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The Washington times., 1935-02-18
Adm. StandIey
at Home TODAY

The Chief OF Naval Opera.
lions and Mrs. William H.
Standby will be al home"
this afternoon from S to 7
o'clock, in their quarters at the
Naval Observatory, for the last
time this season. Assisting the
hosts in receiving will the AS.
sistant Chief of Naval Opera
tons and Mrs. Joseph K.
Taussig.
The ladies who will preside
at the tea and coffee urns. and
at the punch bowl will be Mrs.
Claude C. Bloch, Mrs. Norman
M. Smith. Mrs. Marley H.
Simons, Mrs. Ernest J. King,
Mrs. Emory S. Land, Mrs.
Stanford C. Hooper, and Mrs.
Charles j. Wheeler.
Admiral and Mrs. STANDBY
will be hosts at a dinner
Wednesday evening in their
quarters.
The Washington times., 1935-02-18
In New York

Mrs. Homer S. Cummings,
wife of the Attorney General,
has gone to New York where
she will visit friends for the
coming fortnight. She plans to
return to "Ruthven" before
March 4.
X X
The minister of Rumania, Mr..
Charles A. Davila, will entertain
at dinner Saturday evening, at
the Legation, in honor of Chief
Justice and /. RS. Charles Evans
Hughes.
The Counselor of the Lega.
ton and Nine. Florescu will
give a small dinner party Thurs
evening, at their home in Wood
ley Road.
Nine. Boncesco, wife of the
financial counselor, will be host.
ess at a cocktail party to be
given Wednesday afternoon.
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Dinner Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. Jouett ShouSe
will entertain at a dinner this
evening at their residence in
Georgetown. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shouse gave a cocktail party
yesterday.
X X X
The Minister of Canada and
Mrs. William Duncan Herridge
will return today, after spend
ing the weekend in New York.
X X
Due Today
The Secretary of Labor, Miss
Frances Perkins will return to
the Capital today from Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Washington times., 1935-02-18

a piece Of brocade aged to deep rose color.
The Washington times., 1935-02-18
Going to Ecuador

communication
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
0U0TAFORC CCC
IS SHORT BY
100000

Steady improvement Of bust
ness since the death Of NRA
accompanied by a shrinking in re-
lief lists, promises to save one
hundred million dollars from the
CCC allotment of six hundred
million dollars, it was learned to-
day.
Despite an intensive effort over
10 weeks to bring the enlisted
strength Of the CCC to 100000,
Army recruiting stations have
fallen 100000 short Of the goal.
The reason, it was learned, is
that current lists Of families on
relief do not include more than
the $4,000 youths now enrolled.
Only those whose families are on
relief are eligible.
Proposal that the privilege Of
enliSting be extended to thousands
Of boys eager to enroll but whose
families are Self-Supporting has
been rejected by Administration
leaders.
Indications are that, with the
continued recovery, the peak en-
rollment Of $4,000 will not be
surpassed and that it may dwindle
materially in the next few months
as thousands Of youths now in
camps leave to accept jobs in
private industries.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Bremen kidnapping
Trial SET for Nov. Il

ST. PAUL, Sept. 6 G.N.S).
William Weaver and sweetheart,
Myrtle Eaton, will be tried for the
100000 kidnapping Of Edward c.
Bremen, st. Paul banker and heir
to brewery millions, at the next
session of the U. S. District Court,
which opens here November IL.
They are being held in the Ram
sey County Jail under bonds of
100000 each. Weaver is charged
with being one Of the eight men
who actually kidnapped the bank
er, his sweetheart with main
tanning an apartment here which
served as headquarters for the
Barker-Karpis gang and with aid
Ing in the preliminary arrange
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Sailor Wed 6 Times
Held as Po|ygamist

BOSTON, Sept. 6 G.N.S).
William A. Reid, 81, former sailor
and native of Kansas City, today
appeared in Waltham and Maiden
courts on charges of polygamy
and desertion growing out of his
six marriages, two of which, he
said, ended in annulments and
two in divorces.
Reid, who police said is also
known as Read and Reed, was
ordered to pay his fifth wife, the
former Florence Mongeau, of
Maiden. mother of his two chill
dren, $40 a week when arraigned
in Maiden district court on
charges Of deSertion.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Illinois Man TO Share
Wealth With His Kin
On His Both Birthday

