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The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
CIT ISN'T DONE"

A FOREIGN colleague once said to us, DO
YOU know what your country most
reeds? It's bit more of the English idea of
1t isn't done"
he then went on to point out some things
where our country perhaps regards it smart"
to cheat or cnisel. He discussed prohibition
and some Of our attitude toward sports, for
instance.
We have often pondered on his remark
The Englishnan may be a trace snobbish
about his observation, 1T isn't DONE" but in
the last analysis his code makes for gentle
manly and ladylike conduct in other words,
it's code of ethics N itself.
The Englishman, for instance, thinks the
man or woman who gets drunk publicly is an
outsider" that is, not gentleman or a lady
and not fit to associate with those who play
the game
We had the idea, before prohibition
During prohibition, excuses we're made for
the man or woman who drank to excess. 1t
even seemed a joke to many if Bill or Mary
got tight" There was little or no revulsion
Of feeling about alcoholic excess
We are sadly in need of a new attitude to-
ward drink. Not only do we need to regard
the drunkard or the drunken person as an
outsider" but we need to acquire new stand
ards of regard for the law
The slogan, Make it smart to be legal" will
help us; and likewise we can profit beyond
measure if we get the idea 1T isn't done"
meaning making pigs of ourselves with liquor
or any other indulgence
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
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FRIDAY. DEC. is 1899.

"a sCRIPPs- NEWSPAPER

IQUOR prices in Indiana must come down.
Quality must go up. The alternative is
not only an increase in bootlegging, but also
an influx into the state Of racketeers from
other communities which have been able to
make is economically difficult for the illicit
seller to exist
The Times showed yesterday that blended"
whisky was little but alcohol. flavoring and
water Perhaps the flavoring was aged
whisky, but it was present. if at all in mighty
small quantities. No doubt this drink is far bet
ter than the doubtful drinks purveyed by
bootleggers but it is asking a good deal OF
the public to demand s185 a pint for it.
Some say that the distilers are responsible
for this deplorabe condition. 1t is true that
there is not enough whisky to go around. The
distillers probably are taking advantage of
this to make exorbitant profits Too often
the supposedly shrewd American business man
is anxious to cut his own throat merely to gain
a temporary advantage.
There can be no excuse whatever for
price of $3.50 pint for pure grain alcohol.
1t requires no aging and none of the ex-
pensive handling of old whisky. The price
merely is being held artifcially to prevent law
abiding folks from making their gin and
thus avoiding high priced liquors This alco-
ho price is an outrageous imposition on the
public by selfish and irresponsible interests.
The retail druggist has been placed in an
extremely difficult and unjust position. Every
time he buys liquor he purchases pig in
poke The distllers do not permit him to an
alyze samples before he spends his money.
II he wants to purchase alcoholic beverages
he must place his money on the line and take
whatever they choose to give him.
These druggists also are finding the heavy
license fees oppressive. If the state places a
big fixed charge on the handling Of liquor the
druggist must get a large sales volume to
meet it. In order to get a big volume he
must actively encourage people to buy. Such
a state of affairs does not encourage temper
ance Liquor should be available for those
who want it, but the licensing system should
be such as to discourage high pressure sales
manship
The Times today reveals that bootleggers
already are laying their plans to get retail out
lets in Indiana 1t is to the credit of the drug
gists that they are rebuffing all such efforts.
The Governors liquor commission is plan
ming to meet in the near future to consider
these problems. It was inevitable that new
conditions would arise. The public should
back its duly constituted authorities. 1t should
drive out the bootlegger. Make it smart to be
legal.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
FINE BUNCH OF BOYSl

VoU get good insight into one of the
most-discussed angles of "big time" in
tercollegiate football in the reports of the re-
cent party at Montclair, N. J., where Yale
football players and alumni gathered for a
free-for-all discussion of Yale's current ath-
letic fortunes.
A member of this years somewhat unfor-
tunate football team explained that the fun
of playing was more important than rolling
up string of victories; and an ardent old
grad then expressed himself as follows:
They're fine bunch of boys, all right but
if they don't win football games that breaks
down one of the strongest ties between us and
present-day Yale"
Right there you have the traditional
alumni attitude in its baldest form. 1t is this
desire on the part Of the graduate to revive
his sentimental loyalty by regular chain of
victories, that is largely responsible for the
evils of ''overemphasis" in college football.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
Warns Against Industrial Accidents

hiccup, it must be taken as a serious
symptom that demands prompt
medical attention.
A cough persistent enough or Sc
we're enough to cause pain demands
immediate medical attention.
Most noSebleeds can be stopped
by keeping the head elevated and
tipped forward, breathing through
the mouth and applying cold COM
presses over the bridge of the nose.
Any nosebleed that persists de-
mands prompt medical attention.
Unless a splinter is right under
the surface and easily removed, it
should be left for the attention of
an expert. Picking at splinteds
times results in hemorrhage.
If the open wound becomes con-
taminated from the fingers of the
attendant, or from the dressing ap-
piled, or from the persons clothing.
there may be danger to life.
If~the splinter comes from a high
ly contaminated source, it may be
necessary to give an antitoxin
against lockjaw at once.
Altogether, remember that first
aid is distinctly a temporary pro-
cedure, designed only for imme-
diate safety and comfort, and that
any minor injury may become a
major one without proper attention
TO its earliest stages.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
IM. Tracy Says:

