Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 64, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1932 — Page 7

JULY 25, 1932

MOVIE STARS LOSE RIGHT TO PICK STORIES Box Office Alone to Rule, Say Moguls, Despite ‘Artistic’ Urge. BY NORMAN B. DEI'EL I nifd Trem Staff ( orrupondent HOLLYWOOD, July 25 Motion picture stars today faced the prospect of a desperate battle for their •'artistic freedom" or complete surrender to the dictates of the boxoflice as interpreted by the producers. The issue, smouldering for months with frequent clashes over the right of Mars to select or alter their stories, was brought to a head with a statement by Warner BrothersFirst National that hereafter, the producer's word would be final. Executives will dictate the stories In which stars appear, without change or argument, and announced that they would "stick by their guns.” Unprecedented in the film industry, the statement came as a complete surprise to Warners' own stars find other producers. Wait For Reaction The reaction of both was awaited With intense interest today. Whether the stars will accept without a murmur, as the highly paid actors and actresses of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, accepted a35 per cent salary cut, was a matter of conjecture. Their acceptance would be the surrender of “rights” which performers have fought for both on the stage and on the screen. Their refusal to do so may touch off another "war” similar to those which have shaken Hollywood in the past. .Jack L. Warner and Darryl Canuck, his associate, said they had "tco much Ynoney at stake” to gamble with public demand. "We have decided that, with the start of our new year's production Aug. 1, we will not permit stars or players to have any hand in the selection of their future stories, regardless of whether this privilege has been accorded , them in the past,” the statement read. Brought Past Fame "We believe that in this day of depression, the producer, who must make the investment in the picture, should have 100 per cent selection of story material. "We know that through judicious selection of stories in the past, by the producer, the stars of today have been elevated to their present popularity on the screen. "Almost without exception, the successful, the axtistic and box office successes tlrat we have produced in the past have been those pictures in the choice of which we were guided solely by the demands of the general public.” One of the stars most vitally affected by the change of policy is George Arliss. He practically has dictated 'the stories in which he would appear. The most publicized example of artistic, difference of opinion was the recent battle between Marlene Dietrich, exotic German star; her director, Josef von Sternberg, and Paramount. Walked Off Lot Miss Dietrich and Von Sternberg walked out of the studios when "the blond Venus” did not suit their desires. After refusing to proceed for days, they finally capitulated. Ann Harding recently won an ‘ artistic” victory from R-K-O when the firm allowed her to remake ‘ Westward Passage.' Janet Gaynor, with Fox, put up such a fight over her roles, her casting was changed. Wheeler and Woolsey, the comedy team, had a battle over their pictures made for Columbia. The quarrel has been patched. George Bancroft left Paramount over the same question. • The matter of stories is not the only problem of Warner Brothers. There is the matter of Ann Dvorak's salary since the left for New York, claiming that she had been "sold down the river” to Warners for $250 a week.

PARLEY IS OPENED BY SLAVONIC CATHOLICS Delegates Attend Fourteenth Annual Session at City Church. Business sessions were held today for delegates attending the fourteenth annual convention of the South Slavonic Catholic Union at Holy Trinity hall, 902 North Holmes avenue. The convention opened Sunday with a parade and welcoming service, at which Mayor Reginald Sullivan and a number of national officers spoke. A dinner will be held in the hall at 6 tonight. BREW BUSINESS BAD Only Sold 52 Worth in Week, Says Arrested 'Logger. Business went from bad to worse for Gordon Holland, living in the 8000 block, Keystone avenue, when deputy sheriffs arrested him Saturday night on blind tiger charges. He told the officers that despite che hot weather, he had sold less than $2 worth of beer in the last week. Eighty-eight quarts of home brew, twenty-four gallons of brewing beer, hose and a capping machine were found, deputies said. ASK $15,000 FOR HURTS City Woman Is Sued for Auto Crash by Three Persons. Three suits seeking damages totaling §15,000 were filed in superior courts today against Mrs. Eloise A. Clemens, 1928 Park avenue, as results of an automobile accident July 17 at Carrollton avenue and Fortysixth street. Separate suits of $5,000 each were filed by H. Fenton Raber; his wife, Lucille, and Mrs. Minnie B. Burton, all of 815 Fairfield avenue. The suits alleged that Mrs. Clemens' car was driven by a minor. Leland King, and that the Raber c r was knocked forty feet in the cresh. Walt her Leaguers in Parley LOS ANGELES. July 25.—The International Walther League, Lutheran intra-church organization, conducts the first business session of its fortieth annual convention here today. Three thousand members and delegate* are in attendance. President E. K. Gallmeyer of Fort Wayne, Ind., was to preside.

