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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
SOVIET GOODS
LOOM BIG IN
WORLD TRADE
y. S. Experts Piece To-
gether Story Of Competi-
ton With U. S. Products.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. April ia pic
ture Of Soviet Russia exerting a
dynamic effort, under her flve-year
industrial plan. to capture a strong
economic position for herself in
the family OF nations is being
pieced together from scattered re-
ports 10 the commerce department
here.
Recently, she began to pour wheat
through the Danube ports. Her
methods are novel She snapped
wheat with Italy for tractors, re-
verting to the ancient system Of
barter. but under a modern finan-
cial arrangement.
The wheat Is produced on giant
state farms.
Russia's organized invasion OF the
worlds oil markets already is well
established in Italy, Germany,
France and Great Britain. Recent
ly she began sale operations in
Brazil and South Africa.
The south just lately has begun
TO take notice Of the possible com
petition of Russia in the worlds
cotton markets.
The United States formerly sold
Russia large quantities of cotton.
Exports to Russia in 1926-27, which
was the peak, tOtaled more than
500 900 bales.
Recently her cotton imports have
dropped as she has instituted pro-
duction on large scale.
Russian cotton acreage under
the five-year plan will be increased
from 2,700,O00 bales this year to
100000 bales next year.
She now consumes 100000 bales
annually. Russian cotton now is
selling in Lancashire, England, for
one-haf cent less than American
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
Retire AT 70,
PROPOSED RULE
OF U. S. STEEL
New Employees Pension
Plan Would Force Out
James Farrell Soon.

By United Press
NEW YORK, April ia revised
pension plan which automatically
viii retire at the age Of 10 all off,
Gals and employees of the United
States Steel Corporation and its sub
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
COL. CHARLES FORBES
SELLS FILLING STATION

Ex-Veterans Bureau Chief Ends
Business on West Coast.
By United Press
LOS ANGELES, April 17.-Colonel
Charles L. Forbes, former director
Of the veterans bureau, who served
two years in Leavenworth peniten-
tiary for graft in connection with
the award of contracts for veterans
hospitals, has been operating serv-
ice station in Pasadena for several
years, the Los Angeles Examiner
said today.
Forbes has sold his interest In
the station and left for the east,
the paper said, and made no effort
TO conceal his identity while in
Pasadena.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
BIGGEST ARMS FORCES

Russia Leads World in Man Power
for Fighting.
BIZ NEA Service
MOSCOW, April 17.-Soviet Rus
STA has the largest potential army
in the world in $4,000 men ready
to heed their country's call.
Second on the list of large arm
les is Great Britain, with 100000
men. Italy is third with 900;
France fourth with $4,000; United
States, fifth with 565,000 and Ger
many sixth, with 285, 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

ring. He then is in position to take
these two mibs.
The reverse Of the follow-through
shot will De explained Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
Marble Tourney Entry Blank

