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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
CLOTHE-A-CHILD A SUCCESS

CLOTHE-A-C CHILD and Mie-of-Dimes donors de-
~ serve the thanks of the city They took care OF
1241 children in need of winter clothing-a
record.
When $4,000 is given in a drive of this kind it
means many persons have been touched by human
suffering
The Times takes no credit for the gratifying re-
spouse. The job done by its readers. We hope
however, that during the weeks of the fund-rais-
ing many gave thought to removing conditions which
make such efforts necessary. The war to end the
depression should be continued to eliminate
illness broken homes vicious housing and poverty.
The Christmas funds ways of treating the
symptoms of disease The crusade of the future
should get at the disease itself Meanwhile we thank
all the contributors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
FORWARD WITH NORMALLY

A NEW YEAR resolution all of us should make
n is to resolve to remember that now is normal
and 1886 is an eicction year in the United States
SO, based on the philosophy that whatever is to-
day is normal for today, must not forget that
certain things are normal for election years that
not SO commonplace in others.
In election years it is normal for the opposition
party to view with alarm" while the party in power
points with pride" 1t is normal at any time for
the outs to want to get in, but during an election
year is normal for them to become very vocferous
about it.
In the United States it is normal for conserva-
tive party pose liberal if that is the way the
popular wind blows and for candidates to confuse
issues by trying to be all things to all men, 1t is
normal for reactionares to encourage impossible
economic policies on the left with the hope of
storing themselves (radcas of the right to power
Sad to relate, for American democracy at least
it is normal during a campaign year to whisper
all sorts of poisonous and preposterors lies about
opponents.
But if we remember that these are the normal
things we can weigh them properly.
1t the late President Harding who advised a
return to normally Instead Of going back to that
vague estate of Never-Never Land, we moved for
ward to nonsense, called it Coolidge prosperity
and wound up in the Hoover crash
All CT which normal for that day and time
However, we should have learned this-we can be
normal and still be progressive.
At least we ought be intelligent enough to learn
from experience If SO, 1886 should be a successfully
normal year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
OTHER OPINION
A Merchant Approves
IE, A. Filene, Boston Merchant

e A. Filene, Boston Merchant
The New Deal seeks to revive
business by enabling the masses to
purchase it's products, and there
fore gives first attention to the well
fare of the masses. The Old Deal
places all emphasis on retaining
and reviving the traditional rights
and privileges of wealth. 1t is not
opposed necessarily to the masses
becoming prosperous; but insists
that they can do so only if We re-
sumo the course which led first to
the depression and then to the
crisis of 1888.
1t is not an issue, then, between
labor and capital; for whichever
method leads to lasting recovery is
best for capital and for labor, too
Nor is it an issue between agri-
culture and industry for if either
agriculture or industry is depressed,
the other is bound to become de-
pressed. The issue is one of how to
achieve recovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
THURSDAY. DECEMBER %. 1873
THE HOLIDAY RISK
a scRIPPs-BowAnD NEWSPAPER

DETWEEN now and New Years there is going to
~ be the greatest danger from reckless driving
the city has experienced The holiday spirit invites
recklessness 1t is safe to say there will be leap
in drunken driving, with consequent peril to pedes
TRANS and to people who take their driving re-
sponsibility seriously.
1t is hardly any to hope that advice and po-
Icing will curb the hardened violators, though the
police should be extra vgllant and severe. Every
person who values his life and property will eau
ton, especially during storms and at night.
The real hope is in education. Bergs cartoon to-
day puts a point valuable piece of education
the classes in automobile driving Z. the New Jersey
schools-Indiana and other states could well afford
to copy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
SAVED FROM THE BURNING

ME candles on your Christmas tree should have
- burned brighter this year in gratitude for all the
trees little brethren saved this year from the burn
ing
Reports from the Agriculture Department show
that the acreage of forests burned over during the
past only about 38 per cent of that devas-
tated in 1884 The forest fire record in the West is
lowest in five years. and second only to that of $780,
the banner year"
Weather conditions of course, must be given
chief credit for this good news. But sharing the
laurels is that busy and efficient army of young
woodsmen, the CCC. When the story of the Roose-
welt Administration is written this conservation work
will bulk large among its triumphs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
PRAISES TRUSTEE FOR
RELIEF WORK

