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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
BANKING IMPROVEMENT

ID ECORDS of the Indianapolis Clearing
N House Association reveal that in the last
few months bank deposits in the city have in
creased approximately s25,OOOOOO
Practically every city in the country has
felt this upturn in banking business since the
passage of the federal bank deposit insurance
law. indianapolis is to be proud that it did
not lag behind in voting confidence in the
new financial setup Of a nation which has
fought its way through the doldrums of de-
preston.
Evans Woollen. president OF the Fletcher
Trust Company. has stated the position of
the banking interests Of the city and country
when he expressed confidence in the admin
istration's stand in combating fat money.
Mr. Woollen cited many instances Of re-
nexed national confidence. but he also scored
the terrific public debt thaS has mounted in
the last five years It is astounding to what
extent figures can grow over period of a
few years. but. on the other hand. it is out
standing 10 what extent public debt may be
necessary in pulling nation from the mire.
Let it be hoped that opinions such as
n Mr.. Woollens. and improved banking figures
continue TO find their way to the newspapers
and homes of Indianapolis residents. Stats
tics and statements of these types are not
breeders Of faring prosperity. but the record
Of an improvement that must come and must.
in time, benefit each Of US.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
STREAM POLLUTION

THE alarming conditions prevailing in In
n diana's lakes. creeks and rivers will be
placed before the public again this year in the
series of stories on water source pollution
which starts today in The Times
Indiana has had an inclination to pass by
this terrible danger that turks on every hand
Some Indiana manufacturers openly have de-
fed recommendations and orders to improve
their sewage disposal systems in order to save
lives
The series in The Times this year will be
far more comprehensive than last This sum-
mer The Times will carry comparisons of con-
ditions existing today in places where pollu-
ton was found last year. And, as regrettable
as it is. The Times will tell the truth in more
than one instance in which the conditions
have become worse. rather than having been
= improved.
AS the stories are published many people
in the state Will be faced with the accusation
that they are responsible for the polluted
conditions Of water sources in their commu-
mites. Many Of these persons will resent the
charges. Among these persons will be poll
ticians who probably have been involved in
the practices which have brought about the
situation.
For those people The Times has no SYM
patty. 1t intends to place the charges on the
thresholds of those to blame and expects
these offenders to remedy the conditions not
next year, but Immediately.
There is no defense to the charge that any
one or anv prolp deliberately is failing to aid
in the protection of our residents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
Capital Capers
-RY GEORGE ABELL

MFR PEDRO GUEVARA resident commission
wi er of the Philippine Islands in Washing
ton. has departed for Manila on the trst Vaca-
ton he has taken in twelve years.
Approximately 100 Filipinos and many Amerl-
cans were at the station to bid Pedro farewell.
Now a goodlv number of these well-wishers have
received post cards from Seattle, containing
greetings from their friend.
Only-Pedro is so excited at the prospect OF
again seeing his native land that he has become
a trif1e absent minded. The post cards bore one
cent stamps, instead of the required tWo-cenT
postage.
Filipino and American friends here have
written to Pedro, wishing him bon voyage but
reminding him to put sufficient postage on any
cartons of cigarets and cigars he may send from
Manila
CENATOR CARL HAYDEN of Arizona, one of
y the four senators appointed to investigate
conditions in the Philippines, is fellow passen-
ger of Cuevara aboard the Empress of Japan.
Both men had intended to sail aboard the
President Jackson but we're delayed an entire
week at Seattle on account of the longshoremen'S
strike They finally determined to take another
steamer.
HAYDEN is a sort of advance guard for his
three colleagues Senator Willard Tydings OF
MARYLAND, Senator Kenneth Mcclellan of Ten
nessee and Senator Daniel Hastings of Delaware
Four representatives of Alabama
Lozier of Missouri, Smith of West Virginia, and
Beedv of Maine-also are bound for the islands
to look things over, but they are postponng their
trip until after the November elections.
Incidentally while Guevara and Hayden are
en- route to the Philippines and the congressional
group prepares for the trip, the widely known
Filipino political leader, Manuel Quezon, is COM
ing here.
Quezon is bound for Paris to undergo a minor
operation but he is expected to take time of
while in Washington to do what he can to Sc
cure better sugar quotas for the islands.
THE Washington police and diplomatic motor
i lists are tactfuIly avoiding the run-ins they
used to have in the old days when the grievances
of both sides found utterance in letters to the
secretary Of state
Monsieur Jules Henry, the very amiable but
occasionally hot-blooded counselor of the French
embassy. drove his car around Dupont Circle
yesterday. ignoring red light.
Immediately, a motorcycle policeman was on
him.
Hey what the
Then he glimpsed Jules diplomatic license.
A little fatherly advice about careful driving
followed, with Jules patiently listening.
One who observed the almost friendly tete-a-
| tete was forcibly reminded of that distant day
when the same Jules Henry engaged in heated
alteration with Dupont Circle cop and final
" wound up by pulling the vizor of the officers
cap down over his eyes.
Diplomats and police seem to have improved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
THREE CHALLENGES

