davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
THE NAMELESS CITY

THE burning of Nome will be mourned by
many a sourdough who owes fortune.
or at least rich memories of glamorous life,
to the gold rush of thirty-fve years ago. And
it will quicken the pulse of many stay-at-
home who participated in the adventure only
through the press.
There was a city for song and poetry! She
was the last and most melodramatic of
Americas frontier towns, peopled then by
10000 of the earthS most adventurous. both
the good and the greedy. city OF tall tales
of riches won overnight. of murders, cpl
denies. corruption. suffering and heroism. 1t
was a poor miners paradise. where a single
prospector with pan. spade and dog team
might become millionaire. Nearly s1OOOOOOOO
in gold dust was taken from the sands and
creek beds around this town.
Nome boosted. like Diamond Lii. that she
was bad but awful good company"
Far from home" and only $50 miles from
the Asatic mainland Nome never was named
formally. According to the National Geographic
Society. her name was a mistake. On an early
map one cape was left nameless. On it an
official wrote the question, Manner" copyist
transcribed this as Nome. and Nome she's been
ever since.
AS OF old. her people are conditioned to
hardship. They will rebuild her on the tundra
flats. just as that other gold rush city. San
Francisco. rebuilt after 1906 on the hills of the
Golden Gate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

BY George w. Curtis.
The state of Indiana will not go
Democratic this fall unless the
President acts in a manner that
will give the NRA force and effect
during this tacit revolution.
The National Association of
Manufacturers has advised the
nations employers to ignore the
majority rule decision of the ma
tional labor relations board. BY
the time judicial authority has
passed upon the ruling, there will
be no need for the NRA.
The maintenance of unemployed
millions is the most important
task this government ever has
known. The NRA is the most i'm
portant extra constitutional legis-
lation since the legal tender act.
The capitalist lotteries form a
menace to the union no less than
did the confederacy. The common
sense of the people was no more
clear then than now. The same
issue is to be decided, whether
the union has a right to defend
itself against enemies combined to
despoil and destroy it.
The plight of the unemployed
and their families today is sin
against God and crime against
men the some as was the con-
federacy.
Andrew Jackson in pointing out
his duty to the state of South
Carolina when it declared null and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
SKILLED WORKMEN
ON RELIEF JOBS
BY w. E. Lemon

BY Sherman Long.
In view of the fact that the
squawkers have not as yet attempted
to inculpate my previous incontro-
vertible assertions relative to the
burden that they believed to be
forced upon them by the present
system of unemployment relief, 1
should be grateful for space in The
Message Center sufficient for con-
clusion of the controversy.
Useless to say that 1 repent with
bitter tears since being informed
that I have attempted to bite the
hand that feeds me.
I Just have discovered that the
self-pitied taxpayer that referred
to had been the proud and pros
porous proprietor of one of the
many park bench hotels and garbage
can boarding houses, back in the
good old days when there was a
chicken in every pot, when pros
perity was just around the corner.
and the starving unemployed kept
up the spirit of the men Of Valley
Forge.
Or perhaps he was production
manager for one OF those push carts
that go down the alley in search Of
paper and rags. then being COM
PEELED to give up his customers and
at the same time give all the money
that he had realized out of their
patronage to be used for the purpose
of patronizing his competitor, he
could hardly be expected to re-
tain his integrity.
Those who doubt that there are.
within the ranks Of the relief work.
ers. such craftsmen as carpenters
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

pursuit of happiness. Moreover, the
fathers declared that whenever any
form of government becomes de-
structive of these ends it is the right
of the people to alter or abolish 1t
and to institute a new government,
laying its foundation on such prin-
ciples and organizing its powers in
such form as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and
happiness.
Such are the two basic principles
of human liberty and genuine
Americanism laid down by the
founders of this republic.
Under the present system Of pro-
duction for private profit the rulers
have created conditions that are in
tolerable. They have drawn billions
in profit, rent, and interest and they
have slashed wages and the prices
of farm products.
They have taken the products of
our labor and not paid us enough to
buy back the goods we have pro-
duced.
They have lived IN mansions and
evicted us from our homes. They
have led us to trust in their banks
and then have stolen our savings
They have invaded our civil liberties
and thrown our leaders into jail.
They have intrenched themselves
in power by controlling the schools,
the press. the radio and the govern
ment. They have spent billions on
bombs and battleships while we have
gone cold and hungry. They have
forced us to bleed and die in de-
tense of their loans and markets
abroad and to kill our fellow work
ers in other countries.
They have done these things as
part and parcel Of a profit system
which places the few in control of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

