davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
Today Science
by DAVID DIETZ-

THANKSGIVING has come and gone and Christ
l. mas draws near. Soon winter will arrive in
gust of wind and a furry Of snow.
Winter has its delightS-the tang OF sharp air
that brings color to the cheek, the hustle and ex-
pectancy of the Christmas long evenings to sit
before roaring fire and crack nuts and tell stories
and above ALL the sparkling briliance Of the stars
when the night is crisp and clear.
Now, as though in celebration OF approaching
Christmas the heavens unfold their winter pageant,
the drama of Orion the mighty hunter. who. with
his hunting dogs purSues Taurus, the celestial DULL
across the southeastern sky.
Taurus cane into view as tbs summer taoeo ana
autumn arrived
The constellation is easily recognized by its
bright star Aldebaran, red in color. 1t forms the
ricn eve of the bull Aldebaran is the end star OF
letter "yp formed by five bright stars These five
form the famous star cluster known as the Hyades.
To the right of the HyadeS and higher in the
sky is a compact group Of six fainter stars THESE
constitute the yet more famous star cluster known
as the Pleiades.
ORION made his appearance about Halloween
~ Look for him a little south of east. For most
persons it is simpler to find Orion first and then use
him TO locate Taurus diagonal row OF three bright
stars marks the belt of the hunter. Three stars
hanging in a row from the belt mark his sword.
Above the belt Betegeuse. bright red star. marks
the shoulder of Orion. Below the belt is Rigel,
white star. marking the foot Of the giant
The famous Great Nebula in Orion is marked by
Theta the middle star of the three forming the
sword.
1t is difficult for the mind of man to compre-
bend the size of this nebuls. From one edge of it
TO the other is five and half lght-years. From
the earth TO the nearest star is about four and
third nght-years. A light-year most readers Of
these articles know, is six trillion miles.
DEHIND o ion come his hunting dogs These are
ID the latest arrivals in the night sky. having APP
peared at about Thanksgiving time. You must look
low on the eastern horizon for them.
CAMS Major, the Greater Dog is closer to Orion,
lust east of him. The constellation is best recognized
from its brightest star Sirius. the brightest
the heavens.
Northeast of Orion and north of CAMS Major is
the Lesser Dog, CAMS Minor. 1t also can be recog
nzed by its brightest star, Procyon. Sirius shines
with a brilliant white light. The light of Procyon is
more golden.
Sirius because it is the brightest star in the
heavens has always attracted the attention of man
kind.
Chronicles Of the rising and setting of Sirius are
20 be found in both the ancient Chaldean and Egyp-
tan records
In midsummer, Sirius is in the eastern sky not
in the night but in the daytime. Just before the ar
rival of midsummer Sirius comes over the eastern
horizon just little in advance of the sun
The ancient Romans called the days of mid-sun-
mer the dog days because of an idea that it was
Sirius which by adding its ray to those Of the sun in
midsummer, made the days so hot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
When Friends Parted
MATIVES and fri

ID ELATIVES and friends we're torn apart by the
IN early rigors of repeal. I'll meet you at the
bar of the Umptyump Hotel" said my Aunt Caro-
line the telephone. went to the palatial hos
tery and found no bar at all. There was, of course,
cocktail lounge ten twelve grills many dining
rooms and something called Ye Tavern. The cock
TIL lounge mile long and cleverly arranged
as a labryinth. could not find my Aunt Caroline.
never have seen her since.
We believe she still is alive, for every week or so
kilograms come signed Aunt Caroline" and asking
that funds be sent to the Umptyump Hotel to bail
her out. The place seems to pail on her.
The amounts requested would run into a conld-
able sum of money but far have sent none.
II could be impostor using Aunt Carone's name.
Our disposition is to let the whole thing drop and
mark her down the first victim of repeal.
There must be pioneers in any cause and to brave
scouts (both men and women hasten to add who
first venured into the wilderness of legal drinking
and succeeded in cvilizng it never Will be forgotten.
They have made it possible for every free soul to be
once more both vertical and conviviai. Gone are
the silly little tables of the reconstruction period
In the beginning it gravey feared drinking
would be ruined by coole cocktails. There were hor-
nd signs around announcing that during all the
months containing an RI you could get two Mar
TINS for quarter. Mass production seemed in a
fair way to strangle art.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
They Did Their Best

