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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

THE region around the North Sea has the worlds
Il best climate for human health and activity ac-
cording to DR.. Ellsworth Huntington, research asso-
ciate in geography at Yale university DR.. Hunting
ton propounded his theories in address before the
Rochester section Of the American Chemical Society
He gives the next best rating to the northeastern
United States particularly that part the coast to
the Pacific coast around Puget Sound and in very
narrow coastal strip southwark and to New Zealand
The best condition for man." DR.. Huntington
says, lis summer weather with an average day and
night temperature Of about 81 degrees, which means
up to 10 more by day.
Among persons who live as we do mental &C
tivity greatest when the outdoor temperature aver
ages much lower Even though we work indoors, the
outdoor temperature affects so that We work best
in weather averaging about IS degrees, that is when
there are mild frosts at night"
DR HUNTINGTON believes that climate plays a
- major role in the history of mankind Other
things being equal" he says, each living thing does
best n its optimum climate, where there is
combination of conditions which is just right for it,
Even the germs of fevers follow this rule"
He believes that the optimum in climate varies
only little for various groups of people and that
because of all this the distribution of civilization
throughout the world is almost identical With that
of what we may call climatic efficiency"
The degree of progress in the world. the yield Of
wheat or corn the activities Of boil weevs the num-
Der of eggs hen and the weight Of cattle few
of the things which be correlated directly with
the climate in DR.. Huntingtons opinion.
DELGIUM has the optmum climate for wheat
- DR.. Huntington says, the yield there being about
forty bushels an acre as against an average of six
teen for the United States.
But the yield an acre in this country rises
equally high in a few spots on the shores of Puget
Sound where the climate Is very closely ike that
around the North Sea" ne says.
Animals are influenced by the weather in almost
the same way as plants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
Your Health
-BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBElN

NOU might keep the following food suggestions
Il handy for reference, if you susceptible to
attacks of indigestion. They come from of the
largest clinics in the United States
Orange juice grapefruit avoid the fiber in the
Compartments. cantaloupe and melons nadvs-
able Coffee If desired, is allowed in moderation;
it sometimes causes hatulence.
Chocolate cocoa or tea, one or two eggs with
ham bacon (avoid the tougher part of the bacon(
white bread. toast zwieback with butter. any
smooth mush such farina, gernea, of
be obtained by calling for RobinsonS Scotch GroaS)
pulled cereals and cornhakes are allowed
Shredded wheat biscuits and other coarse break
fast foods not allowed. Bran is particularly
harmful Graham bread is permitted, but nos the
coarser whole wheat bread.
"CUGGESTIONS for lunch and dinner:
- In fruit cocktails avoid the pieces of orange
and pineapple Broths. bouillon cream soups. and
chowder are allowed; also meat FISH or chicken
SQUAD or game, excepting duck. Avoid the hbrous
parts and gristle.
Veal may be tried it is not digested we'll by
many persons. Eat no smoked fish or pork Crab
and lobster would better be left alone Oysters and
sausage may be tried later
Bread and butter allowed and hot biscuits
II they are made small as to consist mainly of
crust
Rice. potatoes mashed hashed brown or French
fried. allowed and later may be added sweet
thckened with cracker or bread crumbs well-cooked
caultnower tops with cream sauce. asparagus tips
Brussels sprouts squash, beetS, turnipS, creamed
spinach Italian pastes, noodles, macaroni and spa
ghett cooked soft purees of peas beans lentS lima
beans OF artichoke hearts"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

AS the train ratified along,
making poor time, they chatted as
gaily as any boy and girl on their
way to picnic. I gathered they
had lived along the Chinese East
ern, in Manchuria, but now that
the japanese had come, and we're
changing things around, they had
decided to ! owe on. Biro-Bidjan
sounded like a pretty good place.
Now and then one would point
out something as they passed and
wonder if that was what it would
be like where they were going.
When mealtime came, the wOm-
an would fish into the dining
room bag and null out a huge
chunk of black bread and give it
to the man. Then she would pour
him some milk into an enameled
cup.
After her lord and master had
gone through with second and
third helpings, she satisfied her
own hunger.
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THE WINNING OF THE EAST
Famed T. S. D,i7p Duplicated ON Vast Scale by SoUiet

