Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1934 — Page 4

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LONG‘MYSTERY’ LEGISLATION TO ADD TOPOWERS Kingfish Cavorts While 35 Bills, Contents Unknown, Are Submitted. ly United Pmi BATON ROUGE. La . Dec. 17 Senator Huey P. Long undertook to •‘explain'' ?A legislative bUU he wished made into laws to the House Ways and Means Committee today. The Legislature was in special session for the third time since August, and it was cavorting as usual to the crack of the Kingfish’s whip. Long. Gov. O. K. Allen, and one or two other ranking leaders of the Long political machine alone knew the contents of the bills. To all others, including a great majority of both houses, they were mysteries. It was assumed, however, that the bills were designed, like laws enacted at the special sessions in July and November to strengthen the dictatorship r. Long furnish the Long machir with r.ure >nba, and punish Taos' .ho have hau the impunity to . tempt curw.ilnv.mt or protest agaiijit the Long rule. Apparently reliable information aaid that the xity of Baton Rouge was to be made into a governmental district, similar to the District of Columbia, under complete control of the Long machine. Other bills wi'l authorize the establishment of a daily morning newspaper by Louisiana State University, which Long already controls, ostensibly for training of Journalism students, and a 50.000-watt r_dio station, also unde” university control. Vast Propaganda Machine Long’s political enemies, of which there are a few in the Legislature, saw in these bills a vast propaganda machine controlled by the Kingfish and operated for his benefit. He now operates a weekly paper in New Orleans and controls a radio station there. Prominent among those to be punished, reports from this same source said, is the Louisiana Bar Association. The association forced Long's Attorney General, Gaston L. Porterie, to resign under fire of the ethics committee last year. The association now will be forced to slect Porterie chairman of its executive committee, it was understood. The Hpuse had its first session last night, where the 35 bills were introduced by the simple procedure of the clerk reading the first three words of the titles of each (in no case did the three words make sense). This took only 35 minutes. The bills were referred to the Ways and Means Committee, which will report them out today. Long sat on the clerk’s rostrum. He was in good humor and made faces, wiggled his fingers, and otherwise indulged in ludicrous poses for the benefit of photographers. Allen also was in *' chamber. Job for Every Man “When will we know what these bills are all about?” Demanded one of the few Long enemies remaining in the House. “Tuesday,” replied Allen casually, “when they are passed.” The House roared its appreciation. Long added to the gayety of the occasion by various asides. From his remarks, it was presumed that a number of the bills were designed to transfer control of patronage from parish sheriffs and municipal governments that still control a little patronage despite previous legislative amputations, to the Long machine. “Every man who votes for my bills will get a job,” Long told his legislators. “Just put the name on

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The Theatrical World Circle Books Zane Grey Thriller; ‘West of Pecos,’ With Richard Dix BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

A LAST-MINUTE shift in booking has brought Zane Grey s “West of the Peco6" to the screen of the Circle. Since there has been such a cry for family pictures and those that appeal especially to children, producers are falling beck on westerns without too many bewhiskered gentlemen and just

enough Indians to stage at least one good fight with the heroine or the heroine s dad’s life at stake. Zane Grey knows the formula which will appeal to modem children. In other words, the author aims at melodrama instead of realism. Richard Dix is the star of “West of the Pecos,” and he is no

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stranger in guntotin’ rcier of this type. In fact, Dix can interest ntarinee fans with his h**-man romantic stuff as well as he can interest children, but e ’en children today do not swalloa an overdose of this sort of stuff. Martha Sleeper is the heorine of this story as Terrill Lambeth, daughter of Col. Lambert < Samuel Hinds), who fought in the Civil War and then went west to San Antonio, Tex., to ranch caU.- His daughter found it necessary to disguise herself as a boy. Os course, her secret is discovered but discovered by our hero in time to protect her and save her father from death. Happy ending? Oh, plenty of happiness here. There is anew Negro comic who tries to be a dead ringer for Stepin Fetchit. His name is Sleep-’n'-East. What a name. He does a good Stepin Fetchit job of it. Here is no great shakes of a movie. Just a holiday interlude with the children getting the most out of this one. Now at the Circle. n n m Swanson Makes Good GLORIA SWANSON returns to the screen in “Music in the Air,” and shows that she is a real comedienne. Miss Swanson and John Boles furnish many of the farcical scenes which give the picture a certain spice lacking in most musicals. But “Music in the

