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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia. the


Health Magazine.
A STATEMENT just made avail
IA able by DR.. William Palmer
Lucas indicates the weights and
state of development of children
at various ages so that parents may
have some idea as to whether tha
child is gaining properly.
The report published by one Of
the largest insurance companies,
as a part of its public health edu-
cational service, gives the following
figures:
At One Year
Weight-Boys, 21.5 pounds; girls,
20 pounds.
Height-Boys, 29.5 inches; girls,
20 inches.
Teeth-Should have six cut.
misunderstanding rapidly.
Speech-A few words.
At Two Years
Weight-Boys, 28.4 pounds; girls,
278 pounds.
Height-Boys, 1871 inches; girls
1927 inches.
Teeth-Should have Is cut.
misunderstanding rapidly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Increase ia Trench Mouth Is
Believed Largely Due to
the Depression, Partly to
Kissing.
A N increase in the infection IA
4 miliar to overseas soldiers of
the World war as trench mouth" is
reported in the United States by
the American Dental Association.
The disease, known technically as
Vincent's infection, is spreading in
the United States, according to DR..
Alfred Walker. chairman Of the as
sociation's educational committee.
DR.. Walker warns of the necessity
Of greater precaution against the
disease and of prompt treatment
when it is discovered.
He says that the depression
probably is responsible for the in
crease in the disease. He also says
that the use of glasses instead of
paper drinking cups in many places
is helping to spread the disease.
A short time ago. he says. dentists
were inclined to blame kissing for
spread of the disease, but they now
think that the depression is more
to blame than the ancient custom
of kissing.
Some authorities think that the
disease is in itself only a symptom
of a systemic disease and that the
lowering Of general resistance, cou-
pied with worries induced by the
depression, are responsible for its
spread.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers 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, 1932-06-11
A Poor Thing, but Our Own

n EMOCRACY often is clumsy
~ cumbersome, and inefficient,
but aren't we all, both collectively
and on our own? Those men whom
history has hailed as great may have
done a good job in writing their per-
sonality across the parchment Of
time, but they built their fame upon
the blood and tears Of the many.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

average depth being IS feet and
no depth greater than so feet.
The pathway across the lake
followed by Rous was less than
one foot deep, with a bottom COM
posed of a salt and sand crust.
Ordinarily an auto tire would
break through this crust and mire
in the mud, but Rous equipped his
car with air wheels and made the
trip successfully.
A Champion Ale Drinker-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
Questions and
Answers

How many Indians are there in
the United States?
The 1880 census enumerated
332, 1877.
What were the names of the
seven hills of Rome?
Palatine, Caelian, Esquiline, Cap
ltoline. Quirinal, Viminal and Ayen-
tine.
What is the chief crop Of Texas?
Cotton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

Squire William Lewis of Builth,
Wales, carved himself a spacious
niche in the history of ale drink
ing. When he died in 1893, at the
age of 50, he left behind a record
of having attained to an unpre-
cedented corpulency-a weight of
500 pounds, and of having con
sumed eight gallons of ale every
day for 80 years.
Monday: The Man With a
Horses Name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
The Answer

The Scripps-Howard declaration for AL
Smith as against Roosevelt has brought
from many sources this query:
IF you think so much of Smith today,
why didn't you support him against Hoover
in 1922"
The answer is: We wish we had.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

first named; "a the decline in the number Of unen-
ployed is fictitious and is due to the fact that 3S5 0C
people have been struck of the live register Of unem-
ployed through the regulations; 90 the rise OF
the pound Is due to the comparatively heavier weight
Of other peoples troubles. . No serious industrial
reorganization is taking place in any direction"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

federal man says it is amazing that people don't
recognize counterfeit money as they see it.
Maybe it's because they see little of the genuine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
Whom Have You in Mind?

