Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1939 — Page 11

| ‘Hoosier Vagabond

in INTER GARDENS, Cal, Nov. 20.—We dropped to see the Hamann family. And who in Hiss Hamann family? - They're just people. And , very: fine people, too, if I know anything about the "human’ species. They live in EI Cajon Valley, just = over on the other side of Rattiesnake Mountain. They own an avocado ranch. But it's just as well to laugh when you say avocado ranch, because if there is any unanimity of opinion in El Cajon Valley, it's that you ‘can’t make a living raising avo‘cados. But regardless of that, the Hamann family is so full of pleasure at being alive that it makes you feel kind of good toward the Fates. Aft least the Fates aren't bad to everybody. Ben Hagiann is a youngish man from Illinois. He is a carperder by trade, and makes a good living at it. He has just had all his upper front teeth out, an¢ it embarrasses him, and he looks kind of cute too, . he eihg so 50 young Hamann (she goes by Kay) is also yi ieon and so petite she could be a twin for Norma ‘Shearer. She weighs 97 pounds and her bobbed hair is boyish, and when she puts on her white slacks and a red bandana around her head she is even cuter iy Mr. Hamann without his front teeth.

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A Home Is Built

And there are three Hamann boys—Jack, Bob and Gerry. Three handsomer and better-mannered and more eager boys you never saw. - Jack is 17 and a senior in high school. Bob'is 15 and collects rocks, stamps, Indian pottery—in fact, he collects everything in sight. Gerry is the youngest, and his main cross in life is that people spell his name with a “J.” Kathleen Hamann was born in England, and was 14 before she came to Canada. She and Ben Hamann met in Winnipeg. The boys were born in Canada.’ They worked hard, and moved here and there, and never got much of their own. Then three

Our Town

ANOTHER THING you taxpayers own and don’t know anything about is a perfect specimen of the second folio of Shakespeare's works. It's the one kept under lock and key in the vault of the Central Library, slong with Luther Dickerson’s spare umbrella. The book was formerly in the library of Sir Edward Hales, baronet, and somehow found its way to the home of Judge Cyrus C. Hines in Indianapolis. Fifty years ago or so when the Judge left Indianapolis to live in Vermont, he gave the book to the Librarv. At that time there were only 35 bana fide examples in the whole country. The only public libraries to have one were the Library of Congress and those in New York, Boston and Charleston. Maybe there are more now. I wouldn't know. The fiyleaf carries the message: “Printed at London by Tho. Cotes for Robert Allat and are to be sold at his shop at the figure of the Black Bear in Paul's Churchyard—1632.” Opposite the title page is an engraved picture of the author showing him with a trace of a mustache and a few hairs beneath his underlip. His hair flows out over his ears in two solid coils, but otherwise the face is more or less like the modern portraits we know of Shakespeare.

Explanation in Verse

That the verse is true 10 ne life. is vouched for by the cute little verse below in bold: “This figure that thou seest pui, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life. O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he has hit ; His face; the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass, 1 But since he cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book.”

The book was printed 15 years after Shakespeare's death. As a matter of fact, the preface alludes to the

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Washington

WASHINGTON, Nov, 20.—As all well know who

the newspaper corre- . Speculation concern-

‘the newspaper reporters who have had their dispatches re-

ferred to in White House press"

conferences as “just a newspaper story,” a ‘Monday morning story” or “a sewing circle story.” On the occasion of what the White House considered a seri‘ous offense, the reporier has been advised to consult the President or to “ask Steve” before “going out on a limb.” Never in my 20 years here have newspaper reporters received as much advice as to how to do their work. Not that I mind. None of us mind very much. But it is a little odd, after having religiously attended the White House school of journalism, to note coming out of Hyde Park a shower of newspaper dispatches all reading substantially as the one before me, which Ss: Say resident Roosevelt said today with a laugh that he deliberately led reporters astray Wednesday on speculation on possibilities that he might seek a third

term.

