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The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Sweets Shows Close

"Fugitive's Retreat" will con-
clude the series of the radio mys-
teries over the Columbia Broad
casting System on Thursday, July
30. Taken from the story of
William Sweets, formerly of the
staff of The Washington Times,
the melodrama will portray the
efforts and methods used by
criminals to stay out of reach of
the law.
The greatest speculation has
centered about the Shadow" as
yet a complete unknown, who,
though he has fewer lines than
other members of the cast, holds
the spotlight.
Lew Conrad, N. B.. C. crooner,
has taken advantage of the Camp
bell program vacation of the sum-
mer, and has gone on an auto
mobile and golfing tour.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
A Real Premiere

There may be a slight change
Of attitude on the part of Theo.
dore Dresser when he learns that
Paramount is going to produce
his masterpiece. "An American
Tragedy. at a New York pre-,
miere in August. at a $40 top
price-quite the "snootiest" first
night of the summer!
Dresser has been shouting on
the housetops that his novel has
been 'butchered" in the Para.
mount version, and has taken
legal action to attempt to stop
its showing. He has taken up
the cudgels on behalf of many
a lesser novelist who has been
done wrong" by the adapters
and ScenaristS Of Hollywood. But
that $40 premiere may work won.
ders on his literary wrath.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

of years ago?"
Frank lied. He was in a
tough spot.
mo" he replied. you're
probably thinking Of my
brother. He was the bad boy
in our family. Maybe you met
him"
The detective snapped his
fingers.
"Yeah?" he said. well, may
be you're going to tell me that
I'm a little crazy. I know you,
wise guy-and I don't make
many mistakes"
He grabbed Frank roughly by
the tie.
A CriIIing
"You were in on this hold
up," he muttered. you might
as we'll come clean right now.
Who were the other guys?"
Frank protested his limo
cence. He swore he had moth.
ing to do with the crime and
begged to be permitted to
leave. You can readily imagine
what a chance he had. They
took him to police headquarters
and went to work on him with
a vengeance.
For hours they kept grilling
him. Who were the crooks? If
he had no connection with the
crime, what was he doing in
that jewelry store? The finger
prints had fixed his identity at
once. Why had he lied?
In the end, Frank broke
down.
my God, fellows" he cried,
"give me a fighting chance,
won't you? I'm married now.
I've got the swellest wife
man could have and the grand
est little baby in the world.
swear on both their lives that
I haven't done a wrong thing
since I stepped out of prison.
Il had to use my brothers
name in order to make living.
You know wouldn't have had
a chance otherwise. And I did
it only because I wanted to go
straight.
"You can do whatever you
want. boys. but I can't tell you
any more than I've told you. If
I was in on that hold-up, would
I have been stupid enough to
stay where I was in that store?
"Give me a break, fellows.
For the sake of my wife and
kid, let me go on living as I
was before. Don't take my job
away from me because I was
unlucky enough to be in that
store today. I've tried so hard
to be decent and straight"
A detective slapped him right
across the mouth.
You're a liar" he growled.
You're the same bum you al
ways were. Working for the
city, are you? Well, you won't
be there long. Once a crook,
always a crook"
Back in Pen
They couldn't implicate Frank
in the Jewel robbery and they
never did find the actual
crooks. But they wanted a
conviction-and Frank was easy
meat. He was placed on trial
for perjury; for using his
brothers name to obtain his
position.
Frank, Of course, is back in
Sing Sing again. And not be-
cause he tried to do wrong
hut because he tried to be
right,
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
SLUMP MIGHT BE WORSE ::
An1n a Day
Unsung New Yorkers-No. SO
MARK HELLINCER

OIlSCHIS INS" IOIk6TS-INO. %
IF YOU RE in the mood for choice bit of irony draw
up your chair and get load of this little yarn I've
written plenty OF tales about tough breaks in my day. but
this one just about tops the list It's story of who
lost everything that worthwhile in e-ony because
he tried to do the right thing.
Let's start with the day that Frank released from
prison after hreeear stretch When he arrived in New
York he found Mary waiting for him. That had been a
long and weary wait but she loved this and she knew
she was going to marry him. But first they had that very
talk
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Local Casualty

