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The Washington times., 1933-03-11
TURF MEET O. K.

MIAMI, March II. Frank j.
Bruen, president of the Gables
Racing Association, announced to-
day the IT, day meeting would
open at Tropical Park next Mon
day and continue to March 81, as
scheduled.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
Ambassador Mernlen
Meet Baltimore Team

The Ambassador Swimming Club
will hold a dual meet with the
Baltimore Y. M. C. A. at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Ambassador pool.
Outstanding for the Y. M. C. A.
are Schmidt, breast stroker; Kicas
and Kinsley. 220 men. Alvarado,
Ghormely, Broaddus, Heslop and
Fite are expected to star for the
Ambassador team.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
SWANEE, TO WORKOUT

The Swanee diamonders will
hold a workout tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock on the Fa1rlaW
Field. Manager Derby urges all
candidates to report,
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
D. c. Court Results

Mercury Seniors. 43; Crescent. 9.
st. Martins Seniors. 80: Simpson. 1s
Rockville A. A. 27: D. c. Firemen. IS.
W Eagles. "a; Owls. 81.
Old Dominion. SO: Columbia, go.
ST. Martins Sc: WarwiCks. 30.
Naval Reserves. 81: Whirlwinds -
Washington Friends. 81: Bal. Friends,
Western Flashes. 37; Mclean. 90,
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
OLD DOMINION WINS

The Old Dominion five last
night set back the Columbia quint
Of Alexandria, 80 to 80, Cabell
led the winners, while the Trav-
erS brothers each score five field
goals.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
FLASHES VICTORIOUS

The Western Flashes were
barely able to nose out the Nc
Lean five last night, 81 to 33.
Steele led the winners, while
Lusby, of the losers, was high
scorer of the fray.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
PLAN FENCING TEAM

An organization meeting of
young men and women fencers
will be held tomorrow afternoon
at the Jewish Community Center.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
Series With Indians
To offer First Test
With Major RiuQl
BY GARRETT WATERS
Times Staff Correspondent

BILOXI, Miss, March 1.-The annual for exhbi-
ton games has rolled around for the mighty Gffmen Be-
ginning today Manager Joe Cronin and his merry will
forced to engage in not only practice sessions during the
remaining days of the training grind but contests we'll
The Washington times., 1933-03-11

Rooms some with privilege OF
eating at the family table can be
rented through the Rental Columns Of
the WANT AD SECTION Of this news
0ADess
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
Nationwide
Grocers' League

High team set-Auth. 1850. High
team game-Auth. $50. High individual
set-Riley, 3s1. High individual game
Riley, 149. High strikes-H. Booth, 26.
High spares-Riley. 1877. Flat game
Mowat, SO; Baxter. SO.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11
GR|FFMEN TO PLAY FOUR EXHIBITION Gal
By KIRK MILLER
Natural Grid Rivals
BLGtz Us. SeibeL
Might Revive Sport
Horses Average $178
At HiGLeGh Auction
RueL and Ping POng

able to read Alright the signs of the times they
reflected from Capitol HA motif in college ed
unexpected
We read with more than passing interest the
that the sebel Institute of Technology Of Chicago
providing in beer making that when the various
States Of the Union have voted to bring back beer there in
deed will be sufficient brewmasters available to build fire.
and smoke becng from the tall brick stacks Of the
many breweries which will then dot the countryside.
The Washington times., 1933-03-11

And what has this to do with
sports, you are probably asking
yourself by now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
H RAT IS IN THE TRAP

A ND so Machine-G Gun Kelly, rat of the
IA underworld, is in the trap at last. Only
q few days ago this missing suspect in the
Urschel KIDNAPPING case was sending threat
ening letters to those engaged in aiding the
prosecution of the notorious Harvey Bailey
in Oklahoma City. He would kill Urschel.
He would kill UrscheIs whole family to show
what a bold man he was; he laid his linked
hand on one such letter, to display his we'll
known finger prints.
1t all reminds one Of Mark Twain's tough
guy. who said: "Whoop, bow your neck and
spread, for the pet child of calamity is COM
ing. I take thirteen alligators and a barrel
of whisky for breakfast when I am in ROBUST
health: a bushel of rattlesnakes and a dead
body whe I am ailing. I am a child OF SIM
sired by a hurricane. damned by a cyclone.
Contemplate me through leather, gentlemen,
don't look at me with the naked eye"
That's the kin of a hard citizen Machine
Gun Kelly was. And while he was ranting
thus, a government agent-a quiet man; con-
tent to let the other fellow do the talking
was on the trail. This is a big country. The
unthinking might believe that it is easy for
one to lose himself in it. Not at all, espe-
cially when the person sought is as dumb as
Machine-Gun Kelly, the blatherskite. A hard
beast Of the jungle he may be. But the gov
eminent secret service is just as hard when
aroused. And that's the way the secret serv-
ice ought to be. And that's the way the whole
government ought to be when dealing with
the plug-ugles of the Machine Gun Kelly
type.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
M. E.TracySay

