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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
SKY BLUE? YES,
REPLY SETTLE
AND FORDNEY
BaIIooniSts Take Up Color
Charts to Compare
Shades.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. e.-Folk who've
argued for years over what color
the sky is today were given the final
and scientific answer by Professor
Arthur H. Compton, brilliant Uni
versity of Chicago physicist, who re-
vealed the Settle stratosphere bal
loon expedition had found the
heavens to be deep blue.
SKY blue" scientists explained,
is more of an Alice blue than an
Eleanor blue, but has no hint Of
purple in it.
This revelation came as DR..
Compton made his first report to
the National Academy Of Sciences
regarding the eleven experiments
carried on by Lieutenant Com
mander T. G. w. Settle and Major
Chester L. Fordney in their voyage
lis miles above the earth's sur
face.
OF the eleven experiments, data
on the color study was the only one
which was complete. The elaborate
probing Of cosmic ray phenomena
will not be available for some time.
THE question of the sky's color
is interesting rather than valuable
from the scientific standpoint" said
Compton. People have been argu-
ing for years about the real color
of the heavens. Mountain climbers
said the sky seen from great alti-
tude appeared dark purple. Others
claimed it was almost black.
1--WE have settled the dispute final
ly. Major Fordney carried a series
of color charts aloft with him. When
the balloon reached its highest point
he looked at the sky and then
checked with his color charts and
found out exactly what shade the
color was. He reported it deep blue"
The description of the sky given
in Compton's report:
"CloSe to the horizon the sky was
white, due to clouds. This shaded
into a steel blue, and then into a
saffron yellow, due apparently to
light scattered from distant cirrus
clouds, and traversing long path
through the atmosphere. Above this
highest layer of cloudy or hazy air,
the color shaded rapidly through
green to a deep blue. This blue
showed no tinge of purple or violet
hue"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
SATURDAY

4oio-Duchin's orchestra lcRsl. wABc.
Piano duet lNBCl WIZ.
4Is-Babss in Hollywood tEBcl. WIZ.
30-Three Scsmps lNBCl. WEAF.
JACK Armstrong lCBSl, WABC.
Neil Sisters fNBcl WIZ.
445-Songs fNBCl. WEAF.
Spanish Serenade fCBSJ. WABC.
S.o0-Meet the Artist fCBSi. WABC.
HImber's ensemble fNBCl. WIZ
80. .c,qgsts qrehsstra ,gBc1, wEAF.
''So-E 7cgs) w R4i5ey FOOTBALL reporter
Mary Small, soloist fNBCl, WIZ.
Jack Armstrong fCBSl. WBBM.
American Alliance talk (NBC),
5:45-capt. Al Williams NBc,. WIZ.
J. G. Nugent' male quartet (NBcl.
Tito GUITAR. tenor CcBs). wABC.
s;oo-Fred'k VIM. Vile lCBSl WABC
John Herrick, baritone (NBcl,
s:ls-Deaay's orchestra: jeanne Lang
Donald Noyis CNBCJ. WIZ.
RELIGION in the News (NBc).
s:3o-Jsne Froman. Charles Garlic and
Berren's orchestra (CBSJ WABC
Elder Miehaux and congregation
Trio NBCl WIZ, KYW-
700-Eimerr Everett Y iisss icBs, WABc
Leonomics in the New Deal (NBC)
WEAF.
7:l5-Piano Team (CBs) wABC. WIND.
7.5O-Simons orchestra; soloist (CBSl
WABC.
AntobaIs Cubans (NBC) WEAF.
Under the Bridges of Paris (NBC)
WIZ.
s:0O-Stokowski and Philadelphia orches-
ira lCBSl WABC.
Jack Pearl and Goodman's orches-
ira (NBCj WEAF
Jamboree (NBCi WIZ.
5;l5-Modern male chorus (CBS) WABC.
8.3O-Relsman's orchestra and Yacht
Club Boys (NBCl WEAF
Edward dAnna concert band (CBS)
WABC.
Saturday Night Dancing Party
CNBCJ WEAF.
Byrd Expedition broadcast (CBs)
Tales Of the Titans (NBCJ WIZ.
9:30-EeWs Service (CBSl WABC.
e:4S-H. v. Kaltenborn CCBS1 WABC.
lV.Oo-B as125E ST, to Byrd Expedition
George Jessel (CBS) WABC.
Barn dance (NBCD WIZ.
lO.5O-Glen Gray and orchestra (CBS)
WABC.
l1:oO-Abe 1yman's orchestra (cBs,
Martins orchestra fNBC) WIZ.
Carefree Carnival fNBC) WEAF
orchestra (NBCD WIZ
Arnheim's orchestra (CBS WABC.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Solution to PreUjOus
Contract Problem
BY w. e. M'KENNEY
Secretary American Bridge League


