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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

A TTEMPTS at the Mt Wilson observatory to find
n signs of a fifth motion of the earth. leads
astronomers into the largest problem which 1t Is
possible for tackle, namely, the structure and
nature of the universe.
As I recounted yesterday. astronomers now are
of four motions of the earth The first is the
earthS rotation its axis The second Is the
revolution of the earth around the sun.
The third is primarily motion OF the sun but
which the earth shares by virtue OF the TACT that
the sun dragS the whole solar system along with It.
The fourth motion is a motion of the whole
local cloud" or region of stars in which our sun is
situated The local cloud is rotating around the
center of the galaxy or Milky Way with speed OF
$50 miles a second. This is Just another way OF
saying the entire galaxy is in rotation about CEN
We come now to the possibility of a fifth motion
of the earth and it will be apparent at once that
this must be a motion of the whole Milky Way or
galaxy through space. If the galaxy is headed for
anywhere. then We are going along with it.
IT once however. We find ourselves dealing with
N problem which is complicated by the Elm
stein theory of RELATIVELY the curvature of space the
theory of the expanding universe, the possibility OF
multi-dimenSional space and similar olihcultieS
The only way to check motions of the galaxy as
whole Is to study the motions of the distant gaax-
les, the so-called spiral nebulae. The problem here
is not different from that Of attempting to detect
the motion Of our sun by studying the motions OF
nearby stars
But. as many readers know. the Mt. Wilson
studies Of the motions of spiral nebuae revealed the
center of repulSion from which all the other gaaxies
were running away.
This state of affairs seemed too fantastic. There
was reason why our galaxy should be such
center Of repuSion. Consequently. another explana-
tiNn sought.
\ We accept this theory of the expanding uni
verse the great majority of astronomers are in
clined TO do. it will be at once that we must
form a new notion of the meaning of motion. There
are, however, some astronomers noA inclined 10 ac
cept the theory. If reject the theory. We can
then begin TO hunt for signs of the od-fashioned
sort Of motion of our galaxy in space.
Even, # We accept the notion that space is ex-
pandng II Is still possible that the galaxieS. incud-
ing Milky Way. have indivdual-old-
fashioned, one might say-motons in this expand
ing space II is not going to be easy TO find evil
dences OF them. but they worth hunting for.
There is also another possibility worth exploring
While the galaxies scattered apparently at
dom throughout space We find them here and
there clustered into groups Such groups have been
christened super-galaxies by Professor Harlow
Shapley.
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Your Health
by DIR. NORRIS FIsHBEIN-

0NE unfortunate individual who requires SYM
~ pathetic and patient consideration from his
family and friends is the person who is subject to
epileptc fits. At the same time the epileptc him.
self should do his part in avoiding those occupa-
tons where there is danger of serious accident in
event of a fit.
Police have reported many of automobile
accidents due to sudden attacks affecting epileptic
drivers And, in instances epileptics have
fallen into machines used in industry.
In very severe cases, epilepsy seems to shorten
life but early death the result of fit Is rare In
mild cases. epeptcs may live to old age, and there
is tendency with advancing to spontaneous
cure.
VXTHEN epileptic fits start early in life and when
w they are frequent and severe, the outlook is
not as good.
and history of epilepsy in the parents or grand
parents the outlook is not as good for long life as
under other conditions.
With advancing years the tendency to develop
epilepsy decreases. The type of disease is matter
of great importance in determining the length of life.
Unquestionably the of the diets, known
as the ketogenic diets, has been helpful in improv-
ing the condition in many children.
THERE are some epileptics have their con-
vulsions only at night They are less likely to
be subjected to accident, but the indications are
that this type of epilepsy is less easily cured
benefited than the type in which the fits dur
ing the day well.
Much of the hope depends the patience and
persistence with which the epileptic and his friends
can be induced to carry treatment. All kinds Of
treatment must be used sor long time and con-
tnutd even after the fits have subsidized.
In fact, many authorities believe that two years
without fit is the shortest period that should elapse
before the treatment and the watchfulness of the
doctor are relaxed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
Menace to Marking Regime

