Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1936 — Page 18
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WEDNESDAY, O OCTOBER 7, 1936
RILEY'S AN
NNIVERSARY
NDIANA has been observing the anniversary of James Whitcomb Riley’s birth so long that some who knew him less intimately than his fellow Hoosiers might think the years would dim the spontaneity of this annual tribute.
But the year just passed shows how the significance of -
the occasion grows, rather than lessens. One of the most gratifying developments during the year was the purchase by the city of Greenfield of the birthplace and home of the Hoosier poet, The James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Park will be expanded to include the birthplace, which will be restored as nearly as possible to its condition during Riley’s youth. The opportunity for collecting and preserving the poet’s household possessions
will be enhanced.
Fittingly, a WPA program to place 1000 markers at historical Indiana sites was—opened by dedication of a marker calling attention to Riley’s tomb at Crown Hill
Cemetery.
The helpful work of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Crippled Children grows yearly in importance. The Riley Memorial Association, which is sponsoring the traditional observance at the Lockerbie-st home today, has helped perpetuate the poet’s memory and stimulated inter-
est in his works.
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Each year, Riley's cronies from the “OI Swimmin’ Hole” days become fewer in number, but there still are many left to tell intimately of his love of children, his great .capacity for friendship, his kindly humor, and his under- ~ standing affection for the men and women and children of Indiana he lived with and wrote about.
END THE SQUABBLE
PPROVAL of a $138,181 PWA loan and grant for a new
Marion County Detention Home is important news to | The present quarters at 425 E.” Michigan-st
Indianapolis.
are congested and inadequate. .
Construction of a modern
building will permit abandonment of that place. Space will be available for all Juvenile officers and records.
But the squabble over selection of a site still is going
on.
for a detention home because of this dispute.
Twice the Marion County Council has refused funds
County
authorities should end the controversy and clear the way for an early start on this much-needed building. ;
LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? JT is seasonable for the Republicans to comesout strongly against monopoly and for Gov. Landon to becothe gravely concerned over the fate of “the little fellow”. of business. The Lord made a lot of little fellows, and many of them have wives, sons, daughters and friends. How are you now faring, Little Man, compared with the years when the Republicans were protecting you? Ac- ' cording to Dun & Bradstreet, failures of commercial enterprises today are only 42 per cent of the rate of the “prosperous” years of 1925-29. Insolvencies in June, 1936, were “the lowest since 1920, and liabilities the lowest ‘since 1906. And, Little Man, you can’t have forgotten 1929, that fateful fulfillment of the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover New Era, after which retail sales fell from 49 billion to 25 billion dollars a year, collections became almost impossible, prices tobogganed, credit faded and thousands of business houses
closed their doors in failure.
When President Roosevelt
took office things were just about at low ebb. The effects of the change were immediate, for 125,000 fewer concerns failed in 1933, the first Roosevelt year, than in. 1932, the .
last Hoover one.
In 1935, says the Commerce Department," |
retail sales were 27 per cent above those of 1932. You are at liberty to believe that Gov. Landon will fulfill his promise to protect “the average man against the
aggressive exploitation by the strong, the “strong” are also supporting him.
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even if so many of But wouldn't it be
the part of wisdom te compare the protection you got before
1929 with what you have now?
THE MUSE TAKES A HAND : L I's a poor campaign that won't bring out some poetry, so" it is not surprising that the Buthmanites who happen to be strong forgliandon should come forth with: Governor Landon, son of'the sod, Is able to govern when governed by God. -
Listen to God. He'll give to you His plan to see America through.
Whenever we read campaign poetry we think of “The
~ Sweet Singer of Michigan.”
She was a favorite of Mark
Twain's, by the way, and we always liked his tribute to he® —*“It is indeed as the Sweet Singer of Michigan says—irrelevantly of course, for the one and unfailing great quality which distinguishes her poetry from Shakespeare's
and makes it presions to us, is its stern and ‘simple irrele-
vancy.’
