Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1936 — Page 14

- FROM INDIANA

By ERNIE PYLE

(GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash., Oct. 20.— : ~ At night, when you lie in bed in your two-story frame hotel, there comes in your window a ceaseless ungertone of construction—the piercing rattle of jack-hammers, the chatter of tractor engines, funny little whistles of tiny locomotives, and the steady pounding of carpentry. “It doesn’t keep you awake, of course, for it is a

constant level tone. But three or four times in the night you suddenly sit up in a fright, tense and wondering, while the earth trembles and the waves of a great dark sound roll and bound among the hills like the tumblings of thunder. 4 That is blasting. ' It's an odd feeling, to sleep out here in the heart of a settlement of 5000 men, amid busy noises, with semi-desert only two minutes’ walk in any direction. Here is Grand Coulee Dam, one of the nation’s half dozen wgaost spectacular big dams. : If you ever come out here on a visit, let me warn you not to mention the name of Walter Davenport. A ton of cement might be dropped on your head. For it was Davenport who wrote that _hasty piece about Grand Coulee in Collier's a year ago. Davenport's main criticism was that they were building this dam way out here where nobody lived, so what good would it do? My profession isn't that of arguing with Walter Davenport (and I won't repeat a single argument the dam people gave me: this is my own idea), but building it out here where nobody lives is just the reason they're building it. When they're through, people can live here.

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Will Irrigate 1,200,000 Acres

HE dam will irrigate 1,200,000 acres that is now practically desert. =Jt's really about the richest land in America, they i All it needs is water: They say this land when watered will support a million people. ¥ r And the power to be created by the dam? Davenport: says there is no’'place to use it. A million people could use a lct of power. Grand Coulee is the hub of a program throughout the Columbia River basin, which takes in a good part of Washington and Oregon. It is the TVA of the Northwest. The plan contemplates the building of two immense dams—Grand Coulee and Bonneville— and about eight smaller ones. . This program will open up millions of acres of semi-desert land to fertile production; it will provide a vast amount of electrical power; it will control floods and heip navigation on the Columbia. It will provide homes and a way of living for millions of people. ”

Why Grand Coulee?

ND why do they call it Grand Coulee? A “coulee,” in case you don’t know, is a ravine or gulch or wash. ~~ Well, several thousand years before you were born, 8 great big old glacier came sliding down and pushed the Columbia River out of its normal channel. The river then turned at right angles, and fled southward over the Washington desert, cutting itself a very handscme swath in the ground. Finally the glacier melted away and the Columbia sneaked back into its old river bed. It left this swath in the ground lying there high and dry, and they call _ it Grand Coulee, because it's so big. It's simply a dry ditch about 50 miles long, from two to five miles wide, and about 800 feet deep, with perpendicular sides cut _ right through granite. After the dam is built, they'll pump water from the dam over into Grand Coulee, which wiil then become

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1936

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A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OUR PARKS

Have a Look! T hey're Among Best in Country, Official Claims

Parks, gardens, nursery, lakes and more

“fhian’ 65 hilesPof ‘boulevards

make up the ten-

development shows the wide scope of its planning

during the last decade. They were: taken by

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3. One of the finest swimming pools in the Indianapolis system is at Garfield Park. . At the

ur Town

A GENTLEMAN who knows that the world is in much better shape than it was a year ago showed me his new home the

other day. : It had a flat roof, and, as far as 1 could

judge, it was without a cellar. It was a modern house, as you might guess, boldly geometrical, aggressively simple and stripped of all extraneous detail. Indeed, it looked like a theorem sired hy Euclid and it made just as much sense, too, because everything connected with it startled me with its fanatical consistency. The interior was as frank as the exterior and quite as convincing. The windows were concentrated with uncanny strategy to * trap the sunlight, leaving the walls severe and untroubled. There were no projections, no invitations for the play of shades and shadows, no dark corners to harbor dirt or secrets. Everything was as precise and efficient as a modern machine and just as inconceivably clean, too. Indeed, there wasn’t any more nonsense about the new house than there is about a new machine and I have since wondered whether that wasn't what was the matter with it. At any rate, I have wondered whether mods ern architects, in their zeal and enthusiasm for logic and clarity, haven't perhaps lost sight of the human beings inside of the house, because, to tell the truth, my host felt very ill at ease in his new sure roundings.