Air” is not just a musical picture. It is a real operetta, with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein 11, and every moment of the story is subjected to the musifi, which is tuneful and not too modern.

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The tunes in the picture smack of the Gilbert & Sullivan variety: dainty, light in meaning as well as musical. The outstanding song is “I Told Every Little Star.” Miss Swanson is well cast as Frieda, the temperamental operatic singer, who is continually quarreling and making up with Bruno, her leading man. Mr. Boles overplays his part as Bruno in many instances, but he never jars the humor in the knock-down and drag-out sketi les played by he and Miss Swanson.

a piece of paper of the man you want appointed.” The added facilities to Louisiana State University will be financed by an increase to 50 cents per SIOOO on the corporation franchise tax, it was reported, it was also said that the Long machine would punish Loyola University in New Orleans by adding a dental school to the L. S. U. medical school there. Loyola now has the only dental school.

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Douglas Montgomery is excellent In the role of Karl, the poet and peasant who comes from me hills of Bavaria with his sweetheart. Sieglinde, played rather poorly by June Lang. The two peasants come to Munich with the latter's father, Dr. Lessing, who visits an old friend. Weber, a producer, in an attempt to sell some of his music. Weber takes the music, and the two youngsters become involved in the whimsical fancies of Bruno and Frieda, who supsequently fall for the simple beauty of the peasants. Bruno e v en goes so far as to cast Sieglinde in Frieda's part in the forthcoming show and Frieda almost inviegles Karl into going to Paris with her. The story hasn’t much to offer by itself. But love, jealousy and sentimentality are built up enough to support the light, airy music of the piece. The supporting cast is excellent. A1 Shean as Dr. Lessing, Reginald Owen as Weber, Joseyh Cawthorn as Uppman, the direc tor of the show in which the music of Dr. Lessing is used, all are just as they should be. “Music in the Air” is not great acting nor great music. It is however, a happy combination of variety of pleasant entertainment. Now at the Apollo. (By J. W. TANARUS.) .? m m A Movie Problem TF you can imagine the furor -*■ which would be stirred up if the young heir of a wealthy New York v mily brought home a beautify Indian girl and announced that he had married her, you have the main idea of ‘ Behold My Wife,” now at the Indiana. Tie picture sticks very closely

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to the title: a rare accomplishment. Gene Raymond and Syv i a Sidney performed a s the heir and the Indi.-n girl. The excitement begins when Michael Carter, the rich young man falls in love with a s t e n ographer,

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Olsen and Johnson Are Guests of Variety Club -.1 - - ■■■ M - - • Famed Hoosier Comedians Plead Guilty of Waking Up Stage Business Here at Mock Triahin Claypool. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON comedians when off the stage become sour-faced individuals with ‘.al views on life. Not so with Olie Olsen and Chic Johnson, the in., nal cut-ups who hail from the country around Peru, Ind., and who have become nationally famous “doing nothing.”

If you want the low down on how the boys behave when off the boards, here it is. Saturday night, the two were approached by a burly policeman at the close of their night’s performance at the Lyric Theater. When Mr. Johnson asked just what they were wanted for, the police representative told him that he was taking them in for carrying a gun without license. “But you don’t need a license to shoot blank cartridges on a stage,” remonstrated the shorter and heavier of the two. “We’ll see about that,” grunted the officer. But instead of taking them to the police station. Olsen and Johnson were escorted into the private chambers of the local Variety Club, in the Claypool. However, Justice, blind as it is, proceeded. Before a “bar,” the boys were arraigned. “Judge” Marc Wolff, club president, charged the culprits with the following: “Shooting a gun 764 times out of hunting season.” "Disturbing the public peace.” “Advertising that they had a ‘good’ show when they knew it was a lie.”

