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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-20
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

o1r,, ,,oso knows the advertisements used to tell
Won. And how, might be added IN the currehC
manner which Dr. Marston T. Bogert ploessoa VI
organic chemistry at Columbia uhlVeISl'S' p'00eeO'0
to tell in a recent address. 1900, - ., t r
one mart OF camphor in 100000 is enough LOT your your
nose to detect according to Dr. Bogert. But tnaV
Ia coronared to what the nose can do with more
If Will detect one part of musk in 100000 he
sa,s and one part of vanillin in lOOOOOOO.
rpronean investigators found that the nose couo
5+oct the odOr of 20 OOOth of milligram OF altar
of rose milligram is about thlrty-hve mllhohViS
of an ounce -, ...ono,r+o,, which is the
o6or of rotten eggs could be detected when only one
S60-millionth of a milligram came IN contact Win
' We have not vet reached the full powers of nasal
nsrception Professor Bogert tells us that accorong
- Ferthelot the French chemist, the pleasant door
of the soil is due to the presence Of camphorace-
Gus substance of so powerful a fragrance that ule
nose detects trillOnth Of mllIgram OF IT,
THE effect of various odors upon the nose is VIDE
" different All persons do not react alike TO
the same odors. Another amazing phenomenon IS
the way in which individuals adapt themselves 10
some odors quickly fatigue or benumb the sense
If smell in nearly all persons Professor Bogert says
"whereas with other smells. only few individuals
will gradually lose their ability to detect them Wfie
remaining IN the same atmosphere.
This is the great danger Of hydrogen sulphloe,
for il quickly paravzeS the sense of smell and the
victim may not be aware that ne Is Delhe pOSOIASu
until he suddenly falls to the floor unconscious
trick Of the mind is to associate definite events
of the past with odorS.
"A breath of perfume brings instantly before our
vision past scenes with all their pain or pleasure
Professor Bogert says.
Professor Bogert tells the story Of a visit which
Goethe once paid TO Schiller. Goethe found him out
and sat down at a table TO await his return. In
minute he found himself growing i'll.
Frau Schiller inquired the cause and Goethe said
it was due to a peculiar odor. She pulled a drawer
from the desk which full Of decayed apples and
carried it away. Then she explained that Schiller
did his best work. for mysterious reason when
stimulated by the odor Of rotten apples.
PROFESSOR BOGERT thinks that is not
i sufficiently grateful 10 his How frequently
il warns US against pollution of air food or drink
against pestlence hazards and dangers of all kinds"
he exclaims And Yet repay this dot to the
sense of smell with quite general indifference and
scorn.
plumbers today still use occasionally the time
honored method OF locating leaks in the plumbing by
introducing oil OF peppermint and then shifting
along the pipes.
The chlorophenois have such powerful and dis
tinctve odors Of rank carbolc type that they have
been employed successfully to trace stream pollu-
ton"
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There's Terror to FinaIity

INHE staff greeted this theatricalism with Jeerlng
Il laughter. It felt that although the conhagra-
ton had been considerable it had hardly burned
San Francisco's future down TO crisp. And as IL
turned out they we're right
Louis and Nero Kerensky and Nicholas each one
undoubtedly felt that after him there could be noth-
ing but a deuge Of destruction and disorder. Ger
tain commissions either the surface OF the earth
or underneath carry the conviction that here is the
final conflict But when time marches on, the oe-
cisive battle sometimes is seen to have been no
more than skirmsh. We are mites upon the PACK
of gigantic spaniel who shakes himself as ne
comes out of the water.
Educated man is amused scornfully by converts
who select some certain Thursday as the END OF
the world and proceed to stand upon mountain
ton clad in white rament. But have seen haro-
boiled business equally carried away py Che
terror of hnalty Even the more enlightened OF
Wall Street leaders on many recent occasions nave
fancied that they heard the crack OF doom anu
some have not hesitated to announce that the eno
of the world was and all stocks were SAFE
t is nv own belief that within twenty years TINS
old World will be changed utterly that any re-
turning Pin Van Wrinkles will rub their eyes III
inter amazement. look for changes Tor the DeUCeI
Vet along with all the and shining Things SoiIe
thing of the old will still persist. II 1t SO happens
mat 7 wake tomorrow morning and hnd that
whole fifth century has whirled by stu peheVe
that NAV be able to find few famlar IaCeS'
we'll remembered theories and ancient Whee1eS'
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Your He th
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

90 rapid is the advance in our knowledge OF VITA
- minis that new discoveries come almost daily.