with sliding doors on the side and
no windows.
Within, along the walls, were
three tiers of built-in hunks on
which the pioneers put their bed
ding and, in fact, spent most OF
their time. For it was pretty
crowded within and bitter cold
without.
TN the middle Of each car was
l. small, pot-bellied stove. gen.
orally red hot, the piping going
through the middle of the roof.
There we're about thirty persons
to the car.
Food was provided from a COM
mon commiSSary and seemed
plentiful. The grownups talked
with optimism about their future
on the frontier and the children,
like children the world over,
looked on it all as one tremen-
dous adventure which they hoped
would never end.
Outside, inside, all over the
train they played games de-
spite the frosty air, now and
then receiving a parental spank
for leaving the door open too long
and letting in the cold.
All Siberian settlers do not
travel this way. I Travelled for a
day with a young couple who
were on their way likewise to
Bro Bidjan.
WE occupied second-class
w car. very crowded. l had a
seat in a compartment and offered
it to the woman, but she refused.
Instead. she and her husband sat
on wooden seats hinged to the side
of the car.
Every time anybody passed
along the corridor, they had to
rise. And that was often.
At first I took them both to be
about As years old. But, as I
watched, I saw she could not be
more than % or "a and he about
25. She wore sheepskin coat
that had seen much service, the
fur turned inside. Also felt boots,
very muddy.
In fashionable dress, and made
up, modern style, she would have
passed for pretty, if not beautiful.
He, also, dressed in sheepskin
coat and high boots, looked like
Christ. Long, blond hair, blue eyes
that had a touch of sadness in
them, even when he smiled, and a
sandy-red beard.
II
4 PPARENTLY all their world
L A ly belongings they carried in
two enormous sacks made of
heavy canvas should say old
fashioned salt-bags. One seemed
to hold clothes. The other, kitch-
en- utensils, kettle for hot water,
food. and gallon jug of milk with
a paper stopper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-C GO -ROUND
- Bv Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

23The most ptiful spectacle in the nations
w capital theSed S Of the N2A
Gradually which heraded
ypifyng the
tragedy point this thngtha the
the deal Complete blue eagle dlnegratlon Will
have political
apparently
the
dermic-probaby already had
In the chaked of the lessons OF
putting military The general who reveled
in of looked
hero the hurlybury of
the slow of
relating amusing
L dote trip through the middle
and his party stopped at rail
They
selves at he their orders.
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The wolf. the bear. and the ter
rible Ussurian jungle tiger still
frequent Eastern Siberia, along
with lesser varmints like wild
boar, elk, lynx. panther, fox, and
such
Nevertheless. thousands Of Jews
have joined this colony and are
building houses, clearing fields,
blowing with tractors, milking
cows and battling with all the
hardships and difficulties which
confront trailblazers in such a
wilderness.
XXTOMEN and girls are work
w ing alongside their men,
creating a Siberian Palestine
though that is not what they or
the Soviet officials call it.
1t is in no sense intended to be
a Red Zion, they protest, but
simply a Jewish settlement like
thousands of other Soviet farms,
or Collectives-a Collective of
Jews.
Here. on a siding, I saw an
emigrant train. with Jewish fami-
lies on their way to Biro-Bidjan.
The train-1934 model of the
covered wagon" Russian style
was composed of fourth-class cars.
We would call them box cars,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

A T their destination they
IN piled off the train. From
the platform, loaded down like
packmules though they were, they
both smiled and nodded to me as
I pulled out. They still remem-
bered my offer of a seat.
Russian Jews have gone to ST.
IBERIA before, but seldom volun-
tarily. Generally it was to escape
pogroms in European Russia or to
serve a term in exile there, i'm
posed by the car.
Just how many settlers Of all
categories Siberia has attracted in
the last twele months is not def
initely known. Admittedly in part
a national defense move, officials
shy off when asked.
But it is believed the previous
peak year, 1907, when $4,000
trekked east, is being consider
ably surpassed.
Next-Russia' colossal power
program will change whole face of
of Far East if it succeeds.
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fair Enough
by
WESTBROOK PEG[ER

