Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 310, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1930 — Page 7

MAY 8, 1930

BUSS PRINCESS PUT ON STAND IN LOVE TRIAL Denies Being in Apartment of Attorney, Clad in Pink Slip. Du I Hitrit press DENVER. May 3.—Twelve married men who r upposcdly know all about pink slips and other such articles of feminine apparel today heard further startling details oi the married hie of 4 William J Kunkel. New York fruit broker, and his Russian wife. Princess Mane Alimova. Kunkel has brought an alienation of a flections suit for 550.000 against William B. Quigley, Denver attorney, in whose apartment he alleges he found Mrs. Kunkel, attired in nothing more than a pink slip and a ecat. The Denver attorney also was 'n the apartment, according to Kunkel, and at tiie t.me the irate husband crashed through a door, Quigley wore only a bathrobe. The twelve married jurors V/ednesday heard Princess Marie tearfully testify for Quigley and assert that she never had owned a pink slip—because she "never liked pink." Princess Marie admitted she was in Quigley's Long Island apartment at the time ot the raid, but said she was fully dressed and that she had gone there to confer with the attorney concerning a divorce. The Russian princess, who came to this country when she was 4 years old and who has been employed variously as a hairdresser, model and actress, said that Quigley had been attired in a bathrobe as he "was dressing for a dinner engagement." When the princess* testimony began to touch on her home life with Kunkel in such manner as to bring audible gasps from the crowded courtroom. Judge Frank McDonald ordered all spectators excluded. WARD GAIN SHOWN Fourteenth Increases 641 in Ten Years. Population of the Fourteenth ward in the city of Indianapolis increased 641 between 1920 and 1930, according to federal census figures made public today by Delbert O. Wilmoth, supervisor of census. In 1920 the ward, bounded by White river. West Georgia street and Belmont avenue, had a population of 14.381. while 1930 census figures give a population of 15,0i2. Twelve farms were enumerated in the ward. Lafayette Man Killed LAFAYETTE, Ind.. May B.—lnjuries suffered when he ran into the side of a taxi were fatal to John R. Hammock, 56. He died at a hospital without regaining consciousness. Physicians said his skull was fractured. *

BABY WINS RADIO CROWN

Rose Marie, 5, Thrills Fans With Songs

Child Eager to Grow Up and Be ‘Real Star, Like Sophie Tucker’; Success Is Amazing. This i thr flrut of a **ri of storif* on Babr Ros* Mario, child celebrity of the radio, who ha been heard by million* of fans. Another lnteretint ilorj will appear in Friday'* Time*. BY PAUL HARRISON, NEA Service Writer NEW YORK, May 8. Radio fans by the millions, listening to the tuneful blues and ballad crooning of Baby Rose Marie, have said: "Why, the kid must be more than 5!" Thou c ands of them, all over the country, even have expressed their incredulity in letters. "Come now,” they write, in substance, “let’s have the real low-down. We think your stuff is fine, and we wouldn’t care if you were 15 years old. "We know it’s a woman’s prerogative to be a little forgetful of her age. But we just can’t believe you’re only 5.” Well, it’s true. Baby Rose Marie, the youngest contract star in the radio world, is 5 years and 9 months of age, according to court testimony. Wants to Grow Up “But I’m almost 6,” said Rose Marifc "HI be 6 in August. I don't like this ’baby’ stuff. I wanta be J bigger. I wanta grow up and be a big star and—” “What kind of a star?" "Oh, a star. Like Bebe Daniels, or Sophie Tucker, or maybe Helen Kane—boop-boop-a-da—I’ll do you some of her stuff. How about ‘l’ll Do Anything for You’—huh?” She was the personification of i eagerness, without a trace of stagefright; the same sort of pride with which she introduces a score or more of dolls, or her pet rabbit. Bare-Legged Little Figure Her dark brown eyes are the arresting feature of her volatile, sensitive face. Eyes like that, and a mouth like that, could only be called provocative if Rose Marie were 17. But since Rose Marie is 5, they are strangely foreign to the childishly severe bob, and the widelyspaced baby teeth, and the plainlyfrocked. bare-legged little figure. This is the girl whose songs command ' the attention of a nation’s radio fans. Thus far she has preferred the tantalizing blues, with toned-down lyrics making some concession to her youth. But they say she’s developing a preference for ballads—more chance for expression and depth of feeling! “I guess my favorite is ‘What Did You Want to Make Love to Me For?’ ” said Rose Marie. “Next is ‘Following You.’ and ‘Just Can’t Be Bothered.’ ” She sang the titles as she recited them. "And I like

