Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1931 — Page 5

MARCH 24, 1931

FIGHT MADE BY 1 GREENFIELD TO KEEP TRACTION Want Branch as Far as That Town If Remainder of Line Is Abandoned. Greenfield alone appeared ofifiially before the public service commission today to protest proposed -bandonment of the Richmond di*slon of the Terre Haute, Indianpolis <fc Eastern Traction Company mterurban line. The town was represented by City Utomey Robert Reeves and Attorney William A. Hough, former member of the state tax board. They uged that if it is found ■ecessary to abandon the line to TUchmond, that a branch still be P-rated as far as Greenfield. Attorney George Barnard apared for Elmer W. Stout, receiver, -rging abandonment of the entire oute. He told the commissioners aat the passenger business has ropped irom more than 1,000,000 passengers in 1920 to 330,000 in iO3O It is impossible to operate pc line at a profit, as costs ir.reased throughout this period, he ointed out. Greenfield Capital Helpe ' Hough argued that it was not up ° the receiver to seek abandonment of the line, but to sell it and :*.re for the creditors. Reeves warned that should the me be abandoned Greenfield will nsist. that all tracks and troiley ;nci; be removed from the city meets. Greenfield capital helped build “is line and our citizens are not to olamc if the management has ailed,” he said. Both contended that there are 325 .uily passengers from Greenfield to Indianapolis and that these should oe provided with interurban transportation. There is a power plant at Greened which the city is anxious to stain. Reeves urged that a “reaonable plan” be worked out to “lake this possible. Line Is 61 Miles Long President David E. Watson of the C. 11., I. & E., testified that business of the road had decreased from • 5 or 77 per cent during the last ten years and that it is impossible o continue to operate it. Max-ion superior court already has approved abandonment, but Attor-ney-General James M. Ogden ruled ’hat the commission alone has this jurisdiction. Lines of the company have already been abandoned, with commission approval, between Indianapolis and Martinsville, Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Danville. Only ’ he Richmond and Terre Haute lines still are in operation. No protest came from Richmond regarding abandonment. The terdtory is along the National road and served by busses. The Richmond line is sixty-one miles long, passing through Cumberland. Gem, Philadelphia, Greenfield, Charlottesville, Knightstown, Dunreith, Lewisvill, Straughn, Dublin, Cambridge City, Pershing, Centerville and terminating at Richmond. BIBLE IS DECLARED HISTORICALLY TRUE \rchcological Discoveries Definite Proof, Says Pastor. 'Archeological discoveries of the last seventy-five years have priven Hie New Testament is historically :vceurate.” This declaration was made by the Rev. Jean S. Milner, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, in an address Monday before the Indiana University Club in the Columbia Club. “We now have twenty-two times as much literature dealing with anient times as was available 100 ■ears ago,” he said. •Up until that time there, was a belief that the Bible in some mysterious way was ‘dictated by God s o a stenographer on earth.’ I don't mean to be flippant, but the conception did the book a great inti lice,” he said. FALSE TEETH Dentists asree the one sure way to ike false teeth comfortable is to keep - h-id firm. Just sprinkle a little KIANG on the plates. This Improved powder holds plates so souse they cannot. rock or slip. You can eat and ilk as well as you did with your own - tli. Sweetens the breath and avoids mbarrassment. Don't waste money >n substitutes. A large package of IDLING costs only 35c at Hook’s. Wal- ' .reen's or any other druggist. Money funded if you are not more than 'leased.—Advertisement.

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CIVIC DOES GREAT WITH BARRY PLAY Frances White Has Few Rivals in Putting Over the Modern Type of Character Songs on the Stage. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THE Civic Theater and George Somnes need have no fear over the way “Holiday” will get over. Have been told that “The Royal Family” holds the record for (rawing the biggest crowds to the Civic, but I think that the Philip Barry j comedy will beat it nearly two to one. In the first place, “Holiday” is a good play and in some respects it j was much better as a play on the talking screen than on the legitimate stage. And the leading woman of the screen plays the character in a diflerent way than on the stage. Linda Seton to me is a woman who is fed up with living a too grand a life. Eut she is not the morbid and

rather over tragic figure that Mildred Fauvre makes her at the Civic. Linda to me haul a sense of humor and her often hot remarks regarding her family were often said as satire and not as an indictment of

her family and its wealth. Linda to me was always the good sport and yet she was loyal in a sense to her family. Mrs. Fauvre gives us an inte re s ting Linda but not the Linda that Philip Barry gave his Play. In the second place, Somnes has as near a legitimate cast as he ever has had at the Civic. He has

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the expert services of Fred Stewart of the Stuart Walker company of Cincinnati. Stewart played the role of Ned Seton, the drinking young man, who will not rebel against wealth. Here is splendid, leisurely character acting. In fact splendid work. i Somnes, himself, Is in the cast ; because it was necessary to replace the man who was to play Edward Seton. Somnes is an artist at makeup and he gives a good performance of the head of the house ruled by money and social leadership. Marcella Parry in the second and third acts as Julia, the sister, who remains true to the demands of wealth, does splendid work. In the ! first act, she had Just a little diffiI culty in giving a definite characterization, but from then on she did splendidly. John Roberts is going to be valuable to the Civic. He made a good and a sincere Johnny Case who loved a girl with too much money. Roberts caught splendidly the conflicting moods of Case.

