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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
PAGE s

The ruling puts the expenditures
for Genre cry reads, allowed by q
1929 statute. under the county unit
road law. Thus. instead o. creating
a new taxing unit with a per cent
bonded debt limit, cemetery road
expenditures must ccme under ths
county per cent Limit.
County officials have been pro-
ceeding under the idea that this
cemetery road law would give him
another outlet to raise bonds to 2
per cent of the assessed value OF
the county" Showalter declared.
In Dubois county alone twenty
such roads were planned.
THE ruling Of the attorney gen.
eral will halt all such procedure.
Under it the amount spent in the
cemeteries comes out of the county
unit bonds and is limited by the
county unit debt"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
ORR HITS BACK
At CHARGES OF
SHIP CONTROL
Illegal Procedure Pursued
by Decatur Trustees,
Says Accounts Chief.

Illegal procedure on the part a
the trustees and not G. G. Ship
caused the state board Of accounts
to turn down plans for the Decatur
township holding company schoo.
in Marion county, Lawrence F. Orr,
chief examiner of the state board
Of accounts, declared today.
Orr defended action of his board,
answering an attack by Albert Yea
ger, Decatur township school trus-
tee, before the state tax board
Thursday.
Yeager charged he had been told
by Frank Copeland, former employe
Of G. G. Shipp, heating speciality
manufacturer, that the school plans
never would be o. KID. unless Yea
ger got right with Shipp." He is
alleged also to have told Yeager
that "Shipp controls the state board
Of accounts and the state health
department"
Turned Down Plans
Both these departments turned
down the schoolhouse plans. Orr'S
statement follows:
The purpose for which the state
accounting law was enacted is the
protection of the public interests.
This is our constant aim. When
matters are brought to our atten-
ton for examination and we find
illegal procedure, we will not permit
of same.
"If Decatur township had pro-
ceeded lawfully in going about the
erection of a school building, we
would have approved such proceed
IRE. The trustees and others inter
ested know that the procedure for
such building was not approved be-
cause it was not according to law.
Points to Record
Usually charges made as to con-
troll of this department by outside
influences are traceable to those
who have been found wrong when
we investigate their official acts. The
records show that our actions, al
4lOoC "LtIluub SACCPCiOI, nave pCCh
sustained by the courts"
DR.. william F. King, director of
the state board of health, declared
that the building plans had been
turned down by H. R. Condrey of
his department because they pro-
vided no temperature regulation
This does not mean Shipp units, but
any one of a number of systems,
he asserted.
The board Of accounts report sets
out there are no free and open COM
petition provided for by the plans
and consequently they could not be
approved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
CHOIR DRAWS INTEREST
Wooden School Students Have
Competitive Try-OutS.

Membership in the choir of the
william Watson Wooden school, No
IS. at 1901 Park avenue, is con-
sidered distinctive privilege by
pupils.
The choir is composed OF a group
of pupils of the first, second, and
third grades. Forty-five pupils were
selected in competitive try-outs for
the organization. Hour rehearsals
are held weekly under the direction
Of Miss Josephine O'Brien and Miss
Mary Ella Barton, accompanist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
OGDEN OPINION
SAVES MILLIONS
FOR TAXPAYERS
Such Is Tax Board View OF
Ruling on Cemetery
Roads Status.

Millios Of dollars in county road
expenditures will be saved Indiana
taxpayers by ruling issued today
by Attorney-General James M
Ogden, it was announced by Cha r
man James Showalter of the state
tax board.
Phil zoercher, tax beard member
to whom the opinion was addressed
has had the context put into a CIR
cular letter to be sent to all county
auditors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
BUYS BEAUTY BY POUND
Woman Uses Thrice Her Weight In
Lifetime, Says Specialist.

BIZ Unitcd Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 2o.-A beauty
specialist here has figured out that
the average American woman useI
three times her weight in cosmetics
during her liftime.
The Identification process an
nually necessitates 10 pounds per
capita annually, the figures showed,
which figures 347.6 pounds for the
period between 16 and so.
The American women use 278,-
$4,000 pounds of cosmetics an
nually. at a cost of around ST.
0O0,000000. according to the sta
tiStics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
DONATE LECTURE FUND
January Glass Collects Sum to Pro-
cure Platform Speakers.

