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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27

NTHEN Ben Turpin was here
w the other day with THE
Moulin Rouge Caravan" he found
time to have quite a chat with me
at the Columbia Club
In his own words. he has "prac-
tically retired" and that is no
fault of Mr.. Turpin's and I am
inclined to favor his viewpoint.
Ben Turpin has brought laugh
ter and cheer to millions of the
ater-goerS.
In these talking days when the
producers are after glamor on
part of the stars, seeking foreign
markets for names, Mr.. Turpin
and many other veterans are just
practically retired"
This type of retirement is due
to those who control the movie in
duStry.
If they want me to work" he
said, Il will. I have made a lot
of people laugh in the past. My
voice registers all right and talk
like a New Yorker. I think I use
proper grammar. love to work"
These remarks by Mr.. Turpin
are not just sour grapes, but a
keen discussion Of a situation
which is facing many others who
were stars in other days.
MIR. TURPIN called attention
1V1 to the all-star movie casts
and gave as a striking example
Alice in Wonderland.
Here" he said. ARE to be found
some of the best known names in
the business today. What have
they done? They have robbed the
actor of his personality by putting
him behind mask. l think they
made a rabbit out of SkeetS Gal
lagher."
Personally, I can't agree with
that view of Mr.. Turpin's, because
the use of the masks were neces-
Sary in creating the characters
along the original lines.
II have some real estate out
west" he said simply. Il FIX my
own plumbing, the lights, and all
that. Even the doorbell."
Then he smiled and said, do
you know my hobby. It's cook
ing And love to wash dishes"
Then very slowly he said, The
best thing about the home is the
kitchen"
I hope the day is very near
when Ben Turpin is practically
out Of retirement"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27

What will happen when the
next war breaks out? 1t is hard
to say even if you postulate that
certain nations will be concerned
in it, for no one knows what
strategy will be decided upon.
The military experts ask certain
questions and then proceed to dis
agree about the answers. There
will be air raids and the advance
of the swift motorized forces. If
the raids are surprises and COM
pletely successful, the war may
end there.
But one must not forget that
there are defense measures. An
attack, for example, upon the
enemy's airdromeS would certainly
encounter sharp resistance.
The anti-aircraft guns would
let loose. Pursuit planes would
rise to haraSs the bombers.
WHO can picture the advance
w of an army of tanks through
region of subterranean forts like
that of the Maginot line? Let us
not forget the role played by the
Belgian forts in the last World
war. 1t is true they did not stop
the German march through Bel
GUM.
But that was only because the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27
-Capitoz Capers-
On the Rolling Deep
Virgin Islands Government Advisor Takes Ships
Sartorial Title But Loses at Ping Pong
BY GEORGE ABEL
Times Special Writer

A BOARD S. S. GEORGIC-Yo no, no. and a bottle
good ship Georgia aboard-Cuban
Jamaican Soon she'll be St.
Sans liquor industry booming
Prosperity passengers There
are four hundred souls aboard including everything
priest to three stenogs who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27
1t Seems TO Ne
By
Haywood Broun

TINE freedom Of the press is great and glorious
Il ideal. and if it precisely what it says
then gather that the provision includes the priv
iege of saving what you like about President pope,
chief justice of the supreme court. But had
been led TO believe that certain barriers and meas
ures of curtailment had been placed in the way of
those who wished to speak both i'll and passonately
of our chief executive.
In an effort to substantiate this rumor did
little research work through the columns of the two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27
From Right and Left

"THE mounting, deep-going
Il discomfort with the actual
way the NRA is working out,
and in view of the rising tempo
of strike struggles, the Roose-
welt regime is beginning to fear
the dislllusionment of the masses
with Tho MIRA"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27

The law is beautiful thing as now am begin
ming to see for within twenty-four hours after the
finding of the verdict the Illinois supreme court
came in with decision reversing a conviction IN
Canother case on the ground that the grand jury
which wrote the original indictment was not drawn
according to every syllable and comma of the statute
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27
BY DAVID DIETZ,
Srinns Howard Science Editor

