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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04

Yet this money kept them from
relief agencies, furnished them
with the simple food of outdoor
workers, and relieved a tremen-
dous burden from states, cities and
counties wrestling with unemploy-
ment problems.
Shot through this prosaic sue
cess, too, has been the constant
hope of a great strike-another
Comstock, another Alder Gulch or
Mother Lode.
The gold supply has been in
creased, but mining experts doubt
whether the individual work of all
these prospectors, many of them
amateurs, can bring gold produc-
ton figures to the marks made
when the copper mills were in OPP
Grafton, producing quantities of
gold as a by-product.
The federal assay office in
Helena Mont, reported purchase
of S135 ,582.55 in gold during the
first six months of 1882, and Will
liam L. Hill of that office estimated
that three times as much gold has
been taken from the hills during
that period as in the entire year Of
1880.
Charles F. Willis, editor of an
Arizona mining journal and for
mer superintendent of the State
Bureau Of Mines, estimated that
5000 men would earn an average
of rs cents per day per man in
that state, with total gold produc-
ton for 1882 slightly above the
1881 production of approximately
100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04
LEGISLATORS
ACT TO BLOCK
SALES TAXES
GOttSChaIk Prepares Plan
Which Eliminates Need
of Retail Levy.
BY DANIEL NJ. KIDNEY

A plan which will permit state
finances TO b. cared for adequately
without imposition Of the retail
sales tax has been evolved by the
state budget committee, it was an
nounced today by Senator Thurman
A. Gottschalk Dem, Bernel chair
man
Gottschalk said that he is ready
10 lay the plan before Governor
Elect Paul Y. McNutt and Demo-
cratic legislative leaders, in the hope
of checkmating sales tax propa-
ganda
People in my district are vio-
lently opposed to the sales tax,
Gottschalk said
1T entirely ignores the ability to
pay and is based on the premise
Of soak the poor All the clamor
for its passage arises from special
groups seeking special favors from
the tax system There is no demand
for a sales tax from the people as
q whole
Written Into Budget Bill
Gottschalk's plan is to write into
the budget bill the state levy neces-
sary to meet the appropriations and
thus relieve the state administration
from the political stigma which
might arise from increases.
The $3.50 property tax limitation
law has been very effective in cut
ting down local rates. 1t is locally
where the tax burden has been
greatest the senator explained
But there a loophole was left to
make the rate sufficient to meet
necessary budgets through appeal to
the county tax adjustment board.
No such avenue was left open for
the state The rate was set at IS
cents at the special session of the
legislature which voted budget re-
curing a much higher levy. Thus
a deficit is found to occur"
The sales tax is being urged to
meet that deficit, estimated to be
around $2,00000O at the close of the
fiscal year
Precedent Is Cited
Senator Gottschalk pointed out
That there is precedent for the state
making temporary loans to meet
the deficit and thus carry on until
the new rates, determined upon by
the legislators themselves, become
effective.
The loans can be amortized and
taken care Of in the rate written
into the bill What if a 30 or 35
cent state rate is necessary? BY
the time the new budget becomes
effective, such drastic reductions
will have been effected by local
governments that the state tax will
no. be burdenSome It never has
been, in fact" Gottschalk pointed
out.
Under the prevailing plan, the
rate necessary to meet state eXpen-
ditures is determined by the state
tax board from figures in the APP
preparations bill.
Ii then is approved and pro-
claimed by the Governor and state
auditor.
Stood by Law
Governor Harry G. Leslie anC
Auditor Floyd E. Williamson took
the position that their hands lao
been tied by the legislature passing
the $3.50 bill, and the state rate
could not be more than Is cents
despite the fact that it would mean
insufficient revenues.
Phillip zoerCher, veteran tax
board member, urged making an
adequate rate, regardless of the $15C
law
The Gottschalk plan will lift the
burden from the state administra-
ton and place it on the legislators
who vote the expenditures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04

Raymond Gilbert,
Seymore, Democrat,
is 38, married and
the father Of a son,
7. The new repre-
sentative is presi-
dent of the Sey-
mour Brotherhood
of Railroad Train
men, an oversee S
Y e t a n, and a
m e m b er o f t h e
American L e 6 0 n
and Veterans Of
Foreign Wars.
He is a law stu
dent and has been
j - 49,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04
Voting Measures Ready

