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Signs Of The Times • « V Comments, Politically and Otherwise, on Present-Day T opics When Democrat meets Democrat, there is one question which invairaWy is asked. It is: What do you think are McNutt’s chances for winning the Presidential nomination in 1940? The answers are for the most part personal opim ion, but there are numerous facts upon which one may reliably reply that Paul V. McNutt has a mofe-than-even chance of being the national standard-bearer of his party in 1940. As all Hoosierdom is interested in the McNutt candidacy, let us spend a few moments in analyzing the situation and see if we cannot arrive at some definite conclusions.

There are four men in addition to Indiana’s former Governor who are most frequently discussed for the 1940 nomination. That a comparison may be made, let us list them: Postmaster General Farley of New York, Secretary of Commerce Hopkins of Iowa, Secretary of State Hull of Tennessee and Vice-President Garner of Texas. Geographically speaking, none of them can compare to McNutt. He comes from Indiana, a pivot state politically, and the location of the center of population of the country. In public life youth and appearances play an important role. McNutt has been blessed with good looks. He has a statesmanlike appearance. None of the others in the field can come near equalling him in this respect. Too, he has "a beautiful wife, who would make a gracious First Lady, and the fact that she was born in Texas, gives McNutt a distinct advantage when the southern states answer the roll call.

What one of the four can match McNutt on the speaking platform? None. He is a marvelous orator, an all-important attribute of a Presidential candidate. All remember how Landon fell down as a speaker with his resultant disastrous defeat. And can Farley, Hopkins, Hull or Garner boast of any greater record as a public administrator? McNutt reorganized the Indiana government and guided i' through four perilous years and left it without having a school closed or a teacher go unpaid, and with a huge balance in the state treasury. He moved on to the Philippine Islands where he tackled another tough assignment as High Commissioner and has won the admiration of the Filipinos for his successful stewardship. In the Philippines McNutt has received training in foreign affairs and as a diplomat. This has been a can-didate-making experience for Indiana's favorite son.

McNutt comes from an illustrious family. His father was once a judge of the Indiana Appellate court. He had two uncles who were among Indiana’s greatest lawyers. He has lovable parents living in a small Indiana county seat town. Who can forget that dramatic moment in the 1932 Democratic state convention when Judge John C. McNutt, dignified white-haired father of Paul, placed his son’s name in nomination for Governor? Many on the convention floor wept with emotion. All this gives McNutt the kind of build-up that makes a great candidate. Then, too, his term as national commander of the American Legion, his high standing in education circles and his many addresses at educational meetings, and the fact he was dean of the Indiana Law school rounds out his training and experience. People follow a man with such wholesome background, What other among those mentioned can equal McNutt in these things?

There are many other reasons why McNutt is a strong contender for this highest office in the nation, not the least being that Indiana Democracy is behind him almost to a man. No native-born Hoosier has ever been elected President. (Harrison was Ohio born). Citizens of Indiana, regardless of political affiliations, would like to see a native son in the White House. There is fast developing, under the master hand of National Committeeman Frank McHale, a very potent McNutt for President organization in Indiana and spreading to other states. It has influence, and also very important, the finances to carry on. In the home states of Farley, Hopkins, Hull or Garner there is no such spontaneous movement behind them. As the Roosevelt campaign was developed two years in advance of the Chicago convention in 1932, so the McNutt campaign

has an earjy start. Remember all these factors when you are asked if McNutt has a chance. They are sound and undeniable reasons that he is a VERY formidable candidate.

Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler of Kentucky bears a reputatin of being a genius for remembering people. It has been said that in political campaigns he never forgets a name or a face. Sometimes a political figure, through shrewd publicity, receives credit for some trait or accomplishment which he dees not deserve. But an Indianapolis news paper man will testify that Chandler actually does have an uncanny memory for names. When the Kentucky' Governor came to Indianapolis to address the Democratic editorial meeting, this reporter was among a group of four or five who called at the Governor’s suite for pictures and an advance copy of his speech. He was introduced to Chandler, and being told that the speech would not be ready until later, lingered for 10 or 15 minutes and then left. After the banquet that night, the reporter stepped up to Chandler and inquired about a copy of the speech. The Governor turned to him, and in replying, called him by his first name. The reporter nearly fainted from surprise at being recognised. He clearly understood why Chandler is such a popular leader among Kentuckians. o HORN TOOTING SAFFTY FACTOR OR NUISANCE

