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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
ONE CODE MISSING

IN one days newspaper is the following
news:
The senate banking committee reveals that
a big Detroit bank, now collapsed, made loans
to forty-three judges totaling $639,OOO and
listed them under the suggestive category of
Policy loans"
Another senate committee, investigating
ship and air mail contracts, discloseS that
while the public was holding United Aircraft
and Transport stock valued on the market at
Sl68OO0O0O the National City Company made
a profit of $685. 900 on a cash investment of
s14,8 and was issuing stock to a preferred
list of friends at $50 a share while the stock
was selling on exchange at SGT
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes warns con-
tractors of profteering, collusive bidding,
skimping, secret understandings, cheating of
workers under the kick-back racket and other
immoral practices Of minority of contractors
on federal public works.
President Green of the A. F. of L. prepares
to lay before General Johnson charges of
wholesale violations of industrial codes.
Attorney General Cummings is lnvestigat-
ing an alleged conspiracy by distillers trust.
controlling 80 per cent of all liquor in the
United States, to spread propaganda of
liquor shortage and peg prices at an unrea-
sonably high level.
What's wrong with America? Nearly 200
codes have been adopted. but too many citizens
have failed to adopt and conform TO that code
for which there is no substituted moral
code
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
FOR SIMPLER JUSTICE

THE trial of the Touhy gang for the Factor
kidnapping in Chicago brought one innova-
ton in legal practice which well might be
copied widely.
Under a new Illinois court practice act.
the judges instructions to the jury, after both
sides had made their final pleas were devoid
of the complicated legal verbiage which ordi-
narily make such instructions more or less
mysterious to the layman.
They were couched in plain Straightfor-
ward English, and instead of being read to
the jury by the judge, they were printed and
given to the jury to study at its leisure.
Any step in the direction of making legal
processes simpler and more direct is pretty
apt to be a good one, and that is especially
true of this one.
jury usually has a hard enough time IN
assessing the plain facts. in long trial Of
this kind; its work can be hghtened mate
rally by simplifying the judges charge and
making it. not a speech that soon is forgot
ten but text that can be referred to for
guidance as the deliberations are in progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
THE LINDBERGH CASE

THE fact that one of the things about which
federal authorities wanted to question
Verne Sankey. notorious outlaw who was cap
tured recently. was the Lindbergh kidnapping
reminds us that solution Of that dreadful
crime still is the major item on the law en-
forcement agencies record Of unfinished
business.
Whether Sankey actually knows anything
about this KIDNAPPING is, of course a matter
yet to be disclosed. But it at least is ercour-
aging to see that The authorities have not for
gotten about it.
In some ways this was the most shocking
crime in all American history No matter how
long it takes or how difficult the job may be,
1t eventually must De cleaned up and the men
responsible must be brought to justice.
Until this has been done, the offensive
against gangsterism will be incomplete.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
MODERN FAIRY TALE

THERE is something oddly anachronistic
about that little news dispatch from
Switzerland, telling how the Emperor Halle
Selassie of Abyssinia just has bought a new
three-motored Swiss airplane and is having
a throne installed in it.
The emperor. it seems, wants to make some
plane flights. But he sees no reason why
king who goes up in the air should leave the
trappings of royalty behind him on the
ground.
So he will have flying throne-the first
monarch in all history to carry his throne
into the clouds.
Now the airplane is the very incarnation
of up-to-date modernism, and the throne is a
vestigial survival of an outworn day.
The queer way in which the busting pres
ent and the distant past dovetail nowadays
never was illustrated better than in this
queer business of the Emperor Selassie's
aerial throne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

when the proper time arrives we
can do something.
I often wonder how he would like
to fight, be scared half to death for
months, then wounded, come home
with his job gone, finding nothing
like it was when he went across,
then have bunch of money-grab-
bers in Washington decrease his
pension to almost nothing, at the
same time authorizing the expendi-
ture of millions for utterly worthless
projects?
Even you people who had nothing
to lose in that terrible, terrible war
should start your head working
with a bit of sympathy for us and
actually consider yourselves in our
place THEN and NOW. You can't
realize what an awful war that was
Many reprimanded President Hoo
yer because he refused us the re-
naming half of our bonus. Gle had
been good enough to voluntarily pay
us the first half when it wasn't due
for years yeti, then we gathered
about the White House lawn like a
bunch of idiots or rats, asking for
more and voted against him, think
ing Roosevelt would treat us like
he inferred in his prediction cam
paign.
We now find that we voted merely
for a smile, a promise and pleasant
voice, but that on the inside there
is not even sympathy" for we who
Withstood that awful siege Of war.
We have not only gotten our pen
sions cut, but have heard nothing of
the bonus we were at "Hoover's"
doorstep for.
1t seems that it is up to us to
unite and fight once more; this time
in the American Legion. Come on
boys! get into it NOW, and really
learn the details of this dirty deal
we've gotten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
THE CRY-BABY AGE

