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Pilgrims Kneel at Manger Worshiping Nativity of Christ.

By United Press Bethlehem, dcc. 24. The thoughts of the world centered today on a tiny stone cell, barely capable of holding a hundred worshipers, in this tiny village. Devout pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem from early morning to late night. . The two broad macadam highways that lead out of Jerusalem were thronged with peoples of all nations. Their destination was the spacious, raftered Church of the Nativity, to worship and reverence at the sacred grotto, built on the spot where Jesus Christ was born in a stable manger. Although myriads of pilgrims have passed along these roads since the time when they were no more than camel tracks, yet they present an ever-new, ever-changing pageant of color and history. Where once they stumbled on foot over hills, or rode in chariots and carts, on donkeys and camels; ■where once the bishops and cardinals of Rome came in all the panoply of the church; where the crusaders rode on their liveried chargers, bearing the cross triumphantly before them; where King Baldwin of Jerusalem, attended by his knights and esquires, made humble pilgrimage to the one-time stable where the Son of God first saw light of day—along that timeless route, transformed by modern enterprise into an enduring asphalt, run the automobiles and vehicles, whose honking and raucous noises die to a humble murmur as they wind their way through the cobblestoned streets of Bethlehem. nan HERE were Abyssinian Christians, from the land of Prester John, now known as Ethopia, black-skinned and black-clothed, with their weird chants and prayers. There, the fair-haired, aquilinefeatured Anglo-Saxon, erect and austere. Yonder the black-mitered Armenian, with Semitic features and patriarchal beard, mumbling a half-heard prayer. Roman Catholics, priests, monks and laity, carrying their rosaries, strode along in devout contemplation. The picturesque and narrow streets of this Judean hillside townlet, near which Rachel, wife of Jacob, lies buried at the foot of that field of Ephrath, in which she mourned her lost and scattered sons, and where many centuries later a shepherd boy defeated Goliath and grew to be the mighty King David—in practically the same winding streets, there is a bustle and commotion only experienced once a year. Thousands are wending their way to the Church of the Nativity until midnight. Their heads bent in pious remembrance of that night on which a mother held her Holy Babe, centuries ago, they stream through the crypt containing the actual manger in which she lay. Out over the hills and valleys of Judea twinkle the very stars that lighted the three wise men when they came bearing myrrh and frankincense and splendid gifts to the new-born King. a a a AROUND the walls of the tiny crypt are ancient paintings, worn and blurted by the passage and erosions of time, showing the madonna and the child. They testiiv to the joy and humility of famous painters for whom the miracle ot the birth was vivid enough to be put to canvas. Solemn and tall hassocked and Mack-gowned Protestant and Armenian priests, black and white clothed nuns, adorants of all classes and walks of life, pray quictiy in this hushed silence. Only an occasional sob from some kneeling woman breaks the stillness. Both outside and inside the church, khaki-clad English soldiers and burly British constables mingle with the pilgrims from ralestine and abroad. Many Americans from the liner Empress of France, halting here lor the Christmas festivities before resuming her world cruise, join the ever-growing stream to and from the church. a a a AND so, coming forth into the night through the low portal of the church, they trudge wearily back to Jerusalem. On these very slopes the “shepherds watched their flocks by night” so long ago; and, as though history were but a mirror of our own times, silent Bedouins go by w’ith their’massed flocks of sheep and goats, keeping close to the fenced road over which the automobiles speed to the Holy City. Behind, the stars that lighted the birth of anew era, anew religion, are dimmed by the electric lights and automobile lamps that is Bethlehem today. FIRE DAMAGE $4,000 AT BEVERIDGE PLANT One of Five Trucks Destroyed by Early Morning Flames. Fire which broke out m. waste paper crates in the Beveridge Paper Company garage, 531 West Pearl street, early today, destroyed a truck and damaged four others. Loss was estimated at $4,000. The blaze was discovered by Isaac Pearson and Ogle Crosby, employes of the garage, who called firemen from Engine House 6 at 533 West Washington street, less than half a block away. Firemen pulled the trucks from the garage after Pearson and Crosby bad failed to reach the Vehicles.

