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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

THAT is why thousands of
plains farmers pray today for
rain. They know that immedi-
ate relief from the scourge of dust
is beyond the hands Of man.
If any one had said a few years
ago that winds could literally blow
a state out of the Union, it would
have been good for a laugh. But
it has actually happened.
The Soil Erosion Service esti-
mates that 100000 acres have
been completely destroyed for any
possible cropping purposes by
these recurring dust storms. That
is an area roughly as big as
MaSsa
And a larger area of between
6O,OOO.O0O and 100000 acres has
already suffered severe damage
and may 60 the same way. That
is as big as q state nearly as large
As Montana. Look at the map, and
see what this means.
An area almost as large as Con-
necticut is being abandoned today
in eastern Colorado and western
Kansas. The farmers who knew it
and loved it as a region of fruit
full farms are fleeing from it as the
Belgians fled before the Germans
in 1914
Dozens of ranch houses stand
dcsOiate and forsaken. The drift
ing dust piles up about the door
steps. The fence-corners, heaped
with dust, will soon fall to decay.
The region looks exactly like what
it may soon be-a desert. The pro-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

Whiteside. dapper little head Of
Dun 81 Bradstreet and member
of the NRA board. He also re-
fused Stumped, the President
was hesitating over his next move
when he was warned by Frank
Walker. former chairman of the
National Emergency Council. that
he must act and act quickly If the
NRA was to be saved.
Mr.. Walker had been making a
quiet survey of Senate sentiment
and he found the NRA situation
decidedly ominouS. He told the
President that it was absolutely
necessary to come to terms with
Labor and the liberals. So at the
last moment, with no one else
available. Mr.. Roosevelt, in effect,
drafted Mr.. Richberg as NRA
che nan.
% Senator Bill Borah modern
Il ballroom dancing is a
strange phenomenon. The sill
ver-tongued Idahoan rarely at
tends social functions but at the
White House diplomatic reception
this season he did put in an APP
pearance.
AS he stood watching the crowd
ed floor a friend asked him if he
danced. NO" said Senator Borah,
Il don't dance My views on the
subject are similar to those of a
famous Chinese statesman who at
tended his first occidental ball in
Washington many years ago.
He watched the twisting and
comforting couples on the dance
floor for while and then turned
to his hostess.
Madame. he asked, would it
not be possible to get your serv-
ants to do this for you?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Americans WonId Fiqht Aqain

THE volunteers for the next crusade should be
i able f0 STRUT Ike any COnQueror. They would
have civil word Tor very few and one Of their chief
occupations should consist Of elbOwIng marines of
the sidewalks and refusing TO salute brass-hats.
The only vav tn top a war is 10 catch 1t firmly
Dr. the throat and throttle DO before it's started.
have ample respect for those who say tand really
meant ~Thi5 time they'll have 10 come for me and
send mo m a coll M LcavCnwOrrh" But that isn't
enough The attitude must be much more agrees
rfrp conflict when 10 gets under way take
within DTS stride large and noble armies of martyrs
Now is no time for all good men TO come 10 the
aid of the movement. And % viii be well for them
IN establish their stpuiations publicly and chain
Themselves down against the call Of the crowd.
You and T NAV say that We could not be fooled
again But % course could.
Bit bv bif. assured defenscs 20 down under the
rising tides. Like dykes along swollen river there
g. tho possibility of sudden collapse IN the key spots.
Sunuo-e another Lusltanis To be sunk on every
front PAGE. no Won mean n say that quite calmly
the average American would remark Nevertheless
7 VIII not fight" II YOU think that you are i'll
informed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Questions and Answers

