Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1935 — Page 25
I Cmer the World WM HU SIMMS WASHINGTON. April 5 —Salmon O. Levinson. father of the Brtand-Kellogg pact to outlaw war. came to Washington today to urge upon leaders the necessity of the United States taking the initiative to heaS off war. “A hypnot f zed Europe,” he said to the writer, "is now staggering rapidly toward the very thing it fears mast -anothei vast conflict which not a single one of the nations involved really wants. "Saddled with unbearable burdens, the aftermath
of the last war. and goaded by impossible war debts, the mounting cost of armament*, high taxes, unemployment, dwindling foreign trade, chaotic internal conditions, fluctuating currencies and kindred ills, war seems to some the only way out. “War, of course is rot the only way out. War would mean utter and sure destruction, not only to Europe, but to us as well. Being on the outside—at least we are on the outside until war starts—we are in * position to play a dominant role in preventing the unspeakable catastrophe now threatening Europe.” Mr. Levinson recently placed before the Administration a plan to settle the European war debts on a
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lump-sum basis, a 40 per cent reduction being contingent upon a five-year arms holiday and a 50 per cent Army cut thereafter. This plan is known to have the support of a number of high officials here. It would settle the debts for six billion dollars and credit the Allies with the $2,700.000 000 already paid, leaving $3,300,000,000 yet to be refunded. a a a Reason Partly Psychological THIS the Allies would settle, according to the plan, in 12 annual installments of $275,000,000, the Allies to decide their respective shares. Germany would pay the Allies the $800,000,000 called for bv the Lausanne agreement and she, too, would be quits. While the United States would w’rite off 40 per cent of the war debts, the savings on armaments would more than make up this deficiency in a few years, according to Mr. Levinson's figures, payments and savings under his plan would enable the United States to balance its budget by 1937. "Every nation in Europe today is arming feverishly,” he observed. "Yet every one of them is on record as favoring drastic arms reduction. "The reason for this is partly psychological. The nations of the old world do not trust each other. They suspect plans to disarm when proposed by their neighbors.” a a a *Clearly Up to Us' fc T>UT,” pointed out Mr. Levinson, "they have no D reason to suspect the United States. They know we are not a menace. We are, therefore, now in a position to take the lead, and the time is rapidly coming when we must decide or, I fear, it will be forever too late. "We must liquidate the whole World War legacy. We must get the war debts off the books. We must reduce the cost of armaments or we will be crushed by them or the war which they will bring on. We must reduce world fear and world uncertainty if trade and business are ever to get going again and the unemployed be put back to work. “And, such is the situation in Europe today that It is clearly up lo us to make the first move.” Mr. Levinson is a Chicago lawyer, internationally known as a reorganizer of big business.
Your Health -BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN—-
MANY persons have unusual beliefs about disease which are based on superstition and misconception rather than on exact knowledge. In a recent survey of freshmen entering the University of Michigan, a number of questions were offered, with several possible answers to each. These revealed to some extent the failures of health education in the high school and grade school. In hardly one instance did more than one-half to three-fourths of the students answer the questions correctly. For example, there was the question as to what should be done when a person is bitten by a dog. About one-fifth of the students said, dress the wound; 2 per cent said, call the police; about half of them said, call a doctor; another 2 per cent said, kill the dog: and the remainder gave the correct answer, which is to capture the dog and confine it for observation. At this time, when rabies is more prevalent than It has been for years, it is important to know what to do under these circumstances. n * a IF the dog is killed, it is necessary to send the head of the dog to a state laboratory, where the brain is examined for evidence of hydrophobia or rabies. The person who has been bitten by a dog. even slightly