Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1930 — Page 3

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FORMER PALS NOW ENEMIES IN FILM FIGHT Fox and Sheehan Wage War for Right to Control Giant Company. Fotlovinr i* the fourth and laM article of a on William Fn\ and hi*> hattlr to ron Iml hi* vat theatrical entrrpri*m BY P\l I. WHITE United Prev* "tafT ( orrrspondrnt NEW YORK. March 31—Poles apart In race, creed and temperament, William Fox and Winfield Sheehan worked together to bring | the Fox Film Corporation, to a commanding place in the nation's newest great industry. Now the two men. friends and associates for so man r years, are battling each other in the courts and engaging in personal disputes. This acrimony is but one of *he dramatic highlights of the financial warfare over control oi the organizations through which Fox entertains hundreds of thousands of persons daily. Fox frankly entered the movie business because he thought there was money in it. He knew little about making pictures, but he found Winnie Sheehan. Winnie knew little about them, but he found out. Former Reporter For eight years. Sheehan hao been a newspaper man and a good one. Then for four years he was a secretary to police and fire commissioners in New York City. Then came the job with Fox. Within ten years he was made vice-president and general manager and placed in charge of production. Sheehan has endless vitality is "always full of plans.” To illustrate one item in his success- Fox wanted D. W. Griffith to direct “What Price Glory.” Sheehan disagreed, assigned Raoul Walsh to the job and tI)P result was box office history. Among his “discoveries” were . lu-da Janet Gaynor. Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe. Regardless of who was responsible, the film corporation's gross receipts jumped from $21,000,000 in 1925 to $72,000,000 last year. Cloud Appears There were no clouds over the Sheehan-Fox association until, Sheehan says, ne be<-am convinced that Fox's attitude on a refinancing project was “harmful to the best, interests of the companies and to his own interests as well. Sheehan then obtained a show cause order preparatory to seeking an injunction tha’ would restrain Fox from refinancini hi> corporations through the so-called Bancamerica-Blair plan. Sheehan charged that this plan would be $31,850,000 more expensive to the stockholders than the plan offered by Halsey. Stuart A Cos. Fox was hittei in retaliation. He alleged that Sheehan had entered blnto a bargain with Halsey. Stuart %nd with the American Telephone *aid Telegraph Company i?he latter \ owner of 'he Electrical Research E ducts Corporation, one of Fox's iit-ors' "by which he was to supit me. although he owns no subitial interest in 'he company, it is the bargain he is trying to through." Charges Exchanged nd thus charge and count errge. suit and counter-suit go Tilv on. Victory will be rienined by the courts and it may that Fox will be topoled from of the organizations Tie' built or may win his way to domination over an ever-expanding ' business. Meanwhile. Sheehan has reported that the Fox companies have reported gross receipts well above the corresponding period of last vear. The public apparently doesn’t care who makes thi movies or who owns the Theaters just as long as there ate movies and theaters to attend. LAW REQUIRING FULL RAIL STOP OPPOSED Motor sts Woo Id Lose 153 Years Time in 12 Month* Stoops Says. If Indi ina motorists were compelled by law to come to a dead stop before crossing railroad tracks, they would "lose" a total of 153.25 years ol time in a single year. This compilation was contained today in a statement from Todd Stoops, secretary-manager of the Hoosier Motor Club, opposing ’an effort by some interests” to force the full stop at crossings. Stoops figured Indiana has 10.244 railroad crossings, of which 7.954 are unprotected. There is one crossing for every 9.5 miles of road in Indiana and there are 882.782 cars in the state. If each car came to a fifteen-second stop at one crossing every day. the 153 years “wasted time” would be entailed. Stoops calculated. The motor club favors warning signals at all crossings. MISSIONARIES CAPTIVES Chinese Bandits l oot Town. Killing and Torturing Many. Bv Unit'‘l Prttf SHANGHAI. March 31.- Miss N. E. Gemmell. an American, and Mr and Mrs. R. W. Porteous of Great Britain, have been held captive by Chinese bandits after an attack on Yanchow. they were workers at the China island mission. The bandits looted the town, killing many shopkeepers and tortured to death many others, including the Chinese pastor and the ■principal of a school. Noted Actor Is Recovering United Pro* ■DENVER. March 31.—E H. Sothggn. noted actor, was recovering here ■nay from an attack of acute indiTs ?stion suffered Saturday night ~ & scene in "Hamtheater. _

