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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

state in which no one would have
to do that. We have plenty of ev-
erything to make such dream come
true-everything except that char
acter, that grit, that backbone
whose lack now retards us.
THE disturbing fact about these
l. young civilians lies in the
statement made by many of them;
that loneliness defeated them. Al
though they lived in camps with
several thousand other boys Of the
same age, they couldn't endure life
away from the shows, the lights, the
movement of city streets In short,
they were not able to live with
themselves.
Excusing as We must the impa-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03
TUESDAY. OCT. ,. 1893.
FLOOD CONTROL AND UTILITIES

FLOOD CONTROL AND UTILITIES
INDIANA suffers an annual loss of more
i than 100000 from rivers on the rampage.
Just how much more it is losing each year at
the hands of rapacious public utilities is ins
calculable
Regulation has been monumental fall
ure. Levee systems on the rivers have been
inadequate. So have attempts to control the
dreadful piracy of the utilities
There is a way right now, If the people
choose, to bring both rivers and utilities under
permanent control. Erect a series of dams
at the headwaters Of the Wabash and White
rivers. Use one or two Of these dams as the
basis for state-owned and operated hydro
electric plants.
The dams would check the food waters at
their source. before they had chance to roll
into the lowlands carrying destruction with
them. 1t is perfectly feasible scheme. Day
ton did it after the disastrous 1912 food and
that community needs no new levees.
once the dams are built, there Is nothing
complicated about hitching hydro-electrc
plants to them. These sources Of power could
be made entirely self-supporting and might
even turn in profit to the state
But above all, such plants would furnish
the one type of regulation utility companies
understands competition.
Cleveland has a small municipal lighting
plant. It can serve comparatively few con-
sumers at its low rate Yet its very presence
in the city changed the privately owned util-
ity from a blood-thirsty lion into a woolly
lamb with fleece as white as snow. Indiana can
do the same thing if it chooses.
The objection that the flood control dams
would be too expensive has no force If the
state acts now Mrs. Virginia A. Jenckes
Sixth district congressman, has been fighting
for $18,OOOOO0 from the federal government
for flood prevention as part of the Presidents
public works program.
All that awaits the issuing Of these funds
to Indiana is the signature of Secretary Har-
old Ickes He should make this money i'm
mediately available.
Then the people of the state will be able
to control their floods and their electric light
. companies at one shrewd stroke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03
say your sag vOltaro

the army provided military train
ing for 100000 men yearly. Tax
payers please note)
Does the army of the great
American democracy still use the
official Manual on Citizenship
Training IT. M. No. 2000-25), which
states that democracy results in
mobocracy and that the attitude of
democracy toward property is Com
munistic? If so, is this not under
mining American democracy2
By G.. Fink.
Shall such utter lack Of intelli-
gence as exhibited by E. F. Mad
dex in his letter to the Message
Center on Sept. q go unpublished?
Unfortunately. it must. The only
alternative is shame, and in such
extreme cases it's effect is doubt
full.
Asininity of that order can only
be the product Of narrow, blurred
and prejudiced mind that fails to
see beyond the walls and limitations
set up by a powerful educational
system entirely void of understand
ing. Or, mayhap, Mr. Maddox is
one of those "self-satisfied, then
all's well' people admitting perfec-
ton of the present system and has
chosen to enormously vent his dis
like for an economic and political
system, namely, Socialism, whose
simplicity he fails to understand.
Since when, Mr.. Maddox, has So
cialism been un-American? Since
when have the teachings Of Jesus
Christ and lesser pacifiSts been
synonymous with disloyalty to true
American ideals, ideals themselves
fostered by Jesus Christ? I believe
you fail to understand the true sig
nificance of American ideals, free
dom of the press, freedom of re-
ligion, freedom of speech, ct cetera.
know you do. You would bar
freedom of thought among school
teachers and have every one in his
thoughts as alike as peas in a pod
Please remember that patriotism
consists not in waving flag and
shouting for blood, nor even in be-
ing yes" man.
But perhaps you are not respon-
sible. Your article with its fam
tastic and unbalanced assumption
that Norman Thomas aspirations
are toward a dictatorship in the
state, and that by means of revo-
luton will bear me out in this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03
It Seems
to Me
=BY HAYWOOD BRoUN.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Earl Car
~ roll. writing as one producer to
another. makes certain comments
about the function Of the dramatic
critic under NRA. Some years ago
I was myself one of the sad and
savage young men, and, even so,
must admit that there is merit in
Mr.. CAROLS complaint.
I do not subscribe wholly TO his
brief, but will let him state his case
and then crowd in whatever scant
rebuttal space allows:
Earl Carroll writes:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03
We'll See

