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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
Another Narrowing War Tale

z those cheerful young Italians who are SAIL
ing for Eritrea these days could be given
few copies of Ramon j. Sender's new novel,
PRO Patra," they might lose a little of their
enthusiasm.
PRO Patria (Houghton-Mif1in; $3.50 dis
cusses the adventures of the Spanish soldiers
who went eff to fight the Riffs a decade ago
in circumstances very like those which the
Italians will meet in Ethiopia; and it depicts
that kind of warfare as a desolate bloody and
barbarous business indeed
The story has to do chiefly with the adj
ventures of a young ex-peasant who finds him
self in Spanish advanced post in the Riffian
mountains just at the moment when the
Spanish front line is being overwhelmed
His post stands a siege for some days. There
is no water no hope of rescue. When the out
post is finally captured, it is only by chance
THAI the young peasant soldier makes his escape
He sets off on foot to reach the next Spanish
fort. He gets there and finds that it. too. has
been taken and its defenders maSSacred. So
he goes on to the neXt-and makes the same
discovery
On and on he plods, suffering unimaginable
extremes of thirst, hunger, pain and danger.
until at last he reaches the seacost and his own
anywhere, instead of being rewarded for his
pluck he is jailed for violating some unirnpor-
tant military regulation.
The story breathes profound and bitter dis
lIuSlonment with war; with army life in gen.
eraI, ana with colonial expeditions in particular
IL is shocking and sincere document we'll
Woth the reading. by Bruce Cation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

as New England towns go. attractive with its
colonial houses, its trees and its general air
of having come through the Revolution only
day before yesterday. 1t is like dozen other
Massachusetts, towns-and yet, at the same
time, utterly unlike them 1t has a strange
and distinguished history.
It's fame is not due merely to the accident
Of war
To be sure. the Revolution did get under
way there. Those farmers who formed at the
end of bridge and found out that homespun
Americans could stand up against British reg
ulars started something that hasn't ended yet,
and put a great day in the annals of their
nation; yet it was not solely on their account
that Concord's tercentenary was a national
event
Concord is worth remembering because it
is a living proof that it is neither commerce.
finance, nor industry that makes a city great.
but the moral and intellectual caliber of its
people.
In Concord lived Emerson, Thoreau Haw-
thorne-and they made this little country town.
for time, the intellectual capital of the
United States. Europeans knew the town as
source of clear, enlightened thinking, center
for steadfast devotion to that moral and spirit
ual freedom which was Americas greatest con-
tribution to the world.
Now Concord came to its fame at the very
time when America was at its busiest in the
great task of expansion and physical develop
ment. The railroad era was just beginning,
the winning of the West was just starting, the
whole tremendous job of clearing a continent
and founding a civilization upon it was taking
all the energy and intelligence that the nation
could supply.
Concord shared in none of this. 1t remained
aloof like Thoreau at Walden pond, and saw
to it that the new nations mind and spirit
developed along with its powerful, lusty body.
1t has always been our tendency to worship
bigness. Concord ought to be reminder that
bigness and greatness do not necessarily go to-
gether.
Judged by any material standard, Concord
is Just another small town Yet its name is one
of the most important in the history of the re-
public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
HENRY HALLAM HORNBROOK

INDIANAPOLIS has lost one of its most dis
tinguished citizens in the untimely death
of Henry Hallam Hornbrook
His death perhaps is all the more shocking
because of its uneXpectedneSs. Mr.. Horn
brook had undergone a serious operation about
a year ago. but he had been recovering, al
though confined to his home the last two
weeks.
he was only IS and there was every reason
to believe that he had many fruitful years
ahead of him. A veteran attorney of more
than 40 years experience at the bar. Mr.. Horn
brooks interests were diverse and not con-
fined to his profession.
He was prominent in business church and
educational circles and was particularly well
known for his work as president of the In
dianapolis Foundation.
This city suffers a distinct loss in his death
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
OLD DOGS LEARN FAST

MERE is familiar old saying to the effec
that you can't teach an old dog new
tricks. But educational authorities who have
been teaching grown-ups under auspices of
the WPA are beginning to believe that it is
all wrong. Not only can an old dog be taught
new tricks, they Say-he can usually be taught
faster than a young dog.
DR.. R. L. Alderman, educational director
for the WPA, says his teachers have found
that grown-ups learn five times as fast as
children This, incidentally is the reflection
of wide experience, for some $4,000 teachers
were paid last year to conduct classes for
more than 100000 depression victims.
The discovery isn't hard to understand A
child usually goes to school because he has to,
and lessons are something to be got through
with as quickly as possible.
But when an adult goes to school he goes
because he sincerely wants more knowledge.
He has an incentive for studying which the
child too often lacks entirely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
He Wants Oil!

