Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 130, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1932 — Page 7

OCT. 10, 1932

JAPAN MASSES ARE TAUGHT TO HATE AMERICA Flood of Propaganda Stirs Nation Against U. S.: War Scheme Outlined. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Forrljn Kdilor WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Angered because they have been led to believe that the United States is the ringleader of an impudent, international • plot” to block Nippon's ‘ manifest destiny” in the Far l ast, the Japanese masses are reported extremely bitter against this ! country. Making the situation all the more perilous, it is said, this is accompanied by a torrent of saber-rattling propaganda—books, articles and spread eagle speeches by retired admirals, generals and others—telling how Japan, once victor over “invincible” Russia, can and will defeat the mighty United States if need be. Over here the average man-in-the-street scoffs at the idea, but not so army and navy officers and the military attaches of j foreign governments. Neither do , military experts abroad. War between Japan and any of the great powers wagod where Japan would force it to be waged, would be anything but a walkover for the best of them. Philippines First Target Japanese tactics, according to a consensus among strategists in this country, Europe and even in Japan, would be approximately this: 1: Seize the Philippines—left virtually undefended as a result of the nine-power treaty and four-power pact, safeguarding the peace of China and the Pacific. 2. Seize Guam, our undefended base 1.500 miles east of Manila and entirely surrounded by Japanese mandated islands. 3. strike a blow at Panama —not for purposes of seizure, but to render it useless during the first critical weeks or months of war. 4. Striking a similar blow at Hawaii, probably via the air, for sabotage purposes plus the moral effect. 5. Mine the western Pacific from Kamchatka to the East Indies, putting a barrier of TNT between the United States and her islands, which would make the Japanese empire well-nigh invulnerable by sea. Would Harass Commerce 6. Send out some of her fast | cruisers to act as commerce raiders j —like Germany did with the Emden —and her long-radius subs to i harass our far-flung lines of com- j munications. 7. Retain her capital shi]>s and j her main fleet virtually intact in or near home waters, ready to spring out at, us 3,500 miles from our nearest, base—Hawaii—and 5,000 miles from the mainland. 8. Bear down with the full force of her air fleet, operating from bases ashore and from carriers close to home, In any engagement fought in that region. 9. Dig in in Manchuria and act on the defensive there to safeguard her auxiliary food supplies and raw materials. A friendly or even a neutral Russia would spell near-invulner-ability from the land .side. The only way left to get at Japan would be through China and a foreign foe hardly could get past the chain of mined Japanese islands, stretching from the Kamchatka peninsula to Hongkong, to land forces. See U. S. as Loser These things having been done at the clang of the bell in the first round of a war, or even beforehand, as Japan struck at Russia in 1904 before war was declared, the rest would be up to the United States. Or so the strategists say. The war would have to be carried 5,000 miles across the sea to Japan's own chosen battleground. Japanese experts are saying America never could win such a war. It would be too nerve-racking, too far away, too expensive. She would crack under the strain and the cost. Without American bases in the western Pacific, British authorities hold, a naval war between America and Japan would result in a stalemate which could be broken only by a war of attrition, costly, bloody and long. Next—Was the l’. S. Tricked at the Washington Conference? 500 TO HEAR BYRD Explorer to Explain Work of Economy League. Preparations are being made for I an attendance of more than five hundred persons Wednesday at the j meeting in the Claypool when Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will ex- : plain work of the National Econ- j omy League, according to Kenneth j L. Ogle, temporary Indiana league l chairman. j

