Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1939 — Page 9

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: SUN CHALET, Glacier Park, Mont, Aug 98 This is the eve of the gargantuan Pyle Walking Expedition from the United States to Canada. Tomorrow at dawn (well, maybe around 10 a. m, if I get up in time) the great BE. T. Pyle sets out on foot for a hike of 50 miles from here to Y aterton Park in Alberta, The most remarkable thing about this extended walk is the fact that Walker Pyle would not walk half a mile behind a plow for $20. Yet he's starting out to walk these 50 tough miles without a cent of pav. Maybe thats what's wrong with America, stuff ike that. The start of the expedition has been delayed several days while the leader tried to think up some scientific excuse for such a trek. But the Expedition’s mind wag a blank, and the Expedition finally had to admit it was going Just because it wanted to. This is not the first notable walking tour by this famed biped. ‘The records show that two years ago last April, in Akron, O, he walked down to the corner drug store after a pack of Bull Durham. Also, he has covered considerable distance walking up and down in hotel rooms, scratching his head and trying to think of things to put in his column. Out of this vast experience, Mr. Pyle starts his expedition with a superlative stock of equipment. He fs taking, in fact, practically nothing. That is one of the secrets of walking. *

Inventory of Equipment

His equipment consists of the following: A little bottle of muscle liniment; a strip of adhesive tape: an extra pair of socks: some tooth powder in a hotel envelope: a razor and toothbrush: pair of sun glasses; six Hershey bars, and an egg sandwich. There are no pajamas, for the walker can sleep in his shirt (he did for 20 years, so why not again for four nights?) He will wash out bis own socks every evening, He certainly doesn't need house slippers,

By Ernie Pyle

The walker has: on overalls, a slip-over sweater, and a jacket sweater. If he gets hot he can put the slip-over sweater in his knapsack. And carry the jacket simply by circling it around his waist and tying the sleeves together in front. As for hiking shoes, IT am not a member of the faney-spiked-boot school. So I'm just wearing the same moceasinsshoes I've been wearing for seven years, And when the hike is over, I'll have them shined up and go on wearing them to formal dances and court presentations, just as usual, Now, finally, the knapsack. A hiker's arms must be free to swing, in perfect balance,

, 4 Loaded for Bear, Too i The stores in the Park have a knapsack for sale. | It ix of heavy brown canvas, with one strap to go over the shoulder. It isn’t worth two hoots. 80 we've just thrown together a home-made knapsack. I say we, but I mean That Girl threw it to-| gether. Genius touched her when she thought of it. She made it out of an old piece of chamois (we always carly chamois with us, just in case we want to make a knapsack). I consider it sufficiently professional to make her an honorary member of all the sewing circles in the world. I shall walk across the mountains with shoulders up and head held high, proud of my kpapsack. Hannibal never had a better one, | The knapsack is packed. That Girl comes running. “Here, take this,” she says, “vou might meet a bear.” She hands me a little tear-gas gun, made like a fountain pen. We carry it in the car all the time. The tear-gas is in a 32 caliber cartridge inside the pen. They say it goes off like a cannon when you shoot it. We carry it theoretically for bandits, but I've often wondered just what would happen if we were eve:| held up I suppose I'd have to say, “please, Mr. Bandit, will | you give me just a moment to write a letter home?" | Then I'd have to hunt around till we found the tear. | gas pen, and then I'd have to say, “Can you wait just another minute, Mr. Bandit, I seem to have forgotten how the trigger on this thing works?”

Gallup Poll

Voters O.K. Work

By Dr. George Gallup

PRINCETON, N. J,, Aug. 28.—With political observers from Maine to Mississippi arguing whether the recent session of Congress was a triumph or a retreat for the New Deal Administration, a nationwide survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows two things about the attitude of the public itself, 1. A majority of American voters believe that the recent

Congress did a “good job” in legislating for the country.

