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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

PROBABLY YOU know how to treat cold but if
L you're like most persons the cold will get good
grip on YOU regardless of what YOU do for it.
Persons have tried to harden themselves against
colds bv taking cold baths. but scientific studies do
not indicate that this method is anywhere nearly
certain prevention. VaCClneS injections, and
shots" have been used under wide variety of con-
ditonS. but the majority of physicians do not seem
to indorse them.
Ultraviolet rays and preparations containing the
vitamins have been widely advertised as especially
useful in preventing colds, but carefully controlled
studies do not indicate any unusual virtues in such
methods.
THE rules for protecting yourself against colds are
L fairly simple: Avoid contact with persons who
have them.
Look out for Sneezing and coughing when YOU
in street car, elevator, movie any similar
lncloSed place.
Avoid getting your feet wet; avoid sudden changes
in temperature: avoid chilling
Remember that most doctors are convinced that
colds caused by which seize the body when
its resistance is lowered Germs from noses and
Threats of other persons and We also have some
germs in our bodies at all times.
The ones have will let alone unless
resistance breaks down. Then they take hold.
THE germs from other persons come to us not
i only BY contact. by coughing and sneezlng and
kissing but also by less intimate ContactS-through
pencils. doorknobs, and. 1t has been said. even on
money. However money is not very serious hazard.
The most important step about cold Is to take
care Of It and not neglect it. In taking care of
cold don't try 10 knock It out with alcohol. While
alcohol does give a feeling of warmth on the skim
and may make YOU feel better without actually do
ing YOU any good II Is perhaps dong YOU some harm.
When you are IN bed after long cod exposure,
your doctor may allow YOU small dose OF alcohol to
give you the warm, comfortable feeling that comes
with such dosage
ever. ov a hot mustard foot bath. a drink Of hot
coffee a drink of hot lemonade
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4 DOubIe-Entry COiumHiSt

IN a previous column I believe / may have gone TO
the length Of advocating the shooting of Santa
Claus. If I take it back. II VIII not be necessary
All that is needed is for some one to give the old
fellow vigorous push. He is dead He has been
that for many years. People are just beginning
to realize it.
His obt ought to give the gentleman fun credit for
his espousa Of certain good causes during the days
which ne walked the earth. He perhaps the
most noted of all the liberals. Well. anyway. one of
the most noted I've always said Give me Walter
Lippmann for the BOYS and girls of u or more and
Santa Claus for the kiddIes.'
Both leaders of the liberal cause we're famous
for their open minds. Each a cOlumnist In
fact Mr. Claus was a dOube-entry columnist who put
every little girl and boy alive into the red black
on Christmas morning. Of course I have no desire
to sheer at the open mind Everybody should keep
his mind open for some little while even after the
skull knts. But not forever. The perpetually open
mind S not mind at all. but merely a draft.
We Will have to get along without Santa Claus.
In my opinion Will be better off but that is merely
an opinion. Gone, all gone are the reindeer Of the
giver and the ravens If the prophet. That pie
which lies up in the sky is never tossed into the
watchful face of any one. Man must learn to reach
high above his head and pluck down those things
which for him are necessary. Santa Claus is dead.
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The detectives interviewed"
Anna Schoeffler Hauptmann, the
suspects wife. How did her hus-
band get all this money? How
was he able to live without work
ing?
He has always been thrifty, He
made good wages. He saved a lot.
And he won money playing the
stock market" Mrs. Hauptmann
explained.
Investigation of his brokerage
accounts showed Hauptmann had
lost $1,000 in less than two years.
We'll, I'll tell you" said Haupt-
mann. Il got it from a friend of
mine named IsidOre FiSch-a man
who used to work with me in the
fur business. He owed me money,
about $500. So last winter he
took a trip to Germany. and when
he left, he asked me to take care
Of some of his belongings In the
lot was a shoe box. 1 didn't know
what was in it, but put it in the
bedroom closet Later I dis
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From sacks and wrappings tum-
bled thousands of yellow backed
gold certificates. Another hoard,
cunningly concealed in window
castings, added to the pile.
They counted $13,750, and every
bill of the lot bore number that
checked with the serials Of the
ransom Col. Lindbergh had paid
to regain the son who never came
back alive.
IN the leveling of the garage
1.-The officers came upon another
cache, even more painstakingly
hidden from ~prying eyes, The
hoarder had sunk five small bor-
ings into a plank and each of the
holes contained a roll of bills.
The plank had been fixed into
position with its smooth side out
ward, presenting an innocent ap-
pearance until it was tapped. The
detectives added S840 to their pile
of recovered money.
Joseph Perrone, taXicab driver
who had once carried a ransom
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been for you. And my twelve
children got out and worked their
legs off for you"
Democrat Moran went to the
files to look up the veterans past
record and found a letter ad-
dressed to Republican Nelson. 1t
concluded:
L voted for you. I've always
been for you. And my twelve
children got out and worked their
legs off for you"
Moran wrote back that he had
Nelson's files and was looking into
the case. Immediately the vet
eran wrote back:
Have you got all of Mr.. Nell
sons fles?"
Moran replied in the affirmative.
He has never heard from that vet
eran again.
Copyright. 1884. by United Featur,
Syndicate Inc
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old AddHGHt BrOun