T ME trouble with this so-called mercy mur-
Il der at Atlanta is that it can not be regarded
as the genuine article unless one ignores the
verdict of coroner's jury as well as the medical
evidence
There appears to be no doubt that John
Stephens struck his dying aunt on the head with
a flower pot after she repeatedly had called
upon him to put her out of her misery. There
appears to be no doubt that he intended to
satisfy her wish and thought that he had sue
ceeded.e Otherwise, he would hardly have sur
rendered himself to the police and made a
confession.
Miss Allie Stephens the aunt, was suffering
from cancer Of the bone, and, according to the
family doctor, was very near, if not at. the &C.
tual point of death. -
An autopsy led those performing it to ex-
press the unanimous opinion that Miss Stephens
died OF her malady, not from the blow.
TT is far more logical to regard young Stephens
the victim of hallucination than to accept
him as cold-blooded killer. The very weakness
of his arm suggests that he was not himself
The case does not lend itself to anything like
clean-cut argument over mercy murders. 1t
contains too many "ifs and buts.'
Some of the comments have read are quite
as sushy and emotional as the episode itself.
One writer thinks such an act ought to be
placed in the same category as lynchings. An
other says that cancer sufferers have been
known to linger on for fifteen twenty years,
as though that had anything to do with it. Still
another declares that Miss Stephens should have
been sent to a hospital where she could have been
kept constantly under narcotics"
No one with common sense believes that the
right to take life should be recognized except
under the most rigid safeguards At the same
time< no one with common sense will deny that
our treatment of hopeless incurables. especially
those exposed to great and continuous pain, is
mockery of human intelligence.
A S long as there is the slightest prospect of
L \ recovery, we should, of course, keep up the
fight for life. regardless of cost or torment. But
when the die has been cast, when there is moth
ing ahead but pain, or dope. it seems as though
we might find legitimate ways to be merciful.
don't want to be hit on the head with a
flower pot by some kindly disposed relative Such
a method lacks refinement, if nothing else If 1
were suffering with cancer Of the bone however
and had ccme to the point where there was
nothing left but few more days of torture and
where or those around me could no longer bear
the torture Of consciousness, I would thank a
doctor to end it all
Most people with whom I have talked feel the
same way. The thing that causes them to hesi-
tate is fear of the way in which such a practice
might be abused if it became common.
Frankly I do not know whether we can de-
wise a system which would permit such obviously
desirable kindness without inviting crime, but
the problem always mas struck me as worth con-
sidering
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
A PLACE FOR HONESTY

COMETINdE before Jan. l, Governor McNutt
~ is to name a new municipal court judge.
The Governors Office already has ANNOUNCED
that Judge Clifton R. Cameron will not be
reappointed.
One place where judicial honesty is prime
necessity is in the municipal court. Being
municipal court judge is not picnic. 1t calls
for psychology for tact, for sense of humor,
and for honesty as well as good Judgment
Several names have been placed before
Governor NcNutt, it is reported. All the names
mentioned are those of men of public service.
It seems that the Governor can not go wrong.
Honest courts mean honest government.
And honest government breeds respect for the
law
And honesty starts Governor, in the
municipal courts.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
THE FIGHT is OFF!

nNE of the best bits of recent news is the
~ fact that the guerilla warfare between
Henry Ford and General Hugh S. Johnson
seems to have come to an end.
First Mr.. Ford announced that we've all
got to pitch in and help the President pull
this country out of the hole" Then General
Johnson replied that it did his heart good to
hear this. adding "I certainly am going to
enjoy seeing Mr.. Ford go in there and start
pitching"
And all this, somehow sounds more like it.
lot was said, not long ago, about how
the NRA chieftain was going to crack down"
on the auto magnate. regular wharf fight
between the government and its most famous
industrialist seemed to be in the making
Now both sides are talking more softly
and the country at large win rejoice. =
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
INSULT INDICTS OTHERS

