Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1938 — Page 9
agabond From Indiana=Ernie Pyle e Sprawling Rio de Janeiro, Guarded
By Lofty Peaks, Offers Impressive |
Sight Even to a Veteran Traveler.
Rio DE JANEIRO, Dec. 24.—Nobody: but.
a fool would try to describe Rio. But, being a sterling and rockbound fool, I will try it. | : Our approach was, by circumstance, perfect. The weather was slightly bad. Instead of cutting across land and coming upon Rio from behind, as usual, we skirted up the coast, flying about a mile from shore,
The .shoreline was very green and hilly. Peaks of weird formation rose from the water. A great granite knob rolled past. And there beyond it lay a long ‘curved strip of
white beach, and behind that great-
buildings. We all looked and pointed. “So that is Rio! Boy, isn’t it beautiful?”
At the end of the beach was a
big peak. Gradually it drifted by. . And there beyond was another beach—longer, more deeply curved, with higher buildings behind. “This must be Rio. It’s really big, isn’t it? Look at those hills. What
Mr. Pyle
a sight!” ¢ 5 At the end of that beach was another -big peak— bigger than the others, solid granite, with a few trees and bushes near the bottom. It shut off the view beyond. But soon we drew even with it, and then suddenly the hidden scehes leaped into view. And there was the real Rio. The others were just suburbs. Here was Rio all around us, in every direction. To right, and left, and ahead. Beneath us was harbor, filled with ships and island and ferries. An immense harbor. We had flown through the narrow harbor entrance, and approached Rio as the steamers do, only in a grandstand seat. The Mast big knob we had passed was the famous Sugar Loaf. There was no regimentation to the city at all. City just ran everywhere, in spurts. . : White city, against dark day, mingled with curved white beaches, looked down upon by incredibly green and precipitous and violently shaped mountains of granite. There was something in it of Hawaii. The same lush green, and perpendicular cliffs, and beaches. And. on other days, the same hot sun. - We banked zround and landed on a big square airport sticking right out into the harbor. We were less than two minutes from the busiest corner in town. We werit to a small hotel that a traveling friend had told us about. It isn’t even in the travel books. Only one person in the hotel speaks English. He is a bellhop, who learned it while tending bar in Sao Paulo. He calls everybody “Doc.” But we don’t need English here. /
Bellhop Is Interpreter
At this hotel, you get what you want through a sort of international Esperanto of understanding. We have two rooms on the top floor, facing the harbor. We can sit in our chairs, or stand on the balcony, and look right down upon Flamengo Beach, and the harbor, and the airport, and the whole view is dominated by Sugar Loaf—standing 1200 feet above the narrow harbor entrance. -Every ship that comes to Rio, or leaves, must pass our door. The airplanes take off right over our heads, - Our hotel is the Paysandu, It is on the Rua Paysandu, one of the most pictured streets in Rio. If is lined on both sides with straight, royal palms, high as a five-story building. And at the far end of the street stands the “White House” of Brazil. We are indeed lucky to find such a spot. And how much does it cost? I'll hide my head. _We have two rooms and bath, all of our meals, one of the finest views in Rio, quiet and privacy, and as
~much kindness and attention as though we were.
royalty—fcr a total of $5 a day. The same as you'd pay for one lone room at home., 1f Rio is a hussy, I succumb with hardly a struggle.
My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
‘Franklin Ill Is First of Children to Arrive for White House Christmas.
ASHINGTON, Friday—I arrived this morning .Y on the midnight train from New York City. As soon as I had breakfast, I went upstairs to see the one grandchild who is already in the house. He was having his bath and looked as contented and cheerful as a baby should look. I picked him up and even then he did not complain, which, considering the fact that I hacl metal buttons on my dress that must have been cold and uncomfortable, showed a pretty good disposition. The first thing my husband said to -me was: «Franklin, III, is the grandest baby I ever saw,” so it is plain to see that this youngster has already made a place fcr himself,
The other children arrive today, Sara and Kate:
from New York City, Diana Hopkins coming over from her own home, and all the parents. We will just be a family party for Jimmy's birthday dinner
tonight, and afterward there are some groups coming .
to sing Christmas carols under the portico. I love this custom of going around the two evenings before Christmas and I believe we will have more singing groups tomorrow night. I only wish that instead of rain which seems to be threatening, we will have snow. That would be the last touch for the Christmas season. : 4 I also hope very mich that we will be able to dress our own family tree on the second floor tonight. My husband is going to begin this afternoon reading the Dickens’ Christmas Carol to the children, but he informed me this morning that he has a cold in the head, and if he does not feel he is a safe companion, he will hgve to wait another day.
