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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19
UTILITY TAKING
CUT DEFENDED
BY OFFICIALS
State Board Members Say
They Followed Law in
Valuation Slash.

Dispositions in which the three
members of the state tax board
averred they followed the law when
they slashed $47.418,816 from the
admitted taxing valuations filed by
the Indiana Electric Corporation
over a six-year period, were being
studied today by attorneys for Perry
township, Marion county.
The tax boards method of as
sessing utilities was attacked by S.
c. Kivett, Martinsville attorney, who
took the dispositions for the town
ship. He was assisted by Russell
Wilson, attorney.
Members of the Indiana legal staff
Of Samuel insult we're present at
the hearing to irlterpoSe objections
to Kivett's examination and watch
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19

behalf Of the emergency officers
retirement law.
Ninety per cent of the retired
emergency officers we're lieutenants
and captains They were platoon
commanders, the company and bat
talon commanders, who led their
men in the most desperate fighting
the nation ever has known--leo
them against rifle and artillery fire
machine guns, flame projectors anc
poison gas; led them through
barbed wire and trench and for
est, through mud and blood, in 9
manner which stirred the wonder
and admiration of the world--thir.
teen years ago. These we're the Of
flcers whose motto was, Come on
boys; not go on, men.
Wrong on Facts
Overlooking the fact that the
writer Of this stirring bit appar-
entity was unaware of the fact thai
majors, not captains or lieuten-
ants, command battalions, the Other
statements contained in the appea.
do not square with the facts.
The description is obviously that
of the duties of an infantry off,
Ger below field rank
The number of infantry heuten-
ants and captains enjoying the
bounties of the emergency officers
retirement act is not 80 per cent
but just under SO per cent. Adding
to the infantry officers those in the
air corps, engineers, field artillery
machine gunners and tank corps
the number of combat officers ir
the liberal retirement reaches only
1915 per cent of the total.
Inquiry in Washington among
scores of officials interested in the
veteran problem revealed number
of remedies for the present unjust
and expensive legislation. A mosaic
of them is presented here.
Program Is Mapped
/. Raise the compensation pay
ments of men clearly injured ir
service to a permanent degree, pro-
vided they need the money.
2. Raise payments to widows
children, and dependent parents OF
men who really did die for their
country in the World war
3. Remedy abuses in the
emergency officers pension law.
4. Compensate only for service
connected disabilities.
Hospitalize only for service-con-
nected disabilities.
6. Eliminate absurd congressional
presumptionS Of what did or did not
happen in the World war or when
it ended Or what a mans physical
condition was when he entered the
service. Depend instead upon COM
petent medical opinion.
7. Place war risk insurance upon
the same business basis that obtains
in a private company, with the ex-
ception that the government shall
make no profits out of it's soldier
insurance.
s. Treat veterans of all wars alike
9. Make the economic situation OF
the veteran controlling factor in
any benefit he receives from the
taxpayer.
10. Create a permanent standing
senate veterans relief committee
whose members will specialize in
veterans legislation. No such COM
mittee now exists. Such committee
not only would result in a more in
telligent veterans legislation, but
would make it possible for the pub
lie to fix responsibility.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19

