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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
A FLOOD HARNESSED

CHATTANOOGA, in the Tennessee River Valley
~ has escaped what might have been disastrous
flood
The reason was that up near the headwaters of
the Clnch River, large tributary of the Tennessee
some rs miles from Knoxville and about $50 miles
from Chattanooga. the Tennessee Valley Authority
built Norris Dam.
Constructed to help control foods to assist in
navigation, and to manufacture power Norris Dam
is part Of the great merchandising project which
is IVA AS such, it has been the subject of wide
attack in and out of the courts by the power trust
and others
But because wise Administration and wise
Congress approved the IVA Act Norris Dam was
there last week piling up great wall of water 1t
has only been at work since March 4, when the
siuice gates were closed.
And after short time, it was able to hold
back from the Clinch and in turn from the Ten
nessee $4,000 second-feet of water which would have
been added to the already flooded Tennessee Or
if you like your figures big. the dam held back
12303200 gallons of water every minute or 1893 1872
600 gallons every hour
Perhaps it will be better understood if we say that
because Norris Dam was there and working in the
Clinch River, the flood crest of the Tennessee at
Chattanooga about four feet lower than it would
have been had not the Clinch been harnessed
This is but one example of how public river has
been controlled for the public good.
This example can be repeated in other sections
OF the country which recently lost millions in prop
erty and hundreds of lives, from disastrous floods
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IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES!

f1ltering is through fine wire gauze,
that the hazard is practically elimi-
mated.
Q-What were the values of the
estates left by Presidents Theodore
Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and
Calvin Coolidge?
A-Roosevelt, about s81l 900; Will
son, about 100000, and Coolidge,
about 100000.
Care all snow crystals alike in
form?
A-Thousands of snow crystals
have been photographed, but no two
have ever been found to be alike,
Their formation may resemble one
another, but slight differences al
ways are present.
Q-What is the effect of adding
chicory to coffee?
Att gives coffee additional COL
or, bitterness and body.
Q-What is the address of the
national organization of graphol-
ogists that registers persons quail
fed in graphology?
A-The American Graphological
Society, Inc, So w. 40th-st. New
York City.
Q-What Is the religious affilia-
ton of Senator William E. Borah
A-Presbyterian.
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NEVER AGAIN?

ON fine spring morning just 10 years ago today
~ the United States formally entered the World
War with the pious purposes of ending all wars CIV
Ing small nations the rights of sef-determinaton
and making the world safe for democracy.
The costs of that ironic adventure across the
may never be wholly assessed. We know that
this country that gained no territory or added
security paid the biggest bill in treasure-some AZ
billions not counting 10 billions of bad debts the
bonus and pension bills still coming President
Coolidge estimated that participation eventually
would cost 100 billions, three times present
national debt. We paid in casualty list of some
10000 dead and $4,000 wounded We reaped an
aftermath of unpopularity abroad and our worst
depression at home.
In 10 years a great change has the
peoples thinking Today, in spite of big Army and
Navy appropriations and preparedness agitation,
the people are peace-minded. Only the craziest
lingo wants war. The Senate Finance Committee
has stirred itself to consider drastic bill already
passed by the House to take profits out of war, fix
war prices and conscript all workers from day la
borers to corporation presidents. Peace and neu
trality agitation stirs the countrys campuses clubs
and forums Most significant are ceremonies being
conducted today at the statue of the late Senator
Bob La Toilette honoring the handful of congress-
men who voted against the war resolution in IT.
Almost in one voice America is saying: Never
again!
But war forces are at work, too. These are not
only the propagandists of Europe, who trying to
coax us into dangerous alliances They are not only
the Fascist minded and trucuent propagandists at
home They are chiefly own troubled economic
conditions.
Historian Charles A. Beard warns that these con-
dtions are almost the on the eve OF our
entry into the World War. Now, as then, we have
"surpuses" of farm products, factory capacity and
industrial workers. Historically, when confronted
with domestic trouble the worlds rulers have sought
the easy way of foreign And such conditions
have obtained on the of all five of our own major
: wars Given another World War and its pull upon
our resources and men, it would take strong gov
4. eminent to withstand the arguments for another
foreign crusade.
Neutrality and peace can not be won through
resolutions by Congress, nor even by legislation TO
preyent business intercourse with belgerents They
will be assured when economic house is so Or
dered that we will be too busy feeding and clothing
and housing our own people to be tempted into war
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w atch Your He alth

