Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1931 — Page 7

'APRIL 30,1931

TUBE ‘CORNER’ IS CHARGED IN R. C. A. PROBE Radio Commission Verdict Demanded by Group of Independents. By Rrrippu-Ffntrar'l Seinpaper Alliance WASHINGTON, April 30.—The federal radio commission has asked its legal division to say whether it should revoke all broadcasting permits of the Radio Corporation of America, on the ground that R. C. A. been "Anally adjudged’’ to be operating in violation of the federal anti-trust laws. The action follows the refusal of the supreme court Monday to review a decision holding the “tube clause" of R. C. A. leasing contracts to be a violation of the Clayton act. The case which the supreme court refused to review came from the federal district court at Wilmington, Del., which held on December 23, 1929, that the tube provision in the manufacturing contracts tended “to destroy practically all competition in the manufacture and sale of tubes.” Contract Clause Cited In the Wilmington opinion. Judge Hugh M. Morris held that the clause forced all licensed manufacturers to use R. C. A. tubes exclusively in their sets. This finding was sustained by the appellate court for the third circuit on Feb. 11, 1931. R. c. A. then petitioned the supreme court for review, which was rejected wtihout a formal opinion. Under Section 13 of the radio act, the federal radio commission is directed by congress to refuse operating permits to any corporation “which has been finally adjudged guilty by a federal court of unlawfully monopolizing radio communications, directly or indirectly, through the control of the manufacture or sale of radio apparatus. . .” Legal Opinion Final Although the federal government was not directly involved in the Wilmington proceeding, which was initiated by independent manufacturers, the radio commission immediately took cognizance of the supreme court’s refusal to review. The future action of the government will be determined by the legal division. Meanwhile, the independents have renewed their demand that the justice department press its antitrust proceeding against R. C. A. entered in the federal district court at Wilmington in May, 1930.

Ride Downtown FREE Tomorrow-BLOCK DAY-From 9-10 A. M. as Guest of BLOCK'S! Take any People’s Motor Bus or Indianapolis Street Railway Company Street Car going DOWNTOWN between 9 and 10 o’clock tomorrow morning and the conductor will politely refuse to take your fare. You will ride FREE in honor of BLOCK DAY. Furthermore, ALL DAY LONG, both FRIDAY and SATL'RDAY, large, special busses will convey you to BLOCK’S free of charge from in front of the Circle Theatre or the following points: Southwest Corner Market and Pennsylvania Sts. Northwest Corner Washington and Delaware Sts. Northeast Corner Maryland and Illinois Sts. Southwest Corner Market and Delaware Sts. Northeast Corner Maryland and Pennsylvania Sts. Northeast Corner Maryland and Capitol Ave. Northeast Corner Maryland and Meridian Sts. Northwest Corner Maryland and Delaware Sts. Southeast Corner Capitol and Washington Sts.

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Following is the explanation of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” which appeared in Wednesday’s Times: Theseus—Father of Boxing—- “ Pugilism” comes from the Latin of “pugil,” and means fighting with clenched fists. But the game is presumed to have been originated in Greece by Theseus, son of Argus, king of Athens, about

On request, sent with stamped addressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof of anything depicted by him.

900 B. C., and gets its first mention in Homer’s “Iliad.” Theseus is pictured as a youth who was patron saint of the undertakers and embalmers’ union of Athens and vicinity, and the game as invented by him was fought with gloves studded with spikes, resulting in the death of one and sometimes both of the participants.

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Reference: “All Sports Record and History Book,” by Frank G. Menke. Friday: “Two face-slapping champions.” 168 Rats Killed MENTONE, Ind., April 30.—Two men with the aid of a rat terrier killed 168 rates in the barn on the farm of Frank Laird.

SAVINGS OF 35 YEARS FINANCE OCEANAIR HOP Small Town Photographers Hopes to Span Atlantic to Copenhagen. By Scripps-Hoicard Xetcspapcr Alliance WASHINGTON, April 30.—The savings of thirty-five years of pic-ture-taking in a small town have gone into the latest trans-Atlantic airplane venture—a flight from New York to Copenhagen scheduled to start from Roosevelt Field, L. 1., May 17. Otto Hillig is the backer pf this flight and, like Charles Levine, will be a trans-ocean air passenger. Hillig is not a flier. Born in Denmark 55 years ago, he has been a photographer in Liberty, N. Y., for the last thirty-five years. “What put this ocean flying idea into your head?” he was asked when he and his pilot came here to iron out diplomatic details of their coming flight with the commerce and state departments. Friend ‘Sold’ Him “Oh, Holger did it. He sold me on the idea. I own the plane and Holger flies it.” Holger Hoiriis, another native Dane, has been flying since 1925, and has 2,700 hours in the air. He will be 30 years old in June. Hoiriis long has wanted to fly the Atlantic, and, being a friend of Hillig’s they agreed to buy a plane and make the attempt. A special Bellanca monoplane was built for them out of Hillig’s 35year savings, and fitted up with special gas tanks. Inside the cabin is a 600-gallon tank. The side-by-side seats of the two fliers are built on top of the oil tank. Fly ‘Just For Fun’ Hillig is unmarried, and thinks he may cut a few capers with the girls when he lands in his old home town of Copenhagen—a hero! Hoiriis also is unmarried. They are making the flight just for fun, and to pay a visit to their homeland. The Bellanca is a land plane. The fliers will carry no radio and haven’t made up their minds yet about a rubber lifeboat. Hillig doesn’t think they will take one. “What’s the use?” he says. “If we go down it’s all over, anyhow. Why prolong the misery?”