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NEW YORK. Aug. 28 International politics makes strange bedfellows, but fortunately, it is incumbent upon ne man to retire. He can sit up by himself and await the dawn. And there are things, sometimes intangible, which do hot change. ‘They are not likely to be founé In the person of any single living being Some months ago I was talk ing to a highly intelligent man about a famous figure. “If he ever plays false.” said my friend, “I think there will be nothing for me to do but kill myself.” looked at him in amaze ment. He had just finished telling me that I was prone to poor judgment because of excessive romanticism and sentimentality. As a matter of fact, I realized many vears ago that the adjuration “Put not vour trust in princes” was a piece of profound secular wisdom as well as a spiritual truth, Rut an unwillingness to complete faith around a man, or indeed mankind, is in no sense cynical Such an attitude may well be maintained by one who believes that there is no life without faith. And the person who feels that must seek the rock upon which to build his complete fidelity. He cannot in good conscience worship either a statesman or the state ftself,

One Extreme to Another

Again and again, in newspaper work, I have seen the tragedy of the reporter whose emotions have been ripped to pieces by fastening his devotion too solidly upon some public figure whom he identified as “a good guy.” Sometimes disillusions came through some sharp hetraval of a good cause in time of crisis. More fre. quently the ide! just niggled iteelf away through small vesknesses and minor excursions into political trim-

Washington

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—By straining ones eves some easing of our own situation in the Far East may be found in the backwash of the deal between Hitler and Stalin. Too much should not be made of it, but for small favors, in these times, we should be truly thankful. As is now clear, Hitler sold out Japan. In return for a free hand in Poland, he gave Stalin a free hand in the Far Fast, Thus Japan not only is isolated, but her most dangerous enemy, the one enemy who lies close enough to be an ever-present menace, is completely free to act Undoubtedly Japan will put up a bold front and continue her conquest of China. perhaps with greater haste since the future has new and unexpected terrors for her. Already there have come from Tokyo hints thet Japan will let up on the British and bring the campaign of indignities to British subjects in China to an end. With this unquestionably will be abandoned any plans she may have lad for turning the heat next upon Americans in the Orient She may want to continue driving the foreigher out of China and she may pursue that aim regardless of the severe blow which Hitler has dealt her. But if there ix a grain of intelligence left in the ruling cligue in Japan, the campaign will be pursued only with greater deference to American interests and

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‘Many’ Favor Embargo

Recently the United States gave notice of abrogation of the trade treaty with Japan. to prepare the way far imposition of any economic measures that the United States may later decide upon. The extent of such economic measures, if any, will be de-

My Day

HYDE PARK, Sunday —Friday was a most exciting day. But 12 o'clock, I was down at the dock in Poughkeepsie where there were three airplanes already anchored to the seaplane float, which I had

seen the National Youth Administration boys building last Monday in the old Moline Plow Company's abandoned workship. As we stood there, more planes flew in until finally Aubrey Williams arrived with Capt. Fogg. flying the Civil Aeronauties Authority plane. After a brief ceremony, the party followed me up here for a picnic and then Mrs. Gray and I Joined the caravan and flew as far as Albany. There are comparatively few seaplanes in this country. Yet for commuting in and out of the city, and for fiving over rivers and lakes, there is no pleasanter method of travel. These are little planes which hold four people comfortably and the cost of operation is only two cents a mile, cheaper than an automobile. The initial cost of buying a plane is high, but with good care and an average amount of use, a plane should last five or six years. Because there have been so few of these seaplanes, "it has been difficult to use them conveniently. As Capt. Fogg explained, you might pick out a dock

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By Heywood Broun

ming. But whether faith was split asunder or merely meited, the disciple went away poorer in spirit. And in a good many cases the disappointed devotee | swung to the other extreme and became convinced that all men are liars. The man who thinks that he has found perfection wholly wrapped up in any indi- | vidual is a fool. And yet he is less foolish than his fellow who can) find good in no one. Indeed, I would not attribute folly to the person who bets his entire roll upon the integrity of his champion. No, he is well within] the limits of reasonable enthusiasm if only he keeps, | within some secret pocket, carfare home,

He'll Ride Wath F. D. R.

