Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1930 — Page 9

DEC. 8, 1930

SENATORS FACE SHOWDOWN ON < MARSHAL POST Appointment Will Decide Whether Watson or Robinson Rules. BY BEN STERN A showdown as to who really Is the Indiana Republican leader confronts the two Hoo6ier senators because a vacancy occurs Dec. 20 in ’he post of United States marshal for the southern district of Indiana. Senator James E. Watson, if he desires to maintain his authority, must obtain the appointment for one of his arherents, while Senator Arthur R Robinson is said to be pledged to reappointment of Alfred O. Meloy, present marshal. To Marion county Republicans the appointment assumes the proportions of the deciding factor in the political fate of George V. Coffin, discredited G. O. P. county “boss.” May Seal Coffin Fate If Meloy Is not reapponited. It will embolden county Republican insurgent leaders to begin a vigorous offensive against control by Robinson and Coffin, which may result in the senator failing to obtain the renomination in the 1D34 state convention. Meloy has been bound hand and foot to Coffin. The marshal was bailiff of superior court four when Clinton H. Givan was the “boss judge” and was appointed to the federal post at the instance of Coffin, who controlled Robinson. In return, Meloy has served as their loyal folllower and Wayne township chairman. There has been no criticism of the manner in which Meloy has conducted the office. The appointment as United States marshal is a real political plum. The salary is $5,000 a year and the chief deputy does the work. Winkler Believed Out For a short while it was believed that Sheriff George Winkler, defeated for re-election in November, was a candidate for the post, but he bowed himself out of the picture when he learned that Coffin and Robinson were insistent that Meloy be retained. Downstate Republicans are asking that one of their number be chosen. It is pointed out that Watson has failed to obtain the appointment of any of his friends to important federal positions. Oliver Loomis. United States attorney for the northern district, was Robinson’s secretary. George R. Jeffrey, attorney for the southern district, also was his choice and although Watson had pledged the appointment to John K. Ruckelhaus, young Indianapolis attorney, he could not deliver. The worst slap sustained by the senior senator was in the appointment of the internal revenue collector. Watson Forced to Back Down Watson had promised the position to Miss Dorothy Cunningham, national committeewoman from this state. He was joined in the demand by M. Bert Thurman, national committeeman, and Governor Harry G. Leslie. The senate majority leader was, however, forced to recede from his position, when Robinson threatened to oppose her appointment on the floor of the senate. Tlie situation occurred at a time when every Republican vote in the senate was needed in an effort to support President Hoover’s program and the administration could not afford to antagonize the junior senator. Asa result of this situation, E. E. Neal, Noblesville publisher, supported by Robinson, obtained the job. Such consideration may be thrown to the winds at the present time, Watson's friends say. Show down Is Necessary “There must be a showdown and Watson has to win if he is to retain control of the Republican state organization.” an outstanding party leader said today. The name of Harry Nichols, Fourtlvdistrlct chairman, Republican candidate for state treasurer in the last election and an applicant! for the post of internal revenue collector, has been advanced for marshal. At the some time, mention is made of Benjamin Huffman of Rockport, First district chairman, and Linn Kidd of Brazil, Fifth district chairman. In obtaining the appointment of j any of these three men, Watson will | have asserted his authority and j Robinson's light would be dimmed j vastly. In fact, as long as Meloy does not • retain the post, it will be a victory j for the senior senator, it is pointed out. BARRING OF CHILDREN! RAPPED BY VETERANS Administration of Home Is Critl- | Hied by Foreign Wars Group. Resolution criticizing the board of administration of the Soldiers and Sailors children's home at Knightstown for ’having refused admission to children who are en- j titled by law to enter," was passed Sunday by members of the Marion county council. Veterans of Foreign Wars. . The council also passed a resolution favoring payment in cash of adjusted compensation certificates to all veterans. Plans for distribution of baskets at the V. F, W. home at Eaton Rapids, Mich., and erection of the “Indiana” cottage at the national home also were discussed. Bank Wins Salts Ry Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Dec. B. , The case of the Fletcher American National bank of Indianapolis against Alfred E. Marta and his son ! Fred, tried in Tipton on a change of venue from Hamilton circuit ■ court here, has been won by the bank. • It recovered Judgment for j $6,549.15 against both, and one for 52.619.82 against the son, the case j being based on notes. The father j and son owned the Central bankj at Arcadia, which closed several! months ago. . j ■ 1

GREATEST AIR FILM NOW ON VIEW HERE •Hell’s Angels’ Probably Never Will Be Equalled; From Aviation’s Standpoint, It Reaches the Peak. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN NEVER before In my experience of telling you about movies have I found it necessary to see a movie twice so I could get everything out of It. Credit goes to “HeU’s Angels,” which I consider the greatest air recital of the World war that I have ever witnessed. Here is drama enactedjiy many planes miles up in the air, and it is no wonder that one of the air cameramen actually died of heart failure while photographing one of the thrilling .fights in the air.