3 » ” » Well, This Is America “Af a press conference he said he purposely inserted a sentence in the speech he delivered at tne cornerstone laying of the Jefferson Memorial in Wash-

ington for the effect it would have on newspapermen. “The effect,” he said, “was terrific—as funny as a

emo interpolated sentence, which Mr. Roosevelt thought was so funny, was this: “I hope that by

My Day

HYDE PARK, Sunday.—Last Friday evening we reached New York City just in time to have dinner. Then, with my son, Jimmy, Miss Thompson and I went to the World Theater to see a French movie called “Harvest.” If is a simple story, dealing with the earth and the very primitive urge of a man to work for the woman he loves, and,.by doing se, to bring life back to the land which seems to have become useless. He does it by discovering a little

patch of unused earth which, is : ‘clear day, for it makes a great difference when cere- , monies have to be held out of doors. I am also glad : that the weather is not too cold.

still good enough to grow wheat and he does all the work with his own hands.

That is not a lesson we would °

" "have to teach in this country, for with us it is a question of accept-, “ing scientific modern methods of re soil conservation to meet a variety ills which have befallen our soil because of our past We cannot teach the use of one’s hands, knocks always at our door as a combasic lesson, however, that man will find constructively if he has a sufficient urge, all countries at all times. Is good and We surmounting of the

_nearest his heart.

By Ernie Pyle

years ago they headed west from Minneapolis and landed, they don’t exactly know why, in El Cajon Valley. They had a little money. They bought two plots of ground; of three-fourths of an acre each. On one of them they put up a small chicken house, and Mr. and Mrs. Hamann moved into it! Nearby they put up a tent for the boys. . / They all went to work—all five. They planted 60 avocado trees. They cleared up their ground and got vegetables growing. They scoured around the country and hauled jn big rocks by car. And then they started to build a house. : They put up the fireplace first. There it stood, just a fireplace and chimney, right outdoors, with nothing around it. That was finished. So they “had a housewarming. They worked and they worked. As each new room went on, they had a party. Ben Hamann and the boys built the whole house. And they did it on week-ends and evenings. It took them 16 months.’

» » Life Is Easier Now Their house is no lean-to or amateurish affair, either. It is a millionaire’s country estate, in miniature. It has a little winding driveway. It has rolling slopes in front and behind. It has a long terrace with a thatched roof, and an outdoor fireplace. It has electric’ lights and running water. It has gaiety and comfort and good taste. “It was hard when we were living in a coop,” Kathleen Hamann says. “I used to get awfully tired. But then I'd think, why, this is really pioneering. Nobody has ever worked in this very soil before, nobody has ever built a house on it. We are making something for ourselves.” And now they are here for good, and all these things belong to the Hamanns—their home, and their trees, and their independence, and the loveliness of the mountains, and their own happiness. “Won't you stay, and we'll have barbecued ribs for supper,” Kathleen Hamann asked. So we stayed. And we ate nine pieces of barbecued rib apiece, and then we sat before the leaping outdoor fireplace, under the thatched roof, in big easy chairs, there in the California night, and just chatted away.

By Anton Scherrer

“recent death of the sweet bard of Avon” and be-

moans the fact that he didn’t live long enough ‘personally to superintend the publishing of the work.

The only thing older in the way of a collected edition of Shakespeare's works is, of course, the first folio which appeared in 1623, nine years ‘earlier than the one at the Library. The first folio was nominally edited by two of Shakespeare's friends and fellow actors, John Heming (or Hemings) and Henry Condell, and contained 36 of the plays included in modern editions, “Pericles” being omitted. The book is full of typographical errors. Indeed, some wise guy has discovered no less than 20,000 “readings” that are wrong or highly suspicious, to say nothing of a still greater number of misprints. In the ‘face’of all these facts, the Baconian heretics have the nerve to claim that the folio was edited by Bacon, the plays being carefully revised, collected and printed when he had abundant leisure for seeing them through the press. Some day when I have time, I'm going to take a whole column to handle the Baconians.