AS a gift to their school, January
senior class members graduating
from Technical high school have
created a platform fund to be used
in obtaining auditorium speakers.
The first address given by means
of the fund was that of Thomas
Skeyhill, noted Australians ex-soldier
and lecturer. He appeared before
the student body Dec. s, speaking on
'Mussolini and the Black Shirts. y
Opportunity for other speakers of
national prominence will be possible
for Tech through the gift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
SPAIN AWAITS
LOTTERY, GREAT
EVENT OF YEAR
Award of Prizes Is Real
Start of YuIe Season
in Madrid.

MADRID, Dec. 20.-This was a
day Of suspense throughout Spain.
tomorrow the Christmas lottery
prizes will be drawn, an event SO
important that the Christmas sea-
son never officially opens until the
citizenry knows where it stands in
the division of 1914 prizes. The
largest totals 100000 pesetas, or
more than $4,000 900.
But following the prize drawing,
all Spain makes general holiday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
JUDGE PRESENTS CANDY
Chamberlin Gives 100 Boxes to
Fresh Air Glass.

Judge Harry o. Chamberlin Of
the circuit court presented 100
boxes of candy to pupils in fresh
air rooms of school No. IL, at 1888
South West street, today.
Each year it has been an annual
Christmas act of Judge Chamber
lin to remember the children of
this school in some way. He at
tended Christmas program at the
school, at which he gave the boxes
to the pupils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
FRANCE TESTS VESSELS

BIZ Tnitcd Press
LORIENT, France, Dec. 20.-Two
new French torpedo boats, the Fou-
geux and the BordelaiS, and three
new destroyers, the Bison, Lion and
Verdun passed trial tests successful
ly at the naval yards here, under
the direction of Vice-Admiral Benet.
The destroyer Alcyon completed its
trials and proceeded to Toulon to
join the squadron.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
CHIEF FILM CENTER,
GOAL OF HOLLYWOOD
City viii Be Headquarters for All
Countries, Says ZukOr.

BIZ United Press
MONTREAL, Dec. 20.-Hollywood
will increase its supremacy as the
motion picture center of the world
and soon will be making virtually all
of the films used in the world,
Adolph zukor said today.
zukor, head of the Famous Play
ers-Lasky Corporation, is in Mon
treal in connection with litigation
over property which is claimed by
N. l.. Williamson, former head OF
the Famous Players in Canada.
The time is not far off, zukoI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20

said, when motion picture players
from all countries will make Holly
wood their headquarters and talk
ing films will be made there in all
languages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-20
Christmas Program Given

R. D. Todd directed singing of
Christmas carols at the meeting of
the P. T. a. of school No. So Wednes-
day. Mrs. Betty ChilderS presented a
group of Christmas readings. and
the Rev. w. G. Morgan gave a
Christmas talk.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
*YOU-KNOW-ME
AL COM EDY
AT EARLE

Elmer (Hurry) Kane lives on the
screen.
The famous character Of the
you Know Me AL" series created
by Ring Lardner, is interpreted
for the first time in Fast Com
pany." by Jack Oakie, popular
young comedian of the smart
cracking type who was seen IN
"Close Harmony" The Dummy"
wild Party" and other recent
successful pictures.
Ring Lardner and George M.
Cohan wrote the play from which
Fast Company" was adapted and
the dialogue sparkles with Lard.
ner's ready, slangy wit. Evelyn
Brent. spit-fire of many a crook
melodrama. is seen here as the
hard-boiled actress who succumbs
to the wise.cracking. small.town
hero, after a series Of mix-ups
which provide riot of fun. Rich
ard "Skeets" Gallagher, who
played with Oakie in Close Har-
mony," provides bit of laughter
in Fast Company"
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
GUS EDWARDS
HAS 4 HITS IN
FILM REVUE

Gus Edwards. song writer, for
years q vaudeville headliner, pro-
ducer and actor, is probably the
father" of the revue type Of en-
tertainment. He win be seen and
heard in THE Hollywood Revue"
Metro -Goldwyn-Ma huge mu-
sical extravaganza opening at
Loew's Columbia tomorrow.
1t is fitting that Edwards, who
started his career at the age OF D,
and whose Merry Go Round
was the first revue ever staged In
New York should be a member
of the all-star cast of THE Holly
wood Revue" the first complete
musical motion picture.
Indeed Edwards not only Is seen
and heard but he has contributed
four of the 20 or more song hits
with which the big production is
endowed. These are Your
Mother and Nine" sung by
Charles King; Lon Chaney.s
Coin to Get You" sung by Ed
wards himself; Charlie. Ike and
Gus" and "Orange Blossom Time"
a spectacular technicolor feature
of the gigantic spectacle.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

