Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1940 — Page 21

FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1940

The Indianapolis Times

SECOND SECTION

Hoosier Vagabond

ABOARD S. S. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Now, all you common clods who have always thought that I was just a man of the people and not a bit better than you are, you've got another think coming. For the truth is I am a great deal better than almost everybody else put together; I am high-class stuff; I am practically the personification of cafe society—and if you don’t believe it, you ought to see me now. I am lying at ease in an excellent bed in a great big stateroom on the best deck of the second biggest ocean liner ever built in America. And pretty soon Tl reach up and ring for my steward and when he comes I'll say, “Steward, hasten to me with a gallon of champagne. I wish to brush my teeth.” Furthermore, hanging in the closet over there is a brand new tuxedo that I bought in San Francisco for 25 bucks. For this is to be a dress-up voyage, and nobody can outdress me when I get started. This is indeed a luxury voyage, and my fellowpassengers are nearly all people of some means and station in life. So, before the trip is over, I hope to be able to fulfill my mission of telling you ordinary people how We-the-Other-Half live. But perhaps it would be wise for me to quit writing high-toned long enough to tell you what this is all about.

Blame It on the War

Well, it's all about the war, to begin with It seems that, on account of the war, our big fine ships don’t go to Europe any more. And the South America trade is already saturated with excess liners, so it occurred to somebody. “Why not put in luxurv-liner service once more between the East and West Coasts of the United States, via Panama?’ And that's what they have done. The United States Lines have transferred their two biggest liners, the Washington and Manhattan, into regular service between New York and San Francisco. i So, being fairly luxurious ourselves, and undoubtedly high-class, That Girl and I made certain readjustments in our Wall Street holdings, sold the last ©f our chickens, and bought two high-class tickets

Inside Indianapolis (4nd “Our Town”)

THE DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS at the State Fair wind up their big show today feeling a little blue In spite of the Fair's record-breaking feat. They ran into too much Willkie sentiment to suit them. “Willkie may be losing ground in other parts of the country,”

mourned one Democrat, “but he’s sure not in Indiana.” They were all in the grandstand the other afternoon when forthright Mahlon Haines of York, Pa., came to the judge's stand to receive his prize money after the horse of which he is co-owner won the big Fox Stake. Mr. Haines marched right up to the microphone and praised Indiana hospitality. “What this country needs,” he said next, “is for all the women to return to their places in the home.” A burst of applause greeted him (from the men). “What this country also needs,” he shouted, “is for the women to stop smoking cigarets.” Another salvo of applause (again the men),

We'd Run, Too

“And what this country needs, t00,” went on Mr. Haines, “is for the men to stop drinking so much corn likker.” A round of hand-clapping women folk). “And I want all you good people.” wound up Mr, Haines, “to go out and vote for Mr. Willkie for President.” The applause was so deafening that the Derhocratic bosses of the Fair just up and slipped out.

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Washington

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—One hears it said time and again around town that we are going into the European war, Persons coming to Washington from out of town I hear youngsters say it. Usually it is said in a matter-of-fact way, with the fatalistic assurance of a person 2 predicting tomorrow's sunrise. This calm fatalism, this acceptance of our going in to the war as inevitable, is close now to the point of dry hysteria. Therefore the time to sav these things is now, because at the rate affairs are moving it won't be possible to speak freely very much longér, not

By Ernie Pyle

on the S. S. Washington. So here we are, far from the California coast, bound for a luxurious voyage through the Panama Canal that two weeks hence will wind us up in New York City. As far as I can see, there are only two things wrong with this super-luxury trip. One is that we're not going to Bali instead of New York. The other is that we're not on a dirty old lumber freighter. But choosers can’t be pickers, I always say, and it's better to go to sea luxuriously than not at all. Steamship companies have suffered from the fact that Americans are afraid to get on a boat going to the Caribbean. Every time a warship gets torpedoed in the English Channel several dozen people rush to the cruise office and cancel their bookings. This is largely due to the fact that Americans have no sense of place or direction.