GENERAL days ago The times urged trim
- ming of hedge at the corner of Twenty
seventh and Pennsylvania streets. The re-
quest for action came after a man and his
two small children narrowly escaped serious
injury or death when the father was unable
to see an automobile approaching from the
east
Since then the list of obstructed vision
points has increased.
The mail yesterday brought two more.
Readers of The Times included the following
comment:
'Thirty-ninth street and Capitol avenue.
Something should be done"
State Road 81 and state Road 256. This
corner is the worst you ever will see. Action
now undoubtedly will save lives"
There are three challenges to the persons
who own these properties and to the officials
in charge of enforcing such regulations Will
they 90 unheeded?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

inviting and which is being patron
lied by persons living in the i'm
mediate vicinity.
No doubt some of these places are
safe, but the appearance of the
waters condition is forbidding.
I suppose that the state and city
governments will cooperate with
The Times in cleaning up these
polluted spots as soon as possible.
think it would be a good idea if
the state would post each and every
place in the state where there is
any danger of pollution.
We have warning signs at auto
mobile and railroad crossings That
is done to preserve life. 1 can't see
why polluted waters should not
carry similar warnings. Surely there
is no difference in death by disease
and accident-both are unpleasant
to think about and both are
public duty to prevent.
Well read The Times series with
interest. We hope you never pull
your punch on anything so i'm
portant and deserving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
FILLING STATION
WORKER COMPLAINS

By Station Manager.
Do the people Of indianapolis be-
lieve in a square deal?
What is fair about these condi-
tons?
AS manager of one of the major
oil company stations, order 1000
gallons of gasoline from the bulk
plant. The plant sends 997 gallons,
and expansion due to hauling and
heat brings the gasoline to 1000
gallons at the station. The COM
pany charges me for three gallons
that it never sent.
Furthermore, the gasoline goes
into an underground tank at the
station and cooIs and shrinks.
When I sell it, there ae only 993
gallons of condensed gasoline to
sell. Three gallons I pay for that
never left the plant and three 1 pay
for that nature disposed Of.
In the eastern states the major
oil companies recognize the condi-
ton and only charge managers with
gasoline recorded at the pumps.
Should I be penalized for working
in Indianapolis instead Of some
where else?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
TUESDAY. July 10. lgsa.
THE MAC CRACKEN CASE