It is indeed too pad that the Sweet Singer might not be with us in these later years to lay a lilt or iwo oh one side or the other of our 1936 conflict.
“THE WRECKAGE”
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COL FRANK KNOX, vice presidential. nominee, | recently | 2 told fellow-Republicans in New “York ‘that he and: his
fellows were going down to Washington “and clean up, the rr
wreckage.” -
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games to two.
right up to October.
‘WEDNESDAY, oct. 7,1936
the Dead: ‘Weighty Ri
Fair Enough
By Westbrook Pegler
Series Wound Up With Typical ||
Taffy Pull Featuring Ludicrous Effects in Solemn Circumstances
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Our home-talent ~~ World Series wound up with a typical World Series taffy pull yesterday when the Yankees made seven runs in the ninth to win the closing game, 13 to 5, and the series four:
Although these games bring together the league champions under operatic con-. ditions, ‘as’ often as not they result in spectacular clowning due to the tension and the fatigue of men
who have been training and playing from February or early March The young ones, full of the ’varsity spirit and youthful zeal, offen err from overtrying, and the old ones feel the drag of weariness, a combination which *makes for some ludicrous effects under solemn circumstances: So a young “player as expert as Joe Di Maggio of the ‘Yankees lets a ball go past him for an error which ordinarily he would just pick up and old guys in their thirties - shove their tired and faltering way through antics much : too strenuous. Will Terry, the Giants’ manager, a
Mr. Pegler
great athlete in his time; Travis Jackson and Fred ®
Fitzsimmons, the Giants’ starting pitcher, seemed
. badly winded as the game dissolved into good-natured
resignation on their side. Bill Dickey, the Yankees’ catcher, looked as though: his mind was on old canvas clothes and an Indian summer vacation. The Giants still had a ghost of a chance to win going into the ninth for they were trailing only 6 to 5, but the second-string was in the game at the time due to some emergency shuffling in the seventh when it looked 2s though they had'a chance ‘to do themselves some good. The second-string was not perceptibly worse than" the varsity except in one instance, where. Harry Danning, the relief catcher, let a throw ge; away from him in a run-down. Thus Di Maggio scored when he should have been out and there is no telling but that this discouraging stroke choked the Giants spirit. -" Eh idet ERA = cK COFFMAN’ was pitching for Tetry's: side: and: ‘his pr ssence, alone, Was an admission ‘of ‘despair, for Coffman isn’t much; and he: wouldn't ‘have: been
there if there had. been a better man available, : Di. Maggio and Gehrig greeted him with singles and Dif Maggio soon scored as Dickey grounded to Terry and |.
Danning dropped the ball in the play at the plate. Selkirk was purposely, passed, filling the bases, and Jake Powell drilled a grounder shroug Dick Bartell at short, scoring Gehrig and Dickey. . 8. 8.8
~ UMBERT relieved Coffman: and walked Lazzeri so |
“the bases were full zzain with nobody out and ‘the Yankees’ lead increased by three ‘runs, -Johnny
Murphy, the Yanks’ pitcher at the time, scored Sel- Ntioal : kirk with the fourth rum of:the inning and-still the. [Politica
Tt seemed: ‘that
bases were full with nobody :gone. : the bases would be loaded vith nobody out until epening day next April, but the Yankees probably wanted
and call it a season.
Rolfe forced Crosetti, Di okey. struck. out in a: list | successful solution” of: a : diffe |.
less manner and Selkirk é: ed the JEnominy= with a fly to center. :
farmer ..lost “his: foreign ° market
President Roosevelt isa liar and
Mexico. and China were “put on the
hog” by our silver ‘purchases, did |who has had only a few drinks. No
| fails to tell us how he will get it
“of the ‘window.
5 PILL FOR REPUBLICANS 1By- Hiram Lackey :
‘of ‘the’ ‘elephant - more than - ‘do:
'| estness with - which. WPA tt
:| impossible to have & ‘WPA that. a | would: mot exercise: a “political ng 2
ito get out of their working clothes, collect their money A ence.’
The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with ‘what you say, bute will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.
