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Erakine Record Unique

Although he surrendered the leadership, Erskine's record in other departments is well above all rivals. He leads in home runs with five; in two-baggers with 10; in total bases with 88; and in runs batted in with 20.
 Livingston has two less doubles than Claud and has connected for a total of SC bases. Garn, with 78 bases, is third. Manning, Dir inger and McAlister are tied for second place in the home run divi- sion with three each. Bus Orme leads in three -baggers with two. Bill Schmidtz and Grassy Lowe are tied for base running honors, each having pilfered eight bases. BIS Orme is close behind them with T.. Andrews and Jernberg are tied for
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NOTICE

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MISS WHITE COMING
 TO VISIT HER MOTHER

Miss L. H. White is passenger aboard the Princess Charlotte con- ing to spend the summer with her mother, Mrs. Josephine White They will be at home to their friends in the Nugget Apartments.
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second place for runs batted in, each with 10 to his credit.
 Ten in 300 Class
 Ten batters only hold member ship in the 300 circle. Bob Jern- berg is the newcomer in this week s select class. In general the high averages tended to tumble.
 The sluggerS as announced today by Official Scorer Ed. Mize, are
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DIRlNGER TAXES LEADE ERSHIP IN
 SLUCCINC RACE
Vets Catcher Drifts Into First Place as Erskine
 Drops 50 Points

A new leader in the City League race for batting honors appeared this week for the first time since the season started, when Jack Dir inger, Vet backstop, slid into the ranking position as Claud Erskine, .Elks' star, dropped 50 points below last week. Diringer, playing in no official game since last week s averages were announced, retained his ASA and Claud dropped to .46S.
 Curly Livingston, Elks' infielder, made the outstanding advance last week, boosting his standing G points to occupy fourth place Novel;, Vet center fielder, is in third place. a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
WORTH WATCHING

DROPERLY, the senate Judiciary committee
l. has decided to withhold confirmation OF
Judge Norcross Of Nevada and to hear wit
nesses from the Pacific coast who object to his
elevation to the second highest bench of the
land, the circuit court of appeals. Should the
senate refuse confirmation it automatically
would block appointment of this judges ex-law
partner, Attorney WOODBURY. of Reno, to
Norcross' place on the federal district bench.
Both Judge NorcroSs and Attorney Wood
burn are under fire In California as the result
Of revelations at the senate committee
receivership hearings last summer in San
Francisco. The judge was alleged to have
presided over and sanctioned bankruptcy pro-
ceedings under which a California drug con-
Germ, worth 100000, was taken from pre-
ferred stockholders and sold to a New York
group for s155OOOO.
Mr.. WOODBURY. acted under NorcroSS' ap-
pointment as counsel for the administrator.
Besides this Mr.. WOODBURY. is charged by the
Sacramento Bee with having been first
lieutenant to Boss" George Wingf1eld whose
eleven banks went down in crash as the
result of what the Bee calls wire pulling"
"fund-juggling" and "trickery." The San
Francisco News calls both NorcroSs and Wood
burn unfit for the bench"
The nation is weary of the misuse of courts
by corporate interests, of receivership favori-
tism, Of the low ethical standards of some Of
the men who hold seats for life on the federal
bench. The senate should examine all nomi-
nations carefully, before confirming judges
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18

chief problems aflicting cities lately have been
national problems, which require national ac-
ton for their solution. Cities have gone short
Of cash, they have needed to launch public
works and Stun clearance projects. they have
needed huge sums to support jobless citizens;
and In almost every case they have turned to
Washington for help, and not to their own
state capitals.
At the same time, state governments have
been slow to give the cities the relief that they
might. Metropolitan districts can not form
unified governments, to eliminate expensive
waste and lost motion, without state consent.
This consent seldom is forthcoming. There
Is rural jealousy Of urban domination, there
Is intricate trading for petty favors, there fire.
quently Is undue consideration in the state
house for special vested interests
THE state" remarks Professor Merriam,
neither will grant autonomy to the cities nor
will it assume the burden Of administrative
supervision over them. The state neither will
rule nor permit any one else to rule over
metropolitan regions"
There are innumerable fields in which city
activities could tie in neatly with federal
pattern-in education in health, in public
works, in public welfare services. in handling
Of interests Of business and labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
FOREST FIRE SAVINGS