THIS means that he will be a menace not only
l. to the regime of General Chang Kai-shek.
present head of the Marking government, but to the
Japanese in ManchTia.
He has visited every country in Europe except
Russia and Turkey. He plans to sail from San
Francisco for New York, via Panama. There
many Orentals in Panama. From New York he will
proceed to China by way of Turkey and India.
Omission Of the Soviet Union from his itinerary
would seem deliberate. He has been accused by his
enemies of being in league with the Communists.
The writer understands he is neither pro-com-
munist- nor hostile to them
The voyage of General Tsai is not unlike that
which the late DR.. Sun Yat-Sen made just prior to
his overthrow of the Manchu dynasty in 1911 There
are many rich Chinese in Europe and America.
Their support was helpful to his plans.
General Tsais prestige was high before he left
China. His triumphal progress from Chinatown to
Chinatown around the world means he will have to
be reckoned with in earnest when he gets back to
Canton, his headquarters
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Questions and Answers

Q-How the name Portland cement" de-
rived?
Ain 1924 Joseph Aspdin bricklayer at Leeds,
England, combined certain quantities Of lime and
clay burned them in kiln pulverized the resulting
and used it to make concrete. Aspdn, think
ing 1t resembed stone quarried the Isle Of
Portland called his base material Portland" cement
and secured patent on it.
Q-Does an alien resident of the United States
require passport to enter Mexico?
Ayes
Q-Are soft shell crabs a different species from
those with hard shells?
A-Crabs with soft shells are those that have cast
of the old hard shell by the natural process OF
growth They are caught soon after melting when
the shell Is still soft.
Gin which group Of states Is ohio7
A-East North Central
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

weather conditions. public utility
companies seeking TO explain to
consumers why their light bills
are so high, students, engineers,
colleges-all these are among the
subscribers for the bureaus news
paper and bulletins.
And, on one occasion, it was re-
ported that professional gamblers
were using the bureaus tempera-
ture readings for gambling pur-
poses.
The bureaus chief, Mr.. Arming-
ton, turns pressman, artist, or
printers devil if the need comes.
He learned the trade in a news
paper office, while the majority of
his observers just picked it up by
the hunt -and-grab" route.
When it's raining umbrellas and
"Sou'westerS" down on the streets
in indianapolis. it is raining agate
type and new bulletins on the
tenth floor of the Consolidated
building to the creaking Of presses
putting out new extra, "All about
the weather."
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Break on Camera Work

DUT the picture shows a thin and pald youth
ID who has been asked to look at the little birdie
and doesn't like it. 1t is a woe-begone and some
what startled look. Here to borrow smile from
Dorothy Parker, lis young man who stood too close
to the edge of the tracks and the fast express has
just gone by"
what abject pictorial representation. AS far as the
camera work goes got even break. The disturb
ing factor about my inclusion in Beacon Lights OF
Literature Book Ill" comes at the very end OF my
feeble foray 1t consists of agate lines headed
question and exercises" and this is followed by
exercises preceded by star designed for assign
ment at the discretion of the teacher, or for any
student who volunteers"
1 must say it gave me most uneasy turn to hno
that an early indiscreon of my own was to be sub
jected to analysis discussion and daily themes.
think that schools would do we'll to teach the young
idea to shoot but hate to have target strapped
about my midrif for the delight of agile archers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

have followed the lead of the
Roosevelts and have published
books on current issues, and for
mer President Hoover, titular head
of the opposition, is using the
same medium. General johnson
is writing a book about NRA and
an earlier volume written by the
new recovery ace, Donald r. Rich
berg, is being republished.
This is the first time, also, that
candidates for election to con-
gress have known in advance
many of the important issues on
which they will have to pass, and
have been asked to tell interested
and powerful groups how they
will vote.
A T the beginning of this cam
n paign President Roosevelt
let the country know that he
would propose security legislation
to the next congreSs-unemploy
ment insurance, old age pensions,
and possibly other measures -
giving the candidates a chance
to line up for or against his pro-
gram and the voters a chance to
express their views in advance.
The next congress will decide,
also, whether or not Roosevelt
emergency legislation - particu-
larly NIRA-shall be made per-
manent. The administrations
MIRA program has not been dis
closed but the American FEEDER
alton of Labor and the National
Association of Manufacturers have
sent out questionnaires on the
most controversial points in
volved.
AS the campaign enters its last
lap, Democratic registration ex-
ceeds Republican in such import
ant states as Illinois and Cali
fornia. The Republican party in
Maryland approves of the New
Deal. Maine has gone Demo-
cratic. Attempts to make voters
believe the New Deal is danger
ously radical have been a flop.
Denunciation of government
spending has made little impress
sion on voters benefting from the
spending, and AAA is mailing out
corn-hog benefit payments at the
rate of a million dollars a dsy.
Even constitutionality of the re-
covery legislation has ceased to be
an issue since the supreme court
is getting ready to decide that
point once and for all.
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/6Ku MM
WM.PHILIP SIMMS

