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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
"THEN the announcement was
w made several weeks ago that

WHEN the announcements was
w made several weeks ago that
no new applications for loans from
the HOLC would be received, mail
to newspapers and representatives
of the people at Washington dis
played an abrupt increase. The
tenor of these communications was
that the Government should not
have discontinued loans to home
owners.
Since the members Of Congress
have sent back information to their
home states that indications are
that new funds will be allocated
to the HOLC for the continuance
of its lending activities. Any bill
providing for additional funds for
this emergency should not lack for
sponsorship. if the tone Of recent
statements by Congressman can be
taken as a criterion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26

BY United Press
WASHINGTON. Dec 26.-Governmemt
expenses and receipts for the current fis
cal year to Dec. D. compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fis-
cal wear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26

Additional Sum for
Hole Seen Voted
by Congress.
by VINCENT 8. LYONS.
Times Financial Editor

THE Home owners Loan Corp,
u which has suspended its lend
ing activities for the time being
because all Of its allotted fund has
been spent, undoubtedly will be
given additional capital to con-
tinue its work at the next session
Of Congress. Indication of this
has been afforded in the news
which has dribbled out Of Wash
ington in the last few weeks.
Up to Dec. 10, the Government
agency had distributed s2,1O3 1874
423 in loans to 695,351 persons.
The agency has a fund of $4,000.
900 available for such grants, but
the 235 900 pending applications
are expected to take up the re-
mainder Of the funds which are
earmarked for this activity.
Loans made by the Home
Owners Loan Corp. have averaged
S3O24 and on this the property
owners must pay approximately
S24 a month to the Government
in liquidation of the debt. While
the number of loans already made
has amounted to sos, 35l. the bene-
fits have reached a much greater
number Of persons indirectly.
A S CAN be seen from the mea-
IA gerness of the average loan,
the Home Owners Loan Corp. has
been of distinct benefit to the per
son with limited funds. In the ma
jority of instances the homes
owned by these individuals con-
stitute the only bit of fixed wealth
they have and the entrance OF the
Government upon the scene TO
avert foreclosure has come as an
uncamouflaged blessing.
The banks rewards from this de-
preston born field of activity also
have been rich. When the home
owners began to miss on their pay
ments. the banks, as holders of the
mortgages, were placed on the de-
fensive. The only avenue of escape
open for them was to fOreclose on
the properties, but as these forced
sales increased realty values we're
depressed. The demand for prop
erty ebbed and buyers could not be
attracted, even at the Enthusiastically
low levels at which some properties
were listed.
Banks thus were left holding the
bag with numerous parcels Of real
estate on their hands. These repre-
sented the frozen assets" which
have been more or less troublous.
That they are quite substantial in
the aggregate can be realized by
one touring the residential districts
of Indianapolis and counting the
number of untenanted houses with
for sale" or for rent" signs of
banks.
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Total World .......l15.0 900 125. 100 al
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Ne70 York Stock Exchange Prices

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Quotations below are average wholesale |
prices being offered to buyers by local |
commission dealers
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

each student who didn't have
the money to attend the game.
It was a collegiate idea.
He will get some votes that
way, one of these days, when
those students go to the polls.
Louisiana, howeOer, is just
about as much in debt as any
State OF the Union to ,Dhich it
can be compared.
While its expenditures for re-
lief are great. there are, never
theless, thousands of poverty
stricken families in the State.
They want to know why Mr..
Long. If cash handouts are to
be made, couldn't have given a
little change to starving folk.
OF course, it was just one
gesture of Mr.. Longs campaign
about every man a king"
He advocates redistribution of
wealth for everyone.
But when Huey gave cash to
college students he required an
I. o. U. from each one in
return.
The Bureau of Navigation and
Steamboat Inspection Service
reports an increase of one per
cent in yachts since June 80,
1888.
There are now 3,776 yachts
of 209,279 gross tons.
Washington Channel, like
others, has noticed an increase
in pleasure craft in local waters
in recent months. Most of them,
however, are older boats that
have been sailed into the
Potomac.
One of the largest craft no,0
resting in the channel is that
bdne of the local real estate
agents, the Bidou, otOned By
Housing Administrator James
A. Mottett, who likes to make
his home on board.
Advocates of the Nicaraguan
ship canal across the Nicaragua
iSthmus are plenty pleased.
The announcement that 79
ships of the United States battle
fleet had gone through the
The Washington times., 1934-10-29
Great Flight; Greater Lesson
i. S. Vulnerable From Air

