Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1937 — Page 11

ash By RAYMOND CLAPPER

(Ernie Pyle, Page 13)

VV ASHIN GTON, Jan. 5.—“My little. son - Jimmy,” as President Roosevelt calls his 6-foot eldest son, James, is moving into the White House executive offices this week. Everyone is vague about it, but that has only ‘stimulated interest in the event. In part, of course, the President for personal reasons feels the need of having his son with him since the death of -his trusted and intimate Seeret Service aid, Gus Gennerich. Jimmy often has substituted for Gus at the President’s side during public appearances. But Jimmy is going to be somethinz much more important in the scheme of things at the White House than Gus was. This is indicated by the fact that he will occupy the office formerly used by Secretary Stephen T. Early, who has taken over the quarters of the late Louis Howe. Mr. Roosevelt says Jimmy will handle “odds and ends” Whether he will go on the payroll immediately as an unofficial member of the White House secretariat, or be put first through a probationary trial, is not clear. Regardless of the vagueness about Jimmy's official status, little doubt exists as to his real status. He is regarded here as the political heir of the Roosevelt family tradition. The President appears to consider James the most. promising of the sons so far as a political career is concerned. It is expected that James will serve in many situations as his father’s contact man with members of Congress. Undoubtedly the President will see to it that his son is given the most thorough possible experience in the art of politics. Such an apprenticeship, under one of the greatest politicians America has produced, is something that any young man, intending to make politics his career, would give at least one arm for.

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IMMY has knocked around for four years, and the experience is about all he has to show for it: His activities in Massachusetts politics, while operating an insurance sales agency in Boston, met with numerous rebuffs.

Mr. Clapper

He wound up riding with Governor Curley, who is |

now down—you can’t say that fellow ever is out— while failing to ingratiate himself with the top Democrat of the ‘Old Bay State, Senator David I. Walsh. In the process, Jimmy opposed ratification of the Child Labor Amendment, which caused a minor crisis in the Roosevelt family as the White House had made

abolition of child labor one of its first objectives. |

Put in Charge at Hyde Park

HEN Massachusetts politicians began asking that the President take his son out of politics, Jimmy was placed in charge of agricultural activities at the President’s Hyde Park estate. A few months later he became president of a New Jersey yeast company, resigning after a short time. Last November he became a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve and was placed temporarily on active duty to accompany his father to Buenos Aires.

Jimmy has the Roosevelt personality, and an irresistible yen for politics. Who knows but that some years hence, after he is through going to school under his father, he will be the squire of Hyde Park running for Governor of New York.

Mrs.Roosevelt's Day

By ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ASHINGTON, Monday. —On the whole, Sunday

was a fairly qyiet day. Ruth and Elliott left

with their friends for New York and Johnnie went “back to college. James and Beisy were here for lunch with Ambassador Daniels and his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Worth Daniels. Mrs. Daniels unfortunately is still in Raleigh on account of the death of a dear cousin. We all of us have a very soft spot for Ambassador Daniels.

In the afternoon Betsy and Jimmy left for New| York to make their final arrangements for moving down here as soon as possible. I went to one of the| Sunday afternoon popular concerts given by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mr. Hans

Kindler. It was a delightful two hours and I returnedj

in a most caim and peaceful frame of mind.

Mr. Alexander Woollcott and a few other friends| came to Sunday night supper and I was much amused when Mr. Woollcott urged Mr. Ernest Lindley to join the antiaviation club, for among our guests were Mr. and Mrs. C, R. Smith. Mr. Smith has a very vital interest in aviation—he is president of American Air-| lines—but he never changed his expression until suggested that perhaps he would take a different pointj of view. Very soon after supper my husband had to " go off to work on his message to Congress, but the rest of us talked until about 10:30. I ate my breakfast alone this morning till Sara) and Chandler came in to greet me. I suggested we gq in and see if Grandpa was awake. Chandler ran ahead gaily, dashed up to him and when he said h | had a slight cold and she must kiss the back of hi head, she carefully imprinted a kiss on the back of his| neck without any question as to the necessity or wis “dom of this procedure! Then taking Sara by th hand she led the way into her mother’s room, where all her Christmas toys are spread out ready to play wit and I left them there happily occupied. 1 speni the morning on mail and attended a de-| lichtful luncheon given by Mrs. Swanson, the wife of the Secretary of the Navy.