The delegation also has gone on
record in favor of law requiring per-
manent registration Of voters. A
companion measure would move the
primary from May to August in
order to bring it nearer the Novem-
Der election.
The plan would have the voter
register at the same time that he
votes in the primary, thus avoiding
duplication of expenses.
In order to avoid cluttering up
the election machine with tickets
Of many sporadic minority parties,
bill will be backed by the Marion
county legislators which will pro-
vide that no party tickets may be
included unless their petitions bear
signatures equal to 1 per cent of the
total vote cast for secretary of state
at the preceding general election.
Similar Bill Killed
A similar measure introduced
last season was killed.
Senator E. Curtis White, Indian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04
RUNAWAY LAD CAUGHT
S-Year-Old Boy Rides Freight
Train; to Be Brought Home.

Police were informed Tuesday
night that Lafayette authorities
were holding Paul Collins. s. of 921
Chase street, who ran away from
home Tuesday. The youngster was
removed from a freight train. Paul
will be returned to his home today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04
Room and Board for SO

81 nifcd PrCSS
ST. LOUIS, Jan. A new home,
in which room and board for women
is furnished at SO a week for those
earning less than $40 a week, has
been opened here by the Women's
Auxiliaries Welfare Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04

bar in Jackson circuit court He
favors repeal of the Wright bone
dry law but is opposed bitterly to
any methods that would return the
saloon or any semblance Of it. IN
less a better method is found, I will
favor sale Of medicinal whisky
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04
NeaU Legislators
Trainman,War
Veteran, n ew
ASSenblynan

jackson and Brown counties will
be represented in the 1888 legisla-
ture by a World war veteran and
railroad trainmah, who is in favor
Of an old age pension statute as a
humanitarian and economic meas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-04

Scientists, recording the intensity
of sounds in decibels, give the fol-
lowing figures: Hammering on steel
plate, 113 decibels; riveter. 1O1; sub
way, 81; lion roaring, 81; radio loud
speaker, 81; church bells, 81.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
de Lawd" Began at 66

South on Chautauqua and lyceum cir
cults, reading in churches and schools.
A most important episode of the
period was the meeting with Paul Lau-
renee Dunbar, the Negro poet. The
two men formed a sort Of mutual aid
alliance. Dunbar's poems provided
Harrison with dignified and appropri-
ate material for platform recitations,
and Harrison by those recitations wide
ly extended Dunbar's audience and
reputation. They even established
home together in Chicago.
During this period Mr.. Harrison was
driven from his chosen field by pow
erty and found employment with the
Santa Fe Railroad as a member of q
train crew. The run brought him to
Los Angeles, where he came under the
attention Of A. G.. Wells, then general
manager Of the Santa Fe Railroad,
stationed In Los Angeles, and more re-
Gently elevated to the post of vice pres
1dent, with headquarters in Chicago.
Mr.. Wells gave the youth a position in
his office and when he discovered his
talent, had Harrison entertain esthetic
and cultural bodies in which Mrs. Wells
was an active worker Through this
circumstance L. E. Behymer, California
impreSario, heard Harrison read Dun
bars poems. He took the colored artist
under his management. This proved
the turning point and for nearly dec
aoe Harrison was a conspicuous figure
tp club. church and chautauqua pro-
grams.
All Of this unusual experience maas
Harrison invaluable when he decided 70
become q teacher Of his people, finally
becoming q member Of the faculty at
the Agricultural and Technical College
In Greensboro, N. @. He had been ac-
lively engaged In that work for seven
years when the opportunity to play ia
Lawd" was offered hino-
Evening star., 1933-02-12

