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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09
Diefz on Science

MILLIONS of giant and super-giart stars, some
1V1 of them 10000 times brighter than sun.
exist in the Large Magellanc Cloud the Milky Ways
nearest nelghbor IN space These stars were de-
scribed by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Har
ward observatory in the of address in Bos
ton upon The Anatomy Of a DisOrdered Universe"
The occasion was the presentation Of DR.. Shap-
ley Of the Rumford medal for distinguished re-
search" by the American Academy Of Arts and
Sciences at joint meeting Of that organization and
the American Association for the Advancement OF
Science.
The title sounded as though DR.. Shapley had in
tended to discuss world conditions But an astrono
ner never confuses the earth with the universe.
From his viewpoint the earth is just PLATFORM and
a rather Wobby and unsatisfactory at that,
which to rest telescope.
DR.. Shapley devoted most Of his time to discussing
the Large Magelanc Cloud because is the nearest
of the external gaaxies and thus in way is the key
with which to unlock some Of the mysteries in the
cosmic spaces outside our own Milky Way system"
The two Magelanic Clouds got their from
the fact that they were first observed by the
plorer Magellan his famous trip around the
world They visible only in southern ATTITUDES
and look like luminous patches Of light which had
broken loose from the nearby Milky Way. Modern
telescopes reveal that, like the Milky Way, they
composed Of stars
WITHIN recent years, largely due to the work Of
w DR.. Shapey it has been recognized that the
Magellanic Clouds not parts Of own Milky
Way galaxy but are themselves separate galaxies.
The Large Magellanic Cloud. DR.. Shapley said, is
our galaXyS nearest nelghbOr in space.
Our own galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud,
the Small Magellanic Cloud and the two nearest
spiral nebuae form system, a super-galaxy. DR..
Shapley said. While space in general is believed TO
be expanding, it is not expanding within the region
Of this supergalaxy and from the viewpoint Of the
universe at large this super-galaxy behaves as
unit he said
Recent studies made at the southern stations Of
the Lick and Harvard observatories indicate that
the Large Magellanic Cloud is 10000 light years
away light year is six trillion miles These studies
also show that the cloud is about twice large as
previously imagined having a diameter Of about
10000 light years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09

Eight Years Make a Difference NoOice Filler Discovers

ested in what the weather reports
would say.
Between Cincinnati and Wash
ington there are thirteen weather
stations and three radio stations.
with whom the pilots are con-
Stantly in touch; since no plane
is allowed to fly over the noun
tains unless flying conditions war
rant it. At Charleston, however.
all was well.
We really saw our pilots there
for the first time, since neither of
them ever leave the control room
while the plane is in the air.
We said We had a connection to
make in Washington; the hostess
said she didn't think We could do
it; but the pilot said yes, of course
we'll make it.
We really saw mountains now,
big ones, covered with snow. We
climbed fast and high: our pre-
viouS altitude of 5000 feet was
passed soon, and our speed went
down to a mere ninety miles
an hour as we reached first seven,
then eight and finally 5000 feet
above sea level.
At first thought it looked rather
terrifying, but l remembered that
the higher the safer, as far as
flying is concerned. 1t was rather
aweinspiring to float over mile
after mile Of mountains, no signs
of life below, and to know that the
two men up front were seated at
the controls constantly alert,
watching the gauges and listening
through their ear phones.
WE flew over the famous Blue
w Ridge. Perhaps it was only
our imagination, but it really did
seem blue. After half an hour or
so, we came down a bit to 1000
feet, and the speed went up; we
tore on to Washington at be-
tween 100 and $50 miles an hour
I suddenly realized that outdoors,
at that elevation, the cold must
be intense. Inside we were warm
and comfortable, each of us with
our own radiator, which we had
adjusted to suit ourselves. I
looked at my watch.
Our connection was safe, be-
cause there, far below and far
ahead, rose the Washington
monument.
We were in Washington, less
than five hours from the time we
had left indianapolis!
1t didn't seem possible. We
alighted not dirty and tired, nor
deaf and sick as I had been seven
years ago in England, but rested
and fresh.
1t was an amazing exper ace
for me, though it is a very ual
one to thousands Of Ameri ms
now. I'm hoping that it will Je-
come more and more usual to
me, too.
You see, I've forgotten all about
the English channel now.
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be safe but the airline takes no
chances. Again the plane was in
spected carefully. We picked up
another passenger.
Our pilot and co-pilot left us
there, and new pilot and CO.
pilot came aboard to take us to
Washington.
I felt quite blase now about the
take-off There was none of my
fright of the hour before. AS we
climbed slowly up to five thousand
feet altitude necessary to clear
the first Oh the mountains, our
hostess appeared with lunch, a
tray for each person.
There were sandwiches, pickles,
coffee, fruit, cookies and candy,
and every one seemed to be
hungry.
We were climbing rapidly now
to get out of what layman might
call "a bumpy stretch of air." and
it was rather like playing a game
to see whether the sandwich hit
your mouth or your nose. In a
few minutes, however, the bump
ing stopped and we finished our
lunch in comfort, smoked our
cigarets and then began to look
for Charleston. We were flying
over hilly, lonely country, but I
knew that the real mountains
didn't start until we passed
Charleston, and we were all inter-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09
Professor Warren and Kid Kemmerer

