Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1938 — Page 11

From Indiana=Ernie Pyle

; Our Traveler Finds Rio Quite the

Most Beautiful City He Has Seen —And He's Been Around Some, Too.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 26.—The setting : of Rio is absolutely spectacular. No other city in thé Western Hemisphere can touch it. And people who have traveled in Europe say.there is no city-on that con-

tinent as beautiful as Rio. : = It seems to me that in the United States our most

a beau iful big city is San Francisco. Well, to be very

* conservative about it, Rio is twice as beautiful as pe San Francisco. Most of the city is thin and narrow. It is built between the water and the mountains. In many places the city is no more than a dozen blocks across. In some places, only two. 5 To get from downtown Rio to the biggest and finest beachsuburb, you skirt the beach, circle clear around a bay and then go under a mountain, through a tun-

nel. : : One streetcar line runs on top of

an old aqueduct, builtin the 18th |

Century to bring water from the mountains: - A cable car swings across the top of Sugar Loaf. Downtown, many of the cross-streets are so narrow they have been .permanently closed to traffic, and people walk in the street. But the maintown street is wide and has a wide row of shadz trees down the center. : There are scores of open-air coffee shops. Scores ‘of shops that sell nothing but tobacco. And scores of others that deal only in umbrellas. You've read of Rio’s famous sidewalks, laid in mosaic. Yes, that is true. But not zll of them. Sidewalks on the back streets are just plain concrete. It is warm in Rio. Warm enough that Northerners swim all the year round. But a Brazilian wouldn't think of swimming in winter. Even though ‘it is always so warm that I have not yet met a Brazilian who owns a topcoat. 3 Hardly Any Unemployment. reat Rio heaches have one drawback. At times re a dangerous undertow. The weatherman and life guards can tell ahead of time when a day will be bad. Then they stick up red flags, and limit swimming to certain safe parts of the beach. Anyone who ventures out is arrested and fined $1.50. There "are very few drownings. ; "The bus service fis marvelous. Busses run so close together they almost make a wall. But instead of creeping in congested trafic, these things get up

and go. | : The real heart| of dowhtown is not large, and busses are soon out of it. And then on the avenidas they hit it up tc about 45 miles an hour. T not allowed to take a passenger unless there is a seat for him. The other day a driver made a mistake and let me on when there wasn’t a seat. He hadn’t gone half ‘a block till he saw 1 was standing up, sO he stopped: and I had to get off. They do the same thing in Honolulu. I think it’s a swell idea, if there are enough ‘busses coming from pehind, which there usually are. Here you drop your fare in a box as you get off. Change boys hop on and ride a few blocks to give passengers the change. All over South America there are little jobs like that. They seem to want. to make jobs, instead of fixing things so one man can do the work of 10, as we do at home. There is almost no unemployment in South America. v, ) Even the rainstorms here are wonderful. When those thick gray clouds come creeping down over the mountaintops, and everything gets darkish, and the wind roars and whips the high palms, and there ‘is - lightning and thunder apd the bay kicks up, I tell you- it: is- majestic.” ‘7 People who take vacations do not leave Rio. There is nothing to go away for. Everything is right here— swimming, mountain-climbing, fishing, island picnicking; night clubs, gambling casinos. You can be on the Riviera or in the Alps or at Waikiki 15 minutes after breakfast. What a place! : :

Mr. Pyle

My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Christmas Day Brings Sense of Peace After Many Events of Night Before.

ASHINGTON, Sunday—Christmas Day and ’ Christmas Eve lie behind us. The 24th of December is always for me the embodiment of what 1 call “official Christmas.” Though I appreciate all that it means, some things I do leave me with a

lump in my throat. a1 began Christmas Eve this year before 9 o'clock, for I had two parties for youngsters, one in a Wash-

ington theater, and one given by the Kiwanis Club in Arlington, Va. These parties for youngsters are nice because it seems possible for youth to forget the sorrows of life Ty the enjoyment of the moment. Older people cannot erase from their consciousness a night of tears, but youth can weep one hour and laugh the next and the younger the child, the easier the transition. : In the middle of the day I weht both to the Volunteers of America and the Salvation Army, and then at 3:30 we all enjoyed the chance to wish a Merry Christmas to all those who come with their families to the Christmas tree in the East Room. Everyone present at that party in some way touches our daily ‘lives. Though we may not see them every day, it is good to have this opportunity once a year to say “thank you” for the really remarkable service which is rendered by everybody connected with the White House.

