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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-03

CIermont NJ E.-The Rev Morris Of
Flaxville M. E. church speaks here at II
a. m. and at 1880 .. m. at the Robindale
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First United Presbyterian-Th Rev.
Joseph A. Mears, pastor. Morning theme,
THE Stewardship of Faith; $50 p. m,
young peoples meeting.
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North NJ E.-Dr w. w Want pastor.
Morning theme, THE Contagion of a Pas
SION; night, DR.. Lucias H. Bugbee, editor
in-chief of the Church Board of Publ
cations, will speak.
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Southworth rector. 7:30 a. m, Holy
Communion; 9:30 church school; II a. m,
sermon, Defense of the Churches"
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Christ Church, EpiscopaI-The Rev
Anger Powell. rector Holy communion
a: m. The church school faculty. the
adult Bible class and the Altar Guild will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-03

Pilgrim Holiness Misison-520 East Mis-
souri,. The Rev. E. N. Trotter. pastor,
Pastor speaks al both services tomorrow.
Special service tomorrow afternoon at 2:SO
and Wednesday night al 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-03

CarrolltOn Avenue Reformed-The Rev.
E. G. Homrighausen, pastor. Morning
theme, 1.-The Primary Thing
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Belmont U. B.-The Rev John c. Rob-
erts, pastor. Tonight at 1870 o'clock. the
pastor begins a Saturday night series of
Bible study talks. Tomorrow morning.
combined service with children's sermon.
night. 'Three Birthdavsn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
NOT TO BE REPEATED

NEITHER civilized nor uncivilized people
send their children to war to be killed
and manned Yet in this depression, five and
a half million children are victims.
Five and half million children were on
relief rolls Nov. l. Many Of them will die Of
diseases which proper nutrition could have
warded off Many OF them will bear In their
bodies and souls the scars Of this experience.
And as long as they live their outlook on
life will be shaped by the fact that in early
years starvation was the rule and what food
there was came in a charity basket, or by
means of a grocery order.
That is what we have allowed to happen
during the four years of depression. There
have been other casualties and other tragedies
but this is the most dreadful and the most
stupid. It has been the most dreadful not only
for the children, but for the parents who
could have endured for themselves but whose
hearts broke for their babies.
We should not have allowed it to happen. We
never should have endured the cruel paSsivity
of officials who refused year after year to
act. Whatever else happened, we should not
have let children go unnourished
Today the parents OF these cnlloren are
on civil works pay rolls receiving wages which
at least can buy adequate food
But the problem is not solved NO way
vet has been found for making these parents
permanently self-supporting nor these chill
dren permanently secure. We never must re-
lay DIR efforts until the way is found, and
until we have made sure, SO far as it is hu-
manly possible, that their tragedy Will not De
repeated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
RESTRAIN DRUNKEN DRIVERS

-vERY time an automobile gets into
T. snash-up these days, the police begin
their investigation by asking. "Was the driver
drunk?"
And that question. buzzing through the air
with monotonous frequency, points to an angle
of the repeal business that is going to need
a whole lot of thought.
Maybe>it really isn't connected with repeal
at all We had drunken drivers under pro-
hibition, heaven knows and there are plenty
of people who will tell you that actual con-
sumption of strong waters is increasing very
little, if at all, with passing of the dry laws.
But that part really doesn't make much dlt-
ference.
The point is that we never yet have handled
the problem of the drunken driver with any
thing like intelligence; and, in theory at least,
the problem has become more pressing now
that the sale of liquor is legal.
Every one over the mental age Of seven
years knows perfectly well that drunken
man has no business driving an automobile.
1t is equally part Of common knowledge that
drunken people do drive autos every day and
every night, and that so far we haven't found
any very efficient way of keeping them from
doing so.
We need to tackle the problem along two
lines.
First, we need to build up public sentl-
ment that condemns drunken driving I'M
equivocally and sternly. We need to recognize
the plain fact that drunk behind the wheel
of a car is as much menace to public safety
as a maniac with a meat ak.
The chap who gets stiff and then climbs
gayly into his car to drive home isn't charm
ing fellow who does amusing things; he is
potential killer and we need a public opinion
that will tell him so without hesitation.
Second, we need tighter laws to deal with
the offenSe, and far stricter enforcement of
them than most of our laws get. The penalty
for driving while intoxicated ought to be heavy
enough to make even the most care-free tip
pier pause; and it ought to be applied without
any ifs ands, or butts.
And we were reminded by the prohibition
lists in the old days. gasoline and alcohol make
a disastrous mixture. It's high time that we
found some way Of squelching the crack-brains
who persist in trying to it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
WEDNESDAY. JAN. II. 1894.
AN UNFAIR CODE