AMOEL INSULT, according to dispatches
from Greece, can not understand why his
popularity in America has vanished.
Why is it that every one in America seems
70 De against me?" he asked a United Press
correspondent the other day. What have 7
oone that every banker and business magnate
IN America has not done in the course of busi-
ness?"
OHhand, one would be inclined to answer
That with the words, "Quite lot" At anv
rate, that is the way one would like to answer
FOR II the practices by which the insult ryra-
mid was built up and then undermined are. as
insult says common to ''every banker and
business magnate in America" there are more
Things wrong with us than we have let our
selves suppose.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15

a S the unemployed return to
IN work, there is greater liability
Of industrial accidents. And so it
is more important than ever that
you know first-aid in case Of acci-
dent or shock, and make use of it
properly when necessary.
When a person is injured, nearly
drowned, or in any other way hurt,
he may also suffer from shock. In
this condition he will be pale, his
pulse feeble, his circulation poor and
his breathing difficult.
First-aid for a person in shock
requires that he be placed flat on
his back, with his head low and as
comfortable as possible If he is
conscious, give him small amount
of aromatic spirits of ammonia
as a stimulant. If he is not con-
scious, whiff or two of ammonia
held under his noStrils may bring
about revival.
If a person is bleeding freely, the
bleeding may be stopped through
application of pressure with a piece
of clean gauze, with a compress or
handkerchief.
In a very serious case, it may be
necessary to apply a tourniquet.
However, this should be done by
those who understand how to do it.,
because many a person has been
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

injured by tourniquet rather than
benefited by its use.
When there is severe wound,
it is important to keep your fin
gers out of the wound. Any of the
well-recognized antiseptics may be
dropped into the wound. Then cover
the wound with clean gauze until
the attention of competent ply
sician can be had.
Remember that an unconscious
person gets cold quickly. Chilling
means a further strain on his con-
dition. By all means keep every
unconscious person warm.
For this purpose, hot pads, hot
water bottles, or other means may
be used. In using these, you should
realize that the unconscious person
can not tell when he is being
burned.
Among the most frequent condi-
tions which people try to treat for
themselves are hiccupS, coughs,
nosebleed and splinters beneath
the skin.
There are a dozen superstitions
about stopping hiccups. If a lit
tie water Or a little food or an or
binary sedative does not stop the
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
DUTY TO THE PUBLIC

I'm MANY ways the most hopeful thing about
Il the present moment in American life is
the fact that people generally are beginning
to see the necessity of adopting a new ethi-
cal standard in their dealings with one an
other
This new standard can be expressed very
simply. 1t is the notion that a mans first
duty is not to his pocketbook but to the
public at large.
You can find direct statement of it in
a speech delivered recently in Chicago by
Earle w. Evans, president of the American
Bar Association.
In this speech Mr.. Evans urged that the
lawyers take concerted action to drive crooks
and shysters out of the legal profession.
Let it be understood" he declared, "that
our duty is first, last and always the public
interest and not to the interests of the pro-
fession or of the lawyer. The public and the
newspapers feel that We ought to be respon-
sble for the crooks. don't know but what the
public and the newspapers are right.
who else is there who can do it? Let's
clean house. It is not enough for the ethical
LAWYER to be ethical himself and close his
ewes 10 everything OOIlS Dy Ills pAOtAiCts nc
should see that the public is protected, and
no ties of kinship or man are more sacred"
Here is an idea which goes far beyond
the mere matter of driving crooks out of
a profession; it calls for reappraisal of the
individuals aims and standards, and it ap-
plies not merely to the legal profession. but
TO all professions and all Jobs.
The banker needs to learn it-for what
does all the current criticism of certain bank
ers amount to. except that they put their
own good above the public good? The man
ufacturer needs to learn it, and the politician
and the broker and the editor and every one
else whose calling touches the lives of the
mass of his fellow-citizens.
1t is only in this way that We can make
lasting success of our capitalistic society.
The profit motive by itself never can do it.
But If We team Up with a new and en-
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
Game LGWS
V Homer Haws.

BY Homer HaWS.
Latest game laws, compelling
every one to buy license to hunt
and fish in his own county, has
caused a wave of hatred. Thou
sands who are on relief and
their children will not be able to
have rabbits this year for the first
time since this state received it's
charter.
The $40 license for fur buyers
gives all the business to the pro-
fessional buyer. The boy who
could buy a few hides and re-
sell, has passed away.
Reason for these laws is to dig
more money out of the common
working man, to festock the
streams and fields for the sports
man, wealthy city men and the
swivel-chair legislators, and to
pay politically-appointed game
wardens and their stool pigeons,
to arrest the ones snitched on, kill
boy, make a showing in the day..
time, sleep at night while the
hunters roam the wood, cut down
trees, etc.
Game laws can not be enforced
and these last ones have caused
more to hunt without license than
before. 1 am 40, never bought a
license and never will as long as
such laws exist. When I hunt,
hunt ground squirrels, crows and
hawks. No laws are violated.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
:: The Message Center ;:


