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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
MONDAY, JUNE II, 1884.
TRAFFIC RESPONSIBILITY

CIXTY- THOUSAND indian polis
~ school children today are enjoying the
first day of their annual three months vaca-
ton.
During the next ninety days those children
will be at liberty to romp and run for the
many hours of the day during which they for
merly were confined to school rooms. Many
of those children, despite their home and
school training will dart into the streets either
in pursuit of a companion or some toy that
slips their grasp.
Consequently it is the direct responsibility
of the motorists to drive more carefully. The
death toll in Marion county traffic accidents
has passed the half century mark this year
and continued negligence by drivers may
bring an appalling toll
If school children are injured or killed, the
blame must fall upon the auto driver. He
has been warned and the first slip may be
tragic one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
MESSENGER ASKS
FOR CONSIDERATION
By Messenger No. IL.

By Messenger No. IL.
The average motorist of this city
regards telegraph messengers as
"flies in their soup or something
like that, as it seems to them we
are at an intersection, curbing,
driveway or stop sign right at the
time we should not be. say this
for the interest of all persons con-
cerned and in behalf of every
messenger in the city:
Every minute we are on the
streets in uniform we are serving
the public in general.
If we are travelling at what seems
a dangerous rate of speed for the
safety Of ourselves and others, it is
because our jobs concern the most
important financial and personal
problems of this and foreign coun-
tries.
In traffic, help us so that we may
help you and give better service.
Remember, the wire we are deliver
ing may be for you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT did well when
l. he urged immediate passage of the pend
ing Fletcher housing bill as the first plank in
his three-point social security platform. The
house banking and currency committee did not
do so well when it brought out the measure
patched with amendments impairing its func-
lions and limiting its scope.
Acting, apparently under pressure from
building and loan lobby, the committee re-
moved the authority for federally supervised
authorization for the Home Owners Loan
Corporation to buy $5OOOOOOOO in private
loan company shares; slapped limit of ST.
600 900 900 on the amount of new mortgages
the proposed Home Credit Insurance Corpora
ton may insure.
The first amendment removes one of the
measures most constructive provisions, one
designed to provide rehousing funds, make
mortgage money more mobile and sRread
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
IT'S A LONG, LONG TRAIL

THOSE who regard the new deal (r)evolu-
ton as passing phase, to be forgotten
when prosperity overtakes us, should read the
1888 World Economic Review just published
by the United States bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce.
Half of this volume is devoted to the eco
Monies of the United States, with factual
survey of the developments of 1888 and a.
frank analysis of the problems that 1884 finds
unsolved.
The author of the report DR.. Willard L.
Thorp, who served several months as director
of the bureau-untn partisan politics in the
senate blocked his conf1rmation-does not see
the future of the United States through rose
colored glasses.
His conclusions are that we can not turn
back, that the old lassez faire system of I'M
bridled competition and production has failed
that the government must continue to share
the responsibility for proper functioning of
the economic system. A planned economy he
sees as the only way out of the jungles made
dense by the unbalanced relationship between
production, prices and purchasing power by
the wasteful conflicts between capital and
labor, by the hit-or-miss relationship between
our foreign and domestic policies.
1t is long, arduous TRAIL but it leads out
OF the jungles where decades of rugged indi-
vidualism and political opportunism dumped
us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
THE LOWDOWN

MOST people have been blaming the vio-
AVA lent strike epidemic on low wages, en-
ployer stubbornness, or radicals, or the lack of
a proper disputes court. But Deets Picket of
the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals of the M. E. church, claims to
have the real answer. It's likker.
GA development deserving attention is the
prevailing violenc in industrial disputes" he
writes. eve went through years of depression
with astonishingly little violent labor trouble
which, however, becomes general Immediately
upon the return of legalized sale of liquor"
Maybe repeal caused the great drought out
in the west TOO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

full. 1t is stupendous. Nothing done
up cheaply like last year. Every
thing has a new coat of paint.
Everything has taken on new
color.
The fair is an education in itself.
So many persons have not even seen
Chicago itself, and it would be
worth their while to go there and
spend a week just taking in the city
and the fair. Of course, you could
not see everything in a week, but
you could cover lot of ground.
For a dime you can ride in the
public conveyances from practically
one end of Chicago to another.
Look at all the things you can take
in absolutely free-parkS, ZOOS, pub
lie buildings, and Lake Michigan.
I am not build up man for Chi
cago, I do not want a person to be
sold on going to that city, but still
L say, do not miss a trip, even an
excursion, to Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
MERCURY PUTS ON
JUNE SKY SHOW
BY J. H. Butchart.

