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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
Then Came the Turning Point

MR.. HOOVER on mounting the throne, had
A'A promised to investigate the whole problem of
prohibition and abide by the findings of his COM
mission and then had repudiated those findings
when they disagreed with his conception of political
expedence That this conception of political expedi-
ence was wrong guess his own hard luck and
that of his party, for the resentment only gained
in fury and he doomed on a cheap, superficial
issue.
That Mr.. Roosevelt, in his turn has repudiated
airlly and with amazing cynicsm the promise in his
own platform to curtai the vast bureaucracy which
he condemned in Mr.. Hoover's Administration may
be conceded without affecting the case.
At the time of the last conventions the country
had been harassed and bulied for 10 years by sue
ceedng of thieves and ecclesiastical budozers.
a member of the United States Senate had been shot
a suspect in the streets of Washington and the most
brutal spectacle of the whole CORY hOrror-the House
of Representatives had risen, almost en- masse, one
day to cheer the news that innocent 17year- old
country boy hitch-hikng in a bootegger's car. had
been shot dead by prohibition cop. That savage
outburst marked the turn.
To be sure, at all national conventions during
prohibition, many. many of the delegates who adj
vanced on Chicago to vote dry managed to get
soldering drunk and maintain that happy and
characteristic state for days, and the bootegger
pursued his roundsS4n the hotels where they we're
stabbed without molestaton. greasy dive across
the street from the convention hall did business with
the Republicans long they in town. but
was raded with great vigOr when the Democrats
gathered for their own orgy. This persecution, ex-
ceeding the bounds of civilized political warfare.
only made the Democrats madden.
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Word has reached Federal au-
thorities that this feuding has
attained such a pitch that leaders
of the opposing elements have ia
ken to carrying guns. There
is one distinction about the new
Justice Department Building max
ing it different from any other in
the world. 1t has the largest
amount of aluminium fittings and
equipment. their value amounting
to more than 100000.
incidentally. the antitrust suit
against the Aluminium Corp. of
America. promised by Atty. Gen.
Homer Cummings two years ago.
still is slumbering in the files of
the department. Secretary
Harold Ickes and Relief Admin
istrator Harry Hopkins, close per-
sonal friends. have hit on
scheme TO prevent the giving out
Of conflicting statements at press
conferences. They exchange tran
scripts Of press conference re-
marks, thus enabling each to be
informed of the others on and off
the record statements.
IN the Senate cloakrooms Huey
Il Longs latest outbreak of vio-
lent attacks on the Administra-
ton is viewed as a resort to smoke
screen tactics. A second batch of
of the Kingfish'S henchmen are
about to go on trial on charges of
income tax law violations and his
Nominations are put down as
strategy to make it appear that
he is being prosecuted. The
TownSendites, rebuffed in their
drive to put their old-age PEN
sion plan through Congress this
session. are digging in for a pro-
trscted battle. They have in
corporated their scheme and
moved their national headquar-
tiers from Los Angeles to Wash
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ports dust storms and droughts
seem even more terrible and dev-
astating than they do when ex-
perienced first hand.
Here in the great reaches of
this land west of the Missouri,
areas that in the East would en-
compass whole states can be COW
cred by dust from soil erosion and
pinched by drought and beaten
down by low prices and yet, when
spring and summer comes, the
mystical faith in the good earth
fills mems hearts with a perennial
hope.
Despite unfortunate areas-in
district that, in the words of
Henry Wallace, can be covered
by dime on a map of the coun-
try six inches square"-the trans
Missouri and the transit Mississippi
country generally faces better crop
prospects than in several years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
Questions and Answers

Q-Whcre is the island Of Aruba?
An the Dutch colony OF Curacao situated 20
miles from the mainland Of Venezuela. 1t has an
area Of CO square miles and population of 1858.
Q-Who authorized National Maritime Day."
ana when and why is it observed?
A-The annual observance Is authorized by Act
OF Congress approved MAY 1888. Pursuant to this
act. President Roosevelt proclaimed that May % be
observed as National Maritime Day. 10 comm smorate
the sailrg from Savannah. Ga. May % 1919 of
the first steamer 10 cross the Atlantic
Chsrta?
A--Mediaeval Latin.
Q-Why is Michigan called the Wolverine State?
A-On account Of the former abundance Of those
animals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

