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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
FREE FROM SCANDAL

TTNHE mess which centers about the air mail
l. contracts throws bright light on one Of
the most vital problems of modern times
the way in which all manner of skill devo-
ticn and efficiency can be short-circuited if a
few men at the top Of the heap get to think
ing too much about the clink of dollars.
In the cancellation of air mail contracts
upon the men who actually have been doing
the work.
The pilots themselves have made one Of
the finest records IN the history of aviation.
They have been good, superlatively good, at
a job calling for skill, GOODNESS and devotion.
From the standpoint Of physical service
they have made the American air mail net
work one Of the finest things of its kind in
all the world-if not the very finest
Similarly, the technicians, the designers,
the men who built the planes and fabricated
the engines, the operating officials who ar
range schedules and hand out assignments,
the repair men and service men and radio
and weather men-aIl these have FLIED their
difficult jobs with distinction.
The troubles that led to wholesale cancel
laton Of contracts were in no way due to the
men who actually were doing the work Of
flying the mails. From a purely physical
viewpoint the air mail setup is and has been
a thing of which the whole country could be
proud
Where then, was the trouble? It arose
solely from the fact that this magnificent edi-
flee of service rested on the wrong kind of
financial base.
In some cases-not in all, by any means
the men at the very top were less concerned
with doing an important job in an efficient
manner than with making two dollars grow
where one had grown before.
To put it more simply the fact that a few
men were greedy was enough to nullify all.
the SKILL the courage and the devotion to
duty which the great mass of employees put
into their jobs.
There has been lot of talk, this last year.
about the necessity of curling the profit mo-
tive. The air mail situation is striking ex-
ample of it.
Because few men let the lust of profit run
away with them, an entire industry has had to
suffer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
You

BY FRANCESCA
I never looked up. at the sky
To see a white cloud sailing by
I never heard song birds cry
Until I thought Of you.
I never watched the setting sun
To see the purple shadows come
And hide the earth when day IS
done
Until I thought of you.
I never knelt to say a prayer
Without you, dear. for you were
there
You seem to follow everywhere
That's how I think of you.
I never cared for goldenrod,
Or loved the flowers--and the sod
Or thought Of babies-or Of God
Until 7 thought Of you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
WIPING THE SLATE

TT is to be hoped that there was some sort of
- omen in the fact that Verne Sankey, kid
naper, hanged himself to "beat the rap" Just
at the time when the hunt for the kidnapers of
Edward G. Bremen was getting under way.
Sankey's death closes the books on the kid
MAPPING of Charles Boettcher of Denver. All
the gangsters who engineered that job are
either dead or in prison. One would like to
believe that the same thing presently will be
true of the gang that kidnapped Bremen
During the last year organized society has
gone into action against kidnapers pretty
effectively. A few more blows like those struck
in the Boettcher case and the kidnapping racket
would collapse for good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
HE'D LET CHISELERS
BATTLE EACH OTHER

