Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 February 1932 — Page 5
FEB. 29. 1932.
RUSSIA DROPS MASK; READY ' FOR CONFLICT Soviet Army of 800,000 Is Efficient, Prepared for War. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Serippu-Howard Foreirn F.dltor WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—A Russian army of 800,000 men is on its toes, ready to go the moment Japan crosses the deadline, according to reports in the hands of military attaches here. Observers make it plain, however, that they do not expect Russia to attack. On the contrary, she still is said to be extremely anxious to avoid war. But if a conflict is forced upon her, experts declare, she is prepared to give a good account of herself. Russia’s big bugaboo remains a "war on two fronts—an attack by European powers in the west while she is engaged in war in the far cast, 6,000 miles away. Furthermore, Moscow officials admit, Russia will be incalculably stronger in another four or five years militarily, economically and industrially. Prepares in Hurry Nevertheless, a sudden and significant change has come over Moscow. Whereas, Soviet officials never when Japan took Tsitsihar, in Manchuria, last fall, they now aternly demand to l;ow what Japanese troops are doing in the region of the Siberian border. The explanation given by military experts Is that last fall Russia was not ready, while today she is. Moving quietiy and with complete secrecy behind an outward show of indifference to Japan, she has prepared against surprises. The red army, on paper, numbers 1560,000 effectives. But to this must br added another 150,000 belonging to the "Tchcka battalions,” or professional soldiers garrisoning principal cities and railways. These latter are storm troops of the first order. Behind these 800,000 men are .some 3,000,000 active reserves, plus another group of approximately 10,000,000 semi-trained second and third line men—a grand total cf about 13,000,000 effectives when fully mobilized. Ranks Fifth in Air Tn the air, Russia ranks fifth i among the powers—after France, ; Britain, Italy and the United States. Japan ranks sixth, with 1,312 planes ready for instant battle, as against Russia’s 1,520. Such is the official rating. In , reality, according to French reports, Russia may rank second among the j air powers. The Soviet air league is known to have raised considerable money and built an unknown num- i her of planes for presentation to the nation in the last two or three i years For this, many German technicians have been engaged. Similarly, Russia is said to be well j prepared for chemical warfare. Not j only has the government spent in- i creasingly large sums of money for poison gas equipment, but, as has been the case with aviation, a civilian “chemical defense society” materially has aided the state. The red army already is highly mechanized. Tractors draw its heavy artillery and much of the light. There are enormous numbers of tanks, whippets, armored automobiles, motorcycles and trains; anti-aircraft batteries, airplane delectors, range finders, searchlights, and so on, all of mobile nature. Preparedness Freachcd Behind the red fighting machine is one of the most highly militarized populations on the globe. While denouncing militariasm, Soviet officials have insisted Russia’s life depends on preparedness. Thus practically the entire country of 150,000,000 people is organized like an army. Women and children, old and young, factory workers and field hands are grouped into squads, companies, battalions, regiments, and corps. The army is officered largely by men who have risen from the Communist. ranks. This is regarded as an advantage. Whereas Russian officers of the old school had a weakness for good times behind the lines, leaving their underlings to do the fighting, the present corps doubtless would go over the top with ! their men. The reds, however, still have sev- j rral weak spots in their armor. The j single track railways across Siberia > is one. Another is the inability of j Russian industry to keep an army I of millions supplied. TWO MORE JOIN RACE FOR COURT CLERKSHIP Mrs. Shuler and Mrs. Hack Seek Democratic Nomination. Two women have announced for the Democratic nomination for reporter of the supreme and appellate courts, bringing the total number of contenders to four. Those who announced are Mrs. Margaret Shuler of Indianapolis, who was a candidate for the nomination in 1928, and Mrs, May Hack of Shelbyville, 1928 nominee. Mrs. Shuler, who has been managing a patent law office here for sixteen years, is a graduate of Western college of Oxford. 0., and has been active in Marion county politics. She is vice-chairman of the Feventh wad organzation, a member of the Marion County Democratic Women's Club and the Business and Professional Women’s Club. Mrs. Hack is the wife of Charles A. Hack, former Sixth district chairman, and also has been an active worker. The other candidates are Miss Emma May of Terre Haute and Mayor Jack Edwards of Marion.
