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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
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ONE newspaper which hardly spoke we'll of Huey
~ Long while he lived began its funeral Grafton
with the words, The engaging side OF Huey Long
was always his complete AmericaniSm."
I wish to register a vigorous dissent. assume
and Indeed have been told, that the dead Senator
had certain engaging personal qualities. With these
I am not concerned. Nor am even minded to stress
certain public questions concerning which Huey
Longs verbal attitudes seemed to me correct. The
essential thing about Huey Long the fact that
he served as a spearhead in a dangerous drive to-
ward actual fascism That menace was not scotched
by a bullet. Indeed the danger may be enhanced by
a softened sentimental consideration of the Senator's
career He will find place in that American tradi-
ton which holds that anybody who pushes his way
to the top from obscurity must have been guided by
a sound philosophy.
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Questions and Answers

Q-Are the covers of the basebals used by the
two major leagues sewed with the same coored
thread?
A-Formerly the balls of the National League
were sewed with red and black and the American
League balls with red and green but now red thread
is used official balls in both leagues.
Q-Give the source of the following quotation:
And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could
make two ears OF corn, or two blades of grass TO
grow upon spot OF ground where only one grew
before would deserve better of mankind and do
more essential service TO his country, than TIE whole
race Of politicians put together"
A-Jonathan Swift in Voyage to Brobdingnag" "
Q-Whst is somnoqust?
A-One who talks in his sleep. =
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Today S Science
by DAVID DIETZ

TINE recent death of DR., Arthur D. Little re-
i moved from the American scene one of the
great pioneers in the application of science to in
dustry. So firmly established today is the industrial
laboratory and so dependent is the progress of in
dustry upon the advice of chemists and physicists
that it becomes difficult to remember how very
young the movement is.
When Dr. Little in conjunction with Roger B.
Griffin organized consulting industrial chemical
laboratory, he was embarking upon an almost un-
heard of type of venture At the time of his death
he was president of Arthur D. Little Inc Cam
bridge, Mass consulting firm well known through
out the world.
Prior the organization of his own firm. he held
the job of superintendent of the first American sui
phite pulp mill There then practically techni-
cal guidance for the paper industry. With Mr.. Crit.
fin, he wrote book, The Chemistry of Paper Max
ing" which remained the standard authority upon
the subject for 80 years.
This book the first of many papers and pub
lished addresses which DR.. Little turned out.
DR. LITTLE was active in the application Of
- chrome tanning at time when chemical tan
mage regarded with suspicion by the industry.
He investigated viscose in Europe but was unable to
make American capital the possibilities in it. At
that time the rights to this substance which is the
base for rayon and celophane could have been pur-
chased for SIS COO
He also pioneered in the development of cellulose
acetate, selling his rights in this field to Eastman
Kodak Co and the General Electric Co.
LIE served with distinction as president OF the
H American Chemical Society and the American
Institute Of Chemical Engineers. While the head Of
the latter organization, conducted an intensive
survey which led to improvements in the curricu-
lums of engineering schools. He also originated the
School of Chemical Engineering Practice which is
part Of the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
In his address The Fifth Estate" he wrote
The Fifth Estate is composed of those having the
simplicity to wonder, the ability to question the
power TO generalize the capacity TO apply. It is in
short, the company Of thinkers, workers, expound-
ers, and practitioners upon which the world is abb
solutely dependent for the preservation and adj
sancement' of that organized knowledge which
call science
The world needs most a tolerance
understanding appreciation of the knowledge
now at hand. For these it can look nowhere with
such confidence to the members Of The Fifth
Estate"
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mund, chief engineer of the West
inghouse Electric & Manufacture
ing Co., about this phase of the
matter. Westinghouse has been
building Diesels since 1910 but the
company also builds electric loco
motives and recently completed
the eIectrification of the Pennsyl-
vania road from New York to
Washington.
Where the volume of traffic is
as great as it is on the Pennsyl-
vania between New York and
Washington, Mr.. Hellmund thinks
nothing can beat complete electri-
f1cation.