This is the largest single
function of the federal gov
eminent today. The war and
navy departments together do
not cost as much. Less than
l per cent of the population
this year will swallow the en-
tire income tax paid by the
other 1872 per cent.
Even though the proposed bonus
is defeated, the people of this coun-
try, under present relief laws, will
have to spend 100000, 900, 900 be-
fore the last World war benefit is
paid.
Warriors Get Less
The whole of this money does not
go to the men hurt in combat, or to
dependents of those who died in
battle. A man disabled in action
overseas is averaging today $50 a
month compensation; a man dis
abled by disease in this country en-
joys an average of almost $40 more
Dependents of dead soldiers average
about $18 a month.
Discrepancies of the program
carelessly slapped together by con-
gress under stimulation by veteran
lobbyists, do not end with these in
ar9Titfnc ny-cAldinrc writ y
service connected disabilities.
On Dec. 81, 1881, there we're
313737 such veterans drawing reg
ular monthly payments for mala-
dies contracted while they were in
the army or navy. On the same
date there were 326,49 ex-soldiers
of the World war drawing total of
S6,298, 1892 a month from the fed
eral treasury for disabilities which
they we're unable, even remotely, to
prove we're connected with their war
service.
Quiet Service Pension
Although the legislation under
which these men get their benefits
is called disability allowance, it is
actually a service pension. The
number getting it equals the entire
number of American dead and
wounded in the World war; it ex-
ceeds by nearly $4,000 those receiv-
ing money for service connected dis
abilities.
Use of hospital facilities, provided
originally for war-injured, but
opened up by congress for all vet
Grams, provides the same sharp con-
trast.
At the end of the last fiscal year,
there were 35,139 ex-soldierS under
treatment in the hospiti IS. OF these,
33,302 we're veterans of the World
war and SO per cent of them we're
getting medical attention for diff
cult..cs incurred long after their re-
turn to civilian life.
Still another discrepancy found
in the law under which a relatively
small group of emergency officers
are permitted to be retired" if they
can prove 80 per cent permanent
AID total service connected disabil-
ity. The lowest rank officer, with
his 80 per cent disability. rates al
most 10 per cent higher in monthly
compensation than the non-commis-
stoned officer or private permanent
ly and totally disabled.
Need Is Not Factor
In none of these cases does the
factor of need determine the COM
penSation. The millionaire gets as
much as the man of the breadline.
Another legal sophistry pro-
pounded by congress is the law
which says that certain diseases,
notably tuberculosis, shall be pre-
sumed to have occurred in the serv-
ice if contracted before 1923.
Expert medical opinion makes no
difference in such cases, and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19
Is PER CENT OF REVENUE
PAID TO GOVERNMENT GOES
FOR RELIEF OF VETERANS
Group Comprising Less Than l Per Cent
Of Nations Population Given Huge
Share of u. S. Income.
LESS FOR MEN WOUNDED OVERSEAS
EX-Servlce Victims Disabled in This Country
Fare Better Than Soldiers
Crippled in Action
BY TALCOTT POWELL

recaptuation of veterans relief reveals the fact that
less han per cent of the people of the United States
20 per cent OF the entire federal in direct
rehef as result Of the World war
lhere were I1O2814 persons the monthly soldier re-
lief pay roll at the close of 1881 The nations population Just
exceeds l3OOOO00 Total income of the treasury in round
numbers Tor last year was four billion dollars Veterans
lei cost nearly billion last year. and will go beyond that
next year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19

Wv 1l1CI1lOCI-
ship. Help Pull the Wagon"
is the keynote of the appeal.
We believe that our Chamber of
Commerce is doing everything
within its power to push Indi-
annapolis to the front despite
the fact that it has often been
the popular subject for much
harsh and unmerited criticism.
Surely none can gainsay the
fact that when men like
Louis j. Borinstein, Chamber
of Commerce president, are
willing and glad to give up
time that should be devoted
to personal affairs and to
sacrifice their own desires for
the work of the organization,
that our citizenry should try
to look at the difficult prob
lens facing the Chamber of
Commerce from the inside
out rather than from the out
side in.
r
This is still cleanup week.
Remember the American Le-
gion Relief Station at 11S-12O
E. New York Street can use
discarded clothing of all kinds.
NtQ>e.
The Chief Tire Changer
ROSE TIRE CO., Inc.
sos S. Meridian st.
MILLER TIRE DISTRIBUTORS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19

\ 1000 pure wool Zephyr
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one or two of these
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

the proceedings, which may cost the
utility s175.0O0 in the township.
Lobby Chief Attends
Those present included Glenn
Van Auken, chief of the insult
lobby, who, according to Philip
Zoercher, tax board member, ap-
peared on behalf of the utility at
each of the assessment hearings in
question, and William P. Evans,
chief of the local legal staff.
Kivett announced the Perry
township damage suit, originally
filed in Marion superior court two,
had been taken, on change of
venue, to Hendricks circuit court.
zoercher, Pliny wolfard and
James Showalter, board members,
testified in the dispositions that they
followed "the law to the best of
their ability and knowledge" in
fixing the assessments.
Taking the utility report and tax
board valuation for each year,
Kivett questioned Zoercher as to
the reason why, in 1926, the tax
board had not taken the admitted
valuation or book value" of the
property by the utility in its re-
turn. but, instead. slashed it from
s12,137, 169. to S4,180,82o.
Claims Rate Raise Averted
such a valuation would have
resulted in higher rates to pa
irons" zoercher said. They could
take this high valuation and go be-
fore the public service commission
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19
STIMS0N- JOINS FARLEY

