Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1929 — Page 3
COLD IS FOUND IN PHILIPPINES Manila J. L J“’y «-<UP)-El gold h#B been found on the headwaters of )he Angat river, 30 m,IM ,ro,n M,nUa - The roaring waters of the Angst river have cut IP<> gulch through the mountains and there it is that the gold strike has been made The ore essays indicate that the-e rre at least 20 velns of " |,uy dtrt ” Engineers are confident that the new .Hike is the richest and biggest ever found in the Phiillpplnes The gold alieady discovered will pay expenses of developing the mine and it is expected to pay dividends as well. Strangely there has been no gold rush to Ipo gulch The Bonanza has already been covered by claims of the discovering engineers, duly filed with the government, and the labors, school leathers, saloon keepers, clerks and ao on of the town sit calmly by, some of them discrediting the newspaper reports of the town and not making any effort to find new gold or file counter claims
Helping Hand Extended To Minister Decorated For Distinguished Service Chicago, July «—(UP)—The helping hand, which in years past he had given to many a fallen brother, was extended today to the Rev. David Brown, 60. wearer of four medals for distinguished service in the British army, picked up as a derelict in a gutter on Chicago’s west side. Brown was accorded medical attention and every possible care at the instructions of Judge Joseph Burke, World War veteran, before whom he was arraigned today. Judge Burke even enlisted the aid of wealthy Methodist leaders to “arrange to restore the veteran to society and happiness and health.” A patrolman, seeing a man sprawled in the gutter, took him unconscious to the station where he was charged with intoxication. Papers in the prisoners pockets identified him as the Rev. Brown, a Methodist minister for 30 years.
Former Indianapolis Banker Is On Trial Sullivan, Ind., July 6 —(UP) —The trial of James M. Lang, formerly president of the defunct Citizens Trust company here on charges of embezzlement and larceny was continued in circuit court today. A jury composed of five women and seven men were selected yesterday to hear the case. The indictments, consisting of five counts, were returned against Lang in February 1928 after he had mysteriously disappeared. The trust company was closed by the aleged finding of bad paper and a claim for $60,000 in Liberty bonds which William Abbott contended he placed in the bank's care. He said he failed to receive either the bonds or a receipt.
Winners Os Balfour Award At I. U. Named Bloomington, Ind., July 6—(UP) — Paul Harrell and Harold Fields, both of Indianapolis, were selected as outstanding in their line of sports at the University of Indiana and will receive the L. G. Balfour award. Harrell, captain of the baseball team and who signed a contract with the Cincinnati Reds, Major league team, will receive the baseball award. Fields, captain of the cross country team for the past two years, will receive the track award. — —o— Mrs. Cassler And Son Plead Not Guilty Today Valparaiso, ]nd„ July 6—(UP)—MrsCatherine Cassler and her son Edward Pleaded not guilty today when arranged today for the murder of Cameola Soutar last May 27. The trial was set °r some time in September. —o — Deputy U. S. Marshal, Under Arrest, Resigns Indianapolis, July 6—(UP)—Resignation of S. T. Hickman, deputy UnitStates marshal, who was arrested at Brazil, Ind., Tuesday on charges of driving er. automobile while intoxicated »nd possessing liquor, was announced today by Alf O. Meloy, United States marshal. e Joy accepted the resignation, ITeetiye Tuesday evening, July 2, the ony Hickman was arrested by Brazil Police as he drove his machine from “ e to side on the National road. Convict To Face First Degree Murder Charge Michigan City, July 6 —(UP)— A tiled ß6 ° f - fillßt degree murder will be X d p agßlnftt - Edward Spann, 35, to d o °.o 0 /J I ’ dlanap<,lig ' who tabbed Sift St6PP ' 35 ’ May alter Daly Baid prisoT W6re t6B ° f the the P nrU br °. ke through two guards in *ith P a k n nife° rm,tOry ‘° reaCh Stepp An inquest was called for today.
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This is the twenty-six-foot home-made motor boat in which five Toledo youths will attempt to journey to Europe. They will sail from their home town, tnrough inland waterways to the St. Lawrence and out into the Atlantic.
