Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1926 — Page 7
APRIL 3, 1926
FRUIT PROSPECT GOOD, WALLACE State Etomologist Looks for Good Crop. Prospects are- good for an excellent fruit crop this year, although there still is a lurking danger from killing weather, according to State Entomologist Frank N. Wallace. With no damaging frosts thus far and with fair weather reported in the Gulf States, Wallace said he saw little chance for late freezes such as occurred last year. Pointing to the good weather prevailing in Southern
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OUR ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY WEEK—--oMmv Wmj SKINNERS R' DRESS SIIII IT GOT HIM A MILLION • ness comedy of a young clerk who built up a fortune out of a raise in salary he did not get —his enforced purchase of a <„. suit hfl did i ll want. I Oh, Boy! Wait Till You See the Savannah Shuffle. You Just Can’t Make Your Feet Behave. 17 VTF) A I MON., TUBS., WED., THTRS. NIGHTS. CiAIKA! HARMONICA CONTESTS THE CRAZE THAT IB BWgEPTNft THE COUNTRY—MAKI ENTRIES AT BOX OFFICE. FLOYD THOMPSON’S jtiiva abiuri piipbitiii AMERICAN HARMONISTS futures' In a Joyous Jamboree of Tuneful Melody An Ak>P Fble Soloists — Frank Owens, Bob Jones, Virgil Monks — Soloists "bio-hbabtfp rnaJulia Nlebergall Planolognc* CHARLESTON CONTESTS— ~ ** wß = warn,
States, Wallace said the Gulf weather routine usually repeats ltsell In Indiana weeks later. It Is not often that a spring frost is severe enough to exterminate a fruit crop, said. I-ast year Indiana produced a bumper fruit and grain crop in spite of early summer frosts, Wallace pointed out. MOSS IN SHERIFF RACE Morris D. Moss, 42, of State Detective Agency, 1009 Meyer-ICiser Bank Bldg., today announced his candidacy for Republican nomination for Sheriff in the May primary. Moss, former president of the South Side G. O. P. Club, waa a candidate in 1920. He lives in Ravens wood with his wife and daughter. He denounced party factions.
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Waldo School Waldo Schoen will play one of the leading- characters in “Ariadne,” a comedy by A. A. Milne, at the playhouse of the Little Theatre Society April 6, 8 and 10. SCOUT WEEK~ TO END Students on Program Tonight at Tomlinson Hall. Stunts in Tomlinson Hall tonight with eleven troops participating and a series of Indian dances by the Sioux chief, Blue Sky, familiar to local scouts will end Boy Scout week, during which 100 new members have been enrolled and 800 scouts won merit badges. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: James Whiteside, 728 Lexington Ave., 523-653, from Twenty-Second St. and the Monon tracks. C. O. • Henderson, 815 Dawson St., Ford, from Virginia Ave. and Washington St. J. H. Shuster, Woodlawn Ave., 554-484, from same address. W. D. Furlow, 1510 Saulcy St., Ford, 25-705, from W. Michigan St. and Sheffield Ave. Roy C. Smith, 1318 Eugene St., Ford, 521-588, from Pearl and Pennsylvania Sts.
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MELODY SCORES AT RADIO PARTY Orchestra on Times Program Triumphs. Melody held forth on The Times radio program over WFBM, Met> chants Heat and Light Company station, from the Severin Friday night. The orchestral music of the Charles De Sautellle Orchestra again attracted the attention of radio fans. It was another triumph for this hot singing orchestra. By playing the mandolin and the guitar the Starks brothers brought anew form of enjoyment to the program. Little Marljane Badger, the radio sweetheart, scored. In keeping with the spirit of Good Friday, Dr. Frederick Arthur Hayward, Federated Baptist Churches executive secretary, gave a short talk. Sacred solos were contributed by Miss Lucille Trapp and Mrs. Elva Plyly Feller of the Irvington School of Music. Miss Dorothy Rhinehardt, also of the college, was at the Baldwin Grand, FLOWERS LOAD MARKET STANDS Lilies Most Popular at 50 Cents Each. Every stand in the city market flower department was loaded with Easter blooms today. Lilies, the most popular, sold at 50 cents each. Carnations w r ere $1.50 to $2 a dozen and roses sold at from $2 to $5 a dozen. Vari colored tulips sold at fl and $1.50 for the cut and potted plants. Hyacinths brought 50 cents a bloom and sweet peas were bunched at 50 cents. Jonquils were $1.50 and violets sold at 50 cents a bunch. Hen eggs sold at 30 to 35 cents a dozen in the poultry department. Goose eggs were 15 cents each and duck eggs 40 cents a dozen. California rhubarb was tho only new arrival among the fruits and vegetables and sold t 20 cents a pound. Oranges were higher at 60 and 70 cents a dozen. Strawberries were higher at 75 and 85 cents a quart. Green beans were lower and sold at 20 and 25 cents a pound while the wax variety was 30 cents a pound.