grading and left the newly plowed
dust for the taxpayers to endure.
The condition is intolerable and
it is necessary to keep doors and
windows closed even in this eX-
IRENE heat.
My neighbors have talked with
the street commissioners without
avail. We have had an abundance
of alibis, ana now the latest is
that the city can not afford more
oil.
am a careful reader of the
city's expenditures and note that
they seem to have funds for other
requirements so why jeopardize
the health of our children and
families by this unwarranted sit
uation? I should like to invite
the street commissioners and
Board of Public Works to sit on
my front porch and absorb the
dust as the automobiles roll by.
If the city's finances are so
low that it can not afford to pro-
tect the health of its citizens by
the purchase of oil sufficient to
cover the unpaved streets, then
it should procure a mammoth
mop and wash away the erst-
while slogan mo Mean City"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

BY Jackson Bush.
Through the medium of your
Message Center I wish to make
an appeal that is 100 per cent JUS
titled, because the comfort and
health in particular of all the resi-
dents on Marion-av in West In
dianapolis is menaced by a verit-
able Kansas dust storm.
am of the opinion that it
would be about as easy to procure
'Oil for the Lamps of China as
oil for Marion-av from the city
Of indianapolis.
Citizens on the West Side have
a few rights other than voting,
but about the most We seem to
get is tax notices to pay and get
nothing in return. We can not
help resenting seeing the boule-
wards on the North, East and
South Sides tarred and well oiled
while we are compelled to fairly
beg for a sprinkling of oil.
Can you ascertain why West
indianapolis is always the for
gotten area?
Marlon-av was in fair condition,
though unoiled, until two weeks
ago, when the city workers ploW-
ed the street, did a semi job of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
Times Books

IF we are going TO keep out of another war We
l. shall need to get our thinking on interna-
tional affairs set straight. We require books
which not only give facts, but also that they be
brief and readable and at a cost within the
reach of Americas millions.
We are fortunate in having the Foreign
Policy Association launch its series of popular
headline books" with a volume on War To-
morrow: Will We Keep Out?" The authors,
Omar Pancost Goslin and Ryllis Alexander Cos
lin, are as well chosen as the title. They have
already brought out the best primer on the
current economic set-up in the United States,
their Rich Man, Poor Man" They have brought
the same talents for Illuminating populariza-
ton to bear on the international crisis
This little work seems far and away the
most important book published in some time
in the field Of international education. All the
essential facts are presented without evasion or
ambiguity. Spades are called spades but there is
nothing sensational in the work. 1t is brief
not over 5000 words. 1t is simple, vivid and
absorbing. And the price, IS cents, makes it
available to millions, even TO many on relief
(By Harry Elmer Barnes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

South did not recognize the Stars
and Stripes until after the Civil
War.
When Betsy Ross, a patriotic civil
ian of the South, designed the flag
in 1776, it then was adopted by the
Continental Congress and has been
hOnored by the entire United States,
both North and South
Nine Presidents from the South
and six from the North and New
England states held their Admins
tration under the Stars and Stripes.
before Lincoln and the Civil War.
Those Presidents upheld the flag
and were willing to die for it until
the secession of the Southern states.
1 am surprised there is a person
your age who claims to be American
and a citizen Of the states VINO
knows no more about our flag. 7
fear you will never win any prizes
on historical events.
Gen. Andrew Jackson few the
Stars and Stripes in 1912 and you
say the South was made to recog-
nize the flag? Can you prove it2
If so, let us see the proof.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
WHERE REASON IS FUTILE

THE Chicago Anti-superstition Club
l. labored recently to prove that Friday-the-
thirteenth jinx is impotent They violated all
the taboos they could think of, such as walk
ing under ladders and consorting with black
cats, and came through quite unscathed.
But it is futile to hope that they made any
impression on the superStitious. The super
stitious man is impervious to argument and
to evidence He just knows that Friday the
thirteenth is a dark day, and there's nothing
anybody can do about it.
You might show him, for instance, that
there were so traffic accidents on the
twelfth and only 10 on the thirteenth; no
matter, he would be convinced that each of
the latter 10 was due to the malignant in
fluence of the day.
Thirteen people could dine together every
night for year without incident; if one of
them caught cold on the three hundred and
sixty -sixth day, it would be due to the I'M
luckiness of the number Is.
The man who believes in superstitlons
can't be reasoned with.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
A WOman's Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

doms they have endured while
they educated themselves to the
point Of giving reluctant consent
to such disloyalty.
It's enough to make us gnash
our teeth in despair, when we
think of the reams Of white paper
which have been used warning
wives about the danger Of stand
ing out in opposition TO stag
affairs.
Not only has our sex used them
all these years as prop for self
esteem, but they have been very
handy as a salve to conscience.
We have enjoyed feeling martyred
and magnanimous because of
them and, besides all that, they
have offered a marvellous excuse
for our passion for strictly femi-
nine shindigs.
If this assault on the stag party
Is really a subtle attack by Mr..
Williams on our teas and club
meetings, it viii prove a dud.
Well never give them up. 1t was
the men who drove us to it--let
them take the consequences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

