Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 257, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1930 — Page 19

WAR TANARUS, 7997

BRITISH CLAIM HUGE SUM FOR LOSSES IN WAR Taxpayers to Be Burdened U High Court Allows $215,000,000. BY Mil-TON BRONNER NLA Service Writer LONDON, March 7.—British civilians who caught it in the neck from German airplanes, Zeppelins and submarines during the war, are making a last desperate effort to get some money for their sufferings. and if they do, the groaning British taxpayer will find anew load tagged on to his already enormous burden. y At this moment a British court of is considering these civilian claims, which ask some $215,000,000 nm compensation for damages inflicted by German aerial and submarine warfare on noncombatants. The petitioners are asking that the British government be compelled to reimburse them out of any money it gets from Germany in the shape of reparations. Deficit Faced This is what make tilings look dark for the British taxpayer. The British government has insisted all along that it would collect from Germany only enough to pay the British debt to the United States. But if the courts direct it to shell out $215,000,000 of these reparations payments to British claimants, the treasury will have just that much less with which to pay America, and the deficit, will have to be made up by taxation. Three lord justices, Scrutton, Greer and Slesser, now are hearing arguments of Civilian War Claimants' Association, representing twenty-eight petitioners with a total claim of $7,500,000. This is a test case and If it is allowed the whole $215,000,000 will have to go through also. Pay Promised One of the bases of the claim to the money is the fact that Lloyd George, when premier, promised in the spring of 1919 that one of the first claims on German would be for full compensation for loss at sea. It was not until 1925, however, that the movement to press for the settlement of these damages really got under way. It broadened until now it includes a widely scattered collection of claimants and causes of action. First of all those who lost rela~ tives or property through the submarine warfare. Then there are t hose who suffered from German air raids on England. Some claimants asks damages for personal injuries or loss of property sustained through internment in German prison camps or by enemy action in the occupied regions of France and Belgium. i Still other claims arise from the j German naval bombardments of the unfortified seacoast towns of Scarborough, Whitley and Hartlepool, in which more than 100 civilians were killed and 500 more were wounded. 29,000 Filed Incidentally, these petitions reveal that the Zeppelin raids on London did far more damage than the wartime censors ever allowed to become known. During the war the government asked all such sufferers to put in their claims for damages, and in 1924 a royal commission was given $25,000,000 to settle all claims. Then it developed that this sum would lie nowhere near enough. More

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Fishing the Air

Franz Lehar’s "Merry Widow” waltz, considered one of the three most famous compositions in that particular style, is one of two solos which Jessica Dragonette, soprano, sings over WTAM and an NBC network during the Cities Service concert, Friday night at 7 o’clock. m m 0 MOO Lieutenant Charles Renter will conduct the seventy-five piece United States Navy band in its concert to be broadcast from WFBM and stations of the Columbia broadcasting system at ” o clock Friday night. 000 0 0 0 Th love story of the German musician Robert Schumann will be dramatized during the presentation in the Famous Loves series to be broadcast through WLW and stations associated with the NBC, Friday evening at 7:45 o'clock. 0 0 0 0 o o "How Come All the Famous Men Were Born on Holidays?" demand Harry Rrrer and the ClicQUOt Club Eskimos when they sing and play over stations associated with the NBC Friday night at 8 o clock.

HIGH SPOTS OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S PROGRAM 7:oo—Columbia —United States Navy band. NBC (WEAF) —Cities Service concert. 7:3O—WTAM, Milwaukee —Basketball. Wisconsin vs. Indiana, 7:45 NBC (WJZ)—Famous Loves—“ Robert Schumann.” B;oo —Columbia—True Story hour. 8-30 —NBC <WJZ)— Armour program. NBC < WEAF)—OId Company’s Songologue. 9:OO—WPG, Atlantic City—Drama, “Sea Cruiser.” Columbia —The Merrymakers, Freddy Rich and orchestra. NBC (WEAFy—Alpha-Omega opera burlesque “Samson and Delilah.” 9:3O—WLW, Cincinnati—Historical highlights. Columbia^—Curtis Institute of Music—Joseph Levine, pianist.

“The White Dove,” from “The Rogue Song,” the new sound picture starring the Metropolitan Opera baritone, Lawrence Tibbett, will be featured by the Armstrong Quakers when they are heard over WHAS and an NBC network, Friday night at 9 o’clock. 000 • m m Inspector Hawtrey reveals that he, too. possesses “psychic” powers similar to those of the dreaded Professor Montegie during the Mystery House episode to be heard over WWJ and stations associated with the NBC, Friday night at 9:30 o’clock. 000 000 Ludwig Laurier and his string ensemble will play a program of French selections when they go on the air during the Slumber Music period of the National broadcasting company. Friday night at 10:15.

