Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 177, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1934 — Page 9

DEC. 4, 1934.

It Seems to Me HEYM BROUN ONCE in a fit of very righteous anger I hit a fellow subway passenger on the head with a newspaper. Nothing much happened save a fight in which he laid my scalp open with a lantern. I have always considered myself very lucky that the affair occurred upon a weekday. If it had been a Sunday edition with which I made the original attack the charge against me might well have specified “Assault with a dull and deadly weapon.” My only defense would have been that I did not know my own

strength nor the weight of the New York Sunday Times. Now that my first fighting days are over (Newark papers please copy) I delight in all Sunday editions. The very quantity of the fare offered fills me with a vast expectancy. I lean back in my easy chair and adjust my philosopher’s cap. Which shall it be—' “The Growing Burden of the Taxpayer” or “Peaches Isn’t Peaches Any More—The True Story of Daddy Browning's Widow?” Which would you choose? Well, it seems that through the aid of skillful surgery and the reading of good books Peaches Browning has changed her

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life and limbs. And there right off is something that in all probability you and I never would have known but for the Sunday papers. Indeed the Sunday papers offer a sort of vicarious education—Kibitzer College. Science, politics, scandal and the drama! Mark Sullivan Fears and Film Star Is Expecting. Let me hasten to add in order to prevent misconception that Mark Sullivan fears “uncertainty of small business retards recovery.” a a a Art—Always on Reserve ALMOST all the geography i know has been gleaned by reading the advertisements of steamship tours which I can not take. I know real estate from perusing the notices about dwellings in which I shall never live and the weekly progress of stocks which I do not own fills me with fascination. I would be unfaithful to the truth and week-day journalism if I pretended that every word written down in the Sunday press is precious. “Au contraire” as we used to say in French A. For a year I was editor of a Sunday section. It happened to be the 6ports section and as early as Wednesday morning I was on the hunt for filler stuff with which to plug the first edition. In writing so Jong before the event one felt that he was employed upon belles lettres and making a gracious gesture toward posterity. But once in type it was just tripe fit only for the button moulder as soon as you could get the football' summaries from California We carried on reserve a huge layout of those infant diving prodigies Aileen Riggin and Miss Helen Meany. That was good for any season of the year. You merely had to write a caption, “Small Mermaids Frolic in Miami Pool” and if that proved unsuitable you substituted “Deal” or “Atlantic City.” a a tt Wrecked—By a Formula! IT is this slightly ham quality in Sunday journalism which arouses some sympathetic recognition in my own breast. The domain is so vast and voracious that there must be hospitality even for the trivial. In some forgotten corner you will find the stories from the zoo—“ Rex, the polar bear in bloody battle with Slim the grizzly.” My friend Mr. X who covered the zoo for a now forgotten paper hated animals and walking. He knew a speakeasy where several of the keepers went and by kindness he won their confidence. They said they would stand for anything in reason. That was the most truculent year ever known at the zoo. The leopards and the lions and the jaguars lit into each other every Sunday. My friend Bill X proved himself the greatest matchmaker ever seen on Park Row. Finally the easy formula undid him. Bill went too far in the Sunday story he wrote about the battle between Jack Boyle, one of the trained seals, and Donovan, 11 e ant-eater. The keepers wouldn’t stand for it. T 1 ey said it wasn’t natural. Incidentally I am a little worried about the new zoo which Bob Moses has built in Central Park. The architecture is decidedly collegiate. In fact the buildings look exactly like the dormitories at Yale. Nowr suppose some visiting New Haven undergraduate becomes just a bit confused while celebrating a football victory and crawls into an empty cage! Suppose Yale never discovers the mistake! Suppose the keepers don’t! (Copyright, 1934.)

