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Look Within Own Borders

I do not want to be misunder-
stood here as minimizing the i'm
portance of the foreign trade that
logically should be ours; nor as
minimizing the gravity of the evil
of blindly executed tariff laws
which interfere with and unnatur-
ally restrict such trade.
In no sense do 1 withdraw from
the editorial position taken by the
Telegram - now the World Tele-
gran-and other Scripps- Howard
newspapers with respect to the
Hawley-Smoot tariff bill. But no
nation can be wholly prosperous on
the basis of foreign trade alone.
The whole point I am trying to
make is that we must look first in
side our own borders, and at some
thing else besides our vacant lands
and untouched coal and iron re-
serves, if we are going so to order
our production and commodity dis
tribution as to provide social secur-
ity for all our people.
In the light of all the facts, which
seem unacceptable, this conclusion
seems inevitable, that unless We are
going to break up the machines, put
the scientist in jail, and generally
try to make our clocks run in re-
verse, the only balance to increased
potential per capita production can
be increased per capita spending
or leisure, or combination Of
both.
Such increased spending can be
achieved in one, or both, of two
ways. The simplest plan might be
just greatly increased, and contin-
uously increasing, hourly wages for
labor.
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Let's Avoid More Laws

Every time any sort Of new idea
is discussed in public these days.
somebody starts to suggest a new
law about it. In other words. the
idea is to turn the job over to con-
gress, or to the state legislature.
or the city hall. There is nothing
particularly wrong with any a those
institutions. but they admittedly
are cumbersome. and I think it is
generally observable that there is
more genius outside than inside
them.
If it is true that to function our
democratic society must to some ex-
tent be remade, then I think that
the more action we can get unofi-
cially, and outside of the political
structure, the better off we will be
in the long run.
This, I believe, is your opportunity
and your responsibility, and this. 7
am happy to say, you appear to rec
ognize as your opportunity and re-
SponSibility.
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Blind 10 Turn of Events

1 think we all have been quite
naturally blinded to the significance
Of these facts by events. Before we
got into it, and for some time after
it was over, the great waste of war
in Europe employed so much Of our
productive capacityethat no calcula-
ton based on normality was
possible.
Prior to the actual turn Of the
tide mean prior 10 the time when
in CT sin g productive capacity
started to outrun population growth
we thought in terms of I'M
developed natural resources - of
cheap minerals, cheap water power,
somewhere out west.
But science increases the yield to
the acre, the yield to the ton of
ore, as well as it does the yield of a
mans labor. happen to have been
born in California, and as there are
two Scripps- Howard newspapers
there, I visit the state frequently.
Perfectly good cattle lands out there
are worth less today than they were
when was boy, because improved
methods have made it unnecessary
to use as much land in production
of ton Of beef as the ranchers used
to use.
Without a marked increase in
consumption of beef, no sane man
is going to touch those abandoned
California cattle ranches. They are
offered as a gift.
This exposition of the futility of
our undeveloped resources as an
economic panacea can be carried
out along lines so numerous that
we all would be here until dinner
time, and, anyway, one example is
enough to develop the thought.
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Sec. 4-Change Shooters during
the course of the game. He may
choose a new Shooter on each lag.
provided he uses that Shooter in the
subsequent game. PENALTY: The
player shall be disqualified from the
game.
Sec. 5-Communicate in any way
with his coach during the course of
the game. PENALTY: Forfeiture
of all marbles he has knocked out
Of the Ring, and marbles to be re-
turned to the game, and placed on
the cross.
Sec. ga coach shall not give in
structions to either his own or any
other player engaged in the game.
PENALTY: Coach shall be ordered
from the playing field, if, after be-
ing warned once, he continues this
violation.
Sec. Players must not walk
through the marble Ring. PEN
Atty: After player has been
warned for violation, the referee
MAY require the forfeiture of one
marble, on a second offense, said
marble to be returned to the Ring
and placed on the cross.
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Baseball Notes