A LMOST every week brings new testimony
Of the value Of the work being done by
the Presidents forest army"
United States Forest service officials just
have checked their figures and discovered that
in 1888, in the eighteen national forests which
lie in California, only 5000 acres were swept
by forest f1re-and the average for the last
decade has been 217,OOO acres year for that
area.
Fire fighting costs have been reduced by
80 per cent at a erect saving to taxpayers
of approximately 100000 in cash-to say
nothing of the value of the timber saved,
which is far greater.
Regional Forester s. B. Show declares
bluntly that the CCC largely is responsible
for this saving. For years the forest service
has yearned for a trained, disciplined and
well-equipped reserve force available at a
moments notice.
The CCC is just such a force; and forest
service officials predict that 1t will be even
more valuable in the future
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
AUTO TOLL RISES

CTILL the automobile grows more and more
~ deadly. Figures compiled by large in
Surance company show that $500 Americans
were killed in auto accidents last year; and
while this is only small increase over the
total of 1882, the disrnaying fact is revealed
that the death list was proportionately good
deal higher.
Thus it is pointed out that the ratio of
fatalities to the number of accidents has in
creased by nearly per cent, and that the in
creased number of deaths occurred despite
the fact that the total of auto registrations
and gasoline consumption had dropped.
If some pestilence were sweeping the ma
ton at this rate we would mobilize all our
forces to check it. How long, do you sup
pose, will we continue to sit by placidly and
accept this frightful auto death toll as one Of
the unacceptable hazards of modern life?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
WHICH WAY, EDUCATION?

TINE old and famous Horace Mann School
of Teachers College, Columbia university,
has been revamped from top to bottom to
bring its curriculum, from the first grade to
the twelfth, into harmony with the great So
cial change now in process.
Coordination of subject matter sustained
continuously and coherently is the key to
the new system, which. according to the an
nual report Of DR.. Rollo G.. Reynolds, the
principal. includes a close COORDINATION of
the creative arts with all other activities of
the school,
We wonder if the next few years will not
inevitably see a revolution in education which
will make even such courageous steps as this
seem behindhand
The average individual who pursUeS ed
ucatlon to its ultimate limit now spends eight
years in elementary school, four in high and
four years in college, with three years added
for the professions-totals of eight, twelve,
sixteen or nineteen more or less artificial years
in school, and therefore detached from the
stream of productive life-in a sense, a pro-
longation of infancy.
This seems particularly unnatural to this
period of large scale organization of indus
try business and education Henry Ford has
instituted a school system in which boys d.
vide their time between classroom and work.
shop. This seems ideal, educationaly as well
as socially.
In the so.called outside" or extra-cur-
ricular, activities the pupils play at reality,
editing sophomore publications, engaging in
debates. in which the competitors may espouse
sides contrary to their real beliefs, or engaging
in Juvenile student government which has
little in common with the hard realities Of
actual government.
1t seems that education of the near future
must find the means of coordination with
the actual processes of life to the end that
students will gain a greater respect and zeal
for workaday creativeness. This is a diff
suit problem but one which will have to solve
itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
A Woman'S Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

himself in his profession. The
quicker and more expertly he does
it the more we admire him. SO just
why girls should suffer our shifts
of disapproval when they do the
same is beyond me.
A good deal of confusion about
modern marriage has developed
from our tendency to express one
thing and believe the opposite.
Invariably we laud love, but we
give the major share of our ad-
miration to the girl who grabs OF
a millionaire.
Don't misunderstood me, how
ever. I belong to the romantic
school. I can see the hard sense in
what we call "the grand mar
rage" but I can not subscribe to
the code. There is something es-
pecially repugnant in the idea Of
a woman going deliberately into
the intimacy Of marriage for ma
terial advantage only. Girls often
do it, I think, because they know
too little about its physical side
or too much perhaps.
The thing that is particularly
horrible is the fact that so many
mother%who know what mar
rage means-are content and de-
lighted to watch their sweet, in
experienced daughters go serenely
into the elegant sordidneSs Of
loyeless marriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
MORAN WITHOUT MACK

