Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1935 — Page 7

MAY 4, 1035

It Seems to Me HEYIWOD BROUN T r is r.ot passible for this column to bo consistently opposed to Franklin Roosevelt. I must admit that he ha- an excellent collection of enemies. In fact if the President were really one-half as radical as the Chamber of Commerce contends he would be pretty nearly Bonnie Prince Charlie as far as It Sterns to Me is concerned. Os course one mav cry out, “A plague on both your houses,” and such a position can be wholly logical. Still, it does Keep you on the sidelines too much of the time. Certainly in the

issues raised by leaders of big business against the Administration I'm for Mr. Roosevelt. Possibly the most curious thing in connection with the convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States was the arrogance of the captains and the kings. After abusing the President from dawn to dusk they expressed surprise that he'had failed to send any note of friendly greeting. But one hopeful sign looms over the horizon. From listening to spokesmen of the Chamber of Commerce you might get the idea

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that big business owns America. And that wouldn't he so far off. The hopeful sign is that the captains and the kings are becoming extremely sensitive to criticism. Anybody who as much as breathes “boo” in their direction becomes at once a subversive seditiomst and, of course, a red. a a a Louis Is Doing All Highl PRIDE may go before a fall but so do the jitters. Big business is putting on arrogance in order to conceal apprehension. “Nobody is going to iell me how to run my business” has become almost a Coue-like formula and in this self-hypnosis there is a deal of unconscious resistance. The man who goes about parroting the statement conceals within himself the feor and indeed the hope that somebody will come along and tell him how to run his business before it is too late. These men who are around shouting that they will accept no sort of regulation or supervision are the very ones who wept into their beer two years ago and muttered brokenly that the end of the world had come, in all fairness to them they still talk of the imminence of judgment day, but it has been pushed ahead a few years. The old gentleman who had the chair next, to mine was talking about it onlv yesterday. “Louis,” he said to the No. 3 barber, the one with the wife and 12 children, “If the government doesn’t stop this damn relief pretty soon it will mean the end of civilization as we have known it.” In casual conversation the captains and the kings make that word “we cover a great deal of territory. It was the same old gentleman who was telling Louis. “Now of course in 1929 before the crash we were all well ofT.” I knew Louis in 1929 and he was no better off then than he is now. At least not much. Os course, he only had eight children then. And it is true that Louis had 50 shares of stock. A grateful customer had tipped him otT to Kreuger and Toll. Ihe colonel, the old gentleman is an honorary colonel, made some reference to .Jack Biddingford. Louis remarked that he had not seen Mr. Biddingford around the club in some time.* a a a They Coll It 'ltusleri' “OROKE.” said the colonel, “dead busted, like all U the rest of us. He isn't back yet. I saw him at Palm Beach this winter and as I remember he was going io Pmehurst and straight from there to the Derby.” Tt must be that when the colonel uses the word “broke'' he doesn't mean the same thing as I mean. But for that matter when I say I'm busted, which I could in all good conscience, it may be that I don't mean precisely the same thing as Louis. And I don t think we will ever arrive at a satisfactory economic setup until the words “broke" and "busted” mean the thing for all persons throughout the country. And T would like to have some definition of that phrase, “The end of civilization as we have known it." To the colonel it would mean the day the Penriennis Club put up its shutters and set out a sign “for sale." To a good many members of the Chamber of Commerce it merely means that hour when they will be compelled to adopt union conditions. And as for me? Well, I suppose I might describe “The end of civilization as I have known it" as the morning when some executive says, "we have decided to drop that silly column and put you back to newspaper work.” (CoDvrleht. 1935)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

