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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
lmps Battle Flasher to 6 to 6 Tie

Doc Spears, coach, drove his men
hard throughout the afternoon and
scrimmaged them for more than two
hours.
The Oregon camp was downhearted
when word came from the hospital
examination revealed Lawrence VIM
ter, regular end, has suffered q knee
fracture in the Southern California
game last Saturday. Spears had
planned q new atatck built around
Winter.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
handicapped by lack Of reserves.
The lineups.

Substitutions: Bismarck-Brauer for
Schaeffer, Lawyer for Jenkins, Sax
vik for Elofson; Weisenberger for
Crawford.
Touchdowns: Benser, one: Dennis,
one.
Referee, Hayes, North Dakota
State; umpire, Mcleod, jamestown
college; head Nnesman, Payne, Morn
ingside.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
Bison Resting For
Tilt With Rabbits
Yearlings Prepare For Second
Clash With University
Freshmen

Fargo, N. D.. Oct. 22.-(F-North
Dakota Agricultural college football
warriors were given respite from
active gridiron work Wednesday be-
cause of rain and need for a rest. In
stead of sending their charges to the
field to prepare for their second North
Central conference game Of the sea-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
...:!5F;A,1;!:! Us,

(By The Associated Press)
Baltim0Fe-J0hnny Lucas, Cam
den, N. j., outpointed Sid Lampes
Baltimore (1O).
ron, knocked out Johnny Roberts,
Huntington, w. Va, (3).
jersey City-Kid Chocolate.
Cuba. stopped Al "Rube" Gold
berg. New York (3).
Fort Wayne, Ind-Frankie
Jarr, Fort Wayne, Outp0inted
Duke Galloway, Fort Wayne, (10):
X. O. PeeIks. Fort Wayne, knocked
out Andy Neuhall, Union City,
Ind, (2).
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
nauf Will Start
oregon Contest
1red Shoulder to Keep Pierce
out Of Contest; DabIow
Will Play
ID Forks, N. D., Oct. 22.-(A

ad Forks, N. D.. Oct. 22.-F)-
Knauf, hard driving ball car
IRON Moorhead who has been
iding duties with Ralph Pierce,
/ start against Oregon Saturday
.otding to an announcement by
h G. A. West.
suf will open the intersectional
!, If he Is in condition and there
Try indication the youngsters leg
" In shape by game time.
decision to start Knauf came
It had been determined Pierce
be unable to take his place IN
tneup because Of a shoulder In
suffered in the South Dakota
game last week. West said
would not start the game and
,ly would not play at all.
X OF grooming Captain John
xaae for the same position went on
IT auuad polished up both offense
q 6efense In spite Of steady rain.
|r1na viii start in his regular place
|S,1ilback with Richmond and either
ven or Wexler, but before the game
s5yer the captain will relieve Knauf
the left halfback post and Rip
blow viii be inserted to do the
,ckipg.
west aid Dablow could do the job
IL, The coach Is pleased with the
inner IN which the big Thief River
lis bock has improved this fall and
4 10 hesitancy In putting the
unoster In any time.
There was no rough work Wednes-
Y. ThAt Is Ill over until next week
,th regulars and reserves went
ourh : lcng drill aimed to perfect
niux4cn = group Of plays that have
& vt been used under fire, while
,rsilara1Je time was given to the
r,n,ntst1 yTnnn9 defense
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
OPERATE ON HURLEY

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 22.-(R)-Jack
Hurley, manager of Billy Petrolle.
lightweight contender, and Charley
Retzlaff, a leading heavyweight both
underwent a minor sinus operation
here last night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
America Triumphs

