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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
He Was q Genius

IT can't be denied that Hindenburg looms up as
i greater figure than either Ludendorh or Mackeh-
sen who probably we're quite superior strategsts.
Hindenburg was the genius OF one campaign anu
more than that he was the stuff OF which SymDols
are made When the great war began ne already
was an old man. And in the eyes OF fellow OFFICERS
paul Won Hindenburg was bit Of a nut He fought
against the project of draining the swamps OF East
prussia For years he had tramped the boys ana
made his personal plans and projects. Wheh lie
Russians came the old geographer enguned 1neln'
I think. as far as history goes, that Won linden
burg missed his cue by not dying immediately aIteI
Tannenberg He lived on to be the weak and feeoe
instrument Of other men who had some mixing OF
political and economic trends concerning Wnlcn he
was slDremely ignorant. It would be hard to say
whether the old gentleman favored one form OF set
up or another Nobody knew and least OF all him.
self
They tell the story that in his declining years
fellow countryman sat IN his outer Office with
message Not being received Immediately the VlSlIoI
took A Hverwurst sandwich out of his pocket I'M
wrapped II and started to make light luncn. An
attendant hurried over and exclaimed, Get thaI
paper out Of here or the old gentleman Will sign II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Hindenburg-SymboI and Ghost

GENERALS should be VIGOROUSLY the most i'm
" practical of men. When they have issued the
command Cease firing" they become babes IN the
wood Hindenburg may have been well ntentloneo
hut he crossed over into the miSs Of Valhala long
before Adolf Hitler assigned him to place among
the immortals am aware of the fact that long be-
fore he died Paul Won Hndenburg had become a
ghost a memory and a symbol to his people. he
haunted Germany while he yet visible Down the
dark corridors he moved at night to the sound OF the
drums and trJmpets. Here was another Joshua VINO
commanded the invading hosts TO stand still ana
they obeyed him.
But neither Germany nor any land should give
its prcsent allegiance 10 any man who can offer
nothing more than the staying of the tide. Alter
Tannenberg they raised for him mighty monument
Of wood and set it PEDESTAL And there STOOD the
oe1i1s Of the svan1ps and the winds and the rains
beat upon him and he stood unfnching- He stood
mat wav because he had not the slightest idea Of
which way 10 go.
Copyright 1884. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
HOME RENOVATION
DRIVE is STARTED
ST, 5OO,000,0O0 Campaign
Is Opened by u. S.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The adj
ministration today started its ST.
5OO,OOO,OOO home renovation drive
to put 100000 men to work, re-
vive the building trades and put
new shingles on American dwell
ings without adding new mortgages.
The housing administration
poured thousands of copies of regu-
lations governing renovation loans.
They are to be made public Friday.
They were addressed to the ma
tons $4,000 bankers.
With the bankers rest the de-
ciSion whether or not the drive is
TO succeed. If they refuse to make
renovation loans the campaign will
flop. If they lend support, Millions
will be spent within the next few
months for labor. concrete. steel,
lumber and household fixtures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
FRANK ROOSEVELT-HARVARD, 'O4
President Neither Right Nor Left in Days College Editor
BY DANIEL NJ. KIDNEY
Times StaH Writer


WASHINGTON Aug editor
w a
of United
university shifted
of that president
Crimson Publishing
Thus he had reached the highest pinnacle of Crimson journalistic
The disclosed that here
policy make the cash register click
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moment of play. This was repeat
ed at the historic Harvard Yale
meeting.
Another Improvement was that
Frank Roosevelt turned the crit
icism of Crimson contemporaries
over to competent members of the
faculty, rather than placing them
in the hands of prejudiced under
classmen who we're members of the
Crimson staff, as had been done
before.
Professor Santayana wrote
about an issue of the Harvard
Lampoon and developed this into
a short sketch of the philosophy
of humOr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
indianapolis Tomorrow