T last there is a settlement OF the long
\ Montana copper strike. Some 5000 men
Of the mine. mill and smelter workers union
have ended their 135-day strike and returned
to work in the mines Of Butte. Anaconda and
Great Falls under an agreement that reflects
credit not only upon themselves and the mine
owners. but upon the government United
States labor department conciliators are largely
responsible for the peace.
The strikers demanded a six-hOur day. the
check-of system. abolition Of the contract
and one-man drill systems a. closed shop and
1929 craft wages They failed to win the six
hour day. the check-of and other demands.
But they got union recognition, the closed
shop, forty-hour week. pay raise of so cents
a day with promise Of a raise OF Is cents
day additional for every 1iz-cent rise In copper
prices above lIls cents pound.
IN case Of a shutdown the union Will pro-
tect the mines
Future peace is made easier through the
establishment Of a bipartisan industrial rela-
lions committee to hear complaints and dis
putes.
This dispute and its settlement dramatizes
the recent progress certain industries have
made Who does not recall the violence and
bloodshed that used to follow labor disputes
In the copper mines Of the west?
In this strike no troops we're called, no one
was injured. The mediators of the labor
department and labor relations board, not
troops. commanded the situation. And, APP
parently. both capital and labor are satisfied
with the justice of the result.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

and designers, painters and skilled
construction workers, would do well
to spend a little carfare and in
vestigate some of the relief projects,
especially the new school on Traub
avenue, which has been designed
and is being constructed by relief
workers from secondhand material,
but 1 suppose they have been over
taxed to such an extent that they
could not stand to pay the carfare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
Sc They Say

There is no Communism in Rus
STA. 1t is a Socialistic experiment
and they are yielding more and
more to our form of government.
Professor A. j. Pearson, liberal
arts dean, Drake university.
AS a conservative, I'm in favor Of
people paying their debts. And as
a conservative, I'm also in favor Of
the government making it possible
for the people to pay their debts.
Senator Elmer Thomas Dem,
Okla0.
The medical profession must con-
Germ itself with passage of basic
scientific laws to regulate the ire
mendous growth in America Of
cultists.-Dr. J L. Pomeroy, Los
Angeles county health officer.
A bellhop in this country lives
better than most noblemen abroad.
Ray D. Cremona, Hollywood bell
hop who inherited European hotels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

gigantic monopolies and puts profit
above human life.
Today the nation starves in the
midst of plenty. The gigantic ma
chimes stand idle. The crops lie in
warehouses or rot in the fields.
Oh, boy, what a system!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
MORE CASUALTIES

INHE traffic toll in Marion county has
passed the ninety-mark.
Careless driving and careless walking are
the chief causes of this horrible loss of life.
The responsibility rests with each of us.
Failure to heed this responsibility is failure
to observe the laws of mankind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
ADVICE
BY EUGENE RICHART


There is another girl you know,
Whose voice is music, whose lips
are fire.
And she is the essence Of desire
Yet she is snow.
She is all depths. all subtleties,
And all things glorious and strange.
A singular blossom time can not
change
She Is all these.
She is a white dream in the head.
A long red kiss in the heart, you
think.
And she will give you wine to
But have bread.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

