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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Mars Closer to Earth
BY DAVID DIETz

MIGHT by night, the planet
~ Mars has been growing red
der and brighter in the eastern
sky. When this happened in an
Gent times, people regarded the
planet with awe, fearing that 1t
was a portend Of war or trouble.
Perhaps there are some today
who would draw a connection be-
tween the planets behavior and
the war clouds in the far east.
That number, however, does not
include the modern astronomer.
The astronomer knows that
Mars is growing brighter because
it is swinging closer and closer
to the earth.
On March l, the earth and Mars
will be in opposition. That is a
straight line drawn from the sun
to Mars will pass through the
earth.
However, due to slight irregu-
larities in the orbits Of the two
planets they will not be at their
closest on March l, but two nights
later. On March 3, the distance
between the earth and Mars will
be $1,000, 900 miles.
Mars revolveS about the sun IN
an orbit just beyond that of the
earth. (The earth is 93,OOO,OOO
miles from the sun; Mars. is 14l,-
100000 niles.
The two planets move with dill
ferent speeds and so an oppoSl-
ton occurs once every two years
and two months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Watch Your Icebox Temperature

MOST people now know that
Iva the keeping of food at a
proper temperature and under
proper conditions Of cleanliness is
highly important for prevention
Of disease.
As Miss E. M. Geraghty, for
merly dietitian Of the great hos
pital in Cleveland, points out in a
recent issue of Hygeia. the price
paid for food at the grocery is
much increased if the material is
lost because of bad care in the
home after the food arrives.
Cereals, bread, crackers. cook
les and cake always should be
kept in tightly covered containers
in a cool place. Otherwise. they
are subject to drying and to in
festation with vermin.
Butter must be kept at a tenn
perature of from so degrees F. to
10 degrees F.; certainly not much
higher, or it will become rancid
and may be a source Of infection.
OF course. this temperature may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

THE senate banking committee
l. has won a skirmish by bring
ing out facts which have led to
the resignation of two executives.
This will be, however, a trivial
triumph if nothing more than a
change of personnel occurs.
The difficulty goes a great deal
deeper than the mere question of
individual taste in ethics. AS a
matter of fact, the gentlemen who
have stepped down are no more
than Scapegoats of a system. The
itch to encourage and to partici-
pate in speculation surely was not
confined to any one institution.
Personally, I think there is no
sure ground this side of having
the federal government take over
in its entirety the business of
banking, savings banks and in
Surance. Even those who still turn
a pale green at the thought of
"the government in business must
admit that it is already in up to
its knees. And it is we'll to re-
mark that this participation has
not been brought about by the
demands Of radical or liberal
economists.
If Washington already is knee
deep in banking, that condition
has been brought about because
of the distress cries of rugged
individualiSts who have been
shouting, Save us or we perish!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

XXTHAT is wrong with our
w times? Many things, all will
agree; almost everything, some
say. The question may be an
swered in various ways, but one
thing is plain to all: People do
not think.
They only "thob," as some one
has put it, taking their ideas
ready-made and at second hand,
if they have any ideas at ali.
"The only people with real con-
victions today are in JAIL" said a
wag the other day. Too. many
of us believe what we are told to
believe by the man with the loud
est voice.
Our ideas are mere echoes of
the book last read, or the patter
or propagandistS who play upon
out putty-mindedness Or, rath-
er, we have been fooled so much
that we do not believe in any,
thing, not even in ourselves.
vi O44C C144A4S VIC may NC oO4C
when everybody is saying the
same thing, nobody is doing any
thinking. Human minds, if they
are made to work, do not turn
out thoughts all of one pattern.
Nor do men who think go on do
ing the same thing in face of
new facts, new situations, in a
changing world.
They devise new ways of meet
ing new demands, "lest one good
custom should corrupt the world"
not because it is good, but be-
cause it is merely a custom and
has no life in it.
II n r
CAID grim old Carlyle, The
- greatest enemy of the Prince
of Darkness is a thinking man;
but he is rare. Look out" said
Emerson, when the Lord God lets
loose a thinker in the world" He
is u 7 to turn things upside down.
What we need today is some
hard, honest. thinking = soft
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
SPEAKER RAINEY

