Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1933 — Page 9

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MENCKEN SAD; SEES 3.2 BEER AS POOR DRAM | Tax Unjust: Government Should Keep Its Snout Out, He Declares. BREW BAD: PRICE HIGH Sage of Baltimore Gives Set of Regulations for Proper Drinking. BY 11. ALLEN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent (Coovrieht. 1933. bv United Pressi BALTIMORE, March 29.—Wearing a red riding-to-hounds coat and with a beaker of Pilsner in his fist, H. L. Mencken, one of the most proficient beer drinkers of all time, said today that he feels very, very sad about the fact that 3.2 per cent beer soon will be with us. •'The American people, taking one with another,” he declared, ‘‘are far

too lowdown and poor - spirited to deserve anything so noble as really first - rate beer. What they will get will be mainly poor stuff, but they will snuffle and thrill over it like a puppy thrown a bone for behaving in the parlor.”

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Mencken got. out of his chair, wrapped his riding-to-hounds coat more securely about his impressive girth, and walked to a window. “Come here and look,” he said. “That’s Mt. Vernon place. And what you see in the middle of it is the greatest damned monument ever erected to the memory of America's first and only gentleman— George Washington. Look further. See that smoke? That smoke is from nine breweries.” Longs for Japanese Bugles The room was woefully mid-Vic-torian. On the piano were a number of stuffed birds under a glass bell. “This place belongs to my wife,” Mencken said. “The only thing in here that belongs to me is that collection of ivories on the shelf. They’re made out of the skulls of bishops. “But to get back to the American people. I give them up as hopeless, and begin to long for the bugles of the Japanese. “So far as I am concerned personally, 3.2 per cent beer is strong enough. I seldom use alcohol witn any set intent to lose my wits, and when such a mood seizes me I prefer to use hard liquor and get the business over with as quickly as possible. “But there are other men who like their beer to be stronger, and I believe that they should have what they want. It is an intolerable impudence for the government to thrust its snout into such private matters. The instant it does so it becomes a tyranny and is the common enemy of all well-disposed men. It’s Poor Beginning “The beer act is thus only a beginning, and it seems to me to be a pretty poor one. It retains the absurd principle that a gang of politicians are better able to decide what I should drink or not drink than I am myself. “I'll deny it with my last breath, howling from the electric chair. It is a principle in flagrant and irreconcilable conflict with the bill of rights. “Now these same preposterous politicians propose to load beer with heavy taxes, and so raise its price and lower its quality. In other words, they propose to make it impossible for the brewer who uses honest malt and hops to sell his product at a fair price, and so they give a great advantage to the quack who uses substitutes. “The net result will be bad beer at a high price. But the American people, of course, will swallow it with glad hosannas. They are gluttons for punishment. Denies Right to Tax “Why, indeed, should beer be taxed at all, save as other merchandise is taxed? Is it because the government needs the money? Then why doesn’t it tax soft drinks? The real reason is that the notion that drinking beer is comehow immoral still lingers. “If it were true, the government would be debarred from taking a beer tax, for taking it would be conniving at wickedness. Many youngsters, Mencken said, have grown up "since the dry curse came down on us. and most of them do not know how to use malt liquor, since they have been raised on gin." He gladly offered his advice to this new generation. Never Drink at Work “First.” he said, "never drink any beer, or indeed, any other alcoholic drink, while any work is to be done. It slows down the revolutions of the psyche. That is what it is for. Keep it until the evening, when you want to relax and forget your troubles. “Second, never drink beer without with it. The naked stomlrh wall sucks up the alcohol too fast, and the slow, creeping, consoling effect is spoiled. "Third, don’t try to get it down too fast. Leave that to college boys, whose minds are keyed up to an intolerably high pitch. The most reliable virtuosi recommends a tempo of one liter an hour. Let it be that or less. “After a couple of hours, allow yourself a interregnum and take a walk around the block. Then you will be ready again.” *520 in Rings Are Stolen Four diamond rings valued at $220 and $3.50 In cash formed loot of a nglar from the home of Frank k I Davis, 1340 North Kcaling aveSue. he reported to jxflice Tuesday night. Entrance was gained by removing a ventilator from a bedroom window.

