Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1939 — Page 9

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: ~~ Finds Dog Racing Is New Industry; _..Florida Alone Has 10 Tracks and. : N #4They Outdraw the Horse Circuits. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb. 13.—Having ~~ just: lost $2 betting on a dog, I am in a positien .to tell you practically everything there is about greyhound racing. ed My dog researches have been conducted

at the St. Petersburg Kennel Club. It is the oldest operating dog racetrack in the world. They've

1 been running for 15 years. The sport itself is only - 20 years. old.

It was started in .1919 at Emoryville, ‘Cal, by a man named Smith. : The “rabbit” to lure the dogs was simply a stuffed dummy, hung on a long pole attached to a motorcycle, which ran around the inside of the track. Today there are 10 - tracks in Florida alone, and the seasonal attendance in Florida is ". almost. twice that at horse races. Four states — Florida, Massachusetts, Arkansas and Oregon— have * legalized greyhound ‘racing; ‘ races are run illegally in a couple of others, and a number of states have bills pending to make betting . . ‘on the ‘dogs legal. : ‘The St. Petersburg track is a.thing of beauty. The grandstand is: large. The track is a quarter-mile oval, and almost: wide enough for midget auto racing. He infield is landscaped; with pools and flowers

nd bushes. . ; 2 -FYou .make your bets at mutuel windows, super-

vised by the State. There are 10 races on a program,

There are usually eight dogs in a race. A horn blows, and eight “lead-out” men, in uniform, take the dogs on leashes and lead them to the track. Then slowly .parade them up and down in front of ‘the grandstand. Each dog, wears a brightly colored silken .jacket around his middle, with a number on it. -A:band plays between races. : : ‘Finally the lead-out men walk the dogs down the: track ‘to the left of the grandstand. A long, inclosed box, which looks like a modern chicken coop,

-is ‘placed across . the track. It is divided into little

stalls, and one dog is placed. in each stall, and the door closed. fo. ote ey] : Then- the eight mien line up, like a squad of soldiers: and run down the track, in time to the band’s

music.” At the turn, they.quit running and sort of

disappear in the bushes.. It's quite a show. ;

‘Just Like a Hoss Race

. Now you look straight across the track, to the back stretch. You can see the rabbit over there— a big ‘white rabbit, an imitation one, operated by electricity. Suddenly it starts to move. As it comes around the turn, all eyes are on it. : : And then, just as it passes the box, a uniformed man throws a lever, which drops the front of the box, and all eight dogs leap out and shoot down the track after the rabbit.

From here on, the race is practically the same as a horse race. In fact, if you let your mind wander a little, you'd really think you were watching a horse race.. They take the turns leaning over. They labor as they come down the stretch. The crowd yells and screams “Come on No, 4!” They cross the line and the race is over. : .: There’s some interesting. stuff about the betting. The highest bet ever placed around here was a private one of $5000 each, between two men on a match race. In the boom days, when money was like sunshine, it wasn’t anything for big fellows like Babe Ruth or Walter Hagen to bet several hundred dollars.on one race—and probably without knowing ‘the slightest thing about the dogs. : : But that doesn’t often happen any more. The other day a girl walked up apd shoved a $500 bill through the window. The ticket seller almost dropped dead. « - : : t .

My Day

1 y Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Enjoys Chat With Louis Bromfield; Makes Awards to Newspaperwomen.

ASHINGTON, Sunday.—The dinner in New VY. York City on Friday night with the P. E. N. ub. was most interesting, and the talk with Mr. Louis romfield,, who made the speech of the evening, was