ME- background and attitude of the young
Il prince and the matrimonial affairs of himself
and his two brothers also figure in the hostility
There again, no law has been violated for the
Md1vani boys were entirely justified in doing the best
they could for themselves. But reasonably or not
popular opinion in this country ever since Corslleo
vanderbilt married the Duke of Marlborough and
Anna Gould married Count Boni has been some
what less than cordial to foreigners calling them
selves noblemen who marry American girls who are
in the money.
1t is none of the publics business whom an Amer
duke or count, but Mrs. Mdvani was asking why
to explain it in a nice way
What Mrs. Mdlvani ought to do, if this hostility
oothers her, is hire the press agent who took
charge OF Samuel insult when he was dragged back
from Greece to stand trial in Chicago and told him.
from now on, you are just a sweet old man with
heart OF gold and beautiful sympathy for the poor"
Mr.. insult changed overnight and although he
never Will be able to brush the dust off his knees as
long as he lives at least he beat the rap showing
now hostility can be overcome by any one who cares
10 obey the orders of expert
Mr.. Insults expert would pipe down all mention
OF partles costing hardly anything; not more than
SoVOO and arrange nice Christmas tree in Madison
square Garden with Mrs Mdvani graciouslv hand
ing out simple presents to the ve-and-ten girls and
telling them they must really get better acquainted
IL IS amazing what easy, simple gestures will
allay hostility
Marie Antonette made only one mistake She
should have said, Let them eat hokum."
Copyright. 1884, by United Syndicate Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
The People Take a Stab

Out Mrs. Mdinni was asking why people are SO
- hostile. One factor in the hostility is the fact
That her fortune is associated in the public mind
with the -and-ten-cent store business. Probably
the hve-and-tens not the principal source of her
income but they were the basis of the fortune
whenever she buys the prince dozen head of ex-
pens1ve stock on which to ride horseback and bat a
pail hlther and yon, the people will take stab at
calculating now long how many sales girls or factory
hands had to work to provide the money in units of
one-tenth of a cent.
Conditions in the f1ve-and-tens may be improved
nowadays no particular thanks to Mrs Mdivani but
PACK IN the days when the fortune was being amassed
the f1ve-andten girls the most dismal pathetic
oVerWorked girls in the country. Then too in the
nVe-and-ten business prices shaded so fine that
the people who work in the factories which produce
hve-and-ten goods have to hustle like hell to earn
the bareSt sort Of living.
SO, naturally, when people read of birthday
party in Paris which is modestly reported to have
cost hardly anything they can't help thinking of the
girls in the tve-and-ens and the factory hands and
wondering how long one of these people would have
10 work for enough money to pop just one bottle of
the champagne which was drunk at the party
The party cost hardly anything" said Mrs
MolVan i should say not than $4,000"
Well can you imagine anything more futile than
TO try to explain the hostility which Mrs Mdvan
complains of, in terms which will be understood bv
young woman who comes back to homeland full of
poor and desperate people and speaks of $5O0O spent
on party as hardly anything"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

Bible. Josephus, Plato, Daniel
Webster, Government commits
sions, President Roosevelt, Her.
bert Hoover, Lincoln, Theodore
Roosevelt-and Huey P. Long.
On the cover is a snatch from
Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted Viii
lage." Milton has the final word
in a passage from his mask
"Comus," which commends distri-
button of natures blessings lin
unsuperf1uous even proportion"
Huey addresses his campaign to
the plain folk. In the manual he
says:
80 it is first necessary that the
members of society should not
look at our So-called leaders to
do all the work or to make the
arguments and debate the facts.
There are just as good and use
full men and women for this work
at the pillow handles, in the fac
tories and on the crossties. who
can organize, secure members and
explain our problems in meetings,
as there are in law Offices and
counting houses"
THREE or four copies of the
Il Senator's autobi o graphy,
Every Man q King" which he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

