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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22

rectifying the morning after
Dec. 5.
Ralph Pichel cheerfully sends
samples and prices. 1t is no new
business with him. He was sup
plying rectifiers before prohibi-
ton, and he supplied their sue
cessors, the bootleggerS, after pro-
hibition. He does not admit pub
licly that any of his extracts
found their way into bootleggers'
hands, but who else was there
during prohibition to buy highly
concentrated flavors in bulk, one
ounce of which would flavor ten
to fifteen gallons of alcohol and
water?
In addition to the f1avors sold
to individual bathtub mixers he
sold enough concentrated extracts
in bulk last year to make the fol-
lowing gallons of finished stuff:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
New Fire Chief Named
By United Press

SHELBYVILLE. Ind. Nov. d.
Charles Goebel today became Shell
byville fire chief. succeeding John
B. Thompson, who resigned Nov. IA
because of illness. Goebel had been
assistant chief for eleven years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
TRAVELS $500 MILES
IN HOME-MA BOAT
Builder Hopes Eventually to Take
Craft to Ocean.
By United Press

BY OHued Press
WILLISTON, N. D., Nov. %
Captain B. F. Keith, SO, who left
here two years ago in a home made
houseboat, has completed $500
mile-trip down the Mississippi river.
his friends learned recently.
To fulfill a dream of his boy
hood, Captain Keith built the boat
himself. He hopes eventually to
take it all the way to the Atlantic
ocean. At the present time he and
his floating home are at the Lake
of the Ozarks, in Arkansas.
The craft, chriStened The Spirit
of Williston," is propelled by twin
paddlewheels driven by Ford truck
motor. Forty empty oil drums keep
it aflOat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
PIT. A. TO ENTERTAIN
AT WARREN CENTRAL

Vaudeville Program Tonight Fea-
tured by Novelty Numbers.
Parent Teacher ASsocia ton of
Warren Central high school will
present a program of vaudeville IN
the school auditorium tonight at 8.
Featured on the program are the
Dark Town chorus, the Topsy dance
and speciality number, Lazy
Bones" by Mrs. Harold Jordan. Mrs.
A. E. Matzke is general chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
Burglar Gets $40 Watch

A pass key burglar stole watch.
valued at $40, from the home of
Max Finkelstein, 1908 North Tai
bolt avenue, last night, police were
notified.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
GIRL EVANGELIST IN
PLEA FOR ROOSEVELT
Support President With Prayers,
UIdine Utley Says.

UIdlne UtIey says.
Girl evangelist Uldine Utley will
speak on Who's Afraid of the Big
Bad Wolf at a revival meeting to-
night in Cadle Tabernacle. Miss
Utley talked last night on America
Goes to War"
The speaker urged the people of
the nation to support President
Roosevelt with prayers in the clash
of the country against internal
atheistic storms. Miss Utley pointed
out that the church should become
the White House of the United
States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22


