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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14
BEAUTY OF LINE
EMP HASIzED IN
DODGE MODELS
Improved Performance Is
Assured, Declaration
of Engineers.

In addition to the Six. which a
year ago herslded the successful re-
turn to the low-price field, and the
Eight-in-line, through which Dodge
dependability has been emphasized,
Dodge Brothers viii present a new
Six and new Eight-in-line at the
Indianapolis motor show.
The new Dodge Six and Dodge
Eight add new achievements
OF grace and beauty of line; lower
centers of gravity, through added
lowness and heightened Wheelbase;
improved performance, through en-
gines of increased horsepower and
Greater efficiency; and a large va
riety Of refinements and improve
ments affecting every unit Of their
design, officials declare.
Dodge Brothers engineers have
produced a body design on the
heightened and lowered chassis so
distinctive that it does not even
closely resemble any other existing
line OF automobiles.
Beauty in the Eight begins with
the double-bar bumper and the deep
nodded radiator with automatic
shutters and continues with q new
sweep OF front tenders. long, low
hood a tailored fitting visor. chrom-
ium framed windshield, and the now
famous all-stecl monO-piece body
Wheclbasc Longer
The wheelbasa is 1l3 inches. four
incnes longer than that Oh the
standard Dodge eight. while the
overall length is 100 21-32 inches
The primary requisite Of safety
ha5 teen enhanced greatly BY these
o'ttinct advances in engineering.
Tcgctlor with the nsono-piece body,
tney contribute materially to the
lover center Of gravity OF the entire
car, which makes for better road
ability less side-5vay. easier han
ding. and closer hugging to the road
al higher rates OF speed.
Mono-piece bodies, for which
Dodge cars are famous, have been
made possible in both the six and
eight through development by steel
men of the continuous rolling mill
for body steel and the recent ad-
Vances made in stamping and cleo
trical flash Welding. Elimination OF
Eody Joints by Welding the major
sections assures complete con-
tinuity of body structure and also
does away with annoying squeaks
and rattles and adds further to the
factor Of safety.
There are six optional upholstery
selections of the choicest of fabrics,
and twenty color combinations, in
Guiding new blacks, browns, town
blue, and new gray treatments.
Seats Are Adjustable
Front seats are adjustable. In
terror hardware is of a conSerVa-
tive treatment done in nickel,
while exterior hardware is of
chromium plate.
Body types of the new Dodge
Eight-in-line will include a four
door sedan, coupe with rumble seat,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14
ENGINE HAS LONG LIFE
Cooling System Of De Soto Keeps
Uniform Temperature.

Cool operation Of De Soto engines
accounts for some of its long life.
The water spaces have been very
carefully laid out so that the water
flow is uniform around all the parts
that require cooling.
Tests have been made in the lab
oratory which indicate an exact
uniformity of the temperature of
the different cylinders. The tests
were made by drilling the water
jackets at different points and in
sorting thermometers.
The readings indicated that all
cylinders are being equally cooled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14

motor is characterized by brisk &C
celeration, with added horsepower
at all speeds within the usual driv-
ing range. This power plant with
the bore increased from "a to Us
inches and improved carburetion
now develops sixty horsepower, COM
pared with fifty EIGHT horsepower in
last years motor. This substantial
increase is evident throughout the
entire driving range.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14

convertible coupe with rumble seat,
and roadster, ranging in price from
S1,095 to S1135.
The engine is Of the conventional
L-head type. with cylinders cast ell
bloc, integral with the crank case
and supported by heavy cross-web
construction. Increase in bore to
8 inches with Al Inch stroke mas
increased the piston displacement
to 240.33 cubic inches. The engine
develops "a brake horse power at
5000 =. p. N. The peak horse power
IS reached at q slower engine speed
than heretofore, retains its power
longer, and has more power at
slower speeds.
PistOns of Aluminium Alloy
The crankshaft is staticaIly and
dynamically balanced drop forging,
drilled to permit the forcing of oil
to all bearings under fifty pounds
pressure.
Pistons are of light aluminium
AMY FCAlbl4dJNO VI lOeS-bJ pc, StECl
strutted Connecting rods are drop
forged from special high manga
nese forging steel, 87s inches in
length between centers.
Ignition is by six-volt battery,
with full automatic spark advance.
Metric spark plugs with heavy cleo
trodes and similar to those used in
racing car and airplane engines, are
used. Oil is cleansed by circulating
through an oil filter located on the
left side of the motor.
The plain-tube down. draft car
bureter, introduced so successfully
year ago, is retained. An air adj
justment is provided for idling
speeds.
The new Dodge eight engine has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14
HUDSON DESIGNS NEW
EASY STARTING DEVICE
Troubles Caused by Temperature
Overcome by Engineers.