HOLLYWOOD'S FILM SHOP
By DUANE HENNESSY, Vn’ted Press Staff Correspondent Hollywood, July 6 —(UP)—The silent pictures directed by Fred Niblo saw him in some part without credit and now his voice will be heard in a talkie. When an audience hears an offscene voice in the dramatic climax of John Gilbert’s “Redemption” saying “Pass on. pass cn,” few will know that Niblo is speaking. Niblo took some little part in nearly every silent picture he directed. He played a Russian revolutionist, a ipriest, a gypsy leader and other roles. Before he came to the films as a director he played on Broadway stages. “Such little parts as I have taken in my pictures are valuable to the director in appreciating the actor’s viewpoint,” Niblo said. “I enjoy acting or speaking in them for that reason. “Several other directors, such as Henry King and George Fitzmaurice also take advantage of their acting background. The director can only gesture silently while recording of a talkie scene is in progress. I enjoy especially expressing myself along
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with the rest of the actors. “So strong is this desire in Erich Von Stroheim that he has deserted the directing ranks in favor of the articulate acting. He portrays the leading role of a ventriloquist “The Great Gabbo,” under James Cruze’s direction.” “A Year From 'today,” written by Al Jolson, Ballard MacDonaJd and Dave Dreyer, will be the (Jerne song for Norma Talmadge’s first all talking picture, ‘‘Tin Pan Alley. Dreyer, famous song writer who collaborated with Jolson in creating such famous hits as “There’s a Rainbow Round My Shoulder,” “Me and My Shadow,” “Back in Your Old Backyard,” “Evangeline” and a score of other successes, has been engaged by Director Lewis Mileston to supervise the sequences featuring the number. Only men who saw service in the World War were engaged for war scenes in “Three Live Ghosts” at United Artists studio. Director Thornton Freeland wanted his soldiers real and figured they ought to know what a war was like. One thousand “sodiers” were used. In the cast are Beryl Mercer,
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Mustapha Kemal Pasha, President of Turkey, may visit these shores soon, according to rumors that are being widely discussed in diplomatic circles. It is believed that he will undoubtedly receive a hearty welcome to the United States. Charles McNaughton, Robert Montgomery, Joan Bennett, Claud Allister, Harry Stubbs, Hilda Vaughn, Jocelyn Lee, Shayle Gardner, Jack Cooper and other people, who, until recently, weren't in pictures.
By George H. Beale, UP Staff Correspondent. Hollywood, July 6—(UP) —That Galloping Ghost of Illinois, Harold "Red” Grange is coming back to the motion picture studios which he left with such disdainful gestures three years ago. “Tjie movies are all right for those sleek-haired boys who like their necking,” the former all-American halfback was quoted as having said when he left here at that time, “but I’m tired of carrying a powder box around.” He was further quoted then as having decided that he preferred college girls to screen-star variety and peddling ice in Wheaton, Illinois, to doing petting scenes before the kleigs. All those decisions at that time were made right in the face of a SIO,OOO a week contract with F. B. O. j and he deserted Hollywood to shoulder ice for $lB a week back in the home town. Universal studios made no attempt to explain Grange’s change of opinion in announcing that he had signed to make one picture this fall. The production will lie all-talkie. The story has not been written but it wil be titled “College Heroes.” Needless to say that action will be climaxed by one of those brilliant, final-second, 90-yard runs that always bring a gridiron victory to good old Alma Mater. The motion picture colony didn't feel hurt because Grange failed to fall in love with it—since the impression was general that some very important people had uttered more diabolic sentences in departing—and it will be glad to welcome him back. The majority of screen folks believed that Grange, although he appeared in only one production, showed more promise of acting ability than any of his athletic predecessors in films. Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney both illustrated in brief turns before the camera that they were mighty good heavyweights. Neither Bill Tilden nor Gertrude Ederle got much of a tumble and George Young, the Catalina channel swim victor, couldn’t even get by the screen test stage. Universal thinks that Grange may turn into a fairly good actor and it believes his name still carries a box office appeal. The studio declined to comment on Grange’s salary but it was understood to be less than SIO,OOO a week. The name of the actress who will play the hero-kising feminine lead has not been announced. - o Will Sell at Public Auction Dr. J- S. Boyers has changed the plans for his sale of personal property office and household goods and instead of a private sale as previously announced will offer the goods at public sale, to be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, August 10th. 158-3tc
BERNE NEWS Mr. and Mrs." Simon Lehman and family motored to Rome City. Thursday morning, to spend the Fourth with the Max Smurker family, who have a cottage at that place. Mrs. Smueker was formerly Miss Rose Franz niece and cousin of the Lehmans. Mr and Mrs. Martin Baumgartner and daughters, of Chicago, are visiting at the home of the former’s mother, Mrs. C. W. Baumgartner and other relatives since Tuesday. Roy Basting and the Misses Mynne, Rachel, and Dorothy Basting and Ruth Mohr, of Bloomington, Illinois, arrived here Wednesday from Bluffton, Ohio, where they attended the YAing Peoples' Retreat. They visited with Mrs. Harold Reusser and other friends before returning to their homes at Bloomington. Wilbur B Uussbaum returned Wednesday from Detroit, Michigan, with a new Hudson-Essex <;ar. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nussbaum and
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Storm forces Roosevelt non - stop test to close after making 440 hour record run The forces of nature overcame the forces of man in sensational fashion at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to bring to an end the longest non-stop endurance test in the world’s automobile history—44o hours and 40 minutes.
