Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1929 — Page 6

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HOOVER ‘BONES’ OUT SPEECHES WITHOUT AID Writing Is Most Trying Chore of President; Pet Aversion. BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN. United Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. —AI Brrnth gets his writing inspiration licm looking at the polished tips of his shoes and Mabel Walker Willebrandt from personal files, but President Herbert Hoover “bones" his out through writing, rewriting and then revising. Molding his thoughts to sentences and paragraphs is his most trying chore, but he declines to be relieved of the labor by his White House assistants. The executive office budget provides for a literary assistant, French Strother, former newspaper man and magazine editor, fills the berth technically, but he has yet to write a speech for President Hoover. He has been gi*en a wide range of duties and still is consulted on questions requiring research. The official public utterances of the President, however, are written by Hoover himself. Written in Longhand Often the outline of a speech or message is written in longhand in the quiet of the executive mansion study at night, and then expanded by dictation. This first draft always is interlined with corrections and additions in pencil and then allowed to “cool" for at least twenty-four hours. During this interval it may be passed to an assistant, or a cabinet officer for a “try-out.” Then it is handed to a stenographer for final transcription. In the case of the now famous Memorial day address on naval armaments this final draft was revised four times before the text went to the government printing office. The President’s address to the diplomatic corps on the signing of the general pact for the renunciation of war on July 24, likew'ise was revised up to an hour of the scheduled delivery time. The message to congress last April partially was printed in the government printing office i and then revised from proof. This laborious method of producing manuscript may account for the President's aversion to speechmaking, some of his friends declare. During the presidential campaign, Hoover made fewer addresses than any Republican candidate in recent j years, and during twenty-five weeks j in the White House he has made but j three speeches and written three : state papers of considerable length, j Once Took “Condition" The President’s aversion to literary construction apparently is ingrained in his mental makeup, for he was “conditioned" in English upon his entry at Leland-Stanford thirty-eight years ago. His biographers record that he j “flunked” English successively as a freshman, a sophomore, a junior, j and finally as a senior. It also is related on the authority of classmates that a graduating thesis on paleonthology, which was a most creditable piece of scientific work, finally was approved by the English department because of a scholarly merit which outweighed a total absence of commas and semicolons. Psychologists explain the President's laborious method as natural to “a visual thinker." Such people think, not in words and phrases, but in mental images of physical things. The translation to words is a process which requires mental con- | centration upon thousands of details ! which “word thinkers" handle subconsciously. Bv United Preen WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.—Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt burns the midnight oil when she turns author. The former assistant attorney general sometimes works until 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning on her magazine and newspaper articles. Like former Governor Smith of New York, Mrs. Willebrandt usually dictates her stories. She frequently scribbles an outline before she starts dictating, however. And she always goes over them very carefully after they are typed. Most of the material used in her newspaper series Mrs. Willebrandt obtained from the files of the department of justice and her own personal files, though she carries many details by memory. Mrs. Willebrandt considers writing “hard work.” Writing always is “a struggle” for her. she said.

“LET’S ALL GO”. Indiana State Fair 8 BIG DAYS Aug. 31 —Sept. 1-2-3-4-5-B-7 “Larger and Better Than Ever” $172,600 in Prizes and Purses GRAND CIRCUIT RACING OUTSTANDING EXHIBITS POULTRY—CATTLE—HORSES FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCTS NATIONAL SWINE SHOW Will Be Held in Connection With the Fair D. D. MURPHY SHOWS ON THE MIDWAY RADIO SHOW—AUTO SHOW ADMISSION—ADULTS, 50cr CHILDREN, 25c CHILDREN'S DAT SATCBDAY, ACGCST SI. BRING THE KIDDIES . E. D. Logsdon E. Barker V Pmldnt Sec. a Treii

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Miss Audrey Pugh With her great love for all kinds *of outdoor sports, and especially her love for riding splendid horses, Miss Audrey Pugh, Indiana’s Physical Culture girl, will be a prominent contender for the title of America’s Physical Culture girl. The picture shows Miss Pugh and one of the many beautiful horses which she loves to ride. Miss Pugh and her mother will leave soon for New York, where Indiana’s Physical Culture girl hopes to bring high honors to her state and city.

THREE OF OUR GANG . KIDS WILL BE HERE

Mary Kornman, Johnny Downs and “Scooter” Lowry Arrive in City for Engagement at the Lyric.