TT is a sadder world since Mack Of Moran &
l. Mack was killed when his car overturned
on the way to Hollywood.
THE early bird catches the worm" Is a
classic proverb. Mack's comment on it should
be equally classic: who wants worm?"
Another contribution to philosophy was
Mack's remark: 81 wouldn't like it if it was
good. How many situations we meet where
that applies There are things which our per-
sonal preferences reject no matter how good
they are Of their kind; we simply don't care
for anything Of that kind.
Some people like spinach; to others, no
matter how well it is cooked, it is still spinach.
There are others who don't like saxophone
players, child prodigies, and women radio an
nouncers even when they are good. Such peo-
pie can thank Mack for furnishing the ideal
comment.
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MY dear, have you heard
N1 about Rachel Smith," said
Mrs. Brown to Mrs. Jones within
good hearing distance Of my two
ears. She's just back from Chi
cago with an engagement ring. I
know the family will be so
pleased - they've been awfully
hard up lately-and she's made a
good catch, hear. His father is
rather a big shot in the whole
sale drug business. I've always
said Rachel was smart child"
Such unequivocal materialism
expressed about marriage never
would have startled an eighteenth
century woman. But those of us
who have been brought up to
consider love and nlatrimony
synonymous often are jolted from
romantic ruts by such comments.
Why. I wonder, are we sur
prised at frank truth? If mar
rage is to be career for women
and We hear the idea repeated
endlessly-and if the girl gives
any heed to our favorite defni-
ton for success, getting on in the
world, then it must be sign of
intelligence for her to set out
after a weu-to-do husband.
WE do not criticise the boy
w who takes advantage Of
every opportunity TO advance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18


Your Message Center has be-
come a rather interesting center
for debate were it not for the fact
that most of the advocates of
Socialism waste a large part of
their articles by trying to prove
that I am ignorant and I'm.
informed on the aims and
methods of Socialism.
Now a certain James Riley rises
to inform me that I ought to read
more so I will know more about
Socialism, but when I quote from
such high authorities as Jack
London he begins to Squeal
about it.
Jack London's description of
Socialists ambition to capture the
political machinery to destroy
present day society is a true
description from a better au-
thority on Socialism than Mr..
Riley, or even Norman Thomas.
I have thought for a long time
that one reason why Socialism
has advanced so slowly was the
poor quality of writer's and
speakers who were spreading So
cialist propaganda. Of all the
poor writers Mr.. Riley takes the
prize so far.
He says: president Roosevelt
has fed scores and scores of men,"
So he did, and I helped to elect
him to office on the Democratic
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aChoIy disapproUe of aUhat yom sag and will |
defend to the death your right to sag i-VoItajre.
Wants Protection Against Socialism

ticket. Remember that, my So
cialist friends, and don't try to
claim any credit for Socialism for
what is being done.
The only thing Socialists can
call a victory for their propa-
ganda was the recognition of Rus
STA and that is to the everlasting
shame of this nation.
AS for Mr.. Riley'S reference to
the basket system of relief, I claim
that pure Socialism will put
everybody on a similar or worse
system and keep them there the
rest of their lives by force of arms.
It also will destroy our religious
liberty.
It will do this and more and
do it all under a political system
which refuses to recognize 1nd1-
vidual rights such as life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness"
It will separate man from man,
destroy family life, turn the hearts
of children from their parents
and produce a race of conscience
less infdels as low morally as
mankind can descend.
1 recommend Christian democ-
racy carried out under our present
Constitution.
I incite all believers in Chris
tianity to join with me to pre-
vent Socialism from destroying
the precious heritage left by our
forefatherS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18