I feet that the exploits of the : fighters in the air will never be j equaled or even approached in other

films because the peak in this sort oHhmg has been reached. And it is not wise or profitable to exploit with perfect:on. The biggest thrill that the screen has ever given me is when one of the fighting British airmen turns his airplane right into the center of a mighty Zeppelin. Just how this effect was obtained

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without killing everybody is beyond me and yet it has been faithfully recorded. Never before has the interior of a bombing Zeppelin while engaged in an attempt to destroy London been revealed detail by detail. Here is marvelous theater and gives that intimate touch of realism which makes these Zeppelin scenes such tremendous drama in “Hell’s Angels.” I never realized the futility of war and its insanity so much as when the German commander of the Zeppelin orders the crew with the exception of the gunners and those necessary to man the airship, to jump to their deaths at a dizzy height over London. The big ship had to loose weight and when everything was thrown over with the exception of the men—the men obeyed the command and jumped to death. That scene will surely make you grip both sides of your chair. It is nearly impossible to describe the many battles in the air between the British air fighters and the German bombing circus of Baron von Richtofen. To me this is the most thrilling and marvelously directed thing I have ever seen on the screen. Here is war to the very death in the clouds. Here is war as It really was in the clouds. Plane after plane has been so photographed and directed that you can see the men talking with death and actually receiving him. As great as was “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Hell’s Angels” is just ten times as great. Here is the first movie that has ever caught the tremendous proportions of war. Here is gigantic death. And so I will stop talking about the technical air side of this picture and am ready to admit that I believe that the air scenes alone cost producer two millions of dollars. The cast is notable in many respects because it permits Ben Lyon as Monte Rutledge to do the best work of his career. He plays the role of the brother of Roy Rutledge (James Hall) with so much terrible understanding of sex, fear, death and pleasure that one can regard his performances as nearly inspired. The way Lyon and Hall bring this drama of the air to a sad but honest close my mind one of the achievements of the movie. Thank goodness, the director had nerve enough to give this picture the necessary dramatic ending. We are chiefly concerned with only one female. Helen, played by Jean Harlow. She is the hottest war vamp that has ever strutted before the eye of a movie camera. “Hell’s Angels” is the greatest movie of its kind. It is technically perfect and from the standpoint of the theater it is honest in its realism. This movie gave me the biggest thrill I have ever experienced in the theater. Now at Loew's Palace. an a WILL ROGERS NOW AT HIS VERY BEST I have always liked the stage play, “Lightnin' ” and the movie version with Will Rogers in the role made famous by the late Frank Bacon, is just as good. & It can easily be said that Rogers j as the slow going, rum drinking Lightnin’ Bill Jones Is doing the !

most human work of his career. Rogers could not have been better in the role if he had created it in the original stage cast. The role of Bill fits Rogers as if it was made for him. Bill is about the most human old critter we have had in play form in several years. The director has been wise in keeping the play and the

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characters human. Also the movie follows the stage play very closely but of course, Rogers ever now and then lets loose some of his modern jokes. “Lightnin’ ” is much too valuable a property to ruin by rewriting and adjusting. Sane direction keeps “Lightnin’ ” always in its original conception. And there is enough good old hokum theater in “Lightnin’ ’’ to keep it from becoming a Will Rogers monologue. Not that such a thing is fine and dandy but it has no place in “Lightnin'.’' Here is entertainment that is so clean, interesting and human that 1 it becomes a movie blessing. The ! whole family can go to this one and should. Oh. there is a villain, a mighty cute love story and a corking good courtroom scenes when Bill pleads in his owm divorce case. Louise Dresser is cast as the wife of Bill and she does a mighty human job of fighting and loving Bill all at the same time. Here is a movie that actually glorifies the talking screen. You can not afford to miss this one. Now at the Apollo. 000 “SUNNY” GETS RIGHT INTO YOUR HEART If ever a movie or stage star fit | the title role of a production, Marl- t

lyn Miller certainly blends into the title of her new picture, “Sunny.”