FORMULATION Of a code of fair COMPETE
u ton for the electric utilities provides NRA
with an opportunity for outstanding public
service. The code now under consideration
does not take advantage of that opportunity.
The utility business is not like others which
have come before the recovery administration.
1t was permitted TO develop as monopoly and
IN return was supposed to submit to regulation.
Instead, IL has rendered regulation impotent,
through its use Of the holding company device
and other ingenious means. This has produced
g popular reaction favorable to public compe-
tition through municipal plants.
code of fair competition which would rid
the industry Of holding company domination,
Of tricky accounting. Of many other maiprac-
tees disclosed by the federal trade commits
sion, would be of real value to utility COM
panies themselves and to the public generally.
1t would lessen the demand for public opera
ton Of utilities and the public resentment
against utility practices.
But the industry apparently lacks the vision
and courage to present such code, ana NRA
IN this instance seems to suffer from the same
lack
Employees Of private utility companies have
testified that wages in the proposed code are
lower than those now in effect and municipal
plant officials have testified that code wages
also are lower than those they now are paying.
If this testimony is true the proposed code
can not accomplish anything toward restora-
ton Of national purchasing power.
Nor can IL he ANYTHING hut q handican and
q danger to public power developments The
utility men who wrote it attempted to force
municipal and federal power plants to comply
with its provisions and frankly said it was in
tended to end the government competition
which is today the only effective check on
utility rates. NRA officials removed the pro-
vision making it mandatory for public prof.
ects to submit themselves to codiflcation, but
the code still makes it possible for them to do
So
If public plants choose to stay out their
private competitors are exempt from code
terms also. If they come in, they are subject
TO domination by a code authority completely
controlled by private companies. The end Of
that is easy to predict And furthermore.
trade publications Of the private companies
already hint that public opinion will be organ
lied to demand public plant cooperation.
NRA officials should recognize the peculiar
circumstances which surround this industry
and should face the fact that, by approving
the code submitted. they would weaken the
chief weapon the public has to protect itself
against a powerful monopoly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
A MATTER OF ROUTINE

THE most sensational thing about the navy's
mass flight to Hawaii seems to be the
fact that there was nothing sensational about
it. That is no one seems to have become
especially excited about it, no one doubted that
the planes would get through on schedule, no
one felt that there was any reason to look for
even a minor disaster.
And the flight lived up to this advance BILL
ing. The six planes took off as they planned
to, flew for 2,400 miles in formation, and came
down precisely when and where they said they
would without any fuss and without an ex-
element.
This, when you stop to think about it, is a
splendid achievement. That long hop from
California to Hawaii is intrinsically a diff
cut and dangerous job The navy made it look
easy-just part Of the regular job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
THE PURSUIT ARMY

THERE are millions of women in the world
who would like to change places with a
certain navy aviators bride. Mrs Pearle
Woods wants to be with her husband and he
wants to have her with him-but they inst
can't get together. Wives aren't allowed on
navy ships, and every time the bride reaches
1t, his ship is ordered on.
But he wants her. And that, after all. Is
important. If she gets there isn't half as
important.
The great army of women, who have
difficult time keeping up with their husbands,
can blame it on something else. Their hus-
bands simply won't wait for them They run
from them instead. And the poor deluded
ladies haven't learned that the best way to
make man turn around is to run the other
way for while. He'll come back to see why
he has lost his chase-appeal.
Men like to pursue. 1t doesn't matter If
the game is a fox or a tiger or a woman.
There isn't any conquest in having an animal
walk up TO you and beg to be captured when
you are all dressed up in a new red riding
suit and shining spurs, ready to ride to
the hunt.
as a ham sandwich under a glass bell on
railroad lunch counter Any man would rather
have something that is just glimpsed when the
refrigerator door swings open.
If Cleopatra had told Anthony that she
was sorry she couldn't come to his sailing
party, but she had a tryst in the shadow of
the sphinx, maybe he would have postponed
the hour of departure-or kidnapped her. But
she let him know that she wanted to elope.
Anyway, he gave her memory or two for
residue and she gave poets and playwrights a
theme for their work.
Oh, of course the woman must let the man
know that she is willing to be pursued. But
It is I'D to him TO win what he wants
If the Lily Maid of Astolat hadn't grown
so listless for fear Launcelot wouldn't stay
she wouldn't have bored him, and she might
have had another weekend. Still-a week
end isn't much.
For men want women who are fun. Women
who will laugh with them. Women who won't
Be shocked. At least, this is the summary Of
Louis Bromheld. popular young author Of
The Farm" whose best sellers make nice
row of books woman who is running after
a man is so out Of breath that she gets red in
the face or cries or does something.
She may want him as badly as Al Smith
wanted to be President. but if she runs after
him she merely chases him over the horizon.
So long as man thinks that you are leaving
him as free as an escaped balloon on circus
day-heu be back. That is, if he really wants
TO come. Otherwise why want him9
Men like women who leave them free to
90 where they please. but are always waiting
when they come back" Mr.. Bromaeld says
The waiting act is 8 lady's act. Patience
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
TIMES is LAUDED FOR
STAND ON LIGHT RATES
Bw W. F. R.