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More of Our Treasures

The second folio, the one you taxpayers own, was a reprigt of the first with a few changes for the better, and some for the worse. The third edition appeared in 1663 and included “Pericles.” The fourth folio (1685) was :a reprint of the third with no material changes except that some of the spelling was easier to read.. You taxpayers are lucky enough to own the fourth folio, too. It was also a part of Judge Hines’ monu-

m ental library, which. was tpo.big to carry with him to.

Vermont. I don’t know why the Judge left Indianapolis to settle in Vermont unless it was to live a little closer to the North Pole. Next to Shakespeare, the North Pole was the thing When he was a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club, for instance, he read three papers, every one of which had something to do’ with the Eskimos. On Nov. 14, 1831, he discussed “The Hudson Bay Co.”; on March 26, 1882, he got around to “The Present Conditions of ‘Arctic Discovery,” and on March 3, 1884, his last appearance, he set everybody straight on “The Present Stage of Arctic Research.” x : .

By Raymond Clapper

January, 1941, I shall be able to come to the dedication of the Memorial itself.”

The gag laid an egg because, except for one or two hair-trigger reporters who weren't thinking, all knew that the reference was completely meaningless indasmuch as Mr. Roosevelt's current term would keep him in Washington until Jan. 26, 1941. But Mr. Roosevelt, in disclosing his little attempted hoax, said he watched the faces of the reporters and they were most amusing, and obviously something terrific ‘was expected.

Under what other form of government except de mocracy could you have the head of the regime playing merrily with the question of continuance in office? In Russia, in Germany, it is a forbidden subject. Anyone caught even thinking about a successor becomes a candidate for the firing squad—he needs only to be suspected of so thinking.

Time to End Uncertainty

That Mr. Roosevelt can approach a matter of such import to himself in a spirit of hbrseplay is healthy. And if newspaper reporters are not smart enough io take care of themselves in such matters, that is too bad for them.

But the time is rapidly approaching when Mr. Roosevelt will be open to the charge of not playing fair with the American people in perpetuating the uncertainty regarding his third- term intentions. Sen-ator-VanNuys of Indiana already has raised the question. He says Mr. Roosevelt has had time to make up his mind and ought to speak. Some responsible members of the Roosevelt Administration have demanded that the President run again. He is in .the

Gallup Poll— 54% Favor Democrats

For 1940

By Dr. George Gallup PRINCETON, N. J., Nov.

20.—As the political experts search the November

~ election figures for portents

of the country’s attitude next fall, a nation-wide survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion indicates that a slight majority of American voters at this time favors a Democratic President in 1940,

- but that the number has

declined sharply during the last month. : At the present time, the survey shows, the Democrats are well ahead in the South and West, the Republicans lead in New England, and an important band of 18 Northern states remains politically “on the fence.” One of the most striking facts revealed in the survey is that— despite the defeat of the “Ham-and-Eggs” pension plan, which’ some observers regarded as a sign of a conservative shift in the West —the Pacific and the Western states in general are still strongly pro-Democrat. A month ago, at the height of, the neutrality debate, the InstiSute found 57 per cent of the voters in a nation-wide cross-section in favor of a Democratic victory. From this and other indications of political sentiment it appeared that Democratic fortunes were decidedly on the rise. And yet, as today’s survey reveals, Democratic Party strength may have reached its high-tide for 1939 at that time. In the weeks since the ending of the neutrality session the trend has been in the direction of the G. O. P. In both surveys the Institute asked a care-

fully selected cross-section of the .

voting population in each state: “Which party would you like to see win the Presidential election in 19402” The trend of opinion, as shown in the votes of those who have hatte up their minds on the ues. on,

MONTH AGO— Want Democrats to Win.. 57% Want Repiblicans to Win. 43%

TODAY —

Want D ts to Win.. 54% ‘Want’ Republicans ‘to Win, 46%

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XPRESSED in politicians’ terms, the survey indicates that the Democratic Party is now stronger than it was a year ago, when it dropped approximately 80 Congressional seats to the ~Republicans, but not as strong as in 1936 when 62.5 per cent of the major party voters cast their ballots for’ President Roosevelt. The war in Europe and the popularity of F. D: R.’s foreign policy have undoubtedly helped

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With the Presidential campaign of 1940 on the horizon, a nation-wide survey by the American Institute of Publis Opinion indicates that a small majority of American voters favors a Democratic President in 1940, but that the num-

ber is less than it was a month ago.

