davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
THE ROAD TO HEALTH

DETER health is the May keynote in Indian
- apos. This interest is symbolic of gains which
the city and state are making in public health
protection.
Child Health Week beginning May l, was
marked this year by Indianas participation in the
Federa-state plans for aiding dependent children
Mothers Day saw the launching of a CO.
operative effort to cut the nations yearly maternity
death rate of $4,000.
Doors of hospitals throughout the state were
opened Tuesday to citizens who joined in the
fifteenth annual celebration of National Hospital
Day.
The Marion County tuberculosis Association aid
ed in observance of National Negro Health Week
The Phyllis Wheatley Y w. C. A. is holding an all
day health institute Saturday Eight of the 100
babies examined there during the week will receive
prizes. Miss Sally Metz of Lowell and Frederick
Reichart of Dayton adudged the states health
lest girl and boy at the annual All Club health
contest at Purdue. Children of the citys % kinder
gsrtens will compete for honors in an annual
health roundup May 81 and % in the Brookside
Park Community House.
Public health services and many other organiza-
tons are taking advantage of May as the great
health publicity month.
1NIlMAXING these activities is the establish
~ ment of division of physical and health educa
ton in the State Department of Education
Ultimately this program, proposed by Dr. Verne
K. Harvey state Health Board director, will reach
the $4,000 Indiana grade and high school pupils
The aim is to standardze health teaching and to
promote better understanding of health education.
Indiana, as the first state to include such plan
in the Federal-state social security program, is
pioneering in the movement that will improve the
health habits of all citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
DEATH OF A CRITIC AND PROPHET

THE legal profession lost a distinguished MEM
Der, and the nation clear-thnking citizen,
in the death of DR.. Howard Lee McBain, dean of
graduate facilities at Columbia University.
DR.. Mccain one of the most outspoken critics
of what he deemed out-dated constitutional in
terpretatons, and equally defender of the legal
process. He unstntng in his denunciation of
the Supreme Court for its AAA NFsA and Railroad
Retirement decisions He just vehement
against what he called the confusion and the hap
hazard government controls of the New Deal, and
the politics of the Roosevelt Administration.
The Liberty League put him of it's rolls
of honor for having attacked Roosevelt for politck
ing but of DR.. Mc3ain's other utterances are
just as important. He said:
Il am one of those who believe that the Con-
sttution as it stands is inadequate to meet the
requirement of governmental action that will be
pressed heavily upon it within the next 10 or 20
years :. believe that the powers of Congress
should be extended very gradually-piece by piece
But 1 am reasonably sure that they will have to
be extended ultimately. There difficult days
ahead of U.S. sometimes think that neither the
depression nor the New Deal has taught us any,
thing, given us anything, even pointed way"
He was bold and vigorous man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
Ry Mrs. Walter Ferguson

A article by Margaret Sangster in Good House
keeping will touch a responsive chord in many
women, for 1t deplores the passing of sentimental
gestures. good many of us tired of the hard
boiled attitude not only toward babies but in our
adult relationships.
Undoubtedly the scientific method of caring for
children has its good points and has saved the lives
OF millions. Nevertheless stand with the dimin
ishing group of those who hold that babies must
have love-close warm, cuddly love-in place of the
stand-offish and sterilized efficiency now so FASH
ionable
Far more than anything in life each of us de-
sires the approval the consideration the affection
of those about US And isn't it true that Heaven
Is assailed by the walls of women whose husbands
have forgotten to speak to them of love? Neither
diamonds pretty clothes expensive automobiles
nor trips abroad compensate for the we'll
turned compliment and the vow of perpetual adora-
ton. Proof of this is given by the hordes of foreign
gentlemen often good-for- nothings who invade our
shores and marry heiresses simply because they
know the secret of the winning word-the gestures,
the tender glance, and all the overtones of ardor
Now babies are only little bits of humanity and
born with them is our strongest mortal desire-the
desire for affection
The response of the infant to one who, leaning
over its crib. speaks to it in tender tones is i'm
mediate and lovely TO 1t is perhaps the most
beautiful experience that life holds for parent.
No matter how rich he may be, the baby who is
not kissed and cuddled by his mother and who has
known the feeling of being Graded in her
arms or rocked TO sleep upon her breast is
fortunate child. But not so unfortunate as the
woman who deliberately in the Of science, de-
prives herself of the Joy of mothering her own like
this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