FOURTEEN japanese cadets have been SEN
l. fenced to four years in prison for murder
ing the late Premier Inukai. There was no
doubt of their guilt. 1t was not only proved by
the prosecution, but brazenly admitted by the
defense.
These cadets claimed that they were mo-
tivated by patriotism and that the calculated
cold-blooded Staying of Inukai in his own front
hall was justified.
The people of Japan appear to have agreed
with this view. At all events, the government
received more than $4,000 letters asking for
leniency and only sixteen demanding death.
While an exception, such an attitude is not
unprecedented.
The people of Serbia, for instance, have made
a national hero out of the young student who
shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and precipi-
tated the World war.
Charlotte Corday still is regarded as some
thing of a heroine for s~tabbing Marat to death.
THE world has a way of excusing murder if
i convinced that the motive was patriotic.
Otherwise war would be impossible.
Still, there is a difference between killing
armed men on the battlefield and killing I'M
armed citizens in their houses.
Whether in Japan or the United States, it
is not good craftsmanship to gang a man, as
these cadets did, to pretend that they wished
to present a petition and then murder him when
he came out to meet them.
julius Caesar was ganged by Roman sena-
tors in much the same way and though pos
terity finds it possible to recognize the good
intentions of some, it has not forgiven the
assassination.
These cadets did Japan no service, and
japan is doing herself no service in treating
their crime so complacently.
It all goes back to a bad case of war fever
and leaves little doubt of the imperialistic urge
which temporarily dominates Japan.
These cadets wanted the war party to be
supreme, wanted a clear road for the conquest
of Manchuria.
THEY were moved by the same spirit which
l. sent battleships and regiments to Shang-
hal. It is a ruthless, domineering spirit and
if rot checked, it will get Japan into the same
kind of trouble that it did Germany.
The significance of this case lies in what II
shows regarding public opinion in Japan.
Apparently the nation is in a mood to excuse
ANYTHING that promises to strengthen the mil
itary. to glorify war, to justify expansion by force
of arms.
People do not applaud the murder Of a great
man because he stands in the way Of a war
party, unless they are obsessed with thoughts OF
war. They do not write letters asking leniency
toward his murderers, unless their minds have
been warped by visions Of glory through military
achievements.
No one can read any other meaning into
this palpable miscarriage Of justice, this virtual
sanction of q deliberately planned assassination
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
It Seems
to Me
HEYWOOp o

ATEW YORK, Sept. 27.-James
IN Bryant Conant, new president
of Harvard university, has begun his
administration a~uspiciously. His
speech to the freshman class in
Cambridge struck a note quite UNI
like that which usually is found IN
addresses handed down to the young
men with the bright and shiny
faces. DR.. Conant spoke in praise
of skepticism.
May I suggest" he said, that
your college career is an excellent
time to cultivate a tolerant, skep-
teal Spirit?"
I am glad that the college presi-
dent associated these two qualities
of the human mind. Too often
skepticism is identified as a mean.
ungenerous and suspicious spirit.
On the contrary, it represents an at
titude of eagernesS for information.
A skeptic is not a man incapable
of enthusiasts and s~teadfaStnesS OF
purpose. He is simply an individual
who refues to leap away from his
mark until the pistol has actually
sounded. He refuses to waste his
energy in false starts. This is why
he inists that the phraes get ready
and get set" are of vital impor-
lance.
Naturally, he has the gift Of toll
erance. Nobody can get ready with
out reaching out for all the available
information. People who aSsail skep-
tics as folk incapable Of devotion to
a cause merely convict themselves.
Those who are too ready to accept
any FURNISHED notion which pre-
sentS itself are little better than
drowning men reaching out for
straws. The Skeptic, on the other
hand, keeps an open mind. He will
pass up a straw for a plank, a
plank for a lifeboat and a lifeboat
for an ocean liner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
Phone-RIley srs1
WEDNESDAY. SEPT n. 1888.
THE LEGION IN '33

