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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
POLICE SEE ATTEMPT TO
MAKE DEATH OF PRETTY
CITY GIRL MERCY KILLING
INTERIOR
Not Up to Me Mentally
Says Earle Wynekoop
in Questioning.

By Times Special
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-"She was
~ my mental inferior" Earle
Wynekoop, %, college graduate,
told police Investigators as they
delved into circumstances sur
rounding his estrangement from
his pretty, murdered wife, Mrs.
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop, for
merly of indianapolis.
During most of his questioning
by police, young Wynekoop talked
emotionlessly of his relations. or
rather lack of relations, with his
slain, authenticated wife.
"Rheta had only a high school
education he told Police Captain
John Siege, ace murder investi-
gator of the Chicago department
and known as Bulldog" Siege be-
cause of his persistence in run
ming down clews.
Celebrating on his statement
that Rheta was his mental in
ferior, young Wynekoop said:
Il am college man. That's
why we didn't get. along so we'll.
She wasn't up to my scholastic
attainments"
WTYNEKOOP explained he
w and his wife had not lived
together in that status for five
months.
During the last two years, we
had drifted apart he said. Il
guess didn't understand her and
she didn't understand me. She
had a high school education and
was very musical. My college
education didn't bring our rela-
lions into harmony,
Wynekoop revealed that the
$4,000 life insurance policy on
his life names his sister as the
beneficiary. Asked why his
mentally inferior wife" was not
the beneficiary, he said:
After we were married two
years, learned there was a strain
of tuberculosis in her family. I
thought it best that the policy
be made out that way
NYNEKOOP's coolly superior
w denunciation of his slain
wife as his mental inferior came
a short while after he had gazed
on her dead face, to turn away
with the cry:
That's enough!"
The husband of the slain girl
also revealed to police that he
had discussed with his mother
his relations with his wife, as he
and DR.. Wynekoop sat in car
in a trysting place on the south
side.
He would not explain what he
meant by marriage relations"
but police learned that DR.. Wyne-
koop knew of her sons affair with
Priscilla Witt, red-haired de-
partment store clerk, whose name
is the latest to be drawn into the
murder mystery
Of Miss Witt. he would only
say:
She's a nice girl. Why drag
her into this?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

Rapids, Ia, and Chicago.
There were two Of $4,000
denomination and one OF
$4,000. All were United
States government issues and
unregistered, except for the
numbers kept by Robert
Hougham, board secretary.
They were taken from the safety
deposit vault at the Fletcher Amer
iCan National bank, now the Amer
ican National bank. Discovery OF
their loss was kept a secret Tor
weeks but came to light during the
recent meeting of the Indiana state
Teachers Association here.
Miss steele is former chairman
of the executive committee OF the
teachers association.
She was a member of the retire
ment fund board until 1t was re-
organized by Governor Paul V. NC
Mutt. o. H. Griest was retired from
the secretaryship at that time ana
Mr. Hougham. president of the In
diana state Teachers Association,
appointed in his place.
CosgrOve Assigned to Case
Charles o. williams, secretary OF
the teachers association, was the
only old board member to be re-
appointed under the reorganization
William Cosgrove, chief examiner
of the state board of accounts, was
assigned to run down the missing
securities when their loss was dis
covered by Mr.. HOuSlam several
months ago.
He assigned Ross Teckmeyer, field
examiner. to the case and the in
formation thus procured was what
the grand jury was given, it was
said.
Cashed in Chicago, Is Claim
They are reported to have learned
that the $1,000 bond was exchanged
for United States government bonds
of smaller denominations at a Cedar
Rapids bank Miss Steele has a
brother residing in that city, 1t
was said
The two $4,000 bonds are said
to have been cashed in Chicago,
part of the funds being used to buy
Standard Oil stock.
A Terre Haute broker is said to
have arranged the transaction.
All the missing bonds have been
found. il was reported. Two are
in the Federal Reserve bank at
New York City and one in the
Trust Corporation bank at Boston.
it was said.
No Announcement Made
The state is reported to already
have taken steps toward recovery,
including the tying up of s10.245
funds belonging to Miss Steele.
She is said to have admitted
ownership of one of the bonds and
named an Indianapolis broker as
the person from whom she bought
it"
No announcement of the bond
recovery was made at the Cover
nors office today. but Statehouse
attaches admitted that Al Feeney,
state safety director. and Mr.. Teck-
meyer had gone to Terre Haute to
make the arrest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
Public Works Employees
to Get SIS, 900 in Wages
Many Will Receive Wages for First Time in Several
Years: Other Projects Planned