CALLS SOME CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS RIDICULOUS By M. G. French, Edwardsport
Candidate Landon tells us that Raosevelt has sold the farmer. down the: river. He also tells.us that the
under the New Deal. These statements are about as ridiculous as the one I heard two years ago about the Kansas farmer who, in 1932, swapped. 500 bushels of corn for % sét of falseteeth., .° ' “Col. Knox ufters a panic heresy when he says instirance policies and bank accounts are unsafe under the New Deal,
. The Rev. ‘Coughlin tells us ‘that
anti-God. This same so-called devout man told our President : we. would be swamped with business from the silver countries if we would‘ raise the price of silver. When
any one ever read about the President’s telling Father Coughlin, in ethical or unethical terms, that he is a prophet in reverse? The. present campaign is nothing more than a hodge-podge of generaiities. The wounds now being ‘made will be numerous. We know from past experience that co-operation between the majority and the minority is practically lacking. Candidate Landon tells us what he; proposes to do if he is elected, but he
done. It is’ a foregone conclusion that the present large Democratic majority in the Senate will be shaved but little by this fall's election. The editorial in The Times entitled, “Government by Confusion,”
is one of the best pieces of. logic it | has been my privilege to read. This |
editorial ought to be placed in every voter’s hand, regardless of his political affiliation. Refutation is impossible. If; as you say, a stalemate ensues in Congress, potency. flies out If such a condition comes 40 ‘pass the common folks. might as well equip themselves with a tin bill so that they can compete for existence with the chickens, ¢
s # sn ASSERTS WPA BITTER
No gets under the thick skin}
Democratic statements that WPA is |. nonpolitical, unless it be the earn=
strive.to make WPA absolutely. no
Republicans know that, under our) present ‘political set-up, it would be |.
The G- O. P. sees that WPA is’ a economic and social problem. ‘Re--
“tiquor. id ed i“
(Times readers are invited to _ express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letter short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but’ names will be withheld on: request. #5
to buy it. Such a permit should not cost less than 50 cents a week for the calendar year. Any one who can afford to drink can afford lo pay. | Permits. to buy should be | gxhibited before. every purchase rom a licensed seller, and the per-
* Zimifs of: bothi-the buyer and the
with its creation, naturally are alarmed -at its political significance. WPA is a bitter pill to be swallowed by Republicans as a result of their having violated the healthgiving gives of. -Abraham Lincoln. 2
WANTS LIQUOR BUYERS TO OBTAIN PERMITS
By H. AL. Seeger The increasing trattic toll on American highways may be attributed to the leonsing of ine Sale of
The “dead drunk” is not so numerous in accidents as is the person
orie drinks ‘liquor merely for its taste, but for effects. Even the small quantity of alcohol in a.glass of beer sets in action its effect as a “narcotic depressant’ on’the human system.
Timing of muscular-action to pre-
vent collision in driving is retarded,
‘due to the effect of even such a
small quantity of alcohol upon the ¢éye muscles. For that reason our “moderate drinkers” become dangerous; not‘only to themselves, but- to
{the ’ sober, driver.
Recognizing ‘the public nuiszhee of drunkenness as a serious menace to public safety, the next’ Legislature should enact a law requiring all persons ‘buying’ and using liquor to. ‘secure a Persohal permit
IF I. COULD— ; BY VIRGINIA POTTER If I could fill the empty place, You left in this heart of mine—
If I could éyery tear erase, And turn ‘back for a time—
pI I could: live in days gone Ww.
..Those days when love we knew— Not a le frown or sigh, Wold “bring to you—
3 i could. have your faith again,
And claim your love sincere—
T know “And T’d
How’ quick. we say the things that h
'd’ be so different, ‘never fail you, dear—
urt, “Do things that bring no good, And. oh, how-often we'd call back, od “ Words and deeds, if we but ‘could.
- DAILY THOUGHT
ig Merry - heart doeth good like medicine: but a broken spirit grisih the bones.—Proverbs 17:22.
