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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

I TITLE Capt. Ramon Franco, the distin-
IL guished Spanish aviator, was guest of honor
at cocktail party given by Capt Jose Vidal
military attache of the Spanish embassy
The diminutive Franco attended wearing an
ultra marine blue uniform decorated with gold
braid. His black, tousled hair was uncombed.
His black tie was unfaStened.
How long are you here, mi capitan?" in
quired guest.
Three or four months" responded Ramon,
glanclng uneasily about
The truth of the matter is that the estimable
Ramon is none too popular with the Spanish
embassy staff.
Ramon was one of the first members of the
royal Spanish air corps to mutiny against King
Alfonso He flew an airplane over Madrid,
dropping thousands of pamphlets insulting the
royal family and urging fellow-officerS to revolt
native Andalusian, Ramon appreciates good
Anoalusian sherry, but never drinks it. He
smokes neither cigarets nor cigars, his only
Stimulant being deep draughtS of revolutionary
activity. Fellow-officers refer to him admir-
ingly as eel gallito" (the little fighting cock)
Citizens OF Madrid also have numerous pet
names for him.
Many American Army officers and their
wives, and most of the foreign military attaches
attended the cocktail party, passing in line to
shake the hand of one of SPANS premier flers.
Jolly Minister Otto Wadsted of Denmark is
" Ue11liIely opposed 10 GLOS6 large picture mats
sometimes worn by charming women.
Yesterday Envoy Wadsted narrowly avoided
disaster when he attempted to speak to the
wearer of one of the chapeaux during a recep-
ton.
How do you do?" he began.
The hat-wearer turned and the board brim
nearly swshed off eyeglasses, ear and cigaret
Fortunately, Otto-by a def twist-sawed all
three.
He nearly lost everything" remarked an OBJ
servant diplomat.
But never his temper or his politeness, "
truthfully countered another diplomat
CENATORS have been commenting very freely
~ on Huey Longs masterpiece of oratory last
Monday before the assembled Senate, and max
ing rather sarcastic and cutting jeSts
No one, however, wants to be quoted Each
Senator appears to be somewhat in awe of the
Kingf1Sh, and hence the quotations can not be
Observation-Disclosures The writer knows who made
the remarks.
One legislator observed to group of friends:
I'm in favor of letting Huey Long have the
floor every Monday. That's wash day, you know
and Huey will be able to launder Louisiana's
soiled linen in public"
Another Senator exclaimed:
81 felt should tell him to talk little more
softly as lot of people in the gallery were try
ing to sleep"
A third Senator:
"Kingfish, is he? Blowflsh sounds more like
| it to mel"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1895.
SOCIAL SECURITY

THE Administration lOng-aWaited social
- security program writes American history.
1t is the turning Of page, the beginning Of
new chapter. Only three years ago our Federal
Government was refusing to accept even the
duty of bare hunger relief Yesterday it as
sumed responsibility for at least minimum Of
security for Americas NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ployment insurance. old-age pensions and in
surance, aid for widowed mothers and orphans,
and the promise of later health insurance.
For the first time the Government proposes
to write into our laws the principle that indus
try must help to care for its own casuals. At
last we are dropping the callous system of
devil-take-the- hindmost. The harsh facts of
machine civilization, driven home by the de-
preston. have turned US into realists.
The Presidents program. as covered by the
Wagner security bill, is criticised by die-hards
as a radical departure from American tradi-
tons Radicals assal it as too timid. To us it
seems an effective starter In general the
states are to remain laboratories experiment.
ing with different plans under Federal guild
ance and minimum standards.
It is not paternalistic For those now in
need of the relief provided in the measure
the Federal Government would assume some
s1OOOOOOOO of the burden for the fiscal year
These Federal grants would go to states for
pensioning the aged poor, caring for needy
widows and dependent children, financing GER
tain health measures This would reduce the
present Federal relief load.
Otherwise, except for relatively small adj
ministrative costs. the states and industry
would finance the security program In some
cases industry alone would contribute to I'M
employment funds and in other cases the
workers would pay share.
Every industrial country, except ours, long
ago established some such system Many have
gone much further
Doubtless Congress will amend certain de-
tails of the Roosevelt proposal after hearings.
But there is need for haste in adopting the
measure. The "A state Legislatures now meet
ing should know as soon as possible what laws
they must adopt to carry out their part of the
cooperative project.
OF course no program of this type will pro-
vide national economic security in any basic
sense. At best it can and should take care of
the victims of our economic and social systems.
That is one job. But there is also the funda-
mental task of reforming our economic system
that it will no longer cause mass unemploy-
ment and poverty that has to be cared for.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
BELIEVES TOWNSEND PLAN
WILL WORK PROFITABLY

