Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1930 — Page 9

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‘BANANA KID'S' PARTNER BOBS TAXICAB DRIVER Picks Up Bandit Pal After Holdup; Ttyo Leisurely Plunder Station. The partner of "the iSanana Kid' went Into action Thursday night and staged the holdup of Aubrey Johnson of 406 West Raymond street. Brown taxi driver, wreile "the Banana Kid” drove the relleV automobile. ) Johnson was robbed of $9 by a passenger who engaged his J cab to drive to Sixty-third street a/nd College avenue. A man. tallyiktg with description of the bandit wlao announced to victims he wa.sk “the Banana Kid,” followed in another car and picked up the man 'after the holdup. Previously, "the Banana Kid ’ staged the holdups while hi.\ accompllce drove the relief cur. I Take Their Time i Two leisurely bandtis in a holdup of a filling station at Belmont avenue and Morris st eet Thui 'day night. Arrer Pimm< ins. of 2101 We t Morris street, tulkine with Everett H : 11. attendant, of 1330 West Troy avenue, was shoved into a lavatory . nd the bandits tl ien ‘old Harrell to open the safe "fNnd take your time.” Simmons hid ! its money in the lavatory and the bandits got nothing when tbJcy searched him. Leaving the station, the t' vo looked Harrell and Simmons in from tivy outside. l The residence of Mr. and MrrY Ot< nn Buck, at 4021 Guilford ave-\ nue, was entered by burglars, whn4 got jewelry valued at S7O. / Students Robbed t Burglars who entered rooms oc/rupied by three medical students 2312 North Capitol avenue, got! seven suits of clothing valued a*f S2OO. Tlie studer s are Carl Vetteri Carl Porter and Robert Brown. 1 Mrs. Anna Demming of 846 lege avenue reported nine sacks of\ clothing stolen from a house re-/ cently vacated by her sister at 2404 \ Hovey street. The clothing had been packed for removal to Mrs. Demmtng's home. Robert Weathers, Negro, 18. of 519 Ogden street., and Warner Stamper, 21, of 523 North Alabama street, arrested Thursday, are alleged to have confessed they were companions of Harry Smith, Negro, 19. of 1620 North Arsenal avenue, in burglary of the Muhl pharmacy, at 949 North Illinois street. Wednesday night. Smith was arrested in the store after neighbors reported hearing breaking glass. TRAFFIC CLUB ELECTS William B. Basch of Link Belt Company Is President. William B. Basch, traffic manager of the Link Belt Company, was was elected president of the Indian- I apolis Traffic Club Thursday night 1 at the Severin. Other officers named were Roscoe C. Johnston, secre-tary-treasurer, and Howard A. Koch, first vice-president. New members of the boaid of directors are J. H. Anderson, V. A. Hampton, T. J. Williamson and R. L. Ward.

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SHYLOCKS ARE BORN NOT MADE FOR STAGE Memories of Robert B. Mantell Return When Genevieve Hamper Opens Engagement at English’s. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN IT is a dangerous and costly thing this day to take a company over the country to act only plays of Shakespeare Miss Genevieve Hamper, the widow of the late Robert B. Mantell and for years his leading woman, is carrying on her husband's idea of giving Shakespeare at popular prices. To me there is only one Robert B. Mantell, and of the many authorities on Shakespeare that I have seen on the stage I probably always will consider Mantell the best reader of the bard.

Mantell was better known on the road than on Broadway, but he gave us intelligent Shakespeare or the real Shakespeare with no foolis'h trimmings. His sets were the oldfashioned type and looked like the description given In the plays. Mantell replied upon himself and Miss Hamper to make the play the thing. ! Robert B. Mantell was sadly missed last night when John Alexander played the role of Shvlock. At no time did he really get into character. His shvlock impressed me more as an actor than a character of Shakespeare. Even in the court I scene when Shylock is demanding : his pound of flesh, Alexander did ■ not get the majestic sweep of defeat. He never got under the skin l of Shylock. That is my opinion. We know that there are roles in ■ which he is greatly admired, but Shylock is not to his measure. Last night at times. Miss Hanip"” showed the strain of the season an its worries. She was unsteady at least once in her lines but on the whole she was a pleasing Portia. This w'oman knows how to read her Shakespeare In a lovely way. Frederic W. Hile, just 22 in actual years, gave us a modern Bassanio. filled with pep and action. He reads well and T will be interested in seeing him as Romeo on Saturday night. The outstanding performance last night was thee Launcelct Gobbo oi Le Roi Operti. The settings are ' modern, the old scenery of Mantel! having been discarded. Miss Hamper now has given her Shakespeare the beauty of color and nice costumes. And yet when it is all considered Miss Hamper is doing wonders with Shakespeare at popular prices She is to be congratulated, as it takes a brave woman to buck th° cruel world this season in the theater. We mi be thankful to any one who gives us Shakespeare because we all have our own ideas concerning the way the characters of Shakespeare should be acted Tonight at English’s the bill will y>e "Macbeth.” and Saturday night \Romeo and Juliet,” with “Hamlet” Saturday matinee. * Other theaters today offer “Sally” a k the Circle, "Heii's Heroes” at the Ijndiana, “Show of Shows” at the Apollo, "Dynamite” at the Palace. Charles Ray at the Lyric, "Flight” aq the Ohio, burlesque at the Muuttal. and movies at the Colonial. ‘Vlhe Man With Red Hair” opens toijiight at the Playhouse as a Civic theater offering. Church Leader Dies i;b> Unit''l Press ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 10.—Funeral arrangements are being made too:jy for (he Rev. John Fretz Funk. S4. one of Elkhart's oldest residents aiia pioneer leader of the Mennonitaj church in America, who died at hie home Wednesday night. He had beten a resident of Elkhart since 18®7 and had been president and acnive manager of the Mcnnonite Publishing Company for fifty years, frokn the time of its incorporation.

