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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

CARTOONISTS and artists from
~ all over the world have Joined
hands in Halt Cry the Dead" to
make a pictorial primer on war and
some ways Of working for peace.
The cartoons, drawings and sub
ject matter we're arranged and
edited by Frederick A. Barber,
author of The Horror of It." DR..
Daniel Polling and VIII Irwin wrote
the forewords for Halt Cry the
Dead" association Press, New York
City. $3.50.
Mr.. Irwin writes: an this book,
Mr.. Barber has assembled most
valuable ammunition for I'LL war.
It runs from statistics to sentiment
from economies to poetry; the sum
and substance is an argument
against war which should leave no
open and reasonable mind in doubt"
The book is of local interest be-
cause three of the cartoons in this
convincing proof against the fulfil
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12

buildings for the commissariat Of
heavy industry.
Old, overcrowded buildings in the
center of the city will be RACED in
favor of big government depart
ment buildings.
The plan includes 10 new motion
picture theaters, nine large depart
ment stores, $50 new schools, three
culture houses" new and wider
n~oulevardS, parks, nurseries, kinder
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12
Chief Of Air Service

MOT so long ago I had to visit
Boston and before landing at
Municipal Airport my Hawk and I
took a turn over Boston proper. You
know this town means a great deal
to every wartime naval aviator 80.
It was here that we received our
ground school training as student
pilots at the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology.
We had to learn telegraphy-and
each student had his own little buzz
ger set and every time 1 hear
one of those things now my mind
goes back to ground school days.
Those little buzzers could be heard
in every hotel, in every corner Of
the barracks in fact everywhere
a student could snatch a few min
utes to practice up on sending radio
messages. We had to be able to
send and receive Is words a minute
before we were allowed to go on to
flying school.
We learned how to handle an
Army rife, manual of arms, and
how to drill. And why all that
time was wasted no one ever knew
. especially since drilling and the
manual of farms had nothing to do
with aeronautics. We learned to
take a Lewis machine gun apart and
put it together again-blindfolded.
And as a tool for this work we
were allowed to use only a machine
gun cartridge.
My memory keeps those pictures
bright and clear -. class rooms 80.
theory of flight navigation . 4.
aircraft engines . propellerS &.
drills inspections hair cuts
that had to be one and one-half
inches long-or rather one and a
half inches short.
And then the one picture that
never will fade from my memory
l.. . A review of the student Naval
aviators stepping smartly, rifles
trimmed to the exact angle, heads
held high, eyes bright and clear.
All this 1 dreamed about as my
little Hawk swept W. the Charles
River section of BoSton-and little
did I ever think in those days that
some time I would fly over that
ground school in a Single-seater
fighting ship, roaring along at 200
miles an hour behind a 700 horse
power motor.
QUESTION: I've sometimes heard
the term diving rudder" used. What
does it mean?
The diving rudder is simply the
! elevator of a ship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12

idling speed. plcte pressure increases by
centrifugal force as engine speed increases.
Larger diameter. Longer life.
NEW LOAD DISTRIBUTION for better brak-
ing. more uniform tire and brake wear.
NEW DRIVER COMFORT. The drivers COM
pdrtment is completely lined. Triple ventila-
ton system. Instruments grouped in front Of
driver. Wider adjustable seat.
NEW DIREcTED-Tow cRANKcAsE VEN
TILATloN reduces eorosien and oil dilution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12

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Stacking Of semi-elliptie rear springs.
NEW. oUIcK-sToPPINc, RIB-cooLED
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NEW CLUTCH. Lower pedal pressure at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12
Flying Romeo Hops to Trinidad

P~ARAMARIBO, Netherlands Gut
ana, July 12.-Juan Ignacio Pombo,
21-year-old Spanish aviator, left for
Port of Spain, Trinidad, today on
his way to propose to his sweet
heart, Senorita Elena RiYero Corral.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12

gartens, water, light and sewerage
improvements and six new hotels to
accommodate 1000 people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12

FORD hos taken the "quess-work" out Of truck buy
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tons or on the experiences Of other Ford va Truck
owners !. convincing us they are. If you are in
the market for a new truck. your Ford deoler will
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
You Said It, John