IACK of sufficient iron in the diet may lead to the development of a form of anemia. Dr. Cyrus C. Sturgis. director of the Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research of the University of Michigan; points out. This is because iron is an assential part of the hemoglobin molecule. Hemoglobin is the coloring matter in the normal red blood curpuscles. There is a group of iron-deficiency anemias, due to various causes. Dr. Sturgis says. All of them have in common the depletion of the iron reserves of the body. The iron content of the body of the average human adult is normally very small. It is estimated at about three grams—approximately one-tenth of an ounce. Eighty per cent of this amount is in the fluid part of the blood and the hemoglobin. Thy average daily intake of iron is estimated at about 15 milligrams. <A milligram is a thousandth of a gram.) This intake, it will be noticed, is extremely small, but as Dr. Sturgis says, the body possesses a remarkable mechanism for the conservation of iron and uses it over and over again. a a a ANEMIA due to an iron deficiency in the diet rarely occurs in male adults. Dr. Sturgis says, but docs occur in infants, growing children, apd women. It has been established, he says, that such anemia docs not occur in adult males even when the iron intake is as small as six milligrams daily. Mothers require larger amounts of iron during the pre-natal period and while nursing their children, Dr. Sturgis says. Another typo of iron-deficiency anemia sometimes occurs in women between the ages of 20 and 40 who are unable to absorb the required amount of iron despite the fact that it is present in their djet. This form, know as idiopathic hypochromic anemia of 'women is characterized by a red blood cell count, which is not much changed but by a hemoglobin percentage which is 50 per cent or less of normal. It is thought that a deficiency of hydrochloric acid in the stomach may play some role in this type of anemia. a a a THE most common type of iron-deficiency anemia occurs in cases of chronic hemorrhage. Dr. Sturtis says. Because so much of the iron is in the blood, even a small daily Joss of blood, if continued constantly for months, depletes the body's reserve of iron. These types of anemia are treated best with preparations containing large amounts of iron, Dr. Sturgis says. As in the case of pernicious anemia, which is now successfully treated with liver extract, exact knowledge of the anemias is comparatively recent. Medical science has made many important advances in the last few years in the investigation and treatment of diseases of the blood.

Questions and Answers

Q—ls the Latin language spoken in France and Italy? A—Latin is not the languace of any nation today. The so-called Romance languages, French. Italian, Spanish, etc., are direct descendants of the language ol ancient Rome, but they are not Latin.

ADMIRAL BYRD—POLAR COMMUTER

Explorer Battles Way to Fame Despite Buffetings of Fate

• / A EA Srr~ \r* IT TASHINGTON’, May 4,—Rear ▼ ▼Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, United States Navy, who comes home to Washington May 10 for a triumphal reception by the President, is finishing the crowning adventure of a life devoted to daring exploits. His 19 months in the Antarctic are the climax of a 10-year period which Admiral Byrd announced in 1926 he would devote to exploration and adventure. To the public, which reads only of his successes, Admit al Byrd must seem a child of fortune. Born of a distinguished family, wealthy enough, given every advantage of training and upbringing, everything to which “Dick” Byrd turns his hand seems to have blossomed into automatic success. But the disappointments are not so well known, and they have been numerous enough to prove that there is a hard streak of determination in Admiral Byrd that well accounts for his achievements. A little grayer now at 47, the lines etched a little deeper in his face, he can look back on a life crammed with adventures such as have come to few’ men. a a a IT all began when he was 12. A friend in Manila invited the Virginia country boy to visit him, and he blandly announced to his mother that he proposed to go around the world. She looked down aghast at the serious, fragile-looking child of 12. But he won out over all remonstrances, and made the trip—alone. Fellow passengers remember how calm the lad was when the ship ran into a typhoon in the Pacific. He went on around the world. And that taste for far countries and unusual adventures never left him. He W’ent through military school and into Annapolis. There he played football, and was a star gymnast. In a fall from the flying rings he injured a foot so badly as to cut short his football career. It left him w’ith a permanent slight disability which led to his being retired from active duty in the Navy later. It was thought he could not stand watch. It must have been a great disappointment. But with the World War he was recalled to active service, and asked transfer to aviation. pointing out that a pilot sits down most of the time, anyway. He flew solo after six hours of training, and was the first Navy man to fly out of sight of land. But because of his injured foot the young officer was not sent

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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON. May 4.—President Roosevelt’s left-handed castigation of the House Military Affairs Committee for publishing Army officers’ plans to seize British islands did not go down so well w’ith committee members. Their reaction was that the President, as Commander-in-Chief, ought to keep his Army officers from making secret plans for seizing the territory of a friendly neighbor; that if he could not keep them in check, these officers ought to be exposed.

