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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
SUGGESTS CLERGY FOLLOW
PATH AGAINST WAR
BY Hiram Lackey

By Hiram Lackey
Did we hear the best that the
ministers of indianapolis have to
offer The Times in its campaign
Of clear and honest thinking to
preserve peace? Monday in a
downtown church, the minister took
the attitude of the American clergy
of 1917. Apparently the pastor had
learned little in Is years.
An officer of the American Legion
gave short talk and furnished the
local color of jingoism.
The preacher used examples from
the barbarous days of Judea to
justify our patriotic nationalism-
the greatest foe of Christianity. Not
to mention our modern conception
of religious truths, in the light of
historical facts, the radiance of
which shines in the editorials of
The Times, the glaring incon-
sistencies and ignorance of the
clergy of 1917 must be disgusting
to all informed citizens.
We wonder what that wealthy
congregation which inherits intelli-
gence and every opportunity for
education thinks of the contradic-
lions inherent in that sermon.
In a crisis, is this the best that
we can expect from the church
which, denounced war so earnestly
few months ago? Will our
brethren learn nothing from the
priesthood who faced the firing
squads of Russia?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
SEES ROOSEVELT'S ELECTION
IN 1886 AS POSITIVE
By ]. B.

Dy >. ID.
After listening to the Presidents
speech to the young Democrats Of
America, am more convinced than
ever that he should be and will be
renamed President in 1886. He
seems to be the biggest and most
human leader Of the century. He
is a man with great knowledge Of
human needs and fulfllments.
1t is with a sense of relief that
look back over the last three years
and think of all the misery, hunger
and great insecurity which the
people Of the United States suffered,
and I realize that Franklin D.
Roosevelt renewed our confidence in
life.
With his courage, wisdom and
faith, he pulled us out of the black
ness of the worst depression in his
tory, put our feet on solid ground
once more and started us on the
road to recovery.
He has met many obstacles, has
faced many a crisis, but has main
tanned a stout heart, with but one
thought in mind, to aid humanity
and be fair TO all.
I read many glaring headlines in
the newspapers criticizing the
President. I believe that it is such
newspapers that create dissatisfac-
ton among our needy, with their
wildly exaggerated criticism Of
things which are being done to aid
the people Of America. 1t is such
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
JIM COUZENS AT GO

CENATOR COUzENS, the richest man in
~ the Senate celebrates his sixty third birth
day in a sickbed where he is rallying from
serious operation. A few words in appreciation
of his services as a statesman may not be
anliSs.
This Republican multimillionaire, like the
late Senator Cutting, is one of democracy's
stout bulwarks. Wealth never has blinded or
submerged him. AS Detroits Mayor he
worked for public monopoly for all utilities.
AS Senator he fought Andrew Melons lower
taxes-for-the-rich and other schemes designed
to help the privileged at the expense Of the
poor
Jim Couzens won his riches almost incred-
IDLY, by backing an obscure mechanic named
Henry Ford with $4,000 borrowed money. When
he went to the Senate he freed himself of the
dangers of self-nterest by putting his money
in government bonds. Railroad shipping
radio and other interests, meeting him across
the table as chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Committee, have found him an unbend-
ing peoples advocate.
Theodore Roosevelt once urged that each
of us keep clear of two besetting sins-hard-
ness of heart and softness of head" Couzens
does this. Generous to the unfortunate, kind
and approachable he is as a man. But as one
railroad official said: Meet him in opposition
to some public policy and you meet a blank
blank with steel gimlets for eyes," He is ten
der-hearted but tough-minded.
Washington needs more men like him. He
IS righteous in the biblical sense And right
eouSneSS eXalteth nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
DROUGHT THROUGH AGES

THESE periodic droughtS that are the curse
- of the American west are apparently a
very old story.
The National Geographic Society has been
studying weather conditions Of the long ago
in Arizona and New Mexico, and it has found
records Of a very destructive 23-year drought
which began in 1876 and caused the migration
Of Indian tribes from once fertile region Of
40 villages.
This drought took place about the time that
old Kublai Khan ruled in China and it turned
a fertile plain into desert The Indians
abandoned their villages forthwith and moved
on to greener fields, experiencing no doubt,
all the encouragement and heartaches that
our own farmers knew last summer
Some six and one-half centuries have
passed since-and the problem is still with us.
Fortunately, modern reclamation and 1oresta-
ton schemes do not condemn US to the only
solution the Indians could find-hopelesS
fight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