Indiana Federation Of Clubs,
board meeting, Claypool. l p. m.
Engineering Society, luncheon,
Board of Trade.
American Business Club, lunch
con, Columbia Club.
Illini Club, luncheon, Columbia
Club.
Sigma Chi, luncheon, Board OF
Trade.
Sigma NJ, luncheon, Washington.
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But the Roosevelt of the Grim
son was not one to cry out for
justice in the ever recurrent social
courses. His papers pioneering
never entered the crusading field.
The daily reading of the editor
ial page during the managing
editorship and presidency of F. D.
R. would never cause an under
graduate to turn crimson, nor even
slightly pink, in his social philos-
ophy.
There could have been no de-
bate, in those days, about whether
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
right wing or left wing. He just
hadn't sprouted any.
THE END.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Today S Science
By DAVID DIETZ =

a LUNfINUI is about TO step out OF the kitchen
N into the drawing room. You can now have fur
niture as we'll as cooking utensils made from the
slvery metal
The story of aluminium is one Of the most inter-
esting romanceS in modern science
A century ago. wohIer. the great German chem
ist heard that OerSted. the famous Danish chemist,
had separated aluminium from one Of Its COM
pOuntis. aluminium chloride
Wohler tried Oersted'S method and was success
ful he then proceeded 10 invent method OF his
own.
But the method was an expensive one To pro-
duCe aluminium by IL would have meant produc-
ton cost Of sl6O a pound. And so aluminium re-
manned a scientific curiosity from 1927. the date OF
Wohlers experiment, until 1885.
During that time some experimentation went on
and t would have been possible in 1856 for example,
to produce the metal at $50 pound But that price
was still far above the range Of commercial POSSIBLE
ties For the next chapter of the story We must go
10 Oberlin o. where a SeriOuS-minded StudiouS boy
by the name of Charles NJ Hall lived. Hall was the
son Of a minister. He Of New England ancestry.
TTAIL liked TO experiment and gave all his spare
i time 70 what he called his scheme
Hall became a student at Oberlin college and
there ne came under the influence Of Professor
Frank Tanning Jewett. the professor Of chemistry
and mineroOgy. Jewett. Yale graduate had
studied chemistry in Germany and later had been
professor Of chemistry at the Imperial University
OF Japan
Professor Jewett in an address in 1920. told of
the events which led up to Halls discovery Of
satisfactory method Of manufacturing aluminium IN
1886. He said:
My great discovery has been the discovery OF
a man. When I went to Oberlin in 1880. on my
return from four years teaching in Japan, there
little boy about Il years old who used 10 come
TO the chemistry laboratory frequently buy few
cents worth Of glass tubing or test tubes or some
thing Of that
Not knowing anything about the boy, 1 made
I'D nv mind that he would make q mark for him.
playing but was already investigating That boy
was Charles N. Hall.
A FTER he had entered college and was part way
N through the regular course. took him into
nv private laboratory and gave him a place by my
side-diScuSsing his problems with him from day TO
day.
Possibly remark OF mine in the laboratory one
day led him 10 turn his attention 70 aluminium
Speaking % my students. I said that II any
should invent a process by which aluminium could
be made on commercial scale. not only would he
be beuefactor 10 the world but would also be able
10 lay up for himself a great fortune.
Turning TO a claSSmate. Charles Hall said I'm
going for that metal And he went for IT,
About six months later he came over to my
once one morning and holding out his followed
hand said Professor I've got it There IN the palm
OF his hand lay dozen little globules Of aluminium.
the first made by the eectrolyc process in this
country"
Han was p years old at the time.
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Bigger and better pictures also
appeared. The new stadium was
shown from several different an
giles, and academic teams, such as
debating, were given equal appear
ances with the athletes.
A more conciliatory attitude
was taken toward the Boston pa
pers, which we're the target of
much criticism under the Roose-
welt managing editorship the pre-
vious year.
Like his distant cousin and Re-
publican nameSake, ct. r." he
had learned something of the art
of using printers ink in keeping
ones wares before the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
UNIQUE FRENCH MINE
STRIKE COMES TO END
Poles Driven Out of 1.OO0Foot Pit
by Thirst and Hunger.
BBUHifcd Press