An All-Ameriean final in the singles OF
should arouse the hopes Of this nation with
respect to the Davis Cup matches to be played
very shortly Frank Shields and Sidney B.
Wood, the Roxbury boys, who will fight 1t
out tomorrow to decide the championship of
perhaps the most famous tennis tourney IN
athletic circles can safely be regarded as the
most likely threats that this nation has Offered
in the last few years. Ever since Rene
LaCoste and Henri Cochet took the cup away
from the two Bills, Tden and Johnston,
we have been looking for successors to bring
it back Can Shields and Wood, the products
of the Cheshire prep school, be the ones
Certainly on the basis of their play through
out the Wimbledon tourney the two Amer-
can netmen deserve to be given the preference
over the remaining members of the Davis Cup
team when it comes time to select the oppo-
ncnts of the French defenders. 1t is all the
more unfortunate that France will probably
not be able to muster its full strength against
the challengers. Upon Boratra will fall the
burden Cochet showed plainly in the VIM
bledon tourney that he was far from physical
~ capable of engaging in serious competitive
play. Perhaps he can recover his strength
sufficiently by the time the matches are played
but he will lack the seasoning that is so essen
tal to tournament play.
Our hopes may be premature. We can
recall on one or two other occasions that the
French team seemed disrupted by injuries
and illness, but when play was called Cochet
and LaCoste were prepared to turn aside the
furious thrusts Of Tilden, Hunter, Lott. and
Others 1t does seem though as if the Amerl-
ran tennis star was in its aScendency once
more Shields and Wood are young enough
to guarantee US possession of the treasured
trophy for some few years if both youngsters
can devote the time to the game, Our national
champion. Johnny Doeg, sacrificed his chance
for name and fame in Davis Cup competition
by engaging in business career that does not
permit much tennis. However we believe
that the tennis future of the nation is brighter
than that of any other country.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
independence Day Thoughts

This months holiday has a dual person.
atty. As the Fourth of July, it is day of
picncs parades. speech making and - un-
fortunately fireworks for some of us. As
independence Day, it is a day for recalling
our history as nation and the ideals and
practical purposes of the founders. / here are
times when it seems to a thoughtful person
that we attained one form of independence,
which we have kept, but that in another sense
we are no longer wholly independent and do
not want to be.
AS members of family are dependent on
one anothers affection, understanding, CO.
operation and assistance for a rich and happy
home life, and as neighbors on street are
dependent on one another for an attractive,
safe and wholesome neghborhood, SO nations
are dependent on one another for peace and
prosperity and other good things.
In the American Revolution we won our
political independence from Great Britain.
In the year 1881 the two countries need each
others good will and cooperation as never
before independence turns out to be rela-
tive. AS nation we governourselves, make
our own decisions about domestic and foreign
policies with recognized independence. But
we voluntarily surrender little of our abso-
Lutte independence in order to make possible
the solution. with the help of other nations
of mutual problems.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
More Government Ships

President c. A. McAllistor of the American
Bureau of Shipping wants $l25000,0O0
government appropriation to build 100 mod
ern freight ships. He asks for them on the
ground that many vessels of our merchant
fleet are antiquated, that such building would
relieve unemployment in Pacific Coast ship
yards. and that probably business would be
sufficiently improved when they were fin
ished. two years hence, to provide eargoes for
them.
Congressman are likely to be skeptical OF
this plan, with all the pressure being used on
them at present for federal economy. Many
private citizens too will ask whether the gov
eminent hasn't already lost enough money on
ships. 1t usually builds at loss, operates at
loss and sells at loss. Yet many business
men, who are opposed on general principles
to the government going into business, and
would object to its building railroads, en-
courage it to continue in the shipping business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1881
Investigate Mortgage Fees

The first official business that State Bank
Commissioner Bassett was called upon to
transact was to attend a meeting at which
were present in addition to himself Governor
Cross and Mayor Qugey of New Britain.
AT the request of the governor Commissioner
Bassett will endeavor to bring together repre-
sentative bankers to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY
of lowering the interest rate on real estate
mortgages. Most of us are familiar with the
situation today in Connecticut. Hard times
have caused many families to lose their homes
or property which they have held for years.
Failure to meet interest payments or to pay
off on the principle when demand was made by
banks has resulted in an alarming number OF
foreclosures.
The request for a conference TO discuss ways
and means of allevatng this situation came
from Mayor Quigley. Governor Cross asked
Commissioner Bassett to confer with one
banker, a representative of a mortgage loan
company and one other person interested IN
or familiar with financial matters While
Commissioner Bassett is willing to engage in
such discussion he doubts the advisability of
the state taking action in the matter. We
think that the opinion of most bankers on
the question would be that it is one for the
individual bank to decide and not one that
can be subjected to general order or law.
However, there should be some good result
ing from such conference as the governor
asked the bank commissioner to call. FOR one
thing we know that bankers as well as mort
gage loan companies are not trying deliberately
to take property away from owners. But they
are forced to protect themselves and their de-
positors There are laws governing their
actions in this matter. They can't be put
aside Apart from that, though, IS the at
titude that must be taken in the present crlsIs
1t is an unusual one for US who have become
accustomed to prosperity Perhaps the con-
ference can find some way out of the diff
Guilty. Certainly though there should be
corresponding desire upon the part of those
who seek mortgages to sacrifice some luxures
to which they are accustomed in lieu OF root
over their heads.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
Fireside Law

