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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-24

a FTER pointing out many relatively minor
defects in the army air corps the Baker
committee finds little need for basic reform or
change except that larger appropriations are
required. That may be true But it does seem
to Be an Unexpectedly complete come-down
from the serious charges made by congression-
al committees and others and from the general
public dissatisfaction over the air mail fiasco.
Perhaps the favorable findings Of this re-
port would carry more weight If the commit
tee had not been loaded so heavily with gen.
erals and var department representatives.
Despite Chairman Bakers desire to be free
from bias. and the apparent effort Of some
Of the five generals on the committee Of eleven
to be objective. part OF The report at least is
open 10 the criticism that 10 reads like a war
department investigation Of itself The only
minority member Of the committee. James H.
Doolittle. advocated complete separation of the
air corps from the army.
Without attempting to judge the merits OF
the many technical disputes involved in the
general air corps controversy. it Is possible to
take exception to at least one of the commit
tees recommendations That is No. l. which
says.
1t is the hope of this committee that the
present study which has comprised extensive
hearings Of representatives of all phases of
aviation and which has considered and re-
viewed an prior studies. may be accepted as
the basis for the development of the army air
corps for the next ten years and thus termi-
nate the continuing agitation and uncertainty
which has been so detrimental to harmonious
development and improvement
The committee refers to the numerous pre-
vious inquiries into one phase or another of
aviation. It apparently does not concede that
without THE continuing agitation" which the
Baker report deploreS, aviation would be in
worse state than It is today. However, this agi-
tstion probably will not cease until much bet
ter results have been produced.
Far from accepting this report as the last
word for military aviation for the next decade
it IS our guess that the public Will follow with
much interest and profit the hearings and re-
port of The civilian Howell committee which Is
to investigate the entire field Of aviation under
mandate OF congress and President Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-24
THE SPREADING DESERT

WHEN We think of a flood We think of
bridges and railroads and highways
washed out, buildings and crops submerged,
livestock and human beings drowned. whole
communities left homeless. These things make
a flood a spectacular calamity.
We think of what happens where the
waters overflow not of what happens whence
1t came
II therefore is startling to read the latest
report of the PWAs Mississippi valley COM
mittee, estimating the annual soil erosion
losses in the Mississippi basin at twenty to
thirty times the annual flood losses.
In six basins within the Mississippi valley
Arkansas. Red. White. St Francis Yazoo
and Mississippi proper-the annual flood
losses are computed al $3.50 900. and the ero-
sion losses at from S166 1000 to s255 900.
The committee pomtedly observes that
while flood losses are replaceable erosion losses
are not
Although not replaceable this loss of pre-
oious soil is preventable BY spending a frac-
ton Of the amount represented by the value
OF the soil that is blown and washed away
each year. man can change the Mississippi
valley into a garden surely as his failure
to act is now changing it into a desert BY
restoring Submarginal land to pasturage.
planting trees and building reservoirs, man can
reconstruct the watersheds and hold both
floods and erosion in check
The alternative Is to will to American pos
terity another Sahara.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-24
DEGREES HIGH SALARIES
OF MOVIE STARS

BY G. T. b.
The news item that in 1888, 10
movie actors and actresses were
given larger salaries than President
Roosevelt is interesting, and even
more interesting is the following
statement by Sol A. Rosenblatt,
NRA movie division administrator:
mo salary is too excessive if the
picture produced by the individual
receiving the salary meets with I'M
usual public favor as result Of
unique direction or artistry"
Mr.. Rosenblatt evidently does not
know of the theory of "unearned
increment or at least does not be-
lieve in its application in the above
example. But why shouldn't it
apply?
Of what value would unique di-
rectiOn or artistry" be had it not
been for the creative genius Of the
thousands who have developed the
motion picture industry; inventors,
mechanics, scientists, experts in a
hundred fields; had it not been for
a government which protected the
industry and allowed it to develop
in the fields of business, education
religion and recreation; and had it
not have been for the growth of
cities filled with people with money
to spend?
What would the artistry of Jean
Harlow or the directive genius Of
John Cromwell have availed them
in the Revolutionary war period?
Their salaries today are largely "un-
earned increment" and very little
as pay for artistry and unique
direction.
Why should one girl. fortunate as
to face and figure or man having
a unique mental quirk, have an in
come a thousand times greater than
a sister or brother, superior in per-
haps every other way, but not hav-
ing quite the face and figure or the
mental quirk?~ A salary ten times
greater? Perhaps. But a thou
sand times greater? No.
Why does rugged individualism"
keep up its chatter about the eX-
penSes of government and the SAL
aries paid to government employees
when relatively small industry as
the moving pictures has 10 salaries
larger than the President?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-24