Secretary of State Takes Seat at
Arms Reduction Conference.
BIZ United Press
GENEVA, April 19.-State Secre-
tary Henry L. Stimson appeared
for the first time at the world dis
armament conference today. soon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19

after the general commission APP
proved the American claim that
general armament reduction TO the
lowest possible level be the first
goal of the conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-19
THE END.
ART SAYS:

T h e Cham
Der of Com
MERGE, in a
timely cam
paig.n t h a t
was launched
yesterday, is
asking t h e
p u bile for
greater CO.
oper a t i o n
through d.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
"I,eauty And The Boss" And "Dar-
 ing Danger" at New Garden.

Last times today at New Garden theatcr of Beauty And the Boss" Il comedy romance with Marian Marsh and Warren Williams. She was charmlcss and harmless---tlll she learned love form an expert. But she learned so fast she lost control of it, and before she could "get her man" she got dozen wrong ones. It's the smartest ro- nance of tho season. The com panion feature is Tim Mccoy in Daring Danger" So nervy even his enemies admired him. But there was no scape from his vengeance of they dOuble-crossed him.
 Coming tomorrow for two days Is "The Crowd Roars" with James Cagney and Joan Blondell. It's thrills begin where other thrills leave off. See 1t at any cost. Feel yourself hurled across the earth at 1G4 miles an hour. Shudder at the sound of crashing cars, of scream- ing brakes, or roraring engines. Sit with the crowd that roars--for blood. Be fascinated by men who have known every thrill, but death. Be there when the screen rcsounds to the mighty echoes 0f-"The Crowd Roars."
 Elisa Landl, one of the most dis cussed faminine stars of motion pictures cnacts the leading role in Devils Lottery" which is the companion feature. Her previous picture was "The Yellow Ticket" in which she scored personal triumph. others in the cast are Victor McLaglen, Alexander Kirk land, Paul Cavanagh, Beryl Mer- cer. Barbara Weeks and Ralph Morgan. Also on this bill k mum Der of entertaining short subjects
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN
 1.-TWO SECONDS" DELIGHTS AUDIENCES AT WARNER BROTHERS STATE TiIEATER

Edward c. Robinson ih 1.-Two Seconds" his fifth consecutive nit is now at Warner Brothers" State where it is dclighting large audi ences daily. Of all Robinsons hits this ono stands out as hls greatest achievement, q type or picture many believed unsuitcd for Illn. but one in which he reaches lis hibhcst peak of emotional greatness.
 The picture follows the tech niquo and methods of Il mystery story in its unravcling of the dra- matic story.
 The new Robinson picture be- gins at the end and works back to u climax, as is usual with mystery stories in which the solution fol- lows the Initial discovery of the baffling situation.
 Supporting Robinson in Two Seconds" are Preston Foster vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee,. J. Carroll NaIsh. Adrienne Dorc, Wal ter Walker, William Janney, Bur ton Churchill. Edward McWadc, Dorothea Wolbert and Helena Phillips. q,
 bIfty of the best "taM dancers" On the IuClllC CDdbt ulc i'h'u' '' in 1.-TWO Seconds".
 Mervyn LeRoy, the director. and Il sassistants spent several even 1ngs in the dance halls along Main street, picking the hostesses they wanted for the picture. lnasmuch asethcir services were required by tfYN studio for three days and siights, special leaves of absence had to be arranged for the girls with the management of the dance liafls.
 l.git is in one of these Rarish sdffne dance mills that Robinson. aN John Allen, the stcel-worker. Yneets the taxi dancer (Vivienne. Orborne) whom he marrics. ana whose infidellties lead to the tragic colonization of this unusual drama aa1yon't fail 10 see TWO Scconds". Y1u'll like it immensely .The smrrounding program is excellent also.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
sssshc MOuthplece" Hcnds Double s,G'cature Program Opening nl gtjtruiid Today.