A BOUT .rline-tenths of the total
L n fish supply of the United
States comes from the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans. Since fish are
among the most perishable of foods,
refrigeration is of utmost impor-
lance if it is to be supplied in
proper condition to persons living in
the interior.
1t is not healthful to eat fish re-
frigerated improperly during trans
portation. When fish is packed in
ice, it stays fresh for several hours
and may still be edible after sew
eral days. But if it is to be kept
for any length of time, it must be
frozen solid.
Of canned fish, salmon is put up
to the extent of 200 million pounds
a year. Most Of this is eaten in the
United States, but some is also
shipped abroad.
Sailed and dried fish also consti-
tute an important industry, the salt
cod industry centering in Massa-
chusetts and the preparation of
smoked fish having it's most impor-
tant center in Maine.
Most of the sardines eaten in the
United States come from France
Portugal and Norway. The only two
states that are seriously concerned
with, this industry are Maine and
California.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
CORRECTS PEGLER ON
HOSPITAL SWEEPS

By Leo T. McCauley
In his recent article on the Irish
Hospitals Sweepstakes dated from
London and syndicated through the
United Features Services, Westbrook
Pegler misrepresents the position
when he states that-"the reasons
for Withholding the Is million dol
lars from hospitals which are in
serious want have not been ex-
planned officially"
The truth is that even the most
superficial questioner could acquaint
himself with the explanation. In or
der to ensure that the money avail
able should be expended to the best
advantage, the government of the
Irish Free State appointed COM
mission under the Public Hospitals
Acts, 1888, charged with the task of
surveying the hospital and nursing
facilities already existing in the
Irish Free State, with a view to sub
mitting schemes for the improve
ment and coordination of these
facilities. This commission issued
its first general report Feb. %.
1t will be clear to any person of
common sense that, while the
squandering of the large sum avail
able could be accomplished quickly,
its wise application for the benefit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

OFFICIALS of the American
~ Public Health Association re-
Gently expressed the belief that
fish has not been occupying the i'm
portant place that it should in the
American diet
The flesh of fish is particularly
valuable as a source of vitamin A,
and the livers of fish are a boun-
tiful source of vitamin D. Cod liver
oil and other fish oils, especially
those of the halibut, are rich in
vitamins A and D. And the roe of
fish provides B and E.
In addition to the vitamins, the
proteins provided by the flesh of
fish include all that are found to
be necessary for growth and health
in the human body. Iodine, too, an
exceedingly important substance,
can be had from eating fish, partic-
ularly the kinds that inhabit salt
water.
Various fish provide different
quantities of iodine. The scallor
is not rich in this substance, but
large quantities can be found in
the clam. The soft crab is poorer
source Of iodine than even the
scallop, but the lobster contains
more of this mineral substance
than does the clam.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
DEATH SENTENCES