THE tory press and the other tory spokesman
- have played both ends against the middle
Whenever a man with former university affiliations
has suggested any sort of legislation which seemed
to threaten any part of the profits of any private
enterprise there has been an immediate cry that
here was an impractical professor meddng into
matters which he could not possibly understand
And then TO demolish him utterly, some one has
been found to write piece blasting to the sky the
validity of his theories And in almost every case the
job of pointing out the folly of the brain trust
has been turned over to some other professor
1 am not suggesting any special sort of sanctity
for the views and opinions of collegiate economists
1 merely am asserting that professors should be
judged on their merits just the public is ready
to do in the of columniSts, railroad magnates
nose and throat doctors and mining engineers.
I doubt gravely that all wisdom resides in the
House of Morgan and within the confines of Wall
Street. 1 think that a quite possibly might
make a million dollarS-two million, if you like
in a lucky er the long the short side of steel
and still come out of his experience rather less than
another John Stuart Mill
Copyright, 1884. by The Tines
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This in-the-bed interview was
rather appropriate because the big
comedy scene of THE Pursuit of
Happiness" is the "bundling"
scene and a bed in needed.
Between puffs of smoke, he at
his cigaret and me doing very well
with a cigar, we discussed about
everything from nudism to how
long the Mae West vogue will last.
He thinks the Mae West vogue
will last "a year."
Here Many Times
'I asked him if he thought the
movies had ruined the legitimate
stage and he said, I'VE all know
the answer to that
Mr.. Harlan has been in Indian
apolis several times. The last,
prior to this visit, he was in
vaudeville.
At the age Of 7, Mr.. Harlan
played with Julia Arthur in More
Than Queen" He next was identi-
fed with the Castle Square stock
company and others for four
years.
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BY HELEN RANNEY
Times special Writer

Times special Writer
"CHALL We fly east for New
~ Years? 1t will save us time,
as long as we're going, ana Ameri-
can Anyways has a new line from
Chicago to Washington"
The question didn't stir me to
any terrific enthusiasm. I re-
member all too clearly my one
adventure in the air-a trip across
the English channel in 1926. I've
never cared to repeat it.
But this time finally I was per-
suaded. I had seen the new
planes, solid, safe-looking affairs
Of metal. far different from the
ramshackle, inflammable thing I
had risked my neck in over the
channel.
And, too, I had heard a great
deal about the precautions that
are taken now of the radio SyS-
tens through which the pilots are
constantly in touch with the
ground, and know exactly what
kind of flying conditions are
ahead Of them.
So, on the Friday before New
Years we waited at Indianapolis
Municipal airport for our plane. I
felt a bit unhappy about it all,
but I'd said I'd go, and go I
would.
When the plane landed-a huge
Ford tri-mOCor-I was a bit i'm
pressed by the careful overhauling
it was given before we were allowed
to take our seats. We got in. In
stead Of the uncomfortable wicker
chairs that I remembered, there
were adjustable leather seats.
WE were told to fasten our
W safety belts for the take
off. That, too, was new to me
my old channel plane had no
such device. Out to the end of
the landing field we rolled, each
of the three 425-horse power
Pratt and Whitney motors getting
careful warming up. Then we
started.
I clutched the arm of my chair
as if I were preparing for my
dentists drill, but before I had a
chance to be really scared, we
were headed east, and Indianap-
oils lay before us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09
In City Theaters