. . . Fact is, various officers have been sabotaging their Command-er-in-Chief constantly. During the World Court fight, in which the President had taken a definite stand, several Army officers buttonholed Senators to vote against that stand. Congressional reaction was that the Com-mander-in-Chief should secure better discipline from his officers instead of castigating the Military Affairs Committee. . . . Choice of O. Max Gardner, former Governor of North Carolina, as investigator of the American Telephone and Telegraph Cos. insures a thorough probe of that giant organization. As Governor of North Carolina. Mr. Gardner was the first executive to insist on taxation of the A. T. and T. The investigation will be the biggest in history, having an initial appropriation of $750,000. ana A TTY. GEN. HOMER S. CUMMINGS will soon announce plans for a nation-wide clean-up of the legal profession. The tall, pleasant-mannered Justice Department czar considers bar associations ineffectual in such a job and proposes that the government undertake the housecleaning. . . . Democratic Floor Leader Joe Robinson will always be a hero to Senator Bennett Clark. Reason is that at the famous 1912 Democratic convention in Baltimore, the Arkansan held his state's delegation in line up to the very last ballot for the late Speaker Champ Clark, Senator Bennett's father. .. . Commenting on Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the aircraft designer Grover Loening says: “His real talent, as I intimately saw him. was that of a promoter. He has the showman't instinct, a real publicity sense.” Loening is author of the new book, “Our Wings Grow Faster” .... To the swarms of high school children who come daily to the Capitol this spring, the historical objects of greatest interest are the rotunda's two representations of Lincoln. One is the massive head done by Gutzon Borglum, the other the full statue done by Vinnie Ream when she was 18 years old. . . . The living object of greatest interest to them is Huey Long. Failing to see him, they ask guides to point out his desk in the Senate chamber. a a a TECHNICAL adviser to Secretary Henry Morgenthau in the Treasury's sensational silver buying operation? is publicity-shy Prof. James Harvey Rogers, Yale University monetary authority. The soft-spoken little Southerner' spent several months in the Orient for the government last year making a first-hand study of the silver problem. . . . The round-the-world cruise being made by Federal Housing Administrator Jimmy Moffett on his own yacht will not be all pleasure. Moffett is supposed to look into foreign trade

A fourth cycle of daring e.yfloits closes triumphantly for America’s No. 1 adventurer. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. At top left, loading the plane which carried Byrd as the first man to fly over the North role (1926). Left, below, the America, poised for her transatlantic hop (1927). The Stars and Stripes, top right, in which Byrd flew over the South Pole (1929) and the veteran coast guard ship and ice-breaker Bear of Oakland, lower right, in which he is now’ returning from a second long scientific and exploratory trip to the Antarctic around Little America.

overseas, but given command of a unit at Halifax—another disappointment. a a a HE w’as one of the chief planners of the Navy Atlantic flight with the.NC-4 ships after the war —first planes to cross the Atlantic. But when the time came, he had to stand aside and see the glory go to others. In 1924 he was one of the Navy men sent to England to make the crossing to America in the British dirigible R-32, and just missed being aboard her on her fatal trip when she exploded over the Humber River. It was in May, 1926, that Admiral Byrd finally, after months of heartbreaking effort, got his plane aloft from King's Bay, Spitzbergen, in his flight with

possibilities in the countries he visits. The President is not going to allow any grass to grow under his feet in getting his re-election campaign off to an early start. He is considering some personal fence mending this summer and autumn in the form of a series of speeches in strategic sections of the country. The mid-West and Pacific Coast are certain to see him. The President's talks probably will not be of an outright political nature, but their underlying purpose will be to lay the groundwork for the 1936 campaign. Roger Babson’s latest ballyhooed scheme of giving Senators life tenure of office made no hit with Indiana’s hard-working Senator Frederick VanNuys. Said he, "This is just another damn fool suggestion, which, added to the great multitude of other damn fool suggestions, makes just a little more nonsense.” Copyright. 1935. bv United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

