Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 253, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1934 — Page 16

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CARS IN COUNTY' SHOW INCREASE IN REGISTRATION Trucks Licensed Also Pass Number for February of Last Year. Harbinger of increasing prosperity under NRA is seen in report of new cars and trucks registered in Marion county in February, showing substantial gain. New truck registrations, probably an even better index of business conditions than passenger cars, were 111, nearly double the fiftyseven registrations in February, 1933, but forty-three less than January, 1934. January and February sales this year totaled 265, compared with 174 for the same period last year. Makes with heaviest registrations last month included Chevrolet, twenty-nine; Dodge, seventeen; Studebaker, sixteen; Ford, fourteen, and White, twelve. New passenger car registrations last month totaled 546. compared with 432 in January this year and 412 in February. 1933. Heaviest registrations reported ; were Ford, 157; Chevrolet, 132; Ply- ! mouth, twenty-two, and Dodge. ! forty-eight. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM PLANS DOLL FESTIVAL Japanese Celebration Will Be Held Tomorrow Morning. Children will be entertained with a Japanese festival of dolls at 10:30 tomorrow' morning in the Children’s Mu eum, 1150 North Meridian street, j The Japanese celebrate their fes- j tival of dolls every March 3. Chil- j riren ar~ asked to bring their own ! dc!> wi'h iVm. The program is in charge of Mrs. Tristram Coffin.

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SUPPOSE you were hit on the the head and went “wow, wow" for about two weeks, not remembering a single thing that happened before you were struck? Then suppose that when you started to recover your memory you realize that the Boston police suspect you of being “The Man in Brown” who had something to do with the brutal murder of a great theatrical producer? Then suppose that when your memory does come back completely. you discover that an author has made you the person who tells the story? That is the “somebody" and the leading character in Gelett Burgess's latest story, “Two O'clock Courage.” This book is unusual because it uses a new’ trick in giving the reader a mystery story. Here is a murder mystery'nicely and cleverly enveloped in a story of a man who is trying to recover his memory. Here the reader has the past—a murder <in fact it happens with earshot of the reader) and the p-esent—a man who loses his memory and goes through the agony of trying to discover not only 'who he is but what he has done. This book is an adventure in back stage life, as well as in the career of a great producer (you may suspect who he was in real life, but that is your law suit.) a a a THE reader is concerned with one vital problem—the murder of John Saxon in the den of his great home. You are concerned with what John did and thought of two actresses in the same company in one of his theaters—Olga Biscom, a flash in the pan, a nasty looking actress, and Lily Cloyd, a sort of a delicate Duse as far as talents go. Then there is the chauffeur (he is always present in such stories), the housekeeper and her pretty daughter, as well as the person or persons who touch wine or whisky glasses and those who

leave footprints on the ground before a window. With all these characters the reader walks through and along many streets of Boston as the narrator tries to recreate what he has forgotten. Then there is a newspaperman who remembers everything he ever read and always goes back to the remarks of the mighty to prove his point. This guy remembers too much. ana THIS reporter s name is Harry Hillyer and he is a fellow with nose for news. He is an outstanding characterization on the part of the author. 'Two o'clock Courage” is something different when it comes to creating a novel. The author will probably bore you to death, but he is always right. In this book, you are concerned also w’ith Prissy Lissiter, a rich dame who gets all mixed up with several of the chief characters. She goes slumming by starting her romances in a public library. The read also meets Josephine Rodeny, a girl out of work who smells blood and know’s how it got there. Jo is quite a girl and andother character which stamps the author as an individual who understands life and who know r s how to create characters. It is seldom that you find three outstanding characters in a novel, outstanding characters in a novel, people you want to study and meet in real life. What about the solution? I thought at first that author had let me dowm when I found the guilty person. But —there is plenty of evidence that she or he did the dirty work. If you w’ant a thrill in reading then get hold of a copy of “Two O'clock Courage.” It is published by The BobbsMerrill Company of Indianapolis and sells for $2. Barium sulfate is used in medical X-ray work to outline the human stomach and intestines.

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VETERAN FLIER GLUM AS ARMY TRIAL UNFOtUS References to ‘Stiff Necks' and ‘Carbuncle’ Amuse Judge, However. ' By I'nitcd Prctt i FT. SAM HOUSTON. Tex.. March j 2. —The court-martial of Major Wil- | liam C. Ocker, charged with using ; the “fighting word” in speaking of j his superior officer, made slow’ progi ress here today. The prosecution apparently w-as attempting to lay a predicate which i would show’ that air corps surgeons j were justified in removing Major | Ocker from flying status, which set resulted in the alleged offense. The army's oldest, flier in point of service. Major Ocker was ac- ; cused by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry B. Clagett. Kelly field emmandant, I of calling him a "dumb so-and-so” and otherwise speaking disparagingly of him. The trial proceeded in a draughty room in the post's medical clinic. The nine officers comprising the jury sat stiffly and intent at a long table, their gleaming sabers lying before them in a neat row. Brigadier - General Charles A. Howland, presiding, appeared to be enjoying the trial hugely. Peering over his horn-rimmed spectacles, he chuckled frequently at the sharp exchanges between opposing counsel. Testimony revealed that Major Ocker's genius was not entirely confined to inventing instruments for blind flying, in which he pioneered. He also devised a novel method of curing a stiff neck. This consisted of standing up in the cockpit of a plane flying at 100 miles an hour. The unusual treatment cured the major's stiff neck but gave him a carbuncle where the stiffness had been, according to the testimony of

Captain E, L. Bergquist. army surgeon, who |aid he concurred in Major C. C. Johnston's order forbidding Major Ocker to pilot army planes. General Howland took off his glasses and giggled freely at Bergquist's testimony. Major Ocker continued to gaze glumly at the ceiling. In addition to calling Colonel Clagett an unprintable name, according to the charges. Major Ocker accused Colonel Clagett of collusion with Major Johnston and said other pilots—Colonel Clagett, for instance—ought to be grounded. The name which Major Ocker is alleged to have applied to Clagett is a common one. According to ancient tradition, the subject of the epithet usually replies with the injunction: “When you call me that, smile.” Girl Slips on Ice; Sent to Hospital Rosaline Lamar, 14, of 350 Mill Race avenue, was injured today when she slipped on an icy pavement while on the way to school. She sustained leg, arm and hip injuries, and was sent to city hospital for treatment.

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