Several thousand workers civil works projects in Ind
annapolis county will receive their first checks
totalng about S45 ,OOO tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
'GiUe Her Limit, Father
of Slain Girl Pleads
B. H. Gardner Expresses Hope That Aged Woman viii
Die in Chair for Crime
BY FREDERICK G. MATSON
Times stan Writer

CHICAGO Nov. PA hope they give her the limit"
Burdne H. Gardner Indianapolis father of the slain Rheta
Gardner Wynekoop said today when police said Dr. Alice
Lindsay Wynekoop had confessed the murder the former
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
ROOSEVELT C0NFERS
WITH TREASURY CHIEF

MOrgenthau at Warm Springs for
Financial Farley.
BIZ nited Press
WARM SPRINGS. Ga. Nov. "a
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Henry A Morgenthau arrived here
today for series of conferences
with President Roosevelt in which
the entire financial situation was
expected to be surveyed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
$500 ILLEGAL VOTES
ARE CHARGED TO LONG

Senate Committee Hears Claim at
Election Probe.
BIZ Lhited Press
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 24.-Sen-
ator Huey P. Longs organization
was charged today before a senate
investigating committee with per-
hitting $500 persons to vote lille
gally in New Orleans notorious red
light" district
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
Jones Murder Trial Wry
Seated: Court AdjOurns
Opening Statements to Be Presented Monday: Judge
Hines Cautions Whole Panel


NOBLESVILLE, Nov. 24.-Completed shortly after II
this morning the jury in the Of William H. Mason
charged with the murder of Indianapolis Police Sergeant
Lester Jones' sent home until Monday morning
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Correcting an Error

A couple of weeks ago F. La
mont Peirce of the Department
of Commerce challenged a state
ment that Duse and MOdjeSka
had played Lily Czepanek Of "SOng
Of 3OngS" on the stage. I based
my assertion on ParamOunt's pic
tOriaI brochure ballyhOOing Mar
lene Dietrich's latest picture.
Research SENS to bear out the
exception noted by Mr.. Pierce. At
least / have been unable to dis
cover any record which showed
the famous stage stars ever en-
cOmpassed the role so pass the
error along for correction to the
Paramount press department.
did discover that both POla
Negri and Elsie Ferguson had
played Lilly" in silent versions Of
Sudermann's story. Also that q
stage version of "SOng of Songs"
played Polls theater in 1919 with
Alice Fisher, Helen Ware and
Joseph SchiIdkraut in the acting
company. Theodore Hardy, vet
eran actor, and once a member OF
MOdjeSka's company, further as
Serts that Mr.. Peirce is correct in
saying that star never played
Oily"
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Fox To Celebrate
Anniversary

