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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
Today S Science
by DAVID DIETZ

NTANY a man can trace the beginning of his
A'A career to some book which came into his
hands, by accident or design, in the days of his
youth Such career making book is Exploring
With the Microscope" by Raymond F. Yates. Give
the book a thought when doing your Christmas
shopping.
1t would not be surprising to read three decades
from now that some Pasteur or Lister or Huxley Of
1860 got his first interest in phase of biology when
Santa Claus left him this book on Christmas
morning.
Sometimes it happens that boy is given micro
scope-it may be p cheap one or an expensive one.
At first he is excited about it. Then his interest in
1t Soon to the mystihcation Of his parents.
the instrument is gathering dust in corner OF a
closet.
There may be two explanations One is that he
is destined to be a musician or a lawyer or stock
broker that he has aptitude for things scientific.
The other and more likely explanation is that
he has no knowledge of the possibilities Of the
microscope and hence no means Of realizing them.
IT is not even necessary to own microscope to
l. enter the enchanted world which Mr.. Yates de-
scribes for he begins by telling how to build the
simplest of all microscopes, the water-drop micro
scope. This microscope made from few bits or
wood and piece of sheet metal uses drop of water
for lens Properly made, this simple microscope
will magnify from seventy five to one hundred times.
splendid feature Of the book is that it is illus
trated with both diagrams and photographs. Thus,
for example there is not only set Of diagrams for
making the water-drop microscope, but photographs
showing the completed instrument and its use.
There are other simple instructions for the build
ing Of inexpensive accessory apparatus 10 be used
with either homemade microscope or more
expensive one.
MOST important Of all, Mr. Yates tells the ex-
4VA permenter what to do with his microscope
He tells how to study microscopic plants and ANNALS
with it and how to it to study the microscopic
structure of larger plants insects, fish and so on
There are instructions for preparing and labelling
microscopic slides instructions for making micro
tome the "sicer" used by biologists to prepare thin
sections OF plants or other materials for examination
under the microscope.
The book is written simply and with a pleasant
sense of humor In this review I have spoken OF
the book with primary concern for youthful readers
but it is completely suitable in every way Tor adults
Exploring With the Microscope is published oy
Appleton-Century at 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

g URE, but in the long run the
- people who work, like you
and 1, we're the fellows who pay
the bill, no matter whether they
deduct the money in wages or
pay it in taxes. Because we're
the only ones who produce and
have incomes to get it from,
protested Pa Jones.
Its just like this old age pen
sion plan here. It's great, but it
takes a 10 per cent sales tax on
everything to support it.
IF you're willing to see the cost
of living jump 10 per cent on &C
count of just this one thing, o. k.
Personally, I'm not"
That's why it's necessary to
make such a careful study of the
various plans" reminded John Jr.
It's not a question of what'd be
nice to have. It's question of
what1l work, and what can be
done.
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an ultimatum: Actual naval
equality, else the end of the limi-
tation treaties of Washington and
London.
2. The British government, face
to face with the issue, shows in
creasing signs that it is almost
hopelessly split over the course to
pursue. One faction plainly wishes
to play ball with Nippon in Asia
and in the southern and western
Pacific. The other regards such
a step as national suicide.
A crisis is seen approaching at
London with the cards falling
Nippon's way. AS in 1881 when
she seized Manchuria, the hands
of Europe and America are tied
by economic and political unrest.
Japan, therefore, is in a position
to drive a hard bargain at the
British capital
I'm some respects Americas po-
l. sition is stronger than Bri-
tain's. If Japan scraps the naval
treaties and starts a building race,
the United States can fall back OH
Hawaii, Alaska and the Aleutian
islands, Panama and the great de-
fensive triangle formed by these
bases, and keep the present 5-5-3
ratio intact by building in proper
ton.
America has two principal
stakes in the far east. The first
is the open door to trade in China.
The second is the Philippines. But
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
BY WILLIS THORNTON
CHAPTER THREE