O-Name the Presidents of the United States
whose pictures are on United States postage stamps?
A-Washington. jefferson Jackson, Lincoln Tay-
or Garfield Grant Madison, Benjamin Harrison,
Monroe Mckinley, Harding, Theodore Roosevelt,
Hayes Cleveland, Wilson and Taft.
Q-What is a chinook?
"A warm moist southwest wind on the coastal
regions Of oregon and Washington; originally so
called by the white settlers at Astoria because II
comes from the direction of the Chinook camp The
name applies to a warm, dry wind that descends
the Rocky Mountains
Q-What is the shortest verse IN the BloleY
A-"Jesus wept." John XII, 35
Q-Is Emma Goldman still in the United States?
A-she had permit to remain three months
in this country last year, and she left at the END
of that time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

ductive soil is gone, right down to
hard-pan or gravel.
TT takes nature from 400 to 1000
L years to create an inch of vir-
gin topsoil. And government eX-
pertS in a test in Texas have
measured the blowing away of
nearly Is inches of good earth
within a few days.
Once blown away it is gone. 1t
benefits no other section of the
country. The granular matter
which settles as the storm blows
onward is a detriment to land on
which it falls. The valuable fine
material of the soil is almost al
ways blown out to sea.
These plains farmers are hardy,
independent people. They have
seen drought and hardship come
and 60 But at last they are be-
ginning to fear for the future.
One horny handed west Kansas
old timer shook his head as he
said, 1--WE farmed this territory
for more than 50 years, and I
swear there was never anything
struck this country as terrible as
this last dust storm"
He had been over his fields after
the worst of the dust cloud had
passed. There he saw his winter
wheat with roots exposed certain
to die with the return of the sun,
and the best of his topsoil gone
forever.
There are thousands like him
today. Many were even worse off,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

fields seemed to leap upward in a
vast rolling cloud. It is in these
places of origin where the grave
and permanent damage is done.
ONLY two things give nope.
~ They are the possibility of
widespread heavy rains, and the
unconquerable spirit of the plains
farmers.
In the midst Of the dust cloud,
with tragedy all about, they we're
able to laugh, grimly perhaps, and
to invent a flood of dust stories
like the ones which they used to
make up about their old rafting
model-T Fords. On the plate
glass window of a busted bank in
a western Kansas plains town
were found these words, etched by
a finger in the dust:
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust;
The men folks raved and the VIM
men folks CuSSed,
Take it and like it; In God we
trust"
In God for rain, and in the fed
eral government for relief until
rain comes, the million farmers of
the plains wheat belt put their
trust today.
NEXT: There have always been
dust storms in the west; why are
they so bad today and why do
they seem to be getting worse?
Government scientists will tell you
some of the why's and wherefOres
in tomorrow article.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
CITY MILK PRODUCERS
TO DISCUSS MERGER
Three Groups to Hold Farley Here
Next Wednesday.

A merger of three milk pro-
ducers' groups operating in the In
dianapolis market will be sought at
a conference Of the organizations
next Wednesday, it was announced
today by Ralph Poulton, In
dependent Milk Producers Associa-
ton secretary.
The two other organize Cions which
will be asked to join il the unified
movement are indianapolis Dairy
Producers Council and the In
dianapolis Dairymen's Cooperative.
A committee appointed by the in
dependent group TO push the merger
includes c. Z. Powell Lebanon,
chairman Guy Daily, Mooresvllle;
Elmer Burns. Otto Sharp. Charles T.
Riddle, NJ. z. Busald and Maurice
Routon, all of Indianapolis; T. E.
Yoke, Acton, and Walter Cooper,
Zionsville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Simon Ready TO GiUe In
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

