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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
HONEST MEN NEEDED
IN PUBLIC OFFICE

By Ex-Lieutenapt Elmer Stoddard.
wish to praise one man who said
the backbone of good government
rests on the police department for
the preservation of law and order
and if nominated and elected his
chief would come from the police
department.
AS a member of the police depart
ment twenty-nine years, I believe
in the merit system and give all
officers due credit for good conduct
and service rendered for our great
city.
I believe Walter Pritchard to be
honest with our people in asking to
be mayor.
I was sergeant twelve years and
a lieutenant three years and know
that ex-Judge Pritchard was a good
judge to our poor people that were
brought before him in his court. He
also said that police and firemen
should receive better wages for the
protection of homes, life and prop
erty. What we must have today is
honest men in Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
STRIKERS STAY TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY KNOW FACTS
BY Times Reader.

BY Times Reader.
I read an article in the Message
Center by S. F. H. entitled Explains
Status of Union Knitters."
am knitter and a striker.
have been knitting at Real Silk for
almost eight years and that is more
experience than most of the in
Structors had when they came from
a union mill in Ft. Wayne here to
teach us knitting. They also paid
union dues for year or more after
they came down here. Most of them
withdrew their cards to take fore
mems jobs
Mr.. S. F. H said that there are
hundreds of union knitters out of
jobs. That is wrong. There are a
number of union jobs open in union
mills throughout the country which
we would be glad to occupy but as
we are on strike it is against our
rules to transfer any member during
strike.
Real Silk had ads in Chicago
papers and also eastern papers for
knitters and if there were any knit
tiers out of jobs they would have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
FARMERS PLIGHT

INDIANA farmers again find themselves
faced with drought which, unless it
breaks soon, will be one of the worst in the
last several years.
They have been through battles of this
kind before and although they sometimes are
not victorious they always have made vail
ant battle against these Odds
No one can do much for them but they
at least are entitled to the support of those
who appreciate persons who fight heroically to
block defeat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

a QUICK glimpse at ceremonies honoring the
n anniversary of the birthday of General
Lafayette:
All of the chiefs of mission of the diplomatic
corps were present Except for the German
Chinese and Italian representatives..
Sir Ronald Lindsay the British ambassador,
displayed an amazing costume combination. 1t
consisted of sponge-bag trousers, a double
breasted black coat and no waiStcoat. Why no
waistcoat queried some? Too hot, was Sir Ron
AIDS sensible reply.
Mrs Edith Nourse Rogers, representative of
Massachusetts,, wore white spring dress with
emerald cuffs.
Representative Sol Bloom of New York
morning coated and correct, played role in the
ceremony. Soils record has never yet found him
absent from any ceremony in which the name of
George Washington was likely to be mentioned.
French Ambassador Andre De Laboulaye de-
livered fowery address in English mispro-
nouncing only three words.
The sartoral hit of the diplomatic corps was
Portuguese Minister De Bianchi He affected an
Ascot tie with a pearl in it, striped trousers and
winged collar-and looked terribly hot.
MFRS. WOODROW WILSON in her usual
1V1 symphony of black and white, sat at a
committee table.
Nine. Felipe Espil, wife of the Argentine am
baSsador, sat in the diplomatic gallery and blew
kisses to her handsome husband.
Alert Joseph j. Sinnott, doorkeeper of the
house of representatives, snapped his fingers at
the dignified diplomatic corps at the conclusion
of the ceremony, and motioned them to move
on.
Nine. De Laboulaye wife of the French am
bassador, followed her husbands speech with
rapt intentnesS, leaning over the diplomatic GAL
lery rail-
Those who received (wly, none can say a
great burst of applause from spectators Sir
Ronald Lindsay, the British ambassador; Cen
eral Jonn J. Pershing, in full dress uniform, and
Governor Scholz of the sovereign state of Flor
ida.
~ THEIRS observed at the Moore fiesta in
~ cluded Mrs. Hull wife of the secretary OF
STATE, whose ankles were strapped up (She fell
recently; Undersecretary of State Phillips ano
his daughter Beatrice.
Phillips was in double-breasted gray, and his
daughter in white with picture hat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW
ON POLITICS, JOBS
BY Mrs. Russell Burrows.