ND so I am not moved BY the letter from
n P. l.. NJ, who writes "A recent column Of
yours filed me with disgust You stated, The child
of who still believes in Santa Claus I would set
down as definitely backward. Ny daughter is 8. in
the 3rd grade in a good and well-rated school,
cetves the highest marks in her class and the teacher
adds to her report, Shows initiative. She adds
much that is of interest in our discussions Yet on
Saturday after a visit to the stores she returned
home and because the Santa Claus she said to
phone him at Iceland 0 o, she tried to do
Is this the act of a dumb child. the act of one
having faith in herself and her wOrd?"
I hardly like to answer the query since Mr..
p l., NJ does not furnish all the necessary in
formation What I want to know is did she get him.
I may add that in my opinion the little lady showed
an excessive faith in the telephone company.
No. Mr.. NJ. your daughter isn't dumb. She has
initiative and will be bursting through the fraud al
most any minute. I would like to speak reaSsuring
words above your head to the child herself
Believe me- Virginia, there isn't any Santa Claus
Copyright. 1880
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note TO Jafsie at the beheSt of a
man who approached him in the
darkness of a Bronx street, was
hidden to headquarters. He walked
up to the prisoner, standing with
a group of detectives and, putting
his hand on Hauptmann's Shout
der, said, This is the man"
Jafsie, himself hailed from his
lecture room, was not so positive.
HE doesn't look exactly like the
man to whom I gave the $4,000, ."
he said. This man appears much
heavier"
II II II
~OL. LINDBERGH. disguised in
~ dark trimmed glasses and a
large cap, listened attentively to
the prisoners voice as he re-
sponded to the questions of the
authorities.
1T is the same voice I heard
calling, hey, doctor, over mere
doctor, " he said.
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OUSTED POLICEMAN
SUES CITY FOR JOB
William Gillespie Brands Trial Evil
dence Perjured.

William Gillespie Brands Trial Evil
dence Perjured,
William F. Gillespie, former Indi-
napolis patrolman, began yesterday
a legal battle to be returned to his
post in the police department. He
was discharged by the safety board
March 20 on charges of conduct un-
becoming an officer.
Superior Judge Joseph A. Will
liams heard oral arguments on Mr..
Gillespie's plea to be reinstated,
against which James E. Deery, city
attorney, contended that the Safety
Board ruling was final.
Attorney for Mr.. Gillespie
claimed that the testimony offered
at the trial was perjured and that
Mr.. Gillespie had not accepted $40
a month for six months in 1888 as
protection money" as was charged.
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BY SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE
United Press STAFF CORES pondent
LC-onnr-eht 1873 BY unltad Pro-

