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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-05
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The Washington times., 1933-12-26
County Elimination
Virginians Are Aroused


The reaction Vgans to the series of articles county
in that State appearing in The Washington Times
indicates healthy determination wipe out the extravaganza
which nseparab from the present system of gov
ernment.
The people of Virginia paying out millions of dollars each
year to maintain totally appendage Of the
cart
The 100 county within the State eating
ht the taxpayer and giving him nothing in return.
Specific recommendations for the consolidation and eiina
ton of of these encumbrances have been printed The
Times followed those recommendations would tighten the
burden of the Vrgnians but would deprive them of single
essential Of government
It is obvious that system Of government devised to meet
conditions in the State than 100 years ago properly
applicable to modern conditions
Yet the county governments following virtually the
same model that instituted shortly after the
established.
There have been sporadic attempts improve modrnz
The counties but they have not been successful complete
Intelligent and unseh State leaders realize this aroused
by the articles The Times they renewing their deerna
tion to remedy the situation.
That remedy lies in outright elimination of many Of the
county governments
Some of these governments with full compliments Of Off
and employees maintained to less than 1000
citizens
They totally unnecessary and it is encouraging witness
the sentiment which is arising for their elimination
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

rants, museums, etc. one after
noon or evening a fortnight, on
Dutch Treat basis. Lady from
the Suburbs"
I'm ALL OF BOSTON is
there a lady, not completely un-
attractive, who is interested in
literature, science, economics,
who prefers pop concerts to
symphonies, who has a sense OF
humor, and who can enjoy life
without too much Of bridge, Of
dancing, and of zero Marlboro
Street? Box &c.,"
"AM LOOKING for someone
to give me archery lessons;
must not be too expensive. Box
37O'."
us THERE a young woman
articulate and informed, who
would write a young creative
artist of 80 well-known on two
continents? Box 714.'"
YOUNG italian basSo desires
sponsor, or very small sum.
UnqueStionable musical endorse
ment. Box 375."
"HELP WANTED to play
piano duets. Someone betwixt
35 and so who, like the writer,
wants to resurrect, in a Systema-
tic and sociable way a long
neglected musical education.
'Andante'."
"HAVE YOU non-standardized
child, way ahead in some
studies, behind in others? Let
part-time governess help adjust
ment. Box 376."
wv ELL. BRED southerner
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

thing by which a spirit can grow
and climb-lies bound and rot
ting. For a man in chain, life
shrinks, to the circumference Of
that CALLING circle.
A cruel plight. But the ego
tiSt is in a crueler one.
Nobody can see the ankle
chain on the person who has no
interest outside himself-who
talks and thinks only of himself
who values every outward act
only in its relationship to him.
self.
But the ankle chain is there,
binding him as hideously as
ever a prisoner was bound.
Life ShrinkS for the egotist
as it does for the prisoner. For
life is not that small accumula-
ton of experiences and opin-
ions which we amass within
ourselves. Our real life lies out
side us-beyond us-in all the
other lives we meet-in all the
experiences we share and the
opinions we contact.
"W SOEVER SHALL
SEEK TO SAVE HIS LIFE
SHALL LOSE IT: AND WHO
SOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS
LIFE SHALL PRESERVE IT."
duke II: 33)
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

Meaning what? Meaning that
If you try to live in yourself
and by yourself you'll presently
have no life at all. Your life
will shrink and wither as the
tortured flesh and blasted bones
wither under the prisoners
ankle chain.
BUT IF YOU WILL LOSE
YOUR LIFE IF YOU HAVE
THE WISDOM AND COURAGE
TO PUSH YOUR OWN SELF
ASIDE AND CAST YOUR LOT
IN WITH OTHER SELVES,
RISKING THEIR CONFLICT
AND CHALLENGE - THEN
YOU WILL WIN AN INFIN-
ITELY GREATER LIFE FOR
YOURSELF.
Then, though you may lack
wit, you will share the wit Of
the world.
And though you may lack
nobility, you will be enobled by
the courage and beauty Of the
world.
And though our own per-
Sonal lot may be dull and petty,
you'll be partner in every
gypsy adventure Of the human
soul.
YOU LIVE AS MUCH AS
YOU GIVE
These people who are always
talking about themselves
avoid them when you can, but
don't get mad at them. Pity
them, rather. They are the
saddest sight on earth.
There they squat, mounting
and mumbling about them
selves, fretting and .fumbling
at the self made chains which
bind them.
And, meanwhile, the glorious
pageant of life sweeps by
they never see it.
The great trumpets call
they never hear them.
They see only their own
shadow on the ground.
They hear only the gable
Of their own voices, the clank-
ing Of their own chains.
.(Copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