In choosing their present floor leader, Repre-
sentative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, as Speaker Of
the house Of representatives in the new congress,
the Democrats have taken the best man in the
race.
He is a veteran Of congress who has been a pro-
gressive on most issues. He has fought for the
rights of labor and against special privileges for
the power interests. He favors Russian recognition
and a liberal foreign policy. He stands with MI.
Hull, the new secretary of state, as one Of the lower
tariff leaders of his party.
1t is of utmost Importance to any achievement by
the new administration that the Democratic con-
gress move in quick and disciplined ranks in sup
port Of the Roosevelt program for national recovery.
The Speaker of the house has the most powerful
position in congress.
Fortunately, the house Democrats have ele-
waited to that place Of power a man sympathetic
with the policies of their leader, Elect
Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

bank holiday can not be made a
secret rite.
To be sure, we are all jittery-
and that includes the bankers.
The other day a friend of mine
took her 3-year-old o into a
bank where she purposed to de-
post some money and as she
stood before the teller's window
the child struck up his favorite
song, which happens to be Let's
Put Out the Lights and Go to
Sleep"
mo more money in the bank"
he piped in his childish treble,
and a vice-president came rush
ing out from behind his desk.
Little man." he said, wed much
rather you didn't sing that song
around here"
And some of the radio stations
have barred Brother, Can You
Spare a Dime?' from the air, on
the ground that it is too depress-
ing. I gravely doubt that it mat
ters very much whether we whis-
tie gay tunes or sad.
AS a matter Of fact, I think
a little less whistling all around
and more study and discussion
will be to our advantage.
Nor do I think that a lively
belief in the necessity of a COM
plete reorganization of our bank
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to the notion that the supposed
inhabitants of Mars are much
wiser than those Of the earth.
H. G.. Wells pictured evolution
as having gone so far upon Mars
that the Marian is practically
all brain.
In one Of his novels, he pictures
these creatures as living inside of
steel cylinders and manipulating
great steel tentacles and legs by
mechanical means.
The astronomer, however, can
go no further than to say that the
polar caps on Mars grow larger in
winter and smaller in summer. a
behavior suggesting that the caps
are composed of ice.
The markings on the planet
change their color with the sea-
son as vegetation would be ex-
pected to do.
Thermocouple measurements in
dictate that the temperature on
the planet may be comfortable at
noon, but that it is far below the
freezing point at night, perhaps
as low as 40 below zero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Life ON Mars

TINE question frequently asked
4 most about Mars is the one
which astronomers can not an
swer with any positiveness. That
is the question OF whether there is
any life on Mars.
AS already mentioned, many as
tronomers think the dark mark
ings are caused by vegetation.
And. of course, if there is plant
life on Mars, there also may be
animal life.
Novelists like to speculate upon
the nature Of life on Mars. 1t
frequently is stated that because
Mars is only about half the di-
ameter of the earth, it may have
cooled off and solidified much
faster than did the earth.
Life, therefore, may be millions
of years older on Mars than it is
on the earth. This has given rise
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

absorb strong odors and favors
from other food substances.
Miss Geraghty points out that
asparagus, corn and peas do not
keep well anywhere and should
be used as soon as possible after
picking.
The refrigerator is used to
store more than half Of the fire.
quent purchases in the daily diet
and many Of the occasional ones.
Miss Geraghty advises particu-
larly that the refrigerator be not
crowded, because crowding inter-
feres with circulation Of air and
lowers efficiency of the r~efrigera-
tor.
Room always should be left in
the refrigerator for salads and
deserts, because many Of the cases
of food infection come from food
preparations Of this character.
Germs require moisture for
their development, and also
warmth in most casesF 1t is well
to bear this fact in mind in the
care Of foods in the home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
So They Say

If prohibition is repealed, it will
only be a few years until the peo-
pie will restore it.--Dr. Howard H.
Russell, n, who founded the Anti
Saloon league forty years ago.
The economic system in Ameri-
ca is in no danger of breaking
down, but on the contrary has
such inherent strength that it
continues to function efficiently
in the face of the greatest malad-
justment the world ever has seen.
Andrew w. Mellon, United
States ambassador to Great Brit
ain, speaking in London.
Freedom of thought and free
dom Of speech in every country
are necessary before the people of
one land can understand the ideals
and ambitions of their neighbors.
DR.. Thomas S. Baker, president
Of Carnegie Institute of Tech
nology, speaking in Berlin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Times Readers
Voice Views -.

Editor Times-I am writing this
letter to Governor McNutt. Were
I to send it to him direct, he never
would see it. For I am one of
those whom he regards as of no
consequence, a citizen, a widow,
alone with a young child. We
have a small house which we must
keep out of money left by one
who worked hard for it.
I pay taxes. The child must
eat. She must have things, some
what even as his child has them.
He has no right to take from us.
What is the name of this Gov
ernor of ours? Mussolini McNutt?
What is tried among us here?
These changes are not changes
to bring bread to the hungry, but
to bring cake to the politician.
Watch this man McNutt. He
kills himself and his party.
LOUISE WOOD.
2502 North Alabama street.
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thinking will not do in hard
times; we have too much of it as
it is. We must find the facts, get
down to cases and put on our
thinking caps.
AS it is, superstition runs rife.
New cults grow up like mushrooms
in the night, promising people
old magic and the moon. In Ger
many the followers of Hitler have
gone wild about astrology, as if
the stars will show the way out
Of the bog.
No, God gave us minds to think,
to face the facts and find His
way and His will for the life of
man. If people will not use their
heads, they only can learn
through their hides.
Copyright. 1888. by United Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
We Dodge AWay From Real Issue

