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Evening star., 1933-12-26
EXPRESSES BELIEF FAITH IN GOD
MAY BE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE
Dr.. Compton OF Chicago U. Says "Science Can Have
No Quarrel With Religion Which PostuIates
aGOd to WhOm Men Are as His ChiIdren.''

telligent power working in the world
which science offers does make such a
postulate plausible.
1T is thus possible to see the whole
great drama of evolution as moving
toward the goal of personality. the
making of persons, with free, intelligent
wills. capable Of learning natures laws,
of glimpsing Gods purpose in nature
and of sharing that purpose.
ut Is an inspiring setting in which
We thus find ourselves. AS we recog-
nize the greatness Of the program Of
nature which is unfolding before us
we feel that We are part Of great en-
terprise in which some mighty inteli-
gence is working out a hidden plan.
Indeed, God has placed us in a po-
sition to help in furthering His pro-
gram. For do We not hold in our
hands and control the conditions Of
vegetable and animal life on this planet
and to some extent, human life?"
Evening star., 1933-12-26
HALF-GLASS OF LIQUOR
MAY BE FATAL TO CHILD
Boy, 5, Gulps Down Moonshine
Found on Floor of Home.
Severely Poisoned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, December 90
A 5-year-old child is near death in a
hospital here today as result of drink
ing half glassful of moonshine liquor
The child. James Tourville, found the
glass of liquor on the floor of his home
and gulped it down, according to the
report made to the police by the father
Gordon Tourville. At the hospital the
child was said to be suffering from a
severe case of alcoholic poisoning.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
Sunday School Pupil Killed.

MIAMI, Fla, December 26 P.-
Charles ]. Messmer, tr., 7, formerly of
Woodbury.. N. j., was fatally injured
Sunday when struck by an auto
mobile as he was returning alone from
Sunday school. J. j. Padgett, said to
be the driver Of the car. was detained
for a coroner's inquest.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
SEVEN DIE IN PANIC
Vanilla Congregation Mistakes
Fireworks for Fire,

MANILA. Philippine Islands, Decem-
r 26 (P.-Seven persons were tram
pied to death in Christmas eve church
service in the village of Tunauan. a
dispatch today to La Vanguardia said.
The story from Tacloban, provincial
capital Of the Island Of Leyte, said the
congregation thought the church was
afire when a sparkler fireworks display
was lighted at the altar in midnight
service.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
MEXICO TO BUILD DAMS
Flood Control Project Will Begin
on New Year Day.

MEXICO, D. F.. December 26 (R.-
On New Year day Will begin work on
the huge project of rectif1cation and
flood control in the Rio Grande Basin
in the vicinity of El Paso. Hundreds
of Mexicans will be given Jobs.
The sum of 395, 900 pesos (S110,00O)
was appropriated in the national budget
to begin the task in which Mexico and
the United States will cooperate.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
WOODIN'S YULE QUIET

Treasury Secretary Has No Visi
transformation Is Unchanged.
By the Associated Press.
TUCSON. Ariz.. December 26.-Wil-
liam H, Woodin, Secretary of the Treas
llry, passed Christmas day quietly in the
desert sanatorium near here, where he
has been confined the past week,
He was not permitted to receive visi-
tors. Mrs. Woodin paid him brief
9isit Sunday.
DR.. Jerome Wagner, New York. Mr..
Eoodin's personal physician, and DR..
w. Paul Holbrook, chief surgeon at the
Anatorium, issued joint bulletin say
hg Mr.. Woodin's condition is un-
hanged"
Evening star., 1933-12-26
T0dw"

treatments are strong and
harsh, Mistol Drops cannot
irritate. Quite the best for
children's delicate nostrils.
Get the healthy habit of
using Mistol Drops regularly.
A few drops in the morning
last all day: a few drops at
night keep your nose clear
and clean, KEEP your breath
sweet, and help protect you
against deadly disease germs.
Get a bottle today.
Evening star., 1933-12-26

goodness I heard
l. that famous physician on
the radio! Every morning /
follow his advice and put just
a few Mistol Drops in Jim
mics nose before he goes to
school. No cold germs shall
have a chance to attack my
boy! I use it before he goes to
sleep at night, too-hnd he
sleeps much better, with his
breathing so much easier!"
Most colds start in the nose
and throat. Stop them with
Mistol Drops right at the start
right at the spot where the
germs first take hold.
These Drops permeate the
delicate membranes of nose
and throat and prevent the
germs from multiplying and
spreading. While many cold
Evening star., 1933-12-26
Dies of Insects Sting.