Ut is easy to say that popular gov
Il eminent is a failure and that the
voters never have manifested suffi-
cient intelligence to deserve I'M
restricted freedom. 1t is easy to
say that, but it should not be ut
tered except by those who have
clearly in mind the many-sided,
vastly gifted person who is to take
upon his own shoulders the task of
thinking and acting for the mil
lions.
The only thing worse than an in
telligent dictator is stupid one,
and the annals of the ages have not
shown that wisdom follows the
scepter and the crown.
1t is peculiarly inappropriate for
us to talk about comforting might
and majesty upon some single one
during a period when we can not
see the trees because of the forest
of mediocrities.
Does any sane person truly think
that Hoover has shown so much in
his executive function that he
should be made supreme, without
possibility of effective dissent? What
earthly point is there in talking
about a dictator for the United
States when all our presidential
timber consists of nothing more
than scrub oak and lonesome pinef
Once upon time I harbored
briefly the heresy that some one OF
the industrial captains or the f1nan-
cial colonies might be shrewd
enough to find short cut back
from depression into health, but
do not think so now.
The bankers and the steel barons
and the railroad kings have made
such palpable mess Of their own
concerns that I see no reason why
cubit should be added to theiI
stature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
Daily Thought

Jesus answered, My kingdom is
not of this world; if my kingdom
were of this world, then would
my servants fight, that l should
not be delivered to the Jews: but
now is my kingdom not from
bence.-John 1886.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

At the recent magicians convention, one OF them
complained at the absence of new tricks. Why not
try pulling prosperity out of hat boys?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

Correct this sentence: The senate will investigate
charges that the stock market was manipulated in a
deal bv which the public cleaned up 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

Several railroads have announced "air-cooled"
trains for the months. They'd better plan on
doubling the capacity of the smoking compartments
to counterfeit the hot air from statesmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

The man who robbed the youngstown soup kitchen
of bread and tomatoes must have gotten tired of wait
ing in line.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

After all the hulabaloo in Austria, Hungary and
Czechoslovakia about tariff barriers and the depres
sion, it looks if they might change the name Of
the blue Danube" to the Danube Blues"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

Three more skeletons of Neanderthal have
been found by scientists. Now have almost enough
to start Neanderthal club
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

The man that hath tongue,
say, is no man, if with his tongue
he can not win a Shake
speare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

Scientists hope to find tribe of savages in Aus
trala whose speech consists Of Kisses and grnts Try
ing to find out in advance what taxpayers will be like
in another twenty years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

That Harvard explorer who found white-haired IN
dams in South America merely proved that Holly
wood not the leader in making platinum blends
after all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
Bryan's Daughter

The defeat of one of congress six women mem
bers Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, in Florida's primaries,
is another political casualty that carries moral.
The commoners daughter is charming intelligent,
and attractive but apparently she lacks the quality
of forthrghtness that voters are demanding of their
lawmakers in these days of indecsion.
She made friends of the young folks of her dis
trict secured appropriations for the Mediterranean
fly eradication campaign spoke earnestly for Ever
glades park. But on public questions she wavered
dry, she voted against the eck-Linthcum reso-
luton, and them arriving home, to find her peo-
pie thoroughly sick of prohibition she out for
a referendum.
1t was too late. The voters unchivalrously, re-
tired her in favor of wet out-and-outer, Palm
Beach lawyer.
The party conventions at Chicago should respond
to the signs of the times of which this defeat is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

Alfalfa Bill Murray says he is not worrying over
his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation. Well that makes it unanimous. None of the
other candidates is worrying over it either.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

John Barry Ryan poet and capitalist, says he
worked four years polishing up nine lines in OF
his poems But We'll bet he would have given up after
the second year if he had just been poet and not
capitalist too
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11

for their creation has evaporated.
don't like dictators, and like
even less their sons and their sons
sons. Give absolutism an inch and
you must war with it for all eternity.
The Washington times., 1932-06-16

Office. Burton
was in t r o.
duced by our
old frien d,
Jakey Shan
in. You have
h e a r d u S
Sp e a k of
Jakey before
and the new
members he
is al W a y S
bringing in
to us. A great
] a d, t h a t
Jakey.
The same
day we re-
ceiV d the
The Washington times., 1932-06-16
- A WA5FHafl times
- 1-ADVENTURE CLUB

or so and others had to go
without.
Well bet anything that one
of the first to apply for the
picture will be our good Ad-
venture Club member, Faryl
Alkire, $500 Nineteenth st. N, w.
In a recent letter Faryl wrote:
81 think our next contest
should be about baseball play
.ers, or, as that would only in
terest boys, about famous men.
If you have no other contest in
mind / wish you would consider
this. You could have Is or 20
players either from Washington
or any team (mixed) in the
American League. You can see
1 am a baseball fan. 1t is my
favOrite sport. am very
heavy and so they tell me to
LAG into it," And / try to
please them by doing it,"
81 am the regular catcher for
the Washington A. c., so some
day 1 expect to hold down Roy
Spencer's place behind the bat
for Washington. MAYBE!!!!!
My brother is a personal friend
of ROy'S and he has given me
a few good pointers on catch
ing, throwing, hitting and call
ing for them behind the bat. I
have not been able to compete
in any of the other contests,
but 1 give you my word of
honor in such a one. We could
give the names of the players,
teams and position"
From that we gather that
Faryl is a baseball fan.
Our other picture today is Of
Burton Sherman, 532 r st.
N. W., a recent visitor in our
The Washington times., 1932-06-16