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acter songs and no competitors. Here is a woman who has been on the stage for some years and she is working just as hard today

as she was in the early stages of her career. I know- because I saw her then and many times aftenvard. I have always placed Miss White and Rae Samuels in my private hall of fame. Both know how to “sell” a song, whether it be character or even the slang of the hour. Both bring a touch of artistry to their

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work which is definite and effective. And both work their heads off and they never fail to get their audience because both know how to get material. Os the many numbers that Miss White is singing this season, I had heard only one, the “kid in romper” number, which made her famous. Her burlesque on the sweetheart of 1863 is a gem. Even the gown she wears tells its own story. Her Harlem Cinderella number is the last word in the language of the day. Ido not know the name of her accompanist, but he is splendid. And her own scenery is as elaborate as she used in her $4 shows. Here is an artist not to be missed. I might remark that the Lyric has another real variety bill this week. Harry J. Conley is the best rube-boob comedian selling a mild brand of wild oats that we have on the stage. He is a panic to those who laugh at this type of burlesque. And I laughed many, many times. Oh, I guess I am human some times. The tap and toe work of the Three Rhythm Girls is splendid. At

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STATE FAMILY SEEKS SHARE IN WENDEL RICHES I Among Claimants That Will Tie Up Settlement of $100,000,000 Fortune. i By United Press NEW YORK, March 24.—Alj though the last of the family is assumed to have passed on with the death of Miss Ella V. Wendel, the $100,000,000 fortune accumulated through three generations must re- : main intact until an exhaustive search for possible claimants has j been completed, a petition filed with | Miss Wendel’s will revealed today. The will, filed for probate Monj day, in addition to making several j personal bequests, stipulated that j the vast real estate holdings bought, j but never sold, by the Wendel line, be divided into 200 equal shares and distributed to various charitable organizations. However, the petition for temporary administration intimated that it would be necessary to delay piobate for many months to investigate claims already made against the estate and any future claims. The petition sets forth that “there are no known heirs.” “In view of the fact that some ;of the descender's remote ancestors were bom in Europe and some in other states,” the petition states, “delay of many months necessarily will ensue before said

times nearly great. Leon Navara knows how to put over both good and popular music. He knows his theater. Maxine and his dog Bobbie have always been a mighty human act. The dog is a marvel. Probably one of the most human dogs on the stage today. Don Valerio and the Diaz Sisters offer a wire act. I arrived late at the theater, too late to pass fairly upon their work. The movie is “Girls Demand Excitement.” Now at the Lyric. Other theaters today offer: “Honor Among Lovers” at the Indiana; “Today” at the Circle; “City Lights” at the Palace; “Fifty Million Frenchmen” at the Apollo;. “The Conquering Horde” at the Ohio; burlesque at the Mutual, and movies at the Colonial,

will and codicils can be probated.” Four persons already have signified intention of filing contests, claiming relationship to the Wendel family. Alexander Wendel of Jeffersonville. Ind., seeks recognition for himself and two children, Mrs. Celia May Wendel Cavanaugh and Charles Wendel. His grandfather was a brother of Miss Wendel’s grandfather, Wendel claims. Mrs. Mabel Hayward of Providence, R. 1., will contest the will j on the grounds she is a grand- j daughter of John Gottlieb Wendel, only brother of the six Wendel sisters. Although he was believed to have I been a bachelor. Mrs. Hayward i claims her grandmother, Hannah Holt, was his wife. FRANCE RACES ITALY FOR WARSHIP SPEED Two Mystery Craft Berng Built to i Win Back Record From Duce’s Navy By United Press LORIENT, France, March 24.—1n order to win back for France the warship speed record which Italy recently snatched away when the Italian destroyer Cadamosto attained 43' 1 4 knots in the Bay of Naples, .the French navy department is putting into construction here immediately two mystery craft, D. A. 16 and D. A. 17. Costliest craft of their type ever built by France, the two flotilla leaders will eat into the 1930 naval budget of 2,726,474,364 francs to the extent of $3,000,000 apiece. The previous world’s speed record holder, the French flotilla leader Bison (41.2 knots) cost slightly more than $2,200,000.

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LAWYER SLAIN BY CRIPPLE AT LAW HEARING . ‘Pious, Generous’ Killer Is Peeved by Attorney's Defense of Kin. By United Press HOBOKEN, N. J„ March 24. Marino Bonaldi, 63-year-old cripple, and well-known in Union City for his piety and generosity, was held 1 today charged with the slaying of j William A. Kavanaugh, assistant | corporation counsel, at a private law i suit hearing. | Bonaldi, resenting lawyers and 1 rankled "by what he believed to have i been delayed justice, warned Kavanaugh that if he persisted in defending Anton Mai, Bonaldi’s brother-in-law, whom he was suing, he would meet with violence. Bonaldi was suing for recovery of property which he signed over to Mai when he was confronted with foreclosure of a chattel mortgage several years ago. Mai had refused to give the property back to him. The hearing had been under way about fifteen minutes when Bonaldi

leaped from his chair and fire three j shots. Two shots entered Kavanaugh's head and the third shattered the back of the chair in which Dougal A. Herr, advisory master in chancery, was sitting. “I didn't want to get you, I* wanted ! to get him, and I got him,” Bonaldi I remarked to Herr as he sat down and ligh'ed a cigaret, the only calm ; man in ’.he room.

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