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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-03
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
(CopYriRht. 1895. NEA Service. Inc.

Copyright. 1885. NEA Service. Incl
I ONDON, May 3.-When the
IL robes of the King of Eng
land were draped about the shoul-
ders of George V, an outwardly
tranquil world already was begin
ming to build its machinery of
death for the greatest wer Of all
time.
And the storm, breaking in full
fury in 1914, caught up the royal
family of Great Britain just as it
did the homes of lesser folk
throughout the empire.
King George, denied the role of
ancient monarchs who led their
troops in action, nevertheless
braved the rerilS of the English
Channel to be nearer the scenes
of fighting in France and Elan
ders. And soldiers in their camps
and trenches, and wounded in the
hospitals near the front, were
heartened at seeing this little,
grave-faced, bearded man in plain
khaki uniform-a conspicuous
contrast to the German kaiser,
who was given to gorgeous uni
forms rafting with medals.
King George was not without
his own family anxieties. The
Prince of Wales was with the
troops and another son, the Duke
of York, was with the fleet.
The king also spent many hours
with the navy, which appealed to
the sailor in him. Then there
was that time when a fotilla I'M
der Admiral Hugh Rodman had
joined the British grand fleet.
The Kentuckian remembered
that, in his younger years, the flu
ture king had taken a hand in fir
ing their ships furnaces. He
spoke of it to the king, who took
the hint. Accordingly, British
royalty went down into the stoke
hold of the admirals ship and
shoveled some coal into the fur
mace. The American Navy is,
therefore, the only one extant in
which a British king acted as
Stoker.
TEN days after the armistice,
l. the king dismissed Parlia-
ment with happy announcement
that the long war was now tri-
umphantly ended. The peace
treaty of Versailles was finally
signed on June % and the over
joyed people of London spon-
taneously gathered in front of
Buckingham Palace to greet their
sovereign and sing in mighty
chorus: God Save the King!"
The tumult and the shouting
over the winning of the World
War had hardly died away, when
the age-old Irish problem cropped
up again.
In the elections of December,
1919, the Sim Fem forces cap
tured all the parliamentary seats
in southern Ireland. But they did
not go to London. Instead, they
remained in Dublin and set up
their own parliament, the Dali
Eirann. Now began what was
really a war between Sim Fein
and the British government. On
the one side was the Irish repub-
lican army.
Lloyd George rushed through
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The End.
LENA DRONBERGER DIES,
LAST RITES TOMORROW
City Woman Is Claimed After Ten
Weeks Illness.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Lenora Dronberger, 1922 N. Ala
bama-st, who died Wednesday at
Methodist Hospital after 10 weeks
illness. will be held at this after
noon in Shirley Brothers Chapel,
GAG N. Illinois-st. Burial will be in
Crown Hill.
Mrs. Dronberger was As. She had
been an Indianapolis resident II
years and was a member of the
Progressive Spiritualist Church.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Carlos Robbins, Misses Charlotte,
Margaret and Evelyn Dronberger,
and a son, Clarence Dronberger. all
of Indianapolis, and two sisters. Mrs.
Grace Cummings. Gosport, Miss,
and Mrs. Mauda Floyd. Chicago.
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tranquility. But fate ordained
otherwise.
TN the spring of 1926 a triangu-
l. lar dispute between coal miners,
mine owners and the government
over incomes and working hours
resulted in a decision by the
Trades Union Congress to declare
a sympathetic strike in certain
vital industries including the
transport and printing trades.
The government proclaimed
state of emergency. On May 4
British life seemed paralyzed.
There were no trains, no taxis, no
BUSES. no newspapers.
At the first sign of serious trou-
BILE, King George acted unlike
many of his monarchical con-
freres on the continent. In times
of serious troubles, they usually
ran away from their capitals.
King George fastened to his. Sur
rounded by his sons, he took up
his quarters in Buckingham
Palace.
The government took good care
of the food supplies for the big
cities, enrolled volunteers to run
trains and BUSES, got out its own
newspaper and used the broad
casting machinery to spread its
version of the strike and its prog
ress. The strike collapsed on
May u. The government had won.
The strike out of the way, there
followed for king and country a
brief but tranquil time in his
reign. Then suddenly, like a bolt
from the blue, the people learned
their sovereign was seriously, even
critically, i'll. In November, 1923,
he neglected a chill caught at his
Sandringham home and continued
to work at state papers.
A RRlVED al bucKlngham Fal-
L n ace, he suddenly became
worse and it was announced he
was suffering from pleurisy and
con- plications. He was not young.
lie was not considered strong. And
he had the ominous number Of
10 doctors and surgeons in at
tendance.
In the first two weeks of De-
cember there was never a day or
night when great crowds did not
gather in the neighbOrhood of the
palace, anXiously inquiring as to
the news.
The illness brought both king
and people to a full realization of
the affection that exists between
them.
When the sovereign was conva-
lescent. a day of Thanksgiving
deep seated and genuine - was
declared.
And throughout the following
trouble-fraught years of world
wide business depression-when
the king more than once has for
saken the role of mere figure
head and interviewed in political
and economic crises that menaced
the empires welfare-the sover-
eign's personal popularity never
has lessened.
The spectacular two-month Sill
yer Jubilee demonstrations will be
a spontaneous tribute to George
the Wise"
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George the wise" he's called because.
more than any ruler who preceded him.
the present King Of England has elect
ed to stay disereetly within the bounds
of a constitutional monarchy. Milton
Bronner has written three articles this
is the lasO reviewing the eventful reign
Of the sovereign whose 25 years on the
throne will be celebrated throughout
Great Britain in Silver Jubilee demon
STATIONS beginning NAV s.
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Mercury manuscripts. But that is perhaps irrele
want What I am complaining of is that there is
no escaping the Rabbit point of view by merely
burlesqulng It. When a group of Office workers ask
for a minimum wage of S2l a week, I hardly think
that such demand is to be turned aside by
pretending that the whole thing is awfuly, awfully
funny. The tradition of the Mercury is Of what
used 10 be called "sOphistication." That word has
fallen into disrepute since it seems to more
than a complete adoption of Main Street philosophy
dshed up in hi-faluting language
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Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

