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Our Town

By Anton Scherrer

From Indiana —Ernie Pyle PAGE 9 A Hearty Reception Awaits Ernie In Ecuador, and All Because of . ~~ A Magic Note From Washington. . (GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Oct. 29.—We Fee climbed out of Cali through a thick layer of clouds, and then up on top, where

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1938

‘Why You ! ote for Me’

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__ the sun shone brightly and it was like flying ~ over Arctic snow. The glare was so bright

we had to put on our sun glasses. We watched the shadow of our plane on the white cloud floor a couple of thousand feet below. Sometimes it had big, brightly colored sun circles around it. While I was watching, ‘a strange thing happened. All at once I saw a plane shadow "going in the other direction. I looked up, and there went a hig sil--ver Douglas, just like ours, going north. It was not far away, and it passed like a flash. I suppose: our pilots had been in radio touch with it, and had also seen it coming. But to us, it was a shock and a thrill. There high abovey, South America, even high above “the solid white floor of Mr. Pyle Heaven between us and South . America, went one of our own kind. There are only five of us aboard. An Argentine Who. has terrific trouble with his ears. Two engineers from New York. And ourselves. _One of the New Yorkers is going to Lima. Then Jhe’ll fly across the Andes into the tropical jungles of Iquitos, on the Amazon headwaters. He is making a survey for the Peruvian Government. He speaks no Spanish. The other one is going to Patagonia, way below . Buenos Aires. He is making a survey for the Argentine Government. He speaks no Spanish either.

Both these men have movie cameras, and they're first at one window, then another, taking pictures. They say that in all their flying they've never had such beautiful shots. The pilots, shut off in their compartment up front, can call the steward by pushing a buzzer. Once, late in the afternoon, the steward went forward, then quickly came running back and said, “We're crossing the Equator now.”

. We all looked out the window. And then at each other, feeling like fools. For of course nothing looked different. . They didn’t give us any “King Rex” cards. But the steward did have us write down our names and addresses, and later Panagra will mail us a fancy certificate, big enough to frame. Which makes me a veteran of the Arctic Circle, the International Dateline, the Equator and the Wabash River.

Two Days Out of Miami

At 6 p. m. 'we came over Guayaquil. The columns ~~ _@bout the trip down have consumed several days, but actually we came from Miami to Guayaquil in two days. , . A couple of dozen people were at the airport. As the five of us filed out, the people looked us over. Nobody said a word. We all felt very strange and far from home, and friendless. And then suddenly the air was full of greetings, and we were being Senor’d and Senora’d all over the place. Boys hurried with our luggage. The customs

man wouldn’t even look inside our bags. We were in:

a car and headed for town before we knew what it was all about. And this is what it was about. Before leaving ~ Washington, I had had lunch with Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ecuador's Ambassador to the U. S. And then, unbeknownst to me, he had hurried off a letter to South America, on the plane ahead of us. I don't know what he said, but whatever he said was magic.

A ‘room was ready. ' Four boys carried up our four bags. There was a little ride around town. We had salutes to each other, and much talk. They took our responsibilities, spoke -our ‘Spanish, smoothed our red tape, and best of all, were just human to us.

So don’t ever let anybody tell you it isn’t nice to see friends in a strange land, even if they are brand new friends, sent by a magic little note from Wash-

ington.

My Diary

By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Georgia Pine Woods Are Beautiful In Spite of the Need for Rain.

: OLUMBIA, S. C., Friday—We motored a good many miles in Georgia yesterday and there were evidences everywhere of the need of rain. For that reason the coloring was not as beautiful and yet, driving from Atlanta through the pine woods to Roswell in the morning, was very lovely. We stayed only: long enough at Roswell for a look at the old Bullock house and the rooms in which my grandmother, Mittie Bullock, married my grandfather, Theodore Roosevelt. Then we went back with Mrs.

| Stephen B: Ives to lunch.

Her small boy accompanied us for a little while in the morning and we stopped at the Lovett Schcol for a minute, which I had visited before they moved out to the suburbs of Atlanta. The small boy was getting very sleepy, so we left him at home before we started for Roswell. We only glimpsed him again after lunch when he awoke with tousled hair to say politely: “Goodby Mrs. ‘Wosevelt’.” The shape of this little boy’s head reminded. mre of . his grandfather, Bishop Atwood. When families have known each other through several generations, their relationship is taken for granted. Therefore, when a reporter called Mrs. Ives on the telephone and asked her how she happened to know me, I was amused by the confused way in which she tried to explain that she really could not remember.