This remarkable record, never before approached on land or in the air, was accom plished by a Marmon-built Roosevelt, picked at random from the assembly line in the Marmon factory by American Automobile Association representatives, and run under the official observation of that body. The finish of the test, after eighteen days, eight hours and 40 minutes of continuous running, came at the zenith of one of the werst storms experienced in years in central Indiana. A sixty mile an hour gale, accompanied by a cloudburst, descended with little warning cn the speedway early in the evening of the nineteenth day of the test and, after demolishing Marmon pit headquarters, tearing roofs from grandstands and filling the track with debris, brought an unwelcome end to the rec-ord-making run. Not only did torrents of rain obliterate the vision of the driver and his riding companion, but the velocity of the wind was so great that the car was swung sideways on the south turn of the famous race course and continuance of the run was made physically impossible. An entire building was picked up by the wind and placed in the middle of the track, the air was filled with gasoline cans and flying debris, and the track was strewn with timbers and shattered sections of fences and grandstands. Shortly after the fury of the storm subsided, Marmon officials and A.A.A. representatives visited the speedway and, after surveying the scene of destruction, agreed to bring the test to its official conclusion. Immediately the task of compiling official records was started. The mark now held by the Roosevelt is subject, of course, to confirmation by the A.A.A. and also by the International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs before being declared official in the eyes of
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family and Miss Martha Nusbaum left Wednesday for Walton, Ohio, to visit relatives for a few days. Miss Dorothy Hprunger. student at Bluffton College is visiting her aunt Miss Surah Sprunger und other rela . tives. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Baumgartner and I son Richard und daughter Anne, of Monclova. Ohio, arrived here Wednesday to spend the weekend at the home of the former’s parents Mr. und Mrs. Ell Baumgartner. The Misses Lila and Anna Gerber and Rosena Geiger, of Dalton, Ohio, left Wednesday evening -for Fort | Wayne, to visit relatives. They had visited at the home of Mrs. Helena Wuillmun and at the Mansees Lelchty home and other relatives since Sunday. Mrs. John Tilty left for Sturgis, Michigan, Wednesday, where she will attend the Braun Reunion. Mr. and Mrs- Franklin Sprunger and family left Thursday morning for the lakes in northern Indiana. They will return Sunday evening Mrs. Ellen Nussbaum, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Nussbaum and family, Mr. and Mrs Benhard Nussbaum and son Loren spent the Fourth ut Cenlla, Ohio. Mr and Mis Noah Schindler and son Merlin are visiting at Detroit, ' Michigan., since Sunday, with their I daughters end sisters, Mrs. James Overholt and Mrs. Oscar Stucky and family. Mr and Mrs. C. H. Sprunger and children Barbara and Jimmie, of Fort Wayne are spending this week at.' the home* of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sprunger and Mr. and Mrs. E. F- Haecker. Mrs. Thomas Hoffman and Gorton Thomas ami William, of Uigansport, returned to their home Monday after spending the weekend with their mother and grandmother, Mrs. David Bixler. Miss Lucille Amstutz left Wednesday evening to spend the Fourth with relatives at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Wilbur A. Howe and children Mary Alice, Jane, and Roger, of Bluffton, Ohio, arrived here Tuesday to visit at the Dr. E. Franz home for a few days-
these two organizations. The Roosevelt car was entered in the test June 12, after being taken directly from the Marmon factory to the Indianapolis speedway where, each year, the annual 500-mile race is held on Memorial Day. With little ceremony, it was started on its way. Pit headquarters had been established in the speedway infield, timing devices made ready in the judges’ stand and all preparations completed for the run. Not once in the 440 hours and 40 minutes qid the car or its engine stop. Refueling was done in motion from a “mother” car and oil and water likewise were added on the run. Representatives of the A.A.A. stayed “on the spot” twenty-four hours each day and the record-making Roosevelt was under their constant observation. The last record to be broken by the Roosevelt was the sustained light mark of the airplane Fort Worth—l 72 hours. 32 minutes and 1 second. This was accomplished in the afternoon of June 19, after the car had been on the track slightly more than a week. Thereafter, each additional hour piled up by the car was adding only to the record it had already made. Two solid weeks brought the total to 336 hours, and the 400-hour mark was reached at 2 o’clock in the morning of June 29. When the run was completed, the airplane Fort Worth's record was exceeded by 268 hours or more than eleven days. The previous automobile non-stop record, established during a coast-to-coast run in 1925, had been exceeded by 278 hours. The car used in the test was a stock Roosevelt sedan, standard in every mechanical detail and equipped “ready for the road” with two extra wire wheels, tires, tubes and covers, shock absorbers, bumpers front and rear, and trunk rack.
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