Rather Illuminating and entertaining is
decision by Chicago judge regarding the
status of S25,0OO,000 worth of alleged con-
traband goods. the principal item of which
was malt capable of being used in manufac-
turing beer" His Honor quashed the war
rant on which the goods were seized, and Or
dered them returned to their owners, on two
grounds First, proof has not been furnished
that the malt and other products and utensils
were intended for beer manufacture. Sec
ond Somewhere | have read of federal
Judges decision that home brew is freslde
companion and not illegal.
Whether or not justice was done In this
case is not for an outsider and layman to
say; but the decision seems to say the least.
very casual A fellow can't help sort
wondering what all that malt and corks, etc,
were for anyway. Also what may be the
legal status of judicial decision based on
some unspecified decision which the court
has read about somewhere.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
be decided by individual states Why not end
this ridiculous situation now!

A definite program of attack upon the pol
luton of the waters of Long Island Sound and
New York harbor will be announced at the
next meeting of the Tri-State Anti-Pollution
Commission. according to Sanford H. Wad-
hams, director of the Connecticut state water
commission. Connecticut, New York. and
New Jersey are interested in the campaign to
clean up the coastal waters on which they
border, SO much SO that voluntary efforts are
being combined with officials to start work OF
cleaning up these waters and also all tidal
rivers which would be likewise polluted. OF
course, this work will not conflict with that
of the state water commission but proceed
hand in hand with it. Our streams and ponds
must be saved for future generations Some
of US may even be forced to depend upon them
before our span of life is completed. AS
source of water supplies they must be ellml-
mated of all pollution.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03

provements in the tax structure will be ex-
amined.
He asks the co-operation of all chambers
of commerce and industry to insist at least
on avoiding the regular $500.000,000
yearly increase in state and local expenditures
to which the nation has become accustomed.
Thus the outlook changes markedly about
such matters. A little while ago the de-
mand was for taxing bodies to sperd more.
to restore prosperity. Now it is not claimed
that spending less public money will hasten
prosperity; it is merely insisted that public
bodies must spend less because the people
can't keep on paying so heavily.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
Tax Reduction

A crusade has started against high taxes
Crusaders are springing up everywhere, but
the big leader in this movement appears to be-
approximately enough, the United States
Chamber of Commerce Sias Strong. Its
president, fatty demands a slash of billion
dollars in general public expenditures for next
year as the only way to reduce peoples tax
burdens. Much of this slash is expected OF
the federal government, but most of 1t will
have to come from the other 100000 or so
of spending units in this country
The exactions of the federal government
upon the revenues of individuals and business
firms are already too great, says Mr. Strong.
ITO say these taxes are too high is only an
other way of saying the government is spend
ing too much Any increase in the rates OF
federal taxes in the coming year will be stout
" resisted. The possibility of securing .modi-
ficstion of the capital gains tax and of i'm
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
Quotations.