By J. H. Butchart.
There is a sight in the north
western sky until a little after June
Is, which might interest a number
of indianapolis persons.
AS J. stepped out on the roof Of
the Butler building to begin my OBJ
servations with the newly recon-
structed six and a half-inch refrac-
tor, my attention was caught by a
bright object near the horizon. The
twin stars, Castor and Pollok, were
about 20 degrees above the horizon,
and another first magnitude star,
Capella, was quite close to the hor-
lion but farther north.
This new body was straight down
from Castor and Pollok and about
even with Capella in altitude above
the horizon. Consulting the notes
on the planets in the magazine,
Popular Astronomy, I learned that it
was Mercury, the smallest of the
suns family of planets. This is by
far the best that Mercury has ap-
peared for more than year. 1t is
usually too close to the sun to be
seen without a telescope.
Although it is only SO per cent lar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
ADVISES LESS WORRY
ABOUT COMMUNISTS
BY E. F. Maddox,

BY E. F. Maddox.
Your editorial of June 5 on the
poor psychology" of the Commun-
lists shows that you know something
of the American spirit and also
that you have an insight concern
ing Communist tactics.
You hit the nail on the head
when you said that such exhibitions
of Communist character was "the
main reason why Communism has
failed to make Roadway in the
United States"
Any time the Communists forget
themselves and act natural and
come right out and tell the Amer
lean people what they stand for and
what they intend to do, they are
sure to gain few converts to the
ranks.
Communism has no chance ex-
cept in a nation like Russia where
the people are uniformed, unedu-
Gated, oppressed and are used to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
YOUTH AND CRIME

TINTED STATES COMMISSIONER OF
- EDUCATION zOOK seems to think there
is "crime wave" among young people and
that this calls for a rewriting of NRA codes
to permit part-time apprenticeship work. APP
parently the idea is that young people when
freed from wage-earning toll turn to crime
This has no basis in fact.
The Justice departments crime reports
show an actual decrease in arrests of children
between 16 and 49, as compared with other
age groups, from the last quarter of 1882 and
that of 1888. A slight decrease is noted also
in comparing arrests in the 1913 group
Commenting on these figures, the children's
bureau says: Whatever problems are created
by the abolition of industrial employment of
persons under certain age levels, it is appar-
emily not one associated with delinquency and
crime"
Nowhere is there any statistical evidence of
crime wave among children of ages affected
by the codes or other regulations. In fact
the reports from eighteen juvenile courts show
drop in cases between 1929 and 1892, and
the records of ten homes for young delinouents
show an average decrease in their inmates of
20 per cent between January, 1929, and Oc-
tober, 1888. Only two reported increases.
This country needs better crime statistics,
particularly facts regarding youthful malefac-
tors. 1t also needs better thinking on what
facts there are.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

ger than the moon in diameter, the
sunlight which it reflects is so in
tense that Mercury shines like a
first magnitude star. It's distance
from the sun is only three tenths
as great as the earth's distance. A
glimpse of Mercury through a
telescope, of course, adds to it's in
terest as it appears like the moon
when it is almost full.
Until more persons avail them
selves of the opportunity than can
be conveniently accommodated, the
public is cordially invited to use the
Butler telescope on Monday.
Wednesday and Friday nights. One
can turn from the smallest planet.
Mercury, to globular cluster of
stars on the frontier of the Milky
Way, some $4,000 light years away,
and from there to the great island
universes," the spiral nebulae from
which the light has been coming to
us for ten million years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

BY Mugroump.
In reply to An Honest, Home
spun Democrat, wish to express
my belief that membership in the
Democratic party from the time
of Andrew jackson should not be
a requirement for the United
States senate any more than a
membership in the Republican
party from the time of Abraham
Lincoln.
The party of strict construction
of the Constitution, of state
rights, of free trade, and free
silver is hardly recognizable now
as the party advocating under the
Roosevelt administration a liberal
Interpretation of the Constitution
in order that the government may
be an effective instrument to
bring about such a new deal as
the people of the United States
have never before seen.
The party of broad construction
of the Constitution, OF the ma
tioral hank, of the protective
tariff, OF Lincoln and Theodore
Roosevelt is likewise hardly recog-
nizable now as the party of rugged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
SURPLUS, MONEY AND
WANT-A TRINITY