Jittery nerves are the cause of about 75 per cent of our slight property damage accidents and at least 10 per cent of our serious accidents. There are many names for this popular cause—emotional instability, “flying off the handle,” the “human element,” and just plain stupidity—all of which are correct as far as- they go—but are almost always the result of nervous irritations. Formerly, inexplicable accidents were often traced to carbon monoxide; these have usually been serious ones; but now we should turn our attention to the accidents which cannot be explained by any of the well-known and studied causes, those which we think arise from jangled nerves. Here is how it can happen—and does happen. You are driving home to lunch and are the fourth car in line waiting for the light to 'drange. The light changes, the tirst car starts moving, and the second begins moving. The third, the one in front of you, cannot seem to get under way. In the fifteen or twenty seconds that you have to wait, you say to yourself, “giv’em the horn.” You proceed to give him a loud blast, enough to wake the dead. But in your wild impatience you haven’t seen a protruding fender which has been the cause of your friend's delay. He is waiting for another driver to put the final touch on his job of fitting his car into a short parking space. Your neighbor up ahead jerks forwal’d and put a neat crease in the parker’s fender. He too is impatient, he has caught it from your impatience; and the blast of your horn is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. With your blast ybu have caused a nervous reaction, the unreasoning act of your friend’s suddenly taking his foot off his clutch. A $5 to $10 loss has occurred to the property of an innocent third party, traffic is delayed for several * moments, and you still have not reached home on time for a few minutes with your paper before lunch. We read in a popular section of the press that a patent has been granted a Oavid O. Wilson, of Santa Monica, California, for his “tongue sticker outer.” This is a device which registers automatic contempt of the self important horh footer. It’s an eloquent answer to the horn tooting fool who thinks he owns the highways and treats others as trespassers. It is a meehanical answer to horn blowing public nuisance No. 1. It is a combination of a light, a horn, and a protruding tongUe and is to be attached to the rear of the car. The face of the device resembles a clown mask. It is operated from the front seat by means of a button on the dashboard. When a motorist pulls up behind the owner of one of thesef devices and starts his infernal horn tooting, all the leading autoist has to do is push the button. A light illuminates the grotesque features of the mask, the mouth opens and a tongue is protruded in an insulting, realistic manner. The horn blows with as close as imitation of a razzing noise as one could desire. This is a somewhat extreme measure, but how many of us at one time or another wouldn’t like to have such a device? Why? Because 95 per cent of our horn tooting is unnecessary and silly. Does it prevent accidents? No, it causes them. In Rome the number of accidents

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has been decreased by 50 per cent since, in response to II Duce’s order, horn blowing was forbidden some time ago. It was found that the order not only reduced accidents, but met a surprisingly favorable public response. Native drivers are fined an amount equivalent of $5 for violations, and foreigners are given a warning for the first offense. Every motorist proceeds with more caution and courtesy and greater deference to the wishes of pedestrians and other motorists. Even before II Duee’s order, London and Paris had succeeded in reducing the unnecessary use of the horn. For some years past, both cities have suppressed motor horns at night; and Paris, on the Champs-Elysees, has suppressed them during the day also. On July 10, 1935, there began a “Silence Week” in Zurich, and a decrease of accidents was reported. In September, Finland silenced motor horns, street car bells, traffic whistles, hand-organs, and the cries of hucksters, newsboys and sidewalk orators. Why couldn’t such an experiment be tried in this country? I could be considered strictly in the light af an experiment, cooperation of all motorists, could be solicited instead of obedience to dictatorial measures, and the experiment could be limited in time and place. Perhaps a few blocks of a certain thoroughfare could be zoned off afe the subject of the experiment for a limited period of time. Let us imagine the situation. By common consent horn blowing on the Main street of your city between, say, Poplar and Cedar, has been strictly forbidden. After the first three days, a fine for violation of this order is enforced impartially on all violators. Street car motormen are likewise instructed not to use the whistles, although the bell may still be employed in cases of emergency. The light at ftiain and Maple changes Cars begin to move. Perhaps there has been a little delay, a twenty or thirty second pause, before movement begins. Some driver has not been quite set to jump on the change of the light, but instead o{ a medler of horns people have waited graciously for the move ment to begin. Drivers wishing to turn to the left, indicate their intention by pulling out of the line of traffic Although pedestrian jaywalking is also forbidden, the pedestrian is not hurried and returns the courtesY by walking quickly across only when it will be the least incon venient. Everyone is more care ful, of necessity, and yet, everyone gets home in time for noon lunch or the paper at five o’clock just as soon as he did in the days of horn pushing. The lights go on and still the quiet continues. Quietly and effic' iently the traffic is taking care ot itself, drivers are observing pre cautions, waiting when held up, and behaving in a sensible manner. Nerves are relaxed, drivers joke with one another, and another serious cause of accidents is eliminated. Why not try the elimination ot horn blowing? Appearing before the Chicago City Council Traffic Committee, Captain David Glynn, of the Chicago Police Traffic Bureau said, “Taking the horns off automobiles will mean a saving ot many thousands of lives annually and at least 200 lives in Chicago alone”—this from an authority on traffic in the fifth largest city in the world. Take off the horn entirely. What happens? There are fewer accidents, less noise, more self control, more safety on the streets and highways. Lets give it a try. o ROADSIDE cleaning IS HIGHWAY PROBLEM