Wishes All Could Come to Party

I only wish that this party could include all the people who co things indirectly for the White House. For instance, in every department there are people who answer mail which is sent over because the contents seem to indicate that the answers can be found only in .some of the departments. These letters are answered for the President or for me. Often people will tell me that they feel they know me because they have seen 80 many letters addressed to me. Again, there are the men who work in the greenhouses which furnish the White House with flowers. They, too, feel they also know us, for they help to fill any bexes of flowers or box any plants which may go out from the White House at different times of the year, as well as to grow plants for the house and garden.

Jf one included all the people one would like to include, I fear the time allotted to this party on Christmas Eve would not be long enough and the President would not get over to Lafayette Square at 5 o'clock to light the municipal tree. So the line has to be drawn somewhere and only here can I pay our _ tribute to all those far and near who all through. the ear, -unselfishly serve the White House family and he Government. i

Christmes Day after the constant activity of ‘ Christmas Eve, seemed to bring us back a sense of peace, even though the children woke us early and we had innumerable presents to open around the Christmas tree in the afternoon. Talking to all our family oni the telephone and going to church does give a sense of family unity and of the peaceful signif- ' jeance of the day, which is the note on which one’s Christmas celebrations should close. ’

. Day-by-Day Science

"By Science Scrvies |

N IDEA chn kill. This seems strange for we’

are inclined to think of ideas as peculiarly personal and intimate affairs.. We think of philosophers as remote from the activities of the. workaday world. : Yet Europe is inflamed because of ideas—you ‘may’ call them ideologies if you will. In America,

here speech is still free to almost all, these same |

are the subject of heated controversy and

They are |

. called: for

Coming,

( Second of a Series) Tom Ochiltree WO major social prob- = lems upon which the’

new Legislature, to open

Jan, 5, will be asked for a’ solution involve control of the liquor industry and establishment of healt h

safeguards for marriage. The first of these—the liquor control problem—is expected to bring a sharp partisan division of the membership, with Republican legislators leveling a against the “port of entry,” ‘ of ‘importer, ‘system. : If any major issue : fore the session can be said to be noncontroversial, revision of marriage laws to provide adequate health standards, would seem to fall within that classification. Platforms of both parties have promised an overhauling of the State's marriage statutes. Studies on this subject have been carried out by a nonpartisan committee of physicians, social workers, nurses, clubwomen, clergymen,

to come ‘be-

“educators and representatives of

various State and local governmental units. This committee decided at a recent meeting to recommend passage of a bill to require compulsory blood tests for marriage license applicants. The liquor issue, - however, is an involved one, because during the past year it has grown to be more than .a strictly State question. Indiana’s trade - relationships with neighboring states have entered the picture and -haveprompted members of the brewing industry to ask for a change in the law. : 3 un 2 8 T is not believed that the Democrats will’ attempt to defénd or keep alive the importer system. Governor Townsend has appointed a five-member study commission to investigate licemsing, enforcement and regulation provisions of the present law.

Meanwhile, + the Republican legislative steering committee has utright repeal of thes importer vision. ‘While dry: | forces have announced a drive to secure passage ‘of a local option bill, proposals to liberalize the present statute have been suggested by the Indiana Retail Alcoholic Beverage Association, Inc., a new organization of tavern operators. : This organization suggests that: 1. The separate license system for retailers be abolished, and that one license be issued to enable a retailer ‘to sell any kind of alcoholic beverage. At present the licenses are divided into those for beer retailers only, for beer and wine retailers and for beer, wine and spirits retailers. Indiana now has 4600 taverns, but only 1387 of them dispense all three types of products. : 9. Private clubs, which are said to be in competition to some extent with taverns, and stores selling “package” liquor be placed under the same! licenses as taverns. This organization also joined with the Indiana Brewers Association in asking abolition of the importer system. ” #8 ”