A VERY frank man, Mr.. Pichel
N has this to say: My family
was in the rectifying business for
years. l am going back into it
now that the good old days are
returning, but I don't think it is
going TO be the business it used to
be. Prohibition has taught the
people too much.
IF there is going to be any
rectifying done, I'm going to help
do it. But I believe the public
will go right on doing their own
mixing. Therefore, I am putting
more emphasis than ever on the
Peeko branch of my business.
II am getting hundreds Of in
uuiries from firms concerning Pee
ko flavors in bulk. That means
that hundreds of others expect to
go back into rectitying. In the
old days we sold extracts only to
rectifiers.
Prohibition made us sell them
to the public, and we expect to go
right on selling them to the public
in increasing quantities. 1t is my
guess that we will sell more of our
havors to the public after prohibl-
ton than we ever will sell to the
rectif1ers.
Which brings lis to one of the
most secret phases of the whisky
industry as it f1ourished before
prohibition. Few drinkers in the
old days even knew that such
things as rye, bourbon and Scotch
fiavors existed. Plenty of the ex-
tracts were sold but never to the
public. only to the rectiflers.
And Mr.. Pichel is as good per-
son as any TO reveal why the
rectifers needed such f1avors.
In the old days." he says, the
average cut-a good cut-was
seven to one. That means one
part of straight whisky, the real
thing, to seven parts Of plain
grain alcohol and water. That
was the average whisky sold over
American bars at 10 cents a glass.
1t is the whisky most Americans
drank.
THERE was no trick in making
4 it. The rectifier merely
dumped about eight gallons OF
real old whisky into a forty five
gallon barrel and filled the rest
of the barrel with alcohol and
water. If a good whisky were
used-say a whisky eight or ten
years old-nothing more was
needed.
Even at seven to one, the
mixture still had a whisky flavor.
But a little extract would make
the flavor stronger. And if the
rectifier used poor grade whisky,
or a green whisky at all, the ad-
dition of flavoring was neces-
sary. The law provided, of course,
that harmless favoring and color
ing matter could be added to any
whisky mixture"
Mr.. Pichel obligingly produced
some of the old bottle labels that
went on such stuff. This inScrip-
ton is typical:
A STRAIGHT OLD WHISKY
And other grain diStillateS
Guaranteed Under the Pure Food
Law.
In trade Technology straight
Whisky" meant then and still
means an unadulterated whisky.
All bottled in bond stuff is
straight whisky. aged at least
four years in wood casks. The rec
tifier had used a little Of the real
stuff-how little. who will ever
know ?-and he stated the fact in
bold. black letters. The phrase
And other grain distillates' was
in much smaller letters.
The drinker would see the
Straight Old Whisky" and pos
sibly never read the smaller type,
and even if he read the qualifying
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
HEAT BURSTS BOTTLE
By United Press

Man Incurs Cuts While Attempting
to Warm Coffee.
By United Press
LAKE PRESTON, S. D., Nov. p.
"A bottle of coffee exploded in Sam
Olson's hands and cut his throat
and face. He was heating the stop
pered bottle over a fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-22
BIDS WILL BE OPENED
State Printing Contracts 10 Be Let
Next Tuesday.

Next Tuesday.
Bids on the state printing contract
for the next two years will be
opened tomorrow at the Office of
Governor Paul v. McNutt by men,
bers Of the state printing board, it
was announced by Robert Mythen,
board secretary. Letting is Sched-
uled for next Tuesday. after tsbu-
lations have been completed.
Evening star., 1933-03-05

