Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1935 — Page 11

It Seems to Me HEYWOOD BROUN I'M afraid I'll havt- to apologize after nil. A week ago I wrote a column in which I said >ne long and last farewell to my native town and promised to bury myself und r an ancient maple upon \ New England farm. Irv 't say that this announcement actually set New York upon its ear, but some letters did come In and their tone convinced me that it had been an error to indulge in rather broad exaggeration. The farm of which I spoke is 48 minutes from Broadway. I only intend to live there during the summer and I have already procured a 50-round-

trip ticket to the Grand Central Station. I have not the slightest intention of burying myself. That task will have to be left to others. This confession is wrung from me by both types of letters which the earlier column elicited. I was moved by notes which said that there were fights from which I should not flee and I was even more impressed by the friendly missives of those who declared that they had been noticing signs of a crackup for a long time and that I should have rusticated myself years ago. Its all right for me to

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gav that I'm a tired old man whose race is done and that there is no health in me whatsoever, but just let, anybody else suggest the same thing and I frel a thrill of lifr along my keel and a desire to punch somebody in the nose. Asa matter of fact, I have been punching the bag in a gymnasium for the last, couple of weeks and I find it refreshing to soul and body. You see as I move about on my toes pumping awav with both hands I manage to dramatize the encounter. b a tt Whg, Those Communists! *'¥S that so, Herbert Hoover!” I exclaim whenever I J. shoot my richt. Or I snarl. "And how did you like that. Mr. William Randolph Hearst.” You see in a way I'm more respectful to Mr. Hearst. but I use my left hand nn him 'and it's my better hand) in order to prove that I'm part of the Red menace. Rut admission into that group is getting easier every day. Jt is no longer necessary to pass an entrance examination. Only yesterday I found a letter in the Hearst papers which makes the entire younger generation eligible for deportation. A Mr. John Ritchie, ‘president of the Omnibus Corporation of Chicago.” writes to congratulate Mr. Hearst on his great patriotic service and adds, "From the talks I have had with college students I fear great damage has already been done, because, hardly with exception. I find that they expressed themselves as ‘being for the “under dog” and liberal in their views—‘ ” But Mr. Ritchie is not nearly as gloomy as you might imagine at this discovery. He sees a way in which this deplorable state of mind ran be changed through direct financial pressure. Indeed, he suggests that Mr. Hearst write a ringing editorial calling upon those. “Who have been in the habit of making large voluntary contributions to educational institutions to investigate the curriculum of colleges before making further contributions.” * tt Too Many Weeds in Toun OF course, this is not a brand new idea. The public utility corporations had quite a collection of professors and colleges at one time and still retain some in spite of recent, investigations. To Mr. Ritchie's credit it must be admitted that he is a little more brazen about it. He thinks the money should be laid boldly right on the line. To him it seems a simple business proposition. Industrial leaders fear to face a public opinion which demands a fair deal for the under dog. The remedy is simple enough. Buy up the college professors and compel them to teach only those things which big business will permit. If any man edges over the line call him a Red and a Communist and throw him out. It may cost a little at first, but presently college education and undergraduate opinion will be reduced to an estate where it won't be necessary to hire professors —not even the shoddiest. A couple of collie dogs will be enough to superintend the fold. Oh no, I'm not going to bed down in the country and grow radishes. There are too many weeds to be yanked up right here in town. (Copyright, 1935)

Your Health -BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

NOWADAYS the intelligent woman knows that she must see her doctor regularly during the months before her child is born if she wants to be sure that the baby is developing properly and that her own health is being suitably safeguarded. Such prenatal care serves to relieve the prospective mother of all anxiety and helps to keep well women well. Its chief purpose is to single out the women in whom complications are developing, or who may be going blindly into a difficult time, and to enable the doctor to advise them to prevent complications and make childbirth easier. Most modern specialists in the care of prospective mothers will advise women fully concerning their hygiene during this time, and will refer them also to becks and pamphlets of advice which are useful guides to prevention of difficulties. tt a JUST as soon as a woman knows that she is going to have a baby, she should ask her physician for a complete examination. By such examination he will know in advance the possibilities that may arise and frequently the examination, properly made and interpreted, means the difference between a successful childbirth and a failure. During the months before the child is born, the prospective mother should wear comfortable clothing and avoid abnormal constrictions around the waist, round elastic garters, or high heels, because of the danger of disturbances from such accessories to the costume. The prospective mother should take a little exercise each day. Walking in the fresh air is the best form, and moderate dancing is permitted. All strenuous exercises are forbidden. tt tt tt THE prospective mother should attempt to get a little rest each day and also a full night's sleep each night. She should have a warm tub bath or shower bath daily. Her diet should be moderate, including meat, poultry, or fish once each day. with raw fruits and green vegetables as a large part of the diet. Her rioctos will also advise her relative to the taking of rod liver oil and calcium for the saving of her teeth and to provide the baby with sound bones and teeth. If the mother smokes, she should certainly limit the total number of cigarets to not more than frie to ten daily. There is evidence that continuous smoking with inhaling increases the heart beat of the baby and may eventually be harmful.