BY Unorthodox Cuckoo.
We deplore the fact that we have
too much of everything, a so-called
surplus of goods for which we can
not find purchasers. Well, it GER
tainly is not lack of need or de-
sire on the part of those who are
out of the things that are supposed
to compose the surplus. The thing
they lack is the medium of ex-
change to procure the goods.
Both producer and consumer are
suffering, one with glut of goods;
the other from malnutrition, shabby
clothing and indecent living quar-
tiers.
1t is a game of button, button,
who's got the button?" The money
buttons are scarce. Maybe they
dried up in the drought or were
frozen during cold weather in Our
banks. We seem to be able to Gre
ate anything but money-the but
ton tokens" from our sacred COW.
We will starve, freeze, go shabby,
live in slums, almost anything, TO
do worship to the sacred money
COW. No matter if the old bessie
went dry and we have to do without
everything we want
The keepers of the sacred COW"
are the men who create 80 per cent
of our medium of exchange. Uncle
Sam creates only 10 per cent of the
buttons necessary to feed the kitty"
Uncle's "grandaddieS," the bank
ers, create the other 80 per cent of
the tokens through checks and bank
credit.
Of course, Uncle Sam can not say
they have complete monopoly of
the business, because uncle really
does create about 10 per cent of
the filthy lucre. But uncle's part
ners have gone on strike, with their
credit mill" operating on a cur
tailed production basis.
Uncle is cranking the mill a lit
tie, but too little. Maybe we will
have to eat the golden calf, like the
Israelites did who fell down be-
fore the image.
We refuse to create the money
real money, to buy the stuff we
want and need so we go hungry and
run down at tn heel. Let's use our
heads just once.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
Capital CaperS
BY GEORGE ABELL

CTERN-JAWED Senator Lynn j. Frazer of
~ North Dakota and Representative Bill Lemke
of the same state were scheduled to deliver stir
ring addresses before several thousand farmers
on the subject of the Frazier-Lemke bill where
by the government takes over farm MORTGAGES
The scene of the addresses was to be the little
township of Manchester Md.
Farmers gathered in Manchester and awaited
the arrival of MessrS. Frazier and Lemke. They
waited and waited. And waited.
1t seems that Senator Frazier and Repre-
sentative Lemke made a trifing mistake. They
went to Manchester Pa.
NOTE-Fortunately they did not go as far as
Manchester Mass.
CPECTACLED, bald-headed Simeon D. Fess
~ senator from Ohio and Republican big-wig
sat in his office immersed in weighty documents.
Newsman acting on a tip received from Bos-
ton, bearded this soon in his den, inquired: :,
us it true, Senator, that you are going to
marry Mrs. Calvin Coolidge?"
Senator Fess snorted Indignantly. removed
his glasses, exploded:
"Preposterous!"
Newsnen fled.
MUCH to the delight of Senator Elinson D.
Iva Cotton Ed Smith of South Carolina, one
Of the stanchest advocates of that fiber, an in
dividual appeared yesterday on the floor of the
S6LdIe wearing d COCJOn COdC, COCUOn trousers,
cotton waistcoat, cotton shoes and cotton hat.
1t was former Senator Tom Helm of Ala
bama, as benevolent looking and as healthy as
any southern planter of legendary fame.
Tom has changed little He explained that
he is "just paying visit here" His cotton out
fit looked immaculate from toe to hat-brim
Heflin was one of the first men in the south to
advocate the "Buy Cotton-Wear Cotton" cam
paign. And he always lives up to his preaching.
Old cronies crowded about the man from the
land of cotton, and he recited some of his humor-
GUS tales
MRS. ROOSEVELT yesterday revealed some
Iva of the thoughts that flashed through her
mind as she watched the fleet review off New
York.
During what she termed "an extraordinary
exhibition of aerial bombing" she was $50 scared
something might happen to the bombers" she
didn't know what to do"
The aviators made perpendicular dive, then
Strengthened out at top speed for horizontal
getaway, after dropping their bombs. The first
time this was attempted, Mrs. Roosevelt was told,
the plane went to pieces and its wings were
found fifteen miles away.
Bombing and the skill Of maneuvering so
that battleships emerged from the fog in perfect
formation gave the First Lady her biggest thrills
during the review.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
WORLDS FAIR AND
CHICAGO LAUDED
BY a Traveller.