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U. $. MOVES TO REVIVE TRADE Administration to Center Efforts on Restoring Confidence. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scrippa-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, March 29.—The Roosevelt administration is preparing to swing into action with all the guns its foreign policy battery boasts to make its domestic efforts at economic recovery synchronize with the efforts of the rest of the world in the same direction. White House, state department, administration wheel horses on Capitol Hill, interested foreign envoys here, and American diplomatic missions abroad are engaged in what has been described as a final drive to liquidate the war, restore confidence, and get the world back to normal. The world monetary and economic conference, war debts, tariff reciprocity, silver, the arms embargo, world court adherence, disarmament, world co-operation for peace, and Russian recognition are all seen as figuring in some phase or another of the conversations now going on. Attention apparently is being concentrated on the world monetary and economic conference. Regarded as the hub around which so many other problems revolve, it now is believed that the conference will convene between May 15 and June 15. UTILITY RATE CUT SCHEDULE OFFERED $225,000 in Slashes Provided in Shannahan List. Schedule of proposed light and power rate reductions totaling $5,000 were placed before the public service commission today by John Shannahan. head of the Indiana Public Service Company. The morning conference of Shannahan and the commission is the first of a series in which the state body will ask for “voluntary” utility rate reductions throughout Indiana. According to Perry McCart, chairman of the commission, Shannahan's tentative schedule would affect 58,521 residential consumers and 11,500 commercial users. Majority of the holdings of the company are in the northern industrial district. Shannahan said the commission plans to bring about "voluntary” reductions that will be satisfactory to residents of various communities served. If the reductions are not made by the firms, the commission has promised action.

Republicans ‘Walk Plank ’ in Order at Statehouse

BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer Wholesale shifting of jobs from "long-serving Republicans” to "deserving McNutt Democrats" continues at the statehouse. with Pleas Greenlee, the Governor's secretary, as master of ceremonies. For the most part the ceremonies, as conducted by Greenlee, are rather unceremonious. A case in point was offered on Monday afternoon when Thomas R. Huston. Brazil, was installed as state factory inspector. Greenlee brought Huston to the industrial board offices and announced that he would succeeed James E. Reagin. Terre Haute. Reagin was inspecting factories in the state. When he returns he will find he hasn't a place to hang his hat. Reagin is an ardent Republican and Huston an equally ardent Democrat. The card index file, kept by Greenlee, discloses that Huston ‘‘went down the line” for Governor Paul V. McNutt from the inception of the McNutt campaign. He is vice-president of the brick and clay product workers' union, but wanted the factory inspection job. as union activities are at a standstill now. Greenlee said. Huston also is labeled “a good or-

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SHAW RECALLS POGROM HORROR City Lawyer Was Student in Odessa During Terror Reign. Reports of persecution of Jews in Germany have more than a passing interest for Lawrence A. Shaw, Indianapolis attorney, recalling to his memory the famous Russian pogroms of 1905 and 1906. Shaw was a student in an Odessa university, Black sea port, during the massacre in which more than 2,300 Jews were slain in Odessa alone. The pogrom, lasting eight days, was the result of propaganda issued by the czarist regime to counteract the revolutionary program which even then was spreading to alarming proportions. Urged on by secret police and imperial army officers, peasants slaughtered Jewish men, women, and even children, shooting them down from ambush in many instances. The massacre was halted largely through the able organization of a self-defense committee, known as the Selbschutze, composed of students and others of the more intelligent classes, Shaw said. He has a number of photographs of men and children victims of the hectic eight days, some with eyes pierced, some beaten to death and others shot or bayoneted. Asa result of his memory of the horrors of the Russian massacre, Shaw has written a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking him to intercede to protect the German Jews and another to Adolf Hitler, German dictator, demanding that the persecution be halted. Footpad Robs Woman of Sl4 Mrs. Lucy Scott, 103 East Ninth street, Apt. 4. was robbed of approximately sl4 Tuesday night when a footpad seized her purse while she was walking in the 900 block, North Pennsylvania street,

ganizer” in the file record. That is important in politics, it was pointed out. Letters from Greenlee have resulted in more shifts in the food and drug division of the state health department. A. W. Bruner. Paoli, who had been with the department since 1907 and served under Democratic Governors Marshall and Ralston was discharged. He is 75. When the Greenlee letters are received it means that the person to whom it is addressed is fired forthwith. Bruner was chief food and drug inspector and his place was given to Victor M. Salb, an Indianapolis druggist. A. F. Wirt, Indianapolis, was replaced by Fred Miles, Indianapolis, as director of the division of housing. Charles Wolford. Linton, and Roland Meek, Greensburg, were appointed weights and measures inspectors to replace J. L. Soden. Vincennes, and Dick White, Lawrenceburg. F. J. Rieckle, North Vernon, replaced M. P. Ashley, Thorntown, as a food and drug inspector. Gerald Moon, Bluffton. took the place of O. T. Law, Richmond, as inspector of milk and dairy products.