Applauds La Guardia’s Kindness
. In yesterday’s paper I saw that Mayor La Guardia of New York City had expressed concern and pity for the man who attacked him on the steps of the City Hall the other day. That was very characteristic of
someone with real understanding. These poor un-,
+ fortunates who lose their WPA jobs and can find no others, arid even those who are on WPA at this season, are to be pitied when they feel that the rest of the world is celebrating and they have to
return to a cheerless home and to sad and disap-
pointed children. { I am glad to notice that everywhere people are trying to think of these underprivileged children. I am especially proud of the voluntary work which has been done by some of our young NYA people who have worked many unpaid hours reconditioning toys and helping people with municipal celebrations which can be enjoyed by all. As I drove to the station last night in New York City, I thought again how lovely our modern electric lighting can make Christmas in the city. There were trees in front of both churches on 10th and 11th Sts. and at the entrance to Washington Square. Many individual houses had small lighted trees or candles [n the windows. It made the city seem a friendlier place, as it should at Christmas time. This is my last chance to say to all my readers: May your Christmas be a merry one and bring you and yours peace and joy!
2 Day-by-Day Science
ANTA CLAUS comes up, not down, earth’s greatest chimneys. Volcanses have been for ages the avenues through which gifts from earth’s internal stores have been brought to the surface, where the thin film of living beings can make use of them. Varied indeed have been the gifts that have com= to us up these chimneys of Vulcan. They range all the way from gold and diamonds to the dirt we plow and the water we drink. : ; Many metals, especially the heavier and rarer ones, are usunlly found associated with massive volcanic OLE Tomato The theory is that tne dis- ; rs deep under carthere depositell in the cor
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(First of a Series) By Tom Ochiltree v Wie a narrow Republican majority in the
, House and ‘a Senate domi-
nated by Democrats, the Indiana Legislature is to convene Jan. 5. More than a score of controversial measures are to be considered in an atmosphere conducive to partisan jockeying and compromise. Two issues stand out. They are the proposed revision of the State’s liquor control methods to rémove the importer; and appropriation of funds to finance the State government during the next biennium. Other legislation expected to be introduced include proposals to: 1—Extend the direct primary to include State ticket and U. S. Senatorial candidates. 2_Enable cities to establish the . City Manager plan, 3—Revise the State’s marriage laws to provide blood tests for those seeking licenses. 4-Take steps toward recodification and clarification of the State’s election laws to insure against fraud and establish a definite recount procedure. 5—Revise the State’s taxation base particularly with regard to distribution of the tax burden for social sécurity. 6—Inaugurate political reforms. Specifically, this is expected to include efforts of Republicans to repeal the amendment to the corrupt practices act which legalizes the “Two Per Cent Club,” Democratic campaign fund collection agency, and to pass a new antinepotism bill. 7—Repeal the State Reorganization Act which places all apspointive power in the hands of the Governor. 8—Establish the State Labor Division as a wage collection agency and, to provide a, State Wage and Hour Law. 9—Amend the Workmen’s Compensation Act to establish a State fund for the payment of ‘benefits to disabled workers. . 88 2 »
ITH this mass of contro-
versial legislation facing ° the 61-day session, observers pre-
.dicted that final passage of bills
probably will be accomplished only after numerous compromises hetween the Republican House and the Democratic Senate. “Both - party’ léaderships will - have a delicate problem, it was said, in maintaining harmony and preventing special interest blocs from straying off the party reservations. Such solidly organized groups as labor and agriculture this session will hold more than normal power since a few members can change the results on closely contested measures. ‘Republican control of the House of Representatives by a 51-t0-49 margin established definitely a few days ago when Martin T. Krueger, from La Porte County, a Democrat and the oldest member of the House, was declared to be the loser in a recount. His successful Republican opponent, Walter F. Danielson also was certified as the winner in the original returns of the Nov. 8 election. Barring illness or death of a Republican member, James M. Knapp; Hagerstown, will be named Speaker of the House, a post he held in the 1929 session. - He would, as a matter of course, appoint Republican 'representatives to House committee chairmanships. This would enable the majority party to kill or radically revise measures sponsored by the Democrats. 3 » HIS advantage is expected to be of particular importance in the consideration ofthe biennial appropriation bill, which Republicans have attacked consistently during the last two Democratic administrations. This time the Republicans may be joined by some Democrats who believe that the. special session of last July spent so lavishly of the $25,000,000 State general fund surplus as to endanger the State's present financial position. The special session appropriated
SATURBAY, DECEMBER 24,1938
Rep. James M. Knapp, Hagerstown Republican, a veteran legislator, is scheduled to be the next Speaker in the House of Representa-
tives of the Indiana Legislature.