Baby Rose Maine, a celebrity herself, likes other well-known people. Here you see her before th microphone with her friends, Graham McNamee (left) and Rudy Vallee (right).

‘Ain’tcha’ awful well, too, and ‘Me an’ the Boy Next Door,’ and lots of others.” Prodigy of Air She is radio’s child prodigy, the “Baby Peggy” of the air. For that matter, Rose Marie herself has appeared in the movies. And as for vaudeville, she’s no less than a seasoned trouper. Six months of her brief life have been spent in various clubs and theaters, although Frank Curley, her father, will explain hastily that most of these engagements have been played in states where the lav/s are less stringent than those of New York. A small, independent station in New Jersey carried her first broadcast, but it was only a short time later that she was under a fiveyear contract to the Artists’ Service of the National Broadcasting Company. Watched by Law Even with this new management the child labor law had something to say about her work. And here’s the reason, as Mr. Curley tells it, why for several days recently you didn't hear her on the radio: “W r e went over to one of the big hotels, where she was to broadcast with Bernie Cummin’s orchestra. There were a lot of people in the dining room, and the law says a child mustn’t make a public appearance as a professional entertainer. “But we didn't think anything of

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that, because Rose Marie sings within an inch of the microphone and five feet away you can’t hear her against an orchestra. “Well, there was an agent of the Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Children there, and he called it a public appearance and took it to court. Nothing serious, of course, but they had to take Rose Marie off the air until it was settled. “Yeh—cruelty to children! But if we’d put a screen in front of her during those two numbers, it would have been all right. All right, that is, except with Rose Marie; the bigger the crowd, the better she loves singing.” (To Be Continued.) BUGGY GOES FOR NICKEL Pennsylvania Auctioneer Takes Up Jest of Spectator. ALLENTOWN, Pa., May B. “Thanks for the buggy ride” apparently is an obsolete phrase in Lehigh county. At Lynnport an auctioneer presiding at a sale of farm goods couldn’t draw any enthusiasm when he offered “a fine buggy, with rubber tires an’ everthing,” for sale. Finally a spectator, in jest, offered a nickel. He got the buggy whether he wanted it or not.

NIGH SOCIETY FLOODS LONDON DIVORCE COURTS Friend of Prince of Wales Seeks Freedom; Actress’ Case Holds Interest. Bu T'nitrrt Press LONDON, May B.—Many names prominent in society appear on the divorce court calendars for this summer. Wives are in the proportion of two to every husband as petitioners. Mrs. Winifred May Ward is petitioning "for divorce from her husband, the Honorable William Dudley Ward. The reasons for the action are ,not stated, and the case is undefended. Mrs. Ward is one of the leaders of London society, and a friend of the prince of Wales. Suit Is Undefended Captain Robert Orlando Rudolph Kenyon-Slaney is suing his wife, Lady Mary. John Little Gilmour is named co-respondent. This suit is also undefended. Captain KenyonSlaney is a cousin of Lord Harewood, Princess Mary’s husband, and his wife is a daughter of the duke and duchess of Abercorn. Among the defended cases is the suit of Lady Cook against Sir Basil Alfred Kemball Cook. They were married in 1906. Sir Basil, managing director of the British Tanker Company, was director of naval sea transport during the war. The suit of the actress, Miss Nancie Lovat (Mrs. Nancy Langlands,) remained to be completed. She charged her husband, Cecil Walter Langlands, the race horse trainer, with adultery with “a woman unknown” at a London hotel. Actress Seeks Divorce Miss Evelyn Laye, actress, seeks a divorce from Sonnie Hale, actor. He was concerned in successful proceedings brought by Miss Jessie Matthews, actress, who in private life is Mrs. Jessie Margaret Lytton, against her husband, Lord Alva Lytton, actor. Mrs. Lytton was granted the discretion of the court in her favor, notwithstanding her association with Sonnie Hale, it being stated at the time that they wanted to marry when free to do so. AIR MECHANICS DIE Starting With Cold Motor Blamed for Accident. Bi/ J'lutrri Press CINCINNATI, 0.. May B.—Orlin Smith, 27, Shelby, Lake county, and Dominic Angcira, 27, Torrington, Conn., air nia ; l plane mechanics, ware killed near the municipal airnort here today when their plane went into a tail spin shortly after a takeoff and crashed. Port officials attributed a “cold” motor as the cause, saying- the motor of the plane was not sufficiently warmed up before the mechanics went aloit.

