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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
HE BELIEVES IN
ROOSEVELT PROGRAM

By Ex-TaXpayer
The Republicans would have you
think that our President is the
greatest menace to the safety and
survival of the United States since
the Civil War.
I was Hoovered out of my home
early in the slump and haven't paid
many taxes since, so maybe I
haven't much right to horn in on
how the government is run, but
when somebody is trying, when he
is really doing things and getting
little credit even for effort, then I
have to get in my oar.
President Roosevelt will be re-
membered for a great many fine
deeds long after the Republican
Party has finally realized it is dead
and submitted to burial. (The health
laws, by the way, should apply to
dead political parties as well as
dead individuals. It's a question Of
the stencil, if nothing else)
If Mr.. Roosevelt spends only
one-tenth of that famous $4,880 000,-
600 for the great conservation prof.
ects that he has in mind it will
Justify the entire amount. Our ma
ton will be doomed if the fertility
of the soil is lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
SUGGESTS IMPROVEMENT IN
AIRPLANE CONTROL

By F. S. c.
1t has only been recently that I
have been persuaded to go up in an
ailplane. I am frank to admit that
my first ride was a tonic to frazzled
nerves and I Immediately became a
plane fan. Since then I have flown
some 1900 miles and never felt
the least bit Of anxiety.
But the Dick nett-Burnside
Smith crash the other day has shat
tered my faith a bit. I have been
trying to figure out just how such
seemingly unnecessary crash could
have occurred. The reports say that
the plane took of from Helena,
Mont, in terrible weather which
caused transport pilots to turn back.
If this is the case the Arnetts should
never have been allowed to start.
If by no other way, legislation
should be enacted causing all ships,
private or transport, to report to
airport officials before taking of and
to abide by expert advice as to
whether a taka-off is deemed o. k.
Also I would like to see the De-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
So They Say

My chief indictment of the Ad-
ministration's agricultural program.
with the possible exception of the
Farm Credit Administration, is that
it entirely ignores the brains and
ability of the average farmer
Frank E Gannett, New York pub
Usher.
The intellectual curiosity of youth
must be satisfied Politics, eco
Monies, history, sociology-these are
matters of prime interest to mod
ems. The cinema must attempt to
satisfy that curiosity and forget it's
eternal preoccupation with love
stories.-Alexander Korda, British
director.
What has become Of representa-
tive government in these United
States when the President can say:
Only on this kind of bill will I let
Congress vote? I'd rather die and
go to hell than submit to such high
handed tyranny.-Senator Long.
I do not believe women's demon)-
stration and protests against war
are Of any consequence. In N.Y.
opinion, no organization in any
country can stop war if war once
begins.-Dr. P. H. Munich, Denmark
foreign minister.
Eligible bachelors are hard to
find. If they're very eligible, they
don't stay bachelors.-Nfae West.
A bunch is an intangible thing
that grips your soul, and it is val
liable if you have the nerve to act
and the courage of your convictions.
Marion Hollins, California busi-
ness and sportsWoman.
don't think we can go home
and face the people unless we do
something; if we don't, God help
the Democratic and Republican Par
tieS-Senator Homer T. Bone.
Washington, referring to neutrality
issue.
1t is a great mistake to say we
have property or privileged class
in this country. Lincoln said prop
erty is only the fruit of labor.-Ex-
Gov. Alfred E. Smith.
Those words freedom" and "op-
portunity" do not mean a license to
climb upward by pushing other
people down.-PreSident Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
TRACK ELEVATION

INSTRUCTIONS tactics again threaten
~ to further postpone the South Side track
elevation project.
Mayor Kern and the City Council have
included funds in the 1886 budget for ma
terials to be used in the adjustment OF dan
gerous railroad crossings
While the council was adopting the budget
representatives of civic organizations threat
ened legal action to block the plan to raise
necessary funds by tax.
Unless the city is placed in position to
share the cost, the Federal government viii
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
Bemoa11s Railroad Program