Scientists agree that the biggest advances come Wnen
the vitamins are isolated in pure FORM
When it was found that halibut liver Oil was
richer than any other substance in vitamin A. 1t be-
came possible to prepare other concentrated solutions
and consequently preparations have been developed
that seem to be almost pure vitamin A.
AS result of studies on these concentrates u
was found that they represent something very mucn
like carotene, the yellow color1ng matter OF carrots
and other vegetables, that now carolene mas peen
developed as a concentrated form OF vltamln A.
NF course it long has been known that a complete
~ absence of vitamin A from the diet will result
in inflammatory and degeneratiye changes IN the
eve 1t also has been rather well established that
deficiency in vitamin in some way lowers the gem
eral resistance to infections
Unfortunately this does not seem TO apply 70 the
practical control of pneumonia as some persons with
extraordinary high reserves Of vitamin A IN tnelr
bodies developed cases of pneumonia and some died
The limits of safety in relationship to the amount
Of vitamn A taken into the body seem TO be ex-
traordinariy large. Not a single instance has been
reported in which any human being has been harmed
by an overdosage Of vitamn A.
But rate, when given many thousand times the
ordinary protective dose Of vitamin A. did develop
serious symptoms.
VTITAMIN B consists Of two parts, known as 81
and B2. 1t is well established that the condi-
ton called the beri-beri or poyneurtis' can be pre-
vented or successfully treated by giving vitamln Bl
It has been argued that certain types OF d.
gestve disorders are common among persons who use
white flour from which the germ Of the wheat con-
tanning considerable amount OF vtamin b. mas
been removed.
But there are no actual cases in which any direct
relationship be traced
Nevertheless animals which are kept constantly
on diets deficient in vitamin 81 Will lose tnelr appe
titeS and also will seem to demonstrate a lack OF
proper activity in their bowels.
The second factor in vitanin is most important
in prevention of pelagra. Persons VINO surfer Win
this disease can be relieved by eating quantities OF
yeast which is very rich in the vitamin complex
and also by eating such fresh animal foods as meats
milk, butter and similar products.
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from gas and oil. One of it's
standing committees has been
compiling data on the subject.
Forney Johnston, Birmingham at
torney representing coal and ice
interests which are fighting IVA
in the courts, will be the speaker
at the associations annual ban
quet.
Two coal men claim that TWAS
future output of power would
utilize six million tons of coal a
year if produced in coal-burning
rather than dydro-electric plants.
Plans are being made for a fin
ish fight on the st. Lawrence
project, on proposals for develop
ment of Mississippi, Missouri,
Arkansas and Wabash river water
sheds, and on anything else the
national power policy committee
may suggest.
THE association will renew it's
u fight, also, for legislation i'm
posing an excise tax on natural
gas. 1t has enlisted the United
Mine Workers of America in both
these fights and has tried-so far
in vain-to get support from NRA.
Alexander Sachs, first chief of
NRA's research and planning divi-
sion, made a study while the coal
code was pending which indicated
that the industry overemphasized
competition from other natural
resource industries.
Only a third of the oil pro-
duced in 1929 was consumed, said
Sachs, and a third of this amount
consumed was used on steamships
and by the oil industry itself. Of
the remainder more than half was
used in California and Texas,
which Sachs considered outside
Goals competitive territory.
Less than half the natural gas
consumed in 1929 was in Compel
ition with coal, according to the
national industrial conference
board, and Sachs believes that the
gas used in Texas, California and
other states-about half the total
should be deducted also.
No figures were prepared on
hydro-electric competition. IVA
offered some time ago to set aside
100000 for. research into posi-
BILE new uses Of coal, but the in
dustry scorned the suggestion.