Questions and Answers

Q—Are children bom to American citizens, temporarily residing abroad. Americans? A—Yes. Q—How long will the oil reserves of the United States last? A—Ralph B. Wilson, rice president of Babson's statistical organization, recently stated that the nearest guess would fix the date for the exhaustion of our national oil reserves around the year 2082. The Raw Material Committee, appointed by President Roosevelt, says that oil will be exhausted in 15 years, unless new fields are discovered. Mr. Wilson quoted Dr. Ralph Arnold of Los Angeles as saying that the potential oil resources of the United States are 714.000.000.000 barrels, and that the amount of free oil still in the ground is approximately 27,500,000.000 barrels. Q—ls William Wriglev Jr., alive? A—No. q —why do water pipes burst when they begin to thaw out after having been frozen? A—The bursting is caused not by thawing, but by the expansion of water as it freezes, which exerts a powerful pressure. W hen ice melts the water flows out of the crack.

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THE NEW POWDER KEG OF EUROPE

It's Danzig—and It May Cause Polish and German Blow-Up

BY MiI.TON BRONNEF NF.A Service Staff Correspondent T ONDON, April 24.—Jittery Europe is sitting on anew powder keg labeled: “Free City of Danzig.” The smashing defeat dealt to the Nazis in the recent election, when they sought to gain twothirds control of the Danzig Diet and wipe out all opposition, has converted the Free City into Europe's Trouble Spot No. 1. It may well be that Danzig will lead Poland into the camp of the anti-German forces, just as Rcichsfeuhrrr Hitler's insistent attempts to grab Austria incurred the opposition of Italy. This possibility was borne out by Poland's recent action in joining other members of the League of Nations Council in rebuking Germany for violating the Versailles Treaty. n n HF'HERE'S a lot of history in the background. Many centuries ago Danzig was a small Polish fishing village near the mouth of the Vistula which empties into the Baltic Sea. The Teutonic Knights in the fourteenth century captured much of the Baltic country, including Danzig, which then became preponderantly German. Asa strategic seaport, it had considerable importance. The result was that, by turns, in various wars centuries ago. it fell into the possession of Denmark, Sweden, Poland, 'and finally, about 150 years ago, it once more became a Grrman city. In the nineteenth century its importance diminished as nearly every other German seaport outstripped it in business. tt tt tt OUT after the World War, it once more began to prosper. The victorious Allies in the Versailles Peace Treaty set up an independent Poland. To give it access to the sea, they awarded it the notv-famous Polish Corridor.

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

WASHINGTON, April 24.—The President and Secretary' Cordell Hull recently put in a quiet oar to ease the ardor of the Senate Munitions investigators. Reason for their sudden interest is that the committee now is probing into the delicate matter of allied loans placed in the United States before this country entered the war. The investigation touched two big banking houses—the Guaranty Trust and j. P. Morgan.