Six years of entertainment fol
the Capital will be observed by
the Loew's Fox Theater the week
of September % with Beauty
For Sale" a current picture hit
with an impressive all-star cast,
and the internationally popular
stars of stage and radio, the Bos-
we'll Sisters, in person, as the
highlights of an anniversary en-
tertainment.
Climaxing it's sixth year Of
stage and screen presentations
here, the Fox will present a gala
birthday program.
With Madge Evans, Alice Brady,
May Robson, Una Markell, Hedda
Hopper, Otto Kruger and Eddie
Nugent as the principals. Beauty
For Sale" is said to be a most
appealing perturbation Of the
nouel by Faith Baldwin.
The Boswell Sisters will occupy
top position on the festive weeks
stage offerings. For to. asst TWO
yea: they lave been ;ne # the
foremost radio features and re-
Gently fave appeared in several
of the nations leading heaters.
Phil Lan?pkin will WELD the
baton fer B. special pr Jduction
overture con1memorating ',oew's
Fox Thea+er's sixth yeaT.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Frances Is a Mama

"Add to your biographical data
about Frances Fuller, Washing
ton girl and coming Paramount
star, the fact that she is not
only married, but the mother Of
handsome baby. I thought
you knew" says a very good
friend of this theatrical listen
ing post.
For professional reasons the
studios omit facts about their
stars being married. They also
are totally silent on the baby
question. Hence the authorized
Paramount data on their new
find is confined to her profes-
sional activities.
Miss Fuller has left Hollywood
temporarily to be featured in a
Clare Hummer play with Roland
Young and Laura Hope Crews
It will be directed by her hus-
band, Worthington Minor. The
name of it has just been changed
from "Only With You'' to "Her
Masters Voice" and Wilmington
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Excursion Trips
End This Week

This is the last week for excur-
sion trips on the Wilson Line
steamer, City of Washington. The
final trips to Mt. Vernon and
Marshall Hall Park will be run
next Saturday, September 16.
In order to give children the
last chance to enjoy these beauti-
full boat trips before school opens,
the Wilson Line announces that
during the week of September
11-16 inclusive, every day will
be Kiddies' Day. During the final
week, only the $50 and 1870 trips
will be run to Marshall Hall Park
and Mt. Vernon.
The final week on moonlight
trips will be the regular 4O-mile
cruise and there will be no stop
at Marshall Hall Park during this
week.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

marked by a continual display
of their abilities and not by a
pyrOtechnical flare-up of those
devices which often get names
into the papers but which, /
have always felt, do little real
good in any direction.
My regards to you and par
don the tipping. This was one
reply 1 couldn't dictate.
Sincerely,
(Signed) BOB SISK.
Miss Hepburn can be congrat-
ulated on having a gallant pro
tector in the champion Of R-K-O's
valuable studio assets. If this
budding young star assumes the
exalted attitude because she does
not wish to be the heroine of
such stories as "HoW to Keep
a Husband in the Hollywood
Razzle Dazzle" or Should There
Be a Curfew for Hollywood Par.
ties" her reasoning is com.
mendable.
Since the head Of her publicity
department. interprets the Hep
burn policy as a selective process
which merely confines her in.
terviews and public contacts to
dignified and professional sub
jectS, the debate can be closed.
Unless some of those shut out
by this edict care to carry it on.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

PALACE-Ronald Colman in
''The Masquerader." At 11:15 a.
M, 1920, 1928, 5:35, TAO and $50
p. m.
EARLE-Bette Davis in "Bu-
reau of Missing Persons" At
11:05 a. M, 1:50, 4:40, 7:25 and
1910 p. m. Stage shows at 1880.
$40, 6:25 and 9:10 p. m.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dietrich
In "Song of Songs" At 11:05 a.
M, l, $40. Sis, 1925 and s:SS
p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Lionel Barry,
more in lone Mans Journey"
at IL, 1859, 1858, 5:57, 1855 and
9:55 p. m.
FOX-Myrna Loy in "Pent-
house" At 10:30 a. M, 1:20, Ais,
7:l0 and 1905 p. m. Stage shows
at 1905, Z A:5O and 8:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
$, NATIONAL OPENS TONIGHT
AI%cC nee ACER Admits Plans, h A
MINED Ice EINO/NOID But Marriage Indefinite !"
Blu Girl" "
Is Attraction
At GayetY