‘New Books

PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS— HE decay which spread throughout Europe immediately after the Napoleonic wars found the Jewish tailors and the German weavers of Silesia picking up stakes and swarming into the. textile city of Lodz. Ere long, the Polish peasants surrounded the German and Jewish workers in this city of hand-

“Second Section

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1937

Entersd as Second-Glass Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

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BUILDING TRENCHES IN THE SKIES

(Second of a Series)

By MAJ. AL WILLIAMS Times Specifil Writer

HE country that wins the next war will be the one which hatches the most

war birds in the least time. Upwards of a thousand fighting airplanes a week for each nation may be the opening figure when the lid finally is blown off the seething cauldron in Europe. But that’s only the starting point, because such an amazing production figure was achieved during the closing days of the World War. The new war will be fought in the air, and that calls for new armament programs.

The efficiency of an air 133 force, which Maj. Williams = 1 ns air power, depends upon the performance of the ships, their number, and the ability ‘of the airmen. First of all, there must be the capacity to produce the ships.

With this in mind, I toured Europe and looked not only at the ships each country had in its display windows, but also stepped back into the workshop to see how it is fixed to handle a wholesale order. For in the next war, the air fleets now on hand will do a lot of important sparring, but the planes which will figure in the decisive round are yet to be built.

The Germans, who never regard war from an emotional standpoint, but treat it as a hard, cold business, have developed the most comprehensive and efficient system for the mass production of fighting planes and engines.

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HE new German air force is equal in executive power and prestige with the army ,and navy. It doesn’t fear interference from its sister services. There's no haggling or internal quarreling about the relative prestige of army, navy or air. The German Air Ministry has complete control, not only of its own affairs, but ‘also over anti-aircraft equipment, and the training of air civilian populations to meet widespread air raids. The Germans believe that the next European war can be decided in the air. English, French and American bankers continually harp on the fact that neither Germany nor Italy is possessed of sufficient resources to conduct a three or four-year war. But German and Italian air strategists smile at this and tell you that if and when they are forced to fight, they don’t intend to fool around three or four years trying to get an answer. Their war should be over in four or five days, and could not logically exceed four weeks. The Germans are thorough, inventive and possessed of vision. They seized upon the air arm, during. the World War, and bombed London repeatedly while the British fiddled around and failed to produce bombers which could retaliate on Berlin until the Armistice. Italy and Germany believe that an ajr war means a few concentrated &nd rapid thrusts of thousands of bombing planes against enemy arterial centers. - Contrary to headlines and inaccurate estimates, Germany has practically nothing in the way of a practical air force at the present time. Her Main efforts have been devoted to organization and training of personnel and the development of a comprehensive system for the mass production of war planes. And in this latter department she has created a masterpiece. To begin with she is the only nation that has the three necessary types of fighting aircraft engine. There's the streamlined BMW liquid-cooled engine of more than a thousand horsepower to be installed in her high-speed

Country Producing Most Planes Will Win Next War, Wil liars Says

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single-seater and two-seater fighters. These fast ships will be employed for home defense, as the extended arms of anti-aircraft batteries, against invading bombardment squadrons. ' ” 2 ”

ER air-cooled radial engines, cheaper and easier to build under a mass production program, will be fitted to the slower ships that will form the “infantry of the air.” In any air force program such ships and engines will be flown by the hastily mobilized reserve pilots numbered by the thousands. So far her available engine designs are comparable with those of the other European powers. But for long-range bombardment ships, the real striking and punishing arm of an air force, she has an excellent, thoroughly reliable, heavy oil-burning motor. This is the Diesel engine, pioneered and built by the Junkers Co.—and it will prove to be a gold mine. Slightly heavier than. the gasoline liquid-cooled job, it is the ideal motor for long-range bombing, because of its economy in fuel consumption. As far as equipment, facilities and program are concerned, Germany has a superior advantage in the matter of theoretical research and experimental work. In this department I believe she stands far above all other nations. But it is her plan for mass production of planes and engines that deserves first consideration. Ordinarily, air force people decide upon a type of fighting ship and turn the design over to the manufacturing industry, with the hope that a mass production scheme can be arranged. Again the Germans fail to follow the rule book. And when the new air force agrees upon a new design,

" the plans and specifications are

turned over to the aircraft manufacturer along with orders to work out his best method for building the component parts in great quantities.