By a Traveller.
I visited the Worlds fair in Chi
cago, on June>2, and was the 1,000,-
008th visitor.
The 1,000,000th visitor was Joseph
L. Speicher, Akron, o., a science
teacher in the Findlay junior high
school.
A Century Of Progress is wonder
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
TESTIMONIAL DINNER:
NOT CONVENTION

BY Everett +. Mccoy.
Your paper along with others re-
ported the recent Republican get
together as convention. AS mat
ter of fact, it was a testimonial din
ner for Lii" Arthur. They en-
ployed professional postmaster as
master of ceremonies and the diners
listened to his Glowing while they
ate their finger nails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
JUNE NIGHT
BY ALYS WACHSTETTER

The night IS scented
With perfumes of June,
Low our voices,
Heavy the moon;
Our hearts in union
Beat an even refrain,
A music within us
We can not restrain.
The stars in their glory
Up from the earth
Receive the delicate thrcbbings
And envy our mirth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

II you ever feel your brain has become
rusty remember there's enough iron in your
body to make four large-sized nails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
DAILY THOUGHT

Bear We one another's burdens.
and so fulfill the law of Christ
Galatians, So.
Light is the task when MANY
share the toiI.-Homer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

A mule bit a farmer in Missouri, and now
other residents of the state are expecting a
dog to kick one of them any day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11
The Message Center

(Times readers are fnvited to cypress
their Vfetos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all ca,s haze a chance.
Limit them to ESQ Words or less.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-11

Distillers soon may produce an ordorless
whisky, which is good news for late husbands
and reckless drivers.
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The Washington times., 1934-01-01

Two hours and Sc minutes
after fictIonal infant 1884 saw
the light of this old world, Wash.
ington's first baby of the year
was born at Sibley Memorial
Hospital.
The baby was ushered into the
Capital amid the dying echoes of
changing bells, shrieking whistles
and din of other noise-makers.
The honor of the first baby
fell to Mr.. and Mrs. James Van
Horn, of Landover, Md. Both
the baby and Mrs. Van Horn
were reported doing nicely"
Baby Van Horn is a girl-and
for the benefit of the super
stitious, is a "seven-eleven," or
a herald of better times. All of
which means the baby weighed
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
10000 TO GET
-. CCC JOBS

More CCC jobs this month are
announced by Robert Fechner, di-
rector of conservation work. Some
10000 to 10000 men will be added
to the corps in the first 10 days
of the present month, to replace
those who are leaving for various
reasons. Many Of those who are
leaving. it is said, have found
other jobs.
Enrollments will begin at the
forest camps tomorrow and the
program will bring the 1866 units
of the CCC up to full strength,
about 200 each. The organiza-
tion, after replacement is COM
pleted, will comprise 240, 900 young
men, $4,000 experienced woods
men and 28125 war veterans.
Since the CCC began operations
45O, 900 men have enrolled, and of
this number 296,000 are still at
work
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
NEW DEAL. NEW
YEAR CROWDS
GAY SPOTS
ReveIers Greeted BY Near
Summer Weather; Theaters,
Cafes Are Thronged

New Year Eve celebrants who
were still whooping it up at 4
a. m. this morning and wonder
ing just who "had turned on the
heat" are hereby officially noti-
fled by the Weather Bureau that
the temperature at that time
had scared to the ar-summer
mark of SO above.
But those who are still suffer-
ing from a hangover from con-
fetti, post-repeal cheer, noise
making gadgets, horns and whiS-
ties that marked the gaiest revel
the city has known in years, are
also officially notified that the
prediction for tonight is much
COLDER" bearing hint that the
recent cold wave is getting back
on it's feet.
Record Business Shown
A drizzling rain failed to
dampen the carnival spirit Of the
revelers and evening gowns and
dress suits were much in evidence
as many came to downtown hotels
and other gathering places for
parties.
Midnight shows reported "sell-
OUTS" window shopping was in
vogue. And police exchanged New
Year greetings with thousands OF
motorists as they moved cars
through downtown streets.
Hotels, restaurants and night
clubs reported the largest business
in years and managers were sing
ing the praises of the New Deal.
Arrests Take Drop
The police reported less ar
rests for drunkenness UP to 8
a. m. than for the previous day,
when many started their holiday
celebration.
Seventy mine had been arrested
I'D to 8 a. m. Sunday and only
6S up to that hour today. The
first arrest 1T "high midnight"
was Roy C. Ruppard, of the 900
block Minnesota Ave-, who was
alleged to have been firing a
80 automatic into the air at
Third and C Streets Southwest.
A cheering note came from
William Green, PRESIDENT Of the
American Federation of Labor.
He said the outlook for 1884 was
bright and reassuring," and
added:
Unemployment has been re-
duced, business Of all kinds
shows marked improvement
and there is abundant evil
dence Of renewed courage and
revived hope"
Paris Is Subdued
Celebrations abroad were not
so jovial as in previous years. In
Paris the night was described as
"subdued," Tokyo still was cele-
brating the birth of a crown
prince and in London Ramsay
Macdonald was saying:
"The last IL months have
been . time of steadily increas-
ing hopes. We are travelling in
the right direction"