Local Casualty
There is one casualty in the
local field, for the Metropolitan
shuts down for the summer with
the end of the run of THE Girl
Friend" on Friday. There is no
word Of any other closings-yet.
The management Of the theater
makes one significant statement
in connection with its closing,
one which reflects sharply upon
the present quality of Hollywood
production. 1t reads:
"The Metropolitan has been
forced this season to present
attractions which have not
been up to the Metropolitan
standard"
Here is an out-and-out honest
frankness which is all too rare
in the theater business. and a
summary of conditions now exist
ing in the film industry that con-
firms all that laymen have been
saying for months past.
Real Hits Rare
It is wellknown, of course, that
real hits in movie production now
comprise a surprisingly low pro
portion of the total, somewhat
less than 10 per cent of this total.
Even the number of acceptable
films, the near-hits, are in a
hopeless minority. as compared
with the "flops," just now.
up to Producer
And that is why the Metro
politan management tells its
public, which is a large one, not
to be Swerved away from its sup
port by any temporary tide of ILL
fortune, that it's films through
no fault of its own have not been
up to it's real standard, and that
it is going to do very much better
next year.
In other words the exhibitor is
now putting the issue up to the
mandarins of Hollywood. So is
the banker who finances them,
and so is the public. There must
be a change for the better in
films, and there will be ore.
Boston's View
Here is a New England point of
view presented by an exhibitor,
who is demanding a fewer and
better pictures policy:
"Sex stories and those with
an immoral tinge, including
some gangSter pictures, have
been altogether OverdOne, and
they are doing nothing more
than inviting censorship. The
sophisticated pictures do not
60 well in the smaller towns
and even the best of these pro-
ductiOns have not been box
office, but q limited number Of
them should still be made.
~ am dead set against dOu-
ble.features. Two good pictures
should not be on the same bill,
while a weak production on a
double program does more harm
than good. / am opposed to
admission price-cutting on the
ground that theaterS cannot
stand it under present Operat-
ing costs and smaller attend
ance.
"TheaterS are the last to feel
depression, but the theater has
now caught up with other bust.
neSseS in this regard"
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
A Tough lob

FRANK knew IL Va going 10
be a mighty tough job for an
ex-convict to walk into a decent
position. He tried several
things, but got nowhere. After
a month of idleness he finally
hit upon a plan.
He had a fair education. He
realized that, for a man in his
circumstances, steady job
with an average income was all
he could ever hope for. II he
could pass a civil service ex-
animation and get a city job,
Mary and he could settle down
in a little home Of their own
and breeze through life TO-
gether.
The one black mark against
him was his record. He knew
there would be no city position
with that in the background.
so he did the only thing posi-
BILE under the circumstances.
He made the application in the
name of his brother. The
brother had never been in any
trouble and no one would be
any the wiser.
The entire plan went through
without a hitch. Severa l
months later Frank passed his
examination and went to work
for the city under his brothers
name. He and Mary were mar
ried. And if they weren't the
happiest couple in New York
they were certainly giving a
couple of first class limitations.
Birthday Ring
Another year brought them
their first child. Frank was the
proudest man in America. And
he often sat down with Mary
and laughed at the past.
Wasn't I the biggest fool in
the world, sweetheart?" he
would cry. Battling cops all
the time and never knowing
what it meant to have peace
full moment?
IT owe everything to you,
Mary. When I look back and
see what a fool I was, begin
to feel sick. You taught me
my lesson, honey. I would no
more do a wrong thing today
than jump off the roof. Give
me one of those kisses. sweet
heart. Your frankie is nuts
about your.
Just about two years later,
on Mary's birth d. ", Frank
planned a big surprise. He had
been saving quietly for some
months in order to get her a
small ring. Now the day had
rolled around and Fra n k
stepped into a jewelry store to
make the purchase.
While he was examining
several rings, the store was held
up. The crooks backed Frank
and the owner into a corner,
scooped up all the stuff they
could handle and vanished.
And before Frank could get
away the detectives were on
the scene.
One of the officers was tax
ing Franks name when he sud-
denly wrinkled his brow.
I've seen you some place, I"
he asserted. Didn't I have you
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Did You Know

That Tom Keene George
Duryea) once drove a Govern
ment stage-coach in South Da-
kota?
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
eReportS kAADH LCI IAI(~6D
CosngsL Year Thar
TODAY'S RADIO PROGRAM