BY William P. Crosby.
I would like to give my views
on relief and how it has been
distributed, especially in Greene
county, Indiana.
have been a citizen, a prop
erty holder and taxpayer for
nearly twenty-eight years in
Greene county, and have been out
of work for a number of years.
I applied for poor relief and on be-
ing qualified, got some work I'M
der the civil works administration
for a few weeks. Of course, when
the CWA stopped, stopped.
After being idle for some time,
I applied for poor relief again.
You sure have wonderful feel
ing and get big thrill out of be-
ing questioned and croSS-queS-
toned, and agents coming to
your home to snOOp around. If
you have any pride or self-reSpect
for your family, as any American
should have. you certainly lose 1t.
An investigator came to my
home and apparently was con-
WINGED that we we're in need Of
help. The delicatessen was
opened the next week, where you
get plenty of good milk, fresh
fruits and vegetables for the
children, thanks to another in
vestigator, who declared in an
open meeting that she was the
one who brought this relief, and
she was the one who could take
it away.
I was in line for more than an
hour to get mine When it
was nv turn, I was told to go get
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every minute" If true, those who
fish for suckers should advocate
birth control for said fishes.
Barnum also said, Americans
like to be fooled" If true, our Joy
should know no bounds at present.
The American pocketbook is rapidly
becoming like the old pump; man
got a gallon of rain water full of
wiggle tails. He worked for fifteen
minutes trying to prime the old
pump and got back half gallon Of
rain water full of wiggle tails. What
America needs is a chance to earn
plenty Of bread and butter for the
babies without having to sacrifice
her self-reSpect.
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SEES ONLY GOOD
IN NUDISM

BY V. y. Drawn.
"Nudism bad as gang menace"
wrote Earle S. Bailey in The Mes
sage Center of July 18. 1t seems
to me a statement like that must
come from a man who gave it very
little thought or else had nothing
to think with. I would ask Mr.
Bailey why and how did you find
out? Did some one tell you, or are
you one of those who knows all
sees all, tells all. whose superior
knowledge enables you to judge and
condemn Gods greatest creation?
If the naked human body is OBJ
scene, why don't you go to God and
tell him you are ashamed of it; that
it should not be seen one by an
other. 1t isn't much wonder many
persons can't see it as you do.
I am not a nudist and was never
at a nudist camp. am rather speak
ing by theory than practice. I be-
ieve it takes a pretty clean sort Of
mind to be a nudist. 1t would nat
urally create a desire and effort to
be clean, healthy and beautiful ply
sically. 50 I can see only good in it.
The nude body is not obscene
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-24
HE RESENTS CITYS
PACKING HOUSE SMELL

BY Newcomer.
Indianapolis is, beyond peradven-
ture of a doubt, one Of the most at
tractive cities in the middle west.
1t has a busy, pleasant downtown
district. 1t has attractive parks and
charming residential districts. It's
people arc hospitable and consider
ate to the stranger within their
midst
But.
Indianapolis has one thing of
which it can not be proud
It seems difficult to believe that,
even when the wind is blowing the
right way, Chicago can have a worse
stock yard and meat packing smell
than indianapolis
Old inhabitants assure me that
this complaint sounds silly in view
of what has been the case in past
years. They assure me that the
smell this year is that of a rose
garden compared with the smell in
past years.
Whatever past years may have
been, the situation is bad enough
now. The firm responsible should
do something about it in the namo
Of common decency,
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REPLIES TO CRITICISM
OF FOREIGNERS

