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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
A TAXPAYERS RIGHTS

"A TAX on an estate under present Federal laws
falls due Is months after the death of the
owner of the estate
If the estate includes good proportion of easily
marketable assets such government bonds, the
trustees have trouble paying the tax when the
due date arrives
But f-as is often the case-the estate consists
largely of assets such as real estate and factories
requiring substantial capital to be kept in operation
the trustees in that 15-month interim may not be
able to convert enough Of the assets into enough
cash to pay the tax on the due date.
In such event, these trustees may then go to the
tax collector and plead for an extension. If they
prove cash poverty to the satisfaction of the tax
collector, the extension is granted. Under the law
extensions can up to maximum of eighty years.
But each extension runs for only six months.
So twice a year, trustees wrestling with a tough
problem of frozen assets and pressing liabilities have
to make accounting to the tax collector They
never know from six months to the next when
the tax collector may crack down with an order to
liqudate the assets at whatever prices the market
will pay.
IF the liquidation is forced at time when markets
are depressed, beneciaries of the estate lose and
SO, very often, does the government 1t is a pro-
cedure which breeds uncertainty in the conduct of
business and which encourages the ta2paying
trustees to resort to political influence in an at
tempt to gain the tax collectors favor.
Mr. Robert P. Scripps. controlling stakeholder in
the Scrlpps-HoWard newspapers proposed in an open
letter published in this newspaper last Friday that
this cash-on- demand tax collection procedure be
changed In effect, his proposed plan would take
from the tax collector his discretionary powers to
grant or withhold tax payment extension 1t would
give to the taxpayers the legal right to make his tax
payments orderly installment basis free from
the discretionary caprice of the tax collector and
thereby-n the of an estate-enable the trus-
tees to budget their operations in much the same
manner as any business budgets its operations to
meet maturing bond obligations.
Such plan, we believe would result in fewer tax
defaults and higher return to the government,
eliminate unnecessary sacrifices of estates and de-
struction of wealth. producing business and pro-
mote thereby more orderly and satisfactory redis-
trbution of wealth, which, after ALL is one of the
principal social detectives of high and estates
taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
TARIFF AND AAA

TRATE farmers of the Midwest, organized under the
League for Economic Equality" will answer the
AAA decision by bringing suit against manu-
prices.
"A protective tariff" says o. L. Brownlee, Sioux
City editor and one of the leagues rowing spirits lis
a government subsidy to industry. The AAA process
ing tax is a government subsidy to agriculture"
Fusty laws and usage on the side of the in
dustrialists Their hgh-prced lawyers will point to
the specific constitutional right given Congress to
regulate commerce with foreign nations will hold
that the tariff proffers direct benefits to
tain class will argue that it is primarily for revenue
Although the tariffs constitutonalty has been
attacked since Calhoun of South Carolina assailed it
in 1882, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld it
in 1928 by announcing that Congress motive was
that "the existence of other motives" do not nva-
date it. The existence of "other motives for proc
essing taxes the Supreme Courts excuse for
ending the AAA
But economic reality pleads for the tanners
THE tariff and AAA, like Mike and Ike, act alike
\ The effect of both upon producers and consum-
ers is identical They both use government to take
wealth from Peter Consumer to pay Paul Producer.
In one case the government. in its role Of Robin
hood. enriches the industrialists In the other it
helped the farmers.
There Is one difference. shat while the AAA
dement's e farmers Were routed by way of the United
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father, died in England in 1918. The
daughter, Sarah, married Richard
Bache.
Care sailors allowed to vote in
presidential elections?
A-Few sailors vote because they
seldom are able to maintain a legal
residence in a state long enough to
qualify. If they do maintain such
a residence, and are present at the
time of registration and on election
day they have the right to vote.
-O-Name the father and mother
of Queen Elizabeth of England.
A-King Henry VIII and Anne
Boleyn.
Q-Was Amelia Earhart the first
pilot to fly solo from Hawaii to
California?
Ayes.
Q-What was the reason for
naming Roentgen rays "X-Rays?'
tx is a symbol commonly used
by mathematician and scientists to
designate an unknown quantity.
When Prof. Wilhelm Conrad Roent-
gen Of the University of Wuertz-
burg, Germany. discovered new
ray in 1885, he did not know ex-
actly what its nature was. so he
called it the x-ray. and The name
remained after its properties were
determined. -.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
The Hoosier Forum
acholly disopprove of a0hat yow say-and aciU
defend to the death your right to sag it.-Voaire.