It is wiser, of course, to bet upon the mass rather than the man. Democratic groups may err even as| individuals do, but the mass, like a running stream, tends to purify itsel{ every 10 years or so, | I have been accused of believing that in the case of labor disputes the union is always right, That is| incorrect. I have known unions to be wrong. But that is not the way to bet. Again, I do not believe that the voice of the people is invariably the voice of God. However, it happens te be a much closer approxima tion than is ever reached by any Senator who thumps his chest and makes loud pretense that he speaks for | “100,000,000 Americans.” | I hope from time to time I have succeeded in con-| veving the impression that I am in favor of the New Deal. I never thought of it as the perfect political or economic philosophy, but, looking around me at various things offered as substitutes, I like it more and more. | At least twice in my life 1 lashed out as hard as I could at Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It is entirely pos-| sible that I might do so again. Just the same. my ail! rides with him and not for place or show I've het him | on the nase. My all, did 1 say? Well, not exactly. I'm holding out a dime,

By Raymond Clapper.

termined, as Secretary Hull said recently, by Japan's | conduct during the next few months. Six months! must follow the notice of abrogation before it bhecones effective. | Practically, it is much easier for Japan to lose friendship and economic relations with Germany than | with the United States. We buy from Japan 10 times

as much as Germany does, and that trade, further-!

more, is on a cash instead cf a barter basis. More important even is the danger to Japan from an American embargo, which polls and letters to Senators and Representatives show, would be highly | popular with a majority of American citizens, Japan's! economy is in shaky position and she is dependent upon imports for essential war materials such as oil, | scrap iron, rubber, cotton, wool, numerous minerals and some machinery, the bulk of which are controlled by Great Britain and the United States. “« & #

Chief Source of Supply

With Britain needing raw materials hevself we continue to be Japan's most available source of supply. We are the No. 1 supplier of Japan, with Britain | second and Holland third, Last year these three na-' tions supplied Japan with 85 per cent of her war supplies. according to a study reieased recently by the Brookings Institution.

8 per cent. We furnished 90 per cent of the scrap iron prgadeast, the cowboy usually finds manager for the plant, gave no de- gt = gied yesterday at City Hos-|all his life until retirement a few received first degree vears ago. | sons and three daughters.

and steel. 85 per cent of the oil, 76 per cent of the aireraft and parts i Therefore it would seem more necessary now than ever for Japan to conduct herself so as to safeguard | this vital source of supply. Surely Stalin must have made his astounding deal with Hitler chiefly because through it he was made free to move in the Far East by eliminating the latent threat of attack from Germany in the west | If Japan sees the Soviet maneuver in that light. then she it bound. as a matter of survival, to end her policy of antagonizing the United States and Great Britain,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

and land there hoping to take on oil and gas, only, to find there was none available. On calling up the| nearest oil company, you would be informed that all the trucks were out and by the time you eventually) corralied what you needed, you would have lost so much time that other means of travel would have been equally rapid. With good arrangements, how- | ever, this could be easily changed and it would take| about 35 minutes to fly from Poughkeepsie to Albany, and probably some 45 minutes to fly from Pough-| keepsie to New York City. i The Civil Aeronautics Authority and the National| Youth Administration are co-operating in different states all over the country to establish seaplane floats on navigable waters. This should serve as an incentive to many people to buy these little planes and create employment in a new industry. Germantown, N. YY. was our only stop between Poughkeepsie and Albany and I saw the yellow triangle, which denotes a seaplane base where supplies | can be obtained hereafter. It was interesting to see

how much community interest surrounded the little}

ceremony of presentation of this float by the N. Y. A} boys to the mavors of the different cities. where, sizable crowds were gathered and the citizens seemed interested in this new development. | As a work project, this is of value to young peo-

ple, for they get a little experience in carpentry, weld-,

ing, reading blue prints and it ties up with aviation which fires the imagination of every young person |

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169 seats out of a total of 435 in the House of Representatives, the G. OP, working oftentimes with a bloc of conservative Democrats, managed to change or shelve several of Franklin D. Roosevelt's major legislative items. Beginning a fortnight ago, as Congressmen started their annual exodus from Washington, the In-

| stitute asked a carefully selected

cross-section of men and women in all parts of the United States: “In general, do you think the present Congress has done a good Job or a poor job?” In the Institute survey the public's answers are:

CONGRESS HAS DONE—

Good Job Poor Job

About one voter in four said he was undecided or had no opinion. The political significance of the Institute's study, of course, is indicated in the following vote by parties, Nearly two Republicans in three said they thought Congress has done a “good job,” while only about half the Democrats thought sO: Good Job Poor Job Democrals ...... 52% 48% Republicans . 64 36 » » » FTO those Democrats who say Congress did a “poor job,” its chief failures have been (1) the failure to support Roosevelt, (2)