ON morning Sept
~ t. a gas pump a Manhattan filling
gold certificate Walter payment
for five gallons of gasoline
many Lyle remarked finger
the
guess you only
myself-about 0
Lyle mechanically accordance
Jimmy the figures "4U1341 the
Of the $40 certificate
certificate had been deposited in
three coOrdnated
Of license 4U134
They from the driveway of his
raied aSSlduouSy
before laying his shoulder the hand Of arrest
Hauptmann about the
visiting
a Of
on the morning Sept blue Of his
edged
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covered-I- guess it was three or
four weeks ago-that it contained
money. And knowing that he
owed me money, I helped myself
to it. I've spent two or three
hundred dollars of it"
XXTHILE Hauptmann was tell
w ing his story, the detectives
searching every square inch of his
Bronx fiat came upon panel on
which were penciled the address
and telephone number of Dr.. John
COndOn-JafSie.
Il don't know who wrote them
there or why" said Hauptmann.
Perhaps Fisch did it
And where" the officers asked.
might this Isidor Fisch be at the
present time?"
Unfortunately, Isidor Fisch died
in Germany of tuberculosis, in the
spring of 1884
TOMORROW-The Bad Boy of
KamenZ.
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.RAPER COMMANDERY
TO INSTALL SLATE
Granville A. RiChey Is New
Commander.

New officers of Raper Com
mandery. No. l, knights Templar,
elected Tuesday night at Masonic
Temple, will be installed in public
ceremonies Jan. at the temple,
They are Granville A. Richey,
commander, who succeeds Floyd L..
Kresge: Bert r. Cordle, generals
simo; Arno G. SEEKER, captain gen.
eral; Daniel G. Coates, senior war
Cen; John NJ. Rotz, junior warden;
The Rev. Lewis Brown, prelate;
Charles N. Fultz, treasurer Oscar
L. Pond. recorder; Gold E. Beall,
standard bearer: Guy L. Roberts,
sword bearer; Oren T. Owen, SEN
tinel; Lewis Bray, and the Rev.
Lewis Brown, directors.
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and character Of babies has been lost
sight of in the confusion. the idea
seeming to be just now that they are
intended only for jouncing and mug
ging and are uniformly sweet, where
as many of them are quite preco-
cious and soon begin to evince the
unpleasant character of their par
ents.
The virtue of parenthood has
been greatly exaggerated, too. and
an impression created in flimsy
minds that there is arbitrarily some
thing laudabe about propagation
even though the parents are per-
sons Of a type whose reproduction
can hardly be regarded as a boon 10
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Questions and Answers

speaks?"
Att was produced by the Colorado african Ex-
petition and released by the Columbia Pictures
Corp, New York City.
Q-should one say that cheese" or those
cheese"
A-Cheese is a collective noun singular. and
requires singular pronoun That cheese is correct
Q-Have Russia and the United States reached
an agreement concerning the Russian debt?
A-Negotations still are pending
Q-What is the Jewish population Of Palestine?
A-The 1881 estimate was $4,000.
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METHODIST CHURCH
TO HOLD YULE PARTY
Songs Stunts Gifts and Santa Claus
to Feature Program.

The annual Christmas party Of
the Central Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Twelfth-st and Cen
tral-av, will be held at the church
at tonight
Songs, stunts. and tn arrival of
Santa Claus with gifts for the chill
dren. will feature the party.
The party will be preceded by the
ocular church dinner at 6.
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PSYCHOLOGIST TO TALK

Former Student to Lecture at Tech
Before Science Club.
Members of the Social Science
Club at Technical High School will
hear Glen A. Black, field director in
archaeology for the Indiana Histori-
cal Society, on Let's Dig a Mound, "
Jan. 8.
Mr.. Black. former Tech student,
has been conducting excavations in
southern Indiana. Norval Jasper,
club president, will introduce the
speaker.
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a struggling human race or any great ad for that
which the irreligious in their hedging phrase de-
scribe as the great force. Even when 1 was study
ing my cateChism. early that, used to ponder
the sweeping proposition that people made in
the image and the likeness This seemed a pretty
boastful statement for to make as to myself
quite aside from other exceptions which might have
noted
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him to the curb. Seven men,
headed by Acting Capt James
Finn. leaped toward him with
autOmatics.
You're wanted at headquar-
ters." said Finn. But it was not
to headquarters. but to the old
"bastille," now an automobile
license police bureau, that the
protesting prisoner was taken.
For three days they grilled him
and never once succeeded in
breaking down his stolid COM
posture.
ON his person, when he was ar
~ rested Hauptmann and an
other of the Lindbergh ransom
bills. a $40 certificate. He pro-
fessed. for a time, not to know
where it came from.
Then the detectives began a
stick-bv stick and stone-by stone
demolition of the little garage in
E. 222nd-st, the Bronx, which they
knew had been constructed by his
own hands. Their pickaXes broke
through the flooring and discov-
cred mine.
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Today S Science
by DAVID DIETZ