Here's another example Of the
follow through" shot in Ringer,
official game of the annual Indi-
annapolis Times marble tournament.
This year, marble players must
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him from starvation The bulk of the churchman's fortune went to carry the gospel of salvation to the heathen in the name of that gen. tie spirit who taught His followers to pray: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" and who issued the divine commandments: "Judeg not that you may not be judged"
 Perhaps there are those Who will say that Antonio Latour should have gone on with his stage career, or that he should have found some sort of work. But Old Tony cries, Why should one work when there is no one-nothing to work for?"
 From all accounts the married life of Roy Donovan and Harriet Noel must have been troubled ex- istence, living on the road or in stock, and with the wife's gradual disillusionment, and the husbands increasingly bitter disappointment The boy, Bruce Carey, lived with them as if they were his parents. Harriet, from the first, had mother ed the lad and had thought that Donovan loved him as if Bruce were his own son. But she was not long in discovering that her husbands real interest was not so
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much In the boy himself as in the money which the man hoped to make through him.
 She soon understood, too, that his only regard for her was based upon the same hope of financial gain which made him assume father ly love for the child. Then, as Old Tony says, Pierre made his entrance on the scene"
 Donovan's treatment of his wife and child only served to intensity Harriet's love for her son. With the mothers heart centered with such devotion upon her child, it was inevitable that the actress in- terest in her career should wane. The manager, as his wife turned more from the stage to motherhood became more cruel and vindictiye.
 The life which little Pierre lived with his parents and the boy
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SYNOPSIS: If Tony Latour's eve .hcaTt, Harriet Noel, mar fic5 him, Orchard Hills busy b1dic1 predict conflict between her stage aspirations and his ministerial career. Fearing this pc ibiIity, she turns down Tcny's proposal and he impul- aivoiy runs away with the funds Of the benefit play in which they had peared. In New YCrk he had just embarked on his stage career, when Harriet, her father dying, is free to pur- sue her dramatic studies there. Tcny is cverjoyod when he and Harriet are engaged to play opposite each ether in a com pany managed by Roy Donovan, whcce mctherlesS stepson, Bruce. travels with him. But Tony learns that Harriet is to wed Donovan and, cnraged, tries to kill him. As in a daze, he re- turns to Orchard Hill.
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pathy or understanding. They did not overwhelm him with reproach- es, neither did they fail to re- mind him of their predictions that his wicked career would bring him to an evil end, and they were care ful to make their silent suffering obvious.
 Of course the good Elder, his Deaconess wife and the villagers assumed that poor Tony had fall-. en into disgrace through evil living Nothing else was to be expected of an actor. Tony could not tell them about Harriett. Had it been pos sible for him to explain, it would not have helped matters.
 Within the year Elder and Dea- coness Latour passed to their re- ward, leaving to their wayward son the house where he was born and an income which would barely keep
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Bruce, could not but make a last ing impression upon his sensitive nature. Always he was forced to yield to Bruce, who, encouraged by Donovan, bullied the younger lad without mercy. It was no wonder that Pierre at an early age became fanatical in his devotion to his mother.
 Pierre was four years old when Donovan deserted his wife and child, taking the boy Bruce, with him.
 Several months later, when, quite by chance, Antorio Latour received the news, Harriet and her little son were with company playing a weeks engagement in Cleveland. Cleveland is not far from Orchard Hill, and that evening Antonio was in the audience of the play in which Harriet and her son would appear. With the news that Harriet was free his love had kindled anew and he had hurried to her. There might still remain for them many years of happiness he told himself, still believing in her love for him.
 In the first act, Harriet and lit- tie Pierre would be on together. In the second act, the boy would come on again without his mother. An tonic decided not to make his pres ence in the theatre known to liar riet until after the first act. He felt he could better control his emotions if he had first seen her and her son together on the stage.
 As he sat there in that Cleveland theatre, waiting for the curtain, Antonio Lautor felt that he was only playing part. He felt that the audience was watching him, and that the play which would follow the rise of that curtain would be only play within this larger play in which he and liar riet were acting the leading roles.
 When the curtain went up An tonic Latour sat like one in a trance, his mind on those unhap- py events which had brought his stage career to such an untimely end. Then Harriett made her en- trance, and the actor in the audi ence caught his breath in dry sob.
 "To me-" Old Tony says when he speaks of that evening, liar riett was more beautiful than ever, she was more than ever an actress, but there was something wanting In the vernacuar of the stage, liar riett did not go over as she had in the beginning years of her stage career; she kindled no responsive glow in the hearts of the people Then little Pierre entered and understood.
 T saw that Harriet had endowed the child with all the native grace and genius that had promised so much for her. Young as he was, Pierre had that same inner fire, the same uncanny power over his audience that his mother had pos sessed. I remember thinking, not without sadness, that as Harriet had sacrificed our love for a stage career, she had now sacrificed her career for love of her son.
 At the close of the first act, An tonic went back stage and met Harriet and her son. During the second act Harriet stood in the wings watching the boy while the man who had loved her since child hood watched her.
 Without even speaking to Har- riet of his love, Antonio returned to Orchard Hill
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 and Company
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DOUGLAS NEVIS