WE have it on the authority
wv of a columnist, Meredith
Williams, who can also qualify as
a bon vivant and a man about
town, that the stag party is I'M
couth, n-American and utterly
unlovely and should be abolished.
The men, it seems, do not have
a good time. They detest the
Dutch lunches, are bored I'M
speakably with male companion
ship, and really never enjoy sing
ing tenor with their Dear Old
Pals.
All of which is a jolt for women.
1t has taken us years and years
to become reconciled to stag
parties. Upon our sore and bleed
ing hearts husbands have trodden
in order to get to them. Gallons
of our tears have been spilled and
tho.5ands Of US have gone back
home to mama.
Think of the poor little brides
who have had to get used to the
awful idea that their bubbles liked
an evening away from them once
in a while. CSasider the u1aryT-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
LABOR SHOULD FORM
ITS OWN PARTY
BY a Subscriber.

BY Subscriber.
1t is easy to see that capitalism is
alarmed over the crumbling system.
In Europe, certain dictators are at
tempting to convert the peoples
mind from their economic plight to
so-called patriotism and war scares.
In America, we now have so-called
Constitution defenders" They DO
not make themselves quite clear as
to what they mean. What we need
is defense Of human rights as guar
anteed by the Constitution instead
Of using it as a club to force the
worker to submit to selfish interests.
Labor can gain something by de-
handing passage of a workers
rights amendment. Such an amend
ment was written by Morris Hill
quit, prominent Socialist. AS to
this being constitutional, 1 refer to
the preamble and Article l, Section
8, paragraph l. Certain politicians
have been trying to deny citizens
on relief the right to vote. I refer
them to Article Is, Section l Of the
amendments.
Is labor going to form its own
party and fight for its rights or is
it going to run like whipped cur?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
BOARDING BY FEW SHOULD
RESULT IN PUNISHMENT

By L. c. Schawinger.
Money plays an important part in
the social and economic Setup of So
ciety,. and is the least understood by
the majority of people. Money
changers lead the people to believe
that it is most valuable, when the
contrary is the truth.
Money has no value except as a
medium Of exchange.
Money has been so manipulated
and abused by the money sharks
that it has the most horrible of
crimes and sufferings to its credit.
This was demonstrated to us some
months ago when the President Of
the United states increased the fine
ounce gold and extended an imagi-
nary increase on same; showing the
real value and the part it takes in
our social setup.
Money as a medium of exchange
takes an important part in the life
and welfare Of the people but it
should only be used as circulating
medium of exchange.
The boarding by the few to the
harm of many should be prohibited
by law.
Money should be used to purchase
the necessities of life, comfort,
health and happiness of all the
people.
1t is known fact that the
money changers through the manip-
ulation of the medium of exchange
have taken undue profits of the
wealth created by labor until 2 per
cent of the people own so per cent
of the wealth; 80 per cent own 80
per cent of the wealth, and 65 per
cent of the people own only 5 per
cent of the wealth.
1t would be impossible for any
human being to create the fortunes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

that have been made in the past
through their own efforts by Great
ing real values, as by labor only is
real value created.
1t is high time that some real
planning and true changes be
made in order that the people be
saved from degeneration, an advance
in society be maintained. and the
freedom and liberty Of the people
be safeguarded.
For your information from figures
obtained from circular statements
of United States money as of Jan.
81, there is in circulation $780,
428.e59. Of this amount there is
S4,23O, 966,793 that is not backed
dollar for dollar in gold or silver.
The amount in circulation backed
dollar for dollar by gold and silver
is 81, 049 ,462 ,166.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
AN IMPORTANT TOWN

IT isn't often that the birthday celebration
Il of town of 1000 inhabitants becomes a
national event But when the people of Con-
cord. Mass. got together the other day to mark
their towns three hundredth anniversary, the
occasion was something for all America to
notice.
IN that fact there is a neat little object
lesson about the things that make city great.
Concord is a little place, and sleepy one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
Message Center