AS the result Of being stung by an
insect while bathing at the beach Of
Aberdeen. Scotland, John Banks has
died,
Evening star., 1933-12-26
DELEGATE LEAVES
MANAOS, Brazil, December 26 R.-
TOl. Arthur Brown OF the United States,

Col. Arthur Brown OF the United States,
president of the League of Nations
commission to investigate the Leticia
controversy between Colombia and Peru
departed today by airplane for Leticia
after a holiday here, where Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh paused on their flight
from Africa to the United States.
The Brazilian member of the COM
mission, Capt. Lemos Bastos, who also
is here, will join Col. Brown next week.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
BILLINGS AND MOONEY

a FTER giving seventeen years of his youth
to penal servitude in California for
murder he did not commit Warren K. Bill
ings has asked for a parole Tom Mooney
holds firm for a pardon that four Governors
have refused him
Few will blame Billings for taking freedom
on any terms. mere youngster he was
when the passion of San Francisco class war
swept him along with Mooney into the hard
routine of felon's cell. Since then he has
stuck by Mooney and refused to ask for pa
role, although he could have taken this easy
way out.
BY accepting parole Billings does not in
tend to admit guilt. He merely says in effect
that the state has punished him enough for
having been labor leader.
Mooney says he will remain in prison until
pardon both frees and vindicates him. When
California selects a new Governor next year
the nation will hope she picks one with man
hood enough to wipe her court clean of the
Mooney Billings scandal by pardoning both
victims.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
NO MORE FIGURE FIXING

MO part of the new deal is more heartenlng
IN than its ceaseless search for facts.
Following those dark days when even fed
eral figures on unemployment were jugged,
it is a relief to say the least, to see the gov
ernment making extraordinary efforts to find
the facts.
First, a new central statistical board was
set up under capable direction to coordinate
all the fact-fnding agencies of the govern
ment; new and more accurate figures on the
cost of living are being gathered; new statistics
on consumer purchases are being sought.
NRA is asking employees to report on the blue
eagles added employment.
Now the federal emergency relief admins
tration, not content with its already important
tables which show for the first time the exact
extent of the unemployment relief problem in
every county, is undertaking a new census.
This will provide large, factual basis
for dealing with this vital and delicate task.
Because of it. Relief Administrator Harry
Hopkins will know the age, the sex, the race
of the millions depending upon the govern
ment.
This is an intelligent. reasonable approach
to the problem.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
TRAGEDIES FORESTALLED

ONCE the federal government set up the
~ Home Owners Loan Corporation fore
closures on small homes have been prevented
in no fewer than 1887 cases, according to fig
ures just made public at Washington.
1t is hard to get the full flavor of this
achievement out Of those cold figures. You
have to use your imagination little.
Think first of what ownership of home
means to a family of modest means. Think
of the tragedy that ensues when such fam
ily is forced by economic pressure to give up
its home-the home for which sacrifices have
been made, and which symbolizes realized
ideal as we'll as a paifully built-up accu-
mutation of savings.
Then you can begin to understand what
an excellent job the Home Owners Loan Cor
poration has done. 1t not only has prevented
a heavy economic loss; it has averted great
deal of plain, unadorned unhappinesS And
it will continue to do so in the future.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
WALL STREET IDOLS