By Times Reader
There appeared in Fridays paper
an article which concerns my
friends, relatives and neighbors.
A 121-year-old Negro who claims
that what's wrong with this country
IS too many foreigners, apparently
is in the wrong
Some friends and I we're discussing
it and We disagree, and perhaps our
views will reach him.
Was it an American who discov-
cred America? No Where did CO.
lumbus come from?
Somewhere along the line, every
one has a foreign ancestor.
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THANKS, BUT IT'S
BEYOND OUR CONTROL

BY I. \. NJ.
Indianapolis, it seems, has had its
share of hot weather. The Times
has been building up a reputation
Of doing many other things, SO why
not take a crack at clearing up the
weather situation? Best Of luck.
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seemed to be able to lay the blame
where it should have been.
Those Of us who watch the daily
transactions Of the law in this
county are about fed up with the
whole mess Although this county
doesn't have the reputation of big
time dirty work, there is plenty to
be done.
Let's get it done. You, Times, get
in there and pitchl
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TO ASHES
BY VIRGINIA KIDWELL

MI " A@A~
You let life turn to ashes in your
hands,
Chase will-o-wisps that are no
good TO you,
You waste in futile dreams times
golden sands;
You overlook the best life offers
you.
You search the rainbows end for
pots OF gold,
You're blind TO love that too
familiar stands,
You reach for fairy bubbles while
you hold
LIES glories turned TO ashes In
your hands.
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The Message Center

Times readers are mUtted to cypress
their Uteics in these columns. Make your
letters short, 50 all can hare chance.
Limit them to ESQ ioords or IeSs.)
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Daily Thought

And ne said unto her, Daughter,
thy faith has made thee whole;
go in peace, and be whole Of thy
plague.-St. Mark, 5:34.
Unlimited activity Of whatever
- kind, must end in bankruptcy.
Goethe.
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Capital CaperS
BY GEORGE ABELL-

A BIG scare in the diplomatic corps-a grizzly
L n bear was being shipped to the Chilean En-
baSsy from Yellowstone park.
At least, that was the way the news started.
The excitement began when Laurence Bun
eardeanu, Rumanlan diplomat who is Vaca-
tionlng in Yellowstone wrote to Miss Edith
Bal, a stepdaughter of Commander Sterling.
United States navy:
What can I send you as gift from this
great national park?"
Miss Bull wrote back:
Send me a grizzly bear cub"
After asking for the bear, Miss Bull became
worried Where could she keep such an animal +?
Admittedly, there is little place for a grizzly
bear-even cub-on Bancroft Place.
So she telephoned friends at the Chilean En-
baSsy. They volunteered to keep the bear, if
and when it arrived.
Two days ago Miss Bull called up exctedly:
The grizzly bear has arrived"
Good lOrdl" cried Don Mario Rodriguez.
Chilean secretary. Il was only joking We can't
keep a bear at the embassy"
We'll, I'm sending it right over" said Miss
Bull
And the grizzly arrived in due course. But
the laugh was on somebody, because it was
only stuffed grizzly, after all.
THERE is one man in Washington who man
Il ages to keep cool during the heat wave and
he has good reason to be haraSsed. That is Mr.
Emil Hurja, chief patronage dispenser for Post
master General Farley.
,Emil-cool and collected-sits at his desk,
for all the world as if the temperature were how
erng around go degrees instead of 60
Outside the Office. crowd Of petitioners. job
seekers patronage seekers. politicians and out
oftown visitors with political axes to grind, mills
ceaSelesSly Emil never bats an eyebrow.
A telephone rings. 1t is Mr.. Farley in New
York. He holds confidential conversation with
Emil Hardly is the receiver replaced before the
phone rings again This time its somebody at
the White House Before three minutes have
passed Secretary Morgenthaus private secre-
tary is on the line.
So 1t goes-phone, phone, phone! Ring!
Ring Ring! interruption after interruption.
Yet Emil cheerful, rubicond and entirely I'M
perturbed by the clamor. takes it all with grin.
Mind it?" he asks, lifting quizzcal eyebrows.
Il like it. It doesn't bother me. haven't SUI
cred minute from either the noise or the heat
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aOhoLly dl8approvs of 10hat yo~ say and loW
defend to the death your right to sag it.-VoLtaire.
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THE BAKER BOARD REPORT