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ARLISS APPEARS IN P O W E R OLE Dramatic Star Has a Satisfactory Movie Vehicle in 'The Man Who Played God,’ Now at the Apollo. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN ONE can safely write this down that George Arliss has in “The Man Who Played God,” one of his most satisfactory movie vehicles. Arliss has graced this role with some of the finest acting that he has ever contributed to the talking screen. Just as the late Mrs. Fiske grew with the modern stage, just so does Arliss grow with the talking screen. This story is very kind to Arliss because it is a human role, telling the terrible tragedy of a great pianist
who suddenly went completely deaf. Then we have the great struggle, the pianist loses faith in God. It is only when the pianist creates a sort of a miracle himself, he learns tc; read the lips of human beings, that
he finds again faith in his God and man. It is during this terrific struggle that the artistry of Arliss reaches its j peak. I recall many j years ago in Terre j Haute that I saw 1 Otis Skinner in this j same role on the j stage. The role was j not kind to Skinner j because it lasted I just a short time on tour. But with the movie version, I believe that Ar-j liss will achieve I
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added popularity. As far as I am concerned, “The Man Who Played God” is the most satisfactory thing that Arliss has given the talking screen. Notice the work of Violet Heming j as Mildred, the woman who under- j stands the terrific fight that the j pianist is putting up before he \ learns to read lips and is able to j bring joy into the lives of many j people. Also notice the work of Bette Davis as Grace. I am not so sure that I have seen this girl very often j on the screen. Louise Closscr Hale is in the cast j and you can be assured that she ! gives a good account of herself. Also take time to watch the direction and the fine camera shots. Here is a picture that will bring real joy to the movie industry. Now at the Apollo. u a BROWN IS AT HIS BEST THIS TIME Joe E. Brown is at his best this ; time in “Fireman Save My Child.” That sounds funny, coming from j me, because I have not burned up j over the entertaining value of this I man. Don’t let the title deceive j you, because this really is the story | of a Main Street fellow who is a j fire-fighter in his home town, who j
suddenly becomes a sensation on the baseball diamonds of a major league. Os course, when our hero goes big time he forgets his small time girl and falls for a Broadway gold digger. The story is pretty much mixed up, and doesn't amount to so much, but Brown does wonders with it. You will laugh at a crazy fire-fighting scene, and you will
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howl when Brown forgets to make a home run or something when a fire engine dashes by while he is playing a big game. I believe that this movie will erase some of the bad movie grades against Brown. You probably will find the story not much of a yarn, but Brown puts so much hokum and natural comedy into his work that I believe you will agree with me that this is the best thing he has done so far. Don’t take “Fireman Save My Child” seriously. It is just a laugh movie and as such it wins. Now at the Indiana. It tt it CONCERNING “POLLY OF THE CIRCUS” Just, why they put Marion Davies in “Polly of the Circus” is some-i thing I can not understand, be- ; cause she just isn’t suited to this type of, innocent roles. Not being content in miscasting Miss Davies, the director has gone •
one better and cast j Clark Gable as a ; small town minis- j ter who marries ; Polly, a circus i aerial performer. \ Os course, the j minister almost wrecks hi s life be- \ cause his small i town congregation just wiy not toler- i ate a circus lady as the wife of their pastor. Personally, I cap not fall for Gable playing such a role. The picture
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idies upon r clever fifteen minutes near the close of the picture when Polly, after finding that she is dam-
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; aging the career and ruining the i happiness of her husband, returns to the circus and plans to hurl herself to the ground by missing the trapeze. The suspense is nicely worked out, but Gable and Miss Davies actually haven’t so much to do. The director and camera man and the aerialists actually engaged deserve the credit. If I recall, the silent version of this stage play wasn’t so hot. It seems that I will have to place this one as a mildly pleasant movie. In other words, just a movie. Be your own judge, as usual. Now at the Palace. tt tt * TAKING A LOOK AT “SAFE IN HELL” It seems that the bad ladies are becoming quite frequent on the talking screen this season. Dorothy Mackaill is the bad one in “Safe in Hell.” The title is box
office but the word of mouth talk about this one probably will damage the strength of the title. Miss Mackaill is cast as Gilda Karlson, a sort of a very bad Sadie Thompson who gives up her sex life when she marries a sailor. This sailor person is quite a regular fellow and he gives Gilda a chance to go
