Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1930 — Page 16

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HIGH PURCHASES BY CITY TO GET CLOSE SCRUTINY All More Than $2,000 Will Be Put Before Council for Consideration. Close- scrutiny of all city purchases of more than |2,000 will bo undertaken by city council. Presentation of an ordinance approving an order of gauze costing $2,600 resulted Monday night in a lengthy discussion on buying policies and the decision that hereafter, all bids amounting to more than *2.000 shall be submitted to city council for approval before the contract is awarded. The order for 100,000 yards of gauze was placed by Joel A. Baker, former purchasing agent, whose office was investigated by the old city council, and delivered Feb. 1. Purchase Approved When Albert H. Losrhe, new purchasing agent, learned the amount was more than $2,000. he requested the measure be sent to city council for approval in accordance with the statute. Council •'approved'* the purchase made by Baker. Declaring the present council “will not be a rubber stamp.” Council President Ernest C. Ropkev announced that all future ordinances will contain the low bid which Is recommended by the department asking the purchase, with the other bids on an attached letter to show' the council the reason for the award. Blanket Approval Issue The issue In the investigation of the former purchasing agent’s methods was whether council should issue blanket approval for purchases or grant authority to buy specific articles at a fixed price. Ropkey declared the change in policy was in no way a reflection on the present administration. The council first considered requiring all bids listed in the ordinance, but Smiley N. Chambers, assistant city attorney, advised that, the mass of bids would be cjifficult to study and the procedure will boort, the cost of printing council procc'-'riings. The Best Pound You Ever Bought! j——— —— WATCH repairing $ l At Cost of Material cj WATCH CRYSTALS Rons* ...19e Fnnry t)f * I’cbreakable 49r | Cleaning (any watch).... ..*lO9 ft Mainspring (any watch) 99- 1 Jewel* (any watch) #1.19 J Rite’s Jewelry . hop 43 S. Illinois Huy Your Radio at ? PEARSON’S Choose from R. C. A., Atwater I Rent and Phllco ir.B-30 >\ F^nn*jlvunltt Street is A GOOD BUSINESS SCHOOL Strong business, stenographic, secre taria) and accounting courses; indi vidua! Instruction in major subjects large faculty of specialists in their re spectlve lines; Free Employment Service Fred W. Case. Prin CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Pennsylvania end Vermont, First Door Xorth T. W. 1. A.. Indianapolis. Ind Used Pianos —Big bargains In shopworn and slightly used Instruments Terms as Low as #1 Week Pearson Piano Cos. j 128-30 N. PfißusylTsnlft Stree# j 4%" Paid on Saving# Security Trust Cos. 11l North Pennsylvania Street Hsupos ItCREMT UyO, Money Loaned —ON—DIAMONDS Liberal. Reliable. Confidently! SU SS MAN'S STATE LOAN OFFICE Legal Bates—Bonded Brokers Established 28 Years 239-241 W. Washington St. Lwe madesiGNS 1 [before we could talkj pOSW-Manjland St. Rileyl736l THE INDIANA TRUST CO. Pay 4% Savings I supm $2,000,000 L _ J

TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY USED IN AIR MOVIE Horton Does a Lot of Fancy Upside Flying in a Big Plane in “The Aviator” Now at the Lyric. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN IF Edward Everett Horton did all the fancy flying and upside down | stunts photographed in “The Aviator,” well, the world would have another Lindbergh. And I know that there is only one Lindbergh and I know that Horton j ; is a good actor In farce and movie photographers know a million stunts to make white look black and just the reverse. I should judge that “The Aviator” would be a pretty tame affair on the stage because it is a duplicate of “The Hottentot.” In “The Aviator” Horton is cast as a man who doesn’t know' a thing about airplanes and even does not like butterflies because they have wings and he also is

scared to death of elevators. He , walks. But he poses as an author i of a book on aviation and tells of his war record in the air. Os course it is all bluff. The girl he loves is wild over aviation, and so Horton must fly. And he does and how. There is a lot of trick flying and I feel sure that Horton is no Lind- j bergh. So somebody else must have i done all the hair raising stunts that j Horton is supposed to have gone ! through or the photographer was a mighty clever bird. Horton is probably one of the leaders on the talking screen in putting over farce. Farce is different from comedy. Sometimes it seems to me that It takes more artistry in putting over farce than j comedy. The actor must know just \ how far to go in projecting farce or j it becomes burlesque or hopeless i hokum. One has to give farce that at- j tribute of suggested realism so as I not to be too silly. And Horton does splendidly in projecting farce in “The Aviator.” “The Aviator" is a picture that gets audience results, laughing re- j suits. And that is the only way that, I know how to judge farce. i The vaudeville part of the show ! at the Lyric this week is far from j being a strong bill. About the main j thing to the bill is the acrobatic dancing of Irene Vermillion in the j last act. If this woman would ! study those she had around her in : a musical way, she would have a much better act. The fact that she i keeps her musicians on the stage standing all the time prevents the act from receiving a variety punch. Her dancing is too good to damage j by a bad arrangement of musical numbers. Tex McLead tries to be another Will Rogers in the days that Will spun ropes. There is only one Will. Tex is good with the ropes. Sherman and MacVae have poor material in an alleged eccentric comedy offering. Lloyd Nevada goes in for illusions. This act appeals to children. Now at the Lyric.