TINE Hauptmann case threatens to make capital
punishment live issue once more.
Opponents of the death penalty are pointing 10
the doubts raised about the Hauptmann conviction
IN support of their argument that an irremedlable
penalty should never be imposed for even the gravest
crimes
At ore time IA states had abolished the death
penalty, but seven of these have restored 1t.
Michigan. first state to frown on capital punish
ment still bars it. and plebiscte in 1881 confirmed
this attitude Others in which there is no capital
punishment are Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Maine,
Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota
The death penalty has been restored in Arizona.
Colorado. iowa Kansas Missouri, Oregon and Ten
nessee.
Advocates of capital punishment insist that only
the severest penalties will deter criminals. They
point out that life Imprisonment seldom means just
that and that political influence is often able to
win combinations.
On the other side 1t is argued that murderers do
not visualize punishment at the time of committing
their crimes, that they would be deferred more by
the speed than the severity of punishment and that
iuries hesitate TO convict when conviction means
irremediable penalty.
Some states impose the death penalty for treason,
robbery arson. train-wrecking assault by q life
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addressing any question of fact or in
formation to The Indianapolis Times
Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th
st. N. W.. Washington. d. C. Legal and
medical advice can not be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Q-Where is the home office OF
the Contest Board of the American
Automobile Association?
A-Mills Building, Washington,
D. c.
On Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, u
who is the real father of Oswald
AIR. Manders." the pastor of
the parish.
Q-What was the religious affilia-
ton of Victor Herbert, and from
what church was he buried?
Ale was an Episcopalian, and
the funeral services were held at
st. Thomas Episcopal Church
Fifth-av and 53d-st, New York City
(Which is safer as a filter for
gasoline, chamois skin or wire
gauze?
A-Static electrical charges OF
considerable magnitude may be
produced when gasoline Is filtered
through material that is poor con-
ductor. such as channels skin. The
amount Of static electric charge
produced is 50 much less when the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
THE LADY ELEANOR

The roads that stretch from East to West.
The high roads and all the rest,
The roads that go
Where all men know,
Where men have come and gone before
They know the Lady Eleanor
They hear her footsteps. And the grass
Of fields and meadows sees her pass
On tireless quests. Where rivers bend
And oceans wait and wide lands end
The miles that wind from shore to shore
They know the Lady Eleanor.
What seeks the Lady Eleanor
In her wide quests from shore to shore?
She seeks the faltering heart, and they
Who bear the burden of the day,
The steps that lag, the faiths that fail
In the bleak novels of travail,
The eyes that sorrow dims with tears,
The soul that cringes in its fears.
And all who in the shadows grope
To find the vanished door of hope
So fares she with a word of cheer
To leave in places dark and drear
And with smile that leaves light
Like sunlight through the. gloom of night
Upon her quest from shore to shore
SO fares the Lady Eleanor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
MONDAY. APRIL 6. 1885.
THE FIGHT FOR SAFETY
"a sCRIPPs-HowARD NEWSPAPER,
ok Die in Auto crash"

TX Die in Auto Crash!"
- This headline came in the midst of cam
psign for traffic safety in indianapolis
1t came on the heels of national survey show
ing Indianapolis high on the list of cities with heavy
traffic fatalities low the honor roll of safe cities
Already 38 have been killed in the citys traffic in
1886
1t came as police-with disappointing success at
the start-pushed drive to enforce automobile laws
by the use of mon fxable" stickers.
The head-on collision on w. Westinghouse the
other night taking six lives and striking four fani-
lies, the citys worst auto tragedy in nine years
1t Jared civic leaders into activity in the
accidents, few hours later, a 7-year-old boy
ran out into street and was injured fatally by
truck. Yesterday, two men, struck by automobiles
several weeks ago died Citizens were shocked and
officials pledged new offensive to cut down the toll
of death
DUT no intensive temporary campaign" will get
~ results, While grief-stricken families and close
friends will not forget other citizens in land where
$4,000 are killed by automobiles in year will not
long remember these particular tragedies.
The combat with death must be constant and
never lending.
The problem is not for the law alone al
though strict enforcement is of first Importance
Better automobile design for safety, to keep up with
advances in power and speed, is one essential. I'm
proved highway construction, such the separation
of opposite traffic lanes, is another. More scientific
timing of signals for the benefit of pedestrians
we'll of motor traffic would encourage pedestrian
obedience and promote safety. Too much not b'
said about enforcing the limit on speed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
RELIEF CRITICISM is CALLED
UNIMPORTANT, ILL-BRED