T Is not unusual In our youth-lov-
ing theater for actors to play lead
ing roles at the age Of 16. The
i Jackie Coopers and the Jackie Coo
gans have even been stars at 6.
But it Is very unusual, indeed, for an
actor to make his debut in leading
role at the age of sc. But that was
what Richard B. Harrison did when on
February 26, 1880, he played the role
Of "de Lawd" in 1.-THE Green Pastures"
before his first audience at the Mans
field Theater in New York.
Seasoned play goers Immediately
recognized Harrison as an actor of ex-
traordinary gifts. They assumed that
overnight a miracle had been wrought,
and that the need Of Marc Conelly's
beautiful play for a Negro actor Of great
benignity and charm and distinction
had somehow created the man. That,
OF course, was not SO. Richard Har-
rson, the very distinguished player, had
been created in the way that dis
ttngutshed players are always created
through long process of education
and training and gradual refinement.
Though he was unknown to the sophis-
ticated audiences that watched his per-
formances with kind of unbelieving
awe, he was already very much Of q
RCISOllo6C III dIOtllcI WOIlQ, WIlcIe Qul-
ing those 66 years he had patiently
and conscientiously been doing excel
lent work.
Harrison created his own place In
the theater out of nothing at all. He
was born IN London, Ontario, Of slave
parents who had escaped by way Of the
Underground railroad"
Eventually making his way to De-
trott, Harrison studied under the best
available teachers, including Edward
Weitzel, at that time dramatic editor
Of the present Detroit Free Press, and
very great influence In the world of
the theater. During this period he
supported himself In limited variety
of ways open to him. Like another dis
tinguished member Of his race, Roland
Hayes, he was at one time a club
bell boy.
In 1891 he felt himself ready for his
platform debut. It was to Canada
that he returned for q first tour as
xeedeX 1m @ana Rea1a b tQued ~
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Critic Selects Film as
Best Show of the Season
Authority on the Drama Says "Cavalcade" Ranks
Far and Away Above the Leading Stage
Offerings in New York.
By Percy Hammond.

I wonder what Mr.. Stevens reactions
will be when and If he ever sees the
motion picture "Cavalcade." VIII his
Tory heart beat In excitement with that
miraculous exhibit, or will 1t refuse, In
the interest of tradition, to be heated
by its caloric influences? am dining
with him tonight at the Algonquin and
plan missionary campaign Of ref
ormation. Between the soup and merits
conviction that "Cavalcade" In it,
cinema form surpasSes everything that
has been done In the theater from
the cart Of Thespis to the throne of
Roxy. Its tale Is true, its actors are
faithful, its photography Is graphic,
luminous and expansive. ] have been
attending the theater, man and boy,
these 20 years, and 80 may say with
q veterans authority that "Cavalcade"
Is the most satisfactory show that I
have ever seen. Noel Coward's
manuscript is like q kinderearten
primer, seldom going beyond the dra-
matte a, b, c's. But under the resource
ful Vaccinations Of Hollywood's wizards
1t becomes an overwhelming epic, cheap
at times, and ostentatious, yet sodth-
ing, while 1t agitates. I, myself, prefer
1t to Mr. Coward's ribald, questionable,
POPS41A chkll 1441dikOQS 0cSlku Law
ing" OF which 1t may be said that it
Is one OF the most attractive comedies
now visible through the thick miasmas
of Times Square.
To such Of my fellow-citizens as de-
pend upon me for guidance In their
search for the blue bird of amusement
recommend "Cavalcade" as the best
OF the several good shows. Happiness
may be induced by Twentieth Cen
tury," "Of Thee Sing," Irving Berlin's
sayory satire, Face the Music; Elmer
Rice's interesting and hysterical protest,
I'VE, the People," and Miss Ethel Mer-
mans Take Chance" Osgood Per-
kins, Miss Sally Bates and Leslie
Stephens are meSmeric In their playing
Of the audacious "Good-by Again"
Jack Pearl, of whom it is said that an
the missing money is to be found In
his acquisitive pocketbook, Is similarly
alluring in an antic whose title I have
forgotten for the moment. Dinner at
Eight" is enjoyable, and so is Music in
the Air." and the hypnotic Francis
Lederer In Autumn Crocus" gives that
deadly charade semblance of life. Miss
Beatrice Lille has her rapturing mo-
ments in Walk Little Faster" and
Miss Ina Claire glitters brilliantly In
the Theater Guilds Biography" How
ever, II you desire to be thoroughly
thrilled emotionally and artistica1ly go
to see "Cavalcade' and join me In q
belief that 1t makes all its parent plays
little cramped and puny.
Evening star., 1933-02-12