Todays Science

BY DAVID DIETZ

(GALILEO, blind, no longer able to peer through J that telescope with which he had given the world its first-knowledge of the mountains of the moon, the satellites of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn, sat and pondered, a lonely prisoner at Arcetri. But though blind, his mind's eye still saw with keener vision than that of his contemporaries. And so he pondered upon the laws of motion and paved the way for Newton and his followers. Modern physics with all its applications in engineering may be said to have started with Galileo. Dr. Harvey Brace Lemon, professor of physics at the University of Chicago, recognized this fact when he titled his just published survey of modem physics. “From Galileo to Cosmic Rays.” Four years ago. the University of Chicago adopted anew under-graduate curriculum which included an introductory general course in the physical sciences. All students were required to take this course. The need was felt for a book on physics “with continuity, designed for reading from cover to cover within a reasonable time, stressing the source of material. phenomena, and giving interpretations in nontechnical style and by homely analogy.” Dr. Lemon has proceeded to write that book. a a a % HERE is the background which every intelligent person needs in order to know what is going on in the world today. One reason many persons had so great difficulty in understanding the essentials of the Einstein theory was that they were totally unfamiliar with the theories of Newton which preceded relativity. This book begins with Galileo and the principle of uiertia. proceeds to Newton's laws of motion and so leads to the meaning of work, energy and power. These subjects come under the technical heading of “Mechanics” to which the first part of the book is devoted. The remainder of the book is divided into sections on ’ Heat,” “Electricity and Magnetism.” “Electricity and Matter.” and “Waves and Radiation.” m a m THE book is written in an attractive and charming style. Naturally it is more thorough and technical than most so-called popular books, but its use of mathematics is sparing and there is nothing which should baffle any reader with the equivalent of a high school freshman's Knowledge of algebra. . A feature of the book is the illustrations. There are many excellent diagrams, many amusing sketches, and fine photographs. A special feature are a number of stereoscopic photographs. These when viewed through a stereoscope, a little spectacle frame with two prismatic lenses in it, assume the appearance of three dimensions. The book is published by the University of Chicago Press at $5. It would make a splendid Christmas present for any high school or college student studying science or any adult with a scientific hobby.

Questions and Answers

Q —How many human beings have occupied the earth since the beginning of recorded history? A—The Eugenics Department of Carnegie Institution estimated that there have been about 30,900,000.000 since the beginning of recorded history, 6000 or 7000 years ago. Q —What do the initials U. S. S. stand far before the name of a vessel? ▲—United States Ship.

HUEY LONG—‘LOUISIANA—I’M IT!’

Federal Probers May Crack Kingfishs Organization Wide Open

Thi* U the fourth of series of articles describing the hold taken on the State of Louisiana by Kingftsh Huey Long. The articles are written by Thomas L. Stokes, himself a Southerner, who was sent into Louisiana by The Indianapolis Times and other Scrippt-Howard newspapers. an a BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Staff Writer NEW ORLEANS', Dec. 4. The Federal Government finally may crack open the Huey P. Long organization. A score of income tax experts, including some who sent A1 Capone to the penitentiary, have been delving quietly here and elsewhere for months into the mysterious operations of key figures in the political machine which overawes this state. Several persons, including one of Huey’s chief lieutenants, already have been indicted. The grand jury which voted the indictments—and before which additional evidence now is being presented—has been continued for another three months. The trail is getting hotter. Where will it lead? Papers involving another big figure in the Long organization just have been sent to Washington. From charges in the indictments already returned, one may get a clew to the theory on which the Government is working. The allegations are that money was paid to dummies in a case involving a big highway contracting firm. The inference is that it went to politicians. One of those indicted is Abraham (Abe) L. Shushan, big dry goods merchant, president of the levee board, a Long henchman. Shushan testified before a Senate investigating committee about contributions to Long campaign funds, and told how he had levied political assessments upon his employes. Incidentally, he saw nothing unusual in

this practice. The Government charged Mr. Shushan with receiving $377,477 income which he did not report and on which he paid no tax. He said, in a statement, that a large part of this represented political funds which merely passed through his hands. Other indictments involved the Nelson brothers, John P., Harry 8., and Willis W., organizers and sole owners of The Mississippi Valley Cos., a concern formed just before Huey Long’s big road-build-ing program was started. It was capitalized at only $40,000, but did a tremendous business in two years by virtue of contracts which specified that only its products could be used. a tt a THE brothers also had a construction firm which got many contracts. They sold products of one company to the other, with the usual commissions. The Government, in this case, charges that the company paid $194,174 in salaries and commissions to unnamed persons, and then tried to cover up by assert-