letters short, so all can hare q chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or Iess.I
APPLAUDS VIEWS
OF MINTON
BY w. E. Lemon.
At the Democratic opening Fri
day night, Sherman Minton, candi-
date for senator, stressed the fact
that the people can not subsist upon
the Constitution, as it is indigeStible,
although Lii Arthur has recon-
mended aforesaid menu for the
health of the average American cit
izen.
Judge John w. Kern, in his hon
est and conscientious way, told his
audience the absolute truth in re-
gard to his opponent, who, as he
said, is Coffin controlled and which
l know is an absolute truth, having
served on one of the local election
boards.
Should we go back to the old
Jackson and Duvall days and let
these parasites suck life blood that
has been preserved by our pre-
vious Democratic administrations, or
should we, regardless of politics,
vote to uphold our fundamental
rights as American citizens, and
help keep the county and city out
of debt, our homes free and uphold
our President who is for all the
people and not a select few.
Last, but not least, let us not
forget Otto Ray, who looks out for
the poor, the down and out and I'M
fortunate, and also is a battler, and
his honest and conscientious way
will make him real sheriff, for,
like jefferson, justice for one and
all, regardless of creed, color or
nationality always has been his
fundamental principle.
BY putting all the "isms" in the
discard, namely Coffinism, Robin
sonism, Kluxerism, and Hooverism,
and all following in the footsteps of
the President, we will in time reach
prosperity and catch it on the cor
ner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
Daily Thought

But II the wicked turn from his
wickedness and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall live there
by.-Ezekiel, 1918.
CLIGHT sorrow for sin Is sufl-
- Gent, provided it at the same
time produces amendment.-Colton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
INALIENABLE RIGHTS
AND PROFIT SYSTEM
Nv Mrs. W. williams.

By Mrs W. williams.
More than $50 year ago our fore
fathers proclaimed in the Declara-
ton Of independence that the su-
preme function Of government Is to
make secure for men their inalien-
able rights to Life, liberty and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

While the government is planning to i'm
prove the grocery code. can't something be
done aoout the clerk who claims to be able TO
tel whether a cantaloupe is ripe by shaking ii
near the ear?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

An economist says the depression has
sharpened the nations intellect. Well never
believe it as long as there still are people who
slap you on the back and keep repeating,
You nasty man. never do that"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

At last the perfect movie divorce has been
found Neither the husband nor the wife made
the statement after the decree that they'd still
be friends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

It's hare to see how Upton Sinclair can
carry California His platform says nothing
about the climate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
Phone Riley SSH

Member Of United Press.
srripps Howard Newspaper
Alliance. Newspaper Enter
prise Association. Newspa per
Information Service and An
Dir Bureau OF Circulations.
owned and published daily
Except sunday By The In
dianapolis Times Publishing
Company. 214-220 West Mary
land street. indianapolis. Ind.
Price IN Marion county 2
cents a copy: elsewhere. :
cents-delivered nv carrier. Il
cents = week. Mail suhsrrip-
fion rates IN Indiana. g q
year: outside % Indiana. s.
cents 2 month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19

Faint heart never won fair lady because
nothing but a checkbook ever convinces
blond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
The Message Center

Times readers are invited to eCpress
their vfetos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare q chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or leSs.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-19
THEY SETTLED THE STRIKE

wEDNEsDAY. =. b. ~.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
STOCKS BETTER
IN SLUGGISH
TRADING
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Feb. % G.N.S).
The stock market gave a better
account of itself in dull trading
today under the lead of the silver
and a number of rail shares.
Strength in the silver shares
was due to the revival Of rumors
concerning some news from
Washington favoring the metal
and also in part to the plan to
loan funds to Cuba to buy silver,
thereby helping American ex-
ports.
United States Smelling, Ameri-
can Smelling and Eastman Kodak
were the favorites in the silver
shares.
Short covering in the rails was
evidenced in New York Central,
Southern Railway and Southern
Pacific.
A fair demand for some of the
lower priced carrier shares nota-
bly, Western Maryland also was
in evidence.
The improvement in power OUT
put as a result of the extremely
cold weather brought a firmer
tone into the utility shares which
had been unsettled by the Leh-
man control bills, Consolidated
Gas, Public Service and United
Corp. scored fractional gains.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
GROUP OPPOSES
SECUR|TYACT