A SHTON STEVENS, writing In
~ Chicago newspaper, takes this
n column obliquely to task for
placing a lily in the personal
dramas hands and ushering it
prematurely through the golden gates
The impression recently herein ex-
pressed that the theater Is not dead,
but hveth In the form Of its lusty off,
spring, the cinema, seems to him in
his mistranslation to be erroneous; and
he breaches a doctrine Of life everlast-
ing for what one of his old-time con-
temporaries, Charlotte Cushman, called
"the grand, divine, eternal drama" To
say, as said, that the photograph YER
sion OF The Sign Of the Cross" for
instance, Is play and that its audi
ences are playgoers. offends Mr., Stevens
as blasphemous. He gently abhors that
spectacle as an example Of fustian
Cecil De Millinery" and denies its
spectators the right to be classed among
the drama lovers. So ridiculous, in his
opinion, Is the claim that either Of
them belongs to the theater that he
excuses me for making it by referring
to me as "a fellow of infinite gesture"
In my remarks at the bier he suspects
an Antonian subtlety beyond his mental
means. Once, he recalls, praised him
so cleverly that It was not until several
days later, when he chanced to sit
next to q distinguished attorney at
luncheon, he discovered that he had
grounds for libel suit.
Let me assure Mr.. Stevens and other
desperate die-hards that 1t Is my
earnest belief, and that of millions Of
playgoers, professional and non-profes-
sional, that the theater is reborn in the
cinema. When they try to tell us that
De Miles "The Sign of the Cross" Is
inferior to Lawrence Barrett's we are
tempted to thumb our noses to them.
Whereas Mr.. Barrett's version was what
William Archer described as "a mess
Of Grass insipidities," the film edition Is
an opulent panorama. picturing in its
spacious orgies Miss Claudette Colbert
Charles Laughton, as Nero, indulging In
vices too crnery to be reproduced by an
art less limited than that of the audible
camera. There you can see Christian
martyrs tossed to the lions in the
Coliseum, gigantic pygmies beheading
their adversaries IN the Roman games
and Frederic March playing Marcus
SuperbuS with all the pagan aplomb of
Princeton halfback In q scrimmage
with Rutgers. As a lover Of the new
drama, defy Mr.. Stevens, an apostle
Of the old, to prove that De Miles film
production Of "The Sign Of the Cross
Is not more fulfilling in every way than
Mr.. Barrett's puny silhouette.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
In Washington Theaters This Week.

NATIONAL-The Pastures" evening at $40
O'Clock
GAYETYcarniva Beauty" burlesque afternoon and
evening. ftt e.
R-K-o KEITHs of Manhattan" This afternoon and
evening. E>s- -
EARLE The Mystery Of the Wax Museum" vaudeville
This afternoon and evening" &@ES
PAIACE-"The Secret of Madame Blanche" This afternoon
and evening.
RIALTO-"Back Street." This afternoon and evening"
LOEWS FOx-Dangerousy and vaudeville This after
noon and evening. -
COLUMBIA and the Empress" today. Tomorrow
Trailing the Killer"
METROPOLITAN Everybody" This afternoon and
evening
Evening star., 1933-02-12

Frank McHugh, Arthur Edmund and
Carewe and Gavin Gordon.
The picture is photographed entirely
in technicolor.
:. Completing the program is Para
mounts latest comedy release, Tom
Howard in THE Rookie; the latest
issue OF the Graham McNamee news
reel and the Earle orchestral prelude.
GAYETY-"Carnival Of Beauty"
STARTING with today's matinee,
~ Manager Jimmy Lake of the Gayety
Theater will offer another one Of
his fast and furious fun shows, entitled
Carnival Of Beauty" headed by Jerry
McCauley, Gladys Clark and Marion
Morgan, and with cast of the better
known burlesque artists.
7. New and beautiful scenic and elec-
trical effects will be introduced. Mon
day Is gift night, Wednesday Is money
night and Friday is amateur night.
Reduced prices will also prevail.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Miller In Hollywood.

GILBERT MILLER, world famous
stage figure and one of the leading
influences In the American theater, de-
parted for Hollywood last week to COM
plete recently-signed contract with
Columbia Pictures to produce and di-
rect exclusively for the company. He
will remain in California for 10 weeks,
following which he will return to New
York or London. The title of Mr.. Mil
ler's first screen venture win be an
nounced upon his arrival.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Finding Out What Screen
Stars Really Think About
Or Whether They Think at All-This Is the Job
j of the Hard-Working Interviewer-The
Standing List of Questions.
By E. de S. Melcher.