Americans who recognize skill and daring when thew
see it. salute the Brtshers Scott and Black for their
nltlcent flight from England to Australia
Good work! Hope you enjoy the $4,000 prize money!
Arminded Americans regreu that the great international
prize did not fall to the lot of American will find
ISOLATION in the notable achievement of Turner and
Clyde Pangborn and in the fact that the machine poted
by the Hollanders Parmentier and Mol is American
But all Americans should the lesson of the flight
England and Australia within weekend flying
distance of each other!
The than 10000 miles between English Channel
and the great Pacific continent flown in little more
than two days!
Military planes which out of England before break
fast land after the evening meal of the day snga
pore the most powerful military and naval base in the
East.
America is within weekend flying distance of all
the great military powers of the world
England has planes which make the trip Japan Rus
sa France Germany Italy either have them building
them
What we doing?
Good work. Scott and Black thanks for making us think
about the meanngene of the old idea that we pro-
tected by the Atlantic and the Pacific!
However question about Americas ability anuac
ture arpanes On the record of American plane flown
by Dutch armen the kim Air Lines of Holland announced
order for ten
The Washington times., 1934-10-29
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

Do we sit down sensibly and
decide that love's-like.that and
we must use common sense and
Self-control to make a success
of it?
No, indeed. We have been
taught that REAL love is al
ways spontaneous - bubbling
forth like a mountain spring.
So it therefore follows that
if love doesn't bubble it isn't
real.
And if we aren't always Gust
crazy about you, darlin' then
something's wrong with darling
and we'd better change the
model.
This is the line of reasoning
which lies behind practically
every domestic row, from the
mildest love tiff to the most sem
sational divorce. But it's COCK
eyed reasoning. The simple
truth is this
Love isn't always sef'start'
er. It isn't even natural habit
of the selfish human animal.
It is a highly civilized ideal
which can only be painfully
acquired and which is, as yet,
but imperfectly achieved by the
best of us.
So, inevitably. there comes
times when you can't feel o
smitch of affection for anyone
when even your nearest and
dearest leaves you cold, not to
say peeved-
AND WHEN ONLY A SENSE
OF DUTY WILL CARRY YOU
THROUGH.
Does that mean that you
must FORCE yourself to be
fond Of your own mother or
father, sweetheart, husband or
wife?
It means exactly that.
There are unavoidable occa.
sions when you're emotionally
blah-when the most charming
person on earth wouldn't salts
fly you-and you must proceed
about the task of loving as de-
liberately as you'd go about any
chore-laying bricks, for in
stance.
And we'd save ourselves end.
less heartaches if we'd realize
this sane and simple fact and act
act accordingly.
Copyright. 1884, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

LA40G 4OVC JuoV A4dPPNAAo'
Brains should be disciplined,
but never hearts.
We should work at the job
in the office-but never at the
job of loving wife, child or
friend. According to cherished
tradition, real love is never a
Sob" And ''if we really care
for people we always get a kick
out of it."
A charming theory but, un'
fortunately, as full of holes as
a Swiss cheese and resulting IN
endless mischief. For behold
what happens when we begin
to test human relationships by
these theories!
Theoretically, our love life
should be one long serenade.
Actually, it is Anything But!
There are, to be sure. mo.
ments of sheer bliss.
But there are far longer and
more frequent intervals when
our Hearts Delight bores us to
tears or maddens us to the
point of murder.
So then what happens?
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Repeal the Parole Law
Stop Coddling Criminals