Bw W. F. r.
Judging from what a man about
town" hears in the street, the ar
ticles appearing in The Times have
got the people of this town think
ing a lot about the methods adopted
TO gouge the electric consumers OF
this city. At the same time I must
saw that the methods are stand
ard" with all utilities controlled by
what are known as holding COM
panies."
These methods are so crude, how
ever, that they could not be carried
on from one year to another If peo-
pie knew the actual facts. The pow
er of the utilities in the past has
been due to very heavy subscrip-
tons to Democratic and Republican
funds in the past.
There has been a lot Of notoriety
in the press lately about the In
diana public Service Company case
which is another repetition of old
and practiced methods.
One has a feeling Of confidence in
present Mr.. Minton, public coun-
selor. and the public service COM
mission. But I feel, nevertheless,
that the public service commission
and it's staff should be put on a
civil service basis so that their po-
sition would be permanent. If ev-
cry one in this state body knew
that removal only could be made by
a proven cause, only then would
consumers get the conscientious
service to which they are entitled.
one hears some extraordinary
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
A Woman's Viewpoint
Bv MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TOR such women are exactly
Il what their contemporaries
expected women to be-animated
parlor furniture. They are victims
of the theory that being wife,
even though one never had chill
dren, was sufficient occupation for
a healthy woman.
They were created by the
egoism of man who somehow, for
a time, sold himself the idea that
a wife ought to be such nitwit
that she could pass into state Of
coma while he was absent and
regain consciousness suddenly
when he returned, and that he
was able to furnish her with all
the interest, work and excitement
she would need in life.
But the modern woman is not
like that. She is in fact very
different sort of person. And she's
really far more capable than any
who came before her. She can
keep house or make a living. She
can bring un fine children or
grace a noble profession with
equal ease. Fashioned according
to the standards of the new free
dom, and purified by the fires OF
a world depression, she is credit
to any country or age. and GER
tainly as good as the men she
lives among.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
RAPS LANDLORDS FOR
HIGH TAX SQUAWKS.

BY Fairplay.
Now that owners of real estate
temporarily have ceased their usual
"squawking' about high taxes and
their same old story of not making
anything off their rentals, I would
like to suggest that if these property
owners first would show little more
respect and consideration for their
tenants, they might have reason to
expect more sympathy and con-
sideration themselves.
The following is my own ex-
perience with one of those so-called
poor" property owners: I occupied
one of his eight houses for six years,
paying a monthly rental of $22 or a
total of 81, 584 for the period, at the
end of which time, I lost my
position. Then being unable to pay
my rent in advance, Gas 1 had done
throughout the six years I occupied
his house, promptly was ordered
| to move.
The taxes on this property
amounted to approximately 1882 for
the entire six years. During this
time only $11 was spent on up-keep
and this was for the papering of
two rooms. Any one readily can see
Of course, that this owner made not
only enough off a single piece of
property to pay for upkeep and
taxes, but also cleared $1,321.
1t is a known fact that landlords
absolutely have no consideration for
even the best tenants. Their favorite
slogan is pay up or get out" Own
ers are so selfish they would prefer
to see their houses stand vacant and
rot down, rather than favor the
renter by reducing the rent to a
figure which he would be able to
pay.
I think it is only fair, therefore,
that property owners be compelled
to carry their share of the tax
burden, and especially those who
have property for rent. The latter
well can afford to do this, and at the
same time it may serve the good
purpose of making them less
calloused and self-centered but more
considerate Of the "other fellow" At
least, it will give them some idea Of
Just what it is like to pay out
money occasionally instead OF
always receiving it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
PROTESTS INABILITY TO
GET CWA EMPLOYMENT

BY Mr.. o. Wells
In regard to the letter of Jan. TO-
which H. M. Whileford put in the
Message Center.
1 agree with him about giving un-
employed jobs on bridges. 1 have
been unable to get on the CWA jobs.
signed up at Tomlinson hall in
July and again in November at
Meridian street, and no job yet. I
would like to have a job. I am an
all-round man, can do anything or
go any place where I can make a
living. have been out Of work four
years and have my wife and mother
to keep.
We can hardly live on $1.90 a
week. Who can? I am thankful
for that little amount, but would
rather work for my living.
1 hope you publish this and
somebody might make me happy by
giving me a job-thank God.
am a Times reader and have
been for twenty-five years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17

XXTHEN Mary Borden says that
w the American business man
suffers because he has unap-
preciative women, when she gets
all excited about how put upon
the poor thing is, and how much
he needs a new kind of wife TO
lend him cheer, courage and help,
she speaks of type that already
is passing away and that before
long will be entirely obsolete.
And why fret the dying? It's
true that during past decades we
bred in this country a useless,
parasitic woman who believed her
chief aim in life was to get her
self supported in luxury by hus-
band, and who considered any
kind of work degrading.
But not by any stretch of imag-
nation can that woman be called
a modern. She's as old-faShioned
as a reticule, as outmoded as a
ManSard roof.
Nor can see any need for
wasting sympathy on all these ex-
rich men who now find them
selves burdened with spoiled
wives. They wanted spoiled wives
when they were successful, they'll
have to put up with them now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
SUGGESTS PROBE OF
eva DISMISSALS
BY An Ex-CWA Worker.

