Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 152, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1934 — Page 9

NOV. 5, 1934

LEADER CREDITS BUILDING BOOM > TO HOUSING ACT Inquiries Up 300 Per Cent. Johns-Manville Chief Declares. B'i rard b*wtj,nprr Alhnnrr NEW YORK. Nov. 3—Proof that the national housing act has started things moving in the long moribund building inf tftry was submitted today by the great Tohns-Man-nlle Corporation. Its aggressive young president. Lewis H. Brown. said that inquiries from home-owners about install-ment-plan repairing have increased 300 per cent since the new loan regulations under the act were made effective in August. Mr. Brown's statement follows closely one by Chairman Clarence M Woolley of the American Radiator and Sanitary Corporation that the housing act has given his company a 40 per cent upturn in sixty da vs. Mr. Brown said reports to him from all over the country indicate what Is happening. His company makes several hundred housing ma- ! tenals along with nonbuiiding ma- j ten a Is, so he could not estimate the ' iX'ent of the upturn. It has been j operating a deferred payment plan of sales since 1030. Reports Over Nation ■ The government now has been ebl* to stir many times as must inter. t in deferred payment repairing as we were able to stir by our O'.' n company efforts,” Mr. Brown •aid. His Ran Francisco agents reported that on Oct. 4 one bank has made 1,231 repair loans totaling Si 17.000. Bv Oct. 10 there were | 2 000 southern California home-; owners who had obtained repair) Joans averaging $390 each. In j ] land. Ore., home-owners con- i traded for 536.000 of repairs in the j first thirty days after the act was made effective. * We do not expect miracles from the housing act,” he said. “The nation can not expect to get rid of the depression by passing any kind of act or Law. *'Tlie phychological effect will be more important than the amount of money put in circulation. People will begin to take pride in their homes once more. The depression caused people to say everywhere that any man who owned his home was a sucker. Red Tape Eliminated “It was a psychology of despair. Let one home owner in a neighborhood put anew roof on his home and the psychology of that neighborhood is bound to change. "A man who puts anew roof on his home has stated to the world that he expects to keep and live in that home for the least another ten years." Johns-Manville Corporation set tip a $1 <IOO.OOO subsidiary to buy repair notes from 11.000 accredited dealers selling the corporation's products. The notes carry the 5 per cent discount provided by the housing act. The home owner has up to three years to pay off. “There is no need for red tape." Mr. Brown explained. “I discovered when I was with Montgomery-Ward, and we have found it the same way here with our deferred payment plan, that 98 per cent of our American people are honest. Losses Partly Guaranteed “They will pay what have promised to pay, and no other guarantee but their promise is necessary. “The government guarantees losses up to 20 per cent under the housing act. We do not expect t *iese losses to run higher than 5 .or cent. For four years we have discounted notes under our own easy plan and our lasses in the middle of the depression averaged only about 2 per cent.” Mr. Brown expects effective remits from Title II of the housing jut. which becomes operative in November, but docs not believe the ball will get rolling until the spring of 1935. Title II provides for long term financing of the new home l Lng under protection of a mutual insurance company set up by the government. Strnot vpists to Meet A meeting of the Associated Stcnotypists of America will be held at 6 Wednesday at the Dinner 8011. 1221 North Delaware street. Mrs. Marian Gallup. Indiana women's prison superintendent, will be the principal speaker.

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‘Merry Widow’ Film of Beauty, Sophistication BY WAI.TLR I). HICKMAN

'T'O my way of t Winking. Ernst Lubitsch, the director, has done a beau- | X tiful ana a mast intelligent job of modernizing “The Merry Widow" as to smart dialogue and retaining all the great melodies which made this light comic opera such a sensation on the stage many years ago. Lubitsch is one of the very few directors who intelligently uses black and white sets. In this new version, the director has done his best in

getting marvelous effective results with the famous "Merry Widow” waltz done before a black and white background and with the dancers, hundreds of them, dressed in black and white. Watch closely how he uses large mirrors and how he has crouped the dancers to get the

swing of this gorgeous waltz. Os course. Maurice Chevalier as Danilo and Jeanette MacDonald as Soma, are the central figures in this dance number, but Lubitsch has addea a dancing ensemble which reflects his genius. Here is wnat I call an “eye-full movie” because It is just one gallery of magnificent beauty.