90 delicate is the balance of life that it can be
y influenced by the effect of a single wave length
of light This fact has been demonstrated by K
periments under way in the division of radla ii
and ORGANISMS of the Smithsonian Institution.
This division was organized some five years ago to
study the relations of life and living things. 1t is
a we-known fact that light is at the basis of all
life since photoSynthesis, the fundamental process
bv which plants turn the carbon dioxide of the air
and the water of the soil into sugars and sarches,
can be carried on only with the aid of sunlight.
Such phenomena as the relations between ricketts,
and ultra violet deficiency and the gercidal effects
Of certain wave lengths Of ultra violet light Gpn-
vinced the Smithsonian scientists that here was
field worthy of intensive research,
One of the phenomena chosen for investigation
was that of phototropisrn. This FORMIDABLE name
denotes a familiar occurrence, the bending Of
plant toward the light But while common, this
phenomenon was nevertheless obscure as to cause
and it is only recently that an understanding OF IL
has been reached.
1t is now known that this bending is due to an
inhibition Of growth the side toward which the
plant bends.
TOUR years ago the Smithsonian scientists began
L experiments in which oat seedlings which show
the phototropc effect to marked degree, were sub
mitted to various wave lengths OF light. The IN
tensity Of light was kept the same in all cases.
1t was discovered that led light had no effect
upon the seedlings at all yellow light caused
lengths of light used Blue light caused 10000
times as much bending yellow light.
Encouraged by these results, the scientists began
to cut down the size Of the band of light used,
til finally they were working with only a single
wave length of light at a time.
DR EARL S. JOHNSON of the Smithsonian staff
~ has found that the maximum phototropic effect
on oat seedlings occurs with of blue light An
Ar9etrom unit is approximately four blhonths of an
inchD
He finds secondary maximum at 1850 Ang-
strorn units which is toward the region of green
light
From this fact he concludes that the effect must
in some way be photo-chemical He thinks that
particular wave lengths of light must disturb the
atomic structure of some chemical compound in
the seedlings What this substance may be IS not
yet known although Dutch scientists believe that
they have found an acid substance in plants which
Is sensitive TO light
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aUEnouNh
BY
WESTBROOK PEGLER

THE whirlwind visit to New York of DR.. Allan r.
Il Dafoe. the country physician who delivered the
Donne quintupets has set in motion great deal of
rubbish which will settle back when he air qulets
down. The doctors visit made ali occasion for
all the professional baby-kSSers within scrambling
distance to hop up, oge the spotlight and the cam
eraS and shower themselves with new-moWn rose
petals because they don't make regular practice of
punching babies the jaw. Moreover, the purpose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
LIONS CLUB TO GIVE
DAY NURSERY PARTY
Members Will Hold Annual Chill
dren's Christmas Event.

hlNn Ottt tSiibdS Lffnbs
Members OF the Lions Club will
visit the Indianapolis Day Nur-
sery at 4:30 Monday afternoon Tor
their annual Christmas party there.
Donations for the party are now be-
ing collected from among the Lions
membership.
Yesterday, the Lions heard Dr..
Charles P. Emerson, former dean of
the Indiana University Medical
School, state that Japan had amoi-
tons to become the Great Britain
of the Orient, a vast world power in
the Pacific
DR.. Emerson. a member of lay
mems group which visited Japan on
tour of inspection in 1881 and
1882 said that the japanese peo-
pie and their leaders harbored an
intense resentment against the
United States for this nations pol
icy of excluding japanese. Ralph
V. Roberts presided.
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Rabbi to Deliver Sermon