terial plans, creeds, parties, or to
some individual idol in whom they
have placed their little bit of trust
Men boast that they are moral
nowadays, that marriage is the
sacred ideal of humanity, but still
they fill the world with prostitute
ton and sexual crime.
Men say that politics are clean
and fair and that the best man will
win squarely, but they cheat on the
sly and break down the spirits of
fair play. Just today I finished
reading 1.-THE Sound Wagon" a
book by T. S. Stribling.
It gives one 'the dope" on the po-
litical racket in a humorous way
and shows the intrigue of cunning
politicians and furthermore points
out the fact that the big-time
financier always holds the winning
cards.
One hears the people of today
claim that the mind is one of Gods
beautiful blessings, but they con-
tinue to degrade it, break down its
beauty, and make it a shame in the
eyes of a loving Father. All this is
due to too much pretense.
AS long as the present generation
is pretending to do right and con-
stantly doing wrong, the world will
be filled with crime, vice, political
cheats, wrecked homes, shattered
dreams and disconnected subjects.
Away with pretense. Shame be
upon you who profess something
that you do not have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
Your
Health
By
DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN

ONE who lives on diet COM
" pletely free from vitamin A
de elopS infections principally in
the mucous membrane which lines
the walls of the breathing area and
Of the inteStines.
This fact caused on investigator
to call vitamin A the anti-infective
vitamin. This was in error, because
people got the idea that the taking
of large amounts Of yltamin A would
prevent colds and similar infections.
While it is true that z shortage of
vitamin A will injure the mucous
membrane and make infections
more likely, it IS not true that the
taking of large quantities of vitamin
A will presvent infections by the
germs which bring about a cold.
The mechanism by which we re-
sist infection is complicated. 1t con-
Germs the condition OF the blood.
Much more study is necessary before
we know exactly how a deficiency of
vit9roin A is associated with infec-
tioG
The evidence leads to the view.
that the likelihood of infection is
not as a rules affected by diet nearly
as much as it is affected by exposure
of the body to virulent sources of in
lection.
But the ability of the body to re-
SiSt infection can be greatly reduced
by a diet that lacks the necessary
elements.
A MOST interesting recent discoy-
"A cry established the fact that
vitamin A is developed from the
substance called carotene. which is
found particularly in the yellow
Lcoloring matter of carrots and but
ter.
Carrots and sweet potatoes were
found to be rich sources of vitamin
A, while white turnipS and Irish po-
tatoeS furnish but little Now caro-
tene has been developed in the form
of crystals and is called pro-yita-
min A.
SKINNED milk is deficient in
vitamin A as compared with whole
milk, because vitamin A is fat
soluble ard is removed with the
cream. A growing child, receiving
a quart of milk each day. or a
pint of milk and one-third of an
ounce of butter, gets all the vitarnin
A it needs for proper development
of its body and for its resistance.
Grown-upS do not require as
many units of Vitamin A as do chill
dren. The average grown-up who
takes from 1000 to 1000 calories in
his diet, requires about the same
number of units of vitamin A. A
quart of milk provides 1000 units,
and a teaspoonful of cod liver oil
more than 1000 units.
Any one who regularly gets milk,
butter, eggs, fish, liver or kidney,
fruits and leafy green vegetables will
have all the vitamin A he needs for
purposes Of health and growth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter FERGUSON