-Four past national commanders OF the
D.A. ", Robert S. Mark Of Ohio. John
". Mahau of Montana, william E: Tate
Of Georgia and E. c. Babcock OF TINS
city. attended the inaugural ceremonies.
Among other officials of the organ1-
zation who came here during the past
few days were National Comdr. William
ConIev of Los Angeles, A. B. Powell OF
birmingham, national senior vice COM
mander; v. D. Corbly Of Cincinnati:
national adjutant; Peter Nugent OF
Connecticut, national junior vice COM
mander; Edward Kelly, national reha-
bilitation officer at Hartford; Frank
Haley, national rehabilitation officer at
New York City, and Fred Gibson, ma
sional executive committeeman from
Alabama.
Mrs. Volney P. Mooney, jr., Of Los
Angeles, national commander Of the
Women's Auxiliary of the D. A. ", rep
resented her unit.
National Comdr. Conley leaves Wash
ington Wednesday for trip that will
carry him through the various sections
of New York and New England, visiting
D. A. v. chapters and inspecting hos
pitals Comdr. Conley will visit Buffalo,
Syracuse, Saranac Lake, Albany, Boston,
fIUVlOeIlCe, f1dT GlOIu, NtW 1oih, A>S"
ark, Philadelphia and Baltimore before
returning to washington, March Is.
Federal Chapter No. 6. will meet next
Wednesday evening in the art galleries
of the Sears, Roebuck Co., 1106 Con-
necticut avenue, when 65 new members
will receive the obligations. This chap
ter has secured 100 new members since
the first of the year. Comdr. Oscar G.
Jones last week declared the race for
the cup offered by Department Comdr.
Joseph Ashi to the chapter securing
the most new members between March
is and December Is ought to be de-
clared mo contest" as Federal Chapter
will win in a walk He commended
Pasque Gennovarion for his assistance
In connection with membership work.
During the past week Federal Chap
ter, through the veterans employment
service. was successful in obtaining
temporary employment for more than
400 disabled veterans.
Department Comdr. Ashi requests all
ex-service men and all others having
work to be done or knowing where there
exists an opportunity for disabled vet
eran to find employment to call De-
partment Employment Officer George
Phillips at Metropolitan 2068.
Ace Rasmussen Chapter held mass
meeting Thursday evening in the audi
torium of the Interior Department. Ma
Evening star., 1933-03-05
EIGHT DEMONSTRATORS
ARRESTED IN RICHMOND
Police Break Up Inaugural Day
Gathering Of Radical Group
in Park.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 4.-Eight
arrests were made by police who broke
up an Inauguration day demonstration
Of radical group in Monroe Park.
Abe Tomkin, Communist organizer Of
the Richmond Unemployed Council,
whose trips to the police station have
been frequent in recent months, was
among those arrested,
Later T. Fl. Stone, former secretary Of
the council and q member of the Com
munist party, was locked up when he
came to the police station to discuss the
charges against the demonstrators and
to inquire about bail. Authorities held
him on q disorderly conduct charge
when he declined to leave the station.
Those arrested at the park, in addi-
tion to Tomkin. were Eliza Cooper. w.
H. Friend. colored secretary Of the coun-
ell; Marie Risgard, secretary Of the
unorkers' Defense Committee; Annie
Powell, colored: Callie Durant, colored,
and John Petrochilh. who told police he
was spectator.
Evening star., 1933-03-05
Disabled American Veterans

tional Comdr. Conley delivered an ad-
dress on new membership and former
Senator Rice w. Means gave the prin-
cipal speech. Music was furnished by
the Veterans Of Foreign Wars Band.
Department Comdr. Ashi announced
at the last Department Executive Com
mittee meeting he will present cup to
the D. A. v. chapter In the District Of
Columbia Department obtaining the
largest number of new members between
March is and December 81.
Evening star., 1933-03-05
COUGHLIN TO SPEAK

Broadcaster, Here for Inaugural,
to Be Heard From VOL.
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin Of the
Shrine of the Little Flower, Detroit,
widely known for his radio sermons
broadcast over an independent chain
of stations, will speak from Washington
today at 4 O'Clock in a program to be
broadcast over VOL. Father Coughlin
came here to attend the Inauguration
ceremonies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-20

Bases Of public street clocks in
Berlin contain an ambulance COM
partment where first aid supplies
are kept.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-20
Hopkins Featured
AS Temple Drake
In Faulkner Story

"The Story of Temple Drake"
screen adaptation of a novel by Will
liam Faulkner. has been booked for
the Paramount Theatre, where it will
open tomorrow. Miriam Hopkins plays
the title role, with Jack LaRue. Will
liam Gargan, William Collie, Jr., 1rv-
ing Pichel and Sir Guy Standing at
the head of the supporting cast.
1.-THE Story of Temple Drake is the
story of a Southern girl. a curious
mixture of the sedate and the wanton.
A drunken ride with college boy
ends up In wreck outside a boot
leggers house. and, when the boy is
shipped off back to town, she is held
behind by sinister. menacing big
city gangster, Trigger, who kills the
enc man who tries to protect her;
drags her off to tawdy rooming
house in the city. and keeps her there.
Blame for the murder is placed on
another man. and a young lawyer who
is in love with Temple Is assigned to
defend him. The lawyer traces Trig-
ger, and finds Temple with him. The
picture reaches startling climax in
the events that follow.
In Latvla, the peasant woman
plants carrots by placing the seeds
in her mouth and squirting them
into the burrows as she walks along.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-20
AT THE MOVIES
Melody Cruise at
Capitol Has Rhythm