Secretary American Bridge League
ID ECENTLY 1 was in Chicago ar
IN ranging for the western states
championship tournament of the
American Bridge League, and paid
visit to my good friend, Robert
w. Halpin, past president of the
American Bridge League and the
outstanding player in Chicago. He
has been laid up for many weeks
with a broken back.
I was pleased to receive a letter
from Bob, telling me that he ex-
poets to be up soon, and sending
me today's interesting hand, which
he recalled having played in his last
duplicate game.
Every time South rebid spades he
was endeavoring to sign the hand
off, but naturally North, after get
ting a first hand bid from his part
ner, was not going to let the bid
ding die at less than a game
contract.
Vests opening lead was the jack
of hearts. AS South held a single
ton heart, he went right up with
the king in dummy and East won
the trick with the ace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
4 MUNCIE MEN
HELD ON BOUCS
MONEY CHARGE
Several Hundred Dollars
Believed Passed in
State.

Charged with having passed sew
eral hundred dollars in counter
felt money in central and eastern
Indiana, four Muncie men were held
to the federal grand jury on coun-
terfeit charges yesterday by Howard
S. Young. United States commits
sioner.
Secret service agents said they
believed the counterfeit money is
part of that made by a group of
Chicago men arrested several days
ago at Chicago.
Those held to the jury were Cecil
Swain. Ralph Richardson and Or
vile Hines, $4,000 bond each, and
Robert Campbell, fruit dealer, Sl0.-
900 bond
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Widow Wins Suit

By Times Special
Upton, Dec. 9-Mrs. May c.
Cunningham has been given a judg-
ment by the verdict of a Upton
county jury for the full amount of
a $4,000 insurance policy on the life
of her husband, Cheever C. Cum
bingham.
Contending that Mr.. Cunning
ham, whose death occurred shortly
after fall from a ladder at his
home. was due to natural causes,
the Physicians Protective Casualty
Company refused to pay the policy
which provided insurance against
accidental death.
Alleging death was accidental, the
widow filed suit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Asks S25, 900 for Leg

ANDERSON, Dec. 9.-Trial of a
suit in which Fred Todd, Ander-
son, seeks $4,000 for loss of a leg,
will be held in Hancock circuit
court at Greenfield on a change of
venue from Madison circuit court
here.
Defendant is Oscar tastes. Mr..
Todd was injured May 8 this year
when struck by an automobile
driven by the defendant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
RATE CASE CONTINUED
Public Service Commission to Hear
Reduction Plea Tuesday.

Hearing before the public service
commission of the rate reduction
case of the Public Service Company
of Indiana has been continued I'M
til Tuesday, when Jap Jones will ap-
pear on behalf of sixteen towns
with utility contracts.
Harry Boggs, accountant, at the
hearing today, testified that the
company's property has rate-mak-
ing value of $55,684,00O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Suit Seeks Insurance
By Times Special

By IWt6 NptCIUt
Upton, Dec. 9.-Second trial Of
a case in which collection of fire
insurance on a barn burned two
years ago is the issue, will open in
Upton Circuit court Wednesday.
Plaintiff is John H Albershardt
who seeks to recover from the Tip
ton County Mutual insurance Com
pany. which contends that the policy
involved was issued to John F. Al
bershardt, not John H.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Old Road Wood Found

~ WeS SptCtuG
GREENFIELD, Dec. 9.-Pieces Of
heavy board which formed the old
national road have been discovered
at depths of ten to twenty feet by
workmen excavating for a new
sewer.
Remnants of boards over which
stage coaches passed in the period
from 1910 to 1860 were dug up in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Admits ENLIGHTENMENT
By Times Special

BIZ tmeS Sp6Cldt
SHELBYVILLE, Dec. 9.-Leighton
L. Dorset, bill collector, who mixed
his money with that of his clients,
pleaded guilty to an ENLIGHTENMENT
charge on the second day of his
trial in Shelby circuit court.
Dorsett admitted his guilt as to
one of four counts in an embezzle-
ment indictment, confesSing he took
$40 which he had collected for DIR.
Wayne Alter, st. Paul, a client.
The other counts were dismissed on
motion of the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
Action Based on Revocation of
Teachers License.
By Times Special