He emissions the future as a
three-cornered battle between
steam, the Diesel and complete
identification In the field of the
rail car and the switch engine he
is certain that the Diesel will win.
1T is significant that the makers
4 of steam locomotives are get
ting ready for the battle. Stream
lined steam locomotives are max
ing their appearance upon several
railroads. 1t is likewise a fact that
the Diesel interests have no mon
opoly upon air conditioning or
lightweight equipment.
But H. L. Hamilton, president
of Electro Motive Corp, says,
Nothing can stop the progress of
the Diesel powered locomotive. 1t
must come simply because of the
economic differential favoring it.
Railroads can not overlook the five
or six-to-one ratio of thermal eff
cheney in favor of Diesel engines
against steam"
The Diesel will encounter even
sitter opposition in the automo-
bile field. Automobile manufac-
turers. with brilliant record of
year by year progress, won't dupli-
cate the attitude of the railroads
toward them in 1911.
Diesels won't always have the
advantage of cheap fuel. AS the
demand for Diesel fuel goes up,
so will the price. But the Diesel
will always have the advantage of
going twice as far on gallon Of
fuel.
The Diesel engine is setting a
standard which other types of mo-
tive power are going to have to
meet. And that will be a good
thing.
The Diesel Age is signaling full
speed ahead and heading for pros
perity.
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Just within the last few weeks,
reports from the West have
reached their ears, adding-if that
is possible-to their agitation. The
West is where Mr.. Roosevelt is
supposed to hold four aces and
the joker.
But apparently it has gone
glacial. Jim Farley noticed this
when he was on the Pacific Coast.
The damage is reported to be not
beyond repair, and the Presi-
dent, one of the most astute
politicians in the country, is de-
scribed by his advisers as champ
ing at the bit to get busy repair
ing it,
This was behind his letter as
surirg business a breathing
SPELL" obviously also, this is be-
hind bis trip across the con-
tinent.
One main object of the tour is
to put quietus on whispers re-
garding his physical and mental
condition. The President has no
illusions that he will not have a
mans-sized fight in 1886. And he
is getting ready for it.
MORRIS l.. COOK, Admins
Nl istrator of Rural Electrified
ton, received a letter from an
ardent jobseeker the other day.
1t read:
L wish to apply for a position
in personnel work in your depart
ment. 1 have had four years ex-
perience with an undertaken while
at college. This has gi9en me an
opportunity to learn how to han
die people
THE House of Bankhead is the
i latest addition to the list of
family office holders. Esre is the
clans representation OH the Fed
eral pay roll:
Senator John H. Bankhead,
$4,000 a year.
Rep. William B. Bankhead,
Johns brother, $4,000 a year.
Elected Democratic floor leader
on the opening day of the last
session, he never appeared there
after because of illness.
Henry Bankhead. brother. COM
mercial attache of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
$1,000 a year.
John E. Bankhead Jr., nephew,
assistant clerk in the Department
of Agriculture. $1,000 a year.
Thomas NJ Owens, nephew,
chief of the Division Of Accessions
of the new archives department,
$4,000 a year. Mr.. Owens Is
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Not for Us TO Judge

IT takes very stalwart and able person to main
tain that attitude because it is distinctly contrary
to the national tradition. The religious conscious
ness and the even greater religious sub-conscious-
ness which has been handed down from our fathers
impels us to feel that our own Judgment is puny
after life has gone. Judgment feel, must be pro-
nOUnced elsewhere. Not until months or years have
passed is there much attempt made at candid eval-
uatiOn.
But Frank Cobb correct and faithful to his
duty. When man dies his ideas and his dreams,
for good i'll, do not die with him. The soul of
John Brown is not the only one which goes march,
ing on. There is persstency in the plans Of saints
and in the plans of sinners.
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trains. On branch lines, the Diesel
powered rail car, combining loco
motive, baggage compartment and
passenger car all in one, is grow
ing in popularity. Rail cars are
being built sufficiently powerful to
haul one or more trailerS or even a
train of ordinary cars.
