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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
FURTHER GAIN SEEN
IN AUTO PRODUCTION
General Motors Largest Unit Re
ported Within Range of
Normal Output.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, April 20.-Further I'M
provement in the immediate prospects
of automobile manufacturing have been
reported this week. Among the tangl-
BILE factors was the Chevrolet increase
in schedule for April to $4,000 units
from 81 900 as originally planned.
At the same time it was intimated
that further expansion may be made
before the month is out and that volume
for April may reach 100000 cars.
Should this objective be attained, 1t Will
bring the largest General Motors fac
tory unit back within good range OF
normal output. During previous heavy
selling seasons the Chevrolet MAXIMUM
has climbed as high as 10000 units
and above it for single month.
The volume for the industry during
March has been officially estimated as
286, 883 cars and trucks. The 1ndi-
cations are that it may reach 100000
for April Seasonal increases measured
by percentages have been scheduled by
numerous companies.
This week the Ford assembly line at
River Rouge turned out Ford car No.
mately 5000, 900 of the model A series
have been manufactured.
The General Motors report for March
shows l0l ,339 cars sold at retail, record
ing an increase of Al per cent over
deliveries in the United States during
February Sales by General Motors
Corporation to dealers in the United
States amounted to 98,943. as compared
with l18,081 in March, $780,
Continued good weather is one factor
that the automobile makers are bank
ing on to restore real activity for cars
in all price classes. Another is that
replacement should make heavier de-
mands on the production than in any
previous year The calculations are
that there are 100000 cars under
operation at present that are at least
six years old A large percentage of
them are ready to disappear as junk
under the plans of unsafe car disposal
which several large manufacturers have
in operation.
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20

This is mainly due to the removal of
over 10000 bales from the Houston
stock TO interior points, where carrying
costs are cheaper.
Weather conditions again were I'M
favorable over Sunday, but the Weather
Bureau predicted unsettled conditions
tomorrow.
According to the FoSsick Bureau
April weather has been favorable except
during the first few days of the month.
Sections that usually plant before April
/ are a bit late, but by far the most
important sections of the belt are on
time. II cotton terminates promptly
the boil weevil from find nursery
from the start
Copyright, 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
NEW LUMBER BUSINESS.

BY the Associated Press.
New business received at lumber mills
during the week ended April IL con-
tinued in favorable relation to produc-
ton.
Reports received by the National
Manufacturers Association from TAG
leading mills indicate orders were ap-
proximately per cent in excess OF the
cut which amounted to 18,546,000 feet
Shipments from mills were reported as
2 per cent below production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
MANY FORMER LUXURIES
RATED AS NECESSITIES
BY EVERIT B. TERHUNE.

Have the American people been
spending too much money on luxuries?
Not to any serious extent. The
luxury of yesterday is the necessity OF
today
Automobiles, radios, electrical appi-
ances, etc, give employment to millions
of people and are an important and
necessary part of our complicated eco
nomic structure.
When does a luxury become neces-
sity?
When the one who enjoys that
luxury resists every effort to take
it away from him.
Copyright by United Business Publishers
Bureau of EconomicS.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
important Price Changes.
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT.

NEW YORK, April 20 P).-Daily
average crude oil production in Cali
fornia in March was SGT 1893 barrels,
compared with 500, 248 barrels for Feb
ruary, the American Petroleum Institute
reports. Stock figures, covering all
products held by the principal market
ing companies at all points in the Pa
cifc Coast territory, including British
Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii, at the
end of March totaled lit 1911 ,522 bar
rels, decrease Of 1,328,316 barrels dur
ing the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
Construction Contracts.

NEW YORK, April 20 (P.-Construc-
ton contracts awarded in the metro
politan area of New York during the
first half of April totaled $40,166, 300
Non-residential building was the lead
ing construction class for the two weeks
with total of $17,233, 900. Residential
building was second with $15,347,7 700
and public works and utilities totaled
$685., 900.
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ginning of Summer alteration Of clocks
abroad, and had a bearish effect here
because showing evident reversal OF sem
timent with bulls at a disadvantage.
Liverpool finished at 1a-% pence net
decline, and decided increase of selling
pressure In Chicago followed. Notice
was taken, too, that British millers had
formally resolved to refrain from buying
United States wheat on certificate final
terms. Corn and oats went down with
wheat.
Provisions paralleled hog market
declines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
SHOE SALES HEAVY.

