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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
LESSON ON MANNERS

MUCH as We may deplore the philosophy OF
IVA the Russian Reds. We must admit that
the lads who wear their shirts outside Of their
pants do get ideas now and then.
The latest is a stunt to teach the proe-
tar.at how to behave itself in public.
On the edge of Moscow there is a vast amuse-
ment park-the Park of Culture and Rest.
sort of glorified Coney Island. Soviet author
tiles have been bothered by people who get
drunk there. commit acts of rowdyism and IN
other ways disturb the peace. So they have
started putting up life-sized wax figures OF the
offenders in public places with signs telling
just what the guilty parties did
And while this might tend to make the park
look queer. il does seem TO be an idea with
possibilities.
You can see for yourself how it would work
IN this country.
On the edge OF the picnic grounds for in
stance YOU could put up a nice effigy OF
banjo-eyed moron and hans from Its neck
sign readine something like this:
Here's Luke McGlook, who scatters paper,
banana peelIngs. partly consumed doughnuts
and cIgar butts all over the place where people
cat picnic dinners. Luke is a dope"
And then. on some bench along the path,
YOU could have the figures OF a pasty-iaced
sheik and his red-hngernailed sweetie, with
sign along this line: These hslfvlts think
a public place like this is a swell place to en-
gage in neckine. They have been locked up"
And by the roadside. a clgar-Chewng
maniac with a steering wheel IN his hands. and
a sign ike this: This is Joe Doakes. who
thinks any speed below fifty miles an hour is
TOO slow. and who speoialzeS IN crashing trat-
hc lights He has been lquIdsted"
All Of this PROBABLY sounds pretty odd. Yet
1t Is exactly the sort OF thing that Is being
tried out in the Moscow park. and 1t Is far
from being the dizziest idea the Muscovtes
have had lately.
Give a few Of these public pests a chance
to see what they look life to innocent by
stander. and they might start getting wise to
themselves. And If they did. our parks ana
highways and recreation spots would be much
pleasanter places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND BEER SALES
BY NJ. David

By NJ. David
This is in no sense a defense Of the
Franklin township constable or his
methods in enforcing the law which
forbids the sale of alcoholic bever-
ages to those under the age of q.
The constable was asked to resign
BY the prosecutor and the county
commissioners because he arrested
bartenders and owners of so-called
beer joints who sold to minors.
Your paper stated a few days ago
that the constable sent decoys into
places and when they had pur-
chased beer or other intoxicating
LIQUOR. he arrested the offenders and
arraigned them before the justice of
the peace Of the township for which
he is serving.
The authorities were Mortified that
this constable, who receives re-
Enumeration only in the, event ne
secured convictions, was making ar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

BY I'm Telling You.
A news item carried recently in
all indianapolis papers stated
that some fourteen employees Of
the local postofflce had received
promotions" and listed those
who were promoted. Accord
ing to the published version, this
story was released supposedly to
the press by authority of local
poStoff1ce officials.
The manner in which the ar
ticle was worded was very mis-
leading, and gave the public the
general impression that SO many
regular appointments were made
from the substitute lists. I wish
to correct this false impression,
as such is far from being the case.
The only promotions" made
were of regular employees of some
three or more years standing who
were advanced from one grade
to a higher one. They still are
doing the same work, but were
given recognition of hours of
service rendered, which was de-
MED them by the provisions OF
the economy act.
AS a matter of fact, there are
a great many substitutes who
have a sufficient number of hours
of service to entitle them to these
higher ratings or promotions,
if they ever are appointed as reg
ulars, but they still are working
for substitute wages and under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
CRITIC OF NUDISM
TAKEN TO TASK