THE American Legion meets next week in
l. Chicago in what appears to be a much
more moderate spirit than the one that dom
mated its Portland convention.
Whereas last year only three state depart
ments opposed immediate cash payment Of the
S $780, 100000 bonus, this year only three de-
mand the bonus. A resolution favoring its
payment as soon as governmental finances
permit is more likely to pass.
If the attitude of National Commander
Louis A. johnson and the executive commit
tee is typical. the legion's pension demands
likely are to be quite as reasonable. A pro-
gram has been worked out that should Put
the legion behind both justice and economy.
This calls for a uniform pension law for all
veterans disabled in war; increase in pensions
for widows and orphans of veterans killed in
service; general overhauling of legislation
dealing with benefits for non-servce con-
nected disabilities, and a determination to
back all efforts at governmental economy.
A special investigating committee. study
ing President Roosevelt's economy act, also
has reported. h report ignores both the
bonus and the disability allowances act, which,
by the way, the legion never Endorsed, and
which has cost the taxpayers sSO.OOO,OO0 since
1880 in benefits to men injured in civil life.
1t insists on compensation and hoSpitaliza-
ton for all service disabled. And it lays down
the general rule that any completely inca
pacitated veteran, no matter how or where ne
met his disaster, is a charge upon the federal
treasury.
Commander Johnsons spirit is commended
to the rank and file. Instead Of fighting fed
eral economy, he has Endorsed 1t, while seek
ing notifications that temper its harsher ef-
fects. That he was right is admitted how by
such b~itter-enders as Representative Patman
of Texas.
AS Commander Johnson has said, This is
not the time for politics, personal ambition
or bigotries of any kind"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
THE WHISPERING GALLERY

CECRECY is incompatible with the public
~ interest when the taxpayers funds are
involved. Budget deliberations should not
be conducted like an initiation TO a secret
society. The decision Of the county tax ad-
justrnent board TO hold closed sessions is
unWise.
1t tends to raise a number of reasonable
suspicious in the public mind. What has the
board to hide? Are the members in such
violent disagreement with themselves that
they dare not openly discuss the spending Of
public funds? Are they afraid Of criticism?
What influences might be brought to bear in
these star chamber sessions?
1--WE are not going to be inundated" re-
marked Russell Wilson in reply to question
ing about secret hearings.
INUNDATED about what? Surely the board,
made up of grown men, is not afraid some
bold, bad newspaper will jump at them and
yell, "Boo!" Mr.. Wilson, as a member Of the
school board, is quite accustomed to conducts
ing the pubIic's business in camera, but that is
another story.
The board must reach a decision by Sat-
urday night. Let us have all the facts on the
city's finances. Then the people accurately
can estimate the situation. Such monkey
business as secret hearings is distinctly out
of place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
STREAM POLLUTION

