Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1928 — Page 5

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COOLIDGE WILL SING CAROLS ON CHRISTMAS EVE Most Washington Leaders Will Spend Holiday in Capital. By United Press Heroes of the American public from President Coolidge down to Scarf ace A1 Capone, the Chicago gang leader, will spend Christmas day according to their own ideals this year. Tha President will sing Christmas carols in Washington tonight, and tomorrow, when Mrs. Coolidge returns from visiting her mother in Northampton, the Coolidges will start down the Georgia coast for a holiday vacation. Other government officials will remain in or near Washington, Secretary of State Kellogg staying close to his office to watch developments in the Paraguay-Bolivian situation. Secretary Mellon will spend the holiday with his family in Pittsburgh. Chief Justice Taft of the supreme court, Senator Borah and Attorney General Sargent will eat their Christmas dinners and receive the blessings of Santa Claus in {he capital. Volstead Stays Home Andrew J. Volstead, the man who took the brandy out of Christmas fruit cake, expects to go to church in St. Paul Christmas morning and spend the afternoon in his apartment answering mail. Henry Ford will spend the day with his family, including three grandchildren. To night he is scheduled to take about 100 children to his private toy shop, seventy-five miles north of here. This is an annual stunt of the automobile king and is always guarded closely against publicity. Scarface A1 Capone has airplaned to the wooded areas of northern Wisconsin for a day of deer huntting. Capone likes nothing better than the feel of a gun in his hands on a tramp through the woods. Governor Johnston of Oklahoma will try to relish his Christmas dinner in the executive mansion at Oklahoma City in the face of impeachment proceedings being formulated by opposition members of the state legislature. Tunney in Italy Gene Tunney and his bride, the former Polly Lauder, are still honeymooning in Europe and will spend Christmas dodging photographers in Italy. Grover Whalen, New York’s new police commissioner, expects to eat cranberries at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Kelly, in Park avenue. “Big Bill” Thompson, mayor of Chicago, will sit all day at the bedside of his wife, who is ill in a Chicago hospital. Governor A1 Smith of New York announced he would spend Christmas quietly surrounded by his children and grandchildren at Albany. He will play the part of Santa Claus in the family celebration. FORMER I. U. HEAD - DIES Dr. John M. Coulter Was President From 1891 to 1893. Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Dec. 24. News has been received here of the death at Yonkers, N. Y., of Dr. John M. Coulter. 77, president of Indiana university here from 1891 to 1893. He had been an instructor at Hanover and Wabash colleges and the University of Chicago. Dr. Coulter had been engaged in botanical resear ih for the BoyceThompson institute since retiring from the presidency of the University of Chicago three years ago.

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ONE of the best known of the Holy Night tunes, “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,” by Willis, will be heard as a feature of the Christmas program by the “Voice of Firestone” over the NBC system Monday night at 7 o’clock. The Christmas spirit also prevails in Victor Herbert’s famous “March of the Toys,” from “Babes in Toyland,” played by the orchestra under direction of Hugo Mariani. tt an tt tt tt Ten dancing Christmas Eves will be broadcast Monday night at 7 o’clock through stations of the Columbia broadcasting system. This special feature will represent the Christmas Eves of the last ten years, and will afford the radio audience a gay half hour with plenty of fun and Christmas spirit. tt tt an a a Following in the tracks of all celebrities, from Trader Horn to channel swimmers, Santa Claus, the dearly beloved perennial visitor from the north pole, will yield to demands for a radio appearance and play host at a Christmas eve party which will be broadcast from the National Broadcasting Company's New York studios through the NBC system, Monday night at 6 o’clock. tt tt tt tt tt u Asa special Christmas feature, the Ceco Couriers will present a reading of “Why the Chimes Rang,” as part of their program on Christmas eve, at 7:30, which they will broadcast over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system.

HIGH SPOTS OF MONDAY NIGHT’S OFFERINGS B:3O—WEAF and Network—General Motors hour with Maria Kurenko and Everett Marshall. 9:00 —WOR and Network—Dramatization of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” 9:3O—WE AF and Network—“ Noel Antique,” with Esther Dale and instrumental triol. 11:00—WOR and Network—The Carolers. 11:15—Combined NBC Network—Christmas carols, with chorus of 300 and orchestra.