She is sweet and charming as a little circus bareback rider, who smiles and dances her way into the heart of the man she loves. And can she dance! Tap, toe, eccentric, adagio and spe ci a lties in dancing, all seem easy to her, and she does them all in “Sunny.” “Sunny” is a sweet and whole-

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some story of a little circus girl in love with a society man. There is nothing here to make you blush, but there is a lot of clean comedy and charm about this picture. You want to know if it is as good as Miss Miller’s first picture, “Sally?” In many ways, I think, it is better. If I remember right, “Sally” was all in color, I know part of it was, and colored pictures as they stand now, are not so satisfactory. “Sunny” is uncolored, as it should be. Joe Donahue, brother of the late Jack Donahue, has a chief comedy role. He has a way of talking that is funny, and is good for many laughs. O. P. Heggie, also in a comedy role, as Sunny’s father, is most always perfect in any part he plays, and this one is no exception. “Sunny” comes to the screen from the stage, in which Miss Miller played for several seasons on Broadway. I did not see the stage show, but, as I have said, “Sunny” on the screen is sweet and wholesome entertainment, with Marilyn Miller one of the leading musical comedy stars to entrance you with her brilliant dancing. Lawrence Gray, Clyde Cook, Barbara Bedford and Inez Courtney are also in the cast. Now at the Circle. (By Connell Turpen.) an a “THE CAT CREEPS” WELL ACTED AND DIRECTED, A storm, the reading of a will at midnight, spooky noises, clutching claws, secret passage ways, they are all present in the picture “The Cat Creeps.” It seems as if we will never get away from this type of mystery. It has been with us for a long time, and I for one will be glad when something new in scares and thrills comes along. ! If the direction and acting had not been above par in this one, it would have been just another picture, but these two things make it one of the best of it’s type we have had on the talking screen. Evidently the cameraman was continually moving about to get his scenes, for they are always moving from far away to close up and around in circles. This creates an errie atmosphere that is effective. The comedy relief is played by Elizabeth Patterson, and we all know this woman can act these kind of roles. She is funny, and how. Perhaps a feature of this picture that would interest Indianapolis is that besides Miss Patterson who was formerly with Stuart Walker in stock here, the cast includes Helen Twelvetrees who was also with Walker. Blanche Frederici has a convincing role of a servant who believes in ghosts, and when she speaks, the chills play a tune up and down your spine. Others that help to make this a thriller are Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman and Jean Hersholt. Good spooky entertainment. In the orchestra pit Charlie Davis and band are playing some hot music, using double piano, with Charlie \ at one of them. On the stage the musical comedy, 4‘Oh, Uncle,” is presented, featuring Arthur and Morton Havel, comedians. Just pleasing entertainment. Now at the Indiana. (By Connell Turpen.) ana Other theaters today offer: Mae West in “Sex,” at English’s; Rae j Samuels, at the Lyric; Charlie Ba- ; ker, at the Colonial; “Gaities of j 1930,” at the Mutual, and “Doorway to Hell,” at the Ohio. BEN-HUR WILL INITIATE Bunco Party to Follow Ceremony for Class of 25 Candidates. Ben Hur lodge will initiate twen-ty-five candidates at its meeting tonight in the Ben Hur lodge rooms at 135 North Delaware street. A bunco party to which friends of the order are invited, will be held following the initiatory ceremony.

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WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL OF AUTO INJURIES l Lifelong City Resident Is Traffic Victim; Others Hurt. A woman was injured fatally and l several other motorists and pedes- ; trians were hurt in traffic mishaps over the week-end, according to police and hospital records this morning. Mrs. Martha Jane Davis, 79, of 112 East Twenty-second street, died in Methodist hospital Saturday night a few hours after she suffered a skull fracture when struck by an automobile driven by John F, Bossinger, 3144 Ruckle street, at Twenty-second and Meridian streets. Mrs. Davis was a lifelong resident of the city. Survivors are a brother, Riley Brattain, and a sister, Mrs. Della Chapin of Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Roy McCormack, 666 Birch street, was charged with drunken driving, failure to display lights, and failure to have driver’s license after a crash Sunday night at Davidson and Ray streets in which Mrs. Clinton Hayes, 2523 North Delaware street, sustained minor injuries. Others injured were. Earl Donker. 43. of 1124 Holliday street, deaf mute, minor Injuries, struck by auto Shelby street and Southern avenue. Sunday nlsht. Evers Shaw. 5. of 1112 Lexington avenue, bruised by auto. Sunday night. Thomas W. Long. 73, of 40 Jackson place. Apt! 207, minor head inturles. struck

