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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
DECENCY?" MR.. YORK

T LIQUOR forces already have revealed their
~ real intentions of ignoring all laws and
all decency."
That was the first blast of 1884 of L. E.
York, superintendent Of Indianas Anti
Saloon League, in declaring that the states
drys will open a battle for local option.
1t is perfectly all right for Mr. York and
his Anti-Saloon League to fight for local OPP
ton. If there are any dry sections of Indiana
which want to stay dry and if the legislature
wants to listen, they are entitled to whatever
protection they want against liquor
And for Indiana to rise up and roar that the
Anti-Saloon League has no right to demand
local option would be doing just what the Anti
Saloon League did for years whenever the topic
of repeal was suggested.
For Mr.. York to use the phrase ignoring
all decency" against the liquor interests is
somewhat odd. Mr. York and his Anti-Saloon
Leaguers were guilty themselves of ignoring
all decency" during the prohibition era.
If anything brought repeal it was the
bigoted intolerant attitude of the drys, that
same ignoring of decency' which Mr. York
today is charging to the liquor interests.
But the shoe is on the other foot. And Mr..
York doesn't like it,
And the Anti-Saloon League yet may come
to the point where it may win its fight for
local option 1t yet may dry up Indiana again.
1t happened once and it can happen again if
we are not careful.
Repeal is here and we've started out by
laughing at all regulatory laws. It's not smart
and it's not safe. The liquor interests should
remember that when they cry about too much
government regulation. The liquor interests
should remember that they themselves helped
bring prohibition with their brewery owned
and distillery-owned saloons. They should
welcome government reguation-strict govern
ment regulation because any kind of good reg
ulation is better than the iron hand of the
AnA-Saloon League, an Anti-Saloon League in
the saddle.
There probably is some truth in what Mr..
York says.
But for him to break out with that 'ignor-
ing of decency" remark about the vets strikes
us as awfully, awfully funny
Perhaps it's because we remember
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
THE HOUSE OF HUEY

LIMITED STATES SENATOR HUEY P.
~ LONG recently penned rather purple
account of himself and his own exploits in
an autobiography called Every Man King"
Recent events are writing a dismal epilogue
proving that Louisianas one-time No citizen
is not even a kingflsh.
In the Sixth Congressional district the SEN
ator had hand-picked a candidate to succeed
his late friend, Representative Bolivar Kemp.
Said candidate the Widow Kemp, polled only
5000 votes for the good and sufficient reasons
that the election was held under ban Of a
court order plus a popular boycott. In an
unofficial election staged by the people, j. Y.
Sanders polled 1900 votes.
Further evidences Of waning Long influ-
ence are seen in a New Orleans municipal
election, in which the Long faction was run
ming third, and in Shreveport, where citizens
we're circulating petitions asking President
Roosevelt to GUST both Long and his satellite,
Senator John H. Overton.
The fall of the House of Huey' will be
went bv few sincere and disinterested Amer
leans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

cause twenty banks, as members Of the clear
ing house association, promised that they
would not let it fail and agreed to assume its
deposit liabilities if it was unable to weather
the storm.
Last March the bank closed its doors. And
now the twenty banks say they viii not pay.
Their guarantees, they protest, were given "ln
a crisis and without extended consideration of
the technical formalities involved"
Having had plenty Of time to examine
those formanties, they now conclude that they
can not pay the money they promised to pay
Some of these bankers, doubtless, were men
who protested bitterly that the governments
departure from the gold standard was viola
lation Of a solemn pronise
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

apolis Power and Light Company evidently has
been more fortunate than other businesses.
When the public service commission begins
its hearings on Feb l, the light company is
going to have lot of explaining to d.
The records of its merger in 1927 were
missing from the commissions files when The
Times representative sought them on several
occasions. This was the merger which the pub
lie, through its constituted authorities per-
mitted because the company said it could give
better service and lower rates.
Where were these missing recordsP
Why is the valuation of the company so
high?
Why are depreciation charges so heavy?
These are questions which will have to be
answered at the public hearings
Governor McNutt in his prediction cam
paign promised to do all in his power to re-
duce utility rates. Through his public service
commission and Mr.. Minton he is making every
effort to fulfill his promise
He is entitled to every bit of support the
public can give his administration in this
battle. Light and power rates must come down
if Indianapolis is to progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