IN'DIAXAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1933

Upper Left (left to right)—Robert Carter, Ralph Dean, and Robert Ray have helped make a treasure chest, totem pole, and council chair for their patrol, the Flying Eagles, at the Riley convalescent home. Upper Right—A peep into the Scout treasure chest at the home brings three "cub scouts” a glimpse of joys to come. They are (left to right) Miland Roberts. Billy Creighton, and George Teague. Lower Left—Woodcraft and metal art work are taught the Boy and Girl Scouts at the home by Miss Jane Myers (left), in charge of the occupational therapy shop. The school work Is directed by Miss Golde Wing (right). Lower Right (left- to right)—Alice Sullivan. Vera Hopwood, Norma Ax. Geneva Cox. and Charlotte Grey are gaining Girl Scout honors with their work in tending the "flower pot garden.” BY HELEN LINDSAY Times Staff Writer IN spite of plaster casts, crutches, and wheel chairs, boys and girls at the Riley hospital's convalescent home have joined the ranks of the Boy and Girl Scouts.. Two troops recently have been organized among the children.

With the aid of their training in the occupational therapy shop at the home, the Boy Scouts have gained their metal and woodcraft honors. The girls have learned to tie knots, which is one of the first lessons in Scout lore. They are progressing in cooking lessons and gardening. Struggling green plants in tiny flower pots on the sun porch are tended daily by members of this unique troop. Physical handicaps whiph would seem hopeless to the average boy and girl have been dismissed with cheery smiles by these youngsters. They face the problems of Scouting wtih sturdy grins, and pain and discomfort temporarily are forgotten in the joy of competition and accomplishment, ana TN the council circle, which was planned and built by the Scouts of the troop, steak fries and other outdoor meals are served to the members of the girls’ troop, and to the attendant nurses. The totem pole which has been erected is a product of Scout woodcraft. Log benches, a treasure chest, and a large council chair also are evidence of the ability of the members of this troop, the Flying Eagle patrol. Each Saturday the boys are visited by Thornton Stone of Bloomington, chairman of the work in the convalescent home. The Girl Scout troop is under direction of Miss Betty Bowman and Miss Margaret Titus. The troop is one of three recently organized under the project of extension scouting, promoted by the national organization. As they hobble to their regular Scout meetings, these boys and girls do their "daily good deeds” by lending a friendly hand to less fortunate Scouts, who must attend the meetings in wheel chairs.

Soil Preparation Is Important in Your Garden

This is the second of a series of articles on veeetable eardenine. BY W. R. BEATTIE. Bureau of Plant lndustrv. 1. S. Deoartment of Aericulture NATURALLY, many gardeners are going to plant gardens this year on land that has not been in cultivation for a long time. Unless the ground is prepared properly, falure will be almost sure to follow. On most farms the same garden plot has been in use for years, and the soil has been improved by the addition of manure and fertilizers. If the prospective gardener has any choice of land, he should by all means select a tract that has been well cared for. but if that is impossible, and if he must use land that has been neglected, the best thing to do is to start early, turn the soil over rather deeply, and get it in the best possible condition before planting. Neglected soils need manure, but manure is scarce and in many localities expensive. Where the ground is covered

FEAR EPIDEMIC AS FLOOD AFTERMATH

Danger Looming, Red Cross Officials Believe. Steps to prevent an epidemic of disease in flooded sections of Indiana are being taken as the high waters recede at practically all points. Everett Dix, assistant manager of the eastern area of the American Red Cross, has submitted a report of conditions to William Fortune of Indianapolis, chairman of the Indianapolis chapter. Red Cross officials plan to confer with Dr. William F. King, secretary of the state board of health, regarding conditions. Danger of an epidemic of typhoid fever is being averted in flooded Kentucky sections by inoculation, Dix reported. Only ten of the twenty-five Indiana roads blocked by flood water remain closed to traffic. They are Nos. 35. 45, 56, 62, 66, 69, 70, 156, 161 and 245. FACE LICENSE ARRESTS Police to Start Action Against Drivers With Old Plates April 1. Captain Otto Ray, chief license inspector, announced today police would start making arrests April 1 for failure to have 1933 automobile license plates. The city license fund, derived from taxicab, huckster, peddler, dog and similar license fees, is approximately $30,000 below last year’s figure, Ray said.