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been drunk on the occasion of his proposal, the family takes care of the girl by offering her a check and telling her that Michael had no intention of marrying her. The girl won’t believe it until Diana, Michael’s sister informs her that the young man in question has sailed for France. Then, as Diana leaves Mary White’s apartment. Mary leaps from the window and kills herself. Michael wakes up with an aching head but still happy over his new found love. The family tells him what has occurred. In a rage he stalks from the house threatening to bring disgrace to them for lying to Mary. Loaded with liquor he drives west, landing in New Mexico. Here he, gets shot in a scuffle with an Indian, Pete, and is nursed back to life by Tonita Stormcloud. Because of Miss Stormcloud’s interest in the white man, her tribe disowns her. Then comes the startling idea of marrying the girl, and Michael is happy in his hour of revenge, as he speeds back to New York with his redskin wife. Laura Hope Crews as Mrs. Carter, Michael's mother, furnishes' her usual first rate characterization. H. 3. Warner is adept as the father. Ann Sheridan in the role of Mary White, although in a small part, gives a fine performance. The rest of the cast is acceptable. Mr. Raymond and Miss Sidney give excellent performances, free from any affectation, and with a smoothness which makes it pleasant to watch them together. This is as good a performance as I have seen Mr. Raymond give. Avery nicely produced picture, “Behold My Wife,” although not deep drama, is above the mine un variety. Now at the Indiana. (By J. W. TANARUS.) mm* OTHER theaters today: Carole Lombard in “The Gay Bride” at Loew’s Palace, and Will Rogers in “Mr. Skitch” and “Sitting Pretty,” at the Ohio. filling Station robbed Roughly Dressed Bandits Sought for Greenwood Holdup. Police here today had bee'n asked by Greenwood (Ind.) officials to look for two roughly dressed holdup men who got SSO from a Greenwood filling station Saturday night, after threatening the attendant, Donald Yount, with a .38-caliber revolver.

“Using bad language over the radio.” And, worst of all, “Waking up the show business in Indianapolis, which had been flead for six months.” Lawyers Are Assigned “Judge” Wolff brought forth Martin Solomon to defend Mr. Olsen. To the inquiry as to his ability as a lawyer, Mr. Solomon answered: “I have never lost a case.” “A case of what?” shouted Mr. Olsen. Sol Greenburg defended Mr. Johnson, and when asked concerning his reputation, Mr. Greenburg replied silently in the sign language. “Can’t you speak English?” the judge asked. “No,” yelled Mr. Greenburg. “Oh, Uncle olie!” screamei Mr. Johnson. Verdict Is “Guilty” Carl Niesse was appointed foreman of the jury and when told to go out and return with a verdict, Mr. Niesse replied: “What’s the use to go out. They are guilty.” The “judge” thereupon sentenced each of the prisoners to life membership in Tent No. 10, the Indianapolis Chapter of the National Variety Clubs of America. Whereupon, Olsen and Johnson presented members of their show in a most entertaining bit of tomfoolery. Those who performed were Mac Murray, Miss Ottlie George, Miss Shirley Rust, the Misses Carron, Sidney Gibson and the midget, “Stormy.”