Listeners to Cook’s Travelogue, broadcast through the NBC system, Monday night at 6 o’clock, will spend Christmas eve in London, under guidance of Malcolm La Prade, “The Man From Cook’s.” t> tt tt it tt tt The popular tale, “A Christmas Carol,” will be presented Monday night at 9 o’clock through stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system. This famous story by Charles Dickens will be given a full dramatization with incidental music to accompany it. Two hours will be devoted to this presentation, and all the original Dickens characters will be reproduced. ,

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WKBF, (1,400 Kilocycles), INDIANAPOILIS (Hoosicr Athletic Club) Monday A. M. 10:00—Recipe exchange. 10:15—Studio program. 10:25—Interesting bits of history, courtesy Indianapolis public library. 10:30—Livestock and grain market; weather and shippers' forecast. 10:40—Talk by Clarence Henry. 10:50—WKBF shopping service. P. M. 2:oo—Christmas suggestion hour. s:oo—Late news bulletins and sports. s:3o—United States department of commerce. 6:oo—Santa Claus, sponsored by People’s Outfitting company. 6:3o—Bair’s theater program. ;:(Ml—Silent. B:oo—Studio program. B:3o—Beard's happv brake liners. 10:00—Hare-Chevrolet program. WFBM (1050 Kilocycles) INDIANAPOLIS (Indianapolis Power and Light Company) - MONDAY 11:30—Eli Lilly Company Christmas festival. Noon—Service from Roberts Park M. E. church. P. M. 12:30—Livestock markets; farm flashes. 4:oo—Drama period. 4:3o—Aunt Sammy’s housekeeper's chats and radio recipes. 4:4S—WFBM Studio orchestra. s:ls—“What’s Happenig.” late news from Indianapolis Times. s:3o—Chapter a day from the New Testament. 6:oo—Longtinc’s time, weather forecast; dance marathon news, newscasting. 6:IS—WPBM dinner trio. 6:30 to 9 Silent. 9:3o—Banner Boosters program. 10:15—Checker Cab Company announcement; the Columnist. 10:30—Jim and Walt, “Gloom Chasers.’’ 10:45—Skouras-Publix Monday Night Club. 11:15—Christmas carols. 11:45—High Mass from Church of the Little Flower. 1:30—Good-night. WLW (100 Kilocycles) CINCINNATI MONDAY P. M. 3:oo—Ukulele lesson. 3:15—-Club period. 3:3o—Tea Time trio. 4:oo—Office Boys. 4:3o—Livestock report. 4:4o—Markets with novelty notions. s:oo—Henry Thiess’ orchestra. s:3o—Dynacone Diners. 6:4o—Sam Watkins’ orchestra. 6:ls—Talk on city government. 6:3o—Songs of Twilight. 7:oo—Prof. Kyrock. 7:ls—Organ program. 7:3o—Duo Disc program. 8:00—“W,” “L” and “W.” B:3o—Real Folks. 9:oo—Correct time. 9:oo—Michael Hauers’ orchestra. 9:3o—Thomaston Troupers. 10:00—Slumber music. 11:00—Hotel Gibson orchestra. 11:30—Deuces Wild. 12:00—Henry Thiess’ orchestra. Club Entertains Childen Bn United Press WABASH, Ind., Dec. 24.—Members of the local Rotary Club entertained 247 children of White's Manual Labor institute here today at a Christmas party. The celebration is the tenth one given the children.