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Here Is Julien C. Hyer of Texas, smiling farewell as he turned over the presidency of the International Association of Lions Clubs to Charles H. Hatton, Wichita capitalist, at the. association's sixteenth annual convention in Los Angeles.

MORMON BIRTH IS CELEBRATED Tiny Band of Faithful Make Pilgrimage to Cumorah. Hji United Press PALMYRA, N. Y., July 25.—A little band of Mormon missionaries took part in their church’s highest ceremonial today when they made the annual pilgrimage to the summit of the Hill Cumorah, where Mormonism had its birth. . The sun rose hot and bright over the grassy field and treeless high as more than two hundred of the church’s faithful assembled in the sacred grove to for mthe pilgrimage. In that grove Joseph Smith, the church's founder, announced he had received a divine revelation while he prayed as a youth. A. W. Bean, an elder of the church, led the pilgrims slowly across the field and up the steep sides of the hil, lalong the route Smith said he took when, guided y the Angel Horoni, he found at the top of Cumorah the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated. When the pilgrims—some praying, some singing softly to themselves—reached the top of the humplike hill, giving a view of Lake Ontario’ss rocky shores on the nort hand the Bristol hills far to the south, they gatherad around Elder Bean to pray and sing hymns. seizes girlTarrested Two Men in Cells Charged With Trying to Grab Women. Investigating reports of attempted seizing of two women, police are holding two men in city prison in default of high bond. The men gave their names as Ralph Lay, 21, of 2403 Shriver avenue, and Frank Jones, Osceola, ArkLay was arrested early Sunday morning in Riverside park. Miss Irene O’Reilly, 20, of 354 West Thirtieth street, was walking near her home when she was seized. Lay was caught after a chase by Russell Kiger, 1116 West Thirty-first street, and Elza Kennedy, 1338 Eugene street.

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HOLLYWOOD. July 25.—N0 job in the world is quite as tough as the one of finding out something new about the celebrated screen stars. So much has been written about the hundred or so outstanding film personalities that there isn’t anything new under the sun as far as they are concerned. But does that matter? No! This column must be written just

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Ruth Weston .. . likes chocolate cake for breakfast.

But Jack isn’t going to simply make a few wisecracks. He's going to fight, going three rounds with & sparring partner or local fistic idol at each show. , The tour will start as soon as Jack finishes “Madison Square Garden.” and the comedian will be managed by none other than freddy Hayes, the man who trained Mona. Dempsey when that gentleman was at his height.

HOLD CITY MEN IN SLAYING OF OHIO OFFICER Pair Trapped in Ohio After Follow-Up of Driver’s License Clew. Two Indianapolis men are prisoners today in Springfield, 0.. suspected in the slaying of a police officer of that city and the serious wounding of another. The prisoners are Russell Campbell, who formerly lived at 1641 North Capitol avenue, and Sherman Clemons, living in the 1100 block, South Richland avenue. Patrolman Charles Holt died of a bullet wound in the head and a fellow officer, William was wounded seriously w’hen they sought to search an automobile in which two men were riding on June 29. McCutcheon obtained the coat of one of the gunmen and in a pocket an automobile driver’s license issued to Campbell was found. Campbell and Clemons were arrested near Effingham, 111., Saturday night and. were here for a few minutes Sunday en route with officers to Springfield. Arrests resulted from a trap set by officers after John Starr, 32, was halted at Edwardsville, 111., driving a car like the one occupied by the at Springfield. He denied any part in the fatal shooting, but said he was to meet two men near Effingham to plan a robbery. Officers hid in the car and, with Starr, met Campbell and Clemons. Starr was not held.

NAME NINE AS HEIRESS’ KIN Group Recognized by Lawyer for Von Wendels. B]t I'titled Press NEW YORK. July 25. Nine claimants to the huge fortune left by the late Ella von Wendel, eccentric spinster, were acknowledged to be lawful kin today by the executors of the estate. John M. Harlan, of counsel for the executors, stipulated the relationship of the nine at the opening of a hearing on the will fight made before Surrogate James A Foley. Those recognized by Hcuian—all in the fifth degree of relationship —’ were Rosa Dew Stansbury, elderly spinster of Natchez, Miss.; Hattie Simmons. Grace McQuarrie, Leah Barney Butler, Ededeva Barney Irwin, Gail Barney Irwin, Effle Barney Bush, Holland Vaughn Barney and the estate of Laura Opal Harrison. Hattie Simmons had not been heard of previously among the 1,000 persons filing claims to share in the fortune, estimated to be worth more than $30,000,000. It is understood all the claimants, except Rosa Dew Stansbury and Hattie Simmons, live on the Pacific coast, but no more definite addresses were given. STEAL *2.MO~i~GEMS Valuable Rings Are Taken in Two Robberies in City. Jewelry valued at nearly $2,000 was the loot in two thefts reported to police Sunday. Three rings with a value of $1,400 were stolen from the home of Mrs L. C. Hughes, 1728 Cross drive Woodruff Place. A ring valued at S4OO was stolen from the home of Carl Mote, 3860 North Delaware street.