Character Is Slipping So if I can do one thing for my country (and even my countrymen) on this trip, it is to assure them that American waters are safe and sound and

filled with nothing more dangerous than flying fish

and snapping turtles. (The joke is on me if we sink). We sailed from San Francisco at 6 in the evening. As you know, I'm an old grandma about getting to boats and trains about two hours ahead of time. But I guess my character must be going to pieces, for despite noble intentions, we didn't get to the pier till half an hour before sailing. And as we were going up the gangplank it suddenly flashed into my mind | that my briefcase hadn't been among our luggage unloaded from the car. t Now my whole living is in that briefcase. and] without it I'd just have to go on relief. So a friend | and I dashed through the street, ran half a mile to! his parked car, finally found the briefcase hidden behind the spare tire in the baggage compartment, and got back aboard with pounding hearts just as the captain gave orders to throw the quartermaster overboard and cast off. It upset me so I had to eat a whole bowl full of caviar to get up strength enough to go out on deck and see us pass under the Golden Gate Bridge. But we made it, and here T am back in the cabin unpacking dress shirts by the gross, and I've just told the steward to bring me another gallon of champagne. I want to wash my face.

The “County's” Constable SOMEBODY CALLED US up and asked about! the “Marion County Constable” today. It seems our | friend spotted a big automobile with that sign on it and he took down the license number. We just checked up and found out that the gentleman in question is constable of Perry Township. He also has. we're told, a gold badge as big as the U. 8S. Marshal's. It, too, says “Marion County Constable.” Marien County. for vour information, has NO constable. The gentleman perhaps thinks Perry Township is the only part of the County that counts. The Mayor and Our “Zoo” WE HOPE YOU NOTICED the story on Page One| today about Hizzoner the Mayor agreeing to put our] proposal for a municipal zoo up to the Park Board for discussion and investigation. That starts the ball rolling. Don’t forget that what we suggested was a fivecent admission to make the zoo self-sustaining with | a couple of free days for the children whose families | can't afford to give them spending money, And the promise of an elephant still goes, says that | Indianapolis concern. Our Marked Police Cars A LOT OF FOLKS have been wondering why ihe | Police Department has painted those big red, white] and blue streaks on the Police cars. It's all part of; the program to make the Police not only heard] but seen. | Chief Morrissey, studying police procedures in other | cities, has come to the decision that all law enforce- | ment is better when people are conscious that the police are around. And marking the police cars distinctively, he feels, will give motorists and everybody else the idea that the Police are always around.

By Raymond Clapper

and the while man’s entire interest in the Far East. To talk of sending an army to Burope is meaningless. Where would it fight? Our role is to seize world naval and air supremacy. | Our role is to be tough about the thing that matters | to us. Our role is to be hard-headed and shrewd and to play with cold calculation for the stakes that are within our grasp. Our role, and there should be some Kinder and more tactful way of saying it, Is to help save what can be saved of the British

DANGER

(Last of a series of three articles)

By Ludwell Denny

Times Special Writer VV ASHINGTON, Sept. 6. —You don't leave a helpless child with jewels among thieves — not if you care anything about the life of your child. Or do we? Our Alaska is as helpless as she is rich. And all these years we have done

nothing about it.