PERIODICALLY We go on an emotional de-
bauch Of indignation over revelations of
past governmental scandals. and then prompt
" forget all about it-until the next time AS
a nation We are long on weeping and wailing.
but very short on preventive action.
AT one time We got all bothered about a
Teapot Dome steal. But a few months later
We voted back into office the national po-
hticSl machine which had been in power dur
ing those scandals. The same was true Of
veteran administration income tax and other
scandals.
Some months ago when banks we're crash
ing all around US We got religion on the sub
ject Of bank reform. but now apparently moth
ing is going to be done in the way of funda-
mental uniication and change in our banking
structure. An exception to this rule was the
truth-in-securities act which we did manage
to enact before our indignation over crooked
ness petered out; now. however, We blithely
are considering amending that law to death.
Our latest gnaShing Of teeth is over profit
eering in connection with national defense
On a national defense theory We subsidized
private ship and air lines with mail contracts,
and now senate committee stumbleS on the
fact that this business was shot through and
through with favoritism. and huge profits
On top Of that it is recalled that the private
corporations which build our warships and
sell us munitions make fabulous profits At
the same time another congressional commit
tee discloses that one aircraft corporation
made p per cent on a contract for naval
planes. and another pocketed so per cent.
Just why these revelations are so startling
to the public and to congress is hard to I'M
cerstand. There have been so many scandals
Of this type in the past in this country. it
should be taken for granted by this time that
pronteering is the price OF private armament
truStA
Perhaps some day We shall grow out of the
cry-baby age. and instead of making so much
futiis noise about these scandals actually do
something. Then We shall take the profits out
Of preparedness by producing all munitions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
oGDEN's OFFERING

THE editors of the country seem to be in
IL accord in the opinion that Ogden Mills,
with greedy eyes upon the Republican nomi-
nation for the presidency, has sounded key
note for his party.
Mr.. Mills tells the world that the Roosevelt
policies and powers are ravishing the United
States Constitution. Save the Constitution!
Of course, any keynote is better than none;
but. until there is decidedly more of clarity as
to in what way Roosevelt policy and power are
going to eventuate, Mr.. Mills keynote will
sound as if he had struck both A-natural and
B-hat which is not productive of melody or
inspiring for more of the same tune.
Moreover, during the last thirteen years the
folks have been engaged generally in nullify-
ing the Constitution and. at date, are much
more concerned about what they are getting
under the Constitution than about the word
ing of that blessed document, which, in fact,
has been so amended. nullised in spots and
failed to meet serious exigencies as to war
rant national convention to consider the
framing Of new Constitution.
AS song to accompany his keynote, Mr..
Mills suggests tariff reform. To be sure, Mr.
Mills has spent much of his lifetime indors-
ing all the outrages perpetrated in behalf of
the high tariff hogs. But, this flop of his in
behalf of party expediency doesn't matter
much. In American politics man may re-
pudiate his past record, even lie outright about
it, without much hurt and, after all, the
present is a. period in which what a man is,
not u,bot no hoe heen iS given highest con-
sideration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
NO FRIEND HERE OF
COMMUNIST RUSSIA

BY Praying Mother.
Last night read an article in The
Times and in The News regarding
an uprising over auctioning off a
farm, also a favorable impression
left on ones mind regarding sever !
Communistic agitators among them,
saying also that secretary So-and-So
(name I've forgotten), of a Com
munistic party, who had their head
quarters in certain CITY, would be
present at the trial to aid his
workers" who were placed under
arrest.
This took place in Warsaw. Ind,
Saturday. Are we, as American
citizens, who believe in God in
heaven, His Son, our Savior, who
promotes Christian teachings. who
believe in the divine right to voice
our opinions in our government, to
sit back and see our country invaded
by the most deadly and poisonous
government existing?
That which Russia has now?
Just because the United States
government ecognize Russia
should we be lenient about the riots,
lynchings, murders, thefts, and kid
napings which are very likely
worked up and promoted by these
Communistic agitators here in our
country which is so dear and
nraei01S m OiIr hearts
God Forbid Our children must
be protected from this terrible
menace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

between the holding company and
some of its subsidiaries, including
the local company, the operating
expenses of the local company have
been padded by approximately
S1,500,000 a year since the merger,
and that the value of the property
Of the local company has been
padded to the extent of about
$24,00O,0OO?
The object of all those tricks was,
of course, to maintain high rates at
the expense Of the patrons of the
company. Discussing this matter at
lunch today with three reputable,
well-known attorneys, they stated
that the actions above referred to
were fraudulent, and the guilty par
ties should be prosecuted in the
courts.
A few weeks ago the local COM
pany prosecuted a consumer for
stealing" current, and the poor fell
low had to go to prison for a
month.
If a company, through its Off
Gals, puts over a gigantic fraud. or
attempts to do so, is it to go free of
punishment
Now, fellow consumer, let me have
your opinions on this matter. We
may get together and stop such
things for many years to come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