Shown New Warm Springs Buildings

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Toombs called for us at the Hotel Henry Grady at 3 o'clock and we reached Warm Springs in time for our host, who is also the architect-in-charge there, Mr. Toombs, to show us the begin- * mings of two new buildings—the medical building and the school. New houses always have a great attraction for me. So I begged him to show me the last two he had done. Both of them seemed charming and especially well adapted to the climate and needs of Warm Springs patients. ; Then we went to Mr. and Mrs. Toombs’ home for supper. A beautiful wisteria vine completely covers

".. the trellis over the front porch and they look up a

few steps into a small garden and from the back they have a view out over miles of Georgia country. . I had not seen their house since it was a two-room

"cottage and, lo and behold, it has grown to be a house

filled with lovely things brought from different corners of the world. I found myself wondering how certain delightful effects were created and trying to remember the way a curtain was draped because it fell so gracefully. : We drove back into Atlanta and reached the hotel about 10:30 p. m., and we realized we were conscious of those many miles we have covered. ; We spent all of today on the train bound for

Columbia, S. C.

"* Bob Burns Says—

OLLYWOOD, Oct. 29.—I may be wrong, but it always seemed to me like my folks are jest a little closer together than other people. Maybe it’s because they was always so poor. It looks like the poorer a couple is, the more they understand each other. : : I was talkin’ to a wealthy heiress out here not ‘ago who had married a foreign nobleman. Neither one of ‘em could speak a word of the other “one's language. When I asked her how in the world they could understand each other well enough to want to get married, she said, “Oh, that was easy —we had a perfect understanding. He showed me his family tree and I showed him my bank book!”

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Editor's Note: The Indianapolis Times today publishes ;

herewith the responses received from Candidates for Circuit Court judge, Criminal Court judge and Probate Court judge. The Times yesterday published the campaign state-

ments of all the candidates judgeships.

for the five Superior Court

On Monday, there will appear the statements of candi-

CIRCUIT COURT

WILLIAM D. BAIN Republican, for Judge of Circuit Court

(Born Oct. 28, 1886, in Spencer, Ind.; graduated from Indiana Law School, 1908; member Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis Bar Association, Marion Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Theta Phi law fraternity; married, lives at 4232 Rookwood Ave.; has never held public office.)

HE Circuit Court of Marion County has the power of ap-

- pointment of numerous important

officers, such as jury commissioners, members of the Welfare Board and members of The Indianapolis Foundation. If elected

“I will appoint men and women of

the highest type for these important places. If elected I will devote my entire time and attention to the business of my office and will dispose promptly of all matters submitted to me for decision. When called upon to appoint receivers I will see to it that the receivership estates are administered expeditiously by competent persons at no more than fair compensation for them and their attorneys. I will support and make every effort to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana; and, to the best of my ability, will correctly interpret the law and apply it to the particular facts of each case presented for determination to the end that justice may be done. ” 2 2 EARL R. COX Democrat, for Judge of Circuit Court.

(Born in Indianapolis, Oct. 12, 1887; attended public schools here and at Monticello; attended Butler University; graduated from Indiana Law School and admitted to bar in 1908; served as deputy prosecutor several years ago; member, Masons, Scottish Rite, Murat Temple, Century Club, Indiana Democratic Club, city and state bar associations; married, lives at 5510 Kessler Blvd.)

No statement was received from Judge Cox.

CRIMINAL COURT DEWEY E. MYERS

Democrat, for Judge of Criminal . Court.

(Born in Brazil, Ind, May 20, 1898; spent childhood and early youth in Wheatfield, Jasper County; graduated from Wheatfield High School in 1917, worked until 1922, when he entered Indiana University; taught school in Wierton, Pa., 1924-25; received B. S. from Indiana University, 1927, LL. B,, 1928; came to Indianapolis and entered law practice; deputy prosecutor, 193033; Municipal Judge, 1934-38; residence, 5258 Carrollton Ave.)

F elected I promise, first of all, that every defendant coming before me will receive a fair and impartial trial without regard to race, religion, creed, color or political or other affiliation. Speedy justice is a promise made by every candidate for this type of office, but I mean to make the promise a reality. Delays are unfair to the public when a vicious crime has been perpetrated. Public opinion cools and loses its influence for justice that fits the crime. Delays, on the other hand, may impose undue hardships on defendants caught in the mesh of misleading evidence. Speedy trials,

therefore, are a double insurance

dates for Prosecutor, Sheriff and Juvenile Court Judge.

that justice will not go astray. So far as possible I will plug the legal

loopholes that account for such.

delay.