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straight, but he puts her in a bad location to be a good gal. Thinking that she is a murderess, he carts her off to a far away island that does not believe in extradition of criminals. There Gilda has as her companions a terrible bunch of crooks who are sex starved.. One of the pleasant birds on the island is the island hangman. He is a very pleas- i ant companion because he steals I the letters that Gilda’s husband sends her. Gilda comes mighty near leaving the straight and narrow, but she stays true to her vow to be a good gal. And how this girl does suffer. Sadie Thompson never suffered as much trying to be good. But Gilda gets a bad break. The guy she was supposed to marry turns up alive and he starts a campaign to make Gilda break her vow. And Gilda ups and kills the guy. And then to suffer some more, Gilda ups and tells the jury when it is about to acquit her that she killed the man in cold blood. And the camera man allows Gilda to walk toward the rope that will end her life. Oh, my, the sort of movie stories we are getting these days. Here is a pretty sad specimen of a story, I will remember nothing of this one except the title. It is about as an impossible a thing as I have seen. Now at the Circle. St It KREUTZBERG IS AT HIS VERY BEST I had the feeling after leaving English's yesterday afternoon that Harald Kreutzberg was at his best. This year he has the assistance of four girls who are good dancers. They make a pleasing background for the supreme artistry of Kreutzberg. These girls make it possible for Kreutzberg to do as his closing number a splendid dance story called “The Envious Girls.” Here is a charming dance story and is perfectly done by Kreutzberg and his dancing group. In most of his dance numbers, I found a serious note, as the titles indicate. Such as “Angel of Annunciation,” “Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” “The Hang-Man’s Dance on the Grave of His Victim” and others. I believe that Kreutzberg is the
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FASCIST ARMY WILL MARCH ON FINNS' CAPITAL Dictatorship Is Aim of Force; Ready to Move to Helsingfors. 1 By United Press j HELSINGFORS, Finland, Feb. 29. —Militant Fascists of the Lappo organization and other extreme elements prepared to march on Helsingfors today. The Finnish army was ready to combat the uprising by force. AH troops were confined to barracks. “This is war,” the chief of staff of the Lappo party forces told correspondents at Maentyala, where the Lappoites claimed to have 4,000 armed men, with from 20,000 to 30,000 more converging on the district. “Within twenty-four hours Helsingfors will be in our hands.” It was rumored that the insurgents aimed to set up a Lappo dictatorship although their immediate aim appeared to be suppression of all social democratic organizations in Finland. The Lappo party, ultra-national-ist, recently made a vigorous campaign against Communists. Ar, ultimatum was served today on President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud. It demanded the formation of anew government pledged to the suppression of Marxism. The government dispatched patrols everywhere to recall soldiers on leave. The district where the Lappoites were concentrated is some 100 miles north of Helsingfors. The Lappo party is headed by a farmer, named Kosola. WED 60 YEARS AGoT ONLY 14 ANNIVERSARIES Los Angeles Couple Married on . Feb. 29 in 1872. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Orson S. Whitney, who were married sixty years ago, celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary today. The couple married Feb. 29, 1872, and could only celebrate their anniversary on leap year, • skipping 1900, which was not counted as such. WAR PLANES TO ORIENT Both China and Japan Dicker With U. S. Aviation Firm. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 29. The United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, one of the largest makers of airplanes in the United States, is negotiating through a subsidiary, United Aircraft Exports, Inc., for the sale of aviation equipment to both China and Japan, T. H. McConnell, vice-president of the export division, said today. greatest dancer of tragedy and drama that I have ever seen. It was “Russian Dance” which caused the audience to go wild. So enthusiastic was the reception of this dance that it had to be repeated. Again Mrs. .Nancy Martens has brought an enjoyable afternoon to English’s. st tt tt V Other Indianapolis theaters today offer: “The Music Master” at Keith's and “The Silent Witness” at the Lyric.
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36 IS TOLL IN MINE TRAGEDY Rescue Squads Vainly Hunt for Bodies of 16. By United Press BOISSEVAIN, Va., Feb. 29. Bodies of sixteen miners, killed in an explosion at the Boissevain Coal Company’s mine Saturday morning, still were sought today. Twenty bodies were recovered Sunday after two days of \vork by a group of fifty rescue workers. J. L. Phillips, whose body was among the first seven recovered, was the father of ten children. The bodies were burned badly. The necessity for building brattices to supply air to the rescue crews as they advanced along the shaft hampered the work. Rescue workers have not yet reached the scene of the explosion, which occurred just before dawn Saturday. 27 SEAMEN SAVED AS TWO SHIPS GO DOWN Vessels Crash in Dense Fog of North Atlantic Gale. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 29.—Twentyseven men, saved when their ships, the Danish freighter Aggersund and the schooner, George L. Elsey Jr., went down in north Atlantic gales and fog, were aboard rescue ships bound for Gothenburg, Denmark and Boston today. Radio reports from the S. S. American Imported told of the rescue of twenty-two men from the Aggersund by two small boats manned by British and Swedish sailors. The Aggersund crew were taken aboard the Swedish motorship Blankaholm at 52.4; north, 41.30 west, several hundred miles east of Newfoundland, where the Danish vessel was in distress. Kerosene Bums Are Fatal By United rress PORTLAND, Ind., Feb. 29.—Burns suffered by Howard Miller, 13, when kerosene with which he was attempting to ignite a fire exploded, caused his death twelve hours later.
Here’s Lit, Math. Trig and Lab. They’re the four Graces of Butler university and are (left to right) Joan Boswell, Peg Lewis, Kathryn Fitchey and Maxine Jones. And they’re the Graces of the university just because they’ve kept their Lit, Math, Trig and Lab grades above C and coupled with their ability to high-kick can qualify as “ponies” in th e Fairview Follies to be given May 6 and 7 at Caleb Mills hall. When follies night comes the spectacles and textbooks in the photo will be discarded for shimmering ballet garb and dainty dance steps.