MEMPHIS, May 23.-Wel it has been a privilege
A'A to spend week in the south and learn all
about the Negro problem and very fortunate thing
for the south too because am likely to solve this
one every now and again for quite spell. Most
northerners do.
The Negro, have learned, is the happiest man
in the United States and the reason why he is so
happy is that he is ignorant. I learned this while
slipping pleasant beverages out of nice glassware in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

A man, attired in overalls, came
in and sat down next to Mr..
Hoover.
Travelling through?' he in
quired companionably.
Eyes" the ex-President replied
How are things around here?"
well they could be better"
what do you do?" Mr.. Hoover
asked.
Nothing now, I'm unem-
ployed," the man answered. What
do you do?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

meanings. L mere are IlOb PlOUSu
make one word signify one thing
AS result, we all carry around
with us a small collection of words
which we produce whenever we
can not think of the right word
or are too lazy to make the effort
to say just what we really do
mean
A friend of mine, who takes a
kind of angry pleasure in collect
ing these omnibus words, says that
in business the champion among
the words which are applied to al
most every thing, and therefore
mean almost nothing, is PROPOSE
ton" and he cites as the record
breaker for all time the example of
the patent lawyer who was trying
to tell a judge about a new in
vention.
1T is said the lawyer, "a round
rubber proposition, your honor,
and you put the body in the mid
ole of it.
The scarcity of words to de-
scribe political and economic
events and ideas is the cause of
immense confusion. The other day,
for example, parliamentary gov
eminent was suspended in Bull
garia and some sort Of dictator
ship based on the army estab-
liShed.
This was described as a Fascist
revolution" Yet the reports from
Sofia had nothing to say about a
Fascist movement in Bulgaria.
nothing about the rise of a popu-
lar leader like Mussolini or Hitler,
nothing about a Fascist army.
TWENTY years ago any one
Il reading the report would
have said this was a militarist
coup d'etat differing in no essen
tial way from the kind of revolu-
ton which has occurred again and
again in Latin America and in the
Balkans.
But at the moment it is the
mode to call anything Fascist
which is conservative and anti
democratic. and so for the muddle-
ment of our minds we now think
of Bulgaria as having a govern
ment like Italy's. This Jumping
together under one name of two
things which have only a partial
resemblance. then, makes it very
much more difficult to understand
either of them
Any one who wishes to protect
himself against confusion of this
sort has to be extremely suspi-
cious of all blanket phrases and
continually alert about breaking
up the logical fallacies which they
breed.
The commonest fallacy is to as
sumo that two things which are
somewhat alike are essentially
alike. The other day, for example.
Mark Sullivan was trying to eX-
plain that in administration circles
there is division of opinion about
the NRA. and. in order to suggest
what the division was about. he
said that speaking loosely, NRA
works in the general direction of
FasciSm. the cooperative state. ;"
whereas the opposition to NRA
works in the general direction of
collectivism of the Russian type"
This. it seems to me. is mislead-
ing to any one who is not thor
oughly informed as to how loose
ly" Mr.. Sullivan is speaking.
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attractive surroundings and in
the company of persons born
and reared in the south. who
added that the feeling of the
white man toward the Negro is
one of affection, except. of
course, when it becomes neces-
sary to lynch him for miscon-
duct,
In such unhappy crises the
white man has to dissemble his
love, but he goes through with
an unpleasant public duty
though it hurts him more than
it hurts the Negro. I have
found that in studying prob
lens of this kind it is a mistake
to go in for field work as the
social service people call it, Per-
SpectiVe is what Won need and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