JORDAN TO ATTEND CINCINNATI PARLEY Water Works Engineer to Preside at Session. Harry E. Jordan, chemical engineer of the Indianapolis Water Cos., will attend the 55th annual con- | vention of the American Water Works Association, of which he is president, in Cincinnati next week. Exhibits of water supply equipment and materials, arranged on the largest scale during the associations history, will be shown at the convention. Special trains from New England, the eastern seaboard, as well as from the West and Southwest, will bring delegates to the convention. INDIANA OFFICIALS TO ATTEND PAROLE PARLEY McNutt Listed Among Speakers for Louisville Conference. A large Indiana delegation will attend the second annual Central State parole conference opening Monday at Louistdlle which will ' bring together parole and probation experts from 29 states. Gov. Paul V. McNutt will speak Wednesday night at a meeting honoring Governors. Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr., will preside at the Monday night session. A1 G. Feeney, state safety director, will address the Wednesday morning conference, and J. TANARUS, Arbuckle, chairman of the i state clemency board, wifi preside at the Monday afternoon meeting.

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Floyd Bennett over the North Pole. After 16 hours of perilous flying, he returned, successful. But another disappointment was in store. In 1927, as Admiral Byrd, Col. Lindbergh and four others were poised for the epochal flight to Paris, Admiral Byrd was ready first. But on a trial hop, his ship nosed over, injuring Pilot Bennett and putting the admiral out of the race long enough for Col. Lindbergh to get off on his epic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. a a a Admiral Byrd's own flight to France a little later, while a great achievement, reached something of an anti-climax in a crack-up landing in the surf at Ver-Sur-Mer, after 50 hours in the air unde: wretched weather conditions.

MEMORIAL DAY PLANS COMPLETED BY LEGION Graves of World War Veterans to Be Decorated. American Legion arrangements for Memorial Day include decoration | of graves of all deceased members ; and World War veterans, memorial ! ceremonies and meetings and attendance at special church services on the Sunday preceding Memorial Day, District Commander Joseph F. Lutes announced today. Transportation will be provided for the General Memorial Associa- j tion, details being handled by a committee consisting of Bertram Teepell, John Paul Ragsdale Roy | Badolett, John Samuelowitz, Herman King, H. M. Kessler, Joe Speaks and- Ed Guth. TRUCKMEN TO BE TRIED IN ATTACK CASE MAY 10 Defendants, City Residents. Recently j Grilled in Kroger Slaying. By Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., May 4 The trials of four trucking union officials formerly held in Indian- | apolis in connection with the murder of John M. Penny, Kroger ) truck driver, has been set in Putnam Circuit Court for May 10 on assault and battery charges. The men, Harry Peats, Emmett Williams, George Haygood and E. W. Peats, are charged with having at- j tacked two truck drivers at Pleasant j Gardens, because the drivers re- j fused to pay union dues. The four . are affiliated with the Teamsters.! Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers Union.

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THE preparations, the lining up of backing, the disappointments of preparing an expedition like that Admiral Byrd led to the South Pole in 1929, are not seen behind the glory of his achievement of flying over the South Pole in a hazardous 18-hour flight. But they would have daunted many a less determined man. Both poles conquered by airplane, and a base camp at Little America established, Admiral Byrd's hope W’as to return there and make a more thorough scientific exploration of the region. This was the adventure now drawing to a triumphal close. Not only does he return with knowledge of the Antarctic continent never before possessed by man, but with it the shining record that in three polar expedi-

What Price Anything? Columbia Professor Learns What Women Would — and Wouldn’t—Do for $1,000,000.

Bn United Prexs NEW YORK, May 4.—Dr. Edward L. Thorndike, professor of education at Columbia University, believes he has found out just what a woman would do for a million dollars—and just what she wouldn't do. And you’d be surprised. The professor also included men in the tests by which he arrived at his conclusions. In general, he found that women were gentler, but more inclined to be adventurous and curious.

Dr. Thorndike asked his subjects, of whom 40 were less than 30 years old and 24 were older than 40, a series of questions to find out how much money they would accept to degrade themselves, and how much money they would be willing to pay to obtain certain privileges, such for example, as an hour's talk with Benito Mussolini. ana npHE average womap, he found from their answers, would surrender all hope of a happy hereafter for the modest sum of $lO, while the men would require SIOOO before they "would give up hope. Os human practices, he found, the thought of cannibalism was the most repugnant. The average man wouldn’t take less than $260,000,000. while the women, on the average, would take $1,375,000. It was pre-supposed that the act would be blazoned in the daily newspapers. Regarding public intoxication,