TUESDAY july q. isas
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-13

Oscar Gabriel drove to Lamberton
Friday evening. His daughter, Mar
tina, and Miss Louise Spalding return
ed home with him.
Mrs. Herman Drewlow and daugh-
ter, Isabelle, and Miss Louise Bier
drove to Lamberton Wednesday
where Miss Drewlow boarded the bus
for the Twin Cities to visit with her
sister, Miss Hettie Drewlow.
Joseph Schwab was caller at Red
wood Falls Friday.
Gerald Johanneck of Wabasso was
guest at the M. ]. Eichten home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ulrich Eichten and
son, Charles of Currie visited at the
Oscar Gabriel home Thursday. Char
les remained here for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Eichten and
family were Redwood Falls visitors
Saturday.
Armin Doepke spent Sunday with
friends at Wabasso.
Erwin Eichten of Tracy was Wan
da visitor Sunday.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Max Darkow and
daughters, Amanda and Rosemary
and Joseph Voldal were Redwood
Falls shoppers Saturday.
Louis Arndt of Tracy was busi-
ness caller Saturday.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-13
Milroy Elevator
Entered Second Time

Milroy-The depot and Farmers
Elevator were the scenes of two more
burglaries last Wednesday night. The
outer door of the safe in the depot
was broken but the inner door was
left intact. The safe, weighing from
1900 to 1000 pounds, was taken from
its place and turned over on its back.
The army rifle owned by E. F. We'll
ter, depot agent, was used as crow
bar and as a result was badly broken.
There was a drawer containing five
pennies which was left by the thieves.
No other damage was done in the de-
pot. The easement of the elevator
doors was splintered when the door
was pushed in. This is the second
time the elevator was broken into
within a month, and as the robbers
had broken the safe the first time, no
money was left in the elevator.
Funeral services for Vern Voss, 81,
were held last Saturday morning in
the Church of the Holy Redeemer at
Marshall where interment was also
held. Mr.. Voss is survived by his wild
ow and two children besides his par
ents and two brothers.
The Study Club met at the home OF
Mrs. Lillian Mellgren last Wednesday
afternoon. Plans for Christmas par
tv are underway. Gifts will be ex, {
changed, the price not to exceed lO
cents. The Christmas party will be
held at the home of Mrs. Florence
Schwandt Wednesday, December IL.
An all high school play will be pre-
sented Friday and Saturday evenings
of this week. The play entitled I'm
Doctor" is under the direction OF MISS
Carrie Lande. :,
A banquet sponsored by the dom
estic science girls, under the dlrectlon
of Miss Carrie Lande, was held at
the school house last Friday evening
in honor of the football players. Ot-
her honored guests were Superinten-
dent w. N. 'Svenning, Ernest Peek,
timekeeper and Coach Gus Wegner.
A football centerpiece and two goal
nosts one at each end. Of the long
table in the school colors and foot
hall colors made appropriate decora.
tions. The II boys present received
their letters.
The Christian Endeavor Society
was entertained at the home OF Mr,
and Mrs. Roy Christopherson last
tuesday evening. They are filling
Christmas boxes to be sent to the
IRON Range for the needy people.
Nine members attended the Christian
Endeavor Rally held in the Presby-
terian church at Redwood Falls Sun
day, December 2.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will enjoy Christmas party next
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Scott Dysart with Mrs. R. A. Ed
wards as assisting hostess. Gifts not
to exceed 10 cents in price are to be
exchanged by members. The one hum
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-13
SanbOrn Clubs Have
Christmas Parties