TINE most important single element back of
l. all the experiments of the new deal is the
general public's state Of mind. And an excel
lent way to get sizeup on this mental atti-
tude is to review the case of Mr. Albert H.
Wiggin. former head of the Chase National
bank in New York.
Mr.. Wiggin retired some little time ago on
a pension of 100000 year. But it is the
disclosures about the salary he received before
his retirement which give you the interesting
slant on the publics outlook.
Mr.. Wiggin drew down S21S000 in 1880. and
In 1881 his pay was boosted to S2500OO. And
less than a fortnight after he had received this
pleasant little increase. he issued a public
statement, recommending that the wages of
industrial labor be reduced.
High wages he explained. do not make
prosperity. He suggested that many indus
tries can ask their labor to accept moderate
reductions of wages to decrease costs and i'm
prove the buying power of labor"
And he himself Just had been lifted to
quarter million a yearl
a There is abroad in the land today pretty
widespread conviction that we need a much
fairer distribution of our national income. In
the face of a disclosure like this about Mr.
wiggin, can you wonder at it2 Or-to get
to the point-can Wall Street wonder at it?
For what we get out Of this disclosure is
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
:: The Message Center ::
say your right say

didn't because he thought that Pleas
Greenlee would not allow him to
take up Governor McNutts time.
What a poor excuse for man of
Harry Leslie's standing, and just
think, the people Of this state trust
ed its welfare to a man like that
and Mr.. Kirkpatrick, don't you re-
ally believe that Mr.. Leslie didn't
come forward with such valuable
information because of politics? OF
course you do. Now just be frank
with us, Mr. Kirkpatrick.
You refer to the experienced
guards at the state prison bi1g
removed? Don't you think, Mr..
Kirkpatrick, that it sometimes pays
to replace some of the old heads
who become lax in their duty for
new men who are more on the
alert?
Now, Mr.. kirkpatrick, you know
as well as I do that the Republican
party has started more propaganda
on Governor McNutt than any Gov
ernor we ever have had in the
statehouse? And when this investi-
cation SINNERS down, you will find,
I believe, another Republican piece
of dirty work, which they are so
capable of doing, and if I were in
Governor McNutt's place, I would
remove every guard regardless of
how long he has served, if he were
Republican.
No, Mr.. kirkpatrick, I am not an
employe of the state although I am
Democrat of long standing and
have applied for a position. But
my drag wasn't strong enough. At
the same time that does not turn
my thoughts against a man like
Paul V. McNutt. It's been a long
time. Mr.. Kirkpatrick, since we
have had a Governor like McNutt.
Show me one man who ever has
tried to shoulder the burden Paul
McNutt has shouldered. To my way
of thinking, Paul v. McNutt is one
of the smartest Governors who ever
sat in the Indiana state capitol, and
if the people of this state will give
him just a little more time, he will
prove to them that he is not only
the best Governor that ever took
office but is man to be reckoned
with.
And before closing, Mr.. Kirkpat-
rick, some of those experienced
guards could have sold out just to
show up the present state admins
tration for removing some of the old
heads. And I hope some day the
Republican party will learn how to
say something truthful.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
We Are On the Way
An Editorial

vive as more than soft spot for the few and
a breadline for the many. The NRA-to take
only one of the pillars" as the President calls
them-represents revolution in the attitude
and organization Of American industry and
labor, drastic change believed utterly i'm
possible less than year ago.
And yet the people. with surprising vision
by side with the President. The President is
able to report with accuracy that:
"In the vast majority of cases in the vast
majority of localities-the NRA has been given
support in unstinted measure"
1t is that public cooperation which enables
the President to say:
1--WE have a long way to go, but we are on
the way"
On only one point the President was vague
on monetary policy. In making the impor-
tant announcement that he will establish and
maintain a government market for gold under
which the r. F. G. will buy newly mined gold
at home and buy and sell gold abroad, he de-
scribed this as move toward managed
currency. Whether this experiment works or
not, it probably is worth trying. But, mean
while, there is growing uncertainty in the
business community as to exact price level at
which the President is aiming. His reaffirma-
ton in favor of "a sound currency will quiet
some fears.
But the time is rapidly approaching, if in
deed it has not already arrived when the
President must take the public more fully into
his confidence regarding monetary policy.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
Diabetes Deaths Mount Rapidly