The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen—

WASHINGTON, Dec, 4.—Madame Perkins and the career boys of the State Department are staging a secret and soWwhat acrimonious war over who shall represent the United States on the new International Labor Board at Geneva . . . Miss Perkins has a lot of pet ideas she wants pushed internationally, one of them being the minimum wage. She wants her own people in Geneva to do the pushing . . But the State Department wants to appoint Prentiss Gilbert, now consul-general in Geneva and famous as the first American ever to sit as a representative of the United States in the League Council , . . Behind this is the desire of the career diplomats to knife Gilbert. He does not ride to hounds before breakfast and long has irked the protocolic punctilios. First they tried to supplant him by making Minister Hugh Wilson High Commissioner to the League of Nations. Now they want to shunt him to Miss Perkins.

ii General Johnson s book ever sees the light of day it should sell thousands of copies. But it may never come off the press—except in an extremely expurgated form. The White House has sent out emissaries to modify or suppress it. One reason is that the present manuscript contains Johnson’s original letter of resignation—and it is some document! Mr. Richberg and Miss Perkins take a terrific beating in it . . . The reason Jim Farley’s speeches are so spotty is because some really worthwhile political philosophy is contributed by Marquis James and the rest is written by Jim, himself. Marquis James used to be a publicity director of the American Legion, won a Pulitzer Prize for biography . . . The inside story of how George Peek's Im-port-Export Bank “loaned” SIOO,000 to finance the sale of cotton ginning machinery to Brazil is interesting. Actually it never loaned the money. It promised to do so after private banks had turned the deal down. Afterward the private bankers changed their minds. a a 9 THE Progressive Bloc in the Senate is determined to push through the anti-lynching bill next session. One thing which has spurred it, was the recent lynching and race riot at Marianna, Fla. . . . Headquarters of the embryo Bonus Army is only a stone’s throw from the Treasury Department. . . . Highest in the running for Chief of Staff are Maj. Gen. George S. Simon ds and Malir. Craig, both extremely efficient officers. Roosevelt seems particularly impressed by Simonds' knowledge of European conditions, most important, he things, because of the current situation in Europe. . . . Some members of tlie Diplomatic Corps have been suspicious lately that the War and State Departments have revived the •'American Black Chamber." This was a system of decoding all cables sent by Washington embassies to their Governments. By this device, the Japanese claim that Charles Evans Hughes knew in advance that the Japanese delegation had been instructed to yield on the famous 5-5-3 ratio. st a a ■p'RANCIS M. BIDDLE, new -*■ chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, is author of a novel satirizing home-town society. A book. “Llanfear Pattern,” relates the struggle of a young and idealistic Philadelphian to break away from family tradition. .. . Hot news for stamp collectors! Jim Farley has decided to issue a Boy Scout stamp next February in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the organization. . , . Several Senate Democratic leaders have privately West Virginia's 29-year-old Senator-Elect Rush D. Holt not to attempt to take his seat until he has reached the Constitutional age of 30. This will be next June. Other senators have urged him to seek the oath of office at once, then if he is challenged, ask for a vote of theSenate. As the Senate is judge of its own members, the chamber could seat him if it desired. United Pteetoz*

ing in income tax returns that this money was paid to other persons who did not, says the Government, receive it. The inference was that the money went to officials for contract privileges. The violation charged is that the real recipients of the money did not themselves pay the tax, though the Government actually got the tax. Indictments already returned thus allege a total of $581,651 paid to persons yet unidentified publicly. During Huey Long’s administration the State spent around $100,000,000 on highway and other improvements. One hears all sorts of stories about Huey’s personal fortune, but there is no authoritative estimate. He, himself, says he has virtually nothing. a a it SAM BEASLEY, who was Huey’s right’ bower before his death, probably knew more about the financial affairs of the Long organization than any one else. Death cooled this trail.

