplishing
anything but fine words which are belied by its in
action. The American proposal for definite arms
cut of onethrd has received serious considera-
ton from any Of the larger nations except Russia
But some kind of compromise seemed possible when
the French government earlier this week presented
its plan. Great Britain expected to follow and
carry the French plan step further. Instead the
British have thrown the disarmament conference back
into the mire where it has wallowed for almost a
year.
The warning given by Norman H. Davis the
American representative, is pertinent He said:
I'VE must not lose sight Of the fact that this con-
ference called for the express purpose of reducing,
and placing limit upon ornaments d. While it
not be said that the burden and menace of ara-
ments were the primary of this depression it is
becoming increasingly evident that they were con-
tributing cause of conditions which brought on the
depression and that reduction and limitation of
ornaments would contribute tremendously to recovery
from the depression.
In the face of this world emergency of misery
nothing can justify the continued squandering of bill
lions in wealth while many millions of
people are obless and hungry.
The former enemy countries have been disarmed
largely If the vctors and allies will not reduce mill
tary expenditures now what hope there that they
ever will do so?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Initiation Aids Progress

THERE are those who pretend to
Il be afraid of nothing so much
as imitation, or cheaper money.
What do higher prices and wages
mean, if not that very thing?
The trouble is that many of us
think of imitation solely in connec-
ton with paper money. We fail to
realize that it can be, and has been,
brought about in other ways.
AS a matter of record, imitation
has played an important and con-
tinuous role in civilized progress.
Time was when laborers received
only l or 2 cents a day. How did
they work up to 81 or SIS, except
through imitation?
Most of the imitation came about
through the steady, continuous
boosting of prices and wages. with
an accompanying demand for more
and more currency to meet them.
Quite frequently, governments
have made the mistake of supposing
that more and more currency was
the all-important actor, and have
demoralized credit by over-issuing
paper money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Must Restore Values

OUCH mistakes do not prove that
~ reasonable imitation is danger
out, or even avoidable, especially
when the obvious weakness is ex-
cessive def1ation.
Put it either way you please, but
we must bring money down, or the
value of other things up, not only
here in the United States, but
throughout the world.
The. general economic balance is
out of tune with the obligations
which have been contracted. The
only way those obligations can be
met is by restoration of the value
of goods and labor.
1t is not only unfair, but impos-
sible, for people to pay off their
debts, whether public or private.
with dollars that are twice or three
times as hard to get as they were
when those debts were contracted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Ace of Allows

DUT though iron is the bulwark of
- the Machine Age, many other
metals play well-nigh indispensable
roles in it. But most important of
all are the mixtures and compounds
known as alloys.
Steel itself is an alloy. since il
consists Of a combination of iron
with other metals or non-metals
Ordinary steel consists of iron with
a small percentage of carbon added
to it, but the newer steeIs, steel
alloys as they sometimes are called.
contain various substances in adj
dition, such as nickel, chromium.
tungsten, vanadium, and so on. =
So important are alloys that it
has been suggested that good
name for the Machine Age would
be the Age of Alloys. The reason
ableness of this suggestion becomes
obvious if we consider only a few
of the alloys.
Chrome-vanadium steel is used for
shafts and axleS of motor cars. It
possesses such remarkable tensile
strength that it can be bent double
when cold without breaking.
Tungsten steel is sometimes
called high-speed steel 1t is used
for cutting tools in latheS and re-
tainS its temper even when the
lathe is run at such high speed thai
it becomes red hot.
Duralumin, an alloy of aluminium,
copper, magnesium, and manganese,
possesses the lightness of aluminium
and the hardness of steel. Con-
sequently it is used for the frames
Of airplanes and airships.
And so it goes. 1t is not possible
to understand modern industry and
engineering without an understand
ing of alloys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Questions and
Answers