PEORIA, ILL.,, Sept. 6 UNS).
Frank Orr, RuShville, three times
circuit clerk of Brown county, will
share his wealth with relatives on
Sunday, his 80th birthday ami
NerSary.
Each of his 40 nieces and
nephews will receive a check for
$1,000 when they arrive for the
celebration. Mr.. Orr has no
children.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Pure White Squirrel
Killed in Virginia

LURAY, Va, Sept. GA pure
white squirrel, an oddity in this
section, has been killed by David
Shenk in the Deford woods near
his home. Gray squirrels are said
to be more plentiful than usual.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Gas Dealer Cleared
Of Excessive Prices =

ATHENS, Sept. 6 G.N.s0.-Pea-
body Crane, Athens manager for
the Socony-Vacuum Company, to-
day was acquitted at trial on
charges of selling gasoline ct ex-
cesSive prices.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Aluminium Pays on Arrears

Aluminium Company of Amer
lea, declared a dividend of Is
cents on accumulations and a
quarterly dividend of STU cents
on the preferred stock, both pay
able October to stock of record
September IA. Similar amounts
were paid in previous quarters.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06

If you are not satisfied with
your progress-if the future seems
to hold little promise-if you want
to give yourself and loved ones
the good things of life-then come
tonight and hear G. E. Marchand
at the National Theatre.
Mr.. Marchand discovered GER
tain secrets that turned his own
life from poverty to earnings of
over a million dollars before he
was 81.
He told his secret to a few
friends. Their success was imme.
diate. He told few more. They,
too. increased their incomes.
Success Brought to You
Mr.. Marchand then decided to
give a part of his time to helping
earnest men and women win
greater success. People thronged
to hear him and were lifted from
dull, underpaid jobs to high-sal-
arfed positions. He became known
as Americas Famous Maker of
Successful Men and Women" To-
night he will reveal his secret to
you.
TOaaimhf rAah SMfaIrGYrM.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06

How to Win Friends-Money-
POwer-This New Short Cut Way
Mr.. Marchand will show you,
with demonstrations on the stage,
how you can use his method to
bring you personal advancement
at once. Mr.. Marchand is not
lecturer, but a practical business
man, who clearly shows how to
increase sales and income-have
1000 confidence in yourself-talk
interestingly and persuasively-
insure the financial future Of
yourself and family.
TONIGHT FREE
Do you want to earn more
money? If you do. we challenge
you to come to Mr.. Marchand's
program tonight. It has been the
beginning of success for men and
women all over the world.
But don't bother If you are a
quitter! It takes fight to get
ahead these days. Weakened,
spineless men have no chance Of
helping themselves. If you are a
fighter-come tonight! All seats
free.
8:I5 Admission Free
Theatre
The Washington times., 1935-09-06

Tonight and Saturday, 8:I5 Admission Free
National Theatre
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
HOOsier'S Death Error;
MournerS Swap Wreath
for Roses, Hold Reunion

By Times Special
T IZTON Ind. Sept 18. - Charles Brumfeld insurance
agent here, said today he supposed to have died
Saturday afternoon and that it in the nature of
great surprise to him.
AS a matter of fact, he said, when the news of his
death" reached him Sunday morning he fixing his
garage and feeling pretty good at that
But into the Brumied home trOOped several relatives
from Virginia and West Virginia. looking sad and telling
Mrs BrumeId that they had received her message about
the death of her husband and wasn't it too bad.
Mrs Brurnfield who under the impression that
her husband then at work in the back yard
naturally somewhat taken aback and if she does
herself ncredulous
RUT the dOOrous expressions Of her guests dped the
house with gloom and just things were getting to
what known in these parts pretty pass, one of the
guests looked out a back window.
There he saw Mr. Brumied at work. This sort of put
the ball back in play and before many moments had passed
the matter Strengthened Outa least far as the
current condition of Mr.. Brumeds health concerned.
Some one the relatives learned had called the home of
G. w. Marsh, Roanoke, Va. nephew of Mr.. Brumfed,
and told in detail of the death" Mr. Marsh notified other
relatives No knows who originated the phone call.
SO they took back the wreath and exchanged for
pot of roses and went back to the Brumfeds for family
reunion. Some of the relatives still there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
Questions and Answers