HE question of local option is tied up in a general way with the emtirs subject of “home rule”’—a subject ' which ‘always can be counted upon to enliven any: session. L. BE. York, Indiana Anti-Saloon League head, already. has announced drafting of a three-way local option hill for introduction into this Legislature. Under this measure - three different social ‘units — communities, townships and counties—would have the right to vote on whether beer and liquor should be excluded. Mr. York asserted that 75 per cent of Indiana’s voters would favor a local option :plan if an election were held today. _ Pointing out that 37 Indiana counties voted dry wher state-wide prohibition was repealed in 1933, Mr. York said taverns now are being forced upon many of the people in these counties. From other sources came a proposal to reduce the number of taverns. The present law allows one for each 1000 population in cities and towns except in Lake

heavy attack -

Dr. Verne Harvey, State Health Board Secretary’ (left); ‘and Herbert

P. Kenney, legislative reference bureau director, are shown here at a recent meeting of the: nonpartisan marriage study ‘committee. . This

County, ‘where the ratio is one to 500. In no county has the limit

. ‘been reached.

. A proposal to ber of ‘taverns to include only those in operation is expected to be opposed. « ° . As . compared with, the 4600 taverns now in operation, the State hac 5523 saloons in 1906 and in 1915 there were 3728 saloons with 29 counties dry. = : The “loeal option”. agitation ‘is said. to be responsible for. the demands. for reforms in the present control system which. are coming from members of the alcoholic beverage industries. : 2 8 8 HIETF complaint leveled against the present, system from residents of this state is that it provides an unwholesome - combination of liquor and politics. The 14 importer licenses and most of

‘the wholesaler permits are dis=

tributed on the basis of party patronage. Recently the State Alcoholic Beverages Commission reissued most of these permits for year. : _ Under the present law, the importer serves as a broker for beer produced in other states. In addition to collecting the Indiana tax of $1.03 per barrel on this out-state beer, the importer also levies a “handling” charge, which he retains. The tax paid by outstate beer is the same as that assessed against domestic breweries, which sell their products directly to wholesalers. : Brewers in neighboring states

"objected so the “handling” charge

and claimed it operated against the importation of their products here. Threats and counter threats

.of embargoes were made by vari-

ous state liquor control agencies, but a settlement finally was

. reached with Michigan, Ohio and

Illinois. under terms of which Indiana :mporters agreed to waive their. profit on beer coming here from those states. The compromises are to run to the end of March on the assumption that the system will be changed by this Legislature. . .In defense of the importer system, Governor Townsend said it has provided the State with an econoriical tax collection organization, If the importer system is abolished, a new tax collection system must be substituted which will not cost so much to administer that it will: eat up a large share of the State's revenue, he said. : One of the proposed substitutes, which has received tentative Republican approval, is the so-called crown or bottle-cap tax, already in operation in other states.

J = » » NDER this system, a brewer, either in this or in another state, would send in a requisition

“freeze” the num- |i

L. E. York, Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent is expected to urge legislation permitting local option. Sa,

for bottle caps ‘to ‘the Alcoholic Beverages Commission with a check for the amount of the tax. After the requisition had been approved, the order would be forwarded to any one of a number of bottle cap companies bonded to supply these. caps. Stamps also could be used to designate that the tax had been paid. This method is not so successful on beer bottles, brewers said, since the stamps frequently

are washed off.

Under another proposal all wholesalers could be bonded and authorized to perform the duties now carried on by importers. This

would increase almost ten-fold the

number of channels by. which outstate beer could: be brought into Indiana. Interest of the brewers in settling the importer question is seen ‘in the fact that Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Missouti consume 650,000 barrels of Indiana beer annually, or: about one-third of this State’s entire output. 2 8 #8 ECOMMENDATIONS of the nonpartisan marriage ‘study committee’ now are being drafted in bill form by Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State Health -director,’ and

‘Herbert P. Kenney, State Legis-

lative Reference Bureau director. These proposals follow closely the New York marriage statute which Dr. Harvey described -as being “the most workable law on this subject in the country.” Provisions to be incorporated in the bill would: 1. Require medical examinations for marriage license applicants

with the provision that labora-

tory blood tests be given. for syphilis. Examinations would be

given by private physicians not

longer than 30 days before the

MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1938 :

at Biennial

Proposed Liquor Reforms Likely to Provide Lively

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis. Ind.