began to move forward, but so
slowly that you couldn't tell they
were moving unless you watched
the railing. They took ten
minutes to cover ten feet. And
then there was a crack and a
crash, and big Sultan broke
through, tearir; ; a hole twenty
feet wide in the roadway, and
dropping into the soft mud of
the stream-bed. And there he
stood, cursing like a longshore-
man, while Betsy and Mary,
squealing with fright, scrambled
off the bridge.
It took hours to swing Sultan
out, and then he lay down in a
barn and groaned. Tears Grip.
ped from his eyes, and he was
plainly in great lain. The vet
erinarians went over every inch
Of him, but couldn't find any.
thing wrong.
Finally one Of the bareback
riders with the show spoke up.
Don't you see that elephants
trying to tell you what's the
matter with him? Look what
he's doing with his trunk"
They looked, and sure enough,
Sultan was touching his right
eye with the tip of his trunk, and
putting the trunk down and
touching the eye again, as he
groaned. And then the vets got
a magnifying glass, put 1t to
the eye and saw, buried in the
eyeball, splinter an inch long.
They twitched it out, and after
a few days Sultan was well as
ever.
Brains Lacking
The man who hunts dinosaurs
by airplane, DR.. Barnum Brown,
Of the American Museum Of
Natural History, has unearthed
a remarkable specimen of those
prehistoric lizards which basked
in the sunshine Of Montana a
hundred million years ago.
The little fellow DR.. Barnum
Brown found was only 18 feet
long and 7 feet high, about
twice as big as a rhinocerous. or
10 times as big as an alligator
full grown. 1t was a scaly
monster, with the bulk of an
elephant. but a brain only the.
size of pea, no bigger than the
brain of a baby mouse. Its ex-
tinction was inevitable. Mere
bulk had no chance with relent.
less, remorseless nature. Only
brains can beat her. The risings
and fallings of the lands and
the drying up Of the lakes
brought an end to the age OF
great Serpents.
Peering down from his plane.
DR.. Brown can tell by the color
and the conformation Of the
sand when he is over beds Of
fossil bones-the skeletons Of
the great serpents that once
ruled land and sea.
Copyright. 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
The Liquor Business
For Reputable Firms

It is inevitable that hoodlums and irresponsibles will
tempt chse the traffic in liquor wine when
those beverages egazd under the District liquor
troll bill under consideration by the Commissioners.
They MUST be allowed to get this business in their
grip again.
The greatest evil of the liquor business, both before and
during prohibition the type Of person who engaged
in Of course honorable in the liquor bus
ness prior prohibition, but they always at disad
vantage in competing with the unscrupulous
The greatest safeguard which be thrown around the
business when is returned legality and the way to in
that the business will be well and competenty managed
is insist that licenses be granted only to and firms Of
the higher type.
The stigma which attached to the liquor business may
tend Of most reputable merchants from
engaging in the traffic under the new law.
It should not
Business merchants whose enterprises will readily
lend themselves to the sale Of the newly legaized beverages
should as a matter of PUBLIC SERVICE add wines and
liquor to their
Their reluctance to engage in the business should
be subordnated the general good which will be
plished by keeping the traffic in reputable hands.
BY utilizing existing stores for the sale Of liquor keeping
that product incident to the business which the
store is doing great deal of good will accomplished
We know that which has established reputation
in the affairs of the city will conduct the bust
ness honoraby We know that will practice side tricks
to increase consumption Of liquor purely for profit We
know that it will guard this new experiment with all OF us
business experience.
The utilizing going for the distribution Of liquor
will in large way promote temperance.
The will be able to make his purchases in COM
Portable clean and wholesome surroundings He will be
sured of the quality Of what he purchasing He will be
assured all the convenences which attach to doing business
with honorable, established
These concerns would for their reputation
through engaging in this line Of business.
Honorably handled wine and liquor be honorable.
For good of their city and for the welfare of its resi-
established merchants should yield their personal
feelings and engage in the sale Of the legal beverages
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