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As members of Congress settle down to sounding public opinion back home, a nation-wide Institute of Publie Opinion survey finds that a majority of Americans thinks Congress did a “good job.” party was a minority in Congress, were better pleased than Democrats.

groups, and (3) the “dodging” of important issues, a study of the comments reveals. To Democrats who approved the session in general, the principal achievements were: 1. Continued spending for “necessary” things like farm aid and relief. 2. Bills regulating the WPA and the political activity of Government employees. One typical comment is that of an Iowa dairy farmer, who replied to the Institute's question: “The Hatch bill to keep Government employees out of politics is worth a whole session of Congress.” Republican voters chiefly applauded Congress for “cutting down the President's spending program,” for “getting away from the ‘rubber stamp’ days,” or for nassing such measures as the WPA 130-hour bill and the Hatch bill. Interestingly enough, few vote ers of either party mentioned -- either for praise or blame—the passage of the record National

to Great Britain and France in case of war. ” » » ARMERS approved the general work of Congress to a greater degree than city voters or small-

town voters: Good

Joh Farmers .......... 62% City Voters . Small Town Voters 58

Poor Job 38% 44 42

The well-to-do and others in the upper income group (over $40 a week) were more approving of Congress’ work than those in the lower income group (under $20 a week) : Good Poor Job Job Upper Income Group 60% 40% Middle Income Group 61 39 Lower Income Group 51 49 Persons on Relief

and WPA ........ &5 55 In a separate study the Institute tested the public's reaction to

Congress defeat of the Roosevelt

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Spending-Lending Bill, beaten in the last days of the session, “Do you think Congress was

Defense Bill or the shelving of the President's bill (the Bloom bill) to sell arms and ammunition

failure to pass additional pumppriming measures and measures for the benefit of the low.income

Town on Way to N.Y. Fair FNISDIPSINSTATE

That real, live cowboy riding the speckled horse that you may have gion the diversion of state highseen around town this week-end was Arizona Duke. The horse's name is | way funds for other governmental Comanche, And theyre riding to the New York World's Fair | uses has decreased in the past two Arizona Duke (he won't give his real name) is & young, bronzed | years, it was declared today. plainsman from Phoenix, Ariz. He According to a survey of U. S.

Public Roads Administration, there has been a drop of $11,060,000 in the diversion of funds in 17 states including Indiana. A total of $138284,000 was di-

started for the fair the last of February and expects to reach the Flushing Meadows about Sept. 25.

FOUNDRY ABANDONED | He is paying his way by selling AT JEFFERSONVILLE, postcard pictures of himself and (verted from state highway funds

Comanche, and by fiashing what he | over the nation last year, according

+ yefer “my .| JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind. Aug. 28|to the survey. The decline of 7 per lest s PE io as “my million y | cent in this practice in the last two ollar smile.

| UL P.)) —Officials of the American years, indicates a change in the naOn Oct. 9 the Duke and his spot-' Car & Foundry Co. here announced tional trend, according to the surted pony will start for home again.

today that the Jeffersonville plant, vey. He says he's not going to “pick out

opened in 1866, will be abandoned | Sue St a squaw in New York" although immediately, with machinery and WOMAN DIES FROM the boys back home think he might.

equipment moved to other units of | In almost every big town, Arizona STOVE BLAST BURNS

the corporation. | Duke broadcasts from local stations. | Mi PS.

The plan coversy 26 acres and un[til 1930 employed hundreds of men No cowboy songs, however; he only jn the building of passenger and |

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tails of reasons for the closing. Other plants are operated by the “Look at that fan mail.” he says, | Smerioan ON PoundR oe. in id “hy t. Charles, 0.: erwick.. Pa.. turer toon Duging pocket. “ANT | Madison, Til; Detroit, St. Louis, and The Duke expects to take another Several other cities. seven months getting home. Comanche (who has gained 27 pounds in the past five weeks) only makes about 23 miles a day. She has been going a little faster, however, since she was held up and robbed in Denver, It seems that her owner parked Comanche on a Denver street and forgot to lock her doors. Along came a thief who took her bit and bridle, as well as Arizona Duke's chaps, spurs, slicker and sleeping

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1-—-What is graphology? 2—Where were slaves first introduced into the original 13 colonies?

3—Name the seven independent states in Central America. 4—-How old is Benito Mussolini? 5—Name the animals that live in colonies and build remarkable dams. 6—In units of length, how many inches are in one link? T-—What is the correct pronunciation of the word elongate?