TT is generally believed that the occupation of a
farmer is not very hazardous, and doubt in the
past that was true
There are certain benefits to health from living
outdoors and away from contact with large numbers
of persons For example, farmers daughters have
about one-half the amount of tuberculosis affecting
young women of the same ages working in industries
in the city.
Nevertheless, the coming of motorized power, cleo
ricity, and of medical products the farm, in
PRODUCTION OF insecticides and other poiSonS for pres
ervation of agricultural products, have begun to
affect the health and life of the farmer.
Moreover, application of modern sanitary and
hygenic methods has not reached rural populations
to the extent that it has affected those living in
cities
Recent investigation shows 20 per cent reduction
of infectious diseases in the cities. with only per
cent reduction in those living on farms
NOWADAYS farmers die from type of accidents
- associated with the work of farm machinery,
such as tractors and motors.
Only two other occupations had higher death
rates from accidents associated with machines than
did farmers In Nebraska in 1929 accidental deaths
on the farm we're twice numerous those in most
manufacturing industries.
Another type of occupational disease which
affects the farmer Is hookworm which appears par
ticularly in sections where sanitation is lacking and
field workers go barefoot.
Farmers also suffer from irritation of the skin
from undue exposure to the heat and light Of the
sun and, because of their contact with the poens of
various plants, they beginning suffer with an
extraordinary incidence of hay fever and asthma
MANY other conditions which affect farmers come
lV1 from the type Of parasite associated with ami
mails. Farmers have more tularemia, sporotri-
Ghosts, more tic fever, and more CHAMBERS and an
thrax than do city workers.
The most recent type Of condition TO affect
farmers particularly is poisoning by various types OF
chemicals and insecticides that have been intro
duced into farming To protect himself against
these hazards the farmer must proper cloth
ing. His shoes must be of the right kind to protect
his feet from Infection and ne must wear gloves to
protect his hands from the chemicals
Any one handling any CT the new tyes OF chem
icals and insecticides should be warned against their
poisonous character know how to prevent undue con-
sumption Of the poisons and also the proper anti
dotes % use IN case Of accident.
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looking for chump to lick and
not so much the conquering hero
as a smart matchmaker and lucky
stiff. Examining the causes of the
war. he found them pretty much
localized in a circulation fight in
New York City. Examining the
conduct of the high command of
the Army and Navy he found more
incompetence and stupidity than
glory. The book was the more Of
fenSive because it was so convinc-
ing but, fortunately, Mr.. Mills is
neither a homespun philosopher
nor a columnist. His audience is
comparatively small and his attack
is limited to those who always did
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Questions and Answers