By J. F. Morgan.
1t is estimated that of our $780,
100000 population, that 100000
adults will consume one-half pint
Of alcohol in whisky or some other
beverage a day, total of over
456, 100000 gallons year. 1t is
reasonable to assume that the
prices of grains will rise accord
ingly and thus help the farmers
and give us all a lift out of the
depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03

Bronx IN W residents reported a gold
strike in their own back yards, but not enough
to entice the gold diggers from Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03

Man in Chicago was buried alive for sixty
days. And men in this city go about dead but
not buried for longer than that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03

Denmark's citizens are going to have gas
masks to prepare themselves against chemical
warfare-ahd the talk coming from Europe's
statesmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-03

million copies Of Hitler's book, my
Fight have been published What bonfire
they would make!
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1t seems President Roosevelt still can see
nothing but hot air in all that initiation talk.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
REY|EW[ OE IHE- NEW BCQ0KJr
4 !

showed his contempt for this petty German
terrorizing by continuing to read his evening
paper, calmly, though there was q slight
sweating in the palms of his hands. BY the
end of the war, the older generation had either
settled into condition of sad "Reminiscences of
good past, or had begun to adapt itself to a
new and less satisfactory future. Disillusion
about everything, the scrapping of traditional
standards of morality. impatience with all re-
straint, hectic pursuit of pleasure which in
the savoring usually turns out not to be pleas
ure contributed to making the generation
which grew up during the war seem old while
yet it was ycung Another side of the post
war scene has been new turning to religion
as a refuge and solution, frequently expert
mentation with unaccustomed religious syS-
TENS, at times willing credence in charlatanry.
mo one could Crude comfort to those who were
bewildered by their bitter losses, but it is sick
ening to think frcm what trumpery cheating
they often derived it,
Mr.. Benson concludes his survey with the
events of the Autumn of 1881 and the forma-
ton of the national coalition government, an
emergency achievement which he thoroughly
approves. He says that "the policy which had
so nearly wrecked England" was that of put
ting the interests of party before national
needs" He is not hopeless about Engiand's
future, even while recognizing the seriousness
of the wars aftermath. For England during
the wasted years that had elapsed since the
war had become second-rate power, and she
was on the verge of insolvency. To think of
her thus was very difficult, but the sooner VIC
managed to do so the better. The question
was If, nationally we could behave in such
a way as to accept our humiliation without bit
terness and to recover the respect of others
and our own. 1t looks as if there is q chance"
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Books Rec9lUed

GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY. BY Sam
uel Nisenson and Alfred Parker New York:
GroSset g. Dunlap
LEGENDARY GERMANY: OBERAMMER-
GAU AND BAYREUTH By Regina Jais.
New York: Lincoln Macveach The Dial
BEN JONSON AND THE FIRST FOLIO. BY
w. Lansdown Goldsworthy London: Cecil
Palmer
TONIGHT WE IMPRovIsE Drama) BY
Luigi Pirandello. New York: E. p Dutton
e. Co. Inc
I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, Second Series. BY
Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins
New York: The Century Co.
PROHIBITION AGENT NO l. BY Izzy Elm
stein. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co
THE CHAMPION CROSSWORD PUZZLE
BOOK. BY J. Van Cleft Cooper Philadel-
phia: John C. Winston Co.
THE WAY OF BEAUTY Poetry. BY Mary
$ Fitzgerald. Dallas. Tex; The Kaleido-
scope Publishers.
FRANCES NEWMANS LETTERS. Edited by
Hansell Baugh. New York: Horace Liy-
eright
NINE WOMEN. BY Halina Sokolnikoya New
York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith
FLAMING ARROWS PEOPLE. BY an Acons. /,
Indian James Paytiamo. New York: Duf-
field & Green
JUVENILE.
CAPTAIN TRIPP. BY Rupert Sargent Holland.
New York: The Century Co.
THE PRAIRIE PIRATES. BY Earl Chaplin
May. New York: Dufheld 81 Green
GOLD is WHERE YOU FIND 1T. BY Ann
Spence Warner. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Co
THE PACK TRAIN STEAMBOAT BY Mar
garet Loring Thomas. Indianapolis The
BobbS-M Merrill Co.
KATRINA GROWS UP. BY Helen Eggles-
ton Haskell. New York: z. p Dutton &
Co. Inc
TOURING STORYLAND BY Lucille and
Thurman C. Gardner. Dallas. Banks, up
shaw & Co.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Hahbnt Deep Ssoimmers