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1—-The science of estimating character or determining petsenslily from handwritng. 2—Jamestown, Va. J—Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama. 4 He was 56 on July 29, 1939. 5—Beavers. 6—7.92. T—E-lon'gate.

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ANDERSON C. OF C. PLANNING DINNER

Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 28. Executives of foreign owned manufacturing plants here will attend the annual Chamber of Commerce Appreciation Dinner to be held at the Country Club Sept. 21. H. C. Greer, president, and L. N. Douglas, secretary, of the Greer Steel Co. of Dover, O., which operates a unit here, have indicated they will attend the dinner. C. S. Millard of Cincinnati, New York Central Railroad vice president and general manager, and J. L. Keeshin of Chicago, president of the Keeshin Motor Express, Inc, will also attend.

CCC ENROLLMENTS NOW OPEN IN COUNTY

The Marion County Welfare De- . " |partment is now receiving CCC engreater afternoon newspaper,” The .o)ments, Thomas L. Neal, depart-Herald-American. ment director, has announced. Both newspapers are owned by Young men interested are urged to William Randolph Hearst interests. report at the welfare department The announcement gave no rea-|office so that preliminary investigason for the merger and did not tion may be completed before the mention a strike of American News- next enrollment period, Oct. 1-20, paper Guild workers against the| County welfare departments two newspapers since Dec. 4. Pub- throughout the state have been relisher Merrill C. Miegs informed ceiving CCC enrollments since Aug. officers of the A. F. of L. union|/l, when the State Public Welfare that the merger terminates con-| Board made county offices respon ferences with Guild officers toward sible for investigating applicants settlement of the strik®, land selecting enrollees,

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g. All that was left was the saddle. And the Duke Duke thinks that would have been taken, too, except that Comanche is ticklish.

HEARST PAPERS IN CHICAGO MERGED

CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (U. P)— The Chicago Herald and Examiner, daily morning tabloid, suspended | publication with Saturday's editions and merged today with the Evening American as a “new and

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burned here today. ; AA : ‘AC Aug. 13 when a coal oil stove ex-| Germany supplied less than sings those in private. After the freight cars. C.T. Hertzsch, district ja4ed at her home, 2817 E. 25th ship and had been a farmer there from a scaffolding at the Western

Republicans, although their

right in defeating President Roosevelt's three-billion dollar lending bill?” voters were asked. The answers show that in this particular, too, Congress did reflect the views of the majority of American voters even though it

disregarded the views of many Democrats:

Applovs Oppose efeat Defeat of Bill of Bill

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G. 0. P. PARKING JOB GIVEN YOUNG GROUP

Marion County Young Republijcans will have charge of traffic and parking at the Indiana Republican

Editorial Association meeting to be held Sept. 23 at the State Fair | Grounds, according to Ralph Hammil, head of the Young Republicans’ organization. Ten or more men will work under ‘supervision of the following cap[tains: Edward Fillenwarth, Robert | Stierwalt, Erle Kightlinger, Frank Ll... ____|Symmes Jr, Carl Wilking, Irwin |Swair, Thomas Hendrickson, Oscar |Orr, Leo Kriner, Robert Orbison,

CIVIL WAR VETERAN {French Elrod, Ivan Brammell, John DIES AT BLOOMFIELD 'o'Donnell, Parker Dunn and George

A. Henry Jr. Times Special

Nickel at Play

Paul Spragg, 8, of 1644 N. New Jersey St., accidentally swallowed a nickel yesterday and was under observation today at City Hospital. Seven-year-old Dossie Sansing, 2447 Manlove Ave. received a

fractured left arm when he fell from a trapeze at his home, Betty Lewis, 10, of 712 N. Alabama St., was bruised when a playmate jumped on her left leg.

BLOOMFIELD, Ind. Aug. 22— WORKER IS INJURED son Shepherd, one of the last surviving Civil War veterans in this farm home near here. will be held| LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 28 (U, He was 93. |P.)~—~John C. Seiters, 46, was ine

Funeral services for William Garri- FATALLY N PLU GE vicinity, who died Saturday at his He was born in Richland Town-|jured fatally yesterday when he fell | Indiana Gravel Co. plant at West

He is survived by five |Lafayette. He died en route to the hospital.

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