SrlDDS- hONdfu oclcHCE LuiboI
THE grim specter of slow star
II walton, perhaps more terrible
than any of the swift, dramatic
horrors of modern warfare, will
stalk across the land before the
next world war is ended. For,
despite all the talk and plans of
surprise attacks by airplanes and
speedy invasions by tanks and
motorized artillery, it seems more
than likely that any new world
war will once again become a
stalemate.
That will mean a reVerSion to
the conditions of the last World
war with long lines of trenches,
stretching from mountains to the
sea, with attacks and counter-at-
tackS across no mans land.
On the sea, there will be block
AIDES and submarine attacks, with
every nation eventually feeling
the pinch of hunger and at least
one side of the war facing Starva-
ton. And let no one discount
the horror of starvation.
Although in the future air
raids will be directed against the
civilian population more than was
the case in the World war, it
must not be forgotten that a star
walton blockade, which affects
women and children, the aged
and the sick, is incomparably
more barbarous," says Lieutenant
General Won Metzsch, member of
the German general staff in the
last war.
There is no defense against
such a blockade once it has been
made effective, whereas there are
both active and passive anti-air-
craft defenses, some of which are
most successful"
TINE military strategists OF
i every nation are dreaming of
making the next war short. The
ideal in every war department is
to strike a quick, sharp, decisive
blow.
It is a fact that the bombing
squads of airplanes possesses a
radius equal to the entire territory
of many European states. 1t is a
fact that a motorized invading
army, travelling in tanks and ar
incurred autos, could overrun a
territory equal to that of all of
France or Germany in a few days.
But these things are true only if
we DO not consider the defensive
means of nations.
The war departments dream Of
surprise air attacks. But it re-
mains to be seen whether there
will be such surprise attacks or
not. And certainly no invading
army of tanks is very likely to
find itself unopposed for any
great length of time.
What will happen when the war
breaks out can not be predicted
with any degree Of certainty.
The technical side of warfare
has always been race between
arms and armor. In these days it
is a race between shells and
armorplate, between gas and gas
masks. between aircraft and anti
aircraft guns.
The power of rifle and machine
gun fire brought about the stale
mate of the last World war. 1t
was broken by the use of tanks
whose steel armorplate could defy
the bullets of rifles and machine
guns.
The lesson of the tank has not
been lost on any of the nations
of the world. Not only are they
thinking in terms of tanks but in
terms of defending themselves
from the tanks of the enemy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27

New York newspapers which
have been most violent in their
attacks on President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. I refer, of course, to
the New York Herald Tribune
and he Daily Worker, and ask
leave to introduce exhibits A and
B from these two anti-adminis-
tratiOn papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-27
HORRORS OF THE NEXT WAR
Nations VIII Face Te,7ory of Starvation in Next Conflict

This is the fifth article of David
DietZ great series on the terrors Of
the next World War.
Evening star., 1934-12-20
LARGE u. S. AIRSHlP
WILL COME HERE
Enterprise Will Be Stationed Per-
manently in New Hangar at
Washington Airport.

The Nations second largest COM
mercial non-rigid airship is to arrive
in Washington before the end of this
week to be stationed permanently in
the airship hangar now being COM
pleted at Washington Airport.
The airship, the 1913, ,000-cubic- foot
Enterprise, of the Goodyear fleet, is
to be used throughout the Winter in
flights over the city. The ship is $50
feet long, SIS feet high and 48 feet
wide. 1t has a dead weight of 5000
pounds and gross lift of 6,725 pounds.
1t cruises at so miles per hour and
has top speed of SO miles per hour.
With ITS gallons of fuel, it can cruise
300 miles carrying a crew Of two and
six passengers.
The airship dock at the local airport
is 16o feet long. 80 feet wide and 10
feet high.
The Enterprise, now in New York,
will be commanded by Lieut.. Comdr.
Evening star., 1934-12-20
HAzEN SEES NEED
FOR MORE POLICE
Speeding Also Blamed for
Mounting Traffic Toll
in City.

