Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 179, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1930 — Page 6

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VOLGA BOATMAN ! LAND TO DROP | ANCIENT WAYS Red Tartary, Long Backward, Poverty Stricken, to Be Modernized. Tbi i one of a ecrics of articles about a trio down the Volta rlrer. 1 BY EUGENE LYONS United Press Staff Correspondent KAZAN. Tartar Soviet Republic.; U S. S. R ‘ Dec. 5 —ln the capital j of Red Tartary, where the Kama] rivrd empties Into the Volga, one! realizes how non-Russian is part oi Russia. There are at least half a dozen racial groups in an area about as large as Germany. They are not only sharply differentiated from the Russians, but also from each other. There are some 1.300.000 Tartars in Soviet Tartary, a bare plurality oi the total population of the republic. They are located chiefly on the eastern bank of the Volga and on its Kama tributary. On the western bank are about ] 400.000 Chuvashians, who also have; their own autonomous republic. Little Like Russians To the north lies the self-govern- > ing districts of the Cheremissians j < also called Mari) and Votiaks, both i Finnish ofTshoots, about half a mil- , lion of each. i Beyond Tartary to the east is the vast republic with nearly 2,000,000 Bashkirs. Broaden the limits somewhat and ; they include the Germans of the j Volga German republic, the dis- j persed Mordvians, the Kalmuks near the mouth of the Volga, not ; to mention the scattering of Jews. Ukrainians, and various races | whose center is in the Ural region j Nearly four centuries have passed j since Ivan the Terrible conquered j Tart ary. yet the Tartar music even i now has scarcely a suggestion of the Russian about ft. The same is ; treu of the other racial folk-songs. : Much of Past Remains Our boat, which began its Volga sailings during the war as the | “King Albert,” now sails as the “Karl Liebknecht.” Professor Nossa-baer Verslin of the Kazan university, which numbers among its alumni Count Leo Tolstoy. Lenin. Lenin's brother Alexander, and Premier Rykov—told us something about the past and present of Red Tartary. But as he talked of the modern Industries everywhere, of collectivization which is changing the cen-tury-old ways of life, there was plenty to remind us that the past is still alive. Every so often we watched those human beasts of burden, the Volga boatmen, straining against the repes which harnessed them to a heavilyladen barge—just like their forefathers. This .glimpse injected a j curiously dramatic note into Pro- ] lessor Vekslin's recital of how Red Tartary is planning to change its life. Heavy Poverty Burden Few regions in Europe have to contend with as heavy a burden of poverty and backwardness as the Volga valley. The minority races were regarded for centuries merely as a source of profits to owners and landlords in Moscow'. St. Petersburg and the Volga cities themselves. The most profitable stretches of land along the river banks were monopolized by Russians while the Tartars Chuvashions, Cheremissians, etc., w r ere forced further inland. ON HIS MARK: GOT SET Lops Stage Good Old Grid Scrimmage for Dollar Bill. B\j United Press CHICAGO. Dec. s.—Detective John Cleary's right hand was bandaged when he reported for work today. “Get shot?” asked another officer. "No.” answered Cleary, “I was walking along with the rest of the pawnshop detail. There ] was a dollar bill on the sidewalk. J We all saw it at once. I got my ! hand on it first."

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DROUGHT IS NO OMEN OF COLO Heat of Last Summer Didn’t Bring Record Lows. £ Science Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Last summer's record-breaking heat and drought have nothing to do with the unusually cold weather that has swept from west to east across the United States, United States weather bureau officials state. During the throes of the surplus heat of the 1930 summer, old-fash-ioned weather prophets began predicting a long hard w'inter on the basis of the old theory that hot summers precede cold winters and vice versa. Uncle Sam’s meteorologists were emphatic in denying the scientificaccuracy of this means of w : eather forecast and they still are. Winters can only be average, colder than average, or warmer than average. That gives the long range weather forecaster but three guesses and makes it probable that he w'ill guess correctly once in a while. But even at this date it is impossible to predict. with certainty whether the winter weather which is beginning so threateningly will be unusually cold or is merely blustering at the start, say the government meteorologists. The cold wave has been unusually widespread and severe for this time of the year, but it is not record breaking for the country at large, though in some localities low records for fifty years have been set. EXHIBITS TO BE NOVEL Wide Range Will Be Covered in Carnegie Institution Displays. Bii Science Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Researches ranging from the sunlightcapturing mechanism of plants to the structure of Maya pyramids are to be graphically presented to the public here at the annual exhibit of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The exhibits will be on display during the afternoons and evenings of Dec. 13, 14 and 15.

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ASSOCIATION IS FORMED BY AIR MAIL PIONEERS Pilot of First Plane in 1918 Is President; Organization to Publish History. Bu Scripps-Howard ’Sexespaver Alliance WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.—A movement to band together the men who established and ran the air mail in its early days has resulted in the formation here of the United States Air Mail Pioneers’ Association. All those who participated in the building of the air m&il up until it was turned over to private contractors in 1927 are eligible for membership. James C. Edgerton, who flew the first mail between Washington and New York in 1918, is president. Vice-presidents are Colonel Paul Henderson and Carl F. Egge. sometimes called “Fathers of the Air

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Mail,” because they were in charge of it for the postofßce department at the beginning, George L. Connor, former chief clerk of the air mail division, is seci etary and treasurer. Connor, a retired minister''now living near Washington, for several years has been working on a detailed history of the air mall. His manuscript is finished, and it is one of the purposes of the new organization to put this history out in book form. The idea of the new association was formed at the New York aviation show last spring. *hen a bunch of the old-time maU pilots got together and started talking about it. Present national headquarters" is in the Press Club building, Washington, but may eventually be moved to New York. It is expected local chapters will be formed in the larger cities where a number of air mail pioneers live. The association's executive board consists of Albert S. Burleson, W’ill Hays, Dr. Hubert Work and Harry F. New, all former postmaster-gen-erals: Edward A. Deeds. Paul Henderson, Alexander Klemin, John Victory, James A. Edgerton, father of the association's president. Representative Clyde Kelly, Pennsylvania, and Bascom Slemp.

DRY PARLEY TO DISCUSS GAINS MADEBY WETS Grape Concentrates Ruling to Be on Program at Council of War. Bu Beripps.fi omard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—A big pow-wow of the drys gathering here next week will lay plans for future action with regard to meeting the onslaught of the wets. The Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals, headed by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, will hold its annual meeting here then. At the same time the Anti-Saloon League, national legislative council and other dry groups will be here in a sort of war council to discuss wet victories, plans for tightening enforcement, and other matters. One of the things they will dis-

Icuss is a proposed amendment to the Volstead act to meet the new i issue of grape juice concentrates ] being sold by California vineyardj ists with the sanction of the prohibition unit, department of justice and the federal farm board. Dr. Wilson has declared himself i “very much concerned” over grape j concentrates. I “If the government proposes to i sanction such manufacture and sale | it is up to the drys to amend the | Volstead act so as to specifically disallow it,” Dr. Wilson said. Speaking of Mrs. Mabel W’alker W’illebrandt, attorney for the California vineyardists’ co-operative which is turning some 35,000 tons of its surplus grapes into by-products suclf as concentrates. Dr. Wilson said that “evidently Mrs. Willebrandt is working for her clients and not for us.” "We have had a very shrewd lawyer put a deal over on us,” he said. “The dry forces were not looking for it. We had an idea that everything Mrs. Willebrandt would do would be all right.” Legion to Meet Dec. 14 Bu Times special BICKNELL, Ind., Dec. 5.—A second district American Legion convention will be held here Sunday, Dec. 14.

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