THERE was today asking
pension pausing her job clearing
supper "1s there on the stand the hall
and read as he and his sat down in
the for er-dinner smoke.
long your man1l needing something like this
wryly tossing the letter the table
your ideas that's coming right along isn't ?
replied John Jr That right
unemployment kind of sickness
going effort get all of them passed this
practically Socialism won't we?" commented Pa
little sarcastically
Nothing denied John Jr why sixteen European coun
almost the World
Well only be falling into STEP
anything Sociastic about building fund while
working something when they're laid off,
csy contribute it. Lots of companies do it And they
Socialistc
Then when of laid off, they'll have little in
They entirely that cut
the iohsn Under nfhe TOO
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TRACTORS ARE USED
TO STOP FOREST FIRE
Bartholomew County Blaze Under
Control at Last.

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS. Ind, Nov. PA
fire which burned for three success
sive days. sweeping across approx
mately 1000 acres of Bartholomew
county timber and farm land, had
been brought under control again
today.
National guardsmen from Column
bus, CCC workers, volunteers from
Columbus and farmers in the vi
cinity co-operated in battling the
blaze. Shifting winds hampered ef-
forts to control the fire by burning
out its path. Tractors were used to
plow protective trenches around
farm buildings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
THE NEW DEAL AND THE JONESES
Typical Family Pode,y Security for Aged III and J0bZes

Its funny. I'm young. and
you're old enought to be suggest
ing that you're personally in
terested in the old age pension
idea. But do you know I've got
an interest in it, too-a selfish
one?
Aside from providing decent
comfort to old people, which they
deserve after working hard all
their lives, and also providing a
large number of people with steady
incomes and ability to buy even
in hard times, there's another
angle to this.
It's this: 1t will enable more
old people to retire earlier from
active work. And that means
jobs for us younger fellows.
Don't forget that there are a
million and a half young fellows
and girls getting through school
3 every year and trying to get their
first jobs. And most of them
can't do it these days.
If more people can quit their
jobs at so or IS without fear of
starving. there1l be more jobs
open to young fellows"
"THEN I take it that all this
Il social security business
won't help create jobs for the
present unemployed at all" sug-
gested Pa Jones.
L don't think so, directly" adj
mitted John Jr. These are things
aimed more at trying to prevent
any more terrible bust-ups like
we had in 1929. Both old age
and unemployment plans would
create large groups of people who
could go on spending even if Jobs
Stacked off-and that would help
keep them from Stacking off any
more.
These plans are aimed at level
ing off the up-and-doWn aspect
of business and jobs. The main
thing it would do is make the
jobs more secure after the unem-
ployed get them. 1t won't create
the jobs"
Ma Jones came in from the
kitchen at this point, wiping her
hands. For goodness sake, stop
arguing, you boys she said.
There's a good picture at the
Palace tonight. Let's all go!"
Copyright. 1884. NEA Service, IncD
NEXT-The PWA-the JOneseS
consider the idea that if ordinary
industry can't provide jobs, some
body husband that somebody
is the government.
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EWZnouNh
BY
WESTBROOK PEGLER

Nov that Huey Long has announced himself as
a candidate for President the youth ticket.
the silence of the students of Louisiana State uni
verSity becomes a strange sound amid the noises
issuing from Baton Rouge. The undergraduates of
the state university said nothing audible few days
ago when Huey suppressed story in their student
newspaper on the ground that it criticised him.
They had nothing to say that found its way out
over the wires even when he said that the university
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21