VOU needn't worry much about a slight loss of
Il blood, when you cut yourself because the blood
forming organs of the body can take care of that
easily.
But don't let the blood continue to flow too long
or the loss may become a serious matter Besides
the loss Of blood. other factors associated with
wounds are quite important and may threaten life
itself.
A wound is any injury in which the skin is
broken and there is damage to the tissues beneath
it. When a large wound occurs, call a doctor at
once. The clothing should be removed so as to per
init an inspection Of the condition and it should
be turned back that it will not touch the wound
Moreover, those who are trying to help should
avoid touching the wound with their fingers Air
will not infect the wound in the vast majority of
cases, but fingers may
A WOUND of an artery is always serious The
IN blood comes in spurts and is light red in color.
wound from a vein is less serious. The blood will
ooze and flow steadily and appear to be dark red
in colCr.
When the bleeding from the nose in the vast
ma ority of cases the condition is not serious Many
simple methods Of stopping nose bleeding are use
full, such the application Of cold water, or the
pressure of cotton gauze packed gently into the
nostrils
When blood comes from the lungs, as in tuber-
culosis il flows from the and mouth; such
blood is frothy and very red. The patient should
be put fat on his back, an ice bag or towel wrung
in cold water should be put his chest and ply
sician should be called Immediately. When blood is
vomited from the stomach, the condition IS always
serious.
TN the care of ordinary wounds the two most i'm
portant factors for control the prevention OF
infection and stopping Of the bleeding. In giving
first aid DO not handle or wash wound Put on
clean surgical dressing
Among the antiseptic substances that are usefu
ore tirct1,re of iodine pure alcohol green soap.
There are also many we'll advertised antiseptcs
which vary in their potency
If blood is flowing steadily from cut IL may
he necessary to put on tourniquet between the
wound and the heart This will stop the now OF
blood ..,4
It is obviously not possible to put touhquetS
around the neck or abdomen In such cases, pres
SIRE bv a tight bandage may serve the purpose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

She began following him around
quite unmindful that being a full
grown pea hen she was three and
one half times larger than full
grown bantam.
Madame Pea was overpOwered
by love. Wherever Mr.. Bantam
went she was at his heels. When
he croWed, when he Strutted,
when he climbed up on his roost
for the night, her adoring eyes
were upon him.
THESE goings-on continued for
l. days and the entire neigh
borhood began talking. Surely,
Mrs. Bantam would do something.
But Mrs. Bantam being a little
smaller than her very small hus-
band, knew she had no chance.
She watched and prayed.
At first, Mr.. Bantam paid Mrs.
Pea no mind. Finally he became
aware that he had an admirer.
He contemplated Mrs. Peas great
bulk and it was too much for his
vanity. At that instant, Mrs. Ban
tam came up and got few re-
sounding pecks on the head. Then
she was chased away in such
fashion as to make clear Mr.
Bantam didn't want to be
bothered.
Now Mr.. Bantam struts proudly
about the ZOO. followed by love-
sick hen much larger than he.
The ZOO gossips say that poor Mrs.
Bantam may end it all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
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BIZ
VIM. PHILIP SLNNS

XXTASHINGTON, March 28.-When the haze lifts
w from Euope's diplomatic battlefield, Nippon
and Britannia may stand revealed as the new Euro
pean balance of power This would be the first time
in history that an Oriental nation ever played such
a role in the Occident.
Today Capt. Anthony Eden, British Lord Privy
Seal arrived in Moscow to talk with Joseph Stain
Foreign Commssar Maxim Litvnov and other
Soviet leaders But this visit like Sir John Sinon's
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

d7cs IN fighting for IT'S cause until II IS much TOO
Iatr The growth should be miltancy and ef-
fer-ircuoe- IT. is thing for the old and middle
AGED -o saw Il VIII not fight again in any struggle.
Fu- these axe the men and women who turned
tho f.de for our Joining tho issue IN 1917 There
v-- needs ne rcd or evolutionary color IN the new
shock troops ~ public opinion With organizations
a- with football teams a good attack is the best
c-frn-n.
n wore Tho recruiting sergeant for the peace
s0rr-e-. ne7 sfrIo 7 would begin Ike tho army
doctors WIN physical examination and accept into
flI classification only the very IT. To be sure
those brigade would have 10 b. co-oducstional
hGt d0 n0t regard the fact Of femininity a
fundamental weakness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