Jimmy Lakes Gayety swings
into the second week of its sea-
son with a much better show;
better singing, better costumes
and better scenery. There Is a
sparkle and finish to the produc-
tion, which means that much OF
the humor is new and most Of it
is really funny.
The attraction is AL Golden and
his Tru-Blue Girls and Mr.. Golden
is much in evidence to the shows
benefit, for he brings to the stage
a suavity and pleasant wit often
lacking in burleSque.
The outstanding feature Of
the weeks bill is the dancing Of
a young woman known as Zuleka.
She appears in several specialtieS
that are extremely we'll staged.
The number, Lets Get Canni-
BAL" is worthy of especial notice.
Sharing feminine honors with
Zuleka is Lillian Dixon. Miss
Dixon is beautiful, sings fairly
well and has a lovely figure. Her
WClC 4CCC1NCNs
Phil Stone and Joe DeRita
carry the comedy honors and do
very swell job of it indeed.
Here are two comedians who step
out of the regular burlesque tradi-
tion and put over some excellent
Specialties.
The chorus, which is used a
great deal, is young and versa
tile.
The number, "Let's Get Can
nibal," we have already men,
toned. Other outstanding num-
bers are "Silver Ballet" "Song of
India" and Dream Boat"
Abe Sher does several numbers,
including some good limitations,
and Frances McAvoy, Margie
Yetman and Kitty Seifert help
out the feminine beauty line.
All in all a cracking good show
and unreservedly recommended to
burleSque fans.-R. S.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
.RisIto to Open
Sept. 20

Rodney Collier, manager of the
Rialto Theater, has returned from
New York to announce the open
ing of the Rialto on Friday, Sep
tember 20, with IS! o. S. Isberg."
Rod LaRoque plays the leading
role in rs. o. S Iceberg" which
was filmed entirely in Greenland
by DR.. Arnold Fanck.
It is the first sound motion pic
ture ever made in the Arctic, and
consumed a year in it's making.
Carl Laemmle, president of Uni
versal Pictures, is said to be very
enthusiastic over the production,
which cost a fabulous sum.
An imposing list of films is
scheduled to follow IS. o. S. Ice
berg" These include Claude
Rains in "The Invisible Man."
Paul Lukas and ELISA Landi in
"By Candlelight," Wynne Gibson
in Wanted at Headquarters" Ed
mund Lowe in Bombay Mail"
June Knight in Ladies Must
Love-" and large cast of stars
headed by Margaret Sullivan in
"Only Yesterday"
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
National Season
Q pens Tonight

Noel Coward's successful COM
edy, Design for Living" begins
a return engagement at the Ma
tional this evening as the first
attraction of the new season. Cor
inne Griffith, popular screen
player, has the stellar role.
John Litel, Robert Ober, Helen
Dodge, Edith Gresham, Freddie
Sherman and Burke Clarke are
included in the supporting COM
pany. The curtain will rise at
800 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

burn position Andrew r. Kelley
since I have the most protounc
respect for his newspaper Judg
ment and nothing but admlratlor
for his ability as a tub thumpel
garnered with the New York The
ter Guild and now with R-k-O
Says Mr.. Sisk:
Dear Mr.. Kelley:
You've known me since L
peddIed the Guild about Wash
ington, so I'd like you to accept
INV explanation of what appears
to you as high hat stuff on
Katharine Hepburn's part. First
I fear some of the stories are
exaggerated; secondly, sus-
pect she is a pretty shrewd
young lady, too shrewd to give
anyone deliberate Offense, but
most important of all, she IS
an actress who values acting
more than its perquisites in the
way of publicity.
What is true, however, and
I'll be damned if I can get in
dignant about this, is that she
strongly feels that it is not nee
essary, becoming or gainful for
an actor or actress to practice
this game of spurious personal
revelations which seems to be
in such high favor. I think she
is an actress who would rather
be an actress than an artificlally
developed personality.
I do know from contact with
many other actors of integrity
and ability, that there exists
among them a deep distaSte for
shabby personal stuff and what
has been interpreted in Hepburn
as a high hat attitude is moth
ing but a grim determination to
avoid having such stuff pinned
onto herself.
On the lot she has high pop
uIarity. In the theater she was
well liked. Certainly she is a
fine actress and just as GER
tainIy. .aS I see it. E. her rea-
sOning is not wrong, even from
a publicity mans viewpoint, if
she insists on being known in
all sorts of publicity as an &C
tresS rather than as anything
else. Katharine Cornell has al
ways pursued this course; fol
lowed it with Lunt and FOn-
tame and other players.
Think over the theatrical fig
ureS who live longest and for
whom you have the greatest
personal respect and you'll see
that they are invariably the ones
whose professional lives were
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Bv ARTHUR sOMERs ROCHE