contestants as we'll as two Of the
Chicago Walkathon contestants, I
was informed by each that they are
in perfectly normal condition and
have suffered in no manner as a re-
suit of being in the contest. In fact,
of those whom I interviewed every
one gained weight but one.
Every one of them expressed a de-
sire to enter another contest and
have expressed the highest feeling
Of respect and commendation for
every member of the staff and man.
agement.
The unfavorable comments, COM
plants and criticisms by the mis-
informed do not measure up to the
standard Of clean sportsmanship.
The yelled interest of health and
future welfare of this group of con-
testants whom these flannel-mouth
egotists do not even know and never
have seen is but a feinted cry of
certain interests whose business
ability is so dull that in their frantic
cry of save me-" they have gone
frantically into the red on the wrong
SIDE Of the ledger. They would cur
tail everything to their idea Of en-
tertainment and threaten, coerce
and intimidate the public to patron
age.
Had they progressed as did one of
the theater managers and several
of the more optimistic business men,
these same wolf howlers would have
enjoyed the same favorable pub
licity as the sponsors of these con-
testants, and would have gained
financially thereby.
These business men and these
contestants may be interviewed by
any one who is in doubt and these
statements may be very easily
verified.
Underhanded' methods, unfair
business methods and false propa-
ganda are going to receive more at
tention from the people in the
future.
Do you want some one to destroy
your business as you are endeavor-
ing to destroy the business of
others?
believe God despises louse and
a selfish, unfair business man.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15

(TtnleS readers are inUited to cypress
their Cietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to ESQ q0ords or Eess.)
BY FrankHW. Mauck.
This refers to an article published
in recent issue of your paper, re-
lating to an interview with Pleas
Greenlee regarding cause for my
dismissal as state dairy inspector.
1t is very evident that Mr.. Green
lee made his statement knowing
they we're for publication. Up to
that time he has felt above answer
ing my friends regarding cause for
my dismissal. He told me that Mr..
Lang had the complaints. At the
health department, both myself and
my friends we're told the reason was
not known there and that my
services had been very satisfactory.
Greenlee's use of the word "inso-
lent" with reference to my attitude
toward the public is a lie. A petition
signed by every dairy in the Calu-
met region, asking to have me re-
tanned as their inspector, is evidence
of a very agreeable relationship. My
dismissal was over the protest of
Mr.. Lang, food and drug commits
sioner for the state.
The letter that was referred to,
regarding the interest of State
Senator Albright in the Cherry Ice
Cream Company prosecution, was
written as a personal letter and I
did not know that it would go into
public record. With further refer
ence to that part of your article, the
first evidence that I was "in bad"
came when Mr. Lang told me that
Senator Albright had been in and
raised particular hell' about me
and for me to see Mr.. Greenlee.
Later I found that Senator Albright
had a very personal interest in Mr.
Cherry of Danville, Ill At the time
of filing the aff1davits against the
Cherry Company a personal attack
by Mr. Cherry followed immediately
Mr. Cherry was born and reared
near Martinsville and has consider
able business connections in this
state. However, this was only one
Of several cases that 1 had filed at
the time I was fired" by Greenlee.
Twenty-Five aff1davits were filed by
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15

book, but the women of the U. D.
G. remain actively agitating the
lost cause and retracing, with pitt
full exactitude, the dim Mason and
Dixon line.
The w. c. T. u, with prohibition
safely written into the Constitu-
ton, continued to function and con-
vene long after all need of its work
was at an end. I am told, even,
that in certain sections the Camehas.
auxiliary to the K. K. K, appoint
committees and pass resolutions.
We only hope Mrs. Sabin's SEN
sible action presages the coming Of
new age-an age when no order
will be allowed to survive unless 1t
has definite, important work to do.
and may the Lord speed the Gay.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15
: A Woman's Viewpoint ::

MIRACLES do happen in the
1V1 twentieth century. A woman's
organization, its cause won, has ac-
tually disbanded.
If for no other achievement than.
this, Mrs. Charles Sabin should go
down IN history as a heroine. Hers
was the mind that conceived the
idea, hers the energy that rallied
million and a half women into
crusade for repeal Now, although
she is chief mogul of the clan, and
has won her battle, she calls her
women together once again, abdi-
Gates and announces the dissolu-
ton of the order.
How. much trouble and expense
we might have avoided If all men
and women possessed the plain good
sense that distinguishes Mrs. Sahin.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-12-15

me in performance of my duty. All
were Illinois ice cream manufac-
turers. Two paid fines and two re-
moved their products from the state,
the others decided to fight the cases
to test the power Of our state health
department, probably they were
stalling, expecting me to be removed
from the picture as was the only
one who could continue the prose-
cutions. Mr.. Lang made a personal
appeal to Mr.. Greenlee to have me
retained to complete these cases, as
a matter of fairness and a service
that the ice cream manufacturers Of
this state were entitled to.
BY George A. Stone.
In conversation with about a doz-
en- of the Walkathon eliminated