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Reports that General Charles P. Suinmerall. above, chief of staff, left the Aberdeen, Md.. proving ground much offended by lesser officers who presumed to inform him on artillery points with which he already was familiar, have been partly confirmed. A war department statement has admitted that the deportment of some of the officers was “not satisfactory.” 3 CITIES VOTE DRY Harding’s Home Town Against Liquor in Poll. Bit Unit- / Pr.-* NEW YORK. Mareh 31.—Marion. 0., home tow T n of the late President. Warren G. Harding, is one of three cities with dry pluralities in the latest compilation of votes in the Literary Digest prohibition poll. Four hundred and two of its citizens indicated desire for enforcement, while 274 voted for modification and 165 for repeal. The other two cities are Spokane, Wash., with 1,310 favoring enforcement. 1.037 voting for modification and 603 for repeal, and Elgin. 1111., tabulating 357. 389 and 319 in the three classifications. Philadelphia voted heavily wet.. Those favoring enforcement numbered 11.405, modification. 18,155, and repeal. 44.603.

SEA PARLEY SINKING French Delegates Unable to Obtain Security. tt / t n't• *i Pr* ** LONDON, March 31.—Failure of the French delegates to persuade Great Britain to undertake further military obligations affording France the security she demands, appeared to end today the hopes that were aroused last week for a five-power pact. The statement of a spokesman for the British delegation, who, it is presumed, represented the views of Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald, was flat and unequivocal. It coincides with American view towards a security pact, in that it declines to accept any military commitments regarding a future situation over which it has no control. BOULDER DAM TESTS STATE CO-OPERATION Wilbur Forecasts Physical Tie as Aid in Solving Problems. Hu l ,iH . <1 7Vr.. WASHINGTON. March 31. A vast and significant experiment in “regional self-government’ ’is being tried out in the far west where Colorado river basin states are uniting to impound millions of acrefeet of water behind Boulder dam. Secretary of Interior Wilbur said 'oday. Upon the success of this experiment, far-reaching in consequence, depends the solution of countless problems of government, Wilbur said. * Wilbur envisions a day when "physical" rather than ’‘political" tics will bind states together in working out common aspiritions. FEW -BABY’ GANGSTERS Less Than 12 Per Cent of Chicago Arrests Under 20 Years. ’ WASHINGTON, March 31.—Chicago's gangland harbors few youngsters and their number is decreasing. the United States children’s bureau has found by a ten-year survey. Fewer than 12 per cent of those arrested in any year under survey were between 16 and 20 years old. the investigators found. Asthma T reatment On Free Trial D. J. Lane, a druggist at 1413 Lane Building. St. Mary's, Kan., manufactures a treatment for Asthma in which he has so much confidence that he sends a $1.25 bottle by mail to anyone who will write him for it. His offer is that he is to be paid for this bottle after you are completely sati.-tied and the one taking the treatment to be the judge. Send your name and address*today.—Advertisement. Tortured With Sleeplessness “Impossible to sleep at night, misery when I walked, my back ached so that I could neither sit nor lie down in comfort."—So. D McMillen, of Hudson. N. Y„ describes his plight. “I tried Toley Pills diuretic, and now I fell so good over my recovery that I want to recommend them to others.” Foley Pills diuretic are a reliable, valuable medicine constantly in use over 25 years, and guaranteed to give satisfaction. Ask for Foley Pills diuretic and accept no other. Sold everytishere.—Advertisement. _

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