"Trafic fatalities are due largely to
the lack of police personnel and also
the speed-crazy drivers of our CITY,"
said Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
at a meeting of the Southwest Citi-
zens' Association last night at the
fourth precinct station.
Traffic accidents are no reflection
on the Police Department" he said,
'but they could be reduced if there
were more policemen and not SO
many demands on the Police Depart
ment for activities other than police
duties"
Commissioner Hazen said that there
were about 10000 more automobiles
registered here this year than last
year, and that the people have been
so accustomed to violating the traffic
laws that they violate them with i'm
punity.
Opposes Higher Speed Limit.
81 am opposed to any increase in
the speed laws in the District" he
said, because traffic engineers have
proved that traffic can move faster
and with fewer accidents at % miles
an hour through a fixed point than
any other speed
In connection with the public recre-
ational facilities, Commissioner Hazen
said that this was a municipal activ-
ity and supported by public taxes.
SO should be kept under the control
of the Commissioners.
The group went on record favoring
Hr. HaZen's ideas on recreational IA
cilities, declaring that all recreational
facilities now under District control
should remain so and those under
Federal control should be placed under
the District government.
Our city government is the best
and cleanest form of government in
the country and to my opinion is the
best ever devised" Mr.. Hazen said in
speaking of the proposed change in
the District form of government.
Stresses Need for Club.
Maj. Ernest w Brown, superin-
tendent of the Police Department,
said there was a need for boys club
in the Southwest section.
I'VE would gladly give the fourth
precinct station for this proposed
club" he said, but there is not suffi-
cient space for the number who would
join"
William Leishear of the Boys Club
Committee was selected to investigate
the space above the Municipal Fish
Market and report at the next meet
ing if it would be suitable for a club
Maj. Brown commended the citizens
for having less crime in the last few
months than any other section in the
city.
The association went on record as
favoring a four-point resolution sub
r1itted to the group by Yandel Blake
ly, chairman of the Public Utilities
Committee.
Larger Buses Asked.
The resolution requested the Capital
Transit Co. to use larger busses to
serve the Fourth street area, more
frequent and regular street car service
on Seventh street south of Pennsyl-
vania avenue, establishment of a more
suitable bus service between the South
west market area and New York
avenue. and construction of a street
car switch at Fourteenth and Water
streets southwest to eliminate the
traffic hazard at that intersection.
Another resolution. introduced by
Harry S. Wender, vice chairman of
the Public Utilities Committee, ex-
tended thanks to William A. Roberts,
peoples counsel, Richmond B. Keech,
Evening star., 1934-12-20
EXPENSE ACCOUNT FIGHT
OF M'CARL SAVES U. S. So
7OO-Word Decision of Controller
Holds Aviation Commissioner
Paid Too Much Boat Fare.

Controller General McCarl yesterday
won a battle over 50 with the Federal
Aviation Commission.
McCarl had disallowed 20 cents on
one voucher and $1.80 on another in
corporated in the expense account of
a member of the commission for travel
on the Norfolk Washington boat on
the ground that it represented So
more than the minimum first-class
travel rate allowed by law.
The commission retorted that mini
mum accommodations were not avail
able.
McCarl, in a 700-word decision, said
that didn't matter.
Evening star., 1934-12-20
DOG REVEALS TRAGEDY
Singed Animals Yowls Lead to
Discovery of Charred Body.

ROUNDUP, Mont, December 20 C).
"A yelping dog, its fur singed, led
to the discovery of the charred body
of Frank Jasbeck, 55, in the ruins of
his cabin on a ranch Is miles north
west of here.
How the dog escaped to give the
alarm to a rancher three miles away
remained unexplained.
Officers believe an overheated stove
set the fire as JaSbeck slept.
Evening star., 1934-12-20

Karl Lange, U. S. N. r., with Verne
l.. Smith as chief pilot and Walter
Massig and A. Monroe as co-pilots.
Comdr. Lange served during the World
War as a naval aviator, flying airships
at various stations along the Atlantic
seaboard. Remaining in the service
after the war, he was stationed at
Panama and at Lakehurst, N. j.
Evening star., 1934-12-20

vice chairman of the Public Utilities
Commission; Riley E. Elgin. chair
man of the Public Utilities Commits
sion; Col. Daniel I. Sultan, en-
gineer commissioner, and John C.
Gotwals, for their part in the lowering
of the cost of the telephone service.
The group voted to contribute $25
for Christmas party for children to
be held at the Hoover Fairgrounds.
Miss Mary Heald, in charge of the
distribution of the gifts, said bags of
candy would be given to all children
J. M. Schaffer, president, presided.
Evening star., 1934-12-20

the English Trades Union Congress.
The medical practitioners union, with
a membership Of nearly 5000 general
practitioners and consultants, Is
affiliated now with the T. U. G.
Evening star., 1934-12-20
Doctors Join Union.

