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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

IN a crisp autumn morning in
- the country, years ago,
overlook a tramp on the road
and we talked as we walked to-
gether. There was something in
the kindly, harmless fellow, So
odd years old, to arrest and
amuse, something TO like withal,
shirker that he was, drifting
hither and yon without obligation
or aim.
AS we parted I asked him if he
was going south, like the birds,
and this is what I heard:
Yep, headed south this trip;
Memphis, mabbe, if I don't lay
off sooner. I guess I'm what you
call a bum, partner, but amt as
bad as some Of 'em. Never was
in Jail more than two or three
times, and then mostly by getting
caught in bad company. Yes, I've
been hittin' the road for a good
while, nigh forty years; but
hold a teller has a right to live
the way he wants to, as long as
he lets other folks alone.
mo, I haven't any people. That's
one reason I took up this way of
livin'. But see here, I amt COM
plainin. I've had a heap more
fun than most of 'em. No, I
don't booze; at least not lately.
I've learned more sense than
that"
"NH, yes" he went on, after
" pausing little, Il might
have settled down and got mar
ried and raised a lot of kids that
I couldn't take care of. same as
a lot of fellers. But l didn't and
I am glad I didn't.
Partner, I've been good to my
family by not gittin' them into
the game. They say kids come
from heaven, and I jest thought
I'd leave mine stay there. 1t
keeps me a-hustlin' to look after
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
l. has expressed the opinion that
one of the best immediate rem
edies for unemployment is to get
as many people back to the land
as possible.
It seems to me that it makes a
good deal of difference just who
is going where and what they will
do when they get there. Obvious
ly it will hardly help to have
more corn, wheat, or cotton grown
upon land which now lies fallow.
The farmer is just about the
most unhappy member of the en-
tire community. In many cases he
hasn't even been able TO keep
from going hungry. With little
bad luck in the weather he can
come as close to starvation as any
city chap.
1t Worked for One Man
Last summer I had a letter
from a man who said he had
made the experiment of returning
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
81 DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

frequently, or to have the patient
suck small pieces of ice.
OF greatest Importance in the
treatment of pneumonia is the
care of a competent physician. He
himself must direct the nursing
and determine its value.
He must administer proper
remedies at the proper time to
support the extra work of the
heart, to relieve stress from the
circulation, to permit the patient
to sleep, and to control the actions
Of bowels, skin and all other
organs.
There is no substitute of any
kind for the type of care that
well-trained physician can give in
this disease.
-
Use Of oxygen in treatment Of
~ pneumonia has been elabo-
rated of late and is found to be-
exceedingly, valuable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

This is the last Of FIVE articles by DIR.
Fishbein on pneumonia, its treatment
and precautions to curb its spread.
IN pneumonia, as in any serious
Infection, the diet must be
chiefly liquids, such as soups,
gruels. milk and soft boiled eggs.
Occasionally it is well to add milk
sugar to keep up the energy.
Rest and quiet are more impor-
tant even than nouriShment in
the serious stages of pneumonia.
When recovery has begun, feed
ing is gradually extended to aid
the improvement of the blood and
the broken-down tissues.
1t is we'll for patients with pneu-
monia to have plenty Of water
not much more, however, than two
to three quarts a day. The patient
will not drink unless the water is
given to him when he is quite
sick.
Under such circumstances, it
perhaps is best to give water with
a teaspoon. giving small amounts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
Reluctance No Mystery

THAVE heard social workers
L complain with great bitterness
that men in lodging houses and on
breadlines often refuse to accept
offers to go to work somewhere on
somebody's farm. I easily can
understand this reluctance.
Very. often it comes from the
perfectly sound feeling on the part
of the individual that he will be a
complete failure on this new as
signment. And in most cases he
is quite right.
Farming is not hing which
anybody learns by instinct. 1t is
highly skilled occupation and
those who do not know the tricks
hardly are likely to make a go Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

Ma" Ferguson has every ones best wishes as she
assumes the governorship of Texas again But it
Will De interesting to see what happens if Texas
ana Oklahoma get to squabbling about oil again
ana Alfalfa Bill tries to tell MA" what to do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
So They Say