HOLLYWOOD can have a breathing spell from the professional depredations of at least part of Hal Roach's “rascals.” Three original members of his “Our Gang” group, Mary Kornman, leading lady; Johnny Downs, leading juvenile, and “Scooter” Lowry, the “tough guy,” have gone on a cross-country vaudeville jaunt, under the direction of Harry Weber. They are scheduled to appear in person at the Lyric for one week, starting Saturday, Aug. 24. The leader of this trio, Johnny Downs, is a corking singer and dancer, with a meerry twinkle in his eye, makes it easy to realize why

the young Brooklyn lad made his way to the top of juvenile filmdom, along with Mary, “Scooter,” Jaskie Condon, Joe Cobb, Mickey Daniels and Farina. Hal Roach chose Johnny from among 1,500 boys, and he had placed in all the “Our Gang” comedies for several years. Johnny started with vaudeville, however, so he feels perfectly at home in the theater. The act in which these gangsters are appearing is one of the most interesting playlets vaudeville patrons have ever had the opportunity to witness. All three are real artists and they “put their stuff over” as they say in the theater, with a great deal of professional finesse. Three other RKO vaudeville attractions, headed by Joe Parsons and Bob Hawks, a pair of real harmonizers, will augment the stage show. "Hardboiled Rose,” a Warner Brothers’ Vitaphone production, in which Myrna Loy, William Collier Jr., Gladys Brockwell, John Miljan and Edward Martindel are featured, will be the stellar screen event. The story, which is in part dialogue, deals with one of the aristocratic families of New Orleans and the tragedy brought to them by the menacing shadow of a roulette •wheel. u * “The Greene Murder Case” r 'ns a week's engagement at the Indiana today. Other theaters today offer: William Desmond at the Lyric, “On With the Show” at the Apollo, “The Single Standard” at the Palace,

“Noah’s Ark” at the Ohio, “Smiling Irish Eyes” at the Circle, and movies at the Colonial.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to the police as stolen belong to: J. H. Jefferies, rural route 18, box 303—0 akland, 50-841, from Senate avenue and Market street.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by the police belong to: Raymond V. Schmidt, 5918 College avenue, Nash sedan, found in alley near Bellefontaine and Thirteenth streets; automobile thief arrested. Albert L. Fishman, 1438 South Meridian street, Studebaker roadster, found at Meridian and Ohio streets, John P. Love, 530 North Meridian street, Ford roadster, found near 537 Superior street. Ford coupe, 538-496, found near the Riverside pumping station, car stripped of battery and other accessories.

Starting Tomorrow A JOAN §gp\ff Crawford Tg -*5 OurModeroMaidens Udtk ROD LAROC QUE FAIRBANKS, JR. y ANITA PAGE TA SPECIAL MUSIC AND SOOXD EFFECTS/ / A M*wCsttqr‘ Hgw FiWslisa I FLAMING YOUTH—JAZZ MADNESS i ! Beautiful Joan Crawford, star of “Our Dancing Daughters,” in its sensational \ successor. I /Ffi I What a picture! And what a cast in /IMk I f support of the gorgeous star. I jS!r '/mL \ The P lcture y°u have all been waiting LAST TIMES TODAY GRETA GARBO in “THE SINGLE STANDARD’ ’

OLD SETTLERS’ PICNIC 3 COUNTIES—MARION, HENDRICKS, MORGAN —AT—WALNUT GARDENS SUNDAY, AUG. 25th Dancing, Swimming, Racing, Hone Shoe Pitching, Rolling Pin Contest, Fat Man’s Race and numerous other amusements. Bring your baskets and spend the day with your friends in beautiful Walnut Gardens. The finest picnic grounds in the state of Indiana.

'FORD MUSEUM CONTAINS MANY EDISONSHOPS Great Collection Offspring of Friendship Between Famous Men. This Is the second of three articles describing Henry Ford’s collection and display of old American relics and antiques. BY J. A. PETERSON, United Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Aug. 23.—Henry Ford himself says he doesn’t know when the idea of his great museum and |of the typical early village origi- | nated. It may have been an offspring of the great friendship existing between Ford and Thomas Edison. In the Ford collection are the little laboratories and shops of Edison at Menlo park and Ft. Meyer, the Clinton inn near Saline, as well as other historic structures he felt should be rescued and restored before they passed into oblivion. When Edison was paid $40,000 for rights to his telegraph device sending two or more messages each way simultaneously on a single wire, he quit his job as a telegraph operator and opened his little laboratory at Menlo park in New Jersey, where his greatest work was done. It was there the incandescent lamp was developed. Center of Interest Ford brought the Menlo park laboratory to Dearborn to become a center of interest in his village of history. Other Edison relics also are there, such as Auntie Jordan’s boarding house, the first human living place lighted by electricity. Many of the original contents are preserved in these buildings. The museum group when completed will consist of five tration buildings connected by arcades to form a facade more than 700 feet in length. Back of it will be the secondary group of buildings consisting of school, auditorium and five connecting arcades to the museum, a single building 800 feet long by 450 feet in depth. The center of the main administrative building will be an exact replica of Independence Hall as it stands in Philadelphia. To the left and right coftie replicas of Congress Hall and Old City Hall as they stand in Independence Square. Typical Early Village Outside of this group of buildings for housing the Ford collection of Americana will be the typical early American village. Then there’ll be Menlo Park and the various buildings used by Edison and his assistants. Those still standing were taken down and shipped to Dearborn. Others are being rebuilt from original materials. An antique village, built around an old New England town common, will contain houses and shops of various periods since' colonial days. Handicraft trades will be perpetuated in them. Recently a combination girst and saw mill ninety-seven years old was removed from its site in Monroe to the village. Ford will have missing parts reconstructed to put the old grist mill in runnng order again. On the common near the Clinton Inn, a typical roadside inn sheltering pioneers in 1830, will stand a general country store purchased in Waterford. Mich., and transported to Dearborn. Residents to Hold Reunion Residents and former residents of Fountain county will hold their annual reunion Sunday in Brookside park. James ’E. Bingham will speak. A basket dinner will be served at noon.

