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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
THE RIGHT OF CITIES

During the campaign, the successful party
pledged itself to set the cities free in the matter of
owning and operating their public utilities.
For years the utilities have always found the
public service commission a good friend when the
fixing of rates for city-owned plants was under
sideration.
The rates were always higher than necessary.
The utilities can not stand the light of comparison
with well managed public plants.
If there is to be any real advantage from public
ownership it should come through furnishing service
at the lowest possible cost to the domestic and in
dustrial customer
The progressive mayors of cities, especially those
which utility plants demanded
that the cities have the right to fix their own rates.
That is the reasonable view. If city has the
capacity to operate such plant it should have the
capacity to know how much should be charged for
service.
Now it is proposed that cities can escape the
regulation of the state only by vote at an cleo
ton
If the citizens wish such regulation they should
have the right to get it by vote But it should not
be thrust upon them and citizens put to the ex-
pense and trouble of an election to escape
The utilities want the proposed plan. They
would much rather take chances exorbitant rates
from commission than they would from the real
owners of municipal plants.
That the commission, when organized, is
expected to be free from the utility control that
came with huge campaign contributions is beside
the point The principle is the same.
1t may be said that the proposal is not whole
hearted redemption of the fervent promises made
before election, The cities must be really free to
own, operate and manage their own affairs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
SATURDAY. FEB. II. 1888.
WHY THE MONTH?

Is it possible that one month of prison will
turn Theodore Luesse from rot-inciting Commun-
ist into conservative flag waver9
That would seem to be the explanation of the
action of the prison farm board in choppng down
his fine
AS matter Of law, Luesse is now in prison be-
cause he is broke and without funds. When ar
rested for making speech at an eviction proceed
ing, he was taken to police court and sentenced to
sixty days. That seemed to be the limit of his Of
sense in the opinion of the city court.
He protested his innocence and appealed When
he got into the criminal court, the judge made
speech and Luesse was sentenced to year in prison
and fined $780, His year sentence was served long
since. For eight months or more he has been held
because he could not pay the fine working it out
at a dollar a day. If he had been a dangerous
gangster, he would have had money to pay the fine
and would have been free months ago.
Governor Leslie refused TO remit the fine on the
theory that Luesse refused to recant his weird Geo.
nomic theories.
Now the board has consented to cut down the
fine so that he can be free in one more month
During that month he will of course reform.
He will come out sweet and good natured. He will
that gives freedom for money to those who can pay
fines and gives Jail to those who have not been
thrifty or acquisitive.
Let it be hoped that in his reorganization plans,
Governor McNutt will not overlook the I. O. of
members of board which deals with human beings
in this manner
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
SCIENCE
5000 Alloys in Use
BY DAVID DIETz

A T the present time more than
n 5000 alloys are used by the
industry. An alloy is mixture
of metals, and it is possible to
make wide variations in such mix
lures so that actually industry
has tens of thousands of sub
stances to choose from as a re-
suit of such variations.
But industry is far from salts
fed. The continual cry is Tor
new alloys.
Most important of all alloys is
steel. In its simplest form, steel
is a mixture of iron and carbon.
In addition, however, there are
many so-called alloy steels in use
today which contain in addition
such substances as chromium,
tungsten and the like.
Iron and steel are classed by
metallurgists as the ferrous
metals"
The most important non-fer-
rous alloy today is brass, mix
ture of copper and zinc. Alum
mum alloys continuously are
growing in Importance. Duralu-
min, used in construction Of
Zeppelins and other aircraft, con-
tains about "a per cent Of alum
mum.
The principal elemental metals
in order of tonnage production are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
EMERGENCY FARM RELIEF