visit from Burton and Jakey,
Stanley HUT, another ener-
getic Adventure Club member,
brought in Sonny" Socrates,
1888 Seventh st. N. W., to sign
him up as an Adventurer.
Sonny" is only 10 years old,
but he promises to be a good
member. He is that kind Of a
lad.
The Washington times., 1932-06-16

boy and nearly every girl in the
club will know, of Babe Ruth,
King of Swat.
Kit Karson has number Of
copies of this picture, all auto
graphed by the Babe, and until
the supply is exhausted any
member of the adventure Club
can have one by presenting his
membership card at the main
counter in the Hearst Building,
1917 H st. N. w.
If you want one we advise
that you hurry down to The
Times Building as soon as pos
Sible because the club has a
large membership and nearly
all of them, we gather from
the letters we receive, are base
ball fans.
We depend on club members
to play fair and only ask for
one picture. 1t would be too
bad if one lad had a haE dozen
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02

Money is wanting for a USE
full undertaking, as, for exam
pile, a school, for which a direct
tax would be disapproved. The
money is. raised therefore by a
lottery. wherein the tax is laid
on the willing only, that is to
say, on those who can risk the
price of a ticket without sensible
injury for the possibility of a
higher prize"
In this paper Jefferson recalled
that the state of Virginia had
permitted the late Colonel Byrd
to hold a lottery in order to get
fair price for his property and
pay off his debts-the same end
which jefferson had in view in
his own case.
He listed the educational in
stitutions. bridges. roads, towns,
counties, religious congregations,
and societies. for which the Vir-
ginia legislature had authorized
lotteries. 1T has been album
dainty permitted to raise money
by lottery for Schools - he said,
and in this, as in many other
cases, the lottery has been per-
mitted to retain part Of the
money generally from 10 to
Is percent for the use to which
the lottery has been applied. SO
that while the adventures paid
500 for tickets, they received
back only S85 or S90,in the form
Of prizes, the remaining SO or
S15 being the tax levied on them,
with their own consent y SO
our government today could, if
it would, raise vast sums Of
money for public purposes in the
manner approved by Jefferson,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02

through "a tax laid on the willing
only
William and Mary College was
one institution which the Vir-
ginia legislature authorized to
hold lotteries, and the same
privilege was given to several
academies and seminaries. Per-
mission to hold lotteries was
asked for, and granted to,
churches in Warminster, Hall
fax, Alexandria, Petersburg,
Shepherdstown, and Winchester.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
HANDWRITING FOR SALE

Hand-weaving and hand-ham-
mered pewter made by the
native weavers and artisans Of
Penland, N. c. Bedspreads,
rugs, coats, children's dresses,
platters, ash trays, etc. Mrs.
George F. Bason, sol E. Frank
lin street, Chapel Hill, N. c.
Telephone 1921.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
FOR SALE

Mahogany dining room set;
round table, with extension
leaves; sideboard; serving ta-
Bile; six chairs; also some mex
pensive beds and bureaus. Can
be seen between ten and twelve
any morning but Sunday. Mrs
Mary Graves Rees, 115 Battle
Lane.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
For RENT

Northerly apt in the Atwood
Apis, Ridge Lane, Sept. 1. 4
rooms and bath, Arcola heat, gas,
hot water heater, and garage.
Tel. 1911. H. D. Carter, own
er's agt.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
FOR RENT

For rent: Sept. 1. small fur
nished apartment; heated, all
conveniences. Suitable for cou-
pie or two women. Mrs. Hen
derson, 721 E. Franklin st.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
IRIS. GLADIOLTS

Iris and Gladiolus seeds, also
Delphinium, Columbine and
Sweet William. Boston, Spitz,
Chihauhau, Fox Terriers, $40 to
$50. K. Tack, RID. 2, Chapel
Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02

justifes more cheerful spirit.
The events Of the last few weeks
do give us some reason for the
expectation of better times
ahead.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
WANTED