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the same, even though the weather is far more conducive to a swim or golf game. Either would help work off that breakfast I ate this morning, too. A-a-ah, an idea! What do the celluloid folk prefer for breakfast? And so to the telephone. An even sixteen calls —some weren’t up yet—brought forth the following facts: Louise Closser Hale prefers waffles spread with butter and jelly, with plenty of cream poured on top. Ruth Weston likes chocolate cake and coffee—but sometimes she eats sensibly. Austin Parker can think of nothing he likes better than a bottle of beer. Jimmy Gleason is satisfied with just a few ? stalks of celery, but his son, Russell, has a weakness for caviar. What tastes! Walter Byron usually has pancakes smothered in catsup. Ralph Morgan eats bananas, with plenty of salt. Lillian Bond is satisfied with a cup of coffee and a cigaret. Joan Crawford has the same taste. Sally Eilers is more conventional. She likes a cereal, bacon and eggs, muffins with jam and two cups of coffee. Then she doesn’t eat again until night. 000 Jack Oakie Has It, Too ALL Hollywood seems to be bitten by the personal appearance bug. For the last year almost every star who has found time hanging heavily on his hands has gone out on a personal appearance tour. Jack Oakie is the latest to succumb.

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Upper (left to right)—Wayne Troutman, James Watson, Robert Stevens and Warren Steele. Lower—Machine gunners of Company D on the firing line at the Ft. Harrison range.

Just four lonely romeos from the group, making preparations for feeding their hungry brothers in arms. The lowly art of peeling the spud is one of the many features of instruction In the Citizens Military Training Camp at Ft. Harrison. The cadets are members of Company A of the camp, commanded by Captain W. R. Mitchell, unit instructor of the Three hundred thirty-fifth infantry, Muncie, Ind.

THEY TELL ME'jfW;

CHAOS, chaos, chaos That apparently is the dominant note of the house of representatives, as it convenes today for the third week of the special session of the general assembly. There isn’t any leadership and there isn't any followship—and if there was exhibited either of the qualities, there would be no inclination among the representatives to do anything about it. So apparent is this that a meeting of the Democratic house members has been called for tonight, when Paul V. McNutt, their nominee for Governor will speak. From present indications he will advise the members to tighten down on their jobs, or let the party feel the ill effects this fall. Here's an example of what is happening to important legislation in the house. The ways and means committee is supposed to be the most important house group and composed of the best brains—yet representatives rose Saturday to verbally castigate and deride the committee for its action in bringing out four income tax measures without a single recommendation for either passage or defeat. “Dodging responsibility,” was the charge. 000 Two weeks of the session are over and yet the most important means of tapping new sources of revenue i are reported without recommendation. Then comes a motion to have the bills printed and laid on desks of members. This means more delay—then will come tw'o readings and more amendments, resulting in additional delay—- “ Why?” you ask. Here’s the reason. Every powerful business interest and every wealthy man in the state is out fighting the bills which would lift the tax burden from the shoulders of the small home owner and farm-

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Machine gunners from Company Dos the camp daily are on the firing line of the machine gun range. Each candidate assigned to this i company fires the regular .30-cali-J ber machine gun and is required !to have a thorough knowledge of the function of the gun. Company D is commanded by [ Captain Robal A. Johnson, Eleventh infantry.

er a’nd place a part of it upon those able to pay. Speedy consideration and passage would mean that, in spite of delays in the senate, it would come to a final vote before the forty days have expired. 000 But delay means that the income tax bills either would die in senate committee or be killed in the rush on the last day. The reason is obvious—and the house chaos is adding to the difficulties in obtaining enactment of remedial legislation. It isn’t the fault of the Democratic floor leader, Delph McKesson. He is trying hard to get something done, but the house members, the majority of whom are lame ducks, are not particularly anxious that this be achieved. Besides, there is a great deal of petty jealousy and bickering —all apparently beyond the pow r er of Speaker Walter Myers to halt. In the ways and means committee today are two bills—Crawford’s bill calling for a 20 per cent slash in state appropriations (except the highway department), and the McKesson proposal for a 10 per cent reduction. 000 The Republican minority caucussed and decided that it would support the larger cut. It knows that it probably never will pass, and therefore the G. O. P. will be on record for drastic reductions in governmental expenditures and in favor of economy. If they had any idea that the 2p per cent slash would be passed, the Republicans would be first to oppose the bill. Instead, they are letting the Democrats juggle the hot coals. And this will result in more chaos. Some kindly disposed persons excuse the legislative catastrophe on the ground of the excessive heat. It is more probable that the members can’t stand the dizzy whirl of the Claypool revolving door.