BY d. L. Strihle
You printed in your column of
Friday, March 81, letter written
by j. B. P, and he is, apparently, a
disappointed person. Perhaps he
failed to get an appointment to a
WPA project. If such is the case,
and he is unfortunate enough to be
qualified, he has my sympathy.
I am a relief worker, and don't
consider j. B. P.'s insulting remarks
important, but 1 do believe they
show ill-breeding and lack of intel
lect.
Relief workers generally, in spite
of their sufferings, are cheerful,
clean minded lot They do not
whine about their conditions. Nat
urally they talk about what they'd
like to have and what they ought to
have, even as other people. Most
of them are qualified for better jobs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

THE science of dentistry is ap-
- preaching the most brilliant
period of accomplishment in its his
tory because of the new realization
of the relationship between the
teeth and general health. That is
the opinion of DR.. Leroy NJ. S.
Miner, dean of the Harvard Uni
versity Dental School.
Dentistry promises to solve some
of the most important problems in
the field of medicine, according to
DR.. Miner, who urges that dental
schools be accorded the same oppor-
tunities for expansion which have
been given to medical schools in the
past.
The relationship of the teeth to
general health was first discovered
| in the World War, DR.. Miner SAYS,
when it was found that many men
in the front Lime trenches, otherwise
in perfect physical condition, were
rendered unf1t for fighting service
through ailments of the teeth and
mouth.
Since then the medical profession
has gradually come to realize both
the seriousness of dental disease and
its widespread. Almost the entire
population of the civilized world is
affected by some form of dental
disease, DR.. Miner says.
"The Oslers, Welches, Thayers and
Cushings of the future will be at
tracted to the field of dentistry
which now offers wider opportunities
for important service than ever be-
fore in history" he says.
DR.. Miner believes that dental
disease is so widespread that it is
impossible to hope that treatment
can ever be brought to all who
need it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
WANTS INFORMATION FOR
BRYAN BIOGRAPHY.

By Henry Steele Commager, Professor of
History, New York University, Wash
ington Square College, Washington
Square, New York.
am writing biography of Will
liam Jennings Bryan and I am
anxious to get in touch with former
friends ana correspondents of Mr.
Bryan. I would be very grateful if
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prisoner poisoning, and perjury to convict inno
cent persea Of capital ofense, as well as for
murder.
Five states kill with lethal chambers Utah gives
condemned men an option of being shot and the
other states are about equally divided between
hanging and electrocution
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HEARD IN CONGRESS

p EP. KENNEY d. N. JJ Mr.. Speaker, my dear
friend and colleague, Rep McGroarty, poet
laureate of the State of California has written
his masterpieces precious poen-in recognition of
her humane service and as a tribute to the First
Lady of our land Mrs. Franklin D. (Eleanor) Roose-
welt. 1t is an honor and privilege to include this
poem in the records of this Congress:
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DAILY THOUGHT

And it shall be our Righteousness,
if we observe to do all these COM
mandments before the Lord our
God, as He hath commanded u.s.
Deuteronomy 6::25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
ARRIVAL
By HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK

April steals upon the earth
In the gray-blue hush of dawn.
Fragrant Towering at birth;
Brief peaked rapture, swiftly gone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
Squaring
the Circle
With
THE HOOSIER EDITOR

