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Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
REPEAL CUTS
APPROPRIATION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. U.P) -
Prohibition repeal will enable a say
ing of more than $11,000,000 in
justice department operations next
fiscal year, the house appropriations
committee estimated today in re-
porting out the supply bill for the
justice, labor, state and commerce
departments.
The appropriations for the alco-
holic beverage unit of the justice
department was reduced $8,215 900
to only 1925 900. In addition, the ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31

solved, SO far as the identity of the
kidnapers are concerned, within 80
days." Hoover said.
Hoover said that 10 minutes after
the Urschel kidnapping at Oklahoma
City, a member of the family tele-
phoned him in Washington, ena-
bling the department to assign
agents Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
Four Menu MARyELs
-. and more to follo1v
at THE Cooking School

It's really wonderful how one
good cheese dish can transform
an ordinary menu into quite a
festive meal. Try these easy rec
ipes and just see! And when you
do, make sure the name Kraft
is on the package, or on the foil
of the loaf from which your
dealer cuts your slices. For that
name Kraft-means cheese at
the peak of its flavor E. cheese
that is always uniform
cheese that is pasteurized, like
milk, for your protection.
Cheese and Grab Delight
lives MP to its name!
Cook 2 tablespoons chopped green pep
per in 2 tablespoons of butter. Blend in
2 tablespoons flour, u teaspoon mus
tard, salt and pepper, cup stewed
tomatoes, package of Kraft American
Cheese, grated, and one slightly beaten
egg. Add q cup of hot milk and l cup
of crab meat. Serve hot on toast or in
pastry cups. Kraft American Cheese,
you know, is the pasteurized, packaged
American, famed for its full, natural
Cheddar flavor!
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-31
Velueeta Crists
perfect for parties!

Over hot water, soften a package of
Kraft Velveeta the delicious cheese
food that's digestible as milk itself. Cut
fresh bread in very thin slices, trim
crusts and spread with Velveeta. Roll
up, skew with toothpicks and toast
under broiler flame, turning often.
Hidden in Velveeta s deliciously mild
Cheddar flavor are the health-protec-
tive elements of many foods, richly con-
centrated. A wonderful food for children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
DARING HoLDUPs

THAT $4,000 Brooklyn holdup aside from
Il being one Of the most spectacular and
lucrative rooberies ever committed. is one Of
those things that makes a man sit down and
wonder nervously Just where We are heading
A bit of violence Of this kind is not simply
a corner filing station holdup magnifed TO
the nth degree. 1t is in a class by itself;
brazen defiance by lawless elements who
have reason to feel that they can operate
with immunity
Things of this kind usually happen in one
or two kinds Of society; in wild and lusty
frontier community, where everybody is on
the make and where the energy and vitality
Of the mass of people are so great that they
bubble over into criminal outbreaks, or in
land where the processes of government are
in decay.
They are phenomena either of a society
that is too full of get-up-and-go to be en-
tirely law-abiding, or of a society that is
drifting aimlessly down long slope to dis
aster. They don't happen where the social
equilibrium is secure.
Now it would be easy to assert that this
Brooklyn holdup is only the latest Of series
of signs indicating that the United States is
in the second classification. Our criminal
record during the last decade is CHASTITY
thing. 1t includes everything from the Chi
cago gang murders to the Lindbergh kid
naping.
When it is topped by crime as insolent
and astounding as this one in Brooklyn, it
is easy to feel that the nation is simply going
to pieces on US.
But a conclusion like this implies that
there was, previously. an era in which every
thing was orderly and secure; and from the
time the first pioneers crossed the Alleghenles,
we have not had such period in the United
States.
We always have had tradition OF turbu-
lence and violence. If holdup men are rob-
bing bank trucks today, they were robbing
express trains a decade or two ago. Todays
DilIingers can be balanced by yesterdays
James brothers.
We are still, essentially, what we were
when the west was open-a youthful, rather
rowdy and intensely dynamic people. If we
lack the discipline and order which older lands
possess. it is because we are still on the up
grade.
The insolent daring of our criminal class
is a sign of youth and not of decay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
REVIVING INVESTMENTS