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MONDAY —NBC System—--4:oo—Fallon's orchestra to WEAF. 4:30—Bill and Jane to WEAF, WRC. s:oo—Santa Claus to WJZ. —WBBM (770 Kilocycles) Chicago—--4:3o—Concert orchestra. 12:00—Dance period. — WHK (1390 Kilocycles) Cleveland—--s:oo—Allerton trio. 11:30—Amos ’n’ Andy. —WJBT (770 Kilocycle*) Chicago—--s:oo—Organ. —WMAQ (670 R/locycles) Chicago—--s:oo—Topsy Turvy time. 11:30—Benson orchestra. —KDKA (980 Kilocycles) Pittsburgh—--s:3o—Dinner music. —WBAL (10CO Kilocycles) Baltimore—--s:3o—Dinner music. —WGN (720 Kilocycles) Chicago—--s:3o—Air castle. 6:so—Alamack. —WGY (790 Kilocycles Schenectady—--s:3o—Dinner music. —WISN (1120 Kilocycles) Milwaukee—--6:3o—Organ: string quartet. —WJZ (760 Kilocycles) New York—--s:3o—Palais d'or orchestra. —WBAP (800 Kilocycles) Ft. Worth—--6:oo—Organ: Seven Aces. 7:00 —Orchestra; studio program. —WCCO (810 Kilocycles) Mpls.-St. Paul—--6:oo—Sports: Long’s orchestra. B:oo—Concertina orchestra. —NBC System (WJZ, 760 Kilocycles)— 6:3o—Roxy and gang. B:3o—Real folks. 10:00—Christmas carols; Dr. Cadman. —KYW (1020 Kilocycles) Chicago—--6:4s—Playlet. 11:30—Fiorlto’s orchestra. 12:00—Insomnia club. —Columbia Network—• 7:oo—Ten dancing Christmas Eves. B:3o—Vitaphone hour. 9:oo—Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” 11:00—The carolers. —WIP, Philadelphia—--B:oo—“Christmas Eve in France.” —NBC Syt-em (WEAF, 660 Kilocycles)— 8:30 —General motors party. 9:3o—"Noel Antique.” —WPG, Atlantic City—--9:oo—“Christmas Eve Down on the Farm.” —WSB, Atlanta—10:45—Cantata, twenty-five voice choir. —WLWL, New YorkMidnight Mass—Paullst choristers. —WISN (1126 Kilocycles) Milwaukee)— 11:30—Organ; dance music. —WDAF (610 Kilocycles) Kansas City—11:45—Nighthawk frolic. — KJR (970 Kilocycles) Seattle—12:00—Meyer’s orchestra. —KFI (640 Kilocycles) Los Angeles)— 12:00 —Concert orchestra. — KOA (830 Kilocycles) Denver--12:30—130-Voice choir; chimes. TUESDAY A. M —WGY (790 Kilocycles) Schenectady—--s:3o—Candlelight service. —WMAQ (670 Kilocycles) Chicago—--6:oo—Trinity Lutheran services. —WDAF (610 Kilocycles) Kansas City—--8:00—Bible lesson. ✓ —WBBM (770 Kilocycles) Chicago—--B:oo—Organ. 10:00—Studio program. —WTMJ (620 Kilocycles) Milwaukee—--B:3o—Lutheran services. 9:3o—Milwaukee Church council. —WHK (1390 Kilocycles) Cleveland—--9:oo—Carrolers. 10;00—Christmas tree. —WCCO (810 Kilocycles) Mpls.-St. Paul—--9:oo—Crippled children’s program. —WTAG (580 Kilocycles) Worcester—--9:3o—Women’s program. —WBAL (1060 Kilocycles) Baltimore—--10:00—Old St. Paul's P. E. church. —WOWO (1180 Kilocycles) Ft. Wayne—12:00—Christmas program,

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Radio RADIO TO CARRY YULE PROGRAMS ACROSSJNATION Morning Opera Broadcast Will Be First on Record. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Programs appropriate to the Christmas season have been arranged for nation-wide broadcasting tonight and tomorrow by the principal broadcasting networks. The principal feature on the schedule of the Columbia broadcasting system of twenty stations, headed by WOR, is a dramatization of the perennial yuletide favorite, Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” A cast of professional players will interpret Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the other characters in the radio presentation of the classic. The performance will be broadcast from 10 p. m. to midnight, eastern time. The "God bless us, every one!” of Tiny Tim will be followed at midnight over the Columbia chain by a program of Christmas carols by a mixed chorus. On the far-flung circuits of the National Broadcasting Company the first official recognition of to morrow’s significance will come a* 10:30 p. m. eastern time, in the “Noel Antique” program. An instrumental trio, consisting of harpsichord and two violas, will play seventeenth century music WEAF and the red network will put this half hour on the air. The WJZ network will broadcast a special program of carols by chorus and symphony orchestra from 11 p. m. until midnight. An address by Dr. S. Parkes Cadman will round out the program. Chimes to Go on Air Promptly at midnight, both networks of the N. B. C., will combine for the broadcasting of the chimes of Old Trinity church and a brief program of carols by the choir. At 12:10 a. m., a switch will be made to the Roxy theater which will be converted for the occasion into a giant radio studio. A program sponsored by the Greater New York Federation of Churches will be broadcast for an hour and a half from the theater. 4 mixed chorus of 300 voices, recruited from the leading glee clubs and choruses in New York City, will sing Christmas music to the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra of 100 men. Brief addresses will be made by four prominent clergymen of varying faiths as part of the interdenominational program. Opera to Be Broadcast On Christmas day, a morning performance of Humperdinck’s opera, “Haensel und Gretel,” will be sung over the N. B. C. networks, the first time an opera has been performed over the air before noon. Broadcasting over this system will continue from 8 a. m., eastern time, until midnight, the entertainment being “dedicated to new-set owners.” The Columbia chain will observe Christmas with a special program tomorrow night from 10 to 11, eastern time. An hour earlier, the regular weekly program, “Hank Simmons’ Show Boat,” will be devoted to a performance of Hal Reid’s old-time melodrama, “The Night Before Christmas,” in three acts. DENY WAR GESTURE BoFivia Says No Aggressive Moves Made by Troops. By United Press LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 24.—Bolivia has sent another note to the League of Nations denying Paraguayan charges, that Bolivian troops are making aggressive moves in the disputed Chaco region. Unofficial Paraguayan circles had declared that 3,500 Bolivian troops were moving toward Bahia Ncgra, near the Paraguay river. The note reaffirmed Bolivia’s present pacific stand in the crisis between the two countries which grew out of a series of border clashes between troops of the two nations. A similar note was forwarded to the Pan-American arbitration and conciliation conference at Washington, which is employing its good offices in the situation, and the permanent commission for the prevention of wars in South America at Montevideo.