“The expert gardener turns his soil over in thin slices and breaks each and every spadeful into fine particles.”

with sod or weeds, these can be spaded or plowed under to form humus: then the actual plant foods such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potash may be supplied in the form of chemical fertilizers.

Revival Meeting Tumult Ordered Halted by Court

Agonized Screaming Stirs Ire of Neighbors in ~,,, Milton, Ind. By Times Special MILTON. Ind., March 29.—An excess of revival enthusiasm, charged against the Pilgrim Holiness church of this town, abated today, after complaining neighbors won the first round of a court fight to bring peace and quiet. On orders of Judge G. 11. Hoelscher of Richmond, the Revs. Katie Locke and Esther White of the church, must close their revival meetings at a reasonable hour. And, too, the court has ordered that the noises of the revival must be soft pedaled, so neighbors will not fear that bodily harm is being done. The women pastors of the church opened their revival Feb. 27. The first night the neighbors paid little heed. Neighbors’ Ire Aroused But, after several nights of late meetings and alleged screams and cries from the church. Onas Neideffer, a nearby resident, decided too much was enough. Neideffer, who filed the complaint, on which the court order was based, charged that his entire household has been disturbed; his family lost sleep; his children were unable to study their school lessons, and his wife was reduced to a nervous wreck. He further alleged that the meetings, deviating from the usual adjournment hour, lasted until 1:30 and 2:30 in the mornings. Supported by affidavits of other neighbors, Neideffer told the coiu't the noise was terrific. The affidavit of Dorothy Jobe, who says she lives 100 feet from the church, read: Feared Some One Was Hurt “ . . . a series of meetings has been held to the accompaniment of various and sundry noises m great volume and the meetings have lasted until after midnight. George Holder, another Milton resident, signed his name to an affidavit in which he said he believed someone was being injured the night of March 19. "I was about 800 feet awav from

THE first thing is to clear the land of stumps, stones or anything that will interfere with cultivation; theen proceed to break it up and. if possible, apply manure or something that will improve the soil. Drainage is another point for the gardener. Certain locations are such that water from higher ground will flow and settle upon them during and after rains. Other locations may be flooded from some creek or river during high water. Very often we find land that is heavy and wet, and with a light subsoil that will not permit water to drain away naturally. Sandy loam soils generally are considered best for early gardens, but clay loams often hold up best during dry seasons. Certain of the root crops, like carrots, beets, parsnips and salsify, do best when planted on a rich clay loam, or on black, peaty soils, but cucumoers, melons, lettuce, spinach and other leafy crops often do best on the sandy loams.

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MenOnlyPants Girls at Oklahoma U. Mustn’t Wear Trousers on Campus. By Uniter] Press NORMAN, Okla., March 29. Fads, so much a part of college life, usually are tolerated by university heads, but wffien coeds started wearing men's pants, a halt was called. Miss Edna McDaniel, dean of women at the University of Oklahoma set her foot down with precise emphasis. “Women students shall not appear on the campus in long trousers.” Certain individual co-eds w'ere told to put their dresses on. They did.

the church when I was attracted by loud screamings, and I hurried to the building, believing someone had been injured,” he averred. “When I was within 400 feet of the church the screaming reached such a pitch that I increased my speed. On arriving at the church, I looked I m the window and saw a young girl shrieking and screaming as if she were in mortal agony. She appeared to be it) a very serious emotional condition.” Other residents also complained | that the situation disturbed their j families and sleep w'as impossible. The Rev. E. V. Halt of the Pilgrim Holiness church here, said he be- | lieved the action was taken as a result of difficulties between The Revs. Locke and White and authorities of Milton. He said a revival is under way. I but the noises, charged to the con- ; gregation, would be “most unusual,” he said. Boy 5, Hit by Chair, Injured Playing with his baby brother who was in a high chair, Charles Black, 5, of 1318 Deloss street, pulled the chair over today and incurred a deep gash in the forehead. The baby was inot injured.

