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The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Maine CreW's Burial
Date Observed Here

Two decades ago today Wash
ington and the entire nation paid
tribute here at the burial of 46
victims of the battleship Maine,
sunk in Havana harbor.
For 13 years they had lain at
the bottom of the harbor, i'm.
prisoned in the hold. In 1911
the Maine was raised and the
bodies reached Washington for
burial in Arlington Memorial
Cemetery March 81, 1912.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Former u. S. Legal
Aide Has OperGtiOn

A slight Improvement was re-
ported today in the condition of
Rush LaMotte Holland, "a, for
mer Assistant United States At
torney General, who was oper-
ated on yesterday at Emergency
Hospital for appendicitis.
Becoming i'll last Wednesday,
he was taken to the hospital
yesterday. He was Assistant At
torney General in 1921-1925. He
and his wife live. at the Shoreham
Hotel
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Workers in Veterans
Bureau to Hold Fete

Veterns Bureau employees will
make merry April 4 at the an
nual social event planned by the
Employees Welfare Association.
The event will be held at the
Mayflower and will be attended
by many high officials, as well
as workers in the department.
The officers in charge are Ar
thur I. Brosseau, president; /;
George A. Bache, vice president;
Bernice Carr, secretary, and
Frances M. Miller, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Rear Admiral Uphdn1
Is ReDOrted Better

Rear Admiral F. B. Upham,
chief of the Navy Bureau of Navi-
cation, yesterday was reported
getting along nicely, following an
emergency operation for appendi-
citiS Saturday night. Physicians
reported no complications. He
is at the Navy Hospital.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
Tree Surgeon, Struck
Bu FGLLinq Limb, Dies

Injuries received when the
limb from a tree on which he was
working in Chevy Chase, Md, fell
ON him, Friday proved fatal to
William Bracket, tree surgeon,
who died last right at Emergency
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1932-03-21
HISTORIAN TO SPEAK

George Washington as an
Educator" will be the subject
of a lecture by Prof. Albert Bush
nell Hart, historian for the
George Washington Bicentennial
commission, at Mcmahon Hall
auditorium, Catholic University,
tonight at 8:15 o'clock. The lee
ture will be open to the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
Too Many Receivers
(From the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Commerce

(From the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Commercially
In the state of Arkansas there are some 100 small
banks closed, and in the process of liquidation The
greatest amount of good to the greatest number of
people in this tragic instance could be achieved by
eliminating unnecessary waste and extravaganza in
the liquidation of these small banks.
When these banks began popping, potential "re-
ceivers" began crcling like buzzards the trail of
fallen prey. Instead of organizing our banking de-
partment to meet the emergency by creating central
receiver to handle all of them they were handed out
and two at time, and the cost of liquidation will
consume a large part of the deposits.
1t is not too late to bring about few reforms
in the liquidation of these small banks by coming the
state and consolidating the receiverships
j. E. Williams, receiver for the Merchants and
Planters bank here who has shown a good record,
informs that he could have quidated dozen small
banks from headquarters in Pine Bluff at the same
time.
The banks of Altheimer and Wabbaseka are good
illustrations of what the depositors of the small banks
can expect Although they have been closed for more
than year, no dividend has been paid And the
same is true of other small banks in the state
We don't say the cost of Hquidating these banks
S too high. But do say the depositors of these
banks are entitled to something and would have
received fair dividend had the banks been grouped
under one receivershp, along with others in this
section of the state
If the cost of liquidating banks continues to eat
up the assets, then it would be better to abandon any
further attempts at liquidation
If what is due the depositors is going to be paid
receivers and special attorneys then it would be better
to wipe the slate clean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29