CRITIC OF NUDISM
TAKEN TO TASK
BY M. D. Pratt.
Earle Bailey must be Of that de-
lightful generation whose blood
reached the boiling point at the
sight of an ankle! His statement
that nudist camps are altogether as
fearful as gangland is superb.
If he has visited bathing beach
in the last forty years, and stayed
long enough to recover from his
first fainting fit, he must have
realized that far from being pulse
quickening, they are more often
the scenes of bitter establishment.
Who has not experienced the mis-
fortune of seeing his or her flame
of the moment, a Venus or Adonis
in clothes, appear in few yards
of jersey in an entirely different
role?
Those manly blue serge limbs were
revealed in their natural covering,
as nothing but a rather poor pair
of legs, with knees slightly knock
or fairly bowed; that slim figure,
so blithe and charming in a dance
frock, exposed as bullying in the
wrong places, and gangling where
it should be rounded!
Nudism is a sure cure for those
easily concealed Gin clothes) phys
ical faults-aVoirdupoiS and Scrawni-
ness. I am told the splendid ply
SiqueS of modern German youth are
the direct result of nudiSm. When
their elders first went nudiSt the
young Germans saw the full trag-
edy of too many wiener Schnitzels
and too much lager beer. They
vowed they never would present
such sorry figures to their children,
and promptly went in for Sysical
culture and body building.
The scenes presented in the aver
age nudist camp are the antithesis
of orgiastic. One may see groups of
earnest persons swimming, hiking,
exercising, trying hard to build for
themselves good. hardy bodies.
NudiSm exposes the entire body to
the sun. The sun IS one of the
best doctors in the world. A nudist
is not apt to be tubercular, arthritic
or rheumatic.
Mr.. Bailey asks if there is some
great power back of nudism which
makes editors fear to attack it. Why
indeed should editors attack any,
thing that is clean and healthy, that
promotes good looks and stamina?
Perhaps Mr.. Bailey is afraid that
some summer day, strolllng all I'M
whiting near a nudist camp, a group
of these dreadful creatures will as
sail him, divest him of his triple
weight longies and, horrors, uncover
that tattoo mark he has been trying
to conceal all these years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
MONDAY. JULY q. Is5i
JOHN DILLINGER-DECEASED
TOHN DILLNGER is dead.

TOHN DILLINGER is dead
He died in the manner in which he and the
nation expected him TO die. except that he
Gid not have the opportunity to take any
lives.
Federal men trapped the MOoresviIe des-
perado last night as he walked from thea
ter in Chicago with Two women and two
pistols.
DiLlinger and his companions had been
viewing a melodrama Of crime and left the
theater as death row scene was being por-
trayed.
No doubt DiIlinger had quite kick out Of
his evening. Without doubt he sat with the
two women as the hero-crminaI OF all time,
probably getting laugh out Of the antics of
other criminals as related on the screen.
But If he laughed it was not for long.
Because when he left the theater the federal
men closed in. Revolvers were pressed against
the criminals body and triggers pulled. It was
the end.
Federal authorities and all other police Of
fcers who worked diligently and honestly on
the Dininger case are to be commended. Their
task. as far as John Dillinger is concerned, is
completed.
In completion of that task they have set
an example that should stand as a warning
to every criminal in the nation. No matter
how clever any criminal is. the end is sure to
come. Some end up in the penitentiary.
Others complete their careers in the same
manner as DiIinger-dead. shot by the men
whom ;hey sought TO outsmart
Melvin Purvis. in charge Of department OF
justice agents in Chicago. has cleared himself
of the criticism that was heaped upon him
after the Little Bohemia incident in April
when DilIinger and his gang shot their way
out of a lodge in Wisconsin. That episods
cost the life Of a federal agent and an limo
cent CWA worker.
With DIlinger gone, what Will become OF
his gang? Many men claim that DiIlinger
was the brains of the criminal layout but was
not the toughest of the crowd. John Hamil-
ton. branded often as the toughest Of the
crew still is at liberty.
And that situation presents the nations
police officers with another problem. They still
have to clean up the gang.
The sooner that is done, the better it Will
be for every one concerned.
John Dillinger is dead. The nations great
JOB now is TO clean out forever his uk-the
men and women whose daily lives are a con-
tinual menace to law-abiding citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
DOUBTS MOVIES POWER
TO MENACE MORALS
Bv NJ. l. t.