ITALY STIRS UP FEAR OF NAVAL BUILDING RACE Charges That Warships Are Constructed Secretly Is Unanswered. BY RICHARD D. M MILLAN I nUed Press Staff Correspondent PARIS. July 25.—A naval conference to exert pressure on France and Italy to obtain their ratification of the London naval treaty, was suggested today as the next dipilomatic move in the arms reduction campaign. After Italy's action in refraining from voting on the final resolution of the Geneva arms conference Saturday, consternation was caused here and in London today by charges that Italy secretly is building warships. The report, published in the London Telegraph, said Italy was constructing two 6,700-ton cruisers, two 615-ton destroyers of great speed, and the small craft, all in excess of the program outlined after the London conference. If the reports should be confirmed, it would mean the breach between France and Italy is wider than was imagined and might lead to renewal of the naval race between them. Renewal of extensive naval building by the Meditarranean powers, it was feared, would force Britain to invoke the "escalator” clause of the London treaty, which permits her to build beyond treaty strength if her Mediterranean supremacy is endangered by building of other powers. Such an eventuality would wreck both the London treaty and the arms conference. Diplomatic observers understood Britain is anxious that France and Italy confer at London in either a three-power or five-power conference—the latter including the United States and Japan. It was believed Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson of the United States again would play the preliminary role of conciliator between Paris and Rome.

RESUME EMPIRE TRADE PARLEY Canadians Seek ‘Deal’ for 8.000 Items. 11U United Press OTTAWA, Ont„ July 25.—Canadian statesmen, seeking trade concessions from other dominions of the British empire, today were circulating a list of 8,000 items of manufacture among delegates to the British economic conference with suggestion that Canada might import them from empire sources, it she could obtani preferences for her exports. The delegates returned to work after a busy week-end of social activities. Three of the ve main committees mett, for members to sound out one another on their aims and the concessions they are willing to make to encourage inter-empire trade. The heads of the ten delegations met today. The important monetary and nancial commmittee meets Tuesday.

Save U. S. Women From Indian Jungle Husbands

Mother and Daughter Are Rescued From ‘Palaces’ of, ‘Nobles.’ By United Prrs* NEW YORK, July 25.—Two white women, mother and daughter, from Akron, 0,, w r ho married San Bias Indians on the assumption they would live in regal splendor, arrived today aboard the steamer Ancon after their rescue from the Central American jungles by a Red Cross airplane. Both the mother, Mrs- Charles Williams, 65, and the daughter, Mrs. Gladys White Eagle, 30, were penniless on arrival. Their steamship fare had been paid by subscription in Cristobal, C. Z. The disillusioned brides met the Indians, who were touring with a circus in Akron several months ago. The men told them they were nobles

Soul on Wing Santos Dumont, Airplane Pioneer. Is Dead at Age of 59.

Hu L nited Press RIO DE JANEIRO, July 25. Alberto Santos-Dumont, who became a pioneer in airship development because of his interest in birds in flight, died Sunday at Bello Horizonte. He was 59. The air pioneer, as the youthful member of a wealthy Brazilian family, watched birds flying high over his family’s coffee plantations and dreamed of the dry when men. too. w’ould fly. When he was old enough to select a career. Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin was beginning his experiments with rigid aircraft. The young Brazilian, with sufficient wealth to indulge in an expensive and unusual hobby, began studying the problem of directing lighter-than-air ships in flight. Santos-Dumont first built fourteen small airships. His efforts brought a succession of mishaps and triumph. He almost collided with the Eiffel tower, and once Paris firemen rescued him from the top of a building. The sixth ship he built brought him his greatest success, for he flew that craft around the Eiffel tower in 1901, a distance of seven miles in less than half an hour, and won a prize of 100,000 francs.