LAMONT MAY BECOME SOVIET STOCK EXPERT Commerce Chief’s Son Invited to Russia for Parley. By United Press DENVER, Feb. 29.—A Colorado ranchman, cattle exj>ert and son of the secretary of commerce, was en route to Russia today to aid in solution of the world’.'; greatest cattle breeding problems. Robert P. Lamont Jr., son of the cabinet member, was bound for Moscow, probably to become the chief livestock expert of the Soviet government. Cattle in Russia, Lamont said before leaving, largely are poorly bred, scrub stock. The Soviets wish to instill blueblood into the veins of their herd on a gigantic breeding scale, and have sought Lamont to take charge of the operations. Lamont has not yet decided to accept the task, but will confer with the Moscow officials. It was believed he would reach an agreement. He is one of the outstanding livestock experts of the west. EX-BANKER DIES IN PEN Funeral Sendees Being Arranged for Walter Meyn, Hammond. By United Press HAMMOND, Ind., Feb. 29.—Arrangements for the funeral oi Walter Meyn, former vice-president of the First Trust and Savings bank, who died in the Indiana state prison, were being made here today. Meyn, who was taken to the prison early in February, was sentenced to a two to fourteen-year term following a plea of guilty to charges of embezzlement in connection with the closing of the bank, owned by his father, Peter Meyn. Meyn became ill with pneumonia a few days after he was admitted to the institution.
DELAY GRANTED ON RATE PLEA Light Company Given Added Week to Prepare Case. Hearing on the city’s petition for reopening the Indianapolis Power and Light Company electric rate reduction case, originally set for March, was deferred today by the public service commission to March 16. Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbertson, who is in charge of the case, explained -the earlier date did not provide sufficient notice to the company. The commission adopted a ruling making a municipality the unit of rate fixing in line with a federal court decision in the Martinsville case, and ordered 300 copies of the decision printed for distribution among attorneys and others interested in rate making. Approval was given sale of a bus certificate by the Indiana Motor Transit Company to Tony Poparod for a line between Indianapolis and Stilesville and the Greyhound Lines, Inc., was granted a certificate to operate a Terre Haute-Richmond bus line. ROYAL PAIR WILL WED Betrothal of Alfonso’s Nephew and Countess to Be Announced. By-United Press PARIS, Feb. 29.—Another royal romance in the family of ex-King Alfonso of Spain was revealed today. It was learned that the engagement of Alfonso’s nephew, the Infante Joseph of Bavaria, 23, to the beautiful Cciuntess de Mora, 21, grand daughter of the Spanish duke of Tamarra, would be announced soon. EARLY BIROS GET BUGS “Suspicious Characters” in Illinois Forest Prove to Be Entomologists. By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 29. —James Allegretti, highway officer, was sent in pursuit of two suspicious characters reported in the forest preserve. He found them—two entomologists with nets seeking butterflies and other insect life —in February.
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SCIENCE WINS IN FIGHT FOR GORILLAS LIFE Disease Retreating From Oxygen-Filled Room in Washington Zoo. By United press WASHINGTON. Feb. 29.—N’gi is convalescent. disease—pneumonia or influenza— which threatened the life of the baby gorilla in the National zoo, has retreated from the oxygenic /I/ 00 ™ in which N’gi has made his home for three days Today N’gi definitely was on the upgrade, eating heartily, embracing his keeper and generally manifesting an interest in life. His tempeiature apparently had returned to normal. m?f 1S P P ersonal , rsonal P h >’ s ician reported rnfw Whl eno one knows the normal temperature of a gorilla, N'gi’s palm, which had been hot and drv now is cool and moist, a favorabie sign. Gorilla Eats Heartily fh^° C /,° rS w ' ere J ak ing extreme care f 8 uab]e pet should not be reinfected. They changed their clothes before entering his cage and SSf t th ? r hands bpfore iSS his needs. Heart dishimv th w Sa + L d ’ was a remote possiof if’ bUt thCy had little fear n gUl P! ng eat snips Os air purified with oxygen, ate heartilv Sunaay. The menu consisted of: Breakfast—Two bananas, one tomato a*id one large pear. Dinner—Two oranges, an apple and five lumps of sugar. Supper—Seven pruns, a pear and a head of lettuce. And he drank during the dav twelve ounces of water and two of egg nogg made with port. (He doesn't like whisky.) Triumph for Science N'Gi’s apparent recovery is a great triumph for science. He is 6 years old, and the average life scan of a goi ilia in captivity in this country is only 7 years. Heretofore, no way has been found tc fight off the ravages of disease induced by the rigorous climate. His treatment, which may prolong his life many years, was made possible by the Washington Herald, which arranged to have a special oxygen chamber brought from New York. As soon as he was ensconded therein he began to improve.
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