“Excessive bonds set for the pur-

pose of persecution will have no place in" my court. On the dther ‘hand I do not intend to make it possible for culprits to dbtain their liberty through low bonds easily provided. In the judgeship of the Criminal Court, I will follow the same principles of carefully weighed justice that I practiced while judge of Muncipal Court, Room 3, from 1934 to 1938 inclusively. I invite full examination of my record in that court. 8 ” ”

WALTER PRITCHARD

Republican, for Judge of Criminal Court,

(Born in Indianapelis, Jan. 31, 1886; resident of this city all his life; attended Indianapolis public schools, Shortridge High School, Indiana University, Indiana La School; received law d in 1909; public defender, 1916-18; City Judge, 1918-22; Married, two children, lives at 3968 Carrollton Ave.)

VERY accused is entitled to a fair and impartial trial before a fair and impartial judge. A criminal court aspirant cannot try and condemn upon the stump those whom, in two months, he ‘may be called upon to try as a judge, legally required to presume then innocent, and to require proof of their guilt beyond a reasonable ‘doubt. . Job said man came naked into the world and naked he will leave it. So when an accused faces a court of justice, his race, his creed, his politics fade away; he - stands there, a human being, to be judged without prejudice. Of course, the first duty of a criminal court is to protect the peace and security of the community. Those who menace its safety must be put away. The robber, burglar, murderer, racketeer and kindred offenders merit no lenity. But where consistent with the public welfare, for those who are “overtaken in a fault,” especially for young and first offenders, it is far better that they be permitted to work out their redemption outside the walls of a prison, better for them, for their families and for society. Not many years ago, the merits

Dewey E. Myers

of probation was a controversial

question, even among experts, socalled, in criminology. It is now approved everywhere. ; The truth is known today that, from the viewpoint of society alone, it is unprofitable to the state to support petty offenders in prison, from which they are returned to society, oftentimes the worse for the instructions they have received from seasoned criminals. - Thus society itself, as well as the culprit, is benefited by the mandate of our state constitution, that “the penal code shall be based upon the principles of reformation and not of vindictive judgment.”

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PROBATE COURT

SMILEY N. CHAMBERS

~" Democrat, for Judge of Probate Court

(Resident of Marion County throughout his life; graduated

Smiley N. Chambers

James Edwin McClure

‘from Shortridge High School and Wabash College in 1912; attended Indiana Law School, admitted to bar, 1914; served in Army as lieutenant in 139th Field ‘Artillery, 1917-1919; resumed practice of law until 1931, when he became judge of Probate Court; member, Second Presbyterian Church, Indiana and Indianapolis bar associations; married, has one child, lives at 1605 Talbott Ave,)

HE work of the Probate Court consists mainly in the overseeing and direction of the management of all the estates left by decedents either with or without a will; also the management and direction of guardianships of insane people, old people, and minors and the control and management of private and public trusts. Necessarily this work is highly personal in its ‘nature and as such requires calm and deliberate

* judgment and fairness to all. The

record of the Court speaks for it-

Amebic Infections Are Increasing in.

U. S., Tulane Professor Declares

By David Dietz

Times Science Editor

ETWEEN 500,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States suffer from amebic infection. This is the estimate of Dr. Alton Ochsner, professor of survey at Tulane University, New Orleans.

Dr. Ochsner calls this “an appallingly high figure,” but adds that his estimate is conservative and that actually the prevalence of the disease may be much higher. Readers will recall that a large number of deaths followed the outbreak of amebic dysentery during the Chicago “Century of Progress” world’s fair. At that time it was generally supposed that amebic in-

|fection or amebiasis, as the doctors

call it, was rare in this country, It is common in the tropics.) Dr. Ochsner, however, is convinced that it is not rare and that its incidence is on the increase. Addressing the symposium on medical problems of the South at Duke University, he said that records of a series of examinations of 49,336 patients in all parts of the United States showed 5720 persons, or 11.6 per cent, to be infected with the disease. He said that a series of examinations of 2058 persons before 1930 showed infection in 10.3 per cent of the cases. A similar study of 28,634

individuals examined since 1930 showed positive infection in® 3682, or 12.8 per cent. 8 ® 8