BIZ United Press
LENS. France. Aug. 8.-Police
today protected l63 Polish miners
who for thirty-six hours had i'm
priSoned themselves and eleven
French hostages in the depths Of a
one-thousand-foot pit in the village
Of lie Forest. 1t was one of the
strangest strikes of history
The Poles. enraged because two
fellow-workers had been discharged,
emerged from the mine while the
townspeople howled imprecations at
them. They had been driven out by
thirst and hunger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Questions and Answers

Q-How many aircraft carriers has the United
States navy, and what is their plane capacity?
A-Four; Saratoga, Lexington, Langley and
Ranger The Langley accommodates twenty-nine
planes and the others seyenty-two each.
Q-What is the average cost of battleships,
cruisers aircraft carriers desroyers and submarines?
A-Battleships approximately 900; cruisers.
s14OO0O00 aircraft carriers, s44O0O0Oo destroyers
s1,750O0 and submarines. 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

couple Of rounds But this is specu4atloh- me oiu
gentleman did win the battle Of the Mazurlah lakes
and in doing so he changed history. Yet l can not
SEQ how his victory possibly can be listed among the
decisive engagements Of the world because the most
that can BE- said for Hndenburg is that ne delayed
the German dehaCle
He did not alter the final ending of the play, out
merely changed the casting. But for him the Rus
slams would have broken the back of Germany. Be-
cause Of him that role was reserved for the Amer
leans the English and the French.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
FEAR STRIKE VIOLENCE
U. S. Mediators Working to Halt
Mining Industry Walkout.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Jnited PFtS8
BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 8.-Govern-
ment mediators worked feverishly
today to halt the strike gripping
the mining industry of the northern
Rockies. Montana's rich copper IN
dustry has been at a Standstill since
May when miners walked out OF
the Anaconda mines after refusal OF
demands for S120 an hour, six hours
day and thirty hours week.
Serious violence threatens unless
mediation efforts are Immediately
successful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
GUNMAN PUT ON SPOT
Philadelphia Outlaw Is Shot to
Death in New York.
BIZ I nifed Press


BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-Gangster
guns blasted an end to the crime
career of William MARITIME, one Of
Philadelphia worst outlaws. Mar
tino was shot to death last midnight
on a crowded street in the downtown
Italian settlement. Police had no
clews to his asSassins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
EMPLOYERS SERVICE
IN INCREASED DEMAND
1,496 Openings Filled, Report of
Manager Shows.

Manager Shows.
Increasing use of the facilities of
the Indiana State Employees Serv-
ice by employers is shown in the
monthly report of the organization
submitted today by F. M. Carpenter,
manager. to William H. Book, di-
rector of the Governors commits
sion on unemployment relief.
Out of 1926 openings submitted
by employers to the organization,
1896 were filled. according to the
report. The National Re-employ-
ment Service, also operating in the
state. filed go jobs out of posi-
bic 1000.
The two organizations maintain
offices in sixteen cities and towns
in the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

NOl III, lOO.
Take that matter of the
COW which cost 500 a few years
ago which it was necessary to
sell to the butcher for IS re-
Gently because there was Moth
ing left to feed her.
Perhaps you do not know
anything about similar TRACE
dies which occur in this section
Of the country every year.
About this time of the year
at Saratoga they have an auc-
ton called the yearling sales
in which the horSebreeders sell
off their surplus critters. PeO-
pie pay from $500 to $4,000 for
these untried little horses.
They raise them on finger
Dicked oats and dollhouse haV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP
By Ruth Finney

WASHINGTON 8Labor officials share the spotlight with
w officials this week.
problems confronting the American Federation of
committee meeting Atlantic City, its decisions
make labor history.
elation it must
file within
ebeouS partnership
MIRA
benefit;
to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY GO-ROUND
he
-BB Dre1U Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON Aug fight factory
w homestead Arhurdale W. finally
A factory be built.
type originally planned At first the government
plant the posoce
thumbs
without supplementary
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

a bOOtleggers' brandy sham ana
a somewhat trivial remark
concerning inuamural Z h
letics at Eton and al Harrow.
7 can not see Hindenburg as
a great man. He was Ger
manv's Ulysses S. Grant, and
long before America had done
with two terms Of the silent
soldier u recognized him as a
general and nothing more
T. may be that the war col
Ieres will not accept Paul Won
Hindenburg as one Of the great
tacticians Of all time. II Is my
belief that Hannibal would
have sawed him IN half and
that Alexander readily might
have Knocked him out in a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Farmer. Wife Killed by Train