Senate says headline, ito concentrate on
emergency farm relief"
That means that a senate subcommittee on bank
ing and currency has made the only intelligent de-
ciSlon; 10 report some emergency bill to ease the
farm mortgage debt burden rather than to try to
write and report fu-bodied measure within three
weeks Permanent relief must wait for the new
congress-
From senate subcommittee to the White House
Tor signature is long and rocky road for any bill,
especially in the closing days of this last lame duck
session.
However, If senate Democratic leaders actually
want to do something for farmers who are about to
lose their farms and homes through foreclosures
and II house Democratic leaders have the same de-
SIRE there isn't the least doubt that such bill as
the senate now is concentrating" on could be passed
in very short time
Obviously it's time to act; and if congress wants
to act, it can do so quickly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Our Views on Debts Is Absurd

with regard other problems have talked
until actually that prosperity
American
What absurd, have reached
imagine that European governments mood
favOrs when they to.
European debts
The question
We certainly not going tariff
going to drive other kind of bargain that vii afford
which
Idealsm A
approach standpoint righteousness
and sefsacrif but those
hard-headed consider aons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11

trail trade which has resulted from japanese die
tatorship.
The issue for the neutral nations goes much
deeper than that. The choice for them is whether
they shall permit Japan to scrap the world treaty
machinery, or whether they shall save that ma
chinery. Selfinterest dictates that the neutral ma
tons to go to war with the treaty breaker japan
That is not contemplated. and should not be. They
can save the treaties by showing that they them
selves respect the facts sufficiently to withhold din
Ionatic recognition and economic and financial sup
port from the violated territory.
Events are working for the neutral nations
against japanese nlilitarism. Internally japan is
weakened by the strain of war expense and sacri-
hce; wars breed revolution. In Manchuria. Janan
has conquered only in name as long as she remains
she must wage virtually continuous war to keen
down the revolving patriots
Meanwhile, she is provoking her two giant neigh
bors. China and Russia, to prepare for war
against her
All that the neutral nations have to do is to keep
their own record straight in peaceful enforcement
of the treaties-and wait Time will bring japan
to her senses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
THE WORLD AND JAPAN

Despite the defiant attitude of her official
Spokesman in Geneva and Toxic, lie Japanese gov
eminent should think twice before rejecting the
leagues demand to withdraw from conquest in
Jehol and Manchuria.
In making these demands, the leagues commit
tee of nineteen in effect is speaking for the world
not only for league members, but also for Russia
and the United States.
No one nation, however powerful, can defy the
rest of the world and survive. She can do so for
a while but in the end she will find her position OF
isolation impossible.
In forming their united front against Japan, the
neutral nations not acting in any hasty or
partisan spirit Japan has been given many months
to recover sanity. Instead, she has continued and
widened her conquest
Neutral nations are concerned only mildly with
what happens to Manchura such, either as to
the welfare OF the Manchurians or the loss of neu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11

1T is written in the Book Of the
Il Prophet Ezekiel in the thirty
seventh chapter that the hand of
the Lord was upon him and set
him down in the midst of a valley
which was full of bones. And the
prophet observes, There were
very many in the open valley;
and, 10, they we're very dry"
And the Lord said unto him,
Son of man, can these bones
live?" And Ezekiel answered, 20
Lord God; thou knowest."
Then did God cry out in a loud
voice that these fragments should
live again and breathe. There
was a noise, and behold a shaking,
and the bones came together"
Before the astonished eyes of
Ezekiel "the flesh came up upon
them
But" adds Ezekiel, "there was
no breath in them"
Then said he unto me,
Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy,
son of man, and say to the wind,
Thus saith the Lord God; Come
from the four winds, o breath,
and breathe upon these slain, that
they may live. So I prophesied as
he commanded me, and the
breath came into them, and they
lived, and stood up upon their
feet, an exceeding great army"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11