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THE RISE AND FALL OF INSULL

Power King Proud of Edison Link and British Birth

What. *re th cSrcumaUncaa of Samu*l Insull’s bovhood in England’ Who were his parents’ What was his education’ How was it ooasible for a lad who. at 14. was forced to shift for himself. to become the Intimate of Thomas A. Edison eventually to found a oower empire rated at *4.000.000.900 in 1929’ The Times and the New York WorldTelegram sent Forrest Davis to Chicago, seat of Insulllsm, to And the answers to these Questions as a background to the storv of his manioulationa which now lie under federal and state scrutiny. And in 'he second of a seriei erf articles, which follows Mr Davla traces Mr. Insull s early years. BY FORREST DAVIS Times Staff Writer 'Copyright. 1932, by the New York WorldTelegram Corporation' THE rather bleak nature of Samuel Insull was warmed little along his march to industrial and civic magnificence in Chicago. Two elements in his early life did, however, survive to mellow the power king. One was his English birth; the second, his intimate association with Thomas A. Edison. In the face of a somewhat fierce municipal patriotism, Insull never forgot- that he was, after all, a Briton. In 1929, as he crossed the north Atlantic for the seventieth time, he confided to a Chicago friend that he relaxed only while at sea or in England. He kept an estate in the village of Theale, near Reading, a place where he lived briefly as a boy. He had an office in London. Few incidents so impressed him with his general worth in the world as the demand uttered by Lord Rothmere in the London Daily Mail in 1925 that the Chicago nabob return to the land of his birth to become the power overlord of Great Britain. “A prophet not without honor,” he paraphrased to a friend, displaying a cable version of the Rothemer proposal. Insult's speech, which grew nasal and high-pitched to match the clatter of Chicago's loop, retained more than a trace of Cockney, 'especially when under stress. At times he appeared as British as Brussels sprouts. tt a tt THE second factor of great satisfaction to Insull had to do with his industrial prestige. To have been a pioneer with Edison in the old “Wizard of Menlo Park” days set him apart. It gave him a professional cachet; he not only exploited electricity, but he had helped develop the force that Franklin divined. As he looked back on his elevenyear association with Edison, beginning in 1881—only just after the inventor had perfected a commercially practicable incandescent filament—lnsull regarded himself even more as a builder. The fact is implicit in his frequent addresses at electrical trade gatherings, and I have it from his friends as well. Insull's life story bears all the familiar, somewhat dreadful, stigmata of an Alger book. Born in poverty, rising to wealth, fame and power through hard work, thrift, loyalty—the virtues which Victorian England and expanding America erected into a nineteenth century religion—and through the happy chance of a favorable patron. Insull was born in harsh poverty. Edison was Ms patron. The England into which Insull was born on Nov. 11, 1859, dwelt in peace and abundance. A long respite after the Napoleonic wars had established the beginnings of a golden age. But the Insull family, living in dingy rooms in Westminster Bridge road, near the east bank of the Thames, opposite the house of parliament and between Lambeth palace and Waterloo station, had no share in England's booming prosperity. At 14 Sam, who had attended such private schools as were open to his class, was forced to shift for himself. tt u u EULOGISTIC biographers have put the best face possible on Insull’s education. The family lived for a time in Oxford and several ■writers have asserted that he completed his schooling there, leaving a vague implication that he attended the university. Insull himself never attempted to gloss over the meager opportunities he enjoyed. He relished telling of his early struggles; his first apprentice clerkship at five shillings a week; the encounter w-ith the office bully —a great-grandson of the founder, mind you. sir! —in which small Sam “tapped the big fellow's claret,.” Whatever the occupation of Insun's father, also Samuel, it does not appear clearly on the record. Associates of Insull understood that the elder Insull was a preacher. But when the old gentleman died in 1919 the brief cable dispatches did not refer las they undoubtedly would had it been a fact) to him as an ordained clergyman. He was described as a "volunteer worker for temperance.” What is altogether likely is that Samuel Insull, the elder, worked at some trade or other and exhorted on the side as a lay preacher, possibly of the Congregational or Wesleyan sect. The power king helped construct a memorial to his parents in March. 1931, when he contributed $160,000 to the London Temperance hospital. It was said at the time that his father and his mother, who was surnamed Scott, had been interested in the hospital. a tt a THAT Insull came from respectable, lower middle class English parents seems established in spite of suggestions, repeatedly heard in Chicago, that his stock is Jewish. Once described as an “English Jew” in a magazine, he offered, so far as is known, no contradiction. A leading Jew in Chicago assured me of his conviction that Insull's father, at least, was Jewish. He gave as authority the report of a Chicago politician who called on the Insulls years ago while In London. “He never wanted Jews around him." said thus informant, "The only Jew who ever rose in his. enterprises was Lewis E. Myers, and Myers had been a salesman for Edison when Insull was his private secretary. "He made Myers president of the Chicago board of education; but no other Jew ever got very far amqpg the 30,000 employes he had here' in Chicago.”