suspicious of having rabies, should promptly avail himself of the Pasteur treatment, which is known to be of benefit in prevention of rabies. Another question concerned the thing to be done when a person feels faint. More than half the students said he should go for fresh air; about 5 per cent said, give him water to drink and a number said, massage his temples: a few said that the thing to do was to hold the breath. About one-third of the students knew the right answer—to lower the head. * * * A THIRD question concerned the normal function of perspiration. More than half the students thought that the purpose of sweat is to eliminate poison from the body. A few said that the purpose of sweat is to clean the skin; some thought it was to oil the skin, and a few thought that we sweat to get rid of water. The right answer, which was known to about half the students, was that the purpose of sweat is to regulate the heat of the body. This is kept constant through dilation of the blood vessels in the skin, and through elimination of sweat from the body and evaporation of water in the form of sweat from the surface of the body. It is highly important to keep the body at a uniform temperature. Ts elimination of heat and evaporation of water from the surface of the body is prevented, usually a fever develops. Questions and Answers Q—ls the garnishee law still in effect? . A~Th<* garnishee law has been held unconstitutional by all Marion County courts and this rule has been upheld generally by the Appellate and Supreme courts of the state of Indiana. Q—When and how did Hugh Johnson get the title of general? A—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson joined the First Cavalry of the United States Armv in 1903. In 1916, he was a captain, serving Gen. John J. Pershing as judge advocate in the Mexican Expedition. In 1918 he was named a general, was placed in command of the 15th Infantry brigade and was ready to go overseas when the war ended. He resigned soon after. Q—Has any stock automobile attained a speed over 100 miles an hour in official tests? A—Only om., the 12-cvlinder Auburn Speedster, which holds the stock car speed record at 100.7746 miles an hour, attained July 9, 1932. Q—How many musicians comprise the New York Philharmonic orchestra? A—From 100 to 110. Q —Where was the “summer White House” during President Hoover's Administration? Does President Roosevelt use it? A—President Hoover spent long week-ends in his camp at Rapidan, Va„ in the Blue Ridge Mountains. After he retired he deeded the camp to the state of Virginia for recreational purposes. President Roosevelt has visited it, but he does not use it during his summer holidays. 0
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LEST WE FORGET—IT’S ARMY DAY
Soldiers to Take Over World War Memorial Plaza for Observance
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Tomorrow, the eighteenth anniversary of America’s entry into the World War, will he the Army’s day in Indianapolis. From midmorning until late afternoon, hundreds of uniformed men will take over, World War Memorial Plaza. There will be martial music and the tramp of marching feet There will be flags fluttering in a peaceful spring sky. There will be alert officers and attentive men. And, as the center of Army Day attraction, there will be an exhibition in Obelisk Square, near the impressive American Legion headquarters, of all that is newest and most modern in fighting paraphernalia. This afternoon, soldiers from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, who will be joined tomorrow by their fellow military men of the Indiana National Guard and the Organized Reserves, are moving that paraphernalia into Obelisk Square. Twenty-five tents are being pitched. Forty truck-loads of men and equipment are moving in a peaceful trek of most warlike appearance. The paraphernalia, which ranges from those large motorized units themselves down to the smallest item of a fighting man’s clothing, will be on display in the square from 10 to 5 tomorrow in what officers at Ft. Benjamin Harrison and Maj. Frank K. Henley, commander of Hoosier Chapter, Military Order of the World War, believe is a unique celebration of the day.
—The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen —
WASHINGTON, April s.—Congressional leaders believe they have cleared up the mystery as to who is behind Herbert Hoover's revived political activity. Knowing the former President as they do, they were satisfied he would not have re-entered the political arena on his own volition.