indianapolis theaters today Of
fer The Pursuit Of Happiness, "
at English's; "Fads and Fancies, -
on the stage and Lady Killer" on
the screen at the Lyric; Dinner
at Eight" at the Palace; The
World Changes" at the Indiana;
THE Private Life of Henry VIII, 4"
at the Circle; Counselor at Law"
at the Apollo; LAUNDERING Herd, p"
at the Ambassador, and burlesque
at the Mutual and Colonial.
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rule. Even President Harding permitted in his
presence some few counselors who could both read
and write.
To be sure, "the brain trust" is not used quite
as complaint against intelligence It has more or
less narrowed down to constitute fling against
such persons in authority ever taught in college
When Woodrow Wilson first doomed into national
prominence there was much pseudo-merry talk about
the professor in politics" I had hoped that his
career had laid forever those never very funny
wheezes. You may be for Wilson or bitterly against
him. but never have heard it said by any one that
he ranked among the lesser men who have occupied
the White House.
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lunch room. The deficit was
supposed to be due. in some
part. to the habit of some of
the statesmen of lunching on
the cuff, but there never was
any disclosures as to that. The
boys seemed somewhat self
conscious about the deficit
which meant, in effect, that the
citizens were paying a bill of
about $1,000 a week to feed them
and pick up the bum tabs
signed by the nonpaying mem
bers Of the most exclusive gen.
tlemen'S club in the world.
The figures were hidden snug
ly away in a fat. confusing VOL
Ume of accounts which was not
made easily available to mau-
thOriZed DerSOnS. and OLD Sena-
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take copy. The statement read:
IF you want to know How does
l. it happen that I am here at
the White House, then all I know
is what I hear. and somebody told
me that Baruch and Morgan and
his partners and Woodin and Eu-
gene Meyer and Raskob have gone
from this house and wouldn't be
back soon. If that's so, then
maybe there is room for them to
take in a boarder like me-"
ERIENDS of the administration
Il reported that Long has
been trying to see the President
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lock at the speedometer in front
Of you it seems incredible that
you are going through space at
more than 100 miles an hour.
I soon tired of looking at land
scapes, and settled down to my
book. But I still found myself
dreading our landing at Cincin-
natl, perhaps because my landing
in England in 1926 had been so
1rightening-really, the worst part
of the channel trip.
So when the mo smoking sign
went up again, and we were told
to fasten our safety belts, I was
really scared. Having been warned
by my booklet that all planes
bank slightly when coming down,
I expected much more of a tilt
than the pilot gave us.
XXTE just seemed to be sinking
w and I waited breathlessly
for the pilot to begin that frantic
clrcling around and around, lower
and lower, that had attended our
arrival at Croydon.
The circling never came. I
looked out Of the window just in
time to see the huge rubber tires
settling on the ground. I was
amazed. There was no Earring,
no humping. Except for the fact
that the ground was frozen and
rough, couldn't have told that
we were down on Mother Earth,
instead Of in the air.
AL out at Cincinnati"
1t isn't safe for passengers to
remain in the plane while it is
being refueled, or at least it may
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naughty opus, Alma Where Do
You Live?" and he was under the
Brady banner as David in Way
Down East"
Played in 'Betsy's Burglar
He was with Gertrude Hoff-
man in vaudeville when she was
at the height of her career and
also with Evan Burrows Fontaine
in variety.
Mr.. Harlan started his screen
career in the silent movies in
"Betsy's Burglar" with Constance
Talmadge, for the Triangle COM
pany.
He was with Bessie Love in
FINDERS Keepers" and with Dor
othy Dalton in 1.-THE Flame of
the Yukon" He made a series
of pictures for Universal and
played with Mary Pickford in
THE Hoodlum" for Goldwyn
Pictures.
Many people saw him with the
late Lon CLANCY in The Pen
atty" for Preferred Pictures. He
will be remembered for his work
in white Man." THE Virginian"
and THE Broken Wing"
After other pictures, he again
played with Constance Talmadge
in Lessons in Love"
Because of his vast experience,
he has many friends. Just before
he joined the Oberfelder COM
pany of Pursuit Of Happiness"
he had an offer to play in the
company in which Mary Pickford
is now appearing in Chicago.
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ever since he returned to Wash