LONDON, December 20 R.-The
English doctor henceforth will carry
q card Of associate membership in
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03
Brc WEST on COMPANY, CONGRATULATIONS

To the Big West Oil company goes the palm wreath TOT
pioneers
Big today outstanding organization While others
of the pioneer had their heydey the Big West has moved
only slowly but always steadily ahead.
With the completion Of its Dubbs cracking plant at Kew
in the Big West becomes of the best units in the Mon
oil industry It has its production its Hpe-
line its refinery anC its outlets It produce the
finest quality of gasoline that money buy and it will
mand a market its its merit
Completion Of its plant just after the closing OF the
Northwest Searene lucky break for the Big West
but there who viii say that the Big West is not
entitled to breaks Its personnel enjoys the respect
industry The sad part is that the late W. s.
Hawey-the beloved "Bil',-did not live to the
peon of this plant the browning triumph of the inst
tuition which he visualized fourteen years ago
'sBill' Hawey of the best friends the Journal
had and again cheers for the OF has
enterprises believed in KevinSunburst and had con-
eepton geology long before Of the other pioneer
operators He laughed but he wavered His faith
gave him indefatgable courage and relentless effort de
was always ardent supporter of the Journal He solicit
ted and subscriptions personally, than perhaps
any person. in the early days when the Journal
struggling which he his did carry adj
of kind in support of this institution And
those early days. many times felt that it would have
had he taken that and bought
eses of life himself But loyalty friends ahead
of bread and butter in his life
The Editor of the Journal could write interesting book
on the life of Bi Hawey, sourdough, prospectOr eng
neer oil and his institutions, not forgetting the
corporation which into the picture The
trials rbuaons those of most pioneers but the
saacons that marked the slow progress of make
narrative entirely out Of the ordinary
However, the oil idustry moves too swiftly to allow
trospecon. Immediately the Big West is entering new
epoch its existence The Journal heartily wishes this nst
tuition every
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03

get to shore Jon are going tS
have something yon haven't bad
for thirteen years."
"sa-a-ay," said the castaway
with delight. sYou don't mean
to tell me that there's BEER in
that barrel"
y q q u
Teacher: W1lie, think I win
keen you after school.
while: Wen, il won't do you
no good; I'm 3 woman hater.
u y q =
Do you know II the charges
here are reduced II one stays
week?
Couldn't tell you. sir. No
body's ever stayed a week.
O . o o
A lady met a friend who pro-
pounded this riddle. what do
you see when you look down a
dogs throat7" The lady could
not guess. and was amused by the
answer, which is THE seat Of
HIS pants"
SO on her return home she
asked her husband. What do you
see when you look down a dogs
throat?"
Her husband confessed BATTLE
ment.
why" said the lady between
gusts of laughter, 1.-THE seat Of
his trousers. you silly"
q n q q
The new waiter in the badly
rushed Cut Bank restaurant took
his first order, for ham and eggs.
He walked to the kitchen and
yelled out ham and eggs" The
cook told him to cut in short
and say ham and" The next
order was for bacon and eggs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03
FLOW OF GAS

fContinued from PAGE Onel
treated by Shebal Rehal,
Of Chester and associates,
with Harold Hayes I'm
charge. Location is ON the
Tom Strobe farm in Section
8-86-8W.
Drilling Is progressing
at 1850 feet, with about 200
feet 70 go to the basal
KOotenai sand IN which Pat
tersOn got his flowing wen
in the adjoining township
TO the northeast, q few
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03

John was feebly attempting
to defend the actions Of his
friends wife: oh, she's just
tempermental."
Mrs. John was less charitable;
yeah. SO percent. temper and
2 percent mental"
q q o q
John. dear, / am to be in
an amateur theatrical. what
would people say if 1 were to
wear tights?"
They would probably say that
I married you for your money. "
o o o 0
The castaway on a tropical
island saw. following the storm,
a floating object which he
recognized as shipwreck
victim-a girl, clinging to a
barrel. As it neared shore he
shouted encouragement to the
girl and she queried back:
How long have you been
here?"
Thirteen years" said the
castaway.
Ohio" said the girl. When
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03

Close proximity to some oil is
indicated By Anaconda No. z
wen. Just completed IN the south
end Of Tuner Valley. Drilled
$500 feet 47O feet In the lime.
the well shows the ''wettssta gas
in the field-having a greater
content Of gas than any other.
It win make 400 barrels Of ~
gravity gasoline per Dag.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03