movement under a dictator has
brought the country may be gath
cred from the fact the poor are
in proportion to their rent, while
nome owners are free, and so on
through the whole ridiculous proc
ess of financial ruin of the country
Russia under Stain can not be
so accurately appraised financially
from the fact capital simply is not,
so the people are kept in line by a
spurious culture or education de-
void of the humanizing philosophy
of religion and no ethics except
as serves the state as promulgated
by the state.
Flimflammed youth is the actual
title of the whole youth movement.
Instead of the voting age being low
cred it should be raised to at
least Is.
Educated youth has duty to per-
form: to lead its contemporaries
out of the mass of conflicting po-
litical rackets, among the most
burdensome of which are war and
exaggerated nationalism, and keep
it in line; above all, to keep per-
sonality in lieu of policy out of the
picture and everlastingly be vigilant
as to its freedom of speech, equality
of privilege under the law and a
high ethical standard.
This is the greatest and the only
practical service of youth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
LANDON, THE DEFT

FACILITY in forestalling attack is art of the
successful campaigner. That art appears in eff
fective form in the Kaltenbcrn interview with the
Kansas Governor.
Two of the most obvious lines of assault in event
OF Landons nomination are on his dry record and
his oil connection.
The reply he made on the first strikes us as al
most shock proof
1.-THE people" he said, rendered an overwhelming
verdict that the question should be returned to the
various states for such decision as their citi5enry
wished. accept that verdict and believe that 1t
Is up to each state to determine its own policy on
liquor subject of course to Section Of the Twenty
first Amendment. under which shipments into dry
states properly forbidden"
That is clear, concise should tend to disspate the
fear OF the wet, reassure the prohibition St and go
long way toward stilling the memory O, that rally
again to the battle" speech the Governor made TO
the W. C. T. U. in September
More clever still the way he dealt with his oil
associations, and. incidentally with his Republican
opponent Borahs No. issue--moncpoly. Two birds
with one stone.
First be separates himself from the big boys in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

the industry and takes poke at their practices;
then on to the monopoly theme:
AS small. independent oil producer" says he,
Il was always coming up against concentrated
wealth in the shape of big oil companies pipeline
companies and railroads. Naturally became con-
scious of the problems of monopoly the power and
tendencies OF big aggregations of capital
II suppose though it is human for a business
to want to get into the position where he
Ak prices and eliminate competition, perhaps
by friendly agreement or the influence of size
He thinks it will make things easier for him,
but my experience has convinced me that monopoly
Is bad for every one including business itself. Men
in monopolistic positions aren't on their toes fight
ing; prices fixed and maintained so high that
buying power is shut off. II technical improve
ments made, the profits aren't generally fairly
passed on to labor and the consumer. All other
groups outside the field Of monopoly particularly
agriculture, put at disadvantage, and oppor-
tunity is closed to the small /. 1t will not
do to think put monopoly on its good
behavior and forget about it."
Something more than just clever politics in that;
dash of craftsmanship too. but it does have the
effect of beating to the punch" on the oil issue
and in that respect is political art.
Most Of the rest of the interview was cam
paign generaties But in his treatment of the
oil and liquor and monopoly issues in this
man, who is far out in front, dizziness and
sense Of timing qualities that would indicate
ability to handle himself we'll from June to
November should the lightning actually strike him
in Cleveland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
IMPROVING THE PARK