the mother and the boy behind the
man, giving us a glimpse of what
= life means, of what lies hidden in
the hearts of the lowliest, of the
worth and dignity of all noble hui
man living.
In those deep-set eyes that
never lie, in the suggestion of
smile that has tears in it, in fea-
lures marked with the seams of
hard struggle, the light of high re-
solve, and the tenderness of pity,
we see what America is, what it
means, and what has made it.
For Lincoln embodied the genius
of our country as no one else has
done, uniting the sagacity Of Ben
jamin Franklin and the sensitive
sympathy of John Woolman. With
a mind relentless in truth, he
joined a heart limitless in charity.
and this union of mind and heart
has made him a star to follow, a
type of that to which men would
entrust their very souls.
NF the soul of America, its
~ blend Of moral idealism and
practical mysticism, Lincoln was so
complete an incarnation that he
at once is a symbol and a
prophecy, and his very name sug-
gests the spiritual meaning of our
national life.
No man of the White House
ever made so profound religious
impression and appeal as Lincoln
did in his last years, when a
nameless, haunting grace chung to
his words and acts. If religion took
this form in his life and char
acter-an unfailing justice, an in
corrupt1ble honesty, an exquisite
and moving compassionate was
prophecy of what the men of this
land must do and be if our dream
is to come true.
A mountain is mystery; so was
Lincoln. 1t is tall, rugged, iso-
lated; so is he. It has crags and
crevices which would disfigure the
beauty of hill, but which make
no blemish on it's massive sub
Unity.
There are sheltered hooks where
flowers grow and streamlets flash
in the sunlight, but also huge
masses of denuded rock which tell
of the harsh attrition of earlier
time. The clouds that veil its peak
lend it an air of melancholy. and
the storms beat upon it with the
swift strokes of lightning and the
deep cry of thunder.
Yet it remains unmoved, I'M
shaken, and its mission is the
same in all varying moods. The
God who made the mountain
made the man, and His ways are
past finding out.
Copyright 1893. United Features
Syndicatel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Don't Neglect Pain in Your Arm

changes have taken place in the
bones.
The blood vessels must be
studied to see if there are any alb
normal stoppings of the circula-
ton or any swellings due to slow
ing of the circulation.
TN arthritis or Inflammation Of
L the shoulder the pain may be
in the joint or in the muscles
over the joint.
Such pain is an aching which
tends to become worse in cold,
damp weather. The joint is ten
der on pressure, movement is
limited, and there is more pain on
movement.
Far too often, mild pains, even
though coming repeatedly, are
neglected or the patient tries to
overcome them through the TAX
ing of sedative drugs.
Sometimes such pains warn of
the beginnings of more serious
conditions and it is not well to
neglect them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11

DAM is a symptom and, in it
l. self, not a disease. 1t usu-
ally is an indication that some
thing is wrong somewhere, and it
is the duty of the physician to
determine the underlying cause Of
the pain.
Most of the causes of chronic
pain in the arm, as pointed out
by DR.. w. r. Brain, are trivial, in
the sense that they do not threat
en- life.
They may be responsible for suf-
fering and disability and, by in
terfering with work and with re-
creation, make life distressful.
The pain itself is not so signif-
cant as the details of its nature.
In other words, exactly where is
the pain felt? Does it move about?
Is it constant or does it come at
intervals?
Is it gradually getting worse?
Is it relieved by motion or made
worse by motion? II is relieved by
warmth or does it become worse
with changes in the weather. Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Times Readers
Voice Views

