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FIND my mind goes back t

z FIND my nina goes pacK W
L Gabriel.
Naturally, everybody feels badly
when a good actor dies, and Wesley
Hill was such a special kind of good
actor. He had been on the stage
for forty years, but never saw him
until 1.-THE Green Pastures" was
produced.
AS a matter of fact, most of his
early career was with medicine
shows and travelling "Uncle Tom
tropes. I believe he had only a few
previous Broadway appearances.
Of all the angels in the play
Gabriel was the darkest. In fact, it
would be pretty hard to be much
darker than Wesley Hill.
Nobody will be able to come along
in the patronizing way of the
Nordic to say, oh, yes, he was quite
good, but that was on account OF
his white blood"
I don't think I ever saw any
actor enjoy role so much. He
moved around the stage Of the
Mansfield like a child in pageant
He was terribly glad to be playing
Gabriel. That's why he was such
good Gabriel.
After all, one c..pects angels tc
be Joyous.
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M. E. Tracy
The Truck Is the Answer to
the Great Failing of in
RaiLWau Earnings.
SANS:

4tUct eSU y LUf fttt3o-
ID BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. IT,
II A greater percentage of the
cotton crop is being moved by
trucks than ever before. So is a
greater percentage Of most other
crops. That helps to explain why
railroad earnings have fallen of by
such wide margin.
With less hauling to Go, the rail-
roads need less steel for repairing
tracks, and with a diminished rev.
enue, they have less cash to spend
for it.
BY the same token, they can get
along with fewer ties and freight
cars.
Growth of the trucking business
hnds a definite reflection in the re-
duced output Of blast furnace, coal
mine and lumber mill, not to men
ton many other establishments.
For the first time in thirty years,
one can find people who, without
owning any stock, Or holding any
job actually feel sorry for the rail-
roads.
These people suddenly have walked
up to the fact that the same change
which hurts the railroad business
is hurting their own.
But what can anybody do about
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It's All Inconsistent

THE inconsistency of such an
L attitude not only is obvious, but
basic.
How can we make big business
safe as an investment and at the
same time invite such radical
changes as would involve its de-
truction?
Either we must call a halt to the
merging craze, or prohibit inven-
TORS of a revolutionary character.
Stocks that never go down, masses
of workmen that never change
their trade, institutions that can
stand the strain only of internal
Improvements, and a business set
up that promises to shake the ma
ton every time some genius STUN
bles on new idea simply does not
square with the driving power of
unhampered intellectual freedom
and mechanical progress which has
made this age what it is.
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Get on the BandWagon

XXTE constantly are picturing the
w future as dominated by
gigantic organizations which will go
on forever.
We tell our boys that they have
sounded the death knelI for small,
independent business, and that the
wisest thing to do is to make a con-
tact with one or another of them
and stay with it. One hears such
advice not only in the average home,
but in the average school and
college.
The pressure on youth is to climb
aboard some bandwagon. The pres
sure On business is to merge and
consolidate.
At the same time, we demand in
novations and improvements all
along the line, and the more
revolutionary they are, the better
we seem to like them.
In other words, We want the in
stitutional world to remain static,
while the human world goes on de-
veloping.
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Where is that several hundred
thousand dollars contribution?
How about these starving mothers
and children without clothing?
If we, the public, didn't donate,
they couldn't have banquets in our
expensive hotels, and a first-class
headquarters in one Of our up-to-
date public buildings.
I do not believe in organized
charity, when it comes to demand
ing so much from each one. be-
lieve in the Wheeler Mission and
the Salvation Army, and that is
as far as it goes.
I hope the Community Fund
workers wake up some day, and
find themselves before they are lost
in the woods. They have been
dreaming long enough.
A TIMES READER.
Editor Times-Is it not amazing
the way the county inhrmary has
improved since the last of October?
About that time it was brought
wildly to light how much the in
mates were suffering, the dilapi-
dated condition of the buildings,
and most of all how the Democratic
candidates, if elected, were pledging
immediate relief.
Now, one month after election,
the infrmary is in splendid condi-
ton, good food is being served, and
the councilmen find no necessity
for improvement.
Do the councilnen realize, / Won
der, what a splendid opportunity to
help the unemployed they have
turned down? This building project
would have given work to many in
the city and county who need it
and the charity organizations would
have had many less for whom to
provide this winter.
OF course, the public duly ap-
preciates the concern Of the coun-
cilmen over the increased tax rate
the appropriation might cause.
However, if the unemployment sit
uation does not improve, good
many people won't be able to pay
on the basis Of the present tax rate.
1t is not at all strange that we'll
meaning citizens do not bother to
vote. When the Democrtic party
made such an issue Of the condi-
ton Of the infrmary and published
large advertisements telling of the
dreadful state Of affairs existing
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PincheS in New Place