The whole world embarks on a
rhythmic Melody Cruise" in the film
at the Capitol Theatre, RKO-Radio
Pictures production embodying SEN
sational screen musical novelties, with
Charlie Ruggles, Phil Harris, Greta
Nissen and Helen Mack in the cast
Melody Cruise" is said to be unique
entertainment, because of its innova-
ton Of a story completely set to music.
Every action Of the players, every
movement Of transportation, every
foot of the whistle and every word ut
tered forms note in the melodic
symphony. Even fish dance, stars
form musical notes and ocean liners
waltz on the waves to keep in rhythm
with the story
Mark Sandrich directed Melody
Cruise" Incorporating rhythmic dia-
logue and several songs especially
written for this picture by Val Burton
and Will Jason. composers OF the pop
ular penthouse Serenade."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-20

Silver is the best conductor of
electricity.
The Washington times., 1933-10-30
ONCE OVERS

You may be bright-even
more intelligent than those
who have made a more public
success.
And you have been surprised
that certain persons have been
able to advance in a bigger
way, while you have achieved
So little worthy Of note.
But isn't it true that you
have depended too much upon
your natural brightness?
You want to win success
with a minimum of effort.
In minor ways you have been
able to do this.
In school, for instance, you
were able to get good marks
and seldom Cracked a book,
as you are. fond Of saying.
When you should have been
studying you spent your time
amusing yourself and others
or carrying out some sort OF
deviltry.
The lessons are arranged for
those of ordinary mental pow
er, but you had an unusually
quick mind and so could s'lde
through easily.
If you will examine the rec
ords of those who have gone
nearest the top you'll find
practice, perseverance and q
habit Of "comhiug GiueIS S-l----
The Washington times., 1933-10-30

"4A4SAA L AAAASO
Ali Bendo has wished on him
and trying to persuade Amos
to ante up $40 to buy him
off. Every night he presents
fresh evidence to prove that
the curse is a real, authentic,
bona fide blight.
Still Amos doubts. How can
he? Hasn't Andy stubbed his
toe-chipped his coffee cup
had a hang nail-bit his
tongue while he was eating pie
-sneezed-burnt himself on
his see-gar?
All right, so on and snicker!
But is Andy any Sillier than
you, and you, and me? Don't
we, too, convince ourselves
we're Giving under a curse?"
Think back how it has been
these last years. Tough! One
bad break after another. All OF
us afraid of losing our jobs.
Most of us losing them. Then
the line forming to the right"
asking for a hand. Frightened
old folks, frantic sick folks.
helpless young folks-all OF
them crying for help. And the
bank roll dwindling, and the
bills piling up, and the sickness
coming on.
For a while we were brave,
weren't we? Kept our heads
cool. Whistled in the dark. But
presently we stopped whistling.
Stopped laughing and hoping.
Stopped waiting for things to
let up. Unconsciously began
expecting bad breaks. Began
saying, That's just my luck!"
"Did'n ah get a hang nail,
Amos? Lid'n ah stub nah toe
n bite nah tongue n'burn NAH
self on nah see-gar?"
Andy "livin' undah his Curse"
we living under ours. And all
of it just a lot Of cockeyed non-
sense.
But haven't there been steady
bad breaks? Sure there have.
But they weren't a curse-and
we only make more bad luck
for ourselves if we treat them
as such.
FOR WE DO MAKE OUR
BAD LUCK-AND WE MAKE
OUR GOOD LUCK.
WE MAKE 1T BY WHAT WE
THINK WHAT WE EX-
PECT.
If you steadily look for good
luck, you're going to get it. If
you steadily look for bad luck,
you'll get 1t. There's no numbo-
jumbo about that. It isn't an
occult mystery or a religious
formula and you done haNa 10
The Washington times., 1933-10-30
The Human Side of the News
John MasefeId, Bartender and Poet
.Bu EdUin C.. Hill