Officials of the District again disputng about the
operations of the parole board and are raising great
poher about where that organization shall hold its meet
ings.
There is very simple method of settling this dispute
THAT IS TO REPEAL THE INDETERMINATE
SENTENCE LAW UNDER WHICH THE PAROLE
BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED AND GO BACK TO
THE COMMON SENSE SYSTEM OF LETTING THE
JUDGES FIX THE SENTENCES PROVIDED BY LAW
FOR THE COMMISSION OF AN oFFENsE OF
WHICH PERSON IS CONVICTED.
The indeterminate sentence law another ideal like our
prison without WALL was fosted upon the city with the
idea that by turning prisoners loose they would be re-
formed
They haven't been reformed and the records OF the
courts show that they haven't
THE BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS WHICH HAS
TRIED TO ADMINISTER THE LAW HAS RUN INTO
INsURMoUNTABLE DIFFICULTIES OF ADMINS
TRATION. IT HAS BEEN COMPELLED TO GRANT
PAROLES TO HUNDREDS OF PERSONS WITH ONLY
ONE AGENT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM
AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED.
Now Chairman William W. Bride and his colleagues
find themselves attacked by penal officials because they
won't hold all of their meetings in far away Lorton.
That is delightful way of expressing the gratitude of
the city for free service voluntarily given.
The Washington Times opposed the enactment of the
indeterminate sentence law The wisdom of that oppos
tlon has been justified by the squabbles which have fol-
lowed its enactment and far by the release upon
the community of dangerous characters who should have
been kept behind the bars.
District Attorney Leslie G. Garnett, glad to see
agrees with the position of this newspaper He declares
that repeal of this criminal coddng law would put the
fear of God into the lawbreaker.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD, MR.. GARNETT, AND THE
THING TO DO IS TO INSIST UPON ITS REPEAL
THE MINUTE CONGRESS CONVENES
ID AMT
HIS PAROLE BOARD, IN THE INTEREST OF THE
SAFETY OF THE CITY, MIGHT ADOPT A POLICY
OF REFUSING TO GRANT PAROLES IN ANY BUT
THE MOST OBVIOUSLY DESERVING CASES
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dollar was doing for me, except
possibly in the little segment
labelled miscellaneous Expen-
ditures," which took 4 cents.
Maybe that's for free seeds-if
they still send out free seeds.
They showed pictures along
with each segment, and they
certainly were interesting pic.
lures. But the only one that
looks as if it had been taken
anywhere near home was the
feeding of the unemployed.
BY far the biggest seglnents
were represented by pictures of
the Boulder Dam and the Mus
Gle Shoals development. Boy,
was the water pouring over that
Muscle Shoals development!
And they seem to have done a
right smart job on that Boulder
Od1US WV" oAPOOoC OAA0OS
sooner or later, I'll get the bene-
fit of them, but they looked
awfully far away on the map.
Almost as far away as my dol
lars.
Then came the battleships!
They played Anchors Aweigh"
while they were running this
picture, and it certainly was a
thrilling sight. And those shells
that they shoot off in manoeuv-
ers and target practice! Bang!
They go like that! My whole
income tax pays for almost one
of them, and it certainly is a
great comfort to know that we
are all being protected from
something every time one of
them goes off. The picture
didn't show what we are being
The Washington times., 1934-10-29
Parking Lot Damage
Greater Care Urged

Numerous complaints which being made about the
exercise greater they will be subjected drastic
regulation.
Most of the criticisms directed against the and against
garages which cater parkr around
overcrowding and careless operation by lot attendants
Many patrons complain that their scratched
otherwise damaged the parking process although they
paying the parking charge in order to obtain
protection which is not afforded the streets.
IN THEIR OWN SELFISH INTEREST THE PROPRIE-
TORS OF THE GARAGES AND PARKING LOTS WOULD
DO WELL TO IMPRESS UPON THEIR EMPLOYEES THE
NECESSITY OF AFFORDNG PROPER CARE TO THE
AUTOMOBILES OF PATRONS
Unless this done there will be imposed serious restrictions
as to the number of automobiles which may be parked in
given space and there will also be adopted stringent regua
tions governing the conduct of employees engaged in this
public service.
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

wages" But 1 don't get wages.
I'm a professional man." I'm
a "city chap"
Nobody wants the rest Of the
country to be prosperous more
than I do-unlesS it is the rest
of the country. 1 know that,
eventually, the big sweep of
prosperity will make itself felt
in my line. Boulder Dams,
Muscle Shoals, prosperous farm
lands, everything Except battle"
ships, which will be out of date)
will some day bring my dollar
back to me.
But I still don't think that
it's a good idea to show those
charts in the cities.
Copyright 1894 by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles By Robert BenChley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Thursday.
The Washington times., 1934-10-29
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, J.