BY Subscriber.
1 am a constant reader of The
Times, the editorials and the Mes
sage Center.
I make a study of DR.. Harry Ell
mer Barnes for information on eco
nomic questions. I am much inter-
ested in the letters and wish to
congratulate Elmer j. Martin on
his ably written letter of Jan. 5. It
certainly expressed my sentiments.
I am for the Townsend old-age pen
sion plan. I would not be benefited
directly, as I am not eligible myself
and my parents have died.
DR.. Townsend is the greatest man
since Abraham Lincoln. He has
created a plan to lift the suffering
masses out of poverty and degrade
ton, and thereby raise the world to
higher spiritual plane. If this
plan is denounced as fantastic" by
some, others think it very practical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
SEEKS 3-YEAR DELAY
ON MORTGAGE COLLECTIONS

By w. z. Martin.
I would suggest that you write
to Gov. McNutt and all members of
the State Legislature to enact into
law a moratorium on all mortgaged
property for period of three years.
This law has been enacted, I think,
in seven of our states at the pres
ent time, and we in Indiana are as
worthy as the mortgagors in the
other states.
We do not want to repudiate our
debts, but we want time to recover.
If the depression is lifted in three
years we can cancel our mortgages.
If not, We will all go down in bank
ruptcy. Gov. McNutt, in an address
in Anderson, favored a one-year
moratorium. Now I am positive one
year is not sufficient.
Hoping all mortgagors get busy at
once on this needed legislation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

tenn the service was excellent and
never had any trouble in transact
ing my business, now it is necessary
to wait from 40 minutes to an hour
on one little matter. Even in the
drivers license department one can
not get service.
1 have made several inquiries try
ing to find out what the trouble
might be and am listing below my
findings:
1t was recommended to the Gov
ernor that the department could be
run with fewer employees, resulting
in the dismissal and transferring of
several men and women; now it is
necessary that the employees now on
duty work from a. m. to p. m.
and from p. m. to 10 p. M, total
ing IL hours; that's NRA in our
Statehouse.
Employees are not allowed to stay
on one job until they become efn-
Gent, but are transferred from one
job to another, and those efficient
on one particular line of work aIe
not allowed to do this work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
ORGANIZER, EDITOR ARE
PRAISED BY WORKER
By a Times Rea der.

By Times Reader.
After such a wonderful meeting
Saturday morning, I feel that I've
just got to express my feelings. 1t
was a mass meeting of the Amer
lean Federation of Hosiery Workers
and William Smith, who was our
strike leader and organizer last fall
and spring, was the chief speaker.
What a welcome he received. It is
wonderful how just one man can be
SO beloved by so many people. 1t
was thought for a time by so many
that he was to blame for our de-
feat in the strike, but it certainly
was made clear that he was not.
And the welcome that he received
in indianapolis proved that all of
us have the utmost faith in him.
I want to compliment you for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
DANGERS OF HOLDING
COMPANIES OUTLINED
By George Gould Hin,