Its air force now a conglomeration of many airplane t Germany does not have a uniform, first-class fighting fleet. is her objective, and when factories turn out the ships, young fliers (center), ready to be drafted into service. E: of ememy aviation, the army constantiy studies anti-aircr

(below), for field use.

pes (top), But that here’ll be pr fearful ft tactics

F the aircraft manufacturer believes he can build two ships a day by following the plans exactly, the production expert wants to know what will be lost in point of strength or performance if a wing tip is rounded instead of tapered. For instance, when the aeronautical engineers decide that the

"loss would be one-tenth of a mile

an hour, the German Air Force steps in with the direction, “we’ll round the wing tip, because by this short-cut and dozens of others which do not materially affect the ship’s performance or strength, we’ll be able’ to produce 10 airplanes in the same length of time.” Under such a system the production expert immediately - designs automatic machinery for stamping out the various parts of the airplane. Nothing is left to chance and no operation performed by hand, which can be done by sliding a

STRONG GROUPS GIVE SUPPORT TO CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT

ut to size automatic n a lever produces a matter were or-

piece of metal already against the stops of an machine, where a pull and a mighty crunch the airplane wing tip i of minutes where hour dinarily required. In one plant I visited turning out four 750-] Diesels every day, with ing either organizatio: chinery, and it’s my ! this plant could turn o plete Diesels every 24 h pressure. In an: adjo tory, as far as I could about three completec were rolled out the fac every 24 hours. And expanding the same method, this could 1:adily be boosted to 20 ships a ay. And, mind you,-this was only bne plant.

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PPY sound analysis & B understanding of | duction principles, plu lingenuity and energy, the ®er‘mans are equipped to ‘'manufacture ships and eng nes fast

they were prsepower it strainor maslief that 50 com-~ urs under ning facascertain, bombers ory doors v slightly roduction

id a true 1aSs proGerman

enough to give them tie air su-

premacy of Europe Ww ‘hin two years. This estimate still spite of the fact that a! ent moment she does 1 more than 300 airpla;

itands in the pres)t possess es which

would be reckoned as first-line jobs. The true estimate ‘of a na-

* tion’s air strength is reckoned on

its ability to grind out finished. fighting aircraft in great quantities and in a hurry. And Germany’s sound approach and solu-

tion of this problem permits her

to use youngsters who have just come from the farms, restaurant waiters, who are entirely uniamiliar with aircraft production technique and put them to work running ‘her automatic factory machinery after two or three weeks of introduction. For years Germany has been subject to pressure from her neighbors. She’s now building up the counterpressure and the result will be an explosion. She's not going to stand any more “horsing” around. She has neither the money, nor the resources to seek her portion of international power according to the expensive and inefficient standards of building armies and navies. Admirals and generals advance and retreat, or negotiate for peace, at the command of the people back home. Air warfare will compel them to make up their minds in a hurry, without wasting millions of lives and destroying the resources of an entire nation. If and when she does go to war, she’s going to do it in a modern fashion, by carrying the war to the people: who pay for it and who decide when it shall stop.

NEXT—The finest air fleet in the world.

Our Town

By ANTON SCHERRER

HE little piece 1 wrote some time since about the difficulty of reading dime novels

when we were boys set Brandt Steele to

thinking back 50 years or so to a bitter experience of his own. v Fifty years or so ago, Mr. Steele lived in

the lovely latticed house set in & grove of cetax ‘xee~ | . on the site of the present John Herron Art Institute, | Mr. Steele has reason to remember the cedar trees |

because one of them had a cavity large enough to serve as a cache for the collection of dime novels which was the joint property of Hugh Richards, Howard Wiggens and, of course, Mr. Steele. Mr. Steele wa§ the custodian of the collection -and he did his job so well that nobody outside the corporation knew, or even sus- - pected, the hiding place—least of oy is father... This was reassur-" g because Father Steele, like all fathers of the time, had some no- We. Schérrer tions about what he called the “pernicious practice” of reading dime novels, which he didn’t ‘hesitate to exercise in the presence of the boys. This led the boys, of course, to exercise the utmost caution in hiding their treasure every night before turning in for supper. Brandt says he’ll never forget the morning he went into the yard and discovered that somebody had monkeyed with the hiding place. Every dime novel was missing. He suspected his father at once, be= cause he remembers that his father had a nocturnal habit of wandering among the trees just before going to ped. Anyway, it couldn't have been anybody but his father, because not one of the kids in the neigh-

borkeod was smart enough to figure out the hiding place.

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Terrible Day

WELL it was a terrible day for Brandt. He stayed _ away from the house all that day for fear of meeting his father, and returned home just in. time for supper. In going to his room he remembers sneaking past the library, and there he saw his father perched in a big chair, bug-eyed with excitement, reading one of the dime novels. The rest of the books were piled high on the table beside him. Brandt says he’s reasonably sure that his father read every

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book’ in the collection. Father and son never men-

tioned the subject. again.

All of which leaves me space to tell another tale, .

quite as touching in its way, which is only 40 years old. More specifically, it has to do with the early years.of Kurt Vonnegut’s life. :

Mr. Vonnegut, it appears, was sick, and to diagnose

the case, Dr. Pink was called in. Dr. Pink enjoyed a big business among the Germans at the time, and he more than had his hands full when the Vonnegut boys took to bed.