Official Primary Vote

Official returns from Tuesday's primary election in Marion county, unofficially tabulated today, gave the following results:

REPUBLICANS

200 Precincts CONGRESSMAN Archibald M. Hall 5.788 Ward B. Hiner 3.930 Ira M. Holmes 5.107 Schuyler C. Mowrer 1.978 Asa J. Smith 3,189 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 1 William D. Bain 1.121 Xlharles J. KarabcLl 0.113 James M. Leathers 11.803 William C. Mitchell 1,632 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 2 Roscoe D. Baaz 1,091 L.nn D. Hn> 11.61 b George A. Hoffmann 2.968 Hczzie B. Pike 3.311 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 3 John Cavtor 1.760 William O. Dunlavy 14,301 Harry D. Hatfield 4.080 Godfrey Yaeger 1,50-2 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 4 Frank N. Fitzgerald 3,232 William S. McMaster 17.973 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 5 Ctaude H. Anderson 21.423 William E. Jeffrey 2,473 Clyde P. Miller 2,158 Joseph M. Milner 11.573 Donald F. Roberts 1,626 JUDGE PROBATE COURT Mahlon E Bash 16,145 John F. Enselke 6,582 JUDGE CRIMINAL COURT James A. Collins 12.363 Carl Humble . . 724 Walter Tritchard 12,510 PROSECUTOR Riley B. Fuilen 963 Laurens L. Henderson 9,151 T. Ernest Maholm 1,381 Judson L. Stark „ 13.017

ADVANCE PLANE FOB TOUR HOPS Officials on Way to View Fields on Route. Carrying two officials of the second annual Indiana air tour on inspection of several northern Indiana cities asking a place on the tour’s itinerary, a Travel Air biplane piloted by Clarence Dowden, hopped off from Hoosier airport early today. Among cities to be visited today by R./ L. Feezle, tour committee member, and H. A. Fisher, assistant tour director, are Muncie, Huntington, Ft. Wayne, Auburn, South Bend, Goshn, Michigan City, Gary, Plymouth, Peru and Kokomo. Feezle and Fisher will return with Dowden Friday to report to Lee H. Hottell, tour director. Seventeen planes thus far have been entered in the tour, which will begin June 16 and end at Mars Hill airport June 21, according to Hottell. Four cities on the route already have been made overnight stops. They are Gary, Muncie, Terre Haute and Evansville. One other halt overnight will be made. The route will be planned with stops at eighteen cities in the state. Police Wound Youth LAFAYETTE, Ind., May B.—Lafayette police shot and wounded Forrest Funk, 18, after he had been seen prowling about the windows of a residence. Police said the youth failed to obey a command to halt. He was wounded in the leg and shoulder. His condition is not serious.