By George Gould Hine.
Every organization which has not
yet passed anti-Communist resolu-
tons should do so at once. There
are two organizations which stand
out conspicuously as having utterly
failed to realize the seriousness OF
the situa ton. One of these is the
Society for the Prevention Of
Calling Pullman Car PorterS
George. The other is the ASSocia-
ton for the Establishment of a
Home for Unhappy Cowboys.
They don't seem to realize that
the Communists polled 102,991 votes
at the last presidential election
But this is not all. They can soon
know all if they will now promptly
fall in behind DR.. Wirt's red shirt,
now being waved by Dynamite du
Points Liberty League. When they
have once galloped safely into Wall
Streets coral, it will then be all
right for them to look back. They
can then see plainly that they have
been pursued, not by 102,991 rabbits,
but by a clear ma ority, consisting
of "a million fire-spitting dinosaurs
Let the two organizations now
take little look at this: One OF
these dinosaurs stood up on the
floor of the House last week and
spat fire at holding companies. The
Brain Trust had been digging again
and Chairman Rayburn Of the Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce laid the disrespectful re-
suits bare, in part, as follows: THE
result of the ingenuity of able law
yers to persuade legislatures to write
cunning statutes and courts to place
shrewd constructions on the stat
utes, has given the American peo-
pie a master in the form of the
holding company. This master Is
soulless. inprsonal. intangible
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
TOWNSEND hackers FAR
FROM PASSIVE, SHE SAYS

BY a Readers Wife.
Westbrook Pegler is an excellent
writer. I envy his pithy express
sion.
His use of the title "mahatma" in
connection with DR.. Townsend is
probably meant as joke; however,
there is some justification. Dr.
TownSend's followers are equally as
jealous as those of Gandhi, but
there is little difference. Gandhi
preached passive resistance to try
to gain liberty for his followers;
DR.. Townsend breaches active re-
sistance to all congressional oppo-
sition. His workers are elderly
people suddenly turned statesmen
for his plan. Go into one of their
meetings and try to pan the doc
tor and you'll see if they are pas
sive. Well, 25,O0O,OoO voters can't
be wrong-in America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
COMPLAINS OF SERVICE
IN LICENSE BUREAU
By a Business Man,

DIV busIntss MAN.
1 am just wondering if Gov. Nc
Mutt is aware of how our State Lii
cense Department is fui1ctioning.
1t is necessary in my business to
come in contact with this depart
ment quite often and must say
that something drastic has certainly
happened since the installation Of
their new system; whether 1t is the
system or the straw boss" I am
unable to say.
Prior to the time Of the new sys-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

having such an editor as Mr.. Powell.
He gave a wonderful talk about or
ganized labor and he has proved
more than once his friendship by
printing in your paper things that
the other papers absolutely refused
to recognize. We thank him sin
cerely.
I was boarder at the Real Silk
mill and haven't been working since
the strike started, April 6, along
With 80 more in that department.
But being out almost year has not
dampened the union spirit and
some day I know that we will be on
the other side of the fence, knowing
that we got there by fighting for
what one of our officials called our
"God-given rights"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
CLOTHES
BY DAISY MOORE BYNUM

BY DAISY MOORE BYNUM
Today I walked out, dressed for
Spring,
A pessimist stood near.
Such clothes as you have on" she
said,
"Will give you cold, my DEAR"
She froze me with her dire precept.
With fear I gazed around.
Bright dandelionS, in yellow dress,
Looked up from grassy ground.
1T isn't clothes that give us colds"
Il didn't know twas true.)
Its shrinking dread that makes US
chill,
I fear, my dear, for you"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
FERA WORKER CHARGES
HE WAS SHORTCHANGED
By FERA Worke

BY FERA Worker.
am writing regarding back pay
on the FERA. have been working
at the indianapolis Abattoir Corp.
for two months and I have received
my check correctly until a month
ago when 1 was short So and 1 have
not been able to get it. I have seen
almost every one but the Governor
and 1 guess I'll have to see him be-
fore get it.
You may print this if you like
then perhaps the persons involved
may feel ashamed Of themselves
that they are taking food from my
family'S mouths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
So They Say

The human race is evolving into
a broader sense Of international re-
lation, but the speed of the evolu-
ton is bitterly slow.-Leopold Sto-
kowski, famous conductor.
In this emergency, industry and
agriculture must unite to stem the
tide. Their interests are identi-
cal; they are both proprietors.-
John c. Gall, associate counsel, Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
The best pass defense is a prayer.
Coach Bernie Bierman OF Mime
sofa.
We are on our way, better pre-
pared to think things through
soberly than ever before.-Com-
merce Secretary, Daniel c. Roper.
The ship of the New Deal is not
manned exclusively by Galahads.
Political considerations control
great mass Of appointments.-Dr.
Frederick c. Mills, president, Ameri-
can Statistical Association.
The great failure of the present
British government in the Far East
is that it did not cooperate whole
heartedly with the United States
when Secretary Of State Stimson
protested against Japan's absorption
of Manchukuo.-Phillip Henry Kerr,
marques of Lothian.
advocate relation as the remedy
for the emaciation of defation.-
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
Daily Thought