State Senator John F. Lynch claims that economy in Connecticut is joke and we rather agree with him. The speaker was naturally referring to economy Tn state government. His remarks came during an address before the West Haven Rotary Club Wednesday noon. He ampll- fled on this statement by claiming that "the state of Connecticut is making no effort at the present time to curtall US expenditures" In way that was an indictment of the law-making body Tn which he has served for so many years.
 We have said many of the same things that the senator brought out in hls re- yealing talk to the 'Rotarians. For sev- eral years now the Waterbury Democrat has been pointing out the inconsistency of the stand adopted by the state with re- gard to lowering the burden of the prop erty owner, now sadly overtaxed. we know only one means of broadening the tax burden. That is by shifting the taxes from one type of taxpayer to another. Gradually the motorist has been finding this out to his sorrow and chagrln.
 So long as the state continues to add new services to it's already lengthy list It will be obliged to call upon the taxpayers for more levies Senator Lynch said, "lt
 
 would not be justified in seeking new fields of taxation until the people have been shown that attempts to bring about rigid economies are being made" We said as much this spring when we insisted that if fresh taxes, such as were then being proposed, should be levied the state first should give proof of it's sincerity in the matter by dropipng antiquated services, combining departments, in short, cutting expenses
 The truth is plain before us in Connec- ticut, but we refuse to recognize it, because even in our daily lives we are gradually doing the same things that all forms of government indulge in, namely, luxuries, needless services. etc. What Connecticut, as we'll as many other states, needs right now is bit of old-fashioned retrench- ment We don't need to keep up with the crowd just for the name. We do need to hand down to posterity state that is not head over heels in debt. Economizing now means sailing through still waters some years hence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

The exporting industry would Ee geared down to permanently lower output.
 From the point of view of sponsors of this drastic action, the markets are already permanently gone. In the past four years, in Great Britain, 9,000,0O0 spindles have been abandoned and the cot ton trade as whole reduced it's employees by IF per cent. Production is now one half what it was before the war. Britain's remarkable recovery from depression has not included the cotton industry, but has come with the development of home mar kets for new industries. Cotton, coal and shipping are still depressed.
 There will be much debate pro and con on this measure. There are vigorous op- ponents who will have their say before the issue is decided. That it is being consid- cred, however, seems fairly breath-taking to Americans Our own cotton produc- tion has been affected by the British sit uation and would be further affected by an affirmative action on this bill. The policies of extreme nationalism pursued lately by most of the world have led into strange ways.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
Red Cross Always Ready

Disasters strike suddenly in unexpected places, but they never find the American Red Cross unprepared. A newspaper pie ture appearing day or so after the floods in New York State showed crowd of children passing before long table laden with food. There were milk, piles of or- anges, bread and butter, paper cups. On one side of the table stood women handing out food to the procession of famished children.
 Under the picture was the explanation: "Appetites unimpaired by flood. Rendered homeless and without provisions in the New York state floods, these young refugees are being fed by the Red Cross at Binghamton, N. Y. Four hundred were fed yesterday"
 There is reason for personal satisfaction to millions of Americans in this work, for it is their contributions = the least as we'll as the greatest which make this prompt response to need possible. When annual roll call time comes next fall, re- call what your last contribution helped accomplished, or what some one else's contribution did for you if you happen to have been such refugee some time, and respond accordingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

to include in each act a simple worded statement removing 1t from the jurisdiction of the courts, under pain of heavy fine and Imprisonment for vio- lat!on of the ban. The legalists assert they have specific prece- dent for this in the post-Civit war case of ex parte McCardle. in which congress passed a law forbidding judicial review. The supreme court upheld the law. Few know it, but Tom Corcoran, the young Brain Truster attacked by Maine's cackle-voiced Rep. Brewster, ac- tually was brought to Washing ton by the Hoover regime. His mentor was Eugene Meyer, for mer governor of the Federal Re. serve Board, who persuaded Cor coran to join the legal staff of the REC California's Representative Charles J. Coll den has decided that something should be done to protect waste paper dealers from possible con- tamination by obscene pictures and literature. To this end, he has introduced a bill requiring the Post Office Department to destroy by burning "obscene pie lures and like matter which, be- cause of their nature, should not get into unauthorized hands through sale as waste paper"
 
 Copyright, 1885, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
Press Comment
NOT EVEN TO WATERBURY
 (Meriden Journal)

A Waterbury friend who used to be an important business man in Meriden and who still follows closely the news events of the old town. remarked the other day that we are still novices in politics here; that the game as played boldly in Waterbury made our political boys look like pikers. We said, "Oh, yeah!" it being too hot to argue that this is the outstanding politi- cal burg in the state. in the com- plete control of one party from top to bottom, with the exception of the court, which was shaken up recently by the Bridgeport social ists at Hartford and has been tho occasion ever since of much rejoic- ing among those who have been on the outside looking in.
 Do Meriden politicians know their stun? But then, Waterbury has got used to boasting that it has something on everybody. As a mat. ter of fact, its leadership lies only in the size of It's tax rate and Meri- den threatens to rob it of that lone distinction in due time.
 Something else that the Brass City has. the adopted Waterburian reminded us. is . flood now and then that is q complete washout. literally speaking. Water races down the hilly streets like nobody's business and already this summer Q boy in wading was carried through a street drainage pipe and only saved by Reod luck as he emerged nf the river side,
 We aegidn't have a g000 flood, chr Well, just imagine what a oinu1huFsi would do Co onF smelly haFbef brook as ll uen1s ils plaela
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
The Smoke Rises Higher