I the number Of diabetic deaths due
to coma dropped so per cent. At
the same time there was rise of
about 35 per cent in the deaths from
diabetes associated with changes in
the heart, the circulation, the kid
neyS and with gangrene.
Persons who have diabetes live
much longer nowadays than those
of former years. AS a diabetic lives
longer, he dies of other conditions.
1t must be realized that the per-
son who develops diabetes has a
lifelong problem. He must watch
his condition carefully if he is to
gain the maximum benefit from
methods Of treatment.
1t is known that in some cases the
changes that have taken place in
the body resulting from diabetes are
hereditary. BY use Of insulin, chill
dren with diabetes-which used to
be especially fatal to youngsters
now live and are likely to have chill
dren. Hence, the question of her
editary in diabetes will, in the fu-
ture, be an increasingly important
problem.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
Customs of the Country

T DO not want to mar a scientific
phenomenon by becoming unduly
glitter and cynical. The fact that
my own liver would be far more
,brant if it had fed wholly upon
house drinks is quite beside the
question. No generalization may
fairly be laid down. I will admit
that on Fifty-first street have been
at various times showered with mag
NUNS, jeroboams and even methuse-
lahs. But within the radius of a
block or so l could cite another es-
tablishment where things are very
different.
1t is a place which prides itself
upon the authenticity Of its tradi-
ton. And, according to the legend,
whenever the house buys a drink
four coal-black owls hop out of the
fireplace and hoot in unison five
times, thunder crashes even in mid
winter Jupiter steps five PAGES to
the left and the heavens are rent
with myriads of shooting stars.
Whether or not the myth has
foundation I can not say. I have
made a searching investigation, but
none of the customers seems to be
in a position to deny or affirm the
rumor. To the best of their knowl-
edge and belief these miraculous
things have never happened. The
cue has not been given.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23

a peek at a thoroughly Bourbonized ruling
class. The financial and industrial oligarchy
represented by Wall Street could see nothing
wrong with recommending general wage re-
ductions at time when the compensation of
its own inner clique was going up beyond all
reason.
And if the general public at last has de-
cided that it wants no more leadership from
that kind of outfit, has Wall Street much rea-
son to be surprised and shocked?
The fallen idols of today are not important
as individuals, but as symbols That is true
of Insull it is true of Mitchell it is true of
Wiggin What the new deal must do, if it
is to satisfy public expectations, is to get us
away from conditions in which national lead
ership is exercised by the class which produced
them.
And if that class objects, it has only the
antics of its own members to blame
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
GRIM REMINDERS

ME dark and horrible depths to which hu-
man nature may sink never are revealed
more frightfully than in stories of lynchings
The latest-the affair in Maryland, where
a mob broke into a Jail. dragged out an ac-
cuSed Negro, and hanged him-is a case in
point.
After the Negro had been hanged and the
body burned, news dispatches relate, "the rope
was cut into small pieces and distributed as
souvenirs among members of the mob"
Just what kind of person is it, do you sup
pose, who would enjoy having a souvenir of
that kind?
For glimpse of human nature at its low
est, that paragraph about the distribution of
those bits OF rope is about as horrifying as
anything the newspapers have printed in a
long time.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
SldpS Cops

By Taxpayer
Why does the city not favor ex-
combat doughboys for policemen?
I do not refer to men only in
camp. The present type of police
men is amusing. If an infantry
man who saw service on the front
was shot in the arm, he would not
stagger and his buddies would not
forget the enemy and stop to put
him in a car and let the enemy get
away. And show me any case
where German, unarmed, re-
lieved a doughboy of three guns
and kidnapped him. And another
amusing case was the famous
chase through indianapolis streets
where a bandit fell out of the car
and they could not get him, and
the bandit car could stop and turn
around with an ordinary car, but
the police could not do it. 1t
looks like the police could have
got out of their car and ran on
foot and at least known in what
direction the bandit headed. What
do you think?
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23