 sslvarren William is featured Tn 's3he Mouthpicce' one or loa2 H finest pictures, and now heading double feature program at Waf- ifefss strand theater.
 William. as q "mouthpiece,' the term applied to lawyers who repre- ont doubtful clients caught in tW toiIg of the law, Is said to deliver inc best work of his stage or screen ,slreer. Originally m cager, jealous youn prosecuting attorney, he plumbs tho depths in character and s,,sociatIon as q result of an un for innate case in which his prescott lion brought an innocent youth 10 inc electric chair. The progress and ,cgreaY of "I'he Mouthpicce" forms the basis of the stary, the romantic angle very evident In the h'fairH chrrled on by William.
 William has been in Hollywood less than year. but has had seV- efal roles leading up to inc pres cnt very important one In "Thc M0uthpiece. He has been seen op- posite Such stars as Dolores Cos tsllo. Belle Daniels and Marian Marsh lr both findet Eighteen and "rcauty And The Boss." Each succeeding role has increased hid fan mnll to flood tide proportions and has corroborated the prohuc- ers' consideration to groom him for stp rdom
 sidney Fox, of "Strlctly Dishon- Otmblc" fame. appears opposite Wll- Han, in the leading feminine role, Other important cast members ar" Mine MacMahOn. remembered for hrr excellent pOrtrayals in "Five etar Final" and "Thc Heart of New York" Guy Klbbee. William Jan. rty, John Wray. Ralph Ince. Noel Francis Stanley Fields and Finer sor Trncey
 sTbe companion feature is a rlp- roaring western thriller that is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
if'i7a- -sa7fa a- -as'al777- TRANSPORTING GROWS

BclOlt, Kan 0UP) kansns pays q bounty of TO cents for every crow killed by hunters Oklahoma pays nonc. A. l., Irwin. of McAlester. was found guilty here on charges Of obtaining money under false pre- lenses by killing crows in Oklaho- ma and brInginng them in Kansas for bounty payment. IIc had col. lcctcd more than $30, lt was charged
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
Last Showing today of "T'hc Crowd ROars" and "Bcauty and the Boss"

AS far as this reviewer is con ccrncd, not even advertising adJcc- tlvcs. supcrlativc as they may be. properly express the new James Cagncy-Joan Blondell starring vehicle, "The Crowd Roars,' which opened at the Lyric theatcr ycster- day. No supcrlative available in the dictionary quite describes the pie turc of the performances of its players.
 "Thrilllng." "olcctrifylng, "pow. erful," ''Sensationap' and kindred words most closely approximate The Crowd Ronrs," Second fea- ture, Beauty and the Boss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
PAINTINGS VALUE INCREASED

Sc Louis (UP) "A painting of a young patrician lady which for II years has hung in the City Art museum here as the wrOk Of Clam plctrIno. pupil of Leonardo da Vim cl. has been identified as the work of Andrea Salal, another pupil of dn Vinci's. The city paid 5000 for the picture which according to Maurice Goldblatt. Chicago art critic. K worth $40,000 as the work of Snlnl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
PENCIL IS HEIRLOOM

Snn Antonio--UP)--A gold pen. ell given by Sam Houston to Col Joe Ellis, Is carefully guarded here by Rev Neil Ellis. Baptist pastor. The gift has passed through three generations of the Ellis family, Houston's initial and the phrase Ever Thine are carved into q stone On the cap of the pencil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

The Spanish government recent ly authorized the importation of ks.OnD tons nf whsst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

packed with tense action, hard riding and clever dialogue. The cast includes many favoritcs An ap- propriate surrounding program makes up bill of screen enter tainment deluxe,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
SIG. O.ooo,oo WEARS OUT DAILY

St Louis UP) United States currency lh wearing out at the rnte og $11OO0,0O0 T day, according 10 w. 0. Woods, treasurer of the United States. in an address here. DolIor bills circulate most briskly. Wood said. They wear ont in about eight months. while the sb bills last f3 months and higher numbers pro. porilonately longer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