TO sum it all up, we still are temporizng, still depending on some
easy makeshift to pull us out of the hole, still shying away from
the problems and issues which the depression has revealed and which
we know can not be lodged indefinitely.
Even after three years of such distress as this country never knew
before, we still hesitate to admit the obvious defects of a system which
was obviously responsible.
mat good Old lb1 that we were caught in a worldwide calamity.
and that our own foldes are not to blame, still intrigues us. MANY
people are quite content to see the Anticipated boom return and put
their money in enterprises just as hollow as that of the insults.
What is even more inconceivabe, they are ready to perpetuate a
tax system and an extravaganza in government which are unnecessary
and unreasonable, in spite of all they have learned and all they have
suffered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Distance Varies

Due to the fact that the orbits
of both the earth and Mars are
fattened circles or ellipses, the
exact distance between the Two
depends upon where they are IN
their orbits at the time OF oppo-
sition.
In August, 1924, an extremely
favorable opposition occurred. The
earth was then approximately at
its farthest from the sun ana so
the distance between the two
planets was only 35,00O,OOO miles.
The present opposition takes
place when the earth is approx
mately at its closest to the sun
and so the distance between the
two planets is 81 ,000.0 600 miles.
AS a result, Mars is not SO
bright in the heavens this time as
it was in 1924 and does not pro-
vide the astronomer with quite so
good an object Of study.
DR.. j. j. Nassau, director OF
Case Warner & SWasey Observa-
tory of Case School Of Applied
Science, reports that the northern
polar cap now is seen quite easily
with a moderate-sized telescope.
The equatorial markings, which
many observers believe to be
caused by vegetation, are also cas-
lily seen.
Mars is a difficult object to
study. 1t is photographed with
success only by a few Observable
ries which combine the advantages
of large telescopes with the ad-
vantages Of clear air at nigh alti-
tudeS, such as ooservatories in
California and Arizona.
No one ever has photographed
the fine structure on the planets
disk which constitutes the o
called canals. This fine structure
can be seen only momentarily,
when the seeing is particularly
CO06
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Questions and
Answers .....

Q-Are the Marx brothers
Jews?
Ayes.
Q.-How many Presidents have
been lawyers?
A-Twenty.
Q-Was the moving picture
10000 Years in Sing Sing filmed
in that prison?
A-Most of it wa made in Hol-
lywood, but Warden Lawes Of
Sing Sing c~o-operated to the ex-
tent of permitting cameras with
in the prison for actual scenes,
including those Of prisoners in the
mob scenes.
Q-When and where is the
Frontier rays celebration held
each year?
AIT Cheyenne, Wyo., for five
days each summer, about the last
week in July.
Q-Do American Indians have
the right to suffrage?
ALL Indians were given
American citizenship by a special
act OF congress and are entitled
to vote, If otherwise qualified BY
ERte laws. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY DIR. MORRIS H B
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

be below that of the usual re-
~frigerator, but is the very best
temperature.
The usual refrigerator temper
allure may be anywhere from 40
degrees F. to so degrees F.
A good ice refrigerator should
maintain a temperature of from
IS degrees F. in the milk COM
partment to so degrees F. in the
food compartment.
Certain foods should be bought
fairly frequently to get the maxi
mum of flavor and aroma out of
them. These include, for exam
pie, cereals and coffee.
y y
OF course, fresh fruits Of vari-
~ Gus types should be kept in
the refrigerator; fats and oils
should not be put in the refrige-
rator. however. because they wiz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
One System Of Barter

7 IKE everybody else, I have
- wondered just how I would
get along if I found myself in the
middle of a bank holiday with 8
cents in my pocket.
I have wondered whether it
would be possible for me to APP
proach a taxi driver and say,
will you please take me to 61%
East Fifty-flrst street and accept
as fare a slightly soiled first edi-
ton of The Boy Grew Older?'"
And I am still cogitating whether
I could get as far as the corner.
And, of course, I have gone
further in my fantasy and in
Guided a day in which I didn't
ride in taxiS at all. That would
be hard for me, but, if that goes
for all the rest, I'll call it a fair
bargain.
Copyright. 1888. by The Times)
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ing system justified the folly of
those who sew dollar bills in their
mattresses or bury small boards
Of gold.
When a horse trips on a hur-
die and goes down, no rider is
going to find it possible to remain
suspended in midair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Daily Thought