E. Curtis White, Indianapolis Democrat, scheduled to be presideni pro tem. of the Senate.
$5,000,000 to match PWA funds for an institutional building program, $7,500,000 to pay unemployment compensation to 50,000 jobholders previously disqualified and distributed $2,000,00 to counties to help defray welfare costs. Farm groups, believing that this welfare cost distribution was not adequate, are preparing this time to ask that all the burdens of social security be- taken from local property taxpayers. This subject should create a cross-cur=-rent in the broader issue of governmental financing.’ Including welfare costs, the biennial appropriation passed by the last session totaled approximately $80,000,000. Republicans who blasted the Administration then with charges of extravagance are in a position now completely to dissect the new budget.
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EMOCRATIC tax experts J have warned against further jumps in governmental cost, and State departmental heads are being discouraged from introducing “pet” departmental bills which call for expenditures.
Recently the State Budget Com
mittee made a tour of various State penal and benevolent institutions to determine their build-
ing needs. Despite the building
program of the special session, some - institution heads are expected to ask more funds. Democrats maintained a 34-to-16 advantage in the Senate because of the large number of holdovers who. were not up for re-election on Nov. 8. While the House, because of its close division, should provide the pyrotechnics, the Democrats hope to use the upper chamber to veto House actions. Administration measures are expected to take shape in the Senate
Edward H. Stein, former Speaker, this time is slated to be leader of the minority in the House.
with the hope that they .can be pushed through the House with the aid of a few dissenting Republicans. Possibility of a record number of | bills being introduced was increased when Rep. Knapp declared that if he was elected speaker he would abolish the “graveyard committees” such as House Judiciary B which were used under the Democrats to bury bills the majority considered to have little merit.
hat Biennial Battle!
Control Divided, Hard-Fought Session Forecast for Sta te Legislature
limes
Entered @s Second-Class Matter
Herbert P. Kenney, New Albany, recently appointed director of the State Legislative Reference Bureau, will be an extremely busy man when the Legislature meets Jan. 5.
Senator William Jenner, leader
of the Republican minority in the
Upper House.
HE Legisldtive Reference Bu- -
reau has reported it has re-
ceived approximately 100 requests -
to draft bills. Some of these came from individual legislators and some from groups which will seek
to have the measures introduced by sponsors in either or both houses. phase Because of the close division of the House, leaders of both parties are expected to call a number of
Lieutenant Governor Henry F. Schricker, scheduled to preside over the Democratic Senate. of
; caucuses. Representatives
either party when called to caucus” are bound to .voté en a. measure |.
according to the will of the majority of the caucus.. More roll-call votes probably will be necessary in the House than ever before since neither party’ will have the manpower to outshout the opposition on voice votes.
NEXT: Some problems facing the lawmakers, :
at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.
Our Town
PAGE 9 By Anton Scherrer
about the first Christmas in Indianapolis,
1394 Revolutionary Heroes Buried on Indiana Soil, D. A. R. Book Reveals
T probably will come as a surprise to many Hoosiers to learn that there are at least 1394 American heroes of the Revolutionary War buried on Indiana soil. The Indiana Daughters of the
American Revolution tells . about them in an interesting book just published. It lists them by counties, then alphabetically with a brief biography of each, a work which enlisted the services of practically all chapter members over a fouryear period of research. The volume contains such interesting gems as that concerning James Dobbings, who deserves to be better known by all patriotic
Hoosiers, especially those of Marion, County. Mr. Dobbings was pen-.