THE haiibut, the most valuable as food source
OF the so-called nat fish, varies greatly in
size from the so-called chicken halibut which
weighs from 10 to 20 pounds up TO the largest
type, which weigh as much as 500 pounds The
most usual type average around SO pounds for
the males and between 100 and $50 pounds for
the females.
They prefer cold water and usually lie deep,
being caught at depths of $50 fathoms. When
in pursuit of other fish, however, the halibut
will often rise clear to the surface of the water
and sometimes hit the pursued fish with the
tail before seizing it and devouring It,
Evening star., 1933-01-01
Dormouse Is Thrifty

THE dormouse, which has characteristics of
both the mouse and the squirrel. finds its
squirrel-hke habits OF real value these days
II stores up large quantities of nuts for VIM
ter food, and having stocked its larder prop
erly, it goes to Sleep When bright warm days
come In Winter and cause 1t to awaken it finds
plenty of food at hand and after eating its
fill it goes back to sleep until the next spell
OF unreasonable weather wakes it up
The common white-footed mouse, which Is
used q pet in this country, is sometimes
called dormouse.
Evening star., 1933-01-01
BY SARAH G.. BOWERM4N.

GROVER CLEVELAND: Study in Courage.
BY Allen Nevins. New York: Dodd, Mead
e. Co
Evening star., 1933-01-01

E left to subsequent generations
an example of the courage that
never yields an inch in the
cause of truth, and that never
surrenders an iota of principle
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
R.F.C, AID SEEN
AS NEED HERE

A group of welfare workers to-
day urged the District Commis-
sioners to apply to Congress for
an amendment to the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation act SO
that the District would be per-
mitted to borrow from the cor
poration for unemployment re-
lief.
At the conference, which was
called at the instance of Newbold
Noyes, of the Community Chest,
it was pointed out that needs in
1888 will be much greater than
last year.. The Commissioners
took the request under advise
ment and it is expected they viii
forward it to Congress with their
recommendation.
Those attending the conference
were the Rev. John O'Grady, d.
rector of Catholic Charities; Cole
man Jennings, president of the
Associated Charities; Mrs. Louise
S. Roberts, executive secretary Of
the Council of School Agencies;
Clarence Dodge. Arthur C. Moses,
president Of the Travellers Aid:
Corporation Counsel w. w Bride;
District Auditor Donovan and
George S. Wilson, superintendent
Of Public Welfare.
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
DIVA BEFR|ENDS
SAX PLAYER

An orchid to Mary Garden,
former Chicago Grand Opera
queen, for her generous interven'
tion in behalf of a saxophone
player during rehearsal at the
Fox Theater this morning.
The musician was "bawled OUT
by the orchestra leader and told
to "drop out" Miss Garden, at
the next interval in, her song,
protested:
'But I love the SaxOphOne.
must have him."
Four-a-day vaudeville is a bit
out of Miss Gardens line but she
says she cloves it" and is thrilled
over her entry in the four-a-dayD
Miss Garden, interviewed after
her rehearsal, was bitter in her de.
nunciation Of Samuel insult,
former Chicago utilities magnate
and grand opera cZar.
insult, in Miss Gardens opin-
ion, deserves all he gets for pull
ing down the greatest institution
of music" the world has ever seen.
Says Miss Garden:
"He never knew anything
about music. And apparently,
judging from recent develop
mentS, Of his own business. He
was a destroyer and / hate
destruction"
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
RACKE TEER|NG
At INAUGURAL
. SQUELCHED
No Advertising Solicited for
Official Program; Aids.D. C.
Business Men