Blessed are We that hunger now:
for We shall be filled. Blessed are
We that weep now: for We shall
laugh.-St. Luke 6:21.
n n II
THE world more frequently re-
n compenses the appearance Of
merit, than merit itself.-Roche-
foucauld.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

yellow dog contracts, and scores Of other anti-social
measures.
The Democratic party owes much to Senator
Walsh. 1t can repay this debt in no better way than
by selecting for the seats he has vacated in the
United States senate and the Roosevelt cabinet, men
worthy to be his successor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
EDUCATION" OF WRONG KIND

Few American institutions have been hit harder
by the depression than the educational system. And
their woes are not only those which arise from q
shortage of ready cash; they come from a dawning
realization that the American college or university
has, in too many cases, been off on the wrong track
during the past decade. The depression has simply
made this fact plain.
The editor of The Chakett, official organ Of the
Phi Chi fraternity, remarks that evidence of this is
to be found in the sadly debated condition of
thousands Of college graduates today.
Looking back at the last few years, he indicts a
whole college generation, in words that are worth
considering.
Recalling the thousands of young men who went
to college with no particular desire to get an edu-
cation and won their degrees without ever really
opening their eyes to the real problems of the day,
he says:
Il doubt if a more specifically minded genera
ton ever came Of age. 1t is indeed not at all I'M
likely that future historians will say that while the
foundations of western society were breaking up,
the young men of American universities were
watching football games, going to tea dances, and
aping the manners of a corrupt plutocracy.
From out of these universities, in my time at
least, came thousands of bachelors of arts and
sciences who neither knew nor cared what arts and
sciences are, whose solitary aim was to link up
with a business enterprise in which a lot of money
could be quickly made.
"They brought nothing with them save manners,
personality and acquisitive ambition"
These men, today, are in a sorry fix; and part
of the responsibility, at least, must be laid on the
universities.
The universities, as this fraternity editor remarks,
"displayed a greater zeal for plant and equipment
than for learning, they paid coaches more than pro-
fessors, they built stadia instead of libraries, they
sought endowments rather than scholars and
made it very easy for young men to pass through
college, degree in hand, but with minds that had
never even been required to think"
Out Of the depression, let us hope, there will
come a tightening up of the educational system, a
return to first principles and a discarding of false
ideals, so that such a criticism as this never can
be made again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
System Too Complicated for Erperts

Nov that the bubble has exploded, experts like owen D Young
4 Y admit that the system back of it was too complicated for them In
understand and that the public was hoodwinked hopelessly.
That, Of course, calls for a revision of the system. but ire we nre-
pared to go much further than humuiate and perhaps punish those
caught in this particular trap?
With regard to taxation, we have uncovered some very raw spots
of injustice and discrimination, but for the moment we seem to be far
more interested in finding new and easily available sources of revenue
than in making permanent corrections.
No commodity of common use has been subjected to a greater a
than gasoline, but because of the ease with which that tax can be
levied and collected, we seem obseSSed with the idea of increasing it.
with little regard to its effect on the automobile industry or the burden
imposed on automobile owners.
Though we'll aware that real estate is bearing too heavy a share of
public expense, with small homes particularly hard hit. it is doubtful
whether we shall do more than grant temporary relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Old Friend Psychology

TN the early days of the I'M
l. employment crisis, a great ef-
fort was made to achieve a psy-
Geological solution by hushing up
the matter as far as possible. In
many quarters the same thing
is being tried in regard to the
banking situation.
1t seems to me that we need
more facts and more criticism,
rather than less. After all, a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

High school seniors who are starting their theses
on eve have left the bay, and the ocean lies before
us" might find it a good idea to rig up a breeches
buoy with the family larder before casting off all
haWsers.
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When 1t comes to methods of high finance
III laAauon, We are similarly careless and illogical.
what we want is some quick remedy to ease the present situation,
OV we shy at studies OF reforms that go very deep.
we are shocked at disclosures in connection with the insult bubble.
pU naruy to such extent as promises through-going action. The
HSuu caSe Is not exceptional save that circumstances have revealed
the inside story.
AS d matter u common knowledge, this corporation, with its sub
SlIuarleS, Suo-subsdlaries, and Observation-Disclosures, Is quite typical of
the prevailing method, and presents that disposition to evade re-
school of big business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

Garden pests soon will be putting in their ap-
pearance, leaning over the back fence to remind
you that you didn't seem to have very good luck
with the tomatoes last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

So far-reaching is the vogue for realism in the
theater that there's nothing reserved any more ex-
cept the seats.
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M. E. Says:
WE DODGE DEPRESSION IDEAS

XXTE are passing through a period of self
w examination in this country. which is
good as far as it goes, but which will be OF little
value unless we make it much more searching
than We have, or than our efforts up to this
time indicate.
While ready to abandon bureaucracy and
centralized control with regard to liquor, we are
flirting with the identical idea in some other
directions
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"a SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

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Give Light and she
People WtH Find
Their Oton Wdy