A new and more powerful start
ing motor is used in the new greater
Hudson eight designed to give
starting ease. The additional torque
or power developed in this starting
motor breaks the oil drag on a
cool motor and spins it at higher
initial speed.
A new automatic carburetor chok-
ing device used on the 1880 models
is retained and new bypass is
employed which introduced into
the intake manifold a gas and air
mixture at high velocity when the
engine is revolving at starting
speed.
This. coupled with hotter igni-
ton from increased voltage in the
ignition circuit, made available
with the new starting motor, re-
suits in quick starting even under
adverse temperature conditions.
The improved carburetor Is pro-
viding a homogeneous mixture to
all cylinders Immediately when the
engine is started.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14
HUPP LIGHTS ARE SAFE
TiIt-Beam Type of Head Lamps
Used in All Models.

All new Hupmobile models en-
ploy the tilt-beam type Of head
lamps. High powered ref1ectors
throw a bright light through a
spread lens, breaking up the sharp
light beam so that it is nonglaring.
At the same time the lens spread
the light completely over the road
from side to side, distributing it far
ahead and permitting complete
vision for safe driving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14

High compression used in con-
junction with Essex Super-Six pat
ented features Of combustion cham
Der head design, is another contri-
buting factor to the large horse
power development by this engine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14

larger cooling capacity, with
ENTHUSIASTICALLY controlled water
circulation and automatic radiator
shutters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

fire. I was billed on country
barns as the boy daredevil.
"And today, I would give half
the treasures I have collected to
possess one of the posters that
showed me in that role"
While with the circus, he met a
clown who billed himself as "Ledo,
the Jester" His name was Kings
ley.
The itinerant tent show went to
South America and young David
developed a tropical malady. He
could not go on with his act. So
the show went on without him.
But Ledo, attached to the lad
and with no money to help him,
stayed behind too.
"And begged in the streets so
that I might have food and nedi-
cal help did his clown stunts
on the sidewalk until my father
came and got me and took me
home again. Poor Ledo, he died
of the same fever LATER" related
Belasco.
LIS appearance upon the
L l. stage had been at the age of
5. He was literally carried on
by Julia Dean, appearing in
'Pizarro."
He came on his own young legs
the second time, at the age of
IL, when the great Kean gave
him job as the young duke of
York in Richard III"
= David's father had gone into
the Hudson Bay belt, and wound
up by being a fairly prosperous
fur ard tobacco trader. When
the family returned to San
Francisco. David was able to af-
ford elocution lessons.
His teacher was Nellie Hol-
brook, who later became mother
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
MAILER HELD
SUICIDE VICTIM
Ex- Baseball Chiefs Death
Recently Is Solved.

By United Press
YOUNGSTOWN, O., May 49,
James r. McAleer. former president
Of the Boston Red Sox and major
league manager who died several
weeks ago, was suicide victim, it
was revealed today.
McAIeer'S death, which, at the
time, was ascribed to an illness fol-
lowing an operation, resulted from
"gunshot wounds" self-inflicted in
the head, according TO certificate
signed by Coroner M. E. Hayes.
The record showed the victim shot
himself April 28 and died the fol-
lowing day.
The certificate was signed May
and fled with the board of health,
which disclosed the cause of death
today to newspaper men.
McAleer underwent an operation
six months ago and had been in
Ill health since, a condition which
was attributed by his physicians and
members Of his family as respon-
sible for his death.
McAleer, who was SIS, was one of
the founders Of the American
League.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Choir SINGER
is SENTENCED
AS EMBEzzLER
Former Charities Official
Pleads Guilty to Taking
of Funds.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May NV.
r. Bellamy. former allied charities
accountant and church choir lead
er, faced today a three-year term in
prison, after testifying in court that
he '1et his heart run away with his
head"
Bellany surrendered to police
and pleaded guilty to enlightenment
OF 1888 in charity fIf2es.
He told the court he executed the
fraud to finance purchases for his
hancee, Mrs. Betty Sinclair.
The accountant fled from Kansas
City a week ago when he was de-
tected in an effort to cash a $500
charity warrant to purchase a dia-
nnond ring for Mrs. Sinclair.
MY entire trouble Is because of
that woman" he said. 81 had a
genuine affection. for her. I am not
seeking sympathy and I am ready
to pay the full penalty"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