TIME state conservation departments bull
l. letin on correcting stream pollution terse-
" expresses this newspapers point of view on
the subject. Every citizen should read 1t.
Here it is:
This appeal comes to you direct from the
state board of health and your conservation
danartment. indiana has been backward in
taking advantage of the federal governments
offer to help finance the construction Of pub
lie works sndSespecially sewage disposal plants.
whv can't our communities and municipalities
see the need for this work when Indiana is
famous. or infamous, for the pollution of its
streams?
1T is necessary for you to present your
project for approval now, as no new projects
will be acted upon after Jan. l, 1884. why
can't the organized sportsmen of each COM
munity constitute themselves the leaders OF
the movement to procure for their cities prop
or sewage disposal plants? What better way
could these clubs justify their existence than
by being the instrument through which the
greatest single evil in conservation could be
eliminated? Eventually all cities will be re-
ouired to construct plants to care for their
refuse. 1t is the most sensible step to take
for the health and enjoyment of their citiD1s.
Now. when 80 per cent of the cost Is a
nure Gift and the remainder can be repaid
over a period of thirty years with interest at
4 per cent "a happy combination that will not
happen again in 100 years. is the time to act.
What better way to relieve unemployment and
thus reduce the cost of poor relief? The needy
must be taken care of and this is the way to
relieve ourselves of the care and cost OF at
least some of them. Economically the propo-
sition is sound: officially it is just. We need
the improvements; the people need the work.
and the local taxes need reduction.
Tt has been suggested that local revenue
bonds be issued for the remaining 70 per cent
of the cost. These bonds will be retired from
the revenue derived from the users of water
as the greatest consumers of water are the
largest makers of sewage. No new taxes will
have to be levied nor will there be a burden
placed upon any one.
Many of our streams absolutely are foul
and putrid and no community, however impor-
tant. has q right, legally or morally, to impose
in such a way upon their neighbors and fell
low-citizens. Public opinion should and could
be so aroused against these practices that the
proper officials could be forced TO take action.
There should be no need to talk about the re-
suits and evils of pollution as they are plainly
evident for all to see if they wish to look.
Now. when the remedy is made easy for
us. is the time for every one interested to pull
together. Contact the proper local officials
and demand that they make proper applica-
ton for the construction of a disposal plant
in your city if one is needed. For further de-
tails write Room 40I. Federal building, Indian
apolis, Ind. or to US"
To which we add a ringing Amen"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
One for Henry
By R. P. Cunningham.

BY r. P. Cunningham.
1t was, doubtless, foreordained
from the beginning Of the world
that the time would come when
Henry Ford would become a push
over" for Wall street. But it is
disconcerting, even unmanning TO
think about such a dread posi-
bility.
And to those of us who, as you
might say, were begotten, born,
and almost reared in Model rs,
it is nothing short of terrible. The
gallant manner. in which he
fought for, and retained his
virginity against that ogre is
something that can not easily be
erased from our memories. And
the chances are that the added
discontinue awaits us of wit
Messing our Henry blowing a
phut-phut horn in the House Of
Morgan's forty-one-Piece Midget
Band tootling dirgeS at the ma
tional recovery act program. My
tears are binding. 1 can not
finish this letter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27

TOR some time alimony laws have
L been farcical or tyrannous. Re-
forms now are promised in a num-
Der Of instances and the Brownwell
act in New York state permits
jurists, if they think it wise, to
eliminate alimony altogether.
Whether this will constitute JUS
tice is probably a matter Of in
dividusl opinion. However, there
have been enough evils coming out
of our present plan TO demonstrate
the need for change.
While divorce always necessitates
some financial readjuStments it is
obvious that our alimony laws have
served their purpose and outlived
their usefulness.
So far as general observation goes,
it seems that the majority Of men
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
Indian Summer

BY MARCELLA MOORE
Now, the west wind treading the
thirsty prairie,
Lashing the fields that are heavy
with leaning corn,
Even to city deafened ears can
carry
Summers exciting drums to the
prairie born.
Tom-toms of Indian summertime
hoof beats thunder
On a white, brittle road where
the dust swirls thick;
Scent of pollen fying-the wild
bees plumber
Twitches the nostrils, turning the
heart homesick.
For acres of tufted plain-low,
sandy reaches
With a wind making hollow moan
through stalks Of maize,
Where even the silence quails when
a hoot-owl screeches,
And crickets vibrate the dusk,
and a lone dog bays.
Now, ghosts of vanished Indian te-
PEGS rise on
The red, sweltering moor, whence
their smoke curls high,
Spinning a blue haze over the
parched horizon
Where the sun gapes like a wound
on the open sky.
Swift from that blue mirage as a
redskins arrow,
Travels mile across mile a bolt
of unrest,
Piercing the wayfarer clean to his
native marrow,
Lodging its point of desire in his
recreant breast.
To return to the land where phan-
tom campf1res kindle,
Clap knees again to a horses
steaming sides,
And plunge toward the western rim
till the smoke wreaths dwindle,
And the moor is a wide loan
waste, and the mist divides.
But the prairie the red man hauntS,
like a field of battle,
Is empty and scared after the
peat stacks burn;
And the wind through dry husks OF
maize Is a thin death rattle.
Who has laid there ghosts OF his
own-he will not return.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
Chorea May Follow Rheumatic Condition

movements and twitchings brought
about by this disease. These move
ments must not be confused with
those of the habit spasm in which
the movements are about the same
but follow a certain routine.
Because the rheumatic disorder
associated with chorea is Of such
great significance to the future
health of the child this condition
should never be neglected. 1t is i'm
portant to have 8 complete study
made of the whole constitution of
the child with special emphasis on
the heart.
The child with chorea also should
be given every possible opportunity
to improve his general nutrition.
He should have plenty of rest and
recreation. The diet should be
watched carefully and, if necessary,
foods particularly valuable for
building up the blood should be
| selected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27