By Times Special
BEDFORD, Dec. 9.-Judgment fol
$4,000 is asked by Florus w. Shad-
day in a suit filed in Lawrence cir
cult court yesterday against War
rem j. Yount, Bedford school su-
perintendent. The suit is based on
the alleged revocation of Mr.. Shad-
days teaching license while Mr..
Yount was school superintendent in
1910
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Tonight's Radio Excursion

SUNDAY
7.o0-Melody hour. guest soloisti Grsnoe
trio tEBCl.
7:3O-Church Forum.
8.00-Childrens hour.
9:00-Southlsnd sketches (NBCl.
s:3o-Mexican Marmiba Typica orehes-
lo:oO-MOrning Musicale, string quartet;
guest artist (NBCl.
10 :5o-Rondoliers. male quartet fNBC).
lo:45-ponhan trio and the Phantom
Strings (NBC).
ii O5-Heien Ysnke & John Barker.
II :30-Radio City concert (NBC).
i2:5o-AIfred schehl. organist
12:45-Colege of Music.
l:o0-Gene Arnold and the commodores
1:so-Dr. Jacob rarshish.
2oO-Iady Esther Wayne King orches-
ira (NBC).
23o-Jane Garbers orchestra lNBC).
3 00-Crosley Theater Of the Air.
330-The Hoover Sentinels = Edward
Davies. baritone; Josef Koestner's
orchestra.
4:0o-Smilin' Ed Mcconnell.
430-Little Church in the Hills.
500-Sunday Musicale tNBCl.
5:l5-Gould and Shelter (NBC).
5:30-Barney Rapp dance orchestra.
6:o0-Vincent Lopez orchestra. Alice JOY
sso-Joe Penner. Harriet billiard and
Ozzie Nelson's orchestra.
7:0o-Eddie Cantor and Rubinoff's or
s.oo-W WITH Rogers Tn Jewellers quartet and
All Goodmans orchestra (NBCl.
9:30-Walter Winchell (NBC).
8:45-Unbroken Melodies
9:00-Jack Benny (NBC).
930-Barney Rapp's dance orchestra.
10:o0-Joe. Chromis dance ORCHESTRA.
10:l5-Orchestral Gems. (NBC).
10 30-Castle Farm orchestra.
II :O0-Mel Snyder dance orchestra.
II :30-Sign of.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Indiana in Brief
Lively Spots in the States Happenings Put
Together Short and Sweet


REENFTE1D considering
" starting obtain
administration An appropriation s19OooOoO establishing
airports S the administrations disposal
the principal mail
by already planes
others considering purchases it is said,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
HUGE RAFT MAKES TRIP
100000 Board Feet of Lumber
lowed $50 Miles.
By United Press

WITTW ~
TACOMA, Wash. Dec. e.-One of
the largest log RATS in the cityS
numbering history was towed in here
from Oregon, $50 miles north.
The raft contained 100000 board
feet of lumber, contained in $50
huge spruce logs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09

section which at times was
swampy. but which later wa sfllled
in, accounting for the depth at
which the wood was found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09

5Oo-Catholic hour (WEAF).
5 30-NeRro Melody hour.
545-Austin James.
6.0O-Marshau players.
6.i5-OrEan symphonettes lWEAFl.
ss0-Lucille Manners fWEAF].
ss5-Wen6ell Hall fWEAFi.
7.O0-N B. c. Symphony concert WIZ.
8 OO-Cadle Tabernacle.
eOO-Jack Benny (WEAFl.
e3O-Mary Small (WJZl.
10 .OO-John Fogerty WIZ.
fO:l5-Ennio Bolonini WIZ.
10 30-Paul Whiteman orchestra WIZ.
Il .0O-Rudv vallee orchestra WIZ.
II 3O-Ted Blacks orchestra tWJZt.
1 . -O0-Es10 of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Stamp Tax Suggested