IT would be unfortunate should the depart
Of justice fail to carry the MacCracken
contempt case to the highest court.
Here IS case Of lawyer in the employ Of
subsidized air transport lines who failed to
produce documents subpenaed by a senate
committee. Since the investigation Of air mail
subsidy facts was preliminary and necessary
to enactment Of air mail reforms. it is obvious
that the senate was INSTRUCTED in its legisla-
tive work by the failure Of the lawyer to obey
the subpoena.
1t is not important whether Mr.. Mac
Cracker. as an individual. goes to Jail. No
hind the bars served by Colonel Brittin. Mr.
NIacCracken's co-defendant. who neither had
the money nor the inclination to continue to
challenge the senates authority.
But it is important that the power of con-
gressiona1 committees to do their work should
not be impaired. Committee Investigations
have become essential to the functioning of
congress Without access to the facts, intelli-
there has been little important national legis-
lation not preceded by a congressional investi-
cation.
Yesterdays 3-to-2 decision by the district
court of appeals. holding that the senate had
no authority to punish MacCracken, if sus-
tanned, would weaken this indispensable power
of inquiry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
MAKES REPLY TO
RELIGION CRITIC
BY a Girl Eva ngelist.

BY a Girl Evangelist.
In answer to Frank Cummings:
AS a young evangelist of today, 1
feel I must take my stand Tor God.
presume, Mr.. Cummings, you
are a. student of science, and, per-
haps, you have been in Egypt and
found the ruins of the ancient
Egyptians with their official marks
designating just who they were.
You probably neglected to visit
Jerusalem and see the tomb where
our Lord lay, or Golgotha's hill,
where he was crucif1ed. Would you
have to see all your ancestors to
know they lived?
If the Bible is the handiwork of
common men the world never has
produced such common men since
the good book was written. Scien-
lists know the world is in crisis,
but they are unable to tell the out
come, but we read the Bible and
learn we are in the final days of
tribulation.
Yes, Marx said religion is opium,
but he forgets that opium properly
administered, is an anodyne, sooth-
ing bodily pain and giving the suf-
ferer that measure of surcease and
hope which enables him to carry
on and to live.
This nation was not founded on
human reason-it was based on re-
ligion. Our civilization is not the
product of science, but it came from
those who walked with God, and
worshipped Him according to the
dictates of their own conscience.
If the American people reject the
Bible and Jesus, we will become
nation devoid of power and virtue
We will be as Russia, India, China
and all those torn, starving, bleed
ing countries.
May the Lord help you and all
others believing as you do to learn
the error of your ways before it is
too late.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
PREDICTS FAILURE
OF FEDERAL AID
BY Charles Burton.


The farmers and small wage
earners have bestowed their labor
upon the lands that have yielded
the food to feed the people, while
at the same time financial giants,
void of conscience and moved by
greed, have grown rich by manipu-
lating the price of foodstuffs and by
unrighteous dealing in the fruits
upon which they have bestowed no
labor They have gained possession
of most of the money of the farms
and the houses, secured by mort
cages on which they collect exorbi-
tant interest; and the result is that
the farmers and most home owners
are in great distress because they
are being stripped of their life's
earnings and their property is being
taken away by foreclosure of mort
cages.
Because of this alarming and de-
plorable condition, the government
is adopting experimental plans in
an effort to save the farmers and
the home owners. Such efforts are
certain to fail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
DECLARES EMPLOYEES OF
STATE OVERWORKED
By a Keen Observer.

By Keen Observer.
I have been noting in the papers
that Governor McNutt has expressed
a desire to have model prison law
in Indiana. Good. But when it is
drawn up, it is to be hoped it will
not omit laws governing the officers
of the institutions.
I wonder if our Governor realizes
that in this state men are working
eighty-four hours week, and night
work at that, ard drawing the same
salary that day men draw who work
on the average of forty-two days less
a year. Nearly all corporations and
private concerns extend night men
some privileges with additional pay.
Night work is unnatural and re-
quires almost an entire separation
from a family and renders a man
dead to all social activities Of his
community.
There are in the neighborhood OF
one hundred and forty men en-
ployed at the Indiana reformatory,
of which about twenty work every
night in the year. Why can't this
be divided so that one man will
have to work about one month Of
nights, out of seven?
The practice Of treating the en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
FOG