propaganda which stirs I'D a rest
less dissatisfied attitude in our
people toward conditions at a time
When America needs a united effort
by all to put things on solid ground
toward bringing peace, contentment
and social security to the millions
Of the nation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will get nv
vote and the vote of all who appre-
ciate his great efforts to save US
from destruction.
Three years ago was working for
SIS a week. The hourly rate was
very small. The employers were
wearing long faces, were worried and
were laying off men all around me
and even talking of quitting BUSH
ness. My friends were out of work
and their families in need. Now
they are all working again, the
bosses are wearing a smile and all
the employees are back on the pay
roll with full pay envelopes, thanks
to the NRA.
l am now making a living wage
and not worried as I was then. I
give all the credit to President
Roosevelt and his NRA. We are not
worried about who will Be laid of
next or when our next order is COM
ing in, but our only worry is about
how we are going to get all the
orders out in the run of a week.
1 feel sure that the people of the
United States will not want to 90
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
A STRONG LITTLE ISLAND

l. than q century considered England's most
important military post on the great trade
route TO India. Just at present it seems that
the tiny island of Malta is of almost equal
consequence.
If Gibraltar dominates the western end of
the Mediterranean Malta dominates the CEN
ter. 1t lies within easy distance OF Italy and
offers an impregnsble base for the British
fleet squarely across Italy's route TO Africa
In the present jockeying between these two
powers, Malta is a piece of vast strategic pow
er. Even more than Gibraltar. it rivets Eng
lands control over the waters about Italy. If
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
ASKS SHERIFF TO CHANGE
SIRENS ON CARS

By E. ].
In view of the moY ernent on foot
all over the world to do away with
street noises, feel in justice to the
business establishments downtown
and the employees thereof, partiou-
larly those in the vicinity Of Mary
land-st, that Sheriff Ray should
dispense with the blood-curdling,
ear-splitting sirens which are at
present used on the Marion County
Sheriff's cars, and use instead the
ordinary siren such as is used on
police cars, ambulanceS and fire
trucks.
I have yet to hear Of any acct
dents being caused by virtue Of pc
destrians or autoists not hearing the
sirens on ambulances, fire vehicles
or police cars, which have been in
use several years. I believe every
one will concede that they are suf-
ficiently penetrating. Why, then,
should Sheriff Ray and his depu-
ties use such excessively loud ones?
While the sheriff's cars are IN
the vicinity with these sirens blow
ing, business is temporarily halted,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
Derides Roosevelt Policies

By Walter C. Reese
Your editorial that Huey P.
Long got what he wanted-bright
lights and publicity-is just in line
with how the average paper feels
about the program Of the Admin
iStration. I refer you to the
American Progress" to show you
just what this Administration has
promised. Senator Long knew that
these measures were makeshifts,
that they would never settle the
problems that must be solved.
For instance old-age pensions
100000 were allotted to old-age
pensions, and there are 100000
persons more than so years of age
in the United States. This would
mean about ST for every man and
woman more than 60. What a
pension, much like the Indiana
old-age provision. When we give
old people a pension give them a
pension that will provide them
with comfort in their old age.
If there ever was farce it is
unemployment insurance. It
sounds good but wait until the
working people of this country
have deducted from their pay the
toll that it exactS and wait until
that fund piles up in some place
for two years and see where the
purchasing power goes. If 81 a
week were taken from the pay roll
OF every citizen in the United
States it would produce a panic
which would make this one seem
like a picnic.
AS to food cost, every one knows
that If the wheat and corn. meat
and hogs had been conserved that
food would have been within the
reach Of all and the government
would not have had to feed the
millions it is feeding today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
EAST SIDE GROUP
THANKS THE TIMES
By Charles Herman

By Charles Herman
The general committee Of the
Sherman-Emerson Civic League
wishes to thank you for your CO.
operation and for the publicity
given us through the columns Of
The Indianapolis Times in connec-
ton with the holding Of the Ninth
Annual Mardi Gras that was held
in this city July % to 81.
Your cooperation helped to make
this annual Mardi Gras one of the
most successful affairs of its kind
ever held by this organization and
we feel that with your assistance
and cooperation we will be able to
carry on successfully in our efforts
to promote the general welfare and
civic interests Of the East Side COM
munitieS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

as no telephone or other CONVEX
sationS can be conducted. If Mr..
Ray should question the truth of
this I would suggest that he ar
range to be in conversation in one
OF the establishments on MARYLAND
st and have one of his deputies, in
the customary manner, run his car
with the siren blowing, past the es-
Enlistment.
1 hope Sheriff Ray will give some
consideration toward doing away
with this present-day nuisance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