Someone. they w’ere convinced, was prompting him. The identity of this behind-the-scenes mastermind has now been established to their complete satisfaction. He is Ogden L. Mills, multimillionaire Secretary of the Treasury in Hoover's Cabinet and most powerful Republicai. figure in 1931-32. Positive information has come to the congressional chieftains that Mills arranged and financed the recent Sacramento gathering of young Republicans, had a large hand in the preparation of Hoover's statement to the Assembly. Also, they are informed. Mills spurred Hoover to issue his earlier blast against the Roosevelt monetary policy and prevailed on him to write the book he published last year. a a a CONGRESSIONAL leaders are saying that they will be lucky if Congress adjourns by July 15. There is good reason for this pessimism. Not for years has a session been so slow-moving in getting under way. Despite the fact that the legislative wheels have been grinding for three months, only one major measure—the work relief bill—has come out of the hopper. The others, even more controversial, are piled up in varying degrees of incompleteness. a a a BROOKLYN’S veteran Congressman O'Connor gave a stag party for Democratic newcomers the other day and Congress is still talking about it. Chief performers were Byron Nicholson Scott of California and Frank E. Hook of Michigan plus Percy L. Gassaway and Jack Nichols of Oklahoma. Scott, a reserved, dignified, former professor of economics and history, listened impatiently to a peroration by Gassaway. Then casting off his usual restraint, he took the floor. In a loud and truculent voice he labelled his booted colleague from Oklahoma a “vulgar bore.” Gassaway promptly objected. Scott offered to step outside astd
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Most cities, they say, celebrate merely with parades, stirring music and speeches. The Indianapolis exhibit, designed to interest the citizen in his Army and in his country's problems of defense, is also designed to educate him. The celebration is sponsored by the Military Order of the World War. a a a 'T'HE parade, however, will not be neglected here. At 9:45 tomorrow’ morning, Gen. W. K. Naylor, commanding Ft. ftenjamin Harrison, will meet at American Legion headquarters, 777 N. Meridian-st, with Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Mayor John W. Kern and city officials, Adjt. Gen. Elmer Straub, commanding the Indiana National Guard; Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, commanding the 38th Division, National Guard; Mr. Henley and others. This party, which, headed by a police escort, an Army band and a special detachment from the 11th Infantry, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, will march down Meridianst to Michigan-st, also will include Robert L.-Moorhead, state president. Officers’ Reserve Association; O. F. Heslar, commanding Naval Reserves; Frank N. Belgrano Jr., national commander, American Legion; Col. J. M. Petty, senior instructor, Indiana National Guard; Col. T. L. Sherburne, chief of staff, 84th Division and Indiana Military Area, and Col. O. P. Robinson, commanding the 11th Infantry. Col. Robinson has been in charge of arrangements for the Army. At Meridian and Michigan-sts, Gen. Naylor will review the special military escort. Then, the party will officially open the exhibition at Obelisk Square. Both the military men and the civilians responsible for the celebration have asked heads of veteran and patriotic societies, along with those of service clubs, to meet with the officials in the American Legion Building and to
prove his contention. The offer was not accepted. A little while later Hook of Michigan found cause to differ with Gassaway. Nichols of Oklahome came to his defense. The controversy finally ended in blows, with Hook tackling both Oklahomans. From the guarded accounts of those present, the ensuing melee was a real battle —while it lasted. Eyewitnesses unanimously give the verdict to Hook. (Copyright. 1935. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) DECATUR CENTRAL GIRL WINS ORATORY MEDAL Awarded First Place in County High School Event. First place. in the fifth annual Marion County oratorical contest in the New Augusta community hall Wednesday night was won by Rosalee Harrison, Decatur Central High School. The subject of her address was “The Man Who Walks Alone.” Miss Harrison was awarded a gold medal. Second prize, a silver medal, was won by Margaret Laughner, Warren Central High School, for her ortaion, “Homeless America.” Third place and the bronze medal went to Charles Elrood, Ben Davis High School. He spoke on “The Munitions Racketeer.” Ira M. Holmes, attorney, presented a set of Riley books to Decatur Central High School. Charles Walters, Butler University, wjs judge. VANDALISM IS PROBED 1000 Window Panes Smashed in Big Four Building. Vandals smashed 1000 window panes and looted electric fixtures and plumbing supplies in a building owned by the Big Four at Pine and Lord-sts, railroad authorities reported to police yesterday. The damage was estimated at *7OO. A large mirror valued at *SO was taken from a vacant house at 517 W. Morris-st, and plumbing valued at *45 was 6tolen from vacant property at 221 W. Ninth-st, according to police reports. i