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WARNING NOTE SENT BY U. S. TO JAPANESE / Apprehension Over Move by Army Toward Chinchow Is Expressed. TOKIO WRATH ROUSED Great Powers Is Deemed Impertinent by Nipponese. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The United States has made strong representations to the Japanese government, viewing with concern reports that General Honjo plans to occupy Chinchow. The representations were made through Ambassador W. Cameron Forbes in Tokio. He was instructed by Secretary Stimson to call at the Japanese foreign office and express apprehension that a Japanese movement on Chinchow might lead to renewal of hostilities with regular Chinese forces. Forbes also told the foreign office that reports from military observers show there Is no evidence that Chinese forces are preparing for an offensive. Concern of U. S. Voiced Announcement of the state department’s action was made in the following communique: “The American ambassador in Tokio was instructed on Dec. 22 to express to the Japanese foreign office the concern which this government entertains, in view of recent ' reports, apparently well founded, to the effect that the Japanese army in Manchuria is contemplating movements in the direction of Chinchow, which might lead to renewal of armed hostilities with the regular Chinese military forces in and south of that city. “He has been asked to call to the attention of the Japanese government that the reports of the military observers of several nations in the Chinchow area, including the Americah military attache, are to the effect that they find no evidence that Chinese military forces are engaged in, or are preparing for, an offensive military movement.” Japanese Anger Roused In making this announcement, the state department took occasion to deny reports published last Monday that earlier representations had been made to Japan. Secretary Stimson was informed of dispatches from Tokio, saying that the Japanese foreign office regarded representations made by the United States, Great Britain and France as impertinent and unwarranted. He withheld comment on these reports. The present representations are linked in a long chain of protests which the United States has made against Japanese military movements in Manchuria. In the past, save for one instance, the state department nad attempted to keep confidential what is said to Japan. By making public the present representations, the department is believed to be appealing to public opinion to support measures for preservation of peace between Japan and China. BANK PLANS PAYMENTS Meyer-Kiser Agents Petition Court Which Creditors to Pay. Liquidating agents of the defunct Meyer-Kiser bank today filed a petition in superior court, one seeking instructions on which of 250 creditors are to be paid from the Tank’s remaining assets, the amounts and designation of preferred creditors. The bank was closed May 1. The action, according to attorneys, is taken to avoid lengthy litigation against the former institution by creditors. Fred S. Meyer, J. J. Kiser and N. S. Cohn are liquidating agents.

QUIZ HOUSE OWNER IN CINCINNATI CHILD CRIME

By United Press CINCINNATI, Dec. 24.—Discrepancies in the story of Charles Bischoff, 45, owner of the tenement in which the mutilated body of fairhaired Marian McLean, 6, was found, were being checked today, as police pressed their quest for the child’s slayer. Bischoff, who found the child's body in a wood bin in the cellar, was questioned by alienists. Prosecutor Robert Gorman said that detectives were checking Bischoff’s account of his actions since last Thursday, when Marian disappeared.

JUST a few more hours and the H3l Clothe-a-Child campaign eff The Indianapolis Times will be history. At 4 this afternoon the list of donors to the yearly movement to Clothe-a-Child-fdr-Christmas will be closed. At 4 o’clock the last child will be adopted for the Yule season by a Clothe-a-Child pledge. With 339 children clothed up to noon, it is hoped to reach 350 youngsters by nightfall. The 339 children, clothed, out-

CHRISTMAS has come and gone to Arch Hinch, secretary to Police. Chief Mike Morrissey. What started out to be a practical joke turned suddenly, and today was “stark tragedy’’ to Hinch. Late Wednesday, Sergeant Jack O’Neil received a Christmas card from a newspaper reporter. To play a joke on Miss Harriett Deer, assistant secretary to Morrissey, O’Neil slipped a $5 bill in the envelope. “Look what I got for Christmas from one of the newspaper boys,” he told her as he plucked card and bill from the envelope. Miss Deer registered the first degree of astonishment and wanted to know why O’Neil should get money from reporters. •aa, a a a HINCH decided to improve upon the prank. He boosted the ante by slipping a $lO bill into the envelope and extracted it while Miss Deer looked on. She was astounded to the nth degree this time. But Hinch and O’Neil shrugged airily and wished her a merry Christmas, even though she didn’t get a card and money. Today Hinch opened a verbal barrage on O’Neil. “You’re always getting me in trouble,” Hinch said. “Boy, what a swell spot you got me in Wednesday.” a a a a a a OF course, O’Neil demanded to know the why and wherefore of the secretary’s explosion. “Well, you know that card I had with the $lO bill in it?” Hinch explained. “I put that in my coat pocket, money and all, and forgot about it. “Last night, my son John took it from my pocket and showed it to Mrs. Hinch. “Today, Mrs. Hinch is ahead just $10 —mine.” Let it be said hre that O’Neil declares he removed the $5 from his envelope and put it in his shoe before going home.