Q-Have progeny ever been produced by cross
breeding human beings and apes?
A-According to the Smithsonian Institution
numerous reports of offspring resulting from
fertilization between human beings and apes have
invariably proved groundless when investigated by
competent scientists
GLOW many counties have Illinois. Texas
Maine New York Virginia and Pennsylvania?
A-Pennsylvania 81; Illinois. 102; Texas. 254;
Maine 16; New York, 81. and Virginia, 100.
GLOW high is the Statue of Liberty in New
York Harbor?
A-From base to torch it is Isl feet l inch:
foundation of pedestal to torch 305 feet inches;
heel to top of head ia feet 6 inches.
Q-Where and how long is Lake Tanganyika?
A-East Central Africa. 1t is 450 miles long
Glow many rooms has the new Waldorf-As-
toria Hotel in New York City?
A-22OO.
(Which states or territories lead in the produc-
ton Of gold and silver?
,A-California Alaska. South Dakota and Colo
radio in gold; and Utah. Idaho, Montana and Arizona
in silver.
Q-What does the name Billings mean?
At is a British patronynic and means son OF
William" William is Of Teutonic origin and means
defending many"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18

Fred C. Dickson, Indiana Trust
Co. president.
The Park Theater finally lifted
its head above the level of NOR
bid curiosity audiences and began
to appeal to those really inter-
ested in the drama. 1t also played
the current thrillers of the day.
Bertha, the Sewing Machine
Girl" sis Hopkins" were fea-
lures of some of the programs.
Spectacles such as "Humpty-
Dumpty," and "Superba," we're
balanced by shows which starred
scantily -attired burlesquers.
Almost all of the stages vet
Grams were seen on the Park
Theater boards. Otis Skinner and
George ArliSs are names that
stand out. Others which will
bring back at least faint memories
are Thomas E. Shea, Agnes Wal
lace Villa, Phil w. Peters and
Matte Vickers.
For years the Park was conSid-
cred one of the best legitimate
stands in America. 1t has been
said that Autograph companies
and railroad agencies would ex-
tend credit to road show groups
if they could show that they had
a week at the Park on their route.
But in the next few weeks
WOrkrnen will begin to wreck the
gaunt old building at Capitol-av
and Westinghouse. Where Mr..
ArliSS or Mr.. Skinner once stood
and majestically spoke their lines,
a gasoline pump or a steam table
will probably be erected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
Keep Him Off the Road

NOTHING can control the bad driver but to keep
Y him of the road, and so many of the motorists
in the land bad drivers that to rule them off
would be to inflict great loss the automobile
duStry in all its branches The campaign to save
human life will never be carried to that extreme
In the past, in certain states, judges have con-
demned bad drivers to visit the mOrgueS and hos
pitfalls, have caused sku-and croSsbone signs to be
erected at spots where people were killed and even
built scaffords along the roads which wrecked
cars were mounted as reminders. These experiments
recalling the old rural practice of tying the dead hen
to the collar Of the chicken-killing dog in an effort
to correct him. have had about the same net result
The dog soon forgets, and the dangerous driver
baCkslideS.
In fact. the requirements which must be met for
permission to drive an automobile are so lenent
even in the severest states. that most of the bad
drivers don't even know they are bad The majority
OF them are dangerous only because they are too
stupid to realize the dangers which they create or
too lazy to kick the brake and turn the steering
wheel five degrees
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
Making II More Difficult

A a matter of fact. Admiral Richard Byrd him
N self seemed to feel that one does not entirely
gain the desirable hermit status merely by setting
up a base in Little America. During the last eX-
pedton he established IAN advanced base IN which
he was the only tenant
A breakdown in his radio transmitter and fumes
from his lamps and engines poisoned the air in his
crude and bare abode. He lacked even light Itself
AT one time he wrote in his diaries: I'm afraid it's
the end I've been in a COmatose condition part OF
the time for the last 48 hours. I've left written in
structiCns for the expedition, and letters Tor my
family are in a green box
Again he wrote, after recovering consciousness:
This is a CHASTITY way to go out-alone. in utter
darkness with nothing friendly at hand. I've been
in tough spots before. but here it IS just waiting
in darkness living despairingly from hour to hour
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
The old Folks at Home