JR VERY time a m a man smiles, and
“uch more when he laughs, it |-
‘adds something to his fragment of
publicans, having had naught to do
General Hugh Johnson Says—
Pu Pont. Dukedom of Delawars. Govern State Very Well, “Can't Afford to Have Any’ American Commonwealth So ¢
Bota at least as long as Coleman reigned, there was
peor = BEACH, Del," Oct, . 7.2%he’ du Pont :Dukedom of: Delaware isa benevolent despotism. I doubt if it" wuld be Amagined .im any .other state. No other: commonwealth which I-know of 18 so Ye tinctly: manorial; There arc only three. counties. Judging: from what remains of ‘the original tars. ilies: ‘dating to, 1670, few rigrated. ‘Though’ not “imange sean, the du Ponts were as persistent |.
* Repay du Pont grsdated from West Point at the] to. ma ‘He distinguished hj | not
k of the ‘Civil War.
We do not know to what: ‘wreckage the Colorel referred, : . tained but the word revives unhabpy menmiories of the near past, | w
We recall the lurid finale: of 12 years of Republican rule,
Ee, and shomes of banks, railroads, big and little businesses
industries; of the people s savings, their Seeulty, their :
cratic rans, # was mot long before. twa est
"And.
very little despotism. “Too ‘his veto! when his cohorts: became
man never failed fo consult “the boys.”. :
‘The present patriarch is Pierre. In his own proper
life—Sterne.
Wei = Sot died oie
BY h du Pont” was
fo6 enth usigstic. |.
seller revoked upon proof of sale to drunkards, or, to those .involved in accidents, due to use of alcoholic beverages. If the’ state ‘must be a partner in the nefarious traffic in liquor, through / its licensing, then the state should: guard the general public from the disasters of the unholy: alliance. Drinking permits should have quota limits, as in Sweden, to stop .the sellers’: inducement to orofit from ‘the victims’ loss of res
sistance. The: state has ho consti- | tutional! right to license the ’salé |, “| of liquor any: more than to license
Rambling or white slavery. ” ” 2
MERCHANTS CUT OWN, THROAT, BELIEF *
By W. Scott Taylor” The progressives want to suggest to
the merchant of Indianapolis: that
when they put up signs - in’ their stores attacking ‘the ‘cost of living. they are only making it harder for small business to: survive ‘and ex-
pand, employ" more 1gbor: and pay
better wages. * In other wards, they -are cutting their own throats for the benefit of
.the money lenders who are trying to maintain an unfair and unearned’
advantage for those who have made
their fortunes, at the expense of .
those who ‘have yet to make them. . . What is the significance of the fact that prices’ have not climbed up half the distance which they dropped between December,
1929, and June, 1932? They dropped
28.3. cents and have climbed back. .
11.9 cents. They are still 164 cents short. “Why should the nohdy A user pay to the money lender an unearned
‘| pontis of 16 gents plus interest on -| every dollar borrowed as of DecemThe creditor is entitled: to equal justice and no more. * i
ber, 1929?
The small Business man can sur= vive and expand and pay betfer wages and employ more men, only
when there is:a steady, gradual in-
crease in prices to the point where
justice is done between debtor and yi.
creditor. Why assist with propaganda that tends toward business suicide for
| the small man, forthe - unearned
advantage of, others? # = = SMITH SPEECH A HONEY, SAYS WRITER By K. Lattin, Winchesfer .; The : Brown Derby speech was a
”
honey—a marvelous vocabulary—I,
me and mine.