METHODISTS WILL HOID PARLEY HERE Speakers Are Selected for Educational Event. Dr. Charles C. Ford, Greencastle District Methodist Episcopal Church superintendent, and Dr. E. H. Bartlett, De Pauw University religious education professor, will be guest speakers at a banquet to be held at the Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 6:15. The banquet will be held for pastors, church school superintendents and department heads of the churches in the Indianapolis and Greencastle districts. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the arrangements for the fourth annual All-Indianapolis Leadership Training School. Reservations for the banquet may be made through the Rev. W. T. Jones, the Rev. Charles Drake Skinner, the Rev. W. G. Morgan, the Rev. Guy O. Carpenter and the Rev. Harvey J. Kioser. DR. WICKS TO RECITE FOREIGN IMPRESSIONS Pastor to Discuss Europe Before Teachers’ Federation. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, pastor of the All Souls Unitarian Church, will recite the impressions of Europe he, received on his recent trip there before the Indianapolis Teachers’ Federation at the Hotel Claypool Saturday. William Barnhart, president. will be toastmaster. Guests of honor at the luncheon, the federation's annual Christmas celebration, will include Paul C. Stetson, schools superintendent; D. T. Weir and W. A. Hacker, assistant superintendents; Virgil Stinebaugh, secondary school education director. and members and memberselect of the school board. BUTLER, VALPARAISO WILL HOLD DEBATE Discussion in Arthur Jordan Hall to Open Season. Butler University negative debate team will meet the affirmative team of Valparaiso University Friday in Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall to open the season for Butler. The question: “Resolved. That All Collective Bargaining Be Negotiated by Non-Company Unions Safeguarded by Law.” Three men will be chosen for the team from the following six: Karl Stipher, Joseph Calderon, George Craycraft, Edgar William Cooper and Gray Burdin. LIONS TO HEAR KIRBY Chicago Chemist Will Speak on “Catching Vitamins.” Dr. Frank Kirby, educational director for the Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, will speak on “Catching VitamiAs on a Fish-hook” at the Lions Club luncheon at the Hotel Washington tomorrow. Dr. C. B. Bohner is in charge of this week’s program.

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In this photo, one of the extremely few taken of the couple together in recent years, Mrs. Huey P. Long and her husband, the senator-“dictator” of Louisiana, are shown as they prepared to enter a New Orleans polling booth to cast their votes in the bitterly contested state election. Senator Huey, whose strenuous political activities have made it necessary for him to live on the top floor of a Baton Rouge hotel, and his wife, who reside in the Long mansion, rarely are seen together.

Seymour Weiss, local hotel man, told the Senate committee that he had been “more or less of a clearing house” for the Long organization and had handled funds. He told how he raised money. The Long outfit does such business largely in cash and keeps no

MANUAL H. S. CLUBSAGTIVE Varied Programs Scheduled for Meeting of ‘X’ Groups. Varied programs are scheduled for the meetings of the X clubs at Manual High School during roll call tomorrow. The Art Club will have as its guest speaker, Mrs. E. W. Miller, interior decorator at L. S. Ayres & Cos. Mrs. Miller will display samples of draperies and wallpaper to illustrate her talk concerning interior decoration. The Rod and Reel Club plans to give an auditorium program at which Dr. M. T. Jay, field representative of. the Educational Department of State Conservation Commission, will be speaker. Students not members of X clubs will be invited guests and also the Junior High School assembly. The X section of the Red Cross Club will begin one of its annual projects, the filling of Christmas stockings for children of the Day Nursery with candy, gifts, and nuts. The committee in charge of this activity is Frances Brazeal, chairman, Ida Nelis and Mildred Crim. Elmer Patterson will give a report on crystal control transmitters at the Radio Club meeting. A threetube receiver will be - built and demonstrated by several members of the club. DR. PELL HOLDING OWN Rabbit Fever Victim Spends Fair Night in Hospital. Dr. Glenn J. Pell, 7335 N. Merid-ian-st, prominent Indianapolis dentist suffering from tularemia, or rabbit fever, passed a fair night, according to attaches at Methodist Hospital, where he is confined. According to his physician, Dr. Pell has been ill for some time and, so believes Dr. Pell was infected through a scratch on his hand.