BY Lover of Fair Play
There have been SO many COM
plants sent in by disgruntled re-
cipjents of trustee aid, that I feel
I must add my bit. It is not q
knock" but word of praise.
Being a widow with children and
having exhausted all other resources
l. was forced to apply for relief. 1t
was with fear that I entered the
building on Senate-av, having heard
some terrifying tales of how rudely
applicants were treated.
The man at the information table
directed me courteously to the appIi-
cation room where I was given a
blank to be filled out and notarized
Then I went to another department
where pleasant lady asked numer-
GUS questions.
The next day the investigator
called at our home and within "a
hours I received my first grocery
order.
With the withdrawal of Federal
olNA, lA4C 4OAUlA1C LIDO bCO44 OlAdLlSoCO
but at no time have I ever been
treated except as a lady. My visi-
tor has always been very fair and
nice and the supervisor has been
very square always. I have stood
in line, sometimes quite while,
but it was only fair to await my
turn. did answer numerous ques-
tons but that was no more than
any one asking financial aid from
any organization would have to do
At no time was I made to feel in
ferior or Inundated. As far as
can see, every one is treated fair
and. square. There always seems
to be a good reason for all aid CIV
en- or withheld.
It's hard to feed three people on
our 1920 weekly, but with the sur
plus commodities, we manage and
neither of my children is under
weight.
No, did not have any pull, being
stranger to all My case was de-
cided on its merits alone. So I say
More bouquets and fewer brick
bats"
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Questions and Answers

they do so only for. special pur-
poses. Usually they hide in dense
cover by day and roam for prey at
night.
(Which vitamins are in pine
apple juice?
Att is a good source of vitamins
A, B and C.
O-When was the last partial
eclipse of the sun visible in New
England?
A-Feb. 8, 1885.
Q-What is the title of the lullaby
sung by Ruth Chatterton in Sarah
and Son.?
A-"Wiegenlied," by Johannes
Brahms.
Q-How long is the Champs Ely
sees, in Paris?
A-One mile and a quarter.
Q-What does the name Flinter
mean?
At Is a British patronymic
name derived from locality and
means either son Of the stream,
or "of the fiint-stone.
Q-What year is specified in the
Veterans Adjusted Compensation
Act for final payment of bonuses?
A-The first payments are due in
1915, and thereafter in every case, 20
years after the date of issue Of the
certificates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
SEES HOOVER AS HUMAN,
LESS THAN HONEST

BY C. NJ. F.
Herbert Hoover entered the presi-
dency with promises to end poverty
He and his gang left the White
House four years later with the
financial structure of our nation on
the verge of collapse. Business was
nearly PROSTATE, riots and revolu-
ton threatened.
Measured by its events Hoover's
Administration was the most tragic
failure in the history Of the presi-
dency. Mr.. Hoover would be less
than human if he did not try to
defend himself against history
which leaves him so sore a case.
If he could set up an alibi that
would stick, then he could live out
his years in better humor with him
self.
Some time ago in the Saturday
Evening Post, Mr.. Hoover's appeal
from The verdict of events were pre-
sented at length by his former Sec
rotary, Mr.. Newton. In elaborate
detail he tried to show that of all the
men in the world, Mr.. Hoover was
less responsible for the troubles Of
his time and reign. In view of the
Superman which Mr.. Hoover was
proclaimed to be before his cleo
ton, this plea has a humiliating
side. Only weak man could have
been as impotent President as
Mr.. Hoover's defense makes himself
out to be.
It was in keeping with this cause
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when addressing any question Of fact
or information to The indianapolis
Times Home Service Bureau. Legal and
medical advice can not be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Be sure all mail is addressed to The
Indianapolis Times Home Service
Bureau. Frederick NJ. Kerby. Director,
1913 Thirteenth-st. n. W., Washington.
d. c.
Q-Is there special significance at
tached to the song Comm Through
the Rye?
Alt was a custom of lovers to
exact a toll of kisses when passing
each other on the stepping stones
of the Rye River, shallow stream
in North Riding, Yorkshire, England.
Q-What date in our calendar
correspondent with Dec "a, 1881. Of
the Greek Orthodox calendar?
Alan. 5, 1882.
Q-Where is Rostov-on-Don?
Alt is seaport CT Russia IN the
North Caucasian area, on the Sea Of
Azov. Is miles from the point where
the Don River reaches that sea
through a number of mouths.
Q-Do tigers ever climb trees to
watch for their prey?
AIN general, tigers are inhabi-
tants of woods and thickets, and al
though they can leap into or climb
trees, except perfectly upright ones.
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also were out of balance in the
sums of approximately $l00,000,000,
The present unbalanced United
States budget is a direct result Of
the Hoover policies. The Hoover
condition required the unbalancing
of the Federal budget to establish
economic recovery Because of this
the budgets of industry, agriculture
and local governmental units are
now largely balanced.
President Roosevelt's task was to
bring order out OF chaos and es-
tablish prosperity. This the Presi-
dent has done with business out Of
the red and the earnings of industry
and individuals improved. The ma
tional budget can and will be bal
anced Eight years of Roosevelt and
every platform pledge will be full
filed,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26