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participate in the parade before the opening of the exhibit. a a a THIS opening will be marked by the sounding of a gun in the square and by the unfurling of flags around the plaza. The 11th Infantry Band will give onehour concerts between 10 and 11 and between 12 and 1. At 2, the long-veiled statute of Abraham Lincoln on the southeast corner of University Park will be unveiled by members of the Park Board with Civil War veterans as honored guests and with the band playing a special program of Civil War music. At 4, special troops from Ft. Harrison will stage a formal guard mount, one of the most impressive sights at any Army post any time. An hour later, the celebration will end with retreat formation. Massed buglers of the 11th Infantry will play retreat, the haunting sundown signal of the Army, and the many flags will be lowered as the 11th Infantry Band plays the "Star-Spangled Banner.” The entrance to the exhibits will be at the corner of Meridian and Michigan-sts, Col. Robinson announced yesterday, and the Indianapolis Police Department will close off Michigan between Meridian and Pennsylvania-sts all day. Guards will be left with the exhibition material tonight, forerunners of the 300 men and 20 officers from the fort who will be on hand to explain the displays tomorrow. a a a THE purpose of the day was described in this official order to Ft. Benjamin Harrison men from Gen. Naylor; “Army Day, sponsored by the Military Order of the World War, was instituted to impress upon the citizens that, our liberties and existence are not intrusted to a great standing Army, but to the individual citizen and that the Army exists by the will of the citizen. “Few opportunities are afforded by the nation to experience a wise expression of trust and reliance and this day is set aside for such expression. April 6 has been selected for the day, as it commemorates the entrance of the United States into the World War. “The memory of the utter lack of preparedness for National Defense on that date 18 years ago should serve to help our country realize the necessity of having an adequate Army, thoroughly organized, well equipped and capable of expansion.” Assisting Col. Robinson in handling the details of the day’s celebration are Maj. A. C. Young, his executive officer; Second Lieutenant F. M. Hinshaw. Capt. Oscar Kain and Capt. L. A. Webb, all of the 11th Infantry.
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Trim soldiers from Ft. Benjamin Harrison will display the paraphernalia of war in Obelisk Square, War Memorial Plaza, tomorrow as Indianapolis celebrates Army Day. Their exhibits will include everything from the latest in the rapid, motorized transportation of the “automobile cavalry” to the smallest article of a soldier’s apparel. Here are (upper left) the soldier’s complete kit while he is on the march; (upper right) a machine gun mounted so that it may be taken hurriedly from point to point as the necessity may arise, and (lower) a field radio set with its sectional antennae and its hand generator.
Stomach Removal to Cure Cancer Success
By United Press CLEVELAND, April s.—Cases in which patients with cancer of the stomach were cured by complete removal of the stomach, the intestines then being attached directly to the esophagus, are on record in files of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Robert B. Greenough,
Boston, president of the college, Dr. Greenough spoke at the twoday sectional, meeting of the college attended by more than 1000 physicians and sugeons. He said it was possible for patients to live without a stomach although wherever possible a portion of the organ was saved in such operations. “One of the fortunate things in the war on cancer is that the body has a number of what might be called spare parts,” he said. “It is possible for a person to part with one kidney or one adrenal gland, or the gall bladder or one ovary or testis, and still get along all right. Os course, care must be taken to set that anemia or other secondary condition does not develop.” Dr. Greenough said greatest progress against cancer had been made by joint use of X-rays and surgery. In many instances, he