MOONEY ABANDONS HOPE FOR PARDON

Consciously or unconsciously, Governor Harry G. Leslie made a major contribution to Yuletide humor today while addressing those who received baskets at the slat chouse celebration. Having declared an open house, the Governor continued: “I want you people to feel free to come to my office or any other departin ent. I want to you visit every nook and CROOK in this statehouse.' f JOHN 0. SEES BOOM Prosperity at Hand, Says Aged Oil Millionaire. (Copyright. 1931. bv United Press! I ORMOND BEACH, Florida, Dec. 24—A future of prosperity and good fellowship was predicted by John D. Rockefeller Sr., today, in a nation-wide holiday message through the United Press. “We’ve reached the peak of the depression,” the 93-year-old oil millionaire, said. “Things now will get better. I see nothing more to worry about. Everything possible is being done t promote prosperity, and I think it is about to arrive. “Wish all the country a merry Christmas and happy New Year for me and tell them that I am glad and full of gratitude for my health and this bountiful weather.” TORTURE. SLAY FARMER Body Found in Chicago Alley With $2,000 jn Canceled Checks. By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 24.—Felix Sojka, 42, well-to-do Page, (Neb.) farmer, was found slain today in an alley at the rear of his temporary Chicago home. Indications were that he had been tortured, presumably for his money, and then beaten to death. Sojka’s head had ben crushed. In the Cleaver street room he occupied was a blopd-stained shirt, believed to have been his. He wore no shirt when found. His pockets held thirty-five or forty canceled checks, totaling $2,000.

Several books on insanity were found in Bischoff's room, police said. He admitted reading them, and discussed them enthusiastically, they said. Three suspects were still held as detectives sought two men who were quoted as seeing a man carrying a “bundle” In the vicinity of the tenement where the 6-year-old girl’s mutilated body was found Tuesday, five days after her disappeaiance with a “dark looking” stranger. The complexion of the suspected murderer was virtually the only point of description detectives held in conducting the man hunt.

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-fitted from head to toe with warm clothing for the winter schooldays, means an approximate expenditure of between $4,000 and $4,250. Last-minute cash donations, coupled with a large pledge of eight children by the Sigma Alpha lota sorority, sent the drive on its way to the 350 mark. a a a WITH money contributions, a group of Times’ employes was busy today clothing children for donors unable to shop for their own children. But the personal touch of the

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Adverse Decision Already Made by Rolph, Famous Prisoner Declares. By United Press SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal., Dec. 24.—Tom Mooney abandoned hope today that Governor James Rolph Jr. of will pardon him. On the eve of his sixteenth Christmas behind San Quentin walls, California’s most famous prisoner expressed the conviction that the plea in his behalf by Mayor Walker of New York was in vain. “Not a chance,” Mooney, sentenced to life imprisonment on conviction of a part in the 1916 Preparedness day bombing in San Francisco, said. “Powers of business and politics will dictate Governor Rolph’s decision denying me a pardon. “A few men already have determined the issue. Decision Already Made “The Governor will put weight behind his denial of clemency by saying, ‘My chief justice, Matt Sullivan, had advised against a pardon,’ but the decision already is made. “Until the ruling powers realize that Tom Mooney is a more danin prison than he would be if released, I will not be turned out. “The world-wide agitation and the demands for the release of ‘America’s Dreyfus’ should be convincing proof that as long as I am held unjustly in prison, I am a far greater source of unrest than if I were free. Only when that is realized rill there be a chance for a pardon. - Won’t Accept Parole “There is not a whit of evidence to connect me with that terrible atrocity. The Governor knows that. So does anyone who has studied the case.” Mooney reiterated he would not accept a parole “and the stigma of guilt it implies.” “This is a fight for a principle, not alone for the right to return to ! my family and society,” he declared, j “Parole is a form of continuous imprisonment in itself.” He looked around the little vege- | table room where he prepares food i for the prison’s 5,000 inmates. “All work is honorable,” he said. “I am not objecting. It looks as though I would go on for a long time peeling potatoes.” VOLCANO BURSTS FORTH Hawaiian Crater Belches Lava in Worst Eruption in 30 Years. By United Press HONOLULU, Dec. 24.—Kilauea volcano, legendary home of Hawaii’s goddess of fire, burst into violent eruption today with more than thirty fountains of lava streaming from it on all sides. The famous old crater, standing like a guardsman on the island of Hawaii, shot giant billows of sulphur fumes and intermittent geysers of fiery lava high into the air, while around it the earth rumbled and shuddered. The eruption was the most violent in twenty-seven years, pioneer residents of the island said. DAWES IS CALLED HOME Conferences With Hoover, Stimson on Arms Parley Scheduled. By United Press LONDON, Dec. 24.—Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, who will head the delegation to the world disarmament conference, has been summoned to Washington to confer with President Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson. He will sail for New York on the liner Europa Dec. 30.