By Edward Kirch.
AS a reader of the best newspaper
in our city, The Indianapolis Times,
I would like to answer o. F. Gray's
article in the Message Center of
Jan. 20.
Mr.. Gray seems to have been I'M
usually lucky to be able to buy ten
cases of Morgan's products to give
his hungry Republicans, which is
more than the majority Of us who
have not learned (libel deleteO.
AS for the Republicans not re-
ceiving CWA jobs, that is all just
baby talk. But does Mr.. Gray ever
consider the fact that if the do
nothing Republicans were still in
power we would not have CWA,
and we still would be looking for
prosperity to come around the cor
ner, provided we would have re-
ceived enough charity to keep alive
this long.
Does Mr.. Gray ever consider the
fact that such employers Qibel de-
leteO and many others are the
cause of our present condition? l
think any child can see that when
an employer pays starvation wages,
parks his freight trains in our city
streets (Which the railroad company
is not permitted to do and rightly
500, crowds other traffic off our
streets and highways, and has the
opening school postponed to FUR
Their enrich themselves by employ
ing school. children, and still is able
to sell his products in our city, 1t
is high time we get behind the
NRA. We should give these chisel-
ers a taste Of the same medicine
we have had, who have not worked
sixty or seventy hours a week and
left our wives to take care OF the
home and children instead Of taking
some single girls job. (This does
not apply to married Women0
To my mind, if the blue eagle
does not succeed we may as well all
lump in the river except the ch1sel-
ers. and let them chisel one another
and perhaps they will wake up 10
fact that it is better to let the other
l6llOW live, wv cA1A A4S ooOANAASN~ "-N~>
one business and not be a doctor,
lawyer, builder, and what not.
The writer happens to be one OF
those little fellows who is being
used as tool to discredit the blue
eagle, by these so-called Justice
loving individuals who have plenty
as the result of being in business
before we had these chiselers.
If we had had the NRA in place
of the noble experiment We would
not be accused Of accepting a dole
as we now are by being employed
on CWA work, which is unjust. Any
individual who thinks these men are
all laying down on the job is well
come to come around and investi-
gate, and, better still, work with
these men for a day on our job,
and think he will change his opin-
ion. And, besides, I do not know
or care how many Democrats or
how many Republicans have on
the job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
STAGE COACH ELECTIONS

THE American people at present are so well
- satisfied with the man they elected
President, it may seem scarcely an opportune
time to fix their attention on weaknesses of
the election system.
Yet the job of undermining election laws
must be done. if it is ever done while lib
eral is President of the United States. That
is why a group in congress which has worked
for years to bring about this change is work
ing harder than ever at this session.
They do not propose direct. popular cleo
ton of Presidents. They do propose, however.
that the electoral college - that ancient in
cubus which grated itself on the country
without legal sanction and more or less by
accident-be abolished.
They would retain electoral votes, appor-
tioning them among the states as they are
now .apportioned to preserve the relative
strengths of large and small cities. city and
rural districts. However-and this is the i'm
portant thing-they would divide the electoral
votes of each state according to the popular
vote for President cast in each state.
Now tie man who carries New York, for
instance gets to count the whole electoral
vote of the state. Under the new system he
would get only the electoral votes rejecting
the percentage Of popular votes he received.
The minority candidate likewise would get his
smaller share Of the electoral vote.
In the end each candidate would receive q
number Of electoral votes accurately rejecting
the popular vote cast for him.
Twice in the history of the United States
men have been defeated for the presidency by
the electoral college system in spite Of having
received a majority of the popular vote cast.
The two were Tilden in 1876 and Cleveland
in 1888.
The possibility OF such an event is a serious
danger to the country. II a man should be
declared President under the electoral college
svstern IN a time Of serious crisis, when ma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

"THE only sane method Of
L rearing children" says a
physician, "is to provide them
with all the opportunities possible
and leave them to themselves"
Good, sensible suggestion. The
child of the average well-to-do
parent in this country certainly
suffers from too much, rather
than too little, bringing up. He
never is left to himself at all.
Really, when you think Of 1t,
the tragedy Of being child in a
world managed wholly by grown
ups must be a pretty dreadful
thing. We poster them so much.
We're forever at them about this,
that or the other, prying into
their secrets, watching them as
cats watch a mouse, and ready
to pounce down upon them at the
slightest suspicious movement.
They have no privacy. We even
supervise their play.
And could anything be more pa
thetic than a bevy of tots being
instructed in the correct way to
play? The idea would strike us
as extremely ludicrous if we we're
capable of laughing at ourselves
to any good purpose.
- q y
WET 1t would be unfair to ac-
- cuse these assiduous adults
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Too Much 'HitIeriSn1'

