Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 84, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1931 — Page 5
AUG. 17, 1931
CONVENTION TO ATTRACT 10,000 LEGIONNAIRES Thirteenth Annual Session Aug. 22 to 25 to Be at Anderson. Big parade of American Legionnaires will start toward Anderson the latter part of this week for the Legion state convention Aug. 22 to 25. Ten thousand ex-service men are expected to celebrate the thirteenth annual gathering. Feature of the convention will be the parade of float, drum corps, hands and delegations. Legion officials say that it will be the largest and most spectacular parade ever to pass in review in the middle west. Three awards of SSO will go to outstanding floats and delegations. Gala affair of the convention will he the Forty and Eight program on Saturday, the opening day. A parade of the honorary order, and a barbecue and fireworks at Zoo Island park will be headliners of the day’s activities. Running races on an illuminated track will take place on Saturday and Monday nights. Dancing, a stag picnic and a midnight show will be other entertainment features. Church services Sunday morning will be in charge of former state Legion chaplains. Principal speakers for the gathering will be General Frank T. Hines, chief of the Veterans’ bureau, and Brigadier-General Benjamin D. Foulois, recently appointed chief of the air service. Prizes totaling $1,050 will be presented to winners of the drum corps and band contests Monday. Watches will go to winners in the golf tournament. Winners of rifle and pistol contests will receive medals.
MOOSE ASK SUPPORT FOR JOBLESS RELIEF Want Other Fraternities and Social Groups to Make Demand. By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 17.—The state Moose convention here last ■week passed a resolution urging all fraternal organizations, and all charitable and social welfare bodies to join in demand for immediate unemployment relief from state and national governments before winter. The convention suggested that President Hoover appoint a committee to investigate alleged discriminations of insurance companies against the workingman. Newly elected president of Indiana Moose is Dr. John S. Coffman of Muncie. Other officers are: William Schauer of Hammond, treasurer, and William A. Anderson of Indianapolis, exeuctive secretary. ANNUAL GROTTO DAY OBSERVED AT HOME 1,000 Prophets, Families Attend Celebration at Franklin. Sahara Grotto celebrated the annual Grotto day at the Masonic Boys’ home, Sunday. About 1,000 Prophets and their families attended. Features of the day was music by the Sahara Pirate band combined with the Masonic Home band. H. Verle Wilson, secretary of Sahara Grotto, had charge of the program. CHANGE MEETING DATES Silver Star Review to Hold Session in Castle Hall. Announcement of change in time and place of meeting of the Silver Star Review No. 15 has been made. First meeting under the new order will be held tonight at 8 in Castle Hall, and all future meetings will be there on the first and third Monday of each month. Formerly the Review met in Trainmen’s hall, on the first and last Thursdays of the month. WORKERS TO ENTERTAIN Golden Rule Lodge to Stage Comedy at I. O. O. F. Hall. Musical comedy entertainment, under auspices of Golden Rule lodge No. 3, United Order of American Workers, will be given to members and their families in Odd Follow hall, Washington street and Hamilton avenue, Thursday night, Aug. 20. H. G. Johnson will be master of ceremonies. In charge of arrangements is Ruth Magee. RAIL COLLISION KILLS 12 Rome-Vlenna Express Crashes Into Freight; Many Injured. Bv United Press VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 17. Twelve persons were killed when the Romc-Vienna express collided with a freight train near Loeben Sunday. Four others were believed fatally hurt, and fourteen were injured badly. The express locomotive plunged into the River Mur.
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Automobles reported to police as stolen 0 Martin. 1002 North Delaware 6‘reet. Plymouth coach. 738-747. from Senate avenue and Ohio street. Emmet Lamb. Ambov. Nash coupe, from Pennsylvania and New York streets. Fichard Pleasant. 619 West North street. Wlllvs-Knieht sedan. 755-664. from Michigan ar.a Blackford streets. Letnev Hamilton. 180! West Tenth street. Hunmooile sedan. 50-941. from 1801 West Tenth street.