IN olden tales, when the Good Fairy appeared, the
Great King, the Noble Queen or the little Princess
generally made the wrong wish. Very often. when
granted it caused sorrow than happiness.
Things work out in much the same fashion in our
proSy modern existence. When life offers us her
gifts apt to choose the glitterng baubles and
leave the precious gems.
One has to live for some time to understand how
true this is-long enough at least to see how slow
retribution be- and how empty of true satisfac-
ton are purely material detectives.
Today's mother, were she confronted by Good
Fairy, would Individually make. the mistake of the
story-book people, and probably live to regret her
choice. Given the opportunity, then, what would
you ask for yours? For the girl child-which is the
best blessing the gods bestow?
AL of us would hesitate long time over such
momentous question, but she would never be far
wrong who decided to ask hearts ease for her
daughter; to pray that she might be given a meas
ure of contentment with what she had.
Simply defined that means the right judgment
of the relative value of things. Nc wise man ever
lived who did not possess it, and no woman is truly
happy without it.
To know when one is happy-this would be the
most magnificent of Blooms. because most of never
really taste the full flavor of pleasure and joy While
hold it in our hands, straining after other
objects beyond reach, and therefore always dis
satisfied with what we are and what We have Some
people call the quality ambition but it is as often
not plain aulthndng, bred of the spirits vexation
Yet contentment can be cultivated. We can train
ourselves appreciate those gifts of life for which
we should be grateful and if We WILL we can teach
children to do the same.
Sometimes it looks as if mothers still believed in
fairies. Instead of encouraging the development of
excellent qualities within our girls by careful train
ing, act as if these things could be bestowed upon
them from an outside source.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by SCIENCE SERVICE

DIsCOvERY of the smallest
~ known star in the universe by
DR.. G. P. Kuiper makes it inter
esting to compare the range of
stellar types.
At one end Of the range is
Kuiper's star, white dwarf. 1t has
a diameter of one-half that of the
earth, about 1000 miles. It has
surface temperature of $4,000 de-
grees, centigrade, and force of
gravity 100000 times that of the
earth. So closely are the atoms Of
matter packed in this star that a
cubic inch of it would weigh 260
tons.
At the other end of the range is
the giant star, Antares, a red giant.
This star has diameter of approxi-
nately 415,00O,000 miles. If it were
hollow, our sun might be placed at
the center of it and the four inner
planets Mercury Venus, earth and
Mars, could continue to revolve
around the sun at their usual dis
tanceS.
q
A MARES, in many ways, is a,
L 4 great balloon of extremely thin
gases. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that Kuiper's dwarf star contains
about as much matter as gigantic
Antares. The only difference is that
it is packed tighter.
This is one of the interesting dis
coVerieS of modern astronomy.
Within certain limits, all the stars
seem to contain about the same sort
of matter. Sir Arthur Eddington
has shown on theoretical grounds
that this has to be the case. A star
larger than these limits would blow
up, smaller one would collapse.
This fact. pointed out by Edding-
ton, probably was the dominating
factor when the stars took shape,
controlling the amount of matter
which went into each star. The ef-
feet is just as though the star
stuff had all been ladled out with
one standard scoop like ice cream
cones in drug store.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
THE STARS
RV nj r. w

How sad the dropping sun
Telling all of day is done!
Stilled breathless beauty's pain
Whispers will never see this day
again!
There was time, fast fading west
ern light
Meant eager joys each morning
bright
But now I seem to lose bit of me
When'ere the slanting sun I see.
Soon silver stars and golden moon
glide out to view
And peace floats down from Heav-
ems deepest blue,
Drifts softly down on magic golden
beams
With myriad untold star dust
dreams.
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LET'S BE OURSELVES,
WRITER ASSERTS

By James Brown
This is the year of our Lord 1886
A. D. We, as American citizens,
have written it down rather hur-
riedly, perhaps we have carelessly
turned the page that leads to 365
days more. At the least, it seems
that there is an overwhelming ma
jority of careless people who remain
irresponsible to the finer issues of
life.
Today men profess to believe in
an infinite God, but practice sin
and dedicate their lives to the devil.
Many people claim birthright citi-
zenships in a land OF the free, a
home of the brave, but they are not
free and not very brave.
It is seldom that one finds a
spark of the hero in the souls of
men and women. People today
have leveled themselves to the base
of paper dolls sitting erect on some
crowded avenue of life. The first
gust of wind that comes along blows
them down and they are not able to
rise again.
Some folks even profess to honor
Christ, but they are obedient to ma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
PROCESS TAX rs PROPERTY
OF CITIZENS, HE SAYS