FRANCE SCORES AGAIN Government- Financial Project Adopted by Senate. Bv United Press PARIS, April 3.—The Senate today adopted the Government financial project to balance the national budget by a vote of 323 to 12. The Senate a few minutes before had vQted to postpone application of the sugar and oil monopolies advocated by the chamber was adopted by the Senate exactly as the lower house had approved it. FACES BANDIT CHARGE youth. Arrested at NoWesville, Said to Be Filling Station Bobber. Walter Ward, 25, arrested in Noblesville this morning, was to bo brought here this afternoon to face a grand jury indictment charging robbery and grand larceny. Ward, detectives said, was one of the bandits who held up a Western Oil Refining Company filling station, at Fall Creek Blvd. and Thirty-Eighth St., in December, 1925, obtaining $16.60. The bandits escaped in spite of a fusillade from guns of ambushed attendants. ESCAPES IN BULLET HAIL By United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 3.—ln a hail of bullets fired by Federal postoffice inspectors of Chicago, Bobby Henderson escaped through the crowds in Union Station here today. He was being taken by the Chicago authdrities from Hot Springs, Ark., to a Wisconsin town. It is not known on what charge he was being held. , WALTER WILLS NAMED Governor Jackson's office today announced the appointment of Walter Wills of Linton as a member of the State industrial board to succeed Henry L. Humrichouser of Plymouth, whose term expires May 1. Wills is a former Federal prohibition agent. The appointment is for four years. “SPORTING’' STAMPS LONDON —For the first time in the history of philately, football is illustrated on anew series of Hungarian stamps. In addition to football. hurdling, diving, skating, fencing and skiing are portrayed. MOTION PICTURES
PRINCESS THEATRE 10th ami Holme* Ave. SUNDAY, APRIL 4 One Day Only SYD CHAPLIN “THE MAN ON THE BOX” A Joy Ride Through Laughland! It’ll Get Every Laugh You Got. Nn Advance In Prices.
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Seat Sale Opens For ‘Mary Ann’
Mail order sales for the Haresfoot club show “Mary Ann,” to be presented at the Murat theater April 13, has started. “Mary Ann" Is a modem musical comedy of youth presented by men students at the University of Wisconsin. The annual spring trip which will carry the men to eleven Middle Western cities begins April 6. Three
ASKS ABOUT CROSSING Officer Inquires Regarding Watchman—Three Are Hurt. Rergt. Flank Owens of the police accident prevention bureau today consulted members of the city legal department to learn if the law requires a crossing watchman or safe-
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special cars have been chartered for the seventy-five men, who will make the road trip, which starts at Appleton, \Y l9Consln . ancl ends U P ln Mil " waukee, after a tour through Illinois, lowa and Indiana. The orchestra of the organization and several specialty singers will broadcast their numbers over WFBM at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday, April 13, the day of the performance.
ty gates at the Big Four Railroad Leota St. crossing. An auto driven by James Plake, 4, of 1110 English Ave., was struck by cars attached to a switch engine at tho crossing late Friday night’. Police say the crossing is a very dangerous one. Plake and two persons with him were slightly injured.
ÜBRARYSTAFF SHAKE-UP SEEN Faction of Commission Said Planning Changes. Based on information that a factlon of the State library and historical commission has held closed meetings, it was reported today at the Statehouse that several departmental changes may be made soon. Demarchus C. Brown, for more than twenty years Identified with the State library, may have to surrender his position to a younger man, it was said. Some salary adjustments are said to be proposed to retain Charles Kettleborough, director of the legislative bnreau. Kettleborough's origi-
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nal J5,000-a year salary was cut to $4,000 some months ugo, and he tendered his resignation, now pend lug. Tho sum of SSOO slashed from the $4,000 salary of Christopher B. Cole man, historical director, may be added to Kettleborough's to appease the latter. QUITS SENATE RACE Attorney to Reek Nomination for State Representative. Quitting the race for the Republic an State senatorship nomination ln favor of Sumner A. Clancy, Attorney Harry D. Hatfield today announced ho will seek the Republican nomlna tion for State representative from Marion County. Hatfield said he did not know Clancy was going to bnter the sen atorshlp nomination contest when he first announced.