WASHINGTON. oct. 5.-Suave. tall. thin a
w rapier morning-suited and immaculate,
celestial Nemesis plans soon sail from these shores
a CLINT of trouble in his eyes for both Nippon and
the nationalist government of China. The name Of
this Nemesis is General Tsai Ting-kai. former COM
mander of the now famous 18th Route army, de-
fender of Shanghai against the japanese and his
countrys outstanding living hero He is now in
the United States on a world tour. Around his
slim figure revolves drama like one reads in story
books His moves are closely watched by the secret
agents OF three nations: Japan. China and America.
The governments at Tokyo and Marking fear him,
while Washington merely wishes to keep its skirts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

puzzle you see displayed in the
postoffice daily.
Mr.. Arlington, editor Of tele-
graph and local news, Sits the
wire bulletins, gauges the low
barometric pressures against the
highs, watches for storm areas
from the west and north, and pre-
pares the papers final blackface
bulletin:
indianapolis and Vicinity: Fair
and warmer tonight and Tues
day."
Indianapolis Gurgoyle Gullish
Fangilt Rainy" clicks the tele-
graph operators keys as he tells
the world, in code, conditions here.
Now despite their close re-
semblance to gibberish, those five
words mean: Indianapolis has a
barometric pressure of 30.40,
temperature 40, wind southeast,
six miles an hour, sky clear, pres
sure rising "a inch in three hours
and -"
The last word, "rain." is a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

fooler. 1t doesn't mean what it
says.
1t means instead: Relative
humidity u per cent, maximum
temperature co."
AS the presses creak out their
last copies, mailerS hurriedly wrap
the bulletins and rush them to the
postoffice.
"NFF at 10 a. m.," exclaims
~ FRESHMAN Smith as he
washes up his forms.
A new form goes into the press.
New type is placed in sticks. The
bureau begins the preparation of
it's other periodicals. These are
the monthly meteorological sum-
mary for Indianapolis, the month
ly state report, with the bureaus
subscription list, $50; the weekly
weather outlook, or, in season, the
state crop report.
Insurance companies fighting
damage claims, department stores
balancing sales days against
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

It comes only after that familiar
standby about why Do Collar
Buttons Always Roll Under the
Bureau"
I have written the piece for va
rious magazines four or five times
and the collector Of Shakespeare's
best and my worst happened uner-
ringly upon the fifth attempt,
which was the poorest Of vintage
years. OF course, the Broun charm
is in it, huge chunks hoated about
like cubes of lamb in an Irish stew.
A photograph goes with it and this
was taken quite obviously in some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

than stuffing up the cracks in your
basement window.
The upper half of this one
page daily is illustrated with a
weather map showing where to-
matoes were frozen the night pre-
vious and why Keokuk kicked
about the heat.
The map is drawn daily by Ar
fist Burlington on a chalk-plate
engraving. From a. m. until
between els or $50, he works,
sketching on steel the vagaries of
the elements. A hand casting box
and hand reuter- makes the plates
from the original. 1t is clamped
in the forms.
TN the meantime, wire reports
Il received by the telegraph oper-
F. ator, who works at the bureau
only for three hours, each morn
ing. are set in hand type as Artist
Burlington works from similar re-
ports making up the jig-saw
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