.7:8O-wRc-Nathanisl shilkrsts Or
chestra.
WMAL = Augmented Symphony
woL-Jack Ralston's Orchestra.
WBAL-Eugens ormandy's Or
chestra.
7:lS-WMAL-SonE Recital.
WJSV-ocean City (Md). Pro-
gram.
500 P. M.
wRC-Ths Old Counsellor.
WMAL-Fast Freight
MOL-Wsndering Troubadour.
WJSV-Studio Presentation,
WBAL-Ths First Nighter.
s:I5-woL-The Two Salty Dogs
S;3O-WRC-Erno Rapees Orchestra
WMAL-Crime Club
WOL-The Modernstics
WBAL-Edwin Franko Gold
mans Band
s:4S-woL-Ths Singing Marine.
900 P. M.
wMAL-Connie Boswell
WJSV-Your Telephone.
Observation-Disclosures Choristers.
WJSV-Vagaries.
S:3O-wRC--Gustav Haenschen's String
wMAL@Nit wit Hour.
WJSV-The Pen Speaks.
WBAL-Clara, Lu m EN-,
0;46-WBAL-Salon Singers.
1000 P. M.
WRC-"Ths Voice OF Radio
Digest
WMAL-Earl Carpenters Or
chestra.
WJSV-The Globe Trotter
WBAL-Slumer Music.
1O:15-WRC-Nincent Lopez Orchestra
Washington Musical Art
Gallery.
WJSV-Song Recital.
lO:3O-WJSV-Dance Music.
WBAL-SOngs of the Homeland
1O:A5-WMAL-Will Osbornes Orchestra
11:00 P. M.
WRC-Sherbo's ContinentalG.
WMAL-Dance Music
MBAL-Tal Henry's Orchestra
IL ll:3O-WRC-Larry Funks Orchestra
WMAL-Nocturne.
WBAL-Ben Pollack's Orchestra.
1900 MIDNIGHT
wRc-Frank westphars orches-
ira.
WMAL-Weather Report.
12:3O-WRC-Dance music
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
l. ate Stage News
Direct From
New York

Shoot the Works." Haywood
Broun's cooperative revue opened
last night at the George M. Co.
han Theater. Mr.. Broun was in
the cast.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Going Straight

"I'll be doing something in no
time at ALL" he told her enthu.
siastically. "I'll probably start
in by running a title beer and
alcohol. And then I -"
Mary shook her head vigor-
ously. Prank" she asserted,
you're going to do nothing of
the sort. You're going to get
yourself a decent job and live
as a decent mali. I've waited
for you, i love you and l want
to be your wife. But you'll
have to make up your mind to
one thing. You're going abso-
lutely straight from this day on.
You've made a lot of prom
ises to me and you haven't kept
many of them. But this is one
promise yor've got to keep un-
til the day you die. I want
happiness, and I'm never going
to have it unless I rid myself
of the terrible fear that you
are doing something wrong.
You've got to 60 straight,
Frank. Otherwise 10Th our
lives will be wasted"
In the end the man gave her
the promise she wanted. And
as he gave it to her h. meant
every word he said.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
1900 MIDNIGHT

WRC-Frank westphars orches-
ira.
WMAL-Weather Report,
IL 2:3O-WRC-Dance music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31

Marion county's delegation. If
voted as boo, will be able to cast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
State Study Commission in
Session at Indiana
University.

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. 81
Members of the Indiana study COM
mission for financial institutions
are in session at Indiana university
today. The meeting will take place
in the research headquarters of the
commission which are located in
the 1. U. library building. Agricul-
tural credit is the topic with A. G.
Brown, president of the Federal
Land Bank and Federal Interme-
date Credit Bank of Louisville,
leading the discussion. Ralph Sans,
secretary of the Federal Land Bank
of Louisville, was another speaker.
Members of the commission are
Walter S. Greenough, chairman,
Fletcher Trust Company, Indian
apolis; Willis Ellis, Anderson Loan
Association; Curtis Rottger, In
dianapolis; Paul N. Bogart, First
McKeen National Bank and Trust
Company, Terre Hattie; Franklin
Boone, Building and Loan Associa-
ton, South Bend; Myron H. Gray,
Bracken, Gray & Defur, Muncie;
Charles marlborough, Indiana
legislative bureau, Indianapolis;
William G. Irwin, Irwin-Union
Trust Company, Columbus; Hugo
Melchoir, Dubois County State
bank, Jasper; William F. Morris,
Pendleton Banking Company, Pen
dleton; Herman B. Wells, I. U. fac
ulty and George Weymouth, field
secretary of the Indiana Bankers
Association.
The following non-members of
the commission are attending the
meeting: L. F.. Symons, state bank
ing commissioner, indianapolis; T.
D. Barr, deputy commissioner, In
dianapolis; George Ogden, secre-
tary. Building and Loan League;
Miss Forba Mcdaniel, secretary,
Indiana Bankers Association, In
dianapolis; w. A Ceilings, presi-
dent, Indiana Bankers Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
WORK SLIP AID
PLAN ATTACKED
Township Trustee Receives
Protest at Kok0mo.