motor system and poor constitution in general
that's what its done Have you anything TO show
IN return2 Is there much a single paragraph
you've ever written good enough to justify running
YOUR health? The human body is a great temple
and the cigaret smoker is guilty Of
There isn't really any fun in smoking them
Deaf people don't smoke. or maybe its blind people
Anyhow. sensible people don't smoke. Not when
there's so much work 10 be done in the world. This
is the age Of efficiency.
Smoking sets up mist IN which man tries 10
hide away from reality. It's Just trick you can
stop working every other second. This Is much bet
ter-iust going smoothly and happily straight ahead
with the column. I haven't smoked for twenty five
minutes and I feel fine. And I'm not going TO stop
70 sharpen a pencil get drink of water either.
Damn that telephone.
Well used 10 jump worse than that back in the
DAYS when was smoking. Nobody likes telephone
10 shoot of in his ear like that. There's no point
IN being too calm. creature artist has to have
certain amount Of Imagination. So does column
ISL. How he string original thoughts together,
day after day. without being bit lumpy? The same
thing that makes him jump gives him ideas. Why
should I go holding this telephone?
Just a minute. please" I haven't got all day.
Probably won't like the call when get it. Let him
ring again If he wants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

ing to be a bitter pill for Bel
grano.
He is an executive of a large
California banking firm, as well
as an official of two national in
Surance companies. Both these
interests have been in the van
guard of the opposition to i'm
mediate bonus payment.
Copyright. 1884 by United Feature
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
HUNTERS AID SOUGHT
AGAINST FOREST FIRES
5000 Acres of State Woodland
Burned in Ten Days.

An appeal to hunters to aid in pre-
venting forest fires was voiced today
by Virgil NJ. Simmons, department
of conservation commissioner, in
connection with a forest fire re-
ported raging over several thousand
acres of land in Bartholomew
county.
Mr.. Simmons said more than 1000
acres Of forest lands has been burned
in Indiana in the last ten days.
Some of the fires have been
started by hunters carelessness, he
added.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-CO-ROUND
By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

XXTASHINGTON, 81 About half the moves which serious
w of high finance these
private capital work
monetary business channels Henry
Houehave concluded
recovery will be a long time coming
81 are to bankers confidence.
direction foaton of home owners
hundred
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
BERG WILL ENTERTAIN
Times Cartoonist to Appear at
PIT. A. Meeting.

Russell o. Berg, Times staff car
toonist. will present an entertain
ment of of cartoons and illustrated
poems at a meeting of the School
80 Parent Teacher Association at
271 North Miley avenue, at 1880 to-
morrow night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
OLD POLITICAL GROUPS
DYING, SAYS PASTOR
Radical. Conservative Groups to Be
Successors, Is Forecast.

Radical and conservative move
ments will replace the two major
political parties, which are passing
out of existence, declared DR.. Har-
old Bowen. rector of st. Marke's
Episcopal church, Evanston, H. at
the Advent Episcopal church din
ner last night in Calvin Prather
lodge hall.
Others speaking were Bishop Jo-
seph NJ. Francis, Walter A. jamie
son and Andrew M. Taylor. The
session was presided over by the
Rev. George S. Southworth, Advent
church rector.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

arrests and The spectacle OF youth going to jail, II
necessary, in defense of their rights.
Louisiana State has a good professional football
team hired by the dictator to act sandwich men
for his political machine trips to various cities
in the region which he regards as provinces Of
his kingdom 1t is easy to understand why the foot
ball team under the patronage of the Kingfish.
and even the varsity band, whose members enjoy
certain privileges, have had nothing to say.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

We'll. I can see something in
that" admitted Pa Jones. But
I can't see where it helps the I'M
employed today. 1t only helps
men at work feel a little more
secure"
THAT depends on what kind
Il of unemployment insurance
is adopted" argued the son. "Of
course, as purely insurance
plan, nobody could benefit ex-
cept those who had worked and
contributed to the fund.
But maybe some of the money
now going for relief could be dis
tributed through a fund like that.
and help get it started right
away among men not now work
ing.
They did something like that
in England. and you're always
talking about England and how
they're recovering without Social
ISM Nobody knows just what
kind of plan is going to be pro-
posed, but you know the Presi-
dent has suggested that ours be
a purely insurance affair on
sound business basis, to benefit
only those who have paid in their
share of the funds. He wants to
keep relief separate. A COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
OUTLINE CAMPAIGN TO
STOP POULTRY THEFT