D. M. Hamilton.

Above, Democratic Chairman James A. Farley and Republican Chairman John

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to bolster the Democratic Party’s position at this time. Seven -months ago, with the nation embroiled in domestic issues, a small majority (52 per cent) said they favored a Republican President in 1940. - Will the opening of the political campaign and the return to domestic problems reverse the picture again? That is the prime political question for the immediate future, as Senator Taft, Thomas E. Dewey, Paul V. McNutt, Vice President Garner and others prepare to open fire for the 1940 nominations. The Institutes will conduct continuous audits of national political sentiment as the campaign rolls along. ” ” n

NODAY'S Institute survey will give political leaders a glimpse of the problems ahead for them. : For John D. M. Hamilton and his Republican strategists the 1940 problem seems to be (1) to hold the New England states, which are predominantly Republican in today's survey, and (2) to win the lion’s share of electoral votes from the area between the Hudson River and the Rockies—outside the South. In this band of 18 states, accounting for 279 of the ‘nation’s 531 eiectoral votes, average opinion is now very evenly divided, the survey shows. The “Solid South” gives every indication at this time that it in-

tends to remain solidly Democratic ;

in 1940. Wich more than three Southerners in every four favoring

a Democrat mm today’s survey, it

does not seem that the Repub-: lican high command can hope to gain electoral votes in this region. To the Democratic bloc must also be added the West at this time where 59 per cent of the voters in the survey say they favor a. Democratic President in 1940. Section by section the average vote in today's survey is: (Electoral Favoring Votes) Dem. Rep. ~ 41 New England 449% 118 Mid-Atlantic 51 88 East Central . 50 73 West Central 51 146 : 65

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¥ The Institute found approximately one voter in every five undecided on ths question or delib- * erately postponing his nt until after the candidates are named next June, ‘ 2 ” ” ITH the South and the West . pre-disposed ‘to favor a Democrat (total of 211 electoral . votes in the two areas), thé problem of Jim Farley and the Democratic board of strategy seems to center in the same “borderline belt” where the Republicans have most at stake. The area includes:

TREND OF PARTY STRENGTH

April 1939

both predominantly industrial states and. predominantly farming. . a Here, unless all signs fail, . be the battleground - of the Too election. ‘An interesting sidelight is the

- fact that the three top-ranking’

Republican candidates in Institute popularity tests — Thomas E. Dewey, Senator Vandenberg and ‘Senator, Taft —all come from . states in this political arena. On¢® the. other hand, of the leading Democratic eligibles, only President Roosevelt’ and Paul V. McNutt of Indiana represent this general area, while Vice President. Garner and Secretary of ® State

| in ection 1 to forecast, of course. Never SS, it is one of theé’factors which po= litical leaders traditionally weigh. Far more important in recent national elections” has been’ the ‘general temper of the American people and the degree of peace and prosperity existing . at the time of the election. These con‘siderptions—plus the actual choice of party candidates in June—must continue to be the x" factors In political speculation.

LEADERS IN NYA WORK CONVENE

‘Richey Opens Conference

With Talk on ‘Integrated Program.’

Superintendents of homemaking and workshop projects of the National Youth Administration in Indiana met today at the Riley Hotel for a two-day conference. Robert S. Richey, state NYA administrator, opened the conference with a talk on “An Integrated NYA Program.” Homemaking project supervisors are to meet this afternoon with Mrs. Kramer Snethen, supervisor of girls’ projects, and the workshop project superintendents are to discuss their work with Gerald F. DeLoe, director of work projects activities, and Paul Welter, supervisor of workshops. New types of work, boat construction, general cabinet work, forging and sheet metal work, are to be out-

position of tolerating, if not tacitly encouraging that|lined for the workshop project su-

agitation. He can be funny about it if he wishes, but he ought to come clean.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

language difficulty by translations on the screen is quite remarkable, though the fine poms of humor are somewhat dulled. - / Saturday morning I saw a number of people who wanted to talk to me about a variety of things. After lunching with a friend I stopped on the way to Hyde