of Holbrook Blynn, one Of the
Belasco star players.
Itching feet drew him to the
''new bonanza" getting under
way in Nevada, and he was off
with the Piper players, a vaga-
bond troup playing the mining
camps. -
IN Nevada City he met Dion
J. Boucicault, one Of the greatest
of the melodranaatists, whose
after Dark" was revived but a
couple Of years ago to the de-
light of sophisticated audiences.
Boucicault retained the young
man as his secretary. And so be-
gan an apprenticeship with one of
the most prolific scriveners in
playwriting history.
Meanwhile, his amazing adven-
lures had led him to play every
character in Romeo and Juliet"
Except Juliet: to appear in ''Un-
Gle Toms Cabin as Simon Legree,
and, while giving d. private elocu-
ton performance, to meet the 15-
year-old Cecilia Loverich, who was
later to become Mrs. David Be-
lasco.
BY the time he was 81 he had
played 200 roles; he became man
ager Of the Baldwin theater in
San Francisco-and he met James
A. Herne, interested the famous
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
BY GILBERT SWAN


THEY whispered, in more su-
l. perstitious days that his
mother could cast spells and re-
veal the hidden secrets of the
soul.
And David Velasco, who became
known to the world as David Be-
lasco, was his mothers child.
His birthplace had the perfect
Belasco touch.
The setting was a basement in
old San Francisco; the San Fran
cisco of the bonanza days.
Gold that had come SO easily to
many was being tossed carelessly
about by the bonanza kings.
Abraham Humphrey Velasco.
father of David, lived in base
ment!
A basement loaned to him by a
samaritan who synnpathized With
his penniless plight.
He had come from London,
lured by the fabulous tales of
California. A Portuguese Jew, his
ancestors had been routed by the
Moors and had settled in England.
There Velasco pere had become
one of the great clowns of Europe.
1.-THE greatest harlequin of Lon
don" they had called him.
The glamorous tales of Amer
ica's new west turned a fine -harle-
quin into petty merchant Of San
Francisco. Abraham had married
a glamorous gypsy girl, who was
travelling the English countrysides
forecasting. fateS.
A dingy cellar, lighted by thrifty
pris1ns Of sun-and a child born
eight hours after the mother had
been carried ashore from a ship
by doctor who had waded out to
get her.
David was intrusted to the
school of a certain Father Ma
guire, after a brief course with an
Irshman, Patrick Burr by name.
THE youthful David was in
4 clined to tuck dime novels
beneath his pillow rather than
school books.
And caught at this, he used the
boots worn at the time as hid
ing place for his lurid library.
Telling Of this coupleof years
ago, the white-haired dean Of the
theater smiled reminiscently and
commented:
''But that didn't last long.
ran away with a small circus not
long afterward.
II was barely 10 years old when
I was doing a sensational bareback
trick, jumping through hoop Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
TYPICAL U. S. FAMILY
Is In INDIANAPOLIS
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill J. Brown ard

Mr. and Mrs. Merrill J. Brown and
Children Named by Magazine. z
Americas typical family" is in
Indianapolis.
Its members are Mr.. and Mrs.
Merrill j. Brown of 4144 Carrollton
avenue, and their daughter, Miss
Louise Brown, and son John.
The Browns" were selected to-
day by the American magazine as
the nations typical family group.
Included is a father who COLTS, a
mother who hates to burn her
cooking, a daughter who visits the
barber shop, and son who bewailS
an appendix operation because it
cut down his athletic proves.
The Browns" have dog on the
family lot--and spirea.
They were named after 1855
missionaries we're sent out in the
city by the magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
SUIT is FILED FOR
TRANSFER OF PUPILS