DEMOCRATS

205 Precincts CONGRESSMAN Bryon Horn 1.209 Louis Ludlow 14,170 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 1 Szlrm n. Clark 2.761 John W. Kern 13.852 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 2 Albert Asche 2.159 Fiord J. Matllce 4.836 Joseph R. Williams 7.705 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 3 John F. Linder t 598 L. Russell Newgent . 2.291 William A. Pickens 8 034 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 1 Georre N. Burkhart 1.580 B. Howard Caughran 3.361 L. William Cnrrv 1.541 Edward W. Little 1,736 Woodburn Masson 1,254 Ctarence E. Weir 5.782 JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 5 Thomas D. McGee 5,858 Russell J. Ryan 9.16(1 JUDGE PROBATE COURT Smiley D. Chambers 7.117 Thomas E. Garvin 7,624 JUDGE CRIMINAL COURT Frank P. Baker 8.879 James D. Ermston 6,188 COUNTY TREASURER Timothv P. Sexton 6.968 •lames H. Woolford 603 Frank F. Woollin* 6,32,' COUNTY SHERIFF John M. Bloodworth 642 George W. Fox 697 Jesse J. Haynes 1 499 Frank Hurlev < 1.584 Carl J. Parham 251 Claude E. Shover 1,066 Charles Sumner 7.747 John K. Tagfart i.079

FALL INJURIES INDUCE STROKE Mrs Mattie Sarrison Dies Following Tumble. Apoplectic stroke said to have been induced by , injuries she sustained when knocked down by a small boy at play Wednesday night, j today proved fatal to Mrs. Mattie Sarrison, 53, of 325 North La Salle street. She died this morning in the hems of a friend, Thornton Jones, 218 North Rural street, where she was taken after the fall. Walking on North Rural street, near tile Jones residence Mrs. Sarrison was knocked down when Edward Oliver, 13, of 18 South Tuxedo street, playing with a group of boys and girls, ran into her. She became unconscious about 9 p. m. and never regained consciousness. Dr. Paul Leathers, attending physician, said death was due to apoplexy. Lieutenant Frank Owens, head of the police accident prevention bureau, said he would investigate the death, but indicated he would not try to fix responsibility on the youth. Glancing Auto Kills Boy Bu I iiitrrt Press GARY, Ind., May B.—An automobile, glancing from the side of a street car after striking it, ran dou n and fatally injured Joseph E. Seitz, 11-year-old school boy. Ernest Benford, Gary, driver of the auto, said he was attempting to avert an accident when the auto crashed into the car. He is held by police.

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LOCUST PLAGUE SERIOUS THREAT TO WHEAT GROP European Areas Menaced by Invasion of Near East, Balkan Countries. By Science Service WASHINGTON, May B—The locust plague that has appeared clear across northern Africa, from Egypt almost to Gibraltar, and has extended into the Near East and the Balkan countries, is a distinct menace to the great wheat areas of eastern Europe. The wheat and barley districts of northern Africa, Palestine, Asia Minor, Mesopotajjiia. and all the Black sea basin, both in Europe and in Asia, have to contend with locusts every year. But some years are much worse than others, and the present outbreak may indicate 1930 as one of the bad ones. The presence of swarms of the insects in Rumania is the first hint of big trouble, for Rumania is a major wheat country. If the locusts spread farther and reach Ukrainia and other parts of Russia, whicli are comparable with the western United States and Canada as wheat regions, the result might be aisastrous. There have been no indications as yet of locusts in Russia, but the real crisis will come a little later, when warm weather sets in. The old-world locust is a large, long-winged grasshopper, that flies in swarms so vast as to darken the sun. When such a swarm settles on a field or orchard it often wipes out every trace of green leaf and stem in fifteen minutes or less. The devastation they can cause, and the terror they bring never have been told more graphically than by the writer of the Book of Exodus, in Chapter 10. verses 12 to 20. “There remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field” - has been written many times since, and of many other lands besides Egypt. The locusts of Europe, Asia and northern Africa are all members oi cne species, usually called the Moroccan locust. GYPSY 'CURE' IS COSTLY Widow Advised to Hide $5,000 Under Pillow; Loses Savings. Bu I sited Prrss ST. LOUIS. May B.—A gypsy “healer” who was giving her treatments for “nervousness” advised Mrs. Bertha Ossin, 30, a widow, to withdraw her savings from the bank, and place the money under her bed. “You may be able to cure yourself if you do,” the gypsy told her. Tcday Mrs. Ossin is searching for her $5,000. CLEANING SHOP ROBBED Clothing Valued at SIOO Is Loot of Burglar's Raid. Clothing valued at SIOO was stole i from the Alabama cleaning shop, 210 East St. Clair street, Wednesday night.