WHEN private investors offer to lend
w money cheaper than the Glow rates
charged by the federal government, it is
healthy sign.
That has just happened in the case OF sew
age bonds offered on the market by the cities
of Minneapolis and st. Paul. PWA had offered
to buv the whole sI8,O48,OOO issue at 4 per cent,
but private investors bid in almost 100000
worth of bonds at lower rates.
The amount of PWA money thus released
for ALLEGATION to other worthy projects is
small. but it is significant. This is not an iso-
lated case. With increasing frequency in re-
cent months, local governments have with
drawn loan applications at PWA as they have
found private investors willing to buy their
bonds.
This seems to indicate that private capital
is shedding its timidity, and that, at least in
sofar as the securities of local governments
are concerned, private investors are abandon
ing their reluctance to take a small return on
their money. If this is true, the PWA per
cent yardstick is proving a success. One OF
the purposes of the PWA was to encourage
cheaper money market. This indication of
the willingness of private capital to help
finance public works so essential to recovery is
cheering
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
THE NEW WHEAT PLAN

THE drought upset AAA's best calculations
as to the wheat crop, and at the same
time removed the rice-depressing surplus as
the chief wheat problem. Then the world
wheat conference collapsed, leaving American
wheat farmers in a position where they are
forced to depend more upon each other and
upon their own government for a solution of
their problems.
Moving swiftly the AAA altered its plans
announcing a program of acreage expansion
next year. Briefly, the new plan is to pro-
duce in next years crop all the wheat that
will be needed for domestic consumption plus
a surplus of 125,OOO,O 900 bushels for prospective
exports.
This will leave unchanged the normal car
ry-over of 125,OOO,OOO bushels-large enough
under normal conditions to insure against a
shortage. but small enough not to depress
prices. Should the harvest next year prove
more bountiful than the estimate, the excess
will be stored and kept of the market by
means of government loans to farmers.
The AAA is proving it fexibility.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
THE ROAD HOGS

THE purpose Of the police department to
Il regulate traffic by painting yellow lane
stripes on various thoroughfares seems to have
fallen short of its goal
Actually. most Of the Indianapolis auto
drivers seem to have the idea that the stripes
are yardage lines and that a contest is I'M
der way.
Driving north on Meridian street or Capitol
avenue during the weekend, any motorist who
was under the impression that the center lanes
we're for passing and faster traffic. found
himself stymied.
Most of the slow boys, many Of whom
should be driving in alleys, managed to hog
the center lanes. The faster drivers at the
risk Of accidents. either were forced to pull
into the opposite side Of the street or to
slther along the curb lines and parked cars
to pass the road hogs.
Perhaps it will be well if the police depart
ment issues a set of rules on how to operate
automobiles on these streets. Apparently
many motorists have a lot to learn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
DECLARES PRICE SET BY
COAL CODE TOO HIGH

By H. W. Speyer.
A few days ago we delivered on
nv truck an eight-ton load OF
Brazil coal directly from the mines
near Brazil to an old man in West
indianapolis. Selling coal in truck
load lots only, I had sold him this
coal for S4.8O a ton or $50 for the
load.
While we were unloading, an
agent of the NRA coal code author
ity appeared and after asking my
drivers all the details as to wages,
working hours, prices, ETC., he or
dered me to appear before the coal
code authority. There he explained
that I should have charged the man
$500 a ton-S48.24 in all--or s12.24
more than I actually had charged.
I asked him, why I should do so,
and he told me that this was the
code as set up on the recommended
ton of the local retail coal dealers,
and that no price reduction was per-
Missile until the buyer purchased
at least twenty-four tons. He ad-
mitted that the wages I paid were
considerably higher than the code
required and that the working con-
ditions were in keeping with the
NRA. He furthermore established
that the truck was in proper and
safe condition and covered with
$4,000 public liability policy.
In spite Of the fact that I proved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
CONDEMNS PURGING
BY YELLOW GUARD