OHOREA is an ailment assoc1-
~ ated with rheumatic disorders
and is seen quite frequently in chill
dren, particularly in families where
rheumatic disorders are prevalent.
The condition is most likely to af-
feet girls around the period OF ado
lescence but occurs also in boys,
the percentage being about three
cases in girls to one in boys.
A significant fact bearing on the
relationship of this condition to
rheumatism is that more than me
half Of those who have the disease
are found to have had some rheu-
matte disorder previously. Infection
of the tonsils is a common obSer-
walton in such cases.
In a recent Investigation Of more
than 200 cases in Edinburgh, DR..
H. L. Wallace found that the onset
of the disease sometimes was as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
:: The Message Center
holly disapprove Of what you say and win defend to the death your

time to time condemning different
city departments and employees.
Then, at a later date, when n OF
these critics calls at our city hall
for a particular service and is I'M
able to get prompt action because
of a curtailed budget, how he does
howl again! On one hand the city
dads" are extravaganza, on the
other they are mean and misery.
I note one organization is clamor-
ing for the $3.50 levy. The writer
is as much in favor of lower taxes
as the next one, but can we do it
on $3.50 per 500? I think not, if
we all are to continue receiving po-
lice, fire and health protection and
other services, all covered by taxa
ton.
AS to special assessments, such as
streets, walks and sewers, these are
directly up to the benefited owners
and not to the city at large.
In fairness, ask yourselves these
questions:
l. Am I willing for the city to
have fewer police officers?
2. Am I willing for the city to
have fewer firemen with less equip
ment?
3. Am I willing for the city to
cease the collection of garbage and
ashes?
4. Am I willing for the city to
curtail the activities of the board
of health, allowing epidemics to
gain a foothold?
5. Am I willing to close up the
civil engineers office and lose this
service in regard to drainage, in
spection. etc, of the street, sewer,
walk and alley IN front and the rear
of my house?
6. Am I willing to close the street
commissioners office and depend on
the wind and rain to clean the
street?
Z. Am I willing to close the Office
of the plan commission, and run the
risk of a stranger building a cheap
four-apartment dwelling next door
to me, if I live in a single-family
residence district?
8. Would I be willing to close the
parks, especially during June and
July?
8. Am I willing to shorten a
child's schooling, to shorten a teach
er's pay, to shorten some janitor's
pay?
These nine questions cover the
major city departments. Naturally,
after due consideration, we want
and need them all, so let us all lend
a hand and eventually we can have
our feet planted on solid ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
A Woman's Viewpoint i: !:

1t is the child, not the woman,
who should be the first considera-
ton in any permanent plan We may
make for dealing out justice after
matrimonial disruption. Socially
speaking, neither husband nor wife
are of much consequence.
But the children, citizens Of to-
morrow, should not lack protection
and care. Those women, too, who
desire to see the advent of a social
order in which their sex may feel
secure, dare no longer cling to our
present outmoded slimony laws.
They were based in the first place
upon the assumption that we oc-
cupy a world which does not give us
an opportunity to support ourselves,
but Keeps us out Of charity. This
is a(dole that is disgraceful@
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-27
CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE?

THE Roosevelt regime probably will furnish
u the final and decisive test of whether
democracy can measure up to the responsible
ties imposed by the dynamic and complex
civilization of the twentieth century. In more
than half Of the states in the western world
the trend already is in the direction of dicta-
torship. We have here a number Of important
books which deal trenchantly with diverse
phases Of the democratic experiment.
OF all leading American political scientists,
the one whose spirit is embodied most thor
oughly in the conceptions Of the New Deal is
the late DR.. John William Burgess. long dean