Lubitsch also is a genius of dressing up nifty and sophisticated conversation. The many scenes between the King of Marsliovia <George Barbier), the Queen (Una Merkel) and Chevalier are gems. Even when the king catches the dashing Danilo in the queen’s room, he decides that there must be no scandal because he wants to go down in history as a king who had a court with no scandal. nan MISS MacDONALD handles her song numbers effectively. She is a lovely picture at all times and she turns out to be a splendid danrr r. Chevalier does not steal the entire picture and he stays in character ; and puts over his songs. Here is a grand role for Maurice. Una Merkel as the queen is a dig- I nified riot She knows everything j about the men of the court. All of the famous Franz Lehar melodies, such as “Vilia,” “Tonight i

Helen Westley ‘Steals Show’ in Film at Indiana

BY JOHN W. THOMPSON ALTHOUGH Irene Dunne and John Boles are cast in the leading roles, the real star of “Age of Innocence,” the picture at the Indiana. is Helen Westley, one of the grand old ladies of the stage. Here is brilliant acting—acting that sets the actress apart from the army of futile attempted who try to make the movie grade. Miss ___________ Westley excels in

the art'of facial expression. Director Philip Moeller did not fail to see the beauty in Miss Westley's art, for he has given her many closeups in the picture. A heroic love, aided in its existence by the support of many diverting circum-

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stances, forms the theme of the picture. Irene Dunne and John Boles are the lovers, parted forever, but together 'paradoxically) always. 1110 story deals with the age of the ’7o's, when the social whirl of New York was coming into its own. Miss Westley plays the role of Granny Mingott, stubborn dictator of an old family, who oversees and directs the actions of nearly all of her kin.

REAL ESTATE BOARD TO ELECT DIRECTORS Business Session Scheduled for Thursday Noon. Members of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board will hold a business meeting at the Hotel Washington Thursday noon. Thomas F. Carson, board president, will appoint a nominating committee to select six realtors, three of whom will be elected to serve as directors. The three directqrs, who will be elected Dec. 13, will succeed Robert M. Collier. Norris P. Shelby and Firman C. Sims. Mr. Carson will conduct an open forum on problems pertinent to real estate brokers. Frank L. Moore, board secretary, announced today that a smoker and stag party for all realtors will be held Nov. 13 at the Washington. A buffet supper will be served at 6:30 and a program of songs and dances will be presented. FOUR CITY STUDENTS HONORED AT BUTLER Blue Key Pledges Local High School Graduates. Four Indianapolis students at Butler university have been pledged to Blue Key, national honorary society. membership in which is the highest nonacademic honor available on the Fairview campus, it was announced today. The four are Wright Cotton and Edgar Baum, both graduates of Arsenal Technical high school; Robert Chambers. Shortridge high school graduate, and Addison Coddmgton. Cathedral high school alumnus. Membership is awarded for outstanding service to the school.

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Will Teach Me to Forget." “I’m Going to Maxims,” “Melody of Laughi ter” and “Girls. Girls, Girls,” have ; been retained and effectively spotted. “The Merry Widow” Is a movie that will give you a gorgeous and grand evening. Now at Loew s Palace. a a a Acrobatic Team Shines THE five Deguchis, an acrobatic team that presents its tumbling and human juggling stunts in a startling different manner, is the only highlight in the stage presentation at the Lyric this week. The team is made up of performers who toss each other about, not, a- is usually the method, by hand, but by clever manipulation of their feet. Lying on their backs they throw their cohorts several feet into 'he air, those tossed turning somersaults and landing back on the feet of the thrower. Very good showmanship in this one. Other acts on the bill include Roisman’s Alabamians in a drab variety act; Kane and Hazclton in an act of passable dancing and poor singing; Jack Major, radio artist, with a nicely done series of songs and bird imitations; Dorothy Martin and company, dancers who exec] in a fast adagio number, and Pettet and Douglas, man and youngster, in some slightly entertaining comedy. The picture on the Lyric screen is “Marie Gallante,” starring Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy. (By J. W. TANARUS.) nun THE Circle is offering “The Captain Hates the Sea.” The Apollo is offering a return engagement of “The Count of Monte Cristo.” Both have been reviewed previously in this department.

