Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1933 — Page 17

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1 LOVED him; WEEPS SLAYER OF YOUNG HEIR Ex-Showgirl Sobs Story of Stormy Married Life; Wed Eight Years. By T nitnl Pri * WOODBURY. N. J., Nov. 23 Hysterical with s?rief, Mrs. Audrey Clark, 24-year-old former show’ girl, related from a hospital rot today the story of her stormy married life with Sheldon A. Clark, son of an oil millionaire, from the whirlwind courtship eight years ago to his murder last Monday night. Formally charged with the slaying, Mrs. Clark collapsed twice in the first interview she has given since her husband was found shot and killed in their luxurious four-teen-room mansion at Paulsboro after he had shattered a billiard cue on her head. I loved him," she sobbed brokenly. "I love him still." Mother of Two Sons Mrs. Clark, mother of two sons, met the oil heir on her first trip as a member of a musical comedy company. It was love at first sight, she said, and twenty-four hours after they met, they w’ere married. “My husband," she continued, propped up on pillows, “was a perfect prince when he was sober. Drinking, he was a different man. He liked to brag about the other women he could have. His temper w f as terrible." She said that last March in Baltimore after her husband had made boasts of his conquests, she sent private detectives to watch him. She refused to reveal the information they gave her. “Did you ever leave him?" she was asked. “Yes. several times. The last time I left him was four years ago. I always took the childen with me and he always was glad to get us back again.” * Struck With Billiard Cue Relating the events that led up to the shooting of her husband, Mrs. Clark said when she came home Monday, she found Clark playing billiards in the basement and started upstairs again. “As I did so." she said, “Sheldon called to me. I don’t remember what he said, but it wasn't important. I went to the kitchen, then to the dining room and sat down to read the newspapers. "The next thing I remember, was Sheldon striking me with the billiard cue. I may have pushed him away. I don't remember. The next thing I remember, is a policeman washing my face." VETERANS' AUXILIARY INSTALLS NEW HEADS Ft. Friendly Scene of Officials’ Initiation. New officers of the auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans installed at'Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois street, include: President, May Alice Durbin; vice - president, Maude Moore, trustees. Minnie O'Harrovv, Emma Peet and Mary Begeman; treasurer. Dyke Beals; patriotic instructor, Martha Elson; chaplain. Lucy Wheat; guide, Bessie Hart; assistant guide, Marjorie Engle; color guard No. 1, Esther Williams; color guard No. 2. Dorothy R. Durbin; inside guard, Madge Frady; outside guard, Ada Rushton; press correspondent, Mary Henninger; secretary. Claudia K. Erther; musician, Nelda Peet Harmon; counselor. Dr. W. C. Engle. FARMERS TRUST WILL PAY EARLY DIVIDEND Ralston Says Federal Loan Will Thaw Part of Frozen Assets. A federal loan, backed by frozen assets of the defunct Farmers Trust Company, will be used to pay an early dividend to depositors. Boyd M. Ralston, receiver, announced today. Mr. Ralston was unable to estimate the amound of the dividend, declaring that the time and per cent of payment would depend upon details of the loan. Assets of the bank were appraised last March at $665,047. Shrinkage in value will prevent payment' of 100 cents on the dollar on the SBOO,OOO depositors’ claims, Mr. Ralston said. MOGG GIVEN ‘Y’ POST Elected Director to Succeed J. F. Wild. Resigned. Clayton O. Mogg has been elected a director of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A., according to an announcement by S. O. Dungan. chairman of the nominating committee. Mr Mogg will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. F. Wild.

coming nuin SATURDAY UIIIU | Au>pU'cs American i MEN. \ i \ At last! The suppressed films! A A The official U. S-. Allied and B L German war pictures Kc< NEVER BEFORE /• rUBUCLY SHOWN- J 1 BSk . r,-,M “If you Kit realism 'Forgotten Men’ trill suit your taste . . . most horrifying conglomeration of trar Yif* ever pieced together . WILL SESO SERVOI'S or sepersexsitive people rSTO JITTERS." —ROB REEL, American.