A START on improving the newly acquired West
~ Side park site must await legal procedure in
completing the transfer of title to the 100 acres
purchased by the city. Oficals say this is necessary
before approval be given for WPA labor on the
project. The legal routine may take three months,
they say.
But in the meantime it may be possible to open
part OF the tract for use in its present form. An
of about nine is to be used as a play
ground FOR $500 West Side children We hope it
is possible to make at least part of the park site
Immediately available for children who now have nc
playground other than the streets and yards
AS for permanent improvements, West Side resi-
dents who have worked for years to get adequate
park facilities realize that converting farm land
modern park is overnight job. The City Park
Board justly praised for its action in expanding the
park system, should proceed with these improve
ments as speedily as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Watch Your Health

/ IN practically all cases, thumb
= sucking was associated with fall
ing asleep.
Although the practice in mod
Grafton may not be harmful, it is
hard to draw the line between
moderate and excessive indulgence.
The safest plan is not to permit
Misunderstanding to any degree which
will indicate that it is apt to be-
come an established habit.
All sorts of devices have been
developed to cure child of the
habit. One of the simplest methods
is to wrap some adhesive tape light
ly around the thumb. This makes
the sucking somewhat disagreeable
and, with good many babies, will
prove to be sufficient to break the
habit.
Another method is to place a
stiff cardboard over the child's ell
bow, so that the arm can not be
bent. And still other ideas are the
application of bitter medicine on
the thumb, the use of wire rings
aluminium mitts, and similar de-
vices. The elbow cuffs seem to be
the most effective.
A professor of psychology al
Johns Hopkins University suggests
appealing to the child's vanity. BY
this system, the child is taken
from play twice day and made
to suck it's thumb for 10 minutes
| before a mirror.
If the child is not permitted any
distractions, while watching itself
suck its thumb, it will, in the ma
jority of cases, promptly give UP
the habit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by Science Service

A NEW type of radio genera
a tor which produces powerful
waves less than a meter in length
may prove the first step in the soIu-
ton of radios most serious prob
lem, the congestion of the ether.
The new radio outfit was dem
onStrated by its inventor, DR.. p. D.
Zottu of the RCA tube research,
and development laboratory of
Harrison, N. j., at the annual meet
ing of the Institute of Radio En-
gineers, in session this week in
Cleveland.
Congestion of the ether is the big
headache Of radio. The reason a
broadcasting license is practically
worth its weight in radium, is due
entirely to the fact that there are
now as many stations on the air
as there are available wavelengths.
One of the chief problems in
volved in the realization of televi-
sion is the finding of channel for
it. The matter is complicated in
the extreme by the fact that tele-
vision in its present form requires
an extremely wide band.
The solution of the problem in
1 the minds Nf manu- 20 din apoinoorc
is an extension of the broadcast
band, either upward or downward.
The present "an-wave" receiving
set go beyond the broadcast band
in both directions, tuning in the
longwave European stations, for
example, and the short-wave police
calls" amateur stations, etc.
But as is obvious it is not possible
to extend broadcasting without
entering into bands which have
been assigned to commercial opera
ton. ship-to-shore communication,
the Navy, the police department, the
amateur experimenters, etc.
DR.. Zottu has devised a circuit
which permits the accomplishment
of something heretofore impossible.
He has succeeded in hitching a
number of tubes together so that
the wave length can be kept low
and the power output large. At
tempts to do this in the past have
always caused the wavelengtn to 60
up at the same time that the power
did.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

Okla; Dick Powell, Mountain View,
Ark.
Q-What method can be used to
prevent the mist on the eyeglasses
when coming from cold outside air
into a warm room?
A-Mix clean potash soap with
about per cent of glycerine and
a little oil of turpentine, and pol
ish the lenses.
Glow much did Joe Louis and
Primo Camera each receive for
their fight last June Is?
Aloe Louis received $44, 636.16
and Primo Camera, sac, 1924.
Q-Are all foreign vessels enter
ing New York hsrbor required to
have government pilots to bring
them to their berths?
Ayes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
VETERANS OF FUTURE WARS
CALL FOR MONUMENT