MRS. CAHILLS FATHER
 PASSES IN CALIFORNIA E. J. Aiken, father of Mrs. w. E. Cahill, of Treadwell, died at his home in Oakland, California, on June Is. just one day after Mrs.
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Cahill arrived there to be at his bedside. The death was not un- expected as MT. Aiken had been ill fer some time. He was 68 years of age. The funeral was held June q.
 Surviving the deceased are his wife and another daughter besides Mrs. Cahill, Mrs. Fred Carnduff.
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celebration next Saturday. Pre- ceding this meeting there will be one by the Fire Department to ar range for the hose races.
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Chapter 2 ORCHARD HILLS TROPICAL

Antonio Latour's parents took him in" because he was their son
 and 1t was their Christian duty. But they received him without sym
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QUEEN CALLS

The Queen docked here from the south at 8 o'clock this morning. One days mail and a small quan- tity of freight was discharged here.
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JOINS CABLE FORCE

William F. Smith arrived on the Alameda from Seattle and today took his trick in the United States Cable Office he1S
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CELEBRATION PLANS BE
 COMPLETED THIS EVENING

A meeting of the Fourth of July Association will be held in the city hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight to make final arrangements for the big
Evening star., 1931-06-07
Drain Radiator,

II is best to drain the radiator for
flushing Immediately after a long trip.
Evening star., 1931-06-07
Random Thoughts
OF A WOMAN MOTORIST
WHO INVITED A WOMAN
FRIEND TO GO ON
A TRIP.
BY REBECCA HYNEMAN.

Caution! Caution! I would say to
the nice refined elderly lady who went
along as q guest on motor trip. DO
not be too full Of high spirits over the
unexpected trip and be continually ex-
pressing yourself to the motoriSt, who
is absorbed in avoiding bitches, tele-
graph poles, culverts and oncomlng
trafac 1t is not we'll to attract her
attention too much to your thoughts
and feelings Her listening faculties
will get tired out, especially II your re-
marks are inconseQuent. Remember the
rule posted up in street cars. "PasSen-
gers are not allowed to talk to the
motor man" Your host may be too
polite 10 satisfy her craving for quiet
by asking you to keep still, and may be
sadly disturbed and yet say nothing.
Do not make yourself disturbing factor
in the trip. or you may not be invited
again. know q case where the con-
tinual chatter worked so on the nerves
of the motoriSt that she actually drove
her car into a deep ditch from sheer
exhaustion Of nerves trying TO- be polite
and listen.
Quality and not quantity should be
your slogan. Do not be continually
stating facts. Didactic talk gives little
opportunity for pleasant mental reac-
tion to the listener. Older people lose
much Of their acquisitiveness and are
prone to be didactic-preachy. They
would be more likable II they cult
waited pen-mindedness and a readiness
to listen and learn. But do not ask In
consequent questions about what you
see along the road and which the mo-
torist Is unable, because of attention to
driving. to see, too. Be considerate.
She will prefer to give her full atten-
ton to the business Of safe driving, but
some people continually distract mo-
torist'S attention by asking inane and
foolish questions--Sort Of thinking out
loud. When you do talk, talk about
something in which she is really inter-
ested, and then give her chance to
express herself and do not do all the
talking yourself.
It Is something to be studied. this
thing of being an acceptable and COM
Portable companion on motor trip and
not q windy and tireSome annoyance.
Heaven preserve US from we'll mean
ing Ounce with the best Of intentions!"
has been uttered by some one. People
cannot be made to order, but If you
expect to be invited again, It would be
we'll to remember that q phonograph
would just as well be sitting beside the
| motorist as some people. So take my
advice and don't be a human phono-
graph!
Evening star., 1931-06-07
ROAD Development
TO BE DISCUSSED
Topic Will Be Brought Up at
Pan-American Commercial
.. Conference.