TINE first impulse is to set the
Il clock back by doing something
or other to curb the trucking bust
ness and give the railroads a better
break.
That usually is the first impulse
of people who find themselves up
against a change which pinches
their pocketbooks. It was the first
impulse of horse breeders and livery
stable keepers when the auto made
its appearance, the first impulse of
sailing ship owners when the steam
boat arrived, the first impulse of
granite producers when concrete
threatened their trade.
Some think we can put the rail-
roads back on their feet by undoing
many of the things which we
thought so necessary only a few
years ago, by tightening up on regu-
lation, letting them consolidate, etc.
Some others think we could do
even more to help them by subject
ing trucks to higher taxes and more
rigid rules.
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FIRST AIRPLANE FLIGHT
December II,

0CNChBSA IL
an Dec. II, 1903, the first sue
~ cessful airplane fight took
place at Kitty Hawk, N. c., when
Orville Wright, an American in
ventor, piloted the first power
driven heavier-than-air machine.
The machine, with pilot aboard,
made four sustained free flights.
The longest of these had a dura-
ton of fifty-nine seconds and a.
speed Of thirty-nii1e miles an hour.
Oryille and his brother Wilbur
were interested in aviation as BIZ
cycle mechanics in Dayton, O.
They found in their experiments
that existing scientific data Of
aeronautics was almost all guess
work and began to make investi-
cations of their own.
The flight at Kitty Hawk was the
result of their joint efforts. After
this, their further experiments led
to the development Of an airplane
which established a new record on
Sept. II, 1903, by remaining IN the
air one hour and fifteen minutes.
Following tests at TT. Myer,
Va, the United States government
accepted the Wright machine.
Many honors were bestowed on
the two brothers during the nu-
merous demonstrations they made
in Europe during 1903 and 1909.
The original Kitty Hawk machine
is now exhibited in the science
museum at South Rensington, Ion
don.
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there and the candidates intention
to remedy the matter, could not the
public expect them to do more than
furnish a few additional fire ez-
tinguishers?
A DEMOCRATIC VOTER.
Editor Times - Zero weather
hiker faints as he nears Y. w.
cafeteria. Taken TO Wheeler City
Mission, fed, and given a bed" That
was the story in city papers recently.
Why should the Y. w. G. A. and
the Y. NJ. c. A. get $51 900 or more
from the Community Fund as char
liable institutions and turn away a
man who is hungry and cold? Why
should he be sent from one Of them
to the Wheeler mission for some
thing to eat and place to sleep?
Why should not the Y. w. G. A.,
feed him at its cafeteria and the Y
NJ. c. A. give him bed for the
night? A TIMES READER
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make the daily transition from
heaven to Harlem without loss Of
dignity or kindness.
In his role there was that gor-
geous combination of a humor APP
preaching even the farcical and an
ability to turn it off, to hold up his
hand, as it were, to say, mot funny
any more"
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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Meeting the Test

TITO him and to Harrison fell the
4 greatest and the most danger
Gus moment in "The Green Pas
lures" I have said several times
that Marc Connolly put the play to
the test in almost the first few min
utes of the second scene.
The fish fry is funny and meant
to be, although even before the en-
trance of the Lord I have always
been a little annoyed at such pa
irons as put their heads back and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-17