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ISIS’S HORRORS DUPLICATED IN CHACOBATTLE Paraguayans Slowly Driving Bolivians Back; End Is Approaching. Thli U the first of tereral dispatch** detailing the faeti, little known to the American public, of the Gran Chaco War —tha first formally-declared war ainco 1918, waged for more than two yoara In Sooth America. BY ARCH RODGERS United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1934. hy United Press) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina. Dec. 17.—War in all its horror, a replica on a small scale of the land phases of the World War, is being fought in the new world. While the powers are striving frantically to smother the threat of another war in Europe, Paraguay and Bolivia are at death grips in the Gran Chaco in a war which the League of Nations and the neutral powers of the Americas have been unable to stop. The war is apparently drawing to its conclusion—the inevitable conclusion of most wars in the past: Victory by one side and the exaction of territory or tribute. Drive Bolivians Back The Paraguayans, in two and a half years of terrific fighting, have succeeded in slowly driving the Bolivians across the disputed Chaco territory and are now hammering at the gateways of Bolivia proper. The Paraguyans annouunced today the capture of the Ft. AJgodonal on the northern front—a victory of some importance as it permitted a shortening of their right flank in a drive southward toward Villa Montes, the great Bolivian army base. Bolivia began mobilizing all its man power and announced that national morale was high.

Cost Is Terrific *The cost in human lives, suffering, and national resources has been terrific. Although both governments have refused to divulge their casualties, unofficial estimates place the dead at 80,000, 60 per cent of them from Bolivia. Between 350.000 and 400,000 men have been mobilized in the two countries since the war began, and now Bolivia is drafting boys and older men to swell its forces and stem the Paraguayan tide. The economic position of both countries is feeble. Itoth have used most of the sound money at hand and Bolivia especially is heavily mortgaged abroad. The people have sacrificed their personal possessions, such as jewelry, cattle and farm products, to keep the men at the front and lessen the drain on national cash for the purchase of essential munitions and war supplies abroad. Real War In All Respects It has been a real war in every respect, not the guerilla type of fighting that most people abroad have Imagined it to be. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, tanks, airplanes, machine guns, flame-throwers, and even—it is charged—poison gas have been used. As in the World War, this is essentially trench warfare, with the infantry the backbone as the armies struggle back and forth for pjssession of the small forts, defended by trenches, which dot the territory. The dispute goes back more than 50 years. The Gran Chaco (Great Forest) is a pear-shaped region about the size of Wisconsin and Minnesota, lying between the two countries. Both countries claim possession, both basing their claims on the old provincial boundaries of the Spanish conquest. Paraguay presents strong arguments of historic boundary and settlement rights, and her national pride will not permit her to abandon her claim. Bolivia Seeks Sea Outlet Bolivia, land-locked since she lost her Pacific coastline in a war with Chile in 1879, is desperately anxious for an outlet to the Atlantic for her products and those of the Chaco by extending her territory to the navigable waters of the Paraguay River, forming the eastern boundary of the Chaco. The Chaco is a diverse territory. Only parts of It are jungle or swamp and waste land. There are great forests of valuable hardwoods and millions of acres of cattlegrazing land. The presence of oil is suspected. Most of the tannin extract used lit the United Stales for tanning leather comes from the Quebracho forests of the Chaco. United States interests ari involved in the dispute. It is estimated that American investments in Bolivia total $110,000,000 and In Paraguay $12,615,000. Repeated charges have been made that American banks and oil interests have aided in financing the war, much of the money advanced going to British arms interests.

CHICKEN COOP RAIDED BY PEG-LEGGED THIEF Odd "Footprints” Give Clew to Theft of 12 Birds. A peg-legged chicken thief, something new in Indianapolis police history, was sought today after the disappearance of 12 chickens from a coop in the rear of the home of Kelly Willoughby, 1363 Hiatt-st, last night. That the thief was peg-legged was deduced by hard-working detectives when they found in the soft earth around the henhouse prints of one shoe and. beside them, of a round object which, the detectives decided, could be nothing but the end of a peg-leg. “ “Tragedy” Slayer Is 22 Today By United Preit WILKES-BARRE, to., Dec. 17. Robert Allen Edwards, the condemned “American T:*agedy” slayer, today celebrated his 22d birthday in the Luzerne County jail. MERIDIAN AND WASHINGTONSTS, THE PLACE TO GIVE THOSE DIMES.

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