Alaska is larger than Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden combined. The climate in northern Alaska and the grazing resources there are similar to those in northern Finland and northern European Russia. The climate of southern Alaska is similar to that of southern Scandinavia. Alaska has great forest resources, great fisheries, extensive petroleum prospects, extensive coal, vast gold production and other precious minerals. Then why has Alaska today little development and a population of less than 70,000—indeed, less than 35.000 whites? Many reasons for this paradox are cited by the Interior Department, ” ” ” HE old fortune-hunter complex. Lumbering, fishing, mining and building permanent com=munities were too tame for the gold rushers. The World War diverted manpower and capital. Absentee ownership has siphoned away riches, leaving lack of prosperity and capital in the Territory. Thus employment has been unbalanced and seasonal, 80 per cent in the fishing industry and 15 per cent in mining. This unbalance has created a high cost of living, with an unnecessary degree of dependence on imported food and manufactured goods at high transportation charges. Another barrier to settlement and development has been the myth that. Alaska is a ‘frozen waste.” Actually, less than 4 per cent of the land is permanently covered with ice and snow. and the winter temperatures of the southern seaboard is warmer than those of New York, Chicago and possibly Indianapolis. But despite all the myths and misinformation, and despite the fact that the total population in an area one-fifth as large as the United States is less than that of one small American city, our commerce with the Territory since acquisition has exceeded $3,000.000,000. During the last year she bought from us more than $44,000.000 worth of goods—more than any Central or South American countrv, except Argentina, Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela.

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BVIOUSLY, the development of Alaska is important to the United States, not only to close our back door to attack, and

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America's drive to increase Alaska's productiveness is exemplified by this agricultural experimental station in the Matanuska Valley. Every modern aid known to agriculture is in use at this station in

the heart of the north country.

to secure such strategic raw materials as tin, but also to offset our many lost foreign markets. But whether defense or commercial development, all this depends on populating that uninhabited land. This is where the Administration's plan for the joint settlement of our northern outpost by Americans and European refugees comes in. Under the King-Havenner bill, drafted by the Interior Department, groups of American citizens would be allowed to form “publicpurpose corporations” for development of Alaskan resources. Qualified no-quota immigrants between 16 and 45, in addition to quota immigrants, could be admitted under strict fitness, health and lovaltv tests. Non-quota immigrants could not migrate from Alaska to the United States during their first five years or thereafter until they attained regular quota status. One of the chief objections is from Alaskans, who do not want to establish two types of citizenship or immigration—one for Alaska and the other for the United States. Other Alaskans fear that more settlers would add to present unemployment Many Alaskans, however, vigorously favor the plan. They see in 1t their only hope. Some Americans see in it onl: “another New Deal pipe-dream like the Federal-subsidized Matanuska Colony project,” which has not been an outstanding suce cess. The fact that private capital instead of Government subsidy

3 PASS LOCAL FLYING TESTS

‘Richard Scott, John Nicks,

Robert Hesseldenz Wait Word From Capital.

Three Indianapolis youths have

Empire and bring it in reality, although not in form, [passed the local tests for admission

within our orbit. To do that we assist the British

to hold out so that they can preserve their sea power. Field, Tex.

We Cannot Stand Still

Applications have been sent by the Flying Cadet Examination

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We have not sought imperialism. We have want- [Board to Washington for fina%

ed to live in peace at home. We have sought only to

gction. The vouths are Richard E.

Evidently He Can't Dish It

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (U. P.). —Rep. John Cochran's refusal to become a restaurateur as well as chairman of the House Accounts Committee today caused the chamber to turn over control of the House restaurant to the Capitol architect's office.

Rep. Cochran, Missouri Democrat, refused to accept chairmanship of the Accounts Committee unless he were relieved of the duty of running-the restaurant.

200,000 CHILDREN

would be used in the new plan, and that only one-third of the Matanuska settlers left and many more are clamoring to take their places is dismissed by these critics.

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UT the bitterest opposition is from the anti-alien groups. They charge that it is a subterfuge to turn the country over to dangerous foreign refugees. Admitting the humanitarian effect of salvaging many European refugees. the Administration denies this is the primary purpose. It points out that there is private capital waiting to float joint American and refugee colonies, but no private capital willing to back only Americans and no sufficient number of Americans willing to migrate anvwav In addition to the basic pose of defense. Secretary stresses the following as objectives: Expand the Alaskan for U. S. products. Provide all-year employment for the seasonal Alaskan economy. Provide new jobs for Americans, Alaska and at home Grade upward the quality settlers available for Alaska Provide an outlet for American capital.