BOY SCOUTS TO GIVE MINSTREL

Boy Scouts of Troop 50 will present “Bandana Minstrel" in the Washington high school auditorium next Friday night‘at 8 under the direction of Ralph C. Rr.hm. Paul Patrick is Scout master. Pictured above are the following Scouts: Top Row (left to right)—Hayden Rahm, Tom Moore and Marion Turner. Middle Row—Robert Patrick, Elvessie Caudell and Earl Hoff Jr. First Row—Merrill Patrick and Robert Simms.

Civic Does Splendidly With Snappy Comedy Martha Pittenger Gives Lovely Performance of Sara Jaffrey in ‘Rebound’ at Playhouse. BY’ WALTER D. HICKMAN The good news today is that the Civic theater is doing beautifully with Donald Ogden Stewart’s “Rebound.” The cast, as well as the production staff, reflects the progress the Civic is making in modern polite comedy.

Praise easily may be bestowed upon the two sets in "Rebound,” especially the hotel suite in Paris with its chic furniture and white grand piano. The Civic has maintained a high scenic standard, but in this play the mere lifting of the curtain is good reason for applause. Concerned With Cast We are concerned more with the cast than with the story of the girl in "Rebound" who married a chap on the rebound after he had been turned down flat by another girl. Martha Pittenger gives a lovely performance of “Sara Jaffrey" who married “Bill Truesdale” (James Larmore) on the rebound. She carries the difficult breakfast in the first act in a vigorous manner along light comedy lines, and rises adequately to the dramatic climax in the second act. There is going to be a lot of favorable talk concerning Miss Pittinger this week. Mr. Larmore looks the part of the good looking and bragging Truesdale. Walter Ffaff Goes Irish Walter Pfaff goes completely Irish with a monocle as Henry Jaffrey, father of Sara. Mary Jane Alspach. who takes the part of Liz Crawford, handles her characterization with telling effect in the last act. The cast is so important that I give it in full as follows: Liz Crawford Mary Jane Alspach Lyn.ar. Patterson Harold B Tharp Marta Rita Connors Les Crawford Dick Grotendick Sara Jaffrey Martha Pittenger Bill Truesdale James Larmore Johnnie Coles Lionel Wiggam Evie Lawrence Elsinore Funk Mrs. Jaffrey Lilith Baur Pierre Roland Lambert Jules Adrian Reiter Henry Jaffrey Walter Pfaff Kale Mac Keen directed “Rebound." which will be on view for the rest of the week at the Playhouse.

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New Lyric Policy Preparations have been made for a big day at the Lyric theater tomorrow when this playhouse will resume the presentation of stage shows, the first being Gertrude Avery’s Diamond Revue, with a company of fifty singers, dancers, musical artists and funmakers. On the screen the featured attraction will be RKO’s comedy hit, “Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men,” with a cast boasting four stars, Charles Farrell. Wynne Gibson, Zasu Pitts and William Gargan. The Diamond Revue has a notable array of talented principals, including Evelyn Lee, the Tarino Trio, Six Comets, Phil Lopez, Avery and Bogoush and Don Tranger and his orchestra. Special added features will be Maude Hilton and Mildred Garon, popular comediennes, great favorites in Indianapolis, and the Four Nighthawks, singing instrumentalists. There will be four stage show’s daily and an extra Midnight Frolic show is announced for Saturday night, starting at 11:45 o’clock. Along with the return of stage shows the Lyric ballroom will be opened. It has been redecorated and the dance floor, one of the largest in Indianapolis, entirely refinished. There will be dancing, free to Lyric patrons, every night and Saturday and Sundaly afternoons, with Connie and his orchestra furnishing the tunes. a a a At Other Theaters Other theaters today offer: Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young in “A Man’s Castle,” at the Circle; “Christopher Bean," at the Palace; “Hot Chocolates," on the stage, and “College Coach" on the screen at the Indiana; “My Lips Betray," at the Apollo; “Only Yesterday," at the Lyric; “The Pow r er and the Glory," at Keith’s, and burlesque at the Colonial and Mutual.