“Times Photo.

committee has recommended passage of a hygienic marriage bill similar

to the New York law which provides for blood tests for those seeking

marriage licenses.’

Hugh Barnhart, Alcoholic Beverages Commission Director, who has-been consulted . on possible changes in the law... bn as s

license is issued. ‘The physician would certify to the .county clerk that the applicant is free from the disease in a communicable stage. 2. Authorize .the State Health Board and the pathological division of - Indiana University to establish rules and regulations ror + detailed administration of the law and to standardize laboratory technique.

3. Allow judges of circuit or juvenile courts to order issuance of licenses in specific cases of . emergency. 4. Require that blood specimens be sent to the laboratory and returned by mail, thus automatically placing a “waiting period” in ef- . fect which would prohibit “haste or so-called gin marriages.” : # 2 ; ; HE committee also asked that the Governor continue its organization until the 1941 Legislature and provide it with funds to conduct a sociological study of

Rabbi Elias Charry, Indianapolis, member of the Governor's committee studying a change in the liquor law.

marriage problems including child marriage and illegitimacy. A final decision still is sto he made by the committee on the question of residence requirements. Some members of the committee favored repeal of an 1852 act which requires the license to.be issued in the county of the bride’s residence. An Indiana Supreme Court decision last January upholding provisions of this act has halted the operation of “marriage mills” in border counties. While some com-

mittee members said this court 1

decision should not be nullified by new legislation, others held that the county of issuance would not be of particular importance if applicants had conformed to the proposed health requirements. Committee members are to make a final decision on ¢his question shortly after the Legislature convenes. The Indiana Federation of Clubs has been-active in the campaign to secure marriage law revisions. NEXT: Labor Proposals.

Engines Doubled By Science Service : EW YORK, Dec. 26—The in- : stalled power of oil and gas engines has doubled during the last five yedrs, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers learned here from’ Howard FE, Degler, University of Texas professor of mechanical engineering. :

Diesel engines have spread widely throughout the United States and

(the rest of the world in- all shapes’

Instélled Power of Qil and Gas

in 5 Years

and sizes, from the small individual low-power units introduced by American snanufacturers a year ago to a 22,500 brake horsepower engine placed in operation in a Copenhagen, Denmark, light piant in 1933. Tmprovements during that time in-

clude increase in engine efficiency,

lowering of weight, decreasing the bulk, increasing flexibility and lowering the per horsepower installation costs, Prof. Degler noted.

Clark

Side Glances—By

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Where ig tHe Gulf of Aden? 2—What was the name of the first American steamboat to cross the Atlantic? 3—Name' the famous pianist who recently died in New : York City. : 4 Are women eligible to be President? 5—What is the slang term for a $10 bill? ; 6—Name the fast runner who carried the message to Sparta for aid, in the Battle of ~~ Marathon. 7—Can a patent be obtained for a method of doing business?

” 8 o Answers*

‘1—Between the south coast of Arabia and Africa. 2—The Savannah, ' 3—Leopold Godowsky. 4—Yes. : ~—3awbuck. 6—Phidippides. 7—No.

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Our

| to use as a slate rag. It

By Anton Scherrer

Originally a Christmas Present, Lace Handkerchief Took on Magic : Properties When Used as Slate Rag.

DIDN'T know about Mrs. Grogan’s hand-

|™ kerchief, the one she got for a Christmas

present in 1885, until three years later when Minnie, her little girl, brought it to school created no end of talk, I remember, because up to that time most of the slate rags used in School 6 were made of cast off socks or red flannel underwear. Certainly nothing so fancy as Mrs. Grogan’s discarded | hands kerchief with the embroidered in- A