U, S. FEARED IN ARGENTINA Enmity, Distrust Is Evident, Writer Contends. B.v Timfs Special • NEW YORK, March 7.—“ There is in Argentina a more widespread feeling of suspicion and antagonism toward the United States as a nation than in any other country of Latin America which I have visited.” * Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes, widely known writer and traveler, wife of Senator Henry' W. Keyes of New Hampshire, expresses this opinion in the current Good Housekeeping magazine following a tour of the South American continent. But, Mrs. Keyes adds, the American who believes enmity of his country to be universal among Argentines is seriously in error. The fact is that the average Argentine of the higher type values his contacts with, and feels an admiration for. the United States, and many of the nation’s intellectual leaders are working to foster mutual friendship. Many intelligent Argentines realize, her Good Housekeeping article, says, that much of the ill-feeling against the United States has been fostered by propaganda emanating from European commercial interests which fear North American trade expansion will drive them out of the rich Latin market. Several other reasons for ill-feeling were than 29,000 persons filed claims, with amounts sought ranging from a few pounds to hundreds of thousands. Now the appeals court has the whole business to pass on. If it decides for the petitioners, the overburdened British taxpayer will have one more load to carry'.

cited by Argentine leaders, among them resentment against the Monroe doctrine; distruct of a policy of “imperialism;” fundamental differences between Latin and AngloSaxon civilization, and misconceptions by the average person of limited outlook in each country concerning the true character of the other. COBIT’DREAMED’ STORY Fiction Writer Says Entire Plot Formulated in Sleep. ! NEW YORK, March 7—Modem j fiction writers draw' stories from any likely source, from observing life and people generally, from allowing imagination to play with a newspaper clipping, from remodeling historic incidents, from tales told by friends, and from unnumbered other sources. But only one modem author claims that he dreamed a story in its entirety, and then set it down, like a stenographer taking dictation from his subconscious mind He is Irving S. Cobb. The story, which is considered one of Cobb’s best, is “Three Wise Men of the East Side.” “I dreamed it,” asserts Cobb, relating his experience in the current issue of the Golden Book magazine. TOURISTS GOOD TO RUSS Soviet Union Netted $400,000 Last Year From Travelers* By United Press MOSCOW. March 7.—The last years tourist trade netted the Soviet Union more than $400,000, it is estimated here in official quarters. Os 3,000 tourists recorded during the last summer, two-thirds were Americans, 15 per cent English; 8 per cent Germans, 5 per cent Spaniards. The authorities are preparing for an expected influx from 10,000 to 15,000 tourists next summer.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ROAD BUILDING TO INCREASE IN 1930, FORECAST Boost ip Highway Program Will Aid Employment Situation. Iht Science Service. WASHINGTON, March 7.—Present low' money rates, w’hich again make bonds an attractive investment, will make it possible in 1930 to begin to catch up with our necessary road-building program, it is predicted in a report to the American Road Builders’ Association. During the last two years of exceptional business opportunities municipal, state and county bonds for road improvement have suffered in comparison with securities yielding higher returns, and the development of highways has not kept pace with the increasing production of automobiles. “Construction programs, as affecting employment, are of importance because of the number of people affected,” the report said. “Estimating that an expenditure of $5,000 gives employment to one man, the $2,000,000,000 program of 1929 gave employment to some 400,000 men engaged in the actual construction and maintenance of roads. In addition, the production of between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000 in road machinery and special devices for road building kept many thousands of men employed in factories. Thousands at Work A large part of the crushed stone and Portland cement industry is dependent on the building of highways. Asphalt, a by-product in the production of gasoline, is used extensively for roads. The sand and gravel business alone employs many more thousands. There are many other materials that find a use in road building and in the manufacture of which many people find gainful employment. “Increased attention must be paid to traffic control. Our roads have been designed for comparatively slow traffic with but little traffic control, but, because of the rapid development in motor vehicle speeds, they are now accommodating, after a fashion, high-speed traffic but at a tremendous cost of life and personal injury. Such traffic control consists, in part, of grade separations, automatic signals at intersecting roads, lighting of railroad crossings, better policing and better driver law enforcement. Favor License Law Every state should have a strict driver’s license law to rule off the road incompetent drivers and punish careless drivers by suspension of licenses. “These safety provisions alone represent a tremendous expenditure of money which, in justice to the traffic, should be taken from gasoline tax and motor license fees. In short, the proper signaling of a road is just as important as the pavement. “We have sixty-mile-an-hour pavements and twenty-mile-an - hour signaling and accessory structures. This condition must be corrected.”