Some of the most ardent duck
conservationists are advocating a
stamp tax for duck hunters. The
simplest method of application is
to step into the nearest postoffice
and buy a dollar stamp, stick it on
the local hunting license, have 1t
cancelled and then go hunting.
The accumulated dollars would be
used by the government to buy and
protect marshes and refugees. I am
for it but find 1 am again in the
minority.
When hunters. duck, rabbit or
quail. realize they are spending
about five dollars extra on every
hunt they make to find the fast
diminishing game, they are not 60
ing to object long to a reasonable
fee for each type of game they
enjoy shooting to help propagate it.
The best thing that could happen
in Indiana today for the hunter
would be a separate dollar for fish,
another for game. Michigan has it,,
all other areas have it where we
flock to find fish and game abun-
dant. Some states even charge for
trout separately from other kinds of
fishing.
The final thing the government
will find is that the millions Of
crows. wild house cats, owls. hawks,
swapping turtles and other more or
less conspicuous types of bird kill
ers destroy more game, including
ducks. than all the hunters COM
bined.
Killers Have Good Appetite
There is no closed season for a
horned owl. I have one in my back
yard under observation. He has
eaten the equivalent of his own
weight in meat in three days. With
his appetite and strength, no small
duck could be his match and he
would eat one every night for 365
days if given the opportunity.
The vast number of quail and rab-
bits this hoary old pirate could &C
count for in twelve months would
put the average hunter to shame.
At that, he is less damaging than
the feline field roamer whose eyes
shine out at you from the road
bitches at night. What this country
needs is another Irish St. Patrick
TO make war on our wild life de-
stroyers and a greater insight into
those things that actually are di-
minishing our fish and game supply.
The government will find that out.
I am convinced that but few of our
citizens ever will; the average man
is too indifferent to the problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Todav's Contract Problem

Six hearts by South is the
contract. While it looks as
though West should make his
king and queen of hearts, the
contract can be made. How?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09

Jack Parker will sing Melancholy Baby"
and Frank Luther will offer the popular
annie Doesn't Live Here Any More" dur
ing the Saturday Night Dancing Party
with B. A. Rolfe's orchestra and the
Men About Town trio over WLW and an
NBC network Saturday. at p. m.
new series of remarkable concerts will
be inaugurated at p. M. Sunday over
the NBC network. and will feature the
most prominent conductors and artists
of the world in an hour broadcast. Thir-
teen concerts are scheduled for appear
ance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
WLW (700) Cincinnati
SATURDAY

WLM kIUUI NAuSAAAAA6bA
SATURDAY
P. NJ.
4.l5-Paul Ash and orchestra.
4.3O-Parent Teacher Forum.
4:45-Little orphan Annie (NBCl.
5.OO-Jack Armstrong.
5:15-Joe Emerson and orchestra.
5:30-Bob Newhall.
5:4-R. F. D. hour with Boss john
ston and the Mccormick Ftddlers.
s:i5-Charlie Davis dance orchestra.
s.30-Circus DAYS (NBC).
6:45-Tunes of Yesterday.
7.O0-The Big Show.
7.30-Crosley follies.
s:Oo-Jack Pearl and AL Goodman orches-
ira (NBCl.
s.30-Over the Rhine, German band.
9:45-Joe Chromis dance orchestra.
9.OO-Saturday Night Dancing Party.
lO.OO-WLS barn dance (NBCl.
Carnival tNBC).
IL .00-MeI Snyder dance orchestra.
IL: 3O-Charlie Davis dance orchestra.
l.OO-Cluh Crosley.
2.00-SiPn off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
HUNTERS URGE
STEPS TO SAVE
WATER FOWLS
Drainage Work Branded
Useless in Effort to
Help Birds.
BY WILLIAM F. COLLINS
Times Special Writer.

The principal news item this week
in conservation circles is a report
from the American Game Associa-
ton, in which duck hunters from all
Of the states appealed to the gov
eminent for data to aid in bring
ing back wild fowl. My personal
reaction TO this demand is that the
plea is timely.
The government will discover at
the conclusion Of investigations
things that every good sportsman
knows. It will discover first that
iH-advised drainage Of agricultural
~ worthless lands has taken away
the nesting haunts Of millions of
wild fowl
The pitiful little puddles left in
the sedges in both this country and
Canada can not furnish the young
birds when Matched with enough
cover to protect them Marsh fires
after drainage has been accom-
plished complete the slaughter of
the few ducks pool Matched.
The sportsmen will have to debate
the question with the drainage ad-
vocates as to the comparative eco
nomic value Of ducks versus new
land and up to the present must
realize that all past debates on
this question have been won by the
drainers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-09
Give Ducks a Break