Cleaning paper and other trash discarded by careless motorists along the state highways is one ot the many problems connected with the operation of the state system, T. A. Dicus, chairman of the State Highway Commission, said. Tons of debris, much of it thrown from passing cars, are collected each year by the maintenance workers who patrol the ten thousand miles of state highway's. Many motorists apparently think nothing, he said, of throwing old newspapers, paper sacks, lunch boxes and similar trash from their cars as they drive over the state. While the former practice of hauling trash out and dumping it along the state highways has alrtibst disappeared, highway wUfkers still find an occasional pile of cans and other debris which has been hauled out during the night and dumped by some unthinking

motorist.

This cleaning of the roadsides along the state highways, burying cats, dogs and other animals which hhve been killed by passing cars, and similar operations are a part of the general activity of the highway forces to keep the rlghts-of-way attractive and maintain the reputation which Indiana’s state highway system has gained ambng motorists from other states, of being among the best-maintained road system in the country.

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FREAK LIGHTNING BOLT* A bolt ol righth-ihg struck the windshield of the' automobile inwhich Mi-, and Mrs. Joe Werner Were riding hear Chicago. A car passing them at tfafe time had aH'itt tires destrOyetS by the" same 1 charge. Occupants were uhihjured, although

they suffered p!tiers.

Lo'ran. O.—if yon want to live to be 100, “take it easy, Wttch

yourself, anii- don’t bhrb the cam die at both- endh,”’ Jacob Nable of Cleveland, should kubw-^haVing