Chicken Thieves Get More Than
Bank Robbers.
Plans for launching statewide
campaign to halt the theft of poul-
try, which annually causes a heavier
financial loss than bank robberies
were announced today by the State
Poultry Association.
Frank Conway, Indianapolis
chairman of the associations poul-
try thieving committee, said the
campaign will be waged in CO.
operation with state police and
county officers in each of the ninety
two counties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

was his university and that he wasn't
going to stand for any disloyalty in
print
If this had happened at the Uni
verSity of California in Los Angeles
or the College of the City of New
York, the response of the students
would have been immediate and
shrill. At almost any other school
in America there would have been
at least a small group of indepen-
dents among the students who would
have found a soap box and started
protest meetings on the campus and
if the dictator had sent his secret
police around to break them up
there would have been fights and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21

IEdI LIldI 6LIUklLs 6LIIIlldItu TIE
mind That's silly. I've been of the
drug for almost ten minutes now and
my mind is much clearer than usual.
In fact. could start out right
TOW and do a constructive piece on
water power If happened TO know
anything about water power. That
can 90 down IN my notebook Just
under No more cigarets" There
il is-@Remember 70 look up the sub
Jet Of water power This means
you"
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II Seems hM
BY
Haywood BROTN

IT'S all nonsense for a man 70 think that he must
Il start 70 smoke the minute he sits down TO write
a column for newspaper I've known offices where
they had a rule against II. and good thing too We
smoke excessively After dinner with the coffee
that's all right. And maybe Just before going 20
bed or possibly two II the wcathers a little muggy.
And on a cold night a cigaret somehow seems to-
warm YOU In medium weather like spring
needs the stimulation which comes from nicotine.
But. as I was saying there's no point IN smok-
ing All the time Then II isn't fun but only grind
ng habit I'm glad the old life is behind me once
I was a slave. II used 70 be impossible to start
column without a cigaret.
II amuses me 10 remember now the excuses I
used 70 make for myself back n the days before
got rid Of the tobacco habit Somewhere or other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
| COVER THE WORLD
BIZ. William Philip SiD1ms

WASHINGTON 2he whole Pacific and Far Eastern bal
already lettering threatened with complete upset
Washington developments at the London naval
conference;
believed the of casting camoufage aside
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
HONOR REBEKAH LODGE
TO SPONSOR BENEFIT
Odd Fellow Farm Will Receive
Proceeds of Program.