BY VIRGINIA
Fog over the Plaza.
Slowly slowly
Thoughts steal over me.
Vague memories.
Lonely.
I remember
The glow of your cigaret in
the darkness,
The smell of earth,
Stardust-and the feeling Of
smallness in
Great Vastness
Two small things
You and 1.
You asked,
What is love?"
Love is two souls blended together
as one,
TWO souls, each dependent on the
other for life"
I touched the marble where we sat
and talked.
So much to tell.
Numbness in my fingertips and In
my heart.
You, at the end of the earth,
Can you be remembering
Fog over the Plaza?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
Declares Coffin Still Rules G. O. P.

didates are not controlled by any
clique or faction, or never was
affiliated with the Ku-Klux Khan,
and probably Lii Arthur" will
inform our rural districts that he
never knew such an organization
ever existed.
BY sending our senior senator
back to Washington we are only
furthering the depression, but by
retiring him, we not only will
help the President fight the de-
preston, but help our own stom-
achs and pocketbooks.
Providing you haven't had
enough of fat jowl and beans, and
wish for more, vote for Senator
Robinson, but if you have had
your quota and think enough is
plenty, vote for Sherman Minton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

By VI. E. Lemon.
For anybody to assume that the
old Coffin organization is not
controlling the Republican party
in the county and city is very
foolish. Anybody with enough
brains to grease a gimlet knows
the candidates are Coffin con-
trolled.
Serving as a member of one of
our city precinct election boards,
I know for an absolute fact that
most Republican voters came in
armed with a Coffin slate, and
voted the slate, assuring Coffin
the present control of the various
precinct committeeman and ward
chairman.
Yet, they will have the nerve in
their coming campaign to tell
221 900 registered voters the cam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
SUBMITS PROGRAM
FOR BETTER CITY
By Cleon Leonard

By Cleon Leonard
I find The Times Message Cen.
ter very interesting. I would like
to state my views.
1 would make a change in the
Chamber of Commerce.
The working class Of people want
work. Store modern machinery.
Competition-that is what makes
the world go around. We must
have it and plenty for the good of
the poor people.
Old people have to live. I think
it ought to be up to the moneyed
people to take care of them.
What would we do without the
luxury Of telephones and electricity.
We are living in a wonderful day
if people could only see.
Indianapolis could be one Of the
leading cities if we had push
enough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
SMOKE ABATEMENT
WORK PRAISED

By Eleanore Stevason.
To the southsider complaining of
smoke nuisance at Shelby street
shops:
Yours is most rightful indigna-
ton, but you must remember smoke
abatement is not one-man job.
Perhaps you, too, are among the
offenders. Why Indianapolis can
not wake up and see the value Of
the Smoke Abatement League is an
eighth wonder. We brag Of Indian
apolis, the city Of many beautiful
homes, but we can hardly say that
we are proud of the proved fact
that we are living in the fifth
dirtiest city in the United States.
The Smoke Abatement League
should be praised for the work it
has accomplished with railroads, in
dustrial plants and apartment
houses.
The smoke nuisance has heen re-
duced, but this organization can not
stand on the merits of its work
alone. It needs cooperation, not
of few but of many. AS I under
stand it, there is man employed
for each type of smoke nuisance.
The men give the entire time
throughout the day to their work
Does Mr.. Southsider think they
should be on duty twenty-four hours
every day?
I am sure if he would take his
complaint to the manager of the
league, the matter would be given
every possible attention. A COM
plant 1 made was handled in
most courteous manner.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Southsider, don't
be a knocker, but boost the smoke
abatement movement in our mo
mean city, to the limit and be sure
to watch the flue of your own home
when winter comes, for home own
ers are among the serious offenders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
POLLUTED SITES SHOULD
HAVE WARNING SIGNS

BY ID. W.
I am one of the thousands of
persons in indianapolis and Indiana
who are delighted to see The Times
again present its series on stream
pollution.
I have a family Of three. We
would like to go swimming here and
there at places we pass on a week
end trip or nights drive. Many
times We have seen children swim
ming in places which surely must
be dangerous. For that reason I will
not, nor permit my family to, swim
in every spot they see that looks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
SUGGESTS CHANGE IN
SERIAL STORY
n NIrs Ora Mnnsnn

By Mrs. Ora Munson.
We live in the country and can't
get the stocks or final editions of
The Times.
1t seems to me, that the story,
Born to be Kissed" also should be
in the home edition. We like good
stories, too.
We enjoy every part of The
Times, and we have taken the pa
per for a number of years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
WANTS RETURN OF
PLAYGROUND PAGE
By the Kids.