and desire that Mr. Hoover put
forth at st. Louis his panic alibi
The banking debacle with which his
Administration closed was not his
fault, but the fault of Mr.. RooSe-
welt.
The Hoover reasoning. With Mr..
Hoover defeated in November, 1882,
and the New Deal on the way in,
the country was convulsed by fears
Of what men it had elected might
do. There were fears Of imitation,
fears of going off gold, fear of an
unbalanced budget. Had President
elect Roosevelt followed MIR. Hoov-
er's advice and made pledges to al
lay these fears, all would have been
well.
What are the actual facts? Of
the four years Of Mr.. Hoover'S re-
gime, three Of his four budgets were
unbalanced, and they were getting
farther out Of balance with each
succeeding year And with his I'M
balanced budgets he was doing moth
ing in taking care of the destitute.
Mr.. Hoover blames the flight of
Great Britain from gold and later
a fear of Roosevelt for running our
banks. The British fight from gold
did not ruin Canadian banks. Not
one failed.
No one can blame Mr.. Hoover
for wish to escape the blame
for the worst economic debacle in
modern times. But if he keeps on
with such grotesque warnings Of
plain fact and simple sense as he
has been imposing on us thus far,
men of Level head will wonder
whether in being no more than hu-
man he isn't being something less
than honest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
RADIO IN CRIME WAVE

ID Ado again proved itself dependable guardian
N of the public when it brought about the capture
OF four heavily armed transients west of the city.
That, and the vigilance of Ralph Metcalf,
state policeman, were highlights of dramatic in
cident
The men. accused of robbing an armory in Texas
had in their car enough pistols and submachine
guns to a large part of gangland.
Metcalf is to be congratulated in his alertness and
the intelligent way in which he went after his
quarry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
DR.. HENSHAW'S ORDEAL

TINE sympathy of city and state goes out to DR.,
Frederic R. Henshaw, dean of the Indiana
University Dental School, in the death on Christmas
Day of his son Frederic
Young Mr. Henshaws record in school, college
and war was that of an Indiana citizen whose life
would have been fruitful had not tuberculosis ended
1t prematurely This ordeal is the difficult for
DR.. Henshaw because he is the only survivor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
RECALLS THAT MIR. HOOVER
NOURISHED PANIC BABY"

BY ". c. L., Bloomington
We note that the Chicago Tribune
says that Hoover and Roosevelt
share about equally" responsibility
for the so-called depression Cor
panic). Maybe so, but it will be
remembered Mr.. Roosevelt inherited
his portion of the baby, while Mr..
Hoover nourished and developed it
into a strong, rollicking youngster
and tossed it into the arms of the
New Deal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
On California Technic
OII Na1IIUIA IAe1 ACCIIIC
bruce Bliven, in The New RepubIic1

IBruce BIiven, in The New RepublicI
The booklet about California
distributed free to all passengers on
west-bound trains is a masterpiece
OF Misrepresentation by means Of
the camera.
The photographers have managed
to make California seem like
densely overgrown tropical jungle,
inhabited almost entirely by unclad
chorus girls, lying about in languor-
Gus attitudes.
7 understand there is a high
annual mortality among elderly
gentlemen who, after perusing these
booklets. get of and run ahead of
the train in the endeavor to arrive
little sooner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
BLAMES MIR. HOOVER FOR
UNBALANCED BUDGETS

