Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1931 — Page 9

APRIL 10, 1931.

BROADWAY GOES GOOFY: STEALS CONEY’S GLORY Anything in Trick Line You Can Want—lncluding the Automatic Flapjack. By United Press NEW YORK, April 10.—It soon will be time for the blue Coney Island busses to take up their positions around Times square, where the barkers attempt to lure lucre with dream-like descriptions of the boardwalk, the bearded lady and the steeplechase. But there will be little excuse this summer for tourists or BroadwayItes to pay $1 to ride to Coney. Coney will be, and is, right under their noses, even though Broadway, Just a few years ago, had a distinct personality a s opposed to that of her flamboyant sister-in-law on the beach. Everything Is Mechanical There are scores of drink stands along the ‘ great white way,” purveying pineapple juice, cider, orange juice, hot dogs, and even milk. The mechanical urge is not lacking. There are machine# that shine your shoes for a dime in a slot. You get your ice cream soda in a slot machine. Other shops contain machines which take your photograph, make a movie of your face, or record your voice on a phonograph record. And, glory of glorlest! An automatic flapjack has made its bow. Waiter Soon Will Go You go into a restaurant, sit down and push a button. Up In front a machine pours three splotches of batter on a moving strip of metal. The cakes ease along and, upon reaching a point where one side is thorough!' cooked, are flipped over with great agility. Thus they ride on, and by the time they reach the end of the line, they are done. They drop off neatly on to a plate and the waiter fetches them to you. They even tell you in the place that the waiter soon will be eliminated. Even Penny Arcades Are Here But this cropping out of mechanisms is only a small part of Coney-on-Broadway. Old-fashioned shooting galleries are becoming popular again, along with the penny arcades—the bioscopes where one may see ‘‘What She Didn’t Tell ! Mother!” or ‘‘Marie Sees Paris!” Tattoo places are springing up I along the highway, and there is a !

Saturday features NEW £§|x spring STYLES M iji #■ iui a is a ¥ 1 * Stunning Styles! Superb Values' Be as thrifty as your budget dictates this season .. . but be “smart" s#~| qz Jgf y--3- — \ l AAA / / to m m, t bL c You can be both smart and thrifty by choosime from this smart ( g n>up- vr^lmw Genuine Watersnake trims— * l j Blond Kids, Black Kids and L=d 1 others. VlorrisonS i. V m FOUNDED 1894 26-28 West Washington

Sensational One-Day Offer of the Hew 1931 APEX RADIO BSold With a Positive Guarantee and 90 Days * Free Service ’6l” —TRIPLE SCREEN-GRID. —TONE CONTROL AND TONE BLENDER —DYNAMIC SPEAKER. Complete with tf”7A x J?n Tabes $79.50 $ | Down! interest. I: , ys . —>o Carrying Charges. Across the Street From Courthouse

Acquitted

Mrs. Marie Cole Acquitted of complicity in the slaying of her husband, Raymond Cole, by a Rush county jury, Mrs. Marie Cole, 25, returned to Indianapolis this afternoon. The jury reached the verdict after forty hours’ deliberation.

DALLAS TO HIRE CITYJMANAGER First Official Under New System Is Sought. DALLAS, Tex., April 10.—Dallas councilmen today began to consider candidates for the post of city manager. Names suggested include Stephen |B. Story, Rochester (N. Y.) city ! manager; John N. Edy, Flint ! manager; C. A. Harrell, ; Portsmouth TO.) manager, and Har- ' old W. Walker, director of public ( works at Rochester. The councilmen expect to pay the city manager, the first for Dallas, $15,000 to $25,000 a year. Observe Club’s Birthday More than a hundred persons celebrated the first birthday party of the Comptometer Club of Indianapqlis in the Board of Trade ’dining room Thursday night. veritable rash of tea shops in which the waitresses advise you, by glancing into your cup, that you are timid but independent. Two burlesque shows have opened on Forty-second street. Hawkers sell “16-jool” watches for a quarter, cat-shaped balloons for a dime and a sheet containing all the latest Broadway song hits for a nickel.