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SS WtiCvi. AN ALL-STAR VAUDEVILLE BILL of Six Exceptional Acts ON THE SCREEN" “The Cavalier” With Richard Talmage, Barbara Bedford, David Torrence and others.

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DAUGHTER DID NOT LIKE HER PAPA SLOW Modern Children on Landing in Paris Want Speed and Not a Lecture on Morals, Good or Even Bad. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN A MODERN daughter of divorced parents is shipped off to join her father in that fast town known as Paris. Father thinks that his offspring is jus* an innocent child and daughter hopes that her dad is so very wicked. But father and one of his friends, another American who is disappointed in love, decide that they will reform for the sake of the child. So father and his friend swear off on strong drink and refrain from visiting a certain cozy nook in a certain fashonable flat presded over by a lady of modern fashion who is not too strict upon the moral code.

Daughter lands in Paris. Finds her father too moral and starts painting the town red. And she is a good painter but when it came to staging a real affair with a painter

who was strong on art but weak on morals, daughter just couldn't finish the Job. Daughte. marrier her father's friend, the American who was disappointed in love. Father returns to the American bar at the Ritz in Paris and orders up a strong Dry Martini cocktail. By this time you

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probably can guess that I am trying to tell you about “Dry Martini.” Am speaking of the name of a movie and not the drink. This movie is an attempt to be very smart. And it is at times. Rapid fun is here for those who do not take life too seriously. You are imformed that Mary Astor is the star but it is Albert Gran as the father of the girl who actually walks away with the picture. Gran is a big fat fellow and it just the type who would fit well as look good in certain life in naughty Paris. I like the work of Matt Moore as the friend of Gran but I admit that Miss Astor left me with the impres sion that she was miscast and very badly at that. “Dry Martini” is like entertainment, told in smart language and action of the day. Do not take this movie seriously. It is just wise cracking farce. Now on view at the Apollo. a u LET US GIVE A DIRECTOR SOME CREDIT Let us for a few minutes consider the movie, “Dream of Love.” Here is the story of a gypsy girl in a wagon circus in a European country who falls in love with an army officer who turns out to be a prince. They have a real love affair. The girl goes away and her prince suffers the abuse and hate of a dictator who has a very beautiful but unhappy wife. It is the great wealth of the wife’s dictator that makes her husband the power that he is. And so those loyal to the prince persuade him to make violent love to the dictator’s wife to the point that she will make the prince king. Or in other words, kick out the big headed husband that she has. The plan starts to work perfectly until the prince visits the opera and there discovers that the little gypsy girl is now a great star doing an opera based upon her love experience with the prince. The gypsy singer makes It very unpleasant for the prince but when it is necessary for her to put herself in an unpleasant situation to save the prince and the dictator’s wife she does it. And the thanks she get for it was that the dictator orders the prince tried for treason and then shot. And as all regulation movie stories go, just as the fatal shot is to be fired, the loyal subjects of the prince comes over the wall, save him, kick out the dictator. And now my children you shall see why I am going to praise the director. Does he let the gypsy girl marry the king? Does he allow the king to give up his throne for love? Not one bit of it. The movie director knows that the king can not marry the gypsy girl although she is an opera singer. And so the director lets the little gypsy girl tell her king that she will be his loyal subject, that she will be more to him than a queen, because she is the woman that loves him. Pretty ending? It may not be so pure but it is the logical ending to the story. Rather think you will agree with me that this daring ending has its merits. Joan Crawford is cast as the gypsy girl and Nils Asther as the good looking prince. Both do good acting jobs. No fault with the cast. The picture has been lavishly mounted. The bill includes Movietone features and other events. Now at the Palace. tt a GOOD BILL ON VIEW AT THE INDIANA If you have a girl, the ambition to marry her, and enough money to buy the license, but lack the necessary income to keep up the luxury after you get it, there is a simple explanation as expounded by Buddy Rogers in “Someone to Love.” The idea is to go out and make your million. Things are bound to be all right then. It seems that Rogers, who rooms with two friends who work in the same establishment with him, has fallen in love with the only daughter of one of the wealthiest customers of the store. The two roommates have decided that one of their trio must marry for money with the help of the other two. They have figured it out that one member married to wealth will make life easy