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Stolen automobiles recovered bv police * , *Ben *BalHnirer. 618 East Fortv-sixth street, found at Morris street and Barth avenue W D Pratt. 4215 Park avenue. Bulck sedan, found at Tenth street and White r\v*Y. Chevrolet sedan. Breen bodv. no license elates, no certificate of title, found west cf Eaele Creek one block north of Raymond street. Eric H Stranß. National Military Home, fiavton O . Ford course, found In front of 2942 Columbia avenue. William H Passett. 657 Fast Thirtyninth street. Bulck coune. found at Twen-ty-third and Bellrfontalne streets. Canning Campaign Launched By Time* Special MARION, Ind., Aug. 17.—A huge civic canning campaign has been launched here, to provide canned fruit and vegetables for unemployed and needy this winter. The work is in charge of Mrs. J. H. De&kin.
Modem Woodmen to Confer Degrees
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Ladies’ Club camp of Marion camp, No, 3558, Modern Woodmen of America, has been chosen to confer the degrees on a large group of candidates at the Modern Woodmen state log rolling, to be held at Kokomo, Aug. 20 to 23. .The degree work will be performed Saturday night, Aug. 22. On the sam-j evening, the men’s
THIS MAN HAS EYES WITH TRICKY WINK Chevalier Gives a Dashing Comedy Performance in ‘The Smiling Lieutenant’ Now on the Indiana Screen. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN IT was not the love light in his eyes that caused the smiling lieutenant to be married to princess of the royal blood. It was the naughty wink that the officer flashed just as the royal princess was riding in a royal carriage with her royal papa. The story gets more comical when one learns that Maurice Chevalier is the owner of the eyes with the naughty wink and that Marian Hopkins is the dumb but royal princess.
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directed by Ernst Lubitsch, who is a past master at this continental king business in the movies. This picture is a naughty nifty without being in bad taste. It is the smart direction as well as the smart acting on the part of Chevalier, Miss Hopkins and Claudette Colbert as the leader of a girl orchestra in a
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foreign kingdom. Miss Colbert is seen and heard as Fritzi, the sweetie of Maurice, the smiling lieutenant. His wink was intended for Fritzi and not the princess, but he could not lie out of it. The dumb princess was “insulted” and being so insulted insisted that the officer marry her. She told her royal papa (played so humorously by George Barbier) that if she did not get her lieutenant she “we would marry an American.” That won her royal dad over and the order was given. But when the dumb princess (who wore old fashioned underwear and played “Hearts and Flowers” on the piano) arrived at her wedding night, she discovered that her husband w r as an icicle. Even hubby went calling on his sweetie, the little heartbroken orchestra leader, leaving the princess playing checkers with her royal papa. Or rather not playing checkers. Her mind w r as elsewhere. Th e story gets anew twist when the little orchestra leader decides to teach the little but dumb princess all about charm and the sex business. When Fritzi got through with the princess, the royal one was a regu- j lar hot flapper. And the smiling j lieutenant went wild over royalty. All of this has been told in song, ! smart conversation and equally j smart situations. The song num- i bers are not too numerous, but they j fit right into the picture. Both j Chevalier and Miss Colbert know how to put over these songs. Nearly forgot to tell you that Elizabeth Patterson is one of the ladies in waiting to the princess, whose duty it is to inspect the royal bridal chamber, giving most attention to t>.e royal bed. This is a high, nifty comedy scene. Might as well admit that I am wild over this one. No corn beef and cabbage here, but a sophisticated yarn which at times is broad travesty, even burlesque. Put this picture on your must shopping list this week. Now at the Indiana. a a a AND HERE IS A REAL SWEETIE When I say that here is a real sweetie, I mean that “Sporting Blood” is the berries. Here is one of the sweetest and most natural race horse stories I have ever seen on the talking screenThe first half of the picture showing the many horses (even the
birth of the great runner) is a natural. Here is a mod ern “Black Beauty,” done in the tempo of today. The background always feels of Churchill Downs and the great Derby. A colored man and a colored boy about walk away with this picture, because they know and love horses. If these horses do not get ipto your heart, then you had