Editor Times-Since William
Grove has taken it upon himself
to prove that Communism is not
a foe to Christianity, I wish to
say that Mr.. Grove is poorly in
formed as to the aims and am
billions of organized Communism
or Bolshevism.
Mr.. Grove says that Commun-
ism does not permit teaching of
"Chauvinism and hatred" He
is absolutely mistaken. Com
munism teaches "hatred Of God
and all forms of religion" class
hatred, and race hatred.
1t teaches war, revolution, and
slaughter and its history from the
French revolution to the Russian
revolution is one long trail Of
bloodshed and horror.
Mr.. Groves article proves that
he is not qualified to define either
Christianity or Communism. He
gives evidence that he does not
understand either, He says that
Communism does not starve peo-
pie, but, according to my informa-
ton, the Communist government
of Russia actually is starving the
Russian people to put over its
program of Bolshevism and athe-
ism.
Mr.. Grove intimates that the
United States is prosecuting the
Jew, the Catholic, the Negro and
the foreigner. The history of this
nation proves the falsity of the
charge, but wish to say that in
the future all foreigners and those
Americans who choose to ally
themselves with any foreigners
and those Americans who choose
to ally themselves with any
foreign organization, such as
Communism, will find themselves
as they deserve to be-regard-
as traitors and enemies and will
receive the kind of treatment
which such treason deserves.
In closing, Mr.. Grove says:
Communism will sweep the world
and there will be peace on earthy
good will toward all men"
Communism is organized and
operating in defiance If God and
so, also, of Christianity.
Better informed men than Mr..
Grove say bluntly that Commun-
ism and Christianity are in a war
to the death.
As for me I will take my stand
for Jesus Christ and His teach
ings and those institutions root
ed and grounded in the Christian
faith.
Communism is a foreign institu-
ton, come to destroy all that our
forefatherS have bequeathed to
US by 156 years Of toll and sacri-
fee. Communists follow the red
flag and worship Lenin I will
stick to the Stars and Stripes and
Jesus Christ.
Who will stand with me for
God and country and use his voice
and, if necessary, his sword, to
rid our fair land Of these danger
GUS fanatics and infidels who call
themselves Communists?
E. F. MADDOX.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BIZ DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
there associated tingling of the
skin or numbness, or muscular
weakness?
CPECIFIC answers to each of
- these questions enables the
physician to localize the cause.
However, it is impossible merely
from the patients answers to
these questions to tell anything
definite.
There. Hust be actual examina-
ton Of TIE patient with all cloth
ing removed from the upper half
of the body at least, SO that the
arm may be examined in relation
ship to shoulder and chest.
Each of the joints must be
studied, the nerves must be exam
ined from the point of view of the
actions Of the muscles depending
on them.
1t may be necessary to have an
X-ray picture to ind whether
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Questions and
Answers . :.

(Which merchant vessel is
the largest in the world?
A-The new French liner Nor
mandie. recently launched. 1t is
1924 feet long and has a displace-
ment Of 10000 tons.
Q-Are men who served in the.
American army during the World
war exempt from federal income
tax?
A-No.
Q-what is the food value Of s
mushrooms?
A-Mushrooms, as purchased,
contain 1925 per cent protein; o.
per cent fat; SO per cent carbohy-
drates. and have a food value TO
the pound of 2O4 calories. s""'
Odd the Boswell sisters take
the roles Of telephone operators
in the The Big Broadcast?"
A-No. They were billed as
Major Sharp" and Minor"
Q-How many United States
patents were issued in 1881?
A-5l.766.
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these are boundaries, and each
square or triangle or circle has
its own name, and it is forbidden
that any one should pass from
beyond one boundary to another.
The Lord God of Ezekiel called
through the valley and out of
particles as dry as dust he made
men. And out of men he made
a great and united army.
Is it fanciful? To me it is a
true story, while the tale of
strength through even greater dis
solution seems a myth not worthy
of belief.
1 think it is an echo of the song
which the dry bones sang, each
one separately, under the stars in
the valley of death before the
coming Of the Lord.
Copyright. 1888. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Every Day Religion
BY DR.. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

A MYSTERY, a strange per-
4 n vasive appeal to the latent
nobility in us, a sanctity half
tragic and half triumphant, lin
gers about the memory of Lincoln.
If one would know what America
means, one need only look into
that familiar face, so rugged, so
honlely, so human, so strong, now
lighted up with laughter, now be-
Swallowed by melancholy.
1t is a face neither rudely mas
culine nor softly feminine, but
something in it makes one think of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11

THEORETICALLY European taxpayers be relieved greatly
II the war debts scaled practically they would not
During the last fifteen debtor
little How much would way if they paid
us nohng during the fifteen
theoretically debtor governments ought tariffs
and their
they they
result defauing the moratorium or
merely Staling
Considering what have even since
1926 what Europe has
represent nothing OF vital consequence in
admit that the debts
still
trade promote recovery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Varied requirements
WE need the softness of LEAF
w for foil a,,cy tt,o tx,,..l,.... =.