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DEKflCMTS ARE WARNED

Unless Leaders Stop Quarrelling Their Party Will Be Tossed On Scrap Pile. ,

Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson, cue of the most brilliant men in the Roosevelt administration, went out to Topeka, Kansas, this week and “talked turkey” to Demoeratfe. He bluntly told them that their party is headed for the scrap pile Unless they stop quarreling and get together on a program that would be helpful to the country. “Our problem,” he asserted, “is not what to do about a third term —it is what to do about this second term. Our real time of trial is not 1940-—it is now. It is today that the leevnu is being made that will decide our tomorrow.” The speech was made on George Washington’s birthday and Jackson drew a parallel between the experience of the Father of His Country” and President Roosevelt. There was no mistaking whom he had in mind when he declared: “Washington won the first great struggle for a better life on this continent because he stubbornly kept the faith through a bitter winter at Valley Forge. Desertions from this cause when the fighting became hard, conspiracies against his leadership, loss of many who had supported and encouraged him at the beginning of the struggle, and some downright disloyalty from those he had helped, failed at Valley Forge to shake the character of the first great American. And from that day to this no great leader of the people has led them in a fight for better government without having to face a Valley Forge. The Democratic party is now camped at Valley Forge.” Losing Public Confidence. The greatest danger to the party today, Jackson emphasized, is in a grotving suspicion that its leaders have become so divided and distracted with personal and local policies that it does not have capacity to agree on policies to run the government. He recalled that since the Civil war the Democracy has won but three national elections, and then only when it had selected liberals as standard bear* ers. “When the people are in a mood for reactionary government,” Jackson asserted, “they never stop with ‘conservative’ Demociats. Thev turn clear to the Republican Party. Its record, its leadership and its financial backing give a guarantee that it will deliver reactionary government. Lessons of History I he plain lesson of history is that when the country wants reaction it will take it from Republicans who are experts in reactionism, and when it wants liberalism, and only then, will it turn to tiw Democrats. “The Democratic party will either be a liberal party or a minority party. If Democrats join Republicans in helping turn the people against the ‘New Deal,’ they will find that they have also turned against the Democratic party and the authors of a ruin in which they will have to share.” Jackson contended that there are both liberals and conservatives who believe that even defeat may have a silver lining, feeling it would chasten the party and cleanse it of those who cling to the party only for the power and patronage it gives them. Country Before Party. “So far as I am personally concerned,” he said, “I know of few who could be kicked out of Washington with better advantage to themselves than I. If I were dependent on party favor, I would not make this speech. And under some circumstances, I might welcome the showdown between power and principle. “But there is a country as well as a party whose welfare is our trust. There are risks to the nation involved which we do not dare invite. In these times if we begin wrecking a governing group — as our party is today—we do not know where the wrecking will end.” If Both Fail, What Then? There is nothihgtoindicate There is nothing to indicate that the G. O. P. would be more successful in solving thd nation’s problems than have the Democrats. Jackson said. , “If both fail,’ he asked, “what then? In the presence of lagging business and widespread unemployment, our little quarrels may well spread to affect industrial peace and social stability.” Jackson declared that the Democracy has never been able to carry a national election with their own votes. He said that less than half our people are Democrats, and warned that minions of liberal independents Will have nothing to do with the party if it sought to “steal the Republican position and tried to out-Republican the Republicans.”—Labor. LIVESTOCK ON THE HIGHWAYS

stock ceased to agree upon which had the right of way. The dispute seems to gain new momentum, more in the South, where fences are often deemed unnecessary. The question is up in several State

legislatures.

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CONSERVATION DEPT. WILL HAVE EXHIBIT AT SPORTSMAN SHOW Deer, game birds, fish and outdoor Indiana will be featured in the Department of Conservation’s exhibit at the Hoosier Sportsman’s Show which opens Saturday at

the state fairgrounds.

The exhibit will occupy over seven thousand .square feet and will be entirely diffex-ent from the display at the 1938 show, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said today. Front and side walls will be formed of silver beech slabs, creating the appearance of a log cabin and typical of the outdoors in

GOLDEN GATE HORSE SHOW

Of paramount interest to all horse show exhibitors and fanciers is information just released by Chairman Erwin C. Easton of the Horse Show Committee and Manager A. P. Fleming relating to the classification in advance of the publication of the premium list. The premium money total is approximately $55,000, distributed $36,000 in stake money, the balance divided over 130 open classes with a uniform amount of about $165 in each class in sums of $60, $40, $30,

$2‘0' and $15.

The $10,000 Five-gaited stake embraces four divisions, with $2,OCO on geldings, $2,000 on stallions, and a $4,000 final. Roadster stake $2,000. The Harness Horse money stands at $4,000 with $1,000 on the Over 15:2 class, $1,000 in the Under 13:2 class, and a $2,000 final. The Three-gaited Division is provided with $4,500, with $500 in

which more than a half-million the 15-hand stake, $1,00 Over 15:2, Hoosiers enjoy hunting, fishing] $3 )O O0 Under 15:2 and a $2,000 fi-

and other recreation

One of the features of the exhibit will be a large corral, filled with whitetailed deer which are being brought in from the Brown County state game preserve. More than a hundred deer have been libei'ated in southern Indiana areas where food and cover conditions

were suitable.

Another feature of the display will be twelve pens of game bird species found m Indiana. Included will be Hungarian Partridge, Chukar Partridge, Ruffed Grouse, Quail, and various species of pheasants. This exhibit will be of particular interest to the sportsnxen, giving them an opportunity to study the characteristics of the

different species.

Game, coarse and predatory fish found in Indiana lakeg and streams ranging from the sporty black bass to the predatox-y gar and dogfish, will be exhibited in < a series of twenty-four aquariums.