Maurice Chevalier

THE change which has taken place in custom and practices is brought out in the story which tells of lawyers who actually try to keep scandal quiet; lovers who put love on a high pedestal; and of a day when divorce was frowned upon by the elite. The Countess Olenska (Miss Dunne) returns to New York from Europe, where she has lived a short time with her unhappily-picked husband, and she decides to get a divorce. an unspeakable scandal among the New York socialites . Tlie night that the countess arrives in New York she is entertained at a party at which the engagement of May Welland (Julie Hnydon) and Newland Archer (Boles) is announced. Archer is smitten on that very night with the fatal dart from Cupid’s bow, which spins its way from the eyes of the lovely countess. The predicament is not a wise nor a happy one—engaged to one young lady and secretly in love with her cousin—but Archer harbors his devotion and the feeling becomes a mutual one. The evolution of the remainder of the plot is not along the usual Hollywood line. But the whole forms an interesting, if a too sacrificial outcome. The work of Miss Dunne is, if anything, better than her previous work. Boles is sufficient, but nothing more. Lionel Atwill performs comfortably in the role of the polished menace. Laura Hope Crews i highly entertaining in the part of Mrs Welland, the mother of May. The setting, the photography, and the direction are splendid. But it is “Gianny” Westley's show. Now at the Indiana. BURGLARS ROB HOME: GET JEWELRY, CASH Loot Valued at SSOO Includes 5125 Sigma Chi Pin. Nearfly SSOO in jewelry and money was obtained late last night by thieves who broke into the heme of Lawrence L. Clark. 5886 Forest lane. Gaining entrance through a kitchen window, the robbers looted the house. Among the articles stolen was a $125 Sigma Chi fraternity pin, Mr. Clark said.

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HEAVY INCBEASE IN FOOD PRIGES SEEN FOR U. S. Higher Costs Predicted by Farm Bureau for All Commodities. By United Press WASHINGTON. Nov. s.—Confirmation of President Roosevelt’s warning to housewives that higher food prizes may be expected was provided today by the bureau of agricultural economics. The bureau reported that higher food prices all along the line might be expected until next year's crops begin to come on the market. Declines may be expected then, the bureau said, the sharpness depending how large plantings result from present high levels. The bright side of the picture was the increase In farm Income which the higher price have brought. “In areas severely affected by the drought, however,” said the report, “cash incomes during 1935 will be extremely low at least until the new crops are marketed.” While too early for any definite prediction, the bureau advised that “the probability is that the United States will have a considerable export surplus of wheat in 1935-36. Such a surplus, in the absence of any special measures to relieve its pressure on the market, probably would result in prices on ,an export basis at some time during the year and on an average level not much above an export basis.” Despite possible lower world consumption, a further reduction in world carryover of American cotton was expected by Aug. 1. Slight arid slow expansion of foreign cotton production was predicted. An improved tobacco market was reported. Meat prices will advance substantially, the bureau said, especially after February and the greatest shortage may be expected next summer. “In the next few years,” said the bureau, “the maladjustment of livestock number to probable feed grain production will be one of the most difficult problems confronting American agriculture.’ Higher prices for wool, eggs and poultry, dairy products and canned goods are expected.