1t is futile to picture business
control without government inter-
ference. Business leadership is
incompetent at present.-Professor
E. J. Brown of the University of
Arizona
Perhaps we Americans are
overlooking our Indebtedness to
immigrants when we practically
close our doors to them-Miss
Margaret Ferguson, secretary of
the Y w. G. A. International In
stitute.
Socialists have been saying pref
ty much the same thing as tech
nocracy" for two generations
Upton Sinclair, novelist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
:SCIENCT
Plant Preserves Teeth
BY DAVID DIETZ

A PLANT that is alleged to pre-
L N vent tooth decay just has
been brought back to the Smith
sonian Institution of Washington
by DR.. w. A. Archer, famous ex-
plorer and botanist. DR.. Archer
found it in use by the Citara tribe
of Choco Indians in the rain
drenched jungles of northwestern
Colombia.
The Indians, according to DR..
Archer, insist that the plant is a
tooth preservative, and he says
further that the Indians he exam
ined exhibited almost perfect
teeth.
There is one drawback, how
ever, to the use of the plant. 1t
turns the teeth jet black.
The plant has been identified as
new species of Schradera, a
member of the coffee family. The
Indians chew the leaves of the
plant until iC has discolored their
teeth and formed a jet black film
over them.
The film lasts about six months.
At the end of that period, they
take another Chew"
DR.. Archer found that the In
dams considered black teeth beau
tiful and viewed his white ones as
the mark of strange taste on his
part.
Among other strange plants
brought pack by DR.. Archer is
new one which has been given the
scientific name of "Siparuna ar
cheri." 1t is a shrub about ten
feet high, which blooms with
beautiful pale-green flowers re-
sembling orchids.
These blossoms develop into
fruit resembling small pears but
with bright red cheeks. When fully
ripe, these fruits burst open and
give off strong lemon odor.
While the fruits look tempting,
the natives insist that they are
poisonous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

Nanctria been ripped puppet
The will serves
The League Of Nations has protested inquired
the probable withdrawal Of possible
pains.
Orient understand which consequence
of failure to understand the Orient.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

AT any rate, revival of scrip and barterng should
silence those wiseacres who have habit of slapping
you on the back and saying: Don't take anv
wooden nickels!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

Norman Thomas, the countrys No. ! Socialist
says that what this country needs most is more
hbitzers to sit the sidenes and criticise the
way the countrys being run. 1t might be possible
to recruit few more kbitzers, but finding them
room to sit Is plainly preposterous
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

Senator Copeland proposes barring alien actors
and chorus girls from our shores He forgets that
chor1nes always have been among the staunchest
supporters of the gold standard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

American mdgets asking protection against
competition by foreign Lilliputians, contending
they've felt the depression like other show people
AS much as the circus fat lady do you suppose?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

British scientists are planning new attempt to
nash messages to Mars. We don't know what sys-
tenn OF communication the war god uses, but he
seems TO keep business humping old Mother Earth
oblivious of static, storms and low visibility.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
M. E. Tracy Says:
PEACE TALK IS EMPTY BUNK

CHINESE towns are falling fast but not faster
- than cur dumb dreams in the power of talk
TO preserve peace
This is war, though no one admits it-war
for conquest and expansion, with no genuine issue
at stake save that of organized greed.
Japan started out to exploit Manchuria She
could not do the Job the way she wanted to-
because of Chinese interference The rest of
the story is a mere hodgepcdge of technical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21
Kerosene Tree

A MOTHER interesting plant
IA discovered by DR.. Archer is
known as the kerosene tree" The
natives tap it and use the sap in
lamps like kerosene. He reports
that it gives quite a satisfactory
light.
During the past year, explorers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

This is the last of FIVE articles by DIR.
Fishbein on pneumonia, its treatment
and precautions to curb its spread.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-21

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The Washington times., 1933-05-19
POLICE THWART SUICIDE

jumped into the river and asked
Harbor Police to drag for the
body at dawn.
Their conversation was heard
by the missing man who was
hiding in rafters under the bridge.
After Fox and Grimes had de-
parted, Sydnor, who was patrol
ling near the bridge, saw Payne
in the rafters and shouted:
what are you doing there?"
Payne released his hold and
dropped into the river and Sgd
nor pulled him out after Payne
had padded to the shore.
Police were told Payne is to be
placed in a Sanitorium today to
be treated for a mental i'll.
The Washington times., 1933-05-19