By the Employees Committee
I am writing you in behalf of
1000 railroad employees in this
city, wondering if you would be
kind enough to print the follow
ing in the Message Center of your
paper at your earliest conven-
fence.
AS you are no doubt aware, a
move has been on foot for the
last year to consolidate all the
railroads in this city with the
Pennsylvania and Big Four. This
would mean that these two rail-
roads would take over the bust
ness of the Baltimore & Ohio,
Monon, Illinois Central and Nick
ell Plate in this terminal and close
up the shops, yards, freight houses
and all other facilities of these
railroads, throwing all these men
out of employment into a field
now over crowded with unem-
ployment.
Just recently we have been adj
vised by reliable authority that
this move is to take place in the
next few weeks. Of course we
have been told that the provi-
sions of the Transportation Act
would take care Of these employees
who would be thrown out of work.
But we do know that up to date
the only consideration has been
given to how many men they
could eliminate and how much
money they could save by this
consolidation.
We are fully aware that the
railroads are in a very bad shape
financially, but this is not due to
the employees. These employees
have worked faithfully for years,
some of them have worked their
entire lives for one company. If
this consolidation would take eff
feet, there is no doubt in any of
the employees minds that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
I 10hoUy disapprove of aOhat yom sag and Wiu
defend to the death your right to sag t-Voltoire.

real estate spectators a chance to
make a big killing.
The attempt to use Federal funds
to construct the new coliseum seems
ali right, but does Mayor John w.
Kern really think the city will be
able to sell enough revenue bonds
to maintain the proposed building?
An investor wants to know how
much money such a convention hall
would make, and 1 doubt very much
if a building of that sort here could
show much of a profit.
This city doesn't have hotel &C
commodations to take care of large
conventions, and small meetings
can be handled in the auditoriums
and tabernacles already erected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

pleasure or business trips are held
up for many minutes while long
strings of freight cars lumber along
the tracks.
We can't resist the desire to blow
automobile horns to hurry these
trains along We swear a little at
the delay, and sometimes turn and
GO to another street, where the
train already has passed.
But all this is an Intellectual way
to cure the ailment. What We
really need is to eliminate the
crossings. 1t has been promised for
some time.
If We can speed it up with a little
cash from the city funds, let's do it..
Grade crossings are not only trouble
some in causing delays in making
cross-city trips, but they are
endangering human life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

clause in the Transportation Act
whereby they state these people
will be taken care of, will be de-
clared unconstitutional, when it
comes to a test.
Perhaps the people are not
fully awake to the amount Of
damage this will do to the COM
munities where these railroad
employees reside. Almost 80 per
cent Of their wages are spent in
these communities and if these
men are deprived of their live
lihood, the community also will
suffer to the same amount. We
ask and solicit the earnest CO.
operation of every one to stop this
project. These men do not care
to lose their homes and all else.
We have written letters to our
Senators and Representatives.
asking for their assistance in
fighting this consolidation and
they have agreed to assist us in
every way possible.
We ask all employees of the rail-
roads affected to organize and get
petitions signed by residents of
this city and to use them in court
if necessary, to block this unfair
creation of a saving at the eX-
pense of the laboring people. Some
of these employees are already or
gained and are making Roadway
as we intend to fight to the last
for our right to earn living in
the manner that we know how.
We have supported organized
labor in every move and we ask
that they also assist us now in
this battle, which we know will
soon be upon us, although Mr..
Eastman's men have been very
successful in keeping this news
from the public since early spring.
We ask The Times to send a rep
representative to some of the en-
ployes and ind out just what a
calamity this would mean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

tiers are handled in the regular course Of
business as private transaction with Eth
opia." may involve US again without the facts
leaking out until it is too late.
We are certain that President Roosevelt
and Secretary Corden Hull want to keep this
nation completely out Of this war danger. But
the record shows that they must be more
watchful, more careful. if we are to escape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

partment of Commerce issue an or
der causing all ships to report all
take-offs and landings. I know per-
sonally that Dick Arnett mas been
gone for several days at a time be-
fore the fatal trip, and no one has
heard from him.
That is probably the reason no
alarm was felt for the safety Of the
trio before it was.
Hoping only to aid the progress
and safety Of what I think is the
greatest mode of transportation,
make these suggestions to airways
officials and government department
heads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
Altogether
BY DOROTHY PERKINS