local politicians playing politics
with Federal relief. The real
surprise, among those who
know conditions in that and
other States where OK cart gov
ernment prevails, is the pa.
tience of the people under the
burdens that political racketeer.
ing have imposed upon them.
In Kentucky, the Roosevelt
administration finally found it
impossible to depend upon any
State agency for the distribu.
ton Of relief or for providing
winter work for the unem.
ployed. Government in that
State lodged it's responsibilities
and supinely surrendered to the
greed Of county and local poll.
ticians, who, there. as else
where, are a favorite fetch and
carry for the forces of Special
Privilege.
To Build Anew
For these reasons, the entire
care of Kentucky's thousands
OF destitute unemployed has for
some time devolved upon the
Federal Government. Federal
funds and Federal personnel are
financing and distributing Fed
eral relief in Abraham Lincoln's
native State.
In Mississippi complaints are
increasing against the abuse Of
Federal aid by two factions
within the Democratic party.
Unless this is quickly checked,
the Roosevelt administration
will have to send into that
State Federal personnel from
the outside to save the hungry
from starvation. There are
many other States and metro
politan communities where con-
dltlons as bad exist because
government is dominated by
county and local politicians who
keep their favorites on the pay
and relief rolls while the desti-
tute unemployed go hungry and
taxpayers go broke.
When Congress reconvenes
and the President, in pursu-
ance of his constitutional duty,
makes his annual report upon
"the State of the Union" mil
lions of Americans are hoping
to hear from him how they can
rid themselves of the OK cart
system of county and local gov
eminent and build anew upon
a firm foundation a govern
ment within the several States
that represents the people, in
stead of a greedy horde of po.
litical parasites.
Copyright, 1888, The Washington Times>
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Public ReSentS Rule of
Political RacketeerS
By James T. Williams, Jr.

In State after State, an obso-
lete system Of county and local
government continues to OBJ
struct the efforts Of the Roose-
welt administration to distribute
relief and provide work for the
most destitute and deserving in
the army of the unemployed.
This evil inheritance, which
President Roosevelt has repeat
edly condemned as a hand-me-
down from the days when the
OK cart was a widely used means
of transportation, offers chal-
lenge and an opportunity to
every citizen who believes that
government is protection.
This is the shortest definition
OF government ever given. 1t is
one of the best.
Evil Inheritance
When government anywhere
ceases to protect the weak
against the strong, the law abid-
ing against the lawless, the
generous against the greedy, the
honest against the dishonest,
the merciful against the ruth
less, it is no longer government,
but only a racket"
In many States, the greedy,
dishonest, ruthless and organ
lied power of the spoilsmen of
politics has supplanted popular
government with the tyrannical
rule of political racketeers.
Against this indefensible in
justice, the tides of public re-
sentiment are rising. In the
coming year their force is going
to be felt in both political par
ties from the bottom of the
governmental structure to the
top.
Tennessee is one of the
States where the OK cart system
Of government is clogging the
machinery of relief and reem-
ployment, which the Roosevelt
administration is striving to
operate fairly and effectiv ely.
Tennessee's IS county govern
ments maintain on the public
pay roll a horde of officeholders
who continue to draw salaries
while thousands of people
throughout the State are desti-
tute. And when the Federal
Government undertakes to dis
tribute relief and provide winter
work for those of the unem-
ployed thousands who most
need it, county and local politi-
clans add to the difficulty of
distributing Federal aid fairly.
1t is not surprising that there
was an uprising at Dayton, Ten
nessee, the other day, where the
unemployed protested against
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