The American Automobile Association says it is economic waste for any. rural community to allow its livestock to run at large, particularly in the vicinity of through highwaysc It costs money to injure a cow, and it costs money to repair automobiles. T4xe automobile ass sociation believes that “clea-ring tbfe" highways of animals is & matter of good business.” that calls for

corrective action.

In the hbrse-and-buggy-days — and back in the time of traveling in horseback or in great lumbering! coaches there was plenty of room - on- the" highways. But when Fedei’al aid was extended, by millions of dollars, motorists and live-

This exhibit will also have a special atti-action for the anglers with the 1939 fishing season ap-

proaching.

A series of fifteen large colored photographs will be mounted on the walls, depicting some of the best known scenes in the state parks and other areas operated by the Department of Conservation. Another group of pictures will jlemonstrate forestry and waiter conservation practices. Visitors at the exhibit will find a group of game wardens on duty to answer questions about the displays and give other information. An information desk will be maintained in the exhibit to aid in answering questions about the general operations of the department and to give visitors an opportunity to purchase Wildlife stamps. ,—o- — * MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAY SURFACES IS ALL-YEAR TASK

Maintenance of sui’faces on the state highway system is an allyear task, important at all seasons of the year if the investment in paving and other surfaces is to be properly protected, T. A. Dicus, chairman of the State Highway Commission, said today. During the winter months maintenance forces of the commission are kept busy repairing damage to highway surfaces, caused by alternating freezing and thawing, a condition which is most common at this time in the southern part of the state where chahges in temperature have been more frequent. Similar trouble will be experienced in the centx-al and northern part of the state during the coming

weeks.

One of the maintenance duties in progress now is filling cracks which have occurxed in pavement as a result of contraction and traffic loads. By filling these cracks promptly, water is sealed out and fui'ther damage to the highway surface is prevented. Another is patching sections of pavement or surface which have been damaged by weather\or traffic. As a means of protecting the hundreds of miles of low-type surface roads in the state system, these highways are closed to heavy traffic during periods of alternating freezes and thaws when the ground is soft. In most cases no vehicles having a gross weight of more than three tons are permitted to use these posted x-oads. The roads ai’e closed to heavy traffic only at such times as there is danger that the surface would be materially damaged by the operation of vehicles weighing more than three tons. Maintenance of the .state highway .system is now one of the chief responsibilities of the commission. With ten thousand miles of road in the state system and an average daily travel of ten million vehicular miles on this system, maintenance problems have increased materially. The increase of thirtysix per cent in traffic volume on the state system during the past five years and the increasing use of the system for. both passenger and freight transportation makes the maintenance problem one that can not be overlooked.

POST OFFICE FOR CHILDREN

London—A post office where only children under 17 can obtain a stamp or post a letter has been set up at Dovercourt, near Harwich, It is-in the'tuckshbp at the holiday camp which temporarily houses 50o child refugees- from Germany.

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HONOR WON BELATEDLY Xenia, O.—After 68 years of almost daily visits to the fire department, Wendell Bloom has beeh’ mad© an honorary member. As a lad in knee breeches he began dropping in at the station house and with few exceptions has done so

daily ever since.

nal. The Junior Five-gaited money is $1,000, the Fine Harness open championship $1,000, the Junior Fine Harness championship $500 and the Pairs in Fine Harness

$500.

In the Hunter and Jumper Division thei'e will be $2,000 in the Hunter Championship and $1,0'00 in the Jumper Championship. The Shetland Pony Championship offers $1,000', the Polo Pony Championship, $1,000, Stock Hoi'ses $1,--000 and Draft Horses, six-in-hand, $2,000, driving competition. There will be no entry fees except in stakes. Nominations for the $10,000 Five-gaited Stake must be in by May 15, fee $25; entry tees 5 per cent of the face. Other entiles close June 10.. Stall rent $10; no extra charge for service. The feed situation is the most satisfactory ever provided a livestock exposition. Contract has been let to the Albers Milling Company to provide all feed and bedding needs at wholesale prices, plus a nominal chai’ge for delivery from the mainland. Exhibits arriving by truck will proceed to the Island over the San Fraucisco-Oakland bridge. Those arriving by rail will reach the Island by barge from Oakland and unloaded within a few hundred yards of the pavilion, cars returned to the mainland and brought back again at loading-out

time.