BRAZIL, Ind, Aug. 8.-An elderly
couple killed when a Pennsylvania
passenger train struck their auto
mobile late yesterday were identified
as Mr.. and Mrs. George w. DER
dorff, Clay county farmers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
HJeemC bM
%
Haywood BROUN

T7HEY carried the old gentleman through a sixty
IL mile lane Of torches and buried him at 'Tannen-
berg And so the question rises. what viii be the
place q Hindenburg in history can only guess.
I NAV be wrong but that is true OF history. After
all the commentators have allowed a second rate
Corscan 20 strut through their pages Ike COLOSSUS
for more than a century And II Napoleon never
had lived what would b. the consequences? We
would have 20 get along without monstTous tomb,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

and water them with Uttered water. They rub Them
down and blanket them and just about kiss them to
sleep at night And if they show little limp or
lump or cough slightly in their sleep, the veterinary
comes a'running.
And then do you know what?
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Fair Enough
WESTBROOK PEd[ER
NEW YORK. N
~ Soldier, Kan.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug 8.-Mrs. Ben Nickel,
~ Soldier, Kan.
Dear Mrs. Nickel:
Your kids have just been reading some excerpts
from your recent letters regarding the drought the
heat and the diShearening plight of the farmers.
I thought it might cheer you to know that woe is
no monopoly on the farm country.
Conditions are pretty bad around this part of the
IL
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This would have been serious.
The whole idea of the homesteads
is based on some form of daily
wage to exc out the settlers
meager existence from garden
plots.
Now, Gerald Swope, head of
the giant General Electric Cor
poration, has come to the rescue.
His action, however, is not a
charitable one. So impressed is
he with the type of men settling
in Arthurdale, that he is erect
ing an assembling plant there.
He figures that the advantages
of a steady labor supply from
men who will not be tranSients
is worth the investment.
This recognition by big business
is considered the most important
boost subsistence homeSteadS have
had.
CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN,
~ the 73-year-old dean of the
federal reserve board, is fond of
relating his experiences many
years ago in Japan.
He was a member Of a special
government commission to that
country in 1897, and attended a
japanese state dinner.
AS one course Of the dinner
there was served a rare delicacy.
It was raw fish. After an eXplo-
ratory taste, Hamlin decided that
it was not for his New England
bred palate.
But as he was leaving, his
host, with a deep bow, handed
him a small package. Assuming
that it was the custom of the
land to bestow gifts upon depart
ing guests, Hamlin accepted with
profuSe thanks.
When he reached his quarters
and opened the package, he found
that it contained his untouched
fish.
THE stretch of lawn that
J. sweeps down on the west side
Of the Capitol building is lacerat-
ed with a network of earthen
trenches. They are not protection
against another incendiary attack
from the British, but to prevent a
drought around the Capitol.
Explains the engineer in charge:
When We get these copper
pipes laid in the trenches, with a
head-or spout-every twenty
seven feet. you'll be able to turn
on a valve and start all these
sprinkIers and give the whole
lawn a steady April shower over
every square foot at the same
time"
What time of day will the
sprinkling be done?"
After midnight"
Afraid of dampening fond
strollers?"
NO. it's not that. but every
body else is sprinkling their lawn
in the early evening and We would
not get enough pressure. 1t takes
a lot of water to run this system.
LOOKS like good copper pipe.
Yes. sir. The bureau of stand
ards estimates that pipe will last
two thousand years"
copyright. 1894, by United Featul
Syndicate. Ins.l
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
DC.
MED|CS NEARS