NEW YORK, April 20 (SpeciaD -
The Melville Shoe Corporation, oper-
ators of 484 stores in 214 cities as far
West as Denver, reports the largest
Easter weeks business in its history.
The stores sold sos. 456 pairs during the
six-day period. as against 275,530 pairs
in Easter week of 1880, according to
Ward Melville, president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
PARIS BOURSE PRICES.

PARIS, April 20 (P).-Price changes
were irregular on the BourSe today.
Three per cent rentes, 80 francs so cen
times. Five per cent loan, 104 francs
so centimes.
Exchange on London, 124 francs 2812
centimes. The dollar was quoted at 20
francs 57A centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
Head of Copper Co. Quits.

WARREN, Ariz., April 20 (P).-Gor-
don r. Campbell announced just pre-
vious to the company's annual meeting
today he had resigned as director and
president Of the Calumet g. Arizona
Mining Co., effective Immediately.
Campbell, president since 1921, made no
other statement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
First Mortgage Loans

Lowest Rates of Interest and Commission
Thomas J. Fisher & Company, Inc.
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED

NEW YORK, April 20 R.-
CPe- Pay HIdrs of
Company. Rate. riod. able record.
Chain Eelt Co :e2lac @ May is May /
Sskins .i::,.....2sss & June 4 MAJ !, z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET ss:; III: :: :; S %::

Note-An stocks are sold in one hundred snare lou
excepting those designated by the letter (S0s) (25OS'
which shows those stocks were sold in odd lots
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

and The Washington Times re-
fused this offer on the grounds
that such a gesture would be
against the spirit Of the Ruel
gift idea.
The committee would rather
have five cents each from 20 fans
than a dollar from one fan, be-
cause it wishes to impress on
RueI that this gift is from all
his friends here. not from some
wealthy individual who would not
miss the price of fine, new car.
Nine days more remain in
which to send your donation.
however small, to Postmaster
Mooney at the City Post Office.
On April 16 the fund will close
and what money then in hand
will be used to get Ruel the most
substantial and lasting gift posi-
BILE from the Washington fans.
So all of you who have been
working for Ruel, hurry up and
get your returns in to Mr.. Mooney
so that a selection of gift may
be made promptly after April IS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

ing to the age of the players is
that no boy will be eligible for
competition who will reach his
seventeenth birthday before Sep
renlber /, 1881.
Any boys who are under the
age Of II are eligible even If they
are as young as 6. There will
be leagues for all ages operating
independently of each other. The
final championships will be played
1T Griffith Stadium.
Prizes viii be awarded to the
inning teams. What is the
pgise? Well, you will see soon
enough. But something very
unusual Is To be awarded the
teams finishing in first place
in their respective leagues.
Don't forget your entries;
bring them to The Times Junior
Baseball Association. }Hanes Build
ing. Room 408. ; Somorrow's
paper for the det... saf the new
league. ~
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| "A
SETS 3 MARKS

Bill Beatty rolled a 174 game
in the Typotheta Bowling League
which shattered three marks. The
174 was new high game, and it
permitted his team, Big Print
Shop, to roll a $40 game and a
1,741 set, both new high feats.
Cosmopolitan won the Civic
Clubs League pennant by hold
ing the hot pace it set with the
opening gun. It owed its victory
to a well-balanced team. XII
wants No. l finished second.
SeaverS, of Round Table,
led in high averages with 1899
for As games, while BaItz, Of
Kiwanis, had 106 for IS games.
Rade and Morgan tied for high
set with 1856 each, and Rade'S
1863 survived. OptimiSt took
high team game with 584, and
Cosmopolitan had 1,6O6 for
high set.
The N. D. B. C. lost no time in
officially o. King the doubles
marks of Andy Zeiler and Carl
Eissele made Saturday night 837
for three games and 1926 for
five. Both are new Central-South
Atlantic records, and the three
game total is a world mark, top
ping the best in New England.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