The accommodations on the Island, in the opinion of showmen of wide experience, will surpass any equipment yet provided. There will be ample accommodatins for all horses in the pavilion, a structure designed primarily for horses and adaptable to other types of shows. Well lighted, no drafts, large aisles, roomy stalls, everything arranged for pi-actical housing, with the most desirable sanitary conditions. All aisles and pas-sage-ways paved, all animals to stand on earthen floors. Ample tack room space will be allocated to each exhibit. Immediately across the avenue stands the modern Coliseum, again modeled in accordance with horse show requirements, with an arean 100x230 and a seating canacity of nearly 9,'0D0 with an unobstructed

view.

Plans are rapidly taking form that will make the Golden Gate Horse Show the ranking event of all time. Surely, no show was ever provided with more satisfactory housing and showing facilities. Surely, too, no show has ever before been staged in an atmosphere of such entrancing beauty. The Pageant of the Pacific represents the last word in architectural design, landscaping and lighting effect, located on the world’s largest man-made body of land, hemmed on two sides by the two enormous suspension bridges and flanked by towering hills and stately buildings that make the San Francisco Bay Area a magnetic attraction to the World-seeing public. A veritable cavalcade of exhibit herds of beef cattle arrived from twenty-seven states an'd three Canadian provinces, to take part in the Premiere which marked the opening of the Golden Gate Inteinational Exposition on February 18. Thus, the livestock quarters were put to the acid test of use and imperfections, in the operating set-up remedied before the second event in the series of Treasure Island shows arrives. Tlxe dates set for the Horse Show ax-e from June 30 to July 9. All inquiries regarding this equine classic should be directed to A. P. Fleming, Horse Show Manager, Livestock Division, Golden Gate Intel-national Exposition, San Fran-

cisco.

o——-——-—• Weary Father Fashions Baby Anchor In Tub Cleveland, O.—A Cleveland father, tired of getting-soapy fists in his eyes from his infant son, had an idea: “There ought to be something,” said Thoxnas A. Hughes, “to anchor a baby to a tub.” Unable to fiixd anything on-the market, he decided - to make something hiniselt. After six months of experimenting with rubber and metal, he perfected- a uoh-wiggle cradle that keeps- a- baby Where he belongs during his bath. At home now, Mrs. Hughes undresses 19-mbnths-old Michael, puts him in his tub, snaps oh the safety belt and leaves him there to play with his boat while she answers the telephone and does hei' housework. “He’s all right,” she-says. “He’s well aucliordd.”

Brown Changes Requirements To Win Degree Providence, R. I. — Brown University has changed its requirements for a bachelor’s degree. James P. Adams, chairman of the university's curriculum committee, announced the replacement of the present five-course study program by a four-course program, with comprehensive examinations at the end of the senior year. The new plan is designed to encourage' more effective use of the student’s time,” he said, and represents “another significant step in the enlargement of opportunities for comprehensive reading and independent study.” When the four-course program is inaugurated in September, Adams said, the number of individual courses offered by various departments of instruction wilt be reduced by about 20 per cent. However, the scope and content of courses retained will be correspondingly enlarged. The new program will retain most basic requirements for a degree which now are in effect, including the requirements for concentration and for distribution. TULANE SEEKS TO FORGE NEW CARIBBEAN TIES One Phase of Program To Be Reproduction Of Maya Pyramid New Orleans, March 10—A comprehensive program of educational services designed to draw the United States and the Caribbean region closer together is being flanned by the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane Uni-

rersity.

Dr. Rufus C. Harris, president of the university, announced the institute would seek $2,000,000 in contributions within the next two years to finance the program and erect a full-sized reproduction of the famous Maya pyramid of Chichen Itfca, Yucatan, for use as a museum. Nationally-prominent p h i 1 a nthropists, industrialists, educators and civic leaders have agreed to sponsor the campaign. “The proposed re&pproachment program,” Dr. Harris said, “is significant in that the future prosperity of this country depends to a great extent on the co-operation between the United States and Middle America, comprising Mexico, the Central American republics and the West Indies. Called Vital to City “New Orleans so obviously occupies a commanding geographic position, fronting Latin America, that any thinking person must realize the tremendous significance of Central and South America and the West Indies in the future of this city and everything in it. “The institute,” Dr. Harris added, “already has spent 14 years welding closer relations between the United States of North America and the 21 republics to the south of us. It has proved itself a vital factor for good, not only to the university, but to the nation in which it is located and to those nations which together from its sphere of activity. As the Middle American research grows, this importance of its program will grow

with it.”

