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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY


WAsH1NGToN' Oct. 10
w Each year in Memphis the
clans of Dixie gather in a great
carnival to pay tribute to King
Cotton.
Despite wars, weevils and near
famines, that Monarch still reigns.
But today there are revolutionar-
les who argue that his absolute
rule should be abrogated. His long
reign, they charge, has been a
curse that resulted first in chat
tel slavery, then in Civil War, and
finally in the thraldom of the
Share-cropper
Even the most loyal defenders
of King Cotton's regime, with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

Which he suffered when he had the lob before You
may say that have a great nerve to speak thus
about whom I will support and whom will oppose
HuC II pohtclan or a publisher may say that he
supports this man or opposes that one wbv sbouIdnt
man who runs a store on the corner or a column
IN the papers? In this great free democracy where
one mans vote is as important anotherS if I an
nounce that l have thrown my support to Herbert
Hoover isn't that important as a similar an
nouncement by Henry Ford? Or am I just being
naive again?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

TO say so IN so many words.
Thus. by elimination. it would be
possible to determine who the
candidates are and avoid some
confusion.
l have not yet decided whom
1 will support. but I can say
pretty definitely that it will not
be Roosevelt, because I think he
has taken as much punishment as
any one man should on behalf
Of his fellOw-citizenS. I may sup
port Mr.. Hoover out of personal
spite. Feeling as I do about him.
l wouldn't lift a hand to defeat
him and thus spare him four
years more of the headaches
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

ing her MOTIVATION Tor outsiders.
Having to choose between Metro
GoldWyn and Mussolini, Luigi Pr
randello has taken a fast steamer
for Rome He has chosen to let
Hollywood culture remain as is in
order to aid in the advancement of
Ethiopia
During his 10 weeks in America
the former Nobel Prize winner was
far from idle. He wrote eight
short stories, finished a novel and
got a good start on play. And
this information may throw a little
light upon that perpleXing problem
as to why Senior Pirandello ever
got Nnhnl Prize In the first place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10


the coal companies coal.
They can do better with regu-
lar jobs than with bootlegging.
WHAT brought this about?
w A government report on
the subject was made by a COM
mittee named by Secretary of La
Dor Frances Perkins. The COM
mittee included Carter Goodrich,
Columbia University economist;
Hugh S. Hanna, labor writer, and
David J. Price, government tech
nical man.
THE population of the region,
said the committee, derives it's
living from the anthracite indus:-
try. The life of individual COM
munities depends in large part
upon the operation of the partic-
ular colllery or collieries in it's
neighborhood.
Most of the towns are old
with large subStratum of fami-
lies of several generations resi-
dence and so firmly rooted that
home ownership is the rule and
not the exception as it is in the
bituminous fields. Company
housing is unimportant.
The anthracite mine worker
became attached to his industry
and often to his colliery in a pc
culiar sense. While the industry
assumed no paternal responsibility
there developed a feeling of mu-
tual dependence in spite of many
internal quarrels."
Up to few years ago." con-
- tinued the committee, aft
er an earlier period of excessive
competition, the industry itself
was extremely stable. The curve
of anthracite production had been
steadily upward
Anthracite mining for many
years was spared the override
velopment, and cut-throat compe-
tltion Of bituminous mining, due
to the fact that control Of an
thracite deposits and mining OPP
erations was concentrated in rel
atively few hands.
The change began about 10
years ago. From an annual av-
erage Of more than 100000 net
tons, production dropped steadily
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

flesh, And his mind jumped the
years. He, the young, fanatical
neWspaperman the fighting
young radical editor-he was going
to make his country, the world,
over anew!
And he put his theories into
practice. At first they had seemed
beautiful. But now they were
hideous. They had betrayed him.
They had led him up the blind
alley of absolutiSm and now, like
an ordinary trapped animal of
the jungle, he twisted and turned
to escape the awful destinies of
his own carving.
THOSE papers! Why, they
Il burned through his mind
every waking hour. They haunted
him at night. They Knocked him
as he struggled for sleep. They
told him that he had brought the
credit of his country to the brink
of ruin.
They told him that financial
levieS were all that remained and
he knew they could not last long.
His diplomats told him that ma
tlons were already withdrawing
their credits to his bankers.
His imports were still triple his
exports and he could not sell
enough to make money to buy
what he needed. Unemployment
still reared its ugly head
True, he had smashed it down
temporarily, by ordering the I'M
employed into the army-but the
army was so appallingly expen-
sive. 1t was like a giant NAV,
with an Unsuitable appetite
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES! My God,
where was it coming from?
One regiment of conscripts had
already mutinied. Thank God.
that colonel had had enough sense
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
Troublesome Cotton Problem Finds Even Most Loyal
Defenders Perp|exed and Pessmistic About Future