BRITAIN SENDS COLD REPLY TO GERMANY Short. Formal Note Tells of Receiving Protest. By United Press LONDON, April 24. —Great Britain has sent Germany a short, formal and somewhat cold acknowiedgment of its rejection of a League of Nations Council vote of denunciation, it was learned today. Other council members are expected to do likewise. The note was delivered to the German embassy by the foreign office late yesterday, it was understood that the other 13 governments to whom Germany sent its note also will take the course of a baief acknowledgement, without entering into any argument on the rights or wrongs of German disarmament or the League's denunciation of it. It was anticipated that full replies would be made when Germany sends its promised detailed statement of its case. APPLICATIONS FOR CCC TO END HERE MONDAY County Quota Is 544; Needy Youths Eligible to Enroll. The time for interviewing Marion County applicants for the Civilian Conservation Corps has been extended until Monday, it was announced today at the local application offices. 60 W. New York-st. Unmarried young men between 18 and 25 years whose families are in need of relief are being interviewed daily except Saturday from 1 until 4 p. m. Enrollment is for a sixmonth period, after which the CCC worker may re-enroll for a similar period. The state quota is 6500 and the Marion County quota 544. REALTY CLUB TO ELECT Apartment Owners' Association to Name New Officers. The Apartment Owners’ Association was to elect officers this afternoon at the Washington. The nominating committee includes H. H. Woodsmall. I. Watt Pugh and A. F. McCord. Frank Hoke and F. H. Hildreth were to speak on developments in stokers and fuel-saving devices. STATE HOLC IS PRAISED Methods of Handling Loans Copied by Other States. Methods on handling loans originated by the Indiana branch of the Home Owners Loan Corp. have been copied by HOLC branches in other states, Joseph G. Wood, state counsel for the corporation, told members of the Marion County Democratic Womens Club in the Ciaypool Hotel last night.

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The Nazi organization's desperate drive to obtain an overwhelming majority in the Danzig parliamentary elections led to enactment of this scene in front of one of the polling places. A swastika-ed squad of election workers is shown carrying an aged invalid from the polling place to her home after she had cast her ballot. Nevertheless the Nazis fell far short of their goal.

This strip of land, 50 miles wide, cuts off East Pruss'a from the rest of Germany and is a standing grievance of the Teutons. But the treaty makers were not as illogical as this may sound. The Vistula is pre-eminently a Polish river. Its territory surrounds both banks. That great stream flows through the Polish Corridor to the sea. All the population in the Corridor is overwhelmingly Polish. But access to the sea without a port seemed valueless. Therefore, the treaty-makers took Danzig and its surrounding territory away from Germany and created it once more as a Free City under the protection of the League of Nations.

When the French and British governments heard of this, they threw fits. Sir Ronald Lindsay came rushing down to the State 1 Department. So also did Ambassador Laboulaye of France. But from Mr. Hull they got no appreciable comfort. Mr. Hull consulted Senator Nye, told him that war was a serious threat in Europe, asked him to show all embarrassing documents to the State Department before publication. tt tt tt OIX months before, the Munitions Committee had more or less thumbed its nose at similar intimations from the State Department regarding South American arms graft. This time, however, Nye consented. Sir Ronald only redoubled his activity. Not satisfied with Mr. Mr. Hull, and fearing no one knows how many scandals, he went over Hulls head. He went direct to the White House. The President then summoned three of the most active members of the Munitions Committee, gave them a carefully phrased lecture on the danger of stirring up trouble. Roosevelt did not directly ask them to soft-pedal. He used the strategy of emphasizing the danger of war in Europe, the disquieting effect the Senate's revelations would have on the prospective belligerents. Whether the investigation is soft-pedaled now depends upon the forthrightness of the committee. So far, nothing has stood in their way. tt tt tt THE aggressive independence of the two rookie leaders of the House liberal bloc has aroused the ire of their party chieftains. Democratic wheelhorses have taken Rep. Maury Maverick aside and lectured him on the unseemliness of a newcomer being so prominently active. But the decorated overseas veteran refused to be impressed. "I was elected by the people of the Twentieth Texas District.” he told them. "When I want your advice I will let you # know.” On the Republicanside. Minnesota's Old Guard Harold Knutson assumed the role of putting Vito Marcantonio in his place. The scrappy young New Yorker, who holds the seat once filled by Mayor La Guardia. recently took a vacant chair at the end of the floor leader's table. Whereupon Knutson ordered him away. "These places,” he announced haughtily, "are reserved for senior members only.” ‘You,” replied Marcantonio, “can go to hell. I'd like to see you or any other senior member put me out of this seat.” To which Knutson said nothing. (Copyright, 1935. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.i Greece Executes Two Generals By United Press ATHENS. April 24. —Two former army generals were executed by firing squads today in the government’s campaign to punish those who tried to overthrow it by force. The men shot were Anastase Papoulas and Miliades Kinnssin.

INDIAXAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935

It was to have a constitution drawn up by its people in agree-' ment with the League of Nations High Commission and approved by the League. tt u a npHE League commissioner was to arbitrate all differences between the Free City and Poland. The city was placed within the Polish customs union and its foreign affairs were likewise to be conducted by Poland. All port rights were guaranteed to Poland and the Poles had full charge of the Vistula and of the railroads. The city w-as ruled by a Diet, elected by the people and a Sen-

CITY MAN ENDS LIFE BYHANGING John George Giezcndanner, Apartment Manager, Is Suicide Victim. John George Giezcndanner, 615 W. 30Lh-st, an apartment manager, ended his life by hanging early today in a garage in the rear of his home. Mrs. Lydia Giezendanner, his wiie, said that her husband left the house about 1 a. m. and did not say where he was going. Later, Mrs. Giezendanner called her sons, George, 28. and Leslie, 24, who discovered their father's body. Relatives said Mr. Giezendanner, who was 66, had attempted suicide previously. No reason was given for his act. William Showers, 23, shot and killed himself yesterday in a bedrorr at his home, 60 S. La Salle-st, apparently because he was despondent over the recent death of his young wife. Rex Dunn, 31, Linden Hotel, died yesterday in City Hospital from poison taken April 14 in a suicide attempt. His wife, Mrs. Elsie Dunn, told police her husband had become despondent because of lack of employment. Two Army Fliers Killed By United Press MONTEREY. Cal.. April 24.—0il spots on the waters of Mont°rey Bay today marked the place where Lieut. Russell Laird, 30, Bakersfield, Cal., and Private Bernard Rygwalski. 31. Cleveland, plunged to their deaths during Army air corps maneuvers yesterday.

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ate chosen by the Diet. These bodies, in turn, chose the officers of the city, which also issued its own coinage, mainly adorned with pictures of fish caught in the Baltic. Danzig, with Poland as a hinterland, began to know a wealth it had almost forgotten. It made the Danzigers “snooty.” They angered the Poles by petty annoyances and sneermgly said, if they did not like it, they could use the fishing village of Gdynia in the Polish corridor as a port. To their amazement, anger and fear. Poland took them at their word. French money, and French and Polish engineers, made of Gdynia the model port of the Baltic.

Poland’s War Heroes Take Over Government

By United Prest WARSAW, April 24.—Poland became an “elitanst” state today, to join the growing number of those which have followed Fascist Italy and Soviet Russia in seeking a 20th century form of goternment. Anew constitution, the result of years of study by the national hero, Marshal Josef Pilsudski, went into effect at 9 a. m. Under it. government of this post-war republic torn from Russia

will be one by the country’s elite (veterans decorated for heroism in military'service). Parliament, as most governments and parliaments and congresses, died as the new constitution became effective. Hereafter, in addition to ordinary elections —but on a restricted franchise basis —the government will have complete control through an appointive system. tt a a IN addition to the lower house, the Sejm there will be a senate cf whose 120 members the government will name one-third. Two-thirds will be elected by the elite. The term "elitarism” had to be coined to name the new system, which is in line with the ideals of the corporative state of Italy, the guild system of Austria and the Nazi state of Germany. The presidents will have the right of veto. The senate may defeat legislation received from the Sejm although the Sejm may reverse the senate vote by a repassage of its bills by a threefifth majority. Legislation will be initiated by the government or the Sejm. In summary, the idea is to give a greater voice in government to those who are held to be of the greatest value to the nation, who have performed distinguished public service and therefore on

By George Clark

DANZIG discontent found a vent in the last election when the Nazis secured 41 out of the 72 seats in the Diet. As is their way, the Nazis began to ride hard. They suppressed opposition papers and annoyed their opponents in many other manners. Then some leaders in the Diet, encouraged by the Nazis of Germany, dissolved the Diet and called for anew election. They announced their determination to capture two-thirds of the Diet, change the constitution and demand its approval by the League of Nations. It would have meant an end of freedom for anybody daring to oppose the Nazis. A campaign ensued, which bore all the familiar earmarks of similar ones in Germany before the Nazis got full power. Socialist and Catholic Center meetings were forbidden by thi Nazi-run police or broken up by stink bombs. All the methods of terror used in Germany were employed in the once peaceful town. Nazis by lorry loads went roaring through its narrow streets. Opponents were attacked and beaten. tt tt a NOTHING but the Swastika was allowed to be flown from buildings. Hitler sent all his “big shots” to speak to the people just as if Danzig were part of the Reich. Gen. Herman Goering, Dr. Julius Goebbels. minister of propaganda. and Rudolf Hess, Hitler's chief lieutenant, all came with pomp and circumstance. The Danzigers were told that they were an outpost of Germany. They must be Germany’s mirror. A great victory in Danzig tvould be a German victory, a Hitler victory. All of which has caused Poland, which has a non-aggression pact with Germany, to look askance at Hitler's intentions in Danzig. And recent violent anti-German demonstrations in the Polish Corridor reveal the temper of the Polish people.