Mr. Scherrer

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House Has Human Qualities

ND no wonder, because, when you come to think of it, a house has human, not abstract, qualities. It stands in the relation of a friend. One very seldom chooses a friend because he is logical or efficient or precise—an employe, perhaps, a machine always, but gertainly not a friend. That's how we distinguish between servants and friends. . Friendships spring up and houses are chosen be= cause of capricious trifies. Indeed, they are chosen for the very qualities absent in a machine. . Because we like crispness in a machine is no sign that we want it in our home or friend. Neither does it follow that we want intellectual infallibility just because we demand it of machine. Our choice of a home is governed by predilections and prejudices, by racial roots that extend so far back that they trip on trifiles. For example, on the whimsical turn of a stair way, on the glamour of a dark corner, cn the charm of an open fire, on the sweep and gesture of a roof, on ‘anything absurd and nonsensical,”and to say they ‘don’t is to deny that houses have emotional qualities,

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Prejudice Against Ulira-Modern

HICH explains, perhaps, why we as a nation have a prejudice against ultra-modern houses despite the-fact that we have a predilection for every thing else modern. But there is still another reason, and maybe one more to the point. ‘We continue to live in old= fashioned houses, I am convinced, to get as far away from the machine as possible. It's our escape. We res sent being bullied by high-speed elevators, revolving doorways, and, chattering telephones. So much so that with the years we pile'up a subconscious rebel=lion and when the time comes to express our resentment, we go out and buy a house—as a rule, an odd and dilapidated house in the country with big and draughty fireplaces, a leaky roof and sagging beamed ceilings. 2 MY EE AE I Sn Sl a nb 3 2

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«+ It looks as little like an office building or a mas chine as possible. It’s our only way of getiing even with the Machine Age. - :

Hoosier Yesterdays

OCTOBER 20

AST September a record attendance was estabe L lished at the Indiana State Fair, but Indianapolis was very proud on Oct. 20, 1852, when 20,000 persons

million-dollar park system in Indianapolis. Indianapolis children are able to enjoy swimming pools, tennis courts and playgrounds in one of the most complete park systems in any city : of its size -in the country, according to A. C. Sallee, park superintendent. Present Park Board members are Jackiel W.

Howard Maxwell right is the bathhouse, while several of thé'score

of tennis courts are shown in the foreground. 4. The city nurseries at Riverside Park are counted among the most valuable park department additions. . Native and rare bushes and trees are cultivated to beautify park -developments. : : . Lake Sullivan, being landscaped and stocked

1. Tennis courts and flood prevention wall at 30th-st and Fall Creék-blvd. One of the numerous city wading pools is shown at the left. ‘Creek banks have been landscaped and bridle paths constructed along stretches of the boulevard. a 2. The Taggart Memorial, at Riverside Park,

Mrs.Roosevelt's Day

BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT .

H*®= PARK, N. Y., Monday—What do you think came "to me in the mail this morning?—An invitation from the Republican National Committee to subscribe to their campaign fund. It was addressed to me as Miss Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 66

E. 80th-st, New York City, which is the address of the Todhunter school. ‘ I am still connected with this school, and I suppose the mill ich sends out these: appeals could not be expectel to realize that Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in New York is one and the same as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington. All headquarters make these little mistakes, adding to the gaiety of nations. I was particularly interested to receive this, howéver, because it has such a startling heading; a quotation from Lincoln's Gettysburg address:—'That this: nation . . . shall not perish from the earth.” The inference, of course, is that there is a possibility that the nation will perish if the President is re-elected. I wish I could convince myself of this fact. It would make it so much more exciting. But the most I can feel is that we may have more difficult times if the other candidate is elected. After all, we have not perished from the earth through many other periods of stress and change. : I feel I should explain a little. more carefully the plan which Mrs. Arthur Terry carries out in appealing for old spectacles, for I’ find there is confusion on several points. She tells me that any one bringing her a letter of introduction from an organized charity or a social worker is interviewed by her, and then is given a card to one of the leading eye hospitals where they receive a free examination by a specialist. New lenses made. to their prescription are put into the shell frames which Mrs, Terry is able to provide from those sent to her.

Daily New Books

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS—

work that the Seeing Eye is doing in the rehabilitation of the blind provides the inspiration for DARK CONQUEST, by William Heyliger (Appleton-Century; $2). The Seeing Eye is a school at Morristown, N. J, where blind persons are- taught to use trained dogs. These intelligent animals, which respond to the slightest command “of a beloved master, have been the means _of bringing back to vigorous life many who had fallen into despair. 7 . Jerry Lane's world was dark, and his spirit was broken with the pain of it. Then into his life came Lady Nan, a great tawny German shepherd dog, and to the disheartened little family — his orphaned sister and brother, courageous young Molly and 12-year-old Michael—came home again and the sound of laughter in the little house; and to a new and buoyant Jerry and to Agnes, who loved him, came a chance for a normal economic independence. Slight though this little story is, the poignance of the theme and the realization that the experiences are true in their essentials give it significance. orris S. Frank, vice president and co-founder of the Seeing Eye, is to appear before the Town Hall in Indianapolis this winter.