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Radio Dial Twisters

WFBM (1230) Indianapolis 'lndianapolis Power and Light Company) FRIDAY s:oo—lndiana university radio extension course . . ___ s:3o—Will Osborne's orchestra (CBS). s:so—lndpls. Safety Council news. 6:oo—World boot man. 6:os—Rov Ingraham's orchestra (CBS). 6:ls—Leaders of industry. 6 20—Roy Ingraham's orchestra (CBS). 6:3o—Morrison's Merrymakers. 7:OO—U. S. Navy band (CBS*. 7:3o—Eversharp penmen (CBS). B;oo—Silent by order Federal Radio Commission. WKBF (1400) Indianapolis (Indianapolis Broadcasting. Inc.) FRIDAY P. M. 4:oo—Tea timers. 4:45 —News flashes. s:ls—Town topics. 7:oo—Silent. 8 00—Bogue Institute orchestra. B:3o—Wilkir.g Jesse French hour. 9:3o—Lunatic hour. 10:30—Indianapolis Athletic Club. 11:30 —Sign oS.

DISTANT STATIONS

FRIDAY —7 V. M Columbia—U. S. Navy band to WFBM. WGN (720i. Chicago—Floorwalker. NBC System—Pickard family to WJZ, WSM. , , W.IR (7501. Detroit—Orchestra program. WLS (870). Chicago—Concert. —7:30 P. M.— Columbia,—Wahl Penman to WFBM. WGN (720), Chicago—Goldkette’s orchestra; Nlghthawks. . NBC System—Men About Town to WJZ. WSM (650), Nashville —Lowe Bros, orchestra. WSB (740). Atlanta —Concert. —7:45 F. M.— NBO System—Famous loves S WJZ. KDKA, WLW. „ —8 P. M.— Columbia—True Story hour. Mary and Bob to WABC, WMAQ. WCCO. WBBM (770). Chicago—Spelling Bee. NBC System—Clicquot Eskimos to WEAF, WTIC. WWJ. WGY. WSAI. WGN (720). Chicago—Manor House playNBC'System—lnterwoven Pair. Jones and Hare to WJZ, KDKA. KYW. WHAS, W.IR, WSM. WLW. WLS (870). Chicago—Variety program. —8:30 P. M.— WBBM (770), Chicago—Gems of music. NBC System—Old Co's. Songologue. WEAF. WTIC, WGY. „ , . WGN (720). Chicago—Rhythm and melody. NBC System—Armour program, orchestra to WJZ. KDKA. KYW. WSM, WHAS. WTAM (1070). Cleveland—Friday frolics. —9 P. itt.— Columbia —The Merrymakers to WABC, WBBM (*770), Chicago—Wecm’s orchestra. NBC Sostem— Alpha and Omega Opera Company to WEAF. WWJ. WGY. WENR (870). Chicago—Variety musical*. WGN (720). Chicago—Pat Barnes. NBC System—Armstrong Quakers vocal; orchestra to WJZ. KDKA, KYW, WJR, WLW, WSM. —9:80 V. M.— KYW (1020). Chicago—Russo’s orchestra. Columbia—Curtis Institute of music to WABC. WCCO. . WBBM (770), Chicago—Symphonic orchestra. WGN (720) Chicago—Billiken Troupers. WGY (790). Schenectady—Studio program. NBC System—Mystery hour to WEAF, WWJ. WJR (750). Detroit—Ed McConnell. NBC System—Bailee’s orchestra to WJZ, WMAQ A '(67o). Chicago—Northwestern 0. WSM^iMO), Nashville—Warner's presentatlon’ —9:15 P. M.WBBM (770). Chicago—Huntley's orchestra. —lO P. M.— KYW (1020). Chicago—Book man; news; "Your English.” „ . . , KMOX (1090). St. Louis —Entertainers; Columbia—Hall’s orchestra to WABC. WCCO (810). Minneapolis-St. Paul—Traffic court; orchestra. WENR (870), Chicago—Mike and Herman, easy chair music. NBC System—St. Regis orchestra to WEAF, WTAM. WJR (750), Detroit—Sketch book; news reel. * , _ .. WGN (720). Chicago—Tomorrow's Tribune: NBC System—Sketch book to WJZ, KDKA, WIBO. _ . WMAQ (670). Chicago—Entertainers. WSM (650i Nashville—Entertainers. —10:15 P. M.— NBO System—Slumber music to WJZ, KDKA. —10:20 P. M.— WJR (750), Detroit—McGay’* orchestra. —10;30 P. M.— KMOX ' (1090), St. Louis—Mound’s orchestra. WGN (720), Chicago—Goldkettes’ orchestra; Nlghthawks. NBC System—Amos ’n’ Andy to KYW, WMAQ. WHAS. WSM.