COUTHWARD from unbeatable
~ Nebraska you enter into Kan
sas-which is as much a state of
mind as it is geographic unit.
When I was a boy in Indiana
we used to sing a song that pro-
claimed that BOOSTERS lay eggs in
Kansas" You can never tell about
this state of John Brown, and
Carrie Nation, and Sockless Jerry
Simpson, and the Murdocks, and
Aliens, and Whites and Landons.
At least they breed Republicans
here.
Wise and mellowed Victor Muir
dock, at Wichita, pounded that
into my head: kansas is def
nitely and irreconcilably Repub-
lican state. In the western part
of the state farmers who actually
benefited from the 3 AS payments
voted against Roosevelt. They are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

and one Democrat in Congress we
elected six Democrats and three
Republicans. This same number
held in the elections last fall. In
the last six months there has been
some Stacking of Roosevelt enthu-
siasm, and it looks as if he may
have a hard time to carry the
state.
I'm state and county elections
the votes will probably swing back
to Republican ranks. There has
been considerable talk of graft,
especially in the handling of
liquor affairs. We hear little
talk of Huey and Coughlin, and
Reno has definitely lost out Peo-
pie in the country have fewer
radios than they had five years
ago; radio manufacturers seem to
have centered on plug-jn sets.
Despite all our brags, only one
family in every four in rural dis
tricts has electricity. RooSeveltS
rural electrification will be vote
getter. Farley will be made
the strawman goat. Tugwell was
at the beginning, but Farley has
taken his place. Looks like
most of the state would have good
crops, and if high prices hold it
will be hard to defeat Roosevelt"
n
A CROSS the wild Missouri into
"A the beautiful Land of Ak
Sar-ben" which is Nebraska
spelled backwards-you feel
new burst of optimism, despite
the tragic crop failure OF last year
and the dust storms in the west
ern part of the state this spring.
l went to Otto Swanson, one of
the biggest merchants and most
successful business men in this
part of the West.
Farmers here will work their
way out of the depression if rain
comes-and here in the eastern
part of the state things look
promising. The real problem of
the United States is the city I'M
employed. People don't need to
worry about us. Cities here are
really rural towns. We may have
our street car strikes and minor
labor troubles, but we'll get along.
Looks to me like Roosevelt
will be hard to beat"
In news reels and printed re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
Sore in Ohio

TN Ohio the state director is a Hopkins man, who
i previously held an important regional position
with FERA. OF Is work-relief area administrators,
about three are considered to be genuine political
appointees
The Ohio congressman are pretty sore about IL.
The reason of course is that Davey is regarded
as anti-New Deal Furthermore, Democratic Senator
Buckley didn't demand the top Job for anybody and
Democratic Senator Donahey, who submitted three
names made no hot fight for any particular can
didate.
Out in Minnesota the works progress admins
traitor is Victor Christgau who, when he served in
Congress from 1929 to 1888. Republican
Copyright. 1895. Service.
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heritance were divided among four
heirs the total tax would be only
1927, 152 on a million dollar estate.
In most cases there are many
heirs. This makes the tax rate on
each share lower, and the total
revenue to the government and
the state smaller, but at the same
time the Roosevelt objective of
breaking up fortunes is being met.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
|. U. HEADS TO HOLD
STUDENT PARLEYS
Pre- Enrolment Sessions to
Be Conducted Here.