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R. ALVIN JOHNSON, 1 tor of the New School for Social Research, supporting the bill, has presented evidence that skilled refugees create more jobs.

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OPEN DRIVE ON FIRE HAZARDS

‘Designed to Call Attention To Faulty Heating Plants, |

Defective Flues.

The annual fire prevention campaign is on. Designed to call attention to faulty heating systems, defective flues and other causes of fires, and

to reduce the City’s fire loss, the] campaign will continue until Oct. 6. The drive is sponsored by the In«|

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Modern parkas afford warmth for young Alaskans, thanks to the

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foreigners have more brains Ameri cans,” says Dr, “but refugees do have some particular virtue, Ordinary immigration likelv to bring. us people who were unsuccessful in their own countrv. Refugee immigration is like= ly to bring us the persons with capacity for success in their own country but thrown out without

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Hoosier Goings

rural rehabilitation project at Palmer which supplies these outfits.

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began with the Pilgrims.” And whenever Pilgrims are mentioned, friends of Alaska always repeat their favorite quoe tation from Dr. Alfred H. Brooks, the great American geographer: “Had the Pilgrim Fathers sete tled at Sitka instead of at Plyme outh, they would have found milder climate, better soil and timber, and more game, furs and fish.”

RATS COSTLY

Help Selves to $2 in Food and Whatnot Yearly—Overheated Furnace Causes Fire By LEO DAUGHERTY ANIMAL PROBLEMS face Hoosiers from Lake Michigan to the

Ohio River,

The Federal Government estimates that every rat every year helps itself to food and whatnot worth $2. Lloyd Cutler, Lake County agent, who is trying to get an appropriation from the County Council to eradicate rodents, in some unexs-

plained way took a census of Lake County rodents and estimates it's costing $50,000 to feed them. It's the geese in Washington Township, Delaware County. One farmer reports theyre stripping

JAPAN CUTS OFF AID TO CHURCH SCHOOLS

TOKYO, Sept. 6 (U, P.) —Direc=

that President Roosevelt is going to clamp down on free speech but the public may not be in a mood to listen. A Congressman who tried to speak his mind in the House of Representatives this week was called g traitor by another member and there was a fist fight. Better enjoy free speech now while it is vossible. Hysteria is sneaking up on us and soon it max not be possible to speak out without being accused of helping Hitler.

Our Role Defined

The trouble is that people find it difficult to distinguish between helping England and going to war. Aid to England is one thing very much to our advantage. But it is one thing to help put out a fire and another to throw yourself and vour children into the flames. We have a lot of people who can't see the difference. Because it is wise to help put out the fire they want to leap into it. To go into the European war, so some of our best-

the bark off his trees and he can't find anvone who can tell him how to stop them without standing guard all the time. Ana it's the wolves down Clark County. The country between Henryville and Underwood embraces about 5000 acres of timber land and there are few farms in the area. But the farmers who do live there say the wolves are right at their door, killing chickens, sheep and even menacing watchdogs. The county game warden Is considering organizing a wolf posse. Then in Franklin Township, Flovd County, it's the foxes. The farmers want the raids on