I believe that Senator Long
should have let this bill provid-
ing money for the New Deal eX-
perimentS pass in order to show
them up ana have the people
satisfied" They would have been
more disguised than they are now,
as it will take untold generations
to repay the money which this
Administration has spent fooliShly.
have seen supervisors of the
poor draw salaries that would have
kept ordinary families for three
months. The country is full of
these agents prying into the
homes of a haraSsed people, ask
ing what they wear, where they
spent their money and what they
eat. Money has been poured out
like water for social experiments
and the poor laboring man has
bowed his back to live on as lit
tie as IS cents week.
I have heard their tales until it
has made me sick. What does the
social worker care? Today the
Administration is faced with the
fact that it has failed the people.
With depleted purchasing power
they struggle to meet the high
cost of wartime prices that the
Administration has brought about
by controlled production, by kill
ing pigs, throwing away milk and
blowing under cotton. Nine mil
lion men still walk the streets in
despair. Where is social security
for these men, many of whom
never will be employed again?
The New Deal has done MOTH
ing for me but make me poorer,
and I am sure that there are
thousands of persons like myself
who will welcome the chance to
vote at an election-if we are
permitted to have an election
again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
AID TO BACKSLIDERS
IN NEED NOW

BY a Times Reader
1 am a reader of The Times,
having taken it regularly ever since
I've been married and have always
liked the paper because it prints the
truth regardless of what it is.
In answer to the message about
backsliders in your paper Aug. 81, I
trust you will give my letter con-
sideration in behalf and for the
benefit of backsliders.
I don't care who you are, if you're
away from God, he still loves you.
Jesus died to save you. God it no
reSpector of persons. Christ is our
example and in the name of our
Lord, let us put on the whole Chris
tan armor and follow after Christ
and do his will and help backsliders
as well as the unsaved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
20, 1885

back to the Hooverism of the Re-
publican party, or any other form
of government other than the one
which has done so much to restore
us to normal again.
Let us all go forward with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
The Message Center

Times readers are jnUited to cypress
their Uiers in these columns. Make Your
letters short, so all can hare q chance.
Limit them to ESQ q0ords or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names 40W
be t0tthheEd at request OF the letter
lCriter.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

British pressure, ultimately forces Mussolini
70 back down, the presence Of that rocky speck
OF land near Sicily, grit with fortresses and
equipped to launch paralyzing blow. will be
largely responsible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Reports that Germany is trying to get rid
of its Jews are malicious falsehoods. In view
of the recent Berlin beatings how could the
Nazis enjoy life without the Jews?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

London physician suggests that imbeciles
be put to death. Ridiculous! How would some
of our politicians get their votes?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

A woman. has designed garter for bow
legged men, so their trousers will fit properly.
The woman seemed to have been more en-
barrasSed than the men
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Senator Tydings boasts he rescued Secre-
tary of Interior Ickes from the claws Of a
crab. But what's one crab against so many
the secretary has to meet daily in Washing
ton?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
So They Say

I think, at a child's birth, if
mother could ask fairy godmother
to endow it with the most useful
gift, that gift should be curiosity
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In the human world, the men are
the best of everything. They are
the best cooks, the best milliners,
they build ships and the big
bridges and do all the important
work.-The late Mrs. Charlotte Per-
kins Gilman, writer and lecturer.
In Germany, Jew isn't a man.
In Germany, Catholic isn't man.
The one over there that is a man
is the one who has the blood of an
Aryan barbarian-Ex-G Governor AL
fred E. Smith.
The time has come TO put an end
to this hell-born business. 1 don't
want my boy to die to enrich some
body-Senator Homer T. Bone,
Washington, speaking in favor Of
neutrality bill.
With all Difference to the high Off
fee he holds today, tomorrow, ana
next year. the (1936 campaign is
sue is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Senator Lester J. Dickinson, Iowa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Americans are said to be buying IL times as
many things on the installment plan they
did year ago. despite the fact that they're
still paying on the last war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

That Denver teacher who regrets the pass
age OF strong Western cuSsing certainly will
admit there's still plenty of swearing, any
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

New Paris frockS have a militaristic touch
And, incidentally, it's only by means of mill
taristic touch that wife can buy one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Latest motto across the Atlantic seems to
be: Soak the French and save the franc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

If criticism OF the German Olympics con-
tinueS to grow, the meet will probably feature
only one race, the so-called Aryan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Philippians should be warned that the
Fascist salute of the Italian soldiers in Africa
doesn't mean half surrender.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Monaco, in Europe. fred its army of 76
men. The problem of disposing of the bar
racks may be settled by converting it into a
phone booth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

A pretty Chicago fan dancer jumped of
dock to save would-be suicide, when little
speciality number on shore might have changed
his mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
Upside Down

BY JOSEPHINE DUKE MOTLEY
My dreams are worse than pirate
kings,
They make me want so many things,
In Hoosierdom, I'm bound TO be.
Why should I, then, so love the
sea?
I love the boats that come and go, s
The waves that break, the sands
that glow;
And yet I'm chained, both foot and
hand
Forever doomed to live inland
Sometimes look up toward the sky
And watch the clouds go sailing by
And think my world is upside down,
My seas on top-ny sun mlghS>
drown.
How terrible if that were so,
Such circumstance would net but
woe.
Then right-side-up my world L
stand
And brace myself to live inland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