A remember. it is customary to get Al Jolson,
n Alexander WoOlCott, Eddie Cantor and the
other comics of the air TO broadcast dialect stories
directly to the men in the igoos in order to maxi
mate their morale And it has even been possible 10
permit the loved ones at home to communicate oil
rectly with their men folk through the mcrophone.
have distinct recollection of reading newspaper
story about person to person broadcast by the wife
of one OF the exles who wanted to tell her husband
that a new baby had arrived during his absence
it looked like him.
1t Is obvious, then. that the mere act OF getting
10 the South Pole or Whereabouts, does not insure
man OF complete isolation. Who was that humorlSI
who coined the line in which he said that somebody
had about as much privacy as a penguin?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18

fore she lost her mind she ap-
peared nightly singing such hits
as Hail Columbia The Red,
White and Blue" and THE Union
Marsellaise.
II ATE FLETCHER, who mar
~ ried Matt Lingham, a later
manager of the Metropolitan.
made her theatrical debut on the
local stage when a child. She later
appeared as leading lady for Mr..
jefferson, Barry Sullivan, Edwin
Booth and Dion Boucicault.
Other stage luminaries who APP
|peared on the Met" stage in
cluded j. Wilkes Booth, Forrest
Hackett and Charlotte Thompson.
In the early days participation
of the audience in the plays was
ordinary. Loafers stood at the
stage doors planning practical
Jokes to play on the players. When
Mr.. Dickson took over the theater,
the building was redecorated and
the status of plays and players
was elevated. Travelling road
companies presented New York
successes on the New Park The
alter stage.
In 1887 George Dickson and
Henry Talbot bought the New
Park Theater and leased it to S. j.
Sackett who opened a Dime
Museum" It was later called the
Eden Musee" Families f1ocked
to see the oddities displayed.
Living skeletons, dwarfs, P. T.
Barnum's Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced
Boy. and many others were fea-
tured on the first floor of the
theater building. Then patrons
could ascend the stairs and, by
payment of another dime. be
treated to a theatrical perform
ance. In the summer a wooden
floor was laid over the orchestra
chairs and a skating rink evolved.
THE building which housed the
i Eden Musee" and Park
Theater was destroyed by fire in
1897 and Immediately the new
theater which stands today, was
built. The owners were still Dick
son and Talbot. The elder Mr..
Dickson was succeeded by his son,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
TAVERN TO TAVERN IN 100 YEARS
Indianapolis First Temple of the Drama Is About Fall
BY JOHN THOMPSON
Times staff Writer

EIFTY-SIX years ago tomorrow night the mighty Joe
jefferson stepped forth to the boards of the New
Park Theater Capolav and Westinghouse and opened
the first performance in the newly decorated temple Of
the drama.
Now worknen are preparing to completely remodel the
building which will house restaurant and other business
establishments. One hundred years ago a tavern was
built on the SITE the first twostory frame building in In
dianapos With completion Of plans for modern tavern
in the remodeed building, the cycle has been completed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
It's q Hopeless Task

A ND anyway intimidation is hopeless Job in a
n world which wants to go to again only II
years after in which five million men were
Killed and God alone knows how many millions
We're reduced to hmping miSShapen salvage Jobs
The postwar literature all attempted to do on
tremendous scale what Mr.. Furnas has tried to
do with his CORY little composition on the suffer-
ngS OF men and women who lie mangled at
the roadside at night, waiting for the wreckers to
eXtrlcate them and the doctors to stab them with
their blessed hypodermics. The war stories had
realism, too.
Extending the idea it might be thought that
murder could be abated in this country if the movie
theaters were to show newsreels of oil the execu-
lions with sound. But the conduct of the gallery
at a couple of rural picnic hangings in the United
States this summer such as to discourage the
notion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
NEW JERSEY VOTES
SALES TAX REFUSAL
2 Per Cent Levy Is Beaten
Badly in Primaries.
RV limited Press


New Jersey voters disapproved
emphatically 2 per cent state sales
tax yesterday in the only issue of
more than local Importance in pri-
maries of three states.
Two of Tammany Halls oldest
district chieftains in point of serv-
ice seemingly lost their jobs in New
York balloting, indicating that the
Halls defeat at the hands of flu
sionists in the last city election still
is reverberating underground.
Forces opposed to calling a con-
vention in January to revise the
Pennsylvania state constitution we're
leading on the basis of returns from
2460 of the commonwealth 1856
election districts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18