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better see a doctor, because something is WTqpg with your heart. The director has allowed the horses and the attendants to be real and not actors. That gives the natural charm to the first half of the picture. The horses really seem to talk to you right from the screen. The plot thickens when “Tommy,” a fast runner, is sold to a silly society woman who tires of the horse
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drill team of Marion camp will confer the degrees on a class of 100 candidates. Harry E. Argus is captain of the team. In the picture: Front row fleft to right) Mrs. Alice Horne, trustee; Mrs. Nora Kirsch, banker; Mrs. Leola Sproule, past consul; Mrs. Edna Argus, consul; Mrs. Eva Trout, adviser; Mrs. Margaret Killion, chaplain; Mrs. Fannie
and sells him to a very bad man who dopes “Tommy” so he can win. But before they ruin “Tommy” he is taken back to his home in Kentucky and he is nursed back to health by Ernest Torrence and Madge Evans. The Evans girl is also nursed back to normal health, both in body and spirit. Os course the villain appears just before Tommy’s big chance to come back at the great derby. Am not going to give you a recital of the villain, but it is not too theatrical to ruin the natural charm of the story. Miss Evans is sweet and natural. Torrence fits right into the picture. Clark Gable starts out to be a tough guy, but turns out to be a regular nice guy. The love interest, of course, is Miss Evans and Gable. If you want to make your entire family happy, then take them to see “Sporting Blood.” Now at the Palace. a an LITTLE OLD FASHIONED BUT GOOD It seems to me that I would class “Bought” with such plays as “Bought and Paid For,” “Common Clay” and “Within the Law.” Because the heroines started out just as plain nobody’s, but who got some place (mostly in trouble) by their good looks and their wits, they all had something in common: Constance Bennett is the heroine in “Bought,” if one could call her
a heroine. She was first just a selfish little girl, who allowed • her poor mother to work herself to death s e w in g while daughter dressed up and dreamed. When our heroine had to shift for herself she first got a job as a model and that job of wearing small clothes just suited her, but she wanted a grander job, one where she would
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meet more of the Fifth avenue swells. She landed such a job but our good looking heroine mistook the kisses of a rich boy for a marriage license. Os course, the little fool realizes that she can’t go back to the real fellow (played by Ben Lyon in a pleasing manner) because her wings have been singed. But this modern fable had to have a happy ending and we leave Constance and Ben very much in each other’s arms. The best piece of work is done by Richard Bennett in a role w'hich is a little baffling, but that is the keynote of the story. * “Bought” has been intelligently acted and directed. Little oldfashioned in theme (long-suffering heroines are a little aged these days), but pretty good theater. Now at the Apollo. a a a LIFE IS BITTER IN THIS MOVIE Life in “Traveling Husbands” seems to be rather bitter for the
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Volz, trustee; Mrs. Mary Williams, mentor. Back Row—Mrs. Eva Hagist, mentor; Mrs. Janet La Rouche, mentor; Mrs. Icey Condon, clerk; Mrs. Lucy Patterson, mentor; Mrs. Ruth Gulley, escort; Mrs. Anna Carlsen, watchman and sentry; Mrs. Charlotte Walden, mentor; Mrs. Barbara Dillon, assistant escort. Not in picture, Mrs. Mabel Purvis, mentor.
CONGRESS WILL HOLD SESSIONS National Fraternal Order to Meet in Montreal. Investments for fraternal organizations, juvenile insurance, health conservation, fundamentals of life insurance, salesmanship, and legislation, are important subjects before the 400 delegates to the national fraternal congress, which will hold its sixty-second annual convention, Aug. 17 to 20, at Mount Royal hotel, Montreal, Canada. Ninety fraternal benefit societies are members of the congress. Paul Clay, president of Clay’s Economic Service of New York, and R. R. Hamilton of Moody’s Investors’ Service of New York will speak on “Investment Outlook.” The fraternal societies have invested approximately five billion dollars in municipal and other similar securities. Other prominent men in the fraternal world will speak on the subjects before the convention. President of the congress is Judge Tom L. McCullough of Dallas, Tex. Leaves Estate to Sisters MARION, Ind., Aug. 17.—Two sisters who live in Scotland, Nellie Jessimer and Elizabeth Anderson, have been named beneficiaries of the estate left by Isabel Fraser of Marion.