Again he called out. Bacon and
eggs"
II just told you how to place
an order" bawied the cook.
'icut It down. Make It snappy. .
The next order was mutton
stew and q plate Of beans. The
waiter scratched his head and
finally yelled "Baa baa; foot
loot"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03
The Leader Oil Edition

Red COuIee field and that same sand
is producing in the new Western
Natural Gas company well on the
shagfer farm in the Whitlash-Reser
field and that same sand is producing
similar high gravity oil in Fiat Couiee.
With this correlation, vast arc Of
the ancient seacoast establishes 70
miles OF producing area The lower
limits Of the ancient beach are defined
in Southern Alberta, north Of the
sweetgrass Hills. 1t is forecast that
this sand VIII be known as the Cut
Bank sand wherever It is found,
throughout the area,
To those Of us who have been i'm
the Montana oil industry from its I'M
cephOn, the following has been a
familiar remark;
s'The trouble with Montana is that
you haven't any SANDS"
-Keyin-sunburst field fooled many Of
the skeptics, thus FAR producing some
ssB, 600, 10000 worth OF oil from q
lime formation. However, Cat Greek,
the states one sand field, stan stands
ND Hike a shining sfax, with q pro-
ducfion record Of $50. 900, 10000 worth
of oil from an area OF less than 600
acres. Cat Greek, with a 2O-fOOt sand,
in ONE OF the outstandingIy profitable
oil fields i'm the United States.
Now comes the development Of this
vast field in Northern Montana, with
adequate sand to insure production for
many years TO come. This removes
the last objection OF the chronic critics
OF Montana OH development.
The Leader oil edition refers to bat
does not clinch the point tlhat this con-
dition is a parallel of East Texas,
where q similar shoreIine was found
on the TANKS Of a vast regional up
lift known as the sabine uplift. On
the fIanks OF this uplift was found an
ancient seacoasE. The sand is similar
TO the Cut Bank sand, about equally
thick and the OH y Of similar quality.
The East Texas field has terrific water
pressure which gives Large initial pro-
duction, YET with this comes the prob
lem Of water invasion except for re-
strained production. The East Texas
oil comes from below sea level and the
Cut Bank oil comes from 1900 feet q
hove sea level
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03

worlds foremost biologists and
engineers, says the article.
Tracing the history OF the hills
back to prehistoric times it con-
tinues:
Before they were engulfed by
the artics, the SwIeetgrass Hills
were high peaks above the waters
OF q warm, tropical sea, which was
the home OF the predatory py-
thOnomorpb or sea serpant, rs
feet long. which ruled the earth
in early Cretaceous times. Giant
dinosaurs munched the tropical
growth ON the sides Of these hills
and grotesque pterosaurs, flying
lizards with a wing spread OF rs
feet or more, roasted upon tho
limestone cliffs. These hills wit
messed the battle Of the giants OF
the earth, I'm which the tchfyo-
savrians--whose Temperance i'm
the Pacific ocean has been claim
cd I'm recent months-were virtu-
ally exterminahed, while the
pEesiOsanriaRs became the rulerss''
The article tells the story of the
stages by which the HILLS were up
heaved through the prairdes and how
they formed a barrier to the thrusts
OF the sea from the north, while
south Of the Hills WAS a great, tropi-
cal island.
As the elements, water and wind,
broke down the highlands, washing
them into the great ocean which COW
cred the continent, q sandy beach was
formed, grain by grain, over a period
Of countless ages, forming a sandy
beach that is known to be ais much as
three miles wide I'm some places and
as thick as 50 feet in the deepest
place yet explored.
These facts came 10 light as wells
were drilled, more or less at random
Mt the start, geologists beginning dur-
ing the past year to correlate the
sands In the widely separated IocaIi-
ties where the drill has revealed them.
Now they know that the producing
sand In South Cut Bank Is the fdenti-
raI sand that Is producing the Same
quality OF high gravity OIL in Main
Cut Bank, and in turn they know that
this game sand is producing similar
high gravity crude in the Border
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-03-03

weeks ago. The second now
Of gas n estimated at A.
100000 cubic feet per day,
giving a total flow Of 2.OOO,-
600 cubic feet In the hole.