Other theaters today offer: “The Vagabond Lover” at the Palace, I “Happy Days” at the Apollo. “Seven Days’ Leave” at the Circle, “Playj ing Around” at the Indiana. “The i Kibitzer” at the Ohio, burlesque at ; the mutual. “Broadway Brevities” 1 at the Rialto, and movies at the Granad3. PUNCH WINNERS HELD Ft, Wayne Police Believe Boards Used to Swindle. | pu Tim x Bnceial FT. WAYNE, Ind.. Feb. 18.—Harry j Stone, 23, Kalamazoo, Mich., and j John L. Nuley. 2S. are held here while police investigate on a. theory that they were engaged in a punchboard swindle. Willison Franklin said one of the men sold him a board, and that immediately afterward the other won S4O on it. Police have seized six ; more of the boards.

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HURT AS TRUCK HITS VESTIBULE OF STREET CAR Motorman Is Crash Victim; Ohio Man Is Held for Drunken Driving. Henry J. Burk, 37, of 1214 North ; Kealing avenue, motorman on a : Washington street car, was Injured | seriously w r hen the street car vestibule was demolished Monday | night as it crashed into a truck ; driven by Wesley R. Burnside of Cincinnati. 0., at 5400 East Washington street. Burk was taken to city hospital. The truck was overturned, but the driver was not injured. Five Hurt in Collision Five persons were injured in a : collision of two automobiles at Kentucky avenue and South street Monday night. Cars were driven by Charles Bowman, 21, of 1132 South West street, and Ward Handsell, 32, ! of 710 North Bellevieu avenue. Those Injured, all of whom were riding with Bowman, were; Miss Mabel Bowman, 20; Miss Marie Griffin, 38; Mrs. Sophia Hammond. 43; Robert ] West, 12. and Uene West. 9. All live at 1132 South West street, Mrs Hammond suffered a broken leg. Driver Is Held Emerson Gram, 44. of Springfield. 0.. was charged with operating an automobile while intoxicated after his car is alleged to have wrecked a police automobile at Washington and Tuxedo streets Monday night. The driver of the car did not stop Ufter the accident. Gram’s car was found in a garage later by police. i An automobile driven by Claude Eaton, 42, of 225 North East street, crashed into the front of a vacant store room at 256 Massachusetts avenue Monday night after it colA Complete Assortment of | Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry | AT REASONABLE PRICES J. P. MULLALLY 531 State Life Bldg. H 38 Years Id (lie Jewelry Business B

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NORRIS ROUSES BITTER BAHLE OVER DRY LAW Stirs Up Controversy by Branding Politics as Weak Link. ! Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 —Prohibition never has been given a “fair and honest trial” because politics has played a large part in the selection of enforcement officers, according to Chairman George W. Norris of the senate judiciary com- ' mittee. j This, in substance, is the basis of his proposal for the most sweeping j investigation of prohibition enforce- ! ment ever suggested to congress.

He believes such a wide Investigation necessary in order to “clean up" the federal dry service and give prohibition a fair chance, he said today. “Before there is any more talk of j repeal of the eighteenth amendment, I or modification of the Volstead law, j | prohibition should be given a fair I trial,” he said. | President Hoover, he declared, ; could remedy the situation by taking 1 enforcement out of politics. Norris has stirred up a heated and j bitter controversy which has split | his dry senate colleagues into two ! camps, a few of them supporting his ; proposal, many of them against it jon the ground it plays into the i hands of the wets. ; “There still is hope that prohibi- ; tion can be enforced, provided it is . taken out of politics," declared Norris. “The President can take it i out in fifteen minutes if he issues ! the right kind of order. If a party leader or senator objects to his appointments he should pay no attention to them. “The President Is directly responsible for enforcement. He can issue orders to Secretary of Treasury

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