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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-02
Monday Recital

On Monday night at Sculpture
Court at the John Heron Art in
stitute Bomar Cramer of the Ar
thur Jordan Conservatory of Music
will present Sarah Elizabeth Marks,
pianist, in recital.
Her program will be as follows:
sonata Minor" -. 1000. Chopin
Allegro maestoso, Scherzo, Largo,
Finale presto. non tanto),
1.-THE White Peacock Critics
Les Collines d Anacapri" Debussy
The Fountain OF Aqua Paola" Critics
"Etude, OPP. Is. No. III .......... Chopin
OUulh. Up o. Beethoven
Allegro .sssai Andante con motto. Allegro
ma non troppo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-02
Oakie Avoids Makeup

Jack Oakie, who packs laughs in
to Murder at the Vanities," is one
of only five actors at Paramount
who does not have to use makeup.
The others are Baby Leroy, w. c.
Fields, William Frawley and Rich
ard Arlen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-02
ROMANCE OF RUSSAS CATHERINE THE GREAT ON SCREEN AT LYRIC
Elizabeth Bergner Noted
European Star, Plays Lead
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Is Also Starred in Picture Held
Worthy Successor to King Henry VIII.

Catherine the Great romantic drama based
OF the Russian empress Catherine H. is
week at the Lyric tcater naugatng pic
productions. -
picture successor to the
Private Life of Henry
responsible for Europes films of
marks the American debut
dramatic actress OF the
ESCAPE Me Never the London which
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

Post-Star. I had not remained
as a reporter on the PoSt-Star
very long. The editor, Mr..
Banks, if remember, fired me
after two weeks. Mr.. Banks did
not believe I was a good re-
porter. He told me so when he
fired me, Mr.. Wachter had
not been fired, however, and
even to this day contributes
Warrensburg tid-bits. Mr..
Wachter is a very contented fel-
low, earning a nice livelihood
out of his stationery store, and
nothing brings greater happi-
ness to him than to encounter a
gentleman from Broadway, for
he loves Broadway. He talked
to me about Broadway for three
hours.
fled back to the ranch.
Mock had turned on the radio
and Mr.. Rudy Vallee was chant
ing something. Mr.. Vallee is
Broadway to mel cut the
wires, picked up a bOOk-a highly
exCitable book about the habits
of mountain deer. Also a frag-
ment or two about the lOve.life
Of brook trout.
I rose early next morning,
pulled on a pair of knee-high
hiking boots over coarse woolen,
multi-hued stockings and with
my Scotch.plaid shirt opened
manly at the throat, a long oak
staff in my hand, set out, bare
headed but determined, for a
vague objective three miles up
the road. I breathed deeply as
I walked, between puffs on my
pipe-a new pipe which I had
bought especially for mountain
diversion. A huge, wildly clar-
ioning auto bore down upon me.
It halted in front of me.
Out of it clambered Mr.. Lew
Brown, the producer; Mr.. Harry
Akst, the song-writer; Mr.. Nat
Kramer, the hotel owner.
eve thought you might be
lonesome so we came up from
Saratoga especially to keep you
company" Back to the ranch
we drove.
Mr.. Lew Brown studied the
interior Of the hunting lodge.
Say, this is nice, amt it?" he
said.
Mr.. AkSt studied the noun.
tain range directly in back Of
us. "This is something you can't
pay for, you know" he said.
Mr.. Kramer studied the kit
chen. I'm starving" he said.
''WelI," said Mr.. Brown, 1--WE
were in Saratoga and it's terrible
there. NObOdy's there. Your
friend, WinchelI, almost cried
when he left-he wanted to
come along with us but he wasn't
sure what kind of air you had
here. Belle Baker wanted to
come, too, but she had no hik-
ing shoes. Say, this is grand.
This IS real living, LOuie-I don't
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

STEAMSHIPS
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
By Mark HeIIinser