money contribution is not lost. For each donor of cash who wished received the name and address of the child his money clothed. Relief agencies of the Community Fund, the Christmas Clearing House, and the social service department of the public co-operated with the Clothe-a-Child plan to insure each donor a needy child without fear of duplication or waste. One of the elements in the 1931 campaign that can not be estimated in the total number of

VALUATION CUT GIVEN UTILITY IS ATTACKED * Assessor Moves to Fight Tax Board Reduction in Court. HUGE SLASH IS MADE Figure Set for Taxation Is Sliced From $5,000,000 $1,150,000. Legal methods were sought today by Robert Sloan. Marion county assessor, to set aside the state tax board’s arbitrary reduction on the valuation, for taxation purposes, of the Harding street plant of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company from $5,000,000 to $1,500,000. Indignant over the tax board’s slash, Sloan declared that the $5,000,000 valuation set by the county board of review should stand. Sloan pointed out that the valuation on the plant as of March 1 was set at $8,000,000 by Leonard Hohlt, Perry township assessor. “When the county board of review was asked to consider the figures by the power and light company, it found representatives of the utility unprepared to give necessary evidence of the real value of the Harding street plant. Jurisdiction Is Disputed “Instead, after several postponements, they appeared and made the statement that because the plant was a utility the board of review had no jurisdiction over it. “We pointed out that the plant was not completed and therefore not in operation as a utility,/ and that the board had the right to fix a valuation for the year on this porperty, just as on any manufacturer’s stock and equipment,” Sloan declared. Hohlt obtained his $8,000,000 figure from a study of the plant and the various prospectuses sent out by the light company, in an effort to sell stock. Circulars Are Cited “It’s own circulars should tell the truth,” Sloan pointed out. He added that he made a personal inspection of the project and arrived at the $5,000,000 figure as a fair basis. “I asked the state tax board to lend us the use of its engineers to make the appraisal. But the members refused, on the ground that, because an appeal would be taken, they did not feel they could permit their engineer to do this work,” the county assessor said. Harrod Is Quoted He quoted thj statement of C. L. Harrod, president of the light company, at the meeting with tne city committee to slash rates last Thursday, that the new Harding street generating plant is valued at $12,500,000 for rate making purposes. “It is certain that if the plant, which went into active operation a month ago, is worth that today, its valuation last March was at least $5,000,000. “The citizens of the county and state should be made acquainted with the manner in which the state tax board handles the subject of utility taxation and I shall not rest until every means is exhausted to obtain the proper valuation on the plant,” Sloa.i declared. MURDER GUN POUND Expert Says Pistol Is One Used to Kill Diamond. By United Press ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 24. Identification of a pistol as the one with which Jack (Legs) Diamond was killed led police to hope today for a solution of the murder. Detective Sergeant Harry Butts, New York City police Ballistic expert, who examined a pistol found in the back yard of the rooming house, and one of the bullets extracted from the gangster’s head, told Albany authorities he was positive it was the gun used to “rub out” Diamond last Friday. Sylvester Hess, one of two men who saw Diamond a short time before he was slain, surrendered to District Attorney John T. Delaney today. According to police, Hess accompanied Diamond in a taxicab part of the way from the apartment of Marion (Kiki) Roberts to Legs’ rooming house early Friday. MORRISSEY ‘RUNG* IN Police Force Gives Chief Diamond As Christmas Token. Santa Claus visited Police Chief Mike Morrissey today. At roll call this morning, a 114carat diamond ring, gift of the entire police force, was presented in a brief ceremony by Captain Edward Helm and Lieutenant Ralph Dean.

children clothed is the clothing of the 1930 campaign children by 1930 donors. One firm that led the list of 1930 pledges is caring for three families in 1931 which it received in the 1930 campaign. ana And so, as the 1931 drive reaches a close, The Times wishes to thank every individual, firm, or group who took the heart of a child to himself or herself and warmed that heart with clean, good garments in place of raggedness.