NEW YORK. Feb. % G,N.S).
A group of 10 firms, members Of
the New York Stock Exchange
and also distributors of new Sc
curities, will oppose at the hear
ings now in progress in Washing
ton, certain features of the bill
for regulation Of security ex-
changes. G. Hermann Kinnicutt
of Kidder, Peabody and Company,
will represent the investment
house group.
In addition, % member firms
who conduct an international ar
bitrage business in securities and
also act as commission brokers,
have organized a committee to
fight the proposed legislation, Sec
ton 10, which would make it I'M
lawful for q broker to act as .
dealer In securities.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Canada Bond Issue
Higher for Month

New Canadian bond issues in
February amounted to $3,350,654,
as compared with $649, 900 in
February, 1888. according to fig.
ures compiled by Dominion Secu-
rites Corporation. The largest
issue sold during the month was
a 100000 loan of the Hydro
Electric Power Commission Of
Ontario. This issue and loans
of various small municipalities
amounting to $35O,654. were all
payable in Canadian funds only
and were placed in Canada.
The bond market in Canada
during February continued to
show the same strong position
which it maintained during the
latter part of 1888. Of particular
Importance during the month has
been the improvement in the
bonds of the western provinces.
For example, the Province of Sas-
katchewan 5l2s, due November Is,
1916, have improved almost 5
points since February |,
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
BriLLO Co. 1888 Net
Climbs rs Per Cent

The annual report of Brillo
Manufacturing Company, Inc, for
the year ended December 81, 1898,
shows net earnings, after depre-
citation and all charges including
State and Federal taxes. of s144,-
sos, which after dividends on the
26,27O shares of class A stock
outstanding, was equivalent to
approximately 81 cents per share
on the 10000 shares of no par
common stock outstanding.
This is a gain Of Is per cent
over the net for 1882 Of S1l5,659
equivalent to 80 cents a share
on the common stock For the
three months ended December 81,
1888, net earnings after all charges
were S32,077, or approximately IL
cents a share on the common
stock, compared with $26,217 for
the same Querater in 1882. or
cents a share on the common, a
gain Of 22.5 per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Net Profit Improved
Blu Standard Brands

Operating results OF Standard
Brands, Inc, in 1888 improved
slightly over 1882, according to
the annual report issued yeste"-
day. Net income after all charges
was $15,O48,795, comparing with
$4,000 ,491 the year before. The
earnings in 1888, after preferred
dividend requirements, were equiv
alent to Sis share on 12,645,374
common shares, comparing with
$1.14 a share on 12,575,866 COM
mon shares in 1882.
A slight improvement in the
working position of the company
was also shown. Current assets
amounted to $39,923,322, while
current liabilities were $5,264,408,
leaving net working capital of
$34,638,914. This compares With
net working capital of $34,372.272
a year earlier, when current assets
were $3S,61s,190 and current LA
bilitieS $4,246,510.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

Volume This Year
11O,o74,431 Shares

Name and Net
Dividend Rate High Low 12:4S Ch'ge
Rossia Insurance.. III ~ M u
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

Canada
Montreal funds In New York, q pSR
cent discount per 01sOOA
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

Extra Dividend.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Ford Subsidiaries
Abroad Earn Less
BY International News Service

BY International News service
Lower earnings for 1888 were
reported by Ford Automobile of
Holland and Ford of Belgium, two
foreign subsidiaries for Ford Mo-
tor Company.
The Holland company had net
earnings of 500 5S7 guilders, COM
pared with 761 .484 in 1882, while
Belgian Ford showed a net profit
last year of 4,665,OO0 francs,
against 12,849,000 in the proceed
ing calendar year.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

(a) Optional stock (b) Partly extra (c) Extra
stock and cash Gdl Extra in stock le Paid in 1888 90 On
(h) Payable in stock (n) Special (ww)
With warrants (xw) Without 81 Ex-divdend.
81 ExrEhts
Dividend dollars in parsnthesis (Nots) Extra
divdends published through regular dividend period.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
DISTRICT FIRMS
WATCH STOCK
CONTROL BILL
BY DUNBAR HARE

While all this agitation is
going the rounds about stock
market regulation, the Washing
ton Stock Exchange, headed by
Chris J. Gockeler, assistant vice
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Dollar Eirmer
Over Franc