(stranger in New England city,,
whose taste does not run to
drinking parties, etc., fun
loving, outdoor enthusiast, loves
dancing and reading, desires
correspondence with college
man between Is and 35."
Where would you find a
Understanding lot of people for
a general get-together? Couldn't
we have a party aid send for
them all, say in my room? I
haven't got two pianos for
"Andante," but I have a piano
and a mandolin, and we ought
to be able to make a little
noise on those by way Of re-
surrecting a long-neglected
musical education.
The well-bred Southerner in
a New England city IA tough
spot for her, all right) is prob
ably near enough Boston to
make it worth her while to
meet BOX 379," who has given
up hope of finding anyone like
her in that town. She may
want to do a little more dane
ing than he could wish, and he
may, at first, try to drag in too
much science and economics,
but, with their common despair
at what New England has to
offer, they ought to make
quite a pretty pair.
I have not. unfortunately, a
nonstandardized child for
"Part-time Governess," and
neither can sponsor young
Italian Basso." But I, myself,
will take on Lady From the
Suburbs" who wants to poke
around New York's odd corners,
especially on a Dutch Treat
basis. With her ideas of what's
what, she ought to let my "a
under the wire for a As, as
am tall for my age.
The only one who would be
really out Of it at the party
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
ONCE OVERS

You are even willing to
comment favorably and extern
sively on the general pleasing
effect the others have pro-
duced.
Thus far you go and no
farther.
You would not deny yourself
a pleasure, or use any of your
leisure to do work essential to
bring about and keep up i'm
provements.
In fact you are careless to
the extent that you make it
harder for the willing workers
to retain the spic and span
appearance they seek and re-
tain.
Copyright. 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
The Human Side of the News
Wisdom of Elephants Finding Fossils by Plane
By EdWin C.. Hill

DR.. William T. Hornaday, one
of the great natural historians
of the world, has just turned
his seventy-ninth birthday. Still
vigorous as he turns into the
octogenarian decade, DR.. Horn
aday pursues his life work of
preserving wild life from useless
slaughter, from determination.
AS much, at least, as any
other man he is entitled to the
credit of saving our American
bison from being killed off ut
terly. Now he turns to the sal
vation of wild fowl, fighting to
halt the indiscriminate killing
of winged game by the breed
of hunter who knows no law
save the lust of killing.
In the days when DR.. Horn.
aday was director of the great
New York Geological Park, this
writer, frequently drawn to that
fascinating wild animal pre-.
serve, sat many times in DR..
Hornaday's office hearing his
thousand and one tales of
animal collecting in five conti-
nents. But it was Of elephants,
especially, that he spun amaz.
ing yarns-true yarns-tales of
the almost incredible intelli-
gence Of the vast ceratures
which have come down to us,
little changed. from the NAM
moth maStodon.
Unreliable
Nobody, says William T.
Hornaday has ever really faith
omed the mind of an elephant.
There are mysterious goings-on
in his wise old head that are un-
readable by man. He thinks,
but on a different plane than
the human mind works upon.
Not only that, he has intuition
that We human beings utterly
lack.
It was DR.. Hornaday who
told me the elephant story that
is repeated many time on
circus trains and in circus dress
ing rooms. With the big show
some years ago we're three
elephants they used to hitch
tandem to a bandwagon. And
one day when the circus was
parading through a small town
it came to a wooden bridge
across a narrow river. When
the three elephants came to
that bridge they stopped short.
Betsy, a half-grown elephant,
tested it gingerly, clucking and
chirruping constantly. Betsy
tried her weight, and the bridge
held. Then Mary, nearly full
grown, tried it out like a toe
dancer. and finally walked
squarely onto the bridge after
Betsy. Then came big Sultan,
who was scolding and fussing as
the two ladies chirruped to him.
The elephant men kept out of
it because their elephants knew
things they couldn't know.
Finally, Sultan rolled upon
the shaking bridge. The three
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
1.-THE Star -Spangled Banner