” ” ” Tools Right Prescription

D* PINK prescribed for Kurt with no perceptible results. Finally at the end of four days, he said: “Kurt, what would you like to have?” Kurt thought he'd like to have a tool bench, a saw, a hammer, a chisel and a monkey wrench. That evening a wagon pulled up st the Broadway home of the Vonneguts and delivered just what Kurt has wished for. As a matter of fact, Dr. Pink had thought of a couple of tools that Kurt, in his delirium, had forgotten to ask for. Dr. Pink had gone to the Vonnegut Hardware Co., filled his prescription there, and charged the hill te Father Vonnegut. Sure, Kurt got well :

‘A Woman's View

By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON T long last Samuel Goldwyn has come around to

my way of thinking. We agree there’s too much glamor in the movies. Mr. Goldwyn made his official pronouncement to-the press the other day, which means undoubtedly that something will be done about it. :

Not that the films will be heavy-laden with realism. There will likely be merely a slight lessening of the strain on our credulity. For instance, while the Hungry little clog dancer from Hooker Flats waits in an attic bedroom for her break to make a hit on Broadway, we shan’t have to see here weaving her way about Manhattan dressed like Kay. Francis bound for the photographers. : So far, so good. But once that job is attended to, there’s another little inconsistency which should be

looked after—I refer to the sweet delusion fostered by |

the films that hard drinking makes one wise, witty and—sober. Invariably you will netice there is a

subtle suggestion of that where nice men and women |

are concerned. Of course the hoboes occasionally ap-

pear soused, but the hero and heroine—never! Really | soused, I mean. They may have a straggling forelock | or a hat slightly awry, but we can see that after a | night of steady drinking they are only pleasantly exe |

hilarated. Now and then the comedy relief, playing the barfly, will be kiliingly funny with his quips and gyrations, but he never gets disgusting.

In “After the Thin Man,” starring those two vete | erans of the flowing bowl, Nicholas and Nora Charles, | the murder victim was 36 hours in a night club, we |

were told, steadily downing brandies, after which he got up right before our eyes, put over a very profitable financial shakedown and walked soberly out of his house, only to be shot in the back. Yes, the really glamorous figure in the movies now adays is Old Demon Rum. And certainly one of the miracles brought to us by the projectors is the instantaneous sobering up process. Topers who are ready to slide under the table become instantly alert, cunning, agile as mountain goats, as they rise to dee fend 'a woman’s virture or a country’s honor. That Hollywood liquor must be swell; it never leaves a hangover.

looms, and became a part of their destiny. Against the early 19th century background of THE BROTHERS ASHKENAZI, py IL J. Singer (Knopf), . we become acquainted with the two predominant Jewish characters, Simcha Meyer and his twin brother Jacob Bunim. From the very beginning Simcha, nervous, aggressive, and himself unhappy, brings unhappiness to those with whom he comes in contact. He must scheme and work for his ultimate gains, while to his easy going, well-liked brother, all good things come without effort. The story lover will. follow with interest the career of -the textile manufacturers in Lodz and the lives of the three parasitic wives: Privah, Dinah and Gertrude. For the reader more concerned with racial discrimination and class injustices the political activities of Teveyeh and Nissan, which helped to pre_cipitate the Russian revolution, will provide ample material for reflection.

By DICK VAUGHAN USTIN, Jan. 5.—It is going to take the kind of a man who would’ walk right up to a wildcat and spit in his eye to vote against ratification of . the Child Labor Amendment in sessions of State Legislatures starting in January. Churches, labor unions, political .| organizations, women’s clubs, teachers’ groups and other ‘strong groups are solidly behind ratification of the amendment. me : Many of the leaders of these organizations are gunning for opponents of the amendment. They have tacked up the political hides of some past strong opponents and are 4 8 » out for more. : HAT woman who is turning u I~ : A Jegistssor Ton be alle 0 Sake T= nose as she passes hii ee rom the Cap 0 his hote = | liquor store probabil 7 ont seeing somebody Delongiog to a q p y is a member Trainmen have all indorsed it. group that has indorsed the amend- ‘a = =n

ment. DD that all up and the result Let's take a walk down the street KNOW YOUR seems to be Do trouble INDIANAPOLIS

with a legislator and see whom we : meet that is on record through some . | | for opponents of ratification. : organization for the amendment. Because of central location A lot of politicians are ignoring and superior postal facilities of the strength behind the amendment. Indianapolis, many mail-order