money in their pockets from AAA,
the Bankhead Act and Federal
cotton loans, are somewhat pessi-
mistic about the future.
Sharply curtailed exports and
increased planting in other coun-
tries force them to consider the
possibility that American cotton
may have lost, and lost for good,
its dominance in the world mar
ket.
To the question What are the
facts?" must come the counter
question Whose facts?" Each con-
flicting group has its own facts"
and usually its own figures.
Since the New Deal has entered
the picture on the side of the
planters, their viewpoints-as pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10


at Saraievo would and half short years hence send
them Whirlng into earthly hell to give up sons and
daughters, to deprive them of civil liberties to pile upon
their unsuspectng shoulders appalling national debt
1t was all so far away-so why worry!
YES and Africa is farther away than ancient Serbia
But we are just vulnerable today were in
1914 or more The industry science and inventive
genius of mankind has progressed mmeasuraby in the
last two decades The world is linked by the bonds of
finance economies trade and commerce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

What happens in one country
VIII affect another 5000 miles away.
Lemons are up in price in the
United States today. Why? Mus
solini has laid his hand on every
lemon he can get anywhere in the
world. Lemons are essential for
troops in the field. They keep
down scurvy. Therefore, America
has already been affected by the
beating tom-toms of the God of
War in Northeast Africa.
1t is useless, therefore, to say
that the Ethiopian i'm
broglio means nothing to America
that it's too far away, or that
it's another one of those European
squabbles. There are potential
dangers in Italy's reborn spirit of
imperialism which stagger the
imagination when laid bare for
examination, and contemplation.
1t is up to us in America to
try to understand something OF
Ethiopia and why Italy persists in
defying the world in order to COB
BILE up this most ancient of all
Christian kingdoms. To under
stand is at least so per cent of
the battle to avoid ENHANCEMENT.
To that end then, this book is
written. 1t is hoped that it will
explain some things, correct false
impressions, cause serious thought
and foreWarn-Which, after ALL is
to forearm, is it not?
1t is not meant to be literary
gem of irreproachable prose-but
just a story, as one man may tell
it to another. One might almost
call thinking out loud!
But all thoughts are, in their
turn, thought provoking. If the
thoughts on the following pages
do just half that, then they will
have accomplished their purpose.
THE AUTHOR.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

sented in their facts and figures
can be examined jointly.
This is the third year of cotton
control under AAA.
y
NNE major objective of that
W program was a decrease in
the annual American cotton carry
over. This carry-over was $685.
600 bales on Aug. l, 1881. 1t rose
to 100000 in 1882, fell to II $685.
900 bales in '33, to 10,634,OO0 in "a,
and to 100000 in '35.
Factors contributing to this de-
crease included the cut in produc-
ton, some improvement in de-
mand. and in 1884 the drought
which made short crop in the
Southwest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
EaUZuouah
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

NOU may say that it is political announcement
Il OF no great Importance, but for whatever it may
be worth have definitely decided not to run for the
office of President Of the United States next year or
at any future time. Perhaps greater stir would be
caused If Herbert Hoover or Gov. Landon of Kansas
were to make the same declaration Nevertheless it
Is my feeling that with the field so badly cluttered
by candidates, any eligible man who decides that he
does not choose to it to his fellow citizens
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

He got it because of the liVelineSs of the Swedish
sense of humor Those hardy Scandinavians like
q good practical joke little better than the next
one The foundation from which the annual prize
for peace is drawn rests the fortune Of a maker
Of explosives and very many Of the ither awards,
such as the for literature, are made in similar
antic spirit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
Give Us Jobs, Say Coal Booteggers, and
Well Quit Poach hing on the Companies Lands

