Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1929 — Page 13

JAN. 30, 1929.

MARMON TAKES" SPOTLIGHT AT CHICAGO SHOW Indianapolis-Made Autos Center of Interest at Exposition. BY “SWEDE” SWANSON Times Automobile Editor CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Midweek in the Chicago national automobile show brought Indianapolis manufacturers and dealers even more prominently into the 1929 motor car picture. Strengthening its position in the automotive world as the week progresses, Marmon, for example, is one of the outstanding features of the annual show. And the activities of both the Indianapolis factory and the Indianapolis sales branch of the Marmon company are reflecting a liberal amount of credit on the Hoosier capital as a leading auto manufacturing center. The national and local shows throughout the country this year have been more successful from the Marmon point of view than ever before, and the Chicago event is no exception. Activity centering around the Marmon headquarters, in the Blackstone and Auditorium hotels, is not exceeded aywhere in the city, and it is evident that both public and dealer interest in the Marmon line of straight-eights has reached a peak never before attained. Most of Staff There Headed by V. M. Williams, president. and Thomas E. Jarrard, general sales director, the Marmon organization is in Chicago in full force, and the annual Marmon dealer luncheon Thursday in the Blackstone is expected to be one of the high lights of the week. Aside from Williams and Jarrard, Marmon is represented by practically its entire executive personnel, including A. R. Heiskel, vice-president and secretary; J. A. Bohannon, vice-presi-dent; C. J. Sherer, treasurer; John Tainsh. sales manager; Thomas J. Little Jr.; Nicholas Moore, publicity manager; C. A. J. Hadley, sales promotion manager, and others from the factory organization. Jack Hendricks Jr., general manager, and Hugh M. Knippenberg, sales manager, head the delegation from the Marmon Indianapolis sales branch, which is quartered in spacious headquarters in the Auditorium hotel. The Homer McKee company of Indianapolis likewise is well represented with its executive staff, including Homer McKee, president; Leo N. Burnett and W. T. Young Jr., vice-presidents; and others. Williams to Speak Williams will be the principal speaker at Thursday’s Marmon luncheon and he will explain to visiting dealers and distributors the full scope of the 1929 Marmon all straight-eight program, the larg-

- is molordom's landslide verdict by actual ballot t 1000,000Snper-Sbr owners lead the overwhelming vote In more than 5,000 Hudson-Essex salesrooms all motordom is voting, “I Eke it"— of the Greater Hudson, and of Essex the Challenger. Thousands are seeing and inspecting these beautiful new cars. Thousands are riding. Thousands are experiencing the performance of greater power and smoothness, the efficiency of new type double action 4-wheel brakes, the greater riding and steering ease, and the even greater economy of these cars. And on just such ballots as shown at the left they are personally marking and depositing the mightiest verdict of favorable opinion ever authentically expressed for a motor car—And that opinion is almost unanimous. See these cars for yourself at the nearest Hudson-Essex Salesroom—end vote your own ticket Seven Essex models from $695 up at factory; fourteen Greater Hudson models from $1095 up at factory. R. V. LAW MOTOR CO. distributors 1319-1225 N. Meridian St —ASSOCIATE DEALERS— Riley 9567 P. B. SMITH AUTO CO. G. MININGS CO. O. W. SCHAUB MOTOR CO. 4IS N. Cap. Blvd. Lincoln 3603 3516 E. Mash St. IRvington 3598 2124 W. Wash. St BElmont 4400 . OAKLET MOTOR SALES CO. NORTH SIDE HUDSON-ESSEX CO. H. J. WALKER SALES CO. lft 8. Meridian St DRcxel 4743 3441 Central Are. HEmlock 3524 660 E. Maple Road (38th St)

Slain by Arabs

Motoring across the desert sands of Iraq, the Rev. Henry A. Bilkerd, above, an American missionary, was shot and killed by a roving band of Arab tribesmen. Other members of the ambushed party, including Dr. Charles R. Crane, former United States ambassador to China, escaped the bandits’ tire. Mr. Bilkerd was in charge of the Reformed church at Basra. He was a native of Kalamazoo, Mich. LAST COUPLE IN UNIQUE WEDDING TO SEPARATE Three Brothers at Portland Had Wives W ? ho Were Sisters. Bn Times Special PORTLAND, Ind., Jan. 30.—A divorce suit filed here by Earl McAtee against Violet McAtee, marks separation of the third couple of a sextet which included three brothers who took three sister brides. Earl, John and George McAtee were wed respectively to Violet, Agnes and Othal Overin. John McAtee died. Mrs. George McAtee has a divorce suit on file in Georgia. Earl McAtee charged abandonment as cause for divorce. He asks custody of two children, Albert, 7, and Treva, 6. 1 est ever attempted by an Indianapolis automobile organization. His address will be supplemented by talks by other Marmon officials. Indianapolis distributors and dealers are in the thick of it wherever automobile men congregate, and daily throngs in the Coliseum have their full quotas of Hoosier representatives. All predict a great year for retail sales in the Hoosier capital, regarded as one of the outstanding automobile markets of the country.