Aiming a death blow at rack
eteering plots, the Roosevelt Gar
ner inaugural program commit
tee decided today to prepare the
official program completely free
Of advertising.
The action taken by the COM
mittee, of which ]. Fred ESsary
is chairman, was designed to
serve a two-fold purpose. Pri-
marily, it was explained, the
move will relieve the burden
upon local business men and
establishments, who are contrib
uting to the 100000 fund of
the finance committee to guar
antee a colorul inaugural.
The general committee has re-
ceived reports that racketeers are
at work in a num- of out-of-
town cities, especially in New
Jersey, soliciting bogus advertise
ments for the program. AS a
result of it's action and a nation
wide warning against program
advertising solicitors, the commit
tee is confident that plans Of
racketeers will be defeated.
The committee contemplates
preparing a book of approx.
mately "a pages, containing not
only information concerning the
inaugural celebration but also
historical material Of past inau.
gurals and sites in and about
the District.
Admir- Cary T. Grayson, gen
eral chairman of the committee,
detailed all his plans for
the celebration to President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt at con-
ference yesterday in the May.
flower Hotel. Following the con.
ference, Governor Roosevelt an.
nounced that the plans had his
whole-hearted support and that
he anticipated a happy" inau-
gural.
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
POLICEMEN SEE
TWO THIEVES
At WORK
One Makes Dash Through Win
dow Pane But Is Caught
in TW0.Block Chase

Two colored men, captured
when a radio call brought police
to the Sanitary Grocery Store in
the 100 block Vermont Ave.
N. w., where held today in con-
nection with an attempt to crack
the safe.
Detective Sergts. Lawrence
O'Dea and Carlton Talley and
Policeman F. M. Jones sped to
the store last night to an alarm
which went out after witness
to the burglary telephoned police.
Two Men Captured
James E. Quander, of the 210O
block of Flagler st. N. w., was
caught in the store. Sylvester L
Brown of the 300 block of T St
N. W., broke through a window
and was captured by James after
q two-block chase.
Police said the men had been
trying to break the safe with
hammer.
Richard F. Rayborn, Of the
100 block Of Eleventh st. S. E
was robbed of $3.50 by two col
ored holdup men who entered his
taxicab as fares at North Capitol
and H Streets.
When a colored thug con
fronted Pho Odano, of the 1000
block M st. N. w.. on B Street
near Four-and-a-haf Street South
west, last night, Odano ran. He
said the would-be robber struck
him on the head with a pistol
butt, but got nothing.
Two white men shortly before
midnight robbed Arthur Murphy
of Observatory Circle Northwest,
Of SO near the P Street Bridge
over Rock Greek, Murphy said
They had no weapon.
Mrs. Corinne Turner. $500
block Woodley Rd. N. w., kept
a firm grip on her purse when q
colored man grabbed at it at the
south end of Taft Memorial
Bridge. The robber ran with the
purse, leaving the handle in the
victims hand. The purse con-
tanned about 81.
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
WALK To WORK.
To FEEL Fit

CurUeS may come, and boyiSh
figures may 90, but MAKE me like
Venus" is the cry OF Uonaen
eDerytOhere, regardless of 1DhetEler
the current Venus is pleGStngly
plump or GthleticGlly lean.
Thousands of these jealous
tDon1e1s diet StrinOently and in
duIge In harmful oUer-eTerctse to
attain that coUeted thinneSS.
A tDell-proportioned figure is
the result OF sane diet and SeISi.
BILE exercise, says Artie McGoUern,
noted athletic trainer. The Wash
inOton Times, In q series of Grti-
cles of 10tich this is the ninth,
presents his diet and exercise
route to a heGlthful SlenderneSS.
Do you ride to work every
morning on a bus or street car,
packed in with crowds? And
then at night, after a day con-
fined indoors do you again ride
home?
# so, then try and learn how
very refreshing and healthful 1t
is to walk in the fresh air, STEP
ping briskly along-how much
better your appetite will be, how
much sounder you will sleep.
Try walking, says Artie Nc
Govern, and you will learn that
life is much better, for it is air
and exercise chat keep you fit.
Keep Windows Open
Pointing out the necessity for
sleeping in a room with all win
dows open, McGovern said:
''TOO many in modern life
underestimate the importance
Of fresh air. We live too much
indOOrs-at home, in offices
and in ,theaterS-and we do not
get enough fresh air in our
daily lives"
McGovern recommends riding
an open bus if possible. Other
wise, he says, get off, If. you
must ride, before reaching your
destination and finish the jour-
ney on foot, walking briskly.
Keep Up to Schedule
And you'll feel much peppier
when you begin to do your ex-
ercises in the morning, If you've
been sleeping with all the win
dows open, and the room is
filled with fresh air, McGovern
points out.
No matter when you do your
Continued on Page Is, Col. 2.)
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
CURB PROPOSED
FOR SPECIAL
CONGRESS
Organization Democrats Ask
Session Be Limited to
Definite Program

