Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1929 — Page 7

JAX, 30, 1929.

TWO BROTHERS CHIEF FIGURES IN RAIL FIGHT Van Sweringens Began Careers 20 Years Ago as Bookkeepers. Thlc is the second and final article on the proposed railroad mergers, now definitely believed near a close, written tor the United Press by Cecil Owen. BY CECIL OWEN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Two enterprising but unassuming Cleveland bachelors, who began their meteoric careers about twenty years ago as bookkeepers, are in the forefront today of a modern battle of railway giants. History of O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen’s rise to fame and fortune—the brothers now own five railroads and a third interest in a sixth—forms one of the most romantic chapters in the story of American ambition. With the New York Central and the Baltimore & Ohio, they actively are Dehind the moves for adoption of a four-sys-„em merger plan. Leaving high school, the Van Sweringens became bookkeepers—reports that they were once newsboys are said by their intimates to be untrue—and soon branched into real estate. Their first real money was obtained through development Os "Shaker Heights,” a Cleveland suburb. Case Still Pending When the energetic brother sought to purchase from the Nickle Plate railroad a right-of-way -for construction of a trolley line, that road refused to sell the property. Undiscouraged by this temporary setback, the Van Sweringens raised $500,000 on their assets and borrowed $2,000,000 and bought the entire Nickle Plate. After the World war the Van Sweringens were able to complete payment for the road ana bought large stock interest in the Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie and Pere Marquette. Recently, they added the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh to their railway hlodings. Three years ago the Cleveland railroad owners made the firs timportant move in their consolidation efforts when they applied to the interstate commerce commission to unite the Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie and Pere Marquette roads with the Nickle Plate. When this application was denied by the commission, the Van Sweringens submitted another proposal to merge the Chesapeake & Ohio with the Pere Marquette. This case, however, is still pending. Loree Is Big Figure Next .n public interest to the Van Sweringens among the railway executives engaged in merger discussion if Leonore F. Loree, owner of the Delaware & Hudson, who is standing out for a fifth trunk line system to include the D. & H. and a number of other roads he desires to merge with it. His efforts have so far been blocked by the interstate commerce commission. There remain as elements in the railway merger situation, the iigures of Patrick E. Crowley, president of the New York Central; W. W Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania system, and Daniel E. Willard, chief of the Baltimore & Ohio. It would be difficult to overestimate the influence in railway circles of what this trio decides, controlling as they do the three most important eastern trunk lines.

Daylight Hits

THURSDAY B:OO—WEAP (660) New York—U. B. Marine band to WEEI, WRC. :OO—NBC System (WJZ. 760)—Dr. Copeland hour. S:4S—NBC System (WEAP. 660)—"Hands of History. 10:00—WMAQ (670) Chicago—Overture hour. 10:15—NBC System (WEAP. 660)—Household institute. 12:00—NBC System( Central)—Farm and home hour. I:4S —WGY (790) Schenectady—WGY players. 2:SO— WBAL 1 1060) .^Baltimore —Four violin recital. 3:OO—NBC System (WJZ. 760)—U. S. Army band. MEXICAN IMMIGRATION BILL HEARING IS UP Texas Congressman to Push Measure Before House. Su Timer Special WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—Unemployment conditions in the United States justify enactment of legislation restricting immigration from Mexico and other western hemisphere countries. Representative John C. Box of Texas said today. The house immigration committee today was to consider Box’s bill placing ail such immigration on a quota basis. Action was postponed until then to determine whether the senate would act upon national origins legislation. Box said he was reliably informed that several hundred thousand Mexicans were now unemployed in Texas and were causing an acute labor situation there. He said the unemployment situation in the country was growing and that the immediate remedy was more drastic restriction of immigration. NEGRO HAS KLAN CARD Suspicion Aroused. Culprit Faces Three Charges. Hu I'nitcit Prttt * WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Suspicious when they found a Ku-Klux Klan membership card in his pocket police arrested Laurence E. Mitchell 25, Negro, in an automobile and found an automobile permit he carried had been changed to conform with his color. He was charged with unauthorized use of an automobile. carrying concealed weapons, and altering a permit. Dog Catcher Wants More Money H" VniteU Pree* WINDSOR, Ont., Jan. 30.—William Perry, official dog catcher, has f petitioned for a steady salary of #IOO monthly, seating that payment on a commission basis is not adequat * compensation.