A search for Fenton H. Payne,
30, 1900 block T st. S. E., follow
ing his disappearance from home
yesterday ended early today when
Payne was rescued from the
Eastern Branch by Policeman
Charles R. Sydnor Of the Elev-
enth precinct.
Police were told following the
mans disappearance yesterday he
had threatened suicide.
About 4 o'clock this morning his
automobile was found in the
driveway under the Anacostia end
of the Eleventh Street Bridge.
Policemen C. F. Fox and E.
Grimes, who found the car, con-
cluded the missing man had
The Washington times., 1933-05-19
FARLEY To OPEN
:. CHICAGO FAIR

Some member of the Admins
tration is going to Chicago to
open the Century of Progress Ex-
position on May 27-and at the
moment it looks like Postmaster
General James Farley-but Mr..
Farley doesn't know it yet.
President Roosevelt was slated
to attend the opening, but the
pressure of business will prohibit
this. Next Vice President Garner
was considered for the job. but he
has to be in the Senate dur
ing the impeachment proceedings
against Judge Louderback.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
.SCHAAF HOME j
FOR BURIAL

WRENTHAM, Mass, Feb. IS.
Ernie Schaaf, blonde young Viking
of the prize ring, came home
today.
His fondest dream was to re-
turn to Sheldonville-to the home
he built for his folks-as the
heavyweight champion of the
world, but he came a tragic victim
of his quest for the crown.
Those he loved most, his pa
rents and sisters, grief-Stricken,
awaited his last homecoming, by
motor hearSe from a Somerville
funeral parlor in a steel casket in
which the body had been brought
from New York, where Ernie died
in Polytechnic Hospital following
bout with Primo Carnera.
This tragic homecoming was in
contrast to the days lovable Ernie
came home to "mom," whether in
victory or defeat. The brave
mother did her best to conceal
her grief.
There was only one consoling
thought-Ernie might have lived
hopeless cripple. The New York
brain specialits told his mother
and Johnny Buckley, his manager,
that even if the operation on his
hrain nroVed successful. Ernie
would be paralyzed for life.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
New InfieIder
Signed by
Griffmen

A new infielder was added to
the roster of the Griffmen today
in the person of Robert Boken, Of
the Kansas City Blues, of the
American Association.
Boken was corralled by the
purchase route and will report
to Biloxi with the final squad of
players due to arrive at the Mis-
sissippi base March 4.
President Clark Griffith, now
sojourning at Biloxi, wired Secre-
tary Eddie Eynon of this trans
action this morning.
It seems Griff has been trying
to get Boken ever since last Sep
tember but could not because of
agreeable arrangements with the
Kansas City club.
The new addition, although lit
tie is known of him here, is quite
an infielder, several clubs having
been after his services. He is a
right-handed hitter and can, from
all possible reports from Griff,
play any position in the infield.
Boken, if he shows any worth
at all, will, no doubt, fill a
utility role for the Griffmen this
season along with JOHNNY Kerr,
first string sub now with the club.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
Punches by Camera
Didn't Kill Schddf,
Is Doctors Belief

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The sug-
gestion of Gene Tunney and
Jack Dempsey that Ernie Schaaf
was not killed by the hand of
Primo Camera was substantiated
today by medical authority.
That Schaaf's terrific beating
by Max Baer at the Chicago Sta
dunn last September was, in q
measure, responsible for Ernie's
poor condition when he went
into the ring to fight Camera
is the opinion of DR.. Edward I.
Sloan, member of the medical
staff of the Illinois Athletic Com
mission.
81 examined Schaaf follow
ing the Baer fight said DIR.
Sloan. Ernie was completely
out for 20 minutes following
the knockout and in a semi
daZe all the next day. / am
thoroughly convinced, now,
that the injuries he received
in that fight, together with his
illness of two weeks ago we're
contributing factors. 1t is
quite possible that some all
ment in the base of his brain,
the result of being punched on
the head by Baer, could have
been aggravated by influenza
and Over-exertiOn in the ring
last week"
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
Physician Tells
Blood CIot
Cause
BY HYPE IGOE