SENIORS TO PUT ON MAKEUP FOR A PLAY Big Cast Will Stage “A Tailor-Made Man,” a comedy, at Technical High School by Division “A.” BY WALTER D. HICKMAN. THIS is the time of year that seniors in colleges and high schools turn to acting. Friday night at Technical high school, the seniors of the “A” division will put on makeup and will play at make-believe for an hour and a half. The seniors of this division will present a comedy. “A Tailor-Made Man," which was popular on the stage for years, and recently brought to life again on the talking screen. Those in the cast secured their parts in competitive tryouts before

a committee of judges. Miss Clara Ryan announces the following cast for Friday: John Paul Bart, the tailor-made man George Davis Mr. Huber, the tailor. .Melvin Licbtenberg Peter McConkie. his first assistant Gene Gill Dr. Sonntag. a scholar Douglas Ewing Mr. Rowlands, a newspaper man Mr. Jellicott, a yachtsman. .Franklin Fisher Pomeroy, his valet... .Sidney Fenstermaker Mr. Stanlaw. a millionaire... .James Crain Abraham Nathan, a financier. .Edgar Klain Mr. Grayson, his secretary.. .Rudard Jones Mr. Whitcomb, a business man.,... Edgar Baum Bobby Westlake, socially prominent young man Donald Bvers Mr. Fleming, socially prominent young man Kenneth Foster Mr. Crane, socially prominent young man... Lowell Burnett Mr. Carroll, socially prominent young man Robert Lawrence Mr. Fitzmorris. socially prominent man Theodore Jones Mr. Russell, a labor delegate Frank Hamblen Mr. Schwartz, a labor delegate. .Otto Frey Mr. Cain, a labor delegate. .Joseph Clutton Wheatlng. a butler to the Stanlaws Henry Branstetter Tanya daughter of Mr. Huber. .Louise Ball Mrs. Dupay. a divorcee Margaret Branaman Bessie, her daughter. .Martha Dean Lesher Mrs. Stanlaw. aristocratic wife of Mr. Stanlaw Helen Bonnell Corinne Stanlaw Jean Deputy Miss Shayne. a stenographer Virginia Hitchcock Mrs. Fitzmorris. society leader Patricia Bundy Dorothy Naoma Cowan Mary Ethel Greenwood Jane Margaret Armstead Elizabeth Mary Avis Bel! tt u u Indianapolis theaters today offer: “Death Takes a Holiday” at English’s, Larry Sullivan, Idabelle Arnold and Milton Byron at the Lyric, “Trader Horn” at the Palace, “Honor Among Lovers” at the Ohio, “Tarnished Lady” at the Indiana, double movie bill at the Circle, and “The Millionaire” at the Apollo. UNIVERSITY CHIEF DIES Edwin Anderson Alderman Succumbs to Apoplexy Attack. By United Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 30.—Edwin Anderson Alderman, 69, president of the University of Virginia, died late Wednesday night at Connellsville, Pa. He was on his way to Champaign, 111., to deliver an address at the inaugural of President Harry Chase of the University of Illinois, when he was stricken with apoplexy. Removed from the train at Connellsville, he died soon after.

JEWISH GROUPS TO SEEKFUNDS Welfare Campaign Will Be Preceded by Dinner. Keynote of the 1931 campaign for the Jewish Welfare Fund will be sounded at a dinner Thursday night at Broadmoor Country Club, by Joseph M. Bloch, chairman of

the drive, officials said today. Among the evening’s speakers will be Rabbi M. M. F e u e r 1 i c ht, Rabbi Milton Steinberg, Louis J. Borinstein, vicechairman of the campaign, and Charles B. Sommers, chairman of the special gifts committee. Twenty - two teams, including about three hundred men and

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women, will begin the drive May 8 and will cover the city during the campaign. Officers of the Jewish Welfare Fund are J. A. Goodman, president; Louis Wolf, vice-president; Samuel Mueller, treasurer; Samuel Frommer, secretary; Albert S. Goldstein, budget committee chairman; Ralph Bamberger, finance committee chairman, and Jacob H. Wolf, collections committee chairman. Free Fire Fighting Ends By Times Special WARSAW, Ind.. April 30.—Effective at once a charge of S3O will be made by the city of Warsaw for use of firefighting equipment outside the city limits.

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WALKER ‘GAGS’ TAMMANY HALL IN OUSTER WAR Mayor Indicates He’ll Keep Tiger Silent During City Inquiry. By Times Special NEW YORK, April 30.—Mayor James J. Walker indicated today he would veto any attempts on the part of Tammany Hall to combat the legislative city inquiry into charges of corruption and incompetence in his administration. Although he consistently has refused to comment on Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's decision to dismiss the charges against him, Walker has made it clear that he will not allow political leaders to j make any move which may place | him in an embarrassing position. While Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and the Rev. Dr. John Haynes Holmes, leaders In the movement to clean up alleged corruption in New York, were preparing additional unrevealed testimony to lay before referee, Samuel Seabury, another of Walker's inquiries, which got under way today. Roosevelt indicated today that he would make no decision on the charges against District Attorney C. T. Crain until June. It was ascertained here that he would take no steps other than to confer with Seabury before departing on his vacation to Warm Springs, Ga„ Friday. He conferred with Governor Harry H. Woodring of Kansas, a Democrat, at his home Wednesday, and several correspondents who interviewed him m regard to the movement to nominate him as Democratic presidential nominee in 1932. QUEEN WANTS MADRID Longs to Make Home in Spain; Alfonso Reconciled to Exile. By United Press PARIS, April 30.—Former King Alfonso of Spain was described j authoritatively today as “reconciled” to exile from his country, but Queen Victoria was said to desire to return to Madrid to live whether or not the monarchy is re-estab-lished in the future. The queen, who visited Paris on a shopping tour, told her friends that she loved Spain more than England.