Position by self-help coed
student in home to help in
housework for room and board.
Notify Box 991 or call phone
4701.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
ROOMS FOR BACHELORS

Double room and single room,
rented separately or jointly; in
house on east edge of campus.
Telephone 1921.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
FOR SALE

Ruud automatic gas water
heater and tank, practically new.
Mary Graves Rees. Us Battle
Lane.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
FOR RENT

Furnished cottage available
at once. Apartment style. Gas
stove, and oak floors. Phone
4726.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
APARTMENT FOR RENT

First floor apartment for rent,
unfurnished or partially fur
nished. Telephone 5761 or 6836.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
Random Shots
Bu HdlUdI Jones

ashlngton a statement IN
which he expressed pride at hav-
ing prevented thousands Of "gul-
lible Americans" from spending
their money on foreign lottery
tickets. The lottery managers
had been thwarted, he said, by
the refusal Of the post-office to
carry their announcements and
By the seizure Of tickets found
in the mails. and steps were be-
ing taken 10 suppress talk about
lotteries over the radio.
] wonder why this govern
ment officer or anybody else
thinks participation in d lottery
is any more d sign Of gullibility
than any one Of scores Of other
WAYS in which people, every
day, spend their money for
pleasure. If I had rather buy
the chance for d big prize than
to use the two or three dollars
for moving pictures. or a foot
ball game. or an automobile trip,
or fancy cravat. why not?
When it comes to expenditures
for pleasure, what is the test If
qullibility? Obviously, there IS
none because il is all matter
of individual taste For exam
pie, one man will put out money
for membership in an organiza-
tion devoted largely to talk #
] did that ! would be gullible,
for ] am not fond Of attending
meetings and listening to blah-
blah but for the man who likes
that sort Of thing. and can af-
ford the outlay, it is proper
enough. The payment Of two or
three hundred dollars a year for
golf yields a rich return in plea
sure TO one man, while for an
other it would be dead waste.
And 50 with many other forms
Of recreation and amusement.
Provided you don't allow your
expenditures for pleasure to run
you into debt, Or to rob your
household Of reasonable com
/ forts. it seems TO me that you
are justified in choosing your
.oWn kind Of fun.
My guess is that, far greater
distress is caused by excessive
expenditures upon what are
/ spoken Of as Legitimate" plea
sures - moving pictures, auto
mobiIing. entertaining, expensive
Weddings. the consumption Of
| indigcstibIe mess at soda fOun-
| tainS, to mention a tcW-than is
caused by such mild and modest
gambling as is represented by
the purchase Of lottery tickets.
If | dWelled in a place where
it was possible to buy tickets in
well-regulated lotteries like the
| Dublin and the Calcutta sweep
stakes. | would be delighted to
selze the opportunity | could
afford the indulgence. because ]
would willingly Y foreg0 other
forms Of pleasure that would
cost the same amount OF money.
OF course | wouldn't have more
than chance Of million to win
prize, but in the interval Of
waiting | would enjoy the dream
Of sudden and unWOrked-fOr
wealth. This would be illusion ;
but almost every form of plea
sure comes from illusion of one
sort or another. Some of man S
happiest moments are those in
which he allows his reason to
nod and INDUCES in hopes that
he knows full well are next to
impossible of fulfillment. These
passing visions are interludes in
the dull routine of everyday ex-
istence; for most human beings
they are about all that life pro-
vides of romance and thrill.
I Shoilld COW that on tho whole
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-09-02
Cotton and Tobacco

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L
ever 1t IS, III North Carollna-
profits or loses as the prices OF
cotton and tobacco rise or tan.
Hence il is that the news from
the commodity markets in these
days is cheerful news for North
Carolina. Cotton has gone up 80
per cent. from around 5 cents
to around 8 cents d pound, in the
last three or four weeks. and
the records Of the sales thus far
made show that this years aver
age Of tobacco prices will be far
higher than last years TO
bacco Prices Still Climbing" is
d headline in the NeWs and o.
SerUer, and beneath il are des-
patches reporting an average
price at Chadbourn Of 1890
cents, at Fairmont Of 1913, at
Falr Biuff Of 1916.
1t has been observed in times
past that often, when the nation
as d whole was riding the crest
Of a prosperity wave. conditions
in the South we're no better
than normal or even below nor
nal. In the Hardiaq-Coolidg
era. long before the big crash,
the depression struck the textile
mills of the South Atlantic