She plays at being daring
She will never know the pain
OF one who, having wandered,
Can not find the path again.
She toys with thoughts Of sorrow
She is wholly unaware
OF those who walk forever
In the darkness Of despair.
She acts the part of loving
But she feels no vibrant stir
Her journey must be perfect
So she keeps her footsteps sure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
The Message Center

(TimeS readers are jnUited to cypress
letters short, so all can hare q chance.
Limit them to 250 a0ords or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names 0HI
be qoithheId at request OF the letter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
HO, HUM, MORE TALK
OF A COLISEUM
By Times Reader

By Times Reader
The city fathers seem to be going
through another attack of audi
forum fever.
For the last 20 years almost every
city administration has started such
a project, but usually it doesnt
get beyond the dream stage.
At least the proposal to build the
new coliseum on the ground occu-
pied by Tomlinson Hall doesn't give
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
THE VICTOR

apolis Times extends its congratulations
Mr.. Shower is the winner of the annual
Brown Derby contest Of The Times and will
be crowned at the ceremony tomorrow night
at the Indiana State Playground.
To win the Derby is to win signal honor.
Mr.. Shower is the new head man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
Daily Thought

He maketh wars TO cease unto
the end Of the earth; He breaketh
the bow and cutteth the spear in
sunder; He burneth the chariot in
the fre.-Psalms 46:9.
T EFT the gulled fool the tolls Of
- war pursue, where bleed the
many to enrich the few.-Willam
ShenStone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04
"a PRIVATE TRANSACTION"

THIS matter was handled in the regular
Il course Of business as a private transac-
ton with Ethiopia" That is the casual ex-
PLANTATION by the head of the particular Stand
ard Oil company caught with the Ethiopian
concession earlier denied.
Just a little private transaction" involving
10 million Ethiopians. fl million Italians. 405
million British subjects. 125 million Americans
not to mention the other hundreds of mil
lions that might be sucked into world war.
Just a private transaction" involving the
destiny of the worlds largest empire and sea
power the flte of FasciSm. the life of the
League OF Nations. and the ENHANCEMENT Of
the United States in foreign war threat.
And all handled Just in the regular course
OF business" while the President and Congress
of the United States were asserting neutral
ity. While all the young manhood OF
Italia was being modified and rushed to the
front. while the British air and naval fleets
were concentrating. while the League OF Ma
tons gathered for a last frantic peace effort.
All in the regular course Of business" while
the mothers of the world prayed and fathers
hid from their sons the great fear.
All in the regular course of business''-a
business which once sent American battle
ships and troops to Mexico to support such
private transactions: business which in
volved the Wilson. Harding. Coolidge and
Hoover Administrations in oil deals abroad; a
business which produced the foulest American
government scandals in many generations.
A IL in the regular course Of business
n a business which has repeatedly de-
manded the protection of American diplomacy.
Army and Navy for its private Transactions
but which on Aug. % deliberately jeopardized
If not betrayed the neutrality policy of that
same government.
Public opinion has broken through the Sc
cret intrigue OF this subsidiary of socony-
Vacuum and Standard Oil Of New Jersey. Pub
lie opinion has shaken out of its ignorance
State Department which had to confess COM
plete unawareness of the crudest international
deal directly affecting it in this Administra-
ton.
But public opinion could not have operated
unless the Ethiopian emperor and the British
promoter had let the story leak out to the
press. II was a close escape.
Maybe it is not an escape Maybe the same
Standard ii interests. the same New York
and Lor IN financial groups the same Amer
lean and British diplomats who see nothing
hear nothing and know nothing when mat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