By Col. Wendell Ralph Lutes, Indiana polls
Wars.
wish to call the attention of
the citizens of Indianapolis to a
letter which I am mailing to the
Mayor of our city. I call upon the
men and women in Indianapolis
to support our cause. After read
ing the following letter please tele-
graph or write Immediately to the
Mayor, Senators, Representatives
ETC., asking them to give us their
support.
Mayor John Kern, City of Indi-
annapolis:
MY dear. Mayor: AS command
er of the Indianapolis Post of the
Veterans of Future Wars 1 beg the
privilege of asking monument in
memory of the great sacrifices we
veterans will make in giving our
all in the future wars.
MY post also asks the city of
Indianapolis to lay aside a large
tract of land in north Indianapolis
as burying ground for all mem
bers OF our organization killed in
future wars.
I'VE feel that there could be no
greater tribute to us while alive,
and nothing SO pleasant to us after
death, as to know that even though
we were killed in foreign lands we
would be placed to rest among our
frlends-those whom we lost our
lives protecting.
When pause to think of the
hell, the suffering, and the priva-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBErN


PRACTICALLY all babies sooner
Il or later indulge in the instinc-
tive habit of Misunderstanding. Like
many other habits, Misunderstanding
in moderation PROBABLY does no
harm
But dentists point to the fact
that o"er-indulgence in this habit
causes a typical deformity of the
jaws, IN which the upper front
teeth are pushed forward and the
lower front teeth are tipped back
wards. They have found that, if
the left thumb is sucked, the teeth
are displaced toward the left; if
the right thumb is sucked, the
teeth are moved toward the right.
This serious possibility of mall
formation of the jaw should be a
decided warning to parents to do
something early about thumb
sucking. If the habit is broken
before the child is 5 years old, the
deformity may disappear within a
year or two. If, however, the
practice is continued. the deform-
ity may become permanent.
In an extensive study promi-
nent dentist discovered that 10 OF
ITO children had developed such
habits as sucking the thumbs. fing-
ers, tongues. or lips. Thirty of the
10 sucked their thumbs.
With the exception of two chill
dren who began the habit during
Their second year of life, all who
sucked their thumbs had started it
during their nursing periods
Twenty -one of the 30 children we're
broken easily of the habit, but nine
persisted in it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
MEMORIES
BY MARY r. WHITE

l wonder do you remember
The bright moonlit nights of a long
past November?
When clippity clip-was a musical
sound
Hoof - rhythmically tapping the
frozen ground
And an old-fashioned buggy-with
just room for two
still do remember :. do you.
A slender whip. not needed, just
carried for beauty
It's silvery bands not made for duty.
Hoofs beating in time to the hearts
love tune.
The time never matters, November
or June.
A memory picture-from the long,
long ago
OF the old-fashioned maiden and
an old-fashioned beau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
SEES DANGERS IN
YOUTH MOVEMENT


By E. r. Egan. Greenwood
Before joining or promoting a
youth movement" in this country,
it would be we'll to reflect on the
youth movement" under three Eu-
ropean dictators.
Hitler's marching youth are or
ganized to do the bidding of the
steel magnate, Thyssen. Even the
pogrom on the Jews was to elimi-
nate rival banking concerns, instead
OF the usual trumped-up race an
tagonism. Hitler is shown to be a
mere shadow boxer who consults
his promoters before making any
decision, and the country is ruined
financially; it's middle class, the
great producing class, entirely
ruined.
Instead of regarding Hitler as a
political spellbinder, he should be
appreciated for what he is, pitiful
henchman for the most sinister po-
litical movement since medievalism.
Italy faces even worse. Mussolini.
instead of being the saviour OF the
oppressed, and who brought order
out of chaos, is the catspaw for
the industrialists and entrenched
privileged classes, which means a
very small percentage of the popu-
lation as it is in any country.
The hardships which this youth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
tions that will be our lot in the fu-

tons that will be our lot in the fu-
ture wars-I am moved deeply.
Il trust that you will take this
delicate matter Immediately to the
city fathers, and am sure that il
the city of Indianapolis does the
fair and honest thing that a year
from now will see two Soldiers and
Sailors monuments at the Gross
Roads CT America'-one to the SOL
diers and sailors of the past wars
the other to the soldiers and sail
ors of the future wars
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