ECONOMY S WomanS question,
but the wise mother does not begin
to economic on her children.-Lady
Aston, M. p.
1t Is in democracies that the
power of the press is most evident.
DIR Chaochu WI, former Chinese
minister to the United States.
We are headed for something
which is but one step away from
state ocialism.-Professor r. T..
Rogers. Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology.
Men who rise when a woman en-
tiers the room go about their work
needless of the millions of men in
this country who are unemployed
Rev Frederick B. Newell.
Talkies are an art-or rather
they can become one-but silent pic
lures were merely pictures.-Rich-
ard Bennett.
, would sooner have a man with
first class gumption and third-class
brains than a man with third -class
gumption and first-class brains
Bishop of Chelmsford.
It is not consistent with my con-
ception of the Deity that He is re-
sponsible for every ill-assorted mar
riage.-Lord Saivesen.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
At The National Capitol
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
Digest of Who's Who and What's What
BY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

maryland bars kiss on the
neck but winks at drinking scene.
Kansas censors can't stand the sight
of a whiskey bottle, but kisses on
the neck are entertaining. In Vir-
Sinia all passion must be blessed by
a marriage ceremony. Ohio doesn't
like pictures dealing with Jail breaks
and considers an actress in her I'M
derwear as indecent'-though lin
gerie advertisements in the news
papers are not. New York, of all
places, bars scenes showing 20
liceman or an official accepting
graft. Pennsylvania. the strictest
state board of all, is likely to bar
anything"
Debating Tastes.
A single lawyer in the post office
dictates what the nations readers
may get through the mail, it is
decides what is "obscene" or "sedi-
tious." Decisions by customs in
spectors on foreign books may now
be appealed to courts and juries
thanks to Senator Cuttings victory
over Senator Smoot in the censor
ship phase of the Hawley-Sm DOT
tariff fight, but the process Is ex-
pensive and there Is practically no
recourse when a single book Is grab
bed from a travellers trunk. In radio
censorship, the council says, a pro-
gram to make the air free must
eliminate selective censorship at in
dividual stations which avoid con-
troversial subjects lest they EN-.
barrass business or political interests
must prevent domination of the in
dustry by two or three large groups
and must protect public interests In
free speech against discrimination
in issuing licenses"
Aside from it's federal program
the anti-censorship group will seek
to repeal all laws providing fol
censorship in advance of showing or
distribution, test cases in the courts
and conduct bureau of informa-
ton which will distribute education
al propaganda
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
NEA Service Writer

Washington-The future has be.
gun to cloud slightly for Hon. Reed
Smoot, senator from Utah, the lead
ing apostle of censorship in Congress
A lot of authors have gansed to-
gether to fight censorship, federal.
state and local, and the likelihood
is that in the future. when Senator
Smoot goes dashing down the corr-
doris of the senate office building to
read to his colleagues what he con-
Siders abscene passages of books,
he will be followed by committee
bent on pointing out that what Sem
ator Smoot considers obscene Is not
obscene at all, but only good litera
ture fit for you and me and the rest
of the reading public.
The new National council on
Freedom from Censorship, however,
is not only directing it's attention to
books, but also to plays, movies,
radio and periodicals.
Seek to Repeal Laws.
In the federal field it announces
a legisla tive campaign to repeal the
laws under which u solicitor of the
post office department may declare
a publication unavailable and to sup
which would set up machinery 20
prevent censorship at individual sta
tons or discrimination by the COM
mission in issuance of licenses.
The chairman of the anti-censor-
ship group is Hatcher Hughes, au
thor of the play with that naughty
worded title. Hell Bent for Heav-
en-" And it's members include such
erstwhile victims of censorship as
Mary Ware bennett, whose pamph-
let about sex was okayed by the
courts after the post office depart
ment had tried to imprison her for
it: James Branch Cabell. whose hero
Jurgen got tangled up with John $.
Summer; H. l.. Mencken, editor of
the American Mercury; Rupert
Hughes, whose biography of George
Washington has made patriotic So
cieties mad; Eugene O'Neill, some of
whose plays aren't allowed in some
places. and Elmer Rice. whose play
called "Street Rice, whose play call
ed street Scene" has been subject
ed to amateur censorship attempts
by organized charity workers. There
are also Fannie Hurst, Marc Con-
nelly, Inez Hayes Irwin, Lewis Mum =
ford, George Jean Nathan, Claire
and Paul Sifton, Stewart Edward
White, Marry Leon Wilson Gone
of President Hoover's favorites) and
various other writing persons.
Muddlcd Situation.
The council says it proposes to
focus all forces opposed to censor
ship, by which it means any power
to suppress the expression of
| thought. The law doesn't define
censorship and censors don't agree.
n
dramatization. Plays that run for
months and operas popular for GEN.
| turtles may not be used in the NOV
les. Many things commonly heard
in talkie dialogue can't go on the
air. The post office department and
customs service are at odds about
| books deemed fit for circulation. AS
| for movie censorship by state boards
the council cites this confusion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03