Rabbi Maurice NJ. Feuerlicht will
deliver the sermon at the Indian
apolis Hebrew Congregation Temple
10th and Delaware sts, at 8 tomOr-
row night. His subject will be. Can
Jew and Christian Unite in the
Christmas Spirit?"
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outflow the sale of powder i'm
prOvements to Japan was APP
proved by the War Department.,
how the Army also put its o. k. on
the sale of anti-aircraft patents to
Poland.
The surface of all this has
scarcely been scratched. A great
deal more is yet to come, includ-
ing reported collision among ship
builders in contracting for last
years naval vessels.
AS a result, Henry Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Secretary Dern. and other high
ranking Naval-Army officers have
been camping on the White House
doorstep urging a halt to the SEN
ate committee.
The President never was keen
about the investigation, but pO-
litically did not want to come out
against it. Now. however, his Anti
War Profits Committee tends to
head off the investigation, and
certainly will make it difficult for
the committee to get new Senate
funds.
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| COVER THE WORLD
By William Philip Simn1s

VXTASHINGTON, Dec. 2OA if six-power
w possible siXths
according diplomatic
Washington and limitation the
necessary preliminary
French admit the danger of naval
and
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sudden beam of light like that which assailed ST.
Paul on the road 10 Damascus. Only I happened 10
be spending my Both 9th hour following the hear
ING Of an NRA board IN my Job associate counsel
And when I saw the evidence which was seriously
considered and that which was rejected It. came to
me like fash that there is no Santa Claus And
what is more I doubt if there ever Will be.
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PRATHER MASONS TO
SEAT NEW OFFICERS
John Beck Becomes Worshipful
Master at Ceremony.

installation Of officers of Calvin
Prather Lodge. No. III. Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, will be held at the
temple, Amidst and College-av, at
1870 Saturday night, it was an
nounced today.
Officers to be seated are John S.
Buck, worshipful master; A. F.
Thomas, senior warden, Hubert
L. Wann, junior warden; Omar L.
Farthing, treasurer; J. Lewis Bray
secretary; Carl G. Winter, senior
deacon; KARL V. zimmerman. jun
ior deacon: the Rev. S B. Harry
chaplain; w. Kenneth Shirley. SEN
ior steward; David c. Pyke, junior
steward, and Harry w. Boetcher,
tyler.
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY O-ROUND
By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON Dec 2O-Behnd sudden appointment
w the profit of signfi-
One impending in Europe The other was
pressure the Navy Departments
their almost horror, Army
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POSSIBILITY of impending

POSSIBILITY of impending
i war also was important.
On more than one occasion
President Roosevelt has had eX-
tremely pessimistic reports from
his diplomatic observers in Eu-
rope.
AS result. confidential con-
versations have been taking
place for some time between the
President. Henry Roosevelt and
General Macarthur regarding
plan to take the profits out Of
war.
The plan involves factory con-
scription much on the same order
as the French plan. With the
du Points for instance, Irenee
du Pont would become a brig
adler general, and all of the fac
tory workers privates. There
would be no profits except for a
set return to the stockholders.
Although these conversations
had been under way for some
time President Roosevelt didn't
want to launch them publicly
while the London naval discus
SionS were in progress. The an
nouncement would have been
hailed as American mobilization.
So he waited until last week.
THE President was comparing
i notes with Steve Gibbons.
fortnight Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury. who as a child also
was afflicted with i;2fantile paral-
ySis.
Both have the physical cour-
age and the indomitable good
cheer which seems to be one of
the after effects of this afflic-
ton.
We'll. Steve" concluded the
President, in a tone. Of self-con-
graduation. at least you and I
will never die Of high blood pres
sure from running upstairs"
MOST defeated Congressman
WI turn over their offices to
their victors in a spirit of anything
but good will. But not John E.
Nelson. former Republican Rep
reSentative from Maine.
When defeated by young New
Dealer Edward c. Moran Jr.. two
years ago. Nelson even gave him
lis files on veterans. always one
Ct the most difficult subjects a
Representative has to handle.
Not long after getting Nelson's
files, Moran received a letter
from a Maine veteran asking for
certain favors. The letter con-
cluded with:
i voted for you. I've always
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NII0TE- % 0II"I" IN dI| lodIlld
Claus I suppose YOU came TO that
conclusion late at night in some
fancy speakeasy where YOU and your
companions we're plotting the over
throw Of the American Government
and the American home, our two
most priceless heritages A man like
you shouldn't even he allowed TO
mention the sacred name Of Santa
Claus"
Just The same there isn't any
Santa Claus and I have confirmed
this fact within the last TWO days.
II was not late at night nor i'm a
gilded den that I hit upon the dis
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