And don't think those new half-cent pieces
won't come in handy as campaign contribu-
tons next year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Ethiopian rains end. He'll still have Halle to
contend with.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Four times this year Cleveland music
store has been broken into and instruments
stolen. Undoubtedly an underworld band.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

If the United States gets into another war,
a sure way for US to win it quickly would be to
call the other side strikers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

Hoover says this is time when men would
rather be safe than free" One outstanding ex-
ample is Al Capone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29
Daily Thought

For they have sown the wind, and
they shall reap the whirlwind: it
hath no stalk: the bud shall yield
no meal: if so be it yield. the
strangers shall swallow it up
Hosea vi. Z.
UTICKEDNESS, when properly
w punished, is disgraceful only TO
the offender; unpublished. it Is dis
graceful to the whole. community
Charles Simmons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-29

New York police announce that they can
now identify hngerprints left on cloth. The
let is slowly closing about youthful Jam
purloineTs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-26
BEGIN HERE TODAY

Irene Gardner turns air stewardess 70
forget an unhappy love affair with Bart
Ralston. young inferno. Barts ruth
less pursuit Of his ambition leads him
10 cast Irene aside and become engaged
10 Peggy Reagan, petulant, spoiled b.
year-old daughter Of a famols surgeon:
absorption in her duties as ministering
angel to plane passengers. she in
dulges in saucy Tepartee with the pilots,
but her resistance 20 their casual love
making wins her the name Of hard
hearted Hannah" Daredevilish Barney
O'6ullivan coolly kisses her TO prove to
himself that IL can be done. And Irene
admits to herself that she likes il.
steve Reagan Jr.. possesses a friendly
charm that Irene finds restful. In
being with him. she is thrown into the
company OF Bart and Peggy. Bart has
tired Of his bargain with love. but Irene
calmly finds that his attentions no
longer interest her. Peggy. suspectIng
that Bart still loves Irene, openly haunts
flowers from a suitcr whose name she
keeps a secret The Jour go 10 night
club one evening. and Bart asks Irene
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-26
Air SteWardeSS
BIZ VIDA HURST
Copyright, 1895. BY Resister-Tribune Syndicate.

when it comes" she declared. i
may not live that long"
Then you do realize the danger
you are IMP"
IT never think Of it, Steve. If we
crash, we crash, but the chances are
against it."
IF you do, suppose you think it
would be worth it."
That's it, exactly. But I want
you to understand that if I were
going to marry any one, I'd ike for
it to be you"
In that case I shan't take your
refusal too seriously" Stephen said,
starting the car.
But I'm not going to see you
again!"
Why aren't you?"
Il told you"
That's no reason" he insisted.
"IIl see you alone when Bart and
Peggy aren't around. If you think
you can break with me for such a
reason as that, you're crazy"
But it won't work. Peggy won't
understand"
Probably not! Peggy is very fond
of you"
Irene wasn't certain of that, but
she had noticed that Peggy was
deliberately initiating Ruth Chat
terton. Since some one had mad
vertently given her the idea, every
move the girl made seemed to be
with the actress in mind.
I'm little worried about
Peggy" Irene said. "She goes
down to the hotels and smokes in
the Hobbies alone"
us that such crime?" Steve
asked indulgently.
"It isn't good for a girl to be
sitting around in hotels. Do you
think SOP"
mo, I don't. But if you knew
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-26

Peggy as I do, you'd realize it's
Just another fancy which she will
get over more quickly if nothing
is said. She will be as stubborn
as a mule if we make an issue of
it, but, if left alone, the chances
are she will tire Of that as quick
ly as she has Of her other fads."
IRENE hoped he was right, but it
Il was her private opinion that 1t
was this attitude on the part of
Peggy's father and brother which
had made her so undisciplined. She
couldn't imagine her little sister
Betty getting by with such things.
Robert Gardner was an adoring
parent, but if he had caught his
18-year-old offspring hangin G
around hotel Hobbies with a Gig
aret in her mouth, he would have
taken her home and padded her.
There was something to be said,
Irene decided. for the old-fashioned
system of bringing up children.
Her parents had been unSelfish
and loving, but there were some
things their children had known
better than to try.
While the daughter of a famous
intellectual person like DR.. Stephen
Reagan was allowed to work out
her own salvation. with lack of
restraint Irene considered pitiful.
1t was after 4 when Stephen took
her back to the apartment, and she
refused to see him that night say
ing, "I'll see you occasionally if you
like, but it will be better for us not
to be together too often"
The disappointment on his face
hurt her, but she was determined
to free herself from any further
connection with Bart and Peggy.
And she had spent SO much time
with Stephen she never had a