SIDE GLANCES

“Xou must not be mother drops in to, see you.'

books. Huey’s New Orleans headquarters are in Weiss’ hotel. Julius Long, estranged brother of Huey, told the Senate committee under oath that the organization had extracted money from contractors on the pretense of advertising in The Louisiana Progress, the Senator’s newspaper;

I COVER THE WORLD tt tt tt tt tt a By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The first draft of the constitution of the Philippine Republic has just reached this country and been made available to the Scripps-Howard newspapers. It is a remarkable document, in many respects blazing new trails. It contains the essentials of the American Constitution, plus much that never was thought of when that paper was framed. In declaration of principles, it lays down the dictum that “the Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy and adopts the generally accepted

principles of international law as a part of the law of the nation.” This is the first time in ancient or modern history, so far as is known, that a sovereign power has included a war outlawry clause in its very constitution. a tt IT abolishes its upper house, or senate, and provides for a single, or unicameral, legislative body, like that of Nebraska sponsored by Senator Norris. This one house will begin with 96 members, but shall not exceed 120. The term of office is three years. “All agricultural, timber and mineral lands of the public domain, water, minerals, coal, petroleum and other mineral oils, game, fish or other aquatic products, and other natural resources of the Philippines—including the air and all forces of potential energy,” it declares, “Belong to the nation.” The development and exploitation of such resources, it adds, “shall be limited to persons owing permanent allegiance” to the Philippines, “or to corporations or associations, 75 per cent of the capital of which is owned by such persons,” subject only to rights existing at the time constitution goes into effect. Franchises are not to exceed 50 years and must not constitute a monopoly. In most cases “the beneficial use” of such rights will determine how long leases or franchises shall run. a a CORPORATIONS and associations may not hold in excess of 500 hectares (about 1200 acres) of agricultural land, nor individuals more than 50 hectares. Homesteads may not exceed 20 hectares. Individuals or corporations may hold up to 2000 hectares of land

By George Clark

that Mike Moss and other representatives of the Union Indemnity Company had given his brother a large roll of bills at one time, and that Longs first candidacy for Governor in 1924, which failed, was financed principally by the Southwestern Gas and Electric Company and allied interests. a u OF the alleged contractor contributions, Julius Long testified before the Senate committee: “For many, many months before the gubernatorial race they ex>tracted from these contract men—men that got a road contract—from SSOO to SIOOO apiece. I saw some of the checks. And I understand they put them into a campaign fund. “When you would get a contract you were eased off and told they had some pretty heavy advertising, and that they had a fine paper, known as The Louisiana Progress, and that they would extract SSOO from him for an advertisement. ...” Os the alleged Union Indemnity payment, the Senator's brother told the committee: “They handed my brother a large roll of money, I think a couple of times, while I was there, which he tucked into one of the back pockets of his trousers. It looked like it would almost pull them off him; at the same time he sort of seemed like talking to himself that the Union Indemnity would gqt all the insurance from the departments this state.” The Mike Moss to whom Julius Long referred, once a henchman of Huey, was brought back here recently from Arizona, where he now lives, to testify before the grand jury investigating income tax matters. The Senator’s brother charged Huey with hypocrisy in his attacks on big interests. “He does not care whether the trust is in, or who is in, just so he is in.” he said. “The trust could not have a better agent than Huey Long.” NEXT—“Share the wealth”