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-"Ac-
ton" pictures of the Schaaf and
Carnera bout show that Ernie
received an unusual drubbing
around the head.
Many of these pictures show
Schaaf receiving what has come
to be known as rabbit blows" "
The general supposition is that
these particular rabbit" blows
caused the clot which was found
at the base of the brain. There
was a severe oedema in the
BRAIN" according to the medical
report.
The layman generally accepts
a "clot at the base of the brain"
as an injury to the back por-
tion of the skull where it joins
the neck. That isn't true.
The base of the brain is at the
bottom of the brain. A line
drawn through the skull from
the eyebrows, straight through,
is the true location of the base"
of the brain. Therefore, the
base of the brain can be that
portion of it that rests right
above the eyes.
Doctor Explains ClOt
DR.. Peter T. DAILY saw the bout
and explained the clot business
so that you and I can understand
it. It was he who told me of the
line.
The clot, as he tells it, can
come from a rupture of the mid
die meningeal artery and from
blows delivered either on the fore.
head, the temple or the front part
of the head. The hemorrhage
from that rupture would cause the
paralysis which affected one side
of Schaaf's body. The "oedema''
reported by surgeons is a swelling
of the brain covering and could
be caused by a severe blow on the
temple or the forehead.
Skull Thickest at Rear
The skull is thickest and best
protected at the rear where "rab-
bit blows" are thought to be most
dangerous. DR.. DAILY is certain
these blows were not the real
cause of the brain hemorrhage.
In DR.. Daly's opinion, the blows
Schaaf received on the forehead
and temples, any one of them,
must have caused the collapse Of
Schaaf.
The clot at the base of Schaaf's S
brain, is conclusive proof that
the blow which really caused his
collapse came BEFORE the little
"shove in" the face which caused
the unfortunate boy to fall to the
floor on his side.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15

stomach, followed instantly by a
terrible right to the jaw, sent
Corbett down.
Corbett placed his hands across
his stomach and there 'ere cries
of Foul" Jim's face puckered
up in whitening pain. His seconds
crowded into the ring. There was
great excitement. Corbett crawled
on his knees to the ropes and
held on. The crowd began to
pour into the ring, and Fitz
waved them out. Bob's manager,
Martin Julian, started to wave a
towel as if for token of vic
tory.
Pull COrbett Away
Corbett, partly recovered, rushed
over to Fitz. He fell on Bob, and
Jim's brother, Joe, tried to haul
him away. FitZ fell under the
ropes and half a dozen sheriffs
pulled Corbett away. Jim was
wild. He was trying to get at
Fitz in his corner, but finally De-
laney induced him to desist.
Corbett's face had the appear
ance of crying and he kept bend
ing down toward his groin to in
dicate that he had been fouled.
In another few seconds the ring
was jammed with ringsiders until
the ropes bulged to the breaking
point.
Fitz was dragged to his corner
and dumped in his chair. Cor
bett made violent efforts to get at
him the second time. Delaney
clung around his neck and others
intervened and managed to hold
the infuriated fighter at bay as
Referee George Siler made the
announcement:
"FitZSimmOns winS!"
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
That o. Flu Germ

In the case which the world
has before it today. there will
be much speculation as to what
caused Schaaf's death for the
reason that the blow before
which Ernie fell is described by
those at the ringSide as being a
comparatively light left jab.
Others have gone on record as
believing his physical deterio-
ration commenced with the
knockdown he received in Chi
cago last fall at the hands of
Max Baer, who sent Schaaf
sprawling unconscious to the
floor a few seconds before the
final bell.
To us, that explanation seems
like going a long way back for
a cause. AS a pure layman in
such matters. we would suggest
that a man who had under
gone an attack of influenza in
January. would hardly be in
condition to meet one of the
biggest men of heavyweight his
tory, early in February, and over
an attempted 15.round route at
that.
If you've ever had influenza,
you know what we mean.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
Other Fatalities

The outstanding fatalities of
the professional ring which
comes to mind, are:
Pancho Villa, who died after
a bout with Jimmy McLarnin
in Oakland, Cal.
Harry Tenney, who died
after a bout with AL Neil,
then bantamweight champion,
in San Francisco.
Bull Young, who died after a
bout with Jess Willard in
California. They had fought
once before in Fort Wayne,
Ind.
Frankie Jerome and clever
Sencio. both of wnom died
after bouts with Bud Taylor;
the Jerome bout was in New
York and the Sencio bout in
Milwaukee.
Luther McCarty, who died
during a bout with Arthur
Pelkey at Calgary. McCarty
was floored by a seemingly
light blow in the first round.
He collapsed and died within
eight minutes.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
Garden Heads Mum
On N. Y. Threats to
Ban Title BraUL