IT probably is true that some of the most
L far-resching changes in national life are
those which get under way unnoticed and take
shape without any one having worked con-
sciously for them.
Professor Charles E. Merriam. head Of the
department of political science at the Univer-
sity of Chicago. suggests that such change
now may be starting in relations Of city gov
ernmentS TO governments Of state and nation.
Writing in the current issue Of Public Man
agement. Professor Merriam points out that
the city IS coming into far closer relationship
these days with Washington than with its
own state capital. The citys Importance as
Q political unit has increased in the depression
years. and Washingtons sway over internal
affairs likewise has increased The state cap
ttal. on the other hand, has had q progress
sively smaller part TO play. especially In con-
nection with affairs Of cities.
This. as he remarks. is largely because the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
THURSDAY. JAN. 10. 1884.
THE POOR CAN'T PAY
cRIPPs-HOwARD SEwsPAPER)

GONE people throw their hats into the air
- and cheer the government for spending
money to make Jobs and business hut when it
comes to paying the tax bill for recovery they
whine.
Just now some Of the rich are complaining
about the income tax They want a general
sales tax. instead
The income tax is designed to make the
fortunate bear the chief burden Of the gov
been achieved.
The sales tax is designed to make the poor
people pay for the maintenance Of govern
ment which has been unable or unsuccessful
in protecting them from the conditions which
brought about their poverty
A graduated income tax is Just because it is
based on the principle Of capacity to pay. A
general sales tax Is unjust because it violates
that principle.
A sales tax is vicious because 1t is indirect
and unseen. inviting pyramiding and profit
eering.
It is a tax Of last resort, an evil to be en-
braced only when all other sources Of revenue
fail
1t is especially pernicious in times OF de-
preston. when it destroys the peoples pur-
chasing power upon which recovery depends.
Manufacturers and merchants have difficulty
in moving goods rapidly today because too few
customers can afford TO buy. A sales tax would
slow down business just that much more.
The full absurdity of the current sales tax
proposal is exposed by the fact that millions
of city families and more millions of farm
families today are able to live only by gov
eminent dole Of one kind or another. The
bright idea Of the sales takers is for the gov
eminent to give money to these millions with
one hand and then take back the money with
the other hand; in other words. the idea is
for the government to tax itself.
Fortunately. the general sales tax plan
which Mortified Mr.. Roosevelt when it last
was presented has little chance of becoming
law under this administration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
SOCIALISM DEBATE
APPEARS ASSURED

BY H. W. Daacke.
Referring to the recent blast OF
E. F. Maddox in your Message Cen
ter Jan. 4, and the indianapolis
Star Jan. 6, will state that, if he
really is anxious for debate on
Capitalism VS.. Socialism" no doubt
the matter very easily can be ar
ranged.
But first would like to have Mr..
Maddox be what he represents him
self to be, a gentleman, and make
a reasonable reply to my letter in
your Message Center Of Sept. 80
issue, in which I took exception to
his article in your Message Center
of the Sept. q issue.
Unless he will do this, I will have
to place him in the same category
with Daniel B. Luten, and neceSsar-
ily viii have to award him the crown
king of Evasion" for 1894, the
same as I awarded to Mr.. Luten for
1898, q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
NEW BLOOD is
NEEDED, HE SAYS

By II. L. Seeger.
The American industrial mind is
showing senility. It is hopelessly out
of step with the times. Out of the
west, across the Pacific, there has
arisen a dynamic aggregation of in
dustrialists, exceedingly small in
number, who are keen, alert, deter
mined and far visioned.
Not more than six men in Japan
are in control of the industrial set
up which is penetrating the markets
of former industrial nations.
Their factories are equipped with
the best machinery, the Swiftest
processes, and their capital invest
ment structures do not reflect the
dead weight of obsolete machinery
which ours and other nations are
carrying on their books, on which to
earn profits and dividends. Our
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
EYES ON Japan