METROPOLITAN-"Gold Dig.
gers of Broadway" At 11:20.
1:2o, s:2O. $40. 7:2O. and 500 p. m.
FOX-May McAvoy and Monte
Blue in mo Defense" At 12f
2:55. $40, 500. and 1925 p. m.
RIALTO-"Tonight at Twelve,
with Madge Bellamy. at 11:50,
1:45, 3;45, 5:35. 1886, and $50 p. m.
PALACE-"Three Live Ghosts. {"
At 11:45. 2:20. 5. 1880, and $50
p. m
COLUMBlA-Hal Skelly and
Nancy Carroll in The Dance of
Life" At I0:45, 1852, 3:02. $40.
7:20, and $50 p. m.
EARLE-Dolores Costello in
Hearts in Exile" At 1117, 1:21.
1927, 5:23, 1923, and 9:35 p. m.
LITTLE-"Nana." and Emile
Zola film feature. At 1880, $50.
$50, 1880. and $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Stock Graduate

Francelia Waterbury. at the Ma.
tional Theater in "a Connecticut
Yankee" is product of stock.
having gained her early experience
in this branch of the theater in
California. She was brought to
New York by Lyle D. Andrews,
and was one of the hits in 1.-THE
Revolt" in which she played the
leading role,
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
GLEANlNGs & SCREENINGS
By ANDREW R. KELLEY


in New York.
That the concensus of New
York critics is that Gertrude
Lawrence in Candle Light" was
not heavy enough to last longer
than the limousine trade.
Variety gives it 10 weeks on
Broadway.
That the New York Theater
Guild is secretly tickled pink
over the Boston situation.
Forced into Quincy, Mass, 16
miles outside the city limits
Strange Interlude" is a sell out
nightly in the 1,300-seat Quincy
Theater. The front page ad-
vertising was worth more than
a million and will be cashed on
all New England playing dates.
That the Palais Royal sales
girl like their high brow drama.
At least they invited Elmer
Kenyon. of the New York Thea
ter Guild, to address them and
he gave them half an hour on
contemporary drama and play
wrights.
That Clara Bows next one
will be called Station S-E-X."
That the Selwyns, Ina Hay
and Stephen King Hall, authors
of "The Middle Watch who
have just arrived from England
and a delegation of New York
spectators will be present at
the Belasco Monday night to
loko over the new English play.
The farce was a riotous laugh
hit in England and the specs
figure it may be Broadway
Buy"
That AL Jolson will grab
$500 for singing four songs in
Is minutes in his next N. B. C.
hook-up.
That Margalo Gilmore will be
leading woman for Leslie How
ard in Berkeley Square" and
that you can depend upon Mr..
Howard giving his very best for
he owns so per cent of the play.
He bought the American rights
from Playwright John L. Bal
derston, the New York Worlds
London correspondent. Gilbert
Miller is the producer. 1t comes
to the Belasco in a few weeks,
for the premiere.
That Joseph Anthony Atchi-
son, the sculptor with a studio
in the Belasco Theater Build
ing, has contracted the fever
and written a play.
That the scholarly fellow you
see walking around without a
hat is Prof. Elmer Kenyon, of
the New York Theater Guild.
He never wears one and gave
up the chair of professor of
English at Schenley High
School. Pittsburgh, to foster his
fad for the better dramas.
That Famous Players paid the
Toronto Musicians a flat $780,
900 to buy up contracts which
ran until September, 1880. The
settlement affects about 100
men in 19 theaters and means
that canned music is the rule
throughout Toronto in the pic
/ ture houses.
That those happy poker-play-
ing and wise-cracking comics,
the Four Marx Brothers in
animal Crackers" come to
Polls the first week in Novem-
ber. To be followed by Thomas
Mitchell in Crosby Cages last
season hit Little Accident"
That Leona Powers and her
husband, Howard Miller, will
serve as leading woman and man
for Henry Duffy in his Presi-
dent Theater at Seattle, Wash.
Also that Katherine Givney, well
remembered on our E Street,
will be in the Duffy company
supporting Eugene O'Brien at
the Alcazar Theater in San
Francisco.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
"Beef Trust" Chorus

Twelve women. not one OF
them. weighing less than 1870
pounds, appear in the burlesque
sequences Of "The Dance of Life"
an all-talking, singing and dancing
production adapted from the stage
play, "Burlesque" and now play
ing at Loew's Columbia Theater.
They comprise the well.known
beef trust" chorus.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
You Might Like to Know