girls, most of whom are Simply
divine" are disposed Of.
Then the interviewer will say:
(Which role in which picture did
you like best?"
And star, remembering that she
must be faithful to all her studios,
will say: "Oh, I liked all Of them
equally WELL"
At that point time will be taken
out to have some tomato juice, a
sandwich, coffee and some more
ginger ale.
Tell me-" the now stuffed in
tervieWer asks: what are your
favorite recreationS?"
s"Well,p says the star, II like to
read and ] write, you know-oh,
yes, I'm writing a novel In be-
tween scenes, and I ride a lot and
swim and I'm crazy about golf and
I adore tennis and I love my vege-
table garden. I plant my own
beans and potatoes, you know
and my mother, who lives with
me, helps me plant them"
preSsion?"
1.-THE depression? Oh, nothing
at ALL" says the star. I'VE don't
really think about it out in Holly
wood. We go right along doing
our work-and@"
Planting our beans?"
"Yes1,,planting our beans
BY this time it is after 2-and
the interviewer has to 60 back to
the Office and write-this.
A N intUfview is a mistake, unless
: 1t is informal and If the queS-
tions aren't asked all in a row.
The following are brief impress
SionS OF screen and stage artists
who have been interviewed" and
talked to here in Washington dur
ing the past year:
BETTE DAVIS-She is prettier
OF the screen than she is on. And
more intelligent than she appears
to be. She was once a brunette.
LYNN FONTANNE- She is as
lovely of stage as she Is on. But
she shouldn't put those eyelasheS
on. She talks only about the the
ater.
ALFRED LUNT-Theater crazy,
but a roaring sense Of humor-
frank, honest and sincere-and
crazy about his wife.
LORETTA YOUNG-Her hair is
peculiar color, but she is young
and pretty. She says she reads
a lot.
IRENE RICH-Walks out on the
street with all her makeup on.
Nice, but always talking about
'itty- -bitty" things and other sugar
topics.
BUDDY RoGERs-Admits to
being 10 College. Cordial, popu-
lar, but curiously shy.
GEORGE BRENT-Wears muf-
f1erS instead of shirts. Handsomer
of stage than on. A ikable but
taciturn Irishman.
LILYAN TASHMAN-Sar
lively, thin. Too clothes con-
sciouS.
POLLY MORAN-Herself.
JAMES Himself.
TALLULAH BANKHEAD-Says
whatever comes into her head,
and says 1t well. The screen has
never done her justice.
NOEL COWARD-He talks as he
writes and says what he thinks,
which Is, after all, good deal.
WILLIAM HAINES-We didn't
get along with Mr.. HaineS.
UNA MERKEL-One of the
more amusing actresses and peo-
pie.
RAMON NOvARRO-A gentle
man, singer and scholar,
JEAN HARLOW-The m t
thoughtful person in the films,
and not what she often appears
to be.
LESLIE HOWARD-The pleas
antest personality on the stage
or the screen.
ALEXANDER KIRKLAND
| Can't geo him for d,,cf
Evening star., 1933-02-12
To Write Eddie 8 Next.

NUNNALLY JOHNSTON, newspaper
. man and short story writer, has
been assigned the task Of fashioning
Eddie Cantor's newest screen musical
comedy to follow the current kid
From Spain" at the Rivoh Theater,
New York, and the principal picture
houses Of the country. Johnston is a
former member Of the STATS of the
New York Herald-Tribune, the New
York Evening Post and the Saturday
Evening Post.
Samuel Goldwyn engaged Johnston
after his work on "A Bedtime Story
for Maurice Chevaner.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
EARLE--"The Mystery Of Wax
Museum"

WARNER BROS Earle Theater this
w week Is presenting THE Mystery
Of the Wax Museum" as the screen at
Glenda Farrell are the featured players.
The four-act stage program is head
lined by the screen star Olga Bacla-
nova, who offers program of songs.
In addition to the regular four-act bill
the management has booked as an extra
added attraction Johnny Marvin, Wash
ington's own favorite, nationally known
as the Lonesome Singer of the, Air.
Other acts are Solly Ward. the -Four
Golden Blonds, Robbins Family and
Maxine Doyle.
The film tells the story Of an un-
known mad genius who turns wax flg-
ures into human beings and human
beings into wax figures. Running
through the action Of the mystery is a
love romance between one Of the VIC
Tins Of the genius and q young sc,Ilp-
tor. The cast includes Glenda Farrell,
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Foreign Film Being Shown.

FOR the first time In Washington the
German sound-motion picture film
entitled Elm Waller vom Strauss" will
be shown at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard streets, today, under the aus
pices Of Az Souls Uptteri,n Church, at
" and i7saQ nm
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Burns and Allen Arrive.

GEORGE BURNS and Oracle Allen
have arrived in Hollywood to start
work in Paramount's international
House." with Peggy Hopkins Joyce,
Rudy Vallee and Col. Stoopnagle and
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