Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1932 — Page 6

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PRESIDENT TO BE PICKED IN PADDYJSJPALACE Chicago Stadium Is Result of Harmon’s Dream of Success. BY RAY BLACK CIM Frets Staff Crre*n4*al CHICAGO, May 20.—A dream that came to big. genial, blarncy-tongued Paddy Harmon one night, m dancer* shuffled on the floor of nU ' Dreamland” dance hall, ii realised In the mammoth Chicago Stadium where the national convention! meet m a few week*. Patrick Harmon, ai Irish in appearance as hia name, was a promoter by trade and a dreamer by nature. "Boys, I'm going to build the biggest, finest sport emporium in the world right here in Chicago,” he uaed to exclaim In a crowd of sport followers and newspapermen. "Well build it on the near west aide, over near where my Dreamland stand*. It will be a grand thing for Chicago. You'll be seeing fights there, an ti bike races and big conventions. People will be coming from all over the country to see th* event* we'll put on there. Went On Dreaming "It'll be a palace—-a place to knock your eyes out. Elegant as a grand opera house and big as all outdoors.” Paddy would pause for breath. A chorus of good-natured "Oh ypahs ’ and vernacular wisecracks from the crowd didn't phase Paddy. He went right on dreaming out loud. It was hard to believe that what Paddy Harmon predicted would come true, especially back in those days when he was Just another promoter, staging occasional fights or a six-day bicycle race in the Coliseum to add to his income from his dance hall. But Paddy Harmon's portly figure—he weighed something over 200 pounds—clad In the dark suit be always wore, began to be seen in offices of business leaders and capitalists. Paddy would run his thick fingers through his thinning gray hair and launch Into his spiel about “a super-stadium for Chicago.” Soon the men with money began to sign pledges. Enough was pledged to Insure the project. Harmon was in his glory. "Didn't I tell you guys?” was his cheery greeting to every one. Finest In Country In 1929, the stadium, a blocksquare structure of concrete, steel and glass, was completed. It was, aa Paddy Harmon had dreamed, the finest and the largest building of its kind in the country. And it rose only a few blocks from the location of Harmon's old Dreamland dance hall. A corporation had been formed to hold title and Harmon was given the post of promoter. The first boxing match he brought to the stadium was the Mickel Walker-Tommy Loughran battle which drew a $185,000 gate. But there arose dissatisfaction within the management and Harmon was crowded out. It was the hardest blow of his life and he fought back desperately. He filed suit to force the management to reinstate him. Killed In Crash “I practically built the stadium, boys,” he said. "They can’t push me out like that.” While his suit was pending in court, Harmon died in an automobile wreck. The crowd that follows the light* and bicycle races believes Paddy Harmon has the finest monument In the country. It is the structure that grew from nls dream.

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Representatives Are Chary of Announcing Stand on Measure. By Timet Special WASHINGTON, May 20.—A majority of Indiana’s members of the house are looking forward with apprehension to the scheduled vote on the O’Connor oeer bill, May 23. A poll of the Hooiier delegation today revealed four ready to announce they would vote against it. The remaining six were either undecided or noncommittal. Representatives Boeline, Canfield, Larrabee and Pettengill are the four already willing to be counted as voting "aye.’’ Greenwood and Hogg are set to vote •’no," Ludlow and Griswold said they had decided how they would vote, but refused to announce their decision. Purnell, Wood and Crowe said they had not decided, but were giving the bill "prayerful study.” Gillon could not be reached for a comment. Boehne and Pettengill have been consistently wet. Larrabee became a convert last week. Canfield’s announcement was no surprise, becayse when the tax bill was under consideration he said

he would vote to legalise 2.75 per cent beer. At that time he refused to vote for a tax on beer, saying that he opposed taxing an illegal product. He described the effort to insert a beer tax in the revenue bill as an attempt to “bring beer in the back door.” In the past, Ludlow, Purnell and Crowe always have voted as drys. Griswold and Wood both voted to discharge the judiciary committee from further consideration of the Beck-Linthicum repeal resolution, but Wood immediately thereafter trimmed by announcing that his vote meant only that he wanted to help bring the resolution to the floor. He said that had the resolution been up for final passage he would have voted against it. QUITS VETERAN POST Man Who Drew $187.50 Disability and Big Salary Out of Federal Job. By United Prett WASHINGTON, May 20.—William W. Smith, frequently attacked in congress because he draws $187.50 a month disability pay in addition to his $9,000 salary as chief counsel for the veterans’ bureau, has submitted his resignation.

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. Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: William B. Beeson. 84 North Kenmore tvenue, Nash coupe, found In rear of 1630 Spann avenue. Paul Stinnett. #lO South East street, Oakland roadster, found at #OO Sanders street. Chrysler coupe. 47*886, found In front of 28 West Georgia street. Martin Morgan. #42 Burdaal parkway. Ford coupe, found at Fifty-eighth street and Kesler boulevard. Earl Poxworthv. 21 North Berwick avenue. Dodge coupe, found at <O6 South Laclede avenue.

LIGHT BEAMS CARRY VOICES FROM_AIRSHIP Mirror Picks Up Sounds for Rebroadcasting Over Chain. t y United free* CHENECTADY, N. Y., May 20Thraa man on tha dirigible Los Angeles transmitted their voice* to the General Electric Company laboratory half a mile distance on a tiny beam of light Thursday night. The voice* then were transmitted to the General Electric** long wave station WGY. and it* short wave station W2XAF, and broadcast over a nation-wide hookup. The men on the dirigible. John B. Taylor, research engineer; Charles H. Lang and Commander F. T. Berry of the Loe Angeles, spoke into the microphone. In the rear of the microphone was a high wattage light bulb, about three times larger than a Christmas tree bulb. On the roof of a plant building was a movable 24-lnch mirror, behind which was set a photoelectric cell. The voices were carried on the beam of light, which vs* fbcussed on the mirror. From the photo-elec-tric cell the voice Impulses were sent to a thyratlon tube amplifier. It reproduced the voices and rebroadcast them. SHIP DEATH TOLL IS 49 Recount of Survivors After Fire Cuts Missing List. By United Pren PARIS, May 20.—Forty-nine persons were listed as missing and believed dead a* tha result of the fire aboard the Georges Fhillppar, in the Gulf of Aden, the owners of the vessel said today. The previous figure was seventy-eight, but officials said a recount had accounted for 718 of the 767 passengers and crew.

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