I think penthouse" is a cork
ing picture. I was excited, thrilled
and amused. and considering that
I wrote the novel on which the
picture is based, I consider that
high praise. After call, the char
acters, the plot, the incidents,
were a thrice-told tale to me.
I dictated the novel. Then I
corrected the typewriter pages.
Then I read the story over to see
If it needed changes. Then I read
the proofs sent me by Cosmopoli-
tan Magazine. Then I looked IL
over in the magazine.
Yet last night I saw the picture
and discovered that I was in
high state of excitement. I won
dered how the deuce Durant would
extricate Siddall from his terrible
predicament; wondered if Du-
rant would fall in love with Gertle
in short, acted md felt exactly
as I act and feel when I'm looking
at a picture of which I know moth
ting in advance, when I happen to
enjoy the picture.
The thing an author always
looks for when he watches a pic
ture made from his own story are
the departures from plot and in
cident and characterization which
have been made.
I found no departures in "Pent-
house" If the picture, "Pent-
house" has a bad plot. then my
plot for the novel was bad; if the
Incidents are bad, then my Incl
dents were bad; if the character
ization is poor, then my charac-
terization was poor.
Because penthouse" the pic
ture, follows Penthouse" the
novel, with remarkable fidelity,
Frances Goodrich and Albert
Hackett, the screen authors, did
a corking piece of work, and Mr..
Van Dykes direction, is, I think,
superb. I must add a word OF
commentator, too, for the ex-
cellent results achieved by the
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Two Love Affairs in
lone Mans Journey"

Two love affairs are traced in
zone Mans Journey" second Of
the RKO Greater Show Season
attractions now at Keith's, with
Lionel Barrymore in the starring
role.
Dorothy Jordan and James
Bush, a handsome young actor
recently from the stage, are the
central figures of one romance,
Joel McCrea and Frances Dee of
the other. In the role of a coun-
try physician, Barrymore doubles
for Cupid in Strengthening out
troubles for both romances.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

When the blonde star came out
here to make her first picture she
went to Davis and suggested TAX
ing off few pounds around the
hips and bust. He advised her to
Let natures curves alone, but to
take some extra ounces off the
back and waist.
An inveterate early riser, Mae
got up at a. m. to take exer-
cises and repeated in the evening.
Davis says she showed more en-
durance than any man he has
ever trained. The West muscles
are strong, too. She lifted the
18O-pound Davis off the floor with
one arm.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

associate producer, HUM Strom'
berg.
AS for the acting, I can only
offer praise. Warner Baxter is
exactly what Durant ought to be,
and Miss Myrna 10y is, I think,
better than my original Gertie.
Nat Pendleton, as Gazzotti, is a
remarkable bit of characterize
ton, and Charles Butterworth, as
the butler, is excellent. It really
is unfair to pick out any indi-
vidual member of the cast, for I
happened to think they all were
great. And, of course, that in
cludeS lovely Mae Clarke.
I've seen Warner Baxter before
and Miss 10y, too. If I ever
write an original story for the
screen I'd Like to write one for
these two. They are actors.
And if it matters at all to a
company and cast, I herewith Of
fer my congratulations to the
producers and the players. If I
do my work as well as they do
theirs, I'll be well satisfied with
myself.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Show Stopping Act