bv VI. L. l.
All this ardent talk Of censorship
sounds like the homely tale of the
older sister smacking her saucy
little brother. The original blame
for the theater. and the critics after
viewing current Broadway hops
seem to think there is much blame,
rests with the church.
The theater grew out of the
church's salestalk in the form Of
spectacular passion plays which
brought the gullible citizenry from
miles for an aesthetic thrill OF
sorts.
But the church and the theater
have always eyed each other warily.
When a Mr.. O'Neill wrote Strange
Interlude" and other disturbing
plays. the church was the first to
register an astonished and outraged
howl. This year the same Mr.
ONeill favored the stage with a
magnificent but highly religious
flop. The burden of his sins was
forgotten.
7 doubt very much if Mr.. O'NeilI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
DHLINGER AND SOME
BANKERS COMPARED
BY An Admirer of The Times.

BY An Admirer of The Times.
One of the daily papers had a
picture of John Dillinger's favor
lite nephew taken on a tricycle. Dill
linger had given him for his birth
day. A line under the picture said:
Some banker probably paid for
this tricycle.
Why not have pictures of some of
the handsome homes and fine cars
owned by the head men of some of
the closed banks, and say:
The poor peoples money lost IN
these mems banks helped to pay for
these homes and cars"
Dillinger was not half as bad az
some Of the heads of the closed
banks who still have plenty Of
money, and seem to faunt their
prosperity in the face of those who
lost their all. People Of the state
are looking with interest to see IL
justice will be given these bankers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
PROUD OF THEIR JOBS

THE TenneSSes Valley authority has put
Muscle Shoals 10 work for the people.
has two more dams under way. has launched a
program OF erosion control and reforestation,
has cut electric rates in half in much of the
south. and has furnished yardStick for electric
rates throughout the country.
II has done something else Of perhaps
greater significance.
It has proved that patronage can be kept
out Of a great government enterprise. and that
this policy gives efficiency.
The TwA project is so close TO the Presi-
dents heart that ne announced It even before
his Inauguration. He knew politics well enough
to know that il this project he loved was to
succeed, politics must be kept out of it.
he appointed as directors in charge OF the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
OBJECTS TO BEER
DRINKING ORDINANCE
BY Irate Citizens.

BY Irate Citizens.
We would like to bring to the at
tention of the editor of The Times
the utter absurdity Of the ordinance
which our esteemed city council has
passed and our equally esteemed
mayor, Reginald Sullivan, mas
signed relative to the hours drink
ing establishments may operate.
1t is as much an invasion of
mans rights as was prohibition,
this business Of telling him he must
stop drinking at l a. m. or else
drink at home with his wife. What
is this anyway, a free country? The
writer's are interested in finding out.
Can not The Times do something
about this?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
So They Say

The character Of a country is de-
termined by the character Of its
homes.-Dr. Adelaide Steele Baylor,
chief Of the home economics service
of the United States department Of
the interior.
The Philippine islands arc not
worth the life of one young Ameri-
can.-Dr. Stanley High, famous ed
itor
give all honor to the Soviet gov
eminent for what it has done as a
government But today everything
it touches turns to machines. You
can't eat machines.-Emma Cold
man. famous anarchist.
If democracy is to be made safe
for the world, it must be interpreted
in social and economic terms, az
well as political.-Dr. Edmund de S.
Drummer Of Columbia university.
insult is afraid he may be made
fool Of. or even lynched by crowds.
believe later insult will be
received glorlously in the United
States.-M. Xeros. Greek attorney
for Samuel insult
Motion pictures are getting better
all the time.-Will Hays, movie car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
To Margaret

BY RUTH PERKINS
Savage anticipation,
Desire for consolation,
Devoid of contemplation,
IN this ocean
OF emotion
You are tossed.
Striking with endless fury,
Beaten and drugged and weary,
Dul-eyed and oddly dreary,
Yet unquenched
Though thus entrenched
You are lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
Daily Thought