unit If their demands for reforms
are not met.
The President is fully aware Of
this danger. Behind the scenes
he is making a strenuous effort to
reach an understanding with the
left-wingerS.
He has given them assurances
that personally he favors the BAN
ming of price-fixing, elimination
Of all restraints on production and
the reinstatement of anti-mono-
poly safeguards.
Senate independents say they are
taking the President at his word,
but they make no bones OF the
fact that they have their fingers
crossed.
In other words. they are waiting
for him TO make good his pri-
vately- conveyed promises. If the
Administration bill that Donald
Richberg is secretly preparing full
fills the Presidents statements,
then the independents are ready
to play ball.
If it fails to do so they are
determined TO fight.
THE PRESIDENTS peace
4 making with the A. F. of L.
chieftsins was almost entirely at
Mr.. Richberg's expense. The
burIv Chicagoan took it on the jaw
three times.
Privately hostile 10 the Wagner
labor disputes bill. he had to back
water and make a public avowal
that he was for the measure in
principle
Likewise. he was strongly OPP
posed to adding another labor
member to the NRA board. Some
weeks ago when Secretary Frances
Perkins-who favored such an ad-
dition-thought she had it all ar
ranged with the President. Mr..
Richberg interviewed and put
stop 10 1t.
But in last weeks Shakeup OF
the board. not only was a lab
orite added. but he was the choice
Of John L. Lewis, president OF the
United Miners. Mr.. Lewis is the
most denunciatory Of Mr.. Rich
berg's foes.
II ASTLY, and most costly TO
Il Mr.. Richberg, was his APP
pointment as Chairman Of the
NRA Board. Second only to the
Presidency. this is the most ex-
posed Office IN the government
today. For Mr.. Richberg-who Is
distrusted both by labor and the
Senate nberals-it is doubly haz-
ardous.
He didn't want the job. The
only reason he took it was that
Mr.. Roosevelt could get no one
else 70 accept. Mr.. Roosevelt Of
fered 1t first to w. Averen Har-
riman. multi-millionaire executive
officer of the NRA. He declined.
Then ne turned to Arthur E.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

to Berlin, is not expected to alter
the British governments apparent
determination to hold aloof from
any further alliances of commit
mentS on the continent.
Tory Britain is VIGOROUSLY anti
Soviet The British conservatives,
now in Office by an overwhelming
majority, once rode into power by
making use of a Red scare. Harping
on this motif, Chancellor Hitler is
said to have scored his one most
impressive point on Sir John by
dwelling on the danger of Com
munism and declaring Nazi Ger
many to be the only dependable
dam against the Red tide.
The British, accordingly, are ex-
peCted to refuse to iOin hands with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

MIR. and Madame Duck billed
Ul continuously. Likewise. Mr.,
and Madame Swan She fought
off her own impulses for long
while, but finally cast about for
a successor to Mr.. Pea.
Unfortunately, there we're no
peacocks around. But there was
a Mr.. Bantam who had a cocky,
positive air about his tiny person
that took Madame Pea by storm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
AAA ANSWERS HOOVER
ATTACK ON IMPORTS
Deny Food Pouring Into United
States Because of Program.

Deny Food Pouring Into United
States Because of Program.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 28.-The
AAA replied today to former Presi-
dent Hoover's charge that food was
pouring" into the United States
because of government crop cur
tailment.
Imports Of virtually all foods ex-
cept grains and sugar we're less be-
tween July, 1884, and Feb, 1885,
than the 1924-33 10-year average
the AAA reported. Total imports Of
all competitive agricultural products
were 25 per cent less.
The United States bought from
abroad in recent months less but
ter, eggs, meat and cheese than
usual. Grain imports were 286 per
cent above average.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Fry Issues Liquor Warning

All holders of alcoholic beverage
licenses we're warned yesterday by
Paul P. Fry. state excise director, that
licenses of those convicted of vio-
lating the Sunday liquor sale law
would be revoked without renewal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Split Pea Zoo-p
Javanese Pea Hen, Widow Of Few Weeks, Picks on
Tiny Bantam Rooster as New Love.