Many see the greatest railroad
field for the Diesel at present in
switching and transfer work. The
Diesel switch engine, they say, is
superior TO the steam engine in
ease of operation and economy.
But the Diesel isn't tied to the
rails when on land. Diesel tractors
are hauling logs in the lumber
camps, pulling farm machinery on
the big farms. The road builders
are using Diesel equipment. There
are Diesel powered shovels, cranes,
ditch diggerS and the like.
DIESEL trucks are making their
H. appearance upon the high
way. Fleets of them are engaged
in the business of hauling freight
in many parts of the country
In the field of the passenger
automobile, the Diesel is still in
the experimental stage. Clessie L.
Cummins' feat of travelling from
New York to White Sulphur
Springs, a distance of 1876 miles, on
IA cents worth of fuel (plus 38
cents taxi is the outstanding
achievement in the field.
In the air, the Diesel is in an
experimental stage less advanced
than in the case of the passenger
automobile. Attempts to power an
airplane with a DIESEL have been
made in this country and in
Europe.
Lighter and faster engines are
the need for both the automobile
and the airplane. Success in these
fields will depend upon how soon
they come.
American firms manufacturing
Diesel engines of all types have in
creased from 81 in 1923 to So in
1884.
Outstanding event of 1885 is the
erection of the new Chicago plant
of the Electro Motive Corp, sub
sidiary of General Motors, where
Diesel-electro locomotives will be
turned out in an assembly line re-
sembling that of the automobile
industry but employing an over
head 200-ton crane instead of a
conveyor belt.
TT has been said that the Diesel
l. stands today where the auto
mobile stood in 1911. But there is
one important difference. The
railroads watched the auto take
away their passengers and the
trucks grab their freight. They
stood still and took it on the chin
Supplanting the horse and buggy
was a simple enough trick.
But the Diesel has more COM
petition. There is no tendency
anywhere to take it on the chin.
This is good thing for the Diesel
and a good thing for every one
concerned.
I talked with Rudolph E. He'll
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IN those days must nave Deen 4
very special sort of man. Not yet
has any one suggested that all
authenticated survivors should be
awarded medals, with extra oak
leaves for all who came down with
chilblains, but that must be merely
an oversight.
The pioneers of the northern
gold rush were lucky in that Jack
London, Rex Beach and Robert w
Service went along to write their
story for them. Probably at the
time, as they wreStled the dance
hall ladies through the stately
measures of the cakewalk or bellied
I'D to the bar to take their drains
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EUEnouNh
BY
WESTBROOK

OF all the hardy pioneers in history It is doubtful
~ that any group enjoyed such a heroic and
romantic press as those footloose casuals including
barenders and professional gamblers as we'll as Ia
borers, who went to Alaska and the Yukon in the
gold rush.
With the passing of the years their experiences
have been glamorized until it is accepted with
out question that any who lived through mild
autumn snow furry in the great spaces Of the North
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taneOuSly.
The injector, w h j C h
shoots the exact amount Of
oil into the cylinder at the
proper thousandth of a sec
ond, is the heart Of the
Diesel engine.
The original Diesel engines were
heavy and they were slow. AS a
result, the gasoline engines took
the automotive field away from
them. The Diesel found two fields,
that of the stationary engine and
that of the marine engine. Weight
and a low +. p. m. were not so i'm
portant in these fields.
The Diesel continues to be i'm
portant in this field. In fact, it's
Importance has grown with the
successful design of bigger and
bigger engines. Many municipal
tiles have built their own electric
power plants, equipping them with
Diesel engines. Recent ones have
been made possible by Federal
loans.
MANY large factories now en-
1V1 ploy Diesel power
plants to generate their own power.
Numerous office buildings, in New
York and elsewhere, are doing the
same thing.
On the water, the Diesel is find
ing increasing favor and useful
ness. Progress is in two directions.