(TimeS readers are fnrited to cypress
their Uiet0S in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or less. Your
letter must be Signed, but names t0il
be 4oithheld at request OF the letter
t0riter.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
DAYBREAK
BY FREE LANCE

Beyond the clouds Of misty dews
The fairies fashioned thee silver
shoes
And wings of gossamer gold
To speed thy airy flight, as night
Grows pale and wan and old.
From eerie shadows, faint and far,
Where thou vert lowering, near i
STAR.
Swiftly trip thy dancing feet
Ger the crest Of the waking world
To cover nights retreat. and greet
The flaming banners Of day, un-
furledI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

An explorers wife put two weeks in bed
recuperating from four-nlile walk during one
of her husbands expeditions. shopping ex-
petition would have reversed the situation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
Daily Thought

And Jesus said unto him, Why
Why callest thou Me good? None is
good. save one, that is. God.-St.
Luke 1919.
LIE who loves goodness 3arbors
4 1 angels, reveres reverence, and
lives with God.-Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Hitler derides woman soldiers saying fight
ing is one thing only man can do. If Adolf
ever weds we predict, Immediately afterward
an epidemic of Nazi women battalions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

That Chicago woman didn't need to warn
police going to arrest her 96-year-old husband,
that he was a wildcat. 1t might take stiff
tussle but the average police squad would
eventually have him behind bars, wheelchair
and all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Instead of food, Chicago man buys liquor
with money obtained by pawning his wifes
false teeth. Now she can't even bite the hand
that doesn't feed her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Presidential Secretary Howe is recuper-
ating. Pro-Roosevelt Democrats seeking a
snappy 1886 slogan might consider him for
the vice presidency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Now that business men have one, congress-
men who are painting from the efforts to dodge
job-hungry and critical constituents could prob
ably stand breathing SPELL"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

According to the papers, Halle Selassie con-
tributed 100000 to the Ethiopian war fund.
He has probably been saving it for dry day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Nudists hold congress in New Jersey. 1t
probably was difficult to gauge the popularity
of various proposals. mosquitoes undoubtedly
being responsible for much of the applause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Detroit fair features hog calling. Evidently
the practice OF sending around the armored
car hasn't yet reduced it to the status Of
lost art.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

After that tragic italian flood and water
spout DIce continues to be held up by Ethio-
plan rains Its wonder he washes In the
treacherouS stuff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
So They Say

The narcotic Of Socialism in
Rooseveltism is just as potent in its
appeal to the unthinking as was
the opium Of Huey Longs undiscip-
lined promises.-Melvin C. Eaton,
New York Republican state chair
man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

According to Hitler, spade is "a gun of
peace" Even dictators. it seems, are afraid to
call it a spade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21
GEN. JACKSON FLEW STARS
AND STRIPES IN 1872

BY GIenna Shields.
In answer to Mrs. Roberton's let
ter. I wonder if you, being the
daughter Of a soldier, could be so
ignorant of history as to think the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

A test reveals that men can put on brakes
faster than women. But then the fair sex
is naturally reluctant to show it can stop car
in the middle of a block
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Whenever a power annoys Great Britain
it seems to be a matter of Quick, the feet!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

The fact that Ethiopians like to so bare
footed shouldn't deter shoe statesmen. Italian
liquid fire may have the natives running hell
bent for leather"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Control of liquor put under Franklin Chase
Hoyt." Bootleggers had better be wary, with
liquor enforcement handled by fellow whose
middle name IS Chase.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Laval doesn't want Ethiopian affair to be
called war" Judging by comparative arma-
ments of the Italians and Philippians, nobody
would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Celebrities are usually pleased to receive
keys to cities, but nowadays it might be diff
cult trying to get anybody to accept the Florida
Keys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Sing Sing gridders ready for opening game.
Probably can't wait to get their hands on the
opposing guards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-21

Young men and young women.
when you enter public life present
your honest convictions and let the
people reject them or accept them,
Senator Carter Glass, Virginia.
Signor MusSolini has told US
fine words may be beautiful. but
guns are more beautiful-Gilbert
Murray, chairman of the League of
Nations Union.
Whatever do won't be pro bono
publico. 1t will be for me, because
I've got to make some money
Hugh johnson, announcing his res
ignation from the post Of Works
Progress Director Of New York CITY.
When conservation meets private
or political profit, it is always de-
feated.-J. N Darling, head Of
United States Biological Survey.
just between you and me, when
they are spending millions and mill
lions every day, what's two billions
or more?-Gov. Martin L. Davey,
advocating bonus payment.
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