HAUPTMANN TO CONFER WITH NEW ATTORNEY Lindbergh Murder Suspect Will Revamp Defense. By United Pres* FLEMINGTON, N. J., Nov. 5. Bruno Richard Hauptmann prepared to reshape his defense against the Lindbergh baby murder charges today in the first conference with his new counsel, Edward J. Reilly. Reilly also planned to confer with Attorney-General David T. Wilentz to determine the status of James M. Fawcett, who had acted as Hauptmann's counsel but recently was replaced.

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NORTH SIDE TAI ROTT Talbot * ;nd. X xVL/Dvy 1 X Double Frature ...... Dolores Del Rio FI -?JS f L r>OWN to Rio” . IN THE MONEY” RITZ IlllnAis at S4tb MAE WEST ‘BELLE OF THE NINETIES’ Will Mahoney “She’s My Lilly” “THE OLD PIONEER” Cartoon in Color “Cameraman Advent area” T,iit < nmplete (Uww tiN I’ Hf UPTOWN Double Feature “DAMES” D ‘ Ck POWell “Half a sinner” DREAM Double Feature _ . Harold Lloyd “THE CAT'S PAW’ ‘‘LOVETIME” Stratford Pat O Brien “PERSONALITY KID” “KING KELLY OF THE 17. S. A.” MECCA Joan Blondell • HE WAS HER MAN” “ELMEH AND ELSIE” GARRICK BSSS fi.WT uiuiivivin WiU Rogers ‘HANDY ANDY” “NAME THE WOMAN” r*pv 30th A Northwestern |\ K \ Double Feature Wm. Powell “THE KEY” “OLD FASHIONED WAY” ZARING “THE FOUNTAIN” “THE HIDEOIT” _____ ain It- Clair at Ft. Wayne SI. LLAIK Double Feature J 1 * xlxx Wallace Beery "TREASURE ISLAND” “LOVETIME” EAST SIDE OTT? \vn 1355 E ' W ** h ' St J 1 IN/AiY U Double Feature Bing CrosWv “SHE LOVES ME NOT” Marlene Dietrich “SCARLET EMPRESS” m-m | * Dearborn at tilth KIVOI.I Double Feature IXI ’ x/x * l flint Crosby “SHE LOVES ME NOT” ‘ I SPIES SHOULD LISTEN” II I7IVI/I SS*7 t Wash. 't. I K YIN Ia Double Feature ,lx ’ Ann Ilardine “THE FOUNTAIN" “THE HUMAN SIDE” ip a PAII 1 *• Wash. St. IALUfIIA Double Feature 4 1 YVa VTiTli X Wheeler-Wools* J “COCKEVED CAVALIERS” "STAMBOUL QUEST” TUVrAA WM E. New York lIJ/LLIHJ Double Feature A UAlal/V/ Bette DayU “HOUSEWIFE” i._ “DEFENSE RESTS’*

MARKS ANNIVERSARY

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George J. Marott

The golden anniversary of the establishment of the Marott shoe store, 18 East Washington street, by George J. Marott, is being celebrated this fall. Mr. Marott’s first store was at 22 East Washington street and he has moved from the frontage, numbered 18 to 24 East Washington, but once in the fifty years. He entered the shoe business at the age of 26.

CLEVELAND A, & P. STORES TO REOPEN 2,000 Employes Return to Jobs After Truce. By United Press CLEVELAND, Nov. fronted Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company stores hummed with activity today as 2,000 employes prepared them for reopening after a week's shutdown due to labor difficulties. The 300 stores will be opened Wednesday or Thursday—as soon as they can be restocked from warehouses whose supplies were depleted when the company decided to withdraw from business here rather than oppose the forces of organized labor. The giant grocery chain and organized labor agreed to a truce plan put forward by the national labor relations board whereby unions were given the right to organize A. & P. employes, but withdrew demands for an absolute closed shop. MAN BITTEN BY DOG Animal Destroyed; Horse Bitten by Same Canine, Dies. Lee Bluemenstock, 50, of 514 South Warman avenue, was treated at city hospital yesterday after he had been bitten in the right leg by a dog. Oakley Decker, 1645 Centennial avenue, teamster, said that the same dog bit one of his horses last week. The horse died. The dog was destroyed by police and taken to a veterinarian for examination.