ever since he returned to Wash
ington"
Long used only twelve minutes
of his allotted time.
Asked what he had taken up
with the President, he was non
committal and pointed to the pre-
pared statement.
Well he was asked, ARE you
going TO find room and board
here The fiery "Kingfsh instead
of replying merely glulnly looked
ahead. He did not even grin for
battery Of photographers.
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brain trust
And having said as much the
critic feels that he has scored a
telling point and that he need
not go on to elaborate his argu-
ment.
But let us pause a moment.
Just why should it be con-
sidered reproach to appoint
intelligent men to advisory and
administrative posts i'll Wash
ington? 1 am aware of the fact
that there have been Presidents
who undertook to allow no man
in the cabinet if it could be
proved that he knew any words
of more than four letters or had
progressed beyond the sixth
grade in grammar school. But
> /,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09
TIBET Halls NEW BORN
BABY AS FUTURE RULER
Lhasa Infant Is Claimed Reincar-
nation of Dalai Lama.
By United Press

By United Press
SHANGHAI, Jan. 9.-Tibet's
teening millions today hailed
newly-born infant as the physical
embodiment and reincarnation of
the powerful Dalai Lama, religious
and temporal ruler, who died in his
Lhasa retreat recently.
Devotees of the Dalai Lamas sect
claimed that God had confirmed
the reincarnation and had directed
the infant TO Lhasa, where the new
born child was found on the out
skirts Of the city.
Under their belief, the child, as
soon as he is able, would assume
temporal dictatorship of the Lamas
followers.
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II Seems TO Ne
By
Haywood Broun

THE phrase which has been used constantly to
L plague the administration Of President Roose-
welt originally was devised by bright young news
paper man who is an ARGENT supporter of the new
deal 1 think it was James Kieran of the New York
times who originally spoke of the brains trust"
Later it was found to be simpler to use the sin
gular form, and when anybody wants to indi-
cate great scorn or contempt for governmental
policy he merely curls his lip and says "Oh, that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09
Just Hanging On

Z ME city did not have any inking of the deal
l. at that time. Mr.. Hoover still in the White
House and ne never had been a very good hand at
going to the people to tell them how things
In his press conferences he always used to humble
and look down the of buttons his double
breasted blue serge coat and toward the end of his
time President he more mysterious than ever
and if you to think So little bit hurt at the
people for blaming everything on him.
The people had been greedy and careless and friv
olous themselves and their present condition to
some extent just come-Uppance for their sins.
Still it wouldn't do any good to tell them and
the only thing to do try to hold the country
together with courtplaster and string until Mr..
Roosevelt took
There was strange frightened sensation in town
the night before the Inauguration because up that
time nobody ever had had the originality to propose
that you could come out of debt by spending more
money. This didn't to make very good sense
because the primitive understanding of the citizens
could not go beyond the old fireside formula that
the more you spent the less you would have.
For that matter, there seems to be no understand
ing of the new scheme now but just happy resig-
nation. Washington never was struck very hard by
the panic but since Mr. Roosevelt took over almost
everybody in town has some sort Of job and the
population is spending well and the hotels and
restaurants crowded and prices up. 1t may
be that day there will have to be another panic
than the other to pay for the spending and
the prosperity of the capital at the moment but a
who feels better after a serious illness isn't
likely to paw himself for new pains and tell
himself that he is going to have a terrible relapse
tomorrow.
1t is very tactless to dwell on economy in govern
ment in Washington at this time Strict economy
would mean that ones best friends would be I'M
jobbed. AS it is everybody is pay roll an
other, happy days are here again Tomorrow is an
other day and nobody cares how much the senators
eat on the cuff.
Copyright 1894 by United
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Kingfish Strikes Snag
Nobody Knows What the President Told the
Senator from Louisiana; Huey Silent
BIZ United Press