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They're Really Underprid

THERE might be something in what Mr.. Har-
L ridge says about the owners property right,
but he has managed to avoid another side Of the
question.
Although the Dean brothers won half of all the
ball games which the st. Louis Cardinals in
qualifying for the recent world series and then won
all four of the games by which the Cardinals took
the series from the Tigers to the great profit of their
owner, they are underpaid VIGOROUSLY Their joint
salaries footed up to $11, 800 this year, minus fine
of $500 imposed Brother Dizzy because he re-
fused to take part in the very sort OF eXtracuricu-
lar work which Mr. Harridge now deplores. The
difference was that this unofficial game in which he
refused to play had been arranged by his owner
for his owners sole profit.
At $1,000 net for the of 1884, the Brothers
Dean were underpaid just $3900O estimating their
worth at $4,000 each, which is a demure figure.
Not only did the boys perform the greatest feat in
baseball since Babe Ruth hit sixty home runs in
one season for salary of $4,000, but they attracted
fortune gate receipts to the ticket booths OF an
otherwise unpopular and widely neglected baseball
firm
Neither of them ever may have another good sea-
son. Being young strong RECKLESS and sporting, they
risked their pitching largely for the sport of it
and in spite of their knowing that their owner was
a hard close merchant with great record for buSl-
nesslike composure in his dealings with the heroic
figures of baseball. Their owner, Sam Breadon had
shown his gratitude to two previous managers OF
championship clubs by dismissing them
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either mail or passenger traffic.
Their situation is critical.
Several others in this group, al
though peratin g established
routes, are running in competition
with other lines of longer stand
ing which CLEAN most of the pas
senger traffic and leave the new
companies with empty planes.
Some of these new companies
are in desperate straits. 1t is
question if they can survive the
long, hard winter ahead.
A LREADY, reports are filtering
LAinto Washington of attempts
of hard-pressed operators to evade
wage and hour restrictions i'm
posed upon them by the govern
ment. One operator has been
threatened with revocation of It's
contract should it fail to pay its
pilots the labor board scale.
Several of the larger companies
have acquired new high-speed
planes (ordered before cancellation
Of contracts) designed for long
distance, nonstop flights at high
altitude.
Until the posteff1ce department
authorizes carriage Of mail on
these express schedules, the lines
will have to operate them on pas
Senger revenue only, at a loss.
The department has, as yet, done
nothing about express mail serv-
ice.
United Air Lines and T. w. A,
two major tranScontinental lines,
frequently have been forced to fly
extra sections on some of their
trips, so great has been the mail
load.
But for these extra planes flown
they get no extra pay. It's all
loss. And there have been cases
where remunerative express mat
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Service just isn't what it used
to be, either mail or passenger
service.
On several lines, notably Wash
ington-C Cleveland and Kansas
City-Ft. Worth, service is slower
than before cancellation. On sew
eral other routes, luxurious equip
ment of the old operators has
been replaced by the older, Sec
ond-hand planes of the new con-
tractors.
Even with the big companies,
frequency of service has been cur
tailed for economy. SteWardeSSeS
on one line have been dispensed
with.
The New Deal in mail service
has brought complaints from some
of the nations large banking and
industrial houses. Rapid move
ment of Understanding notes is
of vital Importance to these in
StitutionS.
But the new service, when first
set up, ignored this in certain in
stances. Only this month has the
department seen fit to restore eX-
ira schedules on some major
routes.
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DUT the department has not
ID kept pace with development
of passenger transportation. Ex-
press schedules across the CONT
nent already effective on one
line carry no provisions for mail.
And on three other important
routes where express schedules
are contemplated, the postofice
department has not indicated any
intention of speeding the mail
proportionately.
Until recently it was estimated
that fully Is per cent of the mail
bearing premium postage for air
delivery was transported by rail.
Although this has been cor
rected to some extent, the fault
still exists.
Only the final report of the
Presidents aviation commission,
to which the airmail contractors
are now appealing for aid, will
tell the real tale of woe. That
and the recommendations of the
ICC.
Upon recommendations of these
two agencies, and the acts of con-
greSS next session, the air trans
port industry and the airmail-
conscious public pin their faith.