GAM TYNDALL, The Times police
~ reporter, was incoming around
headquarters the other day and
came across ledger containing a
list Of battling numbers. A police
man was in charge.
Whats that?" Sam asked.
Those" the policeman replied,
"are numbers of peoples watches.
When they're registered here we
have check on them. If they show
up in pawnbroker's or in some loot
some place, then we return them"
Fine" said Mr. Tyndall. I'll
register mine right now"
He took it apart. got magnifying
glass, and read the numbers off. The
policeman took them down. MFR.
Tyndall was pretty smugly satisfied
with himself over his foresight.
He started to put the works back
in his watch. They wouldn't go.
The policemen helped him. They
wouldn't go. A mechanic was sum-
moned from the police garage, and
he worked and worked. The works
stayed out.
Mr.. Tyndall, ruefully and a little
sheepishly, took the mess to a
jeweler and got it Strengthened
around. 1t cost him~50 cents.
1--WE long years ago, an Indian
l. apolis woman ordered a SIS dress
from Kinks, and it was sent to her
The other day she walked in and
asked for the manager. Into his
surprised ear she poured this con-
fession.
When the package arrived there
was not one, but two dresses in It,.
A mistake made at the store in
wrapping. She had considered her
self very lucky indeed And she wore
them both out.
But her conscience hurt her. She
had come back, she told the man
ager, to pay for the extra dress. And
she did, too.
NIOW that we are coming into
Y the wild mushroom trouble
season, this story has a new signif1-
canoe. A fellow we know was mildly
batty over chasing over the country
side hunting mushrooms.
With no scientific knowledge of
how to distinguish a mushroom
from a toadstool, this fellow went
gaily on for years, never making a
mistake. He gathered them by ear,
as it were.
Well, once a group was having a
holiday in the country and this chap
got up real early and gathered a
lot of mushrooms for breakfast. He
cleaned them and had them in a
pan when the others arose.
Immediately he was cross exam
ined on how he knew they were
mushrooms and not toadstools, and
he withered on cross examination.
Couldn't say a word. But as the
barrage of questions continued, he
peered into the pan, selected one of
them.
He put it into his mouth and
chewed and swallowed.
WELL" he said triumphantly,
that one was mushroom"
~ AZ yCol ~o10 wy VIC hAloW 5po
4 n mad at his parents recently
and decided to set out into the cold
world, all by himself. He packed
his belongings-marbles and such
in a cigar box and slipped out the
back door, over the fence and away.
His mother was watching him from
an upstairs window, but he didn't
know that.
She went into his room, and
looked around. There was a note for
her. 1t said he had grown tired of
being abused and that he was going
to make his way. He was not bitter
about it, though, because at the end
there was a postscript.
1t said:
"I'll see you some afternoon be-
tween and s."
1t turned out to be that afternoon.
TNnAV,C CCTENT~E
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of the present and future genera
tons of Irish Free State citizens re-
quired investigation such as that
undertaken by the commission.
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Times readers are tnvited to cypress
their vteCs in these columns. religious
controversies eTcluded. Make Uour letters
short. so all can have q chance. Limit
them to ESQ t0Ords or less. Your letter
must be siGned. but names aotL be
toithheld on reouest.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-06
SAYS ECONOMIC IGNORANCE
is WIDESPREAD

By Warren A. Benedict Jr.
Never Studied Economics" So
your March 26 headlines ridicule
Townsend Organizer Clements. And
without defending him or his plan,
may respectfully inquire, why the
headlines about it?
This country's industry today is
captained largely by men who eth
er have never studied economics or
else f1agrantly faunt and ignore
some of it's most fundamental laws
and theories.
How about our supposedly wise
industrialists who attempt to sell
luxuries to the masses to whom
they are opposed to paying even a
living wage?
How about the financial wizards
(medicine men of economic lore, &C
cording to the laymen) who in 1929
were advising small grocers to sell
out and invest their money in
chain store stock, and retire on the
profits? Or who advised us all to
purchase investment trust stocks,
and become financially independ-
ent?
And finally, have not most of our
sound business men" and Repub-
lican editors ranted and raved at
New Deal brain trusters" as Wis
ionary, impractical, theoretical and
worse?
Ridicule the Townsend organizer
if you wish, hut please, not because
of his lack OF knowledge of the
fundamentals of economies" His
ignorance in that field merely places
him in company with the ma jority
of our business, financial and Re-
publican political leaders who put
this country in the mess out of
which we are now irving to free il
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OBEDIENCE to God is the most
~ infallible evidence OF sincere
and supreme love of Emmons.
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those in possession of information
about Bryan or of letters from Mr.
Bryan would communicate with me.
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The HOOsier Forum

disCpproUe of aOhdt yoM sdy-and 1OiU defend
to the death your right to sag it-Voltalre
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Vagabond
from
Indiana
ERNIE PYLE

EDITORS NoTE-This rowing reporter
for The Times goes where he plesses,
when be pleases, in search Of odd stories
about this and that.