—10:40 P. M.— WJR (750), Detroit—Bergin’s orchestra. —10:4.4 P. M.— KYW (1020), Chicago—Dane* music (4H hours i. NBC Svstem—Prohibition poll to WENR. WLW'. WSM (650), Nashville—Gastonlan orchestra. —ll P. M.— KMOX (1090), St. Louis—Dance orchestra. WENR (870), Chicago—Air vaudeville (2 hours). WGN (720), Chicago—Dream Ship; dance music (2 hours i. NBC System—Spitalnv’s music to WEAF. WLW (700), Cincinnati—Gibson orchestral "Low Down.” WJR (750). Detroit—Easy chair time. WMAQ (670), Chicago—Dance orchestra (3 hours). WTMJ (620), Milwaukee—Dance music; organ. —11:20 P. M.— WCCO (810'. Minneapolis-St. Paul—Gold Medal orchestra. —11:30 P. M.— WJR (750), Detroit—Bergin's orchestra. —l2 P. M.— WLW (700). Cincinnati—lnsomniacs. WIBO (560), Chicago—Russo's celebrity program (2 hours). WBBM (770), Chicago—Dance music (1 hour). WLW (700) Cincinnati FRIDAY P. M. i 4:oo—Tea Time group. 4:3o—Livestock report. 4:4o—Musicale. s:oo—Orchestra. s:3o—Benrus time announcement. Dynacoil Diners. s:s9—Hy Grade weather forecast. 6:oo—University of Cincinnati talk, 6:ls—Tony’s Scrap Book. 6:30—T0 be announced. 7:oo—Studebaker Champion*. 7:30 —“Ask Me Another.” 7:4s—Craddock Terry program (NBC), B:oo—The Interwoven Pair (NBC), B:3o—Heatrolatown. 9:oo—Armstrong Quakers. 9:3o—Historical Highlights. 10:00—Benrus time announcement, Estate weather man. Howard Trio. 10:30—Crosley Burnt Corkers. 11:00—Hotel Gibson orchestra, 11:30—Sweet and Low Down. A M. 12:00—Thirteenth hour Insomniacs. I:oo—Benrus time announcement—Sign off.

Daylight Hits

WFBM (1230) Indianapolis Undianapolis Power and Light Company) SATURDAY A. M. 7:oo—Pep Unlimited Club. 9:oo—Scnlosser’s butter and egg men. 9:15 —Saturday synoopaters (CBS). 9:3o—Columbia Grenadiers (CBS), 10:00—Desa Byrd’s organ program. 10:30 —U. S. Army band (CBS). 11:00—Adventures of Helen and Mary (CBS). 11:30—Yoeng’s orchestra (CBS). 12 Noon —Farm Community Network (CBS). X to s—Silent, WKBF (1400) Indianapolis (Indianapolis Broadcasting. Inc.) SATURDAY A. M.— 6:4s—Church Federation morning worship. 7:oo—Opening of “Talk O’ Town.” 7:50 —Washington Auto Sales setting up exercise. 8:45 —Stewart’s Radio, Inc. 9:ls—Close of “Talk O’ Town.” 9:ls—Women’s hour. 9:ls—Walter W. Miller Company. 9:25—L. S. Ayres downstairs store. 9:3s—Hoosier Coffee Company. 9.4s—Standard Nut Margarine cooking chat. 9:ss—Messenger’s home message. 10:00—Indianapolis Paint & Color Cos. 10:15—Indiana extension library. 10:30—Market reports. 10:35—Organ recital. 11:00—Personality Bob. I:ls—The Girl Friends Three. 11:45—Sue Carolyn. P M. 12:15—Farm Adviser. 12:30—Prince All.

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1:00—Ma rot t trio. I:3o— lndiana theater stage presentation. 2:lo—Matinee harmonists. 2:3o—Silent. 3:3o—Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. WLW (700) Cincinnati SATURDAY A. M. 7:ls—Organ. 7:4s—Popular bits (NBC). B:oo—Aunt Jemima man 'NBC'. B.ls—Crosley woman's hour, with health talk. 9:oo—Orpheus trio. 9:3o—Live stock reports. 9:4o—Studio personalities. 10:00—Donhallrose trio. 10:30—Weather, river and market reports. 10:55—Time signals. 11:00—Organ concert. 11:30—Hotel Gibson orchestra. 11:50—Live stock reports. P. M. 12:00—Notional farm and home hour (NBC). 12:30—Kevstone program (NBC). 1:00—Town and country.

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1:30 Band of 1.000 melodies. 2:3o—Merrvmakers (NBC). 3:3o—Tea trio (NBC).

DISTANT STATIONS

SATURDAY A. M. 8:00—NBC Sv*tem—Aunt Jemima man to WLW. 10:00—Columbia Network—o. 8. Army band. 10:15 NBC System (WEAFi—Household Institute I 11:45—NBC Svstem (Central) —Farm and ! home hour. | P. M. 12 00—Columbia Network—Farm program. I:3o—Columbia Network -Male quartet. NBC Svstem (WJZ)—Band concert to WLW. 2 SO—Columbia Network—“ For your inform mailon.” No British king or queen as such has ever visited the United States.