EXPERTS in child behavior are beginning to con-
H Germ themselves because of the fact that mod
ern conditions OF civilization have produced child
who exceedingly difficult to handle from the point
of view of its social conduct.
However, ever since the time of Cain and Abel
cnnoren nave hao trouble getting along with one
announcer and there seems no reason to believe that
motion pictures, motor cars and other innovations
IN our environment are primarily responsible for de-
Velopnaent Of what are called unstable or difficult
children.
1t seems possible that the shattered nerves of
parents, who have found difficulties in getting
through the postwar and depression times may be
reflected to considerable extent in the children.
A UTHORITIES recognize the broken home as
L n one of the most potent factors in causing
juvenile delinquency. Of 200 consecutive cases of
child delinquency that appeared in children,s
court in England, 101 were found to come from
homes in which the parents were unable to get
along together.
In every one Of these cases, there were stories
OF family quarres, pickering, overstrained nerves of
mothers, and ill-tempered fathers.
AS an indication of the fact that the DELINQUENCY
did not represent any distortion of the childs in
teigence or character. the vast majority of these
children when placed in institutions where they
had healthful surroundings and proper living con-
dtionS developed quite properly far as concerns
their mental and physical growth
HOWEVER, in some cases the damage done in
l. childhood in a very bad environment may be so
great tnat even years OF INSTITUTIONAL care VIII not
bring about a satisfactory result.
No institution however perfectly run. can supply
the intimate and loving contact and the maternal
caresses which every child Graves.
The difficult child is whose behavior tends
to make him nuisance 10 his elders. He is tmid
OF sensitive and lacks sociability.
He suffers usually with nail biting, thumb suck
ing stammering and habit spasms He finds diff
Guilty in getting along in school and he is also likely
10 wander away, lie, steal or betray extraordinary
cruelty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

a greater share in the nations
material wealth, runs a close
fourth.
The clubs extend into every
state, according to Mr.. Christen-
berry. There is no national or
ganization. There are no dues.
There are no charters or char
ter fees.
He gave away a million men,
bership buttons at the beginning
says his secretary. This had to
stop. 1t became too expensive.
Anybody who wants a button for
his lapel now must pay for it.
II
TN the Senator's Office in Wash
Il ington, Mr.. Christenberry has
a complete roster of these clubs.
It constitutes an excellent mail
ing list for Huey's speeches and
pamphlets on his idea of sharing
the wealth by taking from the
rich in heavy taxes and passing it
to the poor through Government
benefits of one sort and another
an idea, by the way that far
more conservative persons than
the Louisiana Senator now nur-
:ure.
Huey has prepared manual
for the Share the Wealth" clubs
which tells them how to organize
and includes quotations from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
SOVIET TAKES STEPS
TO BALk TERROR|STS
Orders Speedy Trials and
Death for Rebels.
By United Press

By OnIteG Press
MOSCOW, Dec. 5.-A grimly por-
tentous series of DEGREES, authorized
by the all-Russian Parliament by
emergency order, was put into effect
today to avenge the assassination of
Sergei Kirov.
Thousands of workers filed past
his bier in the Hall of Columns. AS
they did, agents of the secret polit-
ical police sought terrorist suspects
to add to the scores already under
arrest. At Leningrad, surgeons
worked to insure the recovery of
Leonid Micoliev, Kirov's assassin, so
that he could be questioned by po-
lice, given a summary trial, and
shot.
Today'S DEGREES make it possible to
try terrorist suspects in secret, with
out prosecuting attorney or counsel
for the defense. Copy OF an indict-
ment is to be handed a defendant
"a hours before the court tries him.
Sentences of capital punishment will
be carried out at once.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