sioned while living in Center Towni
} p. > A According to ‘the D. A. R. research, Mr. Dobbings was born about July 11, 1760 in Baltimore. About 1774, he was “impressed” at Baltimore by Capt. Samuel Smith to serve as a marine or sailor on board the schooner, Polly, then engaged
in carrying mail from Annapolis to Head of Elk, Md., it being unsafe to carry the mail by land. He served a year and 10 months in this capacity, acting ‘as mate a greater part of the time and sometimes sailing the schooner in the absence of the commander, James Lynch. . He was discharged at Baltimore by Col. Zebulon Hollingsworth of Maryland. A year later, though, when the struggling colonies were hard-pressed in the war with England, Mr. Dobbings enlisted as a substitute for his father and served six months as a private in the flying camp under Capt. Samuel {Smith, Lieut. William Butler, Ensign Jacob Rogers and Col. Hollingsworth. Also he fought in the battle of the Brandywine. : 2 2 8 : AR. DOBBINGS’ name Was ¥ A picked at random but the book gives equally entertaining glimpses into the records of others, who, the war won, joined that large company
of the intrepid who founded new homes in the vast and inviting interior. a In addition to listing the authenticated service for the 1394 soldiers and patriots, the book gives information on 31 men whose services
were indefinite and also a list taken from the British Museum of the men who were in Col. Archibald Lochry’s- company when he and 36 others were massacred by the Indians on Aug. 24, 1781, in what is now Dearborn County, Ind. ; “Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana,” was ‘compiled and edited by Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, chairman of Roster, Brookville, during the administrations of Miss Bonnie Farwell and Mrs. William H. Schlosser, State Regents. A foreward states that the volume is published ‘with the hope of increasing membership in D. A. R.
it should have, in addition, a general appeal for all those interested in the early history of Indiana.
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1—What important Southern * Chinese city did the Japese forces occupy without encountering Chinese’ resistance? ; 2—In which National Park are Mammoth Hot Springs? 3—Name the vice chairman of the U. S. IntergovernmenJal Committee on Political Refugees. : 4—Name the vessel in which Henry Hudson discovered the river which bears his name. 5—What is the chemical name for “heavy water”? 6—From what plant is tapioca derived? HH : ¢ 8 2 8
Answers 1—Canton. Ta 2—Yellowstone National Park. 3—Myron C, Taylor, . _ 4—"“Halfmoon.” : ‘5—Deuterium oxide. 6—Manioc. Gling: 8 ” ” :
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Chapters throughout the ‘State. But |
Eve of 1821. That: night four Kentucky _boatmen, who had paddled their keelboat all the way up from the Ohio, got as far as the ' Bluffs when somebody told them about the settlement
farther up the river. Instead of putting up for the night, they kept going and arrived in Indianapolis
Christmas morning. Soon as they landed, they spied Dan Larkin’s grocery and picked it. as the place to stage their celebration. Mr. Larkin was still asleep
- when they broke in. They helped
themselves to everything in the placé and when Mr. Larkin woke up, he discovered the whole gang hope-. lessly drunk. They had found his barrel of Bourbon-—see? Try es he would,, Mr. Larkin couldn’t do a thing with the men and the more he tried the madder they got. It ended ‘with the men wrecking his whole'place. By this time" a crowd, including James Blake, had collected to see what all the excitement was about. Mr. Blake took in the situation at once, saw that the men had whipped out their knives, and offered to take on the | leader of the gang if the rest of Indianapolis would i tend to the other three. | “ . Mr. Blake, an abstainer, had the advantage of
Mr. Scherrer
being sober and in no time at ‘all made mincemeat
of his man. The rest of Indianapolis gave a good
First = Christmas in Indianapolis ; Marred by Boisterous Conduct Of Three Citizens From Kentucky.
HIS is as good a time as any to tell you :
The story really starts with Christmas
account of itself, too, with the result.that all four -
Kentuckians were captured and hauled before Squire. McIlvaine, the quaint Justice of the Peace who aec= cording to legend used to hold court at the door of his cabin with the jury and Jeremiah Corbaley, the solitary constable, sitting on a log in front. :
The Scuire’s Plans Disturbed
The Squire hac other plans for that day, but he dropped everything to do his duty. The four. boate men were tried, fined severely, and in default of payment ordered to jail. Then suddenly it occurred to everybody that they didn’t have a jail. The nearest institution of the kind was at Connersville which
ers there in the dead of winter than the thing was worth. Well, that set Squire McIlvaine to thinking some more, and this time he ordered the prisoners de= tained here and kept under guard. After which he entertained a hope that nobody would lose any more sleep over the maiter. He said it loud ‘enough for the
.would' cost more
night. That’s why Indianapolis didn’t get around to celebrating its first Christmas until Dec. 26 when ev= erybody turned out to help Dan Larkin get his place fixed up again. In the fixing up it was discovered that the four boatmen got? drunk before finishing Dan’s supply of liquor and so a good time was had by all. Don’t you just love stories that end like that?