GLOW old must man be to enlist in the Ma
rine Corps Line Reserves. and what is the term of
enlistment?
A-The applicant must be between the ages of II
and 35 and if under 81 he must obtain the written
consent Of his parents The term of enlistment is
four years.
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Real Poetry in an Execution

nIDNT the United States know all along that the
- British controlled the news sources through
their press bureau in the little round grimy room in
London ard that they were never any great hands
to give themselves the worst of it? If not it was
not for lack of telling because it was frankly told
then that the news by mail and cable BOTH was
strictly censored frankly partisan basis and that
London was the great clearing house.
Then, too the Germans were so clumsy and
dumb. The British could tramp on American sea
rights without drawing blood, but the Germans al
ways left wounds.
1t Is no good to try to tell German why it was
dumb OF them TO shoot Edith Cavell, even though
she was a spy, because any thick enough not to
understand why without being told could learn
The French shot Mata Kari, to be sure, but the
French have nice way about them and moreover
Mata Hari was a sort of underworld character not
the merciful figure of nurse.
1t may have distressed Mata Hari Just as much
but it made beautiful execution, the dancer facing
the firing squad at dawn with the whispering nuns
attending her. The Germans couldn't understand
Why their execution of Miss Cavel a brutal and
shocking act, whereas that of Mata Hari was poetic
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Now he has written another book called THE
Road to War, 1914-1917" in which he expresses
feeling that this country need have entered the
fight. 1t hardly necessary to have brought
that up at this late date and it is hard to what
good can come of it now Is it just to make the
people think that they were suckers and finally
were deluded by the clever rubbing of the British
who kept whispering, You ought to hear what
these Germans are planning to do to YOU?
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
BIZ Dre1U Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON Estate Department reports behnd-the
w developments indicate that Great Britain may
ageod policy the
power might throw her
o
trie and technical DEVELOPMENT but it
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WdIdstu % IDIU IIlE IOIL. FIIu
in an effort to make the fun still
more furious the official statement
wound up with the following para
graph
oddly enough, the American
Mercury still holds to the old
fashioned idea that a law-abiding
citizen may manage his own busi-
ness. This doctrine, anathema to
Moscow and 14th-st. is at present
in effect at the publications offices.
All manuscripts, however, are being
carefully searched for bombs"
one reader, at least, feels that a
little more dynamite and quite a bit
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For Paris and for LOganSpOrt

A sea, where the American decision to enter the
= war was finally forced, the British we're block
aiding American ships and violating American sea
rights, but they were jaunty and civil about it.
They just didn't let ships go through if they
thought they were carrying stuff to the Germans.
The Germans had to hide in the sea and sink ships
to accomplish the same purpose 1t is impossible to
torpedo a ship in a tactful manner
1t seems that almost from the start the Amer
leans spelling to get into the big and had
picked their side long before the decision finally
was made The French had a hand in this, too,
for though there many Germans and few
French English in this country, the chvalrous
sympathy had been with France from the day the
first young Americans leaped into the French army.
There was popular saying in those days that
every American had two home towns his own and
Paris. 1t remains to be seen whether, in a like
crisis involving this country, any considerable ele
ment of French young men will declare that they
have two home towns, their and, say, Logans-
port Ind.
Examining the reasons why the u. 8. A. entered
that one is like trying to analyze love- for the Amer
leans had crush on France at the time and cad
had called her a vile name They have fallen out
since, but you do favor when you remind
him how silly he was when he was packing the
torch for fast blond.
Copyright 1895. BY United Feature Syndicate Incl
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II Seems hM
BY
Haywood BROlJN

IF the awarding Of The decoration lay with me, I
would be inclined forthwith 70 award the 1885 bad
taste medal to the owner and editor of the Amer
lean Mercury When a strike was called by the office
force Of the publication the proprietor and the editor
united in a statement to the press which began
The world revolution struck the Offices of the
American Mercury at high noon today After a brief
and polite skirmish however the embattled editors
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-02
Brazil Will Build
Own Plane Factory

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 2.
President Getulio Vargars laid
the cornerstone Of an airplane
factory at Monteleve in the State
of MinaS Geraes. It is the first
plane factory ever constructed by
the government. Monteleve is
Strategically located in the noun
tainS alongside Lake Santa.
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Jury Investigation =
Planned For Slots

FREDERICK, Md, Sept. 2 (Spe-
ciaD Investigation Of the activi-
ties Of slot machine operators in
frederick county will be asked OF
the September term of the grand
Jury. A number of arrests for al
legged violations of the countys
antigambling law have Leen made
during the past few weeks.
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LURAY COUNCIL RECORD