Keys Manuscript Should Belong to U. S.
Our national anthem The Star spanged Banner dear
TO every American if he can't sing it.
Thus nationwide interest will be felt in sale of the original
manuscript written by Francis Scott Key when detained
board British man-owar during the bombardment of
Fort McHenry near Baltimore the night of September 49,
1914
Keys poem will be auconed in New York at the American
Art Association Anderson Galleries on January 5.
would be great pity if this famous document should be
kept in private hands.
It ought to be owned by the naon-or least kept on
hbton where the people, and particularly the school children
could see it.
Baltimore has proprietary feeling toward it.
New York Americas largest city, would like to have it.
The Nations Capital the Library Of Congress would also
be appropriate place for it,
Perhaps publicsprted citizen Of will bid it in
and present it to the public
There would certainly be satisfaction that for the
purchaser than in keeping hidden away where the
American see it.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Home Cooperation

4AUHuC NOOpCA 0VAUA
If you are the one about
your house who is trying to
beautify it and its premises,
you know what it means not to
have the cooperation Of others
In your family.
In nearly all homes there are
those who are energetic in their
efforts to improve and keep up
the surroundings.
Usually there are others who
make little effort to add to its
beauty or it's comfort.
To which class do you be-
long?
You appreciate the effect of
a neatly kept house and we'll
looked-after yard.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

Like prison
ers picking at
their chains!
Ever see on
ankle chain?
A beastly busi-
ness. No civil
i ze d country
should permit
one. For some
thing m ore
than leg-bone
is shackled by
that raSping.
iron. ALI clean
pride all
healthy ambi-
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
READING PERSONALS
By Robert Benchley

After having abandoned, for
many years, the reading of
Personal" columns in American
newspapers because nobody
seemed to be getting personal
any more, I find that I have
been passing up a rare treat Of
meddling in the lives of others
in (of all papersD the eminent
ly respectable Saturday Review
of Literature" published in New
York City.
Here is defined and decorus
solicitation at its best, making
the agony Column" in the Lon
don Times" read like a list Of
massage parlors and murder
traps. In one issue alone, I find
the following personal items:
WANTED; gentleman of As to
go, interested in poking around
New York's odd corners, old
book shops, national restau-
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
LISTEN, WORLD
BY Elsie Robinson

People in Ankle Chains
These people who are always
talking about themselves
What a bore they arel
And yet how pitiful-
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

would be "Box 370," who wants
someone to give him or her
archery lessons. I could get a
bow and arrow, and we could
all have a lot of fun with
them provided "Part-Time-
GoverneSs" didn't put her
foot down. am afraid, though,
that BOX $40" is the only
dreamer of the lot. There
probably isn't a lonely archer
in the country.
Copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
Among Other Records, City
Pinmen ClOthe - for Santa

ao The PTitchstt alleys VIII stage 4sO
Jan. l. Four games across eight alleys
will be rolled in this event. the con-
teStants receiving two-thirds of the
difference between their combined league
averages. and 400 With the figure set
that will at least give them a chance
The four instead of three-game set also
will help to make things equal The
entry fee will be So per man. which in
cludeS all charges.
On Jan. and the annual 200 scratch
Philip A. c. alleys Bill Moran the boy
who develops young stars on these east
side drives, will be in charge of this
event. that enrolls the bowlers from every
league in the city each year. Moran also
is real booster for other tournaments
events scheduled on the other drives in
the city. and it is only fair that the
bowlerS enter his annual feature.
The next time that Jack Hunt takes
the drives. he will be after his tenth
consecutive 600 total. This boy. always
star. is especially feared in match play.
having come through with the pins needed
in every match that he has rolled since
returning from Union City. two years
ago.
Some of the bowlers have been wonder
Ing what has happened to Joe Michaelis.
the youngster who gave promise of being
an outstanding star several years ago
Philip No. l League. but is going much
better in the L. S. AvreS play