smoothly the advice is excellent.
But when bad times come, when
sickness and poverty and sorrow and
death make their appearance, the
relatives who mind their own bust
ness are a sorry lot. In such an
event we much prefer the other
kind, those who show a decent in
terest in our misfOrtunes.
If women pry into their neigh
bors' concerns, at least by doing so
they promote fellowship without
which our lives would be less happy
than they are. They keep alive a
vital friendliness during an age
when everybody is too much en-
crossed with self.
All community charities, all kind
deeds, all movements that have for
their cause desire TO help the
poor, the oppressed and the miser-
able are melted. in the first in
stance, by the vice of curiosity, and
are begun by those who realize that
living would be a sad experience for
us all if each attended strictly TO
his own business.
This unholy maxim originated in
the mind of somebody who didn't
care what happened to his neighbor
across the street, or across the coun-
try, or across the world-and a
pretty poor maxim 1t Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
CUTTLEFISH UTILITIES

GONE public utilities. like the cuttleflsh,
~ surround themselves with a cloud of ink
to conceal their activities. They throw off so
many confusing terms and figures that the
consumer finds difficulty in understanding
how his rates are made. This, of course, is all
to the advantage of the utility.
The rate problem really is simple The
public grants light company monopoly.
In return for this the company agrees to set
a rate which will yield a fair return on its
investment. The public service commission is
supposed to make sure that this fair return"
really is fair-usually not more than or 7
per cent.
There are several ways in which utility
NAV evade regulation and thus collect more
in rates from the public that it should One
is by initiating the value of its investment.
The indianapolis Power and Light Com
panv SAYS it is worth s5sOOooO0.
Sherman Minton, public counsellor, who IS
irving to knock down light rates. says the
concern is worth SS5,000000.
If Mr.. Minton's figure is correct. the con-
sumers are being charged for s24OOOOOO worth
of nonexistent value.
Still anOCner IrlCk OF ulllAt4SS - tAAO P"NA
ding of expenses. The fair return which they
are allowed is after all necessary expenses
have been deducted One such expense Is
depreciation. which is fund set aside every
wear to replace property and equipment as it
wears out.
The indianapolis Power and Light Com
nanv in 1882 charged the consumers $1,4S20oo
for depreciation.
Mr.. Minton says $4,000 would have been
correct
If the public counsellor is right then last
year the power and light company took s6ooooO
more than it was entitled to from the consum-
ers' pockets. This is tidy sum in depression
year.
No doubt the company has been put to adj
ditional expense by the NRA and by increased
taxation. Yet. despite these new costs, Mr..
Minton apparently has found that last July the
downward trend of the utility's earnings was
reversed and, despite economic conditions, its
earnings took an upward turn. The Indian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

oppose. AS for scientific Social
ism" there is none in existence but
do not deny that socialism has
in its ranks many so-called
scientists.
The kind of Socialism which pro-
duced the French revolution and the
present Russian revolution is con-
trary to the spirit and letter Of our
Constitution, and every teacher of
our schools and every officer Of our
government, state and national, who
are in any way obligated to obey
the Socialist party are, to say the
least, dangerous to our peace and
safety.
The preamble of the Constitution
which states the purpose and spirit
Of that noble document reads thus:
1--WE, the people Of the United
States, in order to form a more
perfect union, establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote
the general welfare and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, do ordain and eStao-
lish this Constitution for the United
States Of America"
Socialism, by its continual agita-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
The Other Side
BY A Times Reader.