suitable only for grazing and actually so used. A National Research Council is to be set up to promote research and invention. The arts and letters will be encountered by the state. A national Economic Council will “safeguard the social progress” of the inhabitants and plan the national economy. The government may operate any kind of enterprise it deems wise. It may take over private enterprises, upon remuneration. Railroads, telegraph and other , means of communication are subject to control and supervision. The president is to receive 30,000 pesos (about $15,000) a year. He is to be elected for six years and may not succeed himself. The vice-president may hold a cabinet position. a a a VOTERS must be 21 years old and able to read and write. Women will have the vote if, in a plebiscite, 300,000 women express a desire for the franchise. A permanent commission, elected by the National Assembly, will perform some of the functions of a Senate. It alone can ratify treaties or impeach the president. Members of the National Assembly will receive 5000 pesos ($2500) annually. The Assembly must meet at least once a year. It must not sit longer than 100 days, Sundays not counted. The president may call special sessions not to exceed 30 days. To prevent riders, no bill can become law if more than one subject is contained therein. Education is to be under the state. Religious instruction is optional. A bill of rights and other features of the United States Constitution are included. There is also provision to make the document conform to the act of Congress of last March authorizing the constitional assembly and the other steps leading to independence. DANCE TO BE HELD AS BENEFIT FOR VETERANS Disabled Soldiers to Get Proceeds of V. F. W. Party. A charity dance for the benefit of disabled World War veterans in Indiana hospitals will be held at 8 Dec. 16 in Tomlinson Hall under auspices of the Marion County Council, Veterans of Foreign Wars, it was announced today. O. L. Enyert is chairman of the affair, which will be under the direction of Miss Helen Fifer, V. F. W. State hospitalization chairman. Admission will be one package of cigarets a person, which will be distributed to the veterans. The music and fibor show will be provided by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Band. RETAIL GROCERS WILL HONOR STEINSBERGER Dance and Frolic Set by Association for Thursday Night. Members of the Indianapolis Retail Meat and Grocers’ Association will honor their retiring president, Fred W. Steinsberger, at a dance and frolic to be held Thursday night in the Falls City Casino. More than a thousand are expected to attend. Ray S. Harlan is entertainment committee chairman. Music will be provided by Hal Bailey’s Orchestra. The club will elect new officers Dec. 10 at the Hoosier Athletic Club. I

Fair Enough ROOK PE6IER CHEERING news comes out of Rye. N. Y., where, in a fire that damaged the home of George P. Putnam and wife, Amelia Earhart. a collection of curios and autographs were destroyed by fire and water, never more to clutter a world much too encumbered with trash. Without knowing precisely what specimens of debris were subtracted from the enormous world total by this kind of disaster, your correspondent will claim that the loss was good riddance and that the human race is no worse off. A *

few items were saved, more's the pity, but better luck next time. Among the accumulation that went up in smoke were curios collected by Mr. Putnam's son, David Binney Putnam, and this gives a clew. David Binney Putnam was the rover boy who went exploring with some rotogravure expedition to the Arctic a few years ago and came back to write a book. That would mean, therefore, that his collection of curios included the standard museum kit of Eskimo household utensils, made from the framework and rinds of the walrus and Polar bear, and fish-heads mounted on boards.