Many phases Of highway develop
ment, from the original plan to the
finished ribbon Of concrete uniting dis
tant cities and towns, will be included
in the discussion of this important
topic at the fourth Pan-American
Commercial Conference, which will
meet at the Pan-Americsn Union from
October to IL.
Highway construction, under which
may be included the planning of q
highway system as well as the actual
building operation will be discussed at
the conference. and there will also be
considered further action leading to q
complete carrying out of the general
principles underlying the problem of
financing highway development. which
have been adopted at previous Pam
American gatherings.
Widespread adoption throughout the
American republics of the bases laid
down at the first and second Highway
Congresses held in Buenos Aires in
1925 and in Rio de Janeiro in 1929,
respectively. have resulted in a general
unanimity OF opinion by the American
governments on the factors that must
lie behind the successful development
OF highway systems. This has a spe-
cial significance in view of the strides
that are being made toward the COM
pletion Of the Pan-American Highway,
especially that section extending from
Panama to the United States.
The bases for discussion of highway
development at the Forthcoming Com
mercial Conference makes the fact
clear that in perhaps no other ques-
ton which has been made the subject
of an international gathering has a
more general enthusiasm been awak-
ened and q greater solidity of opinion
been created in SO many nations, as
in that Of national highway develop
ment, together with the eventual con-
solidation of national systems into
what will become a single great high
way, connecting all the republics of
Continental America.
International interest in the compile
ton of the Pan-American Highway
will once more be manifested during
the present month when highway ex-
perts from Panama, the Central Ameri-
can republics and the United States
Will gather for a second time at Panama
to review the work thus far accom-
piished on the highway, and make
further plans for future operations. A
definite schedule Of surveying and con-
struction has been laid out, by which
1t is planned to complete the road
from the United States border to
Panama City within five years.
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DAYS HELD
DANGEROUS TIMES
American Motorists Association
Cites Records Of Bureau
Of Census.

Vacation days are dangerous days for
the motorist, declares the American Mo-
toristS' Association, calling attention to
accident figures, Just announced by the
Census Bureau, showing that upward Of
1000 persons will be drowned during
the next three months. based upon fg-
ures for the previous 10-year average.
Census figures show that an average
Of $500 persons meet their deaths
through accidental drowning during
June, July and August Of each year.
The vast majority of these are vaca-
tionistS, on pleasure bent, unaccus-
toned to the perilS Of swimming and
bathing in unfamiliar waters" Thomas
J. Keefe, general manager Of the A.
M. A. points out
Automobile fatalities last year took
q toll of more than $4,000 persons. OF
this number, approximately $500. or
nearly one-third, were killed by motor
vehicles during June, July and August.
These three Summer months just
ahead will see millions Of motorists,
tourists and vacationists travelling over
strange highways and enjoying tho
water sports Of unfamiliar waters.
Drive and bathe cautiously. Do your
individual bit to reduce the toll Of hu-
man life" the association urges.
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A Sure Sign.

els there any truth In the report
that Angus MacTavish bought the
corner filling Station?"
well, don't know for sure, but
the free air sign has <been taken
down."
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report Of the Legislative Committee,
submitted by Frank H. Gates Of Derby,
Conn.
The address Of the A. A. A. president,
Thomas p Henry, who was drafted for
a ninth consecutive term, was, in part,
as follows:
The future Of motor transport de-
pends on the solution OF three major
problems. namely, the operation Of the
motor vehicle without an undue tax
burden on the owner; the provision OF
road facilities, such as will make car
ownership profitable and pleaSurable.
and. most important of all the operation
of the motor vehicle with safety. We
are confronted with serious threats on
all three Of these counts, motor taxa
ton, motor roads and motor safety.
THE motor tax structure has become
complicated, burdenSomc and topheavy.
Tendencies have crept into the system
that call for q definite stand on our
part must point out 70 you that the
situation is complicated by current de-
velopmentS OF far-reaching importance.
Powerful interests seeking their own
ends are advocating policies that would
ultimately destroy the advantages that
highway transport have brought to the
American people"
Evening star., 1931-06-07
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

The Chevrolet Motor Co. announces
the appointment Of the Donohoe Mo-
tor Co. as authorized Chevrolet dealers.
The Donohoe Motor Co. has been we'll
known in Washington for the past 16
years. James A. Donohoe will be pres
ident Of the new leadership, Dolan Don
oboe, secretary-treasurer. william J..
Howard, for many years connected with
the automobile business in Washington.
has been selected as salesmanager.
Sales department, service and general
Offices will all be located under one
roof at 1920 to 1925 M street.
Announcement Is made OF the ap-
pointment of william C. F. Bastian to
an executive sales position with the
Firestone Tire g. Rubber Co.. working
out of the factory at Akron, Ohio. Bas
tian Is well known to the automotive
trade In Washington, having been con-
nected with the Firestone branch here
for the past 10 years In q sales capacity
and having been lifelong resident cf
this cttH.
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ROAD BUILDERS RECOMMEND
PLAN FOR FINANCING HIGHWAYS
Comprehensive Work of American Asso-
citation of State Highway Officials
Given Approval.