Franklin Roosevelt, Governor of New York has
told the Democrats of North Dakota and so, the
people of the United States that he is prepared to be
the candidate of the Democratic party for President
1t is proper enough then to discuss briefly one of the
qualifications for the place to which he quite reason
ably aspires.
We say his aspiration is reasonable When one
has been Governor of New York it is usual for one tc
think of the White House and that matter for the
voters of his party to think of him in that connec
ton.
If one has been, on the whole, pretty good Gov
ernor of New York he is almost certain to be sug-
gested for the countrys highest executive post His
achievement of that post, of course doesn't always
follow. Al Smith was good Governor of New
York
The one qualification that rises first to mind If
the case of Franklin Roosevelt is that of COURAGE
Does he have it?
1t is important that he have it, These are time.
when the country is demanding that its leaders shall
stand up and be counted. The country has hac
enough of evasion. The present administration ha,
supplied it on every conceivable occasion Nov
something better is desired.
Roosevelt may or may not know it, but the thought
full people of the United States have been weigbn,
this question ever since he took office at ALBANY hi
emergence as a candidate for the presidency havin.
been foreSeen since that day.
10 put the matter BADLY, he has not answered thu
question yet He has not shown decisively whether h
mas the courage to deal with the kind of issues tina
make or break man. The issue that now lies be-
tween the people of New York and Tannanv is sucl
an issue and, thus far, Governor Roosevelt ha
seemed to direct his course chiefly to avoiding an
action that would break him-as a candidate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29

Drastic economy requirements of the federal gov
eminent should insure sympathetic consideration for
the Democratic proposal to unite the and navy
portfolios under new department of national de-
tense and provide for three assistant secretaries for
army navy and aviation. 1t has the added advantage
of increased defense efficiency.
To wipe out the three billion dollar deficit and
balance the budget every possible legitimate saving
must be made in federal government costs The 1888
budget for both defense services totals $643000000 not
counting the navy departments bill for $6160OOOoO
worth OF new war ships.
1.-THE world is staggering under the load of arma-
ments, says Representative Byrns of Tennessee. APP
proximately three-fourths of the ordinary expendi
lures OF federal government to pay for past
and the maintenance of national defense. This
huge burden upon our people should be reduced,
wherever possible"
There are in the present and navy depart
ments endless Implications that should be removed.
Each department maintains an air service Each has
a service of purchase and supplies often bidding
against each other for identical items Each operates
big establishments for storage transportation repair
training education disqualification and other services
There are rivalries between the two arms of de-
Tense which could be eliminated or at least checked
by unified service These rivaries often as in the
Spanish American war, assume proportions serious
enough to hamper the prosecution of war. At best
they wasteful and destructive
Another good reason for the unfcaton reform is
that it would give equal status to the important
service Hitherto jealous and fogey adnrals and gen.
erals have been able in many cases to clip the wings
of aviation.
Many millions would be saved under such uni
flying measure
1--WE must have insistent and determined reduc-
ton in government expenses" President Hoover SAYS
If he means it, he will support the bill for less
expensive and more efficient defense service
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
Puddler lin

Puddler Jim Davis has his critics, like the rest
of us. There are people unkind enough to think
and to say rather bluntly-that he was weak sec
rotary of labor, and better as a United States
senator from Pennsylvania
But even Jim's worst enemies admit that he has
q flair for politics that amounts to genius He gets
on with the folks. He keeps his ear to the ground
And Jim's is SO sensitive that he knows when a
public movement is afoot. All of which is some
what roundabout way of stating the obvious When
Jim Davis, the political dry. fops and becomes a
political wet, it will be significant.
Jim wants to stay in the senate. If he is going
to have chance for success, he has discovered that
he must ride the rising wet wave. So he apparently
intends to join with Mr. Ware, who more or less runs
Philadelphia and way points, and is wet of the
first water.
Perhaps some of Senator Davis critics will blame
him If he undergoes this sudden conversion. But
at least, he no longer will be open to the criticism
which fits so many of his senatorial colleagues who
evade the issue
Respect is due the politician who is willing to come
into the open national issue and allow the cleo
torate to decde-equal respect is due the dry wet
of that type
But not much can be said for the politician who
conspires to prevent the country from voting on a
vital issue. That is the undemocratic position of
those drys today who trying to block prohi-
bition referendum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
Questions and
Answers