John Masefield, the New York
bartender who became poet lau-
reate Of England, flees from the
stencil and clamor of the auto
mobile and abandons his lovely
home near oxford, England, for
the greater peace and privacy
Of the unspoiled Cotswold coun-
try of Gloucestershire.
The constant surge and hoot-
ing of the motor car traffic past
his house on Boar'S Hill drove
him to distraction as he toiled
on his newest work, the story IN
poetic form of the Trojan Wars.
His career has been one Of those
incredibly fantastic meander-
ings of the soul that often lift
geniuseS from the gutter to the
seats Of the mighty.
The New York period of John
Masefield's life was over and
done with long before I ever cast
my Indiana bait in the great
trout pool of the metropolis, but
I knew well the man for whom
the poet Masefield drew beer,
polished bars, scrubbed the sa-
loon floor and minded the baby
at odd times. He was Luke
O'Connor, dead now, but in his
day jolly publican Of Old
Greenwich Village.
The Washington times., 1933-10-30

Against the administration Of
the Roosevelt Governor OF
Puerto Rico, the students OF
the University of Puerto Rico
have struck in protest.
This is only the latest OF
many manifestations of disap-
proval of Mr.. Cores appoint
ment to this office. The other
day, according to reports, an
attempt was made to wreck the
governors residence.
If Mr.. Cores political ambi-
ton had been realized. he
would not be governor OF
Puerto Rico today, an office
for which he apparently pos
sesses few, if any, qualifica-
tions. His ambition was to be
United States Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue-one OF the
most powerful political offices
in the gift of the President.
When Mr.. Cores application
for this office was rejected, an
earnest effort was made to
satisfy him with an office OF
lesser Importance in the Treas
I1ry Department. But the one
offered him he is said to have
turned down, and he was H.
nally given the governorshlp OF
Puerto Rico.
The Washington times., 1933-10-30
Real Bartender

Luke used to say Of England's
present poet laureate, why, to
watch him. you'd have thought
he had ambitions to be a real
bartender!"
Born in the west Of England
where Drake came from, and
Hawkins. and many of those
stout old seafarerS who smashed
the great Spanish Armada for
the Red Haired Queen-young
Masefield had in his being the
salt of the sea.
1t was as a sailor that he
landed in New York and went
to work as a bartender in Luke
O'Conner's saloon. That was in
1895. When his $5 capital was
gone he kept bar for O'Connor
for $40 month and his keep.
But he quit the job to go to
YonkerS to work for $1.05 a day
in a carpet factory. 1t was
there that he got hold of a
copy of Chaucer, and that old
world magician cast a spell over
young Masefield'S mind.
Poetry flowered richly from
the seed that the Almighty had
sewn. He went adventuring in
South America, as several Of
his rattling good tales of ad-
venture testify, then went back
to England to work as a news
paper man. Thirty years ago
his "Salt Water Ballads" placed
him on the road to fame, and
he kept going on and up until
The Washington times., 1933-10-30
Hurts Prestige