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said, large cancers of the kidney, bladder or genital organs could be reduced in size by X-ray, the operation then‘being simpler
CAST SELECTED FOR MANUAL CLASS PLAY ‘Quality Street’ Will Be Presented April 25. Aglaia Angelopolos and Edmond Phillips have been chosen for the leading roles in the Manual Training High School June '35 senior class play, “Quality Street,” by James Barrie, which will be presented in the school auditorium, April 25 and 26. Miss Lola I. Perkins, faculty member, will be the director, assisted by Mis’s V. L. Webster. In the supporting cast are Richard Hill, Mildred Grosman, Marguerite Johnson, Georgianna Amt, Frances Snoddy, Lilly Buschatsky, Freda Brill. Clayton Nichols, Helen Blakely. Florence Enos, Lucille Mitchell, Helen Stamper, Wannetta Royalty, Hortense Herman, Mary Norris, Gertrude Oertel, Robert Bottin, Wayne Shives, Ralph Faccone, Ella Newman, Dorothy Skaggs, Roseann Fogarty, Inas Donahue, Charlotte Peiper, Charles Speigel, Herman Greve, Lewis Billiard, John Stucky, Norman Hardesty, Charlotte Wallace, Imogene Kirby, Geneva Rednour, Frances Brazeal, Betty Cubel, Ed Norris and Harry Einstandig. EDUCATION BOARD TO AVOID CAGE SQUABBLE State Officials to Leave Tourney Changes to I. H. S. A. A. The State Board of Education was scheduled at its meeting today to adopt a “hands-off” policy on the proposal to change the state high school basketball tournament system. “We’re leaving that matter up to the Indiana High School Athletic Association, since I understand it is making a survey,” Floyd L McMurray, state superintendent of public instruction, said. The board intended to discuss and issue a statement clarifying the free textbook law enacted at the last session of the Legislature. Radio Preacher Designated Morning devotions over radio station WIRE at 6:30 each morning next week, except Sunday, will be conducted by the Rev. Robert C. Alexander, canon c' All Saints Cathedral. <
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Fair Enough WESTBROOK PEGLER TkiiTAMI, Fla., April s.—ls there is to be any nose- -*■*■*■ wrinkling at Mr. Roosevelt, and there is undoubtedly some nose-wrinkling going on, because he selects Vincent Astor's yacht for his winter vacations, it would be no more than fa4r to dedicate at least a few puckers to his predecessor in office, Herbert Hoover. There is a certain stigma attached to the name of Astor. The name of Astor suggests the old four hundred and Newport and snobbery. Mr. Roosevelt knows what the name of Astor suggests to the imagination of the belly-thinkers who
feed their intellects on old Astor stories in the Sunday supplements and cast the votes in the elections. One of the worst blows dealt the late John Purroy Mitchell in a campaign for mayor of New York was a cartoon by Winsor McKay showing Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell arriving home from a party in evening clothes and Mr. Mitchell saying to her, “Vanderbilt called me Jack tonight.” Astor, Vanderbilt. Morgan —these names all mean about the same thing. But it is partly the fault of Mr. Hoover that Mr. Roosevelt accepts the hospitality of Mr. Astor’s boat
because it was Mr. Hoover who sold off the old Presidential yacht, Mayflower. There was a sly trick for you. ’ v nan Cal Didn't Like It MR. HOOVER was a land turtle, so to speak, who did not care for the sea, and it seemed to him that the old Mayflower was an unseemly luxury for the Presidents of the United States. He was a fisherman, too. but only a puddle fisherman with no sympathy for the sort of fishermart that Mr. Roosevelt is. When Mr. Roosevelt wants to cateh him a fish he has in mind something on the order of a horse with fins and would blush prettily under his tan if he should ever be detected hauling over the side of Mr. Astor's boat anything so petty as the biggest trout that Mr. Hoover ever caught in all his career as a branch-water fisherman. When Mr. Hoover sold off the Mayflower he made old Calvin Coolidge sore because Mr. Coolidge had done considerable cruising on the boat himself with a yachting cap resting down on his ears and the detail had the effect of charging him with regal tastes. He didn’t say anything about it, but he indicated his opinion of this kind of nickel economy when Mr. Hoover also abolished the White House stables and sent the steeds back to the Army. “Does it cost any less to feed them at Fort Myers?” Mr. Coolidge asked, although he, personally, had done bis