The calling of a special session
of the new Democratic Congress
presented new problems to Presi-
dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
today as organization Democrats
urged a limitation on the scope
Of the session.
Although the PreSident-elect de-
clined to say that a session will
be called-and indicated he would
withhold announcement until the
end of the present Lame Duck"
session-he is believed to be re-
signed to a call.
Fear a Long Session
Anxious to avoid a long drawn
out special session like the one
that wrecked the Hoover Admin
istration, in the opinion Of some
politicians, the organization Demo
Gratis are urging it be limited to
the cardinal pledges of the Demo
cratic platform.
These include submission Of re.
peal of prohibition, a beer bill,
farm relief, budget balancing, and
unprecedented economy. The pro-
posal is based upon the belief
that all will fail in the present
session.
The plan runs counter to the
wishes of the progressive group
of the Democratic membership Of
the present Congress.
Oppose Any Interference
They bitterly oppose any Execu-
tive interference with the right
of Congress to continue in Ses-
sion as long as it pleases and to
enact such legislation as it
chooses.
The President-elect fenced with
newspaper men when. they sought
a direct statement from him on
a meeting of the new Congress.
The House Ways and Means
Committee was to meet today
and formally decide that no new
tax bill will be enacted to bal
ance the budget, and thus, in
the opinion of many members of
Congress, make a special session
imperative.
The Democratic tariff program
has not been decided. It is ex-
pected, however, that if a special
session is called, the Democratic
Congress will enact legislation
leading to negotiations for reci.
procal treaties, a general lower
ing of world tariff barriers, and
making the Tariff Commission a
fact-finding body.
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
The Sphinx's Riddle

Still, haven't tried to the question: suspecting
that of is wise enough to the questions
of others and suppose my correspondent will take little
comfort from the to another riddle i'm
pressed by it. reading the familiar story the other day.
and as handed problem without it's answer
! pass with the best answer in the world
It is the famous riddle of the Sphinx: What animal
walks four feet in the morning two feet at noon
on three at nghtfa Outside of Thebes lay the Sphinx
offering the riddle to all comers devourng those who
failed to correctly. Oedipus having slain his
father, feeling himself capable of mastering the world
most of take it without any thought of it's meaning
In the version of Andre Glide and profound mean
ing is given to the story For eide suggests that what
ever the riddle of the Sphinx might have been the
IS we approach manhood meets a monster asking us
riddle the riddles different but the answer must
he says to put ones self forward the answer to the
worlds enigma, but other will do. Try any
other and you will be destroyed.
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
Taxi Situation To Be Aired
At Capitol on Monday

Seeking a cure for the "unsatiS-
factory" taxicab situation here,
the Citizens Joint Transportation
Committee, Thomas P. Littlepage,
chairman, will meet with the
House Appropriations Subcommit-
tee at 10:30 a. m. Monday.
Following a study Of the local
mass and public transportation
problem" members Of the COM
mittee have conferred with Rep
resentative Thomas Blanton mem
Der of the House District Com
mittee; w. A. Roberts, assistant
The Washington times., 1933-01-20
Man-Not Superman

This isn't likely to be popular theory just now when
great many people thinking themselves fairly sure
of immediate election are crying for superman or at
least for supercounc of supermen and when any idea
which requires little thought and less action is bound to
be popular Colonel House wrote few weeks ago that
the present crisis would be great opportunity for
reckless and daring he suggested also that America
was fortunate in not having such ready for action
Around such man would rally any number of greedy
and anxious robberbarons, few statesmen with ideas
about the collapse of democracy and millions (but prob
ably not enough milions) of people who would rather
DO anything else than think for themselves and would
rather give any answer to the Sphinx than the right