be good neighbors. After the World War we scrapped Scott, 5808 Indianola Ave.: John D.| part of our Navy to bring about world limitation of Nicks, 1109 Cruft St., and Robert T. land the City Fire D tment armaments. We nursed the Kellogg-Briand Anti-|Hesseldenz, 617 Highland Drive. " road EE a I Et War Pact and by other means sought to hold the| The examination board will be at NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (U. P).—| R. D.MacDaniel, chairman of the world in balance by international agreement. That [the Federal Building until next Fri- Eric H. Biddle, executive director of fire prevention and protection comeffort failed, and this ruthless scramble for power day. {the United States Committee ad ut tie ST ON eS NaN Cg PS Ig, : » Ww 2 ; | the care of European children, was Ue Yen for such a campaign be bre] We ¢ ore fail to solidify the Western Hem-~| A total of 1818 men have been re-| : od | v " d , it | isphere than Lincoln could have allowed the union [cruited by the Indianapolis district Sh YOR 10 Jon, Servuge, as Citing a Fire Department report, iisi . 7 , | . : the Dixie Clipper today. he said more than 125 fires were | to disintegrate. With that must go heavy armament. offices for the U. S. Army since May | . Wi ; 3 mc) . > oe ” , . SS . Mr. Biddle said he planned to ar-|.aused during the first six months Economic power goes only to the strong. (16, according to Col. Enrique Ur | ange for transfer of some 200.000 yy us lg “ Wiewak | Europe is hopelessly balkanized. Tt is wasting [rutia Jr., head of the local recruit-|pnojich children to the United | 1 1940 hy defective FINES, stoves, away and sinking into misery which will not end ing office. Of this total, 350 enlisted ‘States in American ships (heating plants and pipes. * when the fighting pauses. The seat of empire moves at Indianapolis. | . - rt I hr,

westward. We have the resources, the wealth, the | * ww = ANE AN HERA x Ue sub-committee directing the financial machinery, the industrial know-how, the CZECHS, POLES IN HOLY LAND campaign. Gther members are C.|

geographical impregnability, and the strategic Joca- | Forty men who enlisted in the LONDON, Sept. 6 (U. P).—Addi- C. Bose, William A. Evans, Mus. | tion between the two oceans which we can make our |. S. NEVY at the local recruiting tional contingents of Polish and Lowell Fisher, William V. Kingdon, highways (office this week have been sent to o,a0n troops have arrived in Pal-|Fire Prevention Chief Bernard A.| This race for power came on against our wishing te Naval Traming Station, Great estine, a communique of the Mid- Lynch, Joseph J. Schmid and Murand in face of all that we could do to prevent it. But DE for two months Feral ie East Command reported today ray ¢ 3 Morris. x MacDaniel is an® | ' from Cairo. |ex officio member.

MAY COME T0 U. S. |dianapolis Chamber of Commerce |

tors of the Japan Christian Edu[cational Association representing | Methodist, Preshyterian, Congrega= | (tional, Episcopal and other denom=|inational schools today agreed to eliminate future foreign financial laid and appointment of foreigners [to executive posts. The association's action followed increasing Japanese restrictions [against foreign contributions and | foreign direction of the Iinstitutions.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

it Is here and our role is to seize the opportunity to |

informed authorities say, would be actually to the disadvantage of England. ' It would mean diverting to our own use supplies which are now enabling England to turn back the threat against the island. It would mean taking our fleet out of the Pacific and taking the brakes off Japan, thus menacing our own sources of rubber and tin and menacing British possessions

My Day

HYDE PARK, Thursday.—I spent most of vesterday morning at a meeting of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children, and returned to my apartment for a short conference with Mrs. Henry A. Ingraham and Miss Emma P. Hirth, of the Young Women’s Christian ~"§ Association. 3 I am becoming almost selfconscious about the fact everybody who comes to my apartment arrives at the top of the three flights of stairs in a perfectly breathless condition. Now I warn everybody beforehand that I shall meet them somewhere else if they mind climbing three flights of stairs. I really think the introduction of elevators, while very convenient, has probably made life too easy for us. As a little girl, I can remember that two flights of stairs were a matter of course to all of us, and three flights of stairs, nothing extraordinary. In fact, I was much annoyed when I was forbidden to slide down the banisters the whole way, for it was not considered safe until I reached the lowest flight of stairs. In the evening Mrs. Grace Murphy came to see Me to ask if I would speak for her group in Cine

make our strength tell-—not in a futile sentimental! Journey into the European war but in production of | the weapons and in training of the manpower that | will make us capable of exercising the command that is ready to shift to us. That is the way by which we Ean do most toward saving the kind of world we like,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