Sanborn-The Linger-Longer club
had is Christmas party Wednesday
night at the home of Clara Telford.
The seventh and eighth grade of
the public school had a toboggan
party Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Flaig and chill
dren were Thursday supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Weber and fam
lily.
The Young Peoples society met
Thursday at the Lutheran School.
The following officers were elected:
president, Leonard Hensch; vice pres
ident. Martha Wendt; secretary, La
Won Hensch; treasurer, Florence Oh
leman.
Mrs. Fred Gleason and Mrs. Her
man Haydlauff were Sunday after
noon guests of Mrs. Lilly Parsons.
Mrs. George Sharman and children
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. H.
J. Weber.
The Coffee Cup. Club had its Christ
mas party Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Charles Pecholt.
Mrs. Arthur Flaig entertained the
Methodist Ladies Aid Friday after
noon. The Christmas party was also
held.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Haydlauff
and children went to Springfield Sat-
urday night.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-13
Correspondent Sends
Wanda News Letter

Wanda-Miss Isabelle Drewlow
called on Lucan friends Monday.
There was no school Monday due to
inclement weather.
N. A. Leuther spent the past week
at Redwood Falls serving on the jury.
Joseph Schwab spent Tuesday at
Redwood Falls.
Miss Louise Bierl of Lucan spent
the past week at the Herman Drew
low home.
William Ladin of Minneapolis was
a business caller Thursday.
The Misses Martha Gabriel and
Louise Spalding remained at Lam
berton the past week to practice for
the senior class play in which they
are taking part Friday evening.
C.. Orth was a business caller here
Friday.
Tony Hoyser went to St. Paul
Thursday.
Gus Otto, August Struckmann and
son, Lloyd, were Redwood Falls call
ers Thursday.
Nicholas Jenniges and son, Mich
olas, visited at the Jack Bierl home
near Lucan Friday.
John Moelter of Lamberton was a
caller Saturday.
Members Of the Lutheran junior
choir enjoyed refreshments at the
Rev. William Langholz home We'd
nesday evening.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-13
Morgan Boy Injured While
7obogganing On Revere Hill

dred glasses and jars Of jellies and
jams are all collected and will be sent
to persons in the vicinity.
Miss Ethel Dehn received word
that her father was seriously i'll and
Edward Solseth took her to his bed
side Sunday morning. They found
him much improved in health and
they returned from her home at st.
Peter Monday evening.
Mrs. M. L. Klien entertained sever
al young ladies last Sunday evening
at dinner in honor of her daughter
Miss Hazel, the occasion being her
birthday anniversary.
M. j. Waldron has received another
promotion. Immediately after receiv-
ing his new job he went to Washing
ton by air to receive instructions.
This work will give him jurisdiction
over several states including North
and South Dakota, Minnesota and
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mum and chill
dren were dinner guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Truax last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Mellgren and
son, Wesley, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Bud Snyder of Marshall last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Welter and chill
dren were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Claus Maurstad of Redwood
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Getting and son
Robert, of Vesta were Sunday dinner
guests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Royer.
George Schlaetzer returned last
Tuesday from Buffalo, New York,
where he had been called by the i'll
ness of his aged father, who passed
away while Mr.. Schlaetzer was with
him.
Mrs. H. P. Nelson and daughter,
Mrs. Zeph Trudeau, were Wednesday
business visitors in Redwood Falls.
Paul Zeug, who sustained sprain
in the football game with the alumni,
went to Tracy last Saturday to have
his ankle examined
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Truax of
Vesta were Sunday guests of Mrs.
Pauline Leach and son, Mayo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nelson of
Redwood Falls were Sunday callers
at the parental H. P. Nelson home.
They also visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Nelson.
Mrs. Mary Hickey spent several
days with Mrs. Margaret Ford at
Tracy.
Mr. and Mrs P. J. Dolan were over
night guests last Saturday of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Dolan.
Merlin Nelson, who was in an auto
mobile accident Thanksgiving Day is
getting along we'll.