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tions under his direction not a life has been lost. Despite the enthusiastic receptions planned for the explorer, it is hard to see how more honors can be given him. He has the congressional medal of honor and 14 military citations, four of them for personal bravery, two for saving lives at the risk of his own. He is one of the youngest rearadmirals ever created by an applauding Congress. He has won uncounted further honors from this and foreign countries." Admiral Byrd comes home as America’s No. 1 adventurer. But, as the Roosevelt Memorial Association said on presenting him with its medal for distinguished service, “Like th? pioneers, he was impelled by more than love for adventure or material gain.”

the men were much more agreeable than the women. For $25, they would publicly befuddle themselves. The women wanted S9B. The older group was more conservative in the matter of insulting the nation’s heroes. Half of the younger persons said they would spit on a picture of the father of his country for $lO. More than two-thirds of the older ones “wouldn’t do it for less than $10,000.” In the matter of choking a stray cat or sticking a pig. the men were more reasonable. They wanted an average of $2500 for the deed. Their sisters held out for $105,000. Dr. Thorndyke asked the subjects how much money they would take to live their entire lifetimes in a New York apartment. They could entertain guests, but they could never leave the house. For this imprisonment, however pleasant. the women wanted $62,500,000 while the men would stay home for $10,000,000. The older men would be willing to spend one-fifth of a day in jail for the privilege of seeing a man hanged. The others, men and women, wouldn’t give up even an hour for the same purpose. For the happiness of talking to Mussolini, the older women would gladly spend 8.2 days in jail. But then, they’d do the same thing for the privilege of riding on a camel.

HIGH SCHOOL PAPERS | ENTERI.JTCONTEST 300 Invited to Take Part in Annual Event. By United Pmi* BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 4. The Indiana University chapter of Sigma Delta Chi has invited more than 300 high school newspaper sponsors to participate in the ninth state high school newspaper contest conducted by the organization. Cop--1 ies of rules have been mailed to all teachers of journalism in the state I who supervise the publication of printed high school papers. The closing entry date has been set for May 21. Papers will be judged in four divisions for the best news writing, use of correct English, make-up and use of type faces. Judging will be done by members of the faculty of Indiana University. Four divisions are open to contestants. one for papers of six or more columns, the second for papers from four to six columns, the third for papers of three or fewer columns, and a fourth group for passers showing the greatest improvemant during the year,

fair Enough WESWM MB T> ARRING the indignation of the nine million American stamp nuts, who are still thrown into fits of the shrieking meemies at the mere mention of the episode. James A. Farley's handling of the celebrated problem of the uncummed. imperforate postage stamps has converted a questionable act into a profitable public service. The indignation of the nine million nuts had died away to a low. musical moan except at moments when allusions such as

this remind them of the outrage and provoke them to shrill outcries. And, perhaps, even their indignation. too. may be regarded as a gain for cprtainlv it contributes something to the gaiety of the nation at a time when laughs are few, forced and hollow. It even makes them indignant to be called nuts, but nuts were ever thus and the stamp-collector of adult size and years naturally secs nothing conuc in his boondoggling, not having the necessary perspective. He might see something amusing in the innocent pleasure of children who collect and trade labels off

