Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 278, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1931 — Page 3

APRIL 1, 1931.

APRIL FOOLERS FIND PARADOX IN GEOGRAPHY World Oddities Are Match for Wits of Jokesters; Irish Potato Not Irish. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 1. April Fool’s day rolls around once each year to give practical jokers a chance to play their pranks. But certain geographical oddities make every day in the year an April Fool’s day for many persons. For example: Irish potatoes originated in the mountains of Peru and Chile. A famine which followed the failure of a potato crop in Ireland led to study of varieties which would resist disease, and to the production of the better grades of potato known today. Green Canaries Balsam of Peru originated in the Central American Republic of El Salvador. It was named for its distribution center, rather than for its source. Panama hats are not made in Panama. Some of the old “fortyniners” returning to the east by way of Panama bought hats made by the women of Ecuador. Most of the so-called Panama hats still are made in Ecuador. The Canary Islands, where the giant German plane “DO-X" landed on its attempted flight to New York, received their name from the Latin word canis, or dog. The canary birds found there are green. River Flows Upward The capital of the United States is not in any city. Washington, technically speaking, is a post office and a railway station. The capital is governed by three commissioners. The real “city” of London is a tiny patch, a mile square, in the center of the Metropolitan district. Geography constantly plays April Fool with the Mississippi river and with some of the southern branches of the Amazon. Their sources actually are nearer the center of he earth than their mouths. A river which rises some distance Irom the equator—the earth is omewhat “fatter” at the equator han the poles—and flows toward it may, if it is long enough, be ‘higher” at the end than at the start. Regarded in this light the river “flows uphill.” April Fool’s day makes playful jranks worth while. But if your ..ormentor goes too far, Ask him the answer to a few geographic “foolers.” It doesn’t have to be April tool’s day, however. PALATABLE FISH OIL REPLACES ‘BITTERS’ Speakers Tell Chemists of Latest Medicine Discovery. No longer will fond mammas.be orced to promise candy stores, whole circuses, to Johnny and Mary when they want them to take a castor oil “cocktail.” For a substitute for youth’s ogre has been found. It’s a fish oil, known chemically as Ruvettus Pretiosus. It is more palatable than the product of the castor bean and just as efficient, related Drs. Emmett Reid and Warren Cox Jr. of Johns Hopkins university, attending the American Chemical Society meeting here. All-India Congress Closes By United Press KARACHI, India, April I.—The All-Indiana Nationalist congress, which reaffirmed the leadership of the Mahatma Gandhi in the independence movement, terminated its sessions at midnight.

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Many Chicago city officials and policemen face investigation as a result of revelations by Mrs. Shirley Kub, above, an undercover worker, who is reported to have told a grand jury the name of a prominent politician who, she says, arranges protection and liquor joints in the city’s downtown section. She charges that A1 Capone, gang chieftain, rules the police department.

WOODS SLAPS WAGE CUTTING Hoover Jobless Board Head Criticises Action. By Scripps-lloward Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, April I.—Colonel Arthur Woods, head of the Hoover emergency employment committee, today added his voice to that of Dr. Julius Klein, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and others deploring action by certain employers reported to be cutting wages. “Since agreements were reached eighteen months ago in the conference called by Mr. Hoover between employers and labor leaders there has been a holding up of the wage scale to a degree never before known in any depression,” said Colonel Woods. “Today some employers are reported to be letting down the bars and cutting wages. These are, happily, in the small majority. It would be indeed unfortunate if employers generally took advantage of the present situation to engage in a general wage-slashing movement. ‘Far-seeing employers realize that continuation of high wages, the maintenance of the typical American living standard, the preservation of a good home consumers’ market are the best and quickest means of bringing back prosperity.” “Slow' Motion” Strike Ends LONDON, April I.—The “slow motion” strike, in which railroad employes worked as slowly as possible in London stations, was ended today after two days of protest against ruling of the National Railroad Workers Union.

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ULTRA-SHORT WAVE RADIO IS HELD SUCCESS New Device Will Increase Broadcast Channels Nine-Fold. By United Press ST. MARGARETS BAY, England, April I. —A new ultra-short wave radio telephone and telegraph which will increase broadcasting channels nine-fold, was hailed today by scientists as an invasion of the no-man’s-land of radio. The new device, which is termed the “micro-ray radio,” was demonstrated successfully Tuesday between St. Margaret’s and Calais, France, on a wave length of 18 centimeters (4:087 inches), the lowest ever utilized in radio. Engineers claimed the new radio, operating on such a short wave length, will open approximately a quarter million new channels. In Calais, the conversation was carried over an aerial less than one inch long. Power necessary to transmit the conversation was about one-half watt, which barely is sufficient to light a flashlight bulb. The new device, which has been named the micro-ray radio system, will remove the danger of congestion of the air channels for many years, engineers claim, and will reduce the cost of radio telephony and telegraphy materially because of the low cost of operation and the simplicity of the apparatus. The transmitter consists of a combination of mirrors which cast “micro” rays from a tube similar to the ordinary radio tube on a straight line toward the direction of the receiving station. Another set of mirrors at the receiving station picks up the message and concentrates it on the oneinch aerial. It is then transformed into speech by means of a tube. CITY TRAFFIC CODE UP Committee and Council to Meet for Discussion Tonight. Citizens’ traffic committee and city council will meet in city hall at 7:45 tonight to discuss the traffic code, Todd Stoops, chairman and general manager of the Hoosier Motor Club, said today.

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Young Crown Prince Michael, one-time king of Rumania, and who is seriously ill with influenza, is shown here in a recent picture. It is the second time since last fall that the son of King Carol has developed the same ailment. Norway’s waterfalls are estimated to be capable of producing 16,500,000 electric horse power.

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RISING FLOODS ROUSE FEARS IN FAR NORTHWEST Pacific Coast Region Struck by Record Rain Storm; Hundreds Are Marooned. By United Press PORTLAND, Ore., April I.—Cities in the Pacific northwest, deluged by one of the worst rain storms on record, joined today in rescue and relief work for the hundreds marooned or driven from their homes by the rising waters. At least one man was killed, homes were washed away, streets were flooded and train and stage service brought to a standstill at many points. The most urgent rescue work centered at Walla Walla, Wash., where many residents were marooned in the downtown section by flood waters. Many spent the night in office buildings, unable to reach their homes.

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