Insull’s closest associates did not regard him as Semitic, although they were aware of the gossip. Never conspicuous as a churchman. his closest ecclesiastical friend in Chicago seems to have been Cardinal Mundelein, with whom he is said to have dined at least once a week. The power king’s estate, Hawthorne Farms, at Libertyville, thirty-five miles north of Chicago, stood near the Cardinals great church foundation at Mundelein. a a a IN any event, young Insull went to work at 14 in a Dickensian real estate office, where the principals wore silk hats and Prince Alberts and imposed strict discipline on clerks. Endowed with great energy, Sam learned shorthand at nights, after trudging several miles between the city and his parents’ home. Some postage stamps disappeared. First suspected, then exonerated, Sam was asked by a junior partner to “peach” on a fellow clerk. He replied, as nearly as he could recall years later in Chicago:, “That’s not my job. After knowing what it is to be suspected myself. I'm certainly not going to be suspicious of another person.” From “pothooks to power trust.” He mastered shorthand, becoming a full-fledged “shorthand

Insull's closest associates did not j regard him as Semitic, although friend In Chicago seems to have whom he is said to have dined at j & Ljzjmf least once a week. Mjf The power king’s estate, Haw- ' thorne Farms, at Libertyville, t '-'JK -|BL? * /p|| thirty-five miles north of Chicago, M Me stood near the Cardinal's great j s's, LjM 1 JmHH : church foundation at Mundelein. 9 IN any event, young Insull went ; <Sr : tfy to work at 14 in a Dickensian W jjmMaEmp £ estate office, where the prir,- Jl - npals wore silk hats and Prince m 'Xf' % ||fl Alberts and imposed strict disci- '/;• '• "/' §mL 1 fPIflEndowed with great energv. BHb Sam learned shorthand at nights, JB* ~ tween the city and his parents’ A Seme postage stamps disap- 9ft pea ted First suspected, then , Jflr exonerated. Sam was asked by a r M junior partner to “peach” on a : as he could recall years later in „ knowing to be suspected myself. I'm certainly not going _ >^j •o be suspicious of another person ' lifc From ' pn>hooks power :m.-t H- ;r.Ted .-hoi• hand !)<••<•<.m- ®I u k 1 dgen. ' .-ho: ihand , BB ' * sull helDed organize the Electric

clerk,” or stenographer. He worked for a time in the office of Bowies, the famous editor of Vanity Fair. One day, at 19, he answered a newspaper “card” and went to work for a gentleman who had recently arrived in London to manage Edison’s telephone interests—Colonel E. H. Johnson. The details of how Insull’s work attracted Edison’s notice vary. At all events, on Feb. 28, 1881, a slim

'SCHNOZZLE' AGAIN GRABS OFF HONORS BY WALTER D. HICKMAN IT is beginning to look like that every time Jimmy “Schnozzle” Durante gets into a picture he walks aw r ay with the comedy honors just as our good friend Marie Dressier does even in pictures that she is not starred.

This is true of “Schnozzle’’ in “The Phantom President,” which introduced George M. Cohan on the talking screen in a dual role. Not that Cohan does not crash through with a rousing flag-w r aving performance in tw'o roles—one as his party's candidate for President and in another as the candidate's human double —because he does, but rathej- Durante hits his comedy moments with such human vigor that he walks away with the comedy honors of this movie.

And please let me tell you that this movie is in line with “Os Thee I Sing,” which struck anew note of entertainment on the legitimate stage. Both stories are satires upon

the political systems which nominate little people for high office. It is right to say that “The Phantom President” is merely based upon the central idea of the novel of the same name. I understand that Cohan often objected to the text that the director insisted be used while the picture was in the making.