riding on a mechanical liver-shaker in the privacy of his rooms. Mr. Roosevelt has been sore about the sale of the Mayflower, too. Here, for all those years he had been a ming his career at the White House and then, the very last man before him retired the yacht which used to go with the job. Mr. Hoover liked the woods and mountains and built himself a secluded roost at Rapidan. His idea of a wonderful time was to tear over the roads at a mad speed and then hole up in a cup-shaped depression in the mountains and worry intensively. a a a Roosevelt Takes to the Sea MR. ROOSEVELT doesn’t like Rapidan. To him, a vacation at Rapidan, surrounded by hills and trees which he can’t see over and which shut out the breezes, is a good deal like sitting in the bottom of a vat. Mr. Hoover, however, figured that because he didn’t like boats no other President had any right to, and that because he was fond of trouting his successors would have to like it or else. The sale of the Mayflower has been a very unhappy break for Mr. Roosevelt. He grew up sailing skiffs and yachts in the Hudson and off the rockbound coast of Maine, and in the years just before his election he must have pictured himself steaming out to sea on hot summer nights aboard the Presidential yacht. If the Mayflower were still in commission he would be aboard her now instead of associating himself in this compromising way with the name of Astor. He will be hearing of this in the next campaign and he knows it, but he probably reckons that an Astor is as good as any friends of Huey Long’s, as long as he keeps out of trouble with the police. (Copyright, 1935. by United Feature Syndicate Inc.) Today's Science BY DAVID DIETZ MASSIVE malignant tumors of the kidney, once the despair of the surgeon, are now yielding to a combination treatment of X-rays and the knife. This advance is regarded by medical authorities as one of the most hopeful developments in the war on cancer. Tumors so large that they fill three-fourths of the abdomen are reduced by intensive X-ray treatment until it is hardly possible for the medical man to feel their presence. It is then possible to remove the tumor by anew method of performing a kidney operation. This method was developed by Dr. Lawrence R. Wharton of the department of gynecology of Johns Hopkins University. Surgeons formerly regarded cancers of this type as practically hopeless. Their large size added to the usually weakened condition of the patient made operation an extremely doubtful quantity. In addition, the nature of the cancer is such that it was difficult to remove the cancer without, getting bits of it into the blood stream or the incision. These bits, to use Dr. Wharton’s words, would “grow like weeds,” causing the development of new secondary cancers. The new method entirely changes the picture, Dr. Wharton relates in the current Issue of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. During the three or four weeks required for the X-ray treatment, he writes, there is an excellent opportunity to build up the physical condition of the patient. a a a AS a result, says Dr. Wharton, “we approach the operation with a feeling of hopefulness which was unknown two years ago.” The operation, however, is still necessary, he says, because there is no case on record in which the X-ray treatment has resulted in complete disappearance of the cancer. The character of the cancer, as already mentioned, makes the operation difficult. The malignant tissue is easily crumbled or pulverized and is usually contained in a very thin capsule. Frequently, it extends directly into the blood stream. a a a THE ideal operation. Dr. Wharton continues, would be one in which the tumor was isolated from its connections wit i blood vessels before being handled. This it to prevent bits of the cancer being pushed into the blood stream and causing secondary cancers. A wide exposure is also needed so that the entire mass can be removed without rupturing the capsule. These conditions can not be met in the usual way of performing a kidney operation in which the incision is made through the back. He says, however, that it can be done by making the incision through the abdomen. It is this method which i6 used in the new operation which Dr. Wharton describes. Up to the presmt time, medical men have regarded the kidney eration as too complicated and dangerous to try. Dr. Wharton, however, says of his new method that "it is done very easily in a little more than one hour, requiring no pulling or tugging, entails very little shock and in our opinion is much less risky than dtonbar nephrectomy for tumor.”
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