THE main point is to have the soil in good condition, fine and me’low, and with plenty of vegetable matter mixed with the original soil materials. If manure is used, it should be mixed with the soil, and the more thoroughly it is mixed, the better. The same is true regarding the use of fertilizers. That leads to another thought, and that is to plow or spade the soil fairly deeply and to break the soil into fine particles to the full depth of plowing or spading. The expert gardener turns his soil over in thin slices or spadefuls, and breaks each and every spadeful into fine particles as he goes. Another point—don’t plow or spade the ground when it is wet. The usual test is to squeeze a handful of the soil in the palm of the hand—if it sticks together in a ball it is too wet to work, but if it crumbles apart when released it is ready. 1 NEXT: Testing seeds.

ROOSEVELT TO DEMAND BANK' SAFETY LAWS Legislation Will Provide Severe Penalties for Crooked Financiers. BAD BONDS DOOMED Investors Will Be Given Protection Against DoubtfLi I Issues. BY KAY TICKER Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March 29.—Legislation bristling with penalties and prohibitions against misuse of and speculation with “other people's money" by banks and corporations soon will assume shape, as a result of two moves made today by the Roosevelt administration on the financial front. The President is expected to submit to congress a message and a bill designed to protect American investors from the devastating losses they have suffered in worthless issues floated by bankers for Instill, Kreuger and Toll, and many South American governments. Complete publicity concerning such issues, together with provisions for penalty and recovery in case of fraudulent misrepresentation, is the general objective of the “honest securities measure.” Offenders Face Penalty For the purpose of framing legislation, the senate banking and currency committee has asked At-torney-General Homer Cummings to submit penal statutes applicable to officials and appointees of the government and banks who violate federal bank regulations. This looks toward extremely drastic regulation and punishment of violators in the permanent banking reform legislation now under committee consideration. The committee also has asked William H. Woodin, secretary of the treasury, to appear before it Thursday with any recommendations he may have. W. W. Aldrich, board chairman of the Chase National bank of New York, who recently proposed far-reaching changes regarding banks and flotation of securities, spent an hour with President Roosevelt Tuesday. It is known that every one of these moves is part of a plan for a rounded and safer banking system. Centralization Is Sought Although not openly featured, it is understood that a real effort will be made, through regulations and statutes, to further centralize the nation’s banking system. The recent crisis convinced many doubters of the necessity for a unified system, and the committee’s j request for information on penal provisions contained a sighificant statement. Besides asking for laws applicable to national and state member banks of the federal reserve, it said it wanted laws referring to “others.” With the federal government having authority over all banks as a result of the emergency banking act, it is felt that now is the time to go through with a permanent program. Disavow Silence Policy A swift succession of events, including bank failures and the na-tion-wide suspension, terrific losses and hardships to innocent depositors, disclosures of dishonesty and stupidity in floating foreign and domestic issues, delays in prosecuting certain officials, have strengthened the desire for prompt action. The administration’s new program marks the second step in two days to punish and prevent alleged dishonesties or laxities. On behalf of the President, Mr. Woodin served ; notice that banking irregularities ; must be called immediately to attention of proper authorties for prosecution. He disavowed the Hoover admin- | istratlon’s policy of silence, based ; on the fear that immediate prose- | cution might further upset the banking world. CONGRESS FROWNS ON DIME-A-GLASS BEER Nickel Is Plenty, View of Wets; Think Price Will C'ome Down. j R, J Scripps-Hoicarrl Xeicspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, March 29. Congressional wets are not pleased with the interviews some brewers are giving, indicating that the long-sought-for 5-cent glass of beer may not return. The lawmakers who engineered the beer bill to passage promised that the foamy brew would be sold to the workingmen for a nickel a glass. They based their promises lon statements made by brewers’ representatives who testified before committees of congress. “The people have a right to pxj pect a nickel glass of beer,” said | Senator Millard Tydings < Dem., Mdj today. Beer can be sold for ; that price under terms of the bill I we passed.” While not liking the brewers’ tal'f ! so 10-cent beer, the legislators are withholding criticism, confident that j when the law goes into effect competition will drive prices down. • BOY PLUNGER' WEDDED Jesse’ L. Livermore Confirms Reports of His Marriage. By United Press CHICAGO, March 29.—Jesse L. ; Livermore, prominent financier, confirmed reports today that he and Mrs. A. Warren Noble were married last Thursday. The ceremony was performed at ] Geneva. 111. Livermore is widely j known in Wall street as the “boy ; plunger.” He made his first million when scarcely more than 20. The bride is the former Harriet N. Metz, daughter of Frederick Metz of Omaha, Neb.