-i itial in the corner. |

- Maybe you have noticed it, too, {hat folks with fancy things always go. out of their way to flaunt them in the face of people not so lucky. Well, that was Minnie's trouble, She even carried it so far, I remember, that she took her slate rag home with her every Friday when school was dismissed for the week. To" ‘wash it, if you please, a thing unheard of until Mrs. Grogan sent her little girl to school. It worked out, of course, that when Monday morning came, Minnie always showed up with what looked like a brand new slate rag. It Egos the rest of us squirm. | ne Monday morning, however, Minnje’s slate r didn’t look 50 good. It had a stain, nd nen we Kids with the red flannel rags heard about/it, we made the most of it, you bet. I’ll never forget Minnie’s ex= planation. She said she went home thdt week-end and washed the mandgeronier. laid it on a clean ironing cloth, and proceeded to smooth it with a flat iron. When she took it off, she saw the stain, ; She repeated. the process, she said, starting with washing the slate rag again and when she took the iron off for a second time, she noticed that the stain. was brighter than before. at’s more, this time it : looked like the head of a on with rugged features and the unmistakable signs of a mustache. Minnie said she showed it to her mother whereupon she tried her hand at washing if, but every effort on her part ° failed to obliterate the stain. Indeed, when her mother got through, the stain not only had the features of a man’s head, but an inscription, to boot.

It Grew Plainer and lainer

Minnie wasn’t fooling because when we Kids ex= amined the stain, we saw everything she had| de= scribed. As a matter of fact, the stain was so plain that you could identif veiand. picture of the head

Mr. Scherrer

was that of Grover Cleveland, no mistaking it, and the inscription below, somewhat fainter to be sure, looked like the words, “The man.” hiv I guess it was just about June when Minnie’s slate .rag- acted up like that. RAVey, vacation set in shortly after that, and so for several months we for= ‘got all about Minnie’s handkerchief. When we got together again in September, it was apparent right away that Minnie had spent most of her vacation washing her slate rag. At any rate, the head was plainer than ever and so was the inscription. Indeed, the inscription was so plain this time that it read “Thurman,” the very name of the man the Demo=crats had picked to be the running mate of Mr. Cleve= land that fall. .It had everybody guessing how:Mine nie’s slate rag knew. it before even the Democrats did, Minnie’s slate rag went back on her, though, be« cause when the election came around, Mr. Harrison (and Morton). got in. Minnie and her mother were awfully upset, I remember. oad

Jane Jordan-

Stepmother Urged to Win Affection Of Youth After Misunderstanding.

EAR JANE JORDAN—My husband and I sepa= : rated six months ago over another woman. I have two boys of 13 to 18 who are my husband’s step= children: The older boy is 18 and in the CCC/|camp. ~He came home to see me about every other week ‘uri= til two months ago. He told me to take the CCC check and get my-other boy and myself clothes. Well I did that and when he came home he said he was getting ‘tired of providing for me. Afterward he said he was sorry. Two months ago my mother came in and took me out to the farm. She thought a short stay in the country would be a great help to my lungs. I wrote and told my boy not to come in until he heard from me, but he came anyhow and told my neighbors i that I had locked him out. He also turned in a ‘report to the Government to that effect. Now they are holding up my check pending an investigation. The neighbors told the investigators the story my boy told them. I live in a shack out at the edge of town. I am a good laundress land would appreciate it if you could direct anyone [to me. B.

Answer—The thing fof you to do is to see the ine vestigators yourself. Write to the address on the enw velope in which your check comes and explain mate ters. Someone will be sent to talk to you.

If you could arrange to save at least part of t : check for your boy he might not resent Pont one it so much. Let him see that you appreciate his heip and make him feel important to the family. Perhaps you can manage him better by thanking him for his help instead of taking it|for granted. i" ” 2 EAR JANE JORDAN—I am almost 16 years old and have been going with a boy who will soon be 17. I had been going with him for almost two years up until about two months ago when I was asked to go to a dance with another boy and the first boy said he would not go with me if I went, as he wanted me all to himself. I stil] think a lot of this bey but I just can’t understand hi How do you go about try= ing to understand a boy his boy is now going with my girl friend and I also think a lot of her. | I know I am sometimes cold toward her when she is with him-and we are drifting apart. This boy friend of mine has been with me three times since he has started going with her. sneaked out all three times.

I am very popular with

with him. What can I do to win him back again and my girl friend, too? & PATIENTLY WAITING.

Answer—Your question is comparable to asking for the cake and the penny, too. When two girls are in= terested in the same boy it is hardly possible for them to remain friends. The loser is bound to feel some resentment. In your place I would give up the boy. You're right in not wanting to go steady at 16, but if you have other dates you ought not to object if “he

does the same. tr; t= JANE JORDAN. i Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer your questions in this column daily. ’

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