By P. C. B.
Now that the Supreme Court de-
cision has been made against the
AAA we should take steps at once
to see that the impounded process
taxes are not given to the process
sors. We-you and paid that
tax every time we bought any of
the processed goods. We were told
that was the reason for the 100 per
cent increase in the price we paid
for meat. The professors were only
the collectors of that tax. The In
dianapolis papers say "93 process
sors of the state will receive three
million dollars" Why will they get
it? That is our money, and if it is
unconstitutional to give it to the
farmers, it is at least as much so
to give it to the millers and the
packers, who need it less.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13

medical ADVICE can lot De given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Q-What does the word sauer-
kraIt mean?
Att is a German word which
has been adopted into the English
language as the name of prep
aration of cabbage, made by cut
ting it fine and ramning it down
tightly in a cask and allowing it to
ferment under pressure. The lit
eral translation in English is "sour
cabbage" but the name Of the prep
aration is Sauerkraut.
Q-Is Chinese child born in the
United States an American?
Children born in the United
States have American nationality,
regardless of the nationality of
their parents.
GIN what musical show was the
song Alice Blue Gown"
A-The opera Irene, published
in 1919.
Odd Benjamin Franklin have
any children?
Ale had two sons and one
daughter. One son died before his
father William wac survived bis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
THINKS DICKINSON
RIVALS ATWILL

By William Leonard
Senator Dickinson: AS a good
Democrat I wish to commend the
Republican publicity committee on
their speaker, Senator Dickinson, on
the air at $50 p. m. Jan. 6.
He sounded like Roy AtWell at
his best. All he needed was Sena-
tor Charles L. McNary to act as
Beetle" (of Phil Bakers programO
to make his act "Whooh."
The only regrettable part was
that it replaced an educational pro-
gram.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
DAILY THOUGHTS

Behold, send you forth as sheep
in the midst of wolves; be We there
fore wise as serpents, and harmless
as doves.-St. Matthew x, 6.
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Sure. I'd go again. They amuse me, these fellows
who want to live forever Sydney Gumpert. New
York war vsteraP. when asked he'd 60 to war
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ATONE pities him that's in the
1N snare, who warned before,
would not beware.-Herrick.
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fTimes readers are invited to eTDf ess
their Uie1os in these columns. religious
controversies excluded. Make Uonr letter 5
short. so all can hare chance. Limit
them to ESQ aCOrdS or less. Your letter
must be siGned. but names aciH be
a0ithheld on reoueSt.I
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Questions and Answers

Inelose a Scent stamp for reply when
addressing any question OF fact or in
formation to The Indianapolis Times
home Service Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth
st. N. W., Washington. d. G. Legal and
medical advice can not be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
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Jay HOUSE believed that truth
- was universal-that what was
true in Kansas would be, true every
where. His life was III conformity
to Shakespeare's dictum, ITO thine
own self be true"
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INCIDENTALLY, his column con
Second Thought" was titled by
the Kansas editor who first told
Jay to write it. Finding good column
names is hard work. Franklin P.
Adams 1.-THE Coming Tower" is as
good as any. Of course, the real
hard work is finding something to
write about.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
BAND LEADER
FACES TRIAL

NEW LONDON, Conn, Aug. 6.
Feminine admirers of Robert A.
Simpson, lured by his curly locks
and swingy tunes, will be barred
from police court here today when
the 23-year-old band leader is
charged with the murder Of Ellen
Sullivan, II, pretty phone op-
orator, on July 18.
Prose ecutor Max Boyer an
nounced he will present at the
closed session a skeleton case"
against Simpson. His charge will
be based on the finding of Cor
oner Edward C. Mckay that the
girl was attacked before she
plunged TO death through win
dow of Danceland Casino.
Only witnesses, attorneys and
reporters will be permitted to
enter, Boyer said.
Witnesses will include some of
the younger set, who danced in
the beach casino on the night of
July 18 and joined in an i'm
prOmptu swimming party.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