What is the difference between
theory and truth?
Theory is a body of the funda-
mental principles underlying any
science or application of a science;
a mental plan or scheme framed to
agree with The observed facts and
designed as a rational explanation
of them. Truth is a statement of
belief which represents or conforms
to reality; law or principle estab-
lished by correct reasoning; an
established fact; theory that has
been established through expert
ment and observation, a theory
having high degree of probability.
When did the United States con-
gress move from New York to PhiIa-
delphia and to Washington, ID. c.?
1t moved to Philadelphia, Dec. 6.
1870, and held sessions there until
May IA, 1900. The Capitol at
Washington, D. c., first was occu-
pied by congress when it reconvened
in October, 1900.
When did George III succeed to
the British throne, and at what
age did he die?
He succeeded in 1927 and died in
1850, at the age of n.
What gas is used for smoke
screens?
Titanium tetrachIoride, a LIQUID
which, in contact with air, forms a
heavy black gas.
What is the origin and meaning
of the name VacIav?
1t is a Bohemian Christian name
OF Slavic origin and means Grown. !"
of GLORY"
What is the name for the IegisIa-
tive body of Sweden?
Riksdag.
What is the duty on a radio set
in Scotland?
Twenty per cent ad valorem for
the set, and SO Ia per cent for the
tubes.
When was Yellowstone National
Park created and how many ma
tional parks are there in the United
States?
Yellowstone National Park was
created in 1872 and there now are
twenty-five national parks.
49,.
Are children under Fl years of
age created American citizens by the
naturalization of their fathers?
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

have put out stating their ability
to delve into the future and CONTROL
the planets for their customers are
fraud from start to finish. It
would require a second Jesus Christ
to do all they claimed to be able to
do, such as selling charms, ETC., to
bring luck.
With these people this is a racket.
They positively do not come under
the heading Of religious workers. No
religious body would permit such
from its commissioned workers as
these people would like to make the
public believe.
Today, as for the last fifteen
years, I stand ready and willing to
expose this sort of fraud wherever
it may be.
These two, arrested and con-
victed, are not the only ones OPP
Grating in indianapolis. Many oth-
ers should have the keys thrown
away on them.
The public can do much toward
Kidding the city of these racketee4s
if it only would cooperate with
proper authorities.
Our association will be glad TO
investigate and sign the warrants
for the arrest Of any who are vio-
lating the law, with the co-opera-
ton of the public I am sure this
can and should be stamped out for
all time to come. j..
We ask only that these so-called
readers comply with the state law,
found in statutes of 1917, page GO.
THE REV. ARTHUR NJ. BOWMAN.
President. American Spiritualist
Association, Inc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Sense and Not Politics


OONGRESSMEN ought to re-
~ member that the election is
over. 1t was politically advantageous
to go around saying in stern and
oratorical voice that not so much as
one penny would be forgiven.
1t is hard to stop an orator in mid
career, and apparently few hecklers
had the audacity to say, But if they
can't pay, or even if they won't pay,
what do you purpose to do about
it?"
don't think there is any particu-
lar difference in The words "repu-
diation" and cancellation" and we
must choose one or the other. No,
there is one other alternative. We
can make an arrangement which is
cancellations first cousin, but call
it by a more friendly name, read
justment." That probably would be
the best solution.
Nicholas Murray Butler pointed out
in one of his best speeches that our
present attitude is much like that of
a man who might say Jim Smith
owes me S.. I know it will cost me
SS5 to collect it, but I'm going to
have the So,
However, we are little more fool
ish than the man in DR.. Buffers ex-
ample, for we seem intent on spend
ing the S35 in the collection fight,
even though we won't get the IS.
Here, by series of strange cir
cumstances, sit the people of the
United States under compulsion Of
both seIf-interest and decent char
ity to wipe out the mess of debts.
For once the most practical line of
conduct is also the most idealistic.
1t has been said, What shall it
profit man to gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?" Most Of
us agree that such person has
done less than wisely, but it is even
more foolish to lose your own soul
and the whole world as well.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

THROMBO-AN is a dis
IL ease which manifests itself by
certain definite and extremely strik-
ing symptoms. The people who suf-
fer with this condition are usually
people beyond middle age.
They find on walking that they
suffer severely with cramps in the
legs. and that there is a failure of
the blood to circulate properly in
the limbs.
1t has been commonly thought
that the disease affects more partic-
ularly Jewish, Chinese and Japa-
nese, but nowadays it has been re-
ported in all races, although rather
rarely among the Negroes.
In the typical case man 30 to
40 years Of age begins having pains
in the soles of his feet or in the
calves of his legs on walking. The
pains are cramp-like and disappear
after rest.
Later the pain comes on without
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Using a Club for Peace