EISURELY strollers, as well as 20-mile hikers, - will find many practical suggestions in A MANUAL OF WALKING, by Elon Jessup (Dutton; $1.75) Mr. Jessup writes in an easy, readable style about the essentials of good walking, and describes the kinds of shoes best fitted for wear on “the body's hardest ked members.” Special attention is given ‘to the merits and disadvantages of such features as arch-

- supports, rubber soles, and water-tight leather. The |

ee is called alsin With Burdens,” and

The pioneer days of flyin

Joseph, presidént; Paul Rathert, Albert Gisler

and Mrs. Louis Markun.

This series of aerial photographs of park

ground,

with the landscaped gardens adjoining. Part of South Grove golf course is shown in the back-

with ducks and fish, is shown at the right. ‘A natural log house with outside fireplace, has been provided by the department for picnics.

Increased Comfort Forecast for Passengers of Airlines

BY SCIENCE SERVICE LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20.—Attention airline travelers! New passenger comforts are in store for you during the next few years: . They were discussed at the National Aircraft Production meeting, held here under the sponsorship of the Society of Automotive Engineers. While disclaiming prophecy as such, Arthur E. Raymond, chief engineer of the Douglas. Aircraft Co., indicated the following trends in . increased passenger comfort:

1. The: problem of eating aloft will turn from the picnic lunch idea to service comparable with that in a railroad club car. A certain amount of cooking will soon be required in the air. Paper plates

-{and utensils will give way to more

permanent and durable materials. Tables will replace trays. 2. Improved sound insulation will further increase quiet, especially on sleeper planes. Raymond, passengers on modern airliners are beginning to notice the hitherto minor squeaks and rattles in the cabins which become audible once the major roar of the engine and propeller has been reduced. - 3. Air conditioning units will be attached on planes when on the ground and before the ventilating system can function at cruising speeds. The latter, incidentally, should soon become automatic in operation rather than depsnd on control by a member of the crew. 4. Slooper planes will necessitate a better arrangement of baggage so that it is accessible. 5. There must be better dressing rooms for men and women, with hot and cold water. 6. Airsickness, due to bumpy

weather, can be overcome by flying |

at high altitudes. Flight above 20,-

000 feet will require the liberation|

of oxvgén into ‘sealed cabins. Gia Raymond, and the future ‘passen-

gers will no longer put up with|

nmodations in order

Already, said Mr.’

passenger’s increased comfort was only ‘a secondary consideration. In the next stage of passenger development, limitations of weight controlled the comfort detail ‘of the plane. Now, however, a saving in weight at the expense of comfort can result in a loss instead of a gain in revenue. he The present problem is to guess how much comfort is worth. how many pounds in weight. “On one hand is the flying boxcar, in which no one will ride; on the other is the doge’s palace, which will not fly. What should the compromise be?” asked Mr. Raymond. : How the internal nature of aluminum castings and other essential airplane parts can be probed by means of piercing X-rays and gamma radiation from radium- was described to the meeting by Tom A. Triplett, consulting engineer. - Metal tubing used in aircraft con-

forgings, propeller blades and springs all lend themselves to radiation checks as an auxiliary for the

and tests. It is not only possible to discover quickly flaws hidden inside metal surfaces, pointed out Mr. Triplett, but the X-ray information can. be used to suggest changes in the prior industrial operations which created those flaws.

struction, cables, rolled sheet metal, |

more normal routine inspections

POLITICS AS

CLAPPER

SEES IT

BY RAYMOND CLAPPER ASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—John

W. Davis, who took leave as attorney for J. P. Morgan to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924, is about to go on.the air against Roosevelt. . . . Amos Pinchot, the pink brother of Gifford, is for Landon. He says Roosevelt is

aping Stalin. . . . Hoover charges Roosevelt with deceit. . . ..Col. Frank Knox continues to. rattle around the country warning - that Roosevelt is out to destroy the American form of government. His latest alarm was sounded to Oklahoma oil men who in 1933 swarmed to Washington begging Roosevelt to use Federal power to save them. . . . Landon is on his way to California to angle for the Townsend vote. - It doesn’t add up—into very much. There are signs that people who try to take their politics intelligently are finding this out. One of them is James Warburg, sound monetary expert who left the New Deal and wrote “Hell Bent for Election,” which . was circulated in thousands of copies by Republicans. He announces that he will vote for Roosevelt. - He can't stand the Republican attack on the Hull trade program which he believes has opened up a most hopeful world recovery trend and which the Republicans plan to scrap. Warburg still doesn’t like the half-baked stuff which got into the New Deal,

but he is ready to swallow even that

in preference to what the Republican campaign now offers.