WASHINGTON 8-Smokng swinging
w walking Louisiana
stroed nonchalany into the White House today for fifteen minute
President
visits say
newpapmen pocket
produced
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Fair Enough
By
Westbrook PeqIer

IT is hard to remember, amid the sounds and
eXcitements Of the new deal in Washington these
days that less than one year ago there a great
cry for economy in the government and bitter COM
plant about the profuson of Jobs. One of the
offensive examples of the waste of the taxpayers
money at that time deficit Of about 1000
year on the senate restaurant. which is low-grade
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09
Mae West Vogue Will
Last Year, Says Harlan
Movie Star Is Driven to Bed by Ran Started His Stage
Career at Age of 7.
BY WALTER %. HICKMAN
Times Dramatic Critic

Kenneth Harlan movie star sharing headline
with Shannon The Pursuit Happiness" Engss
driven to bed yesterday afternoon the weather.
in bed that found Mr. Harlan called Lincoln
him. He said bed nothing
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Those Expensive Thirsts

1T did seem a little raw at that, for the members
of the most exclusive gentlemen's club in the
world to ask the citizens to pay for any part of their
eating and there some derisive complaint, too,
about the fastidious and expensive thirst which had
been developed by a lot of old-time pump-water
drinkers from out in the country.
The statesmen had established a custom long
time back Of drinking bottled mineral water at The
taxpayers expense and every now and again in this
volume of accounts there would in item of
So-and-so many crates Of mineral water, also how
much crate.
They also were treating themselves to shaves and
haircutS and having themselves squirted over with
lilac water at the cost OF the citizens and although
the total cost of all these little frivoites did not
to much, still it looked bad for them to be do
ing this way in such time.
But the whole spirit and atmosphere of the capt.
tol different then. The talk then of
ing money and people used to walk down Pennsyl-
vania avenue where all the government build
ings going up and almost Shudder their clothes
off they counted the enormous cost of all this
luxurious construction
Even so, the building would be held up every
and again by strike of carpenters iron workers
who were getting S11 a day and climbed down off
the scafolds and quit every time the contractors
tried to reduce them to So.
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ator Porter H. Dale, who was a nice old senator.
threw up his hands afternoon and said he
wouldn't dare explain the details of the reStau-
rant account because the other senators would give
him hell.
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Joe Weber used him in the
naughty opus, Alma Where Do
You Live?" and he was under the
Brady banner as David in Way
Down East"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-08
PATRONAGE To
Be DISCUSSED
BY DEMOCRATS
MCNutt, Minton, Kern and
Others to Meet at
French Lick.

The patronage situation, always a
vexing problem that follows in the
wake Of a sweeping political victory,
will be discussed during the week
END at a conference at French Lick
between Governor Paul V. McNutt
and his advisers.
Among those who will attend the
powwow are Frank McHale, Virgil
Simmons and Bowman Elder, who
we're the Governors advisers during
the 1888 legislature; Paul Fry, state
excise director; Lieutenant-G Cover
nor NJ. Clifford Townsend; Mayor
Elect John w. Kern, Omer Jackson,
state Democratic chairman; Walter
Boetcher, Marion county Democratic
chairman, and William E. Clauer,
Marion county treasurer and former
county chairman.
Of course, Pleas Greenlee, the
Governors executive secretary, will
be there because a patronage meet
ing without Pleas would be no
decision affair.
Sherman Minton, United States
senator elect, also will attend, but
Senator Frederick Van Mugs will
not.
There are several important posts
in the state administration to be
filed, as well as the apportioning of
smaller jobs.
Lawrence Sullivan, Princeton,
newly elected state auditor, has been
chief deputy to State Auditor Floyd
Williamson, so the formers deputy
ship will be at issue. So will be the
post of chief hearing judge in the
automobile license department.
This Office will be vacated by
August Mueller, Indianapolis, new
secretary OF state. A third important
post is that of chief deputy clerk
of the supreme and appellate courts.
1t now is held by John Gould, Shell
byville, who may be reappointed. He
is not considered politically wrong
and has made a good record in man
aging the office.