Skipper Balls Mates. one Of last sea-
sons leading road clubs, vent through
Birch Mates mainstay hurler, suffered a
broken finger on his pitching hand. Skip
per Ball manager, and catcher, mas drawn
I'D stih schedule for the season.
shelbyvine Merchants will be back on
the field this year with strong club and
where thew have PLAYED for the past two
years Merchants will open the season
April is and desire games with strong state
isa East Mechanic street. sheibyviiIe.
ANY club desiring to enter Sunday
70 get ~ in touch With Neese or McDaniei
at Smith ia Ssler-Sturm Company. Ii. 34Q6.
Meeting Of this league will be held tonight
at 1880 .. m. at Smith Hassler -Sturm'
Oak Hill Flash players are requested to
report at meeting at POLL North Ia
S%ne ay pnyers at no sS p Steele man
brothers Dillinger, List, Esterday. Kinds,
Soluble, Hastings, Coffee brothers Zim-
kins, Davenport and other tryouts Games
are wanted with city and state teams.
Write Fred Hastings. 20ll North Tacoma
avenue or call Oh. 6364-W between and
7 p. m.
Noblitt Sparks tArvin Heaters) win have
. fast. road club this season and wish to
hear from fast state teams All Of last
years players and tryouts get in touch
with william Rider. 1881 Bellefontaine
street Practice Will be held Sunday.
Following players are requested to re-
port at Garfield No. 3 Saturday at .. m.
FOR positions with a fast semi-pro club
to be entered in the Capitol City League:
Joe Bova. Tony Bova Rusty Coulter lie
Roy Hunt, Wade Hendricks Mike Hof-
man, Leo Lentz, Art Foster, Cecil Brandt,
Herman Ayers, Glenn Williams. Smitty
Davis, Baker. Queisser brothers, Bob
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CHANGE REPORT
ON AIR TRAGEDY
Ice on Plane, ProberS Say.
Killed RoCkne, 7 Others.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 8.-The de-
partment of commerce has reversed
itself on the cause of the plane
crash week ago in which Knute
K. Rockne and seven others were
killed.
Previously, investigators for the
department had concluded that
broken propeller was responsible.
Part of their evidence in support
of this theory was the fact that the
propeller could not be found after
the crash.
The propeller has been found be
meath the wreckage and depart
ment experts now hold to the theory
that ice, forming on the plane while
the pilot was trying to gain altitude,
disabled its instruments and caused
steep dive and the resulting
pressure tearing of wing.
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Capitalism Is the Child

Mr.. Willard has stated the Objec-
tive-the preservation of what he
calls the capitalistic system. Right
here I better would state the quar-
rel that 1 have with that phrase
ology. 1t seems to me that capital
sim as We know it is simply the
child-simply a part ola much
larger social scheme, the Demo-
cratic scheme, or system.
If anything is challenged today, it
is not simply an isolated capital
ISN'T is democracy itself. 1t is
the freedom of men to speak, to
write, to build things and to trade
in commodities, as they like, and
without undue governmental regu-
lation, that is challenged, alike to-
day in Italy and in Russia.
It is this freedom in which I, as
a journalist, you as an industrial
list, somebody else as an indepen-
dent politician, have special COM
mon stake, that is challenged. I
think we make a great mistake
when, as SO often happens, We as
sumo that it is the workingman to
whom democratic ideals should be
particularly dear.
1t is very little that the working
man, who is not author, nor ora
tor, and not industrial enterpreneur,
gives up in exchange for at least
promised security when he accepts
Stain or a NIussolini dictatorship.
1t is our jobs, our life work, that
we sacrifice.
A few years ago it seemed to be
fashion for business leaders to
sigh for an American Mussolini.
Believe me, those business leaders
had not been on the taxpaying end
Of Italian business, or seen rival
enjoy special advantage because he
had married somebody's pet cousin.
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Tuesday Ring Results
BY United Press

BY United Press
AT NEW YORK-RaY Meyers. 127l2. New
York defeated Koli .Kola. 1891. Porto
Sammy Binder 1873. New York. (6).
AT BROOKLYN-Sollv Schwartz, l40
England. defeated ANDY Saviola. 1881. Bay
Ridge. 10l: Harry Walach. ia, Browns
vile. defeated Sammy White. 1873, Williams
burg. (10l.
AT HARTFORD. Conn.-Ralph Len1y.
1856 Union City. n. j.. knocked out Eddie
Lord. 1874, Waterbury. Conn: Louis KID
Kaplan. Hartford. Conn. defeated Billy
Lynch, Providence. r. L. (l0).
AT WHEELING. w. vA.-Lou Bloom. 1870
Detroit: drew with frankie Porto, $780,
AT WEST PALM BEACH F7e.--Roy Wal
lace, Indianapolis light y heavyweight,
Knocked out Cyclone Smith OF Fl. Benning,
Georgia. in the first OF scheduled ten
round bout.
AT FLINT. MICH.-Lou Scozza. Buffalo
light heavy, shaded Battling Bozo Of Birm-
inRham in ten rounds.
AT PORTLAND. Ore.-Max Baer. Cali
fornia heavyweight stopped Ernie Owens
OF Los Angeles in the second OF sched-
uled ten-round scrap.
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Business Must Be Unit