LA FOLLETTE ASKS BILLIONS, TO GIVE JOBS TO MILLIONS

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Monumental Public Works Plan Is Presented to Congress. By Scripps-lloward newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The administration’s recent denunciation of public works as a means of combating the depression was answered today by Senator Robert M. La Follette (Rep., Wis.) with presentation of a $5,500,000,000 public works bill and a carefully worked out plan for raising the money and spending it in a way to employ four and a half-million men. The liberal group in congress probably will make its major fight at this session in support of the La Follette bill. A number of economists have assisted in its formulation. Billion Set Aside The measure provides that $650,000,000 be spent by Tederal agencies on river and harbor and flood control work, federal public buildings, forest roads and irrigation and reclamaton works. It sets aside one billion dollars for additional grants to state public works construction, and in addition to providing for expansion of the federal-aid highway program, it extends the principle of federal aid to construction of all highway bridges, elimination of railroad grade crossings, and highway grade crossings. The rest of the bond issue, a total of $3,750,000,000, is tp be used for loans to state and local authorities which have in the past, according to La Follette, carried on 90 per cent of public construction in the United States, but which are being forced to curtail their programs. Projects on Huge Scale Loans would be made, both to match federal-aid grants and to carry on other types of construction, including municipal paving, construction of bridges, water supply and sewerage works, building of flying fields, of parks and playgrounds, of schools, and of fire prevention lanes. La Follette would place expenditure of the money in the hands of an administrator of public works, appointed by the President and confirmed by the senate. GIVEN _ARMS POST Woman Head of College to Be U. S. Delegate. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Miss Mary E. Woolley, for thirty-one years president of Mt. Holyoke college at South Hadley, Mass., will be a member of the United States delegation to the Geneva arms conference which will convene in February. She will be the first woman ever to represent the United States at an international conference of such paramount importance. Appointment of Miss Woolley/was announced by President Hoover late Wednesday. He had made known earlier that he intended to name a prominent woman to the delegation.

The Clothe-a-Child campaign of The Times wishes all of its donors a Merry Christmas. And as for the children, that wish is not necessary, for you’ve already made their Christmas a merry one. And if you haven't, then it's not too late, for you still have until 4 p. m. to put the heart of You into the heart of a Boy or Girl. Just call Riley 5551—the Clothe-a-Child editor. New pledges follow: A Group of Sants Clans Ladies (clothed one child and took two mere), Ja

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STORE BOMBED AT VALPARAISO Refusal to Buy Produce in Gary Blamed. By United Press VALPARAISO, Dec. 24.—The Empire block, the oldest business block in Valparaiso, was wrecked partially today by bombs hurled by three men in a speeding automobile. It was the first bombing in the history of the city. Police said the automobile, which was abandoned in Valparaiso, belonged to a Gary man. They believed the outrage was directed at Cris Spiros’ Porter county produce store. Spiro said he had been threatened because he refused to buy fruits and vegetables in Gary. Fire broke out following the explosions, but was extinguished before it spread to other buildings. John Sievers, owner of the building, said the more than $15,000 damage was covered by insurance. NO HOPE FOR SNOW White Christmas Will Be Only a Memory. Santa Claus today sought more modern methods of transportation than his sleigh for his annual trip to Indianapolis tonight, when the weather man said Christmas snow will be only a dream. However, the mercury made a stab at reaching wintry levels when it dropped five degrees in two hours this morning. J. H. Armington, weather bureau chief, said its effort would result only in a low temperature of 40 by Friday morning. Possibility of snow was negligible, Armington said. Friday is scheduled to be clear. Before starting downward today, the temperature established anew record after its unique act of climbing to 60 during the night. This mark is the highest ever reached during early morning hours on Dec. 24. WEST STORM BATTERED Nevada, Eastern California Swept by Snow and Rain. By United Press RENO, Nev., Dec. 24.—A terrific snow and rainstorm swept western Nevada and eastern California today, causing thousands of dollars’ damage to telephone and telegraph lines and tying up transportation. Reports from the southern Pacific at Norden, summit of the Sierra Navada mountains, gave an approximate depth of ninety-four inches of snow. A high wind blew across highways. Truckee reported three feet of snow r .

Mrs. W. H. Coburn. 5202 Riverside Park Bird. Mr. and Mrs. S. 3. Spiekelmier. 1080 East Fifty-second street. Employes of Regal Stores. Ine.. 125 North Davidson (boy and rirl>. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Vogel. >903 Pleasant Run boulevard 'five children). Universal bowling league. Pritchett alleys. Sigma Alpha Itoia sorority feared lor five children and took three mdre). Fidelity lodge. No. HO. Women’s Benefit Association. Allen Holtzclaw. 904 Test building. For Mv Bov and Girl (a bov and girl). A Man Named Elmer Caring for an Elmer. Phi Delta Pi fraternitv. Savings of Two Girls (two girls). Auditlnr department of Indianapolis Athletic Club. Relief Fund of Indiana Condensed Milk Company (two children).