This is the third of a series of six
stories on Siberia, into which the
soviet Union now is rushing thousands
Of settlers and spending billions. to
thwart japanese expansion westward.
In this interesting series, william Philip
Simms. now touring the world for The
Times tells hov Americas winning
Of the west" is being duplicated on a
huge scale in the far east.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMS

focrlppb-HONdEu EDttAEA EUlLOAj
Copyright. 1894 by NEA Service. Incl
DIRA, Eastern Siberia, May %
ID To Americans, Jews are city
people-bankers brokers, mer-
chants and so on.
But out here, in one of the
widest parts of wild Siberia, in
the great loop Of the Amur. is a
large colony Of Jewish Daniel
Boones.
It is located on the left bank Of
the Amur, short distance past
where that mighty stream turns
northward at Khabarovsk, be-
tween the rivers Bra and Bid
Jan. From them it gets its name.
Biro-Bidjan is fertile country
and rich in possibilities But it is
as virgin as any that Daniel
Boone or Davy Crockett ever set
eyes upon. Siberia is frontier
country and this is a frontier Of
frontiers.
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MEMORIAL Is PLANNED
VeSper Services Tonight in Honor
of Former School Principal.

Vesper services. honoring the
memory of Mrs. Mary B. Knowl-
ton, former principal of School IL.
will be held at $50 tonight in the
school.
The program will be given by
the sixth grade glee club, the junior
high school choir and the mothers
glee club. The services are held
annually.
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1mOng the Artists

ONCE We had moved over
~ into New England the cir
grew more rarified. Now it was
Deems Taylor, the composer.
lives IN that house. Up the lane
is Gutzon Borglum. the sculp-
TOR
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4 4
THUS, for example, it is true
a that the NRA organization
of industry by trade associations
under codes some what resembles
those cooperative organization of
italian Fascism. But it is equally
true that some o the Russian in
dustries are organized as trusts"
which in some respects resemble
our own trusts.
Does the fact that some of the
Russian organizations resemble
ours mean that the Russians are
building a capitalist order on
American lines? 1t obviously does
not, because the difference be-
tween the Russian trusts and
American trusts are much greater
and more important than these
resemblances. So it is with NRA
and Fascism.
There are reSemblanceS. but the
resemblances are insignificant as
compared with the differences.
Thus for example, the American
voters will elect a congress next
autumn that is to decide the flu
ture of NRA. The Italian voters
will have no such choice. That is
a difference so great that to over
look it is to overlook the essence
of the matter.
THE habit of trying to classify
Il everything done in Washing
ton as Fascist" or as Com
munist" is like trying to pack all
ones belongings in two suitcases.
There are lots of things, chairs,
for example, that will not fit into
any suitcase. There are some
things that can not be kept in a
suitcase. the cat, for example.
There are things which ought not
to be put in the same suitcase. a
white shirt and the coal scuttle.
Yet in a discussion we are just as
careless when We put under a
word like Fascism things as di-
verse as the Bulgarian revolution,
NRA, and the Italian cooperative
state.
1t might help us all to think
more clearly if we decided to call
it a day on the practice of trying
to describe what is going on in
Washington by giving it the name
of something that is going on in
Moscow or Rome.
When we do this, the chances
are that we know precious little
about what is really going on in
Moscow or Rome. and we are not
likely to know more about Wash
ington by saying that it is like
something which we know very
little about.
Copyright 1894
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
SHRINERS, FAMILIES TO
VISIT FRANKLIN HOME
Second Roundup Will Be Friday at
Murat Temple.


Murat Temple Shriners will make
a pilgrimage from indianapolis to
the Indiana Masonic Home, Frank
lin, Saturday afternoon, taking their
families with them.
The afternoon will be devoted to
outdoor activities. Prizes for sports
activities will be awarded by the
local Shriners to children at the
home. Sor1e of the Shriners will
take picnic lunches. The Shrine 5
uniformed units will leave together
at 2 p. m.
The second Shrine roundup
will be held Friday night in the
Egyptian room of the Murat Tenn
pie. More than 1900 Shriners and
friends are expected.
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Why Nose Around?