each with a tarnished brass plate, giving the cruising radius, mating habits, and native nickname of the deceased. These specimens would be somewhat mildewed and a little over-ripe and guests in the manse would have had to stand first on one foot, then the other, listening for nobody knows how many guest-hours in the course of the years to the story of the capture of each. But it stands to reason that they had to go some time for even the great national trash-heap of the United States, the Smithsonian Institution, has got to come to an end one of these days. So what difference does it make, except in the direction of expediency and simplicity that they were caught in the path of the red destroyer and burned up just the other day? Eventually, so why wait? a a Pity the Generations to Come PERHAPS, if this collection had survived beyond the lifetime of the Putnams and their heirs and assigns, it some day might have been bequeathed to the United States Government or some unfortunate municipality as a public treasure. In that case, the Government or the municipality would have been compelled to put on a grateful face and accept the stuff in trust forever and provide a roof to house it, glass cases to shield it, curators to mind it, guides to explain it and interest on the bonds to pay for all this stewardship. Museums never clean house. They grow and grow-, and thoughtful people would be worried crazy if they ever allowed their minds to dwell on the eventual size of the problem. Even now the accumulation of old flint arrowheads plowed up on New Hampshire farms, tenbutton snake-rattles from Texas, Paul Revere stirrups, favorite rocking chairs of Martin Van Baren, spinning-wheels, fishpoles. salt-cellars, snuff boxes, stuffed bluejays and Charles Dana Gibson originals is sufficient to indicate the appalling immensity of the problem which is being stored up for generations yet to come. a a a Let’s Have a ‘Throw Away ’ Week YOUR correspondent is strangely free of that morbidness which causes people and governments to preserve great jumbles of attic stuff, including autographs, year after year. In his time, your correspondent could have acquired a pair of Jack Dempsey’s fighting gloves, a pair of Paavo Nurmi’s shoes, a nose-bag used by Man o’ War, a Babe Ruth bat and. probably, if he had gone about it tactfully, one of A1 Capone's machine guns. He might have had many autographs of famous writers, athletes and generals and, in fact, has received and firmly thrown away quite a few and feels no sense of loss for having done so. On the contrary, it is a fine sensation, that of having no treasure of old bottle-caps, autographed scorecards, foul balls caught at the World Series and souvenir pillows from the Philadelphia SesquiCentennial of 1925 to grab for in the night when the hock-and-iadder comes up the street. Maybe it would be possible to promote a national movement to set aside one week each year in which all public-spirited citizens would be called upon to burn a mcosehead or high-school diploma. The slogan comes spontaneously. It would be “Give posterity a break.” (Copyright. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) Your Health BY UR. MORRIS FiSHE’KI*. EVERYWHERE you look today are advertisements, announcements and promotional material of food faddists. To push their ideas, they must have some unusual notion of what happens to the food in the human body. They do not hesitate to contradict established facts of science and established knowledge of years. The average human stomach reacts in a certain definite way to most food substances. There are, of course, variations. The amount of time required for the stomach to empty itself depends largely on the kind of food put into it. Most persons have a digestive time in the stomach of about four hours. An investigator recently studied the digestion of meat as a protein and of potatoes as a carbohydrate in a number of invalids. He found that there is no incompatibility between meat and potatoes or between proteins and carbohydrates in general. tt tt tt NEVERTHELESS, there are a half dozen food faddists who insist that it is not well to mix proteins and carbohydrates and that such mixtures are responsible for a large amount of illness. The stomach, even in persons with fairly serious illnesses, proceeds quite promptly to break up meat fibers when they reach it. It also acts at the same time on the carbohydrates. In 50 persons who suffered from various chronic diseases, one-fourth of a pound of hamburger steak was digested in 3 hours 50 minutes. One-fourth of a pound of hamburger steak and one-half of a pound of mashed potatoes was digested in 3 hours 54 minutes. When a small amount of butter (about three ounces) was added to this mixture, the time was lengthened to 4 hours 2 minutes. o a a AS a result of all these investigations, it was found that there was no evidence at all to indicate that proteins and carbohydrates are incompatible in the stomach. It is quite likely that many persons over-eat, and that these persons do better with a lessened amount of carbohydrates. However, control of the diet is a serious matter, and it is not well for people to be guided by those selling strange notions without scientific background. Finally, it is a well-established fact that nature itself mixes proteins and carbohydrates, and that practically every food we eat is a mixture of such basic substances. Q —When was the Bureau of Standards created? A—By Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1901. Q —Which National Bank was the first to receive a charter? A-r-The First National Bank of Philadelphia, is National Bank No. 1. The charter was granted June 20, 1863, and the bank opened July 11, 1863. However, the First National Bank of Davenport, la., which received the fifteenth charter, June 24, 1853, opened its doors for business on June 29. Q—What is a lap in auto racing? A—One complete circuit of the track or course. Q— When and for what purpose did President Grover Cleveland send federal troops into Illinois over the protest of the Governor? A—ln 1894, when the strike at the Pullman Company plant had extended to the railroads, so that it interfered with the operation of mail trains. President Cleveland sent federal troops into Illinois to main ain order, over the protest of the Governor.

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