Not since Will Mahoney and his
Lily cavorted on the Fox stage
has the auditorium rocked with
such applause as the Old Timers
get this week. Joe Laurie has a
pippin of an encore speech but
like the politician he talks too
long. However I'll forgive Joe.
He sat down to the portable type
writer Saturday afternoon and
knocked off some Washington
memories from the Old Timers
that make great reading. Look
for them on these pages tomor-
row. :.
What a marvellous thing is the
power of suggestion. For example
at the Earle Theater this week in
Bureau of Missing Persons" the
audience goes hilarious with glee
when Glenda Ducky Wucky) Far
rell gets slapped around by Pat
O'Brien, apparently. It's not
done with mirrors or fists. just
planting a hint in the audience
mind and let them do the rest.
The alimony Snitcher and blga-
mist is seemingly well pummeled
for her chisheling and Glenda
carries out the illusion by sprawl
ing over a bench. A we'll directed
comedy scene for which Roy Del
Ruth can take a bow.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11


fused to do a certain scene.
Don't blame her either, if the
scene was as described t.. Kleig
eyes are making an appearance
in Hollywood again. Irene
Dunne's got them, so has Jack
Dempsey.
To avoid holding up the "Danc-
ing Lady" company, M. G. M. is
shooting closeups of Joan Craw-
ford, whose ankle is too badly
swollen to do dancing scenes. It's
no uncommon practice, y'know,
for stars to wear bedroom slippers
when making closeups. Jeannette
Macdonald often does it, so does
Kay Francis.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Picture Auto Crash

A spectacular automobile crash
in which Dorothy Jordan and
James Bush escape death by a
seeming miracle is pictured in
lone Mans Journey" second of
the RKO Greater Show Seasons
attractions starring Lionel Barry
more. The crash, incidentally.
provides Barrymore, who plays a
country doctor, with two more
patients.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

II SQe S CQd11SeQ
her mind about
giving up the
trousers or if
she's m er ly
pl a n n in g a
grand entrance
There's a
S tory behind
the cancellation
(by mutual con-
Sent) of Arlene
j u d g e'S con-
tract at RKO.
Arlene was sent
to a n o t h e r
studio for a pic
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

tising for the
Radio-K eith-Or-
pheun Corpora
tion, W h j C h
g iv es another
angle on Ikath-
arine Hepburn's
r e S We and
al o ofness, de-
scribed by some
Hollywood writ
ers as "high
hat"
It is a pleas
IRE to read Mr..
Sisk's explana-
ton of the Hep
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Brooke School to
O pen Oct. is

Local aspirants to the stage
will be interested to learn that
the Clifford Brooke Academy of
Stage Training in the Dramatic
Arts will begin it's second season
on October 16. The academy
will occupy the same quarters as
last year, at 1000 Connecticut
Avenue and enrollments for the
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Bob Sisk Says Katie Hepburn Wears No High Hat
Frances Fuller Is Insenue-Mothe

gets the try-out performance, Sep
tember 80.
Meanwhile if you're anxious to
see Frances Fuller in her screen
debut, the opportunity comes Fri
day at the Earle when Zone Sun.
day Afternoon" is the main
screen attraction.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

first 10 weeks term will be taken
at that address beginning Mon
day, September 18.
It is announced that the acad-
emy will have the same staff as
last year, that iS Mr.. Brooke,
Maurice Greet and Mildred Cole
man. The curriculum of the
academy includes stage business,
department, diction, physical
grace, poise, oral expression,
make up and ensemble work.
Last year the academy had two
terms of 10 weeks each and at
the finish of each term per.
formance was given by the stu.
dents at the National Theater.