BY Mrs. Russell Burrows.
I read an article written by E. w.
1 do not know whether you are
Republican or not, but I certainly
don't think Republicans put Mr..
Roosevelt in office. I have heard
more Democrats say they had voted
nothing but Democratic ticket for
years, but they had voted their last.
No, I don't agree with you.
I don't think there is any danger
of you finding a job so soon either.
Vote Republican next time and see
how soon you find job.
Are you a white collar boy? Oh,
no, or you would have employment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
LABOR NEEDS VOICE
IN MANAGEMENT

BY H. L. Seeger.
Congratulations on your editorial
on the Real Silk situation. You are
still optimistically hopeful OF having
the lion and the lamb lying down
together to create that partner
Up" between business, capital and
labor.
What really is needed is not a
bargaining agreement, but vested
right of labor to have a voice in the
management through representa-
ton on the board of directors, to
control policy and division Of profits
equally between the building and
machinery stockholders and the
labor stock producers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
l a0holly disapprove of aOhGt yom sag and will |
defend to the death your right to say it-Voltare

Hosiery Mills. I have witnessed
many strikes in my time. am long
past middle age and speak from ex-
perience.
j. A. Goodman and his imported
guards show history repeats itself.
Capital will not play fair with the
man who serves it. AS see it from
an old mans point of view. the Real
Silk is doing more to retard recovery
in business by far than to help
things along. believe decent living
wages to faithful employees will .
make the most faithful guards any
firm could ask.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24

hired them three weeks ago. They
were unable to get any.
Mr.. S. F. H. said he would advise
the strikers to get a union knitters'
book and read what it takes to
qualify as union knitter. 1 wish
to state that all of us strikers have
union knitters' books and working
agreements and also the union wage
scale book. That is why we are stick
ing together. We have awakened
and know that we have been
cheated out of about SIS a week
for years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
PROTECT CHILDREN,
is WRITER'S PLEA
BY a Citizen.

BY a Citizen.
Six-year-old Fannie Chairman
is dead. She was killed by an auto
mobile at the corner of mccarthy
and Meridian streets.
The story, as published by the
papers, does not, in my opinion, get
at the real truth. The scene of the
accident is dangerous f1ve-way in
tersection with heavy traffic at all
times. Taxpayers pay out their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
DECLARES STRIKERS
AIDED BY UNION

BY a Strikers Wife.
To Boarder:
Do you really know what you are
talking about when you say that
the strikers children are going
hungry? The union may not be
paying salary, but it is not letting
any one go hungry. I have been
hungry when, after working all
week, my husband brought home
some very small checks after work.
ing all week.
Do not worry about the strikers;
they do not want sympathy from
YOU.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
PLACIDITY
BY ELLEN BETTY

DL EALEIN DE
I hate to bother God with minor
things,
I seldom pray
And yet, unconsciously, today,
A little prayer took wings.
ooh, let me have an hour at dusk,
Just for my very own;
And in that hour let me be
AS quiet as a stone.
Let the breeze blow over me,
Let the sky bend low,
Light narrow row of stars,
In flame-sweet candle-glow.
Oh, let me steep in solitude!
1t is the dearest way
For me to gather fortitude
Against another noisy day!'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
THUGS SHOULD LEAVE
WEAPONS AT HOME

BY Times Reader.
This is in answer to R. SIS no.
Siery questions.
Yes, people on the outside know
exactly what they want. The only
difference is that they have been
bullied and told when, where and
how to spend their own earnings.
Sure any dumb cluck can hold down
lots of jobs, but it takes an intelli-
gent person to be knitter and keep
up with all the changes, new at
tachmentS with no more pay.
Through this depression I know of
knitters who drew from SO to $12 a
week and had families to keep.
That's good money but not enough
of it, that is why the strike is TAX
ing place today so our wages won't
be raised sky high now and after
everything is cut and dried papa
Goodman can't come to us and say
well, folks, the company lost
money. I hate to say this but you
will have to take cut"
If you have a child try letting
that child perform as a policeman.
If Real Silk thugs would leave guns,
ak handles and pieces of gas pipe
wrapped in newspapers at home,
there wouldn't be any trouble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
ZOMBIES