What are the chief imports md
exports of Brazil?
The chief imports are wheat, ma
chinery, utensils and tools, gasoline
and motor cars. Coffee exceeds all
other exports.
How many counties are there in
Texas?
Two hundred and ffty-four.
Please write the numbers nine
million, nine thousand, nine hun
dred and ninety mine.
S9,0O9, 999.
Are the originals of the Constitu-
ton of the United States and the
Declaration of independence in ex-
istence?
Both are displayed in the Library
of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Are more prunes raised in Cali
fornia than in Oregon?
In 1880 Oregon raised $4,000 tons
of prunes and California raised 225,-
COO tons.
How many feature photopIays
have been produced in the last fif-
teen years?
The Film Daily Year Books list
1880 titles released between Janu-
airy, 1915, and December, 1880.
Must son have the full name
of his father to be a junior?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

ME most brilliant thinkers of the age are agreed
a tnat the probable salvation of America lies in
WomenS hands. Profound students of the question
contend that we can improve conditions not bv
initiating men, but by developing new opportunities
and setting up new ideals.
1t is evident that if we only track after mon VIC
some day shall arrive at the sort of cu-de-sac
In which we now imprisoned-unless, to be sure.
the men change their course
sometimes the home woman feels left out of these
plans Tor improvement. There is however, one task
that She and perhaps she alone, can do.
She can enhance the dignity of domestic labor
For she knows or should know how important in the
nations life are home-making, dietetics and child
rearing And she also should realize that heretofore
she mas been largely responsible for the present low
status OF domestic work in the working womans world
WTE long have thought it unnecessary to give the
w kitchen maid an education. We proceeded upon
the theory that once she got some book learning she
would not stay there The present state of industry
however. now makes that false reasoning.
The woman in the home has fostered this in
justice because she has regarded the girl in her
kitchen her inferior This attitude of mind never
has been explained satisfactorily. And it is not based
upon good sense
The business does not scorn his secretary or
Stenographer, whether they be men or women The
landlord does not feel superior to his rent
er, nor the merchant to his clerk.
And when these employees show special aptitude
or talet they generally given a hand up by their
employers The housewife, however who gets splen-
methods to keep her there
Il we believe, as we say, that the home is the
foundation Of the nation, then surely the women
who work in homes should be well paid and well
treated and should be made to feel that theirs is a
dignided and honorable calling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
The Rackets Come

kidnapping Of prominent citizen Of South Bend
calls attention to the fact that styles Of rackes are
changing with the depression and that the COM
pacence Of the people to the easy money boys dur
ing prosperity now has its dangers for the comfortable
The gangs grew with the coming of prohibition.
They prospered because people ready to patron
ize the vendors in liquor and pay huge tribute to
those who took chances with the law.
Because Of the illegal nature of a business that
had great patronage killing became an essential part
Of that business Competitors were suppressed with
bullets. Big cities educated men in the art Of killing
and also educated them in the habits of having plenty
Of money.
When depression came, the profits of bootlegging
shrank with that Of legitimate business The difference
in the fact that legitimate business men took
their losses and pared down their personal ex-
penditures to fit their incomes
The bootleg gangs took depression less COM
placently They turned to more profitable ways of
getting money and insisted getting the same huge
incomes.
Cities which tolerated the gangs of bootleggers and
took no steps to stamp them out long they con-
fined themselves to the illegal traffic in liquor and
murders between themselves now pay the tribute of
fear to the new tricks of the same old trade. Kid
naping is the easy development Of gang business.
kidnapping thirty years ago was rare event. Only
one organized gang, operating near DeCIOlC aCVdleu
nationwide attention. The kidnapping Of packers
son became a tradition.
Now it comes to Indiana, the most unlikely state
in the Union for such crimes The significant factor
in the situation that society is satisfied with the
return unframed of the victim.
There is no indignant demand for the punishment
of the criminals, determined effort to catch the
kidnaperS That may be due to the belief that gang
sters have become too powerful and too numerous.
The rackets here. What is to be done about it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
HEALTH SERVICE
Obstruction Of Bile Causes Jaundice