he political scene. He has a background of American ‘politics, for his family came from Ohio, which has a y of -producing politicians, . Now: .he is back on a arm in Ohio where, instead of writing books, I gather e is deep in political questions and much interested the American scene, The newspaperwomen’s ball, which I attended after the dinner, centers for me in the winners of the anhual prizes. ' It must be such a satisfaction to the reporters who gel this recognition from their fellow craftsmen. I Kriew nearly all the winners slightly, but Kathleen McLaughlin I feel I know fairly well. My children, Anna and John Boettiger, are very fond of her, so'I was particularly glad to hand a prize to her. | The party was a grand. success and I did not board the train for Washington until 2:20 a. m. I arrived ere Saturday. morning at 7:45 in the rain! The first thing which greeted me at home was a series of people with colds. From the President down through the house, colds in different stages seemed to be prevalent. 'ortunately none of them seem serious. : Tribute to George ‘Holnies |. Yesterday and today have been fairly quiet days, a few people for tea yesterday afternoon and a great deal of accumulated mail to go through, then to bed ‘rather early to make up for the night before. Today 'is glorious and I had a beautiful ride along the river. | All of us are feeling very sad over the death of George Holmes, Steve Early's brother-in-law. He 'was one of Washington's finest newspapermen and a fnan many people loved. His way of passing was

"probably easier for him, but a great shock to his wife

and family. i : ; -.T*meant to tell you the other day of a visit I paid to. the new department of the Interior Building

to look at the:murals, ‘Henry Varnham Poor's mural

of wild Jife isa grand piece of work. Yeu almost

feel that you are walking right into the scene ‘and that thé men and birds are alive. Be sure, however,

- that you ask someone to light it up for you, for the

lights bring out. the color. . One of, Ernest Fiene's

~ murals, attle being driven down a canyon, was a joy.

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by-Day Science

\ NIL by looking back a hundred years is it possible ‘to realize how young is science—or how long it

‘takes man to utilize the knowledge he acquires, pain"fully; slowly by his inquiries into nature and his ex»

periments with new things. ‘Photographs play such & niajor part in our daily

life that it is difficult to imagine a civilization without, |

them. ‘Yet the art of photography can be dated from a century ago. eT : ‘Nothing excited more interest and enthusiasm in the scientific circles of 1839 than the publication of an account of Daguerre’s method of obtaining pictures-on. metal plates. PAM Lesa , '" Jn England there was another notable step in ‘early photography: Just a few days after the French

- ‘scientists heard of Daguerre’s work, the great Faraday

at‘the Royal Institution described Fox Talbot’s invention of “photogenic drawing.” : "To rubber also 1839 is a significant year. It was

then that Charles Goodyear in America discovered |:

his process of vulcanization, basic in almost every significant use of this important material. SR It was only a century ago that man came to realize that he and all the higher animals and plants are made up of cells. This discovery was announced in 1839 ‘by: the naturalist Theodor Schwann and Matthias

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INSTITUTE

PUBLIC’OPINION

By DR. GEORGE GALLUP

Director, American Institiite of Public Opinion >

NEV YORK, Feb. 13.— ~ “President Roosevelt's crusade to “liberalize” - the ‘Democratic Party is making scant headway today—in fact the tendency within his party at the present time is in the opposite direction, ~~ This is indicated in a score of surveys of the Democratic ‘rank and file conducted over the past few months by the American Institute of Public Opinion. President Roosevelt has been -struggling for more than a year to draw a sharp distinction between “liberals” and “conservatives” and to convert voters in his own party to ‘the strictly liberal point of view. Beaten in his attempt to - “purge” Southern = Conservatives last summer, and checked again by New Deal setbacks in the November elections, the. President hammered away ~at- his liberal objectives in his Jackson Day speech, Jan. 8. But the President is apparently facing odds even in his own party. Nation-wide Institute studies show that during the last six months a’ growing number of rank and file Democrats have become tired of further New Deal reforms and favor a more moderate course in the next . two “years. Coupled with the growth of conservative sentiment among the men and women who make up the Democratic .party is the failure of the New Dealers—thus far—to develop a strong popular candidate to follow President Roosevelt in 1940. The Institute’s latest ‘survey of Democratic éligibles made last De- : cember showed that the most popular candidates for the nomination at that time were conservatives or middle-of-the-roaders.- - The-strongest out-and-out New Dealers were Senator ‘Alben Barkley and Attorney General Frank Murphy—named séventh and eighth respectively in the list of those most popular—while Harry Hopkins, another Presidential favorite, was ninth. The leaders were: ‘1. Vice President John N. Garner. 2. Secretary of State Cordell Hull. 3. Senator Bennett Clark. : 4. Postmaster ‘General James A. Farley. 5. Governor Herbert H. Lehman. 6. Philippine Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. 7. Senator Alben Barkley. : : 8. Attorney General Frank Murphy. 9. Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins. ° 10. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy. ” 8 »

