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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-31
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ-

NOV that scientists have succeeded by century
L Y of work in neatly dividing the scientific field
into physics chemistry geology, and the other reCog
nzed domains, it is becoming apparent that the big
advances of the future are going TO come in the
borderlands between these fields.
Development OF these borderands mo mans
lands" constitutes one of the big problems facing
science today. This fact is recognized by the Ma
tional Research Council which has number of
committees studying the subject.
DR. F K. Rlchtmyer, dean of the Graduate School
of Cornell University calls attention to the difficult
ties encountered in these fields in report on the
work of the National Research Councils activities in
Science.
TIN the development Of these borderland fields there
frequently are met difficulties which are not ell
counered within the limits of established fields" he
says. Frequently, as for example in the case of
biophysics, progress can be made only by the CO.
operative efforts OF persons OF very different training
and viewpoints
The biologist is keenly conscious of the impor-
lance OF the application of physical methods and
principles to che study of biological phenomena and
he naturally turns to the physicist for help
The physicist, however, is very frequently en-
crossed with fundamental problems in his own field
which are so fascinating take his entire atten-
ton"
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Times Books

CTANLEY WALKER, who used to be newspaper
- man himself seems to have written Mrs Astor's
Horse to get even with all the stuffed shirts he used
to have TO take seriously. Stokes; So
1t is book about the general screwiness of our
modern civilization, and it singles out a dozen or so
Of our chief headliners for analysis as essentially
comic characters
1t goes, for instance, into the career Of the late
inefable Daddy Browning examines Aimee Semple
Mcpherson with tender care. recalls how Queen
Marie came to our shores discusses Jimmy Walker
and Earl Carroll, devoteS pages to the civic greet
lngs" which New York used to shower on distin-
guished visitors, and INDUCES in a number of fear
fully barbed comments on New Yorks so-called So
ciety.
Our country, says Mr.. Walker, seems 10 go nuts
every often, and here is the proof of it, as New
York newspaper man has beheld it. You will get
many laugh out of it-and you may find it trfe
dismayng, as well. (By Bruce Catton)
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That Little Tin Box

TNHE late Shah Of Persias II widows are living in
j. Paris mostly grouped in one expensive hotel on
Ihe ChampS ElyseeS and several have so far over
come their grief for their late loving daddy as to he
frequent guests at night clubs which regard royal
eXlleS and eXpatriates the most desirable Gus
toners, not only for the francs they spend them
selves but for their ballyhoo value
It's strange that they instinctvey head for Paris
Strange also that though people starve and 20 in
rags, rarely does monarch lose his lob and land on
French soil without having first planted little tin
box of Tammany model or bigger They all pine
Tor home soil and sorrow for subjects ground under
the heel of oppressors, but prefer to do their sor-
rowing IN a city where there wine, good theaters
and gay hotels luxurious than many leakv-roof
palaces
Alfonsos people doubtless weep for their exed
monarch but they might wipe away their tears if
hey knew that he is not in serious want as he chases
the stag around the royal wood
Copyright. 1885 by United Feature Syndicate Inc,
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a LARGE slice of the population
L = of the United States derives
its origin from this land of shad-
ows and mirages-yet what do we
know of it?
Every day. millions of children
of the white man read that great
est story book of all, the Bible,
yet probably less than a tenth of
one per cent ever realize that
Africa is talked of, not once, but
many times in its pages,
The white man has builded him
self web of life, with strands
Of iron and steel, of silver AND
gold, of trade and commerce, that
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d Weapons Of the Next War Pictured in Cootras
BY STANLEY A. TULLSEN
NFA Service Writer