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HUBBY IS ROVING; SHOT Wife Fires Bullets Into His Legs to Keep Him Home. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 23.—One wife in this world thinks enough of her husband to shoot him to keen

he is in the hospital.

SERVICES AWAIT ARRIVALOF SON Maris Funeral Rites Set Tentatively Monday. Burial rites for James D. Maris. 68, president of the Indianapolis Sawed Veneer Company, who died Thursday at St. Vincent’s hospital, have been set tentatively for Monday. Homer Maris, a son, is expected to arrive in this city tonight by plane from California. Funeral arrangements will be completed upon his arrival. Failure to rally from an operation for goitre caused Mr. Maris’ death. Born in Parke county, he came to Indianapolis in 1889. He erected many of the early Indianapolis mansions. Thirty years ago he established the veneer company and was active in its management up to the time of his death. Mr. Maris was a member of Mystic Tie lodge No. 398, F & A. M., the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Scottish Rite, Murat Temple, Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Kiwanis Club. FALSE ALARM; $lO FINE Called Police Twice; Then Arrested for Being Drunk. Raymond Bailey, 27, of 816 Harrison street, who police say called them twice Tuesday night ‘just to give them a little business,” paid a $lO fine in municipal court Thursday. He is said to have been drunk. Police emergency squads raced to Bailey’s home twice after he reported shooting affrays. The second time they arrested him. Canady-Walker Reunion Set The Canady-Walker families will hoi dtheir nineteenth annual reunion at Heekin park, Muncie, Sunday. C. M. Canady, 3742 Salem street, is president.

him home. Harold Mitchell of Kansas City just wouldn’t obey his wife’s pleas to stay at home with her at night. And because he didn’t, Mrs. Pearl Mitchell took firings in her own hands —and shot him in both legs. She’s out on bond now and

Mrs. Mitchell

AMUSEMENTS

Refrigerated—Always Cool! LYEIC Final Today—Movie Star BILL DESMOND and COMPANY (IN PERSON) BLOMBERG’S DOGS Texas .Four —4 Covans A Corking Vaudeville Show A Talkie of Laffs and Thrills “BEWARE Os BACHELORS” with AUDREY FERRIS HOORAY! ~ T IS THE DAY! The Famous Rascals whose antics on the screen have made millions laugh. OUR QANQ mm (IN PERSON) Presenting “IN AND OCT OF THE MOVIES’’ A Merry Hodge-Podge of Kid Capers Every One Will Enjoy! Let’s Go! A Real Treat for All Kids, Six to Sixty Together with these AIXSTAR KEITH VAUDEVILLE FEATURES. PARSON & HAWKS Harmony —and How! CHRISSIE & DALEY Eccentric Fun GWYNNE & COMPANY SEE and HEAR a New Vitaphone Talkie “HARD BOILED ROSE” with MYRNA LOY Bargain Matinee Week Days, 11:00 to 1:00

ADVISE POLICE TRAINING Bn United Pre*s ESCANABA, Mich., Aug. 23.—A resolution advocating inauguration of a state-wide police training school patterned after that of New York, was adopted by the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police here Thursday. The association also approved the

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RoHrS “.7Ae RIVER 9“ ROMANCE’ with Mary Brian Imagine your “Buddy” as Booth Tarkington’s celebrated “Colonel Blake” ALL-TALKING! _ Last Day! “Noah's Ark.”

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LAST DAY—Colleen Moore Talking in “ Smiling Irish Eyes”

j. jjl “Beau Geste” “Chang” ’gjgjr I STRETCHING A^ROSS^WO^ONTINENTS! “THE FOUR f FEATHERS" f ’ I Paramount'* Action—Sound Thriller With a Stupendous Cast including— *• , ! William Powell, Clive Brook j 4^

appointment of a committee of five j chiefs of police to co-operate with

STARTING TOMORROW ! j| “NETJAYNOR \ , “ CHARLES FARRELL A V jjfepx | j IN THEIR FIRST TALKING PICTURE $3 “LUCKY STAR” Directed by Frank Borzage LAST TIMES TODAY—“ON WITH THE SHOW”

the newly created state crime commission,,

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_AUG. 23, 1929