Will Roosevelt Be Forced: To Run Again in 1940? F this trend continues, the 1940' Democratic convention may see the fiercest tug-of-war since the 1924 convention which deadlocked over Al Smith and William G. McAdoo. The fight, of course, will center on control of the state delegations 16-months from now.

Many political writers are convinced that President Roosevelt may be forced to run again himself, unless the next few months develop a strong New Deal candidate who bears the “liberal” stamp.

But even this course would be perilous, for a majority of Democrats (53%) say they are now opposed to a third term for the President, according to the Institute's latest third-term barometer. ’

» » : » Growing Number Want ‘Conservative’ in 1940

of. Democrats who favor a “conservative” types of candidate is increasing, despite the President's emphasis on “liberalism.” In July, just ‘before Mr. Roosevelt commenced his unsuccessful “purge” campaign against Senators Tydings. George and-Cotton Ed Smith, the Institute ‘asked a. carefully selected cross-section of Democratic voters in all parts of the country:

“IF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS NOT.A CANDIDATE : FOR RE-ELECTION IN 1940, ‘WOULD

| Liberalism Drive

Democratic Rank and File T urning Right, Gallup Poll Shows

EANWHILE Institute surveys show that the number

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939

YOU PREFER A CONSERVATIVE TYPE OF CAN- - DIDATE OR A NEW DEALER?” _ The answers were: Er A CONSERVATIVE. ..ooersnnrosnssarsnsaceecss 37% A NEW DEALER.....covtersenssnsevacssssanee 83%

But the latest Institute survey on the same question, published today for the first time, shows a trend to the right: Peri Ny BEL A CONSERVATIVE. ..ccs0ccrecscrsssssrsvssacns 41% : A NEW DEALER. .cccocscccscscsscsscoccssesss 599% !

On the basis of the 1936 election, this would indicate a “New Deal” wing of approximately 16% million Democrats

‘ foday as compared with about 11% “conservatives.”

Other signs of the strong conservative bloc among those who voted for Mr. Roosevelt are revealed in the number who say the Federal Government is spending too much (46%), who opposed President Roosevelt's “purge” campaign (61%) and who criticized Harry Hopkins’ administration of WPA (40%) in recent Institute surveys.

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Institute Experiment Shows

Garner, Clark, Byrd Strong

THE Institute has investigated Democratic Party senti-

ment from many angles, and one of the most interesting experiments, just completed, attempted to define

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In spite of President Roosevelt's battle to liberalize the Democratic Party, the trend among rank and file Demo- " crats is toward the right at the present time, Institute surveys indicate. ' Above, left, “New Dealers” Barkley, Wallace and Hopkins; right, “Conservatives” Clark, Byrd and Garner. : :

the President’s liberal-conservative issue in terms of New

Dealers and conservatives in the Democratic Party. The survey shows that three typical “conservatives’-—Mr. Gar-

ner, Mr. Clark and Senator Byrd of Virginia—are slightly more popular with Democratic voters as a group than three typical “New Dealers”—Mr. Hopkins, Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and Senator Barkley.

The vote is: : “IF ROOS T IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ‘PRESIDENT IN 1940, WOULD YOU PREFER A CONSERVATIVE TYPE OF CANDIDATE LIKE ‘GARNER, CLARK OR BYRD, OR A NEW DEALER LIKE HOPKINS, WALLACE OR BARKLEY?” Garner, Clark or Byrd .......co00000ec00000000 52% Hopkins, Wallace or Barkley ... ceceescecec oo 48%

Sectionally the greatest percentages for the New Dealers are in the industrial States of the Mid-Atlantic area and in the states west of the Rockies.