Several hundred physicians and
surgeons will attend the annual
session of the Medical Society Of
the District of Columbia to be held
here next Wednesday and Thurs
day.
All of the latest developments
in medicine and surgery will be
discussed at the sessions of the
society, which will be held in the
Medical Society Building, 1718 M
st. N. w.
A luncheon will be held Wednes-
day at the Mayflower Hotel, with
the Rev. DR.. Joseph Sizoo, pastor
of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, as guest speaker.
A stated meeting of the society
will be held Wednesday night.
The Woman's Auxiliary will
hold their annual luncheon Wed
nesday, and sight seeing tours and
a garden party are being arranged
for the benefit of the wives of
visiting physicians.
The meeting will close Thursday
night with banquet and musical
revue at the Mayflower. Details
of the revue are being kept a
secret. but it was learned that
members of the Women's Medical
Society are taking part.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
Mencken Looses Barrage
At Costly college Boys

grees ought to go back to teach
ing SOphOmOres to be ashamed
of their fathers. If you go on
much longer trying new cure
every day on Uncle Sam and
sending a bill for 100 million
dollars you may wake up some
morning and find the country
bowling for your hides.
"When 1 say the country is
going broke 1 mean that the
taxpayer is the one suffering.
The money eventually comes
from his pocket. Every time the
professors send out their enOrm.
Gus bills for some new expendf
ture the taxpayer is the one
who pays"
The critic added that while thi:
is going fast into debt
England is storing up a reserve o1
capital in her treasury.
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MAYOR WILL SPEAK

Mayor Howard W. Jackson, of
Baltimore, Md. will address the
Democratic Club of the Univer-
sity of Maryland Wednesday
night.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28

BALTIMORE, April 28.-After
many months of silence, Henry l..
Mencken, critic and former editor
of the iconoclastic American Mer-
curry, let loose a barrage Of criti-
cism of the New Dealers in a radio
address from here last night.
The Baltimore pundit opened
his talk by comparing the doc
tors of Uncle Sam" with physl-
clans who treated an old man Tor
many diseases and finally failed
to restore him to health.
Taxpayers were warned by Mr..
Mencken that unless an apprecl-
able curtailment of Government
expenditures is effected the coun-
try eventually will collapse.
The college boys" were urged to
get out of Washington while the
going is good" Mr.. Mencken said:
"YOu boys with college de-
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
ACT
L|BERAL|ZED'

BY International News Service
Representatives of western min.
ing States today had won a victory
in their efforts to obtain liberaliza.
ton of the 1888 securities act.
The Federal Trade Commission,
following determined essure
from the western mining group,
announced revision of it's regula.
tionS to ease restrictions against
the flotation of small security is
sues.
The regulatory changes made
by the Federal Trade Commission
provide broad exemptions for Sc.
curity issues of 100000 or under,
and virtually exempt all stock is
sues of $4,000 or under from any
restrictions under the act.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
CITIZENS SEEK
NEW SCHOOL
PROJECTS
Anacostia Association Will
Seek PWA Funds to
Relieve Congestion
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

AnacoStia Citizens Association,
meeting last night in Methodist
Church Hall, indorsed a joint re-
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
Blind Professor
Is Killed by Truck

STAUNTON, Va, April 2S.
Struck by a heavy truck late
Friday, James w. McCambridge,
Ct, who has been blind for years,
was killed instantly. The coroner
pronounced the accident unavoid-
able. Mr.. McCambridge had
been a teacher at the School for
the Deaf and Blind for 43 years,
and was twice married.
He is survived by his second
wife and two daughters, Mrs.
Frances Witty, at his home, and
Mrs. S. H. Webb, Takoma Park,
Md.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
8 NEWSPAPERS
HIT TBYSTR|kE

PITTSBURGH, April % Q.N.S).
Pittsburgh's daily newspaper in
dustry was crippled today while
publishers sought to turn out the
news of the day despite a strike
of mailing department employees
on the city's three publications.
Walking out in what the pub
fishers described as an outlaw"
strike, the mailers prevented dis
tribution of both afternoon papers
yesterday. Only meager success
was achieved by the morning pub
lication as it sought to deliver an
early eveAing edition last night.
While some copies reached their
destination, the majority landed
in shreds on the city's streets.
AS a result, residents have been
without q local newspaper for "a
hours.