What a soft touch this was!
He went to work with a ven
geance, pointing out that he
had been to JimmyS place the
night before, and that the
drinks and the danes were but
one step removed from heaven.
And in 20 minutes joey had
his sucker seated in Jimmy the
Blink's joint with two bottles
of wine on the table and
dame on each knee.
with things going so pref
tily, Joey excused himself and
went to the bar in the rear of
the establishment. The bar
tender drew him to one side.
Its a good thing you got
a sucker, joey he said. That
guy on the other end Of the
bar is a revenue man-and if
he don't get 200 bucks in an
hour, the place is finished.
Jimmy the Blink's out right
now, trying to raise the dough-"
Joey gave him that conf
dent wink.
"'Get Jimmy on the wire
he ordered, and tell him not
to worry. This suckers good
for a fortune before I'm through
with him.
well, sir, the bartender did
exactly that. He called Jimmy
on the phone and passed along
Joey's message. And he added
that he'd call Jimmy back
again as soon as the party was
over, and the sucker had paid
off.
1T was about three hours
later when the bartender again
called Jimmy the Blink. BY this
time, Jimmy was ready to be
tied.
What's going on?' he
roared. why didn't you call
me before? Is the party over?
Has the revenue bum been paid
off? Is it safe to come back?'
There amt no place to go
back to- said the bartender
sadly. The joints closed up
and I'm in the can.'
What happened?' screamed
Jimmy. Wasn't the suckers
money any good? Or was he a
copper, too?'
"The bartender sighed.
"'Don't yell at me- he re-
turned wearily. It's all your
fault. The sucker wasn't no
no sucker at all. When I gave
him the bill, he winked-and
he handed over one of your
lousy promoters cards!'
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Source Is Gone


mo more booze yarns" he
replied. Seems to me that you
used to give us three or four
speakeasy stories week"
shrugged. The Hellinger,
shrugged guy is he.
"I dunno" I returned. IF I
dug up a good SpeakeaSy yarn
today I'd run it just the same.
You haven't one tucked away
in a corner of your alleged
brain, have you"
The Wise Guy looked very
thoughtful.
ct might have" he admitted.
GAS matter of fact, I'm sure
I have. Did I ever tell you
about the time that Jimmy the
Blink ran a dip joint just
around the corner?"
"Nope," I said. And if you'll
keep it short and promise me
a wallop at the end, I'll let you
spill it to me-"
He lit cigarette and ordered
a thick steak-for one.
"Okay," he grinned. Here
we CO."
"It was around the end of
1924" he began, when Jimmy
the Blink got his bright idea.
He had been hustling booze for
the mob ever since the Govern
ment decided that nobody
should hustle booze. But he
had never really gotten into the
big coin.
$50, with a little coin saved,
he felt it was time for him to
step out. He didn't have the
cash for a large spot, and he
compromised by investing in
clip joint.
you've written a thousand
yarns about clip joints, and you
know exactly what I mean.
Suckers were to be Steered to
his joint by professional steer
ers-and the boobS would never
be allowed out until they had
parted with their bankrolls.
Anything was to go in Jimmy'S
joint; padded checks, doped
drinks, women pickpocketS,
blackmail-anything.
Most of the steererS to other
clip joints around New York
were taxi drivers. They received
one-third of whatever the
sucker went for. But Jimmy
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Success May Depend onYour Food!

How fast you go ahead in the
world, how much money you make,
depends very largely on how wise
you are about your choice of food
If you are tired out by II 80,
if you're dull after lunch, if hot
weather gets you, it's probably be-
cause you just haven't learned to
eat the right things.
It's very simple, too. Try eating
one meal a day of Shredded Wheat,
milk, and fruit. This happy comb
nation will make almost any one
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THE VOICE OF BROADWAY, By Louis SoboI
Away From 1t All!

Quite by accident read Mr.. Bill Corum's piece
in this paper Wednesday morning. I say quite by
accident because I never read Mr.. Bill Corum's
pieces in this paper until the afternoon, having
acquired the habit of rising after the noon hour
which makes any reading of Mr.. Corum's pieces or
anybody's pieces before that hour bit i'm
practicable. Mr.. Corum in his piece, writes in
part: "Tired disilusioned and even slightly dis
gusted with the sham, pretense and tinsel of his
accustomed beat on the Rue Regret, Mr.. Sobol had
retired to that sylvan paradise known as the
Casino 40
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

more alert, full Of pep, and efficient.
1t gives your body, in concentrated,
easily digested and delicious form,
what it needs for nourishment, It's
sue building, resistance to disease,
and it contains bran to keep you
regular.
Shredded Wheat is whole wheat
one of Natures best foods
boiled and baked.
Just try one meal a day Of
Shredded Wheat. It proves what it
will do for you in a very short time!
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
Roy Smeck on Air
At 7::3O Tonight