Bigger Diesels are finding their
way into bigger ships. The newer
lightweight Diesels are finding
their way into smaller ones.
All sorts of boats from small
pleasure craft, yachts, tugs and
towboats to good sized tankers,
freighters and passenger ships are
being equipped with Diesels.
The most spectacular develop
ment of the Diesel has been on
land. 1t was the high-speed
streamlined trains which focused
national attention upon the Diesel.
Two things made possible the
development of the Diesel as a
transportation agent on land. One
was cutting the weight a horse
power. This was made possible by
improved design and the use of
superior materials, stainless steel,
aluminium alloys and the like.
The other was speeding up the
engine, increasing the revolutions
a minute. This was done chiefly
by the design of improved injec-
ton systems.
TINE high-speed streamlined
l. train has entered two fields of
railroading-the long run and the
short run. The Union Pacific, for
example, is putting them in service
between the Pacific Coast and
Chicago.
The short run is eXemplified by
the New Ravens shuttle train, the
Comet, which has an engine at
either end. Daily it makes 10
runs between Boston and Provi-
dence.
But. as we have pointed out, the
Diesel is finding other uses on the
railroad than in the streamlined
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Your Health
.BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN :

ONCE the great philosopher, Carlyle was asked
O what he thought the height of human hap
pinesS and he answered:
To scratch the part that itcheS."
If you've ever had your back scratched, it's very
possible that you'll agree That's all right, when the
itching is moderate and the scratching Is enough
to give you pleasant and satisfying relief.
But there are times when scratching won't work,
when the itching is more pronounced and prolonged.
That's when a doctors attention is needed and spe-
Cial treatment required.
ITCHING is frequent symptom of good many
i general diseases like diabetes urenia, jsundice
and leukemia. Itching of the skin occurs In over
activity of the thyroid gland and in perncious
anemia. 1t occurs when the bowels are not func-
toning rs they should, and one of the most common
conditions associated with itching is govt.
Various conditions of hypersensitivity of the
human body, grouped together under the word al
ergy known to be associated with severe ltchmg
sometimes beginning in the roof of the mouth and
also in the Skin with frequent development Of bis
tiers and bebs.
There are some persons who itch just because
they are and for no other reason that any
body can determine.
IF itching is caused by the bites of insects pests
i associated with the human body, relief is brought
about by getting rid of these pests For the person
who is representative relief from itching comes with
the removal OF the substance to which he is sensi-
tive
The worst cases of itching occur among old per-
sons This type seems to be associated with some
change that has taken place in the skin of the aged
Frequently relief may be gained for these persons by
the application of substances which soften the skin
or which have special action on nerve endings.
Gouty cases must have treatment for their govt.
Disturbed nervous systems also should have special
study of the reasons for the disturbances.
When all of these studies have been made and
all of the treatments applied, there will still remain
a considerable number of cases in which the condi-
ton persists. In these cases the application of
X-ray sometimes brings about permanent relief.
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ON land and sea and air the Diesel engine is making
swift progress Strengthening its grip upon the field
which entered at the beginning of the century, it is rap
idly conquerng territory.
Already we have discussed in detail these advances
whose magnitude has been great that many authorities
see in them the dawn of day with America riding
out of the depression behind the powerful cylinders of
Diesel engine.
Let summarize them and take look at the future
The Diesel engine is important for two reasons: 1t is
the worlds most efficient generator of power The steam
engine has thermal efficiency of only per cent the gaso
line engine of 10 per cent the Diesel engine of 80 per cent
Secondly the Diesel engine used cheap fuel oil.
Pure air is compressed in the cylinder of the Diesel
engine At the proper instant the fuel is sprayed into the
cylinder. There no carburetor and spark plug The
air. compressed pressure of 400 500 pounds to the
square inch, rises to a temperature of HOO degrees
Fahrenheit At this temperature the fuel ignites spo
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Nor do I mean to say that this
is a habit fostered wholly by news
papers. It lies in our national tenn
permanent. Death itself, even when
it is not the sudden, violent death
Of an aSsassin's bullet. is accepted
as the common enemy, and we in
stinctively make some sort of alli-
auce with the man who has gone.