Pre- enrollment advisory confer
ences with Marion County high
school graduates and parents in
terested in Indiana University will
be held next week at the Indiana
University Extension Center, 122 E.
Michigan-St.
Deans and administrative officials
OF the university will answer ques-
tions of local students and parents
concerning credentials, costs,
courses, cooperative living projects,
employment and other matters af-
fecting students who plan to en-
roll in September.
The hours for the conferences
here next week will be from 10 to
II in the mornings and from to
5 in the afternoons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
WESIBROOK PEGLER

ID ECALLING the noisy incredibly trashy scenes
IN amid which the peoples choices were deter
mined by two great congresses of lowgrade political
jobholders and job seekers in Chicago three years
ago. would for your attention the fact that
the citizens at that time divided just
issue.
This was not recovery or the Constitution, but
prohibition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

Mrs. Henry w Peabody of Boston and Florida, and
Col Raymond Robbins. the vanishing crusader
These are all forgotten terrors now but in their
prime they constituted the most fearsome gang that
haunted the dreams of a President So mighty
and bold they were that Mr. Hoover not long before.
had even forbidden the time-honored bridge for
mery pnoche. game in the reporters at the
White House lest one of these pious but determined
men or women should come upon the boys and re-
ceive the impression that the sacred heritage had
become a gambling hell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
WORLD WAR NURSES
INVITED TO REUNION

Dinner to Be Held at AntIers Dur
ing Legion Farley.
A reunion dinner for all Indiana
World War nurses will be held in
the Antlers Aug. Is. The dinner
will be feature of the Indiana
American Legion convention pro-
gram and all nurses who saw war
service in any branch have been in
vited
William o. Nelson, Anderson,
former commander Of the Indiana
department of the Legion, and the
Rev. j. Floyd Seelig, Pendleton, de-
partmental chaplain, will be the
principal speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

popping al over The land Tor a long
time like an endless string of fire
crackers. the question before the
delegates and the country was
just what the conventions would do
about liquor
Bishop Cannon was there. lit
tie the worse for the rough-and-
tumble of politics by this time. but
as practical and arrogant as ever.
and with him were the entire
strong-arm squad from his Meth
odist vatican in Washington. These
dryS included the Rev. Ernest
Cherrington. F Scott Mcbride,
Mrs. Ellis A. Boole of Brooklyn,
the RoV. William Sheafe Chase
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

YOU can De larry sure tnat the
state boss-who may or may not
be a Democratic Senator-will have
plenty to say about who is going
to be works progress administrator
under Harry Hopkins, and the APP
pointee is almost sure to be a Dem
Ocrat
Even mere congressman, if they
are Democrats and regular, have
a voice in appointments of work
relief area administrators.
On the other hand, if the state
hasn't a Democratic machine or
a Democratic Senator who gets
along well with Jim Farley you
may be getting an administrator
of 4fucorf lin DOlitical cOmDlpXiOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

but a Roosevelt man just the Harry
Hopkins has come 70 see things in the right light.
That light" even though it may take of lot OF
the New Deals idealism, tells you that you've got
to fight fire with FIRE that the forces Of reaction and
special privilege pressing at the gates and that
none but loyal Roosevelt men, be they ward heelers
or trained executives with humanitarian slants, must
be placed "on guard tonight"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
BY FRAZIER HUNT
lCopyright. l935. NEA service. Inc.

M Ito RENO noted farm strike leader his office wostoy
V1 brick building in D Mon and his long, bony hand through his
shock of Onray hair At 70 his the see quality
that of Gales Mc destiny He back his swivel chair
his fatop desk kilograms and
Don't this unforgettable wen have third
If the leaders afraid people will leaders
Somehow this gnared old fighter brought poverty small mort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
RETAIL STUDY ORDERED
S120,4S2 to Be Spent on Survey in
State, Manion Saws.
The Federal government will

The Federal government will be-
gin a survey of retail trade trends
in this state within the next few
weeks, Clarence E. Manion, Indiana
director. of the National Emergency
Council. announced today.
The census bureau of the Com
merce Department allocated S120, 492
for the Indiana business study.
Cities where the survey will be
undertaken are Clinton, Kendall
vile, Mitchell, Rushville and VAL
paraiso.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
Boy Injured by Car