A comprehensive plan for financing
highways advanced by the American
Association Of State Highway Ofncials
has been approved recently by the board
Of directors Of the American Road
Builders Association.
Three CIassifieatio
This plan classifies rural highways as ::
Primary, Federal and State systems ;
secondary, county trunk or State aid
highways; third-claSS roads, purely local
township highways. Under this classi-
flcation 1t is recommended that State
and Federal funds for new construction
be devoted first to the primary system
under the supervision Of the State
Highway Departments. The secondary
system should be financed by local taxes
or from aid received from the State.
Thtrd-claSS roads, serving purely local
needs, should be financed from local
general taxes and special assessments Of
adjoining lands may be justified.
In congested sections the formation
Of improvement districts with special
assessments may be desirable. Suitable
connections between congested and sub
urban areas should be made.
Highway budgets should be prepared
to meet the annual requirements of con-
struction and maintenance on basis Of
the present and future earning capacity
Of the roads While conditions in the
various States vary too widely to permit
uniformity in budgeting. the following
general principles apply: (a) States in
the initial stage OF highway development
should issue bonds to defer that portion
Of the annual charge for construction
which would ov burden either property
or the road user: (b) States where orig
inal construction programs are well un-
der way can. in the main. finance nor
NAL new construction from current
funds. utilizing bond-iSSue funds to de-
fer the cost of special projects; (c)
States where original construction Is
largely completed are concerned chiefly
with maintenance and reconstruction,
and should depend on current funds
save in cases Of emergency.
Road Bond Issues.
State highway bond issues should be
serial in form. and should mature over q
period not exceeding 80 years; If issued
by political subdivision, not exceeding
20-year maturity is desirable.
Serial maturities should be arranged
so that the annual requirements of prin-
cipal and interest viii be as nearly uni
form as practicable.
Sound financing requires that the re-
tirement Of State bonds and interest
be provided for from the receipts of
motor vehicle license fees and gasoline
taxes The full taxing power of the
State should be authorized to guarantee
the principal and interest. not only as
q provision in case Of failure Of these
special levieS, but also 10 secure lower
Evening star., 1931-06-07
NEW OIL THEORY HELD

Another myth about oil has just
been exploded by scientists, who now
believe that heat and time, rather
than pressure, are responsible for the
natural formation Of petroleum in the
earth, according TO the results OF
laboratory experiments just announced
by the American Petroleum Institute.
The OLD pressure theory thus takes
its place as a myth alongside the
antiquated notion that the quality of
q lubricating oil depends upon the
source of the crude. A recent survey
by a leading Eastern university among
professors Of organic chemistry indi-
Gated that stress Is no longer laid by
scientists on the origin of the oil from
which q lubricant Is made, but rather
on the refining processes to which it
is subjected
Evening star., 1931-06-07
RIVALS SEWING MACHINE
Present-Day Steel Welding Iikened
to Dressmaking Art.

What the sewing machine does with
cloth Is now duplicated with Welding IN
steel Any tailor or dressmaker taking
q stroll about o factory devoted TO the
art of steel body manufacture will
readily understand many Of the proc
esses In fact, in putting together q
suit Of clothes or q gown, many Of the
same processes are used.
Sheets of steel take the place of
sheets Of cloth. These sheets are cut
to patterns in both types Of work.
When the time comes to join the pieces
together. If 1t Is q suit Of clothes or q
dress, the pieces are tackled and then
basted. Directly parallel to this proc
esS In the manufacture Of the steel
body is the tack-welding, which literally
tacks and bastes the parts together
before the final YIELDS. --