This is the first of series of dis
patches on bootleg coal. unique out
cropping of rugged individualism in a
sick industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
PROLOGUE: TAPESTRY

PROLOGUE: TAPESTRY
TINE room was large. The CELL
- ing arched high with it's
curves softened by magnificently
carved frescoeS. The walls were
decorated and the colors were
warm.
But the bald-headed, paunchy
man, seated at the desk at the
far end of the room, suddenly
shivered. Cold? No, it was mid
summer. Perhaps it was some
cloud passing over his soul. The
world said he had no soul-but in
his strange way, it was the fire of
what went for his soul burning
with the fierce white heat of ia
natical zeal, that made him sud-
denly SILVER.
Softly, a door opened. A tall,
hawk-faced man, an aristocrat to
his finger tips and the antithesis
of the punched up bald-headed
man, walked quietly forward, with
a sheaf of papers in his hand.
These he laid on the desk and re-
manned standing, silent.
The seated man seized them.
Beneath the rays of a lone desk
lamp he thrust them and read.
His Stubby fingers opened and
closed. His mouth set in hard
cruel lines. The pouches beneath
his eyes seemed to grow pulitzer
as the black eyes themselves,
bloodShot from lack of sleep,
blazed forth anew with fanatical
flercenesS.
With a sudden jerky motion,
he flung the papers down, jumped
up from his chair and stamped
over to the huge marble fireplace.
Damn them!" he cursed. Damn
them" and his voice suddenly rose
Shrilly and the veins stood out
like whipcordS at the temples, as
the sudden fit of fury sent the
blood pumping through his veins.
The papers he flung down were
CONVERSATIONS of reports from his
underlings in Geneva, London
and Paris.
DAMN Them he repeated a
~ third time. They will not
rest until they have nailed me to
the cross. They are hypocrites.
They have their own colonies.
They have great empires. They
went out and stole what they
wanted. And when I do the same
when I must do it, when I have
TO do lt--they piously say, No,
you Will destroy the world. You
must not do it. BAH"
Sallow face flushed with anger,
the stocky little man flung away
from the mantelpiece and pointed
a thick forefinger at his private
sec etary. And I say to hell with
the world. It's either the world
or me-and it's not going to be
me. Look" and he strobe over
to his desk and tapped the back
OF his hand on another sheaf of
papers-''These show why I must
go on. 1t must be onward. The
Gle is cast. There can be no
backward glance. 1t must be on
We "d-onWard."
As he turned from his desk.
crossed his hands behind his back
and with bent head. paced slowly
down the room. Just then the
faint echoes of a military bugle
penetrated the room. 1t was like
the thin, small voice of Fate call
ing. And it made him shudder
again, this time against his will.
1t sent his mind racing back 20
years-to the horrors of war.
Yes, he had been a soldier and
he knew what it felt like to have
silver of steel burn through the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
II Seems hM
BY
Haywood BROUN

TN quitting these shores Luigi Prandello left a
promise to return and yet somehow it did not seem
to matter much. And that very strange because
almost his last words concerned the outstanding cuI-
ture of Italy and her generous desire to share it
even with those lakewood peoples who had to take
1t with liquid fire on the side.
Pirandello will not do his motion picture now
He feels that he make a greater contribution to
civilization by returning to his country and interpret
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BLACK SHIRT . ! :::. BLACK SKIN
Continued From Page One

too visible and move to step out of
it's bloody pathway-if we can.
Too few in America in 1914
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

coal companies lands and selling
the coal companies coal.
They can do better with regu-
lar jobs than with bootlegging.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10