I doubt that it is so much a ques-
ton of good taste as an uncon-
scious feeling of self-protection.
Frank Cobb, who always seemed
to me a great editorial writer, once
wrote an extraordinary piece in the
World following the death of Mayor
Gamer. NJ frl,l, I-nI lnnr, L., liz
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It did not to the pioneers that they un-
dergoing great hardship
But when, years afterward, the historians of the
episode caught the public imagination and the NOV
ing pictures portrayed the scene for those millions
who too lazy TO read the boys of the old brigade
began to realize what supermen they must have been
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THE END
CALLED WILDCAT AT 96
Husband Also "Gadabout," Claims
60 Year-Old Wife.

BIZ United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. 10
Police today were seeking James H
Hatfield, sc, described by his bride
of month. Frances A. Hatfield, 96
as a "gadabout" and a wildcat.
She charged he had failed to sup
port her since their marriage last
nnnth.
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trained archivist, had charge of
recognizing the archives of the
state of Alabama.
Charles Grove, Son-in-law of
Sens tor Bankhead and his secre-
tary, $4,000 year.
THERE is just one factor hold
i ing up the retirement of Big
Jim Farley as Postmaster-Gen-
eral. This is the problem of get
ting some one to take his place.
Jim wants to pass it on to
Frank walker. But Frank, one of
the shyest, most generous, and
naive members of the AdminiStra-
ton, demurs. To Frank, the job
of being postmaster General is
equivalent to being taken out and
floggad publicly before breakfast
every morning.
Frank works hard, plunks down
money by the thousands for
Democracy, winces at every word
written about him, and absolutely
refuses to take any bows before
the footlights.
So Mr.. Farley has recently
turned to the possibility of Dan
Roper. He thinks Uncle Dan
could handle the more political
job of Postmaster General, while
Mr. Walker could be induced to
take the more quiescent post Of
Secretary of Commerce.
Unless the President finds some
one else to take Jim Farley's place,
some insiders think this may be
the solution.
MORE than a decade has
WI passed since Senator Theo-
dore Bilbo served a term in Jail,
but he has not forgotten. That is
why he and Senator Pat Harrison,
both of Mississippi, are staging a
small scale civil war between
themselves over the appointment
of Edwin r. Holmes as United
States judge on the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
1t was Judge Holmes who jailed
Mr.. Bilbo.
MIR. Bilbo was called as a wit
ness in a 100000 suit brought by
a woman against Gov. Russell, his
political enemy. Mr.. Bilbo re-
fused to appear.
Judge Holmes, who presided
over the case. sentenced him to 30
days and 500 fine. Then he re-
duced the jail term to 10 days.
Senator Bilbo, who had finished
one term as Governor, sent for his
secretary and spent the 10 days
in jail planning to win the gov
ernorship again. He did
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lent conflict with the Mayor, and when he died,
shortly after being shot Cobb, Of the World refused
to write the conventional euogy. He said chat there
aspects of his political adversary which he adj
rlred and others which he deplored and he refused
to allow the fact Of death to alter his judgment in
any way.
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DAILY WASHINGTON
-GO-ROUND ,
By Dreas Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON 13The Presidents forthcoming trip
w pleasure Despite the breezy confidence
Farley country
is agtated a Warm Springs Georgia gale.
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II Seems hM
by
Haywood BROlN

A ASSASSINATION Is a great deal worse than use
n less thing. and this is peculiarly in Amer
lea When a public is killed or even when an
attempt is made upon MS life it is characteristic
OF US TO upon the instant all criticism of the
things for which he stood. Editorial writer's and
commentators who saw no virtues whatsoever in the
public figure while he fought and functioned are
suddenly moved to search out something in his rec
ord deserving Of appreciation and applause
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Q-what does the name Dominic mes
AvBorn on Sunday.