The gentleman who is first
each year to get his tickets, Syl
vester Breen. of Alexandria, today
RENTED his subscription to Post
master Bill Mooney, who is re-
ceiving the donations over at the
City Post Office. The Ruel re-
membrance wouldn't have been
complete without Breen's being in
on it and The Times is glad to
add his name to the honor roll
of Ruels friends.
Here's what Mr.. Breen has to
say of Muddy:
Herein is one dollar for the
Times Muddy Ruel Fund. 1t
is a real pleasure to aid in
hOnOring this wonder man. In
fact, none better in his younger
days.
'NOt only a great ballplayer,
but true friend to those near
to him, and a gentleman on
and off the baseball field. May
his heart be made happy on his
first visit to Washington as a
Boston Red SOx player"
Another Alexandrian, Dorothy
Smith, is a Ruel admirer, and
in sending her donation to Mr..
Mooney, she wrote:
Enclosed a mite to add to
the amount to be spent for a
gift for Muddy Ruel when he
comes here with the Boston
Red SOx on Sunday, April 10.
"AII fans of this vicinity will
ever remember Muddy for his
peppery game, and each time
he plays in Washington will be
a red letter day for thousands
of Griff fans"
Now fans, don't forget the
spirit Of the Ruel gift. Small
amounts are being encouraged
rather than large ones. A nickel
will get you in on Ruels gift
as quickly as will a dollar.
One prominent Washington fan
who has more money than he
knows what to do with offered
to dig down in his own pockets
and get Muddy an automobile
in the name of the Washington
fans, but Postmaster Mooney
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c. v. G|R[SLOSE
RIFLE TITLE

After having held the women's
intercollegiate rifle team cham
pionship for four consecutive
years, the coed shooters of
George Washington University
lost the title to the University
of Maryland. Results of the pro.
gram of 16 nationwide indoor
rifle and pistol team events con-
Quoted by the National Rifle AS,
Sociation show.
The University of Maryland'S S
score was 1852 and George Wash
ington's score was 1857. The
new champion girls team was
the 1926 champion, but the title
had been won every year after,
until this year, by George Wash.
ington.
The United States Naval
Academy lost the title Of fresh
man team champion to the
University of West Virginia.
West Virginia's score was 2,8O5
and Navy'S, 1852.
Navl plebes held the freshman
championship in 1928, 1929 and
1880. Navy shooters finished
second to the Seventh United
States Infantry, Vancouver,
Wash, in the regimental team
championship match.
In the interscholastic team
championship match, Western
High School finished second to
Fresno (Calif) High School.
Fresno's score was 1923 and
Westerns, 2,846. Central High
was fourth in this match with
a score of 2,753.
The matches were shot by each
competing team on it's own range
and the targets were scored by
the National Rifle Association.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

that afternoon squatted be-
tween the Army goal posts, the
football tucked in his arms,
and grinned impishly into the
faces of an infuriated but i'm
potent Army defense, was writ
ing the first chapter of a
meteoric history that mOdernS
can read and understand.
At the moment he probably
didn't appreciate it. At the mo-
ment a touchdown was only a
touchdown-and the big thing
was that Army was licked. Aside
from that, nothing else mattered.
But-and Knute Rockne him
self has said it may times-the
star of Rockne ascendancy began
it's rise that November afternoon,
there on the wind-swept plains,
with only a handful of chilled,
dazed fans to marvel and wonder.
Under the circumstances, per.
haps, it would be worthwhile to
retell some of the highlightS OF
that now-famous game. And
there were many of them, too
homely, personal little facts that
are especially interesting in the
light of all that has since oc-
Cured.
Army Underrated Foes
In the first place Army took
the game in Stride-unconcer
and with little thought of defeat.
To them it was simply an inter-
lude, a break in the strenuous
program of Eastern games. But
to Notre Dame the game meant
everything. It was their first trip
East-the first opportunity to
show before fans other than
their neighbors and their neigh.
bors' children. Army that day
was Indifferent; Notre Dame was
inspired.
(There'H be more of that
memorable Notre Dame Army
game of 1918 in Chapter V of
Ford C. Frick'S life story OF Knute
Rockne appearing in tontorroW'S
Washington TimeSJ
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Weather Threatens
Boston Braves Game