NEW YORK, FEB. 15.-Jimmy
Johnston, matchmaker for Madi-
son Square Garden, refused to
make statement today in answer
to William Muldoon, New York
State boxing commissioner who
said yesterday he would not per-
NIT a fight between Primo Car.
nera and Jack Sharkey.
Johnston would not say whether
he would take the fight some
where else if Muldoon remains
adamant.
Carey NOncOmmittaI
Bill Carey, president of the Gar
den Corporation, yesterday re-
fused to say whether he would
want to stage Sharkey-Ca~nera
fight because of the death of Ernie
Schaaf.
Carey and Gen. John j. Phelan,
OF the New York Boxing Commis-
sion, will attend the funeral of
Ernie Schaaf at Wrentham, Mass,
on Friday.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15

MAJOR CLUBS
ADD SIGNED
PLAYERS

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15.-Act-
ing to reduce the player roster,
President William E. Benswanger
Of the Pittsburgh Pirates today
revealed he had released Pitcher
Erwin Brame outright to the To-
ronto International League club
and had sent Outfielder Dave
Barbee to the same outfit con-
ditionally.
Barbee can be recalled any
time during the first year. Bar
bee was imported from the West
Coast and played in 81 games
last year, batting .251. Brame
won three and lost one for the
Pirates although he worked in
% contests, mostly as relief man.
The releases cut the Pirate
squad to % men.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Walter
Beck, expected to bolster the
Brooklyn Dodgers pitching staff,
sent in his signed contract to-
day.
Beck pitched for Memphis last
season and won q games and
lost 6, the best record of any
minor league hurler.
The Yankees announced the
signing of two first-string pitchers,
Johnny Allen and George Pipgras.
Eddie Farrell. utility infielder,
and Charley Devens, former Har-
ward pitcher. However, IL players
are still outside the fold, and
they include eight of the nine
men who probably will be in the
lineup on opening day.
With the signing of Sam Les
lie, substitute first baseman, the
Giants lined up everybody except
two recruits.
Benny Bengough, st. Louis
Browns catcher, returned his
contract unsigned. The st. Louis
Cardinals reported the signing of
two pitchers, Jim Mooney and
Allyn Stout.
Johnny Moore, former cub out
fielder, announced the terms of
the contract offered him by Gin
cinnati were satisfactory. But
Red" Lucas, star pitcher and
pinch-hitter of the Reds, left for
his home at Nashville last night
after a stormy conference with
Cincinnati officials, declaring he
would not report to training camp
unless the club betterS it's offer.
The Washington times., 1933-02-15

Starting the fourteenth and
last round, Fitz rushed and Cor
bett steadied him with a hard
left to the mouth. Again Fitz
rushed and again Corbett repeat
ed the dose, a swinging left to
the jaw. Fitz starting driving for
the body and finally whipped and
landed a hard left to the stomach.
He followed with an overland
right swing that clipped Jim on
the ear.
Mods to Corner
"LOOk out, Jim!" yelled Billy
Delaney, COrbett'S chief second.
Corbett clung to his man and
nodded to his corner in assurance
that everything was going all
right.
When they broke away Fitz
worked Corbett around the ring
and got in two heavy left-hand
punches to the body and a right
to the jaw. Corbett was stung.
Another left to the pitt of the
The Washington times., 1933-02-15
Mitchell Winner
J.C.C. Chess Match

Albert w. Fox, local master,
staged a simultaneous chess exhi-
bition against 36 players last
night at the Jewish Community
Center. Because of the large
number of players, many of the
games were unfinished at the
limit and had to be adjudicated.
His score was % wins, Is draws,
and l loss. The lone winner was
Milton Mitchell. Those who drew
were o. Spencer, J. I. Belt, E. J.
Simmons, M. K. RoSedale, C.. A.
HeSse, D. F. Burch, A. E. Nc
Clure, N. D. Mcdowell, E. w.
Herbey, L. Bellin, r. Sherfey, E.
L. Jeffers, and H. B. Richardson.