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HIS must be typical:of a widespread silent disillusionment which is taking place among intelligent persons as the Republican campaign disintegrates into a frantic bid for votes at any price. The chief hope for those who have the future of the country in mind must be that after election the things now being said will be forgotten. © Because it would be tragic if the Republican Communist scare should have the effect of frightening the country away from any attempt to improve conditions that need improvement. Legitimate objection: can be made to many policies, and should be. But to say that the American form of government is being threatened, that if Roosevelt is re-elected we will wind up four years hence with something like Hitler or Stalin in the White House, is indefensible. ‘ ” ” 2 : (\R perhaps it is merely silly. As silly as James K. Polk sounds now. Polk, who isn’t’ remembered for very much, was hot and bothered more than 100 years ago,

and he sent Congress a' fighting |po message denouncing the enlarge-

ment of Federal powers by construc= tion “not warranted by any just/interpretation of the Constitution.” Certain statesmen, Polk’ said, haa concentrated undue power in Federal hands: “This increased power,” he said like a good 1936 Republican, “they did not seek to obtain by the legitimate and prescribed mode—an amendment .of the Constitution—but by construction.” He saw “a flagrant

gossip, petty malice, snobbery,

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ging, and discontent. Our more hein clude mora] laxity, greed, dressing to seduce the

dling in affairs too serious for our attention. In short, our influence, except on Mother's Day, is oi ini dE :

ety Council in their recent meet-

gold-dig- - crimes in-

Papa about Mrs. Smith

A Woman's Viewpoint---Mrs. Walter Ferguson will the men think up next? They al-

WHAT It’s going to be hard to make the cops realize . ready charged us with all the venial sins— :

that the person really to blame for these street crashes is the Little Woman' who at unpropitious - moments begs for a new dining

and dangerous infraction of the Constitution,” which was not “authorized by any express. grant: of power in the Constitution.” Guess what was eating on him?

Well, it was “the American system.”

The American system was-the current name for Henry Clay’s program which stood on three legs—a. national bank, the protective tariff— yes, the same one we have now— and a program of internal improve-. ments. That was the unconstitutional menace to America that kept Polk looking under the bed. ” ” ”

ROM this message, it seems also that some of the ancestors. of

our 1936 Republicans were alarmed cver the use of the presidential veto. Jackson had been ‘savagely denounced for vetoing the bank. Polk similarly was criticised for exercise of “one-man power, despotic in character.” ‘This was one constitutional power which many people didn’t think a President should use. But Polk stood by his guns and made the practice stick, so that now, even Gov. Landon doesn’t object to a President exercising that much

wer. . Roosevelt 1s suffering from . an age-old instinct of the human race which always becomes alarmed, either because of ignorance or ulterior purpose, in the presence of anything strange. When old Cotton Mather. inoculated his family against smallpox, Parrington says, he was abused and. attacked with violence. : But, the storm usually. blows over after election day. At least a num-

crowded into Military Park on the opening day of the first state fair in Indiana history. Lh ‘Many came from 20 to 100 miles away inbrse and ox wagons, camping along the road. I ddition to the various livestock exhibits, other interesting features included a “Mechanics Hall,” which contained displays of machinery and farming implements and latest models of carriages and buggies. : There was also a “Manufacturers Hall,” which featured, among other things, a flower and plant ex= hibit. One of the most popular items seems to have been a series of Daguerrotypes of prominent young ladies of the city and members of the state legislature, Side shows and “menageries” enlivened the occa= sion. The fair went off pleasantly, history records. —(By F.. M.) : ;

Watch Your Health

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Amer. Medical Assn. Journal

T home or at work, carbon tetrachloride as a ‘ "poison must be guarded against. This substance is used in the rubber industry as a solvent and in the dry cleaning industry as a cleansing agent; it ‘is put in fire extinguishers because of its power to put out flame. Many cleaning fluids sold for home use consist largely of carbon tetrachloride. In machine shops, workers use this substance for removing grease from machines and from the hands. Beauty shops use it as a dry shampoo, and doctors prescribe it for removal of hookworm and other parasites. Nevertheless, the fumes of carbon tetrachloride in quantity will disturb health, and overdoses are ex= Cc 1 isonous. ; setinely ens are kept too long in carbon tetrachloe ride, the chemical will draw the fat out of the skin, which then bécomes dry. A dry skin cracks easily, and germs then can enter and cause secondary infection. People who work a great deal with carbon tetrachloride should grease the hands regularly with ointment before going to work, to prevent the dryness that may result. 3 In preventing intoxication from carbon tetrachloride, good ventilation is of utmost importance. The fumes are heavier than air and seek the lower levels. Carbon tetrachloride should never be used in shampoos for hair drying because of the danger of poisoning those on whom it is used. A person who is acutely poisoned by carbon tetra= chloride should be removed at once from contact with the substance and given plenty of fresh air.

Radio Censorship : By Reripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance ie : X 7ASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Private censorship of radio was revived as an issue today in the efforts

of 13 broadcasters to win government sanction for the use of super-power.