BV Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 31.-Walter
Koontz, Center township trustee,
after hearing a delegation Of men
who said they were unemployed in
an attack on the work slip plan of
giving township poor relief, declared
there would be no change in the
system unless it is shown to be lille
gal or undesirable from some other
standpoint.
The trustee expressed belief that
the opposition to the plan developed
among some persons who have been
receiving aid for lengthy periods,
but are unwilling to do any work.
Others among the 1000 families now
on the poor list do not object to the
plan, Koontz asserts, and some even
request work slips, apparently feel
ing that this will lift some of the
stigma of charity.
Other demands have been re-
ceived from the same group, Koontz
says, including free milk for all
school children regardless of the
financial status of their families
free clothing, free rent, free food
and free fuel for all persons not en-
plOyed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
STATE Church
SESSION WILL
OPEN TUESDAY
Council of Federated Women
to Meet Two Days in
Charlottesville.
b. Times Special

BIZ Times Special
CRAwFORDSvILLE, Ind, Oct.
31.-The annual convention of the
State Council of Federated Church
Women will convene here Tuesday
to continue through Wednesday.
A dinner Tuesday evening will
open the session. The speaker will
be Mrs. John Ferguson, New York.
president of the national council.
Mrs. Byron Wilson, Greencastle,
state council president. will preside.
The program Wednesday will in
clude reports on and discussion of
the work of the following depart
ments:
Missionary, religious education.
christian home, international rela-
tions, racial relations, christian citi-
zenship, legislation. law observance.
social service, motion pictures and
drama.
The following speakers, all from
indianapolis, will be on the pro-
gram:
Mrs. Ralph Hudelson, national
council secretary; Miss Ruth Mill
gan of the Y. w. c. A: Mrs. VIII
Adams, chairman of the state spirit
ual life committee. and DR.. Ernest
N. Evans, secretary of the city
church federation.
Arrangements for the convention
are in charge of Mrs. Florence NJ.
Canine, Charlottesville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
Columbus Man Kills Self
BIZ Times Special

81 ItmcS Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Oct. 81
Clarence Hayden, 80, committed
suicide at his home by swallowing
poison. Worry on account of I'M
employment and domestic trouble
is said to have caused the act. He
had been separated from his wife.
He went to the family home and
talked with his wife and daughter
for some time after taking break
fast with them. Mrs. Hayden left
before the noon hour and when she
returned she found a bottle which
had contained acid on the kitchen
table. She found her husband in
the front room on a davenport in
a dying condition. A physician and
neighbors were called but he died
within a few minutes. Mr.. Hayden
formerly operated a grocery store
in East Columbus. Surviving are
his wife and a daughter Pearl. his
father William Hayden and a
brother Glenn Hayden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
BY BEN STERN

THAT coy spinster, Miss De-
L mocracy. who has been wooed
and herself has wooed so often that
she fixed herself up with an ad-
Unstable finger to fit any ring, has
gone big city"
The last election made her that
way, but none knew how bad it was
until party headquarters issued their
lists OF delegate apportionment.
This reveals that there will be
city domination of next years Dem
ocratic convention as opposed to
rural control in the G. o. P. affair.
Because the size of the county
delegations is based on the per-
centage of one delegate for each
400 votes cast for secretary of state
and for fractions in excess of 200,
the Democrats will, for the first
time in twenty years. have more
votes than their opponents.
Total Democratic vote next year
will be 1860, against 1,454 for the
G.. o. p. and it will take 7Sl votes
to nominate in the convention of
the former against 728 in that of
the latter
Marion county's delegation. If
voted as boo, will be able to cast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
.unCie Mayor"
Firm Against
Raid Protests
BIZ Times SpecinL

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 31-With
more than 100 penny in the slote
shooting target machines piled in
the city hall, Mayor George R. Dale
proposes to file charges of exhibiting
gaming devices against owners of
establishments in which the ma
chimes were found.
The mayor, after sending police
officers throughout the city, direct
ed them to go to all the towns and
villages in Delaware county and
make similar raids.
The mayor was not bothered tSS
the possibility that jurdiction of
police might be aSsailed.
1T will be moot question then, 8"
he said, "since all the machines will
have been destroyed. It won't make
much difference whether the police
had authority to bring them in"
He said he would act as an I'M
official judge, decide what machines
are questionably gambling devices
and smash them. The pennies, he
said, would be distributed among
the poor.
Protests have been made by Of
ficials of towns in which raids were
made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
CUT IN MARION
UTILITIES RATES
TO Be SOUGHT
Lower Gas, Electricity and
Phone Charges Goal of
Taxpayers League.