. Park to speak to the Bronx Free Fellowship, a forum

meeting where questions came thiek and fast. We arrived at Hyde Park in time for dinner and I found my husband full of plans for the laying of the library cornerstone today. I am glad to say that this morning is a beautiful,

Even with the best of weather, I do not imagine many people will come to see the laying of the corner-

_stone, but those most interested in this period of his-

tory will want to see every step covering the erection of this building. It has gone up very quickly in the! pyr last two weeks and I think the builders’ hope that the roof will be on before snow may be realized. Next autumn, I suppose, will come the real dedication and then the never-ending, interesting task of receiving and cataloging and making available to the public, the historical documents and collections made by, various. Individuals during this period of history. ey go

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perintendents while the homemaking project ‘superintendents are to consider a program for assisting project workers to become economically independent citizens. The two groups will visit workshops at 15th St. and Senate Ave. and 25th St. and Keystone Ave. tomorrow. Superintendents from Indianapolis projects attending the conference are Mrs. Hazel Schnitzius, Mrs. Mae Belle King, Earl Crawford and James R. Gray.

REPUBLICAN CLUB PLANS DEC. 1 DRIVE

The Mill;Town Republican Club will open its winter social activities with a dance Dec. 1 in the Zephyr Room of the Hoosier Athletic Club. Dancing will- be from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m., and Buzz Burton’ s Tophatters Lwill play. : Ticket committee members are Mrs. Meta Thomas,

Bullard is president of the ‘club, which was organized two years ago by a group: of Republicans who “felt the need of a. senirally: locaied -nonfactional socal club.”

| Times Special

Mrs. Helen . | ceive |

2 Brothers, 2 Cars, 2 Thefts

VINCENNES, IND. NOV. 20.— Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Horrall of Patoka recently purchased new cars. One son, Nolan lives in Louisville, Ky., while the other, Byron, a teacher, lives here. On the ‘same night, thieves “ stole both of the brothers’ cars,’ in their respective cities. Nolan’s car was found wrecked on the outskirts of Louisville but Byron ‘has received no information as to the whereabouts of his machine.

ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE WILL FIGHT BETTING

i FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. Nov. 20 (U. P.).—L. BE. York, head of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, told a church audience yesterday that the organization in 1940 would seek to prevent passage of a ‘bill "legalizing pari-mutuel betting in Indiana. Earlier. the league's hoard of trustees had resolved to fight for a local option law on liquor sales. ‘

FOOT CLINIC SET UP ‘FOR PURDUE COEDS

Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind, ‘Nov. 20. “A foot: clinic, which will meet at 4 a. m. each Tuesday, has been added to the physical education department for women at Purdue Univer-

sity..

17 Hoosiers Leare for West Virginia

BOBBITT CALLS NOV. 27 PARLEY

Seeks Chairmen’s Advice For Shaping Policies and Ending Strife.

~ State Republican Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt today summoned G. O. P. chairmen of eight of the largest counties in Indiana to meet at the Claypool Hotel here Nov. 27 to plan 1940 campaign strategies. Also the county chairmen will be asked to help Mr, Bobbitt keep down factional strife during primary electicn campaigning after Jan. 1. All but two of the chairmen

called are from counties‘ where

Democrats won by large majorities in the 1938 elections. “It is the intention to discuss organization plans to remedy the condition in 1940,” Mr. Bobbitt said. Chairmen invited to the conference are Dan C. Flannigan, of -Allen County; Fred P. Schutz, of Lake County;. Kenneth D. Osborn, of La Porte County; Ray V. Gibbens, of Madison County; Carl Vandivier of Marion County; Edgar Durre, of Vanderburgh County and Carl C. Pinson of Vigo County.