Roy Smeck, known as radios
wizard Of the strings" who is now
appearing in person at Loew'S
Fox, and whose playing of string
instruments over both the Colum-
bia and National BroadcaSting
networks has brought him ma
tional fame, will do a special
broadcast over WMAL at 7:30 to.
night (Monday).
Musician Smeck will demon
Strate many novelty effects that he
secures through the banjo, Hawai-
ian guitar, uke and other string
instruments.
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went the other joints one bet
ter.
HE searched around and
hired him a gang of gentlemen
that he called promoters. To
each one he gave a small yellow
card and a sum of cash in
advance. 1t was the job of each
promoter to look about for
suckers in places that cab driv-
erS would not be able to reach.
The promoters were to receive
one-half of their personal suck
er's check.
ITO each of these promoters
and what a mob Of assorted
clip artists they were!-Jimmy
handed a word of advice.
BE careful of revenue men,,
.he said as he handed a man
Nthe yellow promoters card and
= the advance cash. I can't
stand a pinch-and the revenue
birds are wise to this racket.
Be careful
Then he'd let them loose
and tell them to go to work"
The Wise Guy ordered a beer
for one. Then
THE best promoter on Jimmy
the Blink's staff was a little
fellow named joey Smith. He
came to Jimmy highly recon-
mended, and Jimmy begged
him to get to work at once.
Seems that the suckers were
not running true to form that
week, and Jimmy needed one
quickly.
Gets to Work
THAT very evening, Joey
lived up to his reputation. He
struck up a conversation with
an elderly gentleman in the
lobby of one of the claSsiest
hotels in New York. The elderly
gent said he had just completed
a business deal and was return
ing to his home town the fol-
lowing day. Joey posed as
college boy.
We'll, it wasn't long before
joey was attempting to steer
his new-found friend over to
Jimmy the Blink'S. But the
dignified old gentleman would
have none of it. Said those
things weren't in his line-and,
besides he was just a little
afraid that somebody from his
home town would find out.
"Joey's eyes began to glow.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
Memories of Past

That reminded me that I, too,
In my younger days had been
q reporter on the Glens Falls
The Washington times., 1934-08-28

from Broadway. It's a fake.
This would be the place to work
on my new show. Say, where's
your phone? Harry, call up Bal
lard Mcdonald and have him
fly out here. Well work on our
book here"
"There is no phone" I in.
formed him.
Sport Rega1ia
Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Kramer and
Mr.. Akst retired to rooms up
stairs. They came down a few
minutes later. Mr.. Brown wore
white slacks, sneakers and a
sports shirt opened at the neck.
Mr.. Kramer wore brown shorts.
tan moccaSins, black socks and
an undershirt. Also a red and
blue bandanna about his neck.
Mr.. Akst wore dungarees and a
basque pull-over and beret.
They sat down at a table on
the porch. Mr.. Brown pulled
out a deck of cards. Five dol
lars a hand" he announced.
Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Kramer and Mr..
Akst proceeded to play rummy.
They played it from 10 o'clock
that morning until / o'clock the
following morning. The next
day they started all over again.
."I would like to buy a couple
hundred acres out here and
build q hunting LODGE" an
nounced Mr.. Brown.
He drew a card from the top
of the pack and snapped, Rum"
my"
This is the life," sighed Mr..
Akst. "You live 20 years longer
out here. Whose deal?"
"Ichn zamm, ichll zuggim,"
grunted Mr.. Kramer, who is
deeply verSed in forgotten
Indian lore.
At 10 o'clock that night Mr..
Brown suddenly decided that he
had to return to the city. He
was very enthusiastic. ''I'll be
back Tuesday," he announced.
"I'm going to bring some Of the
boys. Some of those fIat-cheStS
need something like this. 1 feel
a million per cent better al
ready"
Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Akst and Mr..
Kramer departed that night
with the radio in Mr.. Kamer's
car going at full blast.
And that is Dty I returned to
the sham, tinSel and pretenSe of
broadway the Uery nert day.
/ Grrived at the Casino de
Paree Just as the little ladies
Uere gGlloping through their
hunting scene. Through habit
/ breathed deeply-Gnd choked.
1t U1S then Mr.. Corun1 dis
coUered me.
The following night I went
back to the Riviera. There, too,
I breathed deeply. Mr.. Dan
Healy spotted me.
"YOu back already?" he said
in surprise. II thought you were
going to stay up there for a
while. We were planning to go
up and keep you company for
the weekend. It's kind of lone
some up there, I hear-but
that's the life, Louie. Yes sir,
that's the life! 1t does a fellow
good to get away from Broad.
way, don't you think?"
So went back to my hotel
and played rummy with Mr..
Brown all night. That is how
I happened to be up bright and
early the following morning
and was able to read Mr.. Cor.
um's piece before noon.
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Reprimands Worker