VERY high school student of biology is familiar with the ameba. It is a microscopic onecelled animal at. the very bottom of the evolutionary scale. Seen under the microscope, it is a tiny speck of living jelly containing a dark spot or nucleus. ; . It moves about by extending its jelly-like substance into a sort of finger in the direction in which it wants to move. These finger-like processes are known as “pseudopodia.” The ameba studied in school laboratories is the common variety found in ponds and ditches. This variety is not dangerous to man. But it has several cousins which are pathogenic. : The dangerous amebas do their damage by eating into the tissues of the intestinal tract, causing serious lesions. Often. they perforate

the intestinal tract, causing peri-|

tonitis. The infection may localize in the appendix, causing a type of appendicitis. So i Dr. Ochsner also points out that the lesions caused by the ameba need not be restricted to the intestinal tract. He says that about one-

half of the complications of amebiasis are abscesses of the liver.

- |The disease may also cause ab-

scesses of the spleen, the chest cavity, and even of the brain. Because of these facts, Dr. Ochsner believes that the surgeon must be on the alert for the presence of amebiasis in a wide variety of cases. He says that it is unfortunate that the term amebic dysentery is some-

times thought to represent the only

type of amebic infection. He says that infection may be present without symptoms of dysentery.

SO THEY SAY

A good old-fashioned spanking would halt many a juvenile case right where it started—Dr. J. G. Wilson, psychiatrist of Frankfort, Ky.

The great American men Europe knows are the men whose effigies appear on $1 bills—Emil Ludwig, Speaking to the American Club in Pa. :

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Complete press freedom does have its disadvantages and evils, but they are far outweighed by their great service to a humanity that is seeking truth.—Abbe Dimnet, French author and lecturer. ;

Statements of Candidates for Circuit, Criminal and Probate Court Posts

Earl R. Cox

Walter Pritchard

self and my policy for the future will be the same as it has been in the past, namely, the dispensation of justice fairly and without prejudice to all concerned or interested. ”

. 0” JAMES EDWIN MCLURE Republican, for Judge of Probate Court.

(Born July 28, 1900, at Hildreth, Ill.; moved to Indianapolis when 6 years of age, has lived here continuously since; attended Indiana Law School and graduated from Benjamin Harrison Law School in 1926; member, Englewood Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine, city, state and national bar associations; Sigma Delta Kappa, past president, Local No. 3, American Federation of Musicians; secretary, Marion County Republican Central Committee, 1934-38; member Christian Church, married, has one son, lives at 6185 Rosslyn Ave.)

AM strongly in favor of a nonpartisan judiciary. ‘If elected I promise the. strictest economy in the operation of this Court, and will see to it that the same is divorced from any politics. : I intend to conduct the affairs of the Probate Court fairly and impartially,” and will plant all judgments according to law on

equal ground. The Probate Court will be so conducted by me that the uttermost protection will be given to the rights of widows and orphans. I am particularly interested in the fact that the Probate Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the adoption of infant children. More persons transact business in the Probate Court than in any other court in the state of Indiana, and I promise that I will extend the uttermost courtesy and fairness to al’ litigants and members of the bar. : I promise to see that all guardianships are strictly accounted for, and will see that proper bonds are provided for the benefit of all beneficiaries. I also pledge prompt adjudication of all matters pending in this court, and prompt, diligent care in preserving the corpus of all trusts administered under my jurisdiction. I will keep my oath of office, and my motto will be “courteous, honest and fair dealings to all.”

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1—Mexico. 2—Gen. Meade. 3—Coronation. 4—Frank R. McNinch. 6—An instrument for recording earthquakes. 6—Tennis. T—Neither; - it is a Federal district. :

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lt Took 15 Heads of Cabbage and Two Nights of Hard Work to Make Sauerkraut - at Columnist's Home.

ATHER, I remember, always regarded the winding of clocks and the making of sauerkraut the two prerogatives of the head of the house. In all other things Mother had her way. i : Once, to be sure, Mother tried to point out that Halloween week was much too early to start making sauerkraut. I'll neyer forget Father's reaction. He took exception right away and preached a half-