much? Honesty and fairness
should go hand in hand to be a
success. If the economy league
was such a good thing, why did
Admiral Byrd, Mr.. Roosevelt and
some others ease out Of it?
Drawing big money off the gov
eminent and at the same time
fighting veterans compensations
and pensions for others. Many
veterans who were more entitled
to it than they were-that just
showed their principle. People
know how much service Admiral
Byrd saw.
There is no use in trying to
fool the public any more, as in
the last year or two people-espe-
cially the poor-are beginning to
awaken to the fact that it is up
to them to try to straighten out
this country; and they can read
and hear what is going on at
Washington.
And why roast Senator Arthur
Robinson so much? He seems to
be working for the interests of
the common people, and he also
uses his own head. When in
Washington people should forget
politics for a time and get down
to the business of trying to get
this country back to normal.
Editors NOte-Archibald ROOSe-
welt, though severely wounded in
action, never has drawn a PEN
sion. He was once an emplOye,
not an officer or stakeholder, in
a steamship company which re-
ceived mail subsidies.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
AUSTRIA'S GRAVE FUTURE

THE custom of blaming every difficulty in
the modern world on the last war has
been carried too far. in many cases. but there
is little doubt that the bloody upheaval which
has been racking Austria is traceable directly
to the postwar treaties
Those treaties left Austria in the position
Of a head without a body. The old Austro-
Hungarian empire, whatever its other de-
fects-and they were many and grave. heaven
knows-at least hung together economically.
When it was split asunder, Austria was
left in an impossible position.
What Austria's solution eventually will be
is something no man can tell now. But it
at least has been demonstrated since 1918 that
Austria can not go On indefinitely in its pres
ent shape.
Some sort of change is inevitable The
tragedy is that the change evidently will be
accomplished by violence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17


I have been a reader Of The In
dianapolis Times for some time,
and like the Message Center, and
am glad it has been enlarged.
I always have been a Democrat,
but I do not approve of some of
the things this administration is
trying to put across. For instance,
trying to muzzle the press and
keep the people in ignorance of
the true state of affairs as they
exist at this time.
From the President on down,
I believe if they will do things
and make laws for the good Of the
people, there isn't anything to
hide.
Neither do I believe in giving
the President dictatorial powers.
Why shouldn't congress and the
senate discuss what is best for
the people and have vote on it?
What do they think the people are
sending congressman to Washing
ton for?
If they are just going to be a
rubber stamp for the President,
they might as we'll stay at home,
and the very idea of trying to put
a law through which would
give congress control Of children
under 18. Well, that is too much
like Hitlerism to suit many people.
While I haven't any children, I
never would vote for any one who
was in favor or who voted for
such a law.
And why use the economy act
on the connected disability
veteran to the extent of Is per
cent, and on no other class that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

and were necessary and eXpedient.
Regardless of their constitutional
ity, their object was recovery, and
any law designed to eliminate Suf-
fering and want, is not only consti-
tutional, but human. If we are re-
covering I fail to see why any sane
person with a sense Of patriotism,
can question the integrity of our
President because he is trying to
help the country out of the depres-
sion by having congress pass COM
mon sense measures for the pur-
pose.
If the present conditions are
amusing" to this gent, his concep-
ton of amusement stands alone. He
will have to admit that progress is
being made, so regardless Of what
color the laws are, or how consti-
tutional the reasons for the depres-
sion are, if they are working, we
should be glad we have a man who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
SEEKS RETURN OF
STOLEN PROPERTY

By Times Reader.
am Times reader and have
been user Of The Times for years,
and also deliverer for the paper
some time ago.
Now, as to whom this may con-
Germ, am not so sure. I've been
reading of the big-hearted things
that have been done and results
they brought, but we are up against
it at present, and were away from
home part time, as no fault of ours.
So, while gone, visitors or
thieves-came in and took a May
tag washer, bought in 1924, No.
350577, and also a Eureka vacuum
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