One of the few reprimands Mae
West has made at Paramount was
to a stage hand who started to
step on a moth which had fallen
to the floor after winging itself
against a sun lamp.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
An Explanation

I do not feel that I owe Mr..
Corum any explanation as to
why was in the Casino de
Paree on that particular night
instead Of the backwoods re-
treat high in the deer-infested
mountains known as the Adiron-
dacks. I owe Mr.. Corum moth
ing, but out of the goodness Of
my heart I shall explain.
For ten days kept away, as
/ had threatened in writing,
from the "sham, pretense and
tfnsel" of Broadway. I was the
guest of MIR. Lee Chumley at
his 4,OOO-acre ranch, IL miles
north of Stony Creek, which is
IL miles nOr-West of Luzerne
and HadIey. On Rancher Chum-
ley's domain, / ran Wild and
loose. 1 shot at tin cans Sus-
pended from poplar trees. 1
tossed hOrSeShOes with Doc
TreiniS. canOed in the lake
at the back door. 1 hiked to
the old dam. 1 played back
CANNON with Doc Michel and
checkers with Rancher Chum-
ley. Occasionally, 1 drove the
car into HadIey to purchase
fresh supplies for Mock, our
cook.
At twilight I made it ritual
to study the lake of mist how
ering over the marsh-lands. At
full night, I studied the pow
dered velvet skies. 1 took seven
full breaths of the cold noun
tain air each night before re.
firing and each morning upon
rising.
We even disconnected the
radio-So that not a single taint
of Broadway might reach us,
there in our secluded paradise
away from it all. This was to
he a fortnight close to the soil
and the mountain rocks. Also
the lily ponds and the lovers
spring.
Then one day, driving toward
Luzerne, heard the disquieting
news that Mr.. Fred AStaire was
only a few miles away. Mr..
Astaire is symbolic of Broadway
to mel avoided Luzerne. We
drove on to WarrenSburg where
my car expired right in front of
a stationery store operated by
a Mr.. Sig Wachter. Mr.. Wachter
was unusually Solicitous. It de-
Veloped that Mr.. Wachter had
once been a theatrical manager
on Broadway-Mr. Wachter, in
fact, was saturated with Broad
way. He had also labored as a
reporter for the Glens Falls
Post-Star.
Memories of Past
That reminded me that I, too,
an my younger days had been
q reporter on the Glens Falls
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
All In a Day =
The Golden DAYS

TIE OOTUEII DAYS
Between inhalations of his soup, the Wise Guy
favored me with smile.
"How are the stories coming, kid?" he inquired.
'Must be little tougher now than it used to be-"
"Why?" I asked him.
He pushed his plate from him with contented
burp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