NEW YORK March 28Spring to the ZOO as to all other
places and few twists to the heart Of Madame Alberta
a 0 family, Javanese
of weeks, had felt herself
husband broke his leg died and she
heartben this weakened state she contracted dpher
from the bird sanctuary to the Central
Park Zoo.
spring about nothing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
THREE DOCTORS ARE
SELECTED BY ARMY
Commissioned First Lieutenants In
Medical Reserve Corps.
By Times Special

By Times Special
WASHINGTON. D. c., March %
Three first lieutenants in the Med
ical Reserve Corps commissioned
here yesterday were Drs. Carlisle AL
len Payne, Methodist Hospital. Indi-
annapolis: Robert Bliss Miller, St
Joseph's Hospital, South Bend, and
William Warren Washburn, West
Lafayette.
Daniel Meade johnson. Evansville,
was commissioned second lieutenant
Of infantry in the reserve corps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DreC Pearson and Robert S. ALE

WASHINGTON the Presidents
Wv rappochement with the A Of L. mogus has
prospects NRA renewal.
battle however, is far from
Administration has pacate the bitterly hostile Senate
privately fully cutte the Blue Eagle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Citv Osteopath to Speak

DR.. Paul V. Allen, 526 Merchants
Bank Building, has accepted an in
vitation to address a session Of
the American Osteopathic Associa-
ton to be held July % to 26 at
Cleveland, it was announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

the Russians. whom they suspect of playing some
sinister game to further the world revolution or
with any other power or group of powers aiming at
the enCirclement Of Germany
Instead Britain is said to aim at playing with the
French and Italians, at Stresa and subsequently,
her old role of balance of power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

WAY Ilffe Was UTE filtdAllE oAn-
n.ci0n that another round might
make u- an both healthy and wise.
Many we're seduced and sacrificed
no the ideal ~ the war 20 enc
wars IT, is highly unlikely that
The old slogans will be trotted oJt
all over again. Certainly they
VII hardly come into their own
until there has been a vast process
of s0ftening up and romanticizing
public opinion.
But 10 NAV be that one deep
fundamental illusion ruined us in
the wears which are passed. A
society for peace. quite often is
rathrr pa..lre OrEanizl tion which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28

This Is the first Of three articles on
the national problem presented nv dust
Storms-the threat Of their recurrence.
their toll. what can he and is being done
about them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Japanese-GerD,an Entente Likelv

70 DO TINS successfully, however requires fairly
\ evenly balanced Europe and today no such Eu-
rope exists. Leaving Britain out, it looks like Ger
many against the reSt-France, Italy Russia and the
Little Entente.
Even Poland-Which until recently seemed in
chned to side with Germany-now appears about to
return to the camp of the former Allies Mighty as
Great Britain is therefore, she alone can hardly
hope to sway Europe the way she wants il time of
crisis. And there is where Japan comes in
Just as Germany contemplateS expansion east
Waro, partly at the expense of the Soviet Union
Nippon is credited with aiming at expanding vest
ward from VladivisOk into Eastern Sberia-also at
Soviet expense
A Japanese German entente is far from unlikely
On Foreign Minister Koki Hirota's orders Japanese
ambassadors in Europe are to meet in Paris shortly
to discuss the European situation Afterward
ISuneo MatSudaira ambassador to London will re-
turn to Toxic to report
With Nippons military might in the scales on the
SIDE OF Germany the powers will he far more evenly
balanced than they seem at present And Brtain's
chance OF swayng the balance her role for centuries
will be considerably augmented.
Simon Ready TO GiUe In
CIR JOHN SIMON is believed to be prepared TO
- report to London that the former Allies must
Yield to Germany both and territory or get
ready for war The Stresa conference therefore
stands to bring the former Allies closer together on
plan to face Germanys defiance, or drive them
farther apart than ever
That Sir John may spring some modified version
Of the old Macdonald scheme for arms equality or
an entirely new one to bring Germany back into the
European fold is confidently expected
At any rate no doubt exists that Britain has little
enthusiasm for new commitments of the character
OF a coalition to ring Germany in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-28
Il Seems hM
BY
Haywood BROUN

= has been said of almos' all me various devices
i 90 I'D for -re 1-ezcrvation ~ peace that tney
e,-r- -o~r -7-- time This isn't quite enough 70
bar -ncr7 from alb usage and Yet u docs give men
and uorrr a certain h7nC-doE attitude n - told
t.t thcr arc merely pursuing tho old way d failure
Perhaps Tho reason mat nothing worked back
i- -re YEAR 1914 and thereafter may be found IN
tho r.---.rr-f7r~e that a great MANY n us didn't
really u7rt vide peace established Befo-e the last