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One of the most important events of the current season at the Civic theater happens tonight when George Somnes, director, will play the title role in “The Mon With Red Hair.” This play will continue through Saturday, Jan. 18. NEGRO IS SENTENCED FOR SEIZING NURSE Arrested by State Police After Running From Scene. Charged with seizing an 18-year-old student nurse at Methodist hospital as she walked on Capitol avenue near the hospital. Hubert Hampshire, Negro, 19, of 1844 North Capitol avenue, was fined SSO and costs and sentenced to sixty days on the state farm in municipal court Thursday. The girl screamed when the Negro seized her and George Clark and George Johnson, state policemen, passing in an automobile, saw Hampshire running. They arrested him and he denied “grabbing her.” At that time, the officers testified, they did not know the nurse had been attacked. Hampshire was charged with assault and battery. Pulpit Call to Student pit Tina s Uercial NEWCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 10.—John Rilling, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rilling of this city, a divinity student at Wittenburg college, Springfield, 0., has been called to the pastorate of the Lutheran church at Versailles, O. However, Rilling, who spent last summer studying at the University of Lcipsic, Germany, has not accepted the place and may return to Germany to complete his studies.

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FRANCE NOW IS POWERFUL AS MONEY LENDER Tax Action of Deputies Puts Government on Par With Britain. Bu United frees PARIS, Jan. 10.—France, with almost 45,000,000,000 francs worth of , gold stored in Its underground j vaults, sees the approaching day when this country again will be- j come a money iender to the world. By action of the chamber of deputies, at the last minute, taxes on certain financial transactions in France were reduced or j totally suppressed, placing France | on an equally favored position with i Great Britain in the world money! markets. The chamber suppressed the stamp tax on exchange operations at the request of the government to permit creation of an immense international money market in Paris. Almost each day, including Friday, when some 300,000,000 francs worth of gold arrived, the flow of! gold to the Bank of France has in-! creased and France is ready to lend I some 10,000,000,000 francs to the world. Simultaneously with other de-. velopments toward strengthening Paris as a money lender, the stamp tax on foreign securities was reduced by half in an effort to facilitate introduction of foreign securities and it was felt that additions might put Paris on an equal with New York in international money markets. Woman to Be Pastor /.'?/ Times Sneciat SHERIDAN, Ind., Jan. 10.—The Rev. Mary Hiatt has accepted the pastorate of the Friends church here. She had held charges at Carmel and Kokomo and for the past six years has been at Plainfield as assistant to the Rev. Richard Newby,.superintendent of the Western Yearly Meeting of Friends,

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Raipho Yirden record. Consider Air Route Rii United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 10.— The southwestern traveler soon may be able to eat breakfast in Kansas City and dine in the evening in the cases of Mexico City. On the heels of the good will visit here of President-Elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio, came the announcement today that establishment of a day-light airline from Kansas City was contemplated by the International Airways of Brownsville, Tex. This line would operate over a distance of 1,250 miles, carrying passengers and cargo via Brownsville. F. G. Oillock, president of the

air line, conferred with Chamber of Commerce heads here today. Governor Uses Air Often Bu United Presß KOHLER. Wis., Jan. 10, Ten thousand miles by airplane during 1929 is the record established by Wisconsin's air-minded Governor, Walter J. Kohler. Kohler uses an airplane on most of his business trips around the state and to Chicago. His mileage record for 1929 was kept by the airport at the village of Kohler, the Governor’s home. Flight Postponed Ru United Press ALBUQUERQUE. N. M„ Jan. 10. —Amelia Earhart was forced by clouds and fog today to postpone resumption of her flight from Los Angeles to New York. In her new Lockheed-Vega monoplane the noted aviatrix arrived here late Thursday, accompanied by

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FLORISTS WILL ELEC The State Florists' Association | Indiana will elect officers in t g annual meeting,Tuesday at the Ell t : Club. 1 Trophies will be awarded for dii j plays of Indiana roses, carnatior | and sweet peas with Arthur He<den 4 reich, C. M. Schatzlein. Robert Elli: Herman Junge, Charles Pahud, H B. Henlev, Albert Kempe, Edwan Larson. William George Fox. DilE lon Myers, E. A. Nelson and Call : Brandlein as judges. A banquet at 7 p. m. will be sols j lowed by a dance. Bus'ncss league Elects L The Better Business League tyl North Indianapolis has installed ff ; H. Jones to succeed J. W. Chapmaift as president. Other officers are In B. Wysong vice-president; R. A| Love, treasurer, and Ira ElmoreW secretary. The directorate is com) posed of O. L. Albrecht, H. W. Allei and Roy Enos. .*