INDICT COPS IN PRISONER OEATH 13 Are Accused of Fatal Third Degree. Hu I ti ile<l Pres* MINEOLA, L. 1., July 25—Thirteen members of the Nassau county police department were under indictment today on charges ranging from first degree manslaughter to accessory to a felony, for the death of one prisoner and the beating of three others two weeks ago. Five of the officers, including Deputy Chief Frank Tappen, were accused of manslaughter in the killing of Hyman Stark, east side bandit suspect, who died of a fractured larynx a few hours after he had been “questioned” by the officers. Seven others were indicted for second degree assault and a patrolman was held for accessory to a felony. The accused was released on bail. Stark and three companions were charged with entering the home of Mrs. Valeria Hizenski, mother of detective Joseph Hizenski, and beating her. Stark, according to evidence, was beaten unmercifully. Deputy Chief Tappen has been quoted as having said that, with Stark lying on the floor, he placed one foot on his neck and one on his stomach and recked back and fourth. Other witnesses have said that Hizenski leaped at Stark's throat and hit him until his head snapped back. Fall Fatal tq Sunstroke Victim Hu I nited Press PRINCETON, Ind., July 25. James Fuhrman, 60, w'ho suffered a sunstroke and fell from a hay stack last week, died Sunday.

of a highly civilized tribe and lived in palaces. Taken to their new Central American home, the mother and daughter found themselves isolated in a jungle far from civilization. Their rescue was effected through the efforts of G. D. Blake, Critobal postmaster, to whom word of their plight filtered through by way of inland travelers. He interested the Red Cross which sent a plane and brought the women to a Cristobal hospital. Mrs. Williams, arriving today was bent and frail white haired, bespectacled and weighing less than 100 pounds. Her daughter, redhaired and freckled, showed little effects of the hardships she had undergone. They were both reluctant to talk of their experiences. But they did answer one question: “Go back? Never!”

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STAGE, SCREEN STARS ATTEND ZIEGFELD RITES Final Curtain of Life Rung Down on Famous Producer. Hu United Press LOS ANGELES, July 25. The body of Florenz Ziegfeld reposed in a quiet tomb today, the final curtain down on a life which gave to the world new impressions of color and rhythm, lilting melodie* and gaiety as frames for the charm of beauty in womanhood. The services were private, held in a Los Angeles funeral home, and attended by his widow, Billie Burke; their daughter, Patricia, and a score of prominent persons who had been his intimates. Among them were many who rose to fame under his direction in the Follies.'’ None of them looked upon his face in death. His casket was sealed, in accordance with his wish that he be remembered only as he was in life. • True to Tradition The Rev. Frank Gibson. Episcopal minister, read the services of his church, and presented a brief eulogy of the world-renowned producer. Miss Burke and Patricia sat with the family of Will Rogers, weeping silently. The noted actress was first a grief-stricken widow today, bearing herself bravely, always a trouper. In the tradition of her profession, "the show' must go on.” She informed the RKO studio that she will report for work on her new picture Wednesday. The casket was blanketed with white roses and lilies. It stood below a great bank of flowers sent by noted men and women. Mr. Gibson stood among the flowers in robes of white and purple. He read the old words of his church, words of comfort and peace. Then he spoke of Ziegfeld. Blow to Theater "His passing was a blow to the theater and to the world at large. He was a genius; a man of limitless talents. "Countless friends are thinking of him today, cherishing the memory of one of the grandest men who ever adorned the stage. "He was supreme in his realm; never overshadowed. There is no one to carry on his work; his lass is irrevocable. "His life was dedicated, above everything else, to the love cf beauty in everything. He was an artist in the truest sense of the word.” Ziegfeld's casket was sealed in a vault at Forest Lawn mausoleum until arrangements are completed for the producer’s final resting place. This was expected to be In New York, the scene of his life and his triumphs. Refuses Walker’s Bid Miss Burke refused an invitation sent her by Mayor James Walker for a public funeral by the city of New York. The highest of the stage and screen now present in Los Angeles attended the funeral. They were John and Ethel Barrymore, Eddie Cantor, John Boles, Marion Davies, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Winfield Sheehan, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn, Leon Errol, Irving Thalberg and his wife, Norma Shearer; Edmund Goulding and Jesse L. Lasky. Until Mr. Ziegfeld's heart, weakened by a long illness, gave way Friday, he was believed to be on the way to recovery from pleurisy and pneumonia.

THREE CITY CHILDREN ARE HURT IN TUMBLES Two Boys Suffer Broken Arms in Falls; Baby Girl Bruised. Falls caused injury to three children Sunday. Robert York, 13. of 4224 Manlove avenue, incurred a broken arm when he fell from a tree in Ellenberger park. Slight injuries were incurred by Martha Wakeld, 2, when she fell from a second-story indow at her home. 226 , -2 Smith street. Broken arm was suffered by Albert Taylor, 3, of 1006 Edgemont avenue, when he fell from a porch at 2333 Fairvicw street, where he was a guest.