Il HE white man, share cropper, suspicious,
u and wouldn't make conversation so the boss
said, now l will show you the home of another
Share-cropper few minutes later he drove up to
a big house, rang bell for refreshments and drap-
ing himself over a big chair demanded tell me
what in the hell are you noSing around asking ules-
lions about cotton farming for, anyway? You are
sports writer"
The Interview continued into the evening and
included a slowmotion demonstration of the art of
killing dice in the game of craps given bv
Negro who mad put in every Saturday night and
most OF MS wages Tor many years studying to be an
expert He now was master of the dappled blocks
able to throw any point with his own dice or yours
and had withdrawn from the cotton fields to a life
OF ease. The perspective on the cotton farming in
dustrY was very good from there.
In my search it was frequently impressed on me
mat although the Negro is happy in his ignorance
e!ortS are BENG made to educate him out of that
ollSStuI state and acquant him with all the miserable
worries which plague the intelligent white man It
seemed a curious way to treat friend to rob him
CT MS ignorance when that is all that stands between
him and WretchedneSs
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TN white shirt sleeves, in a bare
Il walled office Of the national
emergency council sits Charles
Edison, son of the famous in
ventor and one of the richest men
in America. He holds down a
$6,0O0-a-year job under the new
deal.
AS an expert in heavy-indus-
tries economics he is running
the Presidents program for nous
ing development
A friend surprised to find him
taking part in the administration
in such comparatively minor ca
pacity, ventured:
L can't understand it, Charles.
What is a general of industry do
ing in government job like
this?"
Handsome, gray-haired Edison
smiled:
We'll, if I'm to be a general of
industry it seemed nice to have
industry to be general of. And
tIlC way IL1l1lSo WCIS SOluS DtlOIE
this administration came into
power there wouldn't have been
any very long. I thought I'd pitch
in and see what I could do to
help"
DROFESSOR REX TUGWELL
l. is a firm believer in the old
military adage that the best de-
fensive is an aggressive ofense."
Recently nominated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt for promotion to
be undersecretary of agriculture,
TugWell has come under fire by
old guard senate democrats. Sc
cretely anti-grain trust, on the
ground that he is not dirt
farmer.
Friends have been seriously
counseling Tugwell that he as
sumo a more rural mode IN his
attire.
To such advice he has not only
refused to give ear, but has be-
come more dapper than ever. On
the slightest provocation the
handsome, young intellectual now
appears in frock coat and silk
hat.
fCopyright 1894 bv United Feature
Syndicate Incl
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Just Trivial Errors

II was interesting also that in Memphis the Ne
Il gro is encouraged to regard assassination and
mayhem as trivial errors long as he selects his
victims from his own race The Negro shooting
Scrape or cutting is matter of yawning routine to
the police, and the fact that people who live in
so vile slum as Beale street commit so few Of
lenses against the white people strikes one as
great tribute to their home training tact and con-
troll.
further complication in the Negro problem
is the white mans fraity as model of honor dill
gence and general good conduct AS the superior
oelng he demands the respect of the Negro with
out, IN many cases. conducting himself in such a
manner as to command the respect of any one. It
IS an ambitious role which the white man has chosen
Tor himself, and the Negro must select very i'll
d1clousy which of those traits of his superior he is
to cultivate and which he is to avoid if he wants to
keep out of serious trouble
The most embarrassing factor in the Negro
problem to be the poor white farmer who
will not work ss hard or as patiently as the Negro
but finds himself a competitor Being intelligent.
the white is likely to pick up and move if he
discovers that his share of the cotton crop which
he is raising for land is not likely to offset
or much exceed the money which he owes the land
owner for groceries and other goods bought at the
land owners store. Nor. being white intelligent
and the equal OF the white owner, does he submit
readily to criticism and discipline He resents boss
ing The Negro submits and. even if his crop OBJ
viously is gong to miss this year and leave him in
and keep on trying
SO the Negro farmer is more honest more dill
gent more reliable and of much better behavior than
the white because he is too ignorant to know
any better.
Copyright 1884. by United Feature Syndicate Incl
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Woman, 20, Bears Twins

WOMAN, 10, btdIS Wis
BIZ United Press
MONTERREY, Mexico, May 23
Sonora Rosario Llanas, 10, has
given birth to twins at her home
at the Marcel ranch. in Tamaulipas
state. Mother and children are do
ing nicely.
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Japanese ConsuI's House Attacked

By United Press
TOXIC, May 23.-The Japanese
consul-general at Habarovsk, ST.
IBERIA, informed the foreign Office
today that his house had been at
tackled twice on successive nights.
The consular representative said
shots were fired through windows
of the dwelling on May 20 and
- ain on May q.