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auto at Massachusetts avenue and Delaware street Sunday night. Bussell Wilson. 19. of 1132 Lexington avenue, evut on arm. collision. Cruft and Shelby streets Sunday, Joan. 7. and Donald Porter. 4, 2455 College avenue, lacerations, collision. Saturday at Sevneteenth and Rural streets. Paul Baker. 38. of 1617 Asbury street, cut on forehead and arm. collision at Spruce and Orange streets, Saturday. John F. Kinney. 46, of 1216 East Tenth street, struck by auto Senate avenue and North street. Saturday night. William Jennings. 55, of 481 East Minnesota street, legs injure din crash at Delaware and New York streets Sunday. Long dozen is a popular name given to thirteen, also known as a baker’s dozen.

BITTER FIGHT MAY FLARE ON HOOVERCHOICE North Carolina Men Assert Power Head Selection i • Affront to State. Bu Scrivpn-Uotcarrl Allinnre WASHINGTON. Dec. B—Before It recommends the confirmation of President Hoover's nominees to the recently reorganized federal power commission, the senate committee on interstate commerce intends to subject the five appointees to the closest scrutiny. They have been invited by Senator James Couzens of Michigan, chairman, to appear before the committee next Thursday. Each nominee will be questioned to determine his views on power policy. Each nominee also, will be asked, it is understood, whether he will vote for the retention of Frank E. Bonner as executive secretary of the commission. Bonner has been criticized as being unduly sympathetic to the power interests. The five appointees are: George Otis Smith, director of the geological survey, chairman: Frank R. McNinch of North Carolina, Ralph B. Williamson of Washington (state), Marcel Garsaud of Louisiana and Claude L. Drapes of Wyoming. The appointment of McNinch for the term ending June 22, 1934, will be challenged. McNinch, former Democratic mayor of Charlotte, bolted Al Smith in 1928 and helped to carry the state for Hoover. It is being charged that during the campaign he col-

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■ lected and disbursed sums for which 1 he never has made an accounting. Josephus Daniels, former secretary I of the navy, in an editorial In the | Raleigh News and Observer, said | “the belief is prevalent in North j Carolina that a part of the money j furnished him came from those In j close touch with the great power ! interests.” Daniels demands that McNinch ! be retired by the senate commit- ! tee to make an accounting of these ! funds. Daniels charges also that i McNinch is affiliated with the ini fluential Duke power interests in i North Carolina. Senator Lee S. Overman of North Carolina is expected to oppose McNinch as are members of the North Carolina congressional delegation. Representative Lindsay Warren of North Carolina in a statement termed McNinth's appointment “an affront to the state.” EAGLES TO INITIATE Rites Ceremony of Lodge to Precede Smoker. Indianapolis Eagles tonight will 'make final arrangements for the last initiation of the year next Monday night, which will be fol- j lowed by a musical entertainment' and smoker for members and their friends. The program for nonmembers wil begin at 9:30, but the j regular lodge session will open at the usual hour. The entertainment programs, j originated by President J. Pierce j Cummings, are given at intervals j of about six weeks through the j fall and winter. The one next Monday will be the last in 1930. A committee of nearly 200 is engaged in various activities preparing for the annual Eagles Christmas entertainment to be given Dec. 27, for members and their families. ‘

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KEEVER STILL UNCERTAIN IN ALLEYDEATH Coroner Undecided Between Murder-Suicide in Whitaker Case. ; Coroner C. H. Keever today couia ’ not say whether he will favor a suicide theory when he returns a formal verdict late this week In the death of Clarence Whitaker, 28, of 421 North Wallace strreet, a hose I body was found in a south side alley early Friday. Previously, the corwoner announced he thought Whitaker took his own life, although Deputy Corj oner O. H. Bakemeler, who peri formed the autopsy, and some police held to the opinion that Whitaker | was murdered. There are some Indications of suiI clde. the coroner declared today, al- | though obvious circumstances of dis- | covery of the body Indicate Whitaker could not have taken his own ; life. The bullet of a .38-caliber revolver pierced his heart, but, although ! careful search was made of the vi- ! cinity, no weapon has been found. ; Because there was no money in the i dead man's pockets, relatives believe ! he may have been robbed and shot. | Police also have advanced the theory that he may have been mistaken for his twin brother. The brother, Harold, of 2107 North Pennsylvania street, the last person known to have seen Whitaker alive, was questioned by Detectives Roy ■ Peats and Morris Corbin Saturday.