EAST SIDE r> a nurn S*#o Tenth It. V AKKLK Double Feature 1 1 xix “ *- /AX Virginia Bruce “JANE EYRE" “PERSONALITY KID” HAMILTON WUR* Clark Gable “CHAINED” DFWV 2721 E - Washington - KUXY Double Feature Ann Harding “LIFE OF VIRGIE WINTERS” “I'LL TELL THE WORLD” • ■is j • SOU Roosevel* IIOIIVWOOCI Double Feature huiij *iuuu Warner Oland “CHARLIE CHAN’S COURAGE” “MEN IN WHITE” EMERSON “DAMES” “PURSUED” n , New Jer at E. Wash Paramount DouWe Feature Shlrler Templer-Jame* Dunn “BABY TAKES A BOW” Lvle Tatbot-Mary Ator “RETURN OF THE TERROR” First Episode Buck Jones “RED RIDER” “SENTENCED TO DIE” SOUTH SIDE FOUNTAIN SQUARE Dick Powell- Joan Blondell •' DAMES” n a viivunP Prospect and Shelb*. SANDERS SBSfcVSK: “LITTLE MISS MARKER” “OLD FASHIONED WAY" a-* A |% ■ r\ 2203 Shelb? Bt. GARFIELD “BORN TO BE BAD” “FRIENDS OF_ MR. SWEENEY . __ *w~ a\i Prosn't A hurchmar AVALON jBSU t .!Rffir “COCKEYED CAVALIERS” “GAMBLING LADY . —r . . . no:. S. Meridian ORIENTAL ai£. r SSy ~ 1 , 1119 So. Meridian Roosevelt “EMBARRASSING MOMENTS” “EASY MILLIONS" “ WEST SIDE .....irr W Wash, at BelmonBELMONT ZZrll F D r el lu R r f. “FI-YING DOWN TO KIO” “LLMON DROP KlD‘ _ - , 2'. to W. Mich. St. HAIQY Double Feature L/rVIsJ 1 Borer Pryor “ROMANCE IN V.?. “LKOM HEADQLAKTI.RS AfT>PP 270? W. 10th St. STATE i T bl c. ViS.™ “OLD FASHIONED WAY” “BORN BE BAD” OLIVER £ “CIRCUS CLOWN" “THEIR BIG MOMENT”

ROOSEVELT AWAITS ELECTION AT HOME President to Go to Polls Tomorrow With First Lady. By United Press HYDE PARK, N. Y., Nov. 5. President Roosevelt took things easy today on the eve of the elec-

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• • • In 1929, aroused citizens voted to throw politics and personal favoritism out of the Indianapolis schools, by electing the present school board. If you were one of these contentious voters, you can help to keep politics out and maintain the present high standards of school management, by voting tomorrow for „<****.. ... Ballot No. „ (68) Alan W. Boyd (75) Mary D. Ridge (76) Carl J. Wilde (77) Earl Buchanan (81) John F. White These candidates are sponsored, as were those in 1929, by the Citizens School Committee Edgar H. Evans, Julian C. Ralston, Henry L. Dithmer, Chairman Secretary Treasurer

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tion In which he will cast his ballot for Governor Herbert H. Lehman, close friend and colleague. The nation’s chief executive will go to the polls tomorrow with Mrs. Roosevelt, the voting place being in the little yellow frame town hall here. In the evening he will receive the returns, over special telephone and telegraph wires.

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GROCERY CASH STOLEN Five Bandit* Hold Up Manager on Way to Bank. Clarence Wells, 29, of 5521 Winthrop avenue, manager of the Standard Grocery at 3506 College agenue, was robbed by five bandits of $lB5 of store money and a sum belonging to a'.i employe Saturday night as he was on his way to the bank with h.s wife. Ruth.