Jane Jordan—
P=ar JANE JORDAN—I am 20 years old. I have
is 27.. I am the only girl he has gone with in his seven years of married life, I love him and he says he loves
will tire of him spon. He has sent me letters declare
do that, Don’t you think so? He says that if T am willing, we could continue seeing each other for a year and if I'm not tired of him by that time we could be married. I do love him, but do you think we should wait a year? UNCERTAIN.y
man’s statements with such unquestioning faith. Apparently there is one lie which the average woman never fails to believe no matter how fishy it sounds,
est doubt in her mind but that he speaks the truth, and if he puts it in black and white, what further proof could any reasonable person want of a man’s honor? * Well, words either written or spoken prove nothing where love is concerned. The test of real love is re= liability. A man in love wants to assume responsibility for the woman. This man has proved himself highly unreliable with his wife. He is dishonest with her and dishonest ,é with you. He suggests seeing you in secret for a year in order to test the durability of your affections, and you believe in his sincerity! In his heart he knows full well that a year will see the end of his little fling and he’ll be free to have another, Now I don’t mean that he is a black-hearted villain who consciously figures this out. It is just something he knows without admitting it, and it doesn’t interfere with his little act at all. Doubtless he fools himself
too credulous., Wake up. ” » ®
IDEs JANE JORDAN—I am a 16-yearsold girl, 4 About a month and a half ago I was introduced to a very nice boy whom I like very much and I be« lieve thai he also !ikes me.. I had two dates with him within two weeks but none since. I am sure that he feels he cannot have a date unless he has his father’s car and as he cannot have it just any time he wants it, he is unable to come when he wants to. I am
‘he will think I have lost interest when I haven't, Would it be wrong for me to write him an impersonal
think I was running after him? M. C.
ls Answer—If his interest in you is strong enough he will see you, car or no car. You cannot arouse his interest hy writing notes. Be pleasant and encourage ing wher. you see Lim but let him make all the moves, : : JANE JORDAN,
Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan who will '° answer your questions in this column daily. id
New Books Today
Public Library Presents— .
N the unadorned speech of an American engineer we get the story of the development of the Soviet Gold Trust. Jechn D. Littlepage, author of IN. SEARCH OF SOVIET GOLD (Harcourt) left the Alaskan field in 1927 and in 10 years as adviser and consultant watched this Russian mining industry rise to second place ia world production. (South Africa alone excels) °° os Traveling more than 100,000 miles by camel, dog sled, car, train and plane, he became tremendously: interested in the resources, the vastness and the rich ness of Asiatic Russia. While in the employ of thi Soviet Governmen:, working intimately inside the tem, he did the work assigned to him, main a dispassionate aititygge toward all things irrele to the mining and smelting of gold. When this rela tion was severed (we do not know why, we are sim told that he arrived at a dinner engagement in M cow four hours late and casually remarked that was through with Russia and that the Littlepage fi ily was going back: to the United States for good) ban was somewha; lifted and as a result we have Cautiously prefacing his generalizations “as I see it,” he shares his views on planned ec ‘co-operative farring, the many 196 -sabotagey CV. REELS, i 1IAe0.1 0
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‘didn’t look so good either, because to take the prisone ~
guards to hear. ' Sure—the prisoners escaped that
Married Man Not eing Serious and Girl Is Advised fo Give Him Up. |
been going with a married man since Sept. 1. He
me but he is afraid that I just think I love him and
ing’ his love for me. He must trust me or he’ wouldn’s
Answer—It is smazing to me that you accept the
When a man says, “I love you,” there’s not the slight= +
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as well as you and has a dandy time doing it. You're :
afraid that since Iie hasn’t seen me for quite a while
note and send it »y one of my friends, or would he