WE need the softness of lead
" for foil and the hardness of
steel for cutting tools" DR.. Jefries
continues. I'VE need the mag
neeism Of iron and certain of its
alloys, and we need other metallic
products which are nonmagnetic.
We need aluminium and mag
neSium in part because they are
so light in weight. We need cop,
per because it is such fine con-
ductor Of electricity.
I'VE need gold, platinum, nickel,
and so-called noble alloys be-
cause they are so resistant to at
tack by air, water and chemicals.
ITO the metallurgist who ex-
amines metals with high-powered
microscopes and even determines
the very positions Of the atoms by
X-ray analysis, the interior of a
metal becomes an active micro
scopic world, exhibiting wonders
comparable to those which we see
about US"
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forces, but for differentiation and
isolation. 1t is as if we entirely
reversed the miracle which Eze-
kiel saw, for the command which
rings between the hills is, Each
for his own"
Not content with the barriers
raised up by shifting sands, we
want to heap upon each substance
of salvation the weight of suspi-
cion and hatred and distrust.
There is with us a noise and a
shaking, but it is the sound of a
still greater disintegration.
Figures Upon Sand
XXTE have taken stick and
w drawn magical designs up
on the surface Of the earth. And
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Properties of Alloys

Via anu A44OhC4.
II II
Properties of Alloys
INDUSTRY needs so many alloys
l. because each alloy has a par
ticular set Of properties which suit
it for some particular use.
An alloy may so be manufac-
tured and treated as to yield a
large number of properties says
DR.. Fay Jeffries, consulting metal
lurgist of the General Electric
Company and the Aluminium
Company of America
Suppose we consider a steel
with o. per cent carbon as an ex-
ample. 1t may be melted and
poured into a mold and result in
a steel casting.
THE steel casting may be used
as cast or it may have its prop
critics changed in a number of
ways by heat treatment. Or the
steel may be rolled hot and used
for the structural members of
buildings or bridges, or pipe.
1t may be rolled cold and used
for machinery parts, such as
shafting. 1t also may be drawn
into wire.
Amy of these operations is ca
pable Of changing certain phys
ical properties throughout a con-
siderable range without changing
the chemical composition that is,
without changing the alloy.
so it is to a greater or lesser
extent with each Of the 5000 diff
ferent alloys. Instead of 5000
different sets of properties, there
fore, we have tens Of thousands. Il"
1t is this richness of physical
properties of metals and allows
which makes possible our modern
civilization, in the opinion of DR..
Jeffries. Each metal or alloy con
tributes something which modern
man needs.
I'VE need the low melting point
OF mercury or quicksilver, which
is 40 degrees below zero, for Their
mometers, gauges, etc." he says,
while we need the high melting
point of tungsten for lamp fla
ments.''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Daily Thought

Wherefore should I fear in the
Gays OF evil, when the iniquity of
my heels shall compass me about?
Psalms 49:5.
A religious life is a struggle and
not hymn.-Mme. de Stael.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
A TeTt From Ezekiel

NNANY devout readers of the
4VA Bible probably have passed
over this episode with certain
skepticism. They have decided
that it was an ancient allegory
and that it never happened.
[ don't think it has happened.
but 1 believe it can and will. for
Ezekiel is describing with a high
degree of accuracy the world in
which we live. We are standing in
valley, and it is the land of dead
things, because the elements of
life lie scattered across the floor of
the plain. The dust has come
across them. And they are very
dry.
The miracle of bringing breath to
the bones was performed, you will
observe, not by the Lord, but
through the voice of Ezekiel, a son
OF man. But first it was necessary
Tor the process of indignation to
take place. Death lay in division.
= n
IN Valley of Dry Bones
MO doubt fierce light beat
L y down upon that sun-baked
valley, so that the white frag-
ments seemed almost to dance be-
lore the prophet, but with his
own eyes he saw them rise up and
come together Not till then was
1t possible to call upon the winds
from all the quarters of the world
to complete the task of ANNA
ton.
There is nothing particularly
tanciful in finding a present-day
text in this scriptural story. One
need not be a prophet like Eze-
KEEL to see with his own eyes that
we have not yet even begun to
bring life back into the valley of
destruction and despair. We are
content to let the fragments lie
scattered until they bleach.
At the moment we still crv out
not for a coming together of