BY An Ex-CWA Worker.
am an ex-CWA worker. I
have been reading the paper about
all of the men who are being en-
ployed, but I failed to notice any
thing concerning the government
workers who are being laid off. 1t
was my understanding that there
was to be three months work for
every one employed.
I worked three weeks and in those
three weeks I drew one full pay.
There was no investigation as to
who had families and who did not.
The lay off was put up to the bosses
and the bosses kept their favorites.
and friends. I, personally, know of
young men who are working and.
have no dependents. Their parents
or parent are working also. This
happened on the Fifty-ninth street
and Allisonville road. All lay-offs
will bear investigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
Explanation Demanded From G. @. P.

trol and, therefore, since def1ation
has resulted in a complete eco
nomic collapse we need not expect
economic recovery from imitation?
So, as farmer, I now want the
G.. 0. P. committee to enlighten
farmers on the dangers and bless
ingS of the mild deflation from
1920 to 1888.
Would controlled imitation now
be worse than the mild def1ation
since 1920? Since the Ct. o. P.
national committee now is COM
mitted definitely to the theory
that imitation once started is i'm
possible to control, as a farmer I
am inclined to stand by the fed
eral Constitution, which says that
the congress shall coin money and
regulate it's value.
If the congress can not con-
troll an increase in the circulation
of the currency-which is inf1a-
tion-and a decrease in the cir
culation of the currency is def1a-
tion-it is now up to the G. o. P.
national committee to name the
authority that can control in the
interests of the whole people
rather than for few.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
STREAMS MAY HOLD
LOST LANTERN SECRET

BY a Times Reader.
I read in The Times a few days
ago that our city officials were dis
tressed over the disappearance Of
so many red lanterns. They might
add few torches to the list.
If one recalls driving out the
Bluff road summer and fall, they
probably found the road blocked at
Raymond street with squadron OF
red lanterns and torches. The next
day the blockade was back again
with some shiny new lanterns.
We wonder where the other lam
terms went. If the worried Off
Gals would don a pair of hip boots
and take minnoW seine-they
would need seine, because
that is the way some of the Ian
terms were found. Take little
cruise out to White river bridge and
RAYMOND street. There they might
seine out a few more lanterns.
Of course, the boys who were SEM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
BY NJ. U. Johnson.

BY NJ. U. Johnson.
President RooSevelt's financial
program is published at a time
when our country is strewn from
coast to coast with blighted homes
of our people, and the blasted
hopes of our farmers who have
been denied the reasonable reward
for their toll just as the Bible
says would occur. James 5:4
says: Behold the hive of the la
borers who have reaped down
your fields which of you is kept
back by fraud" I am a farmer.
And since the G. o. P. national
committee is sensing grave dan
gers from imitation, and since we
have not yet come to imitation, I
am wondering if the G.. o. P. ma
tional committee will be kind
enough to explain why def1ation
was not stopped before economic
destruction fell upon the nation.
Or, must we conclude that the
G. o. P. national committee is
right in saying that controlled in
fation is impossible; and that our
desperate plight now is due to de-
fation which is impossible to con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
IS YEAR-OLD WRITER
GIVES HER VIEWPOINT.

BY Margie.
This is the first time I have writ
ten to The Times Message Center
Have right to give my opinion
of the Broken Hearted Mothers let
ter, though I am only IS, year
younger than her daughter who was
taken away from her five years ago?
In 1929 the depression was be-
ginning to get a good hold on us
The children had to be fed and
clothed so their father probably had
no choice in the way to make a
living for them, for jobs were not
available even then. Just because
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-17
.R,O.6eRG-
OhoIly disapprove of uhat you sag and WiU
defend to the death your right to sag it-VoItaire

| he had a still in the house is no
reason to take the children away
permanently. Why shouldn't they
be given back to their mother after
five long years?
If 1 were asked how 1 would feel
if ! knew 1 were going to be taken
away from my mother for five years
would not be able to express my
feelings for would have none then.
know Virginia and Johnnie's
mother and l think a lot of her. I
never have seen anything mean or
bad and I would not believe anyone
if they told me different.
VIII some one please write and
tell me if am old enough and have
sense enough to discuss a subject
such as this?