DETER than any editorial We have seen on
the subject is the following excerpt from a
speech delivered in Kansas City by Rexford
TugWell, assistant secretary of agriculture, who
believes that the social mission of the new deal
is 'to free the many from the RECOMMENDATION
of the few"
Said DR.. Tugwell:
"One time, on visit to a certain island in
the West Indies, was told of curious belief
that the voodoo doctors knew of certain drugs
so powerful that they gave the appearance of
DEATH The victim, properly dosed, then was
buried by the sorrowing family, after which
the witchdoctors came at night opened the
grave and restored the supposed dead man to
animation.
These living dead men were called zom-
bies' and they lived lives of complete apathy
and complete docility The higher brain cells
no longer functioned and they were to all in
tents automatons, who did as they were told
asked no questions and were told no lies. In
that way, the voodoo men got a supply of
cheap and docile slaves
Whatever the truth of this travellers tale
there is lesson for us in it, Use your imagi-
nations for moment and see whether Amer
lean workmen under the old order were not
expected really to behave like zombes. When
new machines forced them out of jobs they
were expected to applaud the spirit of prog
ress, and find other jobs-if they could. When
the selfshness and short-sightedness of the
old order led our industrial machine into peri
odic depression those surprisingly reg
ular outbreaks of bad luck-the millions out
OF work were expected to resign themselves
to industrial bad luck, to hope meekly for
the best-and to live on whatever charity was
offered them
"And if by the millions they huddle
through the winter nights in fNp houses on
park benches, in pitiful shacks peced together
from discarded tin cans; if whole families
crowded together in one room in poorly VEN
tilated, unlighted, unheated and insanitary
tenements; if farm families million and a
half of them between 1921 and 1933-were
forced off their land to whatever haven they
could stumble into-if all this has taken place
in America, as all of us know it has, what is
it but economic RECOMMENDATION of the most
tragic sort?
These millions have been expected to live
like Haitian zombies-to ask no questions to
take what is given them, and to be thankful
1t is desirable therefore, to examine carefully
the false beliefs which stand between us and
effective social action"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
Daily Thought

Fear God, and give glory to him:
for the hour of his Judgment is
come; and worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
the fountains of waters.-Revela-
ton, 14:7.
HENCEFORTH the Majesty of
II God revere;
Fear him and you have nothing else
to fear. -Fordyce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
RATES THE TIMES AS
WORKERS FRIEND
By Arthur NJ. Thomnsnn

By Arthur NJ. Thompson
I belize The Indianapolis Times
to be the true friend of the laboring
man. I appreciate your editorial
policy pertaining to the Real Silk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
The Message Center

(Times readers are invited to eTpreSs
their Uietos IN these columns. Make your
letters short, so all cav haze q chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4cords or less.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
OPPORTUNITY is THERE
FOR REAL WORKERS.
Bv a Worker at Real Silk,

BY Worker at Real Silk.
read in the paper last night
about some one only drawing a check
for So or So. Now I have been at
Real Silk almost eight years and
feel than I can call that erroneous
How some of those knitters have
held their jobs all these years is a
mystery to me. This also applies to
some of the transfer girls and boys
From some of the work have seen
them put through, it is no wonder
they were penalized.
Some of them wouldn't know a
bad stocking if they saw it and
some can't see, or rather they don't
want to see them, and send them
through anyway. have worked
for several knitters there and they
all are striking now, but there was
only one who was any good.
know our wage scale is far above
the NRA. 1t may not be as high
as the union wage scale, but we
can't find out what the union wage
scale is.
If those knitters think every one
can't be a knitter they are right
1t takes some one with pep, one who
will attend to his own machine.
Some of the girls who are out do
not make good workers and yet they
are squawking because they didn't
make good money. Vet their knit
ters would have to wait on them ev-
cry set. I also would like you to
know that the knitters couldn't make
less than 80 Or SO cents an hour
and the girls between 40 and 43
cents an hour and if they wanted
to work the girls could make better
than go cents an hour. I have seen
knitter checks-from $38 to $50
within the last three months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
DEMANDS PROSECUTION
IN VOTE CASES
BY w. L. Mcpherson