Parents Take Court Action Against
Superintendent GLADDEN..
Parents Of five pupils are seeking
to mandate Fred T. GLADDEN., coun-
ty school superintendent into issu-
ing transfers to their children in
suit filed Monday afternoon in SUI
perior court two.
The transfers are sought for five
children who entered Washington
high school from Wayne township
last fall. It is alleged GLADDEN. re-
fuse dto carry out an agreement to
grant transfers.
GLADDEN. stated he had refused be-
cause of an order from the Marion
county board of education. Par
ents who are plaintiffs in the suit
are Don Branigin, Samuel G. Gull
bertson, j. Stephen Fullen, Lynn
Reeves and Jesse Cossell, all Of
Wayne township.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
DELAY LOOMS
IN ENFORCING
TRAFFIC CODE
Tow-In Contract Fails to
Reach Council at
at Meeting.

Further delay in enforcement Of
the new traffic code amendment
was seen today as the result Of
failure of the ordinance ratifying
the tow-in contract, signed recently
by the safety board, to reach city
council Monday night.
Although the new traffic ordin-
ance became effective May IS, police
officials had decided to wait until
June to enforce it in order to
give motorists time to study its pro-
visions.
Submission of the tow-in contract
ratifying ordinance to City Clerk
Henry o. Goett too late for in
PRODUCTION Monday night will de-
lay action on it until next meeting
June /. when it may be passed
under suspension Of rules.
Expected Debate Blocked
Failure to introduce the ordi-
nance Monday night blocked ex-
pected debate on legality of award
ing the contract to indianapolis
Motor Inns, Inc, connected with
the Test Realty Company interests,
which in several respects was held
not the lowest bidder.
Court action to mandate the city
TO accept bid Of the Indianapolis
Auto Service, Inc, which was based
on a charge for distance Travelled
instead Of flat tow-in rate, is be-
ing considered by officials Of the
firm, it was reported.
The successful bid was on the
basis of So for towing in cars i'm
pounded foy improper parking and
$3.50 for craning in, of which the
city will receive 50. Indianapolis
Auto Service, Inc, bid $2.75 for
either towing or craning in i'm
pounded cars.
Fire Ordinances Passed
The latter company's bid, it was
said, was rejected largely because
under schedule A of the contract
it offered to tow and crane in
wrecked, stolen and abandoned
cars at 2 and 8 cents a mile, with
81 minimum, instead of a fiat rate.
The successful bid on schedule A
was fiat rate of $3.50.
Five ordinances were passed by
the council, authorizing a $245, 900
bond issue to pay obligations dating
back to 1928, authorizing purchase
of 10000 tons of coal for city hos
pital, and transferring funds.
Ordinances introduced provided
for regulating public eating places,
strengthening the present junk
dealer law by defining junk dealer
authorizing sale of two park board
Fairgrounds at Twenty-e eighth
Street and Capitol avenue and at
Forty-seventh street and Park
avenue, and transferring $12,500 in
park funds to the labor fund for
completion of the Coffin golf course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

By Times Special
CHICAGO. May 19.-Hugo
Meyer. head of the National
Motorist Association of Illinois,
has been married three times.
Wife No. ! is drawing $1,000
a month alimony.
To his second wife, he pays
$500 a month.
Judge Daniel P. Trude ruled
yesterday that Meyer must pay
the third wife, Mrs. Dewey
Evelyn Meyer, SIS a week tenn
porary alimony pending out
come Of her suit for separate
maintenance.
Meyers total alinony pay
ments amount now to $3.50
a year. It is a record in Cook
county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
BOY BANDIT is
SHOT WHEN he
GETS ROMANTIC
Woman Wrests Gun From
DanvilIe Youth and
Wounds Him.