Q-Name all the chief justices OF
the United States Supreme Court.
A-They have been, in order, John
Jay. John Rutledge, Oliver Ellis
worth, John Marshall, Roger B.
fancy, Salmon P. Chase, Morri-
son r. White, Melville w. Fuller,
Edward D. white, William Howard
Taft. and Charles Evans Hughes,
the present chief justice.
Q-Where we're Charlie Chaplin,
Kay Francis and Dick Powell
horns
A-Charlie Chaplin. London, Eng
land; Kay Francis, Oklahoma City,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
The HOOsier Forum
disdpprove of achat you say-and aDiU defend
to the death uOnr 1inht to Snu it-VOLnire

fTtmes reGders ara thUited to cypress
their Vietcs IN these columns. religious
controversies excluded. Make pour letters
snort. so all can hare chance. Limit
them TO ESQ toOrds or less. Your letter
mast De stoned. but names toiu be
Uithheld on re0uest.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES!

Inelese Scent stamp for reply when
addressing any question of fact or in
formation TO The indian polls Times
washinsten Service Bureau, 1913 18th
st. n. W., Washington. d. C. Legal and
medical advice can not be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Our
Town
BIZ
ANTON sCHERRER
THE thing to notice the next

THE thing to notice the next
4 time you go to Ayres tea room
is the big round table, set for eight,
in the center OF the room. You
can't miss it. After that, better keep
your eye on it for it's the place
where the Big Shots of Ayres gather
strength to carry on.
The day we were there President
Fred Ayres sat opposite Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Theo-
dore Griffith. Director of Advertis-
ing Charles Davis sat next to Mr..
Griffith. That ought to give you
some idea of the setup.
"A lot of youngish looking men
completed the circumference. They
didn't get up when Mr.. Ayres took
his seat and we don't know why
unless it's another sign of the col
lective state of society everybody is
talking about.
MIR. AYRES blew himself to the
~ most expensive dish on the
bill of fare but everybody else
stuck to sandwiches and coffee. No
desserts. At the end of the meal.
everybody; including Mr.. Ayres, got
his check but if anybody tipped the
waitress, 1t escaped us.
The table-talk all during the
meal was funny. At any rate,
everybody laughed. Mr.. Ayres'
story got the biggest laugh. APP
parently, nobody talked business.
The only time we saw anything
approaching business was when two
of the lesser lights examined a
newspaper. We watched the per-
Torrance carefully, wondering
whether it would turn out the way
we expected it would. 1t did. They
looked over the ads to see
whether anybody had stolen their
enthusiasm. Whatever they found
didn't seem to scare them.
EERDINAND SCHAEF'ER of the
indianapolis Symphony is the
only man around here who ever
broke the bank of Monte Carlo.
1t happened way back when Mr..
Schaefer was first fiddler with the
Gewandhaus orchestra of Leipsic.
The orchestra was on tour and
scheduled for series of concerts at
Nice, which is perilously near Monte
Carlo, and to while away the time
some of the boys-Mr. Schaefer
among them-went to Monte Carlo
to see what all the big noise was
about. Anyway, Nice at that time
had nothing but scenery.
Mr.. Schaefer remembers having
five Louis dor in his pocket and re-
members putting them on number
IL because it happened to be the
number nearest him.
He won and let his winnings lie,
not because he specially wanted to,
but because he didn't know what
else to do. He won again and for
second time let his profits pile up.
TIE did the same thing six con-
4 l. secutive times with the same
result and if you know anything
about the behavior of money you
know by this time that Mr.. Schaefer
was pretty rich man.
On the seventh play, with mill
lions of Mr.. Schaefer's gold on No.
II and the bank broke, but not let
ting on, the little white ball made
Decline for No. 20, Quivered a
moment, and stayed put
Mr.. Schaefer smiles bravely when
he tells about it. He says he turns
to Brahms when he gets thinking
about it too hard.
rxI.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
DAILY THOUGHT

And it shall come to pass, if they
will not believe thee, neither heark-
en- to the voice of the first sign, that
they will believe the voice of the lat
ter Sign.-ExoduS 4:8.