® zs ® HERE'S a man with an Amer- They think because it has been sublcan Legion button. The Legion || and publishing firms dispatch | |mitted since 1924 and Texas hasn't has indorsed the amendment. His|| , co shipments of catal ratified it vet. the ts of wife is a_member of the Legion gs, s Joi. the Propenen Auxiliary, which also is for it. magazines and merchandise 1p || 102 amendmen) are Weak, |. Next is a blond in nurse's um- || established representatives in ||ipe a yerous a. emp in 1933, form. The Texas Graduate Nurses’ this city. These representatives, Since then it has Hy gaining Association is for the amendment. in turn, mail the matter from ||strength rapidly. A ratification res"this postoffice in order to reach ||°lution has passed the House twice the most recipients at the lowest rates, 4 wot :

The Texas Branch, American Association of University Women, also backs the amendment.

That woman has the facial characteristics of the Hebrew race. The Texas Conference of the National Jewish‘ Council of Women has indorsed the amendment. :

It’s hard to pick out a Methodist by looking at a crowd, but there must be Methodists along the street. The ‘Texas Conferences of Woman's Missionary Council of that church wants the amendment’ ratified. So does the Texas diocese of the Episcopal Church,

of the W. C..T. U., which has gone on record for the amendment. There's the local Y. W. C. A. That organization has indorsed the amendment. \ A woman is leading a child by the hand. The Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers is for the amendment. So is the Texas League of Women Voters. Also ‘the Progressive Democrats of Texas. i There ‘are a’ lot of men in overalls. The Texas State Federation of Labor, International Association of Machinists, Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Rail-

| Your Health

By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor, Amer. Medical Assn. Journal

HERE are various ways in which the tonsils may be removed. The most common method, that recommended by the ‘vast majority of doctors, is known as surgical removal. - ; ~ In small children an anesthetic is used. When the child is under anesthetic, the doctor, with a special device, frees one tonsil from the surrounding tissue and then takes it out inside its ‘capsule in one piece. This procedure then is repeated with | the other tonsil. If, as occasionally happens, some | portion of the tonsil does not come away with the entire mass, it is removed separately. If small portions of the tonsils are left, they again may become infected and enlarged, so that another operation is necessary. For this reason we some= times hear of persons who claim they have had their tonsils removed two or three times. This is, however, the exception, and not the rule. Recently it has been suggested that the enlarged tonsils of grown-ups be removed by electric coagula< tion. In this procedure, a new apparatus, with electric current passing through a wire, is applied to the tonsil and either dries up by heat or burns up small portions of the tonsil. It is possible in this way to remove small pieces at each visit to the physician so that lie the entire tonsil is removed. The advantage is that a surgical operation may thus be avoided and, provided everything goes i well, the patient may be able to work during the entire procedure. . This procedure is not, however, as accurate as the surgical method, and occasionally there develop sec=

Use Reflector Buttons To Show Road Dangers

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HE poems of T. A. Daly are popular newspaper verse, written largely for The Philadelphia Evening Ledger, but they are unique for polished accuracy of form and cadence. His new volume, ‘SELECTED POEMS OF T. A. DALY (Harcourt), contains Irish dialect and other types of verse in addition to the Italian dialect poems with which his name is associated. / ? “He has found good music in very simple hearts and flowers growing ‘round the heavy wheelbarrow of journalism,” says Christopher Morley in an affectionate tribute. Daly’s Italian fruit pedlers, ditch diggers, -and organ grinders, all feel the joy of little things, of sunshine and loved family ties. The Irish groups are as lovable a group of warm-hearted witty philosophers and gossips’ as ever found their way between the covers of a book. Typical is the blind beggar, whose cheerful philosophy is: “They're blind indeed, poor souls, that another's mind to see and read

“What thoughts are in their own.”

: ii —Science Service Photo. Small reflector “butions” embedded in pavement are being utilized

experimentally by sever] state highway departments, officials of the Public Safety Council ir Chicago have announced. The reflectors shine by the light from moto ists’ headlights and form a glowing ribbon up the highway center as i' winds around curves and up hills. Shown is a strip of California r¢ d with a-curve. Safety officials caution that the use of such marker: should be confined only to dangerous stretches | ondary infections and tonsillar abscesses, resulting in of roadway so that motc 'ists will not become too used to them and thus | much more loss of time than occurs in the ordinary disregard’ their safety v lue. ; tonsil operation, 5“ a:

That looks like a teacher ihe nurse is with. The Texas - State in the four succeeding years. Proponents are going to turn on

Teachers’ Association and Grade the heat in January with the best £ : :

need \ : Teachers’ Association both are besuccess yet.

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hind the amendment.