That for those who care to
look ahead, Ann Nichols new
play, directed by Clifford
Brooke, called "She Walked
Home" will have it's first per-
formance at Polls Theater on
the night of October 27. Nellie
Revel, bed ridden for five years
but miracuously cured, will be
the advance agent for the at
traction.
That Thurston, the magician,
has written a play in which he
coniures up ghosts who stalk
through the audience. 1t goes
into rehearsal next week.
That John Gilbert and Ina
Claire may come home from
Europe on different boats. But
the gossip is it's a ruse to grab
front page attention, both hav-
ing pictures ready for release.
That Producer Lawrence
Weber feels sure he has a hit
in Faversham's new play, "Her
Friend the King" and accord
ingly has decided to take it at
once to New York opening at
the Longacre Theater on October
21.
That Ziegfeld has first call
on Thanksgiving week at l,,:a
National Theater and don't be
surprised if it marks the open
ing week of Ming Toy, the musi-
Called East Is West"
That the word "lousy" crept
into a Washington theater re-
view, (not The Times) and the
cultured L. Stoddard Taylor
says, "Tsh, tsh, tsh, what's the
theater coming to-" Well, my
dear Stoddard, the thoroughly
low brow word also adorned the
columns of Mr.. Curtis sancti-
monious New York Evening Post
last week but even such glorifi-
cation can't make it drawing
room.
That Earl Carroll's emissary
reports this column indicated
w. C. Fields got less salary in
'Vanities" than Paramount paid
him. He says the Paramount
salary was $4,000 per and Mr..
Carroll writes check for 5000
each week his comedian works.
And if l don't believe it he'll
show me the check.
That "Strictly Dishonorable"
is a smashing hit for Producer
Brock Pemberton and he is 60
ing to let the world know about
his play by advertising it in out
of-town newspapers. See his
ad in Monday drama pages of
The Washington Times. It's a
new policy and a sound one but
unusual for plays figured to
run a full season on Broadway.
That the Erlanger Theater in
Philadelphia has just been ac-
quired by R-K-O. And if you
think the legitimate theater
managers are not burning up
because the Sleepy Town won't
have, playhouse door open for
the world series mobs, due to
labor trouble, then you don't
know your theater managers.
That Bill Thomas, assistant
treasurer at the Belasco, came
through most of the major en-
gagements. of the World War
without scratch and still
shouts about the trick of fate
which later made him a o.
stitches accident victim.
That Winnie Winchester. house
manager of the Fox Theater,
claims Leon Brusiloff's overture
is so good this week he has
dropped all work six times to
sit down and hear it over again.
That Leon, who is 18O-day diet
ing, admits it's good also. y
That Mrs. Adelaide Hibbard
had tough luck, "The Big Shot,"
in which, she won fine notices,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Radio Fans Will
Ask Law Against
Interference

A petition asking the city com.
mission and Mayor Of Brownsville to
pass an ordinance that would result
in preventing "man made" radio in
reference as far as possible, was
rapidly gaining signatures Thursday.
The petition states that il is the
signer's opinion that there is a great
deal Of unnecessary interference to
radio reception in Brownsville and
that inasmueh as large sums of
money are invested in sets, said in
yestors are entitled to some relief
at the hands Of the city officials.
Radio experts in the city generally
agree that what the layman refers
20 as "statie" il composed Of about
90 per cent man-made interference.
IL is pointed out that a large por-
tion Of this bug-bear to radio fans
can be eliminated with little trouble
once the sources are located.
Nearly all interests in the city
that could possibly be producing in
reference have promised full CO.
operation in the drive here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
MURDER CASE
ARREST MADE
Refugio Sanchez Held
In Shooting of Ig-
nacio Saldana

Refugio Sanchez, who resides in
the western part Of the county near
the river, was placed under arrest
Wednesday at Mercedes by Cameron
county officers on a charge Of murder
in connection with the death Tuesday
night of Ygnacio Saldana at the Hsr-
lingen hospital.
Saldana il alleged TO have been ia
tally wounded by a bullet fired by
Sanchez shortly after a shooting
affray Sunday 1T bale in which
Manuel Pena was killed and the lat
ter's two brothers, Nestor and Benito,
seriously wounded. Complaint against
against Sanchez was filed Wednesday
by $. Nj. Jester, special investigator
for the district attorney, who has
been investigating the shooting af-
fray.
According TO statements Of wit
nesses, Sanchez was on truck which
was conveying the wounded men to
the Mercedes hospital. When the
truck stopped at a gate a car driven
BY Saldana bumped into it. Sanchez
is alleged TO have fired twice at the
car, one bullet striking Saldana in the
Continued on page thirteen.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
SciemtiStDieSI In
PeHagya Study;
Had Been Here