Panama Canal, causing minor
damage, was interesting news to
those persons who favor con.
structiOn of the huge Mica.
raguan canal from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
When constructed, the Pan
ANA Canal ,DdS large enough to
permit the passage of ships of
the day.
With construction Of new
ships Of far greater proportions,
the Panama Canal cannot &C.
cOmmOdate the bigger vessels
with a fair margin Of safety,
experts say.
Damage caused by the battle
fleet commanded by Admiral
Joseph M. Reeves consisted Of
three lamp posts on the lock
walls being knocked down and
a Scraped hull and battered pro-
peller on the Lexington, an air.
craft carrier.
Although the damage was
trivial, advocates of the Mica.
raguan canal say that it will
not be long before serious diff.
Guilty is encountered when some
large ship attempts to negotiate
the locks and lake of the "bix
ditch"
The announcement made by
Senator James Byrnes CD of
South Carolina that he intended
The Washington times., 1934-10-29
My Dollar
BIZ Robert BenchLey

protected from, but it's a great
comfort, anyway. There weren't
any pictures of airplanes.
This may sound very petty,
after all that the Navy has
done for me, but I'll make a
bargain with the Government.
If they will let me keep 20
cents on my dollar, I will pro-
tect myself against an enemy
fleet. I'll go further than that.
I'll protect so other people. I
won't go to South America to
do it, however. And I'll choose
my own wars. I didn't even
want the last one.
Then there was the help that
is being given to the farmers.
I'm not complaining about that,
mind you. All I am saying is
that my dollar gets on train
and rides and rides.
And, according to the econo-
mists, the better off the farm.
ers are. the more I pay for farm
products. That's how they know
that the farmers are better off,
when it costs me more to
live. Higher prices are what
we need" say the economists,
Higher prices and higher
The Washington times., 1934-10-29
Human Side Of the News = By Edwin c. Hill
By T. E. Powers

Jewish savant, wandering about
stricken, starving, plague-ridden
Europe, from 1148 to 1853,
saw all this and left for pos
terity the greatest manual of
relief ever written. That was
in his early youth, before he
had become Maimonides, rabbi,
philosopher, astronomer and
mathematician-one of the i'm
mortal and illustrious intellects
of his age-beautiful and be-
nign with his great white
beard, gentle and wise, speak
ing to the ages.
AS the winter storms gather,
as men of goodwill weigh
their hearts and their purses
against human suffering, this
old document, written in a for
gotten century, even under
darker shadows, is still a guide
to him who would help his
fellowmen. Here are Maimon-
ides' Eight Steps in the Duty
of Charity:
First: The first and lowest
degree is to give, but with
reluctance or regret. This is
the gift of the hand, but not
of the heart.
Second: The second is to
give cheerfully, but not proper
tionately to the distress of the
sufferer.
Third: The third is to give
cheerfully and proportionately,
but not until solicited.
Fourth: The fourth is to give
cheerfully, proportionately and
even unsolicited.
Fifth: The fifth is to give
charity in such a way that the
distressed may receive the
bounty and know their benefac-
tor, without being known to
him. Such was the conduct
OF our ancestors. who used to
tie up money in the corners
of their cloaks, so that the
poor might take it unperceived.
HIGHEST STEP
Sixth: The sixth. which rises
still higher, is to know the
objects of our bounty, but to
remain unknown to them. Such
was the conduct of some of
our ancestors, who used to con-
Vey their charitable gifts into
poor peoples dwellings, taking
care that their own persons
and names should remain un.
known.
Seventh: The seventh is still
more meritorious, namely, to be.
stow charity in such a way that
the benefactor may not know
the relieved persons, nor they
the name of their benefactors,
as was done by our charitable
forefathers during the existence
OF the Temple. For there was
in that holy building place
called the Chamber of the ST.
lent, wherein the good deposited
secretly whatever their generous
hearts suggested, and from
which the poor were maintained
with equal secrecy.
Eighth: Lastly the eighth
and the most meritorious of all
is to anticipate charity by pre-
venting poverty; namely, to as
sist the reduced fellowman,
either by a considerable gift or
a loan of money, or by teaching
him a trade, or by putting him
in the way of business. so that
he may earn an honest liveli-
hood: and not be forced to the
dreadful alternative of holding
out his hand for charity. This
is the highest step. and the sum
of it Is charity's golden ladder.
Copyright. lssE. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

} ueve that the President and his
high-minded assistants at the
top realize this. Lower down in
the patronage lineup are others,
less devoted and high-minded.
So it must be in every political
organization. The fight this win
ter is not only against hunger
and cold, but it is against
crooks. Oil conservation may be
important, but they should have
some handy to oil rusty Jail
doors. They may have to swing
open a lot of them.
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