A GAIN the President inpresses the coun-
try with his courageous honesty. He
knows there is discomfort and impatience.
He knows the people want an accounting from
the White House
Instead of resorting to the usual political
hokum Of the "alls well" variety, he went to
the country in his speech last night with an
honest estimate Of the progress made, but an
equally honest statement of the long road
ahead.
obviously, and because hundreds Of diff
ferent kinds Of crops and industrial occupa-
tions in the huge territory which makes up
this nation are involved, we can not reach the
goal in only few months. We may take one
year or two years or three years"
There it is. It is a very discouraging truth
to face for those who still believe in economic
cure-alls and political miracles But it is very
encouraging for others to know that the man
at the wheel is not fooling himself.
Indeed, to any leader who saw the prob
len as continuing cycle of temporary pros
perity followed by another depression, and the
country growing weaker with each debauch
the temptation of temporary relief and more
political popularity probably would be ire
sistible.
Perhaps the President sees so clearly the
impossibility of reviving for long our old sui
cidal system Of cut-throat individualism, he
knows he has no real choice other than build
ing better system
The extraordinary thing is that so many
citizens seem to agree with the President that
basic change is required if America is to sur-
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
A Woman's Viewpoint ::

sieged by such women as the author
of the Harper article confesses her-
self to be, but he is beSet by hordes
Of other married women dissatis-
fed with their own husbands and
bent upon amorous adventure.
1t may be the time soon will come
when there will be no such thing
as fidelity in the married relation.
We may not even expect it. If
women continue tc be more numer-
Gus than men-and with war in
prospect what's 10 prevent tive
must face the cold truth. Millions
Of women are not going to live cell
bate lives. We have no right to ask
them to do it.
Do you believe that the wife Of
tomorroW-Suryivor of the next war
will be generous enough to share
her husband with other women de-
prived of mates by the folly Of
stupid men?
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23

"THE Single Woman's Dilemma"
l. as outlined by an anonymous
writer in Harper's constitutes the
married woman's problem.
The author pleads her own case.
A spinster who desires love without
marriage, and who confessing to
having lived through several pas
sionate affairs with married men,
she argues that the strong woman
who sets forth upon such a life
course must be content with what
she calls half a loaf"
The argument would sound more
honest, especially to wives, if she
had said, several half loaves. BY
the time she gets around she has ac-
cumulated what looks like a pretty
well-stocked larder. sAnd her plea
would move US more perhaps if she
had confined herself to one affair.
Now there is no doubt that such
a woman has very good argument
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

Not all the people who have dia-
betes get an early diagnosis. The
condition appears insidiously, and
the symptoms are relatively mild in
the early stages. Moreover, labora-
tory examination is required to make
a positive diagnosis.
This, and the fact that women are
appearing more frequently in indus
try and similar occupations requir-
ing physical examinations, likely
explains some Of the increase in dia-
betes as found in women.
An interesting change brought
about by the use of insulin in rela-
tionship to diabetes is the manner
in which death occurs.
In an earlier day, people who died
of diabetes used to die in COMA
form of Inconsistencies which re-
suited from chemical changes in the
body. Today the number of deaths
from this cause has decreased
greatly.
For instance, from 1900 to 1890
The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-23
Against the Report

DUT though I will admit that
ID there may be something to be
said on both sides, am inclined to
line up against the Rockefeller re-
port. have a feeling that it is the
purpose of this small group of sad
young men to take the romance out
of rum. Now that all the excite
ment of prohibition is on the wane
they feel that it may be possible to
defate the alcoholic impulse. They
are shreWd in their generation.
Quite possibly it will be difficult to
preserve drinking once the ban has
been removed.
But in the early and dark days Of
Volsteadism when it seemed as if
an ancient institution had perished,
certain brave spirits drew together
and said, Unlike the Dutch lad of
the story, we will save our country
by taking our fingers out of the
dixie"
This stalwart minority managed
to keep the franchise in spite of the
Jones law and spirits less than
potable. Even now they are not in
clined to surrender when the new
txap is sprung and the Constitution
is amended in such a way as to
make adventure a matter of dull
routine.
In those dreary days ahead of us,
after passwords, signals and admis-
sion cards are gone, let all sincere
converts do their very best to re-
serve the chance and hazard which
during a glorious era enlivened the
traffic of spirituous liquor. We re-
ject the Rockefeller report. We de-
mand the right still to sit and Won
der and wait. The drink upon the
house must be preserved in theory
even if we never get it.