BY A Times Reader.
I notice a letter in the paper
Dec. %. Of course, you have no
way Of knowing if the person who
wrote is telling the facts when he
writes. I am one of the many
workers in the Monroe county
forest CWA work. Mr.. Murphy
did not order us out. He asked us
how many wanted to put in the
time. Most Of the men wanted a
chance to make the day. Mr..
Murphy said we could stay in the
BUSES or work. He did not care
which.
I suppose the man who wrote
this letter is one of these who
sat in the buses and shot craps
all day and is mad because he
lost some of his money and sets
up howl about losing the day. I
made the day and got my pay and
did not get soaked either like this
man claims the man who was sick
for two days was sick when he
came down Tuesday morning and
went to the hospital doctor. The
reason the buses did not leave
was when one leaves all have to
start at the same time. They are
on contract and we worked till
$3.50 p. m. that day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
A Woman's Viewpoint
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

T DARESAY the one bit Of advice
4 most often expressed to women
could be compassed by four words
Mind your own business"
Curiosity and inquisitiveness, &C
cording to many worthy persons,
are the most reprehensible of FEM
mine faults. Yet I should like to
remind them that these very traits
contribute shining values to a dark
and often miserable world.
There is no denying that women
sometimes are Meddlesome Matties.
We like sticking our fingers into the
other fellows pie and poking our
noses into affairs that are no con-
Germ Of ours. We get our biggest
thrills, speaking figuratively, from
peeping into the neighbours VIM
dows.
In short, we are curious and We
admit it. And a precious good thing
for everybody, if you ask me. Be-
cause if We minded only our own
business, a long list Of excellent and
charitable deeds. would be undone.
ID ELATIVES. you remember, al
~ ways are being warned about
the folly Of mixing into family mat
tiers, and so long as everything goes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Inspirational

BY ALICE Z. DYSON
They tower DER the worlds con-
fusion and din
Transcendent-as beauty eclipses
sin,
From Gods earthly temples, to
azure skies,
His pledge Of redemption-gold
crosses rise:
To him who, faint with hunger,
looks up
With passionate eyes to the life
giving cup,
So he who yearns, as did Percivale
Is fed by this viSion-as from the
Grail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
THE RIGHT VIEW

TT would be a good thing if successful candi-
dates for public office everywhere could
adopt the attitude with which Fiorello H. La
Guardia assumed his duties as mayor Of New
York Mi La Guardia announced bluntly that
he was not going to try to be "a good fellow"
"An elected public official under our form
of government must be ungrateful," ne said.
Il have many friends who worked hard for
nv election can not appoint them to office,
because they don't happen to be fitted to hold
it. You can't be good fellow and good
mayor"
Here is most excellent common sense. If
more mayors had the same idea, our mulllcl-
pal governments generally would be run with
a great deal more efficiency and great deal
less expense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
ONE KIND OF HONOR,

THE United States government is trying to
L collect s9,375OOo from twenty New York
banks in connection with the collapse of the
Hartman National Bank and Trust Company.
The Hartman bank began staggering q
year ago. It was allowed to remain open be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

A London scientist says we are taller in the
morning than at night - and, we may add,
we're shorter on Thursday than on Monday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
r 1OhOlIy diSapproUe of what you sag
and 1OiU defend to the death your
| right to sag it-V0ltajre.