Romantic impulses of Darrell
Jones, II, of Danville, Ind, Mon
day night brought to a close his
brief career as a bandit.
Jones, who police say. has adj
mitted he. is wanted in I,anville
and Browns Valley for robberies,
is in city hospital detention ward
today suffering from bullet wound
inflicted by woman to whom he
attempted to make love.
In addition to the statement in
connection with the two robberies,
Jones, according to police, detailed
his activities and those Of his COM
parion, who is sought in Indian
apolis Monday night.
Compromised With Driver
Jones told police he had fed DAN
vile and had been living here and
there" in indianapolis for the last
two months.
He told how he and the other
youth had outlined plans for their
''big COUP Monday night, but this
failed when the pharmacy they had
spotted" had too many persons
in it.
Instead they boarded a taxi at
Thirty-fourth street and Kenwood
avenue, and after few blocks
pointed a gun at Ralph Anderson,
1926 South Sheffield, and demanded
his money.
When Anderson said he only had
$3.50 and was trying to support his
wife and three children, Jones said
he and his companion compromised
and told Anderson to keep the
money provided he drove them
downtown without charge.
Wrested Gun From Him
The next appearance Of the duo
was recorded at 1873 North Liberty
street, when a Negro maid called
police informing them that Mrs.
Edith Coleman, of that address, had
shot a man.
Police captured Jones. Mrs. Cole
man identified him and told police
he had attempted to force his at
tentions on her. She said she
wrested the gun from his hands
and fired when he and his COM
panion fed from the house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
MURDER TRIAL OPENS
La Grange County Man Accused in
Death of Brother-in-Law.
~ Times Speoial

By Times Special
LA GRANGE, Ind, May 49,.
Charged with the murder of his
aged brother~in-law. Jason Swihart,
Roy Mcdonald is on trial in La
Grange circuit court here with Spe-
cial Judge Atkinson presiding
Swihart was found shot to death
In his home. 1t was at first be-
lieved case OF suicide. Later an
investigation was made by the state
bureau Of criminal Identification
and indictment OF Mcdonald re-
suited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Bank 10 Be Re-opened


KINGMAN, Ind. May 19.-The
Fountain-Parke State bank, closed
March 8, will reopen within the
next few days, as a result of full
subscription OF a $4,000 stock is
sue. Under plans for resumption Of
business, depositors' claims will be
paid in installments. the first. for
10 per cent, to be made about Nov. l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Detention Home Urged
BIZ Times Special

~ ANSe GpoCt0t
EVANSVILLE. Ind, May 19.-De-
claring Evansville is one Of the larg-
est cities without detention home
that she has yet visited, Miss Flor
ence L. Sullivan, field secretary for
the National Probation Association,
declared such an institution should
be erected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
SHARES BONUS MONEY
WITH JAIL 'BUDDIES'
Texan Pays Fines for Five Pals Who
Were In War With Him.

Were In War With Him.
BY United Press
TYLER, Tex, May 1e.-Ross
Kirkland today shared his veterans
bonus money with five Jail mates
who had been his buddies in the
World war.
He was serving a twenty day
vagrancy sentence on the county
road gang when his $3.50 bonus
check arrived.
After paying his fine, sending $50
to his mother, 5000 to a bank to
pay OF a note, and making a $50
payment on an automobile, he re-
turned to pay of the $3.50 aggregate
INES Of his buddies who were SEN
fenced with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
L0OTS PLANT OFFICES
Burglar HauIs Equipment Away in
Company'S Truck.

The burglar who ransacked the
Office of the Hoosier Box Manufac-
turing Company, 212 Leeds avenue,
does things in big way.
He stole typewriter and adding
machine, valued at $50, loaded them
into a two-ton truck and drove
away. The truck is valued at $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
$4,000 for Poor Aid Bills

bV ines Apect1I
ANDERSON. Ind. May le.-Ap-
preparation by the Madison county
council OF $4,000 will permit trus-
Gees Of seven townships to pay bills
incurred In poor relief work during
Che winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
Wrested Gun From Him
Two Senators Invited

by I9nteS Sp6c9dI
MUNCIE, Ind, May Ex-senator
j.. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois and
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
have been invited to speak here at
July celebration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19
NIuncie Doctor Dies

MUNCIE, Ind, May 19.-Dr. Har-
vey NJ. Anthony, IL, who moved here
recently from Gary, died at his
home of heart disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

old timer in a play, "Chuns,"
which later became Hearts of
Oak" and made $4,000 'in the
sticks"
fTn % CnrnfiraunH
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

the flare of gasoline torches humping huge
attract the that
him the
left
playwright of "blood thunder with
Belasco early associated
theater
deserted and silent fifteen minutes after the curtain fell the historic
carried while the lay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-19

This is the first Of series OF articles
relating the drama that was the life Of
David Belasco.