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1t Was Sporting Pride

~ NEVERTHELESS the Deans pitched ball for Mr.
IN Breadon and their own sporting pride and
amazingly paltry wages They pitched in turn and
out and when the world series came brother Dizzy
even put himself into game as pinch-runner and
was knocked out by thrown ball at short range IN
an apparently deliberate and certainly successful
attempt to prevent the completion of a double play.
He dared man to throw dead at him and the man
did and he went down cold.
Mr. Harridge offers objection to the trade
risks to which the brothers Dean exposed their arms
and brother Dizzy his head while they were serving
their owner. He objects only to the risks which
occur in those games from which the owners stand
to make no profit.
There seems to be nothing that any one but the
baseball public, or customers, do about adjusting
the relations between the Deans and their en-
ployer And even the customers, however great their
sympathy could not help the Deans by boycottng
the Cardinals because boycott would indicate that
they had lost their cuStomer-appeal
There was a similar situation in the baseball IN
dustry in 1919.
The White Sox, often called the greatest ball
team of ALL were paid misery wages by a prosperous
owner and came to regard old Charlie Comlskey as
a skin flint and their enemy. Not only for the
money involved but for the joy Of doing him dirt as
we'll they were glad to accept their brides and throw
him down in the world series with the Cincinnati
Reds He deserved it..
The baseball industry had better protect itself
against a situation which would encourage repet-
ton of the notorious fake of 1919.
copyright. 1884 by United Feature Syndicate. 1nc)
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The administration, on the other
hand, is just as concerned about
the coal industry.
The railroads, one Of its most
serious problems, are as dependent
on coal for revenues as coal is
dependent on the roads. They are
the largest single customer Of coal,
just as coal provides substantial
part of the railroads freight rev.
enueS.
The government is concerned,
also, about the difference in wages
between northern and southern
mines. General Johnson got into
serious trouble when he tried to
reduce this differential last spring,
and now northern operators are
refusing to give NRA statistical
data on the subject.
Some of the administrations
most difficult relief and rehabili-
tation problems have been en-
countered in abandoned coal mine
towns. 1t is anxious to keep addi-
tional communities from suffering
the same fate. On the other hand
the danger that old mines might
be reopened if conditions in the
industry improve, and might again
produce destructive competition,
has been pointed out.
Il
GOVERNMENT purchase of
NJ sub-marginal coal mines, in
order to close them permanently,
has been under quiet discussion
here for some time. Recommended
tons on the subject have not yet
been presented to the President.
The National Coal Association
will devote a considerable part of
its meeting next week to discus
sion of competition from govern
ment hydro-electric projects and
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agents were being sent into Penn
sylvania and Delaware-two Re
publican strongholds-to inquire
into reports of huge secret Repub-
hcan slush funds.
Or. in other words-check and
double-check.
To the Republican outcry Of
Democratic campaign Doodle, the
Democrats reply with a senate
probe into alleged Republican
misconduct.
There is an inside ironic angle
to the investigation in Pennsyl-
vania.
Last spring, during and after
the Republican senatorial primary,
Governor Pinchot not only
charged his successful opponent,
David Aiken Reed, with excessive
campaign expenditures, but Sc
cretly besought the aid of the
President and senate progressive
leaders for a congressional inquiry.
Pinchot's sensational accusa-
tons played a large role in the
authorization of the probing body.
Today, Pincoht is on the side OF
the fence to be investigated. Re-
verSing a lifelong political enmity
with Reed, he is warmly backing
him against Joseph F. Guffey,
Democratic candidate.
In politics, as in the barnyard,
chickens have a. habit Of coming
home to roost.
~HAIRMAN JESSE JONES was
~ expounding on his favorite
current topic, the Importance of
extending the life of the RFC
when it expires next January.
"A big holler would go up all
over the country if that isn't
DONE" he observed solemnly.
We'll, what is there left for the
RFC to do?" he was asked.
The biggest thing We can do
now" Jones said, lis to straighten
out the real estate and real estate
mortgage business.
What about the railroads."
Huh" Jesse shifted. I'VE al
ready have them"
=
DIG JIM FARLEY has worked
ID out a neat and secret little
plan for increasing the expected
Roosevelt vote of confidence in
November.
