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The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20

/ Good statesmen are never born,
land seldom made.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20
COMING EVENTS

The men of Mt. Zion. under the
leadership of S Harmon are pre-
pairing for a program sunday after
noon at $50 O'Clock. Mr.. Harmon is
calling for every member of the
church and friends to witness this
program, which he says will be full
Of surprises.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20
PERSONALS s

Mrs. Avis Terry, wife Of Lewis
Terry, left their West Bayview ave
nue. summer home for Washington,
d. G., where she will resume her
work as a teacher in the Washing
ton schools
Miss Edna Taylor, of this city,
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20
NURSERY PROGRAM
Affair Scheduled For Tonight At
Mt. Zion Church.

A Nurseryland program will be
given tonight at the Mt. Zion
Church. Mrs. Whiting and Pratt,
have worked hard in getting the
children ready to participate. The
program is given for the benefit
the the Virginia State club in the
States Rally.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20
wATERMELoM soclAL

The watermelon social given at
the home of Mrs Nichols on Thurs
day evening Sept. Is, was q success.
Mr.. Davis was in charge.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20

Politicians are SC busy relieving
the farmers that they have thus far
had no time to select q good can
didate FOR the Presidency.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20

A genius is all right except 20
live with.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-09-20
Phone
P'uille
6I2-R

Mt Zion Baptist Church. in charge Associates
'holnton. Pastor Of Mt. PLEASANT BAPTIST Church
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Human Side of Il

There is a wonderful human side
to every enterprise, a side that has
to do with accident, personality and
impulse.
/ happen to have run across more
examples of it in Akron than any
where else.
In the first place, there was DR.
Goodrich, quitting his profession
getting tangled up with a business
he knew nothing about through
some real estate, learning of Akron
by mere chance and deciding to To-
cate in the town because his first
impressions were favorable.
In the second place, there was
Fisk, a farm hand, discovering clay
while he worked, buying four acres
taking in a partner, the two hiring
boy when the work grew toe
heavy, and the boy, Edwin II. Mer.
rill, becoming father to Akron's clay
industry.
In the third place. there was DR.
Eliakim Cosby, who also quit his
profession to dig a canal and de-
velop water power which every
body said was impossible.
In the fourth place, there is the
Goodyear company, with an ex-
pensive aeronautics department. be-
cause it became interested in dir
igibles through tinkering with bal.
looms for which it made the fabric
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Today Tn Boston

Before tomorrow's dawn two Italian immigrants
who, for seven years. have held the attention of the
world, may cease to be numbered among the living
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo vanzetu may no
longer be the names Of men, They may be the names
Of two properly punished murderers. two martyrs
according to ones view Of the processes whereby they
were brought to death.
Some will say that justice has been served That
wholesome lesson has been read to all persons who
think that popular cutlery change the course of
American justice For it is thus they interpret the
long effort to prevent the eecrocution Of the two i'm
migrants.
Others will say that two innocent human beings
have been done to DEATH not because they were
proved guilty Of any crime, but because they held
political opinions that offend the majority Of American
citizens, American ofncialdom in particular. For it
Massachusetts authorities in carrying out the decree
Is thus they interpret the grim persistence Of the
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arranges his hair as he does in the
picture. Mulhall fears that his
lego" is not developed and the cam
pus athletic doc" Charlie Murray,
decides to develop khe lego" to the
point of rubbing it out of our poor
nut" hero. The two chief girl roles
are sweetly played by Jean Arthur
as Margie and Jane Winton as Julia,
the campus vamp Of another college.
Glenn Tryon does a nice job of
Maybe" WEIGH, one Of those cam
pus things, big pants and all.
Since we have had Nugent at
English's in THE Poor Nut" the
original company, and again this
season at Keith's in the Stuart Wal
ker production of THE Poor Nut, 4"
take it that it is unnecessary to
tell you the story of the movie.
The movie version follows the
show very closely. The bookshop
scenes have been handled with a
fine eye to comedy that the play
possesses. The track meet looks
more like a country fair and lacks
the intimate touch that the stage
gave these scenes. The tent scenes,
where the poor nut" is rubbed and
inspired into winning running form,
are well done.
You are going to like the movie
version of 1.-The Poor Nut" a whole
lot. It's mighty good clean, inter
esting fun.
Edward Resener is doing a good
job directing the Indiana Symphonic
Orchestra through a "Sakuntala
Overture" Intelligent directing and
playing of the score is revealed.
Maurice Cook introduces the various
hidden instruments concealed in the
big organ during his solo novelty,
Maurice and His One Man Band.
Good dancing and nifty bur-
lesque on a classical ballet are the
high lights of the presentation
Non Stop to Mars" Boyd Senter,
a hot instrumental jazz player, has
no trouble stopping the revue. Jack
Russell is at the piano for Senter. A
news reel and other events are on
the bill.
At the Indiana all week.
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her work in this picture. This same
picture made a household favorite
out Of Karl Dane, an expert in
chewing tobacco and aiming well.
1t is not necessary to go into de-
tail about 1.-THE Big Parade" at this
time. To me it will always be one
Ut the best pictures ever made.
Many people have stopped me on
the street and told me that al
though they have seen 1t before,
that they will see it again at the
Circle.
Here is one picture that should
be seen by every man, woman and
child in this country.
The orchestral Offering this week
at the Circle is Tommy Christian
and his orchestra. Because of be-
ing confused on the time of the
supper show presentation yesterday
l missed this orchestra. The bill
includes a news reel and Topics of
the Day.
AT the Circle all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Pottery and Rubber