their parents’ bottles of beer and schnaps at a rate of exchange based upon rarity. But he perceives no relation between this hobby and his own, although the world would be no poorer or hungrier if some discriminating flame were to set fire to all the stamp albums on earth and reduce them to so much smut. a a a They 1 \ ant 'Em Autographed r I''HE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, which needs the money, received $530,000 in one day from sales over the counters in Washington when Mr. Farley made the rarities available to all comers. They were standing in line at 6 a. m„ nuts of all ages and of all degrees of stamp-nuttiness, and when the windows were closed that evening, it was estimated that a total profit of $2,000,000, all of it gravy except the negligible cost of printing, selling, heat, light and overhead, would accrue to Mr. Farley's unhappy department before the demand was entirely appeased. The rare stamp trade still insists, of course, that Mr. Farley didn't do right in autographing, in his traditional green ink, the sheets of album stamps which he presented to the President, Harold Ickes, Uncle Louie Howe and the friend of a friend of a friend in Norfolk, Va. % The- true nut demands that he autograph all the thousands of duplicates which were placed on public sale to destroy the rarity of the gift sheets and restore the democracy of the U. S. A., but, in a democracy. any man, even a public official, may stand on his constitutional right to autograph or not to autograph. Mr. Farley took the position that his autograph was his own to bestow or withhold as he pleased. It pleased him to withhold his signature from the sheets which were sold over the counter, although any nut certified to him by his county committee or Congressman as a deserving Democrat could lave had the writing put bn in the authentic creme de menthe out of the veritable Farley fountain pen. Tnis incident is probably the only one in the entire career of Senator Huey P. Long in which he discovered, at length, that he had performed a helpful service for an enemy with malicious intent. It was Senator Long who raised hell in the Senate for days and days about the fortune in rare stamps which Mr. Farley had distributed among a favorite few. including the President, Ickes, Uncle Louie and himself. tt st a Farley Is Very Thankful IT was difficult to arrive at a very conscientious appraisal of the philatelic value of the treasurestamps because there was no knowing precisely how many Mr. Farley had let go. Rarity, as w’ell as the cash available in the buying market, governed the catalog quotations, Senator Long, however, being unhampered by conscience, guessed that they were worth some fabulous sum and crowded his criticisms with insinuations of larcenous intent. This set the stamp-nuts frantic and Mr. Farley, with a composure as serene as his unpuckered countenance. decided to inflate the rarities to an extent limited only by the nut-demand at face value.* Thus, Senator Long promoted for Mr. Farley’s struggling department a known windfall of $530.0000 and an additional revenue which may bring the total to $2,000,000. For all of this Mr. Farley undoubtedly feels much obligated to the statesman from Louisiana. It seems a pity to add to the anguish of the nuts but they do not appear to know that the original sheets were autographed back-and-forth between the recipients. Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Ickes and Uncls Louie also put their names on some, making them rarer than the nuts ever allowed themselves to fear. But these are the personal treasures of the privileged owners. They are p/iceless in the philatelic market, but the autographs were personal, not official, and not subject to anybody's demand. (Copyright. 1935, ty United Feature Svndicate. Inc.)

Your Health

by dr. morris fishbein

IT is not too soon to begin the campaign against loss of life and sight from fireworks. Last Fourth of July there were more accidents than there have been for some years. While there are good ordinances against sale ol fireworks in many of our large cities, similar conditions do not obtain in the areas just outside the cities, 'and use of the motor car makes it possible for persons to get fireworks and bring them back into town. The National Association for the Prevention or Blindness has come to the conclusion that it is almost as hopeless to try to control the sale of fireworks from these roadside stands as it was during prohibition to control sale of liquor under similar conditions. a a a IF only those persons who trifle with fireworks could see a child with one eye closed for life, or a little girl in a lacy holiday dress caught on fire, if they could smell the odor of burning flesh, or if they could hear the screams of a child suffering from fireworks burns, they tf'ould do their part in stopping this needless tragedy. Thousands of persons were injured in fireworks accidents in 1934 In New York, where there is a law’ prohibiting sale of fireworks, the hospitals on July 5 reported 2600 casualties, or 1500 more than in *1933. Figures for last year show 161 persons killed by fireworks, 52 of whom were children less than 5 years old; 54 were burned to death when their clothing was ignited by fireworks bonfires; 20 children were burned to death by "harmless” sparklers; 21 children died as a result of eating fireworks; 30 persons lost one or both eyes, and 300 others suffered serious eye injuries. a a a THOSE who have been most concerned with such accidents have become convinced that there is only one hope for effective control, and that is tor control the manufacture and sale of fireworks frexn the factory. Manufacturers of fireworks are not so short sighted as to fail to realize that inability to control this situation will result inevitably in extreme legislation which will destroy their business entirely. Q —lt the moon enveloped in atmosphere? A—No. Q —Are diamonds ever red? A—Red diamonds have been found, but deposits are rare. Q —What was the Stamp Act Congress? A—A meeting of delegates from the colonies at the City Hall, in New Y\>rk in October, 1765. Petitions were addressed to the King of England and to parliament protesting against the documentary’ tax laid on the colonies. A declaration of the rights of Americans was drawn yp, stating, among other things, teat internal taxes could not be laid on the colonies without their own consent.

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