Where there's smoke there's fire still holds true. For long time the public utilities of the nation, particularly the so-called power interests, have been under scrutiny and attack. But thanks to what has always been known as the greatest legislative lobby in existence the inter ests" managed to weather the storm pretty good When the death sentence" was knocked out of President Roosevelts utility holding company bill it was pretty conclusive that the forces were right at work at Washington and accomplishing as much as ever.
 The revelations of the last two days with regard to loading the telegraph wires with fake telegrams proves just how far some of the utilities are prepared to go to prevent the federal government getting too much control of this branch of industry. Deliberate destruction of rec ords was resorted to in an effort to pre- vent too much evidence being presented at the Senate lobby committee hearing. But it has come out and we don't suppose that any more good will come of it than resulted from the Senate munitions probe with it's all-revealing sessions.
 The utility revelations come just as the Tennessee Valley Authority gets court SuDSLanIlaLlOH ana the rlgnC OI the leuerdi government to sell electric power, even though it may be in direct competition with private companies, is upheld. This is highly significant and we hope that the Roosevelt administration makes the most of this opportunity. While we have no great desire to place Uncle Sam in com petition with private enterprise we do welcome now, as we have in the past, the opportunity to throw off some of the ten- tacles that big businss has wound around entire states. People talk about the power of the press. It is nothing as compared fo the power of certain classes of interests, backed by huge fortunes, controlling vast areas of land and water, virtually holding under thumb rule millions of people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
Selected Poem
ESCAPE

(David Morton in The Christian Science
 Monitor) Here the earth -sweetened and bloom-lighted
 bough Has made another thing of common air. And wears quick and shining strangeness, now, As though it waited, tremulously, there, The moment of the crucial, tremulously, there Of mortal bloom into immortal light Henceforward known no more by color or shape That once were sweetness on our mortal sight. Another day-tomorrow-or the next. See how the grass beneath the tree is sown With the old letters of the mortal text, Telling so much may be surely known Of bloom and bough, save that they sometimes
  A shining strangeness not of common air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
League Called Futile Ethiopian Situation Calls Hand of League Fore
 ing It Either to Put Up or Shut Up.
NEW BRITAIN HERALD

nations talk war but that the same league ins very circumspect and equivocal when confronted with situation in which one or more of the larger and powerful nations disregard it's articles. The league has been very weak in its attitude toward the more powerful nations in complaitns against Poland, Ru- mania and other well-armed na- tions, especially if those nations were allied with, or supported by France, it is asserted.
 Mussolini has the tacit support of France in his Ethiopian opera tions and England has been side stepping the issue, if not lending encouragement to the Duce by its attitude of deafness toward the pleas of the Lion of Judah, news reports indicate.
 The emperor of Ethiopia, the Lion of Judah, has issued appeals to the Christian" nations, seeking their support to prevent Italian at- tack upon his country, but the Christian" nations have been deaf to his pleas or else have issued answers which are superb samples of the diplomatic art of passing the buck"
 The emperor now has placed the issue before the League of Nations asking its assistance to prevent Italian attack upon his country and critics and supporters of the league throughout the world are watching to observe what action, if any. the league takes; or if it will sidestep the issue, which it's critics claim has been its consistent polciy in matters in which powerful nations have been pressing upon weak na- tions. The critics of the league as- sert that in the Balkans, in the complaints against Poland from the Ukraine, Lithuania and other small nations, in the Chinese Jap anese situation, and in other mat ters, the league has been absolutely and pitifully impotent.
 If the League of Nations fails to achieve any substantial settlement in the Italian -Ethiopan crisis, the league might as well dig 8 large, deep hole, bury it's files, records, treaties and other paraphernalia: : erect a heavy, solid tombstone, tilt the tombstone and crawl in under it, allowing the tombstone to settle into place, opponents Of the league assert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
A Book a Day
We Work Hard, But We Don't Have Fun
 RY RRIrCE CAPTION