The result was a protest by
the people Of Puerto Rico, a
loss Of American prestige in the
islands, and a loss of prestige
for the Harding administration
throughout the country.
Before Puerto Rico was final
ly rid of this incompetent gov.
ernor, repercussions Of this
blunder were heard throughout
Latin America.
Unfortunately, the flare-up
in Puerto Rico over the un.
fortunate choice for governor
comes on the eve Of the con.
vening of the Seventh Pan
American Conference at Mon
tevideo.
OF course, the Pan American
republics have nothing to say
about whom the Government
at Washington sends to San
Juan to govern Puerto Rico.
But the Puerto Ricans are
Spanish-speaking people. And
the better governor they have,
the better reputation the
United States has among Span
ish-speaking peoples to the
sc tn.
President Roosevelt has made
so many excellent appoint
ments, he has disregarded so
completely, in many cases the
inordinately greedy demands Of
the pork-barrel politicians Of
his own party, that in fair.
ness to him it should be re-
membered that the way in
which the Puerto Rican COVER
norship was filled is an excep-
ton to the rule.
If only a sovereign state,
instead of a dependent people,
were the victims Of this unfor'
tunate selection, the blow to
American prestige would not
be so heavy.
lqcuzAsssA ISs6 3AS WSHhGnEte teS nAe
The Washington times., 1933-10-30
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

be a bank president or a college
professor to understand it. It's
a simple common sense, and
anyone can make it work.
You get what you look for.
Suppose you're an engineer, in
terested in machinery. Every
where you go you'll see things
that tie up with machinery. You
won't deliberately look for such
things. But the main trend OF
your nature will make you alert
to such objects and opportuni-
ties. In the same way, if you're
an artist, you'll continually see
beauty. If you're a teacher
you'll see life in terms Of educa-
ton.
YOU GET WHAT. YOU LOOK
FOR. IF YOUR MIND is
ALERT, IF YOUR HEART IS
EAGER AND YOU KEEP ON
HUSTLING, THE THING YOU
NEED WILL COME YOUR
WAY, BECAUSE YOUR OWN
DESIRE AND DETERMINA-
TON WILL BRING 1T YOUR
WAY.
And that applies to "good
breaks" as well as it does tt
material objects or mental in
terests. Andy's looking for signs
that he's living under a curse
And see what he finds! Things
he'd never notice normally now
seem "signS" because he's looking
for them. Indeed, he has become
so busy looking that he cant
think of anything else. He sees
"signs" in everything. Andy
thinks he's heading for disaster
fast. And he is!
But if Andy wanted to look fo1
good luck signs he could fine
just as many. If he wanted tt
head for good luck, he could &c
that way just as fast. Whose
fault is it if he isn't? Prince
Ali Bendo's? Or old, dumb, 'fraic
cat Andy's?
And where does that leave YOU
and ME?
The Washington times., 1933-10-30
Niagara Falls

In his newest book, Recent
Prose-" he gives a description
Of Niagara in winter that is
nothing less than a thrilling
sound picture.
'H is rather clear, sreenish
water," says John Mdsefield,
land it is quite quiet, not Uery
deep, just before the fall, and
it rises and goes OVer the lip
almost like metal, and then
seems to see what it is doing,
and seems to try to get back,
and ceases to be WdtcT, or
anything like W0ter, but some
thing rather unite and deViIish
and Gstonished. E.
1T is all hedped up and
built up below sOith mounds
and skulls of gigantic ice, with
icicle teeth in their jdWs. These
mounds come up half wdy the
height of the falls, and the
water goes down into ch0sr1
among them, and 10 yards
down from the edge it ceases
to look like wGter, but is like
tedsed wool and terror, and
God knows what; and out of
the chGsm comes a smoke of
woter, and this rises and flies
about, overhead and every
Uhere, and fills the air with
drops, and falls on the trees
and freezes ; inches thick -.
"Before it goes down the
fall it is like the star Of morn
ing, like Lucifer, so pure and
green and bright; and at the
rapids it is the Very deUil Of
hell. 1t comes along with a
sort of blind, sweeping romp,
and then as it sWeeps, a big
belly of a wdUe wiN rise up
from underneath, right in it's
path, and the first waUe ViN go
oUer it, just as if they were
playing leap-froe, and they
both shout hoordy! hooray! and
go on with the romp together
in the biggest game of all
hell. :"
Copyright. 1898, King Features
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