Any investigation of the of distress during
this period of unemployment would be incomplete
without a survey of the part played by those who
loan money on wages and chattels
Even though the great Russell Sage foundation says
that 40 per cent year fair rate of interest for
such loans that burden has brought very many of
those who now live on donations from society to the
bread line.
Such rate would bankrupt any business except
bootlegging. That rate does bankrupt homes and
individuals and continues to do it under protection
Of the law.
The incoming legislature might take some action.
The people through groups in factories stores and
churches eliminate the evil by the formation of
credit unions in which the group becomes banker
to its members. These unions are increasing under
the sponsorship of the publc-sprited Edward Filene
of Boston.
There is something wicked in the thought OF
charging interest not the value of money, but
according to the distress and misfortune of the
borrower.
If money is worth only per cent when loaned
to the merchant and manufacturer it ought not to
be worth more when loaned to the whose only
capital is character and job.
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Daily Thought

But his delight is in the law of
the Lord; and in His law doth he
mediate day and night.-Psalm
liz.
Goodness is practical religion
Dewey.
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Playing the Part

TT has been remarked that after
L an actor plays Lincoln or Ma
poleon for a while he begins to act
like the character He carries de-
lusions of grandeur with him even
into the Lambs Club But Wesley
Hill never was an angel except in
the best sense of the word.
I met him at a Harlem fish fry
given in honor of the author, the
producer, and of Richard Harrison,
who plays the Lord. The Lord and
Gabriel were great friends, both on
and of.
Gabriel, as I know him, was a
person Of infinite jest. He could
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-17
Walking All Over

TITO me heaven seems a much
/ more attractive place ever since
I saw "The Green Pastures" ana
Wesley Hill. Very few writer's have
been able to present an acceptable
abode for the blessed. Any fool can
do hell.
The trouble with heaven in lit
erature is that the fabricator prac-
tically always leaves humor out OF
it. There's too much jasper and
not enough jokes.
But here at last was twinkling
angel. The spheres rolled in their
courses, and so did his eyes.
1t must have been difficult for
him of an evening to take of his
wings of gold and his green robe
and go home to Harlem. For little
space in a theater every night he
stood as a symbol of power.
After all, he carried, slung around
his neck, the trumpet, and he only
need to blow few notes upon it
to send the world crashing and
blazing into empty space.
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The only time some show will power. Cynical
Sadie observes, is when it comes time to bequeath
their estates
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Some prlzefighters may be light on their feet but
most Of them seem to be light on their fight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-17

Even the electrician, says Witty William, finds
hard sometimes to refuse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-17

There are 1911 tons of books in Harvard libraries
a college catalogue announces. And many smaller
schools will want to know no doubt how Harvard got
that weigh
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According to our lisping girl friend, the King OF
SIAM who has asked for talkes without song, believes
apparently that some movies better than they
theme.
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HOOsierPin
Star Sixth
in Singles
1900 BoWIerS Compete in
38-Day TOurna-
ment.