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 I.N.SO.
The dollar firmed up slightly
today rising to 1881 cents in
terms of French franc after
having been as low as 1918
cents yesterday just before the
rally set in. British pound
sterling declined Is of a cent
to S5.O63s.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

president of the
Hamilton N a.
tional Bank, is
not sleeping.
In fact, be-
lieve it or not,
the exchange is
among thos e
that will b e
considered.
Indeed it will
be considered!
Because
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
WASHINGTON STOCKS
SALES

Washington Railway and E1ec-
trio As. $1,000@88, $1,O00@88.
Capital Traction Company. 100
26. 1O@26. 5@26. 1926. 10@26.
100 1854. 1O@253s, 100 25's. 500
1878. 255s, 100 1878. SO 252s.
Public Utility Bonds
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

w h en- t h e
Fletcher = Ray =
burn bill was
NIT in the Con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
VICTIM Of GUN
SUES INVENTOR

Sir Charles H. L. Ross, of the
1900 block Massachusetts, Ave.
N. W., wealthy inventor and
manufacturer of firearms, has
been sued for $4,000 damages in
District Supreme Court by Robert
E. Lee Frymier, of American
Falls, Idaho.
Mr.. Frymier stated that in
November, 1882, he purchased a
rifle from the Ross Rifle Com
pany of Canada, operated by the
defendant. He charges the gun
was made effectively and when
he fired it the bolt was expelled
backward, striking him in the
face.
He stated that as a result of
this discharge he lost one eye
and a thumb, and his face was
seriously injured. His injuries,
he claimed, make it impossible
for him to follow his occupation
Of farming and ranching.
The suit was filed through At
torneys Francis w. Hill, jr., and
Homer Adams.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
HOUSING ADVISERS NAMED

vile; DR.. H. T. Willis. Hyatts-
Vile; William Bowie, Hyattsville;
A. H. Seidenspinner, Riverdale;
M. B. Shuey, Riverdale; Kenneth
Crisp, College Park, and Morris
Anglin, Hyattsville.
Mr.. Daniel Fahey, president of
the chamber has announced that
general meeting of business
men and citizens will be held at
the Metropolitan Building, HyattS
Vile, November 13, at 8 p. m, at
which time definite plans for
the campaign will be discussed
A representative of the Federal
Housing Administration will speak
at the meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Merchants Robbed
By Two Gunner

Two grocery store proprietors
were victimized by pair of col
ored gunner early today.
Mrs. Helen Hofberg told po-
lice she was alone in her store
ir the 100 block L st. N. W.,
when the men entered and forced
her to turn over $40 in cash and
an assortment of merchandise.
Lyman Holman, grocer. in the
400 block M st. N. w., not only
lost $40 in cash and merchan-
disc but his trousers. He was
forced to the basement of his
store where the gunner took
the clothing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Alexandria Stars
lin Education Film

T. c. Williams. superintendent
OF Alexandria schools, in an ad-
dress on National Education Week
over WJSV today called attention
to the fact that news reels of the
laying Of the corner stone of the
new Alexandria High School are
being used throughout America
by the National Education Asso-
citation.
Yesterday DR.. John w. Stude-
baker, United States Commits
Sioner of Education, discussed
educational problems before mem
bers of the Alexandria Rotary
Club at luncheon in the George
Mason Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Electric Institute
To Open Tonight

Open house and a dinner will
mark the opening tonight Of the
First Annual Electric Institute in
the Pepco Building. A program
of entertainment and speaking
will follow the dinner. Speakers
will be DR.. William Mcclellan,
president of the Potomac Eectric
Power Company; Earl White
horne, associate editor OF the
Electrical world, and Merle
Thorpe, editor Of Nations Busi-
ness.
The program will be broadcast
at $3.50 p. m. over radio station
WRC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07

Moreover, the Bulletin carries a
surprising amount of paid adver-
Using, and the Lawyers Exchange
Of help wanted, books for sale and
office space for rent bids fair to
contribute it's share toward carry
ing the financial burden.
incidentally that speech of F.
Regis Noel entitled wedding of
Architecture and Law, which he
made at a luncheon of the local
chapter Of the American Institute
Of Architects last spring, was the
thing that started the renewed
drive for the small courts building
after all hope had vanished-and
almost put it over.