BY Perry Rule, Bringhurst
Under the Hoover Administration,
the United States experienced the
most destructive depression in their
history Mr. Hoover and his ad-
visers were largely responsible for
conditions ensuing after his in
auguration. Unbalanced budgets re-
suited in all governmental units. The
budgets of industries and individuals
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26
LIGHT AND SHADOW
BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK

Light and shadow fall across
The brown patch of this ground,
Shadows breathe SO easily;
Swift movement without sound.
I would be the cherry flame
To bring you lovely light!
I would be the Swallowed room
To bring you peace at night.
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this hour of peril she should be swift to hear slow
to speak and slow to wrath" She should listen to
catch tinlid peaces faintest murmurngs, be slow to
turn deaf ear and slow to plunge the world into
new and bigger to check the small one now on
The world has found it difficult, without
the League. to spread confagraton. The test of
Geneva today is its ability to do Just the reverse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26

Times readers are tnt ited TO cypress
their Die10S in these columns. religious
controversies excluded. Make U0ur letters
short so all can hare chance. Limit
them to $50 t0ordS or less. Your letter
must be st0ned. but names aoiH be
1Cithheld on re0uestI
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DAILY THOUGHTS

But if We enquire anything con-
corning other matters, it shall be
determined in lawful assembly.
The Acts xix, 80.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-26

T Avs are like cobwebs, which
IL may catch small flies, but let
wasps and hornets break through.
Swift.
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The HOOsier Forum

wholly disapprove of a0hat you say-and a0W
defend to the death your right to sag it.-Votaire.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
YOUTH IS SHOT
GRABBING

MADISON, Wis, Oct. II G.N.S.),
Wayne Taliaferro, 10, colored, is
in a critical condition in a hos
pital here today, shot in the back
when he is said to have attempted
to attack a University Of Wiscon-
sin coed last night.
Walter Thompson, a policeman
assigned to guard the campus fol-
lowing two previous attack at
tempts, was hidden il. the chemis-
try laboratory when he saw Miss
Louise Mead. rs, a graduate stu
dent, turn down the path towards
the university theater
AS she approached the building,
he said, he saw a man rise from
the shrubbery, graz Miss Mead,
place a hand over her mouth and
drag her into the bushes.
AS Mr.. Thompson dashed out
the door the coed screamed and
her assailant bolted. The police
man fired two shots at him but
was outdiStanced in the chase.
A short time later Taliaferro
was taken to a hospital with bull
let wound in his back. At the
hospital Mr.. Thompson and the
coed identified the youth as her
attacker.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Reilly Discontinues
His Hauptmann Suit

TRENTON, N. j., Oct. II
U.N.SD.-Edward j. Reilly's suit
for $22,389 against Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, whom he defended
in the Pennington trial last win
ter, and C. Lloyd Fisher, Haupt-
nnann's present chief counsel, has
been dicontinued, it was revealed
today.
Mr.. Reilly brought the action to
collect what he asserted was the
amount due him for services and
disbursements. No reason was
given for the diScontinuance.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
CHILD RESCUED
FROM SNATCH

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa, Oct. IT.
State police from the sub-station
here today were searching the
mountains of Fulton county for a
man alleged to have seized 10
year-old girl as she was on her
way to school.
The girl. daughter of L. D.
Oakman, Licking Creek township,
was seized as she walked along
the Lincoln Highway. Approach
ing cars frightened the man and
he fled, pursued by Harry Oak
man, the little girls brother and
two carpenters, John Doyle and
Robert Fix, who were working
nearby.
The Oakman boy nearly cap
tured the asSailant.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
ASSURE TRADE,
SIBLEY URGES
PRESIDENT