hour-long sermon on the shiftless- ; ness of people who put off making sauerkraut until the middle .of November or Thanksgiving as some: South Side families ‘were known to do. From that day on, it became a tradition in our household that with Halloween out of the way, the next thing to tackle was the making of sauerkraut. The manufacture of sauerkraut always started with Mrs. Koltoff’s: pgp. Scherrer arrival at our house. She ran a big farm outside the city limits where she raised the headiest - cabbages = anywhere - around Indianapolis. Fifteen of her cabbages used to fill a big barrel, I remember. One year the heads were so big that it took two barrels to accommodate 15 cabbages. I mention the incident to show that Father always insisted on Mrs. Koltoff’s delivering 15 big cabbages, no matter how many barrels it took to haul them. Well, with the cabbages safely delivered in our kitchen,’ the home industry got under way. It was night work. For two reasons: (1). Because Father had to be around to boss the job, and (2) because he insisted on us kids being present, too. Father said he had hopes that some day we kids would be heads of houses and the sooner we learned about making sauerkraut, the better it would qualify us for the jobs.

As near as I recall, the cabbages were first stripped of their outer leaves, cut in halves and sliced rather fine on a cabbage cutter which looked like a washboard with blades set in. The Germans on the South Side called it a “kraut hobel” (cabbage-plane).

Packing Followed Planing

To plane the cabbage right took a night. . Next night the packing process began. Four quarts of the planed cabbage were put into a large granite pan, sprinkled with one-fourth cup of salt and mixed thoroughly; after which the batch was put into an .eight-gallon crock and pounded with a wooden stamper until the brine came to the top. Then another batch (again four quarts of cabbage and salt) was prepared and put on top of the first and so on until all the cabbage was used up. On top of the last layer came the discarded outer leaves of the cabbages and a small square of cloth, Finally came a round board cut exactly the size of the crock and on top of this a heavy stone to keep the contents under brine. By that time it was long after midnight. The next night the crock was put in the cellar to ferment (we called it “swelling”). Two weeks later Father would go down to have a look and remove the scum. After that, he went down regularly every week to do the same thing. When there wasn’t any more scum to remove, he pronounced it fit to eat. The eight-gallon crock lasted us until the middle of April. I remember. There was only one exception and that was the year it took two barrels to hold Mrs. Koltoff’s 15 cabbages. That year we ate sauerkraut the year round. It surprised Father like everything. @.

Jane Jordan— Mothers Are Often Unconsciously

Jealous of Daughters’ Boy Friends.

DEE JANE JORDAN—I am ga girl 18 and in my : last year of high school. I am engaged to a respectable boy whom I love very much. My parents know nothing about our engagement, for if they did they would not permit my friend to come back any more. My mother does not like Bud and we argue and quarrel about him all of the time. She should be glad that I am going with someone who is nice and respectable. . This boy has given her no reason to dislike him but she does. I've tried in every way to find out what she doesn’t like about him and her reply always is, “I just don’t like him.” In fact she has disliked everyone I have gone with. I have gone with boys about whom I cared nothing. These she always likes and can’t see why I don’t keep on going with them, but if I don’t care for a boy I don’t want him to spend any money on me or waste my time and his. I don’t dislike or hate my mother. I love her as much as any girl could but we just don’t get along and I'm sorry about it all. Please tell me what to do. / PUZZLED GIRL.

Answer—Perhaps your mother is jealous of your boy friends and doesn’t want them to take you away from her. That would account for the fact that she likes the boys you don’t care for and urges you to go with them. Instinctively she knows that they constitute no menace and will never be able to take you away from hgme. Now don’t take me wrong, either. I don’t mean that your mother would be conscious of the fact that this is why she can’t like the boys you like. Mothers are notoriously blind where their children are concerned. I only mean that down underneath she may not want you to marry but is ashamed to admit to siich a selfish attitude. ’ - Well, I wouldn't argue with her about it. Pretend not to notice the digs she takes at your boy friend. If she can give you sensible reasons, listen to them, but if her views are simply prejudiced, ignore them. In the meantime it won't hurt a bit to encourage your boy friend to win her regard by being kind to her in spite of her dislike. : 2 ” ” EAR JANE JORDAN—I am a girl of 15. I went D with a boy for three months but we split up after a while. I had a date with him one night about two months later and he stood me up and never came back. He told my girl friends that the reason he wouldn't go with me was that I was too fat. I only weigh 121 and am not so terribly large. Do you think that is any reason why he shouldn't go with me? : ~ BEWILDERED.

Answer—Certainly not. Why pay any attention to the far fetched reasons a boy gives for his lack of interest? Perhaps you antagonized him at some time

or other and this is his way of slapping back. Fore : JANE JORDAN.

© put blems in a letter to Jane Jordsn, who will P+. Your Questions in this column daily. :

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