1t is not difficult TO understand
how discovery of an abundant sup
ply of clay by farm hand should
have led to the development of the
pottery business along stupendous
lines.
When you come to rubber, how
ever, the explanation is less obvious.
All the raw rubber used in this
country comes from overseas, and
one would naturally look for its
manufacture to center in some
coastal city.
This probably would have been
the case If DR.. B. F. Goodrich had
not read an advertisement which
interested him in Akron.
The point is, Of course, that he
did read such an advertisement and
that history contains no "ifs."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Brain TeaSerS

Today's questions are all about
dogs, an appropriate quiz for this
season Of the year, when dog days
are drawing to a close. Answers
are on page IL:
l. What Short-legged German dog
Is used to hun animals In burrows?
2. What is the common name Of
the Scotch shepherd dog?
3. What is the correct name for
the German police dog?
4. From what do the airedale ter-
riers take their name?
5. What dogs were bred to rescue
travellers lost in the Alps?
6. In hunting do greyhounds de-
pend more on their sense of smell
or their sense Of sight?
Z. What breed OF dog is commonly
used in dog racing?
8. How did bulldogs get their
name?
9. What breed of toy dog, related
to the pug or spaniel, is named
after city in Chinap
10. What is the origin of the word
terrier?
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that will stop the war and
Michael" tries to stop him, be-
cause the American army is into
the fracas.
New comedy situations are in
troduced all through the film when
the two friendly enemies" are try
ing to get out of the war. The
biggest laugh is gotten when Muir
ray and Sidney, dressed as Russian
peasant girls are having love made
to them by two Russian officers,
who are more or less under the in
fluence of what came out of the
bottle.
The battle scenes are those be-
tween the Russians and the Ger
mans. Those that depict the night
fighting are very spectacular. The
Battalion of Death" the battalicr
of women soldiers who fought tor
Russia, is brought into the picture
in a very clever manner.
All through the picture Sidney
retains that worried, baby like ex-
preston that brought him fame,
while Murray has such a repertoire
Of Fatalities that he is never at
loss as how to look in the various
situations and predicamehts into
which he is placed.
First one and then the other of
the comedies take the lead, so that
the farce never gets monotonous or
tiresome. 1t is perhaps the best
work Of either Of the men, and en-
tirely different from anything that
they have attempted before this.
Another Of the Smith comedies is
shown and is entitled Smiths
Candy Shop" Topics of the day
and a news reel complete the offer
ing.
At the Ohio Theater all week
(By the Observer
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Where Product Goes