I cleaner, No. 70O416. Both had been
overhauled and still answered the
purpose to which I needed very
much. And, an electric Atwater
Kent radio, in the shape Of a writ
ing desk.
Now, do you suppose some of
those suspects caught ransacking
homes might be the ones holding
my thingS2
We've not been getting our pen
sion for about three months, and
very little help, so you see I am
not able to put up the price The
police officers were here, but I've
heard nothing, so with the little
help you might give may be a lot
to some one like me in need.
The man of the house was at
Soldiers Home, Lafayette, While I
was here with relatives because l had
neither fuel nor money. This hap
pened just a little before Christmas.
I'd been home for Saturday night
and left again Sunday noon, so it
happened just after that Other
things were ransacked, but outside
those a basket of coal was what
I missed.
Now, if The Times, big-hearted
as a mile of dimes, or any Of the
staff can assist little and get re-
suits, I surely would appreciate
it. They lost one roller out Of
the washer taking it, so, if any
body can give any information, I'd
only be too glad. We've nothing to
go on, SO far, so please don't think
am intruding, if a few words
help, I'd only be too glad, and
obliged for same.
The radio is shaped like a writing
desk, butterfly in the center the
way the wood shows and a little Of
veneer of the speaker where the
black trimming goes around.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
HERE'S ANOTHER PLEA FOR
A CLEAN COURTHOUSE

By Ernest Smith.
I was more than interested Ia
read the article by Nauseated Tax
payer, concerning the vile-smelling
loafers in the courtrooms. More
power to him.
And, now that he has started the
ball rolling, let's keep it up and go
a step farther. The corridors are
another source Of annoyance. The
gangs Of idlers and loafers VINO
gather around the radiators surely
are a nuisance. A lady has to keep
her ears, as well as her nose, closed,
because of the talk that goes on.
Where else in any of the public
buildings, do we see such crowd
congregating? Do you see any Of
this in the postof1ce? I should say
not.
OF course, these fellows are cold
and idle and they have a right to
keep warm, but they might, for
common decency's sake, use little
soap and water, and guard their
tongues.
You have been doing wonderful
work in cleaning up various nui-
sances, SO now let's clean UP the
courthouse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
THE PRESIDENT CAN
ACT, HE BELIEVES

OJ E0 = o1s
Emmanuel Ruckler issued a sort
of challenge in Thursday nights
paper. to any one who could prove
his assertions were wrong, regard
ing the constitutionality Of the re-
covery laws. He also infers that if
a person is to be credited with aver
age intelligence and foresight, he
could do nothing but agree with
him.
AS I interpret the Constitution,
Section 3, Article 2, provides
that the President shall from time
to time give to the congress in
formation Of the state of the
Union and recommend to their con-
sideration, such measures as he
judges necessary and expedient.
Such recovery laws as already have
been passed were to meet q erisis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

jority Of citizens had voted against him, any
thing might happen.
Men and women most sincerely devoted to
preservation of American democracy will do
all in their power to bring about adoption and
ratification Of the proposed Norris-Lea consti-
tutionaI amendment for abolition of the cleo
toral college.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

"The world" says DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur.
president of Stanford, "has been too kind to
mothers for their own good" On the other
hand, mothers have been too good to the
world, for their own kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

United States immigration service has been
instructed to show courtesy toward aliens at
our gates and unfortunately that will probably
include such people as George Bernard Shaw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

Mussolini is planning to order reduction of
interest rates on mortgages. In this country,
no order was needed to cut out mortgage in
terest altogether and cut down on the pay
ments. too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

United States government has formed an
s11.OOoooo bank to finance trade with Soviet
Russia. There's a bank that may be great
success, and still be unable to keep clear Of
the reds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

That Iowa woman who once renowned the
world to follow Ghandi has left India under
protest and, oh, won't the Statue of Liberty
look good to herf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

Most Of Europe nowadays is like roat
under construction-you travel over it at you
own risk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

doesn't hold the ideas of 1877 more
sacred than the lives of we who are
trying to live in 1884.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
The Message Center