Percentage of Democrats for New Dealers

2% 53 47 33 46 58

9 Conservatives

New England States 58% ‘Middle Atlantic States a 53 61

: West. Central ‘States .......... Southern States .............. 54 ~ Western States ............... 42 ry ’ (Copyright, 1939)

Von Steuben Kin Seek U..S. Haven

ASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P.).—Rep. Earl W. Lewis (R. 0.) today had asked Congress to relax strict immigration rules so that a lineal descendant of Baron

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Revolutionary War hero, ° ‘Jtates. oh id. thot. sh Ww 3 that tis + 1 s. Rosenberg sa. at she was informe a e

might escape the oppression of Nazi and Fascist racial aws.. , : 5g gl ix Hugo Rosenberg, his wife, Mrs. Anna Marie von Steuben Rosenberg, and their 4-year-old son, Juergen, are packing their belongings at Milan, Italy. They must leave Italy by March 12 under: the new Italian racial decree. They had fled to Milan from Berlin, where: Herr Rosenberg was a prominent manufacturer, to escape Nazi

laws,

Mrs. Rosenberg made -her plight known in a letter to the Mayor of Steubenville, O., which was named in honor of Baron von Steuben, the first inspector general of the American army and drill master for Gen. George Washngton.

She told Mayor Earl D. Applegate of Steubenville that:

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she understood that the family would be placed in a concentration camp or deported to Germany and asked that a way be found for their entry into the United

German immigration quota was overcrowded and that they would have to wait their turn. She told the Mayor that he could “oblige me very much” if he could speed their entry. She said that she and her husband wish to bring up

their son, who is authorized to bear the name of von

Steuben, “in the great free country which my great on-

‘cestor ‘had the privilege to help establish as President

Washington's assistant.” Rep. Lewis said that he was not optimistic about passage of the special bill. Congress ordinarily frowns on such petitions unless popular sentiment demands such

‘action, hé said. The measure now is before’ the House

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—On . which thermometer scale, Centigrade or Fahrenheit, is zero the freezing | ER point of water? 1 x : 2—Name the manager of the % Washington (Senators) baseball club. 3—To what country was the former German territory of Memel given after the World War? 4—How many avoirdupois pounds are in one short ton? 5—What is the name of the ship that picked up the passengers of the wrecked British: flying boat Cavalier? 6—In which country is the Lake of Bienne? ; » ” »

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1—Centigrade scale. 2—Stanley Raymond (Bucky) Harris, 3—Lithuania. 4—-2000. 5—“Esso Baytown.” 6—Switzerland. #2 ® =

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Our Tow

By Anton Scherrer

Census Taker 'Owns Up' and Tells How He Played a Mean Trick on - Mrs. May Wright Sewall Years Ago.

WISH I could tell you Mr. Blank’s real name, but I just can’t. For two reasons: (1) Because of a promise I made which, by the Lord Harry, I propose to keep, and (2), because of Mr. Blank’s wife. To say noth

ing of the children. - Mr. Blank says his wife and children simply adore him and if they ever dis= covered the skeleton in his closet, they’d pack up and leave him high and dry. Which, of course, is the last thing I would want to have happen. It béhooves me, therefore, to be mighty circumspect and write today’s piece in such a way that nobody, not even Mr. Blank’s wife, will recognize him. It’s going to

‘| cramp my style like everything.

The skeleton in Mr. Blank’s closet is the Twelfth U.S. Census, the one pulled off in 1900 when Mr. Blank was somewhere around 25 years old. Old enough to know better, he says. Mr. Blank was one of the 200 census takers at the time, Vincent G. Clifford (his real name), and distinctly remembers that he got 24 cents for each name re=

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ported, provided the person was in possession of ail a

his faculties. The names of persons defective in sight, hearing and speech brought 5 cents’ a piece, For every horse, cow, sheep or goat found in the city, the enumerator got 20 cents. A census taker lucky enough to get a district sprinkled: with enough goats could make as much as $7 a day, says Mr. Blank. ; Mr, Blank, however, never made more than $4.75 & day. That’s because he was given the aristocratic district consisting of Meridian, Pennsylvania and Delaware Sts, which had a fair allotment of horses but a lamentable lack of cows, sheep and goats. One day, indeed, Mr. Blank didn’t make more than $1.75. That was the morning he, rang the bell of the Girls’ Classical School on N. Pennsylvania St. He stated his business and a few minutes later was received in & gracious manner by Mrs, May Wright Sewall.