THE difference between the two
Il is that almost any man
would have his tongue cut out be-
fore he would criticise his wife in
public, OF even to his best friend,
whereas women appear to derive
their greatest social pleasure in
tearing their husbands apart and
showing everybody just how the
wheels go round"
In any group of wives, once
they get on to the subject. you can
discover a definite martyr COM
pick or two. Whether this is
caused by a hangover from an
earlier tradition, or whether it is
merely one way We have Of feed
ing our vanity and impreSsing the
neighbors, can not say. But I
do believe we need course in
How to be polite about hus-
bands"
After all, there are still a good
many OF us who love our legal
mates. Why should We be ashamed
Of that? On this subject, at least
1 am modern. 1t seems to me the
way in which we hold married
love up to ridicule marks US as
complete vulgarians. q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
A Woman's Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

VXTOMEN who never would
w think of breaking one of
Mrs. Posts rules of conduct about
nonessentials discuss their hus-
bands with the utmost vulgarity.
They do not hesitate to disclose
the deepest secrets Of their mar
riage, not alone to intimate
friends, bat to any chance &C
quaintance.
It often seems to me that our
attitude toward married love is
childish, even reprehensible, since
it is generally considered very
poor taste to display affection to-
ward the individual one is sup
posed to love.
1t has become cult to enthuse
over husbands in general and to
disparage husbands in particular.
SO many an excellent dame will
sit I'D and blandly hold forth for
hours about what she is obliged
to endure, apparently never hav-
ing been struck by the idea that
her poor husband may also be
suffering severe establishment
She may be willing to die for him,
if need be, but she will never,
never praise him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
INTERESTNG-EVEN II
SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED

By G. A. w.
was interested in your Jan. 81
editorial about That Freak Hand"
Reading between the lines it seems
to say that since the suit was hearts
it must have been a fair deal.
Frequently we read in papers
where some one has drawn a per-
feet bridge hand, and almost. This
variably the suit is spades. This
causes some Of us who are mathe-
matically inclined to wonder just a
bit.
Your bridge playing readers would
probably be interested in some fig
ures from Time, the weekly news
magazine, and statement that the
chance of an honestly dealt hands
consisting Of an entire suit are l
to 1873, 753 100000.
This means that if each of the
100000 United States bridge play
ers played fifteen hands every day,
year in and year out, solid-suit
hand would occur under the law of
averages only once every three
years"
The above covers a perfect hand
in either Of the four suits. It is
obvious that thirteen spades should
fall in one hand just one-fourth as
often.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

By William Green.
You, nor your allied papers,
have neither the courage nor the
quits" to tell the truth about the
mal-administration - both local,
state and national.
You are so petty, so small in
your vision, that you can only see
as far as your nose.
Your motto about vision is all
bunk. AS far as the truth of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
! acholy diSapproUe of a0hat you sag and a0jH |
defend to the death your right to sag t-VoEtaire.

accepted our money in good faith
when he knew his bank was on the
rocks?
I do not uphold bank banditry,
but the still small voice" asks one
more question, namely: When the
Almighty speaks in the final judg-
ment, who will be public enemy No.
l, John Dillinger or some of our re-
fined money changers, for instance.
Samuel insult?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
Chance Meeting
BY FRANCESCA

BY FRANCESCA
You stood before me, smiling,
SO tall and debonair;
I read in every action
For me you'd never care.
We talked of things so trivial
For just little space
And you we're so Indifferent
To my eyes and upturned face.
You said goodby and turned from me,
On you we're quite discreet;
And 1 cried very softly, dear,
For blocks way down the street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