there has been damage to the liver
demands the most careful study as
to the cause of the damage and to
the elimination of such causes if the
condition is to be cured.
The cause may be an infection,
it may be the result of poisoning
with various metallic poisoningS or
with the by-products of bile forma-
ton.
In any instance the toxic sub
stances must be eliminated. For
instance, in jaundice due to intoxi-
cation by arsenic, it is customary
first to stop the administration of
the arsenic, and second to give a
preparation which counteracts the
arsenic.
In case of infection, treatment
must be directed toward building
the body's resistance to the infec-
ton. When the infection is over
come the jaundice disappears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29

Here and there in public Office men who still
believe with Representative Tom Blanton that idle
ness is the devils workshop" and that short working
hours are an abomination and menace; so here
and there conditions exist like that the New York
City affairs committee just has uncovered-hospital
guards working seven days week and ten, twelve
and thirteen hours day.
But, for the most part. officials and private en-
ployers alike have awakened to the fact that rs per
cent of the workers in this country produce
goods than they can consume or buy; that we must
divide the available work, a fourth of will be
permanently unemployed and forced to steal starve
There be no doubt that total, permanent idle
ness for this many men would be devils work.
shop not only for those concerned but e. all OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29

stuff than the economist or the
historian can ever muster.
History leaves out the head and
the foot of the parade and tries to
pare it all down to its aspect in
passing the reviewing stand or some
other given point. I used to lulI
myself to sleep at night by count
ing presidents crawling under a
fence.
would not deny cards and round
games to the inmates of the Yale
Country Club, but its essential
function is best preserved when Ter
thus. minor, says to Primus, third.
along about 4 in the morning, well.
you see, according to my experience,
1t seems to me that life is
I can't remember now what life
did seem to me when I was 10, and
1t was a few million centuries more
ancient. I never did really solve that
problem until I passed 40, and 1
doubt that would have succeeded
in working out the riddle even then.
but for the fact that I got an early
start.
(Copvripht 1920 nv THE rin,es)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
Picture Makingl

A ND so, as DR.. Swami points out,
L n both laymen and scientists, not
satisfied to stop with the mathe-
NAUTICAL equations, undertook to
make pictures of the ether. Then
the trouble began.
When the layman contemplates
such an abstract concept as the
ether, he usually adds to the prop
critics relevant for the performance
of its functions certain irrelevant
ones, possibly color or freezing
point" he continued.
even though he would be
Mortified to admit that he was
thinking specifically of such things,
they occupy a sort of hazy status
in his mind, and these irrelevant
parts frequently constitute what he
calls reality
"One irrelevant concept which the
materialistic physicist wished to
think Of in relation to the ether was
its state of motion. He wanted
to be able to speak of the velocity of
the earth in relation to it, or of its
velocity in relation to the earth.
He wanted to picture the drag
which it would exert on the earth as
it passed through it, and SO on.
The irritating thing about this
cantakerous ether was that while it
behaved with perfect consistency in
its legitimate job, it gave all sorts of
inconsistencies for things which
were not part of it's job.
Persons said, "Ahl If it has a
velocity relative to the earth, then
such and such an experiment should
give such and such an effect The
experiment was tried, and no effect
was observed. Very well, then, it
has no velocity with regard to the
earth; it is dragged along.
Then somebody else said: IF it
is stationary with regard to the
earth, if it is dragged along, then
such and such another experiment
should work in a certain way. 1t
did not work in that way either"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29

eleven. None Of us expected to be
tapped for the team.
Nor is it true that a lounging life
leads to intellectual stagnation. A
country club existence may well in
spire the adolescence to read with
avidity. In the last twenty years
I imagine I've read at least a dozen
books all the way through, but in
college I got away with that many
in a week.
All the required reading 7 neg
lected Shamefully. And it was just
as well, for I would have crammed
myself with textbooks upholding
economic theories which have since
been blown sky high.
In particular I remember that ]
loafed throughout the course given
by Professor Carver. I cut it many
times. But he has since turned out
to be a prohibitionist, and so ]
couldn't have missed much of i'm
DOrtance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EEg92s