I of CHI to be explained. What
thing are daily happening in
Indiana?" What kind of Grim
inal fortress is being built?" And
the important, Where is the politi-
cal graft?"
We-that means about a dozen
neighbors of mine and myself-we
want to know, being just the Or
binary mine-run Indiana voters, if
you or CHI has an inside informa-
ton on above mentioned accusa-
| tons. We ought to know the facts
and not just generalities.
On the subject Indiana is the
laughing stock Of the nation" l am
going to do a little research work
and will answer you more fully in
the near future, hoping the Message
Center editor will be gracious
enough to give me some space. Dur
ing some Of the preceding admins
tratiOnS you will have noticed some
laughing at Indiana; the fact is right
now, whenever you mention GER
tain former senator and his gang,
JCLA AAOb OAAAS 5CO a SOCN laugh buO
you get a real old fashioned belly
laugh, chuckle and guffaw
Politically, I might be blind, deaf
and comfortably dumb and also
asleep; therefore, I ask you and
George Stephens to wake me up;
get the needle-give the facts.
BY Ralph Crowley
In looking over your paper, I see
where in Shelbyville, the home of
the Democrats. BAT out Of nearly
400 persons applied for old age pen
SiOnS. There surely must be favor
ties in Shelby county, one of the
Democratic strongholds. Perhaps
one mans vote is not as good as
another.
1t is a grand thing that the poor
mans vote counts one, the same as
the rich, or what would the political
grafterS do in Marion county, the
home Of the grafterS? My opinion
Of the Democrats at the preset
time is stick to your party plat
form"
One mans vote is just as good as
another, rich or poor. If the Demo-
Gratis are going to rid the state CT
the poor house, or rather in
firmarieS, they had better stick to
their party platfrom, or else hand
the county and state over to the
radicals and grafters. The writer is
a Democrat Of forty-nine years
standing and never asked a favor,
which is the reason why I never
had the pull So, beware, you vet
Grams. If you apply for the pension
and get turned down, tear the
tickets Of Democratic and Republi-
can candidates and throw them in
the gutter. They probably will get
their wisdom teeth cut then.
BY Times Reader.
My husband and brother put in
their applications in November on
the made work products and never
have received a card to go TO work.
They need the work and there are a
number of men working at the fair
ground. and some Of them put in
their application one day and got
their card the next day. My hus-
band is painter and decorator and
there are a lot of painters working
there in the Playground. My brother
is a laborer and we are good old
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

BY q. D. Vincent.
Like George Stephens letter,
Merle Nichols communication IN
your Message Center is just another
epistle Of generalities and hot-cha-
no facts. Facts are wanted, so let
us get down to brass tacks.
One of the questions on the table
and to be explained is McNutt's
terror gang" Universities diction-
airy says terror" (a) extreme fear.
Who is duplicating extreme fear"
or who has extreme fear?" Your
Mr.. Nichols, George Stephens,
others and myself? I do not think
so! (b) Terror-"fright" Who puts
fright into you or others? Are you,
George, and myself, being fright
ened?" Personally I didn't notice
it. Co Terror: Intimidation" Are
you, George, and others, ''intini-
dated?" If so, when, where and
how?
OF course there are some profess
sional politicians - mostly on the
other side of the fence-Who have
and show extreme fear, fright and
similar symptoms, but that is only
natural. Now then, explain where
and what is "NIcNutt's terror gang"
so-called by George Stephens.
There are still the other items
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

Henry Ford insists he isn't interested in
making money. He just wants to make cars
that make money for him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

ton and propaganda, endeavors to
diSorganize the unity Of the states.
1t seeks to impede the process Of
justice. 1t continually is trying to
destroy our domestic tranquility. 1t
agitateS continually against our de-
Tense system. 1t intends to reduce
everybody to state of slavery to
the government and destroy every
last vestige of liberty, including free
dom Of speech and of the press,
freedom Of religious worship and
the right to own a home or acquire
property of any kind, all of which
are direct violations of the Consti-
tuition Of this nation and renders
all Socialists, scientific" or other
wise, as unfit to be called true citi-
zens of this republic.
Russia is building Socialism" as
her spokesman proclaim, and we
can't reconcile her methods to our
Constitution.
Resolved, That MARKHAM Social
ism (your kind, Mr.. Kimmerling)
is violation Of the Constitution
when practiced in this country.
Would you like to debate on that
subject?
Again defy any man to prove
that Socialism is constitutional.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

T LIQUOR forces already have revealed their
~ real intentions of ignoring all laws and
oil decercv0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-29

FTER long, honorable in the Mems Haberdashery field
in Indianapolis closed their forever!
They known throughout the their complete
reliable merchandise for their fair dealing. After
Quoting Retiring From Business Sale their
sold all their remaining stocks Ayres Downstairs
a low prce Tomorrow buy FAR
BELOW the last prices offered by Krause Bros Included
nationally brands-such "Shirt
"AlIen A. Gibbs Superior glastonbury auto Brandt
Quantities limited!
Il So Handker
Work Il Cans
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-29