Therefore shall a man leave his
father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife; and they
shall be one fiesh.-Genesis, 2:24.
is more noble. nothing
IN more venerable than fidelity
Cicero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23
Capital Capers
by GEORGE ABELL-

A LERT Boris Skvirsky, counselor OF the
L n Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, heard
considerable commotion recently in front Of his
embassy
Voices shrilled, "Hey, let me have a ride!"-
What is it, anyhow?"-"Can take trip in that
buS?' Many feet battered about the embassy
driveway Counselor Skvirsky peered out of the
door, expecting almost anything What he saw
was a long, curiously shaped, three wheeled
automobile. cleaning with plategaSS windows
bright blue paint and nickel. 1t was surrounded
by a crowd of inquiSitive boys On the side of
this odd-looking car was the word "DYMAX-
ION"
At the sight Counselor Skvirsky seemed not
at all astoniSned. He merely waved his arms at
a SMALL gray-headed man who sat at the wheel
and shouted:
"At the chancery At the chancery!"
The gray-headed man nodded, released a
brake. The "DymaXion" shot noiselessly up
Sixteenth street on its three heavily tired wheels
amid the pursuing cries of its youthful adj
mirers
The gray headed man was Mr.. Buckminster
Fuller, inventor of the "Dymaxion," who brought
the car here from New York for demonstration
to Soviet officials He stopped at the chancery
and took two of them for spin.
The Russians were enchanted
1T rides like a dream" said one.
+ Marvellous" remarked the other, as the
"DymaXion." living up to its name turned deftly
on its own space and Snaked its way back to
Se6IIIuSlN Impossible parking space.
Inventor Fuller smiled delightedy.
This car" he explained, "has been bought by
Leopold Stokowski. conductor of the Phila-
delphia orchestra. I'm taking it out to Chicago
to show it at the world fair
The Soviet embassy wants two of these cars"
he said. They want to ship them to Russia.
And I have fifty orders for the machine from
other people"
NOTE-Some things Inventor Fuller claims
his automobile can do: Make more than twen-
ty-five miles on a gallon Of gas; speed 105 miles
an hour; seat eight passengers; park any place
and turn on its own space.
II indy Minister Marc Peter the now beard
N less envoy of Switzerland, yesterday left for
New York in his automobile. He sails Saturday.
car and ALTO spend the summer amid his
native Alps.
Before leaving town, Envoy Peters carefully
packed away his amazing collection of rare books
zone of the most valuable of its kind in the
world. The volumes require delicate handling
and the dampnesS Of a Washington summer is
a source of much worry to the collector.
Il love these books" Minister Peter told
friend recently "but sometimes feel can not
travel at all on account of them When moved
into my new home here-oh Ia la!"
And he shrugged and shook his head
1t took more than eight hours continuous
work to pack the rare volumes into forty cases.
Afterward the Swiss diplomat fell asleep and
slept twelve hours
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

Prisoners in Joliet CIll) prison will learn
to fly with wingless airplanes. The man who
thought of that idea must have been taught
to swim on land
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

Connecticut society woman. complaining
her husband kicked her in the shins when
they played bridge. got a divorce Showing
that the shin system" doesn't always work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

% Sports writer's have praised Camera fol
not staying down for the count of nine
Maybe he couldn't count that high
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

Mahstma Gandhi is going on another fast
soon. since the newspapers have been neglect
ing him for so long
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

Chicago packing house is trying to change
the name of hot dogs" to franks" But is
that being frank about it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

NOTE: During Minister Peters absence
handsome Louis MicheH who has just returned
from trip through the Adirondacks New Eng
land and Canada, will act as charge d'affaires
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

The Ontario quintuplets are continuing to
gain in weight. And, if you ask Dad, in appe-
tite.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their Uiel0s in these columns. Make yOur
letters short, 50 all CON hare ch0ncs.
Limit them to ESQ words or tess.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

NOTE-Some things Inventor Fuller claim
his automobile can do: Make more than TWEEN
ty-five miles on a gallon Of gas; speed 105 mile
an hour; seat eight passengers; park any plac
and turn on its own space
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-23