NEXT: The plight of labor and
of textile makers. 49,
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
MOTORS, RAILS
LEAD RALLY
IN MARKET
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Nov. Is G.N.S0,
Rails and motors provided bullish
leadership for a faltering stock
market today.
Aggressive demand for the car.
rier shares developed toward mid
day and turned the list upward.
Motors were in active demand as
well, with Chrysler setting the
pace. The result was an irregular
upward movement in which gains
ran to nearly 2 points.
The ticker ran four minutes be-
hind most of the first hour. Blocks
ran to 10000 shares in radio.
Early PrOfiting
The market boom, revived on
Saturday, ran into a wave Of
profit-taking in the first hour.
This erased opening gains and
brought losses running to nearly
q point. On the subsequently rally
declines were generally erased
though a few groups like the
steels and liquors Jagged.
Stimulating influences were the
new rise in steel operations, the
forecast of a contra-seasonal gain
in car loadings, and the cheerful
business reviews of the reserve
board and the A. F. of L.
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
PR0FIT|NG ENDS
RISE IN WHEAT

CHICAGO, Nov. 25 QNS).
profit-taking sales and offerings
prompted by political developments
abroad checked the upturn in
wheat prices here today, prices
dropping below the previous close
after a rather firm start.
May wheat was bid up 5sc to
$1.00A but reacted later to 99A.
December fell about 1ac to 999sc.
Near mid-Session wheat was A
to 1ac off, corn Nc of, oats un-
changed to Ac off.
Liverpool wheat was strong due
to smaller world shipments and
firlner Russian and Canadian Of
feringS. Winnipeg was moderately
lower at mid-session after opening
fractionally higher.
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
Sterilization Seen
For Coal Industry

Prediction that the National
Bituminous Coal Commission ulti-
mately will accomplish stabiliza-
ton of the soft coal industry was
made today by C. F. Hosford, jr.,
chairman of the commission.
Reviewing the first so days
operation of the commission and
asserting that signers of the com.
MISSIONS coal code have shown a
willingness to cooperate in other
matters, HoSford said: THE out
look for stabilization of the coal
industry is encouraging"
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
Hudson Reports Gains
In Sales, Production

Reports Of increasen sales from
the leading cities where automo-
bile shows already have been held
show that retail sales Of 1885
HudSons and Terraplanes are run
ming from az to 4 times greater
than those reported a year ago,
according to w. r. Tracy, vice
president in charge of the Hud-
son Motor Car Company.
"This marked increase in retail
orders" stated Mr.. Tracy, rs re-
flected in the stepping up Of our
production schedule to 80. 900 cars
for the last quarter Of this year,
which is 1000 cars greater than
the first three months shipments
Of 1895 models" .~ -
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
Washington Stocks

SALES
City and Suburban IS, $1,000
088 $1,000@88.
Potomac Electric IS, 1858, $1,000
@109.
Washington Railway and EIec-
tric preferred. 100 1081s, 1A1OS1s.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
8112, 10@31R.
AFTER CALL
Anacostia and Potomac r. r. IS,
$1,000@8712.
Washington Railway and Elec.
trio preferred, 100 1081s.
CORRECTION
The sales reported Saturday,
November %
Security Storage Co., 10000,
5000, 10@100. 5000, should
have read: Security Storage Co.,
10000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-07
WORK PROJECTS WERE APPROVED

New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. IT, (UP)-Works progress administra- ton projects. amounting to $220,- SIP at New Haven, Woodmont and West Haven, have been approved by Administrator Matthew A. Daily. Daly also announced five appoint ments to his WPA staff. Charles E. Beardsley, Bethlehem. was named acting assistant administra- tor; George M. Coughlin. director of construction for the Bridgeport district; Vincent J. Sullivan, acting assistant director and chief engt- need, Bridgeport; Thomas J. Au- brey, acting personnel officer, New Haven, and State Sen. Julius c. Stremlau, supervisor of labor man. agement, Hartford district.
 Most of the approved projects involved street paving and storm sewer construction. A proposal by the New York, New Haven & Hart. ford railroad that the federal gov. ernment finance $3,000.000 pro- gram for repairs and improve ments. Daily said, has been for. warded to Washington. Several state projects were held up pend- ing approval by the general assem- ply. They included construction of a new veterans home at Rocky Hill, state institution for men, tally defective children; improve ments to the state hospital at Mid- dletown and at State Tuberculosis Sanatoria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-07
FIRE BROKE OUT
 ON NEW CRUISER

