Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 122, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1930 — Page 5

SEPT. 30,1930.

‘CONGRESS MAY PROBE NEW OIL ‘GRAB 1 CHARGES Nye and Walsh Look Into Alleged Plot to Obtain Shale Lands. BV TSnitffl Prest WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-An-other senatorial oil investigation involving some of the companies in the Teapot Dome scandal, appeared today as the probable result of'charge of a $40,000,000,000 landgrab plot in western oil shale lands. Chairman Gerald P. Nye of the senate public lands committee, which investigated Teapot Dome, and Senator Thomas J. Walsh (Dem., Mont.), who conducted that investigation, agreed charges made by Ralph S. Kelley should be examined by congress. At the same time, Secretary of Interior Wilbur, whose department administers the Colorado lands, announced he welcomes the fullest examination of the cases referred to in Kelley’s letter of resignation as head of thef)general land ciflce in Denver. Wilbur refused to accept the resignation and suspended Kelley until he could be heard. Wilbur Denies Charges Senator Nye, describing Kelley's charges as "amazing,’ said he had a high opinion of the land office official and that “ultimately Kelley will have to be heard by congres.” Secretary Wilbur apparently did not foresee the attention which Kelley’s letter would arouse. He at first dismissed the accusations that the department is favoring, with rich concessions, certain combinations of oil companies, by a general statement that they were "nonsense." After a day’s study of the situation, however, he issued a long statement and called upon Kelley for names, dates and places. Kelley's letter was vague as to actual instances and the identity of companies alleged to have been using political pressure fraudulently to obtain the rich oil shale concessions. He left for New York without adding to the letter except by listing a number of companies which had been active in oil shale claims. No Economical Process These concerns, among whom he intimated were the ones at whom his letter was aimed, he gave as the S f andard Oil of Indiana, Mid-West Refining, Prairie Oil and Gas, and through affiliation with the latter; Sinclair Consolidated, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Standard of California, Union Oil of California, Honolulu Consolidated, Richfield of California, Standard Gas and Electric of Chicago, Continental Oil and other smaller companies. The first four-named were involved in the Teapot Dome leasing investigation. Wilbur’s statement said his administration of the department had granted no leases for oil shale, and that, the shale would have only a potential value until discovery of an economical process for extracting it. Circus Sues for $2,700 Bv Timm Special PERU, Ind., Sept. 30.—Suit has been filed here for the HagenbeckWallace circus against Robert Brown to* recover $2,700 he is alleged to have converted to his own use while serving as treasurer of the circus.

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The mother of ten children, Mrs. Lulu Mae Gamble (right), 45, has admitted in court at La Plata, Md., that she fired the bullet which critically wounded 22-year-old Mrs. Elsie Davis (left) of Washington. Mrs. Gamble told authorities that she trailed her husband, Joe Gamble, (center), a farmer, and Mrs. Davis, and shot the younger woman as she sat with Gamble in an automobile. Mrs. Davis was reported to be in a serious condition at the Providence hospital, Washington.

PEOPLE ARE LOYAL TO JIM AND WALT Radio Favorites Do the Trick at the Lyric by Drawing Some of the Largest Audiences of the Season. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN IT seems that the radio audience of Jim and Walt, pianist and singer, who are well known over WFBM, is loyal to the boys. Proof is that they are drawing large audiences into the Lyric this week where a real vaudeville bill is on view. Yesterday when I caught the show, it was evident that the audience was waiting for them because the ovation started even before their name was flashed.

Jim, as you probably know, is blind, but he certainly can play the piano. Jim and Walt are brothers, and they have worked out a good turn, not giving too much of any certain type of singing. Here Js a legitimate act, and the boys' voices register on the stage as well as on the air. And they make a good personal appearance, not relying upon Jim’s handicap. The St. Claire sisters and O’Day have worked out a cycling act which is different. The girls do a number of things well. The Loomis twins are singers along the flap order. Joe Christie is an eccentric comedian and his company is a lady. He is at his best when at the piano. Billy Purl is an eccentric fun-maker who knows how to use his eyes in putting over a joke. He has a good company with him, especially the girl who does a doll dance. Hardin’s animals close the bill. The police dogs are wonders, never

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have’ seen better trained police dogs. The children will love this circus act. Asa picture, "Last of the Lone Wolf” with Bert Lytell is a weak picture, the fault resting with the director who failed to produce realism. It is really funny to see a man being hurled from a train and then calmly picking himself up and start walking to town. The story has interest but the director failed to make the best of the material. Now at the Lyric. Other theaters today offer: “The Office Wife” at the Apollo; Davey Lee at the Indiana; “Dixiana” at Circle; "Common Clay” at the Ohio; “Whoopee” at the Palace; “Prince of Diamonds” at the Colonial, and “The Tempters” at the Mutual.

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RADIO ENABLES PLANE TO LAND IN FIERCE GALE Message Relayed 370 Miles to Field Below So Test Can Be Made. Bn Scriove-Howant Xctrgpaoer Alliance WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. A thrilling story of how a 370-mile radio conversation enabled a transport plane, loaded with passengers, to land safely at 3 in the morning during a violent thunderstorm, just has been brought back to Washington by a high official of the department of commerce. This official left San Francisco for the east one night aboard a tri-motored plane of the Boeing System. They stopped at Reno and headed on east over the Rockies. The night was clear, and the drone of the motors soon sput the government official to sleep in his seat. Suddenly, half consciously, he felt the plane turning. He opened his eyes, and saw they were in a terrific storm. The sky was full of lightning, and the rain was torrential. It was 3 a. m. There was no lateral visibility at all, yet the passengers were able to see the ground, far below them. And down there were the welcome boundary lights of a commerce department emergency field. It was at .Knolls, Utah. But the field resembled a lake from the air, and the pilot was afraid to attempt a landing on it. He got busy with his radio, at the

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same time keeping the plane circling ! above the emergency field. Sait Lake was seventy miles to the east, but static was so bad the pilot couldn’t hear Salt Lake. Through some strange atmospheric condition, however, he was able to raise Cheyenne, 300 miles farther east. He asked Cheyenne to find out the condition of the Knolls emergency field. Cheyenne radioed to Salt Lake. Salt Lake telephoned long distance to the caretaker of the Knolls field. Then, as they circled and circled in the rain a thousand feet above the field, the passengers in the plane saw the caretaker come out of his shack, a lantern in his hand, and walk all over the rain-soaked field. Then he went back in his shack. The caretaker telephoned back to Salt Lake. Salt Lake radioed to Cheyenne. And Cheyenne radioed back to the airplane, 370 miles away, that the caretaker said the field was all right, that the water was draining off fast, and that there were no holes in the landing area. The entire operation had taken but forty-five minutes. The pilot glided down, dragged the plane’s tail in the water, let it settle on to the wet field, made a big splash, and landed safely. They stayed there a few hours, until the storm had passed, and then resumed their flight. 1,683 AT UNIVERSITY Enrollment Figure Compiled by Butler Registrar. Total registration at Butler university this year is 1,683, with 388 freshmen, according to Miss Sarah E. Cotton, registrar. Enrollment in the liberal art

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