The ways and means committee
of Honor Rebekah lodge, No. 418,
will sponsor a benefit entertainment
for the Greensburg I. o. o. F. home
Farmland at $3.50 Friday at the
Rebekah hall, Howard street and
Blaine avenue, it was announced to-
day. The entertainment will be
preceded by the regular business
meeting and election of officers.
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selling the DOnoS.
Behind this was partly the de-
sire to show good will to the
bankers. partly the plan to get the
bonds scattered among a wide
group of people. Hitherto, the
banks themselves have bought in
government bonds until their
vaults are overflowing with them.
This time Morgenthau wanted
the bonds sold on somewhat the
same plan as the Liberty loans.
For this type of selling-through
salesmen-a commission of Sc was
not unreasonable.
But the bankers did not diffuSe
their selling. Instead of sending
out statesmen, they bartered the
bonds off by telephone and tele-
graph TO a relatively small group.
Young Henry got his money,
but his first try at bankers CO.
operation was a flzzle.
A FLORIDA farmer wrote Hair
N breadth Harry Hopkins the
other day that his federal relief
workers were killing FERA cat
tie on his premises. The farmer
protested against his property be-
ing so used.
Some one in Hopkins Office
wrote a replv asking for specific
facts.
A week or so later there arrived
at FERA offices a crate. In 1t was
a dead steer. 1t had been dead
some time. 1t was delivered, how
ever. to the correspondence dlvl-
sion of the FERA.
On it was a card from the Flor
ida farmer which read:
Here is the evidence"
NTHILE President Roosevelt
w was touring the Tennessee
valley inspecting the vast con-
struction projects of the IVA,
closed door discussions were IN
progress in liberal quarters in the
capital over the desirability OF
seeking a new power investigation
at the coming session of congress.
The progreSSives are in posses
sion of information which they
believe indicates that private
power interests have launched a
secret drive to obstruct and delay
IVA plans.
One of the strong suspicious Of
the liberals is that the recently
raised cutlery of southern coal
operators that the hydro-electric
development program of the IVA
will mean destruction of their
business is a camouflaged attack
by power corporations.
Whether a probe will be de-
manded. ard what form it will
take. is still undecided.
Some of the liberals were Of the
view that if an investigation Is
sought it should be a senate in
ouiry. Others favored having the
federal trade commission do the
job.
GAN FRANCISCO'S popular
- Frank Belgrano, new national
commander of the American Le-
gion. is on the spot in a royal
way.
Elected at the Miami conven-
ton that went on record in favor
of immediate payment Of the
bonus, Belgrano has no choice
but to go down the line for that
policy.
D.. --o.... l-.... -. lsr,n ir 60
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a a ypca
bet, ms zhti into far-eachinE effects
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-21
What's Happened to Youth?

DUT that entire student body of institution
- calling itself a university should submit TO
censorship Of their student paper the ground
that story offended the vanity of politician who
is not even an alumnus of the school is something
which calls for interpretation
AS rule, at all universities there are student
correspondents who are alert to fire in queries, fol-
lowed by long pieces to the newspapers around the
country when a news story breaks within their pur-
view. If there are any student correspondents at
Louisiana State they have not been live reporters
in this and the student body, a whole for all
that has been reported to the contrary, has taken
the censorship and suppression lying down.
There is a corps of very good newspaper reporters
in the state capital but possibly they have been too
busy covering Huey, himself and the extension of
his autocratic powers by the latest special session
of the legislature to pay much attention to the stu
dents and their affairs.
The two-year moratorium which Huey passed last
week is more daring than it would appear to be from
a reading of its title The benefits of the moratorium
extended only to the dctator'S people be-
cause each case is to be considered separately by
his commission which will have the power to
grant the moratorium or refuse it. The Kingfish,
like James A. Farley believes in taking of his
and nobody else, so the operation of the mora
forum probably will compel his enemies to pay their
debts as usual or assume the normal consequences.
Name Calling a DrGU
UOUR correspondent made an effort to discuss
Kngfsh. but has little to report The leader of the
American youth party answered the phone readily,
but only greeted your correspondent with opprobr1ous
names which were returned with enthusiasm. Your
correspondent claims a draw in the nane-callng,
but calling names over the phone is only a mild
pleasure and not worth the expense of an extended
call from New York to Baton Rouge.
1t is hard to understand not only the submits
siveness of youth represented by the students of
Louisiana State, but also the apparent docility Of
the president of the university, who has made no
noticeable protest yet against the dctators frank
claim that the university is his because he built the
swimming pool and stadium and many other build
ngs which make Louisiana State, in the material
sense, the best in the south.
1t is strange, also, to find Captain Biff Jones' an
army officer of professional distinction
ciated with football organization which is becom-
ing more and more dsreputabe with each Of Hueys
politico-sporting week-ends with the team.
1t is impossible to guess the answers.
Louisiana always has been funny, but it did seem
that if there we're any pride, honor self-respect
anywhere in the state it would be found among the
youth Who attend the state university.
Copyright. 1884. by United Feature Syndicate Incl
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We're GmLtH Of Arson

CTIMULATES the mind? Don't be
- silly. It's wrecked your vaso-