BY a Sideliner.
The Yellow Guard is to open
campaign in September on the west
coast, to equal the Dollfuss and Hit
Ter atrocities, in purging the coun-
try of its labor leaders who will be
designated as Reds.
Reds may be all shades of the
color, including parlor pinks, editors,
columnistS, political candidates Of
the minor parties, brain trusters,
book writer's, New Dealers, or any
one opposing the gang that smashed
our banking system, created our
bread lines, and wrecked the func-
tioning Of our production and dis
tribution.
The powers that be" control our
standard of living. Next will come
control over our thinking and speak,
ing. The constitutional guarantees
are to go into the discard.
Perhaps the inquisition will be-
come a boomerang, if the Consti-
tuition becomes a scrap of paper.
The Red menace is neither an inn
portation or exportable. Conditions
create revolt to injustice.
To attempt suppression Of the
voices crying in the wilderness
against fraudulent patriotism only
means disaster, certainly not a cure
Of the evils. The Yellow Guard,
striking both down into labor and
up into brain trusters, needs a rear
guard with yellow banners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
DYNAMITE

WHATEVER are the facts in the farmer
w japanese controversy in the Salt river
region of Arizona. it is highly important that
the authorities protect the Japanese from
threatened violence or other illegal action.
Justice would indicate that in any case. But
it is doubly dictated in the case of any alien.
and even more so in the case of a Japanese.
Japanese American relations are strained.
One reason is that they broke our far east
ern treaty. The other is that we insulted them
with our immigration exclusion.
Most neutrals think Japan was wrong in
one case and We we're wrong in the other.
But whoever is wrong or right in those old dis
putes, We can not afford to be wrong in failing
to give full legal projection to Japanese in this
country.
This Salt river incident is dynamite. The
federal government should not stand on cere-
mony in cooperating with Arizona to remove
this danger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
ALL EXCEPT ADOLF

CINCLAIR LEWIS. her husband, says Dor
~ Othy Thompson Is quite able to take care
of herself. But the expulsion of such a we'll
known and able foreign correspondent from
Germany raises larger questions. Miss Thomp
son was in Germany legally and was not
charged with any illegal or even partisan activ-
ity there Her crime" was that in former
years she had written articles for American
readers critical of Hitler. few days before
Miss Thompson was expelled. the London
Times issue was conhsCated in Berlin.
These are merely two Of long line of Incl
dents indicating Naz efforts to intimidate the
foreign press Whether it is the radical press
of Russia or the conservative London Times
and Saturday Evening Post. Herr Hitler seems
determined TO prevent foreign correspondents
from reporting the facts about the Nazi regime.
The response OF the world press to that
sort of intimidation is shown by the almost
unanimously critical foreign editorials on Nad
excuses. and the solidarity Of the foreign press
corps Of Berlin in eseorting Dorothy Thomp-
son to her train of Punishment.
II Is the sovereign right of any government
to expel any foreigner it desires. however inno-
cent Of wrong-doing that alien may be. so
none properly can question the legal position
of the Hitlerites IN such cases.
But one can question, seriously. the intelli-
gence of the Berlin government However
much Hitler would like to make the world press
goose step with the terrorized German press,
he ought TO know that is impossible. And he
ought to know that expulsion and intimidation
of reputable foreign correspondents inevitably
produces the belief among foreign readers that
the Nazis have something very terrible to hide.
Moreover. Hitler should know that even if
he drove all OF the foreign press representa-
tives out Of Germany. there still would oe
factual reports from outside Germany highly
displeasing TO him. For instance the same
day Hitler made the Thompson expulsion news.
the world press was carrying the news that
AEussolini had refused TO return Hitler's visit
and that an international Protestant congress
meeting in Denmark condemned Man treat
uent OF churches.
Il seems that AL the world is out Of step
except Adolf.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