WHEN American recognition of Soviet
w Russia first was announced, the coun-
try blinked a couple of times. looked some
what nervously at the beaming figure of Mr..
Litvinoff, meditated with comfort on those
big industrial orders Russia might be plac-
ing. and allowed that it probably would be
all right
Since then, it gradually has become appar-
ent that a profoundly important maneuver
In world politics has been taking place.
To send an ambassador to Moscow be-
cause your relations with Toxic are some
what delicate may look like a roundabout
way of doing business. But it is perfectly
obvious that the japanese situation was a
stable factor in our recognition of Russia,
and bit by bit We are beginning to get
glimpse of the real background of the move.
One angle of it is touched on by an editorial
in the current issue of Womans World; and
whether or not this magazine has the facts
absolutely straight. it at least gives sample
of the kind of thing that was taken into ac-
count in Washington when recognition first
was discussed.
During and after the war. says the Wom-
ans World editorial, Japan and France
reached a secret understanding. Clemen-
-ceau feared that the end of the war would
find the United States overwhelmingly more
powerful than any other nation on earth, and
he believed Japan could be useful check.
So, says the editorial, he devised an agree
ment whereby Japan would be permitted I'M
limited expansion in Asia. Japan would be
allowed to seize Manchuria and control China;
it also would be allowed to control the Pacific
al the way to the California coast.
It was for this reason, continues the edi
torial. that Clemenceau insisted on giving
Japan mandates over so many islands in the
Pacific at the Versailles conference.
Now all this is somewhat shocking, to one
broupt up on the theory that America and
France always have been good friends. Just
how far the facts are straight may be open
10 question. The story may be entirely true.
partly true. or entirely false.
The point that it does illustrate is that
Japan has been emerging in the Far East as
q potential enemy Of both America and Rus
STA, and that certain European powers have
been very happy to see that happen. BY re-
suming relations with Russia, this country
has taken an effective step to meet the situa-
ton.
Recognition was a move for national Sc
curity BY sending an ambassador to Russia,
the administration sought to lessen a growing
tension on the other side Of the world.
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manufacturers talk about foreign
markets for products, while our
competitors say nothing, but saw
plenty of wood.
Our industrial, ossified mind
pirates about running its own bust
ness in it's own way, chiseling, cut
throating, hacking down wages, pur-
chasing power, destroying its own
home market and letting the willy
oriental take over the foreign mar
ket.
Our industrial geniuses, or pig
mics, hope to penetrate and expand
foreign systems with a hopelessly
outclassed disintegrated system Of
individual unit production, while
Russia and Japan are working with
the precision of a general staff CO.
ordinating and correlating the whole
mechanism to a purpose.
The outcome is not remote, the
only solution our own outdated sys-
tenn can offer is war If our in
dustrial leaders can not see farther
than their nose, We need new blood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-18
DEAD LINE ON LICENSE
TAGS DRAWS COMMENT

By Reader.
I never have written about any,
body or anything, but I notice
man by the name Of w. A. Benedict
and man who claims to be friend
Of Mr.. Feeney's, talk just like two
little boys. If they would look on
their auto licenses they read good
for one year" and I do not see any
reason for extension for you have
year to think about them.
I am working man and get paid
semi-monthly and the way you two
look at it you would not be any bet
ter off if they extended the dead
line to April. You, as an old friend,
have had since Dec. to get yours so
don't berate a man who is sworn
to do his duty. I never have met
Mr.. Feeney but I am standing up
with him when it comes to uphold
ing the law.
When we go in to get hunting
license they are good for one year
and you get no extension on them.
So Why get any on auto licenses?
Give some people year and a
half and it would be the same old
story.