NEA service writer
THE overloaded doughboy, who
rivaIed pack horse in the
equipment he carried in World
War days, is changed person to-
day-much to his relief. A great
part of the burden that infantry
men bore on their backs in 1918
now is hauled in trucks and the
foot soldier has been given mobil-
ity never before known in warfare.
The pictures strikingly show the
transformation. The veteran SER
geant at the left carries the bur-
den. which recruits of 1917 we'll
remember-full pack, extra shoes,
Slicker, heavily loaded bandoleers,
etc. The trooper at the right
offers a trim contrast, with his
smaller pack and heater uniform.
The old choker type of collar has
been replaced by the V-neck. The
campaign hat and the overseas
cap remain as headgear, along
with the tin hat" which the SER
geant carries on his pack.
The greatest advance for the in
fantry, however, has been in
method of transport. Where foot
soldiers once tramped over roads
at three miles an hour, in the
next" war they will be rushed
swiftly to the front Ill speedy
trucks, some countries using mid
get vehicles that carry only two to
four soldiers. The United States
Army inclines 10 the view that
light trucks. bearing 10 to 20 men,
are more practicable.
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has in the last century risen up
to tower over him menacingly.
For by his very genius, he has
made his own world more COM
plicated He advances from dis
covery to discovery, from creation
to creation, until the house that
he has builded has grown top
heavy and sways perilously.
His coal, copper, and steel-his
corn, wheat and meat-his cleo
tricity gas and oil-they have led
him into the paths of ceaseless,
ruthless and cruel competition
with his fellow white man.
The speed of his competition
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gradually mounts, The COM
petitors race from all directions.
Presently they crash headlong
into each other. The air is filed
with snarlings, with failing fists,
with the dull thud-thud Of merci-
less blows,
And when the dust settles and
the eye can see again-the weak
est of the competitors has fallen,
never to rise again. And the
strongest, who remain, then begin
another race of conpetition-and
determination,
Tomorrow: The Oriental Plan.
(Copyright 1885. b. the TELEGRAPH Press
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Your He alth
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

TIME time is at hand when the fOOl-killer comes
i out toscatch all the careless motorists who work
on their cars in garages with closed doors.
Carbon monoXide an inSidious gas, pours from
the exhaust and gradually overWhelms those exposed
to it, If the exposure lasts long enough the result
is fatal.
Symptoms Of carbon monOXide poisoning come on
suddenly. Sometimes there warning signs such
headache throbbng of the temples ringing of the
ears, faintneSS dizziness, and vomiting.
The person who is exposed to this gas finds
loss of memory and failure to control any of his
sensations, from the earliest symptoms His face gets
red and his body temperature falls If the condition
goes on. he will become unconscious and die.
XXTHILE recovery in most cases, if it takes place
w IS complete some persons are left after carbon
mCnoXide poisoning with hemOwhages into various
parts of the body; destruction OF the blood, with
suting gangrene of the tissues and OCCASIONALLY seri
Gus changes III brain and nervous system.
When a man. woman, or child has been exposed
to carbon monoXide, the first thing to do is to get
him immediately out of the atmosphere of carbon
monoXide and into fresh air
AS soon as he is removed from the carbon monoX-
ide atmosphere, artificial respiration should be APP
piled by the usual manual methods. These can be
supplemented with use of inhalations Of oxygen, or
of mixed oxygen and carbon dioXide as such
help becomes available.
Experts recommend inhaations Of per cent
bon dioXide and 90 per cent oxygen for the first to
20 minutes.
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side on leaving tapped firmly on the head and forced
TO give up not only the royal donation but any other
money they had in their Clothes The late King
Alexander of Yugoslavia that sterling patriot and
great loving father of his peasant people upon set
tlement OF his estate reported to have planted
about six million dollars worth of various European
moneys and securities in London and Paris and the
eX-klng of Siam is by means down to his last
limousine
Paris the French Riviera and Rome have for
many years been the favorite places of exile of an in
tereStmg collection of former rulers African and
oriental as well as American. Jimmy Walker who
ike King George of Greece, now returns home pos
Slby even to his former royal status with his court in
the Central Park Casino represents distinct loss
to the de luxe battalion of the army of unemployed
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aWEuough
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