HEADS YULE COMMITTEE ‘Bruce Bedenbaugh will head a special committee of the Tillman H. Harpole Post of the American Legion to arrange for the post's an-

nual Christmas tree and: distribution of Christmas baskets.

Doctor Says

Napoleonic

Ego Will Defeat Hitler

Such is the prediction of Dr. Max |

A, Babf, head of the Central State Hospital who has just completed a study of the German Fuehrer from a psychiatric point of view. He made the analysis after re-

ceiving numerous telephone calls, letters. and requests during his speeches. : “Hitler is a paranoiae,” the doctor declared, “just as are ‘about 2 per cent of the patients in, State Hospitals. The only difference between "Hitler and the unfortunates who are incarcerated in institutions is that they do not possess the ingenuity nor ‘can they command the following of the German leader.” “Many excerpts from Hitler's “Mein Kampf” reveal that his prepsychotic personality was characterized by sensitiveness and a feel-|-‘ing of -inferiority and in consequence of which he has projected into the world of reality a suspicioys, paranoid, complaining and persecutory trend which could only be satisfied with the existing idea of domination and power to satisty his ego. “Hitler is an individual of superior intellect like many paranoiacs and his energy is largely expended in efforts whereby his selfesteem is enhanced and his striving for satisfaction is attained in his exalted. egotism. “His compensatory feeling of superiority has developed to meet his subconscious feelings of inferiority or low Station which was ‘mani

To Join NYA Work Experience Center

Sevenisen Indiana youths were to leave here today for South Charleston, W. Val, for enrollment in ‘an NYA regional- work experience center at the U. 8. Naval Ordnance

plant. : : Richey, State: NYA administra d ‘the youths selected. from NYA work projects; will| - join 400 from other states to. rein carpentry, millwork, plumbing, woodworking, tricity and cafeteria. Sork The ‘project inc

king, elec sraining in the metal, mecha

Hours: a Wonth at wages: lower than the regular NYA scale. Part of the wage will revert to a co-operative fund for surgical fees and medical supplies, and a deduction will be ‘made for subsistence, recreation, athletic and library fees and special educational and: social activities, purpose of the project,” Mr. Richey explained, “is : to ‘provide work experience and exploratory

‘dllied trades, to: discover

2 (Sie mechanical aptitudes sary for successt oh ul: pagusipe-

The boys will ‘remain on the project. about six months. They are Mike Meynhart, South Bend; Leslie Strombeck, Mishawaka;

Virgil Bogue, Richard Duke and}

William Johnson, Muncie; Robert Brigode, Anderson; Charles Craig, Marion; Charles Hart Jr, Kokomo; - ry | man, [Terre ‘Haute; Carl Morlan, Brazil; = ‘Leon J. Belvly and ‘Roy

ph” Hill and John Ship-| to"

fested in his ‘prepsychotic persone ality trends. He has become ahe normally so self-satisfied and so convinced of his superiority to be able to conquest Europe ft

dent at the Rhian of Berlin where a prominent German psychiatrist designated Napoleon — that imperial impersonation: of ' force and murder who covered all Europe with blood and tears—as a political paranoid whose parandiac am bition was to conquer the world and who eventually met. with failure by reason of a warped mind. “A similar situation has arisen in Germany today and Hitlerism will terminate with such similar results,” the doctor said. x

TEST. YOU R KNOWLEDGE

1—Name the queen who: had the longest reign in English history, 2—-Which State in the Union eXe tends farthest north? . 3—How many cubic decimeters are in ‘one cubic, meter? 4—What is a mulita? 5—Name the United States: Ame bassador to the U. 8: 8. R. ome re the West es ca 2? 7—Who was Samuel Finley, Breese Morse?" 8—Wnhat is. the name of the science which treats : of coins and medals? : . \ » ” 2

. Answers

| 1—Queen Victoria.

2—Minnesota. 31000. 4—A small armadillo, with head and - rears like those of a mule, native in southern South America. 5—Laurence Steinhardt, | 6—North America. 7—The inventor of the telegraph. F-Numismaties, © a

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