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and interesting from that time on for all three. Things go along swimmingly until the boss of the three young fellows uncovers the plot hatched up by the two would-be fortune hunters to marry for money. The bass decides that it will have to be someone else besides his customer who are to be made victims and fires the three. In doing this he completely ruins the romance of Rogers and Mary Brian. She and her father happen to be in the store at this time and of course the boss spills a lot of information, mixed up and otherwise, that just irritates father something awful. He decides that the less his daughter sees of the clerk will be the better for her. To recoup their fortunes the three accept the management of a girls’ school that is owned by the aunt of one of the boys. The school has been going from bad to worse and the boys arrive just in time to make some sweeping reforms that bring the place of learning back into favor with the restless sex. And it happens that the girl, played by Miss Brian, goes to this school. She comes back and is fortunate enough to listen in on a conversation wherein her former sweetheart tells his two friends what he thinks of them for trying

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to get him to marry some girl fop. her money. Os course, after this everything is all settled. The two lovers make up and life is glorious for ever after, apparently. A well set up Christmas bill is being presented on the stage this week, the high spots including a courtroom scene in which the judge holds forth on the danger of the great evil of overtime parking. Considering recent police court news this might be amusing to a select few. Johnny Perkins, from Terre Haute, is one of the headliners of the stage attraction and shares honors with Louise Powell’s Christmas Kiddie Revue. It is a splendid movie house offering for the holidays and will entertain. At the Indiana.—(By J. T. H.). COLLEEN IS* UP TO HER CUTE TRICKS There is a feeling among most movie fans that as long as Colleen Moore can act “cute” then nothing matters. And that is a logical conclusion, because I do think that Miss Moore is one of the cutest things on the screen today. And it is a wise movie actor who knows what the public wants. The

public wants Miss Moore to be “cute” and she is cute in “Synthetic Sin.” The story is a strange mixture of comedy and melodrama. Colleen wanks to be a somebody on the stage, even when she is in a small town. She has a boy friend in New York who is quite a playwright, and she gets the im-

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pression from him that she must taste life. So she goes to the big city and gets herself in quite a melodramatic mess. She gets mixed up with two rival gangs of gunmen, and while giving a party to one gang in her own hotel rooms the other gang calls and gets the guns in action. Colleen believes

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that it is all a joke and has a great time of it while members of the gang are actually killing each other. But Colleen, with her cute ways, gets out of the mess and her boy friend is able to put the story on the stage. And as usual, it is Colleen Moore that counts. She just romps through the story and the public loves to see her do it. Antonio Moreno is her leading man. Bill includes Dessa Byrd at the pipe organ and other events. The Circle is presenting a trailer as an announcement of “The Bark- * er,” with Milton Sills, which opens next Saturday at the Circle. This is just a unique idea of giving one an idea of how Milton Sills acts in “The Barker.” Do not become confused—thi is just an announcement on the screen and not “The Barker” itself. “Synthetic Sin” is now on view at the Circle. Sf U tt Other theaters today offer: Vaudeville at the Lync; burlesque at the Mutual, and movies and girl revue at the Colon*il. INSTALL SIO,OO(TORGAN Garfield Park Baptist Church Has Dedicatory Program. The new SIO,OOO organ of the Garfield Park Baptist church was installed Sunday with a program of instrumental and choral music. Services were under direction of the Rev. F. A. Hayward, executive secetary of the Federated Baptist churches of Indiaanapolis. The Rev. L. C. Trent, pastor of Woodruff Place Baptist church, made the address of dedication, and the Rev. C. P. Greenfield, pastor of the Garfield Park church, offered the dedicatory prayer. The organ program was presented by Curtis B. Davis, church organist, and a vested choir, under direction of Mrs. Viroqua Stephenson, sang. Employes Give $560,500 MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 24.—Christmas gifts valued at $560,500 will be distributed by industries here among their employes. Os the total, about $75,000 will be in cash, and the remainder in insurance, merchandise and food.