DROPOSAL Of the state to provide add
tional facilities at the Indiana state prison
and state reformatory in an effort to reduce
escapes is a worthy programs far as it goes.
Today The Times publishes a story in
which Wayne Coy. who has been in charge Of
penal affairs for the Governor for many
months. SAYS that seventy out Of ninety county
iails in Indiana are inadequate.
That is a real indictment.
Regardless Of the building Improvements
which may be instituted in the state institu-
tons. it is needless to say that prison walls
can not hold prisoners when the men in
charge Of those institutions are not versed in
prison administration.
The real problem which Indiana faces in
its drive to clean up the deplorable condition
Of the last few months is removal Of penal in
stitution administration from the realm Of
politics.
Indiana must be able. in the first place, to
capture criminal suspects. In the second
place. Indiana must be able to incarcerate
these men. with the public knowing that they
Will not be able to escape ard threaten public
peace.
In order to do that the state must adopt
the rules and regulations Of civil service.
The Times is advocating Capitalization Of
penal affairs in a state group all members of
which viii be selected after civil service ex-
aminations and not through the usual chan
nels OF politics and friendship.
In addition The Times also wants to see
the state police force taken out of politics so
that the officer who is seeking to capture Cor
recapture) prisoners is one who is competent
and not so involved in Strengthening out minor
political arguments for his friends and party
that he doesn't have time to enforce the law
Another point in the program is to place
every executive Of state penal institutions and
county jails under civil service. This would
mean that the warden and his aids-the men
directly responsible for the operation Of the
institution-would not be appointed because
they voted this or that way or because they
have been the very good friend" Of a poll
tician for many years.
Bricks, lights and mortar will not solve the
states problem.
Civil service is the answer and the ballot
box is the method Of public proclamation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Condemns Traffic Court Broadcast

than a few words, which are inter-
rupted usually by reprimand, and
the imposition of fine. In every
case, the word of the arresting Off
Ger is accepted without any consid-
Grafton of that of the defendant.
Petty and minor infractions OF
the traffic rules usually draw just
as severe penalties as the more
serious offenses. In the majority of
cases, the offense does not warrant
the subsection of the defendant to
such unfair and embarrassing pub
licity.
If the radio station can not find
better local talent for its programs
than the broadcasting of the traffic
court, it had better call on the ma
tional hook-up. The program is
not entertaining except to the NOR
bid, and is leSsening the public'S re-
Spect for the police department, its
traffic rules-and justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Capital CaperS
BY GEORGE ABEL

president ROOSEVELT now knows all
i about oil. Guests at luncheon were Sir
Henri Deterding general manager OF the Royal
Dutch Shell Oil Company, and Housing Com
Oil e-president.
Issuing after his meal, Sir Henri waxed en-
thusiaStic.
president Roosevelt is a great man a
great mani" he repeated.
Sir Henri looked neat and twinkling. His
shoes we're brightly shined. His eyeglass gilt
tered as it swung from the string around his
neck His gray suit of Lancashire make, his
placid gray tie, his gray striped shirt were
symphony of quiet harmony.
The President was most kind, most charm
ing" he informed questioners I'VE discussed
every situation. The New Deal? Well, l don't
feel that I know enough about it to talk"
Somehow, the subject of letter writing was
brought up. Sir Henri wagged his head appre-
hensively.
Letter writing is risky business. Per-
sonally I don't write many letters. After you've
written letter you suddenly find the whole sit
uation has changed. You pick up the letter and
you think: What the devil is all this nonsense
about anyway"
Among the subjects which interest Sir Henri
are the hot oil situation in Texas, the interna-
tional conference to stabilize oil and the eco
Monies of the new political outlook in America.
II
i called in diplomatic circles are very much
on the job these days.
One twin is Minister Alfaro of Ecuador, who
is Just back from a cruise to Panama, and the
other is Minister Alfaro of Panama. who yes
terriay went to the state department to discuss
treaties. Neither Alfaro is any relation to the
other
Minister Alfaro of Panama, tall, dark haired,
specialized, addicted to diamond scarf pins, the
cult of rock crystal and gold-headed walking
sticks, sits up late these nights worrying about
rental of the Panama Canal Zone.
During the daytime, he spends his free mo-
ments engroSsed in contemplation of cabinet
containing precious specimens of rock crystal
in his legation. That, too, is causing him a
little worry.
Recently people have been bothering him
with questions about rock crystal.
What sort of rock crystal should be used for
julep CLASP" was one query.
woman out west sent a picture Of some
rock crystal. asking Minister Alfaro to identify
it and give her his opinion. Alfaro wrote back
that he knew nothing about it.
If answered her question" he pointed out,
L would have to spend all my time answering
more questions Of the same kind. I just don't
have the time"
Minister Alfara of Ecuador is just back at his
apartment in the Mayfower, after a trip to
Panama. Quick-witted, dynamic, graduate Of
West Point, an ardent admirer OF the United
States this Alfaro has brought back a friend
Colonel Carlos Floris Guerra-and is showing
him the sights Of Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
FOUR Castles CREATED
BY ECONOMIC SYSTEM