BY the Kids.
Last year The Times ran play
ground page each week that meant
a lot to most of us who enjoy not
only playing at our own ground, but
reading about what's going on at
the others. This year we notice
you only use two columns a week.
How about putting the page back?
We think it would be worth while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

ployes worse than the inmates is
disgusting.
Why can't we have a new deal.
The first reason for this change is,
it is right and just. The other rea-
son is that it greatly will increase
the efficiency of all the officers and
make them fit to handle emergen-
cies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
THINKS TRAFFIC CARTOON
TAUGHT A LESSON

BY r. c.
Permit me to compliment you on
the cartoon in last Fridays paper.
1t was the one which portrayed a
hedge at a street intersection as
one of the causes Of traffic deaths.
Some people apparently can't do a
serious job of reading and absorb
ing that which they read, but they
surely could not have missed the
moral in that cartoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

When Hitler visited Mussolini recently. one
of the first things II Duce did was to have
his guest inspect the Italian army-just as
friendly gesture, you know.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

resident Of Lancaster, Pa. stabbed in the
heart. is alive after a doctor stitched up the
wound You'll still have to depend on time
however if you're in love.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10
The Message Center

Times readers are tnUtted to cypress
their Utetos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so Ill con hare chance.
INIT them to $50 0ords or IesS.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

bird dog belonging to a Tennessee doctor
gave birth to twelve pups and didn't even get
a nibble at a worlds fair contract.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

Hogs on American farms have increased
more than S185, 600 900 in value since month
ago. And that's only the hogs on the farms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

Producers plan to change the title of at
Amt No Sin," but Mae West flm by any
other name is still no rose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-10

A Chicago banker calls President Roosevelt
a greater Socialist than Lenin. Perhaps
America IS planning a bigger statue to
F. D. R. than the Soviets put up for Lenin.
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The Indianapolis Times
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AGfUe Light and the
People WIN Find
I'heir O'on Way
Evening star., 1934-12-27
TITLE TO SWITCH
IF MAX IS KAY0ED
'I'II Knock Him BoWIegged,'
Shouts LevinSky, but
Champ Is Serene.

ey the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, December 27.-Max
Baer tomorrow night will do
IL something no other boxing
champion ever dared to do
by risking his heavyweight crown in a
four round match against King
Levinsky, Chicagos wild swinging
fish peddler, at the Chicago Stadium.
At the request of the champion, six
ounce gloves will be used and, while
no decision will be made if the battle
goes four rounds, the referee will count
out either fighter if he absorbs a
knockout punch. Thus, if Levinsky
should fell Baer for the count the
kingfish would win the title.
Never before has any ring cham
pion risked his title under such con-
ditions. Other title holders took pre-
caution to have such matches labeled
as exhibitions to safeguard their
crown. And in those instances, their
opponents always were fourth or fifth
raters.
But Baer had no outward worries.
Both Are Boastful.
IT EVINSKY is a good fighter, but
he couldn't beat me, let alone
register a knockdown, in 80
rounds" said Max. How can he do
it in four?" He was referring to their
two previous battles, the first in 10
rounds at New York and the other at
20 at Reno, New. both in 1882, when
Max was climbing the heavyweight
ladder.
He'll be sorry for this" shouted
Levinsky. III knock him bowlegged
and kicking in two rounds. I'm the
next champ"
Every one (but Levinsky and his
mates agreed that the fight would be
' just breeze for Baer. The Kingfish
still packs mighty wallop, but def
nitely appears to be on the down grade
Il don't think he can even hit me
any more" said Max.