the time, the acquisitive naturally
gravitate to the Republican party.
You might call it the "Acquisitive
Party" The Democrats, being out
most of the time, wondering what
is going on, could be called the IN
quisitive Party"
Any one who can't be fooled by
either party all of the time and who
carefully analyses the Republican
statement, however, is struck by the
fact that the description they give of
the Blue Eagle absolutely fits an
other monster created for the same
purpOSe-the Criminal Code. The
code is also embarrassing to individ-
ual initiative, enterprise, ambition,
thrift and foresight. The only diff
ference is that the code applies to
all the well-known operations, while
the Blue Eagle has to dig all of it's
rats out Of their rat-holes. The one
form Of operation. now being we'll
known, is considered crude. While
the other, choked with mystery, is
considered simply clever.
The poor Democrats are blasted
for failure to carry out party pledges
in seven months. They view with
alarm and condemn with horror, as
usual, but they do not point with
pride" Perhaps it's because wher-
ever they point there would be
standing some part of twenty mil
lion paupers. SO there is only one
thing left to do-condemn the eff
forts of the party in power to re-
lieve them.
It is absolutely true that the NRA
will put some forms Of individual
enterprise in a strait jacket. And
it will probably have dragged out
into the light and identified more
new forms of trickery, more clever
stickups Of greed and heartlessness
than were exposed by all the work
of Ida Tarbell Tom Lawson and
Upton Sinclair put together, whose
labors resulting in the interstate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

tart price, and the government will have to go
through all sorts Of legalistic gymnastics to
prove that he knew it was worthless before he
sold it, Meanwhile, thousands of credulous
souls may be taking the connection in all good
faith.
In addition to the inadequacy Of the 1906
act to control the abuse of that day, there
have appeared many new frauds not covered
by the act at all. Among these, Tugweu dis
closes are the fiendishly-c conceived mechanical
devices which guarantee to make short men
tall, pug noses classic, bald heads hairy-all
outside the scope of the present law because
it contains no specific definition which applies
TO them
The cosmetics industry has come into be-
ing mainly since 1906. Along with many valu-
able products have come considerable Dor
derland of fraud.
Most important of all, the old act offered
little or no protection against fraudulent adj
vertising. Therefore, manufacturers of bogus
remedies soon found that they could refrain
from making fraudulent claims on labels and
then set forth these same fake pretensions in
advertising with no fear of prosecution.
Hence, we have had preposterous advertise
ments relative to dubious rejuvenation rem
edies, obesity cures, saline laxatives formerly
used by veterinarians for horses and now
dolled up in fancy packages and sold at high
prices, weak antiseptics portrayed as sudden
death to all types of germs, and a great
diversity of scare adds designed to sell one or
another remedy or nostrum.
The right of Standardization, in any rea-
sonable Interpretation, will not need to be af-
fected by any revision of the act of 1906
All honest manufacturers of substantial
remedies most obviously stand to gain by
strengthening of the old act.
Professor TugweH expresses this point very
well indeed
Il can not believe that manufacturers will
not welcome the opportunity of placing their
products on markets free from the ruthless
competition Of chiseling minority which re-
sorts to cheap, illicit advertising to keep its
head above water"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
THESE LICENSE PLATES

THERE has been so much comment, both
pro and con, about Indianas new license
plate law, that it seems useless to add any,
thing to what already has been said.
The state administration decided that Jan
I was the deadhne. The present extension.
officials say, is not an extension at all. They
say they are not making arrests yet because
they haven't been able to handle all the bust
ness.
But concerning the merits of the Jan
deadline itself there is this to say: The new
year does start on jan l. If we're going to
have cars, we're going to have licenses. And
If the licenses run from year to year, WHY not
start on Jan. 1 and go through whole wear?
It's a business proposition and it should be
run in buSness-like manner And, in a way.
the license law affects all other laws. Disre-
spect for one breeds disrespect for another.
The state should enforce its license law
r1gidly 1t might serve to impress on a lot of
people the need for law respect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
LIVING ARTISTS

A RT groups in the country have issued an
appeal to museums to buy only the work
OF living artists during the depression
Museums are now in position to make
dollar go long way in buying coveted works
Of the old masters, whose value has dropped
greatly. And there is no disputing the power
OF old works of art to give pleasure-a pleasure
comparable to that of old wines to a con-
noisseur.
But at this time, apart from giving work
to artists, museums could help contribute to a
desirable fresh, new creative spirit in this
country by encouraging contemporary artists
and by putting their work on display.
Encouragement should be given especially
to art dealing with contemporary America and
pointing toward the future. BY this we do
not mean modernistic stuff which would have
an extremely limited appeal, but substantial
art which would be ineligible to large num-
bers.
The salvation of industrial and economic
America lies to a great extent in the develop
ment of many new lines of productive and
creative activity
We believe that the museums should re-
spond to the appeal in behalf of living artists
to the greatest extent possible.