GREENSBORO, N. c., April 7
Q.N.SO-Chances for a baseball
game here between the Boston
Braves and the Rochester Club,
looked slim today. Rain and
snow washed out a scheduled
game yesterday. and even if the
sky cleared by game time today,
the filed was so poor it was not
likely it could be used.
Wedding bells rang out through
the mist, however, as Charley
Wilson, infielded, left for Wash
ington to be married.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
.Pickups and
Putouts
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Lynn WOOdwOrth, athletic
director at Business High, is
proud of the achievements of
Spencer Chase, freshman ath-
letic star at Maryland Univer-
sity. Chase was under Wood
worth. Anton O'BranOvitch,
the GalIaudet fOotbaIler, is an
Austrian. Foxy" is the new
tag Maryland athletes have
pinned on Jack Faber, varsity
lacrosse coach. j. MOnrO Hun
ter, the Indian Spring golf pro,
says his biggest thrill last year
was when he played the Con-
gressional course in one under
par. and lost to his son. E.
SandlOt teams will be under a
severe handicap unless there is
a let-up in the weather. Owen
]. C'Bunks'') Cleary was week
end visitor from his Pittsburgh
retreat. no Georgetown COM
mittee would be complete with
out George McGurn, who can
shout "HOya, Hoya, Saxa," in
seven languages. many are
called but few are chosen can
be applied to the Griffmen. .
as witness the players dropped
as the team travels hOmeWard.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

crowds of $4,000 and Sunday at
tendances of $4,000 or better.
The weather, it is claimed,
along with a baseball loving
population makes Sunny Cali
fornia a Mecca for major
teams.
While Babe Ruth and the New
York Yankees play to sizeable
crowds in St. Petersburg, Fla.
and en- route northward, many
contend that John McGraw's
Giants are consistently the best
drawing cards during the spring
McGraw Mines COlOrful
McGraW-managed mines can al,
ways be depended upon for color
full and hard-fought exhibitions
and consequently have a large
following through the country.
Our own Griffnlen, inciden-
tally, can always be counted
upon to bear down equally as
hard as the Giants.
"Bucky" Harris, in his hey-day
as pilot insisted that his Wash
ington club show its best in the
spring and Walter johnson has
followed suit.
"The fans pay their good
money to see our best baseball
and outstanding players" Wal
ter claims. "And it's up to us
to make good. 1 won't tolerate
loafing or indifference in exhi-
tiOnS. That's almost like col
lecting dough under false pre-
lenses"
The Washington times., 1931-04-07


was complete. The sports editor
listened carelessly to the droning
voice. Suddenly his brow fur
rowed, his chin dropped.
whats that?" he inquired
sharply. Give me that again."
Again he paused.
you must be crazy" he ex-
plOded. Then-"WelI I'll be
damned"
He reached for a paper and be-
gan to scribble frantically. Two
hours later the first edition was
on the street. Uptown, the after
theater crowds bought papers
casually, looked at the headlines
and rubbed their eyes.
Notre Dame, 35; Army, 13!
Football Fans Dazed
Again they looked, dazed-re.
fusing to believe. 1t was incredi-
BILE! An Army team that loomed
as one of the best in the East
an Army team that boasted its
McEwan, it's Merillat, it's Pritch-
ard-and beaten by an un-
known outfit of farmers from the
sticks of Indiana.
Strange Names
And, stranger still, those head
lines-f ward paSSes-Arny
completely dazed-D and
Rockne-R ockne and Dorais-
open football-a new type game"
Who we're ROckne and DOrais
anyhow? The East read, won
dered, and read again. But on
a slow accommodation train,
heading back again to the
sticks from whence they had
emerged little group of bat
tered youngsters chuckled to
themselves and made whoOpee
up and down the aisles of the
coach.
Opportunity had knocked, and
the boys had responded to a man.
Notre Dame had emerged from
it's cocoon of mid-Western &C
quaintanceShip into the full-blown
aura of national headlines. And,
which was more impor mt,
though no one appreciated it at
the time, a young, tow-headed
Swede had stepped out of oblivion
onto the highroad of fame and
fortune.
NOtre Dame Rises
Only a football game-but it
represented a turning point. a
milestone in the destiny of games
and men. For, once the surprise
and shock of unexpected defeat
was over, the East began to take
stock of itself and its methods.
There across the wind-blown turf
of West Points historic plains
was laid that day the foundation
for new type of football. There,
too, was laid the foundation for
intersectional contests. There was
born new respect for the vast
hinterland beyond the Hudson.
The little Swedish kid who
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
WORLD CHAMPION AS WILL
y TEACH D. c. BOYS HOW
To PLAY BALL