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The ‘’double’’ of the President in the novel was a rotter, even possessing a criminal record. The Hollywood touch, of course, will not allow the ‘‘double” on the screen be any more ‘’questionable” than being a medicine show doctor. The “double” in the movie is the real guy of the two, as the real candidate is a cold and a very unlikable nan of affairs. And of course Hollywood has changed completely the ending. In other words the Hollywood version is pure comedy with some fine touches of satire scattered through the picture. Watch the singing delegates to a national convention. This is gorgeous satire. And watch “Schnozzle’’ at the piano singing a campaign song walk away with the honors in this scene. I found “The Phantom President” refreshing in story and treatment with Jimmy Durante at his comedy best. This is the most important role that Jimmy has had since he became a movie sensation. I recommend this one if you are ready for satire upon our “silly” convention system. Now at the Circle. a a a WHEELER AND WOOLSEY TOGETHER AGAIN I must confess that I am on the fence regarding the comedy merit of Wheeler and Woolsey in “Hold ’Em Jail.” It just didn't click with me and yet I have the feeling that I am going to be in the minority. I believe that the reason I couldn't get aroused over this one is the way the director has handled his cam-

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World Wide Photo. Samuel Instill is shown above in a rare picture as he looked ivhen he was Thomas A. Edison's secretary in 1881. Mr. Edison is shown at left as he appeared at the same time.

youth of 21, with a straight, thin mouth, serious browm eyes, side whiskers, and a jacket buttoned to his shirt collar, landed at Castle Garden and made his way to the New York office of the inventor, 65 Fifth avenue, near Fourteenth street. a tt tt EDISON seemed, as Insull remembered the encounter, disappointed at the youth. He himself, accustomed to the formal

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camera was miles away from the action. I believe that the camera has to be on the toes of comedians and that long distance shots are a The story is rather clever as it concerns the antics of Wheeler and Woolsey in jail, especially when they are pressed in as members of the good old jail

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football team. Maybe it is because i I can't get the idea of satire and | comedy on the football field. Prob- ! ably, I should have allowed Eddie ; Ash to review this one because he knows when to yell and laugh at any kind of a football game. So I am going to let you be your 1 own critic this time. Write and tell ; me what you think. | Now at the Apollo. WHY DO THEY MAKE SUCH MOVIES AS THIS? I know that “Sparrows.” a most dismal story in theme, did a lot of damage to Mary Pickford years ago. And I am afraid that a‘most unpleasant revenge characterization

that Walter Huston in “Kongo” will not help his popularity. From the standpoint of acting you have powerful work and splendid makeup but the character is so inhuman, so melodramatic and so unreasonable that the picture to me is not pleasant or good theater. It left me with a bad taste in my mouth. And please in ail

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fairness remember that I am fed up with this savage melodramatic and unnatural African jungles themes with the jungle located on Hollywood's doorstep. Not that the illusion of the jungle is not there. It is but it is highly unpleasant t theater to me. Be your own judge jas usual. You may go strong for I this sort of thing. You know my

dress of London magnificos, was somewhat disappointed in turn at Edison’s careless dress. The story of what ensued has become apochryphal. The two men departed for the Edison laboratories at Menlo park. One story is that they plunged immediately into work over the Inventor's correspondence, stopping at midnight when Edison bad his clerk retire, as he would need him again at 6 a. m. The other is that they worked steadily until 4 a. m. They worked together, however, intensively, and to all intents harmoniously, for years. The immigrant Londoner kept books, signed checks, wrote letters, bought the inventor's clothing, paid household bills—in short, made himself indispensable. Funds were scanty. One night in 1882 Edison suggested despairingly that Insull go back to stenography and he would return to telegraphy. But they pulled through. Insull helped organize the Electric Tube Company, first conduit enterprise: the Edison Lamp Company, the Edison Machine Works, and when the Edison' enterprises were gathered in 1889 into the Edison General Electric, with main plant at Schenectady, he became second vice-president in charge of manufacturing and selling. Next: The beginnings of the rise of the House of Insull in Chicago.