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TOOTH DECAY IS CONQUERED SY SCIENTISTS Dental Caries Prevented for First Time in History by Discovery. SECRET IS IN DIET Sufficient Phosphorus in Saliva Is Answer to Age-Old Riddle. (Convriftht. 1931. bv Science Service) BALTIMORE, Dec. 24.—For the first time in history', dental caries, or tooth decay, actually has been prevented. This means that the end of toothaches and of rotting, decayed and infected teeth, with their attendant ills, is in sight. The method found effective to prevent tooth decay in animals need only be applied to human beings. This acvhievement, the result oi ten years of work with hundreds of animals and representing an immeasurable boon to mankind, has been accomplished by Dr. E. V. McCollum, professor of bio-chemistry at the Johns 3 lopkins school of hygiene, and his associates. Dr. Henry Klein and Dr. H. G. Kruse. A preliminary report will appear in the forthcoming issue of Science. The complete report will apppear in early issues of the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of the American Dental Association. .Saliva Quality Important “The quality of the saliva is the important thing in determining whether teeth will decay, and is determined by the chemical composition of the blood,” said Mr. McCollum. The saliva, he has found, acts normally as a buffer solution, so that acid can not accumulate and break down the enamel of the teeth. When this enamel is damaged, germs that always are present in the mouth get a chance at the the teeth and decay follows. The saliva, however, can not act as a buffer solution, keeping the mouth at just the right state between acid and alkahline, unless it contain > a certain proportion of phosphorus. There must be, in addition to a proper buffer quality for neutralizing acid formed by the fermentation of food residues, a proper calcium and phosphate concentration in the saliva in contact with the enamel to prevent disintegration of the surface molecules of that substance. Comes From Blood Phosphorus gets into the saliva from the blood. Blood gets its phosphorus from the foods eaten, specifically from such foods as milk, eggs, lean beef, beans and peas, which are rich in phosphorus. Phosphorus is not quite all that is needed, however. Dr. McCollum and his associates found that no matter how much phosphorus is eaten in food, not enough of it will get into the blood and then into the saliva unless a certain amount of both calcium and vitamin D also are taken into the body. It is not possible to, say, eat so many pounds of this or that food every day, Dr. McCollum pointed out. But plenty of the foods that contain these three substances, and plenty of sunshine, to insure an abundance of vitamin D, will keep the phosphorus in the saliva up to the right level and thus prevent tooth decay, or dental caries. Sugar Not Barred People with a "sweet tooth” will be delighted to know that they can eat sugar and starches in abundance, according to the Baltimore investigators, and still prevent their teeth from decaying, if they keep the calcium-phosphorus level of their blood right and get plenty of vitamin D, from sunshine or cod liver oil or any of the foods that now contain it. Eating excessive amounts of starch, candy and sugar tends to crowd out of the diet foods which are better constituted for the prevention of tooth decay and make necessary a greater caution as to having the remainder of the diet of just the right composition. Calcium-rich foods are milk, eggs, watery vetgetables, especially spinach, lettuce and cabbage—and, to a lesser extent, fruits. Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin, occurring wherever the ultraviolet rays from the sun or from artificial light strike the fat, ergosterol. Vitamin D occurs naturally in fish oils, egg yolk, butter fat and whole milk. It has been put into certain other foods artificially, since science has shown that this may be done by exposing foods containing ergosterol to ultraviolet light. DEPUTY SLAYS BANDIT Nabs Two Others, Single-Handed, After Los Angeles Bank Robbery. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.—Deputy Sheriff V. J. Fleming was a hero to his fellow officers today after capturing, single handed, two bank bandits and killing a third. Robert Howell, 25, Detroit, was killed when he attempted to escape after Fleming had halted the bandit ear and forced the three occupants to line up against a wall. The bandits had robbed a bank of $1,200. Fleming, sitting in a nearby sheriff’s station, heard the burglar alarm, grabbed a shotgun, chased the bandit car a mile and forced it to halt. Hourly Temperatures Ba. m 60 10 a. m 52 7a. m 60 11 a. m 53 8 a. m 56 12 (noon).. 52 9a. m 55 Ip. m..... 48

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