But no great stride along this line
can be taken if all industry and
business does not move as a unit.
Some agency must be set up to in
sure that when "a" starts out on
such course, "B" does not lag behind
and appropriate GAS" profits before
he knows it.
I would like to suggest that per-
haps you have here in this organiza-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
AWARD TEN LETTERS

Ten Shortridge high school bas-
betball players have been awarded
letters, according to Coach Ken
meth Peterman. Peterman also an
nounced the Blue Devil cage and
for 1931-32, including eighteen
games and the city tournament
Greencastle, Charlottesville and JEFF
of Lafayette are now faces on the
program.
Letter winners named were Heck
man. Berns, Bullet, Gage. Suther-
lin, Underwood, Johnson, De Wees,
Bradford and Brown. All but the
last four named graduate this
spring.
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Gone, but Not Forgotten

belong to:
Guy Willis 1923 North Gale street.
Foro roadster. from 2l7 North Senate
Helmer Bengston. 5I57 GuiIdford avenue.
Bulck coach. 1886. from Meridian and
North streets.
Roy Garrett 1923 West Michigan street.
Chevrolet coupe, 741-163. from parking
space at Indiana university school Of
medicine.
W. H. Hartje 1880 Asburrv street
Chevrolet coach, 746-o05, from 24O0 East
Thirteenth STREET
lie Roy Cannady. 2137 Highland place.
Oldsmobile coach from Citizen Gas
plant parking space on Prospect street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
Diesel-Engined Racer
Holds Speedway Spot
No More Is Five Century the Gasoline Derby; Oil Burn
ing Car to Make First Appearance in
American Grand PriX
American Grand Prix.
BY NORMAN ISAACs

think Of little
predictions concerning the 50Omie
Welundo ruor making full allotment
forty cars VIII line up on Decoration the long grind
1t seems mat every driver his uncle will be
american Grand Prx and that perhaps fifty
attempt 70 WIN places
Gasoline Derby"
Forty Will be allowed grade
me car hat roos the its gasoline derby
minis Deselengned job Daytona
u the Efrn
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WASHINGTON. PARK TIE

-Four runs in the sixth inning
enabled Washington Continentals
TO tie Park school, 6 to 6, in seven
inning battle Tuesday, darkness
hating the tilt. Towards homer,
with two on, featured the rally. with
Lewis stealing second. third and
home with the tying run after sin
CLING.
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Rule VI-PenaItieS
A PLAYER SHALL NOT

Sec. Lift his hand until the
Shooter has left his hand. This vio-
lation is known as "histing."
Sec. 2-Move his hand forward
until the Shooter has left his hand.
This violation is known as "hunch-
ing"
Sec. Smooth or otherwise re-
arrange the ground, or remove any
obstacles. He may request the
referee to clear distractions.
PENALTY: If any marbles were
knocked out or, dislocated on the
shot, they shalsebe restored to their
place, and the player shall lose his
shot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
Army Officers Prnrnnted

BIZ Times Special
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. April s.
Colonel J. J. Balm, son of the late
j. c. Balm of Martinsville, an
officer in the engineers corps, United
States Army, has been promoted to
an instructorship-in the Command
and General staff school at Fl.
Leavenworth, Kan. He has been in
charge Of the Pittsburgh district.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
New York Board of Trade Is Given Publishers
Views on Utilization Of Science and
the Machine by Democracy.