America is one of the frienliest lands on earth, and it's democracy
 is a very real, living thing; but it's great cities are the saddest places
 on earth, and its people ought to be carried off to the npolice static once or twice 8 week and forced to enjoy good laugh.
 So says John Gibbons, observing English newspaperman, in an en-
 tertaining book entitled "Is This American" This book, which re-
 cords his observations and impress
 sions on a recent trip across part of the United States, should have
 been called to your attention
 soner, and would have been if
 your reviewer had not shelved it in
 the press of more important-look-
 ing books.
 MT. Gibbons came to New York,
 took train to New Orleans, and
 the ncame back across country, by
 bus and by hitch-hiking. He sems to have had a good eye for the essentials of the American scene. and it is more than little interesting to learn how we look to an observant foreigner. He liked our hotels immensely. He admired our general air of ef- ficiency and competence. our net work of god roads, our hospitality. the dres of our women and our lack of clas consciousness. He found our railroads .,over-rated,
 looked on Coney Island as a night l mare. depiored- our occasional brusqueness = and, as sayfi con- cluded that while WIS work very
 had we don't really have very much fun.
 He has written his book in a hu-
 morous and engaging style, and it is we'll worth an evening or so of your time.
 Published by Dutton, it sells for S25O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

Talking of riparian rights recalls the very interesting case that has faced the Legislature for the past two sessions. A Middlebury farmer has failed twice to be reimbursed for loss of cattle that died as a result of drinking water from a brook running through the mans property. This water had been contaminated by mash and other refuse, allegedly dumped into the brook by state troopers after raiding and dismantling still on adjacent lands. The average layman's viewpoint would be that the man. was entitled to reimbursement. The Legislature has said mo- twice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

Streams in Connecticut can't be blocked so that the natural flow is hindered ac- cording to decision just rendered by the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut The corresponding right of upstream property owners to have water flow from their land just as it would under natural conditions is also upheld by the court. This may set at rest many puzzling cases of similar nature in this state. It might even prove valuable in litigation of sim liar nature in other states. There has always been much discussion of the rights of property owners along a stream of water. The law seems to be pretty clear, though, that individual rights must be protected. The case on which this decis- ion came originated in West Hartford where sand company built an inadequate drain to carry surface water away from it's property thus causing land on the other side of the street to be flooded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

Some weeks ago we learned that the Connecticut peach crop was going to be little bit better than last years, which was nil Now the news is out that bumper crop is anticipated. There will be 100000 times as many peaches this year. That could be interpreted different ways, though, as many orchardists had no peaches last year and one million times nothing still leaves nothing We look at the report in an optimistic mood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

A. William Harridge, 2410 Straus Bldg, Chicago, III.
 c. When, and in what show did Jeanette Macdonald begin her stage career?
 A. She started at the age of fourteen in the chorus of Ned Wayburn's "Demi-Tasse" revue at the Capitol theater, New York city, in 1921.
 Q. How many species of the maple are there?
 A. Approximately 150. not in- cluding varieties of well known species.
 c. How is lavender prepared for sachet bses?
 A. Pick the lavender with stalks when in flower, and spread 1t thinly on a table to dry. When thoroughly dry, strip the fiorets from the stalks and place in bags.
 o. When does Bermuda have it's maximum and minimum rain- fall?
 A. Maximum about inches in October and minimum about { inches in April.
 c. What is the past participle of the verb drink?
 A. (Have) drunk.
 o. What is platinum sponge?
 A. A metallic platinum in a gray porous spongy form, obtained by reducing ammonium chloro- platinate. It includes oxygen, hydro gen. and certai mother gases, to a high degree, and is employed as catalyst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20
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 THE EDiTOR. o. Are there any Negroes in Mexico?
 A. The latest statistics show 300,000.
 O. How much fuel oil does the navy use on vessels and at naval stations annually?
 A. In 1884 naval vessels used 5,701,6S6 barrels, and naval sta- tions used S06,74s.
 O. Give the full name of for mer King Alfonso XIII of Spain. A. Alfonso Leon Fernando Ma ria Joaquin Isidore Pascual An- tonic de Bourbon Anjou.
 Q. What general species of dog are toy black and tan terriers, and how much do they weigh?
 A. They are Manchesters, and average about pounds.
 Q. Is Rose O'Neill, the artist, married?
 A. She is married to the au- thor. Harry Leon Wilson.
 Q. Name the oldest university in Germany.
 A. The University of Heidel- berg. founded in 1886. The Uni versity of Cologne was founded two years later, in 1888.
 c. Give the name and address of the president of the American League of Professional Baseball clubs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

The situation which has arisen in Africa between the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia and the mas terfu1 Duce of Italy is construed by many observers as asituation which may ring the death knell of the League of Nations. In the parlance of the great American game of poker, the league is now confronted with crisis in which it must put up or shut up." Crit ics of the league have claimed al- most since it's inception that it waves a big stick in the direction of small nations when the small