Therefore I say unto you, What
things soever We desire, when ye
pray, believe that We receive them,
and We shall have them.-St. Mark.
XII, "a.
A WISE man will desire no more
"A than he may get justly, use
soberly, distribute cheerfully and
leave contentedly.-Burton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

The mistake other Pacific fiers made was
to fly away from the United States and all the
while it has been such an easy mark.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

Amelia Earhart left her husband in Hawaii
and few to San Francisco to get home before
him and prepare his dinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18
The Message Center

(Times readers are tnUited to cypress
their Utet1s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all car. have a chance.
Limit them to ESQ oords or Iess.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

The wonder is that the Saar problem has
been solved without getting Washington to
send battalion of marines over there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

Now Austria, for its independence, is de-
pendent only on France and Italy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

aOholy disapproUe of achat yOu sag and wM
defend to the death your right to sag it-Voltaire
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-18

The best pass defense is a prayer.
Coach Bernie Bierman OF Mime
sofa.
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The Indianapolis Times
"a soRIPPs-HOwARD NEWSPAPER

Phone Riley a5s1
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-29
WAR MATERIALS
SOLD TO ITALY

New York, Aug. 29.-(UP).-
John II. Shaw, counsel-general of
Ethiopia, expressed skeptlcism to-
day that the neutrality act rushed
through congress will do much to
prevent the shipment OF arms and
munitions to Italy. .,.
Meanwhile unofficial sources es-
timatad that at least $$3.000,0OO
In war materials of various descrip-
tons have already been sold to
Italy by American manufacturers.
The figure, admittedly incomplete,
was based on information from
Washington.
Shaw pointed out that the neu.
tralty act does not embargo the
arms traffic until war actually be-
gins.
"And what Will, happen?" he
asked, ~ Italy attacks without de.
clarlng war as Japan attacked In
Manchuria | don't imagine that
the president of the United States
would care to declare a state of
war In existence"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-29
Third Party Boomers All
Dropped Out; Except Hearst

cambridge Colby, secretary of
state in the Wilson cabinet, with
drew from the field of discussion
after launching a trial balloon
yesterday In the form OF an an.
nouncement that leading conserva-
tive democrats will meet soon in
formal conference on anti-Roose-
welt action. He did not reveal the
names of the men he said would
participate, and disclaimed any
position of leadership for himself.
Former Governor Joseph B. Ely
of Massachusetts,, mentioned as a
possible anti Roosevelt presidential
candidate, said he had no connec-
ton with any proposed third party.
Lewis w. Douglas, director of the
budget under President Wilson,
took the same tack when asked
about reports that he might be
Ely's running mate.
1t was reported Smith has been
invited to join the insurrection and
had listened not too coldly. Hearst
gave him a resounding boost to-
ward a presidential nomination.
HE is the accredited leader of
the genuine democratic party" the
publisher said. He was their lat
est presidential candidate. His
principles are the historic princi-
pies Of the party.
Associated With him should b>
some notable southern democrat
like Governor Ritchic. or Senator
Byrd, or Governor Talmadge."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-29
MANY PROJECTS
ARE THROWN OUT

Washington, Aug. 29-UP) -
Public works administration Har-
old L. 1ckes today notified 1856
counties and cities that works pro-
gress administrator Harry l.. Hop
kins had refused their application
for $40, 16S,359 of work-relief mon
ey for construction projects,
He instructed the applicants to
modify their requests to meet Hop
kin's objections and refile them by
Sept. II, when the advisory allot-
ment board will hold its last meet
ing.
Hopkins threw out 292 applica-
tions because permanent employ
mcnt costs were too high; 30 be-
cause they would not give sufficient
employment; Is because of high
material costs; 16 because not
enough money would go for labor;
and 81 for miscellaneous reasons.
The S49,16S,359 represented 40
per cent of the projects costs -
the amount the government grants
outright. TO augment the fund, po-
lltical subdivision had agreed to
put up about $55, 100000
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-29
PRESENTIMENT
WILL OF ROGERS
FILED in COURT
Was Dated Just Twelve
Days Before He Started
on Fatal Ride