capita production Of the individual
worker is increasing much more
rapidly than is population.
This has been brought about by
application Of science to industry
scientific organization as well as
new mechanical inventions. In
America, since at least 1910, al
though lack of statistics makes it
impossible to fix any date accu-
rately. the pace Of science has been
an accelerating one, while the rate
Of population growth has decelerat-
ed, until it now tends toward abso-
Lutte stability.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
ROCKNE FUND GROWS
81 United Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. April SIN
terest in the proposed Knute Rockne
memorial increased today with let
tiers and kilograms arriving from all
parts of the country.
The Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell,
president of Notre Dame; Frank E.
Herring. president of the National
Alumni Association, and James E.
Armstrong, national secretary. will
pick a national memorial committee
to handle the funds and other ar
rangementS.
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NIDY, DRAKE TO CLASH

Glen Nidy, Terre Haute, and Ray
Drake, junior welterweights who
specialize in walloping, have been
matched in the eight-round main
go Of the weekly mitt show at River
side Friday, according to promoter
Bill Bowman.
A siX-round semi-windup and
three four-round preliminaries will
complete the bill.
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and are ready to undertake the
task, regardless Of its magnitude.
I am going to sit down in Just a
minute now, but before I do so there
is one thing that I want to say
that will explain my whole reason
for wanting to talk as I have been
talking to this particular audience.
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TOTS START TRAINING

81 United Press
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April g.
a squad of twenty aspirants for
battery JOBS appeared for the spring
workout Of the Terre Haute Tots.
Three-I baseball club Tuesday. Fiji
teen of those present are pitchers
and the remainder catchers.
Manager Frank Kohlbecker said
the remainder of the spring train
ing squad would appear Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
HEADS SWIM SQUAD

By JHlted Press
NEW YORK, April 5.-Miss
Georgia Coleman, national diving
champion, will head the Los Angeles
Athletic Club team which will COM
pete in the national senior women's
swimming championships at New
York, April 10, Is and 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
JOHNSON WILL FILED

By United Press
CHICAGO. April 8.-The will of
Ban Johnson, late president of the
American League, was to be filed
for probate today by H. H. Benja-
min, personal trust officer of the
First Union Trust and Savings bank.
The amount of the estate was eSti-
mated at $25OO0O. A large part of
the estate was left to Marietta col
lege, Johnson'S alma mater.
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Rule VII-PIayerS' Ages

Sec. 1.-The tournament is open
to boys or girls of IA years or under.
Sec. PA boy or girl, who becomes
Is on or after July l.. 1881, is eligi-
BILE to play, and one who becomes
is any time before july /, 1881, is
not eligible to play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
DRINKING PICTURES
IN BOOK DRAW IRE
Detroit School Board Argues on
History's Content.
BIZ United Press

0CAAOAS DCnOOl DOdIu Argues on
History's Content.
BIZ United Press -..t-
DETROIT, April 8.-Pictures Of
1aen drinking whisky, printed in
school history, The Pageant of
America" from the Yale Press. to-
day provided a new topic for ar
gument at meetings of Detroit
school inspectors. '......-
Mrs. Laura F. Osborn admitted
she was opposed to the book because
of its pictures in connection with
the whisky rebellion. DR.. Burt r.
Shurly, president of the board, o5-
jected. Many heroes, he said, had
been toasted with wine and whisky,
and added he considered Mrs. Os-
born's objections silly.
The board decided to inspect the
book, with passages and pictures OBJ
jectionable to Mrs. Osborn noted.
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BACK HOME AGAIN

belong to:
H c. McWilliams 1905 Orchard avenue.
Erskine coach. found in garage Of va
cant house at 2754 Martindale avenue.
Jean McBurney. 30l5 North Meridian
street, Oakland coupe found at 700 East
Washington street
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If Cummins' boat" can finish the
grind it will have done something
hundreds Of high-powered race
cars never have done and it will be
catapulted into the national spot
light.
Among automotive experts it fire.
quently has been said that the
Diesel car may be the coming thing.
Its cheapness Of operation and its
fine all-around performances have
made 1t one of the most talked of
creations in automobile history.
August Duesenberg and Cummins
adapted the Diesel engine to a rae
ing car and it is nearly twice as
large as the conventional gasoline
JOB. 1t carries sufficient power in
crude oil to run nonstop for 1900
miles at 100 miles an hour.
NO ignition system is used, the
heat Of compression firing the fuel.
The fuel tank holds forty-seven gal
Ions Of crude oil and the radiator
holds forty -two quarts of water
Furthermore it has four cylinders,
is 1917 feet long and nearly four
feet high, has piston displacement
OF about 366 cubic inches and cost
$4,000 to build.
Under ordinary conditions mile
age is forty miles to the gallon and
at 100 miles an hour it consumes a
gallon to every twenty-five miles.
Cummins lives at Columbus, Ind,
and has long record Of developing
Diesel engines to new uses.
timely note was sounded by Seth
Klein. the genial starter in qualifications
and RenersIissinno of the flag wavers on
race day. when he announced that he will
be here for his usual job, although he no
longer makes indianapolis his home.
Seth's present headquarters are in Buffalo.
IT may sound like advertising. but It
really isn't. The American Automobile
Associations new official publication,
Holiday" is one of the finest magazines
placed on the market. It's knockout.
Stephen Jerome flanagan, the faD,ous
one. who directs the publicity coming from
the Speedway. popped back into town the
othor day to shake the hands Of his
newspaper friends.
Where's Chuck Wiggins?" asked steve.
Chuck was caught driving recklessly,"
explained your correspondent dolefully.
land he's in again"
And of to the county Jail scurried
flanagan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
Muncie BANS East Time