the elitarian theory hive proved their fitness to govern. Ever since Marshal PiLsudski, revered wa r hero who is called the most popular dictator in the world, seized power in 1926, parliament has been doomed. tt tt tt TJILSUDSKI rules as minister of war, seeking unlike his equivalents in jnost other “20th century” nations to remain in the background. The Sejm voted its own death March 24 at a night session, by adoping the new constitution by a vote of 260 to 139. There was a long, stormy battle during which the Germans, Ukranians and Jews of the minority parties ceremoniously walked from the chamber. Socialists remained to shout against the constitution. Then they left the hall, singing the red flag, while the government bloc sang the “First Brigade” song of the Pilsudski legions. Marshal Pilsudski was not even present. After the adoption of the constitution, Premier Leon Koslowski resigned, to be succeeded March 28 by Col. Walery Slawek. Marshal Pilsudski’s right-hand man, called the father of the constitution. President Ignacy Moscicki, in the presence of the cabinet and the presidents of the upper and lower houses, signed the new constitution yesterday. The square in front of the presidential palace was filled with troops and detachments of political organizations OIL ASSOCIATION TO LAUNCH AD CAMPAIGN Public Now Quality Conscious, Officials Declares Here. “Economists tell us that after years of buying because things are cheap, the public turns to buying merchandise that has quality,” George H. Sheldon, advertising representative for the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association, told Indiana members of the organization last night at the Lincoln. Mr. Sheldon said that because the public had become quality conscious “the association feels justified in launching an increased advertising campaign for 1935.” J. E. Moorhead. Oil City, Pa., association executive secretary, also spoke at the dinner. G. 0. P. LEADERS TO ATTEND PARLEY HERE New Republican Club to Hold Luncheon Tomorrow. Prominent Republicans from all sections of Indiana are expected to attend a luncheon of Hoosier Republicans, Inc., at the Columbia Club tomorrow. Principles and purposes of the new organization, and plans for the 1936 campaign will be discussed. The announced purpose of the organisation is “to promote the restoration af policies and principles implicit in the wholesome purposes of representative democracy.” ,

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Fair Enough WESTBROOK PEGLER | UDGING from Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.'s book, “Farewell to Fifth Avenue," the parting must be a pretty sweet sorrow to the avenue. Mr. Vanderbilt has taken out a membership in the lost generation. He doesn't like society, an aversion which might easily be mutual, if not more so, and he is eager for appreciation. In fact, so eager is he for a measure of appreciation which has been withheld from him by a heedless public that he has been put to the necessity of twining his own crown of laurel. His book of 250 pages is

largely devoted to an appreciation of the professional triumphs of Cornelius Vanderbilt "Jr. in the field of journalism by the best friend of the subject. It is an awkward job to pat one's self on the back for 60.000 words or so, but young Mr. Vanderbilt is a little more skilled at it than most people would be. thanks to long practice. And the book is more amusing than you might expect. Mr. Vanderbilt has interviewed Presidents and dictators, he knew Theodore Roosevelt, personally, and he was. as he would have you