1llOOb dSbOJC RO41JlOd4 OIL dtCS1OOO AL
the country Charley's detach-
ment is self-imposed-as in 1882
when he declined to take part
in the Hoover campaign.
And for the same reason.
Then he diSapproved of Hoo
ver's candidacy, felt that the lat
ter should have made way for a
stronger, more liberal banner car
rier.
This year McNary no less
strongly diSapproves of the Re-
publican national committees pol
icy of wholesale condemnation of
the New Deal. Last spring when
Republican chieftains deliberated
campaign strategy. McNary
warned against too partisan an
administration stand, counselled
the formulation of a definite pro-
gram to take to the voters.
National Chairman Henry
Fletcher and his Old Guard fac
ton rejected such a plan, set the
party's course for a head-on on
Slaught with the Democrats.
But McNary is not without his
followers.
The Republicans of Maryland,
Wisconsin and Michigan, led by
Senator Arthur Vandenberg-him-
self up for re-election-are soft
pedalling anti-New Deal talk.
CCENE in a barber shop in Har-
- risburg, capital of Pennsyl-
vania. The governor of PennSyl-
vania, Honorable Clifford Pinchot.
reclines in a chair. his face en-
caSed in lather.
Barber: Governor, your wife
wants to speak to you on the
phone. Long distance"
A pail of silence falls over the
barber shop. Necks are craned,
ears covertly cupped in order to
catch the conversation between
the Governor and his glamorous
wife.
Pinchot: "Oui, darling, 81 tn
veux, oui >. =. non Je ne peux
pas
He completed the conversation
entirely in French, unconcernedly
went back to his chair
Black looks of disappointment
from every one in the barber shop.
THE treasury department has
l. been making a private inves-
tigation of a charge that John
Dickinson, assistant secretary of
commerce, interfered with the
enforcement of shipping require
ments on the west coast.
The incident involved the SAIL
ing of the Dollar Line steamer
President Grant from Seattle last
summer. The ships papers re-
quired her to have nineteen able
bodied seamen. with lab certifi-
Gates"
But she did not have them.
claimed she could not get them
And discovering this fact. Saul
Haas. port collector. held up her
departure.
Subsequently Al Lundeen, presi-
dent of the Seattle Chamber OF
Commerce telephoned Dickinson
in Washington to get the ship
cleared. Dickinson's commerce de-
partment has charge Of shipping
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election. In the second year Of
the Cleveland administration Re-
publicans captured the house, and
in the second year of the Wilson
administration they cut the Demo-
cratic majority from 145 to 20. The
same pattern has prevailed when
Republicans were in power.
To swing the tide in their direc-
ton, Republicans have tried half
a dozen issues, have discarded
them as they failed to make an
impression, and are going into the
final weeks of the campaign with
every man making his own fight
according to local conditions. For
some of them this means com
plete or partial support of the
New Deal.
DARTY lines have less meaning,
i this fall than in any previous
peace-time election.
This is the first campaign in
which books have been a major
factor. Officials in power usually
avoid writing them. This year
Secretaries Wallace and Ickes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
COLUMBUS DAY TO
Be OBSERVED HERE
K. of C. to Hold Program
Monday NIGHT.

Columbus Day will be observed by
the knights of Columbus with a
program Monday night in their
auditorium, 1905 North Delaware
street, under the joint auspices of
Indianapolis council AIT, headed by
John j. Minta, and the K. of G.
fourth degree assembly, headed by
Humbert Pagani.
The Rev. Clement Bosler, St.
Johns church pastor, will speak on
1.-THE Legacy of Columbus to the
People of America"
A dance for K. of G. members and
their families will be held at the
auditorium Friday night. Friday
officially is Columbus day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
HOUSING AID APPOINTED
James Branson New Assistant TO
HOke and Peters.