Quincy, Mass, Aug. 7.-(UP).- Fire of mysterious origin aboard the new $10,000,000 cruiser U. s. s. Quincy was extinguished after a five-hour battle early today.
 Navy officials and executives of the Fore River shipyard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpora. tion, where the cruiser was being outfitted prior to missioning in January, were to begin an investi- gation as soon as access to the main cable room was possible. Flames were confined to the cable room.
 Fire broke out just before mid- night after the night shift had left the vessel. Thick clouds of smoke belching from the hold attracted the attention of a watchman. He summoned the shipyard fire depart ment. Quincy firemen were called later.
 Gas from the burning cables forced firemen to don masks. The metal walls became so hot that firemen fought the flames from two decks above the cable room.
 Electric current was off at the time, and shipyard officials said 1t was impossible for short circuit to have caused the fire.
 Damage was estimated unoffl- cially at $1O0,000. Naval officials declined to comment on rumors of sabotage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-07
TERCENTENARY EVENTS Cities and Towns of State in Friendly Rivalry to Show Pride in Connecticut's 3OOh Birthday Celebration.

Bethlehem, historic services in all churches.
 Wairenville, services at War. renville Baptist church at 11:00 a. m. ''Connecticut's First Law School"
 Westport, historical recital at 4:0o p. m. at the Bedford Junior high school auditorium
 Woodstock, historic religious service at John Eliot Rock" at 800 p. m.
 Monday, August 12: Bridgeport. August 12-August IT, incl International exhibit by Pc. lish. Hungarian and Italian racial groups in local Depart. ment stores.
 East Lyme, old houses open to visitors.
 Westport. exhibit of Colonial houses, industry and educa. ton, also Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and "Y" Boys Clubs at the Bedford Junior high school; exhibit of Authors manuscripts, books and paint ings of Westport at Westport Public library; play entitled "Education in Westport" pre-. scented by Girl Scouts at S:30 p. m. at the Bedford Junior high school auditorium. . Through Aug. 17: Westport, art exhibit, Bedford junior high school.
 Through Aug. S1: Mystic, show ing of models, maps, etc.. Ma ;. rine museum, Thursdays and Saturdays. Stonington. exhib- 1t of portraits and memora- bilia, at Light House.
 Waterbury, exhibit of por- traits of famous citizens, work of early craftsmen.
 Old Lyme, exhibit of painting and sculpture at Art Gallery Through Sept. 9: Deep River. ex- hibit of processes of piano manufacturing. Pratt-Read & Co. .. Through Sept. s: Deep River, concert at Pratt-Read & Co.,, of ancient and modern instru- ments, every Tuesday and Friday evening.
 Through Sept. IA: Exhibit of books and documents con- nected with history of Con- necticut and Trinity college. in library of college. Hartford. Through Sept. 30; Groton. witi Mystic and Noank. showing of historical sites. museums. Through Oct. f; Exhibit of re- plices and illustrations of CO., lonial life by school children of "rhree River Towns" old State House. Hartford. Through Oct. f2; Waterbury, ''settfars' Village" with exhibit of towns industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-07
Fire Extinguishers
 Stolen For Whiskey
Chemical Tanks Taken From School Sold for Price of BOOze-FOur Arrests Made By Local Detectives

Four men, ranging in ages from as to ss, were arrested yesterday and to-day, charged with stealing four fire extinguishers from the Porter street and Begnal schools Sunday night. Lieutenant Matthew Balanda and Detective Connie Shanahan of the detective bureau, who investigated the break stated to-day that one of the extinguish- CTS was sold for pint of whiskey.
 Those arrested yesterday are: John Brazantis, 19, of s5 South Leonard street and Frank Moles- ky. 21, of SO Hewey street. The men arrested this morning are, Al- fred Lingis, 29, of 162 South Leon ard street and Michael Saldus- kas, 25, of 36 South Leonard street.
 The detectives reported to Chief Inspector William P. Keegan of the detective bureau, that they discov- cred one, of the extinguishers, un- der a veranda, next door to where BrazantIts resided, at 95 South Leonard street. Questioning the youth Wrought the information as to the identity of the other ac- cused Ind the disposition of the other sktinguishers.
 The detectives reported that when the men came from the schools with the extinguishers they started to squirt them about. giving neighbors the impression there had been fire.