g. UnisCd Press
CLEVELAND. April 8.-The thir-
heth annual American Bowling Con-
gress today is matter of history
afser thirty-eight days of almost
continuous competition. In its wake
the annual pin classic leaves a
lengthy prize list which calls for
the distribution OF 100000 to the
leaders Of the various divisions.
When the last ball was rolled on
Monday night over 10000 howiers
from 27O cities throughout tne
country had participated in the
tournament. The final assault, how
ever. failed to make any change
anong the leaders.
W. CoOksey of Hammond was the
only Hoosier to break into the money
class. His TOT score brought nm
sixth place and s272.50 in the singles
event.
To the veteran pin topplers who
make I'D the d. Graf q sons llVe
NJ Kalamazoo. Mich, goes the i've
man championship and the $1,000
Drize. Andy Fenstemaker. 5S-year-
old kegler. turned in a FOB series to
lead pete Miller. Art Green, Harry
SALISBURY and Ivan Forester 10
games Of 1,O09. lob and ,078 Tor an
even 300 last Friday night.
While team honors were oagged
nv a group of old timers 1t was a
~ ,,eoT-o1d railroad clerk, Larry
ghotweu Of CovingtOn, KY, who
was the sensation of the tourna-
rnent. Shotwell gained double dis
tinction by capturing the singles
championship and setting an all
time record at the same time with
his great three-game total OF TIA.
He won the top sole prize OF S5OO
BY shooting games Of 237, 27O and
267
Beloit. Wis. furnished the doubles
champs in Jimmy Divine and Gary
Heup. who teamed nicely to produce
a combined figure of 1889. Heup
did most of the work by getting 727
to 90 with Divine's 612. 1t was the
only title mark that failed to come
MP to last years.
George Morrison of Chicago gave
the all-time all-eventS record a
scare in winning the nine-game
event with a 1885 count, thirty
four pins shy of the total compiled
BY Billy Knox of Philadelphia,
Morrison had totals Of TIC in the
five-man. SIS in the doubles and
s44 in the singles to earn SITS.
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COACH EVERETT DEAN and
~ his Indiana university dia-
mond squad are in Mississippi,
preparing for the Big Ten season.
Four of their five-game series
with the University of Mississippi
have been played, and the count
stands at two-all. They clash
again today.
Prospects at the Crimson school
are brighter than in seasons.
Coach Dean stated recently
Shown above are two of the
reasons. On the left is Claron
Oefty) Weller. who will be the
mainstay of the mound staff.
Weller is a junior and veteran.
He also is a heavy hitter and when
not toiling on the slab. may be
used in the garden. He was in
the mound both times 1. U. de-
feated Ole Miss. On the right
is Carl Borroughs, speedy short
stop, who also is clever with the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08
.Meldons Plan
for Big Year

The Indianapolis Meldon Club,
one of the top-notch semi-pro road
teams of the state for the last five
years, will be represented by an
other strong aggregation this season.
The club again will be headed by
Bob Stehlin, who has piloted the
team the last four seasons. Last
year the Meldons won sixteen out
of twenty contests.
The team will play road ball only
and will De made up Of well-known
sen,i-pro and ex-minor league play
ers. The club will open the season
the first Sunday in May and strong
state teams art requested to call or
write Bob Stehlin, 918 Olive street,
Indianapolis, or phone Drex. 3679-J.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08
MEET MAY BE CHANGED

NEW YORK, April s.-The Anna
teur Athletic Union is polling mem
Der organizations for sentiment or
postponing the National A. A. U.
track and field championships at
Pittsburgh from July 4 to Aug. Is.
The change would enable United
States athletes to enter a scheduled
meet late in August against Brit
ish empire team without breaking
training.
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HOOsiers Drop
Southern Nine
81 Times special

81 Times Special
UNIVERSITY, Miss, April 8.-In-
diana university slugged out a 1873
triumph over Ole Miss in the fourth
of their f1ve-game series here Mon
day. The two teams we're to play
their final contest today and the
HOLSTERS were scheduled to start
their trip back north tonight.
Weller, Crimson southpaw. who
hurled the Hoosiers' only other VIC
tory over the locals, worked the en-
tire game Monday. allowing twelve
safeties. His teammates collected
seventeen off Boutwell, and Payne.
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Other Monday Bouts

BUFFALO. N Y. April s.-Maxie
Rosenbloom, New York light heavyweight,
proved his right to title bout with jim
my Slattery of Buffalo by beating Harry
Fuller of Niagara Falls in ten rounds.
Tony Tozzo, 1851. Buffalo. scored 9
technical knockout over Arturo Shackles,
$50. Belgium. in the second round of q
scheduled eight-round semi-ftnal.
PITTSBURGH. April 8.-Archie Bell New
York bantam. outpointed Jackie Rodgers
Pittsburgh Negro, in ten rounds.
PHILADELPHIA. April 5.-Billy Jones
Philadelphia Negro. outpointed James j
Braddock. New Jersey. In the ten-round
main event at the arena. Braddock frac-
tured his right hand in the fourth round
Jones weighed 174. Braddock 1873.
TORONTO. Ont. April SACK kid
Berg. English Welterweight defeated Gen
tleman Jackie Phillips. welterweight
champion Of Canada. in ten rounds at tht
coliseum Monday night. Berg weighed
1879. Phillips 142.
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ITALIAN MEETS WRIGHT