b Ifnlts NUttIuI
MUNCIE, Ind, April BY vote
of 10 to the city council refused
TO establish daylight saving here.
Strong opposition to the fast time
was voiced by business men and
farmers.
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NPEN season for gutta percha
~ hunting is here. Patronage at
local links the past winter, also at
tendance at indoor golf schools
would prompt one to ask the ques-
ton, us there a closed season for
following the little white pellet?"
We feel, however, that when the
women take to the great out of
doors for their opening spring tour
naments, the season is on for sure.
Shooting Par makes its season
debut today to publish the results
of the opening day, blind par
event at Avalon Country Club,
Tuesday. Today the women at
Highland Country Club engaged
in the first tournament of their
season. From here on this col
umn will be devoted mostly to
the publication of results and pro-
grams of anticipated or scheduled
events, the doings of the buffers.
Il
THE season got off with a bang
Il at Avalon Nineteen women
took part in the first event of the
year and Mrs. E. D. Lukenbill won
the event by hitting blind par ex-
actly with an 30. Mrs. Herman SieI-
ken and Mrs. Earl Fortney were tied
for second place honors, and in the
play-of Mrs. Fortney won. The
11iy,o I,OIa AO,,,-,, n want vr,oe ,r,0,, nv
Mrs. H. S. Osborne. Next tourna-
ment will be April 81 when a selec-
tive hole event will be played, be-
ginning at $780,
Hole in-one shooters naturally
will get a line or two of bold-face
type, because lace" shots, even
though they are becoming common,
still a thrill for the shooter that
can not be duplicated short Of an
other hole in one shot by the same
person. The Times does not offer a
list of prizes for lace shots, but
will do so as soon as national list
is compiled.
As usual, Shooting Par. viii conduct its
annual interscholastIc golf tournament
during the last week of school beginning
about June 10. 1t is planned to conduct
tournament for grade school boys this
year. In the past. grade school boys have
competed right along with the high school
boys. Some grade school lads are expected
to prefer the major tournament play again
this year, hut that will be optional with
the bow.
Indianapolis will be the scene Of at
least one major state tournament this
season. The Indiana womens state cham
pionShip is carded for Avalon in July.
There is possibility of another major
or the mems state tournament being held
in this city this season.
n
WYE are informed by Cliff
w Wagner, secretary of the In
dianapolis District Golf Association,
that the annual district tournament,
which is, in substance, the city
tournament for men, will be held
the third week in June over Merid-
ian Hills, Broadmoor or Highland
and the indianapolis Country Club.
y
The handicapping system for this tourna-
ment has long been a sore spot. Last
handcapping system. Some mention of it
was made by individual clubs this spring.
We understand there has been some OPP
position, too. The argument appears near
at end, we are informed, because In
dianapolis District Association directors
already have voted in favor OF uniform
handicapping system. which will apply to
all their tournaments. also all the clubs
that belong to the association. So that
ends the argument.
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Name Bridge for Taft

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 8. - The
so-cailed. million dollar bridge" on
Connecticut avenue over Rock
creek has been named officially the
William Howard Taft bridge"
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Democracy on Trial

But I have not come here with
any ready-made scheme. I men
toned a few minutes ago what I
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shoot from any point on the Ring
Line.