idea—just another movie and entirely out of step with the mood of the day. Virginia Bruce suffers more than any heroine I have ever seen on the talking screen. Her hardships reach the peak of melodramatic abuse. Even Lupe Velez has difficulty In shaking off the unpleasant dramatic curse of her role. Even Conrad Nagle when he is a sort of a dope fiend sinks into the mire of utter helplessness. Be your own judge. I am my own. Now at the Palace. PUT THIS ONE * ON YOUR MUST LIST Well, maybe you will write in and tell me that I am all wet (meaning ; all wrong) for throwing a rave over "Life Begins.” You may agree with me and again you may not, because you may say

that you can’t see any satire but stark realism in the goings on as well as the comings on in a maternity ward of a large city hospital. I will admit if the types were not perfect and completely human as played I by the members of i the cast, “Life Begins” would be a terrible, disgusting mess. As it is—nearly perfect as to

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j acting and direction—l rate “Life i Begins” as one of the ten best pictures of the current season. “Life I Begins” as to pattern is really a' “Grand Hotel” of a maternity ward in a city hospital. There you find such expectant mothers as the girl who is sentenced to the chair for murder; a gin soaked cabaret queen j whose only crooning melody for one ! of her twins is a rapid version of j “Frankie and Johnnie; the mother who has gone birthin' seven or eight times and her husband suffers more than she; the highbrow dame who is a nut on the scientific upbringing of children; the pitiful case of a woman whose mental balance will never permit normal children—and many other types. Watch the true'but pitiful helplessness of Loretta Young as the # woman doomed to the electric chair; watch the human realism of Eric Linden as her husband; w r atch the hardboiled exterior of Aline MacMahon as the nurse with a heart made of honey—in other w’ords. watch the acting of a perfect character cast. I do hope you will agree with me. I am raving over “Life Begins.” | Yes I be. Now r at the Indiana. a a a Cornelia Otis Skinner opens a two night engagement at English’s. Her one person show opens tonight with “Empress Eugenia,” and Thursday night, “Wives of Henry, the Eighth.” The Lyric today features on the | stage Sylvia and Clemence and on , the screen, “Wild Girl.” 1 The Mutual burlesque presents Frankie Ralston and his show.

THRONGS CHEER I THOMAS' PLEA TO AID WORKER ‘lf Government Can Save Banks, It Can Save Men/ Says Socialist. By T’nited Prrn * LO6 ANGELES. Oct. 10.—With the tumultuous cheers of his admirers still ringing in his ears, Norman Thomas. Socialist candidate for President, planned to bring his whirlwind campaign in California to a close today and turn eastward. After police quelled an incipient riot among an overflow crowd that turned out to hear his demand for “unemployment relief,” Thomas Sunday x night stood bareheaded in a driving rain at Pasadena to ad-

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dress 1,000 admirers, who were unable to gain admission to the auditorium. He was scheduled for an address before an Interdenominational gathering of ministers today after which he was to leave for Salt Lake | City by plane. Thomas demanded the same measure of relief for workers as that accorded business, in his ad- 1 dress to 4.000 in Trinity auditorium here. “If the government can go into business to save the banks.” he j said, “why can’t it go into business J to save the workers? Every unem- l ployed family and worker In this nation is entitled to maintenance, and if the government can t give him a job. it is only justice to give him maintenance—and to do it decently.” His speech, both in Trinity auditorium and in Pasadena, was insistently interrupted bv thunderous applause and uproarious laughter when he chided “the moronic citizens who vote for Roosevelt and revenge.” "Four years from now you'll be voting him out for revenge,” he predicted.

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HONOR AUTO PIONEER Marker Is Dedicated at Efwood Haynes’ Birthplace, I By Vn(tr<i Prt tt { PORTLAND. Ind.. Oct. 10. A marker at the birthplace of Eiw*od Haynes, pioneer auto manufacturer, was dedicated here Sunday. More than 5,000 persons attended the j services. G. M. Williams, president of the Marmon Motor Company, delivered , the dedication address. Four of Haynes’ grandchiidrea ; unveiled the marker.

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