William Lee Richardson, 5, of
r. r. l, Box Isl, Bridgeport, re-
ceived bruises on the head when he
was knocked down by an automo-
bile driven by Floyd Ewing, Dan
vile, yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
Your Health
by DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

TINHE kind of treatment you should give your skin
depends the kind of skin that it is.
If the skin is oily. it requires totally different
method of cleaning from one that tends to be dry.
An oily skin can be dried easily by exposure to al
kaline substances. IT, however. a worker with
oily skin happens to be a garage mechanic or To-
connective oer, his occupation will tend to increase
the oiliness of his skin and he will have more diff
cult problem to keep dry.
On the other hand. there persons who have
dry, scaly skin resembling that of fish The con-
dtion is called lcnthyosis. from the word meaning
fish Their problem is to prevent their body surface
from becoming too dry.
DABIES have skins that exceedingly delicate.
ID dry and thin, and the same usually is given
to the skin of baby that ought to be given to the
skin OF persons who are very old.
The skin of a baby should be oiled at least once
daily preferably with pure olive oil. This is given
to the child as a cleansing bath.
Later, as the baby grows older, it may be washed
with coloid solution like barley water, and finally
mild soap and water may be used The soap should
be the kind that is superfatted, like. an olive oil
CASTLE soap.
Persons with oily skins ought to bathe more fire.
ouently than those with dry skins, and they may
require an alkaline or strong soap.
If the skin responds badly to too much water,
bath be given to those surfaces that are in con-
tact and that chafe easily, thereafter powdering
freely.
MORE persons ask about the danger of wetting
1H1 the hair frequently than about bathing the
BODY. Some think that water rots the hair
splitting of the ends.
Actually the scalp is more oily than the skin COW
ering the of the body Because it contains oil.
it tends to collect dust other substances that fly
around
Therefore the scalp really requires cleaning more
often than most of the rest of the body. Daily
washing OF the hair is not harmful. However, care
should be taken in picking the right soap for the
purpose.
If the skin is dry and the scalp also an oily soap
may be used The hair is moistened. then thick
lather is worked up. The lather then should be
rinsed of Immediately and most of the oil will come
with the water used for rnsing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
BY Dre1O Pearson and Robert S. Allen

XASHINGTON July 2Labo Department chiefs much
w ceed privately of possible recurrence of last
bloody Pacific
ent between the workers and the ship expires Sept 90 with
20 the either side file
The particularly those Francisco already
announced they Will The situation
complicated
and riehtW wing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
BY THOMAS L. STOKES,
Times Special Writer

NTASHINGTON, July Of. -
" fortunes amassed by the
Fords, Rockefellers and Melons
could be wiped out, comparatively
speaking, within a generation by
the double edged tax knife of the
present estate and the new in
heritance taxes proposed tenta-
lively by the House Ways and
Means Committee.
The levelling process could be
completed by the third genera
ton, experts computed today, and
Americas royalty of riches might
conceivably pass into history
along with the powdered wig, the
spinning wheel and the horse and
buggy. Millionaires would con-
tinue, but the Millionaire would
go.
Henry Ford's fortune is esti-
mated by the Saturday Evening
Post to be not more than half a
billion, although Senator Huey
Long puts it at 10 billions.
4 4
IF $5OO,OOO,OOO fortune were
= bequeathed to one heir, under
the proposed rates the tax COL
lectors would take all but $52,-
0l7,750. The first slash, the es-
tate tax, would take $298,386, 800,
leaving S301, 613,400. Application
OF inheritance tax rates to the re-
mainder, if there were only one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
Listening America
PIVOTAL STATES ARE UNCERTAIN
c. G1en Fighting Chance S1Uing Heart of the Nation

ofuh o tn Midwest gives
life yndMon This
sixth 4 / which The hanap WNn
tour across America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