girls and rather sweet and rosy for the men. Here is a 10, 20 and 30-cent melodrama (meaning in atmosphere)
with its gun - play on the part of a jealous dame and a lot of hokum comedy on part of the traveling men.. The traveling men when they are funry are not so bad, but when tragedy enters the party room in the hotel, the men are not so comical. Whoever wrote “Traveling Husbands” must have written it on the theory that most
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traveling men are bums at home and dandies while on the road. The w r orld. knows that every traveling man is not a chicken chaser, but most of them are in this story. Most of the traveling men in this movie are about as true to life as 99 per cent of the newspaper characters on the screen and stage. Only a few, mighty few, authors have been able to put the newspaper man on the stage as he really exists. Evelyn Brent plays the role of a girl who is crazy over a married traveling salesman and makes the character unpleasant and hard as nails. Dorothy Peterson is the wife of the traveling man w’ho gets shot by the girl he was playing around with. The poor wife—well, she forgave the girl for shooting her husband. They do that in the movies. Oh, well, that is “Traveling Husbands.” I missed part of the beginning of the picture. Now at the Circle. Other theaters today offer: “On the Spot,” at English’s; “Transatlantic,” at the Lyric; “The Sky Raiders,” at the Ohio, and burlesque at th e Mutual. *
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CONVENTIONS OF 6 LODGES HOLD EYES 01-STATE K. of P., Eagles and Moose Among Orders Holding Year’s Sessions. Indianapolis lodge members of six organizations have just finished, or are about to start, conventions, ranging in importance from state meetings to international gatherings. Knights of Pythias Friday finished an international convention at Cincinnati which had run through the week. The week-long national gathering of the Eagles at Toledo also ended on Friday. At Kokomo, the Moose closed a threeday' session of the state organization. This week, one international and two state conventions hold the spotlight. Ten thousand are expected this weeek at French Lick to attend the forty-ninth annual convention of the Knights of Columbus. Opening session is Tuesday, and the convention closes Thursday. Another 10,000 attendance is expected at the American Legion state conclave at Anderson which opens Saturday and runs until Tuesday, Aug. 25. At Kokomo, state Modern Woodmen of America will gather for their annual convention from Friday, Aug. 20, to Sunday, Aug. 23.
EAGLES TO LAUNCH HUGE PRIZE DRIVE
$1,000,000 Member Campaign to Be Explained to City Aerie. A million-dollar membership campaign for the Fraternal Order of Eagles will be explained at tonight’s meeting of Indianapolis Aerie by J. Pierce Cummings, its delegate to the national convention held in Toledo last week, when the plan was submitted. Most of the money will be spent for merchandise as prizes to those who obtain members. The campaign is being underwritten by Conrad H, Mann, president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, past national president of the
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STATE LOI K. OF P. $420 in Prizes Carried Home by Hoosiers at . Convention. Indiana lodges won nearly onehalf of the prize money awarded at the Knights of Pythias international convention, Aug. 10 to 14, at Cincinnati. Leader of the Hoosier lodges Butler lodge, No. 158, with winnings totaling $420. The Butler band and Samson guards won first in the contest for the best costumed unit. Prize was S2OO. In the same contest, Banner Temple, No. 37, Pythian Sisters of Indianapolis won second place, a prize of SIOO Banner Temple's total winnings were $l7O. Other Indiana lodges to win prizes were Alquina lodge, No. 456, attendance prize at the Chautauqua session, $25; Knightstown lodge. No. 226, attendance prize, $100; Jeffersonville Hope lodge, No. 13, attendance prize, $100; and Aurora Sunshine Girls, costume prize, S2O, and attendance prize, $25. Oldest Pythian in years present was E. S. Vickrey, 89, of Bloomingdale. He won an award of $25. The SSO first prize for the best essay on bettering Pythianism was wor\ by Miss Marguerite Hercules of Ft. Wayne. Fourth prize in the same contest went to Miss Rhena Parks of Churubusco.