tunes of over 100000 900, the
Government taking all above that
figure. This means a limit on the
size of any one mans fortune to
something like S50,000,000. The
rest would go to the Government.
2. An inheritance tax which
does not allow any one person to
receive more than 100000 in q
lifetime without working for it,
all over that amount going to the
Government for the benefit of all.
3. An income tax which does
not allow any one to make more
than S1,00O,00O in one year, eX-
elusive of taxes, the rest to go to
the Government.
Huey got four or five votes when
he first presented this program to
the United States Senate. The
second time he got 20. 1t will be
his major legislative aim at the
coming critical session of Con-
greSS.
LIE has broken with President
Il l. Roosevelt, as he has broken
with so many political leaders of
the past. He is essentially, inher-
emily, the Kinghsh. He must be
the center of everything, as he
has demonstrated for so long in
Louisiana. He can not work with
any one who questions his actions.
He surrounds himself with docil-
ity.
So the Louisiana Senator is
likely to become thorn in the
side of the Roosevelt AdminiStra-
ton at the next session.
He encourages rumorS that he
may become a presidential candi-
date. There are two opinions
about this.
One school holds that he is not
of the stature ever to attract a
national following, that what goes
in Louisiana will not go so we'll
elsewhere, outside of perhaps a
few Southern states.
The other school points to the
general unrest in the country, to
the way Huey went into Arkansas
and, with the odds against Mrs.
Caraway, talked the state into
sending her to the Senate. His
success on the stump, among GER
tain classes of people, is conceded.
Huey, they say, might run in
dependently in 1886, as start,
and really become a serious can
didate in 1910 if he made any
Roadway in 1886.
Next-The Long Machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05


Western Pacific and Far East as
among Britain, America and
Japan.
Though this ratio gives Japan
a big advantage in that quarter
of the globe, due to geographical
considerations, it does not entire
ly remove Britain and America
from influence there.
Should the two powers yield to
Nippon, however, and permit her
to build a fleet equal to theirs,
naval critics agree it would
amount to complete abdication
on their part of any claims to an
interest in China and the Far
East generally.
Instead of being Oh somewhat
equal footing, Japan would be-
come supreme.
DRITISH policy for more than
ID a century has been to main
tain a balance of power in Eu-
rope. When one side or another
has become too strong, she even
has gone to war to pull down the
dominant side. In the long run,
she has lelt, this policy Paid.
When any one nation became
too powerful, almost inevitably it
overran its neighbors and endan-
gered her.
Britain's policy in the Far East
duplicates it foreign policy.
Britain fears that if Japan or
any other power became too
strong there, her own interests
would be imperiled. China stands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

to be swallowed, and India and
Australasia menaced.
Asia and the Western Pacific
contain almost half the popula-
ton of the globe. Some 900 mil
lion inhabitants are involved. 1t
is pointed out that to permit
Japan, who happens to be on
the spot, to be militarily i'm
pregnable means turning over
the whole future of these people,
AL dthis market, to the Japanese
to do with as they please.
THIS, British and Americans
4. are convinced, is not good
for the peoples concerned, nor for
the peace of the world.
No responsible British or
American statesmen believes ia
pan wants big feet for the pur-
pose of attacking Britain or the
United States in their waters.
She wishes merely to be able to
pursue her plans in Asia with
out the danger, or even the pos
sibility, of interference.
Nipon's offer of a 1873 or
2-2-2 equality" fleet is viewed
as strictly in line with the
japanese thesis. If only very
small navies, or none at all exist
ed anywhere in the world, Japan
would be the gamer. Being close
to the mainland, she could con-
quer all Asia with her powerful
army. Nothing could stop her
because there would be no ma
vieS.
Such, it is said, are some of the
reasons underlying Anglo meri-
can insistence upon maintaining
the existing balance in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
PROFESSOR TO SPEAK
Student Welfare Director to Talk
Over WEBM Tomorrow.

Professor George F. Leonard, di-
rector OF student welfare agencies
at Butler University, will be the
speaker on the regular weekly
broadcast of the university over
Radio Station WFBM at $50 to-
morrow. Professor Leonard will tell
of the sacrifice which many stu
dents make in order to earn their
college expenses.
Others on the program will be
Mildred Baumgart. vocalist, and
Irma Mae Steele. violinist, both stu
dents at the Arthur Jordan Con-
servatory of Music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