Winter rushes in ahead Of
schedule. The weather fore
casters say it will be worse than
last year. Washington deploys
thousands of millions to fend
off starvation for multitudes
broken and helpless in the
wreckage of world disaster. It
is the worlds greatest single
mobilization of money and des-
perate resource against human
want.
Twenty years ago the Hon.
Joseph Cassidy of New York
said: ''They talk about char
liable institutions but the po"
lltical organization is the most
charitable institution we have
anywhere in this country"
President Roosevelt, Secretary
Ickes and Relief Administrator
Hopkins vigorously aSsail loli"
tics and graft in the distribu"
tion of relief funds, but they are
compelled to fight it on every
front. The grandmother OF all
rackets is robbing widows and
orphans either through political
alliances or through fake charity
benefits.
It was estimated last year
that these inhuman frauds take
possibly $3,O00,00O,00O a year
from the public, and, of course,
divert it from the destitute and
suffering. That sum would
weigh heavily against the money
humanely and scientifically ex'
pended by public and private
relief agencies.
The Republicans find abund'
ant material in whatever laxi-
ties, failures and leaks may be
found in the Democratic output
of billions of public money. But
recently, I happened to be in
an outlying strongly Repub-
lican county, and I found the
Democrats charging bitterly
that the dominant Republican
machine was feeding and hous-
ing only Republicans. So far
as the political history Of
patronage in America is con-
cerned, neither pot can call the
kettle black.
AM nTn cw0Dv
In the hard times following
the panic of 1907, the Charity
Organization Of New York sharp
ly raised the issue of a com"
plete segregation of relief from
politics. The argument sounded
much like that of today. The
word politics never looks quite
so dubious as when it is stacked
up close to the word relief.
Down in Prestonburg, KY,
there are under indictment a
mayor, a county judge, a min
lister and four others, accused
of having stolen $122,500 in
Federal relief funds.
William Hodson, New York re-
lief administrator, estimates
there are 5000 imposters on the
New York rolls. The police and
the Better Business Bureau are
kept busy running down fake
charity benefits. Under the pres
sure of this emergency, govern
mentS-city, State and national
must organize relief, and must
find funds and use them. There
is no other way. That puts it in
politics, and it imposes on the
Democratic organization an ob-
legation which will wreck it if
it is in the least degree vulner-
able to the charges which its
partisan opponents hurl against
it.
There is every reason to be-
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

Private and individual char
ity also meets crucial appeal.
I think it is a sound observa-
tion to say that America far
outstrips all other countries
in the generosity of individuals
and in the efficient organiza-
ton of relief work. With
shrunken resources, the public
is still doing its best. It's an
old, old story.
In the Middle Ages, men in
rags died by the roadside, while
men in rich robes passed by.
Moses Ben Maimon, the great
The Washington times., 1934-10-29


ing full advantage of political
strategy.
1t is customary to announce
after elections that investiga-
tions will be made. Byrnes
makes it known that he con-
siders there is bad situation
in Pennsylvania that should be
looked into.
Senator Reeds Democratic
opponent, Joseph Guttey, is
huUing a hard fight, and Diu
haze to battle considerably
more to take the election from
the incumbent Republican.
Senator Byrnes' announce
ment that a bad situation"
exists in Pennsylvania on the
Reed side, coming as it does
just before voters go to the
polls, won't hurt Mr.. Guffey,
old politicians aver.
Copyright. 1894, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

tie pond and
found hi m
self in deep
water.
He wanted
the students
of Louisiana
S t a t e Uni
We RS t v to
see the L. S.
U.-Vanderbilt
& q m e in
Nashville. So
he h a n ded
ou t tho u
sands of dol
lars at the
rate of Sc to
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

ment as was
ever uttered
by any village
idiot. Yes, I
know, it lis
tens Low ! y
and will be
accepted with
enthus i a S m
b y m a n y
readers. Sen
tin1ental hui
mans clin g
S t O u tly to
their + a Try
t a | e s-fore-
most of which
is the notion
The Washington times., 1934-10-29

The other night at a news
reel I saw a diagram titled
where Your Money Goes" It
was one of those pies, cut up
into segments, and represented
what happens to one dollar of
my taxes. I almost wish that
I hadn't seen it.
I have forgotten the actual
percentages, but, being a city
dweller on the East Coast, I
couldn't see anything that my