(TinpeS readers are inv@ted to cypress
their Oietos in these columns. Make tour
Limit them to ESQ cords or lcss.I
letters short, so all can have chance.
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WET 1t would be unfair to ac-
- Cuse these assiduous adults
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Phons-Rney 555I
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Formal Accessories


Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Will you please tell me what
kind of necklace should be worn
with a white lace formal? It
is cut quite low and because
my neck is thin I think I
should wear something.
Should flowers be worn on
the shoulder?
Are gloves necessary, and
should they be worn while
dancing? S.
Pearls, whether real or "other.
WISE" are very lovely with white
lace, for the textures of pearls
and lace are supplementary.
Also you will be able to find
effective combinations of pearls
and crystals that will be charm
ing. Or just crystals.
The new mode of wearing a
row of gardenias across the neck
of the frock might be a splen-
did solution for you, since your
neck is thin. And this would
solve both the necklace and
the corsage problems at the
same time. Or a shoulder cor
The Washington times., 1934-04-06

VIRGINIA LAWHORN, 6l3
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w. sings
for clubs and hospitals for
pleasure under the direction Of
D. Davenport. She is IL years
old, and her birthday Is AH
gust 9.
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
Correct Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

sage of gardenias is always
lovely.
Gloves aren't necessary, but
you may wear them if you
wish, Of course. 1t usually isn't
comfortable to wear them dur
ing dancing, but again this is
= a. question of your own choice.
Signing Photographs
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I am graduating this year and
I am a little puzzled about the
signature on my class gictures
when exchanging with class
mates and so forth. What is
correct to write on the picture
if it is to be given to class
mate by friend? Rene.
It isn't necessary to write any
message on the photograph. j..
personally, I like this best. The
next best, I think, is to write
the briefest of messages. To
Tom, from Betty. Then you may
dress this up a bit and write,
if you wish, To Tom, with best
wishes and friendly greetings,
from Betty.
The Washington times., 1934-04-06
This is a big day for US.

This is a big day for us.
You will pardon us II We
stop a minute and pat ours
selves on the back. That's
right-you guessed it. These
are the last of the letters that
piled up on our desk during
the rip Van Wrinkle" contest.
We have another bunch, 90.
cumulated since we started
our drive on these, but we do
feel a certain satisfaction In
keeping our word. You re.
member we PROMISED to get
in every last single letter and
name received during the time
we were publishing the RIP"
stories.
Well, we have accomplished
our purpose. Congratulations
are in order. club members. It
was a job.
Taylor st. N. W.. IS very
anxious to join The Washing.
ton Times Adventure Club.
and she wants to enroll .
number of her little friends.
Here are the names: Elinor
Jacobs, age 6, and Elizabeth
Jacobs, age 8, both Of S16
Taylor st. N. w.; Rita, age 8;
Jean and Joan Cornwell, age
4, all of 4021 Marlboro Pl.
N. W.; Billy, age z, and Pa
tricia Collins, age S, both Of
322 Taylor st. N. w.; Joseph
Dillon, age 9, Alb Varnum st.
N. w.; Marion Gallagher, age
8, 4119 Eighth st. N. W.:
Robert Galibort, age 8, 4229
Fourth st. N. w., and Ruth
Rubin, age 8, 326 Taylor st.
N. w.
Caroline writes that she has
been very i'll with a cold Eve
are very sorry, but hope she Is
feeling better by now. She tS
8 years old, too.
Our Little Country Hick las
she calls herSelf) writes to the
club a letter of thanks. This
member is none other than
Wanda Hubbard, Of Ryan. Va.
She writes:
"'I received the nice birthday
card, and thank you for ID
I also received many OthNR
nice gifts.
II surely enjoy reading y0W
columns, also the Rip Van
Wrinkle story (cOntest).
"COngratulatiOns to the ones
that won the contest. / wish
/ had Joined 1t too. I'll look
out for the next one, II I am
not too busy with my lessons
in school,"