He is holding up poStmaSterships
until elections are over.
Three votes, reasons Jim, are
better than one. As long as a long
list of candidates hope for ap-
pointment they will support the
Democratic ticket. Afterward they
may not.
Copyright. 1884 BY United Featur
Syndicate. Inc.l
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ter, and even passengers, have been
left at the terminal, due to excess
mail loads which the lines are
forced to carry-free.
Added to the more concrete
troubles of the air transport oper-
ators is the general gloom of un-
certainty which hangs over the in
dustry.
Three major companies face
possible loss of one or more routes
after March l, due to the present
airmail law, which prohibits the
holding of more than one primary
route by one company.
n =
WINTER operations, hazard
w Gus, costly, and less. re-
munerative, hold worries for vet
eran operators and unknown ter
rors for newcomers to the bust
ness.
Employees are afraid of the flu
ture, dissatisfied with the present.
And peace of mind in the air
transport business, especially on
the part of pilots. is vital to
smooth-and Interpretations.
So much for the industry.
The public, its growls momen-
tarily quoted, still is crashing its
teeth.
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Already there is minor revolu-
ton in the ranks of air mail con-
tractors, and the distressing howls
Of the inconvenience customers
have been mufled only by the re-
cent addition of S1,300,000 worth
Of extra schedules.
In a desperate effort to gain re-
lief from economic ills brought on
by suicidal rates submitted in an
orgy of cut-throat competitive bid
ding, airmail contractors have APP
pealed to the interstate commerce
commission.
The situation is this:
The big companies, in an effort
to protect tremendous investments,
last spring bid in their old con-
tracts at ridiculously low rates, on
advice of their attorneys that the
ICC would, after hearing, revise
the rates upward to a reasonable
level.
Small companies, many newly
formed, bid at low rates, either Tor
the same reason or through mex
perience.
DUT the postoffice department
II contends that the ICC has no
authority to revise contract rates
other than downward SO long as
the present contracts remain in
force-and the department is con-
sidering indefinite renewals next
winter.
Thus, for the time being, the
air transport operators are sty-
mied. And they're going broke.
A group of the smaller opera
tors recently banded together as
the Independent Air Mail Opera
tors Association. Every one of
them is losing money.
Many of them operate over.
routes new to the air mail system
which bear little of the fruits of
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Let's All Relax

TT has been said that in all probability the anclentS
had no clear realization that they we're ancleiIT I
and not 90 around under the terrific assignment Vi
acceninr the whole responsibility for the entre Iu
ture Of mankind. -. -. ,,.;. ,,,o,,
OF course there is the possibility that lving men
~ masses NAV force through policies and decisions
- ba,,ca in bronze tablets But for the sake OF
o,lr souls and our bodies need some lew reclea-
tional periods in which everybody may nave 'Ao
privilege of writing the sand ,o
THAT is where the columnSt comes IN l nav
+iod on previous occasions to picture his sao pgnV
in the modern world. But he is still on the spot
- How dare YOU write of trivial things Wnen Ile
Universe in which we live is all aflame says h. n u
of Great Neck am expecting SOMEBODY 10 Sei0 iA0
a fiddle by almost any post now -- ,-oo
These are grave and important days 4heIe nav t
booT, others There will be others have no desire 10
eli on the sidelines under blanket and Watcn the
ti,, team 90 out to do or die. But even the moSC
Ioyal line man has the right to look at the reletee
now and again and ask for time out IN olueI W &C. q
drink new helmet and a chance to lie on the si"'0
,Copvrirht 1884. The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-20
GRAPHS, CHARTS USED
IN INSULT FRAUD CASE

Securities Company Dump for
Other Stocks, Is Charge
By United Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. - Government
charges that Samuel insult and his
associates used the bankrupt Cor
poration Securities Company as a
dump" for stock bought from other
insult companies were aired anew in
court today with a bewildering array
Of charts and graphs.
Prosecutors. witnesses and defense
attorneys banded million-dollar fig
ures until even gray-haired insult,
who once reckoned his personal bank
account at around $500, 900 600,
leaned back in his chair and closed
his eyes.