LURAY, Va, Sept. Accom-
plishments which, at a conServa-
tive estimate, run into hundreds
of thousands of dollars during the
last four or five years is the rec
ord of the old Luray town Council
which goes out of office tonight,
most of it's members having served
from two to five terms. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-02

mayor, Harry Stricken, has served
two terms.
Chief among the councils &C.
complishments has been the build
ing of an additional reservoir,
more than trebling the capacity
of the town water supply, and
street and bridge work. More
than $4,000 worth of work has
been done in the last two years
in street improvement.
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a thousand unsupported ways
the nations industry and COM
merce, and when the end shall
have been reached, what will 1t
amount to? Nothing but to
satisfy the incredibly mean de-
sire to punish those who are
more fortunate than most Of us.
PUNISH TO LIMIT
"When these great accumula-
tiOns of wealth have come to
pass by fraud, by exploitation
or by lawleSsness, let there be
punishment to the limit. Moth
ing could be more false, how
ever than the assumption that
because an individual or group
possesses a large accumula-
ton of wealth this has been
brought about by unjust or i'm
proper means. Such is not true
in one case out of TO-"
Warning the public not to be
misled by appearances, DR.. Butler
declared many who call them
selves Democrats are in flat con-
tradiction as to many funda-
mental principles and policies
with others who claim the same
party name. He said:
"If and when men use party
names and party traditions to
secure popular support and
then when elected to office
throw their influence and their
votes in favor of measures
which flatly contradict the
principles and traditions Of that
party whose name they pro-
feSS to bear, how are we to
carry on free Government? If
this sort of thing continues, the
American people will find them
selves face to face with chaos
instead of with orderly Govern
ment."
ATTACKS BRAIN TRUST
After tracing the Communistic
trend manifest in the Govern
ment and tieing it in with abuses
of the taxing power, DR.. Butler de"
clared:
IF Government, by abuse Of
the taxing power which is
within its control, destroys the
ability of hundreds of thou
sands of individual men and
women to join in carryin for
ward public service, then Gov
eminent is striking q treacher.
Gus blow at public interest
which can only be followed by
a literally incalcurahle damage
and loss"
Attacking the Brain Trusters'
arguments that times have
changed, making the scrapping
of the Constitution necessary, and
that the principles of jefferson
no longer apply, he punctured
the fallacy by pointing to one i'm
portant qualification. He said:
Fundamental principles do
not change, no matter what
happens to the environment in
which their application is sought
or attempted.
Gust SO the sound principles
which Jefferson taught have
lost nothing of their SOundneSS
because of the altered conditions
under which they are to be prac-
tically applied.
ITO do this, however, we must
first of all rid ourselves Of the
dogmatic and baSeleSS MARKHAM
assumptions and abSurditieS
which are just now so much in
evidence"
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Children S Bureau
In LARGER Offices

Due to a lack of space, offices
Of the children'S division of the
Board of Public Welfare, have
been moved from the District
Building to the May Building on
John Marshall Pl. N. w. Miss A.
Patricia Morse, director, has been
with the board for approximately
Is years.
Evening star., 1935-02-19

~ TRAIGHT toward where he lay
in hiding on the edge OF the
woods Reddy Fox saw his
~ cousin, Gray Fox, coming, and
Gray Fox was carrying a fat
hen. Reddy was angry, very, very
angry. He had seen Gray Fox kill
that fat hen and a lot more besides,
and it was this useless killing that
made Reddy so angry.
Gray Fox swerved and entered the
woods short distance from Reddy.
Reddy started across after him, and
as he reached the trail of Gray Fox
just little behind him, they heard a
sound that of all sounds was the very
last one that Reddy wanted TO hear
Just then. 1t was the baying of q
hound. The farmer whose hens Gray
Fox had killed had hound, and had
put him on the trail of the hen killer.
Instantly Reddy realized that he
was in for trouble It was the trail
of Gray Fox that hound was follow
ing now, but when he reached the
place where Reddy had joined the
trail it would be his, Reddy's trail,
that he would follow. Reddy ground
his teeth with rage. Gray Fox, just
ahead Of him, tossed aside the hen
he was carrying, broke his trail by a
long leap to one side, then climbed
tree, for he is one Fox who is a fairly
good climber. He had discovered
Reddy behind him and he knew that
now that hound would follow Reddy.
IlD@r raL,N IL II
Reddy has led that Dog away I'll go
back and get that fat hen," said he
to himself, and this is just what he
did do.
Meanwhile Reddy was having to do
some fast running, for that Hound
was young and swift. So for a time
Reddy had no chance to try any of
his clever tricks to puzzle and delay
that Deg; he had TO run his best.
Il suppose that cousin of mine
hopes 1 will lead this Dog way off
somewhere" thought Reddy. We'll
l won't. No, sir, I won't do anything
of the kind"
He circled as soon as he could so
as to return to the tree up which Gray
Fox had climbed. Gray Fox was just
finishing the fat hen and when he
heard that Dog coming once more
took to the tree. Reddy saw the
scattered feathers and knew that Gray
Fox had dined well while he, Reddy,
was running with an empty stomach.
Just in time Reddy caught sight of
the farmer waiting with terrible
gun and Just in time turned. Just a
little more and he would have been
within range of that terrible gun. AS
it was the farmer saw him and shook