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THREE SHELBY BUILDING LOAN FIRMS GROUPED Buying of Stock to Pay Off Loans Brings Action fay State. A federal plan to consolidate three Shelbyville building and loan associations and drop the state agent liquidation program asljpd for in Shelby circuit court was announced today by Earl Bucher, building and loan supervisor in the state department of financial institutions. Mr. Bucher pointed out that investigations of his department had proved the truth of charges that alleged insiders had been buying stock at 30 to 50 cents on the dollar and using it to cancel loans. This practice will be stopped, he said. Charge also has been made that the building and loan business also has shared somewhat in the conflict there between Pleas Greenlee and anti-Greenlee Democrats.

TRACKLESS CAR PERMIT SOUGHT West Indianapolis Service Change Asked by Company. Trackless trolleys will replace ’ street cars on West Indianapolis J lines, if the petition filed today by Indianapolis Railways, Inc., with the public service commission is granted. The lines to be affected are West Michigan, West Tenth, West Indianapolis and Northwestern. The petition also asked that the j street car routes be changed on the j following lines: West Indianapolis j line changed by abolishing the ! present Morris street service from j Belmont to Pershing, on Pershing ' street from Morris to Howard, and on Howard street from Pershing to Belmont. In discontinuing these lines, the company would operate south on Belmont from Morris to Howard. Also filed today with the commission was the petition of property owners on Beimont between Morris and Howard streets objecting to the \ trolley being located there. The j petition was signed by J. W. Criss- I man and twenty other property i owners. NEW REGULATIONS FOR TRUCK LICENSES SET Metal Numbers for Weight Tax Added to Tags. New regulations governing issuance of licenses for trucks, semitrailers and trailers to prevent loss of revenue were announced today by Frank Finney, automotive license commissioner. They will be effective when the sale of 1934 license plates begin on Dec. 1, he said. Copies of the regulations may be procured at the statehouse or from any one of the 137 license branches throughout the state. Metal numbers will be attached to truck plates to form a double check on whether the weight tax and license fee meets the truck capacity. EXPRESS AGENCY TO CELEBRATE FOUNDING Ninety-Fourth Anniversary W r ill Be Observed With Dinner. Ninety-fourth anniversary of founding of the railway express business will be observed by local Railway Express Agency employes at their annual dinner in the Severin at 7 tomorrow. The program will include discussion of plans for operating under NR A, and for handling .the holiday business, which is expected to be the largest in several years. Speakers will include C. D. Summy, Chicago, vice-president, and W. E. Beckner, Cincinnati, general manager.

TELEPHONE OFFICIAL

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Harry S. Hanna

Harry S. Hanna, New York, today was named vice-president of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, in charge of public relations and personnel. He succeeds the late Russel C. Rottger, who died suddenly Oct. 10.

AGED WOMAN BOUND TO BED AND ROBBED Two Men Break Into New Harmony Home: Loot Undetermined. By T'nitcfl Press NEW HARMONY, Ind.. Nov. 23Two men who obtained entrance by saying they had a telegram, bound and gagged Mrs. Amanda Snyder, 70, and then ransacked her home here today. Mrs. Snyder was bound to a bed with her apron, but succeeded in extricating herself half an hour after the intrduers left. She was so hysterical that she could not determine what had been stolen.

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CRIES OF BABY IN COURT SET FATHER FREE Betty Jean, 9 Months Old, Proves Able ‘Counsel for Defense.’ Wails of Betty Jean Pennington. 9-months-old infant, saved her father, Fowler Pennington, 34, of

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R. R. 8. Box 114. from forty days in jail yesterday in municipal court. Mr. and Mrs. Pennington both were held on charges of assault and battery, Pennington appearing in court with a gash on his head, and Mrs. Pennington with a black eye. 1 each blaming the other. When Municipal Judge Dewey Myers was about to revoke suspension of an intoxication sentence | imposed several months ago. pleas j of Mrs. Pennington, who took the j blame for the quarrel, were followed by cries of the infant, and the sentence was stayed. “Betty Jean saved you this time, but you had better stay out of this ; court in the future." Judge Myers . warned Pennington. Assault charges

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against both Mr. and Mrs. Pennington were dismissed. Storekeepers in Brighton, England, are so careless about closing up that police found 2.100 doors open during the nights of 1932.

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nvsinv| opens SUN. NITE VIOLET HEMING “There’s Always Juliet” With LESTER VAIL and Other Broadway Favorites Tsy 35c to SI.OO -a..