Fishing the Air

7TVACIOUS, animated strains of “Hallelujah" will greet listeners who V tune in the Palmolive hour through NBC System stations Wednesday night at 8:30. That syncopated number will be the ensemble’s initial contribution to the sixty-minute program. A brilliant operatic aria, “Je Suis Titania” from Thomas’ “Mignon,” will be Olive Palmer’s outstanding soprano solo. She also will sing “Robin Adair.” Paul Oliver, tenor soloist, offers “One Alone” from “The Desert Song” and "Just A’wearyin’ for You.” "A Bicycle Built for Two,” sung by the Revelers, "Dance Little Lady,” played by the specialty orchestra, and the stirring march, "Under the Double Eagle,” by the symphony orchestra, are among other selections. - r a a tt tt a I John Steel, famous tenor, will be the star of the La Palina Smoker over the Columbia Broadcasting System Wedensday night aj 8:30. Steel is one of the most popular artists who ever sang in musical comedy. His greatest success was made with the Ziegfeld Follies and the Music Box Review. a a tt a a a Russian music that has grown famous through repetition, and other selections that letters from WLW audiences have indicated as most popular, will be played from Station WLW Wednesday night at 8 o’clock, by the sixteen members of the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra who make up the Franklin ensemble. Alfred Keller, concert master of the Franklin ensemble, will be the instrumental soloist. He will play “Berceuse” (Ilkinsky), and “Canzonetta” from the “Violin Concerto” of Tschaikowsky. m tt a a a a Glittering ballet music from Rubinstein’s, opera, “Feramors,” will be played by the Continentals orchestra, directed by Cesare Sodero, during the broadcast through the NBC system Wednesday night at 9 o’clock

HIGH SPOTS OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S PROGRAMS B:3O—WEAF Network—Palmolive hour. B:3O—WJZ Network —The Cabin Door. 9:OO—WOR Network—Kolster orchestra. WJZ Network—The Continentals. 9:3O—WOR Network —Night Club Romance.

The Sylvania Foresters, a male quartet, fall into the mood of the old south for a brief moment, and sing F"rry T. Burleigh’s spiritual, “It’s Me, Oh Lord,” during the broadcast through’the NBC system Wednesday night at 7:30. The Foresters also will sing Logan’s “Pale Moon” and “Love Is the Best of All,” by Victor Herbert, as well as “Kerry Dance” and a number by Friml, “When a Maid Comes Knocking.” u a a a a a The Merrymakers will stage the same act of gaiety and mirth in their broadcast Wednesday night at 7:30 through the Columbia Broadcatsing system that they were prevented from presenting Jan. 17. Ann Lang will sing "Half a Moon,” a specialty number by the orchestra with interpretations by Freddie Rich, the conductor, and a sister team will sing “I’m Wingin’ Home.” a a tt an a Ermine CaUoway, contralto ballad singer, and a ten-piece Marimba band under direction of Dave Grupp will present a half-hour novelty broadcast entitled “Pan-Americana” over the NBC system Wednesday night at 7 o’clock. “St. Louis Blues,” “After You’ve Gone” and the French character song, “Mon Homme,” are the numbers to be sung by Miss Calloway with orchestral accompaniment. a a a a a a “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me,” famous song of olden times, will feature “Daguerreotypes and Silhouettes” at 8 o’clock over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system. a a a a tt a A showing of the 1929 models of Steinite electric receiving sets will be held tonight at 6 o’clock in the roof garden of the Hotel Severin, following a banquet. Speakers will be Fred W. Stein, originator of the Steinite line and first manufacturer of an all-electric radio receiver, who is president of the Steinite Radio Manufacturing Company; O. R. Coblentz, sales promotion manager for Steinite, and George Welsh, factory engineer. A. I. Clifford of the A. I. Clifford Company, district manager for Steinite, will have charge of the meeting, sponsored by the Peerless Electric Supply Company, distributors in central Indiana for Steinite radio products. tt a a a a a Wheeler City Rescue mission will broadcast a sacred .hour program over WFBM Wednesday night from 8 to 8:30. Miss Mary Fry, contralto, of the First Evangelical church will sing. The program follows: Church Bell. Chimes, “The Old Rugged Cross.” Solo, “Oh Rest in the Lord,” from “Elijah” vMiss Mary Fry.) Bible lesson, the Rev. H. E. Eberhardt. Solo, “The Lord Is Mindful of His Own” (Miss Fry.) Chimes.

Dial Twisters (AU reference* Are Central Standard Time)