THE Hardness Hoot is an under
l. graduate magazine at New
Haven which tries to keep Yale pure
and undefled by the cleansing pro-
cess of satirical comment. The Hoot
just has discovered and made public
the fact that the university is mere
ly a first rate country club.
But this is d familiar accusation.
I doubt its pertinence in this in
stance. According to my way Of
thinking, Yale is nothing like as
good as that. It will have to fight
for ranking honors with Princeton,
which has long been identified as
an ideal suburban lounge.
Nor am I at ali sure that the
country club charge is the barbed
Indictment which it may seem at
first thought Why shouldn't a COL
lege take over the business of in
culcating genial fellowship?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
When | Was but a Lad

II OOKING back across the misty
Il years it seems to me that the
most important gift university
can confer upon its students is
the privilege of sharing in CONVEX
sation. I almost wrote "stimu-
lating conversation" but caught
myself in time. Such a phrase
would indicate a conscious de-
sire for improvement, and futility
lies at the end of that road.
Anybody at all may object that it
is quite possible to talk without
going to college. 1t is possible, but
the difficulties are greater than we
realize. The formative years of the
Intercollegiate are generally spent
in place called the home.
This is by no means the ideal
place in which the young may strut
their stuff. The home is largely
occupied by people called your
elders" The general rule is that
you should not interrupt while they
are talking and that all opinions
advanced by them are to be received
with due reverence and a high de-
gree of approval.
I forget now whether it is the
father or the mother who is a boy S
best friend, but in either case do
not think that a relative is the ideal
debating opponent for' an inquir-
ing mind. Naturally I am not
scof1ng at the wisdom of the
elders. I am an elder n1yself-a
father, in fact-and in regard to
many matters I rate myself as
shrewder than my son.
Even SO, there is no point in his
wearing hand-me- downs, whether
they are tossed from the top of an
EinStein tower or come from the
roof of that squat brick building
better known as Haywood Broun
In the case of intellectual concepts,
each man or boy should be his own
bootlegger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
= DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

the hands and the soles of the
feet. In some cases the entire
body may be quite yellow.
Jaundice therefore, may result
from an excessive formation of
the bile material, from damage to
the liver so that the liver cells
do not pour out the bile, but let it
get back into the blood, and final
ly from obstruction to the excre-
ton of bile through the bile tract.
In case of obstruction due to
stones in the gallbladder or to
other conditions which block the
bile passages, the method of treat
ment is obviously an attempt to I'M
block the passages by surgical or
by other means.
In certain infectious diseases the
amount of bile formed may be so
excessive as to throw undue bur-
den on the liver and bile. passages.
The toxic type of case in which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-29
* TO-DAY 50
WORLD WAR \
ANNIVERSARY
&MA 0fAGN
LONDON AIR RAID
January 20

ON Jan. %, 1918, London was
~ bombed from the air for the
second successive night, killing 6a
and wounding 1873 in two nights.
On the night Of Jan. % the most
freightful raid was made. A total
of So persons were killed and ia
wounded. Hardly had the confusion
of his raid abated when the enemy
returned again, killing 10 more and
wounding another 10.
The supreme war council Of The
allies convened at Versailles and it
was decided to continue the vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war.
The italians broke through the
Teuton lines at several points east
of Asiago plateau and dispersed re-
Inducements. which were rushed
through the Nos and Campo Mulc
valleys.