How many of YOU Washington boys and young men have
longed for unyto play baseball after the manner IN
which the n9icr leagues play it?
Don't all ak for the opportunity is to be yours
and the Washington Times going give you plenty of time
to get into lin, &
The Times giving teams of every sze and cassif
cation chance to play ball big leaguers play it.
The Times going to help these teams get organized
1t is going to secure playing fields for you
1t is going to give you lessons in big league ball
going to hire big league ball players to teach you how
they do it.
It is going to give you these lessons free.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Boston Red SOr Lose
To IndinnnnOLis

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April Z.
Poor ball playing by the Boston
Red Sox today had marked their
third defeat by the Indians,
ii to 6. The Sox got only eight
hits, but two Indianapolis hurlers
walked IL men, and the Boston
club left IA men on bases.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

NICK ALTROCK to cop again
this year, so the rest of us clubs
will play through the season just
for the train rides and the grub
Well, Chuck Klein got a three.
year contract out of the PhiIIies
for $4,000. That is the equiva-
lent of blowing the safe Of any
other club.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
NINE DRILLS

The Phoenix-Blue Goals will
practice twice a week during the
month of April. They will work
out on Wednesdays at 5 O'Clock
and Sundays at II o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
PLAYED IN HURRY

The shortest major league base
ball game on record lasted but
81 minutes. 1t was played be.
tween the Giants and PhillieS on
September %, 1919, the former
winning 6 to J.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Ruel Honor Roll

John w. BrOOkfieId
Richard Carne
Burton FittOn
Fred Petit
Jack TullOch
Sylvester Breen.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
GOLFER-CAPlTALIST

Silas Newton, president of the
Indiana Southwestern Gas and
Utilities Corporation, held the
golf championship on six occa-
Sions.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

There's question that is diff
ficult, in some respects, to answer
On the other hand its obvious
that heavy dough is needed to
maintain a spring base.
In Biloxi this season, for ex-
ample, Washington needed some
thing like $4,000 to defray its
expenses. And it is no secret
that the Griffmen we're getting
an unusually fine hotel rate on
the American plan-five dollars
per player to be specific.
BY the time the Griffmen
hit Washington their expenses
probably will have mounted to
something like $13,5OO.
When it is considered that they
have polled little revenue through
the turnstiles this spring the dead
expense of training club can be
easily seen.
Made Spring Expenses
Only twice has a Washington
club ever broken better than
even in the spring. The cham
pionship years of 1924-1925 yielded
a good return at the box office.
Primarily, because the Griffs
and Giants we're locked up in a
Little World Series" each season.
Probably the teams that fare
best in exhibitions are those
training on the Pacific Coast.
The Chicago Cubs, it is claimed,
frequently play to weekday
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Costs Washington $13,5OO
To Train at Biloxi
BY JOE HOLMAN

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn April What does it cost to send
big league ball club through spring training period?
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
NICK
ALTROCK
Says:

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April
THE teams are working their
way up to the North Frigid Zone,
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

and If it's any
more winteriSh
than the South
has been this
Springtime, we
will be shovel,
ing a path to
first base for
the Op nj n G
game.
B ut maybe
LandiS will can.
eel the whole
season. / see
the experts have
picke d tn e
Cards and AS
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Ranking Griff Fan Sends
His Ruel Subscription

From standpoint of the baseball FAM the Muddy Rue gift
movement can now said be for the ousand-
ing fan who ranks No. on the list of Clark Grffths
TONER'S hasd donated his dollar,
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
on Times Organizes Junior Baseball Association For Here
NOTRE DAME STUNS ARMY
WITH AIR ATTACK
By FORD G. FRICK
CHAPTER w

It was the evening Of November I, 1913
telephone jngled raucousy in the sports department of
New York newspaper and tired editor cursed under his
breath as he took down the receiver.
Hello 4" he growled.
''West Point calling, the operator told him.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
FIFTY ITALIANS
To ENTER

Close to so bowlers will partici-
pate in the third annual Italian
Sweepstakes. which will open at
Temple next Monday and Tues
day and close at Rendezvous the
following Thursday and Friday.
Owing to the improvement
shown by the bowlerS this year it
was deemed necessary to boost
the Class B average to 102 to take
care of a larger number of
bowlers. Last year it was 100.
Only the entries of bowlers who
have averages of 102 or less in a
well-known local league will be DC
cepted.