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-tP1-
Stricken while engaged in a study Of
the diets thought to cause the dis
ease of pellagra, DR.. Joseph Gold
berger, a United States public health
service scientist, died today at the
naval hospital here following an ILL
ness Of several months. He was 81
years old.
The fatal illness, which started
during his pellagra studies, however.
was an enigma at his death TO his
fellow scientists. A post-mortum
was planned by DR.. G. w. Mccoy,
director of the health services hy-
gienic laboratory and a close friend
OF DR.. Goldberger, to determine the
cause of the Illness.
Mccoy said physicians attending
the dead scientist believed he suf-
fered from some form of anaemia.
They did not agree on the type Of
the disease, however, and later con-
cluded that some other, undeterm-
ined infection was the primary
cause of his sickness. His fatal ILL
ness occurred when he was expert
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
TEXAS HEADS
ARENAMEDBY
OIL COMPANY
Suit For $1,300,000
Filed In Federal.
Court; Several De-
partments Hit

AUSTIN, Jan. 17.-tP)-Mrs. Jane
Y. McCallum, secretary OF state, and
r. NJ. Tilley, assistant attorney gen.
eral, are named as defendants in a
sl,30o,o00 daHseee suit filed in fed
eral court hek t6day by the Golden
Rod Oil company. r. J. Randolph
and John w. Martin, assistant secre-
tarissr,sf- stats- also are named as
defendants.
The suit alleges that the defend
ants, through threats of litigation,
following a dispute over an allegedly
unreasonable franchise tax assessed
the Golden Rod company, made
themselves parties to a conspiracy
to harness the company and drive 1t
out of Texas.
The company was given a permit
to do business by Mrs. Emma Girls
by Meharg, former secretary of state
and at the end of the first year Of
business, the suit alleges, the pres
ent secretary Of state sought to col
leet a franchise tax on the whole
capitalization of the Golden Rod
company, instead Of the capital en-
ployed in Texas. The plaintiffs say
that approximately half Of the COM
pany's capital was employed in Tex
as. On top of this, the Golden Rod
company was assessed a penalty of
20 per cent, according to papers in
the suit, and when il refused 70 pay,
under this system Of computatlng
the tax, was threatened With suit.
This suit was filed eventually by
Assistant Attorney General II. M.
Tilley. The suit sought to recover
the tax, appoint a receiver for the
company and oust the company from
Texas.
The suit alleges that the defend
ants eonspired to defeat the opera
tions of the company because Of
their dislike for the vice president
of the Golden Rod company, c. d.
Neff.
Inability Of the Golden Rod COM
pany to bring to trial a suit inyolv-
ing gas property at Brownwood and
failure OF the company to obtain a
Texas permit when ii tried to re-
organize under Texas charter are
further set forth as evidences OF
the alleged conspiracy.
The suit seeks damages under the
following classifications:
For options and leases lost
through the alleged conspiracy, ST.
600 900.
For loss through inability to do
business in Texas, S5O,000.
For loss Of the confidence Of
creditors because OF slanderous in
situations Of suits filed against the
Golden Rod company. loss Of stock
holders and other losses. s250,00O-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17
Haynes, Former
Dodge President,
NewDurant Head

NEW YORK. Jan. 17.-tPl-Elec-
ton OF r. J. Haynes. former presi-
dent and chairman Of the board of
Dodge Brothers. ss president Of Du-
rant Motors, Inc, was announced to-
day.
Haynes succeeds W. c. Durant, who
recently announced be was relin-
gushing management OF the corpor-
alton. The new president was elected
at a melting of the Durant board Of
directors at which Ralph A. Vail. for
ner director Of engineering and pro-
duetion Of Dodge Brothers, was
named vice president In charge Of en-
rineering and production. and John
A. Nichols, yr.. former vice president
in charge Of sales Of Dodge Brothers.
was named secretary-treasurer.
The new group will assume full
management of the company irnmedi-
ately. bringing hack under the fold
the principals chosen originally by
the late John r. and Horace H. Dodge
to direct the formation and develop
ment Of Dodge Brothers.