Police catch women betting on horses in
Philadelphia beauty parlor. What's the use of
having your face lifted and then hearing that
your horse lost?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

According to the leader of a Minnesota
homestead project. 1T takes two Gs-gump-
ton and CRITIC put it across Plus, OF
course, the % furnished by Uncle Sam to buy
the land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

Atty. Gen. Cummings has sailed for Europe
TO see if they have anything we ought to
have" Well, for one thing, there's matter OF
a few billions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

Auguring well for the success Of New Yorks
that one Of its leaders is named Shirley Wynne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

There were just as many careless drivers in
the old days. but not as many accidents. The
horses had some sense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

II Duce describes Italy as a nation on the
march. But after paying for the war, it'll
probably be nation on the tramp
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-04

Japan's naval theory seems to be that
parity begins at home.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-21
POWER DREAM OF
PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN MADE REAL
Bay Of Fnndy Tides to Be
Harnessed to
Be Benefited
BY LORIN ARNOLD


fUntted Press COrTeSpOnOemt.J
Passport, Me-, May 21-(U.P.)--
A dream of rs years ago is about
to come true for President Roose-
welt.
AS a vacationist at CampobellO
Island in his youth, he was one OF
the first to see the vast potential
power hidden in the mighty tides
that surge in and out of the Bay
of Fundy twice daily.
Now, as chief executive, he -
behind the $36,000,000 Passama.
quoddy Bay tidal development
project, to start which a 100000
600 federal work relief appropri9.
ton has been made available.
Electric power generated from
the iiarnessed tides is expected to
prove a boon not only to industry
but to the two-thirds of Maine
farms still unconnected with cleo
trio plants.
Already this eastern outpost.
whose sardine-pacling industry
has been badly nippsd by hard
times, is busting with activity re-
pliminary to the project, believed
unique in engineering history.
Shared BY Engineer
Interest of the president, who
for years has virtually made the
tidal scheme a hobby, has been
shared by Dexter p. Cooper, Min
nesota born engineer and brother
Of Colonel Hugh Cooper, chief of
construction in the Muscle Shoals
development. Dexter Cooper, also
a summer resident of Campobello
Island, has urged the project for
10 years.
sAbout 600 men will be employed
in June, $500 in July, and ulti-
mately as many as possibly 5000.
Within 81 Years.
The work will be completed
within 81 years.
The combined population of
Passport and nearby Lubex, now
about 1000, is expected to increase
to 10000.
Extensive operations will be
started Immediately to provide
housing accommodations for the
thousands of workers.
Although Major Philip 3. Flem-
ing of the U. s. Corps of Engineers,
WIZ have charge of the project,
Cooper will assist as consulting en-
gineer.
Cooper,s original plan covered
both Canadian and American wa
tiers, but the Dominion government
withdrew and so the program was
revamped on somewhat smaller
scale.
Center OF Project.
Thus, Cobscook Bay, with its
average tide drop Of IS feet, be-
comes the center Of the project.
A. four-mile dam will divide the
bay into an upper and lower pool.
Another dam, with hinged gates,
viii separate the lower pool from
the outer bay, shutting out the
tides and keeping the lower pool at
low-tide level.
"A third dam wsl divide the up.
per pool from the outer bay. It's
gates will be opened at the crest
Of each incoming tide to fill the
pool, and then closed to keep 1t
at high-tide level. n.
Head OF Power
The head of power will be fur
nished by the difference in levels
between the two pools, averaging
Is feet. The water will fall con-
tinuously from the upper to the
lower pool through turbine gen.
eratore in the middle dam. Water
emptied from the upper pool will
be replaced at the crest OF each
tide when the gates will be opened
for two hours and is minutes. Out
going. gates will be opened for
three hours at low tide to free the
lower pool OF water from the up
per level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-21
MANY HAVE TRIED
CULTIVATION OF
ALASKAN FARMS
They Were Mostly Sour
coughs Who Didn't Half
Try to Get Ahead
By JAMES A. SULLIVAN
United Press Staff Correspondent