SdSeu 1dTIn WIFI 10 DTOIu-
erS and sisters, you sense
strange ghosts of the old
days of the Populists and hear
weird echoes Of the warnings of
the silver tongued Bryan -
America must choose between
the dollar and the man"
Three of the dumbeSt people
we've got are the lawyers. preach
ers and teachers-but even they
are slowly learning" he says
without the trace of smile.
The two things wrong with
America are finance and the
land. They've got us now where
all the producers of real wealth
are on one side of a stream and
on the other are the millions who
need these things to eat and
wear-and the only way of getting
them across to the people is by
golden boat. And that boat is
owned in Wall Street"
Then he went on: In this once
rich Middle West we'll have to limit
the size of farms to 160 acres. BY
high taxes we'll force the larger
farms to be broken up. And we'll
make it so tough on absentee
landlords that the man who tills
the soil will own the land.
Why, they had bills in this
Iowa Legislature proposing pro-
greSsive land taxes, and putting
into higher upper levels all farms
of over 800 acres not farmed by
the owners. And that's just play
ing with the real idea. And the
government has got to guarantee
a fair cost of production for the
farmers"
Out around town level-headed
~ observers told me that Reno
is losing out with the farmers.
The three AS have brought them
greatly increased prices for their
crops and large bonus payments
more than 100 million in Iowa
alone-and their f1aring revolt ex-
pressed in flve-and-ten cent fore
closure sales and radical demon
STATIONS is over.
But here in what once was staid
ana conservative Iowa there is
leaven of deep discomfort slowly
working. A professor at the Col
lege of Agriculture at Ames put it
into words for me:
More than 43 per cent of Iowa
land is mortgaged at from 500 to
500 an acre-a grand total of
S924,000,000 Some 60 per cent is
farmed by tenants. These tenants,
plus the debt-ridden farmers, offer
an unknown factor for the future.
Right now 80 per cent of all the
farmers of the state are behind
the three AS and there is no
chance of third party next year.
But in 1910 these tenants and men
in debt will be potential third
party people.
In the northern counties there
is a steady infiltration of radical
ideas from Minnesota and Wis
consin that is giving a different
color to the whole state. Iowa
farmers will stay with Roosevelt
this coming election, but anything
can happen after that"
IN the eyes of a farm editor who
i moves constantly about the
state, the situation was this:
In 1882 Iowa elected her first
Democratic Governor in 10 years,
and in place of eight Republicans
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27
The Saloon Is Back

THE Republicans knocked Mr.. Hoover on the
Il head when they adopted their yes and no
declaration prohibition thus inviting the DEM
ocrats to go all the way in theirs. they sub
sequently did amid frantic cheers from the dele
gates including a large number who had been dry
long there was money in 1t. For it should be
remembered that the delegates who vote on the
presidential nominees and platforms among the
lowest forms insect life known to science and the
greatest shame of the republican form Of gov
eminent practiced in America.
In order to deliver repeal he had promised
Mr. Roosevelt was forced to bride some of the sew
eral states with public funds after his election, but
they would have got the money. anyway, later on,
so at least he received something for his invest
ment The nonsense about the billion dollars
year in Federal revenue from liquor had been for
gotten along with the harmless fooshnesS about
economy in government. Were the Democrats fight
ing for election only deprive themselves of the
loot by literal fidelity to campaign slogan? .
But repeal is here. Mr.. Hoover is gone because
he couldn't call the turn. Cannon, Cherrington.
Mcbride, Mrs. Boole Mrs. Peabody, Chase and
Robbins-a all gone, the old familiar furies.
Brewery trucks roll through the Streets whisky and
GIN stand side by side with oatmeal and soap the
grocers' shelves and at night the electric lights
spell out in proud wicked defiance the long-for-
hidden world saloon"
Copyright. 1885. BY United Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-27

GashM1won
BY
RODNEY BUTCHER

WASHINGTON July 27.-1he Administration
w may be able to deny that the big jobs in the
ebllion- dollar work-relief program are being
handed out on a partisan Democratic bass.
But not even the most astute New Deal preZ
agent would dare on the job Of trying TO prove
they aren't being distributed on a pro-Roosevelt
basis.
IN other words II your state has a smoothly
working ro-Adminstration Democratic machine,