The institute plans to erect the pyramid near Tulane stadium scene of the annual Sugar Bowl football games. The original Pyi’amid, 1.04 feet high and 200 feet on each side at the base, was used by the ancient Maya as a temple of worship and for religious cere-

monies.

To House Museum Dr. Harris said architects considered it an “outstanding mo’numeUt of the most brilliant Indian civilization in America.” The building will house the institute’s museum, library, dissemination services and offices. Another phase of the effort to promote mutual advancement among the Americas, the president said, will be the interchange of students, professors and hospital

internes.

o DOCTOR, 89, MAKES ROUNDS

Milford, N. H.—Dr. Herbert S'. Hutchinson, 89, believed to be the oldest practicing physician in New Hampshire, still makes his daily rounds driving his own car. Holder of a gold medal for 50 years’ practice, Dr. Hutchinson is three years “up” on Dr. Jordan Cobb, 86, of Berlin.

BLIGHT ON LOVE OF YOUTH CITED

Lack Of Money Or Job Called “Modern Tragedy” Cleveland, O.— One of the most poignant tragedies of the world’s economic chaos is the group of young people eager to marry but whose hopes are blocked because of lack of job possibilities, according to Miss Mary A. Johnson, expert on marriage problems. Miss Johnson, assistant to the dean of women at Brooklyn College, of New York, who teaches a course in preparation for marriage, believes the “modern tragedy” lies in the plight of young people who have all the qualifications for a happy marriage, but face a hopeless economic future. “There is a lost group that never will marry,” she said at a convention of the National Association of Deans of Women here. “Here are boys and girls, past the age of emotional maturity, with no possibility of marrying, because (hey will be unable to Hnd jobs to support a marriage.” Early Solution Doubted Miss Johnson, who learns about youth’s troubles from her girl students who seek for advice, sees little encouragement. “Really, there is no solution at present apparent,” she said. “The best we can do is to help the girl take an objective point of view so that she will see both sides of the problem she is facing and make no mistakes. “Some of the girls are planning to work, perfectly willing to be the sole support until their husbands can get on their feet. We don’t advise against that if the couple is compatible. What we do is help the girl budget her income. We recommend that she have a minimum of $250 in the bank for emergencies and an income of at least $25 a week.” Warns Against Haste Miss Johnson said she tries lo prevent girls from plunging into incompatible marriage because of a strong love of the moment. “We don’t want to take all the romance out of marriage,” slio said. “But we try to induce the student to take an objective point of view. We stress the importance of the boy and girl having similar interests. “Is he the type who can’t tolerate a quiet evening at home? What does he like to read? If the reading interests of the couple clash, you have a danger signal. Is he niggardly during courtship? That type is likely to be equally stingy after marriage.” ^ Miss’ John’son srrtd she enrptra-' sizes these issues to girls considering marriage. KANSANSSEEK RUSTLING CURB

Topeka, Kas.—Depredations of cattle rustlers in western counties are Jthe chief concern of Kansas stockmen at present, according to members of the legislative livestock committees, who are working for passage of a “cattle branding bill,” which they believe will serve to check the wide-spread thefts. Russel county, particularly, the committee members said, has suffered from the invasion of rustlers, most of whom operate at night, drive fast trucks and “know their business” thoroughly. Recently the house of representatives passed and sent to the senate a measure drawn and sponsored by its livestock committee, which would authorize and regulate cattle branding in the state. Although the bill does not Aake cattle branding compulsory, it does require that all stockmen who use a brand must register that brand with the state and come under provisions of the act lor purposes of registration and regulation. Members of the livestock committee explained to the house dur ing discussion of the measure that a survey had disclosed that cattle thefts were comparatively small among branded cattle. In many parts of the state cattlemen have organized themselves into so-called vigilante groups for the purpose of apprehending the rustling gangs. o FLYING POLICE UNIT PLANNED Sydney, N. S. W.— New South Wales expects to have its “flying finest.” Plans call for an aerial police force of 100 men, each of whom will have his own plane and be trained as a pilot for running down criminals.

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