know, the only reporter who was let in the house by the late Mrs. Whitelaw Reid the night she entertained the Prince of Wales at a dance. These achievements are less impressive to reporters who work at the newspaper business than to a slummer from the Avenue. Presidents and dictators are always being interveiwed, Theodore Roosevelt was about as elusive as a traffic cop and we had a young woman in the trade here a few years ago who not only crashed the gate at a dance for the Prince of Wales, but danced with him all evening. e a a A Flutter Among the Hoys 'jtyi'R. VANDERBILT'S debut in the newspaper business shortly after the war caused quite a flutter among working-class reporters. There was a reporter on the old World, a sort of legman for Herbert Swope, named F. Darius Benham. who had society connections himself, and Mr. Benham knew Neily Vanderbilt, personally. Mr. Benham was really a member of the lodge, a digger and a hustler, who lived on what he earned and would never have been discovered for a scion had not someone squealed on him. Mr. Benham became a sort of free-will press-agent or apologist for Neily. It was discovered, for instance, that, although Neily was working on assignments for S4O a week, he lived at the old family mansion on Fifth-av and thus had neither room rent nor meals to pay for, except his lunches. He also had a car, but he had had that before he took the job. He got his gas in the family garage. He belonged to some clubs, which were a little beyond the income of the workingclass reporter, but these memberships were hangovers from his old estate. And he was tailored and haberdashed a considerable time in advance. With these exceptions, however. Neily, the reporter, was on a common footing with the inkstained wretches who made him welcome. There was no snobbery on Park Row. Mr. Benham said Neily would be all right. tt an Simply Making It Rinding TT developed though, that Neily wished to remain a Vanderbilt and be a member of the workingclasses, too. On society assignments he would give them the old Vanderbilt high-sign and walk right in as he did at the dance for the Prince of Wales. He was a working-class reporter until he was stuck but beyond that point he turned Vanderbilt again. Our outsi f hired him once to write special essays on his honeymoon tour by automobile across the country at S4O a week, three pieces a week, just for the novelty of the name. A rewrite man at S6O a week with a family to keep was given the task of making them readable, which was something to do. Neily had been reading Hearst editorials and wrote Japanese war scares out of Moline, 111., and Dodge City, Kas. Almost from the start, you see, Neily was hedging, and now, from his own book you will learn that he has been a professional Vanderbilt all the time. His entree, his acquaintances among the big, fat names at home and abroad all are ow'ed to his name and his family’s prestige and still he scolds and pouts and tattles on his ow r n kind. He isn’t a newspaper man, but worse than that he isn’t even a good Vanderbilt. Fifth Avenue should be glad he put his farewell in writing. That makes it binding. (Copyright. 1935, by United Feature Syndicate, Ir.c.)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

CONQUEST of the aviation fire hazard, now one of the industry's worst handicaps, was announced yesterday at the meeting in New York of the American Chemical Society by Dr. Gordon M. Kline of the United States Bureau of Standards. Dr. Ki.ne outlined anew method of “doping” airplane fabrics with cellulose acetate after first treating them with a mixture of boric acid and borax. At the present time, airplane fabrics are doped with cellulose nitrate which is highly inflammable. This announcement was one of many new advances reported to several thousand chemists at the second day's session of a week's meeting in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the nation's chemical industries. Topics ranged from drugs to stainless steel. Among the more important announcements was one by Prof. Harry Holmes and his associates of Oberlin College of the preparation of a concentration of vitamin A which is 14,000 times more potent than cod-liver oil. This sets anew world's record and represents the latest victory of chemistry in the attempt, not yet realized, to isolate vitamin A in absolutely pure form. nun GASOLINE splashed on the horizontal surface of cloth treated by the new method is burned off without setting fire to the cloth, Dr. Kline said in discussing the new treatment for airplane fabrics. “On the other hand, ordinary airplane fabric coated with cellulose nitrate dope is instantly ignited by a lighted safety match dropped on it in a horizontal position and is soon completely consumed,” he said. Cellulose acetate "dopes” now are only slightly more expensive than cellulose nitrate “dopes,” Dr. Kline said. Discussing the problem of vitamin A. Prof. Holmes pointed out that vegetables really do not contain this vitamin, but a reddish-yellow chemical substance known as carotene. Vitamin A is manufactured from carotene in the human or animal body. Vitamin A does occur in certain animal fats, notably cod liver oil and halibut oil. While carotene has been isolated in pure form, vitamin A itself is yet to be obtained in absolutely pure form. n n n DR. CARL LYMAN and Dr. C. G. King of the University of Pittsburgh reported experiments which showed that diphtheria toxin injections had the effect of reducing the vitamin C content of the tissues of guinea pigs. They reported that the toxin caused the greatest losses in the adrenals and pancreas. The loss was moderate in the kidneys and almost neglegible in the liver. Dr. Karl Kautz and Dr. M. J. R. Morris of the Republic Steel Corp. told the convention that an increased market for steels was developing in the building industry as the result of the recent development of stainless, non-corraiive steels which could be used for the exteriors of buildings as well as for frameworks. 4

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