While SPANS radical government
struggled desperately to stem a
drive from the south. the news
paper Politica today published
sensational charge that President
Niceto Alcala zamora is implicated
in the revolt.
Zamora left Madrid shortly be-
fore the outbreak and at present
is touring in Norway.
simultaneously it was announced
Spain's military attaches at Rome
and Buenos Aires have been re-
moved from their posts.
International News SerVlC C e
learned that the famous relonea-
dor (bullfighter on horseback. &.
Antonio Canero, is leading more
than a score of rejoneadors who
are raiding villages and capturing
radicals and Red leaders in the
Alcarpio district of Cordoba.
Optimistic Reports
Meanwhile the government Is
sued statement that the lnSur-
gent situation in the SlerraS,
north of Madrid, is becoming more
precariouS, and that Madrid Of
ficials expect the government
thanking maneuVer now in Arog-
ress may cause a Complete route
of insurgents in that sector.
The government claimed many
priests are among the insurgents
and quoted an eyewitness as stat
ing:
The priests fight all day and
pray when they are not fight
ing"
The usual assurances Of steady
progress" against insurgents IN
Cordoba and Saragossa were broad
cast by the radical regime.
DR.. Jacinto Segovia, president OF
the Spanish Red Cross, sought to
minimize reports of casualties in
the conflict. He declared:
"NO official of the Red Cross
ever said $4,000 were killed and
100000 wounded in the civil war.
1 consider these figures COM
pletely false"
In desperate move to impede
the importation of Moorish in
vaderS and foreign legionnaireS
from Morocco. loyaliSts Scuttled q
1900 ton ship in. the GuadalqulVlr
River, cutting off the inland port
of Seville, according to La VoZ.
Both Claim Victories
While the three-day engage,
ment in the Guadarrama Noun
tain passes remained indeciSiVe
claims of victories again were by
both sides today.
Three hundred loyaliSt troops
were killed in the Somo Sierra
Pass in a skirmish won by the
insurgents, it was affirmed at
Gen. Emilio MolaS headquarters
at BurgoS.
On the west flank Of the
Guadarrama sector, Madrid as
serted, the insurgents were de
feated at Navalperal with more
than 100 slain and many wounded
Successes in North
Three other victories were
claimed by Loyalists fart h +
north. A loyal column has come
within 10 miles of Almazar and
"Giion is surrounded by govern
ment troops
An inSurgent BLACK Legion"
that sailed from Saragossa with
1900 men clashed with three
columns Of LoyaliSts and Red
militia IL miles out. at Sastago
and We're defeated in a day,lenR
battle, 1t was affirmed in Madrid
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
j. 5. OFFICIALS
FEAR ANOTHER
WORLD WAR
Growing Concern Felt
As Powers Aid Rival
Groups in Spain
BY ROBERT G. NIXON
International News Service

The international crisis precipi-
tated by the civil war in Spain has
again served to emphasize the de.
termination Of the United States
to remain completely aloof from
Europe's quarrels.
Anxious to see peace preserved in
the world, the American Govern
ment has watched with growing
concern the reports Of Italian and
German airplaneS being sent to
the aid of the Fascist insurgents
and Of French aircraft being sold
to the Madrid government.
It fears that some untoward act
may touch off the powder keg in
heavily armed Europe, precipitat-
ing another world conflagration.
New Alignment
The developments in the Span
ish rebellion have brought prom
inently to the forefront the new
alignment of power in Europe.
1t is the radical-communistic
rule typified by the Soviet Union
and France as opposed to the
Fascist -NaZi relationships OF italy
and Germany.
France, its government already
radical, has shown strong sent!.
ment toward the Red Spanish
government.
Should the Fascist insurgents
succeed in their rebellion and
establish a Fascist regime in
Spain, France would be almost
completely encircled by the Fas-
ciSt bloc Of Germany, Italy and
Spain, officials here explained.
Victory for the present Spanish
government, with an extreme radi-
cal regime in the saddle would, on
the other hand, strengthen
Frances position immeaSurably.
With this critical situation
hovering over Europe, the Amer
lean Government is firmly de-
termined to stand on it's prece-
entshattering neutrality policy
as laid down by President Roose-
welt last year when the Italo Ethio-
plan conflict glared.