Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 119, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1930 — Page 12

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STRONG DRINK CREDITED WITH SAVING INDIANS Pulque, Rated as Menace, Is Discovered to Be Rich in Vitamins. BY EMMA REH STEVENSON Science Service Correspondent MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26.—Pulque, a Mexican drink inherited from prehistoric times and for which prohibition has been urged because it is blamed for the degeneracy of the Indian, may have been keeping him alive this long, a nutritional investigation indicates. Under Dr. Jose Zozaya, director of the Hygienic Institute of Mexico City, studies are being made for the first time on foodstuffs used by the native population. The first material thus investigated was pulque, a fermented drink made from the maguey plant, and the results show that this slightly intoxicating liquor ia extremely rich in yeasts. The native diet on the central plateau, where pulque is the great drink, consists mainly of chili, beans and com, an unbalanced and incomplete ration in the light of what is now known as man’s requirements. Because of such a diet, rickets should be the prevalent disease of that region, but curiously enough, crooked bones are rare, and in spite of extremely unhygienic living conditions those who survive the infectious diseases of childhood grow surprisingly strong. The strong back of the_pulquedrinker supplies most of the transportation in rural Mexico. Little Indian girls, hardly more than babies themselves, play games with the next youngest sister or brother slung on their backs in a rebozo. Small squatty brown boys can lift weights off the ground that are hard for grown white men to lift. Indian babies often are weaned oh pulque, and as soon as they can walk they consume chili that would make a strong man cry. What part "alpine” sunlight on the high Mexican plateau plays in the prevention of Indian rickets is not known, but Dr. Zozaya is convinced that pulque, with its plentiful yeasts, rich in the vitamins and amino acids that com and beans lack, probably has served to keep the race alive, rather than killing it off. He finds that in spite of the very bad water supply of many pulque haciendas, intestinal infections there arc rare. STATE PRISON $17,000 BEHIND IN FINANCES Advance Is Asked From Next Year’s Budget. Extension of parole supervision, so that each paroled man is visited each month by a prison field worker, increase in the ration allowance of 2 cents per prisoner per day, increase of 120 paroles this year, raising the $5 release fee and clothing, bills, have put the Indiana state prison about $17,000 behind ’in its 1930 finances. This was the explanation given by Chairman John Moorman of the prison trustees in asking for an advance of $17,000 from next year’s budget. The advance must be approved by the state finance committee. WORLD'S FAIR EXHIBIT Ohio Farmer Prepares to. Present Harvester at Chicago. CASSOPOLIS, 0., Sept. 26 Cass county may be represented at the 1923 world’s fair at Chicago, if present plans are completed. Don Hulburt, former county treasurer, owns a forty-year-old grain harvester. The machine has not been used for* nine years, but previous to that was used as a labor saver for thirty-seven years. The former treasurer plans to "fix it up’ ’and display it at the fair. DRY LAW NOT NEEDED English Barmaids “Ladles;” Stave Off Prohibition Need. 4 Bl‘ SB A Service LONDON, Sept. 26. Barmaids are the cause of the prevention of prohibition in England, according to Councilor Joseph Wilson. "The English barmaid is a lady,” he says, “and forms a real barrier in this country against prohibition. The Englishman is a decent drinker and his traditional respect for women will prevent him from being otherwise.”

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Golf Course on Bottom of North Sea Planned Bn Unit'd Prr** GOTHENBURG. Sweden, Sept. 26.—A gc!f course on the bottom of what is now a bay of the North sea will be constructed at Marstrand, an aristocratic water resort, on the Swedish west coast, near Gothenburg. In the winter it will be flooded and used as a skating rink. Marstrand is built on a rocky island, surmounted by an impressive fortress, named Carlesten, which is still in good 6hape though of no military value. Land is scarce and no fiat area, large enough for a golf course, exists, so the town authorities have decided to shut off one of the shallow bays, keep it dry with an electric pump and then lay out greens for the golfers. The bay is about 2,500 feet long and some 1,200 widg.

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‘T. B,' STILL IS MENACE FACED BYEVERYONE Germs Are in Bodies of Nearly All Persons, Science Shows. Bit Science Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—Announcement that the President’s son, Herbert Hoover Jr„ is suffering from tuberculosis, will surprise many people. Tuberculosis, howev r, is no respecter of persons, and any ore, old or young, rich or poor fat or thin, strong or weak, city dweller or countryman, may get it. Asa matter of fact, nearly all grown persons in civilized countries

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