OF the country 10 sell pOnQS.
This was where the big gravy
was made back in the days of
the Coolidge bull market. Mil
lions of German. Latin American
and other securities-now almost
worthless. were sold to the public.
And many bank directors who
were trustees for widows and Or
phans diverted a certain portion
Of the bonds they had to sell into
these trusts.
The Banking Act of 1888 stopped
this. 1t prevented banks from
selling bonds.
But when the Banking Act of
1885 was reported out of Senator
Carter Glass committee at the
last session Of Congress, the right
to sell bonds was back in the
bill.
This inclusion was ascribed to
lean. lanky Russell Leffingwell,
a Morgan partner and chief lob
byist in Washington. Mr.. Glass.
when Secretary of the Treasury,
had appointed Mr.. Lefflngwell his
assistant secretary. Since that
time both have been close friends.
Morgan interests staged a drive
to keep this bond-selling provision
in the bill. But it was knocked
out.
So. now the Morgan concern
has split up. One firm will sell
bonds. one will do banking What
the SEC wants to know is whether
the common stock of the new
firm is not held. at least in part,
by the partners of the old firm.
TN the Hyde Park conference to
4 iron out the PWA-WPA row
between Harold Ickes and Harry
Hopkins. one factor which count
ed heavily for Mr.. Ickes was the
number of boon-doggling projects
approved by Mr.. Hopkins.
The WPA administrator had
approved an array of projects for
rat determination. polo field light
ing. bedSpread weaving. etc. at
the same time turning thumbs
down on a lot of substantial pub
lie works projects on which the
interested communities were will
ing to put up SIS per cent Of the
cash.
Most of these never came to
the attention of Mr.. Hopkins HIM
self, but were slipped through by
his assistants in the mad rush Of
allocating the major part Of the
$4,000 900 before Sept. II.
However. they make interesting
reading. and here is an assort-
ment Of them:
Ashland. O.-s744 granted by
Mr.. Hopkins for shuttle board and
giant checker board. Simultane-
ouSly vetoed PWA school project.
San Francisco-S1908 for SAL
vaging music of Golden Gate
Park Band. Wharf, airport and
school building vetoed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
Facing the End Alone

DUT it was on the darkest day OF all that ne TOOK
D his pen in hand and inscribed what he believed
to be his epitaph. My family and friends will APP
prove my decision not to send for help, he wrote
"Thev will know there was no real alternative
This was of course, private diary intended only
fer the diarst and his friends and family. To the
outsider it is naturally pulling. Why shouldn't
Admiral Byrd send fer help since he needed help?
Only they would know. After he was gone they
would see what he had written if. indeed. anybody
could ever find his body there in the wastes of the
frozen South.
Copyright. 1885,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18

The Drerunner Of the
New Park Theater, which
was first called the Metro
politan, then Metropolitan
Hall, and Park Theater,
was the first theater in In
dianapolis. 1t was con-
structed by Valentine Butsch at
a cost of 100000. The drop cur
tain was decorated with a paint
ing by the famous scenic artist,
Samuel Gulick. The scenery was
of the flat" type, the first seen
in this part Of the country.
The opening play of the Metro
politan was Loves Sacrifice. "
E. T. Sherlock, the lessee, adver-
tised that he had stock company
which would perform at the new
theater
The second nights performance
was contributed by the Keller
troupe Of living picture artists. y
Appearance of this group pre-
cipitated a furious battle between
the theater and several news
papers in the city. The troupe's
pictures were criticised for being
''impious and blaSphemous."
r. H. HACKETT, the "Falstaff"
j star, presented a piece called
The Lilywhites, as a part Of a
later program and it was barked
at by Indianapolis critics as being
immoral and disgusting" Just
before the first season closed, for
more reasons than one, Uncle
Toms Cabin" was presented with
Mrs. Edwin Booth as Eva.
Although the war, in 1861, put
a damper on many theatricals,
managers of the Metropolitan put
the current wave Of patriot
ism to good advantage. When
news came on April II of the FIT.
Sumter attack, Nine. Ines Fab
bri, CARRIED as the Goddess of
Liberty, took the city by storm by
singing 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner" from the Metropolitan stage.
The leading lady of the stock
company which was hurried back
to the theater to catch the fleet
ing popularity for theatricals, be-
came insane and died here. Be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-18
Nothing Stops Us

TINE people squatted on the grass ate their hot
dogs, made merry the horrible examples
plunged through the floor and went tearing home
In their hivVers amused, but. not perceptibly i'm
pressed.
There was untoward incident, but merely an
incident, in connection with of these outings
country belle, bound for hanging at the county
seat, had the misfortune to get killed in smashup
the way. This didn't throw any pail over the
execution, however, and the spirits of the happy
throng were unimpaired as the man went through
the trap
Copyright. 1885 by United Feature Syndicate Incl