Eagles, and head of the order’s organization department, Otto P. Deluse, Indianapolis, past national president, and state organization department head, will call a meeting of state Eagles leaders about Sept. 15, to arrange for Indiana’s part in the campaign. RELIEF CORPS TO MEET Mrs. Flora Hays, Retiring President, to Be Paid Honors. Major Robert Anderson Women’s Relief Corps, No. 44, will hold a covered dish luncheon at noon Tuesday in the Grand Army league building in honor of the retiring president, Mrs. Flora Hays, who has resigned and is leaving Indianapolis for Los Angeles, Cal. Election and installation of new officers will be held.
>GES WIN CONTESTS CIRCLE CHIEF IN POST Mrs. May Beaver Elected Recently by Woodmen Group. Mrs. May Beaver, recently appointed Indiana supervisor of the Supreme Forest Woodmen circle, took over her duties last week. She announced her plans before a meeting of Hamona grove No. 63. She intends to bring a special deputy to Indianapolis for a time to build up the organization. VETERANS'POST TO OPEN DRIVE Strayer Group to Seek 1,000 New Members. With a present membership of 200 members, Frank T. Strayer post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will open a drive for 1,000 new members, Aug. 19, at a meeting of all veterans’ posts in Marion county at the Post hall, Transportation building, Delaware and South streets. Senator Arthur R. Robinson will make the principal address. For the membership drive, members of the post will be divided into eight teams, each assigned to a section of the city. Posters and canvasses of factories and business houses will feature the campaign. Officers of the post intend to make it the largest in the central states. ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS TO PICNIC Annual ’Home-Coming to Be Held at Greensburg, Aug. 23. Eighth annual home-coming of the twenty-six Odd Fellow and the twenty-four Rebekah lodges in Marion county will be held Sunday, Aug. 23, at their Home in Greensburg. More than five thousand members and their families are expected to attend. The home is maintained by the two organizations for sick, deformed, or old persons. Its capacity is 300.‘ Music, drills by lodge teams, games for children, and a picnic lunch are on the program. The two branches of the order have 13,000 members in Marion county. H. G. Shenk is chairman of the program committee.
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ELKS TO GIVE ORPHANS PARTY AT RIVERSIDE Twenty-Ninth Annual Outing Will Bring Joy to Waifs Thursday. Twenty-ninth annual orphans’ outing, under the auspices of Indianapolis Lodge of Elks, No. 13. will be held Thursday, Aug. 20. at Riverside park. In charge of arrangements is William J. Fahey. Children from the Indianapolis Orphans’ home, the Day Nurseries, the Board of Children's Guardians and Indianapolis Colored Orphans’ hom* the General Protestant home, and the Flanner house, will be the guests of the Elks. Feature of the afternoon will be the presentation of a loving cup by Chief of Police Michael F. Morrissey to the child selected by these in attendance, as the outstanding entertainer. The morning will be spent on the various rides in Riverside park. Ladies of the Cervus Club will prepare the luncheon. Games and races will fill the afternoon’s program. 700 PROPHETS VISIT CITY’S JAIL, COURTS Trip Through Police Headquarters Is Asked by Chief Morrissey. Seven hundred Prophets of Sahara Grotto Thursday night took a trip through police headquarters, city court, the Bertillon room, Gamewell department, county' jail, the tunnel between the jail and the courthouse, and the police broadcasting station at Willard park. Guides were Police Chief Michael Morrissey, Lieutenant Albert Perrott, Sheriff Charles L. Sumner, Judge William Sheaffer and Robert L. Battjs, head of the radio division. Delbert O. Wilmeth had charge of the party, which is the first of a series to be arranged for the Grotto during its membership campaign. Goal of the campaign which will end with the fall ceremonial is 200 candidates. pythTans will frolic Purity Lodge's Annual Picnic to Be Held Thursday. Purity lodge, No. 366, Knights of Pythias of Patriot, will hold its annual picnic Thursday, Aug, 20, at Patriot. Dr. C. R. Dunbar of Indianapolis. grand chancellor of the Indiana Pythians, will speak.