BY W. l.. MCPHERSON.
1t is your duty to the public and
your subscribers to see that the off,
cial canvassing board alleged out
rage is prosecuted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24

new law in New York permits patrons to
stand up for their drinks, if they're willing to
stand at all for the kind of stuff they're
getting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24

Austria insists that democracy still exists
there, but it's of the type where the citizen be-
comes the innocent bystander.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24

barrow must think the blue eagle is moth
ing but a crow, but he can't get johnson tc
eat it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24

The Chicago stockyards are being rebuilt
fast, since the city administration has nothing
to do with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24

II you want to go into obscurity fast, just
become the fourth husband Of movie actress
who has her eye on the fifth. I
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The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17
OPENS SAFE CONTAINING
 MILLION DOLLARS, WITH STILLSON WRENCH

Many years ago Joe Earle, known to everyone as Gasoline Red" executed pretty piece of business on safe belonging to one of the banks in Nome at that time~s s.e~-a,
 It developed that the Pioneer Mining Co. had about one million dollars in gold in the safe, but for some reason the outside door of the safe would not respond to the Icombination. .Red'' was called and after looking the situation over was about ready to call it quits. He had tried the combina- Ition. but the tumblers would not release.
 Finally in his own words: "I figured about the only thing, left Ito do was to try one of the oldest tricks in the trade. I called for a Stillson wrench Grabbing hold of the handle on the safe put the wrench on the combination and with a super-human effort, un- screwed the knob.
 Probably you don't know any
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17
STILLSoN WRENCH SERVES AS MEANS OPENING SAFE

thing about safes. but in the com blnation there is a larger wheel On the inside with holes in it, in which screws are placed to regu- late the combination.
 Well. in working the combina- tion the screws come buck up against each other and finally when it is worked properly they slide togetehr and the door will open.
 .I found that one of those screw heads had been knocked off re- leasing one of the tumblers and putting the whole 'shebang' adrift. trots up to the hardware store and got another screw and put it in place, then screwed the knob of the combination back on; clinch- ed 'er down tight with the Still son, executed the proper combine ton and gently pulled the door open.
 Well, sir; it only took me about twenty minutes. so when collected I made the price S50.00. The manager didn't seem to like it and said: It's exorbitant. You only worked about half an hour Say, I said: If I'd known yoa thought that before I opened this box, I'd have charged you S250,' and I'll bet would have got [. too.
 Incidentally Red got his fifty cn the spot and the matter was then forgotten about for many long year. This happens to be q true story as witnesses will tell you, so don't. think the editor was having d pipe dream. Ask the old timers.
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17

Is. Reindeer Service. located at
 Nome. Others arriving were:
 MT. and Mrs. Herman Omen Of Eek, Alaska; MT and Mrs. Bernard Bull and child of Good News Bay.
 MT. and Mrs. Dell. who are en- route to Hooper Bay: MT. Snow of Akiak, David F. Thomas. Chief of the Alaska Division of the Office Of
 Indian Affairs, who is on tour of
 inspection: Mr. and Mrssf Pearson and -ehii def -Biilingham. All of those not so specified are enrouse outside aboard the North Star
 Mir. and Mrs. Misha Ivanoff arrived aboard the vessel from Nunivak
 Island
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17

 sel is unloading approximately@109 tons of freight at Nome to be talk en to St. Lawrence by some othe. vessel. The North Star expects to sail immediately on its return to Seattle, tomorrow morning, weath~ CT permitting.
 Judge Lester o. Gore of the Dis trict Court for the Second Diyi- sion, and family, it is expected will be outgoing. passengers bound for Seattle.
 Arriving on the vessel were MT. and Mrs. Lyman S. Brewster. MT. Brewster is supervisor for the U.
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17
PAGE THREE