San Francisco, May 21.-(UP)-
(HFR) - Old settlers scratch
bearded chins meditatively and say
only maybe" when asked whether
eco mid-western families can suc-
coed in wrestling a living from the
soil in the Matanuska Valley in
Alaska.
Many have tried and failed.
Others like AL Walters made a go
OF it. Walters average about $2.-
600 a year profit from a small
farm before he retired and went
'outside,"-The Alaskan term for
the United States.
Those who failed as farmers in
the valley were mainly sourdoughs
tired of mining, land spectators.
and settlers who spent the best
months of the year--from May to
September-at work on the roads,
in, the mines, or in the fish can
neries.
Four Month Paradise
During the four-month period
the Matanuska is a farming para
Use IN which some crops grow to
enormous sizes. others not at all.
Three cabbages cover q yardstick.
One potato will make a meal for
an average-sized family. Straw
berries as large as plums are pro-
duced. Corn won't grow at all and
tomatoes must be raised under
glass.
The strawberry plants on the
FELTON, and Lawrence farm were al
reA-y three inches high when the
colonists arrived to begin clearing
their home sites. Onions and let
tuce ''sets'' were poking their
shoots above the rich black soil.
1t was midday and the Matan.
uska was doffing its winter browns
and whites for deep green's. Ice
waE breaking on the scores Of
small lakes which dot the floor of
the area.
Insect Pests
J. j. Tully, grizzled pioneer who
carries his personal belongings
strapped in a blackboard as he
trudges over Matanuska's dirt
roads, said insect pests would be
one Of the things the colonists
would find hardest to overcome.
'In May and June we have large
mosquitoes, but they don't bite
muca." he said. 'Then come the
small mosquitoes with bite like q
dentists drill. After them come
the gnats and the white flies, and
they sting as sharply as q FROST
bitten nose."
M. d. Snodgrass. who has been
farming in the valley for 20 years.
believed the colonists' main chance
Of success lay in dairying.
Short Growing Season
lie pointed to the short grow
ing season as a handicap to any
other kind of agriculture endeavor
In the four-month period, how.
ever, enough grain and hay can be
raised for fodder and silage. Rains
come in mid-July and make the
hay harvest a hazardous one. One
enterprising resident has set up
hay-drying plant. Others stack
their hay in raised platforms to
keep It dry.
The nights are too cool for toma-
toes. for corn or for cherry or app
pie trees.
Bat from April Is to August IS
daylight lasts at. least Is hours
day and 1t is in this period that
the Matanuska colAnists must Ii.
terally and figuriatevly make hay
while the sun shines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-21
Platts Mills Bills
Borough Glee Club
St MichaeFs Church Singers to Give Concert Friday
Night Association Buys New Applying System

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-21

Next Friday night May Gath the
Platts Mills Community Associa-
ton, Inc. win present the Glee
club OF the st. Michael's church Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-21

American ONCE equipment is in
increasing demand in Mexico.
La gaceta., 1935-08-02
PROGRAMS DE RADIO

Estaci6n WDAE y cadena
Columbia: 500, consejo inter
colegial; SIS, viajero del mum
do; 80, orquesta Leafer; :55
noticias; 600, organista Thorn
son; 6:15, canciOnes dc Jerry
Cooqer; Ills, o~rquesta de l.,
Nazaf; 500, Hollywood Hotel
9 200, canciones de Bob Crosby !;
$50, armcniaS; 10 200, orques-
ia de Hoff; 1920, orquesta de
II 700, orquesta de
Romanelli, y IL 80, ortuesta de
Savitt.
EStaci6n de Clearwater Y ca
dena NaciGnal 80, noticias !;
5 AS, Lowell Thomas; 600, con
cierto; 6:15 Tony y Gus; 200,
Henry Morgan; 900, mitin
House; $50, circo de Cook /;
10:15, organista Crawford; 10
Y 30, orqueSta de Naylor; IL 200
orquesta de King, y II 80, or
Luesta de Keller.