better. They proposed Govern
ment regulation of munitions
manufacture and export.
Now, the industry can claim
that since the purpose of the in
vestigation was to secure regula-
ton of war weapons, there is no
use proceeding further. Why
needleSSly kill American trade in
South America, the industry can
argue?
Undoubtedly, this argument will
be effective with some Senate
leaders.
But, meanwhile, public opinion
continues strong for the investi-
CATION. The committees total
mail ran into hundreds of thou
sands. Even today, more than two
months after the first commit
tee session, letters continue to
pour in at the rate of $50 to 200
daily.
MOTE to housewives:
IN If you think you have a
hard time getting the head of the
family to replace the household
china when it breaks up, consider
the sad lot of Mrs. Henrietta Mes
bit, housekeeper at the White
House.
When a White House plate gets
too Clipped To use, she has to put
it aside and send it, with an off,
cial report, to the Assistant Direc-
tor of Public Buildings.
He looks it over. decides whether
it should be permanently con-
demned." If his verdict is "aye"
he makes out official papers,
orders, ETC., etc.. by which the
plate is finally destroyed by be-
ing broken up.
If a plate actually is broken, the
pieces are sent and the same pro-
cedure obtains. The housekeeper
has to account for every bit OF
crockery, glass, and other house
hold furnishings in the executive
mansion.
CAPITOL HILL is buzzing with
~ the inside tip that the Presi-
dent has his mind set on a short
and snappy congressional session.
Roosevelt apparently wants
Congress to wind up by May l, at
the latest, and to that end is
quietly trimming his must" legis-
lative program to include only the
following:
Appropriation measures.
New MIRA bill. necessary
because the present act ex-
pires in 1885.
Unemployment insurance.
Public Works bill.
st. Lawrence waterway
Treaty.
Taxing. banking, holding cor
porations, pure food and drug,
and numerous other reform meas
ures would all be shelved if he has
his way.
That the President would like
to get Congress of his hands as
soon as possible goes without say
ing. All Presidents aspire to that.
But there is many slip 'twixt
cup and lip. Congress has way
of taking the bit in its teeth once
it gets we'll under way.
The makeup of the coming
body is sucn as to give rise to con-
siderable doubt regarding the
Presidents ability to harry the
members homeward by cherry
blossom time. A ajority in both
chambers. for instance, are hot for
bonus action.
The Presidents program ex-
cludes that entirely. But the
issue viii be raised and consume
much time. This Is a certainty.
Likewise such controversial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
Iimra stan Writer

- morning Hn.-A-'0
OF at that unusual
the secretary for Huey
time the had drafted plan and drawn lay
the printer.
of Share the Wealth"
into usty child and squalls
the the United
the tenement
with looking
henceoh attention,
hat down here.
Chrstenberry tina / the last count 100000
enrolled Share Wealth" clubs There 200
said Seven in Brooklyn Louisiana of
S dotted with them
of Hattie whom
helped Washington second Mississippi which
Bibo the third California
the strength Of those
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

non and DR.. Broun we're naive m
the belief that prohibition had come
TO stay forever. And each in his own
way settled back to enjoy it.
Came the hurricane. 1t ripped
away the shutters from brownstone
mansions and tore the curtains from
the windows For a little time 1t
seemed as if each thirsty customer
might be compelled to play the role
Of a wax behind some plate-glaSs
window. l feared thNt - time l
raised mug or glass to lips some
urchin with his nose pressed against
the pane would cry aloud, That's
the third drink for that fat man in
the last fifteen minutes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05
ID SAFETY MEETINGS
ARE ARRANGED HERE
Accident Prevention Bureau Makes
Amman n a mont IF pIonc

Accident Prevention Bureau Makes
Announcement of Plans.
Fourteen meetings to preach
safety in the home and to motor
lists today were announced by the
Accident Prevention Bureau of the
indianapolis Police Department,
sponsors of the campaign.
These meetings including enter
tainment and music will be giver. at
community houses, schools, hcSpit-
ais, Parent-Teacher Association
gatherings and various places of
amusement. Music will be provided
by the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration band.
The next meetings will be at
Friday at School so, at rs N. Bell
vieu pl, and at 7:30 Friday at School
80, at 2100 N. Illinois-st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

cool IN TIE summer 1t just dandy little way
Of arousng hostility that they selected recently when
they gave themselves birthday party in Paris and
flew the orchestra over from London
True enough, under the laws the money is hers
and it is her privilege to feed her dog on caviar if
she wants to while millions of other people have to
wonder what they going to use for bread and
clothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-05

questions as imitation, central
banks, old-age pensions, bank
payoff, and labor legislation are
certain to be extensively debated.
June IS is a much safer bet for
adjournment, Notwithstanding the
Presidents wishes and skill in
handling Congress.
Copyright 1884. by United Featur
Syndicate. Inc.)