DARIS, Oct. 3l.-Apparently it IS only in extreme
cases that the kings and queens OF European
their auntS put to serious discomfort when they
lose their royal Jobs. Former King Alfonso of Spain
for example, has lost his position. but parting may
have been sweet sorrow, because Alfonso had fore
sight to squirrel away sufficient money 10 see him
through many rainy day and is living the life
Of Senior Reilly. Alfonso is relieved Of all Official
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duties and veXatlonS, including
the annual ceremony. naturally
Tepugnant to royal character, OF
kneeling in public and washing
the feet Of dozens of the frowSi-
est beggarS in his kingdom. It
also was customary to give each
beggar little money.
This was the theory of the
ceremony, but, of course, 1t had
been so cOnventionalized that
beggars were pretty well deloused
before the king and queen got to
them, and. judging by the thrifty,
toreslghted character of kings in
general, and Alfonso in particular,
beggarS NAV have been met ont
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-31
BLACK SHIRT $3.50 BLACK SKIN
By
Boake
Carter

Americas role in the Italian Ethiopian
war IS an important one, and Boake
Carter, drawing toward the end of his
BLACK Shirt. Black skin" tells in just
what way the United states is affected.
Here is the twentieth installment of Mr..
Carter book.
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WE can not have our
cake and eat it too. 1t
is utterly impossible. Yet
there are those among us
who still believe, in spite of
all the heartaches, the
tragedies, the rows upon
rows Of little white crosses
iii France and Belgium, the
lost fortunes and the lost
Jobs, that it can be done
again.
Neutrality legislation, such as
has been proposed by many-that
which has been enacted by the
Congress is both a snare and a de-
lusion-might postpone the clay
when America may be involved
in the next world explosion.
Private loans to any warning
nations should be barred, sales of
making materials, and sales Of
finished goods should be barred to
all belligerents; the Sailings of
American vessels through war
zones should be banned; citizens
should travel at their own risk;
and the United States government
should decline to assume any La
bllitleS for the loss of life of any
citizen, or destruction of property
of any citizen who disobeys such
prohibitions.
IL Is program Of neutrality
which is by no means foOlproof.
At best, it is no better than so
per cent perfect. For one must
never forget that if Congress can
make a program, Congress can
also unmake the same program.
And Congress is composed of
human beings, subject to all the
emotions that tear a man in a
thousand different directions.
/ is program which would
II shake Americas economy. H.
duStry and agriculture will prompt
ly retort that without exports we
would collapse.
And yet it is this same indus
try and agriculture which snorts
so disdainfuIly at the peace-time
contention that the 7 per cent
export trade may mean anything
When it comes to a debate of tar
Ills and trade barriers.
Let the prospect of loss of that
7 per cent show any signs of be-
coming reality, and it imme-
diately becomes a matter of life
and death. it is indispensable.
utterly impossible to ever think
of going on without it!
Great Britain can not sit still
and take no notice if an expan-
Slonistic and thoroughly militaris-
tic state settle along the line of
vital communication between her
self and her empire, as is Italy's
position in her attempt to annex
Ethiopia to herself.
Sooner or later Great Britain
will be driven by force of cir
cumStances to intervene.
Then will come Americas test.
The United States was the ma
ton which sponsored a treaty
which declared that non defensive
war is crime against the world.
1T is unthinkabIe that America
will continue to supply a Grim
inal with materials and weapons
Wherewith to carry on to a con-
clusion what America has de-
clared a criminal act. Thus will
come up the problem of hating,
not only munitions, but.all goods
of all kinds, to belligerent ma
tionS.
Il
THE British policy has been
Il yacillating, because it has
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The Cabinet
BY GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON

XXTASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Agriculture and unem-
w poyment are the prime problems of this ma
ton and both threatening that it is hard to
say which is worse
The farm problem has been with us longer is
perhaps the more stubborn and surely requires the
more adroit handling. 1t is a business problem in
Volvlng the control Of production, transportation
and distribution.
The man OF business who had given the most of
study effort and sacrifice to 1t in this country was
George Peek.
He had unique training background and expe-
renee for such a task In administration he had
been Commissioner of Finished Products on the War
Industries Board in control of the greatest produce
ton program ever attempted-and had done well
When the bankers took his implement business
away, along with farm hopes from the Middle West
he turned into crusader for farm relief For II
years he led that long fight to eventual victory in
the Roosevelt election.
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nURING that time the Illuminating Henry Wall
~ lace was little more sure of exactly where he
stood than he is today. He muffed supporting the
cause at all for many many years He began by team
ing up with Peek, but dtched hm-or got the Presi-
cent to ditch hm-When George wouldn't kow-tow
10 the Happy Hot Dogs who work behind the scenes
Mr. Wallace then surrendered all mental concIu-
slons to Rex Tugwen, who knows as much about the
farm problem as Halle Selassie know about Oshkosh
Wis
The farmers have been temporarily placated by
payments out Of the Treasury but solution of their
basic problem has not been touched.
Mr.. Wallace advises America to choose but he
hasn't done any choosing himself Mr. Tugwe Is
now engaged in moving few farmers around on the
map at terrific expense and with noticeable prog
resS IN solving the agricultural dilemma.
Here again maybe nobody could have done more
to help; but we might have given the Job Of trying
to some one who, on record and experience had at
least a chance TO help.
LCopvrlght 1885. bv United Feature sendlcate Incl
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scattered points Of origin. And yet
1t is obvious that all baod plays
come to Broadway sooner or later,
and that most Of hem start here.
That being the case, the critics
Of New York constitute about as
good a jury as could be clustered.
In the years to come they will make
many mistakes. l think they can
be absolved from any charge Of be-
ing interested only III those enter
prises which are commercial sue
cesses. In fact, the average dra-
matte critic has a CHRISTOPHER Co.
lumbus complex. He likes to feel
the thrill Of discovering the worth
player which is not yet evident TO
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II Seems hoM
BY
Haywood BROUN

+ AM delighted to hear that the New York Drama
Critics Circle has decided to award prize for the
best play Of each season written by an American and
produced on Broadway. I assume that the word
Broadway will be interpreted in the widest possible
sense and will not bar those productions which
made upon a side street. or even up alley
It is probably unfortunate that New York should
be so definitely the theatrical capital Of America We
might we'll have a more healthy theater if there were
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x ERICA!
IA They call her the Dark
Continental land of mysterious
people and unfathomable depths.
A huge continent standing since
the creation of time, with its two
eXtremities known to the white
man and its central regions en-
veloped in mystery, its tribes vir-
tually unknown, and its great broad
bosom lost in the simmering heat
waves of a tropic sun-the real
heart Of Africa
For centuries this continent has
stood majestic, immobile, defying
the curious white man, with his
elephants, his safaris and his fire
sticks.
Occasionally, it has relented and
allowed, for but a moment, d
glimpse of It's secrets to the cur
ious outside World-glimpses such
as Stanley and Livingstone gave the
statesmen and the scientists, the
engineers and the explorers.
But to the ordinary person,
Africa is a vast unknown jungle,
little understood, seldom thought
of-but awesome by the very ma
ture of it's primitive majesty
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in some play or player which is not
the general public.
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tempted to attack Malta-a tiny
little outpost of the great, far
flung mighty British Empire
Mussolini we'll knows that the
Empire would spring as one man.
So Mussolini, at present, makes
no effort to take Malta.
But there is no doctrine, like
the Monroe Doctrine, operative in
Europe, whereby, when one nation
attacks another, it attacks every
body If there we're, there would
be no wars.
Europe is uncertain as to how
to proceed when the nation at
tackled is not part Of any pow
erful empire. Each also has his
own irons in the fire-and the I'M
certainty merely lends speed to
the current which drifts us closer
to another world catastrophe.
Italy is in an utterly fantastic
situation. Defense for a tiny bit of
territory can be obtained without
war, simply because it is part of
a great empire, and defense for
a principle, upon which hangs the
preservation of the Western
Worlds civilization, can not be
obtained. 1t is incredible, but
true!
So, when black shirt and black
skin clash in hot, disease-ridden
tropical jungle thousands of miles
away, they will be writing new
destinies for the woodland per-
haps America, too.
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THE British policy has been
Il yacillating, because it has
been of many minds. If Italy at
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FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE

DAssAGE Of the Mcswain bill is needed to
assure. continuance and widening Of the
Tennessee Valley Authority's power program.
Reports that it has the Presidents indorse-
ment and is the Administrators answer to
attacks on IVA in and out Of the courts, are
gratifying. That backing should hasten pas
sage.
The amendments that the McSwain bill
proposes would remove any doubt about the
Authoritys right to build or acquire trans
mission systems, and to acquire distribution
systems and resell them to municipalities or
other political subdivisions.
Nationally one of these amendments is of
particular importance because it would fix
in the law the intention of Congress to set
up yardstick power rates in the Tennessee
Valley, by which power rates everywhere else
can be measured.
The amendment giving the Authority the
right to issue 500 100000 of bonds is simply
an extension Of present power, and is SUR
rounded with adequate safeguards. Under the
new provision, IVA would be able to acquire
private power facilities as wholes, or in parts,
Dy outright purchase VI ny eAC4-dASe VI AOS
bonds for stocks and bonds.
The section that provides for protection of
honest existing investments when IVA &C
quires distribution systems to avoid duplica-
tons of facilities is in accord with Twas
favorable record in this respect.
Otherwise, the McSwain bill gives IVA
needof authority to cooperate with other
&C % uent agencies, to promote larger use
of control of the development of the Ten
nessee River and tributaries.
Finally. the bill roots the IVA program not
solely in the commerce clause" of the Con-
stitution, as now, but also in the broader
general welfare" clause.
Certainly, if anything will promote the
general welfare of the people it will be success
of TWAS power program.
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NARCOTIC LAWS

president ROOSEvELT's timely appeal
4 for passage OF the uniform state narcotic
law should be needed by legislatures now
fastening toward adjournment.
Due largely TO leadership Of the United
States. the world is progressing toward effec-
tive cooperation to control the drugs traffic.
Forty-nine nations have ratified the Geneva
Narcotics Limitation Convention which became
effective in this country in July. 1888. Congress
has enacted adequate federal laws. and Treas
ury Department operatives have carried on
sustained drive against dope peddlers.
But the government needs the aggressive
help OF state laws and state enforcement Off
GERS. At the beginning Of the year, only nine
states had adopted the uniform law which has
the approval Of the American Medical Associa-
ton and the American Bar Association.
This law should be placed on the statute
books Of all IS states. so that our government
viii have the power and cooperation it needs
to uphold its compact with the other nations
OF the world.
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comprehension OF the proper way to use our
natural resources.
Few lands have ever been as blessed with
such resources as America. Fertile soil, great
forests. mineral deposits-they were here in
seemingly limitless abundance, and we let
them dazzle US. We got into the habit Of
moving in on them en- masse and letting the
lucky arst corners use them as they pleased.
That worked all right for a while. Now it
is exacting a penalty. The dust storms are
forcing US to learn that unwise exploitation Of
these resources has to be paid for by the ma
ton as a whole. We can use our resources as
individualists but eventually We have TO foot
the bill as collectivists.
This is not true only Of farm land. 1t Is
true Of our forests, Of our oil fields, of our
coal deposits and Of all the other riches with
which nature blessed US. All Of us must have
a say in the way these things are used, be-
cause If they are used unwisely all OF US will
feel the effects.
This Is the warning presented by Our pillar
OF cloud. If We are as smart as We ike to
think we are, we won't wait for another warn
ing before We insist that our resources be used
under a plan which has the welfare Of the
while country in view.