BIZ Times Special
MARION. Ind, Oct. 31.-Rates of
the three public utilities operating
in Marion will be subject Of protest
to the Indiana public service COM
mission, according to julius Stall
lings. president of the Grant County
Taxpayers Association. Remon-
strances now being circulated al
ready bear hundreds of names, and
others are being added constantly,
Stallings says.
The companies to be asked to
lower rates are Indiana General
Service Company, which provides
electricity; the Central Indiana Gas
Company, and the Bell Telephone
Company.
Cost Of electricity is IL cents per
kilowatt hour, unless the consumer
owns an electric refrigerator or
range; the gas rate is S1.35 per 1000
cubic feet for the first 5000; S110
per 1000 for the next 5000. and rs
cents per 1000 cubic feet for all in
excess of 10000. Domestic tele-
phone rent is So a month for the old
style phone, private line. and 1925
for the new French or hand-set
type, private line. Party line rates
are lower.
Such rates as these are exorbi-
tant even in prosperous times"
Stallings said in announcing that
the fight against what he called the
public utilities octopus" had now
started here. Certainly such rates
in times like these are little short Of
robbery. The utilities are making
enormous profits at the expense of
the working man who can not afford
to pay the rates demanded"
The water plant is the only city
owned utility in Marion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
OFFICIALS FACE
FRAUD CHARGE
State Highway Body and
Ogden Accused.
By Times Special

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 81. - The
state highway commission is charged
with fraud and an investigation of
the encouragement Office by the
Delaware county grand jury is
asked in a bill of information filed
with Prosecutor Paul LETTER here.
The complaint ayers that land
was taken by the highway commits
sion from seven Delaware county
farmers through the allegedly false
assurance that all farmers living
along state Road % had or would
agree to donate their land, receiving
no compensation. The seven charge
that other farmers were paid for
their land when the road was built.
The part of the attorney general in
defending the commission against
injunction suits here is attacked in
the complaint. Plaintiffs are Lille
Chalfant, Forrest Grosscost, Claude
North, Teresa Fisher, Chester
Blades, Omer kirkpatrick and Cora
E. Benadum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
MunCie Seeks Reductions

BIZ United Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 31.-The city
council will be asked to appropriate
$4,000 to further the efforts to bring
about a reduction in utility rates
here, City Attorney Carey Taughin-
baugh announces.
Petitions asking reduced rates for
water, gas, electricity and tele-
phones are being circulated and will
be filed with the public service
commission. The commission is
being asked to order an audit and
appraisal of the property of the
four utilities companies, the Indi-
ana Bell Telephone Company, the
Central Indiana Gas Company, the
Muncie Water Works Company and
the Indiana General Service Com
pany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
THREE TO FACE
MURDER TRIALS
MansIaughter Is the Charge
Against Fourth Accused.

BIZ Times Special
CROWN POINT, Ind, Oct 81. -
Four residents of East Chicago are
accused as slayers in indictments
returned by the Lake county grand
jury here. Three are charged with
first degree murder and the fourth
with manslaughter.
Miguel Malogan and Hazel Horner
are charged with the first degree
murder of Sam Marshes, and Euley
MITCHELL with the first degree muir
der of Leola Morris. The man
slaughter charge is faced by Lillian
Wilkerson, Negro, as a result of the
death of her common law husband,
Harry Keith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
Finger Pulled Of

BIZ YUHCs NpccidI
PARAMOUNT, Ind, Oct. 81
Virgil Pike, near Paramount, lost a
finger in an unusual accident. Pike
was working on a gravel washer,
and after he had quit for the day,
started to crawl over the side of the
machine to the ground. AS he
started over the side, he placed both
hands between two steel beams to
insure himself against falling. His
feet slipped suddenly and he fell to
the ground. One of the fingers had
caught between the beams, and was
pulled out of the hand at the joint.