YOUNG MATRON ACCIDENTALLY SHOTTODEATH Husband Held Her, Calling for Help for Two Hours, He Tells Police. By United Press CHICAGO, April 10.—Franklin C. Simmons, Armour & Cos. executive, who was with his 28-year-old wife when she was fatally wounded early today, told police that she was killed accidentally, and that he held her in his arms for two hours, calling for help. Simmons said his wife Hazel shot

“CUT-PRICE’’ QUALITY FURNITURE GAMBLING! mWi ■ \ ======== We took a chance on the people of Indianapolis. We knew that to CUT PRICES on furniture it would gj |g 3 1 I ;ll \ VALUES be necessary to increase our sales materially. S&t: f = |||| The idea was taken from ‘‘CUT-PRICE” drug stores and “CUT-PRICE” grocery stores —small profit jjjßpj Ssjjk cut IWe cut our prices, tremendously, on all grades of furniture on January Ist, when we moved to our nlpaif jßflil PSSfP’ beautiful new store. jj'N DM ■ mb Quality GAMBLED AND WE HAVE WON—even during these times when general conditions are so bad, Ir|||j J! FUPN ITU RE our business has increased most gratifyingly. store BE Furniture buyers from all over Indiana have appreciated and grasped the opportunity of securing . Kgjjjfli Tune in Sunday at 2p. m. high-grade, guaranteed quality furniture at CUT PRICES. Our customers have saved money and ( ifffiPlpf* ilftS} and hear Peggy Hoff- our sales have increased—We gambled and we have both won—we thank you. man, “The Girl From IDEAL FURNITURE COMPANY Indiana, croon t n rri5TF5? Mro , popular melodies. n r,d • r c, The Home of / / 1 he Lut-rrice Furniture Store “CUT PRICF” /£ ML B| §B — __ ff Quality Furniture (®"; The Cozy- Home I Regular $72.50 I bujninJ lAQA I $ S9- m I Four Rooms I Suite of U lamps he A C dtning ai room e suUe of un- | f usual beauty, quality and finish—buffet, Bedroom |l I table and six chairs, including the host. • Suite r y?” ** I -chair. A beautiful three-piece walnut 1& AA finish bedroom suite —vanity, chest and 1 bed of excellent construction. In the ▼ V W I- (I kitchen a beautiful kitchen cabinet, gp*. or ? e Indiana

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

herself while they were drinking together in the kitchen of their exclusive Rogers Park apartment. ‘‘We were talking about the death of our 3-year-old daughter four months ago,” he declared. “Hazel had a pistol in her lap and was toying with it. Suddenly there was a shot and she fell over.” Simmons said he took her in his arms and cried for help. Mrs. Simmons’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Grant, Dodge City, Minn., who were asleep, did not respond. “I held her for two hours,” Simmons told police. “Then I took her to the Rogers Park hospital.” Mrs. Simmons died at the hospital about an hour later without regaining consciousness. Police considered the possibility that Mrs. Simmons may have committed suicide because of grief over her daughter’s death. They were told by Mr. and Mrs. Grant that Simmons tried to kill himself and that Mrs. Simmons took an overdose of sleeping powders several months ago.

ABDUCT RICH BUSINESS MAN; ASKJISO,OOO Near-Beer Manufacturer Is Sought Through Two States. By United Press MONROE, Wis., 10.—A hunt for Fred J. BlumerT wealthy nearbeer manufacturer who was called from his home Thursday night, kidnaped mysteriously and held for $150,000 ransom, spread over two states today, with the trail of the fleeing abductors rapidly growing cold. The hunt extended from Monroe

on the north to Chicago on the south with clews stretching northwestward to Rockford and Freeport, 111., where Blumer's automobile was found early today. The trail of decoy telephone calls and ransom demands ended at j Freeport, with the indications that ; the band of kidnapers had sought | the underworld of Chicago as a : haven from which to press their ! demands un the brewer’s frantic 1 family. Chicago police, confronted before with similar kidnapings of wealthy men in Illinois and Wisconsin, sent out several squads in an attempt to trap the extortionists. Blumer’s daughter, Marian, weary after a sleepless night, declared the ransom could not be paid. The family decided to await the kidnapers' promised telephone call for , further details. “We’re going to let matters wait for a day or two until we hear from them,” Miss Blunter said. “It would be impossible for us to raise $150,000.”

'restore ancient home Rockefeller Interests to Preserve Residence of Early President. ! By United Press WILLIAMSBURG. Va. f April 10. | —Restoration of Bassett Hall, historical landmark here, will be undertaken soon by the Rockefeller interests which are restoring Williamsburg, the colonial capital of Virginia. Bassett Hall was the home of President John Tyler. It is said to have been built by George Burwell Bassey Jr., nephew of Martha Washington.

jfktrher (Trust Banks Where Thousands S-A-V-E

PAGE 9

Aluminum end curlers i NO M(AT KOUItID * CM A l Laot hr the *omt“Geody“ / I j 1 Q->rS>h+* air j 6m Special <( ’ Demonstration at J.G.McCrory Cos. \ N 17 Fast Washington Street

TRY A WANT AD IN THE TIMES.