10 put in his book
 In 1907 FrankF Hertzer was operating the No Mergenthalar
 Linotype in The Nome Daily Nug. Iget as regular operator, in Nome.
 After going outside and being away for many years. he returned and was mining the beach up by
 Penny River. Storms this sum mer wrecked his outfit and he k now waiting foF boat to go back to the States. Being in need of an operator al this time, The Nugget put Frank to, work on thes same linotype which he used to operate in 1907 -twenty-seven years later, and on the same newspaper. During all these years MT Hertzer has been following the linotype game in California and other States oa the Pacific Coast. That should be one for Believe It or Not" Rip leyL
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17
NJ. $. NORTH STAR ARRIVES NOME FROM STATES AND ALASKA WAY PORTS

After a voyage of approximate ly seven weeks. the M. S North Star, in command of Capt. Frank Whitlam, arrived Nome at about 10:30 am. this morning from the Hooper Bay district.
 The vessel, which left Seattle some time ago, called at many Alaska towns enroute to Nome with supplies, etc. for Office of Indian, Affairs agencies. The veg
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-17
OPERATES LINOTYPE AFTER p YEARS

Frank Hertzer, who has been operating the linotype at The Nome Nugget for the past several days, has rather enviab1e record
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-21
Economists Can Not Agree

ONE important trouble with the
~ economists is that they can
not agree on the nations economic
troubles or their cures. Each group
seems to have its own ideas, and IN
most instances these ideas are based
on deductions of what has happened
in the past. Old principles are taken
for granted as being good merely
because they have been in use for
50 long. and no issues are taken with
the obvious Shortcomings of such
principles.
History may prove that no bet
termentS can be made on old meth
eds of doing business, but the &C
ceptance of such a principle without
attempting to find better methods
would seem to indicate a definite
lack of progress And the fact alone
that trade conditions become almost
unbearable from time to time should
provide a challenge to their profess
sion. That some of those in the
profession suggest a trial and error
method of seeking improvement
which is frowned upon by the great
body of economists suggests a sad
lack of initiative on the part of the
latter.
A need would seem to exist at
the present time for a real and I'M
biased study of money and banking.
Such a study flight well be made,
either under the direction of the
government or of private interests
the bankers in Wall Street, for
instance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-21
ID. E. BATES ELECTED
HEAD OF REQ FIRM
Old Directors Renamed al
Annual Meeting.

D. E. Bates was elected president
of the REQ Motor Car Company and
R. E. OldS reelected chairman Of
the board, at a directors meeting
which followed Immediately after
the stockholders had expressed their
confidence in the present manage
ment by an overwhelming vote late
yesterday.
The opposition of the independent
stockholders committee collapsed
and the group headed by Mr.. Olds
as chairman of the management
committee was in complete and
harmonious control of the annual
meeting held in the spacious REQ
auditorium and attended by hun
dredS.
The Olds group elected a board of
directors consisting of R. E. Olds,
D. E. Bates. George E. Smith, R. A.
De Vlieg. Carlton M. Higbie. w. S.
Foster and Ray Potter. With the
exception of Mr.. Potter, who is
president of the newly organized
Lansing National bank. and a for
mer head of the Federal Screw
Company of Detroit, all are former
members of the board.
Other officers named by the board
were: George E. Smith, vice-presi-
dent; Ray De VIieg, vice president;
George L. Brown, secretary treas
urer; Dean M. Parsons. assistant
Secretary-treaSurer. Executive COM
mittee: R. E. Olds. chairman; d. E.
Bates, r. A. De Vlieg and George
E. Smith.