 GOSSIP
INTIMATE GLIMPSES AND INSIDE STUFF ON THE
 MOVIE COLONY
what a premiere
BY DAN THOMAS


 HolywoodGoings about town: The premiere of Grand and why not with Tn Crawford the Barrymore brothers Way
  the present Garbo never shows Tn pubnc fishing at least that's what VIII Rogers said
 of thatp of Inc is few rnonths had" N Big Lights
 announced that iarbo would in to the then Waly ycnme a buresque dress 1t bad . Inc cntirc ud dicnce the stunt. of 4hosc lights in front of a them and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

what a IIst or Whos Who In the audlence . everyone in town who could scrape cp A dress suit and the price of admission attended of course young Doug there with Joan Crawford and making attempt to conceal his pride in her Edmund Goulding and his wife also present
 hat job of directing he did on the picture he'll be writing his own ticket for long time as Il result of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

Montgomery doing stag act with Rsgnad Denny and Elliott @ Mnge wondering football tactics might be of Larry and 
 
 I with their Mar Al wishing Colleen Moore n working girl the the he to eventually
  mus going
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
nfarIcnc With HubI
Today At Local Heaters

~m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

Stars and More Stars
 Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg coming in late
 dozens of girls almost tramplng on Mrs Clark Gable in their frantic efforts to get Cars autograph Jack Oakie doing his best to protect his moth- CT from the crowd . Karen Morley, all dressed in white with Billy BakeweIl and pretty Gene Straton looking almost like painting in her black gown. Constance and Joan Bennett with their hns- bands, together usual Jean Harlow, with the famous platinum tresses red, causing every one to look twice before recognizing her Bob
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-19

Spenddly tailored awOOI flannel robes of the sort that
make feel that he is master of all he surveys" Yet
they priced at little than half of what you would
expect to pay Made with rOOmy comfort. Wide self
girdle. Plain cOOrs or neat stripes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-19

f. NHRISTMAS gifts for need not be bugaboo for
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sun that wants here QUALITY merchandise-n good
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UNTIL CHRISTMAS!
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
Stuart Erwin Has
A Will Rogers Look

In his makeup for a comedy
role in "The Misleading Lady"
now at Warner Bros Metropoli-
tan Theater, Stuart Erwin bears
a strong resemblance to the be-
loved philosopher, actor and po1
litical debunker, Will Rogers.
The resemblance is so striking
that whenever Erwin walked into
the Paramount studio lunch room
while engaged in production on
this new Claudette Colbert and
Edmund Lowe vehicle, a great
shout and a greater amount of
banter went up from the diners.
One friend even went so far as
to approach Erwin with a view
toward convincing him that he
should emulate the rustic man
nerisms of Rogers in a stage skit
and in Syndicated articles.
"All I know about it," drawled
Erwin, in the proper Oklahoma
accent, lis what I read in the
papers,"
The Washington times., 1932-07-23
Edmund Lowe and Colbert in
Frothy Screen Comedv

'The Misleading Lady" current
at the Metropolitan, is one Of
those inconsequential trivialities
that has happened to be blessed
with a disarming lack of desire
to be anything else. 1t is a frothy
bit of comedy on the way of a
man with a maid and vice versa,
of course, charmingly enacted by
the velvet-gloved Edmund Lowe
and the very delectable Claudette
Colbert.
Miss Colbert as Helen Steele,
a Park Avenueite, bored with the
ways of society, casts her wiles
about the shoulders of Jack
Craigne edmund Lowe, a min
ing engineer, back from a five-year
seclusion in the wildS. The OBJ
ject of this game is to impress
sydney Parker that she is suited
to a role in his play. A record
ing of Jacks proposal is played.
Jack feeling the victim of a joke
runs berserk, kidnaps Helen and
only through the kindly, though
misunderstood actions of an es-
capped lunatic does love win out.
Arrayed in a series of eye-fill-
ing creations, Miss Colbert has
cast aside her more serious dra-
MATES and gone ingenue. She
is quite refreshing. The non
chalant Lowe is. as always, the
nonchalant Lowe and though the
part is far from a drain on his
histrionicS, he nevertheless in,
jectS it with his own particular