MOST ‘MISSING’ PEOPLE RETURN TO THEIRHOMES Majority of Women Who Leave Come Back, Survey of 14 Cities Shows. Fields afar held an irresistible lure in 1928 for an imposing number of Americans, both young and old, but after they had their fling approximately seven-eighths of them returned home, figures compiled by the United PresS showed. Police bureaus of eighteen cities reported more than 40,00.0 persons felt the call oi/wanderlust and were reported missing during the year. Slightly more than 36,000 later reported back home. About twice as many men as women disappear and only about half of the men ever heard from again. Most women who left home were found, police figures indicated, despite common opinion that many girls and women drop from sight annually and are never heard from. Few Married Men Vanish Captain John H. Ayres, head of the New York bureau of missing persons, reports few married men are reported missing. Homes broken by divorce, congested living quarters, grinding poverty, high cost of living and increased standards of living on meager salaries, were some of the chief reasons advanced for the exodus of thousands. Lack of privacy in congested homes to receive “boy friends” was the cause of many girls seeking outside companions. Many girls between the ages of 14 and 18 started for Hollywood. The circus ‘‘big top” again proved an attraction for the boys of America in 1928. Thousands followed the smell of tanbark and wet canvas to return home again when they became disillusioned. Let Boys Run Away Sergeant Joseph Starshak, who heads the missing persons bureau in Chicago, advises parents to let the boys run away. “It’s good for them,” he said, “to get out into the world and see how the other half lives. They’ll return when they get broke and hungry.” He was more dubious about girls. Buffalo, N. Y„ reported the smallest percentage of women returned to their homes. Out of 243 women on the “lost records”, in 1928 only fifteen were reported as found. New York led the country in number of missing with 17,458 lost and 17,050 found. Added to that were 4,657 stray human beings from other cities who went to Gotham seeking adventure and life along the white way. Many of them were found because their money ran low. A large number refused to go home under any circumstances.

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COMMITTEE IS DIVIDED OVER I TEACHER LAW Three Vote for Repeal of Tenure Measure; Seven Are Opposed. A divided committee report on the bill calling for repeal of the teacher tenure law was presented today by the committee on education in the state house of representatives, with seven members reporting that the repeal bill be killed in committee and three voting that it go to the house. Those bringing in the minority report were Representatives Charles T. Jones of Rochester, John D. Groves of Rome, and George L. Saunders of Bluffton. The education committee went! into executive session after Dean H. L. Smith of Indiana university, Donald Drushane, Ray P. Wisehart, state school superintendent, and Robert P. Whitsett Jr., president of the Logansport school trustees, appeared before the committee and spoke in favor of the present law, and Harlan R. Denton of Farmer, one of the authors of the repeal measure spoke in favor of the repeal. Harlan set forth that the tenure law handicaps education through foisting upon the schools teachers who after receiving their sixthyear contracts, which give them permanent berths, are content to rest on their oars. He also said that the Indiana Association of Trustees has come out openly in favor of repeal. Dean Smith set forth figures gathered by the education depart-

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ment of Indiana university, showing that since enactment of the tenure, law but six teachers have been subject to hearings for discharge and that eight teachers have been dismissed. He said that there are 8,269 principals, supervisors and teachers in counties and 1,119 have taken advantage of the law, and that 710 principals and teachers were not reappointed and were discharged because of the law. Os this number, 498 were good educators, 153 were fair, and 59 were poor. Smith said. Os this total, but 155 good and fair teachers failed to obtain positions elsewhere. Reports also were received from 131 city superintendents that there are 2.382 teachers in the cities reporting and 38.66 per cent are oper-

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ating under the teacher tenure law. Number of educators discharged in cities because of the law Is 60, of whom 34 were good teachers, 17 were fair and 9 were poor. Os this number twenty*.-ur good and fair teachers failed to obtain new positions. A plea for permitting the law to be in force for two to four years more before taking any action was made by Wisehart. Dushane also set forth figures to

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show that the law was working in a beneficial manner and cited the experience of other States having similar laws, which showed that it took several years for adjustment.

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