Editors Note-This is the last of four
articles by Harry Elmer Barnes, Phi. ID. on
the causes, course and immediate results of
the uprising in Germany.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-06

and when he was pinched he gave
his occupation as house painter.
He came in dressed like q fashion,
plate, and it was his sartorial mag
nificence that exasperated the COM
missioner.
"This man is a paid assassin" said
the commissioner. Men like him
should be marked up and mussed up.
Blood should be smeared all over that
velvet collar. Instead, he looks as If
he had just got out Of a BARRIERS
chair"
Very few persons will quarrel with
this idea, in itself. Unfortunately,
when the police set out to muss peo-
pie up, they aren't usually very dis
eliminating.
Pretty soon it is the minor offender
who gets mussed up; then, after
while, some totally innocent bystand-
er is arrested by mistake and gets
rather frightfully mussed up before
he can convince the cops that it's all
a mistake.
For that reason, telling any police
department to be brutal is a mistake.
The brutality is certain to hit the
wrong parties, sooner or later.
Nevertheless, we haven't answered
the commissioner when We say his
idea is dangerous. We must find
some way of taking care Of these
outlaws who can be arrested 18 times
and yet remain free to follow their
own devices.
Something pretty shocking must
be wrong with our criminal law and
our method of administering it when
a man can be accused three times of
six times of carrying gun,
and nine times of felonies ranging
from grand larceny to assault, with |
out even so much as standing trial
before a jury.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-06
New Funds for Education

The crisis which public education
has reached in the United States is
illustrated by an article by DR.. John
<. Norton Of Teachers College, Co.
lumbia university, in the current is
sue Of The Nation.
Dr.. Norton declares bluntly:
"A quarter of q million teachers, to
whom IS entrusted the education Of
100000 children, are scheduled this
year to receive wages below the mini
mum fixed for unskilled factory work.
ers In the blanket code of the NRA.
Even these meager salaries in many
cases viii not be paid in full"
Dr.. Norton then goes on to point
out that school funds still come
from q tax on real estate. A cen
tury ago real estate made up most OF
our wealth. and its ownership was a
fair measure Of ability to pay taxes
This. he says. is no longer the case.
It Is his belief that In order to fl
nance our schools adequately, we
must raise school funds through
taxes on incomes, on business, and
on inheritances.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-06

navy, 50 It's possible to predict
definite American policy Of preserv-
ing the present ratio. New American
naval ships cost Is million dollars In
the fiscal year 1888, II millions in
1894, and are costing 1872 millions this
fiscal year-of which 129 came from
PWA.
Next years appropriations will run
between 200 and 800 millions and we'll
be still within treaty limits.
Most of our capital ships will have
reached the ''age limit" by 1896 and
they cost about $5O,O00,000 apiece.
No one can guess the added cost Of
. naval race with Japan in which we
would build about two ships to her
one.
The best hope for the taxpayers
seems to rest in the lingering sus-
picion here that Japan may, after
Ill, be bluffing and won't enter such
Z race. That suspicion isn't any
where near as strong as 1t was.
Copyright, 1884, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-06
Bigger Game for Uncle Sam


1t is worth noticing that, at just
about the time when Baby Face" Mel
son was dying an unlamented death
from Uncle Sans bullets, New York's
most notorious beer baron," Dutch
Schultz, was surrendering to the au-
thorities on an income tax evasion
charge and was languishing in Jail
for want of $4,000 bail.
Two types of criminals are repre-
sented here. Nelson was Of the old
Jesse James type-lawless, quick
shooting freebooter, q strong-arm
man pure and simple. Schultz, on
the other hand, is Of the big business
variety Of crook; the Capone type,
which killed and slugged only Incl
dentally to the main business of pro-
ducing and selling.
This second type probably repre-
sents a greater menace to our insti-
tutions than the first. The downfall
OF Nelson was spectacular; that of
Dutch Schultz is actually more of a
feather in the cap.