LOUISVILLE. KY, April g.
Primo Camera, Italy's aS2iraDt tc
the heavyweight championship, ant
Bearcat Wright, Giant Negro heavy
weight from Omaha, Neb.. have
been signed for the feature bout OF
the Derby eve boxing bill here Mag
IT, 1t will be the first mixed bout
ever held here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08
Amateur Boxers
in Second Round

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, April S.-Thirty hope
fuls fell by the wayside Monday
night in first-round Cials Of the
National A. A. U. boxil = champion
ships held at the Boston Arena
under the auspices of the Bos-
ton A. A.
Tonight. thirty-two second ano
third bouts will reduce the original
field of ninety-four amateur boxers
contesting for eight titles to thirty
two qualifiers for the semi-finals
and finals to be contested Wednes-
DAY night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08

The Pritchett Recreation tournament
weekend, seventeen flve-man reamS. thirty
doubles and siXty-seven singles entrants
competing. Gold medal awards TO the
winners in each event were presented by
the management. Striebeck Stars we're
the winners in the team play. with
score Of 2,9f3. st. Philips A. c. finished
in the runner-up position. two pins away.
scoring 2,9ll.
In the doubles, the state and city
championship combination OF Snyder eno
Fulton won easily with a total OF l.32O;
Weigel and Loeschle in second place h2d
1.265.
The singles medal was won By Bill
Bowen. who he'd q total of STA. John
Fehr was on the winners heels all the
way, reaching second place with score
of 671.
The aIl-events medal also was won by
Bowen, his score sheet for the nine games
showing count of 1904.
Herb Hill is busy arranging a mara
thon bowling contest to be rolled on the
Fountain Square alleys, April 1913. Plans
for this play can take care OF torty-elgnt
entrants, six men rolling on each alley.
Change of alleys will be made at the
end of each three games. Entry fee VIII
be SO per man with bowling extra. Play
will start Saturday at / p. m. and hnlSh
at 1 a. m. Sunday.
Play on the Illinois alleys will consist
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The Lions roared at their annual bowl
ing league banquet held at the Top-o-the-
Town cafe at the Washington Monday
night. Prizes were distributed and Ward
Jones elected chairman of the bowling
committee for the season of 1930-3l. after
which the boys settled down TO the serious
business Of devouring strike celery, spare
olives, split sauce and turkey steak. All
members voted the season a huge success,
and plans for next years play we're COM
pleted in short order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08
ORIOLES WERE FIRST

The first major league baseball
club to inaugurate spring training
in the south was the Baltimore
Orioles, who went to Macon, Ga,
in 1894, under the leadership OF Ned
HanlOn
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S1OO8OO PRIZE MONEY IS AWARDED TO WINNERS IN A. c.
News of Local Ten Pin FASTENERS

with $40 and Rooster third on $40. s and
S. Body and Community Coal won three
from Bailey Realty and e. W. Schneider
as Schmitt Insurance took two from Flor
Shelm Shoes.
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Fountain Square State Bank and Foun-
tain SQUARE Luncheonette. made q clean
sweep OF their series with Thoman Shoes
and Denker Dry Goods. while Wenzel Phar-
macy took two from Koch Furniture during
the South Side Business Mems series on
the Fountain Square alleys. Lang, Ward
and Scotch were over the 500 mark with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08

Charlie Cray put the First Tigers across
for a three-,time win over First Y. NJ. C.
when he, rolled a total Of 6ls during the
Reformed Church League series on the
Pritchett alleys. Third Reformed also won
three from st. Pauls, as Second Reformed,
Emmanuel. Carrollton Indians and Pleasant
Reformed took the odd game from First
owls. Trinity. Carrollton Boosters and Sec
ond Barracks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-08

Selmeir Towel team Is far in the lead
in the team event of the season end tour
ney which is being played on the Uptown
alleys. with a three-game total Of 3,lgl;
These boys had an actual count OF 3,05S
and a handicap of l44 pins TO reach this
figure SchOnaker. Baker and KreiS were
the reasons for this total. having counts
of $50 64S and 60I.
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Earl Goodhue featured the Recreation
League games on the Delaware alleys, with
a total of 712. his sheet showing counts Of
224 265 and 223. Eddie Schott was next