Finally Lost Her Patience

Mr. Blank says he doesn’t know what possessed him to do it, but as soon as he saw Mrs. Sewall he was seized with a shameful desire to take advantage of his official position. He asked her whether she was white or colored, whether she could read or write, whether she was subject to epileptic fits and many other questions equally out of order under the circumstances although they were all down on the census population schedule.

Mrs. Sewall tolerated the questionin she could, but finally entered J. ye one pe: answer. Which, of course, made Mr. Blank all the more eager to serve his country. He told Mrs. Sewall he was entitled to an answer, whe upon the President of the International Council of Women gave him a piece of her mind and showed him the door. Mr, Blank left, but he distinctly remembers that he had the last word, something to the effect that he had met a lot of ladies in his life, but never met less of one than Mrs, Sewall.’ : Mr. Blank wishes now he hadn't said it. The ‘memory, now almost 40 years old, haunts him day and night. Time and time again, he’s been on the point of making a public confession; he says, but he never saw how he could do it with a wife and children on his hands. That's yhy he welcomed. my suggestion of handling the thing’ anonymously.

Jane Jordan—

Young Wife Assured Most Husbands Remain Faithful to Last Chapter.

D= JANE JORDAN—I am 21 years old and my husband is 23. We love each other dearly. So many of my friends and relatives have had unhappy marriages and unfaithful mates that it is hard to . believe that a marriage can last very long, or that any man remains true to his wife. I believed there wasn’t a man in the world who would be faithful to his sweetheart or to his wife before I met my husband. I have the utmost con=fidence and trust in him but I am afraid our mar-

riage will end as the others have done. Everytime he goes any place without me, I am

afraid of the temptations he might yield to, al

though he has a strong will. When he goes to work early or comes home late, I am fearful, (not suspicious). I am afraid he might tire of me. I watch every move he makes because I am afraid. My two years of marriage have been the happiest years of my life except for the fear I have of its ending. J My husband is unaware of ‘my fears. Do men ever remain faithful to their wives as long as the women have a claim on them? Do any remain true until death, maybe? I doubt it. FEARFUL,

Answer—Yes, of course, lots of men are faithful to their wives to the end of the chapter. Although I have no figures to flash, I imagine that the percentage of comparatively faithful husbands is far greater than that of unfaithful husbands. It is just that the unfaithful get so much envious publicity, Whoever hears anything about a man who has been faithful for 50 years? Nobody. Perhaps it's too dull a subject. Whatever the case, it simply isn't news when a man is faithful. ' Those who get the publicity get it because they deserted a wife and seven kids to run off with another man’s spouse; because they make love to anything in skirts unless married to it for the moment; because in their eternal search for repeated proof of a masculinity about which they are secretly doubtful, they develop a technique in winning women which works overtime. These so-called bad men certainly contrive to keep the ladies nicely h ed, They get themselves talked about plenty, but never ignored. : xv Now it strikes me as ridiculous that any woman should look at a handful of miserable marriages in her own family or neighborhood and jump to thé cons clusion that all these failures were caused by the men without the assistance of the ladies, and that because of this all men are black-hearted deceivers. If sounds like an 61d wives’ tale to me. : Your fears have been handed down to you by some of these pessimists. The very best way to bring the ! same fate down on your own head is to sit around and shiver about it. The very best way to avoid it is to

forget all about it and stay healthy and cheerful. JANE JORDAN.

Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan who will answer your questions in this column daily.

New Books Today

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