alia ]
yet:
It Seems to Me
By. Heywood Broun
Columnist Plans to Go Away for a While: He Wants Warmth, Excitement and Perfect Rest
EW YORK, Oct. 7.—I think that I'll pack
-my bag and go away for a while. Does any reader know a good place? I want a warm climate, excitement and perfect rest. I suppose the last two are the more important factors. One of the worst ways to rest is to lie flat*on your back and quarrel and complain and quibble, There must be some sort of movement in any rational scheme to rest. ¢ For instance, I watched the Futurity at Belmont Park on Sature day. It was the first time I'd ever seen this big race, and it fitted in completely with the way I wanted to rest. There were fifteen or twenty horses all milling around at the barrier, and I was leaning comfortably against a wall wait-: ing for them to run. It gave me a sense of power and character, “Although I had bet $2 right on ths nose of five horses, making a total - of $10, I was cool as & cucumber. No, I was interested, but in no sense drawn and haggard. All my horses were long shots, and I didn't éxpect any of them to win. The one which made the best showing for mie was a colt named John P. War. And that's a pretty silly name for a horse. However, John P. War held up the start for six or seven minutes almost without aid. Still, he got off all right, and at the half-mile mark my 20 to 1 shot, “John P. War, was a bang up fifth. As the finish line gréw closer he bee gan to © recede with a high degree of rapidity.
£. 4
Mr. Broun
” 8 8 TILL, I had had my $2 worth just in the thrill of " hearing him named once as among the contenders, “John P. War is charging up on the-outside,” said the
‘man at the microphone, and my years and my ail ments dropped from my shoulders.
I quit coughing for the first time in 10 years. - It wasn't just John P, War who was charging up on” the outside. In a
spiritual serise a stout columnist was moving along
with him step by step and leap by leap. I don’t know
1 what got in our way, but for a fleeting second John P.
War and Heywood Broun seemed in an excellent spot to cop the Futurity. And so once more I intend to go out and discover America. ‘Particularly I want to follow the trail of Porice de Leon. Maybe there is a fountain.
- The reader gets no guarantee that I will carry
through my exile. When I get a short distance from home I' may find it lonely and come clamoring back to the <hospitality of Manhattan. Speaking of hose pitality, I-think I wil} endeavor to find out if it's trus what they say about Dixie, 3
8 » 2 "election = within a month. now, and the obligation to drive ahead for a Roosevelt victory seems Jess vital, From where I sit the' result ‘seems to be reasonably sure. :
I was taking a poll in the betting ring on Saturday at Belmont, and ays the bookmakers seem to be agreed that Franklin D. was. a 5 to 12 favorite,
| It seems to me certain that’ the price will be 3 or
4 to 1 before election. : Bookmakers, of course, arg. sentimental people. Their hearts rule their heads; and that’s why they often give the customers a good break in the odds,
The Washington Merry- Go-Round
Old Friend of ‘Al Smith's Gives Inside’ Story of the Happy Watrior' s Drift to Wall Street With John Rasbkob and His Break With Roosevelt
EDDIE DOWLING |
-. ~.Comedian and Broadway Producer (SUBSTITUTING FOR DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT S. ALLEN,
person: he is not only tax commissioner, which pre_yemts rude inquisitions into family books, but also | liquor lord of dukedom.
“The boys” are no longer | consulted. They hear and obey. or - In fairness, I must hasten to add that there is nooF So renen state. Pierre is said to have vowed: |
SligRiest doubt that he intends
‘were George Washington and were able to co Utopia, we can't afod i hive any Amer wealth so controlled. .. .
YORK, Oct. 7.—This may be politics; ‘which Drew and Bob say is barred from a guest | . . "column, but I am going to tell:the story of howsAl
Smith drifted away from Franklin Roosevelt.
‘I.am a Catholic,s I am Irish, and I am an old.
friend of Al Smith. Like Al - ‘mother and father,
it the model state and; knowing him, I have:| mine didn’t have a cent. At 12 I was a cabin boy at exactly that ges, when Al was cleaning Ssh is the Fulton Maskst, | him, raised money for |
I es nawn ng Ider of politics. then—though not in hens thous! may have
Al was on the wire talking to the editor The New.York Sun. % of “If you don’t retract that slander about meé and the milk racket,” Al bellowed, “youll have a libel suit cracked down on you that'll knock. your presses on to j
‘the pavement.” ) * said Raskeb, “That's all I
J 2 =
WENT with Raskob to the Houston convengion that nominated Smith to run : Bgaingt Hoover.
it up.
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