ELPHIA, Oct. II
UN.S0-Declaring vital business
problems remain unsolved, Presi.
dent Harper L. Sibley, of the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce today called on the Roose-
welt administration for a convinc-
ing assurance of stability in order
that business may forge ahead.
Such an assurance. he said, will
allow business and industry to go
forward. Lack of such assurance,
he added, will throw insurmount-
able obstacles in the path.e
Mr.. Sibley spoke at the annual
centenary lunch of the Phila-
delphia Chamber of Commerce.
Economic conditions of the pres
ent are in many respects unSound,
charged the speaker. He asserted:
"They substitute for definite
policy and custom the shifting
sands of political expediency."
ASSAILS TAXATION
Mr.. Sibley picked out new tax
policies, lavish expenditures, un-
balanced budget, and laws "aS yet
not passed upon by the courts"
as stumbling blocks. Congress
has not resorted to time -honored
remedies in writing many of the
new laws, he went on, adding:
ut has followed the pro-
cedure of expanding political
control over the mobilization
and distribution of credit"
Currency deflation, the 1890
million-dollar work-relief fund,
new trade policies, rising living
costS-these and many others
were listed as ailments of eco
nomic America today. Mr.. Sibley
added:
There is scarcely a field Of
economic activity in which the
outlook is not ObScured by un-
certaintieS arising out of changes
In governmental policy.
COURSE OF ACTION
~ 10 az least SAuAC1y-CSpCCldA"
" so on an occasion like this
to ask ourselves whether we
are shaping q course which will
encourage business to exert its
efforts to the fullest possible ex.
tent to the end that production
may be expanded, the national
income may be increased, taxa
tion may be held within con-
structive limits, employment may
be stimulated, the necessity for
retreat may be leSSened and the
nation may get back on a firm
financial footing"
Business can accomplish the de-
sired ends. Mr.. Sibley concluded,
but to do this it must be aided by
the proper assurance. In that way,
and only in that way, he asserted,
can business go ahead.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Judge Settles Fish
Dispute for 7 Pals
By Eating the Prize

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 17.-When
two local sportsmen, William U.
McCready and Louis DeAlba could
not decide which of them had
landed 12.pound blue fish yester-
day, Judge Linwood L. Clark. Of
the Anne Arundel county circuit
court offered to lend his judicial
assistance.
He decided he would eat the
fish in dispute.
The party were on a trip with
Mayor Louis N. PhippS when De-
Alba hooked the big fish and was
unable to land him as his reel
jammed. McCready reached for
the line and pulled the fish in
hand over hand.
Judge Clark failed to land any
himself during the entire trip.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
WOMAN IN RED
BLUE TODAY

CHICAGO, Oct. II Q.N.sO.
The woman in red" was blue
today. Her dash and defiance
was gone.
The courage which enabled her
to lead John Dillinger to his
death at the hands of Omen
had wilted.
Though she continued her bat
tie against deportation to Ru.
mania, her fight was half-hearted
following the decision Of Federal
Judge John P. Barnes yesterday,
when he refused to give her
redress for her bad bargain with
Uncle Sam.
All evidence on the betrayal OF
John Dillinger by the woman in
red." Mrs. Anna Sage, was ruled
extraneous, leaving the proceed
ingS based only on whether she
had received a fair hearing be-
fore immigration officials.
Mrs. Sage had charged that
Melvin Purvis, former head of
the Chicago office of the Bureau
of Investigation of the Depart
ment Of Justice, had promised
her the deportation proceedings
against her would be dropped if
she delivered Dillinger into his
hands.
She kept her part of the bar
gain and demanded the Govern
ment to do as much.
Mr.. Purvis has admitted he
promised Mrs. Sage he would
recommend" the proceedings be
dropped, but that his superiors
in Washington refused to heed
his recommendation.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
BENNETT FEARS
INITIATION

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. IT
G.N.SO National bank ruptcy,
reputation or currency initiation
are the alternatives facing this
country unless huge Federal ex-
penditures are halted, declares
Carl P. bennett, chairman of the
National Economy Leage. He
said here:
Imitation is already upon us.
The credit initiation that is al
ready taking place and is being
accentuated every day, is a step
ping stone to ultimate initiation
of the currency"
Soak the rich" programs and
broken campaign pledges were de-
nounced by Mr.. bennett as the
creations of "DemagogueS and
self-seeking politicians" deliber-
ately planned to fool the
people"
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
DR.. StoCkdaIe Talks
Al Baptist Meeting

DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor
of the First Congregational
Church, was the speaker last
night at the seventh annual seS-
sion of the Negro Baptist conven-
ton of the District of Columbia
at the Second Baptist Church.
The convention will be ad-
dressed today by DR.. Oscar Lee,
professor in the school of religion
at Howard University, and Major
Campbell Johnson. executive Secre-
tary of the Twelfth Street Branch
Y. M. C. A. Final sessions will be
held tomorrow.