+ THINK it is an excellent idea for
i us to use the debt situation as
a means to put on pressure to bring
about the limitation of armament
in European countries. But in do
ing this we should stick to the facts.
1t has been said frequently that
all these nations easily could meet
their Indebtedness to us if only
they scaled down their armies and
their navies.
This is less than accurate. The
money made in a straight interest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's 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, 1932-11-19
SCIENCE.
World of Information Con-
tanned in Little Book on
Metals and Their ALLOYS.
-RY nAV1n nIETZ-

menus ana Their Alloys.
A SURPRISINGLY large amount
L A CT information has been con-
centrated into a surprisingly small A..
space BY A. Frederick Collins in
The Metals. Their Allows ANAL
game and Compounds CThe book
Just has been published by d. An
pleton &c Co. at So
The book. as one might c,,ossJ
from the title, is a sort of hand
book OF the metals 1t IS written.
however, in simple and non techni-
cal language, and therefore is a
handbook for the layman or young
student, rather than the engineer
or scientist.
Now that Christmas is approach
ing. the book would make an excel
lent present for a high school stu
dent who has leaning toward
chemistry or engineering.
AS Collins points out in the pref
ace Of his book, the machine age.
as present-day civilization is some
times called, has been made possible
by utilization of the metals.
Man entered the road to civin-
cation when he learned to make
rough tools of flint. He took a big
step forward when he acquired the
skill of smoothing and polishing
these tools. He advanced still more
when he learned to use copper.
Three thousand years ago he
learned to use iron and entered the
iron age. Modern chemistry and en-
cheering turned the iron age into
the age of steel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
The 4oo-PoUND TACKLE
ON The HAMBURG HIGH TEAM
Hamburg, Ark.

Following is the explanation of
Ripley'S Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
The Sale of New York City Hall
for Debt-During the incumbency
of Mayor Fernando Wood in 1856,
public corruption has reached
such pass that certain Robert
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

And, figures an English writer, women probably
talk more because men too polite to interrupt
them" Let's get rude, boys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Columbia universitys student paper advocates that
football players be paid that crusade is successful
some paper ought to out in favor of paying the
Chicago teachers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Crime and punishment grow out
Of one stem. Punishment is a fruit
that, unsupported, ripens within the
flower Of the pleasure that con-
cealed it.-Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Professor Enstein now says the earth is 10000
million years DID, You'd think the old thing woulc
know better
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
Daily Thought

Behold, happy is the man whom
God cOrrecteth: therefore, despite
not thou the Christening of the
Almighty.-JOb SIT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Editor Times-The Times and Mr..
Overley of the Better Business Bu-
reau are to be congratulated upon
the exposure and wide publicity
given in the cases two fortune tell
ers brought before Judge Cameron
last week.
Both The Times and the Better
Business Bureau are performing a
great public service in running this
class Of people out of the city.
The advertisements these people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

must pay every last nickel which
they owe us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

In several rural districts the trading of comodi-
ties has taken the place of purchases in which money
changes hands Wonder how man would go about
acquiring toothbrush that way?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

was Daniel F. Tieman. The buyer
was elected mayor the same year,
and was reimbursed by the city,
which repoSsessed itself of its
property.
MONDAY-"A forgotten State"
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times
r WOULD like to take this oppor-
l. tunity to pay tribute, in my
humble way, to the late Miss Anna
Rahe, teacher. 1t never was my
fortune to be her pupil, but my hus-
band was and during her first year
Of principalship. Later, our eldest
son spent his years in elementary
school under her supervision.
She was a noble soul, true to the
cause, and loved by all. There was
no malice nor prejudice where she
was leader. Every one, rich and
poor, was given an equal chance.
Every one who knew of her long
illness only could hope that she
would be able again to take her
place among her loved ones. Surely
scores Of lives have been influenced
for the right by such a serene,
Christian guidance.
MRS. MARGARET DODDS.
1877 Terrace avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19

Kansas woman a $1,000 prize for shor
story There ought to be another prize for the on,
who discovered who really could tell shor
story
The Washington times., 1932-02-01
A. j. FIVE SEEK
9TH VICTORY

American University will strive
to draw abreast of George
Washington in the race for Dis
trict college basketball honors
by scoring over the Randolph
Macon team in the A. U. gym to-
morrow night. The contest gets
started at 8 o'clock.
The Eagles, who didn't play
last week because of midyear
examinations, have captured seven
straight games and are undefeat-
ed. George Washington, also un-
beaten, have landed eight games
in a row.
The Eagles were unable to re-
sumo practice until Friday,
though Coach Walter H. Young
expects stubborn opposition from
the Virginians. Fuchs and Dick
will start at forwards; Sells at
center and Olsen and Washburn
or KeSsler at guards.
Strayer and Benjamin Frank
lin collide in a Washington col
legiate conference game tomor-
row night in the Central High
School gym at 9 o'clock.
Wick Parrack and Forrest Bur
CESS, sharpshooting George Wash
ington forwards, lead in indi-
vidual point scoring. The former
has counted 113 points while
Burgess has totalled SO points.
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