BY A. B. z.
Mahatma Gandhi has attempted
to break down the caste system of
India. Four castles of society
dominate the life of India, the low
est caste being the one to which
Gandhi has given much of his
effort. The caste of untouchables is
denied the privileges of other
castles.
Democracies like our own, of
course, presume that all men are
equal and entitled to equal rights.
Constitutional guarantees Of liberty,
however, are of little effect, when
the means by which life becomes
either rich or poor are denied to
the majority.
Liberty to live on bare subsist-
ence level may be hailed as a great
privilege, but it does not inspire The
victim to support the fake freedom.
American castles are just as real
as Indian castles. There are four
of them:
The great financial and industrial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
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barons with their satellites of lesser
degree.
Political satraps reaching from
the upper strata to the lowest, Serv-
ing the baronS Of the first caste.
Farmers, small business and pro-
feSSional men, floating between the
barons and political Satrap.
Servant class, on salary or wage,
largely living on meager level Of
existence, although in the majority
as to numbers.
The high caste controls the other
three through the royal prerogatiye
of finance.
1t creates the medium by which
all classes must exchange their
product or services for others, and
makes the pattern for their lives.
Privileges of democracy rest upon
the special privileges of the flnan-
cial ruling caste. Gandhi may have
to stage a fast for the untouchables
of Americas fourth caste of under
privileged millions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
DEMOCRAT ERRS ABOUT
ECONOMY ACT STAND

BY a Dissatisfied Democrat.
Your articles relative to the per-
sonality and character Of Arthur
Robinson are amusing, inasmuch as
they seem to be the sentiments OF
one wholly lacking himself in the
virtues we generally attribute to our
national statesmen.
Since when was the editor of The
Times appointed as a brain truSter
and designated to select a candidate
for the people and through the col
umns of the paper influence the
cause of that particular candidate?
Your influence over the voters a
short time ago can not be denied.
However, fortunately, it was for
only a brief period of time. Your
policy of giving light and the peo-
pie finding their way has resulted in
educating the citizens OF the state
as to the true definition of a boss
Democrat and the particular duties
relegated to him.
While you are so insiStent that
Senator Robinson explain his pre-
vious associations with Stephenson
and the Ku-KluX Khan, kindly eX-
plain the following:
Before passage of the economy
act The Times advocated fair and
lust treatment for battle-scarred
veterans. Explain why The Times
remained silent after the so-called
economy act so ruthlessly denied
the veterans their just demands.
Now here is knowledge of which
1 think will interest you greatly. 1t
is an evident fact that the majority
of citizens would much prefer the
kind of government advocated by
Robinson in preference to the form
advocated by a newspaper which
would condone the practice of going
back to the heather age for
method of ambushing a criminal as
in the Dillinger case and shooting
him down like a dog, denying the
right of a fair and impartial trial.
Editors Note-DiSsatisfied DEM
ocrat is no Times reader if he
failed to see three editorials
printed following the adoption of
the economy act, condemning this
piece of legislation as going en-
tireIy too far"
We are interested that the writ
err of the above is Dillinger de-
fender, but can not agree with
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

is that the Speedometer on a mo-
torcycle is a clocking one, while the
one in a car shows speed as long as
a steady pace is kept.
A pet trick of the speed cop is to
keep out of sight and let motorist
get lead on him, and then open
up his cycle, overtake him and ar
rest him.
1t seems to me that unless the Of
f1cers change their method of ham
ding traffic violators, there will be
a lot of new faces on the force.
The members of the police force
as a whole are very rude to the pub
lie. When they have a chance to
show how hard they can be, they
back down, especially when they
tangle with the gangster.