cinnati, which is opposed to the selective draft. I| listened to Mr. Norman Thomas last night over the] radio on this subject. No one hearing him could re-| frain from feeling that he was a most able and persuasive speaker. > With Mr, Thomas and Senator George Norris, one knows that one is listening to people of absolute sincerity. Their reasons might not be entirely similar to reasons put forth by the women for whom Mrs. Murphy speaks, but I think all of us should listen to both sides of the question and not make up| our minds until we feel we have heard equally good | presentations of the problem. We drove up from New York City this morning, and the autumn colors are beginning to show on the trees. My purple loosestrife is fading and its brilliance will soon be gone. We saw two deer run across the parkway, a most unusual sight. On arrival at Hyde Park, I found that our Norwegian guests were comfortably established and had apparently had pleasant weather while we were gone. | Little Franklin IIT has returned from Maine, but he was asleep right after lunch so I have not seen him. At my cottage, Diana Hopkins arrived early this morning from Illinois. She had a good play with the other children at the pool, and all of them plan to go swimming again this afternoon. I never cease toy

marvel at the way the young Norwegians take iy

cold water, They do not even gasp as they go in.

Indiana's quota for September is 100, Lieut. Comm. J. C, Shively, recruiting officer, said. » ” ” Sensations of their first solo flight are being condensed into 500 words by 45 Butler University CAA students. They seek an essay prize to be awarded by the Indiana Civilian Aviation Committees and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. George Ade, Hoosier author, will judge the essays after they have been passed on by a local commit tee. The contest ends Sept. 25.

PURDUE BANQUET TO HONOR WICKARD

Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. 6. — Claude R. Wickard, Hoosier newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture, will return Monday to Purdue, his alma mater, to be honored at a banquet. The Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association will sponsor the dinner at 6 p. m. in the Memorial Union Building. Several hundred university staff members, graduates and friends of Mr. Wickard will be present. Mr. Wickard graduated from the State university in 1916.

DUTCH BAN FREEMASONS BERLIN, Sept. 6 (U., P.).—The

official DNB news agency reported from Amsterdam today that Freemasonry had been ordered abolished

in the Netherlands.

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presents the commission of office to Claude

Wickard,' Camden, Ind, new Secretary of Agriculture, after the latter

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“| their livestock halted. That's why

the County Council is studying a proposed appropriation of $100 in bounties ‘for animals or bird scalps and crow eggs.” » " n Signs of winter in Gary. The fire department went to the home of Henry Dunn Jr. and extinguished a $60 fire caused by an

overheated furnace.

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Township, Floyd County, gets only $5 salary for attending 40 township board meetings a year, but he's a conscientious public servant, A taxpayers’ hearing on the budget was scheduled the other night while his 50th birthday party was going on at home, He forsook the party and went to the meeting and nary a taxpayer showed up. ® on oo» THE TOMATO may be a pride to evervone else in Indiana, but not to Sheriff Pete Pangburn of Johnson County, * Last year about this time he had his grief with the migratory tomato pickers. Even had to put some of them in jail. The other morning he awoke to find hundreds of mashed tomatoes strewn all over the front lawn and sidewalk near his Franklin home. A truck and trailer filled with tomatoes missed the turn in front

of his house.

JOHN WERNCKE, New Albany |

1-What are the concluding words of the Pledge to The Flag, which begins: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands," 2-<Can lions climb straight trees? 3«-Where is the geographic center of the United States? 4-~What is the name of the Japanese art of self-defense? 5--Name the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 6-<~Whom did Sam H. Jones sucs ceed as Governor of Louisiana? 7-~Which of the Great Lakes has the largest area in Canada? 8-~Who selected “The Harvard Classics?” Answers

1-“One Nation, indivisible, liberty and justice for all.” 2==No. 3-8Smith County, Kas. 4 Jujitsu. 5—~Edward J. Flynn. 6-Earl K. Long. 7-Lake Huron 8-~Charles Eliot.

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