The Board of Works has authorized Super
ntendent Fleming of the Street Department
to proceed with the paving of Baldwin and
West Main streets We are glad to hear this.
We suppose that hundreds of other Waterbur-
ians will also welcome the news. These
thoroughfares have sadly needed repairs for
some time now. More filling in of holes and
ruts is of little avail in these days of heavy
traffic A complete new surface is required
and that's what the above named streets are
to get. A city must maintain we'll paved
streets in this day and age. New England
should show the way in this respect. In the
old days its shaded streets of dirt were famous.
They should remain SO.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03

abandoned amusement park does to
you on rainy night.
And all about you, the most in
congruous and ridiculous sights!
Two hooch dancers, from Nine
Rajah's dancing girr' show, run
from their tent-like structure, bare
legs stopping through tiny puddles
and scant skirts partially covered
with a piece of burlap tent cloth.
A single car on the precipitous
coaster, rumbling past intermittent
ly. Finally, from somewhere
cut of the rain, come four of the
"royal Samoans." Their bodies are
bare, but for trunks and leis.
Sorry, but most of the troupe
are laid up with bad colds. They
can't stand this weather after the
and intelligent Chief" who wears
striped white trousers, a silk shirt
and an orange lei.
He turned out to be former
member of the postoffice depart
ment in San Francisco. He comes
from Page Page. and--of all things
he's writing book.
"You see, Americans and English
men have always been coming down
to the island and then writing
about our lives" he explains I'm
going to reverse the situation. I'm
going to have native write about
his adventures in America. And it's
going to be my own story.
You see, you never can tell what
you'll run into when you get to
Coney in an intimate mood on
rainy night. GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-03
In New York

Coney Island.-For an intimate
chat with the worlds greatest play
ground, l always choose a rainy
night. Or Monday mid-afternoon.
Then you have Coney to yourself.
On the way out you can read how
100000 people somehow got there
and back just the day before.
But now a chill, drizzling rain
blows in from the sea. The board
walk glistens with strangely shaped
reflections from the abandoned
miles of bulb-studded parks and car
nivalia. Ticket sellers for the hum
dred-and-one attractions squat un-
der gayly striped umbrellas and
hoo men pick on lone stragglers
with an intensity of salesmanship
that is nothing short of hypnotic.
Only few dozen people are
abroad. And yet, all the tinsel and
illumination beckon as alluringly as
though the millions were pushing
and crowding about.
In Luna park a great spotlight
plays suddenly on four figures
perched high in the air on ladders
and trapeze. Their audience consists
of few relocated musicians from
the Slovakian band, some park en-
ployes and a dozen hardy visitors
Yet, with that disciplined routine
that marks the circus act, they risk
their necks for 1.-The big free show"
The white tights must be rain
soaked; in fact, the drizzle forms
a sort of fantastic screen that oft
en- makes the figures seem like
those jumpy scenes in an old-fash-
toned moving picture. What II the
slender bars on which they balance
should prove too slippery for their
grip. and they should fall?
Without a crowd around, a circus
act becomes lhore intimate mat
ter. Given a cheering crowd, the
free show" has the impersonality
of most public exhibitions.
But now, with no one around, the
philosophic young lady on my RICH,
watches a white figure swing against
the night, and comments:
| Ibid 1t ever occur to you thai
those people have probably devoted
a lifetime to balancing on one hand
Or balancing on a chair? Anc
there they are, with no one to SCI
them! Imagine. spending lifetime
learning double somersault. OF
something!"
or another?" I reply. Sometimes
we have an audience; sometimes
| we haven't. -" M
From which you can see what a