The set-up also shows how prog
reSs makes room for rev industries.
When Dr. Goodrich built his first
factory in Akron he looked mainly
to drug stores for a market, though
he soon had hopes Of increasing the
output by making rubber tires for
buggies and gigs.
Then came the bicycle and auto
mobile.
Eighty per cent OF the 10000
tons of rubber which Akron uses is
for automobile tires.
The remaining 20 per cent. how
ever, furnishes the most interesting
phase of the industry, for it has
come to pass that not less than
10000 different products are now
made from rubber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
MOVIE WRITER'S ARE MORE
KIND TO THOMAS MEIGHAN

Since I have been complaining
about the mighty poor vehicles that
Tom Meighan has been having
lately, it is best that I tell you right
nov that his latest movie, Were
All Gamblers" is much more of a
story than he has been having
lately.
I do not consider Meignan a type
actor, as he has been able to 1T into
several different kinds of roles in
his movie career.
One gets the idea that>.We're All
Gamblers" at the start will be one
of the regulation prize fight stories
which seem to be so frequent on the
screen this season. We see Meighan
as prize fighter ready to challenge
the champion to big fight for
championship, but when the fight
papers are signed, Meighan, as
Lucky" Sam McCarver, meets with
an automobile accident which pulls
him out of the fight game for life.
The picture then takes turn to-
ward romance. Another new de-
parture in theme shows Lucky
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Dirigibie Figures

The Goodyear company, it will be
remembered, won prize of $4,000
by submitting the best design for
the mammoth dirigible, which the
Government proposes to build.
The prize was not accepted be-
cause the company felt it could not
part with the patent rights involved
for such small sum of money.
These patent rights represent
more than 100000 which the COM
pany has spent in study and expert
ment, and as the Government
award shows, they represent i'm
provement of a superior kind.
What the Goodyear company
wants is q contract to build the
ship, which it is willing to take on
cost plus or fixed profit basis
but which it believes should not be
let for a definite price.
The company's contention is that
under existing circumstances, no
one can tell what the ship would
cost or whether further improve
ment might not be made while il
was in process Of construction.
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A/L I'll BY Charles
w NV kHK NFitzhugh
Talman
A/n~EL a@O Authority on
w E(LLHK7 Meteorology
THE FASTEST RAINFALL ON
RECORD


A "Why the Weather." note pub
Iished in April described remarka-
BILE shower in California in which the
rate at which the rain fell set a new
world record. The shower occurred
in the early morning of April 5, 1926,
at Opid's Camp, on the west front
of the San Gabriel Range, and 1.02
inches of rain fell in one minute.
The previous record for intense rain
fall was 2.47 inches in minutes at
Porto Bello, Panama, Nov. 20, 1911.
When this event was first reported
information was lacking as to the
method by which the rain was meas
ured. The following additional de-
tail have now come to hand:
Opid's Camp is a cooperative"
station of the United States Wealth
er Bureau and is also one Of a group
of stations reporting to the Los
Angeles County Flood Control Com
mission. The observer. John T.
Opid, is an educated and intelligent
man. His equipment includes Fer
guson weighing rain-gauge, which
makes a continuous automatic rec
ORD. BY a lucky chance he had set
up second gauge of the same pat
tern in order to compare it with the,
station gauge, previous to its install
lation at another camp some miles
away. Thus it happened that the
shower was recorded by two gauges.
and the records were practically
identical.
The instruments were correctly
exposed as they we're located about
rs feet from the nearest tree Or
other obstruction.
(All rights reserved by Science Service,
Incl
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running a night club where there
is drinking and much jazz music.
Then the story becomes a mystery
and Sthe mystery surrounds the
death of man in the night club.
Lucky" is still lucky, and he wins
the girl he loves and is not held
responsible for the mans death.
Meighan has a chance to be very
much like himself in this picture,
and I guess that people go to the
theater to see Tom Meighan. 1
have made more of protest.against
Meignan's previous bad vehicle than
those who pay to see his pictures.
Audiences like Tom Meighan for
himself, and there seems OF be nc
doubt about that.
This picture is helped a great deal
by the direction of James Cruise.
When this man directs you are sure
Of competent and intelligent direc-
ton.
The music Is in safe hands. as
Emil Seidel has returned to direct
the Apollo Meirymakers. Charles
B. Lines is doing the singing and
Earl Gordon is at the organ.
At the Apollo all week.
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w. E.
TRACY
SAYS:
There Is a Wonderful HN-
man Side to Every En-
terprise, a Side That Has
to Do With Accident,
Personality and Impulse.
SAYS:

AKRON. Ohio. Aug. 22.-WheR
the Indians came up the Cuyahoga
from Lake Erie they had to carry
their canoes over the ridge where
Akron stands to reach the streams
flowing south into the Ohio, and
when they came north from the
Ohio they had to do the same thing
in order to reach Lake Erie.
White people followed them as G
matter of course.
The portage" as it was called,
represented too good q site for a
trading post for some pioneer not
to start town.
The important part this idea
played in the beginning is shown
by the way the word portage" still
lives.
There is the Portage Hotel, the
Portage beauty salon, the Portage
Paint Company and the Portage In
surance agency.
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The Pacific Flight
I'd, nothing gained.

Nothing rsked, nothing gained
timid people will never get anywhere The road
to progress is paved with human lives. America is
great because Americans are daring With them it
is do or die.
This was the spirit of Lndbergh, the spirit OF
merlin, the spirit of Byrd and the rest 1t was
the srit of those who entered the Dole race across
the Pacific to Hawaii Not the $4,000 prize money
but the desire to win fame and glory-to accomplish
something-was what led them on. And all we can
say to that is, Bravo
But there Is practical side which must not be
overlooked The race has already cost three lives
The total may yet reach eight or ten. And we can
not escape the impression that this was avoidable
There was too much hurry and disregard for the
ordinary margins of human safety in the preparations
for the event
Five days before the start of the race" writes
Martin Jensen winner of second prize, mot even the
fuselage was on my plane owing TO the rush
job we were unable to install proper gas and
oil feed systems"
Due to the improper functioning of the plane
Jensen and his navigator were five times in peri
of their lives he says. They went into strange tai
spins and their oil and gas systems came near throw
ing them into the sea. When they landed they hac
gas only for another half hour in the air, a hair
the open ocean.
Jensen admits that but for the grace of God hi
plane too, might never have been heard of again.
We have great lesson to learn from this tragedy
We must learn it, If aviation is not to be given
black eye if progress in the air is not to be Sc
back a decade or so, the Federal authorities mus
tighten up the rules governing civilian flying and fine
a way to enforce them.
Aviation is of vital Importance to the people O.
this country 1t is not yet dependable enough to make
it chief reancs in the national defense but
and more the tendency is in that direction. But il
haphazard stunts are permitted resulting in many
needless casualties. public confidence will be under
mined and flying generally will be set back for years
The Department of Commerce is doing what i
can to look after civilian flying. But aviation is new
and we have not yet got around to framing laws prop
erly to govern it. This situation must be met ant
met promptly for the good of aviation and for thu
good Of the Nation.
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lJlCC VI Q1OpplllS
into the saloon
of "a u 6 u S t
Krause, f" George
Sidney. August
is drafted into
the G e r m a n
army and Mich
ael, being too
old to fight with
any other unit
finally lands in
the Russian army
The plot Of the
piece hinges on
the fact that
August" thinks
that, he has a
/ i t t ! e do-jigger
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22

ANJt Az 0A6 4 o.
rade" is still as
powerful a draw
ing card as it has
ever been To my
way of thinking
it is the best of
the movies deal
ing with The
World War. It's
both b e au tiful
and cruel because
it tells of love
and of war. This
picture m a d e
John Gil bert
what he is today.
Renee Adoree has
never appr0a oI,a11
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transportation Miracle

Akron manufactures half the rub
Der used in this country.
The background of her wealth
and enterprise is to be found in
tropical lands. where thousands of
little brown brothers tend and tap
millions of trees.
The raw rubber which feeds her
twenty-five factories and makes en-
ployment for 10000 or $4,000 people
travels half way round the world by
water and then 500 or 500 miles by
land.
The set-up shows what can be
done where men have the will.
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ming shoes OF Ell
lott Nugent, who
wrote the play
and made a sue
cess in the John
Miller role on the
stage. NJ ulh al /
plays the role
along the same
lines that Nugent
intends the role to
be played. But all
through the pic
ture, 1 could not
give up the
thought that Null
hall looks like Ed
Wvnn when he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
TWO GREAT FUN
MAKERS AT OHIO