Appointment of James Branson as
assistant director for Indiana Of the
Federal Housing Administration was
announced today by Fred Hoke, di-
rector, and r Earl Peters, associate
director. Mr. Branson, a former
Indianapolis newspaper man, has
been public relations director Of the
Governors commission on unem-
ployment relief for the last year
and he had served previously as
advertising manager of the Indian
apolis Power and Light Company.
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A SCOOP EVERY DAY-SOME PAPER! 4
INDIANAPOLIS Daily Sun or Rain Th,ivng Has $50 Subscribers
BY ARCH STEINEL
Times stan Writer

THERE'S a daily newspaper
Il published here in Indian
apolis. the existence of which
never even has been suspected by
the great majority of the city's
residents, vital to them as is the
news it carries.
N. w AyreS otherwise omnis-
Gent guide to American news
papers doesn't list this sheet"
but up in its offices, which are.
incidentally, the Offices of the
United States weather bureau
here, a deadline is as much a
deadline as it is on any of the
better known dailies-and the 12-
inch by 18-inch press must be fed
just as carefully as are the giants
which roar with the business of
printing such papers as The In
dianapOlis Times.
Up in the weather bureau
Offices, 1040 Consolidated building,
an artist hurries every day to fin
ish sketch. A telegraph operator
writes rapidly the message of a
Gathering instrument.
And, with the certainty OF
sunshine and the speed of a good,
stiff wind, newspaper goes to
press evey morning and scoops all
other Indianapolis newspapers
with its information-the all-im-
portant weather report for the
day.
j. H. Arlington, government
weather observer; is this papers
editor; j. j. Smith, its preSSman
and mechanical boss; Oren E. Ed
rington, its artist, and R. F.
Bratton, it's printers devil and
what-haVe-you.
DRESSMAN SMITH is just as
Il facile at reading a cloudburst
in figures of barometric pres
sure as he is in dropping agate
numerals of temperature read
ings, giving the latest bulletin on
chills or torridness at Kamloops,
British Columbia, into the forms
for the bureaus daily report and
map.
The bureaus daily newspaper is
the only periodical in the state
that tells its subscribers each day
the time it went to press and its
exact circulation that day.
Alongside the figures 1927" (the
press time is 9:15, but the bureau
sometimes holds its press as do
the bigger dailies) are the agate
figures "480," showing that the
weather map and report goes to
480 paid and free subscribers in
Indiana.
Subscription to this paper, which
has no comic strips, no editorials
and no world series scores, is $2.40
a year if you can't prove you're 60
ing to use it for something other
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.S7,833.32 BACK PAY
RECOVERED FOR $50
NRA Compliance Board Collects
Sum for Workers.

A total of S7,S3332 in back wages
for 5Ss employees was recovered
during the two-week period ending
Oct. l. by indianapolis district
office of NRA, it was announced to-
day by Francis Wells. Indiana NRA
compliance officer. Thirty-three
complaints were adjusted in recov-
ering the wages.
Adjustments covering 242 cases,
affecting 1,03S employees and
amounting to $4,000 have been
made by the local NRA office dur
ing the last several months.
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II Seems koM
BY
Haywood BROUN

a MAN wrote to me and asked permission to re-
L n print an old column Of mine which he kindly
called IAN essay" I said, sure" And now I'm in
Beacon Lights Of Literature-Book ILL.," along with
John Milton, William Shakespeare and Christopher
Morley. If had known the company with which
was to be associated might not have granted per-
mission to reprint quite readily. After all when
author rubs elbows with Shakespeare between
covers he likes TO be represented by his very best,
since comparisons. although odious. may be inev-
liable. The piece the anthoOgst picked out is hard
" of my happiest. It is called Holding Baby"
and the theme ranks as the second most familiar
one In the caddy bag Of any Whimsical columnist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05
THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP
By Ruth Finney

WASHINGTON, 5Thytwo election politicians
w write 1884
n political history.
smashed right left before the votes
counted promises to smash
this the minority weaker than
corresponding period The majority
the that hasn't midterm
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X. of C. to Hear Pastor

The Rev. Clement BoSler, pastor
of st. Johns Roman Catholic
church, will address a joint meeting
of the Knights Of Columbus at 9
Monday.
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year when no comet swan the skies. 1t is an early
Broun Not later than 1911 1912. The caption
says mendacously, "A journalist with the courage
of his convictions His outstanding comments on
books drama. people and politics have made him
famous. The eyes and the mouth betray his two
greatest virtues-cOurage, humOr."
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DreaU Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON 5eay campaign artillery of the Republic
w party blaze Salem, Ore,
ngnbo leisrely his books sits
aloof inactive the proinet national figures
Republican floor
the abes leaders his but OF the