Quantities In this sale are
limited. It IL our wish to
give fairest treatment to
the greatest number of GUS
TONERS. 1t would be OBJ
TiOusly unfair to allow
large quantities of goods TO
be sold to one person-only
to be returned next day.
thus depriving other per-
sons the privilege of buy
ing. Therefore. we must
curtail orr usuaI liberal
return policy" For this
sale-NO RETURNS. NO
EXCHANGES, NO c. o.
D.'s, NO LAYAWAYs-must
be the. rulei
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-29
PLEASE NOTE THESE FACTS:

We DON'T want be DISAPPOINTED please
every ONLY VERY LARGE and VERY SMALL SIZES
available! All medium best-sellng GOMEZ Some of the
goods fairly much of it is OLDER STOCKsOme of
VERY OLD Some of it is up-tOsdate- but lots of it is OUT
FASHION! However, if you SMALL SIZE a LARGE
SZEo not too darned particular about LOOKS
HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BUY good substantial mems
for ALMOST NOTHING!
Work Pants Sweaters OUeraus Office Coats
Dress Pants Golf Socks RdncOds Work Coats
The Washington times., 1934-08-07
NEW ORLEANS
.,J0BLESS RIOT

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 7
U.N.SO.-While rival factions
battling for control Of New Or
leans plunged into a series of
court battles here today, the. city
faced a more grim crisis with hun
dreds of unemployed clamoring
for food.
A demonstration which this
group started at Lafayette Square
yesterday was only broken up
when city police mobilized with
tear gas and protected National
Guardsmen under orders from
Senator Huey P. Long from at
tack.
The crowd had been hurting
threats at the guardsmen and
the State government which had
failed to provide them with relief.
Mayor T. SemmeS Walmsley con-
ferred briefly with the rioters, led
by woman Communist leader, but
was unable to give them any
definite promise of assistance.
Meanwhile, a. National Guard
sentry stationed at Jackson Bar
racks fired today at an unidenti-
fled armed man who attempted
to enter the building in the morn
ing darkness. Neither of his
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The Washington times., 1934-08-07
MERLE OBERON
WOMAN HACKER.
ASSAULTED

Three young white men early
today attacked Miss Ethel Mae
Shawen, 80, a woman taxicab
driver, after they hailed her cab
downtown and asked to be driven
to an isolated spot near Military
Road Northwest, she reported to
police.
Miss Shawen, who said she
fought her assailants off but lost
control of the cab, causing it to
strike a tree, was treated at
Georgetown Hospital for shock
and bruises before returning to
her home in the 1000 block of
Rittenhouse st. N. w.
She said the three, all about
% to Is years Of age, accosted
her in the 1900 block of H ST..
N. w. One man asked her to
drive to Military Road, and turn
left on Twenty-seventh Street."
In the $500 block of Twenty
seventh st. N. W., one man held
his hand over her mouth, while
the other two seized her, she
said.
After the cab struck the tree
all three men fled. Miss Shawen'S
screams for help were heard by
residents of a nearby house and
police were called.
The Washington times., 1934-08-07
COST To FALL
ON OUTSIDE
TAXPAYERS
0vations Accorded Executive
on Trip Accompanied BY
'KiCkS" at Home
By FRANKLIN G. sARTWELL

BY FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL
With President Roosevelt about
halfway across the continent on
his leisurely jaunt back to the
Capital, political observers already
are beginning to assay the value of
the trip lin point of votes in the
coming Congressional election.
Those who are interested in
winning the West" profess to find
encouragement in the tremendous
receptions which the President is
receiving wherever his special
train stops. They point to huge
crowds and to uproarious cheer
ing as certain evidence that the
President has not lost any of his
hold upon the imagination of the
people.
But the country does not con.
sist of the West alone and the
hard-boiled tacticians who are re-
sponsible for sending Democrats
to Congressional seats from the
Eastern States are somewhat wor-
ried over the strategy which the
President is practicing.
West Gets Best
It is all right to tell the West
erners what wonderful hands the
New Deal is giving them in the big
national game, but the President
admits with startling frankness
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