LtmfE mem 10 goo Wofds or -tPsS./
WHAT IF A MAN
LOSETH HIS SOUL?"
BY Times Reader.
If little child is told several
times that something is the truth,
he believes it, because he does not
have the ability to analyze or think.
Mr.. Maddox is very much like
this little child, Judging rom his
writing. He seems to think that
the Socialists claim credit because
the President is feeding few of the
men in the bread line and recog-
nized Russia.
The Socialists do not claim credit
because these men are being fed,
and neither do they claim credit
for putting these men in the bread
line. That is credited to capitalism.
The recognition of Russia can
also be credited to capitalism, which
openly announces that it expects to
profit by it.
Can the charge that Socialism
will destroy home life" be serious?
Under capitalism we see married
women working because the hus-
bands wages are cut to the point of
starvation, children Shaving because
their fathers are underpaid, daugh-
tiers driven into prostitution and
crime because of low wages and lack
of education.
Can anything destroy home life
more than this?
Can we seriously consider the
charge that Socialism will destroy
religion and separate man from
man? Under the capitalistic sys-
tenn the sole aim is to rule with gold
and not by the golden rule. Can
profit system that creates greed,
envy and jealousy be beneficial to
mankind?
Under our present system we only
follow Gods laws until they con-
denim our laws which permit man
to exploit his fellow-man. Crime
will never be abolished until we
abolish the conditions which breed
criminals.
Much more could be said, but I
doubt if even this will be published.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
FAR FROM SPORTING,
HIS ASSERTION
BY a Street Car Patron.

BY Street Car Patron.
I have never contributed anything
to your page, even though I am a
daily reader of it. I feel that the
following incident will be interesting
to the people of indianapolis.
The other night at about 715, the
trolley wire at Ohio and Fulton
streets broke as street car passed
under it. The operator, wishing to
safeguard all persons who might get
near the wire, went across the street
to the FleiSchmanSs Yeast Company,
to call the repair 1inemen.
He was coldly refused and was
forced to walk several squares to a
drug store. There were two en-
ployes in the plant at the time. Is
that the proper attitude for New
York Corporation to treat a public
servant when it is below zero?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
HE WANTS OPINIONS
FROM CONSUMERS
By a Consumer.

In reference to your editorial Of
Jan. 81, would remind you that
when the merger question was be-
fore the commission in 1926-27,
Clarke and his associates promised
a great reduction in operating ex-
penses. Instead, these expenses, as
you have stated, have increased
more rapidly than revenue.
Is it not true that by collision
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
PUTS DILLINGER, BANKERS
IN SAME BOAT
By Times Reader.

BY Times Reader.
The capture of John Dillinger,
called public enemy No. l, has
caused me to do some thinking.
His offenSe is bank banditry, plus
possible murder I reasoned with
myself What is the difference be-
tween one who robs bank with a
machine gun and a bank official
who accepts deposits when they
know their institutions are unSound?
We all know how many of the
last named the country has seen
the last four years.
Second; If John Dillinger killed
a policeman with a gun, how many
people were killed the last four
years by dependency, a slower and
more cruel death?
Third: Should prison officials
have any more right to torture a
bank bandit by third degree to
wiring confessions from them, than
they would bank president who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

If you want to feel good, you might know
that 500 bond now is worth ITO of the new
60-cent dollars. What? You'd still prefer the
old-time dollar and the 500 bond. How I'M
grateful!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
A POINT OF INFORMATION
is DESIRED
BY One Seeking knowledge.

BY One Seeking knowledge.
We would greatly appreciate it if
you will kindly explain in The Times
why the city's light company always
puts or the suburban bills a demand
charge of 63 cents, over and above
the amount used in figuring the bill.
Now, you always have this to pay
extra, no matter when the bill is
paid. You would have to pay 38
cents if overdue, but the 63 cents
mentioned above you have to pay
extra. always, Why?
We have been told people living in
the city, owning frigidaire get a
reduction. Is this true, and, if so,
why Go they make none for subur-
ban people?
We trust you will explain these
things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

The suspended warden of the New York
City prison that was run by gangsters now
wants to retire on pension. AT least he's sure
to retire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
Is FARLEY Really Shanty Irish?

matter is, your papers are filled
with the most mis-Statements Of
any on earth.
Nothing in them has the least
foundation of truth-if you can
prevent the truth. EXaggerations,
mis-statements, distortions Of
truth-that's what you print.
Throw out shanty Irish Farley.
(EditOr'S MITE. NTvf NTvN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

Yale again follows its old tradition and Sc
lects one of its alumni as football coach. The
rest Of the country can go radical but not Yale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
A DIRTY DEAL, HE SAYS,
FROM ROOSEVELT.

By a Veteran.
Why has the American Legion
membership increased $1,000 during
the past year? Because We have
been so unfairly dealt with by our
new President at the White House
that we must get together so that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

government plants. and all var vessels in gov
eminent navy yards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

Congressman Britten doesn't want Amer
lean diplomats abroad to talk like the British.
He's right. How can he understand them if
they do?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

Walter Damrosch says crooners are not
singers and should be boiled in oil. Now,
there's an idea for the relief of the oil industry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

A Toledo detective caught a couple of
crooks when they thought he was drunk and
tried to pick his pockets. Their excise was
they didn't know he was unloaded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07
The Message Center

(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their Cieros in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or -lpss.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-07

Editors Note: My! My!)