WFBM (1050) INDIANAPOLIS (Indianapolis Power and Light Company) WEDNESDAY A. M. 7:00 to 9:oo—The Pep Unlimited Club. Noon—Popular records. P. M. 13:30—Livestock market; farm flashes. 4:OO—WFBM Studio Orchestra. 4:3o—Aunt Sammy’s Houseekeper’s .hats. 4:4S—WFBM Studio Orchestra. s:oo—“Say It With Flowers.” s:ls—"What’s Happening.” late news from Indianapolis Times; newscasting: world events from “Time.” s:3o—Chapter a day from the New Testament. s:4s—Children’s knowledge. 6:oo—Longine’s time; weather forecast; Jim and Walt, “Gloom Chasers.” 6:IS—WFBM dinner trio. 6:30 to B:oo—Silent. 8:00 —Wheeler City Mission Sacred Hour. B:3o—Marmon Hour of Music. 9:3o—Dick Powell’s Indiana Root Orchestra. 10:00 to 11:00—Silent. 11:00—Longine’s time; weather forecast; the Columnist. 11:15—Columbia Club Orchestra and Studio Features. WKBF (1400) INDIANAPOLIS (Hoosier Athletic Club) WEDNESDAY A. M. 10:00—Recipe exchange. 10:15—Studio program. 10:30—Livestock and grain market; weather and shippers’ forecast. 10:40—Interesting bits of history, courtesy of Indianapolis public library. 10:45—WltBF shopping service. P. M. s:oo—Late news bulletins and sports. 6:oo—Van Ess program. 6:3o—lndianapolis Athletic Club. 7:oo—Studio hour. B:oo—Josephine Aumann, "Piano Minatures.” 8:30 —Stiles Collegians, the Hoosier Athletic Club orchestra. 9:oo—Firestone Corner program. WEDNESDAY 7:oo—Columbia—Musical Episode. 7:30 NBC (WJZ. 760)—Sylvania Foresters. 8:00 NBC (WEAF. 660)—Ipana Troubadors. NBC (WJZ, 760)—Smith Bros. CFCA <840). Toronto—Shea’s Hippodrome. WBBM (770). Chicago—Concert orchestra. - WCCO (810). Mpls.-St. PaulMusical program. WCAP (1,280). Asbury Park—Corson Commandery Band. Columbia Network—Daguerreotypes and Silhouettes to WWCD. B.3O—NBC (WEAF. 660>—Palmolive hour. Columbia —La Palina Smoker. WBBM (770) Chicago—Dance orchestras. WBAP (800). Ft. Worth—Musical program.

Cascara is Your Doctor s Choice

When physicians pronounce cascara the rF'aFECT laxative—why experiment with things that lash the ivstem into action? Cascara. you know, is the bark of a tree. A natural and normal stimulus to the bowels. The Indians, who used to chew this bark, had no word in their language that meant “constipation. Perfect regularity is possible to day, and to all of us. We havt cascara in ideal form; the very de lightful-tasting candy Cascara gives us pure cascara. It has helped at least a million people to habitual regularity. Millions of others, unfortunately. have stuck to stronger things and acquired only the laxative habit

Kascaretsl They Work While Ycj Sleep' - -- - - J

WIBO (570). Chicago—Orchestra: Chuckle Time. NBC System—Cabin Door to WJZ. KWK, WBZA. WBZ, KDKA, WREN WJR (750). Detroit—Cotton Pickers. B:4S—WGES (1.360), Chicago—Studio program. 9:OO—XJR (970), Seattle—AßC Network (4 hours.) KYW (1,020). Chicago—Orchestra; WBBM ' (770). Chicago—Colonial program. WBAL (1,060), Baltimore—The Marylanders. WGES (1,360). Chicago—Maggie and Jiggs: musical. WIBO (570). Chicago—Concert program. Columbia—Kolster hour. 9:3o—Columbia—Night Club Romances. WSB (740). Atlanta—22nd. U. S. Infantry Band. WB3M (770). Chicago—Lombardo’s Canadians. WCCO (810). Mpis.-St. PaulMusical program. Hawaiians: Ohio Collegians. WCAH (1,430) Columbus— WDAF (610). Kansas City—Katz Bovs. WFLA (900). Clearwater—Knox’s orchestra: male quartet. WGN (720). Chicago—Goldkette’s orchestra. 10:00—WOC (1.000), Davenport—K. of P. Band. 10:05—WCCO (810). Mpls.-St. Paul—Erickson’s orchestra.. 10:10—KSTP (1,460), St. Paul—Dance program. 10:30—KMOX (1,090). St. Louis—Wylie's orchestra. 11:45—WDAF (610). Kansas City—Nighthawk Frolic. 12:00—KYW (1,020), Chicago—lnsomnia Club. KSTP 1.4l'“), St. Paul—Midnight Club. WLW (700), CINCINNATI WEDNESDAY 3:OO—U. S. Army band. 4:oo—Tea Time trio. 4:3o—LiVestock report 4:4o—Office Boys. 58)0—Henry Thiess’ orchestra. s:3o—Dynacone Diners. 6:oo—University of Cincinnati educational series, 6:ls—Orchestra at Hotel Gibson. 6:3o—Henry Thiess’ orchestra. 6:4s—Frederick William Wile. 7:oo—Frohne Sisters. 7:3o—Sylvania Foresters. B:oo—Franklin Ensemble. 9:oo—Chicago Civic opera. 10:00— Weather forecast. 10:00 Variety hour 10:30—Pat Gillick. organist. 11:00—Orchestra, ai Hotel Gibson. 11:30—Henrv Thiess' orchestra. 12:00—13th hour.

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Your first Cascaret will demonstrate how THOROUGH this gentle laxative is, after aIL Your next surprise will be the length of time before you need another. Eventually you’ll see that cascarizing tends to make the bowels move thereafter ol their own accord A modern drug store must stock many laxatives, but for your own good the druggist would rather have you ask for the inexpensive little box of Cascarets than anything else.—Advertisement

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