Two Of screenland's greatest
comedians have been cast as the
stars in the comedy Of the Russo
German front in the World War.
Charles Murray and George Sidney
are the two who get Lest at the
Front" in the mirth provoking
vehicle which is now on view at the
Ohio Theater.
Murray as Michael Muldoon"
is the Irish cop, who makes a prac-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Jack MulhaH, Looking Like Ed Wynn Steps INTO
Elliott NugeaatS Running Shoes i'm The Poor Nut

It is easy TO say that the movie
version Of THE Poor Nut" is mighty
good entertainment.
In the movie version, Jack Null
hall, with his hair arranged in an
Ed Wynn fashion, steps into the run
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
big PARADE" REMAINS
ONE OF THE GREATEST

1.-THE Big Parade" is one of the
biggest pictuers and one of the best
ever made. 1t will always remain
so.
Judging by the large audiences
that attended the first popular
priced showings at the Circle Sum
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Do You Kmow-

That 512 families have been
aided by the Volunteers of
America, a Community Fund
agency, since last November,
with an average Of IS a
month receiving material
help. and the rest being
shown how to provide for
themselves adequately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Mr.. Fixit
Weed Cutting Will Stop
for Season Soon

Weed-cutting by city forces soon
will stop for the season, street Of
ficials announced today. About
twenty-five more lots will be taken
care of before the halt is called.
M Fixit: I wonder If you could
get RS weeds cut on the vacant
lots on both corners Of Riley Ave.
and Twelfth st. Mosquitoes are
very bad. The weeds soon will hang
over the sidewalks so that people
can not walk along them. Thank
ing you for any help.
A READER.
Immediate action is promised
in this case.
Mr.. Fixit: There are two lots on
the corner of Marker and Mckinley
SITS. on which the weeds are so high
that we cannot get to the grocery.
Along the curbing in front and
along Marker to Shelby Sts, the
weeds are just as bad. The two lots
on Marker st. are next to my house.
M. @.
The city is allowed by law to
cut, weeds on vacant lots within
fifty feet of property owned by
person making complaint. The
costs are charged to owners Of the
lots. Investigation of this situa-
ton was promised by the street
department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22

How long has Judge James A. Col
Inns served on the bench both in pc
lice and criminal court? What judge
has served the longest time on any
one bench in indianapolis with She
exception of United States District
Court?
Judge Collins has served seven
teen years, and at the close of this
term he will complete twenty years.
Fremont Afford. former Criminal
Court judge held that bench for
eight years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-22
Movie Verdict

APOLLO-Thomas Meighan
in We're All Gamblers" has
a much more satisfactory We
hicle than he has been having
lately.
OHIO-Sidney and Murray
walk away with the comedy
honors in Lost at the Front"
INDIANA-"The Poor Nut
is mighty good fun.
CIRCLE-"The Big Parade"
will always be one Of the best
pictures ever made.
COLONIAL - Dempsey VS..
Sharkey" gives one a chance to
decide how Dempsey landed
the blow that put Sharkey oat.
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FIGHT PICTURES ON
VIEW AT THE COLONIAL

The main attraction at the
Colonial Theater this week is the
Official films" of the Dempsey
Sharkey fight which took place in
New York recently. The pictures
taken from the ringside shows the
entire action. of the Tex Richards
greatest production.
Because of the comment caused
by the assertions of Sharkey's
sympathizers that he was fouled,
the last round of the fight attracts
the most interest, as it is given in
slow motion so that the spectators
may see for themselves the famous
twenty punches that made Dempsey
the heavyweight contender.
After showing the men in train
ing the picture gives the entire
action of the seven rounds, round
by round. There are no subtitles
to detract from the interest of the
film. All the explaining Is done
while the men are resting between
rounds.
Along with the fight picture is
shown comedy entitled "Quaran-
tined Rivals" which shows the pre-
dicaments of man in love and the
way he finally settles the matter to
his satisfaction although the house
has been quarantincd for smallpox.
At the Colonial all woek.-(By the
Observer.)