Hollywood, Aug. 2s--(UP)-A
"presentiment will" by which the
late Will Rogers, cowboy philos-
opher, made his widow sole heir to
his estimated $5,000,000 estate was
on file here today. The will was
dated Aug. 3, just 10 days before
Wiley Posts airplane plunged into
an icy Alaskan stream, bearing the
humorist and the round-the-world
flyer to their deaths. Whether Rog-
ers had presentiment of death
before he took off on the Alaskan
trip probably never will be known.
His gay bearing before the trip
would seem to deny 1t. But actors
are prone to believe in signs and
portents, and many here today
thought that Rogers must have
heard a faint warming"
The will, written on single
sheet of paper, was cached In the
probate clerks safe, and copy
was placed in the files. ,
Terms of will
It read:
II, VIII Rogers, hereby publish
and declare my will:
"My wife's name Is Betty Rogers.
I have only three children now liv-
ing, namely, Will Jr., James and
Mary Rogers.
IT give, devise ana bequeath all
Of my property, both community
and otherwise, to my wife, Betty
Rogers.
I'm the event my wife should
not survive ne, I give, devise and
bequeath all Of my estate to my
children who shall survive me,
share and share alike. Provided,
however, that should any Of my
children predecease me leaving is
sue, the share to which such de-
ceased child would have been en-
titled IL living, I give, devise and
bequeath to his or her issue.
IT hereby appoint my wife, Bet
ty Rogers, o. N. Beasley of Bever-
" Hills, Cal, Oscar Lawlor and
James X. Blake as executors there
of. Should my wife not survive me
appoint my son, VIII, Jr.. In her
place as such executor and direct
that no bond be required Of my
wife or son as executor.
"Sigred, Will Rogers"
Ewing Halsell of Vanita, OKLA,
ant. Il. N. Vail of Jaloma Ranch,
Santa Barbara county, were wit
nesses.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-29
MANY DEATHS ON \
LABOR HOLIDAY
ARE EXPECTED
Between $50 to 4SO viii
Be Killed; Thousands
to Be Injured

Hartford, Conn, August 20 49,
(UP) - Between $50 and 400
persons will be killed ana from
5000 to 10000 persons injured
in automobile accidents through
out the country over the Labor Day
orliday weekend, It was estimated
by statlsticians of the Travellers In
surance Company today.
Their computation was based on
the experience Of September, 1884.
when fatalities aggregated 144
daily.
4 From September to December
inclusive, 1t was estimated fatali-
ties would run between $4,000 and
1900, (which would be the heav-
lest toll Of life of any four-month
period Of the year."
Close 90 High Mark
with approximately 21,5O0
deaths from street and highway
accidents the first eight months Of
this year." a company announce
ment stated today,s the total IA
talities will be close to last years
high mark Of $4,000 killed"
September, with five Sundays
and q triple holiday, may be one Of
the worst months in the year for
accidents and deaths, 1t was noted.
!, Usually September marks the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-29
BY FRED MYERS

xUnfted Press stan Correspondent
New York, Aug. 20 (UP)--Ears
were plastered to the grass roots
all along Postmaster General
James A. Farley's political fences
today. listening for reactions to an
announcement that some of the ma
tons most prominent democrats
may form constitutional" party
to defeat President Roosevelt next
year.
First reverberations came from
William Randolph Hearst publish
err. denying a, report that he would
support the presidential candidate
OF the proposed third party. He
left an impression, however, that
he might favor such party.
He does not, he said positively
in = front page editorial in all of
his newspapers. like Mr.. Roosevelt,
and he even suggested that reg
1llarY democrats sue to prevent the
Roosevelt socialist democratic"
party from using the historic party
label.
He said Alfred e. Smith. with
whom he had been at odds since
1918. would be an ideal candidate.
He said republican nomination OF
Herbert Hoover would be ''cal-
Nmity," and he mentioned approx
inRIy the prospective 8. o. p. eau
dldaeles af Frank Knox. Chicago
hnbIiAiior, and Governor Alfred
Lan4on OF Kansas.