The second point uncovered by
the government will revolve around
the so-called game refugees, the
majority Of which are owned by
wealthy sportsmen. I know the
majority of the men shooting these
preserves adhere to the law and in
some cases go the law one better.
An Indianapolis group owning an
Illinois river preserve will not per-
NIT hunting over it before 10 a. m.
nor after 3 p. m.
In the intermission, ducks are
given the opportunity to gather
and concentrate over the corn
baited waters. The shooting hours
could be limited to noon and an
average shot could still get his
bag limit.
Add to the corn baited waters,
powerful new type guns with long
range loads, flocks of trained call
ers, fast automobiles to whisk the
shooter from behind his desk to the
back door of the club house, super
highways over which the trip can
be made in a few hours and you
have a combination of duck hell on
earth that was not known twenty
five years ago. The mystery to me
is that there are any ducks left
when the entire group of duck
shooters organize only for destruc-
ton and not one of them ever
thinks about breeding and releas-
ing a duck
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-11
Just Plain Sense
: BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A MERICAS embattled farmers have not yet fired
n their second shot destined to be heard round
the world" but it may be that their localized revolts
against foreclosures will mark the beginning of a.
new epoch in history.
One of these occurred in a community in Okla
homa where I once lived. It was at that time the
stamping ground of Kansas-bred farmers, all of
whom had been reared in the traditions of Appomat-
tox and the sacredness of the protective tariff.
The members of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie wore naloes. Worthy veterans held nearly all
public Office. Vote the way you shot" was the
chant of every campaign.
The grand dukes of Republicanism we're firmly
intolerant of the Intellectual struggles of obscure
Democrats and the more noisy but equally feeble
movements of scattered Socialists. The country
weekly of which I was, by reason Of matrimonial
promotion, general aid de camp, boasted a 100 per
cent dyed-in-the-wool G. O.. P. subscription list.
r n q
EUN was poked at the Populist uprisings which
some years previously had brought the wheat
fields of bleeding Kansas into national notice.
County leaders who awed me with their creeds
while splitting at the red-hot base-burner in the old
print shop were one in condemning any movement
that smacked of radicalism or rebellion against the
holy order of the Old Guard.
I listened and placed implicit trust in the ben
evolent protection of the Lord as administered by
the henchmen of the Sacred Elephant.
What, then, was my amazement to find that
these self-same men who traced their political
lineage TO the shambles of Cold Harbcr and Gettys-
burg had staged a mild riot and driven from the
confines OF their county a representative of erst-
while hallowed majesty-Big Business.
TT &c 4~,,a +f1o% @t,1~z - -
and Republican bred, are not so vigorous as they
once were. They are aged and broken and ruined
by the very powers they SO long have defended;
victims OF the precious tariffs at whose shrines they
have worshipped; dupes Of the patronage system
they have shouted to encourage.
All OF which merely proves that men essentially
are the same. Take his ham away from a Repub-
lcan and ne becomes as radical as any red"
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 con-
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 own one or more utility plants, demanded
that the cities have the right to fix their own rates.
That is the reasonable view. If a city has the
capacity to operate such a 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 a vote at an cleo
ton.
If the citizens wish such regulation, they should
have the right to get it by a vote. But it should not
be thrust upon them and citizens put to the e-
pense and trouble of an election to escape.
The utilities want the proposed plan. They
would much rather take chances on exorbitant rates
from a commission than they would from the real
owners of municipal plants.
That the new 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 a whole
hearted redemptio 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
WHILE CONGRESS RIDDLES

The folly of congress in delaying hunger relief
Is dangerous.
Only seventeen working days remain Of the
seventy-second congress in which to pass the La
Toilette Costigan and Wagner bills. The former,
carrying a $500, 600, 900 appropriation for state grants
for family and transient aid, is on the senate calen-
dar. The Wagner work relief bill is not yet re-
ported.
Every delay takes its toll in human misery. A half
million American families, social workers report, are
being deprived of adequate food, clothing, and
shelter. Thousands of children go to school hungry.
Diseases due to malnutrition are spreading.
Semi-starvation,' reports the joint committee
on unemployment, lis sweeping across the country
with the ravages of a plague in it's wake" Many
states and cities have exhausted their relief funds.
Now icy winter weather brings it new curse of
suffering and death to